Madison Township (part 18 of 20)

The original Myers homestead contained 160 acres, but of this amount Wilhelm Myers has but forty. He first cleared twenty acres, located in Section 29, which he later sold to D. S. Loe. He then bought forty acres in Section 32, thirty of which were cleared, the renmainder being in timber. [le subsequently cleared this tract also and later ploughed all the forty acres. the newly cleared acres being, of course, virgin ground. This latter fortyacre tract he sold to Ed. Master. Woaile engaged in this work he resided on his present farm. He still has five acres in standing timber and also owns four oil wells. He raises principally corn, wheat and oats, and raises some stock for his own use and some for sale. He tile-drained the three farms in Scott Township above mentioned, about one hundred acres in all, a task representing years of the hardest toil. He is the owner of two separate farms, having one of ninety-nine acres in Jackson Township, Paulding County, which property he has improved with a fine set of farm buildings, but he has never lived on the place, his nephew operating it under lease. He is also a stockholder in the Prairie Depot Bank, of Prairie Depot.

On September 19, 1895, Mr. Myers was married to Miss Ida E. Freese, a daughter of Adam and Margaret (Beech) Freese (both deceased). Mrs. Myers was born in Vernon Township, Crawford County, Ohio. "Mr. and Mrs. Myers attend the Trinity Evangelical Church. In politics the former is a Democrat, as was his father. For a number of years he has been an Odd Fellow and has passed all the chairs in the lodge at Rising Sun. As a useful and enterprising: citizen of approved character, Mr. Myers has the full respect of his fellow townsmen.

CALVIN C. COLLIER, one of York Township's best known citizens, who has lived on his valuable farm of eighty acres, situated one mile east of Colby, for thirty-nihe years, was born July 18, 1866, at Bellevue, Ohio, and is a son of George and Mattie (Romig) Collier.

George Collier was born in Snyder County, Pennsylvania, and when thirty years old came to Ohio and located at Bellevue. There he was married to Mattie Romig, who was born in Thompson Township, Seneca County, Ohio. In 1870 the family moved to the farm on which his son still resides and resided here until his death, which occurred June 30, 1909. His widow still survives and is one of the township's esteemed and venerable ladies.

Calvin C. Collier was mainly reared in York Township, as he was four years old when his parents brought him here. Ue attended the country schools through boyhood and has made farming his business in life. He has made many improvements on his place and one of these is the fine frame house, roomy and comfortable, which he built in the summer of 1g05.

Mr. Collier married Miss Augusta Ladd, who was born in Christian County, Illinois, and who is a daughter of Noyes Ladd. They have four children: Alta, Lulu, Herbert and Irwin. Mr. and Mrs, Collier are members of the Reformed Church. He has never given himself many vacations, but the great exposition of 1909, at Seattle, Washington, attracted him and on July 28th of that year, he started on his journey to the Pacific coast, with the intention of making a visit of several weeks.

CHAREIES T. MOORE, owner of 160 acres of fine farming land in Ballville Township, on which he resides, conducting the Walnut Grove Dairy, also has valuable property in Fremont and is one of Sandusky County's substantial citizens. He was born on the farm on which he lives, March 24, 1846, and is a son of James and Harriet (Patterson) Moore.

The paternal ancestors of Mr. Moore came to America from Dalkeith, Scotland, the first settler being Samuel Moore, who lived in New Jersey as early as 1760. Evidence is given that the family later moved across the line to Pennsylvania, as family records show that in 1814, David Moore, son of Samuel, moved to Ross County, Ohio, from Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. The Moores came to Sandusky County in 1818 and David Moore built a log cabin on the west side of the Sandusky River, about half a mile southwest of the village of Ballville. He was one of the enterprising men of the time and place, for he built a saw-mill and also a grist-null, both very necessary conveniences for the pioneers. His death was caused bv falling in his mill, December 24, 1829. He had married Flizabeth Davis, who died July 1, 1826. Their children were George, James, John, Mrs. Eliza Justice, and Mrs. Sarah Fields. All came to live in Sandusky County, but George «subsequently returned to Ross County, where he died in 1850. John Moore was a miller at Ballville for many years and died there in 1876.

James Moore, father of Charles T., was born in 1809, in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, and accompanied his father to Ross County and later to Sandusky County. He assisted in the mill and after his father's accidental death, he conducted it for a number of years. He was a man of sterling character and of great enterprise and public spirit. He contributed largely to the construction of the Fremont and Fostoria Plank Road, realizing the great importance of this highway, and also to the building of the Lake Erie & Louisville, now the Lake Erie & Western Railroad. During the Civil \War he was liberal in his contributions to assist in putting down the Rebellion aud was particularly interested in the noble charity which established permanent help for the widows and orphans of soldiers. James Moore died December 6, 1873, and was buried at Oakwood Cemetery. In 1832 he married Harriet Patterson, who was born May 17, 1810, at Syracuse, New York, and who was a daughter of Reuben and Eunice (Danforth) Patterson. The Pattersons came from New York to Sandusky County in 1816 and lived for a time in Fort Stepheson. f

Mrs. Harriet Patterson Moore's ancestors emigrated from Framington, England. in 1634, in the ship "Griffin" from London to Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Danforth genealogy gives an account of many heroic and charitable deeds of the early progenitors of the family, most of whom were professional men in high standing. The same work contains portraits of some of those now living in luxury in New England and California. Mrs. Harriet Patterson Moore was but six years old when her parents came from New York to Sandusky County in 1816. She was remarkably active in mind and body, a very intelligent, charitable and _ self-sacrificing wife and mother, and lived a long life of good deeds. She died in her eighty-niuth year.

To James Moore and wife were born the following children: Orvin, born January 1, i833. was drowned in the Sandusky River in IS38: Juliette, married William) Rice. a merchant of Fremont, in 1858; Leroy, born December 28, 1836, married Mary J. Dawley in 1869 and died July 29, 1888; Celiette. born January 16, 1838, died July 11, 1854; Manville, born ta 1842, was wounded at the battle of Gettysburg and died from the wounds received July 12, 1863; Charles T. is the subject of this sketch;

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Charles T. Moore was educated in the Ballville and Fremont schools and the University of Michigan, and assisted his father in the dairy business almost from boyhood, and witii this long experience, has developed an industry that is one of considerable importance in Ballville Township.

Mr. Moore married Miss Jennie M. Huber, daughter of Lewis and Mary Jane (Fleming) Huber, of Pleasant Plains, Illinois. The father of Mrs. Moore was born in 1810 at Lancaster, Ohio, and died December 17, 1883. Her mother was born in 1819 and married in 1838. The children born to the Huber family were the following: Henry and Ferguson, both deceased ; George and Martha, also deceased ; Lewis A.; Jennie M.; Addie, who married John M. Fleming; and. Margaret B., who married Newton Rawles.

Lewis Huber's ancestors emigrated from Zurich, Switzerland, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1749. He was a descendant of King Henry Huber of Canton of Zurich, Switzerland. His grandfather, Henry Huber, purchased a large body of land in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and was also engaged in the manufacture of wagons and carriages. In the struggle for his adopted country's liberty he was a zealous and active advocate for independence. He bore a militia captain's commission during colonial and revolutionary wars. His not being educated in the English language kept him from coming forward as a public character. He was a man of strict management of business and religious affairs.

Lewis Huber's father, John Huber, came to Fairfield County, Ohio, in 1802: he bought land and was successful in agriculture and the live stock business. Lewis, the youngest of six sons, was a merchant for forty years of his life at Lancaster, Ohio, also at Lithopolis. After his marriage to Jane Fleming he was engaged in the live stock business and farming in Pickaway County in conrection with other enterprises. Naturally vizorous and elevated mind for a merchant, active and strict member of the Presbyterian Church, being elder for fifty years of his life and superintendent of Sabbath school ten years, loved and esteemed by all who knew him, generous and charitable to all, indulgent Christian husband and father.

Jane Fleming Huber was of sterling character, ready to help all in need, a loving, indulgent wife and mother, remarkable in her management of household and family.

Jennie Huber Moore has always been an active worker in the Presbyterian Church and a liberal contributor to charity; a hospitable home maker, and an indulgent, affectionate wife and mother, possessing a refined and artistic nature. Her mother's ancestors came from Flemington, Scotland. They were landlords and professional men. Many hold high political offices in Virginia and West Virginia, at_ the present time.

The children of Mr. and Mrs. Moore were three in number, the two survivors being: Julia and Huber. The eldest, Mabel,. died when one year old. Mr. Moore takes no very active interest in politics, but all members of his family have been good citizens and promoters of all that tends to contribute to the general welfare.

ROBERT. A. FORGRAVE, a retired farmer and substantial citizen, of Scott Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, where he owns an excellent farm of sixty acres, is also an honored veteran of the Civil War 'and a member of the G. A. R. post at Bradner. He was born in Perry County, Ohio, November 27, 1842, and is a son of Robert W. and Mary (Kuhn) Forgrave, the latter of whom died in 1844, while the former survived until February I, 1881.

Robert A. Forgrave was educated at the Thornville school in Perry County, and had scarcely left there before he enlisted for service in the Civil War. He entered Company G, 8th O. Vol. Inf., under Capt. William Haynes, and during his long period of service he participated in twenty-seven important battles. He subsequently enlisted in Company K, 126th O. Vol. Inf., in which regiment he served until the close of the war. Mr. Forgrave escaped with only a slight wound, although during the

After the close of his military service, Mr. Forgrave returned to Scott Township and engaged in teaching school, after his marriage, at Oak Harbor. He ihen settled on the farm of sixty acres on which he has since lived, twenty of which he cleared. He put up all the buildings now standing and did some of the first under-draining that was ever done in the township. Mr. Forgrave has twelve oil wells on his farm. He is numbered with the township's men of ample means and is a stockholder in the Helena Bank.

Mr. Forgrave married Miss Emma A. Poorman, and they have had four children: John A., Robert William, Anna Belle and an infant. The only survivor is John A., who married Retta Wineland. The father of Mrs. Robert A. Forgrave was William Poorman, a well known farmer of Scott Township. In politics Mr. Forgrave is a Republican.

REGINALD C. ARLIN, the well known florist of Clyde, Ohio, who conducts an extensive business under the name of the Clvde Floral Company, has been a life-long resident of Sandusky County. He was born at Fremont, January 29, 1875, and is a son of Harvey

Harvey Arlin was for many years a resident of Fremont, and was traveling representative for the A. H. Jackson Manufacturing Company. He was first married to Miss Levica Woodford, by whom he had two children, Alfred and Elia, both of whom are deceased. After the death of his first wife, Mr. Arlin formed.a second union with Miss Eliza. Collins of Fremont, and they had the following children: Grace, wife of Harry Ellinger; Minnie, wife of Grant Lockwood; Reginald C. and Arthur.

Reginald C. Arlin was reared to manhood in Fremont and there received a public school education. He became interested in his present business when. a small boy, working for Joseph L. Wetsel of Fremont for four years, and next for J. M. Gasser, a florist of Cleveland, Ohio, for two years, and in 1902 came to Clyde. Here he purchased the greenhouse of

O. P. Horton, on Maple Street, and continued for five years. He had at that location six greenhouses, 60x15 feet, but the growth of his business was such as to require more commodious quarters. In 1907 he purchased thirteen and one-half acres along the electric railroad, from Mr. A. B. French, and has erected six greenhouses, four of them 21x100 feet in dimensions, and two of.them I1x100 feet. He conducts a general florist business and maintains two cut flower stores, one at Fremont and the other at Bellevue.

On Christmas Day, 1902, Mr. Arlin was married to Miss Lettie Griffin, and they have a daughter, Margaret. Fraternally, he is a member of Clyde Lodge, Knights of the Maccabees and Blue Lodge, F. & A. M., at Clyde.

JAMES PHILLIP ROUSH, assessor of York Township, where, for many years, he was a farmer and stock raiser and where he still owns sixty-eight acres of valuable land, resides in his comfortable home at No. 809 West Main Street, Bellevue, Ohio. He was born in Union County, Pennsylvania, March 5, 1843, and isa son of Joseph P. and Catherine (Kreisher) Roush.

Joseph P. Roush and wife were natives of Union County and they resided there until 1856, when they moved to Sandusky County, Ohio, settling on the farm in York Township, a part of which their son, James P., now owns. Joseph P. Roush purchased eighty acres when he came to York Township, adding a second eighty and still later a third farm of forty acres. During his active years he was a man of industry and excellent business perceptions, but toward the close of an unusually prolonged existence, his sight failed and for the last twelve years of life he was blind. He died aged ninety-three years, in June, 1907. He married Catherine Kreisher, who died.in 1893. They had seven children, namely: Charles F., and James P., both of whom are residents of Bellevue; John H., who lives at Lindsey, Ohio; George, who died aged thirteen years; Mary, who is the wife of William C. Williams, of York Township; and William A. and Alice, twins, the latter of whom died in infancy, and

James Phillip Roush was thirteen years old when he accompanied his parents to Sandusky County. He obtained his education in the schools of York Township and assisted on the home farm. On November 12, 1863, he was married to Miss Nancy Longfellow, a daughter of Joseph and Mary ( Pollock) Longfellow, the former of whom was a first cousin of Henry W. Longfellow, the poet. Joseph Longfellow was born in Delaware and was a son of Joseph Longfellow. He married Mary Pollock, who was born in Scotland and was one year old when her father, Layton Pollock, brought his family to America. Joseph Longfellow was a boy when his parents moved to Champaign County, Ohio, where his father lived to the age of 104 years. He engaged in trapping up to within three years of his death.

When the parents of Mrs. Roush were first married they went to housekeeping on a farm in Logan County. and there Mrs. Roush was born in 1844 and lived until her marriage and three years longer. Both her parents had been previously married and the father already had five children and the mother.three, and to their marriage with each other, eight children were born. As indicative of the quiet, peaceful domestic atmosphere, these children all grew to maturity in the greatest harmony. Joseph Longfellow died in Logan County, Ohio, aged seventy-four years and his wife survived to be ninety-one years, three months and twenty-one days. She was at that time the oldest person known in Logan County.

It was during the time that Mr. and Mrs. Roush lived in Logan County, that he served 135 days in the Civil War. enlisting May 2, 1864, in Company F, 132nd Ohio Vol. Inf., and being discharged at Camp Chase, September 10, 1864. This was one of the two regiments sent to the front, where it did garrison duty around Richmond. The unaccustomed exposure, however, caused Mr. Roush to fall sick and he was confined to a hospital during a sarge part of this period. TTe is a member of the B: Gambee Post. No. 33. G. A. R. at Bellevue. Jn 1867 Mr. and Mrs. Roush moved to York Township and here they have lived ever since. They have had three children, namely: a babe that died; Edward J., who manages and operates the farm for his father and has three children - Mary, Allen and Wilson Edward; and Arthur, who died at the age of three years. Mr. and Mrs. Roush are members and liberal supporters of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Mrs. Roush having been united with this religious body since she was ten years old. In politics, Mr. Roush is a Republican and has always been more or less active in party matters, has served in local offices and at present is assessor of his township.

W. H. KELLER, general farmer, owning sixty-eight acres of valuable land situated in sections 5 and &, Scott Township, is a representative citizen and a useful member of the school board. He was born in Scott Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, June 15, 1869, and is a son of John A. and Rowenna (Plantz) Keller.

The father of Mr. Keller was a farmer in Scott Township, where he lived respected and esteemed for many years. His death occurred July 15. 1899, and his burial was at Chestnut Ridge Cemetery, in Wood County. He was a worthy member of the Reformed Church. He married Rowenna Plantz, a daughter of Jaccb and Rowenna (Rhodes) Plantz, who still survives and is a beloved member of the household of her son, William H., the subject of this sketch.

W. H. Keller was educated in the district school near his home and assisted his father on the farm until he went into a teaming business in the oil fields, for himself. He settled on the homestead after his marriage and has done a large amount of improving here. His father built the farm house and set out one orchard. The son has put up a substantial barn, has set out a new orchard and has underdrained the whole farm. He has five producing oil wells on his place. He is a prudent, industrious man and in looking out for the future has become a stockholder in the Bradner Bank.

On December 18, 1890, Mr. Keller was married to Miss Minnie I.. Zimmerman, a daughter of George and Anna Zimmerman, and they have five bright, .interesting children: Virgia, Guy, Gladys, George and Irene. Mr. Keller and family attend the Lutheran Church. In politics he is a Republican and fraternally he ts an Odd Fellow and has passed all the chairs of Lodge No. 676, at Bradner.

JOHN DALTON is a prosperous farmer residing on a farm of 120 acres in Townsend Township, Sandusky County, Ohio. He was born in Livingston County, New York, March 7, 1853, and is a son of Matthew and Margaret (Quirk) Dalton.

Matthew Dalton was born in County Longford, Ireland, in 1806, and there grew to manhood. He married a Miss Kinney, who died during an epidemic of cholera. After her death, Mr. Dalton moved to America and settled in Livingston County, New York, where he was married to Mrs. Margaret (Quirk) Welsh, widow of James Welsh. About the year 1855, he moved west with his family to Sandusky County, Ohio, and purchased eighty acres of land in Townsend Township, which he later increased to 240 acres. He died on this farm, January 24, 1883, at the age of seventyseven years, and was survived many years by his widow, who died August 25, 1907, at the age of eighty-five years. As a result of his first union, Matthew Dalton had six children, as follows: Richard, who was a member of Company I, ritth O. Vol. Inf., and died during the Civil War; Bridget, wife of Hi. B.-

Smith; Paul I, of Lemar, lowa; James, of Jessop, Jowa; Matthew, who died of fever in 1865 ; and Katherine, a teacher in the schools at Washington, District of Columbia. Matthew and Margaret (Quirk) Dalton had five children to grow to maturity, namely: John, William and Henry, who reside in Townsend Township; Mary, wife of Allen Sanford, of Riley Township, Sandusky County; and Anna, wife of James HH. Garvin, of Townsend Township. As a result of her first marriage, Mrs. Dalton had two sons: Patrick Welsh, who was killed in an accident on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad; and James Welsh, who died in California, from the effects of a sunstroke.

taught in the schools for eight terms and then gave his entire attention to agricultural pursuits, which he has since followed. At his father's death he took the home property of eighty acres as iis share of the estate, and has since added a tract of forty acres to it. He has a finely improved property and has followed general farming with good results.

On November 25, 1884, John Dalton was married to Mary Garvin, a daughter of James Garvin, of Riley Township, and they have four children: Katherine, born October 11, 1885; Matthew, born December 21, 8g; John, born October 4, 1894; and Helen, born October 11, 1&g5. They are members of the Catholic Church at Clyde. Mr. Dalton is a Democrat in politics, and has served efficiently as township assessor, trustee and school director, but is not now holding office.

REV. EDWARD M. O'HARE, pastor of St. Ann's Catholic Church at Fremont, Ohio, has been in charge of this important parish since 1906. He was born at Sarcoxie. Mo., May 3, 1877, and is one of a family of seven children born to his parents, who were James and Ellen (McDermott) O'Hare. His father was born in Ireland and came to America when a boy of fifteen years.

Father O'Hare attended the parochial schools in his native place through boyhood, took a college course at Cleveland, Ohio, and completed his theological studies at St. Mary's Seminary. He was ordained to the priesthood on May 24, 1902, by Bishop Horstmann of Cleveland, and his first pastoral work was done in that city, as assistant priest at St. Patrick's. In 1906 he was appointed priest of St. Ann's at Fremont, and entered upon his duties with an enthusiasm that has been reflected in both the material and spiritual advancement of this church, one of the oldest in this part of Ohio. He has 600 souls in his spiritual charge, seemingly a heavy one for a pastor of his comparative youth, and he directs a fine church school, which has 125 pupils. A new church building was completed prior to his coming to St. Ann's, and a beautiful parsonage was built by him at a cost of $8,000. The buildings are all substantial, of stone and brick construction.

HISTORY OF Father O'Hare is much beloved by his parishioners, and he has won many friends in this city outside of his congregation by his liberality of view, his interest in all that concerns the general welfare and his many acts of benevolence.

F. C. HORNUNG, one of Sandusky County's prominent business men, is identified with the leading interests of Gibsonburg, where he matnitains his home. He was born at Gibsonburg, Ohio, September 30, 1872.

Mr. Hornung was educated in his native place and when he entered into business he immediately became identified with the Zorn-Hornung Company. At present he is vice-president of this concern, that controls many of the leading enterprises of this section. It was founded in April, 1896, and the other officers are G. W. Hornung, president, and F. W. Zorn, secretary and treasurer. The company owns a general store, manufactures staves, operates a creamery that at one time was the largest in the county, and is prominent in oil production both in Sandusky and Wood Counties. An elevator is operated by the company at Gibsonburg, as a grain and feed exchange. The company formerly owned a lime plant, but subsequently disposed of it to the Ohio & Western Lime Company, which has its main office at Cleveland. In addition to his responsibilities in the above concern, Mr. Hornung has many important individual interests. He is president of the Madison Oil and Gas Company, is a stockholder and director in the Gibsonburg Banking Company, is a stockholder in the Gibsonburg Telephone and Electric Light Company, is interested in oil leases.

On October 24, 1806, Mr. Hornung was married to Miss Jessie Miller, a daughter of W. S. and Letha (Bond) Miller, and they have two children: Catherine, who is a student in the sixth grade in the Gibsonburg public school; and Robert M. Mr. and Mrs. Hornung are members of the Lutheran Church. In politics he is a Democrat, but he has accepted no public office except membership on the school board.

WILLIAM HENRY BLAIR is editor and proprietor of the Reporter, an interesting newspaper, Democratic in politics, which makes its appearance weekly in some fifteen hundred homes in Clyde and vicinity. Mr. Blair has always resided in Clyde, where he was born September 21, 1873, and is a son of Charles A. and Ellen (Smith) Blair.

Charles A. Blair was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, and was a boy of about eight years when he was brought to the United States by his parents. He grew to maturity at Sandusky, Ohio, where he was in business some years prior to his removal to Clyde: He, in partnership with a brother, operated a boat between that place and the islands, and during the Civil War carried bread to Johnson's Island, where the rebel prisoners were kept. He subsequently learned the trade of a painter, which occupation he still follows at Clyde. He was sixtyeight years of age in July, 1909, and his wife has passed her sixty-fourth milestone in life's journey. She was born near Elmore, Ohio, and of her marriage with Mr. Blair were born the following children: George, Charles, Ferdinand (deceased), Lillian (deceased), and William Henry.

William H. Blair attended the grade and high schools in Clyde, and when still a boy entered the printing office of the Clyde Enterprise. That paper was then owned and conducted by Mr. B. F. Jackson, and he continued in his employ for a period of thirteen years. He then, in 1899, bought the Reporter, its former proprietor, Burt Richards, having died. Mr. Blair is a practical printer, having risen from the position of "devil" to that of editor and proprietor, and gives special attention to high grade job printing.

September 9, 1895, W. H. Blair was married to Miss Carrie Bacon, daughter of William Bacon, the pioneer dry goods merchant of Clyde. They have one son, Homer, and the family home is on Cherry Street. Mr. Blair is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Royal Arcanum.

Street, Fremont, is serving in his second term of office. Mr. Wensinger is a native of Sandusky County, born November 10, 1875, and is a son of John H. and Anna (Bauer) Wensinger.

Mr. Wensinger was educated in the public schools. lis first experience in the line of surveying was when he went out as a rod man with the frm of Dickinson & Hughes, and in 1892 he decided to take up the study of surveying, with the idea of making it his business. He continued until 1896, when he became an assistant in the city engineer's office, at Fremont, and served as assistant deputy surveyor under two consecutive surveyors. In November, 1906, he was elected county surveyor and in 1908 was re-elected and still continues in office. He is considered one of the most accurate and best equipped officials of the county and devotes to the duties of this office all of his time, being the only surveyor since the office was created in Sandusky County, that has never demanded an assistant.

Mr, Wensinger married Miss Emma Stokes, a daughter of John Stokes, a prominent farmer of Riley Township, Sandusky County. = Mr. and Mrs. Wensinger are members of Grace Lutheran Church. He is identified with the order of Woodmen of the World and with the Eiks, being past grand exalted ruler of the latter organization.

_ FRANKLIN STULL, owner of sixty acres of rich farming land in Ballville Township, situated about two and a half miles southwest of Fremont, was born February 8, 1858, in Seneca County, Ohio. [lis parents, Soloman and Sarah (Spade) Stull. were early settlers in Seneca County, going there from Pennsylvania,

Franklin Stull grew to manhood 1 Seneca County and there obtained his education. In 1895 he came to Sandusky County and in tgo7 bought his present property fromy Christian Depp. Mr. Stull makes a specialty of truck gardening and supplies the Fremont market with carly vegetables and fruit.

On January 15, 1878, Mr. Stull was married in Seneca County to Miss Josephine Crawford, a daughter of William and Marv (Me- Cloy) Crawford, of Berkeley County, Virginia.

The father of Mrs. Stull was born there in 1816 and died May 2, 1897. Her mother died in 1867. Mrs. Stull was born in- Virginia, June 12, 1860, and was the seventh in a family of ten children.

Mr. and Mrs. Stull have been the parents of four children, namely: Myrtle, Blanche (deceased), Cedilla (deceased), and Willis. Mr. Stull and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They are among the respected residents of Ballville Township and are always found on the side of progress and active in supporting the moral and material advancement of the community.

FRANK A. PARKER, a representative citizen of York Township, where he owns a farm of 278 acres, was born at Boston, Massachusetts, September 25, 1859, and is a son of Milton B. and Harriet J. (Ward) Parker. Mr. Parker is a lineal descendant of Thomas Parker, who sailed from London, March 11, 1635, and landed at Boston or Lynn in the saine year. The Parker family was prominent in colonial affairs and many members of it took part in the Revolutionary War, one of the most distinguished being Capt. John Parker of Lexington fame.

Both parents of Mr. Parker died when he was quite small and after their death he came to Sandusky County and made his home with the family of Joseph Stevenson, in York Township. The Stevenson family was long one of great prominence in Sandusky County. |

Richard Boyd Stevenson was born at Frederick, Maryland, January 10, 1820, a son of Dr. Matthew and Jane (Gilson) Stevenson, and a grandson of James Stevenson, who came to Pennsylvania from Ireland. James Stevenson married a relative of Hon. James Buchanan, later President of the United States. Dr. Matthew Stevenson was born in 1777, in Frederick County,, Maryland, read medicine and practiced for a time at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and later in Westmoreland County. He married Jane Gilson, whose mother. belonged to the Boyd fanuly that was captured by the French and Indians in war time, Grandmother Boyd being killed by the savages. Dr. Stevenson returned to Frederick County after the death of his father, and in 1830 came to Ohio, locating first at Tiffin and subsequently in York Township, Sandusky County, purchasing the farm now owned by Mr. Parker, from a Mr. Birdseye, who had entered it in 1822. After this, Dr. Stevenson no longer practiced medicine, engaging in agricultural pursuits until his death, in 1849. He had eleven children. His widow survived until 1877. The homestead came into possession ot Richard B. Stevenson and was long known through the county under his name. He resided with his sisters, Lucinda and Mary E.. both now deceased, never having married. His death occurred November 25, 1898.

Mr. Parker was reared in the home of Joseph Stevenson until he was of age, gaining his education in the country schools. He has always engaged in farming and now resides on the old R. B. Stevenson farm, which was once the property of Dr. Matthew Stevenson, the grandfather of his wife.

Mr. Parker was married December 19, 1883, to Miss F. Eva Stevenson, a daughter of Beverly Waugh and Elizabeth A. (Thompson) Stevenson, of Green Creek Township. The present handsome dwelling was erected by Mr. Parker in 1905 and it occupies the site of the first house which was erected by Dr. Stevenson in 1833. The stone spring-house standing in front of the residence and close to the highway, was built in 1870, by Richard Boyd Stevenson, who, with admirable public spirit, dedicated this spring of clear, cold water, to the use of the public. This spring, located on the North Ridge Road, was known in pioneer days as the Indian spring, from the fact that the Indian camping ground was near this flow of water.

Mr. Parker has Jong been much interested in archeology, in connection with and reference to this section, and has the finest private collection of Indian relics in the county.

WILLIAM FREDERICK, an experienced and successful farmer of York Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, who resides on his well cultivated farm of 106 acrea, which is situated on the South Sand Ridge Road, abovt seven miles northeast of Clyde, was born in

Both William Frederick and wife were born in Pennsylvania. They were farming people of Union County before coming to Ohio, in 1854. They settled first in Erie County, on a place about three miles northeast of William Frederick's present farm, and lived there until 1859, when they moved to the farm in York Township, which is now the property of theit son, George W. Frederick. On that farm both William Frederick and wife died, the mother very suddenly, from a stroke of paralysis, when aged seventy years. The father survived into extreme old age, dying in November, 1892, when almost ninety-six years old. He had lived so long in the community that his death left a blank.

William Frederick was twelve years old when his parents brought him to Ohio. His whole life has been an agricultural one. He settled on his present farm in the spring of 1877 and has made many improvements here. He raises stock and his main crops are wheat, corn, oats and hay.

Mr. Frederick has been fortunate in his family relations, his wife and all of his children and grandchildren being still alive and all settled near enough to make frequent visiting possible. He married Miss Elizabeth Berman, who was born in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, and is a daughter of John and Anna (Showers) Berman. To this marriage three children were born, one daughter and two sons, namely: Cora, who is the wife of John Meyer, resides in Erie County and has three children - Naomi, Ray and Elmer; Samuel, who married Dora Dwight, lives near Riddles' Corners and has three children - Leroy, Ezra and Ida; and Ernest, who remains at home to assist' his father.

J. A. NIESET, president of the Home Banking Company, at Gibsonburg, Ohio, and also engaged in the oil industry as producer and contractor, is one of Washington Township's

Mr. Nieset received a common school education in Washington Township and remained at home with his parents until he was twentyone years of age. About that time he went into contracting and worked for two years digging public ditches through Sandusky County. He then bought an outfit of oil well drilling tools and went into oil weil contracting and worked for two years in Sandusky County. He then visited the oil fields of South Dakota and Indiana, working at different points for two more years, after which he returned to Sandusky County and went into the oil business, in addition to contracting. At the present writing, 1909, he is interested in eightythree producing wells in Sandusky Township, nine in Washington Township, 100 in Jackson Township and six in Wood County, Ohio. He has also invested in gold, silver and copper property in Arizona, Idaho and California, To these various interests he has given close attention, but still has found time to identify himself with the business and other interests of the place which he has selected as his chosen home. After his marriage in 1897 he located at Millersville, in Sandusky County, where he resided until 1907, since which time he has been a valued citizen of Gibsonburg.

Mr. Nieset was married September 21, 1897, to Miss Emma Andrews, a daughter of John and Mary (Coller) Andrews. They are members of St. Michael's Catholic Church at Gibsonburg. Mr. Nieset is not active enough in politics to be called a politician, but he is a rigid supporter of the law and never neglects any duty of good citizenship. He is a Democrat.

TILLMAN HORNUNG, general farmer, residing on his eighty acres of well improved land, which ts situated one and one-half miles west of Hessville, in Washington Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, was born on a farm two and one-half miles northeast of his present one, January 22, 1840. His parents. were Jacob and [lizabeth (Siegenthaler) Hornung.

lived for six years in Pennsylvania and then came to Sandusky County and settled in Washington Township on the farm where their son Tillman Hornung was born, where they lived for fourteen years. They then moved to the one he now resides on and remained there during the rest of their lives. They had six children: Charlotte, Caroline, Mary, Tillman, Adam and Jacob.

Tillman Hornung has been engaged in farming ever since he finished attending the district school. He assisted his father during his minority and later farmed the place for him and in 1876 he purchased the farm for himself. He has all but twelve acres under cultivation and raises excellent crops of wheat, corn, oats and hay, and enough stock for his own use. He has excellent farm machinery ancl has made many improvements on the place since it became his own property, including the building of a comfortable two-story frame residence and a substantial barn.

In 1886, Mr. Hornung was married to Miss Margaret Strock, a native of Germany and a daughter of Philip and Elizabeth Strock, both of whom were born in Germany. Mrs. Hornung has three sisters and one brother: Elizabeth, Sophia, Mary and Philip. Mr. and Mrs. Hornung have had three children, namely: Catherine, who is deceased; Lydia, who married Henry Craft, lives at Hessville and they have three children - -Clara, Tillman and Ruth; and William. The latter resides at home and does the practical work on the farm, his father having more or less retired from farm labor. Mr. Hornung and family are members of the Lutheran Church. In polities he is a Democrat.

G. L. DONNELS, of Gibsonburg, Ohio, a retired farmer, merchant, and saw-mill operator, is a veteran of the Civil War, in which he served with credit. He was born in Madison Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, July 23, 1847, and is a son of Gilbreth S. and Nancy (Wolcott) Donnels.

Gilbreth S. Donnels was bern in Tlopewell Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, in April, 1818, and was a son of James Donnels, who at an early date moved west to Scott Township, in Sandusky County, Ohio. Gil- breth S. Donnels was married to Nancy Wolcott, of Scott Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, and here he became the owner of a farm of 120 acres in Madison Township. He died in middle life at the age of thirty-six years, being killed by his team in a runaway, and was buried at Quimsham Cemetery. His wife survived him until 1889. Religiously, they were members of the Christian Church. He was a Whig in politics and later a Republican. The following children blessed their union: Louisa, who died at the age of nine years; John L.; William N.; G. L., subject of this record; G. F.; Stanley B.; James A.; and Jessie O., who died at the age of sixteen years.

G. L. Donnels attended the public schools in his native township and worked on the farm until he joined the army. August 11, 1862, he enlisted as a member of Company A, 111th Regiment, O. Vol. Inf., and served with credit throughout the remainder of the war. He was mustered out on July 19, 1865, and returned to Sandusky County, where he worked at the sawmill business for two years. In 1893 he bought a store at Helena, which he operated successfully for six years, then sold out and purchased a store at Gibsonburg. He conducted this establishment some six years, it being located west of the railroad, and then sold out to M. E. Long & Son. He has since that time devoted his attention to his home affairs. He also is a stockholder and director of the Gibsonburg Banking Company.

Mr. Donnels was first married August I, 1867, to Miss Mary M. Bowser, a daughter of George and Rosanna Bowser, and they had the following children born to them: Edwin M.; Elmer FE., who married Clara Laherman, a daughter of David and Mary Laherman, and has two children, Lucy and Lindon; Lester L., who married Ella Laherman, daughter of David and Mary Laherman, and has children - Leonard, Ossia, Elva, Bertha and Milburn; George H., who married Ella Hubbs, daughter of Charles and Jane Hubbs, and has ch.ldren - Clare, Gladys, Hazel, Verle and Harrold; and Bertha, who married Michael Murray. Edwin M. Donnels was married September 28,

1899, to Eva Hanline, daughter of Tobias and Ellen Hanline, and she died leaving two children, Brice and Dale, the latter being also deceased. He formed a second marriage with Nora Lafarre. The wife of the subject of this sketch died September 15, 1887, and was buried at Gibsonburg Cemetery. He formed a second union, February 23, 1893, with Mrs. Katura Olive James. The latter was first married in 1876 to R. J. James, by whom she had a son, William B. They reside in Gibsonburg. Mr. Donnels is past commander of Canfield Post, No. 124, G. A. R. He is a Republican in politics. Religiously, he and his wife are members of the Christian Church.

HARRY WATSON ROBINSON, president of the Robinson Kraut Company of Green Spring, Ohio, is also an extensive dealer in grain and hay. He came to this village in 1895, since which time he has been prominently identified with the business interests of the locality. He was born on a farm in Seneca County, Ohio, July 29, 1872, and is a son of Joseph T. and Mary (Watson) Robinson.

Joseph T. Robinson and his wife are both natives of Seneca County, Ohio, where they were reared and educated. Mr. Robinson has always been successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits and owns 600 acres- of valuable farm land at Rockaway, where he also operates a grain elevator. He was for four years a member of the Ohio State Agricultural Board, and for a period of eleven years served on the Ohio State Experiment Station Board. He has been prominently identified with the Republican party and has served in both state and county politics. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson are the parents of the following children: Harry Watson, the subject of this record; C. Grier Robinson, a resident of Green Spring, who is secretary and treasurer of the Robinson Kraut Company and superintendent of the plant; Dr. Rush Robinson, who is engaged in the practice of his profession at Columbus, Ohio, and is a graduate of the Ohio State University, and of Heidelberg College of Tiffin, Ohio; and Alice, who is principal of one of the schools at Fostoria, Ohio.

Harry W. Robinson spent his early boyhood days on his father's farm in Seneca County, Ohio, and at the age of seventeen years entered Heidelberg College at 'Tiffin, Ohio, where he continued until the time of his graduation five years later. In the spring of 1895, Mr. Robinson came to Green Spring and served for one year as assistant principal of the Green Spring Academy under H. C. Duran, after which he was principal of the academy for two years. In July, 1895, he was appointed county school examiner of Seneca County by Judge Kiskadden, and was at that time the youngest school examiner in the state, being but twenty-three years of age. He subsequently turned his attention to the hay and grain business, building his present elevator and hay barn, which he operates under the frm name of H. W. Robinson & Company. The Robinson Kraut Company, of which he is president, was established in 1895, the plant being located on the Nickel Plate Railroad. It produces between fifteen and twenty thousand barrels of "White Line Kraut" annually. Mr. Robinson has for a number of years been an active member of the National Hay Association, of which he has served as a director for the past four years and was elected president of that association at the 1g09 annual meeting. He has for many years been a member of 'the Ohio Grain Dealers' Association, of which he was elected president in June, 1909.

In politics a Republican, Mr. Robinson has served as committee man and in various other offices. He is fraternally affiliated with the Masonic Order, being a member of the Blue Lodge at Green Spring, and of the Chapter at Clyde; and also belongs to the Knights of Pythias Lodge at Green Spring. He is a member ef the Presbyterian Church of Tiffin, Ohio.

On September g, 1896, Mr. Robinson was joined in marriage with Grace Holtz, a daughter of C. D. Holtz, county commissioner of Seneca County, Ohio, To them has been born one daughter, Marion Holtz.

Father Quinn was born at Ballindine, County Mayo, Ireland, December 23, 1875, and is a son of Thomas and Juria Gibbons (McKrager) Quinn. His parents were born in lreland and always lived in County Mayo, where Thomas Quinn followed farming. They were parents of eight children: Rev. James J. Quinn, pastor of St. Catherine's Church at Cleveland; Rev. John S. Quinn of Ontario, Canada; Catherine (McMahon), whose husband is a captain in the [english Army; William of Cleveland: Peter, who remained in Ireland: Sister Juliana, a member of the Ursuline Community at Cleveland; Patrick, who also lives in Ireland; and Rev. Thomas Francis Quinn.

Rev. Thomas F. Quinn spent his early boyhood on the home farm and until he was thirteen years old attended the common schools. At that age he came to the United States and for a period of five years was enrolled at St. Charles College at Baltimore, Maryland. At the end of that time he returned to Ireland and pursued a philosophical course at Waterford, South Ireland. He was there ordained a priest and in 1899 returned to America. He Was assistant pastor of the church of the Immaculate Conception at Cleveland for two years, after which he was for two years stationed at Summitville, Columbiana County, Ohio, and for seven months at Medina, Ohio, prior to his removal to Clyde, Ohio, in 1g04. In that year he succeeded Rev. Father Powers as pastor of St. Mary's Church. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus and of the Pinko is

WILLTAM \WILLPAMS, one' of) Yaa Township's substantial citizens, residing on his farin of twenty-two and three-fourth acres at Mt. Pleasant, just west of Bellevue, owns a second farm containing eighty acres, which lies two miles west of his home farm, both being valuable and well improved properties. Mr. Willams was born near Bellevue, in' Lime Township, Huron County, Ohio, April 2, 1852, a grandson of David Williams, who came originally from Wales. His wife. Margaret Lyons, was born in Ireland. David Williams was one of General Washington's body-guards and his wife was the great commander's laundress while he was at Valley Forge.' Her last resting place was made in the woods three miles east of Bellevue, her husband having died while the family tarried in Wayne County.

William C. Williams was mainly reared in Huron County. He was afforded good educational opportunities and in 1872 he graduated from the Bellevue High School, and in the fall of that year began to teach. For twenty-three cousecutive winters he taught school and devoted his summers, in the main, to farming. In August, 1890, he moved to Sandusky County, buying a farm of eighty acres, on which he lived for seventeen years, when he sold it and bought his present eighty-acre farm, on which his son resides.

Mr, Williams married Miss Mary E. Roush, a member of a prominent county family and a sister of James P. Roush, a leading citizen of York Township. They have had four children: Warner F., who married Stella Cregar., and has one child, Leona May; Joseph Edgar, who died aged eighteen vears: Bernice Catherine, who died aged one year and seven months; and Lorena Isabella. Mr. Williams and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Fraternally he is identified with the Masons, the Woodmen of the World, being past council commander of Bellevue Camp No. 40, of this organization, and he is also president of the Lime Township Horse Protective Association.

FRANK H. GILBERT, who conducts a meat market at Vickery Village, has been interested in the stock and butchering business here since 1906. He has invested in property and is one of the prosperous business men of the place. Mr. Gilbert was born in Riley Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, September 8, 1877, and is a son of George and Emma (Lowe) Gilbert.

George Gilbert was born in Lincolnshire, England, November 6, 1852, and in 1861 was brought to America by his parents, John and Rebecca Gilbert. They settled first at Monroeville, Huron, Ohio, and in 1871, George Gilbert came to Clyde, Sandusky County. On December 13, 1878, he married Emma Lowe, a daughter of Hiram Lowe, of Gibsonburg, Ohio. The family lived in Washington, Riley and Townsend Townships until 1900, when removal was made to Eaton County, Michigan, where Mrs. Gilbert and one daughter still reside. George Gilbert died at Charlotte, Michigan, November 22, 1901. There were four children in his family, namely: Frank H., of Vickery; Zeldon, of Clyde; Burd, now deceased; and Maude, wife of Glenn McCreery, of Charlotte, Michigan.

Frank H. Gilbert spent his boyhood on the home farm in Riley and Townsend Townships, attending the district schools and assisting his father. After his marriage he rented a farm and continued to operate it until he embarked in his present business at Vickery. He bought land and erected his comfortable home and commodious shop.

On February 14, 1899, Mr. Gilbert was married to Miss Edna Daniels, and they have two children: Pearl, who was born in August, 1902; and Burd, who was born in December, 1904. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert attend and support the Methodist Episcopal Church at Vickery.

GEORGE SLESSMAN, who, for the past thirty-two years has been a large shipper of stock, is one of the representative business men of Clyde, Ohio, and is the senior member of the firm of Comstock & Slessman, dealers and shippers of grain and produce and manufacturers of the celebrated Clyde sauerkraut. Mr. Slessman was born in Adams Township, Seneca County, Ohio, June 27, 1853, and is a son of John M. and Mary (Freymoth) Slessman.

The parents of Mr. Slessman, who were born in Germany, came to the United States in youth and were married in Huron County, Ohio. The father secured land in Seneca County, where he engaged in farming and also followed his trade of wagon-making. John M. Slessman died there in 1862 and his wife in 1905. They were the parents of eight children, the youngest of the family being George.

George Slessman was educated in the public schools and was reared to manhood on the home farm. After his marriage he conducted farming operations on the old Slessman homestead for nine years. He then purchased a farm in Sandusky County, a mile south of the village of Clyde, where he operated a meat market for eight years. Then selling his other interests, he went into the stock and grain business at Clyde, which he still conducts.

Mr. Slessmam has been an active politician and earnest citizen. In November, 1893, hie was elected sheriff of Sandusky County and reelected in 1895 and served two terms with the greatest efficiency in an office which carries great responsibilities with it. THe is a member of the Lutheran Church.

Mr. Slessman was married in 1872, to Miss Clara E. Whiteman, who was born October 16, 1852, a daughter of A. G. and Mary (Myers) Whiteman, the former of whom was born in 1808, in Ohio, and the latter in 1811, in Virginia, Both are deceased. They were consistent members of the Free Will Baptist Church. Mr. and Mrs. Slessman have the following children: Lena, Allen, Martin, Frank,

WILLIAM H. BACON, for many years a resident of Clyde, Ohio, was born in the great city of London, England, June 24, 1833, and is a son of Benjamin and Mary (Oliver) Bacon.

The parents of Mr. Bacon were also born in London and it is said that the mother could trace her ancestry back to Oliver Cromwell. Four children were born to Benjamin and Mary Bacon, namely: William H.; Benjamin and James, both of whom are deceased; and Sarah, who is the widow of L. Emmerson,

Benjamin Bacon prospered in his business and became a man of means. However, this prosperity was brought to a sudden end when fire devoured his possessions and left him practically a poor man, with a family to provide He saw no possible way in which to accomplish this in his old surroundings, where competition was even then fierce, but he remembered the stories he had heard of the rolling prairies and teeming forests of the land across the sea which was awaiting those who would take possession. As soon as the personal belongings could be collected and transportation secured, the little family embarked for America, in 1848, arriving at Portland, now Sandusky City, Ohio, on the fifth of the following November, after a voyage in a sailing vessel of thirty days. Fresh from his counting room and mercantile desk, Benjamin Bacon was but little prepared for the hardships he encountered when he took possession of the land he secured in Townsend Township and he soon succumbed. His widow, on the other hand, lived to the unusual age of ninety-two years.

William H. Bacon was fifteen years old when the family came to Townsend Township and for a couple of vears he did his best at farm work, for which he had neither taste, training nor strength. In 1852 he came to Clyde and on the second of March entered the employ of P. B. Beery, a dry goods merchant, and continued there until 1857, gaining a fair know ledge of this line of business. In 1859, in association with his brother Benjamin, he embarked in the dry goods line and the business was conducted under the firm name of Bacon Brothers, until 1866. For one year he remained out of business, attending to other interests, but in 1867 he again entered into mercantile life and conducted his store until 1884. After retiring from this enterprise he went to the West and remained there until 1889, when he returned to Clyde and resumed merchandising and after a prosperous period of twenty years, definitely retired January 6, 1909, his son, Homer M., assuming the responsibilities.

Mr. Bacon was married December 27, 1858, to Miss Mary Persing, a daughter of Mathias Persing, one of Green Creek's pioneers, and the children they reared were as follows: Fred P., who married Louisa Ott; Hémer N., who married Belle Mann; George, who married Cora Henry; Will H., who died December 9, 1907; Gertrude, who died aged three years; and May, who is the wife of William' Karling. The death of Will H. Bacon, of the above family, was a domestic affliction of more than the usual severity. He completed the High School course and then entered the Ohio Wesleyan College at Delaware, where he graduated with the class of 1903. Ile then read law in the office of the law firm of Rechards & Haffner and in 1905 he was admitted to the Sandusky bar and a brilliant career was predicted for him. He left a wide circle of mourning friends who admired him for his talents and loved him for his personal attributes.

In politics, Mr. Bacon is a stanch Republican, but has not been willing to accept public office, with the exception of membership on the School Board. Since July 8, 1858, he has been identified with the Masonic fraternity, and in this connection is probably known all over Ohio.

FRED A. VICKERY, township trustee of York Township and also president of the township school board, resides on his well cultivated farm of forty-eight and one-half acres, which is situated near Colby. He was born on his father's farm, situated three-fourths of a mile east of his property, in York Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, May 7, 1870, and is a son of Richard and Jane (Kingdon) Vickery.

The parents of Mr. Vickery were born in England, where they were reared and married, and they remained there until after the birth of three of their eight children. After coming to America they settled in York Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, where the father still lives. The mother died in 1898. Their children were as follows: Lizzie, now deceased, who was the wife of R. H. Benfer; Mary, now deceased, who was the wife of Joseph Swartz; Emma, who is the wife of David Joseph, of Colby; Richard, who lives on his farm of 195 acres, north of Colby; Theresa, who married Milton Billman, who owns fifty acres at Colby; Ella, who married Frank Dymond and resides on the old homestead with her father; John, who is a commission merchant at Columbus; and Fred A.

Fred A. Vickery was reared in York Township, where he attended school through boyhood; he later took a course at the Normal School at Ada. He began to feach school whea eighteen years old and taught for eleven consecutive winters, nine of them in York Township, one in Erie County, Ohio, and one in Seneca County, Ohio. His summers were devoted to farm work and he remained at home until he was twenty-one years of age. For about a year and a half he then worked for other farmers by the day, after which he rented a farm north of Bellevue, where he remained eight years. Then for two years he operated the home farm and then worked for one year in the elevator at Bellevue. Thus, before he finally purchased his present farm, in 1903, Mr. Vickery had proved his industry and efficiency in various lines. After coming to this place he built the house and remodeled the barn and put all his surroundings in good shape. Tie engages in general farming and makes a specialty of raising corn and cabbage.

Mr. Vickery married Miss Hattie Nearhood, a daughter of Nathanial and Susan (Heimbauch) Nearhood. Mrs. Vickery was born and reared in York Township, where her fam-

884 HISTORY OF ily is well known. They have had three children, namely: ifar!, who died when aged eleven weeks; Carl and Alice, who are both bright students at school. Mr. Vickery and wife are members of the United Brethren Church at Mt. Carmel and for several years he has been superintendent of the Sunday-school. In_politics, Mr. Vickery is a prominent Republican in this section. He is serving in his third year as township trustee and for four years has been a member of the school board and for two years has been president of this useful body.

ROBERT BASIL MEEK, M. D., son of Basil and Martha FE. (Anderson) Meek, was horn at Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio, January 14, 1869, His paternal ancestry is given in the sketch of his father. On his mother's side he is of Scotch descent.

The Andersons were Covenanters, and during the persecutions waged against their faith in Scotland they emigrated to the north of Treland. rom here David Anderson, the great ancestor of this family line, about the year 1740, with a colony of Scotch Presbyterians, who brought with them a minister and schoolmaster, came to this country and settled first in Massachusetts; later in Lawrence County, N. Y. Among his children was a son named John, then a small boy, who here grew to manhood and married [Elizabeth McCracken, who also was of this colony. John Anderson had five sons - David, Samuel, Joseph, James and John - all of whom were soldiers of the Revolutionary War, fighting for their country. James Anderson married Betsy Dodge, and several children were born to them, one being Alvin Anderson, who married Harriet Baldwin.

Among the children of Alvin Anderson was Martha FE. Anderson, who married Basil Meek, and is the mother of the subject of this sketch, Robert B., who, when he was ten years old, moved with his parents to Fremont, Ohio, where he completed his elementary and highschool education. In 1887, while his father was postmaster at this place, he was appointed first assistant, and served as such until September, 1890, rendering very efficient and sat- isfactory service to the public, among whom he was universally popular. During 1890-91 he pursued a scientific course at Adelbert College, Cleveland, Ohio, preparatory to entering upon tne study of medicine. In 1891 he entered the Western Reserve Medical College at Cleveland, where he remained two years; then became a student in Wooster Medical College, in that city, taking his senior course therein and graduating in the spring of 1894. During his three years' course in the medical college he spent his vacations in the office of his able and skillful preceptor, William Caldwell, M. D., of Fremont. In the summer of 1894 Dr. Meek opened an office in I'remont and entered upon the practice of his profession. In the spring of 1895 he was chosen one of the city physicians of the board of health. He is a member of the Northwestern Ohio Medical Association, The Sandusky County Medical Society and The Ohio State Medical Association. In 1895 Dr. Meek went to Europe, where he took a post graduate course in Vienna, Austria, after visiting the leading colleges and hospitals in London, Hamburg, Berlin and aris. In 1896 he returned to America after his studies abroad and resumed his practice of medicine in Fremont, Ohio. He has not only been successful in medicine but also in surgery. He was for many years, surgeon to the L. S. & M. S. Railroad Company and is now surgeon of the Lake Shore Electric Railroad Company, besides being examiner for many prominent insurance companies. Dr. R. B. Meek and his estimable wife and daughter Ilelen, reside at 1126 Rirchard Avenue. Dr. Meek assisted Dr. M. Stamm in performing successfully the first gastrostomy operation ever performed. This operation is now being done by all the leading surgeons of the world, resulting in great benefit to humanity, prolonging life in cases of cancer and other growths in the upper part of the stomachs of the afflicted.

LEVI SWOPE, a prosperous general farmer, residing on his fine land situated in Seetion 32, Scott Township, where he owns 100 acres, was born in Jackson Township, Seneca

In his boyhood, the parents of Mr. Swope moved to Scott Township, Sandusky County, and there he went to school. He helped his father clear up the farm and make many of the improvements, these including the thorough draining of the land and the building of the substantial barn. Mr. Swope continued to live on the farm after his own marriage, his parents moving to Rising Sun. He built the present comfortable farm house and has made other improvements. He has six producing oil wells on his land and in all his work he makes use of modern machinery and up-todate methods.

On December 23, 1887, Mr. Swope was married to Miss Minnie Smeed, a daughter of Summer and Nancy Smeed, and they have four children, Verna, Homer, Olive and Ralph. As the children have grown to school age, Mr. Swope has given them advantages. He has taken much interest in the educational affairs of his district and has been a member of the school board for ten years. He is identified with the Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias at Rising Sun and has passed all the chairs in these orders and he belongs also to the lodge of Rebeccas, as does his wife. Mr. Swope is a representative citizen of his township.

MRS. LOVINA HITT WELCH, residing in her beautiful residence, on her large estate in York Township, situated on the Maumee and Western Reserve Turnpike Road, about one and one-half miles west of the center of Bellevue, Ohio, was born on this farm on January 17, 1845. Her parents were Seneca and Mahala (Stafford) Hitt.

Seneca Hitt and wife were both born in Rutland County, Vermont. They were reared, educated and married there and shortly after their wedding, in 1837, they took up their residence in York Township, Sandusky County, Ohio. Seneca Hitt came first to this section in 1836, and with his cousin, Henry Nichols, purchased the present farm of Mrs. Welch, which contained 126 acres. After building 4 house on the land, Mr. Hitt returned to Vermont and was married. Several years later, he bought his cousin's interest and he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives here. Seneca Hitt was a man of high standing in his community and for many years he served as township clerk. He had been born into a Quaker family and never gave up his birthright. His death occurred January 17, 1872, and he was survived by his widow until June 21, 1884. To him and his wife were born four children, Mary E., Adelia, Lovina and Seneca D.~ Mary E. for almost twenty-five years was a teacher in the Fremont public schools. In 1871 she married Silas Wood, but was left a widow in the following year. Later she was married to Hon. L. G. Ely, then of Fulton County, Ohio, but they now are residents of West Unity, Williams County, Ohio. Adelia, who died in 1883, at Dundee, Michigan, was the wife of George H. Mugg, then of York Township, who later passed away at Dundee, Michigan. The one son died in infancy.

Lovina Hitt grew to attractive young womanhood in the shelter of her father's home and attended the country schools and later the schools of Bellevue, Ohio, qualifying herself for teaching. Later she took up educational work and for seven years enjoyed the duties of the school room, teaching both the district schools and in the graded schools of Bellevue and Milan. In October, 1867, she was married to Charles H. Welch. He was born in Lyme Township, Huron County, Ohio, November 15, 1839, and was a son of Ebenezer and Mary Lovina (Hubbell) Welch. Reared and educated in Huron County, he became a prominent fruit grower there. He was a member of the firm of Long & Welch, which, in 1857, set out the first peach orchard in this section. He was prospering in business when the country was convulsed by the outbreak of the great Civil War. At Bellevue, Ohio, in 1861, he enlisted as a private in Company A, 55th O. Vol. Inf., and continued in the service until the close of the war. He was a member of the regimental band. His record as a soldier reflects honor on him and for a number of years he was a leading member of the C. B. Gambee

Post, G. A. R., at Bellevue. After the close of his military career, he returned to York Township and resided on the Hitt farm, where he was engaged to attend to the fruit orchards and later, as stated above, he was married to Miss Lovina Hitt. To this marriage four children were born, namely: Alice R., who died in 1895, aged twenty-seven years; Mahala, who is the wife of Joseph L. Royer, and occupies a residence on the west side of the home farm (they have had five children - Lewis, Gladys, Lloyd, Florence, and an infant, the last named and Gladys being deceased) ; Adelia, who is the wife of John F. Collins, and resides near Mrs. Welch while he is in business at Bellevue, and who has had two children - Robert W., who died in 1905, and Mary L.; and Charles H., who manages his mother's property, and resides with, her with his family. He married Gertrude Neff, of Bellevue, and they have two children - Raymond and Helen. Mrs. Welch erected her imposing brick residence in 1906. It is one of the fine rural homes of York Township.

In his political views, Mr. Welch was a Republican. He was frequently urged to accept public office, but consented only to serve as township clerk, a position he filled for fifteen consecutive years. He was-a man of sterling character and when his death took place 'on April 5, 1897, it was felt that York Township had lost one of her most valuable citizens.

BURTON BEEBE, general farmer and a notary public, residing on the old Beebe homestead in Townsend Township, and. also owner of a valuable estate of 147 acres, situated in Townsend Township, is a leading citizen of this section of Sandusky County. He was born July 11, 1849, in Riley Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, and is a son of William and Jane E. (Tuttle) Beebe. The Beebe family is one of the oldest in Sandusky County and traces its name back to Adonijah Beebe, who came to Ontario County, New York, from one of the New England States about the close of the Revolutionary War. He had three children, Richard, Diadama and Azariah.

Azariah Beebe was the founder of the family in Sandusky County. He was born January 28, 1783, supposedly in Ontario County, New York, and in 1806 he married Mary Ryon of New London, Connecticut. They came to Ohio between 1808 and 1810 and settled at Black River, now Lorain, moving from there to Vermilion, Erie County, about 1813. They then moved to Huron County and finally located in Sandusky County, where Mr. Beebe bought eighty acres of Government land in Townsend Township. This land, which was purchased in 1824, is still in the family name and is owned by Harriet R. Beebe, a daughter, who, now a venerable lady, continues to reside on it. Azariah Beebe died on this farm December 12, 1834. His widow survived many years, dying December 11, 1864. They were the parents of the following children: Diadama, Almira, William, Harriet R., James, Aaron, Enoch and Ethan A. Diadama was born January 15, 1808 and died December 4, 1890. She was married to Isaac Wood and after his death to Henry Snow and then moved to Townsend Township. Almira was born September 18, 1810, and died August 27, 1841. She married Carnahan McCord and they lived in Kansas. William was born July 13, 1812, at Vermilion, Ohio, and died in Riley Township, Sandusky County, March 23, 1859. Harriet R. was born March 12, 1819, and has passed her ninetieth birthday. James was born August 28, 1816, at Huron, Ohio, and died May 19, 1893, in Townsend Township, Sandusky County. Aaron died October 6, 1840, at the age of eighteen years. Enoch was born February 17, 1825, in Huron, Ohio, and died August 7, 1894. Ethan A. was born March 17, 1826, and still resides in Townsend Township.

William Beebe, the eldest son of Azariah Beebe, married Jane E. Tuttle in 1847 and became a resident of Riley Township, Sandusky County. He purchased a tract of land, which he improved, and there he lived until the close of his life. His family contained six children, namely: Aaron, who died in infancy; Burton, who resides in Townsend Township; Myra, who is the wife of Luther Gibbs of Riley Township; Susan, now dea cleithas NOwaira Hddudd UY LHLAAVA SsiIWNn ceased, who was the wife of David Worman of Vickery, Ohio; William, who resides in Michigan, married Lavina Jones; and Jane Emily, who is the wife of Burton Gibbs, residing at Clyde. William Beebe was active in the affairs of his township, at various times holding positions of trust and once was township treasurer. He was one of the old-time Whigs, later took part in the Know-Nothing movement, was in sympathy with the radical thinkers of the day and readily lent his influence to the organization of what is now known 'as the Republican party. He was a man of high motives and of unstained private life.

Burton Beebe grew to manhood on his father's farm and began his own business career as a school teacher, but after six terms of educational work he turned his attention to farming, moving then to Townsend Township. Since 1874 he has made his home with his venerable aunt, Miss Harriet R. Beebe, on the old homestead, which he conducts in his aunt's interest, together with his own large farm, making his agricultural activities extensive.

For twenty-five continuous years, Mr. Beebe has been a notary public. He has been quite active in township affairs. He was elected township assessor on the Democratic ticket, then town clerk on the Republican ticket, both elections being more tests of his personal popularity than of party action, and during late years he has been affiliated with the Prohibition party. Mr. Beebe has never married.

C. F. ZIMMERMAN, who carries on general farming on his estate of ninety acres, situated in Section 34, Scott Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, and also largely interested in oil production, was born in this township, February 11, 1869, and is a son of Josiah and EIsie (Brion) Zimmerman.

After he completed his school attendance in Scott Township, Mr. Zimmerman went into the saw-mill business, in which he is still interested, and when he married he bought a home in the village of Squires. where he resided with his family until 1908, when he sold out and bought the homestead farm of his father.

He cleared about twenty acres of this land, has underdrained about half of the farm and has ten acres in second-growth timber. He devotes twenty acres to the growing of wheat, forty to corn, twenty to oats, twenty-five to hay and four to buckwheat. He also manages his mother's and sister's farm of eighty-three acres. Mr. Zimmerman put up all the substantial buildings on his property and has completed a fine new barn. He has been interested in the oil business for a number of years, has a seventy-five-acre lease in Seneca County, owning one-half of it, and has leased thirty acres which formerly belonged to the old homestead, having fifteen oil wells already drilled. He has other investments and is a stockholder in the Rising Sun Bank at Rising Sun.

On December 3, 1890, Mr. Zimmerman was married to Miss R. C. Shupe, a daughter of William L. and Nancy Shupe, and they have five children, Melvin, Chloe, Hertha, Fay and Jay. As his children have grown old enough, Mr. Zimmerman has given them school advantages. In politics he is a Republican and he served one term on the school board of Scott Township. He is an able, intelligent man, well qualified for public office, but his business interests are so many that his time is too fully occupied to permit him to take other responsibilities at present.

ZENO T. BRUSH, general farmer and prominent citizen of Townsend Township, belongs to one of the old and substantial families of this section. He was born on the old homestead farm on which he lives, in Townsend Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, October 18, 1842, and is a son of Zopher P. and Almira (Tibbles) Brush.

Zopher P. Brush came to Sandusky County from New York State in 1839 and settled first in Castalia. In 1841 he came to Townsend Township and bought the present homestead of eighty acres, from the Tibbles estate, formerly the Ethan Townsend farm, after whom the township is named. Ethan Townsend erected the first frame barn in the township on this farm, and it is still standing. Zopher P. Brush died September 6, 1905, aged seventy-nine

890 HISTORY OF years. He had been a justice of the peace for twenty-five years and during his life here had held tiany other offices of responsibility. [is widow still survives and resides on the homestead. He was married on October 10, 1841, to Almira Tibbles, daughter of Zeno Tibbles, of Huron, now Erie County, and they had six children born to them. as follows: Zeno T.; Joseph B., who died Iowa, December 24, 1900; Mildred N., who resides in Seneca, Kansas; Margaret, who died November 14, 1865; Jaines E., who died December 17, 1887; and Allie, who died December 20, 1886.

Zeno T. Brush was educated in the district schools and became a school-teacher and was engaged in educational work when the Civil War broke out. August 7, 1862, he enlisted at Fremont, Ohio, in the tooth Regt., Vol, Inf., and was mustered into the United States service at Toledo, Ohio, by Capt. C. QO. Howard, Eighteenth Regt., U. S. Inf. He was appointed second sergeant August 20, 1862; appointed first sergeant, November 17, 1862; was commissioned second lieutenant, January 24, 1863; commissioned first lieutenani, commission to date from January 18, 1863; was commissioned captain to date from January 2, 1864, until discharge, May 16, 1865. He was captured at Limestone Station, Tennessee, September 8, 1863, and was a prisoner of war one year, five months, and twentythree days, spending about eight months of this time in Libby prison.

After the war Mr. Brush returned to Ohio and resumed school-teaching and later went to Missouri, where he combined teaching and farming until 1875. In that year he came back to Sandusky County and for the following fifteen years was employed as a traveling salesman, In 1891 he returned to the homestead farm and since then has given his exclusive attention to agricultural pursuits.

Mr. Brush was married (first) in 1866, to Miss Clara Te. Laughlin, of Bertin, Tie County, Ohio, who died in Missouri, .\ugust 21, 1875. They had one daughter, Myrtle, who married W. J. Ballard and resides in Townsend Township. Mr. Brush was married (secand) in 1880, to Miss Agnes Green, a daughter of Charles Green, of Irie County. Mr. and

Mrs. Brush attend the North Ridge Methodist - I-piscopal Church. In politics te is a Democrat_ and on numerous occasions he has been elected to office and has served most efficiently. For a number of years he has been identified with the Masonic fraternity.

JOSEPH BRUNNER, justice of the peace and prominent citizen of Rice Township, resides on his valuable farm of 110 acres, situated in Section 27, which he developed himself out of its wild state. He is a man of thrift, enterprise and public spirit and is well and widely known. He was born in Alsace, France, before that beautiful province hecame, through the fortunes of war, a part of the German [empire. His parents were Morand and Catherine Brunner and both are now deceased,

Mr. Brunner was ten years old when he accompanied his parents to America and directly to Sandusky County. He remained at home with them, at Fremont, until he was sixteen years of age, when he started out to take care of himself. He became a sailor and for seventeen years spent his time on the sea, voyaging: across both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and seeing strange sights in many lands. He led a more or less adventurous life for many years. During the Civil War, in 1862, he became a member of a military organization, called the "Squirrel Hunters," and was stationed in Kentucky with the same. After his discharge from this service he sailed around the world, returning in time to enter the naval service in the quartermaster's branch and was present at the capture of Wilmington, North Carolina, and capture of Fort Fisher. He aided in furnishing rations and other relief to the liberated prisoners at Wilmington, June §, 1865, he was honorably discharged from this service and again became a sailor and sailed around the world.

Mr. Brunner's agricultural life began when he settled on his present farm in 1874. At that time wild conditions prevailed in oe Township and on many occasions he found deer in the vicinity of his land. It took years of hard and persistent work to bring about the excellent state in which his land now is and he continues its improvement. Extensive travel broadened his views on many subjects and he has been useful to his township in many ways. For a number of years he has served in the office of justice of the peace, his decisions covering a multitude of legal points, and few of these have ever been overturned. In 1900 he served as land appraiser of Rice Township.

On November 26, 1872, Mr. Brunner was married to Miss Elizabeth Hurley, a daughter of the late Thomas Hurley, of Fremont. She died November 26, 1904. To Mr. and Mrs. Brunner were born the following children: Thomas, Jay, John, George, Edmond, Paul, Jenna, Helena and Mary. The last named is a trained nurse in a Cleveland hospital. The second son, Jay Brunner, is serving in the office of clerk of Rice Township. During boyhood, Mr. Brunner attended the Fremont schools and while at sea made a special study of navigation. He has always given liberal support to the public schools and has lent his influence to every movement designed to advance the material interests and the comfort and prosperity of his section.

Z. C. GARN, a member of the board of directors of the Helena Banking Company, at Helena, Ohio, of which pleasant town he has been a resident since 1896, owns valuable farm and oil property in Jackson Township, together with improved realty in Helena. He was born in 1854, in Jackson Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, and is a son of Martin and Catherine (Croyle) Garn,

The parents of Mr. Garn were natives of Bedford County, Pennsylvania, where the father was born February 17, 1818, and the mother, May 4, 1820. They were married in 1839 and in the fall of the same year started in a strong farm wagon, with their possessions, for Sandusky County. Martin Garn took up 160 acres of State land in Jackson Township, establishing it as his home and making the clearing, cultivating and improving of this land his business through life. He died July 3, 1890, the death of his wife following on

Z. C. Garn spent two years of his student. life at Oberlin College, after which he engaged in school teaching in Jackson and Washington Townships for several years, prior to his marriage. In 1883 he purchased forty acres of the old homestead, situated east of Helena, and continued to reside on his farm, engaged in farming and in oil producing, having five wells on his land, until 1896, when he moved to his handsome residence at Helena, one of the best in the town. For a number of years he was associated as a partner in the Imler Garn & Company firm, oil producers. Mr. Garn is: recognized as a man of fine business capacity and is also an example of the enterprising and progressive citizen.

Mr. Garn married Miss Jennie Ickes, who is a daughter of Michael and Hannah Ickes, of Jackson Township, and they have two children, Orville and Royal. Orville Garn was born December 11, 1878, and is a graduate of the Davis Business College, at Toledo, of which city he is a resident. He married Miss Emma Carnican and they have one son, Lewis Zachariah. Royal Garn was born September 27, 1883, and resides at Helena,,Ohio. He also is a graduate of the Davis Business College, at Toledo. He married Miss Pearl Con-- ningham and they have one child, Opal.

GEORGE J. BLOOM, one of Sandusky: County's highly esteemed retired citizens, who was successfully engaged in farming and stock raising for many years and still owns a large amount of rich farming land in Ballville Township, was born November 25, 1836, in Baden, Germany. He is a son of Jacob and Barbara. (Florien) Bloom, and a grandson of Joseph Florien, a German pioneer in Sandusky County, whose death occurred in this county at the advanced age of one hundred and one years.

The parents of Mr. Bloom emigrated to America in 1854, coming almost immediately to Sandusky County, Ohio, and settling on a farm of forty acres, in Ballville Township. Jacob Bloom died there, July 2, 1883, his wife

892 HISTORY. OF having previously passed away. To Jacob and Bitrbara Bloom were born the following children: Jacob, William, George J., Barbara and Mary.

George J. Bloom was eighteen years of age when he accompanied his parents to America and to Sandusky County. He had attended school] in his native land and had there learned the barber's trade. After the family was safely established in Ballville Township he assisted his father in the clearing up of the land and decided to devote himself to agricultural pursuits rather than go to some town or village and work at his trade. He met with great success in cultivating land and raising stock and accumulated an ample fortune. In order io give his children educational advantages better than could be secured in a country school, in 1892, Mr. Bloom moved to Fremont, but city life had little attraction for one who had always lived in the country and in 1895 he again took up his residence in Ballyille Township, where he expects to spend the remainder of his days.

Mr. Bloom was married February 18, 1863, to Miss Annie Coleman, who is a daughter of Frederick and Marie (Stratman) Coleman. She was born February 2, 1841, in Ilanover, Germany, and was brought to America by her parents in 1845 and was reared near Woodville, Ohio. Their children were Caroline, Amelia, Mary, Barbara, Anna, George W., ida and Charles.

Caroline, wife of Charles Martin, has children - Ralph, Blanche, Vinnie, Mabel, Iva, Walter, Irene and Velma. Amelia ts the wife of Oscar Lemmon and her children are Tdward and Elazel. Mary is the wife of Dr. D. W. Philo, of Woodville. Barbara is the wife of Henry Vickery and has one child, Beldon. Anna is the wife of C. Y. James, of Genoa, and has one child, Arthur. George W. is auditor of Sandusky County and for many years has been a prominent educator. He married Mollie E. Loose and has two children, Melvin and Myron. Jda resides at home. Charles also prefers to remain on the farm and is successful in his chosen vocation, bound partisans and believes that party lines | should be broken down, especially in local affairs, and competent men elected to fill responsible positions.

Both he and estimable wife were reared by worthy parents, in the Lutheran Church. They are Christian people recognizing in the fullest sense the brotherhood of man and the fatherhood of God,

JOHN W. FLICKINGER, who has earned some bread and a little salt as a newspaper laborer, was the publisher of the "Clyde Enterprise"' at Clyde, Ohio, from January Io, 1got, to September 11, 1909. He was born at Dayton, Ohio, January 17, 1864, and is a son of Rev. D. K. and Susan (Woolsey) Flickinger.

Rev. D. K. Flickinger was born in Butler County, Ohio, and in early life entered the ministry in the United Brethren Church. He was one of the pioneer workers in the African missions, and visited Africa upon a dozen different occasions. He also visited England and Germany in connection with his work. He established a manual training school in Africa, and in his endeavors there accomplished a wonderful amount of good. After sixty years in church work he retired from activity to enjoy a well earned rest. He is the author of "Fifty Years in the Ministry," and other church publications. He was married in Africa to Miss Susan Woolsey, an .\merican missionary, in that country. By a former marriage, Rev. Flickinger was the father of Samuel J., who has had a wide experience in the field of journalism and who was private secretary to Governor Harris of Ohio; also of Lintner Flickinger, whose widow and_ four children are residents of Denver, Colorado.

The African marriage was blessed with six children, all of whom were born in Ohio. They are: Mary C., wife of George Rothrock, who lives in Indianapolis, Indiana; Sarah J., deceased, who was the wife of C. P. Williams; Nellie, wife of H. H. Myers, of Winona Lake, Indiana; Elmer E., state agent of the John Hancock Life Insurance Company, in Indiana, whose home is in Indianapolis; John William,

John W. Flickinger was but a small child when taken to live at Willoughby, Lake County, Ohio, where he attended the grade and high schools. After his graduation from the latter in 1880, he entered Otterbein University, at Westerville, Ohio, from which he was graduated in 1884 after a four year course. After spending a short time in the State of California, he became a reporter on the "Ohio State Journal," at Columbus, Ohio, his first assigninent being to report a speech of the late Gen. Rutherford B. Haves at the Ohio State University, of which institution he was a trustee for many years and whose life, after retiring from the White House, was devoted largely to the cause of education. The subject of this sketch continued in newspaper work in Columbus for about fifteen years. He served in various capacities and, as legislative correspondent, he gained a wide acquaintance with the public men of Ohio during the administrations of Campbell, McKinley and Bushnell. During the presidential campaign of 1900, he was with the press bureau at state headquarters in Columbus, under Hon. S. S. Knabenshue.

In January, 1901, he purchased the "Clyde Enterprise' from Mr. B. F. Jackson, to whom he recently sold it. It is a newsy publication and is devoted to the interests of the Republican party.

October 17, 1897, Mr. Flickinger was married to Miss Ethel Campbell, a daughter of J. C. Campbell, of Lake County, Ohio. They resided in Clyde about nine years. They have four children: Yie, Bee, Fern and John Campbell Flickinger. Fraternally, Mr. Flickinger is affiliated with the order of Masons, and the Knights of Pythias.

CHILDS BROTHERS, clothiers, proprietors of one of the largest establishments in this line, at 'remont, with place of business on South Front Street, are members of one of the old pioneer families of Ohio and are the successors of their father, the late James B. Childs,

The paternal great-grandfather, Walter Childs, was a stockman and trader and traveled all through the Western Reserve buying various commodities, dealing especially in furs. In 1802 he traded land that he owned in Alexandria, Virginia, for the site of the present city of Wooster, Ohio, and established his home in Wayne County, coming with his possessions in a wagon drawn by oxen. His trade was that of hatmaker but after he came to Ohio he bought furs, maple syrup, etc., and also horses, taking his purchases to New York for sale. He started into a mercantile business when Wooster was little more than an Indian trading post and his descendants have shown the same commercial instincts. His son, William T. Childs, was born at Wooster, in 1804, and he also was a trader.

James B. Childs was born at Wooster and in the course of years engaged in a clothing business there. In 1893 he founded the business at Fremont and continued to be engaged in it until his death, in 1902. He was married at Wooster to Elinor Kammarer and six of their nine children are yet living, namely, Robert, William, James, Thomas, Walter and Clarence, all.of whom were born at Wooster.

In 1889 Thomas and Walter Childs accompanied their parents to Fremont and the father continued his business as a traveling clothing salesman until 1893. These sons were practically reared in the business and assumed its responsibilities and established the firm name, on the death of the father. Walter Childs was married to Miss Jessie S. Smith, who died March 12, 1908, leaving three children, Alice, Jessie and Walter, the latter of whom has since died. Walter Childs is a member of the Masons, the Modern Woodmen and the Protective Legion. Thomas Childs is identified with a Masonic lodge at Syracuse, New York. He is unmarried.

JACOB B. KING, residing on his valuable farm of 141 acres, which lies in Ballville Township along the Tiffin road, was born in Jackson Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, No-

John King was born in Perry County, Ohio, in 1819, and died in Sandusky County, in 1899. His wife was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, in 1822, and died in 1891. They had the following children: Catherine, deceased, who was the wife of Valentine Mowser, also now deceased; Mary, who was the second wife of the late Valentine Mowser, resides in Allen County, Ohio; George, who married Mary J. Ludwick, of Delphos, Ohio; Sarah, who married Jacob Mowery, and lives in Michigan; Elizabeth, deceased, who was the wife of David Roberts; Lydia, who married William Slates, and lives in Michigan; John, who married Carrie Humlock, and lives in Ballville Township; Jacob B.; Elmira, who married John Seafores, lives in Michigan; and Perry, residing at Lansing, Michigan, who married Sarah Huimilock.