Canton Township (part 51 of 62)

JOHN E. BETZ is a native son of the Buclceye state, having been born in the town of Leetonia, Columbiana county, Ohio, on the 13th of June, 1861, being the youngest of the three children of Joseph and Susanna (Stumpf) Betz, both of whom were of stanch German lineage. His two sisters are still living, Delia being engaged in the dressmaking business in the city of Alliance, this county; while A.manda is the wife of Lewis Waters, of Waynesburg. Our subject received his early educational discipline in the public schools, and when he was but fifteen years of age began to prepare himself for that vocation in which he has attained so signal prestige and success. He then entered upon an apprenticeship at the tailor's trade, under the direction of an able journeyman named Hilliard, becoming proficient in all departments of the art and for a number of years traveling about the Union as a journeyman at his trade, working in Cliiaigo and in eastern cities and in various places in the middle west. In the year 1884 IVJr. Bet;^ |)urchased his present tailoring establishment from William H. Evens, a former employer, and with the exception of two and one-half years, which he passed in Malvern, Carroll county, he has been continuously engaged in business in W'ayncsburg. He has a well ec|ui]iped establishment, keeping in line a select stock of imported and domestic fabrics, while he employs only skilled assistants and gives his personal sujiervision to all portions of the work, allowing nothing to pass muster that does not come up to the highest standard of excellence. Though he is known as one of the l^est of cutters and titters, he still maintains that his art is one in which something new may always be learned, and he receives yearly courses of instruction from some of the most skilled and fashionable tailors in the metropolitan centers and in tliis way keeps in touch with the latest styles and with all advances made in the various departments of his business. He has built an extensive business, controlling not only a reiircsentatixc trade in \\'a\ncsburg but also in surrounding towns, while an evidence of his skill is shown in the fact that even in the city of Canton he has a goodly list of regular customers, in the face of the brisk competition which he there encounters, while he has patrons as far west as Breckenridge, Colorado. In politics he gives his allegiance to the Republican party, and fraternally he is identified with the Knights of Pythias, being a memlier of Lodge No. 122, in Minerva.

On the 29th of August, 1889, Mr. Betz was united in marriage to Miss Mary Shaffer, who was born in Sandy township, being a daughter of Hamilton Shaffer and a rejjresentative of one of Stark county's old and inlluential families. Mr. and Mrs. Betz have two children, i.eutia S. and Herl)ert S.

WILLIAM A. LYNCH. - Among the prominent and distinguished citizens of Canton and northern Ohio, William A. Lynch easily takes rank. For many years he was one of the recognized leaders of the Stark county bar, subsequently was active in the promotion and development of the street railway enterprises, besides being interested extensively in manufacturing and the development of railroad and mining properties.

William A. Lynch was born at Canton, Ohio, on August 4, 1844. His father and mother were both natives of Ireland, who met in Stark county and were here married. His father served as county surveyor and county recorder, and was a man of great energy and unusual business ability. He was a pioneer in the development of coal mining interests of this county, and also in the opening up of the coal fields of western Pennsylvania. Besides these he became deeply interested in railroad construction and promotion. He was one of the projectors of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad, and of the Mahoning Valley Railroad between Youngstown and Cleveland, now part of the Erie system. He was also interested more or less in other railroad enterprises. These \'ast projects necessarily carried with them a corresponding responsibility, and u]jon his death, which occurred just prior to the financial panic of 1857, it was found that by reason of the great depreciation in values of all properties, especially railroads, caused by the stagnation of business and the general financial depression, his estate had become seriously involved. Indeed, so great had been the shrinkage in values and the loss entailed bv the want of his personal supervision, that a large indebtedness was shown. At this time William A. Lynch was a boy of twelve years, old enough to realize his great loss, and yet quite too young to assume the burdens which at an early age were placed upon his shoulders. That these early trials had much to do with developing the breadth and keenness of his business capacity, and the firmness, decision and earnestness of his character, cannot be doubted. One of the earhest acts of his business career was to pay off all outstanding obligations of his father's estate, facing the trying situation more like one of mature years than as a youth just reaching his majority. He appreciated the value of education, and set himself to work most assiduously to acquire knowledge. With the assistance of the education he acquired in the public schools, he became a great reader and deep student, and when he had attained his sixteenth year he entered the law office of the Hon. Louis Schaefer, of Canton. He was admitted to practice immediately upon reaching the legal age. on September i, 1865, and was taken into partnership by his preceptor. While studying law, and afterwards in the early days of practice, he made the acquaintance of many men of prominence and distinguished ability. Among others the Hon. John McSweeney was attracted to the young man by reason of the promise shown in him of future strength, and he took delight in aiding him by advice and counsel from his own wide experience. This was always gratefully received and wisely utilized by the young man, so that in a few years the young and ardent student was by far the strongest advocate that his friend, McSweeney, had to contend with in the courts of northern Ohio. His partnership with the Hon. Louis Schaefer was dissolved at the end of four years' time, and Mr. Lynch remained alone until 1872, when he was joined in practice by William R. Day, afterwards secretar\' of state under President ^IcKinley and at present associate justice of the L^nited States supreme court, the firm being styled Lynch & Day. On April 17, 1878, an addition was made to the firm by the admission of Austin Lynch, a brother of the senior partner, under the style of Lynch, Day &. Lynch. In 1885 Mr. William A. Lynch retired from the firm. A notable and historical case in northern Ohio, in which Mr. Lynch was prominent, was that of the State vs. Richardson. The defendant was a woman charged with the killing of her husband, and the legal talent engaged on both sides was of the strongest character. The state attorney was assisted by Mr. Lynch and Judge Day, while the defendant had employed John McSweeney, Judge Ricks, Judge Meyer and Judge Pease - an array of talent that is rare in one case. Medical expert testimony lent its aid in exciting ihe public interest, and the tragedy concluded with a verdict of manslaughter.

jMr. Lynch was twice elected by the people as prosecuting attorney of Stark county. The first lime his opponent was Charles Manderson, recently United States senator from Nebraska, the second time he had Major McKinley for a competitor and failed of election. But at the succeeding term he again contested with Major ]\IcKinley and was returned to the office to which he had aspired. During this period the county of Stark, was strongly Republican. The offices of prosecuting attorney and solicitor of the city of Canton are the only offices to which Mr. Lynch has been elected, and the only ones for which he permitted himself to be placed in nomination. He has always been a stanch, consistent, old-time Democrat, and has repeatedly been tendered the nomination for congress from his district, but always declined to enter political life. So firm was this resolve that he declined even an appointment to the common pleas judgship tendered him by Governor Hoadley. Mr. Lynch was a delegate to the 'Indianapolis national sound money convention in 1896, and was one of the electors-atlarge on the Palmer-Buckner ticket for the state of Ohio, representing the hard-money wmg of the party. Realizing the hopelessness of victory at the polls of the third, or soimd-money party, Mr. Lynch openly declared for his warm friend and fellow townsman, Mr. McKinley, and was active in his support. Again, in the presidential campaign of 1900, did Mr. Lynch declare against the election of Mr. Bryan, and with the Hon. John Cowen, president of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, spoke in the city of Baltimore to a large meeting under the auspices of the Maryland Sound-money Democratic League. It was during this memorable campaign of 1896 that Mr. Lynch delivered at Canton what is considered one of the most forcible speeches in the interest of sound money that was ever delivered, it being a strong and convincing argument and plea for sound money that met with response in all parts of the country, and was a factor in the campaign literature used so tellingly for the first time probably, in that critical struggle, which meant so much to the prosperity and credit of the nation.

Lt 1885, upon retiring from the firm of Lynch, Day & Lynch, he directed himself to the work of counsel to corporations, and this, with his natural predilection for business, soon led him into an active participation in the management of several enterprises of great magnitude. He was one of the projectors of the Pittsburg, Akron & Western Railroad, in northern Ohio, besides being exceedingly active in the promotion of new railroads in the west and the reorganizing of railroad, coal and iron properties and manufacturing companies. He was the projector and president of the Canton & Massillon Electric Railway, which was built up to a system comprising thirty miles of track. The Canton & Massillon line was the first interurban road in the United States to be equipped with modern improvements and conveniences, including the long car provided with crosswise seats, with center aisle, and with provisions for carrying baggage, mail and express matter. In December, 1901, this system was sold to a syndicate, at which time Mr. Lynch retired from participation in its management. He has a number of times been appointed receiver for large mterests, while in matters of litigation and reorganization of big properties his counsel and active co-operation are frequently sought. In 1895 Mr. Lynch reorganized the Aultman Company, and became president of the same. From time to time he has made large investments in the company, until he is now one of the principal owners of its stock. Under his able management and guidance this old and prominent industry has continued its prosperity and bids fair to enjoy even a greater and grander career in the future than in the past.

A prominent member of the Ohio bar, in speaking of Mr. Lynch, said : "I have known him from his school days. He is a man of keen, logical, analytical mind. No fallacy escapes his attention. He was always most studious and industrious. He has the principles of the law thoroughly mastered and knows more of the philosoph.y of the law than of mere case law. He is well versed in law literature and the best English literature. He is a wide reader and of good general intelligence, reading and experience. When he was in the general practice of the law he was easily a leader of the bar in Stark county, and while his reputation was somewhat local, I know of no better trial lawyer in the state. He possesses exactly the temperament for a trial lawyer, sufficiently combative, but not unnecessarily so. He always retains complete control of his temper, his feelings and of himself, and never permits any of these to get the better of him to betray him into a mistake. He is full of wit, pathos and logic, and possesses command of a wonderful vocabulary. He is a most forcible and convincing speaker. If elegance of diction, pathos, humor, analysis, logical argument and forcible manner, combined with a warm enthusiasm, make an orator, then

William A. Lynch is one. He has a cool head and rare tact and ripe judgment. His perceptions are quick. He is a broad-minded, capable man, who in a law suit or other matters quickly grasps the strong points and relies in them for success, rather than be magnifying unimportant details, the common fault with loose thinkers. Mr. Lynch's position at the bar was entirely the result of his high character, his great ability and his sterling integrity. A man, of solid parts, he relied upon the public judgment of his character and qualifications for his business, and never resorted to the arts of the small lawyer to bring it to him. He has a warm, generous, sympathetic nature, free from all demagog)^ a man of convictions and a man of courage. The measure of the man, his strong sense of duty, courage and fearlessness where duty prompts any line of conduct, was shown in the campa'gn of 1896. He had always been a strong Democrat and an ardent partisan, but his conscience impelled him to oppose the action of his party in 1896, and he did it with all the force and ability of his character. On this occasion he made a truly magnificent speech in Canton. In my opinion there was no speech made during the campaign on the sound-money question, excepting, perhaps, that of Carl Schurz, at Chicago, which will in any way compare with it. Mr. Lynch is a consistent Catholic, but always tolerant of the religious views of others. He has never sought office, and yet there is no public office, even to the highest, that he would not be well qualified to fill. Had his mind and inclination run in that direction, he would certainly have achieved a great national reputation."

TAMES C. LUPHER is a native son of the old Buckeye state, having been born on a farm in Sandy township, Tuscarawas county, Ohio, on the 3d of February, 1861, being a son of Thomas C. and Nancy A. (Miller)

Lupher, of whose ten children the following six are yet living: John W., who is a resident of Canton township. Stark county; James C, who is the immediate subject of this sketch ; Cora B., who is the wife of Welty B. Cable, of Ttiscarawas count}- ; Emma J., who is a trained nurse, being the first graduate of the school for trained nurses conducted in connection with the Aultman hospital in the city of Canton; Ada K., who is the wife of William Hay, of Canton ; and Bertha B., who is the wife of William Cable, who is a resident of the city of Chicago, where he is in the employ of the government. Thomas C. Lupher, father of the subject, was born on the same farm in Tuscarawas county as was his son, of whom this sketch is written, and that he was a representative of one of the early pioneer families of that locality is evident when Ave revert to the circumstance that the date of his nativity was the year 1830. He continued to reside on the an-, cestral farmstead until within about a decade of his death, having taken up his residence in Waynesburg, Stark county, in 1888, and having here passed the residue of his life retired from active business, his demise occurring in 1898. He was a man of exceptional energA^ and business acumen, and for many years, in connection with his agricultural operations, he did a quite extensive business in the buying of wool and also cattle. He was an uncompromising Republican in his political proclivities and' while in Tuscarawas he held the office of township assessor for a number of years, while in 1890 he was elected land appraiser of Sandy township. Stark county. He became a member of the Methodist Episcopal church in his youth and ever continued a worthy and active adherent of the same ; he was for many years an officer in the church, having been called upon to serve in various capacities. He was a son of Henry Lupher, who was a native of Pennsylvania and of stanch German lineage. He emigrated from the Keystone state to Ohio- in an early day, settling in Tuscarawas county, where he passed the residue of liis hfe, devoting his attention to farming and to the work of his trade, that of blacksmith.

Nancy A. (Miller) I-upher, the mother of the subject, was lx)rn in Pike township. Stark county, Ohio, in the year 1835, being a daughter of Jacob Miller, who was a native of Pennsylvania, w^hence he came to Stark county and became numbered among the early settlers of Pike township, where he reclaimed a good farm and became an influential citizen, having been engaged also in a freighting or transfer business in the pioneer epoch, transporting goods and pnjduce over the mountains to and from the eastern markets by means of teams and wagons, this being prior to the advent of railroads in this section of the Union. The mother uf the subject, who likewise was a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal church, was summoned into eternal rest in 1884, at the age of forty-nine years.

James C. Lupher, whose name initiates this article, was reared on the old homestead where he was born, and his more rudimentary education was acquired in the public schools. When about fifteen years of age, in the spring of 1876, he gained his first definite business experience, ])eing placed in a general-merchandise store at Sandyville, Tuscarawas county, where he remained one year. In the spring of 1877 he was matriculated in Richmond College, in Jefferson county, this state, where he continued his studies for one year, while within the following two years he was for four terms a student in Mount Union College. That he took advantage of the opportunities thus afforded him is evident wlien we achert to the fact that in the winter of 1879 he ])ut his scholastic acc|uirements to practical use by engaging in pedagogic work, proxing a capable and successful teacher from the start. In the summer of t88i, in order to still further fortify liimself for the work of his profession, he attended the Northeastern Ohio Normal University, at Ada, and -thereafter resumed his teaching in the public schools. In 1883 he was called to Waynesburg to assume charge of the grammar department of the city schools, and this incumbency he retained for somewhat more than three years, having in the meanwhile purchased a grocery and provision store in the village and finally resigning his place in the schools in order to devote his attention to the mercantile enterprise, which he continued for a period of about five years. In 1888 he accepted a position with the fraternal order ]<nown as the Knights of the Maccabees, for the purpose of organizing new tents of the order, and to this line of endeavor he gave his attention for one year, within which time he traveled cjuite extensively through eastern Ohio. He was thus engaged up to the time when he resigned to accept a salaried office as special agent for the Union Central Life Insurance Company, of Cincinnati, in which connection he was traveling the major portion of the time, not being assigned to any one territor_\-. lie was thus engaged for one year, after w hich he became a commissioned agent for the same company, with headquarters in Waynesburg, while he simultaneously became the local agent for various fire insurance companies of the most reliable order. In 1892 Mr. Lupher was elected to the office of justice of the peace, of which he remained in tenure for three years, while in 1894 he was honored in being called to the liead of the municipal government of Waynesburg. having been elected mayor and having retained the incumbency for two years, giving a most economical and business-like administration and ha\-ing shown a progressive policv, doing all in his power to advance the !)est interests of the city in all departments. In 1 896. he was made secretary and superintendent of the Waynesburg Brick & Clay Company, in which capacity he gave efficient service until the reorganization of the business, three years later, when he retired from the office. On the 13th of Noveral)er, 1897, he received his commission as postmaster of Waynesburg, taking charge of the office on the ist of the following month, and he is still incumbent of this position, in which he has given a most able and popular administration, having done much to improve the facilities and service of the office. Since 1805 'i^ 'I'^s also been a notary public. No man in this section of the county is better kn.own or more highh' esteemed, andl it may well be said of Air. Lupher that his friends are in numljer as his accjuaintances. As will be inferred from the governmental office which he holds, the subject is to be found stanchly arrayed in support of the principles and policies of the Republican part}-, while he and his wife are both valued and consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal church, in whose spiritual work and collateral benevolences they take a deep and helpful interest. Fraternally he is identified with W'aynesburg Tent No. 29, Knights of the Maccabees, in which he has held the various offices.

On the 26. of April, 1884, Mr. Lupher was united in marriage to Mrs. Cjiithia E. Hewitt. She was born in W'aynesburg, being a daughter of the late Edward Eoory, who was one of the well known tanners and prominent citizens of this section in the early days, his death occurring, in Waynesburg, a number of years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Lupher have two daughters, Mary E. and Dorothy B., and she has one daughter by her previous marriage, Ruth Irene, who is assistant postmaster under the subject. The family are prominent in the social life of the community and their pleasant home is a center of gracious and refined hospitality.

Catherine (McKinney) Stands, to whom were born three children, namely: Cora, whfi is the wife of William G. Smith, of Canton, this, county; Emmet, who is a resident of Sparta, Pike township; and Charles M., the immediate subject of this review. Henry Stands, the paternal grandfather of the subject, was a native of Pennsylvania, where the family was established in the colonial epoch of our national history, and from Westmoreland county, that state, he came to Stark county, Ohio, and became one of the early settlers of Pike townsliip, his original location here being on a tract of land a short distance south of the present village of Sparta. He eventually removed toanother farm, in the western part of the same township and there passed the residue of his life, being seventy-six years of age at the time of his demise. He was one of the leading horse dealers of this section of the state for many years, and through his operations in this line he became known to practically all the people of the county. In the later years of his life he became a prominent and zealous member of the Linited Brethren church. Leonard H. Stands was born in Pike township, in 1835, and was here reared to manhood, while he received superior educational advantages for the locality and period, having completed a thorough curriculum in the common schools, after which he entered Mount L^nion College, where he took a course of study which ably fortified him for the pedagogic profession, to w-hich he devoted his attention for the long period of thirty years, teaching during the winter months and duringthe summer seasons giving his time to the cultivation of his small farm, which is located one and one-half miles west of Sparta. He proved a particularly successful and popular teacher and since his withdrawal from that line of work he has continued to reside on his farm, which is maintained under a high state of cultivation and equipped with excellent improvements. In politics he is a stanch adherent of the Republican party, and for eighteen years he served as clerk of Pike township, while for many years he was incumbent of the office of school director, ever maintaining a lively interest in the cause of education. In 1864 he enlisted, for a term of one hundred days, as a member of Company F, One Hundred and Sixty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, of which he was commissioned second lieutenant, continuing in service until the expiration of his term, when he received an honorable discharge. He is a zealous member of the Methodist Episcopal church and for many years has been an official in the church. Fraternally he is an honored member of B. F. Steiner Post No. 511, Grand Army of the Republic, at Sparta.

Catherine (McKinney) Stands, the mother of the subject, is a representative of one of the sterling pioneer families of Stark county, having been born in Pike township, in the year 1840, a daughter of Daniel McKinney, who was a prominent farmer of the county. He was born in Pennsylvania, whence he came with his father, Martin McKinney, to Stark county, prior to 1820, the family taking up their abode on a tract of land in the vicinity of Sparta, while eventually Daniel McKinney bought a farm immediately adjoining that town, the original American ancestor, who was the father of Martin McKinney, having emigrated from Ireland to Pennsylvania in the colonial days. Grandfather McKinney continued to reside on his farm near Sparta until his death, at the venerable age of eighty-three years. He was a man of influence and prominence in the township, where he held the office of justice of the peace for many years, while for two terms he served as township treasurer. The mother of the subject is likewise a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal church, in whose work she has taken an active part.

this sketch, was reared on the homestead farm, near Sparta, and secured his preliminary education in the public schools, after which he completed a course of study in the Sparta Academy. He early determined to prepare himself for the profession of law, and with this end in view, when in his eighteenth year, he entered the law office of John C. Welty, a representative member of the Canton bar, and under effective preceptorship began his technical reading, and in December of the year 1890 he was duly admitted to the bar of the state. He forthwith entered upon the active practice of his profession, opening an office in the city of Canton, where he remained until 1S98, when he removed to Waynesburg, where he lias since maintained his home and where he lias built up an excellent practice, being thoroughly informed in the science of jurisprudence and having gained marked precedence both as an advocate and counsellor. In politics Mr. Stands is a stanch advocate of the principles and policies of the Democratic party, and he has done effective work in its cause. He has the distinction of being at the head of the municipal government of Waynesburg, having been elected to the office of mayor in the spring of igoo, and having given a most able and discriminating administration. Mr. Stands is nut married.

JOSEI'H L. TODD, M. D. - Tlie Todd family is of stanch Scotch-Irish extraction and has been established on American soil for many generations, while the name has long been identified with the annals of the old Keystone state, whence representatives have gone forth into the most diverse sections of the Union. James Todd, grandfather of the Doctor, passed his entire life in Pennsylvania, his death occurring on his farm, in Beaver county, that state. James Todd, father of our subject, was born on the old homestead farm, in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, in the year 1835, ^"^ there he recei\ed his education in tlie common schools of the period, after which he learned the tanning" trade, to which he devoted his attention for many years. He finally withdrew from this line of enterprise and devoted the remainder of his life to agricultural pursuits in his native county, where he died about the year '807, his wife, whose maiden name was Mary Brown and who was a relative of that historic character, John Brown, having passed away in 1869. Both were devoted meml>ers of the United Presbyterian church and were people of sterling character, honored by all who knew them. James Todd identified himself with the Republican party and was a stanch advocate of its principles, while he was a man of prominence and influence in his native county, where he served as county commissioner and jury commissioner and in other ofiices of local trust and responsibility. They became the parents of nine children, concerning whom we offer the following brief record : Wilbert A., an able physician and surgeon, located in Sterling, Kansas, in 1890, and was there engaged in the jn'actice of his profession until his death, in 1898; Mary died at the age of thirty-two years ; Samuel B. is a resident of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Alice is the wife of Martin Ramsey, of Hookstown, Pennsylvania ; Margaret is the wife of Samuel Reed, of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; James W. is a resident of Osnaburg, Stark county, Ohio; William S. resides in the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin ; and Clarence is engaged in the practice of dentistry in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.

Dr. Joseph Llewellyn Todd, the immediate subject of this sketch, was born on the homestead farm, in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, on the loth of December, 1868, and as a youth be assisted in the work of the farm during the summer seasons and attended the public schools during the winter months, later supplementing this discipline by a course of study in the normal school at Slippery Rock, Butler county, that state. In 1892 he entered the meflical department of the Western University, at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, where he completed the prescribed course and was graduated as a member of the class of 1895, receiving the degree of Doctor of Medicine, for which he had worked faithfully and with marked ambition, availing himself of every opportunity to increase his technical knowledge and render himself better prepared for his noble vocation. Shortly after his graduation the Doctor came to East Rochester, Columbiana county, Ohio, where he was engaged in the practice of his profession for the ensuing two years, when he sold his practice, having been advised of the illness of his brother, who had been established in practice at Sterling, Kansas, as previously noted in this context, and he went to that place and there continued in practice one year, after which he returned to Ohio and took up his residence in Mapleton, this county, where be has built up a large and representative practice and where his friends are in number as his acquaintances, lie is a member of the Stark County Medical Society and the Ohio State Medical Society, and enjoys the respect and good will of his professional confreres to the fullest degree. The Doctor is associated with his brother James W. in the manufacturing of brick and tile at Mapleton, the enterprise being a successful one and one that is rapidly increasing in scope and importance. The Doctor is devoting considerable attention to the propagation of the ginseng root, having a halfacre under cultivation and his garden in this line being considered the finest in Ohio. This product has long been recognized by the Chinese as a valuable remedial agent, and large quantities are now exported to the Orient from this country, the natural supply in China being inadequate, while the consumption in the home market is rapidly increasing as the value of the remedy becomes the more appreciated, the same being" clearly indicated in case of physical debility and other specific ailments. In politics the Doctor is a stalwart Republican, and his religious views are in harmony with the tenets of the United Presbyterian church, in which he v/as reared. Fraternally he is identified with the Juliard Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, at Louisville, this county. In 1900 he erected his present modern and attractive residence in ATapleton, and the family home is a center of refined hospitality.

On the 30th of October, 1897, at East Rochester, Ohio, Dr. Todd was united in marriage to Miss Lillie Summers, who was born in that place, being a daughter of Galen Summers, and of this union one child has been born, Janice.

In the spring of 1897, through the bequest of Hon. George Harsh, ten thousand dollars were left for the establishment of a public library in Massillon. This was followed by the gift of the Nahum Russell homestead by Mrs. Flora R. and Annie M. McClymonds, daughters of Mr. Russell, as a m.emorial to their parents.

To these generous gifts J. W. McClymonds added the munificent sum of twenty thousand dollars as an endowment fund. These gifts were appropriately acknowledged at a public meeting of the citizens.

The McClymonds Public Library Association was formed under a state charter and June 4, 1897, organized with the following officers as trustees ; J. W. McClymonds, president ; Caroline McCullough Everhard, vicepresident; E. A. Jones, treasurer; C. A. Gates, secretary; Helena Ricks Slusser, F. H. Snyder, J. C. Corns. The building was remodeled to adapt it to library uses. The current expenses are met by a tax levy made by the city council.

The library opened with seven thousand volumes, purchased with the George Harsh bequest. Current literature and additional books are now supplied by the income from the endowment fund. The library has been in operation nearly five years and has over twelve thousand volumes on its shelves, and has reached an issue of forty thousand volumes annually.

PATRICK L. MANLY is a native of county Mayo, Ireland, having been born in the town of Killala, a seaport on the bay of the same name, the date of his nativity being July 12, 184T. He was about five years of age when his parents, Thomas and Mary (Holmes) ]Manly, emigrated to America. In 1846 they set sail from Killala for Quebec, Canada, and from the dominion they came by the great lakes to Cleveland, Ohio, and thence by canal to ]\Iassillon, Stark county, thus having made practically the entire trip from Ireland to their destination by water. Thomas Manly was born in the same town in the Emerald Isle, and he died in Massillon in 1868, at the age of sixtythree years, his wife having here been called to her eternal rest in 1854, at the age of thirtysix years, she also having been born in county Mayo. The father of the subject located on a farm in Jackson township, improving the property and becoming one of the successful and honored citizens of the county, while he continued to follow agricultural pursuits until his death. He and his wife were devoted members and communicants of the Catholic church and in politics he was a stanch Democrat.

Patrick L. Manly was reared on the homestead farm and secured his rudimentary educational training in the district school in the vicinity of his home, his first teacher having" been Jacob Bechtel of Massillon, one of the honored educators of the county in the early days, while later he received instruction under the tutorship of Tliomas Harvey, the author of the various and well known school text-books which bear his name, - the Harvey Speller,' Grammar and Arithmetic, INIr, Manly completed a fouryears course in the Massillon high school, and later he continued his studies in St. Patrick's Seminary, an excellent institution in the city of Toronto, Canada, passing the time while there in the homes of his two uncles. He had assisted in the work on the farm until he had attained the age of eighteen years, and the labors there devolved upon him were arduous in the extreme.

While in Toronto, on the 8th of September, i860, Mr. Alanly was united in marriage to Miss Adeline Jones, of Markham township, that province, where she was born, being a daughter of Norman Jones, a native of Connecticut, who was there eng^aged in teaching and farming- until his death. In 1863 Mr. Manly returned to Stark county, in company with his wife, and located in the city of ^lassillon, where he . secured employment in the painting department of Russell & Company, manufacturers of threshers, mowers and reapers, and he continued to remain with this concern until 1876, when he was elected to the otiice of county recorder, and this of course demanded his removal to Canton, the capital of the county, in that year. He remained incumbent of this office three years, until the autumn of 1879, and upon his retirement engaged in the livery business in this city, devoting his attention to this enterprise until 1883, when he was again called upon to serve in an official capacity, having Ijeen elected, in the fall of that year, county auditor, and this position he retained, by successive re-elections, until 1890, his long service indicating most forcibly the appreciative estimate placed upon the same by the voters of the county. Since his retirement from this office Mr. Manly has been engaged in the real-estate ami tire-insurance business in Canton, and he has built up a thriving enterprise in both departments, his books showing at all times many desirable investments in both city and country realty, while in the insurance branch he is a representative of a number of the leading and most reliable companies doing business in the state. He is a man of excellent executive ability and his success has been furthered by the unequi\-ocal trust and confidence u hich the general public so implicitly place in him. Mr. Manly has given an unqualified allegiance to the Democratic party from the time of attaining his legal majority and has been one of the leaders in its local ranks, having served as chairman of the county central committee of the same and having done much to advance the party cause in this action, while he has held other offices of trust in the gift of the party. He has been a notary public since 1900. He and his wife are communicants and valued members of St. John's church, Roman Catholic, and fraternally he is identified with the Catholic Alutual Benefit Association.

In conclusion we enter the following brief record concerning the five children of Mr. and Mrs. Manly: Amelia is the wife of William L. Caldwell and they reside in New York city; Frank S. married Miss Elizabeth Koswosky and they reside in Canton; Caiiotta is the wife of Walter Sanford, of Cincinnati, this state; Araminta married Frank J. Shively, of Louisville, this county, and they now reside in Manistee, Michigan ; and Edward, who married Miss Cora Dannemiller, of this county, now resides in the city of Toledo, Ohio.

GEORGE M. MEISER was born in the village of Clinton, Summit count}^, Ohio, on January 30, 1859, being a son of Frederick and Catherine (Keiser) Meiser, of whose six children the following named three survive: Louisa, who is the wife of W. A. Hawer, of

Canton, tliis county; Mary, who is the wife of W. V. Stimmel, of Paris, this county; and George M., of this review. Frederick Meiser was born in Luffaw Laffal, Germany, on the loth of August, 1830, being a son of Conrad and Martha (Grusrak) Meiser, and he was reared on the old homestead farm in the fatlierland, where he remained until he had reached the age of twenty-four years, his educational privileges being such as were afforded in the excellent schools of his native land. In 1854, at the age just noted, he severed the ties which bound him and friends and set forth to seek his fortunes in the United States, his total reinforcement being his energy, honesty of purpose and a determination to win success through worthy means. He had learned the trade of wagonniaking in Germany, and upon arriving in America he made his way to the city of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, where he worked at his trade about one year and then came to Stark county, Ohio, and secured employment in the .same line in the village of Paris. Three years later, having been in the meanwhile married, he removed to Clinton, Summit comity, which continued to be his home for an equal period, at the expiration of which he came to Canton, Stark county, and here, after beingengaged in the work of his trade only three months, he fell from a wagon in such a way as to injure his spine and render him badly crippled for life. Well may we imagine that the future presented a dark and forbidding aspect to him, for he w^as no longer able to work at his trade, was entirely without means in a financial way and had a family dependent upon him. The outlook would have appalled tlie a\'erage man, but not so with this valiant soul, and he girdled him for the stern duty which lay before him. As soon as he had sufficiently recuperated as to be able to move about he secured a small stock of notions and began peddling in a most modest way but with utmost perseverance, and finally he was able to provide himself with a wagon and to increase the e.xtent of his stock and also widen the field of his operations. Alter three } ears of assiduous application in this line, with weariness of body, and no doubt of mind on many occasions, he had accumulated sufficient surplus to justify him in purchasing a stock of groceries and opening a modest store in Paris, where he remained about three years and then removed to New Berlin, this county, where he continued in the same line of business about seventeen years, carefully conserving his resources and gradually gaining that position of independence which had been his ultimate aim from the time the physical misfortune fell to his lot. In 1883 Mr. Meiser returned to Paris, having sold his business in New Berlin, and here he opened a general-merchandise store, under the firm name of Meiser & Son, the subject of this sketch being the junior member. Through their strict attention to business, their discrimination in the selection of stock and their scrupulously fair and honorable methods they have built up an enterprise which can not fail to challenge the admiration of even the casual visitor to the est:;blishment, for the store is well equipped with modern conveniences and accessories and the carried in the many and varied lines represents a capitalistic investment extraordinarily large for a town of its size, though the firm have by no .means transcended the just limits of conservatism in this regard, for such has been tlieir policy that they draw their trade from sections not normally tributary to the village. Frederick Meiser well deserves the esteem and confidence w^hich he so unequivocally commands and which lie has so well earned, and he is to-day one of the able and conservative business men and public-spirited citizens of Stark county. In politics he is stanchly arrayed in support of the principles of the Democratic party, and within the first regime of Grover Cleveland as President of the United States he was appointed postmaster of Paris, retaining tlie incumbency four years. He and liis wiie are devoted members of the Reformed church. The latter was born in Baden, Germany, on the 28th of December, 1833, being a daughter of John and Anna M. Keiser, who were born' end died in Germany.

George M. Meiser, who is associated with his honored father in business, was reared under tlie influences of a good home and acquiring his educational discipline in the public schools. P"rom his boyhood days he continued to assist his father in the work of the grocery .^tore in New Eerlin, and after he attained maturity he acquired an interest in the business and relieved his father of much of the active management. Since coming to Paris the son has been a member of the firm, and has ever proved an able business coadjutor to his father. He is well known and highly esteemed in the community and he ever takes a lively interest in all that touches its welfare. In his political proclivities he gives an unqualified allegiance to the Democratic party, and both he and his wife are active and valued members of the Reformed church and he is an efficient and popular teacher in its Sunday school.

On the 23d of July, 1899, Mr. Meiser was united in marriage to Miss Effie Heim, who was born in Paris township, this county, being a daughter of the late Isaiah Heim, who was a prominent and influential farmer of this township. He was born in Pennsylvania, November 19, 1832, and his wife, whose maiden name was Lizzie Haines, was born April 8, 1847, in Paris, Stark county. Mr. and Mrs. Meiser liave tvxO children, IMildred S., who was born on the 31st of August, 1900, and Max F., who was born on the 14th of March, 1902.

AUSTIN A. HAY claims the old Keystone state of the union as the place of his nativity. having been born in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, on the 3d of February, 1845, and being a son of George and Sarah (Fleck) Hay, who were likewise natives of that county, where the former was born on Christmas day of the year 1816, while the latter was born on the 3d of June, 1823. In 1853 <-"ey came to Ohio and located in Dalton, Wayne county, but before the close of that year they came thence to Stark county and became numbered among the first settlers in wliat is now Beach City, Sugar Creek township, where they continued to reside until the year 1870, when they removed to Mower county. Minnesota, where the father died in June, 1886, having been there engaged in the hotel business in the town of Austin. While in Beach City he was engaged in the general merchandise business. After his death his wife returned to the old home here, and here her death occurred on the 13th of August, 1901. They became the parents of two sons and two daughters, both of the latter dying in infancy, while James N., the elder of the sons, is now a resident of Gallipolis, Ohio. The father of the subject was originally an old-line Whig in his political proclivities, but upon the organization of the Republican party he identified himself therewith, and ever afterward was a stanch advocate of its cause. Fraternally he was identified with the Masonic order, having been a member of the lodge at Navarre, this county. He and his wife were members of the Reformed church until their removal to Minnesota, when they identified themselves with the Methodist Episcopal church, there being no organization of the former in the vicinity of their home there. They were folk of sterling worth of character and ever commanded the utmost respect and esteem on the part of .ill who knew them.

Austin A. Hay, the immediate subject of this review, attended school in his native county in Pennsylvania until he had attained the age of eight years, when he accompanied his parents on their removal to Stark county, where he was reared to maturity, his further educa- tional advantages being such as were afforded in the pubhc school in the village of Beach City. He continued to assist Ins father in the store until there came the call of higher duty, as the thundering of rebel guns against old Fort Sumter gave evidence that an effort was to be made to bring about a dissolution of the great Union founded at so great a cost by the patriots of the Revolution. Though he was but sixteen years of age at the time Mr. Hay promptly tendered his services in the support of the Union, and in September, 1S61, he enlisted as a private in Company F, Nineteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which he proceeded to the front, the regiment being assigned to the Army of the Cumberland, and thereafter he continued in active seivice for more than four years, and up to the time when victory crowned the Federal arms and the integrity of the nation was insured. He took part in all the engagements in which his regiment participated, seeing much hard fightmg, and the history of the command is the history of his personal military career. He received his honorable discharge at Columbus, Ohio, on the 24th of November, 1865, and as a youthful veteran and patriotic soldier returned to his home in Beach City, where he has ever since maintained his home. His honorable methods and careful attention to the demands of his patrons enabled him to soon build up a large and representative trade, his establishment being the leading one of the sort m this section of the county, while he has ever held the implicit confidence and esteem of the people of the community, who have signalized the same in divers ways. He has been called upon to serve as township trustee and treasurer, and for three different terms he was incumbent of the office of postmaster of his home town, while in 1901 a still more distinctive evidence of his popularity in the community was given in his election to the ofirce of county commissioner, of which he now is incumbent, and in which he is rendering eft'ective service to his constituents and the county at large. In politics he has always been a stalwart Republican, taking an active iiiterest in its cause and being a leader in its local ranks and a director of opinion, wdiile he is essentially progressive and public-spirited in his attitude at all times. Fraternally he is identified with the Grand Army of the Republic, being an honored member of Colton Post No. 510, at Beach City, and he also belongs to the Knights of Pythias and Elks.

On the 25th of February, 1S69, Mr. Hay was united in marriage to Miss Amelia Agler, who was born in Stark county, being a daughter of George and Eva (Wygandt) Agler, the former of whom was born in Pennsylvania, and the latter in Maryland, while they were numbered among the early settlers in Sugar Creek township, Stark county, where they passed the residue of their lives. Of the four cliildren of Mr. and Mrs. Hay we enter the following brief record : J. Frank, who is the present postmaster in Beach City, receiving his education in the pulic schools, and was for a time engaged in the newspaper business in Kentucky, being a young man of fine mentality and marked business ability. ILva. A. and Sarah W. are twins. Mary, the first child, died in infancy. The family is one of prominence in the social life of the community, and the home of the subject is a center of gracious hospitality.

JOHN McWHINNEY was born on the farm \\hich is now his home, in Sugar Creek township, Stark county, Ohio, on the 13th of June, 1835, being a son of John R. and Nancy (Wholf ) McWhinney, the former of whom was born in county Down, Ireland, in the year 1797, while the latter was a native of Cumberland county. Pennsylvania, where she was born in 1804. John Rand McWhinney w-as reared and educated in the Emerald Isle, where he re- mained until he had attained the age of twentyfive years, when he emigrated to America, landing in New York city, and for a decade he continued to reside in the old Empire state. At the expiration of this period, in 1829, he came to Stark county, Ohio, and settled on a tract of wild land in Sugar Creek township, where he established his home in true pioneer style and forthwith instituted the reclamation of his land for the purposes of cultivation, and thus meriting recognition as one of the founders of the county. He continued to reside on this homestead, the present farm of our subject, until he was called from the scene of life'.=! activities, his death here occurring on the 17th of April, 1863. He was for a number of years superintendent of the Ohio canal, and prior to his death he had succeeded in clearing a considerable portion of his f.irm, which comprised one hundred and sixty acres. In his native land he had learned the trade of shoemaking, and to the same he devoted more or less attention the years of his residence in Ohio, wliile he was kriown as a man of impregnable integrity and excellent business ability. He came of Scottish ancestry, both of his parents having been born in the fair land of hills and "heather, the maiden name of his mother having "been Margai-et Bailey, and they removed across the border into the north of Ireland, where they passed the remainder of their lives. The father of the subject was a Democrat in hi-; political proclivities, and both he and his wife were members of the Presb} terian cliurch. Thev became the parents of two sons and two daughters, and of the number the subject of this review is the only siu'viving son.

John McWhinney, whose name introduces this sketch, was reared on the old homestead farm where he now resides, and as a bov he began to contribute his quota to the work of clearing and cultivating the land, while his edujcational opportunities were such as were afforded in the pioneer log school house of the neighborhood, the same being a mere log cabin, with punchon floor and slab benciies and other crude accessories. He owns the original home farm of one hundred and sixty acres, and the same is one of the model places of this section of the county, thrift and prosperity being in evidence on every hand, while the permanent improvements are of substantial order, including a commodious and attracti\ e residence. Mr. McWhinney follows diversified farming and also gives no little attention to the raising of high-grade live stock, while his energy, discrimination and progressive methods have enabled him to gain marked success, while he has ever retained the unqualified respect of the community in which he has thus passed his <^ntire life. In his earlier years he gave his support to tl'ie Democratic party, but finally became convinced that the Republican party stood sponsor for the principles and policies best adapted for the government of the republic, and, with the courage of his convictions, he transferred his allegiance thereto, and since 1863 lie has exercised his franchise in its support, having thus been identified with the "grand old party" during nearly the entire period of its existence. He was a stanch Union man in the period that led up lo the war of the Rebellion, and he supported Lincoln for the presidency at the time of his second nomination, while he rendered the valiant and loyal service of a true patriot during that great conflict through Avliicli the perpetr.ity of the Union was insured. In i86t he enlisted in Company F, Nineteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as a private, and on the 7th of September of tiat year his regiment left Wilmot, this county, and departed for the front, and Mr. McWhinney continued in service until April 17, 1865, when he received his honorable discharge, being at the time in a small-pox hospital in Louisville, Kentuckv, and having but recentlv recovered from an attack of that dread disease. He participated in all of the engagements of the Atlanta campaign, having heen under fire for eighty days, and in the battle of Atlanta he received injuries which necessitated his being sent to the rear, after which he was not in active service in the fighting line, while for some time he served as wagon and forage master. After receiving his discharge Mr. McWhinney returned to the home farm, and here he has ever since followed the vocations of peace, gaining victories no less renowned than those of war. In addition to the homestead farm he also owns another farm, of eighty acres, also in Sugar Creek township, and he likewise has the general supervision of this place. He erected his present modern and attractive residence in 1881, while the fine large barn on the homestead was built in 1902. The confidence and esteem in which our subject is held in the community has been signalized by his long retention in the office of township trustee, of which he is incumbent at the time of this writing, and in which he will have served seven years, including his present term, while for many years he has been a valued member of the school board of his district. Fraternally he vitalizes his interest in his old comrades in arms by retaining membership in the Grand Army of the Republic, being a member of Scott Wyant Post No. 384, at Wilmont, while he is also a member of Caldwell Lodge No. 346, Free and Accepted Masons; Ohio Lodge No. 246, Knights of Pythias; and Wilmont Grange, Patron? of Husbandry.

On the 9th of October, 1861, Mr. McWhinney was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Hall, who was born in Sugar Creek township, Stark county, being a daughter of Samuel Hall, one of the sterling pioneers of the county, and of this union six children have been born, namely: Carrie E., Sterling J., Cullen H. (deceased), Columbia, Minnie H., and Jessie W. Cullen H. married Miss Sibil Reed, and died

HENRY C. BURWELL is a native son of the Buckeye state, having been born in Rose township, Carroll county, Ohio, on the 7th of August, 1862, and being a son of Adam and Barbara (Little) Burwell, the former of whom was born in Penns3lvania, of German ancestry, and the latter in Carroll county, where their marriage occurred. The father is now a resident of Magnolia, where he has devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits. The subject was reared on the homestead farm where he was born, and his educational advantages were such as were afforded in the public schools, which he attended during the winter months until he had attained the age of eighteen years, while his services were required in connection with the work of the farm duringthe summer seasons. He remained at the parental home until he had reached his legal majority, when he nntiated his independent career by hiring out to do farm work, to which he devoted his attention until his marriage, in 1885, after \\hich he continued to follow agricultural' pursuits on rented farms, in Carroll county, until 1890, when he came to Waynesburg, Stark county, where he was employed in driving a mule for the first two and one-half years. Li 1893 he secured a position in the employ of the Waynesburg Brick & Clay Company, whose plant was later absorbed by the H. B. Camp Company, with whom he continued in the capacity of boss burner of the kilns until 1898, when patent recognition of his ability and fidelity was given in his being- chosen superintendent of the plant, in which responsible office he was retained, in April, 1902, when the business was purchased by the National Fire Proofing Company . Mr. Burwell has been a careful student of the detads of the business.

and through his practical knowledge and earnest efforts much has been done to advance the interests of the concern, both in facilitating production and securing the highest order of products. Under !iis superintendency tlie output of the plant has been increased from sixteen thousand to twenty thousand Hellvor building blocks a day, while the equipment has been greatly improved, the concern being one of the largest of th.e sort in the Union. In politics Mr. Burwell gives his support to the Republican party, and fraternally he is identified with the Knights of the Maccabees.

On the 5th of September, 1885, Mr. Burwell was united in marriage to Miss Maggie L. Williams, daughter of David and Emeline (Gurst) Williams, of Carroll county, and of this union have been born six; ciiildren, all of whom remain at the parental home, their names, in order of birth, being as follows : Iva, David A., Emma Ethel, Bertha Blanche, Adam Arthur and Reuben Henry.

JOHN H. KRUMLAUF is a native son of the Buckeye state, and comes of stanch German lineage, his ancestors in both the paternal and maternal lines having settled in the state of Pennsylvania several generations agone, while there were born and reared his parents, John and Sarah (Hahn) Krumlauf, who came to Ohio in an early day, locating in Hancock coimtv, where his father devoted his attention to farming for many years. He died in Arlington, Hancock county, Ohio, having attained the venerable age of eighty-nine years, while his wife passed away in 1882, at the age of sixtysix years. He was a stanch Republican in his political proclivities, having identified himself with the party at practically the time of its organization, and his religious faith was that of the Evangelical church, of which his wife also was a devoted member. Of their nine children seven are living at the time of this writing.

John Krumlauf came to Stark county in 1857, and became one of the prosperous and honored fanners of Osnaburg township, where he ever held the maximum confidence and regard of all who knew him.

John H. Krumlauf, the immediate subject of this review, was born on a farm in the vicinity of Findlay, Hancock county, Ohio, on the 4th of October, 1855, and he was thus about two years of age at the time of his parents' removal to Osnaburg township. Stark county, where he was reared to maturity under the grateful surroundings of the old homestead farm. He received the advantages of the public schools of the locality, in which he continued his studies until he had attained the age of nineteen years, in the meanwhile assisting in the improvement and cultivation of the farm, and also working on neighboring farms at intervals. At the age noted he entered upon an apprenticeship at the trade of stone-cutting, becoming a skilled workman, and to this vocation he devoted his attention for several years, finally receiving an injury which compelled him to permanently abandon the work of his trade. Thereafter he entered the employ of the Canton Steel Company, in the capacity of stationary engineer, continuing to be thus engaged about four years, at the expiration of which he turned his attention to the real estate business, from which he retired to engage in the grocerv business, opening a store on East Tuscarawas street and later being engaged in the same line of enterprise at the corner of Walnut and Second streets, where he continued operations successfully until 1896, when he disposed of the business and once more engaged in dealing in rerl estate, which has ever since constituted his province of endeavor and in which he has met with gratifying success, being an excellent judge of realty values, while most desirable investments are ever recorded on his books, both in the line of city and farm property. He has conveniently located and well equipped offices in the City National Bank bnilding-. In politics Mr. Krnmlauf lias ever given an unwavering allegiance to the Republicai; party, having cast his first presidential vote for Garfield, and he has taken an active part in furthei^ing the party cause in the local field, while his name is entered as a candidate in the nominating convention of his party for the ofhlce of county recorder, a position for which he is thoroughly well qualified, and for which he is a logical candidate. Fraternally he belongs to Council No. 137, United American Mechanics.

In February, 1883, in the city of Alliance, this county, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Krumlauf to Miss Ida Shidler, daughter of Eli Shidler. of that cily, and of tliis union have been born tin-ee children, Maud, Wilmer and Helen, all of whom remain beneath the parental roof.

CHARLES O. HEGGEM is an American by adoption, being a native of the old historic country of Norway and as such inherits the sterling characteristics and honorable virtues which have long distinguished the Scandinavians from the other peoples of the world. His father, Ole Heggem, was born about one hundred and fifty miles north of Bergen, Norway, on the 9th of April, 1832, the son of Axel Heggem. whose birth occurred in Bergenstift May iq, 1783. By occupation the latter was a farmer. He also served as a soldier in the Norwegian army and took part in the war with Sweden, which lasted from 1807 until 1S14, inclusive. Ole Heggem spent his youth on his father's farm, but when a young man learned the trade of pattern-making in the shops of his native place. He married in Norway Miss Johanna Mucklebust. a native of Bergensfift, and daughter of Knut ]\Iucklebust. a farmer, living not far from the citv of Bergen. In t868 Ole Heggem and family immigrated to the United States and took up

Charles O. Heggem is the oldest of ten children, five of whom are living at the present time. He was born in Bergen, Norway, on the 29th day of November, 1851, and received his early education in the Latin school of that city, attending the same until a youth of fourteen. He then entered upon a three years' apprenticeship in the Bergen machine works, and at the expiration of that time accompanied his parents to America, taking passage at Stevanger in 1868, on the "Atlanta," a sailing vessel which at that time made its first voyage to the new world. In due time the ship reached its destination at Quebec, _Canada, from wdiich city the Heggem family proceeded to Chicago, where Charles soon found employment in the Chromatic Printing Press works, afterwards the Alden Printing Works, removed to Canton. After working in that establishment for two years he resigned his place and went to Salem, Ohio, where duringseveral ensuing }-ears he was employed by the Buckeye Engine Company, rising by a series of promotions to the important position of foreman. He early developed unusual proficiency as a machinist and in addition to his skill as a workman displayed business abilities of such high order as to win the confidence of his employers, with the result as above stated. Mr. Heggem continued with the Buckeye Engine Works until 1884, in the spring of which year he severed his connection with the company and accepted the position of foreman in the Russell & Comjiany machine shops at IMassillon. He served se\'eral years in that capacity, meanwhile so conducting the afifairs under his immediate charge as to win promotion to a higher position and from that by a series of continued advancements until he reached the responsible station of superintendent, in 1887, which he still holds. Keen, shrewd and vigilant.

he is complete master of the situation, nothing escaping his ever watchful gaze, being as familiar witli the most minute detail of the works as he is with the business in the aggregate. To manage successfully such a large force of men and retain their confidence and good will and to get from them the largest results obtainable, requires executive ability, tact and generalship rarely combined in a single individual. As already stated, Mr. Heggem is master of his calling, and as a skillful workman, thoroughly acquainted with scientific mechanism in all of its details, he has few equals and no superiors.

Reverting to his domestic history, it is learned that Mr. Heggem was happily married, in the year 1872, to Miss Rebecca Boe, also a native of Norway, and the daughter of Knut and Mary Boe, who came to the United States in 1870 and located at Salem, Ohio, where the father engaged in the manufacture of stoves. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Heggem has been blessed with three children, - Oscar E., Alfred G. and Chalmer R.

In addition to his official position with the Russell engine works, Mr. Heggem is a director of the company, and is similarly interested in the Massillon Iron and Steel Works, besides being a director of the Massillon Building & Loan Association. He is also interested in the Warwick Glass Company, in the organization of which he bore a prominent part, and to him is largely due the credit of its incorporation and success. Like many of the leading men in every city and town of any consequence, he is identified with the ancient and honorable order of Free and Accepted Masons, in which he has risen to high station, belonging to Clinton Lodge No. 47, Massillon Commandery No. 4, and Hiram Chapter, Royal Arch Masons. He has also taken the Scottish rite and Mystic Shrine degrees, and in 1893 was elected aninent commander of the Knights Templar organization referred to above. He has also represented his commandery in the state conclaves and for several years past has been a member of the grand commandery of Ohio, meeting with the distinguished body in its annual gatherings. Mr. Heggem is a great admirer of the free institutions under which he has achieved such marked business success and high social standing, and takes great interest in the afifairs of his adopted country, discharging the duties of citizenship with the same devotion to the nation's interest as if he were born and reared on American soil. He is pronounced in his advocacy of the Republican party and has labored earnestly for its success in state and national affairs, sometimes losing sight of politics in matters purely local. He occupies a high position in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, to which organization he has belonged since 1889, and in the deliberations of which he always takes a prominent part. Religiously Mr. Heggem was reared according to the gentle but strict teachings of the Society of Friends, and when he entered the marriage relation the ceremony was soleinnized according to the manner of that church.^

Oscar E. Heggem, oldest son of the subject, is a young man of splendid business attainments, and at this time holds the responsible position of assistant superintendent of the Russell & Company's works. He was married, in 1893, to Miss Lizzie E. Davidson, of ^^^ayne county, Ohio, and is the father of two children, - Frankie Elise and Charles O. Alfred G, the second son, has also achieved enviable repute as an energetic, far-seeing business man, and as superintendent of the Russell Engine Company's shops in this city. He is a graduate of Cornell University, with the degree of Mechanical Engineer, class of '97. Chalmer R., the youngest of the family, after completing his literary education, took up the law and is now prosecuting his legal studies in Cornell University, New York. He is gifted intellectually and will no doubt distinguish himself in the profession to which he proposes to devote liis life. Mr. Heggem has contributed papers and articles to the press on mechanical engineering and kindred subjects, many by request.

THOMAS S. WOLF claims the old Keystone state of the Union as the place of his nativity, having been i:)orn on the parental farm, near Tarenium, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, on the 25th of September, 1862, being the youngest of the eleven children of Samuel and Mary (Haney) Wolf, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania, and of stanch German stock. Samuel Wolf, grandfather of the subject, was born in Germany, where he was reared to maturity. Shortly after his marriage he emigrated with his bride to America, landing in New York city, where he made his home for some time and then removed to Tarentum, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, where he died about the year 1857, in the prime of his manhood. His wife survived him many years, her death occurring in Freeport, that state, in 1875. They became the parents of four children, namely: Joseph; Samuel (father of the subject) ; Jackson and Wallace, the last mentioned being now the only survivor. The father of the subject was born in the state of New York, in 1818, and was a boy at the time of his father's removal to Pennsylvania, wheie he was reared on a farm and where he received limited educational advantages. lie was early compelled to assume the practical responsibilities of life and to depend on his ovi^n resources. While he was still a mere bo\ he secured employment in connection with the repairing on a canal, receiving twenty-seven cents a day for his services. He continued to labor without ceasing as the days passed by, and through his industry and frugality saved a small amount of money, and finally felt justified in taking unto himself a wife and establishir.g himself in a home of his own. In the connection it is interesting to recall the fact that in providing for the furnishing of his modest dwelling he purchased seven chairs in Freeport, Pennsylvania, and that he transferred the same to his home, seven miles distant, by carrying tlie entire number on his head, while his sturdy vigor may be imagined when it is stated that he did not remove the load until he reached his destination. He eventually became the owner of a farm of two hundred and ten acres near Tarentum, and there he continued to be actively engaged in agricultural pursuits during the balance of his life, having disposed of the farm and removed to the town mentioned about six months before his death, which occurred in 1890. His wife, whose maiden name was ]\Iary Jane Haney, was born in that section of the Keystone state, and she is now living in the city of Pittsburgh, at the venerable age of eighty years. The father of the subject was a man of sterling integrity and became an influential citizen of his community, having served in various local offices of trust and been a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal church, as is also his widow. Of their eleven children eight are living at the present time.

Thomas S. Wolf was the youngest son and he remained on the old homestead after the older boys had left the parental roof to establish themselves independently in life, a large portion of the work of the farm thus devolving upon him in his youthful days, while his educational advantages were such as were afforded in the public schools, which he attended during ;he winter months of each year until he had attained the age of seventeen years, while hs thereafter continued to assist in the work and management of the home farm until he had reached his legal majority, when he initiated his independent career by securing employment in a barrel factory, where he was engaged about three years. Tiiereafter he engaged in coal mining at Hughs, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, and with this line of industry he has now been identified for a period of twenty years. In 1883 he came to Osnaburg, Starkcounty, wdiere he worked in tlie coal mines for several years, later carrying on operations on his own responsibility, while in January of the year igoi he entered into contract for the getting out of coal and clay for a local tile and brick concern, and to this contract he is now devoting his attention and is handling same with marked fidelity and ability. He has been an earnest and indefatigable worker, and hi*? integrity of purpose has never wavered in the least, so that he has at all times commanded the confidence and esteem of those with whom he has been associated in business or social life. Mr. Wolf has an attractive home in Osnaburg, the house having been erected by him in 1899. In politics he gives his allegiance to tlie Republican party, and his religous faith is that of the Evangelical Lutheran church, of which his wife likewise is a devoted member. Fraternally he is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias.

On the ist of January, 1885, Mr. Wolf was united in marriage to Miss Lizzie Lisbtag, was born in Osnaburg, being a daughter of George and Mary Lisbtag, and they are the parents of five children, namely: George C., Nettie Grace, William S., Noble and a baby.

JOHN H. MONG was born in Brown township, Carroll county, Ohio, on the 24th of March, 1861, being one of tlie three children of John and Mary M. (Young) Mong, while he and his brother Philip are now the only survivors of the immediate family. The father was born in Rheinberger, German, in the year 1818, and was there reared on a farm and continued to follow agricultuial pursuits in the fatherland until 1846, when he emigrated to i\\c. United States, the trip being- made on a sailing vessel, which was thirty-six days in making the passage. He made his way to Indiana, and his cash capital at the time of his arrival there was represented in the sum of sixty cents. He remained in that state for a short interval, and then came to Carroll count)-, Ohio, and settled in Brown township, where he engaged in farming on rented land, continuing operations in this line for about ten years, at the expiration of which he purchased the home farm of forty acres, in Osnaburg township. Stark county, which is now owned equally by his two sons. Here he continued to reside until his death, which occurred in the year 1871. For about three years he followed a threshing outfit, and with this exception his entire attention was given to agricultural pursuits from, his youth up. Upon becoming a naturalized citizen of the United States he espoused the cause of the Democratic party, and ever afterward remained a stalwart adherent of the same. He was a consistent member of the Reformed church, and was a man of exalted integrity and honor, ever commanding the high regard of his fellow men and living a life of signal usefulness and honor. His devoted wife, who was a true companion and helpmeet to him, was likewise a native of Rheinberger, Germany, where she was born in 1 82 1, whence she came to America with her parents in 1846, the family locating in Brown township, Carroll county, Ohio, where her marriage to John Mong was solemnized. She died on the homestead farm, on the 10th of May, 1 89 1, at the age of three score years and ten. She was a woman of noble attributes of character, and was a zealous and devoted member of the Reformed church.

John M. Morig remained beneath the parental roof until he had attained the age of twenty years, when he initiated his independent career by securing employment as a farm hand, being thus engaged for about eight years, after which he devoted about six years to working as an engineer, operating stationary and portable engines. Since that time he has given the major portion of his attention to the miningof coal, in which line of enterprise he has mei with gratifying success, while he is also associated with his brother in the ownership and management of the homestead farm acquired by their father so many years ago. Mr. IMongis a bachelor, and for more than a decade past he has made his home with his brother, in Osnaburg township. He is known as a man of progressive ideas and marked business ability, while he has so ordered liis course as to retain the confidence and good will of those with whom he has come in contact. In politics he is a stalwart advocate of the principles of the Republican party, and his religious faith is that of the Reformed church, of which he has been a member from his youth up.

ADAM HAY was born in Osnaburg township. Stark county, Ohio, on the 17th of May, 1857, being a son of Peter and Susan (Zwahlen) Hay, whose eight children are still living, their names, in order of birth, being as follows : Margaret M., who is the wife of Samuel !Marks, of Osnabnrg township; Adam, the immediate subject of this review; John, who is a resident of Denver, Colorado ; Edward, who is in the employ of the Aultman Manufacturing Company, of Canton, this county; Albert, who is likewise a resident of Canton: Susan C, who is the wife of Alien Baughman, of Portland, Oregon; Mary E., who is the wife of Jacob .Sweitzberger, of Canton township; and Cora A., who is the wife of Grant Shearer, of New York city.

Peter Hay, the father of the subject, was born in Rheinbeyn, Germany, in 1830, and in 1837 he accompanied his parents on their emigration to America, the voyage being made on a sailing vessel, which reached New York city after an interval of thirty-six days on the Atlantic. The grandfather of our subject likewise tore the name of Adam Hav, and he came

.forthwith from New York to Stark county, Ohio, and purchased a tract of land in Osnaburg township, the same having been an integral portion of the farm now owned and occupied by the subject. Here he passed the remainder of his life, passing away in April, 1868, at the age of seventy-one years. Peter Hay was reared on the old homestead farm and he continued his residence in the townsliip until his death. Shortly afler his marriage he came into possession of one hundred and sixty-two acres of the homestead farm, which originallycomprised two hundred and six acres, the remaining forty-four acres having been set off as a home for his sister, Mrs. Schwartz. Some time in the '60s he purchased two pieces of land adjoining his farm on the east and comprising forty-four and fifty-six acres, respectively, while in 1881 he bought eighty-four acres which lay contiguous on the west, and in the following year acciuired the forty-four acres which had been allotted to his sister, thus making the area of his larded estate three hundred and ninety-four acres. He was a thoroughly pro.gressive and scientific farmer, and was very successful in his efforts, having developed one of the fine farm properties of the county. In politics he gave his support to the Democratic party from Ihe time cf attaining his legal majority, while his religious faith was that of the Reformed church, of which bnili he and his wife were devoted members, while he held various official positions in the chtnxh. He w^as a man of sterling character, true and loyal in all the relations of life, and he held the unqualified confidence and esteem of all who knew him. His death occurred on the 17th of September, IQOI, and the community mourned the loss of one of its most able and honored citizens. Mrs. Susan CZwahlen) Hay, molher of the subject, was born in Switzerland, in the year 1831. and was twelve years of age at the time when her parents emigrated to America, taking up their abode on the farm now owned bv her brother.

Henry Zwahlen, in Osnaburg township, where they passed the remainder of their lives. She was summoned into eternal rest on the 12th of October, 1869, at the age of fifty-eight years, having been a woman of noble character and one who proved a devoted wife and mother, while her children may well "rise up and call her blessed."

Adam Hay, whose name initiates this sketch, was reared on the ancestral homestead where he now resides, and his early educational privileges were such as were afforded in the district schools, his attendance being somewhat irregular, however, as he was the eldest son and was thus early called upon to assume much, of the work of the farm. In 1879 Mr. Hay was married and he then settled on what is known as the Shearer farm, of one hundred acres, adjoining the home farm, the same having been purchased by his father in the "60s. He operated the farm on shares for two years, at the expiration of which he removed to the farm which his father had purchased on the west of the homestead, and there he continued in agricultural pursuits for five years. He then, in 1886, removed to the city of Canton, where he entered into partnership with his brother John and engaged in the grocery business, the enterprise being successfully conducted for one year, at the expiratio-i of which they disposed of the same at a good profit, and for nearly two years thereafter our subject was employed as a carpenter and millwright in the works of the Dueber-Hampden Company, in Canton. He tlien engaged in house carpentry on his own responsibility, and continued in this line of enterprise for a number of years. In 1892 he engaged in the livery business in Canton, and one year later traded the same for a grocery store, of wh.icli he shortly afterward disposed. In 1896 he returned to the home farm, which he rented until the death of hi,-; father, when he purchased two hundred and six acres of land, and has here continued successfully in agricultural pursuits to the present time, the farm being under most effective cultivation and equipped with model buildings and other permanent improvements of the best order. In politics Mr. Hay accords a stanch allegiance to the Demorcratic party, and in igoi waS' made the nominee of his paity for township trustee. He and his wife are prominent members of the Reformed church at Mapleton, in Avhich he holds the office of deacon, and fraternally he is identified with the Knights of Maccabees, affiliating with Malvern Tent No. 349, at Malvern, Carroll county.

On the 6th of March, 1879, Mr. Hay was united in marriage to Miss Susan Starkey, who was born in Paris township, this county, beinga daughter of the late John Starkey, who wasa prominent farmer and carpenter of that township. Mrs. Hay"s death occurred on the i8th of December, 1884, and she left one child,. Laura A., who remains at the paternal home.. On the 2Sth of February, 1886, Mr. Hay consummated a second marriage, being then united to Miss Elizabeth E. Foltz, of Marshall county, Indiana, and they are the parents of one son, Earl E.

PHILIP MONG was bom in Brown township, Carroll county, Ohio, on the 12th of December, 1863, and he received his educational discipline in the public schools of that county and Stark county, where the family took up their abode at an early day. At the age of nineteeii years he severed the home ties and secured employment as a farm hand, and to this line of work he continued to devote his attention for a number of years, being energetic and industrious and turning his labors to good account. In 1890 he was united in marriage to Miss Margaret N. Biler, \\ho was born in Osnaburg township, on the farm which is now her home, and which is conducted so successfully by her husband. She is a daughter of the late Philip Biler, who was born in the province of Alsace, France,, w hich is now a portion of the German empire, and who emigrated thence to America when a young man, becoming one of the early settlers in Osnaburg township, this county, where he developed and otherwise improved a good farm, upon which he passed the remainder of his life, his death occurring in 1881. After his marriage Mr. Mong settled on the Biler homestead, and since 1890 he has continued agricultural operations here in connection with the cultivation of the old Mong homestead, which lies contiguous. For the past twelve years he has also been associated with his brother in the development of the coal mines, devoting his attention to this work during the winter months and remaining in active supervision of his farming interests during the balance of the year. He is recognized as one of the able and progressive young men of the township, where his friends are in number as his acquaintances. In politics he is stanchly arrayed in support of the Republican party, and he and his wife are worthy members of the church near Mapleton. Of their four children two are living, William R. and Harry W.

EDWARD A. BIECHELE is a member of one of the prominent pioneer families of the county, and who is numbered among the lepresentative business men of the city of Canton, controlling an important enterprise which had its inception many years ago, through the colaboration of his father, Augustus G., and his imcle, Leopold Biechele. The subject is sole manufacturer of the Golden Star patent Swiss steam and fire copper ciieese kettles, candy pans, and also of sheet-metal work of every description, while in his establishment are also handled furnaces, mantels, grates, tile flooring, gas fixtures, and stoves of all kinds, while a specialty is made of plumbing work and the executing of contracts for roofing, spouting, etc., the headquarters of the business being in a large and well equipped building at 206-8 East Fifth street. This enterprise was established in the year 1853, by the firm of L. Biechele & Brother, the interested principals being Leopold and Augustus G. Biechele. The ongmal headquarters were located on the site of the present Dime Savings Bank, and later the firm removed to the lot on which the present building of the subject is located, said lot at the time extending through from East Tuscarawas street to East Fifth street, while the building fronted on the former thoroughfare. The present building, fronting on East Fifth street, was erected by the firm in the year 1879, ^"^ htre the brothers continued their partnership operations until the 20th of March, 1882, when a dissolution took place, Leopold Biechele retiring, and thereafter the father of the subject continued the enterprise individually until his death, which occurred on the 22d of November, 1896.

Augustus G. Biechele came of stanch German lineage, and was a sturdy representative of the valuable element of citizenship which the German fatherland has furnished to the United States. He was born in the town of Endingen, in the central portion of the province of Baden, Germany, the year of his nativity being 1828. He attended the excellent schools of his native land for the customary number of years defined by government law. In 1847 '^^ came to America in company with his brother Leopold, and later became associated with his brother in the establishing of the enterprise of which his son is now in control, operations being instituted on a modest scale, and here he continued to reside until he was called from the scene of life's activities, having been a man of sterling character and one who held the unqualified confidence and esteem of the community in which he so long lived and labored. Li politics he was a stanch advocate of the principles of the Democratic party, and while he was never a seeker of public office, he ser\'ed most efficiently as a member of the board of trustees of the Canton water works, being loyal to his home city and ever lending his aid and influence in support of measures concerning its advancement and prosperity. He w^as a communicant of St. Peter's church, Roman Catholic, and contributed liberally to its support. In Canton, in the year 1855, was solemnized his marriage to Miss Mary A. Lothamer, a daughter of Peter Lothamer, who was born in the province of Alsace, France, whence he emigrated to the United States, and located in Canton, where he engaged in the shoe business and where he passed the remainder of his life. The mother of the subject is still living, being- seventy-one years of age at the time of this wi iting, and she likewise is a communicant and devoted member of St. Peter's church. This worthy couple became the parents of seven children, all of whom still reside in Canton with one exception, their names, in order of birth, being as follows : Edward A., the immediate subject of this sketch; Andrew, who hves in Canton ; Tina, the widow of Dr. August Leininger; Alfred, who is engaged in the tin jobbing business in Canton; Ella, who is the wife of Harry Webb, of this city ; Corrine, who is the wife of James Burns, of Ix)uisville, Kentucky; and Arthur, who is engaged with the Aultman Company in Canton. Edward A. Biechele was born in the family homestead, at the corner of Third street and Cleveland avenue, in Canton, the date of his nativity being September 3, 1856. He received his early educational discipline in the public and parochial schools and the Canton Academy, and supplemented the same by a course of study in Duff's Business College, in the city of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, where he completed his education at the age of twenty years. He then entered his father's establishment and here learned the trade and familiarized himself with all other details of the business, so that he was eminently qualified to assume the full management of the enterprise at the death of his honored father, in 1897, subsequently to which he settled up the estate and in 1899 he purchased the interests of the other heirs in the business, to which he has since given his undivided attention, while through his well directed efforts he has increased its prestige and expanded its scope, controlling a large and important business in the various departments of the enterprise. He owns valuable patents and the articles manufactured in his establishment find a ready demand throughout a wide trade territory. He accords an uncompromising allegiance to the Democratic party, and fraternally is identified with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Knights of Columbus, Woodmen of the World and Knights of the Maccabees. He and his wife are communicants and valued members of St. John's church, Roman Catholic.

In Canton, on the i8th of October, 1881, Mr. Biechele was united in marriage to Miss Lottie Trout, who was born in this city, being a daughter of Joseph Trout, concerning whom individual mention is m.ade elsewhere in this volume, and of this union have been born three children, namely: Burdeene, William Arnold and Josephine.

Reverting to the life of the father of the subject, we may consistently make note of the fact that he was one of the argonauts who made their way to the state of California at the time of the ever memorable gold excitement in that section. In company with a party of Canton men he went to the Golden state in 1850, making the trip by wzy of the Isthmus of Panama, while the return trip was made by the overland route. He and his companions prospected in the gold fields and located' a valuable mine, but they became involved in litigation with an English syndicate relative to the ownership of the property and finally abandoned the claim, having remained in California two years. In the party were L. V. Barkius.. John