Canton Township (part 38 of 62)

GEORGE F. S. MELBOURNE. - In the sketch of the life of William E. Melbourne, brother and business associate of our subject, appearing on another page of this publication, is given an outline of the genealogy of the family, so that recourse needs not be had to the_ data in the preparation of the present article, since ready reference may be made to the one mentioned. George Frederick Sawyer Melbourne was born at Alount Rath, Queens county, Ireland, on the 6th of December, 1869, being a son of Henry and Jane (Sawyer) Melbourne, both of whom represented the French Huguenot stock. He attended the public and private schools of his native land until he had reached the age of sixteen years, when he went to Australia to join his brother Frank, w ho was engaged in the real-estate business in Brisbane, the capital city of Queensland. The subject had been greatly interested in the turf from his boyhood and had been connected with racing prior to his removal to Australia, and there he became identified with two of the most celelirated racing stables in that section of the world, riding in the steeplechase races for said stables during, the season for nearly four years and gaining an enviable reputation as a rider. \Vhile tlius engag"ed he visited India, the Fiji islands, New Zealand, Egypt and Port Said, thus gaining a valuable and interesting experience and l)ecoming familiar with die life of the people in the Aarious countries which he visited. Finally his eyesight became quite seriously impaired and lie was compelled to return to his home in Ireland, and after he had recovered from the optical disorder he engaged in dealing in horses in his native land, continuing in this line of enterprise until 1894, when he came to the United States and joined his brothers John and William in Canton, and under the contract held by them he was foreman of the work of erecting the west part of the court house, continuing to be engaged in this capacity until the completion of the building. His health failed and he again returned to his home in the Emerald Isle, where he remained until 1900, when he again came to the United States, adding another large span to his extensive travels, and after his arrival he made a tour through various western states, having been in Cialveston, Texas, the day after the terrible flood which so nearly destroyed that city, and having been one of the fifst strangers to enter the city after the lamentable cataclysm which cause so great a loss of life and property. Finally he returned to Canton, in February, J 90 1, and liere he was given charge of the brickyard of his brother John, at Malvern, where he remained until Septeml^er, his brother having been ill during this interval. In the month last mentioned he entered into partner- '-hip with his brother William in the contracting business, in which they have since successfully continuefl, under the firm name of Melbourne Brothers.

In politics Mr. Melbourne is a stanch Republican, and he holds membership in the First Presbyterian church, while fraternally he is identified with \\'illiam McKinley Lodge No. -13 1, Free and Accepted Masons. Notwithstanding his wide travels and knowledge of the charms of the fair sex in the most diverse quarters of the world, Mr. Meltourne has not as yet succumbed to the sway of the god Hymen.

LESTER L. NAVE. - Among those successfully laboring in connection with the educational interests of the city of Canton, and Stark county, is Prof. Nave, who is incumbent of the responsible position of principal of the Garfield Avenue school anil wIk) has attained gratifying jirestige in his chosen profession, to which his de\-otion has been earnest and unflagging. As a native of Indiana and a representative of one of Ohio's honored pioneer families, as well as by reason of his prominent identification with the public-school work of Canton and Stark county, he is well entitled to consideration in this compilation.

In the agnatic line Mr. Na^e is of stanch German ancestry, but the name has been identified widi the annals of American history for several generations, the original American progenitor having established a hopie in eastern Pennsylvania, in the colonial epoch. In that section of the Keystone state occurred the birth of Michael Nave, grandfather of the subject, and there he Avas reared to maturity. As a young man he came to Ohio, in the early 'twenties, locating near the present town of Richville, Stark county, as one of its early pioneers. There he secured a tract of wild land, which he reclaimed from the native forest, and eventually he developed a good farm and was rewarded with a due measure of prosperity as the result of his earnest etTorts. He there continued to make his home until his death, as an octogenarian, in 1863. He married in PennsyUania and reared a family of three sons and two daughters, the youngest son, William, being the father of the .subject of this sketch. After the death of his first wife Michael Nave consummated a second marriage, and his second wife sm-\'ived liiim by a number of years.

William Nave was born on the pioneer homestead mentioned, the date of his nativity having been July 5, 1828, and when; a mere boy he began to assist his father in the reclamation and cultivation of the farm, while his educational advantages were such as were common to the place and period, though he was enabled to avail himself of somewhat more advanced discipline than the average youth similarly placed, for he continued his studies in Twinsburg Academy and also attended school in Massillon, Stark county, where his instructor was Lorin Andrews, who was one of the first Ohio men to tender his services in defense of the Union at the time of the outbreak of the Rebellion. William Nave made good use of his scholastic opportunities, as is evident from the fact that he became eligible for pedagogic honors and proved a capable instructor. He taught his first term of school in what was known as the Stump district, near Richville, but after teaching for several terms he decided that he could make his efforts more prolific in some other field of endeavor. In 1851 he was united in marriage to Miss Frances Wimerd, of Canton, and one year later they removed to Huntington county, Indiana, where Mr. Nave was later elected to the office of county surveyor, in which capacity he rendered most efficient service, retaining the incumbency for some time. In the interim he had become the owner of a farm of eighty acres in that county, and to this he gave his attention until 1855, when he disposed of the property and took up his residence in the village of Roanoke, in the same county, where he engaged in the general merchandise business, and there his wife died, in February, 1856. About one year later he removed to the city of Fort Wayne, where he resided six years, giving his attention to carpentering and railroad work. At the expiration of the period noted, in 1862, he returned to the homestead, near Richville, to care for his venerable parents, who were in feeble health, and in that lociHty he followed the carpenter trade until 1867, having in the preceding year consummated a second marriage. Miss Lucinda Hisner becoming his wife. In

1867 he came to Canton, where he worked as a carpenter and millwright and where he made his home untd 1895, when he removed to the city of Cleveland, where he has since resided. The subject of this sketch is the only child of the first marriage.

Fester L. Nave was born in the town of Roanoke, Huntington county, Indiana, on the 2ist of y\ugust, 1853, and was a mere child at the time of his father's removal to Fort Wayne, that state, where he attended the public schools until 1862, when he accompanied his father to Richville, Ohio, where he attended the public schools until he had attained the age of fourteen years, when the family came to Canton. Here he was employed for two and one-half years in the steel works of the Canton Steel Company, after which he secured employment on a farm in Pike township, in the meanwhile attending the district schools. In the autumn of 1872 he came to Perry township and went to work on the farm of John P. Floom, and here also he was enabled to attend district school during the winter months of two years. His ambition to further round up his education was one of decisive action, and through his own efforts he earned the funds with which to defray the expenses of a course of study in Smithville Academy, in Wayne county, this state, where he amply fortified himself for the vocation in which his efforts have been attended with so marked and gratifying success. In February, 1874, he became a leacher in the Halter district, Jackson township. Stark county, and thereafter he continued to teach in tiie district and village schools of the county until 1889, when he accepted a position as instructor in the public schools of Massillon, this county, where the best evidence of the satisfactory character of his services is afforded by the fact that he was retained in the schools nf that city for the period of thirteen years, within which time he advanced to the position of principal. In June, 1902, he was elected principal of the South McKinley Aveiuie school in Canton, and in June, 1903, was elected to the principalship of his present school. In politics Prof. Nave gives his allegiance to the Republican party, though liberal in his political views. His religious faith is that of tlie Baptist church, and fraternally he is identified with the time-honored order of Free and Accepted Masons, affiliating with Clinton Lodge No. 47, at Massillon. and serving as eminent commander of Massillon Commanflery No. 4, Tvnights I'emplar, in igoi.

On the 19th of March, 1878, Prof. Nave was united in marriage to Miss Arietta Freeman, a daughter of John and Mary (Scott) Freeman, of Peny township, this county, both of whom are now deceased. Prof, and Mrs. Nave have one child, Letha, who is the wife of Fred PI. Lehman, a popular young business man of Canton. *

ANTON KOPP was horn in Augusburg, Bavaria, on the 15th of September, 1840, being a son of Joseph Anton and Ursula (Strahli) Kopp, lx>th of whom passed their entire lives in the kingdom of Bavaria, the. latter having died \vhen the subject of this review was but two weeks old. One brother of Anton Kopp was a priest of the Catholic church in Dillingenander Donau, Germany, and another studied for a priest, but died before completing his course, and two of his sisters were Mother Su]>eriors in a convent at Maria Mietingen, while another brother attained prominency in the office designated in Germany as that of judge. One of his cousins became an archbishop and is at the present time a cardinal in the Romish church. Anton Kopp was reared and educated in his native city, where he learned the brewer's trade, becoming an expert in all details of the Imsiness. He remained in the fatherland until he was about twenty-eight years of age, when he emigrated to the United States, and first located in Newark, New- Jersey, where he secured employment at histrade, while later he was similarly engaged in- Philadelphia and Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; Youngstown and Warren, Ohio ; Chicago, Illinois ; and Cleveland, Ohio, remaining for ^ mnnber of years in the last mentioned city.

While residing in Youngstown, Ohio, Mr, Kopp was united in marriage to Miss Katharina Smith, who died in Massillon, Stark county, in 1898. Two children were born o£ this union, Sophia and Otto, the former being: now a resident of Massillon. On the 7th o£ January, 1899, Mr. Kopp consummated a secom.C marriage, at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, being then united to Miss Regina Nist, who was born in Steinfeld, Rheinfalz. Germany, October 3, 1865, and who came to the United States at the age of twenty-three years, becoming are.sident of Canton on her arrival in this^ country. Of this marriage was Ixirn one daughter, Marie Antoinette, the date of whose birth was May 27, igoo.

Mr. Kopp became a resident of Canton \rsthe year 1888, and soon after his arrival became foreman in the Canton brewery, in which' he later became a stockholder, but subsequently sold his interests in this institution and purchased a brewery at Massillon, which he continued to operate until 1898, after which he retired from active business. His death occurred on the 5th of February, 1903. He was held in high regard by his business associates and by all who knew him in connection with business and social life, being a man of genial' presence and one whose kindliness wasproverbial. He was a communicant of St. Joseph's church, Roman Catholic, and ever deeply interested in its work, his wife, likewise, being a communicant in the same parish, and his political support was given to the Democratic party.. Mr. Kopp attained success through his own efforts and was worthy of the

Johannes Nist, the father of Mrs. Kopp, was a successful farmer of Rheinfalz, Germany, where he passed his entire life, his death having occurred on the 8th of December, 1901. His wife, whose maiden name was Katharina Aprill, died on the 7th of April, 1898. They became the parents of four children, namely : .Franz, who still resides in Germany; Annie Mary, wJio is the wife of Andreas Hilgert, of Canton; Regina, the widow of the subject of this memoir, and Katharina, who still resides in the German fatherland. The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Kopp was Lorenz Nist, jind he died in Germany at the age of sixtyeight years, his wife, whose maiden name was Barbara Fritz, having passed away at the age of about sixty-five years. The maternal grandparents of Mrs. Kopp were Joseph and Elizabeth (Ott) y\prill, both of whom resided in tlie fatherland throughout their lives, the former passing away in 1877, at the age of seventyseven years, while the latter died at the age of fifty-four.

ALICE M. MONTGOMERY holds the responsible position of superintendent of that noble Canton institution, the Aultman Hospit;d, having been incumbent of this- office since 1897, ^"d she has shown not only an enthusiastic interest in her work and a marked capacity for the handling of details, but has also proven herself possessed of exceptional executive and administrative ability, and through her influence the service and facilities of the hospital have been greatly improved. She comes of stanch old Welch lineage, but the family name has long been identified with the annals of the fair Emerald Isle, whither her ancestors removed from Wales in 1646. In the north of Ireland her grandfather, John Montgomery, passed his entire life, and there her father.

Joseph Montgomery, was burn rnul reared, receiving excellent educational advantages. At the age of twenty years he emigrated to America and located in the city of Toronto, Canada, whence he eventually removed to a farm in Pickering township, province of C)ntario, where he resided until about 1883, when he removed to the town of Whitby, where he now resides. His wife, whose maiden name was Jane Hyfield, was born in that province and there she has passed her entire life. Joseph and Jane Montgomery became the parents of eight children, of whom four are living, the subject of this review having been next to the youngest in order of birth.

Alice Maud INIontgomery was born on the homestead farm, at Pickering, province of Ontario, Canada, and after securing her preliminary educational discipline in the public schools she waS matriculated in the Whitby Collegiate Institute, where she was graduated as a member of the class of 1888. For the ensuing four years she was engaged in pedagogic work in her native province, and then came to Ohio and began the work of preparing herself for a trained nurse, entering the Jewish hospital in the city of Cincinnati, where she secured the most thorough discipline and experience in the line of her chosen profession, being graduated in 1895 ^''O'" ^^^^ training school of that institution. She thereafter continued her work in that hospital for a period of two years, during which she held the office of assistant superintendent, and then, in 1897, came to Canton to accept her present position, in which her services have been of inestimable value, gaining to her the hearty endorsement of all concerned. W'ithin Miss Montgomen-'s regime, the well equipped ward for children has been provided in the hospital, the same having been furnished through the generosity of the ladies of the Junior Assembly, of Canton, while other benefactions have been made which greatly augment the usefulness and facilities of the hospital. The third floor of the building is utilized by the nurses, and this was fitted up at the exisense of Mrs. George Harter, of this city, while Mrs. William Sherlock contributed the furnishings for a private room mid the hospital workers provided for the equipment of another private room. The attractive reception room owes its conveniences and accessories to the generosity of the Hebrew Ladies' Aid Society of Canton. All of these improvements have been made since Miss Montgomery assumed charge of the institution, and various other changes have l^een made for the better, under her direction, while her gracious and sympathetic nature has endeared her to all with whom she has come in contact. She realized the necessity of discipline and maintains the same with utmost vigor but unvarying kindness, thus insuring the best possible service W'ithout creatmg antagonism from any source. She is a member of the alumni association of the Jewish Hospital, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and her religious faith is that of the Wesleyan Methodist church.

J. FRANK KAHLER, M. D. - The subject of this sketch is one of the more recent arrivals in Canton, having come here in 1899, }et he has already taken a leading position among the city's representative men, besides winning prominence in the line of his profes- ^iun. Dr. J. Frank Kahler is descended from an old German family, whose ancestors lived for man}' generations in the kingdom of Wurtemberg and whose history in the United States kites from 1835. J^h^ subject's grandfather, John Kahler, a native of Wurtemberg, was a farmer and follov.'ed that calling in the fatherland imtil his immigration to America in the year referred to above. He married a Miss Buller and was the father of two sons and one daughter, all of whom accompanied him to the world, and in after years became well known and useful citizens of Ohio. Landing at New York city after a tedious and somewhat prolonged voyage, John Kahler at once moved westward as far as Bolivar, Tuscarawas county, Ohio, near which place he purchased a farm and engaged in the pursuit of agriculture. After living there for about one and a half years he disposed of his place and bought a farm a little less than two miles north of Bolivar, in Bethlehem township. Stark county, where he spent the I'emainder of his life, dying in 1857 at the age of fifty-eight ; his wife survived about thirty years, departing this life in 1885. Their two sons and one daughter were : Conrad, who died in the county of Stark ; John, father of the subject of this review, and Christina, a resident of the county of Tuscarawas.

John Kahler was born in Germany June 10, 1827, and was a lad of eight years when the family immigrated to the United States. He grew up to the full requirement of sturdy manhood on the farm in Tuscarawas county and after completing the public school course acquired a knowledge of the higher branches of learning under private tutors and in an educational institution at the town of Canal Dover. He became a fine scholar and for two years taught successfully in the public schools, after which he devoted his attention exclusively to agriculture until within a year of his death, when he retired from active life. He was twice married, the fii'st time to Miss Hannah Duper, who bore him children as follows : Hannah, wife of Simon Longanecker. of Columbiana county, Ohio; Mary, now Mrs. George Schroyer, of Michigan ; Christina, who married John Stands and resides in the state of Kansas, and Elizabeth, wife of Joseph Krichbaum, of Canton. Some time after the death of the mother of these children Mr. Kahler was tmited in marriage with Catherine Kramer, whose birth occurred in Germany in the year 1835. When she was six years old her parents came to the United States and settled at

After his second marriage Air. Kahler resided on a farm in Bethlehem township, this county, until 1897, when he retired to the town of Magnolia, where his death occurred the following year. He was a man of excellent character and good social standing, an active member of the Lutheran church and liberal in liis ]jolitical \iews. He enjoyed the esteem of all who knew him and in his death the county lost one of its intelligent and most enterprisingcitizens.^ His widow is still living, her home at the present time being with one of her daughters. She is the mother of six children, of whom the subject of this review is first in order of birth; the others are: Ella, wife of George Koehler, of Bolivar; May, wife of Newton Casper, of Magnolia, this state; Henrv, late physician and surgeon, a graduate of the Western Reserve Medical College, of Cleveland, and a man of high attainments and eminent professional success ; he married Miss Delia Siffert and died in Shelby county, Ohio. in the year 189S: Cora, the next in succession, became the wife of Curtis Casper and lives in the to\vn of Magnolia; Charles, the youngest of the family, is a well known and popular resident of Canton.

Dr. J. Frank Kahler was born on his father's farm in Bethlejiem township. Stark county, March 10, 1861, and, like the majority of country lads, \vas early taught the valuable lesson that nKm should earn his daily bread b_y honoral)le endeavor. When old enough to be of practical serxice he became his father's assista.nt in tlie varied duties of agriculture and by cop.iing in close touch with nature in healthful outdoor exercise he developed a stiength of body and independence of mind \\hich had much to do in ^lia])ino- his character and directing his life in proper channels. His elementarv edncaliini embraced the connnon school branches, and after prosecuting these studies until his nineteenth year he entered the normal school at Ada. Pie attended the sunimer terms of that institution for three years, devoting the winter seasons to teaching in the public schools of Stark county, during which time he earned the reputation of a very capable educator. During the last year and a half of his school expei'ience he devoted his leisure time to the study of medicine under the direction of Dr. Conklin, of Canton, and then entered the Medical College of Ohio at Cincinnati, from which he was graduated with the class of iSqi. Immediately after receiving his degree Dr. Kahler began the practice of his profession at Quaker City, Guernsey county, Ohio, and remained there with encouraging" success until his remo\al, in 1899, t(j Canton. Since locating in the latter city his career has Ijeen a series of advancements, until he is now recognized as one of the ablest and most successful physicians and surgeons in a section of the state which has long been distinguished for a high standard of medical talent. He possesses a strong yet sympathetic nature and by conscientious fidelity to duty has won the confidence of those w ho depend upon his professional services for aid, possessing many of the essential qualities of the ideal family physician. Relying entirely upon his own energies and resources, his position to-day as a successful dis- ])enser of remedies to suffering humanity reflects the highest credit upon him, being not only a representative in his chosen calling, but also a citizen who commands the respect of the entire comnninity.

Like all true healers who keep pace with the advancement of modern thought, the Doctor is a close and careful student, also belonging to the various medical societies Avith which the leading medical men of his part of the state are identified. Among these are the American Medical Association, the L^nion Medical Association of Northern Ohio, the State Medical

Society, Stark County Acadeni}- of Medicine and the Medical Society of Canton. He is a member of the surgical staff of the Aultman Hospital in this city, in which capacity his services have been valuable. He is also medical referee for one of the largest life insurance companies of this country. Fraternally he belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the beautiful principles of which he endeavors to exemplify in his relations with his fellow men.

Dr. Kahler has never stepped aside from his chosen field of endeavor to mingle much in ]wl)!ic and political affairs, although adhering firmly to his convictions and in no uncertain ^\-a}- encouraging all enterprises for the community's welfare. His domestic circle includes, besides himself, a wife and one daughter, and his home is most pleasant and harmonious in all of its relations and appointments. His marriage was solemnized on the 13th of October. 1886, with Miss Dora Snivelv, daughter of Levi and Elizabeth Snivelv, well known residents of the city. Mrs. Kaliler's Wrth occurred in Canton township, Stirk county, in the year 1866, and the daughter whom she has Ijorne her husband answers to the name Lucille.

JACOB J. HEXAMER was bom in Hesse, Hamburg vor der Hohe, Germany, August 24. 1 8 18, being the son of George and Catherine (GrinO Hexamer, both parents descended from old families that for generations were tillers of the soil. He received a good education in the schools of his native place, grew to maturit^- on the paternal estate and followed agricultural pursuits as his chief occupation until 1842. when he bade farewell to the land of his birth and came to the United States. For a few months after his arrival in this country !Mr. LTexamer worked in New York and Pennsylvania, and at the expiration of that time came to Canton, Ohio, making the trip to this place via Buffalo to Cleveland, and thence diiwn the canal to Massillon, from which place he reached his final destination on foot. Shortly after his arrival he entered the employ of George Reigler, the proprietor of a meat market, with whom he remained three years, during which time he became not only an expert butcher, but also acquired familiarity with e\erything relating to the meat business. Severing his connections with his emploj'er. Mr. Hexamer opened a market of his own, which, in connection with the buying and selling of cattle, he operated for a period of forty-six years, his place during that time being by far the oldest as well as the most successful establishment of the kind in the city. While thus engaged he attended closely to his business, built up an extensive trade, which he held as long as his market \vas in operation, and by good management and thrift accumulated a sufficiency of worldly wealth to enable him to retire from business and spend the remainder of his life in the quiet and comfortable manner which he now enjoys.

During his active years Mr. Hexamer tra\'- eled over a great portion of this section of the .state, and became widely acquainted, his business of stock buying having brought him into personal contact with many farmers throughout the country. His dealings were always honorable, in consequence of which his name for man}- years was synonymous with honesty and integrity and among all classes of people he has ever been regarded with much favor and esteem.

On March it, 1847. ^f'"' Hexamer contracted a matrimonial alliance with Miss Lydia Holben, whose parents, Daniel and Catherine (Loutzenheiser) Holben, were natives of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, the father being a son of Lawrence H. and Catherine Holben, descendants of old German families that settled in Pennsylvania at an early period in the time of the colonies. Daniel and Catherine Holben came to Stark county many years ago and after marriage settled on a farm about ten miles north of Canton, where they spent the remainder of their lives. They reared a large family of children, of whom the following survive: Lydia, wife of Mr. Hexanier; Solomon lives in Indiana; Jacob, Joseph, Benjamin and William are residents of Michigan, and Catherine, whose home is at Middlebranch, Stark county.

Mrs. Lydia Hexamer was born July i [, 1827. She has presented her husband with twelve children, w hose names are as follows : Catherine, deceased ; George, deceased ; Li/^zie married John Miller and lives in Michigan; Julie, deceased ; Louis, a resident of Canton ; Caroline, deceased ; Jacob, of Canton ; Emma, wife of Peter Hahn, of Canton; Edward lives in Canton: Louisa is the wife of Philip Wilde, of this city : Joseph, deceased, and Charles, who at the present time Ii\es in Texas.

^Ir. Hexamer and wife, although well stricken in years, are still remarkably active, both retaining to an unusual degree the possession of their physical and mental powers. Eminently social and hospitable, they have many A\arm friends in Canton, who vie with each other in showing them favors, and it is doubtful if there is another as popular and highly esteemed old couple to be found in the city. Mr. Hexamer has kept in close touch with the trend of events and still manifests a keen and abiding interest in all affairs relating to the well being of Canton and Stark county. While in business he made a number of judicious investments in real estate, one of which was the purchase of five acres of land on Lippert street within the city limits, which has since become very valuable. On this large lot are two commodious d\\ellings w-hich he rents to good advantage. In politics Mr. Hexamer has always voted the Democratic ticket, and notwithstanding his advanced age, he still lends his influence to the party and labors earnestlv in its behalf. Alany years ago he miited with the German Reformed church and began the earnest Christian life which has characterized his life to the present day, his conduct the meanwhile being above reproach and his character all the most critical and exacting could reasonably desire in a follower of the Nazarene. He has long been a leading member of the First Reformed church of Canton, his wife also belonging to the same congregation.

ANTHONY FRANCIS comes of stanch Alsacian French lineage, the name having been originally spelled Francois, and the present .\nglacized orthography was adopted by his father after his removal to the United States. Stephen Francis, father of the subject, was born in the province of Alsace, France, where he was educated, being a man of fine intellectual attainments and having there been a successful teacher for a number of years. There was solemnized his marriage to Miss Marie Therese Marchand, who was also born in the pro\-ince of Alsace, and in that province were born six of their children. In 1S27 the family came to America, sailing from Havre, and in due time landing in the city of New York, where they remained for a short time and then came to Stark county, Ohio, being accompanied by a sister of Mrs. Francis, with her husband and children, who had previously resided for some time in the national metropolis. The trip was made by way of the great lakes to Cle^'eland and thence by the old Ohio canal to Massillon, this cotmty, from, which point the two families came overland to Canton. Stephen Francis [jurchased twenty-one acres of land west of Nimishillen creek and on what is now East Tuscaraw-as street, the tract at the present time being divided into city lots and w ell Imilt up. On this little farm was a primitive log cabin, in which the family took up their alx)de. The father was engaged in the cultivation of his farm un- ti! 1852, having in the meanwhile erected a commodious building on the place and there conducted a successful hotel business, the house being on the road between Massillon and Canton and thus gaining a good patronage from the farmers who passed through on their wa\- to the former place with their wheat and other produce, nearl}- all of which was taken to ]\[assdlon f(»r shipment by way of the canal, this being prior to the advent of railroads in this section. In the series of articles by Mr. John Danner, appearing in this work, reference is made to this tavern as one of the old landmarks of the county, while incidentally reference is made also to the precedence which Massillon then enjoyed as the "Wheat City." In the year mentioned Mr. Francis sold this property to George Trump, and he then removed with his wife, the subject and the girls of the family to I.ucas county, Ohio, purchasing eighty acres of land a short distance west of the present city of Toledo. His wife died on this farm, in 1856, and he soon afterward si^ld the property and removed into the city of Toledo, where he passed the remainder of his life in the home of one of his daughters, dying at the age of eightysix years. He was first a Whig and later a Repulilican in politics and both he and his wife were de\'oted communicants of the Catholic church. ' M' their children we offer a brief record as follows : Therese, who became the wife of Joseph Glardon, died in Lawrenceville, Indiana ; Sel)astian died in St. Augustine, Texas; Frances, the wife of Edward McCleary, died in Toledo, in 1895 ; Catherine died in Canton, at the age of eighteen years; Mary Jane, who is the wife of Conrad Nicolette, resides in the city of Toledo; Filicite, the wife of Hernian Henning, died in Toledo, all the above mentioned having been born in Alsace, France, while the following named were born in the United States: Stephen died in California; Anthony is the immediate subject of this review; Mary Ann is the wife of Peter Schwalm, of Joliet,

Anthony Francis, to whom this sketch is dedicated, was born in the little log cabin on the homestead farm, on East Tuscarawas street. Canton, on the 22d of May, 1832, and when he was eight years old his father built tliere the brick tavern to which reference has been made, and thus much of his boyhood was passed in this hcjtel, his reminiscences in regard to the early days being most graphic, as he well recalls how the farmers from this and adjoiningcounties passed through to JMassillon with their wagon loads of wheat, frequently ten or more wagons passing along together, while the roadside tavern.s furnished accommodatif>ns foPs men and horses. His initial educational training was received in the pioneer sclioof house, under the direction of Hon. Benjamin V. Leiter, who was his first teacher and who later repre- .sented this district in congress, and his schoo! discipline ceased when he was fifteen yejirs of age. As a boy he began work on the home farm and he followed this A'ocation until he had attained the age of twenty-three years, when he left home and set forth on his independent career. It had long been his desire to learn the trade of blacksmith, but his father had objected to the plan, and thus upon leaving the parental roof he secured a position as striker in the blacksmith shops of the works of the C. .\ultman C'ompany, in Canton, where he learned the blacksmith trade, being employed in the Aultman shops as a journeyman for a period of seven years, after which he was identified with the grocery business for one year. He then became a clerk in the hardware store of C. C. Snyder, and was thus employed for the ensuingeight years, after which he was, for somewhat more than one year, foreman in the shops of the Wrought Iron Bridge Company, of Canton, thereafter devoting about eight years to representing this concern as a traveling salesman.

s\-hile later he was similarly engaged with the Massillon Bridge Company ahout the same length of time, at the expiration of which, in the autumn of 1892, he retired from active ])usiness life, still retaining his residence In Canton, ^vhe^e he has an attractive home, at 600 North Walnut street. In politics he renders allegiance to the Republican party, and fraternally he is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Honor. He is not formally identified with any religious organization, but his wife is a zealous member of the German Reformed chiuxh.

In Canton, on the 14th of October, i86j, Mr. Francis was united in marriage to Miss Mary Shooi, a daughter of Andrew and Catherine (I'lrichj Shoof, and of this union have been born fi\e children, namely : Helen, who is the wife of Charles Lind, of Canton ; Augustus, who remains at the parental home; Stephen, is a dealer in sewing and washing' machines in Canton ; and Emma and Minnie, who still remain beneath the home roof.

JOSEPH OBERLIN, retired farmer and private citizen af Tuscarawas township, was born in Stark county, Ohio, July 5, 1826, the son of Peter and Susan (Cramer) Oberlin. Peter Oberlin was a native of Pennsyhania, and as early as the year 1813 accompanied his father to Stark county, Ohio, the' latter entering a tract of government land in what is now the township of Tuscarawas. The name of the subject's grandfather was Adam Oberlin : he was one of the early settlers of the countv, and a m;'.n well fitted for the strenuous work which the pioneers were obliged to do in order to establish homes in the dense wilderness which originall}- covered this part of the state. He faithfully ])eriormed his alloted task of laying the foundation of the community, finished his labors many years ago, and by the side of his good wife now sleeps the sleep that knows no waking. Peter Oberlin was reared a farmer and followed that pursuit all his life, acquiring a fine estate of one hundred and ninety-five acres in the county, beside a smaller place in the county of Wayne. He was a man of great industry, thoroug'hly reliable in all his dealings and achieved honorable repute as a neighbor and citizen. In his younger days he joined the United Brethren church, and it was in his dwelling in Tuscarawas township that religious services were held as stated intervals during the earl}' settlement of the county. A number of years later he x^ithdrew from that communion and united with the Reform church, to the precepts of which he remained loyal to the end of his days. His wife was also a member of the church, and is remembered as a wouKui of sterling worth and beautiful moral ch.aracter, and an earnest Christian, and, in her latter days, was looketl upr)n by her friends and n.eighbors as a veritable mother in Israel. Peter Oberlin finished his life \vork and entered unto rest in the year 1856, his wife dying suljsequently. They were the parents of a large family, ele\'en children in all, of whom the subject is the only living representative.

Of the early life of Joseph Oberlin little need Ije said, as his experience on the farm in the summer time and in such schools as his neigliborhood afiforded in the winter time was similar in most respects to tliat of the majority of boys l)orn and reared in the rural districts. \\'hcn old enough to assume his share of the farm labor and after completing- the branches constituting the district school course, he pursued his studies in the Union school at Massillon. Later he taught several terms of school in his native township, and in February, 1853, joined the tide of emigration westward to the gold fields of California, making the long, tiresome journey to that remote part of the continent in the face of many thrilling experiences and dangers not a few. Mr. Oberlin remained on the Pacific coast a little over four vears and was a participant in many of the thrilling episodes and daring adventures which characterized the early times in the far west. In June, 1857, he returned to Stark county and eng-aged in farming in the township of Tuscarawas, where he has since lived and prospered, meanwhile, by diligence and well directed industry, accumulating a hanclsi >nic property, including a line farm of one hundred acres which is well impriivod rmd successfully culti\'ated.

Mr. Oherlin has not been unmindful of his duty as a citizen, as is attested by the deep interest he has always maintained in public and political affairs. A prominent supporter of the Democratic party, he has been long prominent in its local councils and an active worker in its ranks, and at one time was honored by being nominated for the legislature of his state, but failed of election by reason of the overwhelming strength of the opposition. He has been a delegate to a number of county conventions, and, being a clear, forcible and logical speaker, it has fallen to him on divers occasions to present the names of candidates for nomination. His services have been especially valuable in campaign times and his leadership in his own tow'Hship has contributed much to the strength and success of the ticket in a number of elections. Mr. Oberlin possesses a strong personalty which, with his sterling character and invincible integrity, makes him an influential factor in any public work or private enterprise to which he addresses himself.

On December 20, i860, occurred the marriage of Mr. Oberlin and Miss Mary A. Christman, the latter born in the county of Stark, in the year 1838. on the farm where her husband now lives. Mrs. Oberlin was the daughter of John and Margaret Christman, who came to iliis cdiintN- fri'm Pennsylvania about the year 1834, and spent the rem;iinder of their lives in Tuscarawas township. Four chiklren were born to IMr. and Mrs. Oberlin. Mrs. Oberlin died on the 9th of January, 1871). Tn his religious belief Mr. Oberlin subscribes to the Reformed church, and for over twenty-three years he has been superintendent of the Sunday school classes under the auspices of the congregation with which he is identified. Mrs. Oberlin is also an active church worker, and, like her husband, has strong religious convictions which she exemplihes in her daily walk and conversation. The reader of the foregoing" brief review need not loe informed that iNIr. Oberlin is a man of great energy, public spirit and a high order of business talent. His good fc:)rtune in temporal things has not come to him by accident, but througli perseverance, industry, undeviating integrity and correct dealings with his fellow men. He is also greatly in-' debtee! for much of his success in life to his frank and manly demeanor and great kindness of heart.

JOHN B. ZETTLER, proprietor and manager of the Zettler nurseries and green houses at 405 Clarence avenue. Canton, also an in\-entor of considerable renown, was born in Sandusky, Erie county, Ohio, February 16, 1855, being the son of John and Chrisantha (Iveiffer) 'Zettler, both ]iarents nati\-es of Germany. The father came to the United States in early life and settled in Erie county, Ohio, where he followed agricultural pursuits until! his removal to Canton in the year 1867. On coming to this city he entered the employ of C. Aultman & Company and remained with that firm until his death, which occurred in 1886, his widow being still a resident of Canti>n.

John B. Zettler spent the first twelve years of his life in the county of his birth and there received his, early educational discipline in the public schools. He attended one term after coming to Canton in 1867, and when a youth in his 'teens took tip the carjienter's trade, which he followed with fair success until engaging in tlnriculliu'e and the nurserv business in 1883, purchasing that year the grounds on which now stand the Zettler nurseries on Clarence avenue. Since beginning this enterprise, Mr. Zettler has built and extended from time to time the area of his nurseries and added many new features, the increase of patronage the meanwhile justifying him in the expenditures necessary to carry on this series of improvements. He now has one of the largest and most thoroughly equipped establishments of the kind in the eastern part of the state, keeping on hand at all times a complete stock of trees and plants, including- many varieties of rare and valuable flowers and fruits, and he spares neither pains nor expense in supplying the constantly growing demands of his numerous customers. JMr. Zettler has devoted much time and study to the fascinating pursuit in \vhich he is now engaged, and the knowledge thus derived has am]:)ly repaid him in the large business he now commands and the liberal income of w hich he is the recipient.

Mr. Zettler, as indicated in a preceding paragraph, possesses mechanical talent of a high order, and his skill has been turned to good account in the \'ari()ns devices which he has invented and given to the world. Among his best known and most ])ractical inventions is a revolving book case which by simply removing the shelves can be transformed into a wardrobe, with every convenience found in those made especially for the latter pui'pose. Another of his inventions, the butted glass sash bars, a labor-saving device of great utility, designed to replace putty in fastening of glass windows and the replacing of liroken glass, has been warmly commended wherever tried, and ere long will doubtless come into general use by manufacturers of sash picture frames and all articles of like character, also by builders who find the old process not only lal)oriotis but expensive. At the present time he is perfecting a new steam and water boiler which is greatly superior to those now in use and which when completed gives e\'ery promise of Ijeiug generallv adopted.

In September, 1891, Mr. Zettler met with a serious financial disaster, in the destruction of his place of business by fire, the loss to buildings, stock, tools, etc., aggregating considerably in excess of three thousand dollars, only a small part of which was covered by insurance. With his characteristic energy, however, he at once set about to retrieve if possible his broken fortune, and in due time new and much better buildings than the original were erected, the stock was fully replenished and since the fire his business has more than regained its former magnitude, with the promise of still greater prosperity in the future.

On January 14, 1879, Llr. Zettler contracted a marriage with Miss Rosa Deyille. daughter of Nicholas and Mary (Bour) Deville, to which union the following children have been born : Ferdinand, born May 7, 1880. was graduated from the Canton high school, and is now living in the city of Cleveland : Lester J., whose birth occurred February 13. 1884. was educated in the city schools and in the Canton Business College : William X., his father's business associate, was born February 10. 1886; Vincent V., torn September 26, 1888, is a graduate of the city high school and a youth of intelligence and much promise; Effie C, win. is now pursuing her studies in the public schools, was born on the 2d day of October. 1890; Ralph I-eo was born June 14, 1892 ; Ma\- A. was torn June 6, 1894; Margaret A. was born October 6. 1897, and died January 22. 1899; and Elizabeth, whose birth occurred July 9, 1901.

]\Ir. Zettler generally the Democratic ticket, but is liberal in his political views, caring little for party ties ; in religion he is a Catholic, belonging with his family to St. Joseph's church, to the support of which he is a liberal contributor. He is a man of wide general intelligence, a reader of the world's best literature, and has a large and carefully selected librarv. in which nearlv all of his leisure time is spent. Thrown upon his own resources when a youth in his early teens, with no friends to whom he could apply for assistance or encouragement, his life for man}' years was beset with vicissitudes and hardships. Not easily cast down, he addressed himself manfully to honest toil, saved his surplus earnings with scrupulous care, until he found himself the possessor of sufficient capital to begin business of his own in a modest way. Since then his course has been steadily on\vard and upward, and by energy and ^^-elI-directed thrift he is now in independent circumstances, with a competence laid up against the possible day of adversity and for his declining years. .\n incident in the life of Mr. Zettler worthy of note occurred on the night of October 27, 1899, when the family residence was broken into by l>urglars. Sitting in his office at the time, he did not hear them enter, but being informed of their presence by his wife throug'h a speaking tube, he at once rushed to the scene and succeeded in affecting their capture. On the way to the police station witli his prisoners, they showed fight and attempted to break away and in the struggle that fi>l!(5wed four revoh'er sh.ots were fired, one of which passed thrdugh I\Ir. Zettler's groin, infiicting a painful and dangerous wound from wliich he has e\er since ])een a sufferer.

J-ACOB KLOSS. TR - The subject of this review is a native of Stark county, Ohio, and the second in a family of six children, whose parents, Jacob and Phoebe Kloss, came from German}-. The father was seventeen years old when he left tlie land of his birth, and after coming to America spent two years in New York, thence came to Canton, Ohio, where he engaged in the transfer Ijusiness, being one of the first men in the city to run a public dray. Later he followed teaming until becoming disabled, since whicli time he has been living in retirement at his home on South Cherrv street.

having readied the age of seventy-four, in full possession of his mental faculties, but, as indicated, being somewhat enfeebled physically. Phoebe Uhland, who became the wife of Jacob Kloss, Sr., came to the United States at the age of fourteen with her step-father, and grew to womanhood in Canton, in which city she first met the gentleman whom she subsequently married. She is now a well-preserved woman of sixty-six 3?ears, and the mother of children as follows : Henry, a resident of Canton ; Jacob, of this review ; Amelia, who died when twenty years old; Pauline, Laura and Flora.

Jacob Kloss, Jr., was born at the family home on South Cherry street. Canton, November 5, 1864, and received his early education in the parochial school of the German Reform church, subsequently attending until his eleventh year the public schools of the city. P.y reason of his services being required at home, he was compelled to lay aside his studies at that age and turn his attention to some pursuit from which an income could be derived, accordingly, when only eleven years old, he began working in a brick yard for fiftv cents per day. .After de\'oting about seven summers to this kind of labor, spending the winter seasons the meanwhile in a grocer}' store, he engaged with a Mr. Winner, in 1883, to learn the meat business. Tn due time he became an expert butcher, and in 1885 opened a meat market of his own on South Cherry street, which he conducted for a period of three years with gratifying success, disposing of the establishment at the expiration of that time, after which he worked for other parties until 1891. spending the greater part of the interval in the employ of Houser tS: Buchwalter. In the latter year ]NTr. Kloss again embarked in business upon his o\\'n responsibilit}', establishing- himself at his present stand at No. 1252 South Market street, where he has built up an extensive trade, his market at the present time being one of the largest establishments of the kind in the city, also one of the most liljerally patronized and popular. J\Ir. Kloss is an energetic, wide-awake, progressive business man, who attends closely to his duties, and by industry and wisely directed thrift he has become the possessor of a fortune of no small magnitude. He is an expert in his line, deals fairly with his customers, and stands high in the esteem of the people. Among his German- American fellow citizens he is regarded with peculiar favor, having always been interested in their welfare, and for a number of years he has been an influential factor not only in their business affairs, but also in their social, educational and religious life.

Mr. Kloss, on the 29th day of March, 1885, entered the marriage relation with Miss Margaret E. Lichtenwalter, whose parents, ]\Iichael and Mary Ann (Howenstein) Lichtenwalter, lived for a number of years on a farm in Pike township, Stark county. During the eighteen years preceding his death the father lived a retired life in Canton, the mother being still an honored resident of this cit-\-. Mrs. Kloss was born and reared in Stark county, and her marriage has been blessed \\ith six children, namely: Alonzo H., who is engaged with his father in the meat business ; Marv May -died at the age of two years; Pauline; William Henrv; Cladvs died in infancv, and Earl Ralph.

Politicrdly, Mr. -Kloss votes the Democratic ticket, and, as an intelligent, enterprising citizen, keeps well informed relative to current and the great public questions of the <lay. Religiously he is a member of the German Reformed church of Canton.

WILLIAM M. GLASS, proprietor of a large lilacksmith shop at No. 403 East Fourth street. Canton, and one of the leading craftsmen of the kind in the city, is a native of Pennsylvania, and was luirn in Rosstown York county, on the 7th day of December, 1834. His father, William Glass, was born and reared in the same count}- and for a long time worked at the l)lacksmith trade in Rosstown, where his death occurred a number of years ago. The Glasses came originally from England, and the family was represente'd in Pennsylvania in an early day, and from that commonwealth descendants moved to different parts of the I'nion and the name has since become familiar in a number of states, ^\'illiam Glass, Sr., married, in Pennsylvania, JNIiss Elizabeth Myers, who was born in York county, the daughter of Peter ]\Iyers, whose ancestors came to th'is country in an early day. settled in the state noted and become well known in the respective localities where they lived.

The early life of William ]\I. Glass was controlled by conditions which, nnich to his regret, deprived him of advantages and privileges which fall to the lot of the majority of lads, including among others the inability to acquire any but the most limited education, the sum total of his schooling covering a period of only six months. He was almost literally reared in a blacksmith shop, and when but ten years old hired to his older brother, James, who took charge of his father's establishment in Rosstown, recei\ing for his ser\"ices the munificent sum of fifteen cents per day. In due time he became an efficient workman and after following the trade for some years in his native state, came, in 1854, to Jefl:'erson county. Ohio, where he started a shop of his own. which he conducted with encouraging success at the place he originally located for a period of three years. Mr. Glass continued his chosen calling in the towns of Smithfield and Mt. Pleasant in the above county until 1892. in which vearfhc came to Canton, and from that date to thcpresent has operated establishments in this city, with a large and constantly increasing patronage. In 1895 lis moved to his present location, Xo. 403 East Fourth street.

where he has a large and well equipped shop, and does all kinds of Avork in his line with neatness and despatch, being assisted by a number of efficient workmen.

Air. Glass was married, in Jetiferson county, Ohio, in the year 1852, to Miss Ruth Ann Hussey, a lady of strong mental powers, intense religious convictions and for some years a noted e\ange!ist in the Society of Friends, with which religious body he is ako identified. She bore him three children, all deceased, and departed this life in 1865, deeply lamented not only by her husband and near relati\'es and friends, but by the chiu'ch throughout Ohio, in which she had long- exercised such a potent and beneficial influence. Mr. Glass's second marriage was .solemnized in 1S66, with Mary Samantha Talbott, also a representative of an old and highly respected Quaker famih'. the union lieing blessed with three children, William K., Caroline and Mar}- E. Mrs. Glass is a daughter of Kinsey and Caroline E. (Lawrence) Talbott, the latter of whom was the noted Quaker evangelist who gained such a wide reputation throughout the Cnited States and England, for her temperance and Christian principles. Mr. Glass still hold membership with the old Friends church at Alt. Pleasant and has always been true to his religious couA-ictions, upholding at all times the simple but beautiful teachings of the creed to which he subscribes and demonstrating by a life devoid of offense to God and man the reality and exceeding great value of Christianitv when practically applied. Fie was reared in the political school of Democracy, and in the main has supported the party of that riame, though of recent years he has Ijeen practically independent, being at the present time favorably inclined to the principles of prohibition. A strong advocate of temperance and himself a commendable example of the doctrines he advocates, he lends his influence to every laiulable means for the suppression of the li(|iiiir traffic, and of late has become convinced that the most eft'ective agency to rid the country of the e\"il is prohibition, fearlessly enacted and strictly enforced. Mr. Glass, though rather quiet and somewhat conservative in his relations with his fellow men and the public, is enterprising and progressive, entertains broad and liberal ideas and recognizes and encourages good, tmder whatever name it may appear.

CHARLES E. NORRIS is a native son of the old Keystone state of the Union, having been born in the historic city of Gettysburg, on the 27th of December, 1868, and being a son of Basil H. and Elizabeth -(Miller) Norris, both of whom \vere likewise born in Pennsylvania, wheuce the}' removed to Canton, Stark county. Ohio, in the early "seventies, and here the father, engaged in the work of his trade as a carpenter and cabinetmaker, to which he still devotes his attention, while his wife is still living also and both are honored residents of this city. They are the parents of four children, namely : Charles E., who is the injmediate subject of this sketch; William, who married Miss Emma Miller and who is engaged in the telephone business in Canton ; Frank, who married Miss Bessie Blanchard and who resides also in Canton, where he is engaged with the Canton Bridge Company; and Ida M.. who is the wife of Dr. Charles M. Crane, of this city.

Charles E. Xorris attended the public schools of h.is native city about one year, and was about six years of age at the time when his parents removed U> Canton, where he continued to attend the city schools until he had attained the age of fifteen years. At the age of ten years he assumed personal responsibilities in connection with the practical affairs of Hfe, becoming a newsboy in Canton and proving energetic and discriminating in the handling of the business assigned to his charge, while the experience proved of no little value to him in the formative period of his character, begetting that self-reliance and initiative power which have conserved his success in later years. He left school at the age of fifteen years, and thereafter was employed in a clerical capacity and also worked for the News Exchange until he had reached his legal majority. Thereafter he was employed by the Dueber-Hampden Company, the extensive manufacturers of watches, in his home city, until 1897, and within this period, in order to further reinforce himself for the active responsibilities of life, he completed a course of stitdy as a member of the night classes in the Canton Business College. In the }"ear last mentioned he withdrew from the employ of the Dueber-Hampden Company to accept a position as collector for the Central Telephone Union, and such was his fidelity and capable discharge of the duties devolving upon him that \.\\o years later he was promoted to the position of cashier in the Canton office. In January, 1901, Mr. Norris was sent to Fi'emont, Ohio, as local manager for this company, and tliere he remained until May, 1902, when lie was transferred to the Canton office, in the same capacity, and has since remained incumlient of this responsible position, while he has shown distinctive executive ability and discrimination in handling the afTairs of this office, which is the most important maintained by the company by which he is employed. The preferment has come to him through recognition of his ability and marked fidelity, and he has the confidence and esteem of his employers and of the general public, being one of the popular and representative young business men of Canton. In politics he is a stanch supporter of the principles and policies of the Republican party, and he and his wife are \alued members of the I-titheran church.

to JMiss Clara T. Webb, a daughter of John \\'ebb, \\ho was formerly city marshal of Canton and who is now employed in the secretservice department of the government, in the state of Nebraska. The maiden name of her mother was Cordelia Harding, who died in 1887. Mr. Webb subsequently married again and resides in the city of Omaha, Nebraska. Mr. and Mrs. Norris have two children, Carl E. and Bernice Fay, hoih. of whom are in the public schools of Canton.

CAPT. PETER R. KAUF:\I.\N was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, on the 26th of June, 1829. He was a son of Peter and Catherine (Wiltz) Kaufnian, both of whom were of stanch German lineage, and thej' came from , Pennsylvania to Canton in the early pioneer epoch and here passed the remainder of their lives. The father of tJie subject was a prii;ter by trade, and it is undoubtedly the fact that he was the first to establish a German printing office in Canton. His son, Peter, owing to the exigencies of time and place, received meager educational advantages in his youth, but his was a signally receptive mind and studious nature, and thus he effectively supplemented the rudimentary training received in the schools of the pioneer town. As a boy he entered his father's printing office, and the discipline thus received was one of great \alue, for it has been well said that the training of a printing office is equal to a liberal education. He became a skilled workman at his trade, having marked facility as a compositor in both English and German. After leaving his father's establishment he went to the city of Cleveland, where he became an employe in the office of the Cleveland Herald, in the meanwhile having been in service as a private in the Mexican war. Unfortunately definite information as to this period of his career is not attainable, and it must thus be noted with but a cursorv olance.

He was still in Cleveland at the time when the dark cloud of civil war began to spread portentiously across the national horizon, and the intrinsic loyalty and patriotism of his nature at once manifested itself in decisive action. He responded to the call for volunteers and effected the organization of Company E, Fiftyeighth Ohio Volunteer Infantrj', recruited from Canton and vicinity and from Cleveland districts. His enthusiasm was contagious and in the regiment were found many of his per- >onal friends, who had been through his influence induced to enlist. The regiment went into camp at Columbus, and after a sliort term of training proceeded to the front, being assigned to the x\rmy of the Cumberland. Mr. Kaufman was made second lieutenant of his company at the lime of its organization, and later was promoted to the office of first lieutenant, and he was an active participant in many of the important engagements incidental to the early period of the war, having taken part in the campaign in and about Vicksburg. After a sendee of eleven months he returned home on a furlough, and upon rejoining his regiment he was elected to the captaincy of the company in whose organization he had been so largely instrumental. Of the details of the battle in which he met his death and of the way in which his noble and valiant soul was released from its mortal tenement, we can not, perhaps, offer a more touching and pertinent record than by entering in full the letter to his widow by the orderly sergeant of his company within a few days after his death, which occurred on the 29th of December, 1863. The letter is as follows :

Madam - I regret to write the following statement you in regard to your husband and our most beloved tid esteemed commander and friend. I believe he had vritten you from Helena, Arkansas, about an cxpediuon which was going down the river with the intention to take Vicksburg. Mississippi. We went down with eighty-nine transports, all loaded with troops, and arrived at Johnson's Landing, on the Yazoo river, on the 26th of December (1862). We departed the same day for Fort Morgan and arrived on the 27th. In the afternoon our regiment was sent out to employ the rebel skirmishers. We found them and drove them about one mile, with the loss of our captain and four privates killed. We were relieved at dark by another regiment. The next morij^ng we were employed in supporting batteries and in the afternoon we were engaged in keeping rebel sharpshooters from our lines, but we had no loss this day. The next day, December 29th, was the day fixed to take the fort by storm. Blair's brigade was ordered up to do it. It consisted of the Thirteenth Illinois, Twenty-ninth Missouri, Thirty-first Missouri and Fifty-eighth Ohio Regiments - altogether about 2,500 men.

At about II o'clock A. M. we were ordered to fi.K bayonets, and in a double-quick, with hurrah after hurrah, we commenced the fearful struggle. Yes, it was murder by wholesale, privileged by law ! We had hardly reached the edge of the woods where we could see the fortifications, when the rebels commenced to throw shell after shell into our ranks. We could hear nothing but whizzing of balls and cracking of shells. To have an imagination of the thus fearful struggle you only need to look at our loss. We lost, in about an hour's time, thirteen hundred of our brigade, and your husband shared their fate. He died a soldier's death, on the dark and bloody battlefield. He received a slight wound in the right arm first, and we begged him to go back, but he would not do it, but urged us to go on. Then we lost sight of him. The battle was- over, and we could not find our beloved Peter. We looked evei^where - on every hospital boat and hospital - but we could not find him. The next day we tried, with a flag of truce, to go on the battlefield and look for our wounded, but the rebels would not let us. At last, on the 31st, they agreed to let us bury our dead, and then it was we found your husband's body. He was stripped of everything valuable - woolen clothing, sword, revolver and money ; even his boots had been pulled ofif. He had received a wound in his right breast from a piece of shell. He looked as natural as in life. We buried him not far from the battlefield, and on his grave we placed a board with his name engraved thereon. Your husband's trunk will be forwarded as soon as practicable. If you want any other information I am always at your service.

in God. His was a symmetrical, honorable and useful life, and though it was cut short it was tilled with more and worthier effort than falls to the lot of the average man, his name meriting a place on the roll of the nation's noble patriots, while the story of his career is full of both lesson and incentive. His was a buoyant, genial nature, and he won and retained firm friendships, his word ever being inviolable and his integrity beyond question.

In 185 1 Captain Kaufman was united in marriage, in Paris, Ohio, to Miss Ida Jeanneret, who was born in La Chaud de Fond, Switzerland, on the i8th of January, 1831, and who was brought by her father tO' America when about eighteen years of age. Her father, Ulysses Jeanneret, here engaged in the jewelry business. Captain Kaufman's widow is still living. When the cruel war robbed her children of a father, she played the part of both father and mother to her boy and girls, and taught them to be honest, self-reliant citizens of the Republic, whose integrity cost her husband his life. Of her children we enter the following record :. Louis K. is engaged in farming in Canton ; Kate E. is the wife of James Baxter, of this city; Maria L. is individually mentioned in an appending paragraph ; TJllie remains at the old home in Canton, as does also the youngest daughter, Flora J.

Maria L. Kaufman was born in Canton and has here passed her entire life, being now incumbent of the position of teacher in the firstgrade department of the North Cherry Street school. She received her educational training in the public schools of Canton, having been graduated in the high school as a member of the class of 1876. Her pedagogic career has covered a period of more than a quarter of a century of consecutive work in the same school and same grade in \vhich her services are now given. She began teaching in the North Cherry Street school in September, 1876, and, as before stated, has been retained in charge of

CHARLES H. HILLES was born on the parental homestead, in Washington township, this county, on the 3d of August, 1848, being the fourth in order of birth of the five children of Enos and Mary A. (Harris) Hilles. Of the other four children ^\'e record that Arthur T., a successful farmer of this township, is mentioned on other pages of this work ; Jennie is the wife of Johnson Grant, of this townshi]) ; Howard is engaged in the practice of law in the city of Topeka, Kansas; and Ella is the wife of Dr. Byron Douds, of Canton, this county. Enos Ililles was a native of Chester county, Pennsylvania, where he was born in the year 1816, a son of Robert and Jane (Lee) Hilles, the former of whom was an influential farmer of that county and prominent in anti-slavery agitation during the crucial epoch leading up to and culminating in the war of the Rebellion. He was a son of David and Dinah (Millhouse) Hilles, the former of whom was a son of Hugh and Ann Hilles, the original progenitors in America, whither they immigrated from Ireland prior to the middle of thfe eighteenth century and took w\> their abode in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, whence they removed to Chester county in 1856, and there passed the residue of their lives, David being the youngest of their four children. They -were worthy members of the Society of Friends, and members of succeeding generations have to a greater or less degree held to the simple and noble faith of this organization. Robert Hilles removed with his family to Mahoning county. Ohio, in 1832, settling in the vicinit}^ of the village of Salem, as a pioneer farmer, and thence, in 1844, he came to Stark county and purchased about sixty acres of land, in Washington township, where both he and his wife hved until their death, each attaining the age of about eighty-six years. The latter was a daughter of Isaac and Mary Lee, of Berks county, Pennsylvania, where she was bom, and from a collateral branch of the family came. General Robert E. Lee, the distinguished Confederate officer.

Enos Ililles was about sixteen years of age at the time of his parents' removal to Mahoning county, Ohio, and he later accompanied them on their removal to Stark county, where he individually purchased twenty acres in section 14, Washington township, near the homestead of his father. In 1853 he bought and removed to a farm in section i , same township, and this place is now owned by his son Arthur T. During the closing year of their lives he and his wife made their home with their children. Enos Hilles was a man of alert mentality and forceful individuality, and was naturally equipped for leadership in thought and action. He read widely and with discrimination and was particularly well informed on the questions and issues of the hour, in which he ever maintained a deep interest, while he was a potent factor in advocacy of the cause of the Republican party, being an able public speaker and logical and concise writer on political topics and having been an effective vi'orker in various campaigns. He was a zealous advocate of a sound financial system in governmental affairs, and was one of the first to maintain that a change from the gold or international standard would be fatuous in the extreme, and in connection he entered into a series of newspaper discussions in defense of his convictions, gaining a high reputation through his masterful handling of the problem through the local press. His life was one dominated by the highest principles of honor and integrity, and his faith in' the verities of the Christian religion was unwavering. He died on the i8th of December, 1890, while his

The boyhood days of Charles H. Hilles were, in their surroundings and incidental duties and pleasures, not radically different from those of the average farmer boy of the place and period, and to the public schools he was indebted for his early educational advantages. In 1872 he was married and shortly afterward he purchased a tract of thirty acres lying contiguous to the old homestead farm, and for the ensuing four years he had charge of both places. In 1876 he traded his farm for his present fine homestead, in section 12, which has thus continued to be his home and field of endeaA'or for more than a quarter of a century. He has erected modern and substantial buildings and made his farm one of the model places of the township. In 1^81 he acquired a farm of fifty-five acres in section 16, and in 1890 he still farther added to his landed estate by the purchase of a farm of two hundred acres in Marshall count}', Indiana, a property which he still retains. On his home farm he gives his attention more particularly to the dairy business, while his Indiana farm is principally devoted to the raising of fat cattle for the Chicago market, a line of enterprise in which his well directed eft'orts have been attended with a full measure of success, since he raises nothing but the highest grade of stock, having of late directed his attention almost entirely to the raising of the Durham type of cattle and Poland-China swine.

In politics, though never an aspirant for pulalic office,Mr.Hilles has given his unequivocal support to the principles and policies of the Republican party, and he is recognized as one of the wide-awake and thoroughly progressive men of this section and as one eminently entitled to the unqualified esteem in which he is held. He is identified with the Patrons of

On the 14th of August, 1872, Mr. Hilles was married to Miss Martha J. Philhps, a lady of refinement and gracious personahty. She was born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, being a daughter of Ellis and Phoebe (Lilley) Phillips, the former coming of staunch old Quaker stock, of Welsh extraction, two brothers of the name having come from Wales to America in the early colonial epoch and established homes in Pennsylvania, whence their descendants ha^-e become disseminated through the most diverse sections of the Union. The Lilley family is of Irish lineage. Mrs. Hilles was reared and educated in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, and her parent? are now both deceased, her father passing away in 1879, at the age of eighty-one years, while her mother entered into eternal rest in 1850, at the age of forty-two years, both having been devoted members oi the Quaker church. The eight children born to them are stiH living. Mr. and Mrs. Hiles have three children, namely : Jennie, who is the wife of Dr. Charles E. Cook, a prominent dentist of Crestline, Ohio, and who have two children, Winifred and Loyd; Howard, of Washington township, married Miss Sadie A. Croade, and they have two children, Marian and Martha Lillian ; and Harry E., the youngest child, remains at the parental home, assisting his father in the management of his liusiness affairs.

EDWARD L. HAYMAKER. - Too careful or too frecjuent references can not be made in the pages of history concerning those who have figured as the founders and builders of a great commonwealth, and in connection with this brief review of the personal history of Mr. Haymaker it is a privilege to touch incidentally and specifically upon interesting data in regard to the sterling pioneer pioneer family of which he is a representative and which has been identified with the annals of Ohio from practically the time when it was admitted to statehood. Frederick Haymaker, the great-grandfather of the subject, was born in Germany, where he was reared to manhood and where he was married. A number of years later, accompained by his wife and children, he emigrated to America, probably about the middle of the eighteenth century, and settled in Franklin county, Pennsylvania. He was a man of means, and in the old Keystone state he established a shipyard and engaged in the building of vessels for maritime use, conducting an extensive business for the day. At the outbreak of the Revolution he signalized his loyalty to the land of his adoption by tendering his services as a soldier in the Continental army, in which he became an officer and which he rendered effective service, having been trained in military tactics and manoeu\ers in his native land. After victory had crowned the colonial arms and independence established at so great cost and sacrifice, he returned to his home in Pennsylvania, where he passed the residue of his life. His son Frederick, grandfather of him whose name initates this article, was likewise born in Germany and was a young man at the time of the immigration tO' America. He became a man of prominence and influence in Pennsylvania, having owned much valuable property and having shown much discrimination in his real-estate transactions. About the time of the Revolution, or shortly afterward, he located in the city of Pittsburg, where he became an extensive speculator in real estate. Through misrepresentations he was led to espouse the cause of Aaron Burr, to whom he furnished large amounts of money, while he also loaned large sums to the state of Virgina. He was thrice married, and became the father of twenty children. Li the year 1804 this able and progressive citizen determined to seek a new field of endeavor and came to Ohio with his family, taking up a large tract of land in Portage county, on a portion of which is situated the present thriving little city of Kent. At the time when he there located the section was a veritable wilderness, the primeval forest still remaining untouched by the inconoclastic hand of man, while the white settlers were compelled to dispute dominion with the beasts of the forest and the aboriginal inhabitants, who were a constant menace. He erected a log house of the primitive type, though of larger proportions than the average, in order to accommodate his numerous family, and one of his grandchildren \\'as the first white child born in Franklin township, that county. Frederick Haymaker and his sons reclaimed much land in that section and there the grandfather continued to reside for many years, finally removing thence to Newton Falls, Mahoning (now Trumbull) where he continued in agricultural pursuits for a time and then took up his residence in Leavittsburg, that county, where, in company with sons of his third wife, he established a flouring mill, one of the first in that section, and thereafter continued in business in this line until his death, in 1853.

Andrew Haymaker, father of the subject, was one of the seven children of his father's first marriage. He was born on the old pioneer homestead, in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, on the i8th of January, 1801. and came Avith his parents to Portage county, Ohio. He was reared to maturity there, aiding in reclaiming the homestead farm and, owing to the exigencies of time and place, his educational advantages were very limited. He learned the trade of a mason, and to the same devoted his attention, to a greater or less extent, for a number of years. At the age of twenty-nine years he was united in marriage to Miss Eliza Loomis, who was born in Hartford, Connecticut, in 181 1, a daughter of Asa Loomis, who made the long overland trip from Connecticut to Ohio in 1818, the means of transportation being an ox team and Conestoga wagon, while the journey covered a period of thirty-three days. Mr. Loomis entered land in the locality where the town of C'harlestown now stands, and there he reclaimed a farm and passed the remainder of his life, his wife also dying at the old homestead. After his marriage Andrew Haymaker located on a small farm near Charlestown. Portage county, where he continued the work of his trade and also placed his land under cultivation. There he continued- to reside until the death of his wife, in 1876, when he came to Canton. He was summoned into eternal rest in 1878, his declining days having been passed in the home of the subject of this sketch, who accorded to him the utmost filial solicitude. Both parents were consistent members of the Presbyterian church and were folk of sterling character, honored by all who knew them. Li politics Andrew Haymaker was originally arrayed with the Whig party, but upon the organization of the Republican party he identified himself therewith and ever afterward was a stanch advocate of its principles. Edward L. Haymaker was born on the paternal homestead in Charlestown, Portage county, Ohio, on the 25th of August, 1844, and as he personally gives the statement : "As a boy I attended school a little and worked on the farm much." The school house of the district was located on the home farm and this fact militated rather against than aided in securing to him the educational advantages which could have been desired, since he was really accessible in case of any special duty to be discharged about the farm, and his services were so frec(uently in demand in this way that his schooling was of intermittent aiid desultory nature during his boyhood days. He remained at home until he had attained tlie age of seventeen years, when, like many another loyal young son of the republic, he abandoned the plow to take up the sword in defense of the nation, whose integrity was in jeopardy through armed rebellion. Scarcely had the smoke of rebel guns lifted from the ramparts of old Fort Sumter ere .he responded to the call of volunteers, and in August, iS6i, he enlisted as a private in Battery' A, First Ohio Light Artillery, under Captain C. F. Cotter. Of all the troops that went from the state of Ohio, this battery had the distinction of firing the first shot in defense of the Union. This opportunity came at Gallipolis, across the Ohio river, where the battery engaged with a party of Confederates who were in advance of their main army. The battery was assigned to the western army, or Army of the Tennessee, and participated in every battle in which this army took part from Shiloh to Nashville. At Stone River Mr. Haymaker was captured, but was immediately afterward rescued by the Union forces. He continued in active service until the expiration of his term, when, in 1863, he veteranized, being granted a thirty-days' furlough, which he passed at his home, after which he rejoined his company at Nashville and continued in active duty until victory perched triumphant on the falchions of the northern armies and the perpetuity of the Union was insured. Mr. Haymaker .returned with his command to the city of Cleveland, where he received his honorable discharge in August, 1865, having served through the entire period of the great fratricidal conflict and having shown himself possessed of true soldierly qualities.

After receiving his discharge the subject returned to his home in Portage county, where he continued to be identified with agricultural pursuits until 1877. At Randolph, that county, on the 23d of August, 1868, he was united in marriage to Miss Rebecca Loomis, who was born in Atwater township, that county, her father having been one of the pioneers and honored farmers of that section. In 1877 Mr. Haymaker came to Canton and for the following three years he was engaged in the 'bus business, after which he associated himself with

W. S. Shertzer, in the establishing of livery and sales stables, at the corner of Seventh and Court streets, the enterprise being conducted under the firm name of Shertzer & Haymaker. The building was destroyed by fire \n 1883, but the firm immediately errected another on the same site, and the partnership continued until 1885, when a dissolution took place and Mr. Haymaker then formed a partnership with Henry Miller in the coach and livery business, utilizing the same quarters. Two years later they sold the real estate and purchased property on Court street, between Ninth and Tenth, and at this time Captain H. H. Housel succeeded Henry Miller in the firm, which they continued in the same line of enterprise until 1891, under the firm name of Haymaker & Housel. In 1893 Mr. Haymaker purchased his present premises, at the corner of Tenth and Court streets, wherehe erected a fine brick stable, seventy-five by one hundred and eighteen feet in dimensions and two stories in height, and here he has ever since continued in the livery business, having a finely equipped establishment and catering to a large and discriminating patronage.

In politics the subject has ever given an uncompromising allegiance to the Republican party, though he has had no ambition for official preferment. He was a member of the famous McKinley Escort Troop, which attended the lamented President in 1896 and continued its organization until 1899. His interest in his old comrades in arms is signalized in his retaining membership in McKinley Post No. 25, Grand Army of the Republic, and he is also identified with the Knights of Honor.

Mrs. Rebecca (Loomis) Haymaker died on the 7th of January, 1890, being survived by three sons, namely : Elden, who married Miss Cora Robinson and who resides at Canton; Everett, who married Miss Emma Vogelgesang. is a ship architect and is in the employ of the government, at Washington, D. C. ; and Harry Adelbert was married October 16, 1902, to-

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Miss Clara Sliker, of Canton, Ohio, and he is a member of the firm of Ilaymaker & Son. In October, 1893, Mr. Haymaker married Miss Ella Cobbs, of Damascus, Columbiana county, and of this union two sons have been born, George and Lyman.

LEONARD R. TRESSEL, who was for a number of years freight and ticket agent for the Conotton Valley Rai-lroad in the city of Canton and who was thereafter engaged in business here until his death, was a native son of the old Buckeye state and a representative of one of its sterling pioneer families. He was bom on a farm in the vicinity of Harrisburg, Carroll county, Ohio, on the 3d of September, 1839, being the youngest of the ten children of Mathias and Catharine (Llarsh) Tressel, the former of whom Avas a native of Pennsylvania and of staunch German lineage, having been one of the early settlers in Carroll county, Ohio, where he reclaimed a farm and devoted the residue of his life to agricultural pursuits. The subject of this sketch was reared on the farm and received a good common school education in his boyhood days, later suplementing the same by study and discipline which he was able to gain through his own efforts. He continued his studies for a time in a select school at Malvern, and later was a student for a short interval in Mount Union College, while after Tiis return from the war, wasted in strength and vigor, he went to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, he further equipped himself for the practical duties of life by a -course of study in a business or commercial college of high order.

The subject was a mere boy at the time of his father's death and his widowed mother thereafter took up her residence in the village of Malvern, Carroll county, where the family home was established at the time of the outbreak of the Rebellion, Mr. Tressel being then about twenty-two years of age. In Malvern was recruited Company A of the Eiglitieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and in October of that year Mr. Tressel enlisted as a private in this company for a term of three years. He proceeded to the front with his regiment, with which he participated in many of the notable engagements of the great internecine conflict. He was. in the battle at luka, Mississippi, and in the five days' fight at Corinth, and thereafter took part in the many skirmishes incidental to moving forward to a position in the rear of the army at Vicksburg, where he was again in action, as was he also at Fort Gibson, Raymond and Jackson. In the engagement at the last mentioned place sixteen of his company were wounded, his fortune being to receive a very serious wound on this occasion, a ball passing through his left foot. He fell back and was captured by the Confederates, by whom he was held about a fortnight in Jackson and then sent to the famous Libby prison, of odious memory, in Richmond, \''irginia, where he endured great suffering from his wound, which was not properly treated, causing him to endure a continuous fever, while food was poor and insufficient in quantity and the conditions otherwise almost unendurable. He was held there for a period of three months, being then released on parole and sent to the hospital at Annapolis, Maryland, and thence, six weeks later, to Indianapolis, Indiana, where he was assigned to detached duty, in which service he continued until October, 1864, when he received his honorable discharge, having made the record of a brave and loyal son of the republic. After his course of study in Pittsburg, Mr. Tressel returned to Malvern, Carroll county, where he engaged in the dry-goods business and also became local agent for the Cleveland & Pittsburg Railroad. He eventually withdrew from the mercantile business and was for a time agent for the Conotton Valley Railroad and the Cleveland & Pacific Railroad, at Oneida, whence, in May, 1880, he came to Canton in the capacity of freig'lit aiul ticket agent for the former of tlie two raih'oad.s mentioned and also for the Wheeh'ng & Lake Erie, giving faithful and effective service until his retirement, at the ex])irati(in of five ye;us, having hcen in the railroad business for about fourteen years. He then established himself in the coal business in this city and continued in this line of enterprise until his death, which occurred on the 28th of April, 1895. He was a man of genial and gracious presence and had the: capacity of Avinning and retaining friends, so that his death was deeply deplored in this community, as was it also in others where he had lived and labored. His pulilical allegiance was given to the Republican party and his religious views were in harmony with tlie teachings of the Presbyterian church, in whose faith he was reared. Fraternally he was an honored member of the Orand Army of the Republic and the Masonic order, in which latter he had advanced to the degree of Knight Templar.

On the 24th of March, 1868, Mr. Tressel was united in marriage to Miss Agnes Fishel, and they became the parents of four children, namely: Mary Charlotte, who ren^ains with her widowed mother; Anna June, who is married and has one child, Anna Helen ; Margaret C. and I^oberta L., who likewise remain with their mother. Mrs. Tressel was born in Carriill county, Ohio, on the i8th of August, 1843, and was there reared and educated, attending the district school and later continuing her studies in the seminary at Malvern. She is a daughter of Henry and Margaret fMcClurg) Fishel, the former of whom was born in Carroll county, whither his parents removed from Pennsylvania, being numbered among the very early settlers in Carroll county. He was a shoemaker and millwright by trade and vocation, and both he and his wife passed their entire lives in Carroll county, the original ancestors of the McClurg family in America having come hither from the north of Ireland. These were

John McClurg (grandfather of Mrs. Tressel) and his brother, the latter of whom eventually returned to Ireland, where he attained an eminent position in the P.ritish army. John located in Pennsyhania. where he married, and he came to Ohio in the |)ionecr days and here followed farming f(ir the remainder of his life. Mrs. Tressel has a pleasant home in Canton, where her friends are in number as her acquaintances, and she is a devoted member of the Presbyterian church. While deprived of one who was ever devoted to her and to the home, one whose true nobility of character she more than all other most fully appreciated, she finds a measure of consolation in the memories of the past and the hallowed as.sociations, though she may no more "feel the touch of a vanished hand nor the sound of a voice that is still."