Madison Township (part 10 of 20)

Mr. Fronizer's assistance was given to his father until he was 18 years of age, when he took the maintenance of himself upon his own shoulders. From his youth he had been ambitious and he determined to educate himself with a view of entering upon the profession of law and making it his life work. Although little more than a boy, he secured schools to teach during the winter seasons and thus carried himself through a course in the Fremont Public Schools, the Normal School at Fostoria, Ohio, and came thus gradually nearer and nearer to the goal he had in view. After teaching the Woodville High School for two years, in the spring of 1874 he began the study of law, in the office of J. T. Garver, and was admitted to the bar in the spring of 1877. Possessing many of the natural qualities which a successful career at the bar demands, Mr. Fronizer has long been recognized as one of the effective members of his profession. He maintains his home in Ballville Township, and for many years has been a justice of the peace there. In politics, ever since reaching mature life, he has been closely identified with the Democratic party and on its ticket he was elected prosecuting attorney of Sandusky County, in 1887, serving in that responsible office for six years. Although many years have passed since he presided over a schoolroom, he has retained his interest in all matters pertaining to the public schools and has served in the office of county school examiner.

Mr. Fronizer was married in Sandusky County, to Miss Isabella Boyer, who is a daughter of George Boyer, one of the substantial pioneer farmers at that time, in Washington Township. Mr. and Mrs. Fronizer have two sons, Irvin F. and Harry L.

ALLYN B. SANFORD, one of Riley Township's most substantial citizens, excellent farmers and respected men, owns 238% acres of land, 168 of which is his home, in Section 9g, where he has lived since 1874. Mr. Sanford was born January 26, 1855, in Townsend Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, and is a son of William B. Sanford, who was also born there, his father having been one of the early settlers.

Allyn B. Sanford was 2 years old when he was brought to Riley Township and was reared here and obtained his education in the schools of his native county. He has devoted himself to agricultural pursuits almost entirely and is numbered with the practical and prosperous farmers of this part of the county.

Mr. Sanford married Miss Mary Dalton, a daughter of the late Matthew Dalton, of Townsend Township, and they have three children: Frederick A., who lives at Fremont; Claudia M., who is the wife of Oliver H. Thompson, of Riley Township; and John L., who is engaged in farming in Riley Township. In his political views Mr. Sanford is a Democrat. In all that concerns the welfare of his neighbor-

BRYAN O'CONNOR, an honored and highly esteemed citizen of Hessville and owner of a fine farm of 250 acres in Washington Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, was born June 21, 1830, in Ireland, and is a son of Michael and Catherine (Fallahee) O'Connor.

Bryan O'Connor is the only surviving member of a family of fifteen children born to his parents. He was reared in his native country and in 1852 came to America, first locating at Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio. During the Civil War he served two years as councilman at Fremont, and in 1865 removed to Washington Township where he was elected clerk of the township, filling the office for a period of seven years, after which he served as justice of the peace for two years, resigning that office to become county commissioner, receiving the appointment from Probate Judge Fenwick Dickinson. The county auditor was Adam Hodes, and the recorder, John R. Conklin. He filled that office by appointment for thirteen months and was elected commissioner two successive terms.

In 1858, Mr. O'Connor was united in marriage with Margaret Keefe, a daughter of Martin and Mary (Hartnett) Keefe, and a sister of Bridget Keefe. who was a Sister of the Blessed Sacrament in Cleveland. Mr. Keefe came to this country in 1848 and settled in Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio, where he died in 1857, the death of his wife occurring in 1859. To Bryan and Margaret O'Connor were born the following children: Catherine, who is the wife of Frank O'Farrell, of Fremont, and the mother of five sons, Albert, Francis B., Harry V., Edward, and Thomas; Martin, who married Rosa Noss, and they have six children - Frederick B.. Mary, John, Margaret, William and Harry; Michael, who lives at home; Mary, who is the widow of Dr. R. M. Durbin, of Woodville, and has three children, William O., Margaret K. and Bryan W.; and Margaret J., who lives at home.

WILLIAM W. HENSEL, whose home farm of 160 acres of fine land is situated in Section 17, Sandusky Township, and has ten productive oil wells, owns also'a second farm of the same dimensions in Edwards County, Kansas. Mr. Hensel was born October 2, 1869, in Sandusky Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, and is a son of Daniel and Sarah (Hetrick) Hensel.

Daniel Hensel was born in 1825 in Sandusky County, Ohio, and is a son of Daniel Hensel, who came from Pennsylvania and settled in Ohio in early manhood, securing the land which is now owned by his grandson, William W. He was a hardy pioneer who settled in the deep woods and for many years lived remote from all public highways, clearing his land and in the meanwhile fighting the hard conditions which met the pioneer on every side. He lived into old age and left a goodly heritage. His son, Daniel Hensel, was reared on that farm and spent his life here until, in late years, he departed for Michigan, following the death of his wife, in November, 1907. They had five children, as follows: Frank, who is now deceased; Harriet, who is the wife of George Ulmer, of Elk Rapids, Michigan; William W.; Charles, who resides at Fremont; and Myrtella, who is the wife of W. J. Wilson, of St. Louis, Michigan. Daniel Hensel owns an excellent farm of 189 acres in Sandusky Township, and at one time possessed more than 800 acres, all in Sandusky County.

William \W. Hensel was educated in the local schools and took an academic course at Fostoria, Ohio. He has devoted himself mainly to agricultural pursuits, farming and stockraising, and is also to some degree, interested in the oil industry. On August 8, 1894, he was married to Miss Adda S. Wolfe, who was born in Sandusky Township, and is a daughter of the late Levi Wolfe. The mother of Mrs. Hensel is a beloved member of the Hensel household. Mr. and Mrs. Hensel have one daughter, Mary W., who was born November 9, 1898. The family attends the United Brethren Church. In his political views Mr. Hensel is inclined to be independent, generally voting for the man, who, in his judgment, 1s best qualified for the position sought.

GEORGE W. HEBERLING, a veteran of the Civil War and a well known resident of Baliville Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, resides on a farm of thirty and one-half acres located about two miles south of Fremont. He was born in Washington Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, September 13, 1839, and is a son of George and Sophia (Spohn) Heberling, and a grandson of Jacob and Christina Heberling.

Jacob Heberling came from the vicinity of Sunbury, Pennsylvania, to Perry County, Ohio, and after a short residence there moved to Sandusky County in 1832. He purchased a farm of 168 acres in Green Creek Township, on which he lived for a few years, and then moved to Fremont. He and his son, George, there engaged in the manufacture of brick, establishing the first brick yard in that city, but as there was little demand for their product they soon closed the plant. He then entered 160 acres of Government land in Washington Township, for which he paid $1.25 per acre. He erected a log house thereon and lived there the remainder of his days.

George Heberling was born near Sunbury, Pennsylvania, October 18, 1805, and was married in Perry County, Ohio, where he lived a short time. In 1832 he moved with his family to Green Creek Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, where they lived on the farm with his parents for three years. After closing out their parents to the home place in Washington Township, eighty acres of which he inherited at his father's death. He lived a long and useful life, passing away September 7, 1886, aged nearly eighty-one years. His first marriage was with Miss Sophia Spohn, who was born in 1810 and died in 1843. They were parents of the following children: Elizabeth, who clied at the age of 17 years; Solomon S.; Isaac; Mary, (deceased) wife of Andrew Roush; George W.; and Christina, who died at the age of 13 years and 7 months. Mr. Heberling formed a second union with Margaret Fought, by whom he had one daughter, Frances, who married James FEynsley.

his attention to farming, at which he continued until the outbreak of the Civil War. He first enlisted for three months' service and was stationed at Cleveland. When the company was disbanded he returned home, and in August, 1862, enlisted for three years' service as a member of Company D, 3d Regiment Ohio Vol. Cav. He joined the regiment at Louisville, Kentucky, and participated in the battle of Perrysville and numerous other engagements. They also spent three months in pursuit of Morgan's raiders. He was seriously wounded in battle and was sent to the hospital at Nashville, and then at Columbus, Ohio, where he remained six months. He was then placed in the 2d Battalion of the invalid corps at Camp Dennison and served in the commissary department. He was mustered out June 28, 1865, and returned to the home place in Washington Township. Shortly after the war he purchased the eighty-acre farm of his father, who continued to live with him, and later he sold out and bought a one-half interest in a roo-acre farm in Green Creek Township. After farming that place three years he again sold out and moved to Fremont, where he purchased a residence property. He there embarked in the piano, organ and sewing machine business, which he carried on successfully for many years. After eighteen years' residence in that city, he purchased and for three years farmed a forty-acre farm in Ballville Township. He disposed of that property to good advantage and made a trip throughout the west with a view of buying a farm and settling down, going as far as California. Seeing nothing desirable he returned to Sandusky County and in 1887 purchased the farm on which he now lives. He has made all the improvements on this farm, which is now managed by his son. April 25, 1868, Mr. Heberling was married to Miss N. J. McMillen, who was born near Zanesville, in Muskingum County, Ohio, July 23, 1843, and is a daughter of William and Mary Ann McMillen, who moved to Sandusky County during the war in 1864. Three children were born to this union: Mary J., who died in infancy; William H., who married Florence Hersey, and has two children, Robert H. and Julia E.; and Nellie, who died at the age of 3 years. Mr. Heberling takes an active interest in public affairs and has at times been called upon to act in official capacity, having served two terms as justice of the peace and some years as township assessor.

ORRIN A. ROBERTS, whose death on Monday, January I1, 1909, removed one of the oldest and most respected citizens of Fremont, was born in Ashtabula, Ohio, July 16, 1824. In 1830, at the age of about six years, he accompanied his parents to Fremont, the trip being made by vessel. After arriving here the family proceeded to Tiffin, where, however, they remained but for the part of a year, returning then to Fremont, where the elder Roberts purchased the Stage House, which then occupied the site of the present Wheeling depot, and engaged in the hotel business.

Young Roberts acquired the rudiments of knowledge in the village schools. He then began industrial life by tending bar for Robert Caldwell in the old frame Western Hotel, located where the Masonic Block now stands. From this position he entered the dry goods and grocery trade, in which he remained for three years, afterwards serving an apprenticeship in the tin shop of John R. Pease, located at the east end of State Street bridge, opposite the present factory of the Hebrand Company. His apprenticeship lasted over two and a half years, during which time he worked from ten to fifteen hours per day. His pay, exclusive of board and washing, which were furnished him, was $30 for the first year, $40 for the second, and the last six months $30. He then entered the ranks of his trade as a journeyman, receiving $1 per day, for which pay he worked two and a half years, at the end of that time becoming a partner with Mr. Pease in the business. During these years he was gradually becoming more expert at his trade until he was recognized as a master mechanic; he was one of the workmen employed at the roofing of the present cupola on the court house, and in particular, the copper ball on

In 1853 Mr. Roberts sold his interest in the hardware business to John R. Pease and W. R. B. McLellan. About a month later he repurchased it, taking into partnership William B. Sheldon, with whom he was associated as its further proprietor until 1869. In that year they sold the store to C. M. Dillon, but retained the block, which had been erected in 1863, and which is now occupied by the Fremont Tea Store. During subsequent years Mr. Roberts gave his attention to the management of his real estate and other business interests, which were large and varied. In 1882 he, with other prominent business men, organized the Farmers' Bank, with a capital of $50,000, and he was elected and continued as its president until June 30, 1904, when it went out of business.

Both as working man and as capitalist Mr. Roberts was a man of great activity. His business life was practically contemporary with that of the city, and for more than half a century he was a familiar figure on the streets of Fremont, as he went about looking after his real estate or other affairs. He saw the growth of Fremont irom its condition as a little struggling hamlet in his boyhood days to that of a busy and prosperous city, to which prosperity he largely contributed and in which he had a notable share. Every church and every schoolhouse, together with a large majority of the business houses and residences, were built during his residence here.

Though always thrifty and careful in his use of money, as one knowing its value from his early years, Mr. Roberts was not parsimonious, but could give with generous hand when appealed to on behalf of a worthy cause. His active business life ceased with the closing of the Farmers' Bank in June, 1904, and thenceforth, though his figure was daily seen on our streets, taking note of all that concerned the growth of the city and the prosperity and advancement of its business and commercial interests, he mingled in the busy scene rather as a specta- tor than as an active participant, save for such attention as he still gave his real estate holdings. Up to his last year Mr. Roberts' health continued remarkably good, and his end came as a general breaking down of his system due to the infirmities of age, rather than from any specific disease. With his death was ended a worthy career, in some important respects typically American and well qualified for example - a career of humble beginnings, difficulties conquered, opportunities improved, and abundant success finally achieved, which was pre-eminently deserved.

About the time that Mr. Roberts formed his partnership with Mr. Pease, he married, for his first wife, Harriet Hafford, and settled on the site of his late residence at No. 324 South Front Street. Mrs. Harriet Roberts died in 1861, and in 1869 Mr. Roberts contracted a second union, with Mrs. D. A. Strong, daughter of John S. Tyler, an old resident of Fremont. Mrs. Roberts. still survives and, with her two sons and two daughters, occupies the old family residence at the location above mentioned.

Mr. Roberts was a member, and vestryman for many years of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, at which his funeral services were conducted by Rev. Frank Roudenbush, and he was one of the church's most faithful attendants, never allowing the weather or any similar cause to interfere with his presence in his pew on Sundays and at the other church services. A man of Christian experience and moral rectitude, he set before him a high ideal of personal duty and lived up to it faithfully and conscientiously, hoping for no reward but a good conscience void of offence towards God and man.

ROBERT W. SHERRARD, one of Fremont's leading business men, senior partner of the firm of Sherrard & Womersley, dealers in groceries, provisions and queensware, at No. 122 East State Street, was born in Ballville Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, December 21, 1849.

ship schools, later at Fremont and still later at the State Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio, completing his studies at the Seneca County Academy, located at Republic, Ohio, which at that time was an institution of note. In the meanwhile he had taught many terms of school and his success in imparting knowledge gave indication that along that line lay a profession tor which he was well fitted. However, in 1885, he turned his attention to merchandising, buying out the interest of John Ulsh, in the firm of Plagman & Ulsh. The present style of name has since been adopted and the business has been somewhat enlarged and still continues to be a leading one in its line at Fremont.

On May 18, 1875, Mr. Sherrard was married to Miss Clara A. Karshner, who was born in Riley Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, November 23, 1855. The family is an old one in Riley Township and her father and grandparents died there, the mother living with Mr. Sherrard. Prior to her marriage Mrs. Sherrard, after attending the Fremont High School, taught school for some time and was very highly esteemed throughout Riley and Sandusky Townships. Two daughters were born to Mr. and Mrs. Sherrard, both of whom are graduates of the Fremont High School and are prominent in social circles. The family home is situated at No. 409 East State Street, Fremont. Mr. Sherrard is a member of the Presbyterian Church, as is also his wife. In his political views he is a Republican and at different times he has consented to accept local office, but he is in no sense a politician, his large business claiming his whole attention. He belongs to the Odd Fellows and to several organizations of a beneficiary character.

DAVID L. KARBLER, one of the trustees of Riley Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, owns and resides upon a fine farm of seventy acres, and in addition to general farming operates a threshing machine and hay baler. He was born in Riley Township, December 13, 1864, and is a son of Adam and Christina (Diehr) Karbler.

later in Riley Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, where Adam Karbler passed a greater part of his life. He died in the city of Fremont in the early nineties and is survived by his widow, who resides in that city at the age of 73 years. She too was born in Germany.

David L. Karbler was reared in his native township and there received a public school education. He has followed farming from early boyhood and has prospered. He was for nine years a constable of Riley Township, and now is serving his first term as township trustee.

Mr. Karbler was married to Susan Weiker, also a native of Sandusky County, and a daughter of Philip and Mary Weiker, who are deceased. Four children have been born to them, namely: Florence, Glenn, Edwin and Edna. The oldest of their children, Florence, died at the age of 6 years. Politically he is a Democrat, but is inclined to be independent in local affairs. Fraternally he is a member of the Knights of the Maccabees.

HENRY SWINT, manufacturer, a member of the Fremont Tile and Brick Manufacturing Company (incorporated), a leading industry of Sandusky Township, was born in Rice

1869, and is a son of Henry and Rosina ( Reinick) Swint and a brother of John Swint, one of the commissioners of Sandusky County. Henry Swint was reared on the home farm in Rice Township, on which his parents, both now deceased, settled at an early day, and he there followed an agricultural life until the spring of 1909, when he became identified with his present business enterprise, in which he is associated with Theodore L. Fuchs of Fremont and A. A. Nichols, of the same city. The business was founded by a Mr. Wolcott and later came into the possession of A. A. Reynolds, who conducted it for many years. The Fremont Tile and Brick Manufacturing Company (incorporated) succeeded A. A. Reynolds. The business is the manufacturing of drain tile and building blocks, and with the latest improved machinery and electric power, the plant turns out a very superior article. Mr. Swint is the manager of the plant, which, under

Mr. Swint married Miss Lucinda Crowell, who was born in Sandusky Township and is a daughter of Adam Crowell, and to this marriage have been born two children, Anna M. and Rella D. Mr. Swint and family are members of St. Ann's Roman Catholic Church at

W. H. BASKEY, general farmer and thresher, residing on his valuable property in Green Creek Township, which contains seventy acres of fertile land, situated two and one-half miles east of Fremont, was born February 14, 1863, in Sandusky Township, Sandusky County, Ohio. His parents are Frederick and Henrietta (Martzke) Baskey.

Frederick Baskey and wife were both born and reared in Germany. Shortly after their arrival in America they came to Green Creek Township, where they still reside. They were among the early settlers. They have had six children: William H., Albert T., Charles F.. Tracey and two who died young.

William H. Baskey began to assist on the home farm in boyhood, being the oldest of the family, and as his father needed his help he had fewer chances to attend school than had many others. He has always been a man of industry, ready to turn to any occupation in the neighborhood that would advance his interests and thus he worked for a time in the tile factory and also became a thresher. He has continued in the threshing business about nineteen vears and he also operates a portable sawmill. In 1892 he purchased his present farm and thus added to his responsibilities. He raises excellent crops and enough stock for his own use.

On February 24, 1892, Mr. Baskey was married to Miss Louisa Zeigler, daughter of John and Mary Ann (Jacobs) Zeigler, both of whom werebornin Sandusky County, but their parents came from Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Baskey have two children: Earl F., born July 6, 1896: and Herbert E., born October 12, 1898. Mr. Baskey and wife are members of Grace Luthve eran Church at Fremont. In politics he is a Democrat. He is a man of social instincts and is a member of the Woodmen of the World, belonging to the lodge of the order at Fremont.

CYRUS G. BOWERS, one of the leading and highly respected citizens of Lindsey, who has served continuously as postmaster of that village since April 12, 1898, was born July 20, 1858. He is a son of Cyrus and Catherine (Cathermine) Bowers, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania, the former of Lancaster County, and the latter of Center County. They have a family of four children, as follows: James C., engaged as a wholesale butcher at Toledo, Ohio; Mrs. J. H. Roush, a resident of Lindsey, Ohio; Mrs. Doctor Woland, of Fremont, Ohio; and Cyrus G., the subject of this record.

Cyrus G. Bowers, Jr. was united in marriage with Maria Overmyer of Lindsey, Ohio, and their union resulted in the birth of the following children: Mabel, wife of George W. Overmyer, has three children, Grace Fay, Helen Evangeline, and Mary Frances; Lulu May, married A. I. Naumann, and has two children (twins), Margaret and Lula Catherine; Harold, married Fern Sheldon and has one son, Lovell Sheldon Bowers; Mark W. is attending school at Lindsey, Ohio.

REV. WILLIAM A. BOWMAN, residing in his pleasant home at No. 1212 West State Street, Fremont, has been in the active ministry of the Lutheran Church for over forty years and for over twenty of these has been pastor of the Salem Lutheran Church of Sandusky Township, and also of St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Rice Township, Sandusky County. Rev. Bowman was born in Reading Township, Perry County, Ohio, September 29, 1840, and is a son of George and Elizabeth (Anspach) Bowman, and a grandson of George Bowman.

The grandfather, George Bowman, coming from Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, in 1803, the year Ohio was admitted to the Union, bought a farm in the north-western part of Perry County (then Fairfield County). erected his log cabin, cleared his farm and began life in Ohio as one of the early pioneers.

This farm was located on the Indian trail leading from Zanesville to Lancaster, Ohio. At that time but two log cabins were seen ia Zanesville, whilst Lancaster was simply an Indian village. Reading and Somerset were not yet in existence. After these towns had been located and built up, the Bowman farm was one mile south of the former and three miles west of the latter. Somerset was the county seat of Perry County for many years and was the home of Gen. Phil. Sheridan. On this farm of the grandfather William A. Bowman was born and his parents lived there until 1845, when his father took charge of a tan yard at Bremen, in Fairfield County.

From 1845 to 1848, during the Mexican War, the family lived at Bremen, William A. starting to school at this place and continuing to attend school after the family located at North Perry or Glenford, as it is now called. While securing his primary education, Mr. Bowman assisted his father both in the mills and on the farm Mr. Bowman owned at Glenford. From 1857 to 1858 he taught school at Glenford, and in 1859 he entered the Capital University at Columbus, as a student of divinity, entering the classroom on his birthday. During his six years of college life he took up all the leading branches of study that train the faculties and was especially proficient in some and so generally satisfactory that when he was finally graduated he was given the highest honors, being made valedictorian of his class. This period was thus divided, one year in the grammar school, three in the college proper and two in the theological department. He very early attracted attention by his talent for oratory and in 1861 was chosen by the faculty of the university as a special speaker at the commencement of that year, choosing as his subject "The Present Rebellion" and discussed the issues of the times with remarkable judgment for one of his years. The title of his graduation essay, in 1863, was "The Value of Time' and when he was chosen valedictorian of the class in theology, in June, 1865, he delivered a clear and logical discourse, in English, on "The Study of Theology."

622 HISTORY the officers of the Synod. Rev. C. Albrecht, who had been his old pastor in North Perry, installed him as pastor of Zion's Church, of Miami Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, October 1, 1865. For twenty-three years, Rev. Bowman continued in charge of Zion's Church, in addition to ministering to other churches under the general name of the West Carrollton charge. He has also held responsible positions in his church bod and for six years was visitator and later vice president of the English District of the Joint Synod of the Lutheran Church in Ohio. In April, 1888, he came to Sandusky County and since the latter part of that month has occupied his - present relation with the two churches above mentioned. He was one of the founders, a member of the board of directors and the chaplain of the Sandusky County Pioneer and Historical Association, which has a very large and representative membership.

On September 28, 1865, Mr. Bowman was married to Miss Amelia Ernestine Coutellier, who was born at Paris, France, April 5, 1841, and accompanied her parents to America in 1848. Her father was Lucian Coutellier, who located first at Springfield, Illinois, in a residence then standing just across the street from the home of Abraham Lincoln. The families became acquainted in the social affairs of the village and even then they were impressed by the personality of the great Emancipator. In 1852 the Coutellier family moved to Columbus, where the father and sons were employed in the machine shops of the Panhandle Railroad. In the dark days that followed a decade and more later, they watched with interest the great career of their kindly old neighbor and when the funeral escort passed to his old home, in 1865, they were among the sincere mourners who accompanied it to Springfield from Columbus.

To Mr. and Mrs. Bowman were born three children:..Alfatetta, F. married. Clement If Kimmel and they have two sons - Ralph and Bert; Amelia E., resting in the Carrollton Cemetery, south of Dayton, lived only three and one-half years; Lulu V. is the wife of Frank B. Finch, who is engaged in the photographic business in Fremont. In Mr. Bow- man's family conversation can be carried on in either German, French or English, while Mr. Bowman's mother tongue is the dialect of the Pennsylvania Dutch.

JULIUS WALDE, vice president of the Bill Sales Book Company, of Fremont, Ohio, and associated with J. W. Worst in the ownership of the Clyde Cooperage Works, has been a resident of Fremont since 1881. He was born in Germany, May 18, 1848, and is a son of Mathias and Benedicta Walde, both of whom died in Germany.

Julius Walde was reared and educated in his native land and there learned the cooper's trade. He performed his full term of military service, as had his father before him, who was a lieutenant in the regular army. Julius Walde has several valuable medals which were presented to him for his gallant services during the Franco-Prussian War, after the termination of which, he came to America. Mr. Walde located at La Crosse, Wisconsin, where he worked for four months in a brewery, and from there found his way to Chicago and was working in that city in a brewery, at the time of the great Chicago fire, in 1871. A strike in the brewery in which he was employed, led him to leave that city and he traveled on to Norwalk, Ohio, where he had an uncle, and there he worked as a cooper from November, 1871, until April, 1872, when he came to Fremont. Here he was employed for two years as a cooper, after which he went to Tiffin, Ohio, where he became foreman of a brewery and remained there for three years. When he returned he bought an interest in the Fremont Brewery and became its manager, and has been a resident of this city ever since, subsequently buying the brewery, which he operated himself until 1902, when he sold out to Cleveland parties. Later he became identified with his present business concerns and is numbered with the representative citizens.

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resides in Fremont; Joseph, who resides at Clyde; Maude, who married Dr. Henr Shefler, of Sandusky; Irene; and Edward and Cletus, both of the latter being now deceased. Mr. Walde and family enjoy a beautiful home, its situation being at No. 903 Birchard Avenue, one of the finest in Fremont. Mr. Walde is a member of the Knights of Pythias and of the German Aid Society.

ALBERT J. GIBBS is a well-known citizen of Riley Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, and is engaged in general farming and stock raising. He comes of one of the pioneer families of the county, his grandfather, Jonas Gibbs, having located in Riley Township at a very early date.

Jonas Gibbs and his wife Rachel came from Vermont and settled here in the woods. Among their children was Jason A. Gibbs, who was born in Riley Township and who was the father of the subject of this record. He was a prosperous farmer and influential citizen and lived a long and useful life, dying on the home place. January 9, 1905. He was married to Elizabeth Coonrod, who was born in Sandusky County, her parents having come from Pickaway County, Ohio, and they had four sons: Albert J.; Burton, who lives at Clyde, Ohio; Luther of Riley Township; and John, who lives at Norman, Oklahoma.

Albert J. Gibbs was born on the home farm in Riley Township, December 15, 1847, and with the exception of a brief period spent in Carroll County, Tennessee, has always lived in this township. He has always farmed and engaged in stock raising and has 240 acres of good land, 104 acres of which constitutes his home place. He is recognized as a business man of ability and sound judgment, and enjoys high standing in the community. Politically, he is a Republican.

JOHN W.. ZILLES, who. came to" his present farm in Riley Township, Sandusky County, in 1905, was born in Rice Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, February 8, 1873. His parents are Peter and Christina (Kline) Zilles.

The first member of the Zilles family to settle in Sandusky County was the grandfather of John W., Casper Zilles. He was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, and settled as a pioneer in Rice Township, where he subsequently married and reared a family. Peter Zilles was born in the little log cabin home of his parents in Rice Township and he continued to live there until the spring of 1908, when he moved to a place in Sandusky Township, near Fremont. He and wife are members of the Lutheran Church. The following members of their family survive: John W.; Frank, of Fremont; Herman, of Toledo; Edward, of Ottawa County; Ralph, of Fremont; Emma, wife of Edward Engler, of Rice Township; Catherine, wife of Josiah Hetrick, of Fremont; Lulu, wife of Charles Berner, of Fremont; and Clara, who lives with her parents.

John W. Zilles has been a farmer ever since he reached man's estate and is a very practical and successful one. He moved from Rice Township to Riley Township in 1897, and located on the Henry House farm. Two years later he moved to the Louis Zeigler farm, where he remained five years. He then purchased his present farm of forty acres, on which he has since lived.

On September 28, 1893, he was married to Miss Louisa Hetrick, a daughter of Jacob Hetrick, who once was a prominent farmer in Rice Township, and they have a family of six children, as follows: Wilbur, Edna, Elizabeth, Orville, George and Hilda. Mr. Zilles and family belong to Grace Lutheran Church at Fremont. In politics he is a Democrat and at present he is serving in the office of constable of Riley Township.

CHARLES H. CLAPP, who, in association with his wife, owns 107 acres of valuable farm land in Green Creek Township, which is beautifully situated on the south side of the Maumee turnpike, two and one-half miles west of Clyde, Ohio, was born in the old log house on the Clapp homestead, in which his father formerly, in old days, ran a hotel, in Green Creek Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, November #, 1849. His parents wete Charles C. and Matilda (Seman) Clapp.

Charles C. Clapp, father of Charles H., was born in England, November 30, 1812, and was seven years old when his parents brought him to America. They settled in the State of New York for a few years and then made their pioneering way into Ohio, coming directly to Sandusky County and to what is now Clyde but was then called Hammers' Corners. Mr. Clapp was a farmer at first, but later gave all his attention to drilling wells, at which he was very successful, drilling hundreds of them and was the first man to strike a full flow of water in this section of Ohio. He bought 300 acres oi land in Green Creek Township, paying $5 per acre for some of it. It was heavily timbered land and the clearing of it was a gigantic task. He survived until August 12, 1883, dying at Clyde. On February 22, 1844, he was married to Matilda Seman, who was born February 22, 1824, in New Jersey, and died June 3, 1899. To them were born the following children: Daniel, and Ernestine, both deceased; Charles Holmes; Seman J.; Horace: Arthur; and Robert Benjamin and an infant, both deceased.

Charles H. Clapp remained at home with his parents until he was married. As opportunity offered, he attended the district schools through boyhood, but spent years in assisting his father clear the farm and get it under cultivation. He has always devoted himself to agricultural pursuits and has always lived in Green Creek Township. He purchased his first twenty-seven acres of land from Judge Lemon, of Clyde.

On December 16, 1872, Mr. Clapp was married to Miss Sarah J. Noggle, a daughter of Joseph Noggle, who was an old settler of Green Creek Township. They have had two children: Jesse. who died aged six vears: and Della. who is the wife of Elmer McKinzie.

JOHN C. MICHAEL, a well known farmer and stock raiser of Sandusky Township, where he owns a fine farm of 150 acres, was born in Sandusky Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, October 19, 1852, and is a son of George and Catherine (Mathia) Michael, who came to America from Alsace, France, and established themselves in Sandusky County.

John C. Michael grew to manhood in Sandusky Township and as the opportunity was afforded, attended school in his boyhood. He has always been more interested in agricultural pursuits than in any other occupation and has resided the greater part of his life in his own township. However, early in the eighties, he went to Wood County and was there engaged in farming, in Portage Township, until 1gor, when he returned to Sandusky County and settled on his present farm. While in Wood County, Mr. Michael was married to Miss Emma Mettei, who was born in Sandusky Township, Sandusky County, a daughter of Henry Mettei, who resides with Mr. and Mrs. Michael and is one of Sandusky Township's most venerable residents. To the above marriage have been born nine children, namely: John R., Eva, Edward H., William, Raymond, Clarence, Verna, Gladys and Lester. Mr. Michael is a firm friend of the public schools and is giving his family every advantage in his power to make them useful and respected memhers of society. He and his older sons are identihed with the Democratic party.

WILLIAM FOUGHT, owner of a general store at Havens Station, a fine residence property at Gibsonburg and a half-acre tract of land, on which he resides, in Jackson Township, was born August 4, 1842, in Washington Township, Sandusky County, and is a son of Solomon and Maria (Dupler) Fought.

Michael Fought, grandfather of our subject, established the Fought family in Ohio, coming at a very early period from Pennsylvania to Sandusky County, where he entered land from the government in Washington Township along the Big Mud Creek. Here he passed the remainder of his life, living to an advanced age. He was the father of the following children: Paul, Michael, Solomon, William, Levi, Polly, Nancy and Sarah.

Solomon Fought was a farmer by occupation and spent his entire life in Sandusky County. He first married Maria Dupler, who died aged twenty-eight years, leaving a family of six children: Frank, William, Sadie. Ann (died aged sixteen years), Emmeline and Elizabeth. Solomon Fought later married his former wife's sister, Julia Ann Dupler, and of this union were born Caroline, Matilda, David (deceased), Stephen, Douglas, Irene and Loretta. Solomon Fought died at the age of about fifty-four years.

the old Kruth farm of forty acres in Jackson Township and cultivated it for a period of fourteen years. He then sold the land and engaged in the flour and feed business at Gibsonburg for ten years, at one time also operating a laundry and notion store in that village. On September 30, 1904, he came to Havens Station, having purchased his present business from Mr. Rosenburger, which he has since continued to operate. His fine residence property in Gibsonburg was purchased in April, 1887, from G. W. Burkhardt and has undergone many improvements since the time of his purchase.

November 30, 1863, Mr. Fought was united in marriage with Harriet Imes, who was born October 6, 1845, and is a daughter of Joseph and Mary (Moonev) Imes. They are the parents of the following children: Mary Jane, is the wife of John Barman of this county, and has two children, Lulu and Forest; Anneta, is the wife of Allen Kern, a resident of Sandusky County, and they have one child, Webb; Cora, married O. B. Havens of Jackson Township and they have two children, Chatie. who married Granville Smith, and Orla, who married William Speller; Charles, who resides in Hlinois, married Maud Flinchbaugh, and has three children, Harry, Margaret and Charles \W.

Mr. Fought has served as a school director of this township, is a member and prominent worker in the Methodist Church of Fremont, Ohio, and was for twenty-five years classleader of the church of Gibsonburg, of which he was also steward.

BYRON RULE DUDROW was born near Green Spring, in Adams Township, Seneca County, Ohio, March 1, 1855, and is a son of David W. and Mary J. (Rule) Dudrow, the former of whom was born October 25, 1825, in Frederick County, Maryland, a son of David and Elizabeth (Hines) Dudrow, also natives of Maryland.

David W. Dudrow settled in Seneca County, Ohio, in 1845, becoming the owner of a large farm there, which he conducted up to the time of his death, prospering himself and assisting others to prosper. His life was an example of industry, integrity and unselfishness. On January 8, 1853, he was married to Mary J. Rule, daughter of Daniel and Jane (Grosscost) Rule. Daniel Rule, grandfather of Byron R. Dudrow, was born October 28, 1801, on the banks of the Susquehanna River in Perry County, Pennsylvania. He was of Teutonic descent, while his wife, Jane (Grosscost) was of Scotch-Irish lineage. In the fall of 1824 he moved to Seneca County, Ohio, at which time the Seneca Indians lived on the Seneca Reservation, some of whom were red men of note, including the famous warrior chief Small Cloud Spicer, who at that time was a resident of the Sandusky valley. Daniel Rule's grandfather, Jasper Rule, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, serving under General Washington, and participated in the siege of Yorktown.

Byron R. Dudrow received his elementary education at the common schools of his neighborhood, which was supplemented by courses of study at the high schools of Tiffin and Clyde. Ohio. In the autumn of 1872 he entered the preparatory department of Baldwin University. Berea, Ohio, remaining there continuously until June, 1877. He gained one year upon his class, and did not attend College in 1877-8, but spent the time in reading law. On June 6th, 1878, at Berea, he graduated from Bald- win University in the classical course, receiving the degree of B. A. and on June 0, 1881, the degree of M. A. was conferred upon him by his Alma Mater.

Byron R. Dudrow was united in marriage November 21, 1878, at Clyde, Ohio, to Mary Elizabeth Meek, a teacher in the Clyde public schools and daughter of Basil Meek. He commenced the study of law June 18, 1877, in the office of Basil Meek at Clyde, Ohio, and April 26, 1879, he was admitted to the bar by the District Court. He did not, however, at once enter into active practice, but served as deputy clerk of courts, with Ins father-in-law. Basil Meek, who had in 1878 been elected tu that office.

He commenced the practice of law at Vremont, Ohio, April 20, 1880. From 1883 till 1888 he was associated as partner with Tienry R. Finefrock. He practiced alone from 1888 until 1891, when he and Basil Meek formed the law firm of Meek & Dudrow, which continued until October, 1906, when Mr. Dudrow retired from practice temporarily, on account of ill health. J. W. Worst was part of this time associated with Meek & Dudrow and the firm was then Meek, Dudrow & Worst.

Mr. Dudrow was city solicitor of Fremont for a period of six years or three times, the duties of which he discharged with ability and to the satisfaction of the public. He has pursued the practice of his profession with zeal and success. He has been engaged in important cases, prominent among Pahich was the detense of Mrs. Lizzie Aldridge, who was charged with the murder of her husband, John Aldridge, the trial occurring at Hastings, Nebraska, in May, 1889. She was acquitted. Of Mr. Dudrow's efforts in the case the Hastings ( Neb.) Republican said: "Mr. Dudrow, of Fremont, Ohio, was an earnest and pleasing talker. Every word and action had power and weight that exerted an influence upon the jurors." The Adams County (Neb.) Democrat, also speaking of his able argument at the trial, said: "Of Mr. Dudrow, of Fremont, Ohio, it may be said that during the trial he won the good opinion and admiration of our people by his manly, eloquent and logical arguments to the jury and by the able manner in which he con- ducted the part of the case assigned to him." Politically, Mr. Dudrow is a Democrat. In his church relations he is a member of the [irst M. E. Church, of Fremont.

Besides a handsome residence on Birchard Avenue, in Fremont, he owns a fine farm of over 300 acres in Townsend Township, Sandusky County, situated within its northern boundary on the south shore of Sandusky Bay.

LEANDER BLOKER, who has been in business at Lindsey, Ohio, for a period of twenty-seven years, operates a planing mill and deals extensively in lumber and is also vice president of the 'German Banking Company of this place. Mr. Bloker was born in Ballvile Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, March 11, 1849, and is a son of John and Eliza (Shisler) Bloker.

The father of Mr. Bloker was born at Buffalo, New York, and died in Ballville Township, Sandusky County, February 15, 1859. He was a farmer and a cooper and came from Buffalo with his wife, in 1847. He married Eliza Shisler, who was born in Pennsylvania, and they had two. sons: Leander and Frank. The latter was born in 1856, married Lucy Fought, and died in 1892. In 1865 the widowed mother of Mr. Bloker was married (second) to Daniel Waggoner and they had one daughter, Ella, who married Samuel Knecht and lives at Chicago, Illinois, where he is an attorney for a bank. Mrs. Waggoner died at Lindsey, in 1881.

Leander Bloker obtained his education in the public schools, after which, from 1866 until 1882, he worked at the carpenter trade, and then turned his attention to his present business, in the latter year entering into partnership with Mr. Wilson, under the firm name of Bloker & Wilson. This continued until 1893. when Mr. Bloker bought Mr. Wilson's interest and continued alone until June 15, 1907, when his plant was destroyed by fire. He has rebuilt and resumed operation under still better conditions and is one of the town's most energetic and enterprising business men. He handles a full line of all kinds of lumber and deals in window frames, sash, etc. He is a stockholder in the German Banking Company and vice president of the same.

On January 1, 1874, Mr. Bloker was married to Miss Hattie Box, a daughter of Nicholas and Rachel (Berry) Box. Mr. Box was married (first) to Mary Waggoner, and Mrs. Box was married (first) to Benjamin Foster. Mrs. Bloker has two full brothers, William and Frank, and one half-brother, Nicholas, and one _ full-sister, Ella, and one half-sister, Sarah. Mr. and Mrs. Bloker have three children, namely: Calvin, who was born April 4, 1875, married Clara Ulch, and they have two children - Lyda and Lucille, and they live at Lindsey; Carl F., who was born January 21, 1879, married Blanche Boyer and they live in Missouri and have two children - Margaret and Genevieve; and Raymond, who was born November 19, 1893, and is a bright student in the Lindsey public schools. Mr. Bloker and family belong to the Evangelical Church. In politics he is a Republican and has frequently been elected to responsible offices in the town and has served most acceptably as a member of the council and both as school and town treasurer.

THELISMER O. WIGHTMAN, owner of Riverside Park or Wightman's Grove, an attractive summer resort, situated in Riley Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, also owns a well improved farm of forty acres. He was born in Ottawa County, near Lakeside, Ohio, December 23, 1847, and is a son of Alphonso W. and Mary (Capman) Wightman, the former of whom was born in Massachusetts and tle latter in Ohio.

Thelismer O. Wightman attended school in Ottawa County until he was about fifteen vears of age, when he accompanied his parents to Riley Township, Sandusky County, and later to York Township, Sandusky County, where he lived for a number of years. In 1873 he returned to Riley Township and in 1890 he settled on the farm on which he now lives. The valuable property known as Riverside Park has been developed and improved by Mr. Wightman and made into one of the pleasantest summer resorts in this section. He has a number of comfortable cottages to rent for the season and has provided all kinds of entertaining amusements for residents or picknickers. Boating and fishing are popular features.

Mr. Wightman married Miss Hattie Turner, who was born at Fremont, Ohio, and they have had five children, namely: Daisy M., who is the wife of Frank Nickle, of Rice Township; Addie M., who is the wife of Herman Betow, of Riley Township; and Harold E., Margery M. and Verna O., all at home. M:. Wightman end family belong to the United Brethren Church. In politics he is a Republican. He is an enterprising business man, one who is largely self-made, and he enjoys the confidence and esteem of all who have dealings or association with him.

GEORGE FRANK KENAN, who manages his mother's farm of 120 acres, which is situated in Jackson Township, was born on this place, July 10, 1864, and is a son of George W. and Elizabeth (Posey) Kenan.

Both the Kenans and the Poseys are old Ohio families, and on the maternal side. the great-grandfather was Major Micajah Posey, an officer in the Revolutionary War. He married Elizabeth Preston, who was of English birth. On the paternal side the great-grandfather was James Kenan, who was born in Ireland and died in 1858, in Jackson Township, Sandusky County. His wife was bern in 1780 and they had eleven children.

Silas Kenan, grandfather of George Frank, was born February 3, 1807, near Wheeling, West Virginia, and in 1815 settled in Perry County, Ohio, where he lived until 1835. when he moved to Jackson Township, Sandusky County. where he died in 1875. He marrica Barbara Overmyer, born February 20, 1802. a daughter of Jacob and Mary Overmyer, of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The children of

Silas and Barbara Kenan were the following: Hugh, who died in infancy; George W., fatlier of George Frank; Thomas J., born in 1829, married Jemima Housman, who died in 1864, and he was killed in a runaway accident at Fremont;. December 31, 1864; Peter married Sarah A. Hodgson and they had one child, William M., who married Sylvia A. Powell; Minerva, born in 1830, married William Jackson of Fremont and they had two children, Thomas and Charles; Mahala, born in 1832, married Thomas J. Eldridge of Indiana, a soldier in the Civil War; Francis, who married Eliza Straus and has four children - Ellen, Minerva, William O. and Birchard; Mary Ann, who married Charles Robinson, of Michigan, has children named - Francis, Milo, Charles, Clifford, Howard and Minnie; Oscar, who is a farmer near Galesburg, Illinois, married Margaret Ickes and they have five children; and Caroline, born July 10, 1847, married Daniel Condon and died July 25, 1871.

George W. Kenan of the above family, was born in Perry County, Ohio, July 31, 1824, and died in Jackson Township, January 31, 1904. He started to work on a farm by the month when he was only ten years old and through economy, industry, and the exercise of good judgment became one of the wealthy men of his community. His first purchase of land in Jackson Township, was a tract of 180 acres. He then bought 122 acres in Scott Township which he leased to the Standard Oil Company. He was a Democrat in his political views and was a member of the Baptist Church for many years. On October 13. 1851, he married Miss Elizabeth Posey, who was born in Union County, Pennsylvania, August 20, 1832, a daughter of Isaac and Sabra (Preston) Posey. Her father was born near Philadelphia, in 1804, and her mother in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, in 1810. The children of the Posey family were: Sarah, Elizabeth, Sabra, Luther, Rachel. Hannah, Harriet, Belle, Susanna, Martha, Mary, John, David, Esther and William. The father died in 1858 and the mother, September 20, 1888. Mr. and Mrs. Posey came to Black Swamp, Ohio, when Mrs. Kenan was two years old.

The children born to George W. and Elizabeth Kenan were the following: Barbara, who died in infancy; Orrin, who married Angeline King, has two children, Frank and Lulu; Charles, who married Mary Cookson, has an adopted daughter, Fleeta; Lodema, who married Michael Mowery, has three children - Charles, Lewis and Webb; Marshall, who married Carrie Smith, and they have one child, Arthur; Lorena, who married Elijah Voorhees, of Seneca County; and Frank. The youngest son has always remained on the homestead and takes care of his mother's interests. He is a successful farmer and respected citizen of Jackson Township. He married Miss Clara Havens and they have two children, Erma E. and Ada. Like his late father, he is identified with the Democratic party.

DANIEL KARBLER, a representative citizen whose principal business is that of a contracting stone mason, is also engaged in farming on a tract of twenty-six acres in Riley Township, on which he lives. He was born in that township, February 15, 1867, and is a son of Adam and Christina (Diehr) Karbler, both natives of Germany.

Adam Karbler was quite young when brought by his parents to the United States, and lived in the State of Maryland for a time before coming west to Sanduskv Countv, Ohio. He settled on a farm in Riley Township and became one of the substantial men of that community. For a brief period prior to his death, he lived in Fremont, where his widow is now living at the age of 73 vears. He was a Democrat in politics, whilst, religiously, he was a member of the Lutheran Church at Fremont.

Daniel Karbler was reared on the home farm in Riley Township, and received a common school education. He then turned his attention to farming, which he has followed during a greater part of his career, but in recent years he has met with considerable success as a contractor in stone masonry. He is a man of ability in his line and enjoys high standing in the community. Politically, he is a Democrat.

County, and a daughter of John Seward of Fremont. Their children are Ruth, Ruby and Herbert D. Religiously, the family attends the Lutheran Church at Fremont. In fraternal affiliation, he is a member of the Maccabees.

JOHN SNYDER, who is successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits in Sandusky County, his home being in Washington Township, is numbered among the native sons of that county, where he was born May 25, 1846. His parents were James and_ Elizabeth (Fought) Snyder.

His father was born in Berkeley County, Virginia, December 15, 1800. He was in his early life one of the hardy and exemplary young men who sought early a home in the wilds of the western country, which was then principally inhabited by wild animals, savage beasts and venomous reptiles. His father was a millwright; also the owner of a large gristmill, and his vigorous and reliable son, James, was the miller. This was his principal occupation until he arrived at the age of 23 years. Having never attended school, except about two months, in all his life, he had at that time a very limited knowledge of books, and nearly everything else, save what his father as a millwright had taught him. The thrilling stories of western hunters and adventurers, which he had frequently heard, had inspired within him a desire to emigrate westward, and to obtain for himself satisfactory knowledge as to the truth of these statements. The necessary arrangements were soon made and in the spring of 1825 he bade adieu to the home of lus childhood with all its endearments, and came, in company w ith his brother-in-law, Andrew Miller, in a two-horse wagon to the central part of Ohio, where he spent about two years in different parts of the state, working at times for a shilling a day. He then concluded to return home and visit his father's family and friends. With but a few dollars jingling in his pockets, and with no friend to accompany him save his rifle, he set out on foot for his father's home in Virginia. There was a long and dreary road stretched out before him: but his determination, supported by his physic strength, was more than equal to the task. He accomplished his journey in safety, subsisting principally upon what game he killed along the way. He remained at home a few months, and again set out on foot, and came to Perry County, Ohio, where he soon after married Elizabeth, a daughter of Michael Fought, with whom he lived peaceably and happily from that time until his death, which occurred July 20, 1876. He came to this county in 1830, and in Washington Township entered eighty acres of government land, upon which he built what he called a snug little log cabin. He was now surrounded on all sides by large forests extending for many miles in every direction. The tall and stately trees prevented even the sun from shining down upon the little log cabin which he had built. The hungry wolves and other wild animals would come at night and howl and bark around his door, as though they craved him for their prey.

It was not long, however, until he had cleared away a spot of ground upon which to raise some corn, which was the only grain that he could raise for a number of years. Thus he obtained for himself and family a scant living, for a few vears subsisting chiefly upon corn bread and wild game. His neighbors were few and far away, and, being as poor as he, could therefore give him but little or no assistance. He would frequently carry a bushel of corn to mill all the way to Lower Sandusky (now Fremont), eight miles through the mud and water, and return the same day, and then take mush and milk for his supper. He was firm and determined in evervthing he undertook. Patience. perseverance and hard labor procured for him and his companion a comfortable and pleasant home which has been their enjovment for a number of years. His companion died September the 17th, 1881, aged 72 vears, 6 months and 16 days, a grand and heroic woman, no work being too laborious for her to do for the comfort of the family. There were eleven children in the family: Eliza Ann, wife of Philip Kluts, a Jackson Township farmer: she was the eldest of the family of children, was born in Perry County, Ohio, February 7, 1830, and died in Sandusky County, May 12, 1890, aged 60 vears, 3 months and 5 days; she was a faithful member of the United Brethren Church; her hope was very bright, and she requested her friends to meet her in heaven. Sarah, wife of Joel Dershem, a farmer, was born January 5, 1832, died January 25, 1895; she was a faithful member of the Methodist Church, and her prayers were turned to praise before her spirit took its flight. John Snyder, the oldest of the boys, a highly respected citizen was born September the 8th, 1833, and died May 7, 1903; in religious belief he belonged to the Reformed Church. William Snyder was born March 9, 1836, and died February 14, 1837, aged I1 months and 15 days. James Snyder, a farmer, was born March 17, 1838, and died January 26, 1863, aged 24 years, 10 months and g days. Levi Snyder, a farmer in Sandusky County, was born March 12, 1840, is in church belief a Methodist. Samuel Snyder is living in Fremont a respected citizen, was born January 9, 1842. Noah Snyder, by occupation a restaurant man, lived in Fremont. He was born March 7, 1844, died July 4, 1905. John Snyder, the seventh son, is the subject proper of these lines, and will be more fully referred to presently. He was born May 25, 1846. Elizabeth, became the wife of Jackson King, a Sandusky County farmer, and afterwards she was the wife of Samuel Lay, was born June 1, 1848. Emma, the youngest, is the wife of James Seagraves, a farmer living in Michigan; she was born January 4, 1853. The children are worthy representatives of that class which constitutes .\merica's best citizens, and they owe it all to the training they received under the parental roof.

John Snyder, after finishing the work of the rural school, attended college at Oberlin, Ohio, and Adrian, Michigan, for some time and became a successful teacher, after which he was successfully engaged in agriculture. On October 2, 1873, he was joined in wedlock with Miss Mahala Cookson. a daughter of William Cookson, one of the leading farmers of Sandusky County. She was also a successful teacher, and they have one child, Mabelle, born September 25. 1884; she is at present engaged in teaching school and music.

HENRY F. SETZLER, treasurer of Sandusky Township and one of its enterprising business men, conducts a grocery store at Storey Prairie, in the outskirts of Fremont, Ohio. He was born at Fremont, September 5, 1865, and is a son of Philip and Clara (Gottron) Setzler. :

He was educated in St. Joseph's Parochial School at Fremont and later enjoyed the broadening influences of travel. For some years he was engaged in the express business, which necessitated travel through the West, in connection with the Union Pacific Railroad, and later he went to Europe. In 1892 he established his present business at Storey Prairie and has become one of the leading men of Sandusky Township. In politics he is a Democrat, and on the ticket of that party he was elected township treasurer and is serving in his second term. He has also served as assessor and is land appraiser.

In 1892 Mr. Setzler was married to Marie Blaess, who was born in Schwetzingen Baden, Germany, and they have two children: Anna M., and- Frantz. , Mr. Setzler and wife are members of St. Joseph's Catholic Church at Fremont, and he is an active member of the Knights of Columbus.

ALVIN ANDERSON, 1800-1893. Mr. Alvin Anderson was born July 28, 1800, in the State of New York. His parents were of Scotch descent and had in them all the elements of this sturdy people; strength of mind, endurance, courage and religious zeal.

He was married in 1820, to Miss Harriet Baldwin, of Newark, New Jersey, and in the spring of 1839, Mr. Anderson moved with his family from Honeoye, Ontario County, New York, to Bellevue, Ohio.

He settled on a farm and one-half miles east of Bellevue, where by his great industry and intregity he became one of the leading farmers of Huron County.

the ones at Lima, New York, and Berea and Delaware, Ohio. He educated his children, giving them the advantages of the best schools and colleges, and was always interested in the education of others. Mr. Anderson was zealous in his own church - a loyal Methodist - but not only charitable to other denominations, but also liberal jn his gifts to them. His father's house was a home for preachers, and so was his own home and many times the gospel was the names on that class book are as follows: James Anderson, wife and daughter; Alvin Anderson, his wife Harriet, and daughter Adaline, who became the well known and beloved Mrs. J. B. Higbee.

This class was organized in 1839, and their preaching place was in the stone schoolhouse which stood on the site of the West Main Street school building. They afterwards fitted up a room in an old block on Main Street which stood near the present site of the post-office. Here they worshipped until 1845, when the society built the brick church on Center Street, now owned by the German Lutheran Society. Mr. Anderson gave from memory the names of the preachers from the first up to 1852 to the historian of Sandusky County, which were as follows: Wilson, 'Camp, Pierce, Hill, Cooper, Fast, Start, Worden, Spafford, Fant, Pounds, Breakfield, Thompson, Morrow, Cables.

Mr. Anderson was a leader in all church work, and had much to do in building up Methodism in this community. He was a steward in the church fifty years and the records show that he was present at every quarterly conference but one. He labored zealously and ardently for the cause of Christ, and was very active in the construction of the commodious church which stands on Main Street, and in which Mr. Anderson's funeral services were conducted.

In 1870 Mr. and Mrs. Anderson celebrated their golden wedding. After living together sixty-two years, Mrs. Anderson died in 1882. After her death Mr. Anderson lived alternately with his daughters, Mrs. J. B. Higbee, of Belle- vue, Ohio, and Mrs. Basil Meek, of Fremont, Ohio. He died at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Basil Meek, 1126 Birchard Avenue, Fremont, Ohio, Sunday, March 5, 1893, aged g2 years, 7 months and 5 days. The funeral was held Wednesday afternoon at the Methodist Church, conducted by the pastor, Rev. M. J. Keyes, who was assisted by Rev. Persons, of Galion; Rev. Albritton, of Fremont, and Rev. Gallimore, of Norwalk, the latter delivering the funeral sermon. The remains were laid to rest in Bellevue cemetery.

Thus closed the earthly life of a useful and good man. His pilgrimage was a long one, beginning with the century. What revolutions and changes in the nation, in politics, in art, in science, in learning, in civilization, and society! Twenty such lives would reach back to the death of Christ. He lived under the administration of every president except Washington up to the time of President Cleveland's second inauguration.

Mr. Anderson could prattle the English language when Ohio became a state. He was 12 years old when Congress declared war against Great Britain; was a young man 16 years when Bishop Asbury died; was born eleven years before the immortal Bishop Simpson, who, twenty-five years ago, dedicated the Methodist Church of Bellevue. He lived to see the church grow from a class of eight to a membership of over three hundred, and friends and patrons more than four hundred more. In 1844 Bellevue circuit had seventeen appointments and Bellevue paid $40 per acre for her share. He lived to see it become one of our leading stations, raising in money annually, more than $2,500 for all purposes.

Who would despise the day of small things, and who can measure tne influence of a good man who for over seventy years was in active service for-God, humanity and country? What wise counsels, what ardent prayers, what testimonials, what gifts of money, what visitations to the sick! Nearly three generations came and went, but were all influenced by his life. Surely we can say, "How blest the righteous when he dies." "God ordereth the steps of a good man." And may his mantle fall upon the young and middle aged men that hundreds may be as useful in their day and generation as was he in his. What a living monument of Christ's gospel, and what a burning and shining path and evening sunset, as contrasted to the dark and misty way of selfishness, lust and sin which ends in shame, and goes down in night! In the days of the renaissance they transported pillars from the old to the new cathedrals. Surely he was a pillar in the church and hath entered into the fulfillment of John the Revelator: "Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the <emple of my God."

PETER MILLER, who is engaged in -agriculture on a tract of 240 acres, of which 224 acres are located in Jackson Township, and sixteen acres in Scott Township, is a native of Medina County, Ohio, having been born there April 24, 1840, son of Peter and Katherine (Albright) Miller.

Peter and Katherine Miller, parents of the subject of this sketch, were both natives of Germany, and Peter Miller. came to the United States at the age of twenty-one years, locating in Medina County, Ohio, where he resided for many years, engaged in farming. Later in life he moved to Sandusky County and settled on the farm now owned by his son Peter in Jackson Township. He married Mrs. Katherine Albright, a widow, and to them were born the following children: Mary, Peter, Christina and Augustus, the last mentioned being now deceased. Mrs. Miller was the mother of three children also by her first marriage, namely, Coonrod, Katherine Rechter, and John Rechter, all of whom are now deceased. Peter Miller, Sr., died on the present farm of his son, the subject of this sketch, having attained the advanced age of eighty-seven years; his wife passed away at the age of seventy-four.

Peter Miller, of the present generation, passed his boyhood days on his father's farm in Medina County, Ohio, and attending district school as he found opportunity. In 1864 he accompanied his father to San- dusky County and operated his present farm on shares with his father, who had purchased it, for a period of six years. He then purchased the property and has since made most of the improvements thereon, having erected all the buildings now standing, including two houses and a barn. A portion of his farm lies in Millersville, which village was named after his father.

Mr. Miller was married, February 6, 1866, at Tiffin, Ohio, to Lucy Bihn, a daughter of Andrew and Anna Mary (Link) Bihn, of Seneca County, Ohio. Of 'this union have been born nine children, as follows: Augustus, Catherine, Hubert, Mary, Joseph, Lucy, Anna, George and Leo, the last mentioned of whom is deceased. Augustus, a resident of Tiffin, Ohio, married Emma Grine, and has seven children - Marie, Peter, Albert, Stella, Loretta, Urban, Arthur, and Catherine Helena (deceased). Catherine married Anthony Foos, of Jackson Township, and has nine

_children - Lucy, Agnes, Rosie, Catherine, Alfred, Clement, Leo, Lewis, and one that died when a week old. Hubert, who is a resident of Jackson Township, married Josephine Walby, and their children are: Edmond, Walter, Vincent (deceased), Celeste, Alfred and Herman. :

Mrs. Miller has one sister, Katherine, who is the widow of Marcus Zirger and the mother of twelve children, namely: Louis, Frances, Anna, Otto, Ida, Lucy, Tillie, Lea, Clara (deceased), Albert, Edward and Millie.

Mr. Miller and his sons without the assistance of any company or professional oil operators, have drilled eight oil wells on the farm, all of which have, proved good producers. He and his family are members of St. Mary's ,Catholic Church of Millersville.

TAYLOR FULLER, president of the People's Bank at Clyde, Ohio, of which he was one of the founders, owns a large stock farm in York Township, Sandusky County, and is an honored veteran of the Civil War. Mr: Fuller was born March 29, 1840, in Townsend Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, and is a son of

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William Fuller was born January 23, 1799, at Hawley, Massachusetts, and was a son of Jason and Philinda (Taylor) Fuller. He was fifteen years old when his parents moved to Livingston County, New York, and he remained at home until his mother died, two years later, when he started out, as the pioneer of the family, into the wilds of Huron County, Ohio, where his father had secured an option on land, in Milan Yownship, and there awaited the coming of his father, sister and brother two weeks later. William Fuller continued to reside in Milan Township until 1824, his father having died on the pioneer farm in 1819, one which he had never completed purchasing. For this reason, William Fuller made preparations to move to Sandusky County, and bought forty acres in Green Creek Township, on which he settled in the spring of 1824. In 1834 he bought wild land in Townsend Township on which the remainder of his life was passed. Through prudence and hard work he acquired a large amount of land and was able to rear his family in comfort and assist his sons to establish themselves in life.

William Fuller was married (first) in 1810, to Mehetable Botstord, who died in August, 1826. In 1831, in Livingston County, New York, he was married (second) to Cynthia Havens, who died in 1835. and in the same year he was married (third) to Marcia M. George, who died in 1836. Mr. Fuller's last marriage was to Emma M. Levisee, who survived him. She was born March 24, 1818, and was a daughter of Aaron and Anna (Lyon) Levisee, and a granddaughter oi James Levisee, who was born in Connecticut. Thomas Lyon, maternal great-grandfather of Taylor Fuller, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, being a captain, and participated in the battle at Bennington, Vermont. To the last marriage ot William Fuller three children were born, Taylor, James and Albert.

the Civil War was precipitated he had just reached his majority and the patriot blood of his old New England forefathers made him feel that disunion was impossible and aroused the enthusiasm that carried him into the army in August, 1862. The tooth Ohio Vol. Inf. Regiment was organized at Toledo and there he became a member of Company K, and he continued in the service, a true and faithful soldier until he was mustered out at Greensboro, North Carolina, June 20, 1865. During this time he had seen service in Virginia and Tennessee prior to the Atlanta campaign, in which his regiment was engaged contintusly, and upon its triumphant return to Tennessee, fought at Columbia, Franklin and Nashville. After the defeat of General Hood, at the latter place, the regiment, of which Mr. Fuller was then an officer, was sent to Wilmington, North Carolina, and after the capture of that city moved to Goldsboro and soon was mustered out at Greensboro. Although ever at his post of duty, and that was often one of great danger, Mr. Fuller escaped all serious injury and was able to return home and resume the avocations of peace. Two years later he married, in the meanwhile having purchased a farm in Townsend Township, and after some years he disposed of that property and settled on his present one in York Township. He has carried on general farming in York Township ever since and it is largely through his enterprise that the grade of stock raised in this section is so high. For a number of years his farm has been noted for its first class live stock. Mr. Fuller was married December 3, 1867, to Miss Lina E. Stone. She was born April 15, 1843, in Seneca County, Ohio. They have one son, Dermont E., who fills the position of cashier of the People's Bank at Clyde. In politics Mr. Fuller is identified with the Republican party and never fails to perform every duty of a good citizen, but he aspires to no political ' office. He is a member of Eaton Post, G. A. R.

HENRY BAKER, who carries on general farming in Green Creek Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, owns sixty-two acres of excellent land. the home farm, situated on the east side of the Green Spring nd Maumee Turn- pike roads. Mr. Baker was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, seven miles east of Circleville, June 14, 1834, and is a son of John B. and Mary (Gephart) Baker.

John B. Baker was born near Hagerstown, Maryland, but the Baker family came originally from Germany. Three brothers, Abraham, George and Jacob, all German farmers, came to Maryland at an early day and from there the grandfather of Henry Baker subsequently moved with his family to Ohio, settling in Pickaway County. Although John B. Baker was a little boy at the time, he remembered the long journey made in wagons. He grew to manhood in Pickaway County and there was married to Mary Gephart. In 1841 they moved to Sandusky County and settled in Jackson Township, seven miles west of Fremont, this being his second pioneering trip made in great covered wagons. Again the home was to be developed from the great woods. It requires a large amount of effort to build any kind of a house and as Mr. Baker had no tools to work with except a broad-axe, it was quite a feat to construct from the green logs the little oneroom cabin. A floor of hewn logs made the interior dry and a clapboard roof kept out the storm. Then began the daily toil to clear .the land and when it was well under way he sold it. John B. Baker acquired three farms, each containing eighty acres, which he bought for $7 an acre.- He then moved to Green Creek Township and settled on the present George Hawk farm and there his remaining years were spent and his death came when he had reached his seventy-seventh vear. His widow lived some years longer, being over eighty years old when she died. They had a family of eleven children: Leonard, Eli, William, Catherine, Henry, Mary, John, Jacob, Abraham, Rebecca, and an infant.

Henry Baker was seven years old when his parents came to Sandusky County. He helped his father clear the Jackson Township land and just as soon as old and strong enough, began to perform tarm labor. He obtained his education in an old log schoolhouse near by, where the pupils sat on rough hewn logs, supported by pegs driven through for legs. He remained at home until his marriage and for several years following it and then purchased his present farm from his father. The old log house in which he was reared he replaced by a substantial frame one, but he can remember awakening many winter mornings, in the old place, finding snow on his bed which had sifted through the logs. Mr. Baker has always been a farmer and is numbered with the good managers of his section.

On December 9, 1860, Mr. Baker was married to Miss Elizabeth Hawk, a daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Tillotson) Hawk. She was born and reared in Green Creek Township. To this marriage seven children were born, all of whom survive, and through whom Mr. and Mrs. Baker have become grandparents of a large and intelligent family: Ella married August Young and lives in Green Creek Township with their seven children, Hazel, Henry, Bessie, Jay, Esther, Herbert and Ernest; Ralph, who married Lavina McKelvey, lives in Sandusky Township, and they have two children, Frank and Jennie; George, who resides at Toledo, Ohio, married Matilda Rice, and they have five children, Hazel, Robert, Walter, Margaret and Ivan; Burton, who lives in Norwalk, Ohio, married Anna Goughtsletter, and they have one child, Mabel; Ada, who married Bert Ferguson, residing in Ballville Township, has three children, Grace, Rollin and Mary; Arthur, now a resident of Idaho, who served in the Philippine Islands; and Chester, who married Margaret Ferguson, resides at home and manages the farm for his father. Mr. Baker and family are members and supporters of the Lutheran Church. In politics he is a Democrat and at various times he has served in the local offices, such as school director and supervisor. Mr. Baker stands as one of the representative men of Green Creek Township.

PROF. ALOYSIUS-MENKHAUS, professor of music, and organist of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, of Fremont, Ohio, has been organist continually of this church since September, 1876. He was born in Osnabruck in the Kingdom of Hanover, but which is now a Province of Germany, June 21, 1856, son of Gerhard and Caroline (.\verbeck) Menkhaus. Gerhard Menkhaus was a teacher in the schools

When the subject of this sketch was two years old his mother died, and he was reared by a step-mother, whose maiden name was Anna Jansen. She died in 1873. Thus young Aloysius attended school in Osnabruck, and while yet a small boy showed marked evidence of musical talent, which he was encouraged to develop. He made the piano and organ his chief studies, also studying the violin to some extent. In particular he studied harmony and the theory of music. His first teacher was Joseph Feldmann, of whom he took lessons for several years. He then studied under Prof. Weilerswist for several years and afterwards under Dr. Bernard Klein, a very distinguished teacher and composer, who was himself a pupil of the great composer, Johannes Neppomuck Hummel, and organist and director of music at the cathedral at Osnabruck. Professor Menkhaus often played at the cathedral as substitute of Dr. Klein.

During the time that Professor Menkhaus was studying under Dr. Klein he was also taking a literary and teacher's course which included general school and music teaching at the college, connected with the cathedral at Osnabruck. He studied with Dr. Klein until he was eighteen years old; then he taught music, physics, geography and German grammar. He also studied Latin from the age of twelve to sixteen. He had private pupils and also taught in classes. He was thus engaged in Schapen, a college town in Hanover, where he remained until May, 1876, when he came to America. In Germany teachers are required to give but six weeks' military service, except in the event of war, and about this time Professor Menkhaus was drawn to serve in the army. He had just received an invitation from an aunt, Mrs. Sophia Menkhaus, of Delphos, Ohio, to come to America, and as his parents had died and all his relatives were in America - four of his uncles being in Cincinnati - he decided to come to America.

After arriving here, he remained in Delphos until September, 1876, at which time he secured his present position as organist at St. Joseph's Church, in Fremont, Ohio. He is also choir director of St. Joseph's Church

Professor Menkhaus was married November 7, 1878, to Mary Ann Hochenedel, daughter of Anthony and Anna Mary (Weber) Hochenedel. 'the Hochenedels are among the most prominent families of the county, Mrs. Menkhaus' parents were natives of the Province of Alsace-Lorraine. She herself was born and reared in Sandusky County, Ohio.

Professor Menkhaus and wife are the parents of six children, Joseph, Eda Louise, Rosa Mary, Otto Paul, Leona Marie and Marie Clara Columbia. Eda Louise, the eldest daughter, is the wife of W. S. Finley. She is a talented musician, having studied since a child under her father, and until her marriage, August 21, 1909, she was a prominent member and clerk of the Matinee Musical Club of Fremont.

Professor Menkhaus resides and has his studio at No. 1125 Buckland Avenue. He and his family are all members of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, of Fremont.

HUGH HAVENS, a leading citizen of Jackson Township, residing on his finely improved farm of 200 acres, a part of which was the old homestead, was born one mile north of his present home, in Jackson Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, October 8, 1835, and is a son of Henry and Sarah (Imes) Havens.

The parents of Mr. Havens came to Jackson Township in 1831, accompanied from Franklin County by the Imes and the King families, who were all kindred. They all took up government land, Henry Havens securing 160 acres; Hugh Imes, 240 acres, and Samuel King, who was an uncle of Henry Havens, 160 acres.

Henry Havens was born in New Jersey in 1809; he was brought to Franklin County in childhood and died in Jackson Township in 1853. He married Sarah Imes, who died in her thirty-seventh year. They had the following children: W. J. and Hugh; Mahala, now deceased, married G. W. Shawl; Birchard; Orra, who married (third) M. Rinebolt; Mary J., now deceased, who married Charles eat and a babe that died unnamed.

cation in the old log schoolhouse and learned to be a good farmer on his father's land. On May 2, 1864, he enlisted for a term of 100 days of service in the Civil War, becoming a member of Company H, 169th Regiment, and during this period was stationed at Fort Ethan Allen. He was honorably discharged at Cleveland on September 4, 1864. He was a member of the Moore Post, G. A. R., at Fremont, which has since been disbanded. By the terms of his father's will he received 120 acres of land and he subsequently purchased the remaining land he owns from Mr. Naugle and Mr. Whitmore. He follows general agriculture and his highly cultivated land gives rich returns. He has a fine residence and substantial and attractive farm buildings.

On April 15, 1856, in Riley Township, Sandusky County, Mr. Havens was married to Miss Anna C. Daub, who is a daughter of Henry and Catherine Daub, and they have the following children: John, Sophronia J., Emma, Birchard, Ida E., Sarah M. and Hugh. John died when aged twenty years. Sophronia J. married C. E. Mitchell and they live in Jackson Township and have had nine children, Verna, William, Carl, Effie, Clyde, James, Fern, Ada and Emma (deceased). Emma E. married W. A. Overmyer, a popular schoo! teacher in this township, and they have four children, Ella, Ora, Oliver and Lewis. Birchard S. was married (first) to Mary J. Inks, who left seven children, Bernice, Harry, Elma, Merrill, Webb, Claud and Mamie. His second marriage was to a sister of his first wife, the Widow Cookson, who at that time had four children, Pearl, James, Fern and Margaret. Ida E. married Chester Hite, and at her death left one child, Pearl. Sarah M. was the second wife of Chester Hite, and they have two children, Edna and Ella. Hugh was married (first) to Marcella Hufford, who died when their infant son, Ora, was but six days old. The child was reared by his grandparents until the death of the grandmother, when he was returned to his father, who, in the meanwhile, had married Mrs. Wagner. The latter had one daughter. Bertha.

public matters in the township and he has served as township trustee and for eight years as township clerk. He also served as assessor for three years.

CHRISTOPHER STREETER, deceased, came to Sandusky County one of the pioneers of 1837, and for many years was a prosperous farmer in York Township, in 1882 retiring to Clyde, where his death occurred September 22, 1906. Mr. Streeter was born April 9, 1815, at Heath, Franklin County, Massachusetts, and his parents were David and Sylvia (Roach) Streeter.

The Streeter family is one that was established in New England in colonial days, and the immediate ancestors of Mr. Streeter lived and died in Massachusetts. Farming was the occupation to which Christopher devoted himself until he reached manhood, but his marriage and the birth of a son, brought the desire to establish a home for his family and provide generously for its future. Conditions in Franklin County at that time were not favorable enough to cause him to invest in lands in his native place, hence, with wife and little one, he started for what was then the far West. In conveyances that to modern eyes seem primitive, but were then deemed safe and adequate, the little family journeyed to York Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, where Mr. Streeter secured wild land and started immediately upon its clearing and improvement. To his first purchase he added and again added as he continued to prosper, until he acquired 300 acres of most excellent land. For many years he toiled here, tilling the soil and raising stock, and yearly adding to his improvements. As he prospered himself he aided in the prosperity of the neighborhood, contributing of his time and means to the founding of schools and churches, to the building of highways and to the making and carrying out of laws for local government. When, in the long course of years, Mr. Streeter began to feel that younger shoulders should assume the responsibilities he had so long carried, he divided his land among his sons, establishing each on a farm of 100 acres. In 1882 he removed to

Mr. Streeter was married (first) December 3, 1835, to Miss Louisa Canedy, who died December 26, 1851. There were four sons born to that marriage, namely: Edward, born 1839; and Alonzo and Lorenzo, twins, born June 25, 1837; Albert, born September 20, June 25, 1842. Lorenzo died September 30, 1851, but the three other sons still survive. Mr. Streeter is survived by a number of grandchildren, each son having married at maturity. Lydia, Lucy, Charles, Ira and Levi, are Edward's children; Mina, George, Alice and Mabel, are Aibert's children; and Wallace, Rowland, Elmer, Clarence, Nora and Lena, are Alonzo's children. Mr. Streeter was married( second) February 2, 1853, to Miss Henrietta Clark, who is a daughter of the late Henry Clark.

For many years Mr. Streeter was a consistent member of the Adventist Church. In his early political life he was a Whig, but identified himself with the Republican party on its organization. His first presidential vote was cast for Gen. William Henry Harrison. Mr. Streeter spent the evening of life in the midst of the quiet surroundings befitting it, the center of an affectionate family and esteemed by many friends.

CHARLES F. WILL, whose fine farm of 100 acres lies in Jackson Township, on the line road about four miles east of Fremont, is a leading citizen and representative farmer of this part of Sandusky County. He was born March 5, 1858, in Washington Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, and is a son of George and Elizabeth (Shuck) Will.

The parents of Mr. Will were born in Germany, grew to maturity there and married. In 1851 they emigrated to America and during the first year lived at Monroeville, Ohio, but in the spring of 1852 they settled in Washington Township. Sandusky County, where George Will bought eighty acres of farm land. In 1862 he sold that farm and moved to Seneca County, where he bought another farm on which his wife died. After that domestic affliction. he returned to Sandusky County and took up his residence with his son in Riley Township, where he remained until he died, aged seventyhve years. He had survived his wife a long time, she being but forty-five at the time of her demise. Of the family of eleven children, the following survived infancy: Jacob, deceased; Peter, who lives at Buffalo, New York; Henry, who died when a soldier in the Civil War; Philip, who lives in Montana; Christina, who married Henry Ingler, lives in Sandusky Township; Minnie, who married Peter Hettrick, lives in Rice Township; William, who lives at Toledo, Ohio; and Charles F.

Charles F. Will remained at home until the death of his mother, when he accompanied his bereaved father to the home of his eldest brother in Riley Township. His schooling was mainly obtained in Seneca County and _ his training for work was done under his brother's direction. In 1891 he purchased his present farm, to which he moved in 1895. Its former owner was Joseph Cookson. It required a large amount of improving and all! the present substantial buildings standing were erected by Mr. Will. He carries on general agriculture and raises both grain and stock.

On January 5, 1886, Mr. Will was married to Miss Amelia Longanbach, a daughter of Martin and Rosina Longanbach, both now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Will have two daughters: Estella, born November 30, 1886; and Esther, born November 3, 1896. They are very attractive young ladies, residing at home. Mr. Will and family are members of the Lutheran Church at Fremont. He has always taken an interest in public matters in his township, assuming the duties of good citizenship when called upon, and has very acceptably served on the School Board and as road superintendent.

CLARK Rv CLEVELAND,.owner of,-128 acres of fine farm land in Green Creek Township. Sandusky County, Ohio, was born April 1, 1836, in an old log house on his father's farm in Green Creek Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, and is a son of James and Jeanette (Rathbun) Cleveland.

ing) Cleveland, to Sandusky County, Ohio, the family locating in the timberlands of Green Creek Township, where the parents subsequently died. James was reared in this township and assisted with the clearing of the land on which his father located. At an early age he started out in lite for himself, following agricultural pursuits, at which he met with uninterrupted success, having at the time of his death 400 acres of fine farming land. He married Jeanette Rathbun, a native of Green Creek Township, and they reared a family of ten children: James, deceased; Eliza, the deceased wife of Jack Harris; Clark Rathbun, subject of this record; George, a resident of Clyde, Ohio; Lucinda, married H. Taylor, both deceased; Chaplin, resides on part of the old homestead farm in Green Creek Township; Sarah, 1s the wife sof) Charles Sackrider, of Green Creek Township; Mary, widow of George Crosby, of Green Creek Township, married Ellen Stark; John, deceased; and Charles, deceased.