Liberty Township (part 2 of 4)

JACOB OREWILPm, farmer ; P. 0. Bucyrus ; was born in Huntingdon Co.. I^nn., on Jan. 5, 1814. His father. John, and his mother, Barbara (Keith) Orewiler, were both natives of Pennsylvania, but his mother's parents came from Germany, an.l settled in Pennsylvania, and her fatlier's name was Michael Keith. When Mr. John Orewiler married Barbara Keith, she was then the widow of one John Kline, by whom she had three sons - John, William and Joseph. And of the Orewiler children there were seven - Henry, Adam, Lewis, Rosanna, Elizabeth. Michael and Jacob. They were all born in Pennsylvania ; and when the youngest (Jacob) was about 3 years old, the whole family moved from Pennsylvania and came to Ohio : they settled in Richland County, about ten miles north of Mansfield, in 1817. There the children grew to maturity, and began to branch out for themselves. Coming into this State at such an early date, they were perfectlj' conversant with pioneer life ; and. although the family were in reasonably good circumstances for that time, yet many were the disadvantages and privations to be borne then, which the j-outh of to-day would consider impossibilities. No pen can ever do justice to the men and wives, with their helpless little ones, who ventured into the trackless forest, with which they were unacquainted, there to risk their lives at the hands of the rsd man, for the sake of securing a home for themselves and their posterity. And who can speak knowingly of the longings, and aching hearts of those who would have gladly returned, whence they came, when all opportunities of returning were unavailable. But most of those noble souls who bore the first burdens of settling these parts, have passed from their toiling to a more abiding rest. Mr. Jacob Orewiler's parents made their permanent home in Richland County, and died there years ago. The first of the family to come into Crawford Coimty was Lewis ; he settled in Cranberry Township in 1835. Jacob came here also at that time, but did not settle permanently. He made a purchase of 40 acres in Sandusky Township in the year 1835, and then returned to his father's in Richland County. Erelong he came back to Crawford County and stopped with his brother Lewis ; and purchased 40 acres more in Sandusky Township. He worked around between Richland and Crawford Counties for several years ; and in 1839, he went to Indiana, and stopped in De Kalb County, a little over a year, thence to Iowa, where he worked by the month about two years ; then returned to Crawford County, and made his home with his brother Lewis for a short time ; and in January, 18i3, he married Annie Conley. She was born in Richland County Feb. 3, 1818. and came to this county with her folks in 1828. Mr. Orewiler and his bride repaired to his farm of 80 acres, which he still retained, in Sandusky Township ; but afterward sold out there, and moved to Chatfield Township, where he purchased 79 acres. They occupied the latter about ten years ; and Jan. 31, 1865, moved to the farm where they now live ; and in 1876, erected a commodious two-story frame residence, besides making other important and necessary improvements on the farm. They had nine" children, five of whom are living - John, Elzie, Albert, Jacob and Flora A. Those deceased are Alfred, Henry, Nancy J. and Louisa. John married Sophia Kroueberger, and lives in this township ; Elzie married Alice Keller, and lives at Upper Sandusky. Mr. and Mrs. Orewiler are members of the Methodist P]piscopal Church. His sisters were married and moved West, at an early date, and little has been known of them since. Elizabeth was married to Jesse Van Fustin ; Rosanna to Jacob Hoover ; they settled first in Illinois, and then moved to California ; this was the latest account ; Lewis is the only brother who survives. DAVID PFLEIDERER, farmer ; P. 0. Sulphur Springs ; was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, Dec. 5, 1822. He is the son of Christian and "Barbara (Auberly) Pfleiderer ; the former born in the year 1789, and the latter in 1794. They were farmers in Germany, and in very comfortable circumstances; but Christian concluded to emigrate to the United States, where he could more readily procure farms for his growing family ; accordingly, himself and wife and their four children, viz.: Adam, Jacob, Daniel and Christian, started from Germany in the spring of 1831, and after ninety-two days on the ocean they landed at Baltimore, Md. They came across the country until they arrived in Columbiana Co., Ohio ; being weary of traveling, and then near the approach of winter, they hesitated about going to unsettled parts of the new country, they concluded to stop in Columbiana Co., until winter would break up. The3' found shelter with a familj' by the name of Seacrist ; Mr. Ffleiderer went to work at whatever odd jobs turned up while they were there, as did the oldest boys. Soon as spring opened up they purchased a yoke of oxen and an old wagon, with which the family traveled and brought their little effects, and in the first week of April they came to Crawford Co. and located on 80 acres which was entered by Mr. Pfleiderer while they were wintering in Columbiana, and the same is now part of David's farm. Soon as they came here they purchased 80 acres for $145, adjoining that which had been entered. There was a miserable old cabin on the premises, which the family took refuge in until they got a more comfortable one erected, and in which there was scarce- Ij' a nail used in its construction, and about a year later he bought 80 acres more for $140. He was called on, soon after their arrival here, to assist one Ludwig Geiger raise a cabin, when by accident a pole fell and broke his right leg, which was a terrible drawback to the general impi-ovement which was so much needed in the woods ; although he had no clearing done at this time, the family were not as destitute as manj' of the pioneers, as they had considerable monej' with them. They had made a good start, and everything seemed prosperous until Mr. Pfleiderer was stricken with paralysis one morning as he got up out of bed, from which he expired instantly. This sudden and unexpected change left considerable care on his widow with her six children, two of whom were born since their an-ival in this county - John and Daniel, the latter a mere infant. The older children conducted the affairs of the farm admirable, and Mrs. Pfleiderer did considerably of the light work out doors herself; she lives with her son David, and although she is in her 86th year, she is as smart on foot as many who are twenty years younger ; will walk off to church, a distance of several miles, and back without any apparent fatigue. " .-Someplace their bliss in action, some in e;vse. Those call it ple.isure, an^l conientment these " a party of luiskers, doing her share with a zeal and lainestness which would become one of Kl.nitluT tlian 86 years ; of course, it is neither oxpi'Lted <if her nor desired, but liaving alwaj-s led an active life, she could find no contentraeut in sitting down in idleness or ease. At the settling of the estate, David took the homestead and has bought nearly all the licirs' interest, except Christians, who makes his home with David. He (Christian) was taken with a severe attack of scarlet fever when quite young, causing an unbalanced condition of his mental faculties, from which he never fully recovered. Nov. 13, 1843, David married Mary Heckenlivelj' ; she was born in Columbiana Co.. Ohio, and came to Chatfield Township with her parents in August, 1832. They have j had fourteen children, viz.: Magdalen, now Mrs. Christ Harmon, of Kosciusko Co., Ind.; | Anna M., wife of G. Ludhardt ; Abraham, in j Kosciusko Co., Ind.; John (deceased), Margar- I et, George (deceased), Barbara, wife of Reuben I Crall, of Indiana ; Lydia, Isaac and Jacob 1 (twins.) Samuel (deceased), Leonora, Carolina , and Clara. Mr. Pfleiderer owns a good farm I of 240 acres, which is well improved and has [ good buildings, which have been well earned b}' his own and his wife's industry. David's ' eldest brother, Adam, is now in Ft. Wayne, i Ind.; Jacob married here. died, and left a widow and three children. Mrs. David Pflei- ' derer is the oldest of a family of eight children ; her father, John Heckenlively, was born in Germany and came to the United States a young man ; he was married in Baltimore, and subsequently moved to Chatfield Township, this county, in 1832. He was a minister of the Gospel of the New-School Lutheran Church. Sometime after they settled here his wife died, leaving eight children, viz.: Marj-, Christina, George, Barbara. John, Catharine, Jacob and Magdalen. Of these George, Barbara and John are in Iowa; Catharine and Jacob in Missouri ; Christina is now Widow Shieber. Rev. John Heckenlively finally married the widow of Christian Pfleiderer and lived verj' confortablj-. He was sent to Iowa bj- the American Tract Society, as a missionary - in the German language - in the interest of the New-School Lutherans. He preached in that State three years, and, finding his health failing, he resigned ; returned to Mr. Pfleiderer's, and soon afterward passed to that realm of

E. S. PKTEKMAN, farmer; P. 0. Bucyrus; was born in York Co., Penn., Dec. 1, 1831, the son of Henry and Elizabeth (Shultz) Peterman. The family consisted of parents and two children - E. S. and Mary ; they moved from Pennsylvania and settled in Stark Co., Ohio, in 1834. Mr. Peterman, Sr., worked at the blacksmith's trade for some years, but later in life turned his attenti(m to farming. Mr. E. S. Peterman secureil a good common-school education, and, in 1859, he embarked in the grocer}' trade, opening an establishment in Canton, and in 1861 he purchased an interest in a dry-goods estal)lishmont with J. J. Kaufl"man, a brother of Mrs. Ptjterman. Having sold out his grocery business, he devoted his attention to the dry goods alone, which he followed about six years, and sold out in 1866. He was united in marriage with Henrietta Kaufl'man March 20, 1856. Her parents were natives of Lancaster Co., I'enn., but moved to Ohio, and settled in Stark County in 1831, where Mrs. Peterman was born July 5, 1837. Mr. Peterman moved to Crawford County in 1868, and in 1870, purchased the farm of 80 acres which he now owns, and which he bought of his father, who purchased the same of one Ernshaw, a Quaker. It is said that this 80 acres was the first location entered in the township. Mr. Henry Peterman had moved to this place in 1855 ; he and his wife both died here, she in the fall of 1869, and he in the spring of 1873. Mr. E. S. Peterman is quite a mechanical genius, and does his own odd jobs of carpenter work, and some small blacksmithing jobs. Thej- have three children - Ella, Frank E. and Harrie, and enjoy the comforts of a well-earned and pleasant home.

JACOB SHIEBER, farmer ; P. 0. Bucyrus ; was born in Wiirtemberg, Germany, May 19, 1831. His father, Gottlieb, and mother, Magdalen (Brosey) Shieber, emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1832 ; they had five children, Jacob being then a mere child. They, with a party of German emigrants, came by way of the lakes to Sandusky City, Ohio, and resolved to make a search for one Fred Feichtner, with whom they were acquainted in Germany, and who had settled in Crawford Co. ; with this intent Mr. Gottlieb Shieber and several of his German friends and fellow emi- grants left their families in Sandusky City and set out on foot to walk here. After considerable weary search they were successful in finding their friend Feichtner, located comfortably in this township on the Broken Sword. Being much pleased with the appearance of the country, they concluded to locate in the same neighborhood. When they had made a short visit and looked around tor a place to locate, they returned on foot to Sandusky City to move their families here. They hired teams and brought their etfects to this locality, and turned their attention to a home for themselves. Mr. Shieber bought 40 acres of J. Caris, and soon after he entered 40 acres, and added by purchase until he owned 110 acres. This constituted the homestead where the children grew up to maturity ; there were nine in all - Christoplier, Gottlieb, Fredericka, Christian, Jacob, Catherine, John, Abraham and Mary. Of these Fredericka, John and Abraham died when youug. They were poor when they arrived here and had a hard time, but were blessed with good health and industrious habits, which are the basis of all material success. Jacob was the youngest son who lived to mature years, therefore he remained with his parents until 24 years of age. He married Eve Mauer June 14, 1855 ; they farmed his father's place one year, and then moved, in April, 1S5G, to the farm where they are living, and where they had bought 80 acres, of which about 20 acres were cleared and a log cabin erected. They were poor and worked hard to impi'ove their home and make it comfortable. At length they were able to purchase 37| acres of Henry Cobb, and subsequently bought 80 acres of his brother in Holmes Township, and added by purchase until he owns in all 287 acres of good land with good buildings and otherwise well improved. They received only about §3,000 in all from the old homestead, and all the balance has been made by his own and his wife's industry. They reared nine children, eight of whom are living - John, Louisa J. (was married to Harrison Klink, but is now deceased), Henry, David S., Emanuel, Mary, Lizzie, Abraham and J. W. Mrs. Shieber was 'born June 21, 1835, in Stark Co., Ohio, and was only 2 weeks old when her parents left Stark Co. to come to Crawford. Her father's name was Jacob Mauer ; he emigrated from Germany with his wife and one child and first settled in Stark Co. and, as stated, moved thence to Crawford Co., where he died ; his widow married one Simon Price. Mrs. Shieber is the only survivor of her parents' six children. Mr. Jacob Shieber was elected Township Trustee for two years ; he was drafted into the army, but furnished a substitute ; his father died here in August, 1869, full of 3'ears, when he had lived to see all his children enjoying comfortable homes of their own ; his widow still survives at the advanced age of 82 years. The family are members of the German Lutheran Church. DANIEL SELL, tarmer; P. O. Bucyrus ; was born on the farm where he now lives, June 19, 1838. He is the son of Jacob H. and Mary (Kepliuger) Sell, who were both natives of Pennsylvania, and moved to Stark Co., Ohio, when quite j'oung. They were married in Stark Co., and lived there several years afterward. In 1837, they moved to Crawford Co., and brought with them two children - Henry and Elizabeth. Mr. Sell entered 160 acres, and afterward purchased 40 acres more ; there were no improvements on any of the land which they located on. Mr. Sell erected a log cabin in the woods, and began clearing and improving his home. Two children were born to them after they came here, viz., Daniel and Catharine ; the latter died when about 3 j'ears old ; three grew up to maturity. Henry married here one Jlary Peterman, and got 80 acres of his father's estate, but subsequently sold out and moved to Williams Co., where he now resides. Elizabeth is the wife of Samuel Forst, of Indiana. Daniel resided on the farm with his parents, and owns almost 80 acres of the same to-da}-, and enjoys the fruit of their industry as well as that of his own. Their first residence, or cabin, was removed only six years ago, to give place to their more comfortable residence. When Mr. Sell was about the proper age for attending school, there was but little opportunity- for attending, as there were but few institutions of the kind in the kind in the country, and on account of his father's ill health, he was obliged to take charge of the farm, consequently his school education is limited. He married Lovina Alice Cooper Nov. 19, 1863. She was born in this county Nov. 19, 1844. They have five children, viz., Willie O., Frank, Harry, Orie and Perley. Mrs. Sell's father, Adam, and her mother, Eliza (Knisely) Cooper, were natives of Pennsylvania, and moved to this county quite early, and afterward moved to Findlay, where they died, leaving four children - Eliza, Mary, Lovina Alice and Horace G. Mr. Jacob H. Sell died here on the old homestead, Oct. 3, 1876, and his aged widow resides with their son Daniel.

SEXAUER BROS., carriage manufacturers. Sulphur Springs. To give a short sketch of the famih', it is necessary to go back to one Christian Sexauer, who, when a young man, emigrated from Baden, Germany, about the year 1827, and landed at New York, but had resolved to push on to the West. Accordingly, he set out for Ohio, and located at Sandusky City. After a few years' residence there, he removed to Buoyrus, and there pursued his trade of shoemaking. On the same ship, there sailed a maiden of his own nativity (Baden), one Carolina Schindler, who was also en route for Sandusky City, Ohio, and who shortly afterward moved to Bucyrus, which, no doubt, had sometiiing to do with the attraction of young Sexauer thither, as subsequent events proved. There they united their fortunes in matrimony, and indeed the financial part was easily united, as neither one had much to begin with except willing hands and good health, which was their capital stock. Here they lived happily for a number of years, when the cold hand of death snatched the husband and father from the family circle, leaving the widow and four sons, the eldest about 6 yeai's. and the j"oungest a mere infant, viz., William F., Christian, C. F. and Lewis. Subsequently, the widow married J. G. Kinninger, of Gallon, a wagon-maker by trade. In the meantime, William F. had gone to live with Stephen Brinkman, a chair manufacturer, and learned that trade with him. Christian had been living with a family in Bucyrus until about 17 years of age, when he went to John Sims, and learned the trade of harness-making. When his apprenticeship had been served, he spent some time traveling and working at his trade, with the intention of improving thereby. He finally located in Elgin, 111., and began business for himself in 1860, and died there in 1877, leaving four orphan daughters, as his wife had died a few days previous. C. F. and Lewis lived with their mother and step-father, the former going into the wagon-making business, which he learned thoroughly. The latter, when about 13 years old, was apprenticed to the painter's trade with Jefferson Norton. At the termination of his apprenticeship, he traveled some in connection with the interests of his trade. In the meantime, their step-father had moved from Gallon and opened a wagon-shop here (Sulphur Springs) in 1849, C. F. being his only help, and in fact the sole conductor of the business, as both parents were advanced in j'ears and requiring the assistance of their son. In 1862, the three brothers, William F., C. F. and Lewis, entered into co-partnership, under the firm name of Sexauer Bros., for the purpose of manufacturing carriages and wagons. (For particulars of this industry, see township history.) They employ from eight to ten men, besides what they do themselves, in the various departments. William and C. F. attend principally to the woodwork, as in that they are both proficient, and Lewis takes charge of the painting department. The iron work is under their own supervision, which is sufficient guarantee that it is well done. They began here with limited means, and, although they have not sprung at once to the zenith of a financial success, they have raised steadily and surely in the favor of their patrons, which is indicative of good, honest work and fair dealing, at reasonable prices. Theirs is not the hurriedly-made machine work such as floods the country, but everything warranted, and made by hand, of the best material. They are all married, and have each a home of their own. William F. was born Nov. 19, 1835. When 21 years old, he married Mary Rupersberger (Jan. 24, 1856). She was born June 8, 1837, in Germany, and came here with her widowed mother and four other children, two boys and three girls in all, in 1849, and located at Gallon. They have five children, viz., William, Charles, Frederick, Amanda and Christian. C. F. was born Nov. 17, 1839. He married Mary Ziegler Nov. 26, 1863. She was born Nov. 17, 1841. Thej- have four children living, viz., Ella, Bessie, Susan and Bertha ; two deceased, Celia and George L. Lewis was born March 17, 1843. He married Sarah Culver May 24, 1871. She was born in Pennsylvania Sept. 21, 1853. They have two children living, viz., Laura A. and Walter A. ; three deceased - Carrie, Edward and Frank.

DR. JOHN B SQUIER, physician. Sulphur Springs ; was born in Salem Township, Washington Co., N. Y., May 16, 1818. His grandparents, Daniel and Elizabeth (Wood) Squier, were natives of New York, and reared their family of eleven children to manhood and womanhood in the same connty. There were in the family seven sons and four daughters, viz., ElizaVjeth, Sahnon, Alice, Daniel, Charles, Lucinda, Irene, Calvin, Nehemiah, Sheubel and Elijah. One of these, Lucinda, who was married to Isaac McClallen, and of whom nothing definite had been known to her kinfolks of Ohio for more than thirty years, was considered deceased, when, recently, to their surprise, the knowledge of her survival and residence in Western Pennsylvania came to hand. The Doctor (her nephew) paid her a visit and found her living happily with her son, James McClallan, remarkably vigorous and strong for one who has passed 92 summers, and is without a single nervous quiver. To move from the old homestead in New York, Salmon was the first. He settled in the Black River country, in the western part of that State. Calvin, his wife and one child ; Nehemiah, wife and two chil dren, viz., George M. and John B., started, with two two-horse teams and wagons, packing therein goods and utensils such as they deemed would be necessar}', set out to push their way to this State. They arrived here safely on Nov. 5, 1822, making the journey in thirty days. They stopped with John 0. Blowers, near the Sandusky River, on the farm now owned by Samuel Blowers. The wives of Calvin and Nehemiah were sisters, and sisters of John O. Blowers, who was pleased to have the Squiers locate by him. He gave them privilege of erecting a cabin on his premises to protect them from the rapidly-approaching winter. This was soon accomplished. There Calvin and Nehemiah, with their families, spent the winter of 1822-23. When the spring opened, Nehemiah built a more comfortable dwelling on 10 acres, which he purchased of Ralph Beacon, on the Bucyrus road ; and, in a short space of time, Calvin and Nehemiah bought 80 acres across the Sandusky, to which the former removed in 1824, and there made his home until 1851, when he sold out and moved with his family to De Kalb Co., Ind. Nehemiah purchased the mill property of J. 0. Blowers, and moved to it in 1833. He had by this time added 20 acres to his first purchase. Here Mr. Squier reared his family, and knew full well the hardships incident to '- life in the woods " in those dajs. He was a man of sterling worth in the newly-settled neighborhood. They reared five children - George M., who died here when about 17 years old ; John B., of whom we make further mention ; William H., who died when about 17 years old ; Nehemiah, who moved to Illinois, and is near Olney, Richland Co.; Daniel W., who resided in Indiana, and died there in 1862 from disease contracted in the army. The fond wife and mother was called away, in August, 1842, from the scenes where she so nobly bore her part, not only in assisting and encouraging her husband in domestic duties, but by leaving the impress of her character on the youths who were about to step into and form part of the coming society ; and how seldom are self-sacrificing mothers duly accredited for their pains in that direction. Nehemiah married a second wife - widow of the late Horace Smalley - and, bj' this union there was one daughter - Alice, now Mrs. A. J. Messenger. April 24, 1865, Nehemiah died, and was interred in the cemetery near his original farm, as is also his brother Calvin, and a brother of their wives, William Blowers, who came to Ohio with them and lived here two 3ears, and taught school in Buc^tus the first winter, and preached frequently through this section, as he was one of the first Methodist ministers here ; but he then returned to care for his aged and infirm father in New York, and never returned, except, on three occasions, to visit. On the last occasion, he was taken sick, and, in twenty days' illness, he died at the Doctor's residence. How significant were his last words : " Lay me beside Nehemiah and Calvin, and I know that I'll be with two honest men." Some time previous to the death of the latter, the Doctor had gone to visit his Uncle Calvin in Indiana, and found him in failing health, and brought him along to his home, believing that a change of scene and air would have a good eflFect, to which Calvin readily as sented, and gave evidence of his desire to be here when his final dissolution would come. He lingered six months, and died, and was interred here. After j'ears of separation and hundreds of miles had intervened, how singular that circumstances should bring the three to the same place to die, who had been life-long, devoted friends, and, as by their desire, their ashes rest side by side ! As above stated, John B. was only 4 years old when his parents came here, and, when about 7 years old, he met with a painful accident by cutting his right knee with an ax. Inflammation set in and resulted in complete anchylosis of the knee joint, which influ- enced his parents to apprentice him to the tailor's trade. He began when 1 3 j'ears old and worked six years. In the meantime, he had acquired more strength in the wounded -leg, and the tailoring business was too sedentary for his active mind, so he concluded to learn the millwright's trade. In connection with millwrighting, he taught school winters for ten years. Still striving' for a wider and higher field of knowledge, he took up the study of medicine with Dr. G. L. Ziggler the three last years of millwrighting, and, being determined to master the subject, he would carry his book on medicine in his tool-chest, and study nights, wherever he was at work, thereby carrying together one of the most important studies and a most particular mechanism. After three years' study, he attended one term in medical college at Cincinnati in the winter of 1847-48. He then practiced with his preceptor one and a half years, and then began practicing on his own account ; and, in the winter of 1852-53, he attended another term in medical college at Cincinnati, at which date he graduated ; and, since that time, he has been applying the healing art in this vicinity with more than ordinary success. The evidence in his favor proves him to be a physician of much ability, a man of great breadth of knowledge, with years of varied experience, and possessed of the strongest vitality ; courteous to the stranger, a true friend to his friends, kind and affectionate in his family. He has been married three times - first, to Elizabeth Decker, in October, 1839. She was a native of New Jersey, and came here with her parents when quite young. She died in July, 1848, leaving one child - Thomas Corwin. During the late rebellion, he enlisted, in March, 1864, in Co. C, 49th 0. V. I., and served until the following June, when he was taken prisoner at Altoona Mountains, Georgia, and sent to Andersonville Prison, where he died July 20, 1864. His second marriage was with Achsah M. Dilts, in January, 1849. She was a native of this State. She died in January, 1855, leaving one child - Ellen, now Mrs. A. E. Humiston. His third marriage was celebrated with Dorothy Hottel. She was born in Bristol, Trumbull Co., Ohio, Nov. 14, 1830. By this union there are six children - Edgar A., Emma (now Mrs. E. Van Vorhis), Annie, Oscar W., Flora and Effle. He owns the flour-mill, which he bought in January, 1867, in partnership with W. S. Beacon.

They moved it from the river to Annapolis, and rebuilt it, and, in 1874, the Doctor bought Beacon's interest, now owning the entire property, which is run by his sons. Edgar A. and Oscar W.; and owns valuable town property besides. The Doctor's religious views are decidedly of the Swedenborgian school, which doctrine he converses of understandingly. with unpretentious and unassuming zeal. Politically, he was a Republican while he believed that party's banner was emblazoned with human rights and freedom. He withheld not his son (who fell on the national battle-field) when the country was in its greatest need. But, believing that when a party forsakes its principles, patriots should forsake the party, therefore, he espoused the Liberal cause in 1872, and was a warm supporter of Horace Greeley, and has since supported the Democracy.

NELSON SMITH, sawyer and farmer; P. 0. Bucyrus ; was born Feb. 7, 1844, in this township. He is the son of Thomas and Mirilla (Ketchum) Smith, who came here young, and, after they were married, located near where Mr. Smith lives. Our subject is the seventh of a family of nine children, who are all deceased, except himself and one brother. His parents were among the first settlers of the county, and knew well the hardship which pioneer life subjected them to. Both died on the same farm, where they first began for themselves, the mother in 1853, and his father five years later. Nelson worked on his father's farm until he was 27 years of age, except one year in which he worked at the carpenter's trade. On Nov. 29, 1866, he cast his lot with that of Cornelia Hise, who was born in this township Feb. 27, 1846. They have two children - Willie F. and Nellie "B. In 1870, he purchased and erected a good saw-mill on his premises, which he has run ever since, doing a good deal of work. He owns 20 acres of land in connection with his mill, which makes them a comfortable home, and which he has made by his own industry. He is a member of Liberty Lodge, Knights of Honor. No. 845.

SAMUEL SPONSELLER, farmer; P. 0. Bucyrus ; was born Dec. 31, 1836, on the place which he now owns. He is the j-oungest of a family of eleven children. His father, Michael, and mother, Susana (Mentzer) Sponseller, came from Columbiana to Crawford Co. with seven of their children, in 1832. They settled on the northeast quarter of Sec. 20, in this township, and his first purchase was 80 acres, for which he paid $400 to his brother-in-law, Jacob Mollenkopf He (Mollenliopf) had been here as early as 1828, and made some improvements, but moved west of Biicjrus when Mr. Sponseller bought him out, where he died many years ago. Mr. Sponseller was possessed of considerable money when they came here, and soon purchased 80 acres more besides entering other 80 acres. One relic of the pioneer improvement still remains on the place, in the shape of an old log barn, which was built in 1838. When it was up to the square, the famous wind-storm, so destructive in this section, swept over, carr3'ing the tops of a large hickory and two large oak trees into one of the bays, filling it completely, which was a terrible job to get cleared out, considering the height of the walls, and the weight of the pieces carried in by the wind, and while chopping and clearing it out, he sustained a serious injury on his foot. In 1858, he replaced the old residence with a good substantial frame dwelling, now occupied by Samuel. They had eleven children - Elizabeth, who married George Emery, and died, leaving three children ; John, who died in Van Wert Co.; Susan, now the widow of Martin Brown, late of Indiana ; Julia, wife of Eli Bressler ; - George, now in Van Wert Co.; Fred, in this county ; I]manuel, in Hancock Co.; Henry, now in Kosciusko Co., Ind.; Keuben, in Defiance Co., and Samuel (he was a twin, but the other died in infancy). After many years of anxious care and toil, with a varied experience of pioneer life, Mrs. Sponseller closed her worldly cares in death, in 1858. Mr. Sponseller married a second wife, the widow of one Mr. Hatten, whom he followed across the river in 1874. Samuel Sponseller, our subject, married Sarah A Kling, daughter of Moses Kling, April 18, 1861. She was born Oct. 1. 1840. For twelve years after they were married, they rented land in this neighborhood, although in nine years from the time the}' were married, he purciiased 40 acres, and afterward bought 15 acres more. He subsequently purchased the old homestead of 120 acres, after his father's death. He has held the office of School Director for several years, which office he now holds. They have three children - Sj'lvanus E., James Q. and William H. During the early settlement of this neighborhood, the locality known as the Wolf Swamp, was infested with wildcats of a very large size, which caused them much annoyance by carrying off lambs, and Mr. Sponseller's place adjoining was subjected to their ravages frequentlj'.

JOHN L. SNYDER, farmer ; P. O. Bucyrus ; was born Sept. 3, 1830, in Harrison Co., Ohio. His grandparents came from Maryland and settled in Harrison Co.. Ohio, in the year 1800 ; they had eight children - Adam, Samuel, Henry Clay, George, Eve A., Mary, Sarah and Elizabeth. Of these, Henry C. was the progenitor of the Snj-der family, of this county ; he was drafted into the war of 1812, and was present at Baltimore at the time of Buckingham's defeat. He worked on his father's farm in Harrison County until he married, which event occurred about the year 1322 or 1823, with Hannah Miller, who was born in Maryland, and came to Ohio with her parents in 1801. Shortlj' after Henry C. and Miss Miller were married, they entered 160 acres in Harrison County, which they put under good improvements. And there Mrs. Snyder ceased her worldly cares in death, leaving seven children - Mary (deceased), Mahala, vSamuel, John L., Marie, Catharine and Joseph M. Mr. Snj'der married a second wife, Mary Jlyers, who was then a resident of Crawford County, and shortly after his second marriage, he moved with his family to this county, and settled on the farm where John L. resides, in 1844. By the second marriage there were seven children - Salina, Hannah, Frances, Margaret, James M. (deceased), Martha and Armina. Our subject, John L., worked at home on his father's farm until he was of age, and when quite young acquired the knowledge and taste for grafting fruit-trees, at which art he became an expert. He has dealt extensively in nursery stock of various firms, and made a business success of it in every respect ; as his practical experience affords him facilities for knowing what is and what is not adapted to this climate and soil. On May 22, 1862, he married Susanna Ronk ; she was born in Pennsylvania Oct. 10, 1842, and came here with her widowed mother and the rest of the family in 1848. Shortlj- after their marriage, they bought and located on 80 acres, just west of his present farm, where they lived about eight years, when he sold out and moved to Johnson Co., Mo., but being so lately after the close of the war, the state of society was scarcel3' what an Ohioan could wish for, so he concluded to return, and in six months came back to Crawford Count}' and bought the farm of 80 acres where he is now living, of his father, who was then about to retire, and was aged and infirm. The_y have four children - Clark C, John L., Jr., Virgil V. and Lavern. Mr. Snyder has held the offices of Constable, Assessor and Trustee, for several terms in this township, and is a member of Liberty Lodge, No. 845, Knights of Honor. His father died here in 1871 ; his brother, Joseph M., was drafted during the late rebelUon, and went into service in 18G2. 49th 0. V. I., and served one year, which was the time for which he was tirafted ; at the expiration of that time he returned home unhurt, and died here Aug. Iti, 1880. The southeast corner of Mr. Snj'der's 80-acre farm is said to be the exact geographical center of Crawford County. GOTTLIEB SHIEBER (deceased), farmer, P. 0. Bucyrus ; was born in Wurtemberg. Germany, Sept. 23, 1823 ; was the third child of Gottlieb and Magdalena (Brosey) Shieber. (whose sketch is connected with that of Jacob Shieber. (xottlieb lived with his parents until he attained his majority, and, on Oct. 11, 1847, he married Christina Heckenlively ; she was born Oct. 25, 1827, in Columbiana Co.. Ohio, and came here with her parents when about 7 years old. Her father, John, and her mother. Margaret (Leffler) Heckinlively, came from Germany when young ; they maixied in Baltimore and came on to Columbiana Co., where they bought 80 acres of land, where they lived about six }'ears. The following January after Mr. and Mrs. Shieber were married, they moved to 80 acres which he had purchased, and on which he had built a log house ; the farm was all woods when they came to it, and, anxious to make a start and get their farm cleared, 3Ir. Shieber worked very hard and unceasingly. Thej' replaced the log cabin with a good suIdstantial frame residence, in 1859, and. subsequently, added 38 acres to their farm. Mr. Shieber's health began to fail him, no doubt caused partialh* b}- constantly overworking himself, such was his ambition to surmount every financial embarrassment. The messenger of death called him away from his worldly cares, June 18, 1866, leaving a widow and eight children, the oldest only 17 years of age, and the youngest born four months after Mr.

Shieber's death. The names of the children are as follows : Elizabeth (now Mrs. George Kberhart), John (who is married to Lovina Williams, and lives in Holmes Township), Annie, John, Sarah, Reuben, Lydia and Gottlieb Wesley. Lydia has been teaching school, and is preparing herself for that avocation. Mrs. Shieber has managed the affairs of her family and farm with much credit and ability, since her husband's death ; their wants are well supplied with all the necessaries of life, and she has everything prepared to make her mature years pass smoothly by.

JACOB SHULL, carpenter ; P. O. Sulphur Springs ; was born in Perry Co., Penn., Dec. 4, 1822 ; the son of Jacob and Sarah (Flick) ShuU, and the only child of that union, as death called the paternal parent when he (Jacob) was only a few weeks old. After his father's death I he was taken and reared by his mother's father, John Flick, and lived with him until about 18 [ years of age. In the meantime, his mother had I again married one Jefferson Wallace, a carpenter by trade ; and with his step-father he began i to learn the carpenter's trade when in his 18th j year. When he had served about two years 1 apprenticeship, he was emplo}'ed to work by the month, and worked steadily for his stepfather four years, and one year for another carpenter. In 1831, they (John Flick, his grandfather and his step-father) sold out and moved to Ohio ; thej' settled near Mansfield, making the journey in about three weeks. There he assisted his gi-andfather in the improvement of his farm for about nine j-ears. which includes the time spent at his apprenticeship. His mother and step-father moved to Crawford Co. and located in Sandusky Township, but finally moved to Indiana, where both died ; they had seven children, who moved to Indiana likewise, except one daughter, who was married and remained here. In 1845, Mr. ShuU began working at the carpenter's trade on his own responsibility, and has been very successful, having raised to date, about three hundred buildings, and some of the largest in the country' without the slightest accident to any one around. He formed one resolution when he began on his own account, viz. : " That intoxicating drink of any kind should not be used where he was raising a building," and be it said to his credit, that that resolution was never, in a single instance, deviated from ; even in the early time, when it was considered a dishonor not to have a goodsized, well-filled jug on the ground, when a few persons were gathered to perform any piece of work. Simple as it would now appear to live up to such a resolution, it was then a matter of considerable moment, as it was antagonized b^' society in general, therefore, it involved the man's popularity who would hold out ; and that was not all, it involved the mechanic's admissibility to employ, consequently his bread. Notwithstanding, he held firmly to the principles involved. He is, and has been for years, radical in his advocacy of prohibition principles, and has frequently discussed the subject publicly. As illustrative of the undaunted energy of which he was possessed in youth, and which would correspondingly apply at the present ; he started on foot, when about 21 years old, and walked from here through the then sparsely settled country, to Columbia City, Ind., a distance of 150 miles, on the circuitous route taken, in five daj'S, and returned on foot, making a circuit of some of the more northern counties. In those dajs there were no railroad palace cars flying on their beaten course at the rate of forty miles an hour, but the ox team instead would plod its way, with no bad luck," at the rate of ten miles per day ; and a year or so later, he made the same trip again on foot. When about 20 years of age, he united himself with the church, and in 1868 he was ordained a minister of the M. E. Church ; since that date he has held many meetings in various States. He has traveled over nine States, viz. : New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Indiana, Illinois and Iowa, and held religious meetings in five of them, principall}- in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and Tennessee ; and although he has no regular charge, he does considerable work for the cause of religion wherever an opportunity presents itself He is Superintendent of the Sabbath school, which office he has diligently applied himself to for the last twenty-five years. He is a man of liberal views, inasmuch as he believes in the advancement of all institutions which tend to the general welfare of mankind, irrespective of their race or color, and, not only liberal in thought, but, with the goods he possesses, giving cheerfull}' to the support of teachers and missionary work among ihe freedmen of the South, besides annual donations of considerable amount to the church at home.

Nor are his circumstances less comfortable than those who would be more selfish and grasping ; he enjoys the pleasures of a comfortable home in the village, and has a well-improved farm of 90 acres besides, which he has prudently saved of his own earnings. July 3, 1847, he was married to the widow of the late B. Spahr ; her maiden name was Sarah Peterman. She was born in Cumberland Co., Penn., March 14, 1823. They have three children living, viz.: Francis A. (who married Lucetta Darr - is farming his father's place), Sarah A. and Eva A. Mrs. Shuil has one child - Benjamin Spahr - by her first husband.

GEORGE W. TEEL, farmer and purchasing agent for the Ohio Central Railroad ; P. 0. Bucyrus and Sulphur Springs. The subject of this sketch is one of the most active, energetic and successful business men of Crawford Co. He was born at Ashland, Ohio, May 16. 1821, the son of poor but industrious parents. At the age of 10 and 11, having received a limited education, he worked in John Mofflfs brickyard for two summers, aud for the next two seasons drove a team on the Ohio Canal ; he then worked for diflferent farmers in Stark Co., for some two years. In the meantime his father, John C. Teel, had removed to Guernsey Co., and purchased a small farm. The subject of this sketch managed this farm for some two years, while his father worked at the blacksmith trade. In his 17th year, he taught school during the winter in Wayne Co., and also followed this same occupation in his 19th year. After this he attended the Ashland Academy for one term of five months ; then clerked a year for Josiah Blackburn, at Benton, Holmes Co. He removed to Navarre. Stark Co., in the spring of 1843, and from April to July purchased horses, took them to Canada and sold them to British officers. Mr. Teel removed to Crawford Co., Aug. 7, 1843, and purchased of George W. Galloway the farm upon which he now resides ; he taught school at Sulphur Springs and vicinity for fifteen winters, as follows : Five winters in the village, three in the Broken Sword District, two in the Charlton District, two in the Rice District, two in the Stephens District and one in the Clingan District. He conducted in the Broken Sword District the first English school taught in that neighborhood, and afterward they could never persuade the residents to support a German school. For some six months, about 1844, he was engaged in the mercantile business at Sulphur Springs, with a man named Allen, and the establishment was known as the (ireat Western Store. In 18(52, he was appointed Revenue Assessor for Crawford Co., and served in this capacity for nine years. During the fall of 1872, he was employed by the A. & L. E. R. R., as collecting agent for the corporation, and continued with the company for three years. In the spring of 1877. he removed his family to Biicyrus and was engaged for one year as assignee in settling up the business of Messrs. Osman & Woodside. The family removed to Crestline in the spring of 1878, and remained there some twelve months, when thej' returned to the farm in Liberty Township. During this time, however, Mr. Teel still continued as a partner in the carriage establishment at Bucyrus ; is owner at the present time of 303 acres of land in Crawford Co., and 80 acres in Paulding Co., hut has not been actively engaged in farming since 1862 ; is at the present time Secretary of the Crawford Co. Farmers' Fire Insurance Company, and also purchasing agent of the Ohio Central Railroad ; as agent for this corporation and also the old A. & L. E. R. R., he secured nearly all the right of wajfor the road-bed from the coal fields to Toledo, .including also the depot grounds lately purchased in that city. He was instrumental, to a great extent, in securing the guarantee fund of over $100,000 subscribed in 1880, by the counties along the route of the road, as the "local " to complete this new enterprise, and with D. W. Swigart. C. Fulton. S. R. Harris and James B. Gormly, succeeded in getting the Machine Shops Bill passed by the Legislature. The subject of this sketch was married Sept. 17, 1844, to Miss Elizabeth Markley, and they are the parents of the following children : Leander L., Jennie (formerly Mrs. Byron Benson, but now deceased), Jared, Laura L., Ella, George W., Horatio Marklev and Fannie.

JOHN F. WILLIAMS, deceased. He was the progenitor of the Williams families in this section. He was born in Lebanon Co., Penn., and was brought up to farm life. When about of mature age, he was united in wedlock with one Elizabeth Flora ; they moved from their native place to Belmont Co., Ohio, at a date which can not be accurately ascertained, but about the year 1806 they located near Steubenville, and enjoyed their new home about five years, when Mrs. Williams was taken from the family by di-ath. leaving five children, viz., Frederick. Catharine, Isaac, Susan and Elizabeth. At this time he had a brother-in-law living in Stark Co., and, after disposing of his effects, he repaired to Stark Co. with his five children, and leaving them in charge of his relative, he returned to his native place in Pennsylvania, and there he married Elizabeth Gartie, and, having spent about a year on his visit, he returned with his young bride to where his children were, arriving in 1818. During his unsettled condition and his removals to and from Ohio, he escaped the draft, which would, in all probability, have drawn him into the war of 1812. He was in very poor financial circumstances, and was unable to enter the amount of land specified by law, but bought 60 acres of his brother-in-law, which he improved, and, by his unceasing industry and the enhancement in value of the property, he got to be in easy circumstances. In the course of time there were bom to him, in Stark Co., by his second marriage, five children, viz., Thomas, George, Joseph, Mary A. and Jacob, three of whom are now aged and respected citizens of this county. An earnest feeling was pervading in the famdy as to finding a more suitable agricultural location, where farms might be secured for his growing family. Thus prompted, one of his elder sons. Isaac, made a tour of inspection, and purchased, in 1828, 160 acres near Bucyrus, in Holmes Township. He returned with a description of this locality, which induced Mr. Williams to come here with his family. They started in the spring of 1829, with a two-horse team and wagon, driving a few cattle along. When they arrived at Spring Mills. Richland Co., the family stopped there and Mr. Williams came on here and bought 80 acres in Liberty Township, where his son Jacob now resides. He then went back to Spring Mills and moved the family there. During his absence the oldest boy. Thomas, helped in the harvest at Spring Mills, reaping with a handsickle. When they came to GaUon, they found the country so soft and impassable that it was necessary to hire a team to hitch on and help them through here. Elizabeth, the youngest child of his first wife, was the only one of hers who came at that time. She died shortly after their settlement here. But Isaac and his wife soon followed, to the location he had purchased when out here in 1828. Susan married Benjamin Gants and remained in Stark Co., where she lives to this day. Catharine married Leonard Slowin and moved to Wood Co., and is still living. Frederick came here and bought considerable land in Holmes Township, and built a saw-mill, which was not a success on account of want of water sufficient to run at all seasons, and when a dam was built, at a heav}' expense, failed to serve the purpose, continuallj- breaking because of quicksand surroundings. Exhausting much of his means, and becoming discouraged, he started for California with the first tide of emigration to that State, leaving here his wife ancl four children, with the hope of returning in the earlj- future with a repleted fortune ; but he never returned, and manj- j-ears since died. In Decembei-, 1836, death again visited the family of Mr. Williams, this time summoning the loving wife and devoted mother. He married a third wife - Elizabeth Fox. widow of Michael Fox, late of Seneca Co. She had two children by Mr. Fox, but left no heirs by Mr. Williams. The children bj' his second wife we will make mention of elsewhere, except George, who will come in this connection. He lived at home until about 18 years old. when he went to sail on the lakes with Capt. Cobb. More than twentj' years of his life were spent on the lakes; ten years of that time he was Captain of a steamer plying between Buffalo, N. Y., and Chicago, 111., and intermediate points. He died in Buffalo. N. Y.. (his home for years), in 1866. Mary Ann married Josiah Jackson ; they moved to Iowa, where she died. Thomas, Joseph and Jacob are still here, and spoken of, with their families, in the following sketches. Mr. Williams was living on the old homestead with his son Jacob, when his final dissolution came. His widow went back to her children by Mr. Fox.

THOMAS WILLIAMS, farmer; P. 0. Bucyrus ; is the eldest child of John F. Williams' second marriage ; was born in Stark Co., Ohio, Feb. 16, 1814. He lived with his father until of age, working on the farm, and being of a mechanical turn of mind, and genius of that kind being in demand, he took up the boot and shoe making trade, without ever spending an hour as an apprentice. By doing jobs of repairing for themselves and others, he soon acquired a knowledge of the business that enabled him to do an}' kind of work, doing a great portion of all that the early settlers of their vicinity required, not because he ever expected to make a lifetime business of it, but more for the accommodation of their own family and neighbors. In 1833. he married Sarah Shafl'- stall. She was born in Dauphin Co., Penn., Jan. 25, 1816, and came here with her father's (Solomon Shaflstall) family in 1832. Mr. Williams had got 8(1 acres of his father, which was all in wood. He set about improving it. but his health failed him the first year, which interfered seriousl}- with lurther progress on his farm. The following year he regained his health and worked tor his brother in the summer, at the building of a mill in Holmes Township, at $10 per month. At this time they lived near the mill-site, and boarded the hands employed at its construction. In 1832, he had the logs cut and hewed to build a house, doing all the work himself and after the completion of his work on the mill, he returned to his farm, five acres of which he had succeeded in clearing. He then set about making general improvements on his place, working hard both early and late. The old log building which he first erected stands on the premises to this day. The nails which he put on the roof with, cost him 10 cents per pouncl, which he paid for with maple sugar, made by himself and wife; that was tlicir residence from 1832 until 186(1. In 1838, Mr, Williams worked some time at the construction of the Erie & Wabash Canal, near Defiance, and lost no opportunity in those early days to do whatever kind of work presented itself, whether considered hard or light, and all with the intent of securing an independent home, which now he so fully enjo3-s. Besides giving his children a good start, he owns 160 acres of good land. They had eleven children, viz., Almira, wife of George Seits ; Henrv, whose sketch appears here ; William, deceased ; p]iiza)ieth, was married to Edwin Ferrall.and died in May, 1879, leaving three children ; Catharine, wife of Isaac Dial ; Joshua, deceased, in his 25th year; Laura, wife of John Davidson ; Harrison, married Frances Slocum ; Mary, wife of Joseph Hill; Amelia, wife of Jacob Payne; Emma, wife of Lawrence Sponsellcr. Those living are all married and doing for themselves, and Mr. and Mrs. Williams are spending their later years enjoying the fruits of their early industry.

JOSEPH WILLIAMS, farmer: P. 0. Sulphur Springs ; is a son of John F. and Elizabeth Williams. He was born in Stark Co.. Ohio, March 4, 1819. Mr. Williams had but a poor opportunity of obtaining an education, consequently his schooling was very limited. His early pursuits were those of the farm, as thej" have always been. He has been twice married, first to Catharine Nigh. She was born in Dauphin Co., Penn., July 1(5, 1816. Shortly after their marriage, they settled on 20 acres, which he owned along the creek, and lived there about two years. He then sold that and worked a rented farm for tliree years. Having saved a little money by that time, he purchased 80 acres (for which he paid $800) lying about two miles east. They lived there two years, when he sold out and purchased 138 acres, where he now lives, which is well improved. In 1877, he built the fine two-storj- frame dwelling which adorns the premises, at considerable cost. Mrs. Williams died in October, 1878. They were parents of nine children, four of whom are living, viz., Eliza, now Mrs. John Rush ; Amanda, now Mrs. John Schaal ; Lovina, now Mrs. George Schieber, and Matilda, now Mrs. J. J. McBride. Mr. Williams married his second wife. Polly Miller, Feb. 19, 1880. She was born in this county, March 5, 1837, and is a daughter of Jonathan Miller, who came to this countj- at an early date. She was the widow of the late Hon. John Welch, of Wyandot Co. He was among the first settlers there, and served about eight years in the Legislature from that county-. She was married to him Feb. 18, 1858. He died Dec. 9, 1859, leaving oue child - Wesley E. Mr. Williams was drafted into the late rebellion in October, 1862. He served in Co. L. 10th Ohio Cavalry, eight months, without having encountered much of the hardship which was incident to that difficulty. He has been a man of remarkable constitution, as he has scarcel^^ ever experienced sickness, even in the early settlement of this country, when malarial affections prevailed in every communitj', almost in everj' famil3- in the fall of the year, except an attack of scarlet fever, when he was quite young, which affected his hearing very seriously ; but, as he advances in years, the organs of hearing become more sensitive and his hearing impi-oves. His sonin-law, J. J. McBride, farms the place, and has ever since he was married. That event occurred Jan. 8, 1873. Thej' have three children, viz..

JACOB WILLIAMS, farmer and teacher ; P. 0. Bucyrus ; is the son of John F. and Elizabeth Williams, and was bom in Stark Co., Ohio, March 23, 1823. His bojhood was spent on the farm, without many privileges of obtaining an education, much as he desired it. As he approached the age of manhood, he felt still more keenly the necessity of acquiring knowledge ; and so he studied closely during the odd hours of leisure, and being naturally apt, soon acquired a fair amount of learning. In 1842, he taught school through the winter term, receiving $15 per month, each month comprising twenty-six days. The proceeds of that term were turned over to his father for necessary general purposes. The next winter, 1843 -44, he went to school, that being the only term that he ever attended school as a pupil. The following winter he taught a school four miles west of Marion. The next term he taught in Holmes Township, and continued for three terms, where he taught his first term. Oct. 8, 1848. he married Catharine Hershberger ; and soon afterward they mo\ed to Holmes Township where he worked a rented farm in the summer and taught school during the winter for two 3'ears. At that time his father wished him to return and take charge of the old homestead, which he did in 1852, and in 1855, purchased the farm, and has lived here ever since. Although he then had the charge of a farm and family, he pursued his studies by night, kept up with the advance in that direction, and has taught school almost every winter ; having taught fifteen terms in their own district. Mrs. Williams was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., June 8, 1829, her mother (Magdalene Eberly) died when she was about 11 years old. There were thirteen children of them ; ten of whom grew to maturity, and came with their father to this State in 1847. He (Jacob Hershberger) now resides with Mr. and Mrs. Williams, at the advanced age of 85 ^ears. Mr. and Mrs. Williams are the parents of four children - Mary A. (deceased), John F., Sally J., now Mrs. Jefferson Correll, and George H. The latter has prepared himself for teaching, and taught his first term in Holmes Township, where his father first began. Mr. Williams owns a good farm of 121 acres of good land, which he has earned by his own tact and industry.

HENRY WILLIAMS, farmer , P. 0. Bucyrus ; is the oldest son of Thomas Williams ; he was born in this township Dec. 2-t, 1836, and worked on the farm with his parents until after he attained his majority. He united his fortunes with those of Elsie Cobb on March 19, 1859 ; she was born in this township May 17, 1838. In August. 1862, he enlisled in Co. C, 101st 0. V. I., and was rushed to tlie front immediately. The regiment which he was in suffered severely from the long and hurried march which they were obliged to make almost as soon as enlisted. Many of them had only been a few days drilling, and were green recruits, unused to every phase of warfare. Mr. Williams was in the engagement at Perryville, and at Edgefield Junction, Tenn.; he was taken sick and sent into hospital for some time, and was terriblj' afflicted with rheumatism, which disabled and reduced his otherwise strong frame to a mere shadow. He received his discharge from army duty in January, 1865. He is a sufferer from the effects of the disease contracted in the ser\-ice, to this day for which he is worthily among the list of pensioners. While Mr. Williams was in the army, Mrs. Williams taught school, as she was well prepared for that vocation before thej- were married, and had taught school several years previous. From the date of his return from the army, they resided on his father's farm until 1872, when they removed to their present farm of 40 acres, where the}' live very comfortabl}-. They ha\'e only two children, viz., V. K. and Sadie M.; the former is attending school, with the intention of preparing himself for teaching. Mrs. Williams' parents were Henry and Sallie (Mitchell) Cobb ; they had twelve children, ten of whom grew up to maturity. He died at Bucyrus Feb. 20, 1878, in his 73d j-ear, his widow still surviving.

J. H. WERT, farmer ; P. 0. Sulphur Springs ; is the oldest of the family of John and Saloma (Shafer) Wert, who were both natives of Pennsylvania ; there they reached man and woman's estate, and there they were married. J. H. was born in Dauphin Co., Penn., May 25, 1833 ; their second child (Eliza), was also born in Pennsylvania. Mr. John Wert learned the tailor's trade and worked at it during the winters besides attending to some farm business. He, with his wife and two children, moved from their native State to Ohio and settled in Sanduskv Township, of this county, in 1835. They purchased 40 acres of land and proceeded to make the most of their situation. He would work on tinfarm through the summer and raise sonu'tliini: for their support, and in the winter he wnuld do the tailoring for the surrounding country, and, as cash was a very rare commodity in most of the new settlements, he was often obliged to receive as pa}' for his work some product of the farm, and very nicely situated were those who had some provision to spare. The residence of course was the ordinary log cabin. and not warm dwellings, either, in the inclnii ency of the winter. But between 5Ir. s farming in the summer and his attention to his trade in the winter, they had always a supply of the necessaries of life. Although all in his immediate neighborhood were not so favored. Calling on one of his neighbors he found him in low spirits, and, insisting on an explanation of his moody appearance, the poor man admitted, with reluctance, that his entire store was exhausted and was without means of any kind to procure something for himself and famishing family. This announcement made, Mr. Wert produced the price of a barrel of flour saying, " Take that, get something and pay me when you can." It is needless to say that the poor man accepted it with more inward thankfulness than he could easily express, and laid in its value of the '- staff of life," and soon got jobs. of work whereby he was able to support the family and repay Mr. Wert what he had lent him. Notwithstanding his poverty then, he lived to be a well-to-do farmer, with plenty ; only hjs wife - in her 80th year - survives, as her husband and all the children have passed before, and with grateful feelings to this day she remembers John Wert's generosity when they were in need. In the early settlement the people often resorted to the manufacture of maple sugar as a source of revenue with which to procure some little necessaries, and the first stove that Mr. Wert ever owned after coming to this county, he bought with sugar made by himself and wife from the maple-tree. They n^ared to maturity six children (one boy died in infancy), four boys and two girls, viz.. J. H., Eliza, now Jlrs. Joseph Roop, of Bucyrus ; J. fJ., of Bucyrus ; Sarah A., now Mrs. Abraham Pfleiderer, of Indiana ; and Lewis ; he was married, but both himself and wife have gone the way of all flesh. Their parents are both dead, Mr. Wert died on May 31, 1865, and Mrs. Wert May 12, 18G8. When J. H. was about 17 years old, he accepted a clerkship in a general merchandising house where he worived several years, and clerked in the mercantile house of F. G. Hesche over five years in Bucyrus. He then came to the village ol" Annapolis and clerked for Thomas Gillespie for about six montlis, and when Mr. Gillespie sold out to E. Warner. Mr. Wert remained with him (Warner) about three ^-ears. At that time Mr. Warner moved to Crestline, and Jlr. Wert turned his attention to farming ; he rented farms for about seven years, and. in 18GS), he purchased the farm where he resides. He owns in all 119 acres of well-improved land, and lives comfortably on the fruits of his own industry. He was elected Township Clerk in 1801, and held that office fifteen consecutive j-ears, except one, and. in the spring of 187!l. he was elected Township Trustee, and the fall of the same year he was elected Land Appraiser. He is a ciiarter member of the Knights of Honor and is Reporter of the -- Liberty ' Lodge. No. 84,'). lie was united in marriage with Elizabeth A., dau-htcT .jf Michael Carlton. May 31, 1860 : they have two children, viz., Charles M. and lluber B. Mrs. Wert was born in this township, where her parents now reside, Aug. 29, 1833. They are members of the Lutheran Church.

J. B. WERT, clerk. Sulphur Springs ; was born Nov. 28, 1837, in Sandusky Township, this county. His parents, John and Salome ^hafer) Wert, were both natives of Dauphin Co., Penn. They moved to and settled in this county in 1835" J. B. is the third of their seven children. He spent the early part of his life on the farm, and acquired a good commonschool education. He made his home at his father's until he was married, which event occurred May 28, 1863, with Leonora Ziegler, daughter of Dr. George L. and Susanna (Beard) Ziegler. The latter was born in Mahoning Co., Ohio, the former i"n Pennsj'lvania, and came to Mahoning Co. when quite young. From there they came to Crawford Co. and settled in Annapolis Township Feb. 8, 1841. Mrs. Wert was born here April 1, 1844. Shortly after their marriage, Mr. Wert rented a farm in this township, and spent eight years on two farms. They then moved to this village, and he worked at the carpenter's trade four years. Some time afterward, he accepted a clerkship in the drj-- goods establishment of Klopfenstein & Co., which position he holds at present. He owns a very nice home in the village, which he has principally earned by his own industry. He is a member of Liberty Lodge, No. 845, Knights of Honor. They have one child living - Hattie M.. and one deceased - Flora.

ISAAC WATERS, farmer; P. O. Sulphur Springs ; was born where he now resides on June 22. 1832. His ftither, Jacob, and his mother, Mary (Trout) Waters, were natives of Westmoreland Co., Penn. They were farmers, and, with a view to giving their growing family an opportunity- of procuring homes of their own in due time, they started with their family of six children - Violet, Benjamin, Andrew, Phillip, Jacob and Michael - and settled in Liberty Township, in 1830, on a piece of land which had been entered by his father-in-law, Phillip Trout, sevei-al years before. It was situated on the Sandusky River, and there the family grew up to maturity, and then scattered oft' to do for themselves. But Isaac, being the youngest of the family, remained at home with his parents. He was the only child born to them in this State. In I860" the father died, being then in his 73d year ; but Isaac cared for his aged mother, with whom she made her home until her final dissolution, which occurred in 1877. in the 83d year of her age. Isaac's advantages for procuring an education were quite limited, considering both time to be applied and facilities. The old common log-cabin schoolhouse, with its miserably arranged fixtures, was not conducive to comfort, much less to the happiness so often referred to in more modern school da3's. In the earl}' winter, when the weather was too chilly to be without a fire in the cabin schoolroom, and one would be made, the result has frequently been that, in consequence of the smoke, the place would be untenantable the remainder of the da}- ; hence they would arrange benches of a temporary character outside, and there finish their exercises. He owns a well-improved farm of 173 acres, and takes considerable pride in having good stock. His horse, of the " English Heness " stock, took the first prize in the general purpose " class, and '- sweepstakes " of all classes at the late Crawford Co. Fair. He united his fortunes with Mar}- Souders, widow of the late John Souders, June 5, 1875. Her maiden name was Mary Chisholm. She was a native of Perry Co., Pena., and came here in 1854 with her first husband, by whom she has seven children - David, Anna, Martha, Mary J., Virginia, Robert and John. In 1^78, Mr. Waters built an elegant two-story frame residence, which supersedes the old house that was built on the premises over forty j'ears ago; also fine outbuildings, which contribute to the appearance of his beautiful location.

MICHAEL WOLF, farmer ; P. 0. Bucyrus ; was born in Dauphin Co., Penn., March 6, 1799. His father, Henry Wolf, came from German}' a young man, before the Revolution, and settled in New Jersey, where he married, and subsequently moved to Pennsylvania. While he was residing there, he enlisted in the war of the Revolution, and participated in many of the most important battles of that time. When the war closed, he returned to his home in Pennsylvania, and shortly afterward his wife died, leaving nine children. He married a second wife, Elizabeth Kaylor, a native of Pennsylvania. By this union there were likewise nine children, our subject, Michael, being the youngest one of the family. Mr. Wolf, Sr., died when Michael was about six years old, and his mother being left in poor circumstances he (Michael) was obliged to do for himself when quite young, and also required to render early assistance to his mother, who was also called away when he was about 22 years of age. Michael was a natural genius, and, although he never spent a term of apprenticeship at any trade, he could do almost anything in mechanics, and if not of the finest character it invariably suited the purpose. Among the trades in which he was most proficient was plastering, masoning, shoemaking and carpentering, as well as doing some blacksmithing of a general character. He mamed Nanna M. Beck, in 1824, in Pennsylvania, and in 1834 they came to Crawford Co., with five of their children, and settled on the farm of sixty-three acres, where he now lives. When he settled here his entire fiirm was wood and swamp. He came hei-e quite poor with a large family of helpless children ; he had very hard work to get along. He was in debt $25 on his land, for which he gave his note payable in four months ; and in the new country, where money was very scarce, it was almost impossible to earn or even get cash for work done ; however, by working at odd jobs through the day, and making shoes at night, he raised the means to pay ofl' his $25 note. While he was clearing his land and preparing for a crop, he has been obliged to pay as high as $1.25 per bushel for corn for the subsistence of himself and family ; and pay for the same with work at a very low rate per day. While working at the clearing of his farm through the day, he has often worked at shoemaking until midnight. In one week, while splitting rails every working day, he made five pairs of shoes during the nights of the same week. There are few men, if any, in Crawford Co., who have done more hard work, and now, iu his advanc

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shortl}' afterward, with his father's assistance, he purchased it. Mrs. David Crall was born in Seneca Co., in November, 1852. The}^ have three children - Nine M., Elizabeth M. and Eltie J. Mr. and Mrs. Crall are members of the United Brethren Church, and Mr. Simon Crall has been a member of the same church for over thirty-nine years. He is one of the most robust, quick on foot and healthy men to be found, considering his advanced age and weight, which is upward of 200 pounds, although he is of low

DK M. M. CARROTHERS, physician. Sulphur Springs ; was born in Vernon Township, this county, Feb. 8, 1845 ; is the youngest of eight children, and, like most young men who are brought up to farm-life, his time was occupied between the duties of the farm and attending school ; but he showed a decided taste for the latter, and a desire for general knowledge, which has been duly gratified. In May, 1864, he enlisted in the 163d 0. N. (jr., and served until the following September, that time being the expiration of his term of enlistment. He then returned home, and in the following November he began teaching school, and taught five winters, living at his father's and helping on the farm in the summer months. When about 23 years of age he began the study of medicine with Dr. A. E. Jenner, of Crestline ; he studied there three years, including two terms of lectures - first, at the Miami Medical College, of Cincinnati ; second term of lectures was at the University of Wooster, in Cleveland, where he graduated in February, 1872. That same spring, he came to this village and began the practice of his profession, and was favored with a patronage beyond the most sanguine expectations ; his medical skill is daily growing in favor. He is a young man, quiet and unassuming, and not given to any display, but understands thorougbl}' his profession, as his success attests. He owns a valuable property' in the village, and the only two-story brick residence there at this writing, and is otherwise well prepared, flnanciall}-, to enjoy life. On Jul}', 1872, he united his fortunes with Mary Wert ; she was born in Sandusky Township, this county, Jan. 7, 1846. They have three children - Carrie M., Eva E. and John R.

until he was married, which event occuiTed Feb. 28, 1856, with Catharine Crider ; they have five childi'en - Mary L., Eliza A., Laura B., Daniel and Sarah E. Mrs. Cooper was born Aug. 14, 1831, in Penns34vania, and came to this county with her parents when about 6 years old. Mr. Cooper rented farms for a number of years after he was married, and, on Oct. 25, 1865, they moved to the farm of 100 acres, which they own ; is well improved, and is supplied with the best of water privileges, as it is situated on the Sandusky River. It is one of the first settled farms of Crawford Co., and was entered by one Daniel McMichael, who improved and built a mill, and planted some apple trees, one of which stands on the south side of the river, and its trunk is, by actual measurement, nine feet eight inches in circumference four and a half or five feet from the ground. It is bearing well a good grade of un grafted fruit. The father of our subject (Edward Cooper) was born in Harrison Co., Ohio, ]March 22, 1810 ; his father's name was G-eorge Cooper, and his mother's maiden name Mar}' Wood, both natives of Pennsylvania ; the latter came to Belmont Co. with her parents when young ; she was in the block-house at Wellsville at the time of the infamous massacre of the Riley family by the Indians in that vicinity, in 1812. Edward Cooper's father died, leaving a widow and six small children ; she married one Disbur}' Johnson, who was himself a widowei* with an equal number of children, as his second wife ; by this union six other children were born - in all, eighteen children in one family. Thus came the above-mentioned family to this vicinity. The said Johnson, with the six Cooper and eleven of his own children (his eldest daughter, having married, did not come), set out for Crawford Co. with a four-horse team, driving some cattle and hogs ; and, of all theherd, an old sow was complimented as being the best leader through the woods, consequentl}', she was assigned the duty of carrying the bell. They arrived where Gallon is now located on Oct." 15, 1821. Johnson died at Gabon, some time ago, in his 104th year. Edward Cooper worked on the farm until he had attained his majority. He has been married three times ; first, to Eliza Burwell, June 8, 1828 ; they had eight children - Sally A., Nathan, Margaret, Louisa, John. William, Artemon and Mary. He is quite a genius, as he is competent to make a bucket, boot, barrel, or frame a building ; and many of tlie pioneer youth are indebted to his musical talent for their early training. Dec. 13, 1865, his first wife died ; he then married the widow of J. H. Smalley, whose maiden name was Mary Walter ; by her he had three children - BVanklin, Eddie and Mary ; second wife died Nov. 11, 1874. His third wife was Catharine Bresler ; there are no children by this union.

JOHN ESSIG, deceased. Mr. Essig was born in Wurtemberg, Grermany, February 14, 1798, and while yet young resolved to try his fortune in the United States. Accordingly he left his native place and arrived at Hagerstown, Maryland, in 1817. Here he settled and worked at his trade, dyeing, which art he had learned in the old country, and at which he seemed to prosper in Hagerstown. But, still restless and desiring to procure some land, he and his young wife - who were made one in Maryland - set out for the West and arrived in this county in 1832. They entered eighty acres on the Sandusky River and purchased eightj' acres more adjoining. They had scarcely begun to feel themselves in their own home in the new country when death ruthlessly snatched from his side the loving young wife. He married a second wife some years after the death of the first ; she was Mary E. Gerhard, who was born in Germany, and came to this country in 1839. By this union there were born six children, three of whom lived to maturity, viz.: Carolina, who died in March, 1873; Louisa, who was married to Phillip Haer (she died March, 1872, leaving one child), and Mary E., now Mrs. C. L. Meinzer, who resides on the old homestead. Her husband, C. L. Meinzer, was born in Baden, Germany, Feb. 17, 1846, and came to the United States in the fall of 1867. He located in Cleveland, where he worked at his trade of blacksmithing for several months, thence to Upper Sandusky, and went into the country, where he worked about four months ; he then returned to town (Upper Sandusky) and worked at his trade for some time, and in 1871 came to Bucyrus and worked there three months at his trade ; thence to West Liberty, where he worked until 1873. On Dec. 26, 1872, he married Mary E. Essig. He then went to Crestline, where he pursued his trade nine months. At the expiration of that time he moved to his father-in-law's place, where he has been farming ever since. Mrs. Meinzer was born on the place where the}- live Feb. 12, 1850. They have five children living, viz., Rosey A., John C. L., Louisa, August H. and a babe. Mr. Essig owned at his decease, 274f acres, besides valuable property in Gallon, which is owned by Mrs. Meinzer and her sister heir - Haer.

J. H. FRY, deceased ; was born in the Canton of Zurich, in Switzerland, Nov. 14, 1791. His passport to this country- bears date March 11, 1817 ; he landed at New York, and went thence to Chambersburg, Penn., where he resided several years, when he resolved to come to the West, and in 1824 he came to Crawford Co., entering 160 acres of Government land, west of where the village of Annapolis is located. In January, 1827, he married Catharine - -daughter of Thomas Williamson, and in 1833 they sold out, but purchased 160 acres about half a mile north of where the village is located, of one Matthias Markley; this location Mr. Fry made his home until he was called hence by the messenger of death. They were quite prosperous in their farming pursuits, and were also blessed with a family of ten children - Henry, P]lizabeth, Catharine, Thomas, Alfred, Hannah, John, Sarah, Joshua and Francis, all of whom are living except Elizabeth. Mrs. Fry was born in Schuylkill Co., Penn., October, 1809, and came to Crawford Co., Ohio, with her father's family, in 1826 ; they located on the Broken Sword, in Liberty Township, but in 1829 the}' moved to St. Joseph Co., Mich., with seven of their children, four sons and three daughters. There Mrs. Fry's mother, Mrs. Williamson, died, and, after the death of his wife, Thomas Williamson went, with others, to California, and died in San Francisco in 1846. While they resided here, their daughter Polly was married to Jacob Whetstone ; she and Mrs. Fry being the only members of the Williamson family to remain here. For years Mr. Fry had been a member of the Lutheran Church, and on March 11, 1875, he received the summons to enter into the full enjoyment of a higher and better life. His widow still survives, and although her 72d year is rapidly approaching, she is as quick, both mentally and physically, and as ambitious as many who have scarcely passed eighteen summers. Her memory is replete with incidents of pioneer life, when this district was almost an unbroken forest, and when neighbors, though

ALFRED FRY, merchant and Postmaster, Snlplmr Springs ; was born near Sulphur Springs, this county, Feb. 7, 1835. He is the son of J. H. and Catharine (Williamson) Fry, whose sketch is in this work. Being among the pioneer settlers, his school advantages were vei*y limited for those in the country who were earnestly endeavoring to carve out a habitation in the woods. Mr. Fry got but the ordinary course in the common schools ; but, being naturally apt to learn, he made more of his opportunities than most boys do. He spent the summers of 1856 and 1857 in the Primary Department of Oberlin College. Although he returned to work on the farm, he improved his leisure moments until in the end he acquired a practical business education. He enlisted in the war of the rebellion in May, 1861, in Co. C, 8th 0. V. I. At the battle of Winchester, Va., March 22, 1862, he received a serious wound ; an ounce ball entered the side of his right thigh, immediately below the hip-joint, passing through both thighs and lodging near the outer surface of the left thigh. As a souvenir from the confederacy, he has carefully laid the missile aside. He lay in the hospital at Winchester seven weeks, and then got a fui'lough, but had been home only a few days when inflammatory rheumatism set in. When convalescent, he joined the regiment, in September of the same }' ear, at Alexandria, and served until November, when he was discharged on account of physical disability, which was brought on by the severity of his wound. He came back to his father's, and took a tour of several months through the Western States. When he arrived again at home, he accepted a clerkship with Jay & Riddle, of Sulphur Springs, which lasted one year. With a view of improving his commercial education, he entered college at Pittsburgh, Penn., attending the winter terms of 1864- and 1865, and the following spring he built a business-room at Sulphur Springs, and put in a stock of general merchandise, and opened in trade on his own responsibility in October, 1866, where he has been ever since, with several changes in the firm. John Guiss, Jr., bought an interest in April, 1867, with Mr. Fry, which partnership continued until 1876, when Guiss sold out to C. A. Keller, with whom he conducted business one year, under the firm name of Fry & Keller ; subsequently, he sold out his interest in the stock to Isaac Klopfenstein, and still retained the building, which is equivalent to one-third interest in the business, the firm name being Klopfenstein & Co. Mr. Fry received the appointment of Postmaster in 1869, which position he has held ever since. In 1872, he was elected Township Treasurer. He was united in marriage with Laura C, daughter of Thomas and Marie Gillespie, Sept. 16, 1874. They have two children - Edgar and a babe. Mrs. Fry was born in Bucyrus Oct. 8, 1843. Her father, Thomas Gillespie, came here from Pennsylvania. He was twice married ; his first wife died in Bucyrus in 1845, leaving two children - Laura C. and Charles. He afterward moved to Paulding Co., but finally returned to Sulphur Springs, and died at the residence of Mr. Alfred Fry, July 31, 1880.

JOHN H. FRY, hardware merchant, Sulphur Springs ; was born Dec. 28, 1 839, in Chatfield Township, Crawford Co. His father, John Fry, was born in Switzerland Dec. 17, 1799, and emigrated to the United States in 1834. He came direct to Ohio, and worked four years for his brother, J. H., in this county, who had been here several years previous. In 1838, he married Rachel Helm, who was a native of Somerset Co., Penn., and came to Liberty Township with her father's family about the 3^ear 1825. They reared three children - John H., Susanna (now Mrs. John Guiss), and Lorene (who married William Guiss, and who are both deceased). John H., being the eldest and only boy in the famil}^, was compelled to apply himself steadily to the farm, and therefore had little time to devote to educational exercises, and having but poor schools, at best, in the vicinity where he was reared, made it so much the worse. The bulk of his schooling was one term, which he attended in Liberty Township with one Williams, whose reputation as a teacher was good. He then resumed work on the farm the following spring, and continued until he was 28 years of age, when, on Nov. 1, 1876, he united his fortunes with Julia Warner, who was born in Vernon Township, this county, June 15, 1844. They have four children living - Rilie R., Daisy D., Cora and Elve A.; and one deceased - Willie J. He continued to work on his fiither's farm for about one year after they were married, and, in 1868, he purchased a half interest in the hardware store of Henry Fry, in this village. For about five years they did business together under the firm name of H. Fry & Co., when, in 1873, the subject of this sketch bought the remaining half interest of H. Fry, and, since then, lias been doing a ver^' prosperous business in his own name. He carries a very good and large assortment of everything in his line, both shelf and heavy hardware, such as is seldom equaled in much larger towns - a minimum estimate of which would no doubt be about 14,000 in value. His well-deserved patronage is daily increasing, as he has in his line all that ife required in any farming communit}', and his patrons show their appreciation of honorable dealing by increased patronage and confidence.

FRANCIS FRY, farmer; P. 0. Sulphur Springs ; is the 3'oungest of the famil}^ of John H. and Catharine (Williamson) Fry, and was born near the village of Annapolis, May 13, 1848. He remained at home until nearly 22 years old. and received a good common-school education. He united his fortunes with those of Jennie, daughter of Lewis Perse, on (3ct. 27, 1869. She was born in this township Api'il 26, 1847. When she was quite young, her mother died, and she was reared by Charles Perse, her father's brother. They have five children - Charlie F., Myrtie C, Maudie 0., Laura J. and Katie. Mr. Fry owns 80 acres of well-improved land in a beautiful location, to which he moved in November, 1870. They are members of the Lutheran Church. Mr. Frj^ is a member of the Knights of Honor, Liberty Lodge, No. 845.

GEORGE FACKLER, farmer ; P. 0. Bucy rus ; was born in Dauphin Co., Penn., April 11, 1835. His eai'ly life was spent on the farm, but after he was of age he traveled around considerably, and, in 1868, located in Erie Co., Ohio, where he resided for several years. He married Hannah Bever, in 1869. She was born in Crawford Co. May 4, 1845. They have two children - J. Melton and Ervin. Mr. Fackler owns 40 acres of good land to which they moved in 1872. He enlisted in the Regulars during the late rebellion, but served a short time. Mrs. Faekler's father was a native of Vii'ginia, and her mother of Pennsylvania, and they were among the early settlers of this county.