Marion Township (part 2 of 8)

four children - John, Fred, Charles (a Lieutenant, killed in the late war), and Margaret (deceased). John Diebold married, May 1, 1853, Miss Margaret May, daughter of Croft and Mary (Egel) May, whose children numbered six -Margaret, Christian, Rosanna, Philip, Louisa and Willie. Willie and his mother died in the " fatherland. " All the surviving members of the May and Diebold families crossed the ocean in May, 1854, settling in Marion. Mr. Diebold located where his widow now resides. To them four children were born - Rosa, wife of William Shoemaker, Columbus, Ohio ; John, dealer in ice ; Louisa, wife of George Krause, and Clara. Mr. Diebold was a baker by trade, and prosecuted that business in Marion until 1858. He then commenced to assist his wife in keeping boarders, and so successful did their private house become that in 1866 he built a commodious hotel on his own lot on East street. They continued in this business, satisfactorily to the public, until and after Mr. Diebold's death. He was a very industrious and highly respected citizen. He was a charter and official member of the K. of H, and the Druids - State Marshal of the latter at the time of his death. He was a stanch Democrat, and was serving his second term in the City Council. Upon his arrival in Marion, he had $300 in money, but through untiring efforts at one time, carrying brick for the Methodist Episcopal Church at 75 cents per day, he left an estate of $25,- 000. His death occurred J anuary 4, 1881. The old Diebold Hotel burned to the ground January 12, 1833. His widow, who is an agreeable lady and a consistent member of the Lutheran Church, built the same year a handsome residence on its site, costing $2,500.

GEORGE DIEGLE was born in Philadelphia, Penn., July 6, 1826. He is a son of George and Catharine Diegle, the former a native of Wittenburg, Germany, and the latter of Prussia. They emigrated to America about 1818, and were married in Philadelphia. Our subject is the eldest of eight children. He was partially reared in his native city, and at the age of twenty engaged in teaching, which he followed five years. In 1840, he came to Tully Township, and in 1850 was elected Justice of the Peace and served four consecutive terms. In 1867, he was elected County Treasurer, and re elected in 1869, thus serving two terms. At the expiration of his second term, he was admitted to the bar, he having previously read law under the instructions of Judge A. M. Jackson, of Bucyrus, and H. T. Vanfleet, of Marion. He also read medicine under the instructions of Dr. Diether, of Bucyrus, for the term of two years, on the homoeopathic system, practiced medicine two years, but did not make it a business for a livelihood. In 187-, he was elected Justice of the Peace, and again elected in 1877. He served, while a resident of Tully Township, as Assessor seven years, and Treasurer for the same period. April 8, 1851, he was married to Miss Sarah, daughter of Rev. John Richmond, by whom he has had ten children. Of these, seven are living, viz.: Alcesta, Celia, George O., Dawson W., Nelia, Rodney J. and Hilton.

PHILIP DIETRICH " first saw the light " near Frankfort-on-the-Main, in Germany, February 26, 1813. His parents, Philip and Elizabeth (Shafer) Dietrich, lived and died there. Philip, the eldest of nine children, was reared on a farm, and when sixteen began to learn his trade, near Frankfort, working four years. In the spring of 1834, he crossed the Atlantic and finished learning his trade at Baltimore, Md. The succeeding year he migrated to Ohio, locating in Miirion. He immediately engaged in his trade, and thus is the oldest tailor in the city. Marion was then a small village; he thus has witnessed its childhood and youth. He gave $5 for the old court house bell, and assisted in building the old Lutheran Church. Labor then commanded only 25 to 50 cents a day, yet he gave $140 to the above church. H> wedded, September 9, 1838. Mary E. Bolender, daughter of George Bolender. She is a native of Ross County, Ohio, born in 1819. Their two children are Eugene, born October 30, 1841, and Josephine, born August 6, 1845. He owns the property where he does business, and four acres within the corporation. He is Democratic politically, and has been a Freemason since 1847. His wife is a Presbyterian, but he is a Lutheran, and an Elder in that church.

CLARK DIX, owner and operator of the tile factory, was born in Champaign County, Ohio, January 22, 1840. He is a son of Clark and Clarissa T. (Clough) Dix, natives of Susquehanna County, Penn. They removed to Ohio about 1834, settling in Champaign County, where they now reside. Mr. Dix was reared on a farm and educated in the public schools of Mechanicsburg and National Normal at Lebanon. He taught school one year, and in May. 1861, enlisted in Company G, Ninety -fifth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in the three months' service. August 6, 1861, he re-enlisted in the same company and regiment. He was engaged in the battles of Richmond, Ky., siege of Vicksburg, Grand Core, Alexandria, Cloudsville, and a number of minor battles. March 4, 1863, he was transferred to the signal secret service, from which he was discharged July 4, 1865. He then spent three years in Iowa teaching school, after which time he returned to Champaign, and in the winter of 1869 came to Marion, and engaged in the manufacture of tile, which business he still follows. March 3, 1870, he married Miss Martha R. Holverstott, daughter of Henry and Margaret Holverstott. They have three children - Clayton H., Florence M. and Ada I. Mr. Dix and family are members of the Baptist Church. Besides his residence, tile-yard and seventeen acres of land in Marion, Mr. Dix owns ninety-three and a fourth acres in Claridon Township.

DR. WILLIAM S. DRAKE was born on the homestead in Waldo Township January 8, 1844, and is a son of Daniel S. Drake. He was educated in the schools of Marion and Delaware, and studied dentistry with Dunn & Emmons. In 1863, he went to Springfield, Ohio, practicing his profession one year, when "he located in Marion, continuing to reside here since. He commands a good trade. July 10, 1864, he enlisted in his country's defense in Company I, One Hundred and Seventy -fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He served in the Twenty-third Army Corps. He fought at Overhall's Creek, battle of the Cedars, Kenston, and in many minor battles. He became Sergeant, and was discharged July 13, 1865, at Charlotte, N. C. Returning, he resumed his profession. November 14, 1865, he was married to Miss Maria E. Guthrie, daughter of John and Catherine Guthrie; she was born in Shippensburg, Penn., March 2, 1843. They have four children - Claudius S., Charles E., Raleigh and Frederick W. They are members of the M. E. and Baptist Churches respectively, and he of the K. of P.

E. DURFEE, Assistant Cashier of the Farmers' Bank and a Director in the Huber Manufacturing Company, is a native of Marion, where he was born September 14, 1836. His parents Gardner and Mary (Sweetser) Durfee, were natives of Rhode Island, and N. Y. The former, with his parents, came to Athens County, Ohio, at an early day. He came to Marion prior to 1833, and that year purchased property on South Main street. In 1835, he married for his second wife Miss Mary Sweetser, whose parents came to Delaware County when she was young. They had four children, two of whom are now living - E., the subject of this sketch, and Eva D., widow of Justus H. Bunker. George B. was a soldier in the Ninety-sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteers. He died of erysipeloid fever February 13, 1863, while home on a furlough. Albert died in childhood. Gardner Durfee was a cabinetmaker by trade, and followed it till his death, which occurred in October, 1844. His widow died February 15, 1883, at the age of seventy years. Mr. E. Durfee was reared and educated in Marion. Beginning the cabinet trade at fifteen, he served three years at Mount Blanchard, Hancock Co., Ohio. He followed it, attending school at intervals till he was twenty-two years of age. He clerked for Field & Short, of Plymouth, Ohio, two years, and for John L. Gill & Son, manufacturers, of Columbus, Ohio, for the same length of time. In October, 1862, he entered the Farmers' Bank as Teller, and in July, 1881, was appointed Assistant Cashier. He was Clerk of the City Council two years, and Secretary of the Marion Building and Savings Association during its existence. He was a partner for a year and a half with E. Huber, and at the organization of the Huber Manufacturing Company he became a Director. June 13, 1861, he was married to Miss Mary A., daughter of Daniel and Ann Short. She was born in Haverhill, Mass., in 1835. Their three children are Grace P., Florence S. and Margaret I. Mrs. Durfee and two eldest daughters are members of the Free- Will Baptist Church.

GOTTLIEB EIBLING, of the firm of Brigel & Eibling, harnessmakers, was born in Richland Township February 2, 1844; son of Charles and Eva Eibling, natives of Prussia. They came to America in 1832-33, and settled in Richland Township, where Mr. E. bought forty acres of land, at $1 per acre. Mrs. Eibling dying in 1848, Mr. E. married Rica Miley, and moved to Van Wert in 1859, where he died in 1863. Gottlieb came to Marion the same year, and learned his trade with Brigel & Everly, and worked for various firms until 1882, when he formed a partnership with Mr. Brigel. He married, December 21, 1871, Miss Catharine, daughter of Gottlieb Gayer, and have four children, viz., Otto G., Wilhelm F. , Henry W. and Amos. Mr. and Mrs. E. are members of the German Lutheran Church.

JOHN EVANS was born in Wales September 28, 1848; came to Trumbull County, Ohio, with his father and mother in 1862. His father, John Evans, Sr., was born in Wales, in 1815, and died in 1875. His mother, Gwenllian Evans, was born in Wales in 1814, and is now living with her son. John Evans has two brothers and three sisters living. He came to Pleasant Township, Marion County, Ohio, in the year 1873; married Mary J. Owens, daughter of John and Ann Owens, November 11, 1873. They have now living four sons - John, aged nine; Daniel, five; Thomas, two years, and David nine months. After his marriage, Mr. Evans bought the old Barnhart farm (eighty acres) from his father-in-law, and then went in partnership with John and Daniel Owens in the Owens stone quarries, burning lime, etc. In 1882, he sold his interest in Pleasant Township and bought the now famous " stone-cut " on the Columbus, Hocking Valley & Toledo Railroad, then almost untouched, but now the largest and finest quarry in the county, for the consideration of $9,850, valued to-day at §25.000. Here he employs regularly forty men,- having two lime kilns and shipping daily eight car loads; annually about 1,000 cars of building and furnace stone. His enterprise has led him to build several hoiTs«s for his employes. He is a Repiablican and a thorough business man, notwithstanding he never went to school one day.

WILLIAM FIES, furniture dealer and undertaker, was born in Baden, Germany, October 17. 1841; is a son of William and Magdalena (Egley) Fies, who were natives of Baden and emigrated to America in the soring of 1847, settling in New York City, where they resided until August, 1852, when they came to Marion. Mr. Fies was a butcher by trade, having learned and followed it in his native place. He was born in April, 1818, and married, in 1840, Magdalena Egley, by whom he had ten children. Of these, William is the eldest. Mrs. Fies departed this life July 17, 1872. Mr. Fies, the subject of this notice, was reared principally in Marion and educated in its schools. In 1858, he took up the cabinet trade with Widman & Diebold and served an apprenticeship of two years and a half. October 30, 1861, he enlisted in Company B, Sixty- fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He served in the Army of the Cumberland, and participated in the following leading battles: Shiloh, Stone River, Mission Ridge and all the engagements in the Atlanta campaign. He returned with Gen. Thomas and was engaged at Franklin, Tenn., where he was taken prisoner. He was in prison from November 30, 1864, to March 26, 1865, and during this period was confined at Corinth, Montgomery, and Selma, Ala., Meridian, Miss., and Andersonville. April 17, 1865, he was on the ill-fated Sultana, that exploded near Memphis, Tenn., and had his shoulder dislocated and was otherwise injured. He received his discharge May 30, 1865, after which he returned to Marion and worke I at the bench one year. In March. 1866, he became a member of the firm of Fies, Schaffner & Dreyer in the furniture and undertaking business, which was dissolved in March, 1877. Mr. Fies conducting the business for himself, and January 22, 1883, Mr. Fies removed to his present place. He keeps all kinds of furniture and undertakers' goods, to the amount of $8,000. In 1882, he and A. H Kling erected the Fies-Kling Block on South Main street. November 14, 1867, Mr. Fies married Miss Anna O, daughter of Justus Haberman, and a native of Richland Township, where she was born February 2, 1842. Of seven children born to them, six are living, viz.: Kate, William J., Mary L., Maggie (deceased), Hortense, George and Harry. Mr. Fies is a member of the Masonic order, Marion Chapter, R. A. M., and I. O. O. F. and G A. R. He served as member of the City Council four years; City Clerk four years; and is now serving his second term as Chief of the fire department. Is also a member of the Board of Education and its present Treasurer.

DR. T. B. FISHER. The subject whose name heads this sketch is the oldest physician in Marion County, having come to Marion in 1835. He was born in Franklin County, Ohio, July 30, 1810. His father, Isaac Fisher, was a native of Sussex County, N. J., and his father emigrated from Germany prior to the American Revolution and enlisted in that war as a private soldier. He was a member of the guard at the execution of Maj. Andre. Dr. Fisher's mother, Sarah Bruen, was a native of Newark. N. J. Her father, David Bruen, and two brothers came from England and were soldiers in the Revolution, David ranking as Major. Isaac Fisher removed with his family to Ohio in 1806 and settled near Worthington, Franklin County. Mrs. Fisher died there, and he moved to Worthington, Ind. Dr. Fisher is the youngest of a family of eleven children. He passed his early life on a farm and when seventeen took up the trade of brick-laying, which he followed as a business for five years. He chose the profession of medicine for his life work, and after taking a proper course of instruction he attended the Medical Department of the University of Worthington, Ohio, and graduated at that institotion in the early part of 1835. In May of the same year, he came to Marion and engaged in the practice of his profession. Milk sickness had been prevailing to an alarming extent, all the physicians up to this time having died of that disease. Dr. Fisher located in Marion when it was but a small village arid the county was sparsely settled. Then there were no roads, only half-beaten paths, and for the first fifteen years he traveled on horseback. His field of practice extended almost over the entire county, and his trips were not unattended with difficulties and dangers. He has practiced his profession here uninterruptedly, with the exception of a few brief intermissions, ever since. In 1879, he admitted William C. Denman, M. D., into partnership, and they continued together until Dr. Fisher's retirement from the profession in 1882, when he was succeeded in his practice by Dr. Denman. From May, 1863, until the close of the war, he was Surgeon for the Board of Enrollment for the Eighth District. He was located at Mansfield, and during this period he examined 8,000 persons for the army. In 1846, Dr. Fisher was elected to represent this district in the Legislature, and served one term. His services in this important position reflected upon him much credit and won from his constituents their highest esteem. In 1859, he was again called forth to serve in a more important public office, that of State Senator. He served two years in this honorable trust and then returned to his profession. Both these offices were unsought by him. Dr. Fisher is a man of public enterprise and has been identified with many important improvements of the town. He was one of the leading men in the organization of the Marion Gas-Light Company and was its largest resident stockholder. He sorved successively as Director, President, Secretary and Superintendent. He was one of the founders of the Bank of Marion, and was connected with it as- President four years. He was also one of the chief men in the organization of the Marion County Medical Society, and was its second President. He is a Knight Templar in the Masonic order, and was largely instrumental in securing the charter for the Chapter, Council and Commandery, and was the first presiding officer of each body. He served as Mayor of the village two terms, member of the City Council several years, and was a member of the Board of Education thirteen years. In 1840, Dr. Fisher was united in marriage with Miss Elenora P. Bennett, daughter of Judge S. S. Bennett, an early pioneer of this county. Mrs. Fisher was born in Delaware County, Ohio, July 17, 1821. Four children were born to this union. Of these three are living, viz. : J. Bruen, William B. and Charles C. Sanford B. died at the age of eighteen months.

CHARLES F. GARBERSON, the son of John R. and Susan (Irey) Garberson, is a native of Claridon Township, born June 6, 1851. Having a love for learning, he took the classical course at the Ohio Wesleyan University, where he graduated June 26, 1873. He then began the study of law under the instruction of W. Z. Davis, attorney, and in 1876, was admitted tu the bar by the Supreme Court of the State. As a student, he received such preferment as being elected to the presidency of the graduating class of 1873, Secretary of the College Lecture Association and of being chosen to deliver the presentation speech at the first class-day exercises held at the aforesaid university. In June, 1876, he opened his law office at Marion, since which time he has continued the practice of law. September 14, 1876, he married Miss Anna Graham, who was born November 14, 1851, a daughter of Rev. John and Jane (McKee) Graham. The name of their only child is Margin? a, born April 28, 1879. Mr. Garberson is a prominent young lawyer; is a member of the County Board of School Examiners, of the K. of P., of the F. & A. M., and, with his wife, of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

JAMES D. GREGORY, merchant tailor, was born in Cardington, Morrow Co.. Ohio, March 8, 1850. His parents, John and Louisa Gregory, removed to Marion in 1862 and Mr. Gregory spent the remainder of his early life in this place. He attended school until 1868-69, when he engaged with his father in the grain business, and was associated with him up to February 17. 1881. In 1879, he engaged in the merchant tailoring trade, now employing twenty-four hands and is doing a leading business. March 25, 1883, he was married to Miss Nettie B. Monnett, daughter of Ephraim B. Monnett. a prominent banker of Bucyrus, Ohio. Mr. Gregory is a member of the I. O. O. F., K. of P. and Royal Arcanum. He served as a member of the City Council 1880-81, and is a gentleman of honor and integrity.

ABRAHAM GRUBER, deceased, was born in Jefferson County, Va., July 19, 1819. His father. Christian Gruber, settled in Marion Township in 1826, entering 160 acres, now a part of the Infirmary farm. He died February 26, 1827, aged thirty-eight years and two months. Abraham's mother, Mary E. Gruber, died November 19, 1880, aged eighty- nine years and ten months. Of their six children, only one is now living. Abraham had a common school education. In LS45, he bought 160 acres of land in the southeastern part of the township; in 1858, sixty-six acres; and in 1865, forty-five acres - the second purchase being where his son, Thomas B. , now resides. He married Frances Bell, who was born December 18, 1823, and died September 16, 1873. In this family were born eleven children, nine of whom are living. Mr. and Mrs. Gruber were prominent members of the United Brethren Church; he was a Trustee of the township at the time of his death, which took place December 24, 1868, in Marion Township.

SIDNEY W. GRUBER was born in the city of Marion February 7, 1858, next to the youngest of eight children born to Abraham Gruber. Having secured a fair education, he commenced, when sixteen, to work by the month, continuing three years. In 1876, he bought a farm of ninety acres in this township. His marriage took place, April 1, 1880, to Martha J. Ulsh, a daughter of John and Jemima Ulsh. She died in March, 1881, leaving one son - "William A. He again married, in December of 1882, Miss Mamie Hefner, who was born May 17, 1855, a daughter of John and Nancy Hefner. He is a Republican, and an enterprising farmer.

THOMAS B. GRUBER, son of Abraham Gruber, is a native of Marion Township, born March 21, 1845, and educated in the common schools. He is the owner of fifty acres of land, besides fifty-four acres of the original homestead and forty-five acres located in Claridon Township owned by his father. He erected a two-story frame house in 1876, at a cost of $1,500. March 29, 1868, he was married to Rebecca E. Holverstott, a daughter of Jacob and Mary Holverstott. She was born April 10, 1848, and died April 18, 1882, the mother of five children, of whom three are living - Mary F., Ida E. and Jacob T. Harley J. and Jennie M. are deceased.

JOHN GUGLE, shoemaker, was born in Bavaria, Germany, May 9, 1828, the son of George and Barbara (Shuh) Gugle. They crossed the ocean with six children in 1836, stopping in Philadelphia until next spring; thence they went to Madison County, Ohio, where they remained until autumn; thence to Marion County, settling in Richland Township. Here they purchased forty acres of land and cleared a good portion of it. About

1860, they removed to Whitley County, Inch, where the father died in 1862. Mrs. Gugle returned to Marion County and died in February, 1878. The subject of this sketch is next to the youngest of their six children. He obtained a fair education in the common schools, going only three months out of live winters. When sixteen, he took hold of his trade, giving three years to acquire its mastery under the tutorship of Levi H. Randall. Fetter & Gugle did business from the spring of 1851 to 1854: since then Mr Gugle has been alone, doing a good business. He established himself in his present location in 1856, and he has a pitcher that has been in this shop ever since. He was married, July 27, 1850, to Miss Barbara Brant, who was born in Switzerland, November 5, 1827, the daughter of Christian Brant. Only five of their seven children are living - Anna R., Mary E., Callie, Julia and Florence B. Two daughters died in infancy. In politics, Mr. Gugle is a Democrat. He owns his shop, where he also deals in boots and shoes, and he owns his residence on the corner of Main and Canal streets, and a house and lot on South Main street. He is a member of the Lutheran Church, while bis wife is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

LEWIS GUNN. The subject of this memoir is a native of Ross Coun ty, Ohio, born March 7, 1829, a son of Henry and Sophia (Schreck) Gunn, who were born in Northumberland County, Penn. Having been united in marriage, they emigrated to the above county in Ohio in 1822; but in 1830, they moved to Marion County, settling in Marion Township, one and a half miles northeast of town, entering 160 acres. He had entered this the year previous. Mr. Gunn was a weaver by trade, and practiced his art until his death, July 24, 1841, at the age of sixty years. Mrs. Gunn, born December 24, 1784, resides with Lewis at the advanced age of ninetyeight.. Her father, Paul Schreck, was a soldier in the war of Independence and she has been the mother of thirteen children, five living, Lewis being the youngest of the family. He was reared upon the farm and the country schools educated him. He took charge of the homeslead from his eighteenth to his twenty-fourth year; he also worked as a farm laborer one year. In the autumn of 1855, he came to Marion, and for seven years made post and rail fencing. Having operated a saw-mill one year, he was made a partner in the planing mill, and continued this until 1875, when he became a stockholder in the Huber Manufacturing Company, taking charge of the planing mill department, which position he still occupies. For two years he was a Director in the company. His wedding nuptials with Sarah C. Stonebarger were celebrated March 31, 1853; her death took place August 4, 1854, leaving one child - Chester B. Gunn. Mr. Gunn solemnized his second marriage November 22, 1855, with Margaret Stonebarger, who died July 24, 1856. He was married the third time to Miss Leanna Comstock, daughter of Gideon Comstock - three children have been born to this union - Caroline, wife of H. C. Waggoner; Eva F., wife of Clay Harvey; and Lewis W., who died May 4, 1881, aged thirteen years. Mr. Gunn in 1864 was a member of Company B. One Hundred and Thirtysixth Ohio National Guard, and served honorably during his time in the army. He owns an attractive i*esidence on Main street, together with fivesixths of an acre of ground. He is a thoroughgoing citizen, a Prohibitionist politically, and is serving his fourth term as Councilman. He and his wife affiliate with the United Brethren in church membership.

reared in Wexford and educated in the schools of that place. When sixteen, he began a fourteen years' apprenticeship "as a silversmith and was taught by two men. He prosecuted his trade at the above place until July, 1798, when, on account of the Catholic war against the Protestants, he was persecuted and his life threatened. Five times he was taken from the jail with his life in jeopardy. This took place in the above year (1798). He studied for the ministry and preached a number of years before he went to England, and preached until 1801. He met Rev. John Wesley in Ireland. He followed his trade two years in Liverpool. He came to America, settling in Norance, Lundon, Conn., and continuing his trade until the fall of 1811, when he moved to Perkins Township, Huron County, Ohio. He was the father of seven children, four living - Rev. James, William D., John, and Susan, wife of Thomas Cochran. Ann, Sallie, Eliza, Dempster, William, Leonard, Elizabeth and John are deceased. He died in Perkins Township, February 10, 1848. Mrs. Gurley died in October of the same year.

JOHN GURLEY, son of the preceding, was born in Zanesville, Ohio, December 19, 1813. He passed his childhood and youth upon a farm. When twenty he went to Sandusky City to learn the tinner's trade. In 1838. he moved to Marion with his trade, plying it twenty years. He then purchased his present location and eight acres, and he has since been growing fruits of various kinds. He has a farm of j 60 acres in Big Island Township which he oversees. He was wedded, December 10, 1839, to Miss Hannah Monnett, daughter of Jeremiah and Aley Monnett. She was a native of Pickaway County, Ohio, born December 13, 1817. Her death occurred April 15, 1880, leaving one son - Leonard B., who was born June 19, 1845, and was united in marriage, February 6, 1878, with Miss Sallie Barnhart, daughter of John and Harriet E. Barnhart. Their one child is Harry L. , born August 1, 1879. Mr. Gurley is a revered citizen, a stanch Republican and an exemplary Christian. He was a member of the City Council several years, and Treasurer of the township about as long. He is one of the oldest church Trustees, and has been Class- leader of the Methodist Episcopal Church for forty vears. His family belong to that church also.

CHRISTIAN HABERMAN was born in Hesse, Prussia, October 6, 1829, a son of Conrad and Catharine (Maub) Haberman. The former dying in Germany in 1831, his widow emigrated to thin country in 1871, settling in Marion County. She died at the home of her daughter, Margaret Kam, in' Marion Township, in August, 1877. They were the parents of eleven children, seven of whom came to Marion County - John, Philip, Catherina, Margaret, Maiy and Mary Catherina. Christian Haberman received very little education, and at the age of fourteen years commenced to learn the stone mason's trade, serving an apprenticeship of five years. In 1852, when twenty-three, he came to the United States, landing at the port of New York, and thence came to Marion. November 22, 1853, he was married to Miss Gertrude, a daughter of Henry and Gertrude (Drollinger) Seas. They have eight children - Frederick, born September 1, 1854; Henry D. , born June, 1856, and killed when aged fourteen while playing on the cars; Louisa C, April 11, 1858; Anna Gertrude, March 17, 1860; Amanda C, December 7, 1861; William D., June 11, 1863; Philip J., January 15, 1866; John Alfred, April 15, 1868; and Charles Wesley, March 19, 1870. Mrs. Haberman was bora in Baden, Germany, June 5, 1828, and came with her parents to Stark County, Ohio, in the fall of 1829; thence to Marion County in 1846-47. The second year after his marriage, Mr. Haber- man entered the business of contractor and builder. He constructed the first stone mason work for the abutments of the bridges in the county, building in 1856 the Little Scioto bridge near John Rayl's in Green Camp Township. Since then he has done stone mason work for bridges in every township in the county, and probably more work of this kind than any other man in Marion County. His contracts extend over the counties of Marion, Hardin, Logan, Wyandot, Crawford, Morrow and Delaware. His stone quarry, situated within the corporate limits of the city, was discovered in 1857. ' (See Chapter X for sketch on Marion quarry. ) Mr. Haberman enlisted in the late war May 12, 1864, in Company B, One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Regiment Ohio National Guards, for the 100-day service. Taking sick, he returned home. He is very comfortably situated financially, having, besides his business interests, a farm of 112 acres and seventeen acres within the corporation, six acres being platted in city lots, called " Haberman's Addition." Amid his success, Mr. Haberman has not forgotten his friends in the Fatherland, for be has sent thither some $2,200, which was the means of bringing to this country five families, his brothers' and sisters', three of whom were half-sisters. He has erected the foundations for many of the principal buildings in Marion, including those of nearly all the churches, the jail and the Hotel Marion. He also had charge of the stone work for the Chicago & Atlantic Railroad in Marion, and he superintended for five or six years the stonework over the entire Cincinnati & Toledo Railroad. The subject of this sketch is a strong temperance advocate, and fonnerly made many temperance speeches in this and adjoining counties. Politically speaking, he is a Democrat. He is a Methodist, and formerly was a member of the German Methodist Church of Marion, and contributed about $1,000 toward the erection of that church building on West street. His family are all members of that church, including his wife, who is a pleasant lady and an exemplary Christian. He is also connected with the F. & A. M., the I. O. O. F., also with the Encampment, the P. O. of A. and the G. A. R., and thus we conclude the sketch of an honorable citizen, a successful business man and a generous-hearted Christian.

FRED. HABERMAN, eldest son of Christian Haberman, was born in Marion September 1, 1854. When thirteen years of age, he engaged as a clerk for Hazard & Reed, dry-guods merchants, and remained with them a year and a half; he was next with T. Fahey, grocer and dry goods merchant. In 1872, he took the position of clerk in the hardware store of G. H. Kling & Co. He continued with this firm and G. H. Kling till February 1, 1882, when he formed a partnership with Harvey Wilson and purchased the stock of Mr. Kling, and since that time they have conducted an extensive and succcessful business under the firm name of Haberman & Wilson. September 24, 1875, Mr. Haberman was married to Miss Cora, daughter of J. W. and Elizabeth Clark, of Marion. Mrs. Haberman was born in Horicon, Wis. , April 7, 1858. To them were born three children, two of whom are living, viz., Gertie A. and Hallie E. Mr. Haberman is a member of the Masonic order and Royal Arcanum.

DR. CHARLES HAHN, County Auditor, was born in York County, Penn., November 10, 1824. He is a son of Abraham and Julia A. (Earnst) Hahn, the former a native of Maryland and the latter of Pennsylvania. They were married in 1821 and removed to Stark County, Ohio, in 1825, thence to Crawford County in 1828. Mr. A. Hahn was a miller, and followed that business exclusively prior to his coming to Ohio. He ran the rolling mill near Canton for awhile, and in 1829 built the Deal House in Bucy- rus, which he conducted till 1843; this he traded for mill property in Mount Gilead, which he operated till December, 1866. On the 19th of January. 1867, he died, at the age of seventy-one years and seven months; his wife died in May, 1880. in the seventy-seventh year of her age. They had ten children, of whom Dr. Hahn is the eldest son. The latter passed his early life in Bncyrus and acquired his education in the schools of that place and in Granville College, of Granville, Ohio. He began reading medicine in 1850 under Dr. P. E. Rupp, with whom he spent two years and a half. He practiced in Crawford County till 1867, when he moved to Three Locusts, this county, at which place he continued his professional work till 1880, when he was elected to the office of Auditor. While at Three Locusts, he served a« Treasurer of Tully Township thirteen years. In 1847, he was married to Miss Sarah A. Newson, daughter of Joseph Nnwson, who came to Marion, now Morrow County, in 1826. Mrs. Hahn was born in Washington County, Md., October 26, 1822. They have no children of their own, but have raised two - Miss Sarah E. Jacobs and Miss Emma B. Mowery. Dr. Hahn and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he is a Steward.

L. C. HAINES, an old and highly respected pioneer of Marion County, was born in Lancaster County, Penn., December 10, 1818. His parents, Allen and Nancy Haines, were also natives of Lancaster County, Penn., where they were married. They emigrated to Ohio in 1826, settling in Stark County, from which place they moved to Dayton. Ohio, where they both died. Their married life was blessed with nine children, of whom L. C. Haines, the subject of this sketch, is the eldest. Being brought up on a farm, he enjoyed the advantages of only a common school education; at the age of fourteen, he became a clerk in a store at Harrisburg. Stark County, and continued in that situation four years. He was then engaged in various avocations until January 24, 1840. when he came to Claridon Township, this county, and purchased sixty-five acres of land; from that time till he removed to the township of Marion, he devoted his time and attention to agriculture and stock-raising. Starting with limited means, Mr. Haines resolved, by his industry and economy, to acquire for himself and family a reasonable competence; and right faithfully has this resolve been carried out. By dint of industry and careful management, he accumulated lands to the aggregate of 800 acres. He has since made a division among his children, reducing his farm to over 400 acres, which is finely improved. A leading feature of his occupation has been sheep-raising, in which he was alike successful. Mr. Haines is a man who has always displayed an active interest in all worthy enterprises, both of a public and private character, and as a man and citizen he is honorable and upright. In 1865, he removed to the town of Marion and engaged in the mercantile business for one year, and since that time has dealt in real estate. Mr. Haines was married November 29, 1838, to Miss Ellen D., daughter of Dr. J. H. Bogen, born in Pennsylvania in February, 1814. This marriage was blessed with three children; of these two are now livino-, viz. , M. W. Haines and Frances E., wife of Isaac A. Merchant. Columbus L. is deceased. Mr. Haines and wife are earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He has always been a liberal supporter of the church, and made generous contributions to the erection of nearly every church edifice in Claridon Township. He served as Trustee and Treasurer of Claridon Township a number of years, and as Land Appraiser in 1850. He was Trustee of Marion Township three years, member of the City Council and School Board. Politically, he is a Republican.

M. YV. HAINES, formerly Secretary and Treasurer of the Huber Manufacturing Company, was born in Claridon Township, Marion County, February 16, 1841; he is the eldest son of Laman C. and Eleanor D. Haines. He was reared on a farm and educated in the public schools of Marion and subsequently took a course in the Iron City Commercial College of Pittsburg, and graduated in 1864. He clerked in the iron manufactory of Graff, Bennett & Co., of Pittsburg, one year; then went to Galion, Ohio, and was engaged in the grocery business one year, and from there returned to Marion and clerked in the store of George B. Smith one year. In 1867, his father engaged in the dry goods trade, and after clerking for him one year, his father went out of business and he was admitted as a member of the firm of Kowalke, Munday & Co., manufacturers of farming implements and furniture. In 1870, he disposed of his interest and bought a half interest in the Marion Flouring Mills, with which he was connected until 1873. He then clerked for F. P. Seffner until the incorporation of the Huber Manufacturing Company, when he became a stockholder and also Secretary and Treasurer. September 24, 1864, he was married to Miss Mary M. Meyer, by whom he has had one child, Carrie E. Mrs. Haines is a daughter of F. J. Meyer, of Canton, Ohio, where she was bom August 1, 1846. Mr. and Mrs. Haines are members of the Episcopal Church of Marion.

i; HON. J. J. HANE was born in Stark County, Ohio, September 18, 1836. His parents, John and Matilda (Kitzmiller) Hane, were natives of Adams and Lancaster Counties, Penn., and when young removed with their parents to Stark County, Ohio. Jacob Kitzmiller, maternal grandfather of Mr. Hane, was a soldier in the late war between the United States and Great Britain. John Hane died in Stark County in June, 1864, having been a resident of that county from 1814, at which date his father, Christian Hane, settled there. Mr. Hane, the subject of this notice, passed his early life on a farm and received his education in the union schools of Canton. At the age of eighteen, he engaged in clerking for J. R. Bucher & Co., of Canton, and the following year took charge of the Farmers' and Mechanics' Warehouse in that city, conducting it one year. He then took a course in Duff's Commercial College of Pittsburg, and graduated in three weeks and four days, having accomplished the course in a shorter space of time, with a single exception, than any person that ever graduated at that institution. He subsequently attended Granger's College of Columbus, Ohio, and, after completing a commercial course there, in June, 1857, came to Marion and took the position of teller in the bank of Marion. In 1860, he was appointed cashier, and has acted in that capacity through the changes of the bank, from that time to the present. Since his residence in Marion, Mr. Hane has borne his part in all the public improvements, and his energies are' always alive to all legitimate movements that are intended to benefit or enrich the community or county in which he resides. In 18 - , he aided in securing the Marion Chair Company, of which he was a charter member. He was one of the incorporators of the Huber Manufacturing Company, and has been a Director since its organization. He w^fc one of the founders of the Marion Building & Loan Association in 1868, and was a Director and Treasurer during all the time of its successful career. At the construction of the Columbus & Toledo Railroad, he became a stockholder, and was elected a Director and served as such one year. In 1877, he built two-fifths of the Masonic Block and is part owner of the Hotel Marion. Mr. Hane has been identified with nearly every pub- lie enterprise in connection with the town for the last twenty-five years, and by square, upright dealing has won the respect and esteem of all who know him. Although not an aspirant for political honors, he has been chosen to various important political trusts, and has always performed his duties with great credit to himself. In 1878, he received the Republican nomination for Commissioner of the county, and although in a county that has a Democratic majority of TOO to 800, he was elected to the office by a majority of 217. Mr. Hane was a member of the City Council seven years, and Corporation Treasurer two years. Has been a member of the Republican State Central Committee and is now Chairman of the Marion County Republican State Central Committee. In 1876, he was a Presidential elector, casting his vote for R. B. Hayes. The general popularity of Mr. Hane was attested at the Senatorial Convention of the Thirteenth District, comprising "Union, Logan, Hardin and Marion Counties, held at Marion August 16, 1883, when he received the nomination for State Senator by acclamation. Mr. Hane celebrated his first marriage in May, 1861, with Miss Matilda, daughter of William and Sarah Montgomery. Mrs. Hane died in November, 1862, leaving one daughter, who died in 1870. Mr. Hane again married in June, 1865, to Miss Melissa A. Bell, daughter of John Bell. Mrs. Hane was born in Sandusky City, November, 1842. Their children are Henry B., Florence A., Alice M., Mary J. and Eleanor B.

CAPT. ELISHA HARDY, deceased, was born in New Jersey July 4, 1795. He was the son of Joseph T. andPhebe (Baldwin) Hardy, and came to Delaware County, Ohio, in 1823; remaining there but a few years, he moved to Marion and entered the mercantile business with Judge Bennett. He continued in the dry goods trade the major part of his days, commanding a successful patronage. He first married Elizabeth Crosby, December 5, 1832, who died May 6, 1836. In 3846, he married Mrs. Jane Gr. Marshall, widow of Dr. S. W. Marshall. He received his title of " Captain " by being such of a rifle company before the war. He was a very generoushearted man, particularly to the needy. In politics, he was a Republican. He was a member of the Masonic order and of the Presbyterian Church, to which he was a liberal contributor. His death occurred May 13, 1877; his surviving widow, born April 19, 1807, is the daughter of Dr. Marcus and Sarah (St. John) Potter, descendants of old England. Her grandfather Potter, with herself, was a native of Litchfield, Conn. Her father was the son of Milton Potter and the grandson of Dr. James Potter, a native of England, coming to America before the Revolution. When aged tw«nty-two years, Mrs. Hardy moved to Washington, Penn., marrying in September of 1831 Dr. S. W. Marshall. Two years later, they settled at Ashland, Ohio, where the Doctor died in 1S40. She came to Marion in 1842, where she has ever since resided.

JOHN V. HARRISON is not only a successful, but also a popular man of Marion County. He was born September 1, 1839, in Claridon Township, a son of Jacob and Rachel (Rice) Harrison. His ancestry were from Germany, but his parents came from Virginia to Fail-field County, Ohio, and settled in the eastern part of this county in 1833, entering eighty acres, adding later another eighty acres, and clearing seventy acres of forest land. He had five sons and four daughters. He died in 1875, aged seventy years, and Mrs. Harrison passed away in 1880, aged seventy-five years. Her father was a Revolutionary soldier. John V. Harrison's education was obtained at the common school. He purchased, in 1865, eighty acres in Morrow County, Ohio, retaining it three years: then he went toTullv Town- ship, renting a number of years, but in 1880, he bought his present farm. He owns altogether 320 acres in Marion County in good condition. Mr. Harrison has been a stock dealer all his days, commencing in boyhood; is still continuing the business. For three years, he and S. F. Rosencrans were in partnership, and in the winter of 1878-79, they shipped $84,000 worth of stock. Ho was also an extensive grain dealer for two years. Ho was engaged with Richard Thew in the hardware business for nearly two years at Caledonia, in which he was very successful, and was called from it to the Sheriff's office, which he has acceptably held two terms, his administration terminating January 1, 1884. While living in Tully Township, he was its Trustee for four years and Assessor two years. At Caledonia he was a member of the Council two years, and its Mayor twenty-one months. Mr. Harrison and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with which he is connected officially, and in which his father was a local preacher. April 2, 1862, Mr. Harrison married Elizabeth P. Dickson, daughter of Isaac and Mary Dickson, of Tully Township. The names of their two children are O'rphio M. and John D.

WESLEY HARSCH is a leather and hide dealer, doing business upon Main street. He was born January 4, 1848, in Pleasant Township, son of Adam and Mary (Dunbar) Harsch, the former a native of Germany, and the latter a native of Ohio. From Pleasant Township, they moved to Wisconsin in 1856, with seven children, all engaged to-day in the leather business. Wesley was educated at the district school, but left his father's house in 1874, going to California, where he remained three years, f arming. In 1877, he came to Marion, establishing himself in his business, that of dealing in leather and hides, under the name of A. Harsch & Son. They have about $6,000 or $7,000 invested, and their annual sales amount to about $15,000. Mr. Harsch married, April 26, 1880, Miss Caroline Lust, daughter of John and Margaret Lust; the name of their one child is Edward H. Harsch. Mr. Harsch owns a good house and lot upon Silver street, valued at $1,500. His wife is a member of the Lutheran Church. He enrolls his name with the Democracy of Marion County.

J. R. HARSHBERGER, hardware merchant, was born in Portage County, Ohio, in March, 1831; his parents, Leonard and Phebe (McCummins) Harshberger, were natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio respectively; were married in Ohio, and about 1836 or 1837 removed to Prospect Township. Mr. Harshberger bought 240 acres of land on the Scioto, about one and a half miles north of Prospect, and cleared a portion of it. He and Mrs. Harshberger both died on the homestead. They were the parents of six children, of whom only the subject of this sketch is living. Mr. Harshberger by his secoud wife Barbara, n6e Snyder, had three children; of these. John and Leonard are living; Phebe is deceased. Mr. Harshberger, the subject of this sketch, was reared on the homestead till fifteen years of age, when he engaged as clerk for A. D. Matthews, of Prospect, remaining with him until the spring of 1850, when he came to Marion. After clerking for two years for B. F. Clark, a dry goods merchant, he took the same position with Williams & Bain in the first regular hardware store in Marion. la 1854, he became a member of the firm of Mitchell, Harshberger & Co., merchants, of Mansfield. In selling his interest in 1856, he returned to Marion and was in the employ of the mercantile firm of Lucas & Seffner until 1864, when he joined Company B, One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Regiment Ohio National Guards. He served as a Sergeant, and on his return engaged in the hardware and agricultural implement trade. In De- cember, 1854, Mr. Harshberger married Miss Margaret E. Short, who died in 1856, leaving one child, Leonard D. He again married in December, 1857, Miss Jennie R. Tharp, by whom he has had six children, viz., ^Nellie, Frank E., May, Bertha, Jessie and Josie. Mr. Harshberger and family are members of the Episcopal and Methodist Episcopal Churches.

D. H. HARVEY is a citizen living in the north part of Marion Township. He was born August 15, 1822, in Franklin County, Penn. In 1835, in company with his brother, William Harvey, he came to Marion County, Ohio, and purchased 160 acres of land, after which they dissolved partnership, D. H. Harvey retaining the first purchase, to which he has added in the aggregate about 1,200 acres in Marion and Grand Prairie Townships. In connection with grain-raising and wool-growing, he is engaged in breeding fine cattle, having at this time a herd of twenty-five registered shorthorn Durhams, also registered Poland -China hogs. D. H. Harvey and Miss Calista Everette were married in 1847. To them were born seven children. Affliction entered the family circle by the demise of Mrs. Harvey in 1861. In 1864, Mr. Harvey and Mrs. Odaffer were married. Mr. Harvey, in poli tics, is a Republican, and Mrs. Harvey affiliates with the Free- Will Baptist Church.

JAMES M. HARVEY is a native of Pennsylvania and was born January 29, 1833, the son of Thomas and Margaret Harvey. He is the eldest of eight children and was brought by his parents to this country when eighteen months of age. Having taken advantage of the common schools of the day, he commenced in life for himself, renting in Claridon Township one year and six years in Crawford County, Ohio. In 1860, he purchased 170 acres of land, ninety acres of the old homestead. Eight years subsequently, he added eighty more acres, making in all 250 acres of well improved land. He was married, January 28, 1854, to Catherine Owen, a native of Claridon Township and a daughter of William Owen. This union has been crowned with the birth of three children, two living - Francis M. ,who married Ella Heninger,and Ella, who died in infancy. Mr. Harvey is an influential Democrat, serving as Trustee of the township two years, as County Commissioner two terms and as a delegate to a Senatorial Convention held at La Rue. He belongs to the I. O. O. F.

PAUL G. HARVEY, son of Thomas and Margaret (Geddes) Harvey, was born in Marion Township February 9, 1837. He was brought up on the homestead and received such an education as the common schools of the day afforded. In 1857, he rented a farm in Crawford County, and in 1858 returned to this county. He married and removed to Wyandot County, where he lived one year, then came and purchased 160 acres in Salt Rock Township, where he resided until 1865, when he bought a farm containing 197 acres of land in Marion Township. In 1869, he removed to Marion, and after clerking about two years, in 1871, he was appointed Deputy Sheriff and served in that capacity seven years. In 1880, he was appointed Land Appraiser. April 7, 1859, Mr. Harvey was married to Miss Sarah E. , daughter of Francis and Elizabeth Campbell, early pioneers of the county. Mrs. Harvey was born in Marion Township, March 23, 1840. Mr. Harvey served his township as Trustee five years, and was member of the City Council two terms. Politically, Mr. Harvey is Democratic.

THOMAS HARVEY, deceased, was born in Franklin County, Penn. , September 15, 1812. His parents, Thomas and Francis (Barkley) Harvey, of the same county, had thirteen children. He received a fair education, married, and in 1835 came in wagons, with six brothers, to Crawford Coun- ty, Ohio. In 1884, he had purchased eighty acres of land, in Marion Township, of Stone k Peters; in 1835, he moved upon it. He made many additions, owning in all 320 acres, upon which he made most of the improvements. His marriage took place April 22, 1833, to Miss Margaret Geddes, daughter of Paul and Sarah Geddes, who were also born in Franklin County. Penn., August 26, 1811. They had eight children: James M. , Paul G., Robert M., Andrew J., George W., Thomas J., Nancy J., wife of Edward Bowser, and Frances A., wife of Thomas Sickle. Mr. Harvey was a successful man, and generally liked. He was a Democrat and was serving his second term as County Commissioner at the time of his death, which occurred November 30, 1861. He left a half-section of land to his widow and children. Mrs. Harvey's brother, Robert Geddes, was a soldier in the Confederate army.

REV. J. M. HELLER was born in Gnadehutten, Tuscarawas Co., Ohio, October 1, 1816, the son of John and Mary (Rhoads) Heller, of Lehigh and Northumberland Counties, Penn., respectively. They were married in that State and came to Tuscarawas County in 1815; purchasing 200 acres of military land, they settled among the Indians and wild animals. His mother died in the spring of 1869, aged seventy-seven years, and the father in 1875, aged eighty-seven years. They had a family of ten children, of whom J. M. is the third child. He passed his boyhood on the Earm, securing a common school education, and assisting his father in clearing up the homestead. When sixteen, his health failed from overwork, and at nineteen he engaged in teaching in his native county. He continued in the profession until 1854, occupying the best schools in the county. In that year he moved to Marion and took charge of^ the grammar department in the public schools, a position which he held six years. In 1861, be and Matthew (Jronenwett, under the firm name of Heller & Cronenwett, engaged in the grocery trade. Mr. Cronewett retired in 1869, and Mr. Heller continued alone until July 16, 1877, when he sold to Amos Lapham. For the past year he has been book-keeper for Mr. Patten. December 20, 1852, he was married to Miss Harriet Steese, whose death took place in Marion September 10, 1856, leaving no children. He married again, December 17, 1857, Mrs. Hannah B. Kendrick, widow of William Kendrick, and daughter of Maj. Busby. She is a native of Roscoe, Ohio, born August 3. 1819. Two children have been born to them, one living. Mary R. Emerson is deceased. Mrs. Heller's children by her former husband were three in number - Martha T., wife of Jacob Keiler; Alice M., wife of E. P. Turner; and George W. Mr. Heller was formerly a Whig, but is now a Republican. He was Justice of the Peace one term. Himself and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, he being a local preacher in that church since 1840. September 10, 1883, about forty prominent business men of Marion, who were Mr. Heller's pupils at school from 1857 to 1860, surprised their former teacher by the presentation of a gold -headed cane, with the following inscription: " September 10, 1883, presented to Rev. J. M. Heller, by the pupils of Marion Grammar School from 1857 to 1860." This was indeed a high testimonial to Mr. Heller's good qualities. " H. C. HOBERMAN, of the firm of Hoberman & Co., druggists, was born in Marion, September 14, 1852, and is the eldest son of John and Catharine Hoberman. He spent his boyhood in the schools of Marion, and in 1869 engaged as a clerk for J. E. Leonard in the drug business, remaining with him three years, until 1872, when he took the same position in the store of P. O. Sharpless, and continued with him as clerk up to Janu- ary 1, 1883, when he became a member of the firm, which was changed to H. C. Hoberman & Co. January 14, 1878, he was married to Miss Ella R. Siegfried, a native of Delaware County, Ohio. To them were born two children - Mary G. and Henrietta C. Mrs. Hoberman is a member of the Presbyterian Church of Marion.

JOHN HOOD, of the hardware firm of J. Hood & Son, is a native of Cumberland County, Penn. He was born October 1, 1821, and is a son of Josiah and Sarah (Campbell) Hood, who also were natives of Cumberland County, Penn. Mr. Josiah Hood enlisted in the war of 1812, in response to a call for volunteers to defend the city of Baltimore. He was the parent of eight children, six of whom grew to maturity. The subject of this sketch is the eldest son and third child. He passed his early life in Springfield in his native county, and at the age of fifteen began the career of a clerk with his father and followed it till he was of age, when he was admitted as a partner. He continued in general merchandising with his father till 1852, when he purchased his father's interest. In 1854, he sold the stock to his father and brother and came to Marion. He sold goods for Patten & Wallace for three years and then purchased their stock. He continued at their old stand in the Bartram Block until 1864, when he sold and clerked for T. Fahey one year. He went to Chicago in the winter of 1865 and was engaged as a produce commission merchant until the following June, when he returned to Marion, and took, in December, 1866. an interest with E. Sharpless & Co. in the hardware business for three years. He then clerked for G. H. Kling & Co. two years and was a partner up to 1879. In March, 1880, he and his son, W. L. Hood, under the firm name of J. Hood & Son, established their present business. Thev carry a stock of $7,000 to $8,000. In November, 1841, Mr. Hood was married to Miss Sarah A., daughter of Thomas and Mary Wallace, and a native of Cumberland County, Penn., and by this marriage there have been five children. Of these, but one - Walter L. - is living. Mr. and Mrs. Hood are mem bers of the Presbyterian Church. In 1861, Mr. Hood was elected State Senator. He was a member of the City Council four years, Township Trustee two years and Clerk one year. He entered the army May 2, 1864, for 100 days, and served about four months, and was mustered out at Camp Chase, Ohio.

ROBERT HOPKINS, ex- Probate Judge of Marion County, was born in Big Island Township February 20, 1830. He is the youngest son of Robert and Nancy (Vesey) Hopkins, natives of Delaware. Judge Hopkins was brought up on a farm and followed agriculture till 1872, when he was elected Probate Judge and moved to Marie n; he was re-elected to that office in 1875 and served two terms. He served one term as Justice of the Peace of Marion Township; he was Justice of the Peace of Big Island Township nine years. He is now serving his third term as Ward. Assessor. December 24, 1854, he was married to Miss Martha J. Day, daughter of Ovington and Jane (Clark) Day. Mrs. Hopkins was born in Big Island Township, and departed this life December 22, 1862, leaving four children. Of these, three are now living, viz., Jennie C. , Laura A. and Ovington R. Judge Hopkins again married. December 31, 1863, Miss Emily A. Harvey, and she died October 6, 1876.

HON. PEYTON HORD, deceased, was born in Rockingham County, Va., December 2, 1816. In 1825, his parents, Nathaniel G. and Mary Hord, moved from Virginia to Zanesville, Ohio, thence to Franklin County, and finally to Grand Prairie Township, Marion County, where Mr. Hord died. His widow survived him some years and died in Franklin County. Hon. Peyton Hord was reared on a farm and acquired a common school education. He married, October 10, 1847. Mary J. Hutchinson, who was born in Franklin County, Ohio, November 5, 1825. In 1826, he removed to this county, settling in Marion Township, and in two years moved to Grand Prairie Township. Mr. Hord, soon after he came to the county, engaged in handling stock, which he followed for a number of years. He purchased and drove cattle and hogs through the Black Swamp to Detroit, and also over the mountains to Eastern markets; of later years he took advantage of the railroads and did a large shipping business. In 1867, Mr. Hord was elected on the Republican ticket to the Lower House of the Legislature, and few men ever represented this county more honorably and faithfully than he. With a view to public benefit and improvement, he introduced many bills in the Legislature that became laws, and which won, not only from his own constituency, but also from the Statu at large, the highest approval. He was the author of the 8 per cent interest law, the bill authorizing the sale of the " old fair grounds " and purchasing the new, the bill authorizing the macadamiz ing of the streets of Marion, and also of the bill which authorized the clearing of the channel of the Scioto River of trees. These all were made laws, and the latter was one that conduced to the direct benefit of many living in the Scioto Valley. Mr. Hord was President of the Agricultural Society one year, and was otherwise identified with it; was Chief Marshal of the Fair several years. He died September 28, 1875, honored and respected. Mrs. Hord moved to Marion in April, 1882, where she now resides. Their married life was blessed with seven children, four sons and three daughters - Amaziah H., T. Benton, Addie (wife of Rev. D. M. Harris), Balie P., Laura F. , Jennie M. and Charles M.

AMAZIAH H. HORD, the eldest child, was born in Franklin County, Ohio, September 25, 1848; the same year his parents moved to this county, where he grew to manhood; he received his education in the Ohio Wesley - an University. In 1867, he left college and adopted the business of his father, rearing and dealing in stock, which he followed till elected to the office of County Clerk in October, 1875; he took the office February 1, 1876, and was re-elected in 1878. Since he retired from the office, he has devoted his attention to agriculture and stock-raising:. He owns a farm of 224 acres, and makes the rearing of Hereford cattle and Cotswold and Merino sheep a special pursuit. He introduced the first Hereford cattle into the county and is an annual exhibitor at the county fairs. He served as Justice of the Peace of Grand Prairie one term and Township Cler,k three years. Politically, he is a Democrat. He was married, September 6, 1877, to Miss Martha E., daughter of Hon. Robert Hill, of Grand Prairie Township. Mrs. Hord was born in Grand Prairie June 19, 1850. Th«y have one son - Peyton Robert - born to them January 26, 1879. Mr. and Mrs. Hord are members of the Free- Will Baptist Church. Mr. Hord is connected with the Chapter and Commandery of the Masonic order.

EDWARD HUBER, proprietor of the Huber Works, was born in Dearborn County, Ind., September 1, 1837. His parents were both natives of Germany. His father, Philip Huber, came to the "United States in 1833, settling in Dearborn County, Ind. His mother, Mary Hurrn, came acros in 1834, and the same year was married to Mr. Huber. They had six chila dren, of whom our subject is the second son. Mr. Philip Huber died August 3, 1882, his wife having preceded him in July, 1845. Mr. Huber, the subject of this sketch, was reared on a farm His father was a wagonmaker, and at an early age he learned that trade, which he followed ten years. In 1865, he came to Marion, and the following spring, he became a partner in the planing mill of Kowalke, Hammer & Co., which firm continued without change until 1870, when Huber, Gunn & Co. purchased the institution. In 1875, the Huber Manufacturing Company was incorporated, with a capital of $75,000, and Mr. Huber has been connected with it since that time. He possesses a fertile genius, and has produced in all about twenty-five inventions, which are being used on different kinds of machinery. In January, 1865, he invented the Huber Revolving Rake, which he continued to manufacture up to 1875. He patented the Huber Engine in 1877, and the Huber Separator, with Frederick Stroble, in 1879. He also has patented an automatic steam governor, which he uses on his engines. His inventions are known and used extensively. Mr. Huber was married in Dearborn County, Ind., October 30, 1865, to Elizabeth Hammerle, a native of that county; thev have two children - Frank A. and Mary C.

JOHN HUDSON, a native of Yorkshire, England, was born May 10, 1815. He is a son of John and Mary (Hopkinson) Hudson, who were also natives of Yorkshire. He is the second son and fourth child of a family of eight children. At the age of fourteen, he went to the butcher's trade and served an apprenticeship of five years. In May, 1834, he crossed the waters to the United States; the voyage was made in a sailing vessel and occupied forty-two days. He came on to Marion and engaged in his trade, following it till 1846, at which date he began purchasing and driving cattle for the markets for nine years. He followed this occupation at intervals until 1876. He resided on his farm three miles west of Marion, till a few years since, when he removed to Marion, leaving his son Samuel in charge of the farm. He owns 397 acres of highly cultivated and well improved land, situated in Marion and Big Island Townships. February 24, 1835, he married Miss Mary Rice, daughter of John and Jane (Stewart) Rice. Mrs. Hudson died May 18, 1858, leaving three children, viz., Isabella, wife of Dr. E. B. Crow; Thomas Gr. and Samuel. Mr Hudson married for his second wife Miss Julia A. Stone, daughter of C. V. Stone, and born in Preston County, W. Va., May 6, 1835. They have had two children - Lizzie and Laura E. Mr. Hudson is a member of the I. O. O. F.

MRS. PAULINE HUMMER, the widow of Rev. S. A. Hummer, formerly the widow of B. R. Durfee, was born iu Marion July 7, 1835, the daughter of Nathan and Alice (Wilson) Peters. Her people were of Scotch- Irish and German ancestry and were largely identified with the primitive history of Marion. Mrs. Hummer was reared and partially educated in her native city, obtaining a classical education, however, at Granville Female Seminary, graduating in 1856. Two years later, April 6, 1858, she was married to Bradford R. Durfee, a son of Gardner and Elizabeth (Brightman) Durfee, of French-English and Irish descent, and natives of Fall River, Mass., and Muskingum County, Ohio, in which county they lived and died. This marriage was crowned with the birth of two children - Elisha Brightman, born May 25, 1859, and Alice E. , born October 29, 1862. Mr. Durfee was born January 20, 1816, and graduated at Denuison University, Granville, Ohio. He was admitted to the bar in 1841, and immediately won a place and a name in the legal fraternity of the State. Judge Thurman. Judge Lawrence and other prominent men pronounced him one of the ablest counselors at the bar. He enlisted as a private soldier in April, 1861, and was soon promoted as Adjutant of the Fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and later as Lieutenant Colonel of the Eighty-second Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Having gallantly served his country one year, he tendered his resignation, returned to his home and died February 20, 1868. He was an honored citizen, and left a large estate to his wife and children. December 19, 1871, the subject of this sketch married Rev. Samuel Alexander Hummer, a son of John and Anna (Dunn) Hummer, of English and Scotch-Irish ancestry, and who died in Springfield, Mo., the father in 18.29 and their mother six years subsequently. Three children were born to this union - Ruth Pauline, born April 3, 1873; Theodosia Maudana, August 9, 1875; Louie Leora Genevieve, July 28, 1877. Mr. Hummer's birth took place July 31, 1833. He passed his boyhood upon a farm, securing a common school education, but graduating at Chicago in the Theological Seminary of the Northwest. He was ordained in the Presbyterian Church at Lincoln, 111., and commenced preaching about 1856, at Monmouth, 111. He removed to Marion in 1871, where he continued to reside until a short time before his death, when he located at Columbus, Ohio, dying there June 13, 1878. He was an able and successful minister of the Gospel. His labors were in the home mission field, until his health failed in 1875, this being the field of his own choice. Mrs. Hummer is a lady possessing decision and positiveness of character, though affable and agreeable in her deportment; responds readily to rthe call of duty, be it approved or disapproved by the vox populi; conscious of the correctness of her motives, she holds herself accountable first to her Maker, next to society. She would not turn back because opposed; possesses great moral fortitude and is much like her father in the love of liberty and sense of independence. She is characterized by will, firmness, energy, business tact and great executive capacity; shrewdness to a large degree; has very rapid and correct powers of intuition, remarkably sympathetic and kind-hearted, and seldom if ever discouraged; holds her own ground and wins her way against any odds, capable of keeping a good many irons in the fire at ouce and would not let any of them burn; is ideal, and above all believes in making home beautiful.

DAVID J. HUMPHREY, Secretary of the Marion Gas -Light Company, was born in Prospect Township, then forming a part of Delaware County, April 22, 1841. His father, Thomas Humphrey, emigrated from Wales and settled in Delaware County, Ohio; and his mother, Mary (Phillips) Humphrey, was a native of Delaware County, Ohio. They married, and in 1837 removed to what is now Prospect Township. Mr. Humphrey followed mercantile business eight or ten years in Radnor and Prospect and retired. He died in October, 1877, at the age of seventy-two years. His widow now resides in Delaware County. Of seven children born to them but two are living - David J. and Victorine. D. J. Humphrey was reared principally at Radnor, his parents having moved there when he was a boy. When sixteen, he came to Marion and clerked in the store of A. H. Kling until August 1, 1862, when he enlisted as a soldier in Company E, Ninety-sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Was employed as clerk inj the Commissary and Quartermaster's Departments and Adjutant General's office; was on duty with his regiment through Louisiana, Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi, and finally mustered out at Mobile, Ala., July 7, 1865. He remained in the Commissary Department one year, then returned and was clerk in the soldiers' claim agency at Columbus six months; then returned to Marion and clerked for George B. Smith, here and at AVooster, and for

McDonald & Co. at Wooster four years. He then came back to Marion, and in 1876 engaged in the grocery trade, and in April, 1882, was elected to his present position. December 28, 1869, Mr. Humphrey married Mary, daughter of George and Mary Jane Gray; of their five children, but one is living - Gladys Marian. Mr. Humphry is a member of the F. & A. M. of Marion.

SILAS IDLEMAN was born in what is now Pleasant Township, then Delaware County, February 10, 1822. He was the first white child born in that township, and the son of Rev. Jacob and Susannah (Rohrbaugh) Idleman, of Hardy County, Va. Jacob Idleman was born January 19, 1786. Mrs. Idleman was born January 29, 1783. They were married and moved with teams to Highland County, Ohio, in the spring of 1818. In February of 1820, they came to what is now Waldo Township. The fiFst night they built a fire by a log, Mr. Idleman and his men sleeping by it; Mrs. Idleman and the children in the wagon. He and the two young men who came with them immediately erected a log cabin, 16x18 feet in size. The following fall he purchased 160 acres in Pleasant Township, building a cabin and moving into it. He continued making additions to the above purchase until he owned a half section. A large part of the farm he' cleared. He was instrumental in building the first schoolhouse and was the founder of the first church (Methodist Episcopal) in that township and county. He gave the ground for the church and cemetery, which are still called by his name. He was the first Class Leader and Steward, and served in various official capacities, till a few years before his death. Receiving his license to exhort about 1824, he preached until 1846. He aided in constructing the Columbus & Sandusky pike, built in from 1832 to 1834. He made a contract to build a mile, receiving therefor 804 acres of land and a little money for every one-fourth mile. They had seven children, four of whom are now living - Rev. Christian, Rev. J. J., near Salem, 111., Anna, wife of J. A. Snyder, and our subject. John W. died in Marion County in the summer of 1847, aged thirty-two years. Two children died in infancy. His death took place October 5, 1846, and his remains were buried in the cemetery he founded. His widow survived him until the September of 1870. Silas Idleman was reared upon the homestead and educated in the common schools of his day. He assisted his father in clearing the farm. In the spring of 1846, his father gave him 160 acres in Claridon Township, where he (the father) owned 1,300 acres. The succeeding fall, after his father's death, he returned to the old farm and became the owner of 160 acres of th^ homestead. He made one-half the improvements upon this and many additions, until he owned 300 acres in one body. While on the farm, he raised considerable stock, making a specialty of French horses and fine sheep, shipping his own stock for a number of years. He was married May 14, 1846, to Miss Catherine A. Pontius, a daughter of William and Susan Pontius. She was born in Pickaway County Ohio, June 11, 1838. Ten children have been born to them - Jacob W., Christian Z., Cicero M., Ida M., Lydia P., Hattie S., Kathleen C, Charles L., Lawronce M. and Harry L. Mr. Idleman has been connected with the County Agricultural Society since its organization, and has served as a member of the Agricultural Board since its origin, save three years. He was its Vice President several terms, his last being in 1881. He was an exhibitor at the first fair, and at nearly every one since. He has been a resident of Marion since April 1, 1880. Mr. Idleman is a Republican in politics and has served as Trustee of the Township a number of years. He was elected a Justice of the

Peace, but he refused to qualify. He was nominated for County Treasurer at two different times, and, although defeated, he ran far ahead of his ticket. In 1862, he was elected Infirmary Director. He takes an active part in local politics. He is a stockholder in the Marion & Waldo pike, and also a Director since its construction. He acted as its President about three years. Himself and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he is Steward.

FREDERICK A. ISSLEIB, the fashionable and leading tonsorial artist of Marion, is a native of the " Fatherland," born April 29, 1855, the son of August and Laura Issleib. He arrived in America April 10, 1872, stopping in New York City twenty months, learning his trade, being instructed by a prominent barber, Seihardt, of that city. He came to Marion June 2, 1876, and was in the employ of Henry Ackerman four years, workign at his trade. He was married in Delaware, Ohio, December 28, 1875, to Miss Paulina Seiter, and four children were born by this union - Otto A., born September 1, 1876; Minnie L., February 17, 1878, dying November 3, 1882; Wesley R., April 16, 1880, and Bertha P., January 29, 1883. Mr. Issleib purchased in 1880 the barber shop of H. Ackerman, located iipon Center street, and is doing h flourishing business, employing from two to four assistants all the time. He is industrious and frugal, and has a desirable lot upon South street, where he anticipates building a comfortable home soon. He is a member of the K. of P., of the I. O. O. F. and of the German Methodist Episcopal Church. He is an intelligent and active Republican.

R. H. JOHNSON, cashier of the Marion County Bank, was born in Richmond, Va. , June 18, 1819; his parents were Davis and Catharine (Everett) Johnson, the former a native of Tunbridge, Vt., and the latter of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. ; ishey were married in Poughkeepsie, and in 1828 removed to New York City. Mr. Johnson was for many years a banker. He organized the Orange County Bank of Chelsea, Vt. He was connected with the old Bank of New York for fifteen years, and with the Phoenix Bank on Wall street for a quarter of a ceutury. He was for one term Consul to Jamaica. In 1866, he came to Marion and lived retired until his death. Mrs. Johnson also died in Marion. Of a family of eight children, they reared six to maturity. R. H. Johnson was reared principally in New York City, and educated in the High School of Montpelier, Vt. A.t an early age, he was educated to the mercantile business. He spent the years 1835, 1836 and 1837 as a clerk in Havana, near Tuscaloosa, Ala., after which he returned to New York and was engaged in the brokerage business two years. He continued clerking from that time "until 1842, when, on account of ill health, he came to Marion and engaged in mercantile pursuits till 1867. He became connected with the Marion County Bank at its organization, and in 1870 he assumed the cashiership, a position which he has since filled. Mr. Johnson has assisted in many of the public improvements of Marion. He was one of the incorporators of the Marion Gas-Light Company, and is now serving as its President. He was for a number of years a jnetriber of the School Board, and has held various other local offices. His marriage took place July 2, 1846, to Miss Sarah H. , daughter of James and Sophronia Reed. Mrs. Johnson is a native of Deerfield, Franklin Co., Mass.; was born October 11, 1824. Their only child, Catharine E. , married W. B. Fisher, and has one child, Henry J. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are members of the Presbyterian Church, and are highly respected.

WILLIAM C. JOHNSON, M. D., deceased, was born in Virginia January 21, 1808, the son of Henry M. and Catherine (Murphy) Johnson, the former of English and the latter of German extraction, and natives of Maryland and Virginia respectively. They came to Harrison County, Ohio, as early as 1800, spending there the remainder of their days. They .were the parents of nine children, six of whom are living - Belinda, wife of Dr. McDean, Cadiz, Ohio; Harriet, wife of George McPherson, ditto; . Henry M., of Salt Lake City; Wesley, of the same city; Asbury j F., of Peoria, 111., and Julia A., wife of James Tallman, of Belmont County, Ohio. The deceased are Sophia, Catherine and William C. Dr. Johnson, having obtained a good common school education, supplemented with a collegiate scientific course, commenced the study of medicine in 1829, under the instruction of Dr. John Mc- Bean. He subsequently graduated at one of the chief medical colleges in Philadelphia, and began the practice of medicine at Wheeling, Va., in 1833-34. He married, January. 21, 1836, Jane McFadden, born October 20, 1818, a daughter oi Samuel and Lydia (Slafford) McFadden, and four children were born to them, three now living - Georgietta, born May 22, 1838; Henry C, February 24, 1840; Isabella M., March 14, 1849; and William, December 28, 1843, dying in New Mexico, August 30, 1878. Dr. Johnson came to Marion in 1836, and immediately built up an enviable practice, finally obtaining considerable property. He was widely and favorably known. His death occurred July 23, 1864.

J C. JOHNSTON, attorney, wa? born in Wayne County, Ohio, January 15, 1830. He is a son of Robert and Catherine (Harris) Johnston, the former a native of Butler County, Penn. , and the latter of Maryland. His grandpai'ents on both sides emigrated from North Ireland to the United States about the year 1800. When five years of age, Mr. Johnston's father removed to Kenton, Ohio, and engaged in merchandising. He remained there but a short time, on account of the prevalence of milk sickness, and removed to Galion and resumed mercantile pursuits, which he followed till the revulsion of business in 1837. He then removed to Richland County, and then to Shelby County, 111., in 1844; thence to Muncie County, Ind., in 1845, and two years later to Logan County, Ohio, where he died, in November, 1869. He was in earlier life a blacksmith, and sickle manufacturer, and followed that business several years. He contracted the asthma, which disabled him till 1859, when he resumed his trade and followed it till his death. J. C. Johnston is the fifth of a family of fifteen children, seven of whom grew to maturity. He passed his early life on a farm and received his education in the common schools. He taught school from 1852 to 1854, and at the same time read law with Judges Lawrence and WTest, of Bellefontaine. August 15, 1854, he was admitted to the bar by Chief Justice John A. Corwin. The following year he began practice in Van Wert, Ohio, at which place he remained till February, 1859, when he located in Marion. Mr. Johnston does business in all the courts of the State and District Court of the United States, and enjoys a successful practice. May 2, 1864, he enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Regiment Oaio National Guards. He served on garrison duty at Fort Ellsworth and Lyons, and was elected Captain of the battalion on the return of the company. He received an honorable discharge August 31, 1864. Mr. Johnston served the people as Mayor for nine years and as Justice of the Peace six years. October 19, 1856. he was joined in marriage with Miss Louisa J., daughter of George Baker, an early pioneer of Marion. Mrs. Johnston was born in Marion Ma\ 22, 1836. They have three children, viz., Genevra Ennis, an accomplished musician and singer; Orland AW, telegraph operator and ticket agent at Morral; and Homer C.

JACOB KELLER, owner and operator of the planing mill, was born in Berlin County, Penn. , January 1, 1832. His parents were Jacob and Catharine (Cook) Keiler; the former died in Columbia County, Perm., in 1858, and the latter in Delaware County, Ohio, in July, 1870. When a boy, our subject learned the miller's trade with his father. When of age, he took up the carpenter's trade in Lycoming County, Penn., and worked two years. In 1857, he went to Marshall County, Iowa, where he worked at his trade until October, 1861, when he enlisted in Company H, Twelfth Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry; he served in the Army of the Tennessee, and participated in the following leading battles. Shiloh, Corinth, siege of Vicksburg and in all the engagements of the Atlanta campaign, including Atlanta, where he was taken a prisoner, July 22, 1864. He was confined in Andersonville Prison two months and Florence, S. C. , until December 12, 1864, when he was paroled. He was discharged at Davenport. Iowa, July 3, 1865. He came to Delaware and purchased an interest in the Delaware Flouring Mills; a year later he came to Marion and engaged in lumbering, and subsequently erected his planing mill, at a cost of $4,000. In October, 1868, he was married to Miss Sarah C. Harder, who died in October, 1877, leaving two children, Frank S. and Grace. His second marriage took place in June, 1881, with Mrs. Martha P. Elliott, widow of J. S. Elliott; she had two children by her former husband, namely, Lowell and Charles H.

TIM KELLEY, a native of County Limerick, Ireland, was born June 16, 1844; his parents, Timothy and Ellen Kelley, were natives of the same county and both died there, the former in 1848 and the latter in 1849. Mr. Kelley, the subject of this biography, in 1852 came to America with his brother, Jeremiah Kelley, and stopped in Queen's County, Long Island; remained there until 1856, then went to Albany, N. Y., and in December, 1861, came to Bucyrus, Ohio, and subsequently to Marion. He worked on a farm until August 16, 1862, when he enlisted in Company A, Eighty-second Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He served in the Eleventh Army Corps under Gens. Sigel and Howard till September, 1863, when he joined the Twentieth Army Corps and served as Orderly to Gens. Hooker and Slocum until his discharge in June. 1865. Among the leading battles of the war in which he participated were Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge, and from the latter place to Knoxville, Resaca, and in all the engagements of Sherman's Atlanta cam paign and march to the sea. He marched through the Carolinas to Richmond; thence to Washington, D. C, where he witnessed the grand review. He was wounded at New Hope Church. After the war closed, he returned to Marion, and afterward to Albany; then back to Marion. He clerked three years for T. Fahey, then engaged in business for himself. In April, 1876, he removed to his present rooms, where he carries a stock of groceries and provisions, tobacco, cigars, foreign and domestic liquors, to the amount of $15,000 to $20,000, and does a wholesale and retail busi ness. He is also a stockholder iD the Huber Manufacturing Company; was a member of the City Council 1873-74, and is also a member at the pres' ent time. October 16, 1873, Mr. Kelley was united in marriage with Miss Norah, daughter of Pierce Keating, formerly of Marion County. She was born in Rochester, N. Y. , June 4, 1848. They have five children, viz., William P., JamesjK., Edward D., Mary E. and Maggie.

GEORGE KEY was born in Scotland December 30, 1838. Having obtained an ordinary education, he sailed for America in 1866, stopping in Akron, Ohio, until 1870, when he came to Marion. Jn trade, Mr. Key is a blacksmith, having a shop on South street. He served an apprenticeship of four years, beginning when aged fifteen; he now has all he can do, and owns a house and lot on West street. August 4, 1869, he married Miss Margaret Davidson, daughter of John Davidson, of Scotland, and of their six children four are living, namely, William H, John A., George F. and Amy V. The family are members of the Presbyterian Church: Mr. Key also belongs to the Knights of Pythias, in which he has passed the Chancellor's chair. In politics, he believes in the principles of the Democracy.

JAMES KING was born in County Deny, Ireland, August 28, 1828, the eighth child of eleven children born to John and Catherine (Riddle) King. Their ancestors were originally from Scotland. James came to America in 1818, stopping two years in Crawford County, Ohio. March 25, 1850, he came to Marion Township, working two years by the month, then "sharing" the same length of time. He bought a farm of eighty acres in 1856, moving upon it in the following spring. In 1856, he added eighty acres more and in 1879, another eighty-acre lot, making in all 2-10 acres, in a high state of cultivation. For a number of years, he has been engaged in rearing and breeding English and Clydesdale horses, having at present thirteen head. He is an annual exhibitor at the county fair. May 15, 1847, he married Sarah J. McPherson, a daughter of John and Mattie Mc Pherson. She was also a native of Ireland. Politically speaking, he is a Republican.

JOHN KINSLER is a native of Baden, Germany, born March 20, 1830, the son of John and Christina Kinsler; he was reared and educated in the common schools of his " fatherland. " In June, 1854, he landed in America, living one year in Cattaraugus County, N. Y. In the fall of 1855, he came to Marion, living here ever since, save five years - from 1862 to 1867 - when he resided in Grand Prairie Township, four miles from Marion, engaged in farming. He has always been following this business, together with stock-raising, renting land all the time. April 2, 1864, he married Margaret Ambruster, who was born in Baden, Germany, in 1827, the daughter of Charles and Margaret Ambruster. They have four children - John H. , Charles, Louisa, wife of Wesley Romoser, and Jennie. Mr. Kinsler owns a little home of three and one-half acres, is a Democrat, and he and family are members of the Lutheran Church.

JOHN H. KINSLER, eldest son of John and Margaret Kinsler, was born in Baden, Germany, January 17, 1851. He came across the Atlantic Ocean with his people when two years of age; he passed his youth in Marion, going to the union schools. At twenty years of age, he began to serve an apprenticeship of three years at stone masonry, under the "direction of William Trone. He has since followed his trade, employing five men and doing a good business. His marriage to Miss Mary Leonhart was solemnized December 3, 1878; she is the daughter of Michael and Catherine Leonhart, and was born in Waldo Township July 12, 1854. Three children blessed their home, Elmore A. alone living, born August 17, 1882. amuel C. was born December 25, 1880, and died January 1, 1881; a daughter died in infancy. Mr. Kinsler is a Republican in politics. Besides his house and lot, he owns two town lots. The family hold a membership in the German Methodist Episcopal Church.