Sandusky County, Ohio - Chapter 25: Miscellanea, 1909 (part 16 of 18)

Harry W. Robinson spent his early boyhood days on his father's farm in Seneca County, Ohio, and at the age of seventeen years entered Heidelberg College at 'Tiffin, Ohio, where he continued until the time of his graduation five years later. In the spring of 1895, Mr. Robinson came to Green Spring and served for one year as assistant principal of the Green Spring Academy under H. C. Duran, after which he was principal of the academy for two years. In July, 1895, he was appointed county school examiner of Seneca County by Judge Kiskadden, and was at that time the youngest school examiner in the state, being but twenty-three years of age. He subsequently turned his attention to the hay and grain business, building his present elevator and hay barn, which he operates under the frm name of H. W. Robinson & Company. The Robinson Kraut Company, of which he is president, was established in 1895, the plant being located on the Nickel Plate Railroad. It produces between fifteen and twenty thousand barrels of "White Line Kraut" annually. Mr. Robinson has for a number of years been an active member of the National Hay Association, of which he has served as a director for the past four years and was elected president of that association at the 1g09 annual meeting. He has for many years been a member of 'the Ohio Grain Dealers' Association, of which he was elected president in June, 1909.

In politics a Republican, Mr. Robinson has served as committee man and in various other offices. He is fraternally affiliated with the Masonic Order, being a member of the Blue Lodge at Green Spring, and of the Chapter at Clyde; and also belongs to the Knights of Pythias Lodge at Green Spring. He is a member ef the Presbyterian Church of Tiffin, Ohio.

On September g, 1896, Mr. Robinson was joined in marriage with Grace Holtz, a daughter of C. D. Holtz, county commissioner of Seneca County, Ohio, To them has been born one daughter, Marion Holtz.

Father Quinn was born at Ballindine, County Mayo, Ireland, December 23, 1875, and is a son of Thomas and Juria Gibbons (McKrager) Quinn. His parents were born in lreland and always lived in County Mayo, where Thomas Quinn followed farming. They were parents of eight children: Rev. James J. Quinn, pastor of St. Catherine's Church at Cleveland; Rev. John S. Quinn of Ontario, Canada; Catherine (McMahon), whose husband is a captain in the [english Army; William of Cleveland: Peter, who remained in Ireland: Sister Juliana, a member of the Ursuline Community at Cleveland; Patrick, who also lives in Ireland; and Rev. Thomas Francis Quinn.

Rev. Thomas F. Quinn spent his early boyhood on the home farm and until he was thirteen years old attended the common schools. At that age he came to the United States and for a period of five years was enrolled at St. Charles College at Baltimore, Maryland. At the end of that time he returned to Ireland and pursued a philosophical course at Waterford, South Ireland. He was there ordained a priest and in 1899 returned to America. He Was assistant pastor of the church of the Immaculate Conception at Cleveland for two years, after which he was for two years stationed at Summitville, Columbiana County, Ohio, and for seven months at Medina, Ohio, prior to his removal to Clyde, Ohio, in 1g04. In that year he succeeded Rev. Father Powers as pastor of St. Mary's Church. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus and of the Pinko is

WILLTAM \WILLPAMS, one' of) Yaa Township's substantial citizens, residing on his farin of twenty-two and three-fourth acres at Mt. Pleasant, just west of Bellevue, owns a second farm containing eighty acres, which lies two miles west of his home farm, both being valuable and well improved properties. Mr. Willams was born near Bellevue, in' Lime Township, Huron County, Ohio, April 2, 1852, a grandson of David Williams, who came originally from Wales. His wife. Margaret Lyons, was born in Ireland. David Williams was one of General Washington's body-guards and his wife was the great commander's laundress while he was at Valley Forge.' Her last resting place was made in the woods three miles east of Bellevue, her husband having died while the family tarried in Wayne County.

William C. Williams was mainly reared in Huron County. He was afforded good educational opportunities and in 1872 he graduated from the Bellevue High School, and in the fall of that year began to teach. For twenty-three cousecutive winters he taught school and devoted his summers, in the main, to farming. In August, 1890, he moved to Sandusky County, buying a farm of eighty acres, on which he lived for seventeen years, when he sold it and bought his present eighty-acre farm, on which his son resides.

Mr, Williams married Miss Mary E. Roush, a member of a prominent county family and a sister of James P. Roush, a leading citizen of York Township. They have had four children: Warner F., who married Stella Cregar., and has one child, Leona May; Joseph Edgar, who died aged eighteen vears: Bernice Catherine, who died aged one year and seven months; and Lorena Isabella. Mr. Williams and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Fraternally he is identified with the Masons, the Woodmen of the World, being past council commander of Bellevue Camp No. 40, of this organization, and he is also president of the Lime Township Horse Protective Association.

FRANK H. GILBERT, who conducts a meat market at Vickery Village, has been interested in the stock and butchering business here since 1906. He has invested in property and is one of the prosperous business men of the place. Mr. Gilbert was born in Riley Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, September 8, 1877, and is a son of George and Emma (Lowe) Gilbert.

George Gilbert was born in Lincolnshire, England, November 6, 1852, and in 1861 was brought to America by his parents, John and Rebecca Gilbert. They settled first at Monroeville, Huron, Ohio, and in 1871, George Gilbert came to Clyde, Sandusky County. On December 13, 1878, he married Emma Lowe, a daughter of Hiram Lowe, of Gibsonburg, Ohio. The family lived in Washington, Riley and Townsend Townships until 1900, when removal was made to Eaton County, Michigan, where Mrs. Gilbert and one daughter still reside. George Gilbert died at Charlotte, Michigan, November 22, 1901. There were four children in his family, namely: Frank H., of Vickery; Zeldon, of Clyde; Burd, now deceased; and Maude, wife of Glenn McCreery, of Charlotte, Michigan.

Frank H. Gilbert spent his boyhood on the home farm in Riley and Townsend Townships, attending the district schools and assisting his father. After his marriage he rented a farm and continued to operate it until he embarked in his present business at Vickery. He bought land and erected his comfortable home and commodious shop.

On February 14, 1899, Mr. Gilbert was married to Miss Edna Daniels, and they have two children: Pearl, who was born in August, 1902; and Burd, who was born in December, 1904. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert attend and support the Methodist Episcopal Church at Vickery.

GEORGE SLESSMAN, who, for the past thirty-two years has been a large shipper of stock, is one of the representative business men of Clyde, Ohio, and is the senior member of the firm of Comstock & Slessman, dealers and shippers of grain and produce and manufacturers of the celebrated Clyde sauerkraut. Mr. Slessman was born in Adams Township, Seneca County, Ohio, June 27, 1853, and is a son of John M. and Mary (Freymoth) Slessman.

The parents of Mr. Slessman, who were born in Germany, came to the United States in youth and were married in Huron County, Ohio. The father secured land in Seneca County, where he engaged in farming and also followed his trade of wagon-making. John M. Slessman died there in 1862 and his wife in 1905. They were the parents of eight children, the youngest of the family being George.

George Slessman was educated in the public schools and was reared to manhood on the home farm. After his marriage he conducted farming operations on the old Slessman homestead for nine years. He then purchased a farm in Sandusky County, a mile south of the village of Clyde, where he operated a meat market for eight years. Then selling his other interests, he went into the stock and grain business at Clyde, which he still conducts.

Mr. Slessmam has been an active politician and earnest citizen. In November, 1893, hie was elected sheriff of Sandusky County and reelected in 1895 and served two terms with the greatest efficiency in an office which carries great responsibilities with it. THe is a member of the Lutheran Church.

Mr. Slessman was married in 1872, to Miss Clara E. Whiteman, who was born October 16, 1852, a daughter of A. G. and Mary (Myers) Whiteman, the former of whom was born in 1808, in Ohio, and the latter in 1811, in Virginia, Both are deceased. They were consistent members of the Free Will Baptist Church. Mr. and Mrs. Slessman have the following children: Lena, Allen, Martin, Frank,

WILLIAM H. BACON, for many years a resident of Clyde, Ohio, was born in the great city of London, England, June 24, 1833, and is a son of Benjamin and Mary (Oliver) Bacon.

The parents of Mr. Bacon were also born in London and it is said that the mother could trace her ancestry back to Oliver Cromwell. Four children were born to Benjamin and Mary Bacon, namely: William H.; Benjamin and James, both of whom are deceased; and Sarah, who is the widow of L. Emmerson,

Benjamin Bacon prospered in his business and became a man of means. However, this prosperity was brought to a sudden end when fire devoured his possessions and left him practically a poor man, with a family to provide He saw no possible way in which to accomplish this in his old surroundings, where competition was even then fierce, but he remembered the stories he had heard of the rolling prairies and teeming forests of the land across the sea which was awaiting those who would take possession. As soon as the personal belongings could be collected and transportation secured, the little family embarked for America, in 1848, arriving at Portland, now Sandusky City, Ohio, on the fifth of the following November, after a voyage in a sailing vessel of thirty days. Fresh from his counting room and mercantile desk, Benjamin Bacon was but little prepared for the hardships he encountered when he took possession of the land he secured in Townsend Township and he soon succumbed. His widow, on the other hand, lived to the unusual age of ninety-two years.

William H. Bacon was fifteen years old when the family came to Townsend Township and for a couple of vears he did his best at farm work, for which he had neither taste, training nor strength. In 1852 he came to Clyde and on the second of March entered the employ of P. B. Beery, a dry goods merchant, and continued there until 1857, gaining a fair know ledge of this line of business. In 1859, in association with his brother Benjamin, he embarked in the dry goods line and the business was conducted under the firm name of Bacon Brothers, until 1866. For one year he remained out of business, attending to other interests, but in 1867 he again entered into mercantile life and conducted his store until 1884. After retiring from this enterprise he went to the West and remained there until 1889, when he returned to Clyde and resumed merchandising and after a prosperous period of twenty years, definitely retired January 6, 1909, his son, Homer M., assuming the responsibilities.

Mr. Bacon was married December 27, 1858, to Miss Mary Persing, a daughter of Mathias Persing, one of Green Creek's pioneers, and the children they reared were as follows: Fred P., who married Louisa Ott; Hémer N., who married Belle Mann; George, who married Cora Henry; Will H., who died December 9, 1907; Gertrude, who died aged three years; and May, who is the wife of William' Karling. The death of Will H. Bacon, of the above family, was a domestic affliction of more than the usual severity. He completed the High School course and then entered the Ohio Wesleyan College at Delaware, where he graduated with the class of 1903. Ile then read law in the office of the law firm of Rechards & Haffner and in 1905 he was admitted to the Sandusky bar and a brilliant career was predicted for him. He left a wide circle of mourning friends who admired him for his talents and loved him for his personal attributes.

In politics, Mr. Bacon is a stanch Republican, but has not been willing to accept public office, with the exception of membership on the School Board. Since July 8, 1858, he has been identified with the Masonic fraternity, and in this connection is probably known all over Ohio.

FRED A. VICKERY, township trustee of York Township and also president of the township school board, resides on his well cultivated farm of forty-eight and one-half acres, which is situated near Colby. He was born on his father's farm, situated three-fourths of a mile east of his property, in York Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, May 7, 1870, and is a son of Richard and Jane (Kingdon) Vickery.

The parents of Mr. Vickery were born in England, where they were reared and married, and they remained there until after the birth of three of their eight children. After coming to America they settled in York Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, where the father still lives. The mother died in 1898. Their children were as follows: Lizzie, now deceased, who was the wife of R. H. Benfer; Mary, now deceased, who was the wife of Joseph Swartz; Emma, who is the wife of David Joseph, of Colby; Richard, who lives on his farm of 195 acres, north of Colby; Theresa, who married Milton Billman, who owns fifty acres at Colby; Ella, who married Frank Dymond and resides on the old homestead with her father; John, who is a commission merchant at Columbus; and Fred A.

Fred A. Vickery was reared in York Township, where he attended school through boyhood; he later took a course at the Normal School at Ada. He began to feach school whea eighteen years old and taught for eleven consecutive winters, nine of them in York Township, one in Erie County, Ohio, and one in Seneca County, Ohio. His summers were devoted to farm work and he remained at home until he was twenty-one years of age. For about a year and a half he then worked for other farmers by the day, after which he rented a farm north of Bellevue, where he remained eight years. Then for two years he operated the home farm and then worked for one year in the elevator at Bellevue. Thus, before he finally purchased his present farm, in 1903, Mr. Vickery had proved his industry and efficiency in various lines. After coming to this place he built the house and remodeled the barn and put all his surroundings in good shape. Tie engages in general farming and makes a specialty of raising corn and cabbage.

Mr. Vickery married Miss Hattie Nearhood, a daughter of Nathanial and Susan (Heimbauch) Nearhood. Mrs. Vickery was born and reared in York Township, where her fam-

884 HISTORY OF ily is well known. They have had three children, namely: ifar!, who died when aged eleven weeks; Carl and Alice, who are both bright students at school. Mr. Vickery and wife are members of the United Brethren Church at Mt. Carmel and for several years he has been superintendent of the Sunday-school. In_politics, Mr. Vickery is a prominent Republican in this section. He is serving in his third year as township trustee and for four years has been a member of the school board and for two years has been president of this useful body.

ROBERT BASIL MEEK, M. D., son of Basil and Martha FE. (Anderson) Meek, was horn at Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio, January 14, 1869, His paternal ancestry is given in the sketch of his father. On his mother's side he is of Scotch descent.

The Andersons were Covenanters, and during the persecutions waged against their faith in Scotland they emigrated to the north of Treland. rom here David Anderson, the great ancestor of this family line, about the year 1740, with a colony of Scotch Presbyterians, who brought with them a minister and schoolmaster, came to this country and settled first in Massachusetts; later in Lawrence County, N. Y. Among his children was a son named John, then a small boy, who here grew to manhood and married [Elizabeth McCracken, who also was of this colony. John Anderson had five sons - David, Samuel, Joseph, James and John - all of whom were soldiers of the Revolutionary War, fighting for their country. James Anderson married Betsy Dodge, and several children were born to them, one being Alvin Anderson, who married Harriet Baldwin.

Among the children of Alvin Anderson was Martha FE. Anderson, who married Basil Meek, and is the mother of the subject of this sketch, Robert B., who, when he was ten years old, moved with his parents to Fremont, Ohio, where he completed his elementary and highschool education. In 1887, while his father was postmaster at this place, he was appointed first assistant, and served as such until September, 1890, rendering very efficient and sat- isfactory service to the public, among whom he was universally popular. During 1890-91 he pursued a scientific course at Adelbert College, Cleveland, Ohio, preparatory to entering upon tne study of medicine. In 1891 he entered the Western Reserve Medical College at Cleveland, where he remained two years; then became a student in Wooster Medical College, in that city, taking his senior course therein and graduating in the spring of 1894. During his three years' course in the medical college he spent his vacations in the office of his able and skillful preceptor, William Caldwell, M. D., of Fremont. In the summer of 1894 Dr. Meek opened an office in I'remont and entered upon the practice of his profession. In the spring of 1895 he was chosen one of the city physicians of the board of health. He is a member of the Northwestern Ohio Medical Association, The Sandusky County Medical Society and The Ohio State Medical Association. In 1895 Dr. Meek went to Europe, where he took a post graduate course in Vienna, Austria, after visiting the leading colleges and hospitals in London, Hamburg, Berlin and aris. In 1896 he returned to America after his studies abroad and resumed his practice of medicine in Fremont, Ohio. He has not only been successful in medicine but also in surgery. He was for many years, surgeon to the L. S. & M. S. Railroad Company and is now surgeon of the Lake Shore Electric Railroad Company, besides being examiner for many prominent insurance companies. Dr. R. B. Meek and his estimable wife and daughter Ilelen, reside at 1126 Rirchard Avenue. Dr. Meek assisted Dr. M. Stamm in performing successfully the first gastrostomy operation ever performed. This operation is now being done by all the leading surgeons of the world, resulting in great benefit to humanity, prolonging life in cases of cancer and other growths in the upper part of the stomachs of the afflicted.

LEVI SWOPE, a prosperous general farmer, residing on his fine land situated in Seetion 32, Scott Township, where he owns 100 acres, was born in Jackson Township, Seneca

In his boyhood, the parents of Mr. Swope moved to Scott Township, Sandusky County, and there he went to school. He helped his father clear up the farm and make many of the improvements, these including the thorough draining of the land and the building of the substantial barn. Mr. Swope continued to live on the farm after his own marriage, his parents moving to Rising Sun. He built the present comfortable farm house and has made other improvements. He has six producing oil wells on his land and in all his work he makes use of modern machinery and up-todate methods.

On December 23, 1887, Mr. Swope was married to Miss Minnie Smeed, a daughter of Summer and Nancy Smeed, and they have four children, Verna, Homer, Olive and Ralph. As the children have grown to school age, Mr. Swope has given them advantages. He has taken much interest in the educational affairs of his district and has been a member of the school board for ten years. He is identified with the Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias at Rising Sun and has passed all the chairs in these orders and he belongs also to the lodge of Rebeccas, as does his wife. Mr. Swope is a representative citizen of his township.

MRS. LOVINA HITT WELCH, residing in her beautiful residence, on her large estate in York Township, situated on the Maumee and Western Reserve Turnpike Road, about one and one-half miles west of the center of Bellevue, Ohio, was born on this farm on January 17, 1845. Her parents were Seneca and Mahala (Stafford) Hitt.

Seneca Hitt and wife were both born in Rutland County, Vermont. They were reared, educated and married there and shortly after their wedding, in 1837, they took up their residence in York Township, Sandusky County, Ohio. Seneca Hitt came first to this section in 1836, and with his cousin, Henry Nichols, purchased the present farm of Mrs. Welch, which contained 126 acres. After building 4 house on the land, Mr. Hitt returned to Vermont and was married. Several years later, he bought his cousin's interest and he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives here. Seneca Hitt was a man of high standing in his community and for many years he served as township clerk. He had been born into a Quaker family and never gave up his birthright. His death occurred January 17, 1872, and he was survived by his widow until June 21, 1884. To him and his wife were born four children, Mary E., Adelia, Lovina and Seneca D.~ Mary E. for almost twenty-five years was a teacher in the Fremont public schools. In 1871 she married Silas Wood, but was left a widow in the following year. Later she was married to Hon. L. G. Ely, then of Fulton County, Ohio, but they now are residents of West Unity, Williams County, Ohio. Adelia, who died in 1883, at Dundee, Michigan, was the wife of George H. Mugg, then of York Township, who later passed away at Dundee, Michigan. The one son died in infancy.

Lovina Hitt grew to attractive young womanhood in the shelter of her father's home and attended the country schools and later the schools of Bellevue, Ohio, qualifying herself for teaching. Later she took up educational work and for seven years enjoyed the duties of the school room, teaching both the district schools and in the graded schools of Bellevue and Milan. In October, 1867, she was married to Charles H. Welch. He was born in Lyme Township, Huron County, Ohio, November 15, 1839, and was a son of Ebenezer and Mary Lovina (Hubbell) Welch. Reared and educated in Huron County, he became a prominent fruit grower there. He was a member of the firm of Long & Welch, which, in 1857, set out the first peach orchard in this section. He was prospering in business when the country was convulsed by the outbreak of the great Civil War. At Bellevue, Ohio, in 1861, he enlisted as a private in Company A, 55th O. Vol. Inf., and continued in the service until the close of the war. He was a member of the regimental band. His record as a soldier reflects honor on him and for a number of years he was a leading member of the C. B. Gambee

Post, G. A. R., at Bellevue. After the close of his military career, he returned to York Township and resided on the Hitt farm, where he was engaged to attend to the fruit orchards and later, as stated above, he was married to Miss Lovina Hitt. To this marriage four children were born, namely: Alice R., who died in 1895, aged twenty-seven years; Mahala, who is the wife of Joseph L. Royer, and occupies a residence on the west side of the home farm (they have had five children - Lewis, Gladys, Lloyd, Florence, and an infant, the last named and Gladys being deceased) ; Adelia, who is the wife of John F. Collins, and resides near Mrs. Welch while he is in business at Bellevue, and who has had two children - Robert W., who died in 1905, and Mary L.; and Charles H., who manages his mother's property, and resides with, her with his family. He married Gertrude Neff, of Bellevue, and they have two children - Raymond and Helen. Mrs. Welch erected her imposing brick residence in 1906. It is one of the fine rural homes of York Township.

In his political views, Mr. Welch was a Republican. He was frequently urged to accept public office, but consented only to serve as township clerk, a position he filled for fifteen consecutive years. He was-a man of sterling character and when his death took place 'on April 5, 1897, it was felt that York Township had lost one of her most valuable citizens.

BURTON BEEBE, general farmer and a notary public, residing on the old Beebe homestead in Townsend Township, and. also owner of a valuable estate of 147 acres, situated in Townsend Township, is a leading citizen of this section of Sandusky County. He was born July 11, 1849, in Riley Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, and is a son of William and Jane E. (Tuttle) Beebe. The Beebe family is one of the oldest in Sandusky County and traces its name back to Adonijah Beebe, who came to Ontario County, New York, from one of the New England States about the close of the Revolutionary War. He had three children, Richard, Diadama and Azariah.

Azariah Beebe was the founder of the family in Sandusky County. He was born January 28, 1783, supposedly in Ontario County, New York, and in 1806 he married Mary Ryon of New London, Connecticut. They came to Ohio between 1808 and 1810 and settled at Black River, now Lorain, moving from there to Vermilion, Erie County, about 1813. They then moved to Huron County and finally located in Sandusky County, where Mr. Beebe bought eighty acres of Government land in Townsend Township. This land, which was purchased in 1824, is still in the family name and is owned by Harriet R. Beebe, a daughter, who, now a venerable lady, continues to reside on it. Azariah Beebe died on this farm December 12, 1834. His widow survived many years, dying December 11, 1864. They were the parents of the following children: Diadama, Almira, William, Harriet R., James, Aaron, Enoch and Ethan A. Diadama was born January 15, 1808 and died December 4, 1890. She was married to Isaac Wood and after his death to Henry Snow and then moved to Townsend Township. Almira was born September 18, 1810, and died August 27, 1841. She married Carnahan McCord and they lived in Kansas. William was born July 13, 1812, at Vermilion, Ohio, and died in Riley Township, Sandusky County, March 23, 1859. Harriet R. was born March 12, 1819, and has passed her ninetieth birthday. James was born August 28, 1816, at Huron, Ohio, and died May 19, 1893, in Townsend Township, Sandusky County. Aaron died October 6, 1840, at the age of eighteen years. Enoch was born February 17, 1825, in Huron, Ohio, and died August 7, 1894. Ethan A. was born March 17, 1826, and still resides in Townsend Township.

William Beebe, the eldest son of Azariah Beebe, married Jane E. Tuttle in 1847 and became a resident of Riley Township, Sandusky County. He purchased a tract of land, which he improved, and there he lived until the close of his life. His family contained six children, namely: Aaron, who died in infancy; Burton, who resides in Townsend Township; Myra, who is the wife of Luther Gibbs of Riley Township; Susan, now dea cleithas NOwaira Hddudd UY LHLAAVA SsiIWNn ceased, who was the wife of David Worman of Vickery, Ohio; William, who resides in Michigan, married Lavina Jones; and Jane Emily, who is the wife of Burton Gibbs, residing at Clyde. William Beebe was active in the affairs of his township, at various times holding positions of trust and once was township treasurer. He was one of the old-time Whigs, later took part in the Know-Nothing movement, was in sympathy with the radical thinkers of the day and readily lent his influence to the organization of what is now known 'as the Republican party. He was a man of high motives and of unstained private life.

Burton Beebe grew to manhood on his father's farm and began his own business career as a school teacher, but after six terms of educational work he turned his attention to farming, moving then to Townsend Township. Since 1874 he has made his home with his venerable aunt, Miss Harriet R. Beebe, on the old homestead, which he conducts in his aunt's interest, together with his own large farm, making his agricultural activities extensive.

For twenty-five continuous years, Mr. Beebe has been a notary public. He has been quite active in township affairs. He was elected township assessor on the Democratic ticket, then town clerk on the Republican ticket, both elections being more tests of his personal popularity than of party action, and during late years he has been affiliated with the Prohibition party. Mr. Beebe has never married.

C. F. ZIMMERMAN, who carries on general farming on his estate of ninety acres, situated in Section 34, Scott Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, and also largely interested in oil production, was born in this township, February 11, 1869, and is a son of Josiah and EIsie (Brion) Zimmerman.

After he completed his school attendance in Scott Township, Mr. Zimmerman went into the saw-mill business, in which he is still interested, and when he married he bought a home in the village of Squires. where he resided with his family until 1908, when he sold out and bought the homestead farm of his father.

He cleared about twenty acres of this land, has underdrained about half of the farm and has ten acres in second-growth timber. He devotes twenty acres to the growing of wheat, forty to corn, twenty to oats, twenty-five to hay and four to buckwheat. He also manages his mother's and sister's farm of eighty-three acres. Mr. Zimmerman put up all the substantial buildings on his property and has completed a fine new barn. He has been interested in the oil business for a number of years, has a seventy-five-acre lease in Seneca County, owning one-half of it, and has leased thirty acres which formerly belonged to the old homestead, having fifteen oil wells already drilled. He has other investments and is a stockholder in the Rising Sun Bank at Rising Sun.

On December 3, 1890, Mr. Zimmerman was married to Miss R. C. Shupe, a daughter of William L. and Nancy Shupe, and they have five children, Melvin, Chloe, Hertha, Fay and Jay. As his children have grown old enough, Mr. Zimmerman has given them school advantages. In politics he is a Republican and he served one term on the school board of Scott Township. He is an able, intelligent man, well qualified for public office, but his business interests are so many that his time is too fully occupied to permit him to take other responsibilities at present.

ZENO T. BRUSH, general farmer and prominent citizen of Townsend Township, belongs to one of the old and substantial families of this section. He was born on the old homestead farm on which he lives, in Townsend Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, October 18, 1842, and is a son of Zopher P. and Almira (Tibbles) Brush.

Zopher P. Brush came to Sandusky County from New York State in 1839 and settled first in Castalia. In 1841 he came to Townsend Township and bought the present homestead of eighty acres, from the Tibbles estate, formerly the Ethan Townsend farm, after whom the township is named. Ethan Townsend erected the first frame barn in the township on this farm, and it is still standing. Zopher P. Brush died September 6, 1905, aged seventy-nine

890 HISTORY OF years. He had been a justice of the peace for twenty-five years and during his life here had held tiany other offices of responsibility. [is widow still survives and resides on the homestead. He was married on October 10, 1841, to Almira Tibbles, daughter of Zeno Tibbles, of Huron, now Erie County, and they had six children born to them. as follows: Zeno T.; Joseph B., who died Iowa, December 24, 1900; Mildred N., who resides in Seneca, Kansas; Margaret, who died November 14, 1865; Jaines E., who died December 17, 1887; and Allie, who died December 20, 1886.

Zeno T. Brush was educated in the district schools and became a school-teacher and was engaged in educational work when the Civil War broke out. August 7, 1862, he enlisted at Fremont, Ohio, in the tooth Regt., Vol, Inf., and was mustered into the United States service at Toledo, Ohio, by Capt. C. QO. Howard, Eighteenth Regt., U. S. Inf. He was appointed second sergeant August 20, 1862; appointed first sergeant, November 17, 1862; was commissioned second lieutenant, January 24, 1863; commissioned first lieutenani, commission to date from January 18, 1863; was commissioned captain to date from January 2, 1864, until discharge, May 16, 1865. He was captured at Limestone Station, Tennessee, September 8, 1863, and was a prisoner of war one year, five months, and twentythree days, spending about eight months of this time in Libby prison.

After the war Mr. Brush returned to Ohio and resumed school-teaching and later went to Missouri, where he combined teaching and farming until 1875. In that year he came back to Sandusky County and for the following fifteen years was employed as a traveling salesman, In 1891 he returned to the homestead farm and since then has given his exclusive attention to agricultural pursuits.

Mr. Brush was married (first) in 1866, to Miss Clara Te. Laughlin, of Bertin, Tie County, Ohio, who died in Missouri, .\ugust 21, 1875. They had one daughter, Myrtle, who married W. J. Ballard and resides in Townsend Township. Mr. Brush was married (secand) in 1880, to Miss Agnes Green, a daughter of Charles Green, of Irie County. Mr. and

Mrs. Brush attend the North Ridge Methodist - I-piscopal Church. In politics te is a Democrat_ and on numerous occasions he has been elected to office and has served most efficiently. For a number of years he has been identified with the Masonic fraternity.

JOSEPH BRUNNER, justice of the peace and prominent citizen of Rice Township, resides on his valuable farm of 110 acres, situated in Section 27, which he developed himself out of its wild state. He is a man of thrift, enterprise and public spirit and is well and widely known. He was born in Alsace, France, before that beautiful province hecame, through the fortunes of war, a part of the German [empire. His parents were Morand and Catherine Brunner and both are now deceased,

Mr. Brunner was ten years old when he accompanied his parents to America and directly to Sandusky County. He remained at home with them, at Fremont, until he was sixteen years of age, when he started out to take care of himself. He became a sailor and for seventeen years spent his time on the sea, voyaging: across both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and seeing strange sights in many lands. He led a more or less adventurous life for many years. During the Civil War, in 1862, he became a member of a military organization, called the "Squirrel Hunters," and was stationed in Kentucky with the same. After his discharge from this service he sailed around the world, returning in time to enter the naval service in the quartermaster's branch and was present at the capture of Wilmington, North Carolina, and capture of Fort Fisher. He aided in furnishing rations and other relief to the liberated prisoners at Wilmington, June §, 1865, he was honorably discharged from this service and again became a sailor and sailed around the world.

Mr. Brunner's agricultural life began when he settled on his present farm in 1874. At that time wild conditions prevailed in oe Township and on many occasions he found deer in the vicinity of his land. It took years of hard and persistent work to bring about the excellent state in which his land now is and he continues its improvement. Extensive travel broadened his views on many subjects and he has been useful to his township in many ways. For a number of years he has served in the office of justice of the peace, his decisions covering a multitude of legal points, and few of these have ever been overturned. In 1900 he served as land appraiser of Rice Township.

On November 26, 1872, Mr. Brunner was married to Miss Elizabeth Hurley, a daughter of the late Thomas Hurley, of Fremont. She died November 26, 1904. To Mr. and Mrs. Brunner were born the following children: Thomas, Jay, John, George, Edmond, Paul, Jenna, Helena and Mary. The last named is a trained nurse in a Cleveland hospital. The second son, Jay Brunner, is serving in the office of clerk of Rice Township. During boyhood, Mr. Brunner attended the Fremont schools and while at sea made a special study of navigation. He has always given liberal support to the public schools and has lent his influence to every movement designed to advance the material interests and the comfort and prosperity of his section.

Z. C. GARN, a member of the board of directors of the Helena Banking Company, at Helena, Ohio, of which pleasant town he has been a resident since 1896, owns valuable farm and oil property in Jackson Township, together with improved realty in Helena. He was born in 1854, in Jackson Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, and is a son of Martin and Catherine (Croyle) Garn,

The parents of Mr. Garn were natives of Bedford County, Pennsylvania, where the father was born February 17, 1818, and the mother, May 4, 1820. They were married in 1839 and in the fall of the same year started in a strong farm wagon, with their possessions, for Sandusky County. Martin Garn took up 160 acres of State land in Jackson Township, establishing it as his home and making the clearing, cultivating and improving of this land his business through life. He died July 3, 1890, the death of his wife following on

Z. C. Garn spent two years of his student. life at Oberlin College, after which he engaged in school teaching in Jackson and Washington Townships for several years, prior to his marriage. In 1883 he purchased forty acres of the old homestead, situated east of Helena, and continued to reside on his farm, engaged in farming and in oil producing, having five wells on his land, until 1896, when he moved to his handsome residence at Helena, one of the best in the town. For a number of years he was associated as a partner in the Imler Garn & Company firm, oil producers. Mr. Garn is: recognized as a man of fine business capacity and is also an example of the enterprising and progressive citizen.

Mr. Garn married Miss Jennie Ickes, who is a daughter of Michael and Hannah Ickes, of Jackson Township, and they have two children, Orville and Royal. Orville Garn was born December 11, 1878, and is a graduate of the Davis Business College, at Toledo, of which city he is a resident. He married Miss Emma Carnican and they have one son, Lewis Zachariah. Royal Garn was born September 27, 1883, and resides at Helena,,Ohio. He also is a graduate of the Davis Business College, at Toledo. He married Miss Pearl Con-- ningham and they have one child, Opal.

GEORGE J. BLOOM, one of Sandusky: County's highly esteemed retired citizens, who was successfully engaged in farming and stock raising for many years and still owns a large amount of rich farming land in Ballville Township, was born November 25, 1836, in Baden, Germany. He is a son of Jacob and Barbara. (Florien) Bloom, and a grandson of Joseph Florien, a German pioneer in Sandusky County, whose death occurred in this county at the advanced age of one hundred and one years.

The parents of Mr. Bloom emigrated to America in 1854, coming almost immediately to Sandusky County, Ohio, and settling on a farm of forty acres, in Ballville Township. Jacob Bloom died there, July 2, 1883, his wife

892 HISTORY. OF having previously passed away. To Jacob and Bitrbara Bloom were born the following children: Jacob, William, George J., Barbara and Mary.

George J. Bloom was eighteen years of age when he accompanied his parents to America and to Sandusky County. He had attended school] in his native land and had there learned the barber's trade. After the family was safely established in Ballville Township he assisted his father in the clearing up of the land and decided to devote himself to agricultural pursuits rather than go to some town or village and work at his trade. He met with great success in cultivating land and raising stock and accumulated an ample fortune. In order io give his children educational advantages better than could be secured in a country school, in 1892, Mr. Bloom moved to Fremont, but city life had little attraction for one who had always lived in the country and in 1895 he again took up his residence in Ballyille Township, where he expects to spend the remainder of his days.

Mr. Bloom was married February 18, 1863, to Miss Annie Coleman, who is a daughter of Frederick and Marie (Stratman) Coleman. She was born February 2, 1841, in Ilanover, Germany, and was brought to America by her parents in 1845 and was reared near Woodville, Ohio. Their children were Caroline, Amelia, Mary, Barbara, Anna, George W., ida and Charles.

Caroline, wife of Charles Martin, has children - Ralph, Blanche, Vinnie, Mabel, Iva, Walter, Irene and Velma. Amelia ts the wife of Oscar Lemmon and her children are Tdward and Elazel. Mary is the wife of Dr. D. W. Philo, of Woodville. Barbara is the wife of Henry Vickery and has one child, Beldon. Anna is the wife of C. Y. James, of Genoa, and has one child, Arthur. George W. is auditor of Sandusky County and for many years has been a prominent educator. He married Mollie E. Loose and has two children, Melvin and Myron. Jda resides at home. Charles also prefers to remain on the farm and is successful in his chosen vocation, bound partisans and believes that party lines | should be broken down, especially in local affairs, and competent men elected to fill responsible positions.

Both he and estimable wife were reared by worthy parents, in the Lutheran Church. They are Christian people recognizing in the fullest sense the brotherhood of man and the fatherhood of God,

JOHN W. FLICKINGER, who has earned some bread and a little salt as a newspaper laborer, was the publisher of the "Clyde Enterprise"' at Clyde, Ohio, from January Io, 1got, to September 11, 1909. He was born at Dayton, Ohio, January 17, 1864, and is a son of Rev. D. K. and Susan (Woolsey) Flickinger.

Rev. D. K. Flickinger was born in Butler County, Ohio, and in early life entered the ministry in the United Brethren Church. He was one of the pioneer workers in the African missions, and visited Africa upon a dozen different occasions. He also visited England and Germany in connection with his work. He established a manual training school in Africa, and in his endeavors there accomplished a wonderful amount of good. After sixty years in church work he retired from activity to enjoy a well earned rest. He is the author of "Fifty Years in the Ministry," and other church publications. He was married in Africa to Miss Susan Woolsey, an .\merican missionary, in that country. By a former marriage, Rev. Flickinger was the father of Samuel J., who has had a wide experience in the field of journalism and who was private secretary to Governor Harris of Ohio; also of Lintner Flickinger, whose widow and_ four children are residents of Denver, Colorado.

The African marriage was blessed with six children, all of whom were born in Ohio. They are: Mary C., wife of George Rothrock, who lives in Indianapolis, Indiana; Sarah J., deceased, who was the wife of C. P. Williams; Nellie, wife of H. H. Myers, of Winona Lake, Indiana; Elmer E., state agent of the John Hancock Life Insurance Company, in Indiana, whose home is in Indianapolis; John William,

John W. Flickinger was but a small child when taken to live at Willoughby, Lake County, Ohio, where he attended the grade and high schools. After his graduation from the latter in 1880, he entered Otterbein University, at Westerville, Ohio, from which he was graduated in 1884 after a four year course. After spending a short time in the State of California, he became a reporter on the "Ohio State Journal," at Columbus, Ohio, his first assigninent being to report a speech of the late Gen. Rutherford B. Haves at the Ohio State University, of which institution he was a trustee for many years and whose life, after retiring from the White House, was devoted largely to the cause of education. The subject of this sketch continued in newspaper work in Columbus for about fifteen years. He served in various capacities and, as legislative correspondent, he gained a wide acquaintance with the public men of Ohio during the administrations of Campbell, McKinley and Bushnell. During the presidential campaign of 1900, he was with the press bureau at state headquarters in Columbus, under Hon. S. S. Knabenshue.

In January, 1901, he purchased the "Clyde Enterprise' from Mr. B. F. Jackson, to whom he recently sold it. It is a newsy publication and is devoted to the interests of the Republican party.

October 17, 1897, Mr. Flickinger was married to Miss Ethel Campbell, a daughter of J. C. Campbell, of Lake County, Ohio. They resided in Clyde about nine years. They have four children: Yie, Bee, Fern and John Campbell Flickinger. Fraternally, Mr. Flickinger is affiliated with the order of Masons, and the Knights of Pythias.

CHILDS BROTHERS, clothiers, proprietors of one of the largest establishments in this line, at 'remont, with place of business on South Front Street, are members of one of the old pioneer families of Ohio and are the successors of their father, the late James B. Childs,

The paternal great-grandfather, Walter Childs, was a stockman and trader and traveled all through the Western Reserve buying various commodities, dealing especially in furs. In 1802 he traded land that he owned in Alexandria, Virginia, for the site of the present city of Wooster, Ohio, and established his home in Wayne County, coming with his possessions in a wagon drawn by oxen. His trade was that of hatmaker but after he came to Ohio he bought furs, maple syrup, etc., and also horses, taking his purchases to New York for sale. He started into a mercantile business when Wooster was little more than an Indian trading post and his descendants have shown the same commercial instincts. His son, William T. Childs, was born at Wooster, in 1804, and he also was a trader.

James B. Childs was born at Wooster and in the course of years engaged in a clothing business there. In 1893 he founded the business at Fremont and continued to be engaged in it until his death, in 1902. He was married at Wooster to Elinor Kammarer and six of their nine children are yet living, namely, Robert, William, James, Thomas, Walter and Clarence, all.of whom were born at Wooster.

In 1889 Thomas and Walter Childs accompanied their parents to Fremont and the father continued his business as a traveling clothing salesman until 1893. These sons were practically reared in the business and assumed its responsibilities and established the firm name, on the death of the father. Walter Childs was married to Miss Jessie S. Smith, who died March 12, 1908, leaving three children, Alice, Jessie and Walter, the latter of whom has since died. Walter Childs is a member of the Masons, the Modern Woodmen and the Protective Legion. Thomas Childs is identified with a Masonic lodge at Syracuse, New York. He is unmarried.

JACOB B. KING, residing on his valuable farm of 141 acres, which lies in Ballville Township along the Tiffin road, was born in Jackson Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, No-

John King was born in Perry County, Ohio, in 1819, and died in Sandusky County, in 1899. His wife was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, in 1822, and died in 1891. They had the following children: Catherine, deceased, who was the wife of Valentine Mowser, also now deceased; Mary, who was the second wife of the late Valentine Mowser, resides in Allen County, Ohio; George, who married Mary J. Ludwick, of Delphos, Ohio; Sarah, who married Jacob Mowery, and lives in Michigan; Elizabeth, deceased, who was the wife of David Roberts; Lydia, who married William Slates, and lives in Michigan; John, who married Carrie Humlock, and lives in Ballville Township; Jacob B.; Elmira, who married John Seafores, lives in Michigan; and Perry, residing at Lansing, Michigan, who married Sarah Huimilock.

Jacob B. King continued to live in his native township until he was twenty years of age, securing a good public school education in the meanwhile, and assisting on the home farm. In 1875 he accompanied his parents to Ballville Township, at which time his father bought the farm on which John King now resides, and also acquired other land. In 1881, Jacob B. King purchased his present farm from his father. It was formerly known as the old Emmerson place. When Mr. King took possession he immediately started to improve in every direction and has spent a large amount in placing the property in its present fine condition. Tis surroundings give evidence of good management, thrift and prosperity and the large brick residence is one of the best country homes in this section. Mr. King engages in general farming, raising grain, hay, fruit and stock.

On April 3, 1884, at Elida, Ohio, Mr. King was married to Miss Freeda Crites, a daughter of Charles and Sophia (Ludwick) Crites. They have two children, Omar Crites and Charles De Witt. The former was born in 1885. His education has been a liberal one, due attention being given to his unusual talent in artistic work, and = includes educational courses in the Fremont schools, the Actual

University, at Ada, Ohio, and at Valparaiso, Indiana. The second son, Charles D., was born November 17, 188g, and has pursued his studies in the fremont public schools and the Actual Business College. Mr. King and family belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church.

GEORGE W. BLOOM, auditor of Sandusky County, Ohio, is a well known and popular citizen, for a number of years having been engaged in educational work before he accepted his present responsible office. Mr. Bloom was born April 1g, 1875, in Ottawa County, Ohio, and is a son of George J. and Annie (Coleman) Bloom.

The Bloom family was established in Sandusky County by the grandparents of George W., as early as 1854. They were Jacob and Barbara (Florien) Bloom, natives of Baden, Germany. In that section*of Germany, on November 25, 1836, George J. Bloom, father of George W., was born, and he was 18 years of age when he accompanied his parents to Sandusky County. He assisted his father to clear up the farm and converted much of the timber into potash, engaging in this industry until the land was cleared. Later he acquired a large amount of farm land in Ballville Township and for a number of years was a leading agriculturist. He now lives retired. He mar-

George W. Bloom was reared on his father's farm and before his parents moved to Fremont, in 1892, he attended the country schools. He then entered the high school, where he was creditably graduated in 1895 and almost immediately began to teach. He continued to devote the winter seasons for some years to teaching, but spent his summers in healthful work on the home farm. Thus about eight years passed away teaching country school and farming, and during this time Mr. Bloom became well and favorably known. He also served three years as principal of an east side school in Fremont, resigning in 1908 to accept the superintendency of his home township and also Riley Township school. In politics he is a liberal Republican and is something of a leader In the fall of 1908 his friends urged him to make the race for the responsible office of county auditor and although Bryan carried Sandusky County by a majority of 1167 votes over Taft, Mr. Bloom was elected on the Republican ticket, receiving a majority of 155 votes over his opponent.

Mr. Bloom married Miss Mollie E. Loose, _ who ts a daughter of George Loose, who resides near Bellevue, and they have two children, George Melvin and Myron Ward. The pleasant family home is situated at No. 723 East State Street, Fremont. Mr. and Mrs. Bloom are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is identified with the Knights of Pythias.

nine consecutive years as a justice of the peace, in Rice Township, resides on his valuable farm of 146 acres, which is situated in Section 32, to which he came in 1864. He owns also a tract of twenty-one acres in Washington Township. He was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, September 25, 1840, and is a son of Peter and Mary (Shoemaker) King. «The King family is of German extraction, but for generations has been essentially American. The great-grandfather, John King, was born in Virginia and from there went to Perry County, Ohio, where he settled as a pioneer. His son, George King, was born in Perry County, as was also the latter's son, Peter King, who in 1852 came to Sandusky County from Fairfield County, where he had resided after his marriage to Mary Shoemaker, a native of Pickaway County.

The Kings settled on a partly cleared farm of 240 acres, in Washington Township, and in that section Peter King became a man of much consequence. He served in many of the township offices, was a leader in the Democratic party and was one of the most liberal supporters of the German Reformed Church. He was the father of a large family and six of his children survive, namely: Samuel 5., living in Henry County, Texas; George W.: Henry M., residing at Napoleon, Ohio; Levi, living in Henry County, Ohio; Peter S., a resident of Continental, Ohio; and Jacob M..

COUNTY 897 engaged in farming in Washington Township. Three daughters, all now deceased, were named respectively, Rebecca, Malinda and Mary A. Peter King. died in 1880.

George W. King has spent almost all his life in Sandusky County and is indebted to Washington Township for his schooling, his natural abilities enabling him to advance beyond many of his school mates. He has long been a representative citizen of the county and for the past forty-five years has been a resident of Rice Township. He has been an active citizen, is an influential Democrat and for twelve years served as postmaster of the village of Kingsway. He is also a director and stockholder in the Kingsway Grain and Elevator Company. As a justice of the peace he has been a popular official and is widely known.

On November 13, 1862, Mr. King was married to Miss Louisa E. Waggoner, who was born October 6, 1842, in Sandusky Township, Sandusky County, a daughter of John and Mary (Bowman) Waggoner, natives of Pennsylvania. John Waggoner was a soldier in the War of 1812, and his father was one of General Washington's body-guard regiment. The parents of Mrs. King were early settlers in Perry County, Ohio, and they came from there to Sandusky County. Her ret died when she was five years old.

To Mr. and Mrs. King have io born the following children: Mary M., who is the wife of Milton Boggs, of Toledo, Ohio; Clara E., who is the wife of John Gross, of Green Creek Township; Louisa E., who is the wife of Frederick Coppus, of Hessville, Ohio; Samuel, who is a resident of Louisville, Kentucky; Celesta A., who is the wife of Irvin Fetterman, a prominent citizen of Rice Township; Catherine M., who is the wife of Henry M. Hetrick, of Sandusky Township; John Jacob, who is engaged in farming in Rice Township; Ida Isabel, who is the wife of Irvin Boyer, of Lansing, Michigan; Perlie A., who is the wife of E. F. Monroe, of Lansing; Carrie E., who resides at Lansing, Michigan; and Daisy M., who is the wife of George Kiser, of Sandusky County. The mother of the above family is a member of the Lutheran Church, but Mr. King was reared in the German Reformed faith.

HON. GEORGE FF. ALDRICH, cashier of the Helena Banking Company, of Helena, Ohio, has been prominently identified with the educational, business and political circles of Sandusky County for many years. He was born February 26, 1857, in Scott Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, and is a son of Hiram H. and [en (Donnell) Aldrich, and a grandson of Nero Aldrich.

Nero Aldrich was probably a native of the state of New York, from which he moved to Rhode Island, and from there to Ohio. He purchased forty acres of land in Scott Township, Sandusky County, on which he passed the remainder of his life. He was one of the early pioneers of this section and had much to do with its material development.

Hiram H. Aldrich, father of George F., was born in New York, in 1834, and was five years old when the family came to Ohio. He spent all of his subsequent life in Sandusky County, with the exception of a few years in Kansas, where his wife died, and his death occurred in Madison Township, in 1903. There were five children born to Hiram H. Aldrich and _ his wife, namely: John, a resident of Fostoria, who married Catherine Hearls; Mary, who resides at Tinney, Sandusky County, is the widow of John W. Hudson; George F.; Charles A., who resides in Scott Township; and Andrew Jackson, who married Adelia Stahl and resides at Gibsonburg, Ohio.

George F. Aldrich comes of an agricultural family, and, in addition to his other interests, he has given more or less attention to farming. Irom the public schools of Scott Township he entered the Normal School at Fostoria and later attended the Normal School at Mansfield. For twenty-five years he taught school in Sandusky County and for twelve years conducted a select normal school, and, with other township offices, served for four years as a member of the County Board of School Examiners, The cause of education has always been one of supreme interest to him and his efforts have ever been directed to further it. He has heen an efficient member of the School Board for three years and much of the excellence of the Scott Township schools may be credited to his influence.

Mr. Aldrich has been identified with the Helena Banking Company, of Helena, Ohio, since its organization, December 10, 1907. This institution has a paid in capital of $12,500, and was started to do a general banking business, The first officials were J. C. Fisher, president; Dr. C. A. Stephens, vicepresident; George I. Aldrich, cashier; and I. W. Walters, assistant cashier. The board of directors was made up of the following capitalists: J. C. Fisher, John Posey, R, M. Garn, John Spohn, Jacob Nieset, Sr., Dr. C. A: Stephens, G. F. Aldrich, M. J. Daub, P. H. Daub, Q. Seiple, and S. A. Raridon. Some changes in the personnel of the bank have taken place and the officers in 1909 are: J. F. Yeasting, of Gibsonburg, president: John Posey, first vice-president; John Spohn, second vicepresident; G. F. Aldrich, cashier and secretary ; and S. D. Spohn, assistant cashier. The members of the directing board are the following: John Posey, J. F. Yeasting, J. C. Fisher, C. A. Stephens, of Toledo, W. A. Heyman, John Nause, Samuel Roberts, John Welsh, H. J. Ickes, John Spohn and Z. C. Garn. Of the seventy-five stockholders all but four reside in Sandusky County.

On March 7, 1878, in Scott Township, Mr. Aldrich was married to Miss Eulalie Tinney, who is a daughter of Darwin Scott and Sarah (Wiggins) Tinney. The Tinney family gave the name to the village of Tinney, in Sandusky County, which was formerly known as Greensburg but was later changed to Tinney at request of the Post Office Department. Mr. and Mrs. Aldrich have had four children: May, Haven, Byron and Mabel. May, who was born December 10, 1878, married C. I. Vandersail and they reside at Toledo and have one son, Hiomer S. Mrs. Vandersall is a highly educated and accomplished lady. She was a student of the Ohio Normal University, at Ada, and was formerly a very acceptable teacher in Scott Township. Haven Aldrich, the eldest son, was born December 22, 1886. He secured a teacher's certificate when he was only fifteen years of age. He is a graduate of both the Actual Business College of Fremont, and of the Davis Business College of Toledo. He is employed in the discount department of the

Home Savings and Trust Company, of Toledo. Byron, the second son, was born December 2, 1900, and is a bright student at school. Mabel, the twin sister of May, died in infancy.

In political affiliation, Mr. Aldrich is a Democrat. He has been honored by his party on many occasions and has given efficient and valuable service. For nine years he was a justice of the peace in Scott Township, served also as township clerk and in 1880 was census enumerator. In 1891 he was elected a member of the Seventieth General Assembly of the State of Ohio and was re-elected to a second term, his record at Columbus showing that his constituents made no mistake in electing him as their representative. He is one of the prominent Odd Fellows of this section, a member of Lodge No. 592, at Helena, in which he has filled all the official positions and has also been district grand master. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias at Fremont and also of the Modern Woodmen of America, of Tinney. With his family he is active in the Methodist Episcopal Church at Tinney and is a member of the Board of Trustees.

VINCENT F. OMLOR, who is engaged in farming on a highly cultivated tract of 160 acres in Ballville Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, was born July 28, 1872, in Ottawa County, Michigan, and is a son of Peter and Mary (Snyder) Omlor, who were among the early settlers of Ottawa County.

Vincent F. Omlor was one of eight children born to his parents, the others being as follows: Flora; Oleva, is the wife of Gils Rubuck, of Michigan; Celia, married Max Myers and resides in Michigan; Rosie; Laura; Alfred, deceased; and Peter. Peter Omlor died aged forty-five years and is still survived by his widow, who is now sixty-six years of age.

Vincent F. Omlor grew to maturity on his father's farm in Ottawa County, Michigan, and attended school until about sixteen years old, after which he assisted his father with the work on the farm. When twenty-five years of age he came to Sandusky County, Ohio, and worked for two years on a farm in Jackson Township, then moved to Sandusky Township, where he rented a farm for a period of three years, after which he came to his present farm, which he rented for four years, finally pur-hasing the land from his father-in-law, in 1908. He was married January 25, 1898, to Clara Wilhelm, a daughter of Louis and Katherine (Toppie) Wilhelm, who were prominent among the early settlers of this county.. Mr. and Mrs. Omlor have three children: Ollie, Alfred and Marie.

Louis Wilhelm, father of Mrs. Omlor, was born in Germany and at the age of nine years came to this country with his parents, who settled in Sandusky County, Ohio, where he was reared and educated and later engaged in agricultural pursuits. He married Katherine Toppie, who was born and reared in Sandusky County, Ohio, and died at the age of fifty-one years. To them were born nine children: Mary, married Michael Dulwich; Frances, married John Welden; Frank, deceased; Clara, wife of our subject; Joseph, married Martha Fichtner; Ollie, married Hellen Hoffman; Eva, married John Rheinick; Lucy, is the wife of Irvin Myers, all of whom are residents of Sandusky County. Mr. Wilhelm is still living at the age of seventy-one years.

JOHN FANGBONER, vice president of the First National Bank of Fremont, and formerly auditor of Sandusky County, is one of the substantial and representative men of this city. He was born in Union County, Pennsylvania, June 3, 1846, and is a son of James and Catherine (Hick) Fangboner.

James Fangboner was born in New Jersey and died in Union County, Pennsylvania, in 1892, aged eighty-four years. He was a farmer and also followed the trade of wagon making. He was survived some years by his widow, who was born in 1811, in Pennsylvania.

John Fangboner, one of a family of six children, was reared through boyhood en his father's farm. When sixteen years of age he made his first attempt to enter the army, but his youth prevented his acceptance, but on February 24, 1864, he succeeded and became a member of Company K, 5ist Regiment, Pa. Vol.

900 HistOny Inf., in which he served with courage until the close of the war, being honorably discharged July 25, 1865, at Trenton, New Jersey. THis service was in the Army of the Potomac and was often hazardous in the extreme. Although on many occasions he was forced to face almost certain death, he escaped all injury with the exception of a wound received in the second battle of the Wilderness.

For some years aiter the war, Mr. Fangboner resided at Lindsey, Sandusky County, Ohio, where he first became interested in an industry with which he has been more or less connected ever since. This was the buying, feeding and shipping of live stock and by 1887 it had grown 'to such dimensions that he thought best to locate at Fremont in order to have a wider field and better facilities. He has made a specialty of sheep and his extensive sheep pens resemble in miniature, the great city stockyards. Here he feeds thousands of sheep and ships to eastern markets. He also does a very large business in shipping farm produce of different kinds, a special line of his work being the buying, pressing and shipping of hay and straw, for this industry having provided excellent facilities. The rich agricultural territory surrounding Fremont Mr. Fangboner has found his granary, and through his enterprise, good judgment and business integrity, this section has greatly profited. Mr. Fangboner is recognized for his ability as a financier and since August, 1906, he has been vice president of the First National Bank of Fremont.

Mr. Fangboner was married in 1871, to Miss Ellen Hensel, who died at Lindsey, Ohio, in 1874, leaving two children, Irvin T. and Myrtella. Mr. Fangboner married (second) Miss Emma Faller, of Fremont, Ohio, and they have one son, Raymond. The family belong mostly to the Reformed Church, Mrs. Fangboner, however, being a Lutheran in religion Their pleasant home is situated at No. 1125 West Croghan Street, Fremont.

In politics both Mr. Fangboner and his elder son are Republicans and in 1893, when he was elected auditor of Sandusky County, he found an able deputy in the latter. Mr. Fangboner has filled many civic offices, to which he has given the careful attention and faithful service their importance have demanded. He is identified with the Royal Arcanum and the National Union; also the K. of H. and G. A. R. He served on the Interstate Hay Commission; was twice Deputy Postmaster; on the School Board six years and council six years. He is officially connected with the city hospital, also with the Cleveland stock yards, of which he was one of the organizers.

CHARLES C. RITTER, a prominent farmer and respected citizen of Jackson Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, residing on a fine farm of 180 acres located about threequarters of a mile from Havens, was born August 5, 1860, in St. Joe County, Michigan, and is a son of Amos and Lydia (Richner) Ritter-

Amos and Lydia Ritter, who were born in Union County, Pennsylvania, and who died at the age of seventy-two and fifty-eight respectively, were the parents of the following children: James; Martin, who resides in Michigan; Ellen, a resident of Michigan, who married T. Eaton; Henry, also a resident of Michigan; Melinda, who married Norman Hoover, of Brackettsville, Texas; William, who married Ida Beck and lives in Michigan; Albert, and john, both residents of Michigan. |

Charles C. Ritter was reared on his father's farm in St. Joe County, Michigan, and attended the local schools until about sixteen years old. Then, after working for a time on the home place, he went to Kansas, where he farmed for about fifteen months, after which he returned to St. Joe County for one year. He then came to Sandusky County, Ohio, and worked for seven summers on his cousin's farm at Bellevue, afterwards working one summer for Samuel Hall, of Jackson Township. Subsequent to his marriage he worked for three years for his father-in-law, when he bought his present farm of 180 acres from his wife's father, W. J. Havens. Here he has since continued to reside and has made extensive improvements on the land, having a very fine country residence. He is a man of public spirit and enterprise and has served the township as road supervisor. He holds membership with the United Brethren Church, of which he is also a trustee.

Mr. Ritter was married April 30, 1885, to Emma J. Havens, a daughter of W. J. and Maria Ann (Paden) Havens, old. settlers of Sandusky County. Mr. and Mrs. Ritter have one child, Virgil, who was born July 12, 1888.

CHARLES D. KENAN, general farmer and dealer in livestock, residing on one of the best farms in Washington Township, containing seventy-four acres, was born in Jackson Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, January 15, 1858, and is a son of George W. and Elizabeth (Posey) Kenan.

George \W. Kenan was a son of Silas and Barbara Kenan, natives of Ireland and Germany, respectively, and he was born in Perry County, Ohio, July 31, 1824. When eleven years old he came to Sandusky County with his parents, lived here the rest of his life and died in Jackson Township, January 30, 1905. Tle married [Elizabeth Posey, who still survives and resides with her youngest son on the old homestead in Jackson Township. She was born in Hartley Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, August 20, 1832, and was a young girl eight years old when her parents came to Sandusky County. To George W. Kenan and wife were born the following children: Barbara, born in 1852, died in infancy ; Oran (now deceased), born December 7, 1853, married (first) Angeline King, (second) Mary Ilughes; Lodema, born in 1856, married Michael Mowery; Charles D.; Marshall A., born in 1860, married Carrie Smith, and engages in farming in Jackson Township; Lorena, born in 1862, married Elijah Voorhees, of the firm of B. \W. Voorhees & Company, of Bettsville, Ohio; and George F. was born July 10, 1864.

Charles D. Kenan attended the township schools until he was about fourteen years of age. Since then he has devoted the larger part of his time to agricultural pursuits and for the past twelve years he has given much attention to the livestocix industry, When the Home Banking Company was organized at Gibsonburg, he became a stockholder and for some years was president, but he subsequently sold his stock and is no longer thus interested.

On September 22, 1880, Mr. Kenan was married to Miss Mary M. Cookson, who formerly was a popular teacher in the schools of both Washington and Jackson Townships. Mr. and Mrs. Kenan have an adopted daughter, Frances Fleeta, who was born January 29, 1890. She possesses natural musical talent which is being cultivated and she plays agreeably on both the violin and piano. Mrs. Kenan is a daughter of William and Rose A. (Metzger) Cookson and she has one sister, Mahala, and three brothers - D. W., James and Joseph. Mr. and Mrs. Kenan are members of the. Methodist Episcopal Church at Gibsonburg. Mr. Kenan is identified with the Gibsonburg Lodge No. 575 F. & A. M. and is one of its officials. In politics he is a Democrat and has acceptably served on the school board.

HENRY WIDMAN, president of 'the school board of Sandusky Township and a representative citizen and successful agriculturist, resides on his valuable farm of eighty-eight acres, which he devotes to general farming, dairying and stock raising. He was born in Rice Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, September 16, 1864, and is a son of Dantel and Mary (Hafner) Widman.

Both parents of Mr. Widman were bora in Baden, Germany. They came to America in 1849 and shortly afterward settled on a wild tract of land in Rice Township, Sandusky County, building there a primitive log cabin and settling down to pioneer life. After many years of industry they found themselves in comfortable circumstances. The aged mother still lives in Rice Township, but the father died in 1890. They were members of St. Joseph's Catholic Church at Fremont. They had eight children, namely: Peter, residing in Rice Township; Joseph; pastor of St. Mary's Catholic Church; at Sandusky, Ohio; George, living in Sandusky Township; Henry; Frank X., farming in Rice Township on the old homestead; Charles A., living in Sandusky Township; Mary A., living at Sandusky ; and Aloysis, residing in Rice Township.

tained in the public schools and his religious training was carefully attended to by his parents. He married Miss Susan Sneider, who was born in I'remont, a daughter of John G. Sneider, and to this union have been born ten children, all but one of whom, (John) survive, as follows: Mary Gertrude, Josephine Petronilla, Carl Alois, Elizabeth Mary, Urban Francis, Sylvan Seraphine Edmond, Loretta Philamine, Clemence Henry Joseph and Lucy Anna, a large, happy, united and intelligent family. Mr. Widman has given them every advantage in his power to become useful members of society. He has always been interested in the public school system and after being elected «a member of the school board was made its president and is performing the duties of the office in a most creditable manner. In politics he is a Democrat. With his family he belongs to St. Joseph's Catholic Church at Fremont.

CAPT. MATTHEW T. LUTZ, an honored veteran of the Civil War and a representative citizen of Ballville Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, resides on his small farm of five acres, but still retains 160 acres of the old homestead in Seneca County. He was born April 19, 1836, in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, and is a son of George W. and Mary Ann (Marsh) Lutz.

Both parents of Mr. Lutz died in Seneca County when aged about seventy-seven years. They had fourteen children and six of their sons were soldiers in the Civil War. The family record is as follows: William J., who lives in Fulton County, Ohio; Josiah S., who lives in Michigan, served in the Civil War; Matthew T.; Adelia, who died in 1864, was the wife of George Sowder; Mary A., deceased, who was the wife of Thomas Wickert; Francis M., deceased, who was a lieutenant in the 195th Ohio Vol. Inf. during the Civil War; Charles B., deceased, who served in the Civil War; Scott McDonald, who was killed at the Battle of Stone River; Ann Rebecca, who married - Henry Nichols; Christina, who married James Wickert; Amanda, who married Henry Myers; John M., who served in the Civil War; George W. and Charles B., deceased.

Captain Lutz lived in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, until he was about eleven years of age and then accompanied his parents to Seneca County, Ohio. In 1847 they settled in Pleasant Township and there passed the remainder of their days. Captain Lutz resided in Seneca County until 1887, with the exception of the time he spent in the army and two years of farming in Kansas. On August 16, 1861, he enlisted in the service of his country, entering Company B, 49th Ohio Vol. Inf., at Camp Noble, Tiffin, Ohio, contracting for three years and honorably serving out this period. Notwithstanding he had by no means escaped all the dreadful dangers of war, he realized that rebellion had not yet been crushed and accordingly re-enlisted February 28, 1864, in the same company as before. He served as duty sergeant and orderly sergeant until March 1o, 1864, when he was commissioned lieutenant. On January 15, 1865, he was commissioned captain, at Huntsville, Alabama. He was honorably discharged at Victoria, Texas, November 30, 1865. Captain Lutz took part in the Battle of Shiloh, April 7, 1862, and fought at Stone River, December 31, 1862, and January 1, 2, 3, 1863, where he was wounded and was obliged to remain in the regiment hospital for atime. He participated again at Liberty Gap, June 24, 25; at Missionary Ridge, November 25, 27, 1863; at Rocky Ford Ridge, May 9, 10, 1864; Resaca, May 9. 10, 1864: Kenesaw Mountain, June 20, 21; Siege of Atlanta, from July 22 to August 25, 1864; Jonesboro, September, 1864; Columbia, Tennessee, November, 1864; Franklin, in November, 1864; and Nashville, Tennessee, December 15, _ 16, 1864. Captain Lutz started out as a member of Company B and returned with Company F, having had charge of the latter for some months. There were 176 men originally mustered into Company F and at the close of the war, only thirty-one answered the roll call. Captain Lutz was so seriously injured by a bursting shell during the Atlanta campaign, that complete recovery was impossible. While on the battle field at one time he suffered a sunstroke and for two long days he lay unattended. He survived these injuries, however, and still lives to tell another generation of the heroic deeds and noble sacrifices

On April 2, 1868, Captain Lutz was married at Fremont, by Reverend Hill, to an old schoolmate, Miss Matilda Flumerfelt, a daughter of Daniel V. and Malinda (Littler) Flumerfelt. To this marriage were born two children: Inez, born December 18, 1868, who died July 16, 1869, and Ray, born January 6, 1873, who married Daisy Ernst and is engaged in farming in Ballville Township.

Captain Lutz has always been an active and useful citizen and while he lived in Seneca County he frequently served in local offices, as he has done in Ballville Township, and for two years was president of the School Board.

CHARLES SCHNEIDER, one of Washington Township's sterling citizens and successful farmers, resides on a farm of eighty acres, twenty of which he owns, twenty of which belong to Mrs. Emeline Burkett, while the other forty are owned jointly by Mr. Schneider and Mrs. Burkett, and on this latter tract are located four oil wells belonging to Mrs. Burkett and three belonging to Mr. Schneider. He was born in Washington Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, November 3, 1856, and is a son of Christian and Sophia (Strock) Schneider. The paternal grandparents of Mr. Schneider were Henry and Mary (Lehr) Schneider, whose lives were spent in Germany. Of their eight children, only two came to America, Christian and William, the latter of whom died in California, in 1908.

Christian Schneider was born in Germany, October 9, 1834, and came to the United States in 1852. He was a blacksmith by trade and this occupation he engaged in in different parts of Sandusky County and during one year in Indiana. He then purchased land and was interested in farming for some years, but has practically retired from all active work and lives in his comfortable home in the village of Hessville. He married Sophia Strock and they had the following children: Charles; Louisa, who married Leonard Schwartz, resides in Washington Township; Elizabeth, who lives in Sandusky County, married (first) Christian Mool and (second) Jacob Reed; Louis, who married Adella Whitney, lives in Washington Township; Christian, who married Catherine Schmaltz; Philip, who married Altie Bowmer; Sophia, who has been twice married, first to George Mowery and after his death, to Benjamin Graham; and Ida and William, both deceased.

Charles Schneider attended the district schools in Washington Township and has been engaged in farming and stockraising all his mature life, helping his father until he was twenty-one years old and after that he rented his grandfather Philip Strock's farm and also operated threshing machine in that vicinity for two years. He next rented a farm from his father and a few years later became interested in his present property as detailed above. In addition to his agricultural operations he does all his own pumping and his own and Mrs. . Burkett's land produce seventy barrels of oil a month. He also does pumping on four other leased tracts, two owned by M. G. Norton, one by W. Hoves and one by W. L. Thomas. The first pumping Mr. Schneider did was thirteen years ago for John Clemans and then for William Heiter.

.In 1882, Mr. Schneider was married to Miss Stevana Burkett, the only' child of Stephen and Emeline (Wilson) Burkett... Mr. and Mrs. Schneider have four children, namely Bertha, born in 1887; Arthur Emery, born in 1890; Perry Ray, born in 1892; and Helen, born in 1898. Mr. Schneider was reared in the Lutheran Church, but the other members of the family belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics he is a Democrat and he has frequently been called upon to serve in township offices and although he is a very busy man, was one of the best road superintendents the township ever, had, for two years, and a school director for about the same time.

JAMES D. HENSEL, who fills the honorable position of treasurer of the Sandusky County Pioneer and Historical Association, was born on the farm on which he resides, in Section 19, Sandusky Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, February 19, 1849. He is a

Adam Hensel was born in Pennsylvania and accompanied his parents, who, in 1830 - over seventy-nine years ago - -settled in Section 19, Sandusky Township, building their log cabin in close proximity to an Indian village of thirty-three tents. These early settlers were Daniel and Christian Hensel, natives of Germany, who brought with them their sturdy strength and thrifty habits and became typical pioneers. Adam Hensel at that time was eight years old and from both parents he inherited the hardy constitution that prolonged his life. His death occurred in the fall of 1887. He was a man of consequence in his locality, served as township trustee and was well and favorably known all through this section of the county. He married: Mary J. Benner, also a native of Pennsylvania, and of their children, four yet survive: James D.; Mrs. A. J. Walters, of Adrian, Michigan; Mrs. Harriet S. Stierwalt, of Chicago, Illinois; and Emma C., who 1s the wife of W. S. Diggs, an attorney, who is manager of the American Surety Company, of Cincinnati. Ella M. and Sarah E. are deceased. The latter, for a number of years was manager of the American Surety Company of Chicago, being an admirable business woman.

James D. Hensel has been almost a lifelong agriculturist, from youth taking a natural interest in farming and a practical part in the tilling of his land. Huis present farm of seventy-seven acres is well developed and is valuable both as to its soil and its improvements.

Mr. Hensel married Miss Margaret S. Wolfe, born in Sandusky Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, in 1850, a daughter of Michael Wolfe, who was one of the early settlers. In the thirties he came from Pennsylvania to Sandusky County and located in. Muscalonge Creek in Sandusky Township, and lived in this township until the time of his death in 1872, passing the latter years in retirement. His surviving children are: Josiah, of Lindsey, Ohio: Solomon, of Tiffin, Ohio; Catherine, wife of W. JL. Baker, of Fremont; Ella J.. widow of A. D. Hook, of Fremont; and Mrs. Hensel, who is the only one living in Sandusky Township.

Andrew J. Wolfe, a brother now deceased, was the predecessor of Mr. Hensel as treasurer of the Sandusky County Pioneer and Historical Association, filling the office many years. He was engaged ina grain business at Fremont at the time of his death. In politics the Wolfe family identified itself with the Democratic party and in religion with the Protestant M. FE. Church.

Mr. and Mrs. Hensel have had five children, the two now living being Nora O., wife of Richard C. Willer, of Sandusky Township, and Mabel M., living at home. Mr. Hensel is a Democrat in his political views and for eight years he has served as a trustee of Sandusky Township and during a part of this time has been president of the board. He is an Odd Fellow and belongs to the lodge of the order at I.indsey. He is a member of the German Reformed Church of Sandusky Township.

WILLIAM PEARSON, a soldier of the Civil War and a well known agriculturist of Riley Township, Sandusky County, of which he has been a resident for over a half century, was born near Niagara Falls, New York. January 22, 1833, and is a son of Joseph and Nancy (Shanke) Pearson.

The father of Mr. Pearson was born in Fngland and the mother in Ireland. In 1845 they came to Riley Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, and settled in what was then a very wild region, one where game was plentiful and wandering Indians were visitors. Their lives were spent on the land they then secured. Of their children four vet survive, William, George, Joseph, and Nancy. the last named of whom is the wife of William Wright, of Clyde, Ohio.

William Pearson grew to manhood on the home farm, giving his father all needed assistance and as opportunity offered, attended the district schools. In May, 1864. he enlisted for service in the Civil War, entering Company T, 139th O. V. T., and was stationed at Point Lookout, on Chesapeake Bay. until he was honorably discharged, when he returned to Riley Township, where he has continued agricultural pursuits until the present. He owns sixty-three acres of excellent land.

Mr. Pearson married Miss Elizabeth L. Nye, who was born in Germany and died in Riley Township, October 25, 1903. They had a family of five children born to them, the three survivors being: Jane, who is the wife of Charles Lindsay, of Riley Township; Clara, who is the wife of George Beebe, of Riley Township; and Henry, who is a resident of Fremont. In politics Mr. Pearson is a Republican.

WILLIAM EDWARD LEHMANN, general farmer and oil producer and the owner of 130 acres of valuable land in Scott Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, was born in this township, September 18, 1870, and has spent his life here.

Mr. Lehmann attended the public schools in Scott Township, particularly the Trinity school, and then worked for farmers in, the township for about six months, after which he returned to the home farm, which he operated on shares up to the opening of the oil fields in this section. He then engaged in teaming for six months, making considerable money during this time, a part of which he invested in a lot at Fremont, which he still owns. He then returned to the home farm, where he continued until after his marriage, when he came to his present farm, which contains fifty-five acres and is situated in Section 27. Mr. Lehmann owns also sixty acres of the homestead farm, situated in Sections 27 and 28 and fifteen additional acres in the same sections. He is a practical and progressive farmer and the improvements on his land show the interest which he takes in his property. He has it all well drained and the best fences in all this section of the county. The timber on his land is sound and valuable and from five acres he sold 37 elm trees for $500, and still has twelve acres standing. and substantial and enough are provided for the housing of cattle, stock and poultry, and for the protection of his garnered crops, while his residence is as comfortable and attractive as any in Scott Township. He owns also a one-half interest in an eighty-acre lease, known as the Tittle & Lehmann lease, on which there have two children: Ethel V. and Wilford T. Mr. Lehmann is a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church at Millersville. In politics he is a Democrat, but he has led too busy a life to ever consent to hold office.

HON. JAMES G. HUNT was born in York Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, March 14, 1859, and is a son of James and Margaret (Welsh) Hunt. His father was a farmer and railroad man by occupation. He attended the public schools at Clyde, and graduated from the Clyde High School in June, 1880. He entered upon the study of law in the office of the late Judge John M. Lemmon of Clyde, and was admitted to the bar at Columbus, Ohio, in June, 1884. While reading law at Clyde he engaged in railroad and other contract work, from which source he procured money enough to pay the expense of completing his studies. During this time he was twice elected clerk of Green Creek Township, on the Democratic ticket, the township then having a normal Republican majority of over two hundred and fifty. ;

Mr. Hunt came to Fremont in 1886 and entered upon the practice of law, being associated with the late Judge John M. Lemmon and Mr. George Kinney. He is now one of the leading lawyers of Sandusky County, and a member of the well known firm of Wilson, Hunt & Garn. He was elected on the Democratic ticket to the State legislature in 1887, and reelected in 1889, and served in that body as a member of the House in both the 68th and 69th General Assemblies. He served on some of the most important committees of the 69th General Assembly, which was Democratic, and presented in that assembly the name of the late Honorable Calvin S. Brice for election ta the United States Senate. In 1893 Mr. Hunt was elected city solicitor of the city of Fremont. and served in that office two terms, being reelected in 1895. He is vice-president of the Fremont Home Telephone Company, and a director in several other business enterprises in his home city of Fremont. Fraternally he is a member of the Order of Elks and the Knights of Columbus. He is also a member of Si. Ann's Catholic Church, Fremont, Ohio.

On June 21, 1887, Mr. Hunt was married to Miss Sara Litz, a daughter of Andrew and Flizabeth (Haaser) Litz. They have two children - A. L. Hunt and J. G. Hunt, Jr.

HOMER METZGAR, who has attained prominence as a lawyer and educator, is engaged in practice at Clyde, Ohio, and maintains offices in the Craig Building. He was born on a farm in Seneca County, Ohio, in May, 1867, and is the oldest of seven children born to H. V. and Elizabeth (Petticord) Metzgar. '

Mr. Metzgar spent his boyhood days on farms in Seneca and Fulton Counties. After completing a common school course, he attended high school at Delta, Ohio, and Heidelberg College at Tiffin, from which he graduated in 1890. He then spent two years in Missouri, filling the chair of mathematics in Ozark College, of which institution he was made president in 1892. After a short incumbency of that position, he resigned and _ returned to Seneca County, Ohio, where he served as superintendent of schools at Attica during the school year of 1892-1893. then superintendent of schools at Clyde from 1893 until 1895, and in the meantime pursued the study of law in the office of Finch & Dewey. He was admitted to the bar of Sandusky County in 1896, and immediately thereafter became junior member of the firm of Finch, Dewey & Metzgar. After two years he withdrew from that firm and formed a partnership with Mr. J. C. Craig under the firm name of Metzgar & Craig. This association of legal talent continued for a period of eight years, since which time the subject of this record has practiced alone and with a high degree of success. He is a Republican and has taken a deep interest in political affairs. He was a member of the board of elections, and in 1908 was a delegate to the National Republican Convention at Chicago. He is now solicitor of the village of Clyde, an office he has held for the past ten years. He is secretary and a director of the New Ottawa Telephone Company and of the Eastwood Telephone Company, both of which he represents in a legal capacity. He has a cherry orchard of 800 trees in Clyde, in partnership with Mr. Clarence Franks, who looks after the business.

In November, 1890, Mr. Metzgar was joined in marriage with Miss Eleanor Hoeltzel, and they have a comfortable residence in Clyde. Fraternally, he is a member of the Masonic Order and the Knights of Pythias at Clyde.

ST. ANN'S CATHOLIC CHURCH represents the oldest religious organization at Fremont, and its history, identified as it is with the stirring events of the early settlement of this section of Ohio, is replete with interest. It may be said to have had its origin on a stormy day in March, 1823, when an earnest priest came all the tortuous distance from Detroit to say mass to a little gathering of faithful French Catholics, in their rude little log cabin in the frontier village of Lower Sandusky.