Seneca Township (part 52 of 60)

The Detterman Family in Seneca county, Ohio, dates back to 1833, when John H. Detterman and his betrothed wife, Catharine Stigermire, natives of Copeland, Prussia, came to the United States, Mr. Detterman and his brother fleeing from service in the German army, as many another German has done before and since. Landing in New York, they started west via the Hudson river and the Erie canal. They came by boat on Lake Erie to Sandusky, Ohio, and from there to Scipio City they walked, arriving without means. So scarce was money in those days that labor commanded but a small price. Mr. Detterman found employment at twentyfive cents a day, his intended wife at twenty-five cents a week. Miss Stigermire was employed by a Mrs. Strow in Seneca county. Mr. Detterman went a little further west, but returned occasionally to see his sweetheart. He went to the Stows neighborhood in 1834, fully intending to return to his employer, as indeed he had promised to do, but the persuasions of Miss Stigermire and of Mr. and Mrs. Strow induced him to change his mind, and he, too, entered the employ of the Strows, for whom he and Miss Stigermire both worked till the spring of 1835, when they married and began housekeeping in a log cabin. Mr. Detterman worked at clearing land, earning five hundred dollars, enough then to enable him to buy eighty acres of land. He soon bought forty acres adjoining his original purchase and prospered so well that he came in time to own two hundred acres and to rank with the **well fixed" farmers in his neighborhood. After he was well established and had demonstrated the value of Ohio as a place for fortune building he sent to Germany a favorable report of his success, which induced many of his friends to follow him across the ocean. In that way he was instrumental in planting quite a colony of Prussians in the then backwoods of Ohio. In this movement he was the animating and controlling spirit, for he was above the average in intelligence and ability. He was a Democrat, but at the time of the Civil war he was as loyal to the government at Washington as any man that lived. No one more sincerely mourned the lamented Lincoln than did he. He was foreign bom but American hearted. In his gifts to the church and to charitable institution he was, for a man of his wealth, more than liberal. At one time he donated one thousand dollars to the Evangelical church and another thousand to the orphanage connected with it, and he was likewise generous, giving always in an eager Christian spirit. Catharine, his wife, died August 2, 1 864. Later he married Annie Somers. His first wife bore him six children, three of whom, Harrison, Amos and Samuel E., lived to maturity. The father died April 22, 1900. By that time he had added to his holdings till he owned four hundred and twelve acres. Samuel E. Detterman, son of John H. and Catharine (Stigermire) Detterman, was bom on his father's farm in Adams township, Seneca county, Ohio, January 16, 1849. He owes the common school system for his education and was reared practically to farm labor in all its details. Adopting farming as his life work, he has been in the highest degree successful. On a borrowed capital of forty dollars he married Miss Jane Showman, of Bloom township, Seneca county, in 1870. Of that sum he paid a fee of five dollars to the preacher who made them one, the remaining thirtyfive dollars was expended for household expenses while he was earning more. He soon bought his father's farm at nine thousand dollars, his father crediting him with three thousand dollars and taking his word for six thousand, all of which were satisfied in good time. He later bought the remainder of the home farm, a hundred acres more, then added two hundred acres to his holdings, owning now four hundred acres of as good land as there is in Seneca county, with up-to-date buildings equal to any in his vicinity. He is a farmer of more than average experience and intelligence. In addition to his successful general farming he has shipped hay and dealt in agricultural implements. His wife has borne him children as follows: Emmet E., born in 1872, a farmer in Scipio township, married Sarah Dewalt and has had three children : Addison L., Merrill C. and Halceon B. Detterman; John U., a farmer in Bloom township, was bom on his father's farm in 1874: he married Miss Anna M. Richards, daughter of the Rev. J. N. and Maria Richards, in 1900, and they have children named Samuel N. and Jennie M. Richards. He operates a farm of one hundred acres. Samuel W., born on his father's farm in 1881, handles a farm of one hundred and eighty acres, ships hay and sells farming implements. He married Miss Clara Miller, daughter of Henry Miller, in 1907. She was born in Bloomville in 1877. Mr. Detterman is a member of the Modem Woodmen of America. Jacob R., bom in 1884, married Miss Viola Tegarben June 13, 1910. Harry H., youngest child of Samuel E. and Jane (Showman) Detterman, was born in Bloom township in 1888. He married on October 2, 1910, Lottie May Deppins, of Bloom township.

B. F. Tomb is a farmer of ease and influence whose farm and home are situated in Bloom township, Seneca county, Ohio, where he has lived since 1897. He was born in Pleasant township, Seneca county, in 1845, and was there reared and educated. Before he was sixteen years old he started with others to make the overland journey to California. That was in 1859, a year before the beginning of the Civil war. To the youth that trip was an inspiration and a broadening of his education. It was full of strange events, hardships and experiences that he will never forget. At one time, the stock of the party stampeded. At another they were, men and beasts, without water, a terrible deprivation of which one who has not endured it can have no adequate conception. After their arrival the party found that their troubles were not ended. As this is not planned to be a hard luck story, the recital of them will be omitted. After his return to Ohio young Tomb made a strenuous effort to enter the Federal army to fight for the stars and stripes, but he was debarred from that glorious privilege by his extreme youth. In 18p2, however, he made a second attempt and was accepted as a private in Company I, Eighty-sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which was assigned to the Western Army. After three months' se^sdce he was honorably discharged, with the ranks of corporal. In 1864 he enlisted as a member of Company A, One Hundred and Sixtyfourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which was employed till the end of the war in guard duty in and around Washington D. C. Receiving another honorable discharge he came back to Ohio.

While Mr. Tomb was reared as a farmer he developed business ability which has from time to time led him into other activities. Eventually he became identified with the lumber trade, in which he was concerned in different states a number of years, but returned in time to his early vocation. His farm consists of one hundred and thirty-five acres of valuable and productive land.

In 1865 Mr. Tomb married Miss Norah Benham, daughter of F. D. and C. P. (Piatt) Benham, who has borne him five children, three of whom are living : Mrs. Mary Davidson ; Leonard, who married Cora Miller; and Harry, who married Gertrude Demmick. His own parents were Benjamin and Mary A. (Leonard) Tomb, natives of Pennsylvania, who settled in Seneca county, Ohio, on a farm of four hundred and fifteen acres in Pleasant township, in 1844. Benjamin Tomb was a man of considerable means and signal business ability. He associated himself in the banking business with Mr. Arnold, under the firm name of Arnold and Tomb, bankers. The style of the firm was changed to Tomb, Huss and Company, bankers. The bank operated by Messrs. Tomb, Huss and Arnold was a private bank of solidity and popularity which was eventually merged in the First National Bank of Tiffin.

Benjamin and Mary A. (Leonard) Tomb had ten children, whom they named as follows, in the order of their birth : Sarah J. Jacob, deceased; Mary A., deceased; Massa, deceased; Rebecca Thomas B., deceased; B. F.; Emma, deceased; Oeorge, deceased Harry.

in TifiBn in 1845, to P. D. and C. P. Benham, natives of Connecticut, who came to Seneca county in 1837. Her father was for some years a local express agent, died February 10, 1882. His wife died January 25, 1877. They had children named thus in the order of their nativity : Edward F. F., James A., George C, Daniel W., Amelia C, Lenora F., William W. and Robert B. Mrs. Norah (Leonora F.) Tombs is the only surviving member of her parents' family. The Tombs were members of the Baptist church, while Benhams were Presbyterians.

Samuel Baker. - An enterprising, - skilful and progressive agriculturist, Samuel Baker, late of TiflSn, Ohio, was for many years numbered among the substantial and worthy citizens of Seneca county. Laboring with an earnest purpose, far seeing and industrious, he accumulated a handsome property as* a general farmer and spent his last years retired from active pursuits in TiflBn. He was bom. May 19, 1837, in Eden township, Seneca county, Ohio, of pioneer ancestry, and his grandfather, whose name was also Samuel Baker, was a pioneer settler of the state of New York. Mr. Baker's father, Thomas J. Baker, was born and bred in New York state, coming alone to Seneca county in early life. Succeeding to the occupation of his ancestors, he purchased land in Eden township, and was there actively engaged in tilling the soil until his death, in 1862. He married Sarah Boyd, who after his death moved to Tiffin and here spent her last years, passing away in 1888. Of their seven children but two are now living, namely : Julia, of Philadelphia, widow of Albert Ewer ; and Caroline, widow of John Lapham, now residing in Portland, Oregon.

The fifth child of the parental household, Samuel Baker grew to manhood on the home farm, living with his parents until ready to establish a home of his own. He received better educational advantages than many of the farmer's sons of his day, after leaving the district schools completing his studies at Oberlin College. Laying aside his agricultural implements during the progress of the Civil war, he enlisted in the One Hundred and Sixty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was commissioned second lieutenant of his company, which was known as the ** Squirrel Shooters." With his regiment he was stationed at Fort Haggerty much of his term of service. Returning to Eden township at the close of the war Mr. Baker resumed the chiarge of his farm, and as a farmer and stock raiser met with unquestioned success, becoming one of the most extensive landholders of his community. He became owner of a number of farms in Eden township and of a large farming estate in Bloom township. Retiring from active labor in 1890, he employed men to look after his different farms and moved to Tiffin, where he lived retired until his death, July 19, 1907. He was a stanch Republican in politics and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he served as steward and trustee for many years. He took great interest in the Grand Army of the Republic, of which he was an active and valued member.

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1837, a daughter of Samuel MeCormick, Jr., and granddaughter of Samuel MeCormick, Sr., one of the early pioneers of Seneca county. Her father married Melvina Pence, a daughter of Henry Pence, also a pioneer of this county, and both he and his wife died in early life. Two children were bom to Mr. and Mrs. Baker, namely : Dugald Cameron, who superintends the farming property ; and Harry B., of Tiffin, an undertaker.

Edward W. Currigan, for twenty-seven years United States Express employe at Tiffin, Ohio, and a man well known in Q. A. B. ranks, is a native of the ** Buckeye state" and has passed his whole life within its bounds, save the time he served his country as a soldier in the Union army in the war between the north and the south.

He was born in Bollville township, Sandusky county, Ohio, March 22, 1842, a son of James and Margaret (Quinn) Currigan; and was just emerging from his ** teens" when the Civil war was inaugurated. On August 5, 1862, he enlisted as a member of Company H, One Hundred and First Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for a term of three years, and was assigned to the First Brigade, Second Division, Fourth Army Corps. He served with this command until May 6, 1863, when he was discharged on account of disability, he having been wounded in the right arm and shoulder at the battle of Stone River, Tennessee, December 31, 1862. On February 5, 1865, having recovered sufficiently to re-enter the service, he again enlisted, this time as third sergeant in Company B, One Hundred and Ninety-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Second Corps, Army of the Shenandoah Valley, the fortunes of which he shared until he was honorably discharged on December 18, 1865, in the mean time having been promoted to the rank of brevet lieutenant ; and by general order of the war department was mustered out at Columbus, Ohio. He has to his credit active participation in the following named battles: Perryville, Kentucky, October 8, 1862, Knob Gap, Tennessee, December 26, 1862, and numerous other skirmishes. His company received the flag for being the best drilled.

When Leander Stem Post, No. 31, Department of Ohio, Q. A. R., was organized Mr. Currigan was among the charter members and of this post he served three years as post adjutant and three years as post commander. Also he is identified with the One Hundred and First Ohio Volunteer Infantry, of which for a period of twenty-eight years he has been secretary and treasurer, and has been elected to this position for life.

On April 6, 1864, at Clyde, Ohio, Mr. Currigan married Miss Eliza J. Van Winkle, a native of Newark, Licking county, Ohio, born March 12, 1844, and the children given to them are Fanny, bom March 4, 1865, died February 20, 1866 ; Ida M., born November 22, 1868; and Luella, bom April 13, 1871.

George C. Kalbpleisch. - One of the prominent yet unassuming business men of Seneca county is George C. Kalbfleisch, of TiflSn, secretary and stockholder of the Tiffin Art Metal Company and manager of the Great Western Pottery Company. He is identified with many of Tiffin's leading enterprises and has achieved success in his career by a sturdy and intelligent applicaton of his abilities to the duties of his position.

A representative citizen, enterprising and progressive, he has a bright future before him, and, his life and health being spared, his name will become known beyond the confines of his present home eity, county and state. Mr. Ealbfleisch is married and his pleasant home on North Sandusky street is a center of social activity. His wife was before marriage Anna Snyder, and they have a daughter, Catherine.

Lewis O'Connell. - The substantial and well-to-do residents of Tiffin have no more worthy representative than Lewis O'Connell, who is actively identified with the mercantile interests of the city as a dealer in coal and hay. A native of Tiffin, he was bom September 1, 1869, a son of Edward O'Connell. His grandfather, Thomas 'Council, was born, reared and married in Ireland, and on coming with his family to the United States located in Seneca county, Ohio. A lad of eight years when he came with his parents to Seneca county, Edward O'Connell was reared and educated in Hopewell township. Locating in Tiffin soon after attaining his majority, he was here busily employed as a teamster until his death. To him and his wife, whose maiden name was Brigett Mary, three children were bom, namely : Lewis, the special subject of this brief sketch ; Minnie R., a graduate of the Tiffin High School and now a teacher in the Miami street building; and Frank, deceased.

Leaving school at the age of fourteen years, Lewis 'Council began life for himself, being first employed by Dildine & Glick in the coal yard which he now owns. He worked for four years in various capacities, at the age of eighteen years being placed in charge of the coal yard and the hay business. The business subsequently passed into the hands of C. Hatcher, with whom Mr. O 'Connell continued for some time. On August 1, 1895, Mr. O 'Council purchased a third interest in the business, and on May 25, 1903, another change occurring in the personnel of the firm, he became head of the firm of O'Connell & Knepper, each member owning one half of the business. In a little less than three years Mr. O'Connell, on February 12, 1906, bought out his partner, and has since been conducting the large and extensive business. He handles coal and hay, being one of the most extensive wholesale dealers of hay in Seneca county. Beginning work for himself on the modest salary of one dollar a day, Mr. O'Connell has made rapid strides along the pathway of prosperity, and attributes his success solely to his strict application to business.

Mr. O 'Council is still a single man. In his political affiliations he is a sound Democrat. Fraternally he belongs to Tiffin Lodge, No. 77, F. & A. M. ; to Seneca Chapter, No. 42, R. A. M. ; to Clinton Council, No. 47, R. & S. M. ; to De Molay Commandery, No. 9, K. T ; to the Knights of Pythias; and to the Junior Order of United American Mechanics.

WiLUAM DuDROW. - A man who is generally recognized as one of the leading citizens of Seneca county and whose influence is always given to just causes is William Dudrow, an agriculturist and the scion of a family which for a good many years has been influential in the locality. He was bom August 22, 1856, in Adams township, near the town of Lowell, his parents being David W. and Mary Rule Dudrow. The father, like a number of Seneca county's citizens, was a native of Maryland, having come from Frederick county in that state, and the mother's parents ha\ing been residents of the county. They were among the first families to settle in the locality and they enjoyed a well deserved consideration, the father being a man of judicial mind, clear vision and fairness, whose advice was sought by other men. His high moral character was everywhere recognized and made his opinion of the utmost weight. He gave loyal allegiance to the Republican party and he took an active interest in township politics and all those questions effecting the whole body politic.

William Dudrow spent his early years upon his father's estate, and those excellent principles which had always directed the elder man's life and conduct became his own by force of example. Beside that practical training in the various departments of agriculture which he received from his father he was initiated into the mysteries of the ** Three R's," as the previous generation had been wont to term a rudimentary education. His attendance at school was at the academy of Republic, Ohio, under Professor Hall.

On October 19, 1881, Mr. Dudrow established a home of his own by marriage, the lady whom he asked to share his fortunes through life being Miss Adelle Crockett, the descendant of a family of doughty pioneers, whose history includes many thrilling pages. She was born June 20, 1859, the daughter of Edward and Eliza (Brown) Crockett, both native Ohioans. Edward Crockett was the son of James and Mary (Haskell) Crockett, the latter a descendent of William Wallace, the only survivor of a village of white people in the state of Maine, who were massacred by the Indians in the days when the redman was lord over the fertile vallej^ and abundant forests and streams of America. He was a babe at the time and his escape was a narrow one, he having been flung to the ground and left for dead. The mother suffered a cruel fate by burning, blazing pine knots having been bound to her body.

Mrs. Catherine Sherriek, maternal grandmother of Mrs. Dudrow, was a noble pioneer woman, bom July 5, 1811, in Hopewell township. Perry county, Ohio. She lived to see the dawn of the twentieth century, being ninety-eight years of age at the time of her demise. She and her parents were among the first white people in this, Scipio township, the father, whose name was Elijah Brown, having entered land from the government in 1828 for his mother. In 1841 he conveyed his little family to this locality in an ox cart, leaving them with a friend while he went into the unbroken wilderness to erect his log cabin. They came to be among the best known of the settlers in the locality and their kindliness and generosity made them everywhere held in affection. Their hands were ever extended to help the poor and the needy and to care for

Mrs. Dudrow's father, Edward Crockett, was born in Pleasant township, Seneca county, Ohio, near Watson Station, on the 22nd day of November, 1833, and he died on his place two miles east of Greenspring, February 20, 1908. His parents James and Mary Haskell Crockett, were natives of Maine and of Scotch descent, and they were people of notably fine character. James Crockett's father served in the war of 1812 and his grandfather was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. In early life Mr. Crockett came with his parents in search of a new home where the natural conditions were favorable and they settled on land near the village of Lowell, this homestead now being known as the Engler farm. There the head of the family maintained the home until he removed to the present family estate some fifty years ago. He enjoyed an unusually good education for those days, this being acquired in the old academy at Republic, which was at that time one of the best institutions of its kind in the country. This he utilized for general advantage by becoming a school teacher, in which profession his earlier years were passed, and his last term was taught at the Raymond school. He was married, September 12, 1858, to Miss Eliza J. Brown, and ten children were the issue of their union. The off spring were by name Adelle, Henry, Charles, Nellie, Prank, Theodore, Mable, Catherine, Elijah B. and Alice. Charles and Theodore died in childhood and Frank, at the age of twenty-four, years, the rest of them becoming useful and successful citizens. Mr. Crockett was of the most admirable and lovable nature, finding his greatest happiness in bringing happiness to others. He was a thorough Bible student, especially of the New Testament and widely promulgated the law of Christ, **that ye love one another."

Mr. and Mrs. Dudrow are the parents of two children, a son and a daughter named William Jr. and Mary, and both of these young people have been afforded good educational advantages. William graduated from the Veterinary College at Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Mary, from the high school at Greenspring. The son was born November 18, 1883, and the daughter, September 2, 1890, and she still resides with her parents. William is married to Ethel Perin and is located at Greenspring, Ohio.

Mr. Dudrow takes great interest in public issues and casts his vote with the Republican party, and he has held several of the township offices. He and his family have their church home in the Evangelical church and take an active part in the Sunday school. Like those of the family who have gone before them they are generally respected and beloved and those in need of sympathy, advice or more material benefits come freelv to them.

Besides his activities in the line of general agriculture Mr. Dudrow has several additional interests, being connected in an important capacity with the Commercial Bank and the telephone company. With his brother, Fred Dudrow, he is associated in live stock interests, buying and selling. He has a wide reputation as a stock breeder and engages extensively in the shipping of cattle hogs and sheep. The beautiful residence with its attractive surroundings is situated near Greenspring and is the center of a gracious hospitality.

Henby Ziegler. - One of the foremost citizens and a representative farmer of Bloom township, Seneca county, Ohio, Henry Ziegler was born on his father's old homestead farm in Venice township, this county, on the 23rd of March, 1860. He is the son of Henry and Louisa (Keller) Ziegler, the former of whom was bom in Baden, Germany, and the latter in the kingdom of Bavaria. In 1854 they emigrated to America, Henry Ziegler locating in Bloom township, where he hired out as a farm laborer for about three years. By German thrift and industry he accumulated enough money to justify the purchase of a small farm in Venice township, and after his marriage, in 1858, he and his wife here maintained their home until 1864, when Mr. Ziegler purchased eighty acres of land in Eden township. He subsequently added an adjoining tract of eighty acres to this and here he spent the residue of his life, his death occurring November 9, 1877, at the age of fifty-two years. Mrs. Ziegler survived her honored husband by a score of years and she was summoned to eternal rest in October, 1897, at the age of sixty-three years. Mr. and Mrs. Ziegler were the parents of eight children, whose names are here entered in order of birth: Jacob, Henry, John, Susan M., George, Christopher L., Emiline K. and Adam A., and of the number seven are now living.

Henry Ziegler was second in order of birth and was but four years of age at the time of his parents' removal to Eden township. Here he was reared to adult age and availed himself of the advantages of the common schools. At the time of his marriage, in 1887, he located on a farm of eighty acres in the same township and devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits until 1891, when he removed to Lyken township, Crawford county, where he followed the same vocation on a farm of one hundred acres. At the expiration of two years he returned to Eden township and undertook the management of the home farm, consisting of one hundred and sixty acres. He also purchased forty-three acres in Texas township, Crawford county. About 1905 Mr. Ziegler removed to Bloom township, where he now owns and operates three hundred and sixty acres of finely improved land, on which his splendid buildings, costing no less than seven thousand dollars, are the finest in the township. His farm is devoted to diversified agriculture and his fine stock and crops command the highest market prices. In politics Mr. Ziegler is an uncompromising supporter of the principles and policies of the Democratic party and he has served most eflficiently and satisfactorily as road supervisor and as township trustee. Both he and his wife are devout members of the Base Line Reformed church, to whose charities he has been a most liberal contributor.

On the 27th of September, 1887, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Ziegler to Miss Clara Klaiss, who was born and reared in Bloom township and who is a daughter of Thomas and Mary Klaiss. Mr. and Mrs. Ziegler are the parents of seven children, namely: Prank L., Fannie M., Blanche M., Raymond A., Eliza E., Cora A., and Howard J., all of whom remain at the parental home. The modern and attractive family residence is known throughout the county for its generous hospitality and gracious refinement.

Hiram W. Yeageb. - In the annals ot Seneca county no man is more worthy of representation than Hiram W. Yeager, a genial, broad minded, whole souled man, who has spent the larger and better part of his life in Tiffin, where he now holds a prominent position among the more prosperous and progressive citizens. Beginning life for himself with no other resources than a courageous heart, willing hands and a self reliant spirit, he has steadily onward trod the path of progress. By wisely directed industry and thrift he has accumulated a handsome property, having quite extensive and valuable real estate interests, and being identified with various important corporations as a stockholder and as an officer.

Born on a farm in Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, he is a son of the late Jacob Yeager, a blacksmith and farmer, whose ancestors were for generations born and reared in the Keystone state, where the founder of the family settled when coming to this country from Germany. Spending his early life on the parental farm, Hiram W. Yeager gleaned his early knowledge of books during the winter terms of the district schools, his education there acquired being supplemented by one year's attendance in a high school. . At the age of sixteen years, in the spring of 1864, he started westward, arriving in Tiffin, Ohio, with the meagre sum of one dollar and twenty-three cents, his entire wealth, in his pocket. Hunting up an old friend in the country, he soon secured employment on a farm, where he remained six months. In the fall of 1864, inspired by true patriotic ardor and love of country, he enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Eightieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which was assigned to Schofield's Division. Twenty-third Army Corps, and actively participated in a three days battle at Kingston, North Carolina. Remaining as a soldier until the close of the war, he was mustered out of service at Columbus, Ohio.

Coming out of the army with the munificent sum of four hundred dollars in his pockets, Mr. Yeager spent money very freely, the amount seeming to him almost inexhaustible. The illusion was only too soon dispelled, and finding himself again nearly penniless he began learning the marble cutter's trade, which he followed most successfully until about 1890, when the Soldier's Monument at Fort Ball was completed. - Mr. Yeager has been actively associated in his career with many enterprises and projects, having been a successful oil operator, president of a cattle company in New Mexico, and an extensive dealer in real estate. Being an excellent judge of property, he holds much valuable realty, and as a buyer and seller is eminently successful. He has a warm heart, is generous and liberal toward others, and many men now prosperously engaged in business owe their start in life to his thoughtful kindness and liberality.

Mr. Yeager is a stockholder and a direc*tor of the Tiffin Savings Bank; is president of the News Publishing Company; a stockholder and a director in the Columbus Life Insurance Company; is financially interested in the Consolidated Telephone Company; and is actively interested in the furniture business, spending much of his leisure time in its business house.

much interested in promoting the good of the order. Politically he is a straight forward Republican, standing high in the party and being a successful worker in its ranks. He has represented his district in many state conventions and was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1908.

Edward C. May occupies a place among the foremost men connected with the business, activities of Tiffin, Ohio, which has been his home for the past dozen years. Mr. May is a native of Ohio and was reared and educated in this state, receiving a common school education and having the advantage of two years in college. At the age of fourteen he began learning the trade of tool maker, a trade he followed from that time until he was twentyfive. While employed at Cincinnati, Ohio, he was offered the position of assistant superintendent of the La Stella Machine Company at Monterey, Mexico, which he accepted and where he spent two years. At the end of that time, in 1899, he returned to Ohio and established his residence at Tiffin, where he embarked in the fire and casualty insurance business, which he has since continued, having the leading business in his line in the city. In 1906 Mr. May helped to organize the Tiffin Commercial Club, which was incorporated in the fall of that year, and of which he has since been secretary. Thus he is not only in touch with city affairs, but is a prime mover in the activities which make for the advancement of the city's best interests.

Politically Mr. May is a Democrat, active and influential in local party matters. In August, 1909, at the hands of Mayor Joseph C. Arnold, he received the appointment of director of public safety, which placed him at the head of the fire and police department, and to this position he was re-appointed January 1, 1910, at this writing being the incumbent of the office.

Fraternally Mr. May belongs to the K. of C, and the B. P. 0. E. He married Miss Jennie Jentgen, of Tiffin, Ohio, and they have two children, a daughter and son, Alice and Charles, aged respectively eight and six years.

William H. Renninger, a contractor and builder of Tiffin, Ohio, was born in the neighboring state of Pennsylvania September 7, 1871, and there spent the first nine years of his life. In 1880 his parents moved over into Ohio and established their home on a farm in Seneca county, where William H. was reared and received a district school education. At the age of nineteen he began work at the carpenter's trade, and soon also engaged in contracting, and this business he has since followed successfully.

On February 17, 1897, Mr. Renninger married Miss Minnie Koch, who was bom August 11, 1877. In 1903 they moved to Tiffin, which has since been their home, he having erected the modern residence which they occupy at 149 Sycamore street. Both are prominent members of St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal church.

Fraternally Mr. Renninger is identified with the Junior Order of the United American Mechanics, the Knights of Pythias and the Free and Accepted Masons, in the Masonic Order having received the Knight Templar degree.

Albert R. Young. - In the front rank of Greenspring'g prominent citizens stands Albert R. Young, who is engaged in the furniture and undertaking business and who is not only one of the most thorough and up-to-date of the representatives of his line but who is everywhere regarded in the light of a just and upright man. He is German in extraction and is a worthy member of a race everywhere regarded as superior in natural gifts and in education. He was bom Pebruarj' 14, 1851, in Adams township, Seneca county, the son of Charles and Mary C. (Spangler) Young, who emigrated from Germany in their youth. The father was born September 27, 1817, at St. J ulian in Rhenish Bavaria, and when a youth about twenty years^ST' age, inspired by the many flattering accounts of the opportunity of the new world, he said farewell to old friends and old associates and set sail to claim his share of the waiting good. He first located in the city of Baltimore, Maryland, and there followed his trade, which was that of a wagon maker, until 1845, when he concluded to follow the progress of civilization westward and came into the Buckeye state, locating in Seneca county. He secured land about nine miles northeast of Tiffin, and there followed agricultural pursuits for the rest of his life. He had taken a wife a few years after coming to America, she being Mary C. Spangler, daughter of John Spangler, born in Grermany. Their union was solemnized April 6, 1841, in Frederick county, Maryland, and it was blessed by the birth of a family of ten children. All but the youngest member were sons, the names of the children being: Henry P., Charles M., Lewis W.. John P., George W., Albert R., Josiah, Daniel, Edward A. and Minerva. In 1870 the father retired from the duties of agricultural life which had occupied him for many years, and removed his household to Greenspring, where he remained until his death, which occurred November 28, 1877. The wife and mother passed to the great beyond November 7, 1873, when about fiftyfour years of age, her birth having been upon October 28, 1819. The paternal grandfather, Peter Young, lived nine miles southwest of Kusel, the county seat of Rhenish Bavaria.

Albert R. Young received his education in the public schools of Seneca county and remained upon his father's farm until he became eighteen years of age. About that time, having come to the conclusion that he would not make agriculture his life work and by the consent and advice of father Young, who knew the mechanical ability of the son, he having worked in his shop since boyhood, advised him to learn a trade. In the spring of 1869 he went to Dayton, Ohio, and took up the trade of carpenter, working for one year among seventy-five men, building in all ninety buildings. In the spring of 1870 he came to Greenspring, Ohio, and commenced work for Wolfe Brothers, working for them three years, during which time he helped to build the Stinohomb block, Myers block, Pisher block and a great many of the dwellings in Greenspring and vicinity. In the spring of 1873 he built his first funeral car and started in the undertaking business. On September 4, 1873, Mr. Young was married to Miss Ida J. Miller, of Adams township. She was bom January 4, 1856. Three children have been born to them, Mary B., born November 8, 1874; Charles J., born March 5, 1876; and Bernard A., born May 25. 1880. Mary B. was married to Fred Rail October 2, 1895, and their daughter, Hazel E. was born April 26, 1898. Mr. Rail resides in Greenspring, his occupation being that of a contractor, carpenter, painter and paper hanger. Charles J., eldest son of Albert R. Young, was married to Catherine Crockett, who was born March 26, 1877, the daughter of Edward and Eliza (Brown) Crockett. To this union have been born two children: Albert E., born July 17, 1897, and Alice C, born January 29, 1907, the former of whom attends the Greenspring High School. Bernard A., youngest son of Mr! and Mrs. A. R. Young, was married to Anna J. Lee, December 20, 1900, and she was born April 22, 1881, her parents being Martin and Mary (Ritchie) Lee. To this union has been bom one son, Herman B., born April 25, 1906.

Charles J., eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert R. Young, was educated in the village school and left his desk at the age of sixteen years to assist his father in the furniture and undertaking business, and has been very prominent in public aflfairs and has held various offices. He was treasurer of Greenspring village three years, was elected assessor two years and has held the office of school treasurer. He has pronounced musical ability and was a member of the Greenspring band at the age of fourteen years. He obtained his expert knowledge of his profession at the Massachusetts College of Embalming, from which institution he was graduated May 24, 1904, taking his first term at Columbus, Ohio, and the second term in Cleveland, Ohio, with Professor A. Johnson Dodge, lecturer and demonstrator, and has diploma and embalmers license. Bernard A., youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert R. Young, was graduated in the Greenspring public school and the Greenspring College of Commerce. He has been in the insurance and banking business since the fall of 1900 and at present is cashier of the Commercial Bank Company, and enjoys the highest confidence of the officials. Mrs. Young's parents were Jacob and Sarah (Robenalt) Miller, the former a native of Yates county, New York, born February 21, 1838, and he came to Seneca county with his parents then a lad nine years of age. The names of the grandparents were Daniel and Anna (Bergstresser) Miller, the latter of whom died March 4, 1849. Jacob Miller when sixteen years of age learned the cooper's trade, and followed the same for twenty-six years with the exception of two years spent in mining in California. His western ventures were very fortunate, and with his gains in that quarter he was able to purchase a farm of two hundred and four acres and to erect a handsome residence costing over three thousand dollars. In 1857 he was married to Sarah Robenalt. daughter of Soloman Robenalt, of Clinton township, born September 1, 1837. They reared a large family, ten children being bom to them. Mr. Miller is a member of the Reformed church. He has served in several township offices and is prominent in the community in which he has made his home for so manv vears. Mrs. Miller passed to the great bevond December

Albert R. Young is in the enjoyment of much consideration from his town and community, which esteem him as a public spirited citizen, and as one ever ready to support all those measures likely to prove generally beneficial. He is extremely loyal to the policies and principles of the Democratic party, and has been elected to fill several offices in the village of Greenspring, which is largely Republican. He has served on the school board, as treasurer of schools four years, served on the village council and as mayor of the village for nearly five years. In 1878 he was given the contract to build the town hall, and after completing the building Mr. Young occupied one room in the same building for his furniture business until 1896, at which time he purchased a lot from the Stem estate and in the spring of 1896 built the brick block which is being occupied at the present time for his furniture business. Mr. Young has experienced unqualified success. He is a professional embalmer, having attended the school of Professor Sulivin at Columbus, Ohio, also the school of Professor A. Johnson Dodge, lecturer and demonstrator at Columbus, Ohio, and has diplmas from each of the schools. Mr. Young was the first one to introduce the use of the stone grave vaults in this section of the country.

In 1880 Mr. Young entered into partnership with his brother, D. W. Young, and erected a four story factory building for the purpose of manufacturing furniture, and was enjoying a good business when, in April, 1883, the factory, together with all its contents, was destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of ten thousand dollars, after which time Albert R. Young bought out the interest I of his brother and conducted the furniture business alone.

Charles A. Krout. - The high rank which the public schools of Tiflfin have attained among similar institutions of learning in county and state is largely due to the untiring efforts of Charles A. Krout, the efficient superintendent of these schools. He is a man of broad intellectuality, especially and intelligently interested in educating the young along practical lines, and through his own ability and force of character has attained a place of note in a profession that demands as the price of success much native talent, a distinctive mentality and a vast amount of hard labor. A native of Ohio, Mr. Krout was born, March 12, 1862, in Morrow county. His father, Jacob Krout, married, in Maryland, Sarah Rule, and in 1858 came to Ohio, locating in Morrow county. He died in 1903, but his widow, now eighty-four years of age, is living in the village of Williamsport, Ohio.

A conscientious student as a boy and youth. Charles A. Krout laid a solid foundation for his future education in the village schools of North Woodbury, after which he spent a year in Keokuk county, Iowa, where he taught in a rural school. Returning then to Ohio, he was graduated from the Chesterville High School, his diploma being signed by the president of the local board of education, Mr. Qunsaulus, father of the noted and far-famed Rev. Dr. P. W. Gunsaulus, of Chicago, president of the Armour Institute of Technology. After his graduation Mr. Krout taught school in Morrow county until 1883, when he entered Wittenberg College, at Springfield, from this well known institution being graduated with the degree of A. B. in 1887. Three years later, in 1890, his alma mater conferred upon him the degree of A. B. During the three years following his graduation from college Mr. Krout was superintendent of the village schools of New Burlington, Ohio, a position which he resigned in 1890, when he was elected as a teacher in the Tiffin High School. In 1891 he was promoted to the principalship of the school, a responsible position which he filled so ably and acceptably for ten years that in 1900 he was the people's choice for superintendent of the Tiffin schools.

Mr. Krout is a close student, progressive in his methods, and has devoted his entire time and energy to teaching and study, doing summer work at Harvard University and the Teachers College, Columbia University. He has served as president of the Northwestern Ohio Teachers' Association; has for twenty years been an active member of the Ohio State Teachers' Association; and since 1900 has been a member of the National Educational Association.

Since assuming the superintendency of the Tiffin schools, Mr. Krout has been instrumental in having special instructors in drawing, manual training and public speaking added to the corps of teachers, and many improved methods of teaching have been introduced into the schools.

Mr. Krout married, June 25, 1895, Mrs. Eva E. (Bacher) Hartman, formerly a Successful teacher in the Tiffin High School. Mrs. Krout is a daughter of J. T. Bacher, a retired clothier of Tiffin, who now, a venerable and highly esteemed citizen of eightyfour years, is tenderly cared for by his loving daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Krout are the parents of two sons, John Allen and Charles Vincent.

Fraternally Mr. Krout is a member of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics; of the Knights of Pythias; and is a member and past master of Tiffin Lodge, No. 77, Free and Accepted Masons, and a member of De Molay Commandery, No. 9, Knight Templars. Religiously Mr. Krout is a member of the English Lutheran church, and for several years has served as superintendent of its Sunday school. He has been a delegate to state and national synods and is a member of the board of directors of Wittenberg College.

Rev. Albert C. Shuman, D. D. - A man of strong religious convictions, extremely earnest in purpose. Rev. Albert C. Shuman, pastor of the First Reformed church of Tiffin, has ever been an ardent believer and upholder of the truths of the Holy Scriptures, and now in the very prime of his Christian activity is carrying on a notable work. A self made man in every truth, his splendid example of obtaining a thorough and wide education without adequate means at the start is an object lesson to every ambitious and aspiring young man. He was bom, September 5, 1868, in Seneca county, a son of Thomas G. and Mary J. (Zeis) Shuman, whose farm was located five miles north of Tiffin, in Liberty township.

Brought up on the parental homestead, Albert C. Shuman worked on the farm, attending school during the winter terms until seventeen years of age, when he made use of the knowledge he had acquired by teaching school four terms. Becoming convinced of the necessity of further mental training and high attainments of learning he entered Heidelberg College in 1887, and was there graduated in 1892 with the degree of A. B. The following year Mr. Shuman was superintendent and principal of the Bascom public schools, but in 1893 he abandoned teaching and for three years continued his studies in the Heidelberg Theological Seminary, from which he was graduated with the degree of B. D. in 1896. Being then ordained to the ministry, he was installed, in April, 1896, as pastor of the Bascom church, of which he had charge until July, 1900. Taking up work at Sycamore, Wyandot county, that month, Mr. Shuman remained there nearly seven years, during which time he built up one of the strongest churches of his denomination in that vicinity, erected both a beautiful and modem stone church and a parsonage, and left the society in a prosperous condition. In May, 1907, he accepted a call to the First Reformed church of Tiffin, of which he was formerly a member, and is here meeting with characteristic success, having a large church membership, which is continually growing and increasing in strength, while the classes which he has organized are in a flourishing condition. In 1908 his well deserved degree of D. D. was conferred upon him by Heidelberg University as a recognition of his character and ability. Mr. Shuman is very prominent in the ministry, and has the distinction of being at the head of the Ministers' Association of Tiffin.

Apart from his ministerial labors. Rev. Shuman has been a frequent contributor of articles of value to the Reformed Quarterly Review, the Christian World, and other publications. He is also the author of ** Catechetical Bible Lessons," which was issued in 1905. He was president of the Ohio Synod of the Reformed church in the United States in 1907-8, and is a member of the executive committee of the board of regents of Heidelberg University. He has been elected several times commissioner of the highest judicatory of the church, the general synod. For a number of years he was a member of the board of education and examiners of Heidelberg Theological Seminary. He delivered the Semicentennial poem at the fiftieth anniversary of his alma mater in 1900, and also was one of the speakers at the sixtieth anniversary in June, 1910.

Rev. Shuman married, June 20, 1893, Minta M. Miller, of Hillsville, Pennsylvania, and they are the parents of four children, namely: Aleta E., Herbert M., Annie Marie and Clayton Henry. Fraternally Rev. Shuman is a member of the Modem Woodmen of America.

ing been bom here November 20, 1861, a son of Samuel S. and Emma (Tnnison) Hunter. His father being a farmer, he passed his boyhood days on the farm and received his early education in the district schools, later attending graded school and still later Heidelberg College, in which institution he was a student two years. At the close of his college days he settled down to dairy farming, in which he was engaged for ten years, selling his products in TiflSn. At the end of that time he moved to Tiffin, where he has since been engaged in the real estate and general insurance business.

As showing Mr. Hunter's popularity, we state that as a Republican candidate he has been three times elected to the ofSce of township clerk in a township that usually goes Democratic by a majority of one thousand votes. At this writing he is serving his third term in this office.

Mr. Hunter has been twice married. By his first wife, whose maiden name was Sarah Reed and whom he wedded in 1886, he had six children, five of whom are living: Walter C, Burton S., Robert R., Clarinda C. and Edgar E. The mother died March 24, 1904. In 1907 he married Miss Viola Wagoner, by whom he has one child, Beula, born in 1908. Mr. Hunter and three of his sons belong to the Junior Order of United American Mechanics.

Hannah L. Turner. - No influence is more potent and far reaching than that of true wifehood and motherhood, and few native daughters of Seneca county have attained to higher ideals of true womanhood or have exploited them more eloquently by actual living than Hannah L. Turner. She was born April 16, 1846, near Qreensprings, in Adams township, Seneca county, the names of her parents being James Allen Watrous and Hannah F. Carpenter, people of English descent. The father was bom in New London, Connecticut, September 2, 1803, and he died on December 28, 1884, at Qreenspring, his age at the time of his demise being eighty-one years. In his youth he had the benefit of unusual advantages, being reared and educated in a New England community, noted for its schools, its churches and its general intelligence and culture. With imagination fired by the tales of adventure to be encountered and wealth to be acquired in the newly settled state of Ohio, he came west in 1831, his years at that date numbering twenty-eight. He first located at New Haven in Huron county, but subsequently came to Greenspring, with whose growth and development he became identified in the most praiseworthy manner, in his day witnessing many phenomenal changes. He took an active interest in churches and schools, being the stalwart champion and advocate of both causes, and his own superior training making his services of particular value. He cast his vote with the Republican party and at the time of the Civil war he strongly favored the Union cause. James Watrous had a taste of genuine pioneer life, and when he came here from New England he drove through with ox teams, an overland journey fraught with danger and difficulty. When he subsequently found it advisable to return to New London with his wife for medical aid it was neces- sary to make the long trip on horoebaek, and to return in the same manner. Mrs. Turner's mother came to Greenspring with her first husband, they being Connecticut people, and they located on land now occupied by the site of Greenspring town hall. Her first husband was Mr. Phineas Adams, one of the earliest settlers, and whose name is borne and perpetuated as the appelation of the township in which he had the distinction to be the first white man. After his death the widow married James A. Watrous who had been previously married and who was the father of a family of sons and daughters. The second union resulted in the birth of the following children : Nancy E., Hannah L., Alice, Albert S., and Peter.

In 1868 the subject was united in marriage to James P. Turner. This union was blessed by the birth of the following five children : Harry, bom April 14, 1870, at Oil City; Lyle, born November 4, 1871, also at Oil City; Nellie A., born December 3, 1873; Mary R., bom January 18, 1876, at Greenspring; and Allen W., born July 5, 1878, at Greenspring. The family resided at Oil city for five years.

Harry Turner is a traveling salesman for a wholesale hardware business located in Canton, Ohio. He joined the ranks of the Benedicts on December 25, 1895, when he married Miss Lillie Lautsbaugh, of Chicago Junction, and they have a family' of five children, whose names are : Harold, Pine, Lyle, Ethel and Elmer. He received his education in the public schools of Greenspring, leaving the high school to assist his mother. Lyle Turner is bookkeeper for the Eastern Ohio Gas Company of Cleveland. He was educated at Greenspring and took a business course in the academy. Nellie A., is the wife of Dr. Charles H. Hickok and resides in Cedar Rapids. Mary R., is a graduate of the academy at Greenspring, as is likewise Allen W., the latter having a traveling position with the Eastern Granite Company of Chicago.

The subject is a student, not having abandoned studies with the passing of school days. She is particularly interested in natural history and has read every available work written in that line. She is an extensive traveler and besides the attractive home in Greenspring, owns a place in Eden, Florida. In her possession are some very interesting mementoes of the early days in the shape of letters written in 1837 by Julia Adams, who was a sister of her first husband.

Harrison Detterman. - ^America has been likened to a great melting pot in which all the nations of the earth have been assimilated and brought to national citizenship, and no one can deny that one of the most valuable elements in this composition is the German, that stock which has given to the world a multitude of great names and whose humble citizen is above the average in ability and character. Of this nationality is Harrison Detterman, one of the well known and much esteemed men of this section. He was born November 31, 1837, and is the son of Henry and Catherine (Stigmire) Detterman, natives of Westphalia, Prussia, who, tempted by the accounts of the wealth and opportunity which lay across the Atlantic, came to these shores in June, 1835. Coming on to Ohio, they settled on Honey creek, near Melmore in Bloom township, this county, and entered eighty acres of land, M'hich they cleared from the wilderness and brought to tillable c mdition, being engaged in this Herculanean task for nine long years. Nothing daunted, the senior Detterman subsequently bought a farm of one hundred and twenty acres of solid forest and cleared it with the assistance of his young son Harrison, who still possesses this old homestead, every inch of which is endeared by the memories of many years and many events. Henry Detterman is remembered as a good citizen who gave his hand to the upbuilding of this township, and was particularly the friend of good churches and good schools. He was a member of the Evangelical church and was class leader for forty or fifty years, also acting in the capacity of Sunday school superintendent for many years. He was a Democrat in politics.

The father of Harrison Detterman came to America when a youth eighteen or twenty years of age. His imagination had been fired by roseate accounts of this coimtry and although he had little money he secreted himself on a merchantman and in this manner was accomplished his emigration. He ultimately found his way to Sandusky, Ohio, and then walked twenty-seven miles to the home of a family which had come from his native place. His wife, who with her friends had located in Sandusky, made the journey on foot wth him, the aflfair being in the nature of an elopement, and at the home of the friend they were married. She was bom in Germany and came over with Mr. Detterman. Henry Detterman died in 1903 and his wife passed on to her reward in 1873.

Harrison Detterman received what education was available in the district schools, with his parents faced bravely the difficulties of pioneer life, and grew to useful citizenship. He was one of a family of five children, the other members being: John, who resides in Bellevue; William, in Adams township; and Allie and Algy, who live at Bellevue. He lived under the home roof until his marriage to Sophia Heinzle, which was celebrated October 8, 1859. She was born October 12, 1837, and was the daughter of Henry and Sarah (Keller) Heinzle, natives of Pennsylvania who came to the Buckeye state early in the eighteenth century. They located north of Tiffin on the Sandusky river, on a farm of one hundred and sixty acres which they had secured from the government, and virtually lived among the Indians who had not yet been swept westward by the tide of civilization. The five children of this pioneer family were Louis, Sophia, Elizabeth, William and Barbara, all of whom are deceased except Sophia and William, and the latter makes his home on the old Heinzle homestead.

Shortly after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Detterman moved to land one mile east of the father's estate, and there resided for nine years, at the end of which time they returned to the old farm. Their residence here was of forty years duration, but two years ago, desiring to retire from the more strenuous duties of the agricultural life and to enjoy at leisure the fruits of their previous industry and thrift, they came to Qreenspring where they expect to make their permanent home. Politically Mr. Detterman 's loyalty is with the Democratic party, although he is not partisan to the degree that he allows long affiliation with the party to prevent his supporting any good measures, no matter by whom advanced. He had given public service, having held the office of township trustee for several terms, and he has also been township supervisor. He is one of the most faithful and valuable of the members of the Evangelical church, in which he has a record of thirty-five years as steward, and in the Sunday school he has an even more remarkable record, that of forty-five years as superintendent. It goes without saying that he is much beloved by young and old, particularly by the former, many of whom have greatly benefitted by his spiritual guidance. He is a veteran in the field of Sunday school work, his career of usefulness in this line having begun when he was scarcely twenty years of age. He is a good public speaker, his advocacy being usually given to church and Sunday school work. His interest extends to the national body, in which he has received recognition. Mr. and Mrs. Detterman are the parents of four children. John H., bom October 16, 1860, resides on a farm near Bellevue. His wife's maiden name was Catherine Moyer, and they are the parents of one child, named Lida, born July 4, 1898. William A., born in 1861, married Bell Hoppis and resides on a farm in Adams township, the names of their two sons being Earl and Alva. Martha E., born October 7, 1870, makes her home with her parents. Greorge E., bom in February, 1875, lives in Bellevue. He married Susan Moyer. All of the children are members of the Evangelical church, having joined in early youth.

Frank W. Ba(X)n. - As one of the leading industries of Ohio milling has reached extensive proportions, and the connection of Frank W. Bacon, of Tiffin, with mills in various towns and counties has made him widely known throughout the state. He was bom October 10, 1860, in Crawford county, Ohio, which was also the place of birth of his parents, William and Savena (Hawk) Bacon. William Bacon was employed as a miller in Crawford county until 1875, when he moved with his family to Seneca county, locating in Bloomville, where he owned and operated a grist mill for four years. Coming to Tiffin in 1879, he purchased the Clifton mill on Washington street, the plant now occupied by the Seneca Company (stockfood), which he operated until his death, in 1894.

Receiving a practical education in the public schools of Crawford and Seneca counties, Frank W. Bacon subsequently learned the trade of a miller with his father, and worked in the mills until the father's death, in 1894. Having in the meantime acquired a good knowledge of milling, he then purchased the interests of the remaning heirs in the Tiffin mill, which he operated successfully until 1897, when he sold out to the late Martin Roller. Removing then to Sidney, Ohio, Mr. Bacon bought and operated a mill for a while, and was afterward engaged in buying and sellinj^ milling properties for two or three years, among the mills which he bought and sold having been the Peter's Mill, at Milford, Michigan; the

Returning to Tiffin in 1902, Mr. Bacon purchased the Pioneer Mill, which is situated on the river in the eastern part of Tif&n, and has since operated it most satisfactorily. He has other property of value in this vicinity, and is the owner of eighteen acres of land lying within the corporation of Tiffin. He still retains the agency for selling grist mills, in this connection having at times extensive transactions.

Mr. Bacon has been twice married. He married first, in 1885, Minnie Johnson, the third daughter of tjie late Judge Johnson. She died in 1900, leaving one daughter, Eugenia, who passed to the life beyond in 1904, at the early age of eighteen years. Mr. Bacon married for his second wife, in 1902, Lida Sexton, and they have two children, Roger H. and Cora P. Politically Mr. Bacon is a steadfast Republican, and socially he belongs to the Ohio Millers Association and to the National Federation.

Reuben S. Dysinoer, of the firm of Dysinger & Torrey, contractors and builders, Tiffin, Ohio, has been engaged in this business since 1907. He has been identified with the erection of many of the new residences of the town, among which is his own modern home. No. 5 Circular street.

Mr. Dysinger was born in Jackson township, Seneca county, Ohio, October 16, 1854, a son of David and Sarah (May) Dysinger. His father being a farmer, he was reared to farm life, and he was educated in .the district school and at Heidelberg College, where he pursued a three years' scientific course. On reaching his majority he left the farm and went to work at the carpenter's trade, to which he has since devoted his energies, and since 1907 has been engaged in contracting.

On June 20, 1896, Mr. . Dysinger married Miss Seintoth, a native of Tiffin and for fourteen years a teacher in the Tiffin schools. They have three sons: Vinton, Miron and Herbert.

Mr. Dysinger belongs to Pickwick Lodge, No. 175, K. of P., of which he is a trustee, and he is also a member of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics. While he casts his franchise with the Democratic party, he has never been active in politics.

Harry H. Frazier. - A man of broad culture, possessing much intellectual quickness and strength, Harry H. Frazier, principal of the Columbian High School at Tiffin, holds a position of prominence among the leading educators of this part of Seneca county. A native of Ohio, he was born in 1870 in Zanesville, Muskingum county, being of Scotch-Irish descent on the paternal side and of German lineage on his mother's side.

Left an orphan when but ten years old, he was heavily handicapped in his early struggles for an education. Living on a farm near Zanesville, he attended the district schools until sixteen years of age, when he was enabled to enter Muskingum College. He subsequently attended college and taught school, alternately, for five years, his full time at the college covering a period of three years.

During the summer of 1891 Mr. Frazier entered the Ohio Normal University, and having completed the classical course in that institution was there graduated in July, 1892. Going to New Washington, Crawford county, he began his professional career as principal of the high school, a position which he held three years. Being then, in 1895, elected superintendent of the schools of that village, he served in that capacity until June, 1900, giving eminent satisfaction to all concerned.

^Continuing his studies in the meantime, Mr. Frazier was given a common school life certificate in 1894, and in 1895 was granted a high school life certificate. From 1897 until 1900 he pursued his studies at Heidelberg University in TiflSn, where, in June, 1900, he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts. A constant student, he has since taken post graduate studies at the University of Chicago. The week after he received the degree of B. A. Mr. Frazier was elected principal of the Tiffin High School, and in the years that have since elapsed has met with almost phenomenal success in his labors. In 1910 he was appointed a county examiner for Seneca county.

Mr. Frazier is a member of various local and state teachers* associations, and is active, influential not only in educational circles, but in church, lodge and public enterprises.

Edmund Shelby Myers, one of Tiffin's highly respected citizens and one of the Buckeye state's well known newspaper men, has bad a varied and interesting career and one which has taken him into many quarters of our country. His present and most important connection is as an exponent of the Fourth Estate, for he is identified with the Advertiser Company of which for many years his brother, the late John Michael Myers, had editorial direction. The publications of the Advertiser Company, as is well known, are the Seneca Advertiser, established in 1832, and the Daily Advertiser, established in 1886.

Edmund Shelby Myers was bom in Clearspring, Washington county, Maryland, December 18, 1840, his parents being Michael and Anna E. (Wagner) Myers, both of whom were of Teutonic origin, and thus the subject partakes by inheritance of those splendid traits which have ever made the German one of America's most desirable elements of emigration. In the month of May, 1856, the Myers family, consisting of father and mother, four sons and two daughters, left Maryland and followed the tide of emigration westward, and attracted by the natural advantages of this particularly favored portion of Ohio, located at Seneca county, where the parents passed the remainder of their lives. They speedily became known as the champions of all just causes and in consequence enjoyed the respect of the community in which they were best known. The father was a contractor and builder by vocation and his residence in Tiffin was of thirty-five years duration, for he lived to see the year 1891, passing on to his reward at the ripe age of eighty-one years. The mother was summoned to her eternal rest in 1876, at the age of sixty-four years.

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secured in the Maryland public schools, for he was sixteen years of age when the family traversed the intervening hills and vales to the wild young virgin country, which in a few years was to become the granary, the vital core of the nation. They lived for a while at Port Seneca, but after several years, in April, 1862, to be exact, removed to TiflSn, which was to be the permanent seat of their activities. The spirit of adventure burned in the breast of young Edmund and in April 1864, he went overland to Boise City, Idaho, where, the gold fever having not yet abated, he prospected for gold in the mountains for about a yeSr and a half. In November, 1866, very much richer in experience, at any rate, he returned to Ohio and went into partnership with his brother, the late John Michael Myers. That revered and much regretted gentleman became a compositor in the oflBce of the Seneca Advertiser in Pebruary, 1860, and three years later was installed as editor and publisher of the pioneer newspaper of Tifftn. In 1878 a third brother, E. Bruce Myers, became a partner also. The brothers continued to be thus associated with the conducting of the business until April, 1884, when they disposed of a two-third interest to L. A. Brunner and J. W. Gkiger. In 1888, after the death of Mr. Brunner, they bought back the plant and business of the Advertiser, the daily edition of which had been established two years previously. About 1890 they erected their present building, the entire plant being enlarged and otherwise improved, while at the present

Mr. Myers has from time to time been associated in other business enterprises and is a stockholder of the Citizens' National Bank of TiflRn. In 1884 he went into the cattle business with his brothers, John Michael and Edward Bruce, the latter being also deceased. These cattle operations were carried on in New Mexico, and the subject had charge until June, 1908.

[ the shoe business, was bom in Scotland, of Scottish parents, December 6, 1850, and until he was sixteen years old he lived in his native land. Then he came to America. He had received the usual common school education and learned the trade of shoe cutter previously to his coming to this country, and on his arrival here he stopped first at Cleveland, Ohio, where, on Superior street, he obtained employment in a shoe shop. Not long afterward we find him at Cincinnati, employed as a cutter for Prichard, Smith & Company, and from there he came to Tiffin to work in the same capacity for the Tiffin Shoe Company, with which firm he remained six years. Returning to Cincinnati in 1878, he engaged with Stribey & Company, as a cutter, and subsequently left them to accept the position of superintendent and general manager of the factory department of J. & A. Simpkson & Company, which place he filled for a period of five years. After this he was engaged by Qoodbar & Company, of Memphis, Tennessee, to fit up and start a factory, and gave a year's time to the work. Then he went back to Cincinnati, and for four years had charge of Rosenthall & Company's factory. Returning at the end of that time to TiflSn, he engaged in his present businesfi, which he has since successfully conducted.

Mr. Hamilton married a TiflSn young lady. Miss Cora F. Stoner, daughter of Milton Stoner, and they have three sons and two daughters, all at home.

In fraternal work Mr. Hamilton has for years been active and influential. He is Past Chancellor of the K. of P. Lodge, No. 80, and is identified with Masonry up to and including the Commandery. He is a member of Robert Burns Lodge, No. 163, F. and A. M. ; Olive Branch Chapter, R. A. M. ; Jeflferson Council, R. & S. M., and Newport Commandery, No. 13, K. T. And in these bodies he has filled all the chairs save those of high priest of the Chapter, captain of guard in the Council and eminent commander in the Commandery. At this writing he is secretary of the TiflSn Board of Health. He votes the Republican ticket.

Dr. D. Proctor Campbell, (deceased) was a man of high civic ideals and a practitioner whose loss to the profession is still keenly felt, and although his death occurred nearly a decade ago his memory is still green in the community in which he played a useful and prominent part and where he was regarded as a man among men. Dr. Campbell was bom in Hampton, New Hampshire, March 1, 1842, his parents being David and Betsy ((Jodfrey) Campbell. They were natives of New Hampshire and belonged to the agricultural element. After lives of activity and usefulness this worthy couple went to Boston, where in the leisure of retirement they enjoyed the fruits of their former industry and thrift, and it was in that city that they were called to the great beyond.

The early years of D. Proctor Campbell were passed at the place of his birth and his preliminary educational discipline was acquired in the schools of the Shaker society of Canterbury, New Hampshire, and under the private instruction of Professor A. J. Ooss, M. A., of Epsom, Merrimack county. New Hampshire, a distinguished scholar who devoted the latter part of his life to teaching. In 1864 Dr. Campbell began the study of medicine under the instruction of some of the most eminent physicians in the eastern states, including Dr. Dio Lewis and others of equal note. He was very thorough in his preparation for the distinguished calling to which he was subsequently an ornament and a credit and continued his study until 1874. He began his practice in Dubuque, Iowa, and in his short stay in that city attained to success and recognition. He even then took further post graduate work, attending the New York College of Medicine and the Cincinnati

The identification of Dr. Campbell with Greenspring dated from the year 1881, and Mdthin a few years he had built up a large practice. It was not long before he had gained a prominence much . more than local, and his advice was sought far and wide. He was not a man of rugged constitution, and finding the labors of general practice too severe for him he took up sanatorium work at Greenspring. In later years he also engaged in several business ventures, both at home and in Colorado, in which state he was vice president of the Granite Mountain Mining Company and interested in mines at Idaho Springs. He had gone to Colorado largely on account of his health, which was so benefitted by the high altitude and change of climate that he found himself able to return to Greenspring and to resume his practice, which he followed until his death, this generally mourned event occurring January 7, 1901. The indomitable energy and inflexible will which were saliant characteristics were not matched by bodily strength and this poorly balanced combination no doubt contributed as much as anything towards his failing health. His professional life was marked by many successes and his reputation was well established throughout this and neighboring states.

Dr. Campbell laid the foundation of a happy home life by his marriage. May 23, 1878, to Miss Alice Watrous, their union being celebrated at Bedford, New Hampshire. The lady to become his wife was a native of Greenspring, a daughter of James A and Hannah P. (Carpenter) Watrous. natives of New London, Connecticut. They left New England and came to Ohio in about the year 1825, and here maintained their residence until their demise, that of the mother occurring in May, 1882, and that of the father in December, 1884. To Dr. and Mrs. Campbell was born but one child, a daughter, named Gracie T., whose birth date was July 7, 1883.

The mother of Mrs. Alice Campbell, the widow of Dr. Campbell, was twif*e married, her first husband having been Mr. Finns Adams, whose name Adams tow^nship bears. He was one of the first settlers, in the early '30s making his abode in a log house which stood where the town hall now stands. After the death of Mr. Adams his widow left the farm. In 1840 she married James A. Watrous who had been previously married and was the father of three daughters and two sons. This second union was blessed by the birth of the following children : Nancy E., bom February 14, 1843; Hannah L., bom April 16, 1846; Alice, bora May 16, 1849, a twin of Albert S., who died April 16, 1853, at the age of four years; and an infant named Peter, who died at the age of three weeks. Mrs. Campbell survives her husband and makes her residence in the home left by him.

Thomas P. Johnston. - A large and valuable contribution to the material and civic upbuilding of the city of Fostoria has been made by this well known and highly esteemed citizen whose interests here are of wide and varied order, including a large investment in real estate, and he is an able member of the bar of the

Thomas P. Johnston is a native son of the fine, old Buckeye state, as he was bom in Benton township, Hocking county, Ohio, on the 21st of June, 1855. He is a son oif James and Sarah (Barton) Johnston, who were natives of Perry county, Ohio, and who finally emigrated from the state of Ohio to the state of Idaho, where they passed the residue of their lives. The father's vocation during the greater part of his active career was that of a tanner and banker. He whose name initiates this article was reared on the home farm and after duly availing himself of the advantages of the public schools he entered the Ohio University, in which he completed the prescribed course and was graduated as a member of the class of 1876, with the degree of Bachelor of Arte. Thereafter he devoted some time to the reading of law at Logan, this state, and later he was identified with the life insurance business. Mr. Johnston established his home in Fostoria in 1887 and here continued his law studies under eflfective preceptorship. He was admitted to the bar in 1894 and he has given more or less attention to the work of his profession, though he has found consistent demands upon his time in connection with his large and successful operations in the handling and improving of real estate, in connection with which he has had charge of properties owned by a leading syndicate in Fostoria. He has erected a substantial, modern business block and sixty dwelling houses, a number of which he still owns. Through his efforts in this direction he has done much to further the development of the city and he has been known at all times as a liberal and public spirited citizen. He was the first secretary of the Fostoria Board of Trade, with which he is still activelv identified, and he is an interested principal in a number of manufacturing industries in his home city. Mr. Johnston is a stanch advocate of the principles and policies for which the Republican party stands sponsor and he has given eflfective service in the promotion of its cause. He has been a delegate to various public conventions and he has been active in ite local work. He has held the office of justice of the peace since 1909 and he was acting mayor of Fostoria for a period of one year. Mr. Johnston is aflSliated with the Home Guards of the Knights of Pythias and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and his religious faith is that of the Methodist Episcopal church.

In Hocking county, Ohio, in the year 1880, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Johnston to Miss Josephine P. lies and they have two sons. The elder son, Clyde N., was graduated in both the literary and law departmente of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and is now professor of Latin in the leading college in the state of Oregon. The younger son. Dr. Cecil J. Johnston, is engaged in the practice of his profession in the city of Chicago.

Martin L. Baumgardneb. - One of the best known and most successful contractors and builders of Seneca county, is Martin L. Baumgardner, head of the firm of M. L. Banmgardner & Sons, of TiflBn. He has long been an important factor in advancing the industrial prosperity of this part of the state, and has been especially active in the upbuilding of his home city. A son of Joseph and Mary (Rinsey) Baumgardner, he was born December 27, 1849, in TiflSn, at No. 200 South Mcmroe street. His father located in Tiffin in 1837, and as a mason and a contractor erected many of the older buildings of the city.

At the age of eighteen years, having obtained a practicaLeducation in the Tiffin schools, Martin L. Baumgardner began working with his father, and in 1888 started in business for himself as a contractor and builder. He has built up a substantial business in this line, filling large and valuable contracts, and as his work increased he admitted to partnership two of his sons, Frederick J. and Carl W., the firm name becoming M. L. Baumgardner & Sons. This enterprising firm makes plans when desired, the junior members of the firm being skilful architects, and also manufacture all kinds of cement products, including the cement blocks used in building. In the filling of its many contracts this firm does the entire work from start to finish, and the work is invariably satisfactory. Messrs. Baumgardner are all very pleasant, genial and courteous, prompt and eminently trustworthy in the completion of their many contracts. They have erected many beautiful residences and substantial buildings in Tiffin, among others drawing the designs, making the plans and building one of the structures connected with the Saint Francis Orphans' Home.

Mr. Baumgardner married, in 1875, Johanna Eidt, and into their household three sons have been born, namely: Frederick J., Carl W. and Aloysius. Mr. Baumgardner and his family are members of St. Joseph's Catholic church, of which his father was one of the five organizers and toward the support of which he is a generous contributor. Politically he is independent, casting his vote for the best men and measures regardless of party restrictions.

Bernard A. Young. - The services of Bernard A. Young to the Commercial Bank Company of Greenspring in whif'h institution he is the trusted and efficient cashier, are of a valuable character and his promotion to this high trust came as the natural sequence to a decade of usefulness in another capacity. Of the younger generation, he is progressive and up-to-date in his ideas and he is one of the beneficent factors in the many sided life of the community. Mr. Young is a native of Greenspring, Ohio, his birth having occurred on the 25th day of May, 1880. His parents are Albert R. and Ida J. Young, their sketch appearing elsewhere in this volume.

Mr. Young is bound to Greenspring by many ties of association, for it was within her pleasant limits that he passed his youthful years and it was here that he attended the public schools, being graduated from their higher department in 1896. With a view to preparing for future usefulness he then entered the Greenspring College of Commerce, being graduated from that institution in 1898. Shortly thereafter he sought employment with his father and while thus associated he had charge of the bookkeeping department of the furniture business. His father took occasion to show

C. J. Oiler, of Pindlay, some of the work done by the subject, and Mr. Oiler, who was much pleased with it, later returned to consult with the elder Mr. Young with reference to the son's taking the position of assistant cashier in the bank. And this after due reflection was agreed upon on all hands. He, Mr. Young, was appointed in October, 1900, and his salary has been gradually increased without his solicitation, as the confidence in his ability has grown from day to day. On the death of Mr. Mclntire, which occurred April 14, 1910, and who at the time of his demise was cashier, Mr. Young was elected to the cashiership of the bank and this position he has continued to hold. The deposits during the past few years have quadrupled.

The Commercial Bank Company of this city has a capital stock of $25,000. Its officers are N. W. Cunningham, of Bluflfton, Ohio, president; C. J. Oiler of Pindlay, Ohio, vice president; and Mr. Young cashier ; while the directors are as follows : N. W. Cunningham, C. J. Oiler, William Dudrow Sr., John Holtz and G. H. Schuster. The bank transacts regular banking and savings business, paying three per cent interest on time deposits. It is insured against burglary both day and night, having a time lock safe. The company owns its own building. Mr. Young's services to the institution have recommended him in the most eloquent manner. He likewise has the agency of all kinds of insurance and success has ever accompanied his enterprises.

Mr. Young is a Mason and takes great interest in the affairs of this ancient and august order, in whose circles he is a prominent figure, his geniality and social talent recommending him to all who know him. He is also identified with the Knights of Pythias. He is past chancellor and has represented the lodge several times in conclaves. He gives his heart and hand to the Republican party and is interested even to the point of activity in local politics, insofar as they pertain to the public welfare. Like all good citizens he is public spirited and a student of current events.

On December 20, 1900, Mr. Young joined the ranks of the Benedicts, taking as his wife Miss Anna J. Lee, daughter of Martin and Mary C. (Ritchie) Lee. natives of Topeka, Kansas. ' The wedding of these two young people was solemnized at Pataskala, Ohio. Mrs. Young was born April 22, 1878, in Marysville, Ohio, but her home was properly Kansas. She subsequently removed to Van Wert, Ohio, where she received her education and grew to womanhood. To this union has been born one child, Herman B., on April 25, 1906.

Frank E. Near. - Worthy of recognition in this publication as one of the alert and representative business men of Postoria is Frank E. Near, who is superintendent and head miller of the finely equipped flouring mills here owned and conducted by Isaac Harter. He has been incumbent of this position since 1893 and his technical and executive ability have been potent in furthering the interests of the large and important industrial enterprise with which he is identified. He is a director of the Seneca Wire & Manufacturing Company and is a stockholder in the Commercial Bank & Savings Company, two of the leading business concerns of Fostoria.

Prank E. Near takes a due measure of pride in reverting to Seneca county as the place of his nativity and he is a member of one of the sterling pioneer families of this favored section of the Buckeye state. He was bom at TiflSn, this county, on the 3rd of August, 1850, and is a son of Robert E. and Sarah A. (Shuman) Near, both of whom are now deceased. The subject of this review was only a few months old at the time of his mother's death and he was reared to the age of fifteen years in the home of his maternal grandfather, Philip Shuman, who was engaged in the shoe business in Summitt county. In the meanwhile he was afforded the advantages of the public schools and when seventeen years of age he entered upon an apprenticeship at the miller's trade, in which he has long been recognized as a most competent operative. For nine years he and his brother J. S. conducted a farm in the state of Illinois and at the expiration of this period he returned to Ohio and resumed the work of his trade, with which he has since been actively identified. For four years he held the position of expert miller for a prominent milling concern in the city of Cincinnati, Ohio, and in 1893 accepted the superintendency of the Harter mills of Fostoria, where he has since remained in tenure of this responsible position. Mr. Near is progressive and public spirited as a citizen and is ever ready to lend his aid and encouragement in connection with the promotion of all enterprises that tend to advance the general welfare of the community. The Isaac Harter Milling Company's plant has a capacity for the output of twenty-five hundred pounds of flour in twenty-four hours and its brands of flour, known for their superiority, command a large and superior trade.

In politics Mr. Near gives his support to the Democratic party but he has never had any aspiration for the honors or emoluments of public office. He is affiliated with Wilmington Lodge, No. 218, Knights of Pythias; and with the N. P. Robbins Division of the uniformed rank of this fraternal order.

On the 4th of November, 1872, Mr. Near was united in marriage to Miss Lueetta Haulk, who was bom in Summit county, Ohio, and she and her husband became acquainted in their childhood days. Concerning their three children the following brief record is entered : Mertie, who was bom on the 13th of April, 1874, died on the 10th of November, 1875 ; Flossie M., who was bom on the 3rd of January, 1877, is the wife of Warren Eberhard, of Wadsworth, Medina county, Ohio; and Earl R., who was bom on the 17th of August, 1878, married Miss Abel Starkey and they reside in the city of Chicago. He was graduated in the Fostoria High School and in the Case School of Applied Science in the city of Cleveland, being now chief inspector for the Automatic Electric Company in the city of Chicago.

Jacob Bridingeb, M. D., a practicing physician and druggist. No. 157 South Washington street. Tiffin, Ohio, came to this place in his boyhood and has made it his home ever since with the exception of a brief time spent at Ashland, Ohio.

perience was that of a farmer boy, assisting in the chores and other work of the farm and attending district school. In 1856 he came to TiflSn, where he continued his studies in the public schools and laid the foundation for his professional work. He pursued his regular medical course in the Eclectic School at Cincinnati, Ohio, where he graduated in March, 1876. Immediately after his graduation he took up his residence at Ashland, Ohio, opened an office and engaged in the practice of medicine. He remained there, however, only a short time. The following year, 1877, he came back to Tiffin, and with this city as his headquarters traveled throughout Michigan, Indiana and Ohio, representing the St. John Medicine Company, and was thus occupied until 1900. That year he settled down to the practice of medicine, which he has since continued, at the same time being with Prank L. Bridinger in the drug business at 157 South Washington street.

On May 31, 1866, Dr. Bridinger married Miss Elizabeth Halverstadt, and they are the parents of three sons, namely: Prank L., engaged in the drug business, as already stated, with his father; Harry J., a conductor on the B. & O. Railroad with headquarters at Garrett, Indiana, and Leon A., a resident of California.

Por a period of thirty-three years Dr. Bridinger has been a member of Seneca Lodge, No. 35» I. 0. O. P., in which he has passed all the chairs. Politically he is what is known as an independent, voting for men and measures irrespective of party lines.

Benjamin P. Cockayne. - ^Worthy of special mention in this biographical volume is Benjamin P. Cockayne, an esteemed and highly respected citizen of TiflSn, living at the corner of Hunter and River streets, where he has a most attractive home. A Virginian by birth and breeding, he was bom June 26, 1853, in Marshall couAty, Virginia, and was there educated, being graduated from Marshall Academy.

Desirous of trying the hazard of new fortunes, Mr. Cockayne came to Belmont county, Ohio, in 1874, locating in Bellaire, where he first found employment as shipping clerk in the works of the Stamping Company, of which he afterwards became a stockholder. Selling his interests in that firm he was engaged in mercantile pursuits until 1881, when he became one of the organizers of the Ohio Lantern Company and owner of one third of its stock. Subsequently disposing of his share of the stock, Mr. Cockayne embarked in the wholesale and retail crockery and house furnishing business, which he conducted with marked success until the spring of 1889. The Ohio Lantern Company being then moved to Tiflfin, Mr. Cockayne again became associated with it, holding a half interest in the same until January, 1894, when he sold out. He has since been engaged in the manufacture of cigars and other things, and for the past eight years has successfully and profitably conducted a general insurance agency, with an office at room 8 in the court house.