Madison Township (part 5 of 20)

John F. Mauntler was reared on the farm and received a good public school education at Woodville. After leaving school he operated the farm for about eighteen years, at the end of which time he located in the villagé and with his two brothers established the general store, which is located in the Keil Block on North Main Street. They carry a full line of dry goods, clothing and groceries and are well patronized by the people of the community. The Mauntler Brothers have been engaged as oil producers since 1893, when the Woodville field was first opened, being still in operation. In 1go1, they piped gas into Elmore, Ohio, and under the name of Mauntler Brothers and Company, furnish the village with gas. John F. Mauntler is a director of the Woodville Savings Bank Company. About the year 1906 Mauntler Brothers purchased the old Oak Harbor Natural Gas Company and still carry on the business, new wells being placed in operation all along the line. He served one year as township assessor and also was on the village council. He is treasurer of the German Farmers' Mutual Protective Association, which has its headquarters in Woodville and operates in Wood, Ottawa, Lucas and Sandusky Counties.

Mr. Mauntler was united in marriage with Miss Sophia Taulker, a daughter of Henry Taulker, a retired farmer residing at Gibsonburg, and they have one son, Edward, who is in charge of the Mauntler Brothers store at Woodville. Politically, the subject of this record is a Democrat. He and his family attended the German Lutheran Church.

ing business almost continuously since he left his school books and is one of the leading financiers of Northern Ohio. He was born November 2, 1860, at Fremont, Ohio, and is one of a family of three children born to his parents who were John and Catherine L. (Christian) Pero.

Until he was seventeen years of age, Mr. Pero attended the Fremont schools, where he was an apt pupil, particularly in mathematics. In 1878 he went into the First National Bank of Fremont, as a clerk and climbed step by step until he became paying teller and continued with that institution for nine years. On July 1, 1887, Mr. Pero removed to Findlay, Ohio, where he entered the First National Bank of that city, with which he remained identified until July, 1888, at which time he returned to Fremont. On July 25, 1888, he entered upon the duties of cashier of the Croghan Bank, of this city and continued as such until he sought a season of rest, retiring in August, 1901. For three years Mr. Pero kept out of the banking business but the pause was only temporary and on June 30, 1904, he accepted the vice presidency of the Colonial Savings Bank and Trust Company, of Fremont, which position he held until he was elected president of the institution on February I, 1906. Mr. Pero's success in business is a tribute to his faithfulness, industry and integrity.

Mr. Pero married Miss Anna Rice, a daughter of the late Dr. Robert H. Rice. In his political views he is a Republican. He has long been identified with the Masonic fraternity.

BIRCHARD HAVENS, who has been a resident of Ballville Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, since April 3, 1905, and owns his comfortable home here, owns also a farm of 152 acres, which is situated in Jackson Township on the Bettysville and Lindsey road three miles north of the former place. He was born August 16, 1846, in Jackson Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, and is a son of Henry and Sarah (Imes) Havens, old settlers of the county.

County at the age of forty-four years. The mother lived to be one year older. She was a native of Columbus, Ohio. They had six children, namely: W. J., who is deceased; Hugh; Mahala, deceased, who was the wife of George W. Shawl; Birchard; Orrie, who married Abraham Rhinehart; and Mary J., deceased, who was the wife of Charles Carr.

Birchard Havens lived in Jackson Township until 1905, obtaining his education in the schools near his home and engaging in a farmer's pursuits. He acquired a farm of eighty acres, situated two miles north of his present one, but after making extensive improvements, sold it to his eldest brother. In the spring of 1867 he bought the farm in Jackson Township that he still owns, of his father-inlaw, Lewis Overmyer.

Mr. Havens was married January 17, 1867, to Miss Elizabeth Catherine Overmyer, a daughter of Lewis and Mary Ellen (Stauffer ) Overmyer, old settlers, who took up Government land in: Jackson Township. The father of Mrs. Havens lived to be seventy-five years of age and her mother to be fifty. They had five children, as follows: Hugh, who married Dinah Kelley and lives at Fostoria, has children - Samuel, Freeland J., Elizabeth, Lewis, Rhoda and Anson; Susan, who married John Kelley, lives at Fremont and they have two children - Willis and Rufus; Mary E., who married Henry Sherfler, has five children - Frank, Albert, Henry, Francis and Mary E.; Benjamin, who married Harriet E. Burkhart, has two children - Charles and Cora, and Elizabeth Catherine, Mrs. Havens.

Mr. and Mrs. Havens have had five children, namely: Clara, who married George Kenan, November 11, 1887, has two children - Armina and Edna R.; Hattie, who married William W. Smith, November 12, 1896, lives at Toledo, Ohio; Myrtie, who died aged six months; Della, who married Rev Eugene Williams, lives at Lucas, Ohio, and they had one son, Havens Eugene, who died August 8, 1909, and an-infant, who is deceased. These families are all well and favorably known through Jackson and Ballville Townships. Their ancestors were among the pioneers and their descendants, reaping the advantages of several years, succeeding their father, Charles W-. Tschumy, who was the founder of it. The firm is made up of two brothers, Charles W. and Edward J., who have operated under the present style since the'death of their father, in 1897. as C. W. Tschumy, Sr., was born in Baden, Germany, and came to America whén about sixteen years of age, settling first at New Orleans, but left that city when it was visited by a yellow fever epidemic. He came as far north as Fremont and as he had learned the cabinetmakirig trade, he started in a small way, his first work being handmade coffins. He was careful, honest and industrious and continued to make progress in his business until he became the leading undertaker and furniture dealer in Fremont. He 'married Elizabeth Weiker, a daughter of Jacob Weiker, a farmer of Sandusky County, and they had six children born to them, namely: Mary; Charles W.; Julia, who is the wife of Horace Cooper, of Kokomo, Indiana; Edward J.; George, who died when aged twenty-one years, and Carrie.

Charles W. Tschumy was born at Fremont, Ohio, February 2, 1860, and was educated in the Fremont schools, completing the High School course. As soon as his school days were over, he and his younger brather went iito business with the father and they have continued ever since. Both are practical undertakers and their equipments for funeral directing are the best in the city. ey have two funeral cars and every other necessity required in the business. Their furniture business is the most extensive, in:that line, in Fremont. They occupy almost all of a three-story building and four stories of an annex and.also have the third floor over the Jackson- Dry Goods Company. In business circles this firm stands deservedly high, and individually the

Charles W. Tschumy married Miss Amelia Miller and they have six children, namely: Carl, Edith, Horace, Herbert, Robert and William. His fraternal affiliations are with the Odd Fellows, the Red Men and the Mystic Circle.

WILLIAM HAAR, who is operating a farm of eighty-three acres which belongs to his father and is situated in Washington Township, three miles west of Lindsey, was born in Washington Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, April 5, 1882, and is a son of Charles and Mary Ann (Maerose) Haar.

Charles Haar was born in Germany, July 6, 1831, and was nineteen years old when he accompanied his mother, two brothers and one sister to America. He remained for two and one-half years with the family in New York City and then came to Washington Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, where he rented land for eight years and then bought the farm in Washington Township on which he still lives, with his wife and one son, Philip. His father, also Charles Haar, died in Germany in his youth, and his mother, Mrs. Angeline Haar, died in Washington Township. He married Mary Ann Maerose, a daughter of Frederick and Louisa (Hurrelbrink) Maerose, who came from Germany and were married and died in Wood County, Ohio. The,children of Charles and Mary Ann Haar are the following: John, who married (first) Louisa Beeker, and (second) Elizabeth Berkman, lives in Washington Township; Charles, who married Clara Strauch, lives in this township; Fred, who married Aurelia Auxter, lives in this township; George, who married Annie Hotmer, lives in Ottawa County, Ohio; Annie, who married John Beeker, of Washington Township, and William and Philip, the latter of whom still lives at home.

William Haar attended the township schools during boyhood and early youth and then assisted his father until his own marriage, when he rented his present farm from his father and has been very successful in operating it. He is very industrious and enterpris-

In 1908 Mr. Haar was married to Miss Elizabeth Bach, a daughter of Philip and Christina (Krause) Bach, well known farming people of Washington Township. Mrs. Haar has two sisters, Christina and Emma, and one brother, August. Mr. and Mrs. Haar are members of the German Lutheran Church. They are favorably known in the pleasant social life of their community. In politics, Mr. Haar is a Democrat.

AUGUSTUS E. RICE, deceased, late president of the Croghan Bank and a distinguished citizen of Fremont, Ohio, was one of the most prominent financiers of the state of Ohio. He was president of the Ohio Bankers' Association, was active in the reforms brought about by that body, and from all indications had not reached the zenith of his power and usefulness when laid low by the hand of death. His rise from the lowly position of errand boy to the exalted position he held at the time of his demise, is a record of continuous and ambitious striving, close application to business, whether it was his own or that ef others, conscientious: service to his employers and zealous devotion to their interest, and the ability to grasp an opportunity when it was presented. His career stands in bold relief as an example well worthy of emulation.

Mr. Rice was born at Elmore, Ohio, November 26, 1847, and was a:son of James F, and Catherine (Luckey) Rice. He was but a boy when his father died and it became necessary for him to provide for his own support at a very early age. While attending school, he worked mornings and evenings, and at the age of fifteen years began working as an errand boy. On March 22, 1865, he came to Fremont and accepted a position as errand boy. in the First National Bank, which was located in a onestory building standing on the present site of the Colonial Bank Building. He there rose from errand boy to assistant cashier and in 1882 left that institution to become first cashier of the Fremont Savings Bank. In 1888 he organized the Croghan bank and served as its president from its inceptiqn until his death, which occurred March -15, 1909. Late in life he realized one of his greatest ambitions in the erection of the new Croghan Bank building; this beautiful building, said.to be the handsomest and

Mr. Rice had a most comprehensive grasp of the banking business and its multitudinous details, and notwithstanding the great demands of his interests on his time, he wrote a number of works on banking and business which were published and had wide circulation. Among them may be mentioned, "Small Talks on Business," "Practical Bank Advertising," and "Direful Effects of a Postal Savings Bank." The 'last publication appeared shortly before his death and a copy was sent to each United States Senator and Congressman. He was for a number of years a member of the executive committee of the Ohio Bankers' Association, and at the annual meeting held at Alexandria Bay, New York, in July, 1908, was honored by election to the presidency of that body.

On April 23, 1867, Augustus E. Rice was united in marriage with Miss Phebe A. Dean, who also was born at Elmore, Ohio, and who died at Fremont, April 9, 1904. They are survived by a daughter, Miss Nettie G. Rice,, who resides at the old home place in Fremont. 'Mr. Rice was a devout member of the Presbyterian Church. In fraternal affiliation, he was a member of Brainard Lodge, F. & A. M.; and Fremont Chapter, No. 64, R. A.M. He wasa Republican in national politics, but was inclined to be independent in local affairs. His death was one which the people felt keenly ; he had a wide personal acquaintance throughout this section of the State, and enjoyed the confidence and esteem of his fellow citizens to a remarkable degree. '

ELIAS BABIONE comes of one of the oldest families of Ballville Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, and is located on a tract of two and one-half acres, about one and a half miles south of Fremont. He was born in that township, April 11, 1843,_and is a son of John G,

John G. Babione, upon coming to the United States in 1793, first located in Virginia, after a short time moved to Fairfield County. Ohio, where they did not, however, remain long, but made their way to Sandusky County, where they entered Government land in Ballville Township.. These hardy pioneers lived - in the times when encounters with the Indians were not infrequent, and amid the hardships of the most primitive conditions. John G. Babione died here at the age of eighty-three years, and his wife at the age of seventy-eight. They were parents of the following children: Samuel, deceased; Daniel; John; Katherine, deceased; William; Rebecca, deceased; Mary - Ann, deceased; Sarah E. deceased, and Elias.

Elias Babione was reared and educated in Ballville Township, and has always followed agricultural pursuits, and at one time owned considerable farm land. On August 13, 1862, he enlisted at Fremont for three years service in the Civil War, as a member of Company A, 111th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and saw much hard fighting. He participated in thirtyeight battles, among which may be mentioned Knoxville, Nashville, Stone River, Resaca, Decatur, Alabama; and Louden, Tennessee. He was with Sherman in the march to the sea and was in the siege of Atlanta. He had his leg broken by a gun shot and was for some time incapacitated for duty. He was mustered out at Cleveland, Ohio, in July, 1865. .

On March 28, 1867, Mr. Babione was united in marriage with Miss Sarah Ott, a daughter of Fidella and Isabel (Wiley) Ott, and they became parents of the following children: Mary B.; William, who died at the age of four years; Hattie, who married Frank Bauman, of Ballville Township and has two children, Wayne and Gertrude; Lester of Fremont, who ried Rosie Moore and lives in Ballville Township; Ray, who married Elizabeth Sater and lives at home; Clarence, who lives in Rice Township; and one who died in infancy. Mary B. Babione, the eldest daughter, was first married toa Mr. Walker, who met death by drowning, and they had one son, Carl. She was subsequently married to Douglas Fought and they reside in Washington Township, Sandusky County. Clarence Babione was married (first) to Fay Smith, and after her death was married to Miss Edna Bloom.

Mr. Babione is a Republican in politics, and for six years served with marked ability as township trustee. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, belonging to the Post at Fremont.

EMMET C. SAYLES, prosecuting attorney of Sandusky County, and formerly city solicitor of Fremont, has been a resident of this city since he was twenty-three years of age and he has made its interests his own. He was born May 3, 1867, at Chicago, Illinois, but was reared at Lowell, Michigan. His schooling was obtained in the country schools near Lowell and finished in the high school at Lowell. ;

In large measure Mr. Sayles is a self made man, for, from the age of twelve years he provided his own opportunities for advancement and earned the means in mill, factory and on the farm, to pursue his higher studies, those which later contributed largely to his success in life's battle. After reaching Fremont, he began the study of law in the office of Kinney & O'Farrel, and subsequently passed with more than ordinary credit, the state legal examination in both civil and criminal law and was admitted to the bar in December 1901. For four years and eight months Mr. Sayles served the city as its solicitor, at a particularly trying period on account of differing interpretation of numerous new laws, particularly applying to city improvements. He points with commendable pride to the fact that during his long period of service, there was but one small verdict secured against the city. In 1908 the Democratic party brought him forward as its candidate for prosecuting attorney and he was elected by a majority of 992 votes over his opponent, Edward Voorhees. In the administration of this office there is one fact certain, that Mr. Sayles will do his full duty without fear or favor. 'The office is one of great responsibility, entailing much labor and requiring the possession of both experience arid profound legal knowledge, qualities Mr. Sayles has proven he possesses.

Mr. Sayles was married to Miss Catherine M. Gordon, a daughter of John Gordon, of Toledo, Ohio. They reside at No. 812 West State Street, Fremont. Mrs. Sayles is a member of the Catholic Church, but Mr. Sayles was reared in the Baptist faith.

Mr. Sayles has taken much interest in military affairs and has been a captain in the National Guards. He is identified with the Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, the Sons of Veterans, the Maccabees, the Improved Order of Red Men, the Elks and the Eagles.

CHRISTIAN SCHNEIDER, whose comfortable home is in the village of Hessville, Sandusky County, Ohio, owns his property here and also a valuable farm of eighty acres, which is situated in Washington Township. He was born in Germany, October 9, 1834, and is a son of Henry and Mary (Sehr) Schneider and a grandson of Christian Schneider, all of whom died in Germany.

Neither one of his parents nor any of the children except two ever crossed the Atlantic Ocean to America, and of these two Christian is the only survivor, the other brother, William, having died at Forest Hill, California, in 1908. In 1852 Christian Schneider landed at the port of New York and from there he made his way to Fremont, Ohio, where he began to work as a blacksmth for George Griner and later, at Woodville, he worked for Barnum and Whitmore, then for Captain Newfur and later for Ged Wolfe, at Hessville. After this he went to toolmaking at Rocky Ridge, for the Northern Division Railroad, going from there to Monroeville and later worked for one year at Rochester, Indiana. After returning to Ohio, he worked at Perrysburg, in Wood County, one year, then bought a shop of George Thrafe, at Hessville, and conducted it for two and one-

In 1855, at Hessville, Mr. Schneider was married to Miss Sophia Strock, a daughter of Philip and Elizabeth (Shriner) Strock. The Strock family came to Ohio from Germany in 1848 and lived in Washington Township, Sandusky County, the remainder of their lives. The children born to Christian Schneider and wife were the following: Charles H., who married Stevana Burkett, lives in Washington Township; Louisa, who married Leonard Schwartz, lives in Washington Township; Louis, who married Adella Whitney, lives in Washington Township; Elizabeth, who was married (first) to Christian Moll, and after his death to Jacob Reed, lives in' Sandusky County; Christian H., who married Catherine Schmaitz, lives on the old homestead in Washington Township; Sophia, who married (first) George Mowery and after his death, Benjamin Graham, lives at Bradner, Ohio; Philip, who married Alta Bowmer, lives at Hessville, and Ida and William, both of whom are deceased. Mr, and Mrs. Schneider are old and valued members of the Lutheran Church. He takes no very active interest in politics, but he casts his vote in favor of the principles and candidates of the Democratic party. Mr. Schneider has witnessed many wonderful changes since he first came to Sandusky County, changes in farming, in methods of work at his trade and changes in modes of living. Some of these changes he considers of no material advantage, lent his influence to help bring them about. June 24, 1909, a family reunion was held at the home of Philip Schneider, son of our subject. A count was had and it was found that Christian and Sophia Schneider, their children and grand children, together with their respective wives and husbands, numbered fifty-eight persons.

concerns of the city, is located in fine quarters in the Dryfoos & Bach Block, on South Front Street. It was established'in 1850, by I. and M. Dryfoos, natives of Germany and older brothers of Simon Dryfoos, who is now the The first firm name was I. and M. Dryfoos, clothiers,. later becoming Dryfoos Brothers and still ° later, Dryfoos Brothers & Bach, which continued until 1892, when the present firm style was

Simon Dryfoos was: born November 24, 1844, in'Germany, and is a son of Henry Dryfoos. In 1866 he came to America and located at Fremont, and he has made this city his home for more than forty-three years. In 1873 he became a member. of the firm of Dryfoos Brothers & Bach. He was married about this time to Rachel Lehman and they have four children: Henry, Sidney, Minette and Alfred. Mr. Dryfoos owns a beautiful residence on Birchard Avenue.

Louis Bach, of the firm, was born in Bavaria, Germany, February 11, 1848, and is a son of Jacob and Fannie (Swatzenberg) Bach. When he was six years old his parents came to Amer-. ica and for: several years the family lived at Tiffin, Ohio, and then moved to Milwaukes, Wisconsin, where Jacob Bach entered intg business and his son began to go to school. La er the family moved to Nashville, Tennessee and from there to Chattanooga, where Jacob Bach died. Lewis had been in partnership with hie father in business) and he remained at Chattanooga until 1873, when he.came to Fre mont, where he entered into his present business relations with Dryfoos Brothers.

In 1882, Mr. Bach was married to Barbara Kahn, and they have three children: Fred Jessie and Walter. Mr. Bach qwns a hand some home on South Arch Street, Fremont.

'In the old days of the clothing" business, it was the general habit to put a price om an article and after a certain seemingly necessary amount of dickering, sell the article for less price than asked at first. The members of the firm have brought about a different method in Fremont, one more dignified and honorable, having but one price and thereby treating <all customers alike. Their reputation for relta- bility and honesty is known all through the county. They carry the largest stock and the best class of merchandisé in this section, own their own sales room and the one adjoining it ' on the south. This is a firm that Fremont can take pride in.

Ohio, and 'buyer of grain, poultry, butter and eggs, hides and all farm produce and also proprietor of the elevator and electric light plant at this point, is one of Sandusky County's leading business men. Mr. Rutschow was born at Toledo, Ohio, October 21, 1854, and is a son of William and Mina Rutschow.

- The parents of Mr. Rutschow were born in Germany but they have been residents of America during the larger portion of their lives. Their comfortable home is in the city of Toledo. The father is now seventy-six years old and the mother one year older. They had two children, Fred and Josephine, the latter of whom died when aged eleven years.

Fred Rutschow | obtained his education in the public schools of Toledo and the State College situated there. He then started 'to work, being employed first as an errand boy by a local business man, after which he made his way to Boston, Massachusetts, where he worked as a clerk in a dry goods store for two years and then came back to Toledo and entered the employ of a Toledo merchant for a short time. In the meanwhile he had married and as his responsibilities increased, he concluded that the only, way in which he could add to his capital and clear off the debts he had incurred, was to make a bold strike and embark in business for himself. He had only $25) in cash when he came to Helena, but he had credit, and after renting a small room he stocked it with desirable general merchandise and launched out as a merchant on his own responsibility. His business ability was suffciently proved within four years, when J. J. Garn entered into partnership with him and they built the present commodious store building. This partnership continued for several years and when Mr. Garn retired, Mr. Ruts- crisis, but few of these have disturbed Mr. Rutschow, for with the exception of several small fires, which caused but little loss, he has prospered from the first. His indefatigable industry and unceasing energy have resulted in the large advance made in his own fortunes -and have contributed in no small degree to the prosperity of Helena. He carries a stock of goods valued at $12,000, including groceries, dry goods, boots and shoes, crockery, shelf hardware and clothing, tinware, tobacco and salt; owns his own electric light plant for his own use, it being one of the two in the place, the other, which furnishes light for the town being owned by Mrs. Monroe Garn; owns the grain elevator which has a capacity of 12,000 bushels; owns a cold storage plant; owns eleven acres of very vale ble farm land in Washington Township; a stockholder in the Helena Banking Chai. pany, and since 1876 has also been interested in oil production. The Garn-Rutschow Oil Company leased land all over the country, the first well found in this section being one struck in 1890, in Washington Township, which produced 125 barrels a day. Mr. Rutschow undoubtedly possesses great business faculty and his foresight and judgment are frequently consulted by those not so well equipped by nature. He has been a very useful citizen of Sandusky County and a dominating force in the business life of Helena.

In 1876 Mr. Rutschow was married at Toledo, Ohio, to Miss Carrie Schumaker, who is a daughter of John Schumaker. They have had three children: William, born in 1881, married Hattie Bremer and conducts a wholesale commission house at Toledo; J. F. S., who died aged four years, and Fred, born in 1889, who is his father's able assistant. Mrs. Rutschow has been of great assistance to her husband. In earlier years her frugal and careful administration of domestic affairs gave him help and encouragement and she still gives assistance by looking after details in the store. The family belong to the German Lutheran Church.

LOUIS SCHNEIDER, who has been a member of the School Board of Washington Township for the past ten years and in every way is a representative citizen, lives on his excellent farm of sixty-seven acres and also has a two-third interest in a tract of forty acres in the same township. Mr. Schneider was born January 12, 1863, in Washington Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, and is a son of Christian and Sophia (Strock) Schneider.

The venerable father of Mr. Schneider was born in Germany, October 9, 1834, and in 1852 he came by himself to America and settled in Sandusky County, where he has lived ever since. He married Sophia Strock and they had the following children: Charles C., residing in Washington Township, married Stevana Burkett; Louisa, married Lenard Schwartz; Elizabeth, married (first) Christian Moll and (second) Jacob Reed, of Sandusky County; Louis; Christian, who married Catherine Schmaltz, lives on the old homestead in Washington Township; Sophia, married (first) George Mowery and (second) Benjamin Graham and they live at Bradner, Ohio; Philip Alta Bowmer and resides at Hessville; Edith and William are both deceased.. ;

Louis Schneider was fourteen years old when he left school and began to be of great assistance to his father on the farm and remained at home until his own marriage, in 1883. After this event he settled on a farm of forty acres which his wife had inherited from her father and lived there for twenty and barns. After purchasing his present property, from Mrs. Julia A. Whitney, Mr. Schneider took possession of it and has been engaged here in general farmting ever since. He raises good stock but has none that is registered.

chroder) Whitney. Mrs. Schneider has one sister, Mary M., who is the wife of Hayden Arnold, of Fremont. Mr. and Mrs. Schneider have three sons: Clarence, who was born July 9, 1885, married May Smith af Washington Township, and they have one daughter

Mr. Schneider is a Democrat in National politics, but in local matters he casts an independent vote. With his family he belongs to the Grace Reformed Church. His postoffice is at Gibsonburg, not far distant from his farm and his mail comes on rural route No. 3.

MEADE G. THRAVES, attorney at law, with office in the Bristol Block, on Front Street, Fremont, has been engaged in the practice of his profession in this city for twenty years and occupies a leading position on the Sandusky County bar. He was born February 15, 1863, on a farm in Ballville Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, and is a son of George and Mary (Crowell) Thraves, the former of whom followed the blacksmith businegs for many years in Fremont, Hessville and in California. ,

'has been an active and interested citizen and both in and outside his profession, has been given tokens of the general esteem in which. he is held. From 1900 until 1905 he served as secretary and treasurer of the board of directors and as librarian of the law library, which is located in the Sandusky County Court House. He is.a leading Democrat and from

ANSON H. MILLER, deceased, late president of the First National Bank of Fremont, Ohio, was connected with the banking interests of this city for more than a half century. He was a member of the first board of directors of the First National, when the institution was founded) in 1863, subsequently served as cashier, later became vice president and finally president, occupying the last named office at the time of his death, which occurred March 30, 1905. Mr. Miller was born May 2, 1824, at Hillsdale, New Hampshire, and was the second son of John and Hannah (Bassett) Miller.

In the year following his birth the parents of Mr. Miller moved to Norwalk, Ohio, and in 1839 they settled in New London Township, in Huron County. Anson H. was educated in the Norwalk Seminary and at Milan Academy, after which he eagerly turned his attention to business. In 1847 he became an employe of a lumber firm at New Orleans, and after about one year's experience, he returned to New London Township, where he engaged in farming until.1852. He had no taste, however, for agricultural pursuits and after taking a commercial course in a business college at Cleveland, became bookkeeper for Dr. William F, Kittridge, who was then treasurer of the Toledo, Norwalk & Cleveland Railroad. In 1854 he became cashier for the firm of Birchard & Otis, bankers, at Fremont, and became a resident of this city on August 2, 1854, and remained identified with its many interests throughout the remainder of his life. Changes soon came about in the firm, Judge Otis retiring in January, 1856, and at that time Mr. Miller became a partner, the firm style becoming Birchard, Miller & Company. In the following year when the late Dr. James W. Wilson became a member of the firm, its resources were increased, but no change was made in the firm name, which continued until 1863. It was a purely private banking enterprise and did a large volume of business.

War, the capitalists of Fremont did not hesitate in increasing their responsibilties, and in this year the private firm was merged into the First National Bank of Fremont, with the following first officers: Sardis Birchard, president; James W. Wilson, vice president; and Anson H. Miller, cashier. The bank started out with a paid up capital of $100,000, and an authorized capital of $200,000. This bank was the fifth National through all these succeeding years it has held its supremacy, owing, in large measure its unquestioned solvency and its successful business career to the high personal character of its officers, and their careful, conservative methods. The fine quarters of the bank, the solid, substantial building on the corner of Front and Croghan Streets, its exterior appearance being typical of the solidity of the bank itself, offer quite a contrast to the small one-story building where Mr. Miller first served as one of its officials. Mr. Miller was married in March, 1854, to Miss Nancy J. Otis, who is a daughter of Joseph and Nancy B. Otis, a family of age and prominence at Berlin, Ohio. They had three daughters: Mary O., Fannie B. and Julia E.

DAVID STIGER, a veteran of the Civil War and a well known citizen of - Ballville Township, resides on his valuable little farm of fourteen acres, which has been his home for twenty-three years. He was born at Havens Station, Sandusky County, Ohio, July 2, 1844, and is a son of Joseph and Sarah (Foust) Stiger. |

The parents of Mr. Stiger during his boyhood and youth, resided in both Sandusky and Seneca Counties. The father was born April 14, 1810, and died April 20, 1887. The mother was born in 1813, and died in 1866. In 1833 they moved from Circleville, Pickaway County to Sandusky County, They had the following children: Caroline, Isaac, Lucinda, Amos, Wilson, David, Elizabeth, Catherine, Joseph, Matilda and Charles.

David Stiger resided in Jackson Township, Sandusky County, until he was fourteen years of age and obtained 'his education there. He then went te Seneca County for two years, and from there to Ballville Township for three years and then back to Jackson Township and resided near Bettsville until he first enlisted for service in the Civil War. This was in the fall of 1861, when he entered Company F, 72d Ohio Volunteer Infantry. While in camp he was attacked with measles and became so ill that he was sent home. During his second enlistment, which included a service of fifteen months in the 64th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, he participated in the battles of Spring Hill, Franklin, Nashville and Columbia, Tennessee, and in that of Decatur, Alabama, and others of less importance. Mr. Stiger was struck once in the breast by a spent ball and still bears the scar and on two occasions was prostrated by a sunstroke. He was honorably discharged September 25, 1865, at Benton Barracks, St. Louis, but was confined to a hospital for three months at Jefferson Station, Missouri, and did not reach home until the middle of December. He is a member of the Grand Army Post at Fremont, and of Company K, of Old Fort.

Mr. Stiger purchased his present farm in 1883 from Daniel V. Flumerfelt and carries on general farming. In 1868 he was married to Miss Anna M. Beck, a daughter of Gerhart and Sarah Beck, and they have had seven children, namely: Charles, who resides at Old Fort, who married Mary Everhart, has three children - Ralph, Lester and Harry; William who lives near Old Fort, married Nora Smith and they have two children - George and Bernice; Marion, who resides at home; Lulu, who married John Kleim, of Old Fort, has three

OSCAR B. PATTERSON, residing on his well. improved farm of sixty-two and one-half acres, situated eight miles west of Fremont, is one of Washington Township's representative citizens and prosperous farmers. He was born February 5, 1850, on what is known as the old Patterson reservation, one mile north of Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio, and is a son of Julius and Margaret (Larey) Patterson.

Julius Patterson was born May 23, 1808, at Syracuse; New York, and was brought by. his parents to Ohio, in 1815. They settled near the mouth of the Huron River, where they lived for two years, and then moved to the peninsula in Ottawa County, but in 1818 they' returned to Sandusky County and located at Lower Sandusky, now Fremont. They took up their residence in one of the block houses that then stood on the site of Fort Stephenson. Julius Patterson grew to manhood there and became identified with the growth and development of the county. He was one of the ptomoters of the Maumee turnpike road. but lost heavily in that enterprise. On June 17, 1836 he married Margaret Larey and both are now deceased. They had ten children, the seven sutvivors being: Robert, John, Rawson, Oscar, Charles J., Sarah and Julia. One son, Sardis, was a soldier in the Civil War, a mem-: ber of the 72d Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and it was his unfortunate fate to be captured by a relentless enemy, and to be imprisoned and.

Oscar B. Patterson attended the public schools more or less regularly until he was eighteen years of age, after which he assisted his father on the home farm until he was twenty-two, and then went to Michigan, where he spent one year in farming and two years in threshing. After he came back 'to Sandusky County he remained at home until his father died, when he went into railroading, in which he continued for: twenty-two years: In 1895 he retired from the road and bought his present farm from Samuel Skinner, and he has been concerned in its development and improvement ever sifice.

Mr, Patterson married Miss Frona Moss, a daughter of James and Lucy (Long) Moss, of Clay County, Indiana. Mrs. Patterson was an only child. Mr. and Mrs. Patterson have four children, namely: Golden, born April 11, 1890, at Worthington, Indiana; Orville, born. January 1, 1895, at Fremont, Ohio; Lucy, born

458 HISTORY OF June 2, 1899, and Robert, born February 4, 1902. Mr. Patterson and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics he is a Republican and he has served for four years on the School Board.

H. C. PLAGMAN, who occupies a place among Fremont's leading business men, is secretary of the Sandusky County Building & Loan Company and a member of its board of directors and he is likewise largely interested in the oil industry both in Sandusky and Wood Counties. Mr. Plagman is a native of Ohio, born in Eric County, November 21, 1857, and is a son of Henry and Dorothy (Henning) Plagman.

old his parents moved to Sandusky County, Ohio, settling on a farm in Riley Township, and there he was reared. His education was obtained in the country schools and the Ohio Northern University at Ada, and later he taught school for several winters and worked on the farm in the summers and for several years, from about seventeen to twenty-two years of age, taught school during a large portion of the time, continuing however, to keep his home on the farm. He then came to Fremont and for about three years engaged in clerking for the Herman-Wilson Dry Goods Company, after which he went into business for himself, embarking in. the grocery and crockery line. He continued this business until 1898 when he disposed of his mercantile interests and for the next year was a salesman for the S. F. Evans Grocery Company, of Findlay, at Fremont. When the Sandusky County Building & Loan Company was organized, in 1899, Mr. Plagman' became its secretary and has retained this office ever since. This business concern is one of large importance in the county and its officers are all business men of capital and experience. Mr. Plagman has been an active and useful citizen. For twelve years he has been a member of the Fremont Board of Education, a part of the time being its clerk and a larger part being president of the body.

of Daniel Karshner, and they have two children: Lester W. and Fern Mildred. The son > is in the mail service. He married Miss Myrtle King and they have two children. Mr. Plagman and family are members of the First Presbyterian Church. He is identified with the Odd Fellows.

JOHN FRONIZER, who for many years engaged in carpentering in Fremont, Ohio, now owns and resides upon a farm of eighty acres in Ballville Township. He was born in this township, September 10, 1855, and is a son of Henry and Mary (Young) Fronizer.

Henry Fronizer was born in Hessen, Germany, in 1824, and lived there until he reached the age of twenty-one years when he came to the United States. He first located at Buffalo, New York, where he lived three years, and then came west to Sandusky County, Ohio, settling in Ballville Township, where he died November 18, 1907. He was united in marriage with Mary Young, who was born in Hessen, Germany, in 1823, and died in Sandusky County, Ohio, in 1879. They were parents of the following children: Fred; John; Simon; Matilda, deceased ; 'Magdalena, wife of Frank Pryer; Susan, deceased ; Katherine (Fought), and Joseph.

John Fronizer attended the public schools of his native county and at an early age learned the trade of a carpenter, which he has followed during most of his business career. He followed his trade in Fremont until 1898, since which time he has been a resident of Ballville Township. In 1907, he purchased his present farm of Alfonso Courser and is engaged in general farming.

August 10, 1878, Mr. Fronizer was united in marriage with Miss Cynthia Pryer, a daughter of Isaac and Mary (Ash) Pryer of Sandusky County, and they have had three children: Frank, Nettie (deceased) and Larkin. Frank Fronizer was united in marriage with Miss Lola Slatter, a daughter of Christian Slatter, and they had one child who died in infancy. Mr. Fronizer is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He does not take an active part in political affairs, but served one term as township constable.

resides on and, in association with his brother, Clyde H. Bowlus, operates the large farm belonging to his father. He was born August 18, 1885, and is a son of Orville W. and Ida Ann (Keefer) Bowlus.

Orville W. Bowlus was born in Sandusky County, Ohio, carried on farming in Washington Township for many years and now lives retired at Fremont. He married (first) Ida Ann Keefer, who was born in Pennsylvania, and she is survived by the following: children: Ray William, born in 1885; Clyde H., born July 20, 1888; Ralph Elmer, born November 2, 1890, who is a student in the Metropolitan Business College at Toledo; Grace, born November 4, 1892, attends the Fremont High School and Rollo, born January 1, 1894. Mr. Bowlus was married (second) to Hattie Boyer.

Ray W. Bowlus attended the public schools in Sandusky County, also those of Kansas, and completed his school attendance by taking a business course in a commercial college at when he returned home he assisted his father and later served two years as assistant station agent for the Lake Shore Electric Railroad, Company, at Monroeville, Ohio. This position he gave up when his father decided to retire and, in partnership with his next younger brother, he entered the management of the home farm. He has proved himself a capable agriculturist and takes a large amount of interest in the development of his property, making every part of the land produce to its fullest extent.

In 1907 Mr. Bowlus was married to Miss Elda Walker, the eldest daughter of James Perry and Anabel (Kieser) Walker, of Gibsonburg, Ohio. Mrs. Bowlus has two sisters and three brothers: Lydia, Florence, Milo, Russel and Leigh. Mr. and Mrs. Bowlus have a son, Ray William, Jr., named for his father and born 'September 19, 1908. Mrs. Bowlus is a member of the Christian Church at Gibsonburg. He is a Republican in politics.

up an extensive business: . He: was. Huron County, Ohio, near Bellevee, 20, 1861, and is a,son of William and Cath: erine (Heyman) Lieber, both natives of Get many.

schools and one year in high school. - He then worked at farming several years before learning the trade of a blacksmith and. carriage maker. From the time he was twenty-one. he spent ten years in traveling about in the United States, working at his trade at various 'places: He was at Van Wert, Ohio, several months, | then went to Michigan, and later'to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. From there he went to Atlanta; Georgia, thence to New Orleans during: the exposition in the winter of 1884-1885. 'He | crossed the Gulf of Mexico to Tampa, Florida, and worked at his trade at Jacksonville. After two years in the squth, he visited at his old home a short time, and from there went to. Chicago, Illinois. Returning to Ohio, he spent one season working in the J. P. Moore Car: riage Works at Fremont, and the following spring, 1888, went to Tacoma, Washington. He was in the west five years, working: at his trade about the mines. 'He returned to Bellevue, Ohio, in 1893, and, his father having died in the meantime, took up the lattet's real estate and insurance business at that place. He | became active in Democratic politics and' in 1898 was elected mayor of Bellevue. He was re-elected to that office, and while serving his second term was elected on the Democratic ticket to the office of treasurer of Sandusky. County, and moved to Fremont in August, I9OI, to assume the duties of said office, where he has lived ever since. He served two terms as treasurer and his efficiency in office gained him many friends in both parties and won the commendation of the general public.

460 HISTORY dusky County, and they have three children: George Martin, Gertrude and Irene. They reside in a fine new home on Birchard Avenue which he recently built. Religiously, they are members of the Grace' Lutheran Church.

HON. SAMUEL BRINKERHOFF, for- -merly probate judge of Sandusky County, and for' years up to the time of his death one of the highly esteemed citizens in the county, was born at Phelps, Ontario County, New York, May 13, 1856, son of Abraham C. and Eliza (Swartwout) Brinkerhoff. Judge Brinkerhoff was educated in the schools of his native state and at Hillsdale, Michigan. Coming to Fremont in 1876, he was for some time a teacher in the district, schools of the county. He then entered the law office of Bartlett & Finefrock, of Fremont, and after adequate preparation, was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court on March 1, 1881. In the 'spring of 1880, while yet a law student, he was elected a justice of the peace for the city of Fremont, and held that office for a term of three years. In 1888 he became associated in the practice of his profession with the late Henry R. Finefrock, the partnership being continued until the death of Mr. Finefrock in 1894. In 1896 he was and being subsequently re-elected, served in that office until February 9, 1903. A man of large business capacity, he was interested in a number of important business enterprises, achieving in this direction a marked success, with appropriate financial reward. These triumphs were the result, not merely of his natural ability for commercial pursuits, but also, and in large measure, of his unremitting industry, a quality which was ever one of the of his foremost traits of character. ; impartiality on the bench were fully recognized; as were also his sacred regard for his plighted word and his uniform courtesy to all who came before him in his professional capacity. Hon. James Hunt summed up his leading characteristics when he said: "T have known Judge Brinkerhoff for twenty years and during that time I was in a position to realize his many good traits of character. He had a high sense of personal responsibility. His promises were fulfilled. He was one of the few who do more than they agree. He was frank and open in his dealings and insistent in pushing his own ideas, though always willing to change if in the wrong. He was a hard worker and had a wonderful capacity for business, and his mind had a wonderful grasp of details, which gave him the power to see through propositions more quickly than others. -He is dead, but he has left us the priceless treasure of a good and honest man." Others spoke in a similar strain, and the resolutions, in the form of a memorial of the Judge's life and character were . then adopted, addressed to the Court of Common Pleas of Sandusky County, and ordered to be spread upon the journal of the Court.

JOHN M. RHINEHART, owner of a valuable farm of 165 acres, which is situated in Jackson Township, is numbered with the prosperous agriculturists and representative men of this section: He was born November 8, 1868, in the house which is still his home, in Sandusky County, Ohio, and is a son of Theodore and Keziah (Eversole) Rhinehart.

The Rhinehart family is one that has long been and favorably known in Jackson Township and it was established here by the grandparents, Jacob and Isabella Rhinehart, who came from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1834. Jacob Rhinehart bought 160 acres of land in Jackson Township, this being the farm on which their grandson, John M., resides, and later he bought 240 acges in Scott' Township

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Theodore Rhinehart, the youngest child of the above family, was born on the present farm, June 24, 1841, and this was his home through life, one from which he was seldom absent. During the Civil War he served in Company K, 169th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for some months, and subsequently, on account of this honorable service, became identified with the Grand Army of the Republic. He was also an Qdd Fellow. In 1863 he married Keziah Eversole, daughter of Jacob Eversol, and they had two children: Emma and John M. Emma was born September 1, 1864, and died March 12, 1895. She married Edward Wertz and they lived at Helena, Ohio, and had one son, Rosco. Mrs. Rhinehart, who was born April 30, 1843, still survives.

John M. Rhinehart obtained a public school education and was trained by his father to be a capable farmer. His well improved land and finely cultivated fields show the interest he has in his work and also prove that Sandusky County has productive land, fruitful orchards and first class stock, success depending on the farmer.

On October 23, 1889, Mr. Rhinehart was married to Miss Addie Maurer, a daughter of Conrad and Mary (Gurlack) Maurer, and they have three children: Izetta, born June 29, 1890; Clifford, born May 17, 1892, and Fena, born February 26, 1901. Mr. Rhinehart and family are members of the United Brethren Church at Helena.

JOHN HENRICKS, one of Washington Township's representative citizens, resides on his fine farm of 157 acres, 142 of which is fertile, well improved farming land and fifteen of which is in timber, was born on this farm in Sandusky County, Ohio, January 20, 1838. His parents were Noah and Catherine (Reed) Henricks. The paternal grandfather, Jacob Henricks, was the 'first member of the family to own this property and it has never changed hands since he bought it in 1830, from George Waggoner. ' known minister of the German Baptist Church in Washington Township. He was-born in Perry County, Ohio, November 13, 1818, a son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Hufford) Henricks,. and accompanied his parents to Sandusky County and subsequently came into possession of the home farm, on which he lived until several years prior to his death, when he retired. He died at Lindsey, August I, 1896. In that year a cyclone swept througk Washington Township and completely wrecked the farm residence. Noah Henricks then bought a house from Solomon Shively, which was moved to the site of the old one, and it is now called the homestead. He married Catherine Reed, who was also born in Perry County, Ohio, a daughter of Joseph and Susannah (Swinehart) Reed. She survived her husband for four year, dying in May, 1goo.

John Henricks received his education in the district schools of Washington Township, leaving his books when eighteen years of age in order to give his father assistance on the farm. Two years after the father died, John Henricks and his two sisters, Elizabeth and Emily, purchased the farm atid in 1903, he bought one sister's interest and in 1905 he bought the other sister's interest and now is the half owner, with his daughter, Clara J. owning the other half. His one sister, Sarah, married Josiah Hetrick and both she and husband are deceased. They had five children: Effie, deceased, Alfred, William, Noah and Elizabeth. The other sister of Mr. Henricks, Emily, married John P. Anspauch, and they have two children, William and Rollin. A third sister, Elizabeth, married Charles Buck, and they have three children: Noah, Ida and Jennie.

On November 3, 1861, Mr. Henricks was married to Miss Catherine Yeagle, a daughter of Michael and Catherine (Krilick) Yeagle. The Yeagles came to Ohio from Pennsylvania and settled in Rice Township, Sandusky County. To John Henricks and wife have been born the following children: Alice, now deceased, who married William W. Engler, has one son, Arthur; Ardella, who married Charles F. Baskey, has one son, Carl; Clara J., who married Clayton P. Long, has three sons, Earl H and Merle H., twins; and Howard Donald,

Mr. Henricks conducted his farm alone for some years and then sold a one-half interest to his daughter, Mrs. Clara J.: Long, whose husband and Mr. Henricks carry on the farm on shares. They raise wheat, oats, corn and hay, and stock for their own use. The land is also valuable as oil land, there being' eight good producing wells on the farm. Mr. Henricks takes no interest in politics beyond performing the duties of a good citizen. He is identified with the Democratic party.

HON. S. S. RICHARDS, who is serving his second term as judge of the Court of Common Pleas in this judicial district, has been a member of the Sandusky County bar for the past thirty years, having his home at Clyde. Judge Richards was born August 8, 1857, in Townsend Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, and is a son of Archibald and Mary (George) Richards.

The maternal grandfather of Judge Richards was Joseph George, who was a soldier in the War of 1812. He came to Sandusky County in early days, probably about the same time that the Richards family settled in this section, for both names are connected with the early development of the county. The father of Judge Richards, who was a substantial farmer in Townsend Township, died in 1884 at his home in Clyde. -

Judge Richards spent his early life on his father's farm and attended school at Clyde, graduating from the Clyde High School in 1875. He immediately started for California and remained in the far West until the fall of 1876, when he entered upon the study of law in the office of Attorney Basil Meek, a well known practitioner at Clyde. In the spring of 1879, after his admission to the bar, by the Supreme Court at Columbus, he opened an office in Clyde, and in the following June admitted D. A. Heffner to a partnership. For a long period this firm, under the name of Richards & Heffner, was a leading one at Clyde and took part in much of the important litigation in San- dusky County. In 1905 Judge Richards was elected to the bench and at the expiration of his term was renominated by acclamation. His subsequent re-election followed his able administration during his first term.

Judge Richards married Miss Jennie Harding, a member of an old and respected family of the county, her father, John Harding, being a retired farmer. To this marriage were born three children; Robert G., Rena, and William M. Judge and Mrs. Richards are regular attendants at the Presbyterian Church. They have a pleasant home at Clyde and are identified with the agreeable social life of the place.

EDWARD SCHWARTZ, senior member of the firm of E. Schwartz & Son, funeral directors at Fremont, Ohio, also conducting a livery, hacks and ambulance service, has been a representative business man of this city for a number of years. He was born January 26, 1851, at Williamsville,' Erie County, New York, and is a son of Joseph and Theresa (Batt) Schwartz.

The parents of Edward Schwartz were born in Alsace, France. In 1853 Joseph Schwartz settled on a farm in Ballville Township, San-+ dusky County, Ohio, where he died in 1859. He married Theresa Batt and they had the following children: John (deceased), Joseph, Magdalene M., John, Mary A. (deceased), Edward, Frank X., Louis, and Mary C. All grew to maturity with the exception of two.

Edward Schwartz remained at home until his father died, when he went to live at Williamsville, New York, in the home of his uncle, John Daul, and remained there three years, when he returned to his mother for about four years. In 1866 he came first to Fremont and began to learn the cabinet-making trade, completing his apprenticeship at Buffalo, New York. In 1873 he returned to Fremont, establishing his permanent home here, investing in property and embarking in business. Prior to 1878 he was engaged in the furniture line, but since then has given a large part of his attention to embalming and funeral directing, and, in partnership with his son, William H. Schwartz, who is county coroner, to carry- ing on a livery, hacks and ambulance. service business with commodious quarters at Nos. 815-817 Croghan. Street. In 1883 Mr. Schwartz was graduated from a School of Embalming at Cincinnati, and was one of the first undertakers in Ohio to so perfect himself. In 1893 he was elected third vice president of the Ohio State Undertaker's Association, and later became first vice president. He has been a very active and useful citizen. He has served four terms in the city council and for a number of years has filled the office of county coroner. He has set an example of public spirit and served as chairman of the committee on civic improvements while a member of the council. He has served officially in various fraternal organizations, including the Elks, the National Union, the Maccabees, and the Red Men.

In 1874 Mr. Schwartz was married to Miss Mary Eichel, who is a daughter of Louis and Elizabeth Ejichel, former well known German residents of Fremont. Mr. and Mrs. Schwartz have four children, namely: Edward L., residing at Detroit, Michigan; Frances M. E.; Hilda, deceased; and William H. In his political views Mr. Schwartz is a staunch Democrat.

and is the junior member of the firm of E. Schwartz & Son, leading funeral directors and proprietors of a livery, hacks and ambulance service. The establishment of this firm at Nos. 815-817 Croghan Street, is kept open day and night, for the accommodation of the public, and is one of the best equipped business stands in the city.

William H. Schwartz was born October 7, 1882, at Fremont, Ohio, and is one of a family of four children born to his parents, Edward and Mary (Eichnel) Schwartz. From the parochial schools at Fremont he went to Fremont High School, then to a business college, then to Columbus, Ohio, where he took a collegiate course and also a course that gave him his diploma in anatomy, general embalming and funeral directing. Later he received a certificate of the first class from the Ohio State Board of Health. For some eight years he has, at various times, performed the duties of coroner, and his election to the office was regarded by the general public as a well merited mark of confidence in his efficiency. Since 1902 he has been in partnership with his father, Edward Schwartz, who has been in business here since 1873 and is one of the city's leading citizens.

Mr. Schwartz married Miss Honora Nolan, a daughter of Thomas Nolan, of Tiffin, Ohio. They reside at No. 119 South Wayne Street. Mr. Schwartz is a zealous member of the Democratic party. He belongs to the Home Guards, the Eagles, the Elks, and the Knights of Columbus, being past exalted ruler of the latter organization.

OBADIAH KERNS, an influential and progressive farmer of Washington Township, residing on a fine farm of 135 3-4 acres, situated about five and a half miles west of Fremont, was born July 3, 1859, in the same house in which he now resides and is a son of Daniel and Julia A. (Walters) Kerns.

Daniel Kerns was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, and died in 1904, in his 87th year at Lindsey, Sandusky County, Ohio. He bought the farm which is now owned by his son, and subject of this record, in 1843, when it was practically all in timberland, which he cleared and placed in a state of cultivation. He married Julia A. Walters, who was born in Pennsylvania, and when a young girl came with her parents to Sandusky County, Ohio, where she was reared and educated. She still survives, residing at Lindsey, and will be 85 years old on her next birthday, December 31, 1909. Daniel and Julia Kerns were the parents of the following children: Caroline, is the wife of William Collar, of Toledo, Ohio; Rebecca, married William Smith, and they are making their home in Oklahoma; Lydia A., is the wife of T. I. Kerns, of Cleveland, Ohio; Obadiah, our subject; Emma S., married John Slates, of Cleveland, Ohio; Allen, married Annette Fought, and owns a farm adjoining our subject's farm; Dora V., married (first) Charles

Obadiah Kerns was reared on his present farm and received a liberal amount of schooling in the local schools of this township, afid he is today a man with a good practical education. He bought the homestead: farm from his father in 1893, has made many important improvements in the way of tiling and fencing and has always carried on farming in a general way, raising wheat, oats, corn, hay, and other products. His stock is all of a very high grade although not registered. He-has two oil wells in operation on the land, the output averaging two barrels per day.

On March 10, 1887, Mr, Kerns was united in marriage with Louisa K. Longanbach, a daughter of Martin and Rosina Longanbach, of Sandusky County, and to them have been born three childrén: Irvin Lester, who was born March 17, 1890, assists his father with the work.on the farm; Elvin Chester, who was born April 24, 1893, attends the local schools of Washington. Township; and Bernice Ora, who was born July 9, 1906. Mr. Kerns has served the township four years as a school director and is a Republican in politics, although an independent voter.

EDWIN J. FRANKS, a prominent agriculturist of Ballville Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, owner of a farm of 100 acres, residing on a farm of 200 acres, a part of which extends across the line into Sandusky Township, was born on the farm on which he lives, July 24, 1868, and is a son gf Abel M. and Eliza (McQuigg) Franks.

Abel M. Franks was born in Wayne County, Ohio, June 3, 1833, and always engaged in farming. He was martied in that county April 3, 1862, to Eliza McQuigg, who was born in Ireland, September 12, 1832. She was about 5 years of age when brought by her parents to the United States, and was there reared to maturity. Her father died there at the age of 81 years, and her mother at 91. She was one of the following children: William and Eliza (Franks), twins; Martha, deceased; Mary; Samuel, deceased; John, Sarah, James, and Margaret. 'After their marriage Mr. and Mrs.

Franks moved to Huron County, Ohio, where they lived until 1865, then came to Sandusky County. He died here May 21, 1907, after an active and useful life, and is survived by Mrs. Franks, who resides in Fremont. They became parents of the following children: Franklin, John, Sadie, Edwin J., and Samuel. Franklin Franks, a graduate of Fremont High School and Cincinnati College of Law, married Harriet Barnes and resides at Findlay, Ohio, where he is engaged in the practice of his profession. John Franks is a graduate of Fremont High School and read law under the preceptorship of several well known lawyers of Fremont, where he is now in practice; Sadie Franks, who attended Fremont High School and Oberlin College, is now a resident of Fremont; Samuel Franks married Tillie Siegenthaler, and has three children - Irene, John and Mary E.

Edwin J. Franks has always followed farming since his schooldays and has been more than ordinarily successful. He is the owner of a highly improved farm and has a splendid home, located about one-half mile from Fremont, on the Maumee and Perrysburg Turnpike Road. He was married October 10, 1891, at Norwalk, Ohio, to Miss Agnes Snyder, a daughter of Samuel and Ellen (Rafferty) Snyder, early residents of Sandusky County. They have ati adopted daughter, Gladys, to whom they are giving the same parental care and cateful training they would a natural daughter. Religiously, they are members of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Franks is a member of the Order of Eagles at Fremont.

MICHAEL W. LATTIG, an honored surviving soldier of the great Civil War and a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, at Fremont, resides on his valuable farm of seventy acres, which is situated in Section 7, Sandusky Township, Sandusky County, Ohio. He was born in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, November 28, 1841, and is a son of Benjamin F. and Maria (Messinger) Lattig.

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County, coming from there to Sandusky County and settling on the farm now owned by their son, Michael W., in Sandusky Township. The place had. been improved with a log cabin and barn but otherwise was almost in its natural state. Here the parents of Mr. Lattig continued to live and in rgor the father died in his eighty-third year. Of his children, three 'survive, 'namely: John J., of Baliville Township, Sandusky County who owns onehalf of the old home farm in Sandusky Township; Daniel L., of Reynolds County, Missouri; and Michael W. Benjamin F. Lattig was one of the township's reliable men, and for many years his judgment was consulted in matters of importance in this neighborhood. He was a Democrat in his political opinions and served 'as township trustee.

Michael W. Lattig went to school as opportunity offered and grew to manhood on the home farm. He was 20 years old when, in December, 1861, he enlisted for service in the Civil War, entering Company C, 72d Ohio Vol. Inf., and at first was in the wing of the Federal army commanded by General Grant, and later, that commanded by General Sherman. Mr. Lattig saw hard service. He participated in the Battle of Shiloh and the Siege of Vicksburg, and later in numerous sharp skirmishes before he was captured by a band of Confederate soldiers in Mississippi. He was hastened to Andersonville and was confined in that notorious prison pen for ten long months and seventeen days, surviving only to be transferred to two other prisons and was still in confinement when President Lincoln was assassinated and he was not released until the war was over. His honorable discharge followed and Mr. Lattig returned to Sandusky County and, with the exception of two years spent in Alabama, he has resided here ever since, successfully carrying on farming and stockraising.

Mr. Lattig married Miss Matilda A. Anspach, born in Perry County, Ohio, a daughter of David Anspach, formerly of Rice Township. They have the following children: Edessa, wife of E. Overmyer, living near Columbus; Wearden, living in California; Rosa, wife of Charles Hensel, residing at Fremont;

JOHN HOUTZ, one of Sandusky County's substantial citizens, who now lives tetired in his handsome new residence at Helena, Ohio, owns' a large amount of land in the county, including three valuable farms, on one of which. he has eleven producing oil wells. Mr.

The elder John Houtz was born in Pennsylvania and was brought to Mahoning County, | Ohio, when 7 years of age, and later to Sandusky County, only to go back to Mahoning County for several years and finally to settle permanently in Sandusky County. He was married (first) to Catherine Houtz, of the same name but not known to be kindred, and they had one child, Mary Ellen, who is the widow of David Phister, and resides in Wood County. The second marriage of John Houtz, Sr., was to Elizabeth Boyer, and to this union now deceased, married (first) Mary Benton, and (second) Millie (Banks) Warner, who survives and lives in Scott Township; Zachariah, who married Jane Plantz, lives in Scott Township, Sandusky County; Elizabeth, now deceased, who married George Tyson; John, who was named for his father ; and Sarah, who marfied Levi Tyson. i . John Houtz, Jr., went to school in Scott Township until he was 12 years of age, and from that time until he retired from active | life, was engaged in farming, with one and has been a very industrious man and has acquired a large amount of property, his natural good judgment regulating his investments so ' that all of it has given good returns. He owns ninety acres in Washington Township, on which his eleven oil wells produce 200 barrels of oil monthly ; in Madison Township he owns half acres, also situated in Washington Township. In March, 1907, Mr. Houtz rented his home farm, containing six acres in timber, five in pasture and eighty-nine in cultivation, to his son-in-law, Ralph Bolen, and retired to Helena, where he had built his present residence.

On February 11, 1875, Mr. Houtz was married to Miss Mary A. Baird, a daughter of John Shelman and Chisiah (Locey) Baird, long residents in Wood County, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Baird had the following children: Sarah Jane, who married George Zimmerman, of Scott Township; William S., who married Adda Pelton, lives in Michigan; Louisa, deceased; Mary A.; David and Clara, twins, the latter of whom married Charles Milburn; and Lorenzo, who married Irene Smith... Mr. and Mrs. Houtz have had the following children: Elsie Minerva, born in 1877, married John Gallagher, and they live at Vandergrift Heights, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; John Garie, born in 1882, is engaged in the oil business, and lives at home; Iva Estella, born in 1884, married Ralph Bolen; Mabel C., born in 1887, married Wilbur Swickard, of Washington Township; and Grace May, born in 1889, who lives at home. Mr. family are members of the United Brethren Church at Helena.

In politics Mr. Houtz is a Republican. He has always taken an active interest in public matters and while living on his farm served as school director and road supervisor and since coming to Helena has continued to serve as school director and also served one year as road commissioner. He is a representative man of this section.

HEZEKIAH EDWARDS, a veteran of the Civil War and a well known farmer of Sandusky County, Ohio, is located on a farm of 106 acres in Ballville Township. He was born in this township June 23, 1842, and is a son of Joseph and Mary (Miller) Edwards.

Ohio. He operated a distillery at-Fremont a number of years for a Mr. Williams, and then bought a farm in Green Creek Township. In 1856 he purchased the farm on which the subject of this sketch lives, in Ballville Township, and there passed the remainder of his days, dying in 1870. He married Mary Miller, who was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, October 12, 1819, and was three years of age when her parents removed to Pleasant Township, Seneca County, Ohio. Her death occurred April 12, 1890. They were parents of the following children: Tobias, who was born June 9g, 1840, and was a member of Company A, 8th Ohio Vol. Inf., meeting his death at the battle of Winchester, Virginia, at the age of 21 years; Hezekiah; Theodore, who was born October 10, 1844, and lives in Sandusky Township; Franklin, who was born September 22, 1846, and died: February 1, 1895; George, who was born March 4, 1849, and lives in Jackson Township; and Mary (Nighswander), who was born October 23, 1851, and died in 1883.

Hezekiah Edwards has always been a resident of. Ballville Township except for the period in which he was in the army during the Civil War. He attended the district schools and then took up farming, which has been his life vocation. November 14, 1875, he was married at Green Springs, Ohio, to Miss Elmire Myers, who was born in Sandusky County. January 25, 1850, and is a daughter of Johr and Eunice (Walker) Myers.

John Myers was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, January 8, 1821, and died in Seneca County, Ohio, October 29, 1903. Mrs. Myers was born in Youngstown, Canada, March 15,.1821, and died December 27, 1900. They were parents of the following children: Amanda, wife of John Fitzgerald; Henry, who died young; Albert, who also died young; Lydia, deceased wife of Philip Shirer of Seneca County, Ohio; Elmira; Jane, who married Joseph Blue, and resides at Fort Seneca; Winfield, who died in 1901; Emma, wife of Lewis Shannon; and Florence, wife of Orson Jopp.

Mr. Edwards, on August 16, 1861, enlisted as a member of Company D, 3d Ohio Vol. Cav., and was in the service about twelve months, participating in the Battle of Shiloh and other engagements. He was mustered out at Camp Chase. He re-enlisted in the 100-day service as a member of the 139th Ohio Vol. inf. He was in the hospital at Pittsburg Landing about one month, and later was in the hospital at Cincinnati. He was mustered out at Camp Dennison.

JOHN KIRSCH, who owns the excellent farm of 100 acres in Washington Township, Sandusky County, on which he resides, situated two miles east of Gibsonburg, is one of the representative German-American citizens of this section. He was born in Germany June13, 1835, and came to America in 1853. His parents were Nicholas and Emma (Voegel) Kirsch.

The father and mother of Mr. Kirsch remained in Germany for two years after their son had crossed the Atlantic, but in 1855 they also came to Ohio. For three months, Nicholas Kirsch remained at Fremont, during this time looking over different sections with a view to investment, and finally purchased a timbered farm in Washington Township. He cleared five acres of his land and built a log house and lived on the place until 1865, when John Kirsch bought the place from his father and the latter and his wife then moved to Wisconsin, where they subsequently died. They had the following children: John; Philip, who married (first) Caroline Learman, and (second) Ann Reaper, lives in Mercer County, Ohio; Mary, now deceased, who was the wife of John Haubert, of Fremont; David, now deceased, left a widow who lives in Oregon; and Emma, who married John Leonard, lives in Wisconsin.

came to America, unaccompanied by any member of his family and with his own way to make in the world. Landing in New York City, he remained in the state five years, working at various things, mainly on farms, and then spent a year at railroad work in Indiana. He gradually accumulated capital through his thrift and industry, and when his parents wished to remove to Wisconsin, in 1865,.was able to purchase the home farm. He continued to live in the log house for seventeen years, and during this time completed the clearing of the farm and later erected the present comfortable frame dwelling and substantial barn. He has prospered in his undertakings and has found his land valuable both for agricultural purposes and also for oil development, at the present time having eleven wells which produce 150 barrels of oil a month. |

Mr. Kirsch was married (first) to Lena Haubert, who died after becoming the mother of six children, namely: John, Odella, Peter, Mary, Joseph and Clara. Mary-and Clara being deceased. To his second marriage with Mary Haas, no children were born. He was married (third) to Elizabeth Nick, and they have had the following children: .Mary, Catherine, Rosie, Frank, Nicholas, and Veronica, the last named being the only one' deceased. Mr. Kirsch and family are member: of St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church at Gibsonburg. He has been a good and useful. citizen, taking an interest in the development and improvement of the township. He has served three years as school director and for five years as road supervisor. In politics he is a Democrat.

GEORGE W. SHREFFLER, one of Sandusky Township's busy and enterprising men, who operates a large stone quarry on his farm of seventy-one acres, which is situated at Four Mile House, Sandusky Township, Sandusks County, Ohio, has been continuously engaged in the stone business here for the past thirty years. He was born in Kankakee County, Illinois, September 15, 1847, and is a som of Aaron and Margaret (Waggoner) Shreffler.

Both parents of Mr. Shreffler were born: in Ohio, and early in the thirties Aaron Shreffler came to Sandusky County from Union County, and shortly afterward, with his wife, removed to Kankakee County, Illinois. He lived there for forty years and then moved to Marion Ceunty, in that state, and there he died in his 85fm year. He was twice married and the chiidkén who survive him are as follows: Melvina, wife of Dr. John F. Jolley, of Port Dover, Ontario, Canada; Regina, wife of William Druitt, of Fostoria, Ohio; George W.; Irving, Arthur and Milford, all living in Marion County, Illinois; and Ida, wife of Edward Howell, residing in Oklahoma.

fPapPOse attending the University of Michigan gt Ann Arbor. For a short time he was engaged in the drug business at Bay City, Michigan, but practically the whole of his business life has been associated with agricultural pursuits together. with his stone industry. His quarry is-one of value, the stone being available for building purposes, bridge construction and concrete road making. In 1905 he erected hig fine residence. _ Qn May 8, 1878, Mr. Shreffler was married to Miss Ruth Shepardson, a daughter of Dr. Noah Shepardson, of Kankakee, Illinois, and to this union has been born the following chilbh Samuel J., George, Benjamin H., John A* and Burdette, sons; and his daughters are: Mabel, wife of Harry Cooper, of Kankakee; Ruth, wife of Aquilla Woland, of Cleveland, Ohio; Lydia Lucy, a teacher in the High School of Kankakee, Illinois; and Carrie. Mr. Shreffler is a Democrat, and while living in Kankakee and Marion Counties, Illinois, was active in politics.

JAMES. JUSTICE AND~ FAMILY. Among the notable pioneers of Fremont few are more deserving a place in this history than the subject of this sketch and his family. James Justice was born in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, on the 18th day of August, 1794. His father was William Justice and his mother was Eleanor Umsted. The father of Mr. Justice was of English and his mother of German ancestry. At about the age of-nine years he removed with his parents from Bedford County to Ross County, Ohio, about six miles from the old State Capital, Chillicothe. There he received a rudimentary education, such as that early date in the history of Ohio afforded, which was indeed limited compared with the grand system of education now to be found in every part of the state. About 1817 or 1818 he engaged in the flatboat trade with New Orleans. The early settlers along the Ohio River and navigable tributaries all looked to this trade.as a market for the bacon, flour and whisky so easily and abundantly produced in southern Ohio at that time, and from thence drew supplies by exchange, of sugars and all those goods which we now term groceries. Often however, the flatboat man would sell his cargo and boat at New Orleans for cash and work his way up the river to his home the best way he could. In. his trade young Justice displayed first class financial talents and accumulated considerable cash. He maintained regular correspondence with the merchants of New Orleans, and was at all times well informed of the prices of goods there, as well as the price of the products which were designed for sale or exchange in the South.

Before engaging in the New Orleans trade he had taken some interest in and understanding of the business of tanning at Chillicothe, but discontinued this to volunteer under General William H. Harrison in the War of 1812. He was with Harrison at Fort Seneca at the time of the Battle of Fort Stephenson, August 2, 1813. After the war he resided at Chillicothe, and for a time gave attention to the tanning business. On the 12th of October, 1820, he married Miss Eliza Moore, daughter of David Moore, and sister of John and James, deceased, two well known citizens of Ballville, both millers and manufacturers, and both wealthy and enterprising men.

In the month of September, 1822, Mr. Justice removed from Ross to Sandusky County, and first located in Ballville Township, and in what is now known as Ballville Village. The manner of his moving from Ross County is quite in contrast with the mode of travel at the present day. He placed his wife and child on horseback, while he started with them on foot. Fora time after his arrival at Ballville, Mr. Justice assisted his father-in-law, David Moore, in running his grist- and saw-mill at that place. After spending probably two years in this manner, he removed to Lower Sandusky and erected a tannery on the north side of State Street, at the foot of the hill, on the west side of the river. With the tannery he connected the business of harness and shoemaking. Here again, his financial talent was displayed, and he accumulated money in his business quite rapidly, and made large savings after supporting a family. In this business Mr. Justice simply managed the financial department, leaving the manual labor to expert workmen, whom he employed in the different shops. About 1847 he turned the business over to his son, Milton J. Justice, and gave his attention to investing and managing his capital. He made large gains by buying and selling lands, sometimes on his own account, and sometimes in partnership with Rodolphus Dickinson and Sardis Birchard. Mr. Justice was prominent in the part he took in constructing the Tiffin and Fostoria plank road which for a time contributed so much to the trade and prosperity of Fremont. When the Wyandot Reservation at Upper Sandusky was sold, and the Indians removed to the Far West. Mr. Justice was selected by the Government as appraiser of the land on account of his soundness of judgment in matters of value.

Shortly after coming to Lower Sandusky Mr. Justice was chosen by the 'Legislature of Ohio one of the associate judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Sandusky County, which office he filled with singular promptness and fidelity for a number of years under the first Constitution of the State. His commission signed by James Morrow, governor, dated February 4, 1825, hangs in the library of the old homestead and in this library there also hangs his commission as a lieutenant in the State Militia by Governor Worthington dated January 20, 1816.

For a period of perhaps ten years Judge Justice discharged efficiently the duties of a member of the board. of education, acting most of the time as treasurer of the board, a position for which he was peculiarly arid some capital in the stock of that institution, and on account of his well known financial ability and integrity, was one of the first board of directors, and held this position by successive re-elections until the time of his death, which occurred on the 28th day of May, 1873, at the ripe age of seventy-eight years. He left a large estate for the support of his wife to descend to his four adult children.

Those who enter the First National Bank of Fremont may see an admirable portrait of Judge Justice on the south wall of the office, which was presented by his children, The picture is the work of his son, Milton J. Justice, a natural artist, who has set forth his father's features with wonderful accuracy.

His wife was not only one of the pioneers of this county, but possessed virtues in a remarkable degree. She was born in Huntingdon County,. State of Pennsylvania, on the 13th day of October, 1800, the daughter of David Moore and sister of Mrs, William Fields, and of the late worthy citizens James and John Moore of Ballville Township, so well remembered and esteemed by the people of the county as men of high merit and success in business and in usefulness to the community.

County, Ohio. Her father, David Moore, was of full Scotch blood, and her mother was born in Pennsylvania. In 1820 she was married to James Justice, near Chillicothe, and in 1822 emigrated thence to Sandusky County with her husband and only child and settled in Ballville Township. Her father had preceded her coming into the county. and was then engaged in the erection of a grist- and saw-mill on the Sandusky River, in what is now known as Ballville Village. But Mr. Moore had not then brought, his family into the county. The journey from Chillicothe to Ballville was made by Mrs. Justice on horseback. Her child, Nancy, she brought with her thus on horseback.

After arriving at Ballville Mrs. Justice passed a short time in a fisherman's shanty, until a log cabin was finished, in the performance of her domestic duties, with scanty means, and for nine months she never saw the face of.a white woman. In this shanty the only fireplace was a heap of stones in one corner to prevent the fire from burning the wall. Above the fireplace was ani opening in the roof for the escape of the smoke. If the rain put out the fire, Mrs. Justice would be compelled to go a mile and a quarter to the nearest neighbor's to obtain coals to rekindle it. Mrs. Justice survived her husband until the 17th day of October, 1876, when she died at the advanced age of seventy-six years and four days. Her remains now rest by the side of those of her husband marked by a granite monument, in that beautiful resting place, Oakwood Cemetery.

This venerable and respected pair reared a family whose standing in society testify to the merits of their parents. The family consisted of three daughters, Nancy, Minerva and Eliza, and two sons, Granville and Milton J. Justice.

was born a daughter, Miss Minnie L. Failing. Thesonly survivors of this family are Minerva, widow of Hon. Homer Everett; Eliza, widow of Dr. J. W. Failing, and Miss Minnie L., daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Failing. ,'

On-the 12th of October, 1870,.this, then, venerable husband and wife celebrated their golden wedding. The occasion was one ef great interest to a large assemblage of friends there present to witness. the ceremonies and festivities. Among the other pleasant events of that evening was one of but especially to Mrs. Justice. This was the presentation from the children by Rev. R. L. Chittenden of a beautiful gold ring, on the inside of'which neatly engraved was the sacred word, "Mother." .This was' surely a most fitting and significant expression of enduring love and filial affection of the children. Surely this pair of pioneers were honorable and honored by society for their virtues while living, and honored in and by their posterity, who live to revere their memories and imitate their virtues.

It is worthy of note, that Mrs. Justice had received from her father as part,of her outfit, a set of Windsor chairs, painted yellow, a bureau, a table, stand, and bedstead, all of solid black walnut and ornamented with brass knobs or handles, which she preserved ~ to the close of her life and which are still kept by her daughter, in the family, at the old homestead on State Street, now occupied by the daughters, Minerva and Eliza, and granddaughter, Miss Minnie L. Failing. The chairs were used by the aged couple at their golden wedding above spoken of, and illustrates that care and economy of Mrs. Justice which contributed so much to the accumulation of wealth and the comfort of her descendants. Judge Justice possessed the first piano ever brought to Lower Sandusky; it was known 'as the "Gilbert" piano.

JOHN C. SMITH, who owns and resides upon a farm of 100 acres located about forty rods south of the corporation line of Fremont, in Ballville Township, has been a resident of Sandusky County, Ohio, for a period of' more than sixty years. He was born in New Jersey, July 9, 1828, and is a son of William and Nancy (Trimmer) Smith, and a grandsdn of Peter Smith who was an officer in the Patriot Army during the Revolution.

William Smith moved from New Jersey with his family to Perry County, Ohio, in 1839, and lived there until 1847, the year in which he moved to Sandusky County. He settled in Ballville Township at the time of his arrival and continued to live there until his death. He was married to Nancy Trimmer in New Jersey, and who was born February 23, 1824, and died October 23, 1865; George, who was born March 23, '1826; John, subject of this record; and Anna M., who was born June 5, 1834, and died at the age of II years.

John C. Smith received a limited schooling in his native state and in Perry County, Ohio, after which he turned his attention to farming, an occupation he has always followed. He was Ig years of age when he accompanied his parents to Ballville Township, and here he has since resided. His first purchase of land was a tract adjoming the one on which he now lives; he cleared that place and lived there until 1865, when he erected a house on his present farm. He has roo acres of valuable land, all of which he cleared, and has a finely improved property. He is a man of pleasing personality and enjoys - the warm friendship of a large circle of acquaintances.

'On November 1, 1850, Mr. Smith was united in marriage with Miss Ellen Bowland, who was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, October 28, 1831, and is a daughter of Hugh and Susan (Becker) Bowland, who came to Sandusky County from Fairfield County. Four children were born to bless this union: Susan, Frank P., Amanda and George B. Susan Smith was married to Fudge Malcolm Kelley of Sandusky City and they have three children, Amy, Bessie and Donald. Frank P. Smith, who attended college at Ada, Ohio, is now superintendent of the Sandusky 'County Infirmary. He married

'Laura Spade and they have two sons, Homer and Clay. Amanda Smith, who attended college at Cleveland, married Frank Thomas of that city, and they have had four children: Addie, deceased; Jessie, who married Harry Lanabaugh ; Esther, who is the wife of Ralph Hunsinger of Fremont and has three children - Harry, Paul and Eleanor; and Eva, who is the wife of Harry.Clone. George B. Smith, D.-D. S:, who graduated from a dental college in Philadelphia, is engaged in the practice of his profession at Fremont. He married Miss Iva Fitch and they have two sons, Robert and John.

In religious attachment John C. Smith and his wife have long been devout and active members of the United Brethren Church, of which he is one of the directors.

EUGENE MAILLARD, farmer and oil producer, residing on his farm of eighty acres which is situated in Washington Township, Sandusky County, is one of the enterprising and prosperous citizens of this section. He was born in France, February 25, 1862, and is a son of Francis and Magdalena (Schular) Maillard.

The parents of Mr. Maillard came to America in 1867, landing at the port of New York, and coming immediately from there to Sandusky County. After a residence of six months at Hessville the father moved his family to a farm of fifteen acres, which he had purchased in Washington Township and to which he Jater added forty acres. Subsequently his only son, Eugene, assisted him in buying a second forty: acre tract, both farms having previously belonged to William Overmyer. On this farm. Francis Maillard died in 1890, his widow surviving until 1900 and dying at the home of a. daughter, in Ballville; Township. The family | consisted of three children: Mary and Eugene, both born in France, and Lena, who was born in Washington Township. The elder sister of Mr. Maillard married Charles Steiber and they live at Fremont. The younger married Joseph Babion, and they live in Ballville Township. These two sisters are Mr. Maillard's only kindred in America, although the family has yet many representatives in the old country beyond the Atlantic.

From the age of 5 years Eugene Maillard 'has. lived in Sandusky County and his educa+ tion was obtained in the Washington Township schools. After the death of his father he owns eighty acres of very good land,'a large part of which he cultivates and the rest is given to oil production, there being twelye wells from which he obtains 206 barrels of oil a month. Mr. Maillard is recognized as an excellent business man and a wide awake, practical citizen.

'In March, 1883, Mr. Maillard was married to Miss Caroline Swinehart,, of Sandusky -County, Ohio, a daughter of George and Susan | (Claybach) Swinehart, both of whom were born in Perry County, Ohio. The Swinehart . family was made up of the following children: Henry, Mary, William, Jacob and George

Washington, all, died young; Solomon, residing in Wood County, married Matilda Dobart; Sarah, now deceased, was the wife of Gilbert Wilson, of Wyandot County; Lavina, of the same county, who is the widow of Isaiah Williams; David, living in Washington Township, married Ellen Wolfe; Levi, living in Perry County, married Rosa Newman; Caroline, who became Mrs. Maillard; Elizabeth, who married Henry Bennett; and Noah, living at White Pigeon, Michigan, married Belle Harrison.