Sandusky County, Ohio - Chapter 25: Miscellanea, 1909 (part 9 of 18)

Charles R. Richards grew to manhood on the home farm and attended the country schools, subsequently taking a commercial course at the Normal School at Ada, Ohio. He then spent a year and a half at Cleveland, in the employ of the Broadway & Newburg electric lines, in 1891 returning to York Township, where he took charge of the. brick and tile business that had been previously conducted by his father, and he has been successfully engaged in it, together with farming, ever since. From 1896 to 1904 he was interested with his brother-in-law, A. J. Guile, in the brick and tile business at Curtice, in Lucas County. The company purchased eighty acres of land at that soint and established a tile yard and factory, the land subsequently becoming valuable as oil territory. He is also associated with George L. Bemis in the Clyde tile yards, at Clyde. The Richards Brick and Tile yards were started in 1857 by George Carleton and George Taylor and thus is one cf the pioneer industries of York Township. After the retirement of Mr. Taylor, the late William L. Richards became the partner of Mr. Carleton, and in 1885 he became sole proprietor, and continued until his son, Charles R. Richards, took charge. The plant furnishes employment to seven men the year round and is one of the most prosperous enterprises of this section of the county.

In May. 1893. Mr. Richards was married to Miss Edith H. Guile, of New London, Huron County, Ohio, and they have two sons, Karl R. and Fred A. Mr. Richards and family attend the Methodist Episcopal Church at North Ridge. In politics he is a zealous Republican. For eight years he has held the office of township trustee and for seven years has been a member of the board of education. In 1908 he was his party's candidate for county commissioner. In 1909. he was at the primary chosen as candidate for the office of land appraiser on the Republican ticket. by a vote ot ninety-nine to eleven. and the opposition placed no candidate on their ticket to oppose him.

JAMES B. KING, a sculptor and a member of the firm doing business at Clyde, Ohio, under the name of the Hughes Granite and Marble Company, has been a resident of Sandusky County for the past nine years. Mr. King was born March 12, 1866, at Aberdeen, Scotland, and is a son of Alexander and Jessie (Brown) King, both natives of Scotland.

James B. King's people were farmers and he grew to the age of 17 as an assistant to his father, but by that time he had discovered that his inclination and talents lay in an entirely different direction. He had acquired a grammar school education and had made the most of his opportunities. After leaving the farm he became an apprentice in the great granite shops of the McDonald Company, and there worked four years to learn every detail of the trade, including the polishing of granite, and during this time he also attended a technical school at night. Later he became a student in the Gray's Art School and under the instruction there became a sculptor. Mr. King was about twentyfive years of age when he came to America and after a short period of residence in New York, he went to Quincy, Massachusetts, where he remained for seven years. From there he went to Milford, New Hampshire, entering there into partnership with John Robinson, under the firm name of King & Robinson, in the granite statuary business. Later Mr. King sold his interest to Mr. Robinson and returned to New York, coming from there to Clyde, Ohio, in 1900. The Hughes Granite and Marble Company had the contract for the monumental work for the Ohio Monument commemorating the Battle of Shiloh and Mr. King was chosen to make the models for this beautiful memorial. He shortly afterward became a partner and in 1907 the firm name was adopted as it is at present. The plant is located on East Buckeye Street, Clyde, on the L. S. and M. S. Railroad, gives employment to fifty-five men and is the largest establishment of its kind in the Middle West. To the firm Mr. King brought not only the skill of a practical workman, but also the technical knowledge of the

In 1902, Mr. King was married to Miss «Alice Campbell, who is also a native of Scotland,-and they have two children: James and Alice. Their pleasant home is located on West Buckeye Street. In his political views he is a Republican. He became identified with the Masonic fraternity in his native land and belongs also to the Odd Fellows.

LEO RIESTERER, one of the successful farmers and respected citizens of Green Creek Township, Sandusky County, owns seventyfour acres of well cultivated land, ten of which was secured by his father when he came first to America. Mr. Riesterer was born near Baden, Germany, February 24, 1851, and is a son of Trupert and Flora (Reisterer) Riesterer.

Trupert Riesterer was born and reared in Germany and owned a small farm near Baden. He married there, a distant cousin, and to them were born five children, namely: Terrance, who is deceased; Mary, who lives in Germany, married Lawrence Bayhouse; Leo; Ferdinand, who is deceased; and William, who lives with his brother Leo. In 1873, when already an old man, Trupert Riesterer came to America with his family, the long journey consuming three weeks. He had a brother, Florian Riesterer,

County, Ohio, hence he came also to Sandusky County. Shortly afterward he bought ten acres of the present farm, on which stood a log house. In this little home the father settled. His wife had died in Germany and he continued to make his home with his son, Leo, who took care of his parent until his death, on December 5, 1905, when aged 95 years.

Leo Riesterer attended school in his native village of Baden, Germany, and when he was twenty years of age, entered the German army and served out his legal term of two years, being a member of the Third Company of the Fifth Regiment. Having performed his whole duty to his country, Mr. Riesterer was then ready to seek a home where conditions were afforded that made possible the acquiring of property such as was not the case in that part of Germany. To the first purchase of land in Green Creek Township he added gradually un- til now he has a fine farm as the result of his labor. It is well cared for and gives himself and wife a good home. He was married February 14, 1899, to Appolonia Steinley, who was born in Sandusky County and is a daughter of Joseph Steinley, who came to Ohio from Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Riesterer are members of St. Joseph's Catholic Church at Fremont. In politics he is a Democrat.

WILLIAM M. STONE, superintendent of the Ohio & Western Lime Company, has been a resident of Gibsonburg since June, 1907, when he came here to assume his present duties. He was born April 5, 1875, 11 Marion County, Ohio, and is a son of Francis M. and Hannah M. (Miller) Stone.

William M. Stone is a self-made man. Left fatherless when 7 years old and an orphan when but 9, he was practically left to face, unaided, the problems of life. His schooling, therefore, was necessarily interrupted and limited, although all deficiency has long since been supplied. He drifted about through early youth, an innate consciousness of right keeping him out of trouble, and making him acceptable as an employee, when he applied for work with the Norris & Christian Stone Company, part owners of the Ohio & Western Lime Company. He remained in the employ of that company for three years, or until he enlisted for service in the Spanish-American War. He became a member of Company G, Fourth Ohio Vol. Inf., and left the shores of his native land in May, 1898. He participated in the campaign in Porto Rico, spending six months on the island, and returned home in November, 1898, and was mustered out of the service in January, 1899. Mr. Stone returned to his former employers and became a clerk in the shipping department at Marion. After his marriage in the fall of 1899, he spent three years working in forty-five acres of timber, operating a sawmill and putting lumber on the market, at Larue, Ohio, and bought a farm near Larue, containing fifty acres, which he sold in the fall of 1908. When the Norris & Christian Stone Company was sold out to the Ohio & Western Lime Company, Mr. Stone was chosen as superintendent of the business at Gibsonburg.

- It is well, sometimes, to recall the disadvantages which successful men in every walk in life have overcome, as it gives a larger measure of encouragement to others who may yet be struggling with adverse circumstances.

On November 22, 1899, Mr. Stone was married to Miss Alta Clark, and they have had three children, namely: Cleston, Bernard and Twila A., the last named being deceased. With his family, Mr. Stone is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics he is a Democrat and fraternally a member of the Knights of the Golden Eagles.

DAVID FRANKLIN MESNARD, whose excellent farm of sixty-four acres, on which he lives, is situated in Green Creek Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, owns also a smaller farm lying in the vicinity of Clyde. Mr. Mesnard was born in Crawford County, Ohio, July 9, 1868, and is a son of Lewis and Nancy (Allbaugh) Mesnard.

The parents of Mr. Mesnard were born in Crawford County, Ohio, where the paternal grandfather, Jacob Mesnard, had settled at an early day. In 1887, Lewis Mesnard and wife moved with their children to Sandusky County and now reside near Clyde. They had the following children: David Franklin, Elmer, Charles, Corman, George, Earl and Bertha. The latter is the wife of William Sargeant.

David Franklin Mesnard, familiarly known as Frank by his friends and acquaintances, went to school in the country until he was about twelve years old and then began to work on 'the farm of his uncle, William Smith, in Seneca County, with whom he remained for ten years. He came then to Sandusky County and continued to work as a farmer until he married and then moved to Toledo and for two years worked at gardening in that city. Upon his return to Sandusky County, he was in the employ of ex- Judge Lemmon for one year as a farmer, and about this time bought eight acres of land. Later he traded that as part payment on his farm in Green Creek Township, which he purchased from Fred Hawk. Mr. Mesnard makes a specialty of truck gardening, operates his own wagon and ships his produce. He devotes four acres to berries and grows choice cabbages, celery, lettuce and other vegetables constantly in demand. He has recently completed a fine celery house fitted with a gasoline engine. Devoting himself personally to the production of these vegetables and fruits, Mr. Mesnard has developed very fine specimens and has built up a paying business. He is a self-made man. Fourteen years ago he started out with a capital of $75.00, and now owns his land with comfortable surroundings and is entirely out of debt. This certainty is a creditable record, showing great industry coupled with excellent management.

On November 27, 1889, Mr. Mesnard was married to Miss Margaret Stevenson, a daughter of William Stevenson, of Green Creek Township. They have had two children: Nellie, who died when aged 18 months; and William Lewis. In politics Mr. Mesnard is a Republican. He has been a useful citizen of his township and has served two terms as trustee. He belongs to the Odd Fellows and to the Encampment and also to the Rebekahs, all at Clyde.

HON. WINFIELD ADARE, mayor of Clyde and a member of the board of health, is a prosperous merchant of that village. His entire business career has been spent there and he is proprietor of a large clothing and gentle: men's furnishing store. Mr. Adare was born on the farm of his grandfather in Green Creek Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, September 23, 1856, and is a son of Jonathan and Sarah Ann (Hughes) Adare.

Jonathan Adare was born in the state of Pennsylvania, of French parents, and there learned the trade of a carpenter. When a young man he came to Ohio, locating in Fremont in 1854, when it was a small place, and lived there until after his marriage. He then moved to Clyde, where he passed the remainder of his life, dying there in 1907, at the age of 83 years. He was married to Sarah Ann Hughes, a daughter of William Hughes, who was an early settler in Sandusky County. They had four children: Winfield: Mvron. who died in 1909: and two who died in infancy. Mrs. Adare died about the year 1870, when the subject of this sketch was 14 vears old.

Winfield Adare was a baby when his parents moved to Fremont and there he lived until he was 6 years old. They then came to Clyde, where he was reared to maturity and received a good public school education. He early learned the trade of a baker, which he followed for four years, after which he began clerking for Herrick & Heiteshu, clothiers at Clyde. He continued in the employ of that firm for a period of ten years, and in 1896 established a store of his own in the Economy Block. He remained at that location for three years, then moved to more commodious quarters in the Richards Block on Main Street. He carries a complete stock of clothing, including the line of David Adler & Sons, and the J. Capp's All Wool Clothing, these makes having a prestige throughout the country. He also carries a complete line of gentlemen's furnishing goods and has a large and well established trade. Mr. Adare has always taken a deep interest in the affairs of the community and frequently has been called upon to serve in official capacity. He served three years as water works trustee, three terms as village treasurer, and in 1907 was elected mayor of Clyde, the duties of which office he has performed in an efficient and business like manner. He is a Democrat in politics.

On April 28, 1880, Mr. Adare was united in marriage with Miss Maggie Ickes, a daughter of Henry and Susan Ickes, of Clyde, and they have a daughter named Ina. Fraternally, he is a member of the Knights of Pythias, the Knights of the Maccabees, and Knights and Ladies of Security.

HON. "HORACE: STEPHEN "BUCKLAND, one of Fremont's representative citizens, was born in Fremont, April 21, 185), son of Gen. R. P. and Charlotte (Boughton) Buckland.

Judge Buckland's ancestors were among the early settlers in this country. His great-grandfather, Major Stephen Buckland, born in Connecticut, was a prominent officer of the Continental army in the Revolutionary War, being at one time in command at Fort Arnold, West Point, and as well the captain of a privateer as authorized by the government, which was the nucleus of our present navy. He was

His grandfather, Ralph Buckland, son of Stephen, came from Massachusetts to Ohio in 1811 as land agent and surveyor. He was second sergeant in Capt. John Campbell's company, passing through this section of the country to report to Col. Lewis Cass at Detroit. The company were at the present site of Fremont, Ohio, from July 14, 1812, to August 5, 1812, and aided in the construction of the stockade at Fort Stephenson, afterwards joining the regiment at the River Raisin, where he was surrendered by Hull, returning to his home a prisoner on parole. He died shortly afterwards, presumably from poisoned deer meat furnished by Indians to the company at Fort Stephenson.

His father, Gen. Ralph Pomeroy Buckland, son of Ralph Buckland, was at the time of his death, in 1892, the oldest member of the Sandusky County bar, both in years and in period of practice. He was in fact the pioneer lawyer of the place, practicing here since 1837. During his latter years he was associated with his son, Horace Stephen Buckland, and to the close of his life retained the strong mentality and acute reasoning powers which had distinguished him in his prime.

Horace Stephen Buckland, the direct subject of this article, enjoved liberal educational adlvantages in his youth. From the public schools of Fremont he went to Gambier, Ohio, later to East Hampton, Massachusetts, and from there to Cornell University, at Ithaca, New York. Upon his return to Fremont he prepared for entering the law department of Harvard College, at Cambridge, Massachusetts, bv some months of law study in the office of Buckland & Everett, and after returning from Harvard he continued special reading for a time with the firm of Everett & Fowler. In September, 1875, he was admitted to the Ohio bar and immediately entered into partnership with his father, and was afterwards associated with his brother George, Wilber G. Zeigler and David B. Love at different times in the practice of law. In 1895 he was elected Common

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Pleas judge, and was re-elected to that office in 1g00. Since his retirement from the bench he has turned his attention mostly to his outside interests, among them the Fremont Crescent Metal & Manufacturing Company.

Judge Buckland was prominently connected with the Sons of Veterans for many years, being the first colonel of the First Regiment Ohio Sons of Veterans' Guards and commandant of the Sons of Veterans' Guards of the United States.

This regiment was among the first volunteers to offer their services in the Spanish American War, and had the Spanish-American War not ended so quickly this regiment would undoubtedly have been mustered into service, as Governor Bishop wrote June 10, 1908: "Dear Judge: Should we have another call, it is my intention to recognize the Sons of Veterans, by giving them a regiment, with yourself at the head of it, if you desire to go." The regiment was also recognized by the Legislature of the State of Ohio by and with the consent of the Ohio National Guard, as a Reserve Militia Infantry of Ohio. Although too young to enlist he was with his father in the South during the Civil War of 1861-5, camping and taking part with the soldiers. To his efforts was largely due the acquisition by the county of the land adjoining the Court House and in the building of the present sheriff's residence and jail, being employed by the county commissioners and appointed by the court for that purpose. He succeeded the late General Hayes as a trustee of the Birchard Library and is senior warden of St. Paul's Episcopal Church. .

On June 10, 1878, Mr. Buckland was married to Miss Eliza C. Bauman. Thev have a tasteful and commodious residence at No. 519 Ewing Street, Fremont, and are prominent members of the best society of this place.

Joseph And Oswald Steinle

JOSEPH AND OSWALD STEINLE, who for many years were associated together under the name of Steinle Bros., contractors and builders, and later as partners in the firm of Steinle Bros & Company, but who are now retired, are natives of Germany and sons of

Joseph, who is the elder brother, was born in Germany, February 2, 1845, and was 8 years old when his parents decided to seek their fortunes in the United States. Acting upon this decision, they set sail for America and after landing safely, proceeded as far west as Mansfield, Ohio, their intention being to locate at Sandusky City. Finding, however, that the latter place was being visited by the scourge of cholera, they remained for three months in Mansfeld, and during this tune Mrs. Anna Steinle died. The bereaved tather and children then removed to Galion and from there came to Fremont, Joseph Steinle, the father, securing farm land near this city. He resided thereon for many years, finally retiring to Fremont to live; his death took place here a few years later.

Joseph Steinle, the younger, remained on the home farm until he was about nineteen years of age, being occupied with agricultural pursuits and in attending the district school. He then came to Fremont, where he learned the carpenter's trade. He, took naturally to the business and before long was competent to engage in contracting, which he did with much success. In a comparatively short time he found it necessary to secure a partner, and he therefore took as such his brother Oswald, the style of the firm being Steinle Bros. For many years thereafter this firm did the largest business in their line in the city of Fremont, some of the most substantial and ornamental structures which now adorn the city being of their construction. They thus continued until 1899, at which time Carl F. Steinle, a son of Joseph, was taken into the firm, its style being then changed to Steinle Bros. & Company. Mr. Joseph Steinle remained active in the firm until 1907, when he retired, with a well earned reputation for business reliability. About the same time or soon after his brother Oswald also retired and the business has since been conducted by Carl F. Steinle, who is now one of Fremont's leading contractors.

Joseph Steinle was married in 1874, to Miss Caroline Gretz, a daughter of Peter and Magdalene Gretz. Her parents died in Germany and she came to America and to Fremont at the age of 15 years. Besides the son, Carl F.,

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Steinle have a daughter, Charlotte. Carl F. Steinle, in addition to be- 'ing a successful contractor, is also a competent architect and a young man with a promising future. He was graduated from the Fremont High School at the age of 17 years, having the honor of being the youngest graduate of that institution, and he then spent three terms in the Ohio State University at Columbus. He married Elizabeth Kramb and has three children: Miriam, Robert and Freda Elizabeth. Oswald Steinle was born in Germany, April 23,,1854, and was educated in the schools of Fremont and then, like his brother, learned the carpenter's trade. He subsequently entered into partnership with his brother Joseph, as above narrated, and the two brothers continued to be associated together as successful contractors and builders until their retirement. The younger brother contributed his full share to the success and reputation of the firm, and their work, in the construction of many of Fremont's most substantial buildings, has been of a character to leave its impress on the city for many years to come.

Mr. Oswald Steinle married Miss seer ae Wasmer, a daughter of Joseph and Theresa Wasmer, of Monroeville, Ohio, and they have had five children, two of whom now survive, Stella and Lucile. The former became the wife of A. L. Munch.

ARTHUR GALLAGHER, who cultivates the Seman Clapp farm of 214 acres in Green Creek Township, owns a tract of fifty-six acres in this township, which he rents out, and is one of the representative agriculturists of Green Creek Township. He was born April 3. 1863, on his present farm and is a son of Thomas M. and Jane (Burgan) Gallagher, and a grandson of Thomas Gallagher, who was one of the early settlers of Sandusky County, having come here when there was an average of twenty-five Indians to every white man. The grandfather died on a farm in Riley Township and was the father of four children: John, Wallace, Augustus and Thomas M., the father of our subject.

Court House, the village then. being called Lower Sandusky. He was reared on a farm in Riley Township, to which his father later moved, and subsequently was a sailor on the lakes for a few years, after which he rented a farm prior to purchasing the land now owned by our subject. This he cleared and cultivated the remainder of his life, passing away at the age of 72 years. He married Jane Burgan, who was born in 1828, in Wayne County, Ohio, and a daughter of Samuel Burgan, who was also one of the pioneers of Sandusky County. She came here when 6 years of age. Of their union were born five children: John; Nancy, who is the wife of Eli Dice; Alice, who married Charles Houghten; George, and Arthur, the subject of this sketch.

Arthur Gallagher was reared on his father's farm and attended the schools of the district, since which time he has given his attention to agricultural pursuits, now farming the Clapp farm of 214 acres, and residing on same.

In September, 1888, Mr. Gallagher was united in marriage with Elizabeth Schatzman, a daughter of Jacob and Catherine Schatzman, and to them have been born the following children: Helen, Ross, Thomas and John. Mr. Gallagher is identified with and takes an active interest in the Republican party.

LEWIS S. HIRT, treasurer of Riley Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, is a farmer by occupation and the owner of a fine farm of 128 acres located in Section 33. He was born in Riley Township, October 26, 1871, and is a son of Casper and Verena (Vogt) Hirt, his parents being natives of Switzerland.

Casper Hirt first came to the United States in 1848, and for two years was located at Fremont, Ohio. He then spent some years in gold mining in California and Australia, and from the latter country returned to Switzerland. After a short stay in his native land he again set sail for the United States, and at Philadelphia was married to Verena Vogt. In 1854. he located on a farm in Riley Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, on which he lived until his death in 1881. He was a man of ability, a hard worker and of frugal habits, and at the time of his death was classed with the most substantial men of the township. two terms as township trustee. Lewis S. Hirt received an elementary educational training in the district schools, supplemented by three terms in Chio Normal University at Ada, Ohio. He has for years followed general farming and stock raising, meeting with a high degree of success. He is a Democrat in politics and served two terms as school director of District No. 7, was formerly clerk of the Election Board, and in November, 1907, was elected treasurer of Riley Township, an office he is now filling with marked ability. On October 24, 1894, Mr. Hirt was united in marriage with Miss Clara H. C. Werth, who was born in Riley Township and is a daughter of Lewis Werth. The following children have blessed their union: Freda V., Lawrence L., Helen E., Julius A., Alfred C and Jesse W. Religiously Mr. Hirt is a member of the First Reformed Church of Fremont, Ohio. In fraternal affiliation, he is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, at Vickery, Ohio.

HENRY M. PARKER, manager of the Clyde Produce Company, manufacturers of the Pride of Clyde Kraut, has been a resident of Sandusky County all his life and was born on his father's farm in Green Creek Township, December 17, 1866. His parents are Sylvanes P. and Elizabeth (Redhout) Parker.

The father of Henry M. Parker, now one of the most venerable residents of Clyde, was born in 1818, at Strasburg, France, and was two years old when his parents brought him to America. He lived with them in New York into young manhood and then came to Ohio. He worked as a farmer in Sandusky County for a short time and then settled permanently at Clyde, where he followed the mason trade until he retired from all active employment. He married Elizabeth Redhout, who was born and died in Sandusky County, and he later married Lucinda Langsdale. To the first union four children were born, namely: Andrew J., Henry M., Leroy C and one deceased. The two children born to the second marriage are both deceased.

Henry M. Parker was educated in the common and High Schools of Clyde and then entered the cider business, operating a mill for three years. This mill he subsequently sold to the Clyde Kraut Company, in which he became a partner and for six years was superintendent of the plant for that concern. He then sold his interest and bought out O. M. Mallernee, of the Clyde Produce Company, and after conducting the business alone for one year, in 1907 formed a stock company and continues to man-~ age the business. The factory of the Clyde Produce Company is situated on East Buckeye Street and the capacity of the plant is 150 cars a year. Employment is given thirty-five men and the special brand is the "Pride of Clyde" kraut. The business is in a most prosperous condition and it is numbered with one of the town's most prosperous and important enterprises. Its feeder is the agricultural region in the vicinity of Clyde.

In February, 1892, Mr. Parker was married to Miss Nettie N. Stout, a daughter of David Stout, and they have one son, Morris P. The pleasant family home is situated on East Buckeye Street. Mr. Parker is a member of the Baptist Church. In politics he is affiliated with the Republican party and fraternally is an Odd Fellow, having membership in the Clyde Lodge.

WILLIAM FULLER, deceased, for many years was one of Townsend Township's substantial citizens and successful agriculturists. He was born January 23, 1799, at Hawley, Massachusetts, and died in Sandusky County, Ohio, February 7, 1884. His parents were Jason and Philanda (Taylor) Fuller.

As far back as the family record reaches, the Fullers belonged to Connecticut and the Taylors to Massachusetts, and doubtless a Mayflower strain might be discovered through persistent research. These names have yet many representatives in New England. Jason Fuller, probably about 1787, in early manhood, went to Massachusetts, married in that state and lived there until 1816, when he moved to Livingston County, New York, where his wife died in 1818. Thev had eight children, as follows: Cynthia. who married Silas Pratt.

came to Sandusky County in 1824, and died here; Rachel, who married Amos Hammond, died in Michigan; Philanda, who married James Morrill, died in Massachusetts; Electa, who was the second wife of James Morrill, died in Kansas; William; John, who died in Nebraska; Betsey, who married Ichabod Munger, died in Michigan; and Thomas, who also died in Michigan. The family all married and many left descendants and although they became widely separated, they never lost interest in each other, recognizing the ties of kindred until the close of life. Jason Fuller died in 1819, at the home of his son William, in Milan Township, Huron County, Ohio.

The first of the Fuller family to come to Ohio was William. The father had selected a tract of land situated in Huron County and proposed to move to it and make that section the family's future home. Young William started out on foot to locate the land, being about nineteen years of age at that time. It was something of an undertaking, to make his way through an unknown, wild section, and safely reach the property which his father had thought of purchasing. As the land was wild and uncleared it is not likely that he was able to make much preparation for the advent of his father and sister and brother, who joined him two weeks later, but they had not much more than reached the place than the father sickened and within eight months of settle- 'ment, had died. His wife had died in the preceding July, in New York. In the meanwhile, William Fuller had investigated and had found better and more desirable land in Sandusky County, and in 1824 he left Huron County and settled in Green Creek Township, in the former county.

One of the disadvantages that the pioneers had to meet was probably sickness from malaria, and Mr. Fuller, in the new location, was taken ill with fever and chills which incapacitated him for more than a year, and still further misfortune fell upon him. In 181g he had married Mehetable Botsford, and in August, 1826, she died, with their youngest child, and an accident caused the death of the eldest one. Mr. Fuller then went back to New York, where he remained for three years and there, in May, 1831, he married Cynthia Havens. They then returned to Green Creek Township, where he still owned forty acres. In 1834 he moved to Townsend Township and established himself in the section where the whole of his subsequent life was passed. He became a man of local prominence and substance, acquiring land to the extent of being able to assist all his five sons to farms of their own, when they reached maturity. Prior to 1856, William Fuller was identified with the Democratic party, but the public issues of that time caused him to change his views and thenceforth he was a Republican. He was a large hearted, generous, charitable man. He was a Christian in the true sense of the word and in faith was a Universalist.

William Fuller was married four times. His two wives have been already mentioned. On July 6, 1835, he was married (third) to Marcia M. George, who died in 1836. His last union was with Emma M. Levisee, who survived him. Four children were born to his first union, two to his second, one to his third and three to his fourth. Of his six children, two still survive. David died in May, 1879; William died in April, 1902; and John died in misfortunes, but he still held his courage and left as a heritage to his children, the record of a brave and blameless life. As one of Sandusky County's early settlers and worthy citizens, his name should be perpetuated in her annals,

CHRISTIAN HINTZ, a representative citizen of Green Creek Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, is the owner of 320 acres of farm land in that township, and in addition to general farming has attained wonderful success as a breeder and dealer in live stock, making a specialty of pure bred Shorthorn cattle and Chester white hogs. His farm is located about four miles east of Fremont. He was born in Germany, November 23, 1839, and is a son of Christian Hintz, Sr., and a grandson of John Joseph Hintz, who was the owner of a farm in Mechlenburg, Germany, and always lived in that country.

Christian Hintz, Sr., was born and reared in Germany, where he was married and where all his children were born. April 1, 1852, with his family he set sail for America, and it was not until May 1oth, of that year, he reached his destination. He came at once to Ohio, by way of Quebec and Hamilton, Canada, and Niagara Falls, making the journey between the two last points named in a wagon. They then took the railroad to Buffalo, thence a boat to Sandusky, Ohio. A couple of days after his arrival there, Christian Hintz, Sr., moved upon a farm in Erie County, Ohio, and began working in a brick yard. He was not: to be permitted to enjoy life in this country for long, however, as he fell victim to an epidemic of cholera the same summer, as did a son and daughter, John and Sophia. He had been married in Germany to Miss Dora Harbreck, and they had four children: Christian; William, who lives at Fremont, Ohio; John, deceased; and Sophia, deceased. By a former union, he had a daughter, Dora, who became the wife of Godfrey Gotstetter. Mrs. Hintz later moved to Sandusky County, Ohio, and died in Green Creek Township, at the age of 63 years.

attended the common schools in Germany and there during his youth performed odd jobs to make money. After the death of his father he worked for his board and clothing for Jacob Hickman two years, and then for eighteen months for John Hull, receiving from the latter $3.00 per month for the first year, and $4.00 per month thereafter. He then returned to Jive with his family, who began renting farms, and with $40.00 which he had saved purchased a horse, wagon and harness. They were located in Erie County, Ohio, twelve years, continuing there until March 10, 1864, when our subject moved with his mother and his brother, William, to Sandusky County. The three of them purchased of a Mr. Van Dorn a farm of 114 acres in Green Creek Township, for a consideration of $4,300, $15.00 of which they paid down. The principal improvements on the place were a log house and a frame barn; no ditches had been dug and stumps covered the fields, the former owner having plowed around them. Christian and William Hintz farmed the place together for two years, and during that time purchased an additional sixteen acres. In 1866, the former was married and they decided to make a division of their property, Christian receiving seventy acres and William the remaining sixty acres. Our subject then started out for himself and by hard work, perseverance and good management has accumulated a competency. He added to his farm as he felt he could afford it without incurring too great an indebtedness, and now has 320 acres of valuable and well-improved land. In 1869, he erected the barn which now stands on the place, and two years later the house in which he lives. In 1875, he began breeding and raising short horned cattle and Chester white hogs, at which he has been so successful. He has had stock exhibits at the county fairs in this vicinity for thirty years, at the Ohio State Fair at Columbus for eight years, and at the Chicago Fat Stock Show, eight years, and has an established reputation throughout the country. He sent a Shorthorn cow as an exhibit at the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago in 1893, and had a full exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis, where he won a-number of prizes. His sons also are good stockmen and have been associated in the business with him, contributing toward his success. Those of his sons who have married, he has given a good start in business way. On March 27, 1866, Mr. Hintz was married to Miss Pouls, who passed from this life March 25, 1907, at the age of 63 years. They became parents of the following children: Christian, who has a farm near Spencer, Ohio; William, who assists his father on the home place; Anna, who married August Topbel, of Fremont, and has four children - Christian, Clarence, Lucy and Archie; Dora, who is at home; Henry, who assists his father; August, of Seneca County, who married Stella Shriber and has a son, Raymond ; Jacob, who married Esther Strother and lives on the home place; and Martin, who also is at home. Politically, Mr. Hintz is a Democrat and in earlier life was for a number of years on the School Board. He was formerly a member of St. John's Lutheran

C. E. LEWIS, who is financially interested in the Ames Publishing Company, at Clyde, Ohio, and a member of the city council, is an enterprising and progressive business man who is known all over the country as a successful publisher of theatrical literature. He was born July 18, 1854, at Watertown, New York.

After completing his education, Mr. Lewis became a traveling salesman representing large wholesale paper houses and in the line of business came first to Clyde. Business and social attractions caused his return and on June 4, 1894, he was married here to Mrs. Maude (Holegate) Ames, widow of Albert Ames, who was the founder of the Ames Publishing Company. Mrs. Lewis was born in Shelby County, Ohio, and died at Clyde, November 5, 1905, aged fiity-five years. She is survived by one son, Wynne Holegate Ames, who 1s manger of the Ames Publishing Company. Mr. Lewis also has one son by a former marriage, Seth Lewis, who is in the newspaper business in New York.

The late Albert Ames was born at Clyde, Ohio, and was once a clerk in the Clyde postoffice. Later he learned the printer's trade and was the proprietor of one of the early newspapers here, The Clyde Sentinel, which he sold to The Clyde Enterprise, in order to devote his entire attention to publishing plays and other theatrical literature. In 1870 he established the Ames Publishing Company and directed it until the time of his death, October 21, 1887, when he was thirty-eight years of age. The Ames Publishing Company confine their efforts to theatrical book-selling and publishing and there are only six other houses of this kind doing business in the United States.

Mr. Lewis is a Republican in his political sentiments and represents a Republican ward in the city council. He is identified with both the Masons and Knights of Pythias, belonging to lodges at Clyde.

26, Madison Township, Sandttsky County, Ohio, is one of the most highly respected German-American citizens of this section. He was born in Hanover, Germany, February 11, 1839, and he came to America in 1854.

Although Mr. Kolkemeyer lad learned the tailor trade in his own country, when he reached Toledo, Ohio, he found no satisfactory work in that line and he cheerfully accepted employment for which there was a demand. He worked as a chore boy and caretaker of the horses of a Toledo family, and through his industry and honesty made friends and gained the confidence and respect of those with whom he came in contact. For five years after his marriage he worked as a teamster for a Toledo manufacturing company, delivered for a feed store for three years, later worked three years as a carpenter and then turned his attention to agricultural pursuits. He rented a farm of A. Garns for two years and the Widow Taylor's farm for four years, both being in Madison Township, and then came to his present place. He found little improving had been done and the land was not productive because it needed draining. Mr. Kolkemeyer went right to work and put up all the buildings except the residence and by the time he had his land in the condition that he desired, he had put down 14,000 feet tile. He has one orchard which was on the place and the trees are still bearing. Since settling here he has given all his attention to his land, but in later years is not quite as active as formerly, his son Henry taking a large part of the responsibility.

At Toledo, Ohio, in March, 1866, Mr. Kolkemeyer was married to Miss Mary Sampson,- a daughter of Henry Sampson, and they have one son, Henry C. The latter obtained his education in the Madison Township schools and has remained with his parents. He married Anna Baden, a daughter of Henry and Mary (Krause) Baden, and they have two children: William C. and Helen M. Mr. Kolkemeyer and son are Republicans in their political views and the family belongs to the Lutheran Church.

lived out of Section 19 of that township, and is the owner of sixty-six and one-half acres located near the township line, on the Finefrock road. He was born February 11, 1838, and is a son of Christian and Catherine (Rathbun) Huss, and a grandson of Noah Huss, who was born in Germany.

Noah Huss, grandfather of the subject of this record, was but a boy when his father, who also bore the name of Noah, brought him to the United States. He lived at Little York, Pennsylvania, for some years after his marriage and about the year 1825 moved west to Sandusky County, Ohio. He located upon what is now the Kirnehan farm in Green Creek Township, in the midst of a wild and sparsely settled country. He had to make a clearing before he could erect a cabin and they lived amid the most primitive conditions. They made a home in the wilderness, subsisting largely upon wild game which at first at that time abounded in this locality. He died upon that place, as did his wife, who in maiden life was Mary Burkholder. They were parents of the following children: Christian; John; Jacob; Elijah; Noah; Ellen, who became the wife of David Hawk; Barbara, who married S. S. Rathbun; Mary Jane, who was the wife of Oliver McIntyre; Ann, who was the wife of George Hutchens; and Martha, who married Preston Corslow. All are now deceased with the exception of Jacob, who lives in Green Creek Township with Chaplin Rathbun.

Christian Huss was born at Little York, Pennsylvania, February 21, 1815, and was about ten years of age when he came with his parents to Sandusky County, Ohio, where he was reared on the home place. He helped to clear the place and in his youth often played with the Indians, who had not vet departed from this region. After his marriage he located on a farm of 240 acres on the west side of Green Creek, and there lived until his death in 1864. His wife died on the same farm in 1893. Her maiden name was Catherine Rathbun and she was a daughter of Chaplin Rathbun. They became parents of the following children: Chaplin R.; Eliza M., wife of John Morrison; Noah B.; Wilson, who died in 1842; Francis, who died in 1844; Burr, who

Chaplin R. Huss was born in the old log house on his father's farm and being the eldest of the family much of the work of clearing the place fell upon him. About three months of each year he attended the old district school in his home community. In 1864, he went out with Company H, 169th O. Vol. Inf., his daughter being at the time but nine days old. He served 100 days and did garrison duty at Arlington Heights, near Washington, D. C. At the close of the war, he returned to his farm in Green Creek Township, where he has always lived. In 1876, he built the house in which he lives, and all the improvements on the place have been made by him.

On September 4, 1859, Mr. Huss was married to Miss Ellen Morrison, who was born in Ballville Township March 18, 1838, and was a daughter of William Morrison. She died September 19, 1894, leaving three children: Etta, wife of Daniel M. Potter; Eva Ruth, who married a Mr. Hess; and Burt, who married Jessie Crawford and has a daughter, Helen. The last named Jives with his father, and owns twenty-five acres on the opposite side of the road. The subject of this sketch cast his first presidential vote for Stephen A. Douglas, the second for Abraham Lincoln. and ever since has been consistent in his support of the Republican party. He has been a member of the Odd Fellows at Green Springs since 187], and is a member of the Encampment, I. O. O. F., at Clyde.

LOUIS H. STEIN, whose fine farm of 100 acres is located three miles north of Woodville, was born on this place, in Sandusky County, Ohio, March 7, 1866, and is a son of Harmon A. and Mary E. (Tuhlmann) Stein.

Harmon A. Stein was born in Germany and was an old settler in Woodville Township, Sandusky County. He came to America in 1838 and for eleven years lived on a farm southwest of Woodville and in 1865 came to the farm now occupied by his son. He erected all the present buildings and acquired other farms, owning 270 acres at the time of his death, which ocurred in 1901, when he was 75 years old. His widow survived until 1907. They had a family of eleven children, seven of whom are still living.

Louis H. Stein obtained his education in the township schools and before settling down to an agricultural life, spent several years in Toledo. He took possession of the farm when his father died and has successfully managed it ever since. He is one of the leading Democrats of his township and is serving as a central committeeman. Some eight years since he was elected a member of the School Board and has served ever since, for two years being clerk and at present is the president of that body. He served also as road supervisor, making an extremely good impression in that office.

Mr. Stein married Miss Carrie Barkhaw, of Ottawa County, Ohio, and they have three children: Clarence. Walter and Alton, all bright school boys. Mr. and Mrs. Stein attend the Lutheran Church. He is one of the township's representative and responsible citizens.

REV. JOHN B. WENDLING, pastor of St. Michael's Church at Gibsonburg, Ohio, has been a resident of this place since Igor, when he came to fill the vacancy left by the departure of Rev. L,.L. Broens. His pastorate las been a most successful one in every way and has witnessed the erection of a magnificent church in the parish, one not excelled in a town of equal size in the State of Ohio.

Reverend Wendling was born in Rhine Province, Germany, March 1, 1875, and is a son of Joseph A. and Margaret Annie (Lay) Wendling. His father served in the German Army during the German-Austrian War of 1860 and the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. He was injured during the latter war, and was afterwards awarded a medal by the government for gallant service. He died in 1886 and was buried in the Moersdorf Cemetery. He and his wife became parents of four children: Salomea, Helen, Pauline Mary (deceased), Anna Mary and John B.

he came to the United States and entered the seminary at Cleveland, Ohio, which he attended six years, receiving a thorough philosophical and theological education. After completing his studies there, he came to Gibsonburg, in July, 1901, as pastor of St. Michael's: Church. The high character of his work here and the good he has accomplished are well known to the people of the community, among whom he is popular.

WENDELL SPRANG, one of Green Creek Township's most substantial citizens, is the owner of 210 acres of land in that township, located about five miles east of Fremont. His career presents an interesting record of what may be accomplished by hard work and close application to business, frugal living and intelligent investment. He was born in Baden, Germany, September 19, 1833, and is a son of Thomas and Eupheme (Myers) Sprang.

Thomas Sprang was born and reared in Germany and was the owner of a small farm in Baden. In 1852, he brought his family to the United States, the voyage in a sail boat consuming twenty-eight days. He at once located in Sandusky, Ohio, where he lived some years, and then located in Green Creek Township, Sandusky County, where he died at the age of 69 years. His wife survived him many years and died at the age of 82. They were parents of seven children, all of whom were born in Germany and three of them died in that country. The four who grew to maturity were: Philip, deceased; Wendell; William, deceased; and Mary Eva, widow of Godfrey Young. William Sprang was a soldier in the Union Army and carried the flag in the thickest of the fights without injury, only to meet his death years afterward in a railroad accident.

Wendell Sprang was reared on the home farm in Baden and attended the common schools. When a small boy he did much of the cooking at home and looked after the smaller children, while his mother worked in the field. His elder brother, who had gone to America, wrote for our subject to join him, and as a result his father sold the farm and the entire family set sail for the new country. After locating at Sandusky, Ohio, Wendell worked at odd jobs for a time and then went to work on the Lakes, for which he received $16.00 per month. He continued at that work for two years and sent his money to his parents, with which to build a home in Sandusky. The year before his marriage, he saved $250. When times on the Lakes got bad he gave up that work and in 1859 moved to Sandusky County. He bought twenty-five acres of land in Green Creek Township, for $19.00 per acre, and made a first payment of $200 upon it. He put up a log house and a stable, and worked out by the day to make a living, putting in his spare time in clearing the farm. He soon turned his attention exclusively to farming, and as he prospered added from time to time small tracts to his original purchase until he now has 210 acres in his farm. This farm represents seven distinct purchases, it being his desire not to incur too large an indebtedness. He also owns a farm of eighty acres in Fulton County, Ohio. In 1902, he erected the large brick home in which he lives, and later built the brick house in which his son lives.

In 1857. Mr. Sprang was united in marriage with Mary Yeager, who three years before had come to this country from Germany. They had one son, John, who lives on a part of his father's farm and is himself the owner of forty acres. He married Elizabeth Phronizer and they have three children: Henry, William and Lester. The wife of our subject died in 1905, at the age of 70 years. In May, 1906, he formed a second union with Mrs. Matilda Boose, who has three children by her first husband, namely: Lewis, Abraham and Clara. Politically, Mr. Sprang is a Democrat. In religious faith, he is a member of the German Catholic Church at Fremont.

JOHN M. SHERMAN, cashier of the First National Bank of Fremont, and treasurer of the Fremont Home Telephone Company, came to this city on February 1, 1891, and has been identified with the First National Bank ever since. He was born on his father's farm in Wakeman Township, Huron County, Ohio, July 29, 1860, and is a son of John G. and

Justin Sherman came to Huron County from Connecticut, in 1823, and erected the first frame house in Wakeman Township, building after the old New England style. He lived happily in that house, which reminded him continually of his early days, and died there in 1865. In the old colonial house his son, John G. Sherman, was born in 1830. He made it his home through life and died there in 1893. His widow survived until 1907.

John M. Sherman was born in his grandfather's old mansion and was reared on the home farm and attended the country schools and the village schools of Wakeman, after which he entered the preparatory school at Oberlin, Ohio, where he remained until June, 1880. On January 1, 1881, he entered the First National Bank of New London, Ohio, beginning as collector and janitor, advancing to be bookkeeper and three years later was made cashier, a position he acceptably filled for seven years and only resigned it in order to become general bookkeeper for the First National Bank at Fremont. In January, 1892, he was appointed assistant cashier and in 1903 became cashier. He has been one of the directors of this bank ever since he became connected with the institution. Mr. Sherman has many additional interests of large importance. He is treasurer of the Price Lumber and Manufacturing Company; is a director of the Simple Account Sales Book Company; owns oil property and valuable real estate, much of the latter being in Fremont, where he owns, with other tracts, the Sherman block, which is situated on the corner of West State and Front streets. His beautiful home is situated at No. 613 Birchard Avenue.

In 1886 Mr. Sherman was married to Miss Jennie Middlewarth, a daughter of John Middlewarth, and they have two children: Helen L. and John Homer. Mr. Sherman is prominent in Masonry, having attained the thirtysecond degree, and he is associated with Brainard Lodge, No. 336, Fremont Chapter No. 64, Fremont Council No. 56, Toledo Consistory and the Mvstic Shrine.

RD. REYNOLDS, M. D.,. proprietor. of the Bath House, at Green Springs, Ohio, has been a resident of this place since October, 1899. Dr. Reynolds was born at Mentor, Ohio, December 25, 1866, and is a son of Charles G. and Catherine M. (Wright) Reynolds. Dr. Reynolds can claim an American ancestry of many generations, his forefathers having come to the shores of what is now the United States from England, as early as 1635.

Charles C. Reynolds, the father of Dr. Reynolds, was born in the State of New York and was two years old when his father, Gurdeon Reynolds, brought him to Lake County, settling on a farm. There Charles C. Reynolds grew to manhood. For a number of years he engaged in business as a miller, at Cleveland, and later conducted a grocery store at Chicago. Subsequently he returned to Mentor and bought the old homestead and there he died when aged 70 years, in 1899. His widow still survives. She is a native of Zanesville, Ohio.

The boyhood of Dr. Reynolds was spent mainly on the home farm. He was given excellent educational advantages and after graduating from the Painesville High School, entered Adelbert College, from which he was graduated in 1890. For three years he then engaged in teaching at the Green Spring Academy, in the meanwhile beginning the study of medicine, and in 1897 he graduated from the Medical Department of the Western Reserve University. For one year afterward he served as house physician and surgeon at the Charity Hospital and then located for practice on Kelley's Island. Dr. Reynolds continued there until October, 1899, when he came to Green Spring. In 1902 he purchased the Spring Wood, in which he drilled several artesian wells and in 1904 and 1905 erected and opened the Bath House, which attracts a considerable patronage. He has also erected a number of cottages and is at present constructing a dining hall.

WILLIAM KEIL, president of the Woodville Savings Bank Company and a prominent hardware merchant, has been engaged in business at Woodville, Ohio, longer than any other resident of the place, his career there extending over a period of more than half a century.

Mr. Keil was born in Germany in 1838, and is a son of Nicholas Keil, who was a brewer and cooper. William Keil came to the United States in 1852 and for some time was located at St. Louis, Missouri. In 1857 he started a tinshop at Woodville, Sandusky County, Ohio, and was conducting that shop at the time the He enlisted October 14, 1861, as a member of Company D, 72d Ohio Vol. Inf., and was in the service a little less than one year. He participated in a number of engagements, including the Battle of Shiloh, in which he was wounded so badly as to incapacitate him for further service. He was honorably discharged on September 15, 1862, and returned to his home in Woodville. He started the hardware business in 1865 and in 1894 erected the building, the ground floor of which is occupied by his store. He carries a full line of hardware, building materials and farming implements, and enjoys a liberal patronage from the public. He was one of the organizers of the Woodville Savings Bank Company, capitalized at $25,000, and has served as its president since its organization. The other officers are B. S. Otten, vice president, and Henry Rancamp, cashier. The substantial brick building occupied by the bank was erected at the time the institution was organized.

On January 23, 1862, Mr. Keil was united in marriage with Miss Mary Lowe, and they have four children: Edward, who is associated in business with his father, conducting a branch store at Pemberville; Gussie, whose death resulted in 1900 from a gas explosion; George, who also is in business with his father ; and Hattie, who lives at home. Edward Keil married Julia Carman, of Bradner, and they have two children, Ruth and Rhea. Politically, William Keil is a Republican, and fraternally is a Mason.

W. W. Wilder was born in Clyde, August 28, 1872, and there received a good educational training in the grade and high schools. At the age of 18 years he went west to Portland, Oregon, where he completed a course in Holmes Business College, from which institution he was graduated in 1891. He then spent several years in the employ of a wholesale hardware firm in that city, and in 1895 returned to Clyde, Ohio. He at that time entered the firm of Wilder, Estill & Company, grocers and successors to Wilder Brothers. He continued in that business until goo, when he disposed of his interests to Mr. Estill and became identified with the Clyde Kraut Company as secretary and treasurer. This company was established in 1891 and the plant covers about an acre of ground along the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway tracks. They have a capacity of 200 cars and give employment to some ninety men. The company also operates a plant at Jackson, Michigan, where a specialty is made of pickles. The Silver Fleece trade mark of this firm is one familiar to the people and represents careful preparation and quality.

September 25, 1895, Mr. Wilder was married to Miss Hallie McCleary, a daughter of Capt. Charles H. and Clarissa (Brown) Mc- Cleary, and they have one son, H. Triston. Politically, he is a Republican. He resides with his family in a comfortable home at No. 207 George Street, in Clyde.

FRED TRAPP, Jr., who is engaged in general farming in Section 21, Madison Township, where he owns forty acres of valuable land, was born in Germany, March 20, 1864, and is a son of Fred and Sophia (Asmus) Trapp.

Fred Trapp, Sr., was born in Bremen, Germany, in December, 1843. He was there married to Sophia, daughter of Fred and Mary Asmus, and they have had twelve children, namely: Rickie, Fred, Charles, Mary, John, Christian, Theodore, Caroline, George, Imma, Genia and Annie. After marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Trapp continued to live in Germany until after the birth of three children, when they came to America, and to Sandusky County. He lived on rented farms for some years and then bought his present one of 120 acres, to which was added twenty more by inheritance. At that time land was so densely wooded that a place had to be cleared in the forest before a house could be built. The present buildings on the farm are the second set erected, the first ones having burned down. For a number of years Mr. Trapp has been agent for the German Insurance Company. In politics he is a Democrat and in religious faith he is a Lutheran.

Fred Trapp, Jr., was permitted to go to school until he was 14 years of age, attending both at Gibsonburg, where there was a German school, and in Madison Township. He grew up strong and sturdy and when 14 years old was as able to swing a cradle in the grain field as successfully as his father. He became very helpful to his parents and remained at home until his marriage, when he settled on a nearby farm of eighty acres. Later he moved to another eighty-acre farm which he rented in Scott Township, and from there moved to Gibsonburg and during the two years he lived there he worked as thresher and also in a stone quarry. He followed threshing for ten seasons all told, and for two years worked in oil fields. From there he moved on his present farm, buying forty acres and building house, barn and sheds. He has his entire property cleared and about one-half well tilled. He also cultivates an additional ten acres, which he has rented for several years. There may be oil underlying his land, but Mr. Trapp has never made any tests.

On September 15, 1887, Mr. Trapp was married to Miss Mary Shutt, who is a daughter of John and Rickie Shutt, and they have had the following children: George, John, Fred, Minnie, Sophia, Luther, Caroline, and Augusta. Mr. and Mrs. Trapp have been sorely afflicted in the loss of all but two of their children, the survivors being the two last named. They adopted a son, Chester, who was six years old at the time. Mr. Trapp is one of the liberal supporters of the German Lutheran Church. In politics he ts a Democrat and is so highly valued in his neighborhood that he has been frequently elected to township offices, serving several years as supervisor, six years as constable and for ten years as school director.

HARRY CLARK HEFFNER, §assistant cashier of the People's Banking Company and a member of the well known insurance firm of Fuller & Heffner, is also treasurer of Green Creek Township. He is one of the most successful of the younger generation of business men of Clyde, and certainly has bright prospects for the future. He was born in Clyde, September g, 1880, and is a son of B. F. and Lou L. Heffner. He is one of three children born to his parents, having two sisters, Miss Nellie and Miss Edith Heffner.

Harry C. Heffner was graduated from Clyde High School in 1899, and in March of the following year accepted a position as bookkeeper in the First National Bank of Clyde. He was with that institution for one and a half years, resigning in 1901 to enter the People's Banking Company in a similar capacity. He was shortly advanced to the position of assistant cashier, which he has since filled with ability. He is engaged in the insurance business in partnership with Mr. D. E. Fuller, cashier of the bank with which he is identified, and the firm of Fuller & Heffner carry a full line of fire, life and accident insurance, representing some of the best companies operating in this country. The subject of this record is a Republican in politics, and is now serving his second term as treasurer of Green Creek Township.

October 14, 1907, Mr. Heffner was united in marriage with Miss Alice Stillman, daughter of the late R. L. Stillman of Painesville, Ohio, and they have one son, Will S. The family home is on Buckeye Street. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mr. Heffner serves as superintendent of the Sunday School. Fraternally he is affiliated with Clyde Lodge, No. 244, F. & A. M.

WILLIAM O. MUCHMORE, who conducts the Glenn Hill Nursery in Ballville Township, Sandusky County, owns the two acres of valuable land on which he lives and in association with his mother, owns twenty acres more. He was born August 6, 1855, in Spring Creek Township, Black Hawk County, Iowa, and is a son of Joseph D. and Elizabeth H. (Rideout) Muchmore.

Joseph D. Muchmore was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, June 5, 1825. and died in Ballville Township, October 4, 1906. He was married April 25, 1850, to Elizabeth H. Rideout, who was born in Ballville Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, November 4. 1830. She still survives. Her parents were John S. and Sarah (Randall) Rideout, the former of whom was born in Maine and the latter in Connecticut. He served in the War of 1812, being very young at the time, and when he came to Ballville Township, bought the land on which he and wife died. Of the nine children born to Joseph D. Muchmore and wife, only two survived infancy: John S. and William O., the latter being the only one living, his brother's death occurring on March 27, 1896, when aged forty-five years.

When he was about ten months old, the parents of Mr. Muchmore moved from Iowa to Nebraska, where the father followed farming eight years and then came to Ballville Township, Sandusky County, and in 1864 started until his death. To this large enterprise William O. Muchmore succeeded, during his father's lifetime having learned all the details of the business. He carries a large amount of first class nursery stock, such as will flourish in this climate, and his business is in a prosperous condition.

On May 22, 1877, Mr. Muchmore was married to Miss Abbie L. Plantz, a daughter of Peter and Alice (Entsminger) Plantz,. and they have had the following children: Delila M., James G., Clarence B., Bessie A., William H., Grace E. and Irene. Delila M. who died at Battle Creek, Michigan, February 13, 1909, was the wife of C. E. Baldwin, and left two sons. James G. resides at Fremont, Ohio, married Oliva De Mars. - William H. resides in Ballville Township, married Emma Creagar and they have one child. The other members of the family still reside at home. The family belongs to the Evangelical Church. Mr. Much- more has always been an active and useful citizen in his township and at various times has been elected to local office. He served for sixteen years as a school director. He was a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen.

WILLIAM H. ROLF, wagon manufacturer and proprietor of a general blacksmithing establishment, also carries a full line of wagons and buggies and does repair work of all kinds, has the largest business of the kind in the vicinity of Woodville, and is liberally patronized by the people of the community. He was born across the line in Wood County, Ohio, October 28, 1849, and is a son of Frank and Mary (Hilker) Rolf.

Frank Rolf was one of the early farmers of Wood County, Ohio, where he located when he was 18 years old. He followed farming all his life and died in that county at the age of 78 years. He was married to Mary Hilker and they became parents of nine children, of whom the subject of this sketch is the eldest living. The second son enlisted for service in the Union Army when 18 years old and died at the front.

William H. Rolf received a public school education in his native county, and after leaving school started in his present business at Woodville. He formed a partnership with a brother and they continued together until the latter's death, when he purchased the outstanding interest and has since carried on the business alone. He also owns one-half of the property which the enterprise occupies, the other half being owned by the widow of his brother.

Mr. Rolf was joined in marriage with Miss Juliana Tape, of Wood County, whose death occurred in 1901. They reared one daughter, Mary, who was the wife of W. F. Meinert, the well known merchant of Woodville. She died in 1905, and is survived by her husband and one daughter, Esther. Two children born to Mr. and Mrs. Meinert are deceased, Marcus and Nelda. Mr. Rolf is a Democrat in politics and was formerly a member of the village council. Religiously, he is a member of the Lutheran Church.

GEORGE DWIGHT TIFFANY, cashier of the Clyde Savings Bank Company, has been engaged in the banking business throughout his active career. He is thoroughly familiar with it in all its many details and is recognized as an able and conservative business man, on¢ well qualified for the important position he fills He was born at Medina, Ohio, April 10, 1869 and is a son of Henry B. and Elizabeth (Nick: erson) Tiffany.

Henry B. Tiffany was born in a log cabin on his father's farm in Medina County, Ohio, December 12, 1833, and is a son of Dr. Henry Tiffany, who came from Connecticut to Medina County, Ohio, in 1831. The latter was born at a place known as Barkhamsted, in Litchfield County, Connecticut, and was a young man when he moved to Medina County. There he purchased a heavily timbered farm for $5.00 per acre, and while living there studied medicine and later was graduated from medical college at Cleveland. He then sold his farm and engaged in practice at Medina for many years, also conducting a drug store for a time in partnership with his son, Henry B. He died there at the age of 57 years and was survived some years by his widow, who died at the age of 72. She was in maiden life, Lydia Bradford, and was descended in the ninth generation from old Governor Bradford. They had two children, Henry Bradford, father of the subject of this sketch, and Dwight, who died at the age of nineteen while in attendance at Oberlin College.

Henry B. Tiffany, when a young man, worked at the trade of a carpenter and thus earned enough money to enable him to attend Oberlin College for two years. He then read law at Medina under the direction of Hill & Prentiss for two years, and in June, 1861, was graduated from Cleveland Union Law School. He immediately thereafter began practice at Lima, Ohio, but after a short time returned to Medina and formed a partnership with his former preceptor, Mr. Hills. He practiced successfully until an accident to his left ear affected his hearing, then gave up his profession to embark in the drug business in partnership with his father. He continued in the drug trade at Medina until his store was destroyed by fire in 1870, and on October 21st of the same year moved with his family to Clyde, Ohio, where they have since lived, having a residence on West Buckeye Street. He has a drug store at this place and is one of the foremost business citizens. On December 1, 1865, Mr. Tiffany was married to Elizabeth Nickerson, and they have a family of six children: Henry A., a druggist of Toledo; George Dwight; Charles J. postmaster of Clyde; Dr. Willard B., of Clyde; Fannie; and Florence.

George D. Tiffany was about a year and a half old when brought to Clyde, where he grew to maturity and received an educational training in the public schools. During his junior year in high school, he left on June 29, 1886, to enter the Farmers and Traders Bank at Clyde, as bookkeeper. In a short time he was advanced to the position of assistant cashier, and after the name of the institution was changed on January 8, 1890, to the First National Bank, he continued in the same capacity until February 7, 1895, when he was made cashier. On July 2, 1906, the institution was again changed, at that time to the Clyde Savings Bank Company. He still serves as cashier of this institution, of which he also is a stockholder. He is a Republican in politics, and served two terms as treasurer of Green Creek Township, and in 1907 was elected treasurer of Clyde. He is a member of the insurance firm of. Tiffany & Clapp, and is also one of the directors of the National Ticket Company, of Cleveland, Ohio.

On November 24, 1892, Mr. Tiffany was united in the bonds of matrimony with Miss Estella Robinson, a daughter of Dr. W. S. Robinson, of Bellevue, Ohio. They have two children, Thomas G. and Russell B. Their residence is on West Buckeye Street, in Clyde. Mr. Tiffany is a prominent lodge man and is affiliated with Monticello Lodge, No. 244, F. SA. Me; Clyde" Chapter, ik: An NVA Glyde Council, No. 1503, R. A.; Clyde Lodge, No. 126, Knights of Pythias; Clyde Council, No. 637, Knights and Ladies of Security; and Clyde Tent, No. 30, Knights of the Maccabees.

since July 2, 1896, having an office in the Birchard Block, is a native of this city, his birth having occurred here on January 16, 1877. He is a grandson of Gervas Wolf, who was born in Germany, and who, having lost his wife, came to the United States with his remaining family about 1863. They had an unfortunate passage, as they were twice shipwrecked. The vessel in which they embarked was destroyed by fire, but the crew and passengers were rescued and transferred to another ship, which in turn was wrecked, going ashore on the Cape Verde Islands. On the next night they were picked up by a British manof-war, Mr. Wolf having clung to a rock from 9g o'clock at night until 9 the next night. Being landed at Liverpool by the war vessel, they made their way from that port to New York, and so arrived in the Land of Promise after a most adventurous and circuitous journey.

Stephen Wolf, son of Gervas, and father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Guenelingen, Baden, Germany, November 22, 1851, and accompanied his father on his eventful voyage to America, being about I1 years of age at the time. He remained a short time in New York after their arrival here, but subsequently went to Philadelphia, and thence successively to Cincinnati, Cleveland, Sandusky and Fremont, Ohio, the year of his advent of the last mentioned town being 1868. He was then a young man of 17. His first employment in this country was as driver of a bakery wagon in New York City, but soon after coming to Fremont he became interested in the real estate business, in which he has since continued. having been very active and successful in the building up and development of the city. He has erected in all about eight hundred houses, more than any other three men, and Wolf Avenue was named in his honor. He was married in Fremont and has two sons, Jerome Garfield and Scott Stephen. He resides on West State Street in a very beautiful home. In his building operations he employs from twenty-five to thirty people, his son Jerome G. acting as foreman. The latter married Cecelia Ronsky and they

Scott S. Wolf received his educational training in the public schools of Fremont and in the Sandusky City Business College. Upon leaving that institution he engaged in the grocery business in Cleveland and continued in that business for a time and then entered into the insurance field in that city and was thus engaged there for three years. He then returned to Fremont, where he has since taken high rank in business circles, having continued in the same line of industry. He handles plate glass, fire, lite, accident, liability, tornado and burglar insurance, and his business has grown to large proportions. He is a member of the Ohio State and National Fire Insurance Asso- Cciations and is now serving his third term as a member of the executive committee of the State Association. He has served as delegate to three national insurance conventions - at St. Paul, Minnesota, Richmond, Virginia, and Indianapolis, Indiana, and he is president of the Sandusky County Fire Insurance Association. He is an active member also of Croghan Lodge, No. 77, I. O. O. F., and of Dickinson Tent, meer, ik. O. To. M:

In politics he is a staunch Republican and cast his first vote for President McKinley, and served as central committeman for six years, and as secretary of city central committee at one time.

Ex.-Gov. Myron T. Herrick, Atty.-Gen. U. G. Dennison, and State Treasurer D. S. Creamer he holds as his personal friends, while Congressman C. C. Anderson, of this district, is an old schoolmate and they played together as boys.

NORTON G. RATHBUN, formerly commissioner of Sandusky County, Ohio, is a prominent farmer of Green Creek Township, where he is the owner of 145 acres of valuable farm land. He has forty acres in his home farm, located on the Green Springs road. Mr. Rathbun comes of one of the pioneer families of the county. He was born in the township

The paternal great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch was Jonathan, who came from England to the United States and located in Vermont. He moved to New York State, thence to Sandusky County, Ohio, where he died. Among his children was Chaplin Rathbun, who was born in Vermont. After his marriage to Lucinda Sutliff and the birth of a number of their children, in 1826 they moved from New York to Ohio, entering Government land in the woods of Green Creek Township, Sandusky County. They wrought a home out of the wilderness and lived here until their respective deaths. They had eight children, as follows: Saxton S., Brace, Jonathan, Jeanetta, Catherine, Sarah, Lucinda, and Eliza.

Saxton S. Rathbun was born in New York State in 1813, and was thirteen years of age when his parents moved west. The Indians had not yet departed from Sandusky County at the time of their arrival, and he frequently played and danced with the young Indians. He followed farming throughout his active career and lived"¥o reach the age of eighty-one years. His wife died the year previously, at the age of seventy-seven years. They were parents of thirteen children, as follows: Clark, deceased ; Edwin, deceased; Norton G.; James, Burton; Thadeus, deceased; Chaplain L.; Lucinda, wife of Charles Storer; Norman; Brace; Orvilla; wife of Horace Sackrider; Jacob, deceased ; and John.

N. G. Rathbun was born in a log cabin which his father had built about the time of his marriage, and grew up on the home place, which he helped to clear. When he was nineteen years of age he went to Kansas for a year, then returned home and remained for one and a half vears. At the end of that time he went to the Pacific Coast and for four years worked in the mines in California. Returning to Sandusky County, Ohio, he again took up farming, which he has since followed except for the time spent in public office. He is a Democrat in politics and was elected on that ticket as infirmary director. After serving six months he resigned and was made superintendent of the County Infirmary. He filled that position four years, and was then elected county commissioner. His six years in the commissioner's office were marked by conscientious service to the county, and his record found approval in the eye of the public.

On December 25, 1868, Mr. Rathbun was married to Miss Elizabeth Hufford, of Sandusky County, and they have three children, namely: Edwin, who married Fanny Noah and has two children, Irving and Allen; Arthur, who married Edith Huber; and Herman, who married Irene Bimer. Fraternally, he is a member of the Masonic Order at Fremont.

WILLIAM E. PROCTOR, a man of large business interests, ample fortune and civic importance, has been vice-president of the Croghan Bank, at Fremont, since the second year of its operation. He was born July 20, 1842, at Bloomfield, Ohio, the only child of William E. and Lucy F. (Morgan) Proctor.

William E. Proctor enjoyed excellent educational advantages and completed his studies at Oberlin College. At the beginning of the Civil War, he enlisted in the Federal Army and served in an artillery regiment for some months. He then decided to embark in the mercantile business, locating at Geneva, Ohio, store until 1877, when he removed to Cleveland and went into the wholesale trade. In 1885 he opened up a large retail store at Fremont, which he conducted prosperously for almost twenty years. He then disposed of his mercantile interests and retired from that line of activity. In the meanwhile he had other important business concerns, as early as 1873 having engaged in manufacturing at Geneva, and still continues to be vice president of one of the two skewer companies doing business in the United States. The main office of this company is at Muncie, Indiana, and it has a capital stock of $400,000, Mr. Proctor being a very large stockholder. He also is one of the proprietors and. stockholders of the Fremont Kraut Company. While his business interests have not all been centered at Fremont, Mr. Proctor has made this city his chosen home for many years and has always taken a deep

Mr. Proctor married Miss Martha Turner, a daughter of Asaph Turner, formerly of Geneva, Ohio, and five children were born to them. The beautiful family home is located at No. 812 Garrison Avenue, Fremont. His political affiliation is with the Democratic party. He has membership with the Grand Army of the Republic and also belongs to the Masonic fraternity.

ALONZO J. WILDER president of the Clyde Kraut Company, an important business enterprise at Clyde, Ohio, was born January 14, 1841, on his father's farm in Granger Township, Medina County, Ohio, and is a son of William and Elsie T. (Hatch) Wilder.

William Wilder was born at Barkhamstead, Connecticut, in 1789, and died in Medina County, Ohio, in 1876. In young manhood he started out to make a home in what was then the wilderness of Ohio, bearing his ax on his shoulder and walked the whole distance, finally locating in 1818, in Medina County. In 1819, he was married to Elsie T. Hatch, who had come to Medina County in 1817, walking a part of the way from Onondaga County, New York, where her father had one time been the owner of the whole of North Bristol Township. William Wilder and wife established and maintained a happy home in the forests of Medina County and there reared a large family. Indians were numerous, but as far as the records go, they never seriously disturbed the Wilder family. The old homestead of sixty acres in Granger Township became a fertile and valuable property and the productive orchards came from the seed that William Wilder carried in his pockets, from Connecticut. The following children were born to William Wilder and wife: Lucy A., who is now deceased; \Villiam H., who went overland to California in 1849, died there in 1858; Calvin H.; Annis, who is deceased; Charlotte E.; Martin J., who is deceased, taught music for thirty years in New York: Sophronia A., who is the widow of D. H. Beeman; and Alonzo James, Nathan Thomas, and Janette, the last named being deceased. The mother of the

Alonzo James: Wilder spent his boyhood and youth on.the home farm in Granger Township, securing his education in the country schools and the Granger Academy. Like other members of his family, he is musical and he taught music when about twenty-six years of age. In 1868 he came to Clyde and bought the Metcalf grocery business, but, having had no experience in this line, in 1870 he took C. A. Miner into partnership. For six years the firm of Miner & Wilder continued, and then Mr. Wilder bought Mr. Miner's interest. In 1882 his brother, Nathan T. Wilder, entered the business as a partner and the firm style became Wilder Bros., and in 1889, the firm sold onethird interest to W. G. Estell, a former clerk, and the firm style became Wilder Bros. and Fstell. To their already large stock of crockery and groceries they now added produce and built a cold storage plant for their consignments of butter, eggs and apples. In 1890, Mr. Wilder established the kraut business, one which has been of great importance to the farmers in this section from whom supplies are obtained. The name given the new enterprise was the Clyde Kraut Company and it soon grew to such proportions that in order to handle it advantageously, the old grocery business had to be given up by the Wilders and in 1896 thev sold out to W. F. Estell and to W. W. Wilder, the latter a son of Alonzo J. Wilder. From this time until 1900, the kraut enterprise was conducted and managed as the Clyde Kraut Company by the two brothers. It was then incorporated and at that time W. W. Wilder, son of Alonzo J., and C. N. Wilder, son of Nathan T., with B. E. Babcock, son-inlaw of N. T. Wilder, came into the firm. The officers are A. J. Wilder, president; Nathan T. Wilder, vice president; and \W. W. Wilder, secretary and treasurer. A branch house has been established at Jackson, Michigan, for the manufacture of kraut and pickles. The registered trade mark of these delicacies is "Silver Fleece.' The excellence of the goods has carried their use all over the world.

daughter of William Hough, of Wayne County, Ohio. She died in 1874. He was married (second) to Mrs. Nealie Watterson, a daughter of Rev. George R. Brown. Mrs. Wilder died in January, 1895. Mr. Wilder was married (third) in March, 1808, to Mrs. Rosaline Bemiss, a daughter of Daniel White. Mr. Wilder has two children and three grandchildren, namely: William W., who married Hallie McClary, a daughter of Captain Charles McClary, has one son, H. Triston; and Helen M., who is the wife of Karl S. Breckinridge, who is the Chicago manager of the American Can Company. They have two children: Lois and Florence. In his political views, Mr. Wilder is a Republican, but business claims more of his attention than politics.

JOHN C. KANNEY, proprietor of a grocery store at Green Spring, Ohio, and owner of a farm of eighty acres in Green Creek Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, has been a resident of this village since 1869. He was born February 12, 1855, on his father's farm in Reed Township, Seneca County, Ohio, and is a son of Jacob and Mary (Reamer) Kanney, both of whom were natives of Germany. His father came to this country at the age of thirteen years and subsequently located on a farm in Seneca County, where he died at the age of seventy-two years. There were eleven children born to the parents of our subject, all of whom are deceased but the following: Albert, Anthony, Frances, and John C., the subject of this record.

John C. Kanney was about thirteen years old when he went to Lodi, Ohio, where he worked as a clerk in a grocery store for some time, later going to Republic, Ohio, where he entered the employ of Mr. Ogden, in whose service he continued many years, having been a clerk in Mr. Ogden's store in Green Spring for a period of ten years after locating in this village. He then established his present place of business, where he has since continued and carries on an extensive and lucrative business. Mr. Kanney was one of the organizers of the Kraut Company of Green Spring, of which he is one of the directors. He is president of the Green Spring Telephone and Electric Com- pany and is a stockholder in the bank of that village. In politics he is identified with the Republican party and is, fraternally a member of the Masonic Lodge, No. 427, at Green Spring.

FRED H. HARTMAN, president of the School Board of Woodville and identified with large business interests in this section of Sandusky County, is a member of the firm of Hartman Brothers, owners of much property and active in the oil industry in Ohio. Mr. Hartman was born in 1861, and is a son of Rudolph Hartman, who came to Sandusky from Wood County, Ohio, about 1869. He was a man of capital and for many years carried on large agricultural operations on his farm adjacent to Woodville. At the time of his death he was aged seventy-one years.

Fred H. Hartman was educated in the schools of Woodville and then engaged in agricultural pursuits with his father, later entering into the oil business with his two brothers, Hon. L. H., who is the mayor of Woodville, and George H., under the style of Hartman Brothers. The firm owns 500 acres of land in Sandusky County, having disposed of large holdings in Wood County.

Mr. Hartman married Miss Elizabeth M. Brand, a daughter of Henry Brand, and they have three children: Oscar, who is attending the Ohio State University at Columbus; Lydia, who is a graduate of the Woodville High School; and Reta, residing at home. In 1900, Mr. Hartman built a very fine modern residence, equipping it with the latest conveniences. In politics, he is identified with the Democratic party and takes an active interest in all that pertains to the welfare of Woodville. He has served in numerous local offices and at present is president of the School Board and chairman of the Committee on Public Affairs. He is one of the directors in the Woodville Savings Bank and is a stockholder in other concerns. With his family, Mr. Hartman belongs to the Lutheran Church.

JOSEPH A. WALDE, one of the foremost business men of Clyde, Ohio, is manager ot the Clyde Cooperage Company and vice-president of the Clyde Produce Company. He is a son of Julius Walde, of Fremont, who, with his partners, J. W. Worst and Jacob Sherrer, organized the former company at Clyde in IQol.

Julius Walde was born and reared in Germany, where he learned and followed the trade of a cooper. Upon coming to America he located at Fremont, Ohio, where he followed his trade and later engaged in the brewing business. He was married to Mary Commer, of Fremont, where they now reside on Birchard Street. They became parents of four children: Mamie, wife of F. C. Schmidt; Joseph A.; Maude, wife of Dr. H. C. Scharple; and Irene.

Joseph A. Walde was born at Fremont, Ohio, August 1, 1877, and after completing a preliminary education in the grade and high schools of that city, attended Notre Dame University. Since 1902, he has had full charge of the plant of the Clyde Cooperage Company, succeeding in that capacity a son of Jacob Sherrer, one of the founders. This industry covers three acres of land along the Wheeling and Lake Erie and the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railwavs and gives employment They manufacture about 600 barrels per day, getting the timber from their own forests in West Virginia, and make a specialty of oil, whisky and lard barrels: They also furnish barrels for the different kraut industries, for which Clyde is so well known. Mr. Walde has been vice-president of the Clyde Produce Company continuously since its organization.

On April 18, 1901, the subject of this sketch was united in marriage with Miss Margaret Arlin, a daughter of W. H. Arlin, of Clyde, and they have one daughter, Edwina. Fraternally, he is a member of the Knights of Pythias at Clyde. In politics, he is a Democrat. Mr. Walde resides with his family in a handsome residence on Duane Street in Clyde.

of October, 1818. At the age of twenty years he removed to Malone, New York, and four years later became a resident of Cleveland, Ohio. At the age of twenty-seven he had completed a course of theological study at the Western Reserve College, located then at Hudson, Ohio. In September of the year following, being 1845, he was married to Miss Harriet H. Fuller, of Malone, N. Y., who in all the years since has been his faithful companion, and still survives to mourn his loss. For a short time he preached at Clarendon, N. Y. In May, 1846, he came to this city, then a village of one thousand inhabitants, and assumed