Canton Township (part 30 of 62)

HEXRY KETTERIXG was a native .son of the old Keystone state of the Union, having been born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, on the 13th of April, T850, and being a son of Jacob and X'ancy (Barnett) Kettering. He was reared in his native state, and there received his early educational discipline in the public schools. In 1868 he accompanied liis parents on their removal to Stark county, Ohio, and they took up their abode on a farm in Ximishillen township, where the subject of this memoir was reared to maturil\-. He continued to de\ote his attention to agricultural ]3ursuit.s for a number of vears and then entered the em- ploy of the Aultman Company, the extensive mannfacturers of farm machinery in Canton, and after his marriage, in the year 1884, he located in the city of Baltimore, Maryland, as the representative of the Aultman Company, in Avhose employ he there continued for a period of five years, at the expiration of which he returned to Stark county and took up his residence in Jackson township, where he remained one year and then established his home in East Canton, where he engaged in business as a dealer in harvesting machinery and farming implements, building Up a large and flourishing business, in which he continued until his death, whicli \\as the result of a boiler explosion, at his residence, on the 27th of July, 1896. He met almost an instantaneous death, and the shock was one which completely prostrated his devoted and cherished wife, while the community as a whole deplored the loss of one who had been signally faithful and loyal in all the relations of life. He was a man of broad mentality and marked business and executive ability, and he ever held the confidence and esteem of all with whom he came in contact, for his word was inviolable and his integrity of the most inflexible order. His was a gracious and kindly personality, and he had in a marked degree the power of winning and retaining friends, while in the sacred precincts of his home the ideality of his nature found its most perfect exemijlification. Such a pure and noble character must lie cumulative in its influence e\-en after death has set its seal upon the mortal lips, and to those nearest and dearest to the subject of this memoir must ever remain a measure of consolation in the memory of the tender associations of the past.

In politics Mr. Kettering accorded a stanch allegiance to the Republican party, but he was essentially a business man and took no active part in political affairs, though he was never unmindful of the duties of citizenship and was ever ready to lend his influence in support of all measures projected for the general good. .Although not formalh' identified with any religious body, he had the deepest reverence for sjiiritual things antl for the cause of Christianity, and he took an active part in church work and in the support of its collateral benevolences. He was a good judge of man and had a \vholesome detestation of hyprocrisy and dissimulation in any form, while in his own person he demanded the appro\'al of conscience for every thought and action. He was reared in the religious faith of the Ri\er Brethren, with which denomination his parents were identified. Mr. Kettering erected a spacious and attracti\e residence in East Canton, and there his widow still maintains her home, the place being hallowed to her through the memories and associations of the past.

At Newport, Perry county, Pennsylvania, on the 2ist of February, 1884, Mr. Kettering was .united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Alice Bressler, who was born near that place, on the 7th of A])ril, 185 1, being a daughter of Charles and Sarah (Burtnett) Bressler, both of whom were born in Pennsylvania, being representati\es of sterling old families of that state, where the father still maintains his residence, his devoted wife having passed to the "land of the leal" on the 25th of December, 1896, at Newport. Pennsylvania. Mrs. Kettering was thus called upon t(;) l)ear a double burden of berea\ement within that year, as her husband's sudden death had anticipated that of her mother by less than six months. Mrs. Kettering Avas the second in order of birth in a family of six children. She was reared in Perry county, Pennsylvania, and received an excellent education in the public schools, being a lady of gracious presence and gentle refinement, and having won a host of friends in Canton, while her home is a center of unreserved hospitality. She is a memljer of Trinity Reformeil church and takes an acti\-e part in its work. Her home is brightened by the presence of her two fine sons.

FREDKRICK JACOB LIXDEMAXN is a native of the great empire of Germany, which has contributed so \'aluable an element to our American citizenship, having been born in canton of Waldmohr, Bavaria, on the 27th of March, 1830. His father, Philip Lindemann, was born in jMinbach, of the same canton, on the 1 2th of April, 1787, and the mother of the subject was Ijorn in Kastle, that canton, on the 2d of July, 1796, her maiden name having been Catherine Margaret Buler. The marriage of this worthy couple was solemnized in 1823, and they became the parents of seven sons and one daughter, while of the number only three are now living, namely : Catherine Elizabeth, who was born July 20, 1824, and who resides in Canton, being the widow of John Blum; Christian, who was born on the 19th of April, 1826, and who is nowa resident of Nebraska; and Frederick J., who figures as the immediate subject of this review. The names of the deceased children are as follows : Daniel, Peter, John, Jacob and Adam.

In 1833, when the subject was a child of less than three years, his parents severed the ties which bound them to home and fatherland and came to the United States, landing in New York city, whence they soon afterward came to Canton, where Mr. Lindemann was one of the pioneer wood turners of the city, which was -then a mere village in the midst of the forest. In addition to manufacturing the spinningwheels which were then in so great demand in the pioneer commimity, he also did other work in the line' of his trade and followed such other honorable labor as came to hand, being a man of energy and ability, while his inflexible integrity of character commended him to the confidence and good will of all. He continued to maintain his home here until his death, which occurred in September, 1876, while his loved wife survived him by about five years, passing away in 1S80. They were earnest, God-fearing persons and their lives were noble and worthy in all respects, though they betokened but the "short and simple annals of the poor." They were members of the Lutheran church.

Frederick J. Lindemann received his rudimentary education in a private school which was conducted in a small building near the family home, on Third street, in the village of Canton, and it may be consistently recorded that his father paid the incidental tuition by sawing wood. He attended this school during the three months' winter terms, and thereafter he continued his studies in the public schools of the place and period, his privileges in this line being confined to the winter terms and to a period of five years, and thus was completed his school work, though he has eft'ectively rounded out his education by personal application and by active association with the practical aft'airs of life. As a boy, when not attending school, Mr. Lindemann found employment at whatever honest occupation offered itself, within his capacity to perform. He was thus engaged for a time in turning a wheel for the manufacturing of rope and twine, this continuing to be his vocation for an interval of five years, while later he found employment hauling sand. At the age of seventeen years he entered upon an apprenticeship at the trade of harnessmaking, becoming a skilled artisan, and he successfully continued to be identified with this line of enterprise until the spring of 1 870. when he turned his attention to farming, securing a good place in Plain township, where he remained for the ensuing five years. In 1875 he removed to a farm in Jackson township, where he impro^-ed a valuable prii])ertv and where he was successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1897, when he returned to the city of Canton, where he has since lived retired, in his attracti\-e residence, at 1272 Woodland avenue. In politics he gives his allegiance to the Democratic party and he and his wife are members of the Reformed church, in \\hose work they have taken an active part for many years.

On the 1st of February, 1851, ,"\lr. Lindemann was united in marriage to Miss Mary Bruchie, daughter of Sofarat and Mary (Offalder) Tiruchie, who were natives of Switzerland, whence they emigrated to the United States in 1842, settling in Canton, where the_\' passed the remainder of their li\es. Mrs. Lindemann was born in Switzerland, on the 15th of May, 1836, and was thus a child of atidut six years at the time of the emigration of the family to America. Of the children of i\Ir. and Mrs. Lindemann we incorporate brief record, as follows : William, who was born in 1S52, married Miss Sarah Billiad, and they now reside in Canton, being the parents of four children, - Lloyd, Leo, Hazel and Homer; Mary Alvina, who was born in 1854, died at the age of two years; Emma, who was born in 1856, is the wife of Charles Sailor, and the}' reside on a farm in Jackson township, being the parents of six children, namely : Frederick, ;\lary, Wallace, Lester, Clarence and ^larvin ; and Laura, v.dio died July 15, 1876, aged thirteen vears.

CHARLES RENNER was born in Lawrence township, Tuscarawas county, Ohio, on the 2d of November, 1845, being a son of Frederick and Elizabeth ( Koontz) Renner, Ix)th of whom were born in the Rhine district of Bavaria, Germany, where they were reared and where their marriage was solemnized. He served in the German army for the period required by government regulation, and shortly after his marriage he and his wife came to America, landing in New York city, where they remained a short interval and then came to Zoar, Tuscarawas county, Ohio, near which place he engaged in farming, and in that locality he passed the reinainder of his long and useful life, his death occurring on the 12th of April, 1898, while his devoted wife passed away four year previously, both having been members of the German Reformed church. They became the parents of nine children, of whom the subject of this sketch was the first born, while eight of the number are still living.

Charles Renner, the subject of this review, was reared in Tuscarawas and Stark counties, and as a child he was taken into the home of David Yant, a clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal church, for whom he worked on a farm in Bethlehem township, Stark countv, tintil he had attained the age of fourteen years, having- in the meanwhile attended the district schools during the winter terms, giving his attention to .the work of the farm during the summer seasons. After leaving the home of Mr. Yant our subject went to work for John Jacol)y, on what is now known as the Roush farm, near Richville, Stark county, and in 1861 he went to Massillon, where he served an apprenticeship at the butcher's trade, with the firm of Deemer & Wittenberg, continuing with them for eleven years, at the expiration of which he entered into partnership with William Hershey and opened a market on Mills street, in the same city, later being associated in the enterprise with Frank Stroebel. In the great financial panic of 1873 the firm suspended business and ^[r. Renner then Avent to Virginia Cit}-, Nevada, where he worked at his trade for the enstiing three years, receiving sixty dollars per month for his services. He then joined his wife at Bolivar, Tuscarawas county, Ohio, and was there engaged in the butchering business for the following six years. On the 1st of May, 1888, he came to Canton and located in the Dantz building, on \\'est Tuscarawas street, where he was engaged in the same line of business for some time, after which he established himself in the Fulton market, in East Tuscarawas street, whicli continued to be his business heailquarters for several years. He tlien turneil the business over to his two sons and again located in a small shop in West Tuscarawas street, the same being owned by Dr. Frankenfeldt, while somewhat later he purchased the lot and erected thereon his ]')resent Inulding. During the panic of i8g3 he rented his shop for a time, and after again operating the same himself for a brief interval he engaged in the buying of walnut timlier, and while thus engaged in South Carolina and Georgia, he discovered in the former state an excellent gold-quartz prospect, bringing specimens back to Canton with him and bee becoming associated with others in the organization of the Eureka }ilining Company, for the purpose of developing the property. He was elected general manager and returned to South Carolina and opened the mines, but lack of capital compelled the company to cease operations and it finally lapsed in organization. .Mr. Renner. h<»we\er. held on to the mining properties, which are now owned by him. in conjiinction with his sons, Charles and E. W ., and his two nephews. Jacob H. and Laise Renner. They ha\e been offered a good price for the ])i'operties and the negotiations for the transfer are still pending at the time of this writin.g. In igoo Mr. Renner, and his son Charles again started in the butchering business at tb.e old stand, on West Tuscarawas street, where thev conduct a very satisfactory business. haA'ing a well ecjuipped market and catering to a representative trade. Mr. Renner was at one time second lieutenant of Com- ])an}- E, Eighth Ohio ^Militia, and was in command of his company at the funeral of the late l'r(?sident Garfield. In politics he gives an uncompromising support to the Democratic party, and fraternally holds membership in the ?vlasonic order and the Knights of Pythias. He was reared in the faith of the German Lutheran

At Bolivar. Tuscarawas count}', nu the ist of Xovem))er, 1866, Mr. Renner was united in marriage to Miss Mary Sophia Albright, who was born in that county, being a daughter of J. ]\I. Albright. Of this union ha\-e been born eleven children, two of whcnn died in infancy, while those surviving are as follows : Erederick W., who is engaged in butchering" in Canton; Lizzie, who is the wife of Amos Eate. of this city; Clara, who is the wife of Tb.omas Jones, of Canton; Charles J., who is associated with his father in business ; Julia, who is the wife of Pan! Zellers, of Canton: Edward, who is engaged in butchering in the city of Cleveland; and Lena, ^Martha and ^farie. who remain at the parental home.

JAMES F. T. WALKER. - The Savings & Loan Company, which was organized in 7887 and which now controls a large and important business, has exercised most beneticent functions and proved a valuable acquisition to the community, its assigned province being for the "promotion of systematic saving of money and to assist its members in the procurement of h(^mes." Of this organization ^Ir. \\'alker has been secretary from the time of its inception, and his fine executive and administrative talent has proved an important factor in the upbuilding of the ma.gnificent financial enterprise. The com])any now occupies its own building, erected for its use, at 206 West Tuscarawas street. the same lieing one of the most substantial anrl attractive l)usiness structures in the city and being valued at upward of twenty-eight thousand dollars and so estimated as an asset. Erom the thirty-second semi-annual statement of the company, issued April i. 1903. the loans of the concern are shown to be $501,312.50; office building. $28,678.30; real estate, $4,-

953.46; and cash with treasurer, $32,297.8^. Shares of tlie company are issued at one hundred dollars each, payable in weekly installments of twenty-five cents, and certificates of paid-up stock are issued in sums of ten dollars or multiples thereof.

The Savings & Loan Company, of Canton, was organized in the city hall of Canton, in April, 1887, at which time the following ofticers were elected: H. C. Fogle, president; H. S. JNIoses, vice-president; Isaac Harter, treasurer; Julius Whiting, Jr., attorney; and James F. T. Walker, secretary. Of this executive corps all yet remain in office as noted with the exception of the president and vice-president, of which the respective incumbents are William H. Clark and Joseph Dick, while the directorate includes, in addition to the executives, the following named gentlemen : H. A. Cavnah, H. S. Moses, Joseph H. Dumoulin and W. L. Alexander. The company declares a semi-annual dix'idend, and the character and financial standing of those who have its affairs in charge well accounts for the fine business which has been Ijuilt up, implying the implicit confidence and esteem of the public. For a time the company had its headquarters in the city building, later occupied oflices on West Eighth street, thence removed to the Davis building, in Clevelanil a\enue. and in February, 1899, assumed the occupancy of its present fine home building.

James F. T. Walker is a native son of the Buckeye state, liaving been born in the city of Cincinnati, on the 5th of December, 1858, and being a son of James Walker, who was born in Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, in 1832, being there reared and educated, his father having been employed as a patternmaker in an extensive stove foundry in that city. James \Valker came to the United States in his early youth, having no financial reinforcement and being dependent upon his own resources in the matter of winning a livelihood in a strange land. He was, however, endowed with the sterling attributes so characteristic of the true t_\-pe of Scotsmen, and his energy- and self-reliance stood him well in hand. He located in the city of Cincinnati, where he passed the remainder of his life, having at one time been well established in business but having met with financial reverses through normal exigencies. He there married Miss Susan Fraser, who was of Scotch lineage, and each died at the age of fifty-eight years, ha\ing become the parents of three children, namely: Marion, who is a resident of Wyoming, Ohio; James F. T., the immediate subject of this sketch; and Grant, who is likewise a resident of Wyoming, Ohio.

James F. T. Walker secured his early educational discipline in the public schools of Cincinnati, and, owing to the reverses which overtook his father, he was early thrown upon his own resources. When seventeen years of age he secured a clerkship in a wholesale groceryestablishment in Cincinnati, and later was appointed to fill a clerical vacancy in the offices of the Phoenix Fire Insurance Company in that city, where he was employed until 1882, when he came to Canton and here became identified with the insurance agency of W. L. Alexander^ in the capacity of bookkeeper. Later he returned to Cincinnati, where he remained about two years as secretary of the JMonitor Insurance Company. He then returned to Canton and became identified with the \\'. L. Alexander Insurance Agency, and while thus engaged he became associated with others in the organization of the Savings and Loan Company, as already noted, and he has been consecutively its secretary from the time of its incorporation, while he also continued in the office of the insurance business of W. L. Alexander until the duties of his executive position with the Savings & Loan Compau}' had so increased in scope as to cause him to resigni the former. Mr. U'alker is a member of the directorate of the Dime Savings Bank, of Canton, and also of that of the Ohio Millers' Fire Insurance

Coin])any. While in no sense a politician, he gives a stanch allegiance to the Repnblican party, being an active member of the Canton Repnblican Club and having been a member of the committee in charge of the McKinley ])irthday banquet, tendered to the late lamented President and honored citizen of Canton. Fraternally he is identified with the Free and Accepted Masons and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.

\i \ evay, Switzerland county. Indiana, in r^ecember, 1898, Mr. Walker was united in marriage to Mrs. Justine A. Cook, who was boni in Kentucky. Their beautiful home, located on a sightly eminence on West Tuscarawas street, is one of the most attractive in the city, and there a sincere and gracious hospitality is ever in evidence, and is enjoyed by the wide circle of friends whom Mr. and Mrs. \\'alker have gathered about them fmrn the representative social contingent of the cil\ .

JOSEPH 11. McCOXXELL, assistant cashier ot the .\lliance Bank, and ex-city clerk, is a son df John and Mary J. McConnell. and was l)orn in Rock Island county, Blinois, on the 18th day of October, 1862. For a review i)f his genealogy the reader is respectfully referred to the biography of his brother, John L. McConnell, on another page of this work, in which the history of the family is briefly outlined. Young McConnell grew up under the fostering inlluences of the parental home and after acquiring a good education in the public .schools of .\lliance, to which place the family removed when he was small, began his business C.ireer under the tutorship of his father in the latter's grocery store in this city. Being apt to learn and ambitious to carve for himself an honorable future, he soon mastered the under- Iving principles of commercial " life and the valuable experience gained while in his father's business establishment prepared him to assume with the consciousness of mastery the greater responsibilities that came to him in the course of his indei)endent career a little later. During the father's illness Joseph H. and his brother John L. managed the business very successfully and when the elder McConnell ilieil. in 1889. the two succeeded him and continued in partnership until 1896, making in all fifteen years which the subject de\-oted to one line of merchandising.

In the spring of the latter year ^Ir. McConnell was appointed city clei'k, in consequence of which he sold out his interest in the grocery business, and from that time forward devoted his attention exclusively to the duties of the office. He was first made clerk to fill out the unexpired term caused by the resignation of Mr. Casselman. and after the expiration of this partial term he was appointed his own successor, and upon the expiration of this term he was reappointed his own successor a third time in 1809. '''"' again in 1901, and. with all due deference to his several predecessors, it can be truthfully said that a more competent or popular ofllcial has never been connected with any branch of the city government since it was established. In the spring of 1901 Mr. McConnell was a candidate for nomination for the office of countv auditor and was defeated by a very small number of votes. He continued as city clerk until August, 1901, on the first day of which month, greatly to the regret of tlie public, he resigned the office to accept the more lucrative and agreeable position of assistant cashier of the Alliance Bank, a post he filled with credit to himself and to the entire satisfaction of everybody connected with the institution, as was evidenced by the fact that upon the resignation of M. S. ]\Iilbourn on January i, T903. he was made cashier.

Mr. McCcMinell, in the year 1887. entered the marriage relations with Miss Jessie Day. ilaughter of the late John M. Day. for many x'ears a jirouiincnt business man of Alliance and fur tliree terms mayor of the city, the iiiiicm being liiessed with one child, a son by tlie name of Harry. As ahxady in(hcated. ]Mr. McCorinell is a Repuljh'can and ever since attaining his majority lie has been an ardent supporter of his party and an influential factor in its cmincils. He lias dexnted considerable time and en.ergy to political work and the value of his services and the extent of his personal jiopularity are attested l)y his long retention ir. an im])i>rtant ])ublic position. He is a man of firmness and positive convictions but so manifestly honest and sincere in the maintenance and expression of his sentiments that those who differ from him most widely are often his \\armest and most intimate friends and associates. He is identifled with several secret fraternal organizations, belonging to Lone Rock Lodge. Knights of Pythias. Alliance Lodge Xo. 467, Bene\-olent and Protective Order of Elks, and \'ivian Council, Royal Arciinnm. holding- the position of regent in the last named society at the present time. A firm believer in revealed religion, his life is a practical illustration of a deep and profound religious faith; the ^Methodist discipline represents his creed and the church of that denomination in Alliance numliers him and his excellent wife among its most faithful, zealous and consistent communicants.

ALEXANDER P.. LO\^E, member of the firm of Love it Casselman, dealers in stoves, tinware, hardware, steam heating, etc., is a native of Mahoning county, Ohio, born in the village of Poland on the i6th day of March, 1845. His grand fatlier, Thomas Love, a native of Donegal, Ireland, came to the United States when a young man of nineteen and settled in ; Ohio \\here he spent the remainder of his life, dying a number of years ago in the county of Afahoning. John Love, son of the above Thomas and father of Alexander B., first saw the light of day in Mahoning county, grew to maturitv at or near Poland and when a vounsf man engaged in the pursuit of agriculture, to which vocation he devoted the active years of his life. ^Vith the exception of a brief residence in Brookville, Trumbull county, he lived in tjie county of ]\Iahoning until 1870, at which time he removed to Alliance where he spent the closing years of his life, dying in 1896, at the ripe old age of eighty-seven. John Love was a man of influence in his communitv and a most excellent and praiseworthy citizen. A staunch Republican and a local leader of his party, he never aspired to ofBcial ' preference, notwithstanding which he was frequently called to public position, having at different times held the various township offices within the gift of the people. He was reared according to the rather strict discipline of the Presbyterian creed and remained a zealous and consistent member of that church all his life, contribuling liberally to the support of the congregation to which he belonged, besides freely donating to the spread of the gospel in other places. The maiden name of }klrs. John Lo\-e was Mary P. McMillan ; she became the mother of .six children, all living but one, their names being as follows : Alzera, in the railroad service at Youngstown : Thomas, a tinner working at his trade and carrying on business in Ravenna: Alexander B.. the subject of this sketch, and Edwin, who is engaged in the hardware and tin trade at Bradford, Pennsylvania.

Alexander B. Love was brought up on the home farm in his native county and there, in close touch with nature in wood and field, learned the lessons of industry and thrift which subsequently had such a potent influence in shaping his character and establishing his reputation in the avenues of business life. During his youthful years he attended the public schools and acquired a good practical education and wlien the Civil war broke out he tendered his services to the government, enhsting in 1862, when a lad of sixteen, in Company F, of the Eiglity-eighth Ohio Infantry. Voung Love joined the army for only six montlis and at the expiration of that period he returned home and soon afterwards entered upon an apprenticeship in the city of Youngstown, to learn the tinner's trade. After spending some time there in close application, he finished his apprenticeship at Alliance and during the twenty years following worked at his chosen calling as a journeyman, spending the greater part of that period at various places in the states of Ohio and Kentucky.

Jn 1885 Mr. Love abandoned journeyman v.ork and engaged in business for himself, purchasing an interest in the firm of Williams & Oby, at Alliance, dealers in the same line of goods the present firm handle, succeeding Mr. A\'illiams in the enterprise and changing the name to tbat of Oby & Love. Later :\Ir. Williams re-entered the firm as successor to Mr. Oby, after which the business was carried on under the style of A. B. Love & Company, until ]\Ir. Casselman bought the interest of \\'iiliams and became the subject's partner, thus constituting the firm of Love & Casselman, the largest enterprise of the kind in the city and one of the most successful in the eastern part of the state.

Mr. Love is not only a skillful mechanic in every branch of the trade to wliich he devoted so many of his active years, but is also an accom])lished, farseeing business man, of ripe experience, sound judgment and high commercial rating. By excellent management and correct methods he has greatly enlarged the scope of the business of which he is now the head, and, as already indicated, he leads the trade in his various lines in this part of the country with a large and constantlv increasing patronage. His in^uence in commercial and industrial circles has won him a place in the front ranks of the city's enterprising and progressive men, a position which his fellow citizens have not been slow to realize and appreciate.

In the year 1888 Air. Love was united in marriage with Miss Jennie McMichael, of Alliance, the union being without issue. In the public aitairs of Alliance Mr. Love has long been an active factor and as a member of the city council for twelve years he was instrumental in l)ringing about much important nmnicipal legislation. While in that body he stood for improvement, but as a custodian of the people's interest he was careful to conservatism in the matter of public expenditure. He served his ward faithfully and well, attended to his every duty as a punctilious and judicious puljlic servant. In politics he is pronounced in his support of the Republican part\-, l)ut he has ever labored for the interests of his friends rather than pave his. own way to ofiicial .station. ha\ing no ambition in that direction. Mr. Love is a zealous Mason and has risen high in that ancient and honorable order, the principles and precepts of which have had no little influence on his daily life and business career. He belongs to Alliance Lodge No. 271, Alliance Chapter No. 83. Royal Arch Masons, the council which meets in this city, and to Salem Commandery No. 42, Knights Templar, at Salem. He is also identified with Alliance Lodge No. 266, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and for some vears past has been an active worker in the Pythian brotherhood, holding membership with Lone Rock Lodge No. 23. Religiously he is a Presbyterian and with his \\'ife belongs to the First church of that denomination in Alliance, beino- a member of its board of trustees.

JNIAJ. E. E. SCRANTON is a native of Portage county, Ohio, and one of a family of ten children whose parents were Ralph and Elizabeth Scranton. fared Scranton. the sub- ject's grandfather, a native of Connecticut, was one of the original settlers of tlie Western Reserve and his name is intimately associated with the pioneer history of Portage county, having moved to that part of the state soon after the county was opened for settlement and it is a matter of record that he helped clear the site on which the town of Atwater now stands. He was a soldier in the w-ar of 1812, later participated in the struggle with the Indians and he assisted in capturing the savage that shot "Diver" of Deerfield, a circumstance familiar in the local annals of Portage county. His father and uncle served in the war of the Revolution and from that remote period to the present time the family has been noted for patriotism and military valor.

Ralph Scranton, son of the abo\-e Jared, was born in Portage county in the year 181 2 and in early life learned cabinetmaking, which t!"a(ie he carried on at Deerfield for a period of ten years. In 1845 he came to Stark county and, locating on a farm in Lexington township. de\-oted the remainder of his days to the peaceful pursuit of agriculture, departing this life in the spring of 1868. Ralph Scranton was a man of mark in his community and early became interested in political matters, first as a Whig, later as a Free-soiler and finally as a zealous and unwavering" supporter of the Republican party. He was a great admirer of Abraham Lincoln and while the campaign of 1S60 was in progress he made a trip to the west, one of the most pleasant experiences of which was his visit to the "Rail-S])litter" at the latter's home in Spring-field, Illinois. A strong anti-slavery man, he hated human bondage with all the intensity of his nature and by his outspoken sentiments in favor of the abolition of the system he incurred not a little enmity on the part of his Democratic neighbors and some distrust from the more conservative of his political friends. He was a man of profound religious convictions and for manv years belonged to the Wesleyan church, which in the early days was the dominant Protestant body in northeastern Ohio. Ralph Scranton married, in his native county, Elizabeth Pickering, whose father, Joseph Pickering, came from England in 1830 and spent six weeks on the ocean before seeing the shores of the new world. He came west via the Erie Canal and the lakes to northern Ohio, thence by wagon to Deerfield, Portage county, near which place he settled and improA'ed a farm. On his journey to his new home in the ^^'estern Reserve Mr. Pickering rode the entire length of one of the first railroads liuilt in the L'''nited States (about thirty miles in New York) and he ever afterward referred to the fact as a pleasing reminiscence. As stated in a preceding paragraph, the family of Ralph and Elizabeth Scranton originally consisted of ten children, five of whom are living at the present time, namely: Lavina (Leonard). JNIaj. E. E., Harrison, Albert and Aldean.

JNIaj. E. E. Scranton was born in the town of Deerfield. Portage county, March 2, 1840, and he grew to the full stature of manhood under the parental roof, the meanwhile acquiring a preliminary education in the public schools. The training thus received enabled him to receive a teacher's license, after which he taught for some time in the district schools, and in this way earned sufficient money to pay his expenses while pursuing a course in Mt. Union College. While attending that institution the great Civil war broke out and no sooner had hostilities began than with true patriotic fervor he laid aside his books and, with other young men equally as loyal as himself, tendered his services to the government in its time of need. In October,. 1861, he enlisted in Company B, Sixty-fifth Ohio Infantry, and in due time he was with his command at the front sharing with his comrades all the terrible realities of war. After spending two and a half years in the ranks, he was made a non-commissioned of- ficer, siibscquentl)- was promoted adjutant of the regiment and during the latter part of his service commanded his company, having been made ca])tain of the same for meritorious conduct. The Sixty-fifth is classed by Fox, the historian, as one of the Fighting Regiments, being numbered with otliers that lost over ten per cent, of their men in battle, Maj. Scranton was with his command in all its varied experience of campaign and conflict and his record shows him to have taken part in about twenty battles, among which were the following: Sliiloh, Stone River, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Missionary Ridge, Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta. Jonesboro, Spring Hill, Franklin and Nash^-ille. in one of which, Chickamauga, he recei\-ed a slight wound, bis escape from death upon man_\- occasions being little less than miraculous.

At the close of the Wcir ]\lr. Scranton returned home and --hortly thereafter was united in marriage with ^Nliss Hannah Wood, daughter of Robert \\'ood, the father being a prominent farmer and influential citizen of Lexington and an uncle of Re\". Dr. Morgan \\'ood, who at this time is one of the leading divines in the city of C!e\Tland. The winter folU^wing the return of the ^lajor from the army be set up his first domestic establishment on a farm near Lexington and during the ensuing two years devoted his attention to agriculture, teaching one term of school in the interim. In i86S he came to Alliance and engaged in railroading, which branch of business claimed his attention during the thirty-two years following. While in this line of service be was employed in various capacities, first in the freight and ticket oflices of the Pennsylvania road, and on severing bis connection with that company he accepted the position of chief clerk to the general superintendent of the Alliance & Lake Erie, also became acting freight and passenger agent at the same time. Mr. Scranton discharged the duties of his dual position for a period of four years, at the expiration of which time the road was changed to the Lake Erie. Alliance & Southern and he was made general superintendent. Five years later that part of the road between Alliance and Phalanx went into the hands of a receiver and was sold, and the name changed to the Alliance & Northern on the north end, the southern part remaining as before, the Lake Erie, Alliance & Southern, Mr. Scranton being made general manager of both lines, which responsible position he held until the purchase of the roads by the M(jrris- Garfield syndicate in Septemuer, iQor, when be was sncceetled by Col. R. G. Butler.

]\Iaj. Scranton spent fifteen active years as manager of the difl'erent lines referred -to abo\'e. and his achninistration from the beginning to the end was eminently satisfactor}- to everybody concerned. When he entered upon his duties conditions were decidedly ad\'erse. but in due time he succeeded in reducing matters to a correct s\stem. setting off all outstanding indebtedness and making the road pay a di\-iden(l before severing bis connection with the ser\-ice.

In. March, 190.2, Maj. Scranton assisted to organize the Standard Bolt & Manufacturing Company of .Mliance and was activel}- identified with the enterprise as secretary and treasurer until June, 1903, when he sold his stock and severed his connection. His previous experience in business concerns of large magnitude en.abled hini_ to engage in the new undertaking with every assurance of ])usbing it to successful completion and that this was done is abundantly attested by the present high rating of the company and the conspicuous place it occupies among the industrial enterprises of . the citv. !Maj. Scranton is a stockholder of the First National Bank of Alliance and a director of the same and for eight years past he has been treasurer of Alt. Union College. He is public s])irited in bis relations to ever_\- enter- prise for tlie material pr^jsperity i)f Alliance and is equally acti\-e in promoting the intellectual and nmral ad\ancenient of the cit_\', also manifests an ahiding interest in its social life and as a friend of churches and henevolent organizations and like institutions he has done as much perhai)s as any other man for the general welfare of the community.

Ml'. Scranton is a memljer of John C. Fremont I 'list No. /JQ, ( irand Army of the Re- ])uh]ic. Iielongs to the Military Order of the i..oyal Legion, composed of ofRcers who served in the great-Rehellion, and he is also identified with the Royal Arcanum. In religion he adheres to the Methodist faith and at the present time is a member of the otficial board of the church of that denomination in Alliance. Politicallv he is one of the Re])ul)lican leaders in Stark county and as such wields a strong influence for his party both in its councils and as an aggressive worker and successful campaigner, lie has served a number of terms in the city council and has repeatedly l)een chosen to a ])lace on the hoard of education, his services in both capacities being signally useful and greatly appreciated by the people. Financially the Major's business interests have been most fortunate and he is now one of the safe and reliable men ol Alliance w Uh an ample tortune at his ct)mmand, consisting in part of valuable real estate in this city and elsewhere. He owns a half interest in the Fording & Scranton block, one of the finest nl<^dern office bniklings in the city, .and lii^; three older sons own the Scranton, a building of tiie same character and use as the former, both structures being ornaments to the town and reflecting great credit upon the proprietors.

Major and Mrs. Scranton have six children, the oldest of whom, R. Mel\-ille, is a member of the firm of Scranton & Cole, real estate agents and proprietors of a large job printing establishment. Clarence O., the secontl son, was for fifteen years in the emplox' of the Lake Erie, Alliance & Southern Railroad and afterwards and until recently he was general freight and passenger agent of the Lake F.rie. Alliance & Western. Since leaving the railway service he is in business in Oklahoma. Laurin !>., the next in t)rder of birth, is in the railway mail service, running on the Pennsylvania line. Edison \i.. a graduate of Annapolis, is an ensign in the U. S. na\y on the gunboat "Ranger": Homer (i., the youngest memlier of the faunly, is attending Mt. LTnion College, has an honorable record as a student and is one of the star ])layers in the ]\lt. I'niou basket ball team, the chani- ])ion team of the state. Evalina is still with her parents. She is one of the most acconi- ])lishcd musicians in Alliance and for some time ])ast has been the efiicient and ])o]>ular organist of the first Methodist h'piscopal church of this city.

Lh:VJ \\. JOHNSON is a native .son of the old P)uckeye state, having been born in the \illage of -Atwater, Portage county, on the T Jth of September, 1856. He is a son of Willi.am and Elizal)eth (Burden) Johnson, of will we three children he is the elder of the two siir\i\ing. his brother, lliram k'.. being liki'- w ise a resident of Alliance. William Johnson was born in Connecticut, in the year 1820, ami was there reared and educated, while he learned the trade of shoemaking under the direction of his father. The family came to Ohio in an early day, and located in Portage county, A\'here William and his father worked together at their trade, the hitter's death occurring in that ])lace in 1863. while the son's death occurred on the following day, being but little more than thirty years of age at the time. M the time of his father's death the subject of this sketch was but si.x years of age, and he then w cut to the home of his maternal grandfather, f^axid llurden, a prominent resident of

Maboniilg" county, where he served for many years as justice of the peace, having an excellent knowledge of the law and arguing many cases in the courts at the instance of his neighbors. He died Avhcn the subject was but fourteen years of age, and for the followingtwo years the latter resided in the home of his uncle, William Cline, in Malioning county, in the meanwhile attending the common scliools as opportunity presented. At the age of sixteen years he came to Alliance, whither his widowed mother had preceded him, and he became the chief support of the family, having secured employment in the steel-rolling mills. He was thus engaged during two summers, continuing his studies in the Alliance schools during the intervening winters, and he then secured a clerkship in the grocery of Marchand & Warren, while later he was similarly employed in the establishments of Col. Oswald Colestock and James I. Rickard. While in the employ of the last mentioned he was elected to the office of trustee of Lexington township, and at the expiration of his first term he was shown still further evidence of public confidence and esteem, being then elected county commissioner, in which capacity he rendered most capable service, being chosen as his own successor at the expiration of his first term and thus serving for six 3'ears consecutively. In politics he has ever given a stanch allegiance to the Republican party and has been active in its local ranks. He is a member of the Disciples' church, and fraternally is identified with Lone Rock Lodge No. 23. Knights of Pythias, and Alliance Lodge No. 12. Knights of the Maccabees, while he is also a member of the L^niformed rank of the former.

In No\-em])cr. 1901, Air. Johnson engaged in the shoe business in Alliance, and he has a finely stocked and erfuipped establishment at 460 Main street, where he has built up a large and representative trade, his correct methods

On the 23d of December, 1877, Mr. Johnson was united in marriage to Miss Cynthia Knowles, of Alliance, and they became the parents of one child, Vella, wdio is now the wife of Frank DeWolf, who is a clerk in the subject's store. Airs. Johnson was summoned into the life eternal in 1884, and on the ist of November, 1888, the subject wedded Mrs. Clarinda Johnson, widow of Charles Johnson and a daughter of Alatthew Wood, of Alliance. Xo children ha\e been born of this union.

AIARTIX WIKIDAL. - Ignatius Wikidal, father of ]\lartin,.was born in the city of Dieditz, Aloravia, Austria, and there passed his entire life, as did also his wife, whose maiden name was Magdalene Polarsheck. He devoted his life to agricultural pursuits, being a man of sterling character and a worthy type of the sturdy A'eomanr}- \\\\o t\er conser\-e the prosperitv of an\- community or nation. In the town above mentioned Mas born Alartin \\'ikidal, the date of his nativity being October 8, 1800, and as the loving mother bent over the modest cradle of her son she could little conjecture that in a far land he would in his mature years win honor and distinction and achieve a success of no indefinite quality. His father was killed by French soldiers in the memorable and historic battle of Austerlitz, in 180Q. so that the subject never knew a father's care and guidance, as he was a chiM at the time this disaster came to the family. Martin received his education in his native land, learning both the German and French languages, which were in common use in that section. As a boy he went to the city of Vienna, where he learned the trade of mantua-making, to which he continued to devote his attention until 1817, when, at the age of seventeen }'ears, he went to the home of liis sister, in France, in order to escape military duty, which was enforced by government regulations. In making this trip he traveled eleven hundred miles on foot and finally arrived at his destination, the town of Lure, France, where he resided in the home of his sister Antoinette from 1819 until 1833. In the meanwhile he was employed in the mercantile establishment of his brother-in-law and received excellent business training. Through acquaintances and reading of the newspapers of the day he learned much concerning the advantages offered in the United States, and became imbued with tlie desire to seek his fortunes in the new world. Accordingly, on the 23d of ]\Iarch, 1833. he set sail for America, being forty days en route and disembarking in the port of New 'S^ork city. He brought \^-ith him eight trunks filled with dry goods, which had been given to him by his brother-in-law, in order that he might have a definite basis upon which to start in lausiness in such place as he should decide to locate in the land of his adoption. He came forthwith to Canton, arriving in the village, which then had about eight hundred population, on the 15th of June, 1833, his choice of location having been made by reason of the fact that a large number of French people had here established homes, and it will be noted at the present time that numerous towns and localities in Stark county bear French names, while there are to be found many representative citizens who are descended from the pioneer French stock in the county. He opened business in a modest building which stood on the site of the present Durbin & Wright drug store, on Market street, while his residence was on the site of the present Zollinger store. He later purchased and removed to a building in the center of the court-house block, where he continued operations until 1848, when such success had attended his efforts that he was enabled to erect a three-story brick building on the same site, this being one of the largest and most pretentious structures in the business district for many years, while it is a pleasure to refer in this connection to the description of this building appearing in the section of this publication devoted to old landmarks of the county. In this structure Mr. \\'ikidal continued to be engaged in the mercantile business until the time of the Civil war, becoming one of the most prosperous business men and influential citizens of the county. After retiring from the mercantile enterprise IMr. ^V'ikidal became interested in the banking lousiness, in which he was associated with the late Julius Whiting, Sr., of whom specific mention is matle elsewhere in this volume, while another interested principal were Isaac Harter, Sr. In 1868 Mr. Wikidal retired from acti\'e business life, though he continued to give his attention to the supervision of his various interests, and he thereafter li\-ed in dignified repose until his death, which occurred on the 17th of December, i'893, at which time he had attained the patriarchal age of ninety-three years, while he was revered as one of tlie noble pioneers of the county and as one who had ever proved worthy of all trust and confidence. He was distinctively a man of aff'airs. and his energies and abilities were never dissipated in the slightest degTee, though he had to do with manifold interests of important nature. He was a member of the directorate of the Canton City Bank, of which he was president for several years, and was a stockholder in the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad and the Connotton Valley Railroad. In politics he was originally arrayed as a supporter of the \Vhig party, but transferred his allegiance to the Republican party at the time of its organization and thereafter remained a stanch advocate of its principles. He was reared in the faith of the Catholic church, while his wife was a member of the Lutheran church. Though never an aspirant for public office Wv. ^^^ikidal ser\-ed efficientlv as a member of the city council, and his aid and influence could always be counted ujion in connection with legitimate enterprises and undertakings projected for the l)enetit of his home city, county and state.

On the 23d of August. 1S34, was solemnized the marriage of JNIr. Wikidal to Miss Fredericka Schaefer, who was bom in Barenthal, France (now Germany), near the famed oM citv of Strassburg. in the province of Alsace-Loraine. the date of her nativity being September 13, 1813. She was a daughter of Piiilip Schaefer, who emigrated from France to .\merica about 1829, becoming one of the ))ioneers and representative citizens of Stark county, where he passed the remainder of his life. He was born March 24, 1779, and he - lied in Mapleton.this county, on the 2d of October. 1855. His wife, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Lehr, was born Aug'ust 11, 1777, and died on the loth of January, 1842. Mrs. Wikidal was reared in the province of Alsace- Lorraine, on the border between France and Germany, and thus she was educated in the lan.gua.ges of both countries, as was her husband. She had three brothers: Jacob died in Minneapolis, Minnesota: Philip, Jr., died in South Bend, Indiana. July tt, 1870; and Louis died in Canton, on the 12th of November, T889, at the age of seventy-three years. The happy married life of Mr. and ]\Irs. Wikidal was prolon.ged over the period of nearly sixty years, and the .gracious ties which had so long bound them were severed liy her death, which occurred on the Titli of January, 1890, at the family home in Canton. Of their children we enter the following record: Louis, who died in Topeka, Kansas, on the 17th of !May, 1883; William, who was in the quartermaster's deliartment of the One Hiuidred and Fourth Ohio ^^olunteer Infantry during the Rebellion, died in the city of Bosttin, [Massachusetts, on the 27th of February, 1887: Fdward died in Canton, on the 9th of December, 1897: Charles died in this city, on the i8th of March, 1875; Fmma is the widow of John R. Bucher, of Canton ; Clara A. is the wife of Roliert S. Shields, of Canton ; she has one daughter. Clara, who is the wife of C. Rudolph Shultz, of Murray Hill, New Jersey; Julia A. is the wife of Frederick K. Huxthal, and they now reside in Redlands, California.

WILLL\M LINCOLN HART, senior member of the well-known law firm of Hart & Koehler, of the city of Alliance, has \\on distincti\-e prestige at the bar and is known as one of the able and representative members of his profession in Stark county. Mr. Hart claims Ohio as the state of his natixit)-, having been born in the Scottish \illage of Inverness, Columbiana county, on the 5th of February, 1867, being a son of Benjamin F. and Ariel S. (Dreghorn) Hart, and the eldest of their children, all of whom survive, namely: William L., .subject of this sketch; John D., who is engaged in the grocery business in Alliance; W'innie P., who is the wife of Frank Bricker, of Lisbon, Columbiana county: Charles G., who resides near Salineville, that county; Margaret M., who is a teacher in the ]ni])lic schools of Salinex'ille: and Sarali E., Harriet A,, Fred A. G., Bertha A. and Raymond F., all of whom remain beneath the parental roof. The father of the subject was likewise born near Inverness, Columbiana county, and is a son of John Swift Hart and Prudence Hart, who were honored pioneers of that county. John S. Hart, the grandfather of \\'illiam L. Hart, was born in Geneva. New York, and became the father of .seventeen children.

It should be noted in this connection that the patriotism of the family has been exem- ]ilified in a significant way. Of the seventeen children mentioned, seven of the eight sons were \aliant soldiers in the war of the Rebelhon, tlie father of tliis sketch being a member of the Twenty-sixth Ohio Veteran A'okmteer Battery. ]\Iost of the seven sons were in the tliree-years service, and all survived the war. Adverting further to the military history of the family, we iind that the grandfather, John S. Hart, was a veteran of the war of 1812, while his father, Silas Hart, was a patriot soldier in the Continental line during the war nf the Revolution, which fact indicates that the name has been long and honorably identified with the annals of American history.

Of the seventeen children of John S. Hart, all l)ut two lived to attain years of maturity, and six of the number are living at the present time. The Hart family comes of old Puri.- tan stock, of English extraction, while the Dreghorn family is of Scotch origin, John L)regh(>rn, grandfather of our subject, having been born in Kilmarnock, Scotland. Benjamin 1^'. Hart was born in the year 1843, and was reared on the old homestead farm in Columliiana county. The old brick house in which he was Ixirn is still standing and is in an excellent state of preservation, although erected as the first of its kind in that section in the }'ear 1836. After his marriage he located on a farm adjoining the homestead on wliich he was born and reared, and still resides in the same place, and is one of the highly esteemed and influential citizens of his native county, with whose development and upbuilding the name has been linked from the early pioneer epoch, in politics he is a Republican, having cast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln for President, and both he and his wife are zealous members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

public schools, while later he was a student for four years in Mount Union College, in Alliance. At the age of eighteen years h.e began teaching school in his home district, and later he taught in the schools of Madison and Butler townships, Columbiana county, and in Paris township. Stark county, having been successfully engaged in pedagogic work for seven years, within which time he also pursued his collegiate course, defraying the expenses of the same through his efforts as a teacher.

In 1893 '^^''- -H'"!''! became city editur nf the Alliance Daily Critic, now known as the Alliance Daily Leader, and during his ci:)iinectiiin with this paper he made an enviable record as a forceful and effective writer and a most untiring worker. Lideed his position was no sinecure, since he was not only the sole city editur and reporter for the paper, but also read his proof sheets, thus practically doing the work of two men, and man\' in the local field still frequently make mention of his indefatigable and well-directed labors in this line of work.

In the autumn of 1895 Mr. Hart was matriculated in the law department of the Lni- \'ersity of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, where he completed the prescribed course and was graduated as a member of the class of 1897, recei\ing the degree of Bachelor of Laws, while during his senior year he had the distinction of being president of his class, a fact which intlicates his i)ersonal popularity among his fellow students. On the loth day of June, i.if the same year, Mr. Hart appeared for examination for admission to the bar of Ohio, and in the same stood thii'd in a class of ninety aplicants. On the first of the following October he opened a law office in Alliance, and on the fir.st of March, 1898, he entered into a professional partnersliip with Dennis E. Rogers, which ]iartnership continued until the death or ]\lr. Rogers, which occurred on the

15th of January, 1903. Upon the death of Mr. Rogers Mr. Hart became associated in the practice of law with Hugo C. Koeliler, under tlie firm name of Hart & Koehler. wliich firm has since continued the practice at AlHance, retaining a representative clientage and having to do with much important litigation in the courts of the county and state. Mr. Hart is known as an able advocate and counsellor, and such is his appreciative recognition of the ethical code of his profession that he has the good will and esteem of his compeers at the bar.

Politically, Mr. Hart is a staunch advocate of the principles of the Republican party, and while he lias never been an aspirant for official preferment, by appointment of Mayor Walker, he is serving as a member of the board of sinking fund commissioners for Alliance. He has always taken an active part in party councils and is now a member of the Stark county Republican executive committee. He and his wife are members of the First Methodist Episcopal church of Alliance, and he is also serving on its board of trustees. He is identified with the Alpha Tau Omega Greekletter college fraternity, Lone Rock Lodge No. 23, Knights of Pythias, and the Independent Order of Foresters, while he is also a member of the Alliance social club known as the Duodecemvirate.

On the 15th of September, 1897, Mr. Hart was united in marriage to Miss Ida B. Caskey, of Alliance, a daughter of Bertha and Nathan Caskey. She is a young woman of gracious presence and high accomplishments, having been a student in Mount Union College at the same time as was her husband, and there completing a course in literature, while she was also graduated from the stenographical department of the college. Mr. and Mrs. Hart have one child. Julian Bruce, who was liorn on the 28th of December, 1800.

WILLL\^I CHARLES MANCHESTER, M. D., is a native of the state of West Virginia, having been born in Clifton, Mason county, on the 30th of April, 1872, and being the eldest son of Rev. Charles E. Manchester, D. D., now presiding elder of the Steubenville district of the Ohio conference of the Methodist Episcopal church. Rev. Dr. Manchester was born in Litchfield county, Connecticut, in 1 8.4.4. aiicl aliout nine years later accompanied his parents on their removal to Ohio, the family locating in Lorain county, where his early youth was passed, and where his preliminar\- educational discipline was received. When the dark cloud of civil war obscured the national horizon he enlisted in the Twenty-third Regime4it of Ohio Volunteer Infantry, the famous organization which enrolled amongits members e.x-Presidents Hayes and INIcKinley. Stanley Matthews and J. M. Camley. After a service of more than three years as a valiant soldier of the republic, he returned to Ohio and entered the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, where he took a special course preparatory to entering the ministry. Thereafter he traveled for twelve years in the state of West Virginia, and it was within this period that the subject of this sketch was born. Rev. Dr. Manchester is a lineal descendant of Commodore Oliver H. Perry, the hero of the Ijattle of Lake Erie, and is of Revolutionary stock on both the paternal and maternal sides. He is of the sixth generation in descent from Benjamin Mills, who was sergeant of a company from New Hartford, Connecticut, in the battle of Lexington, and later first lieutenant of a company of the New Hartford Fifth Continental Regiment, which was commanded by Colonel Burg and was in the brigade commanded b\- (leneral Wadsworth. He is a greatgreat-grandson of John Manchester, who was in the artillery .service on the Rhode Island coast during the Revolution, and is also a great-great-grandson of Abner Case, who was a member of Captain Brown's companj', which participated in the laattles about New York in the early period of the war for independence. In the maternal line the family record is as closely allied to Revolutionary history, but the exact data in the connection is not accessible at the time of this writing. His forbears on both sides came from England about the year 1700. Dr. ^Manchester returned to Ohio in 1880 and later became pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church at Canton, of which the late lamented President McKinley and his loved and dex'oted mother and wife were members, and it was his sad privilege to deliver the address at tlie funeral of both the President and his mother, while he and his wife had been members of the President's party at the inauguration on the 4th of March, 1896. He left Canton in 1901 and went to the Steubenville district, of which he was made presiding elder, and he and his wife now reside in the city of Steubenville, \\hile he continues incumbent of the dignified oflice mentioned. For many years Dr. ^Manchester was very prominent in the Grand Army of the Republic, and is at present department chaplain. He has given many addresses on topics touching the great Civil war. He is a man of marked erudition and forceful individuality and is a power in the church in which he has so long and effectively labored, consecrating his life to service in the vineyard of the diNine Master. His wife, whose maiden name was Emma Case, is a daughter of Deacon John S. Case, of Wellington, Ohio, and her mother, whose maiden name was Diantha Blair, was a resident of Rootstown, Portage county, at the time of her marriage, and was an aunt of the late ex-Governor Lucius Fairchild. of Wisconsin, who was at one time commander of the NTational Grand Army of the Republic. Her brother, Frank S. Case, was captain of a company in the Second Ohio Cavaln-, during the Civil war and later became treasurer of Logan county, Ohio. Rev. Dr. and ]\Irs. Manchester became the parents of several children, of wdiom only two are now living, ^\'illiam C, the immediate subject of this sketch, and Frank S., who is a successful dentist in Canton, Ohio.

Dr. William C. Manchester, whose name initiates this sketch, received his early educational training principally in the public schools of Wheeling and Parkersl.mrg, West Virginia, and Cleveland, Ohio, while he completed his high-school course in Barnesville, Belmont county, this state. He then entered the preparatory department of his father's alma mater, the Ohio \\''esleyan L'niversity, at Delaware, and in 1890 he was matriculated in Adelbert College, at Cleveland, Ohio, where he completed the course in modern languages and other concomitant studies. He then entered the medical department of the Western Reserve l'ni\-ersit)-, at Cleveland, where he was graduated as a member of the class of 1898, receiving his degree of Doctor, of Medicine. He thereafter passed two years as interne in the United States marine hospital in the citj- of Cleveland, gaining most valuable clinical experience, and for more than a j^ear he was first assistant pii}sician in the state hospital at ^iassillon. Stark county. He is an enthusiast in his profession and has been successfully estal)lished in practice in Alliance since August, 1901, gaining prestige through his thorough knowledge of the sciences of medicine and surgery, his skill in diagnosis and his ready power of ajiplying his technical knowledge, as well as thmugh hi'^ genial presence and unfailing courtesy to all. While not a specialist, Dr. Manchester is fond of microscopical work and research, and brings the microscope into much requisition in connection with diagnosis. He is also greatly interested in the treatment of nervous diseases, to which he has given close and discriminating study, and he ranks well in his profession. The Doctor is a member of the Stark Culiiity Acadeni}' of Medicine and the Canton Medical Society, and is examining physician for a nuniher nf the leading life-insurance coni]janies. as well as court physician for -Alliance Court, Independent Order of Foresters, cif whicli he is a memlier, and medical examiner for Vivian Council No. 349, Royal Arcann.ni, with which he is likewise affiliated. He also holds memhership in the Alpha Tau Omega college fraternity ; Desmond Lodge No. 719, Knights of Pythias; and the Duodecemvirate, a local social club. He is one of the' popular young men and rising physicians of the city, where he commands unequivocal confidence and esteem. In politics he gives a stanch allegiance to the Republican party, taking an active interest in its cause. The Doctor and his wife are both zealous members of the hirst Methodist Episcopal church.

On the 15th of August, 1901, Dr. Alanchester \\as united in marriage to Miss Ida Austin, daughter of Samuel Austin, a prominent contractor and builder of Cleveland. She is a graduate of the woman's college of the Western Reser\-e Uni\ersity. and is a young wom.an of gracious refinement and many accomplishments. To this union one child, Winnifred, has been born. Dr. and Mrs. Manchester have a pleasant liome at 328 Market street; the house having formerly been the residence of Dr. M. J. Lichty, now of Cleveland.

JOHN L. McCONNELL. - The family of which John L. McConnell is a worthy representative had its origin in Ireland, his grandfather, James McConnell, having been for many years a successful farmer and prominent citizen of county Donegal. John McConnell. son of the above James and father of the subject, was born in tliat county in 1827. He remained on the paternal estate until a young man of twenty, when he came to the United States, reaching this country some time during the year 1S47 '^'^^^ locating at ^^'ashington, Pennsyhania, where he apprenticed himself to lern-n the miller's trade. Becoming efficient in his chosen \-ocation, he worked for some years as a journeyman miller and about 1856 removed to Rock Island, Illinois, where, one year later, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary J. Culbertson, a native of Ohio. In 1 861 he abandoned his trade and purchasing a farm near the city of Rock Island settled down to the quiet life of an agriculturist, which pursuit he followed until 1864, when he disposed of his landed interests in Illinois and moved to Belmont county, Ohio. After a residence of about three years in that part of the state, during which time he tilled the soil for a livelihood, Air. McConnell changed his abode to Alliance and for some years thereafter devoted his attention to merchandising, becoming in due time one of the leading grocers and enterprising business men of the city. With the exception of one }'ear spent in the emi)lo}' of the Pennsyl- \'ania Railroad Company, he followed this line of trade until his death, in 1889, his sons, John 1.. and Joseph H., assisting him towards the latter part of his career, the conditif)n of his health for some time precluding active participation in business affairs. Air. McConnell was a man of strong mentality and sound common sense, intensely practical in business and in the main successful in all his undertakings. Intelligent beyond the average and widelv informed, he exercised consideraljle influence among those with whom he associated and while never an office seeker or as|)irant for leadership., he took an active interest in politics and public matters and for a number of years re]:)resented his ward in the common council of Alliance, besides serving at different times on the city school board. In early life he was ah ardent old-time Whig, but later became a zealous supporter of the Republican party and as such continued to the end of his davs. He was also deeplv religious ami, sul.iscrihing to the Methodist faith, proved a valuable meiul)er of the church at the different places where lie lived, ha\-ing been especially zealous in the congregation at Alliance, which hundred him with various responsible public positions. I'raternally he was an Odd Fellow and his memor}- is cherished by the lodge in Alliance as that of a man who at all time;; and under all circumstances lived according to the beautiful and sublime precepts of the order.

Mr. McConnell's first wife, to whom reference is made in a preceding- paragraph, was burn in (luernsey county, Ohio, in the year 1837, 'I'^'l departed this life at .\lliance in iSXi, having borne her husband two children, the subject of thi-s sketch and Joseph 1 !.. whose biography ajjjiears elsewhere in these pages. Some time after the death of the mother of these sons, the father cnntracteil a niatrinn mial alliance with Mrs. Lizzie Templiii (nee Owington), of Mahoning county, Ohio, this marriage being without issue.

The birth of John L. McConnell, whose career is brielly outlined in the following paragraphs, occurred on the 18th of July, i860, in Belmont county. Ohio, and he spent the years of his childhood and youth under the parental roof, receiving the meanwhile a good education, principally in the public schools of Alliance. When a mere lad he became ac- (|uainted with the practical affairs of life in his father's store and while there developed universal business capacity and tact as an efficient and obliging salesman. l"nder his father's direction he gained much \aluable knowledge and made such rapid ad\anceinent that within a few years he was able to assume a great part of the responsibility of the business, the success of which in later years fell \erv largely upon his shoulders.

In 1879 Mr. McConnell severed his connection with the store to accept a clerical position with the Pennsylvania Railroad, and he continued with this comjianv during the ensuing eight years, meantime. b_\- the efficient discharge of his duties and general meritori(.nis service, rising to higher and more responsible stations than the (_>ne with which lie sl;irted. In 1881 Mr. J\[cConncll. on ;iccount of his father's ill health, resigned his position and with his l)rotlier took charge of the grocery, the twi) Conducting the business in the father's interest until the hitler's death in 1889. They then succeedetl to the business ami ran the same jointly until i8()(), when they disposed of the stock, the subject the same'year becoming a memljcr of the .Alliance Wholesale (jrocery Company, of which he was made president and with which he continued identified until disposing of his interest in the concern, in Jul}', 1902. Since that year he has been dealing in real estate and he now commands a large and far-reaching business, operating extensiveh' in Alliance and Stark county, besides handling a great deal of property in many other counties of Ohio to say nothing of his lucrati\'c ])atronage in other states of the L'nion.

.As a business man Mr, McConnell is careful ami discreet, possessing much more than ordinary ability and judgment and the several enterprises in which he has been engaged ha\e redounded greatly to his financial advantage. so that lie is now in independent circumstances, with a coml'nrtable fortune Laid up against the po.ssible day of adversity or for the declining years in which man is supposed to cease from his strenuous eft'orts and enjoy the fruits of his labors. Politically Mr. McConnell has long been an important factor in the Re- ])ul)!ican ])art\' and for a number of years his inlluence in local affairs has been duly appreciated by his fellow citizens of Alliance who recognize in him tho.se elements which enter largely into the make-u]) of the successful leader of men. lie has been especiallv acti\e in municipal matters and in 1900 was elected to represent the second ward in tlie city council, was re-elected in 1902 and upon the organization of the bod_y that year was made its president, which position he still holds. In the language of another, "He presides over the deliberations of the council with dignity, and his rulings being manifestly fair, he has the respect and confidence of the members, each of whom, regardless of politics, looks upon him as a friend." As president, ]\Ir. McConnell takes an acti\'e interest in all improvements looking to the welfare of the people. He is conservative, but liberal in the expenditure of public funds, his one consideration being that the people shall recei\-e full return for all money expended.

Like many other intelligent, broad minded, enterprising men, Mr. IMcConnell is an ardent member of that oldest and noblest of fraternal societies, the Ma.sonic brotherhood, believing thoroughly in its principles, respecting its splendid history and time-honored traditions and exemplifying in his relations with his fellow men its beautiful and sublime precepts. He belongs to Conrad Lodge No. 271. Free and Accepted Masons, at Alliance, Alliance Chapter No. 84, Royal Arch ^Masons, Omega Council No. 104, at Salem. Salem Commandery No. 42, Knights Templar, Lake Erie Consistory, at Cle\-elan(l. and Al Koran Temple, Mystic Shrine, which holds its sessions in the city last named. He stands prominent in these \-arious branches of the order, manifests an abiding interest in their deliberations and at dill'erent times he has been honored with im])ortant oihcial positions, the duties of which he dischargeil in a manner befitting their dignity and his high standing as a Mason with the greatest good of the brotherhood at heart. He is also an Odd Fellow of high degree, holding membership with Lodge No. 266 at Alliance, besides being one of the leading spirits to the Alliance Encampment No. 144. Li mattei-s religious he has deep and profound convictions and he still subscribes to the doctrines of the Methodist church, in which he was born and reared and to which his loyalty has always been much more than a sentiment or mere intellectual assent to a stated form of belief. Mr. McConnell's domestic life began in 1898, when he was united in the bonds of wedlock with Miss Luella Fillmore, of Ra- Ohio, a lady of many virtues and excellent traits of character and a member of one of the highly esteemed families of the city in wiiich she formerh'lived.

DAA'ID L. TSCHANTZ. - As proprietor of a flourishing and important business, conducted imder the title of the Canton Buggy Company, the subject of this review is numbered among the representative business men of Stark county and his honorable and successful career well entitles him to definite recognition in this compilation. Mr. Tschantz established his present enterprise on the 4th of February, 1898. beginning his operations in an old frame building which stood on the site of his present commodious and well equipped c|uarters, at 1522-28 East Tuscarawas street, where he has a substantial building eighty feet .square, three stories in height in addition to the basement. Here he conducts an extensive business in the nianufacturing of carriages and buggies, keeping in stock an average of two hundred and fifty finished vehicles, while the extent of the output of the factory may be understood when we state that at the time the data for this sketcl: was secured there were five hundred and fift}' vehicles in course of construction in the establishment, employment being given to twentytwo skilled workmen, while the products are recognized for their superior excellence.

Mr. Tschantz, as the name implies, comes of stanch German lineage, and he is a native son of the Buckeye state, having been bom on a farm in Sugar Creek township, Wayne coun- ty, Ohio, on the 3d of March, 1867, and when he was about three years of age his parents took up their aljode on a farm in the immediate vicinity of Orrville, that county. The subject was reared under the sturdy discipline of the farm and received liis early educational training in the public schools. The original ancestor of the family in the United States was born and reared in Switzerland, and was the grandfather of him whose name initiates this sketch. He came from his native land to the United States in the year 181 1, and soon afterward took up his residence in Wayne comity. Ohiio, where he took up a large tract of government land and became one of the influential citizens of his section. He was a skilled mechanic and manufactured the first wagons ever constructed in \^''ayne county, while in addition to conducting this enterprise in connection with his farming, he also manufactured pumps, having invented a device in this line that was long in common use in that section of the state, where he passed the remainder of his life, attaining a venerable age. Peter .Tschantz, father of the subject, succeeded to the manufacturing business, which he expanded in scope, engaging in the manufacture of buggies and surreys, which were the finest to be had in that locality in his day. He was reared on the homestead farm and learned his trade under the etYective direction of his father, and it is interesting to note that thi'ee generations of the family have now attained high reputation in connection with this line of enterprise in the state of Ohio. Upon attaining maturity Peter Tschantz was united in maiTiage to Miss Annie Hostetter, who was likewise bom and reared in Wayne county, being a daughter of Nicholas Hostetter, who assisted in the construction of the canal through to Massillon, Stark county, this having been the principal means of transportation in the early days and being considered an improvement of great importance, as, indeed, it was, since the highways were few and almost impenetrable and railroads were unknown. The parents of the subject still reside in Wayne county, anct there the father is still actively engaged in business. " He is a Democrat in politics ancE both he and iiis wife are members of the Mennonite church, \\d'iile they retain the unqualified confidence and regard of all who know them, being folk of sterling worth of character. They became the parents of three children, of wdiom all are living at the present time.

While a mere boy David L. Tschantz, the immediate 'subject of this sketch, began an apprenticeship at the trade of wagon and carriage-making in his father's establishment, havi!ig worked in the shop and fired the engine in the same when but six years of age, while he began to work at the anvil when so young that he was compelled to stand on a box in order to deliver the requisite blows. He attended school" during the winter months and continued tc work in the shop during the summers until he had attained the age of eleven years, when he began working in the painting department o£ the establishment, where he was employed until he had reached the age of fifteen years, while it may be stated that he gained special facility as a painter, since in the summer of his fifteenth year he painted one hundred vehicles, and thereafter he worked in the various departments of the business and continued to remain at the parental home until he was twenty-two years of age, when he initiated his essentially independent career, being employed on a farm for a period of nine months and then passing the ensuing winter in his father's shops. In the spring- lie joined his uncle, who was likewise a ff'rmer and wagon-maker, residing near Lattasburg, Wayne county, and there he w'as employed on the farm and in the shop for a period of three years, after which he returned to his home and purchased a small farm adjoiningthe old homestead, and this tract of twenty acres he placed under effective cultivation and also assisted in the work of his father's shopy tor the ensuing two years. Mr. Tschantz next removed to Allen county, Ohio, where he joined another uncle, and in that locality he made his initial venture iii an independent husiness, opening a small shop, to which he gave his attention for some time, while for a portion of each of three years he was a traveling salesman for the Ney Manufacturing Company, of Cancon, manufacturers of hay tools. About this time he in\ented and patented a new and improved sling carrier, from the sale of which device he realized a sufficient sum to enable him to secure a start in the manufacturing line. He into an agreement, however, to make a business trip for Harvey M. Miller, of Canton, for whom he sold two car loads of buggies Avithin a trip of eighteen days' duration.

At Bluffton, Allen county, Ohio, on the 30th of August, 1896, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Tschantz to Miss Maggie Amstu.tz, daughter of John S. Amstutz, of that place, and they thereafter made a trip of eleven thousand miles through the western states, Avhile he combined both business and pleasure during his itinerary. Upon his return from this interesting journey Mr. Tschantz located in Canton and established himself in business as a manufacturer, as has been noted in a former paragraph of this article. His thorough knowledge of all details of the business in which he is engaged, his energy, progressive methods and honorable dealings, as coupled with the manifest superiority of his products, have enabled him to build up a large and prosperous business and to gain a high place in popular esteem. He has been in a significant sense the architect of iiis own fortune, and on this score his success and prestige are the more gratifying to contemplate. In politics he maintains an independent attitude, supporting the men and measures which meet the approval of his judgment, while both he and his wife are members of the Mennonite church, in whose faith thev were reared. Thev have no children.

KIXC I'W^klJL^'. - Jonathan King was born in .\rmstrong county, Penns_\l\ania, January 5, 1804. His father, George 'King, was a native of the same state, and married Sarah Svlvis. bv whom he had a family of seven children, viz : Jonathan, the subject of this sketch; Christina (Frankfort), deceased; Elizabeth, deceased; Alary (McCulloch), deceased; Henry, deceased; Anna (\\'ahl) and Phebe (Ramsdell ). both of whom are residents of Indiana. At the age of fifteen Jonathan King was apprenticed to a potter. He served a full apprenticeship, but was dismissed without receiving the customary "apprentice" suit of clothes. During- the following winter he went with his uncle, John \\'ile. on a raft of saw logs to Pittsburg to trade for flour for his mother. Failing to get flour sufficient in exchange for the saw logs to last till harvest, and having no money, he rettu^ned home. lUit not discouraged he started with several others with a four-horse team for the west, stopping in Springfield township, Mahoning county (then Columbiana county), Ohio, where he engaged to work during the summer for wheat, which was paid in advance, and sent back to his mother with the persons with whom he came. In the fall of the same year he returned to Pennsylvania and remo\ed his mother, brothers and sisters to Springfield townshi]>. In 1832 he was married to Lydia Keck, and ir April, 1826, removed to Berlin township. Mahoning countv (then Trumbull). Ohio, where he had purchased a farm the fall previous. He settled upon his farm and devoted himself witi diligence to the work of Iniilding up a home His busy days and years of toil bore fruit, anc hv strict integrity and economy Mr. King ac quired considerable property, though starting in life with nothing but nature's endowments Before the days of railroads he was a notee teamster and made frequent trips from Pitts burg to Cleveland and from Cleveland to th( mouth of the Huron river, usually driving si.- horses. At one time he made a trip from Pitts- Ijurg to Erie, l-'enns}-lvania, for which he received seventy-live dollars. But such was the condition of the roads at that time that the entire amount except two ilollars and sixty cents was reciiiired to pay necessary expenses of the journey. The life of a teamster in those days was one of hardships, and none but the most vigorous could long- endure it. in 1842 ^Ir. King \\as elected a captain of the niiltia, and lield tlie office until the company disbandeil.

Jonathan King was the father of ten children, four of whom died in infancy and youth. The remaining six are as follows : David, who married Miss Mary Smith and resides in Berlin: Catherine, married (ieorge Kail, mo\'ed to ^Michigan, where she died ; Joseph married ^liss Lucinda Greenmayer, and resides in Berlin on the farm upon which his father first settled ; Susannah married J. B. Shively, an.d resides in Berlin; Sar^h married R. B. Engle; ifannah married the late J. B. Hughes (who serxed two terms as auditor of Mahoning county), and resides in "^'oimgstown. Mrs. King was born i\ugust 13, 1806, in Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, and moved with her parents to Springfield township, Mahoning county, Ohio, in 1808. She died February 22, 1875. Mr, King departing this life in i8q6 at the age of ninety-two.

In religion, Mr. King was a firm adherent to the Protestant faith and of deep conviction, zealous in good works and liberal in his contributions to the cause of Christ, he and his wife being lifelong members of the Evangelical Lutheran church. Politically he stood with the Democratic party until the atolitionists put a ticket in the field, when he changed his allegiance to that party, voting for John P. Hall for President. After the organization of the Republican party, he voted with it until 18S1, when his strong temperance principles compelled him to cast his ballot for the Prohibition candidates. ]\Ir. King was one of the most .social and agreeable of men. His cheerful disposition and his sterling worth made him a favorite among the old and young and his death was deepl}' lamented by a large circle of friends.

The King family possesses considerable native ingenuity and skill in the use of tools. Jonathan King was ciuite proficient in blacksmithing, carpentry, etc. The manufacturers of threshing machines are indebted to David King for many timely suggestions and improvements in grain separators and clover hullers. Joseph King has also been the proprietor of a, threshing machine for a number of years, operating one at the present time, with steam as the motive power. David and his son, Mervin \V., are the proprietors of a steam saw-mill, which is doing an extensive business. David also owned a half interest in a planing-mill in the eastern part of the township, known as the Kimmel & King mill, which also had a large and lucratix'e patronage. Honesty and sobriety characterize the entire family, and. all of them have been noted for industry and energy displayed in their respective vocations.

David King, oldest son of Jonathan King, was born at Springfield, Mahoning county, Ohio, in the year 1825. He remained at home until reaching the years of young manhood and in his youth learned blacksmithing under his father, who was a skilled mechanic. On attaining his majority he turned his attention to agricultiu'e, whicli, in connection with his trade, he followed until retiring from active life at a comparatively recent date. In early life he purchased a threshing outfit which he operated C[uite successfully, and he followed this line of work altogether about fifty-seven years, being the oldest thresher in the state when he discontinued the busines^s, some years ago. By strict attention to his several vocations and successful management, Mr. King acquired considerable property, both real and personal, and after accumulating a competence for his declining years, he removed to Damascus, where he is now living in honorable retirement, greatly belo\-ed by his relatives and friends and highly esteemed by all who know him. The maiden name of Mrs. David Kingwas Mary Smith ; she was born in Ohio and was the mother of si.x children, of whom the following are living: Mervin \V., a mill owner at Berlin Center; Frank M., a practicing physician of Damascus; Ida, who married Clarence Cover and lives at Berlin Center, and Dr. George L. King, of Alliance. The political faith of Mr. King is represented by the Republican party, and since early manhood he has manifested a lively interest in public affairs, voting his principles at all times, defending the soundness of his opinions without fear or favor, but never asking for office nor aspiring to leadership.

George Lincoln King, Ph. M., .M. D. - The name of George L. King is not only familiar to the people of Alliance, but by reason of his eminence as a specialist it is also well known in medical circles tliroughout the state. No other man in eastern Ohio has advanced more rapidly towanl the goal of success, nor have any contributed in a greater degree to honor and dignify the calling to which his well developed intellectual powers and critical professional training are being devoted. Dr. King is a native of Mahoning county, Ohio, and the son of David and Mary King. He was bnrn March zj, 1865, in Berlin Center, and received his preliminary education in the public schools of that town, subsequently pursuing his studies in INlt. CuIdu Ccillege, from which institutit)n he was graduatetl in the philosophical course with the class of 1890. Meantime at the age of nineteen he began teaching in the schools of his native county and followed

In 1892 he entered Cleveland Medical College, where he prosecuted his professional studies with earnestness until completing the prescribed course in 1895, being a special student under Prof. B. B. Viets, making the eye anc ear a specialty and having practical charge ol the clinical Axork on those organs during hif last year's attendance. Dr. King's experience as a medical student was characterized by close study and critical research. He was far more anxious to acquire knowledge than to display the same and availed himself of every opportunity to acquire proficiency in the specia' branches of the profession which were ultimately to gain him distinction. In addition tc his high standing as a student, he also achie\-e(: the reputation of being one of the most skillec operators in the college during the period ol his attendance and few if any excelled hi; record.

On receiving his degree the Doctor locatec' in Alliance and found himself at the beginning of his career witli no competition in his special line of treatment. Plis skill as an eye and ear specialist soon won him recognition and it wa? not long until his name became widely known throughout this part of the C(^uiUry rmd hi; cases rapidly multiplied. Soon after beginning a successful practice, during which the necessity for more thorough professional training impressed itself upon his mind, the Doctor in 1895 took a post-graduate course in the Post- Graduate School for the Eye and Ear in Xew York city, and two years later took a second course in the same institution, thus leaving nothing undone in the way of thorough preparation for his life work. Dr. King- has a large and lucrative practice and with no opposition worthy of mention, his advancement, as already indicated, lias been encouraging and he is now recognized as the leading specialist in

While primarily de\-oted to his profession, the Doctor has also been a participant in public affairs, being at this time president of the city school board. In this capacity he has been especially active in his efforts to pro\ide the public with a new library, to which end he made a motion before the school board to the effect that a committee of six be appointed to secure, if possible, Andrew Carnegie's financial support for the enterprise. In due time this was accomplished, Mr. Carnegie agreeing to donate twenty-five thousand dollars on the condition that the city enter into an obligation to maintain the library by an annual expenditure two thousand five hundred dollars. Dr. King is an active and enthusiastic member of tlie Alliance board of trade.

Tn politics Dr. King is a zealous supporter of the Republican part}-, and in religion subscribes to the Methodist creed, being a consistent communicant of the church of that denomination in Alliance and a member of its board of trustees. His fraternal relations are re])resented by the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, a social and literary organization under the auspices of Mt. Union College, composed of students and ex-students of that institution.