Fulton County, Ohio - Biographical sketches, 1905 (part 9 of 15)

LUTHER GILBERT MARSH, a farmer and Civil war veteran of Swanton, was bom in what is now Swan Creek township, Fulton county, then Lucas county, December 14, 1841. His father, Richard Marsh, was bora in Rochester, N. Y., on September 10, *810, an d came in young manhood to Maumee, Lucas county, O., where he married Miss Sarah Barnes, also a native of New York State, whocame to Maumee with her parents when quite a child. Richard Marsh was a carpenter and joiner by trade and worked for some years at the Maumee ship-yards. In an early day in the history of this locality he located on a farm and walked to and from his work at Maumee, a distance of twelve miles. This land is now within the corporate limits of Swanton. He enlisted as a private in Company I of the Thirty-Eighth Ohio volunteer infantry and served for more than two years, notwithstanding he was past the age of compulsory military service. The Thirty-eighth Ohio was organized at Defiance* on September 10, 1861, under the command of Cplonel Barber, and it was re-organized as a veteran regiment at Chattanooga, Tenn., December 26, 1863. Mr. Marsh's company was once commanded by Gen. M. R. Brailey, whose life sketch appears elsewhere in this woric. On his return from the war Mr. Marsh was appointed postmaster of Swanton and served in that capacity for a number of years. Subset quently he was elected justice of the peace. On November 20, 1880* he passed away at his home in Swanton and was survived by his widow, who was bora November 9, 1818, and died February 10, 1897. They had a family of the following children: Velina Louisa, who* was born May 12, 1837, and died October 19, 1871 ; William Henry Harrison, born July 16, 1840, and died October 5, 1892; Luther Gilbert, subject of this sketch, who was born December 14, 1841 ; Julia Maria, born February 19, 1844, and died March 29, 1846; Calvin Chandler, who was born February 19, 1847, and died October 20*

1874; Frederick Alonzo, born July 14, 1853, died April 7, 1875; Willard Arthur, born November 20, 1855, died September 29, 1857; Charles Edgar, a painter of Swanton, born February 2, 1858. Luther C. Marsh grew to manhood on the parental farm, receiving a common school education. On September 13, 1861, when less than twenty years old, he enlisted in the same company to which his father belonged and experienced a very active militarv career until lie was mustered out of service on September 13, 1864. His command served in the Army of the Cumberland under Generals Rose- -Crans and Sherman and participated in the following engagements: Battle of Wildcat, Ky., Mill Spring Campaign, Siege of Corinth, Miss., Perrysville, Ky., both battles of Stone River, Hoover's Gap, Tenn., Mission Ridge, Tenn., Resaca, Ga., Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., Atlanta Campaign, Jonesboro, Ga., Campaign of Georgia, Siege of Savannah, Campaign of the Carolinas, Battle of Raleigh. Mr. Marsh did not re-enlist because of his disabilities that disqualified him for further military service. On his return to Swanton he took up carpentering and farming, and he has since followed this occupation as far as his health would permit. He owns the old parental homestead at Swanton, having acquired it partly by inheritance and partly by purchase. Under his management the farm has been made very productive, being fully equipped with all the necessary buildings. He is an enthusiastic member of the Republican party ; of Quiggle Post, Grand Army of the Republic; of Swanton Lodge, No. 528, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; and with his wife and his daughters, is identified with the Methodist Episcopal church. On January 19, 1873, lie was wedded to Miss Josephine M. Hood, born in Hartland, Huron county, Ohio, and the daughter of Horace and Maria Lois (Lee) Hood. Horace Hood was born in New York State on October 13, 1815, and died October 2, 1855. His widow, who was bom March 6, 1822, survived him until February 14, 1886. Of the eight children bom to these parents five are still Uving. The names follow: Mortimer L., bom May 10, *1843; Mable L., bom April 6, 1845; Alice J.f horn August 11, 1846; Emily M?, born November 24, 1847; Andrew E., bora May 10, 1849; Horace E:, bora November 24, 1851; Henry L., bora September 26, 1854; and Josephine M., bora August 11, 1855. To Luther G. Marsh and wife there have been bora three children, as follows: Bertha Viola, born Nov. 16, 1875, the wife of George Paschen of Swanton; Vida Belle, bora June 27, 1879, now Mrs* Claude Babcock of Swanton; and Beulah Lenore, born February 1, 1802. The names of the five grand-children, all the children of Mr. and Mrs. Paschen, are Arnold Gilbert, Mable Viola, Georgiana Leslie, Martin and Dora May. Mrs. Marsh is an enthusiastic member and deputy president of Fern Lodge, No. 543, Daughters of Rebekah, at Swanton, Ohio.

. ALEXANDER C. MOODY, one of the prominent and influential citizens of Delta, is an able solicitor in the employ of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and stands high in the esteem of the community in which he makes his home, being a man of high intellectuality and sterling attributes of character. Alexander Campbell Moody was born in Wapello county, Iowa, on the 15th of February, 1858, and is a son of Rev. John F. and Mary Ann (Parker) Moody, both of whom were bom in Ohio, their marriage having been solemnized in Morgan county, this State. In 1852 they went to Iowa, becoming pioneers of Wapello county, where the father secured eighty acres of government land, near Ottumwa. In 1856 he exchanged this farm for a quarter section of land in Nebraska, about twenty miles west of the city of Omaha, which was then a mere frontier village. On that farm the mother died, in 1859, and her remains were the first interred in the cemetery near the homestead. Of this union four children were born, the subject of this review being the youngest. Rufus G., the eldest, is at the present time assistant postmaster of Topeka, Kansas ; Josiah was a teacher for twenty-one years, the greater portion of the time in the State of Nebraska, where he died in October, 1901, at the age of forty-eight years, leaving a wife and one son and one daughter ; Rev. Samuel Parker Moody is a clergyman of the Christian church and now has a charge in the city of Clinton, Ohio. After the death of his beloved wife Rev. John F. Moody returned with his children to Morgan county, Ohio, where he still maintains his home, being venerable in years but still doing more or less active service in his noble calling, having been a clergyman of the Christian church since 1866, and having been a faithful and successful worker in the ministry. In 1862 he consummated a second marriage, his wife dying in 1874, leaving no children. In 1877 he married a third time, ana this wife passed to the life eternal in 1903, leaving one daughter, Alice, who remains as the companion and housekeeper for her aged father. Alexander C. Moody secured his educational training in the public schools of Morgan and Athens counties, Ohio, having been graduated in the high school at Nelsonville. He initiated his independent career by engaging as a teacher in the schools of Morgan county, and he devoted his entire attention to the pedagogic profession for the ensuing nine years, meeting with much success, and he has since taught a number of winter terms. Since 1882 he has beep employed as a solicitor in various lines, and has proven exceptionally successful in this field of endeavor. For the last seven years he has given his attention exclusively to soliciting for the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Compiuiy, being one of the valued agents of this strong and well-known company. In Morgan county, Ohio, in the year 1879, Mr. Moody was united in marriage to Miss Louise Price, who had been his childhood friend and school-mate. She is a daughter of William and Henrietta (Walter) Price and was bom and reared in Morgan county, being one of a family of three children. Her elder brother, Isaac W., is a mechanic by vocation, and the younger brother, Robert M., remains on the old homestead farm with his parents. To Mr. and Mrs. Moody have been bom seven children, concerning whom the following is a brief record : Mary, bom May 19, 1880, died December 16, 1884; Martha, born August 18, 1882, died December 8, 1884 ; the next child, a son, died in infancy ; Edna, who remains at the parental home, is book-keeper and stenographer for the Delta Milling Company; Eva and William are attending the public schools of Delta; and Rex is a fine youngster of three and one-half years at the time of this writing, in 1905. Mr. Moody has long been an ardent worker in the temperance cause, and his fearless opposition to the liquor traffic has caused him to gain the antipathy of the saloon element in his town, a fact in which he takes pride. Though not a political Prohibitionist, he is ever ready to lend his aid in effective temperance work, and in politics he maintains an independent attitude. He and his wife are members of the Christian church, and the family stands high in the best social life of the community. Mr. Moody has been a resident of Fulton county since 1882, having maintained his home in Fayette until 1901, when he removed to Delta, where he owns an attractive home, opposite the Pommert House. He has twentytwo and one-half acres of land, adjoining his residence, and this is utilized for pasturage and small farming.

HIRAM L. MOSELEY, a retired capitalist of Wauseon, was born near Rochester, Monroe county, N. Y. He is the son of Hiram and Hannah (Olcott) Moseley, the former a native of New York and the latter the daughter of Thomas Olcott, an officer of the American navy in the War of 1812. Hiram Moseley was bom near Hamilton, in Madison county, N. Y., having been educated at Hamilton, N. Y. Farming was his chosen avocation. Taking a deep interest in public affairs, he served as township trustee and commissioner of the county. He died at his home in 1865, aged sixty-five years. Arannah Moseley, his brother, served throughout the Civil war iit the One Hundred and Fortieth New York regiment with the rank of captain. For eleven months he was confined in Andersonville prison, from which he was extremely fortunate to escape with his life. Hiram L. Moseley, subject of this sketch, began teaching school at the early age of seventeen years, which calling he followed with marked success for seven years. He then traveled for several years as a business representative throughout the Southern States. In 1867 he came from Rochester, N. Y., to Wauseon, where he engaged in the mercantile business for eight years. Prior to his election as treasurer of Fulton county he served for twelve years as school-examiner of that county. From 1875 to 9 79 he served as treasurer of Fulton county, elected the first time by a large majority by the Republican party and re-elected practically without opposition. He administered the duties of the office to the entire satisfaction of all parties, thereby gaining their good-will. In 1892 Governor McKinley appointed him probate judge to fill out the unexpired term of Judge Newel. Mr. Moseley married Miss Adelaide Beach, daughter of Spencer and Dementia Beach. Mrs. Beaclrdied in Wauseon at the age of eightytwo years. She was a Qiristian woman and highly esteemed by her neighbors and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Moseley are actively identified with the Baptist church/ The children of the subject of this sketch are: Spencer Beach Moseley, a graduate of Michigan University of the .class of 1893, is a civil engineer by profession, and resides at

Kansas City, Mo. ; Zella and Nellie, both of whom are still at home. Mr. Moseley is enabled to live a retired life, having accumulated a competency by close application to business and his remarkably successful business and official careers. He has just cause to be proud of what he has accomplished, feeling certain that the world has not bees made worse by his living in it It is to be hoped that he may live lor many years to come, enjoying to the fullest extent his wellearned riches.

F. W. MOYER, a prominent and successful merchant of Wauseon, was born in Lehigh county, Pa. He is the son of William and Sarah (Rabenold) Moyer, both natives of Pennsylvania. His grandfather, Daniel Moyer, was bom in the same house in which William and F. W. Moyer were bom, the former's father having in an early day bought a farm of one hundred and forty acres when he settled there* William and Sarah Moyer had the following children: Emeline Rufena, Levy (deceased), Alfred, Isabella, F. W., the subject of this sketch; Charles B., Louisa, Agnes, Peter, Eunie, Ambrose, Morse, Caroline (deceased), and Calvin (deceased), all the living children being residents of Lehigh county, Pa.., except F. M., and Qiarles B., the latter of whom resides at Saginaw, Mich. At the early age of nine years F. W. Moyer left the parental roof to fight his own battle in life. In 1877 be began his successful business career as a clerk in a store. For ten years he was engaged in the dry-goods business and after that for some years in the hardware business. Since 1893 he has successfully conducted a large grocery store. Having during his clerkship undergone a thorough training for business, he has met with marked success in every line that he has undertaken. In Masonry he has taken a very active part, as is shown by the fact that he is a Master Mason and that he has taken the Royal Arch, the Scottish Rite and the Consistory degrees of that order. He is also identified with the Knights of Pythias and is a member of the Merchants' National Union. He married Miss Mary Schamp,- the daughter of Henry and Catherine (Batdorf) Schamp, of York township, Fulton county, where she was bom. Henry Schamp was bom in New Jersey and came to Ohio, first settling in Wayne county and afterwards in Fulton county. Grandfather Batdorf also came to this county from Wayne county. The children of Henry and Catherine Schanip here follow : James, of York township ; John, of Toledo, O. ; George, of York township; Lucy, of .Fulton county; Mary, the wife of the sub-

J'ect of this sketch. The children of F. W. Moyer and wife are as ollows: Pearl, James H., of Bowling Green, O., a graduate of the Columbus Dental College ; Cecil, Florence, and A* D.

CASPAR MURBACH is justly entitled to a feeling of pride and gratification in being the owner of one of the model (sums of Fulton county, and he has passed his entire life in this section, having been bom in Spencer township, Lucas county, across the road from his present farm, on the 20th of March, 1859. He is recognized as one of the progressive farmers and stock-growers of the county, where he has a host of friends. His parents, who are now living retired in S wanton, this county, are Jacob and Elizabeth (Rudy) Murbach, both of whom were bom in Switzerland, where they were reared and educated and where their marriage was solemnized. Soon after this important event in their lives they immigrated to America, and eventually settled in Lucas county, Ohio, and they have ever since maintained their home in this section, where they have the unqualified esteem of all who know them, the father having followed the vocation of farming during the ijiajor portion of his active career. Of the seven children in the family five are living, Caspar being the eldest. Jacob R. is likewise a successful farmer of Fulton township; Lizzie, who has never married, resides with her parents in Swanton; Edward is deceased, his "death having resulted from injuries received in being kicked by a horse, and he is survived by his wife and two children; Amelia became the wife of Frank Schaeffer and is now deceased, having left one child; Katie is the wife of Jonas Wicks, a farmer of Fulton township ; and Richard is a plumber and electrician, residing in the city of Cincinnati. Caspar Murbach was afforded the excellent advantages of the public schools at Swanton, and he has been identified with the basic art of agriculture from his boyhood days to the present. In his youth he learned the carpenter trade, but his knpwledge of the same has never been utilized to any extent save in connection with work on his own farm. In 1884 Mr. Murbach was married, and he forthwith located on his present homestead, in Section thirty-six, Fulton township. The place at that , time comprised fifty-three acres, but he has since added to its area until the farm now includes one hundred and seven acres, practically all being eligible for cultivation, and the improvements are of the best, including an attractive modem residence, with slate roof, and a large and substantial bam, which likewise has a roof of slate. Mr. Murbach devotes his attention to general farming and stock-raising and is ready at all times to adopt measures and principles which will facilitate and improve the operation of his fine farm. He was one of the organizers of the Farmers' and Merchants' Bank in Swanton, in which he is still a stockholder, as is he also in the Pilliod Milling company and the A. D. Baker Manufacturing company, of the same place. His interests aside from his farming enterprise are extensive and important, and his marked capitalistic reinforcement stands as the direct result of his own efforts, as he had but little when he initiated his independent career. His farm is a model in every respect,, and it may be noted that he has installed platform scales for the weighing of stock and produce ; has a wind engine and elevated tank, so that water may be carried to any part of the farm, and in the connection is supplied a device for modifying the temperature of the water in cold weather. In his political allegiance Mr. Murbach is a stanch Republican, and both he and his wife hold membership in the Christian Alliance church. February 26, 1884, Mr. Murbach was married to Miss Mary Meister, of Elmira, German township, this county. Her father, John Meister, was an early settler of the county, and her mother, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Zimmerman, is likewise a member of one of the old and honored families of this part of the State. Mr. and Mrs. Murbach have one child, Carrie, who is now the wife of Simon Raber, of Graymont, Livingston county, 111.

WILLIAM R. McMANNIS is the owner of valuable land, eighty-five acres in one farm and forty acres in another, eligibly located, in Clinton township, two miles north of the city of Wauseon, the judicial center of the county. He is a member of one of the prominent pioneer families of the county, where the major portion of his life has been passed, and he was one of Fulton county's representatives in the Union ranks during the War of the Rebellion. He was born in Wayne county, Ohio, September 29th, 1837, and is a son of Charles and Nancy (Jones) McMannis, the former of whom was born in Washington county. Pa., in April, 1808, and his wife was born in, the same State, in 1805, their marriage having been solemnized in Wayne county, Ohio, where they maintained their home the greater part of their lives. In 1833 they came to Fulton county, being accompanied by three children, and five more were born after the removal to this county, there having been in the family four sons and four daughters, of whom five are yet living. The maternal grandparents of the subject of this review were William and Elizabeth Jones, and they likewise came to Fulton county with his parents. William Jones was a great hunter, and his old-fashioned flint-lock rifle proved the means of supplying the family larder with much fine game in the early days. The first experience of this family in Fulton county was when there was not a house nearer than nine miles except the Indian huts. Trees were cut and from them puncheons were constructed and used in lieu of chairs. Charles McMannis became a successful farmer of Fulton county, developing a tract of wild land, in Clinton township, and here continuing to reside until his death, in February, 1895, his devoted wife having passed away in 1867. It may be noted, in passing, that the first house of hewed logs to be erected in Fulton county stood near the site of the present fine residence of William R. McMannis. He has made farming and stock-growing his life work, has done his share in the reclaiming and developing of the lands of this county, and also in the civic advancement of its people, and he is held in high esteem in the community which has been his home for so long a term of years. He has resided on his present attractive farm since 1864, and has improved the same and made it one of the model farms of the township. In 1861, in response to President Lincoln's ntst call for volunteers, Mr. McMannis enlisted as a private in Company I, Fourteenth Ohio volunteer infantry, serving nearly four months and then re-enlisting, for a term of three years. About three months after his second enlistment he suffered a sun-stroke, being confined in the hospital about one month thereafter and then receiving his honorable discharge, as he was considered physically incapacitated for further field service. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, is an adherent of the Republican party, and both he and his wife are zealous members of the Methodist Episcopal church. December 22, 1863, Mr. McMannis married Miss Rebecca Bayes, who was bom in Holmes county, Ohio, March 1, 1841, and who died in July, 1874, having become the mother of three children; Cora D. is the wife of Charles Wright, a farmer of Pike township; TCittie D. is the wife of Joseph Emerling, of Wauseon; and Alfred T.f a bachelor, is employed in a hospital at Gallipolis, this State. In 1875 Mr. McMannis married his present wife, whose maiden name was Hattie Peters and who was born in Mercer county, Pa., in 1847. They have four children - Florence M., Ivah I., Effie and Alta M.r all of whom remain members of the home circle.

JACOB R. MURBACH. - Fulton county is favored in the fine class of men who represent its agricultural community, and among the leading farmers and stock-growers of Fulton township is numbered Jacob R. Murbach, proprietor of the attractive Clover Blossom Farm. He was bom on the old homestead farm, across the road from his present place, in Lucas county, on the 4th of August, 1859, and is a son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Rudy) Murbach, both of whom were bom in Switzerland, whence they came to America shortly after their marriage, settling in Lucas county, Ohio, as pioneers, and having ever since maintained their home in this section. They now reside in Swanton, and the father is retired from active labor, having gained a competency through his able efforts as a farmer. Of the seven children Caspar, individually mentioned in the preceding review, is the eldest, and Jacob R. is the second in order of birth. Lizzie, who has never married, resides with her parents in Swanton; Edward is deceased, being survived by his wife and two children, his death having occurred on his farm, near Sylvania, Lucas county, in November, 1904, at the age of forty-one years ; Amelia became the wife of Frank Schaffer, and her death occurred in 1899; Katie is the wife of Jonas Wicks, a farmer of Fulton township ; and Richard is a plumber and electrician, residing in the city of Cincinnati. Jacob R. Murbach not only availed himself of the advantages of the public schools of this locality, but also devoted much attention to study in an individual way, having a distinctive predilection for reading and study and thus making marked advancement in securing a broad fund of information. He has been actively identified with agricultural pursuits from his boyhood to the present day, and he has so ordered his course as to retain at all times the unqualified confidence and regard of the people of the community which has represented his home from the time of his birth. "Clover Blossom Farm," his homestead, comprises one hundred and three acres of most fertile land, is exceptionally wellimproved and is under most effective cultivation. In the installing of drain tiles Mr. Murbach has personally drained his farm, of which he came into possession in 1894. He follows diversified agriculture, raises good grades of live-stock and is engaged in the cultivation of sugar-beets upon an extensive scale, employing from eight to ten men in caring for the crop in the earlier period of its cultivation. In politics he gives support to the Republican party, and his family holds membership in the Mission church at Swanton. May 1, 1884, Mr. Murbach was united in marriage to Miss Barbara Ziegler, of Lucas county, a daughter of Jacob and Mary Ziegler, both of whom are now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Murbach have four children, all of whom still remain at the parental home, namely : Maude, Christina, Herbert and Grace.

GEORGE W. MYERS, who is successfully engaged in farming in Ginton township, his place being located a short distance west of the city of Wauseon, was bom in Henry county, this State, on the 27th of August, 1879, and is a son of John and Magdaline (Rich) Myers, concerning whom more specific mention is made in the sketch of the career of their elder son, Lewis J., which immediately follows this review. Mr. Myers secured his educational training in the public schools and accompanied his parents on their removal to Fulton county, in 1891, thereafter living one year in the State of Michigan. He then located on the home farm which he now operates, and was here engaged in the dairy business for three years, at the expiration of which he disposed of this enterprise to his brother, Lewis J., and attended school for a time, in the city of Wauseon. Since leaving school he has given his attention to the cultivation of the farm, which is one of the attractive and eligibly located places of Clinton township. March 16, 1898, Mr Myers was united in marriage to Miss Bessie Hale, daughter of Mr." and Mrs. Charles Hale. When Mrs. Myers was but two years of age her mother died and, in accordance with provisions made by the latter, she was taken into the home of her foster parents, Mr. and Mrs. Garman, by whom she was reared and educated. Mr. and Mrs. Myers have two. children, Floyd and Wanetta. John C. Garman, foster father of Mrs. Myers, is a representative farmer of Ginton township, his farm being located northeast of Wauseon. He was bom in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, November 25, 1843, and is a son of John P. and Elizabeth (Koos) Garman, both of whom were bom in Germany, whence the former came to America when eighteen years of age, and the latter was twelve years old at the time of her parents' immigration to the United States, the family locating in Tuscarawas county, where the parents passed the remainder of their lives, attaining advanced age. In 1876 Mr. Garman martied Miss Caroline Gasman, who was bom in March, 1846, being a daughter of John Gasman, who was at that time a resident of Findlay, Ohio. Mr. Garman followed the trade of carpenter for thirty years, and then purchased the farm where he now lives, the same comprising one hundred and five acres of good land, and he also owns and operates a saw-mill on his farm. He is a Republican in his political proclivities and served two years as township supervisor. He and his wife have reared two children, one of whom is Mrs. Myers, as already noted, and the adopted son, Harry Hoff, still remains with them, being twenty-five years of age, and being associated with Mr. Garman in the operation of the home farm.

LEWIS J. MYERS, one of the representative farmers of Clinton township, was bom in Ridgeville township, Henry county, Ohio, on the 8th of April, 1869, and is a son of John and Magdaline (Rich) Myers, the former of whom was bom in Pennsylvania,, in 1829, and the latter was bom in France, in 1843, and accompanied her parents on their immigration to America, in 1855, the family locating in Wayne county, Ohio. In 1843 John Myers removed with his parents from Pennsylvania to Bucyrus, Crawford county, Ohio, and in 1864 he married Magdaline Rich. They thereafter remained in Bucyrus about two and one-half years, at the expiration of which, in 1866, they removed to Henry county, locating on a farm in Ridgeville township; where they maintained their home until 1891, when they came to Fulton county, locating on a farm in Clinton township and there remaining until the spring of 1905, when they took up their residence in Wauseon, where they now make their home, the father having retired from active labor, having accumulated a competency through his welldirected endeavors in past years. Lewis J. Myers was reared on the homestead farm, in Henry county, secured his early educational training in the public schools, and he has been continuously identified with agricultural pursuits from his youth to the present time. After his marriage he remained for a time in his native county and then removed to Defiance county, where he was engaged in farming during the ensuing five years, at the expiration of which, on the 22d of August, 1901, he came to Fulton county, where he has since resided, having a well-improved farm of thirteen acres and devoting special attention to the dairy business, which department of his farming enterprise he has made a very profitable one. He is a progressive and enterprising citizen, and in politics gives a stanch allegiance to the Republican party, and in a fraternal way he is affiliated with the Knights of the Maccabees. On the nth of October, 1888, Mr. Myers was united in marriage to Miss Matilda Oden, daughter of Thomas and Susan (Jones) Oden, the former of whom was born, October 14, 1835, and the latter on August 3, 1836, and came to Fulton county in 1881, Mr. Oden having since been engaged in farming in this county. His wife met her death in a runaway accident, August 13th, 1896. Following is a record of the names and respective dates of birth of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Myers: George A., November 6th, 1889; Stanley J., February 12, 1892; Howard J., March 6, 1894; Enod E., November 20th, 1899; Harold R;, March 20th, 1902; and Magdaline A., February 6th, 1905. Mr. Myers deserves the credit for his dairy enterprises, as the quality of milk served to his patrons is of the finest type.

WILLIAM NEVITT is one of the venerable citizens and retired farmers of Amboy township, where he has made his home for half a century, and his is the distinction of being a veteran of each the Mexi- can war and the Qvil war. He was born in East Providence, Bedford county. Pa., March i, 1826, and is a son of Thomas and Rebecca (Earnesh) Nevitt, natives respectively of Scotland and Germany. They were married in the city of Washington, D. G, and thereafter continued resident of Bedford county, Pa., until death, the father having been a farmer by vocation. William Nevitt was reared and educated in his native county, and was there residing at the time of the outbreak of the Mexican war. In the spring of 1847 he enlisted as a private in Company D, Eleventh Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, and proceeded with , his command to the scene of action. He took part in the battle of Galveston, Tex., and in the Rio Grande campaign, including the battle of Palo Alto. His command was then ordered to Vera Cruz, but met with shipwreck at Tampico, where he contracted the yellow fever. After an illness of six weeks he rejoined his regiment, near the city of Mexico, the day before the attack on the city, in which action he took part. At the time when peace was declared he was with his regiment at Taluca, Mexico, and he received his honorable discharge in 1849, *n the city of New York. Thereafter he remained principally in Pennsylvania until 1854, when he came to Fulton county, Ohiov and settled in Amboy township where he purchased eighty acres of wild land which he cleared and improved, developing one of the valuable farms of the county. On this old homestead he continued to reside until 1901, when he disposed of the property, but he still continues to make his home in the township, where he is held in high regard by all who know him. In November, 1861, Mr. Nevitt's martial spirit led him to tender his services in defense of the Union. He enlisted as a private in Company A, Sixty-seventh Ohio volunteer infantry, taking, part in the battle of Winchester and in the engagements at Fort Wagner and Fort Sumter, but being principally on detached duty. In the spring of 1865 he re-enlisted, as a veteran, receiving his final discharge in December of that year. Mr. Nevitt, though one of the few survivors of the Mexican war, is still hale and hearty, and finds his evening of life grateful and pleasant. He is identified with the Grand Army of the Republic, and is a stanch Republican in politics, having been identified with the party from the time of its organization. He is one of the oldest citizens of Amboy township, and is well known to its people. In 1856 Mr. Nevitt wedded Miss Mary Welch, a daughter of Nathaniel and Drucilla (Chase) Welch, of Fulton county, and their son, George, now* a resident of the West, was bom in 1861.

JAMES H. NOBBS, a prominent and highly esteemed farmer of Fulton township, is a representative of one of the early pioneer families of Fulton county, with whose annals the name has been identified for seventy years. He was bom in the log cabin homestead, one and one-half miles west of his present farm, on the 2d of June, 1836, and is a son of John and Jane (Mason) Nobbs, both of whom were bom and bred in England, ' where their marriage was solemnized. Soon afterward they came to America, and during the first two years they resided in the State of New York. In 1836 they came to Ohio and settled on the farm on which James H., subject of this review was born. This farm was located on the Ohio side of the Michigan line, in the "disputed strip/' which was then in Lucas county. Ohio, now being in Fulton township Fulton county. The parents passed the remainder of their lives here and were held . in high regard by all who knew them, having lived lives of signal honor and usefulness. The father was killed by a runaway team, having been seventy-four years of age at the time, and his wife was seventy-nine years of age at the time of her death, which resulted from an attack of typhoid fever. Of the nine children all are living except three : Thomas is a resident of Wood county; Sarah is the wife of Samuel Saeger, a retired farmer, residing in Delta, Fulton county ; William died in infancy ; James H. was the next in order of birth ; John resides in the village of Ai, this oounty; Robert was a member of the Thirty-eighth Ohio volunteer infantry, in the Civil war, and died in the general hospital in Mississippi, from disease; Anna is the wife of John D. Halsey, of Bowling Green, Wood county ; Jane, who is deceased, was the wife of Edward Vaughan; and Daniel M. resides on a farm adjoining the old Nobbs homestead. James H. Nobbs was reared on the pioneer homestead and had such educational advantages as were afforded in the common schools of the locality and period. He early became familiar with the details of the agricultural industry, and through his essentially lifelong identification with the same he has found ample scope for intelligent and successful effort. He was engaged in the mercantile business for a short time, soon resuming his allegiance to farming. His present farm, which he purchased in 1865, comprises one hundred and ten acres, well-improved and under excellent cultivation, and devoted to diversified farming and stock-growing. In politics Mr. Nobbs has been identified with the Republican party from the time of hs organization, and he has been influential in public affairs of a local nature. He has held the offices of township assessor and supervisor and has also served as school director, his fidelity and able efforts having justified the course of his fellow-citizens in electing him to these positions of trust During the Gvil war he was a member of an independent military company and, by reason of ill-health, supplied a man to go to the front in his place. July 4, 1861, Mr. Nobbs was united in marriage to Miss Anna Fetterman, who was born in Pennsylvania, as were also her parents, George and Maria (Bacon) Fetterman. The mother died in the old Keystone State and Mr. Fetterman later married her sister, the family coming to Fulton county when Mrs. Nobbs was a child of two years. The father and his second wife passed the remainder of their lives in this county. . Mr. and Mrs. Nobbs became the parents of eleven children, of whom nine are living, the names and respective dates of birth being as follows : Hattie G., bom April 21, 1862; Etta Estelle, November 2, 1863 ; Cora May, October f, 1865; Robert Ozza, January 15, 1868; Anna Belle, May 29, 1870; Jennie Luella, July 30, 1873; the next died in infancy, unnamed; Ethel, October 1, 1878; Myrtle Fannie, June 9, 1880; George Lloyd, August 30, 1882; Nellie, August 8, 1885; and Alta Leona, May 18, 1888, deceased. All the children are married and established in homes of their

CORWIN F. MILLS properly finds representation in this publication by reason of his standing as a citizen and as one of the prosperous-far* mers and stock-raisers of Fulton township. Mrc - Mills has passed essentially his entire life in this section of the old Buckeyd States having been born on a farm in Lucas county, not far distant, 4rotf> Swanton*, Fulton county, on the 22d of August, i860, and beingrSi4W>n of Arthur and Jane A. (Hogle) Mills, whose marriage was solemnized at Swantont this county, and wh6 located finally in Swan Creek township, where they continued to reside during the greater portion of their lives thereafter, the father following agricultural pursuits and being one of the well-known and highly-esteemed citizens of this section. He died February 20, 1884, at the age of fifty-eight years and his wife was of the same age at the time of her death, which occurred on the 12th of January, 1894, Corwin F. having been their only child. Arthur Mills had one* daughter by a previous marriage, Louisa, who is now the wife of Clarence C. Quiggle, a merchant in Delta, this county. Corwin F, Mills passed his boyhood days on the farml and he was afforded the advantages of the excellent public schools of Fulton county. At the age. of nineteen years he entered the employ of the Deering Harvesting Machine Company, of Chicago, with which concern he remained six years, operating a turning-lathe in the wood-working department of the great manufactory. He was industrious and provident during these years, and the money which he saved served as the means by which he came into possession of his present fine farm property, and his position is one of definite independence and prosperity. Within the six years he saved from his earnings a sufficient sum of money to pay for forty acres of land in Swan Creek township, this county. He located on the place in 1893, and there continued to reside until March 20« 1899, when he sold the property and purchased his present farm of eighty acres, which is eligibly located two miles northwest of Swanton. The initiative and progressive tendencies of Mr. Mills have led him to engage in a line of enterprise aside from his farming operations, and from each he has reaped good returns, through energy and good management. ' Since leaving the employ of the Deering company he has given much attention to contracting for the erection of bridges, having built bridges in every township in Fulton county, besides many in Lucas and Henry counties. His home farm is improved with buildings of the best modern type, his fine barn having been erected in the summer of 1905. It is thirty-four by sixty-six feet in dimensions in the main, with an L thirty-four by forty-eight feet, the self-supporting roof reaching a height. of thirty-six and one-half feet, and the cost of the structure was fifteen hundred dollars. In addition to his general agricultural operations Mr. Mills gives attention .to the raising of -Short-horn cattle, Poland-China swine and other live stock of good grades. In politics he is a Republican, and in a fraternal way he is identified with Swanton Lodge, No. 528, Independent Order of Odd

Fellows, and Swanton Lodge, No. 588, Knights of Pythias, and both he and his wife are identified with the Rathbone Sisters, auxiliary* of the latter order, and also with Berry Grange, No. mi. Mrs. Mills is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Swanton, and both she and her husband are popular in die best social life of the community. On the 23d of November, 1893, Mr. Mills was united in marriage to Miss Addie M. Purdy, who was bom in Huron county, but who was reared and educated in Fulton township, where her parents, Dwight and Fannie J. Purdy, located when she was a child, her father being now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Mills have four children - Robert, Fannie, Harold and Arthur.

AUGUSTUS NOBLE is accorded due recognition in this compilation by reason of his position as a representative citizen and prominent farmer of Royalton township, his well-improved homestead being located immediately to. the west of the thriving village of Lyons. He was bom in 'Warsaw, Wyoming county, N. Y., July 12, 1841, being a son of Dwight and Eunice (Watrous) Noble, natives respectively of the States of Connecticut and New York, from which latter they came to Ohio, settling in Royalton township, Fulton comity, on the 3d of October, 1844, on the tarm now occupied by the subject of this review. The original homestead comprised one hundred and sixty acres, and the father reclaimed the greater portion of the land from the virgin wilds, developing one of the excellent farms of this section in the pioneer erar and both he and his wife died on the old place, of sixty acres of which he had previously disposed. They became the parents of five children, namely : Electa, wife of Warren Morey, Emily, wife gf Philip Roos; Eliza, deceased wife of George .Carrel; Catherine, deceased; and Augustus, subject of this sketch. Augustus, the only son, early began to contribute Mis quota to the work of the old homestead, which has been his place of abode from the time he was three years of age, and he w&s given such educational advantages as w;ere afforded in the common schools of the locality. His farm is. improved with excellent buildings and is under a fine state of cultivation, being one of the attractive rural farms of this section of the county, comprising one- hundred acres, and he gives his attention to diversified agriculture and stock-growing, jiis enterprise and good management making his success of cumulative character. May 22, 1864, when twenty-three years of age, Mr. Noble went forth to do yeoman service in the cause of the Union, enlisting as a private in Company D, One Hundred and Thirtieth Ohio volunteer infantry, with which he took part in numerous skirmishes and in the battle of Deep Bottom, Va., and he was honorably discharged, at Toledo, Ohio.

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September 22, 1864, at the expiration of his term of enlistment In politics he is numbered in the ranks of the stanch Democrats of this county, and he has served in various offices of local trust having been trustee of Royalton township several terms, assessor one term and a member of the village council of Lyons one term. He is a member of Baxter Post, No. 238, G. A. R., and Royalton Union Lodge, No. 434, F. & A. M. Mr. Noble has been twice married, his first wife, Delia, having been a daughter of Edward and Betsy (Beebe} Patterson, of Royalton township. TwcX sons 'were bom to this union, Albert and Edwin. Mr. Noble chose for his second wife Miss Almira Westfall, daughter of George and Lucy (Burnett) WestfaH, of Gorham township, and they have four children - Opha, Frederick, Electa and Bernice. Opha is the wife^-ef Floyd Barden, of Royalton township.

JOHN ODELL, M. D. - -At the venerable age of four-score yews, and after an average lifetime devoted to the arduous and self-abnegating duties of one of the most exacting of professions, Dr. Odell is now. living practically retired in a pleasant home in the attractive village of Delta, and his extended circle of friftids in the county gives evidence of the popular appreciation of his character and his labors. Dr. Odell is a native of the Buckeye State, having been bom in Windham township, Portage county, Ohio, on the 10th of March, 1825, and being a son of Roswell and Mary (Peaicord) Odell, die former of whom was born in Vermont and die latter in South Carolina, and both families were founded in America in the Colonial era. The father died in Lorain county, Ohio, aged fifty-five, and his wife attained the very venerable age of ninety-three years, passing her latter days in BaiTy county, Mich. They became the parents of four sons and three daughters - -Elizabeth, Nathan, John, William, Roswell, Mary Ann, and Caroline. Aside from Dr. Odell, subject of this sketch, only one is living, Nathan, who maintains his home near Hastings, Barry county, Midi. When Dr. Odell was about fourteen years of age his parents removed from Portage to Lorain county, and in the latter he was reared to manhood, being able to gain more than the average youth from the somewhat meager advantages afforded in the common schools of the locality and period. A receptive mind and a rare power of assimilation aided him even in his rudimentary study. From the age of twenty-one years to the age of twenty-three he farmed in Lorain county. In 1848* in pursuance of his ambition to enter the medical profession, he entered the Cleveland Botanical Medical College, where he secured his technical training, having previously studied in a private way, under the effective preceptorship of Dr. Marshall Chamberlain, his brother-in-law, and he had practiced for two years in Lorain county. In 1850 he located in Delta, Fulton county, the place being at the time a small hamlet in a section which was to a large extent yet unreclaimed from the forest wilds, and his was the lot of the average pioneer physician, in that he was compelled to make his way over almost impassable roads, in summer's rams and winter's snows, pursuing his humane mission with marked unselfishness and oftimes at great personal discomfort. He continued.in active practice for more than half a century, and he now has the distinction of being the oldest physician in the county, even as he is one of its most honored pioneer practitioners. The Doctor recalls with appreciation his early and herculean struggles with the allpervading ague, or "chills and fever," and in the early days his practice extended for a radius of from twenty-five to thirty miles from Delta, and he did his best to overcome the ravages of the ague and other human ills, the first mentioned being largely due to the swampy condition of much of the land in this section - land which is today as fertile and productive as can be found in the State. For many years he made his visitations almost exclusively on horseback, as the roads, if existing at all, were impassable for vehicles much of the time, in many cases being mere bridle-paths or Mazed trails through die virgin forest. The Doctor was successful in his profession and also in the accumulation of .property. In the early days Dr. Odell stood at the head of his profession in this section in the matter of treating certain prevalent types of disease, following the Eclectic system largely in his practice. Dr. Odell has always been known ^s a public-spirited citizen, and from the pioneer days, to the present his aid and influence have been given in die promotion of diose enterprises and undertakings which have conserved the general welfare of the community. Through industry, economy and good judgment in the making of investments, Dr. Odell has accumulated a competency, though he has never been concerned in any speculative enterprises. He has contributed to the upbuilding and dvic advancement of his home town and county, and in the summer of 1905 he gave the latest exhiMtion of his progressive spirit by erecting a handsome business Mock on the prindpal business street of Delta, the same being an ornament to the town, a monument to his memory and a source of definite and merited income to him during his dedining years. The Doctor has been identified with the Republican party, as a stanch supporter of its prindples, from the time of its organization to the present, and while he has never sought office, he served several years as coroner of the county, and for twelve years was a valued member of the munidpal council of Delta. Of him an appredative acquaintance has written as follow^: "Dr. Odell is independent and liberal in his religious views and has pever allied himself with any religious organization. He has the deepest reverence for the spiritual and ethical verities and his belief emphasizes only the cardinal principles of right and justice, without the formalities of creeds, dogmas or public professions. He believes that the Golden Rule embraces within its scope all religious essentials, both, for personal guidance and salvation and for judgment of the motives and actions of others." It is needless to say, in view of the foregoing, that he is broad, tolerant and charitable in his views, and his life-record stands as the best evidence of his kindly helpfulness. His cherished wife, through a period of more than half a century, has proven a devoted companion and helpmeet, and mutual love and sympathy have brightened their pathway as they passed along through the uncertain journey of life. Mrs. Odell has long been .a faithful and zealous member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and her gentle and gracious personality has endeared her to all who have come within the sphere of her influence. Dr. and Mrs. Odell have an attractive home in Delta, and the golden evening of their days is being passed under most grateful surroundings. In Fulton county, in 1852; Dr. Odell was united in marriage to Miss Harriet Ellen Zimmerman; who was bom in Holmes county, Ohio, in 1833, being a daughter of John and Hannah (McQuilliilg) Zimmerman, both of whom were bom in Pennsylvania. Her parents came from Holmes county, Ohio, to Fulton county in 1839 and here passed the remainder of their lives, having been honored pioneers of Pike township. They became the parents of twelve children, all of whom attained maturity and five of whom are still living. Dr. and Mrs. Odell became the parents of three children: Dencie is the wife of Wesley J. Clizbe, of Chicago* and they have three sons : Roscoe J., Floyd Odell, and Harry John ; Ida May, the second child, died at the age of twenty-one years, unmarried; John L. married Miss Bell Boughton and they reside in Chicago, having no children, but by a former marriage he has one daughter, Marguerite, who jiow resides in Wauseon, Ohio.

SAMUEL ODELL, M. D. - No other physician in Fulton county is more highly rated as a successful practitioner than Dr. Samuel Odell, of Swanton. He is a native of Olena, Huron county, O., bom September 15, 1853. His parents, Samuel and Margaret (Wickham) Odell, natives of New York State, of English ancestry, were married in Huron county, where their parents had located in pioneer days. Samuel Odell died in his native county at the age of seventy-six years and is survived by his widow, now eighty years old. He was thrice married. By his first marriage there was one child, three by the second, and seven by the third marriage. The child of the first marriage is William, of Milan, 'Huron county, who served for nearly four years as a soldier in the One Hundred and Twenty-third Ohio volunteer infantry. Those by the second marriage are Joseph, a resident of Norwalk, O., and a farmer by occupation; Mrs. Anson Kellogg, a widow, of Norwalk ; and Mrs. D. K. Gauff, a widow of Milan. The two soTis above mentioned are widowers. The seven children of the third marriage are Mrs. C. H. Brainard, of Fairchild; Allen, unmarried, who lives with his mother; Samuel, the subject of this sketch; Mrs. Jacob Truxell, a resident of Swanton township, Lucas county; Olive and Ida, unmarried, dressmakers of Norwalk, and Mrs* Marion Dowell, whose husband is a prominent farmer of Fulton township. Dr. Samuel Odell was educated in the public schools of North Fairchild, where the parental family lived for some time. 'He was professionally educated at the Eclectic Medical Institute of Cincinnati, from which institution he received - a certificate, and the Toledo Medical College, graduating in 1885. His first professional work was done at Metz, Ind., from which place he soon after removed to the village of Ai, Fulton county, where he practiced about three years. Then he located at Swanton, where he has been in continuous practice ever since. The large and lucrative practice that he now enjoys is the best evidence of his knowledge and skill. He is actively identified with the Fulton county, the Northwestern Ohio and the Ohio State Medical societies. While his practice is general, he holds a special diploma as an oculist and aurist. Dr. Odell has also for years been largely interested in buying timber-land, establishing saw-mills, cutting the timber, and disposing of the products and lands. His success in business has been as marked as that of his professional career. He owns a *fine farm of one hundred and thirty acres, well improved with substantial buildings, and a half-interest in a farm of two hundred and forty acres in Fultort county. To his married son and daughter each he has given a valuable farm. In his fine home place in Swanton there are five acres of land, making it one of the most desirable properties in the town. Dr* Odell is prominent in the councils of the Republican party, having served one term as coroner of the county, as member of the Swanton council four years, and for the past two years as a member of the county central committee, and in November of 1905 he was elected mayor of Swanton. His marriage to Miss Louie A. Travis was solemnized on August 28, 1876. She is a native of Indiana, but was a resident of Huron county, O., at the time of her marriage. To this union there have been bom three children. They are: Bertha, still

REV. WILLIAM S. OGLE, the able and honored pastor of St. Mary's church, at St. Mary's Comers. Amboy township, is one pf the prominent members of the priesthood of the Catholic church in this section and is eminently entitled to representation in this volume. William Samuel Ogle was bom in Cascade, Sheboygan cPunty, Wis., and is of English and Irish extraction. .He was reared in the faith pf Holy Mother the Church and after attending the public schools entered St. Joseph's College, Dubuque, Iowa, where he completed his classical education, and his theological course was taken in Mount St. Mary's Seminary, in the city of Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was ordained to the ' priesthood on the 25th of May, 1902, at the apostolic tends of Bishop Horstmann. Father Ogle was at once assigned to his present parish, taking charge of the church and parish on the 14th of June, 1902. He entered upon the work of his high calling with great zeal, and he lias infused marked vitality into all portions of the parish work, advancing the spiritual and temporal welfare of the church and having the earnest and appreciative co-operation of his people. Many improvements have been made during his short pastorate which have greatly increased the beauty and material value of the church property. The congregation now numbers about one hundred and fifty families , and the parish is in a flourishing condition. Father Ogle is not only a power in his pastoral relations but is a forceful and interesting speaker and a man of most gracious presence. He has the high regard of the community in general and is doing a worthy work in his field of endeavor.

THE OVAL WOOD DISH COMPANY, with principal officer at Delta, and works at Traverse City, Mich.y is one of the leading business enterprises of Fulton county. It was incorporated in 1884 by J* M. Longnecker, of Delta; Henry S.'Hiill, of Wauseon; and A. S. Flack, of Tiffin, with a capital stock of $50,000. The prinrary purpose of the company was the manufacture of the oval wood dish, but since it first commenced business its scope has been widened to ii riucle among its products wire end dishes, dothes-pins, wooden wash-boards, and certain grades of lumber. As the hard or sugar-maple is the Only wood used in the manufacture of the wooden butter-dish the works were established at -Traverse City, soon after incorporation, in order to more easily obtain suitable timber. The plant is under the persoiial supervision of the president, Henry S. Hull, and the offices at. Delta, where the general business of the company is transacted, are in charge of Mr. Longnecker and a corps of capable assistants. Over three hundred people find remunerative employment in the various departments of this concern; the original incorporators still control the affairs of the company, and the output has grown to mammoth proportions. The wooden butter-dish came as an innovation and a boon to grocers and dealers in meats. It has been generally introduced to the trade throughout the United States and Canada, and is fast coming into popular favor in European countries. The wooden dish was invented by S. H. Smith, formerly a resident of Delta, but now of Hillsdale, Mich., but it remained for J. M. Longnecker to apply the basic principle underlying its production. It is largely due to his business sagacity that the Oval Wood Dish Company owes its existence, and the great degree pf success it has attained is largely due to his unceasing efforts, nis business acumen and the high order of his executive ability and of those who he has associated with him. But the establishment of this industry - of itself a great triumph in the industrial world - is not the only line in which Mr. Longnecker has shown himself to be a useful, public-spirited and consequently a highly appreciated citizen of the community in which he lives. He was largely instrumental in securing the passage through Delta and Fulton county of the Toledo and Indiana electric railway, one of the best-equipped electric lines in the State of Ohio. As president of this corporation he has always been a potent factor in shaping its affairs, and with that same quick perception and tenacity of purpose that have distinguished his course in other undertakings, he has. placed the road among the popular and successful lines of the country. In 1900 he erected a fine,, three-story brick hotel, furnished it throughout and made it readv for guests. The result is that Delta has one of the best-appointed and most popular hotels in Northwestern Ohio, "The Lincoln/' comparing favorably with the leading hostelries of some cities twice as large. Mr. Longnecker is a native of the "Keystone_State," having been bom in Cumberland county, Pa., and there reared and educated. While stiff in his 'teens he, like many another gallant youth of that great commonwealth, heard the call of his country, and in the dark days of the Civil war enrolled as a musician in Company B, Forty-seventh Pennsylvania volunteer militia. After three months in this service he en- listed in G tipany K, One Hundred and Ninety-second Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, where he served until the close of the war. In both organizations his lot was cast with the Army of the Potomac, where he was an active participant in some of the most stirring ana decisive engagements of the war. When war against Spain was declared in the spring of 1898 he again offered his services to his country and was made a United States paymaster. In this capacity he was stationed most of the time at Washington, D. C, where he was en=- gaged in paying mileage and allowances to officers and men. His duties in this line of work were discharged with the same thoroughness and fidelity that have marked the conduct of his private undertakings. Mr. Longnecker located at Delta in 1870, and soon became identified with the progress and development of that beautiful little city. Throughout his entire residence, of more than a third of a century there, his career has been distinguished by patriotism, progressiveness and persistence. Always true to his local, state and national institutions, yet filled with a desire to see them keep pace with the world's progress, he never swerves a line from what he conceives to be the highest duties of a citizen. Politically he is a stanch supporter of Republican principles, but has never been a seeker for public office, finding his highest satisfaction in assisting worthy men to positions of trust and responsibility, that his political principles may be properly sustained and his party's creed vindicated. In the councils of Free Masonry Mr. Longnecker occupies a high place and takes special interest in the deliberations of that ancient and honorable fraternity. In his domestic relations he i$ to be emulated, if n^t envied. For a life companion he selected Miss Almeda, daughter of Simon Zimmerman, one of the pioneers of Fulton county. To this happy union h~ve been bom four sons, each an honor to his parents. Charles S. is the owner of the Delta electric light plant, in which he is doing a prosperous business, and has displayed many of those sterling qualities that have characterized his worthy father; Fred M. is associated with his father in business; Benjamin F. is a graduate of the New York School of Law and is rapidly working his way to eminence in the legal profession, andsEdgar B. is attending college at Cleveland, Ohio.

JOHN CALVIN PALMER, a builder and contractor of Wauseon, was bom in that city in 1869. He is the son of Myron T. and Eugenia (Jacobs) Palmer, both natives of Ohio, the former having been bom near Norwalk, Ridgefield township, Huron county, and the latter in the same county. His paternal grandfather, John Palmer, came from New York in an early day and located in Huron county, settling on the farm on which M. T. Palmer lived. The Palmers originally came from near Stonington, Conn. Myron Palmer before attaining to his majority enlisted in the Sixth United States cavalry and served four years. His regiment was a part of the Army of the Potomac and served under both Generals McClellan and Sheridan. He took part in no less than thirty-five battles and skirmishes, and was twice slightly wounded. In 1868 he came to Wauseon, where for three years he engaged in the mercantile business. Then he took up the work of con- tracting and building, which occupation he followed as long as he lived. For several terms he was a member of the city councilr for he always took an active part as a Democrat in local politics. Having served his country so faithfully, he naturally took a deep interest in the affairg of the Grand Army of the Republic. His wife was the daughter of Whitney and Clyth (Mix) Jacobs, the former the son of E. W. Jacobs and the grandson of Asa and Elizabeth (Whiting) Jacobs, both natives of Brattleboro, Vt. The. members of this family were among the pioneer settlers of Huron county. The father of the subject of this sketch died on the home farm on February 15, 1902. The children of Myron T. and Eugenia Palmer are: Harlow, a resident of Wauseon; Luella, now Mrs. Charles McHenry, of Chicago ; Centillat .the wife of Harry Berry, of Toledo; Lina, wife of Ed. Newcomer, a druggist of Wauseon, and John Calvin, the subject of this, sketch. J. C. Palmer received a liberal education in the public schools of his native city, and was carefully trained for a business career. After completing his education he became a member of the firm of Palmer & Palmer, contractors and builders, of which firm he is the surviving member. For eighteen years he has been actively engaged in this work. The greater part of the fine private dwellings of Wauseon are the handiwork of Palmer & Palmer. This firm has met with phenomenal success because it has. uniformly dealt honestly with its patrons by charging only moderate prices and using the very best of material. The many beautiful residences of the city are monuments to the skill and workmanship of the firm. For one term he served as mayor of his native city, having been elected to that office as a Democrat. The fact that he is the second Democratic mayor the city has ever had certainly proves that he stands high with his fellow-citizens, and that his real worth is fully appreciated by them. Honest and straightforward in all of his dealings, Mr. Palmer richly deserves the good will and respect of the people of Wauseon. He is also actively identified with the Masons and Woodmen. He married Miss Christine Martin, formerly of Chicago, whose father, a contractor and builder, lost his fortune in the great fire of that city. Only one child, Letha by name, has blessed this union.

WILLIAM PERCIVAL, one of the well-known and highly esteemed farmers and stock-growers of Swan Creek township, was bom in the county of Cumberland, England, on the 12th of .March, 1845, and in August, 1849, his parents carrie to America and located in Elyria, Lorain county, Ohio, and in this State they passed the remainder of their lives. Mr. Percival is a son of William and Hannah (Hutchison) Percival, both of whom were bom and reared in Cumberland county, England. They became the parents of six children, of whom the subject of this review was the only son. The mother died in Lorain county, in i860, and the father passed away in 1871. William Percival, Jr., was reared to maturity in Lorain county, receiving a common-school education of somewhat circumscribed character and early becoming dependent upon his own resources. His life has been filled with earnest and consecutive endeavor and he has the utmost appreciation for the dignity of honest toil and the worthiness pf him who performs it, so that he is essentially a judge of the true values of human existence and is charitable and kindly in his relations with his fellowmen. At the age of seventeen years. Mr. Perdval manifested his intrinsic loyalty to the Republic by enlisting in Company K, Tenth Ohio , volunteer cavalry, in the year 1862. His command was assigned to the Army of the Cumberland, and he served under General' Kilpatrick, taking part in the battle of Chickamauga, and the siege of Tullahoma, and being under fire for thirty-one days in the Elk river campaign. He was a partidpant in seventeen general engagements, besides numerous minor conflicts, and while he escaped wounds he was seriously disabled in a train wreck, was also taken prisoner, and he lost the sight of his right eye by paralysis, while in the service* While he was on picket duty near Huntsville, Ala., all the pickets except himself were captured. He reached the regimental headquarters and gave the alarm, thus saving the entire command from practically certain capture. For this valiant service he was tendered promotion, and at his own request was advanced simply to the position of guard at General John B. Turdiin^ headquarters. Mr. Perdval recdved his honorable discharge on the 17th of February, 1864, and then came to Fulton county, where he remained until the following February, when he re-enlisted, in Swan Creek township, becoming a member of Company C, One. Hundred and Eighty-second Ohio volunteer infantry, and he received his final discharge in July following, the war having then dosed. He returned to Fulton county, and that he had a definite attraction to draw him to this section is evident when we revert to the drcumstance that, on the 3d of September, 1865, he was here united in marriage to Miss Ellen Koder, who was bom in Ashland county, and who proved a devoted companion and helpmeet during the years of his struggle to gain a firm footing on the plane of independence and prosperity. She died February 6th, 1886, and is survived by four children: Agnes is the wife of Jacob Kriger, of Amboy township ; George is a successful carpenter and builder in Swanton ; Jennie is the wife of Charles Sisson^ of Swan Creek township; and.Oril is employed in the State Hospital for the Insane in the city of Toledo. In 1888 Mr. Perdval married his present wife, whose maiden name was Arabella Spaulding, and who was bom and reared in Swan Creek township. They became die parents of two children* one of whom is living, Eva, who remains at the parental home. Floyd died in 1893, at die age of four years. In politics Mr. Perdval is a stanch adherent of the Republican party, and he is affiliated with Swanton Lodge, No. 528, Independent Older of Odd Fellows, and with Fulton Encampment, No. 289, of die same order, at Delta, having passed the prindoal official chairs in each body. Mrs. Perdval is a member of die Rebekah Lodge of the I. O. O. F. Mr. Perdval has cleared and reclaimed fully one hundred acres of land in Fulton county, mostly in Fulton township, having been an indefatigable worker throughout life, though frequently handicapped by phy- , sical infirmities, having had to use crutches at intervals, and, as before stated, he has the use of but one eye. He now has a well-improved farm of twenty acres, in Swan Creek township, and is in independent drcumstance*.

HARRISON PATTERSON is a native son of the Buckeye State, which he loyilly represented as a Union soldier during the Civil war, and he is numbered among the prominent farmers of Royalton township, where he is the owner of a well-improved farm of eighty acres in Section 16, and he maintains his residence in the village of Lyons, from which his farm is a short distance. He was born in Trumbull township, Ashtabula county, Ohio, April 16, 1841, a son of Abel and Amy (Comstock) Patterson, the former born in Connecticut and the latter in the State of New York. The paternal grandfather, likewise a native of Connecticut and a representative of old Colonial stock, was numbered among the pioneers of Ashtabula county, Ohio, having located in Trumbull township, where he remained until the close of his life. The maternal grandfather, David Comstock, was likewise an early settler in Ashtabula county, whither he came from New. York States and later he located in Fairfield township, Lenawee county, Mich., where he passed the remainder of his days. Abel and Amy (Comstock) Patterson came to Fulton county in 1844, at which time the subject of this review was about three years of age, and the father purchased twenty-six acres of land in Section 12, Royalton township, and an adjoining fifty-four acres in Fairfield township, Lenawee county, Mich. He cleared and improved his farm and became one of the influential men of his section, continuing to reside on the old homestead until his death, in 1892, at the age of seventy-six years, and his devoted wife was called to the life eternal on the 2d of January, 1904, aged eighty-five years. They became the parents of eleven children, namely : Sylvester, Harrison, John, Emily, Adeline, Adelbert, Alonzo, Jason, Thomas, Davis, and Elnora. Sylvester died while serving as a member of an Ohio regiment in the Civil war; Emily is the wife of Lewis Hackett; Adeline is the wife of James. Royce ; and Elnora is the wife of James Smith. Harrison Patterson passed his boyhood and youth on the old homestead farm, availing himself of such advantages as were offered in the local schools, and contributing his quota to the strenuous work of the farm. Finally he responded to the call of higher duty, tendering his services in defense of his country, whose integrity was jeopardized by armed rebellion. October 2, 1862, when twenty-one years of age, he enlisted as a private in Company F, Sixty-seventh Ohio volunteer infantry, with which he proceeded to the front, taking part in the battles of Fort Wagner, City Point, Malvern Hill, Deep Bottom, die Wilderness, and many minor conflicts, and being with his regiment at die capture of Fort Gregg, in front of Petersburg, and thence taking part in the campaign through to Appomattox, being present at the surrender of General Lee, and having received his honorable discharge at Charlottesville, Va., in September, 1865. On his return home he engaged in work at the carpen- ter trade, which he followed until 1867, when he purchased forty acres of land, in Section 14, Royalton township, developing the property and there continuing his residence until 1880, when he purchased his present fine farm of eighty acres in Section- 16, making the place his home until 1899 and effecting many improvements on die same. He then removed to the village of Lyons, where ;he has since resided, owning a good residence property here, and still giving his supervision to his farm. He is held in high regard in the township which has been his home throughout life, has served nine terms as township trustee, and his unqualified allegiance is given to the Republican party. He is a valued and appreciative member of Baxter Post, No. 238, Grand Army of the Republic, at Lyons, of which he is a past commander. Mrs. Patterson is a member of the Church of Disciples. September J, 1867, Mr. Patterson married Miss Mahala Myers, daughter of Johnson and Caroline (Runnells) Myers, of Amboy township, and of their children two are living - Alphonso, who married Miss Ann E. Rose; and Dellie Grant, who married Miss Laura Falor. Alphonso resides in Royalton township, three miles west of Lyons, engaged in farming on a farm purchased by him. He and wife have one (laughter, Doris E., five years of age. Dellie Grant Patterson resides in Royalton township, on the homestead farm. He and wife have one son, Mark L. Patterson, eight years of age.

JOSIAH C. PAXSON, of Wauseon, is a representative member of the bap of Fulton county, and a scion of one of the old and prominent families of the county. He was bom m Chesterfield township, this county. May 27, 1866, and after completing the curriculum of the public schools he entered the Fayette Normal University, this county, where he was graduated as a member of the class of 1892. He had previously been a successful teacher in the public schools, and he also taught a number of terms after his graduation, having devoted about a decade to the pedagogic profession. His endeavors in this line, however, he considered merely as a means to an end; as he early determined to prepare himself for the legal profession, initiating his study of the law while still engaged in teaching. This was supplemented by a course of preparatory reading under the preceptorship of M. B. Cottrell, a representative lawyer at Delta, this county, and he finally was matriculated in the law department of the Ohio Normal University at Ada, where he was graduated in 1897, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Laws. He forthwith entered into a professional partnership with George A. Everett, the present mayor of Delta, and they were there associated in active practice until February, 1902, when Mr. Paxson came to Wauseon, where he has since been associated in practice with John Q. Files, under the firm name of Files & Paxson, the firm being Tecognized as a particularly strong one and controlling a representative professional business. The ancestral history of Mr. Paxson, in both the paternal and maternal lines, traces back to the State of New Jersey, where the respective families, identified with the Society of JEriends and contemporaneous with William Penn, were founded in the Colonial days. Branches of the respective families have adhered to the simple and noble faith ot the Friends or Quakers throughout several generations. The parents of Josiah C. Paxson were John and Rebecca (Mason) Paxson. The former was bom in 1822 and came to Northwestern Ohio and settled near West Unity, Williams county, in 1847. In 1862 he removed with his family to Chesterfield township, Fulton county, where he passed the remainder of his life in agricultural pursuits, his death occurring in September, 1894. He was left an orphan in early childhood and was reared by his paternal grandparents. He was a man of strong character and unbending integrity, and was held in high esteem In the community where he lived and labored so many years. His wife was a daughter of John and Charity (Borton) Mason, who located in Fulton county in 1837, passing the first four years in German township and then removing to a farm in Franklin township, where the father died in 1878, at the age of seventy-seven years. They were bom in the vicinity of Camden, N. J., and both the Masons and Bortons were devoted adherents of the Society of Friends. The Paxson family also was prominent in the ranks of this same society, but Elizabeth (Case) Paxson, paternal grandmother of the subject of this review, was a Baptist in her religious faith, and to this church the majority of her posterity seems to adhere. In 1890 Josiah C. Paxson was united in marriage to Miss Mary Hallett, whose father, Ephraim Hallett, of Meramora, this county, lost his life in the Civil war, haying been a member of the Sixty-seventh Ohio volunteer infantry. Mr. and Mrs. Paxson have two children, Florence and Edwin. In politics Mr. Paxson is an uncomprising Republican, taking an active interest in the furtherance of the party cause, and in a fraternal way he is identified with the Masonic order and the Knights of Pythias.

WILLIAM B. PETERSEN, one of the representative farmers of Fulton township, is a native son of Fulton qounty, having been bom on the old homestead farm, three miles east of the village of Delta, in Swan Creek township, on the 22d of October, 1866. He is a son of John and Sophia C. {Winklesett) Petersen, both of whom were bom in Germany, the former on the 22d q{ September, 1814, and the latter on the 1st of September, 1824, and both came to America in 1845, their marriage being solemnized in a Methodist Episcopal church in New York City in 1^52. Thereafter they resided on Staten Island until 1861, the father having there followed his trade, that of cooper. In the yea mentioned they came to Ohio and located on a farm in Swan Creek township, Fulton county, where they made their home for the long period of twenty-one years, and the father then purchased a farm in Fulton county, there continuing to reside until his death, in 1892. His wife is now a resident of Fulton township. They became the parents of three sons and two daughters: John N. resides in Delta and is individually mentioned on another page of this publication; Annie is the wife of Wallace Smith, of Fort Wayne, Ind. ; Henry resides in Wauseon, Fulton county, Ohio; Teresa is the wife of Eugene Wales, of Swanton, this county ; and William B., of this review, is the youngest. William B. Petersen secured his educational training in the public schools of Swan Creek township, where he was reared to man- hood under the sturdy discipline of the farm, and he has* been consecutively identified with agricultural pursuits save, for a period of three years, during which he was engaged in teaming in Swanton. In 1885 he was united in marriage to Miss Laura Schrock, who was bom in Fulton township, being a daughter of Levi and Delilah (Hostetter) Schrock, both of whom were bom in Pennsylvania, of stanch German lineage. Mr. and Mrs. Schrock became the parents of nine daughters and two sons : Josiah met his death while serving as a Union soldier in the Civil war; Catherine is the wife of Jacob Everett, of Fulton township; Susan resides in this township, unmarried; Lucinda is the wife of Saul Frybarger, mentioned elsewhere in this work; Mary is the wife of Joseph Baldwin, of Lytton, this county ; Lavina is the wife of Elias Sigsby, of Pike township; Delilah, wife of John Harger, is deceased; Eli resides at Whitehouse, Lucas county, where he is engaged in the general m^rcandise business ; Ella is the wife of Martin Collins, of Richfield township ; Sarah is the wife of Charles Gates, of Lyons, this county ; and Laura, wife of Mr. Petersen, is the youngest of the children. Mr. and Mrs. Petersen have four children, namely : Ora, bom February 27, 1886; Fredie, bom November 16, 1891 ; Ollie, bom February 10, 1901 ; and Ella, bom August 12, 1904. Mr. Petersen is a Republican in his political adherency and takes a loyal interest in public affairs of a local nature. He has charge of the old homestead, which he cultivates, and he resides on a neighboring farm of one hundred and sixty acres, which he rents, the same being owned by residents of Toledo. He devotes his attention to mixed farming and stock-raising, is being prospered in his labors, and he is regarded as one of the foremost and most_enterprising young men of the community.

HENRY W. PIKE has been identified with the agricultural inter-, ests of Fulton county for more than two-score years, and is now numbered among the prominent farmers and influential citizens of Clinton township. Mr, Pike claims the old Empire State of the Union as the place of his nativity, having been born in Monroe county, N. Y., on the 8th of September, 1838, and being a son of Joseph and Lydia (Simons) Pike, both of whom were born in the State of Vermont, of stanch old Puritan stock. The father served as a soldier in the War of 1812, and died in the State of New York, in 1857. His widow came to Fulton county, Ohio, with her son, Henry W., subject of this sketch, and she died at Tedrow, this county, in 1862. Henry W. Pike was reared to manhood in the State of New York, having secured his early educational training in the common schools of Alleghany county, and his vocation throughout his entire active career has been that of farming. He came to Fulton county in i860, first locating in Dover township, and later passing five years in German township, after which he located on his present foie farm, of sixty-two acres, in Clinton township, where he has since maintained his home, and he has made excellent improvements on the place, which is one of the attractive rural demesnes of this part of the county, thrift and prosperity being indistinctive evidence. In his political proclivities Mr. Pike is a stanch Re- publican, taking much interest in the supremacy of the party, has served two terms as township trustee, and has also rendered effective service in the offices of' road supervisor and member of the school board. The church relations xof himself and wife are Methodist On the 8th of September, 1861, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Pike to Miss Maria Long, who was bom in Ashland county. Pa., April 4, 1841, being a daughter erf John and Margaret (Carr) Long, who were likewise natives of Pennsylvania, whence they came to Fulton county, Ohio, in 1848. To Mr. and Mrs. Pike have been bom six children, concerning whom the following brief data are entered: Frederick

V. married Miss Eliza Wells and is engaged in farming in Dover township ; Ida M. is the wife of Herman Glade, of Chicago, 111. ; Addie died in infancy ; Charles H. married Miss Rosa Stuttsman, and is a prosperous farmer of Dover township; Minnie is the wife of William Stubbing and they reside in Wood county ; and Pearl L. remains at the parental home. -'

JOHANNES ERNST PLETTNER, a retired farmer and an influential citizen of Swanton, was bom in Berlin, Germany, on April 16, 1832. He is the son of Ferdinand and Wilhelmina (Litting) Plettner, both natives of Prussia, where their lives were spent, the former dying at the age of seventy-two years and the latter at fifty-six. They were the parents of the following children, two of whom died in infancy: Theodore A., for two years a soldier in the Prussian army, died in German township, Fulton county, leaving a large family; Bertha, Mahlow and Ida Fitting died in Berlin; Johannes Ernst Arnold, a bachelor residing in Berlin, who also served in the Prussian army, in the same company in which the subject of this sketch served, and Amanda Aurora, unmarried, who is a resident of Berlin. Johannes E. Plettner remained in his native country until twenty-five years of age and served for three years as company clerk in the regular army of Prussia. Although a soldier at the time of the Crimean war, he was not called into active service in that conflict. He emigrated to America by himself in 1857 and located at the village of Ai, Fulton county. In the spring of 1859 he went to Colorado and remained there engaged in mining until October, 1861, making the trip and returning to CHhio in a wagon. On this trip Mr. Plettner acted as hunter for a party of twenty-seven, en route to the gold fields. On May 1, when about eighty miles west of Fort Riley, a cyclone struck the train, seriously injuring several of the party, one fatally, ^nd demolishing the wagons. Breaking loose from the wagons the pattle sought safety in flight The baggage that was left was later transferred to Denver by another train. On the return trip the party had some miraculous escapes from drowning in the Platte river, losing most of the baggage at Floating Island. Oh May 2, 1864, Mr. Plettner enlistecLfor the period of one hundred days in Company H of the" One Hundred and Thirtieth Ohio volunteer infantry, serving until September 22, when he was discharged. His command was with the Army of the Potomac and took part in the battle at Deep Bottom. For six weeks the regiment was under continuous artillery fire. After his marriage he located on a farm and for eight years was actively and successfully engaged in general farming. Then he went to Macon county, Mo., where he fanned until 1872, when he returned to Fulton county. After retiring from the farm he resided for several years in Ai, and in 1900 located in S wanton, where he built the substantial residence he now occupies. Mr. Plettner is the inventor and patentee of the Fulton Washing machine and the Twin washer, the former of which is in general use in the State of Ohio. In politics he is a stanch Republican, having served as assessor of Fulton township. He was a charter member of the Robert O. Nobbs Post of the Grand Army of the Republic at Ai, and now holds membership in Quiggle Post, No. 289. In 1861, on April 14th, he was wedded to Miss Eva Fashbaugh, a daughter of Peter and Elizabeth Fashbaugh, each now deceased, who were early settlers of Fulton county. To Mr. and Mrs. Plettner there have been born seven children, four of whom are living. Those living are : Otto, a machinist of Continental, O., who married Miss Minnie Holmes and has two daughters: Mildred and Ruth. Augusta, the wife of Alfred Smith ; Elizabeth Eva, now Mrs. Edward J. Hoodless, who have one child, Otto ; and Amanda, the wife of Frank Harger, who have three children living: Hope, Harold and Garland. The three deceased died in childhood. Mr. Hoodless and family now make their home with her father, who together with his wife is a devout member of the United Brethren church.

LEAMON S. PLUMMER, a successful merchant-tailor of Swanton, is a native of Lapeer county, Mich., where he was bom on November 24, i860. He is the son of Charles and Margaret (Siver) Plummer, die former a native of England, and the latter of German ancestors, bom in the United States. Charles Plummer was a farmer by occupation and in 1869 removed from Michigan to Troy, Ontario, Canada, where he was drowned the following year while on a hunting expedition. His widow survives him and is now residing with her husband's parental family in Canada. Two sons were boiti to these parents. They are : Leamon S., and Eugene, a merchant-tailor of Delta. Leamon S. Plummer was reared and educated in Michigan and Canada. Having learned the tailor's trade in Blenheim, Ontario, he followed that occupation in Canada until 1891, when he removed to Toledo, O., and there plied his trade for the next two years. In 1893 he changed his residence to Swanton, which has been his home ever since. In 1904, having up to that time lived in rented property, he purchased a property that answered the double purpose of residence and store room. As he has no competition in his line, he has with little difficulty established a highly profitable business. Being an expert workman himself, he sees to it that only first-class work is put upon the market. Mr. Plummer is a member of Swanton Lodge, No. 555, Free and Accepted Masons (having joined that fraternity in Blenheim), of the Odd Fellows and of the Modern Woodmen of America. While independent in politics, he leans strongly towards the principles advocated by the Republican party. His choice of a helpmeet on life's journey was Miss Margaret E. Hilts, a native of Chatham, Ontario, where she was reared and educated. She is the daughter of William and Nancy (Davidson) Hilts, the former of German and the latter of French descent. Of the six children that have been born to Leamon S. Plummer and wife four are now living. They are named, Eugene Irwin, Charles, Miles Ashton, Percey Guy, Louis S., and Robert. Charles and Louis are deceased. The first four named were bom in Canada and the others in S wanton. Mr. and Mrs. Plummer are actively identified with the Order of Eastern Star. They are not connected with any religious organization.

LOUIS N. PILLIOD, president of the Farmers, and Merchants* Deposit Company and the Pilliod Lumber Company, of Swanton, was bom in Napoleon, Henry county, Ohio, on May 24, 1859. He is the son of Augustin and Amelia (Harris) Pilliod, both deceased, the former a native of France and the latter of Genesee, N. Y. Augustin Pilliod was a miller and merchant by occupation, which business he conducted with unusual success, amassing quite a fair competency. They were the parents of seven children, five sons and two daughters, of whom the subject of this sketch is the eldest. Louis N. Pilliod was educated in the public and parochial schools of Toledo, O., and at the University of Notre Dame, Ind. He began his business career in the milling business, following that occupation successfully for fifteen years, and then took up his present line of work. The Pilliod Lumber Company, with a capitalization of $25,000, was incorporated in 1901. This establishment does wholesale lumber business and manufactures all kinds of building material, giving regular employment to twenty-five skilled workmen. Mr. Pilliod was the principal organizer of the Merchants' and Farmers' bank at Swanton, an institution capitalized at $25,000, and of which he is the head. He is the owner of considerable property and the director of extensive business interests. All recognize him as an active and progressive business man and one of the leading citizens of Fulton county. While he has always led a strenuous business life, he has, nevertheless, found time to look after public matters, having served on the village council. In politics he is identified with the Democratic party and in secret society affairs with the Knights of Pythias. Louis N. Pilliod was first married to Miss Emma Hill, of Swanton, who died in August, 1890, leaving her husband one son, Thomas J., to mourn over her demise. His second wife was Miss Lillian Mabry, of Swanton. This union has been blessed with three children. Their names are: Lawrence L., Esther Lucile and Agnes

SAMUEL J. POMMERT, who was formerly the genial proprietor of the Pommert House of Delta, was bbm in Caledonia, Ohio, October 4, 1852. He is a son of Adam and Sarah (Burkhardt) Pommert, the former a native of Germany and the latter of Pennsylvania, being also of German extraction. Adam Pommert was a tailor by occupation and frequently changed his residence to better promote his business interests. He married in Gabon, Crawford county, Ohio, and he and his wife died in LaGrange county, Ind., neither having attained to old age. They had a family of seven children, four of whom are now living, one having died in infancy, one in childhood and Rosa in young womanhood. The living are: Charles, a barber of Auburn,