Canton Township (part 33 of 62)

JOHN SYLVESTER Kn:>DEY is the son of Charles Kiddey. who was Ixirn and reared in Columbiana county. Ohio, and there learned the trade of boilermaking. Charles Kiddey worked at his chosen calling for a number of years in \\'ellsville. and it was in that city that he met with an accidental death in the year 1881. The maiden name of the subject's mother was Mariah J. Close; she was born in Jefferson county. Ohio, and departed this life in the month of March. 1903. Her .son. the subject of this re\iew. first saw the light of day in East Liverpool. Ohio, the event dating from May ri. 1869. \\nien he was quite young his ])arents remo\-ed to Wellsville. and it was in that city that he received his limited scholastic education and grew to maturity. The death of his father, which occurred when John S. w;is in his twelfth vear. left the familv of seven children dependent tipon the widowed mother, and for some time thereafter hard work and the most frugal economy on the part of all were re(|uired to keep the hungry wolf from the door. By reason of his services being needed to assist in the general suppnrt of the family, the subject was obliged to quit school, and from his twelfth to his fourteenth year he worked in different pottery shops, earning l)ut meager wages, which he generously contrilnited tn the common fund. At the age of fourteen he entered the boiler works of the Cleveland & I'lttsburg Railroad, at Wellsville. for the purpose of learning boiler making', and after remaining some years at that place finished the trade at the Fulton Boiler Works, of the same place, before reaching his twentieth year. The master of a handicraft upon which he could rely with the assurance of a comfortable livelihood and something more, Mr. Kidiley then engaged with the Cleveland & Pittsburg Railroad, in the Wellsville shops, and there remained until 1897, ^'''^ meanwhile developing' eificiency and skill at his trade besides obtaining an insight into A'arious lines of mechanical work with the object in view of ultimately engaging' in business for himself. In November, 1898, he came to Canton and accepted a p(«ition in the lioiler works of the Cleveland. Canton &- Southern Railroad Company, in which capacity he continued until rgoi . when he resigried and carried out a desire of long standing by establishing a shop of his own, the beginning of which dates from October of that year.

Mr. Kiddev l)egan ujieratii ins on a modest scale in a small building which stood at the rear of the .^rtificial Ice Compan^^'s plant, and meeting with a liberal patronage was soon obliged to increase his force of laborers and enlarge his works. In less than two years after establishing his business it had so grown in magnitude and importance as to render a Iniilding' of still greater capacity necessary ; accordingly, in January, T903. he erected his present plant at No. 1150 Marion street, where he now has a large and fully cr|ui])])ed shop in which all kinds of boiler work is done with neatness and tlispatch. the establishment ranking with the foremost in this part of the state. A skilled artisan himself, and appreciating the \alue of first-class workmanship. Mr. Kiddey emi)!o}'s none but efficient and thoroughly reliable, men and the high grade of the products of his shops has won him a reputation for excellence such as few of his calling attain. Since coming to Canton he has Ijeen constantly before the people in his industrial capacity, and the intervening years have steadily added to his high repute as a business man and to his en\iable standing as a citizen in ever\' relation of life. He possesses good judgment, excellent character and habits, is a hard worker and successful manager, careful and conservative in his dealings and progressive in all matters in which the public welfare is concerned. His early years of rugged practical experience, by de\eloping a spirit of self-reliance, thoroughly fitted him ioY leadership in industrial enterprises, and he engaged in his present undertaking with a full realization of its difticulties and responsibilities, l)ut with well grounded faith in the splendid success iiv which his efforts have been crowned.

In the year i8Xy. in the city of \Vells\'ille. Ohio, Mr. Kiddey was united in marriage to Miss Lillie M. Wilson, who has since presided over his home with dignity and true wifely devotion, besides presenting him with four bright, interesting children, whose names, in order of birth, are as follows: Beulah. Lester, Clark S. and Stuart D. Politically Mr. Kiddey exercises the greatest amount of independence compatible with good citizenship, declining to obey the liehests of aiiy party, and relying upon his own judgment as to the principles he espouses and the candidates to whom he gives support. He was reared in the Methodist Protestant church, but has profound regard for religion regardless of creed and assists generously in the support of different organiza- tions, not forgetting to encourage unto his influence and material means the notable work of charity and bene\'olencc of \v]i;ite\er name or order.

RICHARD A. CHRISTIAN is a native of the old Keystone state, having been born in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, on the 25th of August, 1857, and being a son of Robert and Margaret (Jackson) Christian, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of West Virginia. The father of the subject was a butcher by trade and vocation, and he died in the city of Pittsburg", Pennsylvania, in 1873, at the age of thirty-nine years. His wife was reared in Pennsylvania, where her father, Robert Jackson, passed the later years of his life, and she now maintains her home in Canton. She is a member of the United Brethren church. as was also her husband. The latter was a son of Robert Christian, Sr.. who was born in Ireland, whence he came with his wife and five children to America, locating" in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, where two other children were born to them, and of the number three are living at the present time. The subject of this sketch was the eldest in order of birth in a family of nine children, of whom three are living.

Richard A. Christian attended the public schools of his native city until he had attained the age of sixteen years, and then he began an apprenticeship at the moulder's trade in the works of the Crawford Malleable Iron Company, of Allegheny City, and after becoming thoroughly skilled in his trade he continued to be employed at the same in his home city until November. 1886, when he came to Canton, where he was employed in the works of the Elbel Company until 1892, when he became foreman of the works of the Canton Malleable Iron Company, serving with such discrimination and efifectiveness that in 1896 he was made superintendent of the plant, and he has since remained in tenure of this office, holding the confidence and good will of those employed under his supervision and also of the members of the company which has granted him the preferment. In politics Mr. Christian is a stanch adx'ocate of the principles and policies of the Republican party, but he has never been afflicted with office-seeking proclivities. He and his wife are prominent and valued members of the United Brethren church, of which he served as trustee for four years, while for five years he was superintendent of the Sunday school, and assistant superintendent for four years, taking an active interest in all departments of the church work.

In Alleghenv City, on the iSth of /\ugust, 1880, Mr. Christian was united in marriage to Miss Nancy Porter, who was born in Marietta, Ohio. Ijeing" a daughter of Ezekiel Porter, and they are the parents of ten children, namely : Elsie (wife of Henry L. Baird. of Canton), Lillie. Charles, Pearl, Ella, Richard, Ruth, Tames, Esther and Paul.

OTTO THEOBALD GIESSEN. - Among Stark countv's leading Imsiness men of the past, none were more closely identified with its material growtli and best interests than the late Otto Theobald Giessen. of Canton, who for many years was an lionored resident of the city and a leader in its industrial life. Tliroughout this long period he became widely- known for his sterling qualities, his. fearless lovaltv to his honest convictions, his sturdy stipport of tiie sound principles that underlie true democracy, and for his discrimination and tact as an inaugurator and manager of large and important enterprises. His career as an intelligent, broad-minded citizen of large heart and generous impulses was one of signal usefulness and honor, and during his acti\-e years he not only achieverl business success, but gave seme of the best efforts of his life to the building up of the city's social interests and to the elevations of thmgs relating to the moral welfare of the communit}-. The representative of an old, intelligent and highly respected family, he not only maintained the high standard of an honored ancestral name, but by a character above reproach and a course of conduct singularly free from adverse criticism continually added to it new luster, and made it stand for upright manhood and sterling citizenship. A self-made man, he stamped the impression of his vigorous personality, not only upon the city, in which his most eminent success was achieved, liut upon the county and business circles of the state, and his death, a few years ago, remoxed from Canton one of its characters whose intluence and leadership, during a career of remarkable endeavor, was as instrumental as that of any other man in fixing the business status of the city and giving it its present high reputation among the leading industrial circles of the commonwealth.

Otto Theobald Giessen was born July 14, 1848. in Kusel, an industrious, thriving little town of Rhine Plats, in the western part of Bavaria, Germany, being the sixth child of Henry Julius and Elizabeth (Ritter) Giessen, both natives of the Bavarian Palatinate, as were their respective ancestors for several preceding generations. The father was a man of intelligence and marked influence, a graduate of the universities of Eslanger and Heidelberg, and for a number of years held the office of notary public, a position of far greater importance in Germany than is the ofifice of the same name in the United States. To be a notary public in Bavaria requires not only sound judgment and good social standing, but also rigid intellectual discipline and thorough professional training, one of the essential qualifications required of a candidate of the office being a university degree. Henry Julius Giessen discharged the duties of Ills office in an able manner and was highly esteemed by the people of his jurisdiction, having been a man of profound learning;, wide experience and superior professional ability. The subject's maternal grandfather was also a man of much more than local repute, as is attested b}' the fact of his having been honored with a number of high public positions, notably among which was that of postmaster of his province. During his incumbencv, -which was before the days of railroads, the mail was carried on horseback or in coaches, and the many routes over which he exercised jurisdiction and the large number of offices under his control show him to ha\'e possessed business and executive ability of a high order, as merit alone is the pre-requisite to official station in all parts of Germany. Both the Giessens and Ritters were of superior birth, being among the first families of Bavaria, and they were also connected by nature and the ties of marriage with a number of the leading people of the Empire. When the subject was about eight years old, his parents removed to Kirchheimer, a beautiful town of northeastern Bavaria, on the Mount Donesburg, where he first attended the public schools, later entering the lower classes of the Latin schools at the same place, which course of study he pursued until a youth in his early teens. When a lad of nine years, Mr. Giessen suffered the loss of his father, who died in the above town, and from that event until old enough to look after his own affairs he remained under the tender care and faithful guidance of his mother, a woman, as already indicated, of beautiful character, varied culture and marked piety: also spending considerable time with his grandparents. Being an ardent admirer of nature and a great lover of outdoor life, he was given ample opportunity to exercise these tastes while living with his grandfather, the latter, as already stated, being- postmaster, with a great many horses at his command. Young Giessen rode over a number of mail routes, and in this way laid the foundation of the superb ]:)hysical health wliich he subsequently enjoyed, also increased his admiraticin fur the beautiful and mmantic in nature, which was afterwards one of his most pronounced characteristics. At the age of fourteen, he entered the Kaiserslantern, a hue technical school for lioys. where he prosecuted his studies the greater part of the ensuing two years, making ra])id progress while in that institution.

In 1865. when but sixteen years old. Mr. Giessen bid farewell to the fatherland, and emigrated to America, where brighter pros- ])ects for ad\ancement in life ajjpealed to his restless energy than obtained in the country of his birth. Locating in Cleveland. Ohio, where his brother-in-law. Car! Schmidt, was then lixing. he took a full business course in one of the commercial colleges of that city, after which lie learned, under the direction of his relative, the brewer's trade. Some months prex'ious to coming to this country he made a careful study of the art of making vinegar, and becoming efficient in the manufacture of that article. full\- intended following it as a business, .\fter settling in Cle\-eland. however, he decided to turn his attention to a pursuit which ])romised more liberal financial reward, accordingly, as alread\- stated, he entered his brother-in-law's brewery, and in due time became familiar with e\'ery detail of the business.

In iJ^/O '\\r. Giessen went to .\kron. where lie formed :\ ])arlnershi]) with another party for the manufacture of beer, the firm thus constituted lasting until about 1872. when he disposed of his interest in the concern and came to Canton. Al\va\s .alert for oj)])ortunities. he saw a fine business jjrosjject in the old Gralier brewery, about two miles southwest of the citv, and piu'chased ibe same, conducting it with encouraging success until the year 1883. when the jirojierty was destroyed by fire, entailing upon him a \ery heavy and embarrassing loss. With his characteristic energ}', he at once set about to retrieve his liroken fortune, and in due time built up the brewery on Cherry and East Fourth streets, which, after operating with liberal financial results until i88(). he sold and which since that vear has been known as the Canton Brewing Company.

]\Tr. (jiessen in 1885 organized the Crystal .""Springs Ice Company, of which he was made secretary and treasurer, and some time later helped establish and incorporate the Canton Buggy Company, being the largest stockholder in the enterprise, and for several years served in the dual capacity of secretary and treasurer. In 1891 he was a leading spirit in organizing anfl incorporating the Royal Brick Company, of which he was also elected secretary and treasurer, and these two offices, together with that of general manager, he held until his death, suffering se\eral serious losses the meanwhile by the destructi\e agency of fire. From an apjiropriate obituary published immediately after Iiis death, the following paragraph, pertinent in the connection, is quoted :

Mr Giessen was an indefatigable worker, and 1>\' perseverance and energy he monnted the ladder of success, despite tlie innumerable reverses that at tinie> threatened to obliterate the results of his years of toil. The all-devouring element of fire proved a destructive agent during his career. His first great loss was the brewery th.it he had spent large sums of money in improving. Later the ice houses, constructed near the brewery, were consumed, and then the Royal brick plant went up in smoke. More recently the Canton Buggy Company and tb.e Hear Company's manufactory, in whic'.i he held large interests, were completely destroyed. Tliro'igh all these, disasters, however, he maintained the even tenor of his way and surmounted the difficulties with the ease born of a resolute will.

Mr. Giessen was married in -\kron, ( )hio. February 13. 1871. to Miss Julia Angne. a nati\-e of that city, but born of (lerman parentage, her father and mother coming from the old world sr>me vears ])rior to her I)irth. The uncle of Mrs. Giessen served as colonel of an Ohio regiment in the late Civil war, and left the army at the close of the struggle with a distinguished record. Seven children ha\e resulted from the marriage of Mr. and ]Mrs. (iies.sen, six of whom are li\ing. namely: l'"rederick, horn July 2t^, 1873; Otto, April 13, iSj^: Karl, December 13, 1876; Homer, February 8. 1879; Kurt, October 28, 1881, and J lenry, who was born on October 25, 1886. Elsie, the deceased memlier of the family, was Ijorn Octoljer 3, 1882, and departed this life ]'>bruary 2, 1884.

In 1871 Mr. Ciiessen returned to the land of his linlh, and spent some time reyisiting the scenes of his childhood, antl renewing acquaintances with friends whom he had not seen since bidding them good-bye so many years ago. I le was always deeply interested in matters pertaining til liis German--\merican fellow citizens, was identified with several of their organized societies, and in 1891 assisted with the Northeastern Ohio Saengerfest. which he ser\-ed for s(~imetime as secretary. It is needless to state in this connection that he was prosperous in his business affairs, his connection with the many large and important enter- ])rises already alluded tn being sufficient e\idence of the fact. \\x ddigent attention and snperi(jr management, he succeeded in accumulating a handsome fortune, and was also lilieral in his contributi(Mis to eyer\'" worth\- object, ha\'ing been charitable in all the term iml)lies, and a leader in a number of private and organized Ijenex'olences.

Tn i8q3 Mr. (iiessen purchased Hartford Heights, a beautiful and imposing residence property situated in the eastern part of Canton, on the highest point of land in Stark county, which he greatly improved and -beautified, and which lie made his home the remainfler of his days. Here, surrounded by many features \vhich apiiealed to his lo\'e of nature, and \\ith everything calculated to minister to his comfort, he silent the remaining years of his life in almost ideal enioynient, his family and many friends appearing to vie with each other in contributing to his happiness. Mr. Giessen was a men;ber of several secret fraternal organizations, Init, with the exception of the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent and Protecti\e Order of Elks, manifested little interest in them during his latter }'ears. He was a charter member of the Pythian lodge of 'Canton, and for twenty years one of its zealous workers, and was also identified with the United Commercial Travelers' Association. He united with the Elks lodge alx)ut six years pre\'ious to his death, and when he passed to his final reward that organization officiated at his obsequies, passed ap]iropriate resolutions concerning his life, and different members spoke eloquently and feelingly of his character and \irtues a.s a worthy lii-other and honorable citizen. Karl Claus.sen, of Cleveland, conducted the services, after which Past Exalted Ruler Thomas F. Turner, of Canton, in behalf of the Elks, rendered the following beruitiful tribute to the memory of the dece;'.sed :

.My friends, among the first acquaintances wliicli I made upon cnming to this city, a little more than ten years ayn. was that which I formed with him at whose bier we have gathered this afternoon. It was my good fortune that the acquaintance thus early formcd was destined to ripen into a warm and lasting friendship. T soon learned to know him as a man who scorned the mean and petty things of life; who never spoke ill of, nor did an act of wrong toward any man : whose given word was sacred as his written bond ; who held above all other things respect of virtue, and the love of wife and home and friend. No loftier tribute can be paid to any man than to have it said: "He lived an upright and honest life." Too often the living hear words of censure only, while praise is reserved for the dead, wdiich, "Like tlowers on coffins laid, imparts no sweetness to departed days," It was the good fortune of him who lies before us, however, that during his lifetime those who knew him best were frequent and willing witnesses to his sterling worth. I recall that some years ago one of Canton's most prominent and influential citizens, in speaking of this thing which we call moral worth, said: "There are in this city two men who have lieen successful in life whom 1 know to be absolutely honest, upright men." The man wdio spoke these words has al- ready "answered to the dread summons and joined the innumerable caravan which moves to the mysterious reahns," while one of those of whom they were spoken has just solved the great mystery, and lies before us, cold in death. Tt is scarcely two years since Otto Giessen became a member of the brotherhood of Elks. In his life were exemplified the great principles upon which the order was erected. Justice, impartial ; charity, unlimited: brotherly love, unrestrained; fidelity, unwavering - these were the guiding and controlling influences of his life, which, like great golden strands, were woven into tlic warp and woof of his very existence. But, my friends and brothers, words upon an occasion such as this are but empty nothings - silence, silence alone, is truly eloquent. Let us emulate the lofty and noble purposes of his life, let us "write his faults upon the sands, his virtues upon the tablets of our love and memory."

J 11 November, 1896, Mr. Giessen contracted a severe cold, which with frecjuent relapses, finally developed in a typhoid condition, from which he sitffered until the 21st day of the following February, wlien his spirit gently passed into the great beyond, leaving behind him a memory fragrant \vith good deeds and noble endeavor, and a name whose Itister, is destined to grow brighter with each succeeding year.

SAMUEL O. LAUGHLIN. - Canton has gained a wide reputation through the great industrial concerns which are here located, and her manufactured products go forth into all quarters of the civilized world. Two of the extensive and important manufacturing enterprises of the city are those conducted by the Cleveland-Canton Spring Company and the Cleveland Axle Manufacturing Company, of both of which the subject of this sketch is treasurer.

The Cleveland Axle Manufacturing Company is the outgrowth of the Kritch & Crane Manufacturing Company, which was established in the city of Cleveland more than half a century ago. for the manufacture of wagons and carriage axles. In 1875 the business was incorporated and the title of the concerr changed to the Cleveland Axle Company, and in 1887 the subject of this sketch becaine associated with his brothers, George A. and Williatn H,, in the purchase of the business anc plant, the latter havmg at that time been located opposite the estal)lishment of the Standarc Oil Company, on Broadway, in the city oi Cleveland. In the autumn of 1892 the Canton plant was established, and the outptit ha; since that time increased threefold, the enterprise being one of the largest of the sort ir the Union, while its facilities are unexcelled representing a large capitalistic outlay and enlisting the best of skill and experience, as is alsc true of the Cleveland-Canton Spring Company in whose plant are manufactured carriage wagon and truck springs of the higliest type ol excellence. The latter plant was erected, adjacent to that of the axle company, in 1901, anc the three brothers are likewise interested principles in this large and prosperous industria' enterprise. The official corps of the Clevelanc Axle Mamifacturing Company is as follows George A. l^aughlin. president; Samtiel O Laughiin. treasiu'er; Gordon M. Mather secretary; and Joiin G. Obermier, superintendent, while that of the Cjeveland-Cantor Spring Company is as follows : George A Laughiin, president; William H. Laughiin vice-president; Samuel O. Laughiin, treasurer Gordon M. Mather, secretary ; John G Obermier. general manager. The employes of tlie two companies enjoy the privileges of a fine club house, which was erected for their use by the two concerns, the same being conveniently located between tlu two plants, and being equipped with baths, banquet room, library, ball room, gymnasium, etc The three Laughiin brothers are all natives of the city of '\Vheeling. West Virginia and in the public schools of that place Samue! O. received his early educational training, while later he continued his studies in the Washing- ton & Jefferson College, at Washington, Pennsylvania. The brothers were engaged in the steel and nail manufacturing business at Mingo Junction, Jefferson county, Ohio, prior to becoming identified with their present lines of enterprise.

JOHN H. LIND. - Occu[)ying the responsible position of postal clerk on the line of the Cleveland & Marietta Railroad, and maintaining his home in Canton, Mr. Lind is well known to the people of Stark county, where he was born, and where the major portion of his life ha."; been passed, while he is a representative of the third generation of the family in the county. Mr. Lind was born on the old homestead farm, in Plain tow nship, three miles north of Cantou. on the 30th of June, 1841, and is a son of Samuel and Hannah (Housel) Lind. His paternal grandparents were John and Elizabeth (Hess) Lind, or l''underlund, as the name was originally spelled, the former of whom was born in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, coming of a stanch old German family early established in the I\eystone state, while his wife was lx)rn in the same state, near the Maryland line. In 1806, when their son Samuel, father of the subject, was a lad of eight years, they left the i>ld honie in Pennsyh'ania and canie through to Stark county, where Grandfather Lind secured a tract of wild land, in Plain township, there de\'el(.)ping a good farm and becoming one of the wcirthy pioneers of the county. Both he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives on the old homestead, and each attained a venerable age. Samuel Lind was reared to manhood on the old homestead, which he purchased after the death of his father, the same comprising one hundred and sixty acres, and eventually he disposed of this property and purchased a smaller farm a short distance west of the old place, and there he lived until he was called from the scene of life's activities.

He was four times married, and became the father of thirteen children, all of whom are li\'- ing at the present time, the subject of this review being the eldest of five sons born of the first marriage. His mother was a daughter of Anthony J-fousel, another of the sterling pioneers of Stark comity, and one of whom more specific mention is made in the sketch of the life of his son Peter, on another page of this work. Hannah (Housel) Lind died in 185 1, and her husband was thrice married thereafter, first to Mary Holm, next to Kate Stover, and finally to Amanda Flohr, the last named having survived him until 1901. Samuel Lind was a man of inflexible integrity, was successful as a farmer and commanded the respect of all who knew him.

John H. Lind, the immediate subject of this sketch, continued to assist in the work of the home farm until he had attained the age of eighteen years, his educational advantages in the meanwhile having been such as were afforded in the common schools in the vicinity of his home. .\t the age noted he came to Canton, where he learned the trade of harnessmaking, under the direction of C. C. Snyder, and after learning the trade he worked at the same for one year in Massillon, where he was residing at the outbreak of the war of the Rebellion. On the 5th of August, 1862, he manifested his loyalty as a true son of the republic by tendering his services in defense of the Union, enlisting as a pri\ate in Company E, One Hundred and Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which was commanded by Colonel James Riley. Mr. Lind continued in active service until July, 1865, when he received his honorable discharge in the city of Cleveland. He participated in all the battles of the ever memorable Atlanta campaign and those of Franklin and Nashville, as well as all the engagements in North Carolina leading up to and culminating in the final victory for the Union armies. After the close of the war, in which his record was that of a valiant and faithful soldier, Mr. Lind returned to Canton, where he engaged in the harness business, in company with Charles Hane, and later he conducted an individual enterprise in the same line at Beach City, this county, continuing the same until 1883. when he entered tlie railway mail service, being a postal clerk on the line of the Cleveland & Pittsburg Railroad for eleven years and then being transferred to his present run. He has proved a most efficient ofhcer and has the confidence and good will of all with whom he has come in contact, in a business or social way. He exercises his franchise m support of the Republican party, fraternall)' is identified with the Grand Army of the Repul)]ic, and both he and his wife are members of the First Presbyterian church of Canton.

On the 25th of October, 1866, Mr. Lind was united in marriage to Miss Rebecca J. Shriver, of Canton, she being a daughter of Jacol) Shris-er, one of the jiioneers of the county. Of this union have been born four children, namely: Veronica, who is the wife of John Stidger, of Cleveland ; Mary, who is still under the paternal roof; Elizabeth, who is the wife of Calvin A. Wise, of Cleveland; and Florence M., who also remains at home.

PROF. JOHN W. KlRTv is one of Ohio's native sons, having been born March 9, 1854, in the county of Stark. In an early day his grandfather, John Kirk, a native of Pennsylvania, moved to Holmes county, Ohio, where he purchased land and engaged in agricultural ])ursuits. A little later he changed his abode to I-awrence town.ship, Stark county, where he also followed farming for a livelihood, and he there spent the remainder of his days, meantime accumulating a comfortable competence and l^econiing a jnan of considerable note in the community. The maiden name of Mrs. John Kirk was Fli^a 'Clark. She also was of

Pennsylvanian Ijirth, and bore her husband three sons and four daughters, only two of whom are li\ing at the present time. In politics Jcjlin Kir-k was an old-line Whig and appears to have Ijeen an active party worker. He and his wife were zealous Presbyterians and are remembered as a pious. God-fearing couple, whose lives were in harmony with their religious professions and wdio early impressed upon the minds and hearts of their children the strict precepts for whicii their church has long been distinguished. Among their sons was one by the name of J. Fox Kirk, whose birth occurred at Beech Creek, PennsyKania, in the vear 1826. He was quite young when his parents moved to Ohio, and bis early years were spent in Stark county, where he received his educational training in the common schools. Reared on a farm, he engaged in agricultural ])ursuits for himself when a young man and later carried on the livery business in additinn to tilhng the snil, running an establishment for some years in the town of Canal Fulton. J. Fox Kirk was a gentleman of excellent parts, and all with whom he had business or other relations respected him for his sterling (jualities of head and heart. He served for se\eral years as township trustee and was also a member of tlie school board of Canal k'nlton, in which capacity he did much to awaken an interest in the cause of education and promote the efiiciency of the local system. He owned a fine farm of ninety acres in Lawrence township and as an agriculturist ranked with the enterprising and progressive men of his neighborhood, enjoying distinctive prestige as a citizen and iiilelligent man of affairs. Politically he was a Democrat, but not an active party worker, notw ithstanding which he was honorefl with various official positions, in all of which he deported himself in an able ;ind praiseworthy manner. When a young man J. ¥ok Kirk was married to Miss Lavina Caskey, daughter of John Caskey, wlio was born in

Penik.\'l\aiiia, near J.ancasler, and was at one lime sheriff (if Slark CdUiiiy. lie was a carpenter by trade, and worked at same until death.. Mr. Kirk died on the ist day of May, l88o, and left liis descen(knits the menmi'v of a sjiotless repulaliiin which they ])rize more than the richest he(|uest of gold or houses and lands. liis widow is still living', making her home at tins lime in Oherlin, Ohio. To J. V. and La\iiia Kirk were horn the folhjwing children : Mary J., John \V., of this review, Ada, l'"lora and Lovie, all li\ing hut the last named.

The earh years of Prof, Kirk were marked hy no e\ent of especial iiote, having been spent amid the quiet scenes and gentle influences of ru.ral life, the farm a(Tl'<3rding him am])le means for the de\elopment o1 his physical powers, wliile his mental growth received its first stimulus in tlie ])ublic schools of Canal Fulton, which he entered at the ]>roper age. After Completing the common school course he was desirous of further increasing his scholastic i<nowledge: accordingly he became a student of. 01)erlin College, where he ])rosecuted his studies i'or se\eral \ears with the object in view of entering the teacher's ])rofession. The better to pre])are himself for educational work, he took a special normal course at Oberlin, meantime entering uiioii his career as a teacher .'it the early age of si.\lcen years.

I'ro'f. Kirk's first experience as an educator was in the country, and that he succeeded with the school of which he took charge is attested by the fact of his retention for several successive years in or near tlie same neigblior- Iwiod. ,\fter teaching in the rural districts for six' years, and establishiing an honorable reputation as an instructor and disci])linarian, he was cm])loyed by the school board of Canal Fulton, and from thai time to the ])reseiu da\- this thri\'ing town has been his tield of labor. Thus far twenty-two of his twentv-eight years of active educational work lia\-e been devoted to the vouth (jf the x-illai-e. duriii"- which Ion"- teiuu"e of ser\-ice he has come to the front as an efiicient instructor, and today there are few teachers in the county as widely and favorably known, lie has always been a growing man, putting forth every effort within his power to keep ]jace with the progress of modern educational thought aiul axailing himself of e\'erv opportunity to add to his scholarship and increase his efficiency in matters of method. In point of continuous service he is one of the oldest teachers in the county, and judged by results his success has been second to that of none of his contemporaries.

Aside from his profession, I'rof. Kirk has long l)een an influential factor in the public affairs of the communitw liaxing served nine years ,'is town clerk and two years as township treasurer. lie is now holding the office of township clerk, a ])osilion which his abilities well ipialify him to lill. Like all good citi- Kcn^. he manifests a li\ely interest in politics, being an earnest supporter of the Republican ])ariy. and as such he was elected to the various positions with which he has been honored. His fraternal relations are represented by the order of Free and Accepted Masons, belonging to I'dlioti i-odge No. 314, at Canal Fulton, in which he now holds the office of recording" secretary, and was worslii])ful master of the lodge four years.

On June 25, i8y6, Prof. Kirk was liai)])ily married to Miss Emma Moke, daughter of Jt)hn Moke, a well-known citizen of Canal F\ilton. a most fortunate union in that Mrs. Kirk is in every res]:)ect well c|ualified to be the wife ;md com])anion ol such a husband, co-o|)erating with him in all ol' his aspirations and presiding over his home with dignity and grace. Prof, and Mrs. Kirk- are highly esteemed in the l)est social circles of the town ;iiid as members of the Presbyterian church take no small i^art in religious and charitable work, doing with their might what their hands find to do in the wav of ministering lo the sufifering, relieving llie distressed and laboring for the nitellectuai and moral advancement of the community. I'rof. Kirk is also deeply interested in the Sunday school connected with his church, and for a numlier of years has been a teacher and an official in the same, and at the present time he holds the position of superintendent, being also treasurer of the church.

DAVID N. OWEN is the present incumbent of the office of councilman at large in the city of Canton, and is a scion of the third generation of the family in this city, where his paternal grandfather took up his abode fully eighty years ago. He is likewise of the third generation to be represented in the business of bricklaying- and contracting.

Mr. Owen was born in the family homestead, on South Cherry street. Canton, on the 8th of April, 1858, and is a son of Peter and Hannah (Fielding) Owen. Peter Owen was likewise a native son of Canton, where he was born in the year 182 1, and here he passed his entire life, liaving learned the brickmason's trade under the direction of his father, and he 1)ecame one of the prominent and successful contractors and builders of the county, continuing to l)e identified \vith this line of enterprise until his death. He was a man of fine character and nuich aliilitv, and was esteemed by all who knew liini. In |)olitics he was a Republican. lia\'ing identified himself with the party .-it the time of its organization, and both he and his wife were prominent and zealous members of the l-'irst Christian church. The subject's mother was born in the city of l^eeds. England, in 1S23, Her father, John Fielding, died in England, and when she was about twelve years of age she accompanied her widowed mother to America. They first located in the city of Pitt.sburg, Pennsylvania, but soon afterward came to Canton, wliere she was reared to malunt_\ and where her marriage was solemnized. Robert Owen, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, came to the United States from Wales, in company with his wife, and he was engaged in contracting in Canton at the time of his death, having been a brickmason by trade, as previously intimated.

David N. Owen was reared and educated in Canton, which has been his home during his entire life, and here he has well maintained the prestige of the family name, both in the matter of loyal citizenship and in the trade and business to which he has devoted his attention. - the same followed by both his father and grandfather. He attended the public schools until he had attained the age of nineteen years. and then l)ecame associated with his father, who was at the time a leading contractor, and under his careful instruction oun subject became a skilled brickmason, and he has ever since followed this vocation as a contractor, having erected many fine public and business Iniildings in the county and doing a large and important business. He and his family are members of the First Christian church, in which he served as deacon for about fifteen years, taking a deep interest in all departments of the church work. In politics ]\Ir. Owen accords an unwaxering allegiance to the Republican partv, and in 1902 he was elected to represent the fourth ward in the city council, while on the 6th of April, 1903, under the new municipal code, he \\'as elected councilman at large. He was the second Republican candidate ever elected from the fourth ward, and his services in the council have been such as to commend him to the confidence and good will of his colleagues and to gain him a gratifying public enrlorsement- Fraternally he is identified with both the senior and junior Orders of ITnited American Mechanics.

JOHN E. YARGER is a native son of the Buckeye state and a representative of one of its sterling pioneer families. He was for three years superintendent of the Stark county work house, and in his administration of this important office he showed marked discrimination rmd ability and well justified the selection made when he was inducted into the office. He is a man of intrepid personal cotirage, calm and self-contained in the face of extreme emergency or hazard, and his forceful individuality makes him peculiarly eligible for such a position, in caring for the unfortunate wards of the county. He is honored for his sterling integrity of character and for the worthy efforts which have conserved his success in life, for he has been dependent upon his own resources from his boyhood days.

The Yarger family is of stanch German lineage, and the name has been identified with the annals of American history for several generations, the original ancestors in the' new world having taken up their abode in Pennsylvania, presumably in the pre-Revolutionary epoch .

John E. Yarger is a son of Adam and Mary A. Yarger, and was born in Sandyville. Tuscarawas county, Ohio, on the 14th of July, 1S58, and was there reared to the age of ten years, his father having died and left him to the care of his widowed mother when he was but five years of age. He secured a good common school education, having completed his schooling in Waynesburg, at the age of seventeen years, his mother having removed to tliat place about fi\e' years after the death of her husband. He early began to assist his mother and to provide for liis own maintenance, having been employed at farm work in the vicinity of Waynesbiu'g until 1876, and having eventually engaged in the conducting of a meat market in that town, continuing the enterprise for a period of seven years and being successful in his endea\'ors. Later he followed various occupations, having been village marshal of Waynesburg- for a period of eighteen years and ha\'ing gained a high reputation as a fearless and able officer. On the ist of January, 1900, Mr. Yarger was appointed to the superintendency of the Stark county work house, in which capacity he served until January I, 1003, and gave a most efficient administration, having the confidence and good will of those under his charge and having secured the unequivocal endorsement- and approval of the people of the county. In politics he is a stanch supporter of the principles and policies of the Republican party, and fraternally he is identified with the Ivnights of the IMaccabees. In September. 1882, in Waynesburg, this county, Mr. Y'arger was united in marriage to Miss Cora Klotz, daughter of Louis and Sarah (Van Meter) Klotz, of that place, and her death occurred on the i8th of July, in the following year. On the 6th of September, 1884, oin- subject consummated a second marriage, being then united to Miss Caroline Winters, of Sandy township, this county, she being a daughter of Charles and Elizabeth (Storm) Winters, and to them have been born .six children, namely: Maggie M., Ralph, E.. Walter W., Vesta L. Wilbur W. and Mamie K.

FRANKLIN PIERCE CALHOUN, M. D., is a son of Thomas and Harriet (Maple) Calhoun, and was bom in Jefferson county, Ohio, March 15, 1853. He was reared on a farm and early became familiar with the varied labors pertaining thereto and of winter seasons attended the district schools until his seventeenth year. Meantime he clerked for a while in his brother's store at Wellsville, and later spent Sdine time camassinj)' for \ari(ius articles in ditferent parts of the country, in this way earning" money to pa}- his way through college, having decided while a mere ho\' to devote his lite to the meihcal profession. [lis father tried to make a farmer of him and used Ills utmost endea\'ors io induce the lad to change his mind, Init in vain. Realizing the value of intellectual training as a preparatory step to the medical profession, the Doctor, when hut se\enteen years old, entered Richmond College, at Richmond, Ohio, where he pursued 1ms studies at intervals for about three years, spending his vacations canvassing to earn means to meet his tuition and other expenses. At the age of twenty he secmxd a teacher's license and took charge of a country school, hut the work being repugnant to him, he soon resigned the ])osition and turned iiis .attention to otlier means of earning money. At that time the oil excitement in Pennsyhania was at its height and young" Calhoun was led to believe that he might do well in that field. As soon as he could arrange his afifairs and get together sufficient money to pay his way he went to RennsyKania, where he soon found remuner;iti\e emplo\-nnent as a tool dresser in a machine shop, .\fter working thus for about nine months he ])ecame agent for a pulilishing liouse to sell x'arious jjajiers and magazines throughimt tiie oil countrv. an<l in this capacity he canvassed several counties, spending about two years as an agent and meeting with an encouraging success.

\\"\Xh his finances in much better condition than formerly the young man was now enabled to carry into effect his desire to become a physician, and he accordingly entered the office of his older brother. Dr. W'illiam Calhoun, who was then practicing at Mechanicstown. this state, and after remaining under his instruction one and a liall became a student at the Western Reserve I'ni versify at Cleveland. He was graduated from the medical department of that institution in 1883 and at once opened ;m office in Salineville, Columbiana county, where he practiced with professional and financial success until his removal to Canton, in 1891.

Hr, Calhoun's success as a [ilnsician and surgeon has been marked, and since locating in Canton he has rapidly risen to a prominent jiosition among the leading medical men of the city. By strict attention to the duties of his profession he has won a conspicuous place in public esteem, the result being an e.xtensixe ])ractice and an ample com])etence. His intercoiu'se with his fellow men has been such as to merit the high regard of all and as a citizen, fullv alive to whatever concerns the best interests of the comnumity. he discharges his every duty as liecomes a true and loyal member of the l)ody politic.

Dr. Calhoun was married on the 30th of Ma}', 1888. to Miss Ariel Caroline Cilson. who was born near Salineville, Ohio. June 19, i8()3. the daughter of William and hdizaijeth ( drafton ) Ciilson. .Mrs. (."alhoun was educated in the public schools and Mt. Cnion College and is a lady of rcfhiement and culture, eminenti}' fitted in e\er\- respect to be ihe companion and helijn'ieet of the husband with whose life her own is intertwined. Her father and mother, liotli natixes ot Columbiana county, were l.)orn ii' the )-ear 1817 and 1823. respectively, Mrs. Calhoun being their onlv child. Dr. Calhoun and wife have one son, Thomas .\ustin, a bright and promising lad of eleven years, who is now a pu])il in the city schools. The Doctor belongs to the Canton Medical Societx', the Medical Societ\' of Xortheastern Ohio, the Stark Count\' and ( )hio State Afedical Societies, and axails hnnself of ever\- means which these and other organizations afford of ad\'ancing" him in liis noble calling. In politics he is an uncompromising Democrat of the old, school and while acli\e in behalf <if his part\'"s interests has no as])irations in the wa_\' of In mors or ])ublic distinction. ReligiousK' he was reared a Presbyterian, i)ut he entertains broad and catliolic \-ie\vs in matters of faith, g-iving to all churches due credit for their work in inlluencc in leading- mankind to a higher plane of li\ing. ]_)r. Calhoun is now in the prime of manhood, courteous and genial in manner and his positii.m as a ])h\'sician, neighbor and citizen rests upon a substantial foundation.

MISS LEILA S. ROPER. - The ancestral history of the subject of this sketch dates from the earliest settlement of New England, the jiaternal line being directly traceable to the PiuMtans of Massachusetts who came over in the "Mayflower." The Ropers were actix'ely identified with, tiie ])ioneer period of that cfMnnionwealth, as were also the Richardsons, between whiini and the former a marriage relation was consummated many years later. Ephraim Roper, the subject's grandfather, was born near Worcester, Massachusetts, September \y, 1799, in which part of the state his ancestors . had long been quite prominent in public life. On the 9th day of July, 1821, he was united in marriage to Miss Eunice Richardson, whose birth occurred in the neighliorhood of the above town May 9, 1799. She was also descended from one of the first Puritan settlers of Massachusetts and came of a family distinguished for devotion to religion and for a high order of musical talent. Several of the Richardsons became prominent clergymen of the Congregational and Unitarian churches, while others achieved eminent distinction as singers. Ejjhraim and Eunice Ro]>er spent their lives in their native state and had children as follows : Daniel, born March 15, 1X22, died in infancy: Charles E.. father of the subject: Roswell David, born May 11, 1826. has been in the employ of the LTnited States goxernment for over a half centm'v and at the present time is connected with the armorv at Springfield, Massachusetts ; Foster Harris, born April 17, 1829, was graduated from an eastern college when a young man, afterwards went west and is now living a retired life on a farm in Napa, California, his daughter. Belle, being the wife of Hon. Frank Comlis, a congressman from-tliat state: ]\Iary Augusta, born October 21, 1832. was graduated from Mt. Holyoke College, Massachusetts, anfl married Rev. Lyman Taft. but is now a widow ; Sarah Swan, the se\'enth of the family, was bom December I, 1834, and died in childhocid: James .S.. born May 28. 1838. also died in childhood; and Eunice E., the youngest of the children, was born on the 19th day of July. 1841. She was also graduated from Mt. Holyoke College. Charles Ephraim Roper, the father of Miss Leila S.. was bom October 2y. 1823. at Sterling. Massachusetts, and. like the rest of his family, was gi\-en the best educational ad\antages the times afforded. After completing the pul)lic school course he attended college at Northampton and later became a skilled artisan at various kinds of handicraft. At a veryearly age he developed unusual efiiciency in all kinds of delicate mechanism besides dis])laving inventive genius, which in due time won him a national reputation. When but fourteen years old he in\-ented a ]nin-ip which afterwards came into general use throughout New England and other parts of the L^nion and later his name was associated with a number of in\'entions which have been adii])ted in the L'nited States and several Eurol)ean countries. In manv respects he was much more than an ordinary man. as will be seen from the following obituary published in the Canton Repository on the 24th of March, 1901. a few days after his death, and written by Robert A. Cassady. one of the office force of Col. Ephraim Ball :

Of tin- n;aiiy e.\ceptionaIly skilled mechanics who fri)iii linu- til time have contributed to the material advancement of Canton and aided in its almost worldwide reputation as an industrial center the late Charles

E. Roper held a deservedly conspicuous place. He wa.; born and reared on a farm, amidst the rugged environments characteristic of western Massachusetts, and after completing a collegiate course in one of the best institutions of New England, entered one of the leading industrial establishments which have distinguished his native state in the production of high-grade machinery, especially that employed in the manufacture of other forms of machinery. After a complete course of practical instruction from forge to finish, including a very thorough mastery of mechanical drawing, and through all the departments of labor-saving mechanical devices, he passed into the higher realm of invention, as well as the mechanic arts.

During the Civil war his talents were largely employed in the invention, improvement and manufacture of firearms of various descriptions at Philadelphia and other places and his services proved a great value to the government. Among the most notable products of his genius and handiwork, perhaps, was the well-known Catling gun, which was perfected about the close of the war. Mr. Roper, with his own hands and with the aid of other skilled artisans under his supervision, produced the first practical sample of the present rapidfiring artillery, the most successful because the most destructive agency of modern warfare. This has given his name an international reputation and for it alone he will always be remembered as one of the greatest of American inventors.

Mr. Roper canie to Canton about 1866 for the purpose of aiding Colonel Ephraim Ball in the development and perfecting of the renowned World reaping and mowing machinery. The manufacture of these machines required the invention and construction of laborsaving devices of the highest order, and to him we are indebted for the conception and development of some of the finest mechanical ideas ever used in our industries. His machines for the cutting of the gearing of the World mower and reaper are marvels of mechanism, particularly the cutter, by means of which bevel gearing is produced with absolute accuracy, entirely automatically, and at a cost much below tliat which attended the performance of the same work by previously known method. Mr. Roper was a genius as well as a thorough mechanic and by his death Canton lost one of its most highly esteemed and valuable citizens. During his later days, enfeebled by age iind bending under the weight of heavy physical infirmities, he retired from the public gaze and therefore was little known by the present active generation : but his old associates in the field of mechanics will loni; cherish the memory of this distinguished invetUnr .uid sterling friend and co-laborer.

later Mr. Roper mo^'ed from Massachusetts to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, where he became superintendent of a large manufacturing establishment operated by H. H. Ryan and it was while serving in that capacity that he married, in 1854, a neice of his employer by the name of Mary Coombs. ?\liss Coombs was born July 15, 1830, in Loudoun county, Virginia, the daughter of Presley Coombs, whose father achie\ed distinction as one of the bravest American generals in tlie Revolutionary strtiggle and in the war of 1812. Gen. Coombs' name occupies a conspicuous place in American history, ranking- with those of other prominent men who devoted their all to the cause of liberty and independence. He was twice married, became the father of twenty-two children and died at the almost unprecedented age of one hundred and nine years. The wife of Presley Coombs was Ann Rhein, a meml)er nf an old and highly respected (ierman famil_\-, "epresentatives of which came to this country in an early day and settled in Pennsylvania. In the course of years the name was Ang-licised to Ryan and as such it has since been known.

As already stated. Mr. Roi>er was connected for many years with the industrial interests of Canton, and after his health began to fail he resigned his position and from that time until his death looked after his farm near the city. He died at his home on Cleveland a\enue, March 11. igoi. Shorth' after moving to this city he united with the First Methodist Episcopal church., in which he w as a faithful and active worker to the end of his days. In politics he was an unswerving Republican and always kept himself well informed relative to the great questions and issues tipon Avliich i)arties were divided.

The foIlo\\"ing are the names nf the children born to Charles and Mary Roper : Howard Harris ; Charles Presle)'. an artist and portrait painter who was killed in a railroad accident in the year 1887 ; Leila S., whose name heads this sketch ; \\'alter Ephraim, of Canton ; George A., of Steuben ville, this state, who formerly studie<l law umler Jndge Fawcett, of Canton, but is now a traveling salesman for a large wholesale house. He married Jean Kinsey, of Xew Philadelphia, and is the father of two children. George and Kenyon; Lyman Taft, the next in order of birth, is a resident of Canton, as is also Frank F., the youngest of the family.

Miss Leila S. Roper was born in Pittsburg. Pennsylvania, and was c|uite young when her parents moved from that city to Canton. Here she s]ient the years of her childhood and youth and at the proper age entered upon her educational career as a pupil in the public schools. Hers was a studious nature and her progress was in e\'ery way commendable. She made a creditable record in the high school, from which she was graduated with the class of 1876, and the better to fit herself for teaching she subsecjuently took special courses in mathematics, history, literature and the languages in Chautaucjua College, New York. !Miss Roper's career as an educator began in the fall of 1877, when she took charge of a room in the South AlcKinley Avenue school and from that time forward she taught various grades in the different buildings until promoted, in 1896. to the high school, where she has taught English literature and history to the present time. Of her abilities as an instructor much may be said, but the high character of her work speaks much louder in her praise than any eulogy from tongue or pen. Actuated by a laudable ambition to excel, she has devoted her splendid talents to this end, and that she has realized, at least partially, her ideal of what a true teacher should be is attested by her long period of service in a citj' where only the highest order of intellectual and professional attainment is recognized. Miss Roper is highly esteemed by her professional associates and by reason of her own personal worth as well as on

CHARLES C. LOYD. - The parents of the sul)ject were H. P. and Cynthia J. (Crawford) Lo}-d, the former a native of Maryland and tlie latter of Carroll county, Ohio. Grandfather Loyd, who was descended from one of the old and well-kn(jwn families of Maryland, was also a, native of that state. When a N'oung man H. P. Loyd removed from Maryland to Carroll county, Ohio, where for some time he followed his trades, those of shoemaker and harnessmaker. Subsequently he engaged in the mercantile business at Magnolia and P)Owerstown and met with good success in his enterprises. He retired from active business life in 1901 and now makes his home in Jefiferson, Harrison county, this state. His wife's death occurred in 1887. They were the parents of six children, three sons and three daughters.

Charles C. Loyd was born at Bi.werston, Harrison county, Ohio, on the i8th of Xii\-ember, i860, and was reared at that place and at Perrysville, this state. His boyhood days were s])ent upon his father's farm, and in the meantime he faithfully attended the common schools of his neighborhood, acquiring a fair education. Indeed, so proficient had he become in his studies that at the age of eighteen years he was granted a license to teach school. After being thus occupied a short time, Mr. Loyd learned the carpenter's trade and worked at it fur four years. At this time he was elected clerk of his township and at the same time he accepted a position in his father's store. Two years later he was elected justice of the peace, and performed the duties of the office to the perfect satisfaction of the public generally. In 1887 I\Ir. Loyd removed to Canton, where for a time he was employed at his trade. Subse-

([ueiith- he engaged in newspaper work, in a repurtorial capacity, and served as court-house reporter for The Rejiositor)-. By reason of his ])ron()unced ;d)iHty and ind(iniita1)le energy he had earned for liimself the unbounded confidence of tlie leailers of his party and other inlluential people in Canton and on Ajiril 15, 1891, lie was elected to the responsible position of city clerk, and is still filling that office. During the more than a decade in which he has been retained in this positi(_in he has demonstrated his eminent fitness for his post and has thus justified the wisdom of his selection by the electors of Canton. He has for a num- ))er of x'ears l)een inlluential in the councils of the Repuljlican party and has teen active, aggressive and effective in advancing tlie interests of the jjarty. For the past ten years he has representetl his ward as a delegate in all tile nnportant party conventions and has taken an imp(jrtant part in directing- the kical policy and outlining the city and county campaigns.

i^'raternally Mr. Loyd has been a member of the Knights of I'ythias since 1885 and takes a deep interest in the welfare of the order, having served as a representative from his lodge to the grand lodge.

In 1882 Charles C. Loytl was united in marriage with ^liss Jennie B. Wears, the daughter of Cyrns C. Wears, of Shero(ls\ille, Carroll county, this state. This union has been a most happy and congenial one and has resulted in the birth of one child, Ross E.

The ((ualities which ha\e made Mr. Lo\d one of the prominent and successful men of Canton have also brought him the good will esteem of his fellow citizens, for his career from tlie beginning has been one of welldirected energ)-. strong determination and honorable methods. Endowed by nature with strong powers of mind and possessing the energy to direct his faculties in the proper channels, he early became a man of resourceful capacity, as the able administration of his important ofilicial position abundantly testifies. Socially he is a most agreeable gentleman, always genial and ]3leasant in manner and possessing the liap])v faculty not only of making friends, but of binding them to him by his good qualities of heart and head.

HARRS' W. H. VINES, who is superintendent of the _\'ards and shipping department of tlie Canton Bridge Company, one of the important industrial concerns of the cit\- of Canton, is a native of the state of Xew Jersey, haying been born near the city oi Camden, on the i.^th of August, 1847, and he remained on the homestead farm until he had attained the age of fourteen years. ha\ing in the meanwhile attended the township school. At the age noted he secured emploNuient in a windowgla.ss manufactory in W inslow . where he continued to work until b^ebruary 2. 1865. when he enlisted as a memlier of Compan\- B. Second Xew Jersey Volunteer Infantrx'. in which he continued to ser\e until the close of the war of th.e Rebellion. In March. 1867. Mr. Haines came to (lliio and located in the town of Salem, where he engaged in the blacksniithing business, liax'ing jjreN'ioush' ser\ed an apprenticeshi]) of fifteen months at this trade. He remained in Salem until the autumn -of 1867, when he came to Canton, where he was employed for fi\e years as a blacksmith in the shops of the C. ,\ultman Conipanw while for more than a year thereafter he was in the employ of tile L hroniatic Rrinting Pr,ess Companw of this city. He then entered the eni])lov of tlie Russell ('onii)any. with whom he remained until .\ugiist 10. 1874, when he took a position_ in the blacksmith (le];artnient of the \'\'rouglit lit '11 ISridge Coni])aii\'. being ])laced at tlie he;id of said departnieiit 111 1880 ami Continuing in this jjosition until 1801. when. up<;m the organization of the Canton Hridge Conipaii}-, he was made superintendent of the

\\'(jrks. retaining' this incumhency imti! tiie antiinin oi the succeeding year, wlien he assumed iiis present position as superintendent of the yards and shipping department of the business, in which capacity he has continuously servetl from tliat time. 1)eing one of the popular and liighly esteemed employes of the company and being known as a capable and discriminating official. In politics he gives his support to the Repuhlicaii party, and his religions \ iews are in harmonv with the teachings ijf the Methodist ]'4)iscopal church, in whose faith he was reared. l''raternally he is identified with deorge D. Harter Post No. 555, Grand .\rniy oi the Republic; Nimisilla Lodge Xo. 39, Independent- Order of Odd Fellows: and Lodge Xo. .26. Protected Home Circle. While he has not been an aspirant for ofiicial preferment he ser\-ed onei term as a mehiber of the citv council, representing the second ward.

In Salem, Ohio, on the 19th of August. jS()8, Air, Haines was united in marriage to Mi.ss Catherine Bilger, of that ])lace, she being a daugliter of Daniel Bilger. now deceased. ]\Jr. -and Mrs. Haines became the parents of seven chiklren, of whom onlv one is living, H. Xelson, who is in the eniplo\' of the Canton llriclge Company, of Canton.

EDWWKD E. EARIA'. the efficient electrician lif the Canton Bridge Company, was liorn .Vpril 6, 1870. in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, and is the son of John and Ella (.Strong) Early. The father died when the subject was a boy and the mother, who subsecjuently married a man by the name of Johnson, departed this life a numl'.er of _\ears later in the city of ( "hicago. b'dward ]i. Earlv sj^ent the first eight years of his life in his native city and then was taken by his ])arents to Jamestown, New ^'llrk^ later removing tn Chicago, Illincjis. wliere lie grew tn maturitx'. He received his literary education in the scIkjoIs of Jamestown and Cliicagd, sulisequentK' timk a special course m mechanical and electrical engineering in the International Correspondence School and after completing the same was employed as machinist in the latter city until 1S91. In that year he came to Canton and accepted a position with the Canton Supply Company, which he held for several years, the meanwhile engaging in business for himself at his residence, wdiich he still carries <.>n in connection with his other duties.

In .Vngust, 1902, Mr. Early engaged with the Canton Bridge Companx- as head electrician, and the same \'ear installeil the first plant in this city, since which time he has assisted in estal>lishing other i)l;uits in varinus parts of the country. He is an accomplished electrician, is also familiar with the most advanced mechanical work of the day and as a tiiorough master of his profession fills the responsible position he now holils, with credit to himself and to the entire satisfaction of the firm with which he is identified. Mr. Flarlv is ;i close, critical student ruid axails himself of e\'ery possible opportunity to add to his technical knowledge and to increase his efficiency in reducing the same to i)ractice. He is an up-todate man. with progressive ideas, enterprising in all he untlertakes and any work to which he addresses himself is sure to be ])ushed to successful completion with the least possible delay. Idioroughly dcxnted to his prcjfession and a business man in all the terms implies, he also manifests a !i\-ely interest in pu1)lic affairs and is not unmindful uf his dut\' as a cili7en. Foliticalh' he yields allegiance to no political party, being independent in the matter of voting, and he usually casts his ballot as his judgment or conscience dictates, regardless of partisan leadership. In his religious faith he is a Lutheran, to which church his wife also belongs, both being esteemed members of the congregation worshi|i])ing in Cant('n.

Mr. Early, in the year 1893, was unitetl in marriage with Miss Alice Jones, of Canton, the iini.in re-ulting- in the birth of four cliildren whose naines are as follows : Rolaert, Edith, Genevieve and Kramer.

ULRICH HUBER. - The subject of this sketch is a native of Switzerland, having been born in that country October 15, 1838. In 1852. when fourteen years of age, he came to America, unattended by any relative, his parents liaving preceded him some time. They had located in Sulli\-an county, New York, and thither the youth went. He attended school and readily acquired a fair knowledge of the English language and applied himself to such work as he found to do until after the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion.

In the spring of 1864, when the cause of the Union was in most dire straits and Federal troops were badly needed, Llrich Huber enlisted, became a soldier in Company F, One Hundred and Thirty-Fourth New York \^olunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war. He was with Sherman in his march through Georgia to the sea, participated in a number of warm engagements during his term of service and was one of that magnificent army which was the feature of the grand review in the city of Washington, in June, 1865.

On receiving his discharge, Mr. Hul)er returned to his ijarents, who by that time had moved to Luzerne county. Pennsylvania. He then entered the emplo}- of the Delaware & Lackawanna Railroad Comjiany, at Scranton, as a helper in the department of blacksmithing. In 1866 he was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth K. Cook, a native of the city of New York, born November 25, 1847. For two years after their marriage they continued to reside in Scranton, then moved to Stark county, Ohio, settling in Plain township, where they have lived e\'er since. Thev are the parent.s of two children, Julia ]\I., the wife of George White, and Nettie AL, the wife of Horace G. McDowell. Each has received a good common school education and is a worthy, amiable matron.

For a number of years after coming to Ohio i\Ir. Huber was in the employ of the Aultman Manufacturing Company, though latterly he has been engaged in farming. He is the owner of a well-kept, well-tilled and fertile little farm of ten acres in Plain township, and on it is a nice residence, a good barn and outbuildings, the \\h(^le constituting an ideal little home. He is a meml)er of the Grand .\rniy of the Republic and was a member of the school board a number of times, being in politics a Republican. As did many other natives of a foreign land, he proved his loyalty to the land of his adoption by I'isking his life in its behalf.

The Huber family has l:>een ior generations one of the foremost families in Switzerland. Alany of them became geologists of prominence, one became an eminent divine, noted throughout his country, and many others have become noted in their respective professions.

HOWARD \\\ YANT comes of stanch German ancestry in the agnatic line, the family having early been established in Pennsylvania, while from the old Keystfjuc slate ha\'e gone forth worthy representati\'es into the most diverse sections of the Union. Philip Yant. Jr., his paternal grandfather, was reared and educated in Northaiuptun county. Pennsylvania, and there was solemnized his marriage to Miss Elizalieth Scroyer. They became pioneers of Stark county, having come hither from Pennsylvania about the year i8jo and taken up their abode on a tract of heavily timbered land in Pike township, where they passed tlie remainder of their li\es, the grandfather eventually succeeding in reclaiming a considerable portion of his farm, which is now one of the valuable and well improved places of that township. He died in 1867 at the age of seventy-six years, and his wife passed away in 1 85 1, at the age of forty-nine years. They became the parents of eight children, of whom tv.'o are living at the present time. Eli Yant, father of the subject, was born on the old homestead farm, in Pike township, on the iith of December, 1836. and he was reared under the environments and influences of the pioneer epoch, early beginning to lend his aid in the work of clearing and culti\-ating the farm, while his scholastic prixileges were such as were afforded in the primitive log school houses of the locality and period. He devoted the major portion of his life to agricultural pursuits, having liecn for a few years employed as a mechanic in the shops of the Col. Ball Plow Company, in the city of Canton. In 1850 he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Ann Aliller, who was born in Stark county, being a daughter of the late John Miller, one of the sterling pioneers of Pike townshi]), and a sister of Eli Miller, who is one of the representative citizens of Canton. In the spring of 1882 Eli Yant removed with his family to Huntington count}', Indiana, where he continued to be engaged in farming until 1893, since which time he has lived retired, making his home with his daughter, Mrs. Emley, in the citv of Huntington, this county. Plis devoted wife was summoned into eternal rest in 1893, both she and her husband having originally been members of the Methodist Episcopal church, while later they identified themselves with the German Baptist church, in whose faith they ever remained firm and unwavering. Eli "^'ant was formerly a Republican in politics, but in late years, in harmony with his uncompromising opposition to the liquor traffic, he has exercised his franchise in support of the principles and policies of the Prohibition party. He is a man whose life is unshadowed by wrong or suspicion of evil, and he has ever commanded the unequivocal confidence and regard of all who have known him. Of his six children we enter the following brief record : Clara is the wife of Anthony A. Weber, of Huntington, Indiana; Olive F. is the wife of John Mapes, of Wabash countv, Indiana; Albert C. is a resident of Centerville, Iowa ; Cora M. is the wife of Anthony C. Emley, of Huntington. Indiana; David M. M. is a resident of Chicago, Illinois; and Howard W. is the immediate subject of this sketch.

Howard ^\^ ^'ant Avas born on the homestead farm in Pike township, Stark county, on the i6th of April, 1877, and here he gave an inceptive glance into the rudiments of scholasticism, having here begun his primary education in the district school. He was but five years of age at the time of the family removal to Huntington county, Indiana, and there he continued his studies in the district schools and completed the curriculum of the township high school, in the city of Huntington. Later he was a student for se\eral years in a pri\-ate normal school in that place, and he was early led to take up the profession of teaching, for which he manifested a natural predilection. At the age of nineteen )-ears he Ijegan teaching in tlie public schools of Huntington county, where he was thus engaged for two years, and he then came to his native county and after teaching one year in the district schools of Pike towii.sliip he took up his residence in the city of Canton, where he has since made his home, though for two years he was the able and popular instructor in tlie grammar school at Navarre. In January, 1903, Mr. Yant resigned his position as teacher and accepted a position in the freight department of the Pennsylvania Railroad, in which he is now ser\ing. In politics Mr. Yant is a stanch Republican, keeping' well informed in regard to the questions and issues of the hmu'. and his religious faith is that of the Methodist Episcopal cluircli, his meinhersliip 1)eing maintained in tlie Simpson church, in tlic city of Canton. He enjoys niarlx'cd ijopnlarity in echicational and social circles and is a young man for whom a hright future may conhdenth' he predicted.

Cil.\RLl<:S HAINES. - The suhject of this re^.iew is a representative of a family which has heen identified with the annals of American history fnjm the pre-Revointionary ei)och. his great-grandfather in the ])aternal line ha\ ing heen a nati\e of England and ha\- ing heen a patriot soldier in the Continental arni}' during the war of the Revolution. William n. Ilaines. the father of the suhject, was a n:iti\e of New Jersey, where he was engaged in farming for the major i)ortion of his life, coming to Canton, ()hio, in 1899, where he passed the remainder of his life, dying- on the Sih of June, H)Oi, at which time he was eight)'- one x'ears of age. His wife, whose maiden name was Salome King, was horn in the ])ro\- ince of .\lsace, hrance, whence she came to America in her youth, and she died in Canton, on the 4th of January, lyoo, in her seventyse\'enth year. This worthv couple Ijecame the parents of se\ en children, of whom four are lixing at the present time. The parents were (knoted memhers of the Methodist Ejjiscopal church, an<l in politics the father ga\'c his allegiance to the Rcpuhlican part\- from the time of its organization.

Charles \\ Jlaines Avas horn on a farm neai' the city of t"am<len, Xew Jersey, on the 20th of June, 1835. and he was reared to tlic sturd_\- disci])linc of the farm, while his educational aiKnntages were such as were .afforded in the suhscription ;in(l puhlic schools of the locality. I !e remained on the old homestead until he had .attained the age of twent\' years, .and thereafter \\;is eni])loycil fcir some time in a sawmill, lie coiuiiuicd to re>ide- in Xew |erse\' until 1881, when he came to Canton, where he was in the emj^loy of the Wrought Iron I^iridge Com])any until 189J, when he engaged with the recently organized Canton Bridge' Company, in whose employ he since remained, working in the forging dei^artment and commanding the respect and esteem of all win > know Ihm. In politics he is a stalwart Re- ]3uhlican and has e\-er taken a li\ely interest in th.e party cause. In the spring of k)oi Mr. Hain.es was elected a memher of the citv council, as a representatixe of the secontl ward, and in this hody he served most efficiently for two years, while he is known as a progressive and puhlic-spirited citizen, h'raternally he is identified with the Junior Order of Cnited American Mechanics and the Knights of the Maccahees.

In Camden county. Xew Jerse)'. on the 19th of January, 1876, Mr. Haines was united in marriage to Miss Keziah Beehe. who was horn and reared in that state, and of their SIX children three are lixing, n;nnelv: Ann;i, Grace and Benjamin H.

W'lELIAM W. MARSHALL was horn OP. a farm in the immediate \-icinity of Harmarxille. Allegheny count\', Pennsx'h'ania, on the ,^d of March, 1867. His great-grandfather, Samuel Marshall, settled in I'enjisylx'ania in an earh' da\'. while the original American ]n'ogenitor emigrated hither from Scotland in the colonial epoch of our national history. Sanniel Marshall was the father of seven ciiildren. \iz : William. James. Hugh. Alexander, Samuel, ( ieorge and Elizaljeth, of whom James, the grandfather of the suhject, was next to the eldest. He de\oted his lite to agricuhurnl pursuits, as ha\-e the majorit}' of his descendants, and in the old Keystone state are to vet he found munerous representati\-cs of this stanch old ])ioneer family. James Mar'h;dl was Imrn in the eastern part of I'enn- sylvania, and after lie and his bruther William had attained niatnrity they purchased adjoining tracts of land in Allegheny county, and their father siiuuUaneousl}' seciu'ed an adjacent pro])ei'ty, each of them becoming the owner of a (juarter section, lie married Jane AIcCool. and both died in the count}' last mentioned, ha\ing become the parents of se\'en cliildren, namel_\- : Marv is the widow of Thomas McLaughlin and lives in Westmoreland count)-, I'ennsyhania : John was the father of the subject of this sketch; Elizabeth married, James (irithlh, and >he li\es in Detroit, Michigan; Martha is the wife of John Tlibotson, of Canton, Ohio; Samuel resides on the old homestead farm in I'ennsylvania; Harriet is the widow of Thomas McPhillamy; and [Margaret is the wife of Charles Engie, of .Allegheny county, Pennsylvania.

John Alarshall. father of the subject, was born on the old home farm in Indiana townslii]), .Mleghen}- county. l'enns_\l\ania, about th.e year 1S42, and his early educational ad- \'antages were such as were enjoyed b_\' the average farmer boy of the localit}- and period, Ijeing confined to a soiuew hat irregular attendance in the district school in the \icinit\- of his home. 1 Te continued to be identihed with agricultiu'al ])ursuits in his natix'e countv until 1870, when he removed with his famih' to the city of Pittsburg, where he secured emplo\'- ment in the rolling mill of one of the extensive steel works of that i)Iace, and he continued to be thus em|)loycil for the greater portion of his time until his death, which there occurred in October, 1S81. While residing on the fariu he took an active ])art in local affairs of .a public nature, having been a zealous work'cr in the cause of the Republican ])artv\ 1 le and his w\ie were both consistent members of the Metliodist I-Cjjiscojjrd church and were folk of sterling character, e\ er holding the esteem ot all who knew them. The subject's mothei"'s maiden name was hlizabeth (Irifhth anil sh.e was a daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Iriffith. The Griffith family is of Irish extraction, and in the Emerald Isle Joseph C.rithth was born and reared. After his marriage he emigrated to America and took uj) his residence in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, where the mother of the subject was born, and eventually he purchased a fine farm in that county, where both he and his wife passed the remainder of their days. The mother of the subject passed away in 1001, at the age of sixty years.

William Marshall, the immediate subject of this review, was reared to the age of twelve veai's on the old homesle id farm in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, being the third in order of birth in a family of nine children, concerning the others of whom we ofTer the following hrief record: Joseph died in iSSi, aged about nineteen x-ears; Lydia is the wife of Albert McKelebv, of Uutler countV, Penns\ Ivania : Robert resides in Xew Kensington. Pennsxl- \ama:' Hugh died in 18S1. at the age of ten years: Charles is a resident of Natrona. Allegheiiy county, Pennsylvania. Harry and John both died in ]88i, making four of the children who ])assed awav within the one year; :md Irene is the wife of a Mr. Mason, of C'aniegie. Pennsx Ivauia. The subject attended the district school until he had attained the age of eleven years, assisting in the work of the farm during the summer month';. At the age of eleven ye;n\s he left the jiarcnlal roof and began the battle of life on his own responsibilitv. lie secured employment on a farm lor the lirst year, and t"or the following Iwc vein's he w ;is em|)loved bv ( ieorge L. W alter.s, who was engaged in the lumber business in the town of Sharpsbiu'g. I'ennsvlv.ania. .\t the age of fifteen he began work in ;i steel rolhng mill in Pittsburg, under the direction of his uncle. Air. Ibbotson, with whom he came to t';inton in 1883. Here he was eiu])lov'ed lor fifteen vears in the works of t'''e ( 'anton Steel ('oiupany, vvDrking in the capacity of hammer man, and for the following year he was an employe of the Canton Crucible Steel Company. In June, 1902, he established himself in Ihe retail liquor business and cafe at 204 East Tuscarawas street, where he has since conducted a successful enterprise, haviiig a well equipped establishment.

In this city, on the 23d of November, 1898, Mr. JMarshall was united in marriage to Mrs. Jennie JNIiller, who was I)orn in Canton, being a daughter of Robert and Alice Larmar, and nf this union one child has been born, Lydia. Mrs. Marshall died in Canton, on the 19th of November, 1902, mourned by all who knew her.

Mr. Marshall cast his first presidential vote in support of the Hon. James G. Blaine and he has since continued to give a stanch allegiance to the Republican party, having been an active and zealous worker in its local ranks. In the spring of 1900 he was elected to represent the seventh ward in the city council, and in 1902 was elected as his own successor, a fact that indicates that his services had met with the approval and endorsement of his constituency. Fraternally he is identifietl with the Junior Order of ITnited American Mechanics and is a charter member of the local aerie of the Fraternal Order of Eagles. He is well known in the city and enjoys marked ]jiipularity williin a wide circle of acquaintances.

FREDERICK H. SIGRIST. - The fair little republic of Switzerland figures as the place of Mr. Sigrist's nativity and he comes of one of the ancient and jirominent families of that land. His father, Frederick Sigrist, was born in 1824, and his mother, who.se maiden name was Elizabeth Neifenegger, was bcrn in 1830. Their marriage was solemnized in 1852, and Frederick H., the subject of this review, was their only child. The father came to the United States in 1867, and in 1870 his wife and Frederick made the voyage across the Atlantic and joined him in Massillon. Here he passed the remainder of his life, his death occurring on the 26th of March, 1887. His widow still survives and maintains her home in the city of Duluth, Minnesota. She is a member of tlie German Reformed church, as was also her husband.

Frederick Henr}- Sigrist was born in Interlachen, canton Bern, Switzerland, on the 14th of Fe])ruary, 1857, and there his early educational discipline was received. He completed a course in a normal school in his native town and was graduated therein, though he was but thirteen years of age at the time of his coming to America with his mother. After the family located in Canton he continued his studies for three years in the local high school, after which he was matriculated in Mount Union College, near Alliance, this county, in T878. completing the philosophical course in this institution and being graduated as a member of the class of 1878, with the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy. Fie then returned to Canton, where he held a clerical position in the offices of tlie C. .\ultnian Company for the ensuing three years, after which he was a traveling salesman for two years. At the expiration of this period he entered the employ ot Stone, Odean & Company, wholesale grocers, of Duluth, ^Minnesota, having charge of the city trade of the house, while he eventually became an interested principal in the same. He disposed of his interest in the business in 1893 and engaged in the commission brokerage business in Duluth, following this line of enterprise about se\en years. He returned to Canton in 1900 anfl identified himself with the Knight Manufacturing Company, in the capacity of C(")nfi(lential clerk, and of this position he still remains incumbent, being knowrt as a business man of (listincti\-e executive ability and good judgment and holding prestige in connection with the industrial interests of the city. In politics he is an independent Repuhhcan, advocating the generic principles o£ the party, but reser\ ing to himself the privilege of supporting men and measures which meet the approval of his judgment, regardless of the closely defined partisan lines.

In Canton, on the 25th of May, 1882, Mr. Sigrist was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Elizabeth Howenstein, daughter of John and Julia (Sanford) Howenstein, of this cit}'. Mr. and Mrs. Sigrist have three children, Mary Helen, who was born August 11, 1884; flora Elma. who was bom March 25, 1891, and Robert J., who was hnvn ]u\\ 18, 1898.

CHARLES L. WORRALL. M. D., was bom in the village of Chester Hill, Morgan county, Ohio, on the 27th of April, 1872, being the only child of Edward P. and Ruth (Smith) Worrali. His father was bom in the same village, on the 23d of January, 1846, being the youngest of the twelve children of Zebulon and Martha R. (Radcliff) Worrali, the former of whom \\'as born in Germantown, Penn.sylvania, in 1798, and the latter in the city of Richmonci. V^irginia, in 1803, both being of English lineage and of old Quaker stock, Ijeing birthright members of the Society of Friends. Both accompanied their respective parents on their remox'al to Mount Pleasant, Jefferson county, Ohio, in the early pioneer epoch, and there their marriage was solemnized. Shortly afterward they removed to Morgan county, Ohio, where they passed the remainder of their lives, folk of intelligence and sterling worth of character. As members of the Society of Friends the Worrali family were, both by discipline and conscientious conviction, opposed to warfare, and during the progress of the war of 1812 they were sore pressed and heavily fined because of their refusal to take part in the conflict. During the crucial epoch leading u[) to the war of the

Rebellion the members of the family in Ohio assisted many a poor slave to freedom, the home of Grandfather Worrali having been a station on the famous "underground railroad," through which so many slaves were transferred from one point to another until they gained their liberty. Zebulon Worrali was a tailor by trade, and to the same he devoted his attention during the major portion of his active business career, but in the later years he engaged in the nursery business, in which he met with marked success.

Edward P. Worrali was reared beneath the parental roof and \\as thoroughly trained in tiie nursery business under the direction of his father, who was conducting a prosperous business during the years of his boyhood, while he had such educational advantages as were afforded by the common schools of the period. He succeeded his father in the nursery business, in which line of enterprise he was actively engaged until al)out 1884, while during the intervening years he had put his distinctive artistic talent to effective use, painting many pictures of a high order of merit and disposing of the same t') advantage. The niu'sen' business pro\ed uncongenial to him, and about 1884 he withdrew from the same and turned his attention to photography, in which line of art production he has since been engaged, having a well equipped studio in the town of Chester Hill. Morgan county. In politics he is a stanch advocate of the ]>rinciples of the Republican party, and, though reared in the Quaker faith, he is now a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, ha\ing- been quite active in its work for a number of years past. The mother of the subject was born in Chester Hill, Ohio, on the 1st of January, 1852, being a daughter of JosqDh and Mary (Fawcett) Smith, both of English ancestry and of the old Quaker stock early established in America, Dr. Worrali ha^-ing in his possession a complete record of tlie Smith family fruin the first emigrant a'ice>t(r v,ho came (>\er with William Penn's original colony, a? a part of the first expedition organized hv that honored man. The Smith family also took a prominent part in tlie condncting of the nnderground railroad in the ante-Rel)ellion days, as well as dnring the progress of the war. ['he mother of the Doctor died nine days after his hirth, antl later his father married Miss Lucy Snowden, daughter of Professor James F. Snowden. who was for many \ears ]n"inci])al of the city schools at Wheeling, West \'irginia. One child was horn of tiiis union, James S.. wlio is a printer liy \iication and who is now a resident of Amesville. Athens county, Ohio. After the death of his second wife tlie father of the Doctor married Miss Rebecca \\'orthington. of Chester Hill, and iIkw are the parents of three children, Paul. Edith and Mary, all of wlmm still remain beneath the home roof tree.

Doctor \^'orrall was reared in his natix'c tiiwn. md received a mother's care from his father's second wife, while his early educational discipline was secured in the ]niblic schools, including a thorough course in the Chester Hill high school, under Professor J. A. Stone, a most able educator and one who has attained a high reputation in his chosen ]jrofessiori. This school has sent more students to the State University of Ohio than any other high school, with the same average attendance, in the sfate. The Doctor gave particular .attention u i the study of civil engineering, with the intention of adopting this profession as a vocation, and he also was preparing to c-iUer the state university after his graduation in the high school. However, he started on a trip down tlie Ohio river with his l)arents. and this cost him dearly since he contracteil malarial fe\er ,-uid did imt rcco\er from the same for two years, his health being seriouslv impaired during this i)eriod. He was thus disappointed in taking u]) his uni\ersity coiu^se and, ratlier by accident than design, drifted into the ])hotographing business, which he had learned in his father's studi(.i. He tra\-eled into \'arious sections of the Union, taking \ie\vs and placing the same on sale to interested persons, and while he was thus engaged lie \i sited Bartlett, Ohio, where he forme<l the ac(|u;iintance of Miss (jertrude Jewell. \vh(,i two years later, on the nth of ]\[ay, 0S93. became his wife. She was born in Ironton. being a datighter nf William C and Margaret (Barrows) Jewell, who now resitle in Marietta. Ohio, where Mr. Jewell is erigaged in the real-estate business. When but thirteen years of age Mr. Jewell enlisted as a drummer buy in a regiment of Ohio volunteer infantry, and when but tifteen years of age he was incumbent of the position of drum major. ser\ing during tlie entire ])eriod oi the Rebellion. He jilayed the long roll for the onening of the battle of Stone River, and later was captured at Chickamauga and confined in the famous Pibby j^rison. at Richmond, \'irginia. At the time of his capture he smashed liis drum over a stump to ])re\ent its falling into the hands of the enemy, and upnii his being exchanged and rejoining his regiment its members presented him with a handsome new drum, which he still retains and which he naturalh' jirizes most highly. The uiuiui (~if Dr. and Mrs. ^^'orrall has lieen blessed by the birth of a daughter. 1\uth Anna, burn Ma\' 17. 1896.