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Mr. and Mrs. Maillard have ten children, and all of this large and happy family still live at home with the exception of the two older daughters, Celestaa, who married Calvin Sherk, who is in the oil business at Robinson, Illinois ; and Mery Cecelia, who married Calvin Myers, of Gibsonburg. The others are: Blanche, Francis, Lena, David, Ellen, Eugenia, Leona and William John Henry. Mr. Maillard and family belong to St. Michael's Catholic Church at Gibsonburg. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus, and of the St. Louis Society, at Toledo. The only township office he has ever consented to serve in was school director.

situated in Section 19, has also been largely interested in the horse business since 1877. He was born August 7, 1838, in Sandusky County, Ohio, and is a son of Jonathan and Susan (Overmyer) Kessler.

The Kesslers came to Ohio from Pennsylvania. For some years Jonathan Kessler lived in Rice Township, Sandusky County, and then settled in Sandusky Township, becoming in time one of the substantial and valued citizens. He was a strong Democrat in his political opinions and was a worthy member of the Lutheran Church. His death occurred at .Gibsonburg, Ohio. Of his children the following are yet living: Mrs. Sarah Lyberger, who resides in Indiana; Lavina, who is the wife of Christian Binkley, lives in Michigan, and Benjamin F.

trade. He has always been fond of horses and has made a large amount of money dealing in them, his operations covering more than thirty years. He followed his trade for a long time, in addition to cultivating his farm, but in late years has not been ds"active as formerly, permitting many of his responsibilties to rest on younger shoulders, having three capable sons.

In 1880 Mr. Kessler made a voyage to France and while there he purchased three Percheron stallions and two mares. He has done a great deal to raise the standard of horses in this section and is recognized as an authority in everything concerning this noblest of all animals.

Mr. Kessler was married in early manhood to Miss Caroline Reed, who died in May, 1902. She was a daughter of George Reed, who was a pioneer in this section. To this marriage nine children were born and five of these survive, namely: Henry E., James T. and Charles W., all of Sandusky Township; Sarah Elizabeth, wife of Frank Heflinger, of Fremont, and Mary Catherine who is the wife of Frank E. Siegenthaler, of Sandusky Township.

the Oakwood Cemetery of Ballville Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, and the owner of forty-eight acres in Green Creek Township, was born August 11, 1857, in Green Creek Township, Sandusky County, Qhio, and is a son of Saxon S. and Barbara E. (Huss) Rathbun. Saxon S. Rathbun was born in Seneca County, New York, and in 1834 accompanied his parents, Chaplin and Lucinda (Sutliffe) Rathbun, to Sandusky County. The father entered forty acres of land in Green Creek Township and Saxon S. entered eighty acres, and the old lease bears the name of Andrew Jackson as President of the United States. Saxon S. Rathbun was married in Sandusky County, April 20, 1834, 'to Barbara E. Huss, who was born'in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, and died March 13; 1894. He survived until February 3, 1895. They had thirteen children, the youngest of the family being John E. and the others as follows: Clark, who died in childhood ; Edwin, who died at St. Louis, Missouri, of yellow fever, in 1878; Norton G., who resides in Green Creek Township; S. B., who also lives in that township; James H., who was killed in the Battle of Stone River, during the Civil War; C..L., who resides in Green Creek Township; Thaddeus,.who died in infancy; Mary Lucinda, who married C. W. Storer, of Green Creek Township; Norman H., who died in 1872; Jacob, who died. aged 8 years; B. M., who resides at Eaton Rapids, Michigan; and Orvilla, who married Horace Sackrider and resides at Fremont.

John E. Rathbun resided with his parents in Green Creek Township until the fall of 1880, when he married and moved to Ballville Township. While he assisted his father on the farm, he pursued his studies both in the district schools and the Normal School at Green Springs. On April 1, 1882, Mr. Rathbun was appointed superintendent of Oakwood Cemetery and immediately began the improvements which have made it a very beautiful City of the Dead. The enclosure was originally laid out by the venerable Mr. Hyde, now of Cleveland, who, in his eighty-ninth year, visited Mr. Rathbun and gave praise concerning the latter's artistic work. Beautiful drives wind through this sacred place and velvet lawns and properly grouped shade trees lend attractiveness to the view. Here lie some 3,500 bodies at rest, some cf whom once were distinguished personages, but now, through the great leveler, Death, all are alike. It was Mr. Rathbun's sad duty to have the last resting place of that dear and admirable lady, Mrs. Lucy B. Hayes, prepared for her remains, and the equally sad one, 'eight years later, in 1897, that for her husband, one of Ohio's most beloved sons and great men, Rutherford B. Hayes.

The trustees of Oakwood Cemetery meet on the first Monday of every May and the present board is made up of the following members: I. H. Burgoon, president; C. R. McCullough, treasurer ; Edward Loudensleger, secretary, and S. A. Wilson and J. W. Worst and John E. Rathbun, superintendent.

married to Miss Elva Andrews, who is a daughter of Jeremiah and Mary J. (Craig) Andrews.- Mr. and Mrs. Andrews were early settlers in Sandusky County, living first in York Township and then moving to Green Creek Township. Mr. Andrews was born in Mahoning County, Ohio, November 23, 1834, and died March 5, 1892. ° His wife was born in Trumbull County, ~Ohio, April 6, 1839, and died August 11, 1904. They had four children: Alma, who married C. R. Cleveland, lives in Green Creek Township; Grant, who lives in Michigan; Mertie M., who married John Gunyea, lives in North Dakota; and Mrs. Rathbun. Mr. and Mrs. Rathbun have one daughter, Ferra Fern, who was born December Io, 1884. She is an accomplished and highly educated young lady, who graduated from the Fremont schools and then attended the Actual Business College and also took a collegiate course at Oxford, Ohio, She is a successful teacher in the public schools at Fremont. Mr. Rathbun and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a Knight Templar Mason and has also passed all the chairs in the Odd Fellows Lodge at Fremont.

of eighty acres, which is situated four miles west of Fremont, in Washington Township, Sandusky County. He was born May 11, 1843, in Seneca County, Ohio, and is a son of Jacob and Margaret (Long) Sprout.

The grandfather of Jacob R. Sprout was John Sprout, and he was born in Ireland and when he came first to Ohio he settled_in Guernsey County and moved later to Seneca County. The following children were born to Jacob and Margaret (Long) Sprout: Mary Catherine, who married Joseph Cookson; Margaret, who married Aaron Cox; David, who married Ellen Rosenberger; Jacob R.; Esther Ann, who is deceased ; Benjamin, who married Nancy Baer ; Esther E., who married (first) Amos Shuman, and (second) E. P. Dicken; Malinda, who is deceased; William, who married Angeline Dicken; Jesse, who married (first) Slyvia Dicken, and (second) Phemia Russell; Daniel,

Jacob R. Sprout attended the district schools in his boyhood and remained on the farm until he enlisted for service in the Civil War, entering Company F, 55th O. Vol. Inf., in which he served for thirteen months. Hg then re-enlisted, in Company K, gth O. Vol. Cav., during his first term participated in the second battle of Bull Run. He was with Sherman during the March to the Sea, but survived all the dangers of war and practically unharmed came back home and resumed peaceful pursuits. His farm was formerly the property of his wife's grandfather, Joseph Cookson, who settled on it when it was nothing more than a wilderness. : Mr. Sprout cultivates seventy acres of his land and has ten in pasture.

In 1865 Mr. Sprout was married to Miss Sarah Ellen Cookson, a daughter of Isaac and Nancy (Sellars) Cookson,, who came from Perry to Sandusky County in 1831 and spent the remainder of their lives on this farm. Mr. and Mrs. Sprout have had the following children: Della E., Franklin J. and Nora, all now deceased; Nanna Belle, who married Chester Moomey, resides at Millersville, and they have one infant daughter; and Hazel F., who married Orla Fausey, has one child, Mildred Irene. Mr. Fausey is the practical operator of the farm, working it for his father-in-law. Mr. Sprout and family are members of the Methodist Protestant Church. In his political views he is a Republican.

DANIEL MILLER, who resides on a farm of ninety-three acres located about two miles southeast of Fremont, in Ballville Township, has long been a resident of Sandusky County, Ohio, and has always engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was born in Seneca County, Ohio, October 3, 1832, and is a son of Andrew and Charlotte (Snyder) Miller. His father was a 'native of Hagerstown, Maryland, and his mother of Berkeley County, West Virginia.

Andrew Miller was an early resident of Seneca County, Ohio, where he lived until 1833, in which year he moved with his wife and children to Sandusky County, Ohio. He purchased eighty 'acres of Government land in Washington Township, cleared the place of its timber, and there followed farming until 1861. In that year he returned to Seneca County, purchasing a farm in Thompson Township on which he lived for eight years. At the end of that time he sold out and moved to Michigan, where -he lived until hts death at the age of eighty-five years. His wife also died in Michigan at the same age. They were parents of the following children: Abraham, deceased; George W.,

Daniel Miller was about one year old when his parents removed to Washington Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, and there he was reared to maturity and educated in the district schools. He followed farming from early manhood until he entered the army during the Civil War. He enlisted in the 100-day service in 1864, being a member of Company K, 169th O. Vol. Inf. and was stationed at Fort Ethan Allen. He was mustered out of service at Fremont in September, 1865. He returned to the farm in Sandusky Township, which he operated until 1891, when he purchased his present farm in Ballville Township from William Mowery. He has a well improved place, having made many of the improvements himself, and is engaged in general farming.

Mr. Miller was married January 27, 1854, to Miss Belinda Fisher, who was born January 13, 1834, in Sandusky County, and is a daughter of William and Mary (McCollough) Fisher. Eight children were born of this union, as follows: Rose (Robins), deceased; Addie (Smith); William T.; James C.; Maud (Sacks); Charles E., who died at the age of four years; and two who died in infancy. Rose Miller, who married C. B. Robins, died leaving two children: George W. and Maud M. Addie Miller married J. F. Smith, who is superintendent of schools at Findlay, Ohio, and they had one son,

Daniel Miller

Walter J., now deceased. William T. Miller, a man of high educational attainments, attended Oberlin College and Wooster University and is now superintendent of schools at Bell Center, Ohio. He married Bessie Thompson and has three children: Dale, Blake and Margaret. James C. Miller, who also attended Oberlin College, engaged in teaching for some years in the district schools and at Fremont, but is now located with his parents on the home place and engaged in farming. He married Martha Green and they have a daughter, Eva M. Maud Miller married Henry J. Sacks of Seneca County, Ohio, and they have three children: Laura, Eva and Adelaide. The subject of this record is a Republican in politics, and served some years as school director and two years as township trustee. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic at Fremont.

JOHN STEINBERGER is a_ well-to-do farmer of Ballville Township, where he has lived for a period of fifty-seven years. He has a good substantial home and forty acres of land where he lives, and is also the owner of another tract of forty acres in the same vicinity. He was born in Bohemia, October 24, 1851, and is a son of Peter and Mary Steinberger.

his birth, and Peter Steinberger, in 1852, moved with his family to the United States, taking up his residence in Ballville Township, Sandusky County, Ohio. He was born in Bohemia in 1819, and is still living in the enjoyment of good health, making his home with his son, John. He and his wife were parents of the following children: Joseph, Albert, Mary, Katie, Lena, Lizzie and John; Mary and Lena being deceased.

John Steinberger received his education in the district school of his home community, and from his boyhood days has followed farming. He is a man of great energy and enterprise and through persevering efforts has won a place among: the substantial men of the community. He purchased his farm from John Snyder, made many important improvements, and has followed general farming.

On October 4, 1881, Mr. Steinberger was united in marriage with Miss May C. Schroff, a daughter of Coonrod and Mary (Toonhan): Schroff. Her father was born in Wittenberg, Germany, in 1812, and died in Sandusky County, Ohio, in February, 1883. Her mother was born in Austria in 1823, and died in 1892: The following are the offspring of this union: William H., Albert N., Ann Ella M.,; Joseph J.; Lavina A., deceased; Loretta C.; Carl A., 'deceased; Anna R., and Urban. Religiously, they are members of St. Joseph's Church at Fremont.

PROF. W. W. ROSS. In recalling her distinguished citizens, those who have passed off the scene of life after a career of preeminent usefulness to their fellow men, the name of W. W. Ross will be given the honor due to one of the foremost scholars and educators of this part of the state of Ohio. Fremont cannot claim his birth, that having taken place December 24, 1834, in Medina County, Ohio, but she can point to his many years of useful and exemplary living here. His parents were Joseph and: Mary (Harkness) Ross.

The Ross family was of Scotch extraction and of noble lineage. The clear family record reaches back to the days when the earls of Ross lived in state in their castles in Ross-shire, Seut-' land, and the great-grandfather of W..W. Ross. was a grandson of the Laird of Balnagown. The fifth Earl of Ross led the family clan: at: Bannockburn. It would. have been impossible for a man of the learning, scholarly acquirements and natural temperament of a man like the late Professor Ross, not to have taken a deep interest in all that pertained to those forefathers, from whom he undoubtedly. inherited many sterling traits: The: first of the-family to. come to North America was Capt. Alexander Ross, who, it appears, was with General Wolfe, at the Plains of Abraham. His gallant services were rewarded by a grant of land in Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, and there he established his home and lived for the rest of his days.

name of his wife has not been preserved, but she was probably of New York, for the one son, Joseph, was a posthumous child and was born in Saratoga County, that state, within a few months following his father's death.

In 1830 Joseph Ross came to Medina County, Ohio, and was one of the earliest settlers at the hamlet of Seville, which he lived to see develop into one of the prosperous towns of the county. For thirty years he served as a justice of the peace and was a man of importance in all that pertained to its life, peace and wellbeing. He died in 1876. In 1831 he married Mary Harkness, who was born at Salem, Washington County, New York, in 1806, and died in 1897. She had been a teacher for some years and always took an interest in the intellectual development of her children. Of these there were seven, the eldest being the late Professor Ross.

W. W. Ross was fortunate in having an intellectual mother and a wise and discerning father. After completing the school course at Seville, he enjoyed one term at the Twinsburg Institute, after which he studied under the direction and guidance of Charles Foster, at that time a leading educator in Medina County. Mr. Ross entered upon what proved his life-work, when only 16 years of age, and finding in it a congenial field, in 1853 he organized a Select and Normal School at Spencer, in Medina County. During the four years he conducted it, he made it the intellectual Mecca which drew students from miles and miles distant. In the fall of 1857 he took charge of the Seville Academy and in the fall of 1860 went from there to Spencer, thence to Wadsworth, in the fall of 1862 to Clyde, and then came to Fremont, in 1864, called to this city to become superintendent of her educational system. For forty-two years Professor Ross devoted himself to educational work in connection with Fremont, and his intellectual force was so great and his personal magnetism so potent, that no city in the country could point to any such educational progress, in the same length of time. He was deeply interested in educational matters all over the world but particularly in his own land and most closely in his own state, which frequently honored him. During many years he was a member and frequently was president of the Ohio School Board of Examiners; was president of the Ohio State Teachers' Association ; was president of the Tri-State Teachers' Association; was a member of the National Teachers' Association; and received the degree of M. A. conferred by the Western Reserve College, at Hudson, Ohio.

Although so eminently successful as an educator, Mr. Ross had early cherished ambitions for the bar and had prepared for the same and been admitted at Cleveland, Ohio, in 1861. He was gifted with the qualities which would have undoubtedly won him distinction as a lawyer, including talents as a public speaker and. lecturer, but an indication of failing health prevented him at that time from leaving the educational field to take upon himself the heavy responsibilities of legal practice, and finally he was forced to lay aside what had been one of the dearest ambitions of his life. He was a ready writer, a forceful speaker, a convincing. debater and a deep thinker, and his numerous writings if collected would form volumes. Some of his published pamphlets were on educational matters, others on political economy, but whatever the subject he was master of it. In his political convictions he was an ardent Democrat and no influence could ever be brought about that would change his party allegiance. He sought no political honors, however, on the other hand declined them. He was a man who exerted a wide influence and public men of considerable fame sat under. his teaching and gained new inspiration. He had the highest ideals of personal honor and often expressed the thought that the same ideals should control the mass as well as the individual. The death of Professor

In 1863 W: W. Ross was married to Miss Julia Houghton, who was born at Wellington, Ohio. To this marriage were born three children: William DeWitt, Clara J. and Harry Houghton. William DeWitt formerly had charge of the Fremont High School. He is now engaged in the insurance business at Fremont, representing the Northwestern Mutual Life Company. He resides with his mother at No. 202 North Wood Street, Fremont.

sor Ross was identified with the Masonic fraternity. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was actively interested in all its agencies, for forty years was the superintendent of its large Sunday school, and a willing lecturer at its conventions. While he never posed as a philanthropist, there were few charities which came to his notice that he failed to further, and his private beneficences brought comfort to many who never knew to whom to attribute their good fortune. He has a monument in the affections of his fellow citizens and in the helpfulness he gave to so many which inspired them to further effort.

FREDERICK MARTIN, whose death occurred July 26, 1906, was one of the best known citizens of Riley Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, where his entire life had been spent. He was a progressive farmer and a man who took a keen and intelligent interest in the affairs of the community, and in his death the people mourned the passing of one of its foremost citizens. He was born on a farm in Riley Township, September 24, 1854, and was a son of Jacob and Mary Martin, who were natives of Baden, Germany.

Jacob Martin and his wife became early settlers in Riley Township, and for some years rented land prior to settling on the farm now owned by the heirs of Frederick Martin. They cleared the land and established a home there in the woods, on which they lived until their respective deaths. He died October 19, 1907, having survived his wife many vears, she having passed away in the early nineties.

Frederick Martin was reared in his native township and received a common school education. He engaged in agricultural pursuits throughout his active career and was the owner of the old homestead of 120 acres, which is one -£ the best improved places of the township and is now operated by his widow and children. April 3, 1883, he was united in marriage with

-Miss Emma C. Krass, who was born -in Rice Township, Sandusky County, July 21, 1860, and is a daughter of Jacob and Mary A. (Longenbach) Krass.

to the United States and located in Rice Township, Sandusky County, Ohio. Of their children the following' are living: Emma C. (Martin) ; Clara E., wife of George Beckman of Jackson Township; Mary E. of Fremont, and Ida R., wife of bisror: Kowalk of Fremont.

The following children were het to Mr. and Mrs. Martin: John J. of McKenzie County, North Dakota; Lillie A., wife of George Schmittuz of Fremont, and Mary C., George F., Laura E., Ella E., Ida'R:; Estella V. and Emma A. With the exception of the two oldest the children will reside with their mother on the home place. Frederick Martin was a Democrat in politics. Religiously, he was affiliated with the Grace Lutheran Church of, Fremont, of which his wife is also a member. He was a kind husband and father and an obliging neighbor, one whose personality gained him friends wherever known. His death occurred of apoplexy, while on a visit to his son at Schaffer, North Dakota, and his remains were brought back for burial, being interred in Oakwood Cemetery.

ALFRED A. STIERWALT, who owns eighty acres of excellent land within seven miles of the western limits of Fremont, cultivates seventy-four acres and has six acres in valuable timber, and has been a resident of Washington Township ever since his marriage. He was born in Rice Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, October 2, 1856, and is a son of Moses and Elizabeth (Lay) Stierwalt.

Moses Stierwalt was born in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, March 9, 1832, where his father, Henry Stierwalt, had settled when he came from Germany. About 1840 the parents of A. A. Stierwalt came to Sandusky County, Ohio, and settled in Rice Township. A. A. Stierwalt was the third born in his parent's family, the others being: Ellen, who is deceased ; John, who married Rebecca Siegenthaler, resides at Muscallonge; William L., who is a physician at Fremont, married Ida Hineline; and Emory E., who lives at Lindsey, Ohio, married Maggie Fenstermaker.

daughter of Michael and Margaret (Clemmens) Rafferty. The Raffertys came to Sandusky County from Easton, Pennsylvania, in 1865, and settled on the farm now owned by Mr. Stierwalt. They had the following children: John, deceased, who married Anna Waggoner; Hannah, who married Theodore Hineline; Felix, who married Elizabeth Reed; Jacob, who married Louisa Brownfelter, lives at Easton, Pennsylvania; Margaret, who is the widow of John May, who died in the army during the Civil War; Ellen, who married S. B. Snyder; Michael, who married Mary Kiser, lives at Creighton, Nebraska® Peter, who married (first) Ellen Maria Hoagland, and (second) Ellen Yates; James, who married Emma Horne; and Mary A., who is the wife of Mr. Stierwalt. Mr. and Mrs. Stierwalt have one son, Oscar J., who was born October 25, 1882. He married Lotta M. Nickles, and they have two children, Mildred Ruth and Donald Mead, and reside in Washington Township.

Mr. Stierwalt is a member of the Lutheran Church and his wife of St. Ann's Roman Catholic Church at Fremont. In politics he is a Democrat. He has been a useful citizen in his township and has served for twelve years as a member of the School Board and six years as constable. He belongs to the K. O. T. M.

widow, who resides in Rice Township, at the age of 76 years. She was born in Union County, Ohio. Of the chidren born to them, the following are living: Mary E., wife of Joseph Young of Rice Township; Addie F., wife of Frank Foster of Fremont; and James G.

James G. Forgerson was reared on the home place in Rice Township and received a common school education, and also attended High School at Fremont for three years. He has always followed farming, and lived in Rice Township until 1900, when he moved to Riley Township and located on his present farm. which at one time was owned by the maternal grandfather of Mrs. Forgerson. He actively participated in the affairs of his native township, and for nine consexutive years served as a member of the School Board there, and has served three years on the School Board in Riley Township.: He is a Republican in politics.

On February 9, 1881, Mr. Forgerson was joined in marriage with Miss Clara L. House, who was born in Sandusky County, and is a daughter of Henry H. and Lucy L. (Woodford) House, and a granddaughter of Selah House, who was a well known early resident of the county. Henry H. House was born in Sandusky County and for a period of thirty

JAMES G. FORGERSON is a representative farmer of Riley Township, residing on a farm of seventy-seven acres in Section 19. He was born in Rice Township, Sandusky County, October 29, 1856, and is a son of Grant and Nancy G. (Park) Forgerson. He belongs to one of the pioneer families of the county, his paternal grandfather having come to Rice Township from New York state at a very early period.

Grant Forgerson was born in Rice Township and there followed farming all his active days. He was a man of considerable prominence and for a time served as trustee of his native township. Politically, he was a Republican. He was affiliated with the Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Honor at Fremont, while in religious attachment he was a member of the Presbyterian Church. His death occurred December 17, 1906, and he is survived by his was for a number of years trustee of the township and a member of the School Board. His death occurred August 13, 1896. He was married to Lucy L. Woodford, who was born in Riley Township, and was a daughter of Zerah Woodford, a pioneer of the township, who settled on the place now owned by the subject of this record when it was in the wilderness. The following children of Mr. and Mrs. House survive: Harriet M., widow of Elas Peterson of Henry County, Ohio; Laura A., wife of R. W. Wortman of Defiance, Ohio; Lottie D., wife of Oscar L. Nord of Bloomington, Illinois; Clara L. (Forgerson); William H. of Fremont, and Burton Z. of Henry County, Ohio.

Mr. and Mrs. Forgerson have the following children: Mabel L., wife of Homer Lambert of Rice Township; Hattie E., wife of W. E. Boyer of Ballville Township; Jessie L., wife of Roscoe Bowlus of Ballville Township; Addie F., Novelle C., Laura N., Scott G., Ward H. and Miles McKinley. Mrs. Forgerson is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Fremont, Ohio. Fraternally he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Fremont.

REV. FREDERICK RUPERT, pastor of St. Joseph's Catholic Church at Fremont, Ohio, who has had charge of this parish since June, 1907, has thirty years of satisfying priestly work behind him. He was born on November 21, 1848, at Massillon, Ohio, and is a son of George John Rupert.

The. ancestry of Father Rupert is German on the father's side. George John Rupert was born March 12, 1814, in Bavaria, a son of Peter Rupert, and he remained in his native land until 1836, when he came to America and located first at Cleveland, Ohio. In 1842 he removed to Massillon and there, during his earlier years, followed the trade of cooper, conducting a shop of his own, but, when the business was no longer a profitable one, about 1863, he moved to a farm which he purchased a short distance from Massillon. There his death occurred in 1895. He was twice married and Father Rupert i$ one of the four children born to his first wife, who died in 1850.

During his boyhood, Father Rupert attended the St. Mary's Parocial School at Massillon, for two years, and subsequently the public schools, and in 1867 he graduated from the Massillon High School, with honors. In October, 1867, he entered college at Louisville, Stark County, to make his preparatory studies with a view of entering the priesthood, where he remained until December, 1868, when severe trouble with his eyes made it necessary for him to abandon his books for at time. In January, 1871, he resigned a civic office to which his friends had elected him, at Massillon, and returned to college, and continued there until June, 1873, having been a teacher of German during this period, while pursuing his own higher studies. In September, 1873, he entered Assumption College, at Sandwich, Dominion of Canada, and there he was graduated in June, 1876, not only creditably com- pleting his course of study but also 'having officiated as a teacher. From there he entered St. Mary's Theological Seminary, at Cleyeland, Ohio, and on July 5, 1879, he was ordained ' to the priesthood, by Bishop Gilmour.

Father. Rupert's first appointment was as. pastor of St. Mary's Church at Antwerp, in Paulding County, but his pastoral supervision included a number of scattered. missions throughout both Paulding and Defiance Counties. When he was appointed pastor of the Church of the Sacred Heart, at Shelby, in Richland- County, in 1881, he left the affairs of his former parish in excellent shape, having built three churches, acquired valuable church property and added numbers to each church and mission. Equally successful was his pastorate in his new field, which included a number of missions, and the prosperous condition he brought about reflected on him the highest degree of credit. On July .1, 1882, Bishop Gilmour appointed him pastor of St. Joseph's Church at Maumee, in Lucas County. With. renewed activity, Father Rupert entered upon his new field of labor and with his usual suc-. cess had brought about a decided change for the better in the parish, whenshe was suddenly stricken with malaria and for months was obliged to see the work he had started so well pass into other hands. Bishop Gilmour then appointed him to the Church of the Immaculate, Conception, at Bellevue, in Huron County, and during his nine years in that charge, he accomplished remarkable things. He paid off the church debts, purchased school property, placed sisters in charge, built them a residence, im- pipe organ and left a balance of several hundred dollars in the church treasury. On October 24, 1894, he assumed charge of St. Paul's Church at Norwalk, Ohio, where he was again confronted with debt and difficulties, which from his previous. experience, he had almost learned to consider inevitable. Needless to say that the good priest faced this condition, as others, bravely and cheerfully, and he left Norwalk and its churchly interests many hundred times better than when he arrived there. On June 20, 1901, he was appointed to organize the new parish of St. John, Evangelist, at Lima,

Ohio, and there again was repeated the labors, the duties and sacrifices as well as the successes which have attended almost the whole of his ecclesiastical career.

Thus has been but too briefly outlined the priestly work of the present pastor of St. Joseph's. He took charge on June 22, 1907. Two years have passed and during this short space of time he has completed a new school building, at a cost of $75,000. He has placed the 400 pupils under the charge of eight sisters of Notre Dame and the advantages here enjoyed equal those of many seminaries.

Slo wOoEPH » CHURCH, at Fremont, representing the religious home of 600 families of earnest Catholics, has an exceedingly interesting history. Its beginning dates away back to 1856. Until that year, St. Ann's was the only Catholic Church at Fremont, ministering to all Catholics for miles around, regardless ot nativity, but each year, as the country became more closely settled, the German element began to be important and the German Catholics began to hope for a church of their own. In 1856, a celebrated missionary of the Society of Jesus, Rev. F. X. Wensinger, gave a mission at St. Ann's, and it was in following his advice that the German contingent began preliminary measures to organize tor an exclusive German church.

When the matter was laid before Bishop Rappe, it met with his dissaproval, which caused great disappointment and subsequently led to the withdrawal of the Rev. John Roos, then pastor of St. Ann's, and from June to December, 1857, the church was without a spiritual director. The German people, however, were not entirely discouraged and they entertained the hope that when Bishop Rappe saw how deep was their desire and how willing they were to practically prove their zeal, that his interdict would be withdrawn,. and such proved the fact. They collected the funds, purchased land and on it erected a substantial brick edifice, 48 by 100 feet in dimensions, at a cost of $8,600. Other minor difficulties. arose, but, owing to the wisdom of the Bishop and to the energetic spirit of the people, these were all adjusted satisfactorily and the prop- erty was deeded to the Bishop and on December 8, 1857, St. Joseph's congregation was recognized as a parish and Rev. L. Molon was assigned to its pastorate as well as to St. Ann's. It is right, seemly and proper that the names of those earnest men who organized this flourishing church and whose descendants still worship at its altar, should be preserved in every record concerning it. They bore respectively the following names: Andres, Buchmann, Baumgartner, Binsack, Duerr, Gabel, Giebel, Gompert, Geschwind, Haberstroh, Heim, Haser, Ochs, Reinick, Rimmelspacher, Stuber, Schmidt, Schwartz, Toeppe and Wilhelm. Of this honorable list especial mention is due Joseph Stuber and Godfrey Buchmann, both of whom through influence and personal effort did much to bring St. Joseph's Church into being. The church, however, had yet some stormy days ahead, the recital of which need not be inserted here, but a better and quieter era came about when Rev. Nicholas Moes, succeeding Father Molon arid Rev. George Peter, came as pastor, in 1861. During his pastorate of a little more than one year, he had brought peace and tranquility to his parishioners and his name is still held in sweet memory.

On September 21, 1862, Rev. Seraphin Bauer was appointed pastor of St. Joseph's. He found the parish encumbered with debt and he set to work immediately to clear it off. He also bought property and in every way proved himself a wise and judicious priest. There was, however, still a measure of dissatisfaction and this resulted, in 1864, in the withdrawal of thirteen families from St. Joseph's. These families lived in or near what was then the village of Hessville, but which is now known as Lindsey. Although they had permission from neither the Bishop nor Father Bauer they determined to build a church for themselves, contributing the money and actually erected a brick structure, 40 by 70 feet in dimension. Before it was entirely completed it was destroyed by a cyclone on October 4, 1864. No effort was made to rebuild, but the dissatisfied members later became identified with what was then the parish of Greensburg, now Millersville. In spite of the loss of these families and of others whose business interests

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In 1859 the church was provided with a bell and a very fine organ and in that year was built the first parish school. This school has continued its good work and kept pace with the growth of the parish in providing for the intellectual and moral needs of the young. The Notre Dame Sisters, of Cleveland, supplanted the lay sisters in 1876. For a number of years, however, a first-class school building was needed to take the place of several buildings which had been utilized for the purpose, and in June, 1903, three lots were purchased at a cost of $8,250. They adjoin the rectory lots and face the present fine church. The magnificent new school building was completed under the supervision of the present pastor, Rev. Frederick Rupert, in September, 1908, at a cost of $74,000.

In 1864 the present pastoral residence was 'built and the land for a parish cemetery purchased, a tract of six acres, which, in 1897, was increased by the purchase of two and one-half additional acres. In 1870 a beautiful Calvary was constructed in the cemetery, with an image of the Crucified on His cross surmounting it. Father Bauer blessed it on the Feast of All Souls of the same year, in the présence of a large concourse. .

The two lots on which the present church stands were bought in 1873 for $4,000. In 1878 a fine brick house was erected which was intended to be the pastoral residence, but was first used as a school building and will be used as a club room and library. Improvements and repairs were continually made on the old church, entailing large expenditure. In 1874 new windows had to be put in to take the place of the old ones which had been shattered by a storm; the old organ was practically rebuilt in 1876; in 1878 a new slate roof was put on and nany other improvements testified to the faith, earnestness and pious zeal of both priests arid people. However it became a burning question - the erection of a new church, one that would be a testimonial of the strength of St. Joseph's. On September 8, 1881, on the feast of Our Lady's Nativity, ground was broken for the imposing structure which now shelters. the congregation of St. Joseph's. On April 30, 1882, Bishop Gilmour blessed the corner-stone of the new edifice, and the late Rutherford B. Hayes, formerly President of the United States, set the stone in place. The church was put under roof that year, at a cost of $50,000. On July 9, 1893, Bishop Horstman dedicated this superb edifice and it is one of the most beautiful and complete church buildings im this section of Ohio. Its total cast could not have been less than $100,000. To briefly mention some of its interior - the three fine altars are of. oak and the pews of Canadian cherry birch. The sanctuary windows and the Stations of

Insbruck art. The beautiful sanctuary, the vases for the altar and the rich vestments were imported from Europe. In 1899 a new organ was installed at a cost of $6,000. ;

A grand ostensorium was imported from Paris in 1894. The dimensions, of the new church are 71 by 162 feet and the beautiful spire, 250 feet high, can be seen from any part of the city. In November, 1893, the old church was converted into a hall for the use of the church societies, and in 1898 a residence was built for the parish sexton. St. Joseph's has been particularly mindful of the néeds of all its members, establishing confraternities and societies for youth, middle life and age. In 1878 was established the Society of Holy Infancy, for the children; in 1881, the Court of Mary, for young girls; in 1871 a sodality for young ladies and in 1872 one for young men; in 1889 was established the St. Stanilas Union, for boys and young men; in 1873 the confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament for married women and widows. The first society was established in 1867, for men of mature years and has been one of the most helpful. organizations of the church. In the same year was founded the confraternity of the Living' Rosary, an organization which numbers more than a thousand members.

165 acres located in Section 34. He was born on that farm, February 16, 1851, and is a son of John and Catherine (Souers) Stokes, both natives of Pennsylvania.

John Stokes was but a boy when he moved with his parents to Morgan County, Ohio, and thence, in 1834, to Sandusky County, Ohio. His father had previously entered from the Government eighty acres of the farm in Riley Township, on which the subject of this record lives, and after his arrival erected a log cabin on the place, which was at that time heavily timbered. Life in those pioneer days meant a hard struggle for existence, as the land had to be cleared before crops could be raised. For some time hunting and fishing were the means by which the table was supplied and starvation driven from their door, but at the end of five years the farm was in such condition as to support the family. From that time on John Stokes made steady advancement in a business way and continued to reside on that place until his death, which occurred in December, 1894. He was early in life a Whig in politics, and upon the organization of the Republican party joined its ranks. Of the children born to him and his wife five now are of Clyde, Ohio; Catherine, wife of Theodore Strickland, of Kokomo, Indiana; John A., and Ida L., wife of Robert L. Amey, of Fremont. Religiously, Mr. Stokes was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

John A. Stokes was reared to manhood on the farm on which he now lives and was educated in the public schools. He has followed farming from his youth, and for many years has made a specialty of fruit growing, being one of the best known men engaged in that of the Ohio State Horticultural Society, and also of the Fruit Ridge Horticultural Society. He has an attractive and commodious home, in fact one of the most desirable country residences in this part of the county.

On June 8, 1875, Mr. Stokes was married to Miss Mary Simon, who was born in Ballville Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, and is a daughter of John G. and Mary (Bowers) Simon, her father a native of Saxony, Ger- many, and her mother of Amsterdam. Her parents came to America more than sixty years ago and for many years lived in Ballville Township, where her father died in 1870. Her mother died at Fremont in 1903. Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Simon, of whom four survive: John George Simon, of Clyde; Mary (Stokes) ; Emma, wife of John Brugger, of Riley Township, and Herman H., of Toledo. To the subject of this sketch and his wife were born the following: Florence, wife of Isadore L. Horn,'a well known restaurateur of Fremont; Emma, who is the wife of H. Wensinger, a prominent surveyor of Fremont; Maud, wife of R. J. Fangboner, of Fremont; George L., of Riley Township; Clifford C.; Corinne; Howard, who is attending Fremont High School, and John L. Politically, Mr. Stokes is a Republican and takes a deep interest in public affairs. Fraternally, he is a member of Clyde Grange, No. 364,.Patrons of Husbandry.

ISAAC MARVIN KEELER was born September 8, 1823, in Richland County, Ohio, of old New England stock. His ancestors, Ralph Keeler and Matthew. Marvin, came from England to this country in the great tide of Puritan emigration prior to 1640. His grandfathers, Luke Keeler and Isaac Marvin, each with wife and ten children, emigrated from Norwalk, Conn., to Ohio in the summer of 1817. Each took up a quarter section of land and became prosperous farmers. Luke Keeler and his son, Eri, father of Isaac, were both among the incorporators of Norwalk, Ohio, in 1828. In this town I. M. Keeler passed his boy-~ hood, attending the public schools and the Norwalk Academy till 1840 when he came to Lower Sandusky (Frémont), and entered the office of Clark Waggoner, editor of the Lower Sandusky Whig. Three years later Mr. Keeler accompanied Mr.' Waggoner to Milan, where they established the Milan Tribune, and where he remained two years. The following year was spent in New York City and Albany where he worked in the offices of Horace Greeley and Thurlow Weed. In 1850, under the admin- istration of Zachary Taylor he became postmaster of Fremont, resigning two and a half years later. In 1854 he purchased the Fremont Journal, continuing its ownership and editorship - the later years aided by his son, Samuel Pease Keeler - until IQOI ; and in this position largely influenced Fremont affairs.

In June, 1847, Mr. Keeler married Miss Anna Hulburd, daughter of Jacques Hulburd, one of the pioneers of this region, and the owner of the sites of both Fort Stephenson and Fort Seneca. She died in 1850, leaving one daughter, Miss Sarah S. Keeler. May 12, 1857, Mr. Keeler married Janette Elliott, daughter of Judge Samuel Elliott, of Brattleboro, Vermont, by whom he had two children, Samuel Pease and Lucy Eliot. Mrs. Keeler died September 6, 1899.

In the spring of 1843 Mr. Keeler united with the Presbyterian Church and in 1869 became one of its ruling elders, holding that office nearly fifty years. In 1851 he united with the I. O. O. F.,, filling all the chairs in the subordinate lodge and the encampment branch, and sat as representative in the grand lodge. In 1852 he became a Free Mason and a Scottish Rite Mason of the 32d degree in 1883. He was treasurer of the Masonic lodge, Chapter and Council in Fremont for twenty-five years, and organized the Commandery in this city acting as its first Eminent Commander.

Mr. Keeler saw Fremont grow trom a village of 1,500 people to a city of over 10,000 and during his life took an active part in most measures to advance its prosperity. He died February 17, 1907, at his residence for fifty years on Birchard Avenue, no citizen of Fremont more highly' honored and beloved. The text chosen for his funeral sermon, "Know ye not that a prince and a great man hath this day fallen in Israel," was indicative of the respect in which he was held.

has witnessed many unusual scenes in his long life of 85 years, having participated in. two notable wars'and later took a' prominent part in developing a section which eventually became. a rich and fertile part of Sandusky near the Four-Mile House. The father soon realized that that land would require too much expenditure of effort to make it productive and removed his family to Maumee, living there for a few years and during this time worked on the construction of the Wabash and Lake Erie Canal, accumulating in this way enough money to purchase eighty acres of raw land in Rice Township, where the parents continued to live.

His services were not needed at home and he soon started out for himself, securing farm work and also employment in the construction of the turnpike road between Fremont and. Perrysburg. When one remembers that the wages for breaking stone was 25 cents a day, it is not difficult to calculate how long it probably took to accumulate what, in these modern days of expenditure, is considered.a very small salary. He was 22 years old when he enlisted in Company F, First Ohio. Vol. Inf., under Captain Bradley, for the Mexican War, and the events' which followed are yet easily recalled by this aged veteran. The company went from Maumee by canal to Cincinnati and then down the river to New Orleans, making camp on the the British in the War of 1812. From there the regiment was taken across the Gulf of Mexico to. Texas and went into camp for two weeks, after which it was marched to the Rio Grande River, which was crossed and Mr. Kline participated in the Battle of Monterey on September .21, 22 and 23, 1846. At Carmarko, the soldiers were inspected by General Croghan, who was the hero of the Battle of Fort Stephenson, on the present. site of Fre- mont, which took place August 2, 1813. In all probability, Captain Kline is the only survivor of all the officers who knew this old and grizzled soldier personally. During the war Captain Kline has seen the time that they had to march thirty and forty miles to get water.

On March 5, 1847, Captain Kline took part in the Battle of Seralpho, Mexico, and after this the war drew to a conclusion and he returned with his regiment to his northern home. He had survived every danger and immediately settled down to farming in Rice Township, his marriage taking place in the following year. He continued the cultivating and improving his land until the call to arms came again in 1861. On October 11, 1861, he enlisted as a private in Company H, 72d Ohio Vol. Inf., and prior to leaving Camp Croghan he was elected second lieutenant of this company. On April 6, 1862, at Shiloh, the commander of the company, Capt. Michael Wickstein, was killed and General Buckland promoted Mr. Kline from a second to a first lieutenantcy, promoting the former fitst lieutenant to the captaincy. The latter declined and General Buckland wrote to Lieutenant Kline that he should be commissioned captain. In the meanwhile, however, on the same blogdy field where Captain Wickstein had been killed, Lieutenant Kline had received an almost mortal wound. With a shoulder shattered he spent months in various hospitals and finally was discharged by the War Department as totally unfit for further military duty. He returned home but for thirty-seven years he was hourly reminded of that day of carnage on the field of Shiloh, during all that time still bearing in his body the ball that had caused his cruel injury. It was finally extracted by a skilled surgeon. Captain Kline is an honored member of the Grand Army Post at Fremont.

When sufficiently recuperated Captain Kline resumed farming and continued his agricultural pursuits from 1864 until 1889, when he disposed of his 100 acres to his children and retired to Fremont. He is a member of the German Lutheran Church.

They were all born in Rice Township and the survivors are as follows: Mrs. Christina Zilles, Mrs. Lucy Wolf, Mrs. Susan Smith, Adam, John, Mrs. Ellen Gressman, Mrs. Macity Rhodenhousen, Mrs. Mary Smith and Andrew W. This has long been one of the most highly respected families of Rice Township.

HENRY LANCE, whose well cultivated farm of seventy-nine acres lies in Riley Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, was born on this same farm on October 6, 1835, and is a son of Jacob and Sarah (Slack) Lance.

wife in Kanawah County, West Virginia, where they were married. With the courage that belongs to youth they traveled over the mountains and through the forest into Riley Township, Sandusky County, settling on the present farm of their son Henry, when the whole surrounding country was practically a wilderness. Through the labor of their hands a home was founded and in the course of time this became the center of a settled and fruitful section of the county. Jacob Lance was a man of usefulness to this community, being endowed with the practical qualities which a pioneer settlement needed in its citizens. He died in 1861 respected in life and regretted in death. His widow survived until 1889. Of their children the following survive: William, who lives in Riley Township; Julia, who is the widow of E. C. Lindsey, lives at Vickery, Ohio; Henry, of Riley Township; Sarah, who lives in Riley Township, and John, who is a resident of Wood County, Ohio.

Henry Lance grew to manhood on the pioneer farm and for many years has lived the quiet life of an agriculturist. There was a time, however, when Mr. Lance's surroundings were far different, a time that is often recalled as he meets his old comrades in the Grand Army Post at Fremont, for he: was a Union soldier in the great Civil War and faced death on many a battle field between August 7, 1862, and the time of his honorable discharge on June 20, 1865. He was a member of the gallant

Company K, rooth Regiment Ohio Vol. Int., and took part in all the marches, battles and skirmishes of that regiment and these include the battles of Franklin, Nashville, Resaca and Knoxville, and the long campaign against General Hood. After his army seryice was over he returned to Riley Township, of which section he is one of the best known and most respected citizens.

Mr. Lance was married March 3, 1870, to Miss Annie E. Cramer, who died April 21, 1898. She was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, August 19, 1846, and was a daughter of Conrad Cramer, who, at that time was a highly respected citizen of Jackson Township, Sandusky County. - Mrs. Lance is survived by two children: Frank E., who resides in Riley Township, and Myrtie E., who resides at home. Miss Myrtie is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Fremont as was her beloved mother. In politics Mr. Lance is a Republican.

B. M. INMAN, county clerk of Sandusky county, Ohio, and a representative citizen of Fremont, belongs to an old prominent Sandusky County family, where he was born, May 10, 1877. His parents were Frank M. and Della (Ensberger) Inman.

Frank M. Inman was born and spent his life in Sandusky County. He owned farming lands and was quite prominent in Democratic circles and served six years as county clerk. His father, Benjamin Inman, was a man of importance in his day and served two terms in the Ohio State Legislature. Benjamin Inman died April 14, 1877.

B. M. Inman was educated in the public schools of his native county and afterward taught school for some time, accepting then the office of assistant county clerk, in which capacity her served for six years, his father being clerk during this period.. He then became interested to some degree in the oil business, but, since 1903, when he was first elected county clerk, the larger part of his time has been given to the duties of this office. In 1906 he was reelected and it is safe to say that he is one of the best qualified as well as most popular county clerks that Sandusky County has been able to secure, for years past. In his. work he is ably assisted by his capable wife, who was formerly Miss Clara Swank, who is a daughter of David Swank, a prominent pioneer of Sandusky County. Mr. and Mrs. Inman are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. | Politically he is a Democrat and fraternally he is an Elk, Odd Fellow and Knight of Pythias. Mr. Inman was the only child of his parents and bears the rather unusual name of B. M.

FERDINAND MARTIN, president of the board of trustees of Riley Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, has been a resident of (his township continuously since 1862 and is the owner of a good farm of forty acres. He was born in Rice Township, Sandusky County, October 18, 1857, and is a son of Andrew and Anna E. (Werner) Martin.

The parents of the subject of this record were born in Germany and some years after marriage, in 1857, emigrated to the United States. They immediately located in Rice Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, and set about making a home in the woods and clearing the land. About the year 1862 they moved to Riley Township and settled upon the farm now owned by their son, Ferdinand Martin. Here Andrew Martin died in 18094, after a long and useful life. Religiously, he and his wife were devout members of the Lutheran Church. Of the children born to them, the following survive: Sophia, who lives at Norwalk, Ohio, and is the widow of Frederick Schumm; Christina, widow of David Pew, and a resident of Bedford, Ohio; Rosina, who is the widow of Ambrose Reineck and lives at Norwalk, Ohio; Andrew, a veteran of the Civil War; Frederick, of Riley Township; and Ferdinand, whose name heads this sketch.

Ferdinand Martin was about five years of age when his parents moved to Riley Township, and here he grew to maturity afd received a common school education. He has followed farming all his life and is recognized as a man of ability and substance. He is a Democrat in politics and has served several years as one of the trustees of Riley Township, and formerly was a member of the School Board.

Mr. Martin was first married to Miss Elizabeth Fogel, who died leaving two children; William of Riley Township; and Anna, wife of Rudolph Williams of Fremont, Ohio. By a second marriage he has a daughter, Martha H. On May 28, 1894, Mr. Martin was married to his present wife, Louisa Heck, who was born in Baden, Germany, July 5, 18509, and is a daughter of John and Rosina Heck. Her father died February 22, 1907, and her mother resides in Ottawa County, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Martin have one daughter, Emma R. Religiously, they are active members of St. John's Lutheran Church at Fremont, of which he is a deacon. He also is a member of the German Aid Society at Fremont.

GEORGE H. NICKLES, residing on his farm of ninety acres in Washington Township, situated five miles west of Fremont, Ohio, was born in Sandusky County, Ohio, March 28, 1866, and is a son of Peter and Sarah (Joseph) Nickles, and a grandson of Henry Nickles.

Peter Nickles was born in France, February 26, 1815, and came to America in 1836, landing at New York. Shortly afterward he came to Sandusky County, Ohio, and after living at several points, he finally settled in Jackson Township, where he purchased seventy-seven acres of timber land, which he cleared, and he lived there for thirteen years, coming then to Washington Township, where he continued to reside until the time of his death, which occurred in 1900. He married Sarah Joseph, who was born in Germatry October 22, 1825. Her father was a German farmer and she was carefully reared and still survives. The children born to Peter Nickles and wife were: Sophia, born in 1846; Mary Ann, born in 1848; Christiana, born November 5, 1849; Margaret, born October 13, 1851, died October 1, 1874; Sarah, born October 28, 1853; John G., born October 13, 1855; Anna, born August 10, 1858; Catherine Jane, born March 9, 1861; Lydia, born August 30, 1863; George H.; and Minnie, born Aprilig, 1871.

George H. Nickles obtained his education in the schools of Sandusky County and until his father died he was associated with him on the farm.. Mr. Nickles has valuable oil land, four- teen wells now producing about three hundred and seventy-five barrels monthly. He married Almeda Lantz, a daughter of Simon and Mary (Waggoner) Lantz, of Sandusky County, and they have two children, Claude and Cleona. Mr. Nickles and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The family is one that is held in very high esteem in this section. Mr. Nickles is a Republican in his political views, but he is not a seeker for office.

JOHN MIARER, a prominent citizen of Sandusky Township, serving in the office of township clerk, owns a finely improved farm of ninety-four acres, situated in one of the best sections of the township. He was born in Riley Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, January 16, 1868, and is a son of Philip and Catherine (Mahr) Miarer.

'many, in 1828, and early in the fifties emigrated to America, in 1854, coming-to Sandusky County. For a number of years he lived in Jackson Township, but during the Civil War he moved into Riléy Township, settling a short distance north of the present site of Erlin, and lived there until he came to Sandusky Township, about 1876, which section continued to be his place of residence until his death, which occurred November 25, 1903. He was a prominent citizen for many years and served four years as trustee of Sandusky Township, being the first one to serve in that office under the three-year term. He married Catherine Mahr, who was born in Seneca County, Ohio, and who now lives in her seventieth year, in the old home in Sandusky Township. They had nine children, the five still living being as follows: David, who lives in Seneca County; Sarah E., who is the wife of August Buehler, of Seneca County; John; Philip H., who lives in Sandusky Township; and Amelia, who also resides in Sandusky Township. The late Philip Miarer was a pillar of the Reformed Church at Fremont. In politics he was a Democrat and fraternally he was a Mason.

obtained his education in the public schools and under private teachers. In this way he became qualified to teach and for five winter seasons he taught school in Sandusky Township and one in Washington Township, his services in this line being greatly appreciated by the children who came under his instruction. From early manhood he has engaged in farm pursuits and has an excellent estate and probably one of the finest and most comfortable rural homes in all this part of the county, which was built in 1907. Its appearance is so attractive that passersby on the highway pause to admire.

On March 29, 1904, Mr. Miarer was married to Miss Ella Bender, who was born in Sandusky Township, and is a daughter of John.and Caroline (Kiser) Bender. Her father, now deceased, was born in Sandusky County, but her mother was born in Germany and was brought to America when seven years old and has been a resident of this county ever since, now making her home in the city of Fremont. Mr. and Mrs. Miarer have three daughters: Clara A., Ada M., and Florence M. The family belong to the Lutheran Church at Salem. In politics Mr. Miarer is an influential Democrat and at present is serving in his fifth consecutive year as clerk of the township, is a member in his second term of the Sandusky County Democratic Central Committee, having served also as secretary of this body, and has acceptably served in other public offices.

FRANK F. HIRT is a prominent agriculturist of Riley Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, where he is the owner of 292 acres of valuable land, his home place comprising 192 acres. He was born in this township, February 18, 1862, and is a son of Casper and Verena (Vogt) Hirt, both of whom were natives of Switzerland.

Casper Hirt emigrated from his native land to the United States in 1848, and for a period of nearly two years was located at Fremont, Ohio. He then went overland to California, where, for a time, he engaged in gold mining, and subsequently to Australia, where he continued at that occupation. After several years he returned to Switzerland and then to the United States, where he was married at Philadelphia to Verena Vogt. In 1854, he settled on the farm now owned by the subject of this record, in Riley Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, and there passed his remaining days, dying on February 3, 1881. He was a Democrat in politics, and served two years as township trustee. Religiously, he and his wife were members of the German Reformed Church of Fremont. Of nine children born of their union, the following survive: Samuel J., of Fremont; Elizabeth, widow of C. P. Halbeisen, of Litchfield, Nebraska; Frank F.; Edward U., of Fremont; and Lewis S., of Riley Township.

Frank P. Hirt was reared on the farm and received his educational training in the public schools of his native township. He has always followed farming, and in addition, for_a period of fifteen years, was engaged as a wholesale butcher. His home farm, consisting of 192 acres is improved with a fine residence and one of the best barns in the county. He served three years as township trustee and a number of years as constable, and has always taken a deep interest in the affairs of the community.

October 11,-1885, Mr. Hirt was joined in marriage with Miss Louisa T. Gross, a native of Rice Township, Sandusky County, and a daughter of John and Catherine Gross. Her mother is deceased, and her father still resides on the home farm in Rice Township. Nine children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Hirt, of whom six are living, namely: Chester T., Clarence L., Harold, Lester, and Miland and Mabel, twins. The three deceased were: John C., Fannie C., and Pearl. Religiously, the subject of this record and his wife are members of the German Reformed Church at Fremont, Ohio. Fraternally, he is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America.

CAPT. JOHN V. BEERY, now living in retirement at Fremont, Ohio, was for many years a member of the firm of Beery and Davis, a leading business firm of the citv. During the Civil War he raised and organized Company

Captain Beery was born on the east side of the Maumee River, in Wood County, Ohio, December 12, 1834, and is a son of John, Jr., and Elizabeth (Madden) Beery, and a grandson of John Beery, Sr. About two and a half ' centuries ago the Berry family came to America from Switzerland and settled in Virginia. In 1805, John Beery, Sr., moved to Ohio and settled in the Hocking Valley, near Lancaster.

was about 10 years of age when his parents moved to the vicinity of Lancaster, Ohio, where he grew to maturity and lived until after his second marriage. In 1832, he moved to the place where the subject of this record was born, in Wood County, Ohio, living in a rude log cabin on the farm. In 1836, the family moved to Sandusky County, Ohio, and settled on a farm near Hessville, where they lived for many years. Subsequentlv John Beery sold his farm and moved to Lindsey, and later to Fremont, and there spent the remainder of his days. Mrs. Beery returned to Lindsey where she died fifteen' years later.

Capt. John V. Beery was reared on the farm in the vicinity of Hessville, and attended the old log schoolhouse three months each winter. His first business venture was in 1855 when he became a general merchant at Elmore, as a partner of Nicholas Box. After a period of two years, he engaged in the same business at Epworth, Iowa, where he remained two or three years. He continued west to Kansas where he took up and lived upon a claim until for the Rockies, taking with them three yoke of oxen and two cows. They settled in California Gulch, near the present site of Leadville, Colorado, after a journey of six weeks, and there Captain Beery engaged in gold mining. He remained there until December, 1860, when he returned east to Des Moines, Iowa, and spent the winter. In the spring of 1861, he returned to Ohio and worked in the foundry and machine shop of June & Company at Fremont. In 1862, he raised Company A, 111th O. Vol. Inf. tor service'in the Union Army, and was chosen as its captain, as stated above. He was in the service. about nine months, when, as officer of the day at the camp at Bowling Green, Kentucky, he was thrown from his horse while making the rounds to the pickets. He was injured in such a manner as to incapacitate him for further service, and was honorably discharged. He returned to Fremont, where he purchased a home and began clerking for Roberts and Sheldon, proprietors of a hardware and tin store. After two years, he returned to the employ of D. June & Company as bookkeeper and continued with them until 1869, in which year he moved to Lindsey and established a general store. While there he became interested in the lumber business with Overmyer and Davis; he erected a new residence and store building, but finding a greater profit in lumbering soon sold out the store. Having purchased the interest of Mr.

a large mill and hoop factory North of Lindsey, and another in Lindsey, and a mill in Henry County, Ohio, both of which they operated with good results. for some years. In 1885, the firm moved to Fremont and bought a drop forge works, where they manufactured carriage forgings and specialties. They continued with much success until 1895, since which time Captain Beery has been in retirement. In 1856 the subject of this sketch was married to Miss Mary E. Kelly. There was no issue of their. union and they adopted a child, Jennie E., now deceased, who was the wife of Palmer Kellogg. Mrs. Beery died in November, 1902, and in 1903 the Captain formed a second union with Dorothy S. Shanafeld. Fraternally he is a member of Brainard Lodge, F. & A. M.; Fremont Chapter ; and is a charter member of Fremont Commandery, No. 56. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and served as post commander several years. For many years Captain Beery was in the employ of the Government as storekeeper and gauger.

WILLIAM G. PARKS, a veteran of the Civil War and a representative citizen of Riley Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, owns and resides upon a farm of I15 acres. He comes of an old and respected family of the county, his father, John Parks, being in his day an im- portant personage in the county. The latter served two terms as sheriff of Sandusky County, and also twice represented his district in the State Legislature of Ohio.

James Parks was born in Union County, Pennsylvania, in 1799, and was a son of James Parks, Sr., who came to the United States from the north of Ireland. He was reared in his native county, and after his marriage to Mary Boyer moved overland in a wagon to Seneca County, Ohio. Arriving there in the fall of 1832, they remained until the following spring, then located in Riley Township. He wrought a home from the wilderness and took an important part in the affairs of the community. In addition to offices named above, he was for a time township clerk and superintendent of schools, and later justice of the peace for some years. He died in Riley Township October 4, 1872, aged nearly 73 years.

William G. Parks, son of James and Mary (Boyer) Parks, was born in Riley Township, October 17, 1840, and received his schooling in the home district. In August, 1861, he enlisted as a member of Company K, r1ooth Reg. O. V. I., and served until the close of the war, a period of nearly four years, being under the command of a number of famous generals and participating in many hard fought engagements. He was for a time under Gen.-W,_T. Sherman, and took part in the Siege of Knoxville and the Atlanta campaign. He was mustered out of service in June, 1865, and returned to his home, where he again took up farming operations. This has been his life occupation and he has prospered beyond the average. Politically, he is a Democrat and is a firm believer in the soundness and wisdom of the principles for which that party stands.

On June 22, 1875, Mr. Parks was joined in marriage with Miss Sophia M. Munsch, who was born in Ballville Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Christian and Barbara (Stahl) Munsch, natives of Germany and later ,residents of Ballville Township. Mrs. Parks is one of four surviving children of her parent's family, the others being: Jacob Munsch, of Steuben County, Indiana; Christina, wife of Nathan Holzworth, of Fort Wayne, Indiana; and Solomon, of Lenawee

County, Michigan. Two children were born to our subject and his wife: Mary V., and Mabel Z., the latter being now deceased, her death occurred May 2, 1905, at the age of 25 years. Mary V. Parks was married to Frank Martin of Riley Township, and they have two children: Parks L., and Pearl E. Mrs. Parks is a lady of education and refinement, and prior to her marriage taught school for a number of years. She is at the present time president of the Riley Township Sunday School Association.

SAMUEL J. HIRT, vice president of the Colonial Savings Bank and Trust Company, at Fremont, Ohio, and the owner of much valuable farm land in Riley and Balville Townships, was born August 20, 1858, in Riley Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, and is a son of Casper and Verena '( Vogt) Hirt.

Casper Hirt, a prominent farmer of Riley Township, for many years, was born August 3, 1820, in Switzerland, and died in Sandusky County, February 3, 1881. He came to America in 1848. He lived in Ohio, from there went to California, visited Australia, then returned to California. In May, 1854, he went back to Switzerland and remained in his beloved native land until the following autumn, when he joined a colony of his countrymen and returned to America. After reaching Philadelphia, Casper Hirt married Miss Fanny Vogt, born November 24, 1826, in Villigen, Canton Aargau, Switzerland. From Philadelphia he came to Ohio and settled in Riley Township, where he subsequently accumulated a large estate. In the summer of 1878 he visited his native land for the second time. During his life he crossed the Atlantic Ocean five times and the Pacific twice. In the long and severe winter of 1881, Mr. Hirt contracted a severe cold which resulted in his death, when he was aged 60 years and 6 months. He was reared in the German Reformed Church and attended its services through life.

The children of Casper Hirt were eight sons and one daughter, as follows: John Henry, : born August 16, 1855, died January 21, 1877; Charles, born February 2, 1857; Samuel J., born August 20, 1858; Anna Maria Eliza, born June 10, 1860; Frederick. Frank-

Samuel J. Hirt of the above family was educated in the common schools and reared on'a farm in his native township and has engaged in farming on an extensive scale ever since he reached maturity. For twenty years he served as a justice of the peace. He was county auditor in 1896, and was reelected and served until 1899. While living in Riley Township he served as township clerk and after locating' in Ballville Township in 1905, was elected township treasurer, in which capacity he still serves. He has always been identified with the Democratic party.

In Riley Township, Mr. Hirt's farming land consists of 265 acres and in Ballville Township he has thirty-five acres. On the latter he has erécted a beautiful residence, one of the finest in the township and perhaps in the county. It is situated one mile from Fremont and is on the electric road. On June 30, 1904, when the Colonial Bank was organized, he served one year as cashier and was then elected vice president and director and is still so connected. ;

Mr. Hirt married Miss Sarah Schoch, a daughter of Henry and Catherine Schoch, and they have five children, as follows: Emma C., who is now deceased, was born October 16, 1886; Henry Edward, who died December 12, 1896, was born March 29, 1888; Charles R., who was born May 24, 1891; Anna M., who was born June 16, 1894, and Charlotta A., who was born June 17, 1897. The family of Mr. Hirt belong to Grace Lutheran Church at Fremont. He is a member of the Masons, the Elks and the Knights of Pythias.

JOHN MARTIN, who owns and resides on a farm of 125 acres in Riley Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, is one of the best known men of the township. He was born in Germany August 7, 1842, and is a son of Jacob and Mary Martin.

He cleared a tract of land and became one ot the substantial men of the community, in which he lived until his death on. October 19, 1907. His wife also died on that place in the early nineties.' Of the children born to them, in addition to the subject of this sketch, there are three daughters living: Mary, wife of David Beck of Erlin, Ohio; Catherine, wife of Henry Dorr of Riley Township; and Amelia, wife of

John Martin accompanied his parents to this country in 1852 and has been a resident here continuously since that time. He attended the local public schools, and from an early age has devoted his efforts to farming. In 1866, he purchased fifty acres of his present farm, located near Erlin, and subsequently added to it until he now has 125 acres of well improved land in one tract. He has followed general farming and stock raising along improved lines and has the faculty of getting the best results from his land. Progressive and publicspirited, he has identified himself with all that pertains to the welfare and development of the community and takes a pardonable pride in iis superiority. He is a Democrat in politics and served several years as a member of the township School Board.

Mr. Martin was married to Miss Emeline Seiger, who was born in Pennsylvania, and is a daughter of Jacob Sieger, formerly a resident of Riley Township. Nine children are the offspring of their union: Mary Jane, wife of Henry Zellar of Fremont; Clara Amelia, wife of George Schoch of Riley Township; Lettie Elnora, of Toledo, Ohio; Ida Rosetta, wife of Frank Charley of Riley Township; Sarah Catherine, wife of George Dorr of Fremont; Minnie Lavina; Anna Estella, wife of Walter Hofelich of Erlin, Ohio; Jacob Franklin of Riley Township, and Jesse Charles, also of Riley Township. Religiously, the family belongs to the Lutheran Church of Fremont.

JOHN G. NICKLES, a representative of one of Washington Township's old and substantial agricultural families, resides on his valuable farm of 110 acres, which is situated five miles west of Fremont, Sandusky County, son of Peter and Sarah (Joseph) Nickles. The Nickles family is of French extraction. In 1836, Henry Nickles, grandfather of John G., saw his son Peter depart for America. Peter Nickles was born in France, February 26, 1815, and was then just of age. He landed in the harbor of New York but soon made his way to Sandusky County and was married to Sarah Joseph. She was born: in Germany October 22, 1825, and was 7 years old when she accompanied her parents to the United States. Peter Nickles engaged in farming in different parts of Sandusky County for some years and then purchased seventy-seven acres of timber land in Jackson Township. He cleared this land and lived on it for thirteen years and-then bought his farm in Washington Township; near Fremont, on which he lived until his death, in 1900. His widow still survives and makes her home with her children, a number of whom are comfortably settled in Sandusky County. Sophia, the eldest, was born in 1846;,Mary Ann, in 1848; Christina, in 1849; Margaret, in 1851, died in

'oft G. Nickles was educated in the district schools and has devoted his entire mature life to agricultural pursuits. In in 1897 he bought ninety acres, one-half of the old homestead, from his father, and to this added twenty acres. The land is of easy cultivation and oil has also been found, six producing wells yielding seevnty-five barrels of crude petroleum monthly.

On March 20, 1881, John G. Nickles was married to Miss Emily L. Culbert, of Sandusky County, and they have had the following children:: Lottie Maud, born November 24, 1882, married Oscar Stierwalt and they have two children, Mildred Ruth and Donald Mead; Lucy, born October 26, 1884, married Orville Posey; Helen, born October 30, 1886 ; Addie, born March 25, 1888; and Walter, born December 1, 1889, married Nellie Slates. Mr. Nickles and family attend Methodist Protestant Church. In his political views he is a

MARTIN HOLDERMAN, a prominent capitalist of Fremont, Ohio, has large and varied business interests in Ohio and in the state of Texas, and is the owner of the M. Holderman Machine Company, which he leases.

Mr. Holderman was born in Germany, August Io, 1852, and is a son of Frederick and Maria Barbara (Adler)~ Holderman. He was four years of age when his parents moved to America in 1856; they came by water tod Sandusky, Ohio, then drove through to Fremont. Frederick Holderman was a baker by trade and at the time of his death in 1860, was proprietor of a bakery. His widow died four years later.

Martin Holderman attended the public schools of Fremont until he was twelve years old. He became an orphan at that age and was obliged to shift for himself. He went to Cleveland and completed an apprenticeship at the confectioner's trade in a factory in that city. He then went to Elyria, Ohio, where he worked at his trade three years; in 1873, with Henry Morris as partner, he bought out the firm of Langan & Huyck, proprietors of a confectionery store, and two years later purchased the interest of his partner. He conducted a wholesale candy and cigar business in Elyria until 1886, when he returned to Fremont and became secfetary of the firm of D. June & Company, founders and machinists. This firm had a branch house in Waco, Texas, and it was necessary for Mr. Holderman to go to that: place each year for the purpose of checking up. In 1896 he severed his connection with the Fremont plant and moved to Waco, where he had, full charge of the D. June & Company plant, of which he is president at the present time. He came into possession of the interest of David June, after the latter's death, and purchased the interest of Mr. O. S. French, the other partner, after his death in 1908. He returned to Fremont in 1908, but re- turns to Texas for two months in the spring and two months in the fall of each year. Upon acquiring full possession of the plant of D. June & Company at Fremont, the name of the firm was changed to The M. Holderman Machine Company, and is now leased. Mr. Holderman is a director of the Croghan Bank, of Fremont; director of the First State Bank, at Hillsboro, Texas; president of the Mt. Calm Mercantile Company, of Mt. Calm, Texas; and has numerous other interests.

September 10, 1884, Martin Holderman was united in marriage with Miss Carrie M. June, a daughter of David and Caroline A. (Owen) June, her father being head of the firm of D. June & Company, until his death in 1895. Two children were born of this union: June Frederick, a resident of Indianapolis, Indiana; and Clarissa M. The subject of this record joined Norwalk bedsesUN 05° 467; ) Po ste Ace vie Marchat4, 1876, and upon his removal to Fremont, joined Brainard Lodge by demit. He became a member of Huron Chapter, No. 7, in July, 1882, and on demit became a member of Birchard Chapter, at Fremont. He joined Fremont Council, March 13, 1906. March 26, 1883, be hecame affiliated. with Norwalk Commandery, No. 18, and was a charter member of Fremont Commandery,

JOHN F. KARBLER, a prominent business man and postmaster of Erlin, Ohio, is a well known manufacturer and dealer in lumber and general building materials. He was born in Riley Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, June 23, 1869, and is a son of Adam and Christina (Diehr) Karbler, both natives of Germany.

Adam Karbler was a small child when he accompanied his parents to the United States. They first located in Maryland, where they rented a farm, then moved west to Riley Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, where he grew to manhood and passed his entire business career. He died in the early nineties at Fremont, Ohio, whither he had moved a few years before. He is survived by his widow, who is living in Fremont, at the age of 73 years. They were parents of the following children: William F. of Townsend Township; Theodore of Riley Township; David L. of Riley Township; Daniel of Riley Township; John F. and Adam J. of Fremont.

John F. Karbler was reared to manhood in Riley Township and attended the public schools. He was occupied in farming until the age of 25 years, when he turned his attention to mercantile pursuits. He conducted a general store at Erlin for eight years, and for a period of ten years has been identified with the lumber industry at that place. For a short time he had as a partner in the latter business, Henry B. Dickman, the firm name being Karbler & Dickman. The subject of this sketch nas been sole owner and proprietor of this business for some years, and has built up an extensive trade. He also is a stockholder in the Fremont Elevator Company and additionally is concerned in real estate and lumber interests in Clare County, Mich. He owns two good farms in Riley Township, consisting of about 200 acres.

October 15, 1893, Mr. Karbler was united in marriage with Miss Mary Weiker, who was born in Riley Township and is a daughter of Jacob Weiker, deceased. Four children were born to them: Maud E., Grace C., Pearl C. and Mabel. Politically, he is a Democrat and for some years has efficently discharged the duties of the office of postmaster of Erlin.

PETER WINTERS, president of the Winters Hardware Company, doing business on West State Street, Fremont, and also commander of Eugene Rawson Post, No. 32, Grand Army of the Republic, is an enterprising and progressive man whose efforts have been effective in bringing about the success of his various undertakings. He was born in Germany, March 14, 1847, and is a son of Peter and Mary Winters.

In 1855, when he was eight years old, his parents came to America and brought their four sons with them, settling on a farm near Hillsdale, Michigan. The father was a brickmaker by trade. They lived on their farm there until old age came upon them, when their son, Peter Winters, brought them to Fremont in order that he could more effectually care for them, and here the father died when aged eighty-four years, and the mother when one year younger.

When Peter Winters was sixteen years old he was slight of stature, weighing not more than ninety-five pounds. When fifteen years old he tried to enlist in the army, he was refused on account of his youth, but in the fall of 1863 he was able to pass and was accepted as a member of Company K, 27th Michigan Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war, with all the bravery and courage that a veteran could have shown. He was wounded first at Petersburg and was confined. in a hospital from the injury, for four weeks, and contracted rheumatism at the capture of the Weldon Railroad. This disease entailed months of suffering which he spent in hastily arranged hospitals, one in the Methodist Church at Alexandria, Virginia, and later he was taken to the Siegel Barracks Hospital. When sufficiently recovered he returned to his regiment and was honorably discharged and mustered out at Washington City.

Mr. Winters then returned to his Michigan home and worked for a short time in a grocery store and then went to Leavenworth, Kansas, and there learned the tinner's trade with Adam Andrews, on Choctaw Street. For three years he worked at that trade in that city and then lived one year longer at Hillsdale, Michigan. In 1872, with his brother, John Winters, he came to Fremont and they started first in the tinware business, having a small shop, and as they prospered they added a line. of hardware and continued together until 1906, under the firm name of Winters Brothers. In that year, Peter Winters purchased his brother's entire interest and then formed a stock company under the style of the Winters Hardware Company, which now does a very large business, carrying one of the most complete stocks in' Fremont. Of this organization, Peter Winters is president, one son, EK. F. Winters, is vice president, another son, George Winters, is manager, while the secretary and treasurer is Charles E. Schepflin, who has been

Mr. Winters married Miss Josephine Peffen, of Buffalo, New York, and they have five children, namely: Mamie, Edward F., George P., Hadie and Leona. Mr. Winters and family are members of St. Joseph Catholic Church at Fremont.

FRANK A. BINSACK, a well known agriculturist _ of Riley Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, and president of the township School Board, is the owner of a good farm of forty acres. He was born in Fremont, Ohio, May 16, 1858, and is a son of Adam and Magdalena (Gabel) Binsack, both natives of Germany. His mother was about six years old when she accompanied her parents. to the United States, and his father was also young at the time of his arrival here.

Adam Binsack resided for many years in Fremont, Ohio, and in 1860 moved to Riley Township, where he thereafter lived and farmed until his death. Of the children born-to him and his wife, the following are now living: Rosa, wife of Leonard Snyder of Rice Township; Catherine, wife of Peter Beier of Rice Township; Mrs. Mary Chudzinski of Sandusky Township; Elizabeth, wife of Andrew Koch of Riley Township; Helen, wife of Otto Halbeisen of Riley Township; -Frank A.; Henry of Huron County, Ohio; Adam of Riley Township; and Clara of Fremont, Ohio.

Frank A. Binsack was about two years of age when the family moved to Riley Township, and here he grew to maturity and attended the public schools. He has always followed farming and has met with good results. He has served as a member of the School Board for some years. He is a Democrat in politics, and is deeply interested in all that pertains to the welfare of his community.

On April to, 1883, Mr. Binsack was married to Miss Regina Kindle; who was born in Ohio and is a daughter of Gottleib Kindle, formerly a resident of Sandusky County. The following children were born to them: Joseph W., Albert S., Mary M., Elizabeth A., and Frank C. Religiously, the family belongs to St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church at Fremont.

CHARLES J. PATTERSON, who resides on his farm of eighty acres, which is situated seven miles from Fremont, is one of Washington Township's representative men. He was born in Sandusky County, Ohio, October 28, 1860, and is a son of Julius and Margaret (Larey) Patterson, and a grandson of Reuben Patterson, the latter of whom was accidentally drowned in the Sandusky River.

Julius Patterson was born May 23, 1808, at Syracuse, New York, from which place his parents moved to Ohio, in 1815. They lived for two years near the mouth of the Huron River and about one year in Ottawa County,' in 1818 locating permanently at Little Sandusky, now Fremont. They lived in one of the block houses that then stood on the site of Fort Stephenson. Julius Patterson married Margaret Larey, who is also deceased. They had ten children, the survivors being: Robert, John, Rawson, Oscar, Sarah, Julia, and Charles J. One son, Sardis, died in Andersonville Prison, during the Civil War.

Charles J. Patterson attended school at Ballville and at Fremont, Ohio. He worked as a farmer with his father for several years and then as a moulder and bridge-builder, and in 1884 he entered the employ of the Hon. R. B, Hayes, with whom he remained for ten years. He worked then for the National Carbon Company, and for one year in a flour mill at Fremont, and one year in the Christy Knife Works, going then to the Klause Oil Field Company. Mr. Patterson then turned his attention to farming, purchasing his land from

Barbara Klusman, and he is so thoroughly interested in his present industries that he thinks of never changing them. In addition to cultivating sixty acres of his land, twenty being yet in timber, he has developed a large maple syrup business and finds ready sale for all he can produce.

In 1885, Mr. Patterson was tarried to Miss Ida E. Keller, a daughter of David and Mary (Schaffer ) Keller, of Allen County, Ohio. Mrs. Patterson has three brothers: Henry, Frank and Joseph. Three children hdve been born to Mr. and Mrs. Patterson, namely: Raymond, who is station agent at Gibsonburg for the Lake Shore Electric Company, mar- ried Edith Lashley, of Henry County, Ohio, and they have one daughter, Ethel; Margaret, who resides at home; and Stanley E., who attends the public school in Washington Township. The family belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church. In his political affiliation, Mr. Patterson is a Republican, always voting with his party in National affairs, but using his own judgment when it comes to local candidates.

JOHN L. GARVIN, a trustee of Riley Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, is a prosperous farmer residing on a farm of eightynine acres. He has filled a number of public offices in the township, the duties of which he has always discharged in a manner to win the commendation and approval of his fellow citizens. He was born in Townsend Township, Sandusky County, May 4, 1860, and is a son of James and Mary (Smith) Garvin, both natives of the North of Ireland.