Ottawa Township (part 21 of 23)

Orville McDowell was about fourteen years old when his father was elected county treasurer and the family moved to Ottawa where they remained four years. Subsequently, his father purchased the farm in the southeastern part of Pleasant . township. Orville McDowell attended college at Ada, where he took a course in pharmacy, in 1886 and 1887, and where he was graduated. He was employed as a drug clerk, for two years, and then engaged in business at North Baltimore, Ohio, in partnership with H. M. Nelson. Mr. Nelson was .succeeded by Doctor Henry, but after Mr. McDowell had been there four years, in 1894, he sold out and removed to Ottawa, where he was engaged in the handling of fire insurance for about two years, in the W. F. Zeller agency. Mr. McDowell removed to Continental in 1896 and clerked for a year in the H. A. Neffs store. In April 12, 1897, he started in the drug business for himself. He began by purchasing a small stock at Kalida, which he moved to Continental. He has continued in the business ever since with success and has a good store. During the session of the Ohio State Senate in 1884-85, Mr. McDowell was a page.

In April, 1913, Orville McDowell and his brother Isaac Newton Mc- Dowell started a clothing and gentlemens' furnishings store, next to the drug store, at Continental, under the firm name of McDowell Brothers. Since this time, Mr. McDowell has been engaged both in the drug and the clothingbusiness.

For seven or eight years, Mr. McDowell was township clerk of Monroe township. He also served on the council at Continental and is now a member of the board of public affairs. Mr. McDowell is a Democrat, but he isnot a hide-bound partisan in any sense of the word.

On August 25, 1889, Orville McDowell was married to Gertrude C. Young, who was born at Nevada, in Wyandot county, Ohio, in 1867, and" who is the daughter of Charles and Mary M. (Kennedy) Young. Both of Mrs. McDowell's parents were born and reared and married in Marion county and moved to the town of Nevada, in 1867. Her father was there engaged in the poultry business. Her parents spent the remainder of their lives at Nevada, where Mrs. McDowell had lived until her marriage and at which place she graduated from the high school and, for five years afterward, was engaged in teaching. Orville and Gertrude (Young) McDowell have two children, Majorie and Glenn.

Charles Young, the father of Mrs. McDowell, was the son of John and Mary (Meisner) Young, who came from Maryland. Charles Young's wife, Mary Kennedy, and the mother of Mrs. McDowell, was a daughter of John and Maria (Lorimer) Kennedy. The Kennedys came from Irish ancestry and the Lorimer family from Scottish ancestry.

Orville McDowell and wife are members of the Pythian Sisters and the Order of the Eastern Star. Mr. McDowell belongs to the Knights of Pythias is a Mason and a member of the Knights Templar. Both he and his wife are members of the Methodist church.

Orville McDowell has been in business, continuously, in Continental, longer than any other person who lives there. He is well and favorably known throughout this section of Putnam county and enjoys the confidence, not only in a business way, but in a social way, of all the people in this section of the county.

Henry Burill

Henry Burill is a well-known farmer, of Palmer township, Putnam -county, who, for many years, was one of the best known and most skillful .and most successful carpenters in this section of Putnam county. Mr. Burill is known far and wide for the excellence of his- work, for his honorable, upright dealings with the public generally, and today he is one of the successful farmers of Palmer township. He has been honored many times by the people of Palmer township with positions of responsibility and Mr. Burill .has well discharged the duties of all of these offices.

Henry Burill was born in the Dominion of Canada, January 23, 1859. He is the son of Silas and Louise (Hoffman) Burill. Mr. Burill's maternal grandparents were Philip Hoffman and wife, natives of Germany, who came to Henry county, Ohio, settling near Pleasant Bend on a farm which they cleared and improved. They lived there until their deaths. Their children were as follow : Jacob, Caroline, Louise, Peter, Philip, deceased, and Jacob, deceased. Henry Burill's father was a resident of Palmer township, in this county. He served as a soldier in the Mexican War and, after the close of the war, settled on a farm of one hundred and sixty acres of government land. Later, he acquired eighty acres more and here he made many improvements, erecting buildings and clearing the land. Mr. Burill's mother was born in Henry county, Ohio. After the marriage of Mr. Burill's parents, they moved to their farm, in section 4, where they lived for many years. "Their children are Philip, who married Eve Dirr and lives near Pleasant Bend, Henry county ; Louise, who married Jonas Rigg and lives near Butler, Indiana; and Henry, the subject of this sketch. Silas Burill died about 1858 and his wife in 1862. They were members of the Reformed church.

Henry Burill was educated in Henry county and in early boyhood made his home with his maternal grandmother, in Pleasant township. He, later, went to AVisconsin and Minnesota, where he remained for about two years. After that he returned to Henry county and at the demise of his grandmother Hoffman, made his home with his uncle, Peter Hoffman. He was married in 1883, to Kate Morris, the daughter of John Morris and wife.

John Morris and wife were born in Germany and came to Henry county where they located on a farm. Later, they settled in Defiance county, Ohio, also on a farm, and here they remained until their deaths. Their children were George; John and Henry, twins; Peter; Conrad; Mary; Catherine and Margaret, deceased. John Morris died about 1878, and his wife about 1881.

After his marriage, Mr. Burill moved to Pleasant Bend, Ohio, and engaged in carpenter work, which trade he had learned in his youth. He was in Pleasant Bend for three or four years and, during that time, his sei-vices were in great demand. His workmanship was generally admired for its excellence. He purchased forty acres of land in Palmer township, Putnam county, Ohio, and on this, he erected buildings. He cleared and drained the land. Later, he acquired eighty acres in the same section.

To Henry and Kate (Morris) Burill were born five children, William; Alvin, who died in infancy; Ernest, Laura and Clarence. William, who is a farmer in Palmer township, married Elsie Wolf and has two children; Ernest, also a fanner of Palmer township, married Ruth Baker; Laura, who married George Dickson, lives near Lansing, Michigan, and has two children; Clarence lives at home. The mother of these children died in December,' 1899, and was buried in the cemetery at New Batavia.

Henry Burill was again married, in 1900, to Kate Young, the daughter of John and Margaret Young, who lived at North Creek. John Young died in 1900, while Margaret Young died in 1907.

John Young was a machinist by trade and at one time owned the stave factory at North Creek and also owned saw-mills in various parts of Ohio. John Young died at North Creek, Ohio, and Margaret Young, his wife, died in Wood county at the home her son, Andrew. The children of John and Margaret Young were: Kate, Margaret, Delia, Anna, Henry, Jacob, Fred, Andrew, living, and Christine, Jennie, George, Susan, Louis, Christopher and Elizabeth, dead.

John Young and wife were born in Germany and came to this countiy, separately, before marriage. He was an architect in Germany, but did not follow this in this country. Henry Burill and wife were married in Amherst, Ohio, and lived there for a number of years. Later, they moved to a farm near Genoa, Ottawa county, Ohio, after which they moved to Wood county, where he operated a saw-mill. He then engaged in a general store business in Wood county, later moved to North Creek, where he lived the rest of his life.

which Mr. Burill acquired, just west of his farm in Palmer township. Each son farms forty acres. Mr. Burill has served as constable of Pleasant township, Henry county, for three years and is now serving as school director in Palmer township, Putnam county. He was township trustee for two terms and is identified with the Democratic party. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias at Pleasant Bend. He and his wife are members of the German Reformed church. Henry Burill is an affable, agreeable man, a substantial farmer, well liked by his neighbors and intelligent in all of the relations of life.

Ernest L. Hartman

Putnam county, Ohio, has been especially favored in the personnel of its newspaper men and among the representatives of this profession in this county is Ernest L. Hartman, the publisher and editor of the Continental Union Nnus. During late years, he has not only gained distinct success in this business, but he has, through his personal influence, by voice and pen, stood for the highest and best things in the community's life. He has not only gained prestige as an active, progressive and successful business man, but, in a professional way, deserves to be considered one of the best citizens of the community, in the largest sense of the word. The Continental Union News, under the management of Mr. Hartman, has always been a booster for local enterprises and has always represented the best spirit of the community wherein it circulates.

Ernest L. Hartman was born on July 14, 1858, in Napoleon, Henry county, Ohio. He is the son of Charles C. and Sarah (Funk) Hartm'an. Charles C. Hartman was born in Center county, Pennsylvania, and came with his parents, Samuel and Lucy (Holcomb) Hartman, to Wayne county, where Charles C. was educated and where he spent seven years. After this, they moved to Henry county, Ohio, where he taught school. He also taught in New York state. Charles C. Hartman died at Napoleon, Ohio, in 1859. Samuel Hartman, the father of Charles C, was born in Center county, Pennsylvania, and his wife, Lucy Holcomb, was born at Elmira, New York. Lucy Hartman died in Henry county, Ohio. Samuel Hartman died in Salona, Pennsylvania.

Mrs. Sarah Hartman, the mother of Ernest L., was born in Pennsylvania and died in Napoleon, Ohio, the same year as her husband. Ernest L. Hartman was the only child born to his parents.

_ Ernest L. Hartman grew up in Henry county and especially at Napoleon, Ohio. He received his early education in the country schools of Henry county and graduated from the Napoleon high school with the class of 1877. Subsequently, he read law under Hon. W. A. Stephenson at Napoleon, and was admitted to the bar. May 20, 1882, at Columbus, Ohio. He also spent one year as a student of the scientific course at Valparaiso College, at Valparaiso, Indiana, but did not graduate. From Henry county, Ohio, Mr. Hartman moved to WiUshire, Van Wert county, Ohio, in 1892, aiid here he operated a stave and hoop mill. He also engaged in the practice of law. Mr. Hartman moved to Ohio City in Van Wert county, in 1899, and here engaged in the practice of law. He was also identified with the timber business during the oil boom. From Ohio City, Mr. Hartman moved to Continental, where he had purchased the Union News plant, August 24, 1907. Several months later he moved his family to Continental where he is actively engaged in the newspaper work and printing business. He has a large circulation in the township and county and a large and lucrative business in job printing. Mr Hartman is also active in the practice of law in addition to his newspaper work. He taught school in Henry county, Ohio, many terms and also one year in Elkhart county. Mr. Hartman's father and his grandfather and uncle taught at the old Cole school in Henry county, where Charles L., himself, also taught for many years.

Ernest L. Hartman was married on June 7, 1887, at Napoleon Ohio to Mary A. Sheffield, who was born at Napoleon, Ohio, on October 13 18^7' She is the daughter of Edward and Phebe (Brownell) Sheffield Edward Sheffield was born in Paynesville, Ohio, and educated in the practice of law He was a prominent lawyer, at Napoleon, at the time of his death and had held several high offices, having been a member of the Ohio General Assembly county auditor and prosecuting attorney. He died in Napoleon Henrv county, Ohio, in 1865, at the age of thirty-nine years. His wife, who was Phebe Brownell before her marriage, was borri in New York state and was the daughter of William and Lydia (Chase) Brownell, both of whom were devout members of the Quaker church, both natives of New York having been born near Palmyra, where they grew up. After their marriage thev moved to Henry county, Ohio, where William Brownell assisted in the sur vey of the county. They were among its pioneers and witnessed its develonment from the beginning. William Brownell was a millwright and a sur veyor, both trades having been learned in New York state. Both he and his wife died m Henry county. Mrs. Phebe Sheffield, the mother of Mrs Hart man, died at Napoleon, Henry county, Ohio, March 12, 191 1, at the age of eighty-five. She and her husband had four children, Mrs. Ella E. Cowdrick, of Topeka, Kansas; William C, deceased; Mary A., the wife of Mr. Hartman; and Phebe D., of Napoleon, Ohio, who is the librarian of the Carnegie library there. Mrs. Hartman grew up at Napoleon, Ohio, and was educated there, being a graduate in the first class of the Napoleon high school in 1875. She was a school teacher and taught school for fourteen years, ten years in the public schools at Napoleon, two years as superintendent of the Penacook schools at Penacook, New Hampshire, and also at Willshire, Van Wert county, Ohio. At Willshire she was the first lady member of the board of education and was selected as clerk. To Ernest L. and Mary A. (Sheffield) Hartman, two children have been born, Eugene B., on February 17, 1888; and Edward S., April 29, 1890. Eugene B. lives at Toledo, Ohio, where he is engaged in the printing business ; Edward S. lives at Napoleon, where he is a city mail carrier.

Ernest L. Hartman is not a member of any lodge. He is a Republican in politics and served as mayor of Willshire, Ohio, one term while he was living there. He is a justice of the peace at Continental and completes a term of four years on January i, 1916. He is not a member of any church. Mrs. Hartman is a member of the Presbyterian church at Napoleon, Ohio. She is clerk of the board of public affairs at Continental and secretary of the Farmers Mutual Telephone Company, since 191 1, and trustee since its reorganization in 1915.

John William Hixon

One of the conspicuous men from the list of Putnam county's farmers is John William Hixon, a substantial farmer of Blanchard township, and a gentleman of high standing to whom has not been denied a full measure of success. Long recognized as a factor of importance in connection with farming and stock raising, he has been prominently identified with the material growth and prosperity of this part of the state of Ohio. His life is closely interwoven with the history of Putnam county, where he has been content to live and follow his chosen vocation for many years. John William Hixon is an excellent farmer and has kept abreast of twentieth century methods in farming.

Hixon. George Hixon was born on August lo, 1830, in Washington county, Pennsylvania, and was the son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Cotner) Hixon, natives of Pennsylvania. Samuel Hixon's father served in the Revolutionary War under General Washington. Samuel Hixon died when his son, George was a small boy. The family then moved to Carroll county about 1842. Samuel and Elizabeth (Cotner) Hixon had ten children, eigM sons and two daughters, Jacob, John, Samuel, Jr., James, Thomas, George, Josiah, Wilham, Mary and Susanne. George Hixon was reared by Joseph Sellers, of Carroll county, after he was twelve or thirteen years of age and remained with Mr. Sellers until he was a young man. George Hixon's mo her and the family then moved to Blanchard township, Putnam county and settled about a mile northwest of Gilboa. Here they remained a few years and it was here that George was married, when twenty-three or wenty-four years of age, to Mary Ellen Vaughn. All the family then moved to Owen county, Indiana. Here George and his wife remained for two years and returned to Blanchard township, Putnam county, settling three miles north of Gilboa near the Pleasant Grove church. They lived at this place at the time of their death. The land was covered with timber in those days and they were compelled to cut a road through the wilderness to reach their .llTh ,^7,^^°':^^ Hixon cleared a place for their cabin. They suffered all the hardships incident to pioneer life. For a few years the wheat crop was a failure, due to the ravages of the weevil, and the family was com pel ed to lire on corn bread that time. Wild game, however, was plentiful and included fox,, wild turkey, coon, mink and squirrel

Ohio, and came with her parents to Putnam county when one year old John W. Vaughn was born in 1812, in Culpepper county, Virginia and came to Marion county in the early days.

George and Mary Ellen (Vaughn) Hixon had four children John W the subject of this sketch; Thomas Emmett and Lillie May, twins' and Sam" uel Marion. George Hixon died in the summer of .,05!^,, 2 ^ fe dTd in August, 1907. ^ "'^°

_ John W. Vaughn, who was Mr. Hixon's maternal grandfather entered his land from the government. When he built his first log cabin there was no chimney, but a hole in the center of the roof from which the smok Ivh emerge. At that time the country was full of Indians. Jolm 7 VauS.'

depended on his skill as a hunter to supply his family with meat and to get money with which to pay his taxes. Mr. Hixon's mother often related how the dogs would chase the wolves until outnumbered, when they were forced back to the house and compelled to seek the shelter of the log cabin. She was fond of telling stories about the early Indian visitors, who strapped their papooses on their backs, tied to a board.

John William Hixon, the subject of this sketch, grew up on the old homestead and attended the common schools. He also attended the normal school at Ottawa for one term.

John William Hixon was married on October 16, i88i, to Emma Caroline Rager, who was born on June 6, 1859, in Franklin county, Ohio, and who was the daughter of Adam and Julia Rager, the former a native of Franklin and the latter of Licking county, Ohio. To this union was born one child, Charles Oscar, who married Mary Alice Schafer, the daughter of Ella Schafer. They have two children. Vera Caroline and John Harold. Charles Oscar is farming forty acres of his own and also his father's old home place.

After his marriage, Mr. Hixon farmed his grandfather Vaughan's place for four years, or until the latter's death, and then moved to the Dell Foulk farm, in Blanchard township. Here he lived for two years and then purchased eighty acres north and east of the old homestead. Some years later he also purchased his father's old home place. This he later sold and bought another farm just north of his original eighty. He has continued to live here from that time. Mr, Hixon has always raised a good grade of stock and has been very successful with it.

John William Hixon is a Democrat, but he has never been especially active in political affairs and has never been an aspirant for office. He and his wife and family are members of the Methodist Protestant church. Mr. Hixon joined this church at the age of thirteen and has been active in its work all his life. He was superintendent of the Sunday school for twenty years and chairman of the building committee, as well as the board of trustees, for several years. The Methodist Protestant church, of which Mr. Hixon is a member and in which he is prominent, is one of the most magnificent country churches to be found anywhere. It is a monument to the citizenship of the community.

John William Hixon is a man of genial disposition, affable and agreeable, although earnest and sincere in all his relations with his fellows. He is popular in the .community where he lives.

Elah Harry Buckland

There is no calling, however humble, in which enterprise and industry, with a well-directed purpose, will not produce some measure of success. In the pursuit of agriculture, the qualities mentioned are quite -essential. Among the well-known and highly-respected farmers of Putnam county, Ohio, who have attained a definite degree of success in their life work and who, at the same time, have greatly benefited the community in which they live, is Elah Harry Buckland, of Blanchard township.

Elah Harry Buckland was born on February 13, 1844, in Licking county, Ohio, the son of John L. and Caroline (Beach) Buckland. John L. Buckland was a farmer of Blanchard township, Putnam county, Ohio, and was born in Rutland county, Vermont, on June 17, 1817, and died on March 19, 1887. He came from Vermont direct to Ohio in 1852. John L. Buckland was the son of William and Anna (Lewis) Buckland. He was married in Licking county, Ohio, December 16, 1841, to Caroline Beach, the daughter of Joseph and Rebecca (Hayes) Beach. Mrs. John L. Buckland was born in Essex county. New York, August 13, 1821, and died on November 17, 1910. Subsequently, her parents came to Putnam county and, in 1863, Joseph Beach's first wife, Rebecca Hayes, died in Licking county. After this he removed to Putnam county and three years later was married.

To John L. and Caroline (Beach) Buckland eight children were born, Mary Ann, on November 4, 1842, who is the wife of James Maidlow, of Blanchard township; Elah Harry, the subject of this sketch; Ahce Lucinda, October 25, 1845, who is the wife of Charles Gifford Conine, of Blanchard township; Reuben Sanford, September 3, 1848, died on April 21, 1867; Lewis Thare, November 21, 1850, died on March 19, -1912; Sarah Helen, September 10, 1851, who is the wife of George Agner, of Ottawa; John, October i, 1861, died on April 14, 1863; and Jerusha Caroline, September 16, 1864, who is the widow of Basset Sherrard.

Elah Harry Buckland came to Putnam county, October 23, 1852, with his parents when he was eight years old. Here he attended the common schools. His father had borrowed money to buy his first farm of eighty acres, which cost three hundred and fifty dollars. After completing his purchase, he had just ten dollars left. Samuel Wells, a resident of Licking county, insisted that this was not enough upon which to start farming in a new country and support a family of five children through the winter, so he insisted that Mr. Buckland's father accept a further loan of fifty dollars. His generosity enabled the family to pull through the winter. They lived on S. P. Weaver's farm until they could build their first log house into which they moved, about the first of the year 1853. It was amid these primitive surroundings that Elah H. Buckland grew to manhood. He remained on. the old homestead until he was twenty-three years of age.

Elah Harry Buckland was married on March 28, 1867, to Jane Rebecca Maidlow, the daughter of John and Lucinda (Dowds) Maidlow, who was born on July 10, 1846. Her father was a native of England, who came to Baltimore, Maryland, and finally to Knox county, Ohio, at the age of fourteen. Here he met Lucinda Dowds, who was born in Knox county. Shortly after their marriage, they came to Putnam county in 1835, where Mr. Buckland has lived for sixty-two years. His wife died on January 15, 1901.

After his marriage, Elah H. Buckland started out for himself. He rented a farm of Henry Watts in Ottawa township, but the next year moved back to Blanchard township, on the John Maidlow farm, where he remained for fourteen years. In the spring of 1882, he moved to the John McDougle farm, which he purchased two years later. Mr. Buckland has always raised a high grade of stock and has been a very successful farmer.

Elah Harry and Jane Rebecca (Maidlow) Buckland have been the parents of seven children, Harry L., born on February 28, 1868, who married Dellar Burgett, and has seven children, Everett, Lewis, Lena, Herman, Minerva, DeLawrence and Clitus; Agnes M., March 30, 1870, who married Edgar Deck, whose sketch is given elsewhere in this volume : Mary E., March 29, 1872, who is the wife of John Payne and has five children, Eva, Ethel, Jerusha, Zella and Serge; Samuel, November 25, 1874, died on February 9, 1877; Annetta, March 12, 1877, who is the wife of Harry Deck, and has five children, Garrett, Percy, Elah, Delbert and Raymond; Elah M., April 7, 1879; Martha, November 28, 1882, who is the wife of Thomas Radabaugh, of Blanchard township, and has five children, Alvin, Esther, Hazel Edna, Le Vaughn, deceased, and one who died in infancy.

Elah M. Buckland, the youngest son of Elah H., was married to Margaret Pitney, the daughter of Joseph and Ella Pitney. She was born in Blanchard township, Putnam county, but her parents were natives of Lickingcounty, Ohio. They came to Putnam county in 1880 and settled in Blanchard township. They had eleven children, Louis, Levi, Alonzo, Effie, Margaret, Mary, Russell, Olive, Josephine, Bessie and Admiral, all of whom are living except Olive and Josephine. Elah M. and Margaret (Pitney) Buckland have had three children, Lela, born on September 9, 1901, died on October 10, 1901 ; Frederick, September 27, 1902; and Reuben, December 12, 1903.

Elah H. Buckland has reared a large family to lives of usefulness in their respective communities and he is a man who merits the honor and respect of his fellow citizens, for his splendid services as a father, and his upright life as a man. Mr. Buckland has been a life-long Republican. He has served both as school director and supervisor. Throughout his life he has been a member of the Methodist Protestant church and from his youngmanhood to the present time has been active in the affairs of this church

Francis Marion Warren

Among the citizens of Blanchard township, Putnam county, Ohio, whohave built up comfortable homes and surrounded themselves vidth valuable landed estates and personal property, few have attained a higher degree of success than has Francis Marion Warren. With few opportunities, except what his own efiforts were capable of providing, and with many discouragements to overcome, he has made a success, and has the gratification of knowing that the community in which he resides has been benefited by his presence and his counsel.

Francis Marion Warren was born in Hancock county, Ohio, on September 25, 1854, a son of William and Rachel (McConnell) Warren. William Warren was born in Jefferson county, Ohio, in 1820. His father was a Scotchman and his mother was a native of Pannsylvania, having come to- Ohio with her parents duringher girlhood, where they settled in Jefferson county.

William Warren lived with his parents in Jefferson county until he was twenty-five years of age, at which time he married Rachel McConnell and moved to Hancock county, where he entered government land about six miles east of Findlay. He found his new land in a virgin state and the experiences of himself and his wife were practically the same as those of all other early pioneers. They followed the usual custom of first clearing a little space and building a log cabin. Later, after much perseverance, they cleared the remainder of the farm and placed it in a state of cultivation. Later, Mr. Warren added to his farm holdings by the purchase of a tract of land in the northwest part of- Blanchard township, Putnam county.

Six children were born to William and Rachel (McConnell) Warren,, as follow: Harriett, the wife of George Anderson, of Endicott, Nebraska, to whom four children have been born, two of which are now deceased-

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Emma, deceased, who was the wife of Henry Bowman, of Findlay, Ohio, and the mother of nine children, two of which died in infancy; Francis M., the subject of this sketch; Amilous, who married Eva Jeffrey and who lives on the old homestead east of Findlay; Eva, the wife of Lineous Ewing, who lives east of Findlay; Harvey, who married Edna Glothart, to which union were born three children, and for his second wife, Emma Wyant, by whom he has one child. William Warren died on October 7, 1881, and his wife, Rachel, died on December i, 1897.

Francis M. Warren lived on the old home place in Hancock county, where he attended the public schools and worked on the farm until, when about twenty years of age, in 1875, he married Ella Albertson, a daughter of William and Justine Albertson. To that union four children were born, all of whom died in infancy. Ella Warren did not long survive her children, and died in February, i88'i.

On August 29, 1882, Francis M. Warren married a second time, his second wife being Sarah J. Warren, who was born on October 9, 1856, in Wyandotte county, near Carey, Ohio, a daughter of Andrew J. and Gathering (Spade) Warren. Andrew J. Warren was born in Delaware, Ohio, on August 8, 1831, and died in June, 1892. His father, who died when Andrew J. was a child, came from New York state. Catherine Spade was a daughter Daniel and Nancy (Breiner) Spade, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania and who settled in Wyandot county, Ohio, about 1830. Sarah J. Warren, when four years of age, moved with her parents to Liberty township, Putnam county, Ohio, about three miles northwest of Leipsic, where she attended school and lived with' her parents until the time of her marriage to Francis M. Warren. To that union were born four children, as follow : Clyde, who married Rachel Compton and lives in Hancock county, Ohio ; Monroe, who married Gale Hermon, and to whom has been born one son, Francis Lewis; Efhe, the wife of Lester Heifer, to whom has been born one daughter, Mildred Lucile, and Miley Ford, who is unmarried and lives at home.

Francis Marion Warren has been a resident of Putnam county about forty years. He is a successful farmer and specializes in the breeding and raising of high grade stock. He is a supporter of the Democratic party and has always been actively interested in political matters. He has served as a member of the school board, in which office he gave such great satisfaction that the citizens of his community desired to elect him township trustee, an honor which he refused.

Protestant church, of which Mr. Warren is a trustee. Mr. Warren is a man of high integrity and is universally respected and esteemed by all his neighbors. His success has been entirely the result of his own energy and perseverance and the readiness with which he grasped and developed every

William Henry Fairchild

The man whose name forms the caption of this sketch, is one of the representative farmers of Blanchard township, Putnam county, and is entitled to a place in the history of his county.

William Henry Fairchild was born in Blanchard township, Hancock county, Ohio, on October 23, 1868, a son of Jesse and Louisa (Blakely) Fairchild. Jesse Fairchild was born in Putnam county, August 5, 1840, a son of John and Elizabeth Fairchild, both of whom came from Franklin county, Ohio, in 1832.

John Fairchild was a native of Ireland and came to America with his parents when he was seven years of age, settling in Franklin county, near Columbus, Ohio. A number of years later, after his marriage, and while he was still a young man, he moved to Putnam county, where he brought up -his family. He entered one hundred and sixty acres of government land, which lay partly in Blanchard township, Putnam county, and partly in Blanchard township, Hancock county, Ohio. He followed the usual pioneer system of development, cleared his land and built a double log cabin, half of which lay in each county.

In addition to his activities as a farmer, he constructed a water-power saw-mill on Buck run, where he conducted a very profitable business. When his son, Jesse, was about twenty years of age, he took charge of the mill and, at the outbreak of the Civil War manufactured gun stocks for the United States government, for which work he used only black walnut. Jesse Fairchild conducted the mill until about 1878, after which he devoted all his time to farming. He retired about 1895, but still owns the old home place. He was a successful farmer and a man highly respected by all his neighbors. In politics, he was a Democrat. He is a member of the Church of God, in which he has always been an active worker. He is still living at the ripe -old age of seventy-five.

twenty-four }^ears of age, at which time he was married and moved to Leipsic, in 1892, to engage in farming, his farm lying just outside the corporation hmits. He sold that place and moved to Blanchard township, Putnam county, .in 1894, where he bought the-McArthur and Grafton farm, where he now makes his home.

On November 26, 1892. he married Uzela Ramsey, a daughter of Samuel and Mary (LefiRer) Ramsey. Samuel Ramsey was born on November 7, 181 1, in Jefferson county, Ohio, and died on November 18, 1889. He was a son of John and Nancy Ramsey. After his marriage, he came to Hancock county and entered three claims of eighty acres each. This farm was later divided among his children. He then moved to two and one-half miles west of Leipsic, where he bought the Bill Edwards place, on which he lived for about seven years. This place he sold and afterward bought the old Swinehart farm, seven and one-half miles west of Leipsic. After operating that farm for four or five years, he retired and bought forty acres near Leipsic, where he lived until the time of his death, November 18, 1889. He died at the age of seventy-eight.

Mary Leffler, his wife, was born in Fairfield county, Ohio, on May 25, 1833, and died on December 17, 1913, at the age of eighty years, six months and twenty-two days. She was a daughter of John and Nancy (Meirs) LefHer, both of whom were pioneers of Fairfield county.' Mary Leffler came to Putnam county with her parents at the age of eighteen. They entered government land just north of Leipsic and developed the farm which they had homesteaded.

Samuel Ramsey was married to Mary Leffler on July 4, 1869, that being his second marriage. His first wife was Nancy Coulter, and to that union were born ten children, one of which died in infancy and another at the age of fifteen. To the second marriage were born Mary Roselle, who died at the age of two years; Uzela, the wife of the subject of this sketch; Uzena, who died at the age of four years, and Uzelus, who died at the age of one year.

William Henry Fairchild and wife now own two hundred .and fifty acres of land in Putnam county, all in a thorough state of improvement. On his -farm he. specializes in the Jsreeding and raising of thoroughbred Duroc- Jersey hogs, a branch of endeavor in which he has been very successful.

To William Henry and Uzela (Ramsey) Fairchild have been born ten children as follow : Corbett Burdell, who married Etta Hazelton and lives adjoining the home, place; Harvey Burdette, who died at the age of five years, seven months and ten days; George Odell, who died at the age of two years, eleven months and twenty-six days; Eva Mary, who died at the age of two

William Henry Fairchild is a supporter of the Democratic party and has taken an active and intelligent interest in the political affairs of his community. He has served the citizens for four years as a member of the school board. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and is active in church work, being a member of the financial board of that church. He is a man of excellent character, a prosperous and progressive citizen and is held in the highest respect and esteem by all who claim his acquaintance.

Joseph Corfman

It is a well-authenticated fact that success comes as the result of legitimate and well-applied energy, unflagging determination and perseverance in a course of action when once decided upon. She is never known to smile on the idler or dreamer, and only the men who have diligently sought her favor are crowned with her blessings. In tracing the history of the influential of Putnam county, Ohio, the gentleman whose name forms the caption of this sketch occupies a prominent place. It is plainly seen that the success which he enjoys, has been won by commendable qualities, and it is also his personal worth that has gained for him the high esteem of those who know him.

Joseph Corf man was born on November 2, 1848, in Wyandot, Ohio, a son of Conrad and Mary (Riegle) Corf man. Conrad Corf man was born July 24, 1809, in Fairfield county, Ohio, the son of parents who had come from Germany and settled in Pennsylvania, having later moved to Ohio, previous to his birth.

When he was eighteen years of age, Conrad Corf man moved to Wyan- county, Ohio, and settled near McCutcheonsville, where he remained until i860. He then moved to Hancock county and settled in Mt. Cory, where he remained for twelve years. He later moved to five miles northwest of Mt. Cory, which was his final place of residence.

Conrad Corfman's wife, Mary Riegle, was born in 181 1, in Cumberland -county, Pennsylvania, near Carlisle, a daughter of George and Catherine Riegle, who were natives of Pennsylvania. They came to Wyandot county, Ohio, when Mary Riegle was ten years of age. Conrad and Mary Corfman were the parents of twelve children, who were, Phillip; Barbara; Mary; Jacob ; George ; Catherine ; Elias, who died at the age of four years ; Magdalene; Joseph; Lydia; Sophia and Nathan.

Joseph Corf man spent his childhood four miles northwest of Upper Sandusky, Ohio. He moved to Hancock county, Ohio, in i860, where heattended the public schools and helped his father on the farm, until he was twenty-two or twenty-three years of age. Then, for about ten years, he farmed independently and dealt in live stock on a small scale. During that time, in August, 1876, his father died, and Joseph Corf man farmed the home place for his mother for a number of years, or until the time of his marriage, in 1883.

On April 3, 1883, he married Irena Spahr, a daughter of Jesse and Margaret (Fisher) Spahr. Jesse Spahr was born in Cumberland county,. Pennsylvania, on June 21, 1825, and came to Crawford county, Ohio, with his parents when a boy. In that county he grew to manhood and married. During the later years of the Civil War he enlisted in the One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served for about a year and a half, or until the end of the war. He moved to three miles north of Gilboa, Ohio, in 1852, where he entered a government farm on which he remained until his death.

Margaret (Fisher) Spahr, his wife, was born in Cumberland county,. Pennsylvania, March 30, 1827. Her father was a native of Germany and came to Pennsylvania when a young man. There he taught in the Germanschools until he moved from Pennsylvania to Crawford county, Ohio, during the early days of that county. It was there that his daughter married Jesse E. Spahr. To Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Spahr were born eight children, as follow : Eliza, the wife of William Lindsey, of Perth, Kansas, to whom hasbeen born six children, four daughters living and two sons, deceased ; George W., deceased, who married Eliza Blodgett, and to whom six children, onedaughter and five sons were born; Oliver F., deceased, who married Loretta Huntsman, and to whom five sons and one daughter were born; Irene S., the wife of the subject of this sketch; Lenora, unmarried, who lives in Liepsic, Ohio; Benjamin, who died at the age of eight years; Effie May, who died when fourteen months of age, and Orvel, who died at the age of ten.

Irene S. Spahr, the wife of Joseph Corfman, was born in Blanchard township, Putnam county, Ohio, on April 19, 1853. In that place she spent her girlhood and attended the common schools, after which she took special normal work at Leipsic, Ohio, and at Ottawa, Ohio. At the age of fourteen she began teaching school, and continued to teach for fifteen terms, or until she was twenty-eight years of age, when she married Joseph Corfman. During her years of teaching, she continued to live on the old home place whereshe was born, and where she was later married.

On April 4, 1883, after their marriage, Joseph Corfman and wife moved to Henry county, Ohio, where they settled six miles northwest of Bellmore. The following stimmer, Mr. Corfman sold his farm and moved to Leipsic, Putnam county, where, for four years, he operated a meat market. He then sold his market in Leipsic and moved to Mt. Cory, Hancock county, where he again engaged in the meat market business and followed it for two years. He then went into partnership with H. J. Rutledge and opened two more markets in Findlay, Ohio. He then sold his interests to his partner, and for two years engaged in the wholesale meat business until 1895, when he returned to Blanchard township, Putnam county, where he occupied the Spahr farm, at first buying forty acres, and later, eighty acres of that farm.

In January of 1910, Mr. Corfman moved to the northeast part of Blanchard township, on the old Ridge road, where the family now live. Mr. Corfman has improved and developed the farm until it ranks well up among the best farms of his section. He operates it as a general farm. Mr. Corfman has always been known as a man of high ideals and sound business integrity. He is held in the highest esteem by his neighbors and has always held the respect of all who have had dealings with him.

Robert W. Kissell

Representing one of the oldest and best known families of Continental, Ohio, Putnam county, and a man of enterprising and sterling worth of character, Robert W. Kissell, a well-known produce dealer, of Continental, Ohio, is entitled to notice among the substantial business men of this section of the state, and it is with much satisfaction that the brief sketch of his life career is herewith given.

Robert W. Kissell was born on November 30, 1 871, at Columbus Grove,. Ohio, He is the son of John H. and Elizabeth (Sterling) Kissell. Mr! Kissell grew up in Columbus Grove, Ohio, and was educated in the common schools and in the high school. He was graduated from the Columbus Grove high school in 1889 and attended Wooster University for two years, during 1890 and 1 89 1. After taking the course at Wooster University, he came back to Columbus Grove, Ohio, and worked for several years with his father in the poultry business. He moved to Continental, Ohio, in 1899, where he immediately entered the poultry and produce business. Mr. Kissell is still actively engaged in this business. He enjoys a lucrative patronage and is a very popular man and a good "mixer" with the people of this community.

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He is congenial in his manners and frank in his dealings with his fellow men. He is extremely interested in public improvements and a progressive citizen in every way. Mr. Kissell has a fine home in Continental and is favorably known as a shrewd, able business man and, nevertheless, one who is upright and straightforward in all of his dealings.

Robert W. Kissell was married on March 26, 1902, to Florence Crawford who was born in Columbus Grove, January 12, 1873, and who is the daughter of Alonzo and Mary (Scott) Crawford. Mrs. Kissell grew to womanhood at Columbus Grove and was graduated from the Columbus Grove high school with the class of 1890. After leaving high school, she .attended the Lima Business College and worked for her father m the gristmill at Columbus Grove. She is now a most valuable aid to her husband in his business. She is an expert bookkeeper and a splendid business woman.

Alonzo Crawford was a native of Union township, having been born near Kalida, Ohio. He died on September 24, 1914, at the age of seventysix years. Mrs. Crawford is still living at Columbus Grove. Mr. Kissell's father died on November 23, 1912, and his mother died on May 16, 1902. They were well-known and highly-respected citizens of this community.

Robert W. Kissell is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons Lodge No. 570. He is a member of the council and chapter at Ottawa, -Ohio. Mr. Kissell is a stanch Democrat. He served as town clerk of Continental for nine years and also as township treasurer for two terms, which office he still holds. Mr. Kissell also served as councilman for one term. Mrs. Kissell is a member of the Methodist church at Continental, but Mr. Kissell is not identified with any church.

Charles C. Schafer

The Schafer family is one of the very oldest in Putnam county. The family was established by William Schafer, a native of Koenig Hesse-Darmrstadt, Germany, who came to America with his parents, in 1854, and settled in Sugar Creek township. This was more than sixty years ago, and ever .since that time, members of the Schafer family have been conspicuous in the civic, political and religious life of Putnam county. Many of the Schafers have been farmers, but not all of them. Charles C. Schafer, a representative -of the third generation, is a prominent grain and coal dealer at North Creek, Ohio. Mr. Schafer, however, was reared on the farm, but he has been

Mr. And .Mrs. Charles C. Schafer

William Schafer married Mary Morris, the daughter of Judge Morris, August 6, 1863, and with his young wife moved to Palmer township, Putnam county, in March, 1864. Here he settled on a fanti and here he and his wife resided until their deaths. At the time William Schafer and his wife moved to Palmer township, it was an unbroken forest, and all kinds of wild game were to be seen everywhere. William Schafer cleared the timber from most of the farm with his own hands. He was active in politics and held many offices of trust, most of which came as a consequence of his nominations received by the Democratic party, with which he was identified throughout his life. In April, 1867, he was elected justice of the peace of Palmer township and held this office for twelve consecutive years, or until his death. He also served two terms as township treasurer and one term as township trustee. He was elected county commissioner in 1875, and held this office for two ternis of three years each. He served as postmaster of North Creek, Ohio, beginning in March, 1879, and holding the office until McKinley was elected president.

Charles C. Schafer was one of twelve children bom to his parents These children were as follow: Henry P., on September 11, 1864; John S. February 18,, 1866; Margaret Catherine, September 19, 1867; William W. December 17, 1869; George Lewis, December 12, 1871 ; Charles C. September 26, 1874; Sarah K, August 22, 1876; Mary Emaline, June 17, '1878, Ida Lavina, August 19, 1880; Benjamin R, August it, 1882; Surilda Laura May, July 13, 1884, died on September i, 1903; and Joseph J., May 19, 1887. Five of the sons and one daughter reside in Putnam county and thJ other children are scattered throughout different states. William Schafer died on January i, 1903, and his wife, the mother of these children, died on October 10, 1902.

Charles C. Schafer was educated in the township public schools of Palmer township. He farmed on his father's farm until he was twenty-fi^ e years old. He was married on August 14, 1899, to Nettie Ury She was born m Pleasant township, Putnam county, Ohio, and is the dauo-hter of Christian and Harriet Ury. Charles C. and Nettie (Uty) Schafer have had two children, Estella H., born on July 5, 1900, and the other died in infancy lEstella H. attends the Continental high school

About one year after his marriage, Mr. Schafer engaged in the milHng;^ business at North Creek. Here he operates a grain elevator. He has built up a splendid patronage and not only enjoys a good trade in this business, but also has a good business in the retail sale of coal. Mr. Schafer is not only popular in a business way, but he is popular socially, in Palmer township.. He is now serving as township treasurer and has served as a member of the school board. Mr. Schafer is a Democrat. Mrs. Schafer and her daughter,, Estella, are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

A prominent farmer of Putnam county, Ohio, who is now living a retired life in Ottawa, is Herman McDougle, who was born in this county more than half a century ago. His parents were early settlers in this county, in Blanchard township, where he taught school for nearly a quarter of a. century and where he has served as treasurer of Putnam county, making hishome in Ottawa since taking this office ten years ago.

Herman McDougle, the son of John and Eliza (Beach) McDougle, was born in Blanchard township, Putnam county, Ohio, on February 14, 1859. His father was born in West Virginia, where he grew to manhood and then moved to Licking county, Ohio, where he married Eliza Beach. She wasborn in Essex county. New York, the daughter of Joseph and Rebecca (Hays) Beach, and came with her parents to Licking county, Ohio, and later to Putnam county, where the Beach family located, in 1863.

John McDougle and wife came to Putnam county and settled in the black swamp, in Blanchard township about two miles from Leipsic. They started in with forty acres ; a dense forest surrounding his cabin on all sides. He and his wife bore the hardships of pioneer life nobly, and reared six children in the log cabin which was their first home. John McDougle died in early manhood and left his widow with six young children, Joseph, Melinda^ Harvey, Herman, Meredith and George. The widow bravely undertook the rearing of these children and continued to reside on the farm where, she and her husband had settled the remainder of her life.

When he was fourteen years of age, Herman McDougle started out West with a pistol to shoot Indians. He got as far as Illinois and there found an uncle, William McDougle, a brother of his father. His uncle was a fine man and an influential citizen of the community where he resided.-

He took young Herman in and gave him a good home, where the lad attended school, and where his uncle and aunt gave him the same care and attention which they accorded their own family of children. His uncle even paid him for his work, so that, after three years, he not only had the rudiments of a good, common school education, but had been taught to work and save his money. When he was seventeen, Herman McDougle returned to Putnam . county, Ohio, and lived with another uncle, John L. Buckland, in Blanchard township, whose wife was a sister of Mr. McDougle's mother. John L. Buckland was born in Rutland county, Vermont, and came to Putnam county Ohio, in 1852, from Licking county, this state. He became a well-known and successful farmer in Blanchard township. He and his wife reared a family of seven children, and in the home of his uncle Herman McDougle lived until he reached manhood. He attended the country schools and applied himself so diligently that when he was through the common schools of Blanchard township, he was able to secure a teacher's license, and for the next twenty-four years he taught school in one neighborhood in Palmer township, and during this time saved his monev and invested it in land

Herman McDougle has been a life-long Democrat, although not a partisan. \\ hile hvmg in Palmer township, he served as treasurer of the township for eighteen consecutive years. He was elected treasurer of Putnam

'T?^ Zn^^"^' '""^ "' *"' ''"^^ "^°^'^ ^° 0«^^^^' ^here he has since resided While m this office, he handled about one million dollars a year and so ably and conscientiously did he administer this trust that he won the'hieh comniendation of his fellow citizens, irrespective of their political affiliations Herman McDougle was married on January 15, 1882, to Martha Maidow, who was born m Blanchard township, and is the daughter of John and Lucinda (Docds) Maidlow. Having no children, they adopted Bertha Havehland and Paul Maidlow, whom they raised and educated. Paul who married Blanch Bailey, now lives in Oklahoma

John Maidlow, the father of Mrs. McDougle, was a native of England his birth having occurred there on February 11, 1812, and, in 1820 was brought to America by his parents who located in Baltimore, Maryland Ti later returned to England, where the mother and one daughter d^d Th ather hen returned to Baltimore, bringing the remainder of the fan^ly with years of age when he can ., to Ohio and found employment in Knox county, on a farm. He came to Putnam county in 1837 ^'^d entered forty acres of land in Blanchard township, in section 17, and in the fall of that year erected a cabin. In March, 1838, he brought his family to this county, where he lived the remainder of his life. He added to his original purchase, from time to time, until he had accumulated a farm of eight hundred acres in one tract. He erected a fine brick residence and became one of the largest and most substantial farmers of the township. He was a Whig in earlier years, but, in 1856, became a Democrat and continued to vote the Democratic ticket as long as he lived. He served two terms as township trustee and gave his fellow citizens satisfactory service in this capacity. He married Lucinda Dowde, the daughter of William Dowde, to which union fourteen children were born, eleven of whom grew to maturity : James S. ; Mrs. Elizabeth Conine; Mrs. Ann Sandel; William, deceased; Mrs. Rebecca J. Buckland; Mrs. Agnes Wolford, deceased; Mrs. Alice Brooks; Alfred S. ; Putnam; Mrs. Lenna Huntzman and Mrs. Martha McDougle.

Herman McDougle is a thirty-second degree Mason, and a charter member of Toledo consistory and a noble of the mystic shrine. He and his family are adherents of the Methodist church.

Stephen A. Kagy

Practical industry, wisely and vigorously applied, never fails of success. It carries a man onward and upward, brings out his individual character and acts as a powerful stimulus to the efforts of others. The greatest results in life are often- attained by simple means and the exercise of the ordinary qualities of common sense and perseverance. The every-day life, with its cares, necessities and duties, affords ample opportunities for acquiring experience of the best kind and its most beaten paths provide a true worker with abundant scope for effort and self-improvement. In this connection, it is frequently observed that the man who starts with no capital other than his own determination and industry achieves success far greater than that of his neighbors, who started in life with far greater advantages.

Stephen A. Kagy was born in Bloomville, Seneca county, Ohio, on June 6, 1877, a son of Benjamin F. and Barbara (Miller) Kagy. Benjamin Kagy was born in Seneca county, Ohio, on August 30, 1840, a son of Abraham and Elizabeth Kagy, both of whom were born in Pennsylvania.

Benjamin Kagy moved to Blanchard township, Putnam county, in the spring of 1878, and settled on the Sugar Ridge road, about four miles east of Leipsic, where he bought one hundred and eighty-five acres of farm land. That land he continued to farm until the time of his death, August 21, 1892.

Benjamin Kagy's wife, Barbara Miller, is a native of Germany and a daughter of Christopher Miller and wife. She came to America with her parents when she was a child and settled in Seneca county, Ohio, where she lived until her marriage with Benjamin Kagy. Benjamin and Barbara (Miller) Kagy were the parents of five children, as follow: Stephen, the subject of this sketch; Henry, who married Rena Parker and lives in Wood county, Ohio, and has two children, Vitus and Donald; Nettie, the wife of David Devore, and the mother of two children, Almo and Franklin ; Anabelle, the wife of B. F. Davis of Ada, Ohio, and the mother of one daughter, Dorothy; and Myrtle, the wife of Vincent Hill of Findlay, Ohio.

Stephen A. Kagy was only nine months of age when his parents came to Putnam county. He grew to manhood on the old homestead and has made his home there throughout his life. June 9, 1898, he married Ella Devore, a daughter of George W. and Mary J. (Bracy) Devore. She was born in Hancock county, Ohio, March 19, 1881.

Mrs. Stephen A. Kagy's father, George W. Devore, was born in Carroll county, Ohio, a son of William and Fanny Devore. His wife was born in Putnam county, Ohio, a daughter of John and Mary Bracy, both of whom were natives of France. Nine children were born to George W. and Mary J. (Bracy) Devore, as follow: John, who married Dora Reid; Isaac, who married Minnie Osenbaugh; George, who married Electa Ingle; David, who married Nettie Kagy; Henry, who married Olga Cowden; Lillie, the wife of Charles Johns; Samuel, who married Mary Miller; Ella, the wife of the subject of this sketch, and Jennie, the wife of Jacob Miller.

Stephen A. Kagy ha? followed general farming all his life and has met with great success in his endeavors. He started life with nothing, but has improved every opportunity and has developed his holdings until he now owns one hundred and forty-four acres of land, all in a high state of improvement.

Stephen A. is a supporter of the Democratic party and has always taken an intelligent interest in political matters, although he has never taken an active part in politics or aspired to public office. Both Stephen Kagy and wife are members of the United Brethren church and are active in church work. Mr. Kagy is highly esteemed by all his neighbors and is regarded as being a man of pronounced energy and ability and the possessor of many sterling qualities. He is always found on the right side of every important local question which arises and has done his part toward maintaining the high standard of his community.

Joseph Borgelt, Jr

An enterprising and successful young business man of Ottawa, Ohio, is Joseph Borgelt, Jr., who has spent his entire life in this place. His ancestors, on both sides, are natives of Germany, and the same characteristics of thrift and industry which have distinguished the people of Germany have made Mr. Borgelt one of the most substantial of the younger business men of Ottawa. Starting out, before reaching his majority, as a carpenter he has branched out in the contracting business and is now one of the largest builders in the county. He owns a planing mill and lumber yard in Ottawa, where he has been operating since 191 1.

Joseph Borgelt, Jr., the son of Joseph and Theresa (Smith) Borgelt, was born in Ottawa, in 1881. His father was born in the southwest corner of Ottawa township, this county, in 1856J and is a son of William and Theresa (Sliter) Borgelt, natives of Glandorf, Germany. William Borgelt and family came from Germany in 1816, and were among the earliest settlers in Ottawa township in this county.

Joseph Borgelt, Sr., was born and reared on the farm which his father entered upon coming to this county, where he lived until 1880, in which year he came to Ottawa, married Theresa Smith and engaged in the saloon business. Theresa Smith was born at New Cleveland, and is a daughter of Jacob and Margaret Smith, natives, of Germany. For sixteen years, Joseph Borgelt, Sr., was engaged in the saloon business in Ottawa, at the expiration of which time he disposed of this business and has since been assisting his son, Joseph, Jr. The senior Borgelt built a large brick business block in Ottawa in 1890, which is now occupied by Joseph Brinkler.

Joseph Borgelt, Jr., was reared and educated in Ottawa and, when eighteen years of age, started to learn the carpenter's trade. Within a short time he began contracting on a small scale and, after building two small houses, built one of the largest barns in the county, about two and one-half miles southeast of Ottawa. He put a tile roof on this barn, and so well did he do the work that the roof is stih in a good condition. He bought out Frank Elhs's planing-mill in 191 1 and a year later took Mr. ElHs in as a partner. They operated a planing mill and did general contracting in partnership until the death of Mr. Ellis, in 1913. Since that time, Mr. Borgelt has managed the business alone. He added a lumber yard in 19 14 and bought an automobile truck in order to better take care of his constantly increasing business to a better advantage. In the summer of 1914, he furnished the building material for four houses in Leipsic, two in Ottawa, and one at Gilboa. He is also building a large business block at Continental, Ohio, as well as some houses near Ottawa. Mr. Borgelt is a practical workman, and thoroughly understands every phase of the building industry.

Joseph Borgelt was married in 1907 to Loretta Nisley, who was born in Defiance county, Ohio, and is a daughter of Henry and Maria (Langdon) Nisley, natives of that county. Mr. Nisley owns a farm near Defiance, where the family make their home.

Joseph Borgelt is a Democrat, but his business interests have consumed so much of his time that he has never been an active participant in political affairs or aspired to public office. He is a member of the Home Guards lodge. Mr. Borgelt is an active and progressive man in business affairs, and is deserving of much credit for the success which has come to him since starting out in life on his own account.

Raymond G. Clark

Raymond G. Clark is one of the best known young men of Continental, Ohio. He is a young man whose fondness for athletic sport has led him into the field of professional baseball and a brilliant career is predicted for him. Just now he is under contract as a pitcher for the Evansville (Indiana) team of the Central League, and here he is expected to distinguish himself during the season of 191 5. Raymond G. Clark is a young man of splendid physique and upright moral habits. He thoroughly appreciates what is expected of the successful athlete of this day and generation and has been wise enough to take the very best care of himself, that he might be fairly equipped for his chosen profession.

and Emma (Clark) Clark. Hiram and Emma Clark, both of German descent, were born in Pennsylvania and later migrated to Florida, Ohio,, where they were early pioneers. Hiram was a maker of grain cradles and a man of natural mechanical ability. He was also a splendid gunsmith and, in his prime, did much gun choking. It was a fine trade, during his day and generation. He was an expert in the manufacture of cradles and sold many of his own make. Hiram and Emma Clark had a family of five children, Henry is deceased ; William lives in Missouri ; Alvera is a manufacturer of guns in Toledo; Mrs. Ella Dudley lives at Defiance; Frank, a veteran of the Civil War, lives in the Soldier's Home at Dayton, Ohio, Hiram died at Holgate, Ohio, in Henry county, in 1878, at the age of sixty-nine years, where his wife, Emma, lived as a widow for twelve years after his death and then married Sol. Sands of Leipsic, Ohio, where she lived until his death in 1907. She then purchased property in Defiance, Ohio, and moved there and died at the age of seventy-eight years, in 191 1. Hiram Clark lived for some time in Florida, Ohio, and later moved to Holgate, where he followed the carpenter trade until his death. Emma Clark, his wife, was the daughter of Henry Clark and wife, but was not of blood relation to her husband. Henry Clark and wife were of German descent. They came to Putnam county when Emma was ten years of age, where they settled in Ottawa, Ohio, and were early pioneers. Henry Clark was a blacksmith and built probably the first blacksmith shop in Putnam county. He was considered an expert at his trade. He also made picks and handles. He suffered the privations of early pioneer life and often heard the whoops of Indians and the howling of wolves. He did his share toward the improvement of the county, and was an industrious man.

Lloyd G. Clark, the father of Raymond G., was married on November 27, 1876, to Mary Noriot, at Napoleon, Ohio. They lived, at Holgate for about seven years, where he was a blacksmith by trade. He was an expert He owned his own shop and later sold it and moved back from Holgate, Ohio, to the farm of his wife's parents, in Henry county, Ohio, where they spent about one year. They then moved to Kalkaska, Michigan, driving overland, with a team, from Holgate, Ohio. It took a week to make the trip. Here Lloyd G. Clark built a new gunsmith shop, which he operated in connection with his blacksmith shop and a candy store. Lloyd G. was an expert gunsmith, also. It seems to be a natural art in this family. He was in Kalkaska county for about two years and then moved back to Henry county, Ohio, on his wife's parents' farm. They spent one year here and then moved to Hector, Ohio, where he again started up, as a gunsmith, where he also renewed the blacksmith trade. After remaining here for about sixyears, they moved to Continental, Ohio, where he bought property and followed his trade for about six years. He then took a position as expert gunsmith on a large government boat and was in that employ for about four years, when he died on January, 1899, at Erie, Pennsylvania. He was a Republican and served as postmaster at Hector, Ohio, for about six years. He was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, at Dupont, Ohio, but not a member of any church. His wife was a member of the Catholic church at Continental. Lloyd G. Clark was the father of four children, Charles and Emma are deceased; Victor, born on July 4, 1884,. married Stella Hulbert, a native of Monroe township, Putnam county, Ohio. They live at Hudson, Michigan, and have had three children, Ray, Roland,- deceased, and Edna May.

Mrs. Mary (Noirot) Clark was born on May 24, 1 861, at Tiffan, Ohio. She is the daughter of Francis E. and Mary (Minnoes) Noriot. Francis E. Noriot was the son of Francis C. and Francois (Raclot) Noirot, Francis C. was born in the village of Boncourt, county of Nanly, department of Haute Marne, France, in 1798, and was married to Francois Raclot in 1823 at. that place. They came to America, October 27, 1853, landing at Findlay, Ohio, December 8, 1853. He had a family of ten children, Francis, Claude, Mrs. Anna Little, Lawrence, Mrs. Mary Motto, John Magdelena and Nicholas are deceased. Celestian and Mrs. Velaria Joseph are living. Magdelena. died in France. Lawrence came to America alone in 1856. The remainder of the eight children came with Francis C. to America. Francis C. migrated, from New York to Findlay, Hancock county, Ohio, and settled there. He was a farmer, at which he worked for a short time and then came to Putnam county, Ohio, where he lived for a time. Later, they removed to Henry, settling near New Bavaria, where he died on September 26, 1866. Francis was mayor of Boncourt, France, at one time. Francois (Raclot), his wife, was born in December, 1800, and died on February 28, 1898. She also was born at Boncourt, France.

Francis E. Noirot, the father of Mrs. Mary (Noirot) Clark, was born in the village of Boncourt, France, and came with his parents, Francis C. and Francois, to America, settling in Hancock county. He remained on his father's farm and educated himself. He married Mary Minnoes, who was born in Belgium and who was the daughter of Peter Minnoes and wife who were natives of Belgium and who came to America, in 1853, when Mary was twelve years of age. They settled in Seneca county, Ohio, where Peter was a farmer and where Mary was educated and grew to womanhood.-

After his marriage, Francis E. Noirot moved to Tiffin, Ohio, where he owned property and where he foUowed the business of knife-grinding. He also made knives. He was here for some time and later came to Putnam county, Ohio, settling on his father-in-law's farm. Peter Minnoes had previously moved from Seneca county to Putnam county, in Palmer township, where he purchased one hundred acres of land which he cleared, drained, fenced and farmed until his death. Francis E. Noirot and wife remained on this farm until the former's death. They had a family of four children, John, Mary, ,Rose and Katherine, all of whom are deceased. John was a soldier in the Civil War. Mary was the grandmother of Raymond G. Clark.

Raymond G. Clark was educated in the public schools of Continental, Ohio, and attended the high school until eight months before his graduation. He has traveled about the country extensively, having spent one year in the army. His fondness for local sports led him into the baseball arena. He has trained himself for a professional baseball pitcher, has served two seasons as a pitcher for the Central League association and has signed a contract with the Evansville Central League club for the season of 1915 as a pitcher. Mr. Clark has won honors on the baseball diamond and is considered a levelheaded, right-handed pitcher. He has a future before him.

Raymond G. Clark was married on August 7, 1913, to Stella Josephine Bachmann, who was born in Hamilton, Ohio, June 20, 1890, and who is the daughter, of Valentine and Luella (Huber) Bachmann. Valentine Bachmann was born on December 16, i860, in Hamilton, Ohio, and is the son of Henry and Mary Bachmann, the former of whom was born in Bavaria, Germany, and who died in 1884. His wife, Mary, was born in the same place. Valentine Bachmann was educated at St. Stephen Academ}?, in Hamilton, Ohio, at which place he is an expert machinist. He married Louise Huber on June 22, 1888, who died on December 24, 1892. They had two children, Edward, born in 1891, at home, and Mrs. Stella Clark, the wife of the subject of this sketch. Valentine Bachmann is a member of the Socialist party. He is a member of the Bavarian Beneficiary Society and a member of the Catholic church at Hamilton, Ohio. The great-grandmother of Valentine and Louise (Huber) Bachmann's children was a great-granddaughter of John Ouincy Adams, President of the United States. Raymond G. Clark is a member of the Catholic church, as well as his wife. On September i, 1914, he purchased his present business, a restaurant, of his mother, who had been running the same for a number of years. Mr. Clark is a good business man and is well known and well liked for his congenial ways. He is a o-ood ^'mixer." In politics, he is a Democrat.

Raymond G. Clark's mother was married a second time, in 1895, to Andrew Jenkins. They live at Continental and have no children by this marriage. Mr. Clark's mother is a good business woman and a hard worker. She is a saleswoman of unusual ability and has been in the restaurant business for many years. She opened one of the first restaurants in the town and made a success of the business, and is a woman who is well liked.

George Winkelman

The parents of George Winkelman located in Putnam county, Ohio, during the Civil War, coming to this country from Germany in 1862. Mr. Winkelman was reared to the life of a farmer, although, since his marriage, he had been engaged in the wholesale business in Ottawa. A few years ago he retired from active life and is now living in the county seat, where he has made his home for the past quarter of a century.

George Winkelman, the son of Jacob and Caroline (Schwab) Winkelman, was born on August 17, 1862, in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania. His parents, both of whom were natives of Rhinefalz, Germany grew up and married in their native land. They came to America in 1862, and lived for the first year at Allegheny City. They then removed to Putnam county, Ohio, and settled on a farm in the Black swamp, about a mile north of Elm Center, in Liberty township. The country on every side, at that time, was a dense wilderness, and they started life in the midst of a primeval forest. Mr. Winkelman cleared a patch out of the woods large enough on which to build a cabin, and here the family started life in this country. The mother died in January, 1865, leaving her husband with five children living, one daughter having died before her parents came to America. The living children are, Joseph, Jacob, John H., Stephen and George. In February, 1867, Jacob Winkelman married Mrs. Mary (Hilf) Kunkle, the widow of Henry Kunkle. Mrs. Winkelman had a son and three daughters by her first marriage. In the spring of 1873, Jacob Winkelman sold his farm and moved to Tiffin, Ohio, but in the fall of the same year, returned to Putnam county and located at Glandorf, where he lived until his death, in April, i8'9i.

George Winkelman lived on his father's farm in his boyhood days and early in life became innured to hard, manual labor. He helped his father clear the farm and received his education in the schools of New Cleveland and Glandorf. During the summers he worked out on the farms in his immediate neighborhood and was so occupied until he was twenty years of age. He then began working in a brick yard at Glandorf, and, for the next three years, continued at this kind of work. He then spent a year in the western part of Missouri, after which he returned to Glandorf and teamed for about three years. After his marriage, in 1889, he became a distributing agent for a brewing company doing business in Ottawa, and maintained a. cold storage house where he kept the beer. He continued in this line of business until about five years ago, when he retired from active work.

George Winkelman was married, in November, 1889, to Minnie- Schmiedebusch, who was born on a farm three miles west of Glandorf, and is a daughter of John Henry and Elizabeth (Schulte) Schmiedebusch. The mother of Mrs. Winkelman was born in Oldenburg, Germany, and came here with her mother and located near Glandorf among the early settlers. Elizabeth Schulte's father died in Germany. Mrs. Winkelman's father, who wasalso a native of Germany, came to this country after he reached manhood and settled three miles west of Glandorf. Here he married and he and his wifespent the rest of their lives on their farm west of Glandorf. Mrs. Winkelman is one of eleven children, the others being Henry, Elizabeth, Mary, Katie, Frank, William, John, Bernard, Annie, Minnie and Theresa. Mr. Schmiedebusch died on September 7, 1904, his wife having passed away on October 10, 1893.

George Winkelman and his wife and children are members of the Catholic church at Glandorf. He is independent, but has never taken an active part in the political life of his community. He owns considerable real estate in this county and Michigan.

Charles Cline Cass

A successful farmer and business man of Ottawa, Putnam county, Ohio,. is Charles Cline Cass, who came with his parents from Wood county, Ohio,, to Ottawa, in 1870, and has made this county his home since that year. Mr. Cass is a graduate of Wooster University, and a man of high intellectual attainments. After leaving college, he engaged in the grain and milling business for several years, farmed for a few years, and then engaged in the hardware business in the county seat. For several years he has made his home in Ottawa, while he gives his attention to his large farm in Palmer township.

'Cass, was born at Tontogany, Wood county, Ohio, November 22, 1865. His father was a native of Wayne county, Ohio, and is a son of Levi A. and Lucy (Stanford). Cass. The Cass family is descended from English ancestry, the first members of the family locating in New England in early -colonial times, and one of Mr. Cass's ancestors on his father's side, Capt. John Cass, was a member of a Massachusetts regiment in the Revolutionary War.

Catherine Cline, the mother of Charles C. Cass, was born in Wayne -county, Ohio, near West Salem, and is a daughter of Samuel and Eliza (Barr) Cline. Samuel Cline was born on January 13, 1809, in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, and died in Putnam county, Ohio, October 8, 1871. Samuel Cline was a son of Conrad and Catherine (Miller) Cline and his wife, Eliza Jane Barr, was also born in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, June 12, 1813. She was a daughter of John and Nancy (Davenport) Barr, and through her mother's family was related to John Randolph, of Virginia. Samuel Cline and Eliza Jane Barr were married on April 9, 1835, in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, and settled in Putnam county, Ohio, in 1852, about two miles from Gilboa. Mr. Cline became a man of prominence in his community, and was director of the county infirmary for four years, assessor for one year, trustee for five years, and a member of the school board of his township for a period of fifteen years.

After George B. Cass and Catherine Cline were married, they located on a farm in Wood county, Ohio, and Mr. Cass taught school during the -winter seasons and ditched and cleared his land during his vacations. A few years after his marriage, he retired from farm life and became a telegrapher and freight agent at Tontogany, and while living there, his son, Charles Cline Cass, was born. About 1867, George B. Cass and family moved to Hebron, Indiana, where he engaged in the hardware business for about two years. He came to Ottawa, Putnam county, Ohio, in 1870, engaging in the hardware business, in which line he continued until 1883. During these thirteen years in Ottawa he was very successful, and, in addition to his wellstocked store, he became the owner of about thirteen hundred acres of land, and also owned a considerable amount of property in Ottawa. George B. Cass disposed of his hardware business in 1883 and devoted all of his time and attention afterward to his extensive property interests. He was an ardent worker in the cause of temperance, and an active and earnest worker in the Presbyterian church. At various times he was trustee of his church and also served as superintendent of the Sunday school. He was a man of much more than ordinary ability and, although his work as a public-spirited

Citizen was widely recognized, he was never a seeker after office and rather avoided publicity of any kind. He was very desirous of seeing all of his children well educated and, before his death, had the satisfaction of seeing four of them graduated from one of the excellent universities of Ohio, while two others were in attendance at the university at the time of his death. Six children were born to George B. Cass and wife, Levi A., Charles C, Catherine, Ora E., R. B. and Lucy B. Levi A. is now the editor and proprietor of the Western New Yorker, of Warsaw, New York; Charles C. is the subject of this sketch; Catherine is the wife of Charles C. McMichaels, of Jackson, Michigan. She is a fine musician and has been an instructor in music ever smce she graduated from a musical college; Ora A. is the wife of W. C. Alorrey, a wheel manufacturer of Jackson, Michigan; R. B. is a newspaper publisher at Aurora, Indiana ; Lucy B. is the wife of R. G. LeBrond, who is a newspaper man and was formerly editor of the Putnam County Sentinel, and for many years he has been the political writer for the Toledo News- Bee, and now makes his home in Toledo. The father of these six children died on July 3, 1895, at the age of fifty-eight, and his widow passed away early in the summer of 1902.

Charles Cline Cass was two years of age when his parents moved from Wood county, Ohio, to Hebron, Indiana, and five years of age when they permanently located in Ottawa. After completing the course of education in his home schools in Putnam county, Mr. Cass entered Wooster University and graduated in the spring of 1888, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Three years later the university conferred upon him the degree of Master of Arts. For seven years after leaving the university, he engaged in the grain and milling business at Leipsic. After his father's death, he sold his grain and the milling business and managed his father's large estate until it was divided among the heirs, several years afterward. He then moved to his own farm in Liberty township, six miles west of Leipsic and farmed for three years. He was a large corn and wheat raiser, besides always keeping cattle, hogs and sheep on his farm. After living on his farm for three years, he moved to Ottawa, and for the next two years engaged in the hardwarebusiness. He then disposed of this business and has since devoted his time to the general management of his large farm in Palmer township. Pie was associated with the Ottawa Sugar Company in its agricultural department during the two years it operated its plant at Ottawa, afterward going with the Holland-St. Louis Sugar Company when they took over part of the best acreage written in the Ottawa territory.

of Leipsic, who was a native of that city and is a daughter of Dr. John D. and Mary (Leonard) Timmerman. Mr. Cass and his wife are the parents of five children, i-\bigail Mildred, George B., John Leonard, Ruth Marion and Charles Timmerman.

John D. Timmerman, M. D., the father of Mrs. Cass, was born March 7, 1839, at Cincinnati, and was a son of Diedrich and Catherine (Meyer) Timmerman. Doctor Timmerman and his wife were married at Cincinnati,. June 7, 1859, and settled in Putnam county, Ohio, in 1866. His wife, Mary- Leonard, was born in Cincinnati, May 11, 1842, and was a daughter of Jacob and Lydia Leonard. Doctor Timmerman was in the Sixth Regiment, Independent Ohio Cavalry, and was wounded on September 6, 1862, at Washington, North Carolina. After the close of the war, he returned to- Putnam county, and practiced medicine and surgery at Leipsic until his death, November i, igo8. His wife had passed away in January, 1897. Doctor Timmerman was a prominent and influential citizen of Leipsic, fromthe close of the Civil War until his death, and took an active part in all of the affairs of his community.

Charles C. Cass has always been an active worker in the Republican party, and, while living in Leipsic, was clerk of the village for two terms. In 1914 he was nominated by his party to represent the thirty-third Senatorial District, composed of Wood, Hancock, Fulton, Henry and Putnam counties in the state Legislature, and was elected to that seat on November 3, 1914.

Charles C. Cass and his family are earnest members of the Presbyterian' church, where he has been a ruling elder for the past twenty-five years. Mr. Cass is a member of the Masonic fraternity, is a member of the Knights- Templar and member of the consistory. He also holds his membership inthe Knights of Pythias.

assistance in defense of principles affecting the pubhc good He has aWy and conscientiously served the community of Ottovd e -d -amty a pre. dent of the Ottoville Bank Company, and m other phases of financial, com le Tcial and civic life, and has so conducted himself as to earn the unqualified endorsement and support of his fellow citizens. in Ottoville

Toseph C. Wannemacher was born on December 23, 186 m Ottov^le, Ohio He is the son of Charles and Stephania (Fournier) Wannemacher. Charies Wannemacher, the father of Joseph C. was born on January 7, X837 and came to the Umted States with his parents at the age of f ourteen - year . He had received a good common school education m hrs native vil- Le After his arrival in this country and in Ohio he gamed the key to the Sglish language by spelling out the signs on the stores and the adver^se ments displayed on fences till he slowly interpreted their meaning. At Be - fast Ohio, he learned the shoe-making trade, serving one and one-half yeais apprenticeship and later becoming a competent workman. He then jp^^^t ^ few years m Cincinnati as a journeyman and, finally, returned to Ottoville, where he engaged in business for himself for sixteen years. He kept a shoe store in 1873, and was elected county commissioner of Putnam county, serving two terms. Subsequendy, he engaged in the hardware business where he made great commercial progress, becoming one of the prominent and wealthiest citizens of Ottoville. ^ .

Charles Wannemacher was married on July 9, i860, to Fannie Fourmer, the only child of Joseph C. and Mary C. (Oberhauser) Fournier. They were natives of the Province of Lorraine, France, their daughter having been born in their native land. Upon coming to this country, they settled m Monterey township, Putnam county. Charles and Fannie (Fournier) Wannemacher, the parents of Joseph C, were stanch Catholics, both dying m the faith, the father on January 5, 1898, and the mother, August 29, 1890.

The grandfather of Joseph C. Wannemacher, who was John Wannemacher, was born in Prussia and was a locksmith by trade. He was married, in his native village, to Theresa Dierringer, and sailed with his wife and eight children to the United States from Antwerp, Belgium, March 10, 1852, in the ship "Edwina." After a voyage of forty days, they landed in New York on April 23, 1852, and came directly to Ottoville, which contained, at that time, but two buildings, one log and one frame. They settled on a small farm one and one-half miles from Ottoville, living there the remainder of their lives.

Joseph C. Wannemacher, the subject of this sketch, was one of eleven children. He received his education in the public schools of Ottoville, and attended the high school of Ottawa, Ohio, for two years. He also clerked in a dry goods store, at Ottawa, for a time, and after that taught school for two terms. During the summer of 1881, he went to work in his father's store, in Ottoville, and, in 1886, he became a partner with his father in the hardware and implement business. This partnership continued until 1898, when the father died. The business is now being managed under the firm name of Charles Wannemacher's Sons. It is the largest hardware and implement store in the county.

Joseph C. Wannemacher is now, and has been for many years, the president of the Ottoville Bank Company. The articles of incorporation for this bank were signed on September 13, 1903, by F. J. Maehlmann, John J. Miller, J. C. Wannemacher, Alphons A. Roth and F. F. Vincke for the purpose of doing a general banking business and with a capital stock of twentyfive thousand dollars. On October 24, 1903, a charter was given to the Ottoville Banking Company by the secretary of state. The bank opened for business on February i, 1904. It now has a surplus of twenty-seven thousand five hundred dollars. This bank was placed on the roll of honor in 191 1. The present officers of the bank are Joseph C. Wannemacher, president, John C. Miller, vice-president, F. J. Maehlmann, cashier, and E. Maehlmann, assistant cashier. The directors are Benedict Wannemacher, J. H. Wannemacher, J. C. Wannemacher, John J. Miller and F. J. Maehlmann.

Reverting to Mr. Wannemacher's parentage, he is the eldest of seven living children, four having died in infancy, John, the second child, lives in Ottoville. He married Katharine Barholzer, and they have two children Sophia and Alma. Mrs. John Wannemacher is deceased; Jacob F. lives in Ottoville; Stephen lives in Cloverdale; Alex lives in Ottoville and is a partner m a store with Joseph C. He married Anna Jervers and they have one daughter, Dorothy; Fanny lives in Ottoville; Charles died at the age of twenty-two years.

Schneider was born in Alsace, France, now a part of Germany. Mrs.. Schneider was born in Luxemburg. They came to the United States early in life and settled in Crawford county, Ohio. To Joseph C. and Anna- ( Schneider) Wannemacher, seven children have been born: Martin, on June 24, 1889, graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor; Urban F., July 18, 1891, is a tinner by trade and works in his father's store at Ottoville; Monica, June 21, 1893, graduated from the Ottoville schools and is now teaching school; Arnold, December 25, 1895, graduated from the Lima Business College and assists his father in the store: Fanny, November 19, 1897, attends the Ottoville schools; Elnora, November 28, 1899, and Margaret, June 15, 1902, are at home.

Joseph C. Wannemacher is a Democrat. He was clerk of the town of Ottoville for eighteen years and is the present mayor of the town, having taken this office in January, 1912. He was a member of the building committee for the county court house at Ottawa. Mr. Wannemacher is also vicepresident of the Ottoville school board. All of the members of the Wannemacher family are devoted to the Catholic church and are prominent and' influential in this church. Few families are better known in this part of Putnam county than that of Joseph C. Wannemacher, and few men occupy a higher place in the esteem of his fellow citizens than the subject of this sketch.

Columbus E. Dangler

The founders of the Dangler family, in America, were John and Barbara (Kaler) Dangler, natives of Germany who settled in America early during the last century. Their first home on this continent was in Union county, Pennsylvania, where Columbus E. Dangler's father was born. Later, in 1837, they came to Putnam county, Ohio, and settled in section 11, of Greensburg township, where they remained for many years. They were pioneer farmers and enterprising German citizens during the early history of Putnam county. Columbus E. Dangler, a representative of the third generation of the Dangler family, was born and reared on a farm, but early in life engaged in various pursuits. Subsequently, however, he abandoned business life for the farm and is now living on a tract of one hundred and five acres in Jackson township, which he owns.

former of whom was born about 1814, in Union county, Pennsylvania, and who, after his parents had brought him to Putnam county, Ohio, hved on the homestead farm during his early manhood. He assisted his father in the cultivation of the farm until his marriage, in 1842, to Susanna Guy She was the daughter of Jesse and Jane (Schurtz) Guy, who also came early to Putnam county, having established a home here in 1838. They came from Columbiana county, Ohio, and it was here that Susanna Guy was born.- After coming to Putnam county, they made their home in Greensburg township, where they purchased and developed a farm.

Jacob and Susanna Dangler had twelve children, Barbara, deceased John K. ; William S. ; Sarah E., who is now Mrs. Ayres; Henry J. ; Jacob G. Mary E., who is now Mrs. Ridenour; Anna N. ; Columbus E. ; George A., Lydia C, who .is now Mrs. Taylor, and Daniel E. Jacob Dangler died in 1886, on his farm in Greensburg township, and his wife died in 1904. The Guy family was of Revolutionary stock, some of Mrs. Dangler's ancestors having in the War of the Revolution fought valiantly against the British oppression.

Columbus E. Dangler was reared and educated in Greensburg township He lived the life of the average farmer's son and, at the age of twenty-one years, engaged in the saw-mill business. He also operated a portable sawmill and threshing outfit and did work for a large number of farmers in Putnam county. He was engaged in this business for eighteen years. During this period, however, Mr. Dangler devoted some time to farming He was married on March 24, 1889, to Margaret Caton, a native of Franklin county Ohio, and the daughter of Richard and Julia (Cavenaugh) Caton. Richard Caton was born in Eranklin county, Ohio, July 4, 1845, and died on August 20, 1906. His wife was born in Ireland, in County Kilkenny, August 19, 1847. She came to America with her parents at the age of eight years' Her parents were Bryan and Mary (Collins) Cavenaugh, who settled in Franklin county, Ohio, where their daughter, Julia, was reared, educated and married. Richard Caton and wife had seven children, Mrs. Margaret Dangler; James, who lives in Pleasant township; Mrs. Mary Deveau^ of Defiance, Ohio ; John, who lives in Detroit, Michigan ; Philip, who lives in Defiance; Mrs. Emma Hale, who lives in Defiance; and Theresa, deceased Mrs. Richard Caton is still living and makes her home the greater part of the time in Defiance with her children.