Madison Township (part 9 of 20)

FRANK IAMS, general farmer and oil producer,. resides on a farm of 160 acres, belonging to his brother Russell, which is situated in Washington Township, and owns a valuable tract of thirty acres, lying one mile west, on which two oil wells produce three barrels of oil daily. Mr. Iams was born in Ballville Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, March 17, 1855,

The Iams family was established in Sandusky County at an early date by Hugh Iams, the grandfather, who came from Pennsylvania. It has always' been an agricultural one.' To Jasper Iamis and wife were born the following children: Harriet, Elizabeth, John, Mary, Minerva, Frank, Sarah, Russell, Jesse, Marsella and Elta.

Frank Iams obtained a district school education and was trained in agricultural work on his father's farm. He has given his main attention to tilling the soil and on both his brother's land and his own successfully produces excellent crops of corn, wheat, oats and hay and raises stock for home use. _

On January 1, 1877, Mr. lams was married to Miss Emma Saam, 'the second daughter of William and Susan (Kessler) Saani, of Sandusky County. Mrs. Iams'has five sisters and two brothers: Elizabeth, Mahala, Ida, Fannie, Carrie, Frank and William. "Mr. and Mrs. Iams have one daughter, Alice, who married Albert Balsizer and they reside with Mr. and Mrs. Iams, Mr. Iams and family belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church: In politics he is a Republican. © Fraternally, he is identified with the K. O. T, M.

a carpenter and contractor for many years, was born June 25, 1853, in Riley Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, and is a son of Joseph and Johanna (Fockler) Hofelich.

The parents of Mr. Hofelich were born in Germany and came to America in 1851. For one year they lived in Seneca County, Ohio, but in 1852 settled permanently in Riley Township, Sandusky County. They were pioneers in this section, their first land being a tract of woods near the present site of Erlin. From this farm they moved to one in another part of the township, and there the father died in 1900, the mother having passed away in 1888. They had the .following children: Charles, living in Riley Township; George, deceased; Theresa, living at Fremont; and Francis S. and Joseph, living in Riley Township. In politics, the late Joseph Hofelich was a Democrat. He became a man of standing in his neighborhood and served as township trustee.

Joseph Hofelich, the second, was born, reared and educated in Riley Township 'and he remained at home assisting his father until he was seventeen years of age, when he began carpenter work, for which he had a natural inclination, and. for thirty-five years he devoted himself very closely to work as a carpenter and contractor. All over Riley Township may be found excellent specimens of his skill, four of the modern school-houses having been erected by him, while many comfortable farm-houses and substantial barns were put up under his supervision. He continued in this work until 1907, since when he has had his attention centered on his farm, where he grows excellent crops and raises fine stock. For some seventeen years he has been more or less interested in agricultural pursuits without devoting himseli especially to them. He owns a well improved farm of seventy-five acres.

Mr. Hofelich married Miss Emma Hildwein, whose father, Christian Hildwein, twas long a resident of Green Creek Township, where he died in 1908. Mr. and Mrs. Hofelich have five children: William, Walter, who married Anna Martin, and has a son, Ray; Rudolph E.; Arthur; Ella and Hilda N. In politics Mr. Hofelich is a Democrat.

DANIEL ROONEY, a member of the Fremont City Council, representing the Second Ward, conducts the old established blacksmith shop of D. Rooney. This old landmark is situated on North Front and North Arch Streets, running through from one to the other, there being an entrance on both streets. Mr. Rooney was born at Boston, Massachusetts, July 17, 1870, and is a son of Daniel and Mary ( Walsh) Rooney.

The father of Mr. Rooney moved to Fremont, Ohio, in 1874, and started into the horseshoeing business, establishing himself in the shop over which his son presides and which is owned by his widow. He was a fine blacksmith and a horseshoer of unusual skill, having such a reputation in the latter art that men brought their fine roadsters many miles in order to have him shoe them, willing to pay good prices. He died in November, 1903.

Daniel Rooney grew up at Fremont, attending school through boyhood, and later learned the blacksmith and horseshoeing trades with his father. He also is considered very skillful.

politics he is a Democrat and for seven years he has acceptably filled a seat in the city council, where he carefully looks after the intérests of the Second Ward. He belongs to the Knights of Columbus.

JAMES E. VAN NESS, residing on his valuable farm of 106 acres, which is situated seven miles west of Fremont and in Washington Township, Sandusky County, is a representative citizen of this section. He was born February 25, 1853, on a farm in Sandusky Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, and is a son of Samuel C. and Mary (Grundy) Van Ness.

The Van Ness ancestry can be traced to Holland, where the grandfather, Simon Van Ness, and wife were both born. They were brought to America when young and early became residents of Sandusky County and. both died in Sandusky Township.

Mr. And Mrs. James E, Van Ness And Family

had the following children: James E.; Elsie, born December 25, 1855, died January 10, 1856; Mary J., born January 29, 1857; Emily J., born August 4, 1859, died May 17, 1904; Leroy W., born March 29, 1862, died November 10, 1885; Laura J., born July 28, 1864, died February 5, 1899; John L., born March 23, 1867; and Alta L., born September 29, 1869. In 1856, Samuel Van Ness moved to Iowa and remained there one year and then came back to Sandusky County and settled first on a rented farm in Rice Township, but one year later bought a farm in Riley Township, on which the family lived until 1862, when Mr. Van Ness sold it and moved to Green Creek Township.

until he was sixteen years of age, after which he gave his entire time to helping his father on the farm. After his marriage he purchased a farm on which he has resided ever since. He devotes all of his farm except eight acres, which are still timbered, to growing wheat, oats, corn and hay, with enough stock and cattle for his own use. He has greatly improved his property and has recently completed a fine house and barn.

In 1875, Mr. Van Ness was married to Miss Ellen M. Burkett, of Hessville, and they have the following children: Herman W., barn June 14, 1876; Alverna E., born February 12, 1878; James E., Jr., born May 22, 1880; Emmet E., born February 3, 1883; Jesse L., born April 13, 1885; Gertrude M., born September 21, 1887; Ethel E., born June 1, 1891; Mattie V., born June 20, 1895; and Robert I., born December 2, 1897. Mr. Van Ness and wife are members of the Reformed Church. In politics he is a Democrat and frequently has been elected to important township offices, and served three years as township trustee and for two years as road master.

PHILIP SIEGENTHALER, one of Rice Township's leading citizens and prosperous farmers and stockraisers, who owns 262 acres of valuable land in this township, resides on the home farm of 108 acres in Section 31, on which he was born June 26, 1847, and is a son of William and Leah (Hummel) Siegenthaler.

William Siegenthaler was born in Germany and came to America before his marriage. His wife was a native of Pennsylvania, and when they came as pioneers to Rice Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, they settled on wild, uncleared land, which, through their industry and perseverance, was transformed into some of the most valuable property in the township. They were worthy members of the Lutheran Church and lived quiet, exemplary lives and passed away respected and beloved. William Siegenthaler died March 26, 1874, and was survived by his widow until November 1, 1881. Of their children, the following are yet living: Francis, of Fremont; Henry, of Rice Township ; Lydia, wife of Daniel Kreilick, of Ottawa County; Philip; Catherine, wife of George Cook, of Sandusky Township; George, of Fremont; and Rebecca, wife of John Stierwalt, of Sandusky Township.

Philip Siegenthaler has devoted his life to farming, no other occupation ever having had any attractions for him. He owns land and stock and thoroughly understands the tilling of the former and the raising of the latter. He married Miss Angeline Gnepper, a daughter of the late Ernest Gnepper, of Rice Township, and ten children have been born to them, eight of whom survive, as follows: Frank E., John W., Frederick L., Mary R., Cora E., Chester P., Calvin C. and Margaret L. George W. and Charles H. are deceased. In politics Mr. Siegenthaler is a Democrat. |

JOACHIM MEYERS, a substantial farmer of Washington Township, residing on his farm of sixty-seven acres located four miles west of Fremont, was born July 29, 1836, in Germany, and is a son of Joachim and Dorothy Meyers, both natives of Germany.

died previously, and located in Washington Township, Sandusky County, Ohio. During the first three years after locating here he worked for Daniel Wolfe on his farm near Green Springs, then purchased from Philip Grisman his present farm of sixty-seven acres in Washington Township, where he has since resided and followed farming in a general way. Mr. Meyers had one brother, Christopher, now deceased.

'Joachim Meyers was united in marriage in 1866 in Germany with Dora T. Wittenburg, a daughter of John Wittenburg, who lived and died in Germany. To Mr. aud Mrs. Meyers were born the following children: Mary, the deceased wife of Henry Bernard of Riley Township; Albert, who married Anna Van Ness, and is a resident of Washington Township; Sophia, the wife of Edward Smitka, of Fremont, Ohio; Louisa, who married Joseph Cornelious, of Cleveland, Ohio; and Emma, who married William Parlow, of Fremont, Ohio. Mrs. Meyers died when past sixty years of age. Mr. Meyers is a democrat politically, and holds membership with the Lutheran Church.

BURTON GIBBS, a well known citizen of Clyde, Ohio, who has been engaged in agricultural pursuits throughout his active career, is the owner of a fine farm of 127 acres located in Riley Township, Sandusky County. He was born in that township January 11, 1856, and is a son of Jason and Elizabeth (Coonrod) Gibbs, and a grandson of Jonas and Rachel Gibbs.

Jonas Gibbs, with his wife, came from New York state and settled in the woods of Riley Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, in 1812. They were among the pioneers, wrought a home from the wilderness and resided there until their, respective deaths.

Jason Gibbs was born and always. resided in Riley Township. He was the owner of a good farming property, having at the time of his death, January 9, 1905, more than 1,100 acres here and 848 acres in Tennessee. He and his wife, who also was a native of Sandusky County, having been born in Green Creek Township, became parents of the following children: Albert, of Riley Township; Luther,

Burton Gibbs was reared to manhood in Riley Township and received a good common school education. Since early youth he has followed general farming and stock raising and has been highly successful. His farm of 127 acres is under a high state of cultivation and is well improved throughout. . He is a Republican in politics, and is recognized as a progressive and public-spirited citizen.

September 15, 1875, Mr. Gibbs was united in marriage with Miss Jennie E. Beebe, who was born in Riley Township, and is a daughter of William and Jane Beebe. They have two sons, namely: Charles A., who lives in Riley Township; and William J., who is proprietor of a drug store in Clyde. Charles A. married Nellie McCormick, and they have three children, Lawrence M., Rena and Helen.

Fraternally, the subject of this sketch is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America at Vickery, and of the Knights of the Maccabees at Clyde.

HENRY BUSCH, M. D., who conducted a drug store in Woodville, Ohio, until July 1, 1909, when he sold out 'to C. F.. Assenheimer, has been for a period of more than forty years engaged in the practice of medicine in that village, but is now practically retired. He was born in Germany in 1840, being one of eleven children of Adolph and Elizabeth (Crecelius) Busch. His father was a minister of the Lutheran Church and passed his entire life in Germany.

to the United States and for a period of ten months was engaged in practice at Elmore, In December, 1866, he moved to Woodville, where he succeeded to the practice of Dr. Yeager, and he has the distinction at the present time of being the oldest physician in the village. He is a Democrat in politics and has . been township treasurer eleven years, a mem-

Dr. Busch was married to Miss Sophia Cronenwett, a daughter of Rev. George Cronenwett, who was one of the early settlers, coming to this community as éarly as 1841 and fora period of forty-seven years serving as pastor of the German Lutheran Church. Eight children were born to Doctor and Mrs. Busch, namely: one who died in infancy; Henrietta; Elizabeth, wife of C. F. Soldan, a druggist at Macon, Missouri; Sophia, wife of Rev. Bartz, of Oak Harbor; Magdalena, wife of Rev. C. L. Dryer of near Elmore; Freida, who is at home; Karl, professor of mathematics and sciences in the Lutheran Seminary at St. Paul, who married Miss Lulu Snapp, daughter of Rev. Snapp, of Osnaburg, near Canton; and Alma, who is at home. Religiously, the family belongs to the German Lutheran Church.

HOSEA V. WRIGHT, whose well improved farm of 130 acres is situated in Section 10, Riley Township, is one of the representative men of this neighborhood. He was born in Riley Township, Sandusky County, Ohio. March 23, 1862, and is a son of Gustavus A. and Mary (Gibbs) Wright.

The Wright family is numbered with the old and substantial ones of the county. Gustavus A. Wright, father of Hosea V., has spent his whole life in Riley Township, devoting himself through all his active years to agricultural pursuits.

Hosea V. Wright attended the township schools and enjoyed one term in the Normal School at Ada, Ohio, after which he taught school for three terms. He then embarked in the mercantile business, in which he continued for several years and then turned his attention to farming and stock raising. His land is valuable for both purposes and he has made many excellent improvements.

Mr. Wright was married December 25, 1889, to Miss Nellie G. Prentice, of Townsend Township, Sandusky County, a daughter of Manassah and Wealthy Prentice. The father of Mrs. Wright is deceased, but the venerable mother,

Townsend Township. Mr. and Mrs. Wright have had nine children, namely: Vernon P., Idella G., Clifford E., Roswell G., Elsie M., Clarence, Leland H., Howard V. and Blanch, all surviving except Elsie M. Mr. Wright and family are members of the United Brethren Church, in which he is serving as a trustee. In politics he is-a Democrat and on that ticket he was elected township trustee and served threeyears. In all relations of life he is an honorable, upright man and enjoys the confidence. and respect of his fellow citizens.

T. A. LANG, cashier ,of the Colonial Savings Bank and Trust Company, of Fremont, has been identified with this financial institution since it was organized, July 1, 1904, having previously had considerable banking experience. Mr. Lang was born December 5, 1861, in what is now the Sandusky County Court House, at Fremont, but which was then the parsonage of St. John's Lutheran Church, of which his father was the pastor. His parents were Rev. Henry and Mary (Beilharz) Lang.

The late Rev. Henry Lang was born in Germany and in boyhood was brought to America bv his parents. He was a man of scholarly attainments, having been educated in Capital University, at Columbus, Ohio, and came direct from collegiate surroundings to Fremont, where he organized St. John's Lutheran Church and became its pastor, serving in that capacity until his death, forty-seven years later, in 1880. He married Mary Beilharz, who died in 1865. They had a family of nine children, six of whom survive.

T. A. Lang was educated in the Fremont schools and after completing the high school course entered the employ of the Farmer's Bank, at Fremont, with which he continued to be identified for eighteen years, being its cashier during a large portion of the time. The Colonial Savings Bank and Trust Company took over the Farmer's Bank and Mr. Lang became assistant cashier and later cashier. He has been a lifelong resident of his native city and his whole period of business life has been connected with banking.

FRANK J. HEIM, president of the Safe Storm Shield Company, the Fremont Power and Light Company, and also of the Sandusky County Building and Loan Company, is one of Fremont's most progressive, prominent and liberal citizens. New York, February 26, 1852, and is a son of Albert and Margaret (Malkamus) Heim.

The parents of Mr. Heim were natives of Germany, where they grew to maturity and married and subsequently came to the United States. Until they came to Fremont, Ohio, in 1852, they resided in New York. Here they lived quiet, worthy, industrious, self-respecting lives. The father followed the carpenter's trade in this city for about seventeen years. His death took place in November, 1869, his widow surviving until 1891. They had the following children: Frank J., Joseph, William B., of the mercantile firm of Heim & Barnum, Clara, Henry and Charles.

Frank J. Heim may almost be numbered with Fremont's native sons as he has lived here ever since he was one year old, and for so long a time has been so useful and publicspirited a citizen, that none would deny him the honor. He early developed an aptitude for business and when eighteen years old was conducting one of his own. In 1876 he purchased an interest in the Fremont Brewery Company, becoming its president, and has been identified with other prosperous business enterprises. He was active in securing the electric light and power plant for Fremont and was president of that company. He is president of the Opera House Company, which controls the leading amusements of the higher class, brought to this city. In 1890, when oil was first discovered in the western part of the county, Mr. Heim was one of the first to become financially interested. In,1882, with L. W. Butman he secured the first telephone franchise to operate in Fremont, it

Mr. Heim was married March 27, 1891, to Miss Delila Soward, a daughter of Thomas Soward, of Seneca County, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Heim have an adopted daughter, Olivia. Mr. and Mrs. Heim are members of the Roman Catholic Church. Mr. Heim has always commanded the respect and esteem of those with whom he has come into contact in business or social life.

FRANK. E. COONROD, the popular and efficient manager of the Ottawa Shooting Club House and superintendent of the buildings and grounds, the latter of which include about 3,200 acres situated in Rice Township, Sandusky County, was born September 23, 1870, in Riley Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, and is a son of Henry and Nancy (Ellis) Coonrod.

Henry Coonrod for many years was a prominent citizen of Sandusky County, serving as sheriff for four years and later as manager for the Ottawa Shooting Club. He has reached his seventy-fifth year and is retired from all active pursuits, making his home with his son, Frank E. The mother of the latter died in December, 1908.

Frank E. Coonrod was about five years old when his parents moved from Riley Township to Fremont and there the youth was educated. When 15 years old his father became manager for the Ottawa Shooting Club and the family then returned to the country and in the course of years, Mr. Coonrod was entrusted with his present responsible duties. The Ottawa Shooting Club was organized in 1872, by about fifty capitalists, mostly from Cleveland, Ohio, for the purpose of comfortably enjoying hunting, fishing and bathing. They own luxuriously fitted quarters and on their own grounds have every facility for out-door enjoyment. Mr. Coonrod's long experience has particularly well fitted him for the position he fills.

On January 9, 1900, Mr. Coonrod was married to Miss Etta Fern Jones, who was born in Riley Township and is a daughter of Lewis Jones. They have two children, Donald L. and Clifford C. In politics Mr. Coonrod, like his father, is identified with the Democratic party.

Frank J. Heim

BENJAMIN J. BURKETT, manager and one of the organizers of the Farmers' Mercantile and Elevator Company of Lindsey, which was established in 1907, was born January 24, 1882, at Lindsey, Ohio, and is a'son of Solomon and Amelia (Schleis) Burkett.

Solomon Burkett, the father, was born in Perry County, Ohio, and at the age of two and a half years came to Sandusky County, Ohio, with his parents. He resided here the rest of his life, his death occurring December 22, 1896. He is still survived by his widow, who was in maiden life, Amelia Schleis, and a native of Austria-Hungary. They were the parents of five children: Minnie M., Cora E., Solomon, Hattie,and Benjamin, the subject of this record.

Benjamin J. Burkett received his primary education in the schools of Lindsey, where he was reared, later taking a business ccurse at the business college at Fremont, Ohio, and at Heidelberg College. After leaving school he acted as manager of the Fremont Telepticne Company for two years and in 1907 upon the organization of the Farmers' Mercantile and Elevator Company, of which he was one of the promoters, he became manager of that Company, which position he still retains.

October 21, 1908, Mr. Burkett was united in marriage with Edith May Overmyer, a daughter of Aaron and Mary Overmyer of Elmore, Ottawa County, Ohio. Mrs. Burkett was one of a family of five children born to her parents, the others being Madie, Ivrin, Cora and Mabel.

Mr. Burkett is politically an ardent Democrat but votes independently, and takes an active interest in the affairs of his party. He is fraternally a Modern Woodman of America, and religiously holds membership with the Evangelical Church. He is also a director and assistant cashier of the German Banking Company of Lindsey.

FRANK P. SMITH, the efficient superintendent of the Sandusky County Infirmary, has served in this difficult and responsible public office since his appointment in 1896, giving to the board of directors and the people at large an administration entirely satisfactory in every particular. Mr. Smith was born in Ballville Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, July 27, 1855, and is a son of John and Eleanor (Bowland) Smith.

Mr. Smith grew to manhood on his father's farm and from the township schools went to Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, Ohio, enjoying a year of instruction there. He also was a student for a time at the Ohio Normal University at Ada. He then engaged in farming in Ballville Township. and continued agricultural pursuits until he was appointed to his present office. The Sandusky County Infirmary has the following prominent citizens on its board of directors: D. E. Dieffenbach, president; John Hilt, vice-president, and Peter Stepniak, clerk. There' are 270 acres here and the property is farmed under Mr. Smith's superintendence.

On December 28, 1876, Mr. Smith was married to Miss Laura A. Spayde, born in Ballville Township, a daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Armstrong) Spayde, and two children have been born to this marriage, Homer L. and Cleve F. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are members of the Mt. Lebanon United Brethren Church at East Ballville, Ohio, of which he is a trustee. In politics, Mr. Smith is a Democrat and prior to accepting his present office, served three years as a trustee of Ballville Township He is well known all over the county and has a wide circle of appreciative friends both in official and private life.

LEWIS DONNELS, residing on his valuable farm of 120 acres, situated in section 27, Madison Township, was born in this township, Sandusky County, Ohio, July 12, 1867, and is. a son of J. L. and Catherine (Bowser) Donnels. j

Mr. Donnels attended school at Gibsonburg and then assisted his father on the home farm in Madison Township, until he was twenty-one years of age, when he went to work for himself. He first rented eighty acres, and then bought the eighty and forty acres more, on the east side of the road. He has continued to live on this farm, which he has improved and drained throughout. As a side line he does consider-

On September 28, 1890, Mr. Donnels was married to Miss Susan Lattimore, a daughter of Thomas and Susan Lattimore, and they have two children, Clarence and Alta. Mr. Donnels and family attend the Disciples Church. He is a stockholder in the Home Banking Company of Gibsonburg. In politics, Mr. Donnels is a Democrat and }n 1908 was a candidate for nomination for county commissioner, but unexpected circumstances brought about his defeat at the primary election. He is serving in his second term as township trustee and is one of the township's representative men. Mr. Donnels is a member of the K. O. T. M.

EDWARD H. BUCHMAN, who was elected clerk of the courts of Sandusky County, Ohio, in November, 1908, by a majority of 1161 votes over his Republican opponent, Robert Halley, is one of the enterprising and representative young men of Fremont, in which place he resides with his widowed mother, at No. 918 Ewing Street. Mr. Buchman was born in Sandusky County, Ohio, September 13, 1877, being one of a family of seven children born to his parents, George and Catherine (Miller) Buchman.

His grandparents on the paternal side were John and Margaret (Shunk) Buchman, who settled in the county as early as 1843. Of their family of seven children but two are now living - Nicholas of Bowling Green, and Mrs. John Foos of Helena.

George Buchman, father of Edward H., was born in Sandusky County, in which he spent his entire life, being engaged in agricultural pursuits during his industrial period. He was very successful in his. chosen vocation and was numbered among the well known men of the county. His death occurred October 4th, 1903, when he was in his fifty-ninth year. He had lived on the same farm in Washington Township for fifty-six years and few citizens of the township, if any, were more highly respected. He took an active and beneficial part in public 'affairs and at different times held various township offices, the duties of which he performed with conscientious thoroughness. He was before the people twice as a candidate for county commissioner. For fourteen years he held the office of adjuster for the Farmers' Mutual Relief Association of Sandusky County, Ohio. Mr. Buchman was a native of Rice Tcwnslip, his parents moving to Washington Township when he was two years old. His wife, as already intimated, was in maidenhood, Catherine Miller, and their family numbered seven children: Peter A., Edward H., George F., Albert J., Rosa A., Clara A., and Mary Buchman Binsack.

public schools. After leaving school he was engaged in farming until 1899, when he was compelled on account of failing health to give up agricultural work. He then entered the business college in Fremont and took a complete commercial course, fitting himself for office work. He has been active in Democratic politics, has been loyal to his friends, and his election to the office of clerk of courts has already been narrated. Mr. Buchman is a very popular official and has proved himself to be thoroughly competent for the responsible position he holds. His duties bring him into contact with people from all parts of the county and his ready service and courteous manner make him a favorite with all. .

LUTHER MOONEY, one. of the best known residents of Riley Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, has resided on his present farm in section 29 since 1852. He was born in Carroll County, Ohio, March 5, 1847, and is a (Hartong) Mooney, both natives of Pennsylvania.

.. In the spring of 1848, Jacob Mooney moved with his family to Sandusky County, Ohio, and for a time lived in Sandusky Township. In 1852 he moved to the farm in Riley Township now owned by his son, Luther, and there passed the remainder of his days. He died in 1862 and was survived many years by his widow, who died in 1890. Three of their chil- Benjamin, who makes his home in Fulton County, Ohio; David, whe

Luther Mooney was about fourteen months old at the time his parents moved to Sandusky County, and was reared to maturity in Riley Township. He attended the local schools and worked on the home farm in his youthful days, early becoming used to hard work. Farming has always been his occupation, and his farm of forty-seven acres in section 29 is one of the best kept up in that vicinity. He is a Republican in politics, and although he has never been a seeker for office has taken an active interest in public affairs.

He was married March 30, 1871, to Miss Hortense M. Bement, a native of Fostoria, Ohio, and they have had five children: Linden B., deceased; Dwight R., of Sandusky Township; Ralph L., of Riley Township; Ivan C., of Riley Township; and Elsie J. Mrs. Mooney is a daughter of George D. and Margaret Jane (Huss) Bement. She was three months old when her father died and she was at that age taken by her mother to Green Creek Township, Sandusky County, where she was reared and lived until her marriage. The mother of Mrs. Mooney died in 1903. The family is affiliated with the Reformed Church at Fremont.

RALPH BRUNTHAVER, residing on 120 acres of some of the finest land in Green Creek Township, lying on the western boundary line, devotes it to agricultural uses and is one of the township's substantial and enterprising men. He was born on this farm in Sandusky County, Ohio, February 29, 1876, and is a son of Lewis and Lorena (Forgueson) Brunthaver.

Adam Brunthaver, the grandfather, was born in Germany, and emigrated to America and settled first in Pennsylvania. In early manhood, he came to Ohio and remained in Fairfield County until after his first marriage, when he came to Sandusky County, settling in the woods of Green Creek Township, and there spent the rest of his life, dying in 1861, aged 72 years. He had served as a soldier in the War of 1812. He was married a second time, to Mary Smith, who survived until 1904, dying

Lewis Brunthaver was born in Green Creek Township, Sandusky County, a son of Adam and Mary (Smith) Brunthaver, spent his whole life in the same place and died January 7, 1907, aged 69 years. He married Lorena Forgueson, who died June 5, 1907, aged 63 years and 6 months. They had four children, namely: Ledora, who is now deceased; Eleanora, who is the wife of J. P. Elmers, of Ottawa County, Ohio; Grant, who is now deceased; and Ralph. Ledora and Grant died an hour apart, from black diphtheria, and both were buried in the same casket.

Raiph Brunthaver spent his boyhvod on his present farm and 'was educated in the district schools and Green Spring Academy. He began farm work as soon as he left school, he and his father cultivating the home place together and when his father died he came into possession of a part of the property. He had but little improving to do as his father had put up all the substantial buildings, including the handsome brick residence of seven rooms which stands at the corner of the Finefrock farm and the township line road.

On June 30, 1907, Mr. Brunthaver was married to Miss Blanche Bradford, a daughter of Ransom R. and Elizabeth (Rapp) Bradford, the former of whom was born and reared in Trumbull County and the latter in Hancock County, Ohio. The Bradford family came to barn, reared and educated. Mr. and Mrs. Brunthaver have one son, Carroll G., who was born November 14, 1908. In politics, he is a Democrat and fraternally he belongs to the Elks and to the Woodmen of the World, being identified with both organizations at Fremont. Mr. Brunthaver is a worthy representative of one of the solid old families of this section.

THOMAS COCHRAN, deceased, for many years was one of Rice Township's valued citizens, for more than a quarter of a century being successfully engaged in farming and fruit growing here. Thomas Cochran was born in Perry County, Ohio, December 22,

Mr. Cochran was a small boy when his parents, John and Margaret Cochran, brought him to Ballville Township, Sandusky County, and there he grew to manhood. He attended the district schools to some extent, but from boyhood practically took care of himself, and the property which he later owned was acquired through his own efforts. In 1876 he moved from Ballville Township to Rice Township, Sandusky County, and at that time settled on the farm on which his widow and children yet reside. He put his land under fine cultivation and raised the usual crop of this section, but he made fruit growing a feature and was one of the most extensive raisers of fine peaches in this county. At one time he had an orchard of 3,000 peach trees all bearing. He gave his personal attention to his trees, understood their care and their enemies and the abundance and lusciousness of his fruit amply rewarded him.

Mr. Cochran was married (first) May 24, 1857, to Miss Viola Smith, by whom he had three daughters: Vina M., Hattie L. and Flora O. Mr. Cochran was married (second) December 29, 1869, to Miss Mary J. Wright, and five children were born to this union, namely: John T., born September 26, 1873, and was formerly. a popular school teacher in Rice Township, also in Bay Township, Ottawa County ; Edmund F., born April 27, 1876; Nettie, born June 16, 1879; Roland O., born October 16, 1889; and Mabel E., born May 20, 1893.

In politics Mr. Cochran was never .deeply interested, but cast his vote with the Republican party. He was a member of the Odd Fellows and was identified with the Fremont Lodge. -His death removed from Rice Township one of her best men. In the home circle he was kind and considerate and in his neighborhood he was known as one whose friendship was a matter of deeds as well as words.

Mr. Ferguson was born in Fitchville, Huron County, Ohio, February 21, 1846, and there attended school until he was eight years old, and in Sandusky, Seneca and Henry Counties until he was twelve years old, at which early age he went out to make his own way in the world, although he continued to live with his parents. He worked on various farms until September 5, 1861, when he enlisted at Tiffin, Ohio, as a member of Company K, 4gth O. Vol. Inf., under Col. W. H. Gibson. He served in many of the hardest fought engagements of the war and five times was taken prisoner. At Murfreesboro he was in the Confederates' hands about three hours, when he knocked one of them down and attempted to make his escape, but was recaptured. During that fight he was in the hands of the enemy five different times, being recaptured by the Union cavalry four different times. In a hand to hand fight with Longstreet's Mississippi Tigers, he was struck on the head by a Southern soldier, who after knocking him down was about to stab him with a bayonet when shot by the captain of Company K, Thos. J. Ray. He was honorably discharged November 30, 1865, at Victoria, Texas, and was paid off and finally discharged at Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio, on December 30th of that year.

After the war, Mr. Ferguson returned to the home of his parents, then at Claypool, Indiana, and worked at farming by the month in that vicinity. In August, 1866, the family moved to Castalia, in Erie County, Ohio, and there our subject worked in a paper mill one year. In 1867, he went to work on the farm of W. M. Mugg on South Ridge, about five miles from Clyde, and on March 25, 1868, was married to Mary A. Chapman, who was a daughter of James Chapman. He continued to live on the Mugg farm two years after his marriage, and then for two years rented the Henry Niles farm in Seneca County on shares. They then moved updn the farm owned by his father-in-law and known as the Botsford farm, on which they lived for three years. In the meantime, on September 10, 1873, Mrs. Ferguson died and was laid to rest in the cemetery at. Wales Corners. In 1875, Mr. Ferguson moved to Clyde, where he engaged in carpentering and novelty work until 1880, and then moved to Rocky Ridge, Ottawa County, Ohio, where he continued carpentering for ten years. In June, 1890, he moved to Gibsonburg, where he _ has since lived. In July, 1890, he was elected a member of the village council, and at the end of his term was re-elected, serving as such for two years. He was then elected marshal of the village and served until 1898, a period of four years. On June 1, 1898, he took charge of the post office under appointment of President McKinley, and has since discharged the duties of that office in a highly capable manner. He was a member of the board of health several years, chairman of the Soldiers' Relief Committee fourteen years, and also chairman of the Soldiers' Burying Committee.

A. E. and Mary A. (Chapman) Ferguson became parents of the following children: Milo H., of Marion, Indiana, who married Emma Hardman, of Gibsonburg, and has two children, Arthur and Claire; Delle J., who married L. W. Benadum, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, and has four children, Aubry, Marjorie, Lyndon and William Harvey; Grace A., who is the wife of G. J. Snyder, and has two children - Howard and Ruth; and Chloe, who is deceased. Mr. Ferguson formed a second marital union December 25, 1873, with Miss Elizabeth Rhodes, a daughter of Coonrod and Nancy Rhodes. Mrs. Ferguson died January 15, 1909, having been an invalid from September 24, 1908, and she was buried in the Fremont Cemetery.

Mr. Ferguson is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was one of the trustees at the time the church was rebuilt, serving on the building committee. He was also on the building committee when the town hall and opera house was remodeled, and was a trustee of the Odd Fellows Lodge and on the building committee when the I. O. O. F. Block was built. He has been a member of this order for many years, has passed through the chairs five times, and is at present District Deputy Grand Master. He is a member of Canfield Post, No. 124, G. A. R., and is serving his seventh term as commander..

FRANKLIN DECKER is a prosperous far- . mer of Ballvilie Township and has resided continuously on his present farm since 1861. He was born in Pleasant Township, Seneca County, Ohio, February 18, 1843, and is a son of B. F. and Elizabeth (Myers) Decker, early settlers of that county.

B. F. Decker was born in Pensylvania in 1815, and died in Sandusky County, Ohio, May 10, 1901. His wife was born in 1823, and died December 15, 1889. About the year 1845 they moved to Ballville Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, and purchased a farm of 150 acres along the Sandusky River. In 1861 they sold that place and bought 320 acres which still remains in the family and on a part of which the subject of this record lives. They became parents of the following children: Franklin and Francis, twins; Melissa, widow of Orvan Frey; Caroline, wife of William Miller; Alonzo, and Burlington.

Franklin Decker was about two years of age when his parents moved from Seneca County to Baliville Township, and here he has resided ever since. He received a good common school education and early in life took to.agricultural pursuits, which has been his life occupation. He has taken an active interest in the affairs of the community and for some years served as a member of the School Board.

On January 18, 1872, Mr. Decker was united in marriage at Fremont with Miss: Elizabeth Billau, who was born in that city March 15, 1852, and died August 26, 1908. She was a daughter of Sebastian and Susan Billau, coming from an old and prominent family in this vicinity. The Billaus in the early days owned the land where the public square in the city of Cleveland is now located. The parents of Mrs. Decker owned a large part of the land on which Fremont is located and were promin- ent among the early residents of that city. Our subject and his wife became parents of the following children: Lewis, who was born May 5, 1873, operates the home farm, and married Clara Ott, a daughter of Charles and Sarah Ott, and they have one daughter, Gladys; Edith, who married Arthur Hite of Sandusky Township, and they have four children: Clyde, Dorothea, Forest and Harriet; Charles, who is located in Oklahoma, married Kate Manchester, and they have had three children: Edward, Janita, and one that died in infancy; Mercedes, who is now deceased, married Lee Wadsworth, and their deaths occurred within an hour of each other, from typhoid fever, on March 18, 1908, both at the age of 24 year's and being survived by two children, Helen and Howard; Aimee, who married Wilbur Somers, of Sandusky County, and they have two sons, Robert and Stanley; and Robert Franklin, who died in 1899, aged two months.

FREDERICK SMITH, one of Sandusky Township's most respected German-American citizens and old settlers of Sandusky County, resides on his farm of forty-eight and one-half acres, situated in Section 22, and also owns two farms, in Rice Township, one of 160 acres, and another of nearly forty acres. He was born in Baden, Germany, June 2, 1829, and is a son of John and Catherine (Ernst) Smith.

In 4833, when Frederick Smith was 4 years old, his parents emigrated to America. They came as did others, with the hope of bettering their condition, although John Smith possessed some capital and was able to enter 150 acres of Government land, in Rice Township. It was heavily wooded at the time and years went by before it was entirely cleared and under cultivation and Frederick did a large amount of pioneer work, both for his father and for others and later for himself. The parents died in Rice Township and of their seven children, Frederick is the sole survivor. He had few early advantages, the country was too little settled at that time to afford them, and in large measure he is self taught. He continued to live in Rice Township until 1877, becoming a man of consequence there, one of the leading Democrats and was frequently elected to offices of trust and responsibility. He served- some years as a trustee of Rice Township and for six years was township treasurer. He then came to Sandusky Township and settled on his present farm and here he was also chosen for the responsible office of treasurer and served in it for eleven years.

On February 22, 1852, Mr. Smith was married to Miss Elizabeth Kiser, who was born in Lorraine, Germany, a daughter of Christian Kiser, who came to Sandusky County in the fifties, Mrs. Smith being 22 years old when she accompanied her brother, Carl Kiser, to this section. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have seven children, namely: Frederick, who lives at Los Angeles, California; Caroline, who is the wife of Louis Nichols, of Rice Township; Elizabeth, who lives in Sandusky Township; William J., who resides in Rice Township; Clara C., who is the wife of E. H. Ganz, county commissioner of Sandusky County; Amelia, who resides at home; and Edward, who lives at Erie, Pennsylvania. Mr. Smith and wife are members of St. Paul's Lutheran Church at Fremont.

JAMES D. BEMIS, M. D., a prominent representative of the medical fraternity of Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio, was born at Elyria, this State, March 14, 1858, son of Eri and Lydia A. (Griswold) Bemis.

The father, Eri Bemis, was engaged in farming in Lorain County for a number of years previous to the Civil War. That momentous event changed the current of his life, which it also brought to a premature termination. Enlisting, in August, 1862, in Company E, First Ohio Light Artillery (Edgerton's Battery), he performed the duties of a good and patriotic soldier until his death, which occurred at Nashville, Tennessee, July 13, 1863; his remains were sent home to Elyria for burial. His

-wife, Mrs. Lydia A. Bemis, also died in comparatively early life, leaving four children, who were as yet unprepared ta begin the battle of life on their own account. They were respectively, Charles A., Hubert E., James D., and. Clara M., the last mentioned of whom is now

Dr. Griswold, of Elyria. He attended the schools of that city until he was about nine years old, and then became an inmate of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home at Xenia, Ohio, of which institution his uncle had just' been appointed superintendent. Here he remained until 1871, at which time - being then 13 years of age - he received from Lieut-Gov. J. C. Lee, the appointment of bill-room messenger for the Ohio Senate, which position he held for two years. During the State Constitutional Convention of 1873 and 1874 he was appointed page; and subsequently he received the appointment of acting assistant sergeantat-arms from M. R. Waite, president of the convention and afterwards chief justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

About this time his thoughts began to turn in the direction of a medical career. He had already begun to make himself acquainted with the contents of some of his uncle's medical books, and in 1874-75 he attended Baldwin University. His studies in this direction were continued on his return to Elyria in the office of Dr. Edwin C. Perry, and from there he went in 1876, to the Eclectic Medical Institute, at Cincinnati, Ohio. From this institution he was graduated in 1879 and at once commenced the practice of his chosen profession in Fremont. In the time that has since elapsed - a period of twenty-eight years - Dr. Bemis has proved himself a man of ability both as physician and surgeon and he is now numbered in the foremost rank of the skilled practitioners of the county. In 1892 he was elected health officer of 'the city of Fremont and physician to the Sandusky County Infirmary. In the same year also he was appointed a member of the United States Board of Pension Examining Surgeons, and he has been secretary of the board since 1893. In 1904 Governor Herrick appointed him a trustee of the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home to succeed Gen. J. Warren Keifer and he full five-vear term, expiring April, 1913... In 1908 he was elected local advisory member of the American Association for Advancement of Science and at Chicago in October, 1908, was chosen a member of the American Association of Railway Surgeons, being surgeon for the

ANTHONY D. SCHMITZ, whose excellent farm of forty acres is situated in Riley Township, is one of the well known and representative citizens of this section. He was born February 4, 1857, in Riley Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, and is a son of John and Mary (Oberly) Schmitz.

John Schmitz, father of Anthony D.Schmitz, was born in Prussia and emigrated to America when about twenty-five years of age, locating for some years at Sandusky, Ohio, and later buying a farm in Riley Township, this transaction being completed prior to the Civil War. He cleared up his land from its wild condition and engaged in cultivating it and also was interested extensively in raising, buying and selling cattle for a number of years. He was a man of great business capacity, which quality had been developed to a large degree on account of his being thrown entirely upon his own resources from early youth. He married Mary Oberly, who was born in Baden, Germany, and of their family of children, the following survive: Theresa, who is the wife of George Baumer, of Fremont, Ohio; Anthony D.: Jacob, who lives near Millersville, Ohio; Annie. who is the wife of John Dickman, of Seneca County, Ohio; and Joseph, who lives near Adrian, Michigan.

Anthony D. Schmitz was reared on his father's farm in Riley Township, and with his brothers and sisters attended the district schools. He has been engaged in general farming for many years and is numbered with those who understand how to make the cultivation of land profitable. He raises the usual products of this section, has good stock and has pleasant surroundings.

On June 1, 1880, Mr. Schmitz was married to Miss Frances Schonacker, who was born in Huron County, Ohio, and is a daughter of the late Jacob Schonacker. Mr. and Mrs. Schmitz have the following children: William J., Alfred A., Clara P., Flgrence L., Anna C., Frank J.. Mary F., and Frederick I. Clara P. is the wife of Charles Beier, of Fremont. Mr.

SAMUEL C. GARVER, one of Fremont's best known attorneys, a member of the law firm of Finefrock & Garver, was born on a farm in Wayne County, Ohio, May 14, 1856, and is a son of John and Catherine (Shoemaker) Garver, and a member of one of the prominent old families of this section of Ohio.

Samuel C. Garver was reared on the home farm and attended the country schools, the Smithville Academy and Lodi Academy and later taught school quite successfully. He then began the study of law at Fremont, with Hon. H. W. Winslow and his brother, J. T. Garver. Later he took a course in the Ohio State University Law School and was there graduated in 1878, receiving the degree of L. L. B., and immediately being admitted to the U. S. Court at Cleveland and also to the higher State courts. He came directly to Fremont and until 1885 was a partner with his brother, J. T. Garver, when he entered into partnership with the late Judge Thomas P. Finefrock. ;

Mr. Garver was married to Miss Hellene M. Finefrock, a daughter of the late Judge Finefrock, and they have one child, Cecile Blanche. Mr. Garver has been a resident of this city for thirty-one years and in every way is a representative citizen.

JONATHAN D. LOVEBERRY, a substantial citizen of Helena, Sandusky County, Ohio, owning farm lands and having a life lease on the property on which he lives, is a veteran of the Civil War and a valued member of the G. A. R. Post at Gibsonburg. He was born at Somerset, Perry County, Ohio, May 10, 1832, and is a son of Jonathan and Barbara (Sherrick) Loveberry.

The mother of Mr. Loveberry died at the age of thirty-seven years, but the father lived to within four years of the century mark. They had five children: Eliza, who married Isaac Brandt, both now deceased;

Harriet, who married Elmer' Brandt, both now deceased; Emily, who is the widow of Jacob Coleman; Jonathan D.; and G. W., who married Elizabeth Huster, and resides at Somerset, Perry County.

Jonathan D. Loveberry was ten years old when he went from Perry County to Fairfield County. In 1861 he enlisted for service in the Civil War, entering Company E. 17th O. Vol. Inf., in which he served for three months, re-enlisting at Columbus in Company F, 1st O. Cav., for three years, and was discharged at Louisville, Kentucky. His third enlistment was for 100 days and during this service he was first lieutenant of Company K, 169th O. Vol. Inf., and was. finally discharged at Cleveland, in 1864. Although at all times he was active in his soldierly duties, he escaped serious injuries and was never captured by the enemy.

Mr. Loveberry moved from Fairfield County to Sandusky County in 1860 and bought a farm situated about one mile from Helena, to which place he came in 1874. For about twenty years he operated a sawmill here and manufactured the larger portion of the lumber that went into the construction of the buildings of this place. When he retired from that business he sold out to Fred Snyder. He also conducted a general store and engaged in the stone and lime business for a long period, being one of the town's most active and successful business men.

In 1861, Mr. Loveberry was married (first) to Miss Mary Moses, who died in 1897, a daughter of Jacob and Catherine Moses. They had five children born to them: Laura, Amanda, Frank, Harriet and I. J. Laura married P. H. Daub, of Helena, and they have two children, Hildred, deceased, and Wade. Amanda married Eugene Garn and they live in Iowa and have one child, Rose Marie. Frank died when aged thirty-seven years, leaving a widow and two children: Lucile and Ruth. Harriet married J. M. Smythe and they live at Gibsonburg and have two children; Gordon and John M. I. J. married Anna Snyder and they live in Michigan and have three children. On March 19, 1903, Mr. Loveberfy was married (second) to Mrs. Sarah (Heberling) Binkley, a daughter of Jacob and Susan (Weimer) Heberling, of Perry County. They are members of the United Brethren Church at Helena. Mr. Loveberry has never taken a very active part in politics, but served one year as township assessor.

ALVIN CLINTON SMITH, formerly proprietor of a hardware store, and until recently postmaster of Millersville, but who is now traveling salesman for the Merrell Company, of Toledo, was born on his maternal grandfather's farm in Jackson Township, this county, and is a son of W. H. and Marcella (Moomey) Smith.

Jacob Smith, grandfather of Alvin C., was an early settler in Seneca County, Ohio, to which place he went from Pennsylvania. He subsequently came to Sandusky County, Ohio, purchasing a small farm in Jackson Township. At the time of the Civil War he enlisted in the Seventy-second Regiment, O. V. I., and served until the close of the struggle, but died on his way home from smallpox contracted while in the service. His remains were interred in the National Cemetery at Washington, District of Columbia. His widow, who still survives, resides at, Burgoon and is now in her eightyfirst year, having been born January I, 1829.

W. H. Smith, father of the subject of this sketch, was born December 31, 1849, in Jackson Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, and was there reared to maturity. On January 21, 1869, he married Marcella Moomey, a daughter of Adam and Margaret Ann (Grubb) Moomey, and a native of this county, of which her father was one of the early settlers. Adam Moomey's parents came to Sandusky County, Ohio, in 1830; his, wife's parents came here when she was to years old. Adant Moomey and Margaret Ann Grubb were married in Jackson Township, Sandusky County, December 28, 1851, in the old log house near Jackson Center, the ceremony being performed by Oscar ued to reside in this county until November 25, 1902, when they removed to the state of Michigan, Their family consisted of four children, namely: Marcella, born October 20, 1852, who became the wife of W. H. Smith, as already noted; Charles, born March 23, 1858; Harriet, born September 28, 1860; and Austin, who is deceased.

W. H. and Marcelia (Moomey) Smith became the parents of children as follows: Alvin, whose name appears at the head of this article; Adelcia, who married Joe Willhelm, a native of Jackson Township but now residing in Michigan, and whose children are Henry, Alvin, Walter, Hattie, Lester, Mabel Mayola, and an infant daughter; Sadie, who married F. J, Kennett, of Ashley, Michigan, and has two children, Clayton and Harry; Hattie, who is the wife of Ernest Derry, of Ashley, Michigan, and the mother of two children - Lewis and an infant as yet unnamed; and Essie B., who died when 4 days old.

Alvin C. Smith has resided since birth in his native township and county. During his boyhood days he attended the district schools and assisted his father on the farm. Subsequently he learned the carpenter's | trade, at which he worked for a number of years, carrying on a general contracting business. About 1906 he went into the hardware business, forming a partnership with P. H. Daub, of Helena, Ohio, in which he continued until recently, the firm also dealing in coal and lumber. The more recent change in his business connections has been already noticed in the beginning of this article. Mr. Smith was appointed postmaster of Millersville, August 15, 1908, but resigned the office when he accepted his present position. He had made a competent and satisfactory official. He has long taken a more or less active interest in politics and has always ranged himself on the side of progress and good government. \.

Mr. Smith was married June 25, 1896, to Miss Effie Alstadt, a daughter of John and Isabel (Maurer) Aldstadt, who were the parents of eight children - Clara, Ardella, Jessie, Effie (Mrs. Smith), Nevada, John

WILLIAM J. HUFFORD, a. prominent citizen and a member of the board of trustees of Sandusky Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, was born in this township, February 12, 1856, and is a son of William and Nancy (Waggoner) Hufford.

William Hufford was born in Greene County, Ohio, and was a son of Jacob Hufford, who, at one time, in its early history, lived in Sandusky Township, William being 18 years old when the family came to this section, where the remainder of his useful life was spent. He a director of the County Infirmary. In politics he was a Democrat. His death occurred in July, 1880. He married Nancy Waggoner and of their children, six yet are living, namely: Louisa, wife of John Roberts, of Washington Township; Mary, wife of Solomon Shively, of Hessville, Ohio; Catherine, residing in Sandusky Township; William J.; Virgil M., residing in Sandusky Township; and Hettie, wife of Frank Michael, of Sandusky Township. The mother of the above family is now in her eighty-sixth year and is very highly esteemed as one of the pioneer mothers who so bravely faced so many early hardships. She is a consistent member of the German Reformed Church.

William J. Hufford from youth up has been more or less engaged in agricultural pursuits. He settled on his present farm in 1894, a valuable tract of seventy acres, situated insSection 10, Sandusky Township, and has' resided here continuously.ever since. Mr. Hufford is a practical farmer and cultivates his land carefully and successfully.

On January 20, 1881, Mr. Hufford was married to Miss Sophia Shively, daughter of Henry Shively, of Fremont, and to this marriage were born eight children, namely: Sydney C., who is the wife of F. F. Fifield, residing near Shell, Wyoming; Sherman W., who resides in Sandusky Township; Edna, who is the wife of William Flocken; of. Springfield, Ohio; Hazel, who resides at home; Earl S., who is now de- ceased; Arthur J. F., who lives in Wyoming; and Estella and Marian, both of whom live at home. Mr. Hufford is a Democrat in political opinions.

DAVID HAWK, whose valuable farm of 125 acres is all situated in Green Creek Township, divided into three tracts, the part on which he lives containing eighty and one-half acres, all of which he developed and cleared from the forest; he was born in his father's log house, in Green Creek Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, February 6, 1830, and is a son

It was the grandfather, Conrad Hawk, who was the pioneer into Sandusky County, bringing his family from Pennsylvania in wagons over the mountains until the present fertile section was reached. He-was a good judge of land and secured a farm in Green Creek Town- life was spent. He was a man of peace and lived amicably with the Indians for his neighbors for a number of years. Of his large family David was the eldest and he was about eighteen years old when the family came to Green Creek Township. He continued to live in the same township until his death, in 1854. He married Ellen Huss and they lived into old age, and were the parents of fourteen children: David, John, Mary, Lewis, Noah, George, Charles, Elizabeth, Clement and Clara, twins, Cyrus, Alice, Jamés and Eliza. Those still living are: David, George, Charles, Cyrus, Alice and James.

David Hawk, the second, spent his boyhood days on the old home farm, helping according to his years and strength and irregularly attending the district schools. In 1850 Mr. Hawk made the long journey to California and during the years he remained there worked at mining, meeting with the ordinary success that attends gold miners, 'and when he returned home bought forty acres' of his present farm. To the original purchase he has added from time to time until he now has as much land as he can conveniently oversee. He has worked hard to clear, cultivate and improve it and in

Mr. Hawk was married September 1, 1854, to Miss Mary Olive McIntire, a daughter of Oliver McIntire, who was an early pioneer from New York, coming to Sandusky County by team and boat, when Mrs. Hawk was not more than three years old. To this marriage five children were born, namely: Fred, who married Flora Short, is now deceased, and is survived by six children - Clyde, Maude, Bruce, David, Leslie and Leroy Theodore; Maria, who is the wife of George Edward Atkinson, has one child, Mary Irene; Oliver, who married Clara Cleveland; Ralph, who operates the home farm for his father, married Hettie McVey, and théy have five children - Frances, Laura, Mary, Bernard and Helen; and Laura, who is the wife of James Cleveland, has tour children - Lee, Sidney, Ralph and Hugh. Mr. Hawk has given his children all the advantages in his power and has the satisfaction of knowing them all to be well settled in life. In politics he is a Democrat.

COL. MYRON E. COX, junior member of the important business concern conducting the Cox Flour Mill and Grain Elevator, at Fremont, occupies also the responsible position of manager and is numbered with the enterprising and successful business men of this city. He was born in Wyoming County, New York, October 15, 1876, and is a son of William A. and Emma (Bailey) Cox.

Colonel Cox accompanied his parents to Fremont in 1881. Aiter his period of school attendance was over, he entered into the milling business with his father, who is the senior member of the firm, and his energy, foresight and business faculty have contributed largely to the success of the enterprise. The present plant was purchased in 1880 and enlargement and improvement have taken place at interva's.

ployed and the capacity of the plant is 125 barrels a day. Work is continuous in order to supply the demand, and employment is given six workmen.

Regiment, O. N. G., during the Spanish- American War, gaining promotion froma lieutenancy, and at present is lieutenant-colonel of the 6th Inf., O. N. G. He is a popular fraternity men and belongs to the Odd Fellows, the Elks and the Royal Arcanum. . His place of residence is No. 1111 Croghan Street.

RUFUS M. KELLY, a well known citizen and formerly a trustee of Sandusky Township, has resided on his present farm of seventy-two acres, situated near Fremont, on the east side of the Sandusky River, since 1903; was born in Sandusky County, Ohio, on the homestead in Jackson Township, June 14, 1864. His parents were John and Susan (Overmyer) Kelly. The Kelly family is of Irish extraction and it is probable that the grandfather, Samuel Kelly, came from Ireland when, at a very early day, he established a general store in Crawford County, Ohio, near what is now the prosperous town of Bucyrus.

John Kelly was born in Crawford County, where, in his earlier life he followed the carpenter trade, but later he engaged in farming in Sandusky Township, Sandusky County, where he died June 3, 1884, when aged 54 years. He married Susan Overmyer, who was born in Sandusky County, and they had three children, the two survivors being: Rufus M. and Willis E.

Rufus M. Kelly was 6 years old when his parents came to Sandusky Township, and here he grew to manhood. After the death of the father, his mother retired to Fremont and enjoys the comforts of a pleasant home on Holland Street. Mr. Kelly was married April 19, 1888, to Miss Libbie Andrews, a daughter of John Andrews, of Ballville Township, and four children have been born to them, namely: Anna M., John A., Robert J. and Thomas M. With his family Mr. Kelly belongs to St. Ann's Catholic Church at Fremont. In politics Mr. Kelly is a Democrat and has long been influential in his party in this section. He has served in the office of assessor of Sandusky Township and for seven vears was a member of the board of trustees. He is interested in the public schools and in local improvements which give assurance of being of permanent value to his

FRED NIEHAUSMYER, a representative citizen and successful agriculturist of Woodville Township, residing on his fertile farm of 120 acres, which is situated about two and onefourth miles northeast of Woodville, was born on an adjoining farm, in Woodville Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, September 24, 1848, and is a son of John and Maria (Schaffer) Niehausmyer.

John Niehausmyer was born in Germany and remained in his own land until he had fulfilled all the laws of his country as to military service. With his little amount of capital he came to America and began working by the day after he reached Sandusky County. He was an

'honest, upright, industrious man and in the course of time acquired a farm, in Woodville Township, on which the rest of his life was spent. He died at the age of 81 years. He married Maria Schaffer, also of German birth, and they had four children: Fred; Harmon, now deceased ; Henry, and a daughter who died young.

Fred Niehausmyer attended the country schools through boyhood and then began working by the day and for two years he was in the employ of F. Mierholtz, one year of F. Yeasting, and oné year of J. Damschroder. In the meanwhile he had made plans for the future and then went to Toledo and, after working in that city for a year, bought a first class threshing machine and with it came to Woodville Township, being the first one to introduce a steam thresher in this section of Ohio. Mr. Niehausmyer followed threshing for thirteen years and is well known all through this section, having had all the contracts he could handle each season. Later, with his brother Harmon, he purchased the present farm and they operated it together, but when the older brother decided to marry he purchased the other brother's interest. He carries on a general farming line, raising good crops, some fine stock and considerable fruit.

had five children, namely: John, Minnie, Harmon, Henry and Louise, the last three of whom are deceased. Mr. Niehausmyer and wife are members of the Lutheran Church. In politics he is a Democrat. For many years he has belonged to the Masonic fraternity.

HON. A. H. JACKSON, who served as a member of the 58th Congress of the United States, and from 1897 until 1901 as mayor of the city of Fremont, has been closely identified with the numerous interests of this section since settling permanently at Fremont, in 1872. Mr. Jackson is one of the largest manufacturers of Sandusky County and is president of the Jackson Knife and Shear Company, of the A. H. Jackson Manufacturing Company and of the Fremont Suspender Company and owns a large amount of valuable real estate, including the Hotel Jackson. He was born May 10, 1846, in Delaware County, New York, and is a son of George W. and Roxanna (Ripley) Jackson.

The parents of Mr. Jackson lived into old age. The father was a native of New York and the mother of Massachusetts. They had five children: Marian, George Herbert, Ellen, Clara-and A. H.

A. H. Jackson is a self-made man and although it is many years since he started out, a youth of seventeen, equipped with a common school education and some experlence as a carpenter, but with little else, there are those who recall his early perseverance and enterprise through which he established a business which has developed into the great manufacturing concerns of this city and county. With a cash capital of about seventeen dollars, Mr. Jackson invested in a stock of notions, and in the disposal of them made enough to buy his first horse and wagon. He then filled his wagon with a stock of goods readilv salable through the country districts, and thus began a line of merchandising that brought him large returns. He was and still is an excellent judge of the value of advertising, and as his means increased, he fitted up more wagons, making them attractive to the eye and filling them with excellent goods. It is said that when his fine wagon, drawn by four high-stepping horses made a stop at any place, he could sell more goods than any other traveling salesman then on the various routes. One explanation was that his goods were reliable, and another that he thoroughly understood the art of merchandising. With his fine outfit he traveled through New England and also through the States of Kansas, lowa, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio. His methods were so honest and his stock so excellent that his reputation preceded him and his second visit on any routes brought larger returns than the first one.

In 1872 Mr. Jackson established his home at Fremont. In 1884 he gave up traveling and embarked in the retail dry goods business in this city. He was not content, however, with simply merchandising, but, having kept in touch with changing fashions, especially in ladies' garments, he invented and put upon the market a superior kind of ladies' bustle and these were largely manufactured as long as there was a demand for the article. From that initial manufacturing, Mr. Jackson embarked in the same line on a larger scale and now he is the head of some of the most important manufacturing concerns of city, county and State. He is president of the Fremont Suspender Company, manufacturing suspenders, hose supporters, etc., and of the A. H. Jackson Manufacturing Company, the largest plant of its kind in the world, with headquarters at Fremont and branch factories at Sandusky, Tiffin, Clyde and Bellevue, Ohio. This company manufactures ladies', misses' and children's fine muslin and flannelette undergarments. He is also president of the Jackson Knife and Shear Company, manufacturers of knives, shears and high-class razors. This is one of the largest plants of its kind in Sandusky County. Mr. Jackson has also been a prominent factor in the material development of Fremont, substantial brick structures in different parts of the citv now bearing his name, one of these being the Hotel Jackson. His own residence and those he erected for his daughters are among the finest private residences of the city.

While Mr. Jackson's business interests. have been absorbing for many years, he has also given attention to politics and is a leading Republican of Sandusky County. His administration of civic matters while serving as mayor of Fremont for four years, celebrated an era of prosperity and during his term as a Member of Congress, he faith-- fully represented his constituents. He is identified with the Masons.

MOSES H. CROWELL, one of Sandusky Township's best known farmers and_ stockraisers, has resided on his fine farm of eighty acres, situated in Section 17, for almost a quarter of a century. He was born in Sandusky County, Ohio, July 18, 1862, and is a son of Samuel Adam and Mollie (Dipman) Crowell.

Samuel Adam Crowell was brought to Sandusky County from Virginia, by his parents, in his boyhood. The family settled in the dense woods, seemingly far from civilization, in the section through which now runs the Maumee Turnpike road in Sandusky Township. The grandfather of Moses H. Crowell, Samuel Crowell, spent his life in the effort to clear up a farm in the wilderness. His. remains lie in the old Four-Mile House Cemetery in Sandusky Township. Samuel Adam, his son, grew to manhood in Sandusky Township and became one of the noted trappers and' hunters of this section and many a deer as well as wolves and other wild animals fell before his trusty rifle. He was widely known. One of his sons, George, served in the Civil War and is now deceased.

Moses H. Crowell was reared on his father's estate and went to school in Sandusky Township. He has been engaged in agricultural pursuits from boyhood and owns one of the township's most valuable farms. On December 11, 1884, he married Miss Elizabeth Swint, who was born in Rice Township, Sandusky

6G HESTORY OF County, December 16, 1862, being but a few months younger than her husband. Her father was Henry Swint, a prominent citizen of Rice Township. He was born in Germany and there married Rosina Reinick and they were very early settlers in Rice Township. They were devoted members of the Catholic Church. In politics Mr. Crowell is nominally a Republican, but he has independent tendencies and in local matters frequently votes for the man irrespective of party. Both he and his wife belong to the congregation of St. Ann at Fremont.

RALPH A. HUNSINGER, county recorder elect, of Sandusky County, who assumed the duties of this office in September, 1909, is one of Fremont's enterprising and educated young business men. He was born at Fremont, Ohio, April 4, 1880, and is a son of Henry and Julia (Heim) Hunsinger. Mr. Hunsinger belongs to one of the old pioneer families of Sandusky County. His father followed the carpenter trade for many years and was a well known and respected citizen. He married Julia Heim and they had four children.

Ralph A. Hunsinger completed the public school course and in 1900 graduated from the Fremont schools, after which he prepared for business by taking a commercial course. Subsequently he learned the barber's trade, but had not much more than entered into business when he was made the candidate of the Republican party for the office of county recorder and was 'elected to the same in November, 1908. Huis success Was somewhat notable. as he is one of the two members of his party who triumphed in that election at the polls, his opponent being Oscar Donevson, whom he beat by a majority of thirty-three votes. Mr. Hunsinger married Miss Ethel B. Thomas, who is a daughter of Frank A. Thomas, now a resident of Cleveland, and they have three children, Harry, Paul and Eleanor. Their pleasant home is at No. 224 Morrison Street, Fremont. Mr. Hunsinger is identified with the order of Modern Woodmen.

of ninety-five acres, was born July 23, 1857. in Riley Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, and is a son of Eluther C. and Julia (Lantz) Lindsay.

The parents of Mr. Lindsay both were members of old pioneer families of Ohio and the mother was born in Riley Township. They were farming people and among the most highly respected residents of this section. The father died in August, 1906. Of the large family born to Eluther C. and Julia Lindsay, the following survive: Charles N. and Byron, both residing in Riley Township; William H., living in Nebraska; Herman, who owns and conducts a store at Vickery; Clara J., wife of William Barr, residing in Riley Township; Frank, also of Riley Township; Ida, wife of William Graves, of Townsend Township; Jesse, also of Vickery; and Florence, wife of Roy Storey, living in Townsend Township.

Byron Lindsay attended the district schools of the neighborhood during boyhood and then applied himself to work on the farm and has followed agricultural pursuits ever since. He has cultivated his own land in a careful and practical way and has prospered and is in the enjoyment of the rewards of his industry.

Mr. Lindsay was married February 20, 1884, to Miss Clara J. Pearson, who was also born in Riley Township, and is a daughter of Jonas Pearson, now a resident of Vickery, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay have two children: Leona M., and Viola B., the latter of whom is the wife of William Cullins, of Townsend Township.

In politics Mr. Lindsay is a Republican, but he does not seek office. He is a stanch friend of the public schools and an honest law-abiding citizen. He is a member of the order of Modern Woodmen, belonging to a lodge at Vickery, Ohio.

GEORGE F. BECKMAN, general farmer, residing on his valuable farm of 120 acres, situated in Jackson Township, was born in Jackson Township, Sandusky County. Ohio, December 14, 1864, and is a son of Nicholas and Elizabeth (Kline) Beckman.

man, when he was 7 years-old, settling on a farm of forty acres. Nicholas 'Beckman died June 13, 1905, when aged 76 years. His widow survives, her age being '6y years. They had four children: 'Emma J, tocorge F., Charles E. and Myrtle M. Emma J. married Leroy Brubaker, of Jackson Township, and they have one son, Elmer. Charles married Elizabeth Smaltz, they reside in Washington Township, and have two children, Harry "and Lulu. Myrtle married Henry Kaiser, they live in Sandusky Township, and have two children, Robert and Helen.

When George F. Beckman reached manhood he purchased his present farm from his parents and has made many improvements here. The old log house in which he was born is still standing. He raises grain and all kinds of stock and is a practical and prosperous farmer of this section.

Mr. Beckman married Miss Stella Krass, a daughter of Jacob and Mary (Laughenbacher ) Krass, of Riley Township, and they have five children, namely : Walter, born February 7, 1891; Mabel, born January 29, 1893; Bertha, born July 10, 1897; Dorothy, born November 17, 1901; and Clarence, born August 5, 1907. The father of Mrs. Beckman died when aged 84 years, but her mother still lives and has passed her seventy-seventh birthday. They had seven children, Mrs. Beckman being the sixth in order of birth. The others were: Amelia, now deceased, who was the wife of John Bauman, of Riley Township, and left one daughter, also deceased; John, who married Lena Kline, had three sons; Emma, who married Fred Martin, of Riley Township, had nine children, some of whom have families of their own; Lavina, who married William Kowalt, lives in Fremont and has one son; Elizabeth, unmarried, who resides at Fremont; and Rose, who married William Kowalt, after the death of her sister Lavina, resides at Fremont. Mr. Reckman and family are members of the Lutheran Church of Jackson Townshin.

FRANK LINDSAY resides on a farm of seventy acres in Riley Township. Sandusky County, Ohio, and is one of the best known citizens of that locality. He was born in that

E. C. Lindsay was born in Sandusky County, Ohio, and for many years carried on farming operations in Riley Township, where he died September 23, 1906. Politically, he was a Republican. He was married to Julia Lantz, who was born in Virginia and now resides at Vickery, Ohio. Of the children born to them, the following are now living: Charles N., of Riley Township; Byron, of Riley Township; William H., who lives in Nebraska; Herman, of Vickery, Ohio; Jeannette, wife of William Barr, of Riley Township; Frank, subject of this sketch ; ida, wife of William Gray, of Townsend Township; Jesse, of Vickery; and Florence, wife of Roy Storey, of Townsend Township.

Frank Lindsay was reared on the farm in his native township and received a good common school education. He has always farmed and has met with good business results. His farm of seventy acres is adorned with a good home and substantial farm buildings, and is well improved throughout. He is a Republican in politics and has served for three years as a trustee of Riley Township; at the present he is superintendent of roads in District No. 2. He has many friends and is very popular among his acquaintances.

Mr. Lindsay was married to Clara Wright, a daughter of G. A. Wright, of Riley Township, and they became parents of five children, three of whom are living: Glenn C., Bertha B. and Ernest L. Those deceased are Virgil G., and one who died in infancy. Fraternally the subject of this record is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America at Vickery.

MISS ELIZA KERNAHAN, one of Green Creek Township's most respected residents and a member of one of the old and reliable families of this section, owns, resides on and capably manages a valuable farm of 160 acres, which lies in this township on the east side of the Sandusky road. She was born at Skaneateles, Onondago County, New York, January 7, 1832, and is a daughter of Alexander and Hannah (Clapp) Kernahan.

refuge in the north of Ireland, and there Alexander Kernahan was born, in 1801. When about twenty years of age, he accompanied his older brother, Thomas, to America, and they settled in eastern New York, where the young men worked as farmers through the agricultural sections. Alexander prospered to such an extent that he was able to buy a farm in Livingston County, New York, on which he lived until 1854, when he sold it and moved to Ohio, in making the journey being able to take advantage of the railroad which had just been completed. Shortly afterward he purchased the land which is comprised in the Kernahan homestead, in Green Creek Township, took possession of it and here the remainder of his quiet, useful, exemplary life was spent. He reached the age of 75 years, dying June 3, 1876. In the state of New York he was married to Hannah Clapp. This estimable woman was born in Somersetshire, England, a daughter of Ambrose and Hannah (Bartlett) Clapp, whom she accompanied to America when she was 16 years old. She lived into serene old age, passing away in September, 1880, when six months over 80 years. To Alexander Kernahan and wife were born five children, two of whom died in infancy. Of the three who reached maturity Eliza alone remains. James, who died in 1905, was aged 74 years. Ambrose, the youngest of the family, born in 1836, died in 1895. He married Elizabeth McKinney, who survives him and _ inherited a farm ot ninety-eight acres in Green Creek Township. She is now a resident of Dansville, New York.

Miss Eliza Kernahan was 2 years old when the family moved to Livingston County, New York, and she later accompanied her parents to Ohio. She attended the district schools, although not regularly, as she grew into a very capable woman and her services were in demand both in domestic affairs and on the farm, where, when necessity required she could be a very practical helper. After the death of her parents she helped her brothers operate the place and subsequently came into full possession of the property. She is an excellent manager and has always taken a deep interest in agriculture. Her father and brothers were Repub-

Hon. Edward Loudensleger

HON. EDWARD LOUDENSLEGER, one of Fremont's most eminent citizens, formerly mayor and also postmaster, has been one of the makers of history in this city, to which he came in 1865. He was born in Seneca County, February 28, 1836, and is a son of Daniel and Mary (Barger) Loudensleger.

The parents of Mr. Loudensleger were natives of Union County, Pennsylvania, both of German ancestry, and in 1831 they removed to Seneca County, Ohio, where they lived until 1844, when they came to Sandusky County, and here the father subsequently bought a farn in York Township. This property, with the assistance of his sons, he cleared and improved and it remained the family home until 1863, when Daniel Loudensleger sold it and removed to a farm in Monroe County, Michigan. Following an agricultural life, he passed his remaining eighteer years there, dying February 28, 1881. His first wife had died while the family lived in Sandusky County. Later he married (second) a Mrs.

William, Mrs. Arminda Boyer, Matilda, Franklin, and two who died in infancy. To the second union were born, Daniel, Charles Wesley, Allen and a son, who died early. Edward Loudensleger, with his brothers and sisters and the children of neighboring farmers, attended school during about three months in the winter, and although many of them complained of the hardships attending the long walks over the uncleared country which they had to take in the most inclement season of the year, and avoided them as often as possible, Edward Loudensleger was neither a complainer nor quitter. He was too anxious to obtain instruction and supplemented what he secured in the log schoolhouse with evenings of home study and reading by the old fireplace, and in this way prepared himself for school teaching. The outbreak of the Civil War led his ambition into new channels and on November 23, 1861, he found himself an enlisted soldier of Company A, 72d O. Vol. Inf., and very soon was on the memorable battle field of Shiloh. With his regiment he took part in the Siege of Corinth and accompanied it to Memphis, Tennessee. The exposure and malaria combined, prostrated many of the northern-born soldiers and he was among those who were not able to accompany their comrades when ordered to Vicksburg. As his condition through the remainder of the service, precluded active field duties, he was made use of in the commissary department and served on detached duty until he was honorably discharged, December 13, 1864.

After the close of his military service, Mr. Loudensleger came to Fremont, with an idea of going into business, and while preparing for the same he erected a handsome residence and improved the land surrounding it to such an extent that he soon had an offer to dispose of it far beyond its initial cost. Mr. Loudensleger considers this the real beginning of his later extensive real estate dealings, and it determined him to turn his whole attention to a line of business which he was quick to see might be made one of material importance to himself, and as a second consideration might be very beneficial to the city, for his plans not only included the purchase and disposal of realty, but also the elaborate improvement of it. In 1888 he put up the Loudensleger Block, which remains the handsomest business structure in Fremont, while in every part of the city may be found pieces of property which have passed through his hands, and, in his many years of realty negotiations, he has added, improved and beautified many of Fremont's most desirable subdivisions. He is interested in the H. B. Smith Building and Loan Company, of which he is secretary. He owns a large amount of valuable city property, including his beautiful residence at No. 1206 Buckland Avenue.

1856, to Miss Emma Bellows, who died in 1859, leaving one daughter, Frances F., who married Frank J. Tuttle, an attorney of Fremont. He was married (second) in 1862, to Mrs. Mary Jane (Stahl) Stevenson, who died in 1874. His third marriage was to Mrs. Nina A. (Stahl) Miller, and they have one daughter, Miss Nellie, who is a graduate of the Lake Erie Seminary, at Painesville, Ohio.

Mr. Loudensleger has been a very active citizen, has faithfully performed exacting tasks as public duties, and has honorably filled the highest positions in the gift of his fellow citizens. In 1880 he was elected a member of the city council and during a part of his term served as president of that body, and when the mayor of the city died after serving out but one month of his term, Councilman Loudensleger was chosen to take his place. This appointment was made through no effort of his own, but he gave the city an administration that proved that if he had been sufficiently supported by the best class, Fremont would have been purged of an element that can well be spared from any law-abiding community. In 1891, President Harrison recognized Mr. Loudensleger's many services to the Republican party, by appointing him postmaster at Fremont, and this office he continued to most acceptably fill until the change of administration, in 1895, having as his assistant | his stepson, Isaac Ticknor Miller, who is also a representative citizen of Fremont. Mr. Loudensleger has, at various times, served in other offices than those mentioned, with signal ability, and has been a member of many charitable boards and commissions. In 1878 he was elected secretary of the Oakwood Cemetery Association and still fills that office. In his official duties connected therewith he has been associated with Dr. L. Q. Rawson, C. R. McCullough, the late Stephen Buckland, and Rutherford B. Hayes. He is a charter member of the Eugene Rawson Post and of Moore Post, Grand Army of the Republic, and has taken a very active interest in Grand Army work and legislation. Since 1867, he has been a trustee ofthe "First Presbytecian church at Fremont and has always been a liberal supporter and promoter of its benevolent work. His business associates and his personal friends have, through these many years, been men of worth, many of distinction and among these may be mentioned two Presidents of the United States - Hon. James A. Garfield and Hon. Rutherford B. Hayes. In other fields, outside that of politics, Mr. Loudensleger has also been intimately associated with those who have worked for those higher ideals of civic progress than are denominated merely material.

LENARD SCHWARTZ, who owns a flourishing farm of 111 acres on the west side of Hessville, and eighty acres on the south of that village, was born in Germany in 1849, and is a son of Christian and Margaret (Voelm) Schwartz. <A full enumeration of his parents' family, including children and grandchildren, is as follows:

Christian Schwartz, Jr., married Catherine Myers, and their children are Laura, Harmon, Louis, Emma, Bertha, Clarence, Anna and Daniel. Lenard is the direct subject of this sketch. Laura married Daniel Auxter, and they have seven children - Fred, Mary, Edith, Arthur, Martin, Harry and Lonnie. Rickey married Charles Thayer and has four children - Edward, Alice, Clayton and Edith. Henry married Elizabeth Minnick and her children are Alice, Harvey, Martin, Charles, Emory, Nellie, Clayton, Irvin and Melvin. Louise married Jacob Ansted and they have six children, namely: Perry, Elam, Horatio, Hattie, Clarence and Daniel.

Lenard Schwartz, the subject of this sketch, in his boyhood attended the district schools and received a practical training along agricultural lines, of which he has taken good advantage since he took up the battle of life for himself. He is a progressive farmer, knowing how to utilize his land to the best advantage, and when he is not attending to the cultivation of the ground and the raising of crops he is busy making improvements or doing some other necessary work on the farm. His industry and

Mr. Schwartz was married on January 23, 1879, to Louisa Schneider, a daughter of Christian and Sophia (Strock) Schneider. Her parents' family consisted of the following children: Charles; Louisa (now Mrs. Schwartz) ; Elizabeth, Louis, Christian, Jr., Sophia and Philip. Mr. and Mrs. Lenard Schwartz have become the parents of eight children, namely: William, who married Agnes Smith, and has a daughter, Odella; John S., who married Dora Sanders, and has two children, Lloyd and Raymond; Edith, Lydia, Arthur, Mary, Hattie and Otto.

Mr. Schwartz is a Democrat in his political views, and although he has never sought office, he has proved himself willing to assume public duties when called upon, and served the township acceptably for four years as school director. He and his family are consistent members of the Lutheran Church and all have proved themselves worthy and useful members of the community in which they reside.

WILLIAM WEICHEL, who served four years as trustee of Riley Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, is engaged in general farming and is the owner of a well improved farm of ninety-eight and one-half acres. He was born in Huron County, Ohio, May 24, 1849, and is a son of John A. and Wilhelmina Weichel, both natives of Germany. Upon emigrating to America, John A. Weichel first located in Seneca County, Ohio, and from there moved to Huron County, where he farmed many years. Late in life he moved to Erie County, Ohio, where he died in 1866.

William Weichel was reared in Huron County until he was 17 years old, and attended the district schools. At that age he moved to Erie County, where he lived and farmed until 1883. He then located in Townsend Township, Sandusky County, where he resided until 1892, in which year he moved to Riley Township. He owns ninety-eight and one-half acres of valuable land, all of which is under a high state of cultivation, and has met with much success in general farming. He has always taken an active interest in the affairs of the township, and discharged his duties as trustee in a manner to win the highest commendation of his fellow citizens. He is a Democrat in politics. . January 16, 1883, Mr. Weichel was united in marriage with Miss Fanny Hohlein, who was born in Sandusky County, and is a daughter of the late Lawrence Hohlein. The following are their offspring: Linda E., a teacher in the public schools of Sandusky County ; Emma M., wife of Elmer Z. Balsizer, of Riley Township; Charles W., of Riley Township; Marcia F.; Minnie F.; and Mabel G. The family belongs to Grace Lutheran Church at Fremont.

FRED R. FRONIZER, an able member of the Fremont bar and formerly prosecuting attorney of Sandusky County, may almost be counted as a native son, as his parents brought him to this section when he was only one year old and with it he has willingly been identified ever since. He was born in 1852, in the neighborhood of Buffalo, New York, and is a son of Henry and Mary (Young) Fronizer.

Mr. Fronizer comes of solid, honest German parentage and he was reared on his father's farm in Ballville Township, Sandusky County, where the latter settled in 1853. Of the eight children, Fred R. was the eldest, the others bearing the following names: John, Simon, Matilda, Lana, Susan, Katie and Joseph.