Marion Township (part 2 of 2)

H. GCETTE, secretary and treasurer of the Pittsburg Hoop and Stave Company, Delphos, was born in Berlin, Prussia, November 22, 1840, and there received a thorough mercantile business education. In i866 he came to this country and engaged iu his professional work in New York City, from which he traveled in the interest of wholesale trade for several years. In 1878 he went to Pittsburgh, where he was connected with merchandising till 1880, and in that year he engaged with the Pittsburgh Keg and Barrel Company, who had established a business here, and came here in their employ as book-keeper and cashier. After the burning of their building here he joined F. A. Weger, and bought the plant, etc., which he represents. Mr. Goette was married at Pittsburgh, in 1875, to Miss Emily, daughter of G. G. Backofen, a hardware and tinware merchant of that city, and a native of Nuernberg, Bavaria, Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Goette have one son and two daugliters: Elida, Carl and Catherine. Our subject has been an active supporter of matters tending to the city's . growth since coming here, and may be reckoned as among the prominent and enterprising citizens of Delphos.

THEODORE A. HANDEL, farmer and stock-breeder, P. O. Delphos, was born in Licking County, Ohio, May 1, 1834; son of Nicholas and Millie (Hayes) Handel; former a native of Virginia, a miller by trade, and an early settler of Licking County, Ohio, died in about 1870, aged eightyfour years (he served as private in the war of 1812); latter,a native of New York, died in 1856; by a former husband she had six children: George (deceased), Harvey (deceased), Amanda (wife of J. Safford, in Michigan), Sarah (deceased ), Lanson (deceased) and Mary (wife of J. Andrews, in Iowa). To Nicholas and Millie (Hayes) Handel was born one child, Theodore A., our subject, who came to this county with his parents in 1846. His education was limited to the common schools, and at the age of fourteen he left home and lived with Ormon Kephort, of Amanda Township, this county, till after arriving at maturity, receiving for his services, besides his board, forty acres of wild land, which he sold soon after. In 1859 he rented and eventually purchased the farm on which he now lives, cleared the same, and placed it under a high state of cultivation, erecting a fine residence and barn. During the war he enlisted in Company I, Thirty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and remained in the service of his country three years, most of the time as a non-commissioned officer, and received an honorable discharge. He participated in all the battles in which his regiment was engaged except one, and received a slight wound at the battle of Chapmanville. Mr. Handel was married April 5, 1857, to Miss Mary Angeline Harris, who was born at Lockland, Hamilton Co., Ohio, October 13, 1836, daughter of Calvin and Edith (Dunn) Harris. They have no children of their own, but have reared two as adopted: Ernest A. (Emerick) Handel and Sabina Coon. Mr. Handel is a member of the G. A. R. at Delphos; a member of the Baptist Church, in politics a Republican.

ENOS W. HASTINGS, superintendent of Union Schools, Delphos, was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, June 1, 1845, his grandfather having settled there at a very early period in the history of that county. Prof. Hastings completed a good literary education in the schools of his district and at sixteen began teaching. He continued successfully in the profession and at twenty-one entered the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, Ohio, taking a classical course of study, graduating from that institution at the age of twenty-six years. After receiving his degree he continued reputably in the profession as principal and superintendent of Chesterville schools till 1873, when he accepted his present incumbency, which he has held honorably since. He has given a cordial support to the social and literary interests of the town and county, and has assisted very materially in their advancement. He has served upon the examining boards for teachers and has carried on institutes for the development of the people of the teaching profession. Prof. Hastings married in Delaware, Ohio, in 1872, Miss Bessie A., daughter of J. T. Rippey, a prominent merchant, citizen and public man of Shippensburg, Pena. She is a lady of able literary and musical attainments, and a graduate of Mary Institute of Carlisle, Penn. They have one little girl - Mary M. During the war Prof. Hastings did service in Company E, One Hundred and Forty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, from which he received an honorable discharge. Since locating here he has devoted himself very closely to his professional work.

REV. JOHN B. HEILAND, Catholic priest, Landeck, was born in Bavaria, Germany, August 31, 1839; son of Adam and Margaret (Haeckel) Heiland, both still living in Avon, Ohio, and who were the parents of six children: John Baptist (our subject), Lawrence, also a priest, educated at Cleveland, now in charge of the church at New Washington, Ohio; George, John, Annie and Catherine, all living. Up to his fifteenth year our subject remained with his father on a farm, then came to America: with his parents, who located at Avon, Lorain Co., Ohiv. He worked at the stone-mason trade till 1862, when he entered St. Mary's College, at Cleveland, Ohio, remaining four years each in college and seminary, and in 1870, being ordained a priest, he entered on his clerical duties at Rockport, Ohio, where he remained two years. He then went to Shelby, Richland Co., Ohio, for five years; thence to Tiffin, Ohio, one year, and has since had charge of the church at Landeck, this county, which was organized in 1867, being formed from a part of St. John's congregation of Delphos. Father Heiland has elevated himself to his present position through his own efforts and the help of God, having entered upon his career in life a poor boy. (For record of the Catholic Church at Landeck, see Church History, Marion Township. )

IRA S. HERRICK, dealer in general hardware and agricultural implements, Delphos, was born in Kirkersville, Licking Co., Ohio, November 9, 1842. His father Simeon was born in Delaware, Ohio, 1812,and was the son of Septimius Herrick, a native of Vermont, who served in the war of 1812, and after its settlement, located in Delaware. Mr. Herrick's ancestry dates back to very early times in the history of the Union, both from the Herricks and the Hatchs (his mother's people), and among the latter is Rufus Hatch of New York City. In 1878, Mr. Herrick left farming in Licking County, and engaged in his present line here where he has been successfully connected since. He married in 1875, Mrs. Elizabeth, widow of Mr. Schauber (by whom she had a daughter, Zella), and daughter of Jacob Boos, farmer of Knox County, Ohio, and a native of Pennsylvania. They have one son, Harold Herrick. Mr. Herrick has been an active citizen since coming here and has given a cordial support to the development of Delphos' interests. Upon the call for troops in 1861 for 75,000 men, he willingly responded, and did service in Company G., Twentieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. In October of the same year he re-enlisted in Company D. Sixty-tifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, where he did active and honorable service for three years and three months, when he was honorably discharged.

JOHN HENRY HESSELING, farmer, P. O. Delphos, was boru in Hanover, Germany, December 8, 1829; son of John Harmon and Narpheimia (Beenmun) Hesseling, former a shoemaker in Germany, and a farmer in America (he helped to cut the road through from Ottawa to Clyde, Ohio; he died in 1844); latter died in Germany in 1831, leaving five children: John Harmon, Jane, Catherine, Eliza and John Henry. By his second wife - Catherine (Fracita) - John Harmon Hesseling had two children: Margaret and Lucetta. Our subject was brought to America in 1832, his parents locating in Putnam County, Ohio, where he grew to maturity, assisting on a farm and attending the common schvols. He came to this county in 1869, and has cleared and placed under cultivation all but twelve acres of his farm of 140 acres, and has also assisted in clearing six other farms. He has recently purchased a farm of fifty acres near Delphos for his son, and erected, in 1881, a substantial residence. April 28, 1857, Mr. Hesseling was married to Mary Ann Hemme, also a native of Germany, born July 25, 1835, and who came tou America in 1841; nine children have been born to this union: Frank, Mary, John Harmon, John Henry, Charles Andrew, Katie, Joseph, Denie and William. Our subject is an active member of the Catholic Church.

LEONARD HILTNER, farmer and postmaster, Landeck, was born in Germany, February 24, 1828; son of Leonard and Barbara (Dirnhofer) Hiltner (both deceased), parents of seven children: Michael, Eva, Annie. George, Leonard, Barbara (deceased), Theresa (deceased), and Barbara (deceased). Our subject was educated in the common schools of his native land, and in 1853 came to America, locating in Van Wert County, Ohio, near Delphos, and for eight years was engaged in teaching a German school. He also spent three years teaching in Wisconsin and Minnesota, after which he purchased the only store at Landeck and embarked in mercantile business. Mr. Hiltner was commissioned postmaster at Landeck in 1872, which office he still retains. He rents his store room and gives his attention to farming. He was married, May 29, 1865, to Elizabeth Wedig, who was born in Germany in 1840, daughter of Henry and Annie Wedig. Ten children have been born to this union: Annie M., Mary A., Leonard (deceased), Philip, Kate, Michael, Rosa, John G., Henry W., and an infant (deceased). Our subject is a member of the Catholic Church. In politics he is a Democrat.

department of Meurthe, divcese of Nancy, May 14, 1832. At the age of fonrteen he entered the college of St. Amand at Conrtrai, Belgium, remaining there five years. He afterward spent four years in Fenetrange College and Pont-i Mousson Seminary, France, and was inscribed at Nancy, but soon after left for America, and after passing a few days with friends and relations, near Norwalk, Ohio, immediately entered St. Mary's Seminary at Cleveland, Ohio, where, after three years' study, he was ordained by the Very Rev. Bishop Rappe, June 13, 1858. He was then sent to Defiance, Ohio, to replace Father Westerhold, from where, for ten years, he performed clerical duties in the following counties: Defiance, Henry, Paulding, Williams, Fulton, touching over to Lucas and Putnam County, and coming here in the latter part of January, 1868, where he has been actively engaged in clerical work since. (See History of Catholic Church at Delphos, p. 451.)

JOHN HOTZ, proprietor of restaurant and saloon, Delphos, is a native of Crawford County, Ohio, born May 8, 1857; son of Joseph and Catharine (Frehlick) Hotz, the former a native of, Baden, Germany, the latter of Weissemburg, Alsace. Joseph Hotz came to America in 1848, settling first in Huron County, Ohio, where he was married, thence moved to Crawford County, then to Putnam County, and finally to this county, where he arrived about nineteen years ago, and where he has been a prominent farmer since. The mother of our subject, on coming to America, landed at New York, where she remained for a time, thence went to Huron County, Ohio. They had eleven children, two of whom died in childhood. Those now living are Frank J., in Delphos, with his brother; John, Mary, Frank, William, Catharine, Francis, Anna and Benjamin. All are single but the eldest who married Mary Heitz,. by whom he has one son, George. Mr. Hotz received a common school education and staid on the farm with his father until eighteen years of age, when he began learning the blacksmith trade, at which he worked 81x years io various places. He then engaged in clerking in a restaurant, and in August, 1884, he opened out for his own account at his present stand where he is carrying on a first-class business in his line. Mr. Hotz started out in the world without a dollar of financial aid, and has won for himself a place second to none in the business in which he is engaged. Politically he is an active Democrat.

EVAN HUMPHREYS, farmer, P. O. Delphos, was born near Machyulleth, Montgomeryshire, North Wales, in October, 1818; son of Morris and Mary (Roberts) Humphreys, also natives of Montgomeryshire; the mother was a daughter of Evan Roberts. After the death of Mr. Humphreys she married William Paul, and died in her native country. The children born to Morris and Mary Humphreys were Annie (who died at twenty-one years of age), Hannah (who became the wife of Richard Fauks, both dying, leaving three sons and one daughter), and Evan. Our subject was but six years of age when his father died, and he was then taken by a Mr. Williams, a farmer, to be brought up. He never attended schoo] a day in his life, but by tact and practical application became thoroughly acquainted with the system of agriculture, and won the prize, in apleasant contest in his native country, over more than sixty teams. He came with Richard Breece to America, having been married about two years previously, or, in 1846, to Elizabeth Pugh, who was born in 1817, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Tibbot) Pugh. After arriving at Cincinnati, Ohio, he started out on foot for Butler County, Ohio, with but three cents, all he then possessed. in his pocket. There he remained two and a half years, working in the harvest field at seventy cents per day, and chopping in the winter season at twenty-five cents per cord, boarding himself. Upon his arrival in this county from Butler County, he purchased for $600 eighty acres of his present farm, which was then heavily timbered. Here he secured a farm of 260 acres, one of the most beautiful and well-cultivated in Allen County, and by practical ability has placed himself in the foremost rank of agriculture. His children are Lizzie, born in Butler County in 1849, now widow of David T. Morgan (by whom she had three children: Evan, Robert and Essie); Evan, who was born in Allen County, May 14, 1851, farming with the father (he was married to Maggie Davis, daughter of Edward Davis of Van Wert County, Ohio, and by her has had three children: Evan, Annie E. and Edward). The family are members of the Congregational Church.

WILLAM J. HUMPHREYS, farmer, P. O. Delphos, was born in Wales, August 27, 1828; son of John and Hlenor (Ellis) Humphreys, also natives of Wales, the former of whom died in 1864 aged sixty-seven, latter in 1879. They were the parents of ten children: Mary, David, William J., John, Hugh (died in the army), Elenor, Edward, Rollond, Richard and Ann. The paternal grandparents of our subject were William and Ann Humphreys, and the maternal grandparents were David and Elenor Ellis. Our subject was thirteen years of age when his parents immigrated to America, locating in Cambria County, Penn., where he grew to maturity, assisting on a farm and attending the common school. He came to this county in 1858, comparatively a poor man, but industry and enterprise have now placed him in possession of property worth about $10,000. From a state of nature his farm has gradually developed into one of the best in the township. In 1884 he erected a very fine frame residence, and his other buildings are allin keeping. During the late war Mr. Humphreys served 100 days in Company F, Ohio National Guards, One Hundred and Thirty-third Regiment, was drafted later and served till the close of the war ia Company D, Seventy-sizth Regiment. He was married March 1, 1553, to Miss Margaret Davis, also a native of Wales, born April 7, 1832, died October 8, 1874, and to this union were born ten children: John, Elizabeth, Harriet, George, Howard, Mary (deceased), David, William, Mary E. and Margaret (deceased). Mr. Humphreys was married for the second time November 27, 1877, to Miss Jane W. Evans, of Cambria County, Penn., born October 18, 1854, daughter of William and Nancy (Cade) Evans. Our subject is a consistent member of the Welsh Congregational Church at Gomer; in politics he is a Republican.

JACOB HUNSAKER, was born where Pittsburgh, Penn., now is, about the year 1783, and was a descendant of the early Swiss settlers of the State. At the age of eight years he was captured by the Indians, his parents being murdered at the time and scalped, and the scalps sold. After his capture he-yas taken through the wilderness of the eastern part of the State of Ohio, and finally over to Canada, near the Falls of Niagara, and there resided with an Indian chief named Walker, who kept a trading post at the time. At the death of the chief he was exchanged as a prisoner, having been with the Indians nine years, returning to Pennsylvania. In the year 1804, he was married to Elizabeth Huffman, a native of Lancaster County, Penn. (her father was a soldier in Gen. Wayne's expedition against the Indians, through the western part of the now State of Ohio, and was killed at the battle of the Rapids, a few miles below Fort Defiance, on the Maumee River, in August, 1794). Shortly after their marriage, in 1804, they emigrated to Fairtield County, Ohio, and settled ten miles east of Lancaster, in Rush Creek Township, and resided there to the time of their death, which occurred in 1853 and 1854, respectively. By occupation he was a farmer and auctioneer. There were born to them three sons and three daughters. George Hunsaker, their eldest son, was born May 12, 1809; Mary Stemen, his wife, was born August 26, 1806. Her parents came from Greene County, Penn., to Fairfield:County, Ohio, in the year 1803. In October, 1841, they settled in Allen County, Ohio, and there died, the mother August 23, 1844, and the father in October, 1855. George Hunsaker and Mary Stemen were married June 16, 1831, and settled in Fairfield County, Ohio, and Samuel Hunsaker, their eldest son, was born May 20, 1832. In the year 1834 they moved to Perry County, Ohio, and there the rest of the family were born, four daughters and one son, the son dying in infancy, April 25, 1849. In the year 1852 they, with their family of one son and four daughters, came to Allen County, Ohio, and settled in the then forest, and now the farm where their son Samuel now resides, three miles east of Delphos, on October 20, 1852, and there continued to reside till the death of George Hunsaker, who died January 9, 1877; his widow, Mary, died June 12, 1883; they are interred in the Mennonite cemetery in Sugar Creek Township, this county. They were members of the Missionary Baptist Church. Their three daughters are residents of the county; the eldest daughter died in Iowa, in April 1881. #amuel Hunsaker was married December 13, 1866, to Petra Nella Huyesman, of Putnam County, Ohio, who was born March 10, 1844, in Province of North Brabant, Holland. In June, 1848, she immigrated with her parents, Henry and Petra Nella Huyesman, and settled in Monteray Township, Putnam County, Ohio. After their marriage they settled on the farm where they now reside, known as the Old Hunsaker Farm. There were born to them the following children: Augusta, born November 11, 1867; Nella W., born January 10, 1869: George Henry, born September 29, 1870; Louisa, born March 12, 1872; Mary, born January 31, 1874; Emma H., born January 27, 1876; Samuel, born May 2, 1878 (died September 1, 1878); Aaron, born March 11, 1880; Lydia E., born September 11, 1882.

JAMES I. IRICK, farmer, P. O. Delphos, was born in Mercer County, Ohio, July 29, 1845, son of A. F. Irick. He remained with his parents until after arriving at maturity, receiving a limited education. He first purchased a farm of forty acres which he has placed under cultivation, and here he erected a fine residence and made other improvements, and his farm now consists of 120 acres of choice land. Mr. Irick enlisted in the Ohio National Guards during the war of the Rebellion, but was not called into active service. He was married September 6, 1866, to Miss Melvina Ditto, daughter of William W. and Mahala (Brown) Ditto, and born in Brown County, Ohio, July 16, 1845. To this union have been born ten children: twins, not named and deceased in infancy; Emma, born May 22, 1868; William W., born January 6, 1870; AMxander, born October 23, 1872, died August 14, 1873; Charles, born July 5, 1874, died September 5, 1874; Frank, burn July 9, 1875; Stephen, born May 16, 1877; Albertus J., born November 22, 1879; Arthur E., born July 19, 1884, Mr. Irick is a member of Marion grange; in politics he is a Democrat.

EVAN H. JONES, farmer and engineer, P. O. Delphos, was undoubtedly the first child of Welsh parentage to come into the world in Marion Township, born on the farm which is his present home, January 15, 1844, son of Daniel and Martha (Jones) Jones, who were parents of eight children: Evan H., Elizabeth A. (wife of John R. Williams, in New Straitsville, Ohio), Mary J., Martha (wife of Evan D. Thomas, in Putnam County, Ohio), Hannah (wife of Thomas W. Evans, in Putnam County, Ohio', Richard (deceased), Margaret (deceased wife of John G. Evans, family in Putnam County, Ohio), Robert D., in Putnam, County, Ohio. The father died October 2, 1862, highly respected by the entire community. His widow, who now resides with her son, was born April 13, 1817, in Montgomeryshire, North Wales, Great Britian, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Hughs) Jones, both of whom came to America in 1843, and here died. The subject of this sketch received an indifferent education, remaining with his father until August 21, 1862, when he enlisted in Company F, One Hundred and Eighteenth Regiment, Capt. Rudolph Reul, of Delphos. He was in the engagement «at Resaca, through the Georgia campaign, at Atlanta, Franklin, Tenn., Nashville and Fort Smith, N. C. He was bruised by a solid shot, this being his only wound, and was discharged June 24, 1865, and returned home where he engaged in farming. Mr. Jones was married January 11, 1870, to Mahala Myers, who was born in Fairfield County, April 22, 1848, daughter of Isaac J. and Leah (Houser) Myers, who came to Sugar Creek Township, in 1848. Our subject and wife have had four children: Martha L., Daniel E. and Sarah E. (these two died in childhood), and Augusta. Mr. Jones, outside of farming, is engaged in civil engineering. Politically he is a Republican. He and his family belong to the Congregational Church.

WILLIAM WILSON JUDKINS, farmer, P. O. Box 77, Delphos, was born in Brown County, Ohio, January 10, 1835, son of John D. and Elizabeth (Dunham) Judkins, natives of Brown County, Ohio, former of whom was born October 11, 1811, died September 6, 1841; latter was born January 12, 1814, died February 8, 1876, a daughter of Gideon and Mary (Bowen) Dunham, whose children were Sarah, Ruth, Gideon (ex-member congress), Rebecca, David, Wilson and Elizabeth. John D. Judkins, born October 11, 1811, was a son of Joe) Judkins, who was without doubt a descendant of Joel and Sarah Judkins, of Boston, latter of whom died in that city November 26, 1657, and where her eldest son, Job, was born May 3, or 10, 1637, and died the same year. The paternal grandmother of our subject, Rebecca Drake, was a descendant of the celebrated English navigator, Sir Francis Drake. The children of John D. and Elizabeth Judkins were William Wilson; Franklin D., who enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Seventy-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and died at Nashville. Tenn., December 8, 1863, leaving no heirs; Rebecca Drake, deceased, leaving one son - -Franklin Drake Hobson; Sarah E., wife of John W. Antrim (have two children: Fenton D. and Isadora Anna, both graduates of Delphos School), and Susannah (deceased wife of N. W. Stemen, she left two daughters: Elizabeth and Sarah P.). When our subject was six and a half years old his father died, and at the age of nine years, being thrown on his own resources, 'he entered upon his career as a clerk in a store, receiving $6 per month. After nine months at this work, which was not to his taste, he turned his attention to agricultural labor and has since made farming his chief occupation of life. After arriving at maturity, he attended, for six months, a common school where he obtained his education in such branches as to enable him to teach school, and he eventually taught eighteen terms, as well as attending to other business interests. Mr. Judkins was married November 10, 1857, to Miss Emily J. Manker, who was born in Highland County, Ohio, October 3, 1838 or 1839 (owing to a change in the records the exact date cannot be determined on), daughter of Hiram and Pheeba (Swadley) Manker, natives of Highland County, Ohio (both deceased), and who were the parents of six children: Ellen (wife of J. Dillsaver), Louisa (deceased), Melvina, Sarah A., Emily J. and Santford H. To this union were born three children: John H., married to Martha E. Patrick (they have two sons: Orlo W. and Clarence), Ella J. and Charles D. Mr. Judkins came to this county March 15, 1858, and located in Marion Township on Section 16, remaining two years, and then returned to southern Ohio and engaged in teaching till the commencement of the war, when, being unable to go into active service, he entered the quurtermaster's department of transportation, and was stationed at Camp Nelson, Ky., where he remained till the close of the war; he then returned to this county and engaged in farming and teaching. Mr. Judkins purchased his present farm in 1865, twenty acres of which were improved; the balance he placed under a very high state of cultivation, erecting substantial buildings thereon. He is an active member of Marion grange, and since the age of twelve years has been a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and an active Sabbath-school worker. In politics he is a stanch advocate of the principles of the Republican party. He has in his possession an old book containing the rules of arithmetic written on English crown paper, in 1800, by his grandfather Judkins.

JOHN KING, attorney at law, Delphos, was born in Greene County, Ohio, January 22, 1822. nis father, David King, a farmer, having located there from North Carolina; the original members of the family settled in Virginia in early times. Mr. King completed his literary training at the Ohio Wesleyan University of Delaware, Ohio, and engaged in the practice of law, coming to this locality about 1846. He married in Delphos, in 1848, Miss Annie M. Metcalf, of Cincinnati, daughter of Rev. Amos and Sarah (Clymer) Metcalf (former deceased), and niece of the late Hon.

Benjamin Metcalf, of Lima. They have one daughter - Fannie, wife of Horace A. Reeve, attorney at'law, Delphos. Mr. King has always given a hearty support to measures in the interest of the social and business life of the city. He isa prominent member of the Methodist Church; has been for many years a F. & A. M.; isa R. A. M.

FREDERICK KOLLSMITH, wagon and carriage manufacturer, Delphos, was born near Osnabruck, Hanover, Germany, October 19, 1835, his father, Henry Kollsmith, being a blacksmith there. Frederick was reared to that business, and at the age of sixteen came to America and settled in Delphos, where he has since been successfully connected with this industry, his various kinds of wagons, etc., being well and favorable known, the business being started in 1855. He was married in 1858 to Miss Mary Ossenbeck, born near Deep Cut, Auglaise County, in 1839, her father, Henry Ossenbeck, a brewer, having settled in the state, (from Germany) in early times. Mr. and Mrs. Kollsmith's family consists of six sons and three daughters: John, Frank, Clara, Henry, Joseph, Theresa, Freddie, Flora and Leo. In January, 1884, Mrs. Kollsmith passed away in full communion with the Roman Catholic Church,and is buried in the Roman Catholic cemetery here. Mr. Kollsmith has always given a cordial support tu all measures tending to the city's development. He was chief of the fire department for three years; has been a member of the council, and has held other important local official positions.

KRUTSCH BROS., dealers in furniture, etc., Delphos, represent a leading factor in this important industry here. The firm consists of two brothers, Charles A. and Frank H., who for many years carried on contracting in painting and decorating here. They established their present business April 4, 1881, and now propose to do considerable in the way of manufacturing. They come from a pioneer family in the State, their grandfather, George Krutsch, having settled in Fairfield County, Ohio, from Germany, about 1805. Their father, George W. Krutsch, now a contractor and builder in Delphos, was born in Fairfield County, Apri] 17, 1822, and had four brothers and four sisters: Rachel (deceased), Benona C., a carpenter in Delphos; Elizabeth (deceased), William (deceased), Catherine (deceased), Margaret, David Otho, a carpenter and builder; and Henry C. (deceased). George W., the father, learned wagon-making in Perry County, and in 1849 came to Marion Township where he subsequently engaged at carpentering and building. He married, September 7, 1848, Miss Rosanna Burkett, by whom he had tive sons and a daughter, of whom Charles A. and Frank H. survive. The deceased are Oliver H., Mary Elizabeth, Joseph and George B., all buried in the city cemetery here. He did active service in the Mexican war. Since coming here he has accumulated a nice competence, and has given a helping hand in the furtherance of many of the interests of Delphos.

: HENRY KUNDERT, livery, feed, sale and exchange stables, Delphos, was born in Delphos, September 28, 1860, son of Henry and Wilhelmina Pedicord (Myers) Kundert, the former a native of Switzerland, the latter of Rotterdam, Holland; she had one child, William, by her first niarriage, and he is in the saddlery business at Fennimore, Wis. Henry Kundert was a contractor and builder,and carried on business many years in Delphos before his death. The children by his first wife were Fred and Annie, who is the wife of Walter Cordell, both of Delphos; and the children by the second marriage were Martha, wife of Evan J. Williams of the firm of Tuar & Williams; Henry, Egbert, Jacob and Minnie. The subject of this sketch, owing to his father's death, started out for himself early in life, engaging first in the produce and commission business, in which, by shrewdness and business tact he was successful. He then embarked in his present business, in which he is one of the foremost in the city. He is affable and pleasant, an energetic and enterprising business man.

B. H. LAUSE (deceased) wasa native of Mela, Germany, born March 20, 1820, died November 15, 1871; he was a son of Henry Lause who had five children, D. H.; Clara, widow of Caspar Metzger, living in Marion Township, this county; Mary, wife of Andrew Glucky, in Dayton, Ohio; Frederick, in Marion Township, this county; Elizabeth, widow of Joseph Swatzengerber, also in Marion Township. Our subject landed at New York in 1844, and settled at Fort Jennings, in Putnam Co., Ohio. He was married April 10, 1849, to Elizabeth Miller, born April 30, 1832, near Osnabruck,Germany, daughter of Frederick and Catharine (Scharf) Miller, who came to America in 1847, landing at New Orleans, thence moving to Cincinnati, Ohio, and from there to Delphos, the same year, where the father worked at the carpenter's trade until hisdeath. He died in 1853, aged fifty-two years. Mrs. Lause was theironly child. Allher uncles and aunts on her father's side left families in Germany. To our subject and wife were born ten children, all living in this county, viz.: Catharine, born October 11, 1850, wifeof Christopher Beckman ; Mary, born September 138, 1855, wife of William Potchas ; Fredrica, (deceased, aged 3 years); Anna, born February 3, 1859, wife of Matthew Sever, died February 2, 1881, leaving two children ; Clara, born October 26, 1860, wife of William Sever; John, born February 6, 1863 ; Elizabeth, born September 3, 1866, wife of John Potchas ; Josephine, born January 12, 1868 ; Emma, born March 13, 1870; Henry, born April 5, 1872. Mr. Lause took an active part in the improvement of stock and farm products. He started out in life in slender circumstances, but by great energy and perseverance, secured for his family two fine farms of each 120 and eighty acres. He was highly esteemed by his neighbors and the eitizens of Marion Township generally. His son, Juhn, who is farming on the homestead, and looking after his mother and family, is following closely in the footsteps of his father, and is a highly respected young man.

FREDERICK LAUSKH, farmer, P. O. Delphos, was born in Hanover, Germany, March 2, 1825, son of Henry and Mary (Giesker) Lause, who were parents of seven children: Henry, Catharine, Elisabeth (deceased), Mary, Frederick, Elisabeth and Clara. Our subject received a comraon school education, and learned the carpenter's trade in his native land, coming to America when twenty years of age, and locating in this county. He purchased his present farm in 1850, and from a forest has transformed it into one of the best farms of Marion Township. His fine residence was erected during the summer of 1884. Mr. Lause was married April 3, 1856, to Mary Pohlmann, born in Hanover, Germany, May 2,

MARION TOWNSHIP. 645 1838, and who was brought to America when six years old. Her parents, Caspar and Clara (Henseler) Pohimann, had the following children: John, Mary and Clemens (living); Elisabeth, Henry, Joseph, Theresia, Anna, Catharina and Clara (deceased.) Twelve children were born to our subject and wife: Mary, Elisabeth (deceased), Dina, Caspar, Henry (deceased), Frank, Clara, Anna, Clemens, Joseph, Frederick and Aloysius. The family are consistent members of the Catholic Church.

HENRY LINDEMANN, trustee of Marion Township, and boot and shoe merchant, Delphos, was born near Osnabruck, Germany, November 25, 1834, son of Frederick and Clara (Monter) Lindemann. He came to America in 1845 with his people, who settled here, and at eighteen years of age began his trade in Delphos, and has since been successfully connected with the business here. He married, in 1858, Miss Clara Ossenbach, who was born in Kossnth, Auglaize County, Ohio, her father having settled there, coming from Oldenburg, Germany, about 1840. They have five sons and four daughters: John, assistant probate judge of Allen County ; Theresa, Frank, a shoemaker; Clara, Alexander, Rosa, Marquis, Ida and Willie. Mr. Lindemann has served in civic offices in Delphos for many years ; has been trustee for six years, marshal of the city ten years, deputy sheriff ten years, and has held other important local official positions. For four years he has been treasurer of the Roman Catholic Church.

BERNARD AND FREDERICK LINDEMANN, manufacturers and dealers in boots and shoes, Delphos, -are sons of Frederick Lindemann, a farmer who came from near Osnabruck, Germany, and settled on a farm in Marion Township, this county, in November, 1844. His family consisted of eight scons and three daughters: Joseph, a farmer; Frederick; Henry, a shoe-maker; Frank, a farmer; Auna, widow of Charles Vonderembse, deceased; Bernard;Conrad,a farmer; Kate, wife of Henry Beckman, carpenter and builder; Otto,a shoemaker; Mary, wife of Frank Wahmhoff, druggist; and John, a shoemaker. Bernard Lindemann was born in Delphos, March 7, 1850, and learned his business here. He married in September, 1871, Miss Margaretta, daughter of the late Michael Brickner, merchant of this place, born in Bierne, Bavaria, and who came to America in 1836, when a boy, settling in Marion Township, this county, in 1851. Frederick Lindemann, the other member of the firm, was born in Germany; he married, in 1860, Elizabeth Schwarte, of Ulm, Germany. They have three sons and three daughters: Frances, Lizzie, George, Charles, Rosa and Bernard.

MINOR T. LONG, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O. Delphos, was born in Clermont County, Penn., Aug. 24, 1845. His parents, Jacob and Rebecca Long, are natives of Ohio and early settlers in this county. The subject of our sketch was reared on the farm and has been a successful agriculturist. He has always given a cordial support to measures tending to the advancement of the best interests of his locality, and has figured prominently in municipal politics, serving with honorable reputation in the township council and the school board of his district. During the late civil] war he did active service in McLaughlin's Squadron, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, from which he received an honorable discharge at the end of the struggle. He is present commander of Reul Post,

No.95, G. A. R. Mr. Long married in 1867 Miss Jane Tucker, daughter of Greenbury .Tucker, and to this union have been born one son and one daughter, living; Cora E, and Delmer D. He and his wife are members ot the Methodist Church in which he has served as an official for several years.

ISAAC LUDWIG, owner of "Sunnyside" Farm, P. O. Delphos, was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, January 3, 1542, and was brought to this county 'in 1849 with his people. His father, Jacob Ludwig, a native of Pickaway County, was a son of Jacob Ludwig, who settled in that county, coming from Bucks County, Penn., about seventy years ago. The subject of our sketch was reared on the farm. Upon the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion, he enlisted in Company B, Mclauchlin's Squadron, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and remained in service till the close of the war, when he received an honorable discharge as a paroled prisoner from Libby prison, where he had been but recently confined. After the war he returned to farming, a pursuit he has since been successfully engaged in. Mr. Ludwig was united in marriage in 1866, with Miss Sophronia J., daughter of the late Thomas Harbaugh, of Putnam County. They have a family of four children: Thomas J., Omar I, Luella and Guy. He and his wife are active members of the Presbyterian Church of Delphos. He is a member of Reul Post, G. A. R., Marion Grange 302, Edith Lodge, K. of H., Hope Lodge, F. & A. M. and Delphos Chapter 105, R. A. M.

CHARLES C. LUDWIG, farmer and teacher, P. O. Delphos, is a representative of one of the oldest and most prominent families in Marion Township, born in Allen County, Ohio, May 12, 1858, son of Jacob Ludwig. His life until attaining his majority was spent with his father on the farm, excepting such time as was occupied in attendiug the district school and one year spent in Lebanon, Ohio, and about one year in Normal, Ill. Since then he has been engaged as a teacher and farmer. He was married, February 8, 1883, to Melissa J. Neff, who was born near Fremont, Ohio, daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Myers) Neff, and by this union has been born one son, Lucien Earl. Mr. Ludwig is'a Master Mason of Hope Lodge 214, at Delphos; a member of Lodge 201. I. O. O. F.. and a member of Marion Grange 302. He has taught twenty-four terms in the schools of Marion Township, and as a teacher, citizen and friend is most highly esteemed and regarded as a most enterprising, energetic and genial man.

FRANCIS JOSEPH LYE was born in the hamlet of Wollschiller, Alsace, Germany. March 19,1817. In 1828 his father came to America with his family, of whom an unmarried daughter, Frances, and the subject of our sketch remain. Their father, Francis Joseph, died here in 1869, and their mother, Anna Maria, in 1872. Mr. Lye began life at wagon-making (his father's business), and after six years took up hotel business in 1846, and subsequently engaged in merchandising, with which he has been identitied here since. | He has also been interested in most of the important industries of Delphos. He was one of the original proprietors of the First National Bank, and held a directorship for many years. He was prominently identified with the organization and building of the Union Flouring Mills; has held the treasurership of Allen

County; been trustee of Marion Township; member of the city councils many years; of the city school board, and has held many other local official positions. Mr. Lye was accied in McCutchenville, Ohio, to Mary Ann Burton, who died in 1872. They had eleven children, eight of whom are living: lLauretta Odelia, wife of J. H. Zimerle; Clement Vincent, in St. Paul, Minn.; Rosalia Frances, wife of S. F. Shenk; Joseph Marcellus, in Sioux City, lowa; Leo F., a miller; Mary Lucina, wife of Joseph F. Limbach, a teacher; Francis A., butcher; William E., tinner, in Delphos. Mr. Lye has always been a member of the Roman Catholic Church, of which Mrs. Lye died a full communicant.

R. K. LYTLE, banker and manufacturer, Delphos, was born in Stark County, Ohio, February 17, 1819; son of Robert and Hannah (Knox) Lytle, former of Irish, latter of Scotch descent. They were parents of the following children : James, deceased, leaving a family at St. Mary's, Ohio; Mary, who became the wife of David Williams, both of whom are now deceased ; Edmond, residing near Sidney, Ohio ; Margaret, widow of John Walkup of Delphos; and R. K. The father died in 1821, the mother in 1842. The subject of this sketch, with his mother and other members of the family, moved to Sidney, Ohio, in 1833. In 1839 he entered the freshman class at the Miami University, and there remained until completing his junior year; he then began the study of medicine with Dr. G. Volney Dorsey, an eminent surgeon of Piqua, Ohio, where he remained one year. But surgery being distasteful to him, he discontinued the study of the profession and devoted his time to school teaching until 1845, when he came to Delphos and took charge of the general store of Hollister, Bliss & Petit, in which capacity he continued two and a half years, when he became amember of the firm of Hollister, Bliss & Lytle, which continued until 1856. The clothing and dry goods firm of Lytle & Robuck was then formed, and existed until 1859, when it was dissolved. The firm of R. K. Lytle & Co., dealers in general merchandise, was next established, and was carried on until 1864, when Mr. Lytle rented his store room and removed to Sidney, Ohio, to live a retired life on account of poor health. Two years being spent in retirement, Mr. Lytle became interested in the firm of Lytle & Scott, of Delphos, which in 1873 was terminated. owing to Mr. Scott's health. Our subject remained in Sidney until 1872, when he returned to Delphos, and engaged with his partner in building the Lytle Block. In 1874, upon the organization of the Commercial Banking Corporation, he became president, in which capacity he still continues. He is a director in the Ohio Wheel Company, also a director inthe Union Stave Factory. At the request of the people of the Fifth Congressional District, he became a candidate for Congress upon the Republican ticket, against A. V. Rice, receiving 8,279 votes against 13,477 for his opponent, which was the smallest Democratic majority ever given in the district. Mr. Lytle was thrice married. first at St. Mary's, Ohio. in 1846, to Martha L., daughter of Samuel Major, and by her had six children, all of whom died young. Mrs. Lytle dying in 1864. Mr. Lytle married, in 1866, Mary Sprague of Wooster, Ohio, daughter of Lindol Sprague. To this union were born two children, both of whom are living: Lindol S. and Margaret IK. The mother of these children died in 187 and our subject's third marriage occurred, May 10, 1876, with Miss Isabelle R. Harn of St. Mary's, Ohio, daughter of Denton and Rachel (Pickett) Harn. Both he and his present wife are descended from the celebrated Knox family; his mother a distant ccnnection of James Knox Polk, eleventh President of the United States. Mr. Lytle is a Royal Arch Mason and a member of the Royal Arcanum. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church of Delphos, in which he is a trustee and of which he was instrumental in the construction.

JAMES FRANCIS McSHANE, merchant, was born in Pittsburgh, Penn., June 1, 1851. His father, James McShane, merchant of that city, having come to Pittsburgh from Dungannon, County Tyrone, Ireland, about 1820, Mr. McShane was reared to merchandising and cumpleted a good business education in the Iron City College of Pittsburgh. He was afterward very reputably identitied with book-keeping and managing of business interests in his native city. He was united in marriage, in 1878, with Miss Catherine A., daughter of the late Peter Phelan, and the only survivor of that family. She is a lady of fine literary and musical attainments, a graduate of the Ursuline Convent, Toledo. To our subject and wife have been born one son, Peter, and one daughter, Kathleen A., living, and one child (the eldest) buried in the Roman Catholic cemetery. In 1878 Mr. McShane came to Delphos with the view of taking charge of the interests of the late Peter Phelan, and has had successful business connections here since. He isa director of the Delphos National Bank ; of the Decatur National Bank. of Decatur, Ind.; also director of the Ohis Wheel Company, of Delphos ; general manager, sccretary and treasurer of the Delphos Gas Light Company ; and has held stock in many other interests here. He and his wife are regular communicants of the Roman Catholic Church.

GEORGE MEIHLS, proprietor of billiard room and saloon, Delphos, was born in Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany, June 23, 1836; son of John and Mary (Leit) Meihls, natives of Germany (both deceased), parents of six children: Elizabeth, John, Andrew, Jacob, Philip and George. Our subject received a common school education in his native land and in his seventeenth year came to America, locating at Delphos, Ohio, where he worked in a cabinet shop eight months, then engaged in the saloon business two years. In 1508 he moved to Spencerville, this county, where he was for about twenty-six years proprietor of the ''Kol ter House." He returned to Delphos in May, 1584, and re-entered the saloon and billiard business. Our subject was married April 26, 1Sd8, to Miss Elizabeth Kleinheus, who was born in Germany in August.1836, died April 14, 1870. By this union were born five children: Susie, Milton, George, Minnie and Philip. Mr. Meihls' second marriage was in 1872, with Elizabeth Neidhardt, who was born in August, 1S48, and their family numbers four children : William H., Mary, Herman and John. Mr. Meibls was clerk of Spencer Township, this county, twelve years and councilman three years. He was a charter member of the order of Red Men at Spencerville, and is an active member of the I. O. O. F. In politics he is a Democrat. Our subject bas paid two visits to his native land, on the second of which his father came to America with him.

MARION TOWNSHIP. 649 and there learned cabinet making. At twenty-two he came to America and in August, 1850, located in Marion Township. In 1853 he united in partnership with E. A. Garfield, manufacturer of this place, and who died in 1855, since which time Mr. Minnig has conducted the business, giving employment to about eight or ten skilled workmen. He married at Delphos, in 1857, Miss Margaret Foulk, who was born in Aran, Switzerland, in 1842. They have no children of their own, but have adopted Isaac Justice. They are members of the German Reformed Church.

HENRY JOHN MOENNIG, merchant, Delphos, was born near Osnabruck, Germany, January 16, 1830, son of John Christopher and Elizabeth Moennig, and grandson of John D. Moennig. In 1843 they came to this country and settled in Delphos. His father's family consisted of Henry J., William, in Chattanooga, Tenn., Mary (wife of Henry Gerdeman, pioneer of Washington Township, Van Wert Co.), Angelica (deceased), Herman (deceased), and Frederick H., a merchant of Delphos. The parents and grandfather are buried in the Roman Catholic Cemetery, Delphos. The subject of our sketch when seventeen years of age engaged in merchandising, and when twenty-two embarked in business for himself with a general stock of goods, continuing successfully for many years. He married in Delphos, in 1857, Miss Mary B.. eldest daughter cf the late Ferdinand Bredeick,. by whom he has three sons and two daughters living: Ferdinand H., Elizabeth B., Henry J. Jr., Agnes and Otto. In 1866 he opened out in the hardware business, adding agricultural implements, and carried on a successful trade until he retired, turning over his hardware trade to his eldest son, Ferdinand H., retaining the agricultural implement business. He has given a cordial support to many other interests of Delphos, including banking and manufacturing, and is considerably interested in agriculture and stock raising. He has served several terms as a member of the city council, clerk and treasurer of Washington Township, trustee of the Roman Catholic Church, and has filled other local and official positions.

DAVID H. MYERS, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Delphos, was born on his present farm, December 3, 1849; son of Silas Pryor Myers. a native of Hamilton County, Ohio, who settled in Marion Township, this county, in 1848, his father having come here from Virginia at an early period in the history of Hamilton County. The subject of our sketch received a good literary training and engaged in mercantile pursuits, but relinquished them after a short time and returned to the farm upon which he has been prosperously located since. He married, in 1870, in Van Wert, Miss Mary Ellen, daughter of the Rev. James F. Mounts, of the Methodist Conference, who was a native of Ohio, and a son of Humphrey Mounts, of Marion County, Ohio, a native of Scotland. Mr. and Mrs. Myers have one little girl - Luella A. Mr. Myers is an active, enterprising citizen, a shrewd, far-seeing farmer. He is a cordial supporter of measures tending toward liberal principles in our public, social and industrial institutions.

JOSEPH OSTENDORF, merchant and manufacturer, Delphos, was born in Hanover, Germany, February 2, 1822, and was there reared to the cooper's trade. At the age of twenty-one he came to America and carried on his business in Cincinnati, moving to Delphos in 1848, and continuing the same ocenpation till 1860. In 1852 he engaged in mercbandising, from which he retired in 1875. In 1869 he became united with George W. Hall, in the establishment of the Delphos Union Stave Company; 1p 1875 he accepted the presidency, and has honorably filled the incumbency since. Mr. Ostendorf married in 1849, Agnes Paul, who departed this life in 1850, then, in 1852, he married Mrs. Elizabeth Bredeick (nee Wrocklage), by whom he has two sons and two daughters: Otto J. and Henry, merchants; Theresa (wife of Henry J. Mulfhorst), merchant, and Agnes (wife of Dr. F. H. Schlink), all of Delphos. Mrs. Ostendorf had three daughters by her first marriage, viz: Bernardina (wife of Henry J. Moennig), merchant; Mary (deceased wife of Charles E. Shenk), and Emilia (wife of George F. Lang), all of Delphos. Mr. Ostendorf has always given a hearty support to all measures conducive to the improvement of thecity, and has held prominent positions in connection with its citizens. His family, who are all grown up, hold creditable positions in the commercial and social life of Delphos.

ALFORD M. PATRICK, farmer, P. O. Southworth, was born in Sugar Creek Township, this county, October 31, 1842; son of William and Mary (Demorest) Patrick, former a native of Virginia, an early settler of Marion County, Ohio, and who came to this county soon after its organization, locating in Sugar Creek Township, dying in 1863, aged seventy-seven years; latter died in 1846. William Patrick was four times married, bis first and fourth wives dying without issue. His second wife bore him two sons and one daughter: Washington, in Nevada; John, in Kansas, and Rebecca (deceased). His third wife bore him six children: William C., in Sugar Creek Township, this county; Isaac W. in Kansas; Alford M., Leah (deceased), Mary J. (deceased), and Julia (wife of C. E. Enslow, in Indiana). Our subject's education was limited to the common schools of the neighborhood, and at the age of twenty years he enlisted in Company E. Ninty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with Capt. John Walters, serving thirty montbs. He took part in every battle in which his regiment was engaged, and received an honorable discharge on the consolidation of regiments. He came to his present farm in 1867, and from a wild state he has transformed it into one of the best cultivated farms in Marion Township, his residence and other buildings being among the best jn the neighborhood. Mr. Patrick was married July 4, 1861, to Miss Sarah J. Bedford, who was born in Warren County, Ohio, May 17, 1841, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Murray) Bedford, now residents of Bath Township, this county. To this union have been born seven children: William A., married to Sarah A. Brown (have one child, Albertie), and now living in Illinois, Frank W., married to Sarah C. Simith (have one child, Ella F.), Viola M., Josie E., Julia (deceased), Annie E. (deceased), and an infant (deceased). Mr. Patrick is a member of Renl Post, G. A. R., at Delphos. He is amember of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politically he is a Republican.

BENJAMIN POLING, farmer, P. O. Elida, was born January 24, 1815, in Fairtield County, Ohio, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Stemen) Poling, former a son of Rodner and Margaret (Black) Poling, natives of Virginia; latter a daugbter of Peter and Magdalene (Swick) Stemen, also natives of Virginia. Our subject's parents had a family of six sons and

MARION TOWNSHIP. 651 seven daughters, of whom are now living: Peter (in Hocking County, Ohio), Benjamin, John (in Fairfield County, Ohio), Noah and Ezra (in Hocking County, Ohio), Elizabeth, single and living with her sister Margaret (now the wife of Nathaniel Tucker, in Highland County, Ohio), and Louisa (wife of Bartlett McGinnis, in Van Wert County, Ohio). Mr. Poling received indifferent educational advantages. He was chiefly with his father assisting him in farm work, unti] his marriage, April 29, 1841, with Elizabeth Short, a native of Pennsylvania, born September 7, 1817, and who came to Fairfield County, Ohio, in about 1821, with her parents, John and Elizabeth (Donaldson) Short, who came to America from Ireland soon after marriage, landing at Philadelphia. Our subject and wife are parents of five children: Anna M. (wife of Lafayette Seitz, of Delphos), William D. (the present county auditor), Rachael (wife of George W. Laman, in Marion Township, this county), Mary E.(at home), Samuel A. (in Marion Township, this county). Our subject came ito his present home in the fall of 1845, and here he has since resided carrying on general farming. He has cleared about eighty acres of land in this county, and now hasa nicely improved farm of 120 acres with pleasant surroundings. Although not desiring office, Mr. Poling has been urged to accept positions of trust, and has taken an active interest in all things conducive to the advancement and genera! welfare of the people of his community. The ancestry of our subject have been remarkable for longevity of life, all having died at greatly advanced ages.

PATRICK REDMON, proprietor of livery business, Delphos, was born in county Westmeath, Ireland, in 1828, and immigrated to America when about eighteen years of age, locating in New York City. Subsequently he traveled through several States, visiting Chicago, St. Louis, New Orleans, etc., eventually settling down in the livery business for a time at La Grange, Mo. In 1858 he moved to Van Wert, establishing the first livery business there, thence went to Crestline, Ohio, where he engaged extensively in trading and dealing in horses, mules, &c., doing a profitable business for some years, and afterward located in Delphos, in the livery business. Mr. Redmon married, in Crestline, Miss Louisa Breece, of Delphos, Ohio, and tu this union have been born six sons aud two daughters: Charles, Ida, William, Michael, Albert, Philip, Arthur and Lillie.

HORACE A. REEVE, attorney at law, Delphos, was born in Hancock, Delaware County, N. Y., March 2%, 1854. His father, William Reeve, was a pioneer merchant there, and his immediate ancestors were the descendants of pioneers of New Jersey, among whom is known the Hon. Tapping Reeve, of Connecticut, author of 't Domestic Relations" and other publications. The subject of our sketch graduated in a full classical course of study at twenty-two (he had however been admitted to the practice of law, in Ohio, upon attaining his majority) and after graduating he accepted the principalship of the schools of Rosco, Ohio. In 1877 he came to Delphos and engaged actively in the practice of law, and has been prominently identified with it since. He has given a cordial support to all measures tending to the city's growth and development; has held a directorship of the Commercial Bank for several years, and is secretary of the Delphos Paper Co., in both of which institutions he is stockholder. He married, in 1879, Miss Fannie, only child of John King. a pioneer attorney of Delphos. She is a lady of excellent attainments, a graduate of Wesley College, Cincinnati. Thegs have two sons: Albert King and Horace Kent.

DR. RUDOLPH REUL (deceased) was born in Offenburg, Baden, Germany, November 24, 1826. He laid the foundation of his education in his native city, which has long been noted for its splendid higi schools, and at the age of eighteen went to the University of Freiburg for the study of medicine. Just as he had finished his studies, the latent tires of the German revolution of 1848 burst forth into flames, and like many other educated young men, our subject joined the ranks of the revolutionary army as lieutenant, sometimes serving as surgeon. In 1849, when the revolution was subdued, he was imprisoned, and after a time fled to Strasburg, France. In the fall of the same year he came to the United States and directly to Delphos, Ohio, where be had connections. and lived alternately there and at the Riley settlement. After his marriage, in the fall of 1854, at Letitz, Penn., with Miss Marie Hepp, daughter of a Protestant minister in Baden, Germany, our subject settled permanently in Delphos, devoting himself to the practice of medicine. His father, Joseph Reul, a tailor by trade, and for long years a citizen of Offenburg, followed his son to this country with his wife and daughter, in the spring of 1853. With a short interruption, he stayed in his son's family altogether, and died' there in the winter of 1875, at the ripe old age of seventy-nine. When the Civil war broke ont the doctor joined the army of the Republic, after Lincoln's call for 300,000 more men, in the fall of 1862, as captain of Company F., One Hundred and Eighteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was with the Twenty-third Army Corps in Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia until the fall of 1864, when, having been wounded in the back before Atlanta, he retired from the service, and afterward devoted himself to his large practice. At the same time he acted as director and president of the school board, always taking a lively interest in educational matters, and the growth and prosperity of Delphos he had ever at heart. Naturally a strong man, he never felt perfectly well after the war, which he attributed to the exposure of the campaign, but strange enough, the real cause of his sufferings, and which ultimately led to his premature death, the wound in his back, he, the experienced physician, never thought of. After having twice visited his old home in Germany, where he took his two eldest sons toschool, and which journeys refreshed his health greatly for a while, he declined gradually. He was struck with paralysis on July 29, 1879, and after much suffering, died August 19, 1879. Of his three sons only the youngest was present at his death bed. The two elder, whom be had called home in the last letter he ever wrote, started on their homeward journey on the day of his death.

JAMES A. RISK represents the leading hotel business of Delphos, in the '' Rose House,' which is located convenient to the business interests of the city and at the crossing of the Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne & Chicago, the Toledo, Cincinnati & St. Louis and the Cleveland, Delphos & St. Louis Railways. Itis entirely new, and furnished with all modern conveniences, the enterprising proprietor having spared no pains in the improvements. He has an able corps of assistants, and the valuable support of his wife, Mrs. James Risk, a landlady to whom too much credit for her abilities cannot be given, and his son, J. M. Risk, under whose general management the hostlery is kept, and whose able executive abilities renders '' Rose House" one of the most convenient and comfortable hotels in this part of the State. The traveling trade wil! take no " risk'' in stopping at this place.

CHARLES W. RISLEY, general freight and passenger agent of the Cleveland, Delphos & St. Louis Railway, Delphos, was born in Delphos, August 13, 1851. His father, Winchton L. Risley, a native of Vermont, settled in Delphos in an early day. The subject of our sketch, after completing a good common school education, was employed as postal clerk in the postoffice (his mother succeeded his father in the postmastership of Delphos). At seventeen he engaged in a collegiate course of study, and, at twenty-one, accepted a position in the then First National Bank as book-keeper, subsequently becoming assistant cashier. Retiring from this position, in 1878, he engaged in insurance business with the Fidelity Fire Insurance Company, of Delphos, and was appointed its acting secretary. He subsequently accepted the position of adjuster with the Fire Insurance Adjustment Company of Cincinnati. Upon the organization of the Cleveland, Delphos & St. Louis Railroad Company, Mr. Risley accepted the secretaryship of the Ohio Construction Company, who built the road, and when the road became operated by the present corporation in 1882, was appointed to his present incumbency, which he creditably fills. In 1879 our subject was married, in Delphos, to Miss Rose L., daughter of Charles H. Whittier, manufacturer, of Delphos, Ohio. She is a lady of good attainments. They have one daughter, Mary L. Mr. and Mrs. Risley are active members of the Presbyterian Church, of which he is one of the board of trustees. He is one of the representative men of Delphos, an ardent supporter of all measures tending to its growth and welfare.

STEPHEN G. ROLOSON, photographie artist, Delphos, was born in Delaware County, Ohio, February 28, 1855, and is descended of a line of pioneers of this county. His father, Utley Roloson, was born in Delaware County, son of Nathaniel Roloson, who settled there, coming from Pennsylvania at an early period in the history of the county. The subject of this sketch completed a good literary education and engaged at farming till at the age of twenty-five years, when he came to Delphos and took up his present vocation, which he has successfully carried on since. He has always given a cordial support to measures tending to the development of the social life of the city. He is a charter member of Delphos Lodge, No. 139, Knights of Pythias, and its present chancellor commander. He has also been for several years a member of I. O. O. F., of which he is a past grand.

JOHN ROTH, retired butcher, Delphos, was born in Bierne, Bavaria, in 1816, and engaged at butchering there. In 1842 he came to America and completed learning his trade in Baltimore, Md., afterward locating in Logan, Hocking Co., Ohio, where he was successfully connected with butchering for fifteen years. He was married in Logan, in 1845, to Miss Mary, daughter of the late John Ramser, a native of Alsace, Germany, and at one time a prominent merchant of Logan. Our subject and wife had a family of four sons and four daughters: Mary (wife of Joseph Kindly, of Delphos), Joseph J. (of the firm of Roth Bros.), Barbara (wife of George Stevens, of Delphos), John (also a member of the firm), Henry (a butcher in California), Kate, Frank (of the firm) and Julia. In 1859 Mr. Roth came to Delphos and carried on the butchering business successfully until his retirement from it in 1879, when he transferred it to his sons, who constitute the firm of 'Roth Bros.," having a meat market, prominent among the leading industries cf Delphos. Mr. Roth, by steadily working at his business, secured a handsome competence, and he has lived to see his family occupying good positions in the social and industrial life of his adopted city. He has visited the land of his nativity on different occasions. He and his family are members of the Roman Catholic Church. ;

FRANCIS HENRY SCHLINK, M. D., Delphos, Ohio, was born January 14, 1856, in Milan Township, Allen County, Ind., being the second youngest of nine children, six boys and three girls, four boys surviving. His father, George Peter Schlink, at the age of twenty, with his mother, step-father Knore, one brother and one sister, came to this country in 1832, from Londau, Bavaria. He settled with his folks in Eaton Township, Erie County, N. Y., about eighteen miles south of Buffalo. In 1837 he removed to New Haven, Allen County, Ind. The Doctor's mother, Mary Anna (Rose) Schlink, when also at the age of twenty, came with her father, mother, sister and three brothers, to this country in 1842, just ten years later than his father. She with her folks came from Alsace, France (now belonging to Germany), and settled in Fort Wayne, Ind. The Doctor's parents were united in marriage at Fort Wayne, Ind., January 1, 1843, the late Very Rey. Benoit, of Fort Wayne, officiating. George Peter Schlink died February 11, 1865, the widow following him to his grave the same winter, March 25, 1865. Dr. Schlink being thus left an orphan, went to New Haven, Ind., where he completed a liberal common school education. At sixteen he engaged in a literary and scientific course of study, graduating at the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Ind., in 1877. He then entered Ann Arbor, Mich., University, in a medical course of study, again graduating at the Miami Medical College, Cincinnati, class of 1880. He also attended a private course on physical diagnosis in the hospital wards, also a special course of lectures at the Cincinnati City Hospital, and upon graduating he became eminently fitted for his profession, the duties of which he entered upon in the spring of 1880, and has been very successful. In 1882 he became a member of the Northwestern Ohio Medical Association, and in 1883 he was appointed a delegate from the Northwestern Ohio Medical Association to the American Medical Association, of which he became enrolled a permanent member the same year. He is member of the Board of Health of Delphos, Ohio, and examining physician at Delphos for the Michigan Mutual Life Insurance Company, of Detroit, Mich. Dr. Schlink was united in marriage in Delphos, May 18, 1881, with Miss Agnes, youngest daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Ostendorf, Rev. A. J. Hoeffel officiating. To this union were born one son and one daughter, Elmer John and Josephine Elizabeth. Mrs. Schlink is a lady of able literary and musical attainments.

C. A. SCHMIDT, of the firm of Schmidt & Steinle, brewers, Delphos, Ohio, is a native of Ohio, born and reared in Fremont, where he was engaged in merchandising for a few years. Retiring from tha' line of business, he then united, in 1888, with F. Steinle in their present enterprise. Mr. Steinle, who is a native of Germany and a practical brewer, came to this country with an able experience in his profession, and after following it successfully in many of the important cities of this country, located in Fremont till 1883. The firm, since coming into possession of their present property, have added materially to its capacities and facilities. They now turn out about 5,000 barrels per annum; have a new twenty-five horsepower steam steel boiler from the Ricord Bros. manufactory, Toledo, Ohio, and are laying pipe to the canal to facilitate their water privileges. They have improved on the general make-up of the brewery so as to effect a very successful change in this important industry of Delphos. All in all, the firm is composed of men of ability in the trade, and who have determination to make their business second to none.

ALEXANDER SHENK, commissioner of Allen County, Delphos, was born in Heckingen, Hohenzollern, Prussia, July 19, 1842. His father, Martin Shenk, a merchant tailor of that place, came to this country with his family in 1852, and settled in Delphos October 8, 1853; he is buried in the Roman Catholic cemetery here. He left a family of five sons and one daughter, of whom three are now living: Charles E., Alexander and Sylvester. The deceased are Saffron, Constantine and Catherine, wife of H. J. Tream. Alexander Shenk, when young, engaged in the drug business with J. W. Hunt at Delphos, and at nineteen years of age bought a business in that line for himself with which he has been successfully connected for many years, retiring from it to engage in his present business of flour milling. He was married in Delphos, in May, 1863, to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Matthias Wrocklage (deceased), a worthy pioneer of this locality. She is a lady of able attainments. (They have no children.) Mr. Shenk has given his cordial support, and been an active promoter of many of the industries of Delphos. He has been a reputable public officer for many years, serving as member of the city council, treasurer and clerk of Marion Township; commissioner of Allen County, and in many other local official positions. Mr. Shenk has been a very active member of the Roman Catholic Church, and was prominently identified with the erection of their handsome church in Delphos.

SYLVESTER F. SHENK, merchant, Delphos, one of the most prominent and enterprising business men of the city of Delphos, was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, December 31, 1847 ; son of Martin and Christine (Kern) Shenk, both now deceased. They landed at New York January 11, 185+, andcame soon after to Delphos. Mr. Shenk received the advantages of a common school education during his earlier years, and at thirteen years of age commenced life as a clerk, in which capacity he served until 1876, when he became the head of the firm of Shenk & Zimerle, subsequently becoming sole proprietor, and increasing the stock and business, until he is now one of the foremost in his line in this part of the State. He was married, June 29, 1872) to Miss

Rosilla Lye, a native of this county, and daughter of F. J. Lye, of Delphos. This union has resulted in seven children : Frank, Mary, Martin, Amedus, Alexander, Sylvester and Richard. Mr. Shenk takes an active stand in the furthering of those measures tending to the advancement of education and religion, the improvement of the county and the elevation of the people. He and his family are members of the Catholic Church.

JOHN SHENK, farmer and preacher, P. O. Elida, was born January 19, 1848, in Hocking County, Ohio, eldest living son of Henry and Susan (Brenneman) Shenk, former of whom, a native of Rockingham County, Va., died in 1877, aged fifty-eight years. He was an early settler of Fairfield County, Ohio, but resided at different times in Hocking County, Ohio, and Hamilton County, Ind., coming to this county in 1560; latter is a native of Fairfield County, and is still living, aged sixty-five years. They were parents of nine children: Jacob (deceased), Henry (deceased), Annie (deceased), John, Andrew, Daniel, Catherine, Lydia, and Abraham. Our subject followed broom-making for a time, but gave most of his attention to farming till 1876, when he was ordained to the winistry by the Mennonite Church, near Elida, and has since devoted most of his time to the duties of his calling, although still retaining his farming interests. He erected a large barn in 1877, and a good residence in 1883. He obtained a good education, and has taught common school several terms. Mr. Shenk married, December 24, 1868S, Miss Frances Good, who was born in Rockingham County, Va., March 24, 1849, and to this union have been born eight sons: Henry (deceased), Abraham, Amos, Simon, Moses, Reuben, John and Levi.

ABRAHAM ISAIAH STEVER, farmer, P. O. Elida, was born on the farm where he now lives, June 2, 1840; son of Jacob and Nancy L. (Doner) Stever. The father, who is still living, was born in Franklin County, Penn., July 20, 1805, son of John H. and Elizabeth (Cover Stever, natives of Pennsylvania; the mother was born July 18, 1817, died September 17, 1844. They were parents of two children: Mary E., born October 5, 1837, in 'Butler County, Ohio (now widow of Calvin Clark, of Marion Township, this county, and the mother of ten children, five of whom are now living), and Abraham I. The subject of this sketch received a limited education, remaining at home until his enlistment, August 14, 1862, in Company I, Thirty-fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He participated in the battles of the campaign of Kanawa and Shenandoah Valleys ; was taken prisoner near Beverly, W. Va., about January 8, 1865, by Confederate Gen. Rosser, and was confined in Libby prison, at Richmond, until February 15, when he was paroled. He was discharged from the United States service June 12, 1865, at Camp Chase, by reason of General Order No. 77, releasing all paroled prisoners. He was a good soldier, and brave. After his return home he engaged in farming. Mr. Stever was married, December 24, 1863, while at home on furlough, to Rebecca J. David, born September 6, 1840, in Marion Township, daughter of Daniel and Catharine (Fair) David, who came to this county at an early date, and who were parents cf ten children. six of whom became heads of families, viz.: Rebecca J.; Mary C., wife of Michael Burns, of Marion Township ; Johanna, wife of Robert Mills, of Delphos ; Martha J., wife of Erastus Bryant, of Delphos ; Saloma, of Delphos, and

Sydney J., wife of William, Allison, in Venedocia. Isaac F. died April 11, 1864, of disease, at Nashville, being a member of Company O, Eighty-first Regiment, under Capt. W. D. Hill. To our subject and wife were born nine children : Jacob A., born January 14, 1566; Rachael R., born August 6, 1867 (married February 7, 1884, to David Hilliard, of Amanda Township, by whom she has one child); Anna C., born August 16, 1869; Ella J. (a twin), born April 24, 1872; Tursey J., born November 17, 1878; Adeline, born June 14, 1882, and three died in childhood. Thomas J. Fair, grandfather of Mrs. Stever, was one of the first trustees of Marion Township after its organization in 1834. Mr. Stever is a member of the G. A. KR. Post, at Delphos. He is a school director, and takes an active interest in education and the improvement of stock and farm products.

D. H. TOLAN. editor of the Delphos Herald, Delphos, was born in Carrollton, Carroll Co., Onio, April 14, 1836. After completing a liberal edacation, he engaged, when fifteen years of age, at type setting in the office of the Ohio Picayune, Carrollton, now the Carroll County Chronicle, where he completed the business. In 1869 he came to Delphos, for the purpose of establishing the Herald, and has been actively connected with it since. He has worked industriously in the promotion of all measures tending to the prosperity of the city and locality. Upon the organization of the Toledo, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railroad Company, he was chosen its secretary, and became one of the board of directors. He has held the mayoralty of Delphos, served as member of the councils, and has officiated with credit in many lesser capacities. He married in Carrollten, in 1861, Miss Artamesia, daughter of Hon. John Beatty of that city, a lady of estimable attainments; she departed this life in 1876, in full communion with the Presbyterian Church, leaving two suns: C. M. associate editor,and R.B., astudent. Mr. Tolan has been an active member of the K. of P. for several years, and a member of the R. A.

HENRY TRENTMAN, farmer, P. O. Delphos, was born in Hanover, Germany, July 28, 1830; son of Adam and Elizabeth (Creamer) Trentman, natives of Germany, forraer of whom died January 1d, 1878, aged sixtynine years; latter November 7, 1864, aged sixty-two years. They were the parents of three children: Mary (deceased), Kate (wife of Herman Ricker), and Henry. Our subject was educated in the common schools of his native land. In 1843 his parents immigrated to America, and located in Marion Township, this county. Here Henry Trentman grew to maturity, fully acquainted with the hardships and privations incident to pioneer life, and his exertions helped clear away the forests and prepare the soil for cultivation. Farming has been his life vocation, and he is still living on the old homestead. Our subject was twice drafted during the war of the Rebellion, but each time provided a substitute. He was married June:2, 1858, to Miss Clara Luersman, alsoa native of Germany, born iv 1841, died February 23, 1884. She bore him eight children: John, Mary, Henry, Frank, Bernard, Fred, Rosa and Agnes. Mr. Trentman is virtually a self-made man, having commenced life poor, accumulating his property through his own efforts. Politically. he has always been a Democrat. He has for years been a member of the Catholic Church.

His father, Louis Wagner, was a gentleman of fine literary taste, a highly cultivated mind, and in comfortable circumstances, but being dissatistied with the monarchical government of Germany, he decided at the age of forty-four years to find or establish a new home for himself and family, in a free country, the United States. Accordingly he with his wife, Magdalena, and their eight children (four sons and four daughters), sailed for New York, afterward coming to Columbus, Ohio. After completing a good literary and scientific course, Henry P. Wagner, engaged in the study of medicine, at the age of eighteen years, under the preceptorship of Edwin H. Davis, A. M., M. D., professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics of New York Medical College, city of New York, for three years, after which he visited Germany, where he pursued his studies several years. On his return to this country, he commenced and entered upon the practice of his profession at Chilicothe, Ohio, where he remained until he located at Delphos, then known as Section 10, in 1847. With the view of gaining additional knowledge of specialties in his profession, and to be more fully posted with the present state of the sciences connected with medicine, he visited New York in 1863 and 1864, where he attended private instructions of Prof. Austin Flint, Sr. M. D., in physical diagnosis; Prof. Frank H. Hamilton, M. D., in surgery; Prof. Austin Flint, Jr., M. D., in microscopy, and others. He also attended clinical lectures in Bellevue Charity, New York City, and other hospitals, and followed the private practice of distinguished physicians in the city. As testimonials of his ability and devotion to his profession, he received a diploma from Bellevue Hospital Medical College, and letters of cummendation from eminent and distinguished physicians... Having actively practiced medicine during the past thirty-eight years in Delphos, while a considerable portion of the surrounding country was undeveloped and almost a wilderness, this has made him one of the pioneers in his profession, in Allen County. Dr. Wagner was married November 8, 1849, at Delphos, to Maggie M. Martin, daughter of Rev. E. N. Martin. Besides a faithful attendance to professional duties, he has been connected with nearly every important enterprise tending toward the promotion of the welfare of thecommunity, or the improvement and prosperity of the city and vicinity, and he has almost continually held positions of honor and trust.

JOHN H. WAHMHOFFP, druggist and member of the American and Ohio State Pharmaceutical Associations, Delphos, was born in Buffalo, N. Y.. March 11, 1851. His father, the late Steven H. Wahmhoff of that city, was well known in railway circles as master mechunic with the Erie Central Railway, and in social circles as one of the prime movers in the establishment of the Roman Catholic Central Societies throughout this country. He was a native of Hanover, Germany, and came to this country when a young man. His family consisted of John H.,a merchant and druggist of Delphos; Frank, druggist; Mary (deceased); August, a tinsmith,of Delphos; and Agnes. He died in 1858. The subject of our sketch came here in 1561, with his mother, two brothers and sisters, who settled on a farm, where he remained till he was fourteen years old, when he entered the drug business as apprentice clerk, meanwhile applying himself closely to the study of pharmacy and pharmaceutical jurispru- dence. He is a member'of the Ohio State Association, a committee on pharmaceutical laws, and is recognized by the profession as a prime factor in the revision and establishment of the late laws in relation to pharmacy. At the age of twenty-eight he embarked in the drug business at Delphos, with which he has been succcessfuliy connected since. Mr. Wahmhoff married in 1881, in Delphos, Miss Christina Cathari a, daughter of the late Joseph Eich, 2 native of Koln, Germany. They have two little girls: Elizabeth and Henrietta. Mr. Wahmbhoff has given a cordial support to the social and industrial interests of Delphos. He is present chief of the fire department, of which he has been an active member since it organization.

SQUIRE WILLIAM KE. WATKINS, owner of Cherry Ridge Farm, P. O. Delphos, was born in Sugar Creek Township, this county, March 28, 1835, second child of Welsh parentage born in the county. His father Thomas Watkins, a native vf Wales, came from Butler County, Ohio, September 138, 1833. Our subject completed a good education in the schools of his district and engaged in farming. He married in 1859, in Venedocia, Van Wert Co., Ohio, Miss Margaret, daughter of the late William Bebb, and cousin of Gov. Bebb of Ohio. By this marriage he had four children: Martha J., wife of D. W. Pugh; Thomas L., civil engineers of Van Wert; William B., a farmer; Margaret A., a teacher. On September 9, 1866, Mrs. Watkins was laid to rest in the Venedocia Cemetery, and in October, 1867, Mr. Watkins married Miss Margaret, daughter of the late Richard Humphrey, of Marion Township, by whom he had four children: Katie; John H., Richard B. and Minnie E. September 15, 1879, this wife died; she is buried in Gomer Cemetery. April 27, 1882, our subject married Catharine, sister of his second wife, by whom he has one son - Victor Emmett. In 1860, Mr. Watkins located on his present farm of 160 acres (then unimproved), and has improved it handsomely and stocked it well. He is a thorough supporter of the principles for which he did service under arms, and has named his residence ~ Lincoln Mansion.''. This is built on an eminence commanding a view of the farm, and is tastefully laid out and surrounded with nice gardens. When the call for troops for the defense of the Union came, he enlisted in Company F, One Hundred and Fifty-first Ohio National Guards, from which he retired with an honorable commission. He has been interested in measures tending to the development of his Jocality; is an active official and is the present justice of the peace and notary public of Marion Township, Allen County. He is an adherent of the Congregational Church, a member of Reul Post, G. A. R., Lodge No. 13Y. K. of P., and Marion Grange No. 302. Squire Watkins has been fortunate in his business pursuits and possesses in '"'Cherry Ridge" one of the handsomest farms in Marion Township.

F. A. WEGER, superintendent of the Pittsburgh Hoop and Stave Company, Delphos, was born in Bavaria, Germany, April 6, 1545. His father. George K. Weger, came to this country with his family in 1852, and settled in Baltimore. Md., where our subject was reared and educated. He learned the trade of cooper, which he carried on in Baltimore for several years. He afterward spent a few years in the business at New Castle, Penn. Mr. Weger was united in marriage in 1871, with

Miss Margaret Elizabeth, daughter of Michael Dietzel, a shoe-maker of that city, and a native of Prussia, and to this union were born three sons and two daughters: Katie, George, Augustus, Mary and Frankie. In 1878, Mr. Weger came to Delphos as foreman for the Pittsburgh Keg aud Barrel Company, with whom he remained till joining interests with Mr. H. Goette in their present enterprise.

HON. HENRY WEIBLE, member of the State board of public works, Delphos, was born near Canal Dover. Tuscarawas Co., Ohio, December 19, 1827, son of Jacob Weible, who settled there with his people, who came from Wurtemberg, Germany, when he was about eight years of age. The subject of our sketch being left on his own resources when young, apprenticed himself to the blacksmithing business in his native town, where he completed learning his trade. In [S01 he came to Delphos, and established the second shop of the kind, and carried on a successful business for many years, retiring from it to pay his attention to public affairs, to which he had been chosen by the people of Van Wert County. In 1872 he represented their interests in the Sixtieth General Assembly of the State, where he served with distinction as chairman of the committee on drains, ditches, water-courses, and enunciated and brought about many good measures in that connection. Upon the expiration of his term of office, his constituents again elected him, in 1874, and he continued to represent their interests. Upon his retirement he engaged in manufacturing for a few years, but retired from that industry and embarked in merchandising, with which he is still identified. He married in Van Wert County, in 1549, Miss Mary, daughter of Peter Will of that place, who settled there from Maryland in 1836. They have a family of two sons and four daughters living: George and Henry, merchants in Dupont, Ohio; Anna and May, ladies of excellent literary attainments, and graduates; Mattie, now Mrs. Henry Burgfelt; and Agnes, at school. Mr. Weible has always been an able patron of scholastic interests, and has educated his family in the different branches cf a good school training. He has held a directorship in the school board of Delphos for about twenty-eight years; has served as justice of the peace of the city and Washington Township for thirty years continuously; was member of the city council nine years; commissioner of: Van Wert County three years. In 1882 he was elected to his present incumbeney in the State board of public works. Mr. Weible has always been a liberal patron of all measures tending to the develpoment of the public, social and industrial life of his community.

GEORGE H. WILUIAMSON, M. D., Delphos, is a native of Ohio, born in Delaware, Delaware County, August 28, 1853, son of Henry Williamson, farmer, also a native of Delaware County, his father, John Williamson (millwright), having settled in that county at an early day, from Washington County, Penn.; latter was a son of Isaac Williamson, also a millwright, a native of England, born near Dorchester, and who located in Pennsylvania at an early period in the history of that State. The subject of our sketch, after receiving a good training in the public schools, entered Oberlin College in a classical and literary course, frora which he graduated in June, 1874. He had meanwhile taken up the study of medicine, under the preceptorship of Dr. Andrews, of Cheshire,

MARION TOWNSHIP. 661 and upon completing his ,course at Oberlin, entered Columbus Medical College, of Columbus, Ohio, graduating from that institution at the close of 1877-78. He then came to Delphos, where he has since been successfully engaged in the practice of his profession. The Doctor married, July 26, 1881, Miss Stella Hughes, a lady of able literary and musical attainments, daughter of the late William Hughes, merchant of Delphos, and niece of the Hon. Hughes, of Allen County. Mr. and Mrs. Williamson are supporters of the Presbyterian Church, in which she is an active worker.

JOSEPH H. ZIMERLE, justice of the peace, Delphos, was born in Ellwangen, Wurtemberg, Germany, October 5, 1844. His father, Joseph A. Zimerle, a brewer, came to this country with his family in 1853, and settled in Delphos. His children are Joseph H.; Annie, wife of Caspar Kahl, merchant, of Defiance, Ohio; Emma, wife of John Smith, of Kansas City, Mo.; Frederick, of Cincinnati; Frances, wife of Charles Smith, of Defiance, Ohio. The subject of this sketch engaged at an early age in merchandising in Evansport, Ohio, coming here in 1863, in connection with different mercantile pursuits, with which he has been successfully identified. He has been an active supporter of other interests in Delphos, and has filled positions in the councils of the city and of the township, holding his present incumbency for the past year. Mr. Zimerle married in Delphos, in 1871, Miss Lauretta Odelia, daughter of Francis Joseph Lye, merchant. They have one son living, Joseph Francis, and have buried an infant son, and two daughters - Lauretta and Anna. Mr. and Mrs. Zimerle are regular communicants of the Roman Catholic Church.