Canton Township (part 53 of 62)

Zadock Numan remained beneath the parental rooftree until he had attained maturity, having attended the common schools and also attended the high school at Miner\-a for a short period. In 1867 he was united in marriage to Miss Sarah E. Marks, who was born in Canton township, this county, Ijeing a daughter of the late Peter Marks, who was one of the early settlers in that portion of the countv. After his marriage I\lr. Numan located on the farm of his father-in-law and there conltinvied to foIlo\^- agricultural pursuits for the ensuing f^ve vears. In 1873 he purchased his present home farm, on section 29, Osnaburg township, the same at that time comprising one hundred and twenty-four acres, and here he has ever since maintained his home. The place now comprises one hundred acres, the remaining twenty-four acres of the original tract having been sold a number of years ago. Mr. Numan is to lie distincti\-ely mentioned as one of the model farmers of the county, and a more attractive rural estate than his would be difficult to find in this section of the state. In politics he is a stalwart supporter of the Republican party, and while never ambitious for political preferment, he served two years in the responsible office of township trustee, giving a most alile and satisfactory administration of the duties devolving ifpon him. He and his wife are the parents of four children, namely : William, who is associated with his father in the operation of the home farm ; Florence, who is the wife of Louis Deckert, a representative farmer of Canton township ; Edward, who is in the employ of Bucher & Gibbs, plow manufacturers in Canton ; and Clara, who remains at the parental home. In the spring of 1903 Mt- Numan rented his farm and moved to Canton, where he is living a retired life.

NAHUM S. RUSSELL. - In the death of Nahum S. Russell, on the i8th of November, 1891, Massillon lost one of its most distinguished and valued citizens, and it is the desire to accord within these pages a proper tribute to his memory, avoiding undue eulogy but affording a true estimate of the man and of his accomplishment. He was president of the extensive corporation of Russell & Company, manufacturers of threshing machines, horse-powers, portable traction engines and sawmills, in Massillon, and held this office until he retired from active business in 1888.

Nahum S. Russell was born in Weston, IMiddlesex county, Massachusetts, on the 17th of February, 181 3, being the fourth in order of birth of the eleven children of Cyrus and Louisa (Stratton) Russell. The Russell family is of stanch old Scottish stock, and in Scotland occurred the birth of the great-grandfather of the subject of this memoir. Early in the eighteenth century he left the fair land of hills and heather and emigrated to America, locating in Middlesex county, Massachusetts. From the old family Bible, which is carefully treasm^ed by the family, we are able to secure much interesting ancestral data, though little is given concerning the original American progenitor. His son Joseph was born in Weston, Middlesex county, Massachusetts, on the 5th of July, 1745, and on the 20th of May, 1773, was solemnized his marriage to Susanna Upham, who was born August 20, 1751. They became the parents of seven children, namely : Joseph, Sukey, Sarah, Cyrus, Abigail, Sylvanius and Clement.

Cyrus Russell, father of the Russell brothers, of Massillon, was born in Weston, ]\Iassachusetts, December 17, 1784, and in 1820 he removed thence to New Hampshire, purchasing a farm at Alstead, Cheshire county. This he improved and conducted until 1829, when he removed with his family to Sutton, ' Caledonia county, Vermont, where he continued to devote his attention to agricultural pursuits until his retirement from active labor, by reason of the infirmities of advancing age, and he then went to the home of his daughter in Thompson, Connecticut, where he died at the age of eighty-eight years. In politics he was originally a Whig and later a Republican, and while a resident of Massachusetts he served with credit as an officer in the war of 18 12. His wife. Louisa, was a daughter of Isaac Stratton, a farmer of Lincoln, Massachusetts, where she was born on the 8th of November, 1786. and lived to attain the age of eightyfour years. Of their children we enter at this point brief record in order of birth : Charles M. was born October i, 1806. and of him further mention will l)e made in an appending paragraph. Martha Upham was born January 12, 1808, and became the wife of Rev. Alanson Rawson, four children being born to them, Alanson R., Mary A., Juliette and Harriet. Harriet was born April 12, 1809. and became the wife of Milan Harris, and her death occurred in December, 1880. being survived by one daughter, Harriet L. Nahum S., the next in order of birth, is the immediate subject of this memoir. Sylvanius was born

August 22, 1815, and died August 18, 1844. Clement was born December 29, 181 7, was twice married, - first to Laura M. Waterman, who bore him two children, - Charles and Louisa, - and second to Mrs. Augusta Miller, no children being born of this union. Joseph K. is individually mentioned later on in this context. Sarah Susanna was born November 2^. 1825, and became the wife of Alfred O. Evans, to whom she bore one daughter, Susan S. Mrs. Evans died May 20, 185 1. Thomas H. was born May 15, 1828, and he married Ellen Dunn, five children being born of this union, while three of the number are now living, - Warren R., Laura and Harriet. Thomas H. is deceased. George L. was born October 27, 1830, and he married Sarah Galagher, who bore him one son, William C. After her death he married Martha Kennard. He is now deceased. Alba Allen was born May 7, 1833, ^""i first married Lorinda Chase and second Olive Cook, two children being born to the second union, Harley A. and Carrie B. ; he is now deceased.

Of Nahum S. Russell, a previous publication has offered an appreciative estimate, the same having been written prior to his death, but the words are well worthy of perpetuation at this point, as outlining his career, and incidentally those of his brothers, with whom he was so long and intimately associated in business : "Few men have had more humble beginnings than the Russell brothers or have achieved for themselves a brighter and clearer record as business men. By their zeal and unflagging industry they pioneered their way through an eventful past, many times dark and portentious, surviving panics and hard seasons which seemed at times ready to nivolve them in business disaster and ruin, and yet by their adherence to the principles of right and justice, coupled with their energ\' and praiseworthy fidelity to their business and its concomitant obligations, they have ever surmounted the difficulties uhich environed them and distinguished themselves as manufacturers and stalwart business men. They are now sending their products all over the world, and the manufacture of the same gives employment at their shops to hundreds of men, and indirectly to thousands of others. Nahum, the eldest of the brothers living at the time of this writing, was reared on the home farm. His advantages for attending school were poor, since he was enabled to pursue his studies in the country schools for a short time during the winter months, working on the farm during the remainder of the year. In the winter of 1831 he went to Walpple, New Hampshire, to learn the trade of carpenter and joiner, serving an apprenticeship of three years' duration. During this time he strove to improve himself in everj' way. Realizing the value of an education more extended than he had hitherto acquired, he attended the academy at Walpole during such intervals as he could spare from his work. In the spring of 1835 he removed to Keene, New Hampshire, where he remained one year, working at his trade, after which he was similiarly engaged at Virgennes and Buffalo, New York. Later he came to Ohio, taking up his residence in Cleveland, where he assisted in building the American hotel, on Superior street. He remained in Cleveland until 1838, when, in company with his brothers Charles M. and Clement, he came to Massillon, where the three brothers became associated in the building and contracting, business. On the 1st of Janua^\^ 1842. the three brothers formed a co-partnership under the title of C. M> Russell & Company, for the manufacture of threshing machines and horse-powers, in conjunction with their enterprise as carpenters and builders. Their capitalistic investment was but fifteen hundred dollars, and yet from the signally modest nucleus, by hard work, tireless energy' anl unflagging perseverance, they built up one of the largest and most prosperous industrial

In the connection it may be stated that Charles M. Russell, the senior member of the firm, had examined the Pitt threshing machine of Buffalo, and becoming convinced that he could improve upon the same he forthwith essayed the task, and that he was successful in this initial endeavor is evidenced by the fact that his improved machine vanquished the original prototype at the Ohio state fair of 1845. Thus encouraged, the new firm vigorously pushed forward their manufacturing enterprise and continued to improve their Massillon thresher until it distanced all competitors, while its precedence has never been permitted to wane to the present day. After the death of Charles M. Russell, in i860, the name of the firm was changed to N. S. & C. Russell, and in 1864 three others of the Russell brothers - Joseph K., Thomas H. and George L. - purchased interests in the business. In 1865 William K. Miller and Thomas H. Williams were admitted to the concern, the former being the patentee of the Peerless mower and reaper, which was manufactured by his firm until 1 871, when it was sold to C. Russell & Company, of Canton, to which city was transferred its manufacturing. In 1868 Mr. Williams retired from the firm and three years later Allen A., the youngest of the Russell brothers, was adnn'tted to partnership, as was also Alanson R. Rawson, a nephew, who died in 1875, at which time his interest was acquired by J. Walter McClymonds. On the 1st of Januar}-. 1878, Clement Russell, one of the founders of the business, withdrew from the firm ("incorporated under the old firm name of Russell & Co.), after thirty-six years of active connection therewith. Prior to 1865 the shops were located on Erie street, between Tremont and South streets, but the business had then outgrown its accommodations and the firm accordingly purchased a tract of twenty acres south of the raidroad and erected the main structures of the present substantial plant. On the 17th of May, 1878, fire destroyed all the iron-working machinery, involving the destruction of the entire south wing and one-half of the Erie street front of the building, while the entire stock of patterns, valued at seventyfive thousand dollars, with machinery of tantamount value, was a complete loss, the insurance realized being but fifty thousand dollars. The firm at once rebuilt and its plant is now one of the largest and most thoroughly equipped in the country, ofifering adequate facilities for the constantly increasing business. In the autumn of 1878 the enterprise was incorporated under the laws of the state, with a capital stock of one million dollars, a fact most significant when we recall the original capital of fifteen hundred dollars. The company maintain many branch offices throughout the most diverse sections of the Union, and in addition to the manufacture of the New Massillon thresher, known today as the most successful in America, the company also makes a specialty of their portable farm engine, with traction attachment. They were the first of the large manufacturers to introduce steam threshing, and their engines have attained the highest reputation. The products of this great plant are sold in all agricultural sections of the United States and have been successfully introduced in the various European countries. South America, Australia and other foreign lands. The officers of the company at the present time are as follows : J. Walter Mc- Clymond, president; Charles M. Russell, vicepresident; Edward C. Merwin, second vicepresident and secretary; Charles O. Heggem, superintendent, and Jesse J. Pitts, treasurer.

Of Nahum S. Russell it may be consistently said that such was his acumen, business prescience .and progressive policy, that he contributed in a large measure to the upbuilding of this gigantic industry, which continued to feel the impress of his strong individuality until he was summoned from the field of life's endeavors. In the light of his temporal accomplishment we can not but pronounce him a successful man; in the light of his noble and sincere character we can not but realize that hi? life was prolific in good and in all directions and that it reached its maximum of potentiality at every step. To him was accorded the utmost confidence and esteem in his home city and county, to whose interests he was ever loyal, and his gracious and unostentatious personality won to him strong and inviolable friendships. In politics he gave his allegiance to the Republican party, and his religious faith was that of the Presbyterian church.

On the 27th of April, 1841, was solemnized the marriage of Nahum S. Russell to Miss Esther K. Millard, who was born in New York, on the 27th of February, 1819, being a daughter of William J. and Betsey Jerome (Ball) Millard. They were the parents of three children, namely: Flora R., who is the wife of J. Walter McCIymonds, of Massillon; Anna, who is the wife of Louis K. McCIymonds, of New York; and Mary Louise, who died on the loth of March, 1861, at the age of nineteen years.

Charles M. Russell, the eldest of the brothers of the subject, was likewise a citizen of marked prominence and influence. He was born in Middlesex county, Massachusetts, on the 1st of October, 1806, and accompanied his parents on their removal thence to New Hampshire and later to Vermont. His fine mental gifts and sturdy self-reliance enabled him to make good the lack of early educational advantages, and yet it was a slight presage of the eminence he was to attain in the industrial world when we revert to his early labors on the farm and to his later efforts as a contractor and builder. Of his career after coming to Massillon, in the spring of 1838, we quote from a previous publication : "Tlie genius of Mr. Russell would never permit him to pursue the beaten path, but wherever there were imperfections in his way improvements marked his course, and this characteristic, added to his great energy and enlarged enterprises, never permitted him to rest until the manufactured articles of his firm had deserved and acquired a reputation surpassing that of all others. The unerrnig judgment of the Russell brothers did not rest with the securing of the greatest prestige for their tlireshers, but they also established an extensive manufactory of cabinet ware in Massillon. Soon after the completion of the railroad through the town Charles M. Russell, in association with Messrs. Wellman and Davenport, erected large works for the manufacture of railroad cars, this enterprise later passing into the control of the firm of C. M. Russell & Company. ]Mr. Russell was elected to the directorate of the Pennsylvania & Ohio Railroad in 1856, retaining this office until the consolidation under the title of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad Company, of which he was at once made a director, remaining such until his death. His position on the board was a prominent one and his counsels had much weight with the company, his loss being' deeply felt by those interested in the road. Within the last year of his life, in connection with ^Ir. Davenport, he invented and patented an iron railroad car. His benevolence, though exerted without ostentation, was constantly put into practice, and the unfortunate who applied to him for relief never went away empty-handed. There was no class of people who had a larger place in his regard than the mechanics, for he never forgot that he himself arose from this same class, and he was ever ready to aid and encourage them in every consistent way. He had bee;i the chief among the citizens of Alassillon and, unlike many others who departed from her confines in her hour of adversity, brought about by a change in the means of intercommunication, he was always foremost in her defense and using his best energies for her welfare. Her citizens always had the benefit of his wise counsels and wise experiences. He was equally prompt to distribute his money to forward the best interests of the town, either in a religious, social or public point of view. His death occurred on the 19th of February, i860, and thus passed away a dear brother, a loyal friend and worthy citizen. He married Nancy Davis, but no children were born to their union."

Joseph K. Russell, who was the vice-president of Russell & Compan}-, was lx)rn at Alstead, Chesliire county. New Hampshire, on the 26th of June, 1823, and well upheld the high standard of the family name through his business and civic career in Massillon. He came to this place in 1842 and served an apprenticeship of three years with his brothers, who were then engaged in contracting and building, having, like them, grown up on the homestead farm and secured such educational ad\-antages as were oft'ered in the primitive district schools, which he attended during the winter terms. At the expiration of the period noted his health had become so impaired that he returned to his native county, where he entered the woolen-mills of his father-in-law, at Harrisville, eventually becoming overseer of the weaving department and incidentally working on one of the first power looms ever installed in New England. He returned to Massillon in 1863, and in Januai-y of the following year purchased an interest in the firm of N. S. & C. Russell, the title of which was at that time changed to Russell & Company, and upon the incorporation of the company he was made vice-president and superintendent of the lumber department, in which dual capacity he rendered most effective service for a long term of years.

In Harrisville, New Hampshire, Joseph K. Russell was united in marriage to Miss Lucretia J. Harris, daughter of Milan Harris, one of the pioneer woolen manufacturers of New England. Mr. and Mrs. Russell became the parents of five children, as follows : Vinet S., deceased; Charles M. is vice-president of Russell & Company; Mary E. is immarried ; Louisa J. is the wife of Isaac Conrad, of Massillon ; and Jessie L. is unmarried. Mrs. Russell died on the 28th of February, 1S75, and subsequently Mr. Russell married Mrs. Lydia H. Harris, who was born in Nelson, New Hampshire, a daughter of Oliver Heald. Mrs. Russell died in February, 1888, without issue, and in December, 1890, Mr. Russell married Mrs. Harriet W. Ballard, daughter of Dr. Perkins Wallace, a pioneer physician and citizen of Canton, a portrait of whom may be found on another page in this volume.

CHARLES N. DEWALT was born on the farm where he now resides, the date of his nativity having been September 29, 1865, while he is the third of the four children of Samuel S. and Barbara (Newhouse) Dewalt, the elder members of the family being as follows : Sadie, who remains at the parental home; Mary, who is the wife of McClelland Shy, of Osnaburg township, and Flora, who is the wife of Alva L. Lotz, of this township. The father of the subject is likewise a native of this township, having been born on this same homestead, where he still resides, on the 27th of December, 1838, being a son of Charles and Saloma ("Shook) Dewalt, the former of who was born in Pennsylvania and the latter in Plain township, this county. Charles Dewalt was born in the year 1821, and two years later his father,

Heniy Dewalt, came to Stark couaty, Ohio, settling on a tract of unimproved land onehalf mile north of the present village of Osnaburg, the farm being now owned by David Gehman. There the family maintained their abode until the j'car 1S33, when the purchase of the farm now occupied by our subject was effected, the property being owned by his father, Samuel S. DcAvalt, who also makes his home here. With the children of the subject five generations of the family have thus lived on the one farm. The property was transferred by Henry Dewalt to his son Charles, in 184 1, and in 18S6 the latter devised the property by will to his son Samuel S., father of the subject, who still owns the property. Both Henry and Charles Dewalt died on this farm, the former at the age of sixty-six years and the latter at the age of eighty-six. Charles Dewalt was a stanch and uncompromising advocate of the principles of the Democratic party and was. one of the highly honored and influential citizens of Osnaburg township, where he held the. ofP.ce of township trustee for several years.

Samuel S. Dewalt, the father of the subject, was reared on the old homestead farm, and at the age of eighteen years he entered upon an apprenticeship at the carpenter trade, to which he has consecutively given his attention s;ive for a few years when he remained at home and cared for his honored parents in their declining days. For the past twenty years he has devoted his entire time to the work of his trade, as a contractor and builder, while our subject has had the entire charge of the farm. Samuel S. Dewalt secured his early educational discipline in the primitive log schoolhouse of the pioneer epoch, the building being equipped with puncheon fioor, slab benches, oiled paper Avindows in lieu of glass, and yawning fireplace in one end of the room. From such unpretentious institutions have been "graduated" some of the noblest and strongest men that our nation has ever produced, and we may well revert with a feeling of respect to these rude little cabins in which future greatness was thus nurtured. In politics Mr. Dewalt is a stalwart Democrat, but he has never been an aspirant for political preferment of any sort. He and his wife are both zealous members of the Reformed church, in which he held the office of deacon for many years. Fraternally he is identified with Juilliard Lodge No. 460, Free and Accepted Masons, at Louisville, and he is honored as one of the sterling citizens of the coimty, being an able business man and one whose word is ever inviolable. His wife, Barbara ( Nevvhouse ) Dewalt, was born in Waynesburg, Sandy township, Stark county.

Charles N. Dewalt, the immediate subject of this sketch, has passed practically his entire life on the homestead farm where he was bom, his early educational privileges being such as were afforded in this district schools. For eighteen months he worked at the blacksmith trade in Robertsville, this county, but was compelled to abandon this vocation owing to severe rheumntic troubles, and with the exception of this brief interval he has resided consecutively on the ancestral farm from the time of his birth. He assumed the entire management of the place when seventeen years of age, and is to-day recognized as one of the most progressive and thoroughly scientific farmers of the county, never faltering in his allegiance to the great fundamental art of agriculture and considering it worthy of his best efforts and undivided attention. He is a reader of the best classical and contemporary literature and is a man of broad and exact information and excellent intellectual powers. In politics he gives his unqualified support to the Democratic party, and in 1809 he wais first elected to the office of assessor, serving two terms, while in 1900 he was elected to the office of trustee and is the present able incumbent, being president of the board. Fraternally he is a member of Juilliard Lodge No. 460, Free and Accepted

Masons, at Louisville, with which his father has been identified for many years, and he is signally appreciative of the noble teachings of this time honored fraternity. He is at the present time senior deacon of the lodge, which he had previously served for two years as worshipful master. He is a deacon in the Reformed church at Robertsville, of which his wife is a member, and for the long period of ten years he gave most efficient service as superintendent of the Sunday school.

On the 2 1 St of March, 1889, in Robertsville, this county, Mr. Dewalt was united in marriage to Miss Minnie E. Combs, who was born in that village, being a daughter of James and Matilda Combs. Mr. and Mrs. Dewalt have had five children, of whom four surv'ive, Guy G., Floyd V., Ruth N., and E. Carme. Odane died at the age of ten months, in 1897.

ABRAHAM VAN VOORHIS is a native of the old Keystone state, having been born in Washington count}% Pennsylvania, on the 12th of December, 1822, a son of Peter and Margaret (Sickman) Van Voorhis, of whose fourteen children seven are living at the time of this writing; Susan, the wife of Albert Glass, of Missouri ; Margaret, the widow of George Welker, of Mapleton, Stark county; Sarah, the widow of Samuel Foulk, of Mapleton; Mary, the widow of George Judd, of the same place; Eliza, the wife of David Coy, of Mapleton; Harriet, the wife of Daniel Dehoff. of Osnaburg township; and Abraham, the immediate subject of this sketch. Peter Van Voorhis was of sturdy Holland ancestry and was a native of the state of New York, whence he later removed to Pennsylvania, where he remained until 1824 when he came to Stark county, Ohio, passing the first year in Canton township and then purchasing a farm of eighty acres of heavily timbered land in Osnaburg township, one and one-half miles west of the present at- tractive village of Mapleton, and there he continued to make his home until his death, which occurred when he was about seventy-two years of age, his wife surviving him by about a decade. Both were consistent members of the Christian church and held the high regard of all who knew them, being worthy types of that sterling pioneer element which conserved the laying of firm foundations for the future prosperity and pride of this section of the state. In politics the father was originally an old-line Whig, but upon the organization of the Republican party he transferred his allegiance to the same and ever afterward supported its cause, being a man of excellent intellectual powers and mature judgment and taking a deep interest in the questions of the hour.

Abraham Van \''oorhis was but two years of age at the time of his parents' removal to Stark county, so that this has been his home for nearly eighty years, the locality being endeared to him by the memories and associations of the past and by the privileges and prosperity of the present, as the glorious twentieth century swings into the cycle of the ages. As a boy he did his part' in the work of the pioneer farm, assisting in clearing off the underbrush on the new land and later in the cultivation of the fields, the duties devolving upon him being more numerous and insistent than the average farmer boy of the present day can well appreciate. The pioneers were not unmindful of the value of educational advantages, but the exigencies of time and place rendered it impossible to make as ample provision for their children as they desired. Still from the historical viewpoint we well know that some of the grandest characters in the history of our republic have been "graduates" of the same sort of primitive log school-houses, with slab benches, puncheon floors, oiled-paper windows and wide fire-place, such as the subject of this sketch attended in his boyhood days. Character has been made and exalted manhood and womanhood fostered witliin the walls of those rude little institutions of learning, and we may not revert to them with contempt or lack of appreciation. In such a school Mr. Van Voorhis received his eariy education, and he continued to assist in the work of the home farm until his marriage, on the Sth of December, 1842, when he was united to Miss Elizabeth Ingle, who was born on the farm where the subject now resides, and after this important event he rented the farm of Samuel Ake, in Osnaburg township, and there continued in agricultural pursuits for a period of eight years, at the expiration of which he purchased the farm of eighty acres, in Canton township, now owned by Douglas Fierson, which he sold soon after, while about the same time he also bought one himdred acres of the farm on which he had been living, and he continued his residence there for a further period of eight years. He then sold the one-hundred-acre farm and in 1859 purchased of the Ingle heirs his present fine farm of one hundred and sixty acres, where he has ever since maintained his home, having developed the farm into one of the best in this part of the county, while its permanent improvements are in keeping with the day, including a commodious and attractive residence, with many modern accessories and conveniences, and substantial barns and other outbuildings for the accommodation of stock, produce, etc. Ke is now enjoying the aftermath of his labors, in that rest and comfort which are the fitting crown to a signally active and useful career. Mrs. Elizabeth (Ingle) Van Voorhis. who had been a true helpmeet to our subject, was sum.moned into the eternal life on the 19th of February-, 1891, having become the mother, of five children, of whom only one survives, Cyrus, who has charge of the operation of the homestead farm and who is a young man of excellent business ability. On the 22d of t^'ebruary, 1893, Mr. Van Voorhis consummated a second union, being then married to

Mrs. Belle fjudd) Ingle, who was born in this county, a daughter of Christian Judd, a pioneer of Stark county. It may be noted that at one time the subject was the owner of thirtytwo acres of land where the village of Cooktown, this county, now stands. In politics he has been a stanch Republican from the time of the organization of the party, but has invariably refused to permit his name to be considered in connection with nomination for office, though he has always shown a publicspirited interest in all that concerns the welfare of the community. He is a prominent and honored member of the Christian church, in which he has served as deacon for more than forty years, and no man in the community is more highly esteemed or can claim a wider circle of friends than he.

Cyrus Van Voorhis was Ixirn December 9, 1848, and married, March 10, 1870, Ellen, daughter of George Judd, of Osnaburg, Their three children are : Alvesta, now Mrs. Charles Hershey; Olive, now Mrs. Robert Griffith, and I.ouis, at home.

LEWIS L. DAUM was born in the province of Darmstadt, Germany, on Christmas day O'f the year 185 1, and is one of the seven children born to George L. and Catherine (Shauer) Daum, four of the number surviving at the present time, namely : John, who is a resident of Canton, this county; Margaret, who also resides in that city, having never married ; Leonard, who also has his home in Canton ; and Lewis L., who figures as the immediate subject of this review. George L. Daum was born in Darmstadt, Germany, about the year 1809, and his early educational discipline was received in the excellent schools of the fatherland, where his vocation was that of farming. In the spring of 1853 he emigrated to the United States, in company with his wife and their five children, and came forthwith to Stark county, locating on a farm in Osnaburg township, one mile west of the village of Mapleton. He there became the owner of a small farm and there he continued to reside until his death, which occurred in the autumn of 1880, when somewhat past the age of three score years and ten. He was possessed of moderate means, and after coming to America lived practically a retired life. He was a Republican in politics, and both he and his wife were devoted members of the Lutheran church. She survived him by about thirteen years, being summoned into eternal rest in 1893, at the venerable age of eightyseven years.

The subject of this sketch was about two years of age at the time of his parents' emigration to America, and he has thus passed essentially his entire life in Stark county, having been reared on the home farm and being indebted to the public schools of the locality for his early educational privileges, while the discipline thus secured has been most efifectively supplemented by self-application, broad and well directed reading and intimate association with the practical affairs of life, so that Mr. Daum stands as a man of wide information and marked intellectual strength. At the age of seventeen years he went to the city of Canton and secured work in the shops of the Aultman Company, and he was thus engaged for a period of about four years, while in later years, at intervals, he was again in the employ of this company, as an expert, his duties being in the line of setting up machines and giving instruction in regard to their operation. His services were thus in requisition in the most diverse sections of the Union, and it mav be said that he was twice sent to California as a representative of the company, and worked throughout that state. In 1875, soon after his last trip to the Golden state. Mr. Daum engaged in the sawmilling and lumbering business in Mapleton, this county, and in 1878 he sold his mill site to the village, the same being utilized as the site of the new school house and shortly afterward he erected a new mill, while he also received a patent on a portable sawmill which he had invented. He has since continued in the sawmill and lumber business, though this has represented but one department of his active and successful business operations, since he conducts his fine farm, near the village mentioned, and also finds his services in frequent requisition as an expert machinist, being employed by some of the largest and most important corporations. He has sawed the lumber for many of the finest houses and barns in Stark, Carroll and Tuscarawas counties, and for twenty-six years he has operated a threshing outfit, having at the present time a most modern and improved equipment in this line and receiving a representative support throughout this section of the state. He has been employed as an expert not only by the Aultman Company, but also by the Walter A. Wood Harvester Company, while he is now handling special work for the Westinghouse Electric Company. He resides on his farm, of forty acres, one mile south of Mapleton, the same having the best of improvements, including a commodious and attractive modern residence, while the place is maintained under a high state of cultivation, showing that, in the midst of the thronging exactions of a peculiarly active and busy life, he finds time to give proper supervision to his model little farm.

Mr. Duam has ever been animated by a distinctive public spirit, and his influence has been exerted in a most helpful and judicious way in furthering the advancement of local interests, for he has brought to bear the same energy and business acumen which have conserved his success in his individual enterprises. He gives an unqualified allegiance to the Republican party and has been an active worker in its cause, having been for several years a member of the county central committee. He is now serving his second term in the office of township trustee of Osnaburg township, while for the past nine years he has been clerk of the school board. He has wielded marked influence in local affairs of a public nature, and his advice and counsel are sought in connection with matters of public policy as well as of private import. He and his wife are members of the Lutheran church, and fraternally he is identified with Osnaburg Lodge No. 570, Knights of Pythias, and Waynesburg Lodge No. 29, Ivniglits of the Maccabees.

On the ist of April, 1875, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Daum to Miss Elizabeth Weis, who was born in Carroll county, this state, being a daughter of the late Jacob Weis, who was a stone mason by trade and vocation. Mr. and Mrs. Daum are the parents of five children, all of whom are still beneath the home roof, their names, in order of birth, being as follows: Clarence, Ida, Irena, Herman and Walter.

Mr. Daum's career has been one of consecutive application and well directed energy, and the success which it records stands to his credit as a man of marked business sagacity and inflexible integrity of purpose, - a record which ofifers both lesson and incentive. Mr. Daum built the tile works at Mapleton in 1902 and also built the first portable sawmill ever built in Stark county.

JACOB J. SNYDER is a native of the fair province of Alsace, Germany, which was still a portion of France at the time of his birth, which occurred on the 5th of May, 1820. He is the youngest son and only surviving member of a family of six children born to George H. and Margaret (Grose) Snyder, the former of whom was born in Alsace, in 1785. He was there reared to maturity and there learned the shoemaker's trade. In 1827 he emigrated to the United States, being forty days on the ocean, and he landed at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, \\hcre he established himself in the work of his trade, also conducting a modest shoe store. There he remained until 1836, when he came to Stark county, Ohio, and here he purchased eighty acres of land in section 36, Osnaburg township, where his grandson, William H. Snyder, now resides. He continued to work at his trade, assigning the work and management of the farm to his son, the subject of this sketch. He continued to reside on the homestead until within a short time before his death, in his seventy-fourth year, on the 1 2th of March, 1859, having passed the last few years of his life in the home of his daughter, Mrs. Geiger, in Carroll county, this state. In politics he was an old-line Whig, and his religious faith was that of the Lutheran church. He was a man of fine intellect, honorable and straightforward in all his dealings, industrious and Godfearing, and ever devoted to his family, while with him friendship was ever held in\'io!ahle. His wife was born in Rabaugh, Germany, in 1788, and she died on the 20th of June, 1866, at the home of her son George H., in Mapleton, this county.

Jacob J. Snyder, the immediate subject of this re\iew, was seven years of age at the time of his parents' emigration to America, and he was reared to the age of si>rteen in the city of Philadelphia, where he secured his early educational discipline in the public schools, and there he early began to assist his father in the work of his trade, working on the bench as a shoemaker, in the handling" of repairs and the more common class of work. On coming to Stark county he at once gave his attention to the work of the homestead fann, and the same was to a large extent still covered with the native timber, but he proved equal to the task assigned him, and, even as a boy, showed marked discrimination in carrying on the work of improving and cultivating the farm. On the 23d of October, 1843, Mr. Snyder was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Moke, who was born in Germany, being a daughter of John Moke, who emigrated to America when she was a child, locating in Stark county as one of its pioneers. Mr. and Mrs. Snyder became the parents of four children, of whom the only survivor is John J., a successful farmer of Paris township, this county. Mrs. Snyder entered into eternal rest on the 23d of May, 1854. Mr. Snyder's second marriage occurred on the 2Sth of September, 1854, when he wedded Miss Elizabeth Groseman, who was born in the city of Buffalo, New York, being a daughter of Christian and Elizabeth (Walzhart) Groseman, who were pioneers of Carroll county, Ohio, where they took up their residence in 1834.

Four years after his first marriage Mr. Snyder purchased a farm of eighty acres, adjoining the parental homestead, and took up his abode thereon, but one year later, his parents being left alone, he returned to the old farm to care for them. In 1854 he purchased the old homestead of his father, and thus became owner of one hundred and sixty acres in the two contiguous tracts which he had thus purchased, the same being the southwest quarter of section 36, Osnaburg township. In 1863 he ])urchased, of Samuel Leohr. his present home farm of one hundred and sixty acres, constituting the southwest quarter of section 35, in the same township. In the spring of 1864 he took up his residence on this farm, which has ever since continued to be his home, - a period of forty years. For a number of years he gave his attention to the cultivation of both farms, but in 1895 he disposed of the old homestead farm, together with the adjoining eighty acres which figured as his , original innxliase, the same becoming the property of his son William H., who still resides there, being one of the successful and honored farmers of this section. Mr. Snyder has made the best of improvements on liis home farm, having erected a large and substantial residence and other good buildings, while he has placed the land under a high state of cultivation and has shown great discrimination in his efforts. He has capitalistic interests of importance and is known as one of the substantial men of the county. It has been his pleasure and gratifying privilege to be able to assist each of his children in securing a start in life, and his reward has not been denied, for they have proved altogether appreciative and accord to him the highest measure of veneration and filial solicitude.

In politics Mr. Snyder accords an unequivocal allegiance to the Republican party, and has ever taken an active and intelligent interest in the questions and issues of the day He has never sought the honors or emoluments of public office, but his distinctive elegibility led to his selection to the office of township trustee, of which he has been incumbent two terms, bringing to I)ear in the connection the same mature judgment and business sagacity which have conserved his personal success, and tlius proving a capable and acceptable official. He is a consistent and honored member of the United Evangelical church, taking a deep interest in the spiritual and temporal advancement of the church and in the general cause of religion, and for many years he served as classleader of the church at Mapleton. He has given material aid in the erection of six different church buildings. He has conducted a Sunday .school for many years and though eighty-three years old is still a regular attendant and teacher.

She who has been his loved companion and helpmeet for more than forty years was called to the "land of the leal" on the i6th of August, 1900, but there remains to him the consolation of the memories of her pure and beautiful life

Jacob J. and Elizabeth (Groseman) Snyder became the parents of ten children, of whom seven survive their devoted mother, namely: Ellen, who is the wife of John Weckman, of Carnegie, Pennsylvania; William H., who resides on the ancestral homestead in Osnaburg township; Frank, who resides in the city of Canton; George E., a representative farmer of Paris townshp; Carrie E., wife of William Hontz, who has charge of the subject's farm; Lucinda A., the wife of Frank Haynam, of Paris township; and Emma M., wife of Sherman Singer, of Canton.

WILLIAM H. SNYDER, who is one of the progressive and successful farmers of Osnaburg township, was born on the farm which is now his home, on the 27th of September, 1857, the land having been entered by his grandfather in the pioneer days and having later been the property of his father, who is still a resident of the township, of which he is a revered and patriarchal citizen, so that the property has been in the possession of the family for three generations. He is one of ten children of Jacob J. and Elizabeth (Grossman) Snyder, and eight of the number still survive, as is duly noted in the personal sketch of their father, elsewhere in this volume. William H. was reared on the old homestead, early beginning to lend his aid in the work of the farm, while he is indebted to the public schools for his educational privileges in his youthful days. He continued to reside on the home farm until his marriage, wliich occurred on Christmas day of the year 1884, when he was united to Miss Retta Creighton, who was born in Carroll county, this state, being a daughter of Thomas Creighton, who was of

Irish lineage. After his marriage he assumed full charge of the homestead farm, and conducted the same on shares, thus continuing until 1895, when he purchased the property of his father, and since that time he has continued successfully to devote his attention to the great basic industry under whose beneficent inflneiices he was reared, while his efforts have been directed with that mature judgment and thorough knowledge wliich invariably make for definite success. He is known as one of the representative farmers of the township and county, and his place is one which can not fail to challenge the attention of even the cursory observer, being a model of thrift and neatness and having the best of permanent improvements. The farm comprises one hundred and sixty acres, of which one-half was the original tract taken up by his paternal grandfather in the pioneer days, while the other eighty acres was the farm purchased by his father and used as the place of his frrst independent venture in connection with the practical activities of life, so that the homestead is one of which he may well feel proud, both from its historic associations and its value and attractiveness as one of the best farms of the township.

In politics Mr. Snyder has ever been stanchly arrayed in support of the principles and policies of the Republican party, and his religious faith is that of the United Evangelical church, of which he is a prominent and influential member, having long taken an active part in the church work, while he has served as trustee, steward and classleader of the same and also as superintendent of the Sunday school, his wife also being a zealous worker in the church. They are held in the highest esteem in the community, and the pleasant family home is a center of unreserved and refined hospitality. Mr. and Mrs. Snyder are the parents of five children, all of whom are still members of the home circle, their

WILLIAM CLAPPER, who is one of the representative and influential farmers of the younger generation in Osnaburg township, was born on the farm which is now his home, on the 13th of March, 1866, being a son of John and Elizabeth (Neidig) Clapper, to whom were born nine children, namely: Hiram, who is a resident of Nimishillen township, this county; Jonas, of Paris township; Hezekiah, of Osnaburg township ; Harriet, also of this township; Eliza, of Trumbull county, this state; Levi, of Osnaburg township; John, of Nimishillen township; William, the subject of this sketch; and Cora, the wife of Henry Royer, of Louisville, this county. The father of the subject was born in 1815, in this county, being a son of Henry Clapper, who came to this locality from Pennsylvania in the early pioneer days, becoming one of the first settlers in Osnaburg township, where his son John was reared to maturity on the farm, eventually becoming the owner of one hundred and sixty acres of the old homestead, and also accumulating other farm land. He was a man of intelligence, energy and sterling character and through his well directed effort attained marked prosperity. He attained the venerable age of eighty-six years, his death occurring on the 2 1 St of July, 1901. His widow survives him and resides on the old homestead farm with her youngest son, the subject of this review. She was born on this farm, being a daughter of John Neidig, who settled here among the early pioneers, having come hither from Pennsylvania. She has long been a devoted member of the United Brethren church, of which her husband likewise was a consistent adherent, while in his political views he-

Wilham Clapper was reared on the homestead farm where he now resides, contributing his quota to its work from his boyhood days and receiving- his educational training in the public schools of the township. In 1891 he assumed charge of the home farm, which he forthwith began operating on shares, thus continuing until 1895, when he located on a small place of his own, one mile to the west of the homestead, but about two years later he disposed of his property and returned to the home place, where he has since resided. He has been successful in his agricultural enterprises, being progressive, alert and discriminating, and in January, 1902, he showed his good judgment by expanding the scope of his operations, establishing a dairy and finding a ready market for his product in the town of Robertsville, where he has a large list of appreciative patrons. The milk and cream supplied is handled with the greatest care, in order that the maximum of purity and cleanliness may be insured, and a herd of about fifteen high-grade milch cows is kept in requisition. This department of his farming enterprise has proved very profitable and Mr. Clapper has spared no pains in catering to the best class of patrons, - those most appreciative and discriminating. He "takes an active interest in the cause of the Republican party, of which he is a stanch adherent.

On the 28th of December, 1890, Mr. Clapper was united in marriage to Miss Mary E. Sefong, daughter of Samuel Sefong, of this township, and they are the parents of four children, Bertha, Nova M., Earl and Albert.

ALFRED C. EYNON is a native of the province of Ontario, Canada, having been born in the picturesque town of St. Catherines, on the ^th of September, 1859, and coming of stanch Welsh lineage. His father, Charles Eynon, was born in England, of Welsh parentage, and was there reared and educated, the place of his nativity having been the city of Bristol, and near that place was born Miss Fannie Childs, who became his wife, she likewise being of Welsh-English ancestry. Their marriage was solemnized in the year 1840, and they came to America on their wedding tour, their marriage having been a somewhat romantic one, since the mother of the subject was the daughter of a proud old English 'squire, who made serious objections to her marriage to Mr. Eynon. Her mother died when Mrs. Eynon was a child and she was reared principally in boarding schools and seminaries, so that the paternal authority was not adequate to frustrate her plans to unite her destinies with the man of her, choice. Charles Eynon was an expert machinist and patternmaker, and was superintendent of important concerns in England, as was he also after his removal to , Canada. He made his home in the town of Thorold, Ontario, during the greater portion of the time after coming to America, and there his death occurred in the year 1898, at which time he was seventy-six years of age. His widow still resides in that place, and of their nine children four are living at the present tim.e, the subject of this review having been the fifth in order of birth.

Alfred C. Eynon was reared in his native province and remained at the parental home until he had attained his legal majority, while he received a good common-school education. At the age of seventeen years he entered upon an apprenticeship at the plumber's trade, in which he became an expert artisan, and he continued to be employed as a journeyman in Canada until 1883, when he came to Ohio and passed one 3'ear in the city of Cleveland, after which he came to Alliance, Stark county, and entered the employ of the plumbing firm of Oby & Love, eventually becoming foreman of their establishment. In 1887, when Mr. Oby organized the firm of Oby & Company and located in Canton, Mr. Eynon came with him to this city, and later the subject secured an interest in the business, the firm of Eynon & Company succeeding that of day & Company, while one year later a reorganization took place and the firm name became the A. C. Eynon Plumbing Company, under which the business has since been continued, the concern having been incorporated in October, 1902, and the business now being conducted on the co-operative plan, five of the employes bemg given an interest in the business. The company does a large and representative business, having the most modern equipments and accessories and executing tlie highest class of work, so that a high reputation has been gained, insuring the continuous expansion of the enterprise.

]\Ir. Eynon has ever given a stanch allegiance to the Republican party and is one of the leaders in its local ranks, having been chairman of the Republican central committee of Stark county in 1893, while he has also served efficiently as a member of the Republican executive committee and was chairman of the executive committee of a McKinley day banquet. He has not been a seeker for public office, but has taken a most lively interest in the advancement of the cause of his party and is known also as a thoroughly public-spirited citizen. Fraternally he is identified with the Masonic order and the Knights of Pythias, while both he and his wife are members of the First Methodist Episcopal church, of Canton.

Tn the city of Alliance, this county, on the 30th of June, 1S88, Mr. Eynon was united in marriage to Miss Nellie V. Haun, daughter of George and Liic)' Haun, well-known residents of that place. Mr. and Mrs. Eynon have three sons, George A., Charles Chester, and Walter E.

HEZEKIAH CLAPPER was born on the parental homestead, in Osnaburg township, Stark county, Ohio, on the 9th of September, 1849. being the third in order of birth of the nine children of John and Elizabeth (Neidig) Clapper, a brief record concerning the children being as follows : Hiram is a successful farmer, of Nimishillen township, this county; Jonas is similarly engaged in Paris township ; Flarriet maintains her home in Osnaburg township, being a maiden lady ; Eliza is the wife of Joseph Barb, and resides in Trumbull county; Levi isa prosperous farmer of Osnaburg township, and John, of Nimishillen township, while William is similarly engaged in Osnaburg township ; and Cora is the \vife of Henrys Royer, of Louisville, this county.

John Clapper, the father of the Subject, wasprobably born in Osnaburg township, while the date of his nativity was 1815, this fact indicating that the family must have become identified with the history of Stark county in the early pioneer epoch. He was a son of Henry Clapper, who emigrated from his native state of Pennsylvan.ia to Stark county, Ohio, and here devoted the residue of his life to agricultural pursuits, having at one time been the owner of the farm upon which our subject now resides, while he contributed materially to the developing of the land of this section from the primeval forest into. well cultivated fields - a work which was carried forward l)y his descendants. John Clapper was reared to maturity amidst the conditions anrl en\-ironments of pioneer life, and the entire span of his useful and honoraljle life was passed within Osnaburg township, where his early educational advantages were far more limited than was the amount of sturdy labor which fell to his portion in reclaiming the land to cultivation. He became the owner of one hundred and sixty acres of the old homestead farm and also owned for a time the present fine farm of the subject. He was a man of good intellectual powers and inflexible honor in all the relations of life, so that he ever held the unqualified confidence and esteem of his fellow men. He was summoned into eternal rest on the 21st of July, 1901, in the fullness of years and honors, having attained the venerable age of eighty-six years. His widow still survives, at the age of seventy-seven years, antl continues to reside on the old homestead, so endeared to her by the associations and memories of the past. John Clapper was originally a Whig in his political proclivities, but identified himself with the Republican party at the time of its organization and thereafter continued a stalwart advocate of its principles. He was a consistent and valued member of the United Brethren church, of which his wife likewise has been a member from her youth. She was born on the farm where she now resides, her father, John Neidig, having come to Stariv county from Pennsylvania and cast in his lot among the first settlers of Osnaburg township. Hezekiah Clapper, the immediate subject of this sketch, was reared on the parental farmstead, and received a common school education, while from his boyhood up he has been intimately associated with the great basic art of agriculture, and thus has gained an intimate and valuable knowledge of the most effective methods to be utilized in securing results from the cultivation of the soil of this section, having the advantage of personal and ancestral experience. After his marriage, in 1875, he took charge of his present farm, which he operated for his father until about 1887, when he effected the purchase of the property and has since devoted himself with marked discrimination and judgment to its cultivation, while he has not been denied a full measure of prosperity, being known as one of the substantial and progressive farmers and public-spirited citizens of the township and county. In politics he is stanchly arrayed in support of the princii)les and policies of the Republican party, and both he and his

On the 8th of April, 1875, Mr. Clapper was united in marriage to Miss Anna M. Hein, who was horn in Osnaburg township, being a daughter of Powell Hein, who emigrated hither from Germany in the pioneer days. Mrs. Clapper died on. the 2d of January, 1887, at the age of thirty-six years, and is survived by five children, namely; John H., Benjamin, Elizabeth L., Viola C, and .\lpha T., all of these children remaining at the paternal home, and Elizabeth, who is the wife of Charles Krumlanf, a s'.iccessful young farmer of Osnaburg township. On the 14th of March, 1889, ^^''- Clapper consummated a second marriage, being then united to Miss Elizabeth Betts, who was born in Columbiana county, this state, a daughter of Henry Betts. No children have been born of this marriage.

\\'ILLTAM STUART is one of the reprei^entative business men of the city of. Canton, where he has a well equipped and metropolitan turniture establishment, the same being eligibly located at 323, 325 and Tf2'j East Tuscarawas street. He comes of the stanch old Scottish stock of the famous clan Stuart, so well known in the songs and stories of bonnie old Scotland, .\nd his record bears evidence that he possesses those sterling attributes of character which have ever designated the true Scotsman, though he hiniself is a native of the United States and was reared under its institutions.

William Stuart was born in the immediate vicinity of the city of Baltimore, Maryland, Oil the 1 6th of October, i860, being a son of Plarry and Jessie (Fife) Stuart, both of whom were born in Ayrshire, Scotland, Avhere they were reared to maturity. There their marriage was solemnized and after the liirtli of two of their children they emigrated to America and located in Allegany county, Maryland, later removing to the vicinity of Baltimore, where Ihey passed the remainder of their lives, the father having been engaged in farming and dairying. He was left an orphan when a mere boy and won his own way in the world, providing for the support of a large family, since he and his wife became the parents of ten children after coming to the United States. Harry Stuart died in 1869, at the age of forty-seven years, and his wife passed awaj' in 1S71, also aged forty-seven, both having been devoted members of the Presbyterian church and folk of sterling character.

William Stuart was about ten years of age when he became doubly orphaned, and such were the exigencies of the case that his early educational advantages were limited in scope, though he made the best use of the opportunities afforded and later through his own efforts effectively supplemented his rudimentary education, since he attended night school in the Bryant & Stratton Business College in Baltimore and thus was able to fortify himself for the practical responsibilities of an active business career, while he has found the entire course of life a valuable school, being a close observer and profiting from his association with men and affairs. As a boy he became identified with business affairs, receiving his early experience as a clerk in a furniture and carpet store conducted by John Melia, in Baltimore, while later he was for a number of years employed bv the Baltimore Furniture Manufacturing Company, and through these associations he gained an intimate knowledge of the details of the furniture business and also of the values of all lines of stock handled, so that in his individual enterprise he is a careful and discriminating buyer. In 1885 Mr. Stuart engaged in the furniture and carpet business in Baltimore, where he conducted operations on his own responsibility fo>r a period of four years, at the expiration of which, in 1889, he came to Canton. Ohio.

where he established his present enterprise, which has grown to be one of the leading undertakings of the sort in the city, the large and representative trade having been built u.p by careful business m.ethods and fair dealings, while the stock- is at all times select and comprehensive. He is progressive and energetic and has gained the confidence and good will of the community. In politics, while without personal ambition for official preferment of any description, Mr. Stuart accords a stanch allegiance to the Republican party and takes a proper interest in the questions of the hour and in local affairs of a public nature. He and his wife are consistent and active members of the Presbyterian chiurch.

On the 26th of May, 1887, in the city ot Baltimore. Maryland. Mr. Stuart was united in marriage to Miss Isabella Eirich, who was born in New York city, being a daughter of Louis Eirich, and of this union has been born one daughter, Jessie I.

GEORGE DUNBAR, Sr. - Among the distinguished and honored pioneers of Stark county stood the subject of this brief memoir, who was a man of high intellectuality and exalted character, \x\-\o was prompt in public affairs, having held offices of distinctive trust and responsibility, and who was known as an able and representative business man of Canton during the long years of his residence here. He was summoned into eternal rest on the 31st of May, 1859, and in his death the community lost an honored and valued citizen. In this connection we may state that the family is of distinguished and patrician Scottish extraction, its original home having been Dunbar castle, whose ruins are still to be seen among the fair highlands of Scotland, the same having been the scene of many historic events. John Dunbar, the founder of the family in America,

Of the life history of George Dunbar we can not do better than to quote from an appreciative estimate appearing in one of the Canton newspapers at the time of his demise : "When those who have lived long among the pioneers of our state who aided in laying the foundations of society in our community, are removed from us by death, it is becoming that a proper tribute of respect be paid to their memories, and that by this means their names and their virtues may be perpetuated. The subject of this notice had passed far beyond the ordinary limit of human life,- - eighty-nine years ! How few number so many ! The deceased was born in Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania, on the first day of May, 1770, and was thus six years, two months and two days of age at the time when that immortal document, the Declaration of Independence, was signed. His father, John Dunbar, soon afterward removed to Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, in company with his family, comprising his wife, two sons and one daughter, George being the eldest of the children. The father having been called to participate in the perilous events of the war of the Revolution, was engaged as a commissary, supplying the army of General Washington at Valley Forge with such_ provisions as he could secure, and while thus engaged he contracted what was then known as camp fever and was brought to his home, where he soon afterward died, leaving his widow and children to struggle along through the tr^nng days that followed, the hardships «ntailed being the greater by reason of the dangers and uncertainties attending the progress of the great struggle for national independence. Under such conditions and vicissitudes as these George Dunbar was reared to manhood. On the 21st of April, 1796, he was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Elliott, and they became the parents of five sons and four daughters, all of whom survived him except one son and one daughter. The first six years after his marriage were passed in Hummelstown, Dauphin county, and at the expiration of this period, in 1802, he removed to Mifflinburg, Northumberland county (now Union county), where he resided until 1814, when he came to Columbiana county, Ohio, where he made his home until 1816, in which year he came to Stark county and located in the little pioneer village of Canton. On the 1 2th of August of that year he was called upon to mourn the death of his wife. In the autumn of 1 82 1 he married Mrs. Catherine Slusser, who survived him and lived to an advanced age, her death having occurred about 1892. Mr. Dunbar ever manifested a deep interest in the growth and prosperity of Canton. Within the forty years of his residence here he witnessed the gradual and healthy growth of the place until, from a town of three or four hundred inhabitants, it had grown to a city of five thousand population, while since his death the advancement has been still more marked. By his kind and amiable disposition, his integrity, his sympathy with his neighbors in their trials and afflictions, and his fidelity to those stations of public trust which he had been called upon to fill, Mr. Dunbar won for himself the respect, the confidence and the afl^ection of all those by whom he was known. Mr. Dunbar was a notary public and had been mayor of the city and justice of the peace. He and his sons conducted a chair factory and did a flourishing business, manufacturing chairs of all kinds, while their trade extended into all parts of the state. Upon the death of his son George he closed out the business and thereafter lived retired until his death. He was at one time a member of the Ohio legislature, and during his term of service rode to and from the capital

Mr. Dunbar was a man of fine intellectual gifts and mature judgment and was well fitted for leadership in thought and action. His opinions were always well fortified and he never lacked the courage to defend them, though he was always tolerant and chairitable in his judgment of others and his sympathy for those in afiliction was instant and helpful. In politics he gave his allegiance to the Democratic party and was an active worker in its local ranks, while his religious faith was that of the Presbyterian church. No children were born of his second marriage, and of those of the first union we enter the following brief data : John, who was a talented portrait painter, died in Canton in 1877, and his grandchildren, Paul and Ella Rider, are now the only descendants of the family living in Canton; George died in 1851 ; William was a representati\e member of the bar of Mt. Vernon, Ohio ; Allison was for a number of years sheriff of Stark county ; Horace was a successful and prominent lawyer of the county ; Mary became the wife of Eli Sowers; Elizabeth married Hiram Myers; Margaret was the wife of Doctor Sala; and Matilda died unmarried, all of the children being now deceased.

Of the Rider family we may say that it was of stanch German extraction, the name . having originally been Von Renter, while the ' first representatives m Stark county were Paul and Sarah (Shorb) Rider, who came from Frederick county, Maryland, in 1823. and settled on a section of land in Plain township, where the Plain Center mills now stand, Mr. Rider having erected the first mill on that site. Mr. Rider died shortly after the erection of the mill. The children of their son Louis Dubarth Rider are now the only representatives of the family iri Stark countv, as are they also of the Dunbar family, as has been previously intimated.

JEREMIAH E. SHEARER was born on the fine farmstead which is now his home, in Osnaburg township, the date of his nativity having been April 23, 1837. He was the second in order of birth of the ten children of Adam and Eliza (Clapper) Shearer, and of the numlier six survive, namely; Harriet, wha is the wife of Jeremiah Hershbei;ger, of Osnaburg township; Jeremiah E., the immediate subject of this review; William, who is a resident of Waco, this county; Hezekiah, who is a successful farmer of Osnaburg township; Fleanora, who resides in the home of her brother William; and Charity, who is the wife of William Tate, of Zoar, Tuscarawas county. Adam Shearer, father^ of the subject, was born in York county, Pennsylvania, in 1809, the family having been established in the Keystone state at an early epoch in its history, the original American progenitors having emigrated thither from Germany. He bore the full patronymic of his father, Adam Shearer, Sr., who came to Stark county, Ohio, about the year 1814, two of his brothers, John and Henry, and his sister, Catherine, having come here a short time previously, their father, Jacob Shearer, having acquired three quarter-sections of wild land in Osnaburg township ami tr^msferred the same to his children, in order to afford them a start in life. The father of our subject was a child of about five years at the time of his parents" removal to Stark county, and he was rearerl to maturity on the pioneer farm, early beginning to lend his aid in reclaiming the land and placing it under cultivation, while his educational advantages were perforce xery limited, owing to the exigencies of time and place. He gave inception to his independent career by locating on a tract of eighty acres of heavily timbered land, in Osnaburg township, erecting a log house upon the same and setting himself vigorously to .the task of clearing o.Pf th.e forest and otherwise improving the place, his pre\ious experience giving him a certain facility in the handling of his arduous work. After bringing a considerable portion of the land under effective cultivation he disposed of the property and purchased the eighty acres now owned by Daniel Dehoff, in the same township, and there he remained eleven years, at the expiration of which he sold his farm and purchased from General Augustine, wdio had been an oflker in the war of 181 2 and who was one of the honored pioneers of Stark county, the farm of one hundred and sixty acres which constitutes an integral portion of the subject's present fine landed estate. He developed this into one of the best farms in the township. making the best of improvements and showing marked discrimination in his management of his farming enterprise. In 1881 he sold the farm to our subject and removed to the village of Osnaburg, where he lived retired until his death, which occurred in 1884, at which time he was seventy-five years of age. In politics he was originally an old-line Whig, but upon the organization of the Republican party he transferred his allegiance to the same and ever afterward gave a stanch support to its principles and policies. His religious faith was that of the Lutheran church, with which he identified himself when a young man.

Eliza (Clapper) Shearer, mother of the subject, was Ijorn in Osnaburg township, this county, about the year 1820, being a daughter of Henry Clapper, who came hither from Pennsylvania shortly after the Shearers had here taken up their abode, and here she passed her entire life, honored and loved as a noble, earnest woman and as one whose influence was ever exerted for good. She lived to attain the xenerable age of eighty years, her demise occurring in the year 1900, and she likewise was a devoted member of the Lutheran church.

Jeremiah E. Shearer was reared under the influences of the pioneer days and has been a witness of the transitions which have marked the magnificent de\-elopment of this favored section of the Buckeye state. As a boy he found it his portion to labor arduously and almost consecutively on the home farm, so that he was not able to take full advantage of even the limited educational advantages afforded by the primitive district schools. However, through personal application and association with men and affairs he has effectively supplemented the knowledge which he gained through his somewhat irregular attendance in the schools of the early epoch, being a man of broad information and distinctive business and administrative ability. He was married in i860, and two years later he left his young wife and their one child at their home and valiantly went forth in response to the call of higher duty, grim-visaged war having reared its horrid front and the rebellious south having taken arms against the nation, which thus became as a house divided against itself. On the 12th of August, 1862, Mr. Shearer enlisted as a private in Company B, One Hundred and Fifteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which he served three years, lacking one month, receiving his honorable discharge, in the city of Cleveland, on the i2th of July, 1865, and having made the record of a true soldier and faithful son of the republic, whose integrity he thus aided in perpetuating for future generations. The regiment was assigned to the Army of the Cumberland and during the greater portion of the time was on detailed duty, in guarding railroads and block houses, having frequent skirmishes and taking part in a number of spirited engagements. After his return home, his father-in-law having died during his absence, Mr. Shearer purchased the latter's farm, on section 27, Osnaburg township, and there he continued to reside ab(iut sixteen years, disposing of the pro])erty in 1881 and purchasing the old homestead of his father, as has already been noted in this connection. Here he has since maintained his home, having a finely improved and most productive farm of one hundred and seventy-two acres, upon which are fine buildings, including one of the most spacious and attractive residences in the township. Mr. Shearer is essentially progressive in his attitude, and this is not only exemplified in the ability and success with which he has carried forward his farming enterprise, but also in the deep and helpful interest which he has shown in all that tends for the well-being of the community. Though he has never been an aspirant for public office, his signal eligibility has led to his being called upon to serve in the responsible office of township trustee, of which he was incumbent for three terms, his political allegiance being given to the Republican party. Fraternally he vitalizes his interest in his old comrades of the Civil war through his association with the Grand Army of the Republic, affiliating with McKinley Post No. 25, in Canton. He and his wife hold membership in the Evangelical Association and have taken a lively interest in the work of the church.

On the 4th of June, i860, Mr. Shearer was united in marriage to Miss Rachel Criswell, daughter of William Criswell, a sterling pioneer of Osnaburg township, and of this union seven children have been born, namely: Benjamin F., who is a traveling salesman; Ulysses S. G., who is engaged in the brokerage business in New York city; William, who is engaged in agricultural pursuits in Osnaburg township; Adam, at home; Homer, who also resides in that city; Grace, who is the wife of Henry Jones, who is associated with the subject in the management of the homestead farm ; and John, who died in infancv.

AMOS M. HORST, deceased, was a native of Ohio, having been born in the cnuntv of Stark on the 6th day of February, 1864. His father, John Horst. also a natiAe of the same county, was born in the month of December. 1819, and on March 9, 1843, married Barbara

Metzler, whose ancestors were among the old and valued people of Lancaster. John Horst was the son of Christian Horst, a native of Lancaster county and a man of considerable local prominence in the communitj^ where he lived. Some years after their marriage John Horst and wife disposed of their interests in Pennsylvania and moved to Stark county, Ohio, 5ettling in Tuscarawas township, where the former's death occurred January 29, 1870. He was the father of ten children, all deceased, the widowed mother being the only living representative of the once large and happy family. Amos ]\I. Horst was reared a farmer and followed that calling in Stark county al! his life, having been brought to Tuscarawas township when quite young. He was educated in the public schools and grew up to the full stature of well rounded manhood with a proper conception of the responsibilities of life and a full appreciation of the duties which devolved upon him as a neighbor and a citizen. His habits of industry early led him to plan well and take advantage of opportunities and lie prosecuted his labors earnestly, always making it a point to live within his income and add to his surplus against old age or a possible season of adversity, neither of Avhich exigencies were ever realized. By successful management he succeeded in accumulating a valuable estate, his landed property at the time of his death amounting to one hundred and seventy acres, nearly all tillable and highly improved, in addition to which he was also the possessor of large personal interests representing several thousand dollars of capital. Mr. Horst was judicious in his business affairs, succeeded in everything to which he addressed his time and energies and his judgment of men and things was seldom at fault. In politics Mr. Horst was a Republican, but had little inclination to enter the arena as a party worker, though well informed upon the issues of the day. He was reared according to the rather strict but eminently high and correct religious tenets of the Mennonite faith and to the day of his death remained a true and loyal son of the churcii and one of the most valuable members of the congregation worshiping in Pleasant township.

Mr. Horst was married, November 24, 1886, to Miss Annie Eschleman, of Lawrence township, Stark county, who bore him children as follows : Grace E., born March 4, 1887 ; Arthur R., born November 13, 1891, died in infancy; Ella, born April 24, 1893, and Ralph, whose birth occurred November 25, 1896.

Mr. Horst was cut down in the very prime of life and in the midst of his usefulness, being a few months past thirty-three when summoned by the grim messenger to join the silent majority. He died June 30, 1898, and in his sad taking off his family suffered the loss ot an almost ideal husband and father, the church one of its most faithful and efficient members and the community an honorable, upright. Godfearing citizen, whom all held in the highest confidence and esteem.

Mr. Horst's maternal grandparents were Samuel and Mattie (Sensenich) Metzler, natives of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. They came to Stark county, Ohio, in 1835 and settled on a farm in Sugar Creek township, later removing to the county of Holmes, where Mr. Metzler died on the 26th day of August, 1850. Subsequently the widow returned to Stark county and here she departed this life February 24, 1882 ; she bore her husband seven children, three of whom are living at the present time.

Miss Annie Eschleman, who married Amos M. Horst, was born in Lawrence township. Stark county, Ohio, July 3, 1861, the daughter of Samuel and Anna Eschleman, the father a native of Lancaster county. Penn.sylvania, the mother of Wayne county. Mr. Eschelman was born March 29, 1833. and when about four years old was brought to Stark county by his parents, Abram and Elizabeth Eschleman, of whom mention is made in the biography of

Jonas Eschleman, on another page of this volume. He was reared on the farm in Lawrence township where he spent the remainder of his life, became one of the enterprising and successful farmers of that part of the county, owning at one time real estate to the amount of three hundred and sixty-two acres. Of the eleven children born to Samuel and Elizabeth Eschleman eight survive, all highly regarded where they live and reflecting in their conduct the sterling characteristics for which their parents were distinguished. Mrs. Eschleman died June 19, 18S8, her husband on the loth of January, 1896.

MARSHALL C. BARBER. - To the subject of this sketch is accorded the unique distinction of being a descendant of the first white man that settled on the present site of the flourishing city of Canton. According to the mostreliable information obtainable, the individual referred to was Harry Barber, a native of Connecticut, who about the beginning of the nineteenth century penetrated the wilderness to the present site of Steubenville, from which point, in 1804, he moved his family over the old Indian trail into what is now Stark county and located on Nimishillen creek, selecting for his home what has long been, known in local annals as the old .Sherrick place, not far from the northern limits of the city, but within the corporation. The fact of his having been the first settler was long a matter of dispute among old residents and local historians, but Peter Lautzenheiser, who was known to have been here in 1806, stated that upon his arrival M;-. Barber and family were the only white people living in this part of the county and that there were no evidences of any others having preceded them. The fact has also been verified by other incontrovertible proofs, in the light of which the honor of having paved the way of civilization into what is now one of the most enterprising and progressive sections of Ohio, and to have lieen the first white man to erect his humble cabin where one of the commonweahh's most flourishing cities and important industrial and business centers stands will always belong to the sturdy old pioneer whose claims to it appear so well founded.

Harry Barber and family lived a number of years where they originally settled and he appears to have been a striking example of the strong, fearless, industrious pioneer of the early times. He cleared a farm, provided as well for those dependent upon him as circumstances would admit, lived peaceably with the Indians, and spent much of his time in pursuit of game, with which the country then abounded, having been a natural hunter and an \\nerring shot with the rille. In an early day he hauled from his farm stone for the foundations for many of the first buildings in Canton, among which was the block on Avhat was formerly known as the Hazlett corner, now the McKinley block. Subsequently Mr. Barber disposed of his interests here and moved to Lockport, Tuscarawas county, where he purchased land, developed a farm, and spent the remainder of his days, and where a monument now stands to liis memory. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and preceding and following that struggle took an active part in the campaigns against the Indians throughout the northwest. After his death his widow returned to Canton and spent the rest of her life with her son, the subject's father. She is remembered as a most genial and lovable old lady and would frequently entertain her grandchildren by narrating her thrilling experiences on the frontier. By kind treatment, she won the friendship of the Indians, among whom she lived a number of years, gave them sugar and other things they craved, nursed their sick and in many other ways demonstrated an interest in them, which they were not slow to recognize and appreciate. She died in Canton many

Harry Barber reared a family of five children, namely: William, James, John, Leonard and Harry, some of whom moved to western state? and all of whom have exchanged the earthly life for tlie life eternal. \\'illiani Barber, the eldest of these sons, and father of the subject of this review, was born on the old farm, within the present limits of Canton, and grew to manhood among the stormy scenes and varied vicissitudes of the pioneer period. Wlien a lad of twelve 3'ears he drove stage from Canton via Waynesburg and Carrollton to Steubenville, and on attaining his majority was made superintendent of the line. He followed staging exclusively until the comjiletion of the Ft. Wayne Railroad, v/hen he opened a livery and sale stable in Canton, to which business, with the exception of a few years on a farm, he devoted the remainder of liis life. He married, in Canton, Miss Fredericka Honk, a nati^^e of Germany, who was brought by her parents to the United States, when a child and who lived for some time thereafter in Pennsylvania. Subsequentlv her family moved to Canton, where she was reared to womanhood. William Barber died in this city about the year 1S86 and his wife was called to the other life two years later. They had cb.ildren as follows: Mary, deceased wife of George Buckius ; Preston, who ser\-ed four years in the late Civil war, married a Miss Allen, and died some years ago in Akron; Marshall C, the subject of. this sketch, is the third in order of birth ; Lavenia, now ^Irs. John Yost, lives in Canton, as does Orrin, the next in succession ; Edward is a resident of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and Emma, the youngest, who became the wife of Charles Pence, is not living.

he grew to manhoocrs estate, enjoying the ad- of the city schools, and on attaining his majority he began hfe in the grain business, in connection \Yith whicli he was also interested for a considerable time in the manufacture of flour. He followed the grain trade in Canton for a number of years, bought and shipped large quantities to the eastern markets, and met with encouraging success from his undertaking. Later he followed the same line of business in New Yoi"k, but Canton has been the scene of his most extensive operations, and it was in this city that his success was mainly achieved. In 1890 Mr. Barber, with several other parties, organized a company for - the purpose of building an opera house in Canton, he being made secretary, treasurer and business manager of the enterprise. In due time the present large, imposing structure was erected, a building meeting all the requirements for which designed and reflecting great credit not only on the projectors, but upon the city as well. Since its completion the management has been in the hands of Mr. Barber, who spares no pains to furnish the people a comfortable, elegantly ap])ointed and thoroughly up-to-date place of public entertainment, one of the finest buildings of the kind in the state and comparing favorably with the best opera houses in the metropolitan cities of the country.

Mr. Barber, on August 20, 1873, contracted a matrim.onial alliance with Miss Mary Saxton, who has borne him seven children, the oldest of whom, a son by the name of James, died a few years ago in Hong-Kong, China, while in the discharge of his duties as assistant paymaster of the Uuited States navy r Mary, the second of the family, married R'alph Ilartzell and at the present time resides in Denyer, Colorado: George is in business in New York city: John is past assistant paymaster in the United Stales navy on the cruiser "Topeka ;" Ida is the wife of Luther Day, a son of Hon. William R. Day, formerly secretary of state in President McKinley's cabinet, now associate justice of the supreme court of the United States; William is a student of Yale College and Kate, the youngest of the number, is prosecuting her literary studies in Smith College, Nortliampton, Massachusetts.

Mr. Barber has long been interested in the inaterial prosperity of Canton and, like all good citizens, takes pride in the city and has faith in its future. He is public spirited to the extent of encouraging all laudable enterprises having for their object the social, intellectual and moral as well as the material welfare of the community, and lends his influence to every legitimate agency, for the accomplishment of ihese ends. In politics he supports the Republican party, but has never been an office seeker nor an aspirant for any kind of public honor.

WILLIAM L. STOLZENBACH is a native of the Buckeye state, having been born in the town of Roseville, Muskingum county, Ohio, on the 4th of May, 1861, and being a son of Henry and Louise (Jockers) Stolzenbach, the former of whom was born in the city of Hambui^g, Germany, and the latter in Zanesville, Ohio, of German lineage. The father of the subject came to America when a young man, having learned the trade of tanner in his fatherland, and to this vocation he continued to devote his attention for many years, while he is now living retired in Lima, where he removed some fourteen years ago. Both he and his wife are consistent members of the Lutheran church. To them were born seven children, of whom all are living. William L. Stolzenbach was reared in his native town and in the city df Zanesville, where he attended the public schools until he had attained the age of eigheen years, when he secured a position as traveling salesman for a mercantile house in Roseville, continuing to be thus employed for four years, at the expiration of which he became associated with his brother-in-law, James W. McCoy, in the general merchandise trade in his native town of Roseville, where they successfully continued operations for several years. Mr. Stolzenbach then disposed of his interests to his partner and removed to Lima, Allen county, where he entered into partnership with his brother, Charles F., in the baking business, remaining there until 1894, when he came to Canton and established his present business, having at the present time a finely equipped establishment, with the most modern and approved facilities for the turning out of the best order of bakery goods in all lines, while he employs the best class of assistants in the various departments, so that the best attainable results are at all times assured. The business requires the use of six wagons and much of the product is shipped to outside points. In politics he is a stanch Republican, his religious faith is that of the Lutheran church, both he and his wife being members of Trinity church, of this denomination, in Canton, and fraternally he holds membership in the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is a member of the county board of review, having been appointed to the same in May, 1903, for one year. On the 30th of December, 1885, in Roseville, Muskingum county, Mr. Stolzenbach was united in marriage to Miss Lulu Brown, who was born and reared in that county, being a daughter of James Brown. The subject and his estimable wife have won a wide circle of friends in Canton, and their pleasant home is one in which a genuine spirit of hospitality is ever in evidence. They have four children, namely : Lawrence, Jacob, Henry and Harold.