Pickaway County, Ohio - Chapter 31: Some Representative Men of the County, 1906 (part 10 of 17)

Daniel Pontius came to Pickaway County, Ohio, from Pennsylvania at a day when Washington township, where he located, was in a very wild state. He became one of the large landed proprietors, having an estate of 1,600 aeres of land. Here Amos Pontius, father of Judge Pontius, was born and reared. He also became a man of substance and prominence, during his residence on his farm of a quarter section, located two and a half miles from Circleville, and later, when he made his home in the latter place. He married Catherine Earnhart, who was botn in Washington township and was a daughter of William Earnhart, who came to Ohio from Maryland and becatne a large landholder on the Pickaway Plains, removing later to Washington township. Both the Earnhart and Pontius families were strong supporters of the United Brethren Church, and the first church of this denomination in Washington township was erected on the farm of the latter family. The mother of Judge Pontius died in 1889. Of the six children in the family, five survive, our subject being the third. in order of birth.

Until he was 17 years of age, George H. Pontius remained at home, attending school but enjoying only common-school advantages. In order to satisfy his ambitions for a more extended field of usefulness than was offered on the home farm, he then engaged in teaching school until he had accumulated sufficient capital to enable him to graduate at the National Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio, where he received the degree of B. S., in 1879. He continued to teach until 1884, when he was elected clerk of courts, being re-elected in 1887. In the meantime he had studied law under Judge Winstead, of Circleville, formerly probate judge, and in March, 1888, he was admitted to the Ohio bar. On February 9, 1891, he entered into partnership with H. P. Folsom and the firm of Folsom & Pontius became one of the leading law firms of the county. In

1891 he was elected a member of the Election Board and served until 1902, honored by election to the Probate bench, a re-election following in 1905. Judge Pontius has made an enviable record for painstaking energy, courage and honesty for mature, wellbalanced judgment and for impartial fidelity to the issues before him.

On December 8, 1887, Judge Pontius was married to Ora Hall, who was born at Logansport, Indiana. They have two sons, - Miller H. and Stuart D. The family belong to the Methodist [Episcopal Church at Circleville, the Judge being one of the trustees.

Politically Judge Pontius has been a lifelong Democrat and has served -his party in may important positions. He has been one of the men in public life who has continued to be deeply interested in all local affairs and willing to assist in promoting the welfare of his.own community. He has-served as a member of the Board of Education and is a member of the board of directors of the Opera House Company and of the Board of Trade. He is a Mason of high degree and belongs also to the Knights of Pythias.

Judge Pontius has found time, in the midst of professional duties of an absorbing nature, to enjoy the pursuits of a thinker, scholar and man of taste and not only possesses a remarkwhen he was | ably fine library, but has broadened his mind by extensive travel. Unlike many of his fellow countrymen, he has chosen to visit alt parts of his own land and view its natural wonders and business development, before touring in other parts of the world. He is a thorough American.

member of a distinguished family of that section of the State. He is a son of Jesse and Phoebe (Glick) Leist and a grandson of Hon, John Leist.

Hon. John Leist, a stone cutter and mechanic by trade, rose from a humble estate to he one of the statesmen and leading citizens of his section of Ohio. Tor 13 terms he served in the State Legislature from Fairfield County and was one of the most earnest promoters of the old canal, which so greatly benefited his section. Fle was thoroughly acquainted with the law, although a graduate of no school, and was the chosen adviser and friend of half the people of his county. His son, Jesse Leist, the father-of Dr. Leist, was born in Fairfield County and turned his attention to agriculture, becoming one of the substantial farmers of that locality.

George G. Leist was reared and primarily educated in the schools of Fairfield County and was graduated from the Zanesville Business College in 1877. After reading medicine for several years; with Dr. J. J. Silbaugh, at Royalton, Ohio, he entered the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, where he was graduated in 1891. He immediately began practice at East Ringgold, Pickaway County, Ohio, where he continued for seven years and then removed to Royalton, where he spent seven years more. In 1904 Dr. Leist came to Circleville and here has met with a ready welcome. He is a valued member of the Fairfield County Medical Society and of the Ohio State Medical Society and is an enthusiastic member of his profession.

united in marriage with Mary McCandlish, who is a daughter of George McCandlish, formerly a farmer in Fairfield County, but now a retired resident of Thornville, Ohio. James A. McCandlish, an uncle of Mrs. Leist, was a very prominent man in Fairfield County. He served, with the rank of captain, for three years in the Civil war, located then in Cumberland County, Illinois, where he was elected sheriff, being the first Republican incumbent the county had had. He served nine years in that position and later was elected clerk of the County Court.

Dr. and Mrs. Leist have four children, viz. : Harold, George and Helen, all bright students at Circleville; and Martha Alice, the pride of the home, born April 26, 1906. In politics the Doctor is a Republicana) ILTON JACKSON TOOTLE, who j| resides on a well-improved and valuable farm of 220 acres in Monroe township, owns rich farming land in this locality aggregating 1,000 acres. Mr. Tootle was born on the old Tootle homestead, in Ross County, Ohio, December 11, 1840, and is a son of James and Mary (Clarkson) Tootle. >

The Tootle family was established in Ohio by Thomas Tootle, who came from Maryland to Ross County in 1805. The family became the owners of a large body of land, which has been increased and improved as each generation has succeeded to its ownership. Thomas B. Tootle, the eldest son of the founder and the grandfather of Milton J. Tootle, married Mary Ann Rector, whose maternal uncle was Edward Tiffin, the first Governor of Ohio. The 'children of this marriage were: John, James, Isaac and Amos. Thomas B. Tootle was a man of means and influence and was closely identified with the development of Ross County. He was also a loyal citizen and served as a soldier of the War of 1812.

he married Mary Clarkson, a daughter of Major Clarkson, another veteran of the War of 1812. They had five children, namely: Milton Jackson, of this sketch; Edward Tiffin, of Wayne township; Eliza, widow of Stewart Morrow; Monroe, deceased; and Douglas, of Ross County. Like other members of his family, James Tootle was a man of sterling worth The family properties under his control were increased in value and he was able to be very generous with his children.

In recalling his schooldays our subject remembers the old log structure near his home in Ross County, with its puncheon floor and rough slab seats, where he was mainly educated, his attendance at school continuing until he was about 18 years of age. With his brothers, he assisted in the management and operation of his father's farming lands until he was about 22 years of age, when the latter presented him with a farm of 220 acres, with the stipulation that he should improve and cultivate it. This is the rich tract on which Mr.

Monroe and partly in Darby townships. Subsequently Mr. Tootle purchased 525 acres from the Colonel Florence estate, on Dry Run, in Muhlenberg and Monroe townships, and still later, 240 acres on the Five Points road, which formerly belonged to the old Abernethy estate.

When Mr. Tootle accepted his father's suggestion that he should show what he could do by himself taking over his present farm, at first under a nominal rental, he had to face unusual hardships. The land was heavily timbered and part of at required much ditching before it could be cultivated. Game was still plentiful in the vicinity of the little log cabin in which he took up his residence and for which he made the furniture with the best skill he could command. His days were filled with hard work, but within the space of three years he had proved to his father that the experiment was a complete success and the wild farm had been cleared and subjugated.

November 28, 1867. She was born in Ross County, Ohio, and is a daughter of James M. and Rhoda (Conner) Abernethy. Her father was born in Virginia, moved to Ross County, Ohio, and subsequently became a man of large possessions. He was thrice married; first, to Rhoda Conner; second, to Mrs. Lucy Somers; and third, to Elizabeth Proctor. The children of the first marriage were: William and Robert, deceased; Isaac and Mary. Of these, William became a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church; Robert became a farmer. Isaac, now a prominent attorney at Circleville, served as judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the district composed of Pickaway, Franklin and Madison counties. He married (first) Elizabeth Cusic and (second) Wealthy Veath. The children of James Abernethy's second marriage were: Adolphus, Lawrence and Florence (twins), and Cyrus, now cashier of the Second National Bank at Circleville, who was formerly county surveyor and laid out the townships of Pickaway County.

Mr. and Mrs. Tootle had seven children born to them namely: John, who died aged 18 years; Robert Tiffin, born July 18, 1868; Olive Elizabeth, born December 30, 1871, who resides at home; Minnie Theodosia, born October 12, 1874, who is the wife of James Hatfield, of Five Points, and has one son - Eldon; Rhoda Estella, born November 8, 1877, who lives at home; James Milton, born April 1, 1884; and Samuel C., the third son, who was born November 13, 1870. After completing the common school course in Monroe township, Samuel C. Tootle taught school for some time in Monroe, Darby and Jackson townships and then entered the medical department of the Ohia State University, at Columbus, where he was graduated as a physician in 1896. He practiced for a short. time in that city and then returned home and in 1905 was elected township treasurer on the Democratic ticket. He is one of the promising young men of the vicinity and is thoroughly prepared to follow either his profession or almost any chosen career.

and he worthily represents the old family of substance and influential connections which has made its name one to be honored in this part of Ohio, for generations. He is one of the largest cattle and stock-raisers of this locality, and is a director in the lirst National Bank of Mount Sterling, Ohio. For a number of years he has been a township trustee and has also served as a member of the School Board. Politically he is a Democrat.

B}EORGE FREDERICK GRAND- "| GIRARD, one of the leading pharmacists and business men at Circleville, was born at Red Oak Presbyterian Parsonage, Brown County, Ohio, June 9, 1862, and is a son of the late Rev, Emile F. Grand-Girard.

The Grand-Girard family originally were from the South of France and from the Department du Gars (as the state is at present divided), Cheflieu, Nismes. After the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, they found their way to Switzerland in the Canton of Berne, and there remained until the year 1777, when their children returned to France. However. previous to the return of these religious refugees, they took the precaution of securing letters of citizenship. This letter of origin and citizenship is written on parchment and signed by D. Guillarmot, notary public. A copy was taken by Rev. Emile T. Grand-Girard from the original while visiting a cousin, August Grand-Girard, living then at Lille, Department du Nord, France, in July, 1872.

Our suhject's grandfather, George F. Grand-Girard, was a French soldier, who followed the great Napoleon in all his varied fortunes as soldier and Emperor. He wore the eagles: of the: Imperial Guard. He was in Paris when Napoleon was crowned Emperor. After the war, he resumed his position in civil life as an architect and builder in his native district. In May, 1833, he left France with his young family for America, bringing with him-letters of introduction from the Marquis. de La Fayette to gentlemen in New York and Cincinnati.

Rey. Emile F. Grand-Girard was born at Hericourt, France, June 4, 1816. He was for one year a student in the College of Montbeliard, where the great naturalist Cuvier was educated. He was then for three years a student in the polytechnic school at Strasburg, one of the French government schools of applied sciences at that time. At the age of 17 he came with his family to America. During the Civil War his loyalty to his adopted country was so emphatic, he was commissioned Colonel in the Ohio National Guard by the Governor of Ohio. He was ordained to the Presbyterian ministry and. for 41 years was permitted to preach. With his sister, Miss Emily Grand-Girard, he was for a considerable period, in charge of the Highland Female Institute, of Hillsboro, Ohio - a very noted institution of learning in their time.

Rev. Emily F. Grand-Girard married Georgianna Herdman, of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Her ancestors, who were Scotch- Irish, settled in Virginia upon coming to America. One of her ancestors, in the maternal line, was Dr. Francis Makamie, sometimes styled the "Father of Presbyterianism" in this country, as he was the first minister of the Presbyterian denomination to preach in Virginia. ;

George F. Grand-Girard was four years old when his parents removed from Red Dak Parsonage to Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio. On May 1, 1878, when about 16 years old he joined his brother, Herdman E. Grand- Girard, at Circleville, and immediately entered the latters' store. On September 9, 1881, he started to Cincinnati to attend the Cincinnati College of Pharmacy. On October 1, 1883, he purchased his brother's drug business and has continued the same ever since.

On April 13, 1886, Mr, Grand-Girard was married to Carrie Dresbach, who is a daughter of R. P. Dresbach, one of the early settlers of the county. They have two children - Stanley and Miriam. The former is attending the Circleville High School, being a member of the class of 1908. Mr. Grand-Girard was elected an elder in the Presbyterian Church for life, on January 10, 1896.. He belongs to the Knights of the Maccabees.

ACOB H. GLICK, whose fine jarm of 182% acres is situated in section 8, Circleville township, was born at Circleville, Ohio, July 9, 1853, and is a son of Philip and Nancy (Hoover)

Philip Glick, father of Jacob H., was born in Amanda township, Fairfield County, Ohio, June 5, 1819, and was a son of Henry Glick, whose father emigrated from Germany and settled in Pennsylvania, where he _ followed farming for a time. He then came to Ohio and entered several sections of land in Fairfield and Pickaway counties. While returning for his family, he died in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and was buried there. His widow and children moved to Fairfield County, Ohio, after his death.

Henry Glick, the grandfather of Jacob H., was a farmer and teacher and for many years was a justice of the peace. He was better educated than many of his neighbors and hence became a leader in the social, political and business life of the community. He married Sarah Peters, also a native of Pennsylvania, whose family came as pioneers to Fairfield County. Both Henry Glick and wife were worthy members of the Lutheran Church.

Philip Glick, father of our subject, was one of a family of 16 children and as he was the eldest, his educational opportunities in the new settlement were meager. When he was 18 years of age he went to Circleville to learn the trade of brewer and in 1838 rented a brewery which he ran until 1843, when he built a brewery of his own, on Hargus Creek, where he continued the business until 1868. In the meantime he had invested in land in Circleville township and on this he settled in 1868. This land came into his possession in 1855 and in 1860 he built the large brick home now occupied by his son, Jacob H. Glick. Here he died June 21, 1896. On September 13, 1842, he married Nancy Hoover, who died January 6, 1897.

Jacob H. Glick was one of a family of five children born to his parents. He was reared on his father's farm and was educated in the public schools of his native county. His valuable farm has been much improved through his own efforts and is widely known as the "Shady Place Stock Farm,' which is an excellent description. cated and is particularly adapted to the raising of fine stock.

Mary (Murphy) Westenhaver, who was the widow of Joseph Westenhaver, and a daughter of Morris Murphy. Mrs. Westenhaver had two children by her former marriage - Minnie B. and Joseph Merton. Mr. Glick by a former marriage, with Ella Morrow, had one son, Turney, who married Effie Woolever. Mr. and Mrs. Glick have one son, Stanley. The family belong to the Presbyterian Church. .Mr. Glick is an active member of the Knights of Pythias. He is one of the representative men of Circleville township.

maIBRAHAM L. WEAVER, a_ wellknown resident of Washington township, whose fine farm of 150 acres lies in Washington and Pickaway townships, was born in Washington township about a quarter of a mile southeast of his present home, in his father's pioneer log cabin, on September 7, 1832.

Jacob Weaver, father of Abraham L., was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where he learned the trade of shoemaker. Jn young manhood he decided to seek a home in Ohio, and as he had no means of transportation he walked the distance from his native place to Pickaway County and after reaching Washington township, secured 40 acres of land for which he paid $2 Pg acre.. He worked at his trade until his land'was paid for. He purchased the Pickaway township farm from a Mr. Warner, who had purchased it from the original owner, a Mr. Shook, who had partially redeemed it from the wilderness, building the log cabin in which our subject was born. In 1836 Mr. Weaver tore down the old cabin and built a large brick residence which still stands and is owned by Noah Weaver, a brother of our subject. Mr. Shook engaged in the making of maple sugar and the industry could still be carried on here, probably with profit. The old farm also has a valuable stone quarry on it, which has always been a source of income.

Abraham L. Weaver was reared in Washington township, four acres of the farm being located here, and at the time of his father's death, in 1869, became the heir to the Pickaway township land also. He carries on a general line of farming and is one of the county's substantial men.

Mr. \Weaver married Mary Ann Moore, who was a daughter of Caleb Moore, and they have had a family of seven children, viz.: Catherine Jane, wife of W. H. Shelby, of Circleville; Susan, who died aged 26 years; Caleb, who died aged 21 years; Clifford, who married Jessie Shook and operates the Pickaway township farm; Maria, who married Wilson Betz and died at the age of 22 years; Eugene, formerly of San Francisco, who passed through the horrors of the recent earthquake there; and Earl Wayne, who is a well-educated young man and fills the responsible position of draughtsman in a ladies' tailoring college at St. Louis. The mother of this family died in 1886. The grandchildren are: David, Russell M. and Earl Eugene. On February 22, 1900, Mr. Weaver was married (second) to Lida C. DeHaven, of Ross County, Ohio.

Mr. Weaver is practically retired from agricultural activity, his farm being capably managed by his son Clifford. For the past 18 years he has been a justice of the peace; he has also served in many other township offices, including that of trustee and as a member of the School Board. He is a stanch Democrat in his political views.

For the past quarter of a century Mr. Weaver has lived in the residence he still occupies. This farm has many claims to historic interest, many mounds existing here which have been, at various times, studied by scientists.

M| physician and surgeon of Circleville, where he has lived since he was six years of age, is a native of Madison County, Ohio. He is a son of J. F. Bales, senior member of the firm of J. F. Bales & Son, of Circleville, extensive grain and hay dealers. A sketch of J. F. Bales appears on another page of this work. As our subject was reafed and educated in Circleville, the community has followed his advancement with more than usual interest.

After graduating from the public schools of Circleville, in 1894, Dr. Bales taught school in Florida for a year, and afterward returned to Circleville in order to take a postgraduate course in the scietices. He then read medicine with Dr. T. B. Wright, preparatory to his matriculation at Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio. At the end of his second year in that institution, he enlisted in Company M, Fourth Regiment, Ohio Infantry, U. S. Volunteers, service in the Spanish-American War. Joining that command as a private, he was first placed in camp at Camp Bushnell, Columbus, Ohio' from there he was transferred to Fort Thomas, Georgia, thence to Guayama, Puerto Rico, and then was detailed for hospital service at Isabel Sigunda, Isle of Vieques, Puerto Rico. Although his work there was mostly >f a surgical nature, his position in the military service was that of a private, and thus he was mustered out in February, 1899.

After his return from Puerto Rico, Dr. Bales re-entered Starling Medical College from which he was graduated in 1900. After a practice of two and a half years in Marietta, Ohio, he located at Circleville, where he is establishing a broad reputation in the special line of obstetrics:

In 1900 Dr. B. R. Bales was married to Mary E. Jones, daughter of Jesse A. Jones, a prominent coal dealer of Circleville. They are the parents of two children - Ffizabeth Alice and Blenn Darwin. The Doctor is a member of the Starling Loving Fraternity, connected with his alma mater, and is identified with such orders as the Masons, Odd Fellows, Elks, Red Men, Eagles and Woodie of the World. He is a respected member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Circleville and a representative of his profession whose professional abilities and personal qualities: promise a career of honorable success.

M. LEWIS, who has been engaged in the manufacture of brick at Circleville, for a number of years and is interested in other large business enterprises in the county, was born at Beverly, Ohio, July 3, 1845, and is a son of

'S. M. Lewis was six months old when his parents moved to Marietta, where he was reared and educated. In 1863 he enlisted for service in the Civil War, in Company C, 148th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., for 100 days and during the time he was out was at City Point and Bermuda Hundred. At the expiration of his first term of enlistment, he re-enlisted, entering Company C, 18th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., and until he was honorably discharged, in August, 1865; his service was mainly in Georgia. 4

After returning from the army, Mr. Lewis followed the trade of bricklaying in Vinton County, Ohio, where he remained until June, 1870, when he came to Circleville. He continued to work at his trade for the next eight years and then embarked in the manufacture of brick on his own''account. He now owns two plants, one of these being located at Circleville and the other at Ashville, where Mr. Lewis is also interested in the Cement Block & Brick Manufacturing Company. With others he is interested in erecting an artificial ice plant at Circleville. .

In December, 1867, Mr. Lewis was married to Cynthia Vandaford, of Vinton County, Ohio, and they have the following children: Bertha; Lottie, wife of Wade Prentiss, of Columbus; Ella, wife of Guy G. Culp, of Circleville; and Dorothy, wife of Clyde King, of Columbus. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis are members

Pa LIAM H. SHUPE, one of the excellent farmers and well-known citizens who contribute largely to the agricultural prosperity of Salt Creek township, resides on. his finely cultivated farm of 138 acres. Mr. Shupe was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, February 24, 1854, and is a son of John M. and Sarah ( Valentine) Shupe.

The Shupe family is of German extraction and the first to settle in Ohio was Henry Shupe, probably from Maryland, who was one of the pioneers in Fairfield County. John M. Shupe, a son of Henry and the father of William H., was born in, that county, married there and lived a quiet agricultural life until he died.

William H. Shupe grew to manhood in his native county, and obtained his education in the district schools. His life work has been farming and stock-raising and he has met with good success. In the fall of 1880 he came to Pickaway County and has been a resident of Salt Creek township ever since, taking a prominent place as a first-class citizen, as well as an experienced farmer.

On October 26, 1880, Mr. Shupe was married to Hannah Markel, who was born in Salt Creek township, Pickaway County, Ohio, and is a daughter of the late Jacob, Markel, who Was a representative of one of the oldest and best established families of this township. Mr. and Mrs. Shupe have had eight children, namely: Emmett C.. Harry L., Ralph M., Nellie G., Blanche, Oscar W., Marie H. and Millard D. The daughter Nellie G. and two of the sons, Harry L. and Ralph M., have been teachers in the public schools, and the last named is now taking a commercial course at the Bliss Business College, at Columbus, Ohio. The family is one of unusual mental attainments and is very prominent in the social life of the neighborhood.

has filled various local positions in the township and for eight consecutive vears was a member of the Board of Education. His duties were faithfully performed and the excellence of the schools of Salt Creek township has more than once been noted in other parts of the county. Mr. Shupe and family belong to the German Reformed Church and are members of the congregation of the New Jerusalem Church, in Salt Creek township, in which Mr. Shupe has been a deacon for many years.

Since 1892 Mr. Shupe.and family have resided on the present farm. They have one of the most satisfying and attractive homes in this section, which is situated on the highway not far distant from both Laurelville and Adelphi. Its well laid out grounds and beautiful surroundings never fail to attract the passing traveler or to excite expressions of admiration. Mr. and Mrs. Shupe are very hospitable and have a wide circle of friends whom they frequently entertain.

Ayne Griswold Lindsey

AYNE GRISWOLD LINDSEY, §} ~=who is associated with his sons in the manufacture of fertilizers, resides on the old Lindsey home place in Circleville township, one mile north of the Court House in Circleville. Mr.° Lindsey was born on Christmas Day, 1841, on his present farm, and is a son of John J, and Mary (Harman) Lindsey.

John J. Lindsey was born in Berkeley County, Virginia, and was about nine years old when ce accompanied his father, John Lindsey, in 1819, to the Scioto River, where the elder operated a ferry for many years. It was: in the old Lindsey ferry house that our subject was born. His grandfather bought 125 acres of land here, which holding was increased by his father to 225 acres, as it is at present. In 1860 John J. Lindsey built the handsome brick residence which is the home of Wayne G. Lindsey and family.

Nature, which have proved problems of great interest to many noted scientists. While not in the memory of living man has Nature shown her power in this locality, it is as evident here as in San Francisco, that in a far-back period, either volcanic action, an earthquake or the havoc of a glacier caused these peculiar openings in the ground which are locally called "kettle holes."' from their resemblance to the domestic utensil. They have frequently been studied by scientists from all over the country, but these learned men are not united in their opinion as to their certain cause. They range from 15 to 50 feet in depth and make this section of Pickaway County an interesting field for those who are studying the results of seismic disturbances.

The parents of our subject reared 10 of their 12 children and nine of these still survive, Wayne G. being the third in order of birth and the next to the oldest living. The father died in 1875, the mother having passed away two years previously.

Wayne G. Lindsey was reared on the home farm and attended the local schools. sisted his father greatly in the clearing of this land and in making the excellent improvements. On November 10, 1901, with his sons, Mr. Lindsey embarked in the fertilizer business, having a factory on his farm. disposes of all of his output and the business is one of increasing importance.

On February 26, 1865, Mr. Lindsey was married to Keziah Fry, who is a daughter of John Fry, of Pickaway County, and children have been born to them, viz.: Ida, who married John Mogan, resides in Circleville and has seven children; George G., who married Georgie Mogan, resides in Deer Creek township and has seven children; Neville, who married Catherine Carle, resides in Jackson township and has four children; Nellie, who married Jefferson Davis, resides in Circleville and has four children; Lucy, who married Joseph Roney, resides at Circleville, and has seven children; John, unmarried, who resides on the home place;° William L., who married Daisy Lust and left one child, on his death from typhoid fever, on October 4, 1905, at the age of 27 years; Lyman, who married Sallie Miller, resides in Circleville township and has two children; and Wayne Sankey, who married Ella Stout and resides at Circleville.

With the exception of two years spent in Ross County, Mr. Lindsey has passed his whole life in Pickaway, where he is a very highly esteemed citizen. He has always given his support to the Democratic party, but has never taken any very active interest in politics. He miENRY W. SCHLEICH, sheriff of Pickaway County, who has the record of never having lost a State case since he assumed the duties of this responsible office, is one of the leading citi- He was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, June 7, 1862, and is a son of William C. and Margaret (Work) Schleich.

The parents of our subject were farming people who were well and favorably known in Fairfield County. They removed to Pickaway County in 1876, locating in Monroe township, where the father purchased a farm. Here the father died October 8, 1879, leaving a family of five children.

Henry W. Schleich was reared and educated mainly in Pickaway County, where he became a practical farmer and devoted himself to agricultural pursuits until he was elected sheriff of Pickaway County, in 1904. In performing the duties of this office he has shown courage and fidelity and has won the -confidence and respect of his law-abiding fellow-ciizens, irrespective of party, although he is an active member in the Democratic ranks.

Mr. Schleich was united in marriage with Mattie M. Thompson and they have five children. Both he and his wife are valued members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Fraternally he belongs to the Knights of Pythias and to the Modern Woodmen of America.

For 12 years he served as a member of the School Board, his duties in that body only ceasing when he assumed those of sheriff. Portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Schleich accompany this sketch.

RANK HOFFMAN, a _ well-known business man at Circleville, a large dealer in lumber and operator of a planing mill, was born in Hocking County, Ohio, in August, 1858, and

Frank Hoffman resided in his native county until he was 15 years of age and obtained his early education there. From the age of 15 until he was 23, he was a resident of Salt Creek and Deer Creek townships, Pickaway County, where he learned the carpenter's trade, and then returned to Fairfield County, where he followed his trade until 1895. He then engaged in a lumber and planing mill business at Stoutsville, Fairfield County, for some years. In 1900 he came to Circleville and bought his present plant, established a large lumber yard and improved and newly equipped the planing mill. He has an excellent business here and in addition to it he owns considerable real éstate.

In 1879 Mr. Hoffman was married to Callie Hosler, who was born in Hocking County, Ohio. They have five sons and two daughters, namely: Pearl, who is in business with his father; Myrtle, of Columbus; William, who is in business with his father; and Grace, Fred, Harley and Frank, all at home: Mr. Hoffman and family are valued and respected residents of the city. pendaciden hi Chr be be aAIOUGLASS McABEE, a resident of 4] Pickaway County for 21 years, now located on a good farm of 110% acres in Wayne township, was born on January 3, 1861, in Ross County,

In 1882 Mr. McAbee was united in marriage with Sarah Munsie, daughter of William Munsie, of Jackson County, Ohio. Her mother died when she was a small child. To Mr. and Mrs. Douglass McAbee seven children have been born: William, Maud, Clarence, Stella and Ella (twins), Earl and Leslie. All have been educated in School District No. 3, and three have taken the Boxwell examint&tion. Mr. McAbee is domestic in his tastes and his fraternal connections are limited to the Modern Woodmen of America. He is a good host and friends and visitors find many things in his household of great interest. Among other rarities are a number of Indian relics, in his possession being an old Indian corn-cracker, found by his son, and a large stone pipe, supposed to belong to the famous chief Logan. Inpolitics he is a Democrat.

=al NOS ZWAYER, the owner and oper- #} ator of one of the finest farms in Madison township, consisting of 134 acres of well-improved land, was born June 29, 1840, in this township, and is a son of Joseph and Mary (Dunkle) Zwayer.

Joseph Zwayer was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, and was a son of Thomas Zwayer, who moved 'to Fairfield County, Ohio, at a very early day and spent the rest of his life there. After his marriage, Joseph Zwayer settled on a farm in Madison township, Pickaway County, not far from Marcy, where he and his wife lived and died, respected residents of the section.

Enos Zwayer grew up on the home farm and was mainly educated in Pleasant Grove School, No. 1, Madison township, in association with many of those who are now settled around him on neighboring farms. He has always devoted himself to agriculture and has met with gratifying success.

is a daughter of the late John Cormany, who clied in Madison township, Pickaway County. Mr. and Mrs. Zwayer have the following children living: George M., of Madison township; Elmer, of Fairfield County; Edward T., of Fairfield County; Harley M., of Franklin County; Orlando A., of Madison township;

Mr. Zwayer has been established on his present farm since 1898. He has made his own way in the world and his present prosperity is due to his own industry and good management. He is well known all through his neighborhood and enjoys the confidence and esteem of his fellow-citizens. In politics he is a Democrat.

WI MON P. BOLDOSER; a representative citizen and leading agriculturist of Pickaway County, has been a resident of Salem, in Pickaway township, for some 25 years, and owns valuable land both in this and in Salt Creek township. Mr. Boldoser was born May 29, 1849, in Fairfield County, Ohio, and is a son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Cochrane) Boldoser.

The Boldoser family is of German extraction, but has been settled in America for several generations. Daniel Boldoser, our subject's father, was born in Pennsylvania, some 80 years ago, and he still survives, a hale and hearty resident of Clear Creek township, Fairfield County. He married Elizabeth Coch rane, who died in 1858, in Illinois.

When S. P. Boldoser was about six years old, his parents moved to Tazewell County, Illinois, where the mother died. After three years there, they lived in Iowa for a short time, and then the father and three children, one being our subject, settled in Fairfield County, Ohio. It was in the latter county that Mr. Boldoser completed his education. His occupation through life has been farming and stockraising and he has met with good success.

On August 10, 1879, Simon P. Boldoser was married to Caroline Stump, who was born February 28, 1849, in Salt Creek township, Pickaway County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Charles and Catherine (Swoyer) Stump, both of them natives of Ohio, of German extraction. For many years Mr. and Mrs. Stump resided in Salt Creek township, where they were held in high esteem and where they passed away in old age. Mr. and Mrs. Boldoser have two sons - Charles D. and Russell C. - both of whom are at home. Mr. Boldoser is one of the enterprising and progressive farmers of his locality and uses modern methods and machinery in carrying on his agricultural work. He was one of the first to introduce into Pickaway township a clover huller and other agricultural aids. Politically he is a Republican but is no seeker for office. During his long residence here he has enjoyed the confidence and respect of his fellow-citizens and is numbered with the township's valued men.

SATARLES A. SMITH, who is en- }} gaged in a life insurance business at Circleville, was born in this city. March 14, 1866, and is a son of Joseph P. Smith, an _ extended sketch of whom will be found elsewhere in this work.

Charles A. Smith was reared at Circleville and attended the schools of this city and subsequently the University of Notre Dame, in Indiana. After completing his education, he became a bookkeeper in the Third National Bank of Circleville, where he continued for four years. In 1887 he made a trip to Denver, Colorado, and there saw a good business opening in the grocery line. He remained there until 1892 and then came back to his native city. He engaged in a life insurance business until 1897 and then went South, in the interests of the Smith Mill Company, establishing a branch office at Norfolk, Virginia. and traveling for two and a half years through Virginia and North and South Carolina. In December, 1899, he returned to Circleville and later assisted in organizing the Colonial Carriage Company, of which he is still a stockholder and of which he was secretary and treasurer for five years. Since then he has given his attention exclusively to life insurance, representing the Northwestern Mutual, ot Milwaukee. His field is Pickaway and adjoining counties. He is an enterprising business man, with experience in several lines, and controls a large percentage of the life risks in this locality. Mr. Smith is, through appointment by the mayor, a member of the tax commission and one of the trustees of the sinking fund.

In June, 1899. Mr. Smith was married to Margaret A. Schleyer, who is a daughter of the late William Schleyer, formerly sheriff of Pickaway County and a very prominent citizen.

EORGE W. HITLER. Pickaway m| County is noted for its many men of substance and reliability and for its rich agricultural districts. Among the old and prominent families settled in the vicinity of Circleville, that of Hitler takes a leading place. A prominent representative of this old Pennsylvania family, which has been established here for several generations, is George W. Hitler, who owns a fine stock farm of 150 acres, in Wayne township, on the Darby Plains. Mr. Hitler was born on April 29, 1845, in Circleville township, Pickaway County, Ohio, and is a son of George and Hannah (Ludwig) Hitler.

The paternal grandparents of George W. Hitler were George and Susannah (Gay) Hitler, the former of whom was a native of Maryland and the latter probably of Franklin County. Pennsylvania. In 1793 the grandparents removed from Franklin to Somerset County, Pennsylvania, and there George Hitler, father of our subject, was born on September 27, 1798. In the year following the family emigrated to Ohio. In those days such a journey was equal in adventure and anxious expectation to one which the traveler now plans around the globe. It is a matter of record that the Hitler wagon, which contained the family and their most cherished possessions, was the second one to enter the Scioto Valley. The country was but sparsely settled, the present busy city of Chillicothe being then represented by only a couple of log houses. Mr. Hitler settled for a time in rich bottom lands which proved wonderfully fertile but were subject to overflow, and it was not until 1804 that he located permanently in Washington township, Pickaway County, in which township both he and his wife died.

In 1819 George and Jacob Hitler, brothers, and sons of the above-named pioneer, bought a quarter-section of land in the southern part of Washington township and for many years they raised wheat here, ground it and shipped it in flatboats to New Orleans, the first trip being made 'by Jacob Hitler in 1819. During the succeeding 10 years the brothers carried on a profitable business. In its operation the brothers displayed excellent business faculty and superior judgment. The result of this and other business ventures made them both wealthy men. George Hitler acquired 1,000 acres of land. He was noted for his honesty and integrity and for the interest he took in all that pertained to the welfare of his family, his community and his State. He survived until 1884.

George W. Hitler, subject of this sketch, remained at home until he reached his majority, assisting his father on the home farm and in the meantime securing a fair district school education. After his marriage, in 1878, he took charge of the farm of 157 acres, and until 1890 he made it his home. In 1890 he erected his fine residence at Circleville. He is considered one of Pickaway County's substantial men in every sense of the word.

In 1878 Mr. Hitler was married to Ida Lutz, who was born in Circleville township, Pickaway County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Eli Lutz and a granddaughter of 'Jacob Lutz, who came to Pickaway County as a pioneer from Pennsylvania. Mrs. Hitler died April

6, 1892, survived by three children, viz.: Bertha, Gay L. and Mary. Bertha is the wife of Gilbert Teegardin, a pharmacist of Circleville: they have one daughter - Evelyn.

Gay L. Hitler, the only surviving son of George \W. Hitler, was born in Circleville township, Pickaway County, Ohio, in 1882. He was educated at Circleville and graduated at the Everts High School in 1901, spent 1901-02 at Kenyon College and then entered the dental department of the University of Cincinnati. He was graduated there in 1905, with his degree of D. D. S., and after several months of practice at Bucyrus, settled at Circleville, in October, 1905. On November 3, 1905, Dr. Hitler was married to Mabel Long, who is a daughter of L. M. Long, of Circleville. The Doctor retains his fraternity memberships at college and university, still belonging to the Beta Theta Phi, at Kenyon College, and the Delta Sigma Delta, at the University of Cincinnati. Elks.

ay HOMAS MONTGOMERY, owner of a good farm of 83 acres in Walnut township, is one of the old, substantial residents of his section of the county. He was born in Perry County, Ohio, April 1, 1845, and is a son of Rev. Joshua and Susan (Tanner) Montgomery, both natives of Maryland, who there reached mature years and were married. Later Rev. Joshua Montgomery and his wife came to Perry County, Ohio, and subsequently became residents of Pickaway County. In 1861 they settled in Pickaway township, but the following year moved into Walnut township. Mr. Montgomery was one of the best known clergymen of the United Brethren denomination in Ohio, his pastorate taking him into all parts of the State. He died in Franklin County, Ohio, in 1872, having moved thither in 1865; his wife survived him about eight -years.

Thomas Montgomery has been self- supporting since he was nine years of age. Since early boyhood he has depended solely upon himself for advancement, and: his continuous progress and present independence are therefore all the more commendable. Since 1862 he has been a resident of Walnut township, with the exception of that period in his youth when he went to the front in the service of the Union. In 1885 he visited Oregon, California and other Western States, and in 1886 he took a trip to Washington, D. C., and visited Baltimore and the famous battle-ground of Gettysburg. He has never married and now rents the farm upon which he lives and which he purchased of Clayton Weaver in 1902.

WN) able farm of 228 acres in Pickaway township, was born in Laurel township, Hocking County, Ohio, May 16, 1846, and is a son of John and Sarah (Rush) Woolever.

John Woolever was born in Warren County, New Jersey, and his father, Philip Wooleyer, was also born there, of German parentage. John Woolever married Sarah Rush, who was born and reared in Warren County, New Jersey, in which State her grandparents. who were natives of Germany, had settled prior to the Revolutionary War. In 1837 John Woolever and wife came to Hocking County, Ohio, accompanied by Mr. Woolever's aged father,.and their daughter, Catherine. John Woolever entered 120 acres of land, and on this homestead our subject was born, the fifth child in a family of 12. Nine of these reached maturity and eight still survive, Noah being the eldest of these. Both parents died in Hocking County.

Noah Woolever was 17 years old when he left the home farm in the fall of 1863. He went to work for a distant cousin, who was a resident of Pickaway County, and remained on the latter's farm until 186s, when he returned to Hocking County and the home farm. One year later he married and then settled on his father-in-law's place, on which he farmed for three years, In 1869 he returned to Pickaway township, taking the Simon Holderman farm, on which he lived for two years and then

In 1896 Mr. Woolever purchased a farm of 140 acres in Pickaway township and moved upon it and in 1903 he purchased 88 acres more. This property Mr. Woolever continued to improve as long as he resided upon it, making additions to the house, adding farm buildings, etc., and putting the land under a fine state of cultivation. On March 1, 1906, he purchased six acres of improved land in Circleville township and took possession of his new home on April 18. It is a very desirable tract and. includes a good orchard and a commodious frame residence and barn.

On November 6, 1866, in Hocking County, Mr. Woolever was married to Mary A. Souders, a daughter of Noah Souders. She died in Pickaway township, July 5, 1905. She was the beloved mother of the following children: Clara B., who resides with her father; Cora Lucetta, who married F. M. Shook, of Urbana, Ohio, and has five children; Elsworth G., residing in Cleveland, who travels for the United States Biscuit Company; Hattie A., who married C. B. Shook, of Columbus and has three children; Mattie, who married Scott Scothorn, resides in Ashville and has four children; and Effie L., who married T. M. Glick, and with her husband resides on the farm in Pickaway township owned by Mr. Woolever. Mr. Woolever is a member of the Mystic Circle. He is a man who made his own way in the world and secured independence and a competency through his own industry and good management, He is a highly respected citizen.

e OSEPH S. SMITH, president of the : Ohio Cereal Company, of Circleville, a stockholder in the Third National Bank and one of the leading stockmen in this section of the State, was born at Circleville, in 1861, and is a son of Edward Smith, who was one of the early settlers and extensive farmers of Pickaway County, coming here at an early day from Canada with his parents.

Mr. Smith was educated at Circleville and at the University of Notre Dame, where he remained four years. Upon his return home, he assisted his father until he became a farmer and stock-raiser on his own account, residing meanwhile at home. He then became a member of the firm of J. S. Smith & Brothers, in the manufacture of corn meal. In 1893-94 the company built a mill for the manufacture of flour and meal and handled all kinds of grain and feed. This enterprise was carried on under the business style of the Smith Mill Company until it was consolidated with the milling concern known as the Crites Brothers Company, the new company being incorporated under the name of the Ohio Cereal Company. Joseph S. Smith became the president of this new company, which is one-of the prospering concerns of Circleville.

With his two brothers, Mr. Smith forms the Ideal Stock Food Company, which manufactures the "Ideal" stock and poultry condition powders from a formula invented by Mr. Smith. It is, as its name indicates, an ideal remedy, originated by Mr. Smith through his long years of practical experience in the raising of fine blooded horses. He is connected with the Third National Bank of Circleville and he owns one of the finest and best-stocked farms in Pickaway County. It contains 600 acres and is largely devoted to the breeding of fine trotting horses and thoroughbred Shorthorn cattle. He bred "Sunnyside," an animal which has a record of 2:15. His fine stallion "Wiltwood," has a record of 2:29%; he is a son of "Wilton," whose record is 2:19%4. A disastrous fire burned two of his finest barns and in the conflagration 18 of his finest horses perished. His stock is known for its excellence all over the State and many of his animals haye distinguished themselves on the ~track.

In 1890 Mr, Smith was married to Mary M. Corcoran, who is a daughter of Thomas Corcoran, who was superintendent of the Sunday Creek and the Congo coal companies. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have the following children: Mary (a student at St. Mary's, Shepard, Ohio), Edward L., Sarah E., Margaret I., Thomas Paul, Frances Louise and Rose Victoria. The family belong to St. Joseph's Catholic Church.

evenly divided by the Jackson and Muhlenberg township line and is situated on the Florence Chapel turnpike. He was born in Marion County, Ohio, April 23, 1850, and is a son of Abraham Jefferson Williams and a grandson of David Williams.

David Williams was born in Virginia and in young manhood removed to Franklin County, Ohio, where he subsequently died. That farm is now owned by Henry Williams, who is a cousin of our subject, and a son of Benjamin Williams.

Abraham Jefferson Williams, father of our subject, was born in Franklin County, Ohio, June 11, 1812, and lived there until after he was married and his two oldest children were born, when he moved to Marion County, where he died September 15, 1849, a few months before the birth of our subject. He owned 826 acres of land in Marion township, all in one body and in addition had 85 acres in timber. His family still own 826 acres in Marion County. He married Emma Trimble, who was born at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died May 24, 1852, in Marion County, at the age of 39 years. During a visit at Chillicothe, she met Mr. Williams and they were married shortly afterward. Her parents were Robert and Maria Thimble. There were children born to this union, namely: Maria, born March 8, 1840, in Franklin County, who married Ira Uhler, a merchant at Marion, where he died June 6, 1891, survived by his widow and three sons and one daughter; Margaret, born in Franklin County, November 28, 1843, who is now a widow residing at Myerstown, Pennsylvania - one of her two children is liying; Mary E., born November 26, 1846, who resides with her brother; Sarah Elizabeth, born in Marion County, October 21, 1848, who resides also in the old home with her brother; and Abraham Jefferson.

sisters,, Mary E. and Sarah Elizabeth, were brought to the present farm by an uncle and aunt, Felix and Mary (Williams) Renick. The uncle died October 29, 1883, aged 70 years, 10 months and 23 days, leaving this fine estate to the three children, he and his wife owning the farm jointly and having no children of their own. Mr. Renick and brother had bought the farm in partnership and Felix Renick's wife had later purchased his brother's interest. It is one of the fine estates of this locality, one generously endowed by Nature, fertile and watered by Darby Creek, which bounds it on the south and west. Mr. Williams devotes the whole of his time and attention to farming and_ stock-raising.

Mr. Williams has been a Republican all his life. He is a member and one of the trustees of the Presbyterian Church in Jackson township, which is located within a mile and a quarter of his home. With his sisters he is universally respected and esteemed throughout the neighborhood. All are single and have a wide and pleasant social circle.

G. McCOY, president of the Esmeralda Canning Company, of Circleville, and president and treasurer of the McCoy Canning Company, of Ur-' bana, Ohio, is very prominently identihed with the business interests of Pickaway County. He was born in Ross County, Ohio, in 1851.

Mr. McCoy was reared in Ross County 'and was educated in the common schools. He continued to reside on a farm there until 1884, when he came to Jackson township, Pickaway County, and rented the Turney farm for a period of 15 years. At the end of 12 years he moved to Circleville, but he continued to operate the farm for three years longer.

Mr. McCoy is a man of business enterprise He was one of the organizers and purchasers, with Mrs. Turney and J. M. Dunlap, of the business of the C. E. Sears Canning Company, which they operated until 1903, when Mr. Mc- Coy sold his interest. In the spring of 1904 the Esmeralda Canning Company was organized and incorporated, under the laws of the State of Ohio, with a capital stock of $100,000, with R. G. McCoy as president; James I. Smith as vice-president; Edward E. Smith as treasurer and Boyd Trout as secretary. The company built a fine plant for the canning of corn and tomatoes, with a capacity to turn out 150,000 cases or 300,000 dozen cans each season. In the year just passed the cannery was run to its full capacity. The company raises from one-half to two-thirds of their vegetables and the business is conducted on lines which insure the utmost excellence in all their output. Mr. McCoy organized the McCoy Canning Company at Urbana, Ohio, with a capital stock of $100,000 and he is president and treasurer of the same. The plant is run under the same sanitary conditions as the one at Circleville and the products are their own advertisements. Mr. McCoy continues his interest in farming.

RED C. CLARK, who is coroner of Pickaway County and also conducts an undertaking business at Circleville, was born at Cincinnati, Ohio, but was only a child when his parents removed to Columbus, where he was reared.

After completing the high school course at Columbus, Mr. Clark then studied the art and science of embalming for four years, his instructor being Dr. Carl-L. Barnes. Then for two years Mr. Clark followed railroading on the Norfolk & Western Railway, after which he was employed as bookkeeper for one year by the Anti-Saloon League. From this position he went into the employ of Richard E. Jones, a very prominent undertaker and assisted him as embalmer for seven years.

any other candidate on the ticket. Again, in 1904, he led the ticket and has continued to fill the office ever since. He is a member of the Ohio State embalmers' examining board and holds license No. 1044 as a_ practicing embalmer in the State of Ohio.

Fraternally Mr. Clark is an Elk, an Odd Fellow and a member of the Daughters of Rebekah. Socially he is prominent in the Circleville Athletic Club. He belongs to the Presbyterian Church.

=a LI JAH DELONG, one of the representative and substantial citizens of Salt Creek township, who resides on a finely-developed farm of 103% acres - the old pioneer homestead - located in section 35, belongs to a_ family which came to. this section when forests covered a great part of it and Indians were still numerous. Mr. Delong was born on this farm, on April 16, 1844, and is a son of Isaac and Catherine (Haynes) Delong.

It is probable that the Delong family originated in France and possibly its first settlers in America belonged to that great body of Huguenot refugees, who later becamethoroughly American and from whom have come many useful and distinguished citizens. Andrew Delong, the grandfather of our subject, was born in Pennsylvania and removed to Ohio in 1830, settling on the farm which is now occupied by his grandson, Elijah. Isaac Delong, father of Elijah, was 17 years of age at the time of the removal to Ohio, and spent the rest of his life here, dying May 2, 1887, in his

73rd year. He took an active part in the townhints agricultural development and- was a worthy and highly respected citizen. Hebelonged tothe Reformed Church and subscribed to its rules of life. He married Catherine Haynes, who lived until July 20, 1903, being then in*her goth year. Of their six children, the survivors are: Leah, wife of George Withrow, of Polk County, Missouri; Elijah, of this sketch; Stisan, wife of Samuel Karshner, of Hocking County, Ohio; and Jane, wife of John Hoffman, of Livingston County, Missouri. The mother of this family belonged to the Lutheran Church and lived to be one of its oldest members in this section.

Elijah Delong has devoted the larger part of his life to general farming and stock-raising, since he completed his schooling in the schools of Salt Creek township. With the exception of about 12 years spent in Piatt County, llinois, during three years of which he was a county commissioner and 11 years a school trustee, Mr. Delong has spent his life on the old homestead. In addition to this farm of 103% acres, he owns 100 acres in .Ross County, 80 acres of this having been entered from the government by his grandfather, Andrew Delong, in 1830.

In 1866 Mr. Delong was married (first) to Dillie Wiggins, of Hocking County, Ohio, and two of their four children -still survive, viz.: Nelson, of Hocking County, and Nina, wife of Thomas Mettler, of Laurelville, Ohio. In August, 1896, Mr. Delong was married (second) to Lillie Lutz, who is a daughter of George and Sarah E. (Critz) Lutz, and a granddaughter of the late Hon. Samuel Lutz, a pioneer and prominent citizen of Salt Creek township.

George Lutz, father of Mrs. Delong, is a well-known farmer and stock-raiser, whose farm is located in section 34, Salt Creek township. He was born in Salt Creek township, April 26, 1831, and is a son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Fetherolf) Lutz, and a grandson of Jacob Lutz, the founder of the family in Ohio. Samuel Lutz was born in Pennsylvania and was 14 years old when he accompanied his father to Salt Creek township, among the very earliest settlers. He was one of the early surveyors and did a great deal in this line in Pickaway and other counties. He laid out the town of McArthur, the county seat of Vinton County. His death occurred some years ago. He was a worthy member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at Whisler. In his young manhood he served as a soldier in the War of 1812 and in middle life was elected several times as a member of the Ohio State Legislature. He reached the unusual age of 102 years.

On June 7, 1855, George Lutz married Sarah E. Gritz, who was a daughter of the late John S. Critz, who was a well-known justice of the peace and prominent citizen of Salt Creek township, and Mrs. Delong is a daughter of this marriage.

Mr. Delong and wife both belong to the Reformed Church, in which he has been a deacon for many years. He is an upright, honest, public-spirited citizen who commands the respect and enjoys the esteem and confidence of a large body of his fellow-citizens.

ae OWARD TIFFIN TOOTLE, one of =| the largest landowners and most prosperous farmers of the county, whose portrait accompanies this sketch, has resided on his homestead in Wayne township for a period of 35 years. His family estate in this township now consists of 465 acres; the remainder of the 700 acres of which he is owner lies in Deerfield and South Union townships, Ross County. The land is in two distinct farms - one in Pickaway and the other in Ross County. The home place has been in the possession of the Tootle family since 1857.

The old Tootle farm in Ross County is about seven miles southwest of the present home of our subject, and was settled by the grandfather, Thomas B. Tootle, who migrated from Maryland in 1805. He was accompanied by his father, Thomas Tootle, his mother and his younger brothers - John, Stewart and James. The father entered the land which is still held in the name of Edward Tiffin Tootle, but Thomas B., the eldest son, increased and improved it and became one of the wealthy and 'influential farmers of this section of the State. The great-great-grandfather of our subject, Nathan Tootle, came from England and settled in Maryland. He fought with the patriots in the Revolutionary War.

John, the second son of Thomas Tootle, did not become well known in Ohio, but traveled overland to Missouri while it was yet a frontier State of the great Western plains, es- still reside, now the owners of banks and mines and numbered among the affluent people of the place. Stewart, the third son, was a farmer in Ross County, where he married. He also removed to Missouri, but after his departure from Ohio, in 1850, all trace of him and his was lost. James, the fourth son of the family, lived out his life of single blessedness in Ross County, where he died at an advanced age. Thomas B. Tootle, the oldest son, and the grandfather of our subject, married Mary Ann Rector, daughter of Spencer Rector. Her mother was Mary Tiffin, a sister of Edwin Tiffin, the first Governor of the State of Ohio; it is from this distinguished family that Edward Tiffin Tootle derives his middle name. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Tootle had the following children: John; James, the father of Edward T.; Isaac and Amos. Thomas B. Tootle was a soldier in the War of 1812. James Tootle, the father, was born in Ross County, Ohio, August 11, 1814; was reared and educated in that county, and married Mary Clarkson, daughter of Major Clarkson, who served in the War of 1812 - "Major" was his given name. Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. James Tootle, namely: Milton Jackson, who resides in Monroe township; Edward Tiffin, the subject of this sketch; Eliza, the only daughter, residing on a farm in Ross County, who is the widow of Stewart Morrow ; Monroe, who resided in Ross County, married, raised a family and died at the age of about 40 years - his widow still lives in that county ; and Douglas, who is married and lives in Ross County. Edward: T. Tootle, our immediate subject, is a native of Ross County, this State, where he was born June 10, 1842. There he was educated and reached manhood, and in that county, also, he married Sarah Belle Fulton, immediately commencing domestic life on the farm which is still his homestead: At that time the land was nearly' all covered with timber and very wet - almost a swamp - its only improvement being a rough, round-log cabin of one room. Mr. Tootle cleared the timber from the land, drained it with thousands of rods of tile and transformed the log house into a comfortable dwelling, it being now one of the best frame residences in the township. In 1891, especially, he made many improvements, so that now his family enjoy all the modern conveniences of country life. The five children born to Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Tootle are all living, and are as follows: Leroy; Martha; Bessie, who married Robert Parrett, a farmer residing near Greenfield, Ross County, and has two children - Elizabeth and Margaret; Mary and James R. The mother of the family died in 1883.

Besides superintending his extensive farming and landed interests with energy and ability, Mr. Tootle has for many years been prominent in the conduct of township affairs. He has been particularly interested in educational matters, having continuously served upon the Board of Education since 1886. He has also been a justice of the peace for two terms, or a period of six years, and at various times has filled the office of township trustee. In politics he is a Democrat. In Masonry, Mr. Tootle wa|SCAR ELLSWORTH BUMGAR- > 4} NER, who is engaged in stock-raising and dairying in Harrison township, was born September 24, 1865, in Pike County, Ohio, and is a son of Joseph and Mary Bumgarner.

Joseph Bumgarner, who was born and reared in Pike County, was a son df Abraham and Jane Bumgarner, who were natives of Ohio and residents of Pike County. Joseph Bumgarner, was a farmer all his life and died in the fall of 1903 at the age of 65 years. His wife, the mother of our subject, died in 1894, aged 51 years.

in Wayne County, Iowa, whither his parents moved, and then returned to Pike County. Mr. Bumgarner has always been engaged in agricultural pursuits. In the spring of 1895 he moved to the Zwicker farm on Lover's Lane near Circleville, where he resided for one year. In 1896 he moved to the James H. Valentine farm of about 125 acres, two miles north of Ashville in Harrison township, which he has since been engaged in operating. He is especially interested in stock-raising and dairying. He keeps 13 head of horses and from 10 to 12 milch cows.

Mr. Bumgarner was married in the fall of 1892 to Kate Vogel, a daughter of Martin Vogel, of Pike County, Ohio. Four children have blessed their union, namely: Walter O., Dorsey L., Albert Harold and Orville E., all of whom are living at home.

H. EVANS. For many years the late S. H. Evans was one of the prominent farmers and highly respected citizens of Pickaway township. He belonged to one of the old pioneer

Mr. Evans enjoyed educational advantages in his native locality, in the schools at Circleville and later in a business college at Columbus. His life was mainly devoted to agricultural pursuits and his death took place on the homestead farm of 300 acres, in 1894. This farm is one of the best improved farms and one of the most valuable on the Pickaway Plains.

Mr. Evans was married in 1886 to Alice Niles, daughter of O. E. Niles, who is one of the most prominent pioneer citizens of Circleville. Mrs. Evans still survives and resides on her beautiful farm in Pickaway township.

Mr. Evans stood very high in public esteem. In all important matters concerning the township his will and judgment were always more or less consulted and his death was a distinct loss to his family and community.

Re BOHN HIATT', who owns and operates a valuable farm of 73 acres in Salt | J Creek township, in the vicinity of oe Tarlton, is one of the reliable, representative citizens of this section. He was born in Hocking County, Ohio, February 19, 1839, and is a son of Ezra and Mary ( Poling) Hiatt.

In Hocking County the Hiatt family is a well-known one, having been settled there for several generations. The paternal grandmother of our subject was a very remarkable woman. She had been educated in Eastern schools, was capable and became a perfect type of a brave, efficient pioneer woman in what was then the far west. Her memory and that of many events of her long life which extended almost over a century, is preserved by the families of other old settlers of that county, who learned to know her value in the hardships and sometimes the tragedies which fell upon pioneer neighborhoods.

Until he was 17 years old, John Hiatt lived in Hocking County, where he obtained his education in the district schools. He then came to Pickaway County and followed farming until the outbreak of the Civil War. On July 17, 1861, Mr. Hiatt enlisted in Company A, 27th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., which became a part of the Western Army, operating at that time in Missouri. On November 6, 1861, Mr. Hiatt: was made a prisoner, in Jackson County, Missouri. Subsequently he was released and returned to his regiment where he was mustered out, being forced to take the oath of allegiance. He then, returned to Pickaway County, where he engaged in farming on John Boggs' farm in Pickaway township.

On December 25, 1865, Mr. Hiatt was married to Sarah Call, who was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and five children were born to them, namely: Charles D., of Whiting, Indiana; William P., of Salt Creek township; Alva C., general merchant at Amanda, Ohio; Harley G., also of Amanda, a member of the mercantile firm of Hiatt Brothers; and Della, wife of Charles F, Kreider, a wellknown educator.

moved to Hocking County, where' Mr. Hiatt engaged in farming and_stock-raising for about 18 years. In 1884 he returned to Pickaway County, and, with the exception of a very short period of residence in Ross County, has resided ever since in Salt Creek township. In addition to his good farm, he has other real estate, and, although an entirely self-made man, is one of the substantial and successful ones of this section of the county.

Mr. Hiatt is a member of Groce Post G. A. R., at Circleville, where the memorable days of the Civil War are frequently recalled by those who were participants. In political sentiment he is a Republican. For many years he has been a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and is a trustee and a class leader in the church at Tarlton.

SINDREW METZGER, president of the a} Board of County Commissioners, of Pickaway County, is one of the leading farmers and stock-raisers of this section and owns a large and productive farm in Wayne township.' He was born in Pickaway County, in 1841, and is a son of Benjamin and Mary (Zeimer) Metzger.

John Metzger, the paternal grandfather of Mr. Metzger, came from Pennsylvania at a very early day and settled in Washington township, Pickaway County, Ohio, where the family has been prominent for many years as agriculturists. The father of our subject, was born in Washington township in 1808 and died in June, 1868.

Andrew Metzger was reared and educated in Washington township, where he -continued to live until 1875, when he took up his residence in Wayne township, where he has been prominent both as a farrher and stock-raiser, and also in political life. For some 20 years he served as trustee of Wayne township and in the fall of 1902 he was chosen a member of the Board of County. Commissioners. Public approval of his services was shown when he was re-elected to the office in 1905 and made president of the hoard. He is a very well

On February 27, 1873, Mr. Metzger was married to Mary Elizabeth Haswell, a daughter of Joseph Haswell, who was an old settler of Pickaway County. Mr. and Mrs. Metzger have two children living, viz.: Benjamin, engaged in farming in Jackson township, who married Stella Adkins and has two children - Esta and Walter; and Joseph, a farmer in Wayne township, who married Leota Zurmely, and has one son - Andrew. William, the second son of our subject, was born in 1876 and died in 1887.

John Wesley Lane, the paternal grandfather, whose honored name our subject bears, was born in Virginia and there married Sarah. McCord. Both families crossed the mountains in covered wagons and came to the vicinity of Commercial Point, being among the very early pioneers in this section. The grandparents lived to be 88 years of age.

John Wesley Lane is one of a family of eight children born to his parents, namely: Benjamin Franklin, deceased; John W., of this sketch; Emma Jane, wife of James R. Borror, of Franklin County; James Edwin, a tesident of Toronto, Canada; William A., deceased ; and Horatio Nelson.

For the past 15 years Mr. Lane has resided upon his present farm, which was improved when he purchased it. It was formerly known as the Coontz farm. He carries on general farming and dairying, keeping a large herd of Jersey cows and selling his milk and butter at Columbus. Since leaving school, he has been continuously engaged in agricultural pursuits and is ranked with the township's most successful men.

Mr. Lane was married on December 27, 1883, to Sarah F. Peterson, who is a daughter of Thomas and Caroline Peterson, the former of whom was born in Franklin and the latter in Pickaway County. They have two sons and four daughters, viz.: Lucy May and Leah Blanche who were educated in the township schools; Pearl Marie, Carrie Wanda, Horace M. and John Lawrence, all at home.

Mr. Lane, like his father and grandfather, has always been identified with the Democratic party. He served two years as township assessor and then declined to serve longer. For a number of years he has been a member of the School Board, both under the old and the new law. Heis an honorable, upright man and a representative citizen of his township and community. The family belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church.

} as an expert horseshoer and who has conducted. a general blacksmithing business at Darbyville for the past six years, was born in Darby township, Pickaway County, Ohio, August 28, 1871, and is a son of Nathaniel and Samantha (Thornton) Neff.

The grandparents of our subject were George Enoch and Pauline Neff, who came to Darby township, Pickaway County, at a very early day, about 1845, and lived and died in Darby township. They had seven children, Nathaniel being the third in order of birth. He was reared and married in Darby township, but in 1878 moved to Muhlenberg township. He and his wife still reside on their farm near Pherson. '

The children of Nathaniel and Samantlra Neff were: William, of Monroe township; Charles T., of this sketch; Homer, of Monroe township; Laura, wife of Willard Whiteside, of Darby township; Elmer, of Monroe township; and George, who is still in school.

and attending school until he was 17 years old, when he went to Pherson and learned the blacksmith's trade wich J. J. McLaughlin, with whom he remained at work for 11 years, being his employer's right-hand man. He then started into business for himself at Darbyville and enjoys a large trade. He owns his home and his shop and is looked upon as one of the town's successful business men.

On February 27, 1896, Mr. Neff was united in marriage with Mary Kern, who was born in Deerfield township, Ross County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Philip and Magdalene Kern, the former of whom was born in Germany and the latter in Ohio. The four children born to Mr. and Mrs. Neff are: Charles K., Philip, Maria M. and Francis E. The family belong to the Lutheran Church at Lick Run.

Politically Mr. Neff is a Republican and the esteem and confidence with which he is regarded by his fellow-citizens has been shown by his election as a member of the Village Council and as a member of the School Board.

Ol. Samuel Asbury Moore

OL. SAMUEL ASBURY MOORE was born in Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio, November 1, 1816, and died October 3, 1902, on the same lot where he was born 86

As the town was only six years his senior, Colonel Moore and Circleville were children together. At an early age he became an important part of its life, doing much, and in many ways, to assist its growth and healthful prosperity. He was engaged in various mercantile pursuits, and for two terms served as clerk of the courts of Pickaway County. It was while in the service of the county that he

In 1839 Colonel Moore was married to Harriet Melissa Short, by whom he had a son and a daughter. His first wife died in 1842, and in 1843 he was united to Harriet Maria Doane. They became the parents of four sons and one daughter, and in 1874 the second Mrs. Moore died, four of her children having preceded her. In 1885, their last child, Edward Doane Moore, also passed to the great beyond.

Colonel Moore was not only the most prominent and public-spirited citizen of Circleville, but one of the most active and enterprising men of Pickaway County - universally respected, honored and admired, and by intimate association inspiring a deep feeling of affection and love. After passing the meridian of life and, from a successful business career, amply providing for the wants of old age, he retired from the world's activities and devoted himself to such reading and recreation as gratified his good taste and pleased his sound judgment. His well selected library attested to the broadness of his studies and the thorough cultivation of his mind.

In politics Colonel Moore was either Whig or Republican. At the time of his death he was the oldest subscriber to the Union Herald, formerly the Olive Branch, the oldest Republican newspaper in the county. Before the Civil War he was an Abolitionist, and many colored slaves, fleeing from their Southern masters to Canada, were helped along the "Underground Railroad" by his good advice and better money. And his treatment of the black fugitive was in line with his attitude toward his home community. He was a good talker - even a brilliant conversationalist - and his advice was given and highly valued; but his assistance did not end at this stage. He gave of his time, his energies and his substance, in the furtherance of enterprises which promised | to advance the community in material or moral life. He therefore touched men on all sides, and also many kinds of men, with the result that all classes of the community, besides the immediate circle of his friends, felt that his }

EpwarD Doane Moors, D. D. S., was born in Circleville, this county, and was here reared and educated. After graduating from its High School, he was for some time a student at Kenyon College, and later pursued a course in a Philadelphia dental college from which he obtained his degree of D. D. S._ It was in the '60's that he returned to Circleville to practice his profession, associating himself for that purpose with Dr. E. C. Clarke.

In 1869 Dr. Edward Doane Moore was married to Fannie M. Stribling, a daughter of Dr. Magnus Stribling, and afterwards located at Eureka, Kansas, where, besides establishing a lucrative professional business, he engaged in banking. After a residence of about two years there, on account of the age of his father, Colonel Moore, he returned to Circleville to look after the latter's business interests. Among the enterprises which he owned and conducted from that time until his death in 1885 was the artificial gas plant.

Dr. and Mrs. Edward Doane Moore were the parents of.three children: Archie Moore, who died when a small child, while they were residents of Kansas; Mabel Rose, the wife of Percy A. Walling, an attorney of Circleville and the son of Ansel T. Walling, ex-Congressman 'from this district; and Howard B. Moore, also a lawyer of this city.

-Howarp BenForD Moore, LL. B., is a native of Circleville, where he was born in the year 1876. He was reared in the city, passed through its common and high schools, and graduated from Hobart College, Geneva, New York, with the degree A. B. Leaving that institution in 1899, he entered Harvard:. Law School, where, in 1902, he obtained his degree of Bachelor of Laws. For more than a year thereafter he was engaged in the practice of his profession at- Knoxville, Tennessee. On account of ill health he then returned to Circle-, ville, where he has since successfully continued his professional work, besides holding the position of secretary of the Circleville Light & Power Company.

his section of the county, and at the last election was the candidate of his party for the office of prosecuting attorney. Fraternally he is a member of the Elks, and a Kappa Alpha, of Hobart College. He is also actively identified with the work of St. Philip's Protestant Episcopal Church, of which he is a member of the board of vestrymen and secretary.

ARVEY REICHELDERFER, whose well-cultivated farm of 143 acres is situated in Salt Creek township, was born in this township, April 4, 1852, and is a son of Joseph and Sarah

The Reichelderfer family was established in Pickaway County, Ohio, by Joseph Reichelderfer, the grandfather, who brought his family from Berks County, Pennsylvania. He was one of the early settlers of Salt Creek township, where the rest of his life was spent.

and assisted his father in developing the pioneer farm. Both were men of substantial character, exemplary in life and honorable in all business transactions. They were members of the German Lutheran Church. The children of Joseph and Sarah (Mowery) Reichelderfer were seven in number, :and of these four survive, namely: Harvey; Eli, of Salt

Harvey Reichelderfer was reared on his father's farm and obtained his education in-the district schools of Salt Creek township. With thorough home training, he developed into an excellent farmer and has devoted the greater part of his life to agriculture. His farm is managed carefully and intelligently and each year sees it under a little better state of cultivation and with added improvements.

On October 10, 1876, Mr. Reichelderfer was married to Flora B. Clendening, who was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Joseph Clendening, now a resident of Salt Creek township. The children born to this marriage were: Mary M., Bertha (deceased), Nellie G., Earl E. and Olive B.

Politically Mr.: Reichelderfer has always been an adherent of the Democratic party. As one of the responsible, intelligent men of his community, he has been frequently elected school director of District No. 3 and has performed the duties of the office to the best interests of all concerned. His judgment is often consulted in township affairs. He belongs to the United Evangelical Association and has been a trustee of Pleasant View Church. Mrs. Reichelderfer is a member of the Dresbach United Brethren Church, as are all of the children. The whole family is one for which friendship and esteem is entertained throughout their neighborhood.

RED LEWIS ALBRIGHT, one of the leading citizens and representative farmers of Monroe township, who owns a magnificent farm of 360 acres of rich land here, was born in Mecklenberg, Germany, and is a son of John and Mary Albright.

The life history of Mr. Albright is as interesting as a story of fiction. It began in a little German village which belonged to one of the large landowners of that section of the country, in which his peasant parents lived as had their parents before them, happy and contented. It is-very probable that when they learned that their son had an ambition to leave the confines of his native hamlet, that their perental fears saw only his ultimate ruin. The time came, however, when they not only felt satisfied with what he had done in his youth, but were happy to join him in his prosperity, far from their old home, and in their old age were cared for and provided for by his filial bounty. The father died in 1895 and the mother two years later.

to his parents, nor the only one -to come to America. Lena, born in Germany, was there married to John Bagro, with whom she came to Ohio, where he died; she now lives at Columbus. Anna married John Martin, in America, and lives at Columbus. Augusta married Valentine Brigold and they live in Missouri. Rebecca married Joseph Long and they live at Columbus. Minnie married Frank Debold and they live on a farm near New Holland in Pickaway County.

As intimated, Fred Lewis Albright was born of poor parents and had no future to look to except what he could provide for himself. He was industrious and as soon as he was able to work found employment with neighboring farmers who tilled small farms and were not able to pay very much for the assistance they received. In the local schools the youth was afforded an excellent education in his own language, a gift every German boy receives from his government, and probably because he was more intelligent than many of his companions he was more ambitious. For a long time he had entertained a determination to leave Germany and seek his fortune across the Atlantic. His opportunity came about the time of the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War, when he was 19 years of age. He enlisted the sympathy of an uncle who lent him enough money to pay his passage to America, and one night he slipped away from the sleeping little village and started, alone and but poorly equipped, to take his chances with thousands of other emigrants entering the United States.

That Mr. Albright should have succeeded so well when he had so much to contend with, is nothing less than remarkable. When he landed in New York, in November, 1871, he could speak no English and but a small portion of his borrowed capital remained. He had heard that there were many Germans settled at Columbus, Ohio, and he made that city his objective point and arrived, tired, foot-sore, and hungry, at the Snyder House, Columbus, on Saturday night, December 7, 1871. He had just five cents in his pocket. The proprietor of the hostelry was a German and he kindly took care of his young countryman until Mon- day morning and then encouraged him to start out through Pickaway County and seek work with the farmers. This advice Mr. Albright followed and on the second day was employed by Peter Hall, a farmer of Madison township. He remained with this worthy farmer for four years or more and then went into business for himself, renting a farm from a Mr. Conklin, which he operated for three years. In the meantime the young German's

Some of the first money he earned he sent to his father and mother to provide for their passage to this country. They joined him in 1875 and the mother kept house for him for some Io years. Later he rented the David Brobst farm. After living on this place for five years, he married, after which he continued to reside on the farm for five more years. In 1888 he rented his present farm which was then owned by John Schook, and after operating it for four years purchased it in 1892.

When Mr. Albright first came to his farm he found a log house here which he repaired so that it served as a home for the family until 1903, when he built what is one of the finest, most complete modern homes in all the rural regions of Pickaway County. It is substantially constructed of seasoned timbers, contains 15 rooms, has hot and cold water throughout and is lighted by 21 acetylene gas lights. A cement cellar extends under the whole of the house. Mr. Albright spent fully $4,000 in the building of this beautiful home, and he has equipped it with everything to make it comfortable. In order to accommodate his crops and herds, his stock and machinery, Mr. Albright has provided a great deal of barn room and has built a new barn every year since he completed his fine house, having more barn space for the acreage than any other farmer in the county.

Mr. Albright at present writing has 100 acres devoted to grass, 100 to corn and over 100 to wheat. To give plenty of space to his stock, he has a pasture of 50 acres. He raises thorough-bred horses, cattle and hogs. He owns some imported horses, one in particular for which he paid at the rate of $1 per pound.

In the raising of stock as in everything else he does, Mr. Albright is thorough. He has always believed that what was worth doing at all was worth doing well. He has never spared himself, having worked hard from the time he landed in Pickaway County, and naturally is of the opinion that persistent industry, combined with perfect honesty, will be pretty certain to bring about satisfactory results. He did not receive much encouragement from those who wished him well when he first purchased his present farm, but his foresight proved better than theirs. His farm is now considered the finest land in Monroe township and if put on the market would command the highest price. He has every reason to be proud of his success since he became an American citizen.- One of his first cares was to relieve himself from the debt he owed his uncle, along with the filial treatment of his parents as noted above, and in subsequent business transactions he has always sustained his reputation for unblemished integrity.

In 1885 Mr. Albright was married to Adda Longenbaugh, who is a daughter of Enos and Samantha (Allen) (Glick) Longenbaugh, the Longenbaugh family having been established in Ohio by immigrants from Pennsylvania. Mrs. Albright's parents were born in Pickaway County and now reside at Ashville, where the father is a blacksmith, The children of Mr. and Mrs. Longenbaugh were: Emma, now deceased, who was the wife of Elmer Brinker; Edward, deceased at the age of 23 years; Lula, deceased at the age'of 14 years; and Adda (Mrs. Albright), who was born August 20, 1865.

Mr. Albright has never been a very active politician, but has always taken a great deal of interest in educational matters and in all movements relating to local improvements. He is now serving as one of the directors of his school district. The road along which he lives was named for him on account of the vigorous fight he made to have it put through; it is one of the most traveled highways in the townage of 101 years and six months.

farmers enjoy. Mr. Albright has been a Mason for many years and has attained to the rank of Knight Templar. Few citizens of the western section of Pickaway County are better known or more thoroughly respected than he.

OHN H. SARK, one of Walnut township's representative farmers, residing on his valuable farm of 121 acres, situated in section 17, Walnut township, was born in Circleville township,

Isaac Sark was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, and came in young manhood to Pickaway County. Later he married Mary Marburger, who was also born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, and was a daughter of George Marburger, a native of Berks County, Pennsylvania, who walked from Pennsylvania to Fairfield County, Ohio, located land in Amanda township and there died at the remarkable Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Sark had a family of five children born to them, the eldest of whom died in infancy. The four children that grew to maturity are as follows: John H.; Samuel M., superintendent of the schools of Darby township, who married Mary B. Thomas; William, of Scioto township, who married Julia Burton; and Charles, of Walnut township, who married Florence Martin. After the death of Isaac Sark, his widow married George A. Kashner, a resident of Circleville.

* John H. Sark was taken to Indiana in childhood and lived there for some 18 months and then was brought back to Wanut township. He was educated in the schools of districts 1 and 4, and spent two winters at St. Paul, Madison township. This completed his educational opportunities, His life has always been an agricultural one. For the first eight years of individual effort, he received only his board and clothes.. In the meantime, however, he had become a practical farmer and when he was ready to purchase land of his own he had saved the capital and possessed the judgment to secure good farming property. In 1892 he bought 90 acres of William Peters and in March, 1905, he added 31 acres, purchased of Josiah Ward. In addition to operating his