Sandusky County, Ohio - Chapter 25: Miscellanea, 1909 (part 10 of 18)

As a minister he is remembered by only a few, but those few remember him as a tireless worker on behalf of his people. His conception of the gospel ministry was entirely worthy of a man of such breadth of thought, and he honestly endeavored to realize it in his ministerial service. His own words, uttered on the occasion of its semi-centennial, give not only some characteristics that belonged to him in those days, but his conception of the ministerial calling as well. Speaking of his pastorate here he said: "I was a worker, as I must needs be in whatever calling. I knew the people and could call the children bv name. I was credited also with one excellent gift, viz.: brevity. But experience proved to myself at least, that I was deficient in one great ministerial gift. If I may be allowed to define that gift I would say it is a lofty and sustained enthusiasm, wrought by faith and the indwelling Spirit in a nature responsive to all divine truth. By this enthusiastic faith the true minister is lifted up despite all weights and by it he lifts up other souls also to the things unseen, to the truth and life universal and eternal, the heights of God; by this faith he walks on those heights, and in the light as seeing him who is light and in whom is no darkness at all. I know indeed that every soul seeking after God and goodness possesses some measure of this gift, for by it the soul enters the kingdom of God, and becomes a citizen of the divine commonwealth. . But the man who would speak to others the words which are spirit and life, even the words of the Great Teacher, with freedom, fullness and power, must possess this gift in no common measure."

These words, through which, "he being dead yet speaketh," reveal a lofty conception of ministerial qualification and a spiritual insight only gained by much study and meditation. And these words came from his lips, not as a minister but as a man of multiplied business cares. The very language, so nicely accurate and choice, shows the trained thinker and the class student. His literary appreciation and judgment challenged our admiration. If, indeed, he lacked in the one qualification of "a lofty and sustained enthusiasm," he possessed in an eminent degree many other gifts which qualified him for the ministry.

But causes were at work which led him finally to abandon his chosén profession. In June, 1852, on account of a throat disease which rendered public speaking no longer possible, he resigned the pastorate of this church and was granted the relation of an honorably retired minister by the Presbytery of Huron. His resignation as pastor was not an abandonment of church relations. To.the day of his death he was a church member in the same sense that every other minister in the Presbyterian Church is a church member. His name is still on the roll of the Presbytery of Huron.

With the resignation of the pastorate his active business life began. To use his own words, it was with a feeling of surprise that he learned after a brief experience, that he possessed in an unusual degree the elements of a successful business man. Unconsciously to process of training and development during the years of his ministry. His habits of economy and of careful observation and analysis - his mental training and discipline, gave him a great advantage in the world of business. These, together with his tremendous will power and tireless energy were large elements in his financial success, which was mostly in large real estate transactions.

gained through methods unworthy of a Christian man. For over thirty-eight years he was identified with the business interests of this city, and in all these years he maintained a character of rigid honesty and integrity. As he left the pastorate with no stain upon his ministerial character and with the confidence and respect of his parishioners, so he left the business world, with no stain upon his uprightness, and with the profound respect of his fellows. This is high praise, and especially when we remember the vast power which he held in his hands and the temptation which ever comes to use power unlawfully and selfishly. But the principles of practical life which he had preached with such directness and power, were the principles which he endeavored to embody in his life. They gave him that stability of character which enabled men to know always and unerringly where he could be found on all questions involving right and justice. His sternness for the right made him a terror to the dishonest and untrue. He was kind and generous and helpful to the true and worthy and his generosities were manifold and multiplied. But falsehood and deceit he hated with a burning hatred.

Mr. White was a scholar of broad education. He loved literature, and often regretted that his active business life left so little time for this pursuit. He was an entertaining conversationalist, a concise and pointed writer. He was an ardent Renublican, though he never took an active part in politics or sought political preferment. He was a man of the strictest integrity.

In later years he was more and more a benefactor. His study was how to benefit and advance the interests of the citv, and out of that study and practical help has grown the encouraging prosperity which we have enjoyed. None among those who were identified with him in business enterprises will-chide me for saying that he carried the great bulk of the burden and responsibility and without him our present prosperity could not have been realized. His principle, often repeated, that "every man is bound to contribute to the public good," is true and worthy of all acceptation. The other principle that "individual selfishness is public suicide" is also true. In seeking the material prosperity of the city he was seeking the good of all. Those who knew him the most intimately believe that self interest was not the ruling motive in his business career. His greatest enterprises were conceived with a wise reference to the highest advancement, moral and material, of the whole community. While he was 'diligent in business" as by temperament and conviction he must needs be, he was not in bondage to sordid motives. His strong and masterful religious convictions controlled him in all relations.

Most have lived long enough to know that there are various types of true Christian faith, but that there are certain fundamental things that belong to all. The type of piety which was witnessed in the life of Mr. White was not emotional, it was not philosophical. His religion was not a sentiment, nor a matter of forms, but always and intensely it was practical. In certain realms of generally accepted religious teaching, he had his doubts and his misgivings. They were partly due to temperament and hereditary tendencies. But they did not affect the great fundamental principles of Christian faith upon which his life was built. The things that he believed he believed with all his heart and mind and soul and strength. No man among us had stronger convictions of the existence of a personal God - and of human responsibility to that God. To him, God was not an abstraction, not an influence, but a living person ruling in the affairs of men.* No man among us believed more profoundly in the teachings of the Old and New Testaments, and felt a deeper obligation to observe and obey these teachings. No man believed more firmly in the doctrine of salvation through Jesus Christ. No man conceived more clearly of the necessity and nature of personal faith, and no man believed more fully on the guidance of the divine Spirit. In all his wide reading and study and in all his experience of life, he never diverged from these high and essential things of the Christian faith. He felt that whatever theories men might hold, certainties could only be found in that faith.

CHAPLIN L. RATHBUN, a veteran of the Civil War and a lifelong resident of Green Creek Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, is the owner of a farm of ninety-five acres located west of Clyde on North Ridge. He was born on a farm in this township June 5, 1845, and is a son of Saxton S. and Barbara (Huss) Rathbun.

Jonathan Rathbun, great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch, came to this country from England and located in Vermont. He later located in New York State, and from there made his way west to Sandusky County, Ohio, where he entered Government land located west of Clyde. There he lived until his death.

Chaplin Rathbun, grandfather of Chaplin L., was born in Vermont and from there moved to New York State, where he was married. He moved from there to Black River, Ohio, and in 1826 he moved west to Sandusky County, Ohio, making the journey by way of the lake, and entered forty acres where our subject now lives in Green Creek Township. He put up a log cabin in the woods and then struggled along clearing the land and managed to eke out an existence out of practically a wilderness. He rented the old saw-mill owned by the Indians and some of the lumber is still in use in the barn which stands upon his old farm. He lived there until his death at the age of 71 years. He married Lucinda Sutliff, who was born in Pennsylvania and was of German descent, and they had the following children: Saxton S., Brace, Jonathan, Jeanette, Catherine, Sarah, Lucinda and Eliza. All are now deceased.

Saxton S. Rathbun was born in New York State in 1813, and was 13 years of age when he accompanied his parents to Sandusky County. He was a playmate of the Indians in his youthful days, and was at one time employed to hoe corn for Chief Old Hickory, with whom he was very friendly. He lived with his parents until his marriage, then moved onto an eighty acre farm north of the home place, which he entered from the Government, and on which he made a clearing and erected a cabin. He cleared the farm and resided upon it for forty-one years, at the end of which time he purchased the old home place, which he bought from the other heirs. His wife died on this place at the age of 77 years, and he survived her one year, dying at the age of 81. He was married to Barbara Huss, who was born in Pennsylvania, and came to Sandusky County with her father, Noah Huss, and the rest of his family. They were parents of thirteen children, as follows: Clark, deceased; Edwin, deceased; Norton G.; James, who served in the 21st Ill. Vol. Inf. during the Civil War; Burton, who also was in the Civil War and was a member of Company F, 72d O. Vol. Inf.; Thadeus, deceased; Chaplin L.; Lucinda, wife of Charles Storer; Norman, Brace; Orvilla, wife of Horace Sackrider; Jacob, deceased, and John.

Chaplin L. Rathbun was born in the cabin built by his father on his original farm, and spent his boyhood attending the district school and working in the woods. He lived at home until he went to the war, enlisting in 1864 as a member of the 169th O. Vol. Inf. He served in Company F, under Capt. Charles Thompson, and was out 100 days. At the end of the war he returned home first, and then moved west, running on a steamboat from St. Louis to Port Benton for one summer. Returning to Sandusky County in 1869, he again took up farming operations, which he has since followed successfully. He bought his farm partly from Christian Hintz, who had bought it of the Rathbun heirs. He has a good comfortable home on the north side of the road, and on the south side has a large new barn.

On November 25, 1869, Mr. Rathbun was united in marriage with Miss Mary A. Grover, a daughter of Asa Grover, who was an early settler of Bellevue, Ohio, and they have had the following children: Harry, who married Marv Bradford and is farming the home place; Edith, wife of Carl Voss; Fanny, wife of Burt Huber; James, who married Lida Bensley; Nina, wife of David Shell; Lucy; Olive, wife of Frank Mc-

PROF. E. F. WARNER is the able superintendent of the public schools of Bellevue, Ohio, coming to this point in 1886 from Doylestown, where he had an honorable record of four years behind him, in the same capacity. He was born west of Massillon, in Stark County, Ohio, and is a son of George and Mary (Selders) Warner.

George Warner was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, a son of George and a grandson of George Werner, the latter of whom was a Revolutionary soldier. The Warner or Werner family, originated in Hanover, Germany, and its American founders came to Pennsylvania in 1765 and settled in Lancaster County. George Werner, the paternal greatgrandfather of Prof. Warner, was a member of Captain Abraham Forey's Company, Third Battallion, of Lancaster County Militia. In the same company served George Hauenstein, also an ancestor, of German birth. Still another ancestor, Christopher Ackerman, came from Germany in 1750, while the maternal greatgrandfather, George Selders, came to the colonies in 1760. The original spelling of the to Warner by the father of Prof. Warner, who desired to make it thoroughly American. Prof. E. F. Warner spent his early life on his father's farm and from the country schools entered the Wilmot Academy at Wilmot, Ohio. He was also a student at Smithville Academy. He was little more than a boy when he began to teach school. Later he entered Mt. Union College at Alliance, Ohio, where he was graduated in 1877. He has pursued special studies at the Ohio State University at Columbus, and at Wooster, Ohio. From 1882 until 1886, he served as school examiner in Wayne County, Ohio, and since 1903 has filled the same office in Sandusky County. He has long been recognized as a leading factor in the educational field in Ohio and has been called to many different counties for institute work and addresses on education. He was principal of the high school at Dalton, Ohio, for five years and also was school superintendent, in 1882 becoming superintendent at Doylestown and four years later coming to Bellevue. Since 1883 he has been a member of the Ohio State Teachers' Association, since 1886 has been a member of the Northwestern Ohio Teachers' Association, and has served as president of the latter and as first vice president of the former organization. His name is well known in educational centers in different parts of the State and his work is appreciated by the large body of educators with whom he has been associated so long. He was granted a high school life certificate in 1883.

Prof. Warner married Miss Rebecca Cupples, of Stark County, Ohio, and they have had three children, Gertrude Ethel, who is a graduate of the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware; Winifred Marion, who is a student at Oberlin College; and Guy, who died when aged nine years. Prof. Warner and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church and he is superintendent of the Sunday school at Bellevue. He is identified with the order of Odd Fellows. He takes a lively interest in public affairs, and gives hearty support to all measures that make for good and efficient government.

HON. JOHN H. RHODES, residing at Clyde, is a prominent member of the Sandusky County bar and in 1866 and 1867 served in the General Assembly of the state of Ohio. He is a veteran officer of the great Civil War.

Colonel Rhodes was born in Westfield Township, which was then situated in Delaware, but is now Morrow County, Ohio, on February 8, 1836. After one year in the university at Delaware, Ohio, under the late Dr. Thompson, he entered upon the study of law, in 1860, which was interrupted by his enlistment in the Federal Army, in 1861. He served through the entire period of the war as a member of the 43rd O. Vol. Inf. and was honorably discharged and was mustered out with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. Colonel Rhodes resumed his law studies after his military service was over, completing his course with Attorney Homer Everett, at Fremont, and in April, 1870, he was admitted to practice and has maintained his office at Clyde ever since. From 1871 to 1876 he practiced in connection with Basil Meek, now of Fremont. He is recognized for his legal ability as one of the county's prominent professional men and his citizenship has always been of such character as to bring about the confidence and respect of his associates.

Colonel Rhodes was married December 28, 1867, at Brooklyn, New York, to Miss May Antoinette Brown, who died December 15, Ig01, and they had three children. Colonel Rhodes married (second) Mrs. Ida Keating, on September 16, 1903.

JOHN CLEMENTS, who is living in practical retirement at Woodville, Sandusky County, Ohio, was formerly an oil producer and contractor and was identified with all of the important oil fields of the country at one time or another until recent years. He was born in New York City, August 26, 1849, and is a son of Thomas and Jane (Barkley) Clements.

Thomas Clements was one of the pioneer oil men of the country, moving from one oil field to another from 1861 until he died at the age of 76 years. He was born in 1814 and was married in New York to Miss Jane Barkley, who was a native of that State and was of Scotch-Irish descent. They had nine children, of whom three are now living.

John Clements spent his early boyhood in New York City and in Pennsylvania, in which State he received a public school education. He became identified with the oil industry as a boy, and has continued in it from the time he was about I2 years of age down to the time of his withdrawal from business affairs. His family moved from one oil field to another, wherever the territory gave the greatest promise, and about the year of 1888 John Clements moved to Findlay, Ohio. Shortly afterward he moved to Portage, Ohio, and about the year 1892 located at Woodville, where he has since resided. He has met with good success and has productions in Wood and Sandusky Counties at the present time. He has been assisting the United States Government in a history of the oil business, being recognized as an authority on the subject. He 1s

COUNTY 1697 a Democrat in politics and has been on the council for eight years. He was president of the Board of Public Service for six years.

parents of seven children: W. H. Clements, of Toledo; Robert J., who died in infancy ; Lillie Rose, who died at the age of 10 years; John T. Clements, who is in the oil business and lives at Nowater, Oklahoma; Minnie May, wife of George Schumaker, of Woodville; DeWitt, who lives at home; and Pearl, wife of W. W. Rogers, who is superintendent of the Ohio Oil Company, operating in Illinois. The family belongs to the United Brethren Church. Mr. Clements is affliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Order of Foresters.

JOHN F. GOTTRON, one of Fremont's leading business men, a member of the firm of Gottron Brothers, dealers in building stone, builders' supplies, lime and coal and operating a grain elevator, is at the head or identified with many other of the important business enterprises of this section. He is vice-president of the Sandusky County Building and Loan Company; vice-president of the Simple Account and Sales Book Company; president of the Safe Storm Shield Company and also of the Metal Reversible Window Device Company, all of Fremont, and is a director of the Fremont Mitten and Glove Company. Mr. Gottron was born at Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio, July 21, 1855, and is a son of Philip and Clara (Fertig) Gottron.

The parents of Mr. Gottron were natives of Mumbach, Germany. The father was born September 13, 1812, and there became not only a successful man of business but also one of prominence in public affairs. He served his native city in many offices, including that of mayor. In 1854 he crossed the Atlantic and settled at Fremont, Ohio, investing in a hotel property and starting a brick yard. He had been engaged in the lime business in Germany and after purchasing the large quarries at Fremont, which his sons still operate, he engaged in the lime business and made this his main interest as long as he continued active in business. He had married before coming to America and his wife lived until April 26, 1871, he surviving ten years longer. They were devoted members of the Roman Catholic Church. They had the following children: Mrs. Margaret Engler, of Fremont; Mrs. Clara Setzler; Herman, who died when aged thirty-four years; Frank; Mrs. Anna Hodes; Anthony N.; Mrs. Rosa Geier; Mrs. Barbara Andrews; and Adam, John F. and Philip.

John F. Gottron attended school until he was thirteen years of age and then went to work in his father's lime quarry. He continued thus engaged until 1875, when he accepted a position under a_ brother-in-law at. Cleveland, but in; 1877 he. returned to Fremont and this city has been his field of business ever since. In association with his brother, Adam Gottron, he started into the lime business, at that time with a hmited capital. The young men prospered and by 1890 they were able to assume the leading place in their line of business; in addition to lime they are now very large dealers in many commodities. As business men they enjoy the confidence of the public, while as citizens they stand in the front rank. Their dealings include the shipment of lime to states both east and west, and the furnishing of building stone for any kind of construction work, and they also handle a complete line of building material, and have a grain elevator located on the L. E.& W. R. R. which has a capacity of 20,000 bushels. Employment is given a large force all the year round and they pay out a considerable amount of money in wages.

Mr. Gottron was married October 3, 1882, to Miss Bertha Andrews, a daughter of Christopher and Mary (Fertig) Andrews, both of whom resided in America from childhood, but were born in Germany. Mrs. Gottron has two brothers and one sister, namely: William, T. M., and Catherine, who is the wife of A. N. Gottron, of Fremont. Mr. and Mrs. Gottron have three children: Mrs. R. E. Bowlus, John F. and Robert E. They reside in a beautiful home at No. 1100 Birchard Avenue, the construction of which Mr. Gottron completed in 1894.

Mr. Gottron served as president of the Fremont City Council from 1885 to 1889 and through his energy, enterprise and public spirit many of the permanent public improvements of the city were carried to completion. He has served in other city offices, evincing a hearty interest in all that concerns the welfare of the city, entirely aside from personal considerations. With his family he belongs to the Roman Catholic Church. He is connected fraternally with the Elks and the Catholic Knights.

JOHN D. FINCH, a prominent member of the bar of Sandusky County, Ohio, is engaged in practice at Clyde, where he has resided continuously since 1871. He was born in Green Spring, Sandusky County, Ohio, November 17, 1845, and is a son of Dr. Stephen T. and Lois A. (Finch) Finch.

hio, making the trip on horseback; it was not his first visit there, as he had previously been over the route while engaged in selling clocks. The Mad River & Lake Erie Railroad was being constructed at that time, making the hotel business good, and on account of these prospects he became proprietor of the Bellevue House. The officials of the new road stopped with him, and he and his wife accepted their: invitation to ride on the first train run over the road. About the year of 1838 he moved to Clyde and for two years conducted an old blockhouse tavern on the Maumee Pike, which was then being built. In 1840 he entered upon the study of medicine in the office of Dr. L. Q. Rawson at Fremont, and after= ward was graduated from medical college at Willoughby, Ohio. He opened an office for practice at Green Spring, where he continued until 1869, in the winter of which year he moved to Clyde. Here he practiced until his death, October 20, 1871, being killed in a railroad accident. He was a man of wide prominence in this vicinity, and led a very useful life. He was married to Lois A. Finch, a distant relative, who was born in February, 1816, and died December 12, 1907, at the remarkable age of almost ninety-two years. They were parents of the following: Stephen T., Jr., deceased; L. Josephine, wife of E. F. Graham; John D.; Clara A., wife of L. C. Sprague; Alfarata M., deceased wife of F. S. Foote; Emmogene, deceased wife of F. Rader, and Rosa Belle, wife of W. F. Pardee.

John D. Finch attended the district schools and in his early career was employed as clerk in various stores. He took a course in pharmacy at Baldwin University at Berea, Ohio, after which he engaged in the drug trade at Green Spring as junior member of-the firm of S. T. Finch & Son. He continued in that business from 1866 until 1871, in the latter year moving to Clyde, Ohio. Here he engaged in the lumber business for three years, and in the meantime prosecuted the study of law in the office and under the direction of John M. Lemon. He was admitted to the bar in 1874 and formed a partnership with his pre-~ ceptor under the name and style of Lemon, Finch & Lemon. This firm continued until 1883, when Mr. Finch formed a partnership with Thomas P. Dewey, under the firm name of Finch & Dewey. This partnership was dissolved in 1906, since which time Mr. Finch has practiced alone, maintaining an office at his residence on East Forest Streetz

County, Ohio, was born March 26, 1865, on his present farm, containing 100 acres of fine land situated three miles north of Woodville. His parents were Harmon and Julia M. (Myers) Kruse.

Harmon Kruse was twelve years old when he came from Germany to America. He was born in 1832, the son of poor parents who could help him very little in making his way in the world. He came to Sandusky County, Ohio, with no capital but his health and courage and lived until he was one of the substantial men of Woodville Township, as the result of his own industry. His first purchase was of forty acres, to which he subsequently added. All the comfortable farm buildings he put on the place, erecting the barn in 1866. He died, respected 'and esteemed, in 1907. He married Julia M. Meyers and they had four children born to them, namely: Henry H., John H., George and Emanuel. Mrs. Kruse died at the Asylum in Toledo, August 21, 1894, aged fifty-one years.

John H. Kruse obtained his education in the schools in the neighborhood of his father's farm and he then worked at home until he was twenty-four years old. For a short time he lived at Genoa and then embarked in a hardware and implement business at Woodville, which he conducted for four yéars, when he transferred his stock and business back to Genoa, where he continued until 1894, when he settled on his present farm. He carries on a general farming line and grows some fruit and raises enough stock for his own use,

Mr. Kruse married Miss Louisa Meinert, a daughter of Louis and Eliza (Myers) Meinert, of Woodville, and they had two children born to them: Walter, who is learning telegraphing in the Pennsylvania Railroad offices; and Marcus, who died when aged one year and eight months. Mr. Kruse and family are members of the Luth. eran Church. In politics he is a Democrat. In 1904 he was elected township assessor and is serving also in the office of constable.

WHITMORE-DAVLIN FAMILIES - JoHN. WHITMORE was born in Leicester, Livingston County, New York, May 29, 1816. When a boy of fourteen years of age he moved with his parents, George and Margaret Whitmore, to Margaretta Township, Erie County, Ohio, and settled on what is known as the old Wadsworth farm. In 1837 Mr. Whitmore was united in marriage to Marcia Swift Chapman, of Erie County, Ohio, and settled in Townsend Township, Sandusky County, Ohio. At this time the county was new and heavily very little cleared up. Many remember "Uncle John," as he was familiarly called, by his friendly acts of charity and kindness to those needing assistance, as a most successful farmer, and a large stock raiser and one who was noted for his thrift and business qualifications, and with his indomitable pluck and many ox teams cleared and opened up his large farm and made it one of the finest tracts of land in Northern Ohio.

His good wife, who died January 17, 1864, had many of those grand qualifications and industrious habits which so greatly assisted Mr. Whitmore to the success which he achieved.

Shortly after Mr. Whitmore settled in Townsend Township he opened up a small store where the few settlers could purchase provisions without making a long drive to Sandusky Citys

Marcia Swift was married to Jay Chapman and of this union three children were born, as follows: Jane, the wife of Enoch Beebe; Jay, who married Mary A. Childs, and Henry, who died when a boy. She afterward married John Whitmore and to this union was born one child, Ann J., now deceased, who was united in marriage to Walter Davlin of Erie County, Ohio, on May 10, 1863. Mrs. Davlin was noted for her many charitable deeds and benevolences and was always willing with a helping hand to aid those in distress or need.

Mrs. Davlin united with the Episcopal Church of Clyde, Ohio, in 1886. Her death, which occurred August 16, 1900, was deeply mourned by all who knew her. She is survived by her husband, Walter Davlin, and seven chil- dren. Mr. Whitmore had at his- death, which occurred January 1, 1881, accumulated about 1,300 acres of land, which he left to his only child, Ann J. Davlin. He was a lifelong Democrat in politics.

WALTER DAVLIN, one of Townsend Township's representative citizens and substantial, reliable men, is well known all through Sandusky County, of which he has been a resident since May 10, 1863. He was born in Delaware County, New York, March 8, 1833, and is a son of Walter and Jane (Foster) Davlin.

The father of Mr. Davlin came from Ireland and settled in New York in 1826. In 1837 he brought his family to Ohio and settled on what was known as the "fire lands" in Erie County.

Walter Davlin grew to manhood in Erie County and then came to Sandusky County. For forty years he has been one of the foremost business men of the county. He has been extensively engaged in farming and stock raising and at one time owned 1200 acres of fine land in Sandusky and Erie Counties. He also managed the immense estate of his wife, who inherited about 1,300 acres from the estate of her father, John Whitmore. For twenty years Mr. Davlin was engaged in a mercantile business at Whitmore and was postmaster of the In politics Mr. Davlin has always been identified with the Republican party. In May, 1863, Mr. Davlin was married (first) to Ann J. Whitmore, who died August 16, Igoo. She was a daughter of John Whitmore. To Mr. and Mrs. Davlin were born the following children: William W., residing in Townsend Township; Marcia H., wife of Elmer Dills, residing in Clyde; Sally W., wife of Charles Neill of Sandusky; Margaret, wife of Lewis Quinn; Ann J., wife of William Quinn; Mrs. Henry Wilbert and John Whitmore, step-children. Shortly before the first Mrs. Davlin died the Davlin and Whitmore estates, amounting to 2,500 acres, were divided among the children. Mr. Davlin was married (second) October 15, 1903, to Miss Maud Hull of Fremont, daughter of James and Elizabeth Hull. They now reside on a finely improved farm on the state road in Townsend Township.

HARMON BECKER, a retired farmer and highly respected citizen of Woodville Township, residing on his valuable farm of 166 acres, situated just beyond the village of Woodville, has been a witness of much of the development of this section from the wilderness, having lived on his present place for over forty years. He was born in 1831, in Hanover, Germany, and is a son of Everett and Dorothy (Turman) Becker.

The father of Mr. Becker brought his family to America from Germany in 1833. They resided one year at Buffalo, New York, and then moved to Toledo, Ohio, the father following his trade of tailor, at both places, dying in the latter city when aged thirty-five years. He left four children, all of whom survive, namely: Mrs. Mary Bodette, living at Genoa, Ohio; Henry, residing at Pemberville, Wood County; Kate, living in Michigan; and Harmon.

Harmon Becker attended school at Toledo for a little: time, but was yet young when his mother brought him to Woodville Township, where he has lived for over seventy years and enjoys the distinction of being its most venerable resident. He has done his part in developing this section and is numbered with the honored pioneers. He remained at home until he was nineteen years of age and then learned the carpenter trade, which he followed for fourteen vears and assisted in the building of many of the old township landmarks. He was active during the height of the oil industry here and has three unproductive wells on his own land. He has owned two farms, the first one containing sixty acres, which was located above his present one, which he bought about 1869.

Mr. Becker married Anna Bredenwisher, who died in 1897. They had six children born to them, namely: Henry, who operates the home farm, a prominent citizen of the township and a member of the School Board: Louisa, who died when aged eight years; Caroline, who resides at Woodville; August, who died in 1904; Eleanora, who is now deceased; and Matilda, married, who lives at Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Becker is one

MAURICE L. HUSS, head of the firm of M. L. Huss & Company at Clyde, dealers in automobiles and farming implements of all kinds, has been a lifelong resident of Green Creek Township, and has lived in Clyde since 1903. He was born on his father's farm in Green Creek Township, March 31, 1848, and is a son of Christian and Catherine (Rathbun) Huss, and a grandson of Noah and Mary (Burkholder) Huss.

Noah Huss, the grandfather, was born in Germany and was young at the time he accompanied his parents to the United States. They located in Pennsylvania and Noah lived at Little York for some years after his marriage, then in the middle twenties moved to Sandusky County, Ohio. He located upon what is now known as, the Kirnehan farm in Green Creek Township, which they obtained from the Government for $1.50 per acre. He cleared this farm and lived upon it until his death. His wife also died on that place and both were buried in the Bakertown Cemetery.

Christian Huss was born in Little York, Pennsylvania, in 1815, and was about ten years of age when his parents moved to Green Creek Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, where he grew to maturity. He later bought a farm across the creek from the home place and had over three hundred acres of land, which is now divided into three farms and is owned by three of his sons. He was married to Catherine Rathbun, a daughter of Chaplin and Lucinda Rathbun, early residents of Sandusky County, and they became parents of the following children: Chaplin R.;: Eliza M.; Shannon, who died at the age of two years; Noah B.; Darius, who died at the age of fourteen years: Burr; Maurice Lemmon, subject of this record; Jane, deceased; Barbara; Saxton P.; and Earl C. Mr. Huss died in 1864 in the prime of life, aged forty-nine years and six months, and was survived

Maurice L. Huss attended the district school in his home vicinity, it being a oneroom building, into which were crowded some seventy pupils. His schooling was very limited, as his services were required at home in helping to clear the farm. He lived on a farm the first fifty-five years of his life and in 1903 moved to Clyde and embarked in his present business, which is under the direct management of his son-inlaw, Ernest Van Schoten, who is a partner in the business. The office and store building 1s located on West Buckeye Street, near Main, and they deal in the Reo, Regal and Brush automobiles, as well as every make of farm machinery. They do automobile repair work as well as the ordinary repair work done ina place of the kind. Mr. Huss still owns his farm of sixty acres on which he lived so many years, and also has a tract of sixteen acres about two miles west of Clyde. He has an apple orchard of 250 trees, which was set out twenty years ago and still bears abundantly. He has a cherry orchard of 200 trees. He is a Democrat in politics and served ten years as school director in his district, two terms as township trustee and two terms as infirmary director. The fact that he was elected in a strongly Republican district is a pleasing tribute to his personal popularity and his standing in the community.

On February 22, 1871, Mr. Huss was married to Miss Henrietta A. Storer, a daughter of Samuel and Sarah Storer, and she died September 24, 1908, leaving two children, Ruth and Dwight B. Ruth Huss was married to Ernest Van Schoten and they have three children: Alta, Inez and Leon. Dwight B. Huss is an expert machinist and is associated with the Brisco Manufacturing Company of Detroit, Michigan. He was the first man to drive an automobile across the United States, driving in an Oldsmobile from New York to Portland during the Portland Fair. The trip took forty" days. «LHe, miarried. Misss Bessie Wilson.

The subject of this record .has been a member of the Odd Fellows' order for thirty-eight years, having membership in the lodges both at Green Spring and Clyde. He is also a charter member of the Grange at Clyde, and has belonged to that useful order for thirty-five years.

HON. GEORGE W. GLICK, ex-governor of Kansas, was born at Greencastle in Fairfield County, Ohio, July 4, 1827, and with his parents moved to Sandusky County and settled with them in Ballville Township in 1834. His parents were Isaac and Mary (Sanders) Glick.

George W. Glick received his common school education in Ballville Township and attended a select school under the able instruction of Horace E. Clark, one of the most noted teachers of that vicinity. His higher education was obtained in attendance at Central College, near Columbus, where he became proficient in higher mathematics and in Latin but did not remain to graduate.

In March, 1848, he commenced the study of law in the office of the firm of Buckland & Hayes, composed of R. P. Buckland and Rutherford B. Hayes, the former afterward a general in the War of 1861, and the latter President of the United States. He remained in that office two years and received from Mr. Buckland a very flattering certificate of qualifications for admission to the bar, Mr. Hayes having moved to Cincinnati in 1849. In March, 1850, he was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court, then in session at Cincinnati, Ohio. Of the committee who examined him for admission were the following prominent lawyers: Mr. Pendleton, father of George H. Pendleton, who was later a United States Senator; Mr. Gwynne, author of "Gwynne of Sheriffs ;" Alexander Long, later a member of Congress, and two other lawyers. Two years later he was admitted to practice in the United States Court, by Justice McLean, at Columbus, Ohio. In the spring of 1850 Mr. Glick opened a law office and commenced the practice in Fremont, Ohio, and at once became successful, and his practice extended to the adjoining counties of Seneca, Huron, Ottawa and Erie. Ralph P. Buckland, Cooper K. Watson, John L. Greene, Sr., Brice J. Bartlett and T. P. Finefrock were then at the head of the bar in Sandusky County.

In 1857 Mr. Glick moved to Sandusky City, Erie County, where he remained until March, 1859, when, catching the Western fever, he leit Sandusky City and located at Atchison, in the then Territory of Kansas. He has resided at Atchison ever since his location there. He first there became associated in the law practice with Hon. A. G. Otis, and so continued for sixteen years, enjoying a large and lucrative practice in the State and Federal Courts. Business in those days was very profitable. Land titles, county-seat questions and overland transportation, all furnished much business for lawyers, frequently requiring attendance at the courts of the states of Missouri and Nebraska. He was general attorney at one time for two banks, three railroads and some other corporations, with good pay; his practice for twelve years paid him from ten to twelve thousand dollars per year. In 1874 Mr. Glick's partner, Mr. Otis, was elected judge of the district court and the firm was dissolved, Mr. Glick retiring from practice. He then devoted himself to farming and stock raising, his farm being known as "Shannon Hill Stock Farm," named for Governor Shannon of Ohio, who was also governor of Kansas Territory, and containing 640 acres. Special attention was given by him to raising Short Horn cattle and Berkshire pigs, which proved profitable. Descendants of his herds are now bred in eleven different states. The farm was sold by him and business discontinued in 1900, and Mr. Glick thereupon retired from active business.

From his first location in Kansas he was prominent in public affairs and served nine sessions in the Legislature of that state, in the House and Senate, and was always a member of the Judiciary Committee in those bodies, appointed by presiding officers different in politics from him. It was his ambition to have the laws of Kansas as neatly as possible a transcript of those of his native Ohio. In 1882 he was elected governor of the state of Kansas, on the Democratic ticket, and has the distinction of being the only Democratic governor of that state. He served with credit and as a wise and able chief executive and remained in' that office but one term. Governor Glick served two terms as pension agent of the United States, under President Grover Cleveland, and during his incumbrance of that office disbursed $85,000,000 to pensioners. He has been for more than thirty-five years a member of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture and frequently its president. He is now president of the Kansas State Historical Society. In 1875-76 he was a member and treasurer of the Board of Managers for the state of Kansas of the Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia, and was also a member of the Board of Managers for the state of Kansas in the Columbian Exposition at Chicago in 1892-93, and was also a member and president of the Board of Managers of Kansas, at the Omaha Exposition.

On September 17, 1857, Mr. Glick married Elizabeth Ryder, at Massillon, Ohio. Thev live in peaceful retirement at their home in Atchison, spending their winters in Lakeland, Florida, where they have a wintet home and an orange grove. Hon. T. P. Finefrock and he are the only survivors of what is known as the "Pioneer Bar" of Sandusky County, Ohio, a bar noted for its able and distinguished members.

HORACE H. RAYMOND, whose death occurred August 10, 1904, was a well-known citizen of Riley Township, Sandusky County, Ohio. He was born in St. Lawrence County, New York, December 2, 1838, and was a son of David Raymond.

The subject of this record was educated in the public schools in his native county and in the New York State Normal School. He took up the profession of teaching and for a period of twenty years followed that

706 HISTORY OF vocation in the state of Texas. He was for years principal of Tyron Academy in that state. In 1897 he located in Riley Township, where he thereafter resided until his death. He was a man of scholarly attainments and was a credit to the profession with which he was identified for so many years. He was married May 11, 1897, to Miss Elizabeth Meek, who comes of a prominent old family of Riley Township.

Mrs. Raymond was born in Riley Township and is a daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Farber) Meek. Her father was born in Virginia and her mother near Canton, Ohio. Her grandfather, Samuel Meek, Sr., was born in the British Isles and established this branch of the Meek family in Virginia. The father of Mrs. Raymond moved to Riley Township about the year 1848 and farmed here until his death in December, 1890. His wife died August 27, 1900.

Mrs. Raymond was reared in her native township and for more than a quarter of a century was an instructor in the schools, principally those of Riley Township. She also taught some in Wood and Seneca Counties, Ohio. Mr. Raymond was a Republican in politics, and at the time of his death was a member of the United Brethren Church. He was in earlier years affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Mrs. Raymond also is a member of the United Brethren Church and takes an active interest in church work. She is the owner of a splendid farm of 160 acres on which she lives, and is surrounded by many friends of long years standing, in whose regard she stands high.

HON. CARL C. ANDERSON, now serving in his second term as mayor of Fostoria, Ohio, and who was elected a member of Congress from the 13th Congressional District of Ohio in November, 1908, enjoys unusual distinction for one of his youth and is a notable example of the enterprise and energy that characterize the American young man in modern days. He was born at Bluffton, Allen County, Ohio, December 2, 1877, and is a son of John J. and Mary L. (Barringer) Anderson.

The father of Mr. Anderson is one of the representative business men of Fremont, Ohio, and is the capable manager of the Jackson Shear and Razor Company of this city. He married Mary L. Barringer and they have three children.

Carl C. Anderson was brought by his parents to Fremont when young and obtained his education in the Fremont schools. He began his business life early, as a little boy becoming a news carrier, and when he saw more profit in driving an express wagon, he took that position. His next step was a clerkship with the Lake Erie & Western Railroad and later, after a season with the Lake Shore road he became a cashier for the Lake Erie Company, later becoming its agent. When the A. H. Jackson Company made him a good offer he went on the road for them and sold their underwear for five years and out of his salary he erected a fine brick block at Fremont. Mr. Anderson then went into the manufacturing of underwear on his own account, starting at Fostoria and in the following year building a factory at Findlay. During these years while making great headway in material things and honestly accumulating a fortune through his own industry and business capacity, he was likewise cementing friendships and becoming acquainted with people all over the state and particularly in the 13th District. His sterling qualities as a citizen were recognized at Fostoria, where, in 1905 he was elected mayor of the city and in 1907 was re-elected, and further approval was shown him when he was made the Democratic candidate for Congress and was elected in the fall of 1908, over Hon. G. E. Mouser, by a majority of 4742 votes. Mr. Anderson will have the distinction of being the youngest member on the floor of Congress.

Mr. Anderson married Miss Nellie Ford, a daughter of William H. Ford, and they have had two children, Carl Ford, and one that died in infancy. Mr. Anderson holds membership in all the leading fraternities and is connected with many social organizations.

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largely interested in farming and identified also with the oil industry and livestock dealing, owns valuable property in this township, consisting of one farm of 130 acres in Section 8, and a second farm of thirty-two acres in Section 9g. He was born September 30, 1872, at Buffalo, New York, and is a son of Richard and Elizabeth (Plato) Baker.

The parents of Mr. Baker settled in Lenawee County, Michigan, when he was young, and he was reared on a farm and went to school at Palmyra. The father still resides in Michigan, making his home at Deerfield, where his wife died May 26, 1905.

W. T. Baker went from Michigan to Buffalo, New York, where he worked for eighteen months at the carpenter trade. After his marriage in 1893 he came to Scott Township, Sandusky County, and went to work for D. J. Winchell for $15 a month, but later rented the farm and operated it satisfactorily for three years, after which he rented a 330-acre farm one mile south, on which he remained for seven years. Mr. Baker then bought his present property. It has proved a good investment. He has twenty-three producing oil wells, has three sets of substantial farm buildings and two excellent orchards. He has done a large amount of improving and has almost all of the land thoroughly tiled. He has modern ideas as to comfortable living and his home has conveniences of all kinds, all of these having been put in since he took possession. He is financially independent, being a stockholder and a director in the Colonial Bank of Fremont, and also of the Helena Bank and was a charter member of the Bettsville Bank, the stock of which he sold in order to buy his farm.

On January 28, 1893, Mr. Baker was married to Miss Emma Burnor, a daughter of William and Jennie Burnor, and they have five children: William R.; Ruby and Ruth, twin daughters: Florence Marie, and Lois Theodora. Mr. Baker and wife attend the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics he is a Republican and has served on the town- ship School Board and in 1904 was elected township clerk, his term expiring in 1910. At the solicitation of friends he is a candidate for a third term. Mr. Baker is identified with the Masonic Lodge at Fremont and belongs also to the order of Modern Woodmen of America and to the County Agricultural Society.

IRA S. COMSTOCK, of the firm of Comstock & Slessman, grain dealers at Clyde, Ohio, is a representative business citizen of this place, but resides on the old homestead farm of eighty acres, situated in York Township. Mr. Comstock was born January 9, 1863, in the old house in York Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, which was buiit in 1831, and during this period there have been three generations of the Comstocks born there and there has never been a death in it. His parents are Oliver E. and Clarissa (Persing) Comstock.

The grandfather, also named Oliver Comstock, was born in Connecticut and during a number of years sailed his own vessel on the seas. He subsequently_lost his ship in a storm and then decided to spend the remainder of his life on land. Fitting up a prairie schooner, he brought his family and possessions to Ohio, securing eighty acres from the Government in York Township, Sandusky County. At that time the timber stood so close and the brush was so heavy that in order to make a way through for his wagon, he had to cut all the distance between the present site of the cemetery, to his farm. The only passage previously made was an Indian trail. He resided on his property during the remainder of his life and he became a man of considerable local prominence, being elected a county commissioner. During his term of office the country was yet so little generally set~ tled that he was obliged to visit different parts, on public business, on horseback. His eight children were: Clara and Oliver E., twins, were the youngest and were born June 20, 1835; and Harriet, Ellen, Giles and Arabell, all deceased; Amy, who is aged

Oliver E. Comstock assisted his father to clear up the pioneer farm in York Township, which continued to be his home as 'long as he was actively engaged in farming. In the fall of 1902 he retired to Clyde, where both he and wife have resided ever since. He married Clarissa Persing, who was born in Dansville, New York, a daughter of Matthew Persing, and they have two children, namely: Ira Stebbins and Amy, the latter of whom is the wife of C. C. Bronson, residing at Bloomville, Ohio.

Ira S. Comstock was educated in the country schools and the Clyde High School. He has been actively engaged in business at Clyde since August 17, 1891, with Mr. Slessman, but had been previously associated with other partners, in the same business. In i1goo the firm started another enterprise which has proved very successful, building a kraut factory at Clyde, adjoining the automobile factory. Employment is given to thirty men and the output is 120 car loads of kraut a year. Mr. Comstock is a stockholder in the Clyde Savings Bank,

On March 12, 1884, Mr. Comstock was married to Miss Irene Pool, a daughter of Mrs. Sarah Pool, and they have three children: May, Ruth and Clara. For a number of years Mr. Comstock was identified with the Grange movement. He belongs to the order of Knights of Pythias at Clyde. In politics he is a stanch Republican.

CHAUNCEY LEVISEE, a representative agriculturist of Townsend Township, who resides on the old homestead farm, to the cultivation of which he has devoted the larger part of his life, was born May 23, 1855, on this same farm, in Townsend Township, Sandusky County, Ohio. His parents were John L. and Diana (Stanley) Levisee.

John LL. Levisee was born in Genesee County, New York, but he was educated in Livingston County, and from there he came to Sandusky County in 1831 and settled on the farm of eighty acres, in Townsend Township, which is now occupied by his son Chauncey. He died May 26, 1897. He - was one of the most active of the pioneers in developing the new country into which he had penetrated. He was a man of fair education and good business judgment and in his latter days he was township trustee and also practiced law before the justices of the peace in the county. By trade he was a carpenter and for many years he worked as such, erecting many of the buildings which still stand in Townsend Township. He was married (first) May 10, 1836, to Diana Stanley, of Livingston County, New York, who died July 14, 1855, leaving nine children, as follows: Sarah, wife of J. R. Olds, residing in Michigan; Annie, wife of Hiram Blood, residing in Kent County, Michigan; Elizabeth, wife of James Downing, of Erie County, Ohio; Eliza, wife of Wallace Downing, of Ottawa County, Ohio; Mary Jane, wife of Winfield Thomas, of Townsend Township; Savilla, who died when young; David, who died at Gibsonburg; and Chauncey. His second marriage was with Statira Reynolds, of Green Creek Township, Sandusky County, and by this union there were two children: Frances, wife of Frank Lowe, of Clyde, Ohio; and Walter, who died in infancy. The second wife survived Mr. Levisee until September, 1899. Chauncey Levisee has spent his entire life, with the exception of three years passed near Toledo, as a farmer on the old homestead. On November 19, 1879, he was married to Mrs. Angeline McCreery, widow of Leonard McCreery and daughter of Jonathan and Polly Lyman, of Townsend Township. They have one daughter, Irene M., who is the wife of Louis Brintenburg, of Townsend Township. By her former marriage, Mrs. Levisee had one daughter, Martha, who is the wife of John Rosswurm, of Toledo. Mr. and Mrs. Levisee attend and liberally support the North Ridge Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics he is a Republican, but has never been will-

NORMAN C. SHERWOOD, manager of the Trommer Extract of Malt Company, at Fremont, has been associated with this large business enterprise throughout his entire business career. He was born at Fostoria, Ohio, May 17, 1857, and is a son of William D. and Frances E. (Harris) Sherwood.

Mr. Sherwood was eight years old when he accompanied his parents to Fremont, and here he was educated and has passed his life. In 1877 he became first associated with the Trommer Extract of Malt Company, then in its infancy, and later became a stockholder and from being bookkeeper has been advanced to the position of manager, one that requires a large amount of business knowledge.

Mr. Sherwood was married April 19, 1882, to Miss Susan Lewis, who is a daughter of B. W. Lewis, of Fremont, and they have four children: Charles Lewis, Norman Dickinson, Jeanette and Norma. The family residence is situated at No. 424 South Arch Street, Fremont.

In his political views, Mr. Sherwood is a Republican and fraternally he is a Mason. With his family he belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he led the choir for many years.

FRANK E. JOHNSON, a well known citizen of Sandusky Township, residing on a farm which adjoins Fremont on the north, has owned this highly cultivated and productive land since 1892 and has carried on a general gardening business. He was born at Fremont, Ohio, October 11, 1869, and 1s a son of Peter A. and Rebecca Johnson.

The father of Mr. Johnson was born in Schleswig-Holstein and his mother in Hanover, Germany, and they came to America about 1863. For several years they resided at Syracuse, New York, but after the close of the Civil War they came to Fremont and the father entered into business as a carpen-

Frank E. Johnson was educated in the Fremont schools and learned the carpenter trade with his father. Prior to 1892, when he embarked in his present tusiness, he followed his trade through the county. Mr. Johnson has found the growing of garden produce a very profitable business and has spent considerable capital in fitting up his grounds and buildings, according to the latest ideas on the subject. He makes a specialty of fine lettuce but grows all the early vegetables, having many feet of glass over his forcing beds. He finds a ready market, Fremont taking the larger part of what he can produce. He is a progressive and enterprising business man who deserves the prosperity he enjoys.

Mr. Johnson was married on November 20, 1890, to Miss Elizabeth H. Giertz, who was born at Oak Harbor, Ohio, a daughter of the late Carl H. Giertz. They have three children: George W., Carl F. and-Raymond H. Mr. Johnson and wife are members of Grace Lutheran Church at Fremont, of which he is a trustee. In politics he is a Democrat.

ALBERT STREETER, one of the representative farmers and highly respected citizens of Green Creek Township and owner of 165 acres of land in Green Creek and York Townships, was born on the old family farm in York Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, September 26, 1839, and is a son of Christopher and Louisa (Kennedy) Streeter.

Christopher Streeter was born in the eastern part of the United States, and after his marriage came west with his wife and one child, with the intention of locating in Michigan. They came as far as Huron, Ohio, by boat, when his wife was taken ill. Taking the advice of a friend, he came to Sandusky County, where he bought a tract of eighty acres of timber land in York Township. This he cleared and as the sons grew to maturity, they added to the original tract and had at one time over 400 acres of land in York and Green Creek Townships. In 1880 he retired from business activity and located at Clyde, Ohio, where he died in 1906 at the advanced age of ninety-two years. He first married Louisa Kennedy, who was born in the east and died December 24, 1851, and of their union were born the following children: Edward, who lives on the old farm, served in the Civil War, enlisting in Company B, 169th O. Vol. Inf.; Albert, our subject; and Alonzo, and Lorenzo, twins, the former of whom lives at Clyde, and the latter of whom is deceased.

Albert Streeter was reared on the home farm in York Township, assisting with the clearing of the land, and he attended the old log schoolhouse nearest his home. For a period of thirty-five years Mr. Streeter operated and had full charge of the Streeter saw-mill, which his father and brothers purchased April 7, 1857. On May 2, 1864, he enlisted in Company B, 169th O. Vol. Inf., and served on garrison duty at Fort Ethan Allen near Washington.

On February 22, 1866, Mr. Streeter was joined in marriage with Lucy Moyer, who was born in Pennsylvania and is a daughter of Samuel Moyer of York Township, and of their union were born the following children: Minnie, married T. P. Gibson and resides on part of our subject's farm; Allie, married John P. Kline, of York Township, and they have two children; and George, lives on 'his father's warm, which »he operates. He married Laura Bartlett and they have: five children. Mr.) Streeter's farm is in two tracts, of which 125 acres are in York Township, and the remaining forty in Green Creek Township, there being three houses on the farm, all located on the South Ridge Road. Mr. Streeter is now living in retirement in the enjoyment of a_ wellearned rest after years of unceasing activity. In politics he is a Republican. He is affiliated with the Clyde Grange, and the G. A. R. Post at Clyde. He is a member of the Baptist Church.

JOHN MICHAEL OVERMYER, a pioneer of Sandusky Township, Sandusky County, Ohio. On the 16th day of September, 1751, a ship named "Brothers," commanded by Captain William Muir of Rotterdam, with over 200 passengers, landed at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. One of those passengers was a young man nearly twenty-four years old, John George Overmyer by name. He later married and located on Penn's Creek in Limestone Township, Union County, Pennsylvania, in 1770, and later served as a private in the French and Indian War. °

On Augtst 31, 1776, he was elected captain of the Sixth Company of the Battalion of Buffalo and Penn's Township, Northumberland County, and commissioned on the 8th day of October following. His company consisted of First Lieutenant James McCelvey, Second Lieutenant Peter Weirick, Ensign Michael Snyder, four sergeants, four corporals, one drummer, one fifer and forty privates, all under command of Colonel Philip Cole, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Sutherland, First Major Thomas Foster, Second Major Casper Youst, Standard Bearer Dewalt Miller, Adjutant James McCoy. This battalion left Northumberland County December 5, and Reading served three months and eighteen days, for which they received pay as follows: Per month a captain, $20, a lieutenant, $13%, a sergeani, $8, a corporal, $71%4, a drummer, $7%, a private, $624. To find their.own arms and clothes.

In 1753 Captain Overmyer had married Eva Rosenbaum; she died in 1759, leaving him with four children. In 1760 he married Barbara Foucht, by whom he had eleven children. The fifth son, John Michael Overmyer, the direct subject of this sketch, was born at the above mentioned homestead, January 12, 1773. From his parents he received a fair German education and later learned the trade of house carpenter and cabinet maker. Carpenters in those days had to construct all window sash. frames, doors and door frames, and match all flooring by hand. Such work he did during the summer and in the winter season he constructed chairs, tables, cupboards, and at times |

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On September 22, 1793, at Longstown, Pennsylvania, he married Catherine Long, daughter of George Long, a Swiss, proprietor of Longstown (now New Berlin), where he resided until he left Pennsylvania for Ohio. For many years he was Captain of the Seventh Company of the Thirty-ninth Regiment Pennsylvania Militia, commanded by Colonel Youngman.

In 1811 he moved to Ohio with one fourhorse and one five-horse team, and located near Somerset, Perry County, entering a quartersection of forest land, and established a home with a family of six children. In the fall of 1826 he with two of his sons, George L. and Michael, and a neighbor, Daniel Hensel, made a trip to Lower Sandusky with a view of locating the sons near the water navigation of the Sandusky River. He made the trip on horseback, the two sons and Mr. Hensel traveling on foot, mostly over new roads in the dense forest. On their return trip they stopped at the Government land office at Bucyrus, Ohio. He entered the southeast quarter of Section 18 for George L. and the southwest quarter of the same section for Michael, and Mr. Hensel entered the southwest quarter of Section 17, all in Sandusky Township, paying $1.25 per acre.

In 1831 he again came to Lower Sandusky to visit his sons and found the cleared land so productive and the surroundings so much improved that he decided to sell his holdings in Perry County, and he and the rest of his family came to Sandusky County. In 1832 he bought the southeast quarter of Section 19, Pike tract of 153 acres, where he resided for the rest of his life. He had blue eyes, a round full-flushed. always smooth shaven face, a genial disposition; was very stern in his decisions; broad shoulders, short stout neck. He was very fond of horseback riding; when mounted on his riding horse, his erect position, broad shoulders, ruddy face, broad rimmed hat, covering a fine head of gray hair, made a pic-

His wife, Catherine (Long) Overmyer, was born at New Berlin, Pennsylvania, October 11, 1775. Having moved to Perry County, Ohio, in 1811, and from there to Lower Sandusky in 1832, she twice endured the severe trials of pioneer life with a family of children. She died October 3, 1853, and is buried beside her venerable husband in Four-Mile Cemetery, near their last place of residence. They were lifelong members of the Lutheran Church; he was a Jeffersonian Democrat in politics. They were the chief promoters in establishing the First Church, also in securing the location of Four- Mile Cemetery in Sandusky Township, outside the City of Fremont. Their children were as follows:

John M.'s_ father and two of his brothers, viz.: John George and Jonas, are buried near New Berlin, Pennsylvania; one brother, Peter, is buried near New Reading, Perry County, Ohio; his brother Philip is buried in the old cemetery at Lindsey ; Jacob in Smith Cemetery, Jackson Township, and David near his own erave in Four-Mile Cemetery, Sandusky Township, making four of the emigrant and Revolutionary soldier's sons buried within the limits of Sandusky County, Ohio.

His eldest son, George L. Overmyer, born at New Berlin, Pennsylvania, January 4, 1795, came with his parents to Perry County, Ohio, in 1811. There, on May 16, 1816, he married Mary Bowman, daughter of George and Catherine (Rooch) Bowman, born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, September 10, t8or. In 1827 George L. and his brother Michezel moved to Sandusky County and located.on Section 18, Sandusky Township. In 1836 George L. sold his farm and located on Section 11, of Washington Township, on lands that he had bought from the Government in 1835. He assisted in organizing the township, was elected as one of the first justices of the peace, also as its first township clerk and assessor; the last two offices he served in over thirty consecutive years.

Of the marriage of George L. Overmyer with Mary Bowman were born children as follows: Catharine, born in 1817, died in infancy; Susan, born April 16, 1820, died January 8, 1887; Elizabeth, born April 22, 1822, died April 15, 1879; Paul, born November 20, 1824, died March 29, 1847; Solomon B., born November 23, 1826; George B., born February 18, 1829, died February 9, 1885; Mary A., born March 12, 1831, died June 11, 1905; John, born May 19, 1833, died February 8, 1900; Noah, born January 18, 1836, died December 28, 1852; Sarah, born May 2, 1838; Barnhart B., born July 26, 1840; Samuel B., born October 6, 1842, died October 9, 1864, at Savannah, Georgia. He was a member of Company C, Seventy-second Regiment, O. V. L.; was captured at Guntown, Mississippi, June 12, 1864, and confined at Andersonville several months, then transferred to Savannah, Georgia, where he died as above stated. There is a monument erected to his memory between the graves of his parents in Four-Mile Cemetery.

Barnhart B. Overmyer was born one mile east of Lindsey, Ohio, in Washington Township, July 26, 1840. He grew to manhood in said township, attended the rural schools and assisted in the labor of the farm until he was nineteen years of age. He then became a student in the preparatory department of Oberlin College, in which institution he remained two years, after which he taught school in the rural districts and in the village of Hessville for fourteen years. He was elected Second Lieutenant of Company B, Third Regiment, O. M. I., on July 4, 1863, and commissioned by Governor Todd on the 20th of that month, and with the other officers of his regiment immediately reported at Camp, Lucas, Toledo, Ohio, where they were drilled and instructed in military tactics by able and efficient officers under Adju- tant General Hill; subsequently drilling a portion of the militia of the north half of Washington Township, frequently, until September, 1864, when the militia officers and privates were all discharged by a general order of the Adjutant General of Ohio. i

On August 29, 1865, at the parsonage in Fremont, Ohio, by Rev. H. Lang, he was married to Mary Malinda Walborn, daughter of John William and Lydia (Rutter) Walborn, born October 15, 1844, at Stouchsburg, Berks County, Pennsylvania, who came with her parents to Sandusky County, in 1860. To this noble little woman as help-meet and homemaker Mr. Overmyer ascribes much of his success in life.

hoosing the occupation oi general farming, they located on a level, wet and timbered farm one mile northeast of Lindsey, Ohio, which he bought for $19 per acre, residing thereon for thirty-three years. During that time he filled various offices of the township to the satisfaction of the people, in the meanwhile giving attention to fine stock raising. For thirty years his farms produced some of the finest horses, hogs, sheep and cattle the county afforded. His agricultural ideas were always along the lines of progress, he owning and operating the first twine-binding harvester and check-row corn planter in the township; he also laid the first drain tile in his immediate neighborhood.

During all these years he looked well to the education of his children, giving them much better opportunities in that direction than he ever had himself. Mr. and Mrs. Overmyer are members of Salem Lutheran Congregation at Four-Mile House. They have the following children: Emma Rebecca, born April 8, 1866, wife of Charles P. Auxter, resides on White Avenue, Fremont; Samuel Franklin, born May 21, 1870, resides on and operates the home farm in Sandusky Township; John Calvin, born November 20, 1871, resides on Court Street, Fremont, Ohio, is at present treasurer elect of Sandusky County; Robert Luther, born May 24, 1877, died November 26, 1902; Arthur Warren, born May 31. 1879. an attorney, and for six years secretary of the Sandusky County Fair Asso-

In politics Mr. Overmyer is a liberal Bryan Democrat; has served two terms as county commissioner, and is now serving as justice of the peace for Sandusky Township to the entire satisfaction of the people. He was elected for four years, running ninety-two votes ahead of his party's ticket.

Since 1898 Mr. Overmyer has resided near the city limits of Fremont, on West State Street, on a nicely located farm, enjoying the society of his children and a pleasant community.

ALEXANDER SMITH, a highly respected retired farmer, who resides on a fine property in Section 1, Scott Township, where he has 102% acres, was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, November 3, 1855, and is a son of Alexander and Catherine (First) Smith.

The father of Mr. Smith came to Sandusky County from Pennsylvania, in 1867, and lived in Jackson Township from that time until his death on November 12, 1905. He married Catherine First, who was born in Germany and died in August, 1888, in Jackson Township. They both were interred in the Mitzger Cemetery. They were good people and were consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Alexander Smith was reared on the home farm of 100 acres in Jackson Township, a part of which his father cleared. He was twelve years old when he came to this township and completed his schooling there. He continued to live at home and help carry on the farm until he was twenty-three years old, when he married and then rented a farm in Madison Township for a year, going then to Scott Township, where he operated his father-in-law's farm for a year, after which he bought seventy-five acres of his present farm and subsequently purchased the twenty-seven and one-half-acre tract adjoining. When he took possession almost all of the land was timbered and it required a large amount of hard work to properly clear it, all of this, with the exception of about twenty acres, having been completed by Mr. Smith himself. He has almost all his land under-drained and has put it into such a fine condition of cultivation that it is numbered with the most valuable farms in the township. Mr. Smith has always been a progressive man and when he decided to erect a new home he determined to make it a modern residence in every way and thoroughly succeeded. The old house which sheltered the family so long is still standing, but is no longer occupied by them. Mr. Smith has pleasant surroundings and a bountiful orchard adds to the comfort and health of those permitted to enjoy it. As may be supposed, the farm machinery that Mr. Smith considers necessary for modern, scientific and successful agricultural operations, is entirely modern. His cattle and stock, also, proclaim the upto-date farmer.

In 1878 Mr. Smith was married to Miss Elizabeth Klotz, a daughter of John and Ann Klotz, and they have three children: Obydell D., who married Miss Mattie Peck; Maud, who is the wife of Peter Myers, and they have a son, Theodore Roosevelt Myers; and Waneta, who is at home.

In politics Mr. Smith is a Republican, but he has never accepted any office except membership on the School Board. He has long been an Odd Fellow and has passed all the chairs of the lodge at Helena, and he belongs also to the Modern Woodmen of America Lodge at Tinney.

CHRISTIAN MICHAEL, one of Ballville Township's representative and substantial citizens, resides on one well-improved farm of twenty-two acres and owns two others, one containing ninety-three acres and the other eighty acres, all valuable farming land. He was born in Erie County, New York, June 5, 1838, and is a son of Christian and Louisa (Shiver) Michael.

and spent the remainder of their lives there. They had five children: Christian, Mactelana, Philip, Adam and George. Mactelana is the widow of Fred Haines and lives at Buffalo, New York, and has had four children: Benjamin, Nellie, Laura and Emma. Philip married Elizabeth Wolfe and they live at Buffalo and have three children: Libbie, Laura and Emma. Adam lives in Michigan, married Elizabeth Beckman and they have three children: Anna, Hatty and Jesse, the last mentioned being deceased. George lives in New York, where hes married Miss Umberhomer and they have one child, Carolina. The parents died aged respectively fifty-five and fortyfive years. :

Christian Michael lived in Erie County until he was nineteen years of age, learned the harness-making trade and in June, 1857, came to Fremont. He worked at his trade lowing spring and then embarked in business for himself and conducted a shop of his own on Front Street for five years. His wife owning thirty acres of land in Ballville Township, Mr. Michael then decided to settle on it and added sixty-three acres to it, making a very easily handled farm. He continued to reside on that place for fortytwo years and then took possession of his present farm, on which he has made extensive improvements. In addition to carrying on general farming and stock-raising, Mr. Michael operated a threshing machine for fifteen years.

On December 10, 1857, at Buffalo, New York, Mr. Michael was married to Miss Elizabeth Maihia, a daughter of Philip and Christina (Oswald) Mathia, and ten children were born to this union, namely: Charles F. Emma i. Aaron'C,, Mary E; George A., Maniel E., Irvine W., Clara E., Nora C. and one that died in infancy. Charles F. married Hattie Huffard and they live in Sandusky County and have seven children: Ethel G., William, Charlés' C., Clarence, Nellie, Harold and Nolan. Emma L. married Irving MeDonald and both died at Fremont, leaving one son, Aaron. Aaron married Elnora Schoch and they live in Ballville Township and have one child, A.C. Mary married Frank Claar and they live in Michigan and have three children: Dewey F., Haven E. and Nora E. George A. married Emma Parker and they live in Green Creek Township and have two children: Lister and Glenn. Maniel E. married Lillie Wagner and they live in Jackson Township and have one child, Arthur W. Irving and Nora C. both live at home. Clara E. married Clarence Cookson and they live in Washington Township and have one child, Iva R.

The parents of Mrs. Michael came to America from the same place in France that the Michael family came from and they too settled in Erie County, New York. In 1838 they came to Ballville Township and bought land and the father died soon after, when aged forty-five years, but the mother lived to be ninety-one. They had two children: Catherine, who died aged seventeen years; and Mrs. Michael. Mr. Michael has been a very active citizen and a valuable one, having served as township trustee, road supervisor and school director. He is a'member of the order of Knights of Honor.

JACOB D. LEFEVER, a veteran of the Civil War and owner of Locust Hill Farm, a tract of 100 acres located in Green Creek Township about two and a half miles east of Clyde, Ohio, was barn April 10, 1838, on the home farm in Green Creek Township, and is a son of John and Rachel (Schwoop) LePever:

Jacob LeFever, grandfather of our subject, at an early period came with his family from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and first located in Fairfield County, Ohio, where for many years he followed farming. After the death of his wife he came to Sandusky County, and resided with his son John until his death, his interment being at the McPherson Cemetery at Clyde.

removed to Fairfield County, Ohio, where he grew to maturity and was later married to Rachel Schwoop, shortly afterwards moving to Sandusky County. John and 'Rachel LeFever were the parents of the following children: Louisa, is the wife of J. S. Lee; Rebecca, married William Brown; John, deceased; William C.; Jacob D., the subject of this sketch; Oscar T.; Jennie, who married Monroe Lee; and two who died in infancy. Mrs. LeFever died in February, 1848, and Mr. LeFever formed a second marital union with Elvira Reed, who died in 1896. His death occurred in 1890. Upon first locating in Sandusky County, Mr. LeFever bought a tract of 100 acres of timberland in Green Creek Township, which he cleared, and resided for some time in a log house. During the winter of 1828 he taught school at Fremont, Ohio, and in 1863, at the outbreak of the Civil War, when his sons, William C., Jacob and Oscar, enlisted in the army, he went to Clyde, where he lived in retirement until the time of his death.

and received his educational training in the district schools and at Berea College. In 1863 he enlisted in Company A, 72d O. Vol. Inf., and served throughout the entire war, being wounded but once, while on picket duty at Nashville, Tennessee. After the close of the war he returned home and on October 4, 1865, was united in marriage with Cornelia Lay, who was born in 1840, and was a daughter of W. E. Lay, who was one of the early settlers 'of Sandusky County. Mr. LeFever has always followed farming and after his marriage bought his present farm of roo acres in Green Creek Township, from Mr. Eversole. It was the old John Tuck farm and is now known as Locust Hill farm, deriving its name from the many locust trees which grow upon the place. In 1883 Mr. LeFever erected a large ten-room brick house and has made many other improvements on the land. In politics he is identified with the Republican party and is a member of Eton Post, G. A. R., at Clyde.

PETER WEIKER, whose farm of ninety acres, situated in Riley Township, shows careful cultivation, is one of the prosperous agriculturists and respected citizens of this section. He was born January 3, 1855, in Sandusky Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, and is a son of Philip and Mary Weiker.

The parents of Mr. Weiker were born in Germany. Philip Weiker accompanied his parents to America and to Sandusky County, Ohio, in 1845, and he lived with them in Sandusky Township until 1870, when he removed his immediate family to Riley Township and lived here until his death, in 1872. To Philip and Mary Weiker there were born ten children and of this family the following are still living: Peter; Philip, residing in Nebraska; Jacob, living in Riley Township; Mary C., wife of J. P. Miller, living in Townsend Township; Dorothy, wife of J. W. Nelson, residing in Indian Territory; Frederick, living in Oklahoma; Henry, a resident of Paulding County, Ohio; and Susan A., who is the wife of David L. Karbler, of Riley Township. Philip Weiker was a Democrat in politics. He was a man of excellent judgment and was respected by all who knew him.

Peter Weiker was reared to manhood in his parents' home and with his brothers and sisters shared all the advantages that could be secured for them. He attended the country schools and as soon as old enough gave his father assistance on the farm. He has devoted himself to agricultural pursuits ever since. In his views on public questions, he is independent. He gives encouragement to local movements that promise to be of benefit to his section and has always been interested in the public schools.

Mr. Weiker married Miss Amelia Kistler, daughter of Abraham Kistler, late of Riley Township, and they have three children: Elizabeth, Frederick and Edward.

155 acres of land in this township, was born May 17, 1859, on a farm in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, and is a son of John and Harriet (Bearer) Bookmyer.

John Bookmyer was born in Germany and when about ten years old came with his father, John Bookmyer, to America and located in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, where his parents subsequently died. Here he was reared and became a farmer, and toward the close of the war brought his family west and located in Chicago, Illinois, for about six months. He then moved to Richland County, Ohio, where he farmed for six years and in 1870 came to Sandusky County and bought the old Charles Jackson farm of 106 1-2 acres on the Ridge, northeast of Clyde, where he followed farming until 1895, when he retired and located nearer Clyde, where he died in 1900, aged eighty-three years. He is still survived by his widow, who lives at Clyde. Mr. and Mrs. Bookmyer were the parents of the following children: Celestine F.; Joseph, deceased; Augustus J.; Thomas; Alfred, the subject of this record; John C.; Henry, deceased; George; Mary, deceased; and Ida, who is the wife of Bernard Dowd.

Alfred Bookmyer was quite young when his parents came from Cambria County, Pennsylvania, to Sandusky County, Ohio. His primary education was received in the common schools of the county, and this was supplemented by a course of study at college at Ada, Ohio, after which he taught for twenty-three winters in Sandusky and Seneca Counties. He is a carpenter by trade and spent the summer previous to his marriage at working at that trade in St. Louis, Missouri. Since his marriage he has followed farming, buying in 1891 a tract of sixty acres in Green Creek Township from Paris Richards. To this he has added from time to time, now owning 155 acres in two tracts, his land cornering in the northeastern part of Green Creek Township, and located about one and three-quarter miles northeast of Clyde. Mr. Bookmeyer erected a large frame house and barn in 1904 and has set out a large amount of small fruit on the place. te

Lydia Matz, of Seneca County,.Ohio, and to them have been born six children: Lily, who died aged four years; and Edith, Charles, Frank, Warren and Mary.

Mr. Bookmyer is a stanch Democrat in politics and in 1907 was elected justice of the peace of Green Township by that party. He is a member of the Catholic Church at Clyde and is fraternally affiliated with the Knights of Columbus and the Clyde Grange.

JOHN W. WORST, attorney-at-law and formerly a member of the law firm of Meek, Dudrow & Worst, and for many years a resident of Fremont, has been identified with many of the leading interests of Sandusky as well as other sections, through which he has not only advanced his own interests, but has been the means of advancing others. Mr. Worst was born September 3, 1847, in Ballville Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, and is a son of Jacob and Hannah (Parks) Worst.

Jacob Worst was a patriot whose memory deserves to be perpetuated. He served his country in two wars - in 1846 under Gen. Zachary Taylor, in Mexico, and in the Civil War, under General Grant, giving up his life on the bloody feld of Shiloh, April 6, 1862.

John W. Worst was fifteen years old when he lost his father and was the fifth member of a family of nine children. On the maternal side he is of Scotch-Irish and English descent, and can trace his lineage back to the Covenanters. He was reared on a farm, gained his early education in the public schools and began to teach school before he graduated from the Fremont High School, after which he continued to teach and to study law. Later he was appointed superintendent of the schools at Green Spring, Seneca County, and at Elmore, Ottawa County, serving two years at the former place and eight at the latter. In 1882 he was appointed school examiner for Sandusky County, serving until 1885, and in 1887 he entered upon a term as county clerk, which extended for six years. During this period, Mr. Worst, by his efficiency and careful and conscientious willingness to serve every one who had business with that office, made friends all over the county, and there were many regrets expressed when he gave up official life to turn his attention to his business interests. For a number of years he engaged in the manufacture of staves and lumber, at different points in Ohio, and also acquired large timber and real estate interests in the West. He also completed his law course and on December 6, 1894, he was admitted to the bar. For several years he was associated as a partner in one of the most prominent law firms in Fremont.

In the year 1898, through his business tact, and having faith in the future development of south-east Missouri, he abandoned the practice of law and gave his entire attention to his already established business in that section of country. He, with his associates, became interested in the project of building a railroad. They built seventy-five miles connecting the two large railioad systems, the Cotton Belt and Frisco. In 1902, they sold their railroad to the Frisco system, and since that time Mr. Worst has turned his attention to his manufacturing interests and real estate.

He is interested in the manufacture of barrels, at Clyde, Ohio, also in the Clyde Produce Company, manufacturers of saurkraut; he ts the principal stockholder in the Fremont Salesbook Company, Fremont, Ohio, and is interested in the Donald Oil and Gas Company. He is also largely interested in raising of stock in Wyoming, Missouri and Ohio.

Mr. Worst was married in 1872, to Miss Calista S. Long, who is a daughter of the late Rev. M. Long, a minister and a pioneer who had much to do with the making of the earlier history of Sandusky County, northwestern Ohio, southern Michigan and northeastern Indiana. He was an example of the highest Christian citizenship, a man of remarkable physical powers, with a strong, clear, voluminous voice, who, in the true spirit of patriotism and Christianity. let neither almost impenetrable forests nor impassable swamps deter him from carrying the message of his Master, the Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of Man; who, for fifty-six years never missed the opening prayer of the annual conferences of the church of his faith.

WILLIAM DALTON, engaged in general farming and stock raising on his farm of eighty acres in Townsend Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, has been a resident of this township all his life. He was born on the old homestead, July 20, 1857, and is a son of Matthew and Margaret (Quirk) Dalton.

Matthew Dalton was born in County Longford, Ireland, in 1806, and there lived for some years after his first marriage. He married a Miss Kinney, who subsequently died during an epidemic of cholera, and they had six children. Upon his removal to America, he settled in Livingston County, New York, where he was married (second) to Margaret (Quirk) Welsh, widow of James Welsh, by whom she had had two sons who grew to maturity. About the year 1855, Mr. Dalton moved to Sandusky County, Ohio, and purchased eighty acres of land in Townsend Township, which he added to until he was possessed of 240 acres. He died on this farm January 24, 1883, at the age of seventy-seven years. His widow died August 25, 1907, at the age of eighty-five years. Their union was blessed by the birth of five children: John, William and Henry, all of whom live in Townsend Township; Mary, wife of Allen Sanford, of Riley Township; and Anna, wife of James H. Garvin, of Townsend Township.

William Dalton grew to manhood on the farm, attended the public schools, and for eight years in his early life taught in the district schools. He was married in 1884 and about the same year began the erection of the buildings on the farm he now occupies, consisting of eighty acres of land which was taken up by his father. Besides the cultivation of the usual crops, Mr. Dalton has paid special attention to the raising of live stock and is rated among the most successful stockmen of the township. He is a Democrat in politics and takes an

On May 21, 1884, William Dalton was married to Miss Mary McHugh, a daughter of John McHugh of Clyde, and they became parents of the following children: Maggie, born April 24, 1885; Annie, born June 3, 1887, died when Ig years old; Edwin and Henry, twins, born September 24, 1893; Lucile, born March 25, 1898. The family belongs to St. Mary's Catholic Church at Clyde.

GEORGE H. ROUSH, a representative retired farmer, residing on his valuable farm of 162 acres, thus divided, 116 acres in Section 22 and forty-six acres in Section 27, Scott Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, was born on this farm, May 3, 1857. His parents were Daniel and Katherine (Hefflebower) Roush, both of whom have passed to their last reward, the death of the mother taking place in September, 1885, and that of the father, May 25, 1904. Their remains rest in Trinity Cemetery.

George H. Roush attended school through his boyhood, in the vicinity of his home, after which he went to work on the home farm, and for a number of years pursued his agricultural labors early and late, taking a great deal of interest in developing all the possibilities of his land. His methods were practical and thorough and it is not remarkable that Mr. Roush became one of the most successful and prosperous farmers of his section. After he married he bought fifty acres of the homestead, paying down $90.00, and giving his note for the remainder, and subsequently bought the remainder of the land. He now has only seven acres uncultivated, it being in wood and pasture, and he also has nine oil wells. He rebuilt the old barn and erected a handsome new house, making use of the old foundation, and has everything comfortable about the place. Mr. Roush is a stockholder in the Helena Bank and also in the Sun Savings Bank of Rising Sun.

On May 20, 1880, Mr. Roush was married to Miss Sophia Bower, a daughter of J. C. and Barbara (Heminger) Bower, and they have two children: Samuel H., who married Myr- tle Halbeisen, has one son, Roy G.; and Ellen M., who lives at home. Mr. Roush is a member of the Church of Saints of the Living God. In politics he is a Democrat and he is serving in the responsible office of treasurer of Scott Township, elected in 1908 to serve until IgIo. He is also a member of the township school board. He is widely known and enjoys the esteem and confidence of every one.

B. F. ROGERS, justice of the peace and a representative citizen of Clyde, where he has been engaged in the shoe business for the past thirty-nine years, was born at Lyons, in Wayne County, New York, August 3, 1830, and is a son of Joel and Betsey (Ells) Rogers.