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At that time he married Miss Alice Reichard, who died four years later. She left one child, now Mrs. Zella Sprague, who lives in LaGrange and is the mother of three children. On November 17 , 1889, Mr. Aldrich married Estella Freeman of LaGrange. They are the parents of three children: James Clark, who was born February 10, 1891, is now active manager of one of his father's farms, and married Mary Burton. Dewey S., the second child, was born July 6, 1891, and was named in honor of the victor at Manila Bay; he had one year in the Grafton High School and is now cultivating one of his father's farms. The youngest is Esther Anna, who was born May 5, 1900, and is now in the junior class of the Elyria High School. Mr. Aldrich was born and bred a republican, has always been loyal to the principles of that party but is not a politician. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

CHARLES J. CREHORE is an Elyria citizen who, amid the cares and responsibilities of an active and successful business career, has found and utilized many opportunities for doing good in his community through his relationship with various organizations and institutions. He has spent all his life in Lorain County and is one of the best products of its environment.

Born on a farm in Sheffield Township September 22, 1872, he is a son of George and Keziah (Walker) Crehore. His father, who was born in Surrey, New Hampshire, June 16, 1832, son of George, Sr., who was a native of Connecticut and of an old family of that colony, came as a young man to Lorain County and secured a tract of land on the shores of Lake Erie in Sheffield Township, where he followed agriculture and stock raising until his death in July, 1876. His wife, who died in December, 1883, was born and reared in Sheffield Township, where her father. Wing Walker, was an early settler. They were the parents of seven children. Clara, Hattie and Frederick, all deceased; George, a Sheffield Township farmer; Grace, deceased; Charles J.; and Robbins B.

'When Charles J. Crehore was four years of age his father died, and seven years later he was deprived of the care of his mother. He afterwards lived in the home of his guardians, first Edwin P. Burrell, and after four years with Lewis D. Boynton. In the meantime he gained an education in the district schools of his native township and in the Elyria High School, from which he graduated in 1893, and then spent one year in the study of law. His business career began as a buyer and shipper of livestock. In 1895 he organized the firm of Crehore, Fauver & Robinson, and for five years conducted one of the popular clothing stores in Elyria. In a business way Mr. Crehore is best known through his relations with the Elyria Lumber & Coal Company, of which he is secretary and treasurer and general manager. In 1899 he organized the Weller Engineering Company of Elyria, and followed this two years later by organizing and incorporating the Elyria Lumber & Coal Com- pany, which then assumed the property and business of the engineering company, but the two companies were conducted as individual organizations. The Lumber & Coal Company, of which H. B. Hecock is president, has a large plant for the handling of lumber, coal and cement products, at the corner of Chestnut and Elm streets in Elyria.

Special interest attaches to his activities outside of his private business. He is a charter member of the Elyria Chamber of Commerce, is one of its directors, and has served on several of its important committees. In politics he is a republican.

In 1913 Mr. Crehore was appointed a member of the Elyria School Board, filling the vacancy caused by the resignation of Doctor Maynard. In the fall of 1914 he was elected to succeed himself and became president of the board in January, 1916. For a number of years he has actively shared the responsibilities of the Social Settlement Associations, Associated Charities. Elyria Memorial Hospital Association, and both the city and county Young Men's Christian Association. He and his family are members of the First Congregational Church.

In 1894 he married Miss Harriet Hancock, who was born and reared in Avon Township. a daughter of Henry and Betsev Hancock. To their marriage was born three children: Robert Henry, aged nineteen, who graduated from the Elyria High School in 1914, attended Oberlin College one year. and is now a student at the Ohio State University, pursuing a course in agriculture; Lester Charles, who died August 15. 1909; and Marian Louise.

A. F. McQvuEeEeN, M. D. An Amherst physician whose experience and abilities have brought him to a recognized position of prominence is A. F. McQueen. who enjoys a large private practice in that locality and took up his professional work there a few years ago backed hy a liberal education and a long and thorough training in medical school and hospital.

He represents an old family of Northern Ohio. His grandfather Joel H. McQueen came along to Lorain County when a young man and for fifteen years sailed the Great Lakes, rising to the post of captain of a vessel. He finally tired of the water, and then settled on the farm where he died in Brownhelin Township. He married Abbie Betts. Her father Alfred H. Betts was a graduate of Delbert College in Cleveland, and was an early minister of the Congregational Church, erecting the first church of that denomination in Brownhelm Township. That edifice is still standing and is used as a place of worship today.

Doctor McQueen was born in Brownhelm Township of Lorain County January 7, 1884, a son of Fred B. and Anna (Savage) McQueen. His mother was born in Pennsylvania in 1857 and his father in Brownhelm Township of Lorain County in 1854. They were married in Brownhelm and are still living. His father has been one of the practical farmers of Brownhelm Township for many years, and still owns a hundred acres, largely in fruit. and at one time he had an orchard of twenty acres in' peaches. While always active in republican polities. he has seldom sought effice, and served only as township trustee and assessor. The family are members of the Congregational Church. Fred B. McQueen and wife are the parents of four children, three of whom are still living: Milo W. is on a farm: Ed was a mechanic and was killed in 1915; Doctor MeQueen is the third in age: Abbie is still at home with her parents.

Besides the education he received in the district schools while living as a hoy on the home farm Doctor MeQueen graduated from Hiram College in 1908. Fis professional training for three vears was pursued in the Cleveland College of Physicians and Surgeons. and in 1911 he grad- uated M. D. from the Western Reserve Medical College. He afterwards Spent a year as an interne in St. Joseph's Hospital at Lorain, and in 1913 located at Amherst and took up general practice as a physician and surgeon. A large share of his practice comes from the local quarries. He is also medical examiner for a number of fraternal organizations. He is a member of the Lodge, Chapter and Council of Masonry, and both he and his wite belong to the Eastern Star, and he is also affiliated with the Kagles, the Knights and Ladies of Security, the Modern Woodmen of America, the Brotherhood of American Yeomen, and the Tribe of Ben Hur. Politically he is a republican.

In 1913 Doctor MeQueen married Wastelle Inks. She was born in Holmes County, Ohio, and at the time of her marriage was a trained nurse in the St. Joseph Hospital at Lorain. Mrs. McQueen is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In line with his profession Doctor MeQueen is a member of the County and State Medical Societies and the American Medical Association.

Epwarp T. Kiturp. One of the most successful farmers and dairymen of Grafton Township is Edward T. Killip, who has an excellently improved place of ninety acres two miles east of Belden on Rural Route No. 3 out of Grafton. He has been a resident of Lorain County more than forty-five vears, and is one of the sturdy and self-reliant men who have brought about their own prosperity and in so doing have added to the civic and material welfare of their communities.

Mr. Killip is a Manxman, that is he was born on the Isle of Man, a British subject, November 15, 1845. His parents were John and Margaret (Corlett) Killip. He was reared on his native isle, received a fair common school education in private schools, and as a youth he worked at dayv's wages of a shilling a day in English money. His father in early life had learned the shoemaking trade, but subsequently became a dealer in meat. slaughtering livestock on a somewhat extensive scale and selling at wholesale. The first member of the family to come to America was a cousin of his mother. This cousin located in Cleveland when it was a small village. Then Edward Killip's sister crossed the ocean and was followed by another brother, John. Then Edward himself made up his mind to follow, and when he announced that determination his mother declared that if he went the entire family would go. Thus it came about that the Killips in 1869 embarked on a steamship at Liverpool in the month of June and after eleven days on the ocean landed at New York City, going West from there to Cleveland.

Soon after reaching Ohio, Edward T. Killip secured work on a farm at $1.50 a day, and felt that he was getting rich very rapidly at such wages. In the meantime his father looked around and bargained for a farm of 105 acres, agreeing to pay between $40 and $45 per acre, for the land, its improvements, consisting of a few inferior buildings and all the livestock. On this farm the father spent the rest of his years and died in 1901, at the age of ninety. His wife had passed away in 1878. The father was a man of fair education, was a first-class penman, and an industrious upright citizen. He never became an American citizen, but his sons all naturalized and began voting a few years after their arrival in this country. Another of the family who came to America with the parents was Catherine, then a girl of fifteen, and she is now the wife of John W. Coveney and lives in Cleveland. Another son whose home is in Lorain County is Robert Henry Killip.

in either New York or Pennsylvania of German parentage, while her mother was a native of Germany and came to Ohio when she was five years of age. Mrs. Killip's parents were married in Medina County. By her first marriage to Mr. Reisinger Mrs. Killip had two children: Mrs. Burt Nesbitt, who lives in Grafton Township and is the mother of two children, Ruth E. and Robert H.; and Dwight, who married Miss Cora Widener and has three children, May Belle, Marjorie Fay and Edward Widener. Dwight Reisinger and wife reside on the farm of Edward Kilip. When Mr. Killip married his wife's children were aged respectively ten and seven years.

Mr. Killip began voting the republican ticket after taking aa his naturalization papers and he has been honored by local offices, serving several terms as township trustee. He and his wife are active in the Congregational Church at Belden, which he has served as trustee and for many years was treasurer, and also served as clerk and treasurer of the Sunday school.

FRANK SAMUEL RATHWELL. From his position as a mechanic in one of the industries at Lorain Frank S. Rathwell graduated a number of years ago into an independent business, and now has one of the best equipped and best managed garages and general repair industries in that city.

Born on a farm in Camden Township of Lorain County November 23, 1873, Frank Samuel Rathwell is a son of Thomas and Eliza (\[cRoberts) Rathwell. His father was one of the substantial farmers of Lorain County. Asa boy he attended the country schools, but at the age of nineteen, in 1892, took his place as a finisher in the Brass Works at Lorain. From that he went into the bicycle shop for five years. and since 1898 has been in business for himself. In 1904 he established a garage and automobile agency in connection with the bicycle business, and in 1912 completed at 213 Seventh Street a handsome building of concrete and steel, 50x110 feet, now used as a garage and general machine shop. Mr. Rathwell handles the agency for the Reo and Jeffrey cars, and is at the head of a very prosperous enterprise.

Fraternally he is affiliated with the Woodmen of the World. and the Fraternal Order of Eagles. On January 19, 1898. he married Miss Dora Green of Lorain. They have one daughter, Erma Vivian.

F. I. Hupparp. Cashier and director of the Park Bank of Amherst, F. I. Hubbard is a progressive young business man of Lorain County who has devoted his entire active career to bank work, and has reached his present position because of constant fidelity to his duties. a sense of responsibility in the performance of his tasks, and an undoubted talent for this line of commercial enterprise.

He represents a family that has been identified with Lorain County since pioneer times. His grandfather, William F. Hubbard, a native of New York State, was a young man when he came to LaGrange Township, his brother having preceded him and having been one of the first settlers there. William F. Hubbard had an unusual record as a soldier. He served all through the Mexican war, and nearly twenty vears later enlisted his service in the cause of the Union, going out as captain of a company in an Ohio regiment. He was taken ill while in the army, and never recovered his health, dying in 1865.

F. I. Hubbard was born in LaGrange Township on a farm December 22, 1882, a son of Irwin and Ellen (Mason) Hubbard, both of whom were also natives of LaGrange Township. His father was horn in November, 1845, spent his active career as a farmer, but since 1899 has lived in Elyria, where he owns a substantial residence property. The mother was born June 27, 1849. They were married in LaGrange Township January 1, 1867. To their union, which has now endured almost half a century, were born thirteen children, five of whom died in infancy, one passed away at the age of twenty-four, and the seven now living are: Edward, who resides at Elyria and is assistant foreman in the furnace at Lorain; Edna, wife of Bert Carter of Elyria; W. F. Hubbard, boiler inspector for the Indemnity Insurance Company, living at Elyria; F. I. Hubbard; Hattie, a teacher in the public schools at Elyria; Lovantia, who is also a teacher in the public schools at Elyria; and C. L., who is in an architect's office in Cleveland. Irwin Hubbard, the father of these children, is a democrat in politics.

In 1900 F. I. Hubbard graduated from the high school at La- Grange. Much of his early youth was spent on the farm, and though he gained a practical knowledge of its duties his ambition was for commercial work, and after leaving high school he entered the Elyria Business. College where he completed the course in 1902. About that time he was taken into the Elyria Savings and Banking Company as _ bookkeeper. His promotion has been steady, and he afterwards served as assistant cashier. From Elyria he moved to Amherst and organized the Amherst Park Bank, with a capital of $25,000. This is one of the flonrishing financial institutions of the county.

In September, 1907, Mr. Hubbard married Jessie Paterson of Amherst. Their two children are Robert Irwin, now five years of age, and Grace L., aged two years. Mr. and Mrs. Hubbard are members of the First Baptist Church of Elyria, and fraternally he is affiliated with the Royal Areanum, and is a democrat in polities.

L. D. Gipson. From farming, a vocation to which he had applied the best energies of his younger years, L. D. Gibson turned his attention to merchandising at South Amherst, and is now one of the progressive business men and energetic citizens of that community.

While he was born in Russia Township of Lorain County, April 1, 1856, his family for many years had lived in New York State, where both his father and mother and his grandfather were born. His parents were Silas and Diantha (Heath) Gibson. His father was born in 1804 and died in 1894 and his mother was born in 1816 and died in 1864. They were married in New York State where three of their thirteen children were born. The four still living are: Lindley, a retired resident of Brownhelm Township; Ophelia, who first married John Bender and later E. J. Frederick, and now lives on a farm in Russia Township; Barzilla, a resident of Camden Township; and L. D. Gibson. Silas Gibson on coming to Lorain County bought 200 acres of land in Russia Township, subsequently selling half of it, and occupying and cultivating the remainder until his death. He did much clearing and development work, built a frame house, which replaced the old log building which had been the first habitation of the family in Lorain County. He was a very successful man, and in politics was a democrat, while his wife was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Reared on a farm, educated in district schools, L. D. Gibson after some years of steadily continued effort, bought the old homestead and managed it for eight years. After selling he bought in March, 1906, the store at South Amherst, and has since developed a large business around that trading center.

In 1884 he married Elizabeth Ludwig. Her father. John Ludwig, a native of Germany, settled at Amherst in 1890, and was a quarryman. Mr. and Mrs. Gibson have five children, four of whom are still living:

Bertha married Jacob Muth, a quarryman at Amherst, and they have one child, Zelma, nine years old; Ferdinand is now deceased; Carl, who is connected with a manufacturing plant at Elyria, married Emma Harr, and has two children named Verna Margaret and Carl Elsworth, Jr.; Elmer is in the regular United States army, with the Fourth Cavalry, now located at Honolulu; Myrtle is the wife of Henry J. Kolb, a - partner with Mr. Gibson in the store. Mrs. Gibson is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

THomMaAs W. Morcan. <A resident of the City of Lorain since 1895, Mr. Morgan has entered fully and worthily into the community life and has been identified with industrial activities, public affairs of a local order and official service in positions of distinctive trust. He is now engaged in the general insurance business, is the incumbent of the office of justice of the peace and is serving also as deputy sealer of weights and measures for Lorain County.

Thomas William Morgan was horn in the City of Braddock, Allegheny County. Pennsylvania. on the 23d of December, 1884, and is a son of Isaac and Mary Jane (Gould) Morgan, his father having been a locomotive engineer by voeation and having died when the subject of this review was but ten months old. In his native state Mr. Morgan was reared in the home of his maternal grandmother, Mrs. John Gould, soon after the death of his father. He was afforded the advantages of the public schools and as a youth instituted his active services as one of the world's productive workers. Mr. Morgan was a lad of about eleven vears when he came to Lorain, Ohio, in October. 1895. and here as a youth he found employment at office work. Later he was for a time in the employ of the National Tube Company, and finally he hecame an emplove in one of the steel mills of Lorain. where he won advancement to the position of heater.

In November, 1911, Mr. Morgan was elected to the office of constable. his name having heen given place on the republican ticket. In 1913 he was elected a member of the city council, but after serving several weeks he decided that his duties as constable placed such demands upon him that he was not justified in retaining the municipal office. with the result that he resigned his position as councilman. For a time Mr. Morgan also held membership on the municipal board haying supervision of the poor, and on the 25th dav of May, 1914, he received, at the hands of Governor James M. Cox. his commission as justice of the peace, an office in which he is giving a most effective and acceptable administration. He is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity. is past grand of a local lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and holds membership also in the Modern Woodmen of Aimerica. He and his wife are zealous members of the Congregational Church. in which he held the office of superintendent of the Sunday school.

On the 12th of September, 1906. was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Morgan to Miss Florence Williains. of Lorain, and of their three children the second, Mildred Margaret. died in infancy. The two surviving children are: Raymond Edward. who was born June 14, 1907, and Elva Margaret, who was born January 4, 1910.

Frep B. McQvEEN. For many years Fred B. McQueen has heen a factor in agricultural activities in Brownhelm township. The fine farm which he still oeeupies and which he devotes to general farming and fruit growing, is the place where he was born and reared.

He was born there May 30, 1852, a' son of Joel H. and Abbie (Betts) MeQueen. His father was born in March, 1812, and died in 1891. His mother was born in Brownhelm Township in September, 1818, and died in 1886. Her father Alfred Betts was one of the first settlers in Brownhelm Township, and was the first physician and the first minister in the town. Joel McQueen spent many years of his life as a sailor on the Great Lakes, also was captain of a vessel, but finally retired from the water and bought 112 acres of land and was engaged in its cultivation until his death. He was a republican in politics and held all the township offices and was a man highly esteemed in all his relations with the community. He and his wife were active members of the Congregational Church. They were married in Brownhelm Township in 1844, and to their union were born ten children, nine sons and one daughter. Those still living are: Fred B.; L. H., in the livery business at Vermillion, Ohio; Eber, connected with an employment agency at Minneapolis; A. H., in the lumber business at Cleveland; George, on a farm in Brownhelm Township; J. H., a farmer in Preble County; D. W., a physician in Preble County.

After his rearing on the home farm and education in the district schools, Fred B. McQueen spent a number of years as chief engineer in the local quarries. After his father's death he bought the old homestead from the heirs, and has since made it the object of his intelligent management and productive enterprise as one of Lorain County's agriculturists.

In 1875 Mr. McQueen married Anna Savage, a daughter of William Savage, who was a native of England and a farmer by occupation. Three of Mr. and Mrs. McQueen's four children are still living: Milo W., now thirty-nine years of age, owns a small farm and also assists his father in the management of the homestead, and is now filling his second term as trustee of Brownhelm Township, having first been elected three years ago. <Arthur F. is a successful physician at Amherst. Abbie is the wife of Sam Hollingsworth and they live on her father's farm. The family attend the Congregational Church and Mr. MeQueen is a republican.

Dr. E. B. Rogers for many years has had the chief practice as a dentist at Amherst. He is a man well qualified for his profession, and while his time is thoroughly taken up by his professional duties he does not neglect his civic interests, and has been a factor in local affairs,

He was born in Pennsylvania May 21, 1861, one of the eight children of John W. and Susan (Ide) Rogers. His grandfather, Jonah Rogers, was born and reared in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, and spent his - life there as a farmer. His maternal grandfather, Ezra Ide, was also a Pennsylvania farmer. Both of Doctor Rogers' parents were born in Lucerne County, Pennsylvania. His father was born August 13, 1825, and died May 30, 1896, and his mother was born December 31, 1825, and died November 10, 1878. Their five living children are: Louisa, wife of Levi Whitesell, a farmer in Lucerne County, Pennsylvania; Winfield Scott Rogers, who spent the first seventeen years of his life on a farm, taught school ten or twelve years, for twelve years was connected with the Lehigh Valley Coal Company, then after a course in shorthand under Andrew Graham, taught school in New York, was connected with a business college in Cleveland for six or seven years, conducted a business college at Sandusky with a partner until 1902, then had a business college in Fall River, Massachusetts, until the fall of 1915, and now lives and has an orchard in Cuba; Melville E. is a street car conductor at Providence, Rhode Island; Doctor Rogers is the youngest of the hving children. His brother, Franklin Jackson, died in November, 1913. John W. Rogers, father of Doctor Rogers, spent his career as a farmer. He was well educated and well read, was a republican in politics and a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. During the Civil war he served three years in the One Hundred and Fortyninth Pennsylvania Regiment, and was in active service though poor health kept him from duty a considerable part of the time.

Doctor Rogers had to make his own way from an early age. His father lost most of his property through security debts, and that acted as a spur to his early efforts and ambition on his own account: He was reared on a farm, had a common school education, and in his early life worked as a farmer and for ten years as a carpenter. It was through his earnings in these vocations that he accumulated the means necessary to educate himself for a profession, and in 1898 graduated from the Western Reserve Dental College. In 1900 he located at Amherst, and almost from the first had a paying practice.

Doctor Rogers married for his first wife Maria Whitsell. The one daughter of that union, Verna, is the wife of George Frederick, now in a hardware store at Amherst. Doctor Rogers married for his second wife Dosia Wendell, who was born in Lucerne County, Pennsylvania. They have a daughter, Ruth, who is the wife of William Schaffer, a young dentist who has recently located at Amherst. Mrs. Schaffer was educated in the high school at Amherst and took a normal course at Athens, Ohio. and was a teacher for two years before her marriage. Mrs. Doctor Rogers died March 18, 1916. She was a member of the Congregational Chureh, and Doctor Rogers has been a deacon in that church for the past twelve years. He has passed the chairs in the Masonic Lodge at Amherst, and is also affiliated with the Royal Arch Masons, the Royal and Select Masters and is popular in all those bodies. For two terms he has held the office of treasurer of Amherst. Politically he is a republican.

ARCHIE CLARK PayTox. The importance in business of concentrating one's forces upon a given line of activity, of correctly gauging its value among the needs of the world, and keeping pace with the ever-changing conditions surrounding it, is confirmed anew in the success of Archie Clark Payton, general superintendent for the American Shipbuilding Company, of Lorain. Mr. Payton has been studying the shipbuilding question ever since the beginning of his wage-earning career. more than thirty years ago, and his acquisition of his present position has not come about through anv fortunate circumstance, but by reason of his close - application and constant devotion to the calling which he chose as his life work when his career began.

Mr. Payton is a native of Scotland, born at Dumbarton, County Dumbarton. April 9. 1866. a son of John and Ellison (White) Payton. His parents never came to the United States. passing their entire lives at Dumbarton. where the father was a thrifty Seotch baker. In his native land Archie Clark Payton received a common school education, and when still a vouth was apprenticed to the trade of shipbuilder. He devoted himself assiduously to learning its various branches and became a skilled and finished workman, but saw no future for himself in his native land and accordingly decided to try his fortunes in America. Accordingly. at the age of twenty-two vears, he gathered together his small savings and emigrated to this country, and in 1888 took up his residence at Wyandotte. Michigan, on the St. Clair River. across from Ontario. There for eighteen months he was employed as a shipfitter, but at the end of that time accepted an opportunity to better his condition, going to Cleveland, Ohio, where he became a shipfitter for the Cleveland Shipbuilding Company. With that company he remained for more than eight years, securing promotion through faithful and capable performance of duty, and in 1898 resigned to come to Lorain as assistant superintendent for the American Shipbuilding Company. In 1913 he was advanced to general superintendent of the shipyards here, and has continued to fill this position to the present time, to the entire satisfaction of his employers. Mr. Payton may truly be said to be a self-made man, having climbed from the bottom rung of the ladder without other aids than ambition, determination, inherent ability and constant industry. As an employer of labor he is considerate and appreciative, and has the faculty of securing from his men the best work of which they are capable. In fraternal circles he is prominent in Masonry, having advanced to the degrees of Knight Templar and Shriner, and also belongs to the Benevolent and -Protective Order of Elks. As a citizen he is public spirited and progressive, and always has advocated those worthy undertakings which have been calculated to advance the community in which he lives and the interests of its people.

GeorGE M. Sutuirr. Though the span of his life was only forty-five years, George M. Sutliff left a record of accomplishment in material things and of honorable upright living which should always be associated with his memory. In fact he was one of Lorain County's most progressive men.

A native of Lorain County, the only son and child of Miles W. and Susan (Gott) Sutliff, he was born in this county December 30, 1864, and died September 9, 1909. His parents settled many years ago in Penfield Township and his father besides operating a small farm bought and sold live stock.

With an edueation acquired in the district schools George M. Sutliff began his individual career at the age of fourteen, and thenceforward relied upon his own industry and enterprise to earn a place in the world. At that age he began buying and selling stock, of course on a small scale and with a very meager capital. He possessed the natural talents of the trader and business man and was successful from the start. From that time forward until his death, a period of about thirty years, he did more than most men accomplish in twice that time. At the time of his death his estate comprised 400 acres of fine land in Penfield, Huntington and Wellington townships and it had all been earned by his hard work and business judgment. For a number of years he was the principal hreeder of thoroughbred Holstein cattle in Lorain County, and by the introduction of that stock he did much to elevate the standard of local cattle raising. He was thoroughly and essentially a business man, and while a supporter of every movement which concerned the welfare of the community, he had not sufficient interest in politics ever to become a candidate for office.

On April 5, 1899, Mr. Sutliff married Miss Blanche Dorchester. Mrs. Sutliff. who survives him, and occupies a fine home in Wellington, actively co-operated with him and shared in his success while Mr. Sutliff was alive. and has since devoted herself not only to her family and the training of her two beautiful young daughters, but also to the interests of the community. She is kindly and charitable, helpful to the poor and unfortunate, and is one of the social leaders in her town. She was born in Wellington Township in 1874, graduated from the Wellington High School in 1892, and has both the culture and training of the true gentle- woman. For eight years before her marriage she was a successful teacher. While not a member she is a regular attendant of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Her parents were Augustus B. and Mary (Eno) Dorchester. Her father was born in New York State in 1837 and died in 1897, while her mother was born in Sheffield, Lorain County, December 4, 1841, and died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Sutlitf, February 9, 1914. Mrs. Sutliff's mother was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and her father was a stanch republican. Augustus Dorchester came to Lorain County in 1850 when a poor man and for several years worked out by the day, but eventually accumulated sufficient to provide for all the reasonable wants ot his family. Mr. Sutliff was one of three children. Her sister, Edith, died at the age of nine vears and her sister, Agnes, is the wife of Joseph Beal and they live on Mrs. Suthff's farm.

Of the three children born to Mr. and Mrs. Sutliff the two now liying are: Marion, born July 3, 1901; and Maxine, born May 28. 1907. Both are attending the public schools.

JoHn E. Davipson. For more than twenty years John E. Davidson has been the principal lvestock dealer and commission man at Kipton. By trade he is a butcher and followed that line for a number of years, but now devotes his time exclusively to buying and marketing large quantities of livestock and poultry. His standing as a business man is unquestioned, and by the force of his integrity and his extensive dealings he has become well known in Lorain County.

He is a son of Andrew and Martha (Edgar) Davidson, his father being one of the oldest citizens of Lorain County, now living at the advanced age of ninety-three on his Camden Township farm.

John E. Davidson after getting his education in the public schools started life as a farmer, to which he had already been trained by early discipline, and worked on the home place until he was twenty vears of age. For six years he was employed in the heavy labor involved in a stone quarry at Nickel Plate, Ohio. It was in 1893 that he identified himself with the Kipton community and inthe following vear engaged in the livestock and butcher business. His business has had a progressive growth and he now has extensive facilities in the way of warehouse and other equipment at Kipton for the handling and shipping of livestock, wool and poultry. His poultry shipments are now a large feature of his business and during the last Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons he shipped from the Kipton station poultry to the value of about +#8.000.

In 1894 he married Jennie E. Prentice. Her father. Harvey M. Prentice, was born in New York State, came to Camden Township when a boy and was a resident in that community until about three vears ago when he went out to California where he died. Mr. and Mrs. Davidson have two children: Chalmer P., who is attending the business college at Oberlin. and Laura Leila. who is in the second year of Oberlin College. All the family are members of the Disciples Church. Mr. Davidson is,a democrat, and has served as a member of the board of complaints. At the present time (1916) he is a candidate for county commissioner on the democratic ticket. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Masonic order. Besides his large business at Kipton he also owns a good farm of 100 acres south of that village.

L. E. Howr, D. D. S. In 1915 Doctor Howk finished his ten years of successful practice as a dentist at Wellington. Without doubt he has made a success in that profession such as few men attain. He is a hard worker, is skillful, makes use of all the approved devices and appliances of the art and science, and for several years past has found all his time and energies occupied in serving his clientage.

He is a native of Wellington where he was born October 25, 1882, and represents one of the very old and honored families of Lorain County. His grandfather Eli Howk was born in Auburn, New York, and moved to Lorain County as early as 1835, settling on a farm in Wellington Township. He spent his last years in the village of Wellington. He was well known, and was always called Squire Howk. Alpheus Howk, father of Doctor Howk, was born in Wellington Township September 12, 1841, and died May 1, 1912. He was a farmer by occupation, and afterwards moved from his farm to the village of Wellington in order to give his children the advantages of better schools. He also was in the real estate business. During the war he served as a member of the Second Ohio Cavalry in the Army of the Potomac, and was wounded in the battle before Petersburg. Virginia. He saw three years of service. He was a loyal member of the Grand Army of the Republic, was affiliated with the Tribe of Ben Hur, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Maccabees and was active in the Methodist Episcopal Chureh. In politics a republican, he exercised a considerable influence in local matters, though he was not an aspirant for office. He was exceedingly temperate and a man of excellent judgment and high standing in his community. He was married in Huntington Township of Lorain County to Sarah Boone, who was born in Huntington Township December 22, 1846, and is still living. Her father was William Boone, who came to Lorain County at an early day and spent his last years in the county. He was related to the family of Daniel Boone. Alpheus Howk and wife had six children: May, wife of Harry Blackburn, who is a graduate in law from the Western Reserve University, but is now living at Lakewood and is connected with the Winton Automobile Company; George, who is a farmer and manages the old homestead, making his home with his mother; Bertha, wife of E. C. Cushing, a banker of Wellington; Nellie, now deceased; Frank, a farmer in Huntington Township; and Dr. L. E. ,

Doctor Howk graduated from the Wellington High School in 1961. In 1902 he entered the dental department of Western Reserve University, where he was graduated D. D. 8. in 1905. -After one vear of practice in Cleveland, he returned to his native village of Wellington, and almost from the first he had a profitable practice. At the present time he is so busy looking after the wants of his large clientage that he never goes home for lunch at midday. He has been grand master of the Delta Sigma Delta dental fraternity.

In 1910 Doctor Howk married Lillian A. Murray. She was born at Spencer, Ohio, and died in 1911. In 1913 Doctor Howk married Jessie N. West, a daughter of Charles West, a retired farmer of Lorain County. Doctor Howk is a republican in politics. Some years ago he built a beautiful home near Wellington, and has all the comforts and conveniences of both town and country, having a beautiful suburban estate. and keeps his own cows, chickens and his table is supplied from his own garden.

Aaron Livnn Bacon. The untimely passing of Aaron Lynn Bacon on September 3, 1912, as the result of an accident, cut short a career of promising usefulness, and one which had already brought him to a station of honor and prosperity in Lorain County. He represented one of the older families of Lorain County, and his death was a grievous

He was born in Wellington Township October 4, 1881, and was not quite thirty-one years of age when he died. His parents were George D. and Ida (Peck) Bacon, both of whom were natives of Wellington Township. George D. Bacon, after the death of his wife moved to Michigan and is now living at Adrian in that state. Aaron L. Bacon grew up in the home of his grandparents after his mother's death. They were Sereno Dwight and Mary (Bailey) Bacon. His grandfather was born in Grafton, Vermont, in 1825, and came to Carlisle Township in Lorain County in 1842. In May, 1851, he bought a farm in Wellington Township, but -he and his wife moved to the village of Wellington in 1881.

The late A. L. Bacon acquired an education in the common schools and also pursued a business course at Oberlin. In 1903 he married for his first wife Amanda Friend, who died in 1907. The one child of that union, Helen, now lives with Mrs. Bacon and is a student in school. In 1910 Mr. Bacon married Miss Lida Miller, a daughter of Nathan B. and Elizabeth (Dute) Miller, a well known family of Wellington Township, reference to whom is made on other pages. Mrs. Bacon has one daughter, Elizabeth, now four years of age. She is an active member of the Baptist Church, and since the death of her husband has made her home in Wellington. Mr. Bacon was a republican in politics and was a member of the Tribe of Ben Hur.

After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Bacon moved to his farm of 200 acres in Wellington Township, and for a number of years he had been a successful raiser of Holstein cattle. He had just completed a fine modern country home by remodeling the old two-story brick house that had stood on his farm since 1861, and it may be said that he and Mrs. Bacon were just equipped to live happily and prosperously when the accident occurred by which he lost his life. Mr. Bacon's grandfather died in 1901 and his grandmother in 1909.

JOHN L. Corts. In the vear 1900 Mr. Corts came to the City of Lorain and effected the purchase of an established laundry plant and business of modest order, and from this inception he has developed a thoroughly modern and metropolitan establishment, conducted under the corporate title of the Corts Laundry & Dry Cleaning Company. Mr. Corts is president of the company, and his sons are his coadjutors in the large and prosperous business, as will be more specifically noted in a later paragraph. It has been given to Mr. Corts to gain secure vantageground as one of the representative business men and loyal, popular and publie spirited citizens of Lorain County, and he is well entitled to special consideration in this history of one of the favored counties of his native state.

Mr. Corts was horn on the paternal homestead farm ir Ashland County, Ohio, and the date of his nativity was September, 1851. He is a son of Lewis and Lydia A. (Long) Corts. hoth of whom were horn in Pennsylvania and both of whom were honored citizens of Ashland County. Ohio. for many vears before their death, the father having there been a substantial agriculturist and a man of influence in community affairs. He whose name introduces this article was reared to the sturdy discipline of the home farm and in the meanwhile duly profited hy the advantages afforded in the public schools of his native county. There he was thereafter engaged in independent onerations as a farmer for a few vears. and he then learned the trade of marble eutter. For a full quarter of a century he was engaged in the marble and granite husiness in the City of Ashland, where he developed a large and profitable business in the manufacturing and handling of monuments and minor stones for memorial use in cemeteries. He continued his residence at Ashland until 1900, when he came to Lorain, as previously noted, and purchased a small laundry. He made minor improvements.in the establishment as soon as he assumed control, and in 1905 he erected his present modern building, which is 40 by 130 feet in dimensions, two stories in height and of brick construction. The plant is amplified by the dry-cleaning establishment, in an annex 40 by 20 feet in dimensions and likewise two stories in height, and by adequate buildings for the stabling of horses, wagons and automobiles used in connection with the business, as well as a separate building for the direct washing department. The equipment throughout is of the best modern type, and with such facilities all work turned out is such as to constitute the most effective of all advertising for the establishment. The business is incorporated as the Corts Laundry & Dry Cleaning Company with Mr. Corts as president, his son Tullus P. as vice president and with his elder son, Charles W., as secretary and treasurer.

Mr. Corts is liberal and progressive in his attitude as a citizen, is a staunch republican in politics, is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity and the Knights of the Maccabees, and both he and his wife are most zealous members of the United Brethren Church, in which he is serving as a trustee of the church at Lorain and also as superintendent of its Sunday school.

In the vear 1874 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Corts to Miss Sadie MeclIlvain, of Ashland, Ohio, and they have two children, Charles Wesley and Tullus Pedro.

Charles Wesley Corts was born at Ashland, this state, on the 5th of October. 1875, and there received his early education in the public schools. He was employed as a bookkeeper in Cleveland until he became associated with his father in the laundry business at Lorain, and he is now secretary and treasurer of the Lorain industry before mentioned. He is a Knights Templars Mason, besides being affiliated with the Ancient Arabie Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, and he holds membership also in the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He married Miss Elizabeth Schopf, of Ashland, and no children have been born of this union.

Tullus Pedro Corts was born at Ashland, Ohio, in 1877, and after completing the curriculum of the public schools he was for two years in the employ of the Mvers Manufacturing Company. In that city he then learned the Jaundry business, and thus he was the ''practical man'' of the concern when he joined his father and brother in the laundry business at Lorain. where he is vice president of the company. He is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity, in which he has attained the Knights Templar degree. and he is also identified with the Knights of Pythias. He married Miss Alberta Mansfield, of Ashland, and they have two children - Margaret Rebecca and John Mansfield.

R. C. Apams. For a man to have lived usefully and honorably for more than three quarters of a century is itself a distinction deserving of more than passing attention in a community.

Now one of the oldest native sons of Lorain County, R. C. Adams was born in Wellington Township February 1, 1838, more than seventyseven vears ago. For considerably more than half a century he and his devoted wife and companion have walked along life's highway together.

ship. In September, 1909, Mr. and Mrs. Adams celebrated: their golden wedding anniversary, and at that time almost the entire village of Wellington turned out to celebrate and congratulate the venerable couple on the event. It is equally noteworthy that every one of their four children born to their union is still living. Evidently it was of such people that the Scriptural writer spoke when he said: '* With their seed shall continually remain a good inheritance and their children are within the covenant. Their seed shall remain forever and their glory shall not be blotted out.''

The parents of R. C. Adams were Calvin and Eunice (Smith; Adams, both natives of Connecticut. They came to Ohio in an early day and located in Wellington Township, where they spent their lives. Calvin Adams was twice married. R. C. Adams is now the only one living of the five children born to his mother. His parents were both active members of the Congregational Chureh and his father was first a whig and afterwards a republican. When the Adams family located in Wellington Township there were only two other families residing there.

R. C. Adams acquired his early education in the common schools, found plenty to do on the home place, and afterwards turned to farming as a regular vocation. He acquired and developed a good place of 157 acres, but in 1880 he left the farm and moved to Wellington. where after a year of work on the public highways and one vear spent as a varpenter he engaged in the implement and feed business. and he now gives all his time to the latter work. He is a republican and Mrs. Adams is a member of the Methodist Church.

A brief record of their four children-is as follows: Rosa M. is the widow of Mr. Delmar Beckley. Edith is the wife of Edson L. Wilcox. a farmer in Huntington Township. Grace married Charles Rodell of Wellington and has three children, Marian, Charles and Delmar. Leon R., a banker at Willoughby, Ohio, married Cora Oble.

WALTER ALBERT Davies. The record of Walter Albert Davies ts that of a man who has by his own unaided efforts worked his way upward to a position of affluence. His life has been one of industry and_ perseverance, and the systematic and honorable business methods which he has followed have won him the support and confidence of his business associates. Occupying a leading position in financial circles as cashier of the City Bank Company of Lorain, he is also prominent in civie affairs, and his wide circle of friends testifies to his general popularity.

Mr. Davies was born in the City of Cleveland, Ohio. May 20. 1870, and is a son of George S. and Jane (Hillyer) Davies. His father was chief clerk to the auditor of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad for a number of vears. Mr. Davies was five years of age when brought to Elyria, Ohio, and here his education was aequired in the publie schools. When he put aside his studies he entered the auditing department of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway as a clerk, and continued to be connected with that line from 1887 until 1899. in the latter year joining the office force of the National Tube Works, where he also held a position in the auditing department. In 1901 Mr. Davies became identified with the City Bank Company. in the capacity of teller, a position which he retained until 1910, heing then elected to his present position of cashier, an office earned by patient industry, faithful discharge of duty and fidelity at all times to the bank's interests. The City Bank Company was organized in 1899 with a capital stock of *100.000,. and the following officers: W. A. Donaldson, president: Max M. Suppes. vice president ; Spencer K. Ortt, cashier. The officers in 1915 were as follows: Charles Fell, president; R. L. Rankin, vice president ;

Walter A. Davies, cashier. The institution has a capital stock of $100,- 000, with a surplus of $40,000 and undivided profits of $10,000, while its annual deposits average $900,000. The concern owns its own banking house. a three-story brick structure, 50 by 75 feet, of which the bank occupies 50 by 40 feet of floor space on the first floor, the remainder of the building being devoted to offices. This is a conservative institution, conducted by local capital, financed by men whose interests are wrapped up in its welfare. and directed by minds well trained in the field of finance. It offers 4 per cent interest on savings and caters to these kind of deposits, being considered one of the safest repositories in the northern part of the state. As cashier of this banking house, Mr. Davies has done much to increase its credit. his own well known integrity having contributed toward establishing public confidence.

On April 5, 1893, Mr. Davies was married to Miss Fannie Gaudern of Elyria. Lorain County, Ohio, a daughter of E. E. Gaudern, a well known merchant for a number of years at Elyria. Mr. Davies is popular in social circles, and a valued member of the Elyria Country Club. As a citizen he has been a generous and stanch supporter of beneficial movements in the community. He is a republican in politics.

Hexry R. DaccHerty. During many years of residence at Wellington Henry R. Daugherty has reached that enviable position where his word is accepted in business matters the same as a bond, and all his friends and acquaintances repose the utmost confidence in his judgment and integrity. While much of his early career was identified with farming and he still owns a farm in Medina County, he has been chiefly interested in mercantile affairs, and now conducts the leading hardware establishment in the Village of Wellington.

He was born in Spencer. Ohio, January 5, 1864, a son of James and Sarah (Bernard) Daugherty. His grandfather, Charles Daugherty. came from New York State to Medina County, Ohio, and in 1833 bought a farm of four or five hundred acres, on which he settled his family in 1835. A part of this original homestead is still in the family. The Daughertys came originally from Ireland. Mr. Daugherty's maternal grandfather. Joshua Bernard. was born in Pennsylvania and was also one of the early settlers in Medina County. James Daugherty, father of the Wellington merchant, was born in New York State in 1831 and: was four years of age when he came to Medina County. He grew up on a farm and for a year was in Company C of the One Hundred and Seventy-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Civil war. He afterwards was well known in Grand Army circles, and in polities was a republican. Though starting out comparatively poor, he made a substantial success. He and his family were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. James Daugherty was married at Chatham, Ohio, in 1856 to Miss Sarah Bernard, who was born in Medina County in 1835 and is still living. while her husband passed away in 1897. Of their children Henry R. is the only one now living. The son, Harry B., who was born in Spencer. Ohio, January 27, 1868, and was educated both at Spencer and Wellington. was one of the first men to engage in the telephone business at Wellington. He was in telephone construction work for several years. Afterwards he bought a local hardware store, and subsequently in 1905 his brother, Henry R., joined him as partner. Harry B. Daugherty died February 12, 1914, and his death was greatly lamented over all this section of Lorain County. He married Marian Franks.

Henry R. Daugherty received his early education in the Wellington schools. When quite young he began farming and teaching, alternating those vocations according to the seasons of the year. Altogether he taught six or seven terms and is remembered by his old pupils as a-very able schoolmaster. His first mercantile experience was as clerk in a drygoods store. For his services the first year he was paid #4 a week, his wages being increased to $6 a week the second year and afterwards to $8. He was in business at Wellington for eight years and for twelve years was located at Cleveland. In 1905 he returned to Wellington and took a share in the hardware business with his brother, Harry, and the firm of Daugherty Brothers Hardware Company was a live and prosperous concern, and Mr. Daugherty has continued it more successfully than ever during the last year of his individual proprietorship. Le carried a complete line of general hardware, and he also takes some time to supervise the management of his farm in Medina County.

In 1891 Mr. Daugherty married Elizabeth Hollenbach. who was born at Wellington, a daughter of Reuben Hollenbach. a tailor who first settled at Elyria and afterwards at Wellington. Mr. and Mrs. Daugherty have one son, Robert, who graduated from the Wellington High School in 1914, spent a year in the store with his father and is now in the freshmen class of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Mr. Daugherty and family are members of the Congregational Church and fraternally he is affiliated with the lodge and Royal Arch Chapter of the Masons. Politically his affiliations are with the republican party.

EK. E. Warrers. The important and high-class commercial establishment of E. E. Watters at Wellington is one that testifies to the truth of the saying that in concentration of effort lies success. Such concentration, combined with special ability for that work. with frugal conservation of funds at the beginning and judicious handling of them as they increase, Mr. E. E. Watters has employed with notable results.

He was born in Medina County, Ohio, June 10, 1876, a son of William A. and Clara J. (Reese) Watters. His grandfather. William Watters, was a native of England, and was an early settler on a farm in Medina County. The maternal grandfather, Jacob M. Reese, was horn in Vermont and also went to Medina County in the early days. William A. Watters was born in Medina County in 1842 and died in 1897, his wife was born in the same locality in 1854 and died in 1914. They were married in Medina County in 1875. William A. Watters was a successful farmer and stock buyer, and both he and his wife spent their lives on the old farm. He was a republican in politics. was honored with several township offices, and he and his wife were members of the Congregational Chureh. Of their three children E. E. Watters is the oldest. The two younger were twins, Dorian C., who now runs a retail store at Riverside, California, and Dorothy, wife of Fred Todd, a machinist at Elyria.

E. E. Watters grew up on his father's farm in Medina County. He graduated from the high school at Medina in 1894, and soon afterwards gained his first experience as clerk in a dry goods store. His home has been in Wellington since 1899, and for a time he was in the dry goods business with George D. Griesinger. In 1903 he was able to buy out his partner and for the past thirteen years he has conducted the leading establishment of its kind in that section of Lorain County. He is the type of business man who has courage and resourcefulness sufficient to overcome all difficulties. On February 25, 1915. a fire destroved his building and stock. but he was not long in resuming business. and he constructed a handsome building for his headquarters. and the store was opened with much eclat for the Christmas holidays of 1915.

County and a daughter of A. P. Nichols, who for many years has been a successful practicing dentist in that city. There are two children. Elberta Ninette and William A., both of whom are in school. The family are members of the Congregational Church and Mr. Watters is affiliated with the Masonic Order; the Royal Arcanum and the Knights of Pythias. Politically he is a republican.

CLARENCE E. Pierce. <A popular and prominently known resident of Lorain, Clarence E. Pierce has devoted his entire career to activities in connection with railroading, and at present is terminal agent for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad at Lorain, the importance of this position being indicated by the fact that at this point 4,500,000 tons of coal are handled by the line annually. Mr. Pierce was born in Medina County, Ohio, May 11, 1869, and is a son of Orlin D. and Mary (Judson) Pierce. His parents were lifelong farming people of Medina County. He came to Lorain in 1890 and has continued to make that his home.

Clarence E. Pierce received a public school education, and when he laid' aside his studies secured a position as clerk in the offices. of the C. L. & W. Railroad. He proved faithful, energetic, painstaking and industrious, qualities which count for much in railroad offices, and won rapid promotion to cashier, then to chief clerk, and finally to agent. On April 1, 1907, he was made agent and April 1, 1913, was advanced to terminal agent for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad at Lorain, a position - in which he has charge of its large interests including the handling of the coal and ore docks. The Lorain business of the Baltimore & Ohio is one of the most important of its whole system, being the receiving as well as shipping point for coal and iron ore. In this position he has won the unqualified approval and confidence of his company. He is a member of the First Congregational Church of Lorain, in which he has been a deacon for years, and was formerly superintendent of the Sunday school. He is a member of the Lorain Board of Commerce.

Mr. Pierce was married January 23, 1893, to Miss Pearl Seeley, of Mallet Creek, Medina County, Ohio, and to this union there has been born one daughter, Marjorie Rosilla. Mr. Pierce is not a politician nor an office seeker, but has always taken an interest in his community's welfare and has aided in public-spirited movements. He is highly regarded as an industrious representative of railroad affairs, as a good citizen, and as a neighbor and friend whose loyalty may be relied upon.

W. D. Warren is one of the oldest and best known residents of Wellington Township, where, in the village of that name he has been for many years engaged in the hardware business.

The Warren family has been identified with Lorain County fully eighty-five years, and in that time its members have borne a full share in the work of development and progress. The Warrens are of old Colonial stock and Mr. Warren's great-grandfather, Joseph Warren, served as a quartermaster in the American army during the Revolutionary war.

His grandparents were Benjamin and Lucy (Burr) Warren, who were Massachusetts people and came West to Lorain County in the year 1831. They bought a farm and paid for it with a large quantity of cloth which they brought from the East. They spent the rest of their lives on the old homestead.

grandfather. George Wait, speut his life as a New York State farmer, Luther D. Warren was born in Tyringham, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, in 1813, and was about seventeen years of age when he accompanied his parents to Lorain County. He soon identified himself with the pioneer community, taught school for a number of years, and later gave his attention to farming, and though starting on a very modest scale he was for many years one of the substantial men of Wellington Township. He died on the old homestead in 1889. He was a republican in politics, served as school director and supervisor, and he and his wife were members of the Congregational Church, His wife, Miss Laura Wait, was born in Fredonia, New York. in 1814, and she also died in the vear 1889. Of their three children the two now living are Frank D. Warren and W. D. Warren.

After acquiring a district school education, W. D. Warren took up the duties of the home farm, and he is now owner of the old homestead. Since 1898 his home has been in the village of Wellington, where at first he was in the roofing and slating business. In 1907 he bought a stock of hardware and has since kept all articles and commodities of that line needed to supply his extensive trade over the country surrounding Wellington.

In 1875 My. Warren married Helen M. Comstock, who was born in Wellington Township, daughter of Isaac L. and Emeline (Loveland) Comstock, who were natives of Massachusetts and early settlers on a farm in Lorain County, where they spent the rest of their lives. Mr. and Mrs. Warren have three children: Clarence is a contractor at Wellington; Albert I. lives on his father's farm; Emma is the wife of J. K. Gannett. a civil engineer at Cleveland. Mrs. Warren is an active member of the Methodist Church. For many years Mr. Warren took a very active part in the Patrons of Hushandry. served as master of the Grange a number of times. organized various Granges, and at one time was deputy state master. He is a republican in politics.

F. E. Anprews of Wellington has been a resident of Lorain County more than thirty-five years, and has heen successfully engaged as a miller. farmer and merchant. His own enterprise has been at the foundation of the successful business which he now manages. one of the best' equipped furniture stores and undertaking establishments in the county.

A native of Connecticut and of old New England stock, he is a son of Almon and Esther Hart (Hall) Andrews. His father was born in Meriden, Connecticut, in 1818 and died there in 1901, while his wife was born in Vermont in 1828 and died in 1911. They were married in Vermont and Miss Hall was his third wife, and of their four ehildren the two now living are Emma C. Andrews of Meriden and F. E. Andrews of Lorain County. Almon Andrews spent many years operating a flour mill and afterwards engaged in the flour and feed business. He held the position of street commissioner in Meriden. and in the early part of his life was very successful, met with reverses, hut sueceeded in reestablishing himself financially before his death. He and his third wife lived together for more than fifty years. At one time Almon Andrews came to Lorain County and spent three or four years in this county with his brother. part of the time being engaged as a teacher. He married his first wife in Penfield Township. He was reared a member of the Episcopal faith. but afterwards went with his wife into the Methodist Chureh. and both were very active in church affairs. He was a republican. and affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

his education he spent two years in Vermont, and in 1880 came to Lorain County to visit a cousin in Penfield Township. He worked on farms, spent a year in California and Washington, and then returned to Wellington and was employed in a flour mill. He was entirely dependent upon his own exertions to put him ahead in the world, but quite early in life he married and established a home of his own.

In 1885 he married Alena R. Starr, who was born in Penfield Township of Lorain County, a daughter of O. K. Starr, one of the early settlers there. To their union have been born four children. Georgia, who graduated from the Wellington High School and from Oberlin College. taught a few years, then took a course in the Dykeman School at Cleveland, and is now private secretary to Mr. Baker of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Mamye, the second daughter, lives at home and assists her father in the store. Keith 8S. graduated from the Wellington High School in 1915 and is now pursuing special studies. Robert is still in school. Mrs. Andrews and two of her children are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Fraternally Mr. Andrews is affiliated with the Masonic Order, he and his wife are members of the Order of the Eastern Star, and in politics he is a republican.

After leaving the flour mill at Wellington Mr. Andrews spent twelve years on a farm in Penfield Township, for a year was in a meat market at LaGrange, and since 1901 has been in the furniture and undertaking business at Wellington. He had a very small capital when he started and his first associate was James Damon under the firm name of Damon & Andrews. Six years later the firm became Andrews & Vincent, and later Andrews & Estey. As the prosperity increased Mr. Andrews was able to buy out his partner and has since conducted the business alone and has made a success of it. He. carried a large stock of furniture and is also a licensed embalmer and has all the equipment for proficient work in this line.

FREDERICK C, Wour. The facts in the career of the late Fred C. Wolf. a general builder and contractor of Elyria, indicate a strong knack for constructive accomplishment, an untiring industry, a constant vigilance in observing and accepting opportunity, and an unusual ability in handling a varied line of business affairs. Mr. Wolf was for many years one of the leading builders in Elyria, and the best evidence of his work is found in the solid structures which at different times he built in and about that city. In the midst of a busy career death came to him and he passed away October 1, 1915, at the age of forty-seven years.

His life began in Germany, where he was born in the City of Mecklenhure, Strelitz, April 19, 1868, a son of Fred and Sophia (Rankie) Wolf, who were also natives of that province in Germany. About 1881 the family came to the United States, there being four children at the time. Fred Wolf, Sr., while living in Germany rose to the rank of captain in the armies of the Empire, but after coming to America gave all his time to practical labor. From New York the family came direct to Lorain County. locating at Amherst, where the father has since lived and is now retired from active work at the age of about eighty. The mother died in Amherst, December 13, 1914. Altogether there were six children in the family, among whom is Mrs. Kreeger, widow of William Kreeger, and she was born in Germany and now resides at Amherst. The oldest daughter. Lena, was married in Germany to Albert Wockenfus, and did not come to this country until 1890, and now resides at Elyria. The four children who came with their parents are Fred C., Carl, who lives at Amherst. William of Elyria, and Edward of Amherst.

United States, and all his regular education was acquired in Germany. He never saw the inside of an English schoolhouse until as a contractor he built one of the schools at Elyria. In his younger days, at Amherst, he joined a club of fifty-two young men of about his own age and they hired an instructor by the name of John McCall, who taught the voluntary organization of ambitious young men four nights a week. Myr. Wolf had the benefit of this private instruction for 2144 years. After coming to this country he spent about a year in the employ of a farmer, but then started to learn the trade of stone cutting. Mechanical industry came naturally to him, and besides stone cutting he learned the blacksmith trade, the machinist trade and the trade of bricklayer. and arrived at the age of twenty-two with all these accomplishments. However, stone cutting was his favorite line of work, and he showed a great deal of ability in designing and carving, and he made a favorable _ impression by his artistic skill. For about eight years he was employed mainly as a stone carver, though also at different times working in his other trades. Much of his time was spent in the quarries at Amherst. Later he was with the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway on construction work and became assistant superintendent on bridge and construction work for that line, a position he held 31% years. Necessarily this employment kept him from home a good share of the time, and as he had been recently married he and his young bride found difficulty in reconciling themselves to this unsettled condition. It was at the suggestion of three of his old friends that young Wolf finally entered the business of contractor. These friends were Judge Nye of Elyria, the late Parks Foster, who in his time was one of the best friends of Mr. Wolf, and the late ex-Mayor Levergood of Elyria. At their suggestion and influence Mr. Wolf left the road and began business for himself at Elyria as a general contractor. He was twenty-five years of age at the time, and ever afterward followed steadily the husiness for which his skill in the trade and his native business enterprise so well fitted him.

From 1886 Mr. Wolf had his home in Elyria, having moved from Amherst in that year. On May 21, 1891, at Elyria he married Miss Ida Zarnke of Elyria, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Zarnke. old settlers who are still living in the city. Her father, who was a quarryman in his active days, is now retired. Mrs. Wolf was born in Germany, grew up and received her education there, and was about sixteen years of age when her parents emigrated to America and settled at Elyria.

It is important to give some idea of Mr. Wolf's accomplishments as a building contractor through a partial list of his activities. While he constructed many residences in Elyria, his specialty was largely in the construction of business blocks, schools and factories. He put up the Turner Block, the Sweet and Endley Block, the Century Block. the Masonic Temple, the Columbia Steel Works, the Perry Fav Factory Building. He constructed a three-story building at the Dean plant and also the power plant there. He also built the power plant and a large addition to the lace factory. His record included the construction of a number of school buildings, including the following: The Jefferson Street School. two additions to the Hamilton School, a large addition to the school east of the cemetery, the Lincoln High School on Sixth Street, the remodeling and additions to the Franklin School, the Centralized School at Amherst. the high school at Berea. The Elks Club Building at Elyria is another sample of his work. Mr. Wolf constructed hundreds of homes in and about Elyria for others and many for himself, and an important feature of his business was the building and selling of houses. He built the Wolf Block on Second Street, but sold that in

1914. At different times his enterprise was led into other lines. He remodeled and fitted the room in which he conducted the Walk-Over Shoe Store at Elyria for ten years, but finally sold the business in 1914. He also owned a millinery store, which he sold in 1913, and in the same year he sold a cigar store at Lorain of which he was owner for a time. He was also engaged for one year as agent for the Jackson Automobile Company and carried on the business in Cleveland under the style of the Wolf Motor Car Company at Seventeenth and Euclid Avenue.

Mr. Wolf was one of the genial and popular citizens of Elyria and stood high in social life. In Masonry he was affiliated with King Solomon Lodge No. 56, Free and Accepted Masons; Marshall Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Elyria Council, Royal and Select Masons; Elyria Commandery of the Knights Templar; the Order of the Eastern Star, and had taken thirty-two degrees in the Scottish Rite and was a member of the Al Koran Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Cleveland. Other fraternities with which he was identified were the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks at Elyria. An exceedingly busy man Mr. Wolf seldom found time to take a vacation, but when he did his favorite recreation was hunting and fishing.

Important though his material achievements have been, he took his keenest delight in his home and family. He was the father of a group of children of whom any parents might be proud. There are two sons and four daughters. Elsie is now the wife of Herbert Tucker of Oberlin, and they have a daughter, Cleo Alice Tucker, born June 7, 1915. All the other children are still at home, their names being Emma, Esther, Carl, Alfred and Florence. All were born and educated in Elyria. The girls attended the German Lutheran School, while the boys both completed their education in the public schools, Carl having graduated from the high school with the class of 1915, while Alfred is a member of the class of 1917. They constitute an ideal family, and morality and earnestness of purpose have been cardinal principles in their training. The boys have never been in a saloon or poolroom in all their lives, and are sturdy and industrious and can usually be found .- within the home circle.

Louis W. Korner. No small part of the development of Lorain County from wilderness conditions to the present time is to be credited - to the influence and energies of the sturdy people who came from Germany at different periods in the last seventy years. It is as a representative of this fine class of citizenship that Louis W. Kothe stands, and through his energy and thrift he has become one of the leading farmers in the neighborhood of Kipton.

He was born in Black River Township of Lorain County September 13, 1870, a son of John and Anna (Kothe) Kothe. Both parents were natives of Hesse, Germany. The paternal grandparents were Jonas and Martha (Grunewalt) Kothe, while the maternal grandfather was John Kothe, a German farmer, who died in the old country. The paternal grandparents settled in Black River Township in the early days, and from there moved to Amherst Township, where they died. John Kothe, the father, was born August 26, 1845, and died June 16, 1891. His wife was born in 1844 and died September 24, 1902. They were married in Erie County, Ohio, and later moved to Lorain County, and eventually secured a farm in Amherst Township, which was occupied by John Kothe until his death. He and his wife were members of St. Peter's Church at Amherst, he was affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and in politics was a democrat. Of the seven children born to the parents, the three now living are: Louis W.; Peter, who owns

Louis \W. Kothe grew up on a farm in Amherst Township, gained his education in that locality, and has made his suecess in life by persistent application to the vocation of farming. After his marriage he lived four years on his mother's place and in 1898 bought his present farm of 103 acres. Since taking possession he has rebuilt the barn and has a very attractive as well as valuable country home. While he does general farming he also makes dairying a feature ot his prosperity, aud raises considerable stock, his dairy herd consisting of six or seven cows.

In 1894 Ma, Kothe married Miss Anna Braun, daughter of Henry Braun, and a granddaughter of Adam and Martha Braun. Adam Braun brought his family to America in 1860 and settled in Black River Township, but subsequently removed to Ottawa County, where he died. The maternal grandfather of Mrs. Kothe was Martin Dute. Mr. and Mrs. Kothe have two children: Edward, who has finished his education and assists his father in the farming business and is a member: of the Grange. The son, Walter, is still in school. The family attend St. Peter's Church in Amherst, and Mr. Kothe is one of the leaders in the Grange movement in this section of the county. The successful manner in which he has managed his own affairs has gained him the eonfidence of his fellow citizens, and in the fall of 1914 he was elected township trustee, an office which he is still capably filling. In polities he is a democrat.

CuarLes HENry BUTTENBENDER. The City of Elyria counts as one of its livest and most enterprising citizens Captain Buttenbender, who has been identified with this community for the past twenty-five years, and in business, public affairs, and all the more notable movements of organization which go to make up the life of a thriving city, has exercised an influence in keeping with his magnetic personality, his houndless energy, and a public spirit which never seeks anything for himself but is always at the service of the community.

A native of New York City, Charles Henry Buttenbender was born October 7, 1854, a son of Henry and Caroline (Bower) Buttenbender. both of whom were natives of Germany. Thev came to this country when voung. were married in America, and about 1860 the father, who had up to that time heen in business in New York City, moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana. where he died at the age of sixty-six. The mother died there January 6, 1910, in her eighty-third year.

Six vears of age when taken to Fort Wayne, Charles H. Buttenbender erew up in that Indiana city, and showed the independence of his nature when at the age of twelve he left school and hegan earning a living at wages of %2 per week in a grocery store. He found more profitable employment in another store, but soon discovered that he was not fitted for the grocery trade. and at the age of sixteen began an apprenticeship with a Fort Wayne manufacturer of silk hats. Later he was employed as a journeyman hatter. but with the passing of the fashion for the wearing of silk hats as a regular part of men's apparel, he turned his attention to a more substantial industry, and until about 1886 was a moulder in Fort Wayne.

His career as an independent business man began as a flour and seed merchant. and after selling that business he did a wholesale trade in buying and shipping of hay for several vears. Captain Buttenbender got into active politics in Fort Wayne in 1887, when elected a member of the city council from the Eighth Ward. He was a republican and the eighth was the stronghold of the democratic party in the city. His personal popularity enabled him to carry the ward by a majority of 150 votes, but in the following year the same section of the city gave a majority of 500 in the general election to President Cleveland. After being in the city council two years, he was deputy county assessor for a time. In 1889 he became a railway postal clerk on the division between Cleveland and Syracuse, and it was this employment which led to his removal to Elyria. Mr. Buttenbender was in the mail service up to 1906. In that year he resigned and organized the Hinkson-Buttenbender Company, Incorporated, which was soon developed as one of the leading local firms of contractors and builders, real estate and insurance agents. Mr. Buttenbender was secretary of this organization until June, 1915, and since then has been in business as a real estate and general contractor under his own name, with offices in the Sharp Block. Since March, 1915, his insurance business has been carried on under the firm name of Sotherden & Buttenbender, also with offices in the Sharp Block. From 1908 he was in the insurance business as a member of the firm of Sotherden, Buttenbender & Hinkson, Mr. Hinkson retiring in March, 1915. This fire insurance firm represents some of the largest and leading companies in that field, and are also agents for automobile insurance in the Travelers Insurance Company of Hartford, the largest underwriters of accident and liability insurance in the world. Other companies which they represent are: The American Central Insurance Company of St. Louis; the Phoenix Assurance Company (Limited), the Standard. the Royal Exchange Assurance, the Commercial Union, the New Jersey of Newark, and the Nord-Deutsche of Hamburg, Germany.

From the beginning of his residence at Elyria in November, 1889, Captain Buttenbender has always exhibited the characteristics of a public spirited citizen. In November, 1909, he was elected councilman at large, and on the organization of the council on January 3 of the following year was elected president pro tem, and filled that position two years. In 1912 he was an unsuccessful candidate for the republican noiination for the office of mayor of Elyria, and in the fall of that year was appointed by the city council as councilman of the Fourth Ward to fill the vacancy caused by the death of George Guthmann. He was again a member of the city council until February 1, 1913, and then resigned to accept appointment as director of public safety, an office he filled until February 1, 1914. ;

Probably no local resident has been more prominent in fraternal affairs and has received more honors at the hands of fraternal organizations than Captain Buttenbender. In 1879 he joined Fort Wayne Lodge No. 14, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is past noble grand and past grand representative of that organization. He was one of the trustees of the lodge when the Odd Fellows Temple was built in Fort Wayne and filled all the chairs in the local organization. For a number of years he was captain of Canton Fort Wayne of the Patriarchs Militant and served as major of the Second Battalion, First Regiment. Since 1883 he has also been an active member of the Knights of Pythias. having joined the order at Fort Wayne in that year, and is now past chaneellor of Chevalier Lodge No. 316 at Elyria, having filled all the chairs and gone as representative to the Grand Lodge. He assisted in organizing Uniform Rank, Company No. 117, Knights of Pythias. and served with the rank of captain fifteen years. On November 21, 1907, he was made a Master Mason in King Solomon Lodge No. 56, Free and Accepted Masons, and attained to the thirty-second degree of Scottish Rite in the Lake Erie Consistory at Cleveland less than one year later. He is past eminent commander of Elyria Commandery No. 60, Knights Templar, and is also a member of the Al Koran Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Cleveland. The Elyria Lodge of Elks has also found him a inmost valuable brother, and he is past exalted ruler of the lodge and was representative to the Grand Lodge in Denver in 1914, and in 1915 was president of the Elks Club Company. In the Fraternal Order of Eagles at Elyria he served in 1912 as chairman of committee when the Grand Lodge of Eagles, of which he is a member, held its convention in this city in 1918. He is also a member of the auxiliary organizations of the Eastern Star, the Pythian Sisters and the Rebekahs. Captain Buttenbender has for a number of years taken much interest in the Lorain County Volunteer Firemen's Association, of which he was president, and his influence was chiefly instrumental in inaugurating the Fire and Police Pension Fund in 1913, the measure having been adopted by the city council in that year and the first appropriation made, and the fund is now increased by regular appropriations from the county and state. Captain Buttenbender is a member of the Elyria Builders Exchange, is a stockholder in various business enterprises in that city and elsewhere and since 1906 has held a commission as notary public. Captain Buttenbender is noted for the versatility of his interests and avocations, and one of his chief enthusiasms is automobiling, and since 1908 he has served as secretary of the Elvria Automobile Club. He is usually found at all the racing meets, and is occasionally called upon to act as an official in these automobile events, and was recently a timekeeper in the races conducted under the Cleveland Automobile Association.

Captain Buttenbender is one of the active members of the First Congregational Church at Elyria and also belongs to the Men's Club of that church. He was one of the captains of the teams who raised $127,000 in ten days for the beautiful Young: Men's Christian Association Building which adorns the public square of Elyria. He was elected and is now serving as one of the trustees of the association. He married Miss Estella C. Grout. Mrs. Buttenbender was born in Franklin County, New York. daughter of William Grout.

CHARLES T. JAMIESON has been one of the well known bankers of Lorain County for the past eighteen years, and was formerly a bank examiner and comes of a family long prominent in banking and other affairs.

He was born in Clermont County, Ohio, May 2, 1855, a son of Milton and Maria (Titus) Jamieson. His father was born in Williamsburg, Ohio, in 1825 and died in 1907. The mother was born in Dutchess County. New York, in 1836 and died in 1879. They were married in 1854 at Batavia, Clermont County. Ohio, where Milton Jamieson was for many vears a well known attorney and banker. Though a man who was self educated and self-made, his success was pronounced, and he was one of the foremost men in his section of the state. In early life he served one year as a lieutenant in the war with Mexico, and lost his health while in the army. He was very active in Masonry. attained the Royal Arch degrees, was a whig and later a republican in politics, and was very influential in that line although never a seeker for office. Both he and his wife were members of the Presbyterian Church. At the age of eleven years Milton Jamieson set type on the first issue of the Clermont Courier. and owned and conducted this newspaper for some time. Milton Jamieson was a son of John and Catherine (Perrine) Jamieson, the former a native of Cynthiana, Kentucky, and a soldier in the War of 1812, having settled in Ohio after the close of that conflict. He was a saddler by trade, and kept one of the early hotels in Southern Ohio. The Jamieson family came from Aberdeen, Scotland. and Mr. Charles

T. Jamieson's great and great-great-grandfathers were both soldiers in the Revolutionary war. The great-grandfather was Samuel Jamieson and the great-great-grandfather was John Jamieson. Charles T. Jamieson's maternal grandfather, Titus, was a native of New York State, but settled in Clermont County, Ohio, on a farm about 1840. He should be remembered as having introduced the first Merino sheep into the state. The Titus family were Quakers.

Charles T. Jamieson was one of four children and is the oldest of the three now living. His sister, Mrs. Charles Belt, lives in Batavia, Ohio, the wife of a physician. His brother, Percy, is president of a bank at Batavia.

Mr. Jamieson was liberally educated, attending Hanover College and in 1875 graduating from the University of Wooster. For a short time he was assistant treasurer and paymaster in the railway service, and he was also admitted to the bar. For ten years Mr. Jamieson was proprietor of the Urbana Citizen and Gazette, and he established the daily issue of that paper. Subsequently he was special foreign agent of the United States Treasury Department, then filled the office of bank examiner for one year, and since 1898 has had his home at Wellington in Lorain County.

At Wellington he became cashier of the First Wellington Bank, which was originally a national bank, but is now under a state charter. This is one of the strongest banks of Lorain County, has a capital of. $85,000, surplus and undivided profits of $70,000, and its deposits average $950,000.

In 1885 Mr. Jamieson married Miss Angie West, who was born in Lebanon, Ohio. Her father, Rev. Enoch G. West, died rather early in life and was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. and Mrs. Jamieson have one daughter, Miriam, who lives at home, and she and her mother are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Jamieson is a Presbyterian and for many years has been closely identified with church and Sunday school affairs and has served as superintendent of the Sunday school at Wellington for sixteen years. Fraternally he is a charter member of Urbana Lodge of the Masonic Order, of which he is past master, and he is also a Knight Templar. In polities he is a republican, and has given some capable public service as a member of the board of education.

Justus M. Srarr is a banker at LaGrange Village and through banking and other activities has long enjoyed a place of prominence in that section of Lorain County. He is also a practical farmer and dairyman, and for a number of years was one of the merchants of the village.

His birth occurred on a farm which he still owns, in Penfield Township of Lorain County March 28, 1864. His parents were Orrin K. and Elizabeth (Blanchard) Starr.

Mr. Starr grew to manhood on the old farm, and was well educated. As a boy he attended country school, spent a year in the Elyria High School, a year at Wellington, another year at the Valparaiso University in Indiana, and in 1882 he finished a commercial course at Oberlin. Following this came several years of traveling over the country, and in January, 1888, at Los Angeles, California, he married Miss Kitty C. Bailey.

sold out and established at LaGrange a bank which he has since carried on with steadily accumulating success. In the fall of 1897 a fire had destroyed the building on the site where Mr. Starr's bank now stands.

He then acquired the property, built a substantial structure in which his bank was opened for business on August 18, 1898. <A part of the building is rented for business purposes, and the second story-has the Masonic Lodge rooms.

Mr. Starr owns the 120 acre farm in Penfield Township where he was born, and he has developed it as a first class dairy farm, and it is operated 'with profit and efficiency.

He has also been active in public affairs, served eleven years on the school board, is now a member of the council and for one term was mayor of LaGrange. As a republican he cast his first presidential vote for President Harrison. Both he and his wife were reared in the faith of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In Masonry he is active, being affiliated with the lodge at LaGrange and the chapter and council at Elyria. He is a charter member of the Knights of Pythias Lodge at Wellington, in which he filled the various chairs and is a past chancellor, but his membership is now in LaGrange Lodge No. 500.