Canton Township (part 25 of 62)

.\LBERT WARREX CLOUD. - Although among the younger medical men in Canlon. the subject of this review has already attained no inconsiderable ])osition in his profession and judging the future by the past it is eminently proper to predict for him a long and signally successful career. Dr. Cloud's ])atcrnal ancestors were English people and the genealogical history in the United States dates hack as far as the year I77^>. The progenitors of the American hr;uich of the family settled orig'inallv in A'irginia. hut as that coniiiidnwealth increased in population and dexelopment. various representatives migrated westward, eventually spreading over several of what are now the middle and western states. Daniel Cloud, the Doctor's grandfather, moved to Illinois in an early day. settling in DeWitt county, where he lived to a very old age, departing this life there in 188.:. in his ninety-third year. Among his sons was Alhert Daniel Cl(^ud. the Doctor's father, whose birth took place near Cincinnati, Ohio, about the year 1843. He was a farmer all his life, moved to DeWitt county. Illinois. with his parents when quite young and there married Miss Anna Hoffer. a native of Switzerland, whose father, John Hoffer, immigrated to the United States when she was a miss of six years. About the year 1895 ^''^ Hoffer family moved to Iowa anfl settled in Sac City, Sac county, near which place Mr. Hoffer has since been engaged in: the breeding and raising of fine blooded horses and other kinds of high grade live stock. Alljert D. Cloud was a man of varied intelligence and good social standing, honorable and upright in his dealings and very liberal in his political and religious views. His wife, a lady of excellent character and sterling worth, was a devoted member of the Disciple church and as such did much to promote the cause of religion in the community where she lived. Her children, eight in numl^er. were named as follows: Elizabeth, who married Thomas Wampler, of Clinton, Illinois: Edward, a resident of Sac City, Iowa ; John., head professor of physics in the Northern Indiana Normal University at Valparaiso; Nettie, now Mrs. John Hildreth, of Sac county. Iowa: Albert Warren, of this review: Hiram, Clarence and Theodore.

Dr. Albert Cloud was born May 20. 1873, in DeWitt county. Illinois, and until eighteen years old lived with his parents, contributing his full share to the family support. At the proper age he became a pupil in the district schools and from the first manifested a taste for books and a desire for study which enabled him to keep pace with the boys and girls much older than himself, so that in due time, at the age of eighteen, he completed the branches constituting the curriculum. \Vhile still a mere lad he determined if jiossible to become a scholar and make his mark in the world, and with these laudable objects in view he began at an early age to formulate plans for his future course, of conduct.

Animated b)- a desire, first of all, to lay a substantial, intellectual foundation." without which success is but a doubtful acquisition, Mr. Cloud, about 1891. entered the Northern Indiana University and during the ensuing three years applied himself with such diligence to his studies that by 1894 he was able to graduate with an enviable record for scholarship. Subsequently, in 1899. he completed the scientific course, meanwhile devoting the greater part of five years to teachingin the public schools of his native state, a field of endeavor in which he attained a high standard of e.xcellence as a capable and painstaking instructor. Among the schcwls of which he had charge at dift'erent times were the Hull school in DeWitt count)-. Illinois, the Indiana Point hig-h school in the county of Menard. town of Petersburg, \\here he was principal for some time, and others, in all of which his work was of a high grade of excellence and eminently satisfacti >r\.

Dr. Cloud entered the Still College of Osteopathy, at DesMoines. Iowa, in which he ]iro,secuted his studies and researches until June, 1901. when he was graduated with a record for efticienc)- comparing favorably with that of the brightest members of his class. On the 8th day of July folhnving. he opened an ofiice in Canton and it was soon discovered that the thoroughness w ith which he appropriated medical knowledge while a student was equalled l)y his aliility to apply it in the treatment of diseases. The cases submitted to his charge soon Ijecame numerous and he was not long in taking rank among the leading physicians and surgeons of the city, in addition to which his practice took a wide range in the countv of Stark. He keeps pace with the advancement in all lines of his profession, but is not entirely controlled by the theories and influence of the others, being a logical reasoner and original investigator and relying largely upon his own judgment, which has been thor<jughly disciplined by severe intellectual and professional training. He has a retentive memory and his mental faculties are cast in a capacious mould. Actuated by laudable ambition to excel, he spares no pains to enlarge the area of his professional knowledge, in which he is very materially assisted by the various medical societies with which he holds membership. Although but a limited period in the practice, he has steadily forged toward the front ranks of the city's successful healers and, with a determination to adhere closely to his chosen calling, there is every reason to belie\'e that eventually and at no distant day he will win a conspicuous place among the state's most enterprising and successful medical men.

I'RANZ ADRIAN is of pure French extraction in the paternal line, but the family gained its lirst representative in Germany through a direct ancestor who accompanied the great Napoleon into the German empire and located. Michael Adrian, the father of the subject, was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, where he was reared and educated, entering the public service in the capacity of gendarme. At the time of the revolution of 184S he joined the patriot forces and was captured by the government troops and put to deatli; being shot .and thus forfeiting his life to the cause which he had espoused. His wife, . whose maiden name was Katrina -Martz, was a native of Hesse-Darmstadt, where she passed , lier entire life, having survived her husband by a number of years. This worthy couple became the parents of ten children, of whom only one ' is li\ing at the present time, while four of the numlier .emigrated to the United States, including him whose name introduces this article. His brothers Nicholas and Philip were active participants in the war of the Rebellion, in which thev rendered valiant service in defense of the Union, and both died in Pittsljurg. Pennsvlvania, as did also their sister Lena, who was the wife of a Mr. Kumpf.

Franz Adrian was born in the city of Mannheim, Germany, on the 21st of June, 1835, and was there reared and educated, attending the CN'cellent schools until he had attained the age of fourteen, in accordance with the laws of the country. He then began an apprenticeship at the trade of baker, but was not satisfied with this vocation and accordingly learned the trade of cigar-making, with which he has since continued to be identified for the greater portion of the time. In accordance with governmental regulations he served for three years in the German army, and was proceeding to the front with his regiment in 1859, "^^ ^^^^ time of the Franco-Prussian war, but peace was declared while the command was enroute, and he then returned to his home. In his native city, on the 6th of January, 1859, he was united in marriage to Miss Barbara Marqucy. who was born in the town of Roxheim, Rhenish Bavaria, in the year 1834, her father John Marquey, having been of pure French extraction, while her mother, whose maiden name was Catharine Graher. \\-as of German lineage. In 1862 Mr. A(h-ian. in companv with his wife and their one daughter, came to America, embarking at Bremen on a sailing- vessel and arriving in New York city after a voyage of twenty-eight days' dura(ion. In 1863 he located in the city of

Mr. And Mrs. Franz Adrian

Pittslmrg, Petinsyhania, where he conducted a cigar manufacturing business until 1875, when he came to Canton and estaljhshed himself in the same hue of enterprise, near the passenger station of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad. Pie thence removed to Mahoning street, erecting the first building for business purposes on that now attractive thoroughfare, while the first pavement on the street was put in by him. In 1S86 ]\Ir. Adrian purchased a portion of a tract of eight acres frontage on East Lake street and lying contiguous to Nimishillen park, and here also he laid the first pavement. The front of this tract is now laid out in attractive lots and is well built up with business blocks and good residences. Here he has continued his cigar manufacturing, turning out a fine quality of goods and controlling a satisfactory trade in both the wholesale and retail departments. In politics Mr. Adrian is a stanch Republican, and he and his wife are attendants of the United Brethren church. They are the parents of two children, Katie, who is the widow of Adam Eisenhauer, and who resides in Canton, a memoir of her husband appearing on other pages of this work, and Alexander, who is engaged as foreman in J. H. Ellers steel roofing plant in Canton. Mr. Adrian is a man of strong intellectuality, excellent business capacity and utmost integrity, and he is well known and highly honored in the CfiiTimunitv in which he has so long made his home.

JOHN G. A. RICHTER was born in the city of Allegheny, Pennsylvania, on the 30th of April, 1862, being a son of Nicholas Richter, who was born in the town of Gersfeld, near the city of Nuremberg, in the province of Bavaria, Germany, the date of his nativity having been November 14, 1825, while the family has for many generations been one of prominence in that section of the empire.

There he was reared and educated and there learned the trade of linen weaving, which he continued to follow until he had attained the age of twenty-six years, when, in 1851, he severed the ties which bound him to home and fatherland, and emigrated to the United States, where he felt better opportunities were afforded for the attaining of independence on the part of a young man dependent upon his own resources in fighting the battle of life. He landed in the city of New York, the vessel on which he took passage having made the trip in the shortest interval known in the annals of trans-Atlantic voyages at that time. From the national metropolis he made his way to the city of Allegheny, Pennsylvania, where he learned the trade of plastering, which he there continued to follow as a vocation until his death, which occurred in ' the year 1879. In that city, in the year 1857, he was united in marriage to Miss Catherine Reutzel, who was born in Plesse-Darmstadt, Germany, town of Kefenrod, on the 13th of May, 1834, and there her parents passed their entire lives, while * she came to the United States in 1855, being a young lady of about twenty-one years at the time. She was summoned into eternal rest on the 30th of July, 1877, both she and her husband having been devoted members of the Reformed church, in whose faith they reared their seven children, concerning whom we incorporate the following brief record : Henry, who married Miss Emma Probst, died in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, in February, 1889; Kate died when a child of about one year of age; John G. A. subject of this sketch, was the next in order of birth; Kate (2d) died in infancy ; IVTary is the wife of George Keil, of Glenfield, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania; .Sophia is the wife of Walter Schofield, of Canton, Stark county, Ohio; and Nicholas died in infancy.

age of nineleen years, wliile lie pursued liis studies in the public schools until eleven years f>f age, from which time he has been largely (le]:)en(lent upon his own resources. At the age noted he secured employment in a glass factory, where he received in compensation for his services two dollars and twenty-five cents a week. At the age of fourteen he Ijegan working at the baker's trade, to which he devoted his attention for two years, at the ex])iration of which he entered upon an apprenticeship at the blacksmith's trade, serving the customary three years and becoming a skilled artisan in the line. For three years thereafter he was employed at his trade in the Uuquesne Wagon Works, in his native city, and on the 2d of July. 1881. a day rendered memorable as that upon which President Garfield fell a victim to the assassin's bullet, he arrived in the city of Canton, which has ever since been his hi^me. Here he secured employment in tlie blacksmith shop of Elbel & Company, where he remained until August, 1896. when his health became so impaired as to necessitate the abandonment of this arduous type of work, .\bout this time he was appointed to the office of assistant state secretary of tlie Junior Order of United American Mechanics, under John A. Bliss, who he succeeded as state secretary in Septeml)er. 1900. since whicli time he lias remained incumbent of the office, whose affairs he had administered with masterly ability and discrimination, gaining the unqualified endorsement of the meml>ers of the order in fjhio and 1)ecoming a prominent figure in the fraternity at large. Mr. Richter was the organizer of the first council of the order in the city of Canton, on the 14th of January, 1888, the same l)eing known as Washington Council No. 12. and in 1891 he was elected state counselor of the order in Ohio, giving a very successful administration. In 1894, at the meeting of the national council, in Ashe-

\ille, Xortli Carolina, Mr. Richter was elected national councilor, and upon his return io Canton the Incal members of the fraternity tendered bun a rece])tion and banquet at the Tabernacle, while he has ever l)een one of the most popular and honored representatives of this beneficent organization in the state, where he is well known in the circles of the order. He has been deeply interested in its work and has serx'ed on iniport;uit committees in the national body. Mr. Richter has also advanced through the major portion of the degrees of York-rite Masonry, being affiliated with William McKinley Lodge No. 431. Free and .Acce])ted Masons : Canton Chapter No. 84, Roval -Arch Masons; and Canton Council No. ; 35. Royal and Select Masters, while he is also ; identified with Lillie Lcxlge No. 362. Knights :: of Pythias, and with Molly Pitcher Council f, No. 10. Daughters of America.

In politics Mr. Richter gives an uncom]>romising allegiance to the Republican party, and on its ticket he was candidate for mayor of Canton in 1897. but was defeated through normal political exigencies, his opl>l^nent being James A. Rice, who was elected as his own successor. Fie and his wife are consistent and valued members of Trinity Reformed church, in whose work they take an active and help- ' ful interest.

In the city of Canton, on the 2r)th of June, ' 1895. Mr. Richter was united in marriage to Miss Ella R. Weaver, who was Ixirn in this city, being a daughter of Lewis and Ellen (Keim) Weaver, the former of whom is now deceased, his widow still retaining her home in' Canton. Mr. and Mrs. Richter have had four children, namely : Henry Clay : .\nthony Wayne (who died in infancy), Grace Aleda^. and Nathan Hale. ' Since Januar)-, 1895, Mr. Richter has resided at 415 Feather street and the pleasant family home is a center of gracious hos])itality.

JOSEPH A. \^OLZER is a native of Canton, which has been his home throngliout hfe, while he is a son of Emanuel G. and Balbena ( Schmidt ) Volzer, the former of whom is the subject of a special memoir appearing elsewhere in this volume, while the latter still conducts the business established by her honored husband, both having- ever commanded the unciualified esteem of the community. Josepii A. Volzer, will I conducts a successful grocery business at 151 1 South Market street and who is the owner of other valuable properties in the city, was born in the old famih' homestead at 78 Hensel street. Canton, on the 25th of July, 1870. He attended the parochial school of St. Peter's church until he had attained the age of fourteen years, when he became a student in the Canton Business Colleg^e, where he completed a thorough commercial course and was graduated as a member of the class of 1887. He then became a clerk in his father's grocery store, on Charles street, continuing to be thus identified with the same until 1894 ^"'1 having gained an excellent knowledge of the business in all its details. In the year mentioned he took a lease of his present place of business, his record having been such that he commanded good credit, though his financial resources were very limited. In Noveml^er of the }e:ir mentioned he leased the store for one year, the same having remained closed for two months prior to that time, so that he faced the problem of practically building up a new business. In 1895 there came to him the opportunity to purchase the property, and he availed himself of the same and here he has built up a large and representative business in the line, having made many improvements on his store, augmenting its facilities and adding the finest lines of staple and fancy groceries, table delicacies, etc., and catering to a discriminating and appreciative patronage.

a deep interest in the Catholic church, of which he became a communicant at the age of twelve years, and he was prominently interested and concerned in the promotion of the building of S*^. ^Mary's church, having served on the parish building committee and as a member of the church council. He was secretary to Father Clement C. Treiber. now in charge of St. Joseph's church, in this city, and is acting in the same capacity for Father G. C. Schoenemann, who is installed as priest in charge of St. Mary's.

In politics Mr. Volzer is a stanch advocate of the principles and policies of the Republican party, and he is progressive and public-spirited in his attitude and is esteemed in local business circles. He served for one year as vice-president of the Grocers' Association of Canton, and his energy and application and correct businessmethods having gained to him the esteem and confidence of the business circles of the cit\\ He began his individual operations with but little capitalistic reinforcement, and his courage and self-reliance were early sliuwii in his effecting the purchase of his store and residence property, the house being in the rear of the store,, and by good management he cleared himself from all indebtedness on this property within two years after its purchase. Since that time he has purchased numerous other pieces of real estate, and his inxestments have shown excellent judgment. He is the owner of a building" utilized for business purposes on Garfield a\enue, of several residence properties on South Market street, two on South Cleveland avenue and one on Stark avenue.

On the _>4tli of November, 1892. Mr. Volzer was united in marriage to Miss Clara S. Lung, of Massillon, her father, Andrew Lung, being a retired farmer of that city, where he died when ninety years of age, while his wife, whose maiden name was Catherine France, passed away at the age of sixty-five years. Mr.

GEORGE L. SICKAFOOSE. - The name Sickafoose is of German origin and it was from the fatherland that the remote ancestors of the subject came in an early day and settled in Pennsylvania. George Sickafoose, grandfather of George L., was born and reared in Westmoreland county, that state, and in about the year 1812, with his wife and older children, moved to Stark county, Ohio, entering a quarter section of land in what is now Sandy township. His wife before her marriage was a Miss Wagner; she was well fitted for pioneer life, ftdl of determination and as skillful in handling the old fashioned flint-lock rifle as were her husband and .sons. She was a sure shot, and in the early days when game was plentiful many wild animals and birds fell before her trusty aim. George Sickafoose entered the service of his country at the breaking out of the war of 1812 and took part in the campaign against the British and Indians on the Maumee river, in which, with other expeditions, he signalized himself by many acts of and daring. When he came to Stark county the country was a wilderness and his experiences were similar to those encountered by all early settlers on the frontier. A rude round-log cabin of diminutive size afforded his family a place of shelter for several years, but later a comfortable hewedlog dwelling was erected in its stead. The latter house was subsequently weatherboarded and within its walls Mr. Sickafoose spent the remainder of his days, dying, some time in the 'fifties, his widow surviving him several years. George Sickafoose reared a family of ten children, the oldest of whom was Christina, who married George Howenstein and departed this life some years ago in Pike township. Samuel, the second in order of birth, was reared to manhood in Stark county, married a Miss Pool! and died in Whitley county. Indiana. George was for many years a well-known resident of Stark, but later moved to Freeport, Illinois, where his death afterwards occurred. He was twice married, the first time to a Miss Voglesong and subsequently, in Illinois, to Miss Jones, who bore him five children. Physically George Sickafoose was a man of heroic mould, a giant in stature and strength, in both of which respects he exceeded any other man of his day in the county of Stark. He excelled in all athletic feats and, although of a mild and peaceable disposition, no one cared to incur his anger. On one occasion he was attacked by a couple of bullies of whom the neighborhood stood in fear, but, seizing one with each hand, he brought their heads together \\ ith such terrific force as to render them insensible before they had time fully to realize what had happened. He followed mechanical pursuits in Canton previous to his removal to Illinois and is remembered as a skillful workman and a most worthy citizen. Michael, the fourth of the family, moved to Whitley county many years ago and died there in 1894. John, the father of the subject, was the next in order of succession, and after him came Andrew, who married a Miss McDaniel and departed this life in the state of Indiana. Benjamin, a farmer of Stark county, married Eavina Reed and finished his earthly course on the old family homestead in Sandy township. Isaac, also an agriculturist, married Mary A. Reed and died on his farm in the township of Pike. Mary Ann, wife of Barton Blythe, spent all of her life in the county of Stark, dying in Waynesburg. Margaret, the youngest of the family, married James Roliertson, her son being the present mayor of Canton.

John Sickafoose. father of George L., was born on the home place January 10, 1819. He was reared to agricultural pursuits, obtained a linu'ted knowledge of the elementary branches of learning in the subscription schools and when a young man developed great efficiency as a mechanic, having been equally skilled as a carpenter, blacksmith and cabinetmaker. In 1849 he was united in marriage with Miss Nancy Kimmel, daughter of David and Susan (VVelker) Kimmel, both parents natives of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. David Kimmel and his brother-in-law, Henry Welker, were among the pioneer settlers of Stark county, they locating in the township of Sandy about the same time tlie Sickafoose family moved to this part of the state. Mrs. Nancy Sickafoose was born in Sandy township in the year 1823 and up to her marriage knew no other place of residence. During the four years following his marriage John Sickafoose lived in Seneca county, this state, but at the expiration of that time returned to Stark to take charge of his father-in-law's farm, which he subsequently purchased. He spent the remainder of his life on the old Kimmel homestead, dying in 1895, his wife following him to the grave four years later. Seven children were born to John and Nancy Sickafoose, namely: Christopher C, a resident of Pike township; Isaac N., also a resident of Pike; Josephine, wife of Renne Hert, of Canton township; Charlotte, the wife of John Howenstein, of this county; Lydia, now Mrs. Isaac Caspar, lives in the city of Canton; Julius C, a farmer plying his vocation in Sandy township, and George L., whose name introduces this sketch.

George I.. Sickafoose was born on the old Kimmel farmstead, Sandy township. Stark county, February 17, 1863. He acquired his preliminary education in the common schools, which he attended at intervals until his twentieth year and then entered the normal school at Sparta where he obtained a knowledge of the higher branches of learning. Later he taught and attended school alternately for several years, meantime becoming a student of the normal university at Ada, in which institution he made rapid progress in his literary studies, being especially proficient in mathematics. Later he completed a course of civil engineering in that school and in 1891 entered upon the practical duties of his profession and with little exception has followed the same with success and financial profit ever since. Mr. Sickafoose served as deputy under J. S. Hoover, county surveyor, and at the expiration of Mr. Hoover's term in 1901, was elected to the office on the Republican ticket, entering upon the discharge of his duties in September of the following year. Since becoming county surveyor he has made his home in Canton, but for several years prior to that time he lived in the city during the summer seasons, spending the winters at home while engaged in school work.

Mr. Sickafoose is a very competent civil engineer and has been intrusted with a great deal of important work in the line of his profession outside of his duties as official surveyor of the county. His aim has always been to excel in whatever he undertakes, and his record, officially and otherwise, shows that he has succeeded in this laudable ambition as his labors have been eminently satisfactory to all concerned and highly creditable to himself. Public spirited and progressive, he has taken a very active interest in the prosperity of his county and today occupies no small place in the public gaze. Ever since attaining his majority he has acted in harmony with the Republican party and at this time he is recognized as one of its strong local supporters, devoting much of his time in disseminating the political principles which have done so much to foster the nation's industrial growth and make permanent its free institutions. He has also been a potential factor in the city's social life, being popular with the people irrespective of political creed and as a neighbor and citizen, no one is held in higher personal esteem. On the 6th day of June, 1900, Miss Myrtle Sponhauser, daughter of Joseph

Sponhauser, of Pike township, this county, became the wife of Mr. Sickafoose, and tlieir marriage has been blessed with one ciiiid, a son by tlie name of George Russell. Fraternally Mr. Sickafoose holds membership with the Order of United American Mechanics, and religiously belongs to the First Methodist Episco])al church of Canton, with which body iiis Avife is also identified.

]\IOSES A. BACHTEL. - The specific and distincti\e province of this publication is to enter record concerning tlK)se who have been the founders and builders of Stark county, and in the connection it becomes imperative that more than casual mention be made of the sterling family of which Moses A. Bachtel was a worthy representative. He attained the venerable age of more than four score years, and was one of the honored pioneers of Stark county, of which he was a native son. With great care and discrimination Mr. Bachtel compiled, in i8g8, a genealogical record of his family, and. with slight metaphrase and occasional omission of data not specifically germane to this work, we shall reproduce his able epitome of the family history in this volume, believing that the record will be under such conditions the more highly appreciated by present generations of the fami!\- and also by those who later come forward onto the stage of life.

-My grandfather, John Jacob Bachtel, was born M;ircli 6, 1750, and his wife, Catharine (Letch) Bachte], was horn .\prii 15, 175S, while their marriage wa< solemnized on the T6th of March, 177,3. As nearly as can be ascertained, they lived for some time in Washington county, Maryland, and from that locality they are supposed to have removed to either Bedford or Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, where they must have lived for a long term of years, since a period of forty years intervened between the time of their marriage and their emigration to Ohio, in 181,3, their youngest son having been fifteen years of age at the time of this removal. ]n the spring of 181J John J. and Bachtel, with their son John and his family.

their .>Min> iJanicl, 'llicpin.-is and David, and their daughter Anna Alary, all single, came from Pennsylvania to Stark county, Ohio, and here Grandfather Bachtel purchased a farm of one hundred and sixty acres in Pike township, one and one-half miles south of the north line of the township. His son John purchased one hundred and sixty acres adjoining the south line of tlie liame tovvnsliip and a short distance northwest of the present town of Sandy^'ille, and there he passed the balance of his life. Grandfather Bachtel and his three unmarried sons began the work of literally hewing out a farm in the midst of the virgin forest, their first work being to make a clearing and to there erect their primitive log cabin home. After this came the task of grappling with the forest and making it give place to cultivated fields. Those of the present generation can have but slight comprehension of the labor thus involved or the deprivations and disadvantages to be contended with by these sturdy pioneers who constituted the advance guard of civilization in the middle we.st. In addition to clearing the land there was the even more weighty responsibility of providing clothing for the family, for, be it rememl)ered, all apparel had to be manufactured by hand. It was necessary to raise the flax and then go through the various manceuvers requisite to make it ready for spinning, weaving, bleaching, etc., before it was in shape to be made into the honest homespun garments, and the noble and self-abnegating pioneer women had the greater portion of this work to do, in addition to the other and manifold duties devolving upon them, while it can not be doubted that such constant occupation did much to render the solitary and monotonous life in the wilderness more endurable. Our modern women would faint in the attempt of such responsibilities. Then turn to the manufacturing of woolen goods. The first requisite was to secure ;i few sheep, and to keep the same was no easy task in the new country, infested with wolves and other wild animalsx having a distinct fondness for good mutton. Then followed the operations of shearing, picking the wool, sending it to the carding machine, then spinning, weaving, fulling and making it into clothing - all being done by hand. The reader may well stop to think that at that period in the history of this section one could not buy a ready-made shoe, hat or any article of apparel, all such articles being made to order, while the person was compelled to supply his own material. John Jacob Bachtel lived less than two years after he came to Ohio, and he was buried in the old cemetery between Tenth and South streets, west of McKinley avenue, in what is now the city of Canton. He was between sixty-five and sixty-six years of age. It is supposed he was a member of the Lutheran church. He was certainly a very industrious, hard-working man, having to provide for a family of thirteen children in the time and under the conditions in which he lived, .\fter the death of the grandfather my father.

Daniel Kachtcl, bouglit (Uit the interests of the other heirs in the old farm and my grandmother lived in the same yard, but in her own house, with her daughter Mary, and here she remained until the first part of April. 1.S36. Concerning her later life further data will lie entered hereafter. Of the children of John Jacoi) and Catherine ( Lecht", Hachtel a summarized record is entered as follov s :

The eldest son, John, was horn February 10. T774, and his wife, nee .Mary Swank, was born March 26, 177Q. They were married in 1799 and came to Stark county in the spring of iSr.?, as has been already noted. Their ciiildren were as follows : Catherine, who married a Mr. Fetters and became the mother of three children : Magdalene, who married a Mr. Heminger and died in the West, having had several children; Jacob, who died in Stark county, in the prime of life; John, who died at the age of live years ; Mary, who married .Samuel Rurnhimer, and they had a number of children ; they died in Indiana ; Barbara married when of mature age and passed the remainder of her life in Stark county; Thomas, who married Sarah Shoe, lived on the old bomeste.-'.d for more than fifty years, and died there, being the last of the original family circle, he and his wife having had live children ; Sarah married William Swaiicy and both are now deceased, being survived by two .sons and two daughters.

George Bachtcl, the second son of John Jacob and Catharine Bachtel. was born October 14, 1775, was a weaver by trade and followed this as a vocation until comins to Ohio. He married Catharine Pringle and their children were as follows : Mary, who became the wife of William Swifl. and died a few years later; Catharine, who married John Paulis, a blacksmith, removed with him linally to Gnshen, Indiana, where liotb died, having reared several children; Elizabeth married Matthias .Shcpler and they had three children ; Susan married a Mr. Burton and died a year later; P.arbara became the second wife of her brother-in-law, William Swift, and they had several children ; Jane became the wife of J;imes Cams and is now living with a daughter; Magdalene married Zachariah Hayden and became the mother of three children ; .Sarah married William Saint and died n few years ago, leaving three children; .Anna married Seth Brant and died shortly afterward ; and !~)aniel. the only son. died in Canton, where his widow sti'l lives. Geortre Bachtel came to Stark county about 181S and settled in Pike township, wdiere he and Iiis wife passeil the remainder iif their lives.

.M,i"d;ilepe. d,-ui'jliter nf John Jacub and Catharine Bai-htel. was born Oeceniber .1. 1777. and became the wife of Jacnb Mora, with whom she came from Peiuisylvania to Stark county in an early day, the family settling in Pike township. This worthy couple became the parents of three sons and three daughters, and Airs. Flora died in 18^7 at the age of fifty-nine years.

October <). 1779. and married Mary .Magdalene Beard, and they continued to reside in Washington county, Maryland, until their death, having reared a fine family of children. Jacob was eighty-one years of age when he died.

Martin ISachtel, the next in order of birth, was born Octolier 26. 178,;. and married a Miss Springer, while a large family of children were born to them, the home being in Washington co\nity, Maryland. Three of the sons became clergymen of the Lutheran church, of wdiich the entire family are said to have been devoted members. Martin and his wife died many years ago, li;i\ing been wtirthy representatives of this numerous and honored family.

['arbara Bachtel was born October 5. 1786. and became the wife of John Brothers, and they came to Stark county, Ohio, in 1815, settling on a small farm near .Sparta, where they reared their three sons and three daughters. Mr. Brothers later purchased another farm, adjoining Sparta on the southwest, and there his death occurred in 1848, while his widow died in Sparta July 30, - 1867. at the venerable age of eighty-seven years.

Frederick Bachtel was born March 2T. 17SQ, and married Elizabeth Warehani, with whom he came to Stark county from Pennsylvania in 1815, and here Mr. Bachtel cleared and improved a good farm, passing away in 184.0 at the age of fifty-one years, while his wife died in Kosciusko county, Indiana, in 1871 at the age of seventy nine years. They had eleven children.

-\nna IVIary Bachtel was torn November 5. 7791, :ind accompanied her parents on their remo\al to Stark i-ounty in t8T.3. Tn 1833 she married Daniel Failor, and they lived thereafter on a small farm in Pike township, wh.ere Mrs. Failor died in 1872 at the age of eighty-one years, while her husband died in 1879.

Daniel Bachtel, father of the subject of this sketch, ^vas the n.^xt in order of birth of the children of John Jacob and Catharine Bachtel. and of him more detailed mention will be made later on in this article.

Thomas Bachtel, the next son, was born on the t7th of February. 170'j, and accompanied his parents on their removal to Stark county He learned the trade of carpenter and continued to follow the same as a vocation during the period of his residence in this county. He married Polly Banker, of Canton, and they became the parents of one daughter. He and his wife finally separated and all trace of both has been lost by the relatives in Stark county.

David Bachtel was born June 13. 1798. and came with his parents to Stark county. In 1823 he married Polly Failor. and he thereafter carried on a small farm, which he reclaimed, while he also transacted a profitable business as a cooper, particularly after the completion of the Ohio canal. He died in this county in 183S at the age of forty years, while his wife thereafter kept the family together and educated her children, her death ' occurring in 1870, at which time she was sixty-seven years of age. Of their three sons two are living at the present time, while there are quite a number of their descendants in the state of Kansas.

Having here given a brief account of the famil)' genealogy, we turn more particularly to a consideration of the personal career of the subject and to a record concerning his honored parents and their children. In giving an estimate of the life and labors of his parents we shall again draw upon the article prepared by Mr. Bachtel himself, believing this to be the most satisfactory course to pursue, even though there be an elimination of some words of commendation and appreciation.

Daniel Bachtel, son of John Jacob and Catharine CLetch") Bachtel, was born on the 28th of Augiist, 1793, either in Maryland or Pennsylvania. He came with his parents to Ohio in the spring of 1813 and settled in Pike township. Here he was associated with his father and two brothers in erecting the little log cai)> home in the midst of the forest wilds. Grandfather Bachtel died within less than two years after they came to Stark county, and this left the family's affairs in rather unfavorable condition. Daniel was compelled to purchase the farm and provide for the maintenance of his mother and sister. These circumstances induced him to seek a partner, so that on the l6th of May, 1816, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary A. Sherman, who was born in Greencastle, Franklin county, Pennsylvania, on the 27th of September, 1798, and who came with her parents to Stark county about the same time as did the Bachtel family, Mr. and Mrs. Bachtel began housekeeping on the old homestead where the former first settled on coming to the county, and here all save one of their ten children were born. They continued to reside on this farm for a period of twenty years - until April, 1S36 - when they removed to Green township, then one in the northern tier of townships in this county, and later taken into Summit county. Here they continued to reside until the spring of 1842, their youngest child, Susan A., having been there born, on the gth of November, 1839- Subsequently to 1842 the family removed from place to place until November, 1.S54. when Daniel Bachtel. with other members of the family, went to Hunting-ton county, Indiana, and settled two miles west of the village of Roanoke, and there they passed the remainder of their lives. Daniel Bachtel there died on the ist of April, i860, at the age of sixty-six years, seven months and three days, and his remains were laid to rest in the Wesley Chapel cemetery. His widow survived until May 30, 1877, and her remains rest beside those nf her husband, her age at the time of death having been seventy-three years. If ever there were two persons whose lives were tilled with ceaseless toil and endeavor, they were such two. The father cleared up a farm and did a large amount of teaming to Pittsburg and Cleveland, while he also did his full share of log rolling, raising log houses and barns, mowing hay witli a sc)the and reaping grain with a sickle. Tily motlier was an extraordinary woman for the opportunities which came to her portion. There was nothing save hard labor before her from the time I first remember her until she could labor no more, and upon her shoulders fell the responsibility of preparing clothing for her ten children and also caring for them in the manifold other ways which only \ true and noble mother knows. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and died secure and happy in that abiding faith which ever makes for faithfulness. I might say much more about her labors, but the j-oung would doubt whether any woman could endure so much. She took my sister's son at eighteen months of age and reared him to the age of twenty-two. He enlisted as a soldier in the Civil war and shortly after entering the service was severely wounded and was sent back to Madison, Indiana, where he died, with no friend or loved one by his side to soothe him in his last moments. He was one of the heroes whose lives were sacrificed on the altar of their country.

Samuel S. Bachtel, the eldest son of Daniel and Mary A. Bachtel, was born April 27, 1817, in Pike township, this county, and here he lived with his parents until .\pril I, T836, when he accompanied the others of the family on their removal to Green township, and thereafter was with his parents on their various removals. When about twenty-two years of age he became afHicted with epileptic attacks, from which he failed to secure relief, though he had medical attention for many years, and he was finally compelled to abandon the work of his trade, that of carpenter. He was a natural genius in mechanical work, and save for his malady would have proved most successful in life. His mind finally became affected and he was thereafter unable to do any work, his death occurring in Huntingtoii county, Indiana, on the 17th of August, 1S56, when he was thirty-nine years of age. being a mental and physical wreck. He is buried in the same cemetery as were his parents.

Martha Bachtel, the second child, was born on the old homestead in Pike township on the 17th of April, t8to. and' she remained at the parental home untM November. 1839, when she was united in marriage to Samuel Failor, with whom she took up her residence on the old Failor homestead, in the same township. They became the parents of two sons - Harrison and Charles. Her life was one of toil and self-abnegation, and she finally found rest from her labors, her deatk occurring February 28, 184S, at the age of twenty-five vears. Her son Harrison, who was about four years of age at the time of her death, was taken hito the home of his uncle, Daniel Failor, by whom he was reared and whose property he eventually inherited. He married Melissa Hiple, and they became the parents of two sons and two daughters. Harrison was later married a second time and is now died. The younger son, Charles Failor, was taken into the home of his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Mary A. Bachtel, as before noted, and he died as the result of wounds received in the war of the Rebellion.

Moses A. Bachtel, subject of this review, was the next child born to Daniel and Mary A. Bachtel, and an individual review of his career will be given in appending paragraphs.

Aaron Bachtel, third sen of Daniel and Mary A. Bachtel, was born in Pike township February 21, 1834, and he remained at home until about twenty years of age. As a young man he married Miss Catharine Loop, and they became the parents of four sons and four daughters. Henrj', Hiram and William are deceased, and John resides in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Anna Mary is deceased and the other three daughters are residents of Indiana. Aaron Bachtel was a carpenter by trade and was a sincere and hard-working man. He removed with his family to Huntington county, Indiana, in 1852. and thence went forth as a soldier in the Union army, coming back with broken health and he died May 31. 187,3, at the age of forty-nine years, his wife surviving him by about two years. Both were zealous member? of the Methodist Episcopal church.

John Henry Bachtel was born November 25, 1S30, in Pike township, and he accompanied his parents on their removal to Huntington county, Indiana, where he remained until the summer of 1856, when he returned to his native county and entered the employ of C. Aultman & Company, of Canton. In 1861 he was married to Miss Elisabeth B. Welch. Their eldest son is now cashier of the Canton State Bank and is individually mentioned on another page of this work. His sister, Helen, is a stenographic teacher in the public schools of Canton. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Bachtel still reside in this city.

Jacob A. Bachtel was horn in Pike township January 28. 1826, was afflicted with great bodily infirmities throughout his life, and he was released from his sufferings on the 25th of June, 18.-14, being eighteen years of age at the time of his death.

Catherine Bachtel was born July 29, 1828, in Pike township and she remained at the parental home until her marriage to David Secrist, to whom she bore two sons and two daughters. David Secrist died in 1S57 and his widow subsequently became the wife of John Kuhn, but she is now dead.

Emmanuel Bachtel, the youngest son of Daniel and Mary A Bachtel, was born in Pike township February 14, 1836, and he died in Huntington county, Indiana, at the parental home on the 4th of April, 1857, at the untimely age of twenty-one years.

Susan A. Bachtel, the youngest daughter, was born in Green township. Summit county, Ohio, November 9, 183S, and in 1859 she became the wife of Alfred. PKoontz. They have long resided in Roanoke, Huntington county, Indiana, where Mr. Koontz is now engaged in the furniture and undertaking business. They became the parents of five children, all of whom are living except one.

At this juncture we direct attention to the personal career of Moses A. Bachtel, the honored and venerable pioneer citizen of Canton whose name initiates this article. He was bom on the old homestead farm, in Pike township, this county, on the 14th of June, 1821, and owing to the exigencies of time and place his early education privileges were necessarily limited. He attended the little log cabin school' in a somewhat irregular way during the short winter terms, his services being required even during the winter seasons in threshing wheat by the use of horses, which tramped out the grain on the barn floor. On the first day of April, 1836, when he was about fifteen yearsof age, the family removed to Green township;, in what is now Summit county, and he worked on the farm until he had attained the age of nineteen years, and during the summers of 1840-41 he was employed at die carpenter trade by Peter Buchtel, of Green township, while in the autumn of 1841 he took the contract to build a house in the village of Greentown. On the 29th of March, 1842, Mr. Bachtel left the parental home and went to Greentown, where he secured employment in the shop of W. M. Ball & Company, at a stipend of thirteen dollars a month. He eventually did all kinds of work, from moulding plowpoints up to turnirig, fitting and drilling the various portions of the primitive reaping machines manufactured, while he also acted as fireman and engineer. He continued to work for this firm and its successors, at intervals, until the spring of 1846, when he purchased Daniel Smith's interest in a wagon shop and two lots and a house in Greentown. In 1849 -he hired out to Michael Wise to work in his machine shop and manage his interests, receiving one dollar a day in compensation for his diversified services. He in the meanwhile sold his interest in the wagon shop to his partner, Henry Funk, and he continued in the employ of the firm of Wise & Ball, in Greentown, until November, 185 1, when the business headquarters were transferred to the town of Canton, where Messrs. Ball and Aultman became associated in the erection and equipping of the Buckeye plant, for the manufacturing of agricultural implements and machinery on a wider scale. He continued in the employ of the company until November, 1854, wlien he removed with his family to Huntington county, Indiana, and settled on a farm near Roanoke, where he remained until February, 1856, when he returned to Canton and resumed work for Ball, Aultman & Company, and with this concern he continued to be engaged as an able and trusted employe until its business had grown to be one of magnificent scojie and importance, severing his connection with the company, which had been reorganized from time to time, until the year 1884. In .\pril of that year he traded l^roperty in Canton for a farm of sixty-four acres in Cuyahoga county, where he and his familv resided twenty-eight months. Mr. Bachtel thereafter lived for a time in Akron and West Richfield, Ohio, and then in 1893. he returned to Canton and ]nuTliased the attractive home at 304 Blaine avenue, where he lived practically retired until his death. May 14, FO03, having through his indefatigable "and well-directed efforts acquired a competency for the golden evening of his life. Mr. Bachtel was before his death the oldest li\ing employe of the Aultman Company, having been for more than forty years retained in the capacity of pattern-maker. He returned to Canton in 1893. having been absent from the place for about a decade, and wishing to pass the declining years of his life in his native county, and in the city where he had so long lived and labored and where his friends were in number as his acquaintances.

In politics Mr. Bachtel was originally a Whig, but gave an unqualified allegiance to the Republican party from the time of its organization, ever maintaining' a lively interest in the questions and issues of the hour. Mr. Bachtel was a zealous and devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal cliurch f(_ir more than sixty years, and held various ofiicial positions in the same, having been thus honored until the infirmities of advancing age rendered it expedient for hnn to - relegate these duties to younger men. He was at the time of his death a revered patriarch of the Simpson Methodist Episcopal church in his liome city.

On the 7th of October, 1847, Mr. Bachtel was united in marriage to Miss Lydia M. Welch, of Marlboro to\\aiship, this county, where she was born on the 9th of January, 1826, being a daughter of Samuel and Marguerite Welch, one of the first settlers in that section. Of this union were born six children, concerning whom Ave enter the following brief record: Malissa Jane, who was born August 30, 1848, died on the 2d of April, 1851. Oliver S., who was born Octol)er 18, 1849, is a prominent clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal church and is now serving his twelfth successive year as presiding elder of the Manchester district in the state of New Hampshire. Lewis M. is engaged in the lumber business in Canton. Fie was bom Fel:)ruary 5. 1851. .\lonzo C. was torn May 5. 1855, and is now a wholesale merchant in Akron, Ohio. Charles- H. was born April 12. 1857, and he died in Greenville, Pennsvlvania, on the 28th of De- cember, 1894. Orlando H. was born November 9, 1858, and resides in Canton,, being engaged in the lumber business. The devoted wife and mother was summoned into eternal rest on the 6th of March. 1861, having been a most faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and her remains rest in Westlawn cemetery, this having been the first interment of a mature person in that now beautiful "God's acre." On the ist of April, 1862, Mr. Bachtel was united m marriage to Miss Mary Ann Nelson, who was born in Plain township, being a daughter of George and Barbara (Plarry) Nelson, honored pioneers of Stark county, whither Mr. Nelson came from a point on the line between Pennsylvania and Maryland. Mrs. Bachtel was born on the i8th of Fel)ruary. 1836, and she bore her husr band four children, namely: Mary Ellen, who was i)orn on the 23d of June. 1863, and who is now the wife O'f Edward Rauch, of Council Bluffs, Iowa ; Jennie was born January 29, 1866, and still remains at the parental home, as does also Martha May, who was bom May I. 1867; Nelson K., who was born May 28, 1 871. died on the 2d of the following September.

a descendant of two of the oldest families that came to Stark county in a very early day and for many years were actively identified with the history of the communities in which they settled. His paternal ancestors were Pennsylvanians, the first of the family to come to Stark county being his grandfather, Philip Borrlner, who after living here for a number of years, removed to Dckall) county. Indiana, where his death occurred about 1854. David F. Bordner, son of Philip and father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Wayne county. Ohio, anrl was about sixteen years old when his parents moved to the county of Dekalb, Indiana. He grew to maturity on a farm, and, when a young man, married Miss Susan Younkman, wdiose antecedents, as already indicated, were among the early comers to this part of the state. The Younkman family is of German origin and its first representative in this country was Mrs. Bordner's grandfather, Jacob Younkman, who left the fatherland many years ago and came to Stark county, Ohio, in about 1809, and settled in Bethlehem township, where he spent the remainder of In's life. Among his children was a son by the name of Daniel, who became a successful farmer and leading citizen of Bethlehem township. He married and reared a family and departed this life on the home place in Bethlehem in 1896, at the ripe old age of eighty-two years, leaving a widow, Nancy, who is still living, in her eighty-ninth year. Daniel and Nancy Younkmrui were the parents of Mrs. David F. Bordner, who with her husband is living on the homestead in Bethlehem township, the family being widely known and greatly respected l)y the people in that part of the county and elsewhere.

Arthur U. Bordner, son of David F. and .Susan Bordner, was born July 12, 1865. in Bethlehem township, Stark countv. He was the second of a family of five: Emma, who married John Hiple; subject; Ella married Ezra Albaugh ; Frank ; Clara, married John Zutavern. The sul)ject spent his early years under the healthful discipline of the farm, attending meanwhile the ])ublic schools in wh.ich he received his elementary education. Later he pursued the lu'gher branches of learning in select schools and in due time wa=; sufficiently advanced to teach, which profession he followed of winter seasons for several years, devoting the summer months to study in various educational institutions, among which were the school at Sparta and the Ohio Normal ITnivcrsitv at Afla. l\[r. Bordner took a full classical coiu'se in the latter institution.

completing the same in 1896 and immediately thereafter entered the law department, from which he was graduated one year later. Mr. Bordner was twenty-seven years old when he left home to make his own way in the world and his age and experience enabled him to enter upon his life work with a full appreciation of its responsibilities and with wellgrounded assurance of ultimate success. By thorough mental discipline and careful professional training he was well equipped for the law .and after his admission to the bar in 1898 it was not long until his legal ability began to be recognized, as the lucrative practice which came to him within a few months abundantly attests. Opening an office in Canton and entering a field made famous by many eminent men in the past and by a formidable array of distinguished legal talent at the time, he freely realized the difficulties in his way and with an energy born of a determination to succeed set himself manfully to work to remove them and to gain jf possible recognitioi\ as an aspirant for professional honors. From a modest beginning his practice has steadily grown in volume until he now has a lucrative business and his name has appeared in connection with many cases tried in the courts of Stark county since his admission to the bar. He easily ranks with the ablest of the younger and rising lawyers of Canton, being regarded as a safe, reliable counselor and he is thoroughly skilled in the devious arts of practice.

Politically Mr. Bordner is stanchly Democratic and he wields a strong influence for the party in local and state affairs and upon national issues. In matters religious, he subscribes to the creed of the United Brethren church, being a worthy member and liberal supporter of the congregation worshiping in the city of his residence. In the year 1898, Mr. Bordner and Miss Belle Parks, of Bethlehem township, this county, daughter of

James C. and Elizabeth (Evans) Parks, were united in the bonds of wedlock, the marriage being blessed with one child, a son who bears tlie name of Harold. Mr. and Mrs. Bordner have a pleasant home and are well known in the social circles of Canton.

THEODORE JOSEPH PHILLIPS was born in the family homestead, on Plum street (now North McKinley avenue) in the city of Canton, on the 2d of March, 1859, being a son of Adam Phillips, one of the honored pioneer farmers of the county, to whom individual reference is made on other pages of this work, so that a recapitulation of the family history is not required at this point. Dr. Phillips received his preliminary educational discipline in the parochial school of St. Peter's church, which he attended until he attained the age of twelve years, and he then entered tiie Canton high school, in which he was a student up to the age of eighteen years, having duly profited by the advantages afforded him. After leaving school he assisted his father in the work of the homestead farm, in Canton township, while he also lent his aid in connection with the operation of the coal bank, stone quarry and lime kiln owned by his father, this quarry and kiln having at one time supplied all the lime and cement used for building purposes in this locality. He remained with his father until he was twenty-three 3'ears of age, at which time he secured a position as shipping clerk in the wholesale grocery of B. Dannemilier & Sons, in Canton, and while thus engaged he l^egan the study of dentistry under the direction of Dr. G. R. Ball, now deceased, with whom he remained two years, while he was later matriculated in the Ohio Dental College, at Cincinnati, where he completed the prescril:)ed course and was graduated as a member of the class of 1873, coming forth eminently qualified for all portions of the work of his chosen profession. He initiated the active practice of his profession in the village of Minerva, this county, where he remained one year, at the expiration of which he came to Canton, in April, 1884, and opened an office at the corner of Walnut and East Tuscarawas streets, on the second floor of what is now the Globe clothing store, where he remained until April, 1885, when he removed to his present finely equipped offices at 130 East Tuscarawas street, where he has since been established in practice. For the past three years he has had as an assistant his brother Victor A., who has taken two courses of study in the technical line of dental surgery and laboratory work, one term having been passed in the dental department of the Western Reserve College, in the city of Cleveland, while he completed his second course in the Ohio Dental College, in the city of Cincinnati, where he will graduate as a member of the class of 1904.

Tn so far as state and national issues are involved, Dr. Phillips accords his support to the Democratic party, but in local affairs he maintains an independent attitude. He is a communicant of the Catholic church, as is also his wife, and he originally held membership in St. Peter's church, but transferred to St. John's parish, by reason of the fact that Mrs. Phillips is not familiar with the German language, which is utilized at St. Peter's. The Doctor is a member of the Lake Side Gun Club ; the Knights of St. John, of which he was commander for three years ; and the Knights of Columbus.

On the 24th of September. 1890. in the city of Cincinnati, was solemnized the marriage of Dr. Phillips to Misg Mary Bui-ke, who was born in Louisville, Kentucky, being a daughter of Thomas E. and Rosanna Burke, both of whom were born in Ireland, whence he came to the United States about the year 1842, and she in 1850. They now reside in the city of Cincinnati. To the subject and his wife have been born th following children : Edgar R., born March 18, 1892; Mary Augusta, born February 24, 1897, and Theodore J., Jr., born January 7, 1901.

JOHN S. WALLACE was born on the pioneer homestead in Columbiana county, Ohio, on the 19th of March, 1821, being a son of William and Elizabeth (Mall) Wallace, of whose twelve children only four are living at the present time, namely: Rachel, who is the widow of Hiram Burns and who resides in Columbiana county ; John S., who is the immediate subject of this review ; Sarah A., who is the wife of Samuel Shehan, of Homesworth, Columbiana county; and Elizabeth, who is the wife of George Stroup, of Portage county, this state. William Wallace was a native of the state of New Jersey, where he was born about the year 1780, the original American ancestors having emigrated from England to this country in the colonial epoch, and the family having early been established in the old commonwealth of New Jersey. William Wallace was there reared to maturity and there learned the trade , of wheelwright, while in that state was solemnized his marriage to Elizabeth Mall, who was likewise a member of one of the old and honored families of New Jersey. Li the year 1812, after the birth of their first child, they emigrated to Ohio and took up their abode in the midst of the forest wilds of Butler township, Columbiana county, where Mr. Wallace effected a lease of a tract of heavily timbered land, on which he erected a primitive log cabin, in which were duly established his Lares and Penates, while he then set to himself the herculean task of reclaiming the land to the uses of cultivation. He remained in that county until 1840, and with the exception of an interval of about four years passed in the vicinity of Salem, that county, maintained his residence during the entire period in Butler township. In the year 1840 he came with his family to Stark county, the subject of this sketch being at the time al:)out nineteen years of age, and in Washington township he purchased twenty acres of land, which he improved and made into a good home, and there he resided until his death, at the age of seventy-seven years, his loved and devoted wife having preceded him into the life eternal by several years, passing away at the age of fifty-six. He was a Democrat in his political adherency and both he and his wife held membership in the Baptist church, in harmony with whose faith they guided and governed their worthy and useful lives, whose annals were plain and simple and yet indicative of true strength and nobility of character, so that they left the priceless heritage ever implied in a good name.

John S. Wallace was reared under the influences and meager advantages of the old pioneer farm in Columbiana county, and such were the exigencies of time and place that he secured very limited educational privileges in his youth, though he waxed st^^ng in mental and physical vigor under the discipline \\hich came to his portion. As opportunity presented, he trudged his way to the little log school house, and ranged himself with other lx)ys of the pioneer farmers on the rude slab benches which served as seats, while the rough floor was made of puncheons and light was secured through windows covered with oiled paper in lieu of glass. To be "graduated" in such an "institution of learning" Avould seem a most insignificant thing to the average boy and girl of to-day, but from these little schools issued some of the strongest and most brilliant characters our nation has known, for character force is e\'er centrifugal and it is mastery not advantages that make the man. Upon attaining his legal majority, the family having in the meanwhile come to Stark county, as noted, Mr. Wallace left the parental roof and initiated his independent career. His ambitions led him to no pretentious or impossible efforts and he was ready -to make use of such opportunities as presented, and thus we find him employed in clearing land, chopping wood and making rails, while other work of similar order was taken in hand with equal vigor and fidelity. On the 9th of January, 1844, he assumed a new attitude toward the world by taking a course of action which he maintains is one which has been the source of his greatest happiness along the pathway of life and the conservator of such success as has fallen to his share in temporal affairs. On that date he was united in marriage to Miss Eliza Towns, who was born in Washington township, whither her father came from Pennsylvania as one of the very earliest settlers in the township, so that the name of John Towns merits a place on the roll of Stark county's noble band of pioneers.

After his marriage Mr. Wallace purchased a tract of twenty acres of wild land one-half mile west of his present home, in Washington township, the same being still covered with its native growth of timber. He made a clearing and erected a little log cabin of the customary pioneer type, and then grappled with the forest primeval, as had his father done in Columbiana county many years previously. He continued to reside on this little farm initil 1850, when he sold the property, upon which he had eft'ected no few improvements during the intervening five years, which were filled with arduous and consecutive toil, and he then effected the piu'- chase of forty acres, one-half mile south of the old place, the new farm being partially cleared and being at the time equipped with a log house. Ten years later he bought forty acres lying contiguous on the north, and after erecting a larger and more pretentious dwelling, a frame structure, on this place he removed to the same, while later he purchased another forty acres, thus making his farm one of one hundred and twentv acres, all in one bodv. Still later lie purchased sixt_\ -five acres on tlie opposite side of the road, and he still retains possession of the two places. With the flight oi years he brought his land under most effective cultivation, made good improvements of a permanent order and earnestly and intelligently directed his farming operations, so that his success, won entirely by himself, was cumulative in character, as Avas manifest in his successive ptirchases of additional land, hy which means he extended the scope of iiis operations. In 1891 he purchased eighteen and three-fourths acres of land where he now lives, on the New Franklin road, the little place being equipped with a commodious and attractive house and good barn, and he forthwith removed to this new home, leaving his son William in charge of the homestead place. He has since been retired from actix'e labor, save as he employs himself about his fine gardens and lawns, and is enjoying the fruits of his many years of indefatigable toil and endeavor. He has had his full quota of the experiences of pioneer life and has witnessed and aided in the marvelous transitions which have been brought aljout in this now opulent and favored section of the Buckeye state, and he can look back with satisfaction on the labors and even the deprivations and hardships of the days tliat have dropped into the abyss of time, for the glamour of reminiscence rests gently over the past and he can well appreciate the manifold blessings which attend him and his loved companion as the golden shadows of their lives begin to lengthen out where the "sunset gates are open wide, far out in the crimson west." He and his wife are devoted members of the United Brethren church, with which they ha\-e been identified for many years, while he has been a stanch supporter of the Democratic party and was an uncompromising abolitionist during the crucial epoch leading up to the war of the Rebellion. He and his wife are today loved and rexered as venerable pioneers, and the esteem and good will of the entire community is theirs. In a reminiscent way Mr. Wallace recalls the fact that the first pair of boots which he ever had became his prized treasure when he was twenty-one years of age, the same having been purchased with money which he had earned himself, while he also recalls the time when three days' work were required to earn the price of a bushel of wheat, while muslin sold for fifty cents per yard.

In conclusion we enter brief record concerning the eight children who have blessed the union of this honored couple: Hiram B. is a resident of Freeburg, Washington township, where he is engaged in farming; Lydia A. is the wife of Amos Byers, a successful farmer of this township ; William has charg^e of the parental homestead, as previously noted; Albert and Alva are twins, and both are residents of the city of Alliance, this county, where they are engaged in mercantile Ixisiness and a buggy shop, respectively; Ner is engaged in farming in (,'olumbiana county ; Mary Jane is the widow of Jackson Unkerfare, and resides in Washington township; Elizabeth is the wife of Frank Berea, who is engaged in the Pennsylvania freight house in the city of Canton ; Elizabeth, wife of George Stroup, of Atwater, Ohio, and a farmer.

ADAM J. MERLEY. - One of the important industrial enterprises of Stark county is that conducted by the National Fire Proofing Company, at Osnaburg, and of the same the subject of this review holds the responsible position of superintendent, while he is known as one of the able and progressi\-e young business men of his native county and as one thoroughly skilleil in the management of the enterprise which is thus placed in his charge.

of twelve years, having received his early educational discipline in its public schools, and thereafter, the family removing to the city of Canton, he here continued his studies in the public schools until he had attained the age of fourteen years, when he assumed the practical responsibilities of life by identifying himself with the line of industry with which he has been actively concerned. He has been for fifteen years engaged in the operation of clayindustries, being employed in various capacities and thus gaining an intimate and comprehensive knowledge of the details of the business. In 1899 he ^'^'ss called to his present position as superintendent of the plant of the National Fire Proofing Company at Osnaburg. this being one of the most extensive enterprises of the sort in the state, and he has since continued to give faithful and effective service in this oflice, while through his discriminating efforts the business of the company has been materially increased in scope and importance, having increased the business to more than treble the capacity of the plant in 1899.

Tn politics Mr. Merley has given a stanch allegiance to the Democratic party from the time of attaining his legal majority, having cast liis first presidential vote in support of William J. Bryan, and he takes an active and intelligent interest in the party affairs. He was reared in the faith of the Catholic church, of which his parents, Nicholas and Mary Ann Merley, are communicants. They now reside in Canton.

On the 18th of July, 1899, Mr. Merley was united in marriage to Miss Nancy Heilman. daughter of Henry and Caroline Heilman, who are residents of Osnaburg, and the subject and his wife have a pleasant home in the village, where their friends are manv.

Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, and had his nati\'ity August 14, 1828, and of the six children-born to his parents he is the only survivor. John and Catherine (Brill) Knoll came from Pennslyvania where John, the father of the gentleman whose name opens this sketch, was reared a blacksmith, a trade which he followed until he became a farmer, which calling he found to be much more profitable and followed until his death, about 1846, in middle life, his widow surviving him about twelve years. In politics John Knoll had been a ^Vhig.

George Knoll was educated in the frontier log school-house of his early youth, and at the death of his father began working out for the neighboring farmers, receiving the first year eight dollars per month as his compensation, the second year nine dollars, and then, for the following eighteen months, ten dollars and fifty cents per month, which he considered to be A'ery good wages.

November 22. 1853, George Knoll married Miss Elizabeth Shearer, in Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, and in April, 1854, brought his bride to Stark county, Ohio, and after a stay with a brother-in-law in Maximo until the fall following, he purchased a farm of forty acres, which but recently he sold to his son-in-law, Theodore Scott. Here Mr. Knoll increased the size of his farm to eighty acres, and after selling it purchased another of sixtyfive acres, in Washington township, which he later sold to his son, Wesley, but occupied it liimself until 1893 or 1894, when he erected his present mansion on a portion he had reserved for that purpose, and in 1902 sold the entire home place with the exception of twenty acres and his new dwelling.

To George and Elizabeth (Shearer) Knoll have been born five children, in the following order : ]\Iary went as a missionary to South America and there passed away; Wesley, of whom a full life record will be found on an- other page of tliis volume; G. Lawrence, who resides in Flomeworth, Cokimbiana county, Ohio ; Earnest, of this township, and Minnie, wife of Theodore Scott, also of this township.

Mr. and Mrs. Knoll are members of the United Brethren church, in which Mr. Knoll is a class leader, and has filled the \arious church offices at difterent times for many years. In politics Mr. Knoll is a Republican and for a long time was a member of the school board, and for several years was township trustee.

George Knoll began life a poor boy, but by industry, frugality and the exercise of strict integrity,- has succeeded in placing- himself in affiuent circumstances and in achieving for himself and family positions in the social circles of Washington township that are justly enviable, as they are such any family might be proud of.

About 1863 Mr. Knoll was drafted into the United States service from Washington township and was assigned to one of the active companies of the Civil war, but before going he met with a foreigner with whom he made arrangements and sent him as a substitute, he going through the war, being shot through the neck, causing him to nearly bleed to death and after several promotions with honors and at the close of the war he returned home and is now residing in the vicinity of Grantown, Ohio.

Mary Knoll, the oldest child of Mr. and Mrs. Knoll, was from childhood a very devoted child and young woman, being ever devoted to tlie church, the bible and her family and for a greater cause, that of humanity. She, after completing her schooling, for a number of years taught in the schools of her vicinity and also took active part in all religious works of her church, and after corresponding with the bishop she finally decided to put into action her life's desire and become a missionary. She was duly appointed and bade farewell to her parents and friends, never to see them again, and took up this grand work in the South American republics, where she worked devotedly, defying the terrible diseases of that climate for about two years, but the Great Creator finally took her to her great reward. She was honored and loved by all. Having made friends with many, she still lives in their thoughts with a reverence unsurpassed. The following excerpts are from the Religious Telescope of June 27, 1888, and bear beautiful reference to Mary Knoll :

During the suranier of 1885 a field opened, the flesh yielded, and Mary said : "Lord, here am I, send me." At Rrst her parents thought they could not consent to it, for they feared that delicate nature of Mary's could not endure the strain upon her weak constitution. But they took it to the Lord and He settled it for them, whereupon preparation immediately began for going to South America, the chosen field. The great question of her life is settled ; the unhappy days have gone ; the struggle is over, and her feelings were thus expressed :

Think of her trip for a moment. By the aid of Richard Grant, missionary treasurer of the Methodist Episcopal foreign work, she embarks from New York harbor on the American steamer "Acapulpo" for Aspinwall ; thence by rail to Panama ; thence on the British "Ilo" for Callao, and from there on the Spanish "Maipo" to Coquimbo, after Ihat to Valparaiso, and then four hundred miles overland by railway to Conception, Chili, South America, where she arrived in January, 1886,

Before reaching Aspinwall she suffered severely from sea sickness. But she seems to have had the best of care, for she said : "The Lord has been more than a mother to nie."

It is quite refreshing to catch a glimmering of the purposes of so pure a spirit and one so self-sacrificing as was hers. From three different letters I quote : "I have no time to look into the future and wonder what will become of me to-morrow." "I want to learn the language ("the Spanish") and spend the rest of my working days at least in Chili." "I want to do good school work and do it all with such a loving spirit that Jesus will bless it to the conversion of many souls even after ] am gone." From this it will be seen that life which seemed a divination had purposes which were and could only be born from heights supernal.

strange looking forward for my home beyond the seas. How much of happiness I always promised myself, and now I find it in a far-away, distant land. God tells me so in the strange drawing I have toward you. But 'soon we'll reach the shining river.' O, how happy we shall be when we get home to our Father's house." About the close of the year 1887 she said: "I think much more of heaven than I used to, for it seems nearer to us when our friends are far away." In one of her letters she gives this beautiful and expressive verse :

"I have flung myself recklessly out, Like a chip on the stream of the Infinite Will ; I pass the rocks with a smile and a shout, And I just let my God His purpose fulfill."

In a beautiful Protestant cemetery, just without Conception, on the igtli day of February, 18S8, was deposited all that was mortal of Mary. Early the morning before Jesus had come and borne her spirit home. Though you cannot visit the grave, or plant a flower, or breathe a prayer, or drop a tear o'er the grave of l\Iary. yet weep not, for that loving, gentle. Christlike spirit is at rest and all is well.

JOSEPPi OYSTER. - In an analyzation of the character of Joseph Oyster are found the qualities of an upright manhood, - loyalty in citizenship, reliability in business, conscientiousness in the discharge of the duties of life, and inflexibility in integrity, - and these attributes naturally command to him the respect and confidence of all who know him.

Joseph Oyster is a native son of Ohio, having been born on a farm in Mahoning county, not far distant from the city of Alliance, Stark county, on the 13th of January, 1838, and being a son of Samuel and Barbara (Keller) Oyster. To this worthy couple were' born eighteen children, and of the number only five are living at the present time, narnely: Jacob, Avho is a resident of Alliance, this county; Cyrus, who likewise resides in that city, as does also Solomon; Joseph, the immediate subject of this review, and Michael, who resides in the village of Louisville, this county. Samuel Oyster was born in Pennsylvania, being- of stanch German ancestry, and there he was reared to maturity, learning the trade of blacksmith in his youth. As a young man he came to Ohio and took up a tract of government land in Mahoning county, just east of the city of Alliance, which is located in Stark county, near the line which divides the two counties, and there he erected a log house and also a shop of similiar architectural pretentiousness, and there engaged in the work of his trade, finding a ready demand for his services, as he was a skilled artisan in the line. He continued to be actively engaged in this sturdy occupation until he had attained the age of sixty-three years, leaving the work of the farm largely to the care of his sons. He became the owner of about a thousand acres of land, a portion of this being in the state of Iowa, and he was known as one of the worthy and influential men of this section of Ohio, being honored by all who knew him. He died at the age of sixty-three years, on the old homestead where he located in the pioneer epoch. He devoted much attention to the raising of live stock, and was successful in his eflrorts, having the able assistance of his sons, who were eleven in number. In politics he was a stanch supporter of the \\'hig party, and his religious faith was that of the Reformed church, of whicii his wife also was a devoted member, her death occurring about 183S, while he survived her by about eight years. After her death he consummated a second marriage, being united to a Mrs. Horn, no children being born of this union.

Joseph Oyster, the immediate subject of this sketch, was but a boy at the time of his father's death, and he was then taken into the home of his sister, Mrs. Polly Cobbs, where he was reared to the age of seventeen years, having grown up under the sturdy discipline of the farm and received such educational advantages as were afforded by the district schools. At the age noted he entered the employ of his brother Moses, who was engaged in farming near Alliance, and there he remained until he had at- tained his legal majority, which event he celebrated by taking unto himself a wife, and he then purchased a farm of ninety acres, just east of Alliance, in Mahoning county, and there he continued to reside for about a decade, working assiduous])' in the improvement and cultivation of his farm and meeting with a due measure of success. At the expiration of this period he disposed of his farm and came to Stark county, where he purchased his present fine farm of one lumdred and ninety-three acres, in section 27, Nimishillen township, and here he has made the best of improvements and has developed one of the finest farm properties to be found in this section of the state. A portion of his farm lies within the corporate limits of the village of Louisville, and in the spring of 1901 he erected a residence on this portion of his place and is now living in the village, practically retired from the active labors of life and enjoying that repose and comfort to which he is justly entitled after his years of earnest toil and endeavor. He has attained a reputation as one of the model farmers of this section, and his farm gives every evidence of thrift and prosperity. In his political adherency Mr. Oyster is stanchly arrayed in support of the Republican party and its principles, and he takes a deep and intelligent interest in the issues and questions of the day, being a man of mature judgment and fine intellectual powers. He and his wife are both zealous members of the Reformed church.

On the 17th of June, 1855, Mr. Oyster was united in marriage to Miss Mary A. Aldiver, who was born in Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, being a daughter of John Aldiver, who came from the old Iveystone state to Mahoning county, Ohio, about 1842, and here passed the majority of his life, later moving to Marshall county, Indiana, having been one of the successful and honored farmers of that section. Of the ten children of Mr. and Mrs. Oyster the following is a brief record : Harriet is the wife of John Longanecker, of Nimishillen township; Loretta is the wife of Jacob Stoner, of Indiana; Francis M. has charge of the old homestead farm; Isabella, who is deceased, was the wife of Louis Turner; Amos is a resident of Frieburg, Washington township ; Isaiah resides in Harrisburg, this county; Jesse J. and Ulysses S. remain at the parental home; Fremont E. is engaged in farming in Nimishillen township, and Granville remains at the parental home.

JACOB KNOLL comes of stanch German ancestry in botii the paternal and maternal lines, and the name has long been identified with the annals of American history, the original progenitor in the new world having been Abraham Knoll, the great-grandfather of the subject, who was born and reared in Hesse-Darmstadt. Germany, whence he emigrated to America and took up his residence in the state of Pennsylvania, where he passed the remainder of his life.

Jacob Knoll was born in Dauphin county. Pennsylvania, on the 26th of February, 1847. being a son of Jacob B. and Eliza (Aldinger) Knoll, of whose six children five lived to years of maturity, while only three survive at the present time. Of the children we enter the following record : Catherine became the wife of David Powell and died in Marshall county, Indiana, in 1899; Henry died in 1879, at the age of thirty-seven years; Elizabeth is the wife of Lemuel Keys, of Atwater, Portage county, this state; Jacob is the immediate subject of this sketch ; and Sarah is the wife of Stephen Schell, of Louisville, this county.

Jacob B. Knoll was liorn in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, on the 12th of March, 1814, being a son of John and Catherine (Brill) Knoll, who removed to Dauphin county, that state, when he was but one year of age. He was there reared to maturity, and there in his youth learned the carpenter trade, to which he devoted his attention for about fifteen years in that county. On the 28th of December, 1837, he was united in marriage to Miss Louise Aldinger, who \vas born in Germany, whence her father, Cliristian Aldinger, 'came to America when she was al^out five years of age, tlie family locating in Pennsylvania, where she was reared and where her marriage was solemnized. She was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, on the 26th of July, 1812, and she and her husband walked side by side di:>\\n the pathway of life for more than half a century, while in death they were not long divided, he having passed away on the 14th of October, 1892, while she died on the i 5th of December of the following year. Of their early married life another publication has spoken pertinently in the following words : "They did not commence their married life with the many comforts which they enjoyed in their later years. During the first year after marriage they resided in an old double log cabin, one-half of which was occupied by another family, paying twelve dollars a month for their rude home. In the fall of 1838 he bought an old log house, with three acres of ground, for three hundred dollars, and had one-third of this sum raised by the next April, this amount being obtained by hard labor during the winter chopping cord-wcod in the forest at t\venty-five cents per cord, and boarding himself: although it was extremely cold at the time he never started a fire in the woods, but worked many a time when it was so cold he could not cut the l)read prepared for his dinner, but was compelled to slice it off with the ax. During some six winters he cut about one thousand cords. About the time he was married the crops had been destroyed by grasshoppers, and for the first three bushels of wheat he purchased he was compelled to pay three dollars a bushel, and one dollar a bushel for corn. In after years he bought a stony little farm of sixty acres, in Dauphin county, which he occupied until he moved to Stark county, in

1853, when he purchased about one hundred and eleven acres of Jacob Kurtz, but later transferred all but forty acres of this farm to his son. He had a competency at the time of his death, but this he obtained by hard labor, receiving only seven hundred dollars from his father's estate." Jacob B. Knoll was a stanch supporter of the Democratic party and at different times he was incumbent of the offices of township trustee and supervisor.

Jacob Knoll, the immediate subject of this sketch, was reared on the homestead farm and secured such educational discipline as was afforded in the district schools. In 1871 he was united in marriage to Miss Hannah E. Anderson, who was born in Knox, Columbiana county, being a daughter of Joshua and Mary Anderson, and after this important .event in his life Mr. Knoll began farming the home place on shares, thus continuing for ten years, at the expiration of which he rented a farm in Knox township, Columbiana county, and there remained two years. He then returned to the home farm of which he purchased seventy acres from his father, and settled down on his own place. Here he continued to be successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1899, when he rented his farm and took an extended trip through the western states, for the benefit of his health, which had become much impaired, liaving during the intervening years made his farm one of the best in this section of the county. In May, 1902, Mr. Knoll purchased the W. C. Ammerman farm, of sixty acres, in section 25, Washington township, and in the following October took up his residence on the place, where he has since maintained his home, his son Hugh having charge'of the old homestead, which our subject still retains in his possession. In politics he has ever accorded a stanch support to the principles and policies of the Democratic party, but he has never sought the honors or emoluments of public office. He was for several vears a member of the board of trustees of the Home Insurance Company and is at the present time a memljer of its directorate. He is a consistent and vahied memljer of the United EvangeHcal cliurch at Freeburg, and his wife belongs to the Presbyterian church of AIHance. Fraternally he is identified with Patrons of Husbandry, being a member of Fairmount Grange No. 1458.