Wood County, Ohio - Biographical sketches, 1897 (part 9 of 17)

Our subject attended the subscription schools of Maryland, and did not have as good an opportunity forgetting an education as did his brothers or half-brothers. He was reared to the duties of a farmer boy, and worked on the home farm until his marriage, which took place in Seneca county, March 24, 1842, his bride being Miss Margaret Hyter, who was born, March 25, 1824, in Frederick county, Md., and who is a daughter of Jacob and Margaret (Koons) Hyter. Mr. D. E. Coe rented land in Scipio township, Seneca county, for two years, when, in the spring of 1844, he bought 140 acres in Section 13, Perry township. The land was wet and full of stumps, and contained a log house 18x24 feet. The forests were in their primitive state, and there were no roads in the vicinity. This portion of nature's wilderness Mr. Coe has transformed into a most desirable farm, and to-day has 240 acres of fine land, on which he has built a comfortable home, with the accompanying barns, bins, etc. Mr. and Mrs. Coe's children are: Clarinda, who married George P. Feebles, of Noble county, Ind.; Emma, now the widow of John Guier, of Perry township; Mary is the wife of S. S. Dicken, who lives near Kendallvilie, Ind.; Laura married V. D. Newcomb, and died in Seneca county; Alice is now Mrs. Luther Stewart, of Marion county, Ohio; Walter died at the age of thirtyfour years; H. L. is a farmer of Perry township; Belle is the wife of Charles Cochard, of Sandusky, Ohio; Charles is farming in Perry township. Mr. Coe is a Republican in politics, and has served as township trustee, and has 'been school director for twelve years. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Church, of which he is also trustee. He has been a successful farmer, and is- spending his later years in peace and quiet.

urist in Delaware county, N. Y., and had two sons, David F., our subject's father, and Thomas B. The former was born in 1791, and married at an early age to Miss Sallie Pine, a native of the same county. He was drafted during the war of 1812, but his brother, who was not then married, took his place. He returned home at the close of the war, and settled in Tompkins county, where he married and reared a family of twelve children. Our subject's parents moved to Tompkins county, after their marriage, traveling in a primitive vehicle drawn by a pair of steers. They cleared a farm in the woods, where they spent the rest of their lives, and died. Mr. Sears died in 1872, aged eighty-one years, two months and twelve days. They had ten children: Almarin, and George W. , who died in

Tompkins county; B. P. , our subject; AdalineE., who married, first, John Woodworth, and then Cyrus Barber; Franklin, who died in New York State; Caroline, the wife of Terry Smith, of Seneca county, N. Y. ; Jane, who married A. V. McKeel, of Tompkins county, N. Y. ; and De- Witt C., a resident of Grand Detour, 111. Two other children died in infancy.

Our subject grew to manhood upon his father's farm, obtaining his education in a subscription school held in a log house. May 15, 1848, he married Miss Elvira Shannon, a native of Seneca county, born January 15, 1827. Previous to his marriage he had clerked in a store for a year, but the young couple settled at once upon a farm near the old home, where they remained a number of years. Mr. Sears then sold his land and engaged in the grocery business, but lost everything by fire in 1876. In the following year he came to Bowling Green, hoping to make good his losses, and in 1879 he purchased his present property, containing three and a half acres, then in the outskirts of the city, but now surrounded by residences. Here Mr. Sears and his wife devoted themselves to the raising of berries and other fruits, with the success due to industry and good judgment. No serious cares or troubles marred the serenity of their well-spent days. Their only child, W. S. , is now a law student in Bowling Green. He married Hester Brewer, and has one child, Elvira.

Our subject's wife was a woman of exceptional intellect and culture. She was educated in a seminary in New York State, and was a teacher before her marriage. Early in life she developed a taste for literary work, and her poems found ready acceptance in the periodicals of the day, the discouraging reply, "declined with thanks," so familiar to most writers, having never been received by her. At her death, which occurred March 12, 1895, she left some of her best and longest poems still in manuscript, and an effort is now being made to publish them in book form. A natural leader, she always took a prominent part in philanthropical and religious work, and in literary circles, wherever she might be. When she came to Bowling Green the local W. C. T. U., was in a disorganized condition, and she gave her energies freely to revive it. Her success was so marked that she was chosen local president, and later county organizer. She lectured throughout the county, establishing unions, and afterward, as county president, continued the work. She was a delegate to the State convention at Cincinnati, and the National meeting at Cleveland. Her death was regarded as a severe loss to the W. C. T. U., and memorial services were held in her honor throughout the county.

John Current, a progressive and successful general merchant of Dunbridge, was born near Fremont, Sandusky Co., Ohio, January 16, 1845. His father, Thomas Current, was a native of Wheeling, Va., where he was reared on a farm. When a young man he removed with his parents to Sandusky county, and there carried on agricultural pursuits. He married Catherine Washburn, who was born in that county in 1838, and they became the parents of five children: Elizabeth, wife of William Parker; James, a member of Company A, 1 1 ith O. V. I., who died in the army; John, subject of this sketch; Maria, wife of William Pero, of Toledo; and Thomas, who died in infancy. The mother of this family died in 1853, and the father afterward wedded Mary Scranton, of Sandusky county. They had two children, Thomas and Mary, both of whom are deceased. The father died in October, 1871.

John Current attended the district schools, and worked upon his father's farm until 1861, when, though only a boy of sixteen, he joined Company I, 57th O. V. I., under Capt. A. S. Skelton, and Col. William Mungen. From Findlay the regiment went to Camp Vance, and thence proceeded to the front. On January 1, 1864, he re-enlisted at Larkinsville, Ala., and was shortly afterward made a corporal. He acted as orderly for Gen. A. V. Rice, and when the latter was wounded at Vicksburg, Corporal Current carried him off the field. Our subject was never absent from his regiment during his long service, except when wounded in the wrist at Dallas. Ga., which necessitated his being sent to the hospital at Nashville, Tenn. He partici- pated in the battles of Shiloh, Yazoo River, and many other engagements, and received an honorable discharge in August, 1865, and returned home.

Mr. Current continued his residence in Sandusky county until 1868, when he came to Wood county, and for twelve months worked by the month. He then rented a farm for a year, afterward working a sawmill for a year, and subsequently renting the Ewing farm for two years. In 1874 he purchased forty acres of land near what is called Devil's Hole, Middleton township, which he cleared and operated for fifteen years, when he abandoned agricultural pursuits and came to Dunbridge, where he has since carried on general merchandising, meeting with excellent success. He is a wide-awake, progressive business man, strictly honorable in all his dealings, and these qualities, combined with a genial manner, have enabled him to secure an extensive trade. He still retains the ownership of his farm, and operates it in connection with his mercantile interests.

Mr. Current was married at Bowling Green, in 1871, to Caroline Williams, who was born near Fremont, October 3, 1850, a daughter of Daniel and Sarah (Parker) Williams. Four children grace this union: Charles E. , a dealer in stock; Maude D. , who is engaged in school teaching; Grace, wife of George De Verna, a farmer of Perrysburg township; and Claude A., attending school. For five years Mr. Current has served as township trustee; was constable of Middleton township three years; school director a number of years; and a member of the township board of education, which indicates the confidence and trust reposed in him by his fellow townsmen. In politics he is a Democrat; socially he is connected with the Masonic Lodge at Bowling Green; Dunbridge Lodge, No. 786, I. O. O. F. ; and Robert Stewart Post, G. A. R., of Dunbridge. He is also a member of the Grange, in which he has filled all the offices, and is justly numbered among the prominent and highly esteemed citizens of his locality.

Joseph Hollington. The subject of this sketch has lived upon the site of the present city of Bowling Green longer than any other resident. Born in England May 21, 1824, he came to Plain township with his parents, in 1833, and has seen this spot redeemed from a trackless waste of forest and swamp, and made the home of a progressive civilization. And in this change he has had his share of helpful work. He was one of the building committee of the old court house, and collected $12,000.00 for the enterprise. In the struggle for the county seat he took an active part, and, indeed, in every event of note in the history of the county, his name is enrolled among the participants.

His father, Joseph Hollington, was born in 1792 at Redditch, Worcestershire, England, then the leading manufacturing center for needles. He was a candle-molder by trade, and retained the ownership of his shop after he came to America. He married Mary Perry, by whom he had five children: Richard (born March, 1822, died

1893), a well-known resident of West Unity, Ohio; Joseph, our subject; Ambrose, a minister of the M. E. Church at Delaware, Ohio; Mary Ann, the widow of the late Octavius Walters, of Delta, Ohio, formerly member of the Legislature, and William, a prominent real-estate dealer in San Diego, Cal. Our subject's father took an active interest in the politics of his adopted country, and was an ardent Whig. He and his wife were members of the Church of England previous to their removal to America. He died in 1847, his wife in 1854, at the age of sixty.

Joseph Hollington was nearly ten years old when his parents came to Wood county. He was married at twenty-four to Miss Elizabeth L. Lamb, who was born in New York State in 1829. They had three children: Mary E., who died when six years of age; Mary Ann, who died aged twenty-nine, and Maria, born January 29, 1852, who married W. H. Frederick, a native of Seneca county, Ohio, born May 3, 1845. Mr. Frederick was educated in the public schools of his birthplace, learned the trade of mason in early life, and in 1874 came to Bowling Green to engage in that business. He was a soldier during the Civil war, enlisting August 30, 1862, in Company D, 49th O. V. I., which was attached to the army of the Cumberland. His chief battles were at Stone River, Liberty Gap and Chickamauga. In the last-mentioned engagement, September 19, 1863, he was severely wounded, and shortly afterward received an honorable discharge. He is a Republican in politics, and a member of Wiley Post No. 46, G. A. R. Mr. Hollington is also a Republican, and before the war he was a Whig, and took an influential part in the local political movements of that time.

John Knauss is a native of Germany, his birth having occurred in Bluenburg, February 21, 1840. He is a son of George and Barbara E. Knauss, and a brother of George Knauss who resides in Plain township. He came to this country with his parents, the family locating in Ohio, and in the public schools of Medina county he acquired his education. He afterward worked as a farm hand in that county for five years. In 1854 he accompanied his parents to Center township, this county, and to his father gave the benefit of his services until twenty-four years of age, when he was married and removed to Middleton township. Here he purchased forty acres of land, and at once began its, development. He placed many rods of tiling upon the farm, erected a good house and barn, and afterward extended the boundaries of his farm by the additional purchase of forty acres. He now has a richly cultivated farm, the well tilled fields yielding to him a good return for his care and labor.

On the 31st of March, 1863, in Perrysburg, Ohio, Mr. Knauss was united in marriage with Catherine Bostdorf, daughter of Henry Bostdorf, and a native of Ohio. Fourteen children have been born of this union - Andrew J., a farmer; Emma E., wife of Fred Neeglie; Daniel; John; Edwin; Charles H.; Orange A.; Maggie B. ; Martha G.; Cyrus R. ; Rutha R. ; Herald V., and two who died in infancy.

In his political views Mr. Knauss is a Democrat, but has no aspirations for office. He is a member of the United Brethren Church, in which he is now serving as steward, and is an upright, honorable man who ranks among the best farmers of Wood county, and has the esteem and good will of all with whom he has been brought in contact.

John H. Cochrel, who is now serving as postmaster of Haney, and carrying on a general merchandise store, is one of the prominent business men of Jackson township. He was born in Hancock county, Ohio, July 31, 1858, and is a son of John Cochrel, who was born in Muskingum county; when a young man he entered a veterinary college, where he was graduated. He afterward became one of the most proficient veterinary surgeons in this part of the country. He was married in Coshocton county, Ohio, to Mary Buckler, and immediately afterward removed to Hancock county, locating in McCotnb, where he successfully practiced his profession. He also purchased a farm of 120 acres, %vhich was operated by our subject and his brother. The mother died in Hancock county, December 10, 1881. The members of the family are Nathan, a farmer of Jackson township, Wood county; Sarah E., wife of George Fout, of Hancock county; Susan, wife of John Edgington, of Hancock county; Finney, a farmer of the same county; and John H.

The last named is indebted to the district schools of Portage and Pleasant townships, Hancock county, for his education, which was completed at the age of twenty years. He then became clerk in the post office and grocery store at McComb, Hancock county, for Mr. Barney, where he remained for three years, receiving a good business training. He afterward purchased a farm in Blanchard township, Hancock county, of one hundred acres, which he cultivated for a year, and then sold. Removing to McComb, he purchased a saloon, which he carried on for three years, and later was proprietor of a meat market for a year. Disposing of his business interests in the town, he then returned to his farm, and not long after established a grocery store on his farm, running three huckster wagons in connection with the store. In October, 1894, he disposed of his property in Hancock county, and came to Wood county, erecting a store in Haney, which he supplied with a large stock of groceries. He also runs three huckster wagons, buying up all kinds of fruit, which he sells at retail through the county. In the winter he also deals quite extensively in poultry.

Mr. Cochrel was married in Henry township, Wood county, March 4, 1878, to Miss Minerva Fellers, who was born in Hancock county, Ohio, where she lived until seventeen years of age, when she came to Wood county with her par- 1 ents, Noah and Almeda (Evans) Fellers, now residents of Rawson, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Cochrel have two children - Harley J. and Flora May. In politics our subject is a Democrat, and has held some local offices, being now postmaster of Haney.

Emerson Webster Fisher, M. D., a young man of progressive spirit and enterprise, is successfully engaged in the practice of medicine in Portage. He was born in Snyder county, Penn., at the town of Selin's Grove, November 14, 1870, and is a son of Ben and Lydia (Snyder) Fisher, also natives of the Keystone State. The family is of German origin, and the grandfather, Christian Fisher, who was bom in Germany, was the first of the name to seek a home in America. He located in Pennsylvania, and traded a rifle to some Indians for a large tract of land along the Susquehanna river, there following farming until his death. The father of our subject was born on the old homestead, and was reared in the usual manner of farmer lads. After his marriage he located on the Isle of Que, and, by his well directed business efforts, accumulated consider- I able property. His death occurred in 1875, and the wife of Rev. W. C. McCool, and died in Ponca, Neb.; Ben F. , a merchant of De Witt, Neb.; William I., cashier in the bank at Wymore, Neb.; Peter A., a resident of Lincoln, Neb.; Charles M., a farmer of Logan, Neb.; John W. , a machinist of North Platte, Neb.; George C., an agriculturist of Logan, Neb., Emerson W. , of this sketch; and Della May, who is clerking in a store in Ponca, Nebraska.

Dr. Fisher, of this sketch, attended the common schools of his native town until ten years of age, when he went' with the family to Nebraska, where his elder brother Ben had previously moved and taken up a homestead for the family. The Doctor attended school in the West until seventeen years of age, then continued his studies in the Homer Academy of Homer, Neb., and also spent one term in college in the same State. During the winter of 1888-89, he was a student in the Midland College of Atchison, Kans., after which he pursued a three-years' course in the Rush Medical College of Chicago, from which he was graduated March 29, 1892. He immediately began practice at Ponca, Neb. , but four months later came to Wood county, and for a short time was in the office of Dr. Snyder, of Bowling Green. On December 24, 1892, he located at Portage, where he has since built up a good business.

Dr. Fisher was married in Portage, August 16, 1894, to Miss Henrietta L. Teller, who was born in Portage township; September 29, 1870, In his political views, he is a Democrat, and his religious belief connects him with the Evangelical Lutheran Church. His ability, laudable ambition and well-directed efforts have already secured him a good business.

J. W. Pennell. The paternal great-grandfather of Mr. Pennell emigrated from Wales to America, and settled in Pennsylvania, where he died. His son, the grandfather of our subject, carried on farming in that State during his life, and in Beaver county, Penn., William Pennell, the father of J. W., was born in 1816. He was a merchant and hotel-keeper by occupation, and died in Meadville, Penn., in 1865.

The mother of our subject was, before her marriage, Miss Cynthia Thatcher, her ancestors being residents of New Jersey, and of old New England stock. She was born in Beaver county, Penn., in 1821, and died in 1882. By marriage with Mr. Pennell she became the mother of seven old; Madison lives in Trumbull county, Ohio; John died in infancy; J. W. ; Ellen is the wife of W. Beadman; George, residing at Zanesville, Ohio; Anna, the wife of Washington Harris, of Beaver county, Pennsylvania.

J. W. Pennell was born in Mercer county, Penn., July 13, 1845, and came with his parents to Ohio when a lad. When seventeen years old he returned to his native State, and began work in the oil fields of Butler county. From there he went to West Virginia, and subsequently came to Wood county. During all this time he has been engaged in the oil-producing business, and has held various responsible positions with leading oil companies. In the year 1895 he struck one of the best wells found in Wood county during the year, and has been very successful in all his ventures in that line.

Mr. Pennell was married in Marietta, Ohio, April 19, 1869, to Miss Eugene Douglass, who was born in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, December 1, 1850. Of this union seven children have been born: William, who is foreman of the

Palmer Oil Company, at Bairdstown, Ohio, married Miss Mattie Baird, and they have one child, Merle; the others are Frank, who is also with the Palmer Oil Company; Clyde, Lamott, Nellie, Cleveland and Burt.

Mr. Pennell is a leading Democrat, and was treasurer of the Democratic County Central Committee for three years. He belongs to the Knights of Pythias and Knights of the Maccabees, and is very popular in the community as a thorough gentleman, and a man of high principles. At the present writing he is carrying on a restaurant, in connection with his oil business, which is largely patronized and well managed.

Henry Bowlus, the great ancestor from whom are descended the Bowlus families, was a native of Germany, who came to America in the Colonial period, -about 1735, and settled in the Middletown Valley, Frederick county, Md. He had four sons - Jacob, George, Valentine and Nicholas - the youngest being then but five years of age. Nicholas Bowlus was reared on a farm in Frederick county, Md. , where he became the head of a family of eight children - Jacob, John, Henry, Nicholas, Jr., Mrs. Beckaback, Mrs. Floyd, Mrs. Haller, and Mrs. Christ. Of these, Jacob, a distinguished pioneer minister of the United Brethren Church, and Henry a farmer,

Elizabeth, Margaret, and Susannah, all of whom became heads of families in Sandusky county. In 1828 Henry Bowlus located on a farm of 320 acres, which was then an unbroken forest, and helped clear up the famous "Black Swamp." He had a family of six children, namely: (1)

Magdalene, wife of Daniel Young, who lived and died in Maryland. (2) Adam, who married Elizabeth Krohn, and remained in Maryland. (3) Sophia, wife of Jacob Thomas; she died in 1895, at the age of eighty-eight years. They had nine children - John H. , Richard, Joseph, Lizzie, Maggie, Amanda, Charles, Alice, Anna; of these, the eldest, John H. Thomas, a millionaire, was the competitor of Calvin S. Brice, for U. S. Senator, in 1893. (4) Henry Bowlus, father of our subject, comes next. (5) Nicholas, who married Mary Donnell, and lived in Madison township, where he died in 1893. (6) Mahala, wife of Jesse Dorcas, living at Lisbon, Iowa. The father of this family was killed in 1832, by a kick from a horse.

Henry Bowlus, our subject's father, one of the early pioneers of Sandusky county, was born in Maryland, September 27, 1810. On November 20, 1833, he married Miss Catherine Keller, of Tiffin, Ohio, who was born February 14, 1 8 1 1 , and died October 20, 1 846; their children were - Hanson R., Mahala, Martha, Catherine, Elizabeth and Caroline. The first four of these became heads of families in Sandusky county. On September 27, 1849, he married for his second wife Mrs. Rebecca C. Bowlus (ncc Williamson), of Maryland, born July 4, 1824, and died January 28, 1891; their children were - Warren A., who lives on the old homestead near Fremont; Anna C. , wife of Cyrus Smith, of Gibsonburg; Henry F. , our subject; and Robert, a farmer in Sandusky county.

Our subject's father has lived to see a great change in the Valley of the Sandusky. When he first came, there were more Indians than white people. The Wyandottes, SenecaS and Tawas lived here, and used to assemble in great numbers every year when they went to Malden to draw their annuity from the government of Great Britain. There, seemingly, was no end of squirrels and other wild game. Mr. Bowlus followed farming and stock raising. About the year 1868, in company with his son, Hanson R., he operated a sawmill, furniture shop and planing-mill, about sixteen years, at Fremont. In politics he was first a Whig, then an Abolitionist, a Whig, and later a Republican; strange to say, his father was a pro-slavery man. Before the Civil war he kept a station of the " Underground railroad, " and assisted runaway slaves from the Southern States to escape, making their hearts glad, and sending them on theirway to Canada. He has for many years been a member of the M. P. Church, near Fremont. Though now (1896) past eighty-six years of age, he enjoys life among his children and grandchildren, with a mind still active, and a memory undimmed.

Henry F. Bowlus, our subject, passed his early years at the old farm, and was educated in Adrian College, at Adrian, Mich. ; but before he was twenty-one he came to Pemberville and became a partner with his brother-in-law, M. Hobart, in the hardware business. As the years have passed, and their trade increased, they have enlarged the scope of their business, until now they own one of the most extensive general stores in Wood county, their stock of various kinds, occupying three rooms 22 x 20, 22x85, an^ 5° x 5°- They are owners also of the grain elevator, where they deal in all kinds of grain.

On June 18, 1879, Mr. Bowlus was married at Pemberville to Miss Mary Balmer, a native of Cumberland county, Penn., born March 20, 1853. They have three children: Harry M. , Edith, and Romayne. While Mr. Bowlus holds a high rank in business circles, he is also prominent in all local movements of importance, and was one of the first to open up the oil field near Pemberville. His fine personal qualities give him marked influence in the community. In politics he is a Republican, and he and his wife are leading members of the Presbyterian Church. He was mayor of Pemberville for two years, and a member of the council for a number of years; has been superintendent of the Sunday-school, and is now an elder in the Church. He and Mr. Hobart are the oldest firm in Pemberville, and among the oldest in the county.

Charles R. Rosendale, M. D. Among the highly successful men in Wood county, it would be difficult to find one who has surpassed our subject in accumulation of property, as well as in services rendered to suffering humanity.

In early times in this county, when the swampy condition of the country made it a congenial abode for fevers, ague, malaria, etc., the physician was often called upon to attend those who fell victims to these dire diseases, where a ride of many miles was necessary through the forests. These journeys were frequently necessary at all hours of the night, and it can easily

Charles R. Rosendale was born August i, 1831, in Swanland, seven miles from Hull, in Yorkshire, England, the son of William and Jane (Brown) Rosendale, who had a family of seven children. When he was about nine years of age they decided to come to the United States, where they would find better opportunities for making a living. After a tedious voyage of many weeks they landed at Quebec, thence coming to Lorain county, Ohio, partly via Erie canal and lake to Cleveland, and from there by team to their destination. Forty acres of land in a primitive state, on which were some log buildings, were taken up, on which the first payment was made with money given Mrs. Rosendale by her father. The land was situated near the center of Grafton township, and here the family began their struggle for existence in the new country. The farm being small, and the family large, it became necessary for our subject, who was among the older children, to start out for himself, and when only twelve years of age he went to work for some of the neighboring farmers. For some years he lived in the vicinity of Wellington, Ohio, where he was engaged in farm work during the summers, in the winters attending the district schools. Industrious and ambitious, he learned rapidly, and was asked to teach, but declined. He attended the Elyria High School in addition to the district schools, and in this way laid the foundation for the scientific course to be his later in life.

While thus employed he was seized with typhoid fever, and after a long illness, through which he was cared for by kindly hands, he recovered, but found that his money, ten dollars in all, would prove sadly deficient in paying the expenses of his long illness. Dr. Smith, of Wellington, Ohio, who was his physician, had become much attached to the young man, and on his recovery urged him to take up the study of medicine. This he decided to do, and at the age of twenty began his reading with Drs. Smith and Johns, and subsequently with Dr. McKenzie, of Litchfield, Medina county, spending in all four years under their tutorship. He completed his medical studies at the Cincinnati Eclectic Institute, from which he was graduated in the spring of 1856. This schooling required money, which was supplied by friends, none of whom were relatives, whose only security was the honesty of our subject.

In the meantime Dr. Rosendale's parents had removed to Wood county and located near Eagleville, in Bloom township, where in May, 1856, our subject came to recuperate after his exhaustive years of study. He had made up his mind to go west after he had fully recovered his health; but an incident occurring at this time served to change his plans. Just then a serious malady, known as dysentery or "bloody flux," was prevalent in Wood county, which had baffled many of the resident physicians. It being noised about that young Rosendale was ^ doctor, he was called upon to treat a man by the name of George Bronson, who was suffering from the disease. He had no intention at that time of practicing, but consented to take the case, and the rapid recovery of the patient from an ailment that often lasted for many weeks, frequently proving fatal, was so surprising as to stamp this young physician as a man of ability. He was soon after called into consultation by Dr. McLaughlin, of West Millgrove, and the impression made by him upon the patients was such as to secure requests for individual calls, which he answered, and which were followed by numerous entreaties for him to locate in West Millgrove. This Dr. Rosendale decided to do, and thus began one of the most successful careers ever experienced by any physician in Wood, or surrounding counties. From that time, and for thirty-five years following, he never knew any such thing as lack of business, being sent for from far and near, his success being in keeping with his extensive clientage.

In the early part of his career, before he became well known, he experienced, as many other professional men have, the inconvenience of lack of capital. Desiring at this time to purchase another horse, as excessive riding was telling on the one he owned, he was offered a fine four-year-old animal, owned by Jackson Lee, for $100. The Doctor wanted it badly, but did not have the money, and his note with security was suggested. He could not find any man to go on this note, so wrote to friends in Lorain county, who promptly forwarded the money. To-day he could without any trouble get security for a thousand times that amount.

In October, 1857, our subject was married in Tiffin, Ohio, to Miss Rebecca Wade, who was born in Seneca county, a daughter of Abner Wade, a farmer of that county. Nine children were born of this union, namely: Charles E.,

November 27, 1858, died when four years old; Harry B., October 17, i860, died when eighteen months old; Wilbur W., June 28, 1863, lives in Perry township; Watson S., September 10, 1865, died in infancy; Fred C., born May 6, 1867; Tunison T. , born May 12, 1871, is a physician in

Fostoria, Ohio; Clara M., born January 16, 1874, is now Mrs. L. Marsh, of Prairie Depot, Ohio; a son, who died in infancy, unnamed; and Chester A.. born October 27, 1882, is at home with his father. Mrs. Rosendale for five years before her death, which took place in 1885, was a sufferer from paralysis, having had three strokes. She was a consistent member of the Congregational Church, a Christian woman and a kind mother. For his second wife Dr. Rosendale married Miss Charity Arthur, of feowling Green, Ohio, who bore him one child, Earl A., born April 7, 1889. She died July 2, 1890, and was buried in Bowling Green cemetery. Her death was greatly mourned, as she had proved a most devoted and loving mother to her step-children, with whom she was a great favorite, and who found her a faithful friend. The Doctor is robust and exceptionally well preserved, and he still continues to practice for those who refuse to surrender his services as their family physician. No physician in Wood county has been more successful as a practitioner, and none has a larger circle of warm friends.

Our subject has for a number of years been interested in the real-estate business, during this time buying and selling hundreds of acres of land. He has given each of his sons a large farm, retaining for himself about 825 acres of land, and owning some of the most valuable business and resident properties in Fostoria, which latter are estimated to be worth over $100,000. There are few men whose business interests are as extensive, and yet kept in as good shape as those of Dr. Rosendale. He is a shrewd financier, and personally looks after his affairs, so that in case of his sudden demise no danger of complications will arise.

In politics Dr. Rosendale is a stanch Democrat, and takes an active interest in the success of his party, although he is not what would be called a politician. He has served several terms as treasurer of Perry township. Several years ago he became a member of the Masonic order at Fostoria, and is a Master Mason. The Doctor has traveled very extensively over the world; but unlike many another tourist he did not visit Europe until he had seen the interesting and wonderful in America, and he was thus prepared, when abroad, to interest those whom he met with stories of the scenery of this country. In June, 1889, he spent some three months in England and France, visiting the Exposition at Paris, and the scenes of his early youth in England. He went to the same Sunday-school in which he was taught as a boy, and saw the same pond of clear water which he once fell into from

Lewis Wilber, deceased, who during life was one of the best known and most highly esteemed residents of Center township, was a native of Ohio, born in Huron county, March 17, 1836, a son of Stephen Wilber, a farmer of that county, w'ho died when our subject was quite young. After attending school for a short period, Lewis began work on a farm for his uncle, Mr. Meede, where he remained for several years. Then, for four years, he worked for wages as a farm hand in Huron county. There he later rented forty acres of land from a Mr. William, which tract he operated for three years. The year i860 witnessed his arrival in Wood county, where he purchased forty acres of land in Plain township, to the cultivation and improvement of which he devoted his time, until his enlistment for service in the Union army during the Civil war.

In 1862, at Tontogany, Mr. Wilber became one of the "boys in blue," joining Company D, 1 1 ith O. V. I. , and remained with that company until the close of the struggle, after which he returned to Huron county, where he made his home for two years, as his father-in-law had sold his farm in Wood county. He suffered much from sickness contracted during his service in the army. In 1867 he returned to Wood county, and this time bought eighty acres of land in Center township, of which a part had been cleared. He made many improvements upon his place, which to-day stand as monuments to his thrift and industry.

On March 11, 1852, in Huron county, Ohio, Mr. Wilber was married to Miss Catherine Knapp. The bride was a native of that county, born December 11, 1833, and to them were born six children, all of whom are still living - Emerson, born December 23, 1857; George E., born August 23, 1861; Rosie A., born September 26, 1864; Bird and Birth (twins), born November 30, 1866; and Clara, born May 15, 1870. Emerson and George now operate the home farm, and Bird was married August 1, 1894, to Miss Augusta Reniger.

Mr. Wilber was a refined and intellectual gentleman, who occupied a remarkably high position in the estimation of the people of the community, and was known far and wide as one of the leading representative men of Center township. He was greatly interested in educational work, and served for many years as school director, while he also held the office of supervisor of his town- ship for several years. His political support was unswervingly given the Republican party. The family adheres to the faith of the United Brethren Church. His death was caused by consumption, contracted during the army service, and he passed away on January 15, 1884, leaving a large number of friends, as well as his immediate family, to mourn his death. Mrs. Wilber, a most estimable lady, still resides upon the farm left her by her husband, and has the love and respect of all who know her.

M. A. Ireland, the genial and popular proprietor of the "Crystal City Restaurant" at Bowling Green, was born in Maumee City, Ohio, October 7, 1849.

His grandfather, John Ireland, came to Ohio, early in the present century from the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, where his son Michael, our subject's father, was born September 20, 1801. The family first located at Salt Lick, on the Ohio river, and later at Bellefontaine. At the age of twenty Mr. Michael Ireland started in business for himself, and went to Detroit, Mich., with a drove of stock, traveling along the old "Hull's Trail. " Returning to Ohio, he settled at Maumee City, where for some years he worked in a hotel. He subsequently became a contractor in lime, stone and timber, and later engaged in the grocery business. He farmed the island in the river, near Maumee City, and shortly afterward removed to Topeka, Kans. , purchasing a large tract of land near that city. He married Miss Mary Elinshousen, who was born in Germany in 1816, and reared a family of six children, of which our subject is the eldest. The others were Madison, now residing in Idaho Springs, Colo. ; Edwin, living in Kansas City, Mo.; William A., killed by an explosion in one of his own mines in Colorado, at the age of thirty -two; Capitola, the wife of W. L. Townsend, of Idaho Springs, and Charles, also a resident of that town.

Our subject spent his youth in Maumee City, working with his father and attending school. He finished his education at the Central Ohio College, located there, and then learned the trade of shaping scythes, which he followed for about a year. The family removed to Kansas at this time, and he was engaged for the next six years in traveling with a government surveying expedition. He has often seen ten thousand head of buffalo at one time, and the party would shoot them down simply to see how many they could slaughter. Returning to Maumee City, he worked for a time in a wagon shop, and then took a load of horses and mules to

In the meantime he was married to Miss Adelia Yonker, who was born in Bowling Green, January 6, 1856. Five children were born to this union: Munson C. , June 16, 1875;

May L., Ethel, William, and Donald D. On August 12, 1885, Mr. Ireland removed with his family to Idaho Springs, Colo., where for two years he was engaged in contracting and building, erecting some of the finest structures there. The oil fields of northwestern Ohio, suggested another form of business enterprise, in which he engaged for some time, but in 1892 he opened the "Crystal City Restaurant" at Bowling Green, which he has conducted ever since with constantly increasing patronage. His mother died in Kansas in 1873, and his father has of late years made his home with him.

In spite of his ninety-four years, Mr. Michael Ireland is mentally and physically active, walking with a light, brisk step which many younger men might envy. His memory is remarkable. He recalls the murder of the last white man killed by the Indians on the Maumee river, and many other events of note in the history of the State. In his early days he was an Old-line Whig, and attended the famous mass meeting at Fort Meigs in 1840, where Gen. Harrison spoke. Our subject is a Republican in politics, and a member of the K. of P., the P. O. S. of A., the American Mechanics, and the Woodmen of the World.

Miner Wadsworth, M. D., who is successfully engaged in the practice of medicine at Hoytville, is a native of the Buckeye State, born April 14, 1854, at Wood Grove, Manchester township, Morgan county.

His father, Daniel S. Wadsworth, was a native of Maryland, and when eighteen years of age moved to Morgan county. Having attained his majority, he was married in Noble (then a part of Guernsey) county, Ohio, to Elizabeth Dye, a native of Guernsey county, and they located on the old homestead in Morgan county. There he resided until 1887, when, with his family, he moved to Smith county, Kans. He became extensively and successfully engaged in stock raising, and was a prominent citizen of the locality, until his death, which occurred January 21, 1896, when he was aged seventy-four. He was buried near Portis, Kans. Mr. and Mrs. Wadsworth were the parents of the following named children: Miner and Vincent, who died in childhood; Mary

Ann, who died in Morgan aounty, Ohio, at the age of forty; Wyley W., a school teacher in Oregon; Malinda, wife of Pearley P. Paxton, of Portis, Osborne Co., Kans. ; Miner, subject of this sketch; and Dye, at home.

The Doctor began his education in the district schools, and on the old home farm spent his childhood days. At the age of eighteen he entered the public schools of Scio, Harrison county, where he pursued his studies one year, then followed school-teaching in both Morgan and Wood counties, following that pursuit two years. In 1876 he arrived in Wood county, and, after teaching two terms in Jackson township, took up the study of medicine, and carried on a small drug store at Hoytville. He studied medicine for a time, after which he attended medical lectures as a student in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, at Keokuk, Iowa, from which he was graduated February 28, 1882. He is now established in a good practice at Hoytville, where they have a comfortable home.

Wesley McIntire. The citizens of this section of the country combine in their lives the enterprising, progressive characteristics of the West, and the stability and thoroughness of the people of the East, owing perhaps to theii* nearness to both sections. Our subject is a worthy type of Ohio's representative citizens. He was born near Tiffin, Seneca county, July 24, 1857, and is a son of Hiram and Lucetta (Zimmerman) McIntire, the former born in Wayne county, Ohio, April 10, 1832, the latter in Seneca county, March 10, 1837. The grandfather, John Mc- Intire, emigrated from Scotland to America, and in Wayne county married a lady of Irish birth. One of their sons, prominent in Abolition work, used his home as a station on the " Underground railroad."

When a young man, Hiram McIntire learned the trade of a millwright. He was left an orphan at the age of thirteen, and for one year lived with an older brother; but not liking the treatment he there received, he tied his little wardrobe in his handkerchief, and with sixty-five cents in his pocket, ran away. He went to Green Springs, Sandusky county, and there learned his trade, which he followed for some years. While at that place he was married October 2, 1856, and immediatey after went with his bride to Fort Seneca, where he worked in a sawmill. He afterward purchased a mill, which he operated for a year, when he removed to Winter Station, and carried on a mill there until April 1, 1861, when with his family he came to Liberty township, Wood county. Hdre he purchased five acres of land on which stood a frame residence, and after selling that property he bought eighty acres of wild land, clearing the tract and erecting thereon a log cabin, into which his family moved before there were either doors or windows. In 1882 this was replaced by a more modern structure that is now occupied by a brother of our subject. The father died there February 19, 1893; the mother passed away eight months previous. Their children were Wesley; Francis Marion, born November 2, 1858; Arthur, who was born December 22, i860, and was

Mr. McIntire, the subject of this sketch, was reared in Liberty township, received a commonschool education, and worked on the home farm until his marriage. On May 14, 1882, he wedded Miss Ida Carnacom, who was born in Liberty township, July 13, 1861. They began their domestic life on a forty-acre farm given him by his father, and in 1892 he erected his present commodious home which is brightened by the presence of three children: Valeria Odessa,

Francis Elmer and Lloyd. In politics, Mr. Mc- Intire is a Republican, and is now serving as town constable. His time, however, is largely given to his business interests. He owns the farm on which he lives, has a half interest in eighty acres of land left by his father, and a half interest in the royalty received from thirteen oil wells. In connection with his brother, he is at this present writing also engaged in the breeding of blooded horses, and they have a fine fiveeighths of a mile track on which they train and break colts. Socially, Mr. McIntire is connected with Whitney Lodge No. 589, I. O. O. F., of Portage, and is a charter member of the Forresters Lodge at Rudolph. In religious connection he holds membership with the Disciples Church of Rudolph.

Francis M. McIntire, a prominent farmer and stock dealer of Wood county, was born in Sandusky county, Ohio, November 2, 1858, and is a son of Hiram and Lucetta (Zimmerman) Mc- Intire. He was a child of two and a half years when his parents came to Wood county, and his childhood days were passed on his father's farm, while his education was obtained in the district schools. He secured a teacher's certificate, but ill health prevented him from entering the profession. At the age of sixteen he left school, and worked on the home farm until his marriage. When in his twenty-first year he engaged in farming for himself, as well as in assisting in the cultivation of the old homestead.

On August 7, 1 88 1, Mr. Mclntire was united in marriage with Miss Isadore Mercer, a daughter of Abraham and Harriet (Rice) Mercer. He erected a residence on his father-in-law's farm, and afterward moved this dwelling to a tract of thirty acres owned by his wife. In the spring of 1883 he began the breeding of blooded horses, and has continued this business with excellent success. In August, 1893, he admitted his brother Wesley to a partnership in the business, and he built a five-eighths mile track for training purposes. On April 1, 1896, he purchased his brother's interest in the horses, leased his onehalf interest in the farm for five years, and is now owner of the stock farm. In 1892 he sold the land belonging to his wife, and removed to the old Mclntire homestead, which had been inherited by himself and brother on his father's death. On February 16, 1893, he purchased 120 acres of improved land in Eaton county, Mich., and in the following February added forty acres. He has taken many premiums at the county fairs with his fine horses, and has one of the finest stock farms in the county.

February 7, 1887; Algernon, November 8, 1890; Leo, July 16, 1893, and Mabel, November 15, 1895. Mr. Mclntire takes quite an active interest in politics, has served as supervisor for two years, and in 1895 was elected justice of the peace. Socially he is a member of Whitney Lodge No. 589, I. O. O. F. , of Portage, and a charter member of Lodge No. 57, Court Sheridan, Ancient Order of Forresters, in which he is one of the trustees. He is a popular young man, of genial disposition, and in the community where he has so long resided has many friends.

George W. Bortle, deceased. The subject of this sketch, formerly a prominent agriculturist of Grand Rapids township, was born January 4, 1851, in Weston (now Grand Rapids) township, where his parents, John and Louisa Bortle, were among the early settlers. The father was born August 8, 1816, and died December 13, 1856. The mother, Louisa (Arnold) Bortle, was born November 12, 1827, and now resides with her daughter, Mrs. Addie Hodge, at Kenton, Ohio.

George W. Bortle was educated in the district schools in the neighborhood, and assisted his father on the farm during boyhood. His first independent work was done on the Wabash and Erie canal, on which he was employed for several years. Later he engaged in farming, and in 1876 he moved upon the farm of eighty-eight acres which belonged to his widowed mother, one-half of which his mother gave to him, and the other half she gave to her daughter, Addie. On this our subject planted a good orchard, erected a fine barn and made many other improvements. On December 31, 1874, Mr. Bortle was married to Miss Annie E. Gillmore, who was born November 25, 1848, a daughter of George and Mary A. Gillmore, who were wellknown pioneer residents of Weston township. One child, John H., born April 16, 1876, blessed this happy union, and who is now the manager of the homestead, and his widowed mother's pride and solace. He attended the district schools of Grand Rapids township in youth, and although only eight years old at the time of his father's death, he early learned to lighten his mother's cares and responsibilities, and was a great comfort to her the few years she remained with him.

George W. Bortle was a man who held the respect and esteem of all who knew him; honest, industrious and progressive, his death, which occurred December 29, 1885, cut short a life of quiet usefulness, which could be illy spared. Mrs. Bortle, a lady of rare executive ability and business judgment, continued the work of the estate left to her, and through her good management she purchased the half of the former eightyeight acres from her sister-in-law, Mrs. Addie Hodge, and on which she built a comfortable residence and added many other improvements. Having poor health for the past two years, Mrs. Bortle died February 19, 1896, leaving John H. Bortle, the only heir, in full possession of the beautiful home. On October 1, 1896, John H. Bortle was married to Maude McClure, whose birth occurred August 17, 1879.

His father, the late George Keys, a highly respected citizen of the same township, was born in the State of Delaware, February 27, 1812. He came from that State to Fairfield county, Ohio, where, in 1850, he was married to Miss Sarah Deal, who was born in Rockingham county, Va., August 24, 1817. They were engaged in farming while they remained in Fairfield, and in

1853, they moved to Wood county, where they bought seventy-four acres of wild land, which they cleared and improved, spending many days at the hard toil which prepared his fertile lands for production. To this union were born five children, three of whom died in infancy. Mary J. , our subject's surviving sister, was born September 11, 1856; she married John Phillips February 25, 18 77, who is a well-known farmer of Grand Rapids township.

David W. Keys attended the district schools during boyhood, and assisted his father upon the farm for a number of \rears. After the death of the latter, which occurred July 12, 1879, he took charge of the homestead for his widowed mother, for whom he cared tenderly until she, too, passed awa\' on August 26, 1894. Since that time Mr. Keys has operated his half of the farm, and on it made many improvements of a substantial nature. On February 23, 1889, he was mrrried to Miss Catherine Courtney, of Grand Rapids, who was born October 8, 1861. They have no children living. Both are greatly esteemed by their neighbors and acquaintances for their sterling qualities of character. Mr. Keys takes no part in politics. He attends strictly to his own business affairs, and his high reputation for good common sense gives proof of his wisdom in so doing.

Howard Cory is one of Perry township's most prominent farmers and citizens, as well as a descendant of one of its earliest pioneer families. In Section 22, that township, his birth occurred April 18, 1859, and he is a son of Ambrose and Amanda (Kelley) Cory. In the spring of 1832, the paternal grandfather, Samuel P. Cory, removed with his famil}' to Melmore, Seneca Co.. Ohio, by the way of the Erie canal to Buffalo, N. Y., by the lake to Sandusky, Ohio, and thence by team. The father started on foot to look up a location, and in Perry township, Wood county, entered eighty acres of land, which was still in its natural state. He erected a cabin, and in the fall of 1832 the family located here. He was born in 1793, and at the time of his death, June 26, 1846, he was comfortably situated. He took considerable interest in politics, voting with the Democratic party, and among other offices, served as the first justice of the peace of Perry township. By his marriage with Surviah Foster, he became the father of the following children - Louisa C., who became the wife of Dr. M. Dana, and died in Fostoria, Ohio; George D., who died on the home farm in Perry township; Ambrose, the father of our subject; Orrin J., who was both a farmer and a painter, and departed this life in Fostoria; Mary E., who was the wife of A. J. Morgan, and died in Freeport, Ohio. The mother of this family lived to the ripe old age of eighty-one, and was buried by the side of her husband in Fostoria.

Ambrose Cory was born in Susquehanna county, Penn., May 29, 1825, and was only seven years old when he arrived in Wood county, where he attended the district schools near his home. He completed his education by two terms' attendance at the Norwalk Academy. At the age of twenty he began teaching in Hancock county at fifty cents per day, and taught in all six terms of school. His father died a few weeks before he reached his majority, and he then started out in life for himself, renting a farm near Melmore, Seneca county, for two years.

In Hancock county, on February 14, 1854, was celebrated the marriage of Ambrose Cory and Miss Amanda Kelley, who was born in Wayne county, Ohio, September 22, 1829, and is a daughter of Thomas and Catherine (Lorah) Kelley, who located in Washington township, Hancock county, in the fall of 1831. In the spring of 1854, Mr. Cory purchased 200 acres of land in Perry township, of Abraham Weaver, for which he went in debt, and on which he lived for seven years, but in 1871 he removed to Section 31, Jackson township, Seneca Co., Ohio, buying twenty acres, which is now within the corporation limits of Fostoria. The following year he there built his substantial brick residence, where he still lives, though he later bought 160 acres of land in Perry township, this county, which he improved, but still made his home in Fostoria. He now has eighteen acres in that city, while five acres are just outside the corporation. He held many offices of honor and trust in Perry township, is a highly respected citizen of Fostoria, and takes quite an interest in the success of the Dem- | ocratic party, for which he casts his ballot. In the family of three children our subject is the eldest, and is followed by Kate S. , who was the wife of Charles Schaufelberger, and died in Hastings, Neb., October 24, 1893; and T. Harry, a painter and paper-hanger of Fostoria.

When only three years old, Howard Cory was | taken by his parents to Fostoria, in the public schools of which city he acquired his literary education, w'hile on his father's farm in Perry township he received his instruction in agricultural pursuits. Two years previous to his marriage he built a house upon his present farm of eighty acres in Section 26, Perry township. Only twenty acres at that time had been cleared, but now seventy acres have been placed under the plow, and yield to him golden harvests for the labor expended upon them. The place is well drained and supplied with an excellent set of farming buildings, all of which he has erected. The summer of 1883 he spent in Sully county, S. D., where he took up 160 acres of land, which he yet owns.

In Jackson township, Seneca county, Mr. Cory was joined in wedlock on March 6, 1884, with Miss Sylvia Cox, a native of that county, and a daughter of Aaron Cox, a farmer. They have one child, Fred, born October 15, 1888. Until 1891, Mr. Cory was a Democrat, but since that time he has been an enthusiastic supporter of the doctrines of the People's party. Religiously, he and his wife are connected with the Methodist Church of Fostoria.

W. O. Johnston,, a representative and leading farmer of Perry township, is a fair specimen of the sturdy agriculturists, who have so largely .assisted in the development of Wood county, and who are drawing from the soil the important elements of their future fortune. His homestead, which embraces eighty-eight acres of rich and fertile land, lies in Section 27, where he first saw the light of day January iS, 1849, and is a son of Thomas and Mary (Cove) Johnston.

The father, who was of Irish parentage, was born in Fairfield county, Ohio, in 1810, and was a member of the large family of John Johnston. When twenty-two years of age he went to Fostoria, Ohio, and entered land in Hancock county, having at that time $300 which had been given him by his father. About 1833, he bought eighty acres of land in Section 27, Perry township, all in its primitive condition. He was a very rugged man and a hard worker, and during pioneer days owned several tracts of land in Hancock county, which he would clear and then sell. At the time of his first marriage he was employed on the farm owned by Charles W. Foster, for whom he worked four years, and j later came to Perry township. He lived to be nearly seventy-three years of age, dying at Fostoria, in July, 1883. For many years he was a member of the I. O. O.. F., in politics was a Republican, and served as a trustee of Perry township. He was a man of sound judgment and good common sense, and by his well-directed ; labors secured a comfortable competence.

At Fostoria, Thomas Johnston was united in marriage with Mary Myers, by whom he had seven children, but five died before reaching adult age. Elizabeth is the wife of Peter Faylor, of Montcalm county, Mich. John, who was a member of Company H, 49th O. V. I., was shot in the left temple, and carried the ball for two years, when it dropped through into his throat. His death, in October, 1880, was occasioned by his wound. For his second wife Mr. Johnston wedded Miss Mary Cove, a native of Stark county, Ohio, and a daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth Cove. After her father's death in Stark county, her mother came to western Ohio, and departed this life at Fostoria. Our subject is the eldest of seven children born of the second marriage, the others being Aiden L. , who died in i860; Charles E., of Toledo, Ohio; Hetty A., now Mrs. Frank Culbertson, of Fostoria; Mary E., who is engaged in the insurance business in that city; Thomas L., a glass worker of Fostoria; and George E., a telegraph operator of that place, who died March 4, 1893. The mother of this family is still living, and makes her home in Fostoria.

In the usual manner of farmer boys, our subject was reared to manhood, remaining at home until his marriage, with the exception of a few months in 1872, spent at Denver, Col., where he witnessed many thrilling scenes. On January 10, 1875, >n Perry township, J. R. Phillips performed a wedding ceremony that united the destinies of Mr. Johnston and Miss Emily Brandeberry, who was there born July 29, 1855, and is a daughter of James and Jane (Bates) Brandeberry. To them have been born two children - Blanche, now Mrs. A. J. Baird, of Perry township; and Blake, at home.

Mr. Johnston began his domestic life upon a rented farm in Section 23, Perry township, and then for nine years rented another place in the same township. About 1883 he purchased forty acres of land, which form a part of his present valuable farm of eighty-eight acres. He uses his right of franchise in support of the Republican party, has been trustee of his township, and has held several school offices. As a friend, Mr. Johnston is an ardent and consistent one, and, as a neighbor, does all in his power for those around him.

Timothy Hayes, " The Wizard of Fort Meigs," was born in County Tipperary, Ireland, July 16, 1822. The historic ground named above has been in the Hayes family as lessees, or owners, since 1 84 1 . It was here that Harrison and his patriotic pioneer followers hurled back the British and Indians, and gave the death blow to tyranny and barbarity in the United States. It was here, too, that in 1 840, during the campaign of - - Tippe- canoe and Tyler, too," was gathered the mightiest host of people ever assembled at any political mass meeting held in this, or any other country, to do honor to their chief, the hero of Fort Meigs - Gen. William Henry Harrison, the Whig Presidential candidate of that year.

This historic spot, famed in the annals of history, would long since have been wrecked had it not been for the gentleman whose name opens this sketch, and his brothers, whose names appear hereafter. But under their careful watching, not a plowshare has disturbed a grave of the sacred dead whose dust sanctifies this hallowed spot, and makes it dear to every American heart; not a spade has desecrated the embankment that protected the patriots from the English shells. Mr. Hayes takes just pride in the ground he has helped to preserve. As the tourists and travelers, who seek to view the historic spot, find an Irishman - a bachelor - the proprietor and owner, and encounter his tall, angular figure walking over the fields, but see no public monument, they realize that this is indeed the "Wizard of Fort Meigs," whose word has stayed the vandalism of agriculture and the ravages of time, and preserved intact one of the Nation's most noted battle fields.

Timothy Hayes is the son of James and Margaret ( Fitz Gerold ) Hayes, both of whom were born in Tipperary. The father died in November at about seventy years of age. The mother departed this life at Fort Meigs in 1848, when about sixty years old. Their children were: Michael, who was born in 1814, came to America in 1837, and first went to Illinois, and then to Perrysburg. He was a contractor by occupation, doing considerable work on canals, and assisted in building the Maumee and Western Reserve Pike. In 1841 he settled on a farm at Fort Meigs, where he lived until his death, January 1, 1894; Johanna, the second child, died in Ireland; Bridget is the wife of James Carey, Turner Junction, Ills. ; Timothy is our subject; Anastasia died in this country; Thomas, who was born in 1827, came to America in 1 848 (he spent four years, from 1859 to 1863, in California and then returned to Wood county. He married Miss Mary Ann Daily, who was born in Wood county, and died after bearing one child, James C., who is agent for the Ohio Central railroad, at Dowling). The second wife of Thomas was Miss Ellen Riley, a native of Long Island, N. Y., and they have seven children: Thomas, Timothy, Michael, John, Margaret, Ellen, and Mary; the seventh child of our subject's parents was Ellen, now the ! wife of Matthew Riley, of Chicago; Margaret is I

Timothy and his brother, Thomas, with the latter's family, all live in the same house on Fort Meigs. They are both Democrats and members of the Roman Catholic Church. The brothers bought Fort Meigs on July 5, 1864, since which time they have been its owners.

William S. Richard, editor and proprietor of the Bloomdale Derrick , of Bloomdale, is one of the most thoroughly representative and best known citizens of Wood county, where probably no other has a wider acquaintance.

Mr. Richard is a native of Ohio, born December 16, 1835, in Ashland (then Richland) county, a son of Jacob and Rebecca Richard, and there received his education up to the age of fourteen years. He and his brothers were all hardy, industrious and intelligent lads, well adapted to the arduous task of clearing up the new Richard home in the woods, and assisting the neighbors in similar work. In addition to this, our subject, who was. a keen sportsman, earned not a little money ( a scarce commodity in those days) by the sale of pelts taken from wild animals, some of which he would trap, bringing others to the ground with his unerring rifle. Even now, though past the sixtieth milestone on the highway of life, he follows his sport with all the enthusiasm of his younger days - but it is simply sport now, without any thought of revenue, that leads him " into the haunts of Diana." Since 1876, with but few exceptions, Mr. Richard has been one of some hunting party or another, starting from Bloomdale for the game haunts of northern Michigan or Colorado, where several enjoyable weeks are spent. But this is a digression.

To return to his boyhood, we have said that our subject was fourteen years old when he first set foot in Bloom township, and, after working about the new home a year or two, and attending school, he commenced teaching at Eagleville, Ohio, a profession he followed for several years, earning the well-merited reputation of being a highly successful instructor. Of a naturally studious nature, possessed of brilliant intellect, and somewhat in advance of other boys of his age, he was ambitious enough to increase his store of learning by a course of study at the academy then being conducted at Republic, Ohio, under the scholastic management of Prof. Schuyler. His attendance here, however, was brought to a somewhat sudden termination owing to his eyesight becoming impaired, which necessitated a long rest from study. After the winter of 1 866-

67 he abandoned school teaching, and confined himself exclusively to the occupation of farmer and auctioneer, which latter business he carried on some thirty years with the same degree of success he met with in other undertakings. In 1889 he became editor and proprietor of the Derrick, a lively newsy paper published weekly at Bloomdale. He is also manager of and a large stockholder in the Gas Center Milling Co., of Bloomdale, and is identified with many other enterprises of the village, at the same time carrying on his farm with characteristic energy. During the war of the Rebellion he served his country three months in Company E, 144th O. V. I., during which time the regiment was stationed at Wilmington, Del., doing guard duty. He enlisted May 2, 1864, and was honorably discharged in the following August.

On October 11, i860, Mr. Richard was married, at Perrysburg, Ohio, by 'Squire Ross, to Miss Delilah Bailey, who was born in November, 1841, in Mahoning county, Ohio, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Simon) Bailey, who moved to Bloom township when Mrs. Richard was a girl. She, too, was a school teacher in her youth, having taught two terms, her salary ranging from $8.00 to $13.00 per month, which in those days was considered very fair emolument. After marriage the young couple commenced housekeeping in Eagleville, where Mr. Richard owned a small home, and there resided until July 29, 1866, when, Mr. Richard's father's health failing, they removed to the old homestead in Section 25, Bloom township, at that time comprising eighty acres of land, the residence thereon being a log house that years before had been built by Joseph Urie. On the death of his father, in 1871, our subject contemplated trying his fortune in the West, probably in Iowa; but, rather than leave his aged mother, and the old homestead to be sold, one brother having already sold his share, he concluded to remain at home. He bought in the farm, and with true filial affection cared for his widowed mother the rest of her days, in which he was no less dutifully assisted by his amiable wife, a task that demanded much patience, consideration and care, .as the invalid for several years was very infirm. She passed from earth May 6, 1881. In 1880 Mr. Richard built an elegant residence on the farm, which by that time had been increased to 1 10 acres, and is now one of the best improved properties in Bloom township. In October, 1891, he removed with his family into the village of Bloomdale, and they have since made their home there. In February, 1895, hecompleted his present elegant brick resi- dence on Vine street, where, metaphorically' speaking, he reclines at ease " under his own fig tree," having succeeded, with the assistance of his life partner, and by assiduous, perseverance; industry and economy, in accumulating a comfortable competence.

Children, four in number, have been born to this honored couple, a brief record of them being as follows; (1) Carrie E., born November 1863, in Eagleville, was married September 17, 1884, to Dr. R. B. Hubbard, and they live in Sandusky, Ohio; they have one child, Vira D., born December 21, 1888. (2) Harry E., born

November 1, 1865, in Eagleville, was married October 25, 1885, to Carrie E. Rosendale; he died September 8, 1890, and was buried in the cemetery at Bloom Chapel; he left one son, Stanley, born April 5, 1889. (3) Hollis born July 31, 1872, died October 5, 1890, and is buried in the cemetery at Bloom Chapel; he was a promising boy, exceedingly bright, and was beloved by every one. (4) Cora, born October 1 , 1881, is an accomplished young lady, still at home. Mrs. Richard is proverbial for her hospitality and philanthropy, a typical Christian woman, tender-hearted and sympathetic, a devoted wife and loving mother. She is a member of the Church of Christ, as is also her husband.

A stanch Republican, Mr. Richard manifests a keen interest in the success of his party, in which he is an oft-consulted advisor and counselor in his part of the county. He has filled with zeal and ability various offices of honor and trust, and for many years served as justice of the peace. " Squire Richard," as he is familiarly known, has done a considerable amount of legal business, and many hundreds of couples has he joined in the bands of matrimony, " for better, for worse; for richer, for poorer." Socially, he is a member of Urie Post, G. A. R., at Bloomdale. He is a wellread man, an omnivorous student in political economy, physics, metaphysics, etc., all receiving deep research and thought, and, withal, he is possessed of shrewd, sound common sense and excellent judgment. A well-spent, abstemious life makes him bear his three-score years with all the cheerfulness and elasticity of a man half his age. May his shadow never grow less!

Henry Lambright, one of the substantial farmers of Perry township, was born in Richland county, Ohio, February 11, 1832, son of John and Elizabeth (Good) Lambright.

county before the war of 1812, in which he served as a soldier. During his absence in the army, the Indians made a raid through the county, destroying lives and property, and his family, with others, took refruge in a blockhouse on the present site of Mansfield. The family of this ancestor comprised ten children, of whom John, Jr., was the first to die. He was reared in Richland county, and when twenty-four years of age married Miss Elizabeth Good, who was born in Perry county, Ohio, February 5, 1808, daughter of John Good, a farmer. Her parents removed from Perry to Richland county, and later to Seneca county, where they spent the remainder of their lives.

In the fall of 1835 our subject's parents moved to Jackson township, Seneca county, where the father entered 120 acres of land, all of it in a primitive state, covered with timber through which wild animals roamed in great numbers. In this pioneer home they reared their family of four children, who were as follows: Mary A., married Jacob Rinebolt, and died in Seneca county; Henry, our subject; Susan married George Sours, and died in Seneca county ; John was a private in Company B, 57th Regiment, O. V. I., and was drowned at Paducah, Ky., in 1862. He had been confined for some time in a hospital, and was cn route to join his regiment, but being still very weak fell overboard from the steamboat and was drowned. The father and mother made this farm their home until their deaths, which took place when the former was eighty-one years and six months, and the latter sixty-five years old. Both were members of the Lutheran Church, and were very faithful in their attendance on its services. The father was a Democrat originally, but later became a supporter of the Republican party. He was a large, powerful man, an excellent manager, and became quite well-to-do, although his wife was sickly for more than twenty-five years, and he had many obstacles to contend with.

Our subject had no opportunity to attend school until he was fourteen years old, and then his advantages were very limited. The school was such as was maintained at that early day by subscription, the school-room a very poor building. and the course of study was of no higher order than the surroundings. As he was the eldest son, his help was greatly needed by his father in a new country, and work was too plentiful to allow him much time for either recreation or study. Game was plentiful, but he was an industrious boy, and spent but little time in hunting or trapping, as many of his fellows did.

marriage, February 17, 1856, with Miss Margaret Johnson, which event took place in Seneca county, the ceremony being performed by Henry Stahl, a justice of the peace. Mrs. Lambright's parents, Henry F. and Margaret (Sprout) Johnson, came from Guernsey county, Ohio, to Seneca county, where Mrs. Lambright was born September 14, 1836. Her father was a mechanic, and worked at various trades, among other things making shoes for his family. He was a great hunter of all kinds of game, and kept his table well supplied with the results of his rifle. He was in limited circumstances, and had a large family of fourteen children in all, of whom ten grew to muturity. Margaret was obliged to assist in the support of the others, and earned considerable money by weaving and spinning for the neighbors.

After his marriage Mr. Lambright located on a farm of eighty acres belonging to his father, which he rented for two years, then purchasing it for $1,200, for which he gave his notes. Here he resided until he came to Perry township in 1865, when he bought 120 acres in Sections 27 and 34 for $5, 500, going in debt over $2,000. The only building on this land was a small frame house, but since that time many improvements have been made, and it is now a valuable piece of property. In 1880 Mr. Lambright erected a large and handsome brick house and here he and his estimable wife dispense the most generous hospitality to their large circle of friends and acquaintances. He now owns 1 54 acres in Perry township, and eighty acres in Jackson township, this county, and is one of the wealthy and substantial farmers of this section, an honest, upright man, very industrious and in all respects a most worthy citizen. The family is held in high esteem throughout the community.

1857, married and has two children; John W. , born May 12, 1859, is a farmer in Montgomery township, married Hattie Ranev, and they have three children; Daniel H. , born September 3, 1864, died June 25, 1879, and was buried at

Fostoria; E. G., born November 4, 1870, is a farmer in Jackson township, this county, married Miss Ella Keefer, and they have one child. Mr. Lambright has always been a stanch Republican, and has served as township trustee for several years. He has served also as school director, and takes an active interest in the cause of education. Both he and his wife are members of the Union Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he has held office ever since his first connection with that body. He is one of the most liberal contributors to the Church, and is always ready to assist in any benevolent or other worthy enterprise.

Mr. Lambright was in his younger days a member of Company I, of the 49th Regiment Home Guards. During the Civil war they were called to Johnson's Island, where they did guard duty for a time, thence went to Washington, D. C. Here Mr. Lambright hired a substitute for 140 days, and returned home.

Henry Clague, a prominent agriculturist of Webster township, was born near Cleveland, Ohio, June 17, 1836. His parents, James and Mary (Collister) Clague, were natives of the Isle of Man, and, in 1826, settled in Cuyahoga county, Ohio, where they reared a large family.

Our subject received a good education in his youth, supplementing the instruction of the district school by a little over three years at Baldwin University. He assisted his father upon the farm until 1861, when he enlisted in Battery G, 1st Light Artillery, O. V. He took part in all of the battles fought by the army of the Cumberland, including those of Shiloh, and Stone River (where he was wounded), and the siege of Atlanta. He received an honorable discharge in December, 1864, at Chattanooga, Tenn., whence he returned to Cleveland and remained until 1866, when he returned to Wood county and engaged in the lumber business with his brother Thomas. On his arrival here he bought 140 acres of choice land near Fenton, which he has improved, and made one of the finest farms of its size in that vicinity.

In May, 1883, he was married, in Cleveland, to Miss Georgiana Harrison, who was born in Buffalo, N. Y. , March 29, 1848. She is a daughter of Thomas Harrison, a well-known foundryman of Cleveland. Two children were born of this marriage: Arthur, August 13, 1886, and

Howard, August 16, 1888. In politics, Mr. Clague is a Republican, and he is a member of the G. A. R. - Benedict Post, of Pemberville - and while in Cleveland was a member of the I. O. O. F. His wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Luckev, and she and Mr. Clague take a generous interest in every movement for the public welfare.

Adei.bekt L. Pf.tteys belongs to one of the families that have long been connected with Ohio. He was born in Huron county, February 18, 1850, and is a son of Eli W. Petteys, who was born in New York, in 1824, and was brought to

Ohio by his parents during his boyhood. The grandfather, John Y. Petteys, purchased a farm in Huron county, and there carried on agricultural pursuits for many years. In the Empire State he had married Miss Allen, and had five children - Hannah, widow of M. D. Tyler, of Tontogany, Ohio; Harriet, who became the wife of George Spicer, and at an early day removed to Wisconsin; her death occurred near Red Wing a few years later; Daniel H., who died in Gage county, Neb.; David, who died in Tontogany, Wood Co., Ohio, and Eli W.

The father of our subject was married in Norwich township, Huron county, Ohio, to Caroline A. Barber, a native of New York, and located on a farm where he lived until removing to Lucas county, Ohio, in the "fifties." He afterward came with his family to Wood county, but in a short time w'ent to Erie county, locating near Belleview. He afterward moved to Huron, Erie county, and subsequently to Milan township, Erie county, and in the spring of 1864 came to Wood county, Mr. Petteys purchasing 120 acres of land in Washington township. After two years, he removed to Tontogany, where he continued three years, then traded his property there for a farm in Washington township - a farm which had previously been owned by Gen. Custer's father. The father of our subject lived on this place for a few years, and then conducted the "Ackerman House, " of Tontogany, fora year, when he removed with his family to Toledo. About four years later he took up his abode upon a 160- acre farm in Jackson township, which he had previously purchased, and at once began to clear the land and place it under cultivation. In 1889 he removed with his wife to Weston, where they spent their remaining days. The father died while visiting at the home of Mrs. Ada Maybee, of Toledo, January 19, 1893, and the mother survived him onl)' ten days. They now sleep side by side in Lawnwood cemetery, Toledo.

The children of the family are Adelbert L. ; David, who died in infancy; one, who died unnamed; Ada F., wife of Frank Maybee, of Toledo; Hattie D., wife of George Ackerman, of Toledo; and Clara, wife of Dr. I. S. Townsend, of Toledo, Ohio.

Mr. Petteys, of this sketch, attended school in Huron and Wood counties, completing his education in Tontogany. Ohio. He remained at home until twenty-two years of age, and then served a one-year's apprenticeship to the tinsmith's trade in Clyde, Ohio. Returning to Tontogany, he took charge of the hardware store of S. W. Whitmore, which he conducted two years, when he began to work at his trade in Waterville, Ohio. While there he was taken ill, and returned home. On his recovery he opened a tin shop in Tontogany, which, however, he sold after a few months, and went on a trip for his health through Wisconsin, Iowa, and parts of Kansas and Missouri, finally reaching De Witt, Neb. Liking that place he worked at his trade there through one season. The following winter he spent at home, but in the spring again went to De Witt, where he worked for a few months. Again he returned to Ohio, and after four years spent in farming once more concluded to remove with his family to Nebraska, where they remained two years, our subject working in a hardware store.

On the expiration of that period, Mr. Petteys returned to his native State, and lived on one farm for three years. In 1888 he located on forty acres of land which he had purchased of his father, and which he cultivated until 1892, when he sold out and purchased sixty acres a half-mile west of his present home. After his father's retirement to private life, he removed to the old homestead, where he yet resides.

Mr. Petteys was married in Tontogany, Ohio, November 22, 1874, to Miss Sarah C. Tuller, who was born August 12, 1850, and is a daughter of Edwin and Catherine (Kuder) Tuller. Her father died August 29, 1896, at the age of seventy-five years. He was formerly a lawyer with an extensive practice. He had been a second time married, his last wife who survives him, having borne the maiden name of Nellie Paul. Mrs. Petteys is the second in order of birth in a family of six children, and was reared in Washington township, Wood county. She has one child, Charles Claude, who was born in Washington township, October 30. 1880, and is now a student in the Custar High School.

Our subject is a stalwart Republican in politics; his wife belongs to the Disciples Church, while, socially, he is connected with the Knights of Pythias lodge, of Custar. He is now numbered among the substantial citizens of the community, and has been the architect of his own fortunes. His perseverance and capable management have brought to him financial success, while his upright life has gained him the confidence and good will of many friends.

The Kingsbury family has long held an honored place in the history of New England, where the first of the line in America settled at an early period. John Kingsbury, the grandfather of our subject, was a lifelong resident of Connecticut, and was engaged in agriculture and at the cooper's trade. His son, Lyman Kingsbury, our subject's father, was born in Hartford, Conn., April 14, 1800, and was married to Miss Almira Brown, a native of the same place, born June 12, 1806. Her grandfather Brown (given name forgotten) was a Scotchman by birth, and at the time of the Revolutionary war was the owner of a craft in which he gave what aid he could to the Colonial government. His ship was seized and confiscated by the British; but nothing daunted, the lover of freedom joined the land forces, and fought until independence was secured. For many years after his marriage our subject's father remained in his native place, following farming as an occupation, and in 1854 he moved with his family to the " Western Reserve," settling in Lorain county, near Elyria. He was a Democrat in politics, and he and his wife were members of the Episcopal Church. She passed away April 18, 1867, and he died October 23, 1873. They had four children: Horace, born January

Mr. Kingsbury was only nine years old when his parents came to Lorain county, and his education was secured principally in the district schools there. At the age of twenty-two he came to the Maumee Valley, and cleared a farm in Defiance county, where for some years he followed agricultural pursuits. Becoming interested in the lumber business, he went to Bridgeport. Mich., remaining there four years, afterward returning to Defiance county. In 1877 he disposed of the farm, and came to Perrysburg, where he opened the grocery which he has since conducted with well-merited success. In politics he is a Republican. At the breaking out of the Civil war he first enlisted, as a recruit, in Company I, 9th O. V. I. ; but owing to his youth he was not mustered into the service, although taken to Virginia, remainingthere from November, 1861, to May, 1862. He then returned to Ohio, and re-enlisted, this time in Company I, 84th O. V. I. , Capt. J. H. Winder's company, and Col. W. Lawrence, which regiment was for ninety-days' service, but served for about four months in Maryland and Virginia. While with his regiment j Mr. Kingsbury was taken ill with typhoid fever, j and was sent to hospital at Cumberland. Md., i and left for sometime after the regiment was mustered out. There, his mother, who had traveled to Cumberland, came in order to care for him in his sickness. For a year and over, after his arrival home, he was unable to perform any kind of labor, and by the time he recovered, the war was ended.

On September 15, 1869, Mr. Kingsbury was married in Toledo, Ohio, to Miss Maria L. Hilton, who was born November 30, 1846, in Defiance county, Ohio. They have no children of their own, but adopted a little six-year-old girl, Mabel Vance Hilton, daughter of Eber E. Hilton, a brother of Mrs. Kingsbury. Mabel was reared to womanhood as the own child of our subject and his wife, was educated and became a graduate of the Perrysburg school. On September 26, 1894, she was married to Charles L. Maddy, and one child, Edgar Hilton, was born to them; they make their home in Perrysburg, where Mr. Maddy is a dealer in grain, and has an elevator.

Mrs. Kingsbury was the daughter of Eber and Elizabeth R. (McMaken) Hilton, the former of whom, a farmer by occupation, was a native of Defiance county, Ohio, born about the year 1815, and died in 1848. He wa*s a son of Joshua Hilton (also a farmer), a native of Maine, and a very early settler of Defiance county - the only "highway" at the time of his coming being the Maumee river, all merchandise, etc., being brought up that stream in small boats. Eber Hilton and Elizabeth McMaken were married in July, 1843, at Fort Wayne, Ind., and they had three children: Joseph J., who was a soldier in the Civil war, and died, in 1863, in Johnson's Island; Maria L. (Mrs. Kingsbury); and Eber E. , a civil engineer in Plattsmouth, Neb. Some time after the death of the father of this family, the widowed mother married William D. Haymaker, and by him she had three children: Kidder V., Carrie (deceased), and Mary. Mr. Haymaker died, and his widow is now living in Defiance, Ohio. She was born in Butler county, Ohio, in 1821; her mother was a native of Maine, and her father was a soldier in the war of 1812.

Taylor Hale, one of the prosperous farmers and esteemed citizens of Perry township, was born in Washington township, Hancock Co., Ohio, July 9, 1841, to Robert and Ruth (McRill) Hale, the former of whom was a native of Jefferson county, and latter of Ashland county, Ohio.

years, and reared a family of five sons and three daughters, of whom Robert was next to the youngest son. Robert became the father of three children, namely: Mary A., who married John

Baker, and died in Montgomery township; Taylor, our subject; and Elisha, who was a soldier in Company H, 49th O. V. I. , and was wounded at the battle of Stone River, dying nine days later; his remains were brought home and interred in Olive Branch cemetery. The father of our subject died when the latter was only two years old, leaving his widow with three children, of whom the eldest was but four years of age, and with no property except a small farm of twenty acres. The heroic mother struggled along, keeping her little family together by hard work, weaving and doing other work as it came in her way, and succeeded in rearing them carefully to manhood and womanhood. She was one of those brave souls of whom the pioneer days saw not a few, and the story of whose lives of hardship and privation, and courageous sacrifices, account for the manly and successful men of whom Ohio can boast such a large proportion. This excellent woman lived to the good old age of seventy-eight years, and now sleeps in Olive Branch cemetery, in Washington township, Hancock county.

Taylor Hale obtained the best education afforded in the district schools of his day, and devoted his time after leaving school to the culivation of the farm for his mother, until the Civil war was well under way, when he felt it his duty to respond to his country's call for more men to aid in putting down the Rebellion. On February 9, 1865, he enlisted at Perry Center in Company G, 189th O. V. I., under Capt. Dennis. This regiment was sent at once to Huntsville, Ala., where they remained on guard duty until the close of the war. During this time Mr. Hale was never absent from his post. On September 28, 1865, he, with his comrades, was mustered out at Nashville, Tenn., and discharged at Columbus, Ohio, when he returned home.

The marriage of our subject with Miss Zeruiah, daughter of Jonathan and Margaret Leonard, took place in Hancock county, October 15, 1868, and of this union two children were born: William, a farmer in Perry township, and Emma, now Mrs. Charles Kelley, of Hancock county. At the time of his marriage, Mr. Hale owned eighty acres of land in Section 32, Perry township, which he had bought out of his own earnings, and on which the family had been living for some time. He went to housekeeping on this place in a round-log cabin which his mother had built there, and which stood in a dense forest. From this wild land he has succeeded in making a fine farm, and has added to it from time to time until he now owns 166 acres, and is classed among the best and most successful agriculturists of the township. He is one of the oldest residents, also, having lived upon this farm for forty-eight years.