Canton Township (part 47 of 62)

William DeFord was born April 28, 1807, in Fayette county, Peiuisylvania, and there spent the years of his childhood and youthi, attending while young the public schools of his nati\'e place. Actuated by a desire for a more thorough intellectual training, he subsequently entered Madison College, of Uniontown, of which the Rev. Heni7 B. Boscomb was then president, where he made commendable progress in the higher branches of learning. In 1822 he made his first visit to Ohio, for the purpose of seeing some friends living at Wooster, but after a brief sojourn, returned to his native state where he remained during the fifteen years following. At the expiration of that period he decided to make Ohio his future place of residence, accordingly, in 1835, l'^ settled on a fami in Washington township. Carroll county, where he lived for many years, an industrious, energetic and successful tiller of the soil. In the month of April. 1838. Mr. DeFord and Miss Mary \\''illiams. daughter of George and Elizabeth (Acres) Williams, became husband and wife, the latter born in 1801 in the state of Xew Jersey. She bore him two sons, Nathan and John, and finished her earthly course on the loth day of September, 1875, at the age of seventy-four. Until the breaking out of the Great Rebellion Mr. DeFord was a pronounced Democrat, but becoming dissatisfied with the party's attitude relative to slavery, state rights and kindred questions growing out of the disturlaed conditions of the times, withdrew his allegiance and tiecame strongly and aggressively Republican. Being an active participant in public affairs as a warm and patriotic friend of the union, he was elected in 1873 to represent Carroll county in the general assembly, in which relation he served until 1867, having been re-elected his own successor the meantime. His legislative experience was eminently satisfactory to his constituents and covering, as it did, one of the most trying periods in the history of the state, was replete with duty bra\-ely and fearlessly performed. While the Civil war was in progress he was untiring in his efforts in behalf of the union, visited all partsof his county, inducing young men to enlist and otherwise appealing to ihe loyal sentiment of the people. For many years he held the office of justice of the peace, in which capacity he earned considerable repute as an able, impartial and judicious public servant. When a young' man he united with the Methodist Protestant church and entered upon that earnest, steadfast, religious life which has characterized his career to the present day. In his business relations William DeFord has been uniformly successful and now in his old age he is enjoying the fruit of his lalx^rs in a life of honorable retirement. His experience as a farmer in Carroll county covers a period of over fiftyseven years, during which time he has been an influential agent in promoting the material interests of the country, while his activity in belialf of \\hate\er tends to the moral and intellectual good of the community has been none the less active and fruitful. When a young man Mr. DeFord helped construct the old national road, taking a contract to build a certain section over Laurel Hill, one of the most difficult sections in the entire route. He remembers having seen General LaFayette on the occasion of the noble Frenchman's revisit to the United States and had the further honor of shakiTig- his hand and engaging him in quite a lengthy conversation. Nathan B. DePord, the eldest of the two sons of William and Elizabeth DeFord, was born in Augusta towmship, Carroll county, Ohio, April 11, 1839. He was reared on his father's farm and after completing the public school course pursued his studies for some time in Springfield Academy, later becoming a student of the Western Reserve University. Finishing his education, Mr. DeFord decided to become a farmer and on attaining his majority began his career as such in the county of Carroll, taking possession of one of his father's places for the purpose. ]^ater he purchased a farm of seventy acres in Augusta township on which, he lived and prospered until 1879, when he disposed of his real estate in Carroll county and bought his present valuable farm of two hundred and eight acres in the countv of Columbiana. This is universally conceded to be one of the finest and best cultivated places in West township and as an agriculturist Mr. De- Ford enjoys precedence such as few attain. During the Civil war he was active in upholding the Union cause and it was largelv to his efiforts that Augusta and Washington townships were three times saved from the draft towards the latter part of the struggle. To secure sufficient men to fill the required quota, he went to Cincinnati, where he spared no pains in recruiting; paying five hundred and sixty dollars per man. This experience was attended with much hard work, many trials and disappointments, but he persevered untiringlv until completing the task, thus earning the highest praise of his fellow citizens.

In the year 1861 Mr. DeFord was united in marriage to Miss Martha Duncan, of Trumbull county, Ohio, daughter of Thomas and Susan (Leach) Duncan, the father at one tune a prominent farmer and representative citizen of that part of the state. Mr. Duncan figiu^ed acti\ely in the affairs of Trumbull for many years as an influential Democrat and as a justice of the peace of far more than local repute. Mr. and Mrs. DeFord have one child, a son, by the name of Edwin S.

In 1897 Mr. DeFord, in partnership with his son and H. B. Couch, established a private banking establishment at Minerva, under the firm name of the DeFord & Couch Banking Company, with which he has since been ofticially identified. One year later the name was changed to the Farmers and Merchants Banking Company and in 1900 it became the First National Bank of Minerva, by which name the establishment is still known, the subject holding the responsible position of president and his son that of cashier. This is one of the strong and popular monetary institutions of Stark county and its prestige in financial circles throughout the state has won for the proprietors honorable reputations as safe, practical and eminently successful business men. Mr. De- Ford has capably discharged the duties of the presidency and the continued growth of the bank in public favor is largely due to his practical knowledge of finance. In addition to his farming and banking interests he maintains a lively concern in all enterprises for the public welfare and has done much in various ways to promote the material good of his township and county. In politics he is a Democrat and as such wields a potent influence for his party withr>ut entering the arena as an office seeker. As a business man Mr. DeFord is clear, farsighted, shrewd, eminently honorable and his success may be inferred from the commanding position he occupies in the financial world and the large fortune in his possession.

Edwin S. DeFord, distinguished as a business man and financier and holding marked prestige in the domain of citizenship, has made his presence felt in the world of affairs, and stand distinctively in the front ranks of the county's successful self-made men. His ancestral history as outlined in the preceding paragraphs throws light upon the sterling character of his antecedents, but it is a careful study of the man himself that will account for his gradual rise from a comparatively unknown station to the commanding position which he now occupies. Edwin S. DeFord is a native of Carroll county, Ohio, born on the family homestead in Augusta township, February 19. 1862. His home life \vas all that could have been desired and it is not at all strange that he early formulated plans and purposes as to his future course of action. At the proper age he entered the public schools of his native county and the training thus received formed the basis of more thorough study in the high school at Warren. Later he became a student of the Ohio Normal University at Ada, from which he was graduated in 1882, and subsequently he took a course in Mt. Union College, an institution attended by many of Ohio's noted public and successful business men. In 1886, soon after finishing his education, Mr. DeFord engaged in the milling business at East Rochester, New York, and spent ten successful years in that industry, at the expiration of which time, in partnership with his father and a Mr. Couch, he assisted in establishing what was formerly the DeFord & Couch Banking Company, now the First National Bank of Minerva. As originally organized the bank lasted until 1898, when the name was changed to that of the Farmers' and Merchants' Banking Company; in 1900 the name by which it is at present known was adopted, the subject being elected cashier, a position he still holds.

the leading monetary institutions of Stark county affords the best proof of his ability and judgment as a sound practical financier and he has discharged his functions in a manner well calculated to inspire public confidence in the stability and integrity of the bank, his official record being without a flaw and his private character far above the suspicion of any but the most worthy and honorable motives.

Mr. DeFord is one of Stark county's leading Democrats and his interest in behalf of the party has done much to strengthen its cause in this part of the state. In 1901, he was nominated for county treasurer, but, owing to the ovenvhelming Republican majority, suffered defeat, though running ahead of the majority of candidates on his ticket. He has been quite active in municipal affairs, having served several terms in the common council of Minerva and at this time is filling the office of township treasurer. Fraternally he is a member of Tubal Lodge No. 551, Free and Accepted Masons, and of the Minerva Lodge, Knights of Pythias, in addition to which organizations he is also identified with Tent No. 122, Knights of the Maccabees. He has risen high in the Masonic brotherhood, being a thirty-second-degree Mason, belonging to the chapter at Alliance and Commandery No. 38. Knights Templar, at Canton, the Mystic Shrine and Lake Erie Consistory at Cleveland, Ohio, in all of which he has been honored with important official positions. His religious belief is embodied in the creed of the Methodist Episcopal church, being an active and consistent member of the congregation which meets for worship in the town of Minerva.

The domestic chapter in the life of Mr. De- Ford bears the date of 1884. on the 17th of January of which year he was happily married to Miss Mapy^ A. Cunningham, of Paris township, daughter of Richard Cunningham, one of the county's prominent and influential agri-

FRANK E. CASE, president of the Harvard Manufacturing- Company, is of Irish descent, but his family has been represented in this country ever since the colonial period, the name first appearing in connection with the early settlement of New York and Connecticut. With one of the early tides of immigration to the New England coast came two gentlemen from Ireland by the name of John and Aaron Case, both seafaring men, tlie former locating at Bloomfield, Connecticut, the latter settling in the colony of New York, both becoming heads of families. It is from the New England branch that the subject of this review is descended, liis genealogy being traceable in an unbroken line to the original John Case, who, from the most reliable information at hand, appears to have been a man of considerable influence in the affairs of the town and county in which he lived. Among the descendants of this sturdy pioneer was one Aaron Case, a farmer by occupation, who was born in Bloom- -field, Connecticut, and there lived until the year 1835 when he moved to northeastern Ohio, settling in the town of Windsor, Ashtabula county. After following his chosen calling for a number of years in that part of the state he migrated to Michigan, where he spent the remainder of his life, dying in 1884 at an advanced age. Hiram Case, son of the above Aaron and father of the subject of this review, was born at Bloomfield, Connecticut, in 1822, and when a lad of twelve years, in company with his three brothers, came on foot to Ohio to rejoin his father, who had preceded him by a short time to this state, his mother having died some time before at the old home in Connecticut. He grew up on a farm, received his education in such schools as he could attend and, being of a studious nature and an omnivorous reader, in due time became a remarkably well informed man upon many subjects and to a large extent a leader of thought among the people with whom he mingled. He married, in Ashtabula . county, Miss Mary Amidon, a descendant of a Revolutionary hero by the name of John Smith, who held a captain's commission in the American army and distinguished himself by gallant service in the battle of Bunker Hill, having been one of the last to retire before the British from the bloody field. George Amidon, father of Mrs. Case, married Miss Smith and died when quite a young man; his family was well known in the county of Ashtabula and the name has been familiar there since the early settlement of the country.

After his marriage Hiram Case engaged in agricultural pursuits and followed the same for a livelihood to the end of his days. He lived to the age of seventy-nine, and departed this life in 1901. his wife dying the same year. Of the family of Hiram and Mary Case there are two living representatives, Frank E., whose name furnishes the caption of this article, and Dr. F. D. Case, a physician and surgeon practicing his profession in the city of Ashtabula.

Frank E. Case was born on the home farm in the county of Ashtabula and until his seventeenth year remained under the parental roof, devoting the winter months to study in the public .schools. After finishing the common branches he entered the Orwell Academy, where he fitted himself for teaching, which profession he followed for several years, first in the country, and subsequently as teacher of the Orwell schools, in which capacity he earned an honorable reputation as an educator. Resigning his position in the above schools, he accepted the principalship of the Jefferson high school and while serving in that capacity began to study law with Hon. S. A. Northway, under whose able instruction he made substantial progress until admitted to the bar in 1871.

Mr. Case opened an office in Canal Fulton the same year of his admission to the bar and during the ensuing two years built up a lucrative business in that town and established the reputation of an able lawyer and successful practitioner. At the expiration of that time he removed to Canton, where he soon took high rank among the successful members of the bar, and lie continued to practice with a large and lucrative patronage until 1890, when he retired from tlie profession for the purpose of engaging in his present important industrial enterprise.

In the above year Mr. Case became interested in the manufacture of dental and surgical chairs, a line of work which up to that time had been neglected in this country, but for which there had been a constantly growing demand. Taking advantage of the situation he soon had the enterprise upon solid footing. In 1887 the manufacture of surgical chairs was begun in a very small way in the l)asement of Mr. Case's house, and from this small beginning he has, without the aid of outside capital, built up a phenomenallv prosperous and substantial business. The present ])lant is one of the finest and most modern in the state, being built of stone and brick. Employment is given by the company to about one hundred and twenty peo-' pie all told. The company has agencies in London, England, and Mellx)urne, Australia, and manufactures the leading high-grade chair made outside the trust, the total output amounting to two hundred and fifty thousand dollars annually. Mr. Case is the patentee of many valuable improvements and designs in dental and surgical chairs, all of Avhich he controls exclusively. In addition to being president and practical owner of the Harvard Company. Mr. Case is president of the Canton Public I iljrary Association, president of the Dime Savings Bank and a director of the First National Bank.

Ohio, July 7, 1879, to Miss Theano Wattles, daughter of John and Esther Wattles, a lady of beautiful character and varied culture who has had much to do in shaping his sulisequent life and establishing his success. Politically Mr. Case is a pronounced Republican, but being es- .sentially a business man with the interest of th.e enterprise with which he is connected resting upon him, he has little time to devote ta public affairs or matters outside his line of duty. He stands high in industrial and business circles and is equally esteemed as a citizen, being interested in the progress of his adopted city and ready to lend his influence to all agencies with that oln'ect in view.

EDWARD M. SHREINER traces his lineage back to sturdy German stock, the original representatives of the name having early settled in the old Keystone state, of which he is himself a native son, having been born in ?.laytown, Lancaster county. Pennsylvania, on the 8th of July, 1864, and being a son of Henry M. and Susie (Myers) Shreiner, both of whom were likewise natives of Lancaster county, where they were reared and where their marriage occurred, the father of our subject having been a shoemaker by trade. When Edward vvas but three years of age his parents came to Ohio, locating in Greentowm, Stark c>_>untv, where the father's death occurred in 1869, after which the subject was reared on a farm just south of Akron, Summit county, passing his youthful days in attending the public schools during the winter months and devoting his attention to work on the farm during die summer seasons, and the while working for liis board while attending school. His mother is still living, having her home with her children, while she has attained the age of sixtyfour years (1903). She is a devoted member of the Evangelical church, as was also her husband. They became the parents of four chil- dren, of whom all are living at the present time. George Shreiner, grandfather of him whose name initiates this sketch, was likewise born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, where he passed his entire life, having been a jeweler by trade and vocation.

After leaving school, at the age of eighteen years, Edward M. Shreiner put his scholastic attainments to practical test by engaging in teaching a district school, and while he was successful in his first term of work he was not sufficiently pleased with the pedagogic profession to further continue his efforts in the line. After giving up his school work he accordingly came to Canton, in 1885, and here he secured a clerical position in the shoe store of John D. Frank, with whom he remained three years, while for the ensuing four years he was emploved in the Deuber watch works, in this city. He then resumed clerking, securing a position in the grocery establishment of Louis Dumont, with whom he remained nearly fi\ e years. On the 4th of March, 1896, he engaged in business on his own responsibility, opening his store in the present location and initiating operations on a modern scale, in harmony with his capitalistic resources available at the time. Through correct methods and unfailing care to meeting the demands of his customers his trade has shown a cumulative tendency from the start, and he now has a large and well stocked store and caters to a rqjresentative patronage. In 1889 his business had so increased in extent as to render it necessary to increase the capacity and accommodations of his store, to which he then built an addition, while in the autumn of 1902 another addition was made to the building, so that he now utilizes an aggregate floor space of about two thousand square feet, while he has the confidence and respect of all whom he has dealings, enjoying that personal popularity which is justly liis due.

In politics Mr. Shreiner gives his support to the Republican party in state and national affairs, and he is strongly in favor of prohibition, doing all in his power to promote the cause of temperance, but believing that reforms of a legal order can best be accomplished through one of the dominant political parties until more concerted and expansive action can be effected through an organization having this one issue as paramount. He and his wife are prominent and valued members of Trinity Lutheran church, in which he has held nearly all the important official positions. Fraternally he is identified with Canton Lodge No. 60, Free and Accepted Masons.

In Canton, on the loth of July, 1890, Mr. Shreiner was united in marriage to Miss Barbara Leininger, who was born in Pike township, this county, being a daughter of John and Henrietta Leininger, the former of whom is now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Shreiner have two children, Nettie and John Frederick.

JONAS ESCHLIMAN. - For sixty-six years this gentleman has been an honored resident of Stark county and his name is very closely interwo\en with the agricultural interests and material development of Lawrence township. On his father's side Mr. Eschliman is of German descent, although his ancestors for many generations lived in the little mountain republic of Switzerland. His great-grandfather,, a nati\-e of that country, came to the United in a very early day and settled in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and from him the American branch of the family is descended. The subject's grandfather lived and died in Lancaster county, and it was there that Abraham Eschliman, the father, was also born and raised. Abraham Eschliman was reared a farmer and followed agricultural pursuits in his native state until 1837, at which time lie disposed of his interests there and moved his family to- Stark county, Ohio, settling on the place in Lawrence township which his son, the subject of this review, now owns. He married, in Pennsylvania, Miss Elizabeth Horst, a member of one of the Lancaster county's oldest families, and by her had eight c/iildren, five sons and three daughters, of whom four are living, Jonas being the youngest of the family. Two of the daughters live in Elkhart county, Indiana, and one brother has made his home for a number of years in the state of Nebraska. Abraham Eschliman was one of the leading farmers of his day in the township of Lawrence, and earned the reputation of an honorable citizen and upright Christian gentleman. Originally a Whig in politics, he afterward became a loyal supporter of the Republican party and in religion he was of the Mennonite denomination in the county of Stark. He lived a singularly pure and upright life and died in 1870, his good wife and faithful companion being called to her eternal rest the same year.

Jonas Eschliman was born November 2, 1834, in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and in April, 1837, was brought by his parents to Stark county, where he grew to maturity and has since lived. When a youth he knew what it was to work early and late in the woods and fields, and continued to give his father the benefit of his services until at the age to begin the struggle of life for himself. The common schools, which he attended at intervals during his minority, afforded him a fair education, and on reaching the years of manhood he turned his attention to the vocation which he followed with such signal success until he acquired a sufficiency of the world's goods to enable him to spend the evening in retirement. He managed his business affairs very successfully, rarely failed to realize handsomely on the time and labor expended in cultivating his lands and by well directed thrift added to his possessions from time to time until he now owns real estate in Lawrence township to the amount of two hundred acres, all well improved and very valuable. His farm is beautifully situated in one of the most highly favored agricultural sections of Stark county, and his buildings and other improvements, all first class, bespeak the labor and attention he has expended in making a home which all concede to be one of the most attractive places of residence in the township of Lawrence.

Mr. Eschliman has attained precedence in his community as an enterprising, public-spirited citizen, deeply interested in whatever concerns the material, intellectual and moral wellbeing of his fellow m.en. He served as trustee of his township to the satisfaction of the people, and as chairman of the local school board did much to advance the standard of education in this part of the county. His judgment on business matters is seldom if ever at fault, in consequence of which his services have frequently been retained in the settlement of estates and in the adjustment of differences which but for his wise counsel would doubtless have been litigated in the courts. As already stated, Mr. Eschliman is no longer engaged in manual pursuits, having recently turned over the cultivation of his farm to other hands, for the purpose of spending the remainder of his days in the peaceful and honorable retirement which he has so well and faithfully earned.

Mr. Eschliman's first marriage was solemnized in 1855. with Miss Fannie Martin, who died six years later, leaving four children, namely: Elizabeth, Jacob, Nancy and Jonas, all but Nancy living. Miss Nancy Eschliman married a gentleman by the name of Eberly, and bore him one child, Edith, whom Mr. Eschliman took to raise after the death of both parents. The subject's recent wife was Miss Martha Martin, a sister of his former companion ; she became the mother of eight children, and departed this life in 1891. leaving her husband trulv bereft. The following are the names of the sons and daughters of the second union : John H., Mar\' I., A. W., Amos (deceased), Ezra, Daniel R., William H. and Martha. Both

WILLIAM FINDLEY. - The gentleman whose name introduces this review hails from the romantic domain of Scotland, a land long celebrated in story and song for heroes' brave and daring deeds. He was born on the 25th of May, 1853, the son of David and Elizabeth (Dougal) Findley, both natives of Scotland, as were their ancestors beyond the memory of man. By occupation the father was a coal miner. After following that vocation in Scotland for a number of years, he concluded to better his condition by coming to the United States. Accordingly, in 1856, he set sail and in due time reached his destination in Stark county, Ohio. The following year his wife and son, the subject of this sketch, started to join him, but on the voyage the former died and was buried at sea. So it was with feelings sad and forlorn that young William, then a child of about four years, arrived at Massillon, on the 4th day of July, 1857. On coming to this country David Findley resumed coal mining and followed the same in Stark county for a number of years, making his home the meantime at Massillon, where his death occurred in 1878. Young William was reared in the above town and at intervals during his youth enjoyed the advantages of the common school. Owing to his father's poor health, he was soon obliged to abandon his studies and do what he could to make his own living, and at the early age of eight years he earned his first money by working in the coal mines near Massillon. During the fifteen years following he labored incessantly as a miner, husbanding his earnings very carefully the meanwhile with the object in view of engaging in some other business as soon as he could command sufficient capital to do so. At length he was enabled to carry out this desire of long standing, having by industry and close economy saved enough money to start in the grocery business in 1876, taking as a partner Thomas Masters, the firm thus constituted soon obtaining a liberal share of the trade.

Messrs. Findley and Masters remained together about twenty-two years, at the expiration of which time Mr. Masters died and since then the subject has conducted the business upon his own responsibility. He has a fine store in the village of Neuman, carries a full line of carefully selected goods, and, by catering to the demands of the trade, has built up a large and lucrative business which gives promise of continued increase with each succeeding year. In addition to his mercantile interests, Mr. Finley discharges the duties of postmaster at Neuman, having been appointed to the position in 1886, when the oftice was first established. He is also trustee of Lawrence township, which office he fills with great acceptance, being a most judicious custodian of the people's interests in a position requiring sound judgment, shrewd business tact and good executive ability. Mr. Findley has proven himself worthy of the confidence reposed in him by his fellow citizens and every duty coming within his province has been discharged to the satisfaction of all concerned. He is greatly esteemed by the public and so ably and faithfully has he managed his present positions that his friends predict for him still higher official honors in the future.

On the 6th day of July, 1876, Mr. Findley was happily married to Miss Annie Rowland, a native of South Wales, who came to the United States when a girl with her parents, Edward and Margaret (Hughes) Rowland, the family settling in Stark county. This union has- been blessed with one child, a daughter by the name of Margaret, who was graduated from the Massillon Business College and who is now her father's efficient deputy in the postoffice at Neuman.

Financially Mr. Findley has been quite successful, having amassed a handsome competence, owiiing, besides his home and business property in Neuman, some valuable real estate in the city of Massillon. He is one of the stanch Republicans of this part of the county and takes an active part in public and political affairs, being one of the leaders of his party in Lawrence township, and ever ready to make any reasonable sacrifice to insure its success. His fraternal relations are represented by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, belonging to Lodge No. 48 at Massillon.

Mrs. Findley and daughter are members of the Baptist church and earnest workers in all lines of religious and charitable activity. While not identified with any religious organization himself, Mr. Findley is a believer in Christianity and gives liberally of his means for the dissemination of its great truths among men, both at home and abroad. During the last fourteen years he has been a member of the local board, in which capacity he has been untiring in his efforts to build up the educational system and elevate its standard of efficiency. In brief, it can truly be said of Mr. Findley that he is one of the broad-minded and useful men of his day, and as a neighbor and citizen none stand higher in public esteem, nor have any been more faithful in laudable endeavors to make the world wiser and better.

JOHN J. LUTZ. - The name Lutz is an old one in Stark county and is also a familiar sound in various parts of Pennsylvania, where the ancestors of the American branch of the family settled in colonial times, coming to this country from Germany. Samuel Lutz, the subject's grandfather, a Pennsylvanian by birth, married in his native state Elizabeth Arnold, and when a young man moved his family to Stark county, Ohio, where he and his wife spent the remainder of their days. Among th.e children born in this county was a son by the name of Jacob, who grew to maturity in Jackson township and learned the shoemaker's trade. He also carried on farming in connection with his regular vocation and became a man of considerable consequence in his community, having been a substantial citizen and reasonably successful in the accumulation of worldly wealth, owning at tlie time of his death a well improved farm of one hundred and twelve acres in the township of Jackson. Jacob married Miss Catherine Whitmire, a native of Pennsylvania, who bore him eight children, four of whom are living.

John J. Lutz was born December 11, 1837, on the paternal homestead and spent the years of his youth and young manhood amid the stirring scenes of farm life. His early life developed not only strong bodily powers, but fostered habits of industry and thrift, and he grew up with the well defined purpose of living an honorable life and of becoming of some use to the world. While at home he spent the summer seasons assisting his father with the farm work and in the winter time attended the common schools, in which he acquired a fair knowledge of the branches which then constituted the course of study. When it became necessary for liim to sever home ties and begin life's struggle upon his own responsibility, he chose farming for a vocation, and has followed the same with success and profit from that time until the present day. ]\Ir. Lutz owns a small but finely situated and well improved place in Jackson township, and, by thrift and good management, has surrounded himself with a sufficiency of comforts and conveniences to make his condition practically independent. He has not been sparing of his means in improying and beautifying his home, having a good, substantial .residence and a fine bam, the latter structure erected in 1890 at a considerable outlay of capital.

marriage to Miss Anna M. Shook, who was born in Berlin, Stark county, in 1838. Her parents, George and Hannah (Harter) Shook, were also natives of Stark, the former being a son of David and Sarah (Marsh) Shook, of Pennsylvania, and early pioneers of this part of Ohio. David was a hero of the war of 1812 and participated in a number of battles, beside seeing much other active service during the progress of the struggle. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Lutz has not been blessed with offspring, notwithstanding they have furnished a home to three orphan children, after whose welfare they have looked with all the care and interest that natural parents could possibly manifest. The names of the children are: Franklin E. McPike, John H. Bender and Ethel D. Lutz. Mr. and Mrs. Lutz are devoted Christians, having been zealous members of the Refonned Lutheran church for a number of years.

In his political adherency Mr. Lutz is a pronounced Democrat, and as such was elected in 1895 treasurer of the township of Jackson, which position he has held for eight consecutive years. He has discharged the duties of the office in a straightforward, businesslike manner, and handled the public funds most judiciously, rendering a strict account of every dollar in his possession, and proving himself worthy of the implicit confidence reposed in him by his fellow citizens. Mr. Lutz is a man of strong common sense, excellent judgment and in all of his dealings and business relations his integrity has been above the slightest suspicion of dishonor.

LIENRY HEISA. - As the name implies, Mr. Heisa is of German descent. His grandfather, George Heisa, was a native of the kingdom of Hanover, in which country the paternal ancestors of the family have lived for years bevond the memorv of anv of the survivinof descendants. The maiden name of Mrs. George Heisa was Mary Rutterbusch. She also was born and reared in Llanover and after the death of her first husband, which occurred in his native country, came to the United States and spent the remainder of her life in York county, Pennsylvania. Frederick William Heisa, son of George and Mary Heisa, and father of the subject, was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1809, and came to America about the year 1834, locating in York county, Pennsylvania, where, in 1837, he was united in marriage to Miss Rebecca Adams. Mrs. Heisa was born November 30, 1814, in the county of York, the daughter of Peter Adams, a native of England, and an early business man of Hagerstown, Maryland. Mr. Adams served as a fifer in the war of 1812 and after the cessation of hostilities engaged in the manufacture of woolen goods in the town of Hagerstown. Here he operated a large mill for a number of years, realizing from the business an ample fortune. His wife was Sarah Hibner, a daughter of Augustine Hibner, who came to America from Leipsic, Germany, and served under the Marquis De LaFayette in the war of the Revolution. During the thirteen years following his marriage Frederick William Heisa followed agricultural pursuits in York county, Pennsylvania, but in 1850 disposed of his interests there and moved to Holmes county, Ohio, where he lived about one year, changing residence at the expiration of that time to Summit county. Later he moved to Lake township. Stark county, and after residing there about six years, purchased a farm two and one-half miles southeast of Union, where he made his home for a period of seven years. At the end of that time he bought of Benjamin Conradt a farm in Jackson township. Stark county, which his son, the subject of the review, now owns and occupies. And it was on this place that his death occurred January 15, 1877. Mrs. Heisa survived her husband until 1891, dying on May 31st of that year. Frederick W. Heisa was a remarkably successful man in all of his business affairs, and at one time owned thirty acres of valuable real estate in York county, Pennsylvania. He also accumulated a large property in Ohio, his realty at the time of his death amounting to three hundred and thirty-four acres, in addition to which he had other possessions, which made his private fortune something in excess of thirty-two thousand dollars. He was an influential factor in public as well as business matters ; an ardent Democrat in politics and to no small degree a molder of opinion in his community. To him and his wife were born six children, whose names are as follows : Sarah J., deceased ; Mary S., deceased; George F. ; Henry; Charles C. and Ida R.

Henry Heisa, whose name introduces this review, was born in Spring Garden township, York county, Pennsylvania,' on the 22d day of November, 1847. He was quite young when his parents moved to Holmes county, Ohio, and until his eleventh year lived in Union and Lake townships, meanwhile obtaining a knowledge of the elementary branches of learning in the public schools. The greater part of Mr. Heisa's life has been spent in Stark county and his training on the farm eminently fitted him for the career which he has since followed with such a large measure of financial success. Although his early education was somewhat limited, he has read and thought much, and possessing a strong, discriminating mind, has never been at a loss to keep himself in close touch with the tread of events and in forming sound opinions relative to the great questions and issues of the times. His place, which consists of one hundred and sixty-one acres of valuable land in Jackson township, is one of the most desirable rural homes in this part of the county and no pains nor expense have been avoided in adding to its beauty and attractiveness. In addition to general agriculture, Mr.

Heisa devotes much attention to the breeding and raising of fine live stock, in which branch of farming his success has been commensurate with the energy displayed in all of his undertakings.

In his political views Mr. Heisa subscribes to the principles of the Democratic party, and ever since attaining his majority has manifested a lively interest in their success. He has been especially active in all organized efforts for the promotion of agriculture, being a leading member of the Patrons of Husbandry, and for several years served as treasurer of the Farmers' Alliance of Stark county.

Mr. Heisa was married on the 14th of November, 1872, to Miss Crecilla Tritt, of Summit county, Ohio, a union blessed with four children, namely : Hattie May, Curtis William Frederick, Elva Vernona and Ida Rebecca. Mrs. Heisa and her two daughters are members of the Reformed church. Mr. Heisa is not identified with any religious organization, although he is a believer in and a liberal supporter of the church.

CHARLES MARTIN, who was for many years one of the progressive and representative farmers of Plain township, was a native of the old Keystone state of the Union, having been born in the city of Lancaster. Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, on the 24th of July, 1825, and having been a son of George and Catherine (Croft) Martin, both of whom were likewise natives of that county, where the death of the former occurred, while the latter came to Stark county and here passed her declining days in the city of Canton, where she died at the age of sixty years. Eight children were born of this union, namely: John, Catherine, George, Magdalene, Rebecca, Henry, Emanuel and Charles, and of the number only two, Emanuel and Henn,\ are living at the present time.

children and was a young man of about seven years when he came with his widowed mother from l-ancaster county, Pennsylvania, to Canton, his educational training having been received in the common schools of Stark county, Ohio. In his youth he learned the trade of rope making, but the greater portion of his active business career was devoted to agricultural pursuits, in which he so directed his efforts as to attain independence and definite prosperity. On the 4th of December, 1845, Plain township, this county, he was united in marriage to Miss Delilah Smith, who was born in that township, on the 13th of January, 1827, being a daughter of John Smith, who was born in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, and who was numbered among the earliest settlers in Plain township. Stark county, where he passed the remainder of his life as a farmer, while his wife, who also died here, bore the maiden name of Mary Ilollinger and was likewise a native of Pennsylvania. They came to Stark county about the year 1808, and settled in Plain township, where Mr. Smith reclaimed a good farm in the midst of the forest wilds, living to the age of sixty-eight years. His wife passed away on the nth of March, 1840, at the age of fifty-two years. They became the parents of seven children, namely : Daniel, Elizabeth, Margaret, Jacob, Mary, Delilah and John, and of these children two, Margaret and Delilah, are living at the time of this writing. After his marriage Charles Martin settled near Canton, where he engaged in farming in connection with his trade, his place of operation being now within the city limits, and there he remained until March, 1871, when he removed to the present homestead farm, on section 27, IMain township, and there passed the rest of his life, his death occurring on the 27th of February, 1899. He was a man of mature judgment and unremitting industry and thus became one of the prosperous farmers of this section, being the owner of a valuable farm of seventy- eight acres at the time of his death, and this property being still the residence of his widow. Mr. Martin was a Democrat in politics and his religious faith was that of the Church of God, of which he was a zealous and consistent member, his wife attending the German Reformed church of Canton. His probity and honor in all the relations of life were beyond question and in his death the community lost a good citizen and an honored pioneer. To Mr. and Mrs. Martin were born five children, namely : Mary C, who is the wife of Jefferson A. Houser, of Canton; George R., who died in Ca"nton township, when about twenty-three years of age; Edward, who died in Plain township, when nearly twenty-two years of age; William H., who has charge of the homestead farm and is a resident of section 26, Plain township, and who is the subject of an individual sketch appearing on another page of this work ; and an infant, deceased.

AARON J. STONER is a native of Ohio, born in Plain township, Stark county, and dates his birth from the 21st day of September, 1856, being the son of John L. and Salome (Essig) Stoner, the father born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, the mother in the county of Stark. Jacob Stoner, the subject's grandfather, was also a native of Pennsylvania, but came to Stark county as early as 1834, settling m Plain township. When the late Rebellion broke out he tendered his sei-vices to the government and, although over sixty years old at the time, was accepted and proved a brave and fearless soldier. At the close of the war he returned to Stark county, but subsequently moved to Wardles, Ohio, where his death occurred some years ago at an advanced age.

ing machine and a stationary engine, in addition to which he also carried on the pursuit of agricuUure, owning a farm of sixty acres in Plain township and two hundred and forty acres of fine land in the township of Jackson. He was a man of considerable local prominence, a Prolnbitionist in politics and was actively interested in every movement for the material, social and moral advancement of the community in which he lived. His wife Salome was the daughter of Adam Essig, a prosperous citizen of St.irl-: county, and she became the mother of three children, two of whom are living - Aaron J., of this review, and Lenie, who resides in Plain township.

Reared to agricultural pursuits, the early life of Aaron J. Stoner was devoted to farm labor and of winter seasons during his minority he attended the district schools of his native township, but did not receive as complete an education as he desired, his services being needed in carrying on the farm, much of the management of which fell to him when he became old enough to assume the responsibility. By taste and inclination he is a natural farmer and when the time came to make choice of a vocation he decided to follow tlicse tendencies and devote his life to the wholesome work of tilling the soil. In due time he became the owner of his own land and by well directed industry, frugality and thrift succeeded in adding to his possessions at intervals until he now owns three hundred and forty-nine acres of valuable real estate in Stark county, nearly all improved and in a high state of cultivation. His home place in Jackson township, on which he has lived since 1875, is a model of neatness and successful tillage and from it alone he receives an income sufficient to ])lnce him in independent circumstances. A considerable portion of Mr. Stoner's land is farmed by tenants and he hns been remarkably fortunate in their selection, receiving from his share of the proceeds

Mr. Stoner has been a supporter of the Republican party ever since old enough to exercise the rights of citizenship, and at one time was nominated for the office of county treasurer, but in the Democratic landslide of that year failed of election. He served a number of years on the local school board and for a period of nine years was a director of the Mutual Insurance Com])any of Stark County, which organization profited greatly by his safe, conservative course and wise business methods.

On the 3d day of January, 1878, Mr. Stoner was united in marriage with Miss Susan Click, who was born in Jackson township, Stark county, December 2, 1855. Mrs. Stoner's parents were Samuel and Julia (Koontz) Click, natives of Ohio and Pennsylvania, respectively, the former a son of Samuel Click, who moved to Stark county in an early day from Pennsylvania and entered one hundred and sixty acres of land in the present township of Jackson. Mrs. Julia Click was the daughter of Henry Koontz, one of the early pioneers of Stark county, the family moving to this part of the state when the settlements were few and far Ijetween. Mr. and Mrs. Stoner have three children - Emma, John and Cornin Robert.

MARTIN J. HOGAN has the distinction of being superintendent of the great threshing machine and implement works of the C. Aultman Company, one of the most extensive and important industrial concerns in the county and state. Mr. Hogan became a resident of Canton in the year 1875, coming here as a mechanic in the works of which he is now superintendent. He advanced through the various grades and departments of the concern until there came to him the appreciative recognition represented in his present executive office, and his practical training and good judgment eminently qualify him for the duties devolving upon him, his selection for the office of superintendent having been made in December, 1894.

Martin J. Hogan is a native of the old Empire state of the Union, having been born in Waterloo, Seneca county. New York, on the 22d of December, 1854, and having been there reared to years of maturity. His educational advantages were very limited, as the circumstances of the family were such that he found it incumbent upon him to become a wageearner when but thirteen years of age, when he entered upon an apprenticeship at the trade of machinist in a local shop. He became a good workman and continued to follow his trade at various points in the state of New York until 1875, when he came to Canton, as has already been noted.

In New Brighton, Pennsylvania, on the 7th of August, 1879, Mr. Hogan was united in marriage to Miss Letitia VVhiteleather, of Osnaburg, this county, where she was born, being a daughter of Dr. Benjamin A. and Margaret (Criswell) VVhiteleather. Mr. and Mrs. Hogan are the parents of eight children, namely : Thaddeus (employed in the engineering department of the Aultman shops), Ludwell, Russell Max, Paul, Martin, Robert and Luke.

Patrick Hogan, father of the subject, was born in Ireland, whence he came to the United States as a young man, and lie died in Seneca county, New York, when Martin was but six months of age, his wife, whose maiden name was Mary Maloney, passing away a number of years later, leaving two sons - John and Martin J. Mr. Hogan is not formally identified witli any religious body, but his family attend Trinity Lutheran church. In politics he is a stalwart supporter of the Democratic party, and fraternally is identified witli the Royal Ar- . canum and the Knights of Pythias. He has achieved success through his own efforts and his life has been one of consecutive endeavor, while at all times he has commanded the confidence and regard of those with whom he has come in contact.

EDWIN CALERUINE is a native of the "right little, tight little isle" of England, having been born in Derbyshire, on the 6th of September, 1847, -'^"tl lieing a son of Thomas and Sarah (Weston) Calerdine, of who.se .seven children four are living at the present time, namely : Thomas H., who is a resident of Cincinnati, this state; Edwin, who is the immediate subject of this sketch; Agnes, who is the wife of William Lyda, of Carroll county, Ohio ; and Rebecca, who is the wife of Dr. John M. Crawford, of Minerva, concerning whom individual mention is made on another page of this work. The father of our subject was born in Derbyshire, England, in the town of Pleanor, on the 2 1 St of August, 1807, and was there reared and educated and as a youth he there learned the trade of lacemaker, which he followed as a vocation until 1868, when he emigrated with his family to the United States, coming to Carroll county, where he loaited on a farm, in company with his son John, who iiad previously coine to this country and who is now deceased. There he continued to be actively engaged in agricultural pursuits for a number of years, after which he resided for a short interval in the village of East Rochester, that county, and since that time he has made his home witl: his daughter, Mrs. Crawford, in Minerva. He has attained the advanced age of ninety-five years and has been active to a remarkable degree, having given his attention to work in his garden, in which he has taken much pride, until the last summer, when he found the work too onerous, though he is still hale and vigorous for one of his patriarchal age. In politics he has ever given his support to the Republican party from the time when he became a naturalized citizen and thus acquired the right of franchise, while he has been a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal church for a long term of years. His devoted and cherished wife entered into eternal rest a number of years ago.

Edwin Calerdine, to whom this sketch is dedicated, was reared to maturity in his native land, wdiere he completed his early education in a boarding school in the town of Mackworth, Derbyshire. As a }-oung man he began a practical apprenticeship at the dry goods business, becoming a clerk in the establishment of Thomas Bunting, in the town of Heanor, England, A\'here he was employed about four and onehalf years, remaining in England about two years after his parents had come to the United States, whither he followed them in 1869, and he forthwith came to Minerva, this county, where he became associated with his brother, Thomas H., in the wholesale lace business, to which they continued to devote their attention until the autumn of 1872, when the enterprise bad become one of such magnitude that it was found expedient to remove the headquarters to the city of Cincinnati, and there the business was conducted under the firm name of Calerdine Brothers & Company until 1895, when our subject disposed of his interest in the same to his brother, who has since continued the enterprise. Mr. Calerdine's object in thus selling his interest was that he might retire from so exacting and active business life, and he then returned to Minerva, where he effected the purchase of the dry goods business of T. F. Lentz & Son, together with the building in which the store is located. Two years later he admitted his son, Arthur E., to partnership, whereupon the present firm name was adopted, and they have since been associated in the conduct of the business, which is one of wide scope, trade being derived from a wide radius of country normally tributary to the town, while the stock of goods is exceptionally large and select for a village of the size. Fair and honorable business methods have been brought to bear in the enterprise, and thus the firm commands the unequivocal confidence and esteem of the community and secures a representative patronage. In politics Mr. Calerdine gives a stanch allegiance to the Republican party, and while he was engaged in' business in Cincinnati he was a member of the village council of Hartwell, the suburban town in which he maintained his home. Fraternally he is identified with Tubal Lodge No. 551, Free and Accepted Masons, of Minerva ; Alliance Chapter No. 83, Royal Arch Masons, and has advanced to high degree in tliis time-honored fraternity, having taken the thirty-second degree in the Scottish Rite. He is a member of Canton Commandery No. 38, Knights Templar; Emuth Grand Eodgeof Perfection, in the same city; and Lake Erie Consistory of the Sublime Princes of the Royal Secret, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, in the city of Cleveland, w-here he also holds membership in Al Koran Temple of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.

On the 2 1st of August, 1873, ^^- Calerdine was united in marriage to Miss Laura Messemore, of Minerva, and they are the parents of two children - Arthur F., who is associated with his father in business, as already noted, and who married Miss Olive Conkle, of Minerva; and Ethel, who remains at the parental home.

CLARENCE FRANK SCHILTZ, M. D., is of German descent. The first of the family to come to the United States was John Schiltz, the Doctor's grandfather, who landed at New York city in the year 1834. Thence he proceeded to Ohio, where he worked for some time on the Ohio canal, later engaging in shoemaking at the town of New Berlin. He married in Canton Miss Apolonia Hufifman, a native of Germany, who came to America ^ her parents in 1S36 and settled in Stark county, Ohio. John Schiltz spent the remainder of his Hfe at New Berhn, dying there about the year 1869.

Frank Schihz, son of John and Apolonia Schihz, was born in the aboA'C town January 31, 1 841, and is still an honored resident of the place. After obtaining the rudiments of an education in the village schools he took up the shoemaker's trade, in connection with which he also worked at intervals on the farm. At the breaking out of the Civil war he enlisted in Company A, Nineteenth Ohio Infantry, his captain bemg the late United States Senator Manderson, of Nebraska, and the colonel of the regiment Samuel Beatty, both of whom afterward became distinguished for gallant service in defense of the national union. Air. Schiltz served in the Army of the Cumberland under General Thomas and took part in some of the most noted campaigns of the war, participating in many of the bloodiest battles, in one of which he was wounded in the right lung by a minie ball, which still remains in his body. After lying in a hospital one month he rejoined his command at Nashville, thence proceeded to Louisville and later to Camp Denison, from which place he was sent to a hospital at Cleveland for further treatment. After remaining under the physician's care about four months he was again permitted to join his regiment and from that time until his discharge at Columbus, Ohio, in 1865, he saw much active service, including the battles at Chattanooga and other places, besides much hard marching, which tested the endurance of a soldier not entirely recovered from a gunshot wound that would have resulted in the death of the great majority of men. In the latter part of the war he was detailed as a sharpshooter and as such did effective service, being exceedingly skillful in using the rifle. Leaving the army, he returned to his home and shortly thereafter was iinited in marriage with Miss Mary Amanda

Bitzer. of New Berlin. For several years he ran a meat market in that town, but later engaged in the live stock business, which he carried on for some time with successful results. He still lives in New Berlin, and is widely and favorably known throughout the county as a man of good business ability and sterling worth.

Dr. Clarence F. Schiltz, son of Frank and Mary A. Schiltz, was born in New Berlin, Stark county, Ohio, on the 17th of February, 1877. After completing the common school course he engaged in teaching, which line of work he followed two years, and then began the study of medicine, a profession for which he had long manifested a decided preference. Entering the Ohio Medical University at Columbus, he prosecuted his studies with great assiduity until his graduation in 1900 and for eighteen months thereafter he did hospital work in that city, thus becoming familiar with the practice as well as the theory of his chosen calling. Severing his connection with the hospital, Dr. Schiltz formed a partnership with Dr. Halleck, of Bowling Green, Ohio, the firm thus constituted lasting about six months, when it was dissolved by the subject withdrawing and locating at Canton. The Doctor opened an office here in December, 1901, and in due time established a remunerative practice, which has constantly increased until he is now in command of as large a business as any of the younger physicians of the city. Dr. Schiltz has a strong analytical mind and his knowledge of the profession has been acquired by close, critical .study and painstaking investigation under the direction of some of the best medical talent of the day. Few physicians in the same length of time have accomplished as much as he and none of similar experience are better grounded in the science of medicine or have a more promising future. He holds membership with the Stark County Academy of Medicine, the Canton Medical Society, the Ohio State

Medical Society; also the Wood County Medical Society, and as a man belongs to that entei-jM-ising class of citizens who, having the public interest always in view, exerts a marked influence on the commuiiity. In his fraternal relations he is a Mason, belonging to McKinley Lodge No. 431, and in matters religious is a member of the Trinity Reformed church of Canton. Believing that every true citizen should, to a certain extent, be a politician, he has ever manifested an active interest in political affairs, being a Republican in all the word implies, and always ready to maintain the soundness of the principles he upholds. In November, 1902, he was elected coroner of Stark county on the Republican ticket for the term of two years. As a member of society the Doctor has the confidence and esteem of the community and possesses the rare faculty of winning and retaining warm personal friendship among those with whom he mingles.

Dr. Schiltz is a married man, and has an attractive home. His wife was formerly Miss Isabeile VVilhams, of Mt. Gilead, Ohio, and it was in that city their nuptials were celebrated on the 1st day of June, 1901. They have one child, Dorothy, born December 2, 1902.

HENRY E. SHERLOCK is a native of the Dominion of Canada, having been born in the beautiful city of Kingston, province of Ontario, on the iTth of November. 1864, and being of stanch Irish extraction in the agnatic line and of Scotch in the maternal line. His father. John M. Sherlock, was born in the state of Massachusetts, where he was reared to maturity, there learning the trade of tailor, while for the major portion of his active career he was a prosperous merchant tailor, though for a time he was identified with maritime interests, sailing on the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence river. He died in Kingston. Ontario, in 1901, at the age of seventy-three years, having long maintained his home in that city, whither he removed from Massachusetts some years after his marriage. He was a son of Philip Sherlock, whose birth occurred in County Antrim, Ireland, whence he emigrated to America as a young man, taking up his abode in the city of Boston and passing the residue of his life in tiie Old Bay state. Elizabeth A. (Robson) Sherlock, the mother of the subject, was born in Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence county. New York, and she died in Kingston, Ontario, in 1891, at the age of sixty-three years. In the family were five sons and two daughters, of whom three of the former are living at the present time.

Henry E. Sherlock was reared to the age of twelve years in his native city, where he secured his preliminary educational discipline in the pulilic schools. At the age noted he went to New York city, where he made his home with his brother Philip until 1878, in the meanwhile continuing his school work. He then returned to his home in Canada, and thereafter continued to reside in Kingston until 1881, when he joined his elder brother, William E., in Canton, where he likewise entered the employ of C. M. Miller, who was then operating what was known as the Pioneer foundry, and here the subject learned the various details and processes of the foundry business. Later he was in the employ of the firm of Nobles & Sherlock, successors to Mr. Miller, the junior member of the firm lacing our subject's brother, and upon the organization of the stock company and its incorporation under the title of the Novelty Iron Works, Henry E. Slierlock liccame identified with the same, having been chosen secretary and treasurer of the company in 1893, and having since been incumbent of this position, in which he has been indefatigable in promoting the upbuilding of the extensive enterprise controlled. In his political adherency Mr. Sherlock is a stanch supporter of the principles of the Republican party, and while ever loyal to the duties of citizenship, he has never sought or desired official preferment of a pubhe nature. His religious views are in practical harmony with the teachings of the Methodist Episcopal church, in whose faith he was reared. Fraternally he holds affiliation with the Freemasons, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias, and he is well knovra and highly esteemed in both business and social circles in the city of his home.

On the 1 2th of November, 1889, Mr. Sherlock was united in marriage to Miss Gertrude A. Arment, who was born and reared in Starkcounty, being a daughter of II. VV. Arment, a representative citizen of Canton, and a former official of the county. Mr. and Mrs. Sherlock have three children, namely: Helen G., Grace E. and Herbert A.

JOSEPH MARCHAND, postmaster of the town named in honor of his family, and one 6f the leading citizens of Jackson township, is a native of Summit county, Ohio, and the son of Joseph and Catherine (Pierson) Marchand, the father born in France, the mother in Stark county, Ohio. Frances Marchand, the subject's paternal grandfather, was born and reared in France, but in 1828 came to the United States and settled in Summit county, Ohio, where he lived until his removal to the county of Stark about the year 1835. His wife, whom he married in the old country, was Mary Friar. On coming to this county Mr. Marchand purchased eighty acres of land in Jackson township, which was subsequently increased by a like area, and on this place was afterwards located the village of Marchand, so named in compliment to the family. Joseph Marchand, the subject's father, erected the first house on the town site arid shortly thereafter engaged in the grain business, also opened a sample room. In due time a postoffice was established and being in the midst of a fine agricultural district, the vdlage grew apace, finally becoming the chief trading point for a large area of territory. Mr. Marchand was the moving spirit of the place and did much to advertise its advantages to the world. He was an enterprising business man, bought and shipped large quantities of grain and gained much more than local repute in business circles throughout the county and in certain parts of the state. He died at a good old age, in 1889, being survived by his wife, who is now a remarkably well pVeserved woman of seventy-one years. Joseph and Catherine Marchand had a family of twelve children, one dying in infancy and one when three years old, while ten are still living.

Joseph Marchand, Jr., whose name furnishes the caption of this article, was born October 31, 1850, in the county of Summit, and at the age of three years was brought by his parents to his present place of abode in Stark county. He received a good education in the public schools, but obtained his practical training as his father's assistant in the grain business, subsequently, when a young man, engaging in the mercantile trade at Marchand upon his own responsibility. Mr. Marchand continued the business for eleven consecutive years and was reasonably successful in a financial way, having gained a large and lucrative patronage, which he held by honorable methods and fair dealing. In 1892 he was appointed by President Cleveland postmaster of Marchand and held the position four years, proving a most efficient and obliging public servant. He was reappointed in 1898, and is the present incumbent. Politically Mr. Marchand is a Democrat, and for a number of years past has been an influential factor in local aiYairs, as well as an active worker in state and national campaigns. He served the people of his town very acceptably as health officer and in other capacities has proven himself a valuable adjunct to the community in promoting its material prosperity.

In Mardi, 1873, Mr. Marchand and Miss Catherine Kintzmann were united in the bonds of wedlock, the ceremony being solemnized according to the impressive ritual service of the Roman Catholic church, of which both are communicants. Mrs. Marchand is a native of New York and the daughter of Conrad and Adeline CUaker) Kintzmann, the father born in Clcrmany and the mother in the state of New York. These parents became residents of Stark county in 1858 and it w'as here that Mr. Kintzmann's death occurred in 1883. Mrs. Kintzmann is still living, having reached the age of seventy years, and of her eight children but one is deceased. 'I'lic marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Marcliand has l^een blessed with six children, whose names are as follows : Clementine C, Joseph J., Clara S., Oliver J., Arthur J. and I.eo C. As already stated, the subject and his good wife were l)orn and reared in the Catholic churcli and have ever remained loyal to its sublime precepts anrl time-honored traditions. They are respected Ijy a large circle of warm friends in the community and are deservedly popular wherever known.

TIENRY H. SXVIM-:R comes of an old Pennsylvania family and traces his genealogy to an early pcrind in (Ik- (ild historic countv <')f Lancaster, where his ancestors settled many yeru's ago. Jacob .Snyder, his paternal grandfather, was born and reared in that countv and there nnn-jed Miss Margaret Swanger, whose antc'-cdciits were also amf)ng the early settlers of the Keystone state. ;\bout the year 1829 this coui)le disposed of their interests in Pennsylvania and came to Stark county, Ohio, settling on the farm in Tuscarawus townshi]) which the subject now owns. Mr. Snyder was a farmer and as such met with reasonable success in the accumulation of material wealth, besides earning for himself an honoraljle name as a neighbor and enterprising public spirited man of affairs. In politics he was a Democrat of the most orthodo.x stamp and appears to have entertained strong and positive convictions, rot only on political matters but upon every subject to which he gave consideration. Me reared a family of eight chiklren, all now deceasefl, and, with his good wife, died a number of years ago on the place lie settled when this part of the state was a new and comparatively undeveloped country.

Among the children of Jacob and Margaret Snyrler was an only son by the name of Samuel, whose birth occurred in Lancaster county, Penn.sylvania, October 12, 181 2. He spent the first seventeen years of his life in his native state and then accompanied his parents to Stark county, Ohio, where he was reared to manhood as a tiller of the soil, which vocation he ever afterwards follmved. When a young man he entered the marriage relation with Miss Mar;* I'retz, who was also born in tiie county of ]^ancaster, and by her became the father of seven children, of whom John, Elias and Henry 1 f. grew to maturity, the others dying in early childhood. Samuel Snyder was for many years a successful agricultin-isl and well-known citizen cjf 'f'uscarawas township and took an active interest in the growth and develo]Mnent of the community in which he lived. Reared a Democral, he always remained loyal Xn his party, but aside from such minor jjositions as school director he ne\'er held nor sought public office, being content to s])end his life as an honest, industrious husbandman and to be known merely as a ])rivate citizen. He was a man of substantial worth, possessed the confidence of the people with whom he mingled and his death, which occurred about the year 1883, was dee])ly deplored not only by his friends and neiglibors but by tlic ]ico])le f)f Tuscarawas townslii]) in general.

Henry H. Snyder

mental powers, he grew up on the farm a fine specimen of well developed American boyhood and from his excellent parents early received the bent of mind which shaped for good his subsequent course of life. In the winter months he pursued his studies in the district schools and the rest of the year assisted his father with the labors of the farm, becoming while still a youth quite an adept in the use of all kinds of agricultural implements. Reared to this kind of labor, he very naturally turned his attention when a young man to farming and from that time to the present he has followed his chosen calling in the township of his birth, being now the owner of the old homestead, on which both his father and grandfather lived in days gone by. This place, consisting of eighty acres, is highly cultivated and with its substantial Iniildings and other evidences of prosperity attests the well-directed efforts and excellent management with which its enterprising owner has ever prosecuted the labor of his bands. He follows general farming, raises considerable live stock, and everything to which he devotes his attention appears to result greatly to his pecuniar}- profit.

In his political affiliations Mr. Snyder is decidedly a Democrat and since his twenty-first year has been an earnest worker for the party and an influential factor in local affairs. Not- Avithstanding the fact that Tuscarawas township has long been reliably Republican by a large majority, he has been several times elected to the office of trustee, which position he now holds and in the discharge of the duties of which he has demonstrated ability and devotion to the public welfare that have won him the unliounded confidence of the people whom he served. His last election was by one of the largest votes ever given a candidate in this part of the county and the safe, conservative and straightforward business manner with which he has looked after the people's interest shows him a man of much more than ordinarv wisdom and judgment whose highest aim has ever been to do his duty well and faithfully and pro\e himself worthy of the esteem in which he is held by his fellow citizens.

On the 31st day of October, 1878, Mr. .Snyder was happily married to Miss Martha J. Besh, daughter of Jacob and Lavina Besh, of Stark county, the union resulting in the birth of two children, Ida May and Grace E. Mr. Snyder and family belong to the Reformed church and for many years past he has held various ofircial positions in the local congregation with which he is identified, being one of the elders at the present time, a station second in importance to that of the ministry.

SAMUEL M. ANDERSON is a native of the old Keystone state, having been born in Butler county, Pennsylvania, on the 8th of September, 1865, and he was reared to manhood in Leechburg, Armstrong county, that state, while his educational training was received in the public schools, his studies being prosecuted during the winter terms from the time he was about fourteen years of age, while he worked during the summer seasons. In Leechburg he learned the trade of steel treating, and there he contiiuied to reside until 1893, when he came to Canton, v.-here he secured employment in the Canton rolling mill, in which he followed his trade until July, 1901, while in February of the following year he was chosen to his present position, since which time he has devoted his attention entirely to the duties devolving upon him as secretary of the Ohio Mica Company. In politics he exercises his franchise in support of the principles and policies of the Republican party and his religious faith is that of the L^'riited Presbyterian church, while fraternally he is a member of Canton Lodge No. 60, Free and Accepted ]\Iasons.

passed his entire life, having been engaged in farming until his removal to Leechburg, after which he was engaged in general work until his death, which occurred in the year 1881. His wife, whose maiden name was Sarah Hoover, was born near historic old Valley Forge, whence her parents removed to western Pennsylvania when she was a child. She died in Canton October i, 1901, being survived by seven children. Thomas Anderson, grandfather of the subject, was born in Scotland, and his wife was a native of Ireland. Upon coming to the United States they located in Pennsylvania, both having died in Clyde, Indiana county, that state.

In the city of Canton, on the 3d of February, 1896, Mr. Anderson was united in marriage to Miss Bertha Glenn, who was born here, being a daughter of James and Ann Glenn. The subject and his wife have two daughters and one son - Ruth, May and Thomas.

J. J. ZUMBER, the present efficient trustee of Jackson township, and one of the popular men of the thriving little town in which he resides, is a native of Stark county, Ohio, born on the 5th day of February, 1858. The Zumber family had its origin in Germany, but of its early history but little is known save that the name has always been a worthy one, and those bearing it have done nothing to impair its luster or bring it into discredit. Andrew and Tracy Zumber, the subject's parents, were born and reared in Germany, but about the year 1850 bade farewell to the fatherland and came to the United States, settling in Stark county, Ohio, where the father's death occurred in 1 866 and the mother's four years later. For some years after locating in this county Andrew Zumber was engaged in the manufacture of lime and it was while attending to one of his kilns that he accidentally lost his life in the year referred to above. To Andrew and Tracy Zumber seven children were born, of whom four are living, the subject of this review being the oldest of the family.

J. J. Zumber was reared to manhood in the county of his birth and until twenty-two years of age worked on a farm, meanwhile during his minority attending the public schools and acquiring a good practical education. Becoming dissatisfied with agriculture or rather the way he was obliged to pursue it, he gave up farming and for three years thereafter was employed in a steel mill at Canton, during which time he became not only a capable but a very skillful workman. Severing his connection with this establishment, he returned to Jackson township and began the manufacture of lumber, which line of business he carried on for some time, also devoted his attention at the proper seasons to cider making, from which he realized considerable profit. In the year 1898 Mr. Zumber opened a sample room in the village of Marchand and to this he has since given his attention, his place being an orderly and favorite resort, entirely free from the objectionable features which often bring the friendly social glass into disrepute.

Mr. Zumber, on the 8th day of November, 18S3, was united in marriage with Miss Louise Marchand, daughter of Joseph Marchand, the founder of the town, and for a number of years its most prominent business man. To Mr. and Mrs. Zumber have been born three children, one of whom, Charlotte, is not living; the other two are Flora and Olive, both bright and interesting young ladies, in whom their parents have centered many fond hopes for the future. In his political afifiliations the subject is an ardent Democrat and as such has contributed not a little to his party's success in this county, being a safe and reliable adviser, as well as an active Avorker in the ranks and a trusted leader in local affairs. In recognition of valuable services rendered the party, as well as by reason of of his eminent fitness for the position, he was elected m 1898 trustee of Jackson township, which ofiice he has filled in an able and satisfactory manner to the present time, being now on his fifth year of service.

GEORGE E. McDonald. - In the agnatic line Mr. McDonald comes of stanch o-ld Scottish lineage, while on the maternal side the ancestry is of Scotch-Irish extraction, and in him abound those sterling attributes of character which such genealogy implies. He is a native son of the Buckeye state, having been born in the village of Wellsville, Columbiana county, Ohio, on the 2d of November, 1849, and having been reared to the sturdy and invigorating discipline of the farm. To his parents, John C. and Nancy P. (Douglas) McDonald, five children were born. He is the eldest of the surviving children, and the other three are as follows : Patterson, who is a resident of the city of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania ; Elizabeth, who is the wife of Morris Taylor, of East Rochester, Columbiana county ; and John, who is likewise a resident of that place. The father of our subject was born in Scotland in the year 1820, and as a lad of ten years he came to America with his parents, who located in Canada, where he was reared to maturity and where he learned tlie trade of ship carpenter, to which he there devoted his attention until 1840, when he came to the United States and located in Wellsville, this state, where he became superintendent of a boat-building company and also had charge of an extensive sawmilling business, in which connection he furnished much of the sawed lumber utilized in the building of the Cleveland & Pittsburg Railroad. About 1857 he purchased a farm near Wellsville and there he continued to reside until 1861, when he removed to a farm near East Rochester, where he continued to be actively engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1894, when he retired from active life and took up his residence in the village mentioned, where he has since made his home. About fifteen years ago he lost the sight of one of his eyes and in December, 1901, the sight of the other eye failed and he is now totally blind, but is resigned to the affliction which so shadows his declining years. He is a stanch Republican in his political proclivities and his religious faith is that of the Presbyterian church, in which he has served as elder for nearly two score years, being a man of the most inflexible integrity and one who has ever held the high regard of his fellow men. His devoted and cherished wife was born in Madison township, Columbiana county, Ohio, of Scotch-Irish parentage, and she is still livmg in her seventyseventh year, being likewise a devoted member of the Presbyterian church, in whose work she took an active part for many years.

George E. McDonald, the immediate subject of this review, was reared on the home farm, and, being the eldest child, he early began to devote the major portion of his time to assisting in the work of the homestead, so that his educational opportunities were somewhat curtailed, though in the district schools he laid the foundation for that broad and practical fund of knowledge which he has since gained in the valuable school of experience and by personal application. He continued to remain on the home farm until he had attained the age of twenty-four years, when he purchased eighty acres of land from his father and began his independent business career. He continued to follow agricultural pursuits on this farm about eight years, and then, after the death of his wife, sold the farm and came to Minerva, Stark county, where he established himself in the shoe business, in which he was successfully engaged for a period of fourteen years. He disposed of the business in 1896. In 1898 Mr. McDonald was appointed postmaster of Minerva and since that time has continued incum- bent of this posiliuii, having dune much to improve tlxe service and facilities of the office and having gained the un(j\i;dil"icd endorsement and commendation of tiie pcoijle of the community. In pohtics Mr. McDonald lias ever given a stanch and uncompromising support to the principles and policies of the Republican party and has taken an active interest in its cause. Fraternally he is identified wilh the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the Knights of the Maccabees.

In T872 Mr. McDonald was un-ited in marriage to Miss Permelia Hostetter, who was born in Stark county, being a daughter of Samiiel Hostetter, a member of one of the honored pioneer families of this section of the state. Of this union two children were born, namely : F.arl, who is engaged in llic jjractice of dentistry in the city of Coshocton, Ohio; and Nannie, who is the wife of Professor E. L. Woodward, who is part owner of the Reno School in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and an able instructor in the institution. Mrs. McDonald was sinnmoned into eternal rest in November, 1881, and on the 20th of June, 1883, the subject consummated a second marriage, being then united to Miss Ella Zcmlxnvcr, of Minerva, a daughter of the late John Zombower, who was a well known and highly honored carpeiner and build- -er of this place. Of this union one child has "been liorn, Frank- 'P., who remains at the parental home.

CHARLIES EDWIN J.XRVIS is a native of New York and the son of Edwin and Lydia (Gross) Jarvis, both parents born and reared in the Empire stale. The family is an old and eminently respectable one and since 1849 the name has been quite familiar in Stark county, especially in Massillon and the territory adjacent thereto. J3y occupation Edwin Jarvis was a tinner, which trade he learned in his native state when a young man and which he continued to follow in Ma.ssilloii, Ohio, from 1849 until his death, a number of years later. I le was a man of considerable local prominence, a leader of the Republican party in Massillon and for some time served as city clerk, also filled the office of township clerk, besides holding other positions of minor importance, in all of which he demonstrated gixjd business ability and mruiifested an ardent desire to prove himself worthy the confidence reposed in him by his fellow citizens. To Edwin and Lydia Jarvis were bom five children, three of whom survive, the subject of this review being the fifth of the family.

Charles Edwin Jarvis was born on the 23d day of October, 1843, ^'""^ ^'^ years later was brought by his parents to Stark county, Ohio, since which time he has made his home near Massillon. The common schools afl'orded him the means of a fair luiglish education, but, like many other loyal sons of the North, he was not permitted to finish his studies by reason of his services being required to assist in crushing the great rebellion. In April, 1864, he enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Sixtysecond Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and shortly after entering the service proceeded to the front, where he bore his part as a brave and fearless defender of the Uiiiim until the expiration of his period of enlistment, retiring from the army with a record bright with duty faithfully performed. An older brother of the subject, Dwight Jarvis, was one of the first men of Stark county to respond to the President's call for volunteers, enlisting in 1861 in the Thirteenth Ohio Infantry, of which he afterwards became colonel, and as such continued to the end of the war, winning flisliiiguished honors on some of the bloodiest battlefields of the Southland. Colonel Jarvis is now United States appraiser of customs at Tampa, Florida, having been appointed to the post by President McKinley, lietween whom and himself a warm personal friendship had long existed.

After the war Charles E. Jarvis returned to Stark county and about 1866 engaged in the dairy business near Massiilon, which he carried on with gratifying success during the succeeding sixteen years. He ran the first milk wagon in the city and was extensively patronizefl, realizing from his dairy large profits, which from time to time were judiciously invested in real estate, which increased greatly in value as the years went by. In addition to dairying he devoted considerable attention to real estate business in Massiilon, buying and selling farm lands and city property quite extensively, besides effecting a number of sales and trades for other parties, in all of which he received liljeral commissions. Realizing the value of land ;us an investment, Mr. Jarvis in 1884 purchased a beautiful farm of one hundred and ten acres in Perry township and a few years later increased his home place by an addition of seventy-five acres, nearly all of which has been reduced to a high state of cultivation, besides being greatly improved by a commodious modern residence, substantial barns and good outbuildings. From time to time he has laid out and sold at lijjeral prices a number of lots, one of his last deals in this direction being in 1893, when he disposed of an addition of thirty-one lots to S. Burd, one of the leading real estate dealers in the city of Massiilon.

For a number of years past Mr. Jarvis has devoted his attention largely to general agriculture and as a farmer ranks with the most enterprising and successful in the county of Stark. In conjunction with tilling the soil he carries on stock raising, in which branch of husbandry he has also been highly successful, in fact, all of his business ventures have returned him handsome profits, so much so, indeed, that he is today regarded as one of the financially strong men of the township in which he resides. From 1866 to the present time he has steadily added to his possessions, purchasing tract after tract from his savings and accumulations until he is now not only one of the large land owners of Perry township, but also commands a fortune independent o£ his real estate.

On October 7, 1880, Mr. Jarvis was united in marriage with Miss Caroline Johnson, of Tuscarawas county, Ohio, a union blessed with four children, whose names are Helen Fay, Annie S., Sarah and Mary F. Politically Mr. Jarvis is an ardent Republican and for many years his influence has contributed materially to his party's success in municipal, township and county affairs. He served* four years as a member of the Massiilon city council, during two of which he was president of the bwly, and he is now on his seconrl term as township trustee, having first entererl the office by appointment to fill the vacancy caused by the fleath of William Castleman, succeeding himself in two elections following by the votes of the people. Mr. Jarvis is a gentleman of substantial worth and sterling integrity, enterprising in all he undertakes and as a citizen has so deported himself as to gain the esteem and good will of the public. In private life his character has always been unassailable, and in matters of business he is recognized as possessing that maturity of judgment, clearness of perception and wise forethought which seldom fail of winning the largest measure of success.

BEX" JAM IN DOLL. - The subject of this sketch is a native of Stark county and a descendant of two of the earliest pioneer families of this part of the state. His father, John Doll, was Ixjrn in York City, Pennsylvania, and in 1814 came with his parents to Stark county, locating in what is now Osnaburg township when the present flourishing city of Canton was a mere backwoods hamlet. The subject's paternal grandfather, who also went by the name of John Doll, came from Switzerland and settled in York City, Pennsylvania, in colonial times and tliere married a Miss Kitt, whose ancestors were among the earliest white people in that part of the state. By occupation John Doll, Sr., was a farmer. He and his son John stood the draft in the war of 181 2, as did two of his brothers, all but one of the number escaping military service. At that time there was nothing at Canton except a block house, in which a few scattered settlers took refuge when dangers from Indian warfare threatened. Among the pioneers who thus sought protection was one David Risher, a native of Germany, who moved his family to Stark county as early as 1809, having formerly lived in the state of Maryland, where he married a Miss Springer. Among the children of Mr. Risher was a daughter by the name of Elizabeth, who was about nine years old when her parents made a home in the wilderness of what has since been known as the township of Canton. She grew to maturity amid the stirring scenes of pioneer times and when a young woman became the wife of John Doll, Jr., to whom she bore fifteen children, the subject of this sketch being the fifth in order of birth. Of this large family that formerly gathered around the hearthstone but three are now living, viz : Isaac, Eli and Benjamin, all well known and highly respected citizens of Stark county. One of the brothers, George Doll, and his son Frank lost their lives in the great flood and tidal wave that destroyed the city of Galveston some years ago and another brother by the name of Frank was shot and killed at Alma, Arizona, having been postmaster of that town at the time of his death. All of the Doll brothers figured in the early history of California and other territories and were active participants in the many thrilling experiences and dangerous episodes which characterized the pioneer period of the far West. Josiah and Joseph died in California and after spending three and a half years on the Pacific coast the subject returned to Ohio, fully satisfied with his experience in that faraway and at that time not very inviting country.

John Doll, Jr., became quite a successful agriculturist and owned a farm of one hundred and sixty acres in Stark county, on which his death occurred in 1867, his wife dying three years after that date. He was a good man and a substantial citizen and bore no inconsiderable part in the growth and development of the township in which he settled. He was a fine type of the strong, vigorous, resourceful pioneer of the early day and his memory will long be cherished as one of the forerunners of civilization in what has since become one of the most advanced and prosperous sections of eastern Ohio.