Licking Township (part 37 of 42)

Charles C. Metz

The firm of Charles Metz & Brothers, one of the oldest in the meat business of the county was composed up to May, 1898, of Charles C. Metz, Henry A. Metz and David C. Metz, and then, on the death of Henry Metz the business was continued by the two brothers, Charles C. and David C. The father before them was a professional butcher from the old country. He was born in Berge an der Werra. a small village in Saxony, Germany, on April 9, 1814. He received his early education in his native town, served his apprenticeship in the near by city of Saxe Weimer and when he became of age served his prescribed time in the army. Armv life being distasteful to him he was granted a prolonged furlough, but was still held as a member of the reserve, liable at any time to be called. It was customary for men learning a trade to go away from home to follow their vocation, so he went to the city of Hamburg, where he procured employment with one of the large establishments of that city and worked there for four years, becoming very proficient in the manufacturing department. Fearing the possibility of being called back into the army he left Hamburg for America and arrived in Newark with some of his fellow travelers who were bound for Ohio, in April. 18110. Four years later he became acquainted with Elizabeth Sebina Fisher, who had just come to Newark from the old country and they were married May 28, 1841. She was born in Horheim, Wertemburg, Germany, May 16, 1816. Mrs. Metz, mother of the Metz brothers, is still alive and in fairly good health being able to relate all the principal incidents of her life, and if she lives until May 16, 1909, she will have arrived at her ninety-third birthday. The absolute faith of this old lady in the rulings of Divine Providence and her strong personal responsibility have carried her through the many difficult trials of her life and will be her anchor to her life's end.

Upon taking the responsibilities of married life Mr. Metz began business for himself. His first venture was to open a meat market, and as his means were limited to only a few dollars, some tools and a horse and wagon which a friend loaned him, his beginning was very unpretentions. His meat market was in a small room on Canal street in the rear of what is now known as the Crane Bliss Hardware Company. This was in 1844 the principal thoroughfare of the town, and canal boat navigation being at its height, the trade with owners of these boats was the competition of the times. The passenger boats were called packets and as they passed through Newark on tlieir way from Cleveland to the Ohio river, to Portsmouth, they would lay in a few days' supply, as this town was even then one of considerable importance. He prospered from the first, but Newark being at that time only a town of about three thousand inhabitants, business was limited to small proportions.

Charles C. Metz was born in Newark December 9, 1842, Henry A. Metz December 25, 1845, and D. C. Metz March 19, 1852. The two years before the breaking out of the Civil war were extremely dull and the presidential campaign of 1860 being a very turbulent one, the financial depression was very keenly felt by the smaller business interests of the country. Among those who suffered by the prevailing conditions was Mr. Metz and with a family of seven children, the eldest only eighteen years old, it took heroic efforts to maintain his household and keep out of debt. He was a person of strict integrity and high honor and nothing would worry him more than the necessity of incurring a debt that he could not see his way clear to pay. When the war commenced the following spring, every thing in the way of produce advanced and the demand in nearly every line of business increased beyond every expectation, so that his trade took on new life and the mark of actual prosperity really began. About this time the eldest son, Charles C., although closely identified with his father's business from a mere boy of ten, took a managing interest in the business. He became the buyer and continued in that capacity for many years. Henrv, the next younger, being then a lad of fifteen years, took charge of the slaughtering branch of the business and D. C. took the part of an all-round assistant as his youthful ability permitted him to do, and few of riper age could have done better. The father now was enabled to devote his whole energy to the work in his market and office. About this time he purchased the property on West Main street, known now for a period of forty-seven years, as the Metz Meat Market. The business flourished as it never had before and Charles C. Metz became the partner of his father. From time to time they added facilities to meet their growing trade, until few plants in the state could boast of better equipment. In the spring of 1869 the father retired, Henry Metz became a partner and the firm name was changed from Charles Metz & Sons to Charles Metz & Brother. In 1875 David C. Metz was taken in as a partner and the name of the firm was again changed by adding "s" to "Brother." Their business constantly in- creased and as time progressed their trade readied out into fields far beyond tlieir local environment. Though doing a pork packing, wholesaling and manufacturing business, they however always kept a keen eye on their local trade and were always up to date. The partners all acquired for themselves valuable properties in different parts of the city.

In January, 1908, Charles C. Metz retired from the meat business in order to devote his time to other enterprises in which he is interested. The old stand was rented for other business. D. C. Metz had the year previous constructed a fine brick building in East Newark which he is at present occupying with a grocery and meat market. Having been the buyer for the firm for many years he is probably one of the best known men throughout the county and has a host of friends among all classes. Consequently he maintains a fine and prosperous business. He was elected a member of the city council a few years ago and served his term with much credit. Charles C. Metz besides being actively engaged for many years in a prosperous business, found time to represent many and varied interests in public life and filled many positions of distinction and trust. In 1876 he organized Company G, Seventeenth Regiment, Ohio National Guard Infantry, the first military company organized in Newark after the Civil war. It was a crack company and made its first public appearance doing escort duty at the inauguration of Governor Bishop in the spring of 1877. He was elected township treasurer at one time and was president of the Newark Board of Trade for a number of years and is at present an honorary member of that body. He was a charter member of the Security Loan & Building Company before its change in 1903. When the Newark Trust Company was organized, having served in the old company as a director for the fourteen years of its existence, he was reelected as a director in the new bank and later was elected its vice president, which position he now holds. He is also connected with church work, having been a vestryman in Trinity Episcopal church of this city, and at present being junior warden. He was one of seven who guaranteed the rent for a room in which to hold meetings of the Young Men's Christian Association upon its first establishment here, by this means enabling them to hold out until they could be more permanently reestablished. He has considerable real estate under his control, so he is about as busy as ever, enjoying good health and he therefore feels that under divine protection he may still be spared for many years of usefulness.

Homer B. Conway, who for many years has been identified with the agricultural interests of Monroe township, this county, was born October 18, 1847, on the farm where he now resides, a son of John and Elmira (Williams) Conway. His ancestors were strict Covenanters and came to the new world from the north of Ireland. His father, a highly educated man, was graduated from Marietta College, at Marietta, Ohio, and was an able minister of the Presbyterian church, noted for his zealous Christian character and spiritual qualifications for his holy calling. He had been in the active ministry of the Gospel but three years, however, when he was taken with a severe illness which terminated his life's labors. His wife, who was a faithful adherent and one of the original members of the Johnstown Presbyterian church, departed this life February 10, 1908, in her eighty-fourth year.

Among their children was Homer B. Conway, who was born and reared on the farm and acquired his education in the public schools of Johnstown. After completing his studies he settled on the old homestead, where he has since engaged in general farming and stock-raising. He owns four hundred and sixty acres of land, in a desirable location. Its soil is rich and arable and through the persevering efforts of Mr. Conway the place has been so improved as to be one of the finest farms in the entire township. By a careful study of the nature of the soils and the adaptation of crops to them he has been able to work his land to the best advantage and obtain approximately the maximum yield, which from year to year has remunerated him with bountiful harvests. He also deals to some extent in sheep, horses and cattle, breeding some of the finest specimens of draft and road horses and feeding a number of head of cattle in readiness for market. While Mr. Conway, owing to his advanced years, is not actively engaged in the routine work of his farm, he still superintends its affairs and management.

On January 31, 1867, Mr. Conway wedded Miss Emma Mann, daughter of Thomas and Catherine (Straight) Mann, natives of the state of New Jersey, and now residing in Delaware county, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Conway are parents of: Milton, an agriculturist of Delaware county, Ohio; Ora, wife of Milton Sliauba, who engages in farming in this township, and David, engaged in the same occupation in Jersey township. Mr. Conway supports the republican party, to which he has been loyal all his life and the principles of which he is convinced are in every sense adequate to promote the best interests of the commonwealth. A man of high intelligence and culture, enterprising and progressive, throughout his life he has been solicitous for the highest good of the community and has always exerted his influence toward advancing the moral, educational and material interests of the community.

Colonel Hamlin D. Burch

Colonel Hamlin D. Burch is numbered among those who have made the history and molded the destiny of Licking county. Concentrating his energies largely upon business interests in Hebron, he has figured as a general merchant here since 1869 and has served almost continuously as postmaster since 1870. Moreover he is entitled to distinctive mention in this volume from the fact that he is an honored veteran of two wars, having responded to the country's call for troops at the time of the Civil war and again in the recent conflict with Spain.

Colonel Burch was born in Muskingum county near Dresden, Ohio, September 21, 1846, a son of Jonathan and Eliza (Doughty) Burch, both of whom were natives of Muskingum county and spent their last days in Hebron. The father followed farming throughout his entire life and was a quiet, industrious man, whose rules of life commended him to the good will and trust of all with whom he was brought in contact. Both he and his wife held membership in the Methodist

Episcopal church. Their family numbered seven children. Leonidas F., who enlisted for service in the Union army as a member of Company. H, Thirty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was captured at the battle of Chickamauga and died in Andersonville prison. Homer C., who enlisted in the same company and regiment, was wounded in the battle of Eesaea and died in Hebron, in 1882, from the effects of the injuries which he had sustained in war. Hamlin D. is the next of the family. Richard Watson, the fourth in order of birth, is deceased. David P., a retired merchant, lives in Hebron. Joseph is a resident of Newark; and Mrs. Mary E. Chinn has passed away.

Colonel Burch was thirteen years of age when he accompanied his parents on their removal from the old home farm in Muskingum county to Hebron, where he has since lived. He was but fifteen years of age when in October, 1862, he offered his services to the government and became a member of Company A, Tentli Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. He served as a private under Captain William Thayer, took part in all of the engagements of his command, was in Sherman's march to the sea and was honorably discharged in August, 1865. When the country no longer needed his aid he returned home and worked on the farm with his father until 1868 but, thinking to find commercial pursuits more congenial, he accepted a clerkship in the store of I. E. Kelsey, of Hebron. In 1869 he established his present general mercantile business and has conducted it continuously since or for a period of forty years, during which time his labors have been a feature in the growth and progress of the town. In 1870 he was commissioned postmaster of Hebron and has continuously served in this capacity save for the period of President Cleveland's administrations.

It was in April, 1869, that Colonel Burch was united in marriage to Miss Candace Ruick, a native of Licking county and a daughter of Thomas Ruick. She died in 1893, leaving five children: Otto E., who is now a merchant of Lodi, Ohio; Frank C., who follows merchandising in Coshocton; Rose Lee, who is with her brother in Coshocton ; Bertie T., railroad agent, postmaster and mayor of Bittercreek, Wyoming ; and Charles H., who is clerking for his brother in Coshocton. Having lost his first wife, Colonel Burch wedded Alice S. Seymour, a native of this county and a daughter of Bruce and Elizabeth Seymour, February 13, 1895.

In politics Colonel Burch has been a life-long republican, never faltering in his allegiance to the party. For about twenty years he served as a member of the board of education and the public schools found in him a faithful and efficient friend. For two terms he has been a member of the town council and in all office? he has discharged his duties with promptness and fidelity. Always interested in military affairs, in 1888 he joined the Ohio National Guard as first lieutenant and served until the guard was called out at the time of the Spanish-American war. He had been previously promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel and in April, 1898, with that rank, he enlisted as a member of the Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The command was sent to Virginia and to Pennsylvania but was not called to the seat of action. Colonel Burch is a member of Williams Lodge. No. 363, I. 0. 0. F., of Hebron, also of Hebron Lodge, No. 116, A. F. & A. M.. Eugene Chapter, No. 123, 0. E. S., and Lemert Post, G. A. R., of Newark. Since 1866 he has been a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal church, has always been interested in the church work, has acted as trustee and steward and for twenty-two years lias been superintendent of the Sunday school. His influence therefore is always given on the side of right and justice and though his business and military duties have made extensive demands upon his time, he has always found opportunity to cooperate in those movements which tend to uplift humanity and promote the moral development of the race. He is honored and respected wherever known and most of all where he is best known.

Charles R. Essex

Almost a century ago the Essex family settled in Etna township, Licking county, when this part of the state was sparsely inhabited, neighbors being many miles apart and the entire region practically as nature had formed it. Comforts were few for those who entered these thickly wooded and undeveloped regions, but being pioneers not only in the sense of being among the first upon the ground, but also in physical vigor and prophetic foresight, discerning the possibilities latent within the soil of this country, they sought not enjoyment or ease but rather a field of promise and usefulness where they might apply their advantage and lay the foundation for the prosperity of generations yet unborn.

Grandfather Isaac Essex with his wife, formerly Anna Smoke, natives of Maryland and Virginia respectively, their marriage occurring in the last named state, came to Ohio, settling in Licking county in 1821, each carrying a baby in arms and at the same time bringing their few belongings. Their journey was fraught with many obstacles and hardships, and, recent storms having felled many trees which obstructed the roadway, Mr. Essex was compelled to remove them in order to proceed on the journey. He entered three hundred and twenty acres of land adjoining the southern boundary line of what is now Etna village. The experiences at that early day may well be imagined as patiently, in the midst of a dense forest, he hurriedly felled and dressed timber with which to build a log cabin in order to protect the wife and children from the elements. From that pioneer home, day after day, for many weary months he went forth at dawn with his ax to clear off the land preparatory for cultivation. The surrounding conditions required patience and perseverance on the part of the pioneer, but Mr. Essex possessed both, together with a resolute purpose reenforced bv a stalwart constitution, proving equal to confronting emergencies. Before many years had rolled by through his efforts the once thickly wooded tract of land was transformed into fertile fields covered with rich harvests. On this farm he lived until the advanced age of eighty-eight years, while his wife passed away in her seventy-seventh year. Mr. Essex was a soldier of the war of 1812, his grandson, Charles R., still possessing the "honorable discharge" granted to him at the close of that conflict.

He reared a family of eight daughters and two sons, among whom was Henry Essex, father of the subject of this review. His birth occurred in Pickaway county in 1818, and he removed to a farm near Etna village with his parents in 1821. He located on the farm now occupied by his son Charles R. in 1853 and there he died August 8, 1892. His wife, Ellen Wells, was a native of Union township, this county, born June 6, 1838, a daughter of Alexander and Samantha (Holmes)

Wells, also natives of Union township, her father a son of Richard Wells who entered land there at an early date. On that farm Alexander Wells and his wife spent their lives, he entering into rest in 1899, at the age of ninety-two years. In their family were three children: Charles R. ; Alice, widow of Albert Neil, of Hebron; and Henrietta, wife of John Yorhees, who owns a farm in this neighborhood. By a former marriage Mr. Essex had one daughter, Mary, deceased, who was the wife of Jacob Elsass.

Charles R. Essex was born April 7, 1859, on the old home farm which he now has under cultivation. During his boyhood days he became familiar with the farm work under the supervision of his father and acquired his education in the neighboring schools. He owns one hundred and fifty-six acres, which is a portion of the three hundred and fifty acre tract originally owned by his father, his farm being located on the York street road two miles west of Kirkersville. The place is provided with every improvement and with a dwelling house, substantial barn and a number of outbuildings, all of which he constructed with the assistance of his father, constitutes one of the finest farms in this part of the county. His soil has had careful attention, enabling him to produce large crops, and at the same time he devotes some attention to stock-raising. His place is known as "Beaver Dam Farm," owing to the fact that on both sides of it that crafty animal in times past reared a dam which at present in some places is five feet high and which at the time Mr. Essex took hold of the farm backed up a pond covering ten to twelve acres.

In 1884 Mr. Essex wedded Miss Ellen Elsass, a native of Carroll county, Ohio, born December 3, 1864, and a daughter of John and Samantha (Hewitt) Elsass, also natives of that county where they are now residing. To Mr. and Mrs. Essex have been born seven children: Alma, who became the wife of Dean Clifton, assistant superintendent of the Pataskala public schools, Ruth, Marv, Emerson, Margery, Maurice and Albert. In his political views Mr. Essex is a republican and as to his religious convictions, believing in the restoration of apostolic Christianity, he is affiliated with that denomination known as the Disciples of Christ. He is in every particular a worthy citizen whose industry and enterprise have not only enabled him to attain prosperity, but have also contributed much to the general welfare of the community, and being a man whose general conduct is in obedience to a high standard he entertains the respect and confidence of his neighbors.

Thorough preliminary training well qualified Dr. R. E. McCullough for the professional duties to which he now gives his time and energies, and in which ho is meeting with excellent success when viewed from both the professional and financial standpoints. It is notable that the majority of Newark's most successful physicians arc native sons of Ohio, who have felt that the advantages and opportunities of this state were unsurpassed in other portions of the Union and have thus elected to remain in a district endeared to them by early associations as well

8*9 bv later interests. Dr. McCullough, now practicing in Newark, was born in Wooster, Ohio, June 14, 1867, a son of William Dunlap and Rebecca (Cook) McCullough, the latter a native of Wayne, Ohio, and the former of Bucyrus. The Rev. Silas Dunlap, a great uncle of Dr. McCullough in the paternal line, was one of the founders of Wooster University. William D. McCullough was for many years engaged in educational work, being professor of schools in Bucyrus and that locality for twenty-three years. He then retired from professional labor to spend his declining days on the farm amid the quiet and peace of rural surroundings, and thus he passed away in 1906, at the age of sixty-nine years. His political allegiance was given to the democracy.

Dr. McCullough was reared amid an atmosphere of intellectual culture and refinement. Paternal influence stimulated him to put forth earnest effort in the acquirement of an education and he was graduated from the Dalton, Ohio, high school in 1888, after which he spent two years in the Ada Normal School. Subsequently he followed the profession of teaching for two years in Wayne county, Ohio, and then matriculated in the Wadsworth Normal School, of which he is also a graduate. He next became principal of the Craig high school, in Burt county, Nebraska, and afterward spent four years in the furtherance of his own intellectual development in Wooster University, subsequent to which time he was elected superintendent of the Marion Normal School, where he continued for a year. On the expiration of that period he went to Akron, Ohio, and began reading medicine with Dr. Tom Parks, of that place, while later he was graduated from the Starling Medical College in the class of 1898.

Dr. McCullough began practice in Newark. He has since taken postgraduate work in the Chicago Polyclinic, in 1907, and was externe at Augustana Hospital, of that city, for four months, in the same year. He is now on the medical staff of the Newark Hospital and enjoys a large private practice which is indicative of the trust reposed in his professional skill and ability. He belongs to the county, state, and national medical societies, and through the interchange of knowledge and experiences among the members of these organizations adds to his own equipment and finds further inspiration for his work.

In 1893 Dr. McCullough was married to Miss Dora D. Shamp, who was born in Wooster, Ohio, and is a daughter of Perry Shamp. His social nature finds expression in his membership with the Modern Woodmen, the Elks, and other fraternal organizations, his genial manner, his unfailing courtesy, and his deference for the opinions of others having gained him personal popularity. Few have a wider circle of friends in Newark than has Dr. McCullough.

Mack Brothers

The Mack brothers, who conduct an extensive milling and feed business in Brownsville under the name of Mack Brothers Milling Company, flour, feed and grain dealers, are representatives of a family the members of which have for many years been engaged in that enterprise in this county. The partners are M. C. and J. L. Mack, the former having been born in Bowling Green township, August 22 ,

1871, a son of George W. and Sarah A. (Cover) Mack. His father was a native of the Keystone state, born in Fayette county, and located in Licking county with his parents, who came here in the early days. Until the year 1878 he engaged in general farming and then moved to Brownsville, where he established a saw and grist milling business, in his grist mill using the old buhr process. In this business he continued until the year 1889, when he retired having during an active and useful life accumulated considerable means. He died in the year 1891 and was interred in Shelly cemetery, near Brownsville. His wife, also a native of Pennsylvania, in which state they were married, passed away in Brownsville in the year 1906 and was laid to rest by her husband. They were the parents of one daughter, Mary, the wife of Henry Booher, of Croton, Ohio ; and two sons, M. C. and J. L.

In the common schools of Brownsville, M. C1. Mack received his education and then engaged in the lumber business with his brother in 1891. When they installed the roller system of flour milling they abandoned the lumber enterprise and devoted their entire attention to the business in which they are now engaged. Their mill has a daily capacity of foitv barrels and the company is rapidly increasing its volume of business.

In the year 1906 Mr. Mack wedded Miss Minnie Priest and they now have one child, Raymond. Mr. Mack gives his political support to the democratic party, the principles of which he has decided to be fully adequate, as well as necessary, to place the finances of the country on a firm and immutable foundation. Consequently he is enthusiastic during campaigns and contributes his vote and influence toward the election of its candidates. His wife is affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal church, in which she is an active worker.

The junior member of the firm, J. L. Mack, was born July 20, 1873, and received his education in the common schools of Brownsville. He has always been associated with his brother in business. In 1905 he wedded Miss Georgia Fisher and they have one son, Harold. Like his brother he is a democrat and uses his vote and influence in favor of the candidates of that party. In company with his wife he worships with the sect known as the conservative Dunkards. The Mack brothers are both energetic and enterprising, gifted with keen business discernment and are recognized throughout the community as representative men. They entertain the respect of all with whom they come in contact and are men who bear the reputation of being honest and straightforward in all their business transactions, while to their industry is due the prosperous condition of the enterprise they are conducting.

William Weayent

William Weayent, a descendant of the sturdy German stock of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, where he was born May 28, 1820, settled in McKean township. Licking county, when still a lad and for many years was actively engaged in general agricultural pursuits. His parents, Henry and Mary Weayent, were also natives of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, where they departed this life. They were the parents of eight children, three of whom are living: Isaac, who resides in Pennsylvania; Thomas, of Delaware county, Ohio; and William. When he came to these parts he hired out as a farm hand and worked for wages until he was thirty years of age, during which time he had saved most of his earnings which he invested in the highly improved tract of land on which he is now located.

William Wcayent remained at home, engaging in farm labor, until he was twelve years of age, when he was bound out for the succeeding six years, at the expiration of which time he went to work as a farm hand for himself and was thus employed until he was thirty years of age. He was then united in marriage with Mrs. Beckie Ann Kinneman, a native of New Jersey, and rented a farm which he cultivated for three years, when he removed to Licking county where he cultivated rented property for five years. In the meantime, by careful management and hard work, he had laid by sufficient money to enable him to purchase fifty acres of land in McKean township, on which he located and remained for nine years. In the meantime Mr. Weayent greatly improved his property until it was iYi excellent condition for the production of crops and was eventually fortunate in disposing of it at a handsome profit. He then invested in a farm of one hundred and twenty-seven acres which he now possesses. Through his activity, industry and careful management he has attained prosperity for which he deserves great credit and now in his declining years he can enjoy the leisure and comfort awarded him by his long season of incessant toil.

After the death of his first wife, in 1888, Mr. Weayent was united in marriage with Sarah Rogers, a native of McKean township, but he was not permitted to enjoy her companionship long as she departed this life August 8, 1907. Mr. Weayent is one of the oldest members of the Masonic fraternity in the county, having been affiliated with the society for a period of fifty years, during which time he has passed through all the chairs of the lodge to which he belongs. The democratic party has always received his support as in his opinion, after due deliberation and experience, its platform is the only feasible one to assure the financial integrity and permanent prosperity of the commonwealth. During his long life as an agriculturist he has become familiar with every phase of the work and has perhaps raised everything which the ground is able to bring forth. In later years he also devoted much of his time and attention to raising and feeding sheep. Considering the few advantages he had in his youth and his many years of active labor he well deserves the prosperity with which he is now attended. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and never permits anything to stand in the way of meeting his religious obligations.

Frank H. Ballou

The establishment and control of an honorable and successful business is a work worthy of attention but greater still is the labor of him whose efforts reach out in benefit to the majority of mankind. Frank H. Ballou, in his researches and experiments along horticultural lines, has accomplished a work of lasting value to his fellowmen and is still engaged in this line of labor, as assistant horticultur- ist in charge of the extension work of the horticultural department of the Ohio Experiment Station of Wooster, with headquarters at Newark. Mr. Ballou was born in Franklin township. Licking county, on the 3d of July, 1869, and is a son of Charles E. and Mary J. (Keenen) Ballou. The family is descended from one Maturin Ballou, who was a co-proprietor with Roger AVilliams, the colonial founder of Rhode Island in his Providence plantations. Genealogical researches show that he was a remote descendant of a Norman chieftain who, in 1066, went from France to England with AVilliam the Conqueror. This ancestor, "one Guinebond Balou," was probably a marshal in the army of William of Normandy and took part in the decisive battle of Hastings, resulting in the fusion of Norman civilization with that of the Anglo-Saxon race. It has been established with considerable certainty that Maturin Ballou was the younger son of a younger son of a good family in Devonshire, England, and was probably born between the years 1610 and 1620. Like all the unendowed offshoots of feudal nobility, he had to seek his own fortune and in the '40s in the seventeenth century emigrated to America. The Ballou family in this country numbers among its members many eminent men. The mother of James A. Garfield was a Ballou and the Taft family is also of the same ancestry.

Aurelius Ballou, grandfather of our subject, was born in Chandlersville, Muskingum county, Ohio, January 18, 1818, and was a man of fine mental endowments, whose researches were conducted broadly on many subjects. His natural ability and taste tended toward an intellectual life but unfortunate circumstances prevented a liberal education although he became a broad reader and was not unknown as a writer. For a time he studied for the medical profession and then took up teaching, while he was identified with educational work for several years. About 1853 he became a resident of Licking county, Ohio, settling at the base of Flint ridge in Franklin township where, after years of work, he secured a home of eighty acres on which he lived until his death June 5, 1905. He filled many local positions of responsibility and was a consistent Christian man, who had the respect and esteem of all. On the 8th of September, 1839, in Brookfield, Ohio, he married Sarah Bacon, who was born near Cumberland, Ohio, February 20, 1821, and died June 17, 1903, at the age of eighty-two years.

Charles E. Ballou is the only survivor of their family of four children. He was educated in the district schools and, because of his father's invalid condition, remained at home to care for his parents and continued the management of the home farm until he retired from active life and removed to Newark in November, 1904, building here a comfortable home. He was married October 11, 1868, to Mary Keenen, of Hopewell township, a daughter of John and Amanda (Ellis) Keenen, both now deceased.

Frank IT. Ballou, their only child, was reared on the home farm and acquired a common-school education. As early as his fourteenth year he became intensely interested in horticulture. He first took up vegetable growing and, as he studied, extended his efforts to the growing and care of plants, gradually drifting into the study of the culture and improvement of small fruits. A further step in advance was his work in connection with the cultivation of orchards and as the years went by he delved deeper and deeper into the science of fruit culture, developed the Dale View Fruit Gardens, and became a writer on horticultural subjects for various journals. His labors were conducted along scientific lines, based upon broad study and practical experience and he displayed much of the spirit of the initiative also in his undertakings. His work brought him under the notice of the State Board of Agriculture and, in 1900, he was called to take charge of the horticultural exhibit at the State Fair in Columbus, of which he has been superintendent for eight years. In this capacity he came into touch with the officials of the Ohio Experiment Station and, in 1904, was called to Wooster, Ohio, where he remained four years as assistant horticulturist in charge of the orchards, small fruits and vegetables at that institution. In that capacity he served until the spring of 1908, since which time he has been connected with the station as assistant horticulturist, in charge of horticultural extension work, and secretary of the Ohio State Horticultural Society, with headquarters at Newark. Here he is conducting test work and plant breeding on his own and his father's farms and is producing splendid results that have, through the medium of his many published bulletins of the Experiment Station, made him well known among not only the horticulturists of the state but also of the entire country.

In 1889 Mr. Ballou was married to Miss Clara McPherson, a daughter of John It. McPherson, now deceased, and they have two children, Nellie and Ava. In politics Mr. Ballou is a stalwart republican and both he and his wife are members of the East Main Street Methodist Episcopal church. His chosen life work has been not only a source of revenue to himself but of benefit to all mankind, in that he has wrought out new truths concerning horticultural interests, resulting in a production of better varieties and a knowledge concerning breeding and improvement of fruits and vegetables.

Bryant L. Hawke

One of the leading and well known representatives of financial interests in Licking county is Bryant L. Hawke, who since the organization of the Hebron Bank Company in 1903 has been cashier of the bank. He was born in St. Louisville, this county, February 25, 1870, and is a representative of an old Virginian family. His grandfather, Alfred Ilawke, was born in Virginia and early in the nineteenth century came to Licking county, settling in Eden township, where he developed a farm and made his home until his death. He married Hester Matticks, who was a native of Pennsylvania and of Dutch and English descent, while the Hawkes were of English lineage with a strain of Scotch blood. The first representatives in this country settled in the Old Dominion at an early period in the colonization of America. It was upon the home farm in Eden township that Alfrew Hawke reared his family of twelve children. At the same time he was busily engaged in the work of developing a farm and contributed to the progress and prosperity of the community as the district was transformed from a wilderness into one of the thickly populated and well improved sections of the state.

His son, Joseph Hawke, was born in Eden township, June 4, 1836, and has spent his entire life in this county, giving his attention to general farming and also dealing in timber. He has always been a quiet home man, very exemplary in his habits, never using liquor nor profanity and at all times conforming his life to high moral standards. He married Sophronia Smith, a daughter of Nicholas Gassaway

Smith, who was a native of Virginia and took up his abode in Mary Ann township, this county, at a very early day. He married Sidney A. Sperry, who was born in Muskingum county, Ohio, and was of Virginian parentage. They had a large family of twelve children and the father died when forty-two years of age. The family included Mrs. Hawke, who was born in this county. By her marriage she became the mother of twelve children, of whom four died in infancy. The others are: Bryant L. ; Inez, who died at the age of twenty-one years; Alma, a teacher in the schools of Utica, Ohio: May, a teacher in the schools of Newark; Sylvia, who formerly engaged in teaching but is now at home; Ezra, a civil engineer; Melville, an electrical worker at Hebron ; and Mildred, a student in Denison University.

Reared in the village of St. Louisville, Bryant L. Hawke devoted much of his time in his youthful days to the mastery of the branches of learning taught in the public schools. He afterward entered the Hanover high school, from which he was graduated in the class of 1892. He then took up the profession of teaching, which he followed for eleven years, beginning at the age of twenty and in that field of labor he proved competent, capable and successful. He was also employed in the county treasurer's office for a year and a half prior to his connection with the Hebron Bank Company, which was organized in 1903. At that time he came to the village, where he has since remained and as cashier of the bank has opened its doors every morning. He is proving a popular officer, courteous in his treatment of the patrons of the bank and at the same time most loyal to the interests of the stockholders.

On the 6th of September, 1908, Mr. Hawke was united in marriage with Miss Adrian L. Taylor, a daughter of M. F. Taylor, a successful agriculturist of Thurston, Fairfield county, Ohio. Socially Mr. Hawke is connected with Pataskala Lodge, No. 404, A. F. & A. M., and with Warren Chapter, R. A. M., of Newark, and Bigelow Council, R. & S. M., of Newark. He likewise belongs to Altamaha Lodge, No. 296, K. P., of Granville and to Hebron Camp, M. W. A. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Methodist Episcopal church. He is popular with a large circle of friends because his life is well spent and because he has the strength of character to accomplish in the business world what he undertakes.

Sanford T. Buckland

Sanford T. Buekland, who pursues general agriculture and stock raising in Union township, this county, was born at his present place of residence October 5, 1857, a son of Nelson and Eliza (Winters) Buekland. His grandfather was Thomas Buekland, a native of England, who, with his wife, came to this county at an early date and located on a tract of land covered with forest, upon which they erected a log cabin and subsequently cleared and put under cultivation. One of his children was Nelson, who was only twelve years of age when his father came to this county. For a number of years he engaged in the sawmill business, subsequently devoting his attention to farming, being one of the few in this part of the country who owned and operated a carding machine. His first wife was Honor Wells, a native of this county, by whom he had three children, namely: Miehe, deceased, who was the wife of William Banatta; Byron S. ; and Nelson Richard. Their mother having died in 1839, he wedded Miss Eliza Winters, by whom he had five children, namely: Sarah, who became the wife of William Palmer, residing near Wagram, this county; Clara, who, with her husband, Richard Van Dorn, resides in Newark, Ohi6; John, who wedded Anna McMillan, and lives in Granville; Sanford T., the subject of this sketch; and Laura, who married Charles Burner and lives in Baltimore, Maryland. The father entered into rest in the year 1888, while the mother died in 1900.

The district schools of this county afforded Sanford T. Buekland his preliminary educational advantages, and upon completing his studies therein he pursued a three-years' course in the Newark high school, after which he returned to his father's farm. From that time up to the present he has been engaged in farming and stock raising, and has met with great success in his chosen calling. He owns an elegant tract of land of one hundred acres, a portion of the seven hundred acres constituting the old homestead, and his place, called "Beechwood Spring Farm," deriving its name from the fact that there is a spring and three stalwart beech trees near his residence, is one of the finest in this part of the county. He has made a careful study of soils and has been able to maintain their nutritive properties and has therefore been very successful, both as to the quantity and quality of his products. He also devotes considerable attention to stock raising, and breeds from thoroughbred cattle and sheep.

In 1882 Mr. Buekland wedded Miss May Henderson, a native of Perry county, born November 15, 1861, who when five years of age came to this county with her parents, James and Rebecca (Myers) Henderson. Her father was a native of Perry county and her mother of this county, and they died here at the age of seventy and fifty-eight years respectively. Out of a family of seven children born to James and Rebecca Henderson five lived to maturity. To Mr. and Mrs. Buekland have been born: Ralph, who depaited this life in his seventeenth year when he was a student at the Newark high school ; and Paul and Lois, who reside with their parents. Mr. Buekland has been a life-long republican and takes great pride in the fact that since casting his first vote he has never been induced to withdraw his loyalty from its candidates. He is a member of the Licking Baptist church, and is a man who has always taken considerable interest in the welfare of the community, and is always ready and willing to support whatever measures are designed for its betterment. Being a man of high moral character whose life has always been dominated by a noble purpose, he well deserves the respect of his neighbors, which he has always enjoyed.

Dr. William E. Holmes, who has been engaged in the general practice of medicine in Brownsville for many years and who is recognized by the members of the medical fraternity as a man of deep learning and a physician of sound judgment, was born in Brownsville, October 13, 1855, a son of William T. and Sarah E. (Shuev) Holmes. His father was born in Farquhar county, Virginia, February

22. 1820, and at an early date came to this county, where he remained for a short time and then settled in Muskingum county. For many years he engaged in contracting and building, which business he followed for some time and then traded in general merchandise, later becoming employed as the agent for the Singer Manufacturing Company. In the year 1855 he removed to Brownsville, where he departed this life June 1G, 1895, and was interred in the cemetery at this place. In politics he was a stanch democrat and always gave his political support to that party. He was a man of acknowledged integrity, fair and just in all of his business transactions, a consistent Christian and a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal church. His wife was born in Baltimore, Maryland, October 16, 1825, and with her people removed to Muskingum county, where she was united in marriage. She died February 24, 1907, in Bowling Green township, and was laid to rest in Brownsville cemetery. They were the parents of eight children, namely : Almeda, who married Thomas T. Peyton, of Terre Haute, Indiana, where he is the proprietor of a large hotel; Sarah E., widow of Adam R. Brown, who passed away in Newark: Mary T., who departed this life in 1878; Lemuel W., who is in the mercantile business here; Lucy A., widow of the late Dr. H. Decrow and a resident of Newark. Ohio; Maggie, wife of John W. Green, a merchant of Columbus, Ohio; Nathaniel, who is connected with the White Sewing Machine Company, of Columbus ; and Dr. W. E. Holmes. The Holmes family originally came from England and the grandfather, Nathaniel Holmes, served throughout the Mexican war.

In the common schools of Brownsville, Dr. Holmes acquired his preliminary education and later pursued a course of study in a preparatory institution at Lebanon, Ohio. Upon graduating he taught school for a period of ten years, three of which he spent in Brownsville, two at Normal, Illinois, and five in the schools of Bowling Green township. He then commenced the study of medicine under the preceptorship of J. B. Humphry, of this place and subsequently entered the medical department of the Ohio State College, in Cincinnati, from which he was graduated in the year 1884. He immediately began the practice of his profession in his native town, in which he has since remained. He is a man of wide learning, being versed in all branches of materia medica and surgery and, enjoying an enviable reputation among the members of the fraternity for his scholarship, is appealed to as an authority on many subjects pertaining to the practice. He is a deep and investigating student who takes pride in his profession and has kept abreast of the times in the findings of science and is acknowledged to be one of the most skillful and proficient physicians in the county.

Dr. Holmes is one of the most faithful and enterprising men engaged in his profession and during the twenty-four years he has been practicing medicine in this place he has never laid aside his duties for even a day for the purpose of enjoying an outing. He is a man who is inspired with the noble purpose of helping mankind and it is his greatest joy to he continually active in relieving human suffering and in aiding his fellowmen to regain and preserve health. His long years of service have not only won him the respect of the entire community but have also enabled him to place himself in comfortable circumstances. He owns three elegant residences in this place and in addition one hundred and forty-four acres of fine farm land in Bowling Green township. He is a member of the Masonic lodge, of Brownsville, Ohio, in which he has passed through all of the chairs and is now treasurer.

In politics he gives his support to the democratic party and for a period of four years served the township in the office of treasurer. The doctor is a member of the Presbyterian church. In all the various phases of life he measures up to the full standard of manhood, enjoying the trust and confidence of the general public and the good will of his brethren of the medical fraternity by reason of his close conformity to a high standard of professional ethics.

Benjamin Green

Benjamin Green, of Monroe township, the oldest living representative of one of the largest and first white families settling in this locality, was born July 26, 1832, a son of Rignel and Sarah (Williamson) Green, the former having come to what is now Monroe township in the year 1808. The family originally came from Virginia and located in what is now Fairfield county. The Greens were large landowners who extensively carried on general farming and stock-raising and contributed largely toward improving the conditions of the part of the state where they resided.

Of a family of nine children Benjamin Green is the only surviving member. He was reared on his father's farm, was trained to habits of industry and economy and was surrounded by Christian influences which greatly aided him in his after life. His father was a strict churchman, for many years a local preacher in the Methodist Episcopal church, and was instrumental by his pulpit ministrations and visits in exerting a marked influence for good on the community. His son was therefore brought up in the nurture of an excellent Christian home. While a bov he attended the district school which was conducted in a little log cabin in the neighborhood, there acquiring his education. He remained at home until his marriage, when he settled down in this township where he has always lived, six years later purchasing the farm he now cultivates.

Mr. Green's place consists of two hundred and sixty-four acres of land, all of which is highly improved and under cultivation. He has made a study of the nature of the soil, in its adaptation to the production of various kinds of grain and from year to year has succeeded in deriving bountiful harvests. In addition to raising large quantities of hay, wheat, corn and oats, he devotes considerable attention to stock-breeding and keeps on hand many head of the fine cattle which he feeds and puts into marketable condition. His farm bears every evidence of care and thrift and manifests the interest and enterprise of its owner. It is provided with an elegant and comfortable residence, has commodious barns and outbuildings, which are in good condition, and in fact is equipped with every modern convenience for carrying on farming and stock-raising by the most progressive methods.

On April 21, 1856, Mr. Green was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth (douse, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Dague) Clouse, and they are now parents of the following children: Granville W., deceased; Flora D., who became the wife of Charles AVilliamson, a farmer in Jersey township: Harry P., of Johnstown, Monroe township: Mary E., deceased: Missouri, wife of Willard (douse, who is engaged in fanning in Indiana; Horton, deceased; Helen E., wife of Joel Fitzwater; Hattie, now Mrs. Milton Day; and Benjamin Wallace, deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Green have lived a long and happy life together, two years ago celebrating their golden wedding, and now in their advanced years are still in the enjoyment of good health.

In politics Mr. Green allies himself with the republican party, voting that ticket since 1,856 when lie cast his ballot for General Fremont, who was then candidate for president. Since then he has been loyal to the party, a stanch supporter of its principles and has always exerted his influence for its success. In the affairs of the township he has always taken a lively interest and throughout his life has strongly agitated public improvements with special emphasis on good roads and an excellent public-school system. For two years he served the township as trustee and for many years as road supervisor, having also been an efficient member of the school board. He has always been dutiful in carrying out his religious obligations and for many years has been a zealous supporter of the United Brethren church in which he is a trustee and of which he has been a member for upwards of forty years. The church building, which is within a few rods of his house, was erected chiefly through his instrumentality and the congregation, of which he was one of the organizers, depends on him to a great extent for its maintenance. Mr. Green is a man of unquestioned integrity, while his excellent qualities, refinement and culture having won him the respect of the entire community. Although lie had but few educational advantages in institutions of learning, he has always been a student and through his reading has become thoroughly acquainted with a wide range of subjects. Perhaps no citizen is held in greater respect than he nor has any contributed more to the material, moral and social benefit of the township.

Royal Bruce

General agriculture and stock-raising occupy the time and attention of Royal Bruce, who operates a farm of many acres of highly cultivated land in Burlington township. On this place he was born November 1, 1859, son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Robison) Bruce, his father having emigrated from Wales to the new world when three years of age in company with his parents. His wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Bruce, was a native of England and at the age of fifteen years came to America, where she remained until she departed this life, May 28, 1898, having survived her husband by fifteen years. They reared a family of two children, one of whom is Royal Bruce, the other, John, being deceased.

Royal Bruce remained in the parental domicile until he was united in marriage to Miss Henrietta Montgomery, April 6, 1882. She was born in this county. October 30, 1859, daughter of Samuel and Marv Montgomery, both of whom were born in this county. Her mother passed away August 27, 1894, and her father, January 7, 1904. Mrs. Bruce was the youngest of a family of ten children.

After his marriage Mr. Bruce purchased a farm containing one hundred acres in Burlington township on which he lived for a period of seventeen years and then moved on the farm which he now has under cultivation. It contains two hundred and seventy-five acres which lie has greatly improved and which constitutes one of the fine farms of the county. Aside from cultivating all kinds of grain he makes a specialty of raising and feeding stock, at which he has been very successful. He uses modern machinery in the cultivation of his land and his place is equipped with every convenience for profitably carrying on his chosen occupation.

Mr. Bruce is one of the most successful farmers in the county and it has been through his enterprise and capable management that he has come into possession of the many acres he now owns, while through his unwearied efforts he has put his land in such condition as to be classed with the finest in the county for agricultural purposes. He had the advantage of only a common-school education and otherwise had but little on which to depend in order to secure success in life. However, he was a man of sound judgment and one naturally gifted with the power to manage affairs and, with these qualifications at his command, he went to work, tilling the soil, realizing that out of the ground comes all wealth. He soon discovered that the incessant application of his energy was not in vain and now is proprietor of one of the finest and best paying farms in the county.

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce are the parents of the following children: Thomas S. ; R. R., who is married and resides in Burlington township; Nina B. ; Lena L., a teacher in the public schools; Mary E., a milliner; John H. ; Myrtle L. ; and Louise E. Mr. Bruce and his wife are faithful to their religious obligations and are ardent supporters of the Christian church. In politics Mr. Bruce is a supporter of the republican party inasmuch as it is his candid opinion that only in so far as the government is controlled by its principles will the country be assured of permanent prosperity. Consequently he not only rejoices in the successes of the party but does all he can through his vote and influence during campaigns to aid in the election of its candidates to office. Highly respected throughout the community as an honest, upright and straightforward man, it has been largely due to these qualities that he has reached his present status of prosperity.

Herbert E. Winslow

Herbert E. Winslow, a man of considerable learning, who for many years has been identified with the agricultural and stock-raising interests in Hartford township, was born April 28, 1856, on the farm where he now resides, and is a son of Horace and Mary Rice (Henry) Winslow, both of whom were natives of Rutland county, Vermont, where they were united in marriage, coming to this county in early life. Their journey was long and arduous. They came by canal from Cleveland, arriving in Newark on the 5th of July, 1841, when the town was in an uproar of celebration (since the 4th of July fell on Sunday), and from that place they were transported to Croton by a colored man who took them in a wagon over the road cut through the forests. In that town they were met by William Winslow, a younger brother, who had preceded them to this place some six years before and who was engaged in the mercantile business. Upon arriving in this county Horace Winslow decided to engage in farming, and in September, 1811, purchased the farm where his son Herbert now resides and which has been in possession of the family ever since. In that day the entire tract of land was covered with timber but through the activity of Mr. Winslow the greater portion of it was soon hewn down. During the fall of the same year the land was plowed and sown with wheat. Upon his farm in 1860 Mr. Winslow erected a frame residence in which he and his wife spent their remaining days, the father passing away November £0, 1893, and his wife, October 28, 1898. Mr. Winslow was a man of strong intelligence and force of character, thoroughly informed on all public questions, and was said to have been a great power in debate, especially in political arguments. He was an abolitionist and later a republican, his wide reading and studious habits well qualifying him to defend any position he took on public questions, including religion and social economy. He attained success in a high degree and was highly respected by all who knew him. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Winslow were born seven children: Mary, who became the wife of Henry

Edgerton, of Allegan, Michigan : George, an agriculturist of Barry county, Michigan; Hattie; Wesley, deceased; Herbert E., Ada and Ida, twins, Ida being now the wife of Gilbert Larkin, of Newark.

Herbert E. Winslow has spent his life on the old homestead upon which occurred his birth. He was educated in the district schools, at the same time being attentive to the duties of the farm, and under the instruction of his father becoming proficient in all departments of business. He had full charge of the affairs of the farm for some years before his father departed this life and in 1899 bought the land and is now residing here with sister Hattie. This is considered one of the finest farms in the county and the long years of careful cultivation have adapted it to the raising of the best crops.

Mr. Winslow is a republican in politics and, being a man of high moral character, he upholds all that is highest and best in both public and private life. He is a member of Croton Lodge, K. P., meeting in Trenton; Grange, 998, of Delaware county, and the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he is a trustee and steward. The church organization to which he belongs was liberally supported by his father, who was one of its founders and who attended its services when the congregation met in a log school house, while later the Winslow family were instrumental in securing the present frame building. Mr. Winslow is a great reader, and being a lover of the best literature he has accumulated quite a large library. He also subscribes to many of the best monthly and weekly publications and upon the whole is one of the best informed men of the township. He is in every respect worthy of the confidence of the people and is looked upon as one of the most substantial men in the county.

Stmon Odell Smoke

Simon Odell Smoke was born on the farm he now cultivates in Etna township. Licking county, October 26, 1864. He descends from a family the members of which were among the pioneers of this part of the state, his grandfather, Dennis Smoke, having settled here at an early date. He engaged in the pursuit of agricul-

Showers, Mrs. Margaret Mazelin, Mrs. Jane Brock, Mrs. Maria Brock, Dennis, Jacob and Mrs. Kate Goode. Isaac Smoke, father of the subject of this review, was born March 19, 1826, on a farm located three-quarters of a mile north of the one on which his son now resides, and remained there until six years ago, when he and his wife went to Columbus where they are now living in retirement. Mrs. Smoke bore the maiden name of Mary Jane Griffith, and was born in Fairfield county in 1838, on a farm located five miles southwest of the present home of her son, Simon Odell, wrherc she remained until she was married. In their family were three children, namely: Emma, widow' of Adam Minehart, of Columbus; Etta, wife of Martin Poff, of Shepard, Ohio; and Simon Odell.

The last named has always resided on his present farm, and here during his boyhood days he became familiar with the wrork of the fields under the supervision of his father, at the same time availing himself of the advantages offered by the district schools. After completing his studies he settled down on the old homestead, where he has since been engaged in general farming. He tills two hundred and sixty-seven acres of land which is located on the county line and separated by the public highway, fifty acres being in Fairfield county. This tract originally belonged to his parents, from whom he made the purchase. In addition to having an elegant brick residence which was erected by his father in 1875, Mr. Smoke has a fine barn which he built himself and substantial outbuildings for the shelter of grain and stock. His farm is provided with every convenience to enable him to pursue his occupation by modern methods. Aside from producing general crops he makes a specialty of the dairy business, and at present has thirty fine milch cow's and for some time has been carrying on a lucrative trade in dairy products in the markets of Columbus.

On February 1-1, 1886, Mr. Smoke w'edded Miss Mary Rickley, a native of this towmship where her birth occurred September 1, 1867, and a daughter of Frederick and Sarah (Hagy) Rickley, both of whom reside here. To Mr. and Mrs. Smoke have been born ten children: Grover, who lives in Columbus; Walter, Oliver, Myrtle, Ora, Helen, Irma, Carl, Earl and Elmer. In politics Mr. Smoke has always been a republican and is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He belongs to St. Jacobs German Reformed church, of Germantown. He is a man of noble traits of character, of industry and enterprise, and these qualities have always enabled him to stand high in the respect and confidence of the community.

Samuel J. Parr

Samuel J. Parr, a prosperous and wrell knowm farmer of Franklin township, a member of a family that for more than a century has been identified with the agricultural interests of Licking county, was born in Franklin township, October 10, 1851. His parents w'erc George D. and Leanah (Hisey) Parr, the former being a native of this county where his birth occurred on September 3, 1818. Here he w'as reared and educated and engaged in tilling the soil until he departed this life in the year 1808, at the ripe old age of eighty years. He was considered one of the substantial and representative citizens of the county, was recognized as a leader in politics on the democratic side and served the community in a number of township offices. His wife was a native of Shenandoah county, Virginia, where she was born in the year 1821, and when a girl removed to this county, where she was united in marriage and where she passed away on September 29, 1898, and was laid to rest beside her husband, who passed away in the same year. She came to this county with her father, Jonathan Hisev, who was one of the early settlers of the community, having located here in the year 1828. Mr. and Mrs. Parr had the following children: Jonathan, deceased; Elizabeth, wife of T. E. Osborn, a retired farmer of Newton ; and Samuel J.

In the old-time log school house Samuel J. Parr acquired his education and then remained on the home farm until he was twenty-two years of age, when he located on a farm in Franklin township, where he has since followed agricultural pursuits. His farm embraces one hundred and fifty acres of excellent land, the soil being rich and very productive. When he took hold of this tract it was practically undeveloped and without any buildings but Mr. Parr at once industriously applied himself to the task of development and has since improved the property with an excellent residence and the necessary outbuildings and modern machinery so that his farm is now as fine a piece of land for agricultural purposes as there is in the county. In addition to producing hay and the various kinds of grain, Mr. Parr makes a specialty of breeding and feeding Chester White hogs and he has as fine stock in that line as can be procured.

Mr. Par r, on May 7, 1874, wedded Miss Sybilla C. Motherspaugh, a native of Franklin township, and a daughter of Samuel and Marv Ann (Swisher) Motherspaugh, who were also born in Franklin township, their births occurring in 1825 and 1 830 respectively. Both passed away in the year 1889, on their farm in Franklin township near the Lutheran church, which is now occupied by their son. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Parr have been born the following children: William

C. and Orville G., deceased : Bessie, wife of Charles Tavener, a farmer of Franklin township; and Maud. In politics Mr. Parr has always been associated with the democratic party and for several years served as township trustee. He is a member of the agricultural board of Newark and in Masonry of the blue lodge, chapter and consistory. He is also affiliated with Rowland Lodge, No. 305, Knights of Pythias. Mr. Parr is a man of acknowledged integrity and one of the enterprising and representative men of tire community. It has been through his own exertions and careful management that he has attained to his present position of independence and prosperity.

Milton L. Montgomery

Milton L. Montgomery, one of the pioneer agriculturists of Perry township, this county, who for upwards of three-quarters of a century has been actively engaged in tilling the soil and is now living a retired life in the enjoyment of the fruits of his long season of honest and earnest toil, was born here March 30,

Mr. And Mrs. M. L. Montgomery

1828, a son of Henry and Mary (Grimes) Montgomery, his father having been a native of county Tyrone, Ireland, where his birth occurred January 8, 1700. With other members of the family Henry Montgomery landed in America in 1803, locating in Augusta county, Virginia, where he remained until his marriage with Miss Mary Grimes, who was born there. Removing to Licking county, he located in this township, where he lived in the active pursuit of agriculture and stockraising until he departed this life. He was among the early pioneers of this county and was numbered among those who hewed down the forests and transformed the rough and arid acres into the vast expanse of fertile fields which today make the state known throughout the country for its fruitfulness. For sixty-four years he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, having united with that organization in the year ]807. Among his children were: Margaret,

. The boyhood days of Milton L. Montgomery were spent upon his father's farm, where he engaged in the daily routine of agricultural life during the summer season and in the winter attended the district school, where he obtained the rudiments of an education, for at that time the school system in the county was far from its present state of development and offered few advantages of anything like what would approach a complete course of training, but with this Mr. Montgomery was obliged to be satisfied, and he remained on the home farm until he was united in marriage, at which period of his life he left home and purchased the farm upon which he now resides. When he located upon this land it was in a raw condition, most of it being covered with timber and the remaining portion in a rough and undeveloped state and it was only by hard work, perseverance and patience that he succeeded in putting it into shape for cultivation. His first dwelling house was a small log cabin, having a clapboard roof, puncheon floors and the usual latch string upon the door. In this he lived for two years. Subsequently he erected a frame dwelling house which he vacated after fourteen years and constructed an elegant brick residence, consisting of thirteen rooms, which is considered one of the finest residences in Perry township. He owns three hundred acres of land, all of which is highly cultivated and on which he has made many improvements. The farm is provided writh every convenience wdth which to carry on the work to the greatest advantage. While Mr. Montgomery has always paid attention to producing general crops he is engaged especially in raising and feeding stock and during his career he has shipped large quantities of horses, cattle, sheep and hogs throughout this and adjoining states.

Fie was united in marriage to Miss Matilda J. Fleming, a native of this towmship, where her birth occurred August 26, 1833, and a daughter of T. D. and Rebecca (Hall) Fleming, both of whom were natives of this county, wdiere they spent their days and departed this life. To this union have been born three children, namely: Quinn, the eldest, living in Perry township; Emma I., widow nf John W intermute ; and Anna R., deceased. The mother died in March, 1909. Mr. Montgomery is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, with wrhich he has been affiliated for over fifty years, and in which for over forty years he was a leading factor in all departments of the w^ork. His long life in this township has been one beyond reproach and nowr in his declining years, surrounded bv the prosperity - the fruits of his days of activity - he can now look back upon a well spent life and forward without fear, knowing assuredly that for his goodness, the interest he has taken in spreading the gospel of his Master and the exemplary life he has spent in the community, there can await nothing short of a glorious immortality.

Adam Emswiler

Among the worthy citizens and substantial agriculturists of Etna township, is Adam Emswiler, whose influence lias been felt not only in local public affairs but also in the part he has taken to develop the natural resources of the township and enhance its best interests. Fie has spent his entire life on the farm in Etna township on which his birth occurred March 12, 1855, and is a son of William Emswiler. He was a son of George and Frances (Corbin) Emswiler, natives of old Virginia, who in 1837 came to this count}', where they spent their remaining days and reared the following children: William, John, Joseph, Elizabeth, Katherine, Frances and Susan. William Emswiler was born in Rockingham county, Virginia, January 6, 1818, and came to Licking county with his parents in 1837, making the journey by means of wagon and on horseback and locating on a farm adjoining the one now cultivated by the subject of this review. Here he spent his remaining days, having entered into rest November 25, 1889. When he came to this county he was practically without capital and upon his arrival secured employment as a farm hand at thirty-five cents per day, but, having been a man of health and vigor and naturally endowed with business ability, he gradually bettered his circumstances until at the time of his death he owned seven hundred and eighty acres of the finest land in this township and also had a section in Marion county, Kansas, on both of which tracts he pursued general farming and stockraising, feeding all of his own stock and driving his herds to market. He did not care for public or social life, preferring rather to live in the quietude of his home circle. Consequently lie was not affiliated with any fraternal organizations nor did he interest himself in political affairs, the only public life in which he took an interest being that of the church and he was a faithful attendant on the services of the United Brethren denomination. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Susan Goss, was a native of Fairfield county, Ohio, born in November, 1828, and a daughter of George and Barbara Goss. She remained at home until her marriage and during her latter years resided with her son William of Etna township, in whose home she departed this life July 2, 1900. She reared a family of ten children, five of whom lived to maturity, namely: Maggie, deceased, who was the wife of J. 0. Snyder; Lida, who lives with her husband, James 0. Prior, in Etna township; Adam ; and John and William, agriculturists of Etna township.

Adam EmswileFs educational advantages were those afforded bv the neighboring schools and upon completing his studies he remained upon the home farm. Here he has since resided and acquired quite a reputation as a breeder of horses and hogs. His farm embraces three hundred and twelve acres and aside from this tract of land he also owns another farm containing seventy-one acres in Lima township, both of which properties are highly improved and cultivated. The home farm is widely known throughout the state by reason of the fact that when the pike was built in the early days there was located on it a tavern, which transacted an immense business and which accommodated the entire volume of travel from the east to points farther west. While Mr. Emswiler produces general crops his specialty is stock-raising and he buys and feeds stock of all kinds, having at present on hand sixteen head of high grade horses, one hundred head of hogs and thirty head of cattle, shipping at least two carloads of cattle annually. His stock farm is the equal of any in this part of the state and, having had a wide experience in the breeding of the various animals, he is recognized as an authority, particularly on horses and cattle.

On May 21, 1890, Mr. Emswiler wedded Lizzie D. Seever, a daughter of George W. and Caroline (Eversal) Seever, both of whom spent their entire lives in Fairfield county, where they reared five children, namely: Charles M., a resident of Baltimore, Ohio; David M., who lives near Millersport, Ohio; George C. and Bertie, who' also reside near Millersport ; and Lizzie D., who was born near that place. In the family of Mr. and Mrs. Emswiler are Owen H., Byron S., Lee E., Zoa B., Mary C. and Delmas D. While Mr. Emswiler is not an active politician he has always been loyal to the republican party and uses his influence in behalf of the election of its candidates. He has served for the past ten years as a school director and for several terms as a road supervisor. His business relations have always been conducted on the basis of honesty and his general demeanor being such as to command the confidence and respect of his neighbors he merits a place among the township's worthy citizens.

Ira E. Kelsey

Ira E. Kelsey, deceased, who for many years was numbered among the most prominent, prosperous and leading business men of Licking county, was born in Newport, New Hampshire, in 1816, a son of Ezekiel and Mary (Goodwin) Kelsey, who were natives of the old Granite state. The former at one time had extensive interests there, owning five hundred acres of land in New Hampshire. Later he became a planter in the south. His family numbered four children but Ira E. Kelsey was the only one who lived to marry, the others being Dr. Willard Kelsey, Harriet A. and Mary A.

In the state of his nativity Ira E. Kelsey remained until 1837, when, at the age of twenty-one years, he came alone to Ohio, which was then the "far west." Necessity rendered it imperative that he secure immediate employment and he worked east of Newark and in the vicinity of Hebron. He also engaged in teaching in the country schools for about ten years, as his own intellectual development qualified him for this work. He also clerked in warehouses in this county when the canal was the main artery of trade here. At the time of the Mexican war he joined Captain Duncan's Licking Rangers and served at the front in defense of the interests of this country. After the war he established himself in business as a merchant but later the fertility of his resource enabled him to extend his efforts into various lines and at different times he handled lumber, grain and other commodities and in the management of his interests met with well merited prosperity. After the close of the Civil war, about 1867, a man from Zanesville erected the second tile factory in the state of Ohio and after it had been in operation for nine months Mr. Kelsey, with a partner, purchased this tile factory, which he conducted until his death. He withdrew from mercantile fields in 1870 and concentrated his energies upon industrial interests. The title which he manufactured was of such excellence that it brought to him a wide reputation in that line and his trade extended throughout the LTnited States, while some shipments were made to Mexico. His business became one of the most important and extensive productive concerns of the county and he ranked with the leading business men. In public affairs he was also prominent and his efforts constituted a factor in the substantial growth and development of this part of the state. He became one of the charter members of the Disciple church of Hebron and the influence of his life was always on the side of justice, truth and advancement. He was an active Mason, being in sympathy with the basic principles of the order, and was a stalwart republican and on the party ticket was elected to a number of village offices, the duties of which lie discharged with promptness and fidelity.

As a companion and helpmate on the journey of life Mr. Kelsey chose Miss Sarah Marsh, who was born in Herkimer county, New York, in 1829, and in 1832 was brought to Ohio by her parents, Lyman and Laura (Mayhew) Marsh, who were natives of the Empire state. They had four children when they came to Ohio and four were born here. They located at Hebron and Mrs. Kelsey remained throughout the rest of her days a resident of this village, her death occurring in May, 1908. Bv her marriage she became the mother of three children: Isadore, the wife of Captain J. T. Millhouse, of Hebron; Milton, who is mentioned on another page of this work; and Mary, the wife of Lemuel Baumgardner, living near Hebron in LTnion township. There were also two children who died in infancy.

Robert B. Alsdorf

For almost the Psalmist's allotted span of three score years and ten has Robert B. Alsdorf been a resident of this county. Great changes have occurred during this period. At the time of his arrival here in his early childhood there were still many log cabins in the county, the native forest trees were in places uncut and while the work of improvement was being steadily carried forward, there was a vast amount to be done ere the county would take on its present evidence of an advanced and progressive civilization. Many changes have been made in the manner of living and in the way that business is conducted. In his youthful days the old time farm machinery was yet in vogue and it is within his memory when the modern riding plow, thresher, cultivator and mowing machine were introduced. Jn his home community he has borne an active part in the work of general improvement and has long figured here as an influential citizen. The birth of Mr. Alsdorf occurred in Schenectady county. New York, July 26, 1837. The ancestry is traced back to Lawrence Alsdorf, who came to America in 1760 from the north of Germany, near Hoi- land, and settled on the Hudson, near Xewburg, New York. He served under General Washington in the Revolutionary war and came of a family of patriots that rendered much assistance to the new republic. After the war he took up his abode on a farm in Schenectady county, New York, where he died at the age of ninety years. He held membership in the Presbyterian church and donated land for the site of the church and cemetery. He was married twice and both wives preceded him in death. He left two sons, Sylvester and Seaman.

Sylvester Alsdorf was a soldier of the war of 1812. He married Lydia Brown of Saratoga county, New York, and later followed farming near Schenectady. He and his wife were Presbyterians in belief although identified with the Methodist church for a number of years while living at Clifton Park. In politics he was a democrat in early life, but afterward became independent, supporting for office only the men best qualified for the services required. He died at the Glenville homestead, in New York, at the age of more than four score and ten years while his wife passed away only a few months previous. They were the parents of eleven children, eight of whom attained adult age: Sarah, who became the wife of John Huffman and died at Glenville, New York: Jacob, a farmer who died in Schenectady county. New York: Elias T., who passed away in the same county; Elizabeth, who became the wife of Nelson Cole and died in Saratoga county. New York: Maria, who wedded William Ilayes and died in Saratoga county, New York; Valentine, a farmer and grain dealer, who died in Utica, Ohio, in 1861; Lawrence, who died at Mount Vernon, Ohio, in 1807, and William Alsdorf, who died at Utica in 1800.

William Alsdorf, son of Sylvester Alsdorf, was born in Schenectady county, New York, September 17, 1811 - spent his early years on the home farm and acquired his education in the pioneer school houses of that day. He married Sarah Reed, a native of Ireland, who had come to America from County Donegal in 1831, in company with her widowed mother, Mrs. Susanna Buchanan Reed, three sisters and a brother, John Reed. Her father, James Reed, died in County Donegal, where he spent his entire life. Sarah Reed was born in 1815 and in 1836 became the wife of William Alsdorf. In 1830 they removed to Licking county, Ohio, in company with Valentine and Susanna (Reed) Alsdorf, the latter a sister of Mrs. Sarah Alsdorf. The journey was made by way of the Erie canal, Lake Erie and the Ohio canal. William Alsdorf settled on a farm of one hundred and fifty acres in Washington township and, after living for five years in a log cabin, erected a substantial residence which is still standing. He also built a sawmill which he operated for about eight years. For a time he was in partnership with his brother-in-law, John Reed, but eventually purchased his interests. In 1858 he decided to remove his family to Utica and, on the death of his brother, Valentine, in the spring of 1861, took charge of the warehouse and elevator business on a lease. A year later lie bought the property and conducted a general grain and livestock business, also acting as station master for the Sandusky, Mansfield & Newark Railroad, which later passed into the control of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company. His youngest son, Wvlie C., succeeded him in the railroad business, while his three elder sons, Robert B., John R. and William A., took charge of the shipping business, which they conducted under the firm name of Alsdorf Brothers, for more than thirty years.

Mr. and Mrs. William Alsdorf were parents of eight children, seven of whom lived to maturity, Robert being the eldest. The others are: John Reed, of Johnstown, Ohio; Fannie C., who became the wife of Levi Ivnowlton and died in Utica in 1900; Charlotte Collin, who married William McClelland and died in Utica in 1869 ; William A., who is associated with his brother, Robert, in the grain business and who, in 1887, married Lilian Miller, at Utica ; Wylie, who married Emma D. Moore in 1881 and is station agent at Utica; and Nannie, wife of Frank R. Simmons, of Erie, Pennsylvania. The father, William Alsdorf, was a man of strong temperance views and he and his wife were members of the Presbyterian church, as are their immediate descendants. He served as president of the Licking County Agricultural Society for many years, laid the present racing track on the grounds, was a member of the board fourteen years and did much for the advancement of its work. He lost his wife November 1, 1894, when she was seventy-nine years of age and he died in 1899, aged eighty-five years, greatly honored and respected by all because of his sterling integrity of character, excellent judgment and upright principles.

Robert B. Alsdorf was a little child of but three years when brought by his parents to Ohio in 1839. The family home was established on a farm about two miles south of Utica on Lake Fork, the father having there one hundred and fifty acres of land, which he cultivated, and also a sawmill, operated by him for a number of years. Robert B. Alsdorf there remained until about twenty years of age, when the family removed to Utica, the father afterward purchasing the warehouse and conducting the warehouse and the railroad station until he turned over the business to his sons, - Robert B., John R. and William A., taking charge of the shipping business while Wylie C. became station master. Robert B. Alsdorf has remained in Utica since 1838 and since his marriage has lived continuously in one house. He engaged in the grain business with his brothers here, buying and shipping grain, stock and wool. The three brothers, Robert B., John R. and William A., were partners in business for about thirty years, when John R. withdrew and is now a business man of Johnstown. A few years later the other two brothers divided their interests, William A. continuing to deal in wool and grain while Mr. Alsdorf, of this review, took as his share the real-estate interests of their business. He has continued, however, with his brother, William, in the hay trade and their sales return to them a gratifying annual income. As an operator in real estate he has handled considerable valuable property and has enjoyed wellmerited success. He now owns sixtv-two acres of land near the town of Utica, upon which the first gas well in the vicinity was sunk. He likewise has a nice residence property in the town, and other valuable property.

In 1864 Robert B. Alsdorf enlisted in the one hundred days' service and was mustered out with the rank of sergeant, after having served four months in Company A, One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Ohio Infantry. He was also one of the "squirrel hunters," who aided the state in 1861. He participated in two engagements, in which a number of his comrades were taken prisoners and sent to Andersonville prison.

On the 30th of January, 1868, at Utica, Mr. Alsdorf was married to Miss Allie R. Stevens, who was born in Utica, Ohio, January 3, 1848, a daughter of James S. and Julia (Penn) Stevens. The father was born at Utica, August >? 3,

1821. His parents, Uzziel and Almarv (Bacon) Stevens, came to Utica in the early part of the nineteenth century from New York state. They had five sons and a daughter: John, who died in California; Lemuel, of Utica; Uzziel, of Mount Vernon, Ohio; Elijah, of Logansport, Indiana; James S., who died at Mansfield, Ohio ; and Maria, who became the wife of E. McConnell and after his death married the Rev. Samuel Collins, of Pittsburg, where she later passed away.

James Smith Stevens, father of Mrs. Alsdorf, was born at Utica in 1821 and was married November 2, 1843, in Utica, Ohio, to Miss Julia Ann Penn. The ancestry of the Penn family is traced back to Joseph Penn, who was born in 1781 in Anne Arundel county, Maryland, to which place his parents had emigrated from England early in the century. They were the possessors of a large estate. Their family numbered six children, of whom Joseph was the eldest. . Having arrived at mature years he married Rachel Jones, and with their two children, Rebecca and William, they arrived in Licking county in November, 1811, as members of a party of twenty-five adults, including his brother, Joshua, and four sisters, Rachel, Sallie, Mary and Margaret Penn, with their families. The second wedding ceremony performed in Washington township was a double one when two jf Mr. Penn?s sisters were married - Mary, to Joshua Barry, and Margaret, to Elijah Ryan. Mrs. Rachel Penn's brothers, Erasmus and Lemuel Jones, came from Maryland to Ohio in 1813 and settled on farms near Utica. Joseph and Rachel Penn had ten children, of whom two died in infancy. The others were as follows: Rebecca, born in Maryland in 1808, became the wife of Henry Marriott and removed to Union county, Ohio. William, born in Maryland in 1810, and Joshua, in Utica, both lived to an advanced age and died on the old homestead. Mary, born in 1818, died at the age of fourteen. Julia Ann, born in 1820, married James S. Stevens and passed away on the 12th of April, 1909. Rachel, born in 1823, and Marion Barry, born in 1826, never married but devoted their lives to the care of their aged mother and blind brother, William. Eliza, born in 1831, became the wife of William Gourlev and died at their home near Utica. Joseph Penn, the father of this family, died in 1859 while his wife passed away in 1873, aged eighty-six years. She was the last survivor of the colony of twenty-five persons who emigrated to Ohio over the mountains from Maryland in 1811. Joseph Penn was a man of sterling integrity and strong Christian principles. His sympathies went out to the friendless and the suffering and his house was one of the underground stations, where escaping slaves were given aid and sent on their way northward. He was noted for his judicial fairness and was often called upon to settle neighborhood disputes. He and his wife held membership in the Methodist Episcopal church and a memorial window has been recently placed in the new church to their memory by their only living daughter, Mrs. Julia A. Stevens.