Canton Township (part 42 of 62)

SAMUEL I'. De\'AU.\ was born in the village of H.arrisburg, Ninnshillen township. Stark county, Ohio, on tiie 1st of August, 1859, being one of the fourteen children of Peter and Christena (Snyder) De\ aux, and of his family ten sur\i\e. namely, just}' J., who is a resident of the cit} of Toledo, this state; Rev. Peter F., who is a clergyman of the Evangelical church and resides in Baltimore, Ohio: Re\'. Martin, who is a clerg^-man of the same church and a resident of Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania; Samuel I'., who is the inimediate subject of this sketch; William, who is a painter and contractor in the city of St. Louis, Missouri, and who was for tw'o years president of the Trades & Labor L'nion of America ; Jacob, who is assistant ticket agent of the Lake Shore iV Michigan Southern Railroad in New York city; Ida, who is the wife of Thomas Fredericks, of that city; Leoda, who is the wife of Charles Giblin, who is likewise a resident of the national metropolis ; Bessie, who is the wife of Thomas O'Brien, of New York city; and I'Jla, who is the wife of David H. Overbaugh, of Elmira. New York. Peter DeVaux, father of the subject, was born in France, in the year , 1826, and when he was a boy he accompanied bis parents on their emigration to America, the faniily taking up their residence in the village of l'loberts\'ille, Paris townshi]). Stark county, Ohio, where were located man\' citizens of I'^'ench extraction. There Peter DeV'aux was reared to maturit}-. and there he learned the trade of shoemaking. tn wliicli he devoted his attention for, man\- years, while he also found his services in much requisition as an auctioneer. Pie received but little education in a technical sense, but could speak with great Huencv the English. l''rench and (icrman languages and was 'i man of very alert nientality and marked btisiness acumen. He lived for var}- ing intervals, after his marriage, in Roberts- \illp. Paris, ITarrisburg, Louis\'ille and hairhope, this county, and was a resident of the last named place at tlie tinie of his death, which occurred in 1876; be was killed l)v a train while crossing the railroad track in that \'illage. In pf)litics he was a stanch Democrat and his religious faith \vas that i>t the Catholic church, in which he was reared. riic mother of the sv.bject was born in b'ayette county, Penns}l- \'ania, about 183J, being of (ierman ancestry, and she now lixes in New \'ork cit\' with her youngest s<in, Jacob. She is ,'i memlier of the Evangelical church .-uid reared her children in the Protestant faith.

Samuel E. DeVaux remained beneath the parental roof until he had attained tlie age of eighteen years, his educational discipline ha\'- ing been received iri the |)ublic schools of his native county. .\t the age noted he gave inception to his indepeiident career by securing work on a farm, .ind to this line of occupation he devoted his attention for ;diout h\e years, wdiile later he was engaged in shoemaking, as a workman in brick yards, as an employe in the stee! mills at Canton and for a short time at carpenter work in the city of Pittsburg. Peinisylvania, while he was for a few months employed on tile Pittsburg &- Fort Wayne Railroad. Finally he engaged in the house-painting business in the \'il1age of Louisville, this coniit_v, .'ind after his marriage, in 1883, he continued in this Inie <if enterprise until 1885, w hen he was elected marshal of the \ illage mentioned, serving in this ca]5acity until i88y, when he here estalilished himself in the livery business. For a time he was compelled to continue bis work as a house painter, as he had three competitors in tlie livery business and thus had some difficulty in placing his enterjirise on a profitable basis. By strict attention to business and coiu'teous treatment of his patrons, however, he finally gained the absolute control of the livery business in tJie town and today has one of the model stables of the county and is enjoying a large and Representative patronage. Mr. DeVaux is an excellent judge of liorses, and in connection with his li\ery enterprise he conducts a profitable business in the buying and selling of horses, in which line his judgment as to values is uniformly held as ultimate. In politics i\Ir. DeVaux is a stanch adherent of the Democratic party. He and his wife hold membership in the Reformed church. On the 2 1st of August, 1883, Mr. De\'aux was united in marriage to Miss Amelia Cunin, who was l)orn in Marlboro township, this county, being a daughter of John B. Cunin, an honored pioneer of the county, where his death occtu'red a number (jf years ago. Mr. and Mrs. DeVaux have one son. Lloyd J., \\\vy remains at the ]jarental home.

J. l\ ARNOLD, as chief pn^moter and general manager of one of Massillon's leading manufacturing e.siabli.shments, has won a pp'minent place among the city's successful Inisiness men. Mr. Arnold is the son of Lorenz and Elizabeth ( Sourwine) Arnold, both natives of Finkenbach, (iermany, the mother dving there in 1878, aged forty, the father still living at the age of sixty-se\-en and at the presait time on a visit to his son in the city of Massillon. When a young man Lorenz .Arnold was one of the twehe hundred of his coinitr}'men from whom one thousand men were conscripted for service in the German army, but as fortune would ha\e it the full (|uota was drawn before his name was reached, conse(|uentlv he escaped military duty. He early turned his attention to mechanical pursuits and after working at his chosen trade for a number of years, became a manufacturer upon his own responsibility. He l)uilt u]) a large .and lucrative practice in his native country and continued the same until acquiring a competence of sufiicient magnitude to enable him to spend the remainder of his life in honorable retirement.

J. F. Arnold was born in the town of Finkenbach, Germany, on the 9th of June, 1868, and spent seven years in the public schools of that place. Possessing natural mechanical ability, he decided to fit himself for high grade work in that line: accordingly, with this object in \ lew . he entered a polytechnic school where he took a full course imder the direction of skillful in.strnctors, graduating from the institution in i88<). Shortly after completing his technical education yoiuig Arnold came to the I'nited States, locating hrst at Ganal Dover. Ohio, where he secured the position of draughtsman and wood carver with the firm of Dice, Bissman & Kurtz, manufacturers of furniture Here his abilities .soon won him. recognition as an expert in his lines of work and he remained with the house nineteen months, during which time the inimerous articles made after his original designs added to his well-established reputation. Severing his connection with the above firm, he accepted a similar position with the WrambleuTever Furniture Comjjany of Louisxille. Kentucky, but after spending five months in that city resigned to become superintendent of the wood car\-ing aufl cabinet department of the Southern Indiana Furnitin-e AVorks at New .\lban\-. He remained four years with that latter establishment, meanwhile (le\eloping- a high degree of efficiency as a skillful designer and artistic carver, his work continually adding to his reputation as a master of his calling. Mr. Arnold's next position was with the large mantel manufacturing house of Widdicomb at Grand Rnpids, Michigan, where he served as designer and carver for a little over a year, resigning in the fall ot 1893 for the purpose of engaging in the undertaking business in the same city. While conducting the latter enterprise he did considerable fine work for the Grand Rapids Book-Case Company and his services were also in frequent demand by other firms when especially artistic designs were required. At the end of the second year he disposed of his nndei^taking establishment and going to Niles, Ohio, took a position with the firm of Arnold Brothers, undertakers and embalmers, which entire Inisiness he purchased two years later. After running the business w'ith fair success for eight months, he sold out and in 1899 organized the Ohio Table Company at Massillon, with which enterprise he has. since been actively identified and of Nvhich he now holds the important position of general manager.

The compan}' was organized with a capital stock of thirty thousand, which has since been increased to fifty thovisand, and from the beginning the business has steadily augmented until it is now one of the leading industrial enterprises of the city. Mr. Arnold brought to the management of this concern not only his superior artistic skill as a designer and carA-er but a mind enriched by many yeai^s of practical experience in e\ery department of the furniture industry. His executive ability has enabled him greatly to extend the volume of business and place the company upon a firm financial basis, while the high grade of workmanship turned out easily distances all com- ])etition in the special line of articles manufaclured. The works of the company are models of their kind, being supplied with the latest and most api)r(i\ed mrichiner_\- and nothing but the best material is used in the manufactured product. }'rom a somewhat modest beginning the business has :i(hanced until the sales now amount to about one hundred thousand dollars annually, the output being shipped to various parts of the United States and Canada, besides supplying a large and constantly increasing local demand. The establishment is taxed to its utmost capacity to meet these demands and. judging by its past success and present prosperit\, it is reasonably safe to predict a consideral)le enlargement of the works in the no distant future in order to keep pace with the high reputation the goods have achieved in the various markets where they are sold. Reidizing that every dollar invested in the Ohio Table C'ompany is as safe and much more remunerati\e than the same amount of money put into a bank, Mr. .Arnold has gradually purchased the shares of different stockholders, until he now owns a one-fourth interest in the concern. He has been fortunate in realizing on his investment and is now in comfortable circumstances, owning, in addition to his interest in the company, valuable property in the city, including a beautiful and attractive residence which is an ornament to the street on which situated.

Mr. Arnold began life a poor boy but, possessing energy- and a latidable ambition to succeed, together with strict integrity and honorable motives, his success was never for a moment a matter of doubt. While relying upon his own industry, well defined purposes and consecutive efforts for advancement, he is free to acknowledge his indebtedness to a warm personal friend, who at various times gave him not only wise counsel but financial backing in some of his most important undertakings. This friend, colabotier and fellow helper was Mr. Hartzell, president of the Ohio Table Company, a inan of high business standing and commanding social prestige. He took a lively interest in young .'\rnold when the latter first came to Massillon and was equally interested with him in organizing the company, which through their joint efforts has since achieved such marked success. Between the two a warm iriendship sprang up which has become intensified with the passing years.

While a business man in all the term implies, Mr,. Arnold manifests an abiding interest in the general affairs of the city of his residence, and has implicit faith in its future. He finds time from the pressing demands of his business affairs to devote to the social amenities of life and to this end has become identified " with various fraternal organizations, prominent among which are the Masonic order and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Personally he is a courteous and companionable gentleman of quiet demeanor, exceedingly popidar with a large class of friends and is held in high esteem by all with whom he has business dealmgs or social relations. Mr. Arnold's temperament is decidedly optimistic and he has ever been accustomed to look upon the bright side of life. He possesses artistic tastes, is a great admirer of the beautiful and frequently gives outward expression to his thoughts in skillful workmanship in wood and on paper. His home, which is a dwelling place of refinement as well as hospitality, is presided over by a lady of culture to whom he was united in the bonds of wedlock in the year 1895. Her maiden name was Eleanor M. Vogt and she is the daughter of Peter and Carrie (Beyer) Vogt, of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold are well known in the social circles of Massillon and as members of the Lutheran church of this city, their lives have been in harmony with their religious profession.

MARTIN SENGER. - The Senger family in America appears to have been first represented in the old county of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and the name evidently indicates The subject's father was

Cyrus Senger, of Lancaster county, who married Lydia Gehman, a native of the county of Berks, where her ancestors probably settled in pre-Revolutionary times. Her parents were Christian and Barbara (Kurtz) Gehman, both born in Berks county, of German lineage, and is was in that part of the state that their respective deaths occurred many years ago. John Senger, father of Cyrus, was a native of Lancaster county, as was also his wife, who before her marriage bore the name of Sarah Bender. Like the Sengers, the Benders were also an old family, as the name frequently appears in the early official records of Lancaster, which leads to the belief that their antecedents were among the first permanent settlers.

Cyrus Senger was reared to manhood in his native county and followed carpentry and farming as means for obtaining a livelihood. He became widely known as a successful contractor and builder and also enjoyed the reptitation of an honorable man and enterprising, public-spirited citizen. He lived to an advanced age, dying in 1892, his wife preceding him to the other world by ten years. In politics he was originally a Whig, later a Republican, and in religion a leading member of what is known as the Mennonite church. Mrs. Sengen was also identified with the same religious body and lived a life of faith and good works. Eight children were born to this excellent couple and, what is somewhat remarkable, all are living, although the majority of them have long since passed the average age of man.

Martin Senger was born October 18, 1838, in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and spent the years of his childhood and youth in the paternal homestead. His early education was obtained in the country schools of the neighborhood which he attended of winter seasons from his fifth to about his nineteenth year. At best his advantages were but limited, but by making the most of the opportunities at' his command he acquired a fair knowledge of the fundamental branches of study besides adding to his general information by reading such books and periodicals as he could procure. Young Martin grew up, a strong, active youth and to him fell much of the labor required to cultivate the farm. While still a lad he became quiet adept in the use of his father's tools and later turned his mechanical skill to good account by working at the carpenter's trade. He followed carpentry and agriculture in his native state until the spring of 1867, at which time he went to Wayne county, Ohio, where he continued both vocations until changing his abode to the county of Stark, twelve years later. Mi^. Senger came to this county in 1880 and the same year purchased a farm of one hundred and seventy-nine acres in Tuscarawas township, on which he lived as an enterprising, prosperous tiller of the soil until retiring from active life at a comparatively recent date. Like many of the country's most energetic and successful citizens, J\lr. Senger is a selfmade man and in the course of his long and active career he knew no such word as fail and in his regular vocations and business transactions discouragement never interfered with his plans nor delayed for any great length of time the accomplishment of his purpose. Since retiring from further participation in the busy world of affairs ISIr. Senger has rented his farm and, in addition to the proceeds therefrom, has a fine coal bank which yields him an income more than sufiicient to meet his necessary expenditures. The mine was developed in 1896 and since that time it has been steadily operated with liberal financial results. While primarily interested in his own offairs and intent upon increasing rather than diminishing the ample fortune in his possession, Mr. Senger is a public spirited man and takes no little part in matters concerning the welfare of the community in which he lives. He is a kind and obliging neighbor with a character marked by integrity and true benevolence. Like his parents before him, he believes firmly and trustfully in the great and sublime truths of revealed religion and as an humble but zealous member of the Mennonite church, his life has been and still is a power for good in the community. The married life of Mr. Senger dates from 1868, on December 31st of which year he was united in the bonds of wedlock to Miss Elizabeth Brenneman, whose birth occurred in Wayne county, this state, November 14, 1843. Mrs. Senger is the daughter of Christian and Fannie (Rudy) Brenneman, both natives of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and early settlers of Wayne county, Ohio. Christian Brenneman was a farmer by occupation and he died in the county of Wayne in 1892 at an advanced age, his wife departing this life many years prior to that date, as long ago perhaps as 1847. Adam and Xancy (Eyman) Brenneman, the father and mother of Christian, were natives of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, but in an early day moved \\'ith their son to Ohio, settling in Wayne county, where their respective deaths occurred. Mrs. Senger's maternal grandparents were Christian and Barbara (Myers) Rudy, also from Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and were also pioneers of the county of Wayne. To IMr. and Mrs. Senger five children have been born, namely : Harvey. Fannie, Rudy, David L. and Henry M., the oldest deceased, the second and third, twins.

DAVID B. HORST is the son of Jonas and Elizabeth (Buckwalter;) Horst and an older brother of Jonas B. Horst, of Tuscarawas, in whose sketch on another page of this work is incorporated a brief epitome of the family history. On the 8th of December, 1833, in the old historic county of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, the subject was born and four years later left the scene of his childhood for Stark county, Ohio, where his parents settled in 1837. Of his youthful experieuce Httle need be said further than tliat they inckided the usual routine of labor common to boys reared in the rural districts and that he early learned to dignify honest toil and appreciate at their true value the lessons of virtue and thrift in which he was so carefully instructed. He was taught to look upon idleness as something akin to vice and to earn his bread by the sweat of his brow, as one of the cardinal virtues forming the very groundwork of honorable and fully developed manhood. After acquiring a fair education in the common schools he addressed himself to the vocation of agriculture, first as his father's assistant on the homestead and later upon his own responsibility, beginning the struggle for himself when about twenty-five years of age. It is not necessary to follow in detail the various steps in the career of Mr. Horst as a tiller of the soil, nor write in full how he gradually added to his real estate until becoming the possessor of over, three hundred acres of valuable land in the counties of Stark and Wayne. Suffice it to state, however, that the fine properties he now owns represent the fruits of his own labor, energy and excellent management, as he had comparatively little means when he commenced life* for himself. He has been a first rate farmer and in the management of his business aft'airs, good judgment and wise forethought have ever been prominent. In all his relations Mr. Horst discharges his duties with energy and fidelity and is a man of acknowledged worth and irreproachable character. Politically he is a Republican, but not a partisan, and in religion a zealous and faithful communicant of the Mennonite church, his wife also belonging to the same body of worshipers.

January 25. 1859, Mr. Horst and Miss Annie Pless were united in the bonds of wedlock. Like her husband, Mrs. Horst was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and is the daughter of David and Elizabeth (Martin) Hess, both natives of the Keystone state, the father dying there a number of years ago. .Some tijne after her husband's death, Mrs. Hess moved the family to Stark county, Ohio, subsequently changing her residence to the county of Wayne, where she afterward died. The marriage of I^.Ir. and Mrs. Horst has been blessed with children, whose names are as follows: Joseph, Levi, David, Ezra, Frank, Jacob and Elizabeth. The last named married X'oah Whitmere, of Stark county, and some time after his death became the wife of George Tyson; she bore her first husband one daughter, Annie, and a son by the name of Enos, the latter deceased, and died some years ago in the state of Indiana.

1847. He is of Scotch ancestry and in the present generation are manifested those sterling qualities of that honest and rugged race. Daniel McFarren was reared to the life of a farmer, and is indebted to the district schools of his neighborhood for his mental discipline. Lqion attaining mature years he was united in marriage to Miss Jemima Shettler, a native of Bethlehem township. Stark county, Ijorn in

1848. Her father, Jacob Shettler, was a native of Pennsylvania, but in an early day removed to the Buckeye state, where he spent the remainder of his life, he and his wife both passing away in Betlilehem township. After, his marriage Daniel ^McFarren purchased a farm adjoining the old homestead and followed agricultural pursuits there for about si-xteen years. At the end of that time he removed to the Shettler homestead, but after residing there for some time he removed to the farm upon which he now resides, in Tuscarawas township. To him and his wife were born the following children ; Malvern E., whose name heads this sketch ; Jacob, who married Clara Linwood, and resides in this county; Arie, who became the wife of Ira Truby, of Maynard, Ohio; Harry, Kittie and Florence, all at home. Politically Daniel McFarxen has been a life-long Republican, though never a seeker after the honors or emoluments of public ofhces. Religiously he and his wife have long been faithful and consistent members of the United Brethren church.

Malvern McFarren was born on the 25th of October, 1868, and was reared on his father's farm in Sugar Cr^eek township, this county. From seven years of age until sixteen he faithfully attended the district schools of his neighborhood and made such rapid progress in his studies that at the latter age he was granted a license to teach in the common schools. Desirous of still further increasing his knowledge and to better fit him for his chosen profession he in the meantime spent two terms at Sniithville Academy, and two years at Woodsworth Normal, in the latter institution being under the preceptorship of Prof. J. B. Eberly. Fie later entered Mount Union College, where he spent one year. Besides his collegiate training Mr. McFarren has ever been a close home student and has burnt much midnight oil in his efforts to acquire knowledge and equip himself for the exac^ting calling in which he has engaged.

In the fall of 1898 Mr. McFarren accepted the position of principal of the schools of Osnaburg, where he remained three years to the eminent satisfaction of all concerned. In the fall of 1901 he came to Canton, having been chosen principal of the Garfield school. He has already won for himself a most excellent reputation as a successful and popular educator. Fie takes a deep interest in all educational matters, keeps in close touch with the most advanced thought and aims at all times to make the highest and best interests of those under his charge the object of his efforts. He has been honored in his selection as president of the

On the 31st of May, 1892, at Canton, Malvern E. McFarren was united in marriage with Miss Laura Gipve, the daughter of Jacob Grove, a well-known citizen of Canton. This union has been a m.ost happy and congenial one and has been blessed by the birth of three children, Walter, Wilbur and Mildred. Wilbur died in 1902 at the age of six years.

Politically Mr. McFarren casts his ballot in favor of the platform and candidates of the Republican party, believing the principles of that party to be those most conducive to the welfare of the. American people. His religious adherency is with the United Brethren church, belonging to the congregation at Canton.

Mr. McFarren in his capacity as educator has been aiabled to wield a wide and powerful influence in guiding the young into the right channels of thought and action. Because of his uniform courtesy, genial disposition and genuine worth, he has won a warm place in the regard of all who know him.

JONAS B. HORST. - Of the early history of the Horst family nothing definite is known save that it has been represented in this country for many years, the ancestors having settled in Pennsylvania at a very early date. Christian Horst, the subject's grandfather, was born and reared in that state, as was also his wife, who before her marriage bore the maiden name of Barbara Moyer. As early as 1S37 Christian Horst moved his family to Stark county, Ohio, and settled in Lawrence township, where his death occurred in i860, hiswidow surviving him about twenty-two years. Among the children of Christian and Lavina Horst was a son by the name of Jonas, who also was born and reared in Lancaster county,

Pennsylvania. He married Miss Elizabeth Buckwalter, also a native of the county of Lancaster, and in 1837 came to Stark county, Ohio, locating with his fatlier in Lawrence township, where in the course of time he acquired a large and valuable tract of land. He was a successful farmer and became one of the wellto-do men of the community in which he lived, owning at his death real estate to the amount of three hundred acrjCs, much of which he reduced to tillage. He was also quite an influential citizen and enjoyed marked prestige not OJily by reason of his manly, straightforward course as a liberal patron of all enterprises for the moral advancement of the neighborhood in which he resided. Mi]. Horst died in 1868 and in 1877 his wife was called to her home in the world beyond. Of the ten children that formerly gathered around the hearthstone of this estimable couple, seven are living, the subject of this sketch being the oldest of the family.

Jonas B. Horst was born October 2, 1835, in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and when a child of two years was brought by his parents to Stark county, Ohio, where he has since lived and with the material prosperity of which he has had not a little to do. His education, which from the nature of his early surroundings was somewhat limited, was obtained from the subscription schools when a boy and in the woods and fields he learned by rough usage "the more practical lessons of life. Pie helped -clear the home farm, labored equally as hard in its cultivation and remained his father's able and willing assistant until old enough to map out a course of action for himself. At the age of about twenty-five years Mr. Horst began his career as a farmer. He has been the architect of his own fortune, as he had but limited means at his command when he began life as an independent, self-supporting agent. By the exercise of the energy with which he is naturally endowed and the use of other means in his power he added to his possessions as the years went by until becoming the owner of a good far^n in Tuscarawas township, his real estate at the present time amounting to two hundred and twelve acres, nearly all cultivated and well improved. He appreciates the worth of good live stock and keeps no others on his place. Plis horses are of the best breeds for general farming purposes, while his cattle, sheep and other domestic animals have been carefully selected and judiciously raised. Mr. Hor^t has an unfailing source of income in a rich deposit of coal on his lands from which he mines and sells at good prices every year many tons of black diamonds of excellent quality. As a neighbor and citizen no man in Tuscarawas township enjoys a larger measure of public esteem than Mr. Horst and his unflinching integrity and genuine native manhood have enabled him to maintain the status coming of his genial honest mein. Li politics he is pronounced in his allegiance to the Republican party and in religion he and his family belong to that branch of the church known as Mennonites.

Mr. Horst's domestic history dates from i860, in which year he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Hursh, who bore him nine children, namely: Henry, Abram, Daniel, Christian, Annie, John, Martin, Henry and Jonas; In 1888 Mrs. Plorst died and on the loth day of September, 1893, the subject entered the marriage relation with Mrs. Eliza Martin (nee Hess)."

JOHN F. MOCK was born in Tuscarawas township, Stark county, Ohio, on the 29tliof November, 1848, being a son of John and Mary (Steighler) Mock and the eldest of their three surviving children, the other two being George, who is a resident of the state of Kansas, and Ida, who is the wife of Levi Lartzenheiser, of Canton, this county. The father of the subject was born in 1821 in Tuscarawas township, Stark county, being a son of Samuel Mock, who was a native of Pennsylvania, whence he came to Stark county, in the early pioneer epoch and here passed the residue of his life, engaged in agricultural pursuits. John Mock was reared on the old pioneer farm in this county and received a common school education. After his marriage he settled on a farm in Adams county, Indiana, his father having there purchased for him a tract of one hundred and sixty acres. The tract at that time was swampy, and he fell a victim to the all-pervading malady, ague, whose insistent agitation of his physical being caused him to become recalcitrant and return to Ohio, though he still retained his land and gradually brought about its development, passing his time between the two counties in Ohio and Indiana. He died in 1893, having passed the evening of his life in the home of our subject, where he was cared for with true filial solicitude. In politics he was a stanch Republican, and both he and his wife were devoted members of the United Brethren church. His widow now lives in Canton.

John F. Mock was reared in the parental home, passing a portion of his youthful days in Adams county, Indiana, but the greater portion of his time was spent in his native county, while his education was received in the public schools. At the early age of sixteen years he gave inception to what has l)een a most successful business career, becoming at that time a dealer in proprietary medicines and traveling through the state for the purpose of establishing agencies. He continued in this line of enterprise for a score of years and was successful in his efforts, thus laying the foundation for the solid prosperity which he has won through well directed endeavor. In the meantime he worked on a farm at varying intervals, while he had become owner of a small farm, of ten

, acres, in Xinishillen township. In 1884 he applied this property in partial payment on seventy-two acres of his present fine farm property, in the same township, and to this estate he later added two adjoining tracts, - of twenty-three and sixteen and three-fourths acres, respectively, - so that the place now comprises one hundred and sixteen and threefourths acres. About 1887 Mr. Mock opened the coal vein on his farm, the same having been prospected for and discovered nearly forty vears ago, though no developments had been made. Beneath the coal vein, which is about three and one-half feet in depth, lies a vein of fine fire clay, both of the deposits being very valuable. For about three years Mr. Mock utilized the coal for domestic purposes only, but in 1890 the works of the Louisville Tile and Brick Company were built on his land, he having sold the company a sufficient plot for the erection of the necessary building while he leased the clay and coal deposits. The enterprise is now one of the most extensive of the sort in this section of the state, and through the royalties received on the clay and coal taken out on the farm Mr. Mock has become wealthy. In the spring of 1902 Mr. INIock purchased a tract of seventy-two acres one-half mile to the west of his home farm, and on this land he has also discovered a good deposit of coal and a seemingly inexhaustible deposit of fire clay of the highest grade, and these beds will be developed under most favorable conditions. The county has no more progressive and publicspirited citizen than Mr. Mock. It is worthy of note that all the roads facing on his farm have lieen macadamized by Mr. Mock, making them the finest roads in the township. In politics he gives his support to the Republican party so far as national issues are involved, but in local affairs he maintains an independent position and is not dominated by strict partisan spirit.' He and his wife are both members of the

On the 22d of March, 1872, Mr. Mock was united in marriage to Miss Mary Sefong, who was born in Nimishiilen township, this county, being a daughter of the late John Sefong, who was one of the early settlers of Stark county, whither he came from Pennsylvania. Of the four children of Mr. and Mrs. Mock we incorporate the following brief record : Elmer has charge of the operating of the homestead farm; Minnie is the wife of Levi Stucky, of Paris township; Clara is the wife of Melvin B. Summers, who is employed in the signal service department of the government and resides at Columbia, Missouri, and Emma remains at the parental home.

CHARLES AUSTIN CRANE, M. D., is the scion of one of the oldest families that sought a home in the new world, his genealogyin America being traceable in unbroken succession to one Jasper Crane, and his wife Alice, natives of England, who became members of the New Haven Colony, Connecticut, as early as the year 1630. Shortly after landing in New England. Jasper Crane located at what was afterwards the town of Brantford, and from the most reliable information accessible he appears to ha\-e been a man of considerable local prominence and a leader among his fellow colonists. It is a matter of family history that he was the youngest son of Sir William Crane, who owned a valuable estate near the city of London, and who for his honesty and fidelity to the government, as well as for valuable personal services rendered the King, received the order of knighthood. The Crane coat of arms consisted of a silver shield with three red crosses, surmounted by the figure of a crane, the whole constituting an appropriate device.

the hcmor of which has nex'er been dimmed by any unworthy act on the part of the family lor which it was designed. The Joseph Crane who came to America had formerly been a magistrate, and while living in England he devoted some years to mercantile pursuits, in './liich he acquired an ample competence. Within a short time after joining the Connecticut colony he and Captain Robert Treat, John Austin and his oldest son, John Crane, were appointed commissioners to explore the shore skirting Newark bay, and alter making a favorable report to the authorities, they purchased the land on which the city of Newark, New Jersey, was subsequently built, paying for the site, which extended from the ocean back to Second mountain, one hundred and thirty pounds of tobacco, twelve blankets, and the same number of guns, with which exchange the original Indian owners appeared perfectly satisfied. About the year 1666 Jasper Crane changed his abode from Brantford, Connecticut, to Newark, New Jersey, and it appears that he took as lively interest in the growth and development of the latter colony as he had manifested in the former. As a matter of interest it may here be stated that in 1640 the New Haven colony established the oath of fidelity, to the crown, the first to subscribe to ihe same being Governor Eaton, after which he administered it to his constituents, among die first of whom was Jasper Crane, who appears never to have hesitated in his allegiance to constituted authority.

The family of Jasper consisted of five children, whose names were Deliverance, John, Jasper, Azonah and Hannah, who married Thomas Huntington. It is pretty certain that the two eldest \^ere born in England, and the fact is well establislied that Jasper and Azonah were born within a few years after the family fettled in the colony of Connecticut. After a lon.g and useful life, fraught with great good to the people of the different New England communities in which he hved, and for the material prosperity of which he unseltishly devoted so much of his time and energy. Jasper Crane, Sr., died at Newark in the year 1678 His youngest *son, Azonah, married I\Iary Treat, daugliter of Governor Robert Treat, and became the fatlier of Moses Crane, a tailor by trade, and one of the first settlers of Warren, Ohio. The latter had a son of the name of Stephen, who moved in an early day from Ohio to Orange county. New Jersey, where he married and reared sons and daughters, among whom was Caleb, who entered the marriage relation with Tamar Harrison. Bethwie, son of Caleb S. and Tamar Crane, was the father of Aaron Crane, who achieved considerable prominence as a fine mechanic, among his inventions being a clock which ran one year without winding, and varied but a few minutes during that time. Deacon Oliver Crane, son of Aaron, and a man of prominence in his community, met with an accidental death by being thrown from a horse. His grandson, Rev. Oliver Crane, was one of the first American missionaries to India, and spent a number of years disseminating the doctrines of Christianity among the people of that comitry ; subsequently he returned to Morristown, New Jersey, Avhere his death occurred. One of his sons, Ezekiel by name, was taken prisoner at Oswego, New York, by the French and Indians in 1758, and afterwards died in Canada. Reverting to the lineal descent of Dr. Charles Austin Crane, the following is given as tlie correct succession : His father, George Benjamin Crane, was the son of Amza A. Crane, whose father's name was Benjamin: the latter's fatb.er also bore the name of Benjamin, and he was the son of Stephen Crane. Azonah Crane, father of Stephen, was the youngest son of the immigrant Jasper Crane, from whom originated the Crane family in the United States. Owing to absence of correct data it is impossible to give an authentic outline of the lives of several of these ancestors. Beginning, however, with the Doctor's greatgreat-grandfather, Benjamin Crane, it is learned that he was bom at Eagle Rock, Essex county, New Jersey, and that in his youth he accompanied his father to ^Morris county, that state, where he grew to manhood and received his education. He studied law, became a successful practitioner in the courts of Morris county and elsewhere, and for a number of years occupied the bencli in that part of the state. As a jurist he achieved high distinction and as a lawyer ranked with the leading members of the New Jersey bar. He instituted the first family reunion in 1850, the celebration of which was afterwards changed so as to date from August 21st, in honor of his birthday, Benjamin Crane, the subject's great-grandfather, was born in New Jersey, spent all of his life in his native state, and his body rests near the place where so many of his years were spent. Amza A. Crane, son of Benjamin, was born in Morris county, New Jersey, in 171 7, was married there to Nancy Cosby, and later moved to Seneca county. New York, where he lived as a prosperous tiller of the soil until his death, in 1880. his wife preceding him to the grave by some years.

George Benjamin Crane, the Doctor's father, was born in the town of Junius, Seneca county, New York, in 18,35, ^""^ spent his early life on his father's farm. After attending the co.mmon schools about the usual length of time he became a student in an academy at \Vaterloo, New York, where he attained much more than usual efficiency in general scholarship. When a youth of sixteen he severed home ties and went to New York city to accept a clerkship with the dry goods firm of Sherwood & Chapman, in which capacity he received his first practical knowledge of business life. He developed fine qualifications as a salesman, and was never in need of a remuneiative position. He remained in the employ of the above house about six years, and then went to Cincinnati, where he was similarly engaged during the three years following. At the expiration of that time he accepted a position with a dry goods firm in St. Louis, but did not remain very long in that city, resigning his place within a couple of months for the purpose of engaging in business for himself. In partnership with his father-inlaw, A. O. French, he opened a general store at Whitehall, Illinois, but after three years at that place the firm transferred their stock to the town of Ed wards ville, in the same state, where the business was conducted under the name of French & Crane until 1881. In that year Mr. Crane purchased his partner's interest and continued as sole proprietor until closing out and retiring from active life in 1891. He was married, in 1863, to Miss Isabella French, whose birth occurred in New York city, November 10, 1844. Her father, A. O. French, to whom reference has already been made, removed to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1846, thence to Whitehall, Illinois, with the mercantile interests of which place he was identified for a number of years. Mrs. Crane bore her husband three sons, and departed this life at Edwardsville, Illinois, in December, 1901. Of the three children constituting the family of George B. and Isabella Crane, the subject of this sketch is the youngest and the only one living; the others, Edward O. and George B., were born m the order named.

Charles Austin Crane is a native of Ed- Avardsville, Illinois, and dates his birth from the 15th day of August, 1875. His early life was without event worthy of note, as he spent the time pretty much as do the majority of lads reared and educated in country towns. When old enough he entered the schools of Edwardsville, and after attending the same until about the age of fifteen became a student of St. Vincent College, Los Angeles, California, in which city his father lived for a short time. The training received in this institution was afterwards supplemented by a course in a military school under the auspices of the United States government in southern Missouri, where he received a rigid but most excellent discipline, the effect of which was to lay a substantial foundation for his subsequent professional career.

In the year 1894 Dr. Crane entered Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, from which institution he was graduated three years later and shortly thereafter he took a special course in diseases of the eye and ear in the Philadelphia Polyclinic and College for Medical Graduates. There, under some of the most distinguished specialists of the United States, he prosecuted his researches and experimental studies until completing the full course, receiving his degree in 1898. He next entered the Will's Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, where in addition to clinical study of all diseases peculiar to that organ, he was made assistant, and as such continued until finishing the prescribed course. Dr. Crane, on the ist day of May, 1898, located at Canton, Ohio, from which time to the present he has been actively engaged in the practice with a large and steadily increasing business. His recognized skill as a specialist has won for him a wide reputation, and his success has placed him in the ranks of the leading specialists of Canton and Ohio. At this time he is the local medical examiner for the Equitable Life Insurance Company of Iowa, also medical adviser for the Maryland Casualty Company in this city. Among the various societies with which he is identified are the American Medical Association, Medical Societ)^ of Canton, Stark County Academy of Medicine, and the Ohio State Medical Society. He takes a lively interest in the deliberations of these bodies, and keeps pace with modern advancement in all lines of professional activity.

a wife to whom he was united in the bonds of wedlock on the 6th of June, 1899, the ceremony being solemnized in the city of Canton. Mrs. Crane, who was formerly Miss Ida Norris. is a native of Canton, and the daughter of Bazil and Elizabeth (Miller) iVorris, of Stark county.

PROF. CICERO L. HINER is descended from a very old family that had its origin in Germany, from which country in a remote day certain representatives went to France, others to the northern part of Ireland, thence to Scotland. Owing to the absence of any connected genealogical record, it is not known from which of these countries the American branch of the family originally came. From the most reliable information at hand it appears that certain of the Hiners emigrated to America prior to the Revolutionary period, and settled in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, where the Professor's great-grandfather, Samuel Hiner, was born as long ago as the year 1760. The fact of his being of Irish descent leads to the conclusion that the first Hiners. in America came from the Emerald Isle. John Hiner. son of the above Samuel, was born in 1786 in Washington county, Pennsylvania, and there married, about the year 1807, Elizabeth Mercer, a cousin of Gen. Hugh ]\Iercer, a distingiiished leader in the war for independence, whose name fills a high place in American history. Her father, Th. Mercer, a native of Germany, came to this country in the time of the colonies, and settled in Pennsylvania, subsequently removing to Ohio, where his death occurred. As early as 1812 John Hiner moved his family to Columbiana county, Ohio, and took up a section of land in what is now West township. He built a rude log cabin in the wilderness, and for many vears experienced all the hardships incident to pioneer life, finally developing a good farm, which he cultivated until his removal, a number of years later, ' to the county of Stark. On coming to this county Mr. Hiner settled in the village of Paris, and it was there that his first wife died. Subsequently he remarried and continued to make his home in the above town until his death, in 1875, ^^ the age of eighty-five years.

Henry Fliner, son of John Hiner, was born in Columbiana county, and grew to mature years on his father's frontier farm, bearing his full share of the labor required to can-e a home out of the dense forest, by which the country was at that time covered. He attended school a couple of months each year in a little log cabin, and grew up a strong, stalwart young man, as independent and self-reliant as he was physically vigorous. He became an expert in handling the rifle, and while still a mere boy found his greatest amusement in hunting the bear, wolves and other w-ild game with which the woods during the early days were infested. It is said that the wolves were so numerous as to be positively dangerous to the early settlers, and many a night young Hiner and other members of the family were obliged to keep large fires burning near the house and stable to prevent these ferocious aninaals from destroying the live stock.

When a young man Hiner took up the trade of carpentry, which, in connection with agricultural pursuits, he followed to the end of his life, meeting with success in both vocations. In the year 1 85 1 he was united in marriage, in the county of Columbiana, to Miss Emily Irey, whose birth occurred near the town of Guilford in 1823, she being the daughter of Dawson and Elizabeth fMoreland") Irey, of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. From 1851 to 1865 Mr. Hiner lived on a farm about three miles south of Salem, Columbiana county, Ohio, but in late years disposed of his interest there and changed his abode to the town of Baird, Columbiana couiity, where his Avife's death took i)lace in 1872. About six years later he married ALrs. Mary Hone, and in 1883 moved to a farm in Canton township, where he hved until 18S6, when he retired to Canton. He spent the remainder of his days in this city, dying in the year 1895. Henry Hiner was a man of exceUent repute, and stood high in the confidence and esteem of his fellow citizens. In politics he was a lifelong Democrat, and always manifested a lively interest in the public affairs of the communities in which he lived. He was the youngest of a family of twelve children, whose names are as follows : Samuel, Catherine, John, Sarah, Mary Ann, wife of Jacob Livelsberger, Jacob, Peter, James, David, Andrew and Robert, all but Mrs. Livelsberger deceased. By his first wife Henry Hiner was the father of five children, namely : Ervin C. for a number of years a practicing attorney of Canton, and later a resident of Kansas, where his death occurred ; Elizabeth, wife of William Hirst, of Cleveland; Cicero L., the subject of this sketch; Eden, of ]\Iuncie, Indiana, and Harry, also a resident of that city. The second wife, who survived him, bore him three children, the two older, Ada and Ida, being twins; the former married Joseph Tomlinson, of Malvern, this state, and Ida became the wife of Charles Bixler, of Canton ; Joseph, the youngest of the family, is a resident of Canton.

Prof. Cicero L. Hiner was born near Salem, Columbiana county, Ohio, on the 9th day of July, 1856. He early jnanifested an inclination for books and study, and at the proper age entered the district school of his neighborhood, where he made rapid progress in the elementarv branches. Subsequently he attended schools of a higher grade, and b_\- diligent application was enabled before his twentieth year to pass successfully the required examination and secure a teacher's license. Mr. Hiner began teaching in 1876 in a select school at East Rochester, of which his brother, Ar\-ine, had charge. On account of sickness the brother was called home, and, to the satisfaction of all concerned, the subject took his place and finished the term in a manner which at once established his reputation as an able and judicious instructor. During the following summer he taught the Bayard school, which he had attended in early boyhood, and had for his pupils a large number of his former companions and playmates, to govern whom required no little diplomatic skill. His school numbered eighty-six pupils, ranging from the primary grade up, and to do justice to all required thirty-five recitations per day. Among his pupils were a number of young ladies and gentlemen especially efficient in the higher mathematics, and in order to keep ahead so as to teach them required much hard study upon his part after the daily sessions closed. Determined not to permit any of the students to surpass him, he worked early and late, mastered every principle of the subject taught, and thus became one of the finest mathematicians in the public schools of the county. He soon achieved much more than local reputation as an educator and his success and popularity may be inferred from the number of times he was retained in the same district. He had charge of the Pleasant Valley school five successive years, taught four terms in Paris township, nine terms at Paris, and in 1885 was elected principal of the South McKinley Avenue school. Canton. Prof. Hiner came to this city the above year for the purpose of reading law, and after studying for some month? under the direction of his brother was admitted to the bar, but did not begin the practice. It was while pursuing his legal studies that he was elected to the principalship referred to above, and as head of the McKinley Avenue school he finished his seventeenth successive year of educational work in the city of Canton. On the 23rd of June, 1902, Prof. Hiner was made principal of the South ]\Tarket Street schools, one of the most important posii020

As a teacher Prof. Hiner easily ranks with the most successful educators in eastern Ohio, being equally efficient as an instructor and disciplinarian. He is a m.an of great force of character, possesses executive ability of a high order, and under his able supervision the schools of which he has been principal have been brought to a stale of efficiency unexcelled by any others in the city. He has long been prominent in the educational circles of this part of the state, and few teachers in the county of Stark are as widely and favorably known. Me is thoroughly up to date in all matters pertaining to his profession, and has been honored with several responsible official positions, in all of which he has discharged his duties in a manner creditable to himself and satisfactory to the public. From 1886 to 189S, inclusive, he served as a member of the city board of examiners, and for several years has held a similar position with the county examining board, besides being an active worker in the Stark County and Bi-County Teachers' Associations. Fraternally he is a Mason of high standing, having served the order in different honorable stations, at this time being past councilor of Patrick Henry Council No. 84, Junior Order United American Mechanics. He is a member of the grand lodge of Ohio, and for a period of three years held the offi.ce of inspector of the same. He is also a past councillor of Molly Pitcher Council No. 10, Daughters of America, which organization is largely indebted to him for its present flourishing condition. Religiously Prof. Hmer is a Methodist, belonging with his family to Simpson Methodist Episcopal church of Canton, and politically he wields a potent influence for the Democratic party.

who was born in Stark county, Ohio, on the 14th day of July, 1859, the daughter of Martin and Barbara (Weimer) Shively. Four children have blessed this union, to-wit: Dora E., bom March 5, 1881; Guy C, in June, 1882; George H., Attgust 2y, 1S84, and Helen, whose birth occurred on February 8, 1893.

DAVID A. LEVERS comes of Pennsylvania stock, and traces his genealogy back to an early period in the history of that grand old com.monwealth. His father, also David by name, was born in Pennsylvania and there married Elizabeth Kaylor, who became the mother of twelve children, nine of whom are living at the present time. About 1835 David Lever, Sr., moved his family to Stark county, and during the thirty-five years following rented a farm in Tuscarawas township, purchasing the place in 1870. He came here in comparatively limited circumstances, but by industry, thrift and wise foresight added to his means from time to time until he was finally enabled to make the above purchase, when he came into possession of one hundred and thirty-five acres of fine land, situated in one of the best agricultural districts of this part of the state. He served his township in the capacity of trustee and proved an able and judicious public servant, while as a neighbor none stood higher in the community, and no one was more loyal and abiding in his friendships. Mr. Levers lived a good life, and in his death the people of Tuscarawas township suffered the loss of one of their most estimable men and worthy citizens.

David A. Levers, the fourth of the twelve children, was born on the paternal homestead in Tuscarawas township June 12, 1848. He was confronted in boyhood by only fair prospects for future success in life. Born to toil, with only ordinary facilities for acquiring an education, he began a long way in the rear of

I02Ithe more favored sons of fortune, but it may be said that such circumstances served to develop his true character and prove the sterhng metal which entered into his composition. Reared on the farm and early becoming familiar with its varied duties, he grew up with well-laid plans for his future. The meanwhile he received a fair educational training in the district schools, which he attended at stated intervals until a youth in his teens. After remaining at home until about twenty-seven years old, he engaged in genral merchandising at Brookfield, which line of business he continued at that place during the twenty years following, building up a lucrative trade and judiciously investing his surplus capital. In 1900 Mr. Levers disposed of his mercantile interests and turned his attention to coal pursuits, prominent among which was that of coal drilling. To this he devoted his time and energy for the greater part of twenty-eight years, a portion of which time he engaged in selling goods, but he realized his greatest success as a developer of mineral property when unhampered by other interests. Mr. Levers became an expert in all things pertaining to mining, and while thus engaged his services were in great demand, not only in Stark county but in other parts of Ohio, and not infrequently were his abilities utilized by operators in territory beyond the limits of this state. During the years he carried on the store and while employed in the coal business, his desire for agriculture never abated, and as soon as his afifairs could be properly arranged he made every other consideration subordinate to liusbanury. His present place, which includes an area of eightyeight acres, is a model of neatness, bearing every evidence of successful tillage, the many beautiful and attractive features proving it the home of a gentleman of industrious habits, business energy- and remarkably good taste. In addition to his farm, he owns two acres of valuable real estate in the town of Brookfield, also a fine business building erected in 1892, being in much more than comfortable circumstances; indeed, he has ranked for a number of years with the financially strong and reliable men of his part of the county. In politics a Republican, he has never indulged any desire for official preferment, wisely avoiding paths that led to military or civic distinction, and contenting himself with the far more enviable record of a private citizen. He takes pleasurein the fact of having voted for the late William McKinley every time that distinguished American asked for the suffrage of the people, and among the President's admirers in this part of the county no one exceeded the subject in intenseness of ardor or in loyalty of support. Notwithstanding Mr. Levers' indifference to public position, he has filled the office of constable for several years, and at the present time he is serving as trustee of the township, and as a member of the local board of education. His fraternal relations are with the Order of Anierican Mechanics, aside from which he is not identified with any benevolent organization.

The name of the lady to whom Mr. Levers was married on the 36th day of May, 1876, was Lavina Tamie; she was born in Pennsylvania, and departed this life August 5, 1895, leaving besides her husband two children to mourn her loss, namely ; Elwood B. and Elsie Oral. Subsequently Mr. Levers, on December 2y, -1896, married his present wife, Mary Hopper, who has borne him a son, Elmer L., and a daughter by the name of Gladys.

DAVID HEMPERLY, of Tuscarawas township, a man of thrift and sterling worth, possessing in a marked degree the elements and characteristics of the clear brained, successful husbandman of the present day, is a son of David and Mary Hemperly, of whom specific notice will be found elsewhere, and was bom November 6, 1845, in Lebanon county,.

Pennsylvania. He came with his parents to Stark county when a mere lad, and grew to maturity on the homestead in Tuscarawas township, eatrly becoming inured to all kinds of farm labor and in youth laying a broad aiid deep foundation for his subsequent career of honor and usefulness. In the public schools of the township he secured his educational discipline and learned the importance of self-reliance and self-restraint. He bore his share of the work required to carry on a farm, and remained at home until about sixteen years old, when he turned his attention to blacksmithing, at which, in due time, he became quite an efficient workman. After learning the trade he opened a shop in West Brookfield, wdiere he did a remunerative business the sixteen years following, at the expiration of which time he abandoned mechanical work and moved to the farm where he has since lived. Mr. Hemperly has achieved marked prestige as an agriculturist, and is today numbered among the most successful and enterprising tillers of the soil in his part of the county, besides being widely recognized as a raiser of fine live stock, especially horses, in the breeding of which he has few equals and no superiors. He pays particular attention to roadsters, the superior qualities of which have created a demand he finds difficult to supply, and wherever his animals have been exhibited they have invariably sustained his high reputation, not only as a breeder but also as a superior judge of the qualities of horse flesh.

Mr. Plemperly is essentially an honorable man, as his neighbors will gladly testify, and his influence has always been on the side of right and morality, both in private affairs and matters .of a public nature. During the dark days of the rebellion, when treason threatened to disrupt the Union, he demonstrated his loyalty to the government by upholding its honor in some of the most noted campaigns, and in many of the bloodiest battles, for which that stirring period was distinguished. Enlisting on the 2d of August, 1862, in Company E, One Hundred and Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, he at once proceeded to the front and served with signal bravery until the close of the war, experiencing his share of the vicissitudes and dangers which military duty implies, and participating in all the engagements in which his command took part.

Mr. Hemperly is a Republican in politics, but has little taste for partisan strife and no inclination to enter the arena of officeseeker. Fraternally he is a member of the Grand z\rmy of the Republic, belonging to Hart Post at IVIassillon, of which organization he is one of the chief supporters.

The marriage of ]\Ir. Hemperly was solemnized on the 31st of March, 1867, with Miss Sarah Rudy, whose birth occurred in Stark county, Ohio, March ID, 1846. Mrs. Hemperly is the daughter of Martin and Mary (Bear) Rudy^ the father born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and the mother a native of Maryland. Their parents came to Stark county in 1834, where Martin's death ti3ok place about the year 1864; he was the son of William Rudy, of Pennsylvania, the ancestors of the family locating in Lancaster county at a very early period of the history in that part of the state. Mrs. Hemperly's grandparents were Christopher and Elizabeth Bear, natives of Maryland, and early settlers of Stark county. Mr. Bear purchased land in this county, and died a short time after taking possession of the same, his widow living to a good old age. Mr. Hemperly's mother died in 1877, when seventy-three years old. The marriage f)f Mr. and Mrs. Hemperly has been blessed with seven children, the oldest of whom is a son by the name of William, who lives in this county ; he married Rebecca Schammo, and is the father of two children, Clara and Estella. Delia, the second, married David We3'gant, who bore him one child, Alda May, and departed this life

July 4, 1891. Clarence E., the next in order of birtli, served in the late Spanish-American war in the Eighty-fourth Ohio Regiment, known as "McKinley's Own," and made a good record as a soldier. Walter D. married Ehzabeth Eberliart, and has one son by the name of Earl. Sadie M., wife of John Miller, is the sixth of the family; she has four ofifspring. namely, William H., Ester B., Myrtle M. and Agnes A. Myrtle D., the youngest of the subject's children, married Samuel King, and is the mother of one son, Paul.

LAUREN E. FLICKJNGER, M. D., is descended paternally from German ancestors, the first representatives of the family in America settling many years ago in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. Li that part of the state was born one John Flickinger, who married Sarah Lower, also a native of Lancaster county, this couple being the grandparents of the subject of this review. By occupation John Flickinger was a tiller of the soil, and he appears to have been a man of considerable local prominence, having served for many years as justice of the peace, besides filling other positions of honor and trust. About 1837 he moved to Mahoning county, Ohio, and purchased a farm in the township of Bea\er, on which he lived until within a few years of his death, when he retired from active life. In many respects he was a moulder of opinion among his neighbors and fellow citizens, and appears to have been consulted by them in matters requiring a knowledge of law. and not infrec[uently were his services required in the settlement of difficulties and the adjustment of business affairs. For many years he was a prominent member of the German Reform church, and as such did much to disseminate the truths of the Christian religion among his fellow men. His wife was also identified with the same religious bodv, and lived a noble Christian life until called from the chiuxh militant to the church triumphant in 1868. John Flickinger survived his wife about twenty-one years, dying in Beaver township, Mahoning county, in 1889.

Among the children of John and Sarah Flickinger was a son by the name of Henry, whose birth occurred in the county of Mahoning in 1837, a short time after the family located in that state. He was the oldest of his parents' children, and was reared to agricultural pursuits, receiving the best educational advantages the common schools of his early day afforded. He left the parental roof before the years of manhood, and engaged in business for himself as a buyer and shipper of live stock, in which he was pecuniarily quite successful. He followed this line of business with encouraging results before and after the late Civil war, but later purchased a mill, and for some time thereafter devoted his attention to the manufacture of ffour. Like his father before him, he took an active interest in public affairs, served as justice of the peace for his township, and subsequently was elected treasurer of Mahoning county. On assuming the duties of this office he removed to Canfield, at that time the county seat, and continued to reside there until the seat of justice was transferred to the city of Youngstown, when he changed his abode to the latter place. At the expiration of his official term Henry Flickinger engaged in the real estate business at Youngstown. which he carried on about six years, when he returned to his farm in Beaver township, and resumed agriculture and stock raising, giving special attention to the latter. In every relation of life he proved himself an honorable, upright citizen, and in the different official stations to which he was called his efficiency and devotion to duty were demonstrated to the satisfaction of all. Some j'ears ago he abandoned farming and moved to Salem, where he is now assistant superintendent of the city water works.

The maiden name of Mrs. Henry Flickinger was Sophia Beard, and the ceremony by which the two were made husband and wife was solemnized in Beaver township, Mahoning county, in which part of the state she was born and reared. Six children resulted from this union, namely : Attai, wife of Dr. Schiller, of Salem; Alice, wife of J. H. Metzer, now living in Chattanooga, Tennessee; Clement A. died at the age of eighteen ; Lauren E., subject of this review; Blanch G. and Edna C, the last two unmarried.

Dr. Lauren E. Flickinger was born on the home farm in Mahoning county, Ohio, October 31, 1869, and when a lad of six years was taken by his parents to the town of Canfield, and later to Youngstown. The public schools afforded him the means of acquiring an elementary education, after which he entered the Northeastern Ohio Normal at Canfield, where he completed the prescribed course at the early age of seventeen. After teaching for two years, he became a student of the Western Reserve Medical College, at Cleveland, where he prosecuted his professional studies until March, 1892, on the 2d day of which month he was graduated with a record for efificiency excelled by no other member of his class. On receiving his degree Dr. Flickinger opened an office at North Industry, Stark county, where he practiced two and a half years, and then moved to a wider field in Salem, where he remained with gratifying professional and financial success until 1898. In October of the later year he changed his location to the city of Canton, where he has since resided, meantime building up a practice which in magnitude and successful results enables him to rank with the ablest physicians and surgeons in this part of the state. The continued advancements which have characterized the Doctor's career since he began the practice and the ease with which he has mounted to his present distinguished position in the medical world mark him the possessor of a high order of talent. He is a member of the Stark County Medical Society, Canton INIedical Society, the Ohio State JMedical Society, and the Medical Association of Northeastern Ohio, in all of which organizations he takes a lively interest. Not only as a physician does Dr. Flickinger take high rank in the community, but as an enterprising and progressive citizen, fully in touch with the times in all that tends to benefit the city of his residence along material, social, intellectual and moral lines. In politics he is a supporter of the Democratic party, but in the sense of aspiring to official preferment or taking a very active part in political afiiairs he cannot be termed a partisan. Personally the Doctor is a genial and companionable gentleman, courteous in his intercourse with his friends and acquaintances and popular in the social circles of the city in which he lives.

On the 5th of September, 1893, at North Industry, Dr. Flickinger was united in marriage with Miss Jennie A. Serva, also of North Industry, a union blessed with one child, whose name is Clement A.

CHRISTOPHER C. SICKAFOOSE is a native-born son of the Buckeye state, having been born in Wyandot county on the 27th of May, 1 85 1. His parents were John and Nancy (Kinimel) Sickafoose, wdio both passed away in Sandy township, this county, at the age of seventy-seven years. When he was but two years old the parents of the subject removed from Wyandot county and made their home in Sandy township. Stark county, and the lad was reared to manhood. His early years wer,e passed as are the youthful days of most farmers' sons and he early became acquainted with hard toil and was initiated into the mysteries of agriculture. As opportunity afforded he attended the common schools and, because of his earnest and faithful application to his stud- ies, became the possessor of a fair education. Upon attaining sufficient age he learned the trade of carpentering, at which he worked for fourteen years. He was a conscientious workman and soon acquired a reputation for honesty and also for proficiency in his chosen occupation and, did a large amount of carpentering in his locaHty. Aside from this he has all his hfe followed the pursuit of agriculture, at which he has been a pronounced success. He possesses ninety acres of good, cultivable land and the farm is a model of neatness and successful tillage and from it he receives more liberal returns than are realized by many from much larger places. He thoroughly understands every minutae of agriculture and employs modern methods in the pursuit of his calling. He ha? erected substantial buildings and has surrounded himself with many of the comforts and conveniences of life, his place being among the most highly improved in the township, the well-tilled fields and well-kept appear- ,ance of everything about the premises indicating his careful and progressive spirit.

On the 19th of December, 1879, Mr. Sickafoose was united in the holy bonds of matrimony with Miss Emma Brothers, a daughter of the late Eli Brothers. She is a native of Sandy township, this county, and there born and reared. Their union has been a most happy and congenial one and has been blessed by two children, a son who died in infancy and Edward, an intelligent and promising young man, the pride of his parents.

Politically the subject has all his life been a firm and uncompromising Republican, ever taking an earnest interest in all movements or questions affecting the public welfare. In the spring of 1898 his party nominated him for the office of trustee of his township and at the ensuing election he was duly chosen to fill the office. So efficient and satisfactory were his services in this important office in 1901 the voters elected him to succeed himself and he is still worthily discharging the duties of the office. Educational matters have also taken a deep hold upon his attention and for some time he served as a member of the board of school directors, doing much to advance educational interests in his locality. Religiously Mr. and Mrs. Sickafoose are members of the Lutheran church and live in accordance with their profession, doing much effective work to advance the interests of the Master's kingdom. Fraternally Mr. Sickafoose belongs to the Junior Order of United American Mechanics and to the Knights of the Maccabees, exemplifying in his actions the beneficent principles of these noble orders. Honorable in business, loyal in citizenship, faithful in friendship, generous in sympathy and kind and loving in his home, he holds a warm place in the hearts of all who know him.

ELI HERSHBERGER. - The Hershberger family is of sterling German origin, but has been established on American soil since the colonial epoch in our national history, the original American progenitors having located in Pennsylvania, the old Keystone state of the Union, with whose annals the name has thus been identified for several generations. Eli Hershberger was born on the parental homestead in Osnaburg township, Stark county, Ohio, on the 5th of December, 1853, being one of the seven children of Jesse and Elizabeth (Dewalt) Hershberger, while all but one of the children are still living, Charles having passed away in infancy. The six surviving are here named in order of birth : Simon, who is engaged in the sawmilling business in Nimishillen township ; Henry, who is a resident of the same township, and a carpenter by vocation; Laura, who is the wife of Jacob Sell, of Osnaburg township; Mary, who is the wife of John Zuber, also a resident of that township ; Sarah, who is the wife of Isaiah Fock- ler, of Canton; and Eli, the immediate subject of this sketch. Jesse Hershberger, father of these children, is likewise a native of Stark county, having been born in Osnaburg township about the year 1832, and being a son of and Elizabeth Hershberger, who were natives of Pennsylvania, emigrating to Stark county in the early pioneer epoch. Grandfather Hershberger took up a tract of government land in Osnaburg townshi]), where he established his home in a primitix-e log cabin and forthwith initiated the task of clearing his land from the native timber and rendering it eligible for cultivation, and there both he and his wife remained until their deaths. Jesse Hershberger was reared to manhood on the homestead farm and amidst the labors and scenes of the pioneer days. After his marriage he removed to Plain township, where he continued agricultural pursuits for about a score of years, after which he purchased his present farm of sixty acres, in Nimishillen township, where he has since made his home, being one of the honored pioneer citizens of the county. He is a Republican in politics, and he and his wife are consistent members of the Progressive Brethren church. Mrs. Hershl)erger is likewise a native of Osnaburg townshi]^, A\'here she was born in the year 1832, being a daughter of Charles and Elizabeth Dewalt, who came hither from Pennsylvania, and became numbered among the first settlers in the township mentioned. ^Ir. Dewalt was an excellent shot, and he was able to provide his table with an adequate supply of meat through the use of his trusty rifle, as deer, bear and other wild game still remained in abundance at the time of his coming to this section.

Eli Hershberger was reared under the beneficent influences of a good home, though it was humble in character, and he waxed strong in mind and body while assisting in the work of the homestead farm, his educational advantages being such as were aft'orded in the common schools of the locality and period. He early manifested marked ambition and selfreliance, and gave evidence of marked business acumen. At the age of eighteen years he acquired an interest in a saw-mill, and from that time forward to the present he has continued to be interested in this line of enterprise, while he has found further scope for his energies in the successful conducting of a fine farm and in the operation of a threshing outfit, in which last branch of his business he has kept his equipment constantly up to date, replacing inferior machines with the more modern types as improvements were made in the line. In 1877 he effected the purchase of his present homestead farm, which is located on section 31, Nimishillen township, and wdiich comjjrises fifty-one acres, the place being maintained under a high state of cultivation, and having excellent improvements of a permanent nature, including a commodious and substantial residence. The farm is not a large one, but it may be consistently pointed out as a model farm, and it is one of the valuable places of the township. For the past ten years Mr. Hershberger has had in operation during the season two fine and thoroughly modern threshing machines, with all requisite accessories, and he finds a ready demand for his services with both outfits. He is progressive and public-spirited, and while he has never desired official preferment he is known as a stalwart supporter of the principles and policies of the Republican party, with which he has been identified from the time of attaining his majority. He is one of the influential and zealous members of the United Evangelical church at Fair Hope, and has been a member of its board of trustees for the past five years, giving a liberal support to the church work and to its collateral benevolences. Mrs. Hershberger is likewise a dex'otd member of the church.

united in marriage to JNIiss Caroline Lesh, who was born in Nimishillen township, this county, being a daughter of the late Jacob Lesh, who was a prominent and honored farmer of this township. To the subject and his estimable wife ha\-e been born four children, namely: Tyrona, who is the wife of Frank Seibert, of Crystal Park, the popular summer resort near Canton; Fremont N., who is associated with his father in his business operations; Ida Gertrude, who died at the age of six years; and Mabel Grace, who remains at the parental home. In 1902 Mr. Hershberger bought eight acres of land at Fair Hope, where he expects to make his residence.

WILLIAM P. WERTZ, who is one of "the successful and influential farmers of Nimishillen township, is a native of this township, where he was born on the 15th of September, 1853, being a son of John and Catherine (Pickens) W^ertz, who became the parents of six children, of whom five are living, namely : William P., subject of this sketch; John, who is a resident of Trenton, Nebraska; Mary, who is the widow of Lincoln Eckerd, and a resident of Trenton, Nebraska ; Margaret, who is the wife of Ira Stuckey, of York, Nebraska ; and Henry, who resides in Findlay, Ohio. John Wertz was born in York county, Pennsylvania, in 1828. and was there reared to maturity, and as a young man he came to Stark county, and located in Belford, Nimishillen township, where he engaged in the sawmilling business, in \\hich he continued until his death, which occurred on the 26th of January, 1864. He was a man of sterling character and marl<ed business ability, and was one of the honored pioneers of the county, while in politics he w^as stanchly arrayed in support of the principles and policies of the Democratic party. His father, Adam Wertz, was of German lineage, and it is probable that he was born in Germany.

He was engaged in farming in York county, Pennsylvania, where he died in his eighty-first year. Catherine (Pickens) Wertz, mother of our subject, is a native of Nimishillen township, where she was born on the loth of March, 1832, being a daughter of William and iMargaret (Over) Pickens, both of whom were born in Pennsylvania, whence they came to Starkcounty, being" numbered among the pioneer settlers of Nimishillen township, where they passed the remainder of their lives. The mother of the subject is still living, and resides with her children in Trenton, Nebraska.

For five years after the death of his father William P. \\'ertz made his home with Edward Moul, a farmer of Osnaburg township, and his educational privileges were such as were afforded in the district schools of that township and the one in which he was born. At the age of seventeen }'ears he began his career as a farm hand, and when twenty years of age, realizing the necessity of a more thorough scholastic training in preparing for the practical duties of life, he entered Mount Union College, at Alliance, this state, where he completed a course of study in the commercial department. In 1874 he accepted a clerical position in the hardware establishment of C. C. Snyder, at Canton, where he remained about seven years. After his marriage, which occurred in the year 1 88 1, he removed to his present home fann. In 1889 'i^ 'sf*^ the farm and returned to Canton, where he again entered the employ of Mr. Snyder, but shortly afterward he there engaged in the liardware business on his own responsibility, continuing the enterprise for a period of five years, at the expiration of which he sold the business, in 1900, and has since lived retired, li\ing for a short time on the home farm, and then retiring to Canton. His place comprises one hundred and twenty-three acres, and is one of the \'aluable farms of the county, being under a high state of cultivation, and ecjuipped with excellent buildings and other per- manent improvements of the best order. In politics Mr. Wertz is a stanch supporter of the Republican party, and lie takes a pubhc-spirited interest in all that concerns the well being of the community. Fraternally he is identified with the Junior Order of United American Mechanics, affiliating with McKinley Council No. 218, in Canton.

On the 1st of February, 188 1, Mr. Wertz was united in marriage to Miss Amanda Hershey, who was born in Nimishillen township, being a daughter of the late Jacob Hershey, who was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and who settled in Stark county, Ohio, in the early pioneer epoch, becoming one of the influential farmers of Nimishillen township. Mr. and Mrs. Wertz have one daughter, Estella.

CHARLES C. BOW was born on a farm in the immediate vicinity of the village of Atwater, Portage county, Oliio, on the 12th of January, 1858, being a son of Abraham and Mary (Burns) Bow. Abraham Bow was a native of the old Bay state, having come to Ohio from Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and having been numbered among the early settlers in Atwater township, Portage county, where he engaged in the carpentering and contracting business. He was a son of Abraham Bow, who was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, where his parents took up their abode upon their emigration from England, prior to the war of the Revolution, there passing the remainder of their lives. Abraham Bow removed with his family to Alliance, Ohio, when the subject of this review was a lad of ten years, and there he engaged in his trade as carpenter, continuing to make his home in that city until his death, which occurred in 1893, his devoted wife passing away in 1901. They became the parents of six children, of whom the subject of this sketch was the sixth in order of birth, and of the number four are living at the present time. Tn the public schools of Alliance Charles C. Bow continued his educational discipline until he had completed a course in the high school, and in the meanwhile he had formulated definite plans for his future life work, in harmony with which he began reading law in the oflice of one of the leading members of the bar of i^lliance, showing a marked predilection for the work, in being thorough, appreciative and conscientious in his study, in which he had the encouragement of an able preceptor. In 1881 Mr. Bow came to Canton to assume the position of deputy clerk of courts, in which capacity he rendered most efficient service for a period of four years, the discipline being one of marked value to him in furthering his knowledge of the science of jurisprudence and of the practical methods of the profession, while he continued his studies of the law with marked perseverance and fidelity, and was duly admitted to the bar of the state in 1883, upon examination before the supreme court. He continued incumbent of the office of deputy clerk until 1885, when he established himself in his present offices, in the McKinley Block, and turned his attention to the active work of his profession, having formed a partnership association with Judson A. Wann, who continued his professional coadjutor until 1901, when the partnership was dissolved, owing to the removal of Mr. Wann to Pueblo, Colorado. The professional novitiate of our subject was of comparatively brief duration, for he had established a large acquaintanceship in the city and county while in tenure of office, and had become known as a careful, discriminating and conservative lawyer, of broad and exact technical knowledge, even before he had entered upon active practice. Thus he soon gained a representative clientele, and his precedarce has been cumulative in character, resulting in the control of a large and gratifying legal business, while he is recognized as one of llie able trial law3'ers of the county and as a safe counsel. He has been concerned in much important litigation in both state and federal courts and his success has been largely due to his invariably careful preparation before presenting a cause, his cogenc}- and conciseness of argument and his clear presentation of his case being the means through which he has won distinctive victories. In politics Mr; Bow has ever given an unequivocal allegiance to the Republican party, in whose cause he has done active and effective work, though he has never sought office aside from that directly pertinent to the line of his profession. In 1890 he was elected prosecuting attorney of Stark county and was incumbent of this position until 1896, giving a most able administration and proving one of the most popular and successful prosecutors the -county has had. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, Knights of the Maccabees and the Order of Elks, being a past exalted ruler in the latter order. Mr. Bow was married in the fall of 1 88 1, to Ella J. Townsend, of Alliance, Ohio, who departed this life in 1893. He was married in 1896 to Anna E. Withrow, of Omaha, Nebraska. Three children have been born of the second marriage, two boys and one girl.

HENRY FOLK. - Born in Nimishillen "township. Stark county, on the farm owned and occupied by his brother John D., the date of Henry Folk's nativity was May 2, 1849, being the son of John and Elizabeth (Dice) Folk. The original representatives of the -family in Stark county were Peter Folk, the grandfather of our subject, and his two brothers, Jacob and Abraham. The three entered claim to an entire section of government land in this county, and the deed is signed by James Madison, who was then President of the United States. They divided the property ecjually and were numbered among the earliest settlers in the county, contributing materially to the development and reclamation of the land, which was heavily timbered at the time when they came into possession of the same. The father of the subject was born in York county, Pennsylvania, about the year 181 3, and was a lad of eight years at the time when his parents took up their permanent abode in Stark county, in 1820 or 1 82 1. Peter Folk erected a log cabin of the primitive type, in the midst of the forest, and there installed his family, his land being in Nimishillen township, where his son John was reared to maturity under the conditions and influences of pioneer life. After his marriage John settled on a portion of the homestead farm, which his father had divided between him and his brother Peter, his share comprising a tract of one hundred and six acres. Flere he continued to be actively engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death, which occurred in 1879. He espoused the cause of the Republican party at the time of its organization and thereafter gave it his unqualified support, while both he and his wife were consistent members of the Lutheran church and ever active in good works, being folk of sterling character and comanding the high esteem of all who knew them. The devoted wife and mother survived her husband by about a decade, her death occurring on the 30th of March, 1886, at the age of seventy-five years. They became the parents of eight children, of whom four are living, namely : Elizabeth, who is still a resident of Nimishillen township, being a maiden lady; Rebecca, who is the wife of Samuel Snyder, of this township; Henry, the immediate subject of this sketch, and John D., of whom individual mention is made on other pages of this work.

Henry Folk, whose name initiates this review, grew up under the sturdy discipline of the homestead farm, to whose work he early began to contribute his quota, while his edu- cational advantages were such as were afforded in the district schools. Shortly before the death of his father he became associated with his brother, John D., in the purchase of the homestead farm, and thereafter they continued to be associated in carrying on the farm until 1894, when our subject rented his portion of the same to his brother and removed to the Joseph Folk farm, which he leases, and here he has since continued to be actively engaged in agricultural operations, so directing his efforts as to secure the maximum returns from his labors. The farm which he occupies comprises one hundred acres and is well improved, while under his direction much has been done to increase its productive value for he is enterprising and progressive and endowed with superior business ability. In politics he is a stanch adherent of the Republican party but has never sought official preferment, though he maintains a deep interest in all that concerns the welfare of his native county. He is a valued member of the Reformed church, doing all in his power to further its spiritual and temporal wellbeing.

On the 25th of June. 1874, ]Mr. Folk was united in marriage to Miss Isabelle Shilling, who was born in Nimishillen township, being a daughter of John and Catherine (Klopfenstein) Shilling, the former of whom was born in Germany and the latter in France, both having been brought to Stark county in infancy, their respective parents having been numbered among the very early settlers in the county. Mr. Shilling is still living and resides on the farm, in Nimishillen township, upon which his parents located when they first came to the county. His wife died a number of years ago. ]\Ir. and Mrs. Folk became the parents of three children, of whom two are living, Harvey C, who assists in the management of the home faitn. and Amelia, who is the wife of Homer Sheft'er, a carpenter in this township. The third child was Ada J., who died in infancv.