Findlay City (part 8 of 28)

D. J. CORY, farmer, stock dealer and ex-judge, Findlay, was born in Warren County (then in the Norwestern Territory) April 17, 1801, nine months before the State of Ohio was organized, son of Elnathan and Hannah (Jennings) Cory. His father, of Knickerbocker stock, born in Essex County, N. J., immigrated to Ohio about 1795, and settled in Columbia, which now forms a part of the city of Cincinnati. The country was new and sparsely settled, and he had to endure all the privations incident to pioneer life. Not being satisfied with his prospects in Columbia, he removed to what is now known as Warren County, and established a nursery. He was one of the earliest nurserymen in the State; the well-known apple entitled the "Cory Red," originated in his orchard. Ex- Gov. Vance and Elnathan Cory laid out the town of Findlay in 1827, and built a mill-dam at Blanchard's Fork of the Auglaize River, which were the first important improvements in the county. The mother of Judge Cory, Hannah (Jennings), descended from English ancestry, was born in Virginia, but immigrated, with her family, to Ohio about 1800, and settled near Cincinnati. Her father, David Jennings, was shot and mortally wounded by the Indians as he was retui'ning home from the mill. Our subject attended a log-cabin school in his boyhood, and early worked on his father' s farm. When he arrived at eighteen years of age he removed to Dayton, Ohio, where he had some farther educational advantages, and, although engaged in the store of Steel & Price, he attended school for eighteen months. Returning home, he engaged in the farming and milling business, the saw and grist mill, which had machinery for wool-carding, being the property of his father. At the expiration of four years he relinquished the business and settled on a farm near Springfield, at a place now called Enon, and there commenced raising stock as well as engaging in agricultural operations. Thence he went to Williams (now Henry) County, about eight miles below Napoleon, and was there engaged in farming and stock raising for nearly fifteen years. In February, 1835, he was appointed by Gov. Lucas an associate judge of Henry County, which ofiice he held for several years. Being a member of the Whig party, which was defeated at the polls by the Democrats, his career as a judge closed. For twenty years he was director and stockholder in the Fremont & Indiana (now the Lake Erie & Louisville) Railroad, and devoted his best energies to promoting its success. April 17, 1827, he was married to Miss Martha Meek, who died February 26, 1868, without leaving any issue. This marriage took place near New Carlisle, Clark Co. , Ohio. On September 7, 1869, he was married to Miss Anna W. Wright, of Urbana, by birth a Virginian. Her father. Reed Wright, had an intuitive hatied of slavery, which was the cause of his leaving Virginia, as he desired to rear and educate his children in a free State, and his wife, the mother of the second Mrs. Cory, had inherited slaves, which she, however, manumitted, or otherwise liberated, in accordance with the laws of Virginia. November 2, 1848, Judge Cory removed to Findlay, where he had built a family residence, still managing his business of farming and stock raising, being the owner of considerable sections of land in Wyandot, Marion and other counties. He has always occupied a high and honorable position as a public-spirited and philanthropic citizen, and has taken a great interest in the temperance and religious work of Findlay, giving to both his sympathy and financial support. He is in earnest accord with the Methodist Church; and has the esteem and respect of the community of which he is so worthy a member. In politics he is a Republican, strongly attached to the principles of our country, and down on ballot-box stuffing.

WILLIAM J. CREIGHTON, treasurer of Hancock County, Findlay. was born in Cass Township, this county, May 29, 1847, son of Samuel and Arabella (Gilliland) Creighton, the former of whom, a native of County Down, Ireland, came to this country when a lad, with his parents, who set tied in Allegheny County, Penn. , where they died, leaving five sons and three daughters, of whom two sons and one daughter survive: David, in California; Ellen, now IVIi-s. McCrea, of Allegheny County, Penn. (she was widow of John McCrea) ; Samuel, who moved here in 1842 and settled in Cass Township, where he i-eared nine children - four sons and two daughters of whom survive. William J. , the sixth child of this family, received a good education, and at seventeen taught school, and was connected with the profession of teaching till 1875. when he moved here and served as clerk in Treasurer Hosier's office during that gentleman's incumbency. Mr. Creighton was a prominent candidate before the convention which nomi- nated Samiiel Howcird. Esq., as treasurer, falling short, but one or two votes. He, however, retired to his farm, and in October, 1882, received the nomination and was elected, and in 1884 was re-elected to his present incumbency. He was married, in 1873, to Martha, daughter of Henry Ebersol. of Washington Township, this county. They have one son and one daughter: David Maurice and Jessie Mable. Mr. Creightou and family attend the services of the Presbyterian Church, the faith of his fathers. He has always taken an active interest in all measures tending to the public weal of his county, and has contributed liberally to matters tending to the advancement of its social and industrial life. In politics he is a Democrat. A. B. CROZIEK, of the firm of Crozier & Linaweaver, photographers, Findlay, was born in Washington Township, this county, January 25, 1853, son of John and Susan Scott Crozier, the former a native of Brooke County. Va. (now West Virginia), and the latter of Carroll County, Ohio. They settled in this county in an early day, and reared a family of live sons and one daughter. A. B. Crozier, the subject of this sketch, spent his early life on the farm, but at the age of twenty-three years he took up photography, with which profession he has been successfully connected since. He was united in marriage in Findlay with Etna A. Ray, and to them have been born two children: Charlie Merle and Nellie Ray. Mr. Crozier is a member of the Photographers' Union. In politics he is a Republican.

GEORGE L. CUSAC, grocer, Findlay, was born in Portage Township, Hancock County. October 5, 1854, son of Isaac and Sarah (Van Eman) Cusac, 2:>ioneers of this county. He was reared to mercantile pursuits in his father's store in McComb, this county, and in 1878 embarked in the dry goods trade in Findlay, retiring from the same in 1882 to take up his present business, which may be said to be the most extensive in this locality. Mr. Cusac was united in marriage in Findlay with Ella, daughter of Doddi'idge and Harriet Bigelow, and to them has been born one daughter: Inez May. Our subject and wife attend services at the Presbyterian Church. He is a worthy Mason, an energetic business man and a public -spirited citizen. He contributes liberally to all enterprises tending to benefit the county. He is a member of the Findlay Improvement Company, and also of the Findlay Boring and Drilling Company. In politics he is a Democrat.

J. H. DECKER, deputy sheriff of Hancock County, Findlay. was born in Marion Township, this county, August 9, 1848, only son and the youngest in the family of six children of John and Sarah (Zimmers) Decker, who came to this county from Pennsylvania in 1833. He was reared in Marion Township, this county, on a farm, and at the age of seventeen years he engaged in the drug business with S. & J. M. Huber, continuing with them for five yerirs, after which he embarked in same line for himself, which he carried on successfully for ten years, retii'ing from it in 1882 and engaging in railway business, representing the Indiana, Bloomington & Western Railway, till accepting his present jjosition in January, 1885. Mr. Decker was united in marriage, in 1876, with Annie McManness, sister of the present worthy sheriff of this county, and to them have been born three children: Lemuel, Tod and Ina. Mrs. Decker attends the Lutheran Church. Mr. Decker is a member of the I. O. O. F. and of the Encampment; is also a Master Mason. In politics he is a Republican.

who came of worthy German pioneer ancestry of Pennsylvania and Maryland. The subject of this sketch learned his father's trade (plastering), and in 1851 came West and located in Findlay, this county, where he carried on his trade for some time. He subsequently moved to Illinois, and, on returning from there, in 1859, entered the office of Dr. Osterlen, where he prosecuted the study of medicine. On the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion our subject left his worthy preceptor's office and enlisted his services in defense of the Union; three years of his time, however, were devoted to service as hospital steward, and upon the close of the war he re tiu'ned to his medical studies, graduating fi-om the Homoeopathic Hospital College of Cleveland, Ohio, in 1867. Dr. Detwiler located in Findlay, and for ten years was prominently identified with the profession of medicine in this portion of the State. The Doctor's death occurred April 30, 1877. He was at that time president of the Ohio State Homoeopathic Medical Society, and also president of the Alumni Association of Cleveland College. The Masonic, Odd Fellows and K. of P. societies, the Findlay Guards and the ex-soldiers all took part in the funeral ceremonies in his memory. Dr. Detwiler was an ardent Sabbath-school and church worker, and was an acknowledged leader in all interests he sought to serve. In politics he was a Republican. He was a liberal contributor to measures conducing to the public welfare, and was a kind fi-iend and an exemplary husband. He was happily married, December 19, 1854, to Miss Harriet Tritch, by whom he had no chil dren, but they adopted and reared a son and a daughter: William M. , now a merchant tailor, and Victoria, now the wife of E. H. Young.

E. G. DeWOLFE. editor of the Republican, Findlay, was born in Centre ville, Butler Co. , Penn , April 16, 1837. He is the fourth son of Dr. E. Gibbons and Sarah A. (Harris) De Wolfe, of Pennsylvania, the former of French Huguenot stock, descended fi-om one of three brothers of that name who fled from persecution in their native land and settled in New England about the year 1690, after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. At the death of his father, in 1846, the subject of this sketch resided with an uncle, T. R. DeWolfe, in Vernon, Trumbull Co. , Ohio, until 1850, when he entered the office of the Whig, Butler, Penn. , as an apprentice, but completed his trade on the Record, Prospect, Penn. His health failing he was compelled to relinquish the printing business and settled on a farm, teaching school in the winter. In 1861 he removed to Ohio and in 1863, in company with his brother Joseph, purchased the Pike County Repiihlican, which they published at Waverly for three years, during which time he held the position of deputy assessor of internal revenue. Refusing to follow Andrew Johnson into the Democratic party he was removed from office, sold out his paper and accepted a position as foreman of the Ohio State Journal, at Columbus, Ohio, where he remained until September of 1 868, when in company with Dr. A. P. Miller, of the Toledo Blade, he purchased the Findlay Jeffersonian, with which he was connected until May 1, 1876, when he retired to accept the appointment of postmaster by President Grant, was reappointed by Hayes in 1880 and reappointed by Arthur in 1884. In 1881 he purchased an interest in the Findlay Republican, with which he is still connected. In 1855 he married, in Butler County, Penn., Miss Emma Flemming, and the union has been blessed with four sons and four daughters, five of whom are yet living.

EDWARD DIETSCH, furniture manufacturer and dealer, Findlay, was born in Eliersdorf, kingdom of Saxony, March 12, 1838, son of Charles and Christina Dietsch, who came to America in 1849 and settled in Findlay, where Charles Dietsch carried on his trade of cabinet- making, and eventually engaged in the furnitui'e business. He died here in 1888, leaving his widow, three sons and a daughter: Edward; C. H. , proprietor of the Commercial Hotel; Anthony, with Edward in the firm, and Euphemia, wife of Richard Honnesy. of Findlay. The subject of this sketch was reared to his })resent lousiness, and embarked in it in 18(51 with his father, and in 1871 Anthony united with him in the business. Mr. Dietsch married, in 1861. Wilhelmina Karg, a native of Boenningheim, Wxirtemberg. Germany. They have one son and two daughters; Clara, wife of Christian Heyne, of Findlay; Charles Edward and Lela. The family attend the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Mr. Dietsch is an active citizen and public - spirited man, and has served in several of the city official positions. In politics he is a Democrat.

FREDERICK DUDUIT (deceased) was born in Scioto County, Ohio, in 1807, son of William and Agnes Duduit, natives of Paris, France, who came to America in 1790 and finally settled on the French grant. He married September 22, 1833, Miss Helen H. Gilruth, daughter of Rev. James Gil ruth, a clergyman widely known in connection with Methodism in Ohio, and a son of Thomas Gilruth, Esq. , a native of Scotland and of old Covenanter stock. He came to this county November 22, 1833, and cleared land and made a home. To Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Duduit were born ten children: James Gilruth, supposed to have lost his life at the burning of the steamer "Sultan," April 2, 1858; Agnes, deceased wife of Capt. Oliver P. Capelle, who lost his life at the battle of Stone River, Georgia; Mary, deceased at the age of fourteen years; John Wesley, who died in 1870, leaving a widow and three children; William, at home; Naoma, wife of C. C. Godman, of Lincoln, Neb.; Sarah, wife of W. E. Snyder, of Findlay, Ohio; Grace, at home; Kate, at home; Edward, at home. Mrs. Frederick Duduit died January 12, 1886, and Mr. Frederick Duduit March 28, 1886. They were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics Mr. Duduit was a Republican.

ELIJAH T. DUNN, attorney at law, Findlay, was born in Knox County, Ohio, June 20, 1840. His father was a farmer and tobacco grower. In 1 844 he removed with his people to W^ood County, Ohio, in what was then known as the ' ' Black Swamp, " where, around a hickory bark fire, and three terms of winter school, his early education was finished. At the age of thirteen he entered the office of the Herald of Freedom, at Wilmington, and became an expert ^jrintoi. He taught several terms of school in Clarke and Hancock Counties, pursuing in the meantime the study of law. On the breaking out of the Rebellion he united with the Union party, while yet a minor, and did service for a short time as a member of the Twenty-first Regiment Ohio Volunteers. Becoming unable to perform duty as a soldier, he continued for a while in a clerkship in the qiiartermaster department at Nashville, Tenn. Returning to Findlay he completed his law course, and on the 2d of August, 1862, was admitted to the bar. He was then twenty-two years of age. He then settled down in Findlay, and has ever since been creditably identified with the legal profession. Mr. Dunn is a very busy man. Besides a laige law practice, he owns and controls a good farm, and devotes considerable attention to fine cattle. He is a stockholder and director in the Farmer's National Bank, director and secretary of the Findlay Gas Light Co. , of the Findlay Oil & Gas Co. , and President of the Wood & Hancock Oil & Gas Company. He devotes a great deal of attention to financial matters. He favors public improvements, and on all questions involving public enterprises he takes a leading and aggressive part.

January 12, 1865, he was married to Martha I., daughter of Anthony Strother, of Findlay, and by her has had three sons: Bernard L., John A. and James C. Our subject and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church; Mr. Dunn of Stoker Post, G. A. R. and Hancock Lodge, I. O. O. F. He is not a politician, but votes with the Democrats. Has held the ofiices of justice of the peace and collector of internal revenue. Of his family, so far back as they are known, it may be said that they have been honest, industrious, intelligent and generous. Never was one convicted of crime. They have not been distinguished, but along the vale of life have kept the even tenor of their way. Yet the " simple annals of the poor" are, to those interested, well worth preserving, because we may all meet again on the morning of a better day. Indebtedness is due to J. B. Dunn, of Deshler, Ohio, for the following genealogy of the Dunn family. He has preserved it with great care, and it is believed to be correct.

Genealogy of the Dunn family as given by Jacob B. Dunn, of Deshler, Henry Co., Ohio: ''About the year 17'20 one Geoi'ge Dunn, with two lirothers, all Protestants, came from North Ireland (near Londonderry), to Long Island. One brother subsequently settled in New Jersey, and George Dunn in Maryland. From these brothers, the Dunns of Hamilton County, Ohio, or Indiana, and part of those of Kentucky, Virginia and Pennsylvania, derive their descent.

' 'The above mentioned George Dunn was a Baptist preacher, and carried his ' rather damp ' gospel west of the Allegheny Mountains, through what from his name was called ' Dunn' s Gap. ' The date of his birth, death and marriage, and the name of his wife, are not within the knowledge of the writer, but there lived such a man called George Dunn. His son (also named George), was a farmer, living near Harper's Ferry, in Maryland or Virginia. This second George Dunn had four sons and two daughters: John, George, Jacob and Peter; Catharine married James Schnebly, and with him settled near Xenia, Ohio; Mary (or Polly) married a man named Elam, and settled in western Ohio. Their father (the second George Dunn) died February 22, 1817. Of the sons, Peter died in Kentucky, a few years before the war of the Rebellion. Jacob died in Knox County, Ohio, about 1862. John died in Washington County, Md., about 1831. George (the second son of the second George Dunn, and the third bearing the name), was born in Washington County, Md., January 8, 1779. He died in Wood County, Ohio, December 13, 1865. The wife of the 'second George, ' and mother of the above six childi-en, was named Susanna, maiden name imknown. She died April 27, 1811. The third George Dunn was married near the close of the eighteenth century, to Sarah Mills, who was born 1770 (day not known), and died in 1845.

"Their children (all born in Maryland), were as follows: Robert, born September 8, 1798; died August 21, 1872; married to Mary Forsyth. John, born December 1, 1799; died March 9, 1851; married to Elizabeth D. Boolman. Susanna, ; died August 7, 1802, in infancy. Jacob, born July

February 20, 1807; died March 16, 1867; married to Margaret Coplin. Moses, born January 20, 1809; died August 22, 1829; never married. William, born January 29, 1811; died February 1, 1859; never married. Maria, born December 16, 1812; alone survives, widow of Jonathan Dean (deceased). Elizabeth, born June 19, 1814; died January 31, 1817; in infancy. Peter, born May 4, 1816; died AiTgxTst 19, 1855; never married.

' ' Elizabeth Dorothea Boolman, wife of John Dunn, second son of the ' third George Dunn, was born January 1, 1803, in Washington County, Md. Her father's name was Nicholas Boolman, whose father (first name unknown), came to Maryland from Germany, about 1765. Nicholas Boolman was born about 1774, his wife, Magdalene Troxel, was born about the same time. Of her family we know very little, except that she had a brother named David. The children of Nicholas and Magdalene Boolman, were as follows: Catharine, born about 1796; died, ; married to Hiram Lynch. Samuel, born

"John Dunn, his wife Elizabeth D. , and their three eldest children removed from Maryland, with his (John's) father, George Dunn, to Fairfield County, Ohio, in 1826. From thence they removed to Green County, Ohio, thence to Knox County, Ohio, and in 1844 John Dunn and family removed to Wood County, Ohio, where he died as above shown. The children of John and Elizabeth D. Dunn, are as follows: Ann, born December 5, 1820; married Adam Cosner April 15, 1841. Jacob [B.], born September 30, 1823; married Angeline Culp September 23, 1847. Joseph, born January

"The above names (not including th^j initials in brackets) are the names by which the children of John and Elizabeth D. Dunn were christened, the * initials 'B.,' 'T.' and 'R.' being afterward chosen by Jacob, Elijah and John, partly to aid in distinguishing fi'om others having similar first initials, and partly to preserve traces of the old family names of Boolman, Troxel and Rench, though in what way we are related to the Rench family does not appear on any of our records. Our mother was related (though whether through the Boolmans or Troxels does not appear) to the Hagers, after one of whom Hagerstown, Md., was named. A family named Chambers, of Chambersburg, was also in some way connected with our ancestors. ' '

C. A. EBLING, merchant tailor, Findlay, was born in Leesport, Penn., May 24, 1853; son of Addi and Mary Ann (Bahr) Ebling, natives of Berks County, Penn. Addi Ebling served with honor in the late war of the Rebellion, and iipon his discharge he came to Ohio, and in 1869 to Findlay; by his first wife, who died February 9, 1858, he had three children - two sons and one daughter - latter of whom died at age of two years and by his second wife, whom he married October 6, 1862, there are two children - one son and one daughter. The subject of this sketch was raised to his present business (his father's) and April 17, 1880, embarked in it in Findlay where he has since been successfully connected with same. He was married in Findlay, in October, 1870, to Amanda, daughter of Thomas B. Scott, Esq., a native of Pennsylvania, and they have two daughters: Mary Ann and Clara Belle. Mr. Ebling and family attend the services of the Presbyterian Church. He has been a Mason since 1875 and was knighted in Shawnee Commandery at Lima, Ohio. He is also Past Chancellor in the K. of P. In politics he is a Republican.

CHARLES J. ECKELS, Findlay, was born in Westmoreland County, Penn.. January 1, 1821, son of John and Esther Booth Eckels, also natives of Westmoreland County, who settled in Cass Township, this coiinty, in April, 1836, with four sons, of whom William is deceased; James M. is in Fort Wayne, Ind. ; Charles J. in Findlay, and Cyrus L. near Findlay. The subject of this sketch spent several years at the carpenter trade; in 1854 he came to Findlay, where he assisted in carrying on undertaking till recently; meantime he took an active part in the advocacy of boring for natural gas and, in 1884, he with Dr. Osterlen and a few others, sank their celebrated test well and developed this wonderful interest, which now has seven wells yielding gas, and two oil. The company propose putting other wells down in the near future, for gas and oil. The last well, known as the "Karg well," has the largest flow of any of the gas wells, yielding over 1,000,000 cubic feet of gas every twenty four hoiu-s. Findlay is now partially heated and lighted with natui-al gas. Mr. Eckels was married, in Cass Township. Hancock Co.. Ohio, to Ann McMui-ray, who departed this life July 20, 1879, leaving one son and two daiighters: James, a railway engineer, now with the Noi-thern Pacific Railroad, running from Glendive, Mont., west to Billings; Jennie E. and Margaret E. Mr Eckels has always taken an active part in the development of the industrial life of Findlay. During the war of the Rebellion he enlisted in Company A. Twenty -first Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for three months' service, then afterward enlisted and served in Company F, Twentyfirst Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry and later in Company I, One Hundred and Sixty first Ohio Volunteer Veteran Infantry, receiving an honorable discharge fi'om each service. In politics he is a Republican.

W. EDWARDS, harness-maker, Findlay, was born in Tunbridge Wells, England, January 2, 1841, son of Elisha and Susan (Damper) Edwards, who came to our shores in 1846, and located in Findlay, Ohio, where the father died in 1849, leaving five sons and four daughters. William, our subject, when eighteen years old became apprenticed to the harness-making, and in 1867 embarked in the business on his own account, with which he has since been prominently identified in Findlay. He was married in Findlay, in 1865, to Catherine, daughter of Philip Hoch, of Eagle Township, this county, and they have five sons and three daughters: Ada, Charles, Merlee,

Annie, Kittie, Fred, George and Ralph. Mr. and Mrs. Edwards attend services at the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a member of the K. of H. and of the Royal Arcanum. In the beginning of the war of the Rebellion he enlisted in Company B, Twenty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and did active service for thirty-two months, when he was honorably discharged on account of disability, occasioned by wounds received at the battle of Chickamauga. He is an enterprising and progressive business man and a liberal contributor to measures for the welfare of his adopted city. Upon the organization of the Findlay Natural Gas Company he became a stockholder and has continued with it since. He is also a member of the Findlay Improvement Company and other important industrial interests. In politics he is a Republican.

WILLIAM J. EDWARDS, livery stable, Findlay, was born in Phila delphia, Penn. , September 28, 1837, son of Josiah P. and Ann (Young) Edwards, natives of Ireland. Josiah P. Edwards learned shoe-making in Donegal, his native city, and when a young man came to this country and settled in Philadelphia. He afterward moved to Fairfield County, Ohio, and from there to Findlay, this county, in 1852, where he died in 1871. He had a family of three sons and three daughters, of whom one daughter and one son remain : Sarah Ann (wife of Luther Norton, of Charleston, 111,, and William J. Our subject carried on farming till 1866, when he came to Findlay and embarked in the livery business with which he has been favorably connected since. In 1874 he built his present extensive barn and stables. He was married in Findlay, in 1860, to Lucinda J. , daughter of Peter and Elizabeth (Powell) Foltz, and they have one son and one daughter living: Wilson J. (married to Nettie Ferard, daughter of John F. and Fanny J. S. Ferard (they have one son and one daughter), and Clara Blanche, and have buried Margaret J. , Emma May and an infant. Mrs. Edwards is a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to which her husband is a liberal supporter. Mr. Edwards is an active and enterprising business man and a worthy citizen. He has had charge of carrying the mails here for the past fourteen years. He is a member of the K. of P.

FRANKLIN WAYNE ENTRIKIN, M. D., Findlay, late professor of gynecology in Fort Wayne Medical College, was born in Chester County, Penn., July 27, 1830; son of Emmor and Susannah (Bennett) Entrikin, of pioneer English Quaker ancestry in that State. In 1832 Emmor Entrikin moved to Columbiana County, Ohio, where he reared a family of five sons and one daughter in the Quaker faith. Franklin W. Entrikin received a good literary training and at seventeen entered the Quaker Academy at Salem, being a class-mate of Byron Shariton, M. D. , professor of diseases of women, Miami Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio. After completing a thorough literary and scientific course there he engaged in the study of dentistry, in which profession he spent a few years. He, however, continued reading medicine and graduated from the Ohio Medical College of Cincinnati. In 1855 he came to Findlay, where he has spent most of his time since in excellent professional practice. He, however, has spent some considerable time in public lecturing on his profession, and for three years held the chair of gynecology in Ft. Wayne, Ind. , Medical College. He is a scientist of considerable ability and has contributed leading articles to the Medical and Surgical Journal, of St. Louis, Mo. , also to the Lancet and

Observer, of Ciuciiuiati (now the Lancet and Clinic), the Medical and Surgical Journal, of Toledo, and others. He is a member of the Northwestern Ohio Medical Association, and of the Cleveland Microscopical Society. The Doctor was married, in October, 1851, to Sarah Ann, daughter of Thomas Lyon, of Deerfield, Portage Co. , Ohio, and by her he has three sons : Emmor Lyon, a leading jeweler in Findlay; Leonidas A., also a jeweler, with E. L. ; Franklin Bennett, at home. Mr. and Mrs. Entrikin attend the services of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. and is an A. F. & A. M. He is a hardworking, painstaking physician, and although possessed of an ample competence in the way of worldly goods, has probably earned a very great proportion of his money in medical practice since he lived in Findlay. Besides his already mentioned professional connections he has had charge of the sanitariums in Cleveland and Green Springs. He possesses nearly all the known instruments used in surgery. Although old in the profession the Doctor is to-day as great a student as he was in his younger years. Dr. Entrikin was elected professor of gynecology in the Toledo Medical College in August, 1885, and delivered a full course of lectures in that institution in the session of 1885-86. He now holds that position. He is of strong physique and of a vigorous nature. In politics he is a Republican. His father was a Whig and he and all the sons early identified themselves with the anti- slavery movement and of course drifted into the Republican party.

JACOB FELLER, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Findlay, was born in Northampton County, Penn. , in 1806, and the following year his parents, Frederick and Susanna (Rabinalt) Feller, moved to Fairfield County, Ohio, where our subject was reared. In October, 1831, Jacob Feller came to this county, and has been successfiilly connected with his present industry (farming and stock raising) since. He was united in marriage, in August, 1830, with Mary, daughter of Peter Powell, Esq. , and to them have been born seven sons and five daughters: Eli, deceased while young; Jonathan, a member of Company A, Twenty-first Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, died in the army; Susanna, deceased wife of Samuel Biggs, Esq. ; Samuel, residing in Dakota; Paul and Jacob, farmers of Findlay Township; Mary, wife of G. D. Insley, of Wood County, Ohio; Enos, residing in Wood County, Ohio; Elizabeth, wife of John D. Wagner, of Frankfort, Dak. ; Timothy, a merchant, of Findlay, Ohio; Ella, wife of Marion Cox, of Wood County, Ohio, and Sarah Ann, wife of Adam Wagner, of Indiana. The subject of this sketch, Jacob Feller, Sr. , came to this county when it was nearly new, and, settling in the woods, cleared land and made a home for himself. By steady and persistent industry he accumulated property, until at one time he owned over 400 acres of land. He is a worthy citizen, and a good husband and father, and has given each of his children a good start in the world. He is a member of the Evangelical Church ; in politics a Republican.

FRANCIS W. FIRMIN, M. D., Findlay, was born in Richfield, Summit Co., Ohio, July 15, 1842, and is a descendant of pioneers of that name in Massachusetts, who came to our shores in 1630, in the fleet with Gov. Winthrop, and followed literary and mercantile pursuits. He is a descendant of Solomon De Firmin, who followed the fortunes of William the Conqueror from Normandy, and settled at Ipswich, England, in the eleventh century. His descendants number among them leading ecclesiastics and preserve the original crest and shield with the motto Firiaus in Christo

(Steadfast in Christ). The first records in this country show Giles, John, Josiah, Eobert and Thomas Firmin, of whom Giles practiced medicine and preached the gospel, and died in Ridgewell, England, in 1697; John settled in Watertown, Mass., and Thomas, who was a merchant, settled in Haverhill, Mass., and removed to Salisbury, Mass., in 1652. Josiah Firmin came to Boston in 1640, and lived with Gov. Winthrop; Robert settled in Newton, Long Island, in 1645. The subject of this sketch comes in all probability fi'om John of Watertown, Mass. His father was Francis B. , born in 1809, son of John, born in 1773, and he of John, born in 1713, at Somers, Conn., where his father lived. Here there occurs a break in the genealogy, but cotemporaneous genealogy of its different branches traces the ancestry to John Firmin, of Watertown. Dr. Francis W. Firmin, a son of Francis B. and Mary (Chapin) Firmin, received a good education in Wilbraham, Mass. (whither his parents had removed), and at Oberlin, Ohio, in 1862-63. In 1862 he came to Ohio and engaged in the study of medicine with his uncle, Dr. Lorenzo Firmin, and in 1867 he graduated from the Cleveland Medical College. He located in Findlay, this county, and has been in very creditable professional work here since. He married here in 1869, Mary L. D. , daughter of the Rev. John A. Meeks, a pioneer minister of the Presbyterian Church. They have four sons and one daughter: Alfi-ed Scott, John Meeks, Clara H. , Frank B. and Carl Giles. Dr. Firmin was made a Mason in 1868 and is a member of Findlay Lodge, Chapter and Council, and of Shawnee Commandery, at Lima, Ohio; is also a worthy Odd Fellow and a member of the Patriarchs Militant. The Doctor is a member of the American Medical Association, the Ohio State Medical Association, and of the Northwestern Ohio Medical Association, and has been United States Examining Surgeon for pensions since 1872. During the late war of the Rebellion, July 15, 1863, he enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Twenty- ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and after doing service for eight months, was honorably discharged. He is a member of Stoker Post G. A. R. Dr. Firmin has always held himself aloof from public office, but has served with credit in the councils of the city. He holds high rank in his profession; is a liberal contributor to all measures tending to the development of the social and industrial life of this locality, and is a public -spirited citizen. In politics he is a Republican.

DR. LORENZO FIRMIN, retired physician, Findlay, was born March 31, 1808, in South Wilbraham, Mass., son of John Firmin. Our subject when a lad learned the trade of shoe-making with his father in South Wilbraham (now Hampden), Mass., with which he was connected in the East till 1834, when he came West to Richfield, Summit Co., Ohio, and entered into partnership with Dr. Secretary Rawson, in a tannery, which he continued in until 1841, when he sold out to O. M. Oviatt, of Richfield. In 1841 he came to Findlay, Ohio, read medicine with Dr. Bass Rawson and graduated in the profession. He practiced at Benton, this county, till 1847, when he returned to Findlay, where he has been favorably known since. He was married June 28, 1838, to Clara H., daughter of Dr. Secretary Rawson. They have no children. Dr. Firmin has always been a publicspirited and liberal man. He is a clever financier and has accumulated a handsome competence. He and his lady are worthy members of society, esteemed by all who know them.

REV. ANDREW J. FISH, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Findlay, was born near Springfield, Clark Co. , Ohio, October 26, 1840, son of John and Jnstina (Myres) Fish, the former of whom, a native of Bremen, Germany, and a stone- cutter by trade, came to this country in 1834, he being then twenty- one years of age. He eventually settled near Springfield, Clark Co. , Ohio, where he was favorably known in connection with important contracts for public road building, and prominently may be mentioned the National road between Springfield and Columbus. Ohio. His original name was ' ' Fiersch, ' ' which for convenience he changed to ' ' Fish. ' ' The Myres family come of a long line of German ancestry in Adams Connty, Penn. Rev. Andi-ew J. Fish, the subject of this sketch, is to a great extent self-made in his profession. In his earlier years he taught school and by this means furthered his education. At the age of twenty-three he entered the church, and when twenty-seven years of age he took charge of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Quincy, Ohio, his successive charges being Elida, Delphos, Greenville, Defiance, Van Wert, Toledo, coming to Findlay, this coimty, in the fall of 1884. He married, in Springfield, Ohio, Lusetta, daughter of the late Philip and Mahalah (Shockey) Kiplinger, and they have three daughters and two sons: Jessie May, Lou Anna, Samuel Roberts, Henry Wagoner and Aui'elia Veda. Rev. Andi'ew J. Fish is an earnest and indefatigable church worker, and an ardent temperance advocate. During his pastorate in Ohio he has dedicated seventeen chiu'ches for his own and sister denominations. In connection with the Central Ohio Methodist Episcopal Conference he instituted the ' ' Preacher' s Aid Society, ' ' which has raised a fund of $22,000, has served as conference missionary treasurer for twelve years and has been usually accepted as a leader in his profession. He is a worthy member of the Masonic fraternity and of the United Order of Honor. Besides his very active professional works Rev. Andrew J. Fish has given some attention to accumulating a competency for the better rearing and education of his little family, and has been eminently successful in this particular. His musical attainments should be remarked, he being a graduate in composition, and he has produced some very fine arrangements in music.

D. C. FISHER (deceased) late manufactui-er, was born in Greensborough, Penn., July 27, 1821, son of John and Esther (Smith) Fisher, of pioneer German ancestry, in that State. Jacob Smith, father of Mi's. Esther Fisher, served all through the Revolutionary war as a worthy officer under Washington. D. C. Fisher learned carpentering in his native place and was prominently identified with the building interests of that locality for many years. In 1861 he retired from business there and came to Findlay, this county, to engage in the lumber trade, with which industry he was successfully connected up to his death. He was one of Findlay" s most active citizens, and assisted materially in the development of many of its important manufacturing interests. In 1865 he built and established an extensive planing-mill and sash, door and blind factory, and upon the organization of the Findlay Stave and Handle Factory he became a leading proprietor, as also of the Findlay Manufacturing Company, both of which interests he retired from with loss. He married, November 12, 1850, in his native place, Deborah Miller, who bore him two sons and five daughters, of whom one son and foiu- daughters survive: Hany W., Annabel (wife of Newton McLure), Addie M. (wife of Henry Byers), Bertha and Lulu.

March 18, 1(SS4, Mrs. Fisher passed away from this life in full comnniniou with the Methodist Ejiiscopal Church, and is laid to rest iu Maple Grove Cemetery. Mr. Fisher died October 5, 1885, aged sixty-four years, two months, eight days. The family are all members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which Mr. Fisher had been worthily connected for many years, and officially, in Findlay, for over twenty years. He was a member of the I. O. O. F. He always held aloof from public office, but served his adopted city with good repute in her councils. He was a worthy citizen, a genial gentleman and a public -spirited progressive business man, and his loss was deeply felt. In politics he was a Republican.

JOHN B. FOLTZ, recorder of Hancock County, Findlay, was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, July 22, 1844, son of Philip and Sarah (Hiestand) Foltz, natives of Virginia. Philip Foltz's father, Balthes Foltz, served in the war of 1812. They trace their ancestry in Virginia to 1796, the year of the advent of the first of the name from Germany in that State. Sarah Foltz was a daughter of the Rt. Rev. Samuel Hiestand, one of the first three bishops of the United Brethren Church in Virginia. The Hiestands belong to worthy German pioneers in that State. In 1828 Philip and Sarah Foltz settled in Fairfield County, Ohio, from Trumbull County, Va. (the home of many of the Foltzes and Hiestands), and in 1845 they removed to Van Buren Township, this county. They had ten children, of whom six sons and two daughters survive; the eldest son, a clever attorney, died at Ottawa, Ohio; a daughter is also deceased (neither of these two left issue). The family are all of good attainments, and occupy respectable positions in the social and industrial life of their respective localities. John B. Foltz spent his early life on the farm, and has been prominently identified with agriculture in Madison Township, this county, where he has held important official positions. He married, March 1, 1860, Elizabeth, daughter of Abram and Margaret Radabaugh, pioneers of Madison Township. Mr. and Mrs. Foltz have two sons and five daughters: Emma M., Abram J., Hattie A., Mollie M., Isabelle, Henry H. and Menda M. Our subject and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he has served as trustee and in other official capacities. Mr. Foltz has always been a public-spirited and enterprising farmer, of which industry he has always taken an active part in advancing here. In October, 1884, his constituents acknowledged his abilities by electing him, with a nice majority, to the recordership of Hancock County. In politics he is a Democrat.

JACOB FOSTER, farmer, Findlay, settled in Findlay Township, this county, December 24, 1828, and cleared the farm on Section 6. He has lived in town twenty years. He was united in marriage with Adeline De Witt, and they have eight childi-en now living: Sarah, wife of Sylvester Geyer; Ellen, wife of Walter Watson; Mary, wife of Samuel Fisher; John; Edson; Hester, wife of John Lynes; Charlie, and Luia, wife of William Sultner. Mr. and Mrs. Foster attend the services of the Church of God. In politics he is a red hot Republican.

SAMUEL DUNBAR FREY, retired druggist, Findlay, was born in Somerset Count, Penn., July 18, 1826, and comes of worthy German ancestry (on his father's side) in Maryland. His grandfather, Frey, settled in Baltimore, Md. (from Germany) where he was prominently connected with his profession of civil engineering and surveying, and did some important contracting and building, among which might be mentioned the Na- tional Koad from Baltimore to Wasliiugton, D. C He left a large family. Dr. William Frey, father of our subject, left a good practice in Pennsylvania and retui'ued to Maryland, where he represented Alleghany County on different occasions in the Legislature of that State. He died in 1865, aged sixty- live years, leaving a family of seven sons and one daughter. Three of the sons have worthily represented the father's profession. Our subject completed a good education at Uniontown Academy, graduating in a classical and scientific course of study, and read medicine for a few years. He, however, disliked the practice of medicine, and turned his attention to other pursuits. In 1851 he came West, and was connected with railway building for some time with headquarters at Bellefontaine, Ohio. In 1857 he came to Findlay, and subsequently embarked in the drug business. He was married, in Somerset County, Penn. , in 1851, to Priscilla B., daughter of John Slicer, and by her he has one son, William, who carries on the di-ug business. Mr. Frey has always been a liberal supporter of measures tending to the growth of his adopted city. He is a worthy Mason of over twenty-three years' standing, a liberal supporter of the Methodist Chm-ch, and socially is an excellent gentleman.

JACOB ^^^. CtASSMAN, clerk, Findlay, was born in Eppingen, Baden, March 1, 1845, son of William and Catherine Haasinger Gassman, who came to this country in 1848, the former of whom, a baker by trade, left his native country in consequence of the Revolution there, that he might enjoy his liberty in free America. AVilliam Gassman removed from Seneca County, Ohio, to Findlay, where he at present resides. Of his three sons and two daughters, Elizabeth is the wife of M. B. Weaver, of Valley Falls, Kas. ; Emanuel and Daniel (twins) are invalids, and only Jacob W., who is the eldest, and Lena, the youngest, are now living at home. Upon the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion Jacob W. Gassman enlisted in Company A, Sixty-fifth Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, and did active and honorable service for over three years. He was wounded at the battle near Petersburg, Va. , and after receiving an honorable dischai-ge returned home and enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Ninety-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving two months. Mr. Gassman is a worthy citizen and an exemplary son, and since his father's health failed has taken entire charge of the family's support, and has attended to the necessities of his invalid brothers. He is a member of Stoner Post, G. A. R.

LEWIS GLESSNER (deceased) was born in Somerset County, Penn. , September 1 , 1811, and when six years of age removed to Columbiana County, Ohio, with his parents, who settled in the woods, where he remained at fai-m work (meantime learning a trade at New Lisbon) until 1883, when he located at Delaware, Ohio. In 1861 he came to Findlay, Ohio, and pur chased the Hancock Courier, which, in company with his son, W. L. Glessner. he published till 1865. He then began publishing the Newark, Ohio, Advocate, which was continued by him for a year and a half, after which he returned to Findlay and again assumed control of the Hancock Courier, to which, from that time, he devoted his undivided energies. Thus for nearly eighteen years he was identified with the business interests of this section, as well as being the molder and expounder of the principles of the political party of his convictions and choice. He did not make the Hancock Courier "a stepping stone to something else." He never sought nor claimed any other reward for his labor in behalf of his party, or in advocating the gen- eral good, than the approval of his own couscience aud the knowledge that his efforts were appreciated. While at any time the people would gladly have called him to the councils of the State and Nation, they knew his ambition was to serve in the sphere he had chosen. Rarely do we find such sino-leness of purpose as displayed by him. Acting fi'om the highest motives the editor of the Hancock Courier was thus able to take a fearless, independent position, that gave his utterances weight in the councils of his party, and won for him the respect of those whose principles he opposed. Not a great while before his death, which occurred March 13, 1879, he constructed a handsome brick building, the ' ' Courier Block, ' ' and at the dedication of the building a large gathering of friends of the paper and personal friends of Mr. Glessner took place, and congratulatory addresses were made, which gave evidence of the high esteem in which the publisher was held. In Mr. Glessner' s reply to these addresses, he said, among other things: "In purchasing the Courier and locating here, I did so with the purpose of V)ecoming identified with the interests, improvements, growth and prosperity of Findlay and Hancock County, and if the course pursued by the Courier has been such as to foster and encourage a spirit of substantial public improvement of streets, sewerage, public and private buildings, or otherwise improving and beautifying our thriving town, to the greater health and comfort of its people; if, by precept or example it has induced the planting of one more shade tree, or ornamental shrub, or bed of flowers, to cheer some weary mortal on life's journey, than would otherwise have been planted, its aim, as a local paper, has been partially accomplished and the labors of its editors have not been altogether in vain. ' ' Lewis Glessner was married, April 8, 1838, in Delaware, Ohio, to Georgiana Cowles, by whom he was blessed with a large family. A writer says, relative to Mr. Glessner' s death, ' ' he was well thought of and respected abroad, as well as in Hancock County, where he had hosts of friends. A life of integrity and i^urity, such as he lived, is an unspeakable blessing. It is something to live such a life, it is much for a community to lose it." Mr. Glessner was a kind husband, and was blessed in having a wife ready to sympathize with him in all his trials, and rejoice with him in all his successes.

F. H. GLESSNER, editor of the Hancock Courier, Findlay, was born in Delaware, Ohio; son of Lewis and Georgiana (Cowles) Glessner, natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio, respectively. In 18(31 Lewis Glessner came to Findlay with his family from Delaware County and purchased the Hancock Courier, which he ably carried on till his death in 1879. He had learned the chairmaking business, and later engaged in farming and stock raising in Delaware County, which he carried on till coming to Findlay. He reared a family of five sons and four daughters, of whom William L. is publisher of the Recorder at Americus, Ga. ; Leonard C. is publisher of The Earth at Sedalia, Mo. ; Douglas is iDublisher of the News at Grifiin, Ga. ; Fred H. is editor and publisher of the Hancock Courier. Edward, the second son, a member of the Fifty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infanty, died of wounds received at the battle of Kenesaw Mountain. The mother is living with her daughters and is proprietor of the Hancock Courier; she is a worthy woman and mother, and an ardent worker for the Ladies' Benevolent Society in Findlay. Fred H.. our subject, was reared to the profession of journalism, and after his father's death took charge of the paper, which he has ably conducted since. He has always been a public spirited and progressive citizen, and has contributed in no small degree to the advancement of the social and industrial life of his locality. He assisted in the organization of the Fiudlay Natural Gas Company, and served as its secretary, and upon the second year of its existence as its president. Mr. Glessner is an active member and secretary of the Findlay Improvement Company. He was united in marriage at Findlay, in 1872, with Ara A. , daughter of Henry Isham, Esq. , of Findlay.

CAPT. JOSEPH F. GUTZWILLER, United States Messenger, House of Congress, Washington, D. C, Findlay, was born in Pittsburgh, Penn., April 30, 184:'2, son of Victor and Catharine (Monk) Gutzwiller, natives of Switzerland and Alsace, France (now Germany), respectively. Victor Gutzwiller who was born in Basel, in the Canton of Basel, Switzerland, came to this country when a lad, and learned harness-making in Pittsburgh, where he married. In 1857 he removed to Mansfield, Ohio, where he now resides. He reared eight children - five sons and three daughters - of whom the following survive: Joseph F., Victor (an attorney at law in Cleveland, Ohio), Henry (in railroad business in Mansfield, Ohio), Mary (wife of Frank Jonas, cigar manufacturer in Upper Sandusky, Ohio), Lizzie (wife of William Epke, also a cigar manufacturer in Upper Sandusky) and Rosa P. (wife of Edward Christian, of Lima). The subject of this sketch, after receiving a good rudimentary education at the Roman Catholic Schools of Pittsburgh, completed it at Mansfield. In 1801 he entered the military service in Company H, Fifteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, upon the first call doing honorable duty for the term of service. He then re-enlisted in Company F, Eighty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry; was wounded at the battle of Bull Run, and was promoted for gallant service to the second lieutenancy of Company F. He soon after received promotion to first lieutenancy; at Chancellorsville he was taken prisoner in May, 1803; Avas exchanged just before the battle of Gettysburg, and received promotion to the captaincy of Company D, at Gettysburg, in which rank he served till the close of the war. After that he returned to Mansfield, Ohio, and in 1805 came to Findlay, this county, where he has been favoral)ly known since. For three years he served as assistant sergeant-at-arms of the Ohio Legislature, and for two years as such of the Constitutional Convention. In 1877 he was elected recorder of Hancock County, which incumbency he honorably filled for six consecutive years. December 11, 1883, Captain Gutzwiller was ajipointed messenger in the House of Representatives at W^ashington, which position he ably holds. He married, in Findlay, May 7, 1807, Delia S. , daughter of Jacob and Delia (Grate) Rosenberg, pioneers of this county, the former having held several important official positions in the early history of the county, being sheriff for several years. Mr. and Mrs. Gutzwiller have one son and one daughter: Francis Joseph and Lula M. The family are regular communicants of the Roman Catholic Church. Our subject is a member of St. Michael's Benevolent Society and of Stoker Post, G. A. R.

JOSEPH HAGERMAN, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Findlay, was born in New Jersey, in 1815, son of Joseph and Susan Hagerman, who removed to Northampton County. Penn. , where Joseph, Jr. , was reared. In 1803 our subject came West, and after spending a few years in Wood County, Ohio, settled in Findlay Township, this county, in 1807. He married in Pennsylvania, Miss Catherine Zlisloft, and they have four sons and three daughters: Corson, a farmer, in Portage Township,- this county; Susan, wife of Noah Spitler, in Portage Township, this county; Addison, in Findlay, Ohio; Mary, wife of Lewis Chamberlain; Sarah, wife of William Stewart, of Seneca County, Ohio; Sandford and Daniel. Mr. and Mrs. Hagerman attended the services of the English Lutheran Church. He has accumulated a nice property, the result of his own unaided labor, and has reared his family well.

W. S. HAMMAKER, present postmaster of Findlay, was born at Tiffin, Ohio, December 28, 1851, and was left an orphan at the age of three years by the death of his father. He received his schooling at a country school near Tiffin, and at the age of fifteen entered the office of the Seneca Advertiser, the Democratic organ of Seneca County. Remaining here two years he went to New York to join the sympathizers with Cuba (in her struggle for freedom from the parent country, Spain), who were prevented from sailing by the United States authorities. He then proceeded to New Bedford Mass., where he joined a whaling expedition to the Indian Ocean, and spent four years off the coast of Australia and among the East India Islands, serving on board the bark "Mermaid." In 1874 he returned to Tiffin and entered the Tiffin Star office as foreman, but was soon after promoted to city editor, which position he relinquished several months later for a similar place on the Wyandot Union, a paper published at Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Here he remained nearly two years, when he again accepted the city editorship of the Tiffin Daily and Weekly Star; but in a few months, the proprietors having made an assignment, Mr. Hammaker went back to the Wyandot Union and continued in service there until early in 1877, when he purchased the Bloom ville Banner, running it abou.t a year, but becoming dissatisfied with the narrow field, closed the office and returned to Tiffin, where he assisted in founding the Gazette, the best j)aper that city ever had, acting as its local editor, solicitor and collector. In January, 1879, Mr. Hammaker came to Findlay, having accepted the position of local editor of the Jeffersonian, which place he continued to hold about five years, and assisted in establishing the Daily Jeffersonian, a paper that has been on a paying basis from the start. He worked for the Jeffersonian at different periods, left that paper in 1882 and started the Daily Star, continuing its publication twenty-one months, doing very well, from a financial standpoint, but finally sold the office, together with the good-will of the paper, to the proprietor of the Jeffersonian, and returned to his old position on that joiirnal, where he remained until appointed postmaster by President Cleveland, in November, 1885. The subject of this sketch has always been an unswerving Democrat, but never sought any office except the one he now occupies, to which he was twice elected by its Democratic patrons. He was married in 1874 to Miss Emma Six, of Tiffin, the ceremony taking place at Put-in- Bay. The union has been blessed with six children - three sons and three daughters - all of whom are living.

JOHN F. HASTINGS, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Findlay, was born in Richland County, Ohio, September 14, 1850, son of Joseph and Mary (Alexander) Hastings, the former of Merrimack County, N. H., the latter of Richland County, Ohio, and the daughter of Peter Alexander, Esq., of Maryland stock. In 1875 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hastings, with their family of one son and two daughters, removed to this county, where Joseph Hastings now owns 420 acres of land, and in February, 1876, he bui'ied his wife; his family are John F., the subject of this sketch; Elizabeth Jane, and Mary Isadore, wife of Philip J. Reimnnd, of Liberty Township, this county. Joseph Hastinf^s died February 12, 1886, deeply regretted by a large number of relatives and fi-iends. While in Richland County, Ohio, he served with credit in many public offices, but after coming to this county he has held aloof from public office and has given his attention to his farming interests. As a worthy citizen ho was highly respected everywhere. John F. Hastings married, in Richland County, Ohio, Miss Nancy Jane, daughter of Melzar and Abigail (Crawford) Coulter, and by her he has three sons and two daughters: Alpheus Melvin, Mary Abigail, Jane Lyadell, John Laverne and Charles.

W. H. HAVEN, druggist, Findlay. was born in Colnmbiana County Ohio, November 32, 1841; son of Dr. P. L. and Maria (Swindler) Haven, the former descended from worthy pioneers of Massachusetts; the latter of Pennsylvania pioneers. Dr. P. L. Haven located at New Lisbon, Ohio, fi'om Pittsburgh, Penn., about 1839, -and died at Mansfield, Ohio, in 1849, leaving three sons and two daughters (of whom two sons and a daughter survive) : John P., clerking for W. H. ; Amelia H., widow of the4ate C. N. Locke, of the Tiffin Tribune, a resident of Findlay; James L., who died in the United States Military Service, in the Big Sandy Campaign, in 1862, in Kentucky; Mary E. (deceased wife of E. S. Kimber, of Kansas City, Mo.) and W. H. In 1850 our subject became apprenticed to merchandising here in the store of Hugh Newell. He afterward took up the di'ug trade, and in 1859 embarked in it on his own account at Ottawa, Ohio. In 1861 he sold his interest there, enlisting his services in the army, and was with the Ninety-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in the commissary department, till 1864, when he joined the Mississippi and West Gulf Squadron, with which he remained till the close of the war, retiring at that time from the charge of the United States steamer "Peri." After the war he traveled in the interest of the drug trade and read medicine. He subsequently practiced his profession, but, in 1868, engaged in manufacturing, which he followed for several years. In 1876 he purchased his present business which he has raised to a leading prominence here. He was married, in Michigan, to Nancy J. Rawson, niece of Dr. Bass Rawson. To this union were born five children: Clarence, Ruth (deceased), Emma, Mary and Elsie. Mrs. Haven is a member of the Presbyterian Church, to which her husband is a liberal contributor. Mr. Haven is a member of the Blue Lodge, Chapter and Council, Findlay, and Shawnee Commandery, F. & A. M. at Lima. He is also a member of K. of P. , Royal Arcanum, and Stoker Post, G. A. R. He is a member of the Ohio State Pharmaceutical Association, and was one of the original committee who drafted the bill for the new pharmaceutical law of Ohio. He is also a member of the Traders' and Travelers' Association of New York City. He has worked his way up in business, and, through his own indefatigable exertions has accumulated a nice competency.

EDWIN R. HAY, farmer and stock raiser, P. 0. Findlay, was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, March 15, 1830, son of Peter and Christiana (Platter) Hay, both of whom are of direct descent from German people. Our subject was reared to farming, with which he was successfully connected in Fairfield County, Ohio, until 1870, when he came to this county and subsequently took up his present property in Findlay Township, which he has very handsomely improved. Mr. Hay married, in this county, Angelicia, second daughter of Amos and Abigail (Bigelow) Frisbie, who settled in this coiiaty in 1805. Mrs. Hay departed this life iu 187U, leaving two children: Abigail and Charles. Of the remaining family of Mr. Frisbie only one daiio^hter survives - Celestia - who has never married; she assists her brother in-law, onr subject, in the charge of her sister's family. Edwin K. Hay . is a public-spirited citizen and a clever business man. He has always held aloof from public office, but has done his share for the public good when called upon. At the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion he enlisted in Company A, Sixty-first Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in which he held a lieutenancy during his term of service. Mr. Hay is a liberal contributor to measures advancing the public welfare. He is a kind and indulgent father, and a worthy gentleman. In politics he is a Democrat.

PRESLEY E. HAY, clerk of the court of common pleas, and county clerk of Hancock County, Findlay, was born in Oirard Township, Erie Co., Penn. , December 16, 1844; son of John and Nancy (Laughlin) Hay, pioneers there. He was reared to farming, which he followed, together with lumber milling. In 1880 he came to this county, and engaged in lumber milling here, with which industry he has been actively connected since. He had meanwhile become favorably known to the people of this county, and in October, 1884, they acknowledged their appreciation of him by electing him as their clerk, a deserving compliment to him as a Republican, in a Democratic county. He married in his native townshij) Martha, daughter of Giles B. Cole, and by her he has one son and two daughters: Will iam Clinton, Carrie and Lottie. Mr. Hay is a member of the A. O. U. W., K. of P. and I. O. O. F. societies. He is an active, energetic business man, and a worthy official, and has by his upright conduct drawn around him warm fi'iends from all political circles.

JOHN HECK, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Findlay, was born in York County, Penn., October 11, 1836, son of George and Martha (Maish) Heck, who settled in this coimty in 1844. Our subject spent his early life in farming, and, with the exception of a few intermissions, has been actively connected with that industry since. He married, December 18, 1856, Miss Lydia, daughter of Peter Sherick, Esq., of Wayne County, Ohio, and by her he has two sons and a daughter: Barbara Etta, wife of Saxon C. Shoupe, of Wyandot County, Ohio; David and W^illiam, worthy young farmers of Findlay Township, this county. Mr. Heck has always been active and energetic, and has accumulated a handsome fortune, the reward of his industry, owning now 280 acres of valuable land and some valuable town property in Findlay, Ohio. He is public-spirited, and contributes freely to worthy measures. He is an active member of the Church of God, and an honored official in that body. Upon the building of the beautiful college in Findlay, this county, Mr. Heck donated $500 in cash, and assisted in many other ways tbward the completion of that noble edifice. In politics he is a Republican.

ANDERSON C. HECK, dealer in lumber, lath, shingles and all kinds of building material, Findlay, was born in Findlay, Ohio, October 11, 1854, son of George and Martha (Maish) Heck, natives of Cuml^erland County, Penn., of German pioneer ancestry, and who settled in Findlay in 1844; both are still in active life; their family consists of the following named children: Catherine, wife of David Sherk; John; Sarah, wife of Joseph Lytle; William; Mary, wife of Frank Gardner; George; Anderson C. , Joseph and Bird, widow of W illis Kimmel. Of these George and Mary reside in Alle- gan County, Mich., all the others being residents of this county. The deceased are Susan, wife of William Watson; Harry, Jacob and an infant. Anderson C. Heck spent his early life in mercantile pm-suits, and was connected with the hardware trade in Findlay, Ohio, for ten years, but retired from same recently to engage in his present business. He married, in 1879, Miss Jennie E. Livingston, and to them have been born two children: Birdie Marie and Clare Gerald (the latter deceased). Mr. and Mrs. Heck attend the services of the Presbyterian Church, of which she is a worthy member, and to which he is a liberal contributor. Upon the organization of the board appointed to conduct the building of Findlay College, Mr. Heck became an active member, and served with credit until the completion of that work. Our subject is vice-president of the Findlay Natural Gas Company, and was lessee and manager of the Opera House in Findlay, Ohio, for two years. He is at present building a large sash and blind factory in Findlay. He is a member of the I. O. O. F.

MAETIN HIRSHER, proprietor of pottery works and stone quarry, Findlay, was born in Thengen, in Baden, August 17,1 829, son of John George and Mary (Marter) Hirsher, the former a maker of brick. He came to America in 1852, and remained in Dayton, Ohio, until 1854, in which year he moved to Xenia, Ohio, where he resided until 1857. He then spent two years in Bellefontaine, Ohio, and came to this county in 1859. Mr. Hirsher was united in marriage, at Xenia, Ohio, with Elizabeth Enz, a native of Gimildingen, Bavaria, who bore him ten children: Louisa, Charlie, George, John, Henry, Benjamin, Willie, Fred, Nellie and Flora. Our subject learned pottery-making in his native country. He has been successful in his several enterprises, and has accumulated a nice competency. His ostensible business is pottery-making, but he also carries on an extensive stone quarry. He is an energetic business man and an esteemed citizen; is public spirited, and contributes his share to all worthy public enterprises. The family attend the German Reformed Church. Mr. Hirsher is a worthy member of the I. O. O. F.

PETER HOSLER, president of the Farmers' Bank of Findlay, was born in York County, Penn., May 14, 1821, son of Christian and Mary (Gansler) Hosier, natives of that county, and of Swiss pioneer descent. His parents moved to Stark County, Ohio, in 1823, with a family of five sons and two daughters, five sons and three daughters being born to them after their arrival in the State. Christian Hosier was a cooper by trade, and was connected with it and farming in different parts of Ohio, moving fi-om Stark to Wayne, and from Wayne to Seneca Counties. He died in Bloom Township, latter county, in 1865, where his wife had also departed this life, in 1862. Our subject completed learning the carpenter's trade in Stark and W^ayne Counties, and at the age of twenty-two years came to Hancock County, where he was prominently identified with the building industry for several years. In 1850 he engaged in farming and stock raising, and has been one of the most successful men in that connection in this portion of the State. He has ever been a leader in the development of social and industrial matters in this locality, and has served his (^^'ashington) township as treasurer and in other official positions. In 1874 he was elected treasurer of Hancock County, which position he creditably filled until 1880, when, upon retiring, he established the present bank, which he has since ably presided over. He had, however, been a stockholder and supporter in banking and railroad iiiterests here for several years. Mr. Hosier was married, in Stark CoTintv, in 1842, to Sitsan, daughter of Conrad Sherman, and a native of Maryland, and estimable lady and worthy help-mate to him, who has blessed him with a large family- -eight sons and four daughters: Jeremiah, Thomas Benton, Morrison and David are all able farmers in Washington Township, this county ; Sarah Ellen is the wife of Frederick Manicke, of Fostoria, Ohio; William F. (youngest son) is assistant cashier in the Farmers' Bank at Findlay. The deceased are Mary Catharine. Frances Adelia, Cora Bell, George Henry, Marcus Peter and Huston (the latter died in Washington Township, leaving a widow and two sons: Charles, with the mother on the farm, and Peter, a bright young lad, with his grandparents here). Mr. and Mrs. Hosier have l)een worthy members of the Lutheran Church for many years. They are highly esteemed citizens of Findlay and Hancock County, and have the pleasure of seeing their chil dren taking an important part in the interests of this county. Mr. Hosier is a man of strong constitution and vigorous disposition (he stands about six feet, and is compactly built), and bids fair to "serve his time and place" in the rank of Hancock County's leading pioneers. In politics he is a Democrat.

SAMUEL D. HOUPT, dealer in dry goods, clothing, etc. , Findlay, was born in Melmore, Seneca Co., Ohio, May 12, 1841, son of Henry and Julia Ann (Gehringer) Houpt, natives of Pennsylvania, and of pioneer people in that State. Henry Houpt located in Seneca County in 1 836. He was a carriage builder by profession, and carried on his business at Melmore and at McCutchenville. At the latter place he completed the contract for building the National Coach Line (a large contract in those days), and stood contemporaneous in his business with the late Peter Van Nest, of Tiffin, Ohio. He died at McCutchenville in 1880, leaving two sons and one daughter: Samuel D., Thomas and Mary, now the wife of M. V. Gibson, of Upper Sandusky, Ohio. The subject of this sketch, at the age of fourteen, was apprenticed in the store of M. Brockley, merchant, of McCutchenville. In 1860 he came to Findlay, and after selling goods for two years went as sutler in the Second Missouri Regiment. After the war of the Rebellion he sold goods for a few years, and in 1866 embarked in the business of merchant tailoring on his own account, being joined the following year by Henry Byal, his father-in-law. in general merchandise. After about two years Mr. Byal retired from the business, since which time Mr. Houpt has carried it on alone. He was married, in 1864, to Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Byal, Esq. They have no children. Our subject has ever been a liberal contributor to the social and industrial interests of his city and county, and, although adverse to holding office, he has served for six years with credit in the councils of the city ; as a member of the board of trustees of the Ohio Institute for the Blind, and for two years on the board of trustees for the Ohio Industrial School at Lancaster. In 1884 he was elected delegate from this district to the Democratic National Convention, and aided materially in the nomination of Grover Cleveland. Latterly he has paid some considerable attention to experimental inventions, and has in his "Carbon Transmitter, or Microphone." one of the most important advantages in telephoning. He has added very materially to the use of natural gas by his " Natural Gas Burner, " an invention deserving of important notice in the consumption of that production here. He has always been a progressive lousiness man and has accumulated a handsome competency.

Upon the organization of the Findlay Natural Gas Company he took an active part, and has since served as one of the board of directors. He and wife attend services at the Presbyterian Church.

CAPT. SAMUEL HOWARD, ex treasurer of Hancock County, Findlay, was born in Westmoreland County, Penn., December 7, 1814, son of John and Abigail (Simpson) Howard, natives of that county. The grandfather of John Howard, a native of Ireland, settled in Maryland. The grandfather of Abigail (Simpson) Howard, a Welshman, was a pioneer settler in Maryland. In 1815 John Howard removed to Richland County, Ohio, where he had previously been, having served under Gen. Harmon in the war of 1812-14, and assisted in building Fort Meigs. In 1888 he came here and entered land in Portage Township, and died in 1875 or 1876. Our subject, when a lad, assisted his father in clearing land here, and eventually became interested in farming and stock raising, in which he has been uniformly successful. He was married in Wood County, Ohio, in 1837, to Elizabeth, daughter of George and Amy Carrel, Pennsylvania pioneers, and also of Wood County, Ohio. Capt. and Mrs. Howard have had eleven children, six of whom are living - two sons and four daughters: Nancy (wife of William Adrain, merchant, of Mansfield, Ohio), Mary (wife of J. R. McLeod, physician, of Benton, Ohio), Dallas (farming in this county), Margaret (wife of Joseph Goodwin, of Findlay), Isabel (wife of Thomas Clifford, of Findlay) and John L. (a farmer). Capt. Howard raised Company G of the One Hun di-ed and Eighteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in 1862, and did active and honorable service for two years, when, upon breaking his leg, he was compelled to resign his commission. He served for four terms altogether as treasurer of this county, and has filled other important public official positions. He is a worthy Mason and Odd Fellow; is prominent among the leading public-spirited men of Hancock County, and is a liberal supporter of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics he is a Democrat.

BENJAMIN HUBER (deceased) was born in Lancaster County, Penn., in February, 1807, and removed to Fairfield County, Ohio, with his father's family, in 1819, where he, in 1829, was married to Mary Macklin, who bore him five children: E. A. (deceased), J. M., Samuel, Mrs. Phcebe Burns and Mrs. Lydia Shipman. Mrs. Huber died in 1889, and our subject subsequently married Margaret A. Paden, of Fairfield County, Ohio, who bore him three children: J. P. (deceased), Mrs.D. D. Snyder and Mrs. David Callahan. Benjamin Huber came to Findlay, Ohio, in 1845, and engaged in flour-milling business, buying the Eagle Mills of his brother, Martin Huber, who had purchased the mills and operated them for a few years prior. This was one of the few mills of any importance in the county at that time, and consequently was largely patronized by the settlers many miles around it. In 1865 he withdrew from this business, and took an interest in the di'ug store with his sons, J. M. and Samuel, remaining connected therewith until 1873, when he withdrew from it. Benjamin Huber' s dealings with the public during his early residence in Findlay, a's well as each succeeding year up to the time of his demise, September 1 0, 1884, were such as to make plain his honesty, ability and integrity, and he was put forward as a candidate for treasurer of this county by the Know-nothing party, in 1854, and, although the Democracy was largely in the ascendancy of all the combined organizations of the county, yet he was elected over the worthy Joel Pendleton, and two years later defeated Robert S. Mungen by a majority of three votes for the same office, and, in IS^'i was again elected. In 1870 he defeated Henry Bowers, and in 1872, after the great Wall defalcation, he was elected over Samuel Howard by a majority of thirty- four votes, and at the end of this last term he retired, having faithfully and honestly served his county as treasurer for four terms. Benjamin Huber's death cast a gloom over the community, and this county will look long for a miller, a neighbor, an officer or a man who can fill the place of " honest" Benjamin Huber, whose portrait will be found elsewhere in this volume.

JACOB MACKLIN HUBER, di-uggist, Findlay, was born in Fairfield (younty, Ohio, December 14, 1835, son of Benjamin and Mary (Macklin) Huber. Upon attaining his majority our subject embarked in the drug business here, which he has carried on uninterruptedly since. He was married, in Fremont, Ohio, in 1862, to Julia, daughter of Martin Royce, of that city, and by her has two daughters: Fannie E. and Hattie, young ladies of fine attainments. Mrs. Huber and daughters are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to which Mr. Huber is a liberal contributor. He is a worthy Mason of several years standing, and a Knight of Shawnee Commandery, Lima, Ohio. He is also a member of the Legion of Honor and of Stoker Post, No. 54, G. A. R. Mr. Huber served with credit in Company F, Twenty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, during the late civil war. In politics he is a Repiablican.

SAMUEL HUBER, di-uggist, Findlay, was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, October 13, 1837, son of Benjamin and Mary (Macklin) Huber, worthy pioneers here. Benjamin Huber was* a native of Pennsylvania and came from that State when a lad with his father, Jacob Huber, who settled in Fairfield County, Ohio, in 1819. He was twice married, and by his first wife had three sons and two daughters. He was married on second occasion to Margaret Ann Paden, who bore him one son and two daughters. Benjamin Huber, who was among the early flour-millers, owned the first Eagle Mills here. He di^d in Findlay in September, 1884, in his seventy -eighth year. He served his county as its treasurer for four terms and was a worthy public-spirited official in several other capacities. Samuel Huber, when a lad, became apprenticed to the drug trade. Upon the breaking out of the late civil war he enlisted his services in defense of the Union and served as an officer of Company Gr, Eighty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry. After the war he returned to the drug business and has been actively identified with that industry here since. He was married here to Amanda C. , daughter of Eli S. Reed. They have one child: Emma, now the wife of Mr. Markle, Mr. Huber's partner in the drug business. Col. Huber has been a worthy Mason for many years, is also a member of the K. of P. He has always been public-spirited and liberal in the support of measures contributing to the growth and development of this locality. In politics he is a Republican.

JASPER G. HULL, cashier of the Farmers' Bank, and president of the Findlay Gas-Light Company, Findlay, was born in Delaware County, Ohio, November 20, 1846, son of George W. , and Artamesia (Scribner) Hull, of New Jersey and Connecticut ancestry, respectively. Benjamin Hull, blacksmith, father of George W. , located in Crawfoi'd County, Ohio, at an early period of its history, and reared ten children (three sons and seven daughters) in that and Delaware Counties. In 1856 George W. Hull removed to Morrow Coiinty, Ohio, where the subject of our sketch received a good literary education and embarked in farming; being possessed of financial abil- ities, he succeeded well. In the fall of 1879 he sold his interest there and came to Findlay. January 1, 1(880, Mr. Hull united with Mr. Peter Hosier, the present president, in the Farmer's Bank, of Findlay. In 1882 he purchased a half interest in the Findlay Gas-Light Company, completing the entire purchase the following year. In 1884 he "put down" a "gas well," and the enterprise being successful, he has enlarged upon it, and now has ten wells in active operation. Mr. Hull is an energetic, clever business man, and has been an important acquisition to the business interests of Findlay. He is a lilieral contributor to measures tending to the devel opment ol his locality, and gives with a willing hand to charitable institutions. Mr. Hull was married in Morrow County, Ohio, in 1867, to Mary J. , daughter of Abraham and Catharine (Brougher j Monnett. They have five daughters: AttieC, Amina May, Imogene, Leona Blanche, and Bessie Leonore. He and his wife are worthy members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Hull is an active worker in the temperance caiise. In politics he is a Prohibitionist.

ANSON HURD, M. D. , Findlay, comes of a worthy line of Connecticut pioneers in Ohio. He was born in Twinsburg, Summit Co. , Ohio, December 27, 1824, son of Eobert and Mary (Brainerd) Hiu-d, whose ancestry in Connecticut dates back to the first settlements in that State as a colony, and numbers many of the important provincial families, as the Brookses, of Sayl^rook, the Hxi'rds and Brainerds. In 1820 Dr. Hurd's father removed from Connecticut with his family, and settled in Twinsburg, Ohio, as agent of the twin brothers, Moses and Aaron Wilcox (after whom the township was named), whose extensive land interests he managed there for many years, and served as an active official (viz. : justice of the peace) for eighteen years in the early times. In 1839 he removed here, and was prominent before the people many years as a leader in the development of Hancock County' s interests, among which may be mentioned the laying out and platting of the village of Arlington, in 1844. He died in 1800, at the age of seventy-six, leaving a large family (who had become scattered considerably through the West), viz. : William Brainerd, Lorenzo Wellington, Brooks, Jared, Anson, Evaline, Mary Ann, Betsy, Huldah and Cordelia. He had buried three sons: Harlow, Phineas and Edwin. Our subject was reared in Twinsburg, Ohio, and in 1839, with his brother, Jared, came to this county, and at Arlington cleared the land and built the cabin occupied by their father on his arrival. Upon attaining his twentieth year, Anson, being anxious to obtain means for his education, etc, , presented his father with $50 for his time, and returned to Twinsburg, where he remained for three years under the instruction of the Rev. Samuel Bissell, D.D., president of Twinsburg Institute. He then taught school in Pike County, where, becoming acquainted with the Hon. J. I. Van Meter, of that county, he obtained a scholarship in Delaware College. After spending three years in that institution he engaged in the study of medicine with Dr. William Blackstone, of Athens, and after a year repaired to Columbus and read in the office of Prof. Samuel M. Smith, graduating from Starling Medical College in March, 1852. He then located in Oxford, Ind., where he remained in popular professional connection for many years. In 1801 he represented the counties of White and Benton in the Legislature of Indiana, in both the regular and extra sessions, and the same year (after the firing upon Fort Sumter) he was invited by Gov. Morton, of Indiana, to accept the post of assistant surgeon of the Twentieth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, which he accepted, serving through the first campaign to Hatteras. Returning to Fortress Monroe he resigned his commission in the Twentieth, and accepted that of surgeon of the Fourteenth Indiana Vohinteer Infantry, and served in all the battles of the campaign of 1862. In January, 1863, he resigned his commission, and in April moved to Findlay, where he has since been engaged in the practice of his profession. He is a member of the American Medical Association, the State Medical Society and the Northwestern Ohio Medical Society, of which he has been President and a prominent and active member. In 1876 he served as delegate from the Tenth Congressional District to the International Medical Congress, held at Philadelphia, Penn. He is a professional scientist of no mean note, and has for many years contributed to the pages of many leading medical journals of this country, among which may be mentioned the Medical and Surgical Reporter, of Philadelphia; The Clinic (late the Lancet and Clinic), of Cincinnati; Medical Record, of New York; the Detroit Lancet, Columbus Medical Journal, Toledo Medical Journal; Therapeutical Gazette of Detroit, and medical works of Philadelphia, and hab frequently read papers on scientific work before medical meetings throughout the State. Dr. Hurd was married, in 1853, in Oxford, Ind. , to Amanda V. Cell (originally Zell), of pioneer German ancestry in Pennsylvania. She is a daughter of the Rev. David Cell, a worthy deceased minister of the Baptist Church. They have a daughter, Huldah,wifeof N. F. Hardman, of Findlay. Mrs. Hurdand daughter are worthy members of the Presbyterian Church, to which the Doctor is a liberal contributor. He is also an Odd Fellow. Dr. Hurd has always been a liberal supporter of measures tending to the growth of the social and industrial life of his community, and has taken a leading position with many. He is at present president of the Findlay Improvement Association. The Doctor is of fine physique, vigorous nature, and bids fair to hold his place in the front rank of active professional work for many years to come. In politics he is a Republican, and takes a deep interest in the success of that party.

BENJAMIN F. HYATT, post-trader at Ft. Defiance, Arizona Territory, P. O., Findlay, Ohio, was born in Findlay, this county, March 18, 1840, son of A. H. and Eleanor (Baldwin) Hyatt, pioneers of this county. The former descended fi'om early Pennsylvania stock, came to this county and was among the early settlers of Findlay; he engaged in merchandising, at which he was very successful, and by his upright dealings won the confidence of a very large circle of patrons; he died in 1859, leaving his business to his son, Benjamin F. , who has placed his father's portrait in this history. He had four children - two boys and two girls - our subject being the only one living. Benjamin F. Hyatt spent his early life in his father's store, and upon the latter' s death conducted the business till 1860. He, however, was actively connected with merchandising in Findlay till November, 1879. June 3, 1881, he received the appointment to his present position, which he has held continuously since. He was for some time connected with banking at Carey; afterward spent some time traveling in commercial trade of Eastern houses, and retiring from this, returned to Findlay intending to locate in the insurance business. His interests have always been prominent here and he has been one of the liberal contribiitors to leading projects for the development of the social and industrijal life of the city.

He is a prominent Mason and Knight of the Shawnee Commandery at Lima. He served in Company G, Fifty-seventh Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry for six months. Mr. Hyatt married, December 18, 18G1, Mary Keeler, a native of Vermont. He and his worthy wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics he is a Republican.

ELIJAH P. JONES, l^anker, Findlay. was born March 6, 1820, at Rochester, N. Y. The family came originally from England. His grandfather on the paternal side conducted a very large business in the tanning and manufacturing of leather in Connecticut. His father, Elijah Jones, was born in New Milford, Conn. , but immigrated to central Pennsylvania, where he engaged in shipping lumber to Baltimore and other points; thence he went to Rochester, N. Y. , where he engaged in general merchandising and in the manufacture of pearl ash for foreign shipment. Hannah (Pelton) Jones, subject's mother, though of Scotch ancestry, was a native of Connecticut. Three Pelton brothers immigrated to America - one settled in Boston, one in Connecticut and one in Long Island, N. Y. From the Connecticut branch the mother of Mr. Jones sprang. The Peltons were a family of considerable distinction in Connecticut. Ebenezer Pelton served in the commissary department of the Revolutionary Army. In 1826 the family of the subject of our sketch came to Ohio and settled in Willoughby, seventeen miles east of Cleveland, at which place Elijah P., Jr., remained until the age of fourteen years, when he spent four years on a farm. In the meantime he improved his mind by private study, and in the winter engaged in teaching. When eighteen he secured a situation in the Cleveland postoffice as clerk, and remained there three years. He afterward attended the academy at Norwalk, under the tuition of Dr. Thompson (who eventually became bishop). He spent one summer as general agent for the Sandusky & Mansfield (now Baltimore & Ohio Railroad). When twentythree years old he went to Sandusky City and entered the service as general agent for the Mad River & Lake Erie Railroad (afterward the Cincinnati, Sandusky & Cleveland). In the fall of 1849, the branch fi-om Carey to Findlay having been completed, Mr. Jones leased it for two and a half years, the company furnishing the motive power and cars. When this contract expired he renewed the lease for five years. In 1852 he formed a copartnership with E. N. Cook and George H. Jones, of Salem, Oreg,, to carry on a general merchandise and trading business. This partnership continued five years, and was then dissolved, after which Mr. Jones spent five years in New York engaged in the money brokerage business between New York and the Pacific Coast. In the spring of 1863, upon the passage of the National Bank act, Mr. Jones applied in person for a national bank charter, the bank to be established at Findlay, Ohio; but he was informed by Secretary Chase that his was the first application, and that the Treasury Department was not prepared to receive and receipt for the bonds as the Bank Department of the Treasury was not fully organized. Thereupon, depositing his bonds in the Park Bank, New York, he proceeded to Findlay, and on his return to Washington, subsequently, he found a number of banks chartered before him and he had to take a lower number. The bank was immediately organized at Findlay and he became its president and principal stockholder. He still acts as president and is owner of more than two-thirds of its capital stock. He is conservative in his ideas of banking, as he believes the banker should hold himself aloof from speculation. Mr. Jones owns considerable real (estate both in Findlay and vicinity. He has always been a prominent citizen ; is public spirited and has ever been in advance in forwarding measures that would benefit the town. Careful in his business afPairs he does not lack that boldness which frequently insures success. He married, January 9, 1862, Miss Mellie E. Johnston, of Piqua, Ohio, a graduate of the Ohio Wesley an Female College, and they have three childi'en: Cornelia Frances, Mary Gertrude and George Pelton, and the daughters are graduates of Vassar College. In politics Mr. Jones is a Republican.