Canton Township (part 34 of 62)

After his marriage Dr. Wurrall engaged in the mu^sery business at Chester Hill and a])- ])lied himself assiduously to the same for the ensuing three vears. In the spring of 1895 he began reading medicine under the ])receptnrshi)i i>t Dr. O. .\. Pambert. then nf Chester ?Iill. but iiiiw ;i ])racticing phvsician of ^Pu'ietta. (>hi(i. nf which citv he is mayor at the time cif this writing, and in the autumn nf the following vear our subject was matriculateil in the Ohio Medical L niversitv. at Columbus, wliere he was graduated in l)oth medicine and pliarmacy, in the s])ring' of 1900, receiving the degrees of Doctor of Medicine and (irathiate in Pharmacy. He was particularly ambitious ard earnest in his technical study and investigation, as is evident in his having simultaneously carried forward the two courses, and upon leaving the college he was thoroughly well equipped for the active work of his profession. While he was prosecuting his medical Course his finances reached a low ebb. and he had recourse to his knowledge of photography, through which he supplied the requisite funds to complete his course, a\-eraging more than fitt\' dollars a month through this source, and finding hi? devoted wife an able helpmeet and coadjutor, smce he exposed and (levek)ped the negatives, giving his attention to the latter portion of the work in the evenings, while Mrs. W'orrall assumed charge of the printing and finishing of the photographs.

Tn the same spring in which he was graduated Dr. Worrall came to Magnolia and estiblished himself in the active practice of his protessi(jn. and it ma)- well be said that his ncnitiate was \'er_\' brief, for his unmistakable ability and gracious personality soon gained him a rejjresentative support and he has already built up a most successful and gratifying j^ractice. He is a member of the Ohio State Medical Society and is a con.stant and earnest student, so that he keeps in close t')uch with the advances made in the sciences of medicine and surgery and is a skilled and discriminating member of the profession. He is medical examiner for several life insurance oini])anies and for .\l;ignolia Lodge No. lo^, Ancient Order of Tnited Workman, of which he is a valued member, while he is also identified, with Chester Hill Lodge Xo, 737. Inde- IH-ndent Order of Odd b'ellows, and Wavnesl)urg Tent No. 20. Knights of the Maccal^ees. The maternal grandmother of Mrs. U'orrall bore the maiden name of Susan Haves, and she was a first ccnisin of the lafe President Rutherford B. Ha\'es. Her paternal grandf.'ither. William Jewell, was of Scotch ancestry and came to Ohio from Pbiladel]ihia, Pennsyhania, in an early day, having for a number of years been engaged in the shoe business, wdiile in later years he devoted his attention to farming. He serveil in the L'nion army during the war ot the Rebellion. Her maternal grandfather, Henry Iku-rows who was a grandson of Captain Barrows, of the Revolution, was a miller by vocation. In politics the Doctor gi\es his allegiance to the Republican party. The}- have a jileasant home in Magnolia and take a iM-ominent part in the .social life of the community, in which their friends are in number as their acquaintances.

f^KTF.R H. BARR is- a native of Stark county, Ohio, and the youngest in a family of fi\-e children, whose parents were b>sci)li a!id IClizabeth (Dollerer) Barr. the fatlier l)orn in La'icaster county, Pennsylvania, the mother in Adams count\ , the same state. Jocph Ikirr liecame a resident of Stark countv. Ohio, as early as iS.-;-', settling at Paris, where he ])urcliase(l land and engaged in farming, w-hich location he continued to the end of his days. In connection with agriculture, he also conducte(' an undertaking establishment at Paris for a '.lumber of years and niet with fair success in his business afi'airs, liaxing been a man of intelligence, energy and sound judgment. He died in iS.] 1 , lijs wife surviving him a number of years, departing this life at tiie ad\'anced age of ninety-three. The following are the names of their children. Henrv. John. Eliza, Andrew- and Peter H., all of whom .spent the greater part of their lixes in Stark countv.

Peter PL Barr was lii>rn on the familv h(.)niestea(l. near Paris, Sejitember :5. 1836. and there spent the early }-ears as a farmer's bo_\-. laboring in the fields in the summer time and of winter seasons attending tlie village school. He remained at home until about twenty years of age, and then started out to make his own way, leaving his native place on ]\Iarch 4, i8,'^6, the day of President Buchanan's inauguration, and going to South Bend, Indiana, where he shortly afterwards secured a position in the office of the Studebaker JManufacturing Company. The mammoth establishment into which this enterprise has since grown, being now the largest wagon and \ehicle factory in the world, was then a small concern and so delighted were the proprietors with the ability and gentlemanly demeanor of their new clerk, that the}- urged upon him to continue with them permanently and take an interest in the business. One of A'Ir. Barr's early acquaintances in South Bend was Schuyler Colfax, afterwards C(ingressman and vice-president of tlie United States, between wh(im and himself a warm friendship sprang up, which continued unbroken as long as that gentleman lived. Much to the regret of the Studebakers. Mr. Rarr, after two years of efficient and faithful service, during a part of which time he was traveling auditor for the company, resigned his position and, returning to Stark county, engaged in the drug trade at Canton, purchasing an interest in the oldest establishment of the kind in the city. The drug business to which he succeeded was established as early as 1.S45 or 1846, by a German by the name of \Vitting, after whose death, about 1850, it ])assed into the hands of Dr. Conrad J. Geiger, witli whom the suljject effected a copartnership, as above noted, which lasted until 1862. Jn the latter year Mr. Barr opened a drug house in Alliance, where he conducted a very successful business until 1876, when he returned to Canton and bought the establishment with which he had formerly been connected, his old partner. Dr. Geiger, having died oji January 6th of the preceding year. He has managed the house very successfully ever since, and is now not only the pioneer druggist of Canton, but also one of the city's oldest and most highly esteemed business men. The establishment, which he personally manages, has had a continuous existence for considerably more than a half century, during which time it has kept prominently to the front and is today one of the solid, reliable and popular houses of the kind in this part of the state, commanding a full share of patronage and enjoying a reputation which has always been honorable and a credit to the city.

In addition to the drug business, Mr. Barr has been identified at different times with other enterprises, notably among which is the City National Bank of Canton, an institution he assisted in organising and which he served for a number of years as president, having been the first man elected to that position. Later he took an active interest in establishing the Central Savings Bank, of which he was also made president and to the success of which he contibuted greatly by his infiuence, correct business methods and superior executive abilit}-. For many years he was a director of the Fairmount Orphans' Home of Alliance, in the management of which excellent institution he still manifests a lively interest and of which he is at the present time a director.

Mr. Barr, in the year 1859. contracted a matrim.onial alliance with Miss Ada Franklin Geiger. daughter of Dr. Conrad J. Geiger. his old business associate and at one time a prominent physician of Canton. Dr. Geiger was bornabout 1810 in Eppingen. duchy of Baden, Germany, came to the United States with his parents, when a boy, and was reared on Indian Run, \yhere his father took up land and engaged in farming, the family being one of the earliest in that locality. Dr. Geiger studied medicine at Massillon, this county, under Dr. Bowen, became in due time one of the leadingphysicians and surgeons of Canton, and, as already stated, conducted a successful drug business for some years, in connection with his profession. He married Miss Lydia Ann Adams, a near relative of President John Ouincy Adams, and reared several children, who became useful members of society and Iionorable in their respective spheres of life. 'J\:i the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Barr seven children have been born, namely : Minnie L., Winnie G., wife of George P. Pettitt, United States consul at Dusseldorf, Germany; Daisy D., now Mrs. U. S. Johnson, who lives in Canton ; Fannie, also a resident of this city, is the wife of C. W. Keplinger; Bessie married George Kimbark and lives in the city of her liirth; Fred, teller of the Central Savings Bank, married Clara Wikidal, the youngest of the family being Marie E., who is unmarried and still lives with her parents.

In 1899 Mr. Barr and wife made an extensive tour of Europe, during which they traveled over a number of countries and visited many places of interest, among them being the old home of his father-in-law in the kingdom of Baden. The trip was not only interesting, but to a gentleman of Mr. Barr's intelligence and wide reading exceedingly instructive, both he and his w-ife having greatly enjoyed the outing and returning from it much refreshed ill body and mind.

Mr. Barr has been an lionored member of the Masonic brotherhood for many years, and now holds the title of past-master of Canton I-odge, having also served as eminent commander of tiie commandery. Knights Templar. Religiously he was reared in the Evangelical Euth.eran faith and is still a faithful and consistent member of the church, as is also his wife, bofh being active in all lines of work under the auspices of the congregation with which they are identified. In politics he is a Republican, having cast his first presidential \ote for Abraham Lincoln, since which time he has neven wa\ered in his allegiance to his party.

WILLIAM HASSOLDT. - This gentleman, for many years a prominent Ijusiness niau of Canton, but now deceased, was born iit Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, on Ai)ril 21, 182 1. His father, Conrad Hassoldt, also a native o£ that country, spent all of his life in the fatherland, as did also the mother, both of whonx now sleep in the old cemetery in which is mingled the dust of several generations of their ancestors. As soon as old enough the subject entered the schools of his native place, and, being designed for the ministry, subsequently" prosecuterl his studies in one of the colleges of Darmstadt, receiving in due time a finishecl. education. For some reason he decided not to take holy orders, but instead applied himself to the tailor's trade and soon became efficient thereat, after which he worked at \arious places in his native land, finally making: his way to Switzerland, where he followed hi? chosen calling for a number of years. Not long after his arrival in the latter country Mr.. Hassoldt formed the acciuaintance of an estimable young lady by the name of Sophie Richard, who was born in the city of Neaufchatel, June 29, 1824, and between whom and himself a tender attachment soon sprang up, which eventualh- led to their marriage. Aftei* working at his trade in Switzerland until 1847,^ Mr. Flassoldt decided to go to America, accordingly, on May 22d of that year, in company with his wife and others, he took passageat Antwerp, on the sailing ship "Juniata," Captain Shields, of Boston, commanding, anc? after a \nyage of eight weeks duration landed at the harbor of New York. .Vfter seven months in that city, he came to Stark county and settled in Canton township, about four miles south of Canton, where he taught a German school for a short time, then entered the emplo}' of a tailor in Canton by the name of Nichols Bour, in wdiose establishment he continued for some time, later engaging \vith Absalom Kitt. Being a fine workman, his repu- tation soon attracted a large number of customers to the shops where he was employed, many jieople coming- long distances to have him cut and make their garments. In due time he started a tailoring" estaljlishment cf his (jwn, A\hich from the beginning was liberally patronized, although during the first few years he was obliged, by reason of the great scarcity of money, to take produce and different articles of trade as pay for his work. In 1856 he mo\'ed his famih to the cit}-, and during the ensuing three years lived on East Tuscarawas street, at the end of that time changing his abode to a small frame building which stood on the i)resent site of the St. Edward's Hotel. After spending three years at the latter location, he mo\'ed into a brick building on South Market street, which he subsequently purcliased and remodeled with extensi\e alterations and additional im])ro\ements, nut only converting it into a beautiful and imposing dwelling, but adding greatly to its \alue also. ]\Ir. Hassoldt's business CDUtinuing to grow, he was soon al)le to start a merchant tailoring establishment, and. with the timely assistance of his good wife, this in due time became one of the leafling places of the kind in the city. Ele built up a large and lucrative trade, which, by rea.son of the excellence of his w'orkmanship and the high grade of his goods, grew in magnitude and importance as the years went by until in the course of years he found himself the |)(issessor of a handsome fortune and able to retire from active wrirk. 'Sir. Hassoldt made a numljer of ju.dicious investments in Canton real estate, which subsequentlv becamt rpiitc valuable and in this way no small portion of his wealth was acquired. He erected next to his residence a fine brick block, which has since been known as the Hassoldt lili)ck, in addition to which he also ymi u]) a nuiul)er of tenement houses in other parts of the city, the rental from the different properties returning him a handsome income.

When a youth, Mr. Hassoldt united with the Evangelical church and. as already indicated, was educated with the object in view of entering the ministrv. Although giving' up that profession, he remained ever after^vards a true and devoted Christian, and after becoming a resident of Canton joined the Reformed church, of which Rev. Herbruck was for so manv years the belo\ed pastor. He was a member of the choir of this congreg'ation for seventeen years, assisted in getting up many public entertainments for the different churches of Canton, both Protestant and Catholic, and, lieing a fine vocalist, his services were in almost constant demand. He was deeply and fervently religious, and demonstraterl his piety in his relations with his fellow men, his character having been above reliroach. and liis honor and integritv unquestioned. In politics he was stanchlv Democratic, but he ne\-er entered the arena of partisan afl:'airs nor asked any official positi(in at the hands of iiis fellow citizens. Fraternally he was a prominent Mason, and a charter member of tlie (ierman Odd Fellows r)rder.

Mr. and Mrs. Hassoldt reared a family of five children, th.c oldest of whom, a son by the name of William, married Miss Lelia Anderson, and lives in Canton : they have three children. \\z: Bertha. Carrie and Lucv : ranline, who also resides in this city, is the wife of Thomas Tomer and thev have two children, Stella and Elsie : Emma married Frank Jay, of Canttin, and Eina is the wife of Ednumd Groetzinger. and the mother of three children, viz: Alice, ncjw ]\lrs. Harry Hiles, Emma and Gretchen. The youngest of the f;nuih- was Bertha, wife of Thomas Keefer, of Canton, Ixith she and her husband being deceased. The\" were the parents of two chil- (l'"en, 1vul)\- and Sophie, who make their bonie with ]\Irs. Jay.

ing their daughter, but the fatlier. receiving a fatal injury aboard tlie ship in which they took passage, died in a Xew York hospital shortly after landing. -His wife, whose maiden name was Marie Raunseir. survived him many years, dying at the home of one of her sons in Bethlehem township. Stark county, at the advanced age of ninety-one. ]\[r. Hassoldt lived to be sixty-six years old, and departed this life on April 21, 1888, honored and esteemed by all who knew him. his loss being tleei)ly dei:ilored in Canton and throughout the county of Stark.

EDWIN D. Sl'REB. farmer and merchant, is a nati\'e of .Stark county, Ohio, born on the paternal homestead in Canton township, Octol^er 8, 1850. Peter Streb, his father, a native of Germany, came to the I'nited States at the age of twenty and located at New Berlin, Stark county, where he worked for a number of years at the blacksmith trade- He was a skillful mechanic and in addition to his regular line of work made all kinds of farming tools and implements, and it is stated that the lirst buggy springs ever used in Canton were manufactured in his shop. Peter Streb was twice married, the first time at New Berlin, and after the death of this lady he chose for a companion and helpmeet Miss Mary Frantz, who bore him chddren as follow"s : Frances, now Mrs. Frederick Kemery, of Findlay, this state; Elizabeth, who became the wife of Henry Martin, of Mapleton, and died at that place: Josephine, wife of William Thouvenin, of Stark county ; Edwin D.. of this review ; Joseph, a resident of Canton, and Nettie, an \inmarried lady, living in this county. After spending a number of years in New Berlin and acquiring a comfortable competence from bis trade, Air. Streb purchased a farm south of Buck Hill, in Canton township, to wdiich be remoyed shortly after bis second marriage and in which the remainder of his life was spent, dying there in 1880. He was a quiet, lawabiding citizen, a Democrat in politics, a member of St. Peter's Catholic church and in every relation of life a most excellent and praisew(irtb\' man. His widow, also a devout Catholic, and a lady of excellent standing, now resides in the city of Canton.

Edwin D. Streb was blessed witli excellent parental training, added to which the wholesome and invigorating discipline of the farm had much t(5 do in forming his character and shaping his future course of life. At the proper age he entered the Buck Hill school, near his home, where he enjoyed for some time the instruction of Miss Sarah Stayer, his first teacher, and later continued his studies at the same place until eighteen years of age, making substantial progress the meanwhile. Quitting school he assisted with the farm Avork until the death of his father, at which time, when about twenty-one years old, he entered the old Buck Hill Mill to learn the trade of flour making. After serving the full time with the Rank Brothers, proprietors of the above establishment, he follo\ved his chosen calling at different ]">laces during the ensuing six years, and at the expiration of that time boug'ht twelve acres of ilne land, south of the Aultman Hospital, and engaged in market gardening, to which line of work he de\-oted his attention very profital)l_\- until iqoo.

Disposing of his gardens at a good figure in that year, Mr. Streb purchased the Maxwell farm, consisting of thirty-six acres lying between Navarre and ^lassillon streets, Cantt;>n. which be cultivated with liberal financial results until the summer of 1902, when he erected a combined dwelling and Inisiness house on the corner of Navarre and Garfield avenues, where he has since carried on mercb.andising' in connection with agricultural pursuits.

Mr. Streb is not alone in business, having a partner by the name of Herman Goodman, who looks mainly after the interests of the large general store which they own, the subject devoting the greater part of his attention to the farm. The latter is being successfully conducted and yields every year a liberal income, the store also proving a fortunate venture, having a large and lucrative patronage, which is steadily growing in magnitude. Mr. Streb is a man of great energ}- and his welldirected industry has placed him in a situation of comparative independence. He exercises good judgment in his business affairs, his dealings with his customers and witli the trade in general are upright and honorable, and the position he now occupies in commercial circles has given him a reputation in e\'ery respect eminently worth)'. Personally he is quite popular, having a large acquaintance in the city and throughout the county, all \\ith whom he has bus-iness or other relations speaking in complimentary terms of his many estimable qualities and characteristics. Politically Mr. Streb votes the Republican ticket, but beingmore of a business man than a politician, his ambitions have never been aroused by a desire for office or public station. Born a Catholic and reared in that faith, be has always remained loyal to the mother church, at this time being a member of St. Mary's parish and a regular attendant of its stated services. Mr. Streb is a married man, his wife ha\-ing formerly been Miss Mary ;\ionnot, of Louisville, Ohio, daughter of L. V. Monnot, a well known and much respected resident of the city. The union, which was solemnized in the year 1882, alth')ugh without issue, has been a very happy one, both husband and wife moving in respect- .able circles and being \-ery highly esteemed by a large number of friends and acquaintances in the city of their residence and elsewhere. Mr. Streb is a member of the Protected Home Circle.

WAI.TP:R ANDREWS. - Catering to a large and r:e])resentative patronage and standing exponent of a line of industry of marked importance in any populous community, the Andrews Baking Company, of Canton, has attained a high degree of success and prestige under the able management of Walter Andrews, who is the head of the concern and one of the well known and honored business men of the city of Canton. In the year 1890 Mr. Ancb'ews engaged in the baking business on Cherry street, his operations at the start being conducted upon a modest scale, but by careful business methods and the outputting of a superior class of goods he soon Iniilt up a good trade, which has ever shown a cumulative tendency. In 1892, to accommodate his increasing business, ]\Ir. Andrews purchased his present eligible and well equipped quarters at 210 South Market street, providing' the same with the requisite accessories for the facile carrying on I if the business. He piuxhased the property at sheriff's sale, and it is somewhat singular that he later sold the property and repurchased it again under similar conditions, retaining it for a time and then repeating the operation when the sheriff again placed it upon the market, it thus seeming evident that bis interposition has been demanded to make the business a success. He has attained prosperit\- thrdugh his individual efforts, ha\ing been indefatigable in his efforts and progressive in bis policy. He manufactures all lines of bakery goods and caters to both the wholesale and retail trade, operating from six to ten wag'ons during the year, while his corps of emplo}-es has at times reached an ag'gregate of twenty-eight individuals, from which statements ma}' be gained an idea of the proportions of the trade which the establishment controls. In the process of manufacture an average rif one hundred barrels of flour is utilized each week.

January, 1843, ^"'^ having- there passed his lx)yhoo(l days, receiving a common-school edu- CPtion. He then went to the city of London, having pre\iously served an apprenticeship of three years at the baker's trade, receiving- no \^-ages during- this interval but laying the foundation for his future success I)}' acquiring an intimate and thorough ]<no\vledge of the business in all its details, while it was the custom at the time for a definite sum to be paid an employer for thus carrying an apprentice through a trade, the mother of our subject ha^-ing paid twent}' pounds for his instruction in the line. At the age of eighteen years Air. Andrews, relying upon his own resources and being without financial reinforcement, decided to seek his fortunes in America. He embarked in tlie city of Liverpool and in due time reached his destination in the city of New York, where he found himself verital)ly a "stranger in a strange land." but the self-reliance, energy and industrious habits which he brought to bear proved efficacious from the start, as have they throughout the entire course of his career, which has not been without the reverses usually attending the man of business, but which has been one of consecuti\e and successful application as a whole. Since coming to America Mr. Andrews has made fifteen trips to his native land. During the war of the Rel^ellion he was signally loyal to the land of his adoption, servingas steward on a government transport. After the ;close of the war he went to Mead\'ille, Pennsylvania, where he engaged in the bakery business on his own account, later coming to Akron, Ohio, where he was similarly engaged in business for the long period of eighteen years. Tn 1880 Mr. Andrews came to Canton, ^\-here he has since been consecutively engaged in business with the exception of a short inter- ' val. Llis'pai-ents, Robert and Elizabeth (Reeve) Andrews, both passed their li\'es in England, where liis father was engaged in the grain business during the major portion of his active career, and both he and his wife were members of the Episcopal church. They became the parents of eight children, of wdiom four are living at the present time. The subject is a stanch advocate of the principles and policies of the Republican party, but has never been an aspirant for office, and his religious views are in harmony with the tenets of the Episcopal church, in Avhose faith he was reared.

Tn ^^'adsworth, this state, on the 29th of December, 1887, Mr. Andrews was united in marriage to Miss Rosetta Bird, and they have two children, Bessie and Rose.

SEWELL L. HODGDON. - It may be said, in an initiative way that the subject comes of stanch old New England ancestry, the original ancestors in the agnatic line having disembarked in the Plymouth colony only a short time, relatively, after the Pilgrim fathers had landed from the "Mayflower" at Plymouth Rock ; again, we find that by members of the family was valiant service rendered in the war which determined the independence of the colonies from the British crown, w'hile in both the war of 181 2 and that with Mexico were representatives of the line found defending their country's righteous cause, while to the L^nion armies in the greatest civil war in the annals of history the family contributed its cjuota, among the numl)er being the honored subject of this sketch, Mho thoroughly proved his loyalty and intrinsic patriotism and adds new laurels to an honored name.

Mr. Hodgdon is a native son of the old Pine Tree state, having been born on the parental homestead farm, in the immediate vicinity of the town of Trenton, Hancock county, Maine, on the 25th of September, 1837, and having remained on the farm until he had attained the age of sixteen years, his incidental educational discipline having been received in the village schools, in which he laid an ample foundation for the broad fund of knowledge which he has gained in the great school of experience, whose headmaster is a wise and discriminating one. His father, Stephen Hodgdon, was born in Portsmouth, Rockingham county, New Hampshire, in the year 1799, and after attaining years of maturity he took unto himself a wife, in the person of Miss Sarah R. Coolidge, who was born in Trenton. Maine, in 1801. Silas Coolidge, her maternal grandfather, served as a valiant .soldier in the Continental line during seven and one-half years in the war of the Revolution, ha\"ing lieen a participant in the battle of Bunker Hill and having been with Washington's forces at \'alley Forge during the memorable winter in whicli so fearful hardships were endured by the brave and loyal yeomen wha were Ijattling in freedom's holv cause, stri\ing to hurl oppression back and keep the boon of libert\-. Mr. Coolidge was wounded in a skirmish with the Indians. i)ut din'ing his long term of service escaped further injury of a serious nature, wiiile he was mustered out with the rank of first sergeant. ha\ing been a member of a Maine regiment. His son Silas was a S(3!dier in the war of 181 2. in which lie maintained the military ]5restige of the family name. The original ancestors of the Coolidge line came from England with the Pilgrim Fathers and identifiefl themselves with the Plvmouth colony, the lineage being of pure English extraction. Tn the ilexican war a Mr. Watson, a re!ati\e of the subject, went forth as a member of a Massachusetts regiment raised by Caleb Cushman, who was in command of the same.

.Stephen Hodgdon devoted his entire life to agricultural ]iursuits and was one of the sterling and highly honored citizens of Hancock county, Maine, his death occurring in the village of Trenton, that county, in 1867, at \vhich time he was sixty-ei.ght years of age. w bile his widow survived him by several years, passing away in 1873, at the age of seventy-two, both being laid to rest in the old cemetery in the town where so many years of their lives had been passed. Both were devoted members of the Baptist church, and theirs was the "faith that makes faithful," a faith that justifies humanity in the face of the eternal. In politics Air. Hodgdon was original 1_\- an old-line Whig, but he espoused the cause of the Republican party at the time of its inception and ever afterward remained a stanch supporter of the same.

At the age of sixteen years Sewell L. Hodgdon, ilie immediate subject of this sketch, shipped on the sailing \essel "Henrietta," pl\'- ing between Trenton and Boston and later in the West India trade, his ser\-ices being rendered in the capacitv of cook on his initial voyage, while he continued to follow a seafaring life until he bad attained his legal majority. ha\'ing in the meanwhile risen to the position of second officer on the sailing vessel "A. Blanchard," of Boston, vliile in his various voya.ges he encountered manv ]i;u\lships and also had many interesting experiences. On his last voyage he snft'ered an attack of yellow fever, at the port of Santia,go de Cuba, and was kept on l)oard his ship, beiri.g attended liy Captain Clark, of a New York ship and being incai)acitated for dutv for onh' three weeks. At the age of tweritv-one vears Mr. Hodgdon went to \\ altham, Alassachusetts. A\here he entered upon an ap]irenticeship to the machinist trade, lieing thtis engaged at the time when came the clanon call to arms, as the integrity of the nation was placed in jeopardy through armed rel)e]lion. Inherent and intrinsic loyalty i)rompted a ready response on his part, and on tlie i()t1i of .\pril. ]S6!. Air. Hodgdon enlisted as a pri\'ate in Com])any H. Sixfeenth Massachusetts A'olunteer Infantrv. the captain of bis company being Gardiner Bank';, a l)rot]ier of (ieneral Banks, while the colonel of the regiment was Powell T. W}-man. Fie ])roceeded to the front with his command and continued in active ser- vice until May 3, 1863. when lie received a severe wound in the left shoulder, which was penetrated by a musket ball, incapacitating him for further work in the tield. He was sent to Washington, D. C, and thence to the Mower hospital, on Chestnut Hill, in the city of Philadelphia, where he remained until June, 1864, when he receixed his honorable discharge, his term of enlistment having expired. He was present at tlie capture of Xorfc;lk, Virginia, in .\pril. 18O2; ]5articipated in the entire Peninsula campaign, with its memorable and sanguinarv battles, from in front of Richmond to Harrison's Landing; was in action in the second battle of Bull Run; was in the battle of Fredericksburg, u.nder Burnside; \vas present at Chantilly when General Kearney fell, and then took part m the b&ttle of Chancellorsville, where he was wounded, as already noted. He was discharged with the rank of first sergeant and his record was that of a faithful and loyal soldier of the republic.

After recovering his health Mr. Hoclgdon finished learning his trade at Waltham, at which he \\as engaged as an employe of the Tremont \\ atcli Company, in Boston, Massachusetts, and later in Pro\idence, Rhode Island, and be then entered the employ of the New York Watch Conipau}-, on the 6th of Xovember, 1867, and witli this concern and its successors he has ever since been identified. - a period of more than thirty-fi\-e years. This fact is ade(|uatel_\' significant to render further remark unnecessary in the connection. The name of the company was later changed t(j the Hampden Watch Company and finallv to the Dueber-Hampden Com|)any, under which name the magnificent business in the city of Canton is conducterl at the present time, while the products of the establishment lia\e gained a wr)rl(l-\vide reputation. The companv established its factories in Canton in the year 1888, at which time Mr. Hodgdon came here in its employ, lia\ing long held a resjionsible position with the concern and being one of its oldest and most trusted employes, while he has gained a wide circle of friends in Canton and is held in the highest esteem by all who know him.

Jn politics Mr. Hodgdon has ever gi\en an unequivocal allegiance to the Republican party, in whose cau.se he has lent his influence and active support. \Mule he was employed by the Xew "^'(M-k Watch Company in their former works in the city of Springfield, Massachusetts, he ser\ ed three terms as a member of the city ctaincii, while for two years he was a member of the lioard of education in Canton, being its president for one year. Fraternal 1\' be manifests his abiding interests in his old comrades in arms by retaining memliership in the Cirand Arm\' of the Republic, whose ranks are being so rapidly decimated by the one invincible foe, death, and his affiliation is with McKinley Post X'o. J5. He is also a member of Hampden ]^odge Xo. 27, Independent Ortler of Odd Fellows, in Springfield, Massachusetts, and of U. S. Grant Council X^o. 35, Senior Order of United American Mechanics, in Canton. In this cit}' he was one of the organizers of the Maine Club, whose object is the proper commemoration of the destruction of the battleship of the name, while he was also a member of the committee having in charge the birthday memorial to the late President McKinley, in his home cit)' of Canton, on the 27th of Januar\\ 11)03.

In the village of Flushing, Long Island, on the 15th of January, 1866, Mr. Hodgdon was united in marriage to Miss Mary E. Young, who was born in that place, a re])resentative of a prominent old family of X'ew York. She died in Springfield, Massachusetts, on the 26th of August, 1889, and while Air. Hodgdon was thus calleil upon to face the great loss and bereavement of his life, there comes the consolation of the memory of her beautiful and self-abnegating character, - a memory that rests "like the 1)enediction that follows after prayer." She was a devoted and consistent member of the Episcopal church, of which the subject has also been a member for the past forty years. Of the children of this union we enter the following- brief record, as a proper conclusion of this brief sketch : ^Vilson R. is assistant teller in the Chicopee National Bank, at Springfield, Massachusetts, and Arthur E. is an empliiye of the Dueber-Hampden Watch Company, in Canton.

ARTHUR T. HILLES, to whom this particular sketcli is dedicated, is one of the representative farmers and citizens of Washington township and is one of Ohio's native sons who rendered valiant service in that greatest of all internecine conflicts, the war of the Rebellion, so there are many points of a salient order which render him eligible for biographic orders in a compilation of the province assigned to this. He was born in the Aillage of Albany, ?dahoning county. Ohio, on the I2th of January, 1842, l)eing a son of Enos and Mary A. (Harris) Hilles, whose five children are all living, Arthur T., of this sketch, being the eldest, while of the other four we enter brief data as follows : Jennie is the wife of Johnson Grant, of Washington township ; Howard is a prominent member of the bar of the state of Kansas, being engaged in the practice of his profession in its capital city of Topeka : Charles H. is a successful farmer of Washington township and is individually mentioned on anollier page of this volume; and Ella is the wife of Dr. Byron Douds, of Canton, this county. Enos Hilles was l:)orn in Chester county, Pennsylvania, in the year 1816, "being a son of Robert and Jane (Lee) Hilles, the former of whom was a prominent and influtial farmer of that county and a leading agitator in favor of abolition of slavery in the earlv davs. He was a son of David and Dinah

(Milhouse) Hilles, the former of whom was a son of Hugh and .Ann Hilles, who emigrated from Ireland to Vmerica prior to 1750 and took up their residence in Bucks county, Pennsyhanin, whence they removed to Chester cotmty. in 1756, David being the youngest' of their four children, and from this worthy couple has sprung a numerous family, their descendants being now found in the most diverse sections of the Union. Jane (Lee) Hilles. the paternal grandmother of the subject of this sketch, was a daughter of Isaac and Mary Lee, of Berks county, Pennsylvania, and both the Lee and Hilles families were prominent in the Society of Friends in the early history of the Keystone state. Both the grandfather and grandmother lived to about the age of eighty years, and the latter was related in a collateral way to General Robert E. Lee, the distinguished officer of the Confederate army during the Rebellion. Robert Hilles removed with his family to Mahoning c<iunty. Ohln, in 1832, settling near the town of Salem, and ab(>ut 184J he came to .Stark county and purchased about sixty acres of land in section 14. Washington township. Though they suljsequently made one or more changes of abode, they continued to reside in this townshl]) until the time of their death and were ln'iiurcd pujneers of this section.

Enos Hilles was reared to the age of sixteen Aears in his native county in Pennsylvania, and then accompanied his parents on their re- UKnal to Mahoning county, Ohio, and later to Stark county, where he personally purchased a small farm, of about twenty acres, in section 14. Washington township. In 1853 he purchased a farm in section i, this township, and forth.with removed to the same, the property being now owned bj' his son. the subject of this sketch. lie resided on this homestead until within a few years of his death, when he took up his home with our subject. Enos Plilles

a mail of exceptional intellectual ability and mature judgment, a close student of the questions of the hour and able in dialectics and in debate, while as a public speaker he proved himself forceful and convincing. He was one of the wheel-horses of the Republican party in his section and did effective campaign work on various occasions, while he was called upon to serve in a number of the township oftices. He was an ardent advocate of the established gold standard in connection with the government's financial polic}', and through the papers in the city of Alliance he carried on a vigorous discussion with Charles Bonsel and others on the money question. I)eing one of the first to thus strenuously advocate the gold standar'l, while in the connection he gained a high reputation for his masterful handling of the problem, though his exertions in the line undoul)tedlv hastened his death, as he had been for a number of years quite seriously afflicted with heart disease. He was reared in the faith of the Quaker church, and while in later years he was not formalh' identified with any religious body he never wavered in his faith in the allwise Providence and \vas an earnest Christian, exemplifying his belief in his daily life, which was exemplary in all its relations. His death occurred about the i8th of December, i8go, and his cherished and de\(5tetl wife entered into eternal rest on the 22(1 of February, 1894, so that ill death they were not long divided.

Arthur T. Hilles, whose name initiates this sketch, was reared on the homestead farm and was afforded the advantages of the public schools of tlie locality and period, after which, in 1 86 1, he was matriculated in Mount Union College, near Alliance, this county, Ijut a few months later he \\'ithdre\v to assume the responsibilities and hardships involved in the call to higher duty tci which he thus barkened as a loyal son of the Republic. At this time the dark cloud of civil war, obscured the national horizon, and on the sd of Februarv, 1862, Mr.

Hilles enlisted as a private in Company K, Seventy-si.xth Ohio V^olunteer Infantry, his company being recruited at Canton, and with this command he continued in active service until the close of the war, participating- in a number of the most notable conflicts incidental to the great struggle, including the battles of Fort Donelson, Pittsburg Landing, Memphis, siege of Vicksburg, Chattanooga, the Atlanta campaigni and thence with Sherman on the ever memorable march to the sea, after which his command proceeded through the Carolinas and Virginia to Washington, and, Lee having in the meanwhile surrendered and the war been declared closed, he participated in the grand review of the victorious armies in the national capital, and received his honorable discharge on the 25th of July, 1865. He was never in the hospital and never rode a mile in an ambulance during liis entire period of service, being ever found at the post of duty and making the record of a valiant and faithful .soldier.

After receiving his discharge from the service Mr. Hilles returned to his home, and after liis marriage, about two years later, he purchased thirty acres of land lying" across the road from his father's homestead, and he retained possession of this place aliout two years and then purchased his present homestead farm, wh.ere he has ever since maintained liis home. In this farm are included one hundred acres, and he still owns the old homestead, comprising thirty-seven acres. Mr. Hilles gives his attention to diversified famiing and every portion of his farm gives evidence of scrupulous care and wise management, while the improvements of permanent order are of substantial and attractive order. Mr. Hilles is public-spirited and progressive and has the uniform confidence and regard of the community. He has given a stalwart allegiance to the Republican party, and has been called to various local offices of trust and responsibility, hav-' ing .ser\'ed several terms as township trustee and also as justice of tlie peace. In connection with his agTicultural industry he lias for several years devoted s[)ecial attention to the feeding- of cattle and placing the same on the market, and in this way utilizes the major portion of the products of his farm. Fraternally he vitalizes the more gracious memories of his army life and keeps in touch with his old comrades in arms by holding" membership in the Grand Army of the Republic, being identified with John C l-'renmnt Post Xo. ^42, in tlie cit\' i)f Alliance.

On the nth of September, 1807, Mr. IJilles was united in marriage to Miss Phoebe A. Lillew who was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, being a daughter of the late Ellis N. Lilley, who was numbered among the l)ioncers of Washington county, Pennsylvania, where his death occurred. Mr. and Mrs. Hilles became the parents of three children, namely: Frank E., who is a successful farmer of Washington township: Lilly M., who became the wife of Victor (inittard, and died in June, iijoj. being- survixed by one child. Arthur J.; and l'.lizal)eth. wIkj remains at the parental home. While Mr. and Mrs. Hilles are not meniijers of any church, they nevertheless identify themselves with Christian jjrinciples and carry the regard and esteem of the comnnmity at large.

WASHINGTON R. REEVES was born in Greene county. I'ennsylvania. on tlie nth of May, 18J7. As a mere boy he began to de- ]jend u])on bis own efforts for a maintenance, and his natru-al inecbanicd aliilitv was turned to u«e in divers directions, since he learned several trades, though he devoted the major portioii of his active life to work as a carpenter and nincbinist. As a mason be set the sti.ine in the locks of the Ohio canal at New I'hiladelpiu'a. On the 7th of Ai)ril, iS^g. in Ganton, Ohio, whither be came as a voung man, he was united in marriage to Miss Ann Baxter, a sister of the late William Baxter, who was one j of the early sheriffs of Stark county, she ha\-- ing- been Ixjrn in Canton, on the 7th of May. 1822. After his marriage Mr. Reeves continued to reside for some time in Canton, where his eldest child was born, and then he removed to Salem, this state, while later he resided again in Canton, as well as in Bethlehem (now Na- \-arre ) , this county. During his residence there he built one of the first steam engines ever constructed in this section of the country, the same continuing in use for a period of forty years. He was for some time employed in LairdV foundry and machine shops in Canton, and wliile thus engaged he invented the tubulararch brid,ge, a great im])ro\-ement o\er the Aarious types then in use. l"or a time after his marriage he also resided in the city of Columbus, where he owned an interest in a sawniill. He later associated himself with David Hammond in the manufacture of bridges, under the firm name of Hammond & Reeves and with headquarters in Canton. Later on a stock company was formed, under the title nf the ^^'rought Iron Bridge Comi)any. and Mr. Reeves sold his interest in the enterprise about the time of the organization of this compan}-. while from that period until his death be lived ])ractically retired fr(jm acti\e business. Mr. Reeves was for forty -five _\-ears ideiuihed with the Masonic fraternitv. ha\-ing- been initiated in Bethlehem Lodge, from which he \\as later dimitted to the lodge in Canton. He was a Democrat in his political adherency until the organization of the Re]niblican ])art\-, when he identilied himself therewith and e\er afterward remained a stanch ,-i(l\ocate of its ])rinciples. Of the children ot Mr. and .Mr.-,. Reevewe incorporate brief record, as follows: \\ illiam G. enlisted as a member of Company 1-. Fourth Ohio N'nlnnteer Infantry, at the outbreak of the war .if the Rel)ellion. and he died at Harrison's Landing, while in the ser\-ice, at the age ut twenty-one years; Catherine E. hecame the wife of Michael Adler, and after his death married George Mox'cr, and tlie}- now reside in L'niontown, Ohio; Sarah Jane is the wife of John Bhim, of Canton; James L. is deceased ; John \\'esle\ . deceased ; Mary Josephine is the wife of E. W". Nichols, of Lachine. Canada; Ann Eliza, deceased; Harriet Ellen is the wife of Edward Adler, of Canton; Charles W'., deceased; h'rancis B., deceased; Homer A., deceaseel;. Charles, deceased; and IJlvsses Shcrriian, who resides in the city of Can.lon. The [parents were consistent and zealous memhers of the Methodist Episcopal church and were numbered among the sterling pioneers of Stark county. The father of the subject was William Reeves, who wa'; born in renns)-l\ani;i on the 1st of December, ^777- and he <lie<I al Uniontown. that state, on the lOth of June, 1822.

L'lvsses S. Ree\es was born in the city of Canton, on the 5th of November, 18^)5, and his educationrd training was secured in the i)ul)lic schools of his nati\e cit\'. At the age of sixteen Acars he entered ujjon an a])prenticeship at tlie trade of machinist, serving four years and becoming an e.\])ert artisan in the line, while he has since contimied to l.)e employed as a journeyman, save for short interv^als. He has been prominently identified with the erection of the best ty])e oi modern bridges, and for nine months he was assistant superintendent of the building of the dry dock at Esquimalt, British Columljia. while for twelve years he held the important preferment as chief engineer and master mechanic for the A\'rought Iron Bridge Companx", of Canton. He then accejited the positiim i^i mechanical superintendent of the Dominion Bridge Company, of Montreal. Can.ada. which position he filled until June. T903.

(if his choice being Miss Xettie Warner, and to this union iiave been born four children, W dliam, Mthel. C harles and a daughter not yet named.

H.\R\J':V H. SrXSSER. internal revenue ins])ector Pjr the district composed of Ohio. Indiana. Michigan, and the si.xth division of Kentucky, is a nati\-e of Stark conntw Ohio, and the .son df Daniel and Lydia ( Holw'ck) .Slnsser. both parents still living at their old home in the low 11 of J.ouisville. Harvev 1!. was born al th;u place 1 m June 2^, j86j, and there spent his childhood and \-outh. attending, meanwhile, the \illage schools, and later prosecuting his studies for some time in Otterliein L'nixei'sity. The tr.aining thus received was later sui)plemeuted 1)\- ;i full cnnimercial course in Ml. Cniou College, wlu're lie finished his education at the age c)f iwentx. after which he came to C'antun and I'ugaged in the mercantile business. o])ening a grocerv story on the corner of Tuscarawas street and C ie\'eland a\enue. After devoting two \-ears to this line of tr.ade he dis])o^ed of his establishment and in i88() entered the Cnited States rex'enue service as sugar iiisjjector of the Louisiana and Te.\as ilistrict, \vilh he;ulf|uarlers at New Orleans.

Mr. Sltisser jiroved a \-ery energetic and capable official, but after iwii years of efficient service in the iield noted, resigned his office, and returning to Canton was soon afterward ai)pointed de])ut)- sheriff under Hiram Doll. the duties ot which exacting i)osition lie discharged in an able and >atisfact< ir)- inanner until the exjiiratioii of his su])erior's term. Later he re-entered the revenue service, receiving his ap]joiulment under the McKinle\" administration. Jul}' I. i8(j7. and holding the s.ame to date. In the discharge of his official functions Mr. Slnsser has met with many interesting ex- ])eriences. thrilling ;i<l\entures. and not a few clangers, his duty frequently calling him to localities where the revenue laws are flagrantly violated and the authority of the government set at defiance with impunity. In and ahout the city of New York he assisted in locating and suppressing twenty-three illicit distilleries and from thirty-five to forty places where the makers of cigars were evading the law, the stock of the latter being confiscated and their appliances destroyed.

'i'hc most thrilling- of Mr. Slusser's many adventures occurred in the mountain region of Kentucky, where, as is well known, the manufactm-e of illicit whiskey has been car.ried on for years, despite all the efforts of the government to suppress it, many revenue officers having lost their lives in their attempt to run down the moonshiners and locate their stills. With several deputies, he once made a thorough search of a large area of the mt:)untain region known to be infested by moonshiners, but ere he succeeded in ridding the country of their presence and putting an effectual stop to the business three of their men were killed, all meeting their deaths in one day. On another occasion in the same district, two of their deputies were shot and at one time while trying to locate a distillery in a particularly dangerous locality, he and his men were obliged to take refuge in a ca\e to escape the fury of the moijushiners. 'I'he officers after remaining in hifling for a considerable time, finally saw their opportunity: making a sudden dash and running for their li\cs. they succeeded in effecting their escape, though not without a number of shots coming in close ]:)roximitv to their persons. ]\Ir. Slusser has been the target for moonshiners' bullets on many occasions, l)ut thus far he has escaped with no injury save now and then a missile through his clothing.

ISIr. Slusser's physical courage makes him an absolute stranger to the feeling of fear, but being exceedingly cautious, he never exposes himself to daneer if it can be avoided. When necessary, however, he faces the most trying situations unflinchingly, and in the line of duty hesitates at no obstacles or dangers, making his life a secondary consideration to the accomplishments of his purposes. He is considered one of the most capable and faithful officials in the revenue serxice, his record being without a stain and his reputation such as any man might feel proud to achieve. In private life Mr. Slusser is also highly esteemed, being respected as a friend and neighbor, and as a public spirited citizen, manifesting an active interest in all that makes for the good of the community and the welfare of his fellow men. He was reared a Republican and has ever remained loyal to his political faith, being a stanch supporter of the party and one of its most zealous workers in the county of Stark. Religiously he was brought up in the United Brethren church, and still inclines to the belief of that denomination, though liljeral in his views and recognizing good wherever he sees it rnid under whatever name it may be known.

Mr. .Slusser wa*^ married, at Downingtown, Pennsylvania, June <», 1.S86, to Miss Mary Bromback, a native of that place, the union being blessed with two r)ft'spring, a son by the name of Holland B. and a daughter, Ruth M.

ADAM KNOBLOCH comes of stanch old German stock, and the great empire of Germany claims him as a native son, he having been born in the province of Prussia, on the Tst of March, 1843, being a son of Henry and Elizabeth (Doetsch) Knobloch, both of whom are deceased, the mother dying in 1891 and the father in 1003. The subject was but three years of age at the time of his parents' removal from the fatherland to America, and they came forthwith to Stark county, and Adam received his ]ire!iminary educational training in the public schools of the village of Richville, while he has ample reason to recall liis first teacher, Levi Stump, for this master believed imphcitly in the old maxim, "Spare the rod and spoil the child," and he faithfully manifested this belief in a practical way, bringing into frequent and often indiscriminate requisition his hickory rods, to the physical discomfiture of his pupils. At the age of fourteen years the subject began clerking in his father's grocery, at Massillon, and later he attended the German school in that city, while he also took a three months' course in the Iron City Business College, at Pittsbtu'g, Pennsylvania, where he well fortified himself for the practical work of business. He continued to assist iiis father in the conducting of his grocery store until the }ear i<S72, when he became similarly engaged in llie grocery conducted by bis fatber-in-Iaw, in the city of Massillon, where be remained until 1S75, and during the fall of the same year be came to Canton, where be became the owner of the Union brewery, which he coirtinued to operate until 1889. after which be was for three years in tlic enipliiy oi the Canton Buggy & Gear Company. The busine.ss then changed hands, and six months later Mr. Knobloch entered into partnersbi|) with Conrad Scliaeffer and engage! in the m.'mufacturing of wagons of various styles, while they also devoted a department of their well equipped plant to repairing, painting, trimming, etc., and through energy, good management and correct methods the firm has built u]) a liourisbing business, the concern now re])resenting one of the industrial enterprises of the city, while the interested principles command the un(|ualified confidence and good will of the community and of all with whom they have had dealings. Mr. Knobloch t;ikes a juiblic-spirited interest in all that concerns the progress and material |)r(]sperity of bis home city and county, and in his ])olitical proclivities be has ever given a stanch sui)pori to the Republican ])arty.

Henry Knobloch, father of the subject, who was one of the most veneral)le pioneer citizens of Canton, was born in the village of Brobl, province of Prussia, in the Rhine district of Germany, on the 20tb of December, 1814, being a son of Jacob and Margaret (Weaver) Knobloch, the former of wliom was a farmer by vocation. He entered Napoleon's army in 1805 and took part in the campaigns in Portugal and Spain. He died at bis home in Germany at the age of fifty-three years, while his wife survived him several years, her death occurring in the fatherland after the emigration of her son Henry, to America. Henry Knobloch was the last snr\-ivor of a family of ten children, of whom be was the eldest. He .secured his education in the excellent government schools of bis nati\e land and as a young man served for three and one-half years in the l^russian army. In 1S42 he was united in marriage to Miss l'"lizal)etb Doetscb, who was born in the x'illage of Polcb, in 1805, and in 1848 they embarked, at Havre, France, on the sailing vessel "Albany," on which they made the voyage to America, landing in Xew ^'ork forty-two days after embarking, The\' came forthwith to Stark county, and here ]\Ir. Knobloch purchased twenty-eight acres of land near the x'illage of New Berlin, where he w^as engaged in farming for a time, then disposing of the ])ropert\- and remoNing to a fifty-acre farm near the village of Ricbville, this county, while later lie took up his residence in the city of Massillon, where be was engaged in the grocery business for a period of seventeen years, being one of the representative and successful business men of the place. He was thereafter engaged in the malting business until 1875, \\'hen he came to Canton, where he afterward resided until his death, his devoted wife having passed away tweh-e years previous..

On the 5th of Decemher, 1868, Adam Knohloch, the immediate subject of this sketch, Avas united in marriag^e, in the city of Massillon, this county, to Miss Ellen F. Oberlin, a daughter of Conrad and Nancy (McDowell) Oberlin. the father having been a leadinggrocer and influential citizen of Massillon, near Avhich place he was born, his parents having located in this countv in an early day, coming hither from the state of Pennsylvania. Mr. and ]Mrs. Kno1)locli have two children, namely: Harry C" , who is deputy county treasurer and who married Miss Harriet Kintz, one child having been born of this union, Donald; and Nellie, who remains at the parental home, being a stenographer in the employ of the Mc- Kinley Alemorial T'und Association.

WALTER \\. P.VTTERSON. - The Actual Business College Company, of which the subject of this sketch is ^-ice-president. proves a valuable comjilement to the ])ublic schools of the city and also offers great inducements to those who have Ijeen denied the full advantages of -the latter. The subject is a young man of marked administrative ability, has gained prestige as an able educator ;uid is well deserving of specific mention in a work which has to do with the representative citizens of Stark county.

The Patterson family is of stanch Scotch- Irish lineage. The great-grandfather of the sul^ject was the first representative in the I'nited States, wdiither he emigrated from the noVth of Ireland in the colonial epoch. He took up his abode in what was then Mercer county, !'cnnsyl\an'a, in that portion which later f(jrmed a ])art of Lawrence county. There he reclaimed a good farm, upon which he passed the residue i>f his life. There he reared his chiUlren. one of whom was Samuel Patterson, the grandfather of the subject, and he, too, passed his entire life in that section of the old Keystone state.

Robert D. Patterson, father of the subject, was of the third generation of his family in Pennsylvania, having been born on the parental homestead in Mercer count}', and was there reared to manhood. He received excellent educational advantages and became a man of mature judgment and marked influence in the community where he \\\&\ and labored to so goodly ends, ha\ing been a prominent and successftil farmer. He ser\ed for many years as justice of the peace and was also incunilient of \'arious other offices of Incal trust and responsibility. His wife, \\hose maiden name was Mary M. Pinkerton, was born in Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, being a daughter of James Pinkerton, who was a stone mason l)y trade and who was one of the influential farmers of Lawrence county, where he died. The father of the suliject died on the old Pinkerton homestead, in that county, in 1889, at the age of sixty-six years, and his cherished and de\'oted wife survi\-es him, residing in 1 New Castle, Pennsyhania, and ha\ing attaine<l the veneral)le age of seventy-two years. Of the children of this union we enter brief record as follows : fames L. is a resident of New Castle, Pennsylvania: Estella. who has never married, remains at home with her widowed mother; Samuel is a prominent contractor of New Castle; Robert F. is a resident of Canton, Ohio: John W. is a merchant in Pittsburg, Pennsyh-ania : Judson S. is head salesman in a leading mercantile house in that city, and Walter W. is the immediate subject of this sketch.

\Valter \\'. Patterson was l^oni on the old ancestral homestead in Mercer county, I'enn- S}lvania, on the 8th of August, 186S, and he attended the ]>ul)Hc schools of that locality until he had attained the age of se\-enteen years, when he was matriculated in Grove City College, at Grove City, Pennsylvania, where he continued his studies for one year, taking a normal course and preparing himself for teaching. He initiated his pedag'ogic career when eighteen years of age, teaching in the district schools of his native county for ahout a year, while in the following year, to still further fortify himself for his chosen work, lie took a course of study in the normal department of Westminster College, at New Wilmington, Pennsylvania. During the ensuing three years he was a successful and popular teacher in the public schools of Mercer and Lawrence counties and the following year he had charge of a mercantile establishment at New Castle, Pennsylvania.

In the spring of i8c)j Mr. Patterson came to Canton and here effected the purchase of an interest in the Actual Business College, on the 20th of September, 1893. He at once actively identified himself with the practical work of the institution, and through his eft'orts its standard was greatly raised. In i8(>7 the institution was consolidated with the Cantrm Business College, the name of the former Ijeing retained, and at the time of the attending re-organizatinn Mr. Patterson was elected \ice-president and treasurer of the institution, in \^hich dual office he has since continued to ser\e, while, in addition to his more i)urel_\- administrative duties, he is also the efficient jirincipal of the short-hand department of the school. The institution has gained a high re])utation and its support has been cumulative, while its usefulness can not I'e ii\-erestimated. The suiiject is a memlier of the National Teachers' .Association, of the Ohio Commercial and Special Teachers" Associati(Mi and of the Gregg Association of

America, in politics he exercises his franchise in the support of the principles and policies of the Republican party, and his religious faith is indicated in his membership in Caharv Presbyterian church.

In the city of Canton, on the J5th of August, 1897, ^^'i'' solemnized the marriage of Mr. Patterson to Miss Helen Reid, who was Ixirn in Ireland, where she was reared to the age of sixteen years, when she accompanied her parents, Robert M. and Margaret (Moody) Reid, on their removal to America, the family taking up their aliode in Canton, where Mr. Reid died in 1901, his widow still maintaining her home in this city. Mr. and Mrs. Patterson ha\-e two children, Margaret Teresa, who was born on the 25th of June, 189S. and Mary E\aleen, whose birtli occurred October 6, 1902.

AlATN T. DENNIS, dealer in real estate and msurance and commanding a lucrative patronage in botli hues of business, is a native of Carroll county. Ohio, where his birth occurred on September 21. 1865. Paternally Mr. Dennis is descended from Irish ancestors, who came to the Cnited States at a \'ery early date, the family later settling in Carroll county, Ohio, where the su1>ject's grandparents, Cyrus and Mary (Hart) Dennis are still living, both lieing ovev ninety years of age. It is a fact worthy of ncite that there has never been a death in the immediate family, all of their eig'ht children lieing alive at the time of this writing, the majority of them well ad\-anced in ye;irs. W illiam Dennis, father of the subject, was born in Carroll county and is still an honored resident of the same, being a farmer by occupation, and well-to-do in ]5oint of material wealth. His wife. Caroline Taylor, is a native of Columbiana county, and the daughter of Jacob and "Mary Taylor, who were pioneers of that part of the state, and among

Alvin T. Dennis -was reared on a farm, early l^ecame acquainted with the duties of agriculture and enjoyed the best educational advantages his neighborhood afforded, attending school the greater part of the time until his twentieth year. He remained at home until the age of twenty-two, when he purchased a farm and engaged in the pursuit of agriculture upon his own responsibility until 1893, at which time he disposed of his real estate and accepted the position of trax'eling salesman for a commercial fertilizing company of Boston, Massachusetts. While representing the interests of this concern on the road, he worked insurance as a side issue, and finding the latter nil ire protitalile than his regular business, he aljandoned the former at the expiration of about six years and in the summer of 1899 o]jened an insurance and real estate office in the city of Canton. Since that year his patronage has steadily increased until he is now regarded as one of the leading men in his line in this part of the state, his real estate business lieing large, far reaching and lucratixe. his sales running far up int(_i tlie thousands every month. .Mr. Dennis represents the Equitable l.ife Insurance Company of Des Moines, Iowa, and his honorable business methods, together with his prompt and satisfactory adjustment of losses, have attracted to him a large number of patrons, his energy and honorable dealings as a real estate man also prompting many people of the city and throughout the county to place their property in his hands for disposal. He has a hue suite of offices in the Folwell building and his encouraging success, since engaging in business only a short time ago, leads his friends to predict for him a still larger ])atronage and cnntinucd prosperitv in vears to come.

enough to read and think intelligently, and as an eanrest and enthusiastic Democrat he has been an iniluential factor in his party, contributing not a little to its success in Canton and Stark couni). In 1903 he was nominated for the office of sheriff and at this writing is maknig an energetic and thorough canvass of the county, v ith e\ery prospect of greatly reducing the formidable strength of the opposition if not being successful in the ensuing election. Mr. Dennis subscribes to the Methodist faith and holds membership with the church of that denomination at Minerva, this county, of whicli his wife was also a member. His fraternal relations are represented by the Odd Fellows order, in which he enjoys a hig'h personal standing and in which he has also been honored witli different official positions. 3ilr. Dennis is an intelligent, wide-awake, enterprising gentleman, who numbers his friends by the score and who is highly esteemed in social as well as in business circles. As a citizen he dischargees his duty to the best of his ability', and in whatever relation considered, his life and conduct have been honorable and singularly free from fault, and in the main eminently worthy of emulation. His wife, whose maiden name was Ella Brogan. was untimely called away, her death, which was mourned by all who knew her. occurring January 18, 1902. She was a daughter of Morris and Mary Brog"an, and bore her husband three children. Ethel, Floyd L. and Bessie, of whom the first named is deceased.

HENRY F. ROTH is a son of Peter F. and Elizabeth rShriver) Roth, both of whom were likewise nati\-es of Stark county, the former ha-\-ing been bom on the 29th of December, 1820, while the latter was born on the 1 6th of March. 1824. The great-grandfather of the subject on the paternal side was a nati\-e of Germany, whence he emigrated to the United

States when a young man, and became one of the pioneer farmers of Canton township, Stark county, where both he and his wife died. The Shriver family is of English extraction and was early established in the state of Virginia, whence representatives of the name have gone forth into divers sections of the Union. Peter F. Roth was reared to manhood in this county and became a successful farmer of Canton township, his place being located a few miles sout'h of Canton. About 1858 he removed to Pana, Christian county, Illinois, and later he resided for varying intervals at various points in the state of Missouri. At the time of the Civil war, however, he was a resident of Pana, Illinois, and on the 30th of September, 1862, he tendered his services in defense of the I'nion, enlisting as a private in Company H, One Hundred and Sixteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, with which he proceeded to the front, rendering \'aliant service for one year and sacrificing his life on the altar of his country, his death resulting from an attack of fever. He ]jasscd away at Memphis, Tennessee, on the /\h of November, 1863, and his remains were taken back to Pana, Illinois, where they were interred with military honors. He was a man of spotless reputation and held the esteem of all who know him. His marriage to Elizabeth Shri\'er was solemnized, in Canton, on the 13th of October. 1842, and of their seven children, two of whom attained maturity, the subject of this sketch is now the only survivor, having been the fifth in order of birth. The names of t'le others are here entered according to precedence in nativity : Mary Magdaline. Franklin, Hiram, Christian, Sarah, and George Washington. ""The devoted wife and mother was summoned into eternal rest on the 27th of December, 1854, and her remains are interred in the Rowland cemetery, in Canton. Both she and her husband were zealous members of the derman Reformed church, and the former was a stanch supporter of the Republican party

Henry V. Roth, the immediate subject of this review, was born in the city of Canton, this county, on the ist of September, 1848, and thus was only six years of age at the time of his mother's death. He received his earlyeducation in the public schools of Canton, and in 1858, when ten years of age, accompanied his father on his removal to Pana, Illinois,, while one year later he was with his father at Jeft'erson City and other points in the state of Missouri. In i860 he entered the home of hisuncle, Samuel Tillet, of Versailles, Morgan county, that state, whom he assisted in the work of the farm. Ii> November, 1861, he returned to Canton, where he made his home with his aunt, Mrs. Elizabeth Shriver, until .Vugust 4, 1870, at which time he removed tohis present home, at No. 1703 North Cleveland a\'enue, his marriage having been solemnized on the date noted. After returning to Cantorti he had served an apprenticeship at the painter's trade, under the direction of George Hass, and he has consecutively followed his trade, as one of the leading contractors in the line in the city, for the long period of thirty years, while he is well known throughout his native county andhas so ordered his life in all its relations as tacommand the unequivocal confidence and regard of all who knew him. In politics he isstanchly arrayed in support of the principles and policies of the Republican party, which hasheld his allegiance from the time when he attained his legal majority, and his religious faith is indicated in his membership in the First Baptist church, in which he held the office of deaconi for four years, his wife being a member of the Christian .Scientist church. Fraternally he is identified with the Canton Lodge No. 589, Knights of Pythias, and with North Star Lodge No. 18, Royal Arcanum, while for fourteen years he held the office of secretary of the.- Royal Arcanum.

On the 4th of August, 1870, Mr. Roth was united in marriage to Miss Ada Smith, of Canton, who was Ijorn in this county, being a daughter of Daniel II. and Susan (Minich) Smitli, natives respecti\ely of Plain and Canton towiisiiips. Stark county, Ohio, and both now 'leceased. Her father was for many years engaged in the agricultural business in Plain township. Mr. and ]ilrs. Roth have two chil- <lren : Elizabeth .\nn, who was born on the 2T,i\ of July, 187^, is the wife of Marshall F. Clay, and they reside in Barberton, Summit county, Ohio, where Mr. Clay is engaged in the ])akery and confectionery business: .\rthur Henr}-, who was Ijorn rm the 23d of January, 1878, is secretary of the Cedar Rapids Supply Company, at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in which city, on the ist of October, 1902, was solemnized his marriage to jNIiss Ida E. Ciardner.

IvOBERT r..\RXETT claims the old Keystone state as llie place of his nati\'ity. ha\-- ing been born in the town of Rehrersburg, Berks county. Pennsylvania, on the 26tli of July, )864, and being a son of John B. and Hannah ( Tryon ! Barnett. His father was born in Berks county, Pennsylvania, the famih' having been early estal:)lished in that state, whence the original \merican ancestors came. John B. Barnett was reared to manhood in his native stale and for the long term of twenty-four years was engaged in the mercantile business in Rehrersburg, where he was also incumbent of the office of postmaster for nearly an equal interval, holding this position at the time of his death, which occurred in 189Q, when his wife succeeded to the office, of which she has since been in tenure, retaining her residence in the old homestead, which is endeared to her bv the memories and associations of many years. She A\as horn in lierks county. Pennsylvania, being .1 daughter of Jacob and Sabilla (Sevier) Tryon, her father having been a successful physician an.d having lived to attain the patriarchal age of ninety years, \vhile his wife passed aw'ay at the age of eighty-nine, the original progenitors. of Ijoth the Tryon and Seyler families having emigrated U) Pennsyhania from Germany. Tlie father of our subject was a Republican in his political proclivities, and both he and his wife early became members of the Lutheran chmxh.

Robert E. Barnett was reared in his nati\'e tiwvn, where he recei\ ed his educational training- m the public schools, and as a boy he began to assist in the work of his father's store, havirjg taken charge of his delivery wagon at the age of twche years and ha\-ing gi\'en excellent service in this capacity for a number of years. He remained at tlie parental home until he w.is about eighteen years of age, and then set forth to work iiut his independent career. Eor one su.mm.er lie had tlie eminent satisfaction of drix'ing nniles on the tijwpath of the Schuylkill & Raritan and the I'^rie canals, and he thus grew duly lamili.ar with the gracious natures of these beasts of elongated ears and "dejected ha\-ior of the \isage." Thereafter he was employed on steam packet-boats on the canal f(.)r a part of one season, and he then turned his attention to the raising of tobacco in Lancaster county. Pennsylvania. In 1881 he returned home and iilanted four acres (if land to tobacco, with a A'iew to engaging in the business on his own resjjonsibility. but the ^-enture proxed a failure. He then again became a clerk in his father's store, where he contmueil to l)e employed tmtil 1880. when he came to Canton, and here he opened a ])hotogra])h galler\' at North Market street, disposing of the same al'out six months later. He then engaged in oi)erating a po]i deliverv wagon for Henrv \^ogelgesang. in whose employ he continueil for a ])eriod of nine years. At the expiration of this time, on the Toth of January. i8()8, he purchased the interest of Edward \\'onderly, imiior member of the firm of Whitmer & A\'on- ileiiy, manufacturers of all kinds of soft drinks, and at this time the firm name became XMiitmer & Barnett. The linn have built up a profitable business and control an excellent trade throughout the city and in neighboring tmvns, while the business policy \\ hich has been maintained lias been such as to elicit the highest degree of confidence and esteem.

Tn politics Mr. Barnett has ever given an unequivocal support to the Republican part}-, having cast his first presidential \'ote for the "plumed knight," the late James G. Blaine. In April, 1902, Mr. Barnett was elected to the city council, as a representative of the fifth ward, the preferment criming Ic) him without solicitation on his part, and he has spared no pains tn properly and satisfactorily meet the wishes of his constituency and further the interests of municipal go\-ernment, and it ma)" well be said that he has amply justified the choice of the people who honored him with the office. In 1903 he was elected to the council from the fourth ward, which comprises what \\as, under the old division, part of the fourth and fifth wards. He and his wife are worthy and valued members of the Lutheran church.

In his nati\e town of Rehrersburg, Pensylvania, on the 26th of July, 1889, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Barnett to Miss Anna L. Miller, who was born in that place, on the 1 2th of April, 1866, lieing a daughter of Jaciib Miller, an honored citizen of the town. Mr. and Mrs. Barnett are the parents of four children. licrbtrt. I'lorcnce. IMarie and Helen.

^^MLLTAM Y. SCHUMACHER. - .\s the name indicates, the suliject comes of German stock, and the name is one which has ever stood for integrity aTid honor in all the relations of life, while incidentally mention may A\ell be made of the fact that in our great republic, ^\-ith its cosmopolitan makeup, there has been no element of greater ^-alue than that supplied by tljie empire of Germany. The Schumacher family is one which for many generations has been, one of prominincc in the province of Baden, Germany, and there Frederick Martin Schumacher, grandfather of our subject, was born and reared, while he prepared himself for the active responsibilities of life by learning the trade of stone mason, to which he devoted his attention throughout his business career. In his native province he was united in marriage to Elizabeth Weiler, and there they reared their children to lives of usefulness and honor. They continued to reside in the fatherland until 1871, when they came to America to pass their declining days with their son Frederick, father of our suliject. From New York they came directly to Canton, and here they were pro\ided for with true filial solicitude until they were called from the scene of life's activities, Mrs. Schumacher entering into eternal rest in i88t, at the age of se\enty-three years, while her husband sur\'i\'ed until Decemlier. 1899, when he passed, away at the \eneral)le age of eighty-seven. They were folk of sterling character and were consistent members of the Lutheran chtirch, in whose faith thev reared their cliildren, of whom three are li\'ing at the ]>resent time.

Frederick Schumacher, father of the subject, was born in Baden, (iermanv, in the vear 1844. and was there reared to maturity, recei\'- ing the advantages afl-'orded in the unexcelled schcjols of the fatherland and earh' beginning an a])prenticeship at the trade of stone mason, under the et¥ective direction of his honored father. In accordance with the custom of the land he ser\-ed three ^'cars in the German army, as had also his father. In the }^ear 1868, in his native province he was tmited in marriage to ]Miss Aurelia ^^^eiIer, and shortly afterward, in [868, they set forth for America, severing the ties which bound them to friends and fatherland that thev might establish a home in a country offering better ad\'antages for advance- meat throiigli iiulividual effort. Landing in New York city_, they tarried but a few days in the metropoHs, whence they came directly to Canton, where INIr. Schumacher readily found employment at his trade, being a skilled and careful workman, and he continued to follow the same, eventually engaging in contract work on his own responsibility, until 1894, when he retired from active business, and he has been enjoying the rewards of his years of earnest toil and endeavor, having a pleasant home in Canton and having acquired a competence SLifiicient for the needs of himself and his cherished and devoted companion, who has been his worthy helpmeet. In politics he has given a stanch support to the Democratic party from the time of attaining the right of franchise, and Ijoth he and his wife are worthy members of the German Lutheran church. Their six children, all of whom are residents of the United States, are as follows: William F., the immediate subject of this sketch; Andrew, wild is a painter l)v trade in Canton; Gustave, who is a traveling representative of the East Ohio Gas Company of this city ; Leo, who is employed in the Case chair works of Canton ; and Rose and Emma, who remain at the parental home.

In what was known as the (ild Mock homestead, located at the southwest corner of Cherry and Third streets, William F. Schumacher, subject of this review, was born on the 20th of January, 1869. He attended the public schools until he had attained the age of fourteen years and then began the active duties of life, securing a position in the malleable iron works of the Gilliam Company, where he remained for a short interval, after which he began to learn the trade of stone mason with his father, continuing to follow this as a vocation until the age of nineteen, when he found a less prosaic occupation, becoming a memljer of the band connected with the Great Northwestern circus, with which he traveled for two year: gaining much experience and surfeiting himse! sufficiently with the roving life, so that he ws not reluctant to turn his attention to other lin« of endeavor. It may be noted in the connectio that he early manifested marked native taler as a musician, and he has always manifested deep interest in the art, being particularl skilled in band work. After his career with th circus Mr. Schumacher entered the employ c the Diebold Safe Company, of Canton, wit which he remained two and one-half years, an in 1 89 1 he became first lieutenant at Statio No. 2, of the local fire department, where h rendered most efficient service for the ensuin five years, resigning the position to engage i the restaurant business, in which he has sine continued, having an attractive and we equipped establishment at 1027 East Tuscara was street and catering to a large and apprc ciative patronage. He has recently associate himself with the Stark Brewing Company, an is now holding the position of collector.

In politics Mr. Schumacher has been a stal wart Democrat from -the time of attaining hi legal majority, and about 1890 he began t< take an active part in local political affairs, be ing a vigorous and enthusiastic worker in th party cause. In April, 1902, in recognition o his zeal and unmistakable eligibilitv, he wa elected to his present office as a member of th city council, as the Democratic candidate fron the third ward, and an evidence of his persona popularity was given in the gratifying majorit; which he received over the Republican candi date, who was up for a second term. He is ; member of four committees in the municipa body, namely : The committees on fire, water public lights and sidewalks. Fraternally he i identified with the Knights of P}'thias and tin Red Men, and he also holds membership, in th( Firemen's Aid Association and the Baden Ai( Society, while he is an honorary member of tin

In his home city, on the 12th of August, 1892, Mr. Schumacher was united in marriage to Miss Matilda Kerlein, who was born in German}-, whence she was brought by her parents to America in early childhood. The subject and his wife have two sons, William and Charles.

A. HURRAW & SON. - Albert Hurraw is a nati\e son of Stark county, having been born in the village of Wilmot on the 27th of July, 1845, ^ son of John and Elizabeth (Mc- Clintock) Hurraw, the former of whom was burn in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, and the latter in Holmes county, Ohio, whence she accompanied her parents, James and Mary (Clark) McClintock, on their removal to Sugar Creek township. Stark county, in the year 1832, her father entering a claim of one hundred and sixty acres of heavily timbered land near the present village of Wilmot, where he reclaimed a gooti farm and where he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives, being numbered among the honored pioneers of this section. Air. McClintock was originally a Whig in politics, luit espoused the cause of the Republican party at the time of its organization and took a prominent part in furthering its interests in a local way, while for many years he served as justice of the peace. He died in 1865 at the age of seventy-two years, and his wife lived to attain the age of sixty-nine years. John Hurraw came to Stark county from Pennsylvania when a young man, and here was solemnized his marriag"e to Elizabeth McClintock. He located in Wilmot, and here was employed for many years in the foundry of Putnam, Johnson & Company, and after his retirement he here continued to make his home until his death, which occurred on the 5th of

October, 1897, at the age of eighty-two years. He was a Republican in politics and his religious faith was that of the Disciples church, of which his venerable widow, who has now attained the age of eighty-two years, is likewise a devoted member, while she still resides in Wilmot, having passed her entire life in Stark county. John Hurraw was a man who lived a life of signal industry and usefulness, and his sterling integrity and honor gained and retained to him the unqualified confidence and esteem of all with whom he came in contact.

Albert Hurraw was reared and educated in the village in which he now maintains his home and after he attained years of maturity he engaged in the slate roofing business, in which he continued for the long period of twenty-six years, having held and filled many important contracts throughout the county and in other sections of the state. At the expiration of more than a quarter of a century he retired from this line of enterprise, selling the business to the firm of Mullet & Keefer, and in January, 1902, in company with bis son, John P., he established his present business, in which they are building up a satisfactory trade, while he personally may well be regarded at the present time as one of the pioneer business men of the town. In politics Mr. Hurraw has ever given a stanch support to the principles and policies of the Republican party, with whose aims he was strongly in sympathy at the time when the party stood as the exponent of an undivided Union during the crucial epoch of the Civil war. At this time Mr. Hurraw manifested his intrinsic loyalty by enlisting, in January, 1865, as a private in Company C, One Hundred and Eighty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which he served until victory had crowned the Union arms, when he received his honorable discharge, the regiment having been attached to the Army of the Cumberland and having served principally in the state of Tennessee.

On the 29th of December, 1871, Albert Hurraw was united in marriage to Miss Eliza- Ijetli ]"\>gle, who was born in Massillon, Ohio, being a daughter of George Fogle, who was here engaged in molding for many years, and who is now dead. Mr. and Mrs. Hurraw have only one child, John P., who is associated with his father in business, as has already been noted.

John P. Hurraw was born in W'ilmut, this count)', on the 8th of October, 1878, and here he received his educational training in the excellent graded schools, in which he was graduated at the age of eighteen years, after which he assisted his father in his business operations until the time when he was admitted to the present firm of A. Hurraw & Son, and he has proved himself a progressive and discriminating young business man and. like his father, enjoys unequivocal confidence and esteem in the community where both have passed their lives. He likewise pins his political faith to the Republican party and takes a public-spirited interest in local afi^^airs of a public nature.

On the j8th of Deceml^er, 1899, was solemnized the marriage of John P. Hurraw to Miss Millie Bash, who was born in Stark county, being a daughter of John Bash, a well known citizen of Sugar Creek township.

MAJOR A. VIGXOS. - The father of the subject, Joseph Vigiios. though of French origin, has resided in this countrv since earlv boyhood, having reached our hospitable shores when eighteen years of age. He was of a steady and industrious disposition and early learned the trade of a carpenter and joiner. Upon reaching years of maturity he was united in marriage with ^liss Thresa Frontz, who accompanied her parents to the United States at the age of sixteen years. Her family came from New York city to Ohio, but she remained awhile in New York. She later lived for a time in Cleveland, Ohio, but eventually came to Canton. She was of a deeply religious nature and wandered about, looking for a place in which to worship, at length finding the object of her search, which was the old Catholic Mission church, then standing at the corner of Fulton and Second streets. Mr. Frontz, her father, first went to Nimishillen township. Stark county, and there entered a quarter section of land near Harrisburg. He here built a house of logs in the midst of the wilderness and commenced to clear aiid improve his tract of land. From this place the family were compelled to go to Canton afoot for their groceries and other household necessaries. There were no roads and it was necessary to "blaze" trees in order to find their way home. Joseph Vigiios, after his marriage, removed directly to Canton in 1833. He went at once into the tavern business at Louisville, at first occupying an old log house. He prospered and was subsequentls' enabled tn build a substantial brick structure, and was there engaged in the liotel business a number of years, or until the subject and his brother enlisted for service in the war of the Rebellion, w hen he retired from active Ijusiness, his death occurring about six months later. His wife survived liim a number of years, dying at the age of seventy-three years. They were the parents of three children, brietlv mentioned as follows ; Joseph, who served in the Nineteenth Ohio A'olunteer Infantry for four vears during the Ci\il war. died at Louisville, this county, in iS9<j: the subject is next in order of birth: Catherine is the wife of Charles D. Monn(it. of Canton.