Sandusky County, Ohio - Chapter 25: Miscellanea, 1909 (part 4 of 18)

In the spring of 1843 Mr. Keeler united with the Presbyterian Church and in 1869 became one of its ruling elders, holding that office nearly fifty years. In 1851 he united with the I. O. O. F.,, filling all the chairs in the subordinate lodge and the encampment branch, and sat as representative in the grand lodge. In 1852 he became a Free Mason and a Scottish Rite Mason of the 32d degree in 1883. He was treasurer of the Masonic lodge, Chapter and Council in Fremont for twenty-five years, and organized the Commandery in this city acting as its first Eminent Commander.

Mr. Keeler saw Fremont grow trom a village of 1,500 people to a city of over 10,000 and during his life took an active part in most measures to advance its prosperity. He died February 17, 1907, at his residence for fifty years on Birchard Avenue, no citizen of Fremont more highly' honored and beloved. The text chosen for his funeral sermon, "Know ye not that a prince and a great man hath this day fallen in Israel," was indicative of the respect in which he was held.

has witnessed many unusual scenes in his long life of 85 years, having participated in. two notable wars'and later took a' prominent part in developing a section which eventually became. a rich and fertile part of Sandusky near the Four-Mile House. The father soon realized that that land would require too much expenditure of effort to make it productive and removed his family to Maumee, living there for a few years and during this time worked on the construction of the Wabash and Lake Erie Canal, accumulating in this way enough money to purchase eighty acres of raw land in Rice Township, where the parents continued to live.

His services were not needed at home and he soon started out for himself, securing farm work and also employment in the construction of the turnpike road between Fremont and. Perrysburg. When one remembers that the wages for breaking stone was 25 cents a day, it is not difficult to calculate how long it probably took to accumulate what, in these modern days of expenditure, is considered.a very small salary. He was 22 years old when he enlisted in Company F, First Ohio. Vol. Inf., under Captain Bradley, for the Mexican War, and the events' which followed are yet easily recalled by this aged veteran. The company went from Maumee by canal to Cincinnati and then down the river to New Orleans, making camp on the the British in the War of 1812. From there the regiment was taken across the Gulf of Mexico to. Texas and went into camp for two weeks, after which it was marched to the Rio Grande River, which was crossed and Mr. Kline participated in the Battle of Monterey on September .21, 22 and 23, 1846. At Carmarko, the soldiers were inspected by General Croghan, who was the hero of the Battle of Fort Stephenson, on the present. site of Fre- mont, which took place August 2, 1813. In all probability, Captain Kline is the only survivor of all the officers who knew this old and grizzled soldier personally. During the war Captain Kline has seen the time that they had to march thirty and forty miles to get water.

On March 5, 1847, Captain Kline took part in the Battle of Seralpho, Mexico, and after this the war drew to a conclusion and he returned with his regiment to his northern home. He had survived every danger and immediately settled down to farming in Rice Township, his marriage taking place in the following year. He continued the cultivating and improving his land until the call to arms came again in 1861. On October 11, 1861, he enlisted as a private in Company H, 72d Ohio Vol. Inf., and prior to leaving Camp Croghan he was elected second lieutenant of this company. On April 6, 1862, at Shiloh, the commander of the company, Capt. Michael Wickstein, was killed and General Buckland promoted Mr. Kline from a second to a first lieutenantcy, promoting the former fitst lieutenant to the captaincy. The latter declined and General Buckland wrote to Lieutenant Kline that he should be commissioned captain. In the meanwhile, however, on the same blogdy field where Captain Wickstein had been killed, Lieutenant Kline had received an almost mortal wound. With a shoulder shattered he spent months in various hospitals and finally was discharged by the War Department as totally unfit for further military duty. He returned home but for thirty-seven years he was hourly reminded of that day of carnage on the field of Shiloh, during all that time still bearing in his body the ball that had caused his cruel injury. It was finally extracted by a skilled surgeon. Captain Kline is an honored member of the Grand Army Post at Fremont.

When sufficiently recuperated Captain Kline resumed farming and continued his agricultural pursuits from 1864 until 1889, when he disposed of his 100 acres to his children and retired to Fremont. He is a member of the German Lutheran Church.

They were all born in Rice Township and the survivors are as follows: Mrs. Christina Zilles, Mrs. Lucy Wolf, Mrs. Susan Smith, Adam, John, Mrs. Ellen Gressman, Mrs. Macity Rhodenhousen, Mrs. Mary Smith and Andrew W. This has long been one of the most highly respected families of Rice Township.

HENRY LANCE, whose well cultivated farm of seventy-nine acres lies in Riley Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, was born on this same farm on October 6, 1835, and is a son of Jacob and Sarah (Slack) Lance.

wife in Kanawah County, West Virginia, where they were married. With the courage that belongs to youth they traveled over the mountains and through the forest into Riley Township, Sandusky County, settling on the present farm of their son Henry, when the whole surrounding country was practically a wilderness. Through the labor of their hands a home was founded and in the course of time this became the center of a settled and fruitful section of the county. Jacob Lance was a man of usefulness to this community, being endowed with the practical qualities which a pioneer settlement needed in its citizens. He died in 1861 respected in life and regretted in death. His widow survived until 1889. Of their children the following survive: William, who lives in Riley Township; Julia, who is the widow of E. C. Lindsey, lives at Vickery, Ohio; Henry, of Riley Township; Sarah, who lives in Riley Township, and John, who is a resident of Wood County, Ohio.

Henry Lance grew to manhood on the pioneer farm and for many years has lived the quiet life of an agriculturist. There was a time, however, when Mr. Lance's surroundings were far different, a time that is often recalled as he meets his old comrades in the Grand Army Post at Fremont, for he: was a Union soldier in the great Civil War and faced death on many a battle field between August 7, 1862, and the time of his honorable discharge on June 20, 1865. He was a member of the gallant

Company K, rooth Regiment Ohio Vol. Int., and took part in all the marches, battles and skirmishes of that regiment and these include the battles of Franklin, Nashville, Resaca and Knoxville, and the long campaign against General Hood. After his army seryice was over he returned to Riley Township, of which section he is one of the best known and most respected citizens.

Mr. Lance was married March 3, 1870, to Miss Annie E. Cramer, who died April 21, 1898. She was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, August 19, 1846, and was a daughter of Conrad Cramer, who, at that time was a highly respected citizen of Jackson Township, Sandusky County. - Mrs. Lance is survived by two children: Frank E., who resides in Riley Township, and Myrtie E., who resides at home. Miss Myrtie is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Fremont as was her beloved mother. In politics Mr. Lance is a Republican.

B. M. INMAN, county clerk of Sandusky county, Ohio, and a representative citizen of Fremont, belongs to an old prominent Sandusky County family, where he was born, May 10, 1877. His parents were Frank M. and Della (Ensberger) Inman.

Frank M. Inman was born and spent his life in Sandusky County. He owned farming lands and was quite prominent in Democratic circles and served six years as county clerk. His father, Benjamin Inman, was a man of importance in his day and served two terms in the Ohio State Legislature. Benjamin Inman died April 14, 1877.

B. M. Inman was educated in the public schools of his native county and afterward taught school for some time, accepting then the office of assistant county clerk, in which capacity her served for six years, his father being clerk during this period.. He then became interested to some degree in the oil business, but, since 1903, when he was first elected county clerk, the larger part of his time has been given to the duties of this office. In 1906 he was reelected and it is safe to say that he is one of the best qualified as well as most popular county clerks that Sandusky County has been able to secure, for years past. In his. work he is ably assisted by his capable wife, who was formerly Miss Clara Swank, who is a daughter of David Swank, a prominent pioneer of Sandusky County. Mr. and Mrs. Inman are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. | Politically he is a Democrat and fraternally he is an Elk, Odd Fellow and Knight of Pythias. Mr. Inman was the only child of his parents and bears the rather unusual name of B. M.

FERDINAND MARTIN, president of the board of trustees of Riley Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, has been a resident of (his township continuously since 1862 and is the owner of a good farm of forty acres. He was born in Rice Township, Sandusky County, October 18, 1857, and is a son of Andrew and Anna E. (Werner) Martin.

The parents of the subject of this record were born in Germany and some years after marriage, in 1857, emigrated to the United States. They immediately located in Rice Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, and set about making a home in the woods and clearing the land. About the year 1862 they moved to Riley Township and settled upon the farm now owned by their son, Ferdinand Martin. Here Andrew Martin died in 18094, after a long and useful life. Religiously, he and his wife were devout members of the Lutheran Church. Of the children born to them, the following survive: Sophia, who lives at Norwalk, Ohio, and is the widow of Frederick Schumm; Christina, widow of David Pew, and a resident of Bedford, Ohio; Rosina, who is the widow of Ambrose Reineck and lives at Norwalk, Ohio; Andrew, a veteran of the Civil War; Frederick, of Riley Township; and Ferdinand, whose name heads this sketch.

Ferdinand Martin was about five years of age when his parents moved to Riley Township, and here he grew to maturity afd received a common school education. He has followed farming all his life and is recognized as a man of ability and substance. He is a Democrat in politics and has served several years as one of the trustees of Riley Township, and formerly was a member of the School Board.

Mr. Martin was first married to Miss Elizabeth Fogel, who died leaving two children; William of Riley Township; and Anna, wife of Rudolph Williams of Fremont, Ohio. By a second marriage he has a daughter, Martha H. On May 28, 1894, Mr. Martin was married to his present wife, Louisa Heck, who was born in Baden, Germany, July 5, 18509, and is a daughter of John and Rosina Heck. Her father died February 22, 1907, and her mother resides in Ottawa County, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Martin have one daughter, Emma R. Religiously, they are active members of St. John's Lutheran Church at Fremont, of which he is a deacon. He also is a member of the German Aid Society at Fremont.

GEORGE H. NICKLES, residing on his farm of ninety acres in Washington Township, situated five miles west of Fremont, Ohio, was born in Sandusky County, Ohio, March 28, 1866, and is a son of Peter and Sarah (Joseph) Nickles, and a grandson of Henry Nickles.

Peter Nickles was born in France, February 26, 1815, and came to America in 1836, landing at New York. Shortly afterward he came to Sandusky County, Ohio, and after living at several points, he finally settled in Jackson Township, where he purchased seventy-seven acres of timber land, which he cleared, and he lived there for thirteen years, coming then to Washington Township, where he continued to reside until the time of his death, which occurred in 1900. He married Sarah Joseph, who was born in Germatry October 22, 1825. Her father was a German farmer and she was carefully reared and still survives. The children born to Peter Nickles and wife were: Sophia, born in 1846; Mary Ann, born in 1848; Christiana, born November 5, 1849; Margaret, born October 13, 1851, died October 1, 1874; Sarah, born October 28, 1853; John G., born October 13, 1855; Anna, born August 10, 1858; Catherine Jane, born March 9, 1861; Lydia, born August 30, 1863; George H.; and Minnie, born Aprilig, 1871.

George H. Nickles obtained his education in the schools of Sandusky County and until his father died he was associated with him on the farm.. Mr. Nickles has valuable oil land, four- teen wells now producing about three hundred and seventy-five barrels monthly. He married Almeda Lantz, a daughter of Simon and Mary (Waggoner) Lantz, of Sandusky County, and they have two children, Claude and Cleona. Mr. Nickles and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The family is one that is held in very high esteem in this section. Mr. Nickles is a Republican in his political views, but he is not a seeker for office.

JOHN MIARER, a prominent citizen of Sandusky Township, serving in the office of township clerk, owns a finely improved farm of ninety-four acres, situated in one of the best sections of the township. He was born in Riley Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, January 16, 1868, and is a son of Philip and Catherine (Mahr) Miarer.

'many, in 1828, and early in the fifties emigrated to America, in 1854, coming-to Sandusky County. For a number of years he lived in Jackson Township, but during the Civil War he moved into Riléy Township, settling a short distance north of the present site of Erlin, and lived there until he came to Sandusky Township, about 1876, which section continued to be his place of residence until his death, which occurred November 25, 1903. He was a prominent citizen for many years and served four years as trustee of Sandusky Township, being the first one to serve in that office under the three-year term. He married Catherine Mahr, who was born in Seneca County, Ohio, and who now lives in her seventieth year, in the old home in Sandusky Township. They had nine children, the five still living being as follows: David, who lives in Seneca County; Sarah E., who is the wife of August Buehler, of Seneca County; John; Philip H., who lives in Sandusky Township; and Amelia, who also resides in Sandusky Township. The late Philip Miarer was a pillar of the Reformed Church at Fremont. In politics he was a Democrat and fraternally he was a Mason.

obtained his education in the public schools and under private teachers. In this way he became qualified to teach and for five winter seasons he taught school in Sandusky Township and one in Washington Township, his services in this line being greatly appreciated by the children who came under his instruction. From early manhood he has engaged in farm pursuits and has an excellent estate and probably one of the finest and most comfortable rural homes in all this part of the county, which was built in 1907. Its appearance is so attractive that passersby on the highway pause to admire.

On March 29, 1904, Mr. Miarer was married to Miss Ella Bender, who was born in Sandusky Township, and is a daughter of John.and Caroline (Kiser) Bender. Her father, now deceased, was born in Sandusky County, but her mother was born in Germany and was brought to America when seven years old and has been a resident of this county ever since, now making her home in the city of Fremont. Mr. and Mrs. Miarer have three daughters: Clara A., Ada M., and Florence M. The family belong to the Lutheran Church at Salem. In politics Mr. Miarer is an influential Democrat and at present is serving in his fifth consecutive year as clerk of the township, is a member in his second term of the Sandusky County Democratic Central Committee, having served also as secretary of this body, and has acceptably served in other public offices.

FRANK F. HIRT is a prominent agriculturist of Riley Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, where he is the owner of 292 acres of valuable land, his home place comprising 192 acres. He was born in this township, February 18, 1862, and is a son of Casper and Verena (Vogt) Hirt, both of whom were natives of Switzerland.

Casper Hirt emigrated from his native land to the United States in 1848, and for a period of nearly two years was located at Fremont, Ohio. He then went overland to California, where, for a time, he engaged in gold mining, and subsequently to Australia, where he continued at that occupation. After several years he returned to Switzerland and then to the United States, where he was married at Philadelphia to Verena Vogt. In 1854, he settled on the farm now owned by the subject of this record, in Riley Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, and there passed his remaining days, dying on February 3, 1881. He was a Democrat in politics, and served two years as township trustee. Religiously, he and his wife were members of the German Reformed Church of Fremont. Of nine children born of their union, the following survive: Samuel J., of Fremont; Elizabeth, widow of C. P. Halbeisen, of Litchfield, Nebraska; Frank F.; Edward U., of Fremont; and Lewis S., of Riley Township.

Frank P. Hirt was reared on the farm and received his educational training in the public schools of his native township. He has always followed farming, and in addition, for_a period of fifteen years, was engaged as a wholesale butcher. His home farm, consisting of 192 acres is improved with a fine residence and one of the best barns in the county. He served three years as township trustee and a number of years as constable, and has always taken a deep interest in the affairs of the community.

October 11,-1885, Mr. Hirt was joined in marriage with Miss Louisa T. Gross, a native of Rice Township, Sandusky County, and a daughter of John and Catherine Gross. Her mother is deceased, and her father still resides on the home farm in Rice Township. Nine children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Hirt, of whom six are living, namely: Chester T., Clarence L., Harold, Lester, and Miland and Mabel, twins. The three deceased were: John C., Fannie C., and Pearl. Religiously, the subject of this record and his wife are members of the German Reformed Church at Fremont, Ohio. Fraternally, he is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America.

CAPT. JOHN V. BEERY, now living in retirement at Fremont, Ohio, was for many years a member of the firm of Beery and Davis, a leading business firm of the citv. During the Civil War he raised and organized Company

Captain Beery was born on the east side of the Maumee River, in Wood County, Ohio, December 12, 1834, and is a son of John, Jr., and Elizabeth (Madden) Beery, and a grandson of John Beery, Sr. About two and a half ' centuries ago the Berry family came to America from Switzerland and settled in Virginia. In 1805, John Beery, Sr., moved to Ohio and settled in the Hocking Valley, near Lancaster.

was about 10 years of age when his parents moved to the vicinity of Lancaster, Ohio, where he grew to maturity and lived until after his second marriage. In 1832, he moved to the place where the subject of this record was born, in Wood County, Ohio, living in a rude log cabin on the farm. In 1836, the family moved to Sandusky County, Ohio, and settled on a farm near Hessville, where they lived for many years. Subsequentlv John Beery sold his farm and moved to Lindsey, and later to Fremont, and there spent the remainder of his days. Mrs. Beery returned to Lindsey where she died fifteen' years later.

Capt. John V. Beery was reared on the farm in the vicinity of Hessville, and attended the old log schoolhouse three months each winter. His first business venture was in 1855 when he became a general merchant at Elmore, as a partner of Nicholas Box. After a period of two years, he engaged in the same business at Epworth, Iowa, where he remained two or three years. He continued west to Kansas where he took up and lived upon a claim until for the Rockies, taking with them three yoke of oxen and two cows. They settled in California Gulch, near the present site of Leadville, Colorado, after a journey of six weeks, and there Captain Beery engaged in gold mining. He remained there until December, 1860, when he returned east to Des Moines, Iowa, and spent the winter. In the spring of 1861, he returned to Ohio and worked in the foundry and machine shop of June & Company at Fremont. In 1862, he raised Company A, 111th O. Vol. Inf. tor service'in the Union Army, and was chosen as its captain, as stated above. He was in the service. about nine months, when, as officer of the day at the camp at Bowling Green, Kentucky, he was thrown from his horse while making the rounds to the pickets. He was injured in such a manner as to incapacitate him for further service, and was honorably discharged. He returned to Fremont, where he purchased a home and began clerking for Roberts and Sheldon, proprietors of a hardware and tin store. After two years, he returned to the employ of D. June & Company as bookkeeper and continued with them until 1869, in which year he moved to Lindsey and established a general store. While there he became interested in the lumber business with Overmyer and Davis; he erected a new residence and store building, but finding a greater profit in lumbering soon sold out the store. Having purchased the interest of Mr.

a large mill and hoop factory North of Lindsey, and another in Lindsey, and a mill in Henry County, Ohio, both of which they operated with good results. for some years. In 1885, the firm moved to Fremont and bought a drop forge works, where they manufactured carriage forgings and specialties. They continued with much success until 1895, since which time Captain Beery has been in retirement. In 1856 the subject of this sketch was married to Miss Mary E. Kelly. There was no issue of their. union and they adopted a child, Jennie E., now deceased, who was the wife of Palmer Kellogg. Mrs. Beery died in November, 1902, and in 1903 the Captain formed a second union with Dorothy S. Shanafeld. Fraternally he is a member of Brainard Lodge, F. & A. M.; Fremont Chapter ; and is a charter member of Fremont Commandery, No. 56. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and served as post commander several years. For many years Captain Beery was in the employ of the Government as storekeeper and gauger.

WILLIAM G. PARKS, a veteran of the Civil War and a representative citizen of Riley Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, owns and resides upon a farm of I15 acres. He comes of an old and respected family of the county, his father, John Parks, being in his day an im- portant personage in the county. The latter served two terms as sheriff of Sandusky County, and also twice represented his district in the State Legislature of Ohio.

James Parks was born in Union County, Pennsylvania, in 1799, and was a son of James Parks, Sr., who came to the United States from the north of Ireland. He was reared in his native county, and after his marriage to Mary Boyer moved overland in a wagon to Seneca County, Ohio. Arriving there in the fall of 1832, they remained until the following spring, then located in Riley Township. He wrought a home from the wilderness and took an important part in the affairs of the community. In addition to offices named above, he was for a time township clerk and superintendent of schools, and later justice of the peace for some years. He died in Riley Township October 4, 1872, aged nearly 73 years.

William G. Parks, son of James and Mary (Boyer) Parks, was born in Riley Township, October 17, 1840, and received his schooling in the home district. In August, 1861, he enlisted as a member of Company K, r1ooth Reg. O. V. I., and served until the close of the war, a period of nearly four years, being under the command of a number of famous generals and participating in many hard fought engagements. He was for a time under Gen.-W,_T. Sherman, and took part in the Siege of Knoxville and the Atlanta campaign. He was mustered out of service in June, 1865, and returned to his home, where he again took up farming operations. This has been his life occupation and he has prospered beyond the average. Politically, he is a Democrat and is a firm believer in the soundness and wisdom of the principles for which that party stands.

On June 22, 1875, Mr. Parks was joined in marriage with Miss Sophia M. Munsch, who was born in Ballville Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Christian and Barbara (Stahl) Munsch, natives of Germany and later ,residents of Ballville Township. Mrs. Parks is one of four surviving children of her parent's family, the others being: Jacob Munsch, of Steuben County, Indiana; Christina, wife of Nathan Holzworth, of Fort Wayne, Indiana; and Solomon, of Lenawee

County, Michigan. Two children were born to our subject and his wife: Mary V., and Mabel Z., the latter being now deceased, her death occurred May 2, 1905, at the age of 25 years. Mary V. Parks was married to Frank Martin of Riley Township, and they have two children: Parks L., and Pearl E. Mrs. Parks is a lady of education and refinement, and prior to her marriage taught school for a number of years. She is at the present time president of the Riley Township Sunday School Association.

SAMUEL J. HIRT, vice president of the Colonial Savings Bank and Trust Company, at Fremont, Ohio, and the owner of much valuable farm land in Riley and Balville Townships, was born August 20, 1858, in Riley Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, and is a son of Casper and Verena '( Vogt) Hirt.

Casper Hirt, a prominent farmer of Riley Township, for many years, was born August 3, 1820, in Switzerland, and died in Sandusky County, February 3, 1881. He came to America in 1848. He lived in Ohio, from there went to California, visited Australia, then returned to California. In May, 1854, he went back to Switzerland and remained in his beloved native land until the following autumn, when he joined a colony of his countrymen and returned to America. After reaching Philadelphia, Casper Hirt married Miss Fanny Vogt, born November 24, 1826, in Villigen, Canton Aargau, Switzerland. From Philadelphia he came to Ohio and settled in Riley Township, where he subsequently accumulated a large estate. In the summer of 1878 he visited his native land for the second time. During his life he crossed the Atlantic Ocean five times and the Pacific twice. In the long and severe winter of 1881, Mr. Hirt contracted a severe cold which resulted in his death, when he was aged 60 years and 6 months. He was reared in the German Reformed Church and attended its services through life.

The children of Casper Hirt were eight sons and one daughter, as follows: John Henry, : born August 16, 1855, died January 21, 1877; Charles, born February 2, 1857; Samuel J., born August 20, 1858; Anna Maria Eliza, born June 10, 1860; Frederick. Frank-

Samuel J. Hirt of the above family was educated in the common schools and reared on'a farm in his native township and has engaged in farming on an extensive scale ever since he reached maturity. For twenty years he served as a justice of the peace. He was county auditor in 1896, and was reelected and served until 1899. While living in Riley Township he served as township clerk and after locating' in Ballville Township in 1905, was elected township treasurer, in which capacity he still serves. He has always been identified with the Democratic party.

In Riley Township, Mr. Hirt's farming land consists of 265 acres and in Ballville Township he has thirty-five acres. On the latter he has erécted a beautiful residence, one of the finest in the township and perhaps in the county. It is situated one mile from Fremont and is on the electric road. On June 30, 1904, when the Colonial Bank was organized, he served one year as cashier and was then elected vice president and director and is still so connected. ;

Mr. Hirt married Miss Sarah Schoch, a daughter of Henry and Catherine Schoch, and they have five children, as follows: Emma C., who is now deceased, was born October 16, 1886; Henry Edward, who died December 12, 1896, was born March 29, 1888; Charles R., who was born May 24, 1891; Anna M., who was born June 16, 1894, and Charlotta A., who was born June 17, 1897. The family of Mr. Hirt belong to Grace Lutheran Church at Fremont. He is a member of the Masons, the Elks and the Knights of Pythias.

JOHN MARTIN, who owns and resides on a farm of 125 acres in Riley Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, is one of the best known men of the township. He was born in Germany August 7, 1842, and is a son of Jacob and Mary Martin.

He cleared a tract of land and became one ot the substantial men of the community, in which he lived until his death on. October 19, 1907. His wife also died on that place in the early nineties.' Of the children born to them, in addition to the subject of this sketch, there are three daughters living: Mary, wife of David Beck of Erlin, Ohio; Catherine, wife of Henry Dorr of Riley Township; and Amelia, wife of

John Martin accompanied his parents to this country in 1852 and has been a resident here continuously since that time. He attended the local public schools, and from an early age has devoted his efforts to farming. In 1866, he purchased fifty acres of his present farm, located near Erlin, and subsequently added to it until he now has 125 acres of well improved land in one tract. He has followed general farming and stock raising along improved lines and has the faculty of getting the best results from his land. Progressive and publicspirited, he has identified himself with all that pertains to the welfare and development of the community and takes a pardonable pride in iis superiority. He is a Democrat in politics and served several years as a member of the township School Board.

Mr. Martin was married to Miss Emeline Seiger, who was born in Pennsylvania, and is a daughter of Jacob Sieger, formerly a resident of Riley Township. Nine children are the offspring of their union: Mary Jane, wife of Henry Zellar of Fremont; Clara Amelia, wife of George Schoch of Riley Township; Lettie Elnora, of Toledo, Ohio; Ida Rosetta, wife of Frank Charley of Riley Township; Sarah Catherine, wife of George Dorr of Fremont; Minnie Lavina; Anna Estella, wife of Walter Hofelich of Erlin, Ohio; Jacob Franklin of Riley Township, and Jesse Charles, also of Riley Township. Religiously, the family belongs to the Lutheran Church of Fremont.

JOHN G. NICKLES, a representative of one of Washington Township's old and substantial agricultural families, resides on his valuable farm of 110 acres, which is situated five miles west of Fremont, Sandusky County, son of Peter and Sarah (Joseph) Nickles. The Nickles family is of French extraction. In 1836, Henry Nickles, grandfather of John G., saw his son Peter depart for America. Peter Nickles was born in France, February 26, 1815, and was then just of age. He landed in the harbor of New York but soon made his way to Sandusky County and was married to Sarah Joseph. She was born: in Germany October 22, 1825, and was 7 years old when she accompanied her parents to the United States. Peter Nickles engaged in farming in different parts of Sandusky County for some years and then purchased seventy-seven acres of timber land in Jackson Township. He cleared this land and lived on it for thirteen years and-then bought his farm in Washington Township; near Fremont, on which he lived until his death, in 1900. His widow still survives and makes her home with her children, a number of whom are comfortably settled in Sandusky County. Sophia, the eldest, was born in 1846;,Mary Ann, in 1848; Christina, in 1849; Margaret, in 1851, died in

'oft G. Nickles was educated in the district schools and has devoted his entire mature life to agricultural pursuits. In in 1897 he bought ninety acres, one-half of the old homestead, from his father, and to this added twenty acres. The land is of easy cultivation and oil has also been found, six producing wells yielding seevnty-five barrels of crude petroleum monthly.

On March 20, 1881, John G. Nickles was married to Miss Emily L. Culbert, of Sandusky County, and they have had the following children:: Lottie Maud, born November 24, 1882, married Oscar Stierwalt and they have two children, Mildred Ruth and Donald Mead; Lucy, born October 26, 1884, married Orville Posey; Helen, born October 30, 1886 ; Addie, born March 25, 1888; and Walter, born December 1, 1889, married Nellie Slates. Mr. Nickles and family attend Methodist Protestant Church. In his political views he is a

MARTIN HOLDERMAN, a prominent capitalist of Fremont, Ohio, has large and varied business interests in Ohio and in the state of Texas, and is the owner of the M. Holderman Machine Company, which he leases.

Mr. Holderman was born in Germany, August Io, 1852, and is a son of Frederick and Maria Barbara (Adler)~ Holderman. He was four years of age when his parents moved to America in 1856; they came by water tod Sandusky, Ohio, then drove through to Fremont. Frederick Holderman was a baker by trade and at the time of his death in 1860, was proprietor of a bakery. His widow died four years later.

Martin Holderman attended the public schools of Fremont until he was twelve years old. He became an orphan at that age and was obliged to shift for himself. He went to Cleveland and completed an apprenticeship at the confectioner's trade in a factory in that city. He then went to Elyria, Ohio, where he worked at his trade three years; in 1873, with Henry Morris as partner, he bought out the firm of Langan & Huyck, proprietors of a confectionery store, and two years later purchased the interest of his partner. He conducted a wholesale candy and cigar business in Elyria until 1886, when he returned to Fremont and became secfetary of the firm of D. June & Company, founders and machinists. This firm had a branch house in Waco, Texas, and it was necessary for Mr. Holderman to go to that: place each year for the purpose of checking up. In 1896 he severed his connection with the Fremont plant and moved to Waco, where he had, full charge of the D. June & Company plant, of which he is president at the present time. He came into possession of the interest of David June, after the latter's death, and purchased the interest of Mr. O. S. French, the other partner, after his death in 1908. He returned to Fremont in 1908, but re- turns to Texas for two months in the spring and two months in the fall of each year. Upon acquiring full possession of the plant of D. June & Company at Fremont, the name of the firm was changed to The M. Holderman Machine Company, and is now leased. Mr. Holderman is a director of the Croghan Bank, of Fremont; director of the First State Bank, at Hillsboro, Texas; president of the Mt. Calm Mercantile Company, of Mt. Calm, Texas; and has numerous other interests.

September 10, 1884, Martin Holderman was united in marriage with Miss Carrie M. June, a daughter of David and Caroline A. (Owen) June, her father being head of the firm of D. June & Company, until his death in 1895. Two children were born of this union: June Frederick, a resident of Indianapolis, Indiana; and Clarissa M. The subject of this record joined Norwalk bedsesUN 05° 467; ) Po ste Ace vie Marchat4, 1876, and upon his removal to Fremont, joined Brainard Lodge by demit. He became a member of Huron Chapter, No. 7, in July, 1882, and on demit became a member of Birchard Chapter, at Fremont. He joined Fremont Council, March 13, 1906. March 26, 1883, be hecame affiliated. with Norwalk Commandery, No. 18, and was a charter member of Fremont Commandery,

JOHN F. KARBLER, a prominent business man and postmaster of Erlin, Ohio, is a well known manufacturer and dealer in lumber and general building materials. He was born in Riley Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, June 23, 1869, and is a son of Adam and Christina (Diehr) Karbler, both natives of Germany.

Adam Karbler was a small child when he accompanied his parents to the United States. They first located in Maryland, where they rented a farm, then moved west to Riley Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, where he grew to manhood and passed his entire business career. He died in the early nineties at Fremont, Ohio, whither he had moved a few years before. He is survived by his widow, who is living in Fremont, at the age of 73 years. They were parents of the following children: William F. of Townsend Township; Theodore of Riley Township; David L. of Riley Township; Daniel of Riley Township; John F. and Adam J. of Fremont.

John F. Karbler was reared to manhood in Riley Township and attended the public schools. He was occupied in farming until the age of 25 years, when he turned his attention to mercantile pursuits. He conducted a general store at Erlin for eight years, and for a period of ten years has been identified with the lumber industry at that place. For a short time he had as a partner in the latter business, Henry B. Dickman, the firm name being Karbler & Dickman. The subject of this sketch nas been sole owner and proprietor of this business for some years, and has built up an extensive trade. He also is a stockholder in the Fremont Elevator Company and additionally is concerned in real estate and lumber interests in Clare County, Mich. He owns two good farms in Riley Township, consisting of about 200 acres.

October 15, 1893, Mr. Karbler was united in marriage with Miss Mary Weiker, who was born in Riley Township and is a daughter of Jacob Weiker, deceased. Four children were born to them: Maud E., Grace C., Pearl C. and Mabel. Politically, he is a Democrat and for some years has efficently discharged the duties of the office of postmaster of Erlin.

PETER WINTERS, president of the Winters Hardware Company, doing business on West State Street, Fremont, and also commander of Eugene Rawson Post, No. 32, Grand Army of the Republic, is an enterprising and progressive man whose efforts have been effective in bringing about the success of his various undertakings. He was born in Germany, March 14, 1847, and is a son of Peter and Mary Winters.

In 1855, when he was eight years old, his parents came to America and brought their four sons with them, settling on a farm near Hillsdale, Michigan. The father was a brickmaker by trade. They lived on their farm there until old age came upon them, when their son, Peter Winters, brought them to Fremont in order that he could more effectually care for them, and here the father died when aged eighty-four years, and the mother when one year younger.

When Peter Winters was sixteen years old he was slight of stature, weighing not more than ninety-five pounds. When fifteen years old he tried to enlist in the army, he was refused on account of his youth, but in the fall of 1863 he was able to pass and was accepted as a member of Company K, 27th Michigan Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war, with all the bravery and courage that a veteran could have shown. He was wounded first at Petersburg and was confined. in a hospital from the injury, for four weeks, and contracted rheumatism at the capture of the Weldon Railroad. This disease entailed months of suffering which he spent in hastily arranged hospitals, one in the Methodist Church at Alexandria, Virginia, and later he was taken to the Siegel Barracks Hospital. When sufficiently recovered he returned to his regiment and was honorably discharged and mustered out at Washington City.

Mr. Winters then returned to his Michigan home and worked for a short time in a grocery store and then went to Leavenworth, Kansas, and there learned the tinner's trade with Adam Andrews, on Choctaw Street. For three years he worked at that trade in that city and then lived one year longer at Hillsdale, Michigan. In 1872, with his brother, John Winters, he came to Fremont and they started first in the tinware business, having a small shop, and as they prospered they added a line. of hardware and continued together until 1906, under the firm name of Winters Brothers. In that year, Peter Winters purchased his brother's entire interest and then formed a stock company under the style of the Winters Hardware Company, which now does a very large business, carrying one of the most complete stocks in' Fremont. Of this organization, Peter Winters is president, one son, EK. F. Winters, is vice president, another son, George Winters, is manager, while the secretary and treasurer is Charles E. Schepflin, who has been

Mr. Winters married Miss Josephine Peffen, of Buffalo, New York, and they have five children, namely: Mamie, Edward F., George P., Hadie and Leona. Mr. Winters and family are members of St. Joseph Catholic Church at Fremont.

FRANK A. BINSACK, a well known agriculturist _ of Riley Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, and president of the township School Board, is the owner of a good farm of forty acres. He was born in Fremont, Ohio, May 16, 1858, and is a son of Adam and Magdalena (Gabel) Binsack, both natives of Germany. His mother was about six years old when she accompanied her parents. to the United States, and his father was also young at the time of his arrival here.

Adam Binsack resided for many years in Fremont, Ohio, and in 1860 moved to Riley Township, where he thereafter lived and farmed until his death. Of the children born-to him and his wife, the following are now living: Rosa, wife of Leonard Snyder of Rice Township; Catherine, wife of Peter Beier of Rice Township; Mrs. Mary Chudzinski of Sandusky Township; Elizabeth, wife of Andrew Koch of Riley Township; Helen, wife of Otto Halbeisen of Riley Township; -Frank A.; Henry of Huron County, Ohio; Adam of Riley Township; and Clara of Fremont, Ohio.

Frank A. Binsack was about two years of age when the family moved to Riley Township, and here he grew to maturity and attended the public schools. He has always followed farming and has met with good results. He has served as a member of the School Board for some years. He is a Democrat in politics, and is deeply interested in all that pertains to the welfare of his community.

On April to, 1883, Mr. Binsack was married to Miss Regina Kindle; who was born in Ohio and is a daughter of Gottleib Kindle, formerly a resident of Sandusky County. The following children were born to them: Joseph W., Albert S., Mary M., Elizabeth A., and Frank C. Religiously, the family belongs to St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church at Fremont.

CHARLES J. PATTERSON, who resides on his farm of eighty acres, which is situated seven miles from Fremont, is one of Washington Township's representative men. He was born in Sandusky County, Ohio, October 28, 1860, and is a son of Julius and Margaret (Larey) Patterson, and a grandson of Reuben Patterson, the latter of whom was accidentally drowned in the Sandusky River.

Julius Patterson was born May 23, 1808, at Syracuse, New York, from which place his parents moved to Ohio, in 1815. They lived for two years near the mouth of the Huron River and about one year in Ottawa County,' in 1818 locating permanently at Little Sandusky, now Fremont. They lived in one of the block houses that then stood on the site of Fort Stephenson. Julius Patterson married Margaret Larey, who is also deceased. They had ten children, the survivors being: Robert, John, Rawson, Oscar, Sarah, Julia, and Charles J. One son, Sardis, died in Andersonville Prison, during the Civil War.

Charles J. Patterson attended school at Ballville and at Fremont, Ohio. He worked as a farmer with his father for several years and then as a moulder and bridge-builder, and in 1884 he entered the employ of the Hon. R. B, Hayes, with whom he remained for ten years. He worked then for the National Carbon Company, and for one year in a flour mill at Fremont, and one year in the Christy Knife Works, going then to the Klause Oil Field Company. Mr. Patterson then turned his attention to farming, purchasing his land from

Barbara Klusman, and he is so thoroughly interested in his present industries that he thinks of never changing them. In addition to cultivating sixty acres of his land, twenty being yet in timber, he has developed a large maple syrup business and finds ready sale for all he can produce.

In 1885, Mr. Patterson was tarried to Miss Ida E. Keller, a daughter of David and Mary (Schaffer ) Keller, of Allen County, Ohio. Mrs. Patterson has three brothers: Henry, Frank and Joseph. Three children hdve been born to Mr. and Mrs. Patterson, namely: Raymond, who is station agent at Gibsonburg for the Lake Shore Electric Company, mar- ried Edith Lashley, of Henry County, Ohio, and they have one daughter, Ethel; Margaret, who resides at home; and Stanley E., who attends the public school in Washington Township. The family belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church. In his political affiliation, Mr. Patterson is a Republican, always voting with his party in National affairs, but using his own judgment when it comes to local candidates.

JOHN L. GARVIN, a trustee of Riley Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, is a prosperous farmer residing on a farm of eightynine acres. He has filled a number of public offices in the township, the duties of which he has always discharged in a manner to win the commendation and approval of his fellow citizens. He was born in Townsend Township, Sandusky County, May 4, 1860, and is a son of James and Mary (Smith) Garvin, both natives of the North of Ireland.

James Garvin was a young man when he emigrated to the United States, first locating in Pennsylvania. After a short residence in that State, about the year 1850, he moved west to Erie County, Ohio, and shortly afterward to Sandusky County. He settled in the woods of Riley Township and there passed an active and useful life, dying in 1897. He served creditably in the Union Army during the Civil War, and participated in the battle of Franklin and other important engagements. He was a Democrat in politics. Religiously, he was a member of the Roman Catholic Church. Of the children born to him and his wife, three are now living, as follows: Mary A., wife of John Dalton of Townsend Township; Henry J. of Townsend Township; and John L.

John L. Garvin was reared to man's estate in Riley Township and here attended the public schools. He also passed twenty weeks in attendance at the State Normal School at Ada, Ohio, after which he followed farming during the summer and teaching during the winter. He taught in the schools of Sandusky County for eleven winters, and gave evidence of superior ability as an instructor. He has since taken an active interest in the schools of

Riley Township, which he has done much to elevate to their present efficient standard. He has been connected with the schools, officially, for a number of years and is a member of. the School Board. For a time he served as justice of the peace of Riley Township, and is now serving his first term as township trustee. He is a Democrat in politics.

Mr. Garvin was united in marriage with Miss Johanna Brady, who was born in Green Creek Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Michael Brady. Five children blessed this union, of which number four are living, as follows: Leo J., Frank E., Albert E., and Margaret M. Religiously, the members of the family are devout members of the Roman Catholic Church. Mr. Garvin is affiliated with the Knights of Columbus at Clyde, Ohio.

DAVID JUNE, whose death occurred in 1895, was for many years the active head of the firm of D. June & Co., a manufacturing concern which added much to the material wealth and prosperity of Fremont, Ohio, where its main plant was located and where its successor, the M. Holderman Machine Company, is now in full operation. He was a man of great native ability, not alone as a machinist,

David June was born at Ithica, New York, May 11, 1824, and was a son of Peter June, who was a sailot and ship-rigger, and later a contractor in railroad construction work. The subject of this sketch was about nine years old, when in 1833 he accompanied his father to Portland, now Sandusky, Ohio, where he attended school a short time. He remained with his father until he was about fourteen years of age, and in 1838, became cabin boy

Sandusky River. In 1839 he served in a similar capacity on the "St. Clair" until she was laid up by the Combination Line, after which he went to the steamer "Sandusky." In 1840, he assisted his father (who was a contractor on the Sandusky & Mansfield Railroad) by driving a team at plow and scraper in the con- struction of the road bed from Sandusky to Monroeville. In the winter of 1840-1841, at Sandusky, he for a short time attended a school taught by Mr. Hickox, an Episcopal minister. In May, 1841, he began a seven year's apprenticeship to the trade of mechanical engineering with a firm in Sandusky, and during this time also worked for a while with his brother-in-law, Charles Waterous, on the old Ohio Railroad. This firm was doing the general repairs through the counties of Erie and Sandusky, and Mr. June's duty was to look after pile-drivers and sawmills. A dissolution of the firm to which he had been bound released him from his apprenticeship, and in April; 1849, he went to Cleveland and found employment in the Cuyahoga Iron Works. Here he remained about ten years, during that time filling the position of engineer on steamers of the Buffalo and Chicago Line in the summer seasons, and working in the shops during the winters. During a part ut 1843, he was second engineer on the steamer "St. Clair," and the rest of the year on the "Commerce." During the winter and spring of 1844, he assisted in building the engine of the "Empire," and in August of the same year sailed in that steamer as second engineer, remaining on that vessel until June, 1847, when he sailed on the "Boston." In the summer of 1847, lie took charge of the steamer "Detroit," on which he continued until she was sent to, Chicago. The following winter he put up the engine of the "Monticello," at Fairport, Ohio, and in the spring of 1848 put in an engine for the "Ohio," and later in the year fixed engines for the "Republic." He was on the "Republic" until July 1849, when he was employed to fit out the steamer "Globe," at Cleveland, for the American and Liverpool Insurance Company, which was under contract to furnish the railroad iron from England for the C. C. & C. Railroad by January 1, 1850. The company's vessels from Liverpool could not pass up the Welland Canal, the iron being unloaded on the banks. It was the duty of Mr. June to deliver the iron at Cleveland, the tank requiring from July until the 22d of December. He then returned to the Cuyahoga shops to work the Lake Superior Line of steamers, extending from Cleveland to Sault Ste. Marie, and he remained in their employ for eight years. In 1851, the company built the steamer 'Northerner,' into which Mr. June put an engine and other machinery; it was the first steamer built for the Lake Superior trade. In 1853, they built the steamer "North Star," at a cost of $128,000.

Having by industry and economy laid by some money, Mr. June in 1853 came to Fremont to engage in business for himself. With a Mr. Curtis, he bought out the plow shop of F. I. Norton, which they fitted up for the building and repairing of engines. Six months later, Daniel L. June, brother of David, bought Mr. Curtis' interest and the firm was known as June & June until 1856, when Lyman Gilpin bought out D. L. June. D. June and L. Gilpin continued as partners until November, 1859, when the former became sole proprietor. Mr. Curtis later, again became a partner in the business, but after seven years again withdrew. Three years thereafter, a partnership was formed, consisting of David June, Robert Brayton and O. S. French, under the firm name of D. June & Co., and the business was thereafter continued under this name until some years after the death of Mr. June, when the M. Holderman Machine Company was organized to replace it.

The completion of the Toledo, Norwalk & Cleveland Railroad in 1853, enabled Mr. June to bring engines from Cleyeland for repair, and return them, cheaper than the work could be done in that city, and as a result was able to retain the trade of the Lake Superior Company. His shops also received many orders for work from the surrounding country. In the winter of 1855 he rebuilt the "Manhattan," the engines being brought to Fremont by rail, and in the winter of 1857 he rebuilt the "North Star' at Fremont. During these years Mr. June was away occasionally on Lake Superior to overhaul steamers and make repairs, and in 1858, at the urgent solicitation of the Lake Superior Transportation Company, he left his business at Fremont in charge of his partner and went to Cleveland, where it was his duty to keep the boats in running order. In 1860, he returned to Fremont, where he thereafter resided continuously, and in 1861 began the erection of new works, which were completed in 1877. After several changes of partners as above related, he took into the firm, Robert Brayton, an old and skillful machinist with whom he had worked in Cleveland, and who remained nine years and did much to make their ventures successful. Many valuable improvements in the building of engines were made by this enterprising firm, they being inventors of a self-acting spark arrester in 1875, which has come into general use. The engines built by this firm gained high prestige and the demand for them came from all parts of the country. They established branch plants, one at Waco, Texas, and another at Council Bluffs, lowa. They also conducted a branch at Austin, Texas, which was later sold to A. R. Gossard. In 1869, Mr. O. S. French became identified with the firm, and in 1886 a one-third interest was divided among S. A. June & Son, Martin Holderman and A. M. June. In 1890, S. A. June and Peter June surrendered their stock to the company; after the death of Mr. David June, Martin Holderman bought out the June interests in the plant, and after the death of Mr. French in 1908 purchased the French interests, thus becoming sole owner of the plant. The M. Holderman Machine Company was then organized, and the plant is leased.

On November 28, 1844, David June was married at Painesville, Ohio to Miss Caroline A. Owen, a daughter of Joseph and Anna (Ranson) Owen. She was born in Ontario County, New York, in February, 1823. They were parents of two children - Clarissa A., who died in childhood; and Carrie M. (Holderman), who was born June 12, 1857. The latter was married September 10, 1884, to Martin Holderman of Fremont, and they have two children - June Frederick, born December 5, 1885, and Clara Marie, born December 12, 1886.

A. E. CULBERT, who is a well known member of the Fremont bar and an associate with D. B. Love in the law firm of Love & Culbert, was born on a farm in Ballville Township, Sandusky County, Ohio,

March 27, 1862, and is a son of Elijah and Eliza (Day) Culbert. The boyhood and youth of Mr. Culbert were spent on his father's farm and after gaining sufficient. educational training in the country schools, he began to teach, and proving himself well adapted for this profession, kept on teaching for some twelve years, both in Sandusky and Ottawa Counties. He then entered upon the study of law under D. B. Love, his present partner, and Judge Buckland, and was admitted to the bar in June, 1894, entering into his present partnership in 1897. From 1894 until 1897 he served as deputy clerk in the office of the probate judge. Mr. Culbert has a large practice in connection with the firm, and individually he is attorney for the Sandusky County Building and Loan Company and is also attorney for several of the banks in Fremont. He has served as city solicitor of Fremont, elected on the Republican ticket, and while a resident of Sandusky Township, when only twenty-one years old, was elected assessor and re-elected, enjoying the unique experience of being the only man elected before or since to that office there, on the Republican ticket, and furthermore, was the only Republican ever elected township clerk on that ticket. Aside from his profession, Mr. Culbert has numerous business interests. He is a stockholder and director in the Riverside Fuel and Supply Company, of Fremont, manufacturers of brick; is a director of the Fremont Sales Book Company; is treasurer of the Donald Oil and Gas Company; and is president of the Bliss Shirt. Company, of Fremont. He has served two terms as a member of the Fremont Board of Safety. Mr. Culbert married Miss Mary Rose, a daughter of Philip Rose, and they have had nine children, all surviving except the youngest, Harry, who died 'in infancy, as follows: Chester A., Estella M., Ralph, Iva, Harold, Paul, Raymond, Donala, a particularly intelligent, well educated family. Mr. Culbert belongs to the Protective Home Circle, the Red Men and the Maccabees and in the last named order is very prominent. He is past great commander of the Maccabees of Ohio, the highest office of the-fraternity in the state, which he has held continuously since 1904. He is also a member of the State Executive Committee, is supreme representative and belongs to the finance committee of the National body of this remarkably prosperous order.

FRANCIS L. WEBER, a very highly esteemed resident of Fremont, who retired to this city from his farm in 1905, and pccupies his comfortable residence which is situated 'at No. 1021 Napoleon Street, still owns 227 acres of valuable farming land in Riley Township. Mr. Weber is an American in everything except birth, this having taken place in Alsace, France, now a province of Germany, on July 3, 1836. His parents were Mathias and Cecelia (Wilhelm) Weber.

From Alsace Mathias Weber brougnt his family to America when Francis L. was a boy of eleven years, settling in Sandusky Township, three and one-half miles north of Fremont on the Sandusky River. They were almost the first permanent settlers in that region, the country then being almost covered with woods, but their German industry and thrift enabled them to succeed where less persevering people would have failed, and they developed a fine farm. The father of the family died there many years ago but the mother 'survived into advanced age, her death taking place in June, 1891, when aged 87 years. Of their children the following survive: Josephine, who is the widow of Frederick Fabing, resides on 'Garrison Street, Fremont; Francis L.; Mathias W., who served as a soldier in the Civil War, being a member of Company B, 72d O. Vol. Inf., resides in Jefferson County, Montana; and Cecelia, who is the wife of George Held, Sr., of Fremont. Mathias Weber was a faithful Roman Catholic. He was a Democrat in his political convictions. In his death the community lost one of the worthy pioneers of his time.

to Sandusky County, and very soon he was called on to give assistance on the farm. In the spring of 1857 he made up his mind to make the long journey to California and see for himself if fortunes could be as' easily acquired as was the general and prevailing idea of the eastern country. He decided on the isthmus route and went to New York, and probably in one of: Commodore Vanderbilt's old vessels took passage for Aspinwall. There he crossed on the railway to thé Pacific side of the Isthmus of Panama, right over the land now excavated for the great Gatun Dam, and there boarded a vessel for San Francisco, which city he reached after a 22-days period of travel from New York. Mr. Weber spent only a short time at mining but found profitable employment at farming and remained in California for one and one-half years, returning then to New York over the same route.

In 1859 Mr. Weber was married and settled then in Riley Township, on wild land that he practically cleared out of the woods. The first home was a hewed log cabin and it served very well for many years, but in 1882 he erected the commodious brick residence, one of the best farm: houses in the township, and resided there until he retired to Fremont in 1905. Mr. Weber not only made one trip to the Pacific coast but in 1865 he went a second time, taking advantage of the Nicaraugua route. He found many changes in the old surroundings but none of them of sufficient value to attract him from Sandusky County, and after a visit of seven months he contentedly returned to Ohio. With the easy modes of transportation now afforded, Mr. Weber might make a very enjoyable third visit, undoubtedly being able now to see most remarkable changes from the old days.

Mr. Weber was married (first) November 22, 1859, in Sandusky County, to Elizabeth Wigland, of Riley Township, a daughter of John and Catherine Wigland, early settlers there. Two children were born to this union, namely: Charles H., who resides in Riley Township; and Mary, who is the wife of Nicholas Klos, of Fremont. Mr. Weber was married (second) May 22, 1866, to Magdalena Schiets, who was born in Ballville Township,

Sandusky County, a daughter of Lewis and Catherine' (Gabel) Schiets. The father of Mrs Weber was born in Lorraine and the mother in Alsace, France, both now provinces of Germany. The father came to America when 22 years of age and was one of the'earliest settlers of Ballville Township. He married Catherine Gabel, a daughter of Jacob Gabel, who was an early settler in Jackson Township, Sandusky Coynty. Mrs. Weber has one sister and two brothers, namely: Elizabeth,, who is the wife of Lawrence Wilhelm, of Fremont; George, who lives in the city of Lima, Ohio; and Peter, who follows farming in Rice Township.

Of the nine children born to Mr. and Mrs. Weber, seven survive, as follows: Catherine, wife of Richard Berry, living in Jefferson County, Montana; Cecelia, wife of Samuel Longanbach, of Great Falls, Montana; Clara, wife of John Fleming, of Butte, Montana; Odelia, living at home; Francis L., Jr., of Peoria, Illinois; Louisa, residing at Fremont; and Mathias W., who is a mail clerk on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad between Cleveland and Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Weber are members of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church at Fremont.

JACOB STULTS, a veteran of the Civil War and a prosperous agriculturist of Washington Township, resides on his valuable farm of seventy acres which is stuated three miles southwest of Lindsey, Ohio. He was born in Sandusky County, Ohio, May 30, 1841, and is a son of Jacob and Nancy (Smith) Stults.

The older Jacob Stultz, who was a son of Peter Stults, came from New Jersey and lived in Franklin County, Ohio, until 1828, when he came to Sandusky County, where he resided 'until his death: He married Nancy Smith, who was a native of New Jersey, and they had the following children: Sarah, who is the widow of Bénnett Havens; Henry, deceased, who married Julia Berringer; Daniel, who was married (first) to Hattie Naugle, and after her death to Clara Craft; Jacob, of Washington Township; Jennie, who is the widow of H. A. Wolfe, resides at Fremont;

Jacob Stultz, Jr., attended the puble schools until he was about 18 years of age, and then he worked for his father on the farm until he enlisted for service in-the Civil War, in May, 1864, becoming a member of Company K, 169th O. Vol. Inf., and was honorably discharged on September 4, 1864, having been stationed about eight miles west of Washington City. He then spent six months seeing something of the country, especially the State of llinois, after which he returned to the home farm. Following his marriage, in 1868, he bought the farm on which he has lived ever since.

On June 18, 1868, Mr. Stults was married to Miss Catherine Deemer, a daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Hartzell) Deemer, of Pennsylvania, whose other children were: William, deceased, whose widow, Anna _ (Keefer) Deemer, lives in Fremont; Thomas, who resides in Pennsylvania, married Sarah Rittenhouse; Edward, who resides at Fremont, married Martha Bowlus; Rosanna, deceased, who married Tillman Siegfried, also deceased; Sarah, who is the widow of Jacob O. Bowlus, lives in Fremont; and Anna, deceased, who married Frank Rideout.

To Mr. and Mrs. Stults the following children have been born: Charles, who married Clara Fought, has two sons, Elvin and Ralph; Elizabeth, who is the wife of John Skilliter; Fannie, who lives at home; Albert, who married Effie Burgoon; Jesse, who married Pearl Seibert, has one daughter, Alice Catherine: and Elma, who lives at home. Mr. Stults arid family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics he is a Republican and he is identified with Canfield Post, No. 124, G. A. R., at Gibsonburg. He is one of the township's representative citizens.

FRANK HALBEISEN, who resides on his farm in Riley Township, of which he took charge when only 15 years of age, is a representative business man of this section and operates a tile manufacturing plant in Townsend Township, near Vickery. He was born November 16, 1859, in Sandusky Township, San-

The father of Mr. Halbeisen was born in Switzerland. For some years after his marriage to Catherine Zeigler, who was born in Germany, and was a daughter of Martin Zeigler, a pioneer of Riley Township, he lived in Sandusky Township, Sandusky County... From there he mpved to Fulton County, Indiana, but in 1867 he returned to Sandusky County and settled in Riley Township, where he died in 1871. His widow survived until 1903. Of their children the two survivors are: Odelia, who is the wife .of Frank Keating, of Riley Township; and Frank. In his younger years

Frank Halbeisen attended school until he was about 15 years of age, when the death of his father placed many responsibilities on him. He took over the management of the farm of eighty acres and has ever since been more or less concerned in agricultural pursuits. Mr. Halbeisen has developed a large tile industry. He started into tile manufacturing on his farm in Riley Township in 1882, carrying it on there for several years, after which he had a tile plant in operation at Erlin, Ohio, for two years. In 1902 he began the manufacture of tile in Townsend Township near Vickery, where he has a plant capable of turning out some 8,000 tile per day. The business is in a prosperous condition. Mr, Halbeisen having about as many orders as he can conveniently handle without enlarging his plant.

Mr. Halbeisen was married (first) to Miss Harriet Gilbert, and three children were born to them: John, residing at Clyde, Ohio; Alonzo H., residing at Vickery, and Alma, wife of Harry Spohn, of Green Creek Township. Mr. Halbeisen was married (second) to Miss Eliza King, a former resident of Gibsonburg, Ohio, but a native of England, and four children have been born to this union, namely: Gertrude, William, Frank and Harry M.- Mr. Halbeisen has served at different times on the Township School Board in Riley Township.

GEORGE ZIMMERMAN, M. D., physician and surgeon at Fremont, is largely interested and has a large amount of capital invested in manufacturing enterprises in this city and county, and is president of the Fremont Mitten & Glove Company, and of the Henkel Company at Fremont, which is the largest plant for the manufacture of manicure instruments in the United States. Dr. Zimmerman was born at St. Joseph, Missouri, April 26, 1856, and is a son of George F. and Mary Jane Zimmerman. They were natives of Maryland and died there. They resided for a few years at St. Joseph, Missouri, but returned to Frederick, Maryland, when their son George was three years old.

Dr. Zimmerman was reared from that age to manhood in the city of Frederick, attending the common schools and an academy there and subsequently entering Oberlin College. In that Ohio institution he was graduated in the classical course in 1882 and then spent the sophomore year at Hillsdale, Michigan, after which he entered the Homeopathic Medical College at Chicago, where he was graduated in 1884, coming directly to Fremont and entering here into active practice. In 1899 he took a post graduate course at Hahnemann College, Chicago, receiving a degree. merman continued in the successful practice of his profession until 1902, when he became interested in manufacturing. In association with his brother, Harry Zimmerman, he started the mitten and glove factory and together they conducted it for two years and then incorporated, with the following officers: George Zimmerman, president; J. B. Johnson, vice president; Harry Zimmerman, secretary and treasurer; and John F. Gottron and John L. Reineck, directors. At the present time of writing (1909) the company is operating three factories, there being an extensive plant on North Wood Street, Fremont, giving employment to 125 hands; one at Oak Harbor, where there are 160 machines operated by 160 girls, and a third factory at Sandusky, which is equipped with 260 machines operated by the same number of girls. The main office and shipping point is Fremont. In addition to attending to the carrying on and expansion of this large enterprise, Dr. Zimmerman is also president of the largest plant in the United States for the manufacture of the delicate instruments made use of in manicuring.

Dr. Zimmerman married Miss Angeline Truesdall, a daughter of James Truesdall. She was born in Huron County, Ohio. For a number of years she has been prominently identified with club work and at present is president of the Federated Clubs of Fremont. Dr. and Mrs. Zimmerman have two daughters: Ruth, who is a student at Oberlin College; and Helen P., who resides at home. Dr. Zimmerman and family are members of the First Presbyterian Church and he is president of its board of trustees. He is a member of the Ohio State Medical Association.

JOSEPH BRITENBURG, who has been a resident of Riley Township, Sandusky County, for over a quarter of a century and has lived on his present valuable farm of eighty acres since 1903, was born in Prussia, Germany, His parents were William and Mary Britenburg.

In 1853 the parents of Mr. Britenburg emigrated to America and lived for a short time at Albany, New York, coming from there to Sandusky County, Ohio, where Joseph grew to manhood. In December, 1863, he enlisted for service in the Civil War, entering Company K, 3d Reg. Ohio Vol. Cav., which became a part of the division commanded by General Wilson. Mr. Britenburg participated in the battle of Selma, Alabama, and in many skirmishes of more or less importance and continued in the faithful performance of his soldierly duty until he was honorably discharged on August 4, 1865. Mr. Britenburg lived for a short time at Sandusky after returning from the army, and then took up his residence in Green Creek Township, Sandusky County, but later returned to Sandusky and from there, some years later, came to Riley Township and has continued to live here ever since. He engages in general farming and stockraising. His parents are no longer living but he has two brothers and three sisters, namely: Anthony, who lives in Michigan; Jacob, who lives in Van Wert County, Ohio; Julia, who is the wife of

Michael Kriss, of Townsend Township, Sandusky County ; Rosa, who is the wife of George Sweegles, of Sandusky; and Lena, who is the wife of Peter Herl, of Van Wert County.

Mr. Britenburg was married December 7, 1869, to Miss Henrietta Wott, who was born in Prussia, Germany, January 9, 1848, a daughter of Carl and Charlotte Wott. She was 18 years of age when she accompanied her parents to America, living for a short time in Erie County, Ohio, and afterward in Green Creek Township, Sandusky County, where both parents died. The following brothers and sisters of Mrs. Britenburg are still living: Henry and Charles, both residents of Green Creek Township; William, residing at Oak Harbor, Ohio; August, living in Michigan; Albertina, wife of Carl Ferkel, of Riley Township; and Wilhelmina, wife of Ludwig Werth, of Riley Township.

George, August and Robert, all living in Riley Township; Charles, a resident of Townsend Township; Rosa, wife of Frank Pocock, of Green Creek Township; Charlotte, wife of Charles Wobser, of Townsend Township; Ida, wife of Henry Karbler, of Riley Township; Anna, wife of Frederick Wahl, of Clyde, Ohio; and Olive and Edna, both of whom live in Riley Township. Mr. Britenburg and wife are leading members of the Lutheran Church at Clyde. In politics he is a Democrat. He is a welcome and valued comrade in the G. A. R. Post at Clyde and he enjoys the respect and confidence of his neighborhood.

MRS. MARGARET SAAM, one of Washington Township's most esteemed ladies, widow of the late Philip P' Saam, resides on her farm of sixty-seven acres, which is situated in Washington Township, Sandusky County, Ohio. Mrs. Saam was born in Sandusky County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Christian and Maria (Seigenthaler) Auxter.

The parents of Mrs. Saam came to America from Germany. The father was an educated man and taught school for some years at Allentown, Pennsylvania, and the mother lived in

Philadelphia at the time of their marriage. They then came to Sandusky County and spent the remainder of their lives here. On April 7, 1863, Margaret Auxter was married to Philip P. Saam.

Philip P. Saam was born in Germany, March 24, 1824, and was 26 years of age when he came to. America. From New York he came to Ohio and settled at Flat Rock in 1860, purchasing his farm in Washington Township, on which he lived until his death. He was an excellent farmer, a good neighbor and a useful citizen in his community. Philip P. Saam was first married August 25, 1852, to Catherine Bahler, who was born August 27, 1836, and they had six children, of whom two are now living: Louis E., who married Emma Auxter, and they live in Washington Township; and Fanny E., who married Henry Stausmire, of Gibsonburg.. Louis.E. Saam and wife have seven children: John, Chester, Charles, Ervin, Harry, Blanche and Louis. Mr. and Mrs. Stausmire have one son, Edward Philip. To his second marriage, to Margaret Auxter, thé following children were born: Henry, who married Geneva Kimball, resides three miles west of Gibsonburg, and they have six children: Ollie, Wesley, Eva, Nora, Fred and Hazel; Sarah Caroline, who married John Weng, lives two miles west of Hessville, and they have one daughter, Alice; Edward, who married Emma Bender, lives in Washington Township, and they have one san, Paul L.; John Frederick, who is now deceased ; Cora Pauline, who married William Beeker, lives two miles south of Lindsey, and they have one son, Harold Philip; and Alice Amelia, who married Clifton E. Long. Mr. and Mrs. Long have two sons: Leroy Edward, who was born April 16, 1905, and Lloyd Philip, who was. . born January 7, 1907. Clifton E. Long was born in Ottawa County, Ohio, and is a son of Levi and Mary (Smith) Long, and a grandsor of Philip and Susan Long. Mr. and Mrs. Long reside on the farm with Mrs. Saam and he attends to its cultivation. Wheat, oats, corn, hay and stock are raised. Mrs. Saam has the satisfaction of having all her children settled reasonably near her. She is a member of the Lutheran Church.

DR. J. W. LUSE, an old and venerated citizen of Clyde, Ohio, has been a resident of that village for more than half a century and has been prominently identified with its growth and development. He engaged in the practice of medicine off and on during a greater part of this time, also conducted a drug store many years and engaged in the manufacture of a number of well known remedies which bear his name.

Doctor Luse was born at West Greenville, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, October 28, 1827, and is a son of Caleb and Margaret (Culverson) Luse. Caleb Luse was born in New Jersey, and was about four years old when brought by his father, David Luse, to the eastern part of Ohio. He lived there and in western Pennsylvania for many years, owning a farm in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, for some years prior to his removal to Sandusky County, Ohio. He followed the subject of this sketch to this county and purchased what was known as the old Gale farm, located about three miles southwest of Clyde, in Green Creek Township. There he lived until his death, which occurred on February 3, 1872, at the age of seventy-eight years. He was married to Margaret Culverson, who survived him some years, dying August 5, 1881. They were parents of ten children, of whom Dr. Luse was next to the eldest.

John Wylie Luse, whose name heads this record, spent his boyhood on the home farm in Mercer County, which he helped to clear, and went to school in an old roundlog schoolhouse, which was equipped with the primitive slab benches and desks. At the age of twenty years he began teaching school and during the summer months worked on the farm. He taught for six winters and two summers in the district schools of Mercer County, and in the summer of 1852' taught at Niles, Ohio, where he had as a pupil the illustrious William McKinley, who was then a lad of nine years. During that time he was studying medicine with Doctor Ray at Greenville, and he later attended the old medical college at Cleveland, Ohio. In 1854 he en- tered into partnership with Dr..G. W. Hughett at Petersburg, Pennsylvania, about one hundred and forty miles east of Pittsburg, and continued there for three years. At the end of that time he entered a medical college at Ann Arbor, Michigan, from which institution he moved to Clyde, Ohio, in May, 1857, the village at that time consisting of but a very few houses. His degree of M. D. was obtained from the medical college at Cleveland. He practiced here with great success, and a part of the time engaged in the drug trade. During the past twenty-five years he has made a specialty of the manufacture of different medicines, the most famous of which is Dr. J. W. Luse's Eclectic Liver Pills, which have had a: remarkable sale. About the year 1900 he formed the J. W. Luse Medicine Company, but later disposed of all his stock, reserving his office rights. His office and residence are both located on Main Street.

In the spring of 1854 Doctor Luse was married to Miss Elizabeth C. Patterson, of Mt. Jackson, Pennsylvania, and they became parents of four children: Allie V. M., who is the wife of Rev. S. M. Dick, a Methodist minister located in Minnesota; Trudie, who died at the age of eleven years; Ma-

Chenery, of Boston, Massachusetts, who is a professor of eye, ear and throat diseases in Tufft's Medical University, one of the most famous practitioners in that special line of surgery; and Fay, who died at the age of seventeen months. Dr. Luse is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and has filled many of the church offices. In his younger days he also was an instructor in vocal and instrumental music. In politics he was originally a Free Soiler, but became a Republican during the administration of President Lincoln. He has been a supporter of the temperance cause and was twice honored with the nomination for member of Congress by the Prohibitionists.

ing a success of general farming and stockraising, was born September 18, 1881, in Riley Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, and is a son of Carl and Albertina (Wott) Ferkel.

The parents of Mr. Ferkel were born in Germany and some thirty years ago they emigrated to America and settled in Sandusky County, where they still live, people who are respected and esteemed. They are leading members of the Lutheran Church at Clyde. Six of their children still survive, namely: Lena, who is the wife of Henry Albrecht, of Fremont; Charles A., who resides in Los Angeles, California; Emma B., who is the wife of William A. Cobleigh, of Los Angeles; Otto C., who is a farmer in Riley Township; Minnie, who is the wife of William Last, residing near Bellevue, Ohio, and William H.

William H. Ferkel was reared on his father's farm in Riley Township and attended the township schools. He has enjoyed the advantages which come from travel and has seen a large part of the western section of the great country of which he is a good and law-abiding citizen. In 1904 he attended the great St. Louis Ex- 'position, and after enjoying all it had to offer. went further west, to the Pacific coast. He remained at Los Angeles, California, until 1905, when he traversed the beautiful San Joaquin Valley, and then took a steamer at San Francisco for Portland, Oregon. He spent some time at Portland and at Spokane, 'Washington, and then returned to San Francisco by way of the Sacramento Valley. He made a return visit of some months at Los Angeles and then turned eastward and in a few days was again among the old scenes with which he had been acquainted since childhood. The pleasures of the trip, however, will never be forgotten. . .

On May 6, 1908, Mr. Ferkel was married to Miss Emma Young, a daughter of Albert Young, of Riley Township. They are members of the Lutheran Church at Clyde. In politics Mr. Ferkel, like his father, is identified with the Democratic party.

at Fremont, Ohio, is one of the pioneer business men of this city. He was born April 4, 1825, in Chenango County, New York, and is a son of Jonathan and Cynthia (Graves) Mc- Culloch.

The parents of Mr. McCulloch moved to Erie, Pennsylvania, when he was 18 months old and he remained there until he was 13 years of age, when he left home and made his way to Buffalo, New York, where he learned the drug business and remained four years. In 1840, a brother, C. G. McCulloch, came to Fremont, and in 1842 the subject of this sketch joined him in the drug business, after which the brother went to Chicago, where he subsequently died. Some years later the parents came to Ohio and located at Milan, about twenty-eight miles east of Fremont, and they died there. Mr. McCulloch has continued in the drug business all these years, never seeing any necessity of changing his location and probably there is no better known citizen in Fremont.

Mr. McCulloch married Rhoda Gould, who died November 3, 1905, aged 79 years. She was born in Union County, Pennsylvania, but was reared in Sandusky County, being motherless from infancy. Her father was David Gould. To Mr. and Mrs. McCulloch were born the following children: Jessie, Charles Rollin, Fannie, Margaret, Rollin S., Josephine and Julia.

Mr. McCulloch is a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church. Quietly observant of the passing events in a long and busy life, Mr. McCulloch has taken no inconsiderable part in the development of the better phases of existence in this city, but to a large degree he has kept aloof from politics. He has contented himself in the main with quietly performing the duties of a good citizen, and he recognizes such responsibilities.

ANTHONY B. MEYER, a prosperous and well known citizen of Riley Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, of which he has been a lifelong resident, was born January 22, 1856, and is a son of John C. and Elizabeth (Schmitz) Meyer.

John C. Meyer and wife were born in Prussia and they came to America in 1848. They were early pioneers in Riley Township, their first log cabin being situated in the woods, near the present site of Erlin. John C. Meyer lived into extreme old age, dying in his 94th year, at Fremont, having survived his wife for many years. Five of their children are yet living, namely: Annie, who is the wife of Anthony Reineck, of Riley Township; Eva, who is the widow of Anthony Kiser, and lives at Fremont; Mary, widow of Lewis Reineck, resides at Fremont; May A., who is the wife of Stephen Kiser, lives at Elyria, Ohio; Anthony B., the youngest. John C. Meyer was one of the best known pioneers of Sandusky County and had been honored on many occasions by tributes of respect from his fellow citizens. He was a faithful member of the Catholic Church. f

Anthony B. Meyer grew to manhood in Riley Township and attended the public schools and St. Joseph's Parochial School at Fremont. He has devoted himself continuously to farm pursuits and owns I00 acres of valuable land, eighty of this comprising his home farm. In his almost daily struggle with the soil, he has accomplished more than the usual amount of satisfactory results.

Mr. Meyer married Miss Margaret Fitzpatrick, a native of Riley Township, and a daughter of Michael Fitzpatrick, and they have had eight children, the survivors being as follows: Frank J.; Cordelia B., wife of John Halbeisen, of Clyde; and Clarence M., Oran P., Anthony J., and Frederick W. Two are deceased: Clara E. and Rosa G. Mr. Meyer and family belong to the Roman Catholic Church. In _ politics he is a Democrat and_has served his township very acceptably in the office of road supervisor.

HARRY A. BOLEN, who 'is. engaged in cultivating a fine farm of 100 acres, which is the property inherited by his wife from her father's estate, and is located about six miles west of Fremont, was born February 22, 1857, at Fremont, Ohio, and is a son of Lewis and Sarah (Smith) Bolen.

dusky County from Perry County, Ohio. He married Sarah Smith, who was a daughter of Israel and Caroline Smith, who came from Franklin County to Sandusky County, Ohio, where they both died. Lewis and Sarah Bolen were the parents of the following children: William, now deceased; Mary is the wife of Samuel Klots, of Jackson Township, Sandusky County; John Wesley, a resident of Jackson Township, married Emma Hite; Harry A., the subject of this record; Emma, is the wife of Alvin Spangler, of Gibsonburg; Russel B., married Alma Roberts, and resides in Washington Township; Clarence, married Zella Owen, and is a resident of Bloomville, Seneca County, Ohio; Fanny, is the wife of. Alfred Knepper, of Wood County, Ohio; and Albert lives on the homestead farm in Washington Township.

Harry A. Bolen received his early education in the schools of Fremont, and the district schools of Washington Township, and after leaving school worked for his father on .the farm until the time of his marriage, since when he has resided, on his wife's farm, as stated above.

Mr. Bolen was united in marriage November 21, 1878, with Clara Waggoner, who is a daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Miller) Waggoner, and to their union has been born one daughter, Sarah Edna, who graduated from - the Fremont High School in June, 1909. Mr. Bolen is a Republican in politics and has served as a member of the School Board for ten years, during which time he was president for four years. Mr. Bolen and his family are members of the United Brethren Church, known as the Mount Calvary Class and located four and a half miles west, of Fremont. |

' WILLIAM T. HUFFORD, one of San-. dusky Township's representative men, a member of and formerly president of the township school board; resides in Section 31, and owns two well improved farms of 197 acres in all, He was born September 26, 1851, in Sandusky Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, and is 'a' son of James and Elizabeth (Fisher) Hufford.

Mr. And Mrs. David Daub

the settlers of Jamestown and members of the family still live along the eastern coast, and family records show that both the Hufford and Fisher families were represented among the heroes of the Revolutionary War.

James Hufford, father of William T., was born in Montgomery County, Ohio, November 23, 1812, and with his parents came to Sandusky County in 1836, where he died March 31, 1895. The Huffords were among the earliest settlers in Sandusky Township, locating in the lonely woods, on the outskirts of civilization at that time. James Hufford proved a strong, reliable, earnest man and during a long and active life so lent his influence that its good effect made an impression on his con munity. He was one of the founders and liberal supporters of the Muscalonge M. P. Church in Sandusky Township. He was twice married and was the father of four children, the only survivor being one son, William T.

William T. Hufford was given excellent educational opportunities and attended the common and High School at Fremont, after which he spent several years as a school teacher in Sandusky Township. Since retiring from the educational field he has devoted himself to agricultural pursuits and is numbered with the successful farmers of the township.

Mr. Hufford was married December 25, 1873, to Miss Sarah J. Rideout, of Ballville Township, Sandusky County, a daughter of William and Mary A. (Huggins) Rideout. William Rideout was born in Maine and his wife in Pennsylvania. They were early settlers in Sandusky County, where they lived

Douglas County, Illinois, where both died. Mr. and Mrs. Hufford have had three children, namely: Eugene L., who is now deceased; James F., who resides in Fremont; and Ray V., who married Rosa King, and has two children, Thelma and Dorothy. He resides in Sandusky Township on the other farm owned by his father. Mr. Hufford and wife belong to the Muscalonge M. P. Church, of Sandusky Township. In politics he is a Republican and has long been an active and valued citizen. He is identified with the order of Odd Fellows

THE HERBRAND COMPANY, manufacturers of carriage hardware, wrenches, and the Herbrand Safety Razor, is one of Fremont's important business concerns. It was incorporated in 1881, by Charles Thompson and others, and he has been its president from the first. He was born, reared and educated here.

The Herbrand Company occupies a large brick building on East State Street, Fremont. The business was started with a small force of men and has made such steady progress that at present employment is afforded 100 hands or more, the larger number of these being skilled workmen. The plant is equipped for drop forgings of all kinds. For fifteen years they have manufactured razors, at first the old style plain razor, but in recent years have devoted themselves to the manufacture of the special Herbrand Safety Razor. They make a great many different styles covering a retail price from $1 to $5.

The officers of the company are: Charles Thompson, president, and G-'E. Hall, secretary and treasurer. Mr. J. J. Fetzer, who has been vice president for many years, died on February 9, 1909, and the vacancy has not since been filled. His home was at Columbiana, Ohio.

DAVID DAUB, a veteran of the Civil War and well known retired farmer of Burgoon, was for many years one of the leading agriculturists of Jackson Township. He was born February 18, 1845, in York County, Pennsylvania, and is a son of Michael and Kafherine (Harmon) Daub, the former a native of Germany and the latter of York County, Pennsylvania.

Michael and Katherine Daub were the parents of the following children: Lydia Ann, deceased; David, subject of this record; Rebecca; Katherine; Sarah; Henry M., and Michael, all of whom, with the exception of our subject, reside in Putnam