Bucyrus Township (part 1 of 3)

Bucyrus City

garet (Orr) Holmes, were sober and intelligent people, and both were natives of the Keystone State. A few j-ears after their birth, and previous to the war of 1812, they were taken bj' their respective parents to Harrison Co., Ohio, where they were raised and where they were subsequently married. Soon after their marriage, in 1821, they removed to Holmes Co., and, after remaining there about two years, left and located in Richland Co. Here they followed the not unusual occupation of farming until 1833, at which time thej' came to Crawford Co., locating on what is now known as the Stewart farm, in Jackson Township. Thej' were the parents of six sons and two daughters, all of whom are yet living. The mother died about a year after coming to the county, but the father is yet spared and has reached the unusual age of 95 years. The father was a soldier in the war of 1812, and served his countrj' with distinction. He became thoroughly familiar with all the details and perplexities of pioneer life, and a complete record of his eventful da3-s would be well worthy of perusal. His son, the subject of this sketch, was reared on the farm, receiving but a limited early education. At the age of 16, he was apprenticed to a carpenter, and, after learning that trade, followed it to a greater or less extent for about fifteen years. When the last war broke out and the Government began buying horses for its cavalry, Mr. Holmes, who was a good judge of horses, bought large numbers, over a range of several counties, aud then sold them to the various Quartermasters of the array who were authorized to purchase. In this mannei a profit of several thousand dollars was realized in a short time. After the war he kept a hotel for a short time, at Leesville, Crawford Co., and a few years later served as Superintendent of the County Infirmary. Subsequently he resided two years in Crestline, where he kept a livery stable. His thorough knowledge of " horse flesh,'" has, to some extent, shaped his life-labors. Himself and family are at present residing in Bucyrus. He was married to Miss Mary J. Morrow Nov. 2. 1854. This lady is a native of Crawford Co., her birth occurring Aug. 24, 1 834. She is the daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Seanor) Morrow, natives of Westmoreland Co., Penn., where they were married and resided until 1833, when they came to Crawford Co., locatino; in Jackson

Township. They were the parents of fifteen children, and eleven are yet living. The mother died in 1872. and the father two years later. Mr. Morrow was a stone-cutter and a mason, and followed these occupations throughout life. A family of four children has been born to Jlr. and Jlrs. Holmes. Mary E. and William W. are living, and Ella Beatrice and Oliver H. are dead. "Lizzie" and "Willie" have been educated at the country schools, where their parents formerl}' resided, at the Crestline schools, and. finally', at the fine schools in Bucyrus. They are both living with their parents at the countv seat.

HOLM & GARNER, Bucyrus. This firm is well and favorably known in Crawford and adjoining counties. Though young men, they have, by close attention to business and straight business habits, placed themselves in the front rank of cigar-makers. The}' both received the benefit of a common-school education, and, when 3'et boys, entered the cigar store of Mr. Horn, of Buc3'rus, where they learned the business, and, in 1878, formed a partnership and began business for themselves. They manufacture " Palmer's Choice," one of the best 10-cent cigars in the market ; their " H. & G.," " Nox Aall," " All the Go," and " Our Choice," all 5-cent cigars, are second to none in the trade. They use only the best stock in the filling and wrappers of these cigars, and, in this wa3% have secured an enviable reputation among the cigar-men of Central Ohio. Mr. Holm was born in Buc3'rus, Ohio, Jul}- 9, 1855 ; he is one of a family of five children born to Abraham and Jane (Haish) Holm, the former a native of Clarion Co., Penn., and the latter of Baden, Germany. The mother's people came to this country in 1827, and settled in Holmes Township ; the father came to the county about one year later, and was married here. He was an educated man, and, in early days, taught school in different portions of the county-. He was also Colonel of a regiment of State militia for a number of years, besides holding other positions of honor and trust in Bucyrus and Crawford Co. He died April 14, 1S78. His wife survives him, and resides in Bucyrus, Mr. (Jarner was born Oct. 2, 1850, in Allegheny Co., Penn.; his parents, William and Rosa (Briar) Garner, were both natives of the Emerald Isle. The}' came to Bucyrus, Ohio, in ]8t)0, where they have since resided. Mr. Garner, of the firm of

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Holm & Garner, was united in marriage with Miss Caroline Berkdorf, a native of Akron, Ohio, in 1874. Thej' have one child - Nellie May. Messrs. Holm & Garner are doing a large and steadily increasing business, and the writer of this predicts for them a brilliant and successful future.

GEORGE HARMON, farmer, etc; P. 0. Bucyrus ; a son of John and Mar}' (Bordner) Harmon ; was born Feb. 3, 1815, in Dauphin Co., Penn. His youth was spent there on a farm and in attending the common schools. He lived with his father until he was 23 years of age, when he was married, Feb. 23, 1838, to Miss Elizabeth Sells, of Trumbull Co., Ohio. His father had removed to Columbiana Co., Ohio, in 1835, remaining there a little over one year, then returning to Pennsylvania and settling in Mercer Co. Mr. Harmon has been twice married ; by his first wife, he had eleven children - Hannah, Angeline, Louisa, Mary Ann, Harrison, Frank and Moses living ; Sophia died in her 32d year, Isabel in her 6th year, Israel in his 3d year, Ellen in her 28th year. His wife died Sept. 1, 1872, and, Nov. 22, 1874. he was married to Miss Mary Bertikofer, of Liberty Township ; by her he had two children - Anna and Louis W. Our subject removed to Richville, in this county, in September, 1841, driving in a wagon from Pennsylvania, 160 miles, in five days ; he rented a house in tlie village, which at that time only had about ten houses, and began working at the carpenter's trade, which he had learned while living in Mercer Co., Penn., and built many houses in the village and vicinitj', which are yet standing, monuments of his industry. In 1843, he moved to Liberty Township, where he followed his trade till about 1855. Since then, he has been engaged in farming, buying, in April, 1878, 15 acres in Liberty Township, which he has improved very much. He has accumulated a nice little property by honest toil and industry. At present, he lives in Buc3'rus Township, but will move to his place in Libert}' Township in a short time. He was an Old-Line Whig until 1847, when he became a Democrat, and has ever since been of that political faith. He has been Constable and Trustee of Liberty Township for fourteen years, and, in April, 1880, was elected Trustee of Bucyrus Township. He has been a member of the German Lutheran Church since 19 years old. His father was a native of Pennsylvania, born about 1770, and died Aug. 19, 1853 ; his wife died June 16, 1860. The elder Harmon was a farmer, and was in the war of 1812, serving through the entire campaign. He raised thirteen children, viz.: John, Jacob, Michael, Catharine, Polly, Susan, Elizabeth, George (our subject), Margaret, Joseph, Jonas, Christina and David living : Ely, William, Isaac and Lavina are dead. David Harmon, the grandfather of our subject, came from Germany, and was stolen from his parents when a child but 8 years old.

CHARLES HETICH, retired ; P. 0. Bucyrus ; whose portrait appears elsewhere, is a son of George and Martha (Immel) Hetich, and was born June 11, 1810, near Chambersburg, Franklin Co., Penn., and lived on a farm until about 18 years of age ; he attended subscription school in the neighborhood, finishing his education at Gettysburg ; he then served an apprenticeship of three years in a mill ; this business, together with lumbering, he followed until 1836 ; in October, 1837, he came to Ohio, driving through from Chambersburg in a carriage, making two trips between that place and Bucyrus, one on horseback ; his mother had come out here some four years previously ; he settled on the corner of Warren and Main streets, and has lived in the town ever since, with the exception of about nine years spent on an estate which he owned in Cranberry Township. He had a great fondness for hunting, and he and Henry Minich hunted much together, often killing as many as thirty deer in a season ; he himself often killed three in a single day, killing a great many within a mile and a half of town, and often caught flsh in Grass Run. Mr. Hetich and two brothers bought 900 acres of land in Cranberry Township. In 1848, he was elected Treasurer of Crawford Co., and served two terms with satisfaction to his constituents ; he has been Township Trustee and Town Councilman many years ; was a member of the Board of Education when the Bucyrus schools employed but one teacher, and hired Judge Plants from his shoe bench to teach the school of the town. He was married, Feb. 14, 1833, in Franklin Co., Penu., to Miss Susan Clark ; four o' their childi-en are living - Paul I., Elizabeth, George A. and Martha J., wife of Cyrus Fisher, of Denver, Colo.; George A. lives in town, and Paul I. lives in Cranberry Township. His father, George Hetich, was born at Little York, Penn., where he lived until manhood ; he married Martha Immel, near Chambersburg, whose familj' was wealthy ; he settled there, managing farm and saw-mills ; he was soon after elected Sheriff of the count}-, and served several 3'ears as such ; he raised four sons and two daughters - Paul I., George A., John and Charles (our subject), and Rebecca H., widow of Hon. George Sweney, and Martha, wife of Jonathan Kearsley ; he died on his farm, near Chambersburg. Penn.

DAVID HEINLEN, farmer ; P. 0. Bucynis ; is the son of Lewis and Christina (Regina) Heinlen, and was born Feb. 23, 1834, in Whetstone Township ; here he was brought up and attended district school ; his father was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, and was educated there ; he also learned tailoring in the town of FuUingen ; came to America in 1817, and was under bonds to pa}' the cost of his passage by labor ; he served three and one-half years at Portsmouth to pay his indebtedness ; he afterward lived six years at Circleville, Ohio, and from there came to Whetstone Township, bought 80 acres of land, and lived upon it until his death, following his trade but little after he removed to this county ; he raised eleven children - Elizabeth, Jacob, Magdalena, Lewis, Mary and Catharine (both deceased), John, Samuel, Christian, David and Sarah ; David lived with his parents until they died, and on the homestead until 1876 ; he has now a fine form of 150 acres in Bucyrus Township, and is in good circumstances. In April, 18G5, he married Miss Mary Wirick, of Whetstone i Township ; they have seven children living - Charles I., Lewis H., Anna M., Laura S., Amy [ A., Jennie M. and an infant son. He is a member of the German Reformed Church of | Whetstone Township, and in politics has al- i waj's been a Democrat. i

JOHN HOWALD, carriage-maker, Buey- ; rus ; is one of the substantial business men of Bucyrus, and was born Jan. 9, 1824. in the Province of Alsace, France. His early life until he was 15, was passed in his native land, where he received a good education, and assisted in tilling the soil. In the spring of 1840, his parents removed to the United States, and young Howald came with them to tread the path of success in the New World. The family lived for a short time near Utica, N. Y. In

December, however, they came to Canaan Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, where his father bought a farm and there lived until his death. Young Howald remained on the farm assisting his father until he was 19, when he commenced learning his trade of carriage- making with a man near Millersburg, learning the department of wood-working. He was here a sliort time and also spent a short time at Wooster, completing his trade at Tallmadge, Summit Co. He worked there three years after the end of his apprenticeship, and at that time it was the largest carriage-shop in the West. Mr. Howald was the first foreigner employed in these shops, which emplo)ed about sixty men. He then traveled until 1843, working at his trade in different places in Ohio and New York. In 1853, he settled in Ashland, and worked there until 1S57, when he removed to Bucyrus in March. He here became a workman for Jefferson Norton, remaining in his employ about two j'ears. He tlien commenced business for himself as partner with David Lindsay, the business union lasting tvvo years with success. He then sold out his interest to Mr. Lindsay and located on Walnut street. Mr. Howald and John Schaber, the present Sheriff, were together in the business, but Schaber withdrew at the end of six months ; since when, Mr. Howald has conducted the business himself Since 1861, he has built a fine frame residence and a two-story carriage and blacksmith shop, in which he employs from eight to ten firstclass workmen. He has a wide reputation for making carriages, buggies and spring wagons, and enjoys a handsome patronage. He started without capital, and is a self-made, substantial business man, of whom the city might be proud. He is a member of Crawford Lodge, F., & A. M., and has always been a Democrat. He was married, July 31, 1852, to Miss Louisa Rappold, of Upper Sandusky. There are two children of this marriage - Julia and William.

JACOB HALLP:R, tanner; P. 0. Bucyrus; is the son of Jonathan Haller, and was born Aug. 20, 1844, in Lycoming Co., Penn., where, until his 8th year, he lived on a farm, and received the rudiments of an education. At this period in his life, his parents removed to Ohio, and settled near Bucyrus. Here he lived with them till his 17th year, when he entered tiie employ of J. J. Myers Bros., of Bucyrus, and remained one year. The next year saw him return to his native State, where he worked amid the hardships and privations of camp life in tlie pineries. He was next a locomotive fire, man, running from Williamsport to Elmira- This occupation lasted him some six months, when he relinquished it to drive a mill wagon at Williamsport. This occupation was also short-lived, and, at the end of nine months, Mr. Haller returned to Bucyrus aud was emplo3'ed by U. H. Shonert in the tannery, and here Mr. Haller finished his apprenticeship in the business, continuing another year, however, as a regular workman. He then traveled throughout Ohio, Indiana aud Michigan, working at his trade in various places. At the end of a j'ear he returned, and was employed by Shonert at pine work. Soon after, in company with Benjamin Ernst, Mr. Haller rented the Myers Yard, and, for three 3'ears, the}' conducted the business under the firm name of Haller & Ernst. In 1872, our subject formed a partnership with C. H. Shonert, and this business union has continued for the past seven years, and has been very successful. The firm do an extensive business in tanning, paying cash for hides, and dealing extensively in leather aud shoe-findings. Mr. Haller is a Democrat in politics, and has been a member of the City Council for two years. He is a member of Bucyrus Lodge, No. 139, F. & A. M. ; also P. G.'of La Salle Lodge, No. 51, 1. 0. 0. F., and of Demas Lodge, K. of P., No. 108. He was married, Dec. 29, 1878, to Mary Schaeffer, of Bucyrus, a daughter of G. A. Schaefl;'er. They have one daughter - Carrie Belle, born in April, 1875.

J. H. HOFMAN, jeweler, Bucyrus ; is a son of J. H. Hofmau, aud was born Aug. 26, 1833, in Mansfield, Ohio. At the age of 10, he entered the store of his brother, and removed to Bucj'rus in his fifteenth year, coming with his father, who died in 1851. At the age of 18 years, our subject took full charge of a repair shop of clocks and watches, and assisted in the support of the family for several years. In the year 1853, he made his first venture in business, buying a stock of jewelry of the value of $80. He took in his brother, K. E. Hofman, as partner in 1860, and together they have sold goods in their present room in Bowse's Block for the past tweutj' years. They still continue in business, and have a fine stock, unexcelled by any in the city. On May 30, 1869, he was married to Charlotte E. Sweney, of Bucyrus.

They have two children^Mabel and Carrie, His wife died April 16, 1879. His father was born in Shepherdstown, Penn.,in 1798, and was educated in his native State for the ministry of the German Reformed Church, and preached for a time in that State, and came to Mansfield, Ohio, in 1824. He evinced a natural taste for mechanics and was naturally skillful in that direction. For some time he printed a paper at Mansfield, and then engaged in watch and clock repairing. Dr. Johnston is the only business man who commenced when our subject did that is still in business. He was married, in 1820, to Elizabeth Hoffman, of Chambersburg, Penn. Of that marriage ten children are living. Augustine died in October, 1878. The names of those living are Catharine, Eliza, Charles, George, John H., Rufus, Allen, Mary, Laura and Frank. His father was a man well versed in Latin, Greek and German, aud was a devoted, earnest, Christian worker. His mother is still living at the advanced age of 78. Mr. Hofman possesses many rare qualifications for his business, and is a valuable member of society. Few men have taken charge of business when so 3'oung and succeeded so well.

PRANK HAMAN, Marshal, Bucyrus ; a son of William and Mary (Happ) Haman ; was born Dec. 13, 1834, in the State of New York, near Lake Seneca. When he was aged about 4 years, his parents removed to the vicinity of Shelby, Ohio, his father engaged in farming, and his son attending district school. In 1851, he came to Bucyrus and commenced a term of apprenticeship in the blacksmith-shop of James Kelly, which he completed at the end of three years. He then engaged for himself, and subsequently worked for Phillip Ossman six years. In 1861, he started a horseshoeing-shop, in which business he continued until 1878. In 1874, he was elected Marshal of Bucjtus as an independent candidate, and is now serving his fourth term. In 1852, he was man'ied to Jane Crumlej', of Richland Co., and of this marriage there are four children living - Louis C, Loring, Josephine and Frankie. Three of their children are dead. As a public officer, Frank Haman has been a success. He is one of the most efficient Marshals that the city has ever had, and has always acted conscientiously in the discharo;e of his dutv.

ware Co., Ohio. When he was aged 3, his parents settled in Morrow Co., Ohio, wliere the subject of our slcetch lived until he was 19 years of age. During this time he spent two years in teaching. When 19 years of age, he took charge of a lai-ge farm of 600 acres, in Dallas Township, Crawford Co. He was there for some time, then moved to a farm in Wyandot Co., near Upper Sandusky. He lived there four years, and at the organization of the Crawford Co. Bank, he was elected Cashier, a position which he has filled ever since. The bank was organized with tiie following officers : Ab Monnett, President ; (i. W. Hull, Vice President ; Lewis W. Hull, Cashier ; L. B. Harris, of Upper Sandusky, and E. Blair, of Bucyrus, being directors. Since its organization it has done a discount business of $250,000, has a capital stock of $100,000, and an associate capital of $700,000. Mr. Hull was married in Wyandot Co., Oct. 20. 1874, to Miss Mary Morral. They have one child, Cora D., born Oct. 6. 1875. '

FREDERICK G. HESCHE, retired merchant, Bucyrus ; is a son of John C. Hesche, and was born in the Province of Saxon Meiningen, Germany, March 1, 1811. According to the prevailing sj-stem in his native land, he attended school from his 6th to his 14th j-ear. When 16 3ears of age, he commenced his apprenticeship with a I)utcher, and served three years, after which his aptitude at the business kept him industriously at work as a journeyman for three j-ears longer. At this time, he became imbued with a desire to go to America, with several of his companions, his employer, however, being loth to have such a good workman leave his establishment. But young Hesche resolved to try his fortunes in the New World, and accordingly took passage from Bremen in the early summer of 18.S4, and, after a voyage of fifty-eight days, landed at Baltimore Sept. 2 of the same year. Shouldering his shot-gun - which he brought from the Fatherland - he trudged his way from Baltimore through a country wild in many parts, and from which the traces of barbarism had not yet departed, to what was then the small hamlet of Bucyrus. Amving here, his means enabled him to enter 40 acres of land, situated in Lykens Township. Here he became a farmer for about a year, when he went to Sandusky City and followed his trade of butchering, at which he was noted as being a skillful and valuable workman. He remained in that place at his business one year, when he returned to Bucyrus and engaged in laboring, at small wages. Traveling westward, he spent some time in Indiana, and was taken sick, and was afflicted for over a year, being unable to work, and spending, in that time, what money he had saved as the product of his hard labor. Becoming better, he was for some time employed at Lauck's Hotel, in Bucyrus. In 1839, he commenced in the employ of William Miller, and continued with him three years. Next, with his family, he removed to Osceola, then in Center, now in Todd Township, and there worked for a time in a saw-mill, and afterward rented the business and ran it for his own interests for about a year and a half when he again came to Bucyrus and re-entered the employ of Mr. Miller, his old employer. Soon after, he purchased the lot where stands his present residence, and erected a frame building on the corner, in which he started a store with a stock of groceries. Four weeks rolled around, and the store became a victim to the fire fiend. Mr. Hesche arose. Phoenix-like, from this misfortune, and again commenced, and continued until 1876, when he retired from business. He is now spending his old age in quiet retirement, and looks back with satisfaction on his long life of trial, industry and gi-adual success. He was married, Oct. 1, 1843, to Salomo Sterner, a native of Penn-sylvania. Six children were born of their marriage, and all are living, named, respectively, Charles A., Mary J., Clara B., Violet, Harmon F. and Ida M. Mr. Hesche is a gentleman who has shared considerabi}' in public esteem, and, during his residence in Center Township, he filled several offices of that corporation.

S. R. HARRIS, lawyer. Bucyrus ; is the son of Stephen and Sybil (Clark) Harris, and was born May 22, 1824, in Stark Co., Ohio. Spending his youth up to 14 j-ears of age on a farm, he commenced as clerk in a store, remaining until 18 years of age. He then attended Washington Academy, Pennsylvania, where he graduated in 1846. He read law with his uncle, John Harris, of Canton, who was an eminent man in his profession. He was admitted to the bar in 1849, and came to Bucyrus June 14 of that year, and immediately entered upon the practice of his profession. Commencing with- out capital, he has worked himself into affluence, having been a successful practitioner. He was at one time Mayor of Bucj-rus, and has filled many other offices. He was married in September, 1853, to Mary J. Monnett, daughter of William Monnett. They have four children living - Sallie J.. Willie, Gavin Hamilton and Nellie. Mr. Harris is one of the descendants of the Hamilton clan, of Mauchline, Scotland, one of his ancestors being Gavin Hamilton, mentioned in the poems of Scotia's idol - Robert Burns. Alexander Hamilton was also an ancestor of his, belonging to the same race of Hamiltons. Mr. Harris' grandfather was in the war of the Revolution, fighting for the independence of his country. Our subject's father came to Stark Co., Ohio, in 1805, emigrating from Washington, Penn. His father was a farmer, and was self-educated, having fine mental endowments, and was well versed in literature and history. He reared twelve children to maturitj', sis of whom are living, our subject being the vouugest of all.

LEVERET C. HINMAN, attorney at law, Bucyrus ; though a resident of Bucyrus but a short time, has already risen to a place of distinction as a member of the Crawford Co. bar. He was born in Meriden, Conn., on Feb. 22, 1855, and is the son of Franklin E. and Phoebe E. (Camp) Hinman. The former was a descendant of Serg. Edward Hinman, who settled in Stamford, Conn., about the middle of the seventeenth centurj-, and the latter is descended from Theophilus Eaton, who was the first Governor of the colon}- of New Haven. At the early age of 15 years, Leveret C. graduated from the schools of Meriden. He was very proficient in the study of Latin and Greek, as at that early age he had completed Caesar. Cicero and the books of Virgil. Of the latter, while his class was reading two books, he completed six. He also became a very thorough scholar in classics, for which he had a profound admiration. Hard study had so injured his health as to not admit of his beginning the study of a profession without some recreation. He therefore went to Nebraska, where he spent nine months on the broad prairies of that State. This movement effected a perfect restoration of his health, after which, he entered the Iowa State University, where he remained one year, and was then called home on account of the illness of his father. While engaged in the charge of home affairs, he spent his spare time in the study of law. Afterward he entered the office of Judge Smith, of Meriden, with whom he read law until 1875, when he entered the Law Department of Yale College, from which he graduated with honors in the spring of 1877. In the following June, he was admitted to practice in the Superior Courts of the State of Connecticut. He first located and began the practice of his profession in the little town of Wallingford, Conn., in which place, and at Meriden, he practiced until April of 1880, when he came West, and located at Crestline, Crawford Co. In the following June, he was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Ohio, and in November he removed to Bucyrus. He at once opened an office in the Bowman Block, and, as before stated, has already made long strides toward success and prominence. Should no misfortune befall him, it is safe to predict for Mr. Hinman a career as glorious, and a place as prominent in the profession, as any of those members of the bar of Crawford Co., whose names stand on the pages of history, and whose works are safe criterions for aspiring genius. Mr. Hinman was married on June 18, 1879, to Miss Jennie E. Burns, of Middletown, Conn.

WILLIAM HOOVER, retired, Bucyrus ; a son of Christian and Mary (Simmons) Hoover, and was born Nov. 1, 1816, in Pickaway Co., Ohio. In 1822, when he was about six years old, the famil}' removed to this county, and settled in Antrim, now Dallas Township. His father entered about 400 acres of land, to which he continued to add, until his death, at which time he owned 700 acres of fine land. His mother died when he was but 1 year old ; and, after removing to this count}', he lived with an uncle for about one year at Little Sandusk}', when his father married again, and he lived at home with him on the Sandusky River Plains. Here he went to school in an old, deserted cabin, his first teacher being Jos. Newell. He attended school until he was 16 years old, when, with his brother-in-law, he took charge of his father's farm ; his father going to Sandusky City. He continued on the farm until 1866, and, at his father's death, which took place in August, 1849, of cholera, he received his portion of his wealth. For several years he dealt largely in stock, devoting also considerable attention to stock-raising. In Novemljer, 1866, he came to Bucyrus, since which time he has been engaged in the care of his large estate. In March, 1877, he became a partner in tlie firm of Frey, Sheckler & Hoover in the Eagle JIachine Works ; he represented the firm in the Cincinnati Exposition of 18S0. He was married, Oct. 18, 1838, to Miss Phoebe Swisher, of Groveport, Franklin Co., Ohio, who was born in Franklin Countj-, March 7, 1817. Ten children have been born of this union, all of whom are living. John T. is a farmer in Dallas Township ; Christian, also a farmer in Dallas ; George, at home ; Marcellus, a farmer in Dallas ; Charles F., a student in Capital Cit_y Commercial College ; Emily, wife of Henry Welsh, farmer of Wyandot County ; Maggie, wife of David E. Fisher, a merchant of Bucyrus ; Alice, wife of Mark H. Lea, farmer of Taj-lor Co., Iowa ; Flora, wife of H. L. Weber of Bucyrus ; Lillian at home. He is a member of the English Lutheran Church, and one of its trustees. He has always been a Republican in politics, and before the organization of that partj' was an Old-Line Whig. His father was born in Pendleton Co., Va., and when a j'oung man, married and came to this county. He was a soldier in the war of 1812 ; built the first brick house, probably, in the county. He had two children - the sul)jeet of this sketch, and Hannah (now deceased), wife of Charles W. White.

GEORGE W. HULL, banker, Bucyrus ; was born in Delaware Co., Ohio, July 21, 1824, and is a son of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Smith) Hull. In 1828, his parents moved to Whetstone Township, in this county, and located on a farm, where they lived until he was 11 years old. He remembers the luxuries (?) of pioneer days, when he wore buckskin pants and a coonskin cap, and was glad to get them. He went to school in a cabin with a dirt floor and greased paper windows ; was treed once by wild hogs ; a bear was killed in their dooryard ; a panther, which he saw, was killed near his home. The family removed back to Delaware County, and located in Radnor Township, where his mother died when he was 15 years old, and he then began to care for himself, working on a farm at SIO per month. With the first earnings of his labor, he bought 40 acres of land, which was his beginning in life. At the age of 20, he was married to Attie Scribner, of Marion County, and lived, after marriage, in Delaware County until 1855, when he removed to Morrow County and settled near Cardington. He has five children living and one dea(i. Jasper G., Cashier of Farmers' Bank at Findlay, Ohio ; Olive A., now Mrs. M. J. Jlonnett, of ('rawford County ; Lewis W.. Cashier of Crawford County Bank ; Laura died when five years old ; J. C. F., Assistant Cashier of Farmers' Bank, and Cora D., at present at Ohio Wesleyan Female College. Mr. Hull owned 800 acres of fine land on Shaw Creek, of which 240 was his original purchase in that neighborhood. In 1877, he sold out, at which time he owned 1,500 acres of land in Crawford, Morrow and Wyandot Counties, all made by his honest exertions and industry. In the .stirring times before the late war, when the nnilcriiioniKl railway was in successful operation ilirdiii^li Ohio, he was one of its most zealous supporters and trusteil agents, and can still tell many a startling story, in which he ran almost hair-breadth risks, in earr}'ing his contract and freight over this mysterious line of railway. And although, like Othello, his occupation is gone in that direction, j'et he often regales his friends, fighting his battles over again" In April, 1877, he came to Bucyrus and opened the Crawford County Bank, of which he is Vice President ; Jan. 1 , 1879, he opened the Farmers' Bank at Findlay, Ohio, being a third partner in it. He assisted in organizing the stock company for building the Crawford County Grain Elevator. He has been a member of the Methodist Church for forty years ; has been steward, class leader ; was County Commissioner while a citizen of Morrow County one term, and a Justice of the Peace for twelve vears.

F. M. HAMILTON, Superintendent of Public Schools. Bucyrus ; is a son of James and Elizabeth (Walker) Hamilton, and was liorn in Rush Co., Ind.. July 3. 1838. His early youth was spent on a farm until he had attained llic age of 20. In the meantime, he had attended school in the winter months, and had proved himself proficient. At the age of 20, he entered the high school at Roanoke, Ind., where he continued as a successful student for two terras. He next entered the high school at Ft. Wayne, from which institution he graduattid in 18G2. Before this he had taught school to a certain extent, and for two years after his graduation he taught in the public schools of Ft. Wayne. In 1804 and 1805, lie was Principal of the Perry Center Seminary, ten miles north of Ft. Wayne. In 1865, he entered the Freshman chiss of the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, and graduated in the classical course in 1869. He then became Principal of the South Side High School of Flint, Mich., where he continued one 3'ear. He was next Superintendent of the North Side Schools from 1870 to 1872. During the next 3-ear, he was Superintendent of the Public Schools at Lapeer, Mich. He was elected Superintendent of the Bucyrus Public Schools in 1873, and has served in that capacit3' ever since, and, as evidence of his efficiency and popularity, we would state that he has been re-elected to serve for the three years following. He was a delegate to the National Teachers' Association, at Baltimore, in 1876. and is an active and vigorous worker in county associations. He is connected greatly with educational work, and is a popular lecturer on various educational topics. He was married, Aug. 1, 1871, to Miss Josie A. Couover, of Ann Arbor, Mich.; they have one son - Walter M.

JAMES" 0. HOLLAND, farmer ; P.O. Bucyrus ; is the son of Nehemiah and Lucinda (Bentley) Holland, and was born in Mahoning Co., Ohio, Dec. 20, 1841. His boyhood was spent on a farm, and in the acquirement of a limited education. At the age of 16, he began learning the carpenter's trade, following it some three years. Aug. 22, 1861, he enlisted in the 21st 0. V. I., Company B, and was at Stone River, Chickamauga, Jonesboro. Atlanta, and in the famous '' march to the sea." He was taken prisoner at Nolansville, N. C, and was paroled after fourteen da3's' imprisonment, and sent back to the Union lines. He was mustered out at Columbus June 20, 1865, and, Oct. 10, 1866. he was married to Ellen Starner, of Bucyrus Township. After marriage, he removed to Nevada, Ohio, where he followed carpentering until he moved to his present home, on the Sandusky road, where he has a farm of 81 acres. He has repaired the buildings, enlarging the house, and has a comfortable home. He is a member of the School Board, and Supervisor. In politics he is and alwavs has been a Republican, and in religion is a member of the Second-Day Advent Church. Of his marriage, there is one child - George W., born Oct. 4, 1870.

was born April 9, 1858, in Bucyrus. He went to the public schools here until he was 16 years old, when he accepted a clerkship in the store of M. Emrich, where he has been employed ever since, with the exception of six months spent in a wholesale house in Cleveland. He is now in charge of the hat and cap and furnishing department, and is among the best salesmen of the city. His parents were born in Saxony, Germany.' The father was born Oct. 13, 1826, and the mother Nov. 22, 1832. His father went to school in Germany until he was 14 years old, when he learned the shoemaking trade, and, in 1848, came to the United States ; tarried one year in Paterson, N. J., and, in 1849, came to Bucyrus, working at his trade for some nine years after his arrival, when he abandoned it for mercantile pursuits. In 1854, he married Miss Amelia Brennert, of Seneca Co., Ohio, but a native of Germany. From this marriage, there are live children, of which the subject of this sketch is the second son.

ALONZO M. JONES, physician, Bucyrus (whose portrait appears in this work), is a son of Ludwig and Mary (Hale) Jones ; was born April 4, 1811, in Berkshire Co., Mass. His father, a native of this county, moved to the Western Reserve in the spring of 1817, settling in Lorain Co., then a densely wooded tract, with the county seat at Warren, a hundred miles away. Here with but eight families in the territor3' now within the limits of Lorain Co., Mr. Jones began the career of a pioneer at the age of 6 3-ears. There was plenty of work for even little hands to do at that time, and, until he had reached the age of 12 years, there was no opportunity for schooling. About this time, he went a few terms during the winter months to the primitive schools of the time. His father d3-ing when he was at the age of 14, threw the care and support of the famil3' upon his 3'oung shoulders, to which he thenceforward devoted himself until 21 years of age. He now began to look forward to a permanent settlement in life, and, adopting the profession of medicine, began study in the spring of 1832 with Dr. E. W. Hubburd, of La Grange, Ohio. After studying in the office about a 3-ear, he attended lectures at the medical school in Worthington, Ohio, graduating in July, 1834. In the meanwhile, he had established himself in Norton, Ohio ; but, after a practice of some four months, and attending his final lectures, he went to Toledo, Ohio, practicing there, however, onl^' six months, when he came to Bucyrus. This was in December of 1835, and he continued in his profession with scarcely an interruption until 1843. In the spring of this year, in ijompauj- with Samuel Clapper, Mr. Jones bought the old woolen-mill property, enlarged and repaired the establishment, bringing the second steam engine ever in the county. After some seven years' successful operation in this business, Mr. Jones sold to his partner in 1846, and turned his attention to real estate speculation, purchasing large tracts of wild land of the Government. About 1866, he again engaged in manufacturing business, forming a partnership with W. C. Lemert, Capt. Lyman Parcher and John Jones, in the hub, spoke and bent- work business. Changes in the partnership took place a little later, leaving the present firm of A. M. Jones & Co., who are doing a successful business. Beginning life with little assistance, Mr. Jones has accumulated his large property - save 180 acres of land - entirely through his own exertions. The necessity of his situation, however, has not narrowed the scope of liis enterprise. Every public undertaking has found in him an active worker, and, in the various railroad projects, he has borne a prominent part. To these characteristics of a good citizen, Mr. Jones adds the accomplishments acquired by extended travel, and the culture of a well-read man. He was married May 15, 1838, to Miss Elizabeth Norton, of Bucyrus, Ohio. Of eight children born to him, five died in infancy and childhood. The three now living are Mary L., wife of W. C. Lemert, Lorenzo E. and Volney W.

Mrs. Elizabeth (Norton) Jones (whose portrait appears in this work) ; is a daughter of Samuel Norton, the earliest pioneer and original proprietor of the village of Bucyrus. She was born in Luzerne Co., Penn., near DundatT, and was 17 months old when her father moved his family to the site of Bucyrus. The nearest house at that time was eight miles away, and for three days they lived in a bark hut which had been deserted by the Indians, until a more -substantial residence was erected, near the present site of the Main Street Mills. The Indians were at that time in full costume, and greatly' frightened the family by their yells and actions. The land, though wild, was found to be a great improvement upon the hilly soil full of hemlock roots just left in Pennsylvania. A good crop I of corn was raised the first year, and the woods j supplied all the necessities and many of the luxuries of life. Plums, wild grapes and honey [ were found in abundance. The absence of mills was felt to be a serious drawback, the nearest one being at Mansfield. To this mill Mr. Norton went, frequently leading a horse laden with sacks through the woods. When 8 years j old, Mrs. Jones began her education in the j duties of a pioneer maiden, by taking her first lesson in spinning. To accommodate lier greater prominence as a citizen and a man of sterling worth and business ability, than the subject of this sketch - Mr. Abraham Monnett - whose portrait appears in this work. He is a descendant of Mr. Abraham Monnett, who, with his family, moved from Virginia to Ohio, in the year 1800, and settled near the village of Chillicothe. His family consisted of Isaac, Tliomas, Margaret, Jeremiah (the father of our subject), John, William, Osb irn and Elizabeth. Jeremiah Monnett returned to Virginia, where he was married to Miss Alcy Slagle. They settled near Cumberland, on the Potomac River, and resided there until 1814, he then, with his famil}' of a wife and five small children - one of whom was the subject of this memoir - removed to Ohio and settled in Pickaway Co. Their trip from Virginia was a very hard one, and probably would not have been undertaken but for the help of a Widow Jones, with whom Mr. Monnett joined teams. Mr. Monnett was a regularly ordained minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and when arriving in Pickaway Co. he had only 15 in money, and his team and small supplj' of household goods. He remained a resident of Pickaway Co, until 1835, and then removed to Crawford Co., settling four and a half miles south of the village of Bucyrus, where he resided until his death, which occurred in September of 1863. Mr. Abraham Monnett was born on the l:^th of October, 1811, in the State of Virginia and near the Maryland line. His life was spent in the home of his birthplace until his parents removed to Ohio in 1814. In that early day of the settlement of Pickaway Co., but few opportunities were atforded him for attaining an education. Always active, energetic, and endowed with great decision of character, he had before leaving Pickaway Co. with his father, in 1835, taken an active part in all local matters, and while residing there he joined a company of Militia, of which he was First Lieutenant ; his commission for this office was signed by George McArthur. Shortly after his father moved to Crawford Co., Abraham bought a forty acres of land lying in Scott Township, Marion Co., Ohio. Soon after his going to Marion Co., he joined the Militia Company commanded by Capt. Beckley, in which he also was elected First Lieutenant. In June of 1836, Mr. Monnett returned to Pickaway Co., where on the 9th of that mouth he was married to Miss Catharine Brougher, who had been an orphan from her 4tli year, and by whom he received $2,500, the proceeds of the sale of land of which she was the heir. This, with the exception of S120, given him by his father, was the only money received by him, and the only part of his extensive fortune, not accumulated by his own energy and industry and economy. Shortly after his marriage, Mr. Monnett took up his residence in Scott Township, Marion Co. In 1838, he began the handling of cattle, many of which he bought in Illinois, and drove through to his farm in Marion Co., to do which would sometimes require a thirtj-days drive. Later in life, he assisted largely in the organization of the Marion Co. Bank, an institution in which he has since held an interest and of which he has been the President since 1864. At present he is also the President of the Farmer's Bank of Marion, Ohio. He is also at the head of the Crawford Co. Bank of Bucyrus, where much of his time is spent. Besides his interest in the above enterprises, Mr. Monnett owns, in Crawford and Marion Cos., 11,000 acres of choice land. Truly, this is a fortune for one man to accumulate, whose earlj' life was spent in a new country, where, to attend a very common school, he was obliged to walk two and a half miles. Mr. Monnett has not been successful in financial affairs only, but in the rearing of a familj- of twelve children to honorable man and womanhood. They are situated as follows : Ephraim B., farmer, of Dallas Township ; Martha, wife of G. H. Wright, of Bucyrus Township ; Oliver, farmer, in Dallas Township ; John T., farmer, residence Marion Co., Ohio ; Alcy, wife of James Malcom, of Bucyrus ; Augustus E., farmer, of Bucyrus Township ; Marvin J., farmer and stock-dealer, Dallas Township ; Mary J., wife of George Hull, banker, Findlay, Ohio ; Madison W., Teller Crawford Co. Bank ; Nelson, on the old homestead, in Marion Co. ; Amina J., wife of Calvin Tobias, of Bucyrus, and Kate, wife of Louis Ross, farmer, of Dallas Township. Mrs. Monnett died on Feb, 8, 1875, and on May 30, 1877, Mr. Monnett was again married. His present wife was Mrs. Jane Johnston, daughter of Mr, Samuel Ludwig, whose portrait appears in this book, as does also the biography of his life. They resided for a short time after this marriage on a farm owned by the widow, l)ut later removed to Bucyrus, where they now re- side. Mr. Monnett has for many years been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In his early manhood he was a member of the Whig party, but since the organization of the Republican party he has cast his vote and influence for it. His first Presidential vote was cast for J. Q. Adams.

REV. THOMAS J. MONNETT, farmer and minister, Bucyrus, whose portrait appears in this work, is a son of Rev. Jeremiah and Alcy (Single) Monnett, and was born Jan. 26, 1826, in Pickaway Co., Ohio. When nine years of age, his parents removed to this county and settled on the place where he now lives. They came from an old and thickly settled country, and, arriving at their new home iu a heavy rain, drenched to the skin, the prospect before them seemed anj-thing but inviting. In the midst of all this his mother was taken sick, which added to the anxiety of the situation. Young Monnett was employed in herding stock, and riding among the yellow-blossomed weeds, which covered the Plains : he was often lost almost in sighr of his father's cabin. An old cabin residence near by was converted into a schoolhouse during the summer of 1836, and Harriet Bover, an Eastern lad}' of some attainments, taught the first school in it. Pupils came four or five miles to the first winter school, which was taught by a Mr. Kenough. In these schools young Monnett studied until he was 16, mastering the common branches as far as taught by those early teachers. In his 16th year. Rev. Osborn Monnett, of the Norwalk Seminar}' of the Methodist Episcopal Church, came to the neighborhood, and soon after started a school at his own residence, in which he was enrolled among the first pupils. He was a ver}' thorough teacher, and for two j'ears, young IMonnett pursued the studies of grammar, philosophj- and j algebra. About the year 1845, he entered the Ohio Wesleyan Universitj- at Delaware, and returned and took charge of the home school that winter at $18 per month, it being the first school under the district system. He taught j two terms, at the same time occupying himself ! with individual study. At 21 years of age, he j began reading medicine with Drs. F. Swingley j and Douglass, of Bucyrus, and recited to them j for one year. Previous to attaining his ma- I joritj', he read Clark's Commentaries through j to his father, who was a minister of the Gospel, and the church licensed him to preach, but, not j feeling sure of his duty, he did not then enter the ministry. A few years later, however, being called by the church and his own convictions, he took charge of Melmore Circuit, under Presiding Elder Wm. Disbra, for one year, as supply. He was then recommended unanimously by the circuit to the North Ohio Conference, and in 1853, he joined the conference and was sent to Fostoria, where he labored for two years, having a glorious revival each year ; he was then sent to Kenton, one of the strongest charges at that time in the conference ; and was ordained Elder, having completed a comprehensive course of study in four j-ears - which usually requires six years. He remained at Kenton one year, and then went to Upper Sandusky, laboring there two years with good success. He was then removed to the Caledonia Circuit, which enabled him to be at home, and here he labored for two j'ears, having a large revival at Monnett Chapel, in which 108 persons joined the church ; he labored continuouslj' for forty-two nights, which proved too much for his already over-tasked sj'stem, and brought on a hemorrhage of the lungs, and he retired for two years, much broken down in health. In 1861, he took a superannuated relation to the North Ohio Conference, and on his recovery he labored in the ministrj' in various places. He has been called upon to settle up some large estates for T. F. Johnston and others. About 1861, he began stocking his farm and had good success, and some years later, he purchased the old homestead ; he now owns about 1,200 acres of fine farming and grazing land. He has been engaged in various public enterprises, among them the Bucyrus Woolen Mills, and is now, with J. G. Frayer, owner of the Bucyrus Gas Works. In 1848. he was married to Henrietta Johnston, of Dallas Township, and had born to him by this marriage, seven children, viz. : Orwin Bruce, of this township ; Wm. A., commission stock-dealer of Chicago ; Francis S., still at home ; John G. (deceased 10 years) ; Effle at home ; Webster and Agnes, died in childhood. His wife died Nov. 22, 1871, in her 43d year, and on the 4th of September, 1873, he was married to Miss Sarah Rexroth, of Buc3'rus, who was born at Winchester, in this count}'. May 4, 1842, and educated in the Bucyrus schools, and at Mt. Union College. She began teaching at 15, and taught seven terms in this county ; in 1862, she began teaching in Bucj-rus Union Schools, and continued until 1873, teaching in every grade, and in the high school department. She was identified with the missionary work in this county, having been Corresponding Secretary of the Cincinnati branch of the AVomen's Foreign Society and Sunday school work, and is now Superintendent of the Sunday school. Mr. Monnett's father and uncle came about 1835, and were the first Methodists in the neighborhood. His father married Alcy Slagle, who was born in Virginia, and i-eceived from her father's estate a number of slaves, which he brought across the Ohio River to free them, wiien he moved to Pickaway Countj- in 1801. Mr. Monnett, the subject, has always been a Republican in polities. He was nominated for the State Senate in the district composed of Crawford, Wyandot and Seneca Counties, and cut down the Democratic majoritj' 400 votes ; was also nominated for Representative in 1879.

ABRAHAM C. MONNETT, deceased ; son of William and Elizabeth (Cahill) Monnett; was born in Bucyrus Township, March 31, 1839, and lived on the plains until 1851, when he came to Bucyrus and attended school until he was 21, when he attended the Ohio Wesleyan Univei-sity at Delaware one year, but was compelled to come home on account of sickness. In 1861, he enlisted as a private in the 34th O. V. I., Co. E, and rose to the rank of Sergeant. He participated in the battles fought in Virginia, and was honnrablv 1864. ^ On his return. \i'- in stock-raising and i'uniiiiiL;- iinlil about 1870, when the}' dissolved partuenship, and Mr. Monnett continued alone until 1878, when he was stricken down with consumption, and died April 17, 1879, after a lingering illness. He was a man highlj' esteemed by all who knew him - a kind and affectionate husband and loving father. He was married, Dec. 11, 1867, to Miss Jennie E. Walwork, of Bucyrus, She was born at Saratoga, N, June 6, 1840. She received her education at the Albany State Normal School, gi-aduating there in July. 1860, The following August, she came to Bucyrus, and, in September, 1861, she accepted a position in the Bucyrus Union Schools, where, for five successive years, she taught with gratifying success. Five children were born of her marriage - Frank W,, born March 18, 1869 ;

M, W. MONNETT, Assistant Cashier of Crawford County Bank, Bucyrus ; is the son of Abraham Monnett, whose biography appears in this work. He was born Aug. 8, 1851, in Scott Township, Marion Co. He attended common school until 1871, and then took a commercial course in the Buckeye Business College, of Sandusky City, graduating in March, 1872. He remained on the farm until 1878, when he became Assistant Cashier in the Crawford County Bank, which responsible position he still holds. Before this appointment, he did considerable business in live stock, and proved himself a live business man. He was married, Sept. 12, 1872, to Rosalie A. Brewer, of Marion Co. Of this marriage there are two children living - Ernest E. and'Edith A. His wife died Aug. 17, 1876. He was re-married, Dec. 3, 1879, to Miss Arma McCrory, of Bucvrus.

A. E. MONNETT, farmer and stock-dealer ; P. 0. Bucyrus ; is a son of Abraham and Catharine (Brougher) Monnett, and was liorn Oct. 3, 1845, in Scott Township, Marion Co., Ohio, Here he spent his j-outh on the farm, acquiring a common-school education in the meantime. At the age of 21, he took charge of a farm of 600 acres, which he still owns. He at once devoted his attention largely to the raising of stock, principally that of cattle and sheep. In the rearing and handling of stock, he has l)cen eminently successful. He united his fortunes with Miss Anna Walton, of Marion Co., Feb. 20, 1868. Of this marriage four children were born - Irvin E., Rosa C, Walter J. and Ada A. The latter died in infancy. Mr. Monnett is a Republican in politics.

Bucyrus, serving acceptably there for nearly one year. In May, 1872, he bought an interest in a wholesale and retail grocery and provision store in Bucyrus, becoming a partner with G. W. Myers. This partnership lasted until September, 1873, when he retired from the store and returned to the farm. In 1874 and 1875, he was clerk in American Express Company's office at Gallon, and, in May of the latter year, became book-keeper for Monuett, Fraj'er & Co., for one year. In the fall of 1876, he again returned to the farm, where he has since remained, aiding his father in the management of his large estate. Nov. 14, 1877, he married Miss Annie Hoffman, of Bucyrus, a daughter of Charles F. Hofl'man, Esq. She was born April 12, 1858. Mr. Monuett is a Republican ; and is at present a member of and President of the School Board of Bucyrus Township, and taught school in 1879-80. He is a local member of Chautauqua Scientific and Literary Circle, in which he takes considerable interest and is a shining light.

CHARLES S. MUNSON, Bucyrus ; was born in Paris, Oneida Co., N. Y., and is a son of Julius and Marie Antoinette (Smith) Muuson. His youth was spent on a farm until 21 years of age. He completed his education at Rome Academy and Cazenovia Seminary, New York. In 1854, he went to Boston, Mass., there he entered the organ factory of Mason & Hamlin as foreman of the tuning department. He is a cousin to Mr. Hamlin, of this firm. While in this business he was a member of the leading oratoria societies of Boston, and for some years correspondent for the New York Musical Review. He remained in the factory about four years. Was married, Sept. 18, 1855, to Miss Harriet A. Cooper, of Wampsville, N. Y., and of this union five children have been born - Mary A., Emma L., Grace, Charles and William. He reDurned to New York after leaving Mason & Hamlin and taught school in 1857-58 ; had taught several terms before. He came to Ohio in 1858 to engage as commercial traveler for A. Miller & Co., his health demanding a change of habits. In 1859, he removed his family to Delaware, Ohio, where they lived some two years. In April, 1861, he came to Bucyrus, where he engaged in the boot and shoe business in Quinby Block until January, 1868, when he sold out and became commercial traveler for a wholesale drug house at Cleveland for two years, at the end of which time he entered the wholesale liquor and tobacco business in 1870, which he has still followed with good success. He began his musical education at 15, and in three years' time was leader of the choir in Paris, N. Y. His first instrument upon which to take lessons was the violin, but he rapidly acquired a knowledge of other instruments. Of late years he has composed some very creditable pieces of vocal music. Has been leader of choirs since the age of 18 3-ears. He organized the choral union in 1874, first formed of the Lutheran, Methodist and Presbyterian choirs for mutual practice, and under his direction sing classical music. He and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. His father was born in Paris, N. Y., in 1806, and followed farming ; he raised three sons and two daughters - Charles S., Julius S., James E., Jane and Sarah. Julius is professor of vocal music in Boston ; James lives in New York City, and is author of Munson's complete phonograph}', and is official reporter of Surrogate's court The two daughters are living at Chicago. His wife was a native of New York, daughter of Rev. William H. Cooper, late of Bellport, L. I. She was a graduate of Cazenovia Seminar}-, and was a fine Latin and French scholar.

GEN, SAMUEL MYERS, Nevada ; is a son of Abraham Myers, and was born on the 4th day of December, 1802, near Lancaster, Lancaster Co., Penn. His father was born on the memorable day of Julj' 4, 1776, and was a miller b}' trade. He bought a mill in York Co., Penn., where he lived for several years, and, about 1 807 or 1808, he removed to Carlisle, Cumberland Co. The subject of this sketch left home when 18 jears of age, and learned the trade of tailor, serving three years. He was married on the 6th day of October, 1825 (then about 22 years of age), to Rebecca Deardorf, who was born July 31, 1808, and, in the fall of 1827, they removed to Bucyrus, Crawford Co., where they lived in the town and vicinity for a period of fifty-three years. His wife died July 17, 1845. leaving ten children, the youngest but 7 days old. He kept house with his children for about three years, when he was again married, June 22, 1848, to Mrs. Hannah Hamilton, the result of which was one son, born July 2, 1849. Bucyrus was but a small place when Mr. Myers moved to it, consisting of a few houses only, and they of the regular pioneer pattern. He, with a few other public-spirited citizens then living in the new settlement, went to work in good earnest to build up the town and improve the country, so as to make it attractive to emigrants'. There were many Indians then in this section of the country. They were good friends to Mr. Myers and his family, and he always felt himself perfectly safe among them. The3', and their squaws and papooses, would frequently come to his house, and his good wife would give them something to eat, for which they always seemed grateful. Jlr. Myers was instrumental in raising an independent company of militia, called " Bucyrus Guards," of which he was elected Captain, a position he held several years, when he was elected Brigadier General of the Third Brigade, 11th Division of Ohio Militia, which, after commanding several years, he resigned. He was elected County Treasurer in 1834, and served for ten years ; the county then embraced quite an extensive territory-, and he went to ever}' township to receive the taxes, to the place of holding elections, on hoi'seback, mostly along Indian trails and paths. In 1848, he was elected to the State Legislature, and, in the fall of the same year, was one of the Electors for the State, and was elected a second time to the Legislature. During those j-ears. he lived at Bucyrus, and was frequently called upon to assist in getting up improvements for the benefit of the town and the surrounding country, such as securing the county seat at Bucyrus, railroads and other improvements, (ien. Myers has always been a public-spirited citizen, and to his enterprise Bucj-rus and Crawford County owe much of their wealth and prosperity. He now lives at Nevada, just over the line in Wyandot County.

W. W. MILLER, retired ; P. 0. Bucyrus ; whose portrait and that of his wife, appear in this book, is another of the old and honored pioneers of Crawford Co. He was born in Manheim Township, Berks Co.. Penn., on March 1. 1808, and is the son of Peter Miller, who migi-ated with his family to Crawford Co. in the year 1835 ; the journey was made by wagon and was a most tedious one, the family consisting of the father and mother and seven children, all of whom arrived safely at the old Blue Ball Inn, two miles south of JBucyrus, on the IGth of May. 1835. They resided at the Blue Ball until the 4th of the following June, when they rented a house in the village of BucjTus, to which they removed. Mr. Miller and his son, the subject of this sketch, engaged in hauling earth from the hill north of town, to fill in and level the public square. They continued teaming, at diflerent kinds of work, until on the 12th of the following December, when they purchased the lot where the Western Hotel now stands, paying for it $850, when together they engaged in the mercantile business, under the firm name of Peter Miller & Son. Now, to go back to the earlier life of Mr. Miller : He was reared on a farm, and remained with his father until the age of 14, when he began hiring out to do farm-work. This he continued for a few years, or until 1828, when he secured a situation as salesman in a store at McKeansburg, Penn.; there his first instructions as a salesman were received. His first year's salary for this work was $30. In 1830, he secured, through the influence of his uncle, John Miller, a situation in the store of Mr. Henry Arnold, in Lancaster, Ohio. A short residence in that place brought on an attack of fever and ague, on account of which he returned to Pennsylvania. Recovering, he again secured a situation in McKeansburg, where he remained most of the time until preparations were made by his father to move to Ohio, which event occurred as altove stated. The business was conducted in Bucyrus under the firm name of Peter INIiller & Son. until the death of the old gentleman, which occurred on his 55th birthday, August 1, 1831). W. W. continued the business until Aug. 31, 1848, when his building and entire stock of goods were destroyed by fire. Though sustaining this loss by lire, Mr. Miller was still in fair financial circumstauces, and in 1852, he, in company with some other gentlemen of Bucyrus and Mansfield - John Sherman, now of national reputation, being one of the number - engaged in the general banking business in Bucyrus. The Mansfield gentlemen withdrawing, the liusiness was continued until 1802. by Messrs. Musgrave, Hetich, Adams and Miller, of Bucyrus. when they discontinued the business to devote their time to other interests and enterprises. Mr. Miller has bought and sold many different lots and tracts of land in and about Bucyrus. For a number of years, he has been in no active business, but has been reaping the reward of his early industry and economy, in a pleasant home in West Bucyrus, where, in company with his estimable wife, he resides in peace and contentment. On Jan. 28, 1836, Mr. Miller was married to Miss Catharine, daughter of Henrj' and Catharine Sell. She too, bore her burdens nobly in their early struggles to accumulate a competency, and in the rearing of their family of four children to honorable man and womanhood. Her portrait appears in this work, as a lady worthy of a place in the history of Crawford Co. Their children are Maria W., now the wife of C. H. Shonert ; Wilson A., James K. and Clarrissa.

HARVEY E. MORGAN, barber, Bueyrus ; was born in Springfield, Clarke Co., Ohio, Dec. 15. 1833. His father, Nimrod Morgan, was born Dec. 25, 1789, and was for many years a slave in Bourbon Co., Ky. ; he commenced to buy his freedom, and labored for several years in order to secure enough to emancipate himself and wife ; he settled in Springfield, Ohio, about 1825, and followed the trade of a blacksmith for many years ; Nimrod Morgan was the father of thirteen children, ten sons and three daughters, and is still living at an advanced age ; he was 91 years old on Dec. 25, 1880. Harvey E.Morgan, the subject of this sketch, was the youngest son, and in his youth received only two months' instruction at a regular school ; but in after life he acquired liy his own efforts a good education. He assisted his father in the blacksmith-shop until about 18 years of age, and then entered a barber-shop at Cincinnati, Ohio, serving an apprenticeship of two years with George Anderson. During the next year he followed his trade on the steamboat Jacob Streeter, which made regular trips between Cincinnati and New Orleans. He then worked at Richmond, Ind., for four months ; then at Dayton. Ohio, for two years ; then at Miamisburg about one year ; he also followed his trade as a journeyman barber in New York City, many places in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Ohio, including the cities of Chicago and Cleveland. He was married to Miss Isabella C. Bell, of Xenia, on Oct. 18, 1854. and after working in Springfield a short time removed to Miamisburg, where they remained about a year and then removed to Mansfield, where they resided for a longer period. In April, 1860, the family settled in Bueyrus, where Mr. Morgan has since followed his trade with good success. At the present time he runs three chairs in his establishment, which is located in the Reid frame building at the northwest corner of the public square ; his rooms are conveniently located, handsomely furnished, and all his customers are satisfied with the treatment they receive upon giving him their patronage. He is gentlemanly in his deportment and has always attended strictly to business, but nevertheless, during the war, when political feeling was most intense against the race to which he is an honor, and when a craven fear of the draft made ruffians and cowards of many, the trials of Mr. Morgan were exceeding- I3' severe. The night succeeding the daj^ of a political meeting, was certain to be disgraced by acts of oppression and cowardice toward him. Upon four different occasions his shop windows were broken in and his furniture destroyed. When prominent white citizens were frequently insulted and abused on the streets, it is not likely a colored citizen, although harmless, inoffensive and non-combative, could escape similar treatment ; he was assaulted and abused on the streets by cowards and ruffians who were safe from all legal responsibility, for frequently officers sworn to preserve order in the community assisted the rabble in making the place uncomfortable for Morgan, who was therefore stoned, chased and abused whenever it suited the pleasure of these enemies of his people. His emploj-es were driven from the town, his family kept in perpetual alarm and at one time frightened from their home ; thus an innocent wife and helpless children were also the victims of the brutality of the mob. Mr. Morgan is the father of nine children, seven of these are still living - Alice, Lncinda, Lillian, Edward H., Frederick D., Jay R., and Carl S. Mrs. Morgan is a consistent member oftheM. E. Church.

DANIEL MILLER, Bueyrus. The history of Crawford Co. would indeed be incomplete without the subjoined sketch of the Miller family. John Miller, father of Daniel, was a native of Little York, Penn., from which place to Perry Co.. Ohio, his parents removed when he was yet a child. Helearned the cabinet-maker's trade in early life, and soon after reaching his majority, went to Licking Co., Ohio, where he worked at his trade. It was in this county at Granville that he met Miss Lydia Murdick, to whom he was married, and who was the mother of his five children. For some time after his marriage, Mr. Miller resided in Perry

Co., working at his trade. lu 1825, he came to Crawford Co., and settled in Bucyrus, which at that time was but a small hamlet on the Sandusky River. For some time, he worked at carpentering and cabinet-making, and then engaged in the hotel business and dry goods trade. He built the first carding-mill in the town, and through his endeavors it proved a success, and was, for a number of years, one of the leading industries of the county. He was twice elected Sheriff of the county, and it is said by old settlers that the county never had a more efficient officer. For a number of years, he kept an exchange office and dealt quite largely in real estate. He purchased of a Mr. Clark 80 acres of land, which he laid out in town lots, and which is now known as " Miller's Addition " to Bucyrus. He was in fact one of the most prominent and successful business men of that day, and contributed not a little to the building-up and improving of the little cit}' he had chosen as his home. This good man departed this life in 1858, and was followed by his wife in 1871. Daniel Jliller was born in Perry Co., Ohio, June 1, 1824, and his youth and early manhood were passed upon a farm. He received a good common-school education, and soon after reaching his m.ijority, began for himself as a farmer. His marriage with Miss Maria Lemmon occurred in 1847. She was born in Seneca Co., N. Y., May 20, 1827, and came from there to Seneca Co., Ohio, when a child. She is sister of Judge Lemmon, of Toledo, one of the leading jurists of Northern Ohio. Mr. Miller's marriage bore the fruits of seven children, six of whom are yet living - Jennie, John D., Charles R., Francis E., Cassius M. and Stansbury L. Jeannette was the name of the one deceased. Mr. Miller has always been engaged in agricultural pursuits. He owns 142 acres of land, one and one-half miles west of Bucj'rus, upon which are good and substantial farm buildings. Politicall}', he is a Republican. Sociallj', he and wife are second to none in the county.

JOHN MEYER, Bucyrus ; was born March 24, 1832, in Lindach, Oberamt Gmuend, Wurtemberg, Germany. He is the son of Caspar and Catharina (Esterday) Meyer, who were natives of Germany and the parents of six children, viz., Dorotha, Christian, Mary, John, Catharina and Barbara. The father was twice married, his second wife being Margaret Mangold, who was the mother of two children, viz., Rosanna and Magdalena. The father was a baker and farmer, and held, during his lifetime, many positions of honor and trust in his native country. The subject of this sketch attended school and assisted his father until 14 years of age. About this time, the father died. This compelled young Meyer to care for himself, and the next five years found him working on a farm at $30 per year. He had saved some money at the expiration of that time, and he concluded to trj' his fortune in the New World. He arrived in the United States in 1853, and, the same year, came to Bucyrus, Ohio, which he has since made his home. On his arrival at Bucyrus, he had but $2, but he went to work on a farm, and, for two years, followed that as a vocation. He then, for a few years, worked in a hotel and at brick-making. He was united in marriage, April 8, 1858, to Miss Margaret, daughter of Jacob and Eva (Stichler) Bauer, both natives of Bavaria, Germany, and the parents of five children. Michael, one of the sons, was a soldier in the war of the rebellion, and was killed while lighting for his country. Mrs. Meyer was horn Oct. 17, 1838, in Bavaria, Germany. Her marriage with Mr. Meyer bore the fiuit of seven children, six of whom are now living, viz., Elizabeth, John, Jacob, Catharine, Charles and Frank. The name of the one deceased was Amelia. Mr. Meyer worked, for some years after his marriage, at brick-making. He then entered the employ of Vollrath & Blicke, with whom he remained some three years, and then purchased the business of them, in which he has since remained. He owns a nice business property on Sandusky street, and is doing a large anil steadily increasing business. He is a Democrat in politics, and has twice been elected to the responsible office of Corporation Treasurer. He is spoken of in very complimentary terms as an official.

JOHN R. MILLER, lumber merchant, Bucyrus ; was born Nov. 13, 1840, near Londonderry, England ; he is the son of Joseph and Sarah (Henry) Miller, both of whom were born in Cheshire, England, and who now reside in Perth Co., Out., Canada ; Mr. Miller was 8 years old when his people emigrated from England to Canada ; they settled on a farm in the same county in which they still reside ; there the early life of John R. was spent, and an education received ; at the age of 16 years, he began learning the carpenter's trade with one Jacol) Bald, of Stratford, with whom he remained for two years ; his father buying a carriage factory, required the help of his son to run it ; he therefore quit the carpenter's trade to take charge of the wood-work department in the shops of his father ; his father continued the business for four years, when he sold out ; this left young Miller free to make new arrangements for his own future ; accordingly, in the spring of 11^63, he came to Seneca Co., Ohio, to see an uncle, and, while there, he took a contract to build for him a barn ; this piece of work served as an introduction for him, and, after its completion, he secured plenty of contracts for building ; for a time, he followed the business of building in the States in summer, and returning to his home in Canada in winter. May 4, 1874, he was man-ied to Miss Mary E. McKinstry, of Bucyrus, Ohio. For two years after marriage, Mr. Miller lived in Seneca Co., Ohio. but. in February of 1876, he came to Bucj'rus, where he has since resided ; for one year, he worked at his trade, and then became a member of the firm of Osman Miller & Co., manufacturers and dealers in lumlicr: several changes were made in the firm until 1879, when Mr. Miller became the sole owner and proprietor ; he has been one of the active, energetic business men of Bucyrus, and his success is the result of his own good financiering. He is a Republican, and a member of the Knights of Honor ; Mrs. Miller, as weD as himself, is a member of the M. E. Church. They have two children living - Carrie Gertrude and James William.

C. G. MALIC, merchant, Bucyrus. This gentleman, so well known to the citizens of Crawford Co., was born in Wurtembei-g, Germany, March 20, 1834, and is the son of Caleb and Barbara (Heibold) Malic. After receiving his education, he sailed to America, and was on the ocean twenty-seven days, landing in September, 1847. He at once came to Crawford Co., and commenced work at cabinet-making, at which he continued some six months. He also followed threshing for two years, and, in the meantime, attended school, and acquired a knowledge of the English language. Liberty Corners, in Vernon Township, was the scene of his first clerical and mercantile labors. In October. 1851, he commenced at that place as salesman, and continued for some four years. He then purchased a half-interest with John Kaler, in Bucyrus, which partnership lasted until 1859, when the subject of our sketch purchased the entire business, and continued it until the fall of 1864. In the following year, he began business in the place which he now occupies, with John Kaler and John Keil as partners, dealing in dry goods and groceries. Mr. Keil retired in 1867, and the remaining two partners continued the business until 1876, when Mr. Malic purchased the entire business, and was sole owner until 1878, when James Gloyd became an equal partner. Thej are now running the business together, and have large salesrooms on the northwest corner of the public square, one 26x60 feet, devoted to the dry goods business, and a carpet room on the second floor. The grocery occupies a room to the rear of the dry goods department. They are doing a flourishing business, and are recognized as among the leading business men of the place. Mr. Malic was married in May, 1864, to Rebecca Gloyd, of West Liberty, and of this marriage there are four children - Mary, the wife of C. C. Scott, of Bucyrus ; James B., a clerk in the store ; Emma, wife of H. J. Deal, of this city, and Charles. Mr. Malic is a self-made man, and began without capital, and has brouglit himself into afifluence by industry and business tact. He is a prominent citizen, taking interest in public aff'airs, and is at present a member of the Council of Bucyrus.

LOUIS K.' MYERS, Assistant Postmaster, Bucyrus ; is a son of George W. and Mary (Hart) Myers, and was born in Gallon Feb. 9, 1852. His fathers family removed to Bucyrus in 1856, where our subject went to school until his 17th year. Afterward, he was clerk for his father until 1869 : he was then appointed Dep uty Postmaster under J. P. Rader, and, the office changing hands, he remained one year under John Hoplej', afterward becoming a clerk and book-keeper in the produce business until 1873 ; he then became an engineer on the Atlantic & Lake Erie R. R. ; he was on the engineering corps until 1874, when he became chief clerk for C. W. Timanus, remaining one year ; he was next book-keeper for A. 51. Jones, in the Buckeye Shops. In the fall of 1876, he was bill and shipping clerk for Tracy & Avery, of Mansfield. In the fall of 1877, himself and brother entered into the grocery business. In

1878, he entered the post office again, under Mr. Hopley, and has since then remained the deputy cleriv. He was Captain of the Bueyrus Light Guards until his departure for Mansfield, and has been a steadfast Republican and good worker in the cause ; he is also a member of the M. E. Church. In discharging his duties as clerk in the post office, he has given satisfactory evidence of his ability in that department of tlie public service.

WILLIAM MAGEE, fanner ; P. 0. Bueyrus ; son of James and Ann (Moderwell) Magee, was born Sept. 9, 1828. in Sandusky Township, this county, where the familj- were among the earliest settlers. His youth was spent there on a farm, attending, in the meantime, the district school, until 21 years of age, and worked at home for the family until he was 24 years old. On Oct. 10, 1850, he married Miss'Margaret J. Cleland. of Vernon Township ; two children are the fruits of this marriage - Rachel A., now the wife of Charles MeCuen, a blacksmith at Wj^andot, Ohio, and William W., at home. He has also raised a nephew and a niece - Fenton G. Magee and Rachel E. A. Cleland. After marriage, he farmed the homestead for one year, then went to North Robinson, where he built a saw-mill with Baxter JIayers, in which business he remained for about two years, and afterward farmed for two or three years on rented land. He moved on to his present place in 1857, it being owae<l at the time bj- his uncle, John Moderwell. In 1859, he bought 80 acres of the farm, and added 18 acres to it in 1862. It has good buildings, a fine orchard of his own planting, and is located one mile from Bueyrus. He began life with but little except good health and energy, and has acquired all he has by his own labor and industry. In early times, he bore his share of the hardships incident to life in a new country, being obliged to plow when he was so small that he could not pull the plow loose wlien it caught under a root, but had to hitch his team to his end of it for that purpose ; and has also plowed barefoot, when his plow would freeze fast in the ground at night. He is a member of the Presbyterian Churcli ; his wife also was raised in that f\iith. He is a Repul)lican in politics. The father of Mr. Magee was born in Washington Co., Penn.. alwut 1788, and was a teamster in early life, but afterward learned cabinet-making. He was married about 1811 ; was in the war of 1812, and marched to Fort Meigs, when the war ended. In the spring of 1824, they drove through to Oliio in a wagon, cutting their way from Mansfield, and arrived at their destination, after a long journey from Washington Co., Penn. He came out on horseback in the fall of 1822, and entered 1(50 acres of land for himself, and 160 also, for John JIayers, his brotiier-in-law, in Sandusky Township. Knisel^' and Ridgel}' were the only settlers in that vicinity, which was densely wooded, and the Indians lived within forty rods of liis house. They moved into a cabin which had nothing to recommend it but the roof and logs. They drove a cow and two calves through with them, which died shortly after their arrival ; he lost many cattle after his settlement here from murrain and in the swamps. He raised a small crop of potatoes the first j'ear in his new home ; food was very scarce ; they had to pound corn, and sift it through a rag. He was a hard-working man, but met with many misfortunes, which kept him in debt until just before his death. He had considerable mechanical genius, and with tools could do many different kinds of handiwork, as well as building houses. He died April 14, 1850, and his faithful wife Oct. 15, 1851. They had nine children - Eliza, wife of Samuel Parsons, of Gallon ; Mary A., died in her 18th year ; Robert, died at tlie age of 55 ; Belle, is the wife of Peter Wert, of Johnson Co., Mo. ; John, died at the age of 55 ; William, the subject of tiiis sketch ; Margaret E. and Sarah J., both died young, one 15, the other 18 years of age, and Pjthelinda died in her 18th j'ear ; all died rather suddenly. Mr. Magee, Sr., was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and a Whig in politics.

W. F. MORRISON, merchant, Bueyrus ; was born Oct. 28, 1849, in this county, and is the son of John and Mary (Brokaw) Morrison. He received a common-school education, living on a farm until his 19th year. He then became a fireman on the A. & G. W. R. R., running from Gallon to Da\-ton. He was also a brakeman, for some time after, on the B. & I. Div. He then retired to the farm. He remained on the farm with his brother for one year, and then rented a farm for three 3'ears, with good success. In 1875, he began in the mercantile business, running a general store at North Robinson, in company with J. P. Robinson, for about thirteen months. Robinson retiring, our subject continued one year, at the end of which time his brother, R. Morrison, became an equal partner, and together they continued in business until the fall of 1879. Sept. 1, he formed a partnership with Geo. W. Fisher under the firm name of Morri.son & Fisher. They are now doing an extensive business in merchant tailoring and gents' furnishiug goods, occupying Room 4, Quinby Blocli. They have constantly in their employ over twenty experienced workmen. Mr. Morrison was married, March 21, 1872, to Miss Lizzie Chambers, of Crestline, Ohio. They have three children - Ouey 0., Bertha E. and Mabel E.

JAMES H. MALCOLM, Bucyrus ; was born Oct. 18, 1827, in Marlborough, Ulster Co., N. Y., and is the son of James and Elizabeth (Hayne) Malcolm. He lived on a farm and attended district school. His father dying and leaving him to fight the battle of life alone, he worked in a mill morning and evening to pay his board, while he attended school during the day. In the summer he worked on a farm. At the age of 16, he commenced buying cattle for his brother, and was thus employed for about three years, his brother being one of the first to slaughter and send quartered beef down the Hudson to the New York markets. He next went to Washington and engaged in selling beef by the quarter, and followed this five years. During this time he formed the acquaintance of some of the leading stock-dealers of the Sandusky Plains, among whom were the Monnetts. In 1851, he went to California, taking the water route, the voyage occupying thirt}--six days. He purchased a tract of land in the Santa Clara Valley, and kept a ranche for one year, and then sold it at a fair profit. He then located on the river twenty miles below Sacramento City, on the great Vine ranche, and here turned his attention to the raising of vegetables. The river overflowing, however, ruined a large portion of his crops. He returned to New York in the winter of 1854, and resumed the handling of cattle. In June, 1856, he came to Bucyrus and engaged in buying and feeding cattle, in partnership with George Roberts. They rode five miles each day and fed 400 cattle. This business union lasted three years and was productive of fair success. He then continued in the stock business alone, and rented the Abraham Monnett " Mud Run " farm for one year, when he bought the homestead portion, consisting of 360 acres, living here nine years and adding 300 acres in 1868. He lived here until May, 1878, when he came to Bucyrus to educate his children. The Malcolm race, of which the subject of our sketch is a descendant, are of Scotch origin and of honored ancestry. His grandfather, James Malcolm, was an aide to Gen. Scott and fell in the battle of Lundy's Lane, on which bloody field he was buried, and where now rest his remains. The father of Mr. Malcolm was an only son, and was born in New York State and followed farming. He was in the war of 1812, and raised tour sons and seven daughters, eight of whom are living - Abigail J., Elizabeth, Eveline, Mary, Julia, Eleonora, James and Augustus. Mr. Malcolm was married, Nov. 4, 1862, to Miss Alcy Monnett, daughter of A. Monnett. This union has been blessed with three children - Katie E., Gilbert F. and Ella M. Mr. Malcolm has always been a Republican in politics. Himself and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he is now Steward and Trustee.

C. M. MATTHEW, cabinet-maker, Bucyrus ; sou of Frederick and Mary (Kuntz) Matthews ; was born April 25, 1825, in Prussia. He attended school until his 14th j-ear. At 16 he commenced learning cabinet-making, serving an apprenticeship of three years under Philip Heifner, in the village of Thalsang, and was compelled to work early and late. He afterward worked as journeyman in several places in Prussia. In the early part of 1851. he sailed from Antwerp, and, after a tempestuous voyage of fifty-five days, landed at New York, in May, 1851. He went to Milwaukee, Wis., at a time when stumps were in the midst of the town. He worked on a farm for one year, and then went to Detroit, Mich., where he worked at his trade for several years. In the same year, he went to the copper-mines of Northern Michigan, and worked there in company with a party of sixty carpenters, nearly all of whom died of the cholera. He remained there a year, and then went to Sandusky City, working at hi.s trade there for about two years. He next worked at Republic, Seneca Co. Here he lived three years and then removed to Leipsic, Putnam Co., residing there two years. In October, 1860, he came to Bucyrus, where he worked in the sash factory. The next year he helped build the Bu-

Cyrus Machine Works, and was employed in the wood-work department as pattern-maker and foreman, which position he held ten years. In 1872, he opened a caliinet-shop and furniture store in partnership with Conrad Striolj, which union laste'd until February, 1880, when the firm name was changed to C. M. Matthew & Co. His establishment is on Sandusky avenue, where he has a large stock of furniture, and is at all times prepared to do undertaking on short notice. He received a majority of the premiums at the last Crawford County Fair for displays of furniture. He is substantially a self-made man, and bj- his careful management has placed himself in easy circumstances. His father died when he was but 2 years old. He has one brother. John P., Superintendent of Schools at Ludwiller. He was married Aug. 22, 1853, to Miss Margaret Shaak, of Republic. Her parents were born in Bavaria, and came to Seneca Co. in 1849. Her father is still living, aged 78. There were nine children, of whom Louisa, Elizabeth, Mary, Jacob, Adam and John are living. Margaret and Catharine are dead, and one died in the old country. Of Mr. Matthew's marriage there are seven children - Charles F., Louisa, Mary A., Henry J., John F., William E. and George.