Ashland City (part 53 of 57)

George W. Emerick is the youngest of the three who survive. He has always resided on the farm which is now his home and which is a tract of rich land of one hundred and sixty acres, covering the southeast quarter of section 3, Lake township. There are good buildings upon it and it is a well improved property, lacking in none of the accessories and conveniences of a model farm. Mr. Emerick has built two barns and his own dwelling and has remodeled the other dwelling upon the place, which is oceupied by Noah Stull and wife. There are two entire sets of buildings upon the farm and everything is kept in a state of good repair, indicating the enterprising spirit of the owner.

Mr. And Mrs. G. W. Emerick

In 1864 occurred the marriage of George W. Emerick and Miss Caroline Crumlick, who was born in Plain township, Wayne county, Ohio, October 2, 1841, and there resided until her marriage, spending her girlhood days in the home of her parents, John and Katharine (Stinger) Crumlick, both of whom were natives of Franklin county, Pennsylvania. They became early residents of Wayne county, Ohio, where they lived until called to the home beyond. Their family numbered ten children, of whom two died in infancy. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Emerick were born seven children: Lillian, at home; Philora, the wife of Stewart Greenlee, living in Mansfield; Thurman, who died at the age of eight years; Noah, a resident of Ashland county; John, residing in Vermillion township; Dora, the wife of Charles Kick, of Mohican; and Cloyd, whose home is in Cleveland.

Since age conferred upon him the right of franchise Mr. Emerick has been a stalwart supporter of the democracy and is recognized as one of the leaders of the party in this portion of the county. He is proving a most acceptable official in the office of county commissioner, in which he has already served for three years, while his present term will continue for two years more. He was also a trustee of Lake township for about eighteen years and has ever been most prompt and faithful in the discharge of his official duties. Fraternally he is connected with the Masons and in his life exemplifies the beneficent spirit of the craft. He is entirely free from ostentation and display and is recognized as a representative man whose strongly marked characteristics are those which make for good citizenship as well as for enterprise in business. The farm which he owns has never been out of the possession of the family, having had but two owners, Mr. Emerick of this review, and his father.

Dr. F. Cowan, one of the best known physicians of Ashland, was born here in 1848, a son of Dr. J. P. and Mary Jane (Hooker) Cowan. The father was a native of Washington county, Pennsylvania, born in 1823, and located in Ashland county, Ohio, in 1846. The mother, whose birth occurred in 1828, is still living in Marion, Ohio. Dr. J. P. Cowan was a graduate of the Starling Medical College, of Columbus, Ohio, and practiced in Ashland county from 1846 until his death, which occurred in 1895. His medical skill and surgical ability gave him an excellent reputation throughout this section of the state and he was frequently called for consultation by the members of the fraternity, being particularly successful in surgical operations, in which he was noted for his care and exactness. He took a deep interest in politics and was very influential throughout the county. He was a member of the Ohio state legislature from 1855 until 1859 and was a member of congress in 1874, serving one term in that honorable body. He was not only well known for his professional abilities and 'political advancement but also as a business man for he dealt considerably in real estate, being quite successful in his transactions. He was a Royal Arch Mason and a democrat in politics, a strong and able advocate of the principles of his party, to whose candidates he was always loyal. Amid his pressing professional and business affairs he never lost sight of his religious obligations and attended divine services at the Methodist church, of which he was a member. Being a man of good character, he entertained an excellent reputation throughout the county wherein his usefulness as a physician will long be remembered. In his family were nine children, the surviving ones being: Dr. F., born in 1848; William F., born in 1859; Lucy Ilorseman, whose birth occurred in 1861 and who resides at Marion, this state; and Edgar H., who was born in 1864 and who also resides in that city.

The common schools of this city afforded Dr. F. Cowan his preliminary educational advantages and after completing a course of study in the high school he entered the College of Physicians & Surgeons, of Cleveland, Ohio, subsequently taking a post-graduate course in the Long Island Medical College, of New York, being graduated from that institution in 1872. He then began the practice of medicine in Ashland, where he has since been following his profession. lic is a man of wide learning in the department of materia medica and is also a skilled surgeon, his popularity as a practitioner winning him an extensive and remunerative patronage.

In 1872 Dr. Cowan was united in marriage to Miss Retta A. Bushnell, by whom he has had tWo daughters, Carrie C. (Cowan) Duff, of Ashland; and Helen O. (Cowan) Warner, who resides in Mansfield, this state. Politically the Doctor is a democrat and, having given scrutinizing study to the principles of his party, is convinced of their feasibility to promote the nation's welfare and is always loyal to its candidates. He is prominent in Masonic circles and is a member of the Methodist church. Being a man whose scholarly habits keep him abreast of the times in all the departments of his profession, his career has been attended with the greatest usefulness and he is popular throughout the county as a physician and surgeon and also as an honorable and worthy citizen.

Anson Hyde, an agriculturist and stock breeder of Sullivan township, this county, was born in Chatham township, Medina county, Ohio, July 5, 1852, a son of Ilenry and Sarah M. (Johnson) Hyde. His father's family came from Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and his mother's from Vermont to this state in the early pioneer days, here following agricultural pursuits. The elder Mr. Ilyde inherited the land on which his father had settled and which he himself in his boyhood days had helped to elear and improve. He resided upon it with his wife until they departed this life.

Amid the duties and experiences of farm life Anson Hyde spent his boyhood days, attending the district school during the winter season. After completing his studies there instead of going back to the farm he was apprenticed to a turned his attention to making cheese and butter, which at that time was a lucrative industry in this county and for twenty-one years he conducted a cheese and butter factory in Sullivan township for the same firm. This long period of service with one company bears witness to his skill, business ability and industry. In 1892 he resigned the management of the concern and engaged in agricultural pursuits on the farm on which he now resides, the property being commonly known as the old James Dunlap farm. It contains two hundred and five acres. all of which is tillable with the exception of twenty acres of timber land, and the entire tract is well improved, thoroughly drained and is under a high state of cultivation. Here he engages in general farming and, being a student of soils and the rotation of crops, his production is of an excellent quality. In addition to raising general crops he has a herd of milk cows and disposes of their product to local creameries. He has practically spent his entire life in a study of milk giving cattle and perhaps knows as much if not more about the breeding of that class of animal, in order to bring it to its highest state of perfection, than any other man in the county or, in fact, in the state. Tle handles only thoroughbred Holstein stock, for which he has a wide reputation, and his herds are recognized as among the very best in the state, his kine finding a ready market. He is called upon to ship yearly quite a number of head throughout this and adjoining states. He gives considerable attention to the various kinds of stock and aside from breeding cattle he also raises draft horses, sheep and hogs, doing quite a shipping business.

On January 28, 1874, Mr. Ilyde wedded Jennie Gordon, daughter of John and Rebecca (Mellon) Gordon, her father being a well known stoeckman and agriculturist of Orange township. To this union have been born four children, all of whom are graduates of Sullivan Central high school, namely: Arthur G., a physician of Cleveland, Ohio, and Charles W., who practices medicine in Washington, D. C. Both were students at Hiram College, the former having left that institution in his second year to serve in the Spanish-American war as a member of the hospital corps. David C., another son, is a student in the veterinary department of the Ohio State University, and the fourth child, a daughter, is a trained nurse at St. Luke's Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio,

In politics Mr. Hyde is a republican and, being very. active in party matters, he is a member of the county central committee of Sullivan township, also a member of the county board of elections and has frequently been chosen as a delegate to county, district and state conventions. Locally he has taken considerable interest in public affairs, having served the township as trustee for fourteen years and at his first election to that office enjoyed the unusual experience of reciving every vote cast in the township. For a period of sixteen years he has been a member of the central district board of education, of which he is now president, and in 1902 he was appointed by the court as receiver for the Ashland Patrons Mutual Fire Insurance Company, the tangled business affairs of which he is endeavoring to unravel and will soon be able to make a satisfactory report. He has always endeavored to be of the highest service to the community and is an agitator of good roads and of an excellent school system, is a firm believer in taxation for immediate benefits and, being a public-spirited citizen, is always ready to further every movement which has for its object the better- ment of the community. Among the fraternal organizations with which he is associated is lodge No. 245, Knights of the Maccabees, and, being a man who is as faithful to his religious obligations as to the performance of his business duties, he and the members of his family attend divine services at the Christian church, to which all are liberal contributors. Through his industry and enterprise Mr. Hyde has been very beneficial to the community and has the respect and confidence of his neighbors.

Clarence Lee Morton

Clarence Lee Morton is the cashier of the Perrysville Banking Company and has been otherwise connected with the business and public interests of the community, his efforts being a valuable factor in the work of general upbuilding. He was born near Tiro, in Crawford county, Ohio, March 13, 1865, a son of Norman and Elizabeth (Brown) Morton, the former a native of Richland county, this state, born November 30, 1832. He was a carpenter in his younger days but later turned his attention to general agricultural pursuits. About 1881 he removed with his family from Crawford county to Richland county, settling near Crestline. He died June 8, 1889, and his widow, a native of this state, now resides in Delaware, Ohio. They were the parents of six sons and one daughter.

Clarence Lee Morton was reared on the old homestead farm where his birth occurred until he reached the age of sixteen years, when he accompanied his parents on their removal to Richland county and there lived until twenty-two years of age. He supplemented his public-school education by study in the Ohio Business College at Mansfield and began providing for his own support by clerking in a store and also assisting in the postoffice at Tiro. He likewise spent three or four years in Galion, Ohio, but in 1893 returned to Tiro where he continued to make his home until 1900. That year witnessed his arrival in Perrysville and he accepted his present position as cashier of the Perrysville Banking Company. He was well qualified for the-position for in 1896 he had become connected with banking interests in Tiro and his experience brought him comprehensive knowledge of the business. He was also deputy postmaster in Tiro during both administrations of President Cleveland. A resourceful man energetic and determined, his worth is widely acknowledged in the aren circles of Perrysville where he is not only a representative of banking interests but is also the secretary and treasurer of the Twentieth Century Clay Products Company.

On the 15th of February, 1888, Mr. Morton was married to Miss Rosa A Barr, who died on the 14th of November, 1893; leaving one son, Ansel. On the 10th of May, 1896, Mr. Morton was again married, his second union being with Minnie V. Stark, who died in March, 1898. On the 28th of Ni svehe® at he a. Miss Ina J. Moore and they had two children: John A. is was born October 1, 1902, and died July 9, 1908: 7 af pati ily 9, 1908; and Esther E., who was born

In community affairs since coming to Perrysville Mr. Morton has taken an active and helpful interest and is now serving for the third term as treasurer of Green township. He has been a life-long democrat and keeps well informed on questions and issues of the day, so that he is able to support his position by intelligent argument. He belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church and to the Modern Woodmen Camp. He is a man of discriminating judgment who carries forward to successful completion whatever he undertakes and not only in business circles is his worth acknowledged but also in the social life of the community where his circle of friends is almost coextensive with the circle of his acquaintances.

The name of Fuller has long been prominently and honorably associated with the practice of medicine in Loudonville, for not only does the subject of this review engage in professional labors of that character but also comes of an ancestry closely associated with the profession, both his father and his grandfather having practiced here. The latter was Dr. E. B. Fuller, who was born in New York, July 8, 1799. Having qualified for the practice of medicine, he located in Loudonville in 1831 and continued to devote his time and energies to the alleviation of human suffering and the restoration of health until his own labors were ended in death in December, 1867. In early manhood he had married Sarah Culver, who was born in Tioga county, Pennsylvania, February 16, 1804. They were prominent in the social life of the community and aside from his professional duties Dr. E. B. Fuller was also active in various other lines which have been essential factors in the progress, upbuilding and advancement of the community. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and his practical Christianity found expression in the aid which he gave to many who needed professional assistance but were unable to pay the customary charge. His political support was given to the democracy and yet he was liberal in his views, not holding strictly to partisan lines. He greatly opposed the fugitive slave law and as early as 1856 fugitive slaves were brought to his home early in the morning. He then fed them and sent them on to the home of Robert Wilson, where they were cared for until the chance came to take them to others who would assist them still farther on their way, preventing their recapture by the United States marshals. He left the impress of his individuality upon the community by reason of his strong intellectuality, his public spirit and his devotion to high ideals. He was the father of ten children: Catharine, who became the wife of Gilbert Pell and after his death married Calvin Hibbard; Hannah, who became the wife of Samuel B. Smith; Susan, the wife of J. W. Hildebrand; Laverna, the wife of Y. C. Case; Sarah M., the first wife of Dr. A. J. Scott; Elizabeth Content, the wife of J. W. Stacker ; Christian, the second wife of Dr. A. J. Scott; Amassa-Culver; Amos B.; and Elodine.

Dr. Amos B. Fuller, the father of our subject, was born in Loudonville, 'July 23, 1842, and spent his entire life here. He enjoyed an extensive practice during the thirty-five years of his connection with the medical fraternity. He took up the study of medicine under the direction of his father and began practice in 1862, when twenty years of age. After the outbreak of the Civil war he offered his services to the government and became surgeon of the One Hundred and Twentieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Following his return from the army he continued his studies in the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia from which place he graduated with the degree of M. D. in 1867. In 1872 he pursued a post-graduate course in the Bellevue Medical College of New York. He was at all times a close and earnest student of his profession, desiring that his labors should be most efficacious in checking the ravages of disease. He was moreover a man of kindly sympathy and of hopefulness, who inspired his patients by his cheery presence. In 1868 he was united in marriage to Miss Mary E. Stewart, who was born in Loudonville, August 23, 1842, and was therefore just exactly one month his junior. They established their home in their native city and here continued to reside until called to their final rest. Dr. Fuller remained in the active practice of medicine throughout his entire life and for a number of years was a partner of Dr. William II. Wirt. His success was of a substantial character, owing to his thorough understanding of the scientific principles underlying his profession and his correct application "thereof to the needs of his patients. He was a consistent and devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal church. His wife was one of seventeen original members or founders of the Presbyterian church of Loudonville. The latter died May 8, 1891, while the death of Dr. Fuller occurred April 8, 1899, at the home of Fred Swan of Pomona, California. Their demise was a matter of deep regret to many, for they had an extensive circle of warm friends throughout Loudonville and this part of the county. Their family numbered four children: Mary M., the wife of Francis L. Niederheiser, who is city engineer of Bucyrus, Ohio; Grace J., who is principal of the Dorset school; Gaillard B.; and Stewart E., who died at the age of two years.

Dr. Gaillard B. Fuller spent his youthful days in his parents' home and at the usual age entered the publie schools, where he passed through consecutive grades to his graduation from the Loudonville high school in the class of 1895. He then took up the study of medicine with his father and the latter's partner, Dr. W. H. Wirt, and afterward spent two years in the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware. He was also for two years a student in the University of Wooster, subsequent to which time he made an extended trip through the south and west with his father for the benefit of the latter's health, but the change of climate did not bring about the desired cure and Dr. Amos Fuller passed away in California, April 8, 1899, his son bringing the remains back to Loudonville for interment. In the fall of 1900 the son entered the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was graduated therefrom with the class of 1904. He served for one year as resident physician and surgeon in the Easton City Hospital at Easton, Pennsylvania, and, returning to Loudonville in 1905, formed a partnership with his father's former associate, Dr. W. H. Wirt, thirtyfive years after the old firm had been formed. This relation has since been maintained and the firm is recognized as one of the most prominent, capable and successful in the ranks of the medical fraternity in Ashland county. Dr.

Fuller remains an earnest student of his profession, keeping in touch with the most advanced thought concerning the methods of practice and is now a member of the State Medical Society and the American Medical Association, while of the Ashland County Medical Society he is the treasurer.

On the 27th of December, 1905, Dr. Fuller was united in marriage to Miss Helene Barbara Stitzel, a native of Loudonville and a daughter of Jacob J. Stitzel, who is a clothing merchant of Loudonville. Unto them has been born one son, Carl Stitzel Botchford Fuller.

In his fraternal relations Dr. Fuller is connected with the Masonic order and religiously with Zion Evangelical Lutheran church. He is a young man of genuine worth, enjoying in high measure the esteem of all with whom he has been associated, while in his profession he holds to high ideals and has already attained success in practice that many an older phsyician might well envy. His record reflects credit upon the name of Fuller, which has ever been an untarnished one throughout the years which have come and gone sinee his grandfather first took up his abode in Loudonville.

The liberal patronage accorded Dr. Jonathan Allen Tisey is at once proof of his ability in his profession. His success results from his comprehensive knowledge and his correct application of the scientific principles underlying his work together with the superior mechanical skill which he displays. Tle was born on a farm two and a half miles east of Columbiana, Ohio, in Columbiana county and is a son of John and Elizabeth Hisey. is grandfather, who was of Dutch descent, came to Ohio from the Shenandoah valley of Virginia. In early life he followed the occupation of carpentering, while later he became a farmer and importer of blooded sheep, which he imported from both Saxony and Canada. His wife was a representative of an old Quaker family, her parents coming across the Allegheny mountains on horseback from Chester county, Pennsylvania.

Dr. Hisey acquired his early education in the district school northeast of Columbiana and later pursued his studies in the Columbiana high school. He was interested in his studies and was ambitious to enjoy good educational privileges. He did not complete his high school course, however, because of delicate health and later he took up*the study of dentistry in the office and under the direction of Dr. J. T. Barclay, gaining not only a knowledge of the text-books of recognized authority but also much practical experience as the Doctor's assistant. He afterward entered the Philadelphia Dental College, then located at Tenth and Arch streets in Philadelphia, remaining there from 1869 until the spring of 1871, when he was graduated. In the previous year he had opened an office for practice in Canton, Ohio, and in 1871 he began practice in Columbiana, while in 1873 he came to Ashland, where he has remained continuously since, occupying one suite of rooms for thirty-two years. He has a well appointed office, using the latest appliances to facilitate his work, and throughout the years of his practice he has kept in touch with the most improved methods of the profession and the latest theories concerning the preservation and care of the teeth. His judgment is accurate so that he readily discriminates between the essential and the non-essential and that his work has given uniform satisfaetion is shown by his constantly increasing patronage and the fact that many of his patrons have given him their support for years.

In Washingtonville, Ohio, the Rev. Waggoner performed the marriage ceremony that united the destinies of Dr. Hisey and Miss Malissa Lucretia Hinkle, a native of Columbiana, Ohio. Her parents, however, came to this state frem Hanover, Pennsylvania, and were of Dutch descent. Dr. and Mrs. Hisey had five children: Walter Hinkle; Austin Emerson, now deceased; Nora Mae; Susie Corrine; and Rhea Regina.

Dr. Hisey is a stalwart republican in his political views for his study of the political questions and issues of the day has led him to the belief that the republican platform contains the best elements of good government. He has served as a member of the city council for four years and was city treasurer for one term, receiving a large vote from the opposition for the two parties are almost equally divided in Ashland. He has always stood for those things which are valuable in citizenship and tend to promote the material, intellectual, social and moral progress of the community. In his religious views he is a Congregationalist and is now serving as one of the trustees of the church to which he belongs. A resident of Ashland for thirty-six years, Dr. Hisey is one of its valued and representative citizens not alone by reason of his professional skill but also on account of his personal worth.

Richard M. Johnson

Richard M. Johnson, who for many years practiced law in the courts of this and other counties, is a representative of a family which dates its ancestry back to Revolutionary times, his grandfather having been a major in the Continental army, participating in the battle of Lexington and serving until the surrender at Yorktown. His grandmother was Sarah Ferguson, daughter of Colonel Ferguson, who fell at the battle of White Plains during that period. His parents were John and Almira (Peet) Johnson, his father having been a native of Massachusetts, where his birth oceurred September 5, 1797, and his mother of Delaware County, New York, where they were united in marriage. They came to this state in the year 1836. John Johnson was a graduate of the schools of Springfield, Massachusetts, and also of Dartmouth College, in the latter institution having been a classmate of Daniel Webster. Upon arriving in this state he taught school for twenty-seven years and after giving up that profession he engaged in general agricultural pursuits and _ stock-raising. When he eame ss this county it was covered with forests and the woodlands were filled with game which not only afforded sport and adventure in hunting but also played an important part in supplying provisions since at that time it was almost impossible to get other kinds of meats. The farm he afterwards cultivated he cleared and made arable himself and for a long time he harvested his crops with the sickle, cradle and scythe and threshed his grain in a primitive way on a tramping floor. His son also had like experiences and in reverting to those days he said: ''I have seen the evolution of farming from the sickle to the selfbinder and from the tramping floor to the separator and stacker.'' The father departed this life on August 11, 1889, his wife surviving him by one year, her death having oceurred on February 1, 1890.

Richard M. Johnson was born March 2, 1841, in that part of Ashland county which was once a part of Lorain county. He was an only child and he acquired his education at the common schools of Lorain county and in 1857, at the age of sixteen years was matriculated as a student in Cornell University in Utica, New York, where he pursued a four years' course of study. Upon leaving the institution, which was about the time the Civil war broke out, he enlisted in the Union service on September 7, 1861, in Battery B, First Regiment, Ohio Light Artillery, and continued in the military ranks until July 22, 1865, most of that time serving in the Army of the Cumberland and of the Tennessee. He participated in most of the battles fought by those armies, and took part in twentythree engagements. Entering the military service as a private he was later advanced to quartermaster and also served for some time as sergeant and while following the army he had a number of thrilling experiences which he vividly recalls, and delights to relate. After receiving his discharge he returned to his father's home where he engaged in farming for two years, at. the termination of which time he took up the study of law with R. C. Powers, of New London with whom he remained for two years, when he was admitted to the bar. He then formed a partnership with Mr. Powers and they continued to practice law together until the year 1887,when Mr. Powers departed this life. Mr. Johnson has been quite a successful attorney and has practiced his profession in all of the courts of the county and state and also in the federal courts. He was recognized everywhere as a man of extraordinary ability and one who possessed the faculty of expressing himself in clear and faultless English. After having followed the profession for many years his health began to fail and shortly after his partner's death he decided to give up his practice, and retired to his farm in Troy township. where he actively engaged in agricultural pursuits until a few years ago when he removed to the village of Nova, where he has since resided.

On February 11, 1878, Mr. Johnson was united in marriage to Miss Mary M. Fast, daughter of Jacob and Margaret (Baughman) Fast, her father being a wealthy farmer and land-owner of Troy township, whose birth occurred in 1818. Her mother departed this life some years ago. To this union were born four children, namely: Edith E., who became the wife of George McQuade, of Wellington; Thomas B.; John L.; and Claude E. Mr. Johnson, a deep student. is one of the most highly cultured men of the community and being very fond of books he is well read upon almost every subject, being particularly conversant with ancient and modern history and biography.

In politics Mr. Johnson is a republican and although he has never aspired to office he has always been a loyal supporter of his party and at the same time has taken considerable interest in the affairs of the community, having served several terms as justice of the peace, to which office he was again elected in 1907, but declined to accept. He is a friend of advanced education and of every movement which has for its object the bettering of local conditions. He is a comrade of C. P. Ogden Post, No. 515, G. A. R., of Nova, and also belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church, to which he is a liberal contributor. Mr. Johnson is a man of high morals whose life has always been such as to command the respect of all with whom he came in contact and he is today one of the most substantial and worthy citizens of the county.

E. L. Berry

E. L. Berry, a prominent citizen'of Ashland, now holding the responsible position of county surveyor, the duties of which office he has been performing for the past seven years, deserves the title of a self-made man. He was left an orphan at the age of thirteen years with little means and without influence and

-since that time through his own exertions has acquired an excellent education and step by step on the strength of his ability has worked his way among the citizens of the county until his popularity together with this efficiency in his particular line of work merit him the position he now holds as a county official.

He was born in Jackson township, this county, October 21, 1870, a son of William and Margaret (Shutt) Berry. His father was born upon the same farm upon which his son E. L. Berry first saw the light of day. This property was entered by his grandfather, Jacob Berry, who came to the county from Pennsylvania in 1818, at that time buying the land from the government. Upon the death of the grandfather, William Berry purchased the old home place, which is now owned by a son, M. M. Berry. The father devoted his time in agricultural pursuits together with stock raising and in 1874, when fifty years of age, departed this life as the result of injuries received by being kicked by a horse. At the time of his demise he was justice of the peace, having served in that office with exceptional credit for a period of twenty-five years. He was a member of the German Reformed church of Polk at the time of his death. Jackson township was also the birthplace of Margaret (Shutt) Berry, mother of the subject of this review, and her parents came to this county from the Keystone state about the time of the arrival of the Berry family. She passed away here on May 4, 1883, being at that time fifty-four years of age.

On the home farm E. L. Berry was reared, acquiring his knowledge of husbandry under the instruction of his father and during his boyhood days obtained his preliminary education in the district schools. About two years following the demise of his mother he began his business career as a farm hand in Wayne county, which occupation he followed for about three years. At the termination of that time he spent one year as a pupil at school in Polk, Ohio after which he returned to Wayne county, where he devoted one year to faite. During the winter he pursued a course of study at the Ohio Normal University in Ada. In the spring of 1891 Mr. Berry went to Colorado, where he was employed as a surveyor, at the same time being connected with a lumber firm in

Pitkin county, that state. Upon returning home in the fall of 1892 he again entered Ohio Normal University as a student in the civil engineering department and was graduated May 13, 1894. After his graduation he spent some time on the old home farm with his brother, and while there engaged in various occupations, teaching the district school during the years 1896 and 1897. In the spring of the latter year he again went to Pitkin county, Colorado, where he formed a partnership with John W. Irion, the firm engaging in surveying lands for the government. This connection existed until he returned to this county, where in the spring of 1898 he was married. He then located upon a farm, where he resided for two years, he and his wife in the meantime teaching school during the winter months, and on the expiration of that period he gave up agriculture and divided his time between carpentry and school teaching until the spring of 1901, when he was nominated on the democratic ticket for county surveyor. He was elected during the following fall, was reelected on the expira- - tion of his term, and is now serving in that position for his seventh year. His work being entirely satisfactory, he has won the reputation of being one of the most popular and efficient officials of the county.

Mr. Berry's marriage to Miss Anna E. Hastings, of Redhaw, Perry township, this county, was celebrated March 19, 1898, and to this union have been born two children: Marie and Gladwyn A. Mr. Berry is an excellent type of the self-made man who, depending entirely upon his own resourees, startea out in life fired with laudable ambition and determined to exert his energies in the direction of success, and although his row has been hard he has been favorea at each step and now enjoys a measure of prosperity justly due him for his untiring zeal and noble purpose. He is a democrat in politics, whose study of the principles of his party has convinced him of the feasibility of its policies in promoting the highest interests of the government, and he is always a loyal supporter of its candidates. He is popular throughout the county and is held in high regard particularly for the high grade services he has rendered in his present office.

Isaiah K. Donald

Isaiah K. Donald is now living retired in Loudonville. He was born in Butler county, Pennsylvania, August 14, 1844, a son of David and Mary Ann (Clark) Donald. The father was born in America but his parents were both natives of Scotland. The mother was also of American birth but came of Seotch- Irish parentage. David Donald followed the miller's trade throughout his entire life and was an industrious, energetic man. He continued his residence in Butler county, Pennsylvania, until about 1845, when he removed to Westmoreland county, that state, and in 1854 became a resident of Allegheny county, Pennsylvania. In 1856, he brought his family to Ohio, locating near Nashville in Holmes county. Here he turned his attention to milling and in following

'that pursuit provided for his family, which numbered six children. Henry 'the eldest, started for the Mexican war and was never heard from again. Ann and Mary are both deceased. Elizabeth is the wife of G. G. Fraim, of Oklahoma. Isaiah K. is the next of the family. Hosea was drowned at the time of the disaster of the Sultana, on which-he was a passenger. He had enlisted from Lucas, Richland county, Ohio, and was a member of McLaughlin's squadron.

Isaiah K. Donald was only a year old when his parents left his native county and after about nine years' residence in Westmoreland county he accompanied them to Allegheny county, Pennsylvania. Since 1856 he has resided continuously in Ohio, living in Holmes county until after the outbreak of the Civil war when, on the 14th of August, 1861, he responded to the country 's call for troops, joining Company B, of the Sixteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry under command of Captain William Spangler. He participated in the engagements at Cumberlands Gap, Powells Gap, Tazewell, Tennessee; Chickasaw Bayou; Fort Hinman, Kansas; Fort Gibson, Mississippi; and Champion Hills, and at the last named place on the 16th of May, 1863, he received a gunshot wound in the left ankle. He was sent to the hospital at Memphis, Tennessee, and afterward was granted a furlough and returned home. He then reported to the Seminary Hospital at Columbus and was transferred to the invalid camp at Dennison, Ohio, where he received an honorable discharge on the 28th of December, 1863.

In the meantime his parents had removed to Lucas, Richland county, and Mr.. Donald joined the family there. In July, 1864, he went to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and was married in that city on the 8th of June, 1865, the lady of his choice being Miss Susan Linhart, who was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, April 9, 1842. She was a daughter of Peter and Margaret (Brown) Linhart, who were natives of Pennsylvania and spent their last days near Turtle Creek, in Allegheny county, that state, Mrs. Donald being reared in Allegheny county from the age of five years. Their family numbered four sons and four daughters: William, who is now living in Stewart, Pennsylvania, and who served for three years as a soldier of the Civil war; Evaline, deceased ; Mrs. Sarah McCune, of Nebraska; Henry, who was for four years a soldier of the Civil war and has now departed this life; Mrs. Donald; John, of Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania; Mrs. Elizabeth Mats, of Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania; and James, deceased. The mother of these children, who was born November 1, 1808, died on the 31st of July, 1905. The father died April 20, 1876, when nearly eighty years of age.

Following his marriage Isaiah K. Donald returned with his young wife to Lucas, but because of the injury sustained in the war he was able to do little manual labor until 1869. He has resided in Ashland county for forty-one years and since 1873 has made his home in Loudonville with the exception of five years spent ona farm. In the village he has engaged in house-moving and through his well directed business efforts, his energy and his careful expenditure he has acquired a comfortable competence that now enables him to live retired. He also did business as a huckster for eight years and up to the time of his retirement lived a most active, busy and useful life. He has owned a home here since 1874 and two years ago he erected his present residence, which stands as a monument to his thrift and enterprise.

Unto Mr. and Mrs. Donald have been born five children: Margaret, at home; Elizabeth, the wife of Thomas Low, of Cleveland; Henrietta, the wife

In his political views Mr. Donald has always been a stalwart republican, giving his vote for all presidential candidates of the party and remaining as loyal thereto at local elections. He is a member of Fisher Post No. 309, G. A. R., and thus maintains pleasant relations with his old army comrades, serving as post commander and adjutant ever since the organization of the post. The greater majority of the soldiers were literally ''boys,''? many of them not having passed beyond their teens, among which number was Mr. Donald, but they never ceased to feel the keenest interest in their comrades-in-arms and there is no old soldier who does not enjoy meeting at the camp fires those with whom he marched on the long campaigns or who, like himself, were ranged up in battle array facing the enemy's bullets. Mr. Donald was not only a brave soldier but has always been a progressive citizen, interested in everything pertaining to the welfare of the community.

William St. Clair Latimer

William St. Clair Latimer is one of the venerable and respected citizens of Ashland county. He started upon the journey of life on the 8th of April, 1815, his birthplace being about two miles east of Canton, in Stark county, Ohio. Few can recall from personal knowledge the condition of things in the state at that time. It was by no means unusual to see bands of roving Indians and there were dense forest tracts into which the white men had scarcely penetrated. Comparatively few roads had been laid out, the streams were unbridged and the trees uncut. Wild game of various kinds could be found in the forest and there were also many wild animals. Life, too, was very different from that of the present time. The homes were widely scattered and the settlers depended upon their own labors for nearly everything which they used. Not only did the fields and the farm yield supplies of harvest and of stock which were converted into food products, but also the garments of the settlers were largely home woven and home made. The houses were lighted by tallow candles and later by kerosene lamps and fireplaces were used for heating purposes as well as for cooking. Today the average farm has all of the conveniences known to the city and this result has been wrought through the efforts of such enterprising, industrious and public-spirited men as William St. Clair Latimer, who has lived upon his present farm since 1826, or for about eighty-three years.

Mr..Uatimer came to Ashland county with his parents, James and Elizabeth (Travis) Latimer, who were natives of Pennsylvania and were reared and married in that state. They afterward removed to Stark county, Ohio, and in 1826 established their home in Ashland county upon a farm on section 24, Mifflin township, whereon they spent their remaining days. The father died when in the eighties and the mother passed away at the very venerable age of ninety-four. Their family numbered ten children: Rebecca, who died in

Betsy, who became the wife of Daniel Harlan; Nancy, who married Henry Brown; Margaret, who married William Roberts; Martha, the wife of Benjamin Cole; Joseph; and William. All were married and lived to a ripe old age with the exception of Rebecca.

William St. Clair Latimer is the youngest and the only one now living. He can well remember the journey to this county which was made by wagon through the forest. Here he assisted in the arduous task of clearing away the trees, preparing the land for the plowing and cultivating the first crops. As the years went by he continued to engage in general farming and in due course of time became the owner of one hundred and five acres of his father's original tract which consisted of the southwest quarter of section 24, Mifflin township. When the former took possession but twelve acres had been cleared and a cabin had been built in the little opening. As his years and strength increased Mr. Latimer assisted more and more largely in the work of the farm, so that he was well qualified to assume its management when he began farming on his own account.

Not only as an agriculturist but in other lines Mr. Latimer became well known. He had himself been educatéd in a log schoolhouse and he assisted in raising the first log schoolhouse in Mifflin when he was but eighteen years of age. He was always active in the Methodist church and after coming to this county attended services at Hayesville, whither he rode on horse-back, a distance of six miles. After the birth of two of his children he and his family attended services in a log church three miles west of their home in Richland county. He is now a member of the Methodist church of Widowville near the site of the old log schoolhouse where he first attended.

It was in 1839 that Mr. Latimer was married to Miss Sarah Nutter, who was born in West Virginia in March, 1814. She came to Crawford county, Ohio, with her parents as a young lady and resided there until her marriage. Her death occurred April 14, 1885, when she was seventy-one years of age. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Latimer were born nine children. James, the oldest, who enlisted for three years in 1861 as a member of the One Hundred and Twentieth Ohic Volunteer Infantry from this county under Captain McKinley, died while in the service in Vicksburg in February, 1862. Elizabeth, who acquired her early education in the common schools, afterward attended Vermillion Institute and Ashland College and successfully engaged in teaching for three or four years. She was first married to J. M. Tawney, a soldier who had been wounded in the service. After being thus injured he returned home but reenlisted and died a year and a half after they again came to the north, his death being the result of his injuries. Having lost her first husband Elizabeth became the wife of Mathew Neely. She is again a widow and for the past thirteen years has devoted her time to caring for her aged father. Nancy Jane, the third of the family, died February 13, 1897, at the age of fifty-four years, five months and eleven days. Harriett is the wife of Henry Sigler, a resident of Columbia Station, Lorain county, Ohio. John is living in Noble county, Indiana. William and Zachariah are both residents of Mifflin township. Sarah died at the age of three years. Amanda is the wife of Alfred Thomas and resides in Brookings county, South Dakota.

In his political views Mr. Latimer was originally a whig and voted for William H. Harrison. He has never failed to vote at each succeeding presidential election since that time. On the dissolution of the whig party he joined the ranks of the new republican party with which he has since been affiliated. The only office he has ever held was in connection with the schools and the cause of education has ever found in him a stalwart champion. While in his ninetyfifth year he is as straight as an arrow and walks about without the aid of a cane unless he is going some distance. His mind is clear and his memory good. He was able to do a hard day's work when seventy-five years of age and he is today the oldest man in Ashland county, a venerable citizen who is honored by all who know him.

William Shidler

William Shidler, prominent in the affairs of Ashland, who has served as county treasurer and is now devoting his attention to general farming and stock raising, was born in Orange township, this county, September 2, 1847, a son of Jacob and Rebecca (Wise) Shidler, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania and came to this county with their parents in childhood. The father passed away here October 23, 1866, and the mother February 5, 1877. They reared two children, namely: Jane Ann, the wife of Hugh Merry, residing in this county; and Wilham. ,

On his father's estate William Shidler was reared, engaging in agricultural duties during the sammer months and in the winter season acquiring his preliminary education in the village schools. Subsequently he completed a course at Savannah Academy and remained upon the home farm until he became of age, at which period of his life he rented the homestead for two years. He then purchased eighty acres of land in Orange township, which he occupied for two years, and then sold and established himself in the livery business in the village of Ashland, in which enterprise he continued for a couple of years. On selling out he returned to the old home farm, which he purchased and upon which he remained until 1893, when he disposed of the estate and engaged in the hardware business in Ashland but, after conducting this enterprise for two years and finding it unprofitable, he sold out the business. Becoming interested in politics he was elected to the office of county treasurer, which he held for four years, and at the expiration of that term he bought a farm containing eighty-four aeres, upon which he built a nice residence, a substantial barn and other outbuildings and put it into such shape as to make it one of the finest farms in Montgomery township. He took possession of the property in 1900 and has since resided there in the pursuit of general agriculture, giving some attention to stock raising.

On November 2, 1872, Mr. Shidler wedded Miss Elizabeth Myers, a native of Somerset. county, Pennsylvania, who when two years of age located in this county with her parents, John B. and Barbara Myers, both of whom are deceased. They reared a family of thirteen children, nine of whom are living. To Mr.

and Mrs. Shidler have been born, Maud and Lloyd J., both deceased ; Charles J., who is married and resides at home ; and Etha May, the wife of C. G. Helbert, residing in Barberton, Ohio.

Mr. Shidler is a stanch supporter of the democratic party, in the affairs of which he has been very active, and he was elected assessor of Orange township in which capacity he served for six years. At present he is one of the county commissioners. He belongs to Ashland Lodge, K. P., and to Lodge No. 151, A. F. & A. M., meeting at Ashland. Mr. Shidler attends divine services with his wife at the Progressive Brethren church, of which she is a member and a liberal supporter. He is a man of admitted administrative ability, able to handle public affairs and courts the respect and esteem of his neighbors, both for his industry and excellent qualities of character, and is numbered among the influential and substantial citizens of the county.

Henry H. Maurer

Henry H. Maurer is a well known and respected representative of the farming interests of Ashland county. He now lives on section 12, Green township. He was born in Lake township on the 19th of June, 1856, and is a son of Samuel and Mary Jane (Stowe) Maurer and a grandson of Henry and Hannah (Lautner) Maurer. Henry Maurer was born in Holidaysburg, Pennsylvania, in 1792, and in 1830 became a resident of Ashland county, settling on a farm in Lake township, where he carried on general agricultural pursuits throughout his remaining days, owning and cultivating one hundred and sixty acres. For nearly forty years he filled the office of justice of the peace and his decisions were strictly fair and impartial. He was also township trustee, clerk and treasurer and discharged his official duties in a most prompt and capable manner. His political allegiance was always given to the democratic party. In 1856 he lost his first wife, who died in early womanhood and in 1862 he wedded Mary A. Smith. His death occurred in 1864. He was the father of nine children: Jacob, John, Daniel, Samuel, Mrs. Sarah Dillier, Mrs. Rebecca Metcalf and Mrs. Hannah Wyatt, all born of the first marriage; and David and Mrs. Jane Robinson, who were children of the second marriage.

Samuel Maurer, a native of Pennsylvania, was born December 16, 1831, and was therefore very young when his parents removed to Ohio, so that practically his entire life was spent on a farm in Lake township. He always lived quietly, devoting his attention to the tilling of the soil, and at his death he owned one hundred and sixty acres of good land. His wife, who was born July 23, 1832, in Holmes county, Ohio, died May 1, 1906, at the old home in Lake township, and Samuel Maurer survived only until the 14th of September of the same year. They were the parents of five children: Anna, the deceased wife of B. F. Paullin, who was at one time a county official of Ashland county; Henry H.; Isabelle, the widow of Luther Smith and a resident of Loudonville; John, who married Ella Raney and lives in Wooster, Ohio; and George who married Isabelle Garst and is living in Palmer county, Texas.

Mr. And Mrs. Henry H. Maurer

Henry H. Maurer was reared in the usual manner of farm lads, no event of special importance occurring to vary the routine of the work of the fields for him in his youthful days. At the time of his marriage he removed to his present home in Green township and has here resided continuously since 1879. His life of well directed thrift and industry has made him one of the men of affluence in the community and that he has attained success is indicated in the excellent appearance of his farm, in the midst of which stands a fine home, which he erected in 1906. He has also remodeled the barn and has built commodious sheds and cribs for the shelter of grain and stock. He now owns seventy-seven acres of land on section 6, Lake township, where he was born, in addition to his home farm of ninety acres on section 12, Green township, and he cultivates both tnacts of land.

{n 1879 Mr. Maurer was united in marriage to Miss Jennie Covert, who was born in Monroe township, Richland county, Ohio, near Perrysville, October 10, 1855, and successfully engaged in teaching school prior to her marriage. She is a daughter of Esley and Elizabeth (Byers) Covert, natives of Lake township and Green township respectively. The father died in April, 1894, at the age of seventy years, while the mother resides in Stayton, Oregon. They were the parents of eight children, all of whom have now passed away with the exception of Mrs. Maurer and Mrs. Alice Clow, who is with her mother in Oregon. Five of the children became successful school teachers and three died in early life. Mrs. Covert was a second cousin of James G. Blaine. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Maurer have been born nine children: Beryl, the wife of William A. Simms, of Lake township; Blanche; Evelyn; Samuel Grover; Eugene; Anna; Ruth; Mary; and Ida.

Mr. Maurer has always voted with the democracy and is a stanch advocate of the principles of the party, but not an aspirant for office. He belongs to the Royal Arcanum and also to the Modern Woodman camp, of Loudonville. He has a wide acquaintance in this county, where his entire life has been passed and where his many substantial traits of character have won him the good will and friendship of many with whom he has been brought in contact.

H. E. Zimmerman, editor of the Loudonville Advocate, was born June 2, 1873, in the village which is still his home and in which he has spent the greater part of his life. He is a son of Leonard and Mary Ellen (Cowel) Zimmerman, who were natives of Wayne county, Ohio, both having been born, reared and married in that locality. Leonard Zimmerman was the eldest son of David and Susan (Hiner) Zimmerman, and was born near Springdale, Ohio, August 6, 1840. When a young man he learned the trade of wagon-making, which he followed for a number of years, pursuing the occupation in Shreve and in Perrysville. In 1871, he located in Loudonville where he conducted a wagonmaking shop for three years, and in 1874 removed to a farm west of the town, making his home thereon during the last thirty-four years of his life. He was one of the most highly respected citizens of Hanover township, a man of irreproachable integrity, straightforward in all his dealings and not only upright but also a gentleman of kindly manner and genial disposition. He was married on the 15th of October, 1862, to Miss Mary Ellen Cowel, and to them were born five sons and three daughters, who are all yet living. The death of Mr. Zimmerman occurred February 21, 1908, and the county lost thereby a valued and representative citizen, one who had always been loyal to the interests of the community and whose worth as a citizen and business man went unquestioned. H. E. Zimmerman was only a young lad when his parents removed to the farm about two and one half miles west of the town. There he was reared attending the district schools in his youthful days, while later he pursued a course in the Loudonville high school, from which he was graduated with the class of 1896. He taught school for thirteen consecutive years and during the first two terms he carried his high-school work while teaching. His connection with educational interests as a teacher was mostly in Hanover township and in his work he always held to high standards. In 1905, he turned his attention to journalism through the purchase, on the 19th of August of that year, of the Loudonville Advocate, of which he has since been editor, manager and publisher. On the 10th of October, 1898, Mr. Zimmerman was united in marriage to Miss Lottie E. Smith, a native of Ashland county, Ohio, and a daughter of J. G. and Mary Ellen (Goon) Smith, who are now residents of Ashland county. Mr. and Mrs. Zimmerman have one daughter, Vera Marie. They are well known in Loudonville and this part of the county where they have long resided, and it is well known that Mr. Zimmerman is a stalwart champion of all those movements and measures which feature in good citizenship and general progress.

Byron W. Hileman

Byron W. Hileman, who for many years has been prominently associated with the agricultural and stock-raising interests of Sullivan township, this county, is a native of Troy township, where his birth occurred April 3, 1858. He is a son of Heron B. and Nancy S. (Shank) Hileman, his parents having come from Wayne county to Ashland county in the year 1854, settling in the township where he was born. There his father was an extensive landowner and engaged in general farming and stock raising until he departed this life in November of the year 1900 and is still survived by his widow. In the family were eight children, seven of whom are now living.

Byron W. Hileman, the second of the family, spent his boyhood days on his father's farm, actively engaged in the pursuit of agriculture and in the winter season attending the district school, where he acquired his education. He remained under the parental roof until he was twenty-one years of age, when he left home, and after his marriage he settled on a farm in Huntington township, Lorain county, where he engaged in farming and stock raising for thirteen years. In 1892 he removed to Sullivan township, Ashland county, settling on the farm on which he now resides. His land embraces two hundred and twenty- six acres, all of which is of the best quality of soil, thoroughly drained, under a high state of cultivation and provided with all nécessary improvements with which to pursue the occupation of farming. His dwelling is of a modern type while his barn and other buildings are substantial and in addition he has plenty of machinery to carry on his work. In fact the farm is supplied with every modern convenience. Everything about the place is indicative of thrift and progress and in every particular his farm is one of the most desirable in the community. Aside from producing general crops such as hay, oats and wheat, he also pays some attention to all kinds of stock, keeping on hand a number of head of the best specimens of horses, cattle, sheep and hogs and at the same time engages to some extent in the dairy business. He is one of the most progressive farmers in the township and, having made a study of soils and of the adaptation and rotation of crops, he is usually successful in deriving from his fields the maximum yield per acre.

In February, 1883, Mr. Hileman wedded Miss Ella M. Smith, a daughter of Gustavus and Effie Smith, of Troy township, and they now have three children, namely: Alta, who became the wife of Charles Chapman; Blanch, wife of Clayton Arndt; and Edith.

Politically Mr. Hileman is a republican who takes an active interest in the affairs of the party and has frequently been chosen as a delegate to county, district and state conventions. He is decidedly a man of affairs, ready to further any matter devised for the advancement of the community, being especially an advocate of good roads and general public improvements, and is serving a second term as township trustee. He is also officiating as a member of the school board. He belongs to the Maccabees and with the members of his family attends divine services at the Congregational church in the village of Sullivan. Mr. Hileman is one of the aggressive men: of the community, whose. industry has done much for the general betterment of the township and whose upright life has always merited him the confidence and respect of his neighbors.

Alonzo Shambaugh

Alonzo Shambaugh is a representative of agricultural and financial interests in the southeastern portion of Ashland county. Since 1874 he has resided upon the farm in Green township which is still his home and he is also the vice president of the Perrysville Banking Company. He was born in Green township on the 10th of January, 1243, and is a son of John and Lydia (Lepley) Shambaugh, both of whom were natives of Snyder county, Pennsylvania, the former born in 1821 and the latter in 1823. They came to Ohio with their parents in childhood days, arriving about 1830, and were married in Ashland county, where the remainder of their lives were passed as farming people. Mr. Shambaugh was a son of John and Katharine (Walters) Shambaugh, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania but became pioneer residents of Ohio and died in Ashland county. Mrs. Lydia Shambaugh was a daughter of Henry and Phoebe (Hynes) Lepley. Her parents, too, were natives of Pennsylvania who cast in their lot with the early settlers of Ashland county. Unto Mr. and Mrs. John Shambaugh there were born three children: Alonzo; Curtis, who is now living in Mansfield, Ohio; and Emma, the wife of Frank Snyder, who occupies the old Shambaugh homestead in Green township.

Alonzo Shambaugh was seven years of age when his parents removed from his birthplace to a farm in Monroe township, Richland county, there residing for about six years. On the expiration of that period they returned to Green township and he continued to assist his father in the development and cultivation of the farm until after the outbreak of the Civil war when on the 9th of August, 1862, at the age of nineteen years he responded to the country's call for troops, joining the boys in blue of Company C, One Hundred and Twentieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry under Captain McKinley. He took part in the battle of Vicksburg and subsequently was taken ill and sent to the hospital at Memphis, Tennessee. When he had sufficiently recovered he rejoined his regiment at Plaquemine, Louisiana, took part in the Red River campaign and at Snaggy Point, Arkansas, was taken prisoner on the 3d of May, 1864. He was held until the 17th of May, 1865, being incarcerated at Tyler, Texas, until after the close of the war when the victory won by the Union arms led to the release of the northern men who were confined in southern prisons.

Mr. Shambaugh was a faithful and loyal supporter of the old flag and the cause it represented, fearlessly defending the Union interests in various hotly contested battles. When the war was over he returned home and resumed farming with his father, continuing to cultivate the home place until his marriage. In the spring of 1874 he bought his present farm which comprises one hundred and forty-four acres of good land adjoining the corporation limits of Perrysville and about twenty acres within the boundaries of the village on Third street. On this farm he has a large fine residence and substantial outbuildings for the shelter of grain and stock. All were erected by Mr. Shambaugh and stand as monuments to his thrift, enterprise and progressive spirit. His fields are carefully tilled so that he annually gathers good crops and he also augments his yearly income by his sales of stock. He has been the vice president of the Perrysville Banking Company since the bank was owned by home capital and is a man of keen business discernment, rarely, if ever, at fault in matters of judgment relating to the management of his agricultural and financial interests.

In October, 1874, Mr. Shambaugh was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Ann Harlan, who was born in Vermillion township, November 12, 1842, and is a daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Latimer) Harlan, who were natives of Virginia but spent their last days in Ashland county. They had six daughters and five sons, including Mrs. Shambaugh, who by her marriage has become the mother of two children: Montrose H., now of Perrysville; and Daisy, the wife of Ira Gorhan, of California. fe In his political views Mr. Shambaugh is a stalwart democrat, unfaltering in is support of the party principles. He has been township trustee for two terms, was treasurer for seven terms and has also been a member of the village board of education and served for several terms on the jury commission 3 belongs to the Baptist church in which he is a trustee and he was a member of

Ziegler Post, No. 512, G. A. R., of Perrysville until it was disbanded. He is today as loyal to his duties of citizenship as when he followed the old flag on southern battlefields and takes just pride in what he has accomplished in the village for its substantial upbuilding and improvement.

George Dl. Miller

George L. Miller, whose spirit of enterprise constitutes an important factor in the business activity and consequent prosperity of Perrysville, is now serving as postmaster of the town and is also identified with several business interests. He was born in Salona, Clinton county, Pennsylvania, November 8, 1858, and there spent the first ten years of his life, on the expiration of which decade he came with the family to Ohio. He is a son of Henry T. and Jane (Herr) Miller, who were also natives of Clinton county, Pennsylvania, the former born August 6, 1818, and the latter on the 6th of January, 1820. They were married in the county of their nativity and resided there until 1868, when they moved westward to Perrysville, arriving on the 6th of November. They both spent their remaining days here, and the father, who had previously given much of his attention to general agricultural interests, devoted his time and energies to the livery business and to the conduct of a meat market in Perrysville. He was twice married and had two daughters by the first union. His second marriage was to Jane Herr and their family numbered two sons, the brother of our subject being Harry Edmund, who was born in Clinton county, Pennsylvania, January 28, 1861, and died February 9, 1909. The mother passed away August 15, 1874, and the father's death occurred October 15, 1892. In tracing the ancestry farther back it is found that the Miller family is of Irish lineage. The grandfather of our subject was John Miller, a native of the Emerald isle, who served as the first sheriff of Clinton county, Pennsylvania. He had two sons who died unmarried, and Henry T. Miller was the only one who married and reared a family.

In taking up the personal history of George L. Miller we present to our readers the life record of one who is widely and favorably known in Perrysville and throughout this part of the county for his sterling traits of character commend him to the friendship and regard of all with whom business or social relations bring him in contact. Since the family home was established in the village, in 1868, he has here lived. The father owned a farm adjoining the town on the east and there resided for seven years, after which he spent two years in the village and then traded for a farm a mile west of the town comprising one hundred and thirty acres, which is now the property of George L. Miller, who resided thereon from February, 1878, until November, 1892. At the latter date he again took up his abode in the village and became engaged in the implement business, which he carried on for three years. In July, 1906, he was appointed postmaster of Perrysville and is now filling that position, at the same 'time conducting a shoe store in which he carries a large and well selected line of goods. He is, moreover, a stockholder in the Perrysville Pottery Company

On the 1st of December, 1886, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Miller and Miss Bertha Ross, who was born in Morrow county, Ohio, June 20, 1862. She was a resident of Shreve at the time of her marriage and her parents, Daniel and Nancy Ross, still reside there. Mr. and Mrs. Miller have many warm friends in Perrysville and throughout this part of the county and their own home is justly celebrated for its warmhearted and gracious hospitality. In politics Mr. Miller has been a life-long republican who studies the questions and issues of the day and is therefore able to give strong reason for his political faith. He has served for many years as a member of the village council and exercises his official prerogatives in support of various measures for the public good. He has done active work on the board of education during the three years incumbency in the office and he withholds his cooperation from no movement which is deemed of value in promoting the best interests of the community. That he is a popular member of the Knights of the Maccabees is indicated by his relation as commander of the local tent. He also belongs to the Presbyterian church and is a man of genuine personal worth whose life has been straightforward and honorable in all of its varied relations.

Francis Vantilburg

For upwards of a century and a half the Vantilburgs have been connected with the farming interests of the state of Ohio and in addition to their valuable accessions to its commercial progress its members have also patriotically devoted themselves to sustaining the dignity of the nation as a world power and given of their martial forces to the Revolutionary and Civil wars. Henry Vantilburg, a native of Holland and grandfather of Francis, settled at New Holland, New Jersey. He served with the. Minute Men in the Colonial army during the war for American independence and participated in the battles of Monmouth and Trenton. One day while he was in the army his wife was standing in the doorway of their home with a baby in her arms when she was shot by a Hessian soldier of the British army without provocation. Later he married Julia Ann Sunderland, a native of New Jersey. For his military service he was paid in colonial money, which proved to be of no value and he was left penniless. At the close of the war he came to Ohio and located near Somerset, where he resided until called from this life. He was one of the early pioneers of this state where he cleared land and like his fellow settlers he resided in a log cabin of his own construction, there rearing a large family. He was known to be a man of great industry and at the time of his death, which occurred in his ninety-seventh year, he left a large and valuable estate. He cleared two large farms and became one of the leading men of the township in which he lived.

Henry Vantilburg, father of the subject of this review, was born in Jefferson county, this state, in 1778, and was noted for his uprightness and integrity passing his entire life without any business differences necessitating recourse law. With the exception of the money he paid to have his will drawn he never expended a cent for legal fees and this indubitably proves his sterling qualities of character. During the war of 1812 he was drafted but the cares of his farm being so pressing he was unable to enter the military service and gave the best horse he owned to a substitute. He located in this section of the state in pioneer days and it fell to him to clear the land he cultivated. After he had succeeded in transforming his claims into productive fields he was compelled to carry his grain to Mount Vernon, a distance of fifty miles, this being his nearest mill. In those days there were few sawmills and consequently one could not obtain boards with which to make their buildings. Mr. Vantilburg constructed a barn out of hewn logs and, desiring to have upon it a shingled roof, he was compelled to go ten miles in order to get the nails, in payment for which he traded wheat that he carried on horseback, giving one bushel of grain for two pounds of nails. The latter were very expensive at that time in as much as they were made by hafid and it was necessary to hammer them one at atime. He spent his entire life in the pursuit of agriculture. His wife was Jennie Shaw, a native of Virginia, born in 1788 on the York river. She came to Jefferson county, this state, when a girl, with her father, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. By her Mr. Vantilburg had a family of ten children, but the only survivors are: Henry, born in 1821; and Francis, born January 20, 1829.

On the home farm Francis Vantilburg worked until he attained the age of maturity, in the meantime acquiring his education in the village schools. Later he engaged with his father in cultivating the land on shares and upon the death of his parents in 1862 he sold the estate of which he was administrator and purchased his present farm in Milton township, Ashland county, where he has since resided, cultivating one hundred and sixty acres. His specialty is sheep raising and wool growing and during the past forty-five years he has sold forty-five thousand pounds of wool and many thousand dollars worth of sheep. He breeds from the finest specimens of the Merino type, of which he keeps on hand about two hundred head. Aside from sheep raising Mr. Vantilburg is also interested in horse breeding and buys and ships registered stock, at the same time paying some attention to breeding mules, which animals he handled extensively during the Civil war and disposed of quite a number of head for use in military service.

In 1855 Mr. Vantilburg was united in marriage to Miss Mary M. Shipley, of Ashland county, who is still living, and they are the parents of four children, one son and three daughters, namely : Mary Ida, now the wife of Frank Masters, of Ashland; Jennie the wife of R. M. Wharton, of Milton township; Herman D., who married Emma Balyeat and has three children; and Luzetta, the wife of H. L. Mason, of Orange township.

Mr. Vantilburg has had a wonderfully useful career, being well known throughout the county for his bere olences, and he reared and educated three of his sister's orphan children and ais» his nephew, F. C. Goudy, who worked on the farm until he was sixteen years of age, when he began his college course and was graduated from Ann Arbor University, in Michigan, and also pursued a one year's course of study in the lowa State University. At present he is located in Denver, Colorado, where he has the reputation of being one of the leading lawyers in the state. Being a well known politician, he was elected delegate at large when the late Hon. William McKinley was nominated for the presidency. Mr. Vantilburg is very proud of his nephew's career and deserves much credit for the interest he took in him which enabled him to attain such a prominent place in the esteem of the people of the city in which he resides and of the members of his profession.

In politics Mr. Vantilhurg is an ardent republican who has always been loyal to the candidates of his party and during the Civil war, while he had a captain's commission, he did not enter the service but succeeded in enlisting forty men who participated in many battles. He has spent his life in doing good to others, his benefactions being known throughout the county, and although he has expended much means in noble causes he has plenty remaining to enable him to enjoy the comforts of life. He belongs to the Methodist church, of which he has been a member for the past fifty years and in which he has served 'as steward, trustee and class leader. Being a man who has always lived in harmony with the teachings of the Christian faith and at the same time being of a congenial disposition he has won many friends and is numbered among the excellent and substantial residents of the county.

G. I. Harris

G. I. Harris operates the Valley farm, one of the fine properties of Mohican township. It comprises one hundred and twenty acres of land on section 17 and is about two miles south of Jeromeville. It is well improved with good buildings and the soil is very rich and arable, responding readily to the care and labor bestowed upon it. Mr. Harris is a native son of Ashland county, his birth having occurred in Perry township, February 14, 1859. His youthful days were there passed in the home of his parents, William and Katharine (Crites) Harris. The father was born north of Wooster, Ohio, in 1815, and still resides upon the old homestead farm in Perry township. Although ninety-four years of age, his mind is clear and active and he is a most entertaining old gentleman who relates in interesting manner many incidents of the early days. He worked hard in early life to attain success and became the owner of four hundred and fifty acres of fine land but has disposed of a part of it. During the greater part of his active life he operated a threshing machine and also gave general supervision to the improvement of his farm. He was a son of James Harris, whose wife died in Perry township at the very advanced age of ninety-six years, while one of her sisters was more than one hundred years of age at the time of her demise. It will thus be seen that William Harris comes of a long-lived ancestry. His wife died in Perry township after rearing the family of ten children, who are a credit and honor to her name. In order of birth they are as follows: Rachel Ann, the wife of William Cline, a resident of California; Ellen, who is the widow of William Onstott and resides with her father; Sarah Jane, the wife of Joseph Lucas, of Hayesville; Eliza, who became the wife of William Alkire and after his death married again; James, who is a merchant of

Jeromeville; Louisa, who became the wife of Enoch Selby and after his death married John Moore, now residing in Perry township; Lucy, the wife of D. F. Heizer, a resident of Oklahoma; G. I., of this review; Minerva, the wife of William Kennedy, a resident of Spring Mills, Ohio; and Esther, the wife of Henry Pickens, living in Perry township.

Reared under the parental roof, G. I. Harris entered the public schools at the usual age and therein mastered the branches of learning which were taught in the rural schools of those days. His training at farm labor was not meager, for at an early age his father instructed him in the best methods of planting the seed, cultivating the ground and caring for the crops when his labors of spring were rewarded by the harvests of autumn. He began farming for himself on the place which is now his home and which is owned by his father. It is a tract of one hundred and twenty acres on section 17, Mohican township, known as the Valley farm from the fact that it contains first and second bottom land in the Mohican valley. It is only about two miles south of Jeromeville, so that the advantages offered by the town are easily accessible. He raises good grades of stock and also devotes his attention to the cultivation of the cereals best adapted to the soil and climate. Both branches of his business are sources of profit to him because his work is carefully managed.

In 1883 Mr. Harris was united in marriage to Miss Hattie M. Egner, who was born in Olivesburg, Ohio, in 1853, a daughter of Benjamin H. and Julia Ann (Baker) Egner. Her father died at the home of Mr. Harris in 1909. This marriage has been blessed with four children: Olive, Cora, Gladys and Dewey Durant. The family is well known in this part of the county and its social standing is indicated by the fact that the hospitality of the best homes of this section is freely accorded the members of the Harris household. In his political views Mr. Harris is a stalwart republican, interested in the success of the party, yet he does not seek nor desire office as a reward for party fealty. He belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church of Jeromeville and is one of the trustees of the parsonage. He endeavors to shape his life by the teachings of the church and is therefore widely known as a man ever upright and honorable, seeking to do to others as he would have them do unto him.

J. P. Hunter

J. P. Hunter is a representative of one of the old families of the county, his birth having occurred August 20, 1878, on his present home farm. He comes of Irish ancestry, tracing the line back to William Hunter who was born in Ireland in 1772 and came to America some time in the year 1788 when sixteen years of age. He located near Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania, and in 1794 he was made an officer in the federal service against the insurgents in the whisky insurrection. He married Jane Steel, a daughter of James and Margaret Steel, and unto this union, which was celebrated in 1800, were born nine children: | Elizabeth, who became the wife of R. Castor; Jane, the wife of Isaac Barger; Mary, the wife of S. Bower; Margaret, the wife of George Lincoln; Sarah, the wife of H. Hardesty; David, who married Catharine Scholes; James S., who wedded Nsther Collins; William, who married Sarah Cummins; and John, who wedded Mary Dowell. It was in March, 1818, that William Hunter removed from Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, with his wife and children and began the development and improvement of the north half of section 26, Green township, Ashland county, which was entered from the government by himself and his brothertnlaw, John Steel. A part of this is now in possession of R. R. Hunter. Mr. Hunter struggled with the privations and hardships which beset the early pioneers in clearing away the primeval forest and planting their erops among the blackened stumps. Their farm machinery was very crude compared to that im use at the present day. Mr. Hunter continued, however, to carry em the work of the fields until 1819, when he fell a victim of the then prevalent disease of ague and passed away at the early age of forty-seven years. He had been to mill at Newville ten miles distant from his home and upon his return his family discovered from his unusual appearance that he was ill. He remarked that he believed that he was poisoned and, lying down before the fire, he attempted to warm himself before the blazing coals. Neither he nor his family kmew what was the matter but the attack proved to be a hard ague chill. Three months later he succumbed to the disease which had thus manifested itself.

Mrs. Hunter died two years later, leaving a family of nine orphaned children, the oldest daughter being but nimeteen years while the oldest son was seventeen and the youngest member of the family but fourteen months old. The older children, however, did their duty to the younger members of the family and all grew to manhood and womanhood. The sons, David, James, Wilbam and John, were hfelong residents of Green township where they sucee lly follewed the oceupation of farming. They were all men of good basimess ability, displaying marked enterprise in carrying on their work and aang judgment im making their investments. As the years passed they became among the heaviest land owners of the township. David married Catharine Scholes and to them were born seven children, Hetty, Jane, Isaac, David, Martha, Catharime and Ellen. The mother passed away in 1868 while the father died

73 at the age of seventy years. dames, whose death occurred in 1886, en he was eighty years of age, was married in 1838 to Esther Collins and they if children: Sarah, the wife of George Reinhart; Margaret, the wife of ordan; Eliza, who died at the age of eighteen years; and Mary J., who yet resides on the old homestead. While a boy James Hunter began working on a canal y which h was then under construction in southern Ohio and by persever-

. 2 and strict comeany through several years he saved enough money to purchase & farm in Green township. He then erected there a log cabin and jegan clearing the timber from the land that he might place it under cultivation.

Upen this - _ he spent his remaining days, passing away December 22, 1886, st the ripe old age of eighty years and eighteen days. His wife preceded him t@ the spirit world nee 18, 1885, at the age of seventy-nine years and four sixty-five years, had Sarl Sarah Cummins and their children were William, Rosana, Millard and Mary. John, the youngest son, who departed this life in

J. P. Hunter, whose name introduces this review, has spent his entire life on the farm which is now his home and has always carried on general agricultural pursuits. In his youthful days he attended the district schools, while later he continued his education in the Loudonville high school, from which he was graduated with the class of 1897. He has taught fourteen terms in the district schools of Hanover and Green townships and is recognized as a capable educator whose labors are a substantial element in promoting the interests of public instruction in this part of the county. In his farm work, too, he has been very successful and now has eighty acres of land on section 23, Green township, where he devoted his time to the raising of grain and stock, both branches of his business proving profitable.

Mr. Hunter belongs to Teutonia Lodge, No. 69, K. P. of Loudonville and also to the Masonic Lodge at that place. He is a democrat in politics and was assessor of Green township for two terms. He is much interested in the welfare of his party and has served on the county central committee from Green township. He is well known as a stalwart champion of democratic principles and is active in advancing the party's good, while his efforts and influence have been no unessential factor in promoting the agricultural and intellectual progress of the southeastern part of Ashland county.

Jacob T. Robeson

Jacob T. Robeson is a substantial business man .who keeps in touch with modern methods of trade and in all of his activity has manifested a spirit of justice and progressiveness that have won him the respect and also gained for him a gratifying trade. He is now engaged in the grocery and queensware business in Perrysville and his fellow citizens, recognizing his interest in the public welfare and his devotion to the general good, have elected him a member of the village board. He was born in Washington township, Holmes county, Ohio, not far from Loudonville, on the Ist of November, 1848, and there spent the days of his boyhood and youth. His parents were Elias W. and Paulina (Priest) Robeson, both of whom were born in the vicinity of Loudonville, the father's birthplace being in Knox county and the mother's in Holmes county, Ohio. She was a daughter of William Priest, a brother of Loudon Priest, who laid out the town of Loudonville. Mr. and Mrs. Elias W. Robeson spent their entire lives on a farm and there reared their family of six sons and five daughters. The father owned a large place and was extensively engaged in raising sheep so that there was much work for the children to do in their youthful days.

Jacob T. Robeson remained at home until twenty years of age, working in the fields and in the pastures and also acquiring his education by attending the public schools and Perrysville Academy. Leaving home he engaged in clerking 'in the store for T. W. Coulter until his employer died and in 1873 he entered the grocery business in partnership with John T. Fulmer, under the firm style of

Robeson & Fulmer. This relation was maintained until 1876 when Mr. Robeson sold out and turned his attention to the occupation to which he had been reared. He purchased a farm of eighty acres north of Perrysville and there lived for abont eight years, after which he returned to the town and entered the hardware business with John Coulter, his brother-in-law, under the firm style of Coulter & Company. This relation was maintained for ten or twelve years, at the expiration of which time Mr. Robeson sold out and bought his present store. He has since 1894 engaged continuously in dealing in groceries and queensware and has a well equipped establishment, tasteful and attractive in its appointments while his reliable business methods commend him to the confidence and patronage of the general public. He has never been known to take advantage of the necessities of another in any trade transaction but seeks his success along legitimate lines of commerce, his close application, unfaltering diligence and earefully directed labor constituting the foundation on which he has built his prosperity.

In 1872 Mr. Robeson was united in marriage to Miss Jane Coulter, a native of Perrysville and a daughter of T. W. and Elmina (Hill) Coulter, of whom mention is made elsewhere in this volume. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Robeson have been born two sons, who are yet living, Ralph Coulter and Elias Ray, both of whom are in the grocery business with their father. One son, Willie, died at the age of two years.

In his political views Mr. Robeson is a stalwart republican, thoroughly in sympathy with the principles and policy of the party. He served as postmaster of Perrysville under President McKinley and President Roosevelt, filling the position for eight years although his son Ray was the active man in the office. He has also been a member of the board of education and at the present writing is serving as a member of the village council. He is opposed to anything like misrule in municipal affairs and believes in an honest, businesslike administration. His fellow townsmen recognize his worth and have kept him in different offices for sometime. He cooperates in all movements for the public good of his town and county and belongs to that class of substantial men who uphold the political and legal status of the community and are factors in its substantial upbuilding and progress.

Thomas W. Coulter

No history of Perrysville would be complete without mention of Thomas W. Coulter, who for many years figured in the public life of the community and was ever a man whom to know was to respect and honor. He was born in Old Beavertown, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, and with his parents, Jonathan and Mary (Wilson) Coulter, came to Ohio, locating in Perrysville. This section of the county was at that time a part of Richland county. Thomas W. Coulter. when the removal was made, was but ten years of age. The family home was established in a frontier district and their opportunities were limited but he made the best use possible of the chances which were given him to acquaint himself with those branches of learning which constitute the basis for all practical advancement in life. He manifested such aptitude in his studies that the people of the community soon considered him abundantly qualified to teach school and he took up the profession which he followed very successfully for several terms, thus becoming identified with the early educational progress of his part of the county.