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:han one hundred individuals are represented )n the pay roll, while the facilities are ade- ]uate and the expectation certain for having I corps of three hundred employes before the ;lose of the year. The plant is equipped with ;ome of the heaviest and largest machinery md tools in existence, including bending rolls, ninches and riveting machines. The works ire equipped with electric cranes, electric light, lydraulic and pneumatic plants and appliances md powers. The buildings and fire apparatus ire pronounced perfect by the Ohio fire insurince inspectors, and the plant covers two acres jf ground. Among the products of this great plant may be noted the following : Heavy plate' md light sheet work, oil and acid tanks, oil refining work, oil tanks, rotary cement dryer ;ylinders, blast furnace work, annealing boxes, ?tand pipes and penstocks, converters" ladles, ooilers, heaters, girders, iron buildings, grain elevators, copper furnaces, clinker coolers, etc. In politics Mr. Reeves gives his allegiance lo the Republican party and fraternally he is identified with the Masonic order and the Royal Arcanum, in the former of which he has passed :he ancient, capitular and chivalric degrees, being identified with Warren Commandery, No. ^9, Knights Templar, while he is also a memjer of Al Koran Temple, Ancient Arabic Order 3f the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, in Cleveland. Mrs. Reeves has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church for twenty years, and the subject attends its services. At the time of this writing Mr. Reeves is erecting on ">ne of the most attractive and eligibly located lots on Union avenue a residence which will be the largest, finest and most expensive in the city of Alliance, which is notable for its beautiful homes. He is a man of genial presence and his course has been such as to commend him to the most unequivocal confidence and esteem in the business world and in the social relations of life, while his career in its well earned success affords both lesson and incentive.

Of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Reeves all were born in the United States except the eldest, whose place of nativity was Monmouthshire, England. Of the children we enter the following brief record, death having entered the family circle but once, taking the son Frederick, who died in infancy : Elizabeth R. was born July i, 1870; Albert G., who was born July 23, 1872, married Miss Tod Welty; James A., who was born March 15, 1874, married Miss Mary Kinsman; Frederick E., who was born December 10, 1875, died in infancy; Mayme M., who was born May 18, 1877, is the wife of A. G. Zang, of Alliance, and Arthur A. was born November 14, 1880.

JOHN DaHINDEN. - The paternal grandparents of the subject were natives of Switzerland and died in that country. Their son. Job DaHinden, father of the subject, was born in Bern, Switzerland, in 1821. After receiving a fair education he learned the trade of stone-cutting. In 1852 he came to the United States, landing at New York city, from whence he came direct to Canton, Ohio. Here he was employed at general work for a time. He subsequently lived at Massillon several years, but later moved into the country near that city. He followed his trade during the greater part of this time, but in 1868 came to Canton and opened a grocery store at what is now 1234 South Market street. He was fairly successful in this enterprise and conducted it until his death, in 1880. Politically he affiliated with the Democratic party, while religiously he and his wife were faithful and consistent members of the German Reformed church.

In 1856 Jacob DaHinden was married to Miss Charlotte Biebesheimer, the ceremony being performed at Canton by Rev. Peter Herbruck, pastor of the German Reformed church. She was born in the southern part of Germany in 1832. Her father died in Germany and shortly afterward her mother brought her family to the United States, coming direct to Canton. They afterward lived here and at Massillon, the mother's death occurring at Canton in 1900. Mrs. DaHinden"s maternal grandmother resided in Iowa and died there at the home of a daughter at the age of eighty-six. To Jacob and Charlotte DaHinden were born the following cliildren : John, whose name appears at the head of this sketch ; Jacob, who lives at Wheeling, West Virginia; Sophia; Charles W. is a farmer and resides in this county ; Emma is at home ; Charlotte is a teacher in the public schools; Frank is a prominent and successful physician in Canton.

John DaHinden was born in Massillon, Stark county, Ohio, on the nth of March, 1857. When a boy he removed with his parents to Canton and here received his education in the public schools. Quitting the city schools at the age of sixteen years, he attended the Canton Business College for several months, acquiring a sound, practical acquaintance with business methods. Entering his father's grocery store as a clerk, he remained with him until his death, in 1880, since when he has conducted the business alone. He has endeavored at all times to cater to the needs and tastes of his customers and by his courteous treatment and evident desire to please all who deal with him, he has built up a large and profitable business.

Politically Mr. DaHinden is a staunch advocate of Democratic principles and takes a keen interest in the general trend of public events. Taking an especial interest in educational matters, he served as a memter of the board of education from 1886 until 1890, performing much effective service in the Avay of improving and strengthening the public school system of the city. Religiously he was reared in the faith of the German Reformed church and has lived a life consistent w-ith its teachings. He is progressive in his methods, keen in opinion, and withal a man who has in a marked degree impressed his personality upon the community in which he has so long resided.

JOHN BUCKIUS. - The Buckius family is of stanch old German stock, and the name has been spelled Bockius l)y certciin branches of the parent stock in America, whither two brothers came from Germany in the colonial epoch, being numbered among the early settlers in the immediate vicinity of the city of Philadelphia and having become the owners of the land about Germantown, in whose founding they were instrumental, the place being now one of the most attractive suburbs of Philadelphia. John Buckius. Sr., father of the subject of this memoir, was born in that section of Pennsylvania, and he there learned the trade of coppersmith. As a young man he li^'ed in Newmarket, District of Columbia, and it is interesting to recall the fact that at the burial of Washington, at Mount ^''ernon, he was the last to look upon the face of the great "father of his country,"' having been assigned by the government to the task of sealing the leaden casket in which the coffin of the late President and patriot was inclosed. This John Buckius was twice married, his two wives having been sisters, w^hose maiden names were Sims. After the death of his first wife he married her younger sister, who was at the time a widow. He came with his family to Canton, Stark county, Ohio, a])out t8io or 1812. from Lancaster county, I^ennsylvania. His first home in Canton was a primitive log cabin, located on what is now the ciiurt house square, and later he purchased property at the corner of Fifth street and the I)ublic square, where Caldwell's store is now located, and here he erected a substantial brick residence, which was considered a marvel of hixupv' and convenience in that day. In this place he established himself in the work of his trade as a tiiisniilh and coppersmitli. and his liome also figured for a number of years as a sort of private hotel, its entertainment beinggreatly appreciated by the occasional travelers 3f the period, and its use in this way being dictated quite as much for hospitality as profit. Mr. Euckius was one of the prominent and inlluential men of the pioneer community and was known as an upright and capable business man. He became the owner of a farm on the Fulton road, in Plain township, and after retiring from business in Canton he removed to his farm and there passed the remainder of his life, his death occurring in 1847, when he was well advanced in age. His first wife accompanied him on his removal to Canton, and ;ifter her death he returned to Pennsylvania and there married her widowed sister, who survived him. and who, after his death, found a home with her daughter, Mrs. Heyl, born of lier first marriage. She passed her declining days' in the city of Columbus, where she died, no children ha\'ing been born of her marriage to Mr. Buckius. His children by the first marriage were as follows : Samuel, who married :i Miss Dunbar, of Canton, died at his home in Mansfield. Ohio; Valentine married, in Canton, Miss Maria Kitzmiller (sister of the wife of the subject), and she died in Canton, her husband subsequently marrying Judith Ann Longenecker. who likewise died in Canton. At the time of the gold excitement in California, in 1849 o'' 1850, Valentine Buckius, accompanied by three of his grown children, went to that state and there passed the remainder of his life: Sylvanus. the next in order of birth, married Sarah Adams, and his death occurred in Massillon, this cotinty ; Henry, who was for many years engaged in the tinning business in Canton, married Catherine Reed and here passed the residue of his life; John, subject of th!s memoir, was the youngest son, and the rlaughters in the family were: Savilla. who became the wife of a ]\Ir. Beals, and Catherine, who was twice married.

John ]3uckius, to whom this tribute is dedicated, was born in the old log house previously mentioned, on the court house block. Canton, on the 25th of January, 1813, and his early education was received in private or subscription schools of the pioneer x-illage, one of his early instructors having been a ^Ir. Goodwell, who was one of the class commonly designated in those days as "Yankee teachers." As a youth the subject learned the harness making and saddlery trade under the direction of John Reed, and in this line of enterprise he was for a few years engaged on his own responsibility, his shop being on the site of the present First Methodist Episcopal church. About 1837 he remo\-ed with his family to Paris, this county, where he conducted a hotel for a few years, this old "tavern" of the earl)- days being a stopping place for all stages tra\-ersing" the state road. Later he located on a farm in Columbiana county, where he remained for a few years, and he became also the owner of much farm land and to\Mi property in and about Upper Sandusky, Wyandot county, removing to that locality, but remaining only six months, owing to the dire efl'ects experienced by members of tl'.e family in the frequent and insistent attacks of "fever and ague," as the prevalent malady was termed. He accordingly returned to Canton and took up his abode in a house where the First Methodist Episcopal church now stands, and there continued to follow his trade for a number of years. He eventually rPmo\-ed the old liouse from this site and erected in its ])lace a large brick residence, which was the family home until about 1858, when, in company with his son-in-law, Mr. Hawk, he purchased the brick residence of Isaac Harter, located on the lot adjoining on the east and separated only by a brick wall. The tWLi buildings were remodeled and united and finally opened to the public as the St. Cloud Hotel in the spring of 1858. In October of the following year the property was destrt)yed by fire, and Messrs. Buckius and Hawk then became associated in the purchase of the property on the opposite corner, where the Franklin Hotel then stood and where the Hurford Hotel was located up to within recent years. They changed the name of the Franklin tn that originally adoj^ted for their other house, and continued to successfully conduct the hotel at that location until the spring of 1864. when Mr. Buckius retired from active business, buying the residence property at the corner of Eighth street and McKinley avenue, where he resided for many years. He died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Hawk, on the 31st of March. 1883, in the fullness of years and well earned honors and lamented by a host of friends in the community where he had passed so great a portion of his life. He was a man of utmost sincerity, urbane and genial at all times, and his honor was of the most exalted type. His intellectual powers were of superior order and he had distinctive business ability, while his counsel and advice were frequentl}' suught in regard to matters of public pulicy and civic enterprise. In politics he was arrayed with the Whig party until the organization of the Republican, whose principles he afterward advocated without reservation. He had the niniost reverence for the spiritual verities and was a devoted member of the First Methodist Episcopal church from the time of its organization until he was finally summoned into eternal rest, secure in the faith which he had so earnestly professed and exemplified.

In 1834, in Canton, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Buckius to Miss Rebecca Kitzmiller. who was born on the 29th of December, 1814, un tlie old Kitzmiller farm, one of the noted homesteads of the vicinity of Canton in the early days, a daughter of Jacob and Sarah (Kru^l Kitzmiller, both families having been of prominence and wealth in Holland, whence came the original representatives in America, taking up their abode in Pennsylvania, from which state members of each family came to Ohio in the early pioneer epoch. The venerable wife of the Imnored subject still resides in Canton, being one of the oldest lixing persons native of this city and having the reverential affection of a wide circle of devoted friends. She is likewise a devoted member of the First Methodist Episcopal church, in whose work she was acti\-e until compelled to withdraw in a measure by reason of the inlirmities incidental to advanced age. Her mother was a small girl in Germantown, Pennsylvania, at the time Washington was there with his army, a!id she retained a vi\id reccjilection of the occasion. She was reared in a Moravian school and was a daughter of Jacob Krug, who came to Ohio, but who finally remo\-ed to Crawfords\i!Ie, Indiana, where he died at the age of one hundred and two years. The parents of Mrs. Buckius both died in Canton. She is now tenderly cared for in the home of one of her daughters, Mrs. Hawk.

To I\Ir. and Mrs. Buckius were born two daughters, Ella La\inia and Sarah Frances. The latter married Thomas Stackpole, a captain in the I'nited States army during the Civil war, and died in Athens, Tennessee, April I", 1898. They had one son. Ralph D. Stackpole, now residing in Harrislmrg, Pennsyhania. ]Mrs. Stackpole resides in Canton.

Ella Lavinia (Buckius) Hawk was Ixini in the old home, erected in 1829, on West Tuscarawas street. Canton, where the News Exchange is now located, on the loth of January, 1836, and slie was reared in her native town. She prosecuted her studies in the pri\-ate seminary conducted by Ebenezer Buckingham, later attended a union school, taught by Ira M. Allen and M iss Betsey Cowles, and completed her scholastic discipline in Esther Institute, an excellent school, then conducted in the citv of Co- lumbus. On the 27th of April, 1858, in Canton. Rev. Ebenezer Buckingham, a Presbyterian clergyman, pronounced the solemn words wliich united the destinies of Ella Lavinia Ikickius and William Hawk, concerning whom mention has already been made in this article. Mr. Hawk was born in Pennsylvania in 1836. and when he was still an infant his parents, William and Mary Hawk, removed thence to Canton, where they passed the remainder of their li\es. lionored pioneers of the city. ]Mr. Hawk died on the 25th of January, 1864. They had one child, William S., who was born in this city on the nth of February, 1859, and who here received his early educati(_inal training. At the age of ten years he entered the Graylock School, in Massachusetts, and after completing his education he went to New York city, where he secured a thorough business training in the old Windsor Hotel. Fifth avenue and Forty-fifth street, at that time one of the best in th.e metropolis and conducted by his uncle. Samuel Hawk, who died in 1882, after which William S. became associated with Gardner Weatherby in the conducting of the same hotel, from which they retired one year prior to the burning of the same with so fearful loss of life in 1898. They soon afterward erected the magnificent Manhattan Hotel, at the corner of Madison avenue and Forty-second street, in New "^'ork, which has since been conducted under the firm name of Hawk & Weatherby, William S. having been the able successor of his uncle and Lieing recognized as one of the leading hotel men in the Union. In New York city he married Miss Edith Davis, and they have three cliildren - Annette Catherine, Edith Olivia and William Davis.

achievement of the Herbruck family, a prominent member of which is the subject of this sketch, who, as a worthy successor of his distinguished father, has labored successfully in the broad field of religious endeavor and earned a reputation as one of the leading di\-ines of his communion in the state of Ohio. Emil P. Herbruck, son of Rev. Peter and Sarah ( Holwick) Herbruck, was born in the old family residence at 1003 East Tuscarawas street. Canton. Ohio, on the 5th day of January, 1857.. His early life was marked Ijy no special event worthy of note and from the age of six tc ten lie attended the public schools of the citv, after which he spent three years in the parochial schools with the object in view of receiving religious instructions and intellectual training. Meanwhile the influences of Christian parents had much to do in shaping his character and making him what he has since become, - a symmetrically developed man, intellectually, morally and spiritually. When thirteen years of age he entered Calvin Institute, a private school in which boys are prepared for college, and there he applied himself verv diligently for three years, making an honorable record as a student. Finishing the prescribed course of the above institution, young Herbruck was entered at Heidelberg Uni\ersity, Tifiin, Ohio, where he prosecuted his studies until 1875 when he was graduated at the early age of eighteen. Having decided to devote his life to the noble work of the ministry, he began his theological course in the Heidelberg Seminary, finishing his work there in 1876, and in May of that year accepted a call to the Grace Reformed church in the city of Akron. During a pastorate of ten and a half years there he was instrumental in greatly adding to the church numerically and extending the bounds of its influence, not the least of his labors being the erection of a beautiful and commodious temple of worship of modern design, which was finished and dedicated witli ai)i)ropriate ceremonies in 1883. This edifice is of pressed brick, imposing in appearance, and stands as a monument of the zeal and self sacrificing efforts of the earnest pastor under whose administration the work was undertaken and puslied to successful completion.

Resigning his charge in the fall of 1886, Rev. Herbruck Ijecame pastor of Trinity Reformed church in Canton, at that time a small congregation of one hundred and fifty commmiicants, a number which, under his masterly leadership, has since increased until the records now show a membership of one thousand two hundred and fifty, a growth unparalleled in the history of any other religious body in the city. He began his labors here under favoraljle auspices and by carefully working according to methodical plans has realized results such as few in much longer pastorates have accomplished. Additional to the large increase in membership, there has been a corresponding advancement in all departments of work and in' the church in all its liberality and spiritual growth, general usefulness and helpfulness in the thri\ing community where God planteil it there has l>eenno backward movement. Here. as in Akron, it became necessary to provide a building of sufficient capacity to meet the recjuirements of the congregation, accordingly in 1892 a movement to that end was inaugurated and in due time took visible form. Before the expiration of that year the present handsome and imposing brick structure of Romancs(|ue design was completed and formally dedicated to the purpose for which intended, the event being a glad day in the history of the organization. The house, which occupies a fav6rable site in one of the best quarters of the city, is arranged \\-ith all modern conveniences and is sufficiently comnKKlious to meet the purposes of the congregation for years to come.

Ive\-. Herbruck is first of all an hunilde and devout disciple of the Xazarene, after which his ;^clu)larly attainments and persuasive powers as a forcible and eloquent speaker may be considered. Clear and cogent as a rcasoner, rtuenl in language and apt in illustration, he presents the claims of the gospel in strong but elegant terms which are easily understood Ijy his auditors and he seldom fails to impress his people by the earnestness of his message. Both as citizen and embassador of Christ he comes very near the highest ideals of life, combining in his person all of those rarer gifts which we ha\-c come to believe are embodied in the best type of.Christain manhood. Rev. Herbruck has not been unmindful of the claims the public has upon all its citizens, consecjuently he manifests a lively interest in the material welfare of his adopted city and takes an acti\-e part in tlie political cjuestions of the day. He is a Democrat in state and national issues and, all things being equal, supports his party's nominees for local offices; otherwise he casts his ballot for the best qualified candidate regardless of political ties and never hesitates to give expression to his opinion when it becomes expedient to do so. He ser\ed on the new auditorium hoard and in other ways has manifested an interest in the public improvements of Canton, believing the minister's mission to be wide enough to include many atTairs not cxactl_\- in the es]3ecial line of church work. Fraternally he holds membership with the Pythian brotherhood, lielonging to the Canton Lodge.

On the I till day of October, 1884. Rev. Herbruck was married in the city of Akron to -Miss Iris h. Zwisler, daughter of Rev. John antl Rebecca Zwisler, the union being blessed with children whose names and dates of birth are as follows: Carl P.. !\Iay 5, 1886: Wendall Arden, I'cbruary 23, 1888: Xina Irene. March 5, i8r)0, and Marguerite, who was born October 29. 1893.

WILLIAM F. RAYNOLDS. - "Peace liatli its victories no less renowned than war." said Sumner, and this fact has Ijeen jiroven often and again as the march of progress lias continued witli ever accelerating speed. But the crucial period, and the one which evokes the most exalted patriotism, is tliat when a nation's lionor is menaced, its integrity threatened and tlie great ethic principles of right in\'iil\-etl. Then is sterling manhood roused to definite Ijrotest and decisi\-e action, and ahove ah the tumult and horror of internecine conflict never can greater honor he paid than to him who aided in holding high the standard which represents the mtrinsic principles of liberty, hurling oppression back and keeping the boon of freedom. The military career of the subject of this memoir was one which will ever red<jund to his honor as a loyal and devoted son of the republic and as one whose courage was that of his convictions, and yet who was content to fight for principle and for his country's righteous cause rather than for mere glory of arms or relati\e personal precedence. The career of Mr. Raynolds was one of exceptional interest, w ith great variety of incident and unusual experiences, and yet throughout all changes and chances of this mortal life he stooil forth as a symmetrical type of the true American citizen and the noble man. thoroughly in liaruKiny with the spirit of the republic and devoted to all that is desirable and ennobling in life. As a native son of the city of Canton and as one who attained distinction of significant character, it is clearly incumbent that in a work of this province there be incorporated a brief trilnite to his memory.

William F. Raynolds was born in the old family homestead, located on the site of the present City National Bank, in Canton, Stark county, Ohio, on the nth of March, 1840, being the eldest son of John F. and Margaret (Faber) Raynolds. He received his jireliminary educational discipline in the puljlic schools of his native city, and supplemented the same by attending a private school here conducted l)y Ihof. Ira M. Allen. He early began a career of somewhat adventurous order, since at the age of sixteen he set forth on a whaling \nyage on the Pacific ocean, sailing from New Bedford, Massachusetts, on the whaling" vessel "Midas." The winter months were passed in the Sandwich islands, which were at that time still practically in a state of barl)arism. and in their various voyages the crew of the vessel endured great hardships, dangers and privations. On one occasion they floated helplessly for a period of twenty-three days, being lodged on an ice pack, but Mr. Raynolds, though a mere boy, bore himself with the fortitude of a man, as was shown in a lauditory letter written to his father by the captain of the vessel, whose words of commendation were unstinted. In these hours of peril and arduous toil he manifested the same self-reliance, fertility of expedient and quick and decisive mental action which characterized his entire career and which made iiim a man of action in every sense of the term. Lie went away as a boy and retiu'ned a man, having been absent on this whaling expedition for a period of four years. He returned to Ohio in i860, and in the winter of that year established himself in the oil business at Darlington, Richland county, but soon he disposed of his business to respond to the clarion call to arms, as the intrinsic loyalty and and patriotism of his nature led him to make responsive protest when the rebel guns thundered against the ramparts of old Fort Sumter. In i86t, in response to the first call for \olunteers, Mr. Raynolds enlisted as a private in Company F, Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, under Col. Andrews and Captain Wallace. He enlisted for ninety days and went to the front with his regiment, returning home in June, at the expiration of his term, and he here veteranized and shortly afterward re-enlisted in the same regiment, for a term of three years. He was specially endowed with those qualities which make good soldiers, being brave and cool-headed, e\er amenable to discipline and holding duty as inviolable under all conditions, and thus he was soon called upon to assume special duties of important character. In December, 1861. I\Ir. Raynolds returned to Ohio and here aided in the organization of the Sixth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, of which he was chosen adjutant at the time of its formation. While with the Fourth Infantry he had been in active service in the artillery branch and had gained valuable and practical knowledge of methods antl tactical manoeuvers. \\'hen the Sixth Cavalry was consolidated with the Eighth Ohio Artillery, the subject withdrew from the same to accept the position of lieutenant on the gunboat "Port Royal," and later he was in active service with the bl(^ckading squadron of the gulf of Mexico, continuing in the naval department of the service until the close of the war and making an enviable record for valor, fidelity and earnest devotion to the cause of the Union. Upon the establishment of the re\-enue-cutter service, at the close of the war, Mr. Raynolds was made a lieutenant in the same, continuing in this branch of the government service until 1870, when he resigiied his position, owing to illness in his family, as will be further noted in this context. About the year 1870 he accepted a position as inspector of hulls, with headquarters at Louisville. Kentucky, where he maintained his residence until 1876. AVhile there he was persuaded to take a financial interest in a local plow manufactory, and of this concern he acted as representative at the Centennial exposition, in Philadelphia, in 1876. About this time his health l)ecame much impaired and he returned to his home in Canton, and here, in 1879, he became associated with Mr. Best in the manufacturing of apparatus for the use of gasoline as an illuminant and with this enterprise he continued to be identified until his death, which occurred on the 17th of March, 1S83. His gracious and kindly nature won to him hosts of friends, and when he was called from the scene of life's labors his loss was mourned by this community and by those whom he had endeared himself in many other sections of the Union, for his circle of acquaintances was exceptionally large, and may well be said to have been coincident with that of his friends.

In politics Mr. Raynolds ever gave an inflexible allegiance to the principles and policies of the Republican party, in whose cause he was an acti\e and enthusiastic worker, though never a seeker for official preferment of any sort. He was reared in the faith of the Presbyterian church, and his views were ever in harmony with the tenets of this denomination. He retained a lively interest in his old comrades of the Civil war was one of the organizers of the Grand Army of the Republic Post in Canton, while later he affiliated with Burnside Post, in Washington, D. C. He always had a marked ajipreciation of and love for military affairs, and prior to the Rebellion he was a member of the organization known as the Canton Zouaves, while in this city, after his return from the war, he effected the organization of the Wallace Greys, of which he became captain. His was a thoroughly symmctrial and distinct character, one exponent of the truest nobility, and the lesson and incentive of his life were such that their influence must be cumulati\'e for all time, even as the diverging lines from an angle constantly widen.

In the city of Canton, on the 15th of May, 1866, Mr. Raynolds was united in marriage to Miss ]\rar\- Alma Lester, who was liorn in the house where she now resides, the same having been her home consecutively save for the inter- ^-als when she was with her husband during his limited residence in other places and dming his travels.

mer of whom was born in New London, Connecticut, in 1804, being a representative of a family long established in New England, the name having been identified with the history of Connecticut from the early colonial epoch. Mr. Lester learned the trade of tanner in his youth, and as a young man he came to Ohio, becoming one of the pioneer business men of Canton, where he established himself in the hardware business, in which he continued for a long term of years, being signally prospered in his etf'orts and accumulating a competency. He Ijecame the owner of fine farming property in this immediate vicinity, and being fond of the untrammeled life of the farm, finally disposed of his mercantile business and thereafter devoted his attention principally to the management of his farms, still continuing to maintain his home in Canton, where he died on the 30th of July, 1874, in the fulness of years and well earned honors. His widow survived him by nearly a score of years, entering into eternal rest on the 6th of June, 1893, at the age of seventy-seven years. She was born in Canton and her parents were numbered among the early pioneers of Stark count}-. Mrs. Raynolds was the scond in order of birth in the family of three children, the youngest of whom was Helen, who died at the age of eleven years. The eldest of the three w^as George S. Lester, who received his early education in the public schools of Canton, after which he was matriculated in the L'nited States Naval Academy, at Annapolis, where he remained until 1861, in June of which year he w-ould have been gradtiated in the institution. At that time there was great dissension among the cadets, owing to the growing animosity between the North and South, culminating in the war of the Rebellion, and Mr. Lester managed to keep himself in "hot water" a great portion of the time through resenting the insults and taunts of the southern sympathizers, who were greatly in the majority in the institution. He was finally called upon to enter an apology when he believed one was due him, and he refused to so humble himself and resigned his place in the academy. He came immediately home and at once enlisted as a private in Company F, Fourth Ohio Volunteer Lifantry, and later he became an officer on the staff of General John S. Mason, in which capacity he continued to serve until the close of the war, making a distinguished record. Li 1863 he was united in marriage to Miss Rachel ^liner, who died in 1874, after which he removed to New- York city, where he engaged in the paint business in company with his cousin, S. J. Miller, and there, in March, 1875, he married Miss Jennie Marsh, of Cattaraugus county. New \"ork, and shortly afterwards he returned with his bride to Stark county, taking up his abode on his fine farm, in the northwestern part of the county, where he retained his home until his death, in 1884, as the result of an accident. His widow and two sons survive, Mrs. Lester and her elder son, Jonathan G. maintaining their home in Massillon, while George ]\L, the younger son, is an attorney in the city of Chicago. Mrs. Raynolds w^as reared and educated in Canton, and here she has passed practically her entire life, as has already been noted in this context. She is a woman of gracious refinement and enjoys the friendship of the representati\-e families of the community, taking a prominent part in the social acti\-ities of the city.

JOHN V. LEWIS, M. D., son of Peter and Caroline Lewis, is a native of what is now Mahoning county (his birth place being formerly in the county of Columbiana), and was born August i, 1836. Peter Lewis was born in Pennsylvania and grew to maturity near Doylestown, Bucks county, that state, adopting when a young man the medical profession for his life w^ork. Shortly after his marriage witli Miss Caroline W'asser, he removed to Columbiana county, Ohio, but following a brief residence there changed his abode to Carroll county, where he practiced Iiis profession until his death, in 1838. His widow sul:)se- (juently married Samuel Roller, a prominent business man of Mahoning county, and with him spent tiie remainder of her days in the town of Green Fork.

Of the two children born to Peter and Carohne Lewis. Dr. John V. of this sketch is the only sur\"ivor. He spent his early years at home and after laying the foundation of a liberal intellecutal training in the public schools, entered the Salem high school, the prescribed course of wliich he completed when a }'<)uth of seventeen. At that early age he began teaching m the schools of Mahoning county and on attaining his majority four years later took up the study of medicine at Green Fork under the direction of Dr. Andrew \\'eikhart. in whose office he remained until becoming a student of tlie Eclectic ^ledical Institute at Cincinnati. He paid his way through that institution with money earned by teaching, was graduated in due time with an honorable record and immediately tliereafter removed to Crawford county. Illinois, where he spent the ensuing" three years in the active practice of his profession. Returing to Ohio at tlie expiration of that time. Dr. Lewis formed a partnership at his home town of Green Fork with Dr. Weikhart, his former preceptor, which relationship continued for a period of ten years and resulted in a large measure of professional and financial success to both parties. In 1871 the subject wound up his business at the above place and removed to .Alliance, where he soon forged to the front as a successful physician and an exceptionally able surgeon, having for some years devoted especial attention to the latter branch of his profession.

Lewis' professional career has been eminently successful and his reputation as a practitioner is of the highest order of excellence. His kindly presence and sympathetic nature enable him to gain the confidence of his patients and his efficiency and skill mark him as a true friend of suft'ering humanity. While doing a large general ])ractice. the Doctor, as already stated, makes surgery a specialty and his reputation as a skillful operator is second to that of no other practitioner in Alliance or neighboring cities.

Dr. Lewis, in 1862, was united in marriage with Miss Sophia E. B'ristoe, of Crawford county, Illinois, the union resulting in the birth of a son, Clifford, who died some years ago. Like all progressive men of his calling, the Doctor has never ceased to be a student and at this time his name adorns the records of various professional organizations, among which are the National ]\Iedical Association and the Eclectic Medical Association of Ohio. He is also a member of the city board of health, the board of medical examiners and an active worker in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

Dr. Lewis is one of the influential Denmcrat politicians in this part of the state and has contributed greatly to the success of his party in both local and general campaigns. He was elected in 1883 to represent his senatorial district in the upper house of the state legislature and as a member of that honorable body made a record highly creditable to himself and satisfactory to his constituency of all parties. In all of his relations, the Doctor is recognized as possessing a strong sense of truth and justice and as endeaN'oring to shape his life according" to these principles.

ser (as tlie name was originally spelled) came to Stark cxninty in 1805 with fi\-e sons and five daughters. His father, John Slusser, married Nancy, daughter of Philip Dewalt. Dr. Slusser's Ijoyhood days were spent in Canton. After his course through the various private schools the town afforded he entered Jefferson College, in Canonsliurgh. Pennsylvania, where he remained four years, when failing health com- ]jelled him to seek a more congenial climate. He went to Georgia and after his health was improved remained and opened a college preparatory school for young men, which he taught for five years. He then began the study of medicine with Dr. Ramsey, of Wilkes county, Georgia. Dr. Slusser attended his first course of lectures at the National Medical College in Washington, D. C, after which he returned and practiced two years under instruction in his native city. After his second course of lectures in the Ohio Medical College of Cincinnati he was gratluated in the spring of 1848 and began the practice of his profession in Fulton, this county. In 1885 he was elected a member of the state legislature on the Democratic ticket and served two terms. He was during this term chairman of the committee on benex'olent institutions and was active in securing the passage of the bill providing for the appointment of a medical board of examiners to pass upon the fitness of surgeons for the army.

Tn 1 86 1 Dr. Slusser was appointed surgeon of the Sixty-ninth Regiment, Ohio V(_ilunteer Infantry, commanded by Colonel Lewis Campbell. Later he became medical director of the brigade to which his regiment belonged, and sulisequently of the division. After his regiment was mustered out he accepted a commission as surgeon of the Twenty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which was sent to the Mexican border, where he remained until 1865. He then returned t(/ Canton and resumed the practice of his profession until 1873, when he was ap]3ointed medical superintendent of the hospital for insane at Cleveland, Ohio, which position he resigned in 1876 to resume his practice in Canton. He loved his profession and lived long enough to rejoice over the rapid advancement it had made since he entered the ranks. He was fearless in times of pestilence and contagious diseases, belonging to the class of physicians who ask first, "What is my duty?" rather than "What shall I gain?" L'nder a somewhat bruscjue manner his sympathetic heart and generous hand often led him to supplement his professional serx^ices with whatever was needed for the restoration of those under his care. Preventive medicine had a charm for bun, which cropped out in his love for hygiene and sanitary science, U])(in which subjects he wrote considerably in later years. Dr. Slusser was an ardent advocate of cremation, and wrote for medical journals and delivered lectures upon the subject. He was the organizer oi the (ialen Club, composed of the more prominent members of his profession in Canton, for the interchange of views in practice of medicine as well as for social pleasure. Dr. Slusser was public spirited. He was instrumental in organizing the health board of the city, and for }ears before its organization himself kept a record of vital statistics. He was for some years secretary of the agricultural society. He was the chief organizer of the Old Settlers" Society and was a trustee of the puljlic library from the time of its organization till his death. With a number of other citizens the Star Lecture Course was established, when, with the highest fee admissible consistent with the object in view, each member paid a share of the deficit at the end of the year. They felt amply rewarded in living to see their venture, in the hands of the Young Men's Christian Ass(iciati(jn, reach the point of giving fine lectures at a nominal rate without a deficit. Dr. Shisser was a member of the Humane Society from the time of its organization and was for a mnn!)ei" of years a meml)er of the coniniittee of visitors to the cliaritable and correctional institutions of tlie county, appointed by the pro- Ijate court. He was a member of the First Presbyterian church, of the Grand Army of the Republic and of the Masonic fraternity.

In 1853 Dr. Slusser married Sarali Pierce, daugiiter of Dr. Joseph Pierce. She (bed in 1863 and in 1866 he married Helena A. Ricks, of Massillon, Ohio. Two daughters were born to them - Georgia, now Mrs. Stanley C. Igoe. and Lucile. now Mrs. H. J. Donds. In 1889 Dr. Slusser's health became impaired and he was compelled to retire from active practice. About this time he was appointed as a member of the pension Iward and the duties of this office, with the writing of historical sketches of Stark county, pleasantly occupied his time. After a short illness he passed away December 23, 1892. In compliance with his earnestly expressed wish, his remains were cremated and his ashes deposited in Lakeview cemeterv of his native citv.

DR. ISAAC STEESE, the eldest of five sons of Jacob and Sarah Deshler Steese. was born at Steese's Mills, Union C(_iunty, Pennsylvania, December 23, 1809. At a very early age he went to li\'e with his paternal grandmother, a woman of much local celelority for her vigorous intellect and wonderful force of character. It is l)elieved that while with lier the boy laid the foundation for his taste for books, and many traits that distinguished him through life. In 1819 he moved with his father's family to Penn's Creek, where he lived till his si.xteenth year engaged most of the time in a woolen mill, and occasionally in rafting logs down the tributaries of the Susquehanna. In 1825, his father, who before this time had been in prosperous circumstances, became embarrassed through going security for friends, and through the monetary troubles of the times.

and moved to New Cumberland, Tuscarawas county, Ohio, where Isaac taught a country school one winter, and was engaged in a small woolen mill the following summer. Tlie next year the family moved to Uniontown, Stark county, Ohio. Here, as the oldest of tlie family, he had for three years ahnost entire charge of another small woolen mill in the summer, and engaged in teaching during the winter months. In 1829, being then twenty years old, he went to Canton, and for fouf years attended a select school taught by Dr. Barak Michener, and reading medicine with Dr. Gardner. Having completed his professional studies and received his degree, lie practiced medicine for the following seven years, part of the time at Shanesville, and part of the time at Canal Dover, Tuscarawas county. Here, on the 15th of July. 1835, he was married to Miss Ann Johnson, who survives him. From 1840 to 1845 he lived at Canal Dover, carrying on various milling and mercantile enterprises, and in the latter year removed to New Philadelphia. In the fall of 1S46 he came to Massillon, where he resided until the time of his death.

In November, 1847, the Union Bank of Massill<:)n was organized, with Dr. Steese as president, and the late Sebastian Brainard, Esq., as cashier: this position he resigned in 1850. to engage in a private banking house with H. B. Hurlbut, Esq., and Mr. Alvin Vinton. One year later, in 1851, the private banking house was dissolved, and the Merchants Bank of Massillon was organized, with Dr. Steese as president and Mr. S. Hunt as cashier. This bank continued in successful operation without change of its executive officers until January, 1864. when it was merged in the First National Bank of Massillon, which from its organization has been managed b)- Dr. Steese, Mr. Hunt and Mr. Charles Steese.

St landed proprietors and farmers of tlie couny. For twenty-five years he was the manager if the largest banking institution in the couny. No man was better fitted by nature and cquirements for ari eminent banker. Of the I'hole theory and science of banking, he was thorough master. His perfect rectitude and iitegrity were widely known, and were ne\-er uestioned where known. His perfect acuaintance with business and his sagacity were uch that the mstitutions under his direction lassed through all the monetary convulsions if the past quarter of a century almost wholly without loss, and without once failing to make heir customary dividends to their shareholders, rheir shares were never upon the market, un- 2ss brought there by the death of their owners. Uways anxious to encourage the commercial nd industrial enterprises of the place so far as e safely could, no consideration of public spirit ir private friendship could cause him to for- ;et for a moment that as a banker he was the rusted custodian of other people's money.

The universal respect and confidence which e inspired, caused him largely to be sought lUt as the manager of the funds of people in eclining years, or widows, or minor children, nd people of small savings, carefully husbandd and left with him as in a place of the last se,- urity against a time of need. In times of finanial peril and alarm, the sense of responsibil- :y which these peculiarly sacred trusts entailed pon him was oppressive, sometimes almost rushing.

Always a man of marked indi\iduality, one f the most prominent traits of his character ras his strong attachment for books and for ound and generous literature. It began with is earliest boyhood. Before he was fifteen he | ecured the use of a little island in Penn's creek nd planted it with castor beans, with the sole lurpose of founding a library with the proeeds. Friends who knew him fortv vears ago i

A few men who begin life with these tastes preserve them to the last, but generally at the expense of all relish for business avocations. It was not so with him. His active and comprehensive mind maintained to the last its keen enjoyment of intellectual pursuits, and the most thorough understanding of all the details of afifairs. For twenty-five years he directed his extensive farming operations, the running of his banks, ^id a multitude of private undertakings, and during all this time he was a devoted and most loving student. He seemed to have the power of perfectly absorbing the whole contents of a book. What was once read was never forgotten. He delighted to share with others the result of his studies, and could condense into an hour's conversation the whole pith and substance of a bulky volume.

Few practicing physicians kept so well read up in the advance of medical science. The discox^ery of a new remedy, a new method, or an ingenious operation was hailed with the joy of an enthusiast. There is no book in the English language treating of metaphysical topics that he was not familiar with. Not twenty men in the nation \\ere better informed in politics in the large and best sense of the word - in political economy, and especially in questions of finance, taxation, the interchange of commodities, and the fluctuations of prices : his knowledge of the action of our own and European government on these subjects was full, and his reasonings wonderfully clear. It was a subject of frequent regret among friends that he had not exercised his talents of this kind in a wider way. and in a public capacity.

In several departments of natural philosophy, in history, in the best lighter literature, in social and reformatory topics he was well read, and kept abreast with the best minds of the asre. His kindness of heart was uni\-ersallv known and acknuwledg'ccl. But llie extent of it never was, and never will he known. Hundreds of the kindest acts of his life were so. quietly and so delicately done that they never reached the knowledge of any l)ut the recipients of them. Of the most genial disposition, few men so enjoyed the society of his fellows. The home which he jjuilded up in Massillon, was known far and near not more for its elegance, its culture and refinement than for its open handed hospitality. It was always the home of teachers of youth. Its welcoming doors were always open. There were few days in the year when its generous tables were not surrounded, and its rooms were not filled with neighboring or distant friends. At this hcmie on the loth day of August, 1874, attended by all that the highest medical skill or the most painfully anxious aftection could suggest, ministered to by loving hands, and surrounded by a devoted and heart broken family, he quietly passed away.

CONRAD SCHWEITZER. - A representative member of the banking fraternity in Stark countv, Ohio, and one who is known as one of the most loyal and public-spirited citizens of the attractive capital of Stark count}', is Conrad Schweitzer, who stands at the executive head of the People's Savings Bank, of which he is treasurer, while the organization of the same was effected chiefly through his efforts. Mr. Schweitzer was horn in the city of Canton, this countv, on the (Sth of Januarw 1S55, being a son of Conrad and Xanette (Kuert) Schweitzer, both of whom were born in the fair little republic of Switzerland, where they were reared and educated and where their marriage was .solemnized. They emigrated to .\inerica in the year 1848 and soon afterward took vip their residence in C;uiton, where Mr. Schweitzer was engaged in the retail hardware business from 1850 until iSCiA, when he removed with his family to Xew \o\'\i city, where he established himself in the wholesale hardware business, in which he continued until his death, which occurred in 1873, at which time he was forty-nine years of age. He was man of fine mental ability and business acumen, while his integrity and honor in all the relations of life were bevond ca\'il. so that he held the high regard of all with whom he came in contact. After his death the affairs of his estate were adjusted and his business interests in the national metropolis were sold out in i87(), while two years later his family returned to Canton, where our subject has since maintained his residence. The mcjther of Mr. Schweitzer is still lixing in Canton at the \enerable age of eighty-four years. She is a devoted member of the German Reformed church, as was also her husband, while in politics he gave his allegiance to the Democratic part)-, taking an active and intelligent interest in the (juestions and issues of the hour. To him and his wife were born eight children, of whom all are li\iug at the present time.

Conrad Schweitzer. Jr., the immediate subject of this review, received his preliminary educational discipline in the pnl)lic schools of Crmton and the city of Brooklyn, Xew York. where the family resided during the time his father was engaged in business in Xew ^'llrk. and later the subject ;itten(led the military academy at College Point, Long Island. He left school at the age of fifteen years and then Ijecame an erranil bov in his father's wholesale hardw^ire establishment in Xew ^'ork city, and he continued to be identified with the enter- ])rise until the death of his father and was about twenty-one years of age at the time when the family retiuMied to Canton, where he was thereafter concerned in merchandising and other enterjirises of commercial character for a number of vears. In i8<)i Mr. Schweitzer effected the organization of the People's Savings Bank, one of the solid and popular monetary institu- ions of tliis section of the state, aiul he has )een its active head from the time of its incepion to tlie present. Tlie l)ank is capitahzed or tifty tiiousand dollars and its executive orps at tlie present time is as follows : Presilent, John C. Welty ; treasurer. . Conrad ichweitzer : secretary, Calvin L. Garner.

¥oY nianv years Mr. Schweitzer has maniested a live and helpful interest in puhlic afairs of a local nature, and he has been called ipon to serve in various positions of trust and esponsibility. in each of which his interposiion has ])roved of definite and unequivocal alue. In 1882 he was elected a member of the loard of trustees of the water works of Canon, in 1887 was elected to membership on the loard of ec[ualization and in 1890 was chosen . member of the board of park commissioners, -"or his able and timely efforts in the capacity ast mentioned the citizens of Canton owe liim . perpetual debt of gratittide. for he was the irst to urge the importance of securing a public lark system for the city, and it was principall}- hrougli his instrumentality that the heirs of he estate of George Cook were prevailed upon 0 donate to the city thirty-four acres of beauiful and eligibly located land for park purloses. and this ])roperty has already been well iipro\-ecl and is consistently known as Cook 'ark. In politics Mr. Schweitzer is an ardent )emocrat and is prominent in the local counils of the party, in whose cause he has been a ealous worker. He was a delegate to the naional con\-ention of the party in 1896 at Chiago, and in r 884.-5 '^^ ^^''^'^ chairman of the )emocratic executive committee of Stark ounty. He is an a]")preciati\'e and xalued memer of the time-honored Masonic fraternity, in rhich his affiliations are as follows : William .IcKir.ley (formerly Eagle) Lodge. No. 431, -"ree and Accepted Masons ; Canton Chapter, Co. 84, Royal Arch Masons; Canton Council. Co. 35, Royal and Select Masters, and Canton "ommandery, Xo. 38. Knights Templar. He

On the 27th of October. 1886. Mr. Schweitzer was united in marriage to Miss Helen R. Cook, who vi'as born and reared in Canton, being a daughter of George Cook, wlio was a pri.iininent manufacturer and representative citizen -of this i)lace, where he died in the vear 1879.

CARRELL B. ALLMAN was born in the \'illage of Navarre, Bethlehem township. Stark county, Ohio, on the 29th of December, 1842, anil he died at his iiome in Massillon, on the 2 1 St of February, 1903. He was a son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Baines) Allman. His grand.fatlier. Ebenezer Allman. was a nati\-e of the state of Maryland, where he was born on the nth of Novemlier. 1764. and there he was reared to manhood, and there married Miss Agnes Carrell. who was born on the 20th of July. 1772. They were the parents of thirteen children, namely : George. William, James, Mary, John, Daniel, Carrell, Hamon, James (2) and Barnes (twins), Sarah, Elizabeth and Margaret. Ebenezer jMlman was a pioneer member of and an active worker in the Methodist Episcopal church. From Maryland he removed to Washington county, Pennsylvania, where he continued to reside until 1808, when he came to Stark county. Ohio, and became the first settler in Bethlehem townsliip. where he passed the residue of his life, having been a man of prominence and infiuence in that pioneer community, and lia\ing developed a good farm in the midst of the forest.

Daniel Allman, father of the subject of this memoir, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, on the i6th of September, 1797, and there received his early educational training, having been about eleven years of age at the time of the family removal to Ohio, where he continued his studies in the primitive pion- eer schools as opportunity otl'ered, while he contrihuted his quota to reclaiming the home farm to cultivation. Here was solemnized his marriage to Miss Elizabeth Baines, who was born in Yorkshire, England, on the nth of :March, 1819, being a daughter of John Baines, while the maiden name of her mother was Chapman. Mr. and j\lrs. Baines were likewise numbered among the early settlers of Stark county and were folk of sterling character. Daniel and Elizabeth Allman became the parents of four children, namely: ]\Ielissa, deceased; Carrell B.. who ligau-es as the immediate subject of this tribute; Agnes, deceased, who became the wife of D. M. Anderson and Haymon, who is living near Wilmot, Ohio. After attaining years of maturity Daniel Allman turned his attention to mercantile pursuits, in which he was engaged at Navarre and Rochester, this county, and for a time at Bolivar, Tuscarawas county. He was a man of distinctive business acumen and was successful in his efforts." He died at Massillon, this county, in the year 1867, while his wife resides at the home of C. B. Allman, of Massillon, He was a zealous member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and in politics gave his support to the Republican party.

Carrell B. Allman was reared on the homestead farm, in Bethlehem township, and attended the common schools of the neighborhood until he had attained the age of eighteen years. He gave manifestation of his intrinsic loyalty at the time of the war of the Rel)ellion, when he went forth in defense of the Union, as a member of the One Hundred and Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in which he served one year, at the expiration of which he received an honorable discharge, by reason of physical disaljility. In 1864 he became associated with his father in the mercantile business at Bolivar, Tuscarawas county, where he spent one year, and in 1868 he came to ^Nlassil- Ibn, with whose business interests he was thereafter prominently identified for the long period j of thirty-five years. He here became a member of the pioneer mercantile firm of J. G. War- I wick & Company, which, in 1871, was succeeded by that of Allman, Grosse & Wetter. In 1876 the firm became Allman & Wetter, and continued so until 1882. In 1883 Mr. i\llman became associated with his brother-in-law, John C. F. Putnam, in business, which on January I, 1902, was incorporated under the name of The Allman-Putman Company, under which name the business was and is still conducted though both of the original principals are now deceased. Through the able management and progressive policy inaugurated and maintained by the firm this concern has become one of the most extensive department stores in this section of the state, the same being known as the Bee Hive, and the enterprise is today one which would do credit to a city of much larger population. During a long and successful commercial life, characterized by enterprise and indefatigable application, ]\Ir. Allman ever maintained an enviable reputation for the highest honor and principle, and no unworthy deed or word ever linked itself with his name, while no citizen made better or more unostentatious use of his accumulations. His life was that of a thorough business man. He was e\er prompt in keeping his business engagements and expected the same consideration on the part of others. He gave a ready hearing to all who desired to see him, and all matters claiming his attention were disposed of quietly and critically. His associates testify in strong terms to his kindness of heart, having found in him not only a safe adviser but also one whose counsel was not that of words alone. The fine establishment of the Bee Hive, thoroughly metropolitan in its accessories and stock, remains as a monument of his ability and discrimination as a business man, while his name continues as an abiding inspiration to those with whom he came in contact in the various rela- tions of life. He was a prominent and valued member of the First Alethodist Episcopal church of Massillon, of which he was a trustee, and was an enthusiastic worker in its Sunday school, while he accorded a liberal support to all departments of its work, including its collateral benevolences. For many years he was the efficient superintendent of the Sunday school. Fraternally he was identified with the various bodies of the [Masonic order and was signally appreciative of the noble fraternity, having attained to the degree of a Knight Templar. His political allegiance was given to tlie Republican party and through he was not active in the field of politics, he was ever true to the duties of citizenship and was progressive and public-spirited. Mr. Allman was a man of most gracious bearing and genial personality, and possessed a marked capacity for gaining and retaining friends, for he ever held friendship as inviolable and pronounced unequivocally upon character, without regard to wealth or relative precedence, so that he held the regard of all classes, his death being felt as a personal bereavement in many homes in Massillon, aside from that in whicli the h\6\\' fell with crushing force upon those nearest and dearest to him.

On the 15th of September, 1870, i\Ir. Allman was united in marriage to Miss M. Alice Putnam, daughter of the late Captain Timothy C. Putman, concerning whom a memoir appears on other pages of this volume. Three children were born of this tmion, namely: Walter, who is engaged in the plumbing business in Massillon and is also manager for the American Sand Company; Grace, who remains with her widowed mother in the beautiful family home; and Elizabeth Alice, who is the wife of Rodolfo Simonetta, of Turin, Italy.

At a special meeting of the official board of the First Methodist Episcopal church of Massillon, at the time of the death of Mr. Allman, the following resolutions of respect were adopted :

Whereas, For thirty years or more Carrell B. Allman has heen actively interested in the business and spiritual welfare of the First Methodist Episcopal church of Massillon, during most of the time having been a member and for many years a steward, while he also served long and faithfully and acceptably as a class leader and was actively engaged in the work of the Sunday school, as superintendent and teacher for many years, and

Whereas, His Christian character throughout his church life has been an example and inspiration to all of us, always showing him to be an humble and faithful follower in the footsteps of our beloved Lord and Master, and

Whereas, His eminent business capacity and righteous life qualihed him to be a "pillar of the church" and his death has left a sore vacancy in our ranks and in each of our hearts, that we feel will never again be so fitly filled.

Resolved, That we calmly bow to what seems to be the will of his God and ours, in calling him from his sufferings to his "exceeding great reward'' ;

Resolved, That in behalf of the church and its officers, collectively and individually, we. tender to his heartbroken family our sympathies, emphasized by the assurance that we also are sorely stricken.

A farther appreciative estimate of the life and character of Mr. Allman was that which appeared in one of the local newspapers at the time of his demise, and this, too, consistently, is given reproduction in permanent form in conclusion of this brief tribute to a loved and honored citizen :

The blow which has fallen upon the Allman home iu this city is one that also smites the whole city with genuine sorrow. The sacred sorrow behind the closed doors on East Main street and the piteous pain of that daughter whose bridal wreaths have scarcely faded and who is speeding to-night across the continent to her mother's side, - these griefs can not be known to any but God. But in the wider circle of church and business, and the yet wider one of citizenship there comes a sense of irreparable loss when a good man dies that is near akin to personal grief. So this Satnrday night the name of C. B. Alhiian will be npon many a lip and a gloom upon many a heart of men and women who knew him only in brief contact of business ; and those who knew him better will pause and speak together with tearful eyes about his life and deeds, and to sympathize with his dear ones in this, their saddest hour.

REV. O. BROWN MILLIGAN. - The lirst representative of the MilHgan family in the I'nited States was tlie paternal grandfather of the ^tihject. Rev. James Milligan. D. D., who was l)orn in Scotland, and who had enlisted in the English army, in which he was preparing to serve as an officer, when, hy inadvertance or accident, his messmate appeared with a small hint (if tiimr on the sleeve of his uniform, for which insignificant offense he received five Innidrcd lashes, the injnstice and indignity causing him to desert from the ranks and flee to America, where he became a prominent clergvman of the Reform Presbyterian church, having made his home in Pennsylvania until the time of his death.

Rev. O. Brown Milligan is a native of the old Keystone state of the Union, having been born (in a farm adjoining the little town of New Alexandria, Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, on the 4th of November, 1861, being a son of Rev. Alexander McLeod and Ellen Snodgrass Milligan. the former of whom was Ijorn at Ryegate, Caledonia county, Vermont, A])ril 6, 182J, and the latter in New Alexandria, Pennsylvania. The Rev. A. M. Milligan was a leading and well known minister and for years was the pastor of the Eighth-street Reformed Presbyterian church in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. His death occurred on th(r jth of May, 18S5, while he was in the West with the object of recouping his shattered health. His wife's death occurred in 1868. They were the parents of nine children.

Pittsburg, antl iri that city O. Brown was reared to manhood, completing the curriculum of the public schools and preparing for college in the Xewell Institute, in Pittsburg. In i87(; he was matriculated in Geneva College, at Beaver Fails, Pennsyhania, where he completed the classical and literary course and was graduated as a member of the class of 1883. Ha\ing determined to prepare himself for the ministry, Mr. Milligan then entered the seminary of the Reformed Presbyterian church, in Allegh.eny Cit)', Pennsylvania, where he completed liis theological course, being graduated in May, 1887, and jjeing ordained to the ministry in June of that year. Soon after his gradu- .'ition he received a call to a church of the Covenanters' denomination in Delaware county, Xew York, and it was there that his ordination took place, while he was duly installed as pastor of the church on the 22d of June. 1887. After a successful pastorate of one and onehalf years Mr. Milligan received a call to the church of the same denominati(.)n in the East End of the city of Pittsburg, and he assumed this charge, which he retained about two years. The discipline of this denomination forliade the exercising of the right of franchise by any of its members, maintaining that the constitution of the L nited States was a Godless instrument and should receixe no recognition from this definite order from the church. Realizing the injustice of this policy, the subject associated himself with si.x other ministers in an attempt along orderly lines to change the law and discipline of the church m reference to this matter. The result of their action was that they were summoned before the synod of the church and charged with heresy. They could not jirevail upon the synod to realize the disloyalty and unreasonableness of this particular item of discipline, and accordingly determined to withdraw and united themselves with a more lilieral and American denomination. Shortlv after this ac- tioii Mr. Alilligan received a call to the Second Presbyterian church of Braddock, Pennsylvania, this being in the spring of 1893, and this important charge he held until the fall of 1895, having done a most effective work and having gained the affectionate regard and ready cooperation of the church people, who were appreciative of his efforts. He withdrew from this field of labor to accept the call to his present pastorate, and during his eight years" incumbency he has done much to vitalize both the spiritual and temporal work of the church, infusing enthusiasm in all departments and giving himself unreservedly to the promotion of its best interests and to the cause of religious advancement in the community. As a speaker Mr. Milligan is forceful, direct and convincing, his every utterance bearing the evidence of supreme faith and personal sincerity, while his language is at all times chaste and dignified, as befitting the office and the sacred place. His administrative capacity is also excellent, so that the church has l^en prospered and blessetl during his pastorate. In his political proclivities Mr. Milligan is independent, and he takes a deep interest in the issues and questions of the hour, being a man of high intellectuality and broad general information.

On the 7th of June, 1892, in the city of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, Mr. JMilligan was united in marriage to Miss Nannie Agnew, who was l5orn in Pennsylvania, being a daughter of George W. and Margaret (Mahaffey) Agnew. She is a woman of gracious presence and gentle refinement, and has proved an able coadjutor to her husl^and in his chosen work. They are the parents of two daughters, ]\Iargaret Eleanor and Harriet Lavinia.

In 1847, at New Alexandria, Pennsylvania. Rev. Alexander M. Milligan was united in marriage to Miss Ellen Snodgrass, who was born in New Alexandria, Westmoreland county, Pennsyhania, on the 26th of July, 1826, a daughter of Hon. John Snodgrass, and she died in the city of Pittsburg on the 8th of January, 1868, after a happy married life of twenty-one years. Hon. John Snodgrass was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, in 1 708, and he operated the old Pennsylvania stage line between Pittsburg and eastern points. He was one of the contractors on the construction of the Pennsylvania railroad, doing a large portion of the grading between Pittsburg and Harrisburg. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania legislature, being one of the influential and honored men of the state, and during the war of the Rebellion he was looked upon as one of the most potent forces in upholding the policy of Governor Curtin. He owned large tracts of land in Westmoreland county, and to each of his five children who attained years of maturity he gave four hundred acres of land. He was distinctively a man of affairs, having operated paper mills and grist mills and having had various other important capitalistic interests. He was twice married, the maiden name of his first wife having been Ann Mason. She was born in Westmoreland county, April 14, 1802, and died January 15, 1 85 1. He died at New Alexandria, that county, on the 7th of November, 1878. » »

SERAPHIM SHIVELY. - This wellknown citizen was one of the old soldiers who fought in the great Rebellion to perpetuate the union of states and to wipe the curse of slavery forever from our national escutcheon. He w^as for many years connected with the business interests of Canton and after a long and useful life fraught with much good to his fellow men, finished his earthly course and quietly passed into the great unknown whither in due time all that now live shall follow him. Seraphim Shively was a native of Stark county, Ohio, born in the town of Louisville on the loth day of November, 1836. His parents being in very ordinary circumstances, he was denied the prixileijes wliich many boys enjoy, consequently his education was limited and while still a mere youth lie started out to make his own way in the world. He remained in his nati\e village until reaching the years of young manhood, meanwhile finding employment on the Pittsburg & Ft. Wayne Railroad when that line was being extended through this part of Ohio. Mr. Shively went to work as a common laborer, but it was not long until he was made foreman of a section of the road and as such he discharged his duty in a manner highly satisfactorily to his employers until the completion of the road. When about twentytwo years old he came to Canton and for some time thereafter clerked in various mercantile houses, finally engaging in the clothing business m partnership with Sol Fisher, the firm thus constituted lasting until the breaking out of the great Rebellion.

Disposing of his interests in the business, Mr. Shively, in 1861, enlisted in Company F, Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which he ser\-e(l during the greater part of the war, veteranizing some time before the close of the struggle as second lieutenant in the One Hundred and Sixtieth Regiment. He took p.irt in many of the most noted battles of the Virginia campaign, having served in the Amiy of the Potomac during the bloodiest period of the war. He was with his command in the first battle of Bull Run and from that time on participated in nearly every engagement of note until the fall of the Confederacy at Appomattox Court House. At one time, while on detailed service with a battery, he was \-ioIently thrown from a caisson when going into battle, the fall resulting in an injury which necessitated his retirement for some months from active duty. When sufTticiently recovered he reenlisted, as above stated, and at the e.xpiration of his term of ser\ice was discharged as second lieutenant, having won that promotion by

Returning to Canton at the close of the war, 'Sir. Shively accepted a clerkship in the store of Mr. Zollars and after spending a few years in that capacity opened a grocery on the east side of the public square. Subsequently he abandoned that line of business and engaged in the dry-goods trade in the same room, but after a few years" experience, disposed of his stock and purchased a general store in the town of Xavarre. He was in business at that place for a period of sixteen years, selling out in 1885 and returning to Canton, where he again turned his attention to the grocery trade, opening a store on South Market street. After a limited experience in the grocery line he closed out his establishment and started a bakery on East Tuscarawas street, but this not coming up to his expectations he abandoned the business after a short time and entered the shipping department of the Danner manufacturing plant. He remained with Mr. Danner for several years and pro\ed a most faithful and capable employe, but ill health, superinduced by e.xposure in the army, finally compelled him to resign his position and retire to private life. Mr. Shively was an active business man and as a citizen stood high in the esteem of the people of Canton. In state and national affairs he voted the Democratic ticket, but in local matters never permitted the claims of party to bias his judgment in favor of the wrong man for oflice. He was a member of the Grand Arm\' of the Republic post at Navarre and to the end of his davs maintained a lively interest in all matters pertaining to the old soldiers and their organizations.

Mr. Shively was married in Canton. June 2Q, 1865, to Miss Frances Cunningham, who prox'cd a faithful helpmeet and lining companion to him during the remainder of his earthh' sojourn. Mr. .Slii\elv lived according o his highest ideals of I'ight and justice and )n the 8th day of August, 1892, at his home n Canton, gently breathed his last and passed o his reward. In his death the city lost a valuible citizen, the country a true patriot, his wife md family a loving and devoted husband and 'ather, and all who came within the range of lis influence, a loyal and unsuspecting friend. He died as he had lived, at peace with God md his fellow man, and the memory of his cindly deeds will long remain enshrined in the learts of those he left behind.

Mrs. Frances Shively was born at her Father's home in Canton, Ohio, November 27, 1842. Her father, Thomas Cunningham, whose birth occurred at Salem, New Jersey, in the year 1800, was a representative of one of the oldest families in Stark county, his parents, William and Elizabeth Cunningham, moving to this state as early as 1810, locating first in the county of Crawford, and some time in the 'twenties changing their abode to Canton. William Cunningham, a shoemaker by trade, had a shop in an early day on old Market street and worked there until his death, which took place prior to the year 1842 : his wife survived him many years, dying in this city at a very old age. He was of Scotch and she of Welsh-English descent, their ancestors coming to this country at an early period in the time of the colonies. They had children as follows : William, Samuel. Thomas, David, Daniel, Mary, wife of Dr. Bonfield, and Eliza, who died unmarried at the age of seventy-five years, all of the number having long since having passed into the life beyond.

Thomas Cunningham was perhaps the first undertaker of Canton. He formerlj' owned the lot now occupied by the Yohe hotel and there ran a shop for the manufacture of cofiins, furniture, carriages, in addition to which he also did all kinds of repairing. He carried on a flourishing business for many years, but finally suffered a severe loss by fire, his shop and contents being completely destroyed by the flames. Being a man of remarkable energy, he subsequently recovered from his re\-erse and continued to do a successful business, especially in the line of undertaking, until within a short time before his death. He was a skillful mechanic and many specimens of his handicraft are still to be found in the older homes of Canton, some of the furniture being as solid and substantial as when it left his shop sixty years ago. He departed this life about 1858, his wife surviving him until September, 1900, \\-hen she died, at the advanced age of ninetyfour years. The census of that year mentions her as the oldest person then living in the county of Stark. The maiden name of Mrs. Thomas Cunningham was Caroline Shirk. She was born in 1806 in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Mathias and Anna (Weaver) Shirk, and came to Stark county with an uncle, Henry Weaver, as early as 1826, her parents joining her one year later.

Reverting to the life of Mrs. Shively. it is learned that she spent the years of her childhood and early youth with her grandmother near Akron, and there attended her first term of school. Subsequently she entered the schools of Canton and such was her progress that she completed the high school course before attaining her fifteenth year, graduating as valedictorian of her class. When but fourteen years old she successfully passed the required examination for a teacher's license and would ha\'e taught before finishing her high school studies had she not been dissuaded from such a course by a friend of the family. She had secured a school in the country and was on her way to take charge of the same when met by the friend referred to alxive. who persuaded her to change her mind, telling her she was entirely too young and unexperienced to assume the duties of the school room. Her mother also discouraged her and between the two she was finally persuaded to abandon for the time the project of teaching and finish lier liigh school course. In order to procure the necessary books for the latter purpose, she applied for employment to John Banner, who at that time was engaged in the manufacture of shirts, overalls and other articles of wearing apparel, in connection with the clothing business. On account of her youth and diminutive size, he at first laughed at her. but finding the child persistent, he finaJly gave her a half dozen shirts and the same number of overalls to make up, which she did in due time with neatness and dispatch. recei\ing for her work a shilling a garment. In this way she was enabled to earn sufficient money to buy her school outfit and from that time until her graduation she applied herself so diligently to her studies as to make the best record, for one so young, in the history of the Canton high school. After her graduation she took charge of the sixth grade room in the old high school building and the year following was assigned to work in the building on East Fifth street. Later she was promoted to the A grammar grade and continued in that line of teaching until her marriage, spending seven years in the Canton schools, and five years 'in educational work at Navarre after marriage. Mrs. Shively earned an enviable reputation as a teacher and many of the leading business men of Canton are indebted to her for their instruction in the mysteries of books. She retired from the school room a number of years ago. but always maintained an interest in educational matters, up to the time of her death, keeping in close touch with modern methods and frequently re\isiting the scenes of her former labors. At the age of se\-enteen she united with the First Baptist church of Canton and began the devout Christian life which marked her career from that time. She was alive in all good works, and many poor and unfortunate in this city \\ci\Q reasons to fondly cherish her name on account (A her deeds of charitv and benevolence.

For a number of years she was active in Sunday school work, her intellectual ability and wide culture peculiarly fitting her for the oftice of teaching the word of God. Mrs. Shively was one of the most popular ladies of Canton as well as one of the most cultured and refined. She occupied a prominent position in the social world and her gentle infiuence was the means of directing many into proper ways of living, and her death, which occurred February ii, 1903, was mourned Ijy all who knew her. She tore her huslxmd four children, the oldest of whom, Nora, was graduated from the Canton high school with the class of 1889. She then began teaching in the South Market street building and since then has been actively engaged in educational work in this city. She is a young lady of varied culture and as a teacher ranks with the most capable in the schools of Canton. Caroline E.. the second daughter, attended the Navarre school until completing the prescribed course and after spending two years in the Canton high school entered the normal of this city, for the purpose of prei>aring herself for the teacher's profession. After teaching six years in the Garfield avenue school and one year at the Hartford street building, she was transferred to East Fifth street, where she has had charge of a room since 1890. Her standing as a teacher is high and she is a popular lady in social circles as she is successful as an educator. Frederick, the oldest of the two sons, holds a position with the Danner Manufacturing Company of Canton. He served three years in the Third United States Regulars and was with Lawton's command in the Philiitpines until that general's death. He experienced his full share of warfare in those far-away islands and at the expiration of his period of enlistment returned iiome with a record of which any brave soldier might well feel proud. Thomas C the youngest of the children, was graduated from the commercial department of the Canton high school.

REV. PETER HERBRUCK - The Herbruok family is of German origin, the genealogy being traceable to the kingdom of Bavaria. Philip Herbruck and his wife Barbara, parents of the subject of this sketch, were born in Zweibrucken, Rhine Palatinate, Bavaria, and spent the greater part of their lives in their native country, coming to the United States in 1845 ^^'^11 advanced in years. Their son. Rev. Peter Herbruck. had preceded them to America and it was largely through his instrumentality that rliey were induced to leave tlie fatherland and spend the remainder of their days in the new world. By occupation Philip Herbruck was a tiller of the soil, but he was too old to follow this vocation very long- after coming to this country. He died at his home, about four miles north of Canton, in 1854, his widow surviving him until about 1867. Three children accompanied Philip and Barbara Herbruck to the United States, namely : Mary, now Mrs. Rindclien ; Catharine, who married a gentleman by the name of Grosenbaugh, and Susan, who became the wife of a Mr. Deuble.

Rev\ Peter Herbruck, for over fifty-three years pastor of the German Reform church in Canton, was bom near the town of Zweibrucken, Bavaria, in 1813. From an excellent biography constituting one of the articles of Hon. John Banner's "Old Landmarks" the following sketch of this remarkable man is taken : Peter Herbruck spent his early childhood at the place of his birth and from the time he was ten years old longed and prayed that he, might become a minister of the gospel. With this object in he walked five miles each morning and back m the evening to a select school preparatory to the work to which he had determined to devote his life. Meantime there was awakened in his mind a desire to go to America, l.)ut his father being- poor and his mother reluctant to leave the land of their birth, he was obliged to postpone this object until a more convenient season, which in due time presented itself. In 183 1, when but eighteen years old, he bade farewell to his family and the familiar scenes of his childhood and started on foot for Havre, France, a distance of five hundred miles, where he expected to embark on his voyage to the new world. Reaching that city after a long and tiresome journey, he was obliged to wait several weeks before he could get a vessel to the United States. Finally receiving passage on an old French sailing vessel he saw the shores of Europe gradually recede from view, but when only two or three days out a terrific storm came up which swept away two of the masts and almost wrecked the ship. In this dilemma they were towed by another vessel to Plymouth, England, for repairs, and after much delay a second start was made, with more fortunate results. The vessel, after being at sea for seventy-two days, contending with many reverses, finally reached Philadelphia, where the young student stepped upon the shores of a new world and entered upon a new destiny. The mishaps and unavoidable delays had greatly reduced his little stock of money, but by his warm and genial nature he was not long in making friends who assisted him in his time of need. Young Herbruck started west from Philadelphia and got as far as Berks county. Pennsylvania, where he secured a position as teacher in a country school for the following winter. This was in the year 183 1. and early the next spring he fell in with a party traveling west in an old fashioned Conestoga wagon, on the canvas covering of which, printed in large letters, were the words "For Ohio." With this friendly company he journeyed as far as Wheeling, .West Virginia, where he met a young man going northward towards New Listen, Ohio, with whom he traveled to that point. On reaching Xew Lisbon Mr. Herbruck told his companion that he could go no further northward, saying that he had made the matter a subject of prayer and was led to believe that his duty lay in the west. Accordingly he struck- the old state road leading to Canton, which place he reached in the course of a few days, finding the town a mere village of a few hundred inhabitants. He started to go further west and when near West creek stopped a few hours to rest and sleep. He then proceeded on toward Massillon until reaching Wirt's tavern, near Reedurban, where he found a landlord who proved indeed a friend in all the term im])lies. Recognizing in the stranger a young man of excellent character and much more than ordinary mental powers, the keeper of the public house persuaded him to remain and take charge of the country school near by, which was then withdut a teacher. This the student did and the result had a very material effect upon his future course of life. Shortly after this time Rev. Benjamin Faust, pastor of the Reformed chiuxli in CantdU, stopped at Wirt's hotel and fcjrmed the ac(|uaintance of the young man. preceiving at once his sterling qualities of head and heart. In the course of their conver.satinn the reverend gentleman .said : "Young man. do not hide your talent in a napkin, but come with me and prepare yourself for the ministry." Mr. Herbruck gladly accepted the mvitation and at once applied himself to the more complete preparation for the .sacred calling which he had so longed to enter. This was in the spring of 1832 and the young man much enjoyed and greatly profited by the private theological instructions which Rev. Mr. Faust was so capable of imparting.

In Xovember of that year Rev. Benjamin Faust was taken very ill w-ith a dangerous throat disease and died soon after, another event which had a pronounced effect upon the life and future career of his son in the gospel. The congregation for which Mr. Faust had administered did not long discuss the matter of his successor, the consensus of opinion being in favor of Mr. Herbruck. although at the time he was but nineteen years of age and without previous experience in ministerial or pastoral work except as his preceptor's assistant. Responding to the call, he at once entered upon his labors, wmning the affection and support of the congregation, Ijoth of which he retained (huHng a long and successful pastorate C)f over fifty-three years, his connection with the church ending in 1886. This is the longest pastorate of any minister in the history of Canton and doubtless the longest and most successful in the state of Ohio, as far as official records show.

In the early history of the Reformed church in this city they and the Lutherans jointly owned and used the same house of worship. In i860 the two congregations niutuall_\- agreed to se]:)arate. the Lutherans taking the east end of the block on which the house stood, the Reformed congregation taking the western part. Immediately after the division the latter erected a substantial brick building on their part of the lot. which at the time it was finished was one of the most cummodious edifices of the kind in the city. The house still stands, but it has been greatly enlarged to suit the needs of the growing congregation, besides being much improved in style and modern con\-eniences. The late Conrad Schweitzer. Sr.. was one of Rev. Herbruck's most active and liberal supporters in the construction of the new temple of worship, one of the belis in the tower ha\ing been put in at his own expense.