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Ohio to Cincinnati, where the cholera epidemic was raging at the time, and he was compelled to remain there for six weeks before he could effect a sale of his stock. After his marriag. he removed to Dayton, Ohio, from which pciii he was engaged in boating on the canal for two Acars, at the expiration of which he returned to the old home farm, but shortb afterward came to Canton and took u^ his residence at the corner of Third and Walnut streets, and on the same lot he operated a pottery about four years. He then sold this property and purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land adjoining Canton on the south, and there he continued to devote his attention to farming for the ensuing five years, at the expiration of which he returned to town and established his home at Walnut and Fourth streets, where his devoted wife died in the year 1 861, while later he resided on the corner of Walnut and Tenth streets, and he was engaged in the buying and shipping of live stock for eighteen years, doing a large and profitable business. He then returned to his farm, where he remained for a few years, finally returning to the farm, where he died in 1887, secure in the esteem of all who knew him and known as an able and progressive business man. He was a Democrat m his political proclivities and his wife was a devoted member of tlie Lutheran church. He served one term in the city council and ever, took a deep interest in local affairs of a public nature. Of his children we record that Sarah, who became the wife of Lewis Miller, died in Canton, in 1873; David died at the age of twenty years, and William at the age of twenty-six years ; and Emma, who became the wife of Bert Kitzmiller, died in 1885. Thus the subject of this review, who was the eldest of the children, is now the only survivor. John H. Sherrick was born in Dayton, Ohio, on the 24th of November, 1837, and was about two vears of age at the time when his parents returned to Stark county, where he jecured his early educational discipline in the jiulilic schools of Waco and Canton. When )Ut ten years of age he began to assist in the vork of the farm, and he well recalls the strenlous labors which fell to his portion in guiding he plow through the maze of stumps which jjbstructed the newly opened fields, while he assisted in clearing much of the home farm. In 1864 he secured a position as fireman on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad, running between Laporte, Indiana, and the city of Chicago. He reverts to this as having been the coldest experience of the sort he e\er encountered, on one occasion his train having been for three days snowbound and unable to reach Chicago. He was thus engaged until the winter of 1865, when a strike was inaugurated and lie retired from the service and found empkiyment on a street railway in Chicago, bemg thus engaged two years, at the expiration of which he went to Leavenworth, Kansas, and became a fireman (jn the Missouri Pacific Railroad, later being' similarly engaged on the Kansas Pacific, and finally he was made an engineer on the Missouri Pacific Railroad, retaining this position until 1868 or 1869, when he returned to Stark county and took charge of the home farm, where he has ever since continued to reside, the same being- one of the finely improved and valuable properties of the county, since the same is contiguous to the corporate limits of the city of Canton. He is well known in the city and county and has the confidence and g-oofl will of the people among whom he remains as the only representati\-e of the third generation of one of the honored pioneer families of the county. In politics he accords an unwavering allegiance to the Democratic party.

On the 4th of March, 1876, in Canton, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Sherrick to Miss Flora Pfau, who was born and reared in this county, being a daughter of John and Caroline (Hepp) Pfau, who were numbered among the pioneers of this section of the state, and I>oth of whom are now dead.

JOPIN C. B'REMONT PUTMAN was born on the old Putman homestead ( his grandfather's) at Beach City, this county, on the loth of July, 1856, being a son of the late Captain Timothy C. Putman, to whose memory and services a tribute is paid elsewhere in this volume, so that a recapitulation of the family history is not demanded at this juncture. Mr. Putman received his preliminary educational discipline in the district schools, after which he attended the Massillon high school and later became a student in Mount LTnion College, near this city. He initiated his business career at Wilmot, near his birthplace, having there engaged in the dry -goods business in company with Charles Wyandt, under the firm name of Putman & Wyandt. There he continued in business for a period of three years, at the expiration of which time he came to Massillon and became associated with Eli Leighley in the purchase of the genera! marchandise business of Allman & Wetter. Two years later his brotherin-law, the late Carrell B. Allman, purchased the interest of Mr. Leighley, and the business continued under the title of Allman-Putman until January i, 1902, when it was incorporated under the title of the Allman-Putman Company. At the time of the reorganization ~S]\-. Putman became general manager, and during the few months intervening between the death of ^Ir. Allman and that of himself he had entire charge of the business, which had grown to be one of extensive proportions. The Bee Hive, as the establishment is known, is conducted on the department principle and the stock carried is large and comprehensive, while the store occupies a fine brick building f' mr stories in height. In the building up of this noteworthy enterprise the business acumen and alert and progressive methods of Mr. Putman were most potent, and he showed a masterful grasp of details and a capacity for unremitting and fruitful application, proving an able coadjutor to his associate and long-time friend, Mr. Allman, with whom his business and social relations were of the most intimate and mutually pleasant order. Genial and kindly to all and ever considerate of others, he held the esteem of not only those whom he had business dealings, but also the afifectionate regard of his employes, who looked upon him as a friend and benefactor. He was distinctively a leader in local business circles, and his aid and influence were ever given in support of all measures and undertakings for the general good of his home city, to whose interests he was most loyal. He was identified with the Masonic fraternity, including the Knights Templar and Mystic Shrine, while he was also a valued member of the Knights of Pythias, having been at the time of his death colonel of the Eighth Regiment of the Uniformed rank of this order, and was likewise prominent and popular in the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He was treasurer of the Merchants' Street Fair & Carnival Association and one of its most able and enthusiastic promoters. At the time of his death this association, at a called meeting, passed the following resolutions of respect and condolence :

Whereas, In view of the loss we have sustained by the decease of our friend and associate, J. C. F. Putman, and of the still heavier loss sustained by those who were nearest and dearest to him ; tlierefore, be it

Resolved, That it is but a just triliute to the memory of the departed to say that in regretting his removal from our midst we mourn for one who was in every way worthy of our respect and regard.

Resolved, That we sincerely condole with the family of the deceased upon the dispensation with which it has pleased divine Providence to afflict them, and commend them for consolation to Him who orders all things for the best, and whose every act is meant in niercv.

Resolved, That copies of this heartfelt testimonial of our sympathy and our sorrow be forwarded to the family and to the daily papers of the city. William Martin, Frank A. Vogt, William A. Pietzcker. Bernard Bell, Jacou J. Wise,

At Orville, Wayne county, Ohio, on the 1st of January, 1885, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Putman to Miss Clara Beidler, daughter of Joseph Beidler, a sterling pioneer of that county. She survives her husband, as does their only child, Helen Beidler Putman, born June 2, 1891. Mrs. Putman was born in Holmes county, Ohio, near the Stark county line, within five miles of where her husband was born. He father was born in Holmes county, Ohio, and died September 9, 1903, aged fifty-nine years. He was the son of Jacob and Barbara Beidler. He married Barbara Mumaw, who was born in Holmes county, Ohio, the daughter of John and Rachel

MARCUS M. CATLIN, M. D. - A man of marked ability and ripe experience in both ci\-il and military aff^airs, whose life has been consecrated to the noble work of alleviating human suffering, it is eminently proper in this connection to invite attention to the career of the distinguished physician whose name appears above. Thirty-four years of active practice bear testimony to the success that has attended his efforts and a residence of over twentyseven years in the city of Canton has placed him in the front rank of the profession in this part of the state. In the histor\' of Herkimer and Oneida counties, New York, the name Catlin has been familiar for many generations and representatives of the fainily are supposed to have been among the earliest permanent set- tiers in those parts of the Empire state. Roger Cathn, the Doctor's father, was born in the former county and there married Ehzabeth Noble, whose ancestors were also among the pioneers. By occupation Roger Catiin was a farmer and his death occurred when the subject of this sketch was a lad of nine years of age ; his wife survived him a number of years, departing this life in her native county and state at the age of sixty years.

Dr. Catiin was born in the town of Winfield, Herkimer county, New York, August 15, 1846, and, owing to the death of his father, was early in life thrown upon his own resources. Left with a family. of seven children, the widowed mother experienced great difficulty in caring for her little flock and keeping the hungry wolf from the door. In this she was assisted l)y her son Marcus, who earned his first money when nine years old by working on a farm in the neighborhood of his humble home. By a lad so young but scanty wages could be expected, but such as they were, he retained barely sufficient to keep himself respectably clothed, generously turning- over the little surplus to the support of his mother and the children dependent upon her. While thus engaged he availed himself of the public schools of Avinter seasons, but so great was the responsibility resting upon him at the time, that he would frequently run home from his employment at school recess and the noon hour and assist with the labor of the household, run errands, cut wood, and attend to other chores which his hands found to do. During the first three years his employer, a man by the name of Tylor, paid him meager wages, but the fourth year he was allowed, in addition to his clothing, forty dollars in money, which proved quite a god-send to tlie family. Young Catiin continued to labor by the year with constantly increasing remuneration until the age of thirteen, when he hired by the month, attending the winter seasons for several vears thereafter an academv in his native town. Meanwhile the great Civil war had broken out, but thinking himself too young and too small for a soldier, he made no attempt to enter the service until the spring of his sixteenth year. Imbued with a spirit of patriotism, the lad mentioned the matter to his mother, who said one so young as he should not try to endure the hardships and dangers of a soldier's life. Loth to give up his cherished desire of helping the country in its time of need, he again broached the subject; the mother, taking the matter to her heavenly Father in prayer, finally gave her consent and blessing, telling him to go and prove himself true to every duty that should come to him as a defender of the nation's honor.

In April, 1863, young Catiin enlisted in Company D, Forty-sixth New York Volunteers, a regiment that had already served since the beginning of the war and at the time mentioned its members were, looked upon as veterans. Immediately following his enlistment, the Doctor was sent direct to Vicksburg, and it was not long until he experienced the horrible realities of war in some of the hardest fought battles of the Rebellion. He took part in the siege of Vicksburg, the Confederate stronghold, and the battles in the vicinity, witnessed its surrender and participated in the rejoicing wiiich followed the e\'ent. Subsequently his regiment was transferred east to Tennessee in time to assist in the reduction of Knoxville, in addition to which it took part in other fighting in that state, besides experiencing its full share of hard service incident to warfare in an enemy's country. Still later the Doctor accompanied his command to Virginia where, under the leadership of the matchless Grant, he participated in the long list of bloody battles in the vicinity of Richmond which finally terminated in the surrender of Lee's army at Appomattox. He passed through all his trying experience as a brave soldier should, never shirking a duty nor flinching when danger or death threatened. His record is iintinged by the slightest suspicion of dishonor and from the heg-inning of his mihtary career until its termination at Washington, D. C. in 1865, his life was ever ready to be sacrificed for the good of the country he loved so well.

The Doctor returned home in somewhat broken health and it was while recuperating his worn-out energies that he was induced by a physician to come to the latter's house and take up the study of medicine. After looking o\cr the doctor's librar)- and perusing with much interest several medical works, he decided to act upon the advice given him and devote the rest of his life to the healing art. In due lime he began a preliminary course of study in the office of Doctor Nathaa Spencer, of Winfield, New York, remaining under that gentleman's instruction about three years, and in the meantime became a student in the Cleveland Homeopathic College. He was graduated from that institution in 1868 and in the spring of the same year began the practice at Brookfield, Madison county. New York, where he remained until 1 87 1, building up a lucrative business. In the latter year Dr. Catlin opened an office in Massillon, Ohio, and after practicing in that city and vicinity for a period of four years removed, in I*"ebruary. 1875, to Canton, of wiiich place he is now one of the oldest physicians in point of continuous residence. The only representatives of the profession now in practice who came to the city before or with the subject are Drs. Portman and Conklin. all the rest having chosen this field since the A-ear

Dr. Catlin's long residence in Canton has made his name a household word in the majority of homes in the city and many throughout the country and everywhere he is spoken of in terms of praise, not only as a i>h_\-sician and surgeon but as a man and citizen. Since the war his life has been very closelv interwoven with his profession and the amount of suffering he has alleviated and the good cheer he has brought to many households cannot be expressed in words. He has devoted his energies, physicial and mental, to the good of his kind, losing sight of .self in the one absorbing desire of rescuing humanity from the many ills to which it is heir. His practice has been signally successful, professionally and financiall}-, and he stands today one of the leading representati\es of the Homeopathic school in this part of the state, also occupying a respectable position among the well-to-do men of the city in which he lives. Dr. Catlin stands high in the estimation of his professional associates of Canton, and is well and favorably known by the leading physicians of his school in Ohio and throughout the entire country. His name appears on the records of the principal Homeopathic organizations, among which are the State Medical Society, Northeastern Ohio Homeopathic Society, the American Institute of Homeopathy and others. He served one term of the Northeastern Ohio Society and has been an active participant in the deliberations of the different organizations with which he is identified, not infrequently presenting his views and the results of his practical investigations in papers which have gained wide publicity. Dr. Catlin was the first physician of the Homeopathic school in this locality to demonstrate the feasibility of the system, which in the last thirty years has made remarkable strides, taking a strong hold on public favor. He still keeps alive his interest in matters pertaining to the terrible crisis through which the government passed from 1861 to 1866, being a member of McKinley Post No. 25, Grand .Army of the Republic, on the roster of which are the names of many of Ohio's bravest sons. In bis political adherency he is a Republican, but the pressing claims of his profession have prevented him from trd<ing a \-ery active interest in party affairs.

York, in 1869, to Miss Rozella Clark, daughter of Anson and Elmira (Crandall) Clark, a union terminated by the death of the wife in 1896, after she had borne three- children, namely : Grace, now Mrs. John Miller, of Bellefontaine. Ohio; Homer C, an accomplished ci\il engineer of Canton, who departed this life ^larch 10, 1902, and ]\Iary, who married Fred Green, a resident of this city. The Doctor's second marriage was solemnized on the 25th of May, 1898, with Flora Belle jMiller. daughter of Hiram Miller, of Stark count}', of whom mention will be found 011 another page of this volume.

H0\. JOHN SHIM P. - Honored and esteemed by his contemporaries and for a number of years closely identified with the material development of Canton, also an influential factor in the public as well as the civic affairs of the city, few men enjoyed as marked precedence as the late John Shimp. a brief review of whose career is herewith presented. He was a native of Columbiana county. Ohio, where his birth occurred about the year 1834. After a preliminary mental discipline in the public schools, he entered, when a youth. Mt. Union College, where he prosecuted his studies for some years, and on leaving that institution turned his attention to teaching, in which profession he soon acquired much more than local repute. His experience as an educator covered a number of years, during which he became widely and favorably known as a capable and popular instructor, and his success may be inferred from his repeated periods of service in the same locality. In connection with educational work, he also devoted much of his time to mechanical pursuits, having when a young man become skilled at carpentry, which vocation he followed more or less during the greater part of his life.

Shimp was married, in Alliance, Ohio, to IMiss Susan Teeters, daughter of Elisha Teeters, a well-known resident of that city, and shortly thereafter located at Canton, as local agent of the Ft. Wajaie Railroad. He served in that capacity for some years and discharged his duties in an eminently satisfactory manner, proving a faithful as well as capable employe, whose relations with the public were always marked with courtesy, and who looked after the company's interests with the same painstaking exactness he would have manifested in prosecuting a like important enterprise of his own. Mr. Shunp was one of the leading Democratic politicians of Canton, and stood high in the councils of his party, not only in the city, but in the county and throughout the district as well. He was elected mayor and filled that responsible ofilice with dignity and ability, his administration of the municipal government being' characterized by a devotion to duty and a strict enforcement of the law, which made him one of the most popular executives the city has ever had.

Fraternally Mr. Shimp was an honored member of the Masonic brotherhood and his name also appears on the records of the Odd Fellows lodge of Canton. In his religious belief he was a Lutheran, and his daily life corresponded with the faith he professed and afforded a striking example of its principles and precepts, practically applied. In eveiy relation with his fellow men his conduct and bearing were those of the upright Christian gentleman, and he discharged the duties of citizenship as became a loyal American and true lover of his country and its institutions. A man of high ideals and worthy purpose, possessing broad, generous sympathies and actuated by laudable desires to benefit his kind, he strove by every means at his command to advance the moral as well as the material interests of the cily of his residence, in consequence of which he gained the warm friendship of those with

The hfe of this good man and estimable citizen terminated at the age of fifty years, his death being deeply deplored in Canton, where he had so long and actively labored and where his efforts, civil and official, had been crowned with a high degree of success and honor. His widow died in Canton in May, 1890. The two sons reside in the city and both have become prominent in business and social circles, being at this time proprietors of one of the leading commercial enterprises of the place, the Shimp Brothers Gents' Furnishing Store.

EDWARD D. KEPLINGER was born on the homestead farm in Canton township, this county, on the 21st of November, 1841, being a son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Slusser) Keplinger, both of whom were likewise natives of Stark county, with whose early annals the names of both families were prominently and intimately identified. Daniel Keplinger became one of the successful farmers of the county, his homestead being just east of the present city of Canton, and he became a man of prominence in local affairs of a public nature. He e\'entually removed with his family to Crestline, this state, and later to Bucyrus, Crawford county, \\here he was serving as sheriff at the time of his death, which resulted from injuries received in being tlirown from a horse. His A\ife was a relative of the late Dr. Lew Slusser. of Canton, from whose writings have been gained much of the valuable history appearing in this work. She still resides in Bucyrus, having attained the venerable age of eightysix years. The Slusser family is of German extraction, while tiie original progenitors of the Keplinger family in America came from Holland.

Canton township, while later he continued his studies in the old Canton Academy, his boyhood days having been passed in the home of his uncle. Jacob Keplinger, in Canton, where he remained after the removal of his parents to ^the points previously mentioned. In 1859 he initiated his independent career by securing a clerkship in the mercantile establishment of Dei,trich & Kimball, of Canton, with whom he renjained until the spring of 1861, when he accepted a similar position in the store of Schilling & Herbruck, remaining until July of the following year. In August, 1862, he tendered his services in defense of the Union, enlisting as a member of Company M, One Hundred Fifteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, but he was assigned to detail duty in the office of the adjutant general in Cincinnati, where he remained until 1863. In the early part of 1864 he was commissioned captain of Company B, One Hundred and Ninth Ohio \'oluntecr Infantry, serving in this capacity until 1866, his command having been with General Grant at Appomattox at tlie time of General Lee's surrender. Captain Keplinger received a gunshot wound while in the battle of Fort Harrison, Virginia, but it was not so severe as to incapacitate him for active service. After the surrender of Lee his command was sent to Texas, and there he served as brigade quartermaster for a time, at Indianola. Upon being relieved from this duty he was sent to Port Lavaca, that state, where he was detailed as provost marshal. I'eniaining ther,e until his command was ordered to Louisville, Kentucky, to be mustered out of the service, his honorable discharge being received in February, 1866. In a special memorial issued by the colonel of his old regiment at the time of the death of Captain Keplinger appear the following words of deep appreciation : "Perhaps the announcement of the death of no one of our companions ever has or ever will cause more profound regret, for Captain Keplinger added to his sol- dierly qualities such gracious social powers, such courtesy and charm of manner and such a cheerful, sunny disposition as knit him to all our hearts. He was always prompt in the performance of every duty and was beloved by both officers and men."

After the close of his exemplary and gallant military career Captain Keplinger proceeded to the home of his parents, in Bucyrus, Ohio, where he remained one year, having been employed by a mercantile establishment there. In 1868 he returned to Canton, where he engaged in the general merchandise business in company with Abraham Shane under the firm name of Keplinger & Shane, this partnership continuing until the summer of 1873, when he purchased the interest of Mr. Shane and thereafter individually and successfully conducted the enterprise until 1890, in which year he removed to New York city, where he held a position as salesman for one year in the dry goods establishment of Sweetzer, Pembrook & Company. He then returned to Canton and engaged in the manufacture of paving brick, here effecting the organization of the Imperial Shale Brick Company, of which he was chosen secretary, treasurer and general manager, retaining these positions until the time of his death, while through his able and discriminating efforts the industry became one of wide scope and importance in its line, the company having been among the first to engage in the manufacturing of this type of products in the county, while the plant is the largest of all in the city of , Canton. After a lingering illness, during which he bore his suffering with resignation and gentle patience. Captain Keplinger was finally summoned into eternal rest on the i6th of May, 1902, and the community felt a sense of personal bereavement, for he had beeij well known and had retained the affectionate regard of all those with whom his relations had been in the least intimate. He was a zealous and consistent member of the Presbyterian church ; was identified with Eagle Lodge No. 431, Free and Accepted Masons ; and also held membership in the Knights of Honor and the Royal Arcanum, while his political allegiance was given to the Republican party, of whose principles he was a stanch advocate.

In Minerva, this county, on the i8th of September, 1866, was solemnized the marriage of Captain Keplinger to Mrs. Frances (Kelly) Miller, who was born in Salem, this state, on the 25th of January, 1845. She was reared to the age of ten years in her native town and then accompanied her parents on their removal to Minerva, where she attained years of maturity. There, on the 6th of May, 1863, she was united in marriage to Dr. David H. Miller, who died on the 23d of December, 1864. He was graduated in the Cleveland Medical College, having been born and reared in New Lislx)n, Columbiana county, his father having- been Jacob Miller, who was a prominent farmer in that locality. Mrs. Keplinger is a daughter of William and Sarah fKitzmiller) Kelly, the latter havmg been a sister of Mrs. Rebecca Buckius, who still resides in Canton, a representative of one of the pioneer families. William Kelly \y!Z5 born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, in which state the original American progenitors settled many generations ago, having come to the new world from the north of Ireland. William was a son of John Kelly, who passed his entire life in Washington county, Pennsylvania, having been a farmer by vocation, while his farm is now included in the village of Little Washington, that county. The maiden name of his wife was Nancy Bell. The father of Mrs. Keplinger Avas reared to the age of twenty in his native county, having received good educational advantages, and he then came to Canton, Ohio, and engaged in the manufacture of carriages, under the firm name of Kelly & Shipe, the factory of the concern being located on the site of the present First Methodist Episcopal church. Here his marriage occurred, and tliree years later he removed to Salem, Columbiana county, Oliio, where he engaged in the livery Imsiness. In April, 1855, he removed to his farm near ?»linerva, Stark county, where he remained until 1873, when he returned to Salem, where he lived retired until his death, which occurred on the 5th of September, 1899. His wife died in Salem, in 1882, at the age of seventy years. Both were members of the Methodist Episcopal church and in politics he was a Democrat. They became the parents of five children, concerning whom we enter a brief record : Louisa is the widow of Abraham Shane and resides in Canton; Frances is the widow of the subject of this memoir; Amelia, wife of Dr. Frank Conklin, died in the city of Cleveland, in 1892 ; John died in Salem, in 1892, and William is a resident of the citv of Pittsburg.

WARREN EDGAR KEPLINGER, who is president of the Metropolitan Pa\-ing Brick Company, of Canton, was born in the city of Fort Wayne, Indiana, on the 2d of April, 1871, and as he was deprived of his parents by death when he was but six years of age, he was reared in the home of his uncle, M. D. Fulton, of Bucyrus, Oliio, where he secured his early educational training in the public schools, being graduated in the high school of that city as a member of the class of June, 1888. After leaving school he became a clerk in the drug store of his uncle, in Bucyrus, and was thus associated with the business until the death of I^lr. Fulton, in December, 1888. During the ensuing two years he devoted his attention to supervising the affairs of his uncle's estate, in Ijehalt of his widowed aunt, and from 1890 until 1892 he held the position of clerk in the office of J. F. Angel] . superintendent of the Toledo & Ohio Central Railroad, with headquarters in Bucyrus, Ohio.

came to Canton and here assisted his uncle, Edward D. Keplinger, in the erection of the plant of the Imperial Shale Brick Company, which is the largest of the soft in the city, and of this concern he acted as superintendent until 1896, in which year the firm of J. L. Higley & Company was organized, for the purpose of handling the entire output of all the brick plants in Canton, and Mr. Keplinger was then placed in charge of the sales agency. In 1900 the firm was re-organized under the title of Higley, Keplinger & Company, the subject of this sketch being retained in the firm as manager of the sales department. In February, 1902, he effected the organization of The Metropolitan Paving Brick Company, of Canton, which absorbed all plants here conducting business under the sales-agency plan. Of this important concern Mr. Keplinger was elected president, and he has manifested marked discrimination and ability in the management of the important executive aft'airs thus placed in his charge, and his entire career illustrates in no uncertain or equivocal way the potentialities of youth. He has shown distinctive initiative power, and in his business judgment is ever free from obliquity or vacillation. In addition to his association with this important enterprise, Mr. Keplinger is also vice-president of the Canton Hard Rubber Company, while he was vicepresident of the Canton Pole & Shaft Company until its absorption by the Pioneer Pole & Shaft Company. In politics he was reared in the Democratic faith, but is not guided along strict partisan lines, preferring to maintain an independent attitude. He is a member of Trinity Lutheran church, and fraternally he is identified with the local lodge of the Benevolent and Protecti\e Order of Elks.

On the 23d of March. 1898. at the hmne of the bride's parents, in the city of Cincinnati, Mr. Keplinger was united in marriage to ]\Iiss Ethel Mae Peters, daughter of Orrin E. Peters, ])resident of the Peters Cartridge Company, of

ROY R. CARNAHAN was born in Cochran's Mills, eight miles northwest of Leechburg, Pennsylvania, oiVthe 25th of July, 1879, and he is closely connected with Canton's business interests, being a stockholder in the Carnahan Tin Plate Company, and a member of the directorate of the Carnahan Land Lnprovement Company, of which specific mention is made in tlie sketch of the life of his father, previously mentioned. He is also interested with his honored father in the gold and silver mines near Colville. Washington, and in several oil fields. Although still a young man, he seems to have inherrited much of his father's business ability and acute administrative and executive talent, while he has been favoreil in the practical training which he has achieved under the flirection of one of the most able of business men. He developed 'early that sturdy physical manhood which has served him to so great a purpose in later years and enabled him to follow in the footsteps of his father as a capable business man and one with distinctive capacity for the handling of aft'airs of broad scope and importance.

The fami'ly removed to Leechburg, Pennsylvania, early in the 'eighties and there the subject passed his boyhood days, attending the ])ul)Iic schools and showing marked aptitude in his studies. On the advice of his uncle. Dr. J. L. Carnahan, then a successful and prominent physician in the city of Pittsburg, he commenced the study of medicine in 1898, being at that lime matriculated in the medical department of the Western University of Pennsylvania. He there continued his technical studies one year and then entei'ed the Jefferson Medical College, in Philadelphia. The next year he withdrew from college and went to the oil fields of Pennsylvania to look after his father's interests. Several years before this, at the time of his graduation in the high school, the class prophet predicted that he was certain to follow in the footsteps of his father and that he would at sometime become a millionaire oil operator, and that this prediction will be justified in fact it IS not difiicult to imagine in view of the position which he today holds. 'Boring for oil proved a great fascination for him, and he accordingly entered into business with his father as an oil and gas operator in several counties in western Pennsylvania, - chiefly Butler and Armstrong counties.

On the 13th of September, 1901, shortly after leaving medical college, Mr. Carnahan was imited in marriage to Miss Fannie Klingensmith, who was born and reared in Pennsylvania, being the daughter of Joseph K. and L. C. Klingensmith, the former of whom was a prominent resident of Leechburg, Pennsylvania, at the time of his death. After his marriage Mr. Carnahan took up his residence in Leechburg, but within the same year he removed to Smithfield, West Virginia. He and his gracious young wife are the parents of one son, John E., Jr., named in honor of his paternal grandfather. The town of Smithfield. where our subject took up his abode, is in the heart of the greatest oil and gas section of West Virginia, and there he took charge of his father's extensive interests in Wetzel, Doddridge, Marion, Harrison, Tyler, Lewis and several other counties. His first great work was the opening of the famous Folsom oil district, at the e.xtreme points of which he had charge of drilling a half dozen wells. His father had the controlling interest in the oil and gas leaseholds of this tract, which was sold to the Standard Oil Company in 1902, for a consideration of two million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. The tract embraces seven thousand acres and practically the entire area has turned out to be valuable oil territorv.

there being in operation on the same at the time of this writing two hundred wells with a total production of two thousand barrels a day. The tract is at the junction of Harrison, Doddridge, Wetzel and Marions counties, and its sale to the Standard Oil Company was the largest single oil deal ever consummated in West Virginia, while much credit has been given the subject of this review for the rare judgment which he displayed in drilling the test wells.

For the past decade Mr. Carnahan has had a varied experience in the oil fields of Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio, commencing the work while still in his 'teens, ^^'ithin this time he has had either entire or partial charge of the drilling- of one hundred and tifty gas and oil wells, and in West Virginia he has drilled in twelve large gas wells for the Carnegie Steel Company, of Pittsburg. He has had numerous narrow escapes at oil wells, and by the explosion of a large gas well in Pennsylvania he was carried with the derrick floor thirty feet into the air.

PROF. WILLIAM JOHNS, who is principal of the high school at Massillon, this count\\ and who is one of the successful and best known educators in this section of the state of Ohio, was born on the 14th of February, 1858, in Prideville, a picturesque little village on the Cheat river and east of Morgantown, Monongalia county, \Vest Virginia, which state was at that time still a portion of the Old Dominion. His parents are John and Hannah (Waite) Johns, the former of whom was bom in Gitchell, Ludgran parish, near Penzance, county of Cornwall, England, whence he came to the United States in 1854, in October of which year he arrived in Frostburg, Allegany county, Maryland, which became his first place of residence in this country. By occupation he was a miner, having been reared in the great mining district of Cornwall, and for some time after his coming to America he continued to follow this vocation, but in later life turned his attention to agricultural pursuits. His wife was born in Forest Dean, Gloucestershire, England, on the 28th of March, 1840, and accompanied her parents on the emigration to America, in August, 185 1, the family settling 'near Frostburg, Maryland, where she was reared to maturity and where her marriage was solemnized. Of the children of John and Hannah Johns we enter the following brief record : The first born, a daughter, died in infancy; William is the immediate subject of this sketch; John E. is a resident of Massillon. this county; Mary E. is the wife of John A. Wagner and they still reside in Frostburg, Maryland; Harriet is the widow of Dr. George Chenoweth and resides in Huntington, Indiana ; Herbert S. is engaged in real estate and insurance business in the city of Cleveland, Ohio ; Samuel B. is connected with the Wall Street Journal, in New York city ; Oscar U. is engaged in the real estate and insurance business in Cleveland, being associated with his brother Herbert S. ; Joseph L. is likewise a resident of that city ; Eva M. is the wife of Charles O. Yost, who holds a position in the First National Bank of Massillon ; and Walter G. is likewise identified with the real estate and insurance business in Cleveland. The father of these children rendered valiant service in the Civil war as a member of Company A, Third Maryland Volunteer Infantry. His parents were William and Jennifer (Blight) Johns.

Professor Johns was reared in Frostburg, Marvland, where he attended the common schools. Becoming imbued with a desire for a higher education, he passed some time in securing the necessary funds to enable him to continue his studies, and finally he entered Dickinson Seminary, at Williamsport. Pennsvlvania. where he was graduated on the iQtli of June, 1884, with the degree of Bachelor of Sciences. While a student in this institution he became business manager of the Dickinson Liberal, a college paper. At the time he assumed control the financial affairs of the paper were in a most deplorable condition, the efficiency and value of the same being much hampered by the imposed burden of indebtedness. By careful and discriminating management Professor Johns placed the paper on a sound financial footing, and his brother, John E., who succeeded him as business manager, was thereby enabled to leave the control of the paper with a balance in its treasur)'.

After leaving Dickinson the subject began teaching school at Cumberland, Maryland. where he was thus engaged for two years, the latter of which he was principal of the Union street school. The following year he assumed the principalship of the AInunt Savage public schools, in the same county, and here likewise he made a most excellent record as an instructor and executive. In September, 1887, Professor Johns, in the capacity of principal, took charge of the State Orphans' School at Chester Springs, Chester county, Pennsylvania, retaining this incumbency two years, or until the institution was closed by the state, in 1889. He then returned to Allegany coimty, Maryland, where he remained about one year. In 1890 he came to Massillon and accepted a position as assistant in the high school, and in September. 1895, ^^ was promoted to the position he now holds, that of principal of the high school, this advancement being a well merited recognition of faithful and effective service. He is a member of the Stark County Teachers' Association, of which he served as president during the years 1901-2, and he is also a member of the Ohio State Teachers' Association and of the Northeastern Ohio Association. He is a member of the First Methodist Episcopal church of Massillon, in whose Sunday school he has long been a teacher, while he holds the office of superintendent of the same at the present time. He is identified with the Masonic fraternity, the Junior Order of United American Mechanics and the Tribe of Ben Hur. Professor Johns was united in marriage to Miss Virgin Lenore Dart, who was born in Cumberland county, Maryland, on the 17th of July, 1864, being a daughter of Lewis and Mary N. (Cresap) Dart, both representatives of old and prominent Maryland families. Mrs. Dart is still living, having celebrated her seventy-third birthday on the 4th of May, 1903, while her husband is deceased. Professor and Mrs. Johns are the parents of three children, namely : Lucile W., born September 30, 1889 ; Alary O., born July 30, 1895; and an infant, born May 22, 1903.

REV. O. P. FOUST. - Paternally Rev. Foust is descended from an old Pennsylvania family, the history of which dates from a very early period in the annals of the commonwealth. His father, William Foust, was the son of Philip Foust, the latter being the son of John Foust, all of whom lived and died in the above state. The Fousts for many generations have been farmers and producers, not a few of them having attained honorable stations in their respective localities. Philip Foust,, the subject's grandfather, died from the effects of a fall, at the advanced age of eighty-three, and William Foust departed this life when about fifty-seven years old, meeting his death also by accident. The latter's wife, who bore the maiden name of Marietta Fretz, is a native of Pennsylvania and a daughter of Solomon Fretz, who passed into the life beyond at the ripe old age of ninety-two years. Mrs. William Foust is still living, having reached the sixty-seventh milestone on life's journey; she bore her husband eleven children, the subject of this review being the fifth in order of birth.

county, Pennsylvania, on the 22(1 day of November, 1S65. At the proper age he entered the district school near his home, and such was his progress that while still a mere youth he completed the studies constituting the course and became a student in the high schools at St. Petersburg. In due time he was graduated from that institution with the highest honors of his class, after which he taught two terms in his native county. At the expiration of that period he entered the Clarion Collegiate Institute, where he gave especial attention to Latin and Greek, preparatory to taking a collegiate course. While thus pursuing his studies, he was induced to take charge of several classes in the above institution and as student and tutor he continued his labors until entering Heidelberg College, in the fall of 1889. Mr. Foust's record" in the collegiate institute was indeed a creditable one. and there, as in the high school, he took the highest honors, graduating as valedictorian of his class. His career at Heidelberg was no less honorable, as he stood high in all his studies and he left that institution after two years of close, painstaking work with laurels, well and nobly earned. Actuated by a laudable desire further to increase his scholastic knowledge, he matriculated in the fall of 1 89 1 at Wooster University, and after spending a little over two years there was graduated with high honors for scholarship and literary work, completing the prescribed course in the spring of 1893.

Leaving the university Mr. Foust was elected principal of the Wapakoneta high school and on the same day this choice was made came a tender of the principalship of the schools at Orrville. At first he was somewhat undecided as to which position he w^ould accept, but the term of school at Orrville being longer than at A\^apakoneta, he decided to accept the position at the latter place, and entered upon his labors. It was not long until the schools under his charge were thoroughly reorganized and the system placed upon the solid basis which has marked their subsequent history. Mr. Foust made a creditable record as a teacher and manager and at the end of his first term at Orrville was unanimously re-elected for another year. Meanwhile his reputation as an educator spread beyond the bounds of his held of lal)or, as witness the fact of his having been selected teacher of Latin by the Akron school board about the time of his re-election as principal at Orrville. He entered upon his second year's work at Orrville at a greatly increased salary and at the expiration of the term was again chosen his own successor with another considerable advance in salary, but declined to accept by reason of a more remunerative position l>eing offered him as teacher of mathematics in the Akron high school. Resigning his principalship, he took charge of his especial work in Akron, and it may not be out of place in this connection to state that in order to procure his services the school board of that citv were obliged to pay him a larger salary than that received by any other teacher there employed.

While connected with the educational wcirk of Akron, Mr. Foust took up the study of Hebrew with Rev. Mr. Philo, a scholarly and erudite rabbi, under whose instruction he continued as long as he remained in that city. He made rapid advancement in this ancient and difficult language and before dispensing with the services of his tutor became quite ;i proficient Hebrew scholar. Mr. B'oust held the chair of mathematics two years, but resigned at the end of that time to enter upon the study of theology, of which he had long cherished an ardent desire. After successfully passing the examination entitling him to admission to the second year's work in the theological seminary at Tiffin, this state, he bent all his energies to the task before him, and made a record which ga\'e him prestige among the highest students of tliat institution. While prosecuting his studies he was elected pastor of the Reformed church at Carrothers, Ohio, and as such continued to preach for the congregation every ahernate Lord's day until after his graduation. During the first summer's vacation he, with two fellow students, conducted a summer school at Heidelberg University, which was well patronized, the high standing of the instructors giving the enterprise an impetus to the end that it became quite remunerative to those in charge. In October, 1898, Mr. Foust was tendered a call to the First Reformed church at Massillon. which in conjunction with his charge at Carrothers he served alternately until completing his theological course. He was graduated in April, 1899, with the degree of Bachelor of Divinity, being one of only two in his class to receive that honor. Meantime, 1897, in recognition of his scholarship and satisfactory educational and literary work he received from Wooster University the degree of Master of Arts, which with the degree from the seminary bears glowing testimony to the high standard of his intellectual and professional attainments.

Rev. Foust was formally licensed as a minister of the gospel of the Reformed church on the 2d day of May, 1899, and immediately thereafter entered upon the duties of his sacred office at Massillon, resigning his charge at Carrothers the year in which he graduated. On coming to this city he found the church in only fair condition, but under his able ministration it has greatly prospered, both in material and spiritual things. Over one hundred communicants having been added to the congregation since he took charge of the work. A deeper spirit of devotion has been aroused and the progress in every line of endeaA'or has been eminently satisfactory, attesting not only the ability with which the pastor performs his functions, but also the deep and abiding place which he has found in the hearts and affections of his people. Rev. Foust has inaugiu'ated a general system of church improvements which are being successfully carried out as rapidly as circumstances will admit. He has already lifted a debt of two thousand dollars which hung over the congregation many years to its detriment, besides greatly beautifying the church propert}^ by planting a number of shade trees around the building and remodeling the interior of the structure. Recently, through his efforts, the floor has been carpeted, a new and fine pulpit and other furniture supplied and the room in which the kindergarten school is held, reseated with chairs suitable to pupils in attendance. Rev. Foust's parishioners show their high appreciation of his earnest, selfsacrificing services in many ways, not the least of which is the promptness with which they pay his salary every Monday morning, in this respect setting a commendable example to other churches that do not pursue sucii a course. As a preacher Rev. Foust has attained eminent distinction, being a clear, forcible and logical speaker, apt in illustration and truly eloquent when discussing the grand themes of Scripture or presenting to the minds and hearts of his hearers the claims of the gospel. His oratory is of that pleasing kind which appeals to the understanding as well as to the imagination and he never fails to impress his auditors with his earnestness, deep conviction and profound consecration to the ser\ice of the Master. He has received a number of flattering calls to much larger and more influential congregations than the one to which he now ministers, but devotion to duty will doubtless induce him to remain with his present charge until certain prearranged work is completed and results long anticipated are accomplished. Among the churches desirous of securing his services are wealthy congregations in Kansas City, Missouri, and Denver, Colorado, the calls from both having Ijeen politely but firmly declined. Rev. Foust has long maintained a lively interest in college fraternal organizations, having been elected in 1892 to represent the A.

T. O. (Greek) society in the national biennial gathering at Nashville, Tennessee. In 1896 he represented the same society in a convention at Cleveland, Ohio, for the purpose of attending to some especially important matters, which through his instrumentality were properly and satisfactorily adjusted. Two years later he was a delegate to the World's Students' Federation at Chicago, in which the colleges and universities of twenty-four of the leading nations of the world were represented, and in 1902 he was further honored as the accredited representative of the Tuscarawas class to the tri-annual meeting of the synod of the Reformed church which convened in the city of Baltimore. During the sessions of the latter body the delegates, by special invitation of the President of the United States, visited ^Vashington City, where they were extended every courtesy, not the least of which was a magnificent reception at the White House.

Rev. ]\Ir. Foust was married July 17, 1893, to Miss Eliza Covert, the accomplished daughter of Ithamar and Sarah (Burd) Covert, residents of Ashland county, Ohio. Like her husband, Mrs. Foust also comes of an old and highly respected Pennsylvania family, the genealog}- running back to the pioneer period of that state, also to the early days of Ohio. Her mother, a daughter of Sparks and Eliza (Long) Burd, was born in Pennsylvania and early removed to Holmes county, Ohio, where her father purchased land, cleared a farm and otherwise took an acti\-e part in the material development of the locality in which -he settled. Airs. Eliza Long is remembered as a woman of great physical courage and daring. l)ui withal a most excellent wife and devoted mother. The story is related, that one night during the absence of her husband, she heard a number of wolves prowling around the little cabin home and, fearing for the safety of a young calf which had been tied to a tree some distance from the house, she rose from her bed, armed herself, and went alone into the darkness of the woods and rescued the poor creature before it had been discovered by the ferocious beasts. Ithamar Covert was the son of Enoch Covert and the latter's father was named John, all of whom, with several generations of ancestors, were either natives of or lived in Pennsylvania. The Coverts have long been noted for longevity, a number of the family having lived to great ages.

Rev. Foust was exceedingly fortunate in the selection of a wife and helpmate, the one of his choice being in every respect fitted for the companionship of such a talented and distinguished husband. She has been his faithful assistant and co-laborer in the noble work in which he is engaged and to her judicious counsel and faithful co-operation is he indebted for much of his success. Mrs. Foust is a well educated lady, cultured and refined, a willing and cheerful worker in the church and a favorite in the social circles in which she and her husband move. She taught successfully several terms of school, after which she became an expert stenographer and typewriter, and had made cor.siderable progress in the study of law when her marriage took place. She had intended making the legal profession her life wiirk. Init changed her mind with the changing nf her name. Her father is still living, l)eing now in his seventy-second year, and her uncle. \\'illiam is in his eighty-eighth year. Her mother died in 1896.

The home of Rev. and Mrs. Foust has been brightened by the advent of four children : Lloyd, Dwight, Roy, and one other. Two of the children are deceased, Roy d_\-ing in November, 1902, aged eight months, and a daughter unnamed dying at birth. In closing this brief review it is well to refer to the deep interest the suliject has taken in his youngest brother. ^\^ \\'. Foust, who was under his care from the time of their father's death. He pro- vided him the best educational advantages obtainable, provided liberally for his maintenance, paid the expenses of his collegiate training and supported him while he prosecuted his theological studies in the seminary connected with Heidelberg "University. He graduated April 29, 1903; was licensed May 7, 1903, and was ordained by his brother (subject) on May 21, 1903. W. W. Foust is a young man of high intellectual attainments and gives much promise of an honorable career as a minister of the gospel.

Thus have been set forth the leading facts of the life of one of the talented and useful ministers of the gospel in the state of which he is an honored resident. His career has been signally brilliant and successful, and, judging the future by the past, it is eminently proper to predict for him a still more distinguished station among the leading divines of the church which he has the honor of representing. He has won many souls to the higher life and his coming years are replete with promise and reward.

EDWARD S. FOLK, M. D., is of stanch German ancestry in the agnatic line, and the patronymic was originally spelled Faulk. The original representative of the immediate family in America was John Faulk, grandfather of the subject, v>'ho emigrated from the fatherland to the Unitd States about the year 1812, first settling in the state of New York, where he remained for a number of years and then came westward to Ohio, taking up h's abode in Stark county, where he passed the remainder of his life, engaged m agricultural pursuits. He was a man of sterling integrity of character and in all the relations of life was signally true and honorable, being held in uniform esteem by all who knew him. He was one of the pioneers of the county and here lived and labored to goodly ends, - an unassuming but worthy citizen. His wife was likewise a native 01 Germany, their marriage ha\-ing been solemnized, however, after coming to America. They became the parents of nine children, and Samuel F., father of the Doctor, was one of the five sons. He was born on the paternal farmstead in Sandy township, Stark county, Ohio, on the 22d of June, 1836, and he was reared to maturity on the old homestead, early beginning to contribute his quota to the work of the same and receiving such educational advantages as were afforded in the district schools of the locality and period. As a young man he learned the carpenter trade, becoming a capable workman. His parents removed to Illinois when he was a young man, but he decided to remain in his native state, where he was engaged in the work of his trade at the time when the dark cloud of civil war spread its grewsome pall over the national horizon. The intrinsic loyalty and patriotism of his nature was aroused to responsive protest, and he valiantly offered his services in defense of the Union, enlisting as a private in Company I, One Hundred and Fifteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantr}-, with which he served two years, taking part in a number of the important battles incidental to the greatest of all internecine conflicts and proving- a leal and loyal son of the Republic.

After the close of the war Samuel F. Folk returned to Stark county where, in 1866, was solemnized his marriage to ]\liss Sarah Van Voorhis, who was likewise a native of this county, having been born in Osnaburg township, on the 3 1 St of December, 1844, a daughter of Peter Van Voorhis, who migrated from the old Keystone state to Ohio in an early day, taking up his abode on a tract of land in the inrmediate vicinity of the present village of Mapleton, where he reclaimed a good farm from the primitive wilds and where he passed the residue of his life, honored for his intrinsic integrity and ordering his life upon a high plane. He died well advanced in years, having become tlie fatlier of fourteen children. After his marriage Samuel F. Folk located on a farm of ten acres at Mapleton, placing his little tract of land under cultivation, but devoting the major portion of his time and attention to the work of his trade, in which his efforts were attended with a due measure of success. After a period of about fifteen years had elapsed he had sufficiently conserved his resources to be able to purchase a farm of eighty acres, in the same vicinage, and there he took up his abode, making the best of improvements on the place and eventually having one of the most prolific and valuable farms in this section of the state. No man in the community commanded a greater measure of confidence and esteem, while his influence was ever exerted in the furtherance of all worthy objects and enterprises. He was as true to the duties of citizenship during the "piping times of peace" as he was when he followed the old flag on the sanguinary battlefields of the south, and he passed to his reward in the fulness of years and honors, his death occurring on the 14th of January, 1892. In politics he gave an unecjuivocal support to the princi])les and policies of the Republican party and his religious views were in harmony with the tenets of the Christian church, while fraternally he retained his interest in his old comrades in arms and was a valued member of the Grand Army of the Republic. His widow still sur\i\es, residing on the old homestead so hallowed by tlie memories and associations of the past, while she has been for years a devoted member of the Christian church, as was also her husband. Of their children we enter brief record, as follows: George W., who married Kate Creighton and has two children, remains on the old homestead with his \-enerable mother and is known as one of the progressive and influential farmers of Stark county: Margaret died in infancy; Edward S., the immediate subject of this sketch, was the next

Dr. Folk was born in Mapleton, Stark county, Ohio, on the 28th of March, 1877, and thus he is numbered with the younger generation of physicians in his native county. The day has passed when there obtains a prejudicial animus against youth in connection with what are customarily designated as the "learned professions," and prestige is not denied to the one whose merits and abilities are not the contingents of extreme or middle age, and thus in the case of the subject of this sketch we find that he has gained marked precedence in his profession, even though a great number of years have not elapsed since he served his brief novitiate in the practical work of his profession. The Doctor received his preliminarv* educational discipline in the public schools and earl}' formulated definite plans for his future life work, as is evident when we revert to the fact that in 1895 he was matriculated in the Ohio Normal Uni\ersity, at Ada, Ohio, where he continued his studies for one year, at the expiration of which he began the specific work of preparing himself for that profession to which he is now devoting his attention. He began his technical reading upder the preceptorship of Dr. E. O. Bell, of ]\Iapleton. with whom he continued his studies for two years, after which he entered the Ohio Medical University, in Columbus, where he completed the prescribed course and was graduated on the 15th of April, 1902, receiving his coveted degree of Doctor of INIedicine. Thoroughly fortified for the work of his chosen ]:)rofession. Dr. Folk located in Canton in the following June, establishing an office and entering upon the practice of medicine and surgery under favorable auspices, for his gracious personality, and unmistakable ability have gained to him a representative support and he is rapidly building up a large and gratifying practice and enjoys the confidence and esteem of all. He is a member of the Ohio State Medical Society and also the county organization, and through these connections and his constant study and investigation he keeps constantly abreast of the advances made in the sciences to which he is devoting his life, being thoroughly en rapport with his profession and fully appreciating the responsibilities and exactions involved. In poHtics the Doctor accords allegiance to the Republican party, and his religious faith is that of the Christian church, in which he was reared.

On the 6th of November, 1898, Dr. Folk was united in marriage to Miss Effie C. McCall, daughter of Theodore and Sarah Margaret Mc- Call. and they have one child, Margaret Helen. Mrs. Folk was born in Stark county, and her father is one of the representative citizens of the comnninity, having devoted his life principally to the vocation of horticulturist, owning a fruit farm of one htmdred and sixty acres in Sandy township.

CHARLES H. SCHLABACH is a native son of Canton, having been born in the family homestead on South Market street, on the 26th of December, 1867, and being a son of William F. and Anna (Heingartner) Schlabach. the former of whom was born in Plain township, this county, while the latter is a native of Germany, whence her parents came to America when she was a child. Isaac Schlabach, grandfather of our subject, was born in Pennsylvania and came of stanch German extraction, the original representative of the name in America having emigrated hither from the Fatherland at an early period in our national history, establishing homes in the state of Pennsylvania, with whose annals the name has been long and honorably linked. In the old Keystone state was born Isaac Schlabach. as was also his wife, wiiose maiden name was Smith, and they became numbered among the pioneers of Stark county, having located in Plain township, and having passed the remainder of their lives in the county. Isaac Schlabach was engaged in farming until well advanced in age, when he retired from active labors, taking up his residence in Canton, where he died. He and his wife became the parents of two children, both living at the present time. William F. Schlabach was reared on the homestead farm in Plain township, and continued to devote his attention to agricultural pursuits for many years, while he and his wife now reside in Canton, he being one of the well-known and highly honored pioneer citizens of Stark county. He rendered valiant service in the Union cause during the war of the Rebellion, having been a member of Company B, One Hundred and Fifteenth Ohio Vohmteer Infantry, and he retains a deep interest in his old comrades in arms, exemplifying the same by retaining membership in McKinley Post No. 25, Grand Army of the Repttblic, in Canton. He is a stahvart advocate of the principles and policies of the Republican party and Ixith he and his \\\it are members of the Reformed chtuxh.

Charles H. Schlabach was reared to maturity in Canton, where he received his educational discipline in the public .schools, which he continued to attend until he had attained the age of fifteen years, when he initiated his business career. He first became a clerk in the establishment of the Canton Pa])er Company, and later "was in turn bookkeeper for the Princess Plow- Company, secretary and treasurer of the Canton Steel Roofing Company, and secretary and treasurer of the Diebold Safe and Lock Company, another of the extensive industrial concerns of Canton. L'pon the organization of the Canton Savings and 'I'rust Company in September. 1902, Mr. Schlabach was elected to the office of cashier, and he has shown marked discrimination and aljility in formulating and systematizing the affairs of the institution and in guiding its policy along progressive but safe- ly conservative lines. He is a member of the directorate of the bank, and the officers of the same at the present time are as follows : Zebulon W. Davis, president; Jeremiah H. Kenny, vice-president, and Charles H. Schlabach. secretary and treasurer. The bank is capitalized for one hundred thousand dollars and its stockholders are numbered among the most prominent and substantial citizens of the county. The institution has its well ec|uipped and modern counting rooms in the McKinley hotel block, one of the finest of the newer buildings in the business center, and all departments of the enterprise are established and conducted upon a solid basis. In politics Mr. Schlabach exercises his franchise in support of the Republican party and both he and his wife are members of the First Methodist Episcopal church.

On the 14th of September, 1892. I\Ir. Schlabach was united in marriage to Miss Katherine Shanafelt, one of Canton's popular young ladies, she having been born in this city and being a daughter of Washington B. Shanafelt, one of our influential citizens, of whom specific mention is made on other pages of this work. Mr. and Mrs. Schlabach have two children.

HERMAN C. BLUM. - Mr. "Blum's family history is traceable to the kingdom of Bavaria, Germany, in which countiy his father. John F. Blum, was born on the 22d of February, 181 1. He grew to maturity in the town of Waldmore, and was twice married, his second wife, the mother of the subject, having borne the name of Catherine Lindemann. She was born July 29, 1824, in Newhausel, Prussia, the daughter of Philip Lindemann, a member of a very wealthy and highly connected family of that city. F^is father inherited great wealth, but through adverse business ventures finally lost his entire fortune and was almost reduced to the verge of penury, in consequence of which Philip was obliged when quite yovmg to shift for himself. He learned to make spinning \\heels and after working at this trade for some years finally became head forester for the king of Bavaria, a position which earned him considerable money. He married in his native land Catherine Behler, and later, at the instance of his only sister Wilhelmina, who came to America in 1828 and settled at Canton, Ohio, was induced to seek his fortune in the new world. Accordingly, he and his family took ship at Havre, France, and, after a long and exceedingly irksome voyage of forty days duration, the)- finally landed at New York city. From there he came via Buffalo, the great lakes and canal to Canton, and soon after his arri\-al here secured employment in the printing ofiice of Peter Kauft'man as a type-setter. Subsequently he worked in other printing establishments and when not thus engaged turned his attention to various occupations, having been skillful at almost any kind of handicraft. Philip Lindemann lived to be a very old nam, dying at the age of eighty-nine. They were members of the German Lutheran church, and in every respect most estimable, upright people. Catherine, their oldest child, and mother of the subject of this sketch, was born in Germany, as were also Christian, who li-\-es in Kansas, and Adam, deceased. Frederick, Jacob and John were liorn in the ITniteil .States.

Mrs. Catherine Blum was six years old when her parents moved from Prussia to Bavaria. She received the greater part of her education from her father, who was quite a learned man, l)ut after coming to the Laiited States she attended for several years the public school of Canton, and also private schools. She married Mr. Blum in this country and bore him children as follows: Herman C. : Edith, who was graduated from Canton high school, tauyht for ten vears in the citv schools, and finished her earthly career when twenty-eight years old ; Charles, who died when a youth of seventeen ; Laura E. ; Emma and Susan, twins, both dying at the age of seven years; and Edward, the youngest, who died in early childhood.

Herman C. Blum was born on the 2d of October, 1855, and after acquiring a good education in the public schools of Canton, he accepted, at the age of fifteen, a clerical position in the office of the First National Bank of this city. At seventeen he entered the employ of C. Aultman & Company, and remained with the firm for twenty-five years, or until his death. From office boy upward to the head of the collection department he worked his way, always with the same unswerving loyalty to his employers and conscientiousness and painstaking effort in every part of his work. One of his boyhood friends who had risen to a responsible place in the business world said he thought it indeed remarkable that with so many other interests. Mr. Blum was able to accomplish so much in a purely business line and that if he had given his whole time and attention to this, as do so many of our young men, there was scarcely a limit to what he might have attained. But his personal ambitions lay in other directions. While faithfully fulfilling every trust reposed in him by his employers, and performing his work with a zeal and fidelity entirely to their satisfaction, his real life work was accomplished in the fragments of time which he could count his own outside of business hours. From early boyhood he had the pure, unswerving religious faith which was a part of his very being. His mind was deep, thoughtful, powerful, logical ; the combination of mind and soul made an unusual character. It exalted liim above the common plane, and his face glowed with the beauty and strength of his inner soul. No one in his presence failed to be conscious of the nobility and beauty of the man. Slight in stature, physically frail, his presence was ne\ertheless commanding, impressive and con\incing. Huml)le as a little child, holding himself as but a feeble instrument, his soul was lofty and pvu^e, his greatness the greatness inexpressible of a noble man. His heart was tender and sympathetic, overflowing with compassion towards the weak, the unfortunate and little children. He hated evil as he loved the good, instinctively, and yet following the footsteps of his Teacher and Friend, he was only sorrowful for the sinner, yearning to draw him towards the things he himself loved. With such a temperament, his activities turned into the channels most natural for them. As a bo}- and a young man he had felt his own needs and cravings, and could appreciate most fully what a banding together of young men mto a social, mental, moral and spiritual union might mean for the formation and development of character, its uplifting and upbuilding, by means which at the same time satisfied a normal craving for companionship, an outlet for animal spirits in sports and games, a spiritual environment released from the sexere formalities wliich sometimes accompany it.

An elder in the First Presbyterian church for many years, a Bible student and teacher, prominent in the young people's society, and in every interest connected with the church, temporal as well as spiritual, yet buoyant with the springs of youth which years could never Cjuench, he was, perhaps, best fitted among all his associates for inspiring- an interest in the Young Men's Christian Association. From its very inception his was the strong moving spirit, and to the day of his death, through discouragements that would have appalled a less brave, less faithful soul, the welfare of the Young- Men's Christian Association was most precious to him. Only those most closely associated with him. perhaps not even all of them, ever realized the extent of his labors and the nature of his sacrifices for this insti- tution. From his own limited means he gave with a hberahty that often meant a sacrifice of personal necessities, and because of its needs he overcame natural sensitiveness and approached many, asking for contributions which were never refused him. Of his time and thought he gave without stint, without measure. No sacrifice was a sacrifice to him that in any way counted for good to his beloved association. Position and honors he shunned where possible, and when made jiresident of the institution, he only felt it an added responsibilhy, made the greater sacrifices and assumed the greater burdens. W'hen the new building lor w iiicli he had worked so hard was finally a reality instead of only a dream, he said to those \\\x\\ whom his intimacy was closest, "I would like ihat to be my monument." Yet his zeal was only liecause of his deep interest in the sa\ing of young men, and his beloved association was a means to that end. By every safeguard he would protect and defend them e\en against themselves. Thus he began to fight the saloons and the gambling houses and the kindred evils, seeking their downfall, and identified himself with the Law and Order League. His work in this capacity was the hardest, because the most distasteful he ever did. JNIuch of it was single handed and alone. He was discouraged because of indift'erence of friends as well as alertness of foes. He made enemies, and his sensitiveness felt this keenh'. He was caricatured and derided in the newspapers, and those on whom he had counted for assistance failed him. h'inancial drains upon him made the work still more difficult, but, faithful to his trust, the protection and salvation of young men, he never faltered in his course, and death found liim faithful. And towards the same end was his work in connection with the People's Lecture Course, a permanent institution of Canton. This was almost entirely his inception and the result of his personal efforts. Thousands who have attended these lectures and entertainments have been given pleasure, inspiration and encouragement, and it was a source of gratification to him that many whose limited means prevented opportunities for culture of this character, were thus given advantages in this direction and thoroughly appreciated them.

Mr. Blum was married, in 1891. to Mi-ss Minnie C. Palmer, and died six years later. As a friend, a son. a brother, a husband, he fidelitv. tenderness and truest affection. All respected him. but his friends and those most closely associated with him knew him as the best and truest and manliest -of men, and those whose ties were closest and who knew him in the most intimate relationship, felt, reverently, that as a follower of Christ he did not "follow afar off", but so near, indeed, that his face caught the very shining and his life the veiy perfectncss of the Master.

Li this connection it is proper to give in brief outline something of the life and character of Laura E. Blum, a sister of Herman C, who has been identified with the public scliools for a number of years and who has earned distinctive prestige as a teacher, while her standing in the social world is equally worthy and pronounced. Those who know her well, and their name is legion, testify to her sterling worth of head and heart, and man}- young men and women of this city and elsew here attribute to her faithful instruction and gentle hut firm guidance much of their success in life. Peculiarly gifted in her chosen field of labor, possessing superior education and wide culture, she lives to noble purposes and enjoys life as one can whose abilities are unselfishly consecrated to the work of making the world intellectuallv and morally better. Slie was born in the old hdmc which stood on the site occupied by the present dwelling. No. 409 West Fifth street. Canton, and has always lived in the citv of her birth. When six vears of age.

she entered tlie public schools, and at the age of sixteen was graduated from the high school, being one of the youngest alumni of that institution. One year later she began her work as a teacher, and since that time has taught in various schools in the city, all of her work being eminently satisfactory. Miss Blum long ago learned the valualile lesson that confidence begets trust. Realizing this fact, she seeks by gentleness and kindness to gain the good will and love of her pupils, and these once secured, the result is a matter of easy prophecy.

In addition to her work in the secular scho(.ils. i\liss Blum has a large class of young peoi)le in the Sunday school in connection with the l'"irst Presbyterian church. Her services in this capacity are duly recognized and appreciated. Deeply interested in religious work, she exerts a strong influence for good over the lives of the young people with whom she is associated. Miss Blurn is as well liked in social life as she is popular in educational and religious circles, but time to her is a sacred trust, and as such she uses it, primarily for her own mental and spiritual improvement, but in a wider and nobler sense, for those with whom she is associated. Her life has been fruitful of much good, and her personality, winning and faithful as friend and daughter and in ever}' relationship in life, has won her a high place in tlie circle in which she moves.

PROF. GEORGE W. YOHE. - The record of a busy life is found in tlie history of the distinguished educator and prominent citizen whose name furnishes the caption of this review. Prof. George W. Yohe, principal of tlie AVest North school of Canton, is a worthy representative of tAvo very old families of Stark county, tracing his lineage on the father's side to German origin and on the mother's side to English ancestry. The history of the Yohes in America dates from the colonial period, the first of the name to leave Baden being the Professor's great-grandfather, Michael Yohe, who settled in Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, as early as the year 1757. When the war against the mother country broke out he joined the American army and did valiant service in the cause of liberty and it is a matter of record that he served with the force under General Washington that was afterwards sent to Pennsylvania to quell what is known as the Whiskey Rebellion. Being pleased with the country in which that insurrection took place, he finally moved his family there and spent the remainder of his life in Monongahela City. Michael Yohe reared a large family, among his children being a son by the name of Michael, who was born and reared 'in the state of Pennsylvania. As long ago as 1810 Michael Yohe, Jr., traversed the wilderness of eastern Ohio and being fa\orably impressed with certain lands in Stark county entered section thirty-six in what is now Canton township, and section thirty-one in the township of Osnaburg. Fourteen years later he moved his family to his land in the latter section, making the journey from Pennsylvania in tlie old fashioned Conestoga wagon, cutting a road part of the way through the dense wilderness of this county in order to reach his destination. He was one of the early permanent settlers in Osnaburg, there being but a few rude cabins scattered here and there at the time of his advent. For a number of years he lived remote from neighbors and his family shared the hardships and dangers for which the pioneer period of eastern Ohio was noted. The patents for the lands entered by Mr. Yohe bear the signatures of President James Madison, and on the tract in Osnaburg township his death occurred aliout the year 1832. The wife of Michael Yohe, Jr., was born in Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, and before her marriage bore the name of Catherine Sickman; she survived her husband about twenty-nine years, departing this life in 1861.

They had children as follows : Peter, a farmer of Stark county, died a number of years ago; Barnett died in this county in 1865; William, father of the subject; Philip, who went to Illinois in an early day, and died in that state about the year 1893; Maria married William Flickinger and died in Canton township; Margaret, wife of David Smith, of North Manchester, Indiana, and Mrs. Catherine Skelton, who departed this life in the state of Illinois, Mrs. Smith being the only one living.

William Yohe, the third of the above children, was born in Alonongahela City, Pennsylvania, in 1816, and when eight years old was brought by his parents to Stark county. With the exception of six weeks" attendance at school in his nati\e place, be enjoyed no educational advantages worthy of mention, his early life being a continuous round of hard work, clearing land and cultivating the farm. He was a youth of sixteen when his father died and from that time on much of the responsibility of supporting the faniil)- rested upon his shoulders. He took charge of the home place and like a dutiful son soon looked carefully after his mother's interest, and ministered to her comfort as long as she lived, meantime bringing the farm to a high state of cultivation, and earning the reputation of an enterprising and progressive man of afl'airs. Durmg the late Civil war he manifested a truly patriotic spirit and while not able to go to the front himself, used his inHuence to induce young- men to enlist. He cast his first presidential vote for General William Henry Harrison, and when the old Whig party ceased to exist became a pronounced Republican and as such continued to the end of his life. He was a sincere Christian and for many years gave liberally of his means to the support of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he was a faithful and zealous member. Miss Phoebe Wilson, who became the wife of \Villiam Yohe, was born in Osnaburg township. Stark county. Ohio, in the year 1819, her parents being among the earliest comers to this part of the state. The arrival of the Wilson family antedated by some years that of the Yohes and, like the latter, they also came from Pennsylvania. Mrs. Yohe's parents, in company with .JNIichael Ingler and family, left their home in Washington county, Pennsylvania, some time prior to 1819, and after a long and tiresome journey, not entirely devoid of danger from Indians and other causes, finally arrived at their destination in the wilderness of what is now Osnaburi'- township. Mrs. Yohe literally grew up in the woods and experienced her share of the vicissitudes of pioneer life. She became familiar with the homefy virtues of those early days and her whole life was a grand, simple poem of rugged, toilsome duty, faithfully and uncomplainingly done. She was a fit companion and helpmate to her husband, contributed much to bis success in material things and, animated by the same religious faith, cheered him along life's journey until he was called to the other world. She survived him about six years, dying in the month of March, 1901.

The marriage of William Yohe and Pin lelie Yohe was blessed with nine children, namely : Catherine, now Mrs. George Ridgeby, of Xorth Manchester, Indiana; Douglass W., who died in 1 861 ; Harriett, wife of Alexander Waddell, of Pluntington, Indiana; Prof. George W. ; Hiram, who died in Stark county in the year 1887; Ellen died in 1888, unmarried; Lavina married John Maple and died in 1893; James T., a resident of Osnaburg township, and Florence, wife of J. C. Sycafoos, of Stark county.

Prof. George W. Yohe was born on the old homestead in Osnaburg townshij). Stark county, Ohio, September 12, 1847. O^ l^'s childhood and youth it is not necessary to make specific note as they were in the main pretty much like those of the majority of countryboys, therefore devoid of any e\ent of especial interest. As he grew to the years of young manhood he became practically acquainted with the various phases of farm labor and in the district schools received his first instruction in the mysteries of books. After completing the elementary branches, he entered Mt. Union College, from which institution he was graduated with the class of 1870, meanwhile beginning his career as an educator by teaching three terms in the public schools of his native county. The year following his graduation Prof. Yohe taught in the high school at New Lisbon, Columbiana county, and for the same length of time was principal of the high school at Navarre. Resigning his position at the latter place, he accepted the principalship of the A\'aynesi)urg high school, where he labored successfully for a period of five years, at the expiration of which time he was induced to take charge of a special department in the Central school of Canton. Prof. Yohe began his labors in this city in 1878 and with the exception of four years has been closely identified with the public schools ever since, achieving the meantime worthy distinction as an able and popular educator. In 1890 he retired temporarily from his chosen calling and built a hotel which bears his name, and the following year was elected to the office of city clerk. Prior to the above date he had been appointed school examiner, but the law specifically stating that no person can hold two offices at the same time, he resigned the clerkship at the end of four months feeling it his duty to continue his services as examiner. Prof. Yohe held the latter position nine years and during his incumbency did much to advance the standard of teaching by licensing only those whose scholarship and professional attainments entitled them to places in the schools. In 1892-3 he was principal of the Louisville schools and the following year returned to Canton and accepted the principalship of the West North school, which position he still holds. During his vacation Prof. Yohe devotes considerable time to the real-estate business, in which, as in his chosen field of endeavor, his success has been most encouraging. As a teacher he easily ranks with the most progressive men of the profession in the state and as a manager of schools he had long stood in the front rank of his contemporaries. A man of high intellectuality, broad scholarship and superior professional training, his work in Canton and elsewhere has been eminently satisfactory and the opinion prevails that in mental discipline and in all that enters into the makeup of the well equipped, thoroughly up-to-date educator, he has few equals and no superiors in this part of the state. Not content to receive his authority year by year from superintendents and local examiners, as the manner of the majority is, the Professor, in 1880, received from the state board of education a life license, one of the very few instruments of the kind in the possession of Stark county teachers. He is identified with the various educational associations of the city, county and state, and while attending their sessions is no passive spectator, but rather an active participant, taking a leadmg part m the discussions and deliberations, his prominence and protracted service as a school man giving weight and influence to his opinions. Like the majority of enterprising men, Prof. Yohe belongs to the Masonic fraternity and in his relations with his brethren and fellow citizens endeavors to square his life in harmony with the beautiful and sublime precepts of this time-honored order. In politics he has been an earnest supporter of the Republican party ever since old enough to wield the elective franchise, but he has little sympathy and no use whatever for the wiles and methods of the professional partisan. He is a broad-minded man and has made a careful study of political, social, economic and kindred subjects, to the end that he may intelligently, and as becomes a true American, discharge the duties of citizenship.

Steubenville, Ohio, Prof. Yohe was united in marriage with Miss Mary Gassett, of that IDlace, a union terminated by the death of the wife in 1882, after she had borne him three cliildren, namely: \MlHam S., of Canton; John \V., of New York, and NelHe, who hves with her father.

DOMINIC TYLER. - The hneage of Mr. Tyler traces back to Swiss extraction, and from, the fair land of Switzerland his ancestors in the direct line emigrated to Thann, in the province of Alsace, France, in the year 1662. For many generations the family name has been identified with the weaving and dying of woolen goods, in which line a high reputation was long maintained in that French province, which is now a portion of the German empire. Jacob Tyler, grandfather of the subject, was born and reared in Alsace, where he passed his entire life, and there he successfully operated a woolen mill, the products of which he took, twice each week, to the city of Muhlhouse, a place noted the world over for its fine fabrics. In Alsace, Jacob Tyler was united in marriage to Miss Catherine Cul)er, who likewise died in that place. They were the parents of three children, namely : Jacob, who served for a period of ten years in Napoleon's army, taking part in the Russian campaign and being present at the burning of Moscow, returned with the army and later took part in the liattles of Dresden and Leipsic, receiving his discharge in 18 14. after Napoleon's exile to St. Helena, and he died within a year afterward ; Mary married in Alsace, and there passed the remainder of her life, and Joseph, who was the second in ortler of birth, was the father of our subject.