Antrim Township (part 5 of 6)

DAVID L. KENTFIELD, deceased, was born in this township March 9, 1825. He purchased land here in an early day, and at the death uf his father in 1854 became the owner of 320 acres more, to all of which he added by subsequent purchases till he owned nearly 500 acres. He gave his chief attention during his entire life to general farming and stock-raising. He was married, October 11, 1849, to Rebecca Park, who was born in Warren County, N. J., October 18, 1827. Her parents were Jonathan and Eliza (Davis) Park, the former born in New Jersey in 1797, the latter in the same State in 1800. They were of English and German descent respectively, and were married in their native State about 1821. In 1845, they moved to Sycamore Township, this county, where they purchased land, on which they afterward resided. Their six children were Aaron D., Mary E., Rebecca, Sarah J., John B. and William W. - all living but Aaron. The father died November 16, 1859, the mother April 19, 1862. Mr. and Mrs. Kentfield have had five children - Mark D., Laura C, Vinton S., Leta and Linnie M. Mr. Kentfield was a member of Company D, Forty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, having enlisted August 14, 1861, and served faithfully for three years. He was discharged with honor August 19, 1864, and returned home to farming pursuits. He served as Justice of the Peace several years, and was elected to other offices of trust. He was an earnest member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with which ho was officially connected. He died April 2, 1884, and his remains now repose in the Richie Graveyard. Mrs. Kentfield still continues the management of the farm, which contains 380 acres, and on which was erected a fine brick residence in 1880 at a cost of $3,000.

JACOB KNEASAL is a native of Fairfield Couuty, Ohio, and was born June 12, 1822. His parents, George T. and Sarah (Yeager) Kneasal, were natives of Wurtemberg, Germany, and emigrated before their marriage about 1817. His father obtained passage across the ocean from a company to whom he had sold his services for two years in payment for the same, doing work for a farmer in York County, Penn. AY hen his term expired, he came to Ohio and located in Fairfield County, near Lancaster. He there made the acquaintance of and married Sarah Yeager. They removed to the north part of the county after marriage, entered forty-nine acres of land and toiled as pioneers till 1838, when they moved to this county and again began the battle with the wilderness. There were seven children - Jacob, Sarah, George, Elizabeth, Susan, Christina and Catharine - all living save Elizabeth. The father died in 1845. Jacob Kneasal, our subject, began work for himself by clearing land and doing such other work as he could find employment at. Being the eldest of the family, his education was limited - a little reading in a German school, and a slight knowledge of reading, writing and arithmetic in German and English obtained at home on Sun days and during evenings was the extent of his schooling. At the age of twenty-two, he began work for David Smith at $10 per month for the summer of 1844, After his father's death in 1845, he returned home and took charge of the farm for five years, he and his brother clearing the greater part of the homestead. He was married, October 18, 1849, to Barbara Reef, of Fairfield County, daughter of John U. Reef. He then went tu the county named and was engaged five years on his father-in-law's farm. After the death of his wife's mother, he returned to this county and began to improve the farm of forty acres purchased previous to his marriage. To this tract he afterward added eighty acres, and the whole farm he recently sold. His wife died October 24, 1881. They had no children of their own, but reared two boys - Edward and John Campbell, twins, who were orphans brought from New York in Februai-y, 1867. Mr. Kneasal moved to Carey in 1879. He was a Democrat previous to the war: was a Republican from that date till late years, but now advocates Prohibition sentiments. He is a member of the Grange and of the Evangelical Church, of which latter society Mrs. Kneasal was also a consistent member.

H. B. KURTZ. This worthy merchant of Carey was born in Lancaster County, Penn., September 28, 1827. His parents, David and Margaret (Bard) Kurtz, were also natives of Pennsylvania, were farmers, and reared six children - Elizabeth, Fannie, H. B. , Susan, B. F. and D. P. His mother resides in Juniata County, Penn., in her eighty-second year. In 1848, Mr. Kurtz began business tor himself. He went first to McAllister, Penn., where he conducted the business of the firm of J. & H. B Kurtz, in general merchandise, continuing there until 1852. He then sold his interest in the store, moved to Ross County, and engaged in railroad construction about one year, doing considerable work on the Marietta & Cincinnati road. In 1854, he returned to Juniata County, Penn., and married Sarah Rickenbach, and on his marriage day started for Ohio. He settled first in Sandusky County, and one year later moved to Hancock, where he purchased a farm. In 1859, he went to Carey, and engaged as salesman for David Straw, remaining two years. He then returned to his farm and its pursuits, remaining till April, 1876, when he sold out and came to Carey in the interest of the Champion Machine Company. One year later (1877), he opened his dry goods business, in which he has since engaged with gratifying success. Although not a banker, large sums of money are deposited with him by persons who desire him to act as custodian of their funds. He pays out large amounts on checks, operating with the National Exchange Bank of Tiffin. Mr. and Mrs. Kurtz are the parents of eight children - Emma A., Ida B., David S., Willis R., Edgar B., Mettie and Cara. The latter and an infant are deceased. Part of the family are members of the Lutheran Church. Mr. Kurtz is not a member of any church society, but is liberal to all benevolent causes. He affiliates with the Republican party, and is a worthy citizen of the most excellent type, highly esteemed bj all who know him.

ROBERT LOWERY, a native of Pickaway County, Ohio, was born February 10, 1833. His parents, Jei-emiah and Nancy (Montague) Lowery, were natives of Virginia, were married in Fairfield County, Ohio, moved to Pickaway County later, and, in 1835, came to this county. They entered land in Crawford Township, and there reared their children - Robert, Mary A., Diana, Ellen, Susan, John, William and Edward, who are all living, so far as known, but Susan. The mother died in 1851, the father in 1866. Robert Lowery was married, July 15, 1800, to Rachel Martin, of this township, a native Washington County, Md., born August 7, 1829, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (McClure) Martin, also natives of Maryland. Her parents were married in their native State, moved to Pennsylvania, and thence, in 1853, to this township. Their children were Maria, Julia A., Luther, Matthew, Eli/abeth, Catharine, John, Margaret, Jacob, Benjamin and Joseph. The father died August 14, 1879, the mother February 1, 1884, aged eighty-four and eighty-eight respectively. Mr. and Mrs. Lowery have three children - Fannie, born February 1, 1861; William A., September 17, 1862; John M., November 8, 1866. Robert Lowery began business for himself at the age of nineteen. He worked at various kinds of labor about two years, and then went to Pulaski County, Ind., where he entered eightysix acres. After several exchanges in lands, and as many changes in location, he finally purchased his present farm of eighty acres, where he has resided since 1868. His land is valued at $80 per acre. He and Mrs. Lowery are members of the United Brethren Church. In politics, Mr. Lowery is a Prohibitionist.

RUSSELL McCLURE, carpenter and joiner, was born in Oneida County, N. Y., August 30, 1819. His father was a native of Massachusetts, and his mother of Connecticut. He began operations for himself when quite young, learning the carpenter's trade, and following ship-building for ten years. In June, 1845, he was married to Milea Joy, a native of New York, and seven children were born to them, namely, Newton C, Emma J. (wife of M. B. Smith), Thurston AV., Anna (now Mrs. Starr) and Ada. Abby W. and Herbert R. both died in 1864, aged sixteen and eleven respectively. In 1868, Mr. McClure removed to Carey, where he has since been engaged at his trade. He is a Republican in politics, and strong in the faith. The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

T. W. McCLURE, attorney, was born in Jefferson County, N. Y., March 19, 1856. His parents removed to Carey, Ohio, in 1868. He received a good education in the public schools of his adopted town, and at sixteen began operation in life on his own responsibility. He spent six years clerking in hotels at Findlay, Norwalk and Canton, returning in March, 1881, to Carey. He then began the study of law with M. B. Smith, with whom he has since been conducting a large insurance business in connection with his legal profession, the firm being known as Smith & McClure. They represent eleven of the principal insurance companies, and are doing an extensive and profitable business.

ALONZO F. MILLER, D. D. S., was born in Rich Hill Township, Muskingum County, Ohio, October 3, 1852. He is a son of Henry and Elmira (Flemming), his father born in the same county, his mother in what is now the incorporation of Pittsburgh, Penn. The latter's mother died while Mrs. Miller was an infant, and she was reared by two aunts, who moved to Ohio in her eighteenth year. Dr. Miller's great- great- grandfather, Reasnaugh (which in this country is called Reasoner), was a French Huguenot, and was compelled to flee to this country to escape the persecutions inaugurated against their creed in France. Philip Miller, an ancestor of Dr. Miller, was born in Hanover, Germany, and came to this country in company with a widowed mother, brother and sister. He was bound out to a party in Baltimore, Md. , and from the time of his separation from his brother and sister at New York he never heard from them. They were all bound out to parties in Baltimore to pay their passage - virtually, sold into slav(H'y. The brother and sister eventually located in Washington County, Penn. Dr. Miller's grandfather, Abraham Miller, located in Muskingum County, Ohio, about 1817. His father, Henry Miller, still resides in that locality. Dr. Miller was reared on a farm, and at the age of nineteen had a good common school education. He supplemented this with a course at Muskingum College, the Northwestern Normal School at Republic, Ohio, and the Iron City Commercial College, Pittsburgh. In 1876, he began the study of dentistry with Dr. Davis, of Fostoria. In March, 1878, he located in Carey, where he has established an extensive practice in his profession. He was married, September 13, 1877, to Elmira S., daughter of Rev. Henry and Lydia (Voght) Strauch, the former a minister of the Evangelical Church. Mrs. Miller was born April 9, 1861, in Chillicothe, Ohio. Edna L. is their only child. Before locating in Carey, Dr. Miller attended the Ann Arbor Dental College, at which he graduated in May, 1878. He is a member of the Masonic order, and a much respected citizen. The Doctor is the eldest of nine children - Alonzo F., Rachel L., Lena M., George D., Elmer L., Delia M., Mary E. and Jacob H., all living.

JOHN R. MILLER was born in Ross County, Ohio, July 13, 1815. His parents were Warick and Mary (Hodges) Miller, natives of Pennsylvania, and of English and German descent respectively. They were married in Ross County, their four children being Elizabeth, Thomas, Rebecca and John R. His mother died in 1816; his father July 16, 1865. Mr. Miller was married, March 31, 1836, to Catharine A. Burke, of this county, a native of Seneca County, and daughter of James and Elizabeth (Ridgway) Burke, natives of Virginia, and Irish and English descent. Her parents mari'ied near Portsmouth, Ohio, in 1825, and moved to this county about ten years later. They had six children, two of whom are still living - Isaac and Caroline. To Mi-, and Mrs. Miller two children were born, both dying in infancy. Mrs. Miller passed away in December 30, 1838, and Mr. M. was married, June 17, 1841, to Elizabeth Reynolds, of Hancock County. She was born in Pennsylvania, and was a daughter of Robert and Elizabeth (Schall) Reynolds, also natives of Pennsylvania. Her parents migrated to Ohio in 1835, and located in Hancock County. Their children are George W., Elizabeth, Maria, John, Andrew, Abner, Napoleon and Peninuah, all living but the last, Abner and Napoleon. The father died in 1846, the mother January 30, 1884. In 1835, Mr. Miller purchased seventy eight acres in this township, where he still resides, having added to his original purchase till he now owns 252 acres, valued at $75 per acre. He has served in the office of Trustee, and with his wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, his former wife was also a member of the same society. He is a Republican in politics, favoring prohibition. The chilcb-en born of these parents are Elizabeth, Elias, Cyrus E., and Florence M. all living and married.

ALBERT H. MYERS, M. D., was born at Royalton, Fairfield Co.. Ohio, July 20, 1830. His father, John Myers, was born in Virginia; his mother, Mary A. (McKee) Myers, was a native of Baltimore, Md. There were eight children in the family, namely, Albert H. , Mary D., Henrietta B., John, Samuel D., George S., James A. and Charles C. John Myers, the father, was a wagon and carriage maker. He located with his family in Carey in 1845, and established himself in his trade, which he continued for some years, his sons assisting him in the trade. At the age of sixteen, Albert H. , the subject of this notice, began teaching school, and when he had saved sufficient funds, began the study of medicine, with Dr. J. N. T. Foster, of Carey. He entered the Cleveland Medical College, and attended two terms of lectures, graduating. He went to Shelby County, 111., where he practiced till the opening of the war, and then returned to Carey for the purpose of enlisting, but finding four of his brothers in the field, he decided to stay at home. Charles C. Myers went as a substitute at the age of sixteen; was taken prisoner, and died of starvation and exposure in Andersonville. Dr. Myers purchased the only drug store in Carey, at that time, and in partnership with his old preceptor. Dr. Foster, engaged in the drug business and the practice of his profession. This firm continued a profitable existence for several years and then dissolved, since which time Dr. Myers has devoted his entire attention to his profession. He is a member of the Masonic Lodge, the Knights ol Honor and Methodist Episcopal Church. He was married to Juliette I. Humastun, of Carey.

JACOB NEWHARD, one of the chief dry goods merchants of Carey, Ohio, was born in Allentown, Lehigh County, Penn., November 18, 1831.- His parents, Jacob and Louisa (Hallchber) Newhard, and all the ancestry for four or five generations, were natives of Pennsylvania. Our subject began life in his own interest at the age of nine, as errand boy in a hardware store at Allentown. His early education was limited. He went to Philadelphia at the age of seventeen, and was employed therein a wholesale dry goods store until 1852, when he returned to his native place. In 1854, he removed to Carey, Ohio, and engaged in dry goods business with Messrs. Dowce & Co., with whom he remained about eighteen months, after which he engaged with D. Straw & Co. from 1856 to 1862, when he enlisted in Company F, One Hundred and First Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was made Second Lieutenant, serving till December 23, 1862, when he was discharged on account of disability. He then returned to Carey and resumed business with D. Straw & Co. In 1864, he opened a dry goods and clothing establishment at Carey, and conducted the same two years, then moving to Upper Sandusky, and engaged with Mr. Laden eighteen months. He next removed to Cleveland, Ohio, and engaged as traveling salesman nine months, for Babcock & Hurd, wholesale grocers, then returning to Carey and resuming work in theemplo,y of D. Straw & Co., with which firm he remained till 1871. A short period in the insurance business was followed by two years in the dry goods trade independently, and this b}" another engagement with D. Straw & Co. till November, 1874, when he engaged, in 1877, with H. B. Kurtz, in his present business. Mr. Newhard married Matilda Bixby, May 10, 1857, and March 22, 1876, she died, leaving four children - Jay P., George F., Hubbard and Winfield J. He was married

January 2, 1877, to Mary R. Bisby, and by this union two children - Mabel and Horace, were born. Mr. Newhard's political views are Democratic. He is a member of F. & A. M. , Carey, and McCutchen Chapter, of Upper Sandusky, and of the Clinton and Tiffin Council. He is also a member of the Knights of Honor, of Carey.

JAY NEWHARD, is a native of Carey, son of Jacob and Matilda (Bisby) Newhard, and was born April 12, 1858. After closing his studies in the public schools, he engaged as a salesman, which has been his chief occupation ever since. He was employed in Tiffin two years, and in Texas nine months, having spent the rest of his time in stores of Carey. January 31, 1884, he was married to Allie Sliuman, daughter of Jonas and Luise Shuman. She was born in Crawford October 14, 1868. In political sentiment, Mr. Newhard is Republican. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and also of the Sons of Veterans, having been associated with the former society since twenty-one years of age. He is a young man of energy, enterprise and good business qualifications, well respected as a citizen.

AARON NIGH, retired farmer, was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, October 15, 1820. His parents Adam and Catharine (Fauchnaue) Nigh, were both born in Maryland, came to Ohio when young, and were married in Fairfield County. The chi Idren born to them wei'e Emanuel, John, Aaron, Barbara, Gideon, Silas, George A. , Delano. Jonas, Adam and Harrison. In 1834, the family moved to this township, where Mr. Nigh entered 640 acres of land, and began its improvement. Mrs. Nigh died in 1856, and Mr. Nigh in December, 1877. Aaron resided on the farm with his parents, till his marriage to Eliza J. Ogg, June 2, 1842. His wife was a daughter of Kinzley Ogg, and was born May 18, 1822. Her father came here from Jackson County in 1826. After his marriage, Mr. Nigh went into the woods and began clearing up a farm of seventy-five acres purchased of his father. To this farm additions were made till he owned 240 acres. Five children were born to them - Chester K., Margaret (now Mrs. Bachor), Scott, Albert and James. Mrs. Nigh passed from earth December 17, 1880, and in 1881 Mr. Nigh sold the farm and moved to Carey, where he has since lived a quiet, retired lifa He was married, August 21, 1881, to Mrs. Mary E. Fisk, born December 15, 1827, widow of C. M. Fisk, and daughter of Samuel Richey, a farmer of this county, who came here from Virginia. By her first husband, Mrs. Nigh has four children^Senoratta, Esmeralda, Amarillis and Alfretta. Mr. Nigh is a Republican, and served eight years as Trustee of the township. He has been a consistent member of the U. B. Church for the past thirty years. His first wife was a member of the same society, as is also his present wife.

GEORGE A. NIGH, son of Adam Nigh, was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, October 13, 1829. He was but a child when his parents came to this locality. His early years, up to the date of his marriage, October 4^ 1850, were spent with his parents in farm life. His wife was Lucinda Cushman who was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio, November 8, 1832, Her parents both died while she was a child of six years. She came to this county from Fairfield with friends about 1847. Mr. and Mrs. Nigh have four children living - Amariah F. , Effie, Emanuel and Iva. Two died in infancy. After his marriage Mr. Nigh tilled his father's farm one year and then purchased a small farm near Carey. In 1864, he enlisted itt Company D, One Hundred and Forty-fourth Ohio National Guards, and served four months. He sold his farm before going to the army, and on returning farmed about ten years and then turned his attention to gardening.

which he has engaged iv since 1874. Mr. Nigh has been Street Commissioner eight years in Carey. He is a member of the G. A. R. and Good Templars. Both he and Mrs. Nigh united with the United Brethren Church about thirty years ago.

HARRISON H. NYE, sou of Adam and Catharine Nye, was born near Carey April 20, 1836. He was reared on a farm, and when about eighteen years of age began teaching school. He obtained a good education and taught about twenty years - three terms, in the schools of Carey. In 1859, he made a trip to California to recover something from one Buel for whom his father had gone security and lost considerable property. Not being successful, he returned after eighteen months and resumed his school work, working at intervals at the carpenter's trade. He traveled considerably in the West, teaching in the respective States of Indiana, Illinois and Kansas. December 3, 1860, he married Susan Drumm, daughter of Elias Drumm, of Seneca County, Ohio. Two children were born to them, one living - Albert M., now in business at Carey. In 1872, Mr. Nye engaged as local agent for the Walter A. Wood Harvester, and has since handled agricultural implements of various kinds. He is an earnest Republican, and both he and Mrs. Nye are members of the Lutheran Church.

DAVID S. NYE, son of Frisby and Isabel (Hulbert) Nye, was born in Ridge Township, this county, June 22, 1836. He was reared a farmer and before his twentieth year he married Mary M., daughter of William and Sarah Starr, the event taking place March 26, 1856. Mr. Nye's parents moved from Fairfield County to Hancock, about 1833, and unloaded their effects under a tree, till a cabin could be erected. Mrs. Nye was born September 23, 1838. She began life with her husband by keeping the hotel, American House, now known as the Commercial House, at Carey, conducting this business one year. Mr. Nye then purchased the building and grocery stock of Thurman & Dnnaway, for the sum of $1,300 cash, and a horse, saddle and bridle. He was quite successful until he closed his business and enlisted as a soldier. May 2, 1864. He was a member of Company D, One Hundred and Forty fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was discharged, September 2, 1864. Previous to his enlistment, he had spent about eighteen months in special service for the Federal Government. He was slightly wounded at the skirmish of Dranesvine, and was also wounded slightly by Kirby Smith's pickets on the Lexington pike, Ky. , neither of which disabled him from service. He was honorably discharged, and received a certificate of thanks signed by President Lincoln and Secretary Stanton for the worthy service he had rendered his country. At the close of the war, he returned to Carey and resumed the grocery business, which he continued until January, 1884. Mr. Nye is a Democrat, but one other of the family voting with him. He has eight children - Laura A., Flora T., Ella J., Florence L., Minnie L., Elmer E. , Grace V. and David H. Florence and Elmer are deceased. Mr. Nye was present at the hotel at Alexandria, when Jackson shot and killed Col. Ellsworth, and saw Jeff C. Davis shoot Gen. Nelson at the Gault House, Louisville.

HENRY NOLL, a retired farmer, was born in Dauphin County, Penn.. October 24, 1831. The family is of German descent. His father and mother, Michael and Lydia (Shaffner), were both natives of Pennsylvania where they now reside. Their children are Henry, Martin. James. Susan (deceased), Moses (deceased), Samuel, Francis and Katie. Our subject, Henry, was the oldest child. He was reared to farm life, and at the age of twenty-four began operations for himself. He married Catherine E. Trout- man December 23, 1856, she being a daughter of David and Sarah Troutman, of Perry County, Penn., where she was born December 7, 1834. Mrs. Noll is of English and German descent. Her maternal grandfather, Jacob Monetz, came from England. He married Mai'garet Artmeu, of Pennsylvania, and of German parentage. After his marriage, Mr. Noll began farming which has been his life work. In 1869, he removed from Pennsylvania to Crawford Township, this county, and purchased a farm two miles west of Carey, where he resided till 1881, then giving up active business, renting his farm and moving to the village. Mr. and Mrs. Noll are both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They have two children - Mary E., now Mrs. Jonas Herndon, and Vertis.

FRANCIS PAHL, son of Peter and Lena Pahl, was born in Baden, Germany, November 20, 1818. (See sketch of Joseph Pahl.) He was married December 2, 1844, to Mary Simons, having emigrated to this country ten years previous. Mrs Pahl was a resident of Norwalk, Ohio, a native of Germany, and daughter of John and Mary (Kling) Simons, who were natives of Germany, aud who emigrated to America in 1834. On arriving in this country, her parents located in New York City. Three years later they moved to Seneca County, Ohio, and in 1863, to this county. Their nine children were Mary, Elizabeth, Catharine, Julia, Peter, Lena, Henry, Margaret and Adam - all living now but Mary, Elizabeth and Peter. The father died February 5, 1883; the mother resides in Upper Sandusky in her eighty-fifth year. Mr. Pahl purchased his first land in Huron County, Ohio, in 1841. To this first twenty acres he added twenty more subsequently, and this farm he cultivated till 1869, when he sold out, moved to Wyandot County and purchased 156 acres on which he now lives. Mr. and Mrs. Pahl had eight children - Elizabeth, Mary A., Catharine, Frank, Peter, Rosa, Frederick J. and Hellen. Of these Mary A., Catharine and Frederick J. are deceased. The mother died July 4, 1857, and was interred at Norwalk, Ohio. Mr. Pahl was married, December 2, 1858, to Miss Lena Simons, a sister of his former wife, and to this union nine children were born, namely, Louisa S., 1859; Francis, 1860; Heni'v, 1862; Mary A., 1864; William F., 1866; Emil A., 1869; John, 1871; Charlie, 1873, and Kosmos, 1876.

JOSEPH PAHL, son of Peter and Lena (Wemerd) Pahl, was born in Rubed, France, June 7, 1834. His parents were natives of Germany and emigrated to America in 1834. They spent one year in Buffalo, and then moved to Huron County, Ohio, where they reared seven children - Lawrence, Frank, Lena, Emily, Julia, Joseph and Peter, all living but Lena. The mother died in September, 1841, the father in December, 1874, their respective ages being forty and seventy- four years respectively. In September, 1856, our subject was married to Miss Angeline Frend, of Cleveland, a resident at that time of Norwalk, Ohio, and a native of Germany. She emigrated with her parents when about five years of age, and died at the birth of her second child, her first also dying an infant. Mr. Pahl was married. September 17, 1860, to Catharine Krus, of Seneca County, a native of Germany, and daughter of Joseph and Mona Krus, who emigrated in 1850, and settled in the above county. The father died four years since; the mother still survives. Mr. and Mrs. Pahl are parents of thirteen children, ten living, namely, Frank A., Mary, Joseph A., Fred A., Josephine, Edward, Caroline, Anna, Albert and Lewis; the others died in infancy. Iq 1856, Mr. Pahl purchased land in Huron County, but in 1865 sold out ^nd came to Wyandot, where he purchased ninety-three acres in this township, where he now resides. His farm is well-improved and valued at $90 to $100 per acre. He is a Democrat in politics, and both himself and Mrs. Pahl are members of the Catholic Church.

JOHN A. PITTSFORD, Superintendent of Public Schools, Carey, was born in Licking County, Ohio, April 12, 1844. His parents, John and Mary (Peters) Pittsford, were natives of Pennsylvania and Fairfield County, Ohio, respectively. His grandfather, David Pittsford, was born in Waies in 1762, his grandmother in 1773. They emigrated in 1801 to Philadelphia, as did also the two oldest children, four having been born after coming to the United States. Of these, our subject's father was the eldest. Soon after his birth, the family removed to Licking County (1816). He married Mary Peter, and was most of his life engaged in farming, though several years were spent in overseeing workmen on the Ohio Canal. There were eight children in the family; three died in infancy and one in the late war. The living are Martha, now Mrs. Finkbone; Hiram D. ; Diana B., now Mrs. Harritt, and John A. Timothy enlisted in the war in 1864, and died of king fever at Chattanooga. Hiram was also in the service about eighteen months. John A., the subject of this notice, being lame, obtained a thorough education, attending the Dennison University three years, and subsequ^ently taking a course in the Normal School of Lebanon, Ohio. In 1868, he accepted a position in the schools of Findlay, where he wa& engaged three years. He was two years Superintendent of the schools at Johnstown, Licking County; six years at Mount Blanchard, Hancock Co., Ohio; three years at Forest. Hardin County; took charge of the Carey Schools in September, 1882, and has since been engaged therein. He married Josie R. Smith July 25, 1877. She is a daughter of John and Rebecca (Moore) Smith natives of Virginia and Fairfield County, Ohio, respectively, and was a teacher in the schools of Mount Blanchard. Mr. and Mrs. Pittsford are the parents of three children - Ernest C, Clarice P. and Lula Grace. Mr. Pittsford is a member of the Masonic Lodge, L O. O. F., K. of P., K. of H. , and, with his wife, of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

DANIEL POWELL was born February 7, 1811. He is a native of Pennsylvania, and son of Peter and Mary (Alspaugh) Powell, natives of Pennsylvania, and of German descent. Of twelve children of the family, seven still survive - Elizabeth, John, Jacob, Daniel, Mary (or Polly), Rebecca and George. The mother died in 1855, the father in 1861. Our subject was married, June 14, 1832, to Eliza Beaty, of Fairfield County, Ohio. She was born in Northumberland County, Penu., December 14, 1809, to Alexander and Elizabeth (Toner) Beaty, who were the parents of nine children, only three of whom survive, namely, Sarah, Margaret and Bateman. The father died in 1827, the mother several years later. To Daniel and Eliza J. Powell wei'e born five sons and three daughters - Bateman B., Mary A., Peter L., Sarah P., Alexandra B., Daniel N. , Elizabeth A. and John W. The mother died October 24, 1878, at the age of sixty-eight years. Mr. Powell removed with his family from Fairfield County to this county in August, 1864, and purchased land in Crawford Township, where he still lives with his son, John W. Powell, who now operates the farm, and who was married, February 18, 1875, to Mary C. Shuman, who was born in this township August 25, 1845. Her parents are Fred and Mary (Stahl) Shuman, who now reside in this township. This marriage was blessed by the birth of five sons - infant son, October, 1877; Clarence M., July 16, 1878; Freddie S.. September 16, 1880; Daniel L., August 27. 1882, all living but the infant son. John W. owns eighty-five &cres, and his father 110, all valued at $80 to $90 por acre. Daniel also owns forty acres in Hancock County, at about the same valuation. He was a resident of FairHeld County fifty years. He and his wife were members of the TJnited Brethren Church at Carey. John W. is a member of Carey Lodge, No. 407, I. O. O. F., and of the Evangelical Church of the same place. His wife is a member of the Liitheran Church. Both he and his father are Democrats in politics.

LUTHER G. RANGER was born June 1, 1818. He is a native of Royalton, Windsor Co., Vt. , and son of Amos B. and Mary C. (Bell) Ranger, natives of Massachusetts. His father served in the war of 1812; married in Vermont, and in 1833 moved to this county. He entered 480 acres of land in this township, and spent many years in the cultivation of his farm, living most of the time in a log cabin. Erastus, Nancy C. and Luther G. were his only children, and these all arle yet living. He died May 28, 1872; his wife is also deceased. Our subject, Luther Ranger, was married, December 7. 1854, to Miss Mary Brown, who was born in this township November 30, 1832, daughter of Judge William and Eliza L. (Cooken) Brown, natives of Maryland and Pennsylvania respectively. Her parents were married in Franklin County, and in 1824 moved to Wyandot and settled in this township, where he reared a family of fifteen children, nine of whom are still living. Her father died June 26, 1867, and her mother June 10,1877. At the age of twenty, Mr. Ranger started in life for himself, being employed by W. M. Buel at $8 per month. In 1854, he purchased the home farm, and by his industry, energy and business tact has been enabled to add to his original purchase till he now owns more than 1,100 acres. He obtained his first advantage by herding cattle in Illinois, and driving them to Eastern markets. Has reared five children - Nellie B., Mary A., Anna E. , Lyne G. and Stanley M. Roscoe C. died at the age of three years. In earlier years Mr. Ranger served in various township offices. He was formerly a Whig, but now a Republican, and one of the most prominent and highly esteemed farmers of Crawford Township.

JOHN G. REYNOLDS was born in Seneca County, Ohio, January 2, 1837, and is a son of Abraham and Harriet (Goldsmith) Reynolds. His parents were married in New York, their native State, and with two children came to Ohio in 1830, locating on a farm near Republic, Seneca County. Later they removed to near Tiffin. There were nine children, viz., Lysander, Matilda, Harriet, Volney, Alphonso, John G., Alice, Eliza and William. The two latter daughters are deceased. John G. ,' the subject of this sketch, obtained a good common school education, and attended the Heidelberg College. He taught eight terms in the country schools of Seneca County, and one term in the Carey Schools. His sisters were all teachers. November 14, 1867, he married Margaret Purkey, widow of William Purkey, and daughter of James Vickers, one of the pioneers of Hancock County, Ohio, where she was born April 29, 1838. They have two children - Morley P. and Glenn. Mrs Reynolds had two children by her first husband - Olive (deceased) and Bertie. Her parents, James and Sarah (Madison) Vickers, were natives of England, and emigrated to this country in 1818, They were two years at Pittsburgh, Penn., then moved to Wayne County, Ohio, and in 1834 to Hancock County. Their children were Sarah A., Elizabeth, James A., Mary, George and Margaret. Her parents died at their home in Hancock County, her father in his seventy-third year, her mother in her eighty-fifth year. Mr. Reynolds' parents died at his home in Carey; his father in the seventy-fifth year of his age, his mother in her seventy-sixth.

In August, 1862, Mr. Reynolds enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Twenty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, to serve three years. He was promoted to Sergeant, and participated in many of the heaviest battles, namely, Moorefield, Winchester, New Market, Piedmont, Lynchburg, Snicker's Ford. Martinsburg, Strasburg, Charleston, Halltown, Berry ville, Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek, besides many minor engagements, witnessing the surrender of Lee at Appomattox. In the three years' service he escaped without a wound or a day of sickness, and was never absent from his regiment twenty-four hours. On his return from the war, he resumed teaching and farming. In 1873, he purchased three acres, with a line brick residence in Carey, and in 1881 he purchased 101 acres joining the corporation. Mr. Reynolds is a member of the K. of H. and G. A. R. The family is associated with the Methodist Episcopal Church.

J. A. ROYER, M. D., is a native of Franklin County, Penn. , and was born February 15, 1840. He is a son of Daniel W. and Mary (Adams) Royer, both natives of Pennsylvania. His great-grandfather Royer emigrated from France in 1768, being one of the persecuted Huguenots. He located in South Carolina, and in a few years moved to Lancaster County, Penn. ; thence to Franklin County, where he reared his family. George Royer, the grandfather, was at this time seven years of age. He married a lady of French descent, and had four children, Daniel W. being the only son who grew to maturity. He married Mary Adams, a daughter of Jacob Adams, who had removed from Franklin County, Penn., to Tiffin in 1825. He was a wealthy farmer, and both he and his wife died at their daughter's, Mrs Umsted's, home, two miles east of the above city. Mrs. Adams' maiden name was Nickodemus. She was a daughter of Gen. Nickodemus, one of Napoleon's staff. The "Nickodemus Brothers," extensive pork packers of Baltimore, were brothers to Mrs. Adams. After his marriage, Daniel Royer, in 1836, i-eturned to his home in Franklin County, Penn., where he became a prominent farmer. He is still living, at an advanced age, with his son in Dakota. His four children are Ann E., wife of H. Shank, living in Franklin County, Penn. : George J., an extensive farmer of Dakota; John A. ; and David F., a physician of Alpena, Dak. ; and Rebecca, who died at the age of seven. At the age of seventeen, our subject, J. A. Royer, had obtained a good common school education, and began teaching, which he continued three years. On his nineteenth birthday, he married Emma Bonebrake, of Franklin County, Penn., born January 9, 1839. He taught school the following summer and winter, and from his earnings, some help from his father and his wife's capital, purchased a small farm, which furnished a home while he prosecuted his medical studies, under the instructions of Dr. John Ollig, of Waynesboro, Penn. In 1861- 62, he attended lectures at Bellevue Hospital College, New York City, Being drafted, he paid his commutation fee, and assisted Capt. L. B. Kurtz in organizing a company of cavalry, being appointed First Lieutenant at the organization. While awaiting a call to muster into service, Dr. Royer returned to New York City and took a second course at the Bellevue College, preparatory to entering the army as a Surgeon. By special contract with Surgeon General Barnes, he went to Fortress Monroe, and was assigned to McClellan Hospital, where he remained till the 24th of the following August. He returned to Pennsylvania, where he practiced a short time in connection with a drug store, which he sold soon after. In 1867, he returned to Bellevue College, and took ad eundem degree, receiving his diploma in the spring of the same year. After several unimportant changes.

he moved to Carey in March, 1868, having nothing save a debt of $2,500 with v^hich to begin business. The amount was borrowed from a friend for the purpose of purchasing a drug store, in partnership with Dr. Brayton and Dr. Harpster. This partnership existed about two years, since which time Dr. Royer has conducted his business alone, having built up a lucrative practice. Dr. and Mrs. Royer are parents of six children - Daniel B., born January 23, 1860; Ida, February 5, 1862; Walter S., February 8, 1869; Carrie, March 28, 1866 (deceased); Grace, August 5, 1871; and Carl, September 19, 1882. The family is associated with the Lutheran Church. Dr. Royer is a member of the G. A. R. of Carey, and was twice elected President of the Carey School Board, but on the last election resigned on account of other business. He is also a member of Friendship Lodge, No. 84, F. & A. M., Hagerstown, Md.

AVILLIAM SALTZ was born in Heissenburg, Germany, March 5, 1834. His parents were William and Eva (Humberd) Saltz; were natives of Germany, married in Weisenberg, and had nine children, four now living - Dora, Caroline, William and George - all living in Wyandot County. The parents died in their native country. William Saltz emigrated in 1853, and worked about two years in New York State, thence out through the West. He was married, November 12, 1861, to Anna Blattner, of Hastings, Minn., a native of Switzerland, where she was born June 11, 1848. She was a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Kerr) Blattner. Her father and brother emigrated in 1850, and her mother and remainder of the family in 1852. They located in Chicago, where Mrs. B died in 1854. In 1856, Mr. B. and his children moved to Minnesota, where Mr. B. died in 1858. The five children who yet survive are Elizabeth, Henry, Anna, Mary and Louise. Mr. and Mrs. Saltz have but one child - William H, born August 28, 1862. In 1869, Mr. Saltz moved from Minnesota to Iowa, where he remained till 1880, when he came to this township and purchased 185 acres of land upon which he now lives. His farm is well improved and valued at $90 to $100 per acre. He also has property in Iowa to the amount of several thousand dollars. He was a member of Company F, Third Regiment Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, and served fourteen months, receiving his discharge in August, 1865. He is a Democrat, member of the I. O. O. F. of Clinton, No. 150, and of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, Sheila Lodge, No. 16.

GEORGE W. SAVIDGE is a native of this township. He was born July 24, 1847, and is a son of Foster W. and Julia A, (Kirtz) Savidge, of Salem Township. Mr. Savidge made his first purchase of land in Allen County, Ohio, in 1874, remaining in that locality four years. In 1878, he sold this farm and returned to this county, purchasing his present farm of seventy acres, upon which he has since resided. He was married in 1876 to Miss Alice Davis, a resident and native of Marion County, and a daughter of Isaac and Farby (Walker) Davis, who still reside in Marion County, and who are the parents of five children, namely, Alice, Emma. Elcy, John and Hattie. Emma and Elcy are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Savidge have three children - Julia A., Foster ^Y. and Lulu L. In politics, Mr. Savidge is in favor of Republicanism. He is a member of the Masonic Lodge, and well respected as a neighbor and citizen in his community.

EDWARD S. SHELLHOUSE was born April 25, 1834, and is a native of Tymochtee Township, this county. The family is of Hessian ancestry, the progenitor of the Shellhouse family in this country being one Conrad Shellhouse, who was sold to the British Government to serve in the wars against this nation. He was sent to America to engage in war against the colonists, whom he was taught to believe were cannibals, or little less. On arriving here and discovering his mistake, he deserted theBritish forces at the battle of Ked Bank, and joined the Colonists, serving with them during the Revolution. He sent for his wife and six children, who, on arriving here, were sold for a term of service to defray the expense of their passage, Mr. S. being unable to pay it. One of these, George Shellhouse, was sold to the captain of a vessel, with whom he made several voyages to the East and West Indies. When about twenty-one, his time expired and he returned and settled in New Jersey, where he married Mary Swift, and reared a family of six children. His father's family had remained scattered during this time, and were never collected together from the time they were sold into their peculiar slavery. Through advertising and every other means available, all were gathered up but one sister, who was never found. The father, Conrad, and his wife both died in New Jersey. In 1811, George Shellhouse, his wife and six children started for Ohio; stopped a short time in Cincinnati; then moved to Hamilton, Butler County, and from there to Tymochtee Township, this county, in 1821, being among the first settlers of that locality. Here they opened up a farm in the wilderness, as it then appeared, and the children grew to man's and woman's estate, isolated from society and civilized life. The children were Katie, Edward, Sarah, George and Lydia - the latter now a resident of Indianapolis, and the only relict of the family of that generation now living. George, while living in Southern Ohio, enlisted and served through the war of 1812. He died in Tymochtee Township, and is there buried. Edward, the eldest son, was born in New Jersey in April, 1805, and is the father of Edward S., who is the subject proper of this sketch. He was a farmer, and married Mary Willis, of Butler County, Ohio, in 1829. She was born in the same county in September, 1813. They removed to Indiana, where they stayed till 1868, and then returned to Tymochtee, where Mr. Shellhouse died in 1873; his wife survived till January 3, 1884. They had eleven children, six of whom are still living, namely, Edward S., Lydia, Conrad H., Louisa, Chandler, Perry and Elizabeth. Edward S. began the produce business with his father in 1849, and has since continued in that line of business. He was married, March 1, 1855, to Maria Thomas, who died the following year. July 15, 1858, he married Elizabeth Richey, who was born near Indianapolis January 29, 1839. They have four children living - Edward J., William S., Elmer B. and Forest. In 1864, Mr. Shellhouse entered the service as a member of the Ohio National Guards, Company D, One Hundred and Forty-fourth Regiment, and served four months. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., G. A, R., and Good Templars; was a Republican till 1872 - since a Democrat; and the family is associated with the Lutheran Church. JACOB C. SHULER was born in Butler County, Penn., July 11, 1839. He is a miller by trade, having been engaged as such since 1859, in which year he came to Findlay, Ohio, where he obtained his first lessons in the business. After three years in Findlay, he returned to Pennsylvania, where he formed a partnership with his brother. In 1861, he enlisted in Company B, Twenty eighth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and entered the service. He participated in the battles of Antietam, Gettysburg, Chancellorsvi lie, Lookout Mountain, and many others, numbering about thirty -three in all. He received a gunshot wound in the left shoulder, which disabled him, and during a charge in the same battle received a wound in the knee by a thorn, as a result of which he lay in the hospital at Washington three weeks, re- ceiving his discharge July 27, 1864. In the same year he came to Carey, and, in 1873, went to Clinton County, Ind., where he engaged in milling up to 1880, when he returned to Carey and leased the Walborn JNEill, in which he is still engaged. He married Huldah Chesebrough in November, 1864, and one child - Samuel Y. - has blessed the union. Mr. S. is a member of the I. O. O. F., G. A. R. and the Presbyterian Church. He is well respected as a citizen, and is an energetic, industrious business man.

FREDERICK SHUMAN, son of Henry and Elizabeth (Arno) Shuman, was born in Union County, Fenn. , September 26, 1818. His parents were of Pennsylvania Dutch descent, natives of Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio in 1836. They first located in Hancock County, but one year later moved to this township and purchased land. Their children were Jonas, Frederick, Sallie, William, Lucy, Jacob and Ann - all living but Sallie. The father died in 1866, the mother in 1874. Mr. Shuman was married, February 25, 1847, to Miss Mary Stahl, a resident of this township, native of Pennsylvania, daughter of Philip and Susanna (Spotz) Stahl. She was born February 9, 1829. Her pareats were married in Union County, Penn., and moved to Ohio in 1839. They purchased land in Crawford Township, and reared a family of eleven children, of whom the following still survive- Rebecca, Christina, Samuel, Susanna, Anna M. and Catharine. The father died in 1844, the mother in 1867. Mr. and Mrs. Shuman are the parents of nine children - Joseph, Sylvester, Sarah E., Emily J., Mary C, Aiigeline A., Susan A., George H. and Franklin L. Mr. Shuman is the owner of 380 acres of land in the township. He and his wife are members of the Lutheran Church. Mr. Shuman is a Democrat in politics.

JOSEPH SHUMAN, son of Frederick Shuman, was born September 19, 1848. He was married, December 19, 1871, to Miss Sarah M. Chesebrough, who was born in Ridge Township, September 10, 1851, to William and Charlotte L. (Kople) Chesebrough. natives of York State. Her parents came to this township and purchased land in 1841. They later moved to Ridge Township, where they resided many years, their children being twelve in number, ten surviving - Mary, Matthew Y., Huldah, William H. , Harriet E., George W., Eliza B., Saxton A., Sarah M. and Matilda. The deceased are Saxton and Samuel G. , who died in infancy. The father died August 8, 1873, aged sixty-seven years. His widow now resides in Carey, in her seventy-fifth year. Mr. and Mrs. Shuman have three children - Leora A., born September 22, 1872; Hattie E., July 17, 1878; Charlotte A. , October 9, 1883. In 1872, Mr. Shuman purchased of his father sixty acres of land in Hancock County. This farm was sold three years later, and 120 acres were purchased in this township, Sections 5 and 6. He has provided his farm, with good building, a set of stock-scales, and now values it at $75 to $85 per acre. In 1888, he purchased ninety-five acres in addition to his former possessions, now owning 215 acres. He devotes his time to general agriculture, and is regarded as a very successful farmer. In politics, Mr. Shuman is a Republican. Mrs. Shuman is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Chui-ch of Ridge Township.

SYLVESTER SHUMAN, born June 22, 1850, is a native of this township, and son of Frederick and Ann (Stahl) Shuman. He was married, December 23, 1878, to Miss Sarah E. Corwin, who was born in New Jersey June 11, 1853, daughter of George B. and Elizabeth (Blair) Corwin, also natives of New Jersey, where they were married, and from whence they migrated to Ohio in 1864. They first settled in Sycamore Township, this county, residing there four years, and then purchased land in Section 18, this township, where the father died September 24, 1883. They had five children - James, Almeda, Adelia, Sarah E. and Mary. The mother is still living. Mr. and Mrs. Shuman had three children - Ray. born August 28, 1875; Myrtie M., born June 1, 1878; George F., June 14, 1882 - all living but Ray, who died August 25, 1876. In 1876, Mr. Shuman purchased 212 acres in Crawford Township, residing there about seven years. He then rented this tract, and moved to his present farm of 173 acres. His land is valued at $75 to $90 per acre. Mr. Shuman has always ensraged in agriciiltural pursuits. He and Mrs. S. are members of the Lutheran Church. In politics, Mr. Shuman is a Republican.

JAMES R. SIDDALL is a native of Mahoning County, Ohio, and was born July 11, 1842. His parents, Joshua and Mary A. Siddall, were natives of Ohio, and reared seven children. The family moved to Hancock County in the spring of 1851, and in the fall of the same year the father died, owning about 300 acres of land. Jauies R. remained with his mother till twenty years old. He then enlisted (fall of 1862) in Company H, Fiftyseventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until the fall of 1863. Retiarning to his home in the spring of 1864, he went to Montana, and was engaged in mining till 1869, when he again retui"ned to Hancock County. In 1870, he went to Kansas, butretux'ned the same year; farmed one year on his mother's land; run a saloon two years in Vanlue; came to Carey in January, 1874, and till 1884 conducted a saloon in that place. He married Mary Hart October 20, 1879, and they have one daiighter - Jessie. Mr. Siddall was elected Councilman in 1881, and re-elected in 1883. In February, 1884, in company with C. L. Sheldon, a nephew whom he reared, he opened a grocery store in Carey, in a building purchased in December previous. They are enjoying a liberal patronage.

M. A. SMALLEY, the present Mayor of Carey, and Justice of tho Peace, was born in Ashland County, Ohio, October 4, 1850. He is a son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Smith) Smalley, and at the age of eighteen began life for himself, pushing out for the West. He located in Labette County, Kan., where he spent two years in teaching school and enjoying the pleasures of the chase, also its profits, which at that date were very fair. While in that locality, he was one of the many who had occasion to partake of the hospitalities of the notorious Bender family, and, as later developments evidenced, was at one time " spotted '' as a prey of the murderous fiends. On returning to Wyandot County, he engaged in farming and teaching. He was elected Justice of the Peace of Crawford Township, and in 1882 was elected Mayor of Carey, to which place he had removed in 1880. He devotes the principal part of his time to the business of negotiating and dealing in Western land, chiefly in the States of Kentucky, Kansas, Missouri and Texas, besides a considerable in Ohio. Mr. Smalley was married, January 26, 1877, to Miss Hattie, daughter of Daniel Benson, of Morrow County, Ohio, and four children have been born to them, namely, Stella, Horace, Stanley and Lucile. He is a member of F. & A. M., I. O. O. F. , Wyandot Encampment, K. of H., and Myrtle Lodge, Independent Order Good Templars. In politics, Mr. Smalley is a Democrat, and is one of the most popular of Carey's citizens.

CLINTON SMITH was born January 2, 1857. He is a native of Hancock County, Ohio, and son of David and Aurelia (Brown) Smith, whose history appears in this work. He was married, November 16, 1882, to Miss Lillie Anderson, who was born in this township October 18, 1859. She was a daughter of Isaiah J. and Elizabeth (Staulfer) Anderson, natives of

Ohio and Pennsylvania respectively, and now residents of Carey. They are parents of five children, namely, James, Lillie, Rezin, Frederick and Ella. The mother died May 3, 1883. The father still resides in Carey. In 1882, Mr. Smith purchased 100 acres of land, located just west of the town of Carey, where he has since been engaged in agricultural pursuits. He values his farm at $100 to fllO per acre. He holds a membership in the great society of Republicans, and is regarded as one of the township's most reliable citizens. Mrs. Smith is a member of the Lutheran Church at Carey, Ohio.

DAVID SMITH, formerly a prominent farmer of this township, was born in Hampshire County, Va., January 26, 1814. His father and mother, Jacob and Mary (Long) Smith, were natives of Pennsylvania and Virginia respectively, the former being of German parentage, and a hatter by trade in his younger days. After his marriage he operated a flour mill in Virginia. The family consisted of six children - Eliza, George, John, David, Samuel and Sarah A. Mrs. Smith had two sons by her first husband - William and Jacob Rannells. In the fall of 1824, Mr. Smith moved from Virginia to this county and located about one mile west of the present site of Carey, where he entered eighty acres of land. On this farm the children grew lip, and in due season began life on thetr own responsibility. George Smith entered the Methodist Episcopal ministry, and died in Michigan. The parents died in the neighborhood where the} had spent most of their mature days, the father in 1859, in his eighty-second year, the mother in 1869 in her eighty-sixth year. Mr. Smith was a man of liberal views and highly respected. He served as Associate Judge while this was yet Crawford County. David Smith, our subject, worked on the farm with his parents till twenty-six years of age. He married Amelia Brown, daughter of William Brown, June 4, 1840. Her parents came to this county in 1824. She was born at Columbus, Ohio, April 28, 1823. After his marriage Mr. Smith began farming on the Big Spring reservation on land purchased by his father. He here improved 200 acres, to which he added 300 more in after years. His chief business for the past twenty years has been the raising of tine grades of stock - thoroughbred short-horn cattle. In 1868, he came to Carey and purchased a farm near town, dividing most of his Hancock County property with his children, whose names are as follows: Ellen A., McKendree, Ann L., William B., Albert, Emma V., Clinton D. and Virgil A. The eldest son, McKendree, enlisted in Company A, One Hundi-ed and Twenty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in the fall of 1862, and served about two years in the war when he was taken sick and died in the hospital at Philadelphia, Penn. Mr. Smith is Republican in politics; he was elected Land Appraiser in 1880, and has served several years as School Director. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. After a life of toil and hardship for many years, they are now enjoying the fruits of their labors.

M. B. SMITH, attorney at law, was born in Hancock County, Ohio, February 22, 1846; he is a son of Samuel and Margaret (Hare) Smith, natives of A'^irginia and Pennsylvania respectively; his father came to Ohio in 1824; his mother in 1834. They located in Ridge Township in 1858, and reared four children - M. B., J. A., S. O. and M. Allie. Mr. Smith obtained a good education and taught school several terms. March 28, 1864, he enlisted in a United States Signal Corps, and was discharged after the close of the war September 10, 1865. He returned home and farmed two years; engaged two years in the grocery and produce business, and in 1871 began the study of law, which he prosecuted three years, at the end of which time he began the practice of his profession. In 1883, he purchased fifty acres of land lying a short distance north of Carey, and opened thereon two limestone quarries, erecting two draw kilns, by which he is enabled to produce 175,000 bushels of lime per year. Forty acres of his land are underlaid with the finest limestone in Ohio, the product of his kilns yielding 92 per cent to 95 per cent of carbonate, and competing favorably in the market with material purchased in Philadelphia at 50 cents per bushel. Mr. Smith was married, August 9, 1870, to Emma J. McCIure, daughter of Russell and Milda (Joy) McClure. Two children are the fruits of this union - Dora H. and Homer A. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and highly esteemed citizens. Mr. Smith is warmly attached to the interests of the Republican party.

HIRAM J. STARR, one of the most prominent grain and stock dealers of this county, was born in Franklin County, Ohio, June 24, 1816. JameB and Persia (Shaw) Starr, his parents, were both natives of Connecticut, Avhere they were united in marriage, their children being Emily, Joseph S., Franklin J., Julia Ann H, James H. , Laura P. and Hiram J. The Starr family are descendants from one Dr. Comfort Starr, who emigrated to this country from Kent, England, in 1634, the progeny being numerous, as shown by a history of the family. Nicholas Starr was the grandfather of our subject, and was a Revolutionary soldier, losing his life in the massacre of Fort Griswold September 6, 1781. He left a wife and four children - Nicholas, Joseph, James and Benjamin. Of these four orphans, James, our subject's father, was four years old when his father met his death. He was apprenticed to a millwright when a boy, and began work on his own responsibility early in life. He married Persia Shaw, and in 1815 they moved to a small farm in Franklin County, Ohio, where Mr. Starr died July 8, 1824. Hiram J. Starr was then eight years of age, and soon began work for himself for monthly wages. Soon after this he was employed as clerk in a country store at Crawfordsville, this county, locating here with his family in 1830. He engaged in the cattle business with his brother-in-law, William M. Buel, who was the first merchant of Carey, but who removed to California, and died there. On his return from Illinois, where he had been engaged in the cattle business, Mr. Starr entered, as an equal partner^ in the merchandise and grain business, with Reed, Carey & Co., of Carey, Ohio, this partnership existing about five years. This firm built the elevator now used by Mr. D. Straw, and did a large business. Mr. Reed having sold his interest to Carey & Starr, the latter conducted the business till 1850, when they disbanded. When married, Mr. Starr located in Big Spring Township, Seneca County, where he was prominently engaged in the live stock trade and farming. In 1879, he again began operations in the grain trade, in partnership with his sons, James H. and W. B. , and son-in-law, J. M. Barr. He owns an elevator at Alvada, Seneca County, one at Sycamore, and one at Lemert. Mr. Starr was married, July 21, 1851, to Ellen G. Brown, widow of Napoleon B. Carey, and they have five children - Laura P., Mary E., Ellen G., "William B. and James H, the two latter twins. Mrs. Starr was a daughter of William and Eliza (Kooken) Brown. She had one child, Emma B., by her first husband. Her parents were natives of Maryland and Berks County, Penn., respectively. Her mother came to Columbus, Ohio, with her parents when she was three years old. She was married to Mr. Brown July 3, 1822, at Columbus. He came to this township in 1822, and entered 160 acres in Section 18. He came from Columbus July 20, 1823, and made some improvements - built a log cabin, dug a well, etc. - and then returned to the city. April 5, 1824, he again came to his farm, with outfit for cultivating a crop. He completed his cabin in the summer of that year, and October 7, 1824, left the city with his family and effects for his new home, arriving the 12th. Thej"^ had one child, and on the 22d of October a daughter was born to them, the first white child born in the vicinity. She is now the wife of Hiram J. Stai'r. Mr. and Mrs. Brown had fifteen children, all of whom grew to maturity but one. Two of their sons died in the late war. Sovereign H. was a member of the One Hundred and First Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was killed in the battle of Chickamauga; Charles returned home, but died soon after of pneumonia contracted in the South. James K. was a member of ihe Fortyninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; was wounded first in the battle of Stone River, and again seriously in the engagement at Chickamauga, where his right arm was disabled for life. Mr. Brown was not a member of any church organization, but was rather a deist. He lived a quiet farm life till 1866, when he passed into "the beyond." His wife survived till June, 1876, when she was called away. Mr. Starr, our subject, is not a member of any church. He is a Repul3lican, and has been since the party was organized. His brother. Dr. James Starr, removed to the South ; was married in Georgia; moved to Texas, where he was located during the war, and still resides there.

FRANKLIN M. STARR was born in Hamden County, Mass., August 6, 1846. He is a son of Joseph S. and Mary C. (Sinith) Starr, natives of Connecticut. His parents were married in their native State, and moved to Hamden County, Mass., where the father engaged in milling, and reared his children - Joseph S., Lauraett, Marion M. , George W. and Franklin M., the first two now deceased. The parents are both dead. Mr. Starr located in Carey in 1857. He was married, April 12, 1877, to Miss Nancy J. Snyder, a resident of Salem Township, and native of Marion County, born January 10, 1854. Her parents were Samuel and Nancy (McPherren) Snyder, who were born in Pennsylvania and Ohio respectively; married in Marion County, moved to this county, and reared a family of four children - Mary, Richard, Nancy and John; Mary is deceased. The father is also dead. Mr. and Mrs. Starr have four children - Lauraett, born February 19, 1878; Mary A., April 9, 1879; Olive, November 23, 1881; Joseph, August 14, 1883. Mr. Stan.' rented land for several years, but in 1883 purchased forty acres in Crawford Township, where he now resides. His farm is valued at $75 to $80 per acre. In politics, Mr. Starr is an active Republican.

AMOS STETLER is a native of Washington Township, Union Co., Penn., and was born March 21, 1824. He is the eldest son of Henry and Mary (Klose) Stetler, natives of the same place, where they were married May 11, 1823. In 1832, his parents moved to Sandusky County, Ohio, and purchased 240 acres in Section 34, York Township, where his father followed general farming, th(^ugh a brick and stone mason by trade. The children were Amos, Mary, Sarah, Eih^n, Jacob H. , Leah, Rachel, John A. and Elizabeth, all living but Mary. The father died May 28, 1874, in his seventy-fifth year, his birth having occurred August 11, 1799; his widow is now living in her eighty-fifth year, her birth having taken place January 17, 1800. His paternal grandparents, Henry Stetler and Sarah (Haas) Stetler, were born in Lehigh County, Penn., September 26, 1763, and December 17, 1768, respectively. At the age of eighteen our subject, Amos

Stetler, left his home and was apprenticed to the blacksmith trade with Benjamin Kachel, of Seneca County, Ohio. He worked one year with Mr. K., one year with Abijah Brown, at Bellevue, and a third year at job work in the Western States. He was married, September 24, 1846, to Miss Rebecca Lewis, of Seneca County. She was a daughter of Isaac and Susan (Hornberger) Lewis, natives of Pennsylvania, and of German descent, and was born in Lancaster County, Penn., November 27, 1826. Her parents were married in her native county December 9, 1821, and moved to Ohio in 1830. In 1882, they located in Seneca County, where they reared seven children - Harriet, Richard, Rebecca, Matilda, Solomon, Caroline and Mahala, all living but Rachel and Rebecca. The mother died in her seventyseventh year, January 24, 1878, the father in his eighty-second year. May 12, 1883. They were born on the respective dates, February 15 and .January 19, 1801. Mr. and Mrs. Stetler had ten children - Addie, Henry L., Amos R., John T., Ardon L., Mary A., Eva R., Jay, Grant and an infant son, Horace, all living but the latter and Henry L. Mrs. S. departed this life August 5, 1879, and Mr. S. was married, August 10, 1880, to Mrs. Harriet Salether, divorced wife of John F. Sherman, deceased. By this wife two children were born - John and William, the former dying in infancy. Mrs. Stetler was born in Holmes County, Ohio, August 20, 1833, and is a daughter of John and Dorothy (Anger) Salether, natives of Germany, where they were married. They emigrated in 1833, and located in Holmes County, Ohio. They moved later to Stark County, and in 1840 to Wood County, Ohio. They had six children - Charlie, John, Harriet, Mary A., Catharine and Julia. The mother of this family had previously married one Mr. Denner, of Germany. Mr. Stetler followed his trade till about 1851, and then purchased eighty acres of land in Sandusky. He sold out a few years later, and in 1854 moved to this county, where he purchased 100 acres in Crawford Township, Section 4, where he still lives. In 1866, he erected a line brick residence, in 1869 a good barn. He also owns property valued at $3,000 in Carey. He now oversees his farm, has his old smithing tools, and when able does his own work in that line. ]\tr. Stetler was a member of the O. N. G., and was called out in 1864, serving under Col. S. H. Hunt, of Upper Sandusky, in Company D, One Hundred and Forty-fourth Regiment. He was promoted to Second Lieutenant, and served as such till discharged August 31, 1864. He and Mrs. Stetler are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a Republican-Prohibitionist in politics; has served two years as Township Assessor, six years as Trustee, and has also served as Clerk.

MICHAEL STINER, son of Charles and Dorothea (Weaver) Stiner, was beam September 27, 1845. His parents were natives of Germany, and emigrated in J 845, coming direct to this county. They purchased land in Salem Township, and there brought up their children - Catharine M. , Louisa, Elizabeth, Anna, John and Maerdalene, all living but Elizabeth. The mother died in February, 1884. Michael Stiner was married, July 2, 1871, to Mary E. Ritchie, daughter of David and Elizabeth (Harris) Ritchie, natives of this State Her parents moved to this county in an early day. Her mother died in August, 1881, her father's death occurring several years previous. Mr. Stiner rented land for several years, and in 1874 purchased thirty acres, adding thirty acres more in 1878. On this farm he now resides, valuing the same at |75 per acre. Mr. and Mrs. Stiner are the parents of three children - Olive M., Fred H. and Frank, all living but the latter. In politics, Mr. Stiner is a Republican. Mrs. Stiner is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

JACOB F. STOLL is a native of Apstadt, Wittenberg. Germany, and was born May 13. 1844. He is a son of John and Elizabeth (Long) Stoll, who were born and married in the locality above mentioned. Her parents emigrated to America in 1847, and settled in Upper Sandusky, where they resided a few years, and then entered land in Crawford Township. Their children were Jacob F. , Fredericka, Catharine, John, Adam and Charles. The mother and father both died here, and were interred in the Lutheran Cemetery. Our subject was married, June 6, 1880, to Elizabeth A. Wentz, who was born in Ridge Township, November 25, 1860, daughter of Jacob and Jane L. (Michaels) Wentz, natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio respectivel}^ Her parents were married in this county, and had thirteen children - Myron, Elizabeth A., Ross, Clem V., Emanuel, Frank, Wheeler, Uriah, George, Rhoda, Pert, Lee and an infant, all living but Pert, who died an infant. Mr. and Mrs. Stoll have three children - Adam, born March 8, 1881; George, March 24, 1882; John, May 8, 1883. About 1869 or 1870, Mr. Stoll purchased eighty acres in Mifflin Township, retaining the same about ten years. He then sold out, obtaining in 1879 the homestead farm of sixty-nine acres, on which he now lives. He is an energetic farmer, and values his land at $75 per acre. His early years were spent at the carpenter's trade. He is a Democrat in politics, and member of the Lutheran Church.

LUDWIG STOLL was born in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, January 12, 1852. He is a son of Jacob and Catharine (Swick) Stoll, natives of Germany, and who emigrated to America in 1849. They located first in Upper Sandusky, and thence moved to Crawford Township, where they still reside. Their children were John, Ludwig, Henry and Caroline. Ludwig Stoll was married, April 27, 1877, to Elizabeth Burke, a resident of this township and native of Indiana, born January 16, 1856. She is a daughter of William and Lydia (Bullas) Burke, natives of Ohio and New York respectively. They resided chiefly in this county, where they reared four children, namely: Martha, Elizabeth, Charles and Ella. The mother died in April, 1863, the father in January, 1870. In the year 1874, Mr. Stoll purchased thirty-two acres in this township, adding thirteen acres in 1879, and eighty acres in 1881. He now values his farm at $75 per acre. In 1882, he built a neat frame residence, in which he now enjoys the comforts and quietude of farm life. Mr. Stoll is a Democrat, and a well-respected member of his community. He has four children^Nellie, Edna, Howard and Catharine.

DAVID STRAW, one of the wealthiest and most prominent business men of this county, was born in what is now Pitt Township March 28, 1826. Samuel C. Straw, his father, was a native of Vermont, and came to Ohio about 1820. He was a school teacher for several years, and married Christina, daughter of John Staley, a native of Pennsylvania, who came first to Pickaway County, Ohio, thence to Pitt Township, this county in 1815. He reared six children, and prospered in agricultural pursuits, owning at one time upward of 400 acres. In 1844 and 1845, he lost his entire possessions by subscribing as security for others, and in 1858 died near Upper Sandusky, his wife surviving till 1874. Being the eldest of the family, and arriving at manhood during the financial embarrassment of his father, David Straw was obliged to start in life unaided, not even possessed of a common school education, being scarcely able to write his own name when nineteen years of age. In the fall of 1844, he began to work at odd jobs, as opportunity presented itself; the following spring found him employed in Huron County, Ohio, where he remained several months, at $13 per month. In November, 1845, he returned to this county, and with a cash capital of about $50, the net earnings of his few previous months' labor, he opened a grocery store on a small scale at Carey. His business increased rapidly and steadily, until in 1851 it had attained such proportions that he was entering upon an extensive wholesale trade. " There is a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune." Equipped with a robust constitution, energy and pluck, Mr. Straw was prepared to improve every opportunity. Through the advice of a grocery salesman of New York, a party in that city engaged Mr. Straw, in 1847, to purchase and deliver to him a number of horses, which was done with entire satisfaction to his employer. Five men were employed to assist Mr. Straw in taking the drove of forty-two head, the trip from here to New York being made in thirty-two days. This transaction having given him considerable prestige as a successful horse-buyer, Mr. Straw was recommended by a friend, I. W. Hollister, of the American Fur Company, to the famous railroad contractor, De Graff, as the man best qualified to furnish the latter with horses for railroad work. Mr. Straw was consulted, and delivered a few animals at Springfield, Ohio, after which Mr. Hollister vouching,for his integrity, he was furnished by De Graff with $5,000 to make other purchases from time to time as directed, his aggregate investment for that gentleman amounting to $36,000. Because of his business tact, Mr. Straw was introduced by Mr. De Graff to a member of an extensive wool-dealing firm, of Providence, R. I., their agent having decamped with a large amount of their funds. Mr. Straw was put in possession of their contracts, with instructions to operate for them in Ohio, and with this firm he was engaged till it disbanded in 1860, his purchases amounting to $500,000 per year. From 1860 to 1873, he was engaged with a firm in Philadelphia. Mr. Straw was also one of the most extensive grain shippers in this State. Through his friend, I. W. Hollister, he secured the co-operation of a firm of grain dealers in Oswego, N. Y. , doing an immense business, his shipmemts amounting to four and five thousand bushels of grain daily, enabling him to load two boats at Sandusky City each week. Mr. Straw's mercantile trade was also extensive, his annual biisiness, for a period of eighteen years, amounting to $80,000 per year, besides his commission business. In 1870, he withdrew personally from the mercantile field, but retained an interest two years later. He may be said to be one of the pioneer merchants of Carey, now being the only representative of the town's original business men. He was one of the founders of the People's Bank at Carey in 1868, which institution began business with a cash capital of $40,000, and in 1872 purchased its entire interests. The bank is now under the sole supervision of Mr. Straw, with his son Harry, as cashier, and with a capital of $70,000. D. Straw & Son are also extensively engaged, aside from their banking interests, in handling grain, seeds and wool. He owns about forty-one hundred acres of land in this county, stocked with 4,000 head of sheep, short-horn -cattle and fine horses. In 1883, at a cost of about $21,000, he completed one of the finest residences in this section of Ohio. March 25, 1852, he married Lucy Ann, daughter of Samuel and Laura (Day) Turner, and seven children were born to them, namely, Emma, Harry, Anna, Willie, Minnie, Grace and Robert. Willie and Minnie are deceased. Mrs. Straw departed this life in 1870, and two years later Mr. Straw married Margie V. Kirtland, of Huron County, Ohio. By this union three children have been born - Nellie, George and Lawrence. There is perhaps no better example of what may be accomplished by duty fully done, or what business obstacles may be surmounted through tact and energy, than that afibrded by the history and life of Mr. Straw. Although a keen observer and a shrewd financier, he is likewise possessed of a broad and generous nature. Through business reverses his old friend, I. W. Hollister, became reduced in circumstances, and the closing hours of his life found him penniless. With much gratitude for assistance rendered in less prosperous days Mr. Straw and another party kindly defrayed all expenses for his care in sickness, and at his death accorded him a respectable burial. As a representative citizen of the county, we present a steel-plate porti'ait of Mr. Straw in this work.

D. H. STRAW, Cashier People's Bank, son of David Straw, was born January 29, 1855. He received a good education in the public schools of Carey, and was married, in June, 1877, to Mary A., daughter of Joseph De Witt. They have one child - Clara. Mr. Straw is one of the most energetic and enterprising young men of this county. March 4, 1874, he became a partner in the People's Bank, and now owns a half- interest in the same. He also owns a farm of 400 acres, which he himself oversees. He is also co-operating with his father in the grain, seed and wool business, this being, perhaps, the strongest firm in the county. Mr. Straw is a prominent member of the Masonic Order, having passed the Scottish Rite degree and held many prominent positions in each.

WILLIAM A. WALBORN was born in Millersburg, Berks Co., Penn., December 28, 1842. He is a son of Daniel D. and Lydia (Zerbe) Walborn, natives of Pennsylvania and of German descent. His parents were married in Berks County, resided there till 1846; moved to Dauphin County and staid till 1851; moved from there to Crawford County, Ohio, and remained one year, and then located in this township. Here their children were reared, their names being as follows: Jonathan Z. , Henry, Salesa, William A., Daniel, Emiline E. and Franklin L. The mother died May 18, 1872. The father married again and now resides near Coffeyville, Kan. Our subject remained upon the home farm until twenty-eight years of age. He was married, March 2, 1880, to Mary E. Smith, who was born in Salem Township December 11, 1859, daughter of Marks Smith. Her parents married in this county, and reared a family of four children, Mrs S. being the only one surviving. Her mother died in 1861; her father now resides with his second wife in Upper Sandusky, and has three children. Mr. Walborn began operating a saw mill in 1869 at Lovell, this county, where he erected a saw and grist mill, which he still owns. From 1880 to 1882, he was farming in Tymochtee Township and then moved to the old homestead farm, a part of which he now owns, and where he still lives. He has two children - Valladora and Fannie Irene. He is a Democrat in politics, and, with Mrs, "Walborn, a member of the Lutheran Church.

SAXTON C. WILLIAMS was born February 23, 1831, in New Scotland, Albany Co. , N. Y. , and is a son of Richard and Mercy (Chesebrough) Williams, who were respectively natives of Connecticut and New York State, and of Welsh and French ancestry. They were married in Albany County, N. Y., and in 1844 removed to Schoharie County, N. Y., thence to Chemung County, in the same State, in 1848, where they resided till the year 1862, when they came to Ohio, settling in Wyandot County. Their union was blessed with three sons and five daughters - Sarah L., Saston C, Samuel Y., Mary E., Huldah, William, Harriet and Lucy. Sarah L., the eldest, is deceased. The father died in November, 1873; the mother resides in Crawford Township. Saxton C. Williams removed to this county in

1857 and settled in Crawford Township. He was married, May 9, 1860, to Miss Emily J. Wisner, born in Orange County, N. Y., June 18, 1838, and a daughter of Asa and Susan (Kinner) Wisner, natives of Orange County and of English descent. Their marriage took place in Chemung County, N. Y. , in November, 1824, and in 1853 they removed to Ohio, locating in this township. Of thirteen children born to their union two sons and three daughters survive - Frances, Emily J., Charles K., Abigail and James F. Two of their sons sacrificed their lives upon their country's altar. The father of these children died February 11, 1812; the mother now resides in Carey, with Saxtou C, the subject of this sketch. He served in the late war as a member of Company D, One Hundred and Forty- fourth Regiment Ohio National Guards, and was honorably discharged September 2, 1864. He has served the village of Carey as Mayor three terms, and is a citizen of honorable character. He is a l^epublican politically, and is a member of the F. & A. M., I. O. O. F., and Knights of Honor, Good Templars and G. A. R. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Their only son, Corwin A., was born May 27, 1866.

ANDREW J. WONDER was born May 20, 1830. He is a son of Daniel and Catharine (Harpster) Wonder, and native of Wayne County, Ohio. His parents were natives of York and Union Counties, Penn. , respectively, the father born in 1791, the mother in 1792. They were married inMifflin County, Penn., and moved to Ohio in 1823, locating in Wayne County. In 1830, they moved to Seneca County. They had seven sons and two daughters. The mother died July 25, 1863, aged seventy-two years; the father, now in his ninety-fourth year, resides with his son, Andrew J. The latter was married, March 9, 1851, to Catharine Lautz, who was born in this township June 18, 1830. She was a resident of Seneca County, Ohio, and daughter of Peter and Mary (Long) Lautz, natives of Maryland and Virginia respectively. Her parents came to this county in 1829, and later moved to Seneca County. Her mother died May 30, 1847; her father in his eightieth year, May 11, 1876. Mr. and Mrs. Wonder have four children - Peter E., Alvin M., Lorenzo M. and Iva M. In 1857, Mr. Wonder purchased 150 acres, on which he now resides, and where he has since engaged in agricultural pui'suits. In 1864, Mr. Wonder enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Forty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served faithfully four months in the defense of his country. He is a Prohibition- Republican, and served his township one term as Trustee. He and Mrs. Wonder are members of the Evangelical Association.

DAVID H. WONDER, son of John and Mary (Harpster) Wonder, was born in this township January 29, 1846. His parents were natives of Pennsylvania, of German descent, and married in Seneca County, where they resided several years, then moving to Wyandot County and purchasing land in this township. Their children were Daniel H., Susan, Frederick, Sarah, David H., Catharine, John W. and Benjamin F., all living but Susan. The parents have resided in Kansas since 1874. David Wonder was married, October 12, 1869, to Lavina Higgins, a resident of Seneca County, a native of Licking County, and daughter of John and Jane (Klinker) Higgins, now residents of this township. In 1867, Mr. Wonder purchased 160 acres in Kansas, selling the same and returning to Ohio in 1869. He rented land about three years, and then (1874) purchased eighty acres in this township, where he now resides. In 1877, he purchased eighty acres more, now owning 160 acres, valued at $100 per acre. lu 1881, he built a tine barn, costing $1,000. Mr. Wonder enlisted in the late war in May, 1863, and served iu Company D, One Hundred and Forty fourth Ohio National Guards until discharged. He was called out in May, 1864, and served until October of the same year. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and of the Evangelical Church, and a Republican in politics. Mr. and Mrs. Wonder are parents of four children - Sophronia E., born September 5, 1871; Orpha, April 12, 1874; Orville, May 11, 1870; Homer, August 31, 1879. All these are living but Oi'ville, who died August 20, 1877.

FRED H. WONDER is a native of Sandusky, Ohio, and was born November 11, 1840. He is a son of John and Mary (Harpster) Wonder, who were natives of Pennsylvania; married in Bellevue; migrated to this county in 1842; purchased land in Crawford Township, continuing to add to his first purchase till he owned 800 acres. The children of the family are Daniel H, Fred H. , David H., John W., Benjamin F., Susan, Sarah and Catharine - all living but Susan. The parents and some of the children moved to Kansas in 1875, and located in Brown County. Fred H. , our subject, was married, April 10, 1862, to Miss Lorinda Ogg, who was born in Crawford Township January 13, 1842, daughter of Kinsey and Margaret (Johnson) Ogg, natives of Jackson County, Ohio, where they were married in 1822. Her parents came to this county in 1830, and settled in Tymochtee Township, moving later to this township and purchasing land in Section 17, a part of which is now included in the corporation of Carey. They had eleven children - Eliza J., William, Mary A., John, Martha, Samiiel, James, Jerome, Merinda, Clarissa and Lavonia. The only now living are Samuel, Jerome, Lorinda and Clarissa. The father died April 26, 1865, the mother September 13, 1867. Mr. and Mrs. Wonder have had five children - Leroy, born March 20, 1863; Elnora, August 11, 1865; Miles R., February 3, 1870; Harvey, May 20, 1875; Clara M.,May 6, 1879. In 1864, Mr. Wonder purchased 189 acres of land in this township, where he still lives. In 1875, he added 120 acres, and in 1883 80 acres more, now owning 389 acres, valued at $75 to $80 per acre. He is one of the successful agriculturists of the township, a Republican in politics, and a member of the Evangelical Association.

MATHIAS WONDER was born in Mifflin County, Penn., December 9, 1816. He is a son of Daniel and Mary C. (Harpster) Wonder, natives of Pennsylvania. They were married in Mifflin County, and migrated to Ohio in 1823, settled first in Wayne County, then moved to Sandusky, and in 1846 to this county. They reared a family of nine children. Mrs. Wonder died and Mr. Wonder was married, December 4, 1841, to Catharine Fowl, a native of Germany, resident of Lorain County, Ohio, and daughter of Godfrey and Sarah (Gardner) Fowl. She was born October 9, 1820. Her parents were born in Germany, and married there; emigrated to America in 1827, and settled in Cleveland; moved to Lorain County later, purchased land there and reared a family of ten children, six now living. The parents are both deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Wonder have ten children - Joseph, born November 10, 1842; George, December 29, 1843; Sarah C, November 12, 1845; Harry, May 3, 1848; Mary E., April 27, 1851; Margaret R., January 5, 1854; Jacob, February 15, 1856; Eva R. , October 27, 1858; Laura O., June 19, 1861; Louis, January 6, 1864. All these children are living and married but Louis. Mr. Wonder rented land about two years, and in 1845 purchased eighty acres in Seneca County. In 1849, he sold this farm and purchased 169 acres in Section 13, Crawford Township, this county, adding eighty acres in 1855, and eighty in 1858. His farm of 336 acres is valued at $90 to $100 per acre. He is

FRANCIS J. WORALLO was bom in Lake County, Ohio, December 26, 1823. He is a eon of Amasa aud Nancy (Hite) Worallo, both natives of this State, and parents of eight children. When twenty-one years of age, our subject began work as an overseer on railroad, in which occupation he continued ten years. He moved to Carey in 1846, gave up railroading and engaged in livery and horse trading, taking contract for supplying the Government dui'ing the war, furnishing in all about 4,000 head. He has made horse buying a specialty, and has shipped large numbers to New York, Philadelphia, Boston and the lumber regions. December 2, 1844, he married Phelina Chandler, daughter of Joseph Chandler, of Crawford County, and three children were born to them - Annie, Emma and Myron

B. R. Brown, and died leaving one child - Grace. Mrs. Worallo is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Charles Worallo, grandfather of our subject, emigrated from England, with his wife and one son in 1799, and located in New York, where his wife died, and he married Lucy Ferguson and moved to Lake County, Ohio, about 1801. He was a farmer and school teacher. His children were Amasa, William, Lucy, Patti, Almeda, Marcena and Charles. Their father was the first school teacher of Willoughby Township, Lake County, and died at the advanced age of ninety years. His son, Francis J., came from England, removed to New Orleans, and died there. Amasa' s children were Amy, Almira, J. F., Nancy, Mary A., Charles, Lucy A. and Marcena.

JOHN F. ZIMMERMAN was born in Green Springs, Sandusky Co., Ohio, June 5, 1851. His parents, William and Elizabeth (Brownell) Zimmerman, were respectively natives of Pennsylvania and New York State, and of German and English descent. They were married in Sandusky County, where they reared live children, four sons and one daughter - Charles W., John F., Electa A., James A. and Elijah H. , all living. At the age of twenty, our subject began learning the art of photography at Green Springs, Ohio, and continued under instructions at that place two years. He then removed to Carey, and two years later to Crestline, but returned to Carey in 1877. The following year he built a small gallery, occupying the same until 1881, when he sold and erected a larger and more suitable building. In 1880, he provided himself with a two-story frame residence, which he has since occupied. February 3, 1874, Mr. Zimmerman was married to Miss Nancy A., daughter of Henderson and Mary (Lowry) Lytle, early settlers of this cou.nty and the parents of twelve children. Mrs. Zimmerman, a native of Carey, Ohio, was born August 26, 1855. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Zimmerman has been crowned with three children - Marey E., William H. and Carel A. Mrs. Zimmerman departed this life May 28, 1881, being at the time of her death a member of the Lutheran Church. Mr. Zimmerman celebrated his second marriage in November, 1882, with Miss Martha E. Lytle, a sister to his former wife. She was born November 22, 1858. Mr. Zimmerman is Democratic in political sentiment, a member of Myrtle Lodge, No. 416, of Good Templars, and of the Lutheran Church. Mrs. Zimmerman is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Source changes here: from Past and Present of Wyandot County Ohio, by A.j. Baughman, published 1913; 1,090 words in this source stream.

Antrim Township

Before the organization of Wyandot county in 1845, the territory which composes Antrim township was included in the counties of Crawford and Marion. It is bounded on the east and south by Marion and Crawford counties, on the west by Pitt and Crane townships and on the north by Eden township. The greater part of this township was within the old Indian reservation.