Putnam County, Ohio - Biographical sketches, 1915 (part 30 of 33)

William Mapel and wife were the parents of three children, Frank, who died at the age of two years ; Mrs. Leona Tanner Busch, of Columbus Grove, and William Tanner, the subject of this sketch. William Mapel was an energetic business man and successful in acquiring property. He was systematic in all that he did and far-seeing in all of his plans. He pushed vigorously and insistently those interests in which he was engaged and success always crowned his efforts. He was a man of somewhat nervous temperament and quick of speech, but kind of heart and loyal to his friends. Many sought his counsels and all found a friend. He was fond of children and devoted to those of his own household. He was a member of Columbus Grove Grand Army of the Republic Post, and of Rufus Lodge No. 364, Free and Accepted Masons. After the death of his father, Simon Mapel, in 1891, he became interested in the present Exchange Bank and was, for years, a leading figure in the business affairs of his home town. He will long be remembered by the people of this vicinity among whom he had many friends. He was a Democrat and held many minor offices. Although he was active in party affairs locally, he did not care to leave his business for higher offices. While making no pretensions of philanthrophy, he aided many, especially in the circle of his immediate relatives and friends, who turned to him spontaneously for counsel, sympathy and assistance. He died September 3, 1912.

Simon Mapel, the father of William Thrapp Mapel and the grandfather of William Tanner Mapel, was born on June 9, 1814, in Greene county, Pennsylvania, and died November 3, 1891, at the age of seventy-seven years, four months and twenty-four days. He moved from Greene county in 1839, to Maysville, Kentucky, and remained there until 1842, when he moved to Bluffton, Ohio, where he remained for one year. In the next year he came to Putnam county and settled at Gilboa. He engaged in the mercantile business with William Hughes and, in 1855, he formed a co-partnership with the late Stansberry Sutton, which continued until 1868, when he moved to Columbus Grove, where he engaged in the mercantile business and continued until 1874, when he went into the banking business. He continued in the banking business until his death, in 1891. He was thrice married, first to Johanna G. McGuire, July 9, 1836; second to Rachel Thrapp, May 27, 1845, and third to Catherine McClure, March 5, 1861. He was the father of thirteen children by the three marriages. At the age of nineteen years he united with the M'ethodist Protestant church and was a member until 1873, when he united with the Methodist Episcopal church. He remained a member of this church until his death and was an earnest and faithful worker in the affairs of the church. His highest ambitions were to see the church grow and prosper. He held the office of county commissioner for six years, from 1866 to 1872, and was an earnest and upright official. He did much to develop the county and was active at the time when energy and push were re- quired to develop the various industries which were then in their infancy- He was an active Democrat. His third wife, Catherine McClure, was the daughter of Andrew and Mary McClure, and was born on February 3, 1834,- in Putnam county. She was the second child in a family of ten children, comprising six daughters and four sons. Her father, Andrew McClure, was one of the early settlers of Putnam county and entered a farm close to Gilboa in 183;^, when there was only one white woman in the neighborhood, Grandma. Hall. Their associates were mostly Indians. Catherine McClure had taught school from the time she was fifteen years of age. By this third marriage there was one daughter, Zoe, who still lives at Columbus Grove.

William Tanner Mapel was married, January 14, 1913, to Anna Furnas,, the daughter of Linas T. and Anna (Tinker) Furnas. Linas T. Furnas, a. manufacturer of lingerie, at Lima, was born on February 20, 1852, at Pleasant Hill, the son of William Furnas, born in December, 1806, in Miami county, and who died, December 24, 1866. William Furnas married Sarah Terry, of Greenville, Ohio, who was born there July 26, 1816. Anna Tinker was born at Middlefield, Massachusetts, and was the daughter of Samuel and Nancy Tinker. Linas T. Furnas was married to Anna Tinker at Belle- Plaine, Iowa. They have three children, Earle Stevens, born on June 28, 1874, died on September 4, 1886; Everett Cable, February 27, 1882, and. Anna, the wife of M'r. Mapel, December 10, 1890. Mr. and Mrs. William Tanner Mapel have two children, Marjorie and James Furnas.

Mr. Mapel spent his boyhood days in Columbus Grove and left home after his marriage, coming to the present farm bequeathed to him by his father. He owns one hundred and fifty-seven acres of well-improved land, which is in excellent condition. He follows general farming. The buildings were in splendid repair when Mr. Mapel received it from his father's estate, in the spring of 1913. However, he has made sorne improvements since that time.

Receiving his early education in Columbus Grove, Mr. Mapel was graduated from the high school and spent one year at Ohio State University in the engineering department. He is a progressive young man, well liked and has one of the best farms in Putnam county. He is quiet and unassuming in manner and possessed of an open and frank disposition. He is loyal to his friends and a booster in behalf of civic improvements, a Democrat, and he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Mapel is a member of the Free and Accepted M&sons at Columbus Grove and a member of the chapter at Ottawa.

Harry B. Mapel

Harry B. Mapel, postmaster at Columbus Grove, Putnam county, Ohio, IS one of the well-known younger citizens of this county. In his veins flows a notable mixture of the best blood which the countries of Europe have contributed to American manhood and American citizenship. Scotch and English on his paternal side, on his maternal side he is pure German. Educated in the school of business, he was for a decade or more, before his election as postmaster, one of the leading young business men of the county, of genteel habits and kindly expression, so keen intellectually and progressive in spirit.

Born on June 22, 1874, at Columbus Grove, Harry B. Mapel has resided here all of his life. His parents, Louis and Sarah Mapel, are old-time residents of Pleasant township, the father having been born a few miles north of Columbus Grove, at Gilboa, in Blanchard township, the son of a father who was Scotch by nativity and a mother of English extraction. Simon and Rachel Mapel, the grandparents of Harry B., were people of exceptional intelligence for the time in which they lived.

The youth of Hariy B. Mapel did not differ perhaps from the youth of scores of other boys of Putnam county, except that he was a young man of extraordinary studious habits. After finishing the common schools of Putnam county, and attending the Columbus Grove high school for some time, lie left school to enter his father's clothing store and here he obtained a good -mercantile education and apprenticeship for a business career. Subsequently, an arrangement was effected by his father in which he and his two sons shared the profits of the enterprise equally, although Harry B. was never an active owner or partner

It was during his connection with his father's business that Mr. Mapel became interested in collecting historic Indian relics of all kinds. By purchase and otherwise, he has collected one of the most extensive and valuable group of arrow heads, tomahawks and other Indian utensils of warfare and ao-riculture, to be found in this part of the state. A part of the collection is on display in the Louis Mapel store and a part of it the owner keeps in his own home. Naturally, he is very proud of this collection, having spent great effort and considerable money in getting it together. From time to time, as it is possible, he is adding to the collection. There is no doubt that this group of historical and primitive curios will become one of the most priceless heritages he might leave to his children.

but the business life of Columbus Grove, and this part of Putnam county for many years. Upon his election as postmaster, on November i, 1913, he abandoned the active pursuit of business and is giving to the people of Columbus Grove and vicinity an efficient administration in that responsible position.

On October 11, 1901, Mr. Mapel was married, in Columbus Grove, to Cora Belle Cupp, who was born on November 30, 1874, in Allen county, Ohio, and who is the daughter of Henry and Mary Cupp. Mrs. Mapel was one of seven children born to her parents, the others being Lena, May, Orrin, Clay, Lulu and Walter. To Harry B. and Cora Belle (Cupp) Mapel have been born three children, Lawrence, Louis and Frank.

Harry B. Mapel is a Democrat and one who has been active in the councils of his party in Pleasant township ever since attaining his majority. To some extent his election as postmaster is a fair reward for past services in behalf of the success of his party. Although he is a natural leader of men, his manners are modest and his disposition kindly and tender. He leads, as a result of his alert and active mind, his capacity for logical and consistent reasoning. Mr. and Mrs. Mapel and their delightful family reside at Columbus Grove, where the family is well' known and popular. Mrs. Mapel is a woman of refined and sensitive impulses, well educated and possessed of those charming graces which go to make the home both simple and beautiful.

John Bogart

John Bogart, a well-known farmer of Pleasant township, Putnam county,. Ohio, living on route i out of Columbus Grove, is a man who has performed his share of hard and laborious work. His fidelity to duty has won for him the respect and confidence of his neighbors and fellow citizens. By patient continuance in well doing he has gradually risen from an humble station to his present high standing as a progressive farmer of Putnam county. Mr. Bogart has worked his way up from a modest beginning to a position of considerable prominence. He is in every respect worthy of the confidence and esteem of his neighbors.

John Bogart was born in Allen county, Monroe township, on June 4, 1875. He is the son of E. Abraham and Anna Elizabeth (Jones) Bogart, both of whom were natives of Ohio, she in Paulding county and he in Putnam county. Three children were born to them, as follow: Ida, Thomas.

and John, the subject of this sketch. John Bogart's mother died when he was but four years old and his father was married, a second time, to Mary Newell, and by this union one child was born, Lilla; E. Abraham Bogart served as sheriff of xA.llen county for two terms and he now lives in Pleasant township, Putnam county.

John Bogart spent his boyhood days on the farm in Allen county, which was the homestead farm of his parents and here he performed the usual labors that fall to the lot of the country boy. He received his education in the old Turner township school in Pleasant township, across the line from Allen county. With the exception of four years spent at Lima, where he was deputy sheriff under his father who was sheriff of this county, A-Ir. Bogart has lived on the homestead farm all his life. After leaving Lima, he returned to the farm, where he lived for six years, and then moved to hispresent farm of eighty-seven acres, about one and one-half miles north of Columbus Grove. He came to this farm in March 1908. Mr. Bogart has a fine farm which is well located on the Ottawa road on which he buift a splendid new barn in 1910. The house was already erected when he moved to the farm, but it has been remodeled by Mr. Bogart since he moved to the place.

On May 4, 1901, John Bogart was married to Linda Ritzier, the daughter of George A. and Mary Elizabeth (Daniel) Ritzier. George A. who now lives at Kenton, Ohio, was born at Edesheim, Bavaria, Germany, on August 17, 1843, and came to America in May 1847. Mrs. Mary Elizabeth (Daniels) Ritzier was born at Kenton, Ohio, on September 27, 1846, the daughter of Philip and Margaret Daniel, the former of whom was born on December II, 1818, and who died, March 19, 1827, and the latter of whom was born in 1818, and who died in March, 1850. George Anthony and Mrs. Mary Elizabeth (Daniel) Ritzier were married at Kenton, Ohio, November 22,. 1866. They have been the parents of the following children: Margaret S., born on October 30, 1867, was married in 1891, and has one son and resides, at Indianapolis, Lidiana; Josephine, January 29, 1869, is unmarried and resides at Indianapohs; Mary E., January 2, 1871, was married in 1894, and lives at Cleveland; George A., March 2, 1873, was married in 1895, and has one son and resides at Indianapolis : Clara B., April 25, 1875, married in 1905, and resides at Tahoka, Texas; Malinda M., March 9, 1878, is the wife of Mr. Bogart, and they reside at Colunnbus Grove; Florence A. F., June 17, 1881, was married in 1907, and resides at Kenton; Walter F., August 16, 1883, married in 1905, and has two sons; Edwin D., October 21, 1886, is.

John and Linda (Ritzier) Bogart have two children, Arlene Elizabeth and Florence Mildred. A Democrat in part)^ affiliations, he is a member of the school board of the township and is active in the educational affairs of the township. He is not a member of any lodge. Mr. and Mrs. Bogart and family are members of the Presbyterian church at Columbus Grove. John Bogart is a congenial man, a good "mixer" and an excellent fanner. He -bears a high reputation for honesty and sincerity of purpose.

George Halker

There are, according to the United States census report, nearly ten thousand occupations, but there is only one of all this number that is absolutely necessary to man's existence. The three things without which man cannot live are food, clothing and shelter. It is the farmer, who not only controls the food supply, but also holds the clothing products of the world in his hand. His is the only occupation which can exist independently of all others. An increasing number of our best farming men are taking agricultural courses in college and thereby fitting themselves the better to apply advanced thought and modern ideas to the farm. The profession has taken on increased dignity within the past few years and more and more of our young men are applying themselves to scientific farming. The farmer of today has the immense advantage of working with machinery which renders his work free from many of its former disadvantages. Putnam county has many splendid farmers, men who made a success of their vocation before training in the agricultural college became common. Among these splendid farmers of Putnam county, George Halker holds a worthy place.

George Halker was born two miles south of Glandorf, in Ottawa township, Putnam county, on October 28, 185 1. He is the son of William and Louisa (Vogeding) Halker. William Halker was born in Glandorf, Hanover, Germany, and left that country for the United States on a pass issued by the German consul, July 25, 1842. He was twenty-five years of age at that time. He came to Dayton, Ohio, and worked about the country for a time and then went to Cincinnati, where he met his wife, whom he later married at Glandorf, this state. After his marriage, William Halker returned to Cincinnati and worked as a cab driver for Nicholas Longworth, the father of

Nicholas Long-worth, Jr., the son-in-law of Theodore Roosevelt. He drove a cab for Mr. Longworth for three years and then returned to Glandorf and purchased a fifty-two-acre farm, buying out the heirs of his father-in-law. Later, he added twenty-five acres, making seventy-seven acres in all. He added another eighty-acre tract in Pleasant township, where George Halker now li\-es, and forty acres on the Union and Ottawa township line. This forty acres was sold after his death. He died on April 2, 1889, at the age of seventy-two years, two months and twenty-five days. William Halker was a general farmer and made a success of this business. He is a Democrat in politics and a member of the Glandorf CathoHc church. His wife, who, before her marriage, was Louisa Vogeding, was born on August 28, 1828, in Hetsinbrok, Germany, and died on the homestead farm in Ottawa township, near Glandorf, April 6, 1898, at the age of sixty-nine years, seven months and eleven days.

WiUiam Halker and wife were the parents of twelve children, two of whom died in infancy: Mrs. Louisa Kemper, who died in 1912; Mary, who married Andrew Schuhmacher, of Pleasant township; George, the subject of this sketch; Catherine, who died in 1873; Mrs. Henry Mersman, of Glandorf, who died in 1883; Veronica, who married William Hoffman, of Glandorf; Theresia, who married John Hofifman, of Pleasant township; Elizabeth, who married Frank Geisken, of Greensburg township; Philomena, who married Gottleib Buitler, of Ottawa, and Henry, who lives on the homestead farm in Ottawa township.

George Halker spent his boyhood days on the farm where he lived until he was twenty-four years of age. He was educated in the township schools of Ottawa township, close to Glandorf.

On April 21, 1875, Mr. Halker was married to Bernadina Stechschulte, the daughter of Joseph and Bernadina (Kahle) Stechschulte. Joseph Stechschulte was born in Koenigreich, Hanover, Germany, on April 15, 1828, and was the son of Henry and Christina (Poos) Stechschulte. He came to America with his father and mother when five years of age. They spent months in New York and came on to Cincinnati, where they lived for a time, when they came to Glandorf. Joseph grew to manhood here and was educated in the township schools. When eighteen years of age, he learned the cabinet-maker trade, which became his life business. He married Bernadina Kahle, June 21, 1854. She was the daughter of John Francis Kahle, who came from Glandorf, Hanover, Germany, with Professor Horstman' and with him walked from Detroit to the present site of Glandorf Here thev found a location for the new Germany colony. Mr. Kahle settled in Greensburg township, four miles west of Glandorf, and was the first settler in that neighborhood. Joseph Stechschulte died at Glandorf, February 2, 1862.

To George and Bemadina (Stechschulte) Halker eleven children have been born: Mary, William, Amelia, Anna, Benjamin, Harry, Emma, Leo^ Albert, Louisa and Philomena. Mary married John Morman, a farmer of Union township and has six children, Cornelius, Adeline, Philomena, Harry (who died in infancy), Florence and Gilbert; William died at the age of twenty-three years ; Amelia married Joseph Westbeld, a farmer of Blanchard, who lives near the infirmary, and they have six children, Louis, Mary, Francis, Lucille, Alvera and Lillian, who died in infancy ; Anna married Ferdinand Kuhlman, of Owosso, Michigan, and has four children, Rudolph, Alphonse, Irene and Walter; Benjamin married Lanie Kuhlman, of Union township,, and has five children, Margaret, Wilford, Elmer, Alfred and Paul; Harry married Agnes Henken, and lives near his father in Pleasant township, and they have three children, Esther, Raymond and Helen ; Emma married Benjamin Kuhlman, of Ottawa township, and has four children, Hilda, Leona,. Bernita and Louisa; Leo married Rosie Recker and lives on Mr. Halker's farm south of Columbus Grove, in Pleasant township; Albert married Gertrude Mack and lives with Mr. Halker, his father; Louisa is still at home, and Philomena died in fancy.

After his marriage, George Halker removed to his present farm of eighty acres, which he purchased from his father. He added one hundred acres in Union township and ninety acres in Pleasant township, as well as ninetyseven acres in Pleasant township, or a total of three hundred and sixty-seven acres. Mr. Halker has turned over some of this land to his sons. Fifty acres of the ninety-acre farm he has given to his son, Harry, and fifty acres of the one-hundred-acre farm to his son, Benjamin. Later, he sold twenty-five acres of the one hundred acres to Benjamin, leaving a net total of two hundred and forty-two acres which he now controls.

Mr. Halker follows general farming, raises much live stock and grain. He has a well-improved farm and comfortable buildings. At one time he handled considerable live stock, mostly cattle and hogs, and now has more than forty head of cattle. He feeds a large number of hogs. The land -which he owns was mostly heavily timbered when he first came to Putnam county. Mr. Halker has cleared the land, drained it and erected substantial buildings. The house in which he lives is a splendid piece of architecture and the large and commodious barn was built in 1886.

been honored with many positions of trust and responsibihty. He served as trustee of Pleasant township for two terms, likewise he was a trustee of Putnam county's German Mutual Farmers Insurance Company for six years. He is a Democrat. He and his family are members of the Catholic church at Columbus Grove and Mr. Halker has been a trustee of this church since it was built. He was one of the founders of the church ; in fact, he has taken an active interest, not only in the services of the church, but in the financial support of it. Mr. Halker was a trustee of the Glandorf Catholic church for four years and helped to haul the stone for the foundation when it Was built. He was active in the affairs of the Glandorf church until the new church at Columbus Grove was erected. Mr. Halker superintended the laying out of the new Catholic cemetery at Glandorf, called Grandview cemetery, in 1900. He was a member of the cemetery committee, and the committee appointed him to superintend the work of laying it out. His boy was the second person buried in this cemetery.

George Halker has been a hard worker and is a man well liked for his kindness and sterling character. He is a lover of his home and children and has always been interested in their welfare. The splendid appearance of his farm shows how far George Halker has been a success in his chosen business. He is a booster for all township improvements, open and frank in his business relations and genial socially.

Jacob M. Kuhn

To write the personal record of men who have raised themselves from humble circumstances to a position of responsibility and trust in a community, is no ordinary pleasure. Self-made men, who have achieved success by reason of their indefatigable labor and who have left the mark of their individuality upon the agricultural and business growth of their township, affect for good a far larger community than they suspect. Unwittingly, perhaps, they build monuments that will endure longer than any shaft which might be erected to their memory. Jacob M. Kuhn is a man who has always exerted an influence for good and is well known and widely respected in Putnam county.

Jacob M. Kuhn was born on March 6, 1857, in Richland county, Ohio. He is the son of Jacob and Mary ( Shafl:'er) Kuhn. Jacob Kuhn was born in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, on November 26, 1824. He lived with his brother, George, until he was twenty-one years old, his father having died when he was two years old. Near the school house where Jacob Kuhn went to school, on the 26th day of July, 1764, a party of three Indians murdered a schoolmaster, named Brown, and at the same time killed and scalped ten scholars. One of the scholars, a boy, left for dead, recovered and told the story and lived many years afterward. Jacob Kuhn came to Plymouth township, Richland county, in the year 1845, walking the whole way and averaging thirty-five miles a day. He lived with his brother, Samuel, for three years, farming on shares. In the year 1848, he returned to Franklin county, Pennsylvania, on horseback, sold the horse and received about eighteen hundred dollars as his share of his father's estate, walking back to Richland county, carrying his money in a belt and his boots, averaging thirty miles a day. The year 1849, he bought forty acres near his brother, Samuel, and lived with his nephew, H. AV. Patterson, until the year 1851. He also held minor township offices, but throughout his life was a stanch Republican, and always took a deep and active interest in politics, notwithstanding the fact that he never cared for office. Pie was a sterling member of the German Reformed church in Richland county and an active worker in this church at all times. He was one of the founders of this church in the community where he lived and held all of the offices in the church. He gave liberally to the church both in money and services. He died on August 25, 1876, at the age of fiftytwo years, after an illness of eighteen months. Jacob Kuhn was married, November 20, 185 1, to Mary Shaffer, of Jackson township, Richland county. She was a native of Franklin county, Pennsylvania, and came to Richland county with her parents when a small child, where she grew to womanhood and married. She was the daughter of George and Mary (Detrick) Shaffer, who came to Ohio in 1839 in wagons. She was born on March 13, 1827, and died. May 18, 1892, on the old homestead farm in- Richland county, at the age of sixty-five. Jacob and Mary (Shaffer) Kuhn were the parents of seven children, Mary, who died in infancy; Mj's. Martha Jane Coulter, who died at Olympia, Washington, in 1910; George U., who lives in Richland county; Jacob M., the subject of this sketch; Frank, of Richland county; William, who lives in Richland cotmty; and Mrs. Clara Strock, of Olympia, Washington.

Mary Detrick, the maternal grandmother of Jacob M. Kuhn, was born on March 28, 1792, the daughter of Lewis and Julian Detrick. She was the tenth child of a family of thirteen children, seven boys and six girls, and died in June, 1866.

to Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in the year of 1754. To them were born seven children, five boys and two girls. They moved to Franklin comity, Pennsylvania, in the year 1772, and entered a farm that has been in thd I^uhn name ever since, Mr. Bruce Kuhn living on the farm at the present time, 1915.

Grandfather Samuel Kuhn was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, on February 18, 1771, and moved with his parents to Franklin county, that state, in 1772. He was married about the year 1798, to Catherine Smith. To them were born twelve children, six boys and six girls. They both died in Franklin county, grandfather Kuhn in the year 1826, and his wife in the year 1842.

Jacob M. Kuhn grew up in Richland county, and was there married. He came to Putnam county in 1887, and settled on a farm which his father had purchased, in 1857, for nine dollars an acre. It was in the wilds at that time and nothing had been cleared. Jacob M. Kuhn's father never farmed this land, but leased it. It originally comprised one hundred and sixty acres, but now consists of one hundred and five acres. Jacob M. Kuhn farmed here until the fall of 191 1 and then moved to his present place, just outside of the corporation limits of Columbus Grove, consisting of twenty-five acres. His son is now farming the land from which Mr. Kuhn moved in 191 1. [acob M. Kuhn made all of the improvements on the one-hundred-and-five acre farm and erected all the buildings. He has also made many improvements upon his present place and has one of the finest farms in Pleasant township, and the twenty-five acres where he now lives is a beautiful country home and is well kept. Mr. Kuhn occupies a large and spacious residence. He built a new barn in 1913 and has made extensive improvements on the residence which was standing on the place when he moved to it.

On October 3, 1882, Jacob M. Kuhn was married to Ida Enlow, a native of Richland county, and a daughter of Andrew J. and Mary (Schlosser) Enlow. Andrew J. Enlow was born on August 13, 1826, in Richland county, and died on July 17, 1904. His wife, who before her marriage was Mary Schlosser, was born on August 17, 1831, and died on July 6, 1903. Jacob M. and Ida (Enlow) Kuhn have been the parents of five children, Clara, who married Floyd Bowers, of Lima, and has two children, Mary and Earle; Earle, who is a cigar maker at Ottawa; George Howard, who lives on his father's farm in Pleasant township, married Forrest Stoner and has two children, Kholetta and Kenneth; Mary Lilace, who married Brice Darbyshire, a farmer of Sugar Creek township, near Rimer, and June, who is at home. Mr. Kuhn was one of the incorporators and chairman of the board of directors of the Home Industry Store Company, of Columbus Grove.

Mr. Kuhn is a member of the Kaiights of Pythias Lodge, No. 376, of Columbus Grove. He served as township trustee of Pleasant township for one term. He is identified with the Republican party, but is more or less independent in his voting. Mr. and Mrs. Kuhn are members of the Presbyterian church at Columbus Grove. Formerly, he was a trustee of the church but is no longer active. The Kuhn family are also members of the same church. Jacob M. Kuhn is a congenial, sociable man of splendid intellect and is a substantial citizen. He is a man who never violates a spoken or written promise and his word is a good as his bond. He is well liked and favorable known throughout this section of Putnam county.

Peter A. Scharf

A list of the representative citizens of Putnam county, Ohio, would be incomplete were there failure to make specific mention of Peter A. Scharf, a leading merchant, and the present postmaster of Cloverdale, Ohio. Mr. Scharf is descended from old pioneer stock, and is of Germanic ancestry, his people having been distinguished for their moral and intellectual strength, for their high ideals, patriotism and deep religious principles.

Peter A. Schraf was born on November 5, 1866, in Peru township, Huron county, Ohio. He was born near Norwalk on a farm, and is the son of John and Anna (Young) Scharf.

John Scharf was the son of Jacob and Catherine (Miller) Scharf, natives of Alsace, Germany. They came to America when John was eight years old. He was born in 1829, and settled near New Washington, Crawford county, Ohio. He farmed in Crawford county for some time, or, rather, until his death in 1848. John Scharf grew up on the homestead near New Washington, Crawford county, and vvas educated there. He later moved to Peru, in Huron county, Ohio, where he farmed, and where Peter A. Scharf was born. When Peter was eighteen months old his father returned to New Washington and entered the saloon business for a short time, but he later sold out, and went into the hardware business at the same place. Part of the time he was in partnership with Samuel Myers, and then he bought out the interest of Mr. Myers and carried on his business for about six or seven years, when he built a large brick business block. He had about seven thousand dollars invested in this building, which was destroyed by fire, and he had no insurance. He then sold his hardware store to William Donnenwirth, and then rebuilt the brick business block, and worked for Mr.

Donnenwirth as clerk for some time, to hold the hardware trade. He was here about two years, and had just regained his financial footing, when he died suddenly from the effects of a sun-stroke. He passed away in 1876, at the age of thirty-seven years. John Scharf was married to Anna Young, in New ^\'ashington, who was a native of Crawford county, and a daughter of Peter and Mary (Stein) Young. She was born in 1841, and died at the -age of thirty years, about 1871. John Scharf was not a member of any lodge, and never held office. He was a Democrat, and a member of the Catholic church, at New Washington, and took an active interest in the church work. He was a man of good business abihties and believed in sound principles of business management. He was very popular and well liked in the community for his sterling character. He and his wife had five children, Peter A., Jacob, Liberatus, and two others, twins. All, with the exception of Peter A., died in infancy. Anna (Young) Scharf was the daughter of foreignborn parents. Her father was a native of Forbaugh, France, and her mother was a native of Metz. They came to Crawford county, Ohio, and were farmers near New Washington. It was here that Mrs. Anna (Young) Scharf was born.

Peter A. Scharf grew up in New Washington, and was educated there. He lived there until eighteen years of age, when he went to St. Francis, Milwaukee, and took a four-year normal course. Subsequently, he returned to Dyer, Indiana, and taught the public and Catholic schools for thirteen years. In 1 90 1 he came to Cloverdale, Perry township, and bought out William Kirkendall's dry-goods and general-merchandise store. In the beginning, William Stretker was a partner, but later Mr. Scharf bought out his partner, since which time he has increased the stock, and aims to have on hand what his patrons need. He has a substantial trade, and is very popular in the commtmity.

Peter A. Scharf was married on July 26, 1892, to Rosina H. Fortiner, who was born on April 13, 1875, near Delphos, Ohio. She is the daughter of Peter and Margaret (Kipp) Fortener. Peter Fortener is a carpenter and farmer, born on May 30, 1830, in Alsace-Lorraine, Canton Forbaugh, France. Peter Fortener is a son of John George Fortener, who was born in Alsace- Lorraine in 1800 and who died in 1866. John George Fortener married Margaret Yochem, who died in 1856. J. Peter Fortener came to America in 1836. He was married to Margaret Kipp, who was born on May 6, 1840, in Tippecanoe county, and the daughter of Rudolph and Mary (Feierbach) Kipp. Peter Fortener was educated in the common schools. He is a Demo- -crat in politics and a member of the Catholic church.

To Peter A. and Rosina H. (Fortner) Scharf ten childden have been born: Henrietta Josephine, on June 8, 1893; Aloysius Joseph, January 31,. 1895; Eulalia Barbara, December 27, 1896; Hildegard Anna, February 26,. 1899; Otto Henry, July 12, 1901 ; Leo Anthony, December 9, 1903; Lutgardis Magdehna, October 4, 1905; Leonard Carl, September 11, 1908; Eugene Peter, August 12, 191 1, and Pauletta Marie, July 22, 1913.

Fraternally, Mr. Scharf is a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters, Catholic Benevolent League, the Catholic Knights of Ohio, and the Knights of Columbus. He is a member of the St. Barbara's Catholic church of Cloverdale. A stanch Democrat, he has served as justice of the peace, councilman and as mayor of Cloverdale, as well as township treasurer of Perry township. He was appointed postmaster of Cloverdale by the civil service commission, having taken charge of the office on November 1,1914. He is a willing worker in the councils of the Democratic party. When Mr. Scharf was elected postmaster he was mayor and township treasurer, but resigned the latter offices for this new work. He is a man of good, sound judgment and a man whose advice has been much sought on legal and other matters. He is liberal in all things and is always willing to assist those in actual need. He bears a high reputation in his community for fair dealing and genial manners. Mr. Scharf has a splendid store and a neat stock of goods, makes friends fast and holds them. He has a fine home and is very much attached to his wife and to his children.

August Redd

Well situated on the Ottawa road in Pleasant township, Putnam county, there is a farm, which, by reason of the well-kept appointment and the general air of quiet prosperity which characterize it, not infrequently excites the admiring remarks of the casual passerby. There is something about th.e appearance of most of the farms and farm houses in this favored section of the state, that strangers, passing through, are wont to comment on most favorably, as indicative of quiet thrift and modest gentility. Among the farms thus, marked, there are few in the section in which iit is located that is better known than that of August Redd, a brief biography of whom the historian finds pleasure in here calling to the attention of the reader of this sketch.

John Redd grew up in Fairfield county, experiencing all the difficulties of the pioneer life of that time, and on October 11, 1840, was united in marriage to Eliza Devinney, the daughter of John and Ann (Umwake) Devinney, the former of whom was born on August 15, 1792, and the latter of whom was born on August 15, 1802. John Devinney died on June 12, 1842, and his widow was married, a second time, in 1846, to August Eoch and died, November 11, 1881.

Following their marriage, John and Eliza Redd came from Fairfield county to Putnam county, settling in Ottawa township, where they bought a farm on which they remained for a time and then moved to Columbus. Here they lived for a period of five years, at the end of which time they returned to Putnam county and rented a farm in Blanchard township, where their son August, the immediate subject of this sketch, was born. After farming there for a time, John Redd bought the farm in Pleasant township, on which his son August now lives, and there he and his wife spent the rest of their lives,, his death occurring May 14, 1885, at the age of sixty-nine years, eleven months and fourteen days, his wife surviving him many years, her death not occurring until January 30, 1910, at the age of eighty-five years, nine months and eighteen days. John Redd became an influential member of the community in which his latter years were spent and his voice was always given consideration in the discussion of measures designed to increase the general welfare of the neighborhood. He was a strong Democrat, and though not an office-seeker, ever took a good citizen's part in the political affairs of the count)^ He had been reared in the Presbyterian church and he and his wife were active in the good works of the community, being properly regarded as among the leaders in the section of the county in which they lived.

To John and Eliza (Devinney) Redd were born ten children, Nathaniel; Rachael; John; Putnam; James; Lewis and Ida (twins); August; Charlesand John. Of these, the only present survivors are Lewis, who lives in Norton, Kansas, and August.

August Redd was reared on the home farm in Blanchard township and received the advantages of the local schools of that period, remaining at home until the year 1883, when he left for Kansas, in which state he farmed for two years, at the end of which time he returned to Putnam county and married the girl to whom his court had been paid previous to his departure for the West. With his bride at his side he then returned to Kansas, where they made their home for nine years. During this time they were able to buy a farm in Kansas, which they operated with considerable success, but the lure of home ties was strong and in the fall of 1894 they sold their Kansas farm and returned to Putnam county, settling on a farm in Pleasant township, which they rented for a time, then bought the farm on which they are now living in the same township, to which they moved in the spring of 1903, and where they have met with a gratifying measure of success, being now very well circumstanced.

On October 29, 1885, August Redd was united in marriage to Ada Elizabeth Harris, who was born in Blanchard township, Putnam county, on March 29, 1868, the daughter of Alexander R. and Nancy J. (Crawfis) Harris.

Alexander Rudolphus Harris was born on November 12, 1833, in Licking Ohio, and came to Putnam county when he was a young man, about the year 1838, with his parents, who settled in Blanchard township. Here he grew to manhood and on October 14, 1862, was united in marriage with Nancy Jane Crawfis, who, for more than twenty years, made him a faithful and competent helpmeet and who bore him nine children, as follow : Louis Samuel, lives in Alberta, Canada; Edson, lives in Michigan; Ada Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Redd ; Anna, married Duff Bracy, and lives in Michigan; Blanche, married Frank Bowman and lives in Michigan; Laura, married Ed Phillips, and lives in Wood county, Ohio; Pearl, married Bon Hissong, and lives at Benton Ridge, Ohio ; John, Pearl's twin brother, is deceased, as is Henry, the last born. The mother of these children died, October 20, 1880, and on November 28, 1881, Mr. Harris married, secondly, to Mary Catherine Larkins, to which union there were born eleven children, three of whom died in infancy, the others being: Nettie, who married a Mr. Boyd; Mamie, who married -George Boyd; Alma, deceased; Badeson; Dora, who married Edward Walker; Hazel, Catherine and James, all of the survivors of whom reside in the state of Michigan, with the exception of Mamie and Catherine, who live in Louisiana. Following his second marriage, Alexander R. Harris moved, with his family, in the fall of 1883 to Saginaw county, Michigan, where he farmed until his death, February 25, 191 1. His widow is still living on the farm in Saginaw county, Michigan.

To August and Ada Elizabeth (Harris) Redd were born- five children, Putnam, who married Zoe Smith and is a prosperous farmer in Pleasant township; Blanche, who married Ralph Agner, a Blanchard township farmer, and has two children, Floyd and Etheline ; Zelma and Gertrude, who are at home, and Florence, deceased. The Redds are members of the Methodist Protestant church at Riley Creek and are active in the various beneficences of that oro-anization, the family very properly being regarded as among the leaders in the social and economic life of the community, Mr. Redd being a trustee and steward of the church. He is a Democrat and while giving such attention as a good citizen owes to the political affairs of his neighborhood and county, has, never been included in the office-seeking class, though he served for several years very acceptably on the school board of his township. He is a man of congenial habits, quiet and unassuming in his manner, of sterling character and an excellent farmer and good judge of live stock. Mr. Redd is essentially a "home man," a kind father and indulgent provider. He has a good farm and a fine home and is rated as among the most substantial men in his neighborhood.

David Core

One of the enterprising and successful farmers of Putnam county who here when this country was a wilderness is David Core, a native of West Virginia.

David Core was born in Monongalia county, West Virginia, on May 9, 1840. He was a son of Moses and Elizabeth (Piles) Core, both natives of .Monongalia county. Moses More was a soldier in the War of the American Revolution.

David Core grew up on a farm and on February 27, 1862, he was married to Rebecca E. Layton. She was also born in Monongalia county, and was a daughter of Peter and Catherine (Lyming) Layton. Peter A. Layton was bom at Perryopolis, on the Monongahela river, between Martintown and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Catherine Lyming was born near Cassville, in Monongalia county, West Virginia.

_ In the fall of 1866 Mr. and Mrs. David Core moved to Putnam county, Ohio, and after one winter in Columbus Grove, moved to his farm two miles northeast of that place, a fami of fifty-four acres that he bought after he came here. The land was still new, no ditching had been done and there were very few improvements made at that time, and only about twenty-five acres had been cleared. Later, Mr. Core bought another farm adjoining the first tract, and though he still owns the first tract, he moved over to the second. He lived there until March, 1909. He now owns one hundred and twenty-three acres. Mr. Core was trustee of Pleasant township for one and discharged the duties of that office with entire satisfaction. In .1909 he moved. to Columbus Grove, where he now has a beautiful home.

Olive, George W., Layton, Charles, Fannie, Harry, J. Gordon, Ida and Bert V. Olive, who married Daniel Tate, lives near Columbus Grove and has one daughter, Mrs. Nellie Harbaugh; George W., whose sketch is found elsewhere in this volume, is cashier of the Peoples Bank; Layton, who lives about three miles east of Columbus Grove, married Elizabeth Davis and has two children, Arlena and Raymond; Charles, who lives on his father's farm two miles east of Columbus Grove, married Emma Welty ano has three children, Vera, Lenna and Russell; Fannie, who became the wife of Lemley Morris, lives about one and one-half miles east of Columbus Grove and has four children, Catherine, Amy, Paul and Mildred; Harry, who is a lawyer of Columbus Grove, married Anna Baxter and has five children, William, James, Imogene, Harriett and George Richard ; J. Gordon, who is a travelingsalesman for the Pandora overall factory, lives at Columbus Grove and married Edith Miller. They have one daughter, Ethelyn Ida, who died in 1901, and was the wife of George D. McComb and lived about two miles southeast of Columbus Grove; Bert V., who resides on his father's farm, married Myrtle Bowers and has one daughter, Helen.

Mr. Core is a member of the Republican party, while he and his family belong to the Presbyterian church. The Core family is among the best in Putnam county, where they are held in universal esteem. Mr. Core is interested in all public questions, to which he has contributed much of his attention.

Daniel Emans

No review of the lives of those residents of Putnam county who have contributed largely to the growth and development of the county's best interests, would be complete without mention of the life and of the services to his community of the gentleman whose name introduces this brief and modest biographical narrative, Daniel Emans, one of the best-known and most popular citizens of Pleasant township, this county, a man who quietly and unselfishly has done much to better the conditions of his home neighborhood during his long residence therein, and it is a pleasure for the biographer here to present for the consideration of the readers of this volume a short sketch of Mr. Eman's career in the community in which his whole life has been spent.

Daniel Emans was born on the farm in Pleasant township, Putnam countv, on which he still lives and where his parents and grandparents before him had lived, August 15, 1854, the son of Gilbert J. and Anna (Seitz) Emans, the former of whom was a native of New Jersey, born on July 13, 1813, and the latter a native of Pennsylvania, born in 1815.

Gilbert J. Emans came to Putnam county when he was fifteen years old, at which time his parents, John and Sarah (De Mott) Emans, arrived here from New Jersey. This was about the year 1835, and the farm which was unbroken forest, was where the Emans family settled in Blanchard township, adjoining the site of the present county infirmary. There were eighty acres in this tract, which later, as the elder Emans succeeded in clearing his farm, was added to until the farm comprised ninety-three acres, on which the original owners spent the remainder of their lives. Grandfather and grandmother Emans were people of sterling worth, of stanch pioneer type, and their influence in the early development of that section was exerted in every good way, so that, at their death there was general mourning in the entire neighborhood.

After the death of his parents, Gilbert J. Emans bought the interests of the other heirs in this farm and owned the same until his death. Previous to the death of his parents, however, Gilbert had bought a tract of forty acres in Pleasant township, where his son, Daniel has made his home and now lives. This original tract of forty acres was unbroken forest at the time he purchased it, but was cleared, to which was added another forty adjoining, and as this came under cultivation, he also added an additional forty, which he entered from the government and which, before his death, September 24, 1877, he had also brought to a good state of cultivation, making, in all, a fine farm. Gilbert J. Emans was a good citizen, an excellent neighbor and a devoted husband and father, his example in the 'community in which he lived being of the most wholesome sort.

In the year 1846, Gilbert J, Emans was united in marriage to Anna Seitz, who was born in Pennsylvania in the year 1815, the daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Hiatt) Seitz, who came to Ohio with her brother, David Seitz, ni the year 1846, the two settling on land in Eairfield county, which previously had been entered from the government by their parents. It is on this farm, consisting of one section of land, that David Seitz remained the rest of his life, clearing the same and making an excellent farm of it.

To Gilbert J. and Anna (Seitz) Emans were born four children, all of whom survive, Lydia, who married August Clay and lives in JVIercer county, Ohio; Elizabeth, who married Benjamin Van Eman and lives in Van Wert; Daniel, who is the immediate subject of this narrative, and John, a successful farmer of Blanchard township, who owns the farm originally entered by his paternal grandparents. The mother of these children died, March 18,. 1899, having passed the eighty-third year of her life, and there was much mourning in the community when she died, for she was a good woman.

Daniel Emans spent his boyhood days on the birth-place farm where he grew up, receiving his education in the excellent school of district No. i, Pleasant township, and being carefully instructed by his father in the necessary qualifications to the successful life of a farmer, it being determined early that he should follow farming. Incidental to this work, however, he received some excellent training in carpentry and has done considerable work in thisline during his life.

Mr. Emans is a member of the Riley Creek Methodist church and is devoted to the various beneficences of that church and active in all its works. He is the present class leader, a position of honor which he has held for some years. He is a Republican and takes an active interest in the political affairsof the county and for some years has served as clerk of the election board. For the past five years Mr. Emans has been practically retired from the active work of the farm, though he continues to give his close attention to the management of the same. He is a good farmer and a man of sterling qualities^ enjoying a wide acquaintance and an excellent reputation throughout the county, his earnest and quiet methods commending him to all who know him..

Henry Upton Kenney

Descended from good old Irish stock and having natural instincts for absolute frankness in their dealings with their fellow men, bearing an enviable reputation throughout this neighborhood for their pleasing manner, congenial spirit, exceptional business ability, and withal for success which has been the result of due consideration for the feelings of others, upright and honorable in. all transactions, and worthy of the praise and appreciation of their fellow men, it becomes the duty of the historian to include the name of the Kenney family in the history of Putnam county where they have lived so long and achieved a marked success after overcoming many seeming insurmountable obstacles.

Henry Upton Kenney was born on January 26, 1877, on the site of his present farm, in Pleasant township, this county, and is the son of Norton and Olive (Eversole) Kenney. Norton Kenney was born on July 25, 1846, near Canal Winchester, Fairfield county, Ohio, and is the son of Upton and Hannah (Whitehorst) Kenney, the former's father was born on February 19, 1818,

Samuel Kenney was probably born in Ireland and came to America as a. stowaway, or may have bound out to work his way across the Atlantic. It is believed that his first place of settlement was in Greencastle, Pennsylvania. He remained here a short time and then removed to Hagerstown, Maryland,, where he conducted a general dry goods business. It is recorded that he married Margaret Hanna, in Greencastle, Pennsylvania, October i8, 1810, and to them eleven children were born, Mary Ann (Mrs. Campbell), on July 25, 181 1, now deceased; John, March 14, 1813, deceased; Nancy McDill (Horn), February 18, 1815, deceased; George A., December 16, 1816, deceased; Upton, February 19, 1819, deceased; Samuel Alexander, April 2, 1823, of Staunton, Nebraska; Julietta (Huffman), February 22, 1825, of Lovington, Illinois; Rudolph, April 11, 1827, deceased; Jackson, February 12, 1829, deceased; Martin Van Buren, March 28, 1830, deceased, 1912, and Margaret (Kramer) April 25, 1833, of Decatur, Illinois. The wife, Margaret Hanna Kenney, was born on January 4, 1789, and died in May, 1873. She was popularly known and referred to in her day as "Granny" Kenney. After their marriage, Mr. Kenney continued to run the general dry goodsbusiness in or near Hagerstown, Maryland, and beside this devoted a portion of his time to teaching school, which he continued to do for many years. He was particularly learned in the subject of mathematics. From Hagerstown he removed to Fairfield county, Ohio, in the year 1823, and at which time the son, Upton, was five years of age. Here he located on a farm, erected a loghouse for which he hewed the logs and by frugal living and well-directed efforts he managed to accumulate a fortune, and died in Fairfield county. Upton remained under the parental roof on the original farm in Fairfield county, and when he grew to manhood he could look with great satis factioa to all the improvements he made on the land which bore the distinction of being one of the finest farms and residences in this part of the county. His marriage to Margaret Whitehorst took place, June 5, 1845, and to them twelve children were born, Norton, on July 25, 1846, deceased; Amanda W. (Hart), March 14, 1848; Martha, February 4, 1850, deceased; George W., April 13, 1851; Herman, March 17, 1853, deceased; Sophia E., September 22, 1854; Charles E., April 4, 1856; Thomas W., August 24, 1859; James F. and William, twins, September 15, 1862 (twin William, deceased); Mary A. (Stemmel), December 9, 1864, and Julietta. (Fromme), November 7, 1866. Norton Kenney yvas married to Olive Eversole, January 11, 1872, and she was the daughter of Henry and Sofronia (Heis) Eversole of Fairfield county, where she grew to womanhood on her father's homestead farm and received her education in the township schools. She remained at home until a year after her marriage, when her father sold, the place and decided to settle in Pleasant township, Putnam county. This occurred in the spring of 1874 and after buying one hundred and fifty-two acres here, one hundred acres of which was in timber, he built a home and continued to farm until about three years prior to his death, which occurred on November 25, 1912, and in the sixty-sixth year of his age. In 1909, he added, by purchase, another farm of thirty-six acres, situated about one mile northeast of Columbus Grove, where he erected ' another home and where he lived a life of retirement. During his time he took great pride in raising Shorthorn cattle, which he put on exhibition at county fairs, held in the vicinity. To Norton and Olive (Eversole) Kenney there were seven children born, Nellie Florence (Forrer), of Stewards Draft, Virginia; Charles E., who lives with his mother in Pleasant township; Daisy (Mrs. Henry Geiger), of Kirksville, Missouri; Bert and Bessie who died in infancy; Henry U. ; Maude Olive (Good) of Pataskala, Ohio. Mr. Kenney was a man whom it was a pleasure to know. In party affiliations, he was a Democrat and at one time held the office of township trustee, in Pleasant township, for two terms. He was a member of the Phesbyterian church as was also his wife and family. He did not belong to any societies.

Henry Eversole was a native of Rockingham county, Virginia, and soon after his marriage to Sofronia (Heis) Eversole, came to Fairfield county, where he settled near the town of Millersport. He had something more than five hundred acres of land which he entered from the government. This he farmed until the time of his death, with the exception of one year, which he on a farm he purchased in Auglaize county, Ohio. He died in the year 1850, at the age of forty-four years. His wife was a native of Lancaster Pennsylvania, and came with her parents to Fairfield county. The trip was made by horseback and she, being then but two years old, was carried all the distance in her mother's lap. She grew up on her father's homestead farm, where she was married. Her death occurred in 1872, at which time she had attained the age of seventy-three years. To their union were bora nine children, John; David; Maria; Caroline; Heis; Olive, subject's wife; George and Henry, twins, and^ Miller. The first four and the last named are now deceased.

Henry Upton Kenney with his brother Charles, farms their place in Pleasant township. They spent their early days about the homestead farm and received their education in the township schools. They followed in the father's footsteps and gave particular attention to learning all about the cattle business and have always made a specialty of raising the Shorthorn breed. Their success in this line has been exceptional and they are known throughout the entire country for large holdings in the cattle business where they advertise extensively by exhibiting the best animals of their herds at county and state fairs. As a side line, they do considerable buying and trading in horses and other breeds of cattle, and are recognized as big shippers in the northwestern portion of Ohio, and splendid judges of live stock.

On November 26, 1909, Henry Upton Kenney was united in marriage to Clara Knapp, of Syracuse, New York, and they reside on the beautifully situated and excellent homestead farm. Mr. Kenney is in partnership with bis brother, Charles E. Kenney, and they conduct the cattle business under the name of Kenney Brothers, dealers in fine cattle and horses. They make 3. specialty of Shorthorn cattle, for sale and breeding purposes.

Mr. Kenney, the subject, is an active worker for the Democratic party, is not connected with any societies, nor does he claim any active part in religious matters, though he was brought up in the Presbyterian faith. Personally, he is a man who bears a wide acquaintance and is well thought of in the community, not only at home, but at large, and is particularly well liked for his fair and square business methods. He is always a booster for the ^ood of the public and always found to take the lead in advancing the interests of citizens of his county and state.

Charles Kenney, who shares the activities of his brother in the farming -and stock business, is unmarried and is very popular, energetic and businesslike in his methods.

Charles Henry Jones

The purpose of a review is not to give utterance to a man's modest estimate of himself and his accomplishments, but preferably to leave upon the record the verdict establishing his character by the concensus of opinion on the part of his neighbors, friends and fellow citizens. The life of the unassuming gentleman, whose name appears above, has been such as to warrant praise from those who know him best, owing to the fact that he has always been loyal to the trusts reposed in him and has been upright and honorable m his dealings with his fellow citizens, at the same time lending his support to the advancement of any cause looking to the welfare of the community at large.

Ohio, on October -19, i88'4, and is the son of Philip H. and Arie (Buckingham) Jones. PhiHp H. Jones was born on November 17, 1848, in Erie county, Ohio, and was the son of Edward and Ann (Roberts) Jones. Edward Jones was a native of Cheshire, England, where he was born on December 3, 1817, and died in Columbus Grove, June 27, 1899, age eighty-one yearsand six months. He was descended from good English parentage and came to America in the year 1842, first settling near the city of Sandusky, where he was married on November 7, 18/^2 to Ann Roberts. His wife died on January 28, 1897, being then at the age of seventy-four years and eleven months. In 1850, Edward Jones moved to Paulding county in 185 1, remaining a year, he moved to Putnam county, and located on a farm a few miles northwest of the town of Columbus Grove, where he continued to reside until the year 1876, when again he moved to another farm closer to Columbus Grove, at which place he died, after having farmed successfully all of his life. Ann (Roberts) Jones, wife of Edward Jones, was also born in Cheshire, England, on February 8, 1822, which country she left at the age of thirteen, accompanied by her parents, who settled in Erie county, Ohio, near the city of Sandusky, and where she was married. Edward and Ann Jones were well and favorably known throughout their neighborhood and children of the community constantly referred to him as "Grandpa" Jones. In the year 1856, this loving old couple were received into the United Brethren church and ever _ afterward proved themselves devout and active members. In their home they erected an altar around which the family joined in prayer, it being their idea to instill into the hearts of their children the fear of the Lord, and in. this their efforts were not in vain. To them were born ten children, Hattie,. who died on June 6, 1880; Annie (Mts. Bogart), died in August, 1879; Melissa (Mrs. Holmes), died in September, 1895; Albert, who died in April, 1898; Dora (Bushong) of Columbus Grove, Ohio; Edwin, of Bluffton, Ohio; Philip and Harvey, of Pleasant township, this county, and two children who^ died in infancy.

Philip H. Jones came with his parents to Paulding county, Ohio, and in 1 85 1 removed to Putnam county, where he remained under the parental roof until the time of his marriage on March 10, 1870, to Arie Buckingham, who was the daughter of Nicodemus and Margaret Jane (Niswander) Buckingham. Soon after his marriage, he went to Bluffton, Ohio, where he farmed a forty-six-acre tract for a while, then returned to Putnam county, where he purchased a forty-acre tract, nekr the old homestead farm, and farmed this, place for thirteen years. By frugal living and well-directed efforts he added forty acres to this and then sold the eighty acres. At a later date, he went to the old Bedford farm, one mile northwest of Columbus Grove, where he farmed for twenty years and then sold out. Purchasing the Daniel Slusser farm on the Ridge road, which he farmed for eight years, he sold out and then bought the Seth Smith farm of one hundred ten acres, which was located about a mile farther west. After a period of one year, he sold out this place and bought an eighty-acre tract in the vicinity of Rockport, Ohio, which he now owns and which his son. Homer, manages for him. In December, 1910, he returned to Columbus Grove, and bought the property on which he now' resides. He was not a member of any societies, but he has been a believer in Republican principles and at one time was elected to the oilce of township supervisor. He is a devout member of the United Brethern church, as is also his entire family. To Philip Jones and wife the following children were born : John E. ; Chester H. ; Anna, who married Charles McDowell; Prudence Naomi, who married Lee McDowell; Charles Henry, Homer Lee, Hattie, who married Edward Henderson, and Anna. Of these children all 'are residents of Pleasant township, this county, exception Homer Lee and Prudence Naomi who reside in Allen county.

Nicodemus Buckingham, was a native of Fairfield county, where he was born on May 30, 1817, near the town of Zanesville. He came alone, when a young man, to Blanchard township, Putnam county, and settled close to the county infirmary, in which neighborhood the subject's mother was born on September 22, 1849. Nicodemus Buckingham was a life-long farmer He was married and lived in Blanchard township for a number of years and then removed to Union township, this county, where he continued farming for twenty-five years, then returned to Blanchard township, settled on a farm close to the town of Leipsic, where he spent the remaining days of his life He was the fatfier of eight children, Anne (Mrs. Wise), of Findlay Arie subject's mother, and Herman, of Ada. Also Mary, Sarah, Thrift, Maggie and Anasy, all of whom are deceased.

Charles Henry Jones was married on December 6, 1903, to Alta Fay Hartman, daughter of John H. Hartman, a full history of whom is given elsewhere in this work. To them two children were born, Noland Morris and Charles B. The early life of Charles H. Jones was spent on his father' farm until he was twenty years of age, and later he spent a year with his father on the one-hundred-one-acre tract on the Ridge road. It was here that he was married and rented a farm from his father for a period of four years He then bought the Harvey Jones farm of one hundred and ten acres, which was formerly known as the Smith farm. After farming this place fo'r a year he sold it to his father and bought the Frazier farm of fortv acres, which' he farmed for about two years, then sold out to Adam Keifer and son, and bought the Michael Bernis farm of ninety acres, which is located on the Pandora road, northeast of Columbus Grove, and where he now resides.

Besides carrying on a general farming business, Mr. Jones gives considerable time and attention to the feeding of large herds of cattle, horses and lambs. He owns breeding mares of the Percheron and Norman strain and has one pair of full-blooded (sisters) stock. The farm is not only a credit to the owner, but to the neighborhood, and Mr. Jones takes great pride in keeping the place up to the point of highest efficiency. He is reputed to be one of the best judges of live stock in this part of the country and is an excellent farmer.

Mr. Jones believes in the old-time principles of the Republican party, but has never taken any active part along these lines. The family devote their interest toward the United Brethren denomination in Columbus Grove. Personally, Mr. Jones is found to be a man of unassuming disposition, quiet and pleasant, and is noted for his integrity of character, his loyalty to correct principles and is honored and esteemed by all who know him.

Bernard R. Utendorf

Agriculture is no longer an occupation which can be followed without special preparation. Taxes, higher cost of living, and lessened fertility of the soil, place farming in the light of a business for which one must prepare either by the lessons of experience or the agricultural college, if the proper degree of profit be gained. An agriculturist who has gained his knowledge both in the hard school of experience and by the study of the newer ideas, is Bernard Utendorf, of Pleasant township.

Mr. Utendorf was born in Ottawa township on February 28, 1879, the son of Joseph and Catherine (Schulte) Utendorf, who were the parents of eight children, namely : Mrs. William Kleman, of Pleasant township ; Elizabeth, who lives on the homestead; John H. lives in Pleasant township; Bernard R. ; Joseph lives on the home farm, and three children who died in infancy.

The paternal grandfather of Mr. Utendorf was Joseph Utendorf, Sr., who came from Germany and located on a forty-acre tract near Glandorf, which was then in the wilderness. With a hardy German constitution, he cleared his land and made a success of the farm as far as was possible in those days. His efforts were all directed to the realization of a dream of a homestead for his children. He died on this farm, about 1883. His wife, Mary Ann (Gerdeman) Utendorf, was also born in Germany, and died on the homestead in August, 1882, at the age of sixty-eight years. She was a noble woman and a true helpmeet to her husband. She was the mother of two children, Joseph, deceased, and Mrs. William EUerbrock, who died on July 24, 191 1.

Joseph Utendorf, Jr., the father of Bernard, was born on May 10, 1840, on the family homestead. He obtained a meager schoohng, which was all that was available in those days. He lived on the homestead until his marriage and then sold the place to his brother-in-law, John H. Kleman, and moved to his wife's farm of two hundred acres, which he cultivated until his death, on August 27, 1885, at the age of forty-five years. He was a Democrat and he and his family were members of the St. John's Catholic church at Glandorf. His wife, born in Ottawa township, on October 3, 1842, is still living on the homestead, about two and one-half miles southeast of Ottawa, on the township line.

The youth of Bernard Utendorf was spent on the home farm, where he lived until his marriage. He attended the township schools until his marriage, after which he farmed a portion of the home farm. He then bought twenty-three acres of land from Harvey Summers, to which he has added until he now owns one hundred and seven fertile and well-improved acres, the greater part of the improvements having been added by Mr. Utendorf by hard work and the application of the principles of right farming, an example of which is the tiling of an open ditch at an expense of five hundred dollars.

On November 6, 1867, Joseph Utendorf married Catherine Schulte, a native of Ottawa township and a daughter of Henry Schulte and Elizabeth (Uphaus) Schulte, the former of whom was a native of Oldenburg, Germany, who came to America after his marriage and located on a tract of forty acres of wild land near Glandorf. By hard work he put the farm in good condition, and there he died on July 27, 1844, when Catherine was three years of age. His wife was also a native of Oldenburg, Germany, and after his death she was married to Herman Berning, who died on January 14, 1885. No children were born to this second marriage. To Henry Schulte and wife were born two children, Elizabeth, who died in infancy, and the mother of Mrs. Bernard Utendorf.

It seems fitting to tell first of the marriage of the father and then of the marriage of the son. The marriage of Bernard Utendorf to Leona Kolhofif occurred on October 29, 1901, the wife being the daughter of George and Caroline (Deck) Kolhoff, of Glandorf, Putnam county. Mr. and Mrs. Utendorf are the parents of four children, Martha, Marie and the twins, Bernard and Carl.

Mr. Utendorf and his family are members of the Sts. Peter and Paul's Catholic church, while Mr. Utendorf is a member of the Catholic Knights of Ohio. He is a Democrat, but is rather independent in his political views. Popular, congenial and well liked, Mr. Utendorf has a strong influence as an advocate of modern principles of farming and progressive methods. He is a kind father, a home lover, and a successful tiller of the soil.

Homer H. Keifer

While success cannot be achieved without unflagging industry, the futility of effort is often noticeable in the business world and results from the fact that it is not combined with sound judgment. Many a man who gives his entire life to toil, earnest and unremitting, never acquired a competence, but when his labor is well directed, prosperity always follows. Mr. Keifer is one whose work has been supplemented by careful management and today he is numbered among the successful agriculturists of the locality in which he lives.

Homer H. Keifer was born in Pleasant township, Putnam county, Ohio, on July 31, 1885, and is the son of Adam and Jennie (Foley) Keifer. His father was the son of Daniel and Lydia Anna (Spindler) Keifer and was born in Richland county, July 24, 1855. Homer Reifer's parental grandfather was born in Berkshire county, Pennsylvania, on January 24, 1819. When he first came to Putnam county, it was a wild, heavily timbered and swampy country. He lived to such an old age that he had the opportunity to observe the great changes which took place from year to year. During his entire life, he was engaged in farming and through the practice of thrift and industry he became fairly successful and accumulated a good share of this world's goods. Daniel Keifer was thrice married, the first time to Lydia Ann Spidler on September 10, 1844, ^nd to them were born five children, Elias, deceased; Elmira (Mrs. G. G. Williams), of Ottawa; Mary (Mrs. Sheets), of Greenwood, Wisconsin ; Adam, subject's father, and a child which died in infancy. Lydia Ann Keifer died, June 7, 1873, at the age of fifty-four years and eleven months. On August 10, 1874, he was married the second time to Christiana Sperio, who lived until July 24, 1892, without having given birth to any children. The third marriage occurred on September 20, 1896, to Mrs. Maggie Larrick. Homer's parental grandfather lived to the ripe old age of ninety-one years and six months, and died on July 7, 1910. In his early life, he was baptized and confirmed in the German Reformed church, but after coming to Putnam county, he became affiliated with the United Brethren church of which he was an active member until about the time he died.

Adam Keifer, was but three years old when his parents came from Richland county, and settled in Pleasant township, where he grew to manhood, received his early education in the neighboring township schools and lived on his father's farm, until the time he was married. He continued to live there until the spring of 191 1 when he moved to Columbus Grove, his present home. Adam Keifer had learned the carpenter trade and followed this to some extent, in connection with his farming interests in Pleasant township, and was recognized as an expert mechanic in his line. After his marriage on April 3, 1879, to Jennie E. Foley, daughter of Philip and Mary Elizabeth (Goodwin) Foley, he continued to farm until the time of his retirement in 191 1. Adam Keifer is a member of the Knights of Pythias of Columbus Grove, and has always been identified with the Democratic party. He is a strong supporter of the principles of Democracy, but never has aspired to public office. He and his family are members of the United Brethren church of Columbus Grove. Their children are Ily (Mrs. G. Froerer), of Kokomo, Indiana; Homer H., the subject, Cora B. (Mrs. Clancy), of Lima, and two children who died in infancy.

Philip Foley was born in Franklin county, on January i, 1824, and died on February 17, 1898'. Her mother was also born in Franklin county, on August 10, 1834, and died on July 31, 1880, in the forty-seventh year of her age. Her parents came to Putnam county, in the year 1852 and first settled in Sugar Creek township where they remained for two years and until the marriage of their daughter, Jennie, and then moved to Union township where they farmed the remainder of their lives. To their union were born nine children, Jennie, subject's mother; Rosa Ellen, deceased; Mina May (Mrs. Spencer), of St. George, Georgia; Esther, deceased; Marguerite lona, deceased; Anna (Mrs. Smith), of Pleasant township; Delia, deceased; Lula (Mrs. Snyder), of Augusta, Georgia, and a child that died in infancy.

Homer H. Keifer remained under the parental roof in Pleasant township, during his boyhood and received his early education in the neighboring schools. At the age of twenty-one, he was married to Mattie C. Kohli, daughter of Jacob and Nancy (Featheringill) Kohli, and which marriage occurred on September 16, 1906. Immediately afterward he and his wife began housekeeping in Lima, where he worked at the blacksmith trade for a period of two years, then was occupied for two years as a fireman on the Chicago,. Hamilton & Dayton raih-oad, with headquarters in Lima, after which time they returned to Putnam county and resided on the homestead farm for about a year, then removed to the present farm in Pleasant township, which he and his father bought, and which is known as the Robert's farm, situated about one and one-half miles northwest of Columbus Grove, which farm contains eighty acres and is well situated. Homer H. Keifer makes it his business to carry on general farming and devotes considerable time and attention to the feeding of live stock. Since coming here, Mr. Keifer has made a number of improvements on the place, including the fencing of nearly the entire tract and has ditched about twenty acres. Some new buildings have been erected, and included in these improvements are a large corn-crib and a strictly modern pig-sty. Everything about this farm indicates the thrift and unceasing industry of the occupant, whose chief interests are centered in making this farm a m.odel of its kind. Homer H. has always been identified with the Democratic policies and for the past two years has served in the capacity of clerk of the local election board. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, Columbus Grove Lodge, and is an active member of the United Brethren church, while Mrs. Keifer takes an interest in the United Brethren church also, of wliich she is a member. They have one child, Herbert D., bom on April 20, 1910. Personally, Mr. Keifer is a man who is well thought of in his community and his loyalty to right principles of living have won for him a place of high esteem and good wishes of everyone who knows him.

Henry B. Verhoff

The routine of private life, although of vast importance in the welfare of the community, has not figured to any extent in history, but the names of men who have distinguished themselves by the possession of those qualities which contribute to the success of private life and to the public stability, and who have enjoyed the respect and confidence of those around them, should not be permitted to perish. Their examples are most valuable and their lives well worthy of consideration. Such are the thoughts that involuntarily, of course, come to mind when taking under review the career of such an honored individual as Plenry B. Verhofif, a well-known farmer of Pleasant township, Putnam county, Ohio.

Henry B. Verhoff was born on July 22, 1869, in Greensburg township,, on the banks of the Blanchard river. He is a son of Theodore and Elizabeth

(Egbers) Verhoff, the former of whom was born in Greensburg township, on June 17, 1838, and was a son of Francis and Mary (Kramer) Verhoff. Alary (Kramer) Verhoff was a daughter of Theodore and Gertrude Kramer,, who came to this country when Mr. Kramer was about fifty years old. Francis Verhoff, the father of Theodore, was born in Westphalia, Prussia, and came to America in 1836 alone. Fie settled near Glandorf and was married to Mary Kramer in 1837. He was a blacksmith by trade and followed this occupation after coming to this country, at Chicago, Toledo, and on the Maumee river, which occupation he also followed for some time in Putnam county, where he bought ten acres of land near Glandorf. Here hehad a small blacksmith shop. He added to his original purchase of land until he owned a large tract and retired from active life only a few years before his death.

Henry B. Verhoff spent his boyhood days on his father's farm in Greensburg township, and worked for his father until he was twenty-eight years of age, when he was married.

On June 2, 1907, Mr. Verhoff' was married to Elizabeth Gerdeman, the daughter of Henry and Bernadina (Eickholt) Gerdeman, and to thisunion have been born two children, Romanus and Matilda, both of whom are living at home.

After his marriage, Mr. Verhoff settled on his father's farm of eighty acres, in Greensburg township, and here he lived until the fall of 1908, when he sold his farm and purchased one hundred and fourteen acres of land in Union township, and on this farm he lived until 191 1, when he sold out and bought his present farm in Pleasant township. This property is located north of Columbus Grove, and comprises one hundred and sixty-six acres. Mr. Verhoff moved to this place in 19 13, and here he carries on a general system of farming and stock raising, making a specialty of hog raising, and also gives some attention to milch and dairy cows.

Henry B. Verhoff and his family are devout members of the Catholic church at Columbus Grove and Mr. Verhoff is a member of the Catholic Knights of Ohio. Although he is a Democrat in politics, he has never been active in the councils of his party.

Henry B. Verhoff is a quiet, unassuming man, a good farmer and a -good judge of live stock. He keeps his farm in excellent condition and is a believer in progressive farming. He has always been an industrious man, and has managed to secure a competence for his efforts. He is highly respected by a large circle of friends and acquaintances in Pleasant township, where he maintains his residence. His buildings are all of the best and the very substantial.

In the life recortl of Charles W. Doty, who for many years has been identified with various interests in Putnam county, Ohio, is shown many qualities in his make-up that always gain definite success in any career if properly directed. The splendid success that has crowned his efforts has been directly traceable to the salient points in his character, for he started in life at the bottom of the ladder. He comes of a splendid American family, one that has always been strong for right living and industrious habits, for loyalty to the national government, and for all that contributes to the welfare of a community, and because of his success in life and his high personal character, he is clearly entitled to specific mention in the annals of this -county.

Charles W. Doty was born in Pleasant township, on December 28, 1874, and is the son of Andrew Jackson and Clarissa (Trask) Doty. Andrew Jackson was born on July 25, 1850, in Viola, Greene township, Mercer county, Illinois, and was the son of Cornelius and Cassander (Geyer) Doty. The paternal grandfather was born in Mercer county, Illinois, and left there when but three years of age with his parents, Eliza and Sarah Doty, for Peoria, Illinois. It was there that he received his education and arrived at maturity. At the age of twenty he enlisted in the army for service against Mexico, where he remained throughout the entire campaign. After the war, he returned to Illinois and settled in the town of Monmouth, where he was occupied as a stage-coach driver until the time of his marriage. He then returned to Mercer county, Illinois, where he took up a soldier's homestead of one hundred and sixty acres of land (all Mexican war veterans were allowed one hundred and sixty acres of homestead land). Here he carried on general farming until the breaking out of the Civil War, when he enlisted as a private in Company I, Seventeenth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, -under General Logan, and served gallantly for the term of eighteen months.

when he was taken ill and returned home. He remained in Mercer county, Illinois, until the year 1867, then left for the state of Iowa, where he remained a year, after which he removed to Putnam county, Ohio, where he rented a farm and followed agriculture until about eight years prior to his death. May 4, 1894. During the eight years previous to his death, he served as a night Avatchman in the Jones handle factory, at Columbus Grove. He was born on Jul}- 25, 1825, and died at the age of sixty-eight years. Personally, he was regarded a man worthy of the high esteem of his fellow man and was a devout and active member of the Methodist Episcopal church of Columbus Grove. His wife, Cassander Geyer, was born on October 16, 1828, and was a native of Licking county, Ohio, a daughter of John Geyer and wife. Accompanied by her sister she left the home of her parents when quite a young girl and came to Putnam county, and afterward she left here for Monmouth, Illinois, where she received her education, arrived at maturity and was married. She died, in 1899, at the age of sixty-eight years. To their union were born eleven children, Katurah, deceased; Andrew Jackson; James, of Pleasant township; Elizabeth (Stevens), of Colorado; Cornelius, of Pleasant township; Steven, deceased; Mary L. (Starkweather), of Columbus Grove; two infants, deceased; Samuel, deceased, and Charles, of Columbus Grove.

Andrew Jackson Doty spent his early days in Mercer county, Illinois, and at the age of seventeen years accompanied his parents west to Iowa, then again east to Putnam county, where he remained with them until 1868. It was here that he married Clarissa Trask, September 8, 1872, daughter of James R. and Lydia (Ploward) Trask, to which union were born, Charles; Zoe L., deceased; Lee M., of Columbus Grove, and E. Fern, also of Columbus Grove, where he is a teacher in the second grade of the high school. The father put in a good portion of his life as a farmer, and also conducted a general draying business for twenty years at that place. On December 6, 19 1 3, he discontinued the draying business, and for the past nine years has acted in the capacity of town marshal, in which capacity he has another year to serve. In 1892, he also served the town as street commissioner, which he conducted with considerable credit. He is an active worker for the Republican party and a firm believer in progressive legislation to the welfare of the community. He is a member of National Beneficiary Union Lodge of Ohio, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church of Columbus Grove. James R. Trask was born on December 15, 1833, in Riley town- Putnam county, and was a farmer all his life, except for the time that lie was in the service of his country. When the Civil War broke out, he vobntarily enlisted in Company D, Twenty-first Regiment, Indiana Volunteer- Infantry, in 1861, and served until 1865, when he received an honorabledischarge. During the war, he lost an arm in a guerilla skirmish, near Chattanooga, Tennessee, at which time he was under orders of Captain Ewing, of Ottawa, Ohio. After the war, he settled on his forty-acre farm in Riley township, and remained there until 1871, when he removed to Columbus Grove, near where he lived and farmed in Pleasant township and where heowned a one-hundred-and-twenty-acre farm. After farming here for a time, he moved to the state of Indiana and settled on a one-hundred-acre farm which he purchased in Pulaski county. He sold out this place, at a later date, and finally returned to Columbus Grove, where he lived with his children, and died on January 9, 1895, of creeping paralysis, which is believed to have been the result of the wound he suffered in the Civil War. His wife, Lydia Howard Trask, was a native of Crawford county, Ohio,- where she was born on November 6, 1835, and came to Putnam county with her parents when she was three years of age. Her parents settled close to the town of Pandora, Riley township, and she was married in 1852. Except for about two years, spent in the state of Indiana, she lived her entire life in Pleasant' township, but is now residing with a daughter, Mrs. Blake, of Elwood, Indiana. To James TrasTc and wife were born the following children: Clarissa, subject's mother; Emmadelia, deceased; James Oliver, deceased; David E., of Findlay; Ava (Vaughn), of California; Rosetta (Finnegan), of Francisville, Indiana; Marietta (Blake), of Elwood, Indiana, and Wilson, of Chicago, Illinois.

Charles W. Doty passed his boyhood days and received his early education in Pleasant township. At a later date, he went to Columbus Grove, where he secured employment in the Henry Belford Handle factory and where he continued to work until the time of his marriage, on January 14, 1897, to Ama Jennette Featheringill, daughter of George and Alvira (Fruchey) Featheringill. After his marriage, he rented what is known as the Strain farm, consisting of eighty acres, and continued to farm this place for seven years, then he bought his present farm of one hundred acres, which he has brought to such a high point of efficiency in production, that it is recognized as one of the choice places in this community. A comfortable and commodious residence and first-class barns and outbuildings are the pride of the owner, who is regarded an excellent farmer.

It is particularly interesting, from point of ancestry, to observe that Mrs. Charles Doty's progenitors were very early settlers in the United' States. George Featheringill, the great-grandfather of George Washington

Featheringill, left England and came to this country in, or about, the year 1790 and settled in the original state of Virginia, where he lived until his death. He was the father of several children, but special mention shall be made only of Thomas and Thornton, the sons who were responsible for the descendants, and particularly of Thomas, who grew up to manhood in his native state of Virginia, and was married some time prior to the War of 1812. In this war, he enlisted for his country's service and was wagonmaster for his company, whose headquarters were in the town of Columbus. After the war was over, he returned to Virginia and lived with his family, which consisted of his wife and children, John, Henry and Elias. On account of Virginia being then a slave state and the practice of slavery growing to such large proportions, they decided it was not a good place to raise children. They then moved to Columbus, to which place they were accompanied by the brother, Thornton. In the vicinity of Columbus they farmed, the son John doing the greater portion of the work, while the father and Elias contracted team work. Some time after the war was over, Thomas Featheringill did teaming work between Columbus, Ohio, and Baltimore, Maryland, there being no railroads in the United States in those days. From the three children, John, Mary and Elias Featheringill, the entire Featheringill family descendants can be traced. John, married Martha Ramsey, and to them were born seven daughters and one son, the last named, John Elias, who died when but eighteen months old. The seven daughters all lived to be very old and their married names were : Irinda Fruchey, America Hooper, Barbara Fruchey, Nancy Kohli, Eliza Kohli, Mar}^ Elizabeth Kunnecke and Sarah Viers. Mary Featheringill, the only daughter of Thomas Featheringill, married John B. Bogart, and to them were born : Margaret, Jane, Sarah, Martha, John, Hannah and Harietta. The youngest son of Thomas Featheringill, Elias, married Hannah Bogart, in 1829, and their children were George Washington, William Thomas, John, Irwin L., Minor, Sarah, Elizabeth, Mary Ann, Jane, Marthaa, Emeline and David. Martha contracted pneumonia and died at the age of sixteen; Emeline died with the croup when an infant; David died, January 26, 1863, from small-pox; John was a soldier in the Civil War and was killed in the battle of Chickamauga; William Thomas died when very young; Jane married Fred Fruchey; Irwin L. Minor married Caroline Stanz ; Sarah married John Tate ; George Washington married Elvira Fruchey in 1853. The children of the last named were Jefferson, Lutellus, Lincoln, Mary and Jeannette, and Marion. Marion married Clara Holmes ; Jefferson died when a young man ; Lutellus married ILaura Palmer and was killed by a train of cars; Lincoln married Laura

George Washington Featheringill was the eldest of Elias Featheringill's children and came to Columbus Grove, from Columbus, in the year 1833. His first home in this county was located on the banks of Cranberry creek, among the wigwams of the Indians who inhabited that region. Later on, the Indians constructed three-sided log houses, somewhat imitating the white settlers. With Indian children for his playmates, it was but natural that the older Indians would be friendly toward him in later years, and this really proved a fact in this case. For many years, Mr. Featheringill lived within a half mile of his first home and has observed the great changes occurring since his childhood. Fie well remembered the buildings first erected in the various parts of the county and when quite aged he moved to Columbus Grove, renting out his farms which were east of the town. When his wife passed away, he lived with his children and, on October 2, 1913, he died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Charles W. Doty, being then at the age of eighty-three.

Charles W. Doty has always been identified with the Republican party, of which he is a stanch supporter, but has never aspired to office, does not belong to any societies, but he and his family are members of the United Brethren church of Columbus Grove. Personally, Mr. Doty is "a man well met," and is particularly noted for his droll manner of expression and his absolute frankness, fair and square dealings with his neighbors and others with whom he has business transactions.