Canton Township (part 39 of 62)

JOHN H. ]ir)LL. - The ] loll family is one which has been identified with the annals c)f American history from the ccjicjnial qxjch, the original progenitors in the new world having established themselves in the state of Pennsylvania, whence re])resentalivcs have been disseminated through the most diverse sections of the Union, while the name has ever stood sponsor for sturd\- integrity of character ruid prolific usefulness in the .sphere of citizenship. Stark county, Ohio, gained representatives from this family in the pioneer epoch of its history, and here the descendants are numerous at the ])resent day, one of the number being he whose name initiates this review and who is an honored citizen of Canton. As to the early history of the family in America e.xcerpt is made from a histor\- concerning the descendants of F,j)hraim Holl, published in 189 1 ami comi)iled by Henry C\ H<ill, of Canton, an uncle of the subject : "Family traditions say that Johannes (the German for Jojin) Holl and his young wife, se\ering man)- ties of affection and fricndsliip, ieft their home among the snowchul nioi'.ntains of Switzerland and emigrated to America about the year 1730. Joliannes IIoll settled near what is now New Holland, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania." Tn tracing the lineage to the subject it is found that the next in order of descent from Johan i'eter was through his eldest son, Ephraim. Kphraim ] loll was horn July 5, 1772, and married Mag- (lalena, d:'.ughler of Hans (more projierly Johan) Roycr, whose paternal giTuid father canu> to America as early as 1718. Ephraim and Magdalena Holl became the parents of three children, - Daniel, Samuel and Catherine, - the line of descent In the Holls <if Slark cunn(\' coming through the second son, Samuel. Ephraim TToll resided in a stone house not far from Eitil/, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, where lu' die<l (in the 29th of June, 1808, at the age of thirty-six years, lacking six days.

Samuel Holl, son of Ephraim and Magtla- Icna Holl, was the grandfather of him whose n.'imc initiates lliis review. Lie was born in Warwick township, Lancaster county, Penn- .sylvania, on the i ith of March, 1798, and remained with his mother until her second marriage, about the year 1812, after which he resided in the home of his uncle, Peter lIoll, in the same neiijliboi-hood, for the greater portion of the time until he had attained years of maturity.

The following brief sketch of his life is from I lie work to which recourse has already been had: "lie was bi'ought uji to s|)eak the ]'ennsyl\;inia Dutch dialect, but received his education in ICnglish. Lie afterward niastcrc-(| the Cerman language through his own exertions. In 1817 S;nnucl and his brother D.tnicI went to Canada to see after some land belonging to their grar.dfather. Johan I'eter IL)I1. On the T5lh of August, 1819, in company with two of his associates, he started from Pcter.sburg, Pennsylvania, where his brother resided, and niade a hor.seback trip to Brookville, Indiana. They passed through LLarrisburg, Creensburg and Pittsburg, in Pennsylvania; Xenia, Steubenville, Zanesville, Chillicothe ;md Cincinnati, Ohio, having, ridden one thou.sand two hundred and thirty-nine miles. This was a remarkable tri]) for that time. On the 15th of l'"el)ruary, 1820, he married Mary, daughter of Iqjhraim and Magdalena (Kemper) Royer. l"he first year of their married life thev resided with his mother. in the spiing of 1821 he commenced farming on a farm one nnle south of Lititz, Pennsylvania, and while residing on this farm he carried on a distillery for nine ye;irs. Il;i\ing made several trips to .Stark county, Ohio, where his brother Daniel and his brotlier-in-law, Samuel Schrantz, had preceded him, he sold his farm and, in April, 1836, started for Oliio. They ariMved at their new home, m Lake township. Stark county, the second week in May, 1836. Li the fall of the same year they removed to an adjoining farm, afterward known as the David Leib farm. \\\ the spring of 1837 they removed to a farm near New Berlin, and a few years later Mr. LIoll exchanged his Lake township land for a tract in Jackson tt.)vvnsliip, belonging to Michael i leldebrand. In 1 S49 he Ixiught a farm nortii ol New i'erlin, on section 7, Plain township, 'i'lie north half of this land he sold in iSqo. In April, 1851, Mr. IIoll left his I'arm in charge of his son - Mannassa and removed to New iierlin. In 1855 he entered into ]iartnershi]> with I'eter Kaufm.iu in the purchase of the Wissler mill |)roperty. They repaired the mill and changed the naiue.to the Empire mills. In 1859 Mr. Holl sold his interest in the mill to Ml'. Kaufmrni, foi- live thousand dollai's. About this time he sold his Jackson township farni-to (lodfrey Roush. In 1863 he l)ought a farm one mile south of New Berlin, of one John Calhack. "During the dark days of the great Ivehellion .Mr. i loll was wh.at might be called a lil)erai Dt'nioer.il, for he voted the legular Democratic ticket, but, contrary to the teaching of liis leaders, he was ever ready to procure means to raise the required number of volunteers. The Union soldiers always found him a 'friend in need.' During the autumn of 1865 he had a severe attack of bronchitis. As the cold weather increased he grew worse and was confined to liis house. In the second week o\ February, 1866, his daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Carter, died, and tliis affected him so much that he grew worse and sank rapidly. On Sunday morning, February 25, 1866, he was in such a condition that his family physician was summoned, but 'it was apparent that the end was near at hand. He was sitting in an easy chair, and after being removed to bed he expired almost immediately. For many years Mr. Holl had made the Bible his chief study and was so well versed in the New Testament that he could tell where any verse was found if it was only partly repeated. He became a member of the German Baptist church in 1835, and in 1863 he connected himself with the Disciples church at New Berlin. He had a confiding disposition but was very slow to forgive when his ccinfidence was abused. He was ever ready to take an interest in any measure advanced for the public welfare. He was really the original projector and one of the founders of the Plain & Jackson Township Fire Insurance Company."

Of the nine children of Samuel and Mary (Royer) Holl the following brief record is entered : Ephraim, who was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, September 15, 1820, married Ann Sprankel, of Stark county, Ohio, and he died on the 21st of February, 1848, at his home near New Berlin, this county; Magdalena. who was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, July 2, 1822, married Daniel Bomberger, of that county, and after his death became the wife of Jacob Sprankel, now deceased, and she resides in Canton at the present time; Reuben, born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, November 15, 1823, married Eliza

Roush, and now resides in Jackson township, Stark county; he is the father of the subject of this sketch and further mention will be made of him in appending paragraphs; Catherine, born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, August 20, 1825, married Samuel Hower, and they now reside in Sangamon county, Illinois ; Mannassa, born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, December 28, 1828, married Sarah Reemsnyder, and is now living retired in Stark coimty ; Elizabeth, born in the same county of the old Keystone state, September 18, 1830, became the wife of Israel Carpenter, and she died in Stark county, in 1866; Sophia, born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, April 3, 1833, married Samuel Walter, and she now resides in New Berlin, this county; Samuel, Jr., born near New Berlin, Stark county, Ohio, November 23, 1839, married Catherine Zerbey, and is now a resident of Canton township; Henry C, born near New Berlin, this county, May 22, 1844, married Isabella Hossler, and is now a resident of New Berlin.

Reuben Holl, father of the subject, was bom in Warwick township, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, on the 15th of November, 1823, and was al>out twelve years of age at the time of his parents" removal to Stark county. In his native county he received his early educational ! discipline, and was known as an apt student. After coming to Ohio he continued his studies in the common schools until December, 1844, when he entered a private school in Canton, the same being conducted by Archibald McGregor, who \y\\\ be well remembered by the living pioneers of the county. On the 9th of March, 1848, he was united in marriage to Miss Eliza Roush, who was born in Jackson township, this county, on the 28th of December, 1826, where her father. Godfrey Roush, had located three years previously. She died on the i8th of August, 1890, having been a devoted member of the Lutheran church and a woman of gentle and noble character. For two vears after his marriage Reuben Holl devoted bis attention to teaching, and in tbe spring of 1850 be removed to a farm on section 13, Jackson townsbip, and in connection witb bis agricultural operations he also devoted no little attention to surveying, in which work he was very proficient. He was elected to the office of township clerk, and in 1857 was elected justice of tbe peace, in which office be served nine terms, being succeeded by his son, John H., in 1876. In 1888 he retired from farming in an active way, taking' up bis residence in a house on the west end of his farm, where he has since maintained his home. He has been zealous in the promotion of the general welfare through all legitimate means, and is honored as one of the sterling pioneers of tbe county. In politics he has ever given bis allegiance to the Democratic party, and in liis religious views be is liberal, ever showing a deep reverence for the spiritual verities and guiding his life according to the golden rule. He died March 11, 1901. Of his children is here incorporated the following data: William P.. born in New Berlin, this county, March 10, 1849, married Alice A. Clay and now resides in Jackson township; John H. is the immediate subject of this sketch ; Daniel W., born in Jackson township, June 29, 1854, is a bachelor and resides on tbe homestead farm, in Jackson township; Mary E., bom in Jackson township, Julv 2, 1856, married Josiah J. Zerbe, and they now reside in Canton; Oliver W., born in Jackson township, March 13, 1S58, married Alice Essig, and they reside in Alliance ; Benjamin Franklin, born in Jackson township, July I, 1 86 1, is an artist by profession and resides in the city of Brooklyn, the maiden name of his wife having been Ida J. Van Horn.

John H. Holl, to whom this sketch is dedicated, was bom in Jackson township, this county, on the 12th of September, 1850, and was reared under the influences of tbe farm, while his early education discipline was secured in tbe district schools. Later be continued his studies m select schools at Canton and Springfield, Ohio, thus rounding out a good academic education, while he became specially proficient in mathematics, having devoted special attention to tbe study of surveying and civil engineering. During tbe winters of the years 1872 and 187s he was engaged in teaching school, being very successful in bis efforts, and in 1876 be was elected to the oflice of the county surveyor of Stark county, while in the same year be' served as justice of tbe peace in Jackson township, giving most able administrations in each of these offices. In 1877 be took up his residence in the city of Canton, and here he was incumbent of the office of city engineer from 1878 to 1889, his long retention in the position indicating tbe appreciative estimate placed upon bis services. Since his retirement from this office Mr. Holl has been engaged in engineering and engineering work, with an office at 130 East Tuscarawas street. He is well known and highly honored in the county, being a worthy representative of one of tbe old and prominent familes of this section of the Buckeye state. His pleasant home is located at 730 North Clarenden avenue. In politics Mr. Holl has ever accorded a stanch allegiance to the Democratic party, and he has kept in touch with the questions and issues of tbe day, being a man of broad information and a high order of intellectuality. He and his wife are consistent members of tbe Evangelical Lutheran church.

On the 3rd of May, 1881, Mr. Holl was united in marriage to Miss Clara A. Essig, who was born in Plain township, this county, on tbe 6tii of May, 1859, being a daughter of \\'i11iam A. and Ann E. (Correll) Essig, who removed to Canton township when she was eight years of age. She received excellent educational advantages and is a talented musician, having been a popular teacher of the "divine art" prior to her marriage. Mr. and

Mrs. Holl are the parents of three children, namely: Carrie B., who was born on the 6th of March, 1882, and who is now attending school; Alfred T., who was born on the 4th of September, 1883, and is now engaged in attending the Ohio State University, at Columbus; and Wilber E., who was born April 16, 1886, and is now a student in the Canton high school.

JAaIES F. CURRIE, son of Mr. and ^Irs. Thomas H. Currie, of Canton, was for years a reporter on the Canton Daily Repository, which, as the Ohio Repository, was the first newspaper to be published in Stark county. In the capacity noted Mr. Currie formed a very large circle of acquaintances among persons of business, professional and social standing in Canton. In the summer of each year during his connection with the Repository he was sent by his paper to distant points to report national gatherings and other matters of importance, thus making a number of long transcontinental tours. Among the first was his trip to Chicago to report the national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, in whose line of march were one hundred and fifty Canton veterans. This encampment was held during the strike on the new five-million-dollar postoffice in Chicago, and it was said that it was by reason of said strike that the late President McKinley considered it inexpedient to attend the encampment. In the summers of 1901 and 1902 Mr. Currie made two trips for his paper from the Atlantic to the Pacific coasts. In the latter year his trip was one of seven thousand five hundred miles through the west, via Denver, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Yellowstone Park and St. Paul. From these and numerous other points in the far west he sent home a record of the names and positions of fully two hundred persons formerly residents of Stark county who hatl risen to positions of trust in the west. On this trip Mr. Currie rode a bicycle a distance of one hundred and fifty miles over the mountain roads of Yelowstone Park, making this distance in two and one-half days, while the same circuit is made by the park stages in five and one-half days, so that, the ambitious newspaper man made a record on this occasion.

The desire of Mr. Currie to travel became manifest while he was still in his teens, at which period in his life he and one of his young friends indulged in prolonged pedestrian tours over the hills and plains of Stark county, covering from twenty-five to forty miles on such occasions. His'predilection for newspaper work early disclosed itself. Of the twenty boys, from a class of forty, promoted from the Dueber school to the high school he was the only one to complete the course in the latter. He was the assistant editor of the High School Record, and liis first published article in the daily press had Canton as its subject, the article in question having been spoken of at the time by Judge W. R. Day, now of the United States supreme court, as the "Best description of Canton I ever read.'' Mr. Currie has comments on his illustrated history of "The Eighth Ohio Regiment, the President's Own," of the Spanish-j\merican war, from the lamented President McKinley, Colonel C. V. Hard and General Charles F. Dick. He has written a large amount of valuable matter in regard to Canton and Stark county. This is historical and descriptive in character, and of the same he h.as a tnounted collection of upward of two hundred and fifty thousand words. At one time he registered his name in the capital city, Columbus, to take up the reading of law, with a view of preparing himself for admission to the bar of the state, and for a time he continued his technical studies along this line under the directions of ex-i\Iayor James A. Rice, of Canton. Fie. ho^vever, could not resist the fascination of newspaper work and later turned his attention to journalism. He has been employed at different times on all the dailies and weeklies of Canton, and for a time was incumbent of a position on a paper in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. In March, 1903, Mr. Currie retired from newspaper work, and then entered the West Virginia oil fields, at Smithfield, where he represents the interests of J. E. Carnahan, the millionaire oil, iron and steel operator of Canton. He is still incumbent of this important position.

JOHN C. DEVINE is a native of Ireland, though the ancestors on the paternal side were of French origin. At a remote period the progenitor on the paternal side of the family joined a French expedition to assist the people of Ireland to regain their independence, but, like many similar efforts, the attempt proved futile, the vessel in which he embarked having been wrecked upon the coast of Ireland. He succeeded, however, in reaching the shore in safety, and later settled in Gal way, where he afterwards married and reared a family and became quite prominent in the affairs of his neighborhood. From this ancestor have sprung many descendants, one of whom was Mark Devine, the subject's father, who was born and reared in county of Galway.

Mark Devine married in his native land Miss Mary Cunningham, daughter of Stephen and Mary (Mullin) Cunningham, who were natives of Ireland, where they remained until their deaths, though they were represented in the United States by four of their children, three of whom were pioneers of Iowa, while the other made his home in Kentucky. To Mark and Mary Devine were born a family of nine children, six of whom survive, namely: Michael, who lives in Ireland ; Jeremiah, a resident of New Jersey; John C, of this review; Mary, who makes her home in Brooklyn. New

John C. Devine was born September 24, 1855, in county Galway, Ireland, and there remained until a youth of fifteen, in the meantime receiving an academic education which served as a foundation for the courses he subsequently took in science and civil enginering. A brother and a sister having come to the Ihrited States he finally decided to join them. Accordingly in 1870 he set sail and in due time arriving at his destination, settling in Sussex county. New Jersey, where his brother Jeremiah, a contractor and builder, was then residing. He lived with his brother for some years and under him served an apprenticeship in the building lines, in addition to which he took a special course in engineering, availing himself while thus engaged of every means to add ta his knowledge so as to become a master of his calling. After finishing his apprenticeship and becoming an efficient mechanic he found ample opportunity for the exercise of his skill, working first in New Jersey and afterwards in . New York city, where his operations were seriously interrupted by the panic of 1873. In 1874 Mr. Devine went to Somerset, Kentucky, where he, in partnership with others, took a numlaer of contracts and it was while pushing these contracts to completion that he became interested in railroad construction, taking charge of certain work on the Cincinnati Southern Railroad, at that time in course of building through Kentucky and Tennessee. During the ensuing three years he devoted his attention almost exclusively to railroad building in those two states, but in the fall of 1877 left that part of the country and went to Marble Head, Ohio, near which place he was engaged for the two following j^ears in the construction of the Sault Ste Marie canal. In 1879 he came to Alliance. Ohio, his first work in this city being the stone work of the Catholic church, after which he took various other con- tracts liere and elsewliere, building up a good business. Among the more notable of his early works after coming to this section of the country were the Catholic church edifice at Letonia and the construction of a section of the Nickel Plate Railroad east of Erie, and later he contracted for all the masonry work on the Rochester & Pittsburg line between the towns of Ridgway and Punxsutawney.

Subsequently Mr. Devine became associated with Page, Carey & Company, contractors, in construction work on the Salem Railroad, but the former gentleman becoming involved in difficulties which caused him to leave the country, and the latter being accidentally drowned, the responsibility of the undertaking fell to the subject and in due time he completed it according to contract. Meanwhile Mr. Devine continued his general contracting and building, in course of which he erected a number of large public edifices, including among others the Methodist Episcopal and United Presbyterian churches at Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, the United Presbyterian church at New Lisbon, Ohio, the Roman Catholic church at Niles, this state, and at the present time he has under way a large and imposing Catholic temple of worship and parsonage in the city of Warren, Trumbull county. In addition to these he has TDviilt a number of private residences, notable among which is the elegant modern stone dwelling in Salem belonging to the late J. T. Brooks aild he also erected the Reeves boiler works, the bolt and nut works and- the greater part of the steel works in Alliance, besides doing much of the building for the Buckeye works in Salem, lo say nothing of his numerous lesser contracts in different parts of Ohio and other states. Mr. Devine makes a specialty of large contracts and is so situated as to push them to completion with the least possible delay, his resources of all kinds being such as to cause him no hesitanc}', however extensive the undertaking.

has come to the favorable notice of the public, having long been an influential force in the affairs of the city of his residence, and a leader in the various enterprises having for their object its material growth and development. He served two terms in the city council and resigned from that body to take charge of the postoflice, to which he was appointed by President Cleveland in 1893. He proved a capable and obliging official and held the office to the satisfaction of all concerned for a period of four years, retiring therefrom in 1897 with the good will of the people regardless of political ties. A firm and uncompromising Democi^at, he has been for years prominent in the party in Alliance and Stark county and his labors and influence in its behalf have contributed greatly to the strengthening of the cause in this section of the state. Since residing here Mr. Devine was appointed to a position in the railway mail service and he discharged his duties as postal clerk with the same energy and ability that he displays in his regular business, his standard of efficiency while thus engaged averaging ninety-nine and six-tenths per cent. At the present time he is identified with several important industrial enterprises in Alliance, being a stockholder and director in the Standard Bolt & Manufacturing Company, also a director in the City Sa^-ings Bank, and he owns the brick plant at Garfield, the monumental works at Salem, besides having large lumber interests at the latter place. In addition to the above he is a memlTcr of the Alliance Board of Trade and an active participant in its deliberations; is also connected with the Land Company of Alliance and lends his influence to many other undertakings tending to the advancement of the city and affecting the vital interests of the people. In the matter of material improvement Mr. Devine has perhaps done more for Alliance than anv other man, having graded and pa\-ed its principal streets, erected many of its most sightly and imposing public buildings and private residences, besides investing his own in property. The cities of Niles and Warren have also greatly profited by his work as he laid over two miles of streets in those places in addition to the churches, private dwellings and other buildings erected by him at different times. He now has under contract at home and elsewhere a number of notable structures, one of which, the Reeves residence in Alliance, will be, when completed, the largest and finest of modern dwellings in the city and one of the most beautiful and expensive buildings of the kind in this part of the state.

On August 13, 1883, Mr. Devine entered the marriage relations with Miss Mary Madden, of Alliance, the union resulting in the birth of two children, Clement L. and Mary Grace. The former, after completing his literary education at Mt. Union College, attended the Case School of Applied Science, at Cleveland, where is preparing himself for a useful career as a civil engineer. I'he daughter is also liberally educated and is a young lady of character and varied culture and a favorite in the social circles in which she moves.

Mr. Devine was born a Catholic and reared according to the tenets of that faith. He has been a true son of the cliurch and at the present time with his family belongs to the St. Joseph Parish, Alliance, being one of its most devoted members and a liberal contributor to all of its good works and practical benevolences. He stands high among his coreligionists, holding membership with the Catholic Mutual Bentefit Association, the Knights of St. John and the Knights of Columbus and he is' also connected with tlie secular benevolent order of Foresters.

GEORGE A. KELLEY, M. D. - The Kelley family is of Irish origin. The Doctor's grandfather, Walter Kelley, was a native of West Meath, Ireland, and a civil engineer, by profession. He came to the United States a number of years ago and followed his chosen calling in Ohio, where he earned the reputation of a skillful engineer. He married in this state Susan Elson, the daughter of Samuel Kaemmerer,a native of Pennsylvania, one of the earliest Lutheran ministers of Ohio and a man of considerable repute in his day. The maiden name of Mrs. Kaemmerer was Catherine Border. Rev. Kaemmerer preached at many places in Ohio, established a number of churches of his faith and departed this life at Zanesville at the age of seventy-two, his wife dying when seventy years old. While prosecuting his work as an engineer Walter Kelley, the grandfather, contracted a cold which, running" into pneumonia, terminated in his death, the event taking place in the county of Muskingum. Among his children was a son, also Walter by name, whose birth occurred in Muskingum county, Ohio, November 16. 1826. Walter Kelley, Jr., learned the shoemaker's trade and followed that vocation the greater part of his life. He was a man of strong mentality and considerable education, a skillful workman and provided well for those dependent upon him. He served in the late war in the One Hundred and Fiftyninth Ohio Infantry and spent the last few years of his life in Burns, Marion county, Kansas, dying in that town in December, 1891. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Selina C. Kaemmerer, was born in Ohio and departed this life in the city of Cleveland, in January, 1900. She bore her husband children 5,3 follows: Kate M. died May 14, 1876, at the age of twenty-three. Dr. Samuel W., a practicing physician of Cleveland, at this time filling a chair in the College of Physicians and Surgeons in that city. Dr. George A., of this review, and Anna J., who resides in Cleveland.

George A. Kelley is a native of Muskingum county, Ohio, and dates his birth from the 27th of January, 1858. His first educational experience was in the schools of Zanesville and la- ter, about 1866, he was taken by his parents to St. Joseph, Michigan, where he continued his elementary studies until entering the high school of Wooster, Ohio, and later at Alliance, Ohio. After completing the course in the latter institution young Kelley began the study of medicine at Wooster with Dr. R. N. Warren, under whose instruction he continued from 1876 until 1880, completing his course of study and lectures at the Cleveland Homeopathic Hospital College during that period, and gradttating from the college in the class of '80.

Finishing his professional course, Dr. Kelley entered into partnership with his former preceptor at Wooster and after practicing there one year removed to Burns, Kansas, where he soon built up a lucrative business and took high rank with the leading physicians of the place. He remained in the west until January, 1895, when he returned to his native state and finally selected the city of Canton as the most favorable field in which to exercise his talents as a representative of the homeopathic school. Dr. Kelley has studied much and his success has been commensurate with the energy and devotion displayed in his practice. His professional career has fully met the expectations -of his friends and, as already stated, he stands today among the most successful physicians of his school in eastern Ohio. In his personality he realizes in a large measure the ideal of a -successful family physician and surgeon, adding to a quick apprehension and thorough professional knowledge the gentle manner and sympathetic heart of a true healer. In every relation of life with his fellow men he has borne well his part and he enjoys to a marked degree the confidence and respect of his associates in the profession and the high esteem of his fellow citizens of every vocation.

Dr. Kelley is a Republican, but while well informed upon party issues he cannot be called a politician, his time being fully occupied in attending to the wants of his patients and otherwise looking after the interests of his profession. He is a member of the Northeastern Ohio Homeopathic Medical Society, the Canton Medical Society, the Stark County Medical Society and the Ohio Medical Society, in the deliberations of which he takes a leading part. Being an original thinker, a clear and logical writer, he has made known his investigations before these bodies from time to time in essays bearing the stamp of scholarship and deep professional research. He is identified with several fraternal organizations, notably among which are the Knights of Pythias, P^oresters, Modern Woodmen and Royal Neighbors, and in matters religious he subscribes to the ^Methodist Episcopal creed, belonging with his wife to the First IMethodist Episcopal church of Canton. Beside himself and wife, the Doctor's home circle includes two children, Roger B. and Martha. Mrs. Kelley was formerly Miss ]\Iellie S. Barrett, the youngest daughter of \\"\\\- iam D. and Maria (Morris) Barrett, of Wooster, Ohio, and her marriage with the Doctor was solemnized in that city on the I4tli day of April, 1886.

.'\NDREW J. LASH. - In the early pioneer epoch in Stark county there settled on a tract of land in Bethlehem township Andrew- Lash, who was the father of the subject of this review, and the latter thus merits consideration as a member of one of the honored old families of the county, while such has been his personal career and such is his standing as one of the representative business men of the city of Canton, where he is successfully established in the hardware business, that specific mention of him in this volume becomes still more consistent. Andrew Lash, the father of the subject, was born in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, in 1809, and was a mere boy at the time when the family removed thence to Stark countv, and here he was reared to maturitv on the o!d homestead farm, aiding materially in reclaiming the same and in its cultivation, while his educational privileges were sueh as were afforded in the public schools of the day, and the facilities were of primitive order, implying the little log school-house with its puncheon floors, slab benches, etc. As a young man he was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Younkman, who was born in Stark county after her parents' emigration from the fatherland to America. The father of the subject continued to reside on the old homestead until his death, in 1859, at the age of fifty years. His wife survived him by many years, passing away in 1895, at the age of eighty years. In politics Andrew Lash was a stanch advocate of the principles of the Democratic party and he served in various township offices of trust and responsibility, while both he and his wife \\ere de\-oted and consistent members of the Lutheran church, exemplifying their faith in their daily walk and conversation and ever retaining the unequivocal confidence and esteem of all who knew them. Of their children we incorporate the following brief record : Catherine is the wife of James Martin, of I^awrence, Kansas ; Jacob, who is engaged in farming in Bethlehem township, this county, married Miss Lydia Baker; Mary is the wife of John Parks, of Bethlehem; Levi, who is a representative farmer of Bethlehem township, this county, married Miss Christina i\Iase; Teresa is the wife of John F. Reiger, of Stark county; William, who married Miss F'rjscilla Shrefler, resides in Bolivar, Tuscarawas county; Caroline, a maiden lady, resides in Canton ; John O., who married Miss Caroline Smith, resides in Bolivar, Tuscarawas county; Andrew J., the subject of this sketch, was the next in order of birth; Daniel F., a resident of Bolivar, married Miss Flora E. Carnes; David AL. a resident of the city of Canton, married Katy Parker; Benjamin F. died at the age of four years; and the two other children died in infancy.

Andrew J. Lash, whose name initiates this review, was born on the old homestead farm, in Bethlehem township, this country, on the 23d of February, 1853, ''nd there he was reared, while, as he succinctly states the case, he received most of his early educational training in the lime-stone quarries, his technical scholastic discipline being confined to an attendance in the district schools up to his eighteenth year. When but eleven years of age he left home and started out to face the battle of life on his own responsibility. He secured work as a farm hand, receiving five dollars a month and his board in compensation for his services, while he managed to attend school for brief intervals during the winter months, and that he duly profited by the advantages thus gained is evident when we revert to the fact that he then proved himself eligible for pedagogic labors, and for the long period of nineteen years he was a successful and popular teacher in the district schools, while for one year he taught in the village school at North Lidustry. During the summer vacations he continued to devote his attention- to farming, and for nine years of the period noted he had charge of the homestead farm. After giving up his work as a teacher, having carefully conserved his financial resources, Mr. Lash, in 1892, came to Canton, and here he invested his savings in a hardware stock, beginning business in eligible quarters at 823 South Market street, having purchased the original stock from Christian Wilde, administrator, and having since greatly increased the same, in order to cater to the demands of a constantly increasing patronage, while he has remained in the original location to the present time, having a finely equipped establishment and having been successful in building up a most gratifying business. In politics Mr. Lash has ever accorded a stanch allegiance to the Democratic party, and he has been incumbent of various township offices. His religious faith is that of the United Breth- ren church, and in the same he has been an officer for many years, being at the present time a trustee of the church in Canton and superintendent of its Sunday school, while both he and his wife are zealous and earnest workers in the church. Fraternally ]\Ir. Lash is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Junor Order of L'nited American Mechanics and the Protective Home Circle.

On the 22d of October, 1882, j\lr. Lash was united in marriage to Miss Amanda Newhouse, who was born in Sparta, this county, being a daughter of John and Nancy (Williams) Newhouse, honored pioneers of the county, and the subject and his wife became the parents of three children, namely : Zelma C, who remains at the parental home, as does also Carl E., whose twin brother, Paul E., died in infancy.

ISAAC HARTER, Sr. - The distinguished biographer of the lord chancellors of England, in his sketch of Lord Eldon, speaks as follows : "We biographers generally make it equally redound to the credit of our hero whether he be of illustrious or humble parentage, saying with the same complacency that he was the worthy descendant of a long line of noble ancestors, or that he raised himself by his talents, being the first of his name ever known to fame." There is certainly an element of truth in this statement and yet this is not an element of specific inconsistency, for honor should ever be accorded where honor is due. But we of America, where the greatest number of selfmade men are to be found, find particular satisfaction in reviewing the hfe history of one who, without influence or aid of adventitious circumstances, has risen through his own efforts from a lowly position to one of prominence in any of the spheres of human endeavor, for in the potentialities thus implied lies the glory of our republic. Thus it is not in the least incongruous that greater credit is commonly awarded to him who has risen from poverty and obscurity, through stern adversity, to a position of definite success and to high honor among Iris fellow men. It is a matter of daily observation that an experience of this sort is an element of popular strength in a candidate for public office, and this fact indicates the popular estimate aside from such incidental prominence, while there is no injustice in thus holding in high regard this potent antecedent. A man who made for himself a place in connection with the honors and activities of life, who successfully surmounted obstacles and who gained high recognition for intrinsic worth of character was Isaac Harter, Sr., than whom no citizen of Canton has ever been held in higher regard and esteem, while the record of his life is essentially coincident with the history of this now opulent and attractive city. A man of distinctive and forceful individuality, he left an indelible impress upon the industrial and civic life of the city and county in. which he so long lived and labored, while there was no shadow of wrong or injustice to mar any portion of his career. True biography has a more noble purpose than mere fulsome eulogy. The historic spirit, faithful to the record; the discerning judgment, unmoved by prejudice and uncolored by enthusiasm, are as essential in giving the life of the individual as in writing the history of a people, for the individual is the national unit, and if the unit be justly estimated the complex organism will become correspondingly intelligible. He whose name initiates this memoir was distinctively the artificer of his own fortunes, was true in every relation of life, faithful to every trust and stood as a symmetrical type of that sterling American manhood which our nation delights to honor. Though ]\Ir. Harter was a man of affairs and wielded a wide influence his life was one of subjective modesty and unpretentiousness, and it would be palpably incongruous in this con- ncction t(j indulge in an adulation from which he would ha\e shrunk during his lifetime, and yet it is but just that a proper estimate of his hfe and character as pronounced by those who knew him best be incorporated in this work as a due tribute to his memory. In offering sucli an estimate we can not do better than to quote at length, with occasional metaphrase, from an a])preciative re\'iew of his career previously ])ublished and prepared by one familiar with the man and with his works:

!t !s doubtful whether there has ever been a rcsidiiit of Stark county more generally known throughout its province, personally and by reputation, than Isaac Harter. No one has been longer engaged in a business which brought him into contact with all classes nf people, nor has any one been more frequently quoted, m the character of boy and man, as an example for others. His father. Michael tlarter, came to this country from Wurtemberg. Germany, when twenty-three years of age. He married in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and soon afterward emigrated to Knox county, Ohio, when- he purchased a quarter section of government land, upon which he settled, .-^s the country developed and travel increased, he was induced to enlarge the dimensions of his log cabin and open a tavern, and this in time Iiecame a popular stopping place. He had four children, one daughter and three sons, of whom Isaac, the youngest, was born on the 14th of June, l8u. The father died at the age of fifty-three years, leaving the family in straightened circumstances. The sister, Christina, had previously married George Dewalt and they had taken up their residence in Canton, and it was mainly through her instrumentality that Isaac was brought to this place, with whose progress and civic life he was de.stined to 1)ecome' so prominently identified. This Mrs. Dewalt was the grandmother of Mrs. William Mc- Kinley .'Vt the age of eleven years he was indentured to William Christmas, a merchant, to serve him until he had attained his legal majority. The compensation nf an apprentice at that time was his board and clothes, including a freedom suit to be given upon the expiration of his service, together with an undefined amount of education, this provision being rarely complied with. It is certain that Mr. Harter's opportunities in that direction were extremely limited. The major part of the instruction he received from professional teachers was that secured in night schools. Isaac served his master and mistress faithfully; there was no menial service about the house and store that he was not required to (\n, and he was never known to grumble or be insubordinate. So useful (lid he make himself that it was not long liefore lie became an important adjunct ol the store. He had the qualities which make a young: m;ni a successful and popular salesman, patience, industry and integrity. M that period the stock of the average store in this new section comprised a general assortment of dry goods, hardware, queensware, groceries, liquors, etc. All kinds of country produce weretaken in exchange for goods, and the salesman was required not only to handle lard and beef and hides, pileup boards and shingles, etc., but also to measure tar and fish oil and do other work that many young men of the present day would consider beneath their dignity. During Mr. Harter's apprenticeship he never received a cent in money as compensation for his services, and in his latter years he often remarked, when alluding to thecomparatively easy times enjoyed by the young men of today. "I was so situated that I never had the opportunity 10 earn a dollar for myself until I was twentyone." After he had attained his majority, Mr. Christmas made him a partner in the store, allowing him for his services an interest in the profits. The firm was then Christmas, Harter & Company, the silent partnerbeing a Mr. Hogg, of Brownsville, Penn.syivania. Mr. Christmas died in 1836, when it became necessarj- to>- settle up the estate and the partnership was dissolved, Mr. Harter then commenced alone and he continued in. the mercantile business until i860, when he sold out and engaged in banking, in which occupation he continued until his death, which occurred on the 27th of February. 1876.

There is in the life of ;\Ir. Harter much to encourage the young man dependent upon his own resources, much that is worthy of imitation. He was emphatically a self-made man. To his sterling integrity, his indomitable energy, his courteous and obliging disposition, his kind and unostentatious generosity, did he owe his. success. In his business relations, in his daily intercourse with his fellowmen, his real worth was best known and most highly appreciated. He was the zealous friend of the laboring and industrious classes and always ready to help those who manifested a disposition to help themselves. He was of a social disposition: and enjoyed society, but above all other that of his family. A more kind, afi'ectionate and devoted husband and father never occupied that sacred relation. .As a professed Christian, having been confirmed as a member of the Lutheran church when thirty-six years of age. while not demonstrative, he was confiding and hopeful. Though strongly attached to his own church and always ready to lend a helping hand in time of need, he was tolerant and liberal in his attitude toward other denoniinations, while he was always interested in movements designed to promote the prosperity of the town and was liberal in his contributions to that end. Hi* largest losses in business were the result of an eftort to assist some local enterprise. He had great energy and to his last days was as active as a man of twenty- years his junior. Although frequently urged by his family !-> retire from business and to take the world more easily,, as he had accumulated an abundance, his invariable answer was, "I would not be contented doing jiothing He was not envious of others, but rejoiced in their prosperity. He was strong in his convictions, but not intolerant, was always firm in defense of the right, but had no room in his heart for revenge. Compassion and pity dwelt in him as constant guests. Flattery could not cajole him into compromise nor power awe hin: into silence, in his manners he was afifabl'-, courteous, social and dignified. He was quick in temper, l)ut read)' to forgive and never harbored ill will. He Relieved in earb' training boys to business and was in the habit of imposing responsible duties, involving heavy pecuniary trusts, upon his own sons when they were yet young, believing the way to train up successful husiness men was to trust them when young, that they tnight be inspired with confidence in themselvc>

The Savings Deposit Bank was fotmded by ]Mr. Harter in the year 1854, and under his able direction, with his associates, Julius Whiting, Martin Wikidal and Peter P. Trump, it <leveloped into one of the leading and most substantial monetary institutions in the state, the enterprise being still conducted under the title of Isaac Harter & Sons. He had many other important capitalistic interests and was distinctively a man of affairs, alert, broadminded, and progressive, while a more publicspirited and loyal citizen Canton has never claimed. Standing in the pure white light of a life and character like that of Isaac Harter, e arc moved to a feeling of respect and veneration, and his name merits a high place on the roll of Stark county's noble pioneers.

On the 7th of August, 1838, Mr. Harter united in marriage to Miss Amanda Z. ]Moore. who was born in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, and she sur\-ived him by several Acars, being summoned into eternal rest on the 23d of Jani'.ary. 1895 at the venerable age of sevent}-nine years. They became the parents of nine children, of whom one son and one daughter died in infancy, while of the seven who attained years of maturity we incorporate the following brief record: Joseph S., who was gradtiated in Kenyon College, at Gambier. Ohio, was engag^ed in the study of law at the time when came the clarion call to arms that the integrity of the Union might l)e preserved, and he was one of the first to tender his services, enlisting as a private in the Ninteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for a term of three months, and he rose to the office of lieutenant, receiving his honorable discharge as such. He soon afterward re-enlisted, becoming a member of the One Hundred and Fifteenth Ohio \'"olunteers. in which he was made captain of his company, and he was accidentally shot while in the barracks at Cincinnati, expiring a few hours later, on the 26th of August, 1863. Cieorge D.. who was one of the representative bankers and citizens of Canton, is the subject of an individual memoir appearing on other pages of this work. Michael D. was a resident of Manstield. Ohio, where he was prominently engaged in manufacturing and represented his district in the fifty-second and fift}'-third congresses, and \vas the first man who advocated the gold standard, and it was largely through his instrumentality that the famous Bland bill was defeated. Isaac succeeded his father in the control of the Savings Deposit Bank, and is one of Canton's influential citizens. Henry W.. who was graduated in Pennsylvania College, is a representative member of the bar of Canton. Christiana A. is now a resident of Duluth, and Eliza L. is the wife of Albert L. Ordean. president of the First National Bank of Duluth.

ALBERT S. HTLLHOUSE. - The genealogy' of Mr. ITillhouse is of English and Welsh derivation, and the name is one which has long been identified with the annals of American history. He is a native of the beautiful little cit}- of Kalamazoo, Michigan, which was long celebrated as being the largest cnnimunity maintained imder \illage gnvernment in the I'nited States, and there he was born on the i^tli of Xovember, 1867, being a son of Frank S. and Lizzie (Dunning) Hillliouse, natives respectively of Alabama and New York. Both still survive, ]Mr. Hillhouse at present living in retirement at Kalamazoo, Michigan, \\here for thirty-eight years he carried on the wholesale book and drug business under the firm name of Roberts Sc Hillhouse, - being at time of withdrawal from business the oldest firm in the city. He secured his preliminary educational discipline in the public schools of Kalamazoo, and thereafter was matriculated in the Baptist College in that city, where he continued his studies until he had attained the age of nineteen years. He then entered the employ of the Michigan Telephone Company as messenger lx)y in connection with the Kalamazoo office, receiving for his services a stipend of twelve dollars per month. Nine months later he was promoted to the position of night operator, in which capacity he likewise served nine months, being then appointed telephone inspector, his duties in the line being confined to Kalamazoo county. He was in tenure of this position for five months, at the expiration of which, in November, 1887, he was made local manager of the American District Telephone Company in his native city. In February of the following year Mr. Hillhouse was sent by this company to the city of Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he remained as inspector and switch-board man until August 23, 1889, when he returned to Kalamazoo to accept the position of superintendent of the Kalamazoo Electric Company. On the 15th of October, 1890, the plant changed hands, and Mr. Hillhouse then returned to the employ of the Michigan Telephone Company, in the capacity of traffic agent, while on the 13th of February of the following year, still in the employ of the same company, he was stationed in Muskegon, Michigan, as inspector and switch-board man. while on the 2Tst of the following May he was promoted to the office of manager of The Michigan Telephone Company at Big Rapids, and ov. the 24th of June, 1894, became the manager of the plant in the city of Jackson, Michigan, where he remainefl until the 15th of the following September, when he was called to a position in the traffic department of the same company, in connection with the Detroit office, while on the iith of F'ebruary, 1895, ^e was installed in a similar capacity in the Grand Rapids office, where he remained until the 17th of the following September, when he returned to his home in Kalamazoo, where he assisted his A'enerable father in his business during the following winter. On the 15th of February, 1896. Mr. Hillhouse again entered the employ of the Michigan Telephone Company, by which be was sent to the upper peninsula of the state to superintend the construction of lines and the installation of exchanges and toll lines, and this work demanded his attention until the 23d of March, 1897, when he again resumed work in the traffic department of the company in connection with the Detroit office, traveling throughout the lower peninsula of the state. On the 14th of September, 1897. Mr. Hillhouse went to the city of Chicago and there accepted a position in the right-of-way department of the Central Union Telephone Company, while on the i8th of the following November he was appointed manager of the office of this company at Washington Court House, F'ayette county, Ohio. On the loth of April, 1809, he was appointed assistant state superintendent of construction for the state of Ohio, with headquarters in Columbus, the capital city of the state, while on the ist of May of the following year the Central Union Telephone promoted him to the office of district manager at Champaign, Illinois. On the 26th of November, 1901, Mr. Hillhouse accepted his present position as general manager of the . Stark County Telephone Company, with hea'lquarters-in the city of Cantfin. He is thoroughly informed in regard to all technical points in the line of liis vocation and tln-onsjli his efforts and capable management tlie ntmost efficiency of service is insured, while the confidence in which he has been held in the work of his profession is amply exemplified in the responsible and important positions of which he has been incumbent. As has been previously intimated in this context, Mr. Hillhouse has shown a marketl predilection for electrical work from his bovhood days, he ha\ing- been associated with other boys in his native city in installing telephone lines between their respective homes, while he and his chum also entered independently into business in the installing of electrical call bells, in which line they realized a profit of ele\'en dollars for their first day's W(irk. Later they also engaged in putting in wires for electric-lighting purposes, in which connection they secured the contract for wiring the court house of Kalamazoo county, their Avork being done after sclxiol hours, while they conducted their lousiness under the firm name of Garage & Hillhouse. .\t the Michigan state fair, held in Kalamazoo, in 1884. the young men secured the first prize for the finest electrical exhibit. During the winter which he passed at home, for the purpose of assisting his father, he was also for three months superintendent of the electrical plant in the Michigan asylum for the insane in Kalamazoo. Dtiring the two years of his residence in Big Rapids. Michigan, he also held the oftice of deput\- cit}- marshal. He holds membership in the Presbyterian church in his home city of Kalamazoo, having become identified with the same when but ten years of age. and in jjolitics he has ever given a stanch allegiance to the Republican . party.

On the 4th of ( )ctober. iSqq, in Washington Court House, b'ayette county, Ohio, was st)lemnized the marriage of Mr. Hillhouse to ?iliss Miniuc I.. Snyder, who was born in that ])lace. being a daughter of Clarence S. and Mar\- Elizabeth (I'owles) .Sn\der, lioth of whom still maintain their home there. The maternal grandfather of the latter was George Cady, who was a valiant soldier in the war of 1812, being at the time a resident of the Western Reserve. Ohio. Clarence F.. the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Hillhouse, was born on the 21st of June, lyoo. and died on the 8th of the following March.

JOHN SHOOK was born in Canton Jnl\ -3- ^^35- '11''^' 's "^ son of Andrew and Elizal)eth ( Clrich) Slioof. Ijoth of whom were natives of (jermany, where they were reared and educated. The father was born in the year 1708. and in his natixe i)ro\'ince be learned the trade of stone cutting, to which he there devoted his attention until 1833, when he set forth to seek his fortunes in America, his future >A ife taking passage on the same sailing vessel, which consumed fift}'-four davs in making the voyage tti New York city. They went thence to Hanover, Pennsylvania, where their marriage was solemnized, antl in the following ye;u" they came to Canton. Ohio, where Mr. Shoof engaged in contracting and building in the line of his trade, having erected manv of the substantial old buildings in this city and vicinity and ha\'ing been known as a man of a1)ility and sterling integritx'. He continued in this vocation until his death, which occurred at his home, on East Second street, at the age of fifty-six years. His wife siu'vived him and lived to attain the age of se\'enty-seven years. Both were devoted and consistent members of the Cierman Reformed church and were ])rominent in the the early church work in Canton. Of their children we incorporate the following brief data : John is the immediate subject of this sketch; Caroline is the wife of (ieorge (irumlauf, of Canton; Mary is the wife of Anthony Francis, of Canton ; Elizal)eth. who became tile wife of John Stuerhoff". died in this C't\'; b'liza. the wife of Hiram ( irant. also died

The subject has passed practically his entire life in Canton, and here he recei\-ed his early educational training in a log- builfling, which is still standing, on Kast Fourth street, the same being known as the Orchard school house, while his first teacher was Mr. Geise, who will be remembered b\- many of our old citizens. He also attended (icrman school several summers. com])Ieting his educational discipline at the age of nineteen years. At the age of fifteen years he had ))egun to learn the trade of brick and stone mason, under the effecxive direction of his father, serving a full ap- I'jrenticeship and becoming a skilled artisan, tliat upon attaining his legal majority lie was well qualified to engage in 1)usiness for himself as a contractor. He has thus been consecutively identified with contracting and buikhng here for nearly a half century, and it is needless to sa\- tliat in the county are to be found many suljstantial and enduring monuments to his skill and fidelity in his chosen vocation. He lias erected some of the larg'est Ijuildings in the city of Canton, and among the number may 1)e mentioned the following: The court house Avhicb was in use until the erection of the ])resent building, the blagle block, the fine residences of Mrs. Elizabeth Harter and I\Irs. Cornelius Aultman, the school houses on North I'herry street. South Market street and Mc- Kinlev avenue, respectively, the plant of the Bonnot Manufacturing Company and the most Tf the present buildings of the Aultman plant, one of the largest in this section of the state. In politics he was originally identified with the Democracy, but about fifteen years ago transferred his allegiance t''> the Republican party, -)f whose cause he has since been a stanch advocate. He is know)i as a public-spirited citizen, an able and progressive business man and his iiiflexible integritv and sincerit\' in all the relations of life have retained to him unqualified confidence and esteem in the city which has been his home from the time of his birth to the present. He is a prominent and valued member of the German Reformed church, in whose work he takes an acti\e part, while his wife holds membership with the First Baptist church of Canton, with which she is prominently identified.

In Canton, on the 24th of March. 1837, was solemnized the marriage of IMr. Shoof to Miss Elizabeth Houtz, who was born in this county, being a daughter of the late Henry and Elizabeth (Yomig) Houtz. Their children are as follows : Ida, who remains at the parental home: Charles, who is a resident of Xewton Falls, this state; Austin, Homer and Percy, all of whom reside in Canton ; Dora, who died at the age of eighteen years: and Emma, Stellie and Elsie, who are at the parental home.

JAMES M. MARTIN. - Rudolphus Martin, father of the subject, was born in Hager.stow'U, Maryland, and was a child at the time of his parents' removal to London, Pennsylvania, where he was reared to maturity and married, being there engaged in harness making until 1834, when he came to Ohio and located in X'avarre, Stark county, where he entered into partnership with John Chapiuan and established a general store. They continued the enterprise about two years, at the expiration of wdiich they .disposed of the business and l)urchased a saw-mill a few miles east of the village of Louisville, this county, operating the same about four years. Mr. Martin then opened a general merchandise store jn Paris. this county, eventually admitting Ezra Smith to a partnership interest. In 1847 ^^^'- Smith withdrew from the firm and the original owner thereafter continued the business individually until 1868. in which year he practically retired, being succeeded h\ his two sons. Tames

-M., of this sketch, and Wilham P., who there continued the enterprise successfully until 1883, when they sold out. While living in London, Pennsylvania, Rudolphus Martin learned the trade of harness making, becoming a particularly skillful workman, and he is was who had the distinction of making the first five-ring halter ever manufactured in the United States, while he was also the first to manufacture the famous London Avhips. -which are still in active demand and manufactured on a large scale. In Pennsylvania he was united in marriage, a1x)ut 1832, to Miss Ruhamah Uncles, who was born in that state. After his retirement from business Mr. Martin continued to make his home in Paris, this county, until the close of his long and useful life, his death there occurring on the 6th of April, 1882, while death did not long separate him from her who had been his cherished and devoted companion, for she followed him to the grave on the 6th of the following July, an interval of three months. Mr. Martin was converted in the Methodist Episcopal church, being ever kindlv and tolerant in his judgment and ordering his life according to the golden rule. Li politics he was for many years a stanch Democrat. l)ut upon the organization of the Free-soil party he espoused its cause and was thus naturally led into the Republican ranks at the time of the organization of that jiarty. Rutlolplnis and Ruhamah (Uncles) Martin became the parents of five children, namely; Amanda, who is the wife of Benjamin Estep, of Canton; Thomas Benton, who died in 1857, at the age of nineteen years; Anna E., who resides in Canton; James i\L, the immetliate subject of this sketch ; and William P., who died in Canton, in December, 1901, at the age of fifty-three years.

James M. 2vlartin, whose name initiates tliis sketch, was born in the village of Paris, Stark county, Ohio, on the 26th of October, 1845, and there he received his early educational discipline in the pul)lic schools, laying the foundation for that broad and exact knowledge which he has gained in the practical school of life, where the diplomas are signed by the wise headmaster, Experience. He began his business career as a clerk in his father's store, and after being thus engaged for one year, he and his brother were admitted to partnership, practically assuming control of the business, though continuing to consult with and abide by the decisions of their honored and able father, who was a careful and capable business man. In the autumn of 1877 they disposed of the business to the firm of King & Company, of Alliance, who withdrew from the establishment in 1 88 1, whereupon the ^[artin Brothers resumed business at the old quarters and continued the enterprise until 1883, when they again sold out, neither of them again entering mercantile business. In 1885 the subject of this sketch removed to Kansas, where he remained two )-ears. passing the succeeding vear in the city of Chicago, and the next in Canton, after which he returned to Chicago, which continued to be his home fi ir the succeeding fi\e years, within which period he made many judicious investments in local real estate, and throngli his ojierations in this line realized large profits. He then returned to Canton, where he has since continued to operate successfully in the same line of enterprise. ha\-ing made man^- investments and having done much to improve many of the properties which have come under his control, so that the result has been of marked value to the city and county. In 1895 he instituted the erection of the fine modern business block, known as the Martin, at the corner of Third and Market streets, this being one of the most important and attracti\e business buildings in the city. Besides a large amount of city realtv Mr. Martin has interests in much valuable farm property in the count}'. and also in the Dakotas, while he is also the owner of valuable dock interests in the city of Duluth, Minnesota. He has shown marked iliscrimiimtion and judgment ia his real-estate investments, and is known as a lii^eral, progressive and energetic business man, while through his well directed efforts he has gained prestige as one of the substantial capitalists of Stark county and as one who is an able financier, with a distinctive facility in handling matters of wide scope and importance. In politics, though entirely without official ambition, Mr. Martin accords a stanch allegiance to the Republican party, keeping veil informed on the cpiestions and issues of the hour and being thoroughly fortified in his convictions in regard to matters of public import and polit}-.

On the 21st of August, 1884, at Topeka, Kansas, Mr. Martin was uiu'ted in marriage to Miss Eleanor Redmond, of Marysville, Missouri, and she died in 1893. In 1898 he was marriefl to Miss Emily Benson, of Des Moines, Iowa, who presides with gracious dignity over th.eir beatitiful home, which is a center of refined hospitality. ?ilr. Martin has no children.

HENRY COOK was born in the town of Weingarten, Baden, Germany, on the j/tli October, 18 [8, lieing the youngest of the thirteen chiiflren of Jacob Cook, Avho passed his entire life there, engaged in agricultui'al pursuits. He died in 1823, -when the subject of this memoir was a mere child, his wife ha\ing passed away a few years previously. 11 enr\- was taken into the home of one of his elder sisters, who accorded him a mother's care and guidance, wliile lie received the usual se\en years of educational training in the excellent schools of his fatherland. After leaving school he served a thorough apprenticeship at the slioemaking trade, to which he there continued to devote his attention until he had attained the age of about twenty years, when, about 1838, he proceeded to Ha\Te. France, where he embarked for America, landing in New York citv in due course of time and there continuing to follow his trade for a number, of years. There, on the 6th of May, 1841, he was united in marriage to Miss Barbara Janson, and about ten years later they removed to a farm in Sullivan county, New York, four children having' been born to them prior to leaving the national metropolis. On this farm they continued to make their home for a term of about fifteen years, Mr. Cook being successful in his efforts and becoming one of the influential men of the community, where he served for eight year> iir the office of tax collector. This hoinestead figured as the birthplace of the other six children in the family. In 1866 Mr. Cook came with his family to Stark county, Ohio, and here he effected the purchase of the Good Intent Ta\ - ern, situated on North Cleveland a\enue. one mile north of the city limits, while the property comprised seven acres of land. Mr. Cook Iniilt an addition to the hotel and otherwise improxed the property, and here he conducted a very successful hotel business, the stages all stopping at the place and leaving mail a-nd passengers, while it was the favorite stopping place for travelers from towns for miles around. 'S\r. Cook was of genial and kindly disposition, and his guests al\va\s found a hearty welcome and were afforded tlie liest possible entertainment, the old tavern being one around which cluster many l)leasmg memories of the days long fled. He continued to i')ccupv the house until his death, which occurred on the 24th of Jamiarw 1882, and the property is still retained by his venerable widow, who there makes her home, though the house has long been closed as a place of public entertainment. He v.as a worthy memljer of the First Gennan Reformed church in Canton, and his wife also took a deep interest in its work, 1)eing- a devoted memljer of the same and resigning her active labors in the church only when compelled so to do by the infirmities of ad\-ancing age, though she still retains notable mental and physical vigor and enjoys the comiia.niouship of her wide circle of friend'^ in the

Of the ten children of Henry and Barhara Cook we enter the following brief record : Henry, Jr.. who is engaged with a street railway in Canton, married Alalinda i\lunn and they have three children. He was born in New York cit\" in r84J. Augustus, who was Ixirn in New '^"ork city, on the 22d of September, 1843, accompanied his parents on their removal to Sullivan cnuiit)-, Xew York, where he attended j^chool. In (864 lie jijined iiis maternal grandfather, Anthony Janson, in Pike township. Stark county, Ohio, with whom he made his home for a number of years, in the meanwhile learning the shoemaking trade, which he followed in Canton until sh(jrtly after his marriage. He then accepted a position as carpet layer with a Cantim linn, and continued to follow this line of work w itli different concerns, finally entering the employ of the J. O. Palmer Company, and remaining at the head of their carjK't-la^iug department for eighteen years. Pie died at his home in Canton, on the jgtli of April, 1900. He married Mary A. Robin, who .^ur\ives him. as does their child. Charles, wlio Avas born in Xew York city, in 1845, at the time of the C'ivil war, thou.gh scarcely more than a bov, enlisted from Sullivan county as a member of a regiment of mounted rifles, with which lie went to the front as a private. In a charge at the battle of Petersburg, ^'irgiuia, his horse Avas shot from under him. but he immediately sprung on to the liack of another and soon afterward recei\ed a terrible cut across the left shoulder with a saber, and was sent to the field hosi)ital, where his mother went to care for liim as soon as she could reach his side. She remained in the Held hospital for ten davs and then took her wounded young hero to his home, where he (lied shortly afterward, sacrificing his life on the altar of his country. Elizabeth is the ^\-ife of Clrich TTuber, a successful farmer of Plain townshi]), this county. George died at the home in Canton, at the age of fifty-one years. .John remains with his mother at the old home. Constantine died at the age of fi\e years. Julia is the wife of Thomas ^\'. Leahy, a prosperous coal operator of Plain township. ^Vdam died in chiUlhood, and William F. remains at the maternal home.

Mrs. Barbara Cook, the \\idi)w of the honored subject of this memoir, was born in the town of Wendelesheim, Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, on the 19th of May. 1820, and was there reared to the a,ge of se\enteen years, when she accompanied her parents on their emigration to America, the family locating in Xew Y'ork cit)-, where they resided at the time of the memorable cholera epidemic, in the thirties. She is one of the six children born to Anthony and F.lizaljeth ( \lthouse) Janson, and of the number four are li\ing at the ])resent time. Her father died in \'an Wert, Ohio, in 1862. and his wife passed away in Canton, in iSCk), both having been lifelong members of the German Reformed church.

SAMITEL F. I.OXAS is a native of Stark county, Ohio, born in Smoketown, Bethlehem township, on the i8th day of October, 1846, His parents John \\'. and Catherine (Hans) Lonas, were born, reared and married in Shenandoah county, \'irginia, and about the year 1835 moved to Stark countw where the father subsequently l)ecanie a large landowner and sticcessful agriculturist. He jjurchased se\eral tracts of real estate which greatly increasetl in value while he held them, and at one time owned three hundred and fifty acres, nearl)- all in cultivation. He accumulated his propert\- by his own efforts and was a conspicuou.s example of the successful, self-made man of his day. He lived an honorable life, reared a large famih- of thirteen children and died at his home in .Vugust, i86y, his ,good wife ])receding iiim to the gra\'e two years before. For a number of years he served as justice oi tlie peace, and by reason of his sound judgment and o'ood common sense was frequently called upon to settle estates and attend to various other business matters for his neighbors. In earl\- life he taught school in Virginia, and he bore the reputation of being one of the l^est educators and most thoroughly informed men of liie community in which he lived. Religiously, he was a member of the German Reformed church, and for many years served as elder of the congregation to which he belonged, his wife also being connected with the same church. Tn politics he was a Democrat of the old sciiool, and as such proved an influential factor in local affairs, doing much in a quiet wav to ])romote the success of his ])arty. Of tlie thirteen children born to John \\'. and Leah Lonas, five only are living, the subject of this review being- the fifth of the family.

Re\'erting- to the personal history of Samuel F. Lonas, it may be stated that he received first practical training- in life on the family homestead in Bethlehem township, and that his early ^"ea^s were devoted to honorable toil, assisting his father and brothers to run the farm. After the crops were gathered, he attended the public >chools of the neighborhootl and this he kept up during the winter seasons until young manhood, meanwhile taking commendable progress in the \'arious branches which then constituted the regular course of stud}-. To those earh- A-ears, under the tutelage of parents, whose earnest desire was to impress upon the minds and hearts of his children such principles as would insure h'\-es of usefulness and honor, Mr. Lonas is largely indebted for the integritv of character and laudal)!e ambition that have since marked his life and conduct. The world is full of such examples and the student of biography will experience little difhcultv in recalling- instances of where farm life left its im])ress upoi-i .some of the most noted characters known to history. In earlv vears when the mind is taking its bent and w hen youthful ambitions are shaping themselves for manhood's achievements, no influence has ever been found more p<^tent for good than that which the f-iu^m affords. Reared imder such influences, it is not at all surprising that Mr. Lonas grew to the full .stature of wellrounded manhood with a pro])er conception of life and its responsibilities, and with a wellformed purpose of making the most of his opportunities. Arriving at an age when it l)ecanie necessary for him to leax-e home and start for himself he decided to de\-ote his life to farming and this honorable Aocation he has since ])ursucd with success such as only comes to fax'ored few. \A'ithout narrating in detail the various steps in his career as a progressive tiller of the soil suffice it to .state that his course has been a series of continued advancements until he is now one of the largest land owners as well as one of the mo=t enterprising- agriculturists in the township in which he lives. At this time Mr. Lonas owns about four hundred acres of valuable real estate, to say nothing of the land he has recently given his children. His home place is one of the best improved and most highly culti^-ated farms in the count\-. In addition to farming, Mr. l^onas has made considerable nioney from his mineral ])roperty. owning- at one time a mine \alued at eight thousand floHars, and there are now on his place over sixtv acres of \-aluabIe coal lands from which he derives a liberal income.

Mr. Lonas's life has been exceedingly active and his income as a farmer and man of aft'airs is without a stain. He is a Democrat in politics and an aggressi\-e worker for his party. l)clicving in its ])rinci])les as the partv for (he peo]Dle and ever ready to maintain the soundness of his opinions. Pie is now a member of the school board, in which capacity he has been nritiring- in his efforts to advance the cau.se of education in his township. belie\'ing that knowledge universally disseminated to be the best safe guard of a free and enlightened peo])le.

Islr. Lonas is pre-eminently a fanner and for a number of years he has labored earnestly to promote agriculture, being a prominent mem- I)er of the Patrons of Husbandry and one of the leaders of the grange with which he is identified. He is also a friend of the church and an earnest advocate and liberal patron of all tile movements having for their object the social and moral advancement of the community, standing firm for good government and an impartial enforcement of the law to this end. Religiously lie subscribes to the creed of the German Reformed church, belonging with his wife to the congregation worshiping in Myers. Mr. Lonas was married April 9, 1868, to Miss Frona Stoner, daughter of Jacob and Mary Stoner, of Tuscarawas township, the father a wealthy farmer and influential citizen. Eight children have lieen liorn of this union. namely: Jacob W. ; Ollie L., wife of William Baughman; Ira J., Charles M., Frederick W.. Samuel F. and Lillie M., and one that died in infancy unnamed. 'I'lie children win > liave severed home ties are well settled in life, the sons being well-to-do and highly respected farmers, all but one living" in the countv of Stark.

CHARLES C. UPFL\M. - The name borne by the subject of this review, whd is a representative member of the bar of Stark county, is one which has been identified conspicuously A\ith the history of the nation from the early ej>och when the Pilgrim Fathers established their colonies in Massachusetts while the annals of the nation show that many bearing the name have become distinguished in the public and civic life of the nation, not the least of these having been the grandfather and father of the subject.

It is established that John L'''phani was the first to bear the name in America, aiul he was the progenitor of all claiming title to the same within the confines of the L'nion. He was a native of England and was born in Somersetshire. He came to America with what was known as the Hull colony, the same having been organized by Rev. Joseph Hull, a clerg}-- man of the estal)lished church of England. In company with his little band of devoted followers, this worthy man set sail, on the 20th of March, 1635, from Weymouth, in old Dorset, England, for the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The company comprised twent_\-one families - one hundred and five individuals, - and the little vessel arrived at its destination on the 6th of the following May. They settled at Wessaguscus, which name, in memor\- of the port in Dorset from which they had sailed, the}' changed to Weymouth. John Upham was accompanied by his family, including his wife, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Webb; his sister Sarah and his three children. He was born in 1600 and was thus thirty-five years of age at the time of his emigration to America. On the 2(1 of September, 1635, '^^ admitted a freeman at Weymouth, which was the second colony founded after Plymouth, and he was given an allotment of land. In 1636 he was elected a representative to the general court, held in Boston, and filled this office several terms. In 1642 he was one of the six who treated with the Indians for the lawful extinguishment of their title to the lands at \\"eymouth, and in the following year he was elected selectman. About 1648 he removed to Maiden, and was one of its original settlers, and there became a man of marked prominence and influence, ha\ing been elected selectman and held otlier offices. After the death of his first wife he married Katherine, widow of Angell Llollard. but all of his children were bom of the first marriage. He was a deacon in a church and was a man to whose life and character his remote descendants may well look back upon with pride and satisfaction. From him the lineage is traced in direct line to the subject through the following heads of the several generations : Piiineas, John, Samuel. Samuel (2cl), Samuel - (3d), William and William Keyes.

Samuel Upham (3d), the great-grandfather of the suljject of this review, was born in Leicester, Massachusetts, in 1762, and married Patty Livermore, who was born in 1768, a daughter of Ji^nas Li\-ermore, of Leicester. She was the mother of his four children, and atcer her death he married again, the maiden name of his second wife having I)een Pike. He removed to Washington county. Vermont, when the region was almost a wilderness, this being in the }"ear 1802. and his home was one of the first in the present city of Montpelier. Pie served as a patriot soldier in the war of the Revohition, during which he held the rank of captain, a title by which he was afterward known. He died in \Vest Randolph, Vermont, May 12, 7848. Of his four children the eldest was Willian', the grandfather of the subject.

Hon. William P^pham, of Montpelier, 'N'ermont. will stand in history as one of the distinguished and g'ifted sons of the nation. Plis was a sjiotless reputation and he was a leader in thought and action, his influence transcending local limitations and permeating the life of the nation. Of recondite knowledge, positive and pcnverful indixidualitv, he left his impress ujxjn his times and upon the annals of the republic. He was born in Leicester, Massachu.selts. on tlie 3th of August, 1792. In 1814 he married Sarah Keyes, of Ashford, Connecticut, who died May 8. 1856. He was one of the foremost members of the bar of Vermont, which st.'ite he represented in the United States .senate from 1841 until his death, on the 14th of January. 1853, his remains being interred in the Congressional cemetery, in Washington, where his death occurred. Washburn's History of Leicester, Massachusetts, has the following sketch :

"His father mo\-ed to IMontpelier, Vermont, in 1802. William studied law with Judge Samuel Prentiss, and was admitted to the bar about 181 1. He was a prominent lawyer and was elected to the United States senate in 1841, re-elected in 1847, ^^d <^''cd at Washington, January 14, 1853. When a boy William crushed his hand in a cider mill ; it \\as trimmed with a hatchet. Being unlitted for maiuial labor, it was determined to educate him. He studied at the academy in 1709 and 1800. After his admission to the bar he Ivecame a ])artner of Judge Prentiss. He attained high rank in his profession, being particularly successful as a jury advocate. He possessed a great share of wit and huuKir, and oCcasionallv indulged in sarcasm with telling efl'ect. He was a social, pleasant anfl agreeable compduiDii, and had acr|uired su.cli a degree ot p()])ular favor and confidence that when his partner was appointed district judge of the United States court Mr. Upham became his successor in the United States senate. He did not often speak in the senate, but whene^-er he did, it was with much force, directness and effect. He was staunch in his political opinions and commanded attention as an independent thinker and outspoken representative of New England sentiment."

Another sketch speaks as follows: "In his professional career, to which the main energies of his life were de\oted, he became widely known as one of the best advocates in the state. He was one of the most successful jury lawyers to he found in any country. Xev-er hesitating for a word, and fluent beyond example, the style of his speaking was rapid, thoroughly earnest and often highly impassioned, and so magnetic was that earnestness and seeming confidence in his case, and so skillfully wrought were his arguments, that bad, indeed, must have been his side of the question if he did not command the sympathies and convictions of a good part, if not all, of the jury." At the time of his death Senator Seward said of him: 'AVilliam L^pham was of

A'ermont. - a consistent exponent of her institutions. He was a man of strong and vigorous judgment, whicli acted always by a process of sound, inductive reasoning, and his compeers liere (in tlie senate) will liear witness that he was equal to the \aried and \ast responsibilities of the senatorial trust. He was a plain, unassuming, unostentatious man. He never spoke for displav. hut always for conviction, -fie was an honest and just man. He had gotten nothing by fraud or guilt, and so he lived without any fear of Insing whatever of fortune or position he had attained. Xo gate was so strong, no locks s<j fast and iirni as the watch he kept against the approach of corruption, or even undue influence or persuasion. His natural policy was the increase of industry, the culti\-ation of ]jeace and the patn^nage of improvement. He adopted his opinions without regard to their poi)ularit\- and never stifled his convictions of the truth nor suppressed their utterance through and fear or fa\(.»r of faction : but he was, on the contrar}-, consistent and constant "as pilot well expert in perilous wave, that to a steadfast starre his course hath bent.' " Of Mrs. Upham it is said that after her husband's death, "though of a buoyant disposition, and stri\ing hard to bear her loss with Christarn resignation, she soon began visibly to^ droop, and on the 8th f)f May, 1856, followed him to the gra\c." The\' became the parents of three sons and two daughters, of whom the elilest was \\'dliam Keyes Upham, so honored in Canton and Stark county.

N\'i!liam Keyes U])ham was born in Montpelier. Vermont, on the 3d of April, 1817, and he died in Canfield, Mahoning countv, Ohio, on the 22(\ of March. 1865. at the age of forty-eight. He completed his literarv education in the University of Vermont, at Burlington, w here among his classmates wre Luke P. Poland. Mat. Carpenter. Stei^hen A. Douglas and Thaddeus Stevens, all of whom were Vermontcrs and studied law in Montpelier. remaining his lifelong friends. He studied law in the oflice of his father, in Montpelier, and was admitted to the bar soon after attaining his majority, after which he remained in practice in his native state for several years. In April. 1845. Mr. Upham remo\ed to New Li.sbon, Ohio, where he remained until 1S58, in which year he came to Canton, where he gained a large and lucrative practice, ultimate- Iv rising to the head of his profession in the state. Those who knew Mr. Upham best have ever maintained that he inherited in a large degree the talents and genius of his father. His was a v;iliant and loyal soul, and to such, success is a natiu'al jirerogative. He was well versed in the law and was an elocjuent advocate, and was at all times kind and considerate in his dealings with the younger members of his profession. He died in Canfield, Mahoning county, while attending court at that place, and at the time the Steubenville Herald paid the following appreciative tribute to his memory: "William K. Upham, was a native of Vermont and a S(in of the late United States Senator I'pham, of that state. He was a gentleman of fine family, education an<l presence, and as an attorney stood at the head of his profession in this state, ranking with Chase. Stanton. Corwui. \'inton. John .\. Bingham and others. He had many noble traits, - was social, magnanimous and generous to a fault. As a man of talents he claimed our sjjccial admiration."

Tn Westlawn cemetery, near the city of Canton, the members of the Stark county Iwr erected a monument in memory of the wellroimded, symmetrical character and a name that merits a high place on the roll of distinguished dead who ha\e lent dignity and honor to the bar of the sovereign .state of Ohio..

In Func. 1X44. William I\. Upham was united in marriage to Mi.ss Maria Elizabeth Weeks, who was born in Stanstead. Vermont, on the 7th o\ March, "1822, being a daughter ot \\'illiain and Lucy Weeks, representatives (_>f sterling old Xew England families, and who died Xo\ ember 5. 18^4. They l^ecame the parents of fi\e children, ct)ncerning whom we enter brief record, as follows: Sarah AI., who was born in 1845, married Wallace H. Ballon and her death occurred in Kansas City, Missouri, January 26, 1882; Alattie P., born in 1848, uKirried (ie<irge Rex and died in Canton, l'"ebruary 3. 1888, leaving one son, Harry R. Rex, who is engaged in the practice of law at Canton, Ohio; William Keyes, Jr., is a traveling salesman, li\ing in Cleveland, Ohio; Charles C. is the immediate subject of this review; and Mary Annette, born in 1859, '^ ^'^^ widow of F)ion L. Meredith, of Van Wert, Ohio, who died April 16, 1902.

Charles Carroll Upham, whose name introduces this br-ef sketch, is a native son of the Buckeye state, having been born in New Lisbon, Columbiana county, on the ist of August. 1854. He his early educational disci|)line in the public schools of Cantun, being a child of about four years at the time when his parents removed hither from New Lisbon. He completed his literary education in the academy at Montpelier, Vermont, and at the age of nineteen began the study of law under the direction of Hon. George E. Baldwin, at Canton, Ohio, completing his technical di.scipline in 1875, at Canton, and was admitted to the l>ar of Ohio the same year. Since that time he has lived in Canton and continued the practice of law.

THOMAS H. CI'RRIE was born in Gartsherrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland, on the 4th of June. 1833, being the youngest .son of James and Janet (Henderson) Currie. He entered school at the age of five years, but owing- to the exigencies and conditions which compassed his youth he left school at an earlv age, and for tvventv vears he followed niinino-. becomins; familiar with all branches of the industry. During tliis i^eriod he applied much of his time to study at home and also attended night school, and through his efforts gained a wide and practical knowledge, and he may well be said to be self-educated, even as he is, the architect of his own fortune. At the age of sixteen years he became a member of the Fourth Battalion, Lanarkshire Ride \olunteers, resigning from the same in the second year of his service and, deciding that his mother country was too small for all her sons, he sailed for Canada, on the 29t!i of May, 187.:;. After a short stay in that dominion he came to Stark county, Ohio, locating in the city of Massillon in June of the same year.