Blanchard Township (part 1 of 2)

Blanchard Township

It is believed - and so stated by Mr. D. H. Edgar - that this township was organized in 1833, the same year the county was erected; and such we find on record, it being one of the early settled and first organized townships of the county. It originally embraced all, or nearly all, of the northern portion of the county, and even some territory now embraced in Wyandot County; then Jackson Township was erected; then Washington, and later, Liberty Township. In 1845, Wyandot County was organized, and some territory then embraced in Jackson Township was attached to said county, and, to preserve the identity and dimensions o^ said Jackson Township, a portion was detached from Blanchard and attached to Jackson Township, which then left Blanchard with its present limits, being in form a rectangle, four sections wide from east to west and six sections long from north to south, embracing twenty- four square miles, or 15,360 acres. It is situated in the northern tier of townships, and bounded as follows: On the north, by Hancock County; on the east, by Jackson Township; on the south by Pleasant, and on the west by Washington Township. This territory was originally covered by a very heavy growth of timber, and required a long-continued and persistent labor to open out, clear up and bring the land into condition to be easily cultivated and productive, and its first settlers had to endure many hardships and deprivations.

The first settlers here were compelled to travel through the dense forests to Logan County to obtain meal or fiour - a distance of about forty miles. Some would use " hominy blocks" to pound their corn, then sift out the finest for meal to make bread. This difficulty of the pioneers induced John McBride to visit the Wyandot Indians at Upper Sandusky, and purchase a hand mill, about twenty inches in diameter, with two small buhrs, which ground very well by being turned by a lever or sweep, and was regarded as a great acquisition to the settlement. This mill would grind about two bushels per day. Subsequently, a horse mill was purchased by William Ford, of Allen County, about fifteen miles distant, which was much resorted to and did very good work. This mill ground for this neighborhood for about twelve years. This was succeeded by a draft mill, built by Mr. Benjamin Eulin, in Washington Township. A great trouble and hindrance to the early settlers was the "milk sickness," which prevailed in some sections to an alarming extent, and in some families half their number died of this dreaded disease, and many oxen and horses that ran at large in the woods would become affected with the disease, and often die in a short period of time. After the country was opened out and cultivated, the disease disappeared, and there was no longer danger in the free use of milk and butter. Game - such as deer and turkeys - was plentiful, which, together with the wild hogs, furnished the settlers with an abundance of meat.

Sukface, Steeams, Soil, Timbee, Eoads, Etc

The surface of Blanchard Township is generally level or slightly undulating. Its principal stream is the Blanchard River, from which the township takes its name. This stream rises in Pleasant Township, near

Kenton, flows north to northeast and passes through the southeast part of this township, receiving, in its course, one small tributary, known as i Cessna Creek, then, in a northeast direction, enters Jackson Township.

is rich and productive, yielding, abundantly, wheat, corn, oats and hay. The soil is a loam and clay, with enough admixture of sand to give more warmth and dryness than generally exists in the eastern and southern parts of the county. As stated above, this was originally very heavily timbered, t and, as Mr. Edgar states, the trees were tall and straight, with very little undergrowth, this having been destroyed and prevented by yearly fires by : the Indians. This gave a clear sweep for the hunters, whose view for-

( game was thus unobstructed; and the appearance of these mighty forests, with their straight, towering trees reaching heavenward, with such a clear 1 and unobstructed view over the surface underneath their branches, was

I isted here, it is not strange that the pioneer hunter was fascinated with the beauty of the situation. The varieties of timber are the same as have been ' enumerated in other townships, the leading and most valuable being ash, maple, oak and beech, of which there have been thousands of most beautiful logs sawed into lumber. This township is well supplied with gravel for : building roads, and also has some limestone quarries, which produce some

[ good lime, and much of the stone is found in thin layers, one upon another, which are easily flaked off and broken into small fragments and

I then used for building macadamized roads, and for ballasting railroads. This township has built and has in construction several of these macadamized roads, and it can boast of some of the best pikes in the county. The progress and improvements here have been rapid. A little more than fifty i years ago the first white settler set his foot upon the soil of Blanchard dwellings and improvements. These, with its fine pikes, railroad, tele- : graph and telephone lines, with all their conveniences, are in marked contrast to the wilderness and wild scenes of those days. If there be the same degree of progress during the next fifty years that there has been in the past fifty, who can imagine or portray the condition* of this people and country theny It is beyond the power of the pen of the historian, and we i can only leave it to be developed as the years roil by.

Eaely Settlers

The first to penetrate the forests of Blanchard and to make a permanent settlement here was David H. Edgar, who was born in Beaver County, Penn., September 8, 1800, and who in 18 L4, with his father, Joseph Edgar, and his family came to Holmes County, Ohio, where the parents died. In June, 1830, David left Holmes County, and came to this county and entered eighty acres of land on the northeast quarter of Section 18, in Blanchard Township. There were then three families who had settled on ' the Blanchard in Jackson Township, viz., James E. Hueston, Joseph Bates and Daniel Hamblin, the first mentioned being his nearest neighbor - a distance of five miles. In the following winter, Mr. Edgar taught a subscription school, for the above-mentioned families, in an old log cabin on the Hueston farm, formerly occupied by him as a dwelling, but which he had previously vacated. This was the first school ever taught in the north part of Hardin County. In March, 1831, Mr. Edgar was united in marriage with one of his scholars - Miss Azuba Hamblin. During this year, he farmed the place belonging to the heirs of D. Hamblin, and, in the spring of 1832 he located in his own cabin, on the eighty acres he had entered in 1830, and here commenced the struggle of life. In January, 1834, was born to them a daughter, the first child born in Blanchard Township. Mr. Edgar says that at the time of this occurrence, there were but three women in the three townships of Jackson, Blanchard and Washington, and those three were present, and took charge of affairs on this occasion. His cabin had been " chinked and daubed," and with some deer skins tacked over the crevices in the walls, and others laid upon the floor, made the cabin as comfortable as possible for the occasion, occurring, as it did, in midwinter. But all things passed oft well, and Mr. Edgar says that on no similar occasion since, with a warm and comfortable house, and the attendance of a skillful physician, have they ever passed through the ordeal more successfully than on that first occasion in the rude and cold log cabin, with the three neighbor women in attendance. He thinks that many in the fashionable society of to-day, with their fine houses and comforts, could they have looked in upon that scene in that rude, rough cabin, would have pronounced it death to both mother and child!

Here, in the dense forest, Mr. Edgar passed through all the trying scenes and hardships of pioneer life; cleared up his land, erected good buildings and obtained, by his labor and industry, a good farm with good improvements. He has filled most of the important offices of his township, having served as Trustee many years, as Treasurer fourteen years, and as a Justice of the Peace twenty-five years; and to him, perhaps more than any one person, the community owes a debt of gratitude for the noble pioneer work he has performed, and the aid he has given in the organization of the civil and religious institutions of the township. His wife died, June 11, 1867, aged fifty-four years. They raised a family of seven children, all grown to maturity, and are engaged in the active spheres of life. After the death of his wife,_ he retired from the active scenes of life, and has since resided with his children. After the incorporation of the town of Dunkirk, Mr. Edgar served as its Mayor two years. He is now in his eighty-third year, and is still able to walk about town and among his children with the aid Of his crutches, and seems to enjoy life well, is very cheerful and happy, and delights in thinking of and relating the incidents of his early life - of their hardships and their peculiar habits and modes of living.

Levi Bodley was the second settler who located here. He was a native of the State of New York, but emigrated with his parents to Eichland County, Ohio, in 1816, where they died. There Mr. Bodley grew to manhood and married Rebecca Dubois, and, in August, 1833, came to Hardin County and settled on the west half of the northeast quarter of Section 18, where he resided until about 1856-57, when he removed to Iowa. In April, 1834, his wife died, and he subsequently married Rebecca B. Davis. He raised a large family of children. By his first wife were Esther Ann, Elisha, Mathew and Sarah. By his second wife, he had Charles, Eliza Jane, William, Joseph, John and Ann. Of these, Mathew, Elisha and John died in the army, in the war of the rebellion. The balance of the children are all in the West. Mr. Bodley sustained an unblemished character, was a good neighbor and a worthy citizen.

William McKelvey, a native of Pennsylvania, became an early settler of Richland County, Ohio, where he married, and, in June, 1835, he removed to this township and settled on Section 7, but resided here only a few years, and removed to Huron County, Ohio, where he died.

Jolin R. Davis came here from Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1836, and settled on Section 17. The following December, his horse strayed away, and he started to track him in the snow through the wilderness toward Marseilles, about twenty miles distant; but the snow melting away, he lost the trail, and never returned, but was subsequently found frozen to death on the ground in the woods. His family remaiaed several years, then sold their place, but some of the children are still residents in other portions of the county.

Robert Wiles, a native of the State of New York, settled here on Section 5, in 1836. He was twice married; first, in New York, to Miss Lydia- Squires; she died August 7, 1847, aged fifty- three years. He married again, but again survived his second wife, who died December 7, 1857. He died April 17, 1859, aged sixty-six years. He was the father of the following children: William, Robert, Eunice, Seba and Alfred (twins), Edward,

Russell and Elizabeth; all of whom have removed to the West, except William S., who still resides here, and in the early history of the township vas a substantial and valued citizen, and filled many of the offices of the township.

Renatus Gum was born in the State of Delaware, September 18, 1817, and with his father and family came to Knox County, Ohio, near Danville. In 1838, they removed to Washington Township, this county, where they settled north of Hog Creek Marsh. Mr. Gum erected the first cabin in Dunkirk, which was of hewed logs, about 1851, just south of the railroad. He also opened the first store in this village. He is still a resident of the town.

John Fry, with his father, Enoch Fry, came here from Coshocton County, in the fall of 1834, and settled on Section 19, where they lived only a short time, both dying of milk sickness. John married Mary Mowrey, by whom he had Enoch, George, John and Jefferson, all of whom settled in this township except George, who now resides in Oregon.

George Mowrey came here from Knox County, Ohio, in the spring of 1835, and settled on Section 18, where he died, about 1844, after which his family all moved away.

Joseph B. Smith came here from Clinton County, Ohio, in 1838, and settled in Section 7, near where the grist mill now stands in Dunkirk. He died here in 1852-53. Mr. Smith was one among Jackson Township's best citizens; prompt in all his dealings, enterprising and giving his aid and assistance to all improvements and the general good of the community. He married Elizabeth Fleming, by whom he had the following children; Nancy, John, James and Elizabeth. His wife died and he married again, and by his second wife had three children. He subsequently moved away.

Elections And Officials

We find no records preserved of the first four years of the existence of Blanchard Townsliip, but from 1838-39 to the present time tliero is a good record, and we here present the officials from those years down to 1870. The first elections, and those for many years, were held at private houses. The officers have been as follows;

Trustees - S. J. Lawson, William Higgins and Robert Wiles; 1839, William Higgins, C. W. Shaw and Levi Bodle}-^; 1840, Thomas Huestoii, C. W. Shaw and Levi W. Bodley: 1841, William S. Wiles, George Roberts and Thomas Hueston; 1842-43, Levi Bodley, Abner McLane and Thomas

Hiiesfcon; 1844, James Packer, Levi W., Bodiev and William C. Dewitt; 1845, John Hulf, William C. Dewitt and William S. Wiles; 1846, James Ray, Henry Louthan and D. H. Edgar; 1847, Henry Louthan, James Ray and Levi W. Bodley; 1848, James A. Thomson, Jacob Mowrey and Henry Forsythe; 1849, James A. Thomson, Conrad Zimmerman and Henry King; 1850, Henry D. Miller, Morgan Gardner and Hiram King; 1851, Hiram King, Jacob Mowrey and James Ray; 1852, Henry Louthan, William Beem and Samuel Herring; 1853, D. C. Phillips, James A. Thomson and Samuel M. Louthan; 1854, S. W. Bodley, Morgan Gardner and D. C. Phillips; 1855, S. H. Packer, D. C. Phillips and W. T. Hinebaugh; 1856, W. T. Hinebaugh, Morgan Gardner and James A. Thomson; 1857, Nathan Bien, James M. Reed and James A. Thomson; 1858, W. S. Wiles, Isaac Miller and Nathan Bien; 1859-60, William S. Wiles, Jacob Woods and James A. Thomson; 1861, Jacob Woods, Isaac Miller and A Lynch; 1862, William S. Wiles, Isaac S. Miller and Henry Louthan; 1863, W. S. Wiles, Jacob Woods and S. H. Packer; 1864, David Higgins, William Peeler and Amos Clingman; 1865, Jacob AVoods. D. H. Edgar and James A. Thomson; 1866, D. C. Phillips, J. A. Thomson and David H. Edgar; 1867, W. S. AViles, David Higgins and A. Lynch; 1868, James A. Thomson, W. S. Whiles and A. Lehr; 1869, Issac Miller, Jacob Woods and N. B. Phillips.

In 1839, the Treasurer's total receipts were |60, 12|^, and his expenditures $26.69, leaving on hand a balance of $33.43f. In the settlement of March, 1883, the total receipts were $1,956.38, and the expenditures $720.17, leaving balance on hand of $1,236.21. In the year 1839, the Clerk received for his services during the year $3, and the Treasurer $1.50. In 1882, the Clerk received $150, and the Treasurer $74.35 - quite a marked contrast!

The first saw mill was erected in 1853, by William Porterfield and Fred Church, on the northwest quarter of Section 18. This mill did a large business for several years, and then went out of use. In 1878, Mathew Kern erected a saw mill, in Dunkirk, which is still doing a good business.

The first schoolhouse was built of logs, erected on Section 7, and the first teacher was Wilmot Munson, a Yankee, a good scholar and an excellent teaciier. From settlement to settlement, schools were establisfii^d, and the progress in educational privileges has been quite rapid and complete - as much so, probably, as any township in the county. The report of the Board of Edu: cation of the township, which includes the schools, excepting those of Dunkirk, is as follows:

Total receipts for all school purposes, |3,477.62; total expenditures, $1,487.83; balance on hand September 1, 1882, $989.79. Number of subdistricts, 7: number of houses, 7; number of schoolrooms, 7, and number of teachers necessary to supply the schools, 7. Average wages per month for male teachers, $30; average wages per month for female teachers, $21; average number of weeks, schools were in session, 24. Total value of school property, $4,000. Number scholars enrolled - boys, 120; girls, 111; total, 231.

Dunkirk Union Schools. - Total receipts for school purposes $1,938; expenditures, $3,174.36; deficit. $1,236.36. Number of schoolrooms, 7; number of teachers employed, 8. Average wages paid teachers per month, male, $47, female, $30. Average number of weeks the schools were in session, 32, Total valuation of school property. $6,000. Total enrollment of scholars - Primary, boys, 161, girls, 192; high school, boys 12, girls, 20; total, 385. Dunkirk Board of Education has now under contract a new brick school building, to be erected during the summer of 1883, as follows: 76x86 feet; three stories high, with basement; the first and second floors are each to contain four rooms, the third floor two rooms and a literary hall, the latter to be 36x86 feet and 16 feet high. The basement is to be seven and a half feet in the clear, and divided into four rooms intended for surplus rooms, to be used as playrooms for the children in stormy weather, for fuel, etc. The whole building is to be heated by hot air, on the Ruttan system. Said building is to be finished at a cost of $21,670. The total receipts of funds for school purposes for the Dunkirk schools, from March, 1882, to March, 1883, were $2,813.31; total expenditures, $1,721; balance on hand, $1,092.31. This building, when completed, will be the finest school structure in Hardin County.

Towns And Villages

Dunkirk, the only town or village in the township, was surveyed and laid ofi* into lots, streets and alleys by E. D. Millar, Surveyor for Hardin County, for Hugh D. Miller, and the same was platted and recorded, being duly acknowledged April 9, 1852, since which the following additions have been made by the following persons, as per dates attached to their names respectively, viz. :

The town was incorporated on petition of fifty-nine resident voters, represented by W. D. Edgar and Isaiah Larkins, who brought the matter before the Commissioners, and the prayer of said petitioners was by them granted and the town organized into an incorporated 'village under the name of Dunkirk, September 4, 1867.

Runatus Grum built the first house in the town and also opened the first grocery store, and William Porterfield the first good general store. Frank Waldruff was the first blacksmith. The first physician was Dr. Steyer. The first family to locate in the town was George Kinsey, and the second John Walters. Anderson Watters was the first child born in the village, in 1858. The Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad was completed in 1854, and soon after the town began to improve. In 1857, Thomas Mahon & Co. opened a large dry goods store. In 1867, Bowers & Bosserman opened a good hardware store. In 1868, Mahon Bros, entered upon the manufacture of agricultural implements, which did a large business for several years. The town has now (1883) about 1,500 inhabitants and many tine residences, and almost all kinds of business are represented with some quite large stocks of goods.

goods and grocery stores; six groceries; two boot and shoe stores; two bakeries; two hardware, stove and tin stores; two drug stores; one merchant tailor; four millinery and fancy stores; three hotels; three livery stables; one furnitui'e and music store; two harness shops; three barber shops; two warehouses with elevators; two meat markets; six physicians; one dentist; one grist mill; two planing mills, with lumber yards attached; two saw mills; one stave factory; two wagon shops; four blacksmiths; three boot and shoe shops; one tile factory, and one marble works.

The Dunkirk Stone Quarry was opened in 1877, and is at present operated by Hippie & Talbert, of Pennsylvania. They employ 138 hands, and are now taking out sixty car loads of stone per day. The crusher in connection with the quarry has a capacity of thirty car loads every twelve hours, the finer material being used for roads and sidewalks and the balance for railroad ballasting. The stone is also used for building purposes, and this quarry is one of the leading interests of Hardin County.

1875, called the Dunkirk Standard, and continued the publication of this paper with good success and a good patronage, until the 1st day of March, 1883, when he sold out to the present proprietors, Messrs. Owens Bros. Mr. Davis removed at once to Hancock County, where he purchased the paper at McComb and entered upon his field of labors there; and we have no doubt of his success, and that what has been a loss to the people of Dunkirk will be a gain to the citizens of McComb.

The following persons have filled the office of Mayor of Dunkirk, viz. : 1867, Isaiah Larkins; 1868-70, wanting; 1871, D. Youngker; 1872, D. M. Bowers; 1873, A. K. Mecaskey; 1875, D. H. Edgar; 1877, H N. Hullin-' ger; 1878-79, John Watters. He resigned in March, 1880, and H. J. Eager was appointed to fill the unexpired term; in 1881, J. J. Wood was elected, and is still the incumbent of that office.

Secret Societies

D. ; J. P. Woods, R.; J. B. Halderman, F. R. ; A. M. Hostetter, Treas.; Frank Haskins, G. ; J. S. Darst, I. G. ; William Gucas, S. ; George Shira, M. D. E. ; M. E. Barber, P. D. ; G. A. Richards, Chap. Meetings are held on Friday evening of each week, at Knights of Honor Hall, Dunkirk, Ohio.

Diefenderfer, J. J. Wood. A. Yazel, J. B. Halderman, Daniel Edgar, John Darst, L. B. Lydick, L. W. Hebenthal, C. Hostetter, S. B. Davis, John Beans, E. C. Longabaugh and L. C. Crum. Officers as follows: Isaac

Blanchard River Disciple Church was organized in the schoolhouse on Section 16 by Rev. Philip Axline, in the summer of 1871, consisting of the following six members: David Higgins and wife Charity, Thomas Chamberlin and wife, and Isaac Miller and wife Emily, and they bore the expense and burden principally of erecting the present church building, which was built, the same summer, at a cost of about $1,200. A series of meetings were held and many additions made to the church soon after its organization. The first Elders were John Miller and Thomas Chamberlin, The church was duly dedicated the following fall. William W'. Dowling preaching the dedicatory sermon. The following ministers have served the church as its pastors: Revs. Philip Axline, William W^. Dowling, Mr.

Griffin and Adam Moore. At the present time, they have no pastor, but expect soon to be supplied. The following have served as Elders: Thomas

Chamberlin, John Miller, George Tressler and Enos Shannon. Present membership is about forty. A Sabbath school was early established, and has been kept up during the summer season, with an average attendance of about forty-five, with E. Shannon as Superintendent.

Harris Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church. - This church was organized in the Miller Schoolhouse, on Section 16, January 1, 1869, by Rev. F. Plumb, with the following twelve members: H. Groat, Lucy A. Groat,

Drucilla Shannon, Jane Maxwell, S. M. Louthan, M. A. Louthan, Oliver Smith, David Higgins, Charity Higgins, Abigail Sapp, Elizabeth Marquis and Mrs. Smith, with Hiram Groat as Class Leader. They held their meetings in the above schoolhouse, until the spring of 1871, when, during that summer, they erected their present frame church, at a cost of about $1,000. The house was dedicated in the fall of 1874, Rev. S. S. Roberts preaching the dedicatory sermon. Ministers who have served as pastors: Rev. J. C. Miller, I. N. Smith, Joshua M. Longfellow, Joseph Wykes, William W. Lantz and L. O. Cook, the present pastor in charge. Class Leaders; H. Groat and William Callahan. Present membership, thirty-four. A Sabbath school fis conducted through the summer season, with an average attendance of about sixty-four; R. F. Holmes, Superintendent.

Blanchard Christian Church was organized, December 2, 1866, by Elder N. JJurd, in the Miller Schoolhouse, on Section 16, with the following constituent members; James A. Thomson, Elizabeth Thomson, William C. Thomson, Sarah Johnson, Sarah E. Johnson, John Steele, Sarah E. Reeder, William McLane, William Hinebaugh, Mary Hinebaugh, Show Hinebaugh, Charlotte Hinebaugh, Frances Dickey, Delilah McLane, Mary McLane, William Hall, Elizabeth Hall, Zerrah Hurd, Sarah Hurd, John Hurd, Jane Hurd, Elder N. Hurd, Sylvia Hurd, George Hull, Jane Hull, Enoch Fry, Sarah Fry, N. S. McCloud and Mary E. McCloud. They held their meetings in the above-mentioned schoolhouse, until the summer of 1875, Avhen they erected their present church, at a cost of about $1,000, and the same was duly dedicated to service on the third Sunday of July of the same year. Elder A. C. Hanger, of Union County, Ohio, preached the dedicatory sermon. Ministers who have served as pastors are Elders N. Hurd, Elijah Grubb and H. H. Holverstott, the latter being the present pastor of the church, who has served them over thirteen years. The following have filled the office of Deacon: Elder N. S. McCloud, John Steele and Enoch Fry. The present membership is about sixty-four.

Martin, Ida Martin, J. J. Myers and wife, Cordelia Woodruff, Elizabeth Heightsman, Betsey Boegle, Kachel Shone, A. T. Williams, Calvin Packer and wife, A. S. Stradley and wife Elsie, Jennie Stradley and Agnes Stradley. They have held services in Woodruff's Hall since their organization. Ministers who have served the society since its formation are Elders G. G. Kupert, R. A. Underwood, D. M. Canright, H. A. St. John, and O. F. Guilford, their present pastor. Present membership, twenty -two. Several who were formerly members have moved away, thus leaving the present membership much smaller than formerly.

Wesleyan Methodist Church. - This society was organized December 7, 1877, by Rev. S. Rice, of Ada, Ohio, with the following members, viz.: A. S. Stradley, Eslie Stradley, I. B. Mahon, J. K. T. Ferrell, Henry Gershan, Madina Gershan, Fred Ballard, Alice Ballard, A. T. Williams, Lucy Devore, Jennie Stradley, Cornelius Friedly, Michael Friedly, Callie C. Friedly, Elizabeth Friedly, John Houseman, Sarah E. Mahon, Cordelia Woodruff, Elizabeth Gottier, Ulrich Gottier, Callie Holverstott, Sarah Downing, Callie Close, Lucy Mahon, Sarah Williams, Lizzie B. Boegle, Rev. S. Rice, W. R. Mathews, Mary Mathews, Clara Mathews, Rebecca Mathews, Mrs. Riley, Rebecca Hively, Richard Williams and James Preston, with I. B. Mahon and John Houseman as Class Leaders. Trustees, I. B. Mahon, John Houseman, F. Ballard, Ulrich Gottier and Michael Friedly. The following were appointed a Building Committee: John

Houseman, I. B. Mahon and J. K. P. Ferrell. A frame house was erected in the fall of 1878, size 30x40 feet, at a cost of about $1,100, and the same was dedicated that fall by Rev. Thomas K. Doty, of Cleveland, Ohio. The society has had the following ministers: Revs. Guthrie, M. Friedly (two years) and Charles Rowley, who is the present pastor. Class Leaders, F, Ballard, John McKee: and F. Ballard and J. Houseman are now serving in that office.

German Baptist Church of Dunkirk. - This society was organized in September, 1881, and erected their house of worship the same fall on AVest Wayne street - a frame building, 36x54 feet, and 18 feet high. The dedicatory sermon was preached by Bishop R. H. Miller, of Ashland, Ohio, October 1, 1881. The society, as organized, consisted of forty members, with Bishop S. T. Bosserman as pastor and Michael Bosserman and Adam M. Bowers as Deacons. Members, Michael Bosserman, E. J. Bosserman, Catharine Bosler, Mary Black, John Baughman, L. M. Baughman, Amos Clingman, Sarah Clingman, Emma Dowling, Mary Hoppy, Christian Hough, Elizabeth Hough, Sarah Frederick, John Keifer, George Kinsey, Jane Kinsey, Edward Kinsey, James M. Kinsey, Flora Kinsey, George King, Lydia King, Eunice King, Samuel Musser, Lizzie Musser, Milton Smith, Joseph Shira, John Shannon, Phoebe Shannon, George Underwood, Kate Underwood, Jonas Rodabaugh, Kate Rodabaugh, Viola Rodabaugh, George H. Warren, Hattie Warren, Michael Zeigler, Jerry Zeigler and Hattie Zeigler.

United Brethren Church, Dunkirk. - This society was organized January 6, 1860, by Rev. L. S. Farber, in the schoolhouse which stood where the Methodist Episcopal Church is now located, with forty-live members, some of whom were as follows: John Houseman, Mary Houseman, John Watters, Maranda Watters, C. T. Jones, John Jones and wife, David C. Phillips, wife and three daughters, John Siegley, Lovina Siegley, Benjamin Johnson, George Beem, Hiram Marquis, A. Zuba Edgar, Ruth A. Rush. Charity Rush, William Koontz, Samuel Rush, Elizabeth Packer, Milton Johnson,

James M. Bradbury and wife, Miss Lyncb, Daniel R. Timmons, John Woods, Elizabeth Reed and a few others to the number of forty-five. During the following summer (1860), they erected their present church building, and the same was dedicated in November of the same year. The church cost about $2,000. Bishop David Edwards preached the dedicatory sermon. The ministers who have served the church since its organization are as follows: Revs. L. S. Farber (two years), S. Fairfield (two years),

George and P. B. Holden (one year), Jacob McBride (not quite two years - died of consumption, and L. Johnson was appointed by the Presiding Elder to take the charge of the work until the next meeting of Conference), D. R. Miller (one year), William Magihnis (three months and resigned); then the Presiding Elder sent to the charge a local preacher, by name of J. F. T. J. McKinney, which proved very disastrous to the society. He was succeeded by Rev. A. W. Holden, R. Wilgus, W. S. Fields, Merrit Miller, Rev. Johnston, J. P. Stewart and Rev. J. W. Lower, who is now serving the church. The Class Leaders have been as follows: John

Houseman, John Watters, J. M. Bradbury, J. J. Ripley and A. D. Jones. The first Trustees of the Church after its organization, and who conducted the building of the church in the summer of 1860, were William Koonts, C. T. Jones, D, C. Phillips, John Watters and John Houseman, This class has furnished three ministers to the Gospel work, viz., John Houseman, who was licensed by the quarterly conference in the year 1861, as a quarterly conference preacher, James M. Bradbury was licensed, in 1862, and removed to Illinois, where he died, in 1864, and John \Vatters, who was licensed, in 1863, by the quarterly conference and, in 1865, by the annual conference, and, in 1869, was ordained a regular minister of the church, and still holds that relation. The present membership of the church is sixtyone, with Rev. J. Park as Class Leader.

Methodist Episcopal Church, Dunkirk. - This society was organized by Rev. Andrew Kinnear, in June, 1835, at the cabin of David H. Edgar, Esq., consisting of the following four members: John R. Davis, Mary

Davis, David H. Edgar and Azuba Edgar, with John R. Davis as Class Leader. Mr. Davis died in December, 1835, and Robert Wiles, an oldfashioned Methodist, who had come from the State of New York and settled here, was appointed Class Leader. In October, 1835, conference sent them their first minister, Alanson Fleming, whose circuit embraced all of Hardin County with a part of Hancock County. In 1836, F. P. Waugh was pastor; in 1837, Revs. Nielse and W. H. Cole; in 1838, Zephaniah Bell and Samuel Hagerman; in 1840, Robert Armstrong and E. Williams; in 1841. Revs. Wareham and Samuel Hagerman; in 1846, Hubbard Ward and J. Wykes; in 1847, W. J. Wells and Elder J. Holmes: in 1848, J. M. Holmes, J. Wykes, H. M. Close and S. B. Maltbee; in 1849, E. H. Holmes and W. J. Peck; in 1850, H. M. Close, H. J. Bigley, Samuel Hagerman and W. J. Peck; in 1851, J. Good, F. J. Mathew and I. M. Smith; 1862-63, William Goodman and J. C. Carter; 1869, Frank Plumb; 1870-71, J. C. Miller; then I. N. Smith served three years; J. M. Longfellow, three years; Joseph Wykes, three years; W. W. Lantz, one year; then came Rev. Leonard O. Cook, who is the present pastor. The present membership is 175. Thus, from a small beginning, with four members, the "leaven" has been at work until the "whole has become leavened." The society, which began in the log cabin, has now a good and substantial church edifee, and now, with 175 live, working members, what a vast amount of good should be accomplished in the next half-century.

J. F. ANDREWS, farmer, P. O. Dunkirk, was born August 17, 1853, in Hardin County, and is a son of S. M. aud Martha (Carey) Andre vs, the former a native of Pennsylvania. His father, a freight and licket agent, emigrated to Washington Township, Ohio, about thirty-five years ago. Our subject was raised and educated in Washington Township, and learned, in Ada, the trade of a harness-maker, which he followed for eight years. For two years he was in Cleveland, and is now occu])ied in farming and stock-raising. He was married, on the 25th October, 1876, to Ida M , daughter of Nathan Ahlefeld. She was born April 2, 1856. By this union there has been one child - Iris Marie. Mr. Andrews is a Re})ublican in

Biographical Sketches

FREDERICK ARN, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born August 20, 1847, in Switzerland. He is a son of Benedict Arn, of Swiss descent, and both of his parents are residents of Hardin County. The subject of this sketch is a member of a family of nine. He emigrated, when six years of age, to Ohio, where he was reared and educated and of which he has been a resident ever since. In February, 1876, he was united in marriage with Alice Cotterill, a native of Ohio, born in 1855. This union has been blessed with two children, viz., Benjamin, born in March, 1877, and Truman, born in February, 1879.

JOHN BAUGHMAN, salesman, Dunkirk, was born December 21, 1852, in Hancock County, this State, and is a son of Jonathan and Nancy (Egelson) Baughman, the latter a native of Ireland, having come from that country at the age of five years. His father was born in 1822, in Stark County, Ohio, and died in Hancock County in 1879. Our subject is the sixth child and fourth son of a family of eleven children, six boys and five girls, of whom one boy and one girl are deceased. He was educated in Hancock County, Van Buren Township, at the common schools, and for three months attended the high school at Findla}^ He was married, October 1, 1874, to Lydia M., who was born. February 20, 1855, in Hancock County, Ohio, the daughter of Daniel aud Barbara (Baer) Bosseman, natives of Ohio and of German extraction. Mr. and Mrs. Baughman are members of the German Baptist Church. Mr. Baughman has been a salesman for sixteen months; previous to that, he was a farmer. In politics, he is a Prohibitionist, and is a useful citizen of Blanchard Township.

JAMES BEEM, stock-raiser and farmer, P. O. Dunkirk, was born in June, 1820, in Belmont County, Ohio. His parents were Jacob and Elizabeth (Mc- Mullin) Beem, the former a native of Rockingham County, Ohio, of German descent, the latter a native of Scotland. Our subject emigrated from Guern- Fey to Richland; thence to Knox County, and finally to Hardin County. He was married, in his twenty-first year, to Chissna (deceased), a daughter of Jacob Rine, by which union there was one child - Mary (deceased). His second marriage was on the 12th of February, 1844, to Elizabeth Keefer, born March 13, 1828, in Franklin County, Penn., and a daughter of Samuel and Mary Ann (Creps) Keefer, of Pennsylvania, and of German descent. This union resulted in seven children, three boys and four girls (one deceased), all married except James. Their names are as follows: Melinda,

Perrj', Melicca, Minerva, Lizzie, Clement L. (deceased) and James Monroe. Clement died May 2, 1882, at the age of eighteen years, a member for three years of the Eleventh Ohio National Guards, Company H. Mr. Beem is occupied in following farming, and is generally successful in business. He well remembers the time he killed and dressed five deer in one day. In politics, he is a Democrat; is a member of the I. O. O. F. Lodge in Kenton; has been a Mason, and has filled the office of Township Trustee and School Director.

MICHAEL BOSSERMAN, farmer, P. O. Dunkirk, was born, January 23, 1815, near Paris, Stark Co., Ohio. His mother, Mary (Miller) Bosserman, was of German parentage, and emigrated from Pennsylvania to Ohio. His father, Samuel Bosserman, was a native of Maryland, of German descent. He came to Hancock County, where he purchased a farm. On returning home to remove his family, and while leaving the train, he fell from the cars and was killed. The subject of this sketch was educated at the common schools of Stark County, moved to Hancock County at the age of twenty-four years, and has followed the occupation of a farmer. On the 4th of March, 1838, he was united in marriage with Margaret (deceased), a daughter of Philip Ream. One child was born to this union - Levi, who was married to Caroline Walker, resided near Wooster, and had two children - Irene and Frank. Levi was born February 2, 1839; died March 2, 1864, killed by a circular saw in a mill in Hancock County. Mr. Bosserman married a second time, April 6,1876, to Elizabeth R. Weaver, widow of David Trump. She had one child - Cora, wife of J. W. Brown, of Mansfield, a farmer by occupation, who settled in Van Buren Township, where he resided for twenty years, and then came to Hardin County, in 1865, where he lives a retired life. Mrs. Bosserman is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Bosserman belongs to the Grerman Baptist Church, of which he has been a member thirty-five years. His first wife was also a member of that church. He has been a Deacon for thirty years and a Sexton for one year, and he filled the office of Justice of the Peace six years in Van Buren Township, and is a well-known citizen of Blanchard Township.

S. T. BOSSERMAN, hardware merchant, and pastor of German Baptist Church, Dunkirk, is 'forty years of age and of German descent. He is a member of a large family (thirteen in all), who were noted for their strictly temperate habits. None were known to use intoxicants or spirits as a beverage, nor to engage in the use of tobacco in any form. In his younger days, our subject was engaged in school teaching; after which, in 1867, he came to Dunkirk, Ohio, and opened in the hardware, stove and tin trade, which proved a success to his efforts. Commencing with a small room and limited capital, but through untiring efforts for sixteen years, his business has increased to such an extent that he now occupies about ten thousand square feet of room for his stock of goods. Mr. Bosserman is a gentleman of piety, having embraced the Christian religion when about twenty years of age, and made his home with the German Baptist fraternity, the people of his choice, and during the last decade has been a minister of that body. Has been successful in his calling; is stationed in the above-named village and presides over the local churches in connection with his Evangelical work. He, with his family, wife and two children, live in a handsome residence in Brightside, on North Main street, and are enjoying the fruits of their labors.

J. A. BROWN, farmer, P. O, Dunkirk, was born August 12, 1843, in Stark County, Ohio, and is a son of John and Nancy (Alexander) Brown. He was raised in Stark County until fourteen years of age. Is a farmer by occupation; owns forty acres of land in Section 21, Blanchard Township, and has been a thresher for the past twelve or fifteen years. He enlisted in the forty- fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company I, serving three years, and was in the battles of Knoxville, Tenn., Nashville, Franklin, Atlanta, Resaca; Lookout Mountain and Cumberland Gap. He had one brother and three etep-brothers who served in the army, all killed except one step-brother, who is now living in the eastern part of Blanchard Township. On November 18, 1869, he was married to Rebecca Shannon, of Hardin County, Ohio, born February 15, 1854, daughter of Enos and Dusilla (Miller) Shannon. Seven children have blessed this union, viz., James P., Artie M., William H, Minerva, John, Van and Chloe. In politics, Mr. Brown is a Democrat, and is one of the useful men of Blanchard Township.

and Cathem (Brubaker) Brubaker, the former (deceased) of Swiss descent, the latter a native of Pennsylvania, of Irish descent. When eleven years of age, he emigrated to the northwestern part of the State; from there, on ^farch 22, 1854, he moved to Stark County, Ohio, where he lived for r ten years, and finally, on April 8, 1864, came to Hardin County. He worked 1 in Pennsylvania for eight years, at the trade of shoe-maker; was a merchant in Pennsylvania for five years, and ten years in Stark County, Ohio; four' years in Berlin and six years in Lewisville. He is now occupied in farming, and owns twenty-six and one-quarter acres in Blanchard Township and four dwellings in Dunkirk. He was married, in Erie County, Penn., February 2, 1835, to Bebecca Boyer, who was born January 8, 18l6, in York County, Penn., of foreign descent; died June 9, 1882, leaving a family of eight children, three living, viz., Sarah, wife of John F. Beans, residing in i Dunkirk: Lucy Ann, wife of John Mace, -and Amelia C., wife of Daniel W. Edgar, son of Squire Edgar. His son, John M. , enlisted, October, 1863, in the Eighty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and died of typhoid fever at Chattanooga, Tenn., February, 1864, at the age of twenty years. Mr. Brubaker has one sister - Mary, wife of George Henry, residing in Franklin Township, Erie Co., Penn. Mr. Brubaker and his wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church, where the former, for eighteen years, was a member, is a Trustee, and has been Steward and Treasurer, and formerly belonged to the Evangelical Church. Mr. Brubaker was married to his second wife February 20, 1883. She was Mary A. Helms, born in Hancock County, Ohio.

WILLIAM BDRDETT, farmer, P. O. Dunkirk, was born in 1819, in Norwich, Norfolk Co. , England, and is a son of Simon Burdett, deceased, killed by an accident twenty-nine years ago. Our subject emigrated to New York in his seventeenth year, and lived in Albany; finally - September 27, 1842, he came to Hardin County, where he has since resided. He pursued the trade of a brick-maker until 1870, when he took up the occupation of farming. He owns eighty acres of land in Section 21, Blanchard Township. He has been twice married; his first union was formed, when he was twenty-one years old, with Maria Sager, by whom he had four children - William (deceased), Archie (deceased), John and Mary Ann. His second marriage occurred June 27, 1848, with Elizabeth Butcher, born September 30, 1821, died July 10, 1881. Her parents were natives of Virginia and were of German descent. To this union there were eight children born, viz., Simon, Frances Royal (living two miles northeast of Dunkirk), Henry Edwin (deceased), Elbe, Emery, George, an infant (deceased) and Emma Maria. Mr. Burdett and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

JOHN BDRGIN, farmer, P. O. Patterson, was born April 19, 1829, in Lincolnshire, England, and is a son of John Bur gin. He emigrated to Ohio at the age of thirty years and settled in Huron County, where he lived five years and then came to this county, of which he has now been a resident for sixteen years. He was married, in November, 1862, at Norwalk, Huron County, to Mary Ann Chambers, a native of Lincolnshire, England. Mr. Burgin and his wife are members of the Church of the Disciples. Mr. Burgin pursues farming for an occupation, and ranks among the intelligent, enterprising farmers of Blanchard Township.

GEORGE BURTON, laborer, Dunkirk, was born May 11,1847, a native of Ohio, and a son of James and Ltmisa (Reddick) Burton, natives of Loudoun County, Va. He was married, April 26, 1869, to Phoebe, born in Lou- doun County, Va., June 10,1850, and daughter of Anninias and Martha (Gilbert) Jackson, the former of whom died in a hospital at Nashville, Tenn. From this union there has been one child - Ulysses, born November 26, 1869. Mrs. Burton was a member of a family of eleven children; Mr. Burton of a family of eight. He had two brothers in the army, one of whom was wounded in battle. Mr. Burton and his wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which the former has been a member for seven years, has been Class Leader and Sabbath school teacher. He o\ms his residence in Dunkirk and is a useful citizen of the place.

E. W. CHAMBEKLIN, blacksmith, Dunkirk, was born January 21, 1831, in Newport, N. H., and is a son of John and Martha (Richardson) Chamberlin; the latter is still living, in her eighty- third year, a resident of New Hampshire. The subject of this sketch was a member of a family of fiv^e children, all living. He was reared for fifteen years in New Hampshire, where he learned his trade of blacksmith and worked for seven years. He then worked in Sunderland, Mass., for six years, and also in various other places. In 1862, he enlisted in the Fifty-second Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Compaoy F, under Gen. Banks, and served eleven months. On April 9, 1862, he was united in marriage with Henrietta, daughter of Charles Scott, to which union there have been born three children^ - Charles, John and Francis. Mrs. Chamberlin is a Universalist in religion, and Mr. Chamberlin a Baptist.

THOMAS CHAMBERLIN, farmer, P. 0. Kenton, was born January 4, 1834, a native of New York and of English and Irish descent. His father is John Chamberlin. The subject of this sketch emigrated to Seneca County, Ohio, when eighteen months old, and was reared and educated on a farm, where he lived, until twenty- seven years of age. He then came to Hardin County; was married, in May, 1860, to Lavinia, daughter of Stephen Friedley, and is the father of nine children, four deceased, one son and four daughters living. He owns, in Sections 15 and 22, Blanchard Township, 156 acres of land, where he carries on farming successfully. He and his wife are members of the Christian Church, in which the former has been an Elder for ten years. In politics, Mr. Chamberlin is a Republican.

W. M. CLOSE, miller, Dunkirk, was born January 19, 1833, in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. His father, William Close, was born September 5, 1805, in Washington County, Penn., is of German descent and is now a resident of Hardin County. His mother was born in 1810, in Tuscarawas County, died in 1872; her parents were natives of New Jersey. The subject of this sketch is the oldest of a family of eight children, three boys and five girls, all of whom are married except one. He was educated in Carl County, Ohio, and reared to be a farmer; but for the last eleven years has been a miller in Dunkirk, in partnership with his brother John. On the 29th of November, 1857, he was married to Caroline M., born August, 1833, a native of Ohio, and a daughter of John Zieglar, of German parentage. This union has resulted in ten children, five sons and five daughters, viz., Willitim, Iva, John W., Ida, Nora (deceased), Oran Odell (killed in a saw mill), Robert and Harry. Two infants are deceased. Mrs. Close is a member of the Wesleyan Church.

L. C. CRUM, restaurant keeper, Dunkirk, was born May 14, 1846, at a place five and a half miles south of Findlay, Ohio. His parents were Amos and Rebecca Crum, both of German descent, the latter deceased in Allen County, Ohio. His father was an old settlor of Hancock County. The subject of this sketch was educated in Hancock County and brought up to the occupation of a farmer, which he followed for awhile; was a miller for two years and is now established in a restaurant in Dunkirk, which he opened in the spring of 1873. He was married, in 1869, to Cathem Fellers, deceased, by whom he had three children - Harley, Lorena and George. He formed a second union in April, 1877, with Mollie Stinman, born May 5, 1853, in Hardin County, and daughter of Christopher and Jane Stinman, by which union there has been one child - Bertha. Mr. Crura was a member of the 100 days' service in the One Hundred and Thirty - fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, also a member of the One Hundred and Ninety-second Regiment, in which latter he served seven months.

GEORGE Z. CRUZEN, attorney at law, Dunkirk, was born April 27, 1834, in Harrison County, Va. In 1849, he left the place of his nativity and came to Ohio, remaining but a short time; going thence to Baltimore, Md., where he entered the service of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, holding many places of trust and profit until 1856. He then again came to this State, remaining here until 1861, at the beginning of the late war, when his service was again called for by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, which he entered, remaining until 1863. Leaving Baltimore, he entered the service of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway Company as a conductor, remaining there until 1869, during which time he completed the study of law and was admitted to the bar; opened an office at Crestline, Ohio, where he gained a successful practice. In 1877, he came to Dunkirk, where he has a good and lucrative practice. He was married, in 1855, while in Baltimore, to Mary C., a native of Pennsylvania, a daughter of Samuel McCrea. By this union there have been nine children, six daughters and three sons, of whom the oldest son is a resident of Colorado. Mr. Cruzen is a prominent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, is known as one of the leading prohibitionists of the county, an able lecturer and debater, and is an intelligent, enterpising citizen of Dunkirk.

MATHEW CURRAN, proprietor of a saw mill, Dunkirk, was born October 15, 1835, in Richland County, Ohio, and is a son of Mathew and Matilda (Hughes) Curran, of Irish lineage, the former a native of Kentucky, the latter of Maryland. He married, in 1856, Maria Keefer, born in 1837, a native of Ohio, and died in 1868, leaving a family of four children, one boy and three girls, as follows: Fidelia J., Mary E., EmmaF. and Benjamin F. He formed a second union, June 16, 1870, in Kenton, with Mrs. Lydia Waters, born March 13, 1839, widow of William Waters and daughter of Samuel and Mary Ann (Cress) Keefer, the former of German descent. This union has resulted in one child - Austa O,, born July 4, 1874.' Mr. Curran enlisted, September 5, 1864, in the One Hundred and Seventy-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company F, and was discharged June 20, 1865. He established his saw mill in the spring of 1869, and has been successful in it.

C. F. DEWITT, farmer, P. O. Dunkirk, was born in Hardin County, Ohio, in July of 1838. His parents are William C. and Maria Dewitt, the former of whom died May 13, 1883. Our subject w^as married, in July of 1860, to Miss Permilla Johnson, deceased. She was born in Hardin County November 22, 1836; died August 14, 1862, the mother of one child, also deceased. Our siib3ect subsequently formed a second union, with Miss Angelina Harris, a native of Ohio, born January 29, 1833. Mr. Dewitt and his wife are the parents of four sons and two daughters. He pursues farming for his occupation, and owns 133 acres of land - all in Blanchard

Township. His wife is the owner of fifty acres in Section 10 of Blanchard Township. Mr. Dewitt is a member of the Grange, and is an energetic, thrifty farmer.

ADAM DDPS, farmer, P. O. Dunkirk, was born in Manhain Township, York Co., Penn. His parents, Daniel and Elizabeth (McClay) Dups, natives of Pennsylvania, of German descent, emigrated to Ohio and settled in Stark County, where they remained twenty- eight years, and then lived for ten years in Elkhart County, where they died. The subject of this sketch was brought up in Stark County, Ohio, to farming life. In 1848, he settled in Van Buren Township, Hancock Co., Ohio, and, ten years after, moved to a place half a mile southwest of Williamstown, where he resided for twentytwo years. In March of 1849, he was married to Sarah Stroud, born in 1838, and a daughter of Samuel Stroud, a pioneer of Hancock County, Ohio, She died at the age of twenty- eight years. This marriage resulted in five children, of whom the three living are married. Mr. Dups chose, for his second wife, whom he married in 1858, Kesiah, widow of William Packer, and a daughter of D. H. Edgar, Esq., of Dunkirk, Ohio. By her first husband, Mrs. Dups had two children - Clara and Gynevia--both married, and by her second husband five children have been born, viz., IMinnie, Mary D. (deceased), William, John and Daniel. He served 100 days in the One Hundred and Thirty-third Regiment Ohio National Guards; was called out May 2, 1864; returned August 31, same year, and took part in the battle near Petersburg, Va.

HARVEY J. EAGER, Justice of the Peace, Dunkirk, was born June 25, 1841. His father, deceased and buried in New York, was of Scotch and Welsh descent. His mother, Melissa Eager, was the daughter of John Ayres, a native of Gloversville, N. Y., and of Welsh and Scotch lineage. The subject of this sketch, when fourteen years of age, emigrated to Wisconsin, where he attended the schools for one year, and then came to Wauseon, Fulton Co., Ohio, where he now has three brothers residing, one of whom is among the wealthiest in the county. In 1859 and 1860, he was in New York, a conductor on the street cars of Sixth avenue. On the 1st of October, 1866, he was married, in Wauseon, Fulton County, to Lucy, born June 11, 1837, in Wauseon, Fulton County, the daughter of Avery and Sallie (Davis) Lamb, the former a native of Vermont, and of Scotch and Welsh descent, the latter a native of New York State. This union has resulted in one child, a son, born on the eleventh year of their marriage, October 2, 1877. In the spring of 1878, Mr. Eager drove a four-horse team from Wauseon to Cherokee County, Kan., and was thirty -six days on the road. He was occupied for four years in Kansas in stock-raising, and returned to Kenton, Hardin Co., Ohio, where, in 1871, he was engaged in the creamery butter business, and was very successful. In 1875 and 1876, he was in a flour mill. In 1878, he came to Dunkirk; was the Mayor of the town in 1880. He was a candidate, in 1880, on the Republican ticket, for the nomination of Probate Judge, but was defeated by J. E. Lowry. Mr. Eager is a member of the Masonic order at Kenton, and in politics is an Anti - monopolist. He is a gentleman of pleasing address, possesses a high sense of honor, and is conscientious and courteous in his business dealings. Although positive in his conviction of right and wrong, his varied experiences in life, and his intuitive knowledge of human nature combine to give him broad and liberal views of men and measures. He supports with energy and enthusiasm that

W. D. EDGAE, lumber merchaot, P. O. Dunkirk, was born May 2, 1838, in Hardin County, and is a, son of David H. and Azuba (Hamlin) Edgar; the former a native of Pennsylvania and of German descent, the latter a native of New York State. The subject of this sketch was reared and educated in this county, and is by occupation a farmer and dealer in lumber.

He enlisted, April 18, 1861, in the Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; was discharged November 23, 1863. He participated in the following battles: Fredericksburg, Chaucellorsville, Rich Mountain, Gettysburg, Winchester, also in many skirmishes. At the battle of Chaucellorsville Ma\ 3, 1863, he was wounded in the breast by a minie ball and lost the use of his arm.

He is now receiving a pension. He was married, at Findlay, by Rev. Mr. Done, November 4, 1866, to Dora, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Davis) Tanner, born April 13, 1849, in Hancock County, Ohio. Her father is a native of New Jersey, and emigrated to this State at the age of twelve years; her mother was born in Virginia, and came to this State with her parents at an early day. Mr. Edgar is the father of five children, viz., Marchie, born August 11, 1867; Lenora, born February 28, 1869; Maud, born June 7, 1870; Bertha A., born June 7, 1875, and Ruby A., born November 21, 1882. Mrs. Edgar is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Edgar is a member of the I. O. O. F. ; member of the Grand Army of the Republic; was Chief of Police at Columbus for two years, from December, 1879, to March 4, 1882; served as Auditor of the County in 1868 and 1869; for about eight years was Deputy Sheriff and three years Postmaster of Dunkirk.

C. J. FLACK, carriage-maker, Dunkirk, was born July 4, 1849, in Sycamore, Wyandot Co., Ohio. He is a son of Henry J. and Elizabeth Ann Flack, the latter (deceased) a native of Maryland and of German extraction. His father, a native of Pennsylvania, a pioneer of Wyandot County, taught the Indians in school, and for six years was County Recorder in Upper Sandusky. He settled in the w^oods in Seneca County, where he cut timber and built the house. The subject of this sketch was raised and educated in Sandusky County, where he learned his trade of carriage-maker, and worked at it there for fifteen years. In 1872, he was working for six months in Center, Ohio; for three months in Evansville, Ind. ; the year / after, in Sycamore, Ohio, and then came to Dunkirk. From October, 1874, to March, 1875, he was in Nevada, and for eighteen months after in Cardington, Ohio. On the 14th of May, 1874, he was united in marriage to El] a Rumler, a native of Kenton, Hardin County, born March 25, 1855, and a daughter of Emanuel aed Amanda (Rhinehart) Rumler; latter of German descent, a native of Tuscarawas County, Ohio. Her father, a native of Maryland and a pioneer of Hardin County, walked from Westminster to Springfield in 1840. He enlisted in the army at the close of the war, but did not serve. Mrs. Flack was the oldest of a family of four, one son and three daughters, one of the latter deceased. Mr. Flack lost a brother during the war, in 1864. He was a Captain in the One Hundred and Forty-fourth Regiment, Company A; he was captured in the Shenandoah Valley; died while on the cars, and was thrown by the rebels in a ditch. Mrs. Flack is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics, Mr. Flack is a Republican, and is a well-known citizen of Dunkirk.

ENOCH FRY, farmer, P. O. Dunkirk, was born February 2, 1830, in Coshocton County, Ohio. He came to Hardin County when three years of age. Is a farmer by occupation, and owns fifty-nine acres of land in Blanchard Township. For nearly six years, he was working in California, where, at Point Deception, off San Francisco, he was wrecked, and robbed of |800 by the purser. He returned to Hardin County in 1855. He enlisted in the Ninth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, Company B, and served until the close of the war ; was struck twice at Vicksburg and once at Pea Ridge. On the 12th of October, 1869, he was united in marriage to Sarah A., born June* 8, 1830, in Ross County, Ohio, widow of Thomas Smith and daughter of Samuel and Cathem (HoJ verstoit) Strausser. Mr. and Mrs. Fry have no children of their own, so they adopted a child - William E., born September 10, 1876, aged two weeks at the time of his adoption. Mrs. Fry was married to her first husband in 1850, in Marion County, by whom she had five children, two deceased. Mr. Fry and his wife are members of the Christian Church, in which the former was at one time a Deacon. Mr. Fry has filled the office of School Director, and is one of the useful citizens of Blanchard Township.

C. J. FRY, farmer, P. O. Dunkirk, was born May 5, 1833, in Knox County, Ohio, and is a son of John and Mary (Mowery) Fry, of German and English descent. He moved to Hardin County when six months old, and, with the exception of three years spent in Illinois and Iowa, has remained here since. By occupation, he is a farmer and stock-raiser, and makes a specialty of hogs. He is the owner of seventy acres of land in Section 21, Blanchard Township. On the lOth of September, 1857, he was united in marriage with Susan Wilson, a native of Hardin County, and a daughter of John WiJson. This union reaiilted in five children - Lell F., Mary M., Cynthia, Elmer and Nettie. He enlisted in the Eighty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company C, and served three years and seven months, participating in the battle of Dallas, Ga. ; was taken prisoner at Fayetteville, S, C., and was in the Andersonville, Danville and Libby prisons for twenty-one days. Mr. Fry and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Fry has filled the office of School Director, and for three years as Township Trustee, and, in politics, is a Republican.

GEORGE W. FULKS, farmer, P. O. Dunkirk, was born April 5, 1846, in Coshocton County, this State. He is a son of Klnzey and Louisa (Lynch) Fulks; the latter a native of Ohio, the former of German extraction, a native of Pennsylvania, who moved to Coshocton County at the age of eighteen years, and is still a resident there. The subject of this sketch is the fifth child of a family of ten children, seven living. He was reared in Coshocton County and received a common school education. In September, 1869, he was united in marriage with Eleanor Byan (deceased), born June 29, 1850, in Coshocton County, and a daughter of Joseph and Matilda (Graham) Byan, of Irish descent. This union resulted in three children - Charles L.. Frank L. and James K. Mr. Fulks formed a second union, April 24, 1878, in Dunkirk, with Cathem M. Shane, born November 20, 1852, in Medina County. Her parents are John and Rachel A. (Ault) Shane, of Irish and German lineage. Two children have been born - Rachel Louisa and Claude. Mr. Fulks has resided in Blanchard Township, this county, for eight years; owns a farm in Section 30, where he carries on farming and stock-raising. Ho is a Republican in politics, and is a member of the United Brethren Church.

JOHN H. GARDNER, farmer, P. O. Dunkirk, was born in Franklin Township, near Black Fork, Richland Co., Ohio. He is a son of Morgan and Cathem (Harvey) Gardner. His father was a native of Maryland; died eight years ago at the age of seventy years. His mother, a native of Jefferson County, Ohio, died at the age of forty-five years on the farm of our 8 abject. Our subject left home at the age of twenty- three years; was burning brick for two years, and for twenty years was in the lumber business. He has cleared 500 acres of land and killed about as many deer. He is now occupied in farming and stock-raising, which business he has followed five years; owns eighty acres of land in Blanchard Township, Section 29; eighty-one in Washington, Section 25, and forty acres in Cessna Township. He was married to Mary Hiles, a native of Columbiana County, Ohio, by whom ho has had six children, viz., James, Olive C., Lydia, Elsie H., Finny F. and Peter. Mr. Gardner was a member of the One Hundred and Seventy- sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company F., under Gen. Thomas. Last September, he was taken sick, lost the use of his hand and was delirious for five days, requiring four men to hold him. He is a Republican in politics, and cast his first vote for Gen. Scott.

J. B. HALDEMAN, Postmaster and grocer, of Dunkirk, was born December 26, 1840, in Stark County, Ohio. He is a son of Christian and Mary (Kemp) Haldeman, of German ancestry. His^ father is deceased. The subject of this sketch was reared in Stark County, educated at the schools of Magnolia, and, at the age of eighteen years, August 2, 1858, came to this county. He learned the trade of a wagon and carriagemaker, which he worked at for twelve years; for four or five years was in the hardware business and is now a grocer, of the firm of Haldeman & Miller. He has been the Postmaster of Dunkirk for the last year. On September 28, 1861, he enlisted in the Western Illinois Sharpshooters, Company H, and was discharged July 17, 1865. He was a Quartermaster, and took part in the following battles: Fort Donelson, Shiloh,

Corinth, Atlanta, Resaca, besides numerous skirmishes. He was under fire for twenty-two consecutive days. On October 24, 1867, at Arlington, Hancock County, he was married to Angie E., daughter of Cyrus and Martha Vail, natives of this State and residents of Arlington. This union has resulted in six children, four sons and two daughters - Frank O., Winnie V., Maud M., Charles and J. B. ; the sixth died in infancy. Mr. Haldeman and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Haldeman is a member of the I. O. O. F., No. 624; member of the Knights of Honor, No. 1919; for two years was Township Clerk; one term a Corporation Treasurer; was a member, for one term, of the Dunkirk Council, and in politics is a Republican.

DR. L. W. HEBENTHAL, druggist, Dunkirk, was born July 27, 1837, in Manheim, Germany. He is a son of George and Maria (Bucher) Hebenthal (deceased), also natives of Germany, and is a member of a family of three; his brother, George W., is deceased, and his sister, Josephine, is the wife of Vincennes Link. The Doctor studied chemistry in Manheim, Germany, received a diploma for same, and emigrated to Toledo, Ohio, at the age of sixteen years. He was in Maumee City for two years, and then proceeded to Waterville. He enlisted, April 18, 1861, in the Fourteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company K, and served three months, during which time he was made Corporal, and fought in the battles of Philippi, W. Va.; Laurel Hill, July, 1861, and Cheat River, July, 1861, and was discharged August, 1861. He re-enlisted, September 18, 1861, in the Sixty- seventh Regiment, Company K, and was at the siege of Charleston, S. C., 1863; in the charge on Fort Wagner, Charleston, July, 1863. He received a gunshot wound in the left arm, a bayonet wound in the left ankle and was sent to the Beaufort Hospital, thence to the hospital at Fort Schuyler, N. Y., and returned to duty March 16, 1864. He was promoted to the First Lieutenancy in 1864, and discharged September 9, 1865. After the war, he was engaged iu the livery buianess, in which he continued during 1865 and 1866, and, the year after, had a supply store in Napoleon, Henry Co., Ohio, and, the following year, a wholesale confectionery in Defiance. For. two years, he was druggist in Mount Blanchard, and dnally, in 1876, came to Dunkirk, where he established a drug store, which he has carried on to the present time. On September 19, 1867, while in Waterville, Ohio, he was married, by Rev. Mr. Gribb, to Lena, born March 22, 1845, in Lucas County, Ohio, the daughter of Edwin and Mary Jane (Gillet) Dyer, the former a native of Vermont, the latter of New York. This union resulted in two children - Delia C., born in Waterville, March 24, 1870, and Mamie, born in Defiance April 13, 1874. Mrs. Hebenthal is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mr. Hebenthal is a Dniversalist in his religious belief. Mrs. Hebenthal has two brothers - E. M. and F. M. - and one sister - Roxana, wife of David Hancock. Mr. Hebenthal is a member of the Grand Army«of the Republic at Dunkirk, of the I. O. O. F. and the Knights of Honor at Dunkirk, and in politics is a Republican.

\G. S. HINEBAUGH, farmer, P. O. Dunkirk, was born March 27, 1828, in Fayette County, Penn., and is a son of Jonathan Hinebaugh, of German parentage. His grandfather, George Hinebaugh, died at fche age of ninety- eight years. The subject of this sketch came to Hardin County at the age of eight years, and received a common school education in Logan and Hardin Counties. He is a farmer by occupation, and owns seventyseven acres of land in Section 8, Blanchard Township, On the 3d of August, 1851, he was united in marriage with Mary Cooper, a native of Pennsylvania, born August 16, 1828, daughter of Andrew and Sarah (INfcLane) Cooper. From this union there have been ten children, four sons and six daughters, as follows: Oragan (deceased), Francis A., Hanson F., Sarah

C., William St. Clair, Mary J. , Alice C., Florence A., John M. and Esther M. Delia McClure, aunt of Mrs. Hinebaugh, was born April 20, 1820, in Randolph, Va., and is a daughter of Aber McLane. She lived for three years in Licking County, Ohio, and afterward came to Hardin County, where she has since remained. She remembers the time this county was quite a forest. Mr. and Mrs. Hinebaugh have been members of the Christian Church since 1851. Mr. Hinebaugh has filled the office of Township Trustee for two years; also that of a Supervisor and School Director.

S. HINEBAUGH, farmer, P. O. Dunkirk, was born April 5, 1832, in Fayette County, Penn., and is a son of Jonathan and Mary Hinebaugh. He emigrated, while young, to Hardin County, Ohio, and received there his education. Was in the show business for two years, and is now occupied in farming; owns sixty-three acres of land jn Sections 7 and 8, and he enlisted in the Eighty-second Ohio Volunteer Infanr,ry and served nearly four years, fighting in a dozen or more battles and numerous skirmishes. He was mar ried, January 25, 1866, to Elizabeth Karrick, born December 13, 1836, in Portage County, Ohio, and a daughter of Samuel and Mary Karrick. Eight children have blessed this union, five sons and three daughters. Three of the children are deceased.

CYRUS HOFSTEATER, sawyer and engineer, Dunkirk, was born July 2, 1830, in Wyandot County, Ohio, and is a son of Charles Hofsteator, of German and Irish descent. He enlisted, September, 1861, in the Fourteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company K; was discharged February, 1863; re-enlisted October 12, 1864, in the One Hundred and Eighty-third Regiment; discharged July 14, 1865. On March 24, 1857, he was united in marriage with Eliza J. Elliot, born July 23, 1840, of German and Irish parentage. By this union there have been eight children, seven living. Mr. Hofsteater has been in the planing and saw mill of I. C. Miller for about twenty-one years, and for nine years has been pursuing the trade of a carpenter.

J. E. L. HOLDEN, gunsmith, Dunkirk, was born in Marseilles, Wyandot Co., Ohio, July 5, 1858. He is a son of A. C. and E. K. (Piedmore) Holden, the former a native of Licking County, Ohio, and of English descent, the latter a native of New Jersey. His grandfather, Wilson Holden, was First Lieutenant in the war of 1812, in which year he passed, with Gen. Hull, through what is now Dunkirk. His father was a gunsmith and a millwright by trade; followed the former occupation for three years in Cuba, Wyandot County, and ten years in Dunkirk. The subject of this sketch was reared in Marseilles, Wyandot County, until twelve years of age. He has followed the occupation of his father, that of gunsmith, which business he has been in charge of for two years. He has one brother, two sisters and two half-brothers.

R. F. HOLMES, farmer, P. O. Dunkirk, was born October 25, 1827, in Carroll County, Ohio. He is a son of Samuel and Sarah (Rutter) Holmes. He was married, November 17, 1853, to Emeline Steel, who was born January 28, 1828, in Columbiana County, Ohio, and has been blessed with three children - Alsines M. (deceased), John S. and Elizabeth I. Mr. Holmes enlisted in the Eighty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Company G, and served three years. He fought in the battles of McDowell, Cedar Mountain, Cross Keys and the second battle of Bull Run, and was once captured, but immediately released. He was taken sick after the battle of Bull Run, and sent to the hospital at Alexander, where, on getting well, he was detailed as nurse. In the latter part of 1863, he was transferred to Camp Denison, where he remained on duty until December 4, 1864, the date of his discharge. For thirteen years, Mr. Holmes and his wife have been members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, where the former has been Superintendent of the Sabbath school and is a leader in the choir. Mr. Holmes is a member of the Grange, and is one of the useful citizens of Blanchard Township.

JAMES HUSTON, dentist, Dunkirk, was born August 17, 1832, at Mount Eaton, Wayne Co., Ohio. He is a son of Cunningham and Elizabeth (Scott) Huston, the former of Irish, the latter of Scotch descent. His mother died in Millersburg in 1863, at the age of sixty-eight years, and was buried at Mount Eaton. His father was a tanner and merchant by occupation, and, in 1845, while he was in Mexico on business, was murdered. The subject of this sketch was the sixth son and seventh child of a family of ten children, seven sons and three daughters, of whom there are six living. He received his education at Mount Eaton and at the normal school of Fredericksburg. He taught school for six or seven terms, and then took up the study of dentistry at Massillon, Ohio, with Dr. E. Chidester. He was in West Virginia in 1861, for six months, and then returned to Mount Eaton, where he lived for thirteen years. He passed the State Dental

Board examination at Columbus, May 6,. 1868, and finally came to Dunkirk, where he has successfully pursued his practice. On October 2, 1862, he was united in marriage with Eaehel Griffith, born in West Lebanon, Wayne Co., Ohio, November 3, 1837, and a daughter of Elisha and Mary (Bailes) Griffith. To this union there have been born three children - Meade C., born July 15, 1863; Lula E., born February 5, 1867, and Frank G., born February 6, 1870. For fifteen years, Mr. Huston and wife have been members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Huston for twenty years has been a member of the Masonic fraternity, Massillon, Ohio, ten years, and at Forest, ten years (No. 378). He was also a member of the School Board' for ten years, but resigned in the spring of 1882.

E. H. JOHNSON, farmer, P. O. Dunkirk, was born June 9, 1842, in Blanchard Township, Hardin Co., Ohio. He is a son of William W. and Sarah Ann (Hinebaugh) Johnson; the latter, a native of Pennsylvania and of German ancestry, is deceased. His father was born in New York in 1817, and emigrated to Ohio in 1835. The subject of this sketch pursues farming for an occupation; owns eighty acres of land in Section 16, Blanchard Township, where he has resided for fifteen years. He was married, September 3, 1863, to Miss B. D., born November 12, 1845, in Athens County, Ohio, the daughter of D. C. and Eaehel (Wright) Phillips, both deceased, of Scotch and Irish descent. Her father, a pioneer of Athens County, was for twenty-one years a Justice of the Peace of Blanchard Township, Hardin County. Mr. Johnson has been the father of six children, namely, Esta (deceased). E. M., an infant (deceased), A. M., G. S. and M. Z. (deceased). Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are members of the Christian Church. Two brothers of Mrs. Johnson - E. W. and D. W. - were in the One Hundred and Seventy-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and another brother - N. B. - was First Lieutenant in Company G, Eighty-second Eegiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Milton Johnson, brother of our subject, was also in the One Hundred and Seventy-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Mr. Johnson is a member of the Masonic order of Kenton; has filled the office of School Director, and in politics is a Eepublican.

E. H. JOHNSON, proprietor of a restaurant and saloon, Dunkirk, was born April 16, 1844, near Dunkirk, Blanchard Township, Hardin Co., Ohio. He received a common school education, and, in April, 1861, at the age of seventeen years, enlisted in the Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company D, serving three years and four months. In 1868, he was engaged in the stave business; from 1871 to August of 1875, was farming in Elk County, Southern Kansas, and, for the past five years, has been proprietor of a saloon and restaurant in Dunkirk. He was married, on the 4th of July, 1865, to Sarah, a native of Hardin County, born in 1847, the daughter of Nicholas Miller, of Patterson, Ohio. Mrs. Johnson died in 1876, leaving a family of four children, viz., Fred, Norman A., Carl D. and Wilber. Fred and Wilber were born in Kansas. Mr. Johnson formed a second union, at Findlay, July 3, 1878, with Mollie Naus, born in Hancock County in 1858, and a daughter of William Naus. By this union there have been born two children - -Harry D. and Vernon. Mr. Johnson is a member of the Knights of Pythias of Kenton, and is a useful citizen of Dunkirk.

ANDEEW D. JONES, farmer, P. O. Dunkirk, was born May 22, 1825, in Knox County, Ohio. His parents are John and Sarah (Bradbury) Jones; the mother coming from Pennsylvania, and of German descent, of English ancestry, the father a native of New Jersey. They came to Ohio, settling in Knox County, where they lived until ifcl, when they came to Hardin

County, Washington Township, where they spent the remainder of their days. His father was a prominent member of the United Brethren Church, and among the first advocates of freedom. The subject of this sketch was educated, up to his eighteenth year, in the common schools of Knox County, and for eighteen months at the Oberlin College. He learned the trade of brick-mason and plasterer at Mount Vernon, where he worked three years; then in Oberlin four years. He was in the hardware business in Dunkirk; taught two school terms in Knox County, three terms in Hardin and two terms in Richland County. He is now occupied in farming; has cleared 200 acres of land in Washington Township since 1854, and owns 117 acres in Washington Township, 160 acres in Allen County, Ind., and three dwellings in Dunkirk. On September 23, 1850, he was united in marriage, in Washington Township, by Harrison P. Darst, with Jane E. Moses, a native of Connecticut, born January 5, 1827, daughter of Asa and Almira (Barber) Moses. Her parents were natives of Connecticut and of English lineage. Three children were born to this marriage - John A., resident of Allen County, Ind. ; Sarah Almira, wife of Nathan Spaulding, of Hardin County, and Moses Milton, deceased at the age of one month. Mr. Jones has also reared three other children - John H., the child of his brother, and two of his wife's brother's children, Frank L. and Jennie Moses - the latter wife of John McKinley, a school teacher in Forest. Mr. Jones and his wife are members of the United Brethren Church, where, for twenty years, the former has been Trustee, Steward and Sabbath school teacher. He is, in politics, a Republican; has filled the office of Township Treasurer, Trustee and many other positions of trust. The first vote he ever cast was for free speech, free soil and freedom to all, and he is a bitter opponent to all secret societies. Church and State, as they are strictly forbidden by the word of God, it being " The lamp to my feet and the light to my pathway. "

C. M. JONES, proprietor of Dunkirk elevators and dealer in grain and seeds, hard and soft coal, etc., was born May 1, 1850, a native of this county. He is a son of A. B. and Elizabeth (Spacht) Jones, of which family he is the only surviving member. His father died in 1864, a victim of the rebel prisons. His mother died in 1862, and his three sisters and one brother also are deceased. The subject of this sketch was raised on a farm two miles north of North Washington, and educated in the common schools until April i, 1865, when he was employed as a salesman with T. Mahon & Co., at Dunkirk. On April 1, 1870, armed with recommendations from former employers and citizens of the town, he went Westward, and obtained a position in the clothing house of A. N. Schuster, Maryville, Nodaway Co. , Mo., where he was also Assistant Postmaster. He was married, September 12, 1872, to Sallie Woods, born January 6, 1856, in Columbiana County, and a daughter of David Woods. From April 1, 1878, to April 1, 1877, he was employed as salesman by John Woodruff. The latter part of these years was devoted to the opening of the books and acting in the capacity of Assistant Cashier of " Woodruff's Bank." Since April 1, 1877, he has been in business for himself, and, in a measure, is successful. Mr. Jones has filled the office of Trustee and Financial Secretary in the Knights of Honor; was appointed Enumerator of the Census in 1880; is Township Treasurer and a member of the Village Council.

NICOLAS KAHL, farmer, P. O. North Washington, was born December 6, 1835, in Germany, and is a son of Frank and Margaret (Wagner) Kahl, the former a native of France, the latter of Germany. The subject of this sketch was educated in Germany, and emigrated to Kenton, Ohio, in 1869. He was married, in 1871, to Wilhelmine Hyneca, a native of Germany. By this union there have been six children (five living), viz., Michael K., Fred, Emma, William, Eddie and Lena.

S. KEHLEE, physician, Dunkirk, was born October 22, 1813, near Williamsport, Penn., and is a son of Abraham and Elizabeth (Shelby) Kehler, the former of German the latter of Low Dutch descent. The subject of this sketch was educated in Pennsylvania; emigrated to Ohio in 1841; studied medicine and graduated, in 1845, at Willoughby, Ohio. He has practiced for thirty-six years, spending fifteen years in Stark Ciiunty. - In 1846, he was united in marriage with Mary Landon, a native of Stark County, born February 16, 1825, and a daughter of Henry Landon, of Connecticut. This union has resulted in seven children, as follows: Frances, wife of Charles Mahon, a dealer in dry goods; Josephine, wife of James Flemming, a farmer and proprietor of a saw mill near Dunkirk; George, married; Mary, deceased; Grace, a school teacher and the wife of John Wood, clerk in Mahon's store; Anna, school teacher* in Dunkirk, and Edward. Mr. Kehler and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Kehler owns his residence in Dunkirk and is a prominent physician of that town.

WILLIAM KIECHHOFFER, farmer, P. O. Dunkirk, was born September 19, 1859, in Pleasant Township, Hardin Co., Ohio, and is a son of Frank and Elizabeth (Glucker) Kirchhoffer. His grandfather was killed in an oil mill in Mertzehausen, Germany. His father, a native of Germany, and a cabinet-maker by trade, died in Blanchard Township in 1873, at the age of forty-six years. His mother died on his farm, December 26, 1876, at the age of forty-five years; she was twice married. By her second husband - Jacob Schrittner - she had. one child - Emma, a resident of Pleasant Township. The subject of this sketch has two sisters - Minnie and Elizabeth. He is engaged in farming and sawing, and owns forty acres of land in Section 31, Range 11, where he has resided for nineteen years. He was married, March 30, 1882, to Alice, a native of Ohio, where she was born June 6, 1864, and is a daughter of James and Elizabeth (Davis) Fisher. He is the father of one child - Judson, born February 9, 1883, died March 26, 1883. His wife's father is a farmer and has reared a family of five children, one of whom - Jessie - died May 25, 1879. The three remaining at home are Maggie, Millie and Blanche.

JAMES M. KINSEY, book-keeper and salesman, was born February 7, 1854, in Dunkirk, Ohio. He is a son of George and Jane (Shuff) Kinsey. His paternal grandparents were Christian and Nancy (Martin) Kinsey, descended from the Pennsylvania Dutch; his maternal grandparents, Jesse and Margaret McCavery, were of Irish and German ancestry. The mother of our subject was born October 10, 1817, in Frederick County, Md., and the father was born in Frederick County, Md. , September 21, 1813. He lived in his native place until thirty-three years of age. He married, February 21, 1837, and had nine children, viz,, Mary C. (deceased), J. T., G. M., Susan J. (wife of J. C. Leslie), A. E., James M., Melvin S., Melinda and an infant (deceased). Mr. Kinsey, Sr. , has resided in this county since 1849. He was a carpenter for several years, and for ten years carried on the grocery business, but is now retired from all business. The subject of this sketch was the second male child born in the town of Dunkirk. He received a common school education, and was married, May 30, 1876, to Flo Tanner, who was born April 24, 1858, the daughter of 'VNdlliam and Elizabeth (Aurand) Tanner. Her father was a native of Rhode Island, her

M. Kinsey is the father of two children - Kuth, born December 8, 1877, and Mode, born March 4, 1881. For over ten years, Mr. J. M. Kinsey has been a salesmau and book-keeper in the hardware store of S. T. Boss.erman, Dunkirk.

JOHN U. KDET, farmer, P. O. Dunkirk, was born July 4, 1836, in Wangen County, Switzerland, and is a son of Jacob Kurt. He received his education in Switzerland and in Licking County, Ohio, to which place he emigrated at the age of nineteen years. His parents came the following year. He pursues farming for an occupation, and is the owner of 160 acres of land in Section 29, Blanchard Township. He was married, April 4, 1867, to Mary Kellerhals, born in this county, Groshen Township, six miles east of Kenton, October 28, 1847, and daughter of John XJ. Kellerhals. Nine children have been born to them, five living - Fred William, William Henry, Samuel A., Phillip and Lusi. John J. (deceased) was killed by a horse. Mr. Kurt and his wife belong to the German Beformed Church, of which the former has been a member since his boyhood, and is now an Elder. In politics, he is a Democrat, and is one of the prosperous farmers of Blanchard Township.

B. L. LABIMER, grocer, Dunkirk, was born November 12, 1859, in West Virginia, and is a son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Huston) Larimer, the latter a native of Ohio and of German and Irish parentage. His father was a native of Pennsylvania, where he received his education. He was a school teacher by occupation; moved to Ohio in 1864, settling in Hardin County, where, the following year, he was killed in an accident. The subject of this sketch came, in 1864, with his parents to this county, and was educated in Dunkirk. For two years he was employed in the post office, and clerked in the hardware store of Haldeman & Huston. Since 1880, he has been a dealer in groceries, provisions, etc. He has two sisters - Lulu, at home, and Effa, married to Wallice Gottlier (deceased two years ago), by whom she had three children - Thomas, Elizabeth and Anna. For over a year Mr. Larimer has been a member of the I. O. O. F. Dunkirk Lodge, No. 624, and is one of the rising business men of that town.

AARON LEHR, farmer, P. O. Dunkirk, was born November 6, 1825, in Union County, Penn. His paternal grandfather was John Lehr. The subject of this sketch received his education in Pennsylvania; moved to Ohio in 1854; lived for ten years in Sandusky County and then, in 1864, came to Hardin County. He was a blacksmith by trade, and worked at it for nine or ten years; aud also pursued the trade of a carpenter for fifteen | years. He is now carrying on farming, and is the owner of some tenement houses and his residence. He was married, in Pennsylvania, to Lucetta Houtch, born August 30, 1830, in the eastern part of Pennsylvania. Four children have blessed this union, three living - Mary J., a canvasser; M. B., who was educated in Dunkirk and at the Ada Normal School, and has been a teacher for seven terms; L. A. M., a music teacher in Dunkirk. Mr. Lehr served for one year in the One Hundred and Seventy-ninth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company B, He and his wife *are members of the Presbyterian Church, where the former has been an Elder and Sabbath School Treasurer. Mr. Lehr has been a Township Trustee and a member of the City Council.

JOSEPH R. LINDSEY, deceased, was born, August 3, 1820, in Madison County, Ohio, and died June 13, 1881. He was a son of John and Sarah (Ray) Lindsey, of Irish and Scotch ancestry. He was raised in Madison

County until twelve years of age, when he lived in Marion County until 1865, since which time he resided in Hardin County. He was, by occupation, a farmer, also dealer in stock, and owned eighty acres of land in Blanchard Township; forty-two and a half acres located in Section 21 and the remainder in Section 27. He married, January 5, 1843, Lydia, daughter of Joshua and Isabel (McKeay) Cope, of English-Irish and Scotch lineage. This union resulted in ten children, four living, viz., Sarah B., Mary x4nn, Joshua J. and John T. The six deceased are Isabella M., Jane C., William, Elon S., Cordelia and Elizabeth H. Mr. Lindsey and his wife were members of the Christian Church. Mr. Lindsey, filled the office of School Director and Township Trustee and, in politics, was a Republican.

E. C. LONGABALGtH, farmer, P. O. Dunkirk, was born April 13, 1838, in Wyandot County, Ohio, and is a son of John and Samantha (Cutting) Longabaugh. His father was of German and Irish descent and a native of Ohio; his mother of English lineage and a native of New York. Our subject taught school for five terms in Belle Vernon; he is now engaged in farming. He was married, April 23, 1868, to Amanda Whetsel, born in 1838 in Seneca County, Ohio, and a daughter of John Whetsel, of Pennsylvania. Five children have been born to this union, viz., Sarah E., John, Samantha E., R. B. Hayes and Charles Edwin. Mrs. Longabaugh was a graduate at Heidelberg College, Tiffin, and was a school teacher. Our subject was a member of the Eighty-first Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company D, and of the Fifteenth Regiment Three Minute Service, Company D. He was in service three years; was wounded in the mouth (from which wound he temporarily lost his speech) May 16, 1864, at Rome, Ga. , on the march to the sea. He owns 338 acres of land in Blanchard Township, Sections 8 and 17, and 168 acres in Section 21, Washington Township. He was a member of the Good Templars; is a member of the Masonic Lodge at McCutchinville; of the Knights of Honor; of the Grange; was a State Representative of the lodge and Worthy Master. He is a Republican in politics, and is one of the prosperous farmers of Blanchard Township.

P. LONGFELLOW, of tfie firm of Fry & Longfellow, liverymen, of Dunkirk, was born September 7, 1836, in Champaign County, this State. He was reared in his native place, near West Liberty, and was married to Elizabeth Clingman, a native of Hancock County, Ohio. To this union have been born four children, one deceased - Mary Ann (deceased), Charles, Joseph, and Ellen (wife of J. K. Karns). Mr. Longfellow enlisted in the Eighty-second Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company G, and served four years. He was taken prisoner at Chancellorsville, Va., and confined twelve days in Libby Prison. He was slightly wounded by a minie ball. Mr. Longfellow owns real estate in Dunkirk, and is one of the useful citizens of that place.