Sandusky Township (part 48 of 57)

Russ Jackson Christy inherited from his father a taste for mechanical pursuits. He had a limited education in the common schools, but never went to college. His first regular occupation was in the Buckeye Engine Company's Works at Salem, Ohio. There he learned the trade of tool maker and the trade of machinist. From Salem he went to Sandusky, and became tool maker for the firm of Barney & Kilby, machinists. Throughout his early experience he kept his mind alert and was not satisfied with a merely routine perfection and skill. He knew that a mechanic as long as he worked for others must be content with a very moderate wage. He realized that in order to make a distinctive success he must specialize his skill so as to produce something distinctive so that the world would come to him for his product.

While working in the machine shop at Sandusky the idea came to him of an improved bread knife. He had often noticed the difficulty of cutting fresh bread with an ordinary knife. To give a better cutting edge for that purpose he conceived the scalloped edge, and during his leisure hours he made a knife which exemplified that idea. He put the knife to test and with perfect success, and tried it under every condition until he had proved beyond all question that it was immensely superior to any other implement of the kind. He then had the invention patented.

Many inventors die poor, merelj- because they have not the courage of their convictions ancl the persistence to carry their idea into commercial success. Mr. Christj' had business ability as well as fertility of ideas. His first knives were manufactured by hand at Sandusky. They were sold as rapidly as they could be turned out, and their fame spread by word of mouth and by demonstration of their merit. Mr. Christy realized that the business could not be hampered and handicapped by the slow process of hand manufacture. He then patented a machine which would manufacture knives in lai'ge quantities.

About tliat time Jlr. Christy removed to Fremont, and it has since been his home and the home of the industry. The first building for his plant was a wooden structure 15 feet wide and 80 feet long. The machinery was installed and the Christy knives were soon being produced' in large munbers, though not enough to supply the growing demand. Then came a brick addition, two stories high and 30 by 50 feet. This too soon became inadequate. In constructing a larger factory a rather unique plan was emplo.yed. The new plant was 30 by 85 feet, was built of brick, and its walls arose around and surrounding the original plant, so that the business of manufacturing was interrupted for only one day, when the change was made from the smaller to the larger quarters.

However excellent an invention may be, a growing business demands capital far in advance of the revenues. The manufacture of the Christy bread knife has met and overcome many obstacles in this way, and only the hard work and frequent self denial of Mr. Christy has brought eventual sviccess. The factory was twice completely destroyed by fire, once on December 10, 1902, and again April 23, 1910. Each time larger and better buildings replaced the old. There has always been a uniform price and policy for the sale and distribution of the Christy knives. At first they were sold in sets of three and a uniform price everywhere charged. The plan of selling and the price has always been the same.

At the present time besides the large annual output of Christy knives, the firm is making two brands of safety razors, both sold by the Simmons Hardware Company of St. Louis, the largest dealers in hardware in the world.

They bear the well known Simmons brand of "Keen-Kutter. " One of the safety razors is known as the Enders brand, named in honor of Col. William Enders, then secretary of the Simmons Hardware Company. These razors were originated and patented by Mr. . Christy.

A number of years ago the manufacturing success of the business was assured. Through it Mr. Christy has contributed to Fremont one of its most stable and profitable industries, and has helped make the fame of that city known throughout the world. He has of course acquired many other substantial interests, and is now president of the Colonial Savings Bank and Trust Company of Fremont.

Mr. Christy was married January 11, 1887, to Miss Amelia E. Myers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel jMyers, a prominent family of Sandusky. Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Christy. Fay Amelia is the wife of H. B. Bigelow, of Columbus, Ohio, and they have twin daughters, Amelia Elizabeth and Mary Helen, both of whom were born on their grandfather Christy's fiftieth birthday.

Arthur Christy, the oldest son, is now assistant manager and treasurer of the Fremont Stove Company. It was Mr. Christy, Sr., who a number of years ago organized the Fremont Stove Company in addition to his other manufacturing interests. This firm manufactures over 100 different sizes in styles and types of stoves. The business grew, and the necessity of increasing the factory made it wise to build a second plant, which was located at Wyandotte, a suburb of the City of Detroit. Arthur Christy was married in November, 1912, to Miss Ethel Hirt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. U. Hirt of Fremont. They have two children, a daughter, Jane Ethel, and a son, Russ J. the second.

Clyde K., is managing a 300 acre farm for his father in Sandusky County and is operating a daily in connection with his agricultural pursuits.

Martin Winter. At no time in the history of the United States has the importance of the agriculturist been so greatly appreciated as since the entry of our country on the side of democracy in the greatest war of all times. Always an honorable occupation, its importance in the national life has been dwarfed by the gi-eater interest attached to the professions and manufacturing. With the growth of the cities, however, which so greatly drained the rural communities of their youth, tlie farmer is again coming into his own. The most fervid appeal has been sent out by our Government to the farmers, urging them to increase by all means the production of food stuffs, as otherwise the world must face famine. It is only a just appreciation of the man who tills the soil that the farmer is again coming into his own, and that his importance in the national life is once more appreciated. Always the backbone of the American nation, the farming population deserves far more credit than it has received in the last few decades. It has been found that he is just as essential even during war times as the man behind the giver - for armies must be fed.

Martin Winter came of a family of agriculturalists and lived on a farm all his life. He was born near New Washington, Crawford County, Ohio, on the 18th of August, 1839, and passed away on the farm that he had occupied for more than half a century, about three miles northwest of Nevada, Wyandot County, Ohio, on the 17th of February, 1913. He came of the sturdy German stock which immigrated to the new republic in the first half of the last century and had so much to do with its upbuilding, and especially with the development of Northwest Ohio. His parents were Martin Winter and Catherine (Rang) Winter, both of whom were born in Germany, but came here in their early maturity. His education consisted of attendance at the public schools near the place where he was born, and afterwards in Wyandot County, whither the family had removed before he reached manhood.

The father of our subject died while Martin Winter was still in his teens, and as the oldest of a numerous family he felt it his duty to remain at home several years after he became of age, realizing that his help was needed in the care and support of his widowed mother and the younger children, and yielding such service willingly and with self-sacrifice. A younger brother was Adam Winter, father of Nevin 0. Winter, editor of the history, and a sketch of whom appears elsewhere.

He was married in October, 1863, to Mary Sigler, the daughter of William and Rosanna Sigler, a neighboring family. They lived together happily for a period lacking only a few months of half a century, always having lived on the same farm. The wife survived three years longer and died October 8, 1916. She was a woman to whom home and children meant everything, and she devoted her entire life to her husband and the lives that had been entrusted to her. She was a member of the Church of God and lived in that communion. To them were born seven children, Hve sons and two daughters, all of whom still survive and all live within a radius of three miles of the old family homestead. The names of the sons are: "William A., Frank, John, Bert and Alpha, and the two daughters are Ella and Carrie. All of the boys are the heads of families and follow the father's occupation, and all are the owners of farms of their own and are classed among the most substantial farmers of Wyandot County, one of the best agricultural counties in Northwest Ohio, excepting the youngest son. Alpha, who is successfully engaged in business in Nevada. The daughter, Carrie, is the wife of William Ulrich, who is also engaged in farming.

In the community in which he lived none stood higher in the estimation of his fellow citizens for high character and personal integrity than Martiff Winter. His life was open and blameless, and his word was as good as his bond. Quiet and unassuming, yet he took an active interest in every movement looking to the good and advancement of the community. Although independent in local matters, yet he generally followed the principles of the democratic party in national affairs. In boyhood he became a member of the Lutheran Church and remained faithful to that faith and lived the life of a follower of the Master.

W. A. jMacGeoege came into Northwest Ohio a number of years ago, when the oil boom was at its height, and was connected with the work of the oil iields all over this section of the state. Since retiring from the oil industry he has resided at Van Buren, Ohio, and is now head of the tirm W. A. Mac- George & Son, general merchants in that town.

Mr. MacGeorge is a son of Warren and Elizabeth (Wallace) MacGeorge. His father was born in Scotland, where his people were peasant farmers. When he was a child he came with his parents and with a brother and three sisters to America. The family located in the State of Maine on a farm. His parents spent the rest of their years there and all their children except Warren went west to

Warren MacGeorge was reared and educated in the country schools of Maine, and he was married in that state to Elizabeth Wallace. They became the parents of five sons and three daughters. The family finally re-_ moved to McKeau County, Pennsylvania, where Warren MacGeorge found employment in the oil fields. He died there at the age of fifty-four.

W. A. MacGeorge attended school only in the winter time and from an early age began working to support the family. When he was only fom-teen he took a man's job at a man's wages as clerk and general utility man in tlie old pioneer country store of Sheehau & Holt at Red Rock in McKean County, Pennsylvania. He served that firm faithfully for eight years and built the foundation of his business experience. With the true Scotch thrift he was careful of his earnings and was finally able to open a store of his own at Red Rock. After three years he sold out and twentj'-three years ago he came to Findlay, Ohio, when that city was the center of the oil industry in Northwest Ohio. Mr. MacGeorge continued working in the oil fields all over this part of the state as a tool di-esser and driller and finally retired from the business in April, 1911, when with his son Wesley he bought the general store at Van Buren. They have made a success of their merchandising in this locality.

In 1881 Mr. MacGeorge married Nellie A. Hatfield, daughter of Samuel T. and Mary {Mc:Murray) Hatfield. Both the Me:\Iurray and Hatfield families are pioneer Scotch stock of McKean County, Pennsylvania. Mr. and ^Irs. ]\IaeGeorge have two children: Elmer W. and Hazel B. Elmer is now thirty- two years of age and an active young business man. Hazel B. married J. A. Poole and has one child, Robert. ]Mr. MacGeorge and family are members of the United Brethren Church. Politically he is a republican.

Rev. F. S. Legowski is one of the younger priests of the Catholic Church in Northwest Ohio, and for a man of his age his attainments and his achievements are exceptional. He recently accomplished the organization of the new church at Fremont, and has built up a large congregation there and has both the church and school in a flourishing condition.

Catherine (Rozanski) Legowski, both of whom were born in Prussian Poland and were of old Polish stock. The grandfather, Stanislaus Legowski, spent his life as a Polish farmer. Louis Legowski and his wife after their marriage came to the United States in 1872, having left the old country for religious reasons. They lived in New York State and in 1874 came to Toledo, where Mr. Legowski acquired a small farm. He cultivated his land for a time, subsequently developed it in lots and sold it for building purposes. He became a democrat as an American citizen and he died in 1904. His good wife is still living in Toledo. Of their eight children five are alive, and Father Legowski was the sixth in order of birth.

Father Legowski attended the St. Hedwig Parochial School in Toledo, and in early life his career was destined for the i^riesthood. He continued his education in SB. Cyril and IMethodius College at Detroit, where he finished his studies in 1907. He was prepared for the ministrj^ in St. Mary's Seminary at Baltimore, ilaryland, where he was graduated in 191 2 and ordained on the first of June of that year.

His active work as a priest covers a brief period of five years. He was fir.st connected with St. Anthony's Parish in Toledo, being there two years, and for one year had the church at Marblehead near Sandusky. In 1916 Father Legowski came to Fremont for the purpose of organizing the new parish, and the parish is now St. Casimir's Catholic Church, with a membership of 112 families and still growing. He also has a parochial school with fifty pupils.

While perhaps his most important work has been as an organizer. Father Legowski is a man of versatile gifts and a broad range of intellectual activities. At one time he was editor of the Catholic Courier in Toledo, has contributed many articles to the Ecclesiastical Review and has also appeared on the lecture platform. He is a member of Council No. 591 of the Knights of Columbiis and in politics is a democrat.

Emily S. Bouton. It is no disparagement of those classic authors whose works have been read for a century or more, and will continue to elevate and uplift humanity for generations to come, when it is stated that the writings which have the greatest direct influence upon modern life and times are the products of certain live and virile personalities working through the columns of the newspapers and periodical press. It is the broad and general appeal, the constant and almost daily hammering upon the character and intelligence of men and women who come into contact with literature only through the daily newspaper, that constitutes the biggest literary force and value of today. Thus while the socalled standard authors may have a loyal following of a few thousand, these other writers have influenced men and women by tens of thousands day after day and week after week for a long period of years.

The City of Toledo takes special pride in having one of tlirsc \\riters, and one who has been well ilcsi.^imi.Ml as "a woman of the century." Emily S. r.nuton is a name that has more direct signitiraiice to the thousands who read the columns of the Toledo Daily Blade forty years ago than do many names of much larger political and official distinction since then. Without a1 tempt iiig to analyze j\Iiss Bouton's work and the varied extent of her usefulness in the newspajjcr field, it is appropriate to include some facts about her life and experience in this "Historv of Northwest Ohio."

Miss Bouton was born at New Canaan, Connecticut, a daughter of Daniel Webb and Almina (St. John) Bouton. Through her father her ancestr.y goes back to a distinguished French Huguenot, Nicholas Bouton, Baron Montague de Xaton, one of whose sons, Noel, became marshal of France, while another, John, came to the United States and founded the family in America. There were Connecticut soldiers of that name who fought gallantly in the Revolutionaiy war. iliss Bouton in the maternal line is of English descent.

While she was still a child her father removed to Sandusky, Ohio, and she was graduated from the [MiMic si-IkioIs there at an early age. When only fourteen she taught in a jDrimary school at Sandusky. She was valedictorian of her graduating class in the Sandusky High School. She then became assistant high school teacher in Milan, Ohio, later at Tiffin, was in the Toledo High School, and for two years taught literature in the Central High School of Chicago. Her health being impaired, she spent some time in California in recuperation, and in 1879 returned to Toledo and became special editorial writer for the Toledo Blade.

admirer of Miss Bouton wrote as follows: "As literary and household editor of the Blade since 1879 she has, beside endearing herself to her thousands of feminine readers, made a mark of distinction as a woman journalist. Miss Bouton fills many columns of the Daily and Weekly Blade and her work beside the several departments over which she presides includes the writing of special articles and editorial matter. Her style of diction is eas.y, pleasing, and to the minds of her feminine readers, especially, seems to convey an idea of her personality. She is also an author, having written books on topics pertaining to the home circle, favorite ones to her, and in these she has achieved success. In these years of her journalistic work she has talked week after week to the same thousands of women - has shown them how to live, how to improve their condition, how to beautify themselves and their homes, until the relation between writer and readers has grown to intimate friendship. To all the precepts with which her home talks have been replete she has added practice, and lived on the lines she has laid out for those who look to her for advice." Naturally Miss Bouton has been aligned with those movements which have reflected the progressive thought and action of modern women. She has also woi-ked in societies advocating religious freedom, and was one of the founders and .supporters of the Industrial Home for Working Girls at Toledo. In recent years she has been widely heard as a lecturer upon literary subjects and their influence upon great movements for humanity's good. In the realm of authorship the book which had the widest circulation and appreciation was "Health and Beauty" and she is also author of "Social Etiquette," "Life's Gateways," ' ' The Life Joyful. ' ' Miss Bouton is a member of the Toledo Suffrage Society, the Toledo Woman's Association, the Ohio Newspaper Association, the Sorosis and the Toledo Writers' Club, and is an honorary member of the Educational Club of Toledo, the Woman's Club of Wauseon and the Emerson Class of Toledo.

BuBTis H. UrscheLi is treasurer and manager of the Universal Manufacturing Company of Bowling Green, one of Northwest Ohio's greatest and most successful industries. He is also president of the Urschel Drop Forge Company, an auxiliary corporation with the Universal Company, both plants being at Bowling Green.

The Universal Manufacturing Company was established and incorporated in 1907 with a capital stock of $200,000. Jacob W. Urschel, father of Burtis H., is president, Burtis H. is treasurer and manager, and Clj-de V. L'rschel is secretary and purchasing agent.

In 1913 the Urschels perfected and patented a standard universal joint now used in the manufacture of all trucks, automobiles and tractors. It is said that these joints are used by fully 67 per cent of all the higher class motor propelled vehicles, costing more than .$1,000 each. With these joints as the principal product the company has developed its industry by remarkable strides in recent years, and the product is now distributed all over the United States and foreign countries.

The Urschel Drop Forge Company was organized to work in conjunction with the Universal Company. It was organized and incorporated in June, 1916, and the principal officials are the same as of the Universal Company. The Universal Company are also manufacturers of the Standard bolt threading machines, which are extensively used in railroad and machine shops all over the countrv. It has a capital of $100,000.

These two corporations employ about 225 expert workmen, and they have done much to make Bowling Green an important manufacturing center in Northwest Ohio. The business is growing daily and the present plants are taxed to the limit of their capacities.

Jacob W. LTrschel, president of the Universal Manufacturing Company, was born in Stark County, Ohio, ]\Iarch 6, 1815, a son of Daniel and Barbara (Zintsmaster) Urschel, both of whom were natives of Germany. After their marriage in the old country they came to the United States in 1834 and located on a farm of 160 acres in Stark County. Ohio. They were honest, hard-working German people and their thrift brought them soon into easv circumstances. Daniel Urschel died there in "1887 and his wife in 1885. They had brought with them to America three children, and seven more were born in Stark County, Ohio.

Jacob W. Urschel grew up on the old homestead in Stark County, and at the age of nineteen began learning the tanner's trade. He gave three 3'ears to his apprenticeship in Stark County, and then followed his trade in Lucas County, Ohio, at the Village of Mouclova. In 1876 he took his family out to Kansas, where he bought and improved 140 acres of laud. After selling this he went to Topeka and followed the butcher's trade and subsequently returned to Lucas County, Ohio. In that county he farmed sixty acres of land for six years, but in 1890 sold out and removed to Wood Count}'. Here he took eighty -three acres and developed it into a splendid agi-icultural proposition and improved it with splendid buildings. This farm was located in Middleton Township.

Subsequently Jacob W. Urschel became interested in the lime and cement industry. By 1895 he and his associates were turning out 80,000 barrels annually and later he acquired important interests in the Sugar Ridge Stone and Lime Company, and for many years was the active and moving spirit in that corporation. It was from this industry that the present large business at Bowling Green was developed.

On April 4, 1872, Jacob W. Urschel married Helen I. Van Fleet, who was born in Waterville, Ohio, November 10, 1847. Their first child, Charles, was born July 10, 1874, and died in infancy. Cora, born February 4, 1876, was formerly a teacher in the Bowling Green schools. The next in age is Burtis H. Clyde v., who was born October 20, 1880, was liberally educated both in literary and scientific courses and is now secretary of the Universal Manufacturing Company. Clyde married Hazel Kontz, who was born in Perrysbui-g. Ohio. Jacob W. Urschel and all "his family are active member of the Presbyterian Cliureh. Politically they are republicans in national affairs and prohibitionists in local polities.

The Urschel family were actively identified with the Sugar Ridge Stone & Lime Company from 1890 until 1907. They then organized in Toledo the Universal Manufacturing Company, had it incorporated in that city, and located their plant at Bowling Green as a result of special inducements held out to them, by the live commercial men of this city.

Burtis H. Urschel was born at Topeka, Kansas, June 30, 1878, but has spent most of his life in Wood County, Ohio. He received his education in this countj', and studied mechanical engineering, and as an engineer in cement industries traveled widely over the East. For a time he was connected with the great Edison plants in the East and also extended his travels into Canada. After this .iourne.vman experience he entered business with his father. His brother Clyde in addition to his public school advantages studied engineering and mechanics in Case School of Applied Science of Cleveland, Ohio, and is a master mechanic and a member of the Society of American Engineers. He also belongs to the Lodge and Chapter of Masons and the Knights of Pythias.

Burtis H. Urschel was married in Wood County to Orpha Wolf, daughter of George and ilatilda Wolf, old time residents of Wood County. ]\Irs. Urschel was educated at Fostoria College and taught school before her marriage. They have three children : Harold, Kenneth and Helen. All these children are in the high school and Harold is now a member of the senior class. The family are active in the Presbyterian Church, Mr. Urschel being a member of the Session and for several years has been superintendent of the Sunday school. . He was formerly a Sunday school superintendent of the Rosewood Avenue Church in Toledo. He helped organize the Bowling Green Council of the Boy Scouts and is its president.

D. R. CvNFiELD. M. D. Since beginning practice in Perrysburg of Wood County Doctor Canfield has well earned the trust and confidence of a large circle of patrons, and is ]iow accounted one of the ablest physicians in that part of the state.

He has known the people of Wood County and they have known him since childliood. He was born at Scotch Ridge in Wood County, a son of Lafayette Canfield, who was born in Hamburg, New York, and came to Milan in Erie County, Ohio, in 1853 and settled in Wood County in 1858. He was a carpenter by trade, but followed farming in Wood County. Both he and his wife are now deceased. Their children were : Anson, a farmer at Jerry Cit.v, Ohio ; Allen, a physician at Toledo ; John M., principal of the John E. Gunckel School in Toledo; Llewellyn L., superintendent of music in the public schools of Delaware, Ohio ; and Julia, a graduate nurse of the Buffalo General Hospital and now a resident of Perrysburg.

The youngest in the family, Doctor D. R. Canfield, attended the common schools until he was sixteen. Later he took a course of five months in the Northern Indiana Normal School at Valparaiso. He had only $89 to pay his expenses at that school and at the end of five months had to return for lack of further funds. He soon took a teacher's examination and was granted a license, and thereafter for ten years gave his best energies to the instruction of the young people of this section of Ohio. His last place was

In the meantime he took up the study of medicine and while iu the Toledo Medical College spent his summers teaching music in order to defray his expenses. He graduated M. D. in 1907 and on January 1, 1908, opened his office in Perrysburg, where he has since built up a good general practice. He is a member of the Wood County JMedical Society and the Ohio State jMedical Society.

Doctor Canfield served two terms as coroner of Wood County He is a republican, a member of the ]\Iethodist Church, and is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He and his wife are the parents of six children. Doctor Canfield has always been much interested in general literature and history, especially local history, and has written a mimber of articles on historical and other subjects. He has also written some fiction, though as a writer is not so well known iu that field as on historical themes.

Arthur A. Cunningham is one of Tiffin's wealthiest and most influential citizens, though he began life practically at the bottom of the ladder and has climbed by his own exertions and intelligence.

He represents an old and honored name of Seneca County. He was born at Tiffin January 26. 1857, a son of George W. and ]\Iaiy A. "(Keller) Cunningham. The Cunningliams have been idi'iitilinl with the milling industry for several uviifi-iitiinis. Ilis grandfather was a native of the faiuuus Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, and both the grandfather and gi-eat-grandfather had mills there. There is a large farm of 652 acres in the fertile region of the Shenandoah Valley still owned by the Cunningham family and which has never been out of the family name since the deed was given by the old colonial governor, Lord Fairfax. Mr. Cunningham's maternal grandfather, Levi Keller, was a native of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, moved fi'om there to Lancaster, Ohio, and finally to Seneca County, where he located on a farm. For a time he served as sheriff of Seneca County.

George W. Cunningham was bom in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia June 23, 1823, and took up the miller's trade under his father. In 1843 he located in Seneca County and about 1859 he built the first mill at Tiffin, known as the Clifton Mill. That mill continued grinding flour and other grain until it was washed away bv flood in 1913.

George W. Cunningham continued the operation of this plant until 1877, when he became involved in a business failure which seriously affected the fortunes of himself and of his family. Arthur A. Cunningham was just twenty years of age at that time and his father's faihire made it necessary for him to start his career practically without capital and dependent upoii his own exertions. George W. Cunningham M-as a widely known and influential citizen of Seneca County, where he died May 18, 1893. He was married in 1855 to Miss Mary Keller, who was born in Seneca Coiuity in 1821 and died May 8, 1911. There were four children : Arthur A. ; ]Mrs. Ella M. Myers, widow of E. B. Myers, who died in 1910; Frank, who was born in 1862 and is now a resident of Chicago; and Courtney, bom in March, 1864, and secretary of the Sneath-Cunningham Company. The mother of these children was a member of the Episcopal Church. George W. Cunningham was a democrat in politics and served on the school board and in other city offices.

Arthur A. Cunningham graduated from the Tiffin High School in 1873 and then entered his father's mill. In 1878 he became associated vnth. Col. S. H. Hunt of Upper Sandusky in the grain business. In 1884 Colonel Hunt retired and Mr. Cunningham conducted the business alone until 1890. In 1891 he and R. D. Sneath fonned a firm under the name Sneath & Cunningham and broadened their operations as grain merchants. In 1905 the Sneath-Cunningham Company was incorporated with a capital stock of $200,000. At that time they took in a number of their old employes. The firm of Sneath-Cunningham Company has grown rapidly and is now one of the largest grain and feed houses in Ohio, owning and operating about fifty elevators in different parts of the state. IMr. Cunningham is president of the company, Ralph D. Sneath is vice president and treasurer, and Courtney Cunningham is secretary.

Mr. Cunningham is also president of the Tiffin Telephone Company and of the Citizens Building & Loan Company, is vice president of the Tiffin Savings Bank, a director of the Commercial National Bank and his association with any business entei-prise is regarded as one of its strongest a-ssets. He is a member of the Cemetery Board, of the Tiffin Chamber of Commerce, and has attained the thirt.y-third honorary degi'ee in Scottish Rite Masonry. He is independent in polities. "Sir. Cunningham has long been identified with

Masonry, and attained the thirty-second degree in 18S8. He was given the supreme thirty-third degi'ee in 1910. His membership is in Tiffin Lodge, No. 77, Ancient Free and Accepted ilasons ; De Molay Commaudery, No. 9, Knights Templar; Zenobia Temple of tlie :\Iystii- Shrine at Toledo.

On July 7, ISSl, he married Miss Minnie B. Holt. ilrs. Cunningham was born at Tiffin August 22, 1856, and she and her husband were graduates in the same class from the Tiffin High School'. Her parents were William and Belle (Flenner) Holt. IMrs. Cunningham is an active member of the Trinity Episcopal Church.

Barton Smith. For over forty years Barton Smitli has practiced law witli success and honor in 'i'lilcdn. In Masonry he has constantly ivnrhcl out into l,i'<ia<ici' tichls until he is to(_lay the most eminent ^lason in America, if not in the world. This great and ancient order has deemed it fitting to bestow upon him the highest offices and greatest distinctions within its power - all of which have been most worthily bestowed.

He was born on a farm at Channahon in Will County. Illinois. .Tune 2, 1852, the oldest in a family of ti-ii children. His father was a progressive, public s|iirited farmer and stock dealer and did in Will County in 1894. His mother, a native of Indiaii.i. went to live in Will County in 18:J2, and at the time of her deatli was the oldest continuous resident of that Illinois county.

Barton Smith graduated in the literary department of the I'lnversity of ]*licliigan in 1872. After a year spent on his father's farm he returned to Ann Arbor and. finished the course of the law school in 1875. It was upon the advice of the late Judge Cooley, one of America's greatest lawyers and jurists and a former instructor in the University of ]^Iichigan, that Barton Smith came to Toledo in the year of his graduation. Here he formed a partnership with Frederick L. Geddes, which lasted until July. 1881. 'He then became a member of the firm Baker, Smith & Baker. This partnership continued until the death of its senior member. William Baker, one of Toledo's oldest lawyers, in November, 1894, following which ihc tiile was Smith & Baker, the yoitnger nionlici' being Rufus H. Baker. A few years ago Erwin R. Effler and ^Maurice Allen were admitted to the firm. The title of this important legal combination is now Smith, Baker, Effler & Allen. It is today the oldest law firm in the City of Toledo, having been in continuous existence for thirty-six years. The offices are in the building known as the Smith & Baker Building.

From the verj' beginning of his professional career ilr. Smith displayed unusual ability as a lawyer and a business man. A prominent attorney analyzed his qualities as follows: "He possesses the clearest and most analytical mind of any man of his auc ihat 1 liave met. He is great in the solution of intiacate legal questions, involving philosophical study. He has a peculiarly logical mind and is a great student of the authorities. He is ver^- popular and successful. He is an. intense man, earnest, self-sacrificing in his duties; thorough, woi-king out every detail and examining every authority, even at the sacrifice of his health. He is very stroni;' IicI'oit a jury, a fascinating speaker - logical, ilcar. jiointed and impressive, always courteous towai-d opposing cotinsel. He is a man of spotless character. I know no man who is his sujicrior in personal integrity and none who has a higher sense of professional honor." .More than this it wouM ,lifliculf to add, though friends also ai>precia!e his many sided nature. Mr. Smith is a connoisscui' of painting and architecture, and I hose who know him best know him as a most lovable character.

In his long and active career as a lawyer ilr. Smith has lieen connected \\ith much important litigation. He has been coitnsel for largi' cor|ioi'ations, including the business of the Connecticut ilutual Insurance Company, the .Milliurn Wagon Company, the Toledo Blade Company and the Sun Company. As a matter of history it should not be forgotten that he was counsel for the city in the City Pipe Line litigation, a prolonged case in which he was .successful. Another important public service was in sustaining the validity of the legi.slation under which the present splendid filtration plant which Toledo now enjo.vs was coirsfi-ucfed. Also when the eon- .soliciation of stivct i-ail\va\s hec-an in Toledo, ]Mr. Smith was iMicaucl as attorne.v. The importance of this litigation was enhanced by the fact that it involved real legal pioneering in Ohio. The verv best legal talent was employed on both sides. Mr. Smith continued to direct the legal affairs of the street railway interests for thirty-two years, carrying it through a number of changes and consolidations until the present comprehensive system was evolved. His conduct of these legal matters won for him the respect and admiration

Public aifaii's have always received from him an active interest. He has been a dignified and influential member of the councils of the democratic party and was a delegate to the National Convention at Chicago in 1896, where he opposed bimetallism. But he never held public ofiice, except a single term as member of the Board of Education.

More than a word is demanded in consideration of his Masonic career. Mr. Smith was initiated in the Masonic order in 1876. He at once began the study of Masonry and was soon appointed to a minor office. Since then he has never been without an official place in the order and today holds the highest Masonic office in the United States, and there is none higher in the world. There is hardly a question that he is the best posted man on Masonic law in America. When the contest was on between the Masonic bodies and the spurious branch known as Cerneauism, which had become very strong and was rapidly increasing, ]\Ir. Smith was employed to conduct the litigation and was the constant adviser of the Grand Master and the real master spirit in the contest both in the Grand Lodge and in the courts. In both places victory was complete.

The thirty-third degree was conferred upon him in 1887. In 1894 he was an active member of the Supreme Council. In 1896 he was at the same time Grand Master of the Grand Lodge and Grand Commander of the Grand Commandery of Ohio. Both offices were administered with conspicuous ability and success.

In 1907 he was delegate to the Conference of the Supreme Councils of the World in Brussels, and was vice president of this conference held at Washington three years later. Later he was deputy for Ohio from January, 1906, until appointed Puissant Grand Lieutenant Commander in 1909. In September, 1910, he succeeded to the highest office, that , of Most Puissant Sovereign Grand Commander, and has continued in that dignity ever since. A high Mason has described Mr. Smith as "The most eminent Masonic statesman and the greatest Masonic executive of his time." Very appropi'iately, a Masonic lodge in Toledo has been named the Barton Smith Lodge.

Searles of Illinois. Two children were born, Clifford Charles and JMildred. The son graduated from the Toledo High School in 1897 and then entered the University of Michigan. June 6, 1899, near the close of his freshman year, he was accidentally drowned. Thus died at the age of twenty years a bright and promising young man. The daughter graduated at the Smead Seminary in Toledo. She has traveled much abroad and is now the wife of Maurice Allen, one of Mr. Smith's law partners.

Rev. E. Gerpex, pastor of the Lutheran Church at Gibsouburg, Ohio, has devoted his life to the Lutheran ministry and to educational affairs. He entered the ministry nearly forty yeans ago and his work has been in different states, though largely in Ohio.

Rev. Mr. Gerfen was born in Prussia, Germany, May 1, 1853. His gi-eat-grandfather, Louis Gerfen, was a French Huguenot who on account of religious troubles moved to Germany and reared his family there. Rev. Mr. Gerfen is a son of Christ and Caroline (Brandenburg) Gerfen, both natives of Prussia. The parents came to the United States in 1870, locating in Illinois. They left Germany because of war conditions. Christ Gerfen was a machinist, followed his trade for a number of years in Germany, and was connected with the construction of one of the large bridges over the Rhine River near the City of Cologne. He was quite a successful man. After coming to America he became a democrat in politics. He and his family were always loyal to the Lutheran faith. There were four children : Fred, who resigned a Prussian commission, came to America in early life, enlisted and served in the Tenth Missouri Infantry during the Civil war, fighting under General Sigel, and later under General Grant. He was severely wounded at the battle of Shiloh. After the war he was elected a justice of the peace in Southern Illinois, and lived a retired life. He was a stanch repiiblican in politics. The second child, Mirfnie, died in St. Louis. Louisa, a widow, is now living at Nashville, Illinois.

The fourth and youngest of the family is Rev. Mr. Gerfen. He attended the conunon schools and gymnasium in Germany, and after coming to America was educated in Concordia College at Springfield, Illinois, and at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio. He was gradu- - ated in 1879 and soon afterwards was ordained a minister in the Lutheran Church.

His first charge was at Lebanon, Ohio, where he remained eight years, and during that time was professor of languages in the noted Holbrook Normal School. He afterwards was in charge of churches at Trenton, Ohio, Union City, Indiana, and for three years was president of a school at Bonham, Texas. From there he accepted a call at WoodviUe, Ohio, as president of the Normal School. In 1904 Reverend G erf en came to Gibsouburg, and for thirteen years has been the beloved pastor of Zion Lutheran Church. His work as a minister has been administrative and constructive, and he is also well Imown as an author, particularly of religious works. Among his books are "Baptizein and Eucharist," now in the second edition; translation of ''Count Struense's;" author of "Die Deutsche Schule, " a grammar for the study of German; and an "Essay on Conscience." Reverend Gerfen is a republican iu politics.

He was married in 1880 to Miss Minnie Hebbler, of Lebanon, Ohio. They are the parents of a family of niue children; five sons and four daughters : Victor, who for the past ten years has been secretary of the Young Men's Christian Association of Cleveland, Ohio, and has also been in charge of the educational department of the association; Emil, a Lutheran minister, now pastor of a church near Bucyrus, Ohio; Morris, a druggist at Sandusky, Ohio, who married Lillian Lear, daughter of the mayor of Sandusky; Arthur, connected with the White Automobile Factory at Cleveland; Walter, at home and attending school; Clara, wife of William Silscott of Prairie Depot, Ohio; Edna, Hulda and Elizabeth, all at home. The children were well educated in the public schools and the boys attended college.

Charles Rieck manages and owns the oldest and largest business as interior decorators in Hancock County. His establishment is located at 522 South Main Street in the City of Findlay. Mr. Rieck is an expert in his line and was a capable workman for many years before he settled in business for himself. He now looks after his large establisliment and directs a force of men who are almost constantly busy all over Hancock County.

Mr. Rieck was boiii in Mecklenburg Schwerin in North Prussia, Germany, a son of Carl and Elise (Mueller) Rieck. Mr. Rieck was seventeen years of age when he set out for America alone. He attended the common schools of Germany up to the eighth grade, but left school at the customary age of fourteen and served a three year apprenticeship with his brother to learn the decorating busi-

Thus he was qualified as a master workman wlien he came to this country and going to Chicago he was soon put on the force of a decorating contractor, and spent niue years there, almost all the time with one concern. He was a good workman, and he also had an ambition for a business of his own and therefore thrifty of his earnings. In 18S9 he came to Findlay and established a store on South Cory Street. That was his location one year following which he had his place of business at 111 South Main Street for six years. In tlie meantime he bought the decorating business of Jolin Freer at 522 South Main Street, and conducted both shops imtil he consolidated tliem in 1900. He carries a complete .stock of all the materials and supplies used in interior decorating, and maintains a force of six or seven men who handle the business. His success has been accomplished by hard work, and at the same time he has made himself a factor in the progressive movements of the City of Findlay.

Mr. Rieck was married in 1899 to Miss Flora M. Watt, daughter of John and Euphemia (Hennessy) Watt of Findlay. They liave three children : Edna, aged twenty-three, living at Marion, Ohio; Anna, twenty-two years of age; and Carl, aged twenty-one, still at home.

Mr. Rieck is independent in politics. From 1912 to 1916 inclusive he served as treasurer of the Findlay Business Men's Association. He is also a stockholder in the Majestic Building Company. Frateimally he takes much interest in his lodge work with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias.

John W. Whitker. Of the many thousands who act as mediums for the sale of merchandise, only a comparatively few are true and real merchants. The real merchant is not merely a profit taker. For the price he asks for his goods he renders a service based upon careful judgment, careful buying and a thorough study of conditions and qualities.

In this class belongs John W. Whitker of Bowling Green. Mr. Wliitker is a furniture dealer. He possesses a remarkable knowledge of furniture from the manufacturing processes to its final uses in homes of taste and comfort. He has studied furniture since he was a young man. He is an expert judge of quality and that makes him a splendid medium through which the customer can secure reliable goods from reliable makers. Mr. Whitker has conducted his business with a thorough knowledge of costs and this knowledge has enabled him, especially in these later years of high cost of living, to give exceptional service to his patrons.

His store at Bowling Green is stocked with some of the best makes of furniture, household goods of different kinds, and carpets, rugs and other equipment. He represents the Taylor and other leading furniture manufacturers. Since he was fourlccn years of age Mr. Whitker has had experieuee in the furniture business. He keeps in his store only merchandise that he can personally guarantee and has always made it his rule to handle goods at one price for all and to stand behind every article that goes out of his store.

He has been in business at Bowling Green, at 157-159 North Main Street, since 1904. In that time he has built up a business all over Wood County through his individual efforts and by his able business policies. He has a modern store. Some years ago he threw both stores into one and has decorated his establishment so as to furnish appropriate surroundings for the fine class of goods he carries. His main store room is now 50 by 100 feet and he also has another room 25 by 40 feet and a wareroom 20 by 30 feet.

Mr. Whitker was born at Weston in Wood County forty-seven years ago, a son of John H. and Elizabeth (Matzinger) Whitker. His father was born in Wood County of Hanover German ancestors, the family having come to Wood County in early days and having improved a farm in Troy Township. John H. Whitker was married in Toledo and his wife was a native of Switzerland. About five years ago John H. Whitker retired to Weston and is still living at the age of seventy-four.

John W. Whitker was educated at Weston and for four years worked in a hardware store in that village. He then went to Toledo and was employed with W. L. Milners, later with Draper & Nugent, with Stewart Brothers, and with Mathew Bartlett. He then went to Columbus, Ohio. During the number of years he was employed by Jlr. Mathew Bartlett, of Toledo, a well known dealer in furniture and a connoisseur on all subjects connected with the furniture trade, Mr. Whitker made use of every opportunity to gain a knowledge of the

JMr. Whitker was married in Toledo to Miss Clara Rudolph. She was born in that city and reared and educated there. She has been associated with Mr. Whitker not only in the task of building up a home but in the business. They have two daughters: Ruth, now twentyone, graduated from the Bowling Green High School in 1915 and is now a student in ]Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. Lucile, aged sixteen, is now a student in the Bowling Green High School. The family are members of the First Presbyterian Church of Bowling Green. Their home is in the same lot with the church edifice. Mr. Whitker is affiliated ^^-ith the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and in politics is a democrat.

Homer 0. Dorset has served continuously as probate judge of Hancock County since February, 1909. In that time he has performed an immense volume of work that is of vital value to the community. He not only has ' those many cases involving wills and chancery matters which require the utmost human discernment and conscientious care in adjustment, but in his jurisdiction is also the working of the Juvenile Court. Judge Dorsey has exercised his judicial functions on numberless occasions on behalf of the hapless children of the county and is keenly interested in every phase of the corrective movement applied to juvenile delinquency.

Judge Dorsey was born on a farm in Allen Township of Hancock County, January 27, 1879. He is one of the nine children of Wallace and Lois (Nelson) Dorsey. The family is of Scotch-Irish stock, and the Dorseys include some ancestors who were Revolutionary soldiers. Judge Dor.sey's father was a farmer and tile manufacturer.

His early education was obtained in countrj' schools and as time and opportunity offered he attended the Ohio Northern University at Ada, taking the teacher's course. In the meantime in summer seasons he helped his father on the farm and worked around the tile factory. At the age of nineteen he began teaching and taught four years in the coimtry districts of Allen Township, Hancock County, one year in Portage Township, and for two years was superintendent of the schools at Arlington, Ohio. In September, 1903, Judge Dorsey removed to Findlay and began work as a pumper and in other capaci- ties in the oil fields. In April, 1904, he was appointed deputy clerk of the Probate Court under Probate Judge Banker, and as clerk he familiarized himself with tlie many duties and respoiisiliilities of the office to which he was himself elected as ,iu(li;v in 1908, taking office in the fulldw ini;' l-'eln-uary. He was elected on tin' dciiii>eratie ticket and received 1,700 majority over Charles V. Bish, the opposition candidate. He was re-elected in 1912 over A. G. Fuller, and was chosen for his third term in 1:)1G against Ross J. Wetlierald.

Judge Ddisey Ikis always been a democ-vat. He is affiliated' with the Benevolent and i'rutective Onler of Elks, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, and he and his family are mendiers of Howard ilethodist Episcopal Church. His career has been successful and he has found his opportunity in life without special favor and by dependence entirely upon his individual efforts and industry.

Judge Dorsey was married to Harriet E. Dunla]). daughter of George and Anna Dnnlap. Theii- threi' children are; Lowell Dale, born Sepfiuber :'.0, 1900; Dorothy Dare, born Mav '20, 1903; and Anna Lucile, born October 13, 1905.

George D. Copeland began the practice of law at Marion thirty-five years ago, and through his profession has gained a reputation now largely extended ovef tlic state. He was born at aiarimi I >reeiiilier 11. 1S60, a son of Howard and Katheriiii' i Darlington) Copeland. His grandfather, Jusiah S. Copeland. was a native of ilassaehusetts, went from there to Baltimore, ^laryland, and was foreman in the Ellicott mills at Hllicott City, Maryland. About 1826 he went in Zaiiesville, Ohio, and there engaged in the .inhhing business. He was an early settler in j\Iarion County, where he conducted a farm and stone quarry. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. His death occurred in 1870. The maternal grandfather, Carey A. Darlington, was born in Adams County, Ohio, was a farmer in this state, and subsequently went to Montana, where he was identified with mining for a time but found a more profitable business in farming in that northwestern country.

Howard Copeland was born at Zanesville, Ohio, May 13, 1828, and died December 1. 1884. His wife was born at Newark, Ohio, in March, 1830, and died August 22, 1893. They were married in Marion November 11, 18.52. Howard Copeland was for a number of years a dry goods merchant at .Marion, and was a fairly well to do nmn. He was a republican and his wife was a member of the Pi'esbyterian Church. Of their five children only two are now living. Arthur P., a banker at Riieliester, Indiana, and (;e()rge D.

(ieiir-v I). Copeland secuivd his early education in the Cnion schools at Clarion and on June 2, 1882, graduated from the Cincinnati Law School. He has been in practice at Marion ever since his adnussion to the bar. He has been (|nile ;ielive in repnlilican politics and AVas a lieie.uale to the Xallolial Coll^

McKinley. lie is vie pivsi.lent of the Marion County Bank, direct of and treasurer of the Osgood Company, director and attorney for the Home Building, Savings and Loan Company and is the owner of considerable real estate and farm property. For lifteen years Mr. Copeland was a trustee of the State Hospital at Massillon.

He is one of the most prominent ilasons of Ohio, having attained the tliirty-third and s-upreme degree in the Scottish Rite. He has filled all the chairs of the lodge, chapter and Knight Templar Commandery, and is past grand master and past most illustrious Lirand master of the State of Ohio. He and his family are active members of the First Presbyterian Church of Marion.

'Mr. Copeland married June 5, 1889, Miss Katherine Bartram. She was born at Marion, daughter of Samuel H. Bartram, an attorney. Mr. and Mrs. Copeland have one daughter, Alice, wife of John Damon Guthery, a farmer.

George C. Dean began his work in the world as a telegraph o|)eralor. followed that profession for a ininilier of years, and linally located at Gibsoulmrg, where he has hcen hest known as a banker. He was formerly cashier and is now a vice president of the Home Banking Company. Mr. Dean gives practically all his time and attention to the work of the bank, and deserves a considerable .share in the credit for the making and upbuilding of this splendid institution.

The Home Banking Company has a paid in capital of $25,000, and the stoekholdei's have joint liability as security for deposits amounting to .l^lOOlOOO. Thus both safety and strength are liberally safeguarded. The total resources of the Home Banking ('om]iany according to a recent statement were nearlv !|;500,000. Over $450,000 represent the deposits. The bank pays 4 per cent on savings

Mr. Dean was born at Rollersville in Madison Township of Sandu.sky County January 28, 1868. He is a son of John E. and Parintha (Cook) Dean. His grandfather, John Dean, was bom at Assonet, Massachusetts, and late in life came to Ohio, where lie lived retired until his death. He was a ship carpenter by trade and had served in the War of 1812. The Dean family had its original seat in England and from there came to Massachusetts in colonial times. Mr. Dean's maternal grandfather was George D. Cook, a farmer in Columbiana County, Ohio, who subsequently removed to Sandusky County and spent his last years in that section.

John E. Dean was born at Assonet, Massachusetts, in 1825 and died in 1907. His wife was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1830, and died in 1912. They were married at Prairie Depot, Ohio. John E. Dean came to Ohio in 1846 and was a merchant tailor and for some time was engaged in the woolen mill industiy at Ballville with his brother Phillip C. Dean. He then removed to Rollersville, where he followed his trade as a tailor and also engaged in fal-ming. For a number of years he held the office of assessor of Madison Township, and during the Civil war he had charge of the local draft for soldiers. He was a republican and a member of the Congregational Chvirch and of the Knights of Honor. He and liis wife had three children: Mrs. Ella DeCoster, of Summit, New Jersey; Mary D. Miller, of Rollersville, Ohio; and 'George C.

George C. Dean spent his early life chiefly on his father's farm. He attended grammar and high school at Prairie Depot, and when a young man leanied the busiues.s of telegrapher and was an operator for about sixteen years. He was assigned to different places and part of the time was in the city passenger office at Buffalo. For five years he was connected with the Standard Oil Company, being with that company at Gibsonburg. He finally resigned his position with the Standard Oil Company and entered the Home Banking Company as its cashier. A few years ago he was elected vice president and has always handled a large share of the responsibilities of the business.

Madison Township, Sandusky County. They had one child, John L., now in school. Mrs. Dean died in 1914. Mr. Dean is affiliated with the Masonic Lodge and the Knight Templar Commandery and Mystic Shrine. Politically he is a republican.

Ch.vrles H. Daum has played the part of a worthy and useful citizen in Henry County where he was born and reared, and owns and occupies a very attractive farm in section 36, Union School District, Liberty Township. He represents an old family of this section of Northwest Ohio, and the sturdy traits of his ancestors have been transmitted through him to his own children, and the family is worthy of consideration in any publication relating to the citizens of llenrj^ Countj'.

His birth occurred in Pleasant Township of Henry Count}^ July 15, 1861. His grandparents, George and Margaret Daum, were born in France, in 1798, and they were born on the same daj', at the same hour and in the same town. Early in the '40s they came to the United States. They made the voyage on an old-fashioned sailing vessel, and after coming to Ohio located east of New Bavaria in Pleasant Township of Henry County. There they lived out their useful lives and died when cjuite old. Both were members of the Lutheran Church. Of their two children, their daughter Catherine, now deceased, married Christian Deckrosch of Defiance, and they spent their lives near Ayresville, being survived bj' Kate, Maggie, Louise, Elizabeth, Sadie, Charles, Christian, Peter, all of whom are living but Peter and all married.

George Daum, Jr., father of Charles H. Daum, was born in France January 12, 1834, and was a child when brought to America. He died at his home in Liberty Township, December 8, 1912, aged seventy-eight years ten months, twenty-six days. As a young man he learned the trade of tinsmith, and by working at that laid the foundation for his modest fortune, though afterwards for man.y years he was identified with agriculture. He was a soldier in the American Civil war. Enlisting from Henry County, October 1, 1862, he became a private in Company D of the One Hundred and Twenty-fourth 6hi» Volunteer Infantrv, and by meritorious service won promotion as first lieutenant and was finally brevetted captain. He was in much of the fighting in the South, was at Chickamauga and during the Atlanta campaign ]iarticipated in the battles of Kenesaw Monn- taiu aud Peachtree Creek, and later in the great battle of Nashville was severely woimded in the leg. He was mustered out and given an honorable discharge as one of the gallant soldiers of the Union in 1865. After this creditable military career, he played an equally distinguished part in the civic affairs of Henry County. He lived on his farm in Pleasant Township until January 1, 1872, and then moved to Napoleon. He had been elected sheriff of Henry County and for eight years filled that office, he then served as deputy under Daniel Spangler, his successor in the office of sheriif . For several years he devoted his time to his duties as receiver of the Vocke estate. For six j-ears he served as county commissioner, and was also a justice of the peace of Pleasant Township. He was a very popular and widely knoM'U democrat in his section and was a member of the Lutheran Church. George Daum married in Defiance County, ifiss Lucinda Frederick, who was born in Pennsylvania of Pennsylvania parents, who early settled in the City of Defiance. Her father was a tinner by occupation. Lucinda Danui died in November, 1866, when in 1lic iirinu' of life. She left the followin- Adelia, Avife of George Herthneck nt' Ildlt^ate, and the mother of one son and three daughters, all of whom are living and married; Susan, who died in September, 1898, married Henry Van Carsen, a plumber of Toledo ; Edward who died in July, 1911, leaving a son Roscoe, who is married and living in Chicago ; Charles H. ; aud William F., who lives on a farm in Liberty Township and by his marriage to Rosa Meek has two daughters and two sons. In the fall of 1871 at Napoleon, Ohio, George Daum, Jr., married Miss Rachel Spieth, who was born at Liverpool, Ohio, and came with her parents to Henry County. She was a good wife and mother, both to her own children and to her stepchildren, and her death occurred in Liberty Township, February 13, 1915, when sixty-six years of age. She had five children : Hattie, wife of S. A. Palmer, of Liberty Township, who has reared a number of sons and daughters ; Frank A., who has been county surveyor and is now deputy surveyor and by his marriage to Miss Bessie Whiteman has one son ; Beryl, wife of George Kessler of Napoleon ; and Catherine and Lela, both of whom died young.

man he learned the trade of butcher, subsequently gave that up ia favor of farming, his father having bought a farm of 140 acres near Napoleon, Ohio. His scene of operations has been in Liberty Township and in that locality he has owned three different farms, and has left each one of them in a much higher state of improvement than it was when he took possession. His present home is in section 36, Union School District, Liberty Township and measures up to the best farm estates of the county in the way of improvements and general cultivation and management.

Charles H. Daum married a school mate. Miss Pauline Scherer, November 10, 1884, at Maumee, Ohio. Theo. W. Brake, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church officiating. Mrs. Daum was born in Napoleon, March 22, 1862, and received her education in that city, being a member of the high school. Her father, William Scherer, was a cooper by trade, was bom in. Baden, Germajij-, and her mother, Mrs. Anna (Meyer) Scherer, was born in Switzerland and on coming to America settled at Maumee. Mrs. Scherer died November 8, 1900. Mr. Schere^" came from Germany to avoid military service, aud is still living at Maumee at the age of eighty-one years. He and his wife (deceased) were members of the Dutch Reformed Church and later attended the German Lutheran Church.

Mr. and Mrs. Daum have two sons, Charles Irvin, who was born September 6, 1885, graduated from Liberty Center High School in 1905, and attended Davis Business College of Toledo, and has been a successful teacher for eleven years. He married a schoolmate. Miss Iva Fay Hahn, August 3, 1910. She graduated in the same year and from the same class as her husband. They have a daughter, Doris Lucile, born August 3, 1911. Mr. Daum was principal of Liberty Center High School and later superintendent of the same schools, a position he held for two years. He was a successful teacher and also a superintendent of the Methodist Episcopal Sunday School. Mr. Daum resigned as teacher in Liberty Center schools in April, 1917, to take up his new duties ilay 1, 1917, as mail-carrier, Rural Route 3 out of Hamler, Henry County, Ohio, where he and his family are now making their home. George William Daum, the second son, was born October 31, 1898, graduated from Liberty Center High School May 25, 1917. He is secretary

For the most part the family have been members of the Reformed Church. Mr. Charles H. Daum has accepted many opportimities to serve his community, was a trustee of his home township six years, has been a member of the rural school board ten years and for three years was president of Liberty Center Village Schools Board. He is a democrat, a member of the Sons of Veterans, and lias been particularly active in the Knights of Pythias, having been deputy of the order at Lil)iTt\- Center, having filled all the chairs in liis Itn-nl lodge, is a past chancellor commander and for the past twenty years has been master of finance.

On April 25, 1917, Mr. Daum was duly appointed to the office of township food and crop commissionci' by (iovcrmir James Cox and Secretary of State William D. Nulton, authorizing and cnipdwi'ring liim to execute and discharge, all and singular, the duties appertaining to said office, and to enjoy all the privileges and immunities thereof during the war.

Rezin AVells Shawh.vn was one of the first merchants of Tiffin and in the course of a long and active business career acquired not only a fortune in that city but used his means liberally and for the welfare and upbuilding of the entire community. His is one of the names that Anil live longest and receive the highest tributes of memoi-y in that community.

He was born in Berkeley County, Virginia, October 19, 1811, a son of Frederick Shawhan. His father was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, going into service at the age of sixteen. He spent the dreadful winter with Washington's troops at Valley Forge and also followed his great leader through the ice of the Delaware River on the Christmas Eve before tlie battle of Trenton. This Revolutionary soldier came to Ohio in 1833.

Rezin W. Shawhan acquired an education in Virginia. He was a man of liberal tastes and a great student and aceumvdated a fine library. He was the first president of the public library at Tiffin and was always interested in institutions of culture as well as business.

He was the youngest of eleven children. Beginiug business at Tiffin, he first had a small stock of diy goods and gradually developed a large store and then entered the warehouse and grain business. He was one of the leading grain merchants of Northwest Ohio many years, and through that accumulated a fortune, so that he was rated as practically the owner of three-quarters of a million when the possession of that amount of money meant an enormous fortune. A lai-ge part of this wealth he spent in developing railroad communications for Tiffin and in many other enterprises of local benefit. He was one of the founders of what is now the Tiffin National Bank and for more than forty years was a well known banker. He was a member of the school board, a republican in politics and was active in the Presbyterian Church. One time he was proprietor of the original Shawhan Hotel at Tiffin. After his death Mrs. Shawhan replaced the old hotel with the present modern Shawhan Hotel, one of the finest appointed hostelries in Northwest Oliio. It is a splendid monument to both her and her husband, and a credit to the entire city.

R. W. Shawhan died June 6, 1887. He had married in 1881 Delia Watson, who is still living at Tiffin. She was born in Pennsylvania, daughter of James L. and Margaret (Foster) Watson. The parents were also natives of Pennsylvaiiia and her father in early life was a farmer and afterwards a dry goods merchant in Tiffin. He retired a number of years before his death and w^as living in Toledo when he died.

Eight years after the death of Mr. Shawhan Mrs. Shawhan married William Harris Laird, of Winona, Minnesota. .Mr. Laird was born in Union County, Pennsylvania, Febi-uary 24, 1833, a son of Robert Hayes and Maria (Nevius) Laird. His father was of Scotch- Irish and his mother of Holland Dutch descent. William H. Laird was educated at Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, and in 1855 went West to the Territory of Minnesota. Thei-e he entered the retail lumber business, becoming a member of the firm of Laird Brothers at Winona and later of the firm of Laird-Norton Company, which firm still exists. He became one of the foremost lumbermen of the Northwest and acquired a fortune in that industry. He was recognized as one of the foremost citizens of Winona. 'Sir. Laird acquired a large fortime in business and besides lumbering he was a banker and had a large

Mrs. Laird continued to live in Winona for 31,4 .years after her husband's death and then returned to Tiffin. She built one of the finest homes in Northwest Ohio at Tiffin and is now spending her later days with everj' comfort. She has, erected a number of residences at Tiffin, is interested in the Tiffin National Bank, and busies herself with many interests in this city. Mr. Laird was a veryprominent church man and for over forty years was deacon in the First Congregational Church at Winona. He also gave liberally to the extension of the Young Men's Christian Association, and was president of the board of trustees of Carleton College at Northfield, Minnesota, twenty-one years. Mrs. Laird was the donor of the fine Science Hall (Delia S. Laird) to Pleidelberg College at Tiffin. For years she has taken a deep interest in the young people who are receiving their education in Heidelberg.

William T. Jones of Marion has made a . wonderful success as a real estate operator and developer. He is not a real estate broker, handling only his own property. Local citizens credit him with building more houses and selling more city property than any other dealer in the city. For the^past two years he has built on the avei-age a house every week. His business is flourishing, and his success is the more noteworthy because when he came to Marion he was practically at the bottom of the ladder so far as financial resources were concerned.

i\Ir. Jones was born in Delaware County, Ohio, July 11, 1871, a son of Martin aiid ilartha A. (Crawford) Jones, tlis grandfather Thomas Jones was a native of Pennsylvania and was a pioneer farmer in Delaware County, Ohio, where he spent his active years. "He was of Welsh descent. The maternal grandfather William P. Crawford was also a native of Pennsylvania and an early settler in Ohio. He was a cousin of that famous Colonel Crawford who led one of the early expeditions into Noi'thwestern Ohio and met a tragic end by being burned at tlie stake by the Indians. Martin and Martha Jones were both natives of Ohio. The father was born in 1846 and died in 1907. The mother was born in 1843 and is still living, making her home among her sons. Martin Jones was married in Delaware County and spent his active career as a farmer. He was a democrat in polities.

was a fairly successful and well to do man, was affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and a member of the United Brethren Church. The three sons are William T., Charles R., on a farm in Delaware County, and Edwin L., who lives on the old homestead.

William T. Jones had a country school education in Delaware County and also took a business course in the college at Delaware. He spent the first twenty years of his life on a farm, learned telegraphy and for four years was emploj^ed as an operator by the Big Four Railway. In 1894 he entered the life insurance business in Delaware County as local agent for the John Hancock Company. After one year in Delaware County he came to Marion in 1895, and here he continued both life and fire insurance for twelve years. In 1905 he began handling real estate on a small scale, and since then his operations have been widely and rapidly extended as already noted. He still liaiidlcs some insurance and still has the agciii y for ihi' -Inhn Hancock Company, which' lie has represented for twenty-three years.

In 1904 Mr. Jones married Flora R. Rhodes, who was born in Moultrie County, Illinois. They have two children, Mildred B. born in 1900, and Paul Martin, born in 1907. The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Jones is a Scottish Rite Mason. Politically he is a republican and has served as a member of the Civil Service Commission since it was organized.

Maurice Leahy, M. D. In point of continuous service Doctor Leahy is one of the oldest members of the medical profession in Seneca County. He began practice at Tiffin almost forty years ago. His professional success has been in proportion to the yeai's of well qualified service he has rendered and his career has been a source of benefit to individuals and the community such as could scarcely be over estimated.

Doctor Leahy is a native of Ireland, born in County Kerry, not fai' fi'om tlie famous Lakes of Kiliarney, nii :\lai-eh 14, 1855. " He is a son of Thomas and Ellen (Ilartuett) Leahy. His parents immigrated to America a few years after his birth and in 1861 located on a farm south of Tiffin, where they spent the rest of their days. They were the parents of eleven children, nine of whom are still living, as follows: John W., an attorney of Cleveland, Ohio ; Dr. Maurice, of this biographical sketch ; James F., a banker of Detroit, Michigan ; Maiy A., of Cleveland, Ohio ; Margaret, of Cleveland; Richard P., of Chicago, Illinois; Thomas J., of Tiffin. Ohio, a dealer and shipper of horses ; Rev. Michael D., of Cleveland, pastor of St. James Parish; Jeremiah E.. M. D., of Chicago, Illinois; William and Julia, both of whom died in infancy.

On the farm near Tiffin Doctor Leahy spent a large part of his boyhood, attended the local schools, also Heidelberg University at Tiffin, Ohio, and taught school several terms. He then entered the medical department of Wooster University at Cleveland, where he was first graduated in 1878. He subsequently finished the course and received the diploma in 1883 from the Bellevue Hospital iledical College of New York City, and in 1898 he again interrupted his private practice for post-graduate courses in the Post Graduate College of New York City.

Doctor Leahy opened his office and began practice at Tiffin in July, 1878. He is a member of the American Medical Association, the Ohio State Medical Society and the Seneca County Medical Society, and has contributed to their work and out of his experience has been able to furnish advice and counsel to many younger members of the profession. Doctor Leahy married Enna McFarland, of Tiffin, a daughter of the late Dr. John A. Mc- Farland, a well known physician of Seneca County, who practiced in Tiffin and vicinity upwards of fifty years. Three children were born to Doctor and Mrs. Leahy, and two are now living. John A. died at the age of nineteen. JIauriee Leahy, Jr., is a graduate of the Northwestern University Lledical School at Chicago and practiced in that city, but at present is a member of the Medical Reserve Corps, United States Army. He married Eileen Yallelly, and they have one daughter, ^Maureen B. Paul James, the younger son, is a graduate of the Medical Department of Northwestern University, and is in practice with his father. He married Olive Garrett, of Cleveland, and they have one son, Paul J., Jr. The family are all active members of St. Mary's Catholic Church at Tiffin.

Edward Payson Breckentsidge. Coming to Toledo in 1878, Mr. Breckeuridge has been almost continuously identified with this city as a factor of growing influence in its business and indufitrial prosperity.

He was born near Monroeville in Huron County, Ohio, July 23, 1841, a son of Myron and Almira (Morton) Breckeuridge. Both his parents represented old colonial stock and they themselves were both natives of Vermont, the father of Charlotte and the mother at Middlebury. Myron Breckeuridge and wife were pioneers of Northern Ohio, having come to this state in a covered wagon in the year 1836. They located on the farm in Huron County where Edward P. was born. Myron Breckeuridge was not only a farmer but also a local preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church, frequently filled the pulpit, and led a most exemplary daily life. He lived to be ninety-two, and his wife to ninety-five. Edward Payson Breckeuridge grew up in a rural district, and such training as was not supplied by the country schools was given him during one term at Plymouth and one tei-m in the academy at Milan, Ohio. For a time he essayed the role of a country school teacher, following that profession four years. He then clerked in Hillsdale, Michigan, spent two years in the oil regions of Pennsylvania and in 1866 entered business for himself at Richmond, Indiana, as a hardware merchant. Later he followed the same business at Gales- - burg, Illinois, and from there came to Toledo in 1878. Save for a brief interval Toledo has been his home for forty years.

At Toledo Mr. Breckeuridge became a can manufacturer, establishing the E. P. Breckeuridge Company for that purpose. He was active in that line almost twenty-five years and built up a very large and important industry. In 1901 the E. P. Breckeuridge Company was one of the manj- conspicuous companies that consolidated under the incorporation of the American Can Company, which Mr. Breckeuridge himself helped to organize. He then went to New York as general manager of the manufacturing department of the corporation, and at one time had 120 plants scattered all over the United States under his control.

Retuniing to Toledo in 1903, Mr. Breckeuridge has since been busy looking after his numerous investments in manufacturing and other concerns. He is a director and was for many years president of the Toledo Machine and Tool Company; director of the Toledo Metal Wheel Company, the Consolidated Manufacturing Company of Toledo, and is vice president of the Colburn Machine and Tool Company of F>ranklin, Pennsylvania.

In recent years Mr. Breckeuridge has acquired some extensive interests in the Isle of Pines, where he and his wife have spent many winters. While there he has developed a

The political record of Mr. Breckenridge can be easily written. He has alwaj's been a republican, having cast his first vote for Lincoln and having supported every presidential candidate since that time. He is a member of the Toledo Country Club, and has long been prominent in the Methodist Episcopal Church, which he joined in 1S61. For almost forty yeai-s he has been a member of the ofQcial board of St. Paul's Llethodist Episcopal Church at Toledo, and has taken a deep interest in every phase of its welfare.

On September 12, 1867, in East Toledo, 3Ir. Breckenridge married Miss Clara Warren, daughter of George W. Warren. Both her father and one of her brothers were soldiers in the Civil war. ]\Ir. and Mrs. Breckenridge have three children. Harry W. is treasurer of the Colbui-n Machine and Tool Company at Franklin, Pennsylvania ; he married Nellie Mowry of Fremont, Ohio, and they are the parents of five children. One son, Donald E. B., is now with the American army in France. The second child, Edith B., is the wife of Joseph B. Fisk, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Fisk live in Havana, Cuba, where Mr. Fisk is in business. ]Maude, the youngest child, married Henry B. ]Monges, who for many years has been a professor in the Uuivei-sity of California, their home being in Berkeley.

On September 12, 1917, the Breckenridge home at Toledo celebrated with quiet dignity the golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Breckenridge. All their children and several of their grandchildren were present, and still more notable is the fact that five guests who had been at the wedding fifty years before were also on hand to congratulate the honored couple.

A. H. MiLLEE was for many years a railroad man, and finally acquired a permanent bu.siness of his own as a coal and general supply merchant at Gibsonburg, whicli city has been his home for over thirty-six years. He began railroading soon after he left school and followed that line of work for twenty-five years. In 1896 he entered the coal business at Gibsonburg and has developed a business with extensive facilities for the handling of coal, cement and general builders' supplies.

John A. and Mai-y (Pence) Miller. John A. Miller was born in New York State in 1822, son of John Miller, who followed farming in New York State. He came to Ohio in 1852 and for many years was in the mercantile business and also a traveling salesman. He died in 1866. He was married in Putnam County to Miss Pence, who was born in that county in 1836, daughter of Henry Pence, also a native of the same county. Jlrs. John A. Jliller died in 1896. She and her husband were active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church and in politics he was a republican. He was a man of unusual education and had taught school for a number of years. They had three children: A. H. and A. J., twins, and Siddie, wife of F. A. Abbott, of Tiffin, Ohio, a retired farmer.

Mr. A. H. Miller was married in 1887 to Edlie Fernburg. Mrs. Miller was born in Pennsylvania, a daughter of Edward Fernburg, who followed the milling business and died in Ohio. Mrs. ililler died May 5, 1911, and surviving her are two daughters : Bertha F., who finished her education in DePauw University at Greencastle, Indiana, and Leah, who wa-s educated in the Gibsonburg schools and with a four year course in the Woman's College at Oxforcl, Ohio. Mrs. Miller was an active member of the Lutheran Church. Mr. Miller is a republican and is a Knight Templar Mason.

W. B. Van Note, M. D. Lima is the home of one of the ablest specialists in diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat in the State of Ohio. Dr. Van Note has been in practice more than twenty years and has well earned the reputation which follows him not only in his home community but wherever exceptional skill in his specialty is kno-mi and appreciated.

Dr. Van Note first became interested in diseases of the eye not so much from the pathological standpoint as through the technical or mechanical operation of adapting lenses to defective eyes. He practiced as an optician for several years, took up the study of medicine in the meantime, and finally went abroad to study under some of the most eminent of the world's surgeons in this special line.

Dr. Van Note is a native of Ohio, having been born at Lebanon in Warren County in 1867. He is of old American stock, probably of Holland Dutch ancestry. His great Tgi*and- father Jacob Van Note was an American soldier in the Revolutionary struggle. He died in Monmouth Count}% New Jersey, as a result of wounds received while fighting for independence. The father of Dr. Van Note was W. H. Van Note. Dr. Van Note attended sehoof in Lebanon, one year in the Lima High School, and his first business experience was as clerk in a jewelry store. With a view to qualifying himself for practice as an optician he entered the Chicago Ophthalmic College, where he was graduated in 1888. He practiced this profession for a time in connection with the jewelry business. In 1891 he began the study of medicine at Lima under Dr. Brooks, and in 1892 entered the medical department of the University of Southern California at Los Angeles. To support himself while a medical student he opened an ofiBce as optician at San Diego. In 1893 he returned to Lima and soon entered the Medical College of Ohio at Cincinnati, where he took the full medical course and was graduated M. D. in April, 1895.

While Dr. Van Note is a fully qualified general physician and has kept himself well informed on the general subject of medicine, he has practically from the Hi-st concentrated his time and attentimi upun the lines in which he is a specialist. After graduating from the Medical College in Ohio he went abroad and in May, 1895, became a student in the medical department of the Friedrich Wilhelm University at Berlin. While there he became a member of the Berlin Anglo-American Medical Society. In 1896 he transferred his residence to London, and for a time was junior assistant in the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital. It was his good fortune while abroad to be accepted as a student under the eminent Professor Hayek of Vienna. Professor Hayek has for years ranked second to none among the world's authorities oij diseases of the nose and throat. In 1914 Dr. Van Note again returned to Vienna and pursued a second course for three months under Dr. Hayek. His earlier residence abroad continued for over a year. During that time he visited the clinics in nearly all the great medical eentei-s of Europe and studied various phases of diseases in Italy, France and Switzerland.

With such unusual equipment and preliminary experience, it is not surprising, considering Dr. Van Note's talents that he has long ranked as a leader in his specialty. He has served as consulting oculist to the Lima Hospital and to the United States Pension Bureau, has been lecturer on the eye at the Lima Training School for Nurses, is consulting oculist to the State Blind Institution, and is councilor for ten counties in Ohio for the Ohio State Medical Society. Much of Dr. Van Note's work is familiar to physicians and surgeons throughout America. Recently he performed a charity operation which ranks as one of the greatest achievements of recent times. The case was that of a little blind girl, and as a result of the operation performed by Dr. Van Note she was given sight, though she had been blind from birth, and she now sees as well as anyone.

Dr. Van Note is a member of the Allen County and the State Jledical societies, the American iledical Association, is a Fellow in the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Oto-Laryngology. Every winter he spends at Miami. Florida, and while in the South he practices for the benefit of the many patients who come to him there. Dr. Van Note is an active member of the Lima Club and he and his wife are members of the Episcopal Church, in which he is a vestryman. They have perhaps the most beautiful home in Lima at the corner of Ohio and Jamison streets. On April 11, 1899, he married Miss Margaret B. Ellis, who was born in Randolph, New York. Her father. Col. I. E. Ellis, was an officer in the Union Army during the Civil war and was long prominent in militai-y affairs. Dr. Van Note was one of the local citizens who donated Faurot Park to the City of Lima. He is a member of the Shawnee Country Club and also belongs to the Masonic Order and the Knights of Pythias.

J. M. Beckley. The best years of his life, aside from those given to his military service as a soldier of the T'nion, J. M. Beckley has spent as a merchant at Tiffin. He is one of that city "s oldest business men and his grocery store has been a center of trade and a supply point for provisions and staple necessities for upwards of half a century.

I\Ir. Beckley is a sturdy Wuertemberger German, born in that kingdom December 4, 1843, a son of J. M. and Barbara (Wenner) Beckley. His father was born in 1813 and died in 1884. The mother died when J. M. Beckley was an infant. The father came to Tiffin in April, 1852, and continued farming in America as he had in Germany. He bought a farm in Hauoock County, but subsequently sold and bought a place near Fostoria. He was twice married and had children by each union. J. ii. licrklt y is the son of his first wife and his two living- sisters are Barbara Wendler, living at TilHn, a widow, and Jennie, the widow of Leonard Kisner, of Lancaster. Ohio.

J. M. Becklc> <;icw \ip on his father's farm, and on Drecmlin- li, 1^(11, at the age of eighteen, two days iicloir his l)irthday, he enlisted in Company iJ of the Seventy-second Ohio Infantry. His service continued three years and ten months. He was at the battle of Shiloh, the siege of Corinth, then at Memphis until October, 1862. and had many trying experiences during the Yieksburg campaign. Most of the time he was in Sherman "s anny in the various battles around thai .Mississi|ipi stronghold, particularly at Holly Si)riiigs, Guntown, Champion Hill and other landmarks of that great and prolonged siege. He was with Sherman's army in the rear of the city when it surrendered on the 4th of July, 1863. In October, 1863, he was furloughed and returned home to Fremont, Ohio, from which city he had enlisted. After a month he rejoined the regiment at Germantown, Tennessee, and he stood guard during the coldest night of the winter of 1864. At the end of liis three years' term of enlistment he re-enlisted with twenty-seven others and remained in service until discharged in October, 1865. He was twice captured but escaped before lieing put in a Confederate prison. He was wounded at the battle of Oxford, Mississippi.

With the close of the war Mr. Beckley took up the harness making trade, and subsequently was an employe of a hotel at Fostoria. In August, 1867, he returned to Tiffin and became a grocery clerk and subsequently utilized his small capital in a business of his own, which he has continued now for so many years and with a growing success that makes him one of the most substantial merchants of the city.

On October 2, 1870, Mr. Beckley married Mary Hoos, who was born on a farm near Fort Seneca, Ohio. The children born to their marriage are mentioned as follows: Anna, deceased; Cora, wife of Leon Strickei-, a clothing merchant at TifSn; Jennie, wife of Eai-1 Nayler, of Tiffin; Lela, wife of Cliarlcs Sprattern, superintendent of the .Xatinnal Macliiiic Company of Tiffin; Amelia, liviiii;- at Ikhuc; and Carl, who is employed by his father. The family give their religious aifiliation partly to the German Reformed Church and partly to the Episcopal Church. Mr. Beckley is an honored member of the Grand Army of the Republic and in politics has always been a republican. In his prosperity he has invested considerably in local real estate and now has an ample property for all his needs and at the same time has provided liberally for his family.

II. H. Newell. The bar of Wyandot County has one of its ablest members in H. H. Newell, who has practiced law at Upper Sandusky for a quarter of a century. Like many successful lawyers he entered his profession through the avenue of teaching, from which occuiDation he derived the means to continue his preparation for a permanent career.

^Ir. Newell was born in Wyandot County April 18, 1867, a son of Charles W. and Millie (Van Horn) Newell. His father was a successfvil lawyer and at luie time was ])i-(isrcuting attorney of Caiiull ('(ninty, (tlim. lie died in 1872. Dnrin- the Civil war lie served with an Ohio regiment in the Union army.

H. II. Newell ae(|iiii'ed his early education in the local scIhmiIs, and in 1890 graduated in the scientific course from the Ohio Northern University. For ten years he was a successful teacher in Wyandot County, and began the study of law while still in that vocation. He subsequently studied two years in the office of D. D. C'layton at Upper Sandusky, and in 1892 was ailmitted to the bar at the age of twenl>-live. II(> ha.s since carried the increasing res|ii>iisiliiljties of a large general practice. Ill' was fnniierly quite active in demoiTatie pdlities, hut in later years has resigned politieal partieipation in order to devote his whole time to the law. He was elected and served as prosecuting attorney two terms, from 1907 to 1911.

In 1892 Mr. Newell married Miss Eva C. Forney, daughter of John and Mary (Kohr) Forney. They have one daughter, Louise, bom November 26, 1894, a graduate of the Upper Sandusky High School .with the class of 1911 and of Ohio Wesleyan University with the class of 1915. Mr. Newell is an active fraternity man and is affiliated with the J\Iasons, the Knights of Pythias, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, at Upper San-

E. L. Triffit. Prom the classical work of journalism have been recruited men prominent in all the walks and professions, and oven the universities are not a better training ground for real talent than the business of reporting and handling the actual details of a newspaper, either " metropolitan or small town in size and character.