Canton Township (part 56 of 62)

His initial scholastic training was secured in district No. 8, and his first teacher was Miss Rebecca Niesz, who boarded in his home. The lad became a favorite pupil of this successful teacher, and he- accompanied her to and from the little school house, w^hile as a child he showed a notable fondness for books and study. As a boy he began writing verses in a crude way, and furnished his playmates with numerous effusions which were duly presented to the favored sweethearts in the respective cases, the budding poet being at the time but twelve years of age. Mr. Loutzenhiser continued to attend the public schools until he had attained the age of seventeen years, having passed his fourteenth and fifteenth j-ears in the Canton schools, where he made marked progress in his studies. At the age of seventeen he put his scholastic acquirements to practical test by engaging in pedagogic work, becoming a successful and popular teacher in the district schools of Lake "and Plain townships, this county, and he continued to teach at intervals until the intrinsic loyalty and patriotism of his nature was roused by the clarion call to arms when the dark cloud of civil war cast its pall athwart the national horizon. He forthwith responded to this higher call of duty, and in October, 1861, in Canton, he enhsted as a private in Company C, Forty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for a term of three years or until the close of the war. I'he regiment passed the ensuing winter in camp at Mount Vernon, Knox county, Ohio, and in the spring proceeded to Commerce, Scott county, Missouri, near which place General Pope's army had mobilized, and thence they went forward to New Madrid, that state, where the regiment took part in its first battle. Mr. Loutzenhiser had been ill for two weeks prior to this engagement, and later, in company with others, was sent back to the hospital which had been established in the town of Commerce, while such was his disability that two weeks later he was transferred to the hospital in the city of St. Louis, and there, being incapacitated for further service, he received his honorable discharge on the 2d of June, 1862. He then returned to his home, where he endeavored to recuperate his wasted physical energies, having contracted a low type of fever and also been attacked with astlmia, and from the latter ailment he has continued to suffer to a greater or less degree up to the present time. Mr. Loutzenhiser passed the summer of 1873 in studying law, in the office of Rrown & Myers, in Canton, with the intention of adopting the profession as his vocation in life. His finances reached a low ebb, and the following winter he resumed teaching, and it eventuated that he never resumed his reading of the law, having been led to take up the study of theolog}', to which he devoted his attention at home, having first become interested in religious work while visiting his brother and sisters in the northwestern part of the state. He became an exhorter in the Methodist Episcopal church, laboring zealously for the cause of the divine Master and the uplifting of his fellow men, and later was licensed as a local preacher in this church. Endo\^ed with strong imaginative powers and a fine appreciation of poetical form, Mr. Loutzenhiser had written a number of very able short poems prior to 1866, when he unfortunately abandoned his efforts in this line, partially at the suggestion of his elder brother. In 1869, mainly in the hope of regaining his health, he joined his brother William in Grass Valley, Nevada county, California, where he was employed in his brother's drug store until November, 1870, and during this interval he was very active in church work, holding regular services and being urged to enter the regular ministry. However he felt that so precarious was the condition of his health that he was not justified in seeking ordhiation in the church, and he thus

On the 19th of May, 1872, at Sandyville, Tuscarawas county, this state, Mr. Loutzenhiser was united in marriage to Miss Ida M. Sternberger, who was born in Dover township, that county, on the 20th of June, 1847, where she was reared and educated, her parents, Adam and Anna Mary (Burkhardt) Sternberger, having been pioneers of that section, whither they emigrated from the Rhine section of Germany, her father devoting the balance of his signally and active and useful life to agricultural pursuits. After his marriage the subject resided for a time in Plain township, and then removed to Beach City, this county, where he established himself in the drug and grocery business, in which he was there successfully engaged until the Centennial year, 1876, when he returned to the old homestead farm to care for his venerable parents, all the other children having left the old home roof. He remained with them until they answered the inexorable summons of death, his father passing away on the 8th of June, 1S82, and his mother on the 9th of November, 18S4, as has been previously noted in this context. He then settled up the estate, and after the old homestead had been sold he removed to the city of Canton, and here he afterward turned his attention to the huckstering business, in which he continued until his health became so impaired as to necessitate his withdrawal. In i8q3 Mr. I.ontzenhiser purchased his present property, at the corner of Cedar and High streets, and there, in April of that year, he opened a general store, where he has since continued operations, having built up a very gratifying trade and receiving a representative supporting patronage. He commands the unequivocal confidence and esteem of all who know him, and is recognized as one of the sterling citizens of his native county. In 1891

Mr. Loutzenhiser resumed the writing of verses, and since that time has composed some very creditable poems, which have been published in various papers. One of these, entitled "A Grocer's Meditations," was published in the Inland Grocer, a leading trade journal, issued in the city of Cleveland. Mr. Loutzenhiser still continues to take an active part in church work, and lx)th he and his wife are devoted and valued members of Simpson Methodist Episcopal church. In politics the subject usually voted the Democratic ticket until after the tirst administration of President Cleveland, and since that time he has mainly exercised his franchise in support of the cause of the Prohibition party. Fraternally he is identified with McKinley Post No. 25, of the Grand Army of the Republic.

In conclusion we enter a brief record concernnig the children of Mr. and Mrs. Loutzenhiser : Peter S., who is a resident of the city of I'ittsburg, Pennsylvania, is there secretary of the South Side Young Men's Christian Association. He secured his early education in the public schools and later attended the Northwestern University, at Evanston, the beautiful lakeside subiu'b of the city of Chicago. In 1897, in Canton, he was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Snyder, and they have two daughters, Ruth E. and Grace Thelma. Aquilla B. died at the age of six years and Ruth Orpha at the age of four and one-half years, while Paul Leo was three and one-half years of age at the time of his death ; Byron S. and Fernanda O. remain at the parental home; Rue Olga died at the age of about three years ; and the three younger children - Mary E., Pansy V. and Inez L. - are attending the public schools of Canton.

of August, 1870, and being the youngest of the six children born to Otto and Emily (Schoenhals) Standke. Otto Standke was born in the town of Lennep, province of Westphaha, Germany, on the 8th of February, 1836, and was there reared and educated. He was a talented musician, and attained no little celebrity as a composer and as conductor of orchestras and singing societies, while for many years he held the position of organist in the English Lutheran church in the city of Bonn, where his death occurred in 1888. His widow survived him by several years, her death occurring, in the same city, in the year 1892. One of their sons, I.udwig, is a distinguished physician of Bonn, having been formerly a surgeon in the German army, and another son, Otto W., is chief chemist in an extensive aniline factory in Rummelsburg, near the city of Berlin, Germany.

Hugo Standke received his preliminary educational discipline in the common schools of liis native city and thereafter entered the celebrated University of Bonn, where he continued his studies until he had attained the age of eighteen years. Mr. Standke severed the ties which bound him to home and fatherland and proceeded to the city of Bremen, where he embarked for America, and in due course of time he landed in the city of Baltimore, whence he proceeded directly to the city of Cincinnati, Ohio, to join his uncle, Charles Schoenhals, who was there engaged in the manufacturing of scap. For the first year of his residence in America our subject was employed as timekeeper and shipping clerk in his uncle's factory, after which he gave inception to his independent business career by becoming agent for the Metropolitan T.ife Insurance Company, while a year later the company promoted him to the office of assistant superintendent. In i89.'^ he came to Canton to assume charge of the company's business in this district, and a few months later he was transferred to the city of

Brooklyn, New York, as assistant superintendent. Subsequently he determined to establish himself independently in the general insurance business. He accordingly came to Canton, where he became district manager of the New England Mutual Fire Insurance Company, of Boston, the oldest organization of the sort in America, and later he also became agent for the Security & Trust Company, of New York city, and the Pacific Mutual Accident Insurance Company, of San Francisco. In August, 1899, Mr. Standke acquired the interests of the John Raeber insurance agency in Canton, and thus became the local representative of the Teutonia and the Cooper Fire Insurance Companies, both of Dayton and both leading concerns of the sort in the state of Ohio, and later he also became agent for the Northwestern Underwriters, of Wilwaukee, the Baltimore Fire Insurance Company, of Baltimore, Maryland: the National Fire Insurance Company, of Cincinnati ; the Commerce, of Albany, New York ; the German, of Wheeling, West Virginia; the German, of Indianapolis. Indiana; the North German, of New York city; and the Farmers' & Merchants', of Lincoln, Nebraska. Mr. Standke conducts an extensive and profitable business and his agency is one of the most important in this section of the state. In connection with his insurance business he is also agent for a number of the leading steamship lines, including the following : The Hamburg American ; North German Lloyd of New York ; North German Lloyd, of Baltimore ; the Red Star line, American line; the Holland American line: the American, of Philadelphia; and the Cunard, ^^^^ite Star, Italian, Beaver, Anchor and French lines. He is also representative of the German Bank, of Cincinnati, and the banking firm of Knauth, Nachod & Kuhne. of New York city, through which latter he transacts his foreign business, in the way of inheritance claims, etc. In politics Mr. Standke gives his allegiance to the Republican party in national affairs, but in local matters, where no issue is involved, he maintains an independent attitude. He has served for the past three years as secretary of the Canton Turnverein and is now president of the German Turnverein, of Canton. Fraternally he is identified with Manheim Lodge No. 408, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he is treasurer at the present time. He is one of the popular young men of the city, and is held in high regard in both business and social circles.

CHAUNCEY A. WALKER, ^L D., is a native of Stark county and a worthy representative of two of its old and highly respected families. His father, Albert Walker, born and reared in the township of Osnaburg, was reared to agricultural pursuits and when a young man married jMiss Sarah Brownell, after which he followed farming in this county until his removal, about six years ago, to Denver, Colorado. He has since returned east, and is now living in Canton, Ohio. For many years he was a conspicuous figure in the affairs of his township, prospered in temporal things, and his reputation as an honorable. God-fearing man and consecrated Christian was duly recognized and appreciated by his fellow citizens. Politically he was long a potent factor in the Democratic party, but never aspired to official honors, and as a member of the Reformed church he executed a wholesome influence in the community, the eft'ect of which is still felt by those among whom he mingled. To Albert and Sarah Walker have been born two sons, - Roland G., for many years connected with the public schools of Canton, now a medical student; and Chauncey A., whose name introduces this review.

here when the few settlements were but niches in the forests and entering land in what is now Osnaburg township. He was by vocation an agriculturist, and his death occurred in 1877.. His children were : Albert ; Juxop, deceased ; Eli ; Mathias and Catharine, deceased.

Mrs. Sarah (Brownell) Walker, the Doctors mother, was bom in Pennsylvania, the daughter of George and Sarah Brownell, who were also among the early settlers of Stark county. The Brownell family made the journey to their new home in Osnaburg township by wagon and spent a number of days en route, experiencing many difficulties and hardships before arriving at their destination. They were among the substantial residents of the community in which they lived and bore an active part in the growth and development of the country, also maintained a lively interest in everything pertaining to its social and moral advancement. George and Sarah Brownell spent the remainder of their lives where they originally located, and died a number of years ago, honored and respected by all who knew them.

Dr. Chauncey A. Walker was born August 5, 1873, '" Osnaburg township, and received his educational training in the public schools, supplemented by a course of training in the high school of Minerva. His early life on the farm and the wholesome influences of his home training early inspired him to noble aims and high ideals, and while still a youth he carefully formulated his plans for the future, determining to make the most of his opportunities and if possible achieve a career of honor and usefulness. When it came time to decide upon a vocation he chose the profession of medicine, and in 1893 began the study of the same under the direction of Dr. J. P. Schilling, of Canton, in whose ofiice he pursued his investigations until entering the Ohio Medical University at Columbus in the fall of 1895. He attended that institution until completing the prescribed course, in the spring of 1898, spending the last year as assistant professor of anatomy, an honor seldom conferred upon a student, in that the position calls for a thorough mastery of that difficult and important branch of the profession. Immediately following his graduation Dr. Walker opened an office in Louisville, where his abilities soon won recognition and it was not long until he succeeded in building up a large practice, as successful financially as it was professionally. His patronage has steadily increased in magnitude and importance, and he now enjoys worthy prestige among the leading physicians and surgeons of the county, keeping pace with the most advanced of his professional associates in all that pertains to modem discoveries in the domain of medical science. He has no specialties, being equally successful in all branches of the profession, and as a skillful surgeon stands in the front rank of his compeers. He loses no opportunity to keep himself in close touch with the trend of modern medical thought, and to this end has become identified with the various organizations to which the members of his profession in this part of the state belong. Among these are the Northeastern Ohio Medical Society, in the deliberations of which he is no passive spectator, but an active and influential participant.

In 1898 Dr. Walker was appointed health officer of Louisville, the duties of which position he has discharged to the present time, and so satisfactorily has been his course that in all probability the place will be his as long as he cares to hold it. He has also held the office of township physician since the above year, and as far as is known there is no disposition or desire on the part of the public for a change in this important and far-reaching position. In politics the Doctor is independent, preferring to exercise his own judgment in the support of candidates and principles rather than obey the behests of party leaders. He is well posted upon the leading issues and public qustions of the day and is never at a loss what measure to support when it comes to exercising the elective franchise. For some years he has been a prominent worker in the Masonic order, belonging to Juilliard Lodge, at Louisville, having also risen to the degree of Sir Knight. In matters religious he has well defined views, being one of the influential members of the Reformed church of Louisville and active in all good work in which the congregation is engaged.

On the 5th day of May, 1893, was solemnized the marriage of Dr. Walker and Miss Ida M. Schilling, daughter of Dr. J. P. Schilling, of Canton, to which union two children have been born, - Nellie and Helen.

DAVID HAMMOND is a native of Stark county, having been born on the old homestead farm in Plain township on the 12th of September, 1830, and the environment, associations and privileges of his youth were such as attended the average farmer boy of the locality and period. He remained at the parental home until he had attained the age of eighteen years, when he came to Canton and here entered upon an apprenticeship at the carpenter trade, and after his term of apprenticeship he continued to follow his trade as a journeyman until 1861, when he turned his attention to bridge building, and has since continued to be identified with this particular line of industry. In 1870 Mr. Hammond effected the organization of the Wrought Iron Bridge Company, of Canton, and of this he served as president for manyyears, being vice-president of the company in 1890, when he disposed of his interests in the concern. In 1892 the Canton Bridge Company was organized and incorporated, and though he became a stockholder at the time of its inception it was not until two years later that he became an executive officer of the com- pany, then assuming an active part in promoting its interests. He was president of the company about four years, and since that time has been incumbent of the office of vice-president, while in addition to giving the benefit of his mature judgment and business sagacity in directing its affairs he also engages more or less in active solicitation in the securing of important contracts, his thorough knowledge of the details of the business rendering his interposition particularly efifective. Mr. Hammond is essentially a business man, thoroughly trained through long experience and having those natural attributes which make for precedence, and his success has been achieved through legitimate channels and by means ever upright and honorable. He is quick to see and prompt to act, and has had a seemingly inexhaustible capacity for hard work, so that prosperity has come as a natural sequel.

Mr. Hammond was united in marriage, in Canton, to Miss Margaret Henlin, who proved a true wife and helpmeet, kindly and generous in all the relations of life and devoted to- her home and family, while her gracious womanhood won to her the love of an exceptionally large circle of friends. She died in 1882, at the family home, on North Cleveland avenue, having been a de\-oted and active member of the Lutheran church. Some time after her death the family removed to their present residence on North IMarket street, and this has since been the abode of the subject.

T.A.MES C. DEIDRICK is a native son of the Buckeye state, having been born in East Liverpool. Columbiana county, Ohio, on the 24th of November, 1864, and being a son of Joseph L. and Louisa C. Deidrick, both of whom were likewise born in Columbiana county, the father having been for many years a prominent merchant and stock broker at Pittsburg, but being now retired from active business. The paternal grandfather of the subject was George W. Deidrick, who was born in France and whoserved in the French army prior to his emigration to America. He located in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, where he married Catherine Garrett, who was born in that state, whence they came to Columbiana county, Ohio, in the pioneer epoch, passing the remainder of their lives there. The maternal grandfather of the subject was Gibson Verner, who was born in Maryland, being of French lineage, his parents having come from Brest, Brittany, and located in the city of Baltimore, where his father engaged in the ship-building business. The paternal grandmother of Mr. Deidrick bore the maiden name of Gray. She was bornin this country, the family having been members of the Society of Friends.

James C. Deidrick was reared to maturity in his native town, where he received his educational discipline in the public schools, and there he became identified with the newspaper business in his early youth, finally becoming editor and publisher of The Crisis, at East Liverpool. He was identified with this enterprise from 1884 until 1899, when he came to Canton and effected the purchase of the News-Democrat, which he has since conducted, while a semiweekly edition is also issued, and is known asthe Stark County Democrat.

I\Ir. Deidrick has taken an active interest in politics and is an influential figure in the ranks of the Democratic party, while he has held office in the party org^anization about twenty years. He was elected a delegate to the stateconvention and was chairman of the Columbiana county Democratic executive committee before he had attained his legal majority. He was for three years a member of the state central committee of his party, and during two of these years he thus represented the eighteenth congressional district, better known as Mc- Kinley's district. In 1893 he conducted the campaign in this district, and his able marshal- ing of his forces resulted in the defeat of the Repubhcan candidate for congress and in tlie election of the Democratic candidate, who had been his associate in the newspaper business. For five years Mr. Deidrick was chairman of the board of trade at East Liverpool. He is identified with a number of fraternal organizations. While a resident of East Liverpool Mr. Deidrick conducted a very spirited fight in the pottery district, the same attracting national attention, while it resulted in the radical changing of conditions which then existed in the manufacturing and political situation in that section and which were admitted to be injurious to the people and to the cause of good governm.ent.

On the ist of August, 1889, Mr. Deidrick was united in marriage to Miss Louise M. Lindesmith, of Wellsville, Ohio, she being a representative of one of the earliest pioneer families of Columbiana county, her ancestors having there located before the formal settlement of the state had been inaugurated. Her paternal grandfather was a soldier in the war of the Revolution.

PERCY L. McLAlN. - He to whom this sketch is dedicated may consistently be said to have grown up with the business with which he is now identified in so important a capacity, being secretary and treasurer of the J. H. Mc- Lain Company, manufacturers of steam and hot-water heating apparatus, feed mills, horsepower saw mills, etc., at qoi-29 South Cleveland avenue, in the city of Canton. The plant of the concern is well equipped and an excellent business has been built up, the enterprise being one of no slight importance in connection with the industrial activities of the city and county. The J. H. McLain Company was organized in the year 1884, and the founder of the enterprise, the name of which perpetuates

James H. McLain was born in the city of Massillon, this county, on the i6th of November, 1842. In Canton, on the 3d of August, 1865, was solemnized his marriage to Miss Ellen M. Tonner, who was likewise born in this county, being a daughter of Rev. John Tonner, who came to this section in an early day from Bellefonte, Center county, Pennsylvania. After his marriage the father of the subject eventually became identified with the coal, stone and brick business in Massillon, having owned a well conducted brick yard in which he carried on a successful manufacturing business in that line. About 1880 he came to Canton and here effected the organization of the company through whose enterprise the city gained its first electric-lighting plant, with whose operation he was prominently concerned for the ensuing four years, at the expiration of which he exchanged his interests in the same for the plant and business conducted under the firm name of Underbill, Fogle & Lynch, and thereupon organized the J. H. McLain Company, of which he became the head and with which he continued to be actively identified until his death, which occurred on the 9th of March, 1894. He was a man of marked executive ability and indomitable energj', and upon no portion of his career rests any shadow, for he lived so as to command the confidence and high regard of all who knew him, while he was a distinct and worthy type of the selfmade man. He was a stalwart Republican in his political proclivities, but never sought or desired official preferment. He was a prominent and appreciative member of the Masonic fraternity, in which he had attained the thirtysecond degree of the Scottish. Rite. His religious faith was that of the Presbyterian church, of which his widow is likewise a devoted member. She now resides in the city of Massillon, where many years of her life have been passed. They became the parents of five children, namely : Charles T., who died at the age of eight years ; Frank C, who is a resident of New York city, where he is engaged in the heating and radiator business; John E., who is president of the J. H. McLain Company and resides in Massillon ; Percy L., who is the immediate subject of this sketch ; and Helen R., who is the wife of Robert Hess, of Massillon.

Percy L. McLain was born in Massillon on the 27th of February, 1874, and to the public schools of his native city he is indebted for his early educational advantages. He left school at the age of thirteen years, being anxious and arribitio'US to inaugurate his business career and showing a decided aptitude for business while thus a mere boy. He assisted his father in his various business operations from that time on, and after the organization of the company of which he is now secretary and treasurer he began doing general work in the various departments of the enterprise, working his way up from the bottom round of the ladder and persistently continuing his efforts until he had mastered every detail of the business and thus became thoroughly qualified to assume the manifold duties of his present dual executive office, and it may consistently be said that much of the success which has attended the industry has been the result of his efforts, while he has had the valuable co-operation of his brother. He is known as an alert and progressive young business man, and his rise is certain to be consecutive in connection with business affairs with which he finds it expedient to identify himself. In politics Mr. Mc- Lain is a stanch advocate of the principles of the Republican party, and fraternally he holds membership in the Masonic order and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. His pleasant hom.e is located at 3140 West Tuscarawas street.

of Stark county, Ohio, and a prominent real estate man of Canton, was born at Greentown, Stark county, Ohio, October 28, 1850, the son of the late Dr. James E. Dougherty, a biograpln- of whom appears elsewhere in this volume. Charles A. Dougherty was educated in the public schools of his native village, and in 1869 he came to Canton to begin his career. He studied dentistry in the office of Dr. Siddall, and after practicing a few years he took a course at the Philadelphia Dental College, graduating from that institution in 1882. He then practiced his profession in Canton until his health broke down, in 1890, when he became superintendent of the McLain Machine Company of this city, a position he held for several years, after which he engaged in the real estate business, at which he has since continued. In 1897 he was elected county recorder, and was re-elected in 1900. His father also served as recorder of the county, and this is the only instance in the history of the county where a son succeeded his father to the office. For twelve years Mr. Dougherty was a member of the Canton board of trade, and twice president of the board. He is manager of the Southern Gum Company and director in the Sanitary Milk Plant of Canton. He has on many occasions demonstrated his public spiritedness by giving freely of his time and money in securing for Canton new industries, having done as much in this direction as any other one in the city.

Mr. Dougherty married Miss Mary Fessler, and to this union two daughters were bom, - Ada and IMary, both of whom were educated at Nottingham, Ohio. The older daughter married I. H. Clark, superintendent of the Massillon Stone and Fire Brick Company. The younger daughter died at the age of nineteen years. Mr. Dougherty's second marriage was to Miss Tamazine Tonner, who was born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, and to this union two children were born, - Charles T. and Margar ite.

ROBERT P. SKINNER is a native of Massillon, where he was born February 24, 1866. He is a son of Augustus T. Skinner, also a native of Massillon, and whose father, Charles K. Skinner, was one of the early settlers in Kendall. His great-grandfather, a veteran of the colonial army, lies buried in the Massillon cemetery, together with the succeeding generations. After a common school education, in part completed at Cincinnati, Robert P. Skinner acquired a half interest in the then Massillon Weekly Independent. The following year, 1887, a daily edition was estab- Hshed, and Mr. Skinner continued to be its editor until the date of his appointment as consul at Marseilles, in 1897. During his newspaper experience Mr. Skinner left Massillon upon a number of occasions, serving upon the staff of the New York World as telegraph editor, and also as a political correspondent in the field. President McKinley gave him the post of consul at Marseilles, and subsequently promoted him to the grade of consul general. This being a recess appointment, and President McKinley having passed away before the assembling of the senate, he was nominated for the same office by President Roosevelt and promptly confirmed.

During Mr. Skinner's consular career he discovered the importance of the hard or macaroni wheat in the French market, a wheat not at that time grown in the United States, and succeeded in arousing the interest of the agri- department in the subject to such a point that experts were sent to Europe to procure seed, and the foundation of a promising agricultural and manufacturing industry laid down. He also wrote a handbook upon the question.

While residing in Marseilles Mr. Skinner had frequent opportunity to study the commercial and political situation in Africa, and noting the entire absence of official contact with the empire of Abyssinia, where the United States enjoys a considerable commerce, recommended the negotiation of a treaty of amity and reciprocal establishments, and was himself appointed commissioner by President Roosevelt, and instructed to proceed to Abyssinia for the purpose of carrying out his recommendations. Mr. Skinner expected to sail from Marseilles on October 25, 1903, for Djibouri, Africa, and to proceed thence to Addis Ababa, the capital of Abyssinia.

GEORGE D. EVANS is a native of the "tight little isle" of England, having been born in the town of Pontyminster, Monmouthshire, on the loth of June, 1849, ^"d being a son of Benjamin and Sarah (Robbins) Evans, the former being of Welsh and Scotch descent and the latter of English. The father of the subject was a nailer by trade, and followed the same as a vocation in his younger life, later becoming an inspector of rails in mills at Cumberland, England, where he died in 1876, at the age of fifty years. His widow later joined the subject in Wheeling, West Virginia, where she died in 1898, her remains being, taken to Little Washington, Pennsylvania, for interment. This worthy couple became the parents of ten children, of whom seven are living at the present time. The maternal ancestors of Mr. Evans were from Bristol, England, and his grandparents were John and Betsey Robbins, the former of whom was a manufacturer of shoes and one of the first to avail himself of machinery for this purpose. He had large manufactories at Bristol and Beaufort, England, and was a man of prominence and influence.

George D. Evans passed his boyhood days in his native town, and his early education was somewhat desultory and limited in character. At the age of eight years he began work at the cold rolls, in the mills of his native county, and advanced through the various grades of work in the iron industry in that section, including casting, furnace work and rolling of the metal plates. At the age of twelve he began attending night school in his native town, and thus continued for several years, and when seventeen years he gave up his work and devoted his entire attention to his studies for an interval of sixteen months, thoroughly improving his advantages and thus supplementing his limited discipline of his boyhood days. He early manifested distinctive musical taste and appreciation and managed to secure good instruction in this art, taking up his technical study at the age of ten years, and at the age of fourteen his services were brought into requisition as organist in the parish church. As a youth he arranged very effective music for bands, and that his knowledge of the theory of music is of superior order may be seen when it is stated that he has taken eleven certificates for proficiency in this line. All of these were awarded him by the Royal Academy of Music, in London, and he also has diplomas from the Rayol Academy of Music.

At the age of eighteen years, after having become proficient in roll turning in the mills of his native county, Mr. Evans went to Staffordshire, England, where he was employed at this vocation for fi\^e years, while he also learned to operate the plate mills. At the age of twenty-three he became superintendent of the tin mill at Wolverhampton, in Staffordshire, retaining this position two years, and he then made an extended tour through Ireland, France, Germany and the United States, being' absent for a period of eleven months, and visiting all the principal manufacturing centers in the United States. He then returned home, but during his visit to America he had become so impressed with the advantages and attractions offered in the United States that he tarried only ten days in his native land and then took passage for New York city, where he landed in April, 1881. From the national metropolis he proceeded to Wheeling, West Virginia, where he was employed at his trade for one year, after which he came to Bridgeport, Ohio, and was there employed as a roller in the Aetna Standard Mills for several years, also as assistant superintendent of these mills. He then became associated with others in the erection of a mill at Lisbon, Columbiana county,, and he continued in supervision of its operations for the ensuing five years, at the expiration of which the plant and business were sold to the syndicate which was buying up the various mills here and elsewhere in the Union, and he continued to manage the mill for three years tliereafler. He then, in tqoi, came to- Canton and assumed the position of superintendent of the Carnahan Tin Plate & Sheet Company.

In politics Mr. Evans gives his allegiance to the Republican party, and his religious views are in harmony with the faith of the Protestant Episcopal church, his early training having been under the influence of the established church of England, representing the same faith, and he and his wife are regular attendants of the Episcopal church, to whose support he contributes a due quota. Fraternally he is identified with the Free and Accepted Masons, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Knights of Pythias, being popu-

At Pontyminster, England, in 1872, Mr. Evans was united in marriage to Miss Jane Davis, who died there in 1878, and she is survived by their three children, - Sophia, who is the wife of Matthew Griffiths, of Canton; George Drayton, who is engaged in tin mill work in this city; and Margaret, who is the wife of George Miller, of Canton. On the 1 8th of June, 1896, at Lisbon, Ohio, Mr. Evans wedded Miss Helen M. Smith, daughter of Albert G. and Maria R. (Leland) Smith, of that place; no children have been born of this marriage.

AUGUSTUS J. RICKS was born in West Brookfield, Ohio, February 10, 1843. He was educated at the public schools of Massillon, graduating at the high school and entered Kenyon College, at Gambler, Ohio, in 1861. He left college at the end of the first year, intending to enlist as a private soldier, but receiving a commission as first lieutenant, he recruited, with the aid of some of the leading citizens, fifty-three men in the city of Massillon, and entered the One Hundred and Fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving in Kentucky from 1862 to 1863. when he joined General Burnside's expedition to east Tennessee. Immediately upon entering Knoxville he was made post adjutant, and formed such an attachment for the city of Knoxville that it resulted in his subsequent location there. He served with Bumside in east Tennessee at the capture of Cumberland Gap, the siege of Knoxville and the operations of that army during the winter of 1863-64. In January, 1864, he was detailed on the staff of Brigadier General Milo S. Hascall, commanding the Second Division, Twenty-third Army Corps, and served with tliat corps through the Atlanta campaign. In January, 1865, he served as aide-de-camp on the staff of Major General J. D. Cox, of the Twenty-third Army Corps, in North Carolina. In April, 1865, he was appointed captain, but seeing the early termination of the war declined to be mustered.

Returnmg to his home in Massillon Mr. Evans began reading law, and in September, 1865, went to Knoxville, and there finished his course of law, reading in the office of the late Judge John Baxter, of the United States circuit court. In 1866 he became a member of the firm of Baxter, Champion & Ricks, which for five years was one of the leading law firms of the state of Tennessee. In 1870 he became one of the founders of the Knoxville Daily Chronicle, the only Republican daily paper then published in the entire southern states, outside of Louisville, continuing as one of the editors and proprietors until September, 1875, when he sold his interest to Parson Brownlow. Returning to Massillon, he resumed the practice of law with Judge Anson Pease. He was appointed clerk of the United States circuit court in March, 1878, by Judge Baxter, and later was also made clerk of the district court by Judge Welker. While serving as clerk he acted as master in chancery for this district. In 1889 he was appointed to the vacancy caused by the retirement of Judge Welker, of the United States district court, which position he now holds.

WILLIAM F. RICKS was bom in Pittsburg February 16, 1839. The family came to Stark county in 1840, locating at West Brookfield, but removed to Massillon in 1853, where as a youth he attended the public schools of the city. In 1857 he entered his father's store as a clerk. In 1862 he purchased the business and continued the same until 1890, when he closed the same to accept a position as cashier of the Merchants' National Bank of Massillon, which position he holds at this time.'

The bank is one of the prosperous institutions of Massillon and of Stark county. Mr. Ricks has always taken a deep interest in the prosperity of iVlassillon. He was active in securing the location of the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway in that city, and was one of the charter members of the Massillon Building and Loan Association, the first one in the city, and has been a director continuously. It is the largest association today in Stark county. He took an active part in securing the location of the State Hospital for Insane in Massillon. Mr. Ricks has been president of the board of trade for a term of years. Politically he has ever been a stanch Republican. He cast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln for President. Believing earnestly in the principles of the "grand old party," he has always taken an active interest in securing its success.

LEWIS CONRAD. - Peter Conrad, the subject's father, was a native of France, bom in 1793, but when a young man left that country in company with his parents and sought a new home in a land where there are no distinctions of class and where opportunities for rising in the world are opened alike to all. With these objects in view he came to the United States and for a short time thereafter lived with his father and mother in Pennsylvania, moving thence to Stark county, Ohio. Shortly after coming to this part of the country he was united in marriage with Miss Mary Loutzenheiser, and then turned his attention to agriculture, purchasing a farm of one hundred and twenty acres in Paris township, on which he lived until within a year of his death. Mr. Conrad was an honest, industrious man of strict integrity, and became an influential factor in the county. For some years he was engaged in the manufacture of woolen goods, having operated one of the early carding and mills of the township, in addition to which he also built a saw-mill which he ran for some time on quite an extensive scale. One year before his death he turned the homestead over to his son, the subject of this review, and, purchasing a smaller place of twenty acres near by, spent the short residue of his life in retirement. In politics he was a Democrat, in religion a devout member of the Reformed church, and as a citizen his career was all that the most loyal and patriotic American could have desired. He died March 20, 1858.

Lewis Conrad was born February 15, 1829, on the place in Paris township where his parents originally settled. He grew up at home, and as soon as old enough became accustomed to the varied duties of farm life, learning while a mere lad how to use all kinds of agricultural implements. Young Lewis' early years were routines of honest toil, varied of winter seasons by attending the district schools, in which he received about the average educational training of country lads. Reared to agricultural pursuits, Mr. Conrad took a natural liking to the same, and when about twenty-three years old began farming for himself on the home place. As already stated, he took possession of the farm one year prior to his father's death and continued to cultivate it until the estate was sold, after which he purchased his present home in Paris township, consisting of one hundred and twenty acres, on which are some of the most substantial improvements in this part of the county. As an agriculturist Mr. Conrad has long taken high rank, as the fine condition of his place sufficiently attests, and as a financier and successful man of affairs he occupies no inconsiderable place among the most enterprising of his contemporaries. Although an unflinching Democrat, he has never had any political aspirations, and, a zealous member of the Reformed church, his religion is of that broad, generous kind that recognizes good in all denominations.

from 1S54, on May 4th of which year he took a wife in the person of Miss Mary Stucky, of Washington township, this county, the union resulting in the birth of the following children : Mirian (Mrs. Robert Shearer) ; Addie (Mrs. F. Booth, of Pennsylvania) ; Eliza (Mrs. W. Walker, of Canton) ; Marion, of Canton ; Howard, a farmer of Nimishillen township; Nettie (Mrs. Albert Coen, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania) ; Amanda (Mrs. Rev. Jacob Streatsley, of Delaware, Ohio) ; Alvin, of Washingtonville, Ohio; Carrie and Olive, who died in infancy.

CHRISTIAN SEFERT is the son of Michael and Salome Sefert, both natives of Alsace, formerly one of the French provinces, now a part of the German empire, the father born March 20, 1805, the mother on the nth of April, 1815. These parents came to the United States in 1830 and shortly after their arrival were married, the wife being but fifteen years old at the time. For several years after his arrival in this country Michael Sefert was employed in the rolling mills at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, but later abandoned that kind of labor, and, moving to Stark county, Ohio, worked for some time on the farm near Canton now owned by Mr. Cornelius Faust. He proved a valuable hand, and nearly all the labor of the place, together with the greater part of its management, fell to him while thus employed. Later Mr. Sefert purchased forty acres of land near Mapleton, on which he lived until 1852, when he disposed of the place and bought what has since been known as the Sefert farm, situated one mile west of Paris. In connection with farming he was for a number of years engaged in buying cattle, which he drove to the Pittsburg market, and in this way he acquired the greater part of his wealth. In 1866 he left his farm and moved to the town of Paris, where he spent the remainder of his life in retirement, dying there in 1884, his wife preceding him to the other world by seventeen days. Michael and Salome Sefert were consistent members of the German Reformed church and their lives beautifully exemplified the gentle but powerful influence of the faith which they professed. They had a large family of children, fourteen in all, only three of whom survive, viz : Michael, a resident of Mobile, Alabama; Christian, of this review, and Henry, whose home is in Canton.

Christian Sefert was born January 23, 1843, in Osnaburg township, Stark county, and there spent his early life pretty much after the manner of the majority of country lads. Stirrounded by an atmosphere of industry, he grew up accustomed to labor and until youngmanhood he remained at home assisting his, father on the farm, meanwhile acquiring a meager education in the township schools. Upon the breaking out of the Rebellion, in 1861, when but little more than seventeen years old, he responded to the call for three months men, enlisted in Company A, Nineteenth Ohio Infantry, which saw considerable active service in Virginia, taking part in the battle of Rich Mountain, one of the first engagements of the war. After serving his time, he returned home and eccepted the position of brakemau on the Pittsburg & Ft. Wayne Railroad, in which capacity he continued for some months. During the succeeding three months he worked in a machine shop at Canton, at the end of which period he again entered the army, enlisting in Captain F. D. Yost's company of volunteers, which formed part of the Twenty-sixth Ohio Light Artillery. Mr. Sefert accompanied his command through all its varied experiences in the Southland, took part in numerous engagements and at the close of the war received an honorable discharge at Natchez, Mississippi, the document bearing date of June 8, 1865. Returning home at the cessation of hostilities, he took up the duties of civil life and March 25 of the year following witnessed his marriage with Miss Julia Sponseller, daughter of George and Leah Sponseller, of Paris township. Mr. Sefert set up his first domestic establishment in Paris township and from that time to the present has given his attention to agricultural pursuits, meeting with success as a farmer and stock raiser such as few attain. At the death of his father, he purchased the home place and immediately thereafter inaugurated a system of improvements which in due time made it one of the finest and most desirable farms in the township of Paris. The buildings which he erected are surpassed by few structures of the kind in the county, being models of design and as comfortable and convenient as modern architecture can possibly make them. The other improvements are in keeping with the dwelling, bams and outbuildings, everything on the farm attesting the deep interest the owner manifested in making- his home one of the most beautiful, attractive and valuable places of residence in this part of the state. After acquiring a sufficiency of this world's goods to render further activity unnecessary, he sold his farm to his son Walter, and in 1892 removed to the village of Paris, where he now owns a beautiful home, also a small and highly improved farm of fortythree and a fraction acres, adjoining the town limits. Although practically retired, Mr. Sefert devotes considerable time to the cultivation and improvement of his place and that he has made it one of the model homes in this part of the county is apparent to every passerby. His dwelling is a magnificent building with all modern improvements, the barn is substantially constructed and finished much better than the majority of residences, while the fine orchards, tastefully arranged shrubbery, neat lawns, grateful shade trees, in fact everything connected with the premises bespeak the home of a gentleman of refined ideas and elegant leisure.

Politically Mr. Sefert is a stanch Republican and takes much more than a passive interest in the great questions and issues upon which men and parties are divided. He has never held office nor desired public recognition, preferring to devote his time and attention to his business and domestic affairs and to be known merely as a citizen. He served for a number of years on the school board and in that capacity was instrumental in advancing the cause of education in his township. His religious belief conforms to the creed of the Reformed church, wnih. which bod}' himself and wife have long been identified.

The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Sefert has been blessed with five children, namely : Herman, who lives in Paris township ; Walter, who owns and farms the home place; Horace, deceased: Frederick, one of the well-known young men of Paris township, and Ruben, who is still a member of the home circle.

George Sponseller, father of Mrs. Sefert, was a native of Pennsylvania, his wife, Leah Cameron, having been born in Scotland. Mrs. Leah Sponseller was the daughter of John Cameron, a Scotch Covenanter who came to this country a number of years ago to escape religious proscription in his native land. Father Sponseller was one of the pioneers of Stark county, coming here in an early day when his sole earthly wealth consisted of a mattock, a team of oxen and what little clothing he wore. Possessing an indomitable spirit and knowing no such word as fail, he set to work under many discouraging circumstances and in due time succeeded in getting a substantial start in life. He purchased land when it was cheap, cleared a good farm and as the years went by added to his possessions until finalh' his real estate amounted to over two hundred acres, the greater part of which he reduced to cultivation by the labor of his own hands. He be- ' came one of the leading farmers of Paris town- ship, earned the reputation of an enterprising and worthy citizen and his memory is fondly cherished as one of the noble, God-fearing men of his day and generation.

DAVID BATES is a native son of the old Buckeye state, having first seen the light of day in Paris township, this county, on the 7th of September, 1843. He is the son of Frederick and Catherine Ann (Slack) Bates, and is one of nine children, of whom but two survive besides himself, namely : Maria, now the widow of Adam Sawner, of Canton, and Levi, of Washington township, this county. Frederick Bates was born in Pennsylvania in 1785. In his early manhood he was engaged in teaching school, folowing this profession for a number of years. He also learned the trade of shoemaking, at which he was employed when not engaged in teaching school. He was in the military service of his country during the war of 1812 and shortly after the close of the struggle he came to Stark county, Ohio, and was engaged in teaching school in this ami Columbiana county. He was twice married, his second Vi-ife being the mother of the subject. Shortly after his second marriage he settled on a farm two and a half miles south of New Franklin, and in 1855 located in about the center of the township, where he remained until his death, four years later.

David Bates at the early age of twelve years was thrown upon the world practically dependent upon his own resources. His father being in rather straitened financial circumstances, the subject began to work for neighboring farmers. He met with many rebuffs, but was energetic and determined and managed to get along in a manner, until, at the age of eighteen years, he apprenticed himself to an uncle, Levi Slack, to learn the trade of a carpenter. At this time the air was filled with portentious -warnings of the terrible struggle which was so soon to overshadow the land and a year later, August 6, 1862, when the country became involved in a conflict the like of which the world has never witnessed, the subject offered his services to assist in maintaining the integrity of the national union. He enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Fourth Reg"iment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for three years or during the war. This regiment was assigned to the Army of the Ohio and remained in active service until the close of the war;. Among the battles in which the subject participated were Knoxville, Cumberland Gap, Franklin, Tennessee, Nashville, Atlanta, and the many engagements during Sherman's Georgia campaign. The regiment was also engaged at Fort Fisher, North Carolina, besides many minor engagements, and at Greensboro the regiment was designated to receive Johnson's implements of war. On the 17th of June, 1S65, the regiment was discharged at Greensboro and the subject immediately returned home and again engaged in peaceful pursuits. During- his military service Mr. Bates never missed a roll call except when absent on detailed duty and was not in the hospital a day. Upon his return home he again engaged with his uncle to complete his apprenticeship at carpentering and remained with him four years. At the end of that time he commenced contracting and building on his own account and was so engaged up to 1887, since which time he has worked at his trade only at odd intervals.

Mr. Bates has been twice married. On the 7th of November, 1867, he was joined in wedlock to Miss Mary C. Essick, of Columbiana county, this state, and the daughter of William Essick, deceased, who during his life was one of the prominent and well known farmers of his county. One child, now deceased, was born to this union. Mrs. Bates died on the 29th of January, 1869, and in 1870 Mil. Bates- married Miss Elizabeth Walter of Columbiana county. Her father, Henry Walter, now deceased, was a prominent agriculturist and a well known preacher of the Mennonite church. His wife died October 17, 1902, at the age of eighty-four years. She made her home with the subject. To the second union of the subject three children have been born, namely : David W., of Columbiana county, is a farmer and is also engaged in teaching in the district schools; Anna is the wife of L. C. Hickory, of Oakmont, Pennsylvania; Mary O. is the wife of Lloyd Blanchard, of Columbiana county. In politics the subject is a stanch Democrat. He was elected a justice of the peace in 1886 at a special election to fill a vacancy and for sixteen years continued to discharge the duties of that responsible position to the eminent satisfaction of all classes of people. He takes a deep interest in educational matters and for nine years served as a member of the board of education, doing much effective service in the cause which means so much to the future of the republic. In his religious faith he is a Lutheran and for many years has held various offices in the local congregation with which he is identified. He keeps alive his old army associations through his membership in the Grand Army of the Republic and takes a strong: interest in the welfare of the old soldier.

JOHN M. FOULKS. - The Foulks family has a most remarkable military record. William Foulks, the subject's great-grandfather, served gallantly in the struggle for independence and his son, also named William, gained distinction as captain in the war of 1812. - John Foulks, son of the latter, was also a veteran of the second war with England, serving with Captain Harbaugh's cavalry company, which won honor on a number of bloody battle fields. Later when the clouds of rebellion darkened the national horizon and armed hosts of treason threatened to disrupt the government, six sons of John Foulks took up arms in defense of the nation and nobly upheld its honor. With a single exception, these sons passed through the fiery ordeal safely, the exception being one who received a painful wound in the leg while facing the storm of shot and sliell in the engagement of Resaca, Georgia. Another Ijrother, William,; was captured at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and for some months suffered all the untold and unexplainable horrors of the prison at Andersonville.

Reverting to the genealogy of the subject, it is learned that his paternal ancestors wereaniong the early white settlers of Pennsylvania, and that shortly after the revolutionary period many representatives of the family found homes within the present limits of Beaver county. Not long after the close of that war, the Indians, incited to hostility by British emissaries, took the war path and devastated that part of the country, mercilessly murdering men, women and children, but few of the Foulks escaping the general massacre. It is a matter of record that the savages, for some reason, refrained from killing a few of the unfortunate captors that fell into thdr hands, among the number being two daughters and a son of William Foulks, the Revolutionary hero referred to in a preceding paragraph. The son, whose name was George, finally succeeded in making his escape and for many years there-- after his fame as a scout made him widely known on the frontier. He was a warm friend and intimate associate of the celebrated scout and Indian fighter, Brady, of "Brady's leap" fame, and the two met with many thrilling experiences and daring adventures during the troublesome time which characterized the early settlement of western Pennsylvania and the eastern counties of Ohio. While in captivity one of the daughters married a man by the name of Whittacre, who was also a prisoner, the Indians according this privilege to such white people as fell into their hands. Subse- quently they appear to have fared quite well as the chief not only gave them their liberty but also allotted them a large tract of land near the present site of Upper Sandusky, Ohio. There Mr. Whittacre improved a farm on which he and his wife spent the greater part of their lives, but of the fate of the other daughter nothing definite was ever learned.

William Foulks, Jr., grandfather of the subject, was born June 10, 1770, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and shortly after the Revolutionary war removed with his parents to Beaver county, where he grew to manhood and married. While living there he laid claim to four hundred acres of valuable land and was intending to make it his home when a law was enacted requiring all holders of real estate to perfect their titles to the same. In this matter Mr. Foulks did not experience any difficulty as his claim Avas perfectly valid, but a number of unscrupulous speculators organizing themselves into a company for the purpose of defrauding settlers out of their holdings, instituted proceedings him, his place being one of the most fertile and in many respects one of the most desirable farms in the county. Compelled to defend his rights, he contested the matter in several law suits which were tried in Philadelphia and each time received a favorable verdict, but the expenses of so much litigation exhausted all of his means and well-nigh impoverished his family. The land sharks persisting in their persecutions, he finally was obliged to let matters take their course as he had no means with which tO defend himself further. Driven to this extremity, he finally abandoned his home to his persecutors and, with others similarly situated, moved in the year 1800 to the newly settled country of eastern Ohio, locating on the present site of New Lisbon, Columbiana county. His dwelling, a rude log cabin of the most primitive pattern, was the first improvement on the land where now stands the above county's flourish-

After remaining a few years where he originally settled, Mr,. Foulks moved to what is now the thriving town of Calcutta, where he subsequently built the first brick dwelling in that section of the country. His place soon became the nucleus of quite a flourishing settlement and, being centrally located, with superior natural advantages, he finally laid out a town which in compliment to him was called Foulkstown. The village grew apace and became the chief trading point for a large area of territory, but in the course of time the name was officially changed to Calcutta, by which it has since been known.

While a resident of the village, William Foulks took a leading part in the public affairs of the county and became one of the most influential politicians in the eastern part of the state. He represented the district of which Columbiana formed a part, three times in the general assembly, having been one of the leaders of his party during the sessions of 1810, 181 1 and 1818. His legislative career was eminently satisfactory to his constituents and his name is prominently connected with many of the most important laws enacted during his incumbency. He spent the closing years of his life in Richland county and in his death, which occurred on the 3d day of September, 1832, the state lost one of the most influential legislators and high-minded men of his day and generation.

Elizabeth Morgan, wife of William Foulks. was a granddaughter of the celebrated Revolutionary patriot. General Daniel Morgan, whose prowess and leadership saved the day at Saratoga, and it is also to his gallant feats of arms that the history of our country is indebted for many of its most interesting and thrilling pages. Mrs. Foulks' father, who was also named Daniel, served with distinction during the war

John P'oulks, son of William and Elizabeth Foulks, was born in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, about the year 1793. He was a small child when his parents moved to Ohio and grew to mature years in the county of Columbiana, experiencing all the vicissitudes of life in a new and undeveloped country. When a youth in his 'teens he engaged in the overland freighting business as a teamster between the settlements of eastern Ohio and the Alleghany mountains. He devoted his attention to this line of work for several years and after giving it up followed diiTerent vocations for a livelihood until finally becoming a farmer and keeper of a house of public entertainment. As stated in a preceding paragraph, he served in the war of 181 2, having been a youth, of about fifteen when he entered the service to fight for his country. Of his military experience sufficient is known to warrant the statement that he proved a brave, cool and collected soldier under many trying circumstances and that he did nothing to bring discredit to a name distinguished for gallant and meritorious service.

Mr. Foulks was twice married, the first time to a Miss Fisher, who lived but a short time and Ixire him no children. In 1830 he chose a life companion in the person of Mrs. Mary Hassler (nee Slence), whose former husband, Daniel Hassler, died while moving his family from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to a tract of land in Columbiana county which he had purchased the previous year. After the death and burial of her husband the widow Hassler, continued the journey until reaching lier destination and then set resolutely to work to hold her land and meet the payments as they came due. A woman of fine natural endowments and not lacking the qualities that overcome difficulties and win success, she managed her business affairs admirably, provided well for her children and was in very comfortable circumstances at the time of her second marriage. By Mr. Hassler she had five children, all now deceased, and her union with Mr. Foulks v.'as blessed with seven, of whom the following survive: John M., the subject of this sketch; Theodore L., of Boise City, Idaho; Calvin, a resident of Springport, Michigan, and Minerva, widow of the late William Vink, of Canton.

.After his second marriage Mr. Foulks settled on his wife's farm, just east of Moultrie, on the "Plahn Bottoms," and- in addition to cultivating the soil, opened his house for the entertainment of the traveling public. He kept a tavern at this point for many years and met with fair success, later removing to the town of ?\Ioultrie where he built a larger and much better equipped hotel. Mr. Foulks continued to run a hostelry until the death of his wife, when he broke up housekeeping and from that time on lived among his children. In 1878, at the ripe old age of eighty-five, his spirit g'ently passed into the great beyond, leaving as a monun:ent to his posterity a name and reputation abo\-e reproach.

John M. Foulks was born in West township, Columbiana county, Ohio, on the 5th of June, 1840. His childhood years were confined to the usual routine of labor and play which characterize the early life of the majority of boys, and when old enough he began his studies in the public schools, the training thus received being afterwards supplemented by a course in a private educational institution at North Georgetown, conducted by Rev. Mr. Heming, a teacher of scholarly ability and high professional attainments.

.\t the age of fifteen young Foulks earned his first money by working for a neighboring farmer, receiving for his services the modest compensation of four dollars per month. In this way he earned thirty-two dollars,, after which, in his sixteenth year, lie apprenticed himself to learn the carpenter's trade, his wages while thus engaged to be seven dollars per month the first summer, nine dollars the second and eleven dollars the third, by which time it was supposed he could master the craft. Meanwhile he applied himself so diligently to his studies that in his twenty-first year he was sufficiently qualified to pass the required examination and secure a license entitling him to teach in tlie public schools. Mr. Foulks taught his first term in the winter of 1861-62, and achieved an honorable reputation as an instructor. He continued to divide his time between educational work and carpentry until 1864, in September of which year he laid aside his books and tools for the purpose of entering the army. He enlisted in Company I, One Hundred and Seventy-eighth Ohio Infantry, and two weeks after entering the service was made orderly sergeant, in which capacity he served until honorably discharged at the close of the w^ar. Ihe One Hundred and Seventyeighth formed part of Twenty-eighth Corps, Army of the Ohio, and took part in all the campaigns and battles in which that command was engaged. Among the more noted actions in which Mr. Foulks participated was the fighting in the vicinity of Murfreesboro. Tennessee, where he was under almost constant fire from November 30th to the 14th of the following month, the arrival of the Confederate forces under General Hood necessitating a change of operations at the latter date. From that time until the expiration of his period of enlistment his conduct was all that could be expected of a brave and courageous soldier. On the 29th of June, 1865, he received his discharge at Charlotte, North Carolina, and as soon as possible returned home and resumed the dual duties of mechanic and educator.

Meantime, September 15, 1864, Mr. Foulks was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Jones, daughter of Joseph Jones, the father one of the largest and most successful farmers of Columbiana county, in whicii part of the state Mrs. Foulks was born and reared. In 1866 Mr. Foulks moved to his father-in-law's farm, which he ran for several years with the assistance of hired labor, devoting the greater part of his own time to contracting and building. Two years later he gave up his trade, the better to look after his agricultural interests, but he still devoted the ^^ niter seasons to school work, continuing the latter profession with marked success until 1873. From that year until his retirement Mr. Foulks was exclusively a tiller of the soil. In 1S90 he purchased of Mr. Jones the large and beautiful farm on which he had been living for twenty-four year.s and after cultivating- it with encouraging financial results until 1901 turned it over to the management of his son-in-law and moved to the town of New Franklin, where lie is now living a retired life.

Mr. Foulks has always maintained an active interest in the affairs of his community and township and served the latter three terms as assessor. In politics he is staunchly Democratic and for years has been a leader of his party in local affairs, also rendering valuable service in state and general elections. He belongs to Homewortl) Lodge No. 499, Free and Accepted Masons, and is also an infiuential member of the Grand Army post at Miner\'a.

A pleasing incident in tlie career of Mr. Foulks occurred in 1898 when the beautiful monument erected m honor of the soldiers from West township, Columbiana county, was publicly unveiled. The occasion attracted a large concourse of people, and the beautiful and impressive ceremony seived to arouse their enthusiasm and patriotic pride to a degree seldom witnessed on any previous occasion. W'hen asked wliat part he proposed to take in the exercises, Mr. Foulks replied to the effect that he had but one favor to ask and that was the privilege of designating the party to whom should be accorded the honor of pulling the cord that was to loosen the veil and expose the monument to view. He gave as reasons for this request the fact that he could name a person present who had one grandfather, five times removed, and four grandfathers, four times removed, that served with distinction in the Revolution, three grandfathers three times removed and two, twice removed, that were veterans of the war of 18 12, also one grand uncle that took pare in the latter struggle ; two grandfathers, eleven grand uncies and more than ten cousins, more or less distant, that fought for the Union during the late Rebellion ; one grand uncle that participated in the Black Hawk war, besides a number of near relatives that served in the war between the United States and Spain, designating as the one honored by such a patriotic lineage, his own little granddaughter, Ruth Bates. It is needless to state that his request was most freely and cheerfully granted and at tiie proper moment the little miss pulled the cord which exposed the noble shaft to the gaze of hundreds in attendance, the closing ceremony being marked by the most enthusiam.

Mr. and Mrs. Foulks have a daughter by the name of Anna M., now the wife of D. W. Bates, a well-known farmer of Columbiana countv, and the mother of the little Ruth referred to above; also one son, Victor, and one daughter, Elva.

FRANKLTN UNKEFER. - The Unkefers had long lived in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, the first of the name to locate there coming to America at an early period in the history of the colonies. It is not definitely known when the subject's grandfather left Lancaster county and took up his residence in the wilderness of eastern Ohio, but it must have been shortly after Stark county \vas opened for settlement as there were but few white people here at the time of the family's arrival. The place where they originally located is what is now known as the old Dupes farm, in Washington township, so named by reason of Mr. Dupes purchasing the land of Mr. Unkefer a number of years after the latter had settled and improved it. Among the sons of Mr. Unkefer was one by the name of John, who was a young man v^'hen the family came to Ohio and who in due time became one of the leading spirits in the community in which he lived. He was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, about the - year 1798, and in his youth learned blacksmithing, but did not work very much at the trade after becoming a resident of the county of Stark. A good scholar for his day and possessing the requisite qualifications for teaching, he was early induced to take charge of a school in the little settlement and to this line of work he devoted his attention of winter seasons for a number of years.

When a young man John Unkefer married Mary A. Thomas, after which he located in Paris township, on the present site of New Franklin, which town he afterwards laid out and for the growth of which he devoted so - much of his time and energy. Shortly after moving to the place he erected a large and substantial brick building which was opened for the entertainment of the traveling public and for many years his tavern was reported the best hostelry between the cities of Massillon and Pittsburg. Mr. Unkefer was a typical host of the time in which he lived, and for a period of forty years his place was a favorite public resort. While thus engaged, he also devoted much of his attention to other lines of business, in all of which he met with marked success. He bought and shipped horses' on quite an extensive scale for a number of years, also dealt in real estate and, with an eye to the future, platted the town of New Franklin with the object in view of ultimately making it the county seat. This purpose, however, was never realized, but he did succeed in attracting a class -

-of substantial men to the town and lived to see it become the chief trading and distributing point tor an extensive territory and the center -of a large and flourishing populace. As a Democrat of the old Jacksonian school, he wielded a powerful influence for his party in local and general affairs, but he never sought -official preferment although well qualified by nature and training to fill any office within the -power of the county to bestow. He was exceedingly careful in the management of his business affairs, but conducted them so honorably that his name became a synonym for fair dealing, nothing savoring in the least of disreputable practice having ever attached to his -character. Besides valuable town property, he owned a large amount of fine land contiguous to New Franklin, his real estate amounting to over four hundred acres, the greater part well improved and thoroughly cultivated. He entered into rest in 1853, his companion departing this life about the year 1855. John and Mary A. Unkefer were the parents of thirteen children, of which large family there are now only four living- representatives, namely : William, a resident of Barton county, Missouri; Frank- Jin, whose name introduces this review; John, of New Franklin, and Alvin, who lives in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.

Franklin Unkefer was born in the village of New Franklin, Stark county, Ohio, March 30, 1836. He early manifested a sturdy manliness unusual in one of his years and gave evidence while still a child of the correct bent of mind which had so much to do in shaping his subsequent course of life. At the proper age he entered the public schools where in due sea- he received about the usual amount of intellectual discipline, but his education however did not cease with the time spent under the in- of teachers. With a natural craving for knowledge he so utilized his intervals of freedom from manual labor that upon attaining manhood he had acquired those habits of application and prompt, self reliant action which have since marked his career in many responsible situations. Mr. Unkefer grew up with the sincere love and profound respect for his country, and when the South insanely attempted to disrupt the union and destroy the government, his patriotic indignation was so aroused that he did not long hesitate in the matter of offering his services for its defense. Two of his brothers, John and Alvin, enlisted with him shortly after hostilities began and served with distinction to the close of the war; William, who went to Missouri some time prior to the 'sixties, was living in a section of the country where the secession sentiment greatly predominated, and much against his will he was forced to join a Confederate regiment, but .so determined was he not to raise hostile hands against the union that, shortly after going to the front, he deserted his command and in due time entered the Federal army, in which he rose to the position of lieutenant. In 1862 Franklin Unkefer enlisted in Company F, One Hundred and Fifteenth Ohio Infantry, which for some time thereafter was mainly on detached duty to guard railroads, block-houses and various other kinds of public property. Later the regiment took part in checking the rebel advance on Nashville, in the battle of which place the subject participated. During his military career Mr. Unkefer proved a good soldier and was never known to complain of any position to which he was assigned. At the expiration of his period of service, June 22, 1865, he was discharged at Cleveland, Ohio, and immediately thereafter returned home where he again took up the duties of civil life. During the eight years following the war Mr. I.^nkefer was engaged in railroading with the Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne & Chicago Company, with headquarters at various places, and for about the same length of time he worked in the car shops at Minerva, this state. Severing his connection with the latter branch of service, he took up carpentn- and subsequently, in addition to that trade, devoted considerable attention to agriculture, both of u-hich vocations he pursued until appointed, in 1891, postmaster of New Franklin, a position he has since held. On the 1st of Jul}', ] 862, a short time before entering the army, Mr. Unkefer was luiited in marriage with Miss Elenora Hahn, of Columbiana county, the daughter of Henry Hahn, for many years one of the leading farmers and prominent citizens of West township, but now deceased. The mother of ]\Irs. Unkefer is still living, a remarkably well preserved woman of eighty, and now the wife of Jacob Holwick and making her home in New Franklin.

The Hahns, like the Unkefers, were among the early pioneers of Stark and Columbiana counties, the two families settling in the same locality, the former on what has since been known as the "Hahn Bottoms." Father auvl mother Hahn were for many years leading church workers, having been among the original members of the first Methodist church in this part of the state, this organization being still in existence, and Mrs. Holwick being the only constituent member now living.

Mr. and Mrs. Unkefer have one son and two daughters, viz : Jack L., Minnie and Maude E. The first named married Eva Hawkins and is the father of two children, Edna and Floyd. ]\Iinnie is the wife of William Kingsbury, of Dayton, and the mother of a child by the name of Mabel. Maude E. married E. E. Early, of Minerva, a union blessed with two offspring, A\'illiam McKinlev and Franklin W.

In politics Mr. Unkefer is an uncompromising- Republican and his fraternal relationship is with the Grand Army of the Republic, iii which he has long been an active and prominent worker. His religious belief is embodied in the ^Methodist creed, himself and wife being faithful and zealous members of the church in New Franklin.

JACOB MATZ was Ijorn in Germany on the 7th of January, 1829, being a son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Wingerd) Matz, both of whom were born and reared in the Fatherland, where they continued to reside until 1836, when they emigrated with their children to America, the subject of this review being eight years of age at the time. The father, who was born in the year 1S03 and who was thus a comparatively young man at the time of leaving his native land, came forthwith to Stark county and settled on a tract of wild land just north of th.e \illage of Paris, in the township of the same name. His original purchase comprised fiftytwo acres, and he subsequently added to the area of his farm until he was the owner of one hundred and fifteen acres. Here he developed a valuable property and here continued to reside until his death, at the venerable age of eighty-one years, having been a man of exalted integrity and indefatigable industry,, while he was honored as one of the worthy pioneers and valuable citizens of the county, while he and his wife were consistent membersof the Reformed church, while in politics Mr. Matz gave his allegiance to the Democratic party. This worthy couple became the parentsof three children, all of whom are yet living, namely : Jacob, the immediate subject of thisreview; Michael, who is a successful farmer of Osnaburg township, and who is the subject of an individual sketch appearing on another page of this work, where it may be identified under the name of Motts, to which he has changed the original German orthogxaphy ; and Elizabeth, who is the wife of John Zwallen, of Louisville, this county. Mrs. Matz was summoned into eternal rest at the age of fifty years, and her husband sul)sefniently married Airs. Elizateth Guckeman, no children being born to this union. By her first marriage i\Irs. Matz, who is now deceased, had two children, of whom one is living, Frank Guckeman, who is a prosperousfarmer of Paris township.

Jacob Matz, Jr., grew to maturity under the beneiicent influences of the pioneer farm, his youthful days being filled with "ceaseless toil and endeavor," while his educational privileg'es were such as were afforded in the common schools of the locality and period. He continued to assist his father in the work of the homestead until he had attained the age of nineteen years, when he assumed connubial responsibilities. Shortly after his marriage he purchased eighty acres of land on the line between Paris and Osnaburg townships, in the immediate vicinity of the village of Robertsville, and here he continue.d to reside for a period of seventeen years, applying himself indefatigably to the work of improving his farm and bringing it under effective cultivation. As prosperity attended his efforts he added to the area of his landed estate until he was the owner of five hundred acres, in Paris township, but in later vears he generouslv made provision for his children by giving to them portions of this land, and he now retains in his possession one hundred acres, to which he still gives his personal supervision, the homestead being located in section 7, Paris township, and being one of the fine farms of the county. The improvements are of excellent order, including a commodious and attracti\'e farm residence, and Mr. Matz is now in the full enjoyment of the rewards of his many years of earnest application in connection with the great basic art of agriculture. In 1S8: Mr. ]\Tatz took up his residence in the \-illage of Paris, where he purchased the American hotel, which he conducted for a brief interval. The prerogatives of a boniface did not prove sufficently attractive to him to long demand his allegiance to this line of enterprise, and he thus disposed of the hotel property and purchased the Shidler farm, near the village, the same having lieen a portion of the estate of his father-in law, and here he resumed agricultural pursuits, in the meantime retaining his residence in the village. In 1897 he returned to his old homestead, where he has since remained. On the 27th of March, 1847, Mr. Matz was united in marriage to Miss Eliza Shidler, who was born in this township, being a daughter of Georg-e Shidler, one of the honored pioneers of the county, and of this union were born eleven children, of whom six are living at the present time, namely : Jacob, Jr., who is a prosperous farmer of Paris township ; Caroline, who is the wife of Joseph Bair, of Malvern, this county ; Aaron, who is likewise engaged in farming in this township; Samuel, who has active charge of the homestead farm; Eliza, who is the wife of John Otto, of this township ; and Isreal, who is conducting a meat market in the village of Malvern. Mr. Matz has been a stanch adherent of the Democratic party from the time of attaining the right of franchise and though he has never been an aspirant for office he has taken a proper interest in local affairs of a public nature and is a loyal and progressive citizen. He and his wife are both devoted and acti\-e members of the Reformed church.

son of Jacob Schmachtenberger, whose grandfather was one of se^en brothers that served with distinction in the American war of the Revolution, Adolph Schmachtenberger, father of Jacob, was a native of Maryland, but moved to eastern Ohio as early as 1806, settling- in Osnaburg township. Stark county, where he entered land and made some improvements. Subsequently he changed his abode to the township of Canton where he lived for a period of twenty-two years and died near Mapleton when about middle aged; his wife, \\ho bore the maiden name of Margaret Repuert, lived to be quite old, dying at the age of ninetv-one years.

Jacob Schmachtenberger was born in Canton township, Stark county, August 13, 1819, and continued to live there until 1840, when he moved to the township of Paris, where in due time he became a prominent farmer and leading citizen. In 1849 he purchased the home farm just north of the village of Minerva, and this he increased at intervals until the place embraced an area of one hundred and eightyone acres of fine land, in addition to which he also owned two others farms in the vicinity, besides valuable property in the town, buying the latter in 1868. His careful management, steady habits and successful financiering resulted in the accumulation of an ample competence and he also won the confidence and respect of his fellow citizens, having filled worthily many public trusts, among which was that of assessor in which he served six years, and for over thirty years he held the office of justice of the peace, besides filling the position of president of the Minerva school board for a period of eight years. In the latter capacity he showed excellent financial ability by extricating the town from a long impending debt of seven thousand, five hundred dollars, erecting a fine brick school building and leaving the corporation entirely free of incumbrance. In politics Mr. Schmachtenberger was a Democrat and an active and influential worker for the party, representing it in various county, district and state conventions and proving himself a safe and conservative leader. In addition to agriculture, he devoted considerable attention to wool growing, which yielded him a large income. He also operated two saw-mills and in connection therewith bought, sold and otherwise handled large quantities of lumber.

In 1840 Jacob Schmachtenberger was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Meyers, who bore him six children, of which number two only survive, Alvin, the subject of this review, and David, who is also a resident of Stark countv. The death of this excellent

Alvin Schmachtenberger was born March I, 1863, on the farm in Paris township, where he now lives. After mastering the fundamental branches in the district school he took a course in the high school at Minerva and when eighteen years old began his car,eer as an agriculturist by farming the home place for a share of the proceeds. In this way he prosecuted his labors until his father's death, after which he secured possession of the homestead, consisting at that time of one hundred and thirty-four acres of as fertile and well situated land as the township of Paris can boast. Mr. Schmachtenberger devoted his attention exclusively to husbandry until 1886 when he engaged in the dairy business, which, in connection with farming, he carried on for a period of about seven years, meeting with marked financial success the meantime. In 1S93 he disposed of his dairy stock for the purpose of again giving his entire time and attention to the pursuit of agriculture. During the ensuing seven years he carried on farming quite extensively, but at the expiration of that time he once more began dairying, convinced that the enterprise if properly conducted would yield greater profits than he was then realizing from his crops. Purchasing in 1893 quite a number of the finest and most valuable milch cows that could be procured, he started under favorable auspices a business which has steadily grown in volume and importance until he is now in the enjoyment of a trade of greater magnitude than that of the majority of the men of this county similarly engaged. He sells principally to the consumer, has an extensive patronage and by fair and honorable dealing has so ingratiated himself into the confidences of the public as to g'ain the unqualified good will of all with whom he has relations of a business nature. Mr. Schmachtenberger has been quite successful in his financial afifairs and is now one of the well-to-do men of his com- owning one of the finest and best improved farms in the township besides possessing other means, the whole constituting a fortune sufficient to make him independent. Politically he is a stanch Democrat and for a number of years past has been a forceful factor in local affairs, having been twice elected justice of the peace, in which capacity he is serving at the present time. His personal popularity with the people of his towoiship is attested by the fact of his having received the largest majority ever given a candidate for the office of justice. Republicans as well as Democrats recognizing his peculiar fitness for the position and vieing with each other in giving him their support.

Mr. Schmachtenberger was married on the 22d of October, 1885, to Miss Theodosia Freed, of West township, Columbiana county, the daughter, of Peter and Sarah (Brown) Freed, the father a leading farmer and a prominent citizen of that part of the state. Eight children have been born of this union, namely : Jacob W., John Franklin, Arthur F., William E., Harry D. and Clyde F., all living; one who died at the age of five years, and Hazel, who died at the age of one and one-half years.

WILLIAM IRWIN. - This representative of two old pioneer families of Stark county is the youngest of twelve children whose parents were Joseph and Mary (Cooper) Irwin, natives of county Tyrone, Ireland. Joseph Irwin was born about 1790 and in 181 5, when twentyfive years old, came to America and for eight years following worked for an old Quaker farmer, in the vicinity of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At the expiration of that time he came to Stark county, Ohio, entered eighty acres of 'and in Paris township and for some time thereafter experienced the hardships and vicissitudes common to life in this part of the state in an early day. His first dwelling was the conventional log cabin peculiar to the pioneer period, the barn was composed of the same kind of material and while raising her children the good wife and mother had recourse to the sugar trough for a cradle, with her own fingers spinning and weaving the coarse material of which clothing for the different members of the family was made. Mr. Irwin was a hard working man and, possessing great bodily strength and persevering energy, his labors were in due time rewarded with a good farm and much better and more convenient buildings than the original structures. Later he increased his purchase by twenty-five additional acres and by industry, frugality and prudent management succeeded finally in placing himself and family in very comfortable circumstances. He lived where he originally settled until his death, departing this life at the ripe old age of eighty-six years, carrying with him to the end the confidence and esteem of the people with wliom he had so long mingled. Of the twelve children born to Joseph and Mary Irwin, three only are living, to-wit : Nancy, wife of David Unkefer, of Paris township; Samuel, who lives in the city of Cleveland, and William, the direct subject of this review. The mother died about the year i860; she was a devoted Christian woman, greatly beloved by her neighbors and friends, and, with her husband, belonged to the Methodist Episcopal church.