Canton Township (part 41 of 62)

CAPT. MARCUS A. FISHER was born in Womelsdorf, Berks county, Pennsylvania, on the 26th of May, 1863. There he initiated his educational discipline in the public schools, which he continued until he had attained the age of eleven years, when he accompanied his parents on their removal to I\Iiamisburg, Montgomery county, Ohio, where he was reared to maturity and where he attended tlie pubhc pubHc scliools until he had completed the high school course, in which he was graduated as a member of the class of 1880, having been also employed in a local drug store during his last year in school and giving his attention to the study of pliamiacy. He continued to be thus employed in ^liamisburg until the month of August, 1882, when he went to Cincinnati, where he secured a clerical position in a drug establishment, and at the same time attending night school, where he maile a special stud}- of chemistry, both organically and in the line of practical quantitative analysis. About that time the state law providing for the registration of pharmacists was enacted, and those were granted licenses wdio were al:)le to successfully pass tlie recjuired examination before the state board of ])harmacy. So well and so faithfully had he applied himself to his studies and to the practical work in the drug store that he was able to duly qualify and was granted his license or certificate. Shortly afterward he returned to Miamisbiu'g and re-entered the employ of M. G. Bohn, under whose du"ection he had secured his preliminary training in the technical work of his profession, and there he remained for a period (jf nine }ears.

On the 1st of April, 1891, Mr. Fisher came to C!anion and here established himself in lhe drug business on his own responsibility, his original location ha\ing been the store now occupied by J. L. Mauer & Company. There he continued a successful business until August, 1S94, when he sold out to Edward Young and effected the purchase of his present place of business, which is eligiljly located at the corner of Ciierry and East Tuscarawas streets. His original quarters here became inadequate for the accommodation of his rapidly increasing business, and in 1899 he secured the rcjoni adjoining on the east, so that his establishment now figures as an essentially metropolitan one. the stock carried being large and select in all lines wdiile the store is attractive in all its equipments.

On June 20, 1893, ^Nlr. Fisher became identified with the Eighth Regiment of the Ohio National Guard, in Canton, in the capacity of hospital steward, and as such he served until the latter part of the following year, when he was elected second lieutenant of Company L, of the same regiment, being later advanced to the. office of first lieutenant, in which he served until 1897, having had command of his company during the the greater portion of the year 1896. On the 8th of January, 1897, he was elected captain of the same company, and as such was in command of the same during its valiant service in the Spanish-American w^ar, the regiment having given prompt e\idence of its intrinsic lo\'alty and patriotism by tendering its services to the government. The regiment was assigned to the Fifth Army Corps, under General Shafter, and in Ma)-, 1898, having been duly mustered in, proceeded to Cuba, where it took an active part in the Santiago campaign, assisting materially in \\ inning the decisive victories for the American arms. Captain Fisher pro\cd an able commander, having the company under effective discipline and sparing no pains or care in providing for the necessities and comforts of his men to the best of his power. The regiment returned to Montauk Point in August, 1898, and its members received their Iwnorable discharge from the United States service on the JOth of the following November, being given an enthusiastic and gratifying' welcome by the people of Canton and vicinitv u|)on their return to their home city. Captain Fisher still continues his identification with the National Guard and is commissary of the Second Brigade with the rank of major.

party, in whose cause he has lieen an acti\e worker, and in April, 1899, he was elected to the office of treasurer of Canton township, of which he is still in tenure, having gi\-en a most able and satisfactory adniinistralion of the fiscal affairs of the township, which is tlie most populous and wealthy in the county. His religions views are in harmony with the faith of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he was reared, and fraternalh he holds membership in the Spanish War Veterans* Association, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Knights of Pythias, the Junior Order of United American Mechanics, and the Masonic order, in which last he is a member of Canton Commandery \o. 38, Ivnights Templar, while he has also attained the fourteenth degree in the Scottish Rite bodies, being affiliated with the consistory at Canton, Ohio.

By his first wife, whose maiden name was Eizzie Brown, and to whom he was married in t886. Captain Eisher has one son, Robert, who remains at the paternal home. This lady died March 3, 1888, and on the 13th of November, 1896, he chose for a companion Miss Elizabeth Overton, of Massillon, this countv. a daughter of William Overton, who is now a resident of Little Ealls, in the state of Wisconsin. To Mr. Eisher's second union one daughter has been born, Ruth.

CHARLES B. EREDERICK. V. S. - In the veins of the subject of this sketch flows the blood of a long line of American and Scotch ancestors and he combines in his physical and mental make up many sturdy attributes of both nationalities. On the paternal side he traces his genealogy back to an early period in the history of eastern Ohio, his grandfather, John Erederick, having been born in Columbiana county on June 21, 1800. When a young man John Frederick entered eighty acres of land, in Washington township. Stark county, and shortly after moving to the same increased his possessions by an additional tract of the same number of acres, nearly all of which he reduced to a state of tillage. In the year 1826 he was married in his native county to Miss Charlotte Aultman and the same year moved to his original purchase in the county of Stark referred to above. After the death of his wife, A\'hich occurred in her sixty-sixth year, he disposed of his real estate to his children and lived among them, the remainder of his days, dying at Salem Center, Indiana, at the home of his son David, at the ripe old age of eigh.ty-seven years. He was the father of children as follows: John died in Stark county; George is a resident of Hudson, Indiana ; Michael also resides in the town of Hudson; Joseph G. is the father of the subject, and Mary, wife of Henry Shaffer, a farmer of Washington township. Stark county.

Joseph G. Erederick was born on the old homestead in Washington township, June 11, 1840, and received his educational advantages in the common schools of the county. In his young manhood he took a course in veterinary medicine and surgery and for a period of forty years he practiced his profession, meeting with a large measure of success in treating diseases peculiar to man's best and noblest friend, the horse. He followed his chosen calling- in .Stark county until 1896, when he moved to Hudson, Indiana, and since then has practiced at that place with most encouraging professional and and financial results. Mary A. Little, who became the wife of Joseph G. Erederick, was born near the town of Bayard, Columbiana county, Ohio, in the year 1843, '''^'' famil}' having been among the early settlers of that part of the state. John Little, Mrs. Frederick's father, was lx)rn near Edinburg, Scotland, and when a boy was a companion and schoolmate of the poet Burns, bet>\een whom and himself a warm personal friendship existed as long as the former lived. Immediately after their mar-'

OLD LANDMARKSriagc, which was solemnized in the early 'thirties, Mr. Little came to the United States and settled first in Washington township, Stark county, a few years later removing to a farm in the county of Columbiana, where he still lives, his wife having died in the fall of 1897. John and Mrs. Little reared a family of seven children, namely : Mrs. Mary Frederick ; Maggie, wife of Herman Hart; Mrs. Reuben Hawkins ; John, Jamics Robert and George. The children born to Joseph G. and Mary Frederick are as follows: John, who lives in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; Dr. Charles B., of this review; Alice, wife of C. M. Unyer, of Cleveland ; Elsworth, a farmer of Washington township, this county, and Ollie, who married Joseph Reese, of Canton.

Dr. Charles B. Frederick was born December 29, 1 868, on the family homestead in Washington township and it is a fact worthy of note that both he and his father first saw the light of day in the old dwelling, which still stands on the place. In the district schools which he attended until a youth in his teens he acquired his preliminary educational training and later pursued higher branches of learning in Mt. Union College, adopting the profession of veterinary medicine and surgery. Mr. Frederick, in 1893, entered the Ontario Veterinary College at Toronto, from which he was graduated in due season, after which he began the practice at Louisville, Ohio, where he remained until 1897. Determined to leave nothing undone in the way of familiarizing himself with his calling, he took a post-graduate course in the veterinary department of the Ohio State University in 1898 and the same year accepted a position as assistant professor in that institution, holding the same during the four years following. In the fall of 1901 Dr. Frederick came to Canton and opened an office at No. 433 North Cherry street and since that time has been actively engaged in professional work in this city and surrounding country.

The Doctor has spared no pains in posting himself and today stands admittedly at the head of his profession in this section of the state. A close and critical student, he has become familiar with every known authority upon diseases of the horse, in addition to which he has prosecuted original investigations and made discoveries in the matters of treatment and remedies hitherto unknown to the professional world.

Dr. Frederick was happily married on the 2c;th day of June, 1900, to Miss Frances E. Houser, a native of Nimishillen township, this county, and daughter of Martin and Mary (Auer) Houser, both parents deceased. Aside from the claims of his calling the Doctor finds time to devote to the duties of citizenship, being an enterprising man and greatly interested in the welfare of the city and county in which he lives. He cast his first presidential ballot for Benjamin Harrison and from tliat time to the present day has been a supporter of the Republican party, though not a partisan in the sense of aspiring to leadership or seeking official honors. He holds membership with Lodge No. 499, Free and Accepted Masons, and endeavors to square his life in harmony with the principles of this ancient and honorable fraternity. Personally he is widely and favorably known, his relations with his fellow men being of the most agreeable character and he is well deserving of specific mention as one of the intelligent and progressive men of the county of Stark.

PHILIP FARBER. - The name borne by the subject of this sketch is one which has been identified with the annals of Ohio from an early epoch, for it is to lie recorded that his father, the late and honored James Farber, was borpn in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, on the ist of March, 1808, so that the latter's parents were numbered among the earliest settlers in that sec- tion, James himself having been tlie first white -child born in Sandy township, that county. He was a son of John Farber, who is supposed to have been a native of Pennsylvania, whence he set forth to establish his home in Ohio shortly after, possibly before, it was admitted to the sisterhood of states, here passing the residue of his life.

James Farber was reared to maturity amidst the primitive surroundings of a pioneer farm of Tuscarawas county, and it is hardly necessary to state that his early educational privileges, in a specific sense, must have been exceedingly limited in scope. His, however, w^as a mind too alert to be seriously handicapped by the mere accident of time and place, and experience proved to him a kindly master, and the school was one in which he developed strong native talents, making his life one of signal usefulness and honor. It was his good fortune as a young man to choose as a companion and helpmeet on the journey of life a woman whose nobility and gentleness of character ably complemented the strength and vigor of his. He married Miss Caroline A. AVeaver, who was born in the state of New York, on the 17th of July, 181 5, and who came to Ohio with her parents when a mere child. Her marriage to James Farber was solemnized in Tuscarawas county, whence the)^ soon afterward came to Stark county and took up their abode on a farm in Pike township, where they again repeated the experiences of pioneer life, in the reclaiming of the land and making it available for cultivation. They lived to see their children grow up to lives of honor and risefulness, and passed their declining days in the locality in which they took up their residence upon coming to the county, while in death they were not long di\-ided, the mother the subject being summoned into eternal rest, in Pike township, on the 21st of February, 1890, while her loved husband passed away the second of the following June, being nearly eighty-three years of age at the time of his death, while she was in her seventy-sixth year. They became the parents of seven children, namely : John F., of whom individual mention is made on another page of this work ; Isabella, who became the wife of John Kiefer and who died in Carroll county; Emma, who died as a child of about two years; Oliver, a resident of Osnaburg township; Philip, the immediate subject of this sketch; Abigail, who is the wife of Franklin Neuhouse, of Pike township ; and Betsey, who lives in Sandy township.

Philip Farber, the immediate subject of this sketch, was born on the old homestead in Pike township, on the 3d of January, 1841, and here he was reared to manhood and has always maintained his home, devoting his attention to agricultural pursuits from his youth up and being now known as one of the successful and influential farmers of his native county. He received his educational training in the common schools, while his mentality, no less than his physical vigor, felt the beneficent influence of the experience of those who cling to the noble art of husbandry. Mr. Farber is the owner of three hundred and forty-three acres of very fertile land, the major portion of which is under cultivation, and upon the place are the evidences of thrift and prosperity in the way of substantial and attracti\'e buildings, improved machinery, good fences, high-grade stock, etc., making this one of the model estates of Pike township and of the county. In politics he has given ? stalwart allegiance to the Repu1)lican party, and though he has never sought public office he has rendered most efficient service as a school director of his district. In May, 1864, he showed the loyalty and patriotism of a true son of the republic by tendering his services in defense of the Union, enlisting as a private in Company F, One Hundred and Sixty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which he was in active service for a period of four months, at

On tiie 19th (if December, 1872, in Tuscarawas county, Mr. l'"arber was united in marriage to Miss Mary L. .Souders, a daughter of the late Blazius Souders, who met his death in the battle of Gettysljurg. Mrs. Far1)er Avas born in the kingdom of Wurtemburg, Germany, on tlie 4th of May, 1S51, and was but four years of age when she accompanied her parents on their emigration to i\merica, tlie family locating in Tuscarawas county, this state, where she was reared and educated. To our subject and his estimaljle wife ha\e been born three children, namely: Jay, who married Miss Alice Kemp and who is engaged in farming in Pike township; May, wli() is the wife of Frank A. Esterly, of Pike township; and Elta, who is the wife of Charles Crist, of Tuscarawas county.

CHARLES F. LAIBLIN. - The Laiblin family is of stanch German lineage, and the following is the jjatenial line of descent : The subject's great-great-grandfather, Charles Frederick, born in 1690, died in 1742; greatgrandfather, b'rederick Lewis, city clerk of Pullinger. born in 1712, died in 1758; grandfather, Charles Frederick, an officer of customs at Winnenden, Wurtemburg, born November 18. 1752, died in 1817; father, Charles Frederick, Sr. The first representati\'e in Aiuerica was the father of the subject, Charles F. Laiblin. who was born in the city of Stuttgart, Wurtemburg, Germany, in the year 1797, and there he was reared and educated, recei\'ing good advantages in the matter of early scholastic training, as his parents were in good circumstances. In his native city he served a partial apprenticeship at the brewing business, and when he w-as eighteen years of age he was drafted for service in the German army, but was not desirous of entering military life, and determined to escape the service by emigrating to America. He accordingly made his way to a seaix>rt town, where he embarked on a sailing vessel bound for the port of New York city, where he arrived after a voyage of fifty-nine days' duration, the vessel having sprung a leak while en route, so that it became necessary to keep the pumps in action day and night to keep the boat afloat. He was employed for a time in New York and then went to Washington county, Pennsylvania, where he secured employment on a farm. While thus engaged he married Miss Susan Bedillion, who was born in that county, her father being .\braham' Bedillion, the owner of the farm on which Mr. Laiblin was employed. The Bedillion family is undoubtedly of French extraction and was early founded in America. After his marriage the father of the suljject came witli his bride to Steubenville, Jefferson county, Ohio, where he established a brcwerv and built up .'i successful business, ha\ing shipped his products down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to various points, including the city of New Orleans. After forty years of successful operations as a brewer Mr. Laiblin also engaged in the malting business, in which line also he conducted a prosperous and (|uite extensive business. In 1869 he came to Stark county and purchased a farm in Pike township, wliere he continued to reside until his deatli, which occurred in June, 1871, while bis cherished and dexoted wife survived him by only a few years, her death occurring at the home of her daughter .\melia, Mrs. Armstrong, in Canton, in 1878, at which time she was eighty-one years of age. She was a dexoted member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and tcj the support of the same her husband contributed liberally, though he was never formally identified with the organization. In politics Mr. Laiblin was arrayed in the ranks of the Democratic party until the time of tlie iKjmination of .\braham Lincoln, to wlioni he gave his support, while his sympathies were enlisted in favor of the Union during the war of the Rebellion, and he gvave every possiljle aid he could in supporting the cause.

Of the children 01: Charles F. and Susan Laiblin we incorporate the following brief record : Catherine died in childhood ; i\brahani, wild married Clementine Miller, died on his farm in Pike township, this county, at the age of fifty-four years; Elizabeth is the wife of John Starr, of Zanesville, Ohio ; Mary Ann, who became the wife of Thomas Huscroft, died in Steubenville, Jefferson county, in 1856; Amelia is the wife of John Armstrong, of Canton; Martha, who became the wife of John Cosset, died in Steubenville; Charles F., Jr., the immediate subject of this sketch, was the next in order of birth; Lewis, now deceased, was a resident of the state of Montana : and Thomas died in childhood.

Charles F. Laiblin was born in Steubenville. Jefiferson county, Ohio, on the nth of NovemJjer, 1833, and his early educational discipline was such as he gained through a somewhat desultory attaidance in the public schools. Alert and observing, he was not fond of the constraints of the school room, and as his father was absent from home much oi the time, the subject was not as regular in his school attendance as he might otherwise have been, and he left school entirely when fifteen years of age. At the age of seventeen years he entered upon an apprenticeship at the trade of brick-laving", becoming a skilled workman in the line. In 1855 he went to Kansas, and there he worked at his trade, in the employ of the government, assisting in the erection of buildings at Fort Leavenworth, being in that section during the crucial epoch when the border ruffians were in such distinctive evidence, and when Kansas was the controversial ground upon which was fought the further encroach-

(nent of slavery, gaining to the state the familiar title of "bleeding Kansas." While not engaged in the work of his trade Mr. Laiblin devoted his attention to the freighting of government supplies into Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, Nebraska and other sections of the frontier west, a portion of the time serving in the capacity of wagon master. In this connection he met with many exciting experiences, the wagon trains being frequently menaced and attacked by the bands of Indians and border outlaws, having made his first freight trip in 1856. In i860 he transported commissary supplies to Fort Union and to Santa Fe, and he was in that section of the west during the stirring times of the Civil war, and thus his reminiscences of the early period in the pioneer west are interesting in th.e extreme, for he was in various portions of that section at the time when civilization had gained only a precarious foothold, Avhile he remained in the employ of the government during the entire progress of the Rebellion. On the 25th of May, 1855, at Kickapoo, Kansas, Mr. Laiblin was united in marriage to Miss Lydia Wigginton, who was born in Steubenville, Ohio, and who accompanied her uncle, David Hottle. to the Sunflower state in the same year in which her husband located there. In 1866 Mr. Laiblin returned widi his wife to Ohio, and located in his native town of Steubenville, where he erected a residaice and a store building, and there he was successfully engaged in the grocerv business until 1868, his wife having there died in 1867. She is survived by one daughter, .\nna, who is now the wife of Jacob Hilcher, of Canton, who is engaged in the Canton Bridge Works. In 1868 Mr. Laiblin disposed of his interests in Steubenville and came to Stark county, where he remained for a short time with his father oh the homestead farm, in Pike township. In 1869 he came to Canton, where he engaged in the grocery business for about a year, and then became engaged in the business of buying and shipping- hogs, cattle and sheep, shipping principally to the cities Pittsburg, Philadelphia and New York, and simultaneously he conducted a meat market, on East Tuscarawas street. His business increased greatly in scope and importance with the passing years, and eventually he extended his operations by purchasing live stock in Indiana, Illinois and Iowa, and bringing the same into Stark county, where the stock was placed on various farms to be fattened for the market. He continued successfully in this line of enterprise for many years, and became one of the leading live-stock dealers in this section of the state. In 1882 Mr. Laiblin turned his attention to the real estate business, and in this important field he has continued operations to a greater or less extent to the present time, having shown marked discrimination in his operations and having handled many valuable properties. He, with his sons, has laid out three additions to the city of Canton. In 1893 he became a stockholder in the Canton Bridge Company, and was chosen a member of the directorate of this important corporation, and in 1808 he was elected to the presidency of the same, of which position he has since remained incumbent, bringing to bear his fine executive and adniinistrati\'e abilities in furthering the interests of the concern, which represents one of the important industrial enterprises of the city, and which has controlled a business extending into divers parts of the Union. He is also a stockholder and director in the People's Savings Bank, while for ten years he was also a member of the directorate of the City National Bank. Mr. Laiblin is a man of fine business ability and impregnable honor, has gained distincti\e success through his own efforts, and is accorded the utmost confidence and regard in the city and county in which he has so long maintained his home, and of which he is recognized as a representative citizen.

Mr. Laiblin has been a stanch advocate of the principles of the Republican party from the time of its organization, having voted for its first presidential candidate, General Fremont, and his interest in the cause has been an active one in a local way, while he has served in various offices of public trust and responsibility. He was a member of the board of county commissioners of Stark county for one term of three years, served for an equal period as a member of the board of education of the city of Canton, and for eight years served on the poor fund of the Hartford trustees. He has been a member of the board of park commissioners of Canton for eight years. He and his wife are prominent and valued members of the First Christian church, of whose board of trustees he was a member for the past fourteen years, taking a zealous interest in all departments of the church work. Mr. Laiblin is an appreciative member of the time-honored Masonic fraternity, in which he was initiated in the autumn of 1855, at Kickapoo, Kansas, and he is also identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias.

In February, 1870, Mr. Laiblin consummated a second marriage, being- then united to Miss Nancy P. Kinney, who was born in Canton township, this county, being a daughter of the late William Kinney, one of the honored ]Moneers of the county. Of this union have been born six children, of whom two are deceased; those living are William C, who married Miss Edith Archer, and who is now secretary and treasurer of the Canton Bridge Company; Abraham, who is an artist in New York; Elizabeth, who is the wife of Rev. Frederick Kuder, a clergyman of the Presbyterian church, and having a pastoral charge in the village of Holly, Michigan, at the time of this writing; and Garfield, who married Rose Gallagher, of Columbus, Ohio, and is connected with the Canton Bridge Company.

SYLVANUS SUMMERS was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, on the 2d of November, 1852, being a son of John B. and Barbara (Snyder) Summers, of whose eight children five are yet living, namely : Josiah and John, both of whom are likewise successful farmers of Nimishillen township; Sylvanus, the immediate subject of this sketch; Levi, who is engaged in farming in Plain township, and Barbara, who is the wife of John Gehman, of Nimishillen township. John B. Summers, the honored father of our subject, was likewise born in Columbiana county, the date of his nativity having been January 5, 1823. He was a son of John and Elizabeth (Stuckey) Summers, both of whom were born in Pennsylvania, the former being a son of John Summers, Sr., who was the original representative, of the family in America, whither he emigrated from Switzerland, taking up his residence in Pennsylvania, from which state he came to Ohio with his family in 181 2, taking up his residence in Columbiana county, where he passed the remainder of his life. He became the father of twenty-five children, all of whom lived to attain years of maturity, and from this honored ancestor Ohio has gained many sterling citizens in the succeeding generations. From the above statement it will be seen that the subject of this review is of the fifth generation of the family in the Buckeye state.. John B. Summers was reared on the pioneer farm in Columbiana county, and his educational privileges were such as were afforded by the little log school-house of the locality and period and by personal application. In 1845 ^^as solemnized his marriage to Miss Barbara Snyder, and he then purchased a farm of one hundred and thirty-five acres, in his native county, where he continued to maintain his home until 1865, when he came to Stark county and purchased the farm of one hundred and eighty acres where he died September 6, 1902, in Nimishillen township, being one of the venerable and highly esteemed citizens and substantial farmers of the county. In his earlier life he was a Democrat in his political proclivities, but in 1852 he voted the Whig ticket, and later identified himself with the Republican party in whose support he has ever since continued to exercise his franchise. He is a worthy member of the (jerman Baptist church, as was also his devoted wife,, whose death occurred in the year 1893. She was born in Stark county, on a farm three miles southeast of the village of Louisville, the date of her nativity having been in October, 1822. She was a daughter of Jacob and Barbara (Shively) Snyder,- who came from Pennsylvania and became numbered among the early settlers in Stark county, where they passed the remainder of their lives.

Sylvanus Summers, with whom this article has more specifically to do, was about thirteen years of age at the time when his parents removed from Columbiana county to the new homestead in Stark county, and he was reared to maturity in Nimishillen tov\nship, assisting in the work of the farm and attending the public schools of the county, where he laid the foundations for the excellent practical education which he may now consistently claim as his own. At the age of twenty years Mr. Summers entered upon an apprenticeship at the carpenter's trade, at which he served the customary three years, becoming a skilled work-, man, and during the subsequent years he has continued' to devote more or less attention to the work of his trade in connection with his farming operations.

On the nth of December, 1875, Mr. Summers was united in marriage to Miss Angeline Brumbaugh, who was born in Portage county, Ohio, being a daughter of Andrew and Abigail (Pontious) Brumbaugh, both of whom died in Portage county. After his marriage Mr. Summers settled on a portion of his father's farm, renting the land for four years and then, in 1879, purchasing the property, which comprises forty acres, and here he has ever since maintained his home, having his land under most effective cultivation, while the place is equipped with substantial modern buildings, including a commodious and attractive residence. Within the year 1902 Mr. Summers also acquired three residence properties in the attractive Crystal Park addition to the city of Canton. In connection with his farm work Mr. Summers has also been employed at intervals in various other lines of enterprise, including brick-laying, plastering and painting, while he has given considerable attention for the past sixteen years to the raising and butchering of stock, finding a ready market for his products in the city of Canton, since it is recognized that he supplies nothing but the best, his reputation for reliability and absolute Integrity being unassailable, while he enjoys the confidence and esteem of all who know him. In connection with his butchering business he furnishes a regular supply of meat to a list of representative customers, not being compelled to sell to the markets of the city. In politics Mr. Summers gives an unqualified allegiance to the Republican party and Ix^th he and his wife are zealous members of the Brethren church, in which he holds the office of deacon. To them have been born six children, namely : Melvin, who is in the employ of the government signal service department, being weather observer at Columbia, Missouri ; Elsie, who is the wife of Elmer Mock, of Nimishillen township ; Zilpha, who remains at the parental home ; Ray, who died in infancy; and Clinton and Inez, who are at home.

REV. J. F. KUEBLER, the beloved pastor of St. Joseph's Catholic church, Massillon, and one of the able and scholarly divines of the diocese in which he lators, is a native of Ohio, born on the 21st of June, 1849, i" Tifiin, Seneca county, being the second of thirteen children, whose parents were Anthony and Francis (Schabacher) Kuebler. As the names indicate, the families of which Father Kuebler is a representative were German, the father being a native of Bavaria. By occupation Anthony Kuebler was a shoemaker. He learned his trade in his nati\'e land and remained there until 1832, when he came to the United States, located at Tiffin, Ohio, where he followed his chosen calling for a number of years. The following are the names of the children born to Anthony and Frances Kuebler: Frances, James F., Joseph, Lewis, William, Charles, Alphonsus, Herman, Rose, Anna, John, Emma, and J. F.

Father Kuebler's preliminary education was acquired in the schools of Tiffin, which he attended from his fifth to his sixteenth year. Meanwhile he entered a printing office in that city and in due time became an expert type setter, whicli trade he followed until beginning his literary studies in Mt. St. Mary's Seminary, Cincinnati, with the object in view of taking holy orders. He attended that institucion from 1866 to 1871, and in September of the latter year became a student of St. ]^Iary's Seminary at Cleveland, where he pursued his theological studies until ordained to the priesthood on the 4th day of July, 1875. Father Kuebler's first pastoral charge was with the churches of St. Mary and St. Patrick. Rockport, Ohio, which at that time consisted of a membership of forty-two and thirty-five families respecti\'ely. He labored very acceptably with these charges until the 22d day of Februai"}', 1891, when he was transferred to the Sts. Phillip and James church, at Canal Fulton, a congregation consisting of about ninety-one families, but which under his z;ealous and efficient ministration was soon greatly augumented both in memliers and influaice. In addition to this charge he also looked after four mission churches at Barberton, Orrsville, Marshall and Burton City, the numerical strength of these points representing something Hke seventy famihes in all. The church at Canal Fulton is one of the largest Catholic congregations in the county of Stark and to look after its varied interests and attend to his duties at the missions entailed upon Mr. Kuebler an amourit of work which none but a most energetic and zealous pastor coi^ld successfully accomplish.

After laboring with great acceptance in the above held until 1898, Father Kuebler took charge of the St. Joseph Catholic church at Massillon, entering upon his duties June 26 of that year. Since coming to this city his congregation has made commendable progress in both material and spiritual things, among the former lieing a general improvement of the Ijeautiful temple of worship, including the frescoing of its interior and the purchase of a large pipe organ, one of the finest and most expensive instruments of the kind in this part of the state. Under his direction the school building connected with the church has been entirely remodeled, at a cost of nearly a thousand dollars, and refitted throughout with the latest modern educational applicances.

Father Kuebler has greatly endeared himself to his people, all of whom hold him in the highest respect and veneration, and by his exemplary Christian character and manly conduct he has also won the esteem of the people of Massillon irrespective of church or creed. He is a power in the pulpit as a sound, practical preacher and able exponent of the faith of of the holy church in matters of history, doctrine and dogma. His broad scholarship and general culture, together with his powers of oratory, enable him to preach so as to be understood and appreciated by the most critical and. exacting, while his metaphors and illustrations are so plainly drawn and described that the simplest hearer need not err in understanding their application. Father Kuebler's sermons appeal to the heart and understanding rather than to the fancy, although he is not lacking in imagination, as his frequent bursts of orator}- abundantly attest. Personally he is modest and unassuming, a most courteous and polished gentleman. His labors in his different fields have been abundantly blessed in the extension of the heavenl}- Father's kingdom, and he looks forward to the accomplishment of still greater results in years to be.

CHARLES BROWN is a typical representative of the sturdy Scandinavian element in our national life, and exhibits in his physical and mental manhood the praisewcrthy elements which for ages have distinguished that strong and fearless race. He was born October 7, 1848, near Warburg. Sweden, near which place his father, Eric Lawson, owned a large estate and farmed upon quite an extensive scale. According to national usuage which for centuries has been a custom among the Scandinavian people, boys from the age of eighteen to twenty-five are named through the military training schools, our subject being given the name of Braon (in English Brown), and by such he has since been distinguished from the other members of his family.

As already stated, Mr. Lawson, the father, was a large land holder, at one time owning over a thousand acres on which he carried on agriculture and stock raising for a number of years and accumulated a handsome fortune. The homestead, a large log structure, weatherboarded and roofed with tile, and the commodious l>arn and other outbuildings near by, together with the tastefully arranged grounds surrounding, betokened the residence of a man of successful business ability and high social standing. On this estate were some ten or twelve tenants, each of which, with his wife and such boys as were old enough to be of practical ser\'ice, worked for the proprietor a cer- tain number of days in the year to pay the rental of the houses and grounds which they occupied and tilled. The products of the Lawson farm were disposed of at Warburg, the nearest seaport, while the linen fabrics, chiefly table cloths, manufactured during the long winter seasons by different members of the family found a ready market, not only at home but in England, to w liich country many of them were sold at high prices. The subject's childhood was spent amid the inspiring natural scenery of his native valley and at the early age of ten years he was given charge of a team of and, taking his place behind the plow, was enabled even while that young to do a man's work in the field. His educational training was acquired under the peculiar system in vogue in the rural districts of Sweden in those days, and in addition thereto the children were regularly instructed in the doctrines of the government church (Lutheran), under the supervision of the ministers in charge of the parish. Like other of his companions and playmates, young Brown was obliged to study very hard early and late in order to commit to memory the required number of verses and chapters of Holy Writ, besides becoming familiar with the catechism, a knowledge of which was considered absolutely essential to good citizenship. While he submitted with the best grace possible to this form of ecclesiastical education and made the required advancement, young Brown was early led to question its utility, in that it failed almost entirely to lit a young man for the practical duties of life. He thought time might better be spent upon those branches of general knowledge which every successful man sooner or later must to some extent know, rather than wasted in craming the mind with stipirtated statements of faith and doctrines of church and creed. Being a dutiful son, however, he submitted to the will of his God-fearing parents and in due time passed successfully the required examinations, was admitted to

Mr. Brown remained on the home farm until the death of his moth'er, after which the family was broken up, the three sons and one daughter finding homes elsewhere. At that time the subject was a young man of eighteen, strong and rugged in body, independent of mind and well calculated by nature and training to grapple with the rugged battles of life. The first year after leaving home he worked for a neighboring farmer, receiving as a remuneration fifty dollars in money and the use of a certain plat of ground in which to raise a few potatoes, on which he was not allowed to plant more than two bushels of seed. At the end of the year he had saved thirty dollars of his wages (equivalent to about fourteen dollars of American money), which with the price of his potatoes and money saved from the sale of the honey from his fifty bee hives, amounted to the snug sum of five hundred dollars. His young brother, L. E. I^ricsson, who left home when the family circle ceased to exist, began lifi as a grocer's clerk, but a few years later embarked in tlie mercantile business in a modest way and soon became a prosperous tradesman. As the years went by he gradually enlarged his stock, rose to an eminent position in the mercantile world and at this time his wealth is estimated at considerable in excess of one million dollars. He is still a resident of Sweden and one of the distinguished business men of Slatter, the city m which he lives.

Thinking to better his condition in the United States, whither a number of his friends had already gone, Mr. Brown, in 1872, took a vessel at Warburg for Gattenburg, thence by steamer to Hull, England, from which place he went by rail to Liverpool. At the latter place he took passage on one of the Anchor Line vessels and ten days thereafter landed at Castle Garden, New York. From New York city he proceeded to Titusville, Pennsylvania^ where his friends were living, and after spending a short time with them, he started out in quest of a situation of some kind as his stock of money was getting quite low. After traveling about from place to place during the ensuing winter and well nigh exhausting his funds, he secured, in the summer of 1873, employment on a railroad at Warren, Ohio, at two dollars per day. After working for the company until there was something like one hundred dollars due him, having drawn barely sufficient of his wages to meet his living expenses, the paymaster absconded with the funds, leaving all the workmen losers, as the company, a small affair, could not make good the deficit. Considerably discouraged but by no means disheartened by this unfortunate experience. Mr. Brown at once looked around for other employment, \\hich he soon found with the Valle)' railroad, then in process of construction between Akron and Cleveland. After working about one month he was taken down with a severe atack of fever and agtie which kept him in bed nearly two months, to his great pecuniary embarrassment. When sufficiently recovered he went to New Castle, Pennsylvania, but not finding employment there, returned to Ohio and resumed work on the Valley road between Canton and Akron, taking his wages in script worth about seventyfive cents on the dollar. After laboring for a few months under such discouraging circumctances he gave up his job and w'ent to New Berlin, but not finding any way of earning a livelihood there he returned to the employ of the Valley road at the same depreciated pay as he had formerly received. Later he went to Greenville to work on another road, but finding the branch there about finished and no more hands needed, he hired to a farmer to chop wood at fifty cents a cord. In this way he put in the time until the spring of 1874, when, with the sum of fixe dollars in his pocket, he walked to Canton, determined if possible to

On reaching this city Mr. Brown secured quarters at a hotel, after which he started out on his quest for any kind of honest employment he could find to do. When all but fifty cents of his money was gone and nothing had been found, he very honestly explained his situation to the landlord, telling that gentlemare that he would be obliged to leave his house and look elsewhere for something to do. In this instance the landlord proved a friend indeed as well as a friend in need. After listening to the: young fellow's story, being impressed with hi-i.- straightforward, manly appearance, he interested himself in his behalf by sending him to the home of Mr. iVlcKinley, who happened tc^ be in need of a good, reliable hand. When Mr, Brown presented himself at the latter's homehe was met by Mrs. McKinley, who referred him to her husband. He immediately proceeded to the latter's office and after a few- preliminaries relative to the matter of wages and board had been arranged, he entered upon what proved to be a ten-year term of ser\'ice with Mr. McKinley, during which time a warm and abiding friendship sprang up between the two. Mr. Brown proved faithful to every trust reposed in him and spared no pains to advance his employer's interests. He was one of the future President's household and was consulted upoi> matters pertaining to the place and his advice always had its weight and influence. During- Mr. McKinley's administration in congress the homestead was taken in charge by his father-inlaw. James A. Saxton, and the Barber family, though the subject remained there during this period and was treated with the same courtesy by them as by the McKinleys. He saved his wages with the greatest care and at the expiration of ten years found himself the possessor of sufficient means to make what he and his employer at the time thought and what has since.- l)n)ved a most fortunate investment. This was tlie purchase of the corner lot on which his home now stands, and tlie erection of a greenliuuse, tor which tliere was then a most opportune opening.

Mr. Brown engaged in business as a florist whde in Mr. iMcKinley's service, intrusting the management of tlie concern to a friend in wliose ability and honor he placed utmost reliance. After two years this friend proved unfaithful, as he left the city suddenly, taking with him all earnings of the business in his possession. b'ollowing this Mr. Brown resigned his ]:)Osition with his employer in order to give personal attention to his own affairs, which had already begun to assume respectable ])roportions. Purchasing the balance of the s([uare on which his greenliouse stood, he .greatly enlarged the capacity of his buildings and soon took- rank as the leading florist in the city. His business has been very successful from the beginning and from an income of Ave hundred <lcillars the rtrst year it now returns him, clear nf all expenses, over seven thousand dollars annually. In addition to this, his real estate has advanced greatly in value, and from other investments which he has made from time to time his earnings are also quite large. In connection with his regular business. Mr. Brown also deals in real estate. Actuated l)y a commendable public spirit, he has done much to advance the material interests of Canton and beautify the city by erecting on his dift'erent lots a number of buildings for business and residence purposes. Among the more noted nf these edifices is the Brown conservatory building-, a large four-story structure of pressed brick, tile ground floor of which he uses for his business and residence, the whole being surrounfled by magnificent conservatories, the like of wliich is not to be seen in this or any other city in the state. He has erected in Canton r)ver f)ne hundred tenement houses, all of which are kept in fine repair so that the occupants find

Mr. Brown came to Canton in May, 1874, poor, friendless and alone, with barely enough money in his possession to pay a week's board at the modest hotel. His advancement since that time is perhaps without a parallel in the career of any other resident of the city or county. This phenomenal success has resulted from his own inherent energy, wise foresight and superior business methods, e\ery dollar in his possession coming to him through these channels. Mr. Brown stands high in other relations of life as he does in the realm of business, l)eing" recognized as a large-hearted, broad-minded citizen whose aim is to sub^ serve the i)ublic good by every legitimate means at his command. He is a member of the White Cross Scanrlinavian Society, in addition to which he belongs to the Masonic order, having risen to the degree of Sir Knight ; he is also identified with the Knights i>f Pythias and the order of Maccabees, and in politics is a stanch and uncompromising supporter of the Republican party.

Mr. Brown was married in the city of Canton. March 1. 1S88. to Miss Florence Gilmore. daughter of Nathaniel and Anna (Dougan) Gilmore. of Tuscarawas county. Ohio, a notice of whom will be found in the sketch of Dr. Pontius, on another page of this work.

DAVID H. ROHRER is a native son of Stark county, and he was born on a farm in Canton township, on the 3d of July, 1852, being the only child of Da\id and Elizabeth (Hoffman) Rohrer. both of whom came of stanch German lineage. His father was born in the state of Pennsylvania, and as a young man he accompanied his parents, Isaac and Mary ( Rohrer ) Rohrer, on their remosal from the old Kevstone state to Stark countv, the family taking up their alxjcle on a farm in Canton lownshi]) in tlie early pioneer days. In tliat lownshi]) the parents of our suhject were married, after wliicli his fatlier engaged in agricuhnral ]iursuits on iiis own responsiliihtx'. InU he h\ed only a shftrt time after his marriage, passing a\va\- in the flower of his young manhood, since he was hut twenty-four years of ag"e at the time of his death, while he left his A'oung wife with ;ni infant son only three days old at the time. That son was he of whom this sketch is written. - His mother suhse- <|uently l)ccame the wife of Peter Stauffer. to w lioni she Ijore four children, of-whotu three <ur\-i\e. namel\- : Priscilla, who is the wife of Amos Sollenherger. of Denver, Colorado; Henry, who is a resident of Cuyahoga Falls, < )hio, and iMivina. who is unmarried and resides in the city of Chicago, Illinois. The de- \-oted mother passed away in i8Cig. at the age of forty-six years.

f);'.\id H. Rohrer remained with his mother until he had attained the age of sixteen years, having received a common-school education, and he then started out in life on his own responsibility by securing employment on a farm, this being in harmony with his earlier training. On the i6th of December, 1873, he was united iiii marriage to Miss Mary Myers, who was at the time a resident of the city of Canton. She was born in the state of Pennsvh'ania, whence .she accompanied her father, John B. Myers, on his removal to Stark county, where he became a pioneer farmer in Canton township, finally retiring from active business and passing the closing years of his life near Canton. One year after his inarriage Mr. Rohrer purchased fifty-two acres of land in Nimishillen township and i:)egan farming' on his cnvn responsibility, meeting with a due measure of success, since he was industrious and brought to Ijear the full strength of his forceful energy and excellent business judgment. In 1889 he sold this farm to John Vivlaiid and purchased his present home farm of one hundred and sixty acres, on section 19, in the same township, and here he has since made man}' improvements and has placed the land under most effective cultixation, so that his returns are such as to justify the zealous efforts ])nt forth. In politics he maintains an independe'.it attitude and his religious faith is that of the EJrethren of Christ, of which organization his wife also is a devoted member. They are the parents of ele\en children, namely: Clitford, who is a resident of Canton township; Elizabeth, who remains at the parental hoiTie; Bertha, who is the w'ife of Harvey AX'arstler, who has charge of the operation of a ijortion of our subject's farm : .Mbert, Mary and baig'ene, who remain at the parental home ; John, who resides in Canton township: and Harry, Martin, Nettie and F.lleu, who are still beneath the home rooftree.

MAR^ITN BRUBAKER is a native of the grand old commonwealth of IVnnsylvania, and the son of Daniel and Harriet (Martin) Brubaker, boih parents born in that state, the father in Juniata county, the mother in the county of Lancaster. In the year 1869 Daniel Brubaker moved his farnily to W'avne county, Ohio, where he lived until (piite old. when he changed his abode to Stark count\-. He spent his last days in Tuscarawas township, dying here on the ist of April, 1888, aiiid on the 20tli day of December following his faithful wife joined him in the land where loving hearts are nevermore .severed by the ruthless hand of death. Daniel and Harriet Brubaker reared a family of three sons and two daug'hters. \iz : David, Martin. Daniel, Nancy and Fannie, all living, well settled in life and highly esteemed in their respective communities. Daniel is a minister of the German BajDtist church and lives in Illinois: David, a leading member of the Ajnish denomination, a religious body resembling in many respects the Dunkards or German Baptists, makes his home in Wayne county, Ohio; Nancy is the wife of Christian Miller and lives in Oklahoma, and Fannie, who maried Jacob Martin, resides in Wayne county.

Martin Brubaker was born in Juniata county, Pennsylvania, on the 20th day of May, 1843. Hampered by a rather discouraging environment during his youth his advantages for obtaining an education were of necessity considerably limited, the greater part of his time, as soon as he was old enough, being required to develop the home farm and look after its cultivation. He remained in his native state untill a young man of twenty-three, meanwhile assisting the father by every means within his power and in many \vays demonstrating his usefulness as a faithful and loyal son who made every other consideration subordinate to his parents' interests.

In 1866 Mr. Brubaker came to Stark conniy and for several years thereafter labored as a farm hand at monthly wages, in this way earning in due time sufficient means to purchase land of his own in the county of Wayne. He went to the latter county about 1866 and invested what capital he had in a farm of seventy-seven acres, paying at the rate of seventy dollars per acre. After living there until about 1883 he disposed of his place at eighty-five dollars per acre and with the proceeds bought the farm in Tuscarawas township on which he has since lived and which he has converted into one of the finest farms of its size in the county of Stark. The place consists of one hundred and sixty acres and is admirably situated for general agricultm-al purix)ses and .stock raising besides containing a fine coal bank, which in addition to furnishing fuel for home consumption is the source of considerable income to the owner. Mr. Brubaker is an enterprising agriculturist and that he has made his vocation remunerative is abundantly demonstrated by the fine condition of his honie and the handsome competence he has earned. He is one of the progressive men of his community, standing for public improvements when proi>erly inaugurated and conducted and his influence has ever been used to good and worthy ends. He has served his township as supervisor, aside from which minor office he has held no public position nor aspired to any kind of public honor. In religion he subscribes to the doctrines of the Menonite church. of which he has teen for a number of years an humble and consecrated member.

Mr. Brubaker became a married man in 1870, on February 18 of which year he was united in the bonds of matrimony with Miss Magdalena. daughter of Jonas and Elizabeth Horst, of Tuscarawas township, the union resulting in the birth of six children : Jonas, the oldest of the family, married Lizzie White, and is the father of three children, Ida. Curtis, deceased, and one that died in infancy; Daniel, the second son. married Nancy Winger and has a daughter by the name of Myrl; ^Mary and Ezron are still with their parents and bear their respective shares of the work required to run the farm and manage tlie household ; Henry and Enos, the fifth and sixth in order of birth. are deceased.

CHARLES ALLISON SHAW. - The father of the subject, Thomas S. Shaw, was born in Chatham, Massachusetts, and in that state was reared. Upon attaining mature years he married and shortly afterwards came to Ohio, making the trip on horseback. With monev which his wife brought with her the\ purchased a farm in Medina county and there for some years he engaged in the pursuit of agriculture. He also engaged in the hardware business at Medina, in which he was quite successful. He was an ardent Republican in |X)litics, stood high in the councils of his party and for man}' years ser\'ed as recorder of j\Ie- - lina county. He was a warm personal friend of William McKinley and frequently entertained the eminent statesman at his home. In his native state Thomas S. Shaw was united in marriage with Miss Polly Hamlin, who came of a wealthy and prominent family of the Old Bay state and who prior to her marriage was engaged in teaching. To their union were lx)rn three children, as follows : Ella became the wife of J. M. Templeton, of Medina, Ohio; Charles A. is the subject, and Flora, who is the wife of Dr. J. N. Sipher, of Cleveland. Ohio. Charles Allison Shaw was born on the parental farmstead in Chatiiam township, Medina county, Ohio, on the i6th of September, 1838. He there grew to manhood and received a good education. When the subject was about six years old his father was elected to the office of county recorder, which necessitated his removal to the city of Medina. The subject entered the schools of that_ place and was graduated therefrom at the age of sixteen years. He possessed the power of close application and invariably stood at the head of his classes ; but while he was a close student, he did not neglect his physical culture and took a hearty interest in all athletic and outdoor sports. Entering the Western Reserve College (now called Adelbert College), then situated at Hudson. Ohio, he pursued the full course of study and was graduated in the class of 18S1. taking the highest honors of his class. Because of his steady application to his studies in college, he was compelled to suspend his studies for one year, during which time he learned the tinner's trade. Shortly after his graduation from college, Mr. Shaw accepted the position of electrician with the Brush Electric Company, at Cleveland. He was of a mechanical turn of mind and devoted much of his leisure time to the study of physics and chemistry, becoming well versed in these After coming to Canton he was engaged in making the electrical apparatus and the laboratory supplies for the high school of that city, in this way saving to the board of education a considerable expense. Accepting the position of assistant principal in the high school he served for one year to the eminent satisfaction of all concerned and when, at the close of the first year. Dr. Marchand. the principal, resigned for the purpose of studying medicine, Mr. Shaw was at once chosen as his successor, a position which he filled up to the time of his death. March 31. 1892. a period of about eight years. In this exacting" position Mr. Shaw soon attained distinction, being recognized as one of the most successful educators of the county. A well educated, symmetrically developed man, his work as an educator brought him prominently to the notice of the public, which was prompt in recognizing his high standard of professional excellence. He was a gentleman of scholarly tastes and studious habits, kept abreast of the times in advanced educational methods and his general knowledge was at once broad and comprehensi\'e. Full of tender sympathy, he kept in close touch with his pupils, and. whether at work or recreation, they always felt that they had in him a true friend and a loyal companion.

Mr. Shaw's religious principles were in harmony with those embodied in the creed of the Congregational church and from childhood he was a member of the local congregation at Medina, retaining his affiliation therewith until his death. Of a deeply religious nature, he was ever faithful and consistent in his efforts to follow in the footsteps of the man of Nazareth. He took an active interest in the Young Men's Chri.stian Association and did much to advance the interests of that beneficent organization. In politics he was a firm advocate of Republican principles, but never aspired to the honors or emoluments of public office.

Painesville, Ohio, a union which was blessed l5y the birth of two children, Marjorie R. and Donald M., both now attending school. Mrs. Shaw was born in Painesville. Lake county. Ohio. January 2^. i860. Her paternal grandparents were Henry and Deborah Riker. the former of Holland Dutch extraction and the latter of an iild and prominent Quaker family of Long Island. Henry Riker came with his faniilv to Lake count}'. Ohir), in an early day and entered land in the neighlx irhocid uf Pairiesville. Here he lived the remainder of his days, dying there a number of }ears ago of old age. his wife haxing jjreceded him to the better land some rears. She was noted as an exceptionally intelligent wciman. jjossessed of large cajjacities for business. One of her brothers ac(|uired considerable note as a writer and |.)ublisiied several well-known books, possessing much literary merit. Mrs. Shaw's father, Leander 15. Riker. was born in iH^f), on Long Island, Xew \"ork, or on a little island close by. called Riker's Islanrl. He was but a child when l)rought bv his parents to Ohio, and grew up amid the rude surroundings of his pioneer home in Lake countv. I'lJon attaining to years of maturity he established himself in business at Painesville. where he was fairly successful. During the war of the Rebellion be performed active and eflicient service in the conimis.sary de])artment of the United States army, retiring with a creditable record. In politics he was a tirm and uncomijromising Republican and in religion was a faithful and consistent member of the Congregational church. His death occurred at Painesville in Augu.st, i<S<>5 : bis wife still survives at the age of sixtytwo years. Their union was blessed b\- the birth of the following children: Lola. Mrs. Shaw: Henn-, who resides in .\kron. this state; Jennie became the wife of E. C Rodman, of Binghamton, New ^ork: Eva Louise is the wife of J. W. Hamlin, of Seattle, Washington ; Walter S., of W'illoughbv, Ohio: Alma E. and

Ethel M. are still at home. Mrs. Shaw was educated m the public schools of Painesville and at a seminary at Hudson, Ohio. Upon completing her education she began teaching in the schools of Columbus, where she was employed ft>r nearly three years, after which she taught for one year in the .schools of Lincoln. Illinois. After the death of her husband she resumed teaching in the scho(jls (jf Canton, and has since that time been continuously engaged as such. She is a memljer of the l-'irst I'resbyterian church of Canton and stands high in the esteem of all who know her.

ISRAEL BIXLER was born in Lake township. Stark county. Ohio, on the it)th of July, 1828, being a son of Da\i(l and Catherine (Reichard) Bixler, of whose thirteen children seven are living at the time of this writing, namely: Israel, who is the subject: David. w'ho is a resident of Indiana: Benjamin, who resides at .^])ring-held Lake, Summit county. Ohio; Henry, who is su])erintendent of the Stark county infirmary; William, who also resides at Springfield Lake; Louis. \vho is a resident of the city of Cleveland, and Rca'. Andrew J., who is located in Rice county. Kansas. The father, David Bixler, was a native of the state of Marvland, where be w;is borti on the 6th of Ma\', i7<)'>. 1 lis ])arents died when he was a mere child, and he was t.nkcn into the home of Daniel Mark-lew with whom he came to Ohio when he was ten vears of age, in 1806. The family located in Lake township. Stark county, where David Bixler was reared to maturity. In i<Sij be was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth .Marklex'. a (laughter of his foster-father, and the ri\e children of this union are now all deceased, .\fter the death of his first wife Mr. Bi:<ler married .Miss Catherine Reichard. who was liorn in the state of Pennsylvania, on the 2d of June. 1806. and who was the mother of the subject, .\fter his first marriage Da\"i(l Bixler settled on a farm in Marlboro townslii]). this county, where he continued to reside for a number of years and then sold this farm, comprising eighty acres, and purciiased a (|uarter-section in Lake township, where he took up his alxide and began the work of improving and culti\ating the land. He later purchased also an adjoining eighty-acre tract, and as the same was equipped with better buildings he removed to the same and there made his home until his death, in his sixty-eighth year, ha\-ing lieen industrious and energetic and ha\ ing been duly successful in his endeavors, while he liel<l the unlimited confidence and regard of the community. He was a member of the d'erman l>a])tist church and took a dee)3 interest in its work. His second wife entered into tiie life eternal and the\' rest side by side in the cemetery at Hartwell. Lake township.

Israel Bixler was reared under the conditions and inHuences of the ]>ioneer epoch, early becoming inured to the arduous work of the farm, while the educational privileges afi^orded him were such as were to be had in the pioneer log school-house, w ith its puncheon floor, slab benches and other ])rimitive eijuiiiments. .\t the age of eighteen years Mr. Bixler went to Miami county, Indiana, where he was emjiloyed in a nursery for a period of two \ears, and with the discovery of gold in California lie became seriously attacked with the prevailing "fever" aufl was one of the argonauts of the memorable \ear, rS4(;. having started forth in January of that year and made the trip by the way of the Isthmus of Panama, from wliich locality he made the remainder of the voyage to San I' ranci.sco on Ixjard of an old sailing vessel, whose every trip was attended with adfliti(inal hazard, .so unseaworthy had the boat become through years of battling with the elements. Mr. Bixler remained In the Golden state about four years, working in the placer mines fluring a portion of this period, while during the balance of his stay he owned and operateil a pack train of mules, b}- means (if which he transported provisions and supplies to the different mining camps w hich were inaccessible to wagons. Eventuall_\- the Indians killed most of his mules and he then purchased a saw-mill, which he operated for a short time, and in 1S53 he returned to Stark county, on this occasion making the trip by the way of the Xicaraugua route. I'pon reaching home he decided to supplement the somewhat meagre educational training- of his more xnuthful days, and with this eni\ in \iew entered tiie high school in the village of Marlljoro, where he continued his studies with marked zeal and earnestness for twT> terms.

On the Sth of januar_\-. 1S54. shortly after leaving school, Mr. Bixler was united in marriage to Miss Sarah A. Smith, who was born in Lake township, being a daughter of George E. Smith, who was one of the early settlers in that township. After his marriage he located on the farm where he now resides, and here he has continued t(,i make his home for nearly a half century, within which he has metamorphosed the i)lace from a heavily timberefl tract, with little in the wav of improvements, into one of the line farms of the cpunt\- and one e(juipped with excellent Ijuildmgs and other evidence^ (^f thrifi and ])rosperity. For a time he operated 'the |)lace on shares, later rented the same in a direct way and finalh'. in 1806. purchased the ])roperty, which comprises one hundrerl and sixt)'-one acres of exceptionallv fertile land, the integrity of the soil ha\ing been maintained during all these years by means of proper handling of the .same in the way of rotation of crops, proper fertilizing, etc. To Mr. and Mrs. Bixler have been l>orn ten children, ccjncerning wJKim we offer a brief record, as follows: Orlando has charge of the old homestead; Leona is the wife of Da\i(l ITuft'man, of this township: M;irtlia remains at the jiarental home; Sarah is the wife of John C. Powell, of AVashington township; Byron is a successful farmer of Marlboro township ; Cora is the wife of David Holben, of Homer, Michigan: Loretta is the wife of William Lower, of Deerfield. Portage county, Ohio; and Elmer and Ellsworth are twins, the former residing in the city of Buffalo, New York, while the latter remains at the parental home.

In politics Mr. Bixler was arrayed in support of the Democratic party prior to i860, since which time he has been a zealous supporter of the Republican party. He served seven years as township trustee and has ever taken a <leep interest in all that has concerned the prog-' ress and material prosperity of his home township and county. He and his wife are member? of the Evangelical church.

ISA.\'C GOSHORN. - Today among tlie prominent and successful men of Pike township, Stark county. Oliio, stands tiie gentleman whose name appears at the beginning of this paragraph. The qualities of keen discrimination, sound judgment and executive ability enter very largely into bis makeup and have heen contributing elements to the material success which has come to him.

Isaac Goshorn is a native son of the Buckeye state, having- first seen the light of day on Iiis father's farm in Bethlehem township. Stark county, on the 23d of May, 1837. His parents were Samuel and Eliza (Reed) Goshorn. the former a nali\-e of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, ;'nd the latter of Ohio. Their marriage occurred in Stark couiny. this state, and here they spent the remainder of their lives. Their deaths occurred in Pike township, he at the age of forty-four years and she aged about thirtvseven \-ears. They were the parents of seven children, of whom the subject was the first bnrn.

township and there has passed the greater ])art of his life. He is indebted to the common schools for his education, though that has in subsequent years been supplemented by that wide and practical knowledge gained by contact with the world and a close and discriminating observation of men and events. Upon attaining mature years Mr. Goshorn learned the trade of a carpenter, which occupation he followed for about eight years, meeting with a fa.ir degree of success. Aside from this farming' has been his principal occupation throughout life and that he thoroughly understands his vocation is well attested by the condition of his pl'opertA' and the aliundant liarvests which are retiu'ned to him for the care and labor he bestows upon his fields. He is well versed in the most modern and up-to-date methods of husbandry and keeps a careful oversight of the details of his business. He owns sixty-one acres of fine land and 1")y a proper rotation of cro]is and the wise use of fertilizers has succeeded in bringing the soil up to a high standard of excellence. Because of the intelligence and sound judgment displayed in his operations, he has achieved a substantial success as a farmer and has won a splendid reputation among his fellow agriculturists nf the township in which he li-\-es.

^, fr. Goshorn has been twice married. On the 13th of November. 1859, in Pike township. .Stark coimty. Ohio, he was united in marriage to ;\Tiss Rebecca ^^''orley, a daughter of the late ]\Iichael ^^''orley. She was born and reared in Pike township, Stark county, and in the schools of that locality receix^ed her education. Her death occurred on the iith of December, 1893. and on the 2d of February, 1896. he was united in wedlock with Miss Mary A. Peters, a daughter of the late Daniel and Ann CHanna) Peters. She was born in Pike to\A'nsliip and was reared in this county. The first union was blessed by the birtli of four children, briefly mentioned as follows : \\'illiam died at the age of one year;

Isaac Goshorn

Pohticall}' Mr. Goshorn has all his life been an active and enthusiastic Republican and has taken an effective part in many campaigns of his party. In recognition of his valuable services in the party ranks and of his eminent personal ability he was nominated by his party for the office of trustee of his township and at the ensuing election was chosen by a safe majority. So efficient and satisfactory were his services in this position that he was chosen to succeed himself in the office, retiring at the end of his second term with the commendation of all his constituents, regardless of party affiliations. Religiously he is a member of the United Brethren church, having identified himself with that society in 1867. In the spring of 1864, when the country was still engaged in that greatest of internecine conflicts, the war of the Rebellion, Mr. Goshorn volunteered his services to aid in its suppression, enlisting in Company

F, One Hundred Sixty-second Regiment Ohio Volunteer infantry. Though his term of ser- \ice was for but four months, he participated with his regiment in mucli archious service and returned home with a creditable military record. Mr. Goshorn is held in high esteem l)y all who know him; he discharges the duties of citizenship intelligently, has proven true to every confidence reposed in him and has always endeavored to live so as to merit the respect of his mam- friends and neighbors.

RE^^ CiEORGE W. BROWN. - The Brown family is of stanch German origin, and it is a tradition in the family that the original progenitor in America came here as a lad of seven years, being bound out to pay his passage across the Atlantic. Tt is certain that he came to America in the early colonial epoch, and Irathtion further states that the great-grandfather of our subject was a soldier in the Continental line during the war of the Revolution. The paternal grandfather of the subject was Daniel Brown and the maiden name of his wife was Houser. I'hey became the parents of twenty-one children, and the family was one of the first to settle in Nimishillen township. Stark county, the grandfather taking up a tract of heavily timbered government land, which is now known as the Stoner farm, and it is a matter of record that two of his children wandered away from the little log-cabin home in the early days and were lost in the surounding wilderness, the searching party not being able, to find them until the third day after their disappearance. The Brown family was thus prominently identified with the early de\elopment of this favored section of the Buckeye state.

Rev. Georg^e W. Brown is a native of Seneca county, Ohio, haA'ing been born in the village of Bascom, on the r3th of December, 1840, and being a son of Jacol> C. and Sarah (Price) Brown, both of whom were horn in Stark county, where the former was born about the year 1814 and the latter about 1817. Jacob C. Brown passed his early life on the old pioneer homestead in this county and here, as a youth, he learned the trade of brick and stone mason and plasterer. It is probable that he moved to .Seneca county shortly after his niarriage, since two of his children who were oUler than our subject were likewise born in that county. Fin.'dly the health of our subject's mother became serioush- impaired and his f;ither fotmd it difficult to prn\'ide for his family. Unfler these conditions George W. and his }'Oungest brother, .\lvin M., aged respectively seven and four }-ears at the time, then went to live with a farmer, Daniel Tombaugh, who resided near West Tndei)cndence. Hancock county. Ohio, their mother dying shortly afterward. This worthy foster-father pro\'ed most kind and generous to the two Iions whom he thus reared, and his interest in ihem \\as a deep and earnest (Tiie. as lie liad no cliildren of liis own. He was desirous that the boys should receive tlie Ijest possible e(hicational advantages, and it was also his wish that our subject should become a clergyman and the younger brother a physician. When the subject of this sketch was fifteen years (jf age, in 1855, Mr. T(jinbaugh disposed of his property in Hancock county and came to Stark county ;md ]iurchased a farm tnree- fourths of a mile distant from the x'illage ot Louisville. an<l during a |)ortion of the tinie the subject thereafter ])r()secuted his studies in the district schools and the remaitider of the time in the schools of the village mentioned, thus receiv'ing an excellent foundation uv)on which to rear the su])erslructure of Ijroad and exact knowledge which he later acquired tbrougii active personal application and studv and through intimate association with men and allairs. \bout 1S58 he went to Cireenslntrg, this state, with a view to entering upon the work of i)reparing himself for the ministrv of the Evangelical Association, with which he had id.entified himself when sixteen vears of age. In i<SOo -ind iSoi Mr. Ih'own was engaged in teaciiing school, and in iXOi he went to Brvan, \Vilbams counlx, ibis stale, to \isit his sister,, Mrs. F.li/'a Oreen. .-in(i while be was there the tocsin of war sounded, for the President issued his first call lor volunteers to aid in suppressing the rebellion and maint;uning the integrity of the Union. Mr. Urown's ardor and intrinsic patriotrsm were roused to dellnite action and .as soon as o])portuniiy affonled he entered the rank> of the brave boys in blue. On the ji>lh of .\|)nl. 1S61, he enli.sted as a private in Com])any C, I'ourteentb ( )hio N'olunteer Infantry, and was nnistered in at Cleveland, where the regiment remained a few weeks. Of tlie valiant and boiKinible militar\ recurd of .Mr. Ilrown we can not do better than to reprod'lce a ])reviously |)ublished article pert.iining thereto : "From Cleveland the regiment weiit to West X'irginia, ;md Mr. lirown was first under fire at Philli]>pi, under Colonel Steadman, who afterwards became a general. Tlie next engagement was at Bealington, under General Milroy, and they followed the C«jnfederates without their usual su])ply of clothing and provisions, and for tlieir supper at night iiad nothing except a piece of hardtack each. Oitr subject succeeded in getting a rubber overcoat which partly covered his bofh', for it rained all night. 'I'hev started after the Confederates the next morning without breakfast and overtook therji at Carrick's l-'ord. where, after a hard-fought battle, the enemv was overpowered, riiey captured the rebel suiiplies. but got nothing to eat until noon the next clay, rvetuiming to Bealington, our subject suffered more with hunger than he did duringany subsequeiU time he w.as in service, Soon after the company rettii'iied lionie, at the expiration of the term of enhstment, tiie subject went to Williams countv . where he remained foiu' weeks. He then re-enlisted, for three years, in Company l\. Sixty-eighth r)hio \'olnnteer Infantry, and went into camjj at Cam]) I.atta, at .\'apoleon. Ohio. Later he was at ( amj) Chase, in Columbus, Ohio, and thence l^roceeded w'th his command to b'ort Dcjuelson, where he suffered intensely with cold. Once be built a fire, but was ordered to ])ut it out and did so. Ibiwever, as soon as the oftlcer had passed on, he built enough to keep his feet warm. His next engagement was at .Shiloh, t and he was in General Lew Wallace's brigade, which assisted General C,i-ant's arjny at tli;it battle, After this our subject was at Bolivar and Matamoras, and at the latter ])Iace saw his first shell from the enemv. Like manv others, he dodged it, and afterward fi'mnd that it was a f|iiarter of a mile awav from bini. He partici- ])ated in the entire siege of \'icksbui"g. and assisted in breaking the levee to turn the water in.to Louisiana. lie was in the battle of riiomp.son's Hill, where they charged the enemv just at nightfall and drove them out. He was under General Ij)oan at the battle 111 Raymond, :uu\ nfterward at Jackson. Cliami)itiu Hills and Lilack River. .\t Vicksburg Mr. Brown re-enlisted as a veteran, went across the Mississippi and took part in the battle at Baker's creek. Retnrnint^ U> V'icksbiiiTg. he obtained a \eterau furlough tor thirty days and went home, i)assinu his time partly in Stark and i)artl\- in Wdliams county. Returning to bis command. Mr. lirown was at the front in the engagement ;it I'.ig Shanty, and soon afterward be had the oi)i)ortunity of watching a battle without being engaged in it, and was so situated ibat lu Could watch the a])proach of both armies, .\ftertbis he was in man\" skirmishes until the arnn reached .\tlanta. where he was out a.s ,'1 skirmisher and unconsciousU' saved his life by stepping back just as a bullet jjassed along his vest. He was chased b_\' the enemy Iriit managed to escape b\- hiding. He bad still another narro.w escajjc from injury at .\tlanta. a ball passing through one of his stockings. Mr. Brown was with ( leneral Sherman in bis march to the sea. and from Savannah went to South Caroiin.a. where he was appointed to take charge of a fora.ge detail, having command of the same for five months, or until the clf)se of the war. lie bad man\- narrow esca])es but was e\er readx' for duty. .\.fter the cessation of hostilities Mr. Brown took pavt in the Grand Rexiew at \\ ashington, and was mustered out ^it Louis\'ille. Kentucky, receix'- iug bis honorable discharge on the lOtb of Julv. 1865. He enlisted as a ])ri\-aie, but just before reaching .\tlanta he was ])romoted to tiie rank of sergeant."

Having j^rovec' himself a leal and loyal son of the republic and having followed the old flag on many a sanguinary battle field, Mr. Brown returned to Stark countv and forthwith resumed bis work of pre])aring to battle effecti\el\- ;is a leader in the ranks of the church militant. Through a course^ of jirivate reading of tbeolog\- lie ])rci)ared himself for the active work of the ministry of the Evangelical Association, and in January, 1867, he was married, and tile following March entered the conference and was assigned to a charge at Dempseytown, Venango county, Pennsylvania, where he remained two years. Tlieieaftcr be passed one year in Oil City and two years in Linesville, tliai state, and was then assigned to the Stark circuit of Stark county, Ohio, where he labored effectixely for oiie year, at the ex])iration o| which lime be was gixen ;i pastorate at Soulhington. 'rrnmbull counl\-. where he remained two years, and his assignments subse- (|uently to this ma_v be briefly noted as follows: V.asl Libert) , Summit county, three years, within which he was sent as a delegate two years in succession to the general board of missions; then on the A'enango circuit, in t larion cov.nty, Pennsyb.-ania, two yeai"s, and within tliis time he was a delegate to the general conference in Ohicago. Pater be accepted a ])astorate in the city of Des Moines, low.a. where he i"emained one year, when his health became seriously im])aired through rheumatism, and finally his friends sent him to i lot .Springs, .\rkansas, where bis injpnnement was immediate. L'pon returning to his charge his difticult\- soon gi-ewworse again, and he thus returned to his home iri Sta.rk county, where be gradualK recuperated bis health, and he finally went to Shenango. Mercer county, Pennsylvania, where he filled a ))astorate for three years, going thence to South ]'"ork. in the .\lleglian\- mountains, where be was j^ractically cured of bis rheumatic troubles. While there he was near the dam abo\-e Johnstown at the time when it broke and resulted in the terrible calamity known in the annals of histor_\- ;is the Johnstown Hood. Mr. Brown wrote a s])ii"ite(l .and interesting descri]jtion of the scene, of which he was an eve-witness. His wife and daughter had returned from the valley only a few moments before the terrible <lisaster, having been there to urge some friends to mi>ve to a place of safety. Mr. Brown's only son. Frank D., a young man of twenty years, went to work in Johnstown immediately after the flood had subsided, doing' all possible for the relief of the suffering and the disposing of the unfortunate victims of the deluge, and he there contracted typhoid fever, which resulted in his death, thus sacrificing his life on the altar of humanity. The subject remained at South Fork for two years after this ever memorable catastrophe, and the period was one of devoted labori and one of sympathetic work for nian\- who had been bereaxed in the community through this cataclysm. He was thereafter for one year pastor of the Fulton Street Evangelical church, in the cit}' of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and AX'hile there was appointed delegate to the general conference, held in Philadelphia. In 1890 he was ap])ointefl a member of a committee of three to which was assigned the duty of bringing suit against the head of the Evangelical Puliiishing Company in the city of Cleveland, and the first decision was in favor of the complainants. In the following year he was reappointed a member of the committee on litigation, by the general conference, and the difficulty was finally adjusted by the conference purchasing the stock of the publishing company, and the paper published has since been continued as the official organ of the church. Mr. Brown had taken a prominent part in the litigation, and has written a number of articles pertinent thereto, while he also became a stockholder and director in the Evangelical Publishin.g Company, of Harrisburg, Penn.sylvania. As a result of the litigation mentioned a dissension occurred in the church, resulting in its division and the material weakening of its work, so that Mr. Brown found it impossible to longer properly maintain himself and his family through his ministerial labors, and he decided to turn his attention to other fields of endeavor, and thus located in the village of Fairhope, Stark county, where he has since maintained his home. His foster-father and benefactor, Mr. Tombaugh, died on the 5th of August, 1891. making Mr. Brown his sole heir, and the estate was sufficient to relieve him of further, financial worriments. In 1892 he was appointed postmaster of Fairhope, under, the administration of President Harrison, and he has ever since remained incumbent of this office, while in connection with the duties of this position he has also conducted a successful grocery business since 1897. In 1895 ^^^'- Brown established and equipped an excellent greenhouse and gave special attention to the propagation of a fine order of plants, and he has succeeded in building up a large mail-order business, shipping his products into the most di\-erse sections of the Union. This floriculture department of his business is now in the active charge of his son-in-law, Mr. Hershey. In politics Mr. Brown is a standi advocate of the principles of the Republican party, and in 1899 he was the candidate of his party for representative in the state legislature, while in 1901 he was the candidate for the state senate on the same ticket, but his pronounced o])position ti) the liquor traffic led to such active work on the part of those favoring the same that he was defeated on each occasion, though he carried every precinct where he was known, securing the almost unanimous endorsement of Nimishillen township and a strong support in other sections of the county where his sterling worth and abilitv were recog'uized.

On the 27th of January, 1867. Mr. Brown was united in marriage to Miss Sophia J- Grant, whose paternal grandfather Axas a second cousin of the father of the late General U. S. Grant. She was born in Stark countv, near the city of Alliance, on the 14th of January, i8.|.5, being a dan.ghter of Stacy and Mar\' (Schaffer) Grant. Mr. and Mrs. Brown became the parents of two children, namely: Frank D., who was born at Dempseytown, Pennsvlvania, on the T2th of December, 1868, and M-ho was in the very bloom of his noble young manhood when his life was cut short b_\- death, on the 29th of October. 1889. under conditions already noted in this context ; and Iva E. is the wife of Harley L. Hershe}-, of Fairhope, and they ha\e two childr,en, Ethel F. and Herbert Bennett. Mr. Brown is identified with the Grand Army of the Republic, being a valued comrade of McKinley Post No. 25, at Canton. The eldest sister of the subject, Mrs. Martha Hallis, is a widow and resides in Iowa; his sister Eliza is the widow of Jfiities E. Green, and resides in Little Rock, Arkansas; William H., his next youngest brother, served three years during the Civil wan and is now a resident of Springvale, Oklahoma, being a bachelor; and the youngest brother, Alvin M., who was likewise reared and educated by Daniel Tombaugh, enlisted in the One Hundred and Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and met his death in a charge at Chancellorsville.

CLARENCE E. EXLINE, M. D.,is proud to claim Ohio as the state of his nativity and this pride is in no wise diminished but rather heightened by the fact of his ha\-ing been born and reared in the old historic county of Stark. His natal month was August, the year, 1871, and the locality where he first saw the light of day, the village of Battleburg, in Pike township. The Doctor's youthful experience included the usual seasons of work and recreation A\'hich, from three to four months during the winter seasons, furnished the basis of his intellectual training. Early in life he w-as thrpwn upon his own resources and it was only by hard work that he was enabled to prosecute his studies further than the public school course could take him. When about eighteen years old he entered Mt. Union College, paying his tuition there Avith money earned by working on a brick yard at Waynesburg. After attending that institution (Mie year .and findingit -impossible to finish the course desired, he again secured employment on the brick yard with the object in view of carrying out 'a long standing desire to prepare himself for the medical profession. When he had acquired sufficient means to pay the tuition and meet the necessary living expenses, he entered, in 1894, the Ohio Medical Uni\'ersity at Columbus, and after prosecuting his studies there about thrpe years was graduated on the 6th of April, 1897, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine.

The same month that witnessed his graduation marked the beginning of Dr. Exline's career as a physician, as he at once opened an office in Canton and began the practice of his profession under favorable auspices. Anxious to solve the mysteries of medical science, he has done all in his power to perfect himself in his chosen calling and as a result now enjoys distinctive prestige among his professional associates, besides having a large and lucrative business in Canton and adjacent country. A student and a thinker, his course has been in keeping with the progress of modern medical thought and with his past success "as a criterion his man}- friends predict for him still greater progress with the passing years. Dr. Exliiie is identified .with the Canton Medical Society, the Stark County Academy of Medicine. Northeastern Ohio Medical Society, and the American iMedical Association, keeping in close touch with the deliberations of these dififerent bodies.

Dr. Exline is a linn belie\er in revealed religion and looks upon the visible churches as an influential factor for the promotion of Christ's kingdom in the worjd. He is a member of the Simpson Methodist Episcopal church of Canton and holds several official positions in the same, including the chairmanship of the music committee and the trusteeship. He belongs to the Pythian order, Ben Hur fraternity. Foresters, Modern Woodmen of the World and the Order of Eagles, all but tlie first nnmed being based upon the lirinciple (if life insui>ince. In poHtics the Doctor is a Repubiicjin of the most orthodox stani]) ami since his twenty-first year has maintained a hve- Iv interest in the success of the part}'. Personal 1\ he is a. "entleman of pleasing presence, easily ap])roaclial)le and his ([niet dignity antl conrteous demeanor have won him many friends in the best social circles of the community. Dr. b'-xline's marriage with Miss Lenora Hester Miller, of Columljus, Ohio, was solemnized on the /th day of April, 1897, the same month and vear in which he entered upon his professi(.inal career in the citv of Canton.