Fulton Township (part 17 of 34)

The children in this Irish immigrant family are: William R.., who died in 1907; James, who died at the age of two years; Alca, of Royalton; Elmer, who enrolls the family in the Fulton County History; Albert, of Delta, and George D., of Defiance, Ohio.

When the father and mother left the farm and moved to Delta, Elmer Edgar remained on his portion of the home farm in Royalton. In all he had acquired 200 acres of good land, and while the homestead part had been well improved, he added to the buildings and now has everything modern and up-to-date in the way of farm improvements. Farming and dairying have always been the source of income there.

On December 25, 1901, Elmer Edgar married Emma Smellie. She is a daughter of Gavin and Julia (Whittaker) Smellie. While the father is a native of Fulton the mother was born in Cuyahoga county. Their children are Doyle S., Donald G., and Doris, who died in infancy. The wife and mother died November 26, 1907, and on April 10, 1912, Mr. Edgar married Mabelle Quick, of Lenawee county, Michigan. Her father, Frank Quick, was born there, while her mother, Carrie E. (Mead) Quick, was born in Chester- 'field. Three children were born of this marriage: Harold F., Laurence E., and Helen Elizabeth.

Mr. Edgar had a common school education, and he has served Rovalton township as a trustee and member of the board of education. In politics he is a republican. The family are members of the Ancient Order of Gleaners and of the Lyons Christian Church. Since 1909 Mr. Edgar has served as one of the board of deacons in the Christian Church of Lyons.

A native of Fulton county and for over half a century a resident of Royalton, Elmer Edgar is still a very busy man, and his years of successful experience as a farmer and dairvman make him one of the exceedingly useful men of Fulton county in this era of high pressure agriculture. His chief work has' been done on the land, but

Wittarp Marron Driskety. Both the Driskell and Blaine ancestry of Willard Marion Driskell of Royalton were early settlers in the community. He was born October 5, 1866, and has always lived in Royalton. His father, William Driskell, was born February 1, 1841, in Medina county, and on March 29, 1842, his . mother, Almina Blaine, was born in what is now known as Royalton. She lived there before Fulton was an organized county. The Driskells came from York State to Medina and then to Fulton county. Charles and Rachel (Betholt) Blaine were natives of Ohio, and they were also pioneers in Royalton. William Driskell and Almina Blaine grew up in the same community. They married and always lived in Royalton. He died April 22, 1918, and she now lives in Toledo. i The children in the family of William Driskell are: Clara, deceased wife of Fletus Johnson; Willard Marion, who enrolls the family; Wallace, of Toledo; and Luella, wife of Myron Dernier, of Sylvania. On July 23, 1890, W. M. Driskell married Julia Higley. She was born June 25, 1869, in Amboy. She is a daughter of Darius and Sabina (Johnson) Higley. The father was born April 3, 1845, at New London, Ohio, and the mother, December 21, 1847, in Mercer county, Pennsylvania. . She was a daughter of Robert and Mary Johnson.

Mrs. Mary Johnson died January 11, 1896, while Mr. Johnson survived until December 11, 1916, one month short of twenty years later. The children in the Higley family are: Maria, wife of William Baldwin, of Amboy; Harvey, of York; Albert, of Amboy; Tula Ada, deceased; Ella, wife of Charles Webber, of Metamora; and Bessie, wife of Lyman Pfaff, of Fulton.

When W. M. Driskell married he resided for a time with the Driskell grandparents in Royalton. A house was then built on forty acres that he inherited from them, and later he bought seventy acres and he now has a well developed farmstead. The buildings are modern and he has electric lights in the farmhouse. In 1920 he secured the old homestead of eighty acres, making a total of 190 acres.

Sherman, the oldest son in the Driskell family, served in the Army of Occupation in Germany. On December 22, 1917, he married Lela Clark. She is a daughter of Lewis and Anna (Zuber) Wan and came from Paulding county. The others are: Olan and

" W. M. Driskell votes the republican ticket. He and his wife are members of the Ancient Order of Gleaners. The family has been represented in two wars - a son, Sherman, in the World war, and the grandfather, William Driskell, in the Civil war. He enlisted May 2, 1864, in the One Hundred and Thirtieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and received his discharge September 22 of the same year. Sherman

Witi1AmM Burerss and Harry L. Burosss. William Burgess, of Royalton, was born May 23, 1843, in County Carlow, Ireland. He is a son of William and Mary (Scanlon) Burgess. They lived and died in Treland. On October 12, 1865, William Burgess married Mary Earl. She is a daughter of Thomas and Mary (Swain)

Earl, who came in 1849 to Cuyahoga county, Ohio. Eighteen years later her parents moved to Lenawee county, Michigan. Her father died there, while the mother died in Delta at the advanced age of 101 years.

In 1866 William Burgess came to Huron county, Ohio. He was only there six weeks when he went to Lenawee county, Michigan. Two years later he came to Royalton, and bought a forty acre farm with a frame house on it, and thirty acres had "been chopped over," and he finished clearing it. Thirty-five years later he moved again, buying more land and today he has'221 acres of good farm land in one body in Royalton. There are two sets of farm buildings, one occupied by a son and the other the family homestead.

Mr. Burgess has the distinction of having bought and owned the first Ford tractor in-the State of Ohio. Until recently he was an active farmer, and he still has an oversight of affairs. His children are: Thomas Earl, and M. D. of Toledo; William A., of Trumbull county; Lyman Henry; Carrie Belle, wife of C. J. Prentiss of Napoleon; Mary Jane, wife of George Nevitt, of Amboy, had two sons: William, deceased, and Clyde, accidentally killed at the age of twelve years.

Mr. Burgess is republican in his political faith, and for two years he has been a member of the town council of Lyons. He is 3 rate both chapter and council in Wauseon, and a Sir Knight of

Harry L. Burgess, of Royalton, was born October 17, 1871, and has always lived near Lyons. His lineage dates back to Ireland, being a son of William and Mary (Earl) Burgess, but since 1867 their activities have been in Royalton.

When Harry L. Burgess was nineteen years old he began working in a general store at Seward, and remained 41% years as a salesman there. Later he spent one year at Fayette College, and then engaged in farming on land owned by his father, William Burgess, near Seward. There are 142 acres in the place, and aside from grain farming Mr. Burgess specializes in Shropshire sheep and O. I. C. hogs.

In April, 1904, Harry L. Burgess married Allie Belle Brown, of Seward. She is a daughter of G. D. and Sylvia (Holmes) Brown. The father is a native of Fulton while the mother was born in Monroe county. Mr. Burgess does not adhere to any particular political partv. He is a Mason, a member of Lodge No. 434 of Lyons.

The distinctive achievements to be credited to the Burgess family during a residence of more than half a century in Fulton county are a part in developing the lands of the wilderness, the creation of a valuable and modern farm, the upbuilding of homes, progressive leadership of agriculture and public atfairs, and in view of these facts and what has been related above it is not strange that the name Burgess has always been linked with the best citizenship of Fulton county.

Craries W. Cox. It was in 1902 that Charles W. Cox of Royalton became a resident of Fulton countv. He was born March 18, 1855, in Wood county, Ohio. His father, Joseph Cox, was a Virginian, while his mother, Jane R. (Underwood) Cox, was an Ohio woman. They always lived in Wood county. Their children are: Noah, Wesley, Benjamin, Joseph and Thomas - all soldiers in the Civil war; Esther; Deborah Ann and Samantha, deceased; John of

When Charles W. Cox was twenty-one years old he began doing for himself, and worked by the month for two years, when he began farming, ditching and teaming - always working for himself. On December 24, 1882, he married Anna E. Harriman, a daughter of Jonathan A. and Anna (Wickham) Harriman, of Wood county. he father was from Maine and the mother from Finley, Ohio. They first lived in Webster township, Wood county, on a farm. In 1896 they sold it and moved to Paulding county. Six years later they located in Royalton. .

When Mr. Cox came to Fulton county he bought an improved farm of eighty acres and later he added twenty acres, and aside from sixteen acres of timber and pasture land it is all under cultivation. The children are: Charles Perry; Floyd, of Lenawee county, Michigan; Ross, of Lansing, Michigan; Edith; Beulah, wife of Ray Cook, of Westover, Maryland; Elizabeth, who died in infancy; Huldah; Esther, wife of Herman Woodring, of Amboy; Bernice; and Joseph, who died at the age of one year.

Mr. Cox casts his ballot with the republicans. He is a member of Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge No. 622 of Lyons, and has filled all of the chairs.

While he came to Fulton coynty in the modern era of the twentieth century, Charles W. Cox has made his industry count in the program of good farms, progressive agriculture and all the things that lend attractiveness to country life in this rich section of Ohio. Here and elsewhere he has done his work well, and as a man of industry and thorough integrity of character deserves all the good things said of him by his friends and neighbors.

Ortanpo BrxteR. For two or three venerations the Bixler family represented by Orlando Bixler of Royalton had lived in Stark county Ohio. He is the son of Baltzer and Sarah (Deck) Bixler, and was born April 6, 1857, in Stark county. Samuel and Susan (Mott) Bixler, of an earlier generation, also lived there. Samuel was a son of Jacob Bixler, who had settled in Pennsylvania as early as 1780, in the time of the Revolutionary struggle in establishing American independence.

The maternal grandparents, Abraham and Sarah (Snyder) Deck, had come from Pennsylvania, and they were also among the early residents of Stark county. After his marriage Baltzer Bixler remained in Stark county until 1861, when he removed to Fulton county. He located at Swan Creek, and remained there until his death, October 16, 1894, and the widow lived there until her death, which occurred February 12, 1920. She was born October 6, 1839, and was among the older residents of Fulton county.

Orlando Bixler, who enrolls the family, was the oldest child, and the others are: S. H1., of Swan Creek; Sarah, wife of J. W. Snyder, of Delta: Florence, wife of J. F. Whitmer, of Swan Creek: Thomas A., of Swan Creek; Iva, wife of W. F. Miller, of Swan Creek; and Lyman of Swanton.

On March 22, 1885, Orlando Bixler married Ida BE. Keffer, of Wayne county. She is a daughter of Daniel and Christine (Layman) Keffer. For a time they lived on a rented place at Swan Creek. Mr. Bixler was a saw mill man and a brick maker by trade, and in 1888 he went to Wellston, Jackson county, where he operated a brick yard and became interested in coal production. He lived for

When Mr. Bixler returned to his native heath - Fulton county, he worked his father's farm one year, then lived on another rented place until 1907, when he bought an eighty acre farm in Royalton, remodeled the buildings and built fences and tiled the land, and it is all under cultivation. He does general farming and operates a farm dairy, selling the milk instead of making butter.

_ The children in this generation of the Bixler family are: Ethel, wife of P. D. Lee, of Clinton; Walter W., who served in light artillery in France; Eva, wife of S. L. Standish, of Royalton; Corbie B., ef Royalton ; Maggie, wife of Howard Sohn, of Wauseon; Myrtle and

- Mr. Bixler had a common school education and he casts his ballot with the republican party. The family belongs to the United Brethren Church, and they are active in affairs of the community

Epwiy S. Frantz. The Frantz family of which Edwin S. Frantz of Royalton is a representative, was resident of Lenawee county, Michigan, in an early day. E. 8S. Frantz was born January 1, 1868, in Lenawee county. He is a son of Philip and Charity (Upton) Frantz. The father came from New York while the mother had alwavs lived in Michigan. The grandparents, Daniel and Havila (Tunison) Frantz, were early settlers in Lenawee county. William and Charity (McConnell) Upton, who came from Belfast, Ireland, were very early settlers in Lenawee county. While E. S. Frantz now lives in Ohio. he certainly is identified with the early history of Lenawee county, Michigan. His ancestry located there when it was a wild country.

Philip and Charity Frantz married and lived many years on a farm in Lenawee county, and for a time they lived in Hillsdale, but since the spring of 1917 thev have lived in Adrian. Edwin 8. Frantz is their oldest son, and he has one brother, Arthur Frantz, who lives in Youngstown, Ohio.

On December 24, 1891, Edwin S. Frantz married Margaret Smith, of Rovalton. She was born December 13, 1870, and is a daughter of William S. and Elizabeth (Renwick) Smith, her father from Scotland. The grandparents, John and Margaret (Scott) Smith, had come early to Royalton. William and Elizabeth had married and settled in Royalton. They retired to Wauseon, where he died in 1900, and she died twelve years later.

When Edwin S. Frantz was married he moved on the farm of William S. Smith, father of Mrs. Frantz, and this farm was willed to Mrs. Frantz at his death. Her father lived on this place fifty years, having cleared the entire farm himself. E. S. Frantz lived there sixteen years and spent one year in Adrian, where he clerked in a store before buying this 100-acre farm in the eastern part of - Royalton. He made extensive improvements on this farm and lived there ten years. He rents the farm today and he lives in Lyons.

One son, William S., born August 29, 1892, lives on the Frantz farm. He married Hazel Dixon. Kenneth B., born September 5, 1895, is an official milk inspector for the state. He was a World war soldier, serving in the One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Infantry, Thirty-second Division, and he was among the first soldiers - in the Army of Occupation in Germany. He was discharged from the service May 23, 1919, and returned to Lyons. ;

Mr. and Mrs. Frantz both received common school educations, and she had one year in the Wauseon Normal Training School. He is a republican, and has served as assessor several terms, and for five years he has been a member of the school board. The family are members of the Christian Church in Lyons. Mr. Frantz has been through all of the chairs in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge No. 622 of Lyons, and with his wife he is a member of the Rebekahs. They are also members of the Ancient Order of Gleaners. Mr. Frantz is a stockholder and director in the Lyons Mutual Telephone Company.

Farmer and farm developer, business man and home maker, an earnest Christian citizen, doing his duty as he sees it, Mr. Frantz is justly esteemed both in Fulton county and over the line in his boyhood community of Michigan. Life has brought him many substantial satisfactions, not least of which is the patriotic record of his son during the World war.

Outver Perry Barnes. The late Oliver Perry Barnes, who is survived by his wife, Mrs. Oliver P. Barnes of Lyons, was born June 12, 1840, in Holmes county. He died May 25, 1911, in Royalton, after an active life both as a private citizen and as a Union soldier. He was a son of Leonard and Mary Ann Barnes.

Mr. Barnes enlisted in 1861 in Company H, One Hundredth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served all through the Civil war, receiving his discharge May 24, 1865, when he returned to Fulton county. He had married a Miss Scott, who died while he was in the service. While he lived Mr. Barnes was an active member of Baxter Post, No. 238, Grand Army of the Republic, and his army record was his pride.

On February 9, 1868, Mr. Barnes married Rebecca Andrews. She is a-daughter of Mathew and Ann (Shopp) Andrews, and she was born at Akron, Ohio. For several years they lived in Wauseon, where Mr. Barnes was a teamster. When he moved to Gallatin, Missouri, he worked in a sawmill and on a farm. After seven years in Missouri they returned to Wauseon, where he teamed and worked as a carpenter. In 1888 they bought a farm of ninety-three acres in Royalton. They lived on this farm until 1902, when they located in Lyons. He had bought a lot. and being a carpenter he built his own house there. Mrs. Lyons lives there today.

The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Barnes are: Edwin, who died at the age of five vears: Winfield, of Detroit; Fred, who lives at the family homestead in Royalton; William, of Lenawee county, Michigan; and Lula, wife of G. F. Evers, of Lyons. While Mr. Barnes was a Methodist, Mrs. Barnes is a member of the Disciples Church. She is a Rebekah.

Rospert S. Brarr. The agriculturists of Fulton county are not content with ordinary progress, but are constantly adding to their improvements, thus increasing the value of their property and the efficiency of their working plant and giving their support to those measures looking toward a betterment of conditions in the county, notably that connected with the good roads movements. The farmer of today is a business man and understands thoroughly the value of systematic management and good equipment and a wise expenditure _ of public funds. One of the men belonging to this class is Robert S. Blair, owner of eighty acres of fertile land in Clinton Township,

Robert S. Blair was born in Wayne county, Pennsylvania, on February 4, 1847, a son of James and Sarah (Smith) Blair. James Blair come to the United States from Edinboro, Scotland, in boyhood, and his wife was brought to this country in girlhood from Ireland. Landing in New York City, James Blair found employment there, and while engaged in the construction work of the old Croton aqueduct he met with an accident which resulted in the loss of a leg. This necessitated his changing his occupation, and he went to Wayne county, Pennsylvania, taking with him the wife he had married in New York City, and bought 100 acres of land, on which he was engaged in farming for thirty years. At the expfration of that period he came to Ohio and bought eighty acres of land in Clinton Township, which he conducted until he retired, moved to Wauseon and there died in 1904. He had eleven children, of whom Robert S. Blair was the eldest.

Robert S. Blair attended school in Wayne county, Pennsylvania, until he was seventeen years of age, at which time he left school and devoted himself to helping his father on the farm until he reached his majority. Mr. Blair then went into the lumber woods for two years, and for the subsequent four years was in the pine woods of northwestern Pennsylvania. Having been attracted to Fulton county, Ohio, Mr. Blair came here and in partnership with his brother, Frank T., bought. 160 acres of land in York Township and they farmed it for six years.

In 1879 Mr. Blair was married to Elizabeth Tedrow, a daughter of Jeremiah Tedrow of Clinton Township, and member of one of the old and prominent families of Fulton county, and they became the parents of ten children, all of whom are living.

Following his marriage Mr. Blair sold his interest to his brother and jrented 160 acres of land at Tedrow, Ohio, on which he spent eleven years, and then he rented another farm for two years. In the spring of 1909 he bought sixty-four acres of his present farm, to which he later added sixteen acres and has made it a valuable, wellimproved property.

Mr. Blair ran on the republican ticket for township commissioner and was only defeated by fifteen votes, and then he was again the nominee of his party for the same office; although once more defeated, he made a very creditable showing. He has been township trustee and is a dependable man and official. The Evangelical Church holds his membership and benefits by his generosity. A man of great energy, he has known how to make his work yield him a reasonable profit, and as he is thrifty, he has acquired a comfortable ° competency. Mr. Blair is a man of considerable importance in his community where he is well and favorably known.

GEORGE FRANKLIN Evers. Only since 1882 has the Evers family been connected with the history of Fulton county. George Franklin Evers, of Lyons, was born November 9, 1873,.1n Williams county. The family home was at Pioneer. He is a son of Joseph D. and Louisa.Ann (Ritchey) Evers. While the father was born in Pennsvlvania, the mother was a native of Williams county. They lived at Pioneer after their marriage until 1882, when they removed to Fulton county. They lived for a while in Royalton, then bought a farm in Pike in 1884, and in 1893 he died there. Later Mrs. Evers became the wife of Oliver McLain and removed to Wauseon.

the history; Sarah, wife of Jacob Harmon, of Pike; William H. and Charles E., of Pike; Warren S., of Royalton; Sophia Rosella, wife of Vitus Eberly, of Pike; and Stella who died in infancy.

On February 5, 1895, G. F. Evers married Luella Barnes. She is a daughter of Oliver P. and Rebecca (Scott) Barnes, and the family home was in Clinton. They lived on a forty acre farm already owned by Mr. Evers in Pike, but two years later they sold it and rented a farm in Rovalton. Three years later they removed to Williams county, where they bought a farm of eighty acres. Two years later they sold the Williams county farm and rented again in Royalton for three years. ;

Mr. Evers then bought an eighty acre farm in Royalton, where they. lived for eight years before retiring to Lyons. There is one son, Kenneth D., who enlisted and spent several months in training at Camp Sherman. They are raising an orphan child, Mabelle Barnes. Mr. Evers votes the republican ticket. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge of Lyons, and has been through all of the chairs. He is also a member of the Rebekah Lodge of Lyons. For five years Mr. Evers served as president of the Mutual Telephone Company of Lyons, and he is now the treasurer of the company. wey

As one of the successful men of Fulton county it is important to note that Mr. Evers began his career as a farm worker and renter and accumulated prosperity through the slow process of good management and against many handicaps. The Town of Lyons and Township of Royalton are fortunate in having a man of his ability and tried experience as a working factor in the community.

Cuarites C. Hout, mayor of Lyons, is only one generation removed from a German immigrant, his father, Frederick Holt, having been born in the Fatherland. He was eleven weeks crossing the Atlantic when he was a sixteen year old boy. He married Jane Gilmore, of Pennsylvania, and they took up their residence at Toledo, where he hired out to farmers before loeating in Fulton county. However, C. C. Holt was born, May 26, 1858, in Royalton. His father had entered government land when it was in the virgin forest, and had added to it until he had an improved farm of 480 acres, and it is still in the Holt name.

The pioneer family, Frederick Holt and his wife, both died there in 1896, the husband having attained to seventy-four vears while his wife was twelve years his junior. Mrs. Holt's parents, Ambrose and Elizabeth (Stebbins) Gilmore. removed from Pennsylvania and lived in Royalton. They also entered land in the timber and wrought the transformation. The children born in the Holt family were: Oliver, who was sheriff of Lenawee county, Michigan, died in 1915; James, of Blissfield, Michigan; Marv, who was burned to death in childhood; Charles ©.. who enrolls the family in the annals of Fulton county; Harriet, wife of Perry Carpenter, a merchant of Lyons; George, who died in boyhood. "

On November 18, 1880, Mr. Holt married Mary Navlor, of Nova, Ashland county. She is a daughter of James and Priscilla (Deibler) Naylor, the father a native of New York and the mother from Pennsylvania. There is Enelish and Irish in the Naylor blood, the grandfather, Charles Navlor, having come from England, while the grandmother, Diana, (Weisner) Naylor came from Ireland. On the other side, George and Elizabeth (Streeter) Deibler were of Pennsylvania stock, and all of Mrs. Holt's grandparents were early settlers in Ashland county. Her parents had lived in Henry before coming to Fulton, and they later removed to Hamilton, Missouri, where they died a few years ago. Their children were William, who died in 1904; Mrs. Holt, of Lyons; Charles, of Kansas City; Frank, of St. Clair county, Missouri.

_ When he was first married Mr. Holt lived for eight years with his parents on the farm. His parents then moving to Lyons, he remained for twelve years longer and then he located in Lyons. While he already had a farm of ninety acres, when his father died he bought the family homestead in Royalton. He lived there for a time, making many substantial improvements, and being extensively engaged in raising Holstein cattle. He added more land until he had a tract of almost 600 acres, all of it excellent farming land, and after disposing of part of it he still has 350 acres in Royalton. January 1, 1904, Mr. Holt gave up farming and again he located in Lyons. However, he is still a "telephone" farmer, always planning the farm management.

The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Holt are: Pearl, wife of Rev. Nichocal Ziilch, of Fostoria. He is a Christian minister, and their children are: Paul, Mary, Frances, Ruth and Esther May; Mabel, wife of Robert Barnes, of Royalton. Their children are: Gladys, Chester and Genevieve. Iva Belle died at the age of six years and six months.

The Holt family belongs to the Christian Church, and he has served both as deacon and elder. He is republican, and has served as township trustee and as a member of the school board. He has filled all the chairs in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge of Lyons.

A busy and fruitful career has been that of Mr. Holt. In sixty odd years since his birth he has achieved those things that ambitious men in all generations have sought, a fair degree of worldly prosperity, a home and family, and the esteem of his fellow men. His present office as mayor of Lyons tells what that community thinks of him, but the best evidence of his industry is found in the country and in the improvements of his farm.

Aveustus Nostez, of Lyons, was born July 12, 1841, at Warsaw, Wyoming county, New York. His father, Dwight Noble, had lived there, while his mother, Eunice (Watrous) Noble, was a native of Connecticut. They were married in New York, and in 1844 they migrated to Ohio. They crossed Lake Erie to Toledo, driving the first team into Royalton township that had ever been seen in the community. The father had entered a quarter section of wild land, and he cut the timber off of it. He died there in 1879, and his wife died ten years later.

The children born to this pioneer Noble family were: Electa, deceased, was the wife of Warren Morey; Emily, the widow of Philip Rose, of Wauseon; Eliza, deceased, was the wife of George Carll; Catharine, who died at the age of sixteen; Augustus, of this sketch; and Olive who died in infancy.

In September, 1867, Augustus Noble married Adelia Patterson. Their children are: Albert, of Royalton, and Edward, of Montpelier, Ohio. Later he married Martha Baldwin, who died within six months. In 1884 Mr. Noble married Elmina Westfall, of Gorham township. The children of this marriage are: Opha, wife of Floyd Bardon, of Royalton; Electa, wife of George Burgess, of

Mr. Noble has always lived on a farm although part of his land is within the corporate limits of Lyons. He cleared, fenced and tiled it and it is under cultivation. "In 1911 he rented the land to ason. His father, Dwight Noble, was the first sexton of the Lyons cemetery, and as long as he lived he had charge of it, and since that time Mr. Noble, who lives across from it, has always cared for it.

Mr. Noble was a Civil war soldier, enlisting May 2, 1564, in Company D, One Hundred and Thirtieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and being discharged September 22, 1864. He saw service around Richmond, Virginia. After completing the common school he _spent one term in the Lyons Academy, and for several terms he has served as trustee of Royalton. He has served as township assessor and as a member of the Lyons town council. Mr. Noble votes with the democratic party. He is a member of Baxter Post No. 238, Grand Army of the Republic, of Royalton Union Lodge No. 434, Free and Accepted Masons, and of the Eastern Star Lodge of Lyons.

Augustus Noble through a period of three-quarters of a century has been identified with Royalton township. His early recollections go back to the time of the big woods, the swamps and an uncultivated wilderness. He has played a worthy part in redeeming the wilds, and his service as a soldier testifies to his patriotism as well as to his virtues as a home maker in Fulton county. He is not only one of the oldest residents of Fulton county but one of the county's best citizens.

AsHAaBEL Asa Barnes. The ancestry of Ashabel Asa Barnes of Amboy represents several states, and his immediate family have lived in Illinois as well as Ohio. He was born May 7, 1846, in Boone county, Illinois. He is a son of Willard and Elizabeth (Kitchell) Barnes. The father was born in 1808, in New York, and the mother was a Connecticut woman. The ancestral Barnes family came to Lucas county in 1821, and settled between Maumee and Waterville, along the Maumee River. The country was wild and there were Indians in the forests.

The maternal grandfather, Cerinus Kitchell, came in 1826, and settled where Swan Creek was afterwards placed on the map of Fulton county. At that time it was all Lucas county. Cerinus Kitchell was a lawyer in the frontier community. He also conducted a tavern on the stage route where horses were changed and travelers were entertained in the wilderness country.

When Willard Barnes and Elizabeth Kitchell were married they settled on a farm in Springfield township, Lucas county. In 1839 they removed to Boone county, Illinois, and there occurred the birth of A. A. Barnes. In moving to Illinois they drove a voke of oxen and had a long, tedious journey. They entered a quarter section of government land near Belvidere, and in 1853 they sold it, buying land in Sangamon county, near Springfield. However, they never lived in Sangamon county. They traded the Sangamon county land for ninety acres of partially improved land in Spencer township, Lueas county. After twenty vears they were back again in Ohio. They moved on the Lucas county farm in 1859, and he died there in 1879, while she died three years later.

There were many children in the Barnes family, and todav more are bevond than are living. Those living are: John. of Tthaca, Michigan; Mary, wife of John Sabin, of Breckenridge, Michigan;

Mrs. D. J. Prickity

Ashabel A. Barnes; and Charles, of Spencer township, Lucas county. Those deceased are: Joshua, Harriet, James, George and Caroline, who were twins, Miranda, William, Oscar and Sarah. There were thirteen children in all.

While he lived with his parents A. A. Barnes sometimes worked for others at farm work and for a time he was a driver on the Erie Canal tow-path. The young men born before the middle of the nineteenth century did not have the lure to the city that attracts the young man of today. In October, 1868, Mr. Barnes married Mary S. Nichols, of Seneca county. She was a daughter of James and Mildred Nichols. They lived together thirty years. She died March 30, 1898, and December 28, 1899, Mr. Barnes married Louisa D. Eschenburg, of Spencer township, Lucas county. She is a daughter of August and Sophia (Busack) Eschenburg, who were immigrants from Germany.

On October 18, 1868, Ae Barnes enlisted in Company L, Ninth Ohio Cavalry, at Camp Denison, near Cincinnati. He remained in camp until January, when he was taken iv Louisville and later, when he reached Georgia, he went with Sherman to the sea: 'As we go marching through Georgia." He returned through the Carolinas and was mustered out at Lexington, North Carolina, and on July 22, ee he was finally discharged from Camp Chase, near Columbus,

Mr. Barnes returned to the home of his father, where he lived until his marriage, after which he farmed four years in Lucas county. He left the farm and spent three years with a construction crew on the railroad and then located in Maumee, where he engaged in the wholesale butcher trade. He operated the butcher business in connection with his Spencer township farm, continuing the butcher business about five years. He also owned a threshing machine, which he ran for several years.

In 1878 Mr. Barnes moved to a farm of 160 acres he had bought in Ogden township, Lenawee county, Michigan. It was all in timber-but ten acres, and he cleared, tiled and fenced the farm and erected necessary farm buildings on it. In 1906 he sold a part of the land and bought a stock of merchandise at Whiteville, Amboy township, Fulton county. He was postmaster and agent for the Toledo and Western Electric Railway, remaining there three years and four months. When he sold out he bought a farm of thirtyeight acres in Amboy, and he added to it until there are now 118 acres, and until 1918 he farmed the place himself.

Mr. Barnes has a modern farm residence with heat and lights, and the necessary barns for sheltering stock and caring for the products of the farm. The children are: Mary Eloise and Wendell Curtis, and Theodore, who died at the age of 64% years. Mr. Barnes is a republican, and since 1914 he has been a member of the Amboy township board of education.

DanreL J. PricxittT, a retired farmer of Franklin township, Fulton county, Ohio, well-known and esteemed as an agriculturist of enterprise and energy for the greater part of his manhood years, and earlier of worthy Civil war record, has of late years, with his wife, Lydia (Glover), whom he married just after the close of the Civil war, lived in comfortable retirement. As a patriot he gave his country full service, his war record embracing the full four years of stress. As a churchman he has been consistently active, serving as elder of the Christian Church for many years; and in the civilian walks of life he gained the respect of his neighbors by a praiseworthy steadiness of private life and by an energetic industrious application to manly toil, such as comes within the sphere of a responsible successful farmer. The Glover family, to which his wife belongs, is one of the pioneer families of Franklin township, having owned land in that township since the early decades of settlement. And also his own association, which has almost been life-long, with Franklin township establishes him firmly as one of the representative citizens of Fulton county. i

He was prac near Lumberton, Clinton county, Ohio, in 1840, the son of Japheth L. and Phoebe S. (Borton) Prickitt, settlers of that section of Ohio. He received a country school education, and his early vears of manhood were spent amid the of the Civil war. He was still in his minority when that terrible struggle began ; but that did not deter him from offering his arm to the military forces of the Union. He enlisted in 1861 at West Unity, Williams ~ county, Ohio, and was mustered out in 1865. Between 1861 and 1865 he took a full man's share of in the struggle for the emancipation of the slaves of the South, and served in cavalry and quartermaster units of the Union forces. For the greater part of the time he was a member of the Third Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He is an honored member of the West Unity Grand Army of the Republic Post. Soon after receiving honorable discharge from military service in 1865 Mr. Prickitt married Lydia, daughter of Benjamin and Abigail (Borton) Glover, of Franklin township, Fulton county, and thereafter for twenty-five years applied himself steadily to the management of an extensive acreage at Franklin township. His wife, Lydia Glover, was born in 1839, in New Jersey, the home of the Borton family in that state being near Moorestown; but she was only six months old when her parents took her upon an adventurous journey, by wagon, from New Jersey through many wild parts of the country into Ohio, and eventually to Franklin township, Fulton county, where their journey of six weeks duration ended. Her father purchased a tract of 244 acres from a Mr. Packard, who had acquired it from the government. And there the family has since settled, her father living on the property until his death in 1888, when she inherited it. And on it she has spent the greater part of her life. The home was practically hers to manage for more than twenty-five vears before her father's death, for her mother died in 1861. And a few years later, when she married Daniel J. Prickitt, it seemed but the proper logical course for him to take over the management, of the extensive farm, seeing that her father gave much of his time to other business interests. He was always interested in railway extension, and Mr. Glover was one of the original promoters of the Mansfield and Cold Water Railroad Company, in which enterprise however he lost money.

Mr. and Mrs. Prickitt are the parents of eight children, who, in order of birth, were: Anna Margaret, who married Mr. Pershing, of Wisconsin, bore one son to the marriage, Phillip, and died in 1904, at the early age of thirty-eight years; Jemima Elizabeth, who married Warren Martin Steward, son of Philo and Amelia J. (Bradley) Steward, of Franklin township, in 1889; they have no children and Mr. Steward, a republican, a good Methodist, and a man well respected in the township, now works the whole farm, so that Mr. Prickitt is able to enjoy freedom from the responsibilities of the family estate; Lydia Gertrude, who married Alonzo Mangus, died in 1910, the mother of four children, three of whom are liv- ing, Paul Raymond, Jessie Lois, and Gerald, Arthur B. being deceased; Daniel James, who went into Canada, and now owns a good property in Andalusa. Alberta married Pearl Borton, of Fulton county, and they have two children, Lee Clemons and Lena Pearl; Phoebe Abigail, died in infancy; Benjamin Japheth also died in infancy; Jessie Ellen, who married Daniel Meyers, of Fayette, Fulton county, has issue as follows, Donald, Margery, Merlin, and Kenneth, all living, and George William, deceased, he having not long survived his birth; Mary Eva married Samuel Burton, of North Liberty, Indiana, and to them were born three children, only two of whom however survive, the deceased child being Melin David, who died at the age of fifteen months, in 1918, and the surviving two are Albert Eli and Lydia Dorothy.

Mr. and Mrs. Prickitt are therefore abundantly blessed in grandchildren, and although some of their own children have passed away, the descendants must bring to them much real satisfaction, linking them as they must with their own children now passed forever from this world. Mr. and Mrs. Prickitt were the recipients of many indications of the general esteem in which they are held when, in 1915, they celebrated the golden anniversary of their wedding. Both are esteemed in the community, and both have taken worthy part in the public and church life of the community. Mr. Prickitt is an elder of the Christian Church, and is the oldest member of the West Unity Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons. He has been a life-long republican. But apart from his civic repute his Civil war record would make him an honored citizen in any community.

WILiaRp CrockeTr. While the name "Davy Crockett'' belongs to the early history of the United States, the Crockett family represented by Willard Crockett of Metamora is among the pioneer families in Fulton county. Mr. Crockett was born in York State, December 1, 1834, and is a son of Nathaniel and Mary (White) Crockett. They were natives of Maine.

When the pioneer Crockett family came west they crossed Lake Erie and settled in Lenawee county, Michigan. He secured a quarter section of government land by entry, and settled in the wilderness of Lenawee county. Mr. Crockett purchased other land in Hillsdale county, and with the help of his sons he cleared it. He spent his later vears in Jowa. Of the ten children born to the family three are living today: Willard, of Metamora; Clarissa, wife of George A. Sebring, of Lenawee county; and David, of Adrian, Michigan.

While he was not exactly a "Forty-niner," in 1853, when Willard Crockett was a young man of nineteen, he was filled with the spirit of adventure. He went to New York City and boarding a sailing vessel he went to the Isthmus of Panama and around Cape Horn to California. THe remained there in the gold regions 5% years, when he returned by the same route to his home in Lenawee eounty. Te worked for a time on a Michigan farm, when he bought land and for fifty years he resided there, and in 1906 he retired to Metamora. A great many Fulton county people retire to Morenci, Michigan, but here is an exception - a Michigan man retired to Ohio. Mr. Crockett lives in a modern home in Metamora.

On March 18, 1862, Mr. Crockett married Hannah Rice. She was a Michigan woman, born in Ogden township, Lenawee county. Her parents, Samuel and Margaret (Sebring) Rice, were born in New York. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Crockett are: Addie, wife of Edgar Ritchie, of Metamora; Jennie, wife of Ira Dennis, of Amboy; Alvah, who died at the age of forty; Clara, wife of John Kahle, who lives with her father; Cassius, of Sylvania, Ohio; and Russell, of Metamora. Mrs. Crockett died March 18, 1918, after, having been ae fifty-six years, her death occurring on' the anniversary of her marriage. i

While he has reached ee advanced age, Mr. Crockett is interested in the news of the day. In politics he is a republican, and for a great many years he served Lenawee county as a highway commissioner. ew men have had more stirring experiences than Mr. Crockett. While the name "Davy Crockett'? belongs to the "Kit Carson," period, Willard Crockett has had his share of adventure.

Dantex T. Mitrer. In his early life Daniel T. Miller, who is now living in retirement in Metamora, vorked in the pine forests of Michigan for two years and later he was a brakeman on the railroad for a time. He was born August 27, 1844, in Pike township. He is a son of Reuben and Elizabeth (Tom) Miller, the father a native of Maryland and the mother of Holmes county, Ohio. In 1848, while it was yet part of Lucas county, they located in Pike township, Fulton county.

There were nine children born to this pioneer Fulton county family, although Daniel T. Miller is alone. The father died in 1847 and the mother in 1855, and for a time Mr. Miller made his home with a brother. On September 22, 1862, he enlisted in Company I, Thirty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and two months later he joined his regiment at Rolling Forks, Kentucky. As yet the tents had not been pitched, and his first army experiences was sleeping on the ground, but he later had part in some of the hard-fought battles of the war. He was at the battles of Stone River, Mill Springs, Missionary Ridge, Jonesboro, Hoover's Gap and many others, his regiment supporting the Seventh Ohio, which had suffered badly from its encounters. In recent vears Mr. Miller has served as junior and senior vice commander of McQuillan Post, G. A. R., of Delta. In the last year of the war he was detailed to duty at army headquarters. On July 22, 1865, he received his discharge and returned at once to Fulton county.

In October, 1871, Mr. Miller married Susan Cowan, a native of Erie county, Ohio. She is a daughter of Hugh and Lushie (Williams) Cowan. Their children are: Sarah E., wife of Elmer Murray, of Pike; Emmet V., of Fulton. Mrs. Miller died August 18, 1906, and November 23, 1907, Mr. Miller married Janette Hackett Vaughn, widow of Caleb J. Vaughn, who was also a Union army soldier. She was born April 21, 1848, in New York. She is a daughter of Benjamin and Sabrina (Miller) Hackett, and in her second marriage she took upon herself the maiden name of her mother.

Mr. Miller bought a farm in 1873, and lived there until 1907. The farm was in Pike township. In 1907 he sold it and moved to Metamora. He took quite an interest in stock raising, and raised full blooded stock of all kinds. In early life Mr. Miller had common school advantages, and as a public-spirited citizen he has served for fifteen years as a member of the Pike township board of education. He is a republican in politics, and for fifteen years he was a member of the Fulton county board of agriculture. Mr. Miller is a member of the Sunflower Spiritualist Church of Toledo.

Reztn Frank Penny. The history of the Penny family of which Rezin Frank Penny of Metamora is a representative began about 1850 in Ohio, when his father, Isaac Penny, came to Norwalk. He was a ship carpenter in his early life, and was a native of New York. He married Elizabeth Fay, of Huron county. In 1861 they came to Fulton county. He died in 1898, while she died seven years later. Their children are: Nicholas, of Oklahoma; Rezin Frank, who relates the family history; William, of Amboy; Eugene, of Fulton; and Lillie, wife of Byron Willson, of Amboy.

married Ella Arvilla Blaine, a daughter of Robert and Lauretta (Robb) Blaine, of Amboy. They lived on the Blaine farm in Amboy until 1895, when they bought twenty acres and later they bought forty, and Mr. Blaine gave them sixty, making 120 acres of excellent farm land in Amboy. It is all under cultivation but ten acres, which is in timber. _ Mr. Penny improved the farm extensively, but in 1917 he rented it and moved to Metamora, where he became the local representative of the International Harvester Company. His only son, Jesse R. Penny, is associated with him. Jesse married Mary Vaughan. Their children are Laura and Freda. The family vote is republican, and the church relation is with the Methodists.

Mr. Penny is known as a good practical farmer and an able business man, and life has brought him few opportunities which he has not been able to convert to advantage either to himself or family or to the community in which he has lived and in which he has such an excellent reputation.

Frep A. SEELEY. It was when he was eighteen years old that Fred A. Seeley, of Metamora, had his first introduction to Fulton county. He was born October 11, 1862, at Monroeville, Huron countv. He is a son of Robert and Marilla (Searles) Seeley. The ,grandfather, Robert Seeley, was born and died at Erie, Pennsylvania. The maternal grandfather, Albert Searles, came from Massachusetts to Huron county, Ohio, in 1850, and in 1861 he came to Amboy township, Fulton county.

When Robert Seeley was a child two years old he was taken by the family to Clyde, Ohio, They lived there about eight years, when the boy was thrown on his own resources and shifted for himself. In later years he established a livery business in Monroeville, the birth place of Fred A. Seeley. He died there in 1912, and the mother died two vears later. Their children are: Charles, of Monroeville; Fred A. Seeley, of Metamora, who relates the family history ; Cora, wife of W. J. Meade. of Cleveland: Edith, wife of H. D. Osborn, of Detroit; Laura. wife of Augustus Ries, of Metamora; and IE. C. Seeley, of Monroeville.

When Fred A. Seeley located in Fulton county he worked for ten vears in a general merchandise store in Metamora, and then he traveled for a time selling farm implements and machinery. In 1901 he engaged in the implement business for himself in Metamora. Three years later he sold out and engaged in the furniture and undertaking business, this being the first and only business of the kind in Metamora.

In 1902 Mr. Seeley helped organize the Farmers and Merchants Bank in Metamora, it being a branch of the bank in Sylvania. He was cashier of this bank until 1915, when it was changed to a state bank and he became vice president of it. In May, 1880, Mr. Seeley married Elizabeth Frail, of Delaware county, New York. They have one son, Edward, who is cashier in the bank. , Mr. Seeley attended school at Monroeville and the Northern Ohio Normal at Ada. He is a republican and for ten years he served as clerk of the corporation of Metamora. Through his influence it became an incorporated town. He is a charter member of Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge No. 875, of Metamora, an has filled all of the chairs. He is a Mason at Lyons, a member of the chapter, and Blue Lodge and Council of Wauseon, and a member of Zenobia Commandery, Scottish Rite Consistory and Shrine at Toledo. ' Mr. Seeley can therefore claim a residence of four decades in Fulton county. His career has been a progressive one, his employment as a clerk opening the door of opportunity as a traveling salesman, going from that into business for himself, and then extending the scope of his enterprise from merchandising to include banking. Altogether the record is one to satisfy any normally ambitious man.

JosepH M. Herr. While death overtook him in his labors at a comparatively early age, Joseph M. Herr had accomplished most of those things that give substance to a man's life. He had worked with a right good will, had provided home and other advantages for his dependents, and his name and memory are held in high esteem in both Fulton and Lucas counties.

Mr. Herr was born at Sylvania in Lucas county September 4, 1870, son of August and Elizabeth Herr. His parents were natives of Germany, and soon after their marriage came to America and settled in Lucas county, where the mother died about 1877. August Herr then married Mrs. John Bettenger, who survived him.

Joseph M. Herr grew up on his father's farm, attended the common schools, and on July 30, 1891, at the age of twenty-one, married Miss Mary Ann Schneider. Mrs. Herr was born at Raab, near Richfield Center in Lucas county, January 27, 1871. Her parents, Michael and Rosa (Buick) Schneider, were natives of Germany and Lueas county, Ohio, respectively. and both are now deceased.

Following their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Herr lived with his parents a year and a half, and then moved to Toledo. Mr. Herr was a verv skillful carpenter, and worked at his trade in Toledo four years. He always liked farming and the country, and on leaving the city bought twenty acres in Amboy township of Fulton county. He improved this land with several buildings and put about ten acres under cultivation. He lived there about ten years and every season worked at his trade. On selling that property he bought thirtyseven acres a half mile north of Caraghar, but continued his carpenter work and left the management of the farm largely to his sons. After four years he sold again and then bought eighty acres of partly improved land in Amboy township. The rest of his life he devoted to making this a first class farm, though after a few years, on account of ill health, he had to give over the heavier work to his two older sons. Mr. Herr died September 14, 1918. He was a member of the Catholic Knights of Ohio, was a democratic voter, and_was affiliated with the Catholic Church at Caraghar.

Mrs. Herr has proved a very capable business woman and with the aid of her sons has managed the farm with expert ability and with satisfying returns. Of her children Michael, the oldest, died in infaney. Sylvester married Margaret O'Neil and has two children, Alice Ann and Richard Michael. Louis, now at home, was with the United States Hospital Corps and saw eleven months of duty overseas in France. Celia died at the age of two years and Bertha is at home. Vincent is attending school in St. Louis, Missouri. The two youngest children at home are Ambrose and Cyrillus.

_ Witu1am Bennetr Coox. While Mr. Cook was born in the City of Cleveland, the greater part of his life has been spent within the confines of Fulton county, and here he has worked out life's problems in a satisfactory manner to all concerned, has achieved a place of esteem among his neighbors and is enjoying the fruits of many years of toil as a farmer.

He was born at Cleveland March 17, 1851, a son of William and Sarah Ann (Bennett) Cook. His parents were natives of England, his father born at Folkstone and his mother at Tenterdon in Kent county. 'They were married in England and in the spring of 1849 crossed the ocean, lived in New York a year, then settled at Cleveland, where William Cook was employed as a laborer six years. For four years he lived on a farm near Independence, Ohio, and in the spring of 1861 drove across the country to Amboy township of Fulton county. He rented here for three years, then bought eighty acres of timbered land. To provide a home for his family he built a log cabin in the midst of the woods, and he worked hard to get the land under cultivation and give his farm the improvements he desired. He died on the old homestead and his widow remained with her son William B. until her death some years later.

William Bennett Cook was the youngest of his parents' children. Te was ten vears of age when he came to Fulton county, and his education was derived from common schools. As a boy he was trained in habits of industry and has relied upon that quality to give him the success he has earned. On March 17, 1876, he married Mary Esther Grimm. Mrs. Cook was born in Lucas township, Ohio, a daughter of Frederick and Harriet (Brainer) Grimm, both natives of Germany. Mrs. Cook passed away November 27, 1914: On May 27, 1919, Mr. Cook married Albertina Mohr, daughter of Simon and Louisa Ortgen, who were born in Germany. Three years after his first marriage Mr. Cook bought the old Grimm homestead of fifty acres. Only part of it was cleared and improved and the farm as it stands today is largely a monument to Mr. Cook's personal labors and management. He built all the present buildings. Later he bought the old home place of his father from the other heirs, so that he owns 130 acres, all devoted to crops except twenty acres in timber. Here he continued his active work as a farmer until about 1909, since which date he has taken life somewhat at leisure, and his son now rents the farm. Mr. Cook has served as principal of his township and is a republican voter.

He and his wife have had four children: Dallas B., of Pike township, Robert, of Ambov township, Alice, who died at the age of nine months, and Arnold at home.

Revusen A. SurrnH. In 1839 John Smith, of London, England, came with his family to Guelph, Canada, and settled on land secured from the English Crown. Here his son, Reuben J. Smith, a school teacher, met a teacher in the Toronto Normal, Esther Emma Clarke by name, the daughter of Rev. John Clarke, a minister of the Baptist Church. The two were united in marriage, settling near Guelph on the farm of Reuben J. Smith's mother, by this time a widow. Later they moved to Elora, Ontario, where Mr. Smith entered the

Here the subject of our sketch, Reuben A. Smith, was born in 1863. When fourteen years of age, Reuben A. completed the course in the Elora High School and gure his entrance into Toronto University. He worked in his father's drug store until he moved to Tuscola county, Michigan. In Tuscola county Mr. Smith became of age and thus became a citizen of the United States. Mr. Smith purchased a drug store at Mayville, Michigan. In this town he met Margaret E. D'Arcy, daughter of William and Mary (McLaughlin) D'Arcy, both of Irish descent. On March 11, 1885, they were united in marriage, and to this union was born one daughter, Myrtle E., wife of Bert A. Crockett. 4

Later, '"R. A.", as he is known to his friends, sold his store at Mayville and for several years clerked in several towns in Michigan. In 1893 he moved to Morenci, Michigan, and lived there for five years, when he bought out the drug store of E. C. Porter & Son at Weston, Michigan, Mr. Smith successfully conducted the drug business there until September, 1902, when he moved his stock to Metamora. Since that time he has built up a splendid business in Metamora, adding groceries, crockery, jewelry, silverware, wallpaper, books and stationery to his line. His store is known as one of the finest in northwestern Ohio. Mr. Smith is a pharmaceutical chemist, registered in both Michigan and Ohio. Beginning as a drug clerk, later as proprietor of a business of his own, and for eighteen years a successful merchant at Metamora, Reuben A. Smith is a Fulton county citizen who has made good use of his opportunities.

Lodge and Chapter at Lyons, and the Council at Wauseon. For eights years he has been a member of the Metamora town council and is now serving his fifth term. A good business man, he has proved an equally good citizen and the people of Metamora and vicinity know and respect him as such.

Metvin J. Wuitcoms. The Whitcomb family story began in Fulton county in 1864, when the parents of Melvin J. Whitcomb of Pike bought some wild land and made a farm of it. They came from Huron county. He was born November 9, 1852, a son of Samuel B. and Mary Jane (Thomas) Whitcomb. They had come from Herkimer county, New York, to Huron county, Ohio. They were married in Huron county. The paternal grandparents, Hiram and Hannah Whitcomb, also came to Huron county. He died there March 25, 1858, while she lived until July 17, the centennial year.

When Samuel B. Whitcomb came to Fulton county in 1864 he bought 120 acres in the brush and much of the time under water. It had to be cleared and drained, and that was the beginning of the Whitcomb activities in Fulton county. He paid five dollars an acre for this land fourteen vears after Fulton was an organized county. Mr. Whitcomb erected the necessary farm buildings and added to the land until he had 210 acres of well improved farm land under cultivation. The wife died October 31, 1895, and he died March 7, two years later. Their children are: Melvin J. Whitcomb, who relates the family story; Fred, deceased, February 18, 1917, survived by his wife, Emma Raymond Whitcomb, and two children; Bertha M., wife of Clarence Senior; and Howard who lives with his mother.

M. J. Whitcomb inherited part of the Whitcomb family homestead and has always lived there. He does general farming and dairying, and has comfortable surroundings. On April 23, 1881, he married Catharine Stukey, of Archbold. She was born there J uly 15,

1862, a daughter of Peter and Anna (Gigax) Stukey. The father came from France and the mother from Switzerland. The paternal grandparents, Peter and Catharine (Yoder) Stukey, were early settlers in Fulton county. The grandfather, Godfrey Gigax, lived in Archbold in an early day. They were all emigrants to America. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Whitcomb are: Viola, wife of Earl Holmes, of Clayton; Cora, wife of Harry Cooley, of Wolf Creek, Michigan; Ethel, at home; Herbert, of Pike, married Hazel Smith, and they have one daughter, Catharine; Charles and Ora were both soldiers in the war of the nations, the latter being in the Army of Occupation in Germany; Ruby and Elton are at home with their parents.

Mr. Whitcomb votes with the republican party, and for eight years he has been a member of the board of education in Pike township. Mrs. Whitcomb is a member of the Disciples Church. For more than half a century the Whitcomb family has been identified with the history of Fulton county.

Twelve years of age when brought to Fulton county, Melvin J. Whitcomb as he grew to manhood gained a true appreciation of his individual responsibilities, and his own efforts have supplemented those of his family in redeeming a portion of the wilderness and creating the great agricultural prosperity that Fulton county enjoys today. While he can properly find satisfaction in the work and circumstances of his own career, he also looks back with gratitude to what his father did before him, and also feels a commendable pride in his own children, particularly in the sons who joined the colors and are veterans of the World war.

Romeo D. Mizer. It was the lot of Romeo D. Mizer of "Mount Pleasant Farm" in Fulton county to come again to the old home stead of the Mizer family. He was born December 8, 1876, in Pike township. He is.a son of Jacob S. and Delilah (Shrock) Mizer, the father from Coshocton and the mother from Holmes county. The father was a soldier in Company G, Eightieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and soon after his discharge from the army they were married, and in 1866 they invested in eighty acres of land in Pike township, Fulton county. In time they added sixteen acres to the farm. ,

In 1908 Jacob S. Mizer retired to Delta, and died December 20, 1918, and his wife still lives in Delta. Their children are: Julia Ann, wife of Rev. Clayton Hopkins, of Wauseon; Martha, wife of William Harmon, of Delta; Romeo D. Mizer, of 'Mount Pleasant Farm;" William Andrew, of Pike; and Lelia, wife of Clarence Ohlinger, of York.

When he was twenty-one Mr. Mizer hired out on farms by the | month until in the:spring of 1900, when he married Cora Gardener, of Rovalton township. She is a daughter of Watson and Alice (Snyder) Gardener. Their first investment was in a twenty-acre place in Pike, and a few years later they sold it and bought the old Mizer farm - Mount Pleasant Farm. He has improved the farm and has modern buildings on it. Their children are: Paul Watson, Roy Sidney and Ethelyn Mae. The Mizers belong to the United Brethren Church, of which he is a trustee and the chorister. He is republican, and was for six years a member of the school board. He was a member of the committee on the sale of Liberty Bonds, and is a member of Aetna Grange.

Joun B. Viers. Pike township has been the home of the Viers family since the coming of James Viers, the grandfather of John B. Viers. Born in Pike in January, 1871, John B. Viers is a son of James E. and Sarah B. (Dunbar) Viers, the parents both natives of Fulton county. James Viers entered the land that is now the Viers family homestead. aati

The maternal grandparents, Boyd and Rachel (Fitzsimmons) Dunbar, were also early settlers in Pike township. He died in 1883, while she lived until 1902, in the community. The children born to James FE. and Sarah E. Viers are: Owen, of Wauseon; Della, wife of William Mickle of Detroit; John B., of Pike; Harvey C., of Toledo; and Nellie, wife of Freeman Geesey, of Toledo.

Viers married Mary A. Cole on June 1, 1891. She is a daughter of Thomas Jefferson and Louisa (Jones) Cole, of Pike, both Ohio people and the mother a native of Fulton county. She was born in Dover township. She died in 1888, while Mr. Cole died in 1910. Mr. and Mrs. Viers lived at the family homestead until the second marriage of his mother to Joseph Bloom, and later he bought out the heirs and again took up his residence there. Finally he traded this farm for sixty acres where he lives today. He has drained and improved the place and has a Holstein dairy there.

The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Viers are: Cloid. of Lucas county, who married Lola DeLong. They have five children: Thora, Doris, Orma, Wayne and Russell. Ruby B. is a resident of Toledo. Sela is the wife of Leonard Stolte, of Dearborn, Michigan. They have one son, William J. Stolte.

Mr. Viers is a republican and for fifteen years he served as constable in Pike township. He is a member of the Ottokee Arbor of the Ancient Order of Gleaners. James E. Viers was a Civil war soldier. He first enlisted in Company I, Thirtv-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in the 100 days' service, and was discharged October 27, 1862, and on February 21, 1864, he re-enlisted in Company K, Sixth Ohio Cavalry. He received his final discharge June 27, 1865, - the end of the war.

Mervin HInK eg, of Royalton, has lived in one place all of his life, still owning part of the original Hinkle farm where he was born April 23, 1846. He is a son of Ephraim and Ruth (Welch) Hinkle, the mother a native of Royalton. Ephraim was a son of John and Huldah Hinkle, and their home was in Cayuga county, New York. The other grandparents, George and Ruth Welch, came from New York, and were early settlers in Royalton. They entered land and made a farm in the community. ,

When Ephraim Hinkle was married he and his wife settled on land owned today by Melvin Hinkle. Their children are: Melvin, who relates the family story; and Mary, deceased, who was the wife of Charles Mann. Ephraim Hinkle married Susan Horton, and there is one son, Stephen, of Rovalton.

Melvin Hinkle enlisted April 9, 1861, in Company K, One Hundred and Forty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served in the Army of the Potomac. Discharged from the army the same fall, he returned to Royalton. In 1867 he married Hannah Carpenter, of Royalton. She was a daughter of James and Cordelia Carpenter, i aa" York. He lives on twenty acres of the Hinkle family homestead.

wife of Ira Smith, who lives with her father; Harry, of Fort Wayne, Indiana; and Mrs. Ruth Drum, who lives in Toledo. Mr. Hinkle is a republican, and a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge of Lyons, and of the Baxter Post No. 238, Grand Army of the Republic, of Lyons.

Thus briefly are recounted some of the facts of a long life. There is a particular interest attaching to the career of Melvin Hinkle as one of the oldest living native sons of Rovalton. His service as a Civil war soldier, the many years he devoted to agriculture on the old homestead, and his public-spirited part in community affairs all

JOHN R. CLENDENIN. It was in the American Centennial year - September 26, 1876, that a child was born on the line between Fulton and Lucas counties, in Amboy. He is a son of Leverett H. and Cornelia (Tredway) Clendenin, the father from York State. His parents, John and Phoebe Ann (Hackett) Clendenin, came early to the vicinity of Metamora, and thus John R. Clendenin is a native of Fulton county. Reuben and Nancy Tredway were also New York people who came early to Fulton county. As the story books say: "It was the union of two of our early families," when Leverett H. Clendenin married Cornelia Tredway.

After the Clendenin-Tredway marriage the young people settled on a farm in Amboy. While he was not a natural born farmer, he was a horse dealer and had his part in securing electric railroads, etc.; doing many things to advance the interests of the community. Mr. Clendenin was one of the early builders of stone abutments for bridges, and was always a little in advance of the time in which he lived - was always just a little ahead of the procession in general progress. His wife died in 1912, and he died four years later.

The children in the Clendenin family are: Anna, wife of George Potter, of Metamora; Minnie, who died at the age of eighteen; John R., who relates the family history; and Morris, of Swanton.

On November 30, 1899, J. R. Clendenin married Emma Viola Kahle. She was a daughter of David Milton and Emma (Horton) Kahle. They lived in Richfield township, Lucas county, Ohio, although both were natives of Pennsylvania. J. R. Clendenin settled on a small farm in the extreme northeast corner of Amboy, which is the corner of Fulton county, on a forty that Mr. Clendenin had purchased from his father. It was only partly improved, and he soon exchanged it for property in Metamora.

When Mr. Clendenin removed to Metamora he worked by the day for one vear. He then secured a place at the grain elevator and remained there four years. He then worked one year for the Metamora Hardware Company, and returned to the position at the elevator where he remained for three years. On January 1, 1912, he became associated with the Lyons Grain and Coal Company. He has an interest in the business and remains as manager. :

The children born to Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Clendenin are: Hope Minnie, Emma Fay, Lorin Rex (who died at the age of eleven rnonths), and John Max. Mr. Clendenin "saves his country" by voting with the republican party. He belongs to the Free and Accepted Masons, Lodge No. 434, and Lyons Chapter No. 175. The family belongs to the Church of Christ in Lyons.

FrepericK A. SxATer, who has the distinction of having been in business continuously in Lyons longer than any other man, 13 from Vermont: "Among the mountain trees, Vermont's Green - Mountain Boys." It was August 10, 1843, that he was born in Essex, Chittenden county, Vermont. The Slaters were early settlers in Vermont. Augustus Slater was born there in 1802, and Laura D. (Littlefield) Slater was born in 1809 - the year Lincoln was born, and they both died where they had always lived, his death occurring January 25, 1868, while she lived on until April 12, 1904 - almost four years into the Twentieth century. The Slaters one generation further back - Ezra and Perthenia Slater - were born in Connecticut, the Wooden Nutmeg state, and the Littlefields of that generation - Daniel and Mariam Littlefield - were born in Massachusetts. Daniel Littlefield was a soldier in the second war with England, the war of 1812, and the military spirit has been_transmitted through the generations. Frederick A. Slater, of Lyons, enlisted September 10, 1862, in Company F, Thirteenth Vermont Infantry, going into the Civil war as a musician, and there is no gainsaying the part music had in swaying the results of that struggle. He was mustered out of the service July 21, 1863, and reenlisted in Company I, Sixth Vermont Volunteer Infantry, December 24, 1863, and on June 26, 1865, he was finally mustered out of the service.

Mr. Slater was in the famous three days' battle of Gettysburg, and July 3, 1863, he was deafened in his left ear by the explosion of a shell, which was a permanent injury to him. At the close of the war he returned to Vermont, but in September he went to Middle ville, Michigan, to visit a sister, and later he attended school in Grand Rapids, where he studied bookkeeping for a time, and in November of that year he started learning the harness maker's trade - a business he has since followed with success. He served his apprenticeship in Berlin, Michigan, and in 1866 he returned to the home of his sister at Middleville, and was married.

On April 19, 1867, Mr. Slater married Cynthia S. Chappell, of Wayland, Michigan. She was born December 30, 1846, at Manchester, Ontario county, New York. She is a daughter of James G. and Eliza S. (Butts) Chappell, and in the next generation her ancestry were Elias and Charity (Freeman) Chappell, and Pardon Butts.

After his marriage Mr. Slater located in Morenci, Michigan, remaining there only one summer, when, on account of the illness of relatives, he and his wife removed to Vermont, but after the death of his father, January 25, 1868, they returned to Fulton county, locating in Chesterfield. Mr. Slater and a brother-in-law, A. F. Chappell, farmed together one year, and in 1870 Mr. Slater came to Lyons as a Journeyman harness maker. In August, 1872, he went into business for himself at Lyons. and he has remained in this business to the present day. Mr. Slater voted for Abraham Lincoln in 1864, and has voted the republican ticket ever since.

The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Slater are Laura, wife of Frank H. Ferrand, of Essex, Vermont; Mervin W., of Columbus, Ohio; Cora M., who died in childhood; James W., of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Edith M., wife of William Kelley, of Morenci, Michigan; Vera E., who died in young womanhood; Carlos B., who is associated with his father, and Roy N., of Lyons.

Mr. Slater secured an education in the Vermont district school and at Essex Academy. In 1883 he was elected township clerk, and since then he has held the office, aside from a vacancy of four years.

While William McKinley was governor of Ohio he appointed Mr. Slater a notory public, and he does not allow the commission to expire. Mr. Slater is a charter member of Baxter Post, G. A. B., of Lyons, and since 1882 he has served as quartermaster.

Mr. Slater is a member of Royalton Union Lodge No. 434, Free and Accepted Masons, and of Lyons Chapter No. 175, Royal Arch Masons. He is a member of Wauseon Royal and Select Masters No. 68, and has served as secretary of the Free and Accepted Masons and Royal Arch Masons for many years. Few men are more active in fraternity circles than Mr. Slater.

An honored veteran of the Civil war, a resident of Fulton county more than half a century, a veteran in the business and civil life of Lyons, and with an interesting record of social, civic and fraternal affiliations, Frederick A. Slater comes to old age with a serene consciousness of duty performed and many obligations fulfilled.

Wayne Carpenter. The western history of the Carpenter family of which Wavne Carpenter-of Royalton is a representative, had its beginning in Lenawee county, Michigan, as early as 1828, when Samuel Carpenter, who was the grandfather of Wayne Carpenter, located there. While his parents, Mordecai and Caroline (Foster) Carpenter, came from New York, they grew up in Michigan, and when they were married they settled in Ohio, and on January 29, a i Wavne Carpenter was born in the community where he lives today.

The Foster ancestry came a few years later from New York to. Michigan, and here their daughter Caroline married into the Carpenter family. Mordecai and Caroline Carpenter first moved to Willow Prairie, in Indiana, but there were so many Indians there that they soon returned to Michigan and later they crossed the Michigan-Ohio border into Fulton county. Here thev bought land and from this home he was called as a soldier into the Mohawk wars. His father, Samuel Carpenter, had been a soldier in the second war with England, in 1812.

In the early history of the Carpenter family there were three brothers who located in Rhode Island, but they separated and went into different directions, Samuel Carpenter being descended from the one who located in New York, and who lived and died in the vicinity of Niagara Falls. Mordecai Carpenter died in Michigan in 1852, and his wife in 1864. Their children were Ebenezer, George and Addie, deceased, leaving Wayne Carpenter alone.

In March, 1864, Mr. Carpenter enlisted as a Civil war soldier in Company F. Sixty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as a private. He served in the Army of the James, and received his discharge in September, 1865. He returned to Fulton county, and in 1871 he went to Newton and Shedrick Citv, Kansas, where he spent a season on aranch. Later he went to Fairfield, Michigan, and worked in a lumber camp. :

In August, 1878, Mr. Carpenter married Elizabeth Cox. She is a daughter of Thomas and Eliza Cox, and was born at Lincolnshire, England, March 16, 1860. He then settled in Lyons, Ohio, where he worked as a brick and stone mason, and as a plasterer. He followed his trade many vears, but since 1914 he has been living in comparative retirement in Lyons. There is one son, Thomas Edgar Carpenter, born April 29, 1899, at Lyons, Ohio, now employed in Toledo.

the Universalist religion. He is a member of the Grand Army Republic, Baxter Post No. 238, also a member of the Independent Order Odd Fellows, lodge No. 622, of Lyons, and for twenty-two years he has served as its financial secretary.

BE. A. Sertey. When he graduated from the Metamora High School, E. A. Seeley became cashier of the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Metamora, and has always filled that position of trust and responsibility in the community. He was born March 8, 1894, and has always lived in Metamora. He is a son of Fred A. and Elizabeth (Frail) Seeley. '

The Farmers and Merchants Bank of which Mr. Seeley is cashier was founded in July, 1901, with M. Lochbihler, president; F. A. Seeley, vice-president; F. E. Brodbeck, second vice-president, and Mr. Seeley, cashier. In November, 1913, Mr. Seeley married Carrie Ford, of Berkey, Lucas county. She is a daughter of L. L. Ford, who came to Lucas county in 1850, and who still owns his original farm of 350 acres there. The children are Frederick L., Margaret J. and Virginia M.

The Seeleys belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mr. Seeley is a member of the official board, and treasurer of the Centenary fund. He is a member of the Metamora School Board, and is serving his second term as city treasurer of Metamora. He is secretary-treasurer of the Civic League of Metamora, and secretary of the Metamora Telephone Company. Mr. Seeley is a member and the financial secretary of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, No. 875, of Metamora. Few young men are connected more intimately with the social and business life of any community.

CHARLES J. MALong, assistant cashier of the Home Savings Bank, Metamora, Ohio, is ason of John and Mary (Brenner) Malone. He was born April 5, 1895, at Swanton, Ohio. The family were residents later of Metamora. His father, John Malone, was editor and publisher of the Metamora Record, and knew all about the business connected with issuing a weekly newspaper. As he was growing up C. J. Malone assisted his father in the printing office, but in 1915 he came as assistant cashier to the Home Savings Bank of Metamora.

The Home Savings Bank was organized in 1901 as a private bank, with E. S. DaVoll, president; Horace Tredway, vice president, _and H. H. Tredway, cashier. Mr. Malone is now assistant cashier. He was educated in the Metamora High School and belongs to the Catholic Church. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus in Toledo and of the Knights of the Maccabees. He was in military service from August, 1918, to February, 1919, stationed at Camp Sheridan, Alabama, Headquarters Company, One Hundred and Sixty-seventh Infantry, Ninth Division. He was chairman of the Sales Committee through four Liberty Loan drives, chairman of the Returned Soldiers Committee, Amboy township, during the Victory Loan campaigns, assistant scout master of Troop No. 1, Metamora Boy Scouts, and clerk of the Village of Metamora. Mr. Malone married Bernice Noble, of Lyons, Ohio, October 22, 1919.

Anson Wittson. The late Anson Willson, who was born February 8, 1845, in the territorial days of Fulton county, in what is now Fulton township, and who died April 20, 1914, at the familv homestead in Amboy township, is commemorated in the Fulton county annals by his son, Burton Willson, who resides with his mother at the old homestead.

Anson Willson was a son of Martin and Jane (Fullerton) Willson, the father from Clark county, Ohio, and the mother from York county Pennsylvania. The grandfather, Nathan Willson, was born in New York and came to Pike township in 1834, where he entered Jand from the United States government, and thus Burton Willson is in the fourth generation of the Willson family in Fulton county. The maternal grandfather, Robert Fullerton, came from Pennsy]- vania in 1840 and settled in Swanton township, Lucas county. The rh of Burton Willson were early residents of northwestern

_ Anson Willson was a college man and an educator in the early history of Fulton county. He attended Adrian College, and he taught school for twelve years. He resided in Fulton township until 1882, when he removed to Amboy. As early as 1876 he had bought an eighty acre tract in the timber, and he improved it. Mr. Willson was a republican and served the community as justice of the peace, township trustee, member of the board of education, ete., and he was a good man in the community.

On May 12, 1870, Anson Willson married Susannah Stout. She is a daughter of Samuel and Amanda (Johnson) Stout, and was born May 12, 1849, in the territory now known as Fulton township. The children in the Willson family are: Burton and Gertrude, the latter the wife of Samuel Shug, of Pike township. The Willsons are members of the Reformed Church, and their family history is closely related to the history of Fulton county. The Willson name was in the territory before the organization of Fulton county.

To the readers of this article will be indicated briefly some of the facts that justify the high place of honor assigned the Willson family in the history of Fulton county. The family annals running back in this one locality more than eighty-five years, there are only a few other names whose record antedates that of the Willsons. They were not only among the early settlers, but, as the record shows, were among the earnest, hard-working and intelligent citizens. During his long life Mr. Anson Willson abundantly proved the abilities and the fine qualities in his character.

Hiram Arruur SMALLMAN is readily identified in the citizenship of Fulton county as one of the men who have made a success in farming and in the performance of all the duties imposed by his relationship in his community of Amboy township through a long period of years.

Mr. Smallman has spent most of his life in Fulton county, but was born in Lagrange township of Lorain county, Ohio, May 28, 1858. Heisason of John and Josephine (Dernier) Smallman. His father, a native of Dublin, Ireland, was brought to this country by his parents, Frank and Elizabeth (Roycraft) Smallman, who in 1842 settled in Medina county, Ohio. From there John Smallman moved to Lorain county, and married Josephine Dernier, a daughter of Frank and Cynthia (Robbins) Dernier. John Smallman left his wife and family to enlist in the army during the Civil war, and paid the full sacrifice for his patriotism, being wounded in battle and dying while in the army. His widow then married Nathanicl Parent, and about 1864 they moved to Fulton county, locating in Royalton township. In 1879 Mr. and Mrs. Parent moved to Amboy township, where he died in the fall of 1915. The widowed mother, who was born October 9, 1839, is still living, making her home with Hiram A. Smallman, her oldest child. Her other child by her first marriage is Frank Eugene Smallman, also of Amboy township. By her second marriage she had two children: Cynthia, Mrs. Burton Eldred, of Kansas City, Missouri, and Benjamin, of Toledo.

Hiram Arthur Smallman was about six years old when brought to Fulton county, and he attended the common schools here and also the Normal School at Wauseon. At the age of twenty-one he started farming on a place he owned in Fulton township, and after his marriage a few years later moved to a farm of seventy-one acres in section 30, of Amboy township. He has since enlarged his farm to a hundred three acres, partly in section 19 and partly in section 80. The barn has been rebuilt, the house remodeled and rebuilt, and the place for a number of years has been regarded as a model of cultivation and good management. Seventy-one acres are under cultivation, while the rest is timber and pasture. In connection with general farming Mr. Smallman has always operated more or less as a dairyman.

He has always tried to do his part as a good citizen, served one term as justice of the peace and as a member of the school board, is a republican voter, and has held the office of trustee, class leader ee Be et of the Sunday school in the Methodist Episcopal

February 28, 1883, Mr. Smallman married Eva Louise Blaine, who was born in Amboy township, a daughter of Benjamin and EImina (Robb) Blaine. Her father was also born in Ambov and was a member of the old and prominent pioneer Blaine family, while her mother was a native of Medina county. Mr. and Mrs. Smallman have one daughter, Florence Elsie, now Mrs. Edward Lane, living in the Smallman home. Mrs. Lane by a former marriage has a son, Arthur L. Thompson. ;

ERNEsT FRANK Hanson, deceased, was secretary and treasurer * of the E..F. Hanson Company, Incorporated, of Wauseon, Ohio, the owners of the largest grain and elevator business in Fulton county. He was one of the substantial business men of the city. He had taken much part in public affairs, was well-regarded by the citizens in general, had been a city councilman for four years, and was defeated by only one vote when he sought the mayor's office in 1917 in the democratic interest. It will therefore be recognized that he was a man of consequence and enviable place among the people of Fulton county, Ohio. .

_ He was born in Norwalk, Ohio, in June, 1882, the son of William C. and Sophia (Reber) Hanson. The Hanson family is of German origin. but three generations have now had residence in America. William C., father of Ernest F., settled at Norwalk, Ohio. and their home was maintained at that place from that time. Ernest F. spent practically the whole of his years of minority there, attended the Norwalk Elementary School, and was a high school student for two years. Entering business life, he began to learn the trade of tanning, but before he was out of his apprenticeship forsook that calling and became a machinist, working in several local machine shops and finishing in New York City. After some time spent in Elkhart. Indiana, where he worked at his trade, he came to Wauseon in 1901, with capital sufficient to enter business, in partnership with Frank Bartlett, as grain and feed dealers, the firm getting good elevator capacity. The business was successful almost from the outset, and a substantial volume of trading was done. In 1910 Mr. Hanson acquired the interest of his partner, and the firm name eventually changed from that of Bartlett and Hanson to that of E. F. Hanson Company. It was incorporated in 1914, with Mr. Hanson practically the sole owner, and in control of its affairs as secretary and treasurer. He had developed a very sub-, stantial business, having the largest elevator capacity in the district and having a large country trade.

Mr. Hanson proved himself to be a man of reliability in business and in private affairs. He had a solid standing in the city, as was evidenced in 1917 when he sought election as mayor, being defeated by the republican candidate by only one vote. For four years he was a city councilman and in national politics he was always a staunch democrat. Tle was, fraternally, a member of the Wauseon Blue Lodge of Masons, and of the local lodge of the Knights of Pythias order. A congregationalist,. Mr. Hanson was a member of the Wauseon Congregational Church for many years. And, generally, in almost all phases of the affairs of the community he showed an intelligent interest, generous in support of all projects he might consider to promise good for the community. Mr. Hanson passed away October 20, 1919.

On September 11, 1907, Mr. Hanson married Katherine, daughter of D. O. and Harriet (Mead) Woodward, of Norwalk. Three children have been born to them: Harriet Ruth, Charles Willard, who was born in 1911, and Gretchen. Mr. and Mrs. Hanson gained many sincere friends since they came to live in Wauseon, and have always been very hospitable. ;

Justin BarrietTt. Usually the pioneers have gone the way of the world when the third and fourth generations are holding the boards in any community. Justin Bartlett, of Amboy, looks backward over two generations, and in his household are children in the fourth generation of the Bartlett family in Fulton county. Mr. Bartlett was born December 26, 1867, in Amboy, and for more than half a century he has lived in one community. He is ason of Hiram Russell and Mary Jane (Dennis) Bartlett, the father having been born in Toledo and the mother in Spencer township, Lucas countv. Mr. Bartlett is also in the third generation of the Dennis family in northwestern Ohio.

The Bartlett name was brought to Fulton county by Hiram and Mary Ann (Fisher) Bartlett from New York. They were among the early settlers in Amboy, having entered land and secured a patent or government sheepskin from President Martin Van Buren. The maternal grandparents, Joseph and Mary Dennis, who came early to Lucas county, were also from New York state. When H. R. Bartlett married into the Dennis family he settled on land in Amboy that had been entered from the government by his father. Hiram Bartlett, whose name he carried into the next generation. He died January 16, 1917, and his wife had preceded him in death several vears.

"Justin Bartlett was the oldest son born in the third generation of Bartletts in Fulton county. A brother, Ralph, lives in Toledo, and Clarence lives in Adrian, Michigan. Marion, Evaline and Wayne are numbered among the dead in the Bartlett family. Mr. Bartlett has alwavs lived at the place of his birth. buving some of the land from his father, and he has remodeled the house and added necessary

On November 30, 1890, Mr. Bartlett married Emma I. Weeks, of Pike township. She is a daughter of Virgil and Ruth (Fewels ) Weeks. heir children are: Marie, widow of Lloyd Pfaff; Hollie, at home; Marjorie, wife of Fred Cameron, of 'Toledo, and Fern, Harry and Hal. Mr. Bartlett is a member of the Knights of the Macca- 'bees of Metamora, and for many years he has served as constable in the community. He is the republican member of the Amboy township Board of Education. yer

His management of public affairs has well justified the confidence reposed in him by his fellow citizens. In the improvement of the home farm he has made his efforts supplement those of the preceding generation, and his own children are now doing work that he did for his own parents thirty or forty years ago. Altogether it is possible to say that the substantial qualities of the Bartlett family are among the best assets of citizenship possessed by Fulton county.

Joun Fremont Harrety. The political seer will not think twice before he discovers the reason why John Fremont Hartell was named John Fremont, when he learns that the man was born July 4, 1856, and that he is a republican. The republican party came into existence that, vear, and John C. Fremont was its first presidential candidate. Mr. Hartell is a son of John Beaver and Ellen (McGary) Hartell, and he was born in Hardin county. The father was born on the Pennsylvania side of the Ohio River and the mother in Wheeling, West Virginia. Jesse McGary was Irish and his wife was English, but the Hartell strain in his family relation is "Pennsylvania Dutch."

When J. B. Hartell was married he settled near LaRue, Ohio, and in 1861 he moved to Marseilles; in 1863 he moved to Allen county, near Lima, and two years later to Pike township, Fulton county. He bought a farm in Pike and two years later he traded it for land in Amboy that had been chopped over, and he cleared and improved it. The Ambov place required draining, and he did it. He died there in May, 1895, while his wife died November 19, 1903, at the family homestead. Their children were: Lucurgus, who died. in infancy; Theoda Linda, deceased; Augusta, widow of Albert Bowker, of Oklahoma; John Fremont; and Minnie, deceased.