Seneca Township (part 54 of 60)

He whose name initiates this article is one of a family of four children, the others being Knott C, now located in the state of Oregon, where he has a position in the Indian schools, was educated at Heidelberg, at the Ohio State University and at Cornell CTniversity; Norman D. is a farmer on the old homestead in Pleasant township, Seneca county; Frances is the wife of Thomas Crabill and resides on the farm with her parents.

John H. Lennabtz. - ^By a continuous devotion to the demands of his official position, with an ability equal to its responsibilities and an integrity that has never deviated from the true line of duty, the career of John H. Lennartz, of Tiffin, as auditor of Seneca county, has been one of usefulness and honor. A native of Ohio, he was bom, May 23, 1863, near Fort Recovery, Mercer county, and was there reared and educated. His father emigrated from Germany to this country when young, bringing with him the habits of industry native to his sturdy German ancestors. Locating permanently in Ohio, he is still a resident of this state and one of its successful agriculturists. He married Sarah Weaver, who was bom in Pennsylvania, where her ancestors settled on coming to America, about 1700. Mr. Lennartz comes of patriotic stock, his great-grandfather, John Weaver, having served in the Revolutionary war under General Washington. An active participant in many engagements of that struggle for independence; he was killed at the battle of Long Island, and in grateful memory of his heroic services the United States government erected over his grave at Long Island a stone, which is now, in 1910, standing.

Trained to habits of industry, John H. Lennartz began when a boy to help his father on the farm, and assisted in clearing a sixty-acre tract of woodland, working during the summer seasons, but attending school during the winter terms until sixteen years old in his home district. The ensuing two years he worked on the farm during seed time and harvest, but in the winter seasons continued his studies at the village school in Fort Recovery. At the age of eighteen years Mr. Lennartz taught his first term of school, and being an ambitious student gradually worked his way upward in his. profession, becoming an efficient and popular instructor. At the age of twenty-four years he had the misfortune to become partially deaf, an affliction that changed all of his prearranged plans for a professional career. Being forced to hustle for himself he came to Tiffin in 1883, and, still laboring under the disadvantage of partial deafness, worked at whatever labor he could find.

In 1885 Auditor Stoner, late of Tiffin, becoming aware of Mr. Lennartz's fine scholarship and clerical proficiency, secured for him a position as clerk in the office of the county auditor. Serving most ably and faithfully, he retained the position until 1892, working under Auditor J. A. Norton. In 1893 Mr. Lennartz, an ardent Democrat, was removed from office on account of his political faith. In 1898 he was appointed deputy auditor, and served in that position under both Lee Nighswander and R. R. Bour, auditors.

Announcing his name for county auditor in 1908, Mr. Lennartz was nominated by a large majority over his opponents, and was elected by a majority of two thousand and four votes, the largest majority ever given to a county auditor in Seneca county, and he is now serving his first term in this important public office. A man of untiring energy, prompt and punctual in the discharge of his duties, Mr. Lennartz is always to be found at his post of duty, and by his faithfulness to the interests of the tax-payers he has endeared himself to the people, regardless of party affiliations. Straightforward in all his dealings, high-principled and conscientious, Mr. Lennartz would willingly lose all that he possesses rather than defraud any one of a single cent, and to this prominent trait of his character he attributes all of his success, his strict honesty being known and recognized by his associates and by the general public. Kind, thoughtful and benevolent, Mr. Lennartz has generously made use of his means to promote the welfare of those of limited means, and has taken especial pleasure in aiding poor children to obtain a good education. His many benefactions are bestowed unostentatiously, the needy and unfortunate never going from him empty-handed after he has heard their appeal. Mr. Lennartz is an associate member of the Grand Army of the Republic and belongs to Saint Joseph's Catholic church..

Mr. and Mrs. Lennartz have one child, Irene, a bright and interesting girl of twelve years, and an adopted daughter, Emma, wife of Christ Hartman, of Tiffin.

Hon. John C. Royer. - Judge Royer was born on his father's farm in Thompson township, this county, on the 6th day of May, 1856. His father was Samuel Royer, a son of John Royer, Sr., and his mother was Mary Ann Royer, a daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Bunn. Mr. Royer remained with his parents on their farm until September, 1874, when he entered Heidelberg College at Tiffin. At college he pursued his studies in the classical course and graduated from that institution in June, 1879. After leaving college he took up the study of law with Hon. N. L. Brewer, of the Tiffin bar. In January, 1880, he entered the office of his uncle. Judge J. F. Bunn, who was then probate judge of Seneca county, and there continued his studies until October, 1881, when he was admitted to the bar by the supreme court of the state.

After his admission to the bar Judge Royer formed a partnership with the late Judge Rickenbaugh, under the firm name of Royer & Rickenbaugh. This partnership continued until the summer of 1885, when Mr. Royer formed a partnership with Judge Bunn, under the firm name of Bunn & Royer. In April, 1883, Mr.

Royer was elected mayor of the city of Tiffin, his opponent being the late General William H. Gibson, and in 1885 he was re-elected for a second term. In 1887, shortly after the expiration of his second term as mayor of Tiffin, Mr. Royer was elcQted probate judp:e, to fill the unexpired term of the late Judge Harrison Noble, and also for a full term. In 1890 he was reelected for a second term. In 1894, at the expiration of his second term as probate judge, he again took up the practice of his profession, and has continued it ever since, being now associated with Calvin D. Spitler under the firm name of Royer & Spitler. In 1899 Judge Royer was elected state senator for the Thirty-first Senatorial District of Ohio, and in 1901 he was reelected. At neither election when a candidate for state senator did he have any opposition.

Judge Royer was married on the 11th day of April, 1883, to Clara Baltzell, a daughter of Thomas and Caroline Baltzell (Souder Baltzell). To them were bom three children, namely, Helen Royer Martin, the wife of W. W. Martin, professor of Latin and history in the Friends School of Baltimore, Maryland; Mallie Royer and Clara Lucile Royer, the latter two living with their father. Mrs. Royer died on the 22d day of June, 1889.

Judge Royer is a member of the Masonic Fraternity, in which he has attained the degree of a Knight Templar. He has been a member of the Board of Education of the city of Tiffin for ten years continuously, and for nine years he has been president of the Board. He has also been a member of the Board of Regents of Heidelberg University for the last twelve years, and for nearly all of that time has been the secretary of the board.

James H. Knapp. - A native son of the fine old Empire state of the Union, James H. Knapp was bom in Putnam county. New York, on the 12th of July, 1842, a son of Gilbert and Cinthia (Chase) Knapp, both of whom were likewise born in New York, the former on the 16th of January, 1821, and the latter on the 6th of June, 1820. Mr. and Mrs. Knapp emigrated from New York to Ohio about the year 1848, and they located in Erie county, whert; the father engaged in the great basic industry of agriculture. Mr. Knapp was summoned to the life eternal in 1894 and his wife, who long survived him, passed away on the 11th of April, 1910. They became the parents of thr^e children, and of the number James H. is the first in order of birth. He was but six years of age at the time of his parents' removal to Ohio and he was reared and educated in Erie county. He also pursued a course of study in the Seneca county Academy, at Republic, and that he put his scholastic attainments to good practical use is evident when it is stated that he taught school in Erie county for a number of terms, having received his certificate in 1863. In 1864 he was in the one hundred days* service in the Civil war, much of his duty being around the city of Washington. In 1869 he established his home in Seneca county as superintendent of a farm of Daniel Brown, to whose daughter he was later married. He continued as manager of this fine farm in Scipio township until he became the owner of it, in 1872, and he has there maintained his home during the long intervening years to the present time.

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In politics Mr. Knapp is aligned as a stalwart supporter of the principles of the Republican party and he has held office as county commissioner for one term. In 1880 he was elected to the office of township trustee and continued to serve in this capacity for several terms. Aside from the management of his finely improved farm of three hundred acres he is an interested principal in the Republic Banking Company, which was founded in 1906, and of which he is now the able and popular president. This substantial financial institution was incorporated with a capital stock of twenty-five thousand dollars and its other officers are : John W. Cook, vice president, and I. B. Neikirk, cashier. Both he and his wife are devout members of the Universal church, to whose charities and benevolences he has been a liberal contributor.

On October 12, 1870, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Knapp to Mrs. Johanna Crissel, who is a daughter of Daniel and Sallie A. (Chase) Brown. She was bom in Putnam county, New York, and when but three years of age accompanied her parents to Seneca county. They located on a tract of land on the Killbom road and the father proceeded to reclaim a farm from the virgin forest. He cleared his land and built a fine house but in 1851 he sold this farm and purchased another on Killborn road, near Republic. Mr. Brown was a member of the state legislature during the session of 1844-5 and he served as coroner of Seneca county for several terms. He was originally a Democrat but about 1850 transferred his political faith to the Republican party. Mr. Brown was born in 1800 and his death occurred on the 26th of ' March, 1872. Mrs. Brown was born on the 19th of October, 1813, and was summoned to eternal rest January 26, 1896. They were both loyal and public spirited citizens and were highly respected ! and beloved by all who knew them. Mrs. Knapp received her i education in the common schools of Seneca county and this discipline was later supplemented by a course of study in the academy conducted by Aaron Schuyler and T. W. Harvey. By her marriage to Mr. Crissd Mrs. Knapp became the mother of two children, Daniel B., who was born on the 16th of June, 1852, is now engaged in the coal business in Republic; and Frederick B., who was born on the 16th of January, 1856, remains at the parental home.

Emanuel Good. - A representative citizen whose usefulneas is by no means confined to the circle of his own interests is Emanuel Good, a farmer of modern ideas and one of the widely known men of Thompson township. He has been identified in an especially happy manner with the cause of education and has the distinction to have outlined the present excellent school system for the township. In the year 1898, there being no prescribed system, he took the matter up with the board, who asked him to present a plan. After pn^ture consideration he did this, his ideas meeting with general favor, and as a result the system promulgated by him is now in use.

Mr. Good was born March 26, 1869, his eyes first opening to the light of day upon the very scenes amid which have been played the various events of his life. His parents were Emanuel and

Catherine (Bunn) Good, natives of Pennsylvania. The father came to Ohio in company with his parents, Adam and Mary M. (Musselman) Good, the former bom in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, May 8, 1798, and the birthdate of the latter was January 8, 1815. The great-grandparents were George and Elizabeth (Hamrael) Good, natives of the Keystone state, whose remains are interred in the cemetery at Troxelville, Snyder county, Pennsylvania.

When Adam Qood came to Ohio there were broken paths and trails where now many a wide road winds, and there were still existing many of the difficulties which had beset the earliest pioneers. In the year 1833 he took up a three hundred and twenty acre tract of land from the government and proceeded to build a cabin upon it. After the log walls were up and the roof surmounted them it was necessary to make use of grubbing hoes to remove the hazel brush before it could be occupied. In this humble abode a family of twelve children were bom and most of them were reared to maturity within its walls. Mary, David and Susan died in infancy and the names of the remaining nine were Hannah, Emanuel, John, George, Polly, Betsy, Adam, Lucy Ann and Harriet. The head of the house was a member of the Reformed church and was active in establishing it.

The subject's father, Emanuel (Jood, resided with his parents until the death of the father on January 26, 1845, and even after the demise of the elder the son continued to conduct the affairs of the homestead. In 1849 he took as his wife Catherine Bunn, bom August 27, 1832, her parents being Jacob and Elizabeth (Leiter) Bunn, Pennsylvanians, who cast their fortunes with the Buckeye state about the year 1835 or 1836, making their location near Bellevue in Thompson township. Jacob Bunn was a carpenter by trade. Emanuel Good and his wife became the parents of fourteen children. Elizabeth married Martin Sherk and is the mother of four children, as follows: David, Charles, Professor John and Stella. The second daughter, Catherine, became the wife of George Noel and their children are named : Cloyd, Vertie, Jennie, Elva, Norma, Ralph and Violet. Lucy Ann became the wife of John Smith and has four children, named Warren, Myrtie, Cora and Ernie. Flora is the wife of Elmer Miller and has two children, Rilla and Erma. William B. married Sadie Cosier and has one daughter, named Beulah. Rev. George W. Good, pastor of the Reform church of Fremont, Sandusky coimty, was recently elected vice-president of Heidelberg College at Tiffin. He married Hazel Bolus. D. A. married Hattie Brownfield. Minnie is the wife of Edward Wood and is the mother of two boys, named Harold and Laurel. Four children died when very young.

Emanuel Good Sr. was a man of influence in the community and served in township office, having been trustee and land appraiser and a member of the school board for a number of years. He resigned from the latter office on account of increasing age and debility.

course in Heidelberg College. In his young manhood he taught school for a time both preceding and following his marriage, and subsequently took up the management of the farm. He owns one of the eighty acre tracts of the old homestead. On March 14, 1900, Mr. Grood laid the foundation of a happy married life by his union with Anna Dunn, daughter of Dr. Dunn and his wife Kate (Shaffener) Dunn, of Tiffin, her birth having occurred August 6, 1874. Mrs. Good, like her husband, was educated in the public schools of Tiffin and later entered Heidelberg College, and, also like him, she had some experience as a school teacher. Their union has been cemented by the birth of three children : Myron, bom October 19, 1902; Mina, born November 18, 1903; and Newell, bom December 31, 1905.

On Mr. Good's land is a large cave, known as the Good or Seneca Cave, divided into several large rooms, one of them of unknown depth. This interesting spot is much in favor with sightseers. The subject and his wife are members of the Reformed (»hurch at Fireside, and take an active part in the same, the former beinsr a trustee and Sunday school treasurer and one of the teachers. Mrs. Good is an earnest member of the Foreign Missionary Society.

As previously mentioned Mr. Good has ever taken an enlightened interest in educational matters, and he has done all in his power for the advancement of the cause. As president of the Annual Picnic Association of the public schools he has arranged for several successful holidays. His identification with the school board is of twelve years' duration, and he is at present at the head of the body. He casts his vote with the Democratic party and keeps in touch with current events and their bearing upon the affairs of his particular community, being, in short, of that stamp of citizenship which gives Seneca county its strength.

George Detterman. - Harmon H. and Anna M. (Beimamdeich) Detterman, natives of Germany, were the parents of this well known citizen of Seneca county, who was bom January 5, 1840. They (*ame to America in 1833 and after stopping for a while in New York came to Ohio, locating in Scipio township, Seneca county. They did not come together, however. Mr. Detterman came on and worked on the Fort Wayne canal until he could save up enough money to send back to New York for his wife, who arrived in 1835, with their son Harmon, who later, in our Civil war; gave his life for his adopted country. For a time after his settlement in the county Mr. Detterman cleared land by contract for Stephen Dorsey and others. He then had two children - Harmon, just mentioned, and an infant born here. George, Samuel, Mary and Henry R. were born later. He located on eighty acres in Adams township, so thickly timbered that there was no opening in which to build his house. George helped to improve this place on which his father lived out his days. He was a member of his parents* household till his marriage. He married Caroline Briney, who was bom August 2, 1839, a daughter of Henry and Rebecca Briney, an orphan from childhood, reared by others than relatives. She bore her husband three children : Charles F., of Adams township ;

Emma J., who married Monroe Kistler and lives in Adams township; and Norman, who is dead. They reared as one of their family circle Estella Benehoflf, who was educated at Greenspring and has taught school successfully four terms. She was bom January 23, 1890.

About 1863 Mr. Detterman bought forty acres of land of his father. Two years later he bought eighty acres and about thirtyfive years ago he bought ninety-three acres. He now owns two hundred and eighty-three acres. His home farm is one of the best in its vicinity. He has built on it a fine brick residence and several up-to-date out-buildings. He has given attention with much success to mixed farming. During the last twenty-one years he has'done quite a large business in buying and selling timber, and for ten years past he has shipped much stock to eastern markets. He is a member of St. Jacob's church, Adams township, having been confirmed by the Rev. Dr. Henry Good when he was only sixteen years old. He has filled the church offices of deacon, elder and trustee. In all the relations of life he is friendly and helpful. His public spirit, many times tested and never found deficient, renders him a valuable citizen.

Charles F. Detterman, son of George and Caroline (Briney) Detterman, was born October 21, 1864. He was a member of his parents' home circle until 1886. On March 11 of that year he married Amanda Miller, daughter of J. J. Miller, one of the most prominent men of Adams township, who is represented in this work by a biographical article of more than ordinary interest, headed by the name of his son Daniel L. Mrs. Detterman was born March 12, 1867. She has borne her husband two children: Lola v., born October 24, 1891, and Thelma L., August 21, 1904. After his marriage Mr. Detterman set up as a farmer on the old Detterman homestead of forty acres, but now farms two hundred and ninety-three acres. He has a fine modern residence and barns and other out-buildings of the best class. In machinery and appliances for successful cultivation his farm is strictly up to date. In his political relations he is an independent Democrat. In his religious affiliation he is a member of St. Jacob's church. His daughter Lola, educated in the common schools, passed the Box well examination at the unusually early age of fourteen years. In Adams township the name of Detterman is honored as indicating men who may safely be relied on to do their full share in any emergency. There is nothing that has tended to the general good that they have not aided to the extent of their ability so long as thev have been members of the community.

Marcus De Witt Rule, one of the younger representative men of Seneca county, was born September 8, 1890. a son of Albert J. and Ollie D. (Holtzel) Rule. His father was bom June 30, 1859. His mother Is a great-granddaughter of Michael Porble, a Marylander, who was among the very early pioneers in this county. When he settled here there was no house into which he and his family could move, and they were obliged to keep house under the spreading branches of a large tree until he could put up a log cabin. The cabin was not ready for occupancy until in the fall, when approaching winter made it absolutely essential to the continued existence there of the family. Mr. Forble was a devout Christian who gave much time to evangelical work and to the alleviation of the sufferings of his fellow men. Not a few of the early settlers in his neighborhood were indebted to him for a helping hand, which proved him the friend in need who is the friend indeed. He was a good business man and a diligent and intelligent farmer, and in the course of his useful life amassed a fine property.

Albert J. Rule was a son of Jefferson and Eliza (Patterson) Rule, his father a native of New York, his mother a native of Ohio. Jefferson Rule was born March 26, 1820 ; Eliza Patterson was born in the same year. They secured and operated a fine farm in Adams township, on which they erected a good brick house in which they made their home to the end of their days. They had twelve children, six of whom survive. Jennie is Mrs. VanScoter, of St. John Michigan. Lucy E. is the wife of Edward Sherman, of St. John, Michigan. Ada E. married Charles E. Coffman, of Tiffin, Seneca county. Albert J. is the father of the immediate subject of this notice. Emma married Frank Metzger, of Adams township. Delia V. married John Henninger, of Clinton township. Albert J. w^as married in 1885 and has four children: Bessie A., born in 1887; Mattie V., in 1888; Marcus D. in 1890; and Ruth N., in 1896.

Marcus De Witt Rule graduated from the public school at the remarkably youthful age of fourteen years. He studied later at Greenspring high school and at the Northern Ohio State Normal School and has since devoted much of his time to teaching. A young man of conspicuous success and of much promise, he is highly regarded by all who know him. He is identified with farming and in addition is a buyer and shipper of hay.

David Allcut. - This venerable pioneer and representative citizen of Seneca county, which has ever represented his home, has for the last decade lived retired from a^'tive business in the city of Fostoria and his memory remains an indissoluble chain which links the pioneer days with the present twentieth century, marked by opulent prosperity and progress. He has taken an active part in the advancement of this part of the state from a sylvan wild to its present condition as a flouiTshing agricultural and industrial community, with admirably improved farms and thriving cities and villages. From the rude forest lodge of the early days, the primitive schools and meagre advantages of the pioneer epoch he has seen the varied transitions and in the evening of his life is enabled to enjoy the kindly fruits of his long years of earnest toil and endeavor.

Allcut. He was but seven years of age at the time of his mother's death and was left to the care of strangers. He was reared on a farm in this county and was afforded the meager advantages of the schools of the locality and period. About the year 1850 he took up his residence in Fostoria, which was then known as the village of Rome. He learned the carpenter's trade and for many years was engaged in active work as contractor and builder. He assisted in the erection of many buildings that are still standing in Fostoria and the solidity of their construction shows the care and reliability brought to bear by builders of the early days.

When the integrity of the nation was thrown into jeopardy by armed rebellion David AUcut was one of the young men of Seneca county who gave prompt evidence of patriotism and loyalty by tendering his aid in defense of the Union. He was mustered in, at Monroeville, as a member of Company I, One Hundred . and Twenty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which gallant command he was in active service for three years, proving a faithful and valiant soldier of the rebellion and taking part in many battles and skirmishes. When the remains of the martyred president, Abraham Lincoln, laid in state at the national capitol, Mr. AUcut was assigned to duty as one of the guards of honor. He has maintained an abiding interest in his old comrades of the turbulent period of the Civil war and signifies the same by his membership in the Grand Army of the Republic.

After receiving his honorable discharge Mr. Allcut returned to Fostoria and resumed work at his trade but finally he assumed a position in the grain elevator of Foster, Olmstead and Company, with which firm he continued in service as a valued and trusted employe for the long period of twenty-three years. His sterling integrity and uniform courtesy won for him staunch friends among the farmers of this section and few citizens of Seneca county are better known or held in more unqualified esteem.

In polities Mr. Allcut has ever given unqualified allegiance to the Republican party and he has been called upon to serve in various offices of public trust, including that of member of the city council of Fostoria, city commissioner and township trustee. In public station, as in private life, his loyalty and fidelity have been of the most insistent order and have cemented his hold upon popular confidence and regard. Both he and his wife are devoted members of the Methodist Episcopal church and in their kindly and gracious lives they have well exemplified the faith which they profess. Mr. Allcut is identified with the Masonic fraternity, in which his maximum affiliations are with DeMolay Commandery, Knights Templars. He has been identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows for forty-five years and has on several occasions represented his lodge in the Grand Lodge of the state. He is one of the three charter members of the Fostoria Ijodge of the Knights of Pythias still living. He is also a charter member of the local tent of the Knights of the Maccabees. One of his most valued affiliations is that with Norris post, No. 27, Grand Army of the Republic, in which he has held various offical positions and as a member of which he has attended many campfires and encampments. After years of earnest endeavor Mr. Allcut finally realized that the infirmities of advancing years rendered it expedient for him to retire from active busine^ and for the past ten years he an] his wife have been living under the most gracious surroundings in their attractive home in Fostoria. On the site of their residence he erected his oriorinal dwelling nearly half a century ago. Surrounded by loyal friends and by the many influences that go to make life worth the living Mr. and Mrs. Allcut are passing the evening of their day under most pleasing conditions.

On the 1st of January, 1856, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Allcut to Miss Sarah Ann Young, who was born in Fairfield county, this state, and who is a daughter of Isaac and Mary (Mason) Young, who took up their residence in Seneca county in 1852. Mr. and Mrs. Allcut became the parents of two sons and five dausrhters, all of whom are living and all of whom are well established in homes of their own. The youngest child is in her fortieth year and is the mother of five children, besides which Mr. and Mrs. AlK'ut have eleven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. It is worthy of special note that in this splendid family there has been no death save that of one grandchild, who died in childhood.

John William Griest was bom in Oxford township, Guernsey county, Ohio, May 22. 1881, a son of Thomas E. and Eliza J. (Hall) Griest. His father was born in Ohio, September 23, 1846. Milton Griest. Mr. Griest 's grandfather on his father's side, married Mary Sykes, of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and they came to Ohio in 1825, locating on the site of Quaker City, Guernsey county. His mother was of the familv of Hall so prominently mentioned in Howe's History of Ohio. Howe relates that John Hall was the first settler in Guernsey county. He came from North Carolina and lived in a hollow tree till he could build a log cabin. He was of the old stock of Quakers and was noted for his sobriety and his integrity. The reader is referred to the valuable old work mentioned for further interesting material concerning the Halls, the Griests and their neighbors.

John William Griest lived with his parents until he was twenty-one years old. His father gave him every available educational advantage, sending him to the common school, then to the high S'^hool. After leaving school the young man was a teacher, and as such he earned money to pay his tuition for a philosophical course at Wooster University, Wooster, Ohio. He has taught in the rural school three years, and was superintendent of schools at Salesville three years and at Greenspring for the same length of time.

On August 11, 1904, Mr. Griest married Miss Fannie Bstella Stiles, bom April 22, 1883, daughter of George A. and Mary CBartholo) Stiles, of Jefferson township, Guernsey county, educated at the rural sr»hool and at Muskingum College. She has borne her husband three children : Mabel, born June 8. 1905 ; Mary Christina. August 27, 1907; and William Kermit, October 24, 1910. IVfr. and Mrs. Griest are Methodists. Both are active workers in the church and Sunday school. Mr. Griest was the promoter of the Greenspring Chatauqua. assuming all the work and responsibilitv of the first Assembly and later brought about the formation of which the annual assembly is now held. The chautauqua movement and the standard to which Mr. Griest raised the public schools speak for his progressiveness.

Augustus P. Hoppes. - A progressive agriculturist and stock raiser, a good citizen and faithful public servant, and one playing a prominent and praiseworthy part in the affairs of the county of which he is a native son, is Augustus Hoppes. The birthdate of Mr. Hoppes was February 2, 1865, and he is the son of Paul and Mary (Miller) Hoppes, two estimable people, natives of Pennsylvania and New York respectively, who located in Seneca county as early as 1832, when this section was by no means closely settled. They secured a farm of one hundred and sixty acres and the father was the possessor of one hundred more at the time of his demise, in April, 1905. Paul Hoppes engaged in general farming and stock raising.

Augustus P. Hoppes was educated in the district school, grew wise in the secrets of successful agriculture under the excellent tutelage of his father and remained upon the family homestead until his marriage. That happy event occurred on the 21st day of May, 1891, the lady to become his wife and the mistress of his household being Addie Norris, bom March 7, 1869, a daughter of J. T. and Elizabeth (Hall) Norris, both of whom were natives of Ohio. J. T. Norris was a prominent man in his township of Scipio, was a stalwart Republican, and held various township offices. His family are valued members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and t«ke an active part in its affairs, giving their support to all the good causes promulgated by it. Mr. Norris was led to a religious life when a young man, was shortly afterward elected Sunday school superintendent and has held that position during most of the subsequent years. He was known far and wide and was universally beloved for his many good gifts of mind and heart and his unfailing kindliness. He was a particular favorite with the school children. He received his education in the Republic Academy and chose for his life work farming and stock raising. His marriage was solemnized October 14, 1861, the Rev. J. H. Good of Tiffin, performing the ceremony. Mrs. Hoppes is one of eight children bom to this good man and his excellent wife, namely: Allen L., October 18, 1864; Laurie S., August 28, 1866; Addie R., March 7, 1869; Delia C. and Ella E., twins, born May 6, 1872; Clara E., July 11, 1876; Anna B., Febmary 20, 1879; Ralph J., August 21, 1881. Two of the children are deceased, Ralph having died January 20, 1888 ; and Allen, August 19, 1907. The father passed on to his reward September 26, 1907.

Three children have been born to bless the union of Mr. and Mrs. Hoppes, these being: Carl D., born October 23, 1892; Delia, born December 21, 1893; and Norma M., born October 4, 18^6. Carl was educated in the public schools of Tiffin and Qreenspring and received the district diploma in June, 1906, when only fourteen years of age. Delia received her education in the district schools and passed the Boxwell examinations on June 11, 1910. Norma

Mr. Iloppes and his family are members of St. Jacob's Reformed church, Carl having been confirmed April 26, 1908, and Delia, July 11, 1909. All take an active part in the Sunday school, Mr. Hoppes being one of the Consistory and Mrs. Hoppes teaches the infant class.

Mr. Hoppes' property comprises one hundred and twenty acres in Adams township and forty acres in Scipio belonging to Mrs. Hoppes, and cattle breeding has been engaged in quite extensively. They have a modem and commodious home, built about five years ago, and excellent outbuildings.

Elbridgb B. Wolfe. - Although not a native son of Adams township Mr. Elbridge B. Wolfe has been identified with its affairs sin<e the year 1890 and by his successful management of a fine sixtv-acre farm has placed himself in the ranks of those progressive aqrrii'ulturists who are ever alert to the latest discoveries in the great basic industry of agriculture, of which they are the exponents. Mr. Wolfe was bom in Ballville township, Sandusky county, August 30, 1866, his parents being Daniel M. and Eunice (Black) Wolfe, natives of Rir»hland county, Ohio. The date of the father's birth was January 22, 1832. and that of the mother, January 6, 1834, and after their early marriage they located in Ballville township, Sandusky county, in the year 1852 or 1853. Here they settled upon a farm of fifty acres, which was the nucleus of a property upon which they made their residence for many years, the mother still residing there in fact, and the father having lived there until his death, on April 6, 1909. Previous to her marriage the mother taught school for several terms. The names of their five children were: Charles M., Irene S.. E. B.. Inez and Daniel M.

Daniel M. Wolfe, the father, was a man of power and prominence in his part of Ohio and promoted many worthy enterprises, both financially and otherwise, his talents by. no means being restricted to the field of agri<'ulture. He assisted in the building of churches and educational institutions and was interested in the building of the Nickel Plate Railway, which proved of incalculable value to the countrv through which it passed. Although for the main part independent in his political views, he was Republican in inclination. He gave efficient service as the incumbent of various township offices and in short played a prominent part in party affairs. He was a veteran of the Civil war, having joined the one hundred day service, and in Company K, One Hundred and Sixty-ninth Regiment, to which he belonged, having held the rank of second lieutenant. He was a member of the United Brethren church and took a leading part in its affairs.

Elbridge B. Wolfe was educated in the district schools iind in the Greenspring A^^ademy. which educational discipline was supplemented by a business course which was concluded with the class of 1887. He remained beneath the home roof until his marriage with Miss Ida J. Mclntyre, which happy event was solemnized November 21, 1889. Mrs. Wolfe was born March 22, 1868, the daughter of James and Catherine (Myers) Mclntyre. They were prominent people and large landholders, having owned some five hundred acres in Adams township, which they divided among their children. They had a large family, the names of their sons and daughters being: John, Elizabeth, Roy, George, Henry, Ida Myrtle and Jennie. The Mclntyres were also United Brethren in their religious views and were much esteemed where best known. They resided in Adams township, Seneca county.

Mr. and Mrs. Wolfe came to Adams township very shortly after their marriage and took up land, having ever since been engaged in agriculture. Mr. Wolfe's interests are by no means confined to his own individual affairs, but he is a public spirited citizen who gives no small amount of attention to public matters, especially those relating to the advancement of the township. His service as trustee and member of the school board has been of general benefit. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and for the past five years has served the good cause in the capacity of Sunday school superintendent. He pays fealty to the Democratic party and he has accomplished much in the cause of securing better roads.

Mr. and Mrs. Wolfe are the parents of four children. Ida Lucile was born October 13, 1890: Gladys M. was bom February 23, 1892; Eunice C. was born October 13, 1899; James H. was born April 6, 1904. All of these young citizens are at home, Ida Lucile and Gladys M. being graduates of the Greenspring high school and both are now engaged in teaching in the public schools. The children also belong to the Methodist church and are earnest and intelligent workers in the fold.

William M. Baker was bom September 11, 1866, in Adams township. Harmon and Margaret (Schlessman) Baker, the father a native of Pennsylvania, the mother a native of Adams township, located soon after their marriage on a farm of eighty acres which was owned by Michael Kestler. Harmon Baker came to the township in 1858 from Snyder county, Pennsylvania, where he was born August 13, 1838. His marriage was celebrated in 1862. On May 21, 1863, he enlisted for service in the Civil war. in Company K, Twenty-ninth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in which he did gallant service until the close of hostilities, except for about a year when he was on the sick list. He was under Sherman, participating in the historic march from Atlanta to the sea, and at the end of the war took part in the Grand Review at Washington, D. C. He died in 1893, his widow surviving.

William M. Baker was educated in public schools, assisted his father in the management and cultivation of his farm, and was an inmate of his parents' home until his marriage, which occurred November 2, 1890. His wife was Miss Sarah A. Evert, bom November 7, 1868, a daughter of Edward and Louise (Schaberg) Evert, both of Pennsylvania ancestry but her mother of German descent. Her father was brought here at the age of two years by William Evert, his father, who settled on a farm of eighty acres in Adams township in 1831, and farmed there until the end of his life. He was a Lutheran, a Democrat and a man of force of character who took a prominent part in affairs of the township in his day. Mr. and Mrs. Baker have three children : Inez M., bom June 21, 1895; Florence L., bom January 23, 1899; and Mildred A., born July 26, 1906. Mr. Baker has taught school seventeen years, usually in his home township, but one term in Thompson township and four terms in other schools. He filled the office of committeeman five years, has held other local offices, and took the census of Adams township in 1900 and again in 1910. He is a stockholder and a director in the Bronson Telephone Company and in the Republic Bank. He is the owner of about forty-one acres of good land. In his political conviction he is an Independent Republican. A member of the Lutheran church, he has fiiled the offices of deacon and Sunday school superintendent, and in all ways has performed his full share in supporting his local organization and promoting its work.

Margaret Schlessman, who married Harmon Baker and became the mother of the immediate subject of this sketch, was of German blood, a daughter of John M. and Mary (Frymuth) Schlessman. Her parents came to Ohio in 1835 and secured a farm of two hundred acres in Adams township, Seneca county, where he died aged fifty-six and she, aged ninety-one. He was a farmer, a basket maker and a wagon maker.

William Pancoast. - Few citizens of Seneca county are better or more honorably known than William Pancoast, who for many years was successfully engaged in the furniture and undertaking business in Republic and who built up one of the substantial enterprises which contributed in no small measure to the prosperity of Scipio township. Now having retired from the more strenuous duties of the business, its details have fallen to the capable management of the son, Carl V. Pancoast, who has the distinction to be the youngest man in Ohio conducting a furniture and undertaking business. William Pancoast is one of the widely known men, and in lodge and other circles plays a prominent part. He belongs to an old American family, and one which has given many patriots to the country.

He was born March 22, 1839, in Wayne county, Ohio, and is the son of James and Mary (Yoder) Pancoast, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania and of Quaker descent. James was the son of Mortimer and Mary (Mayers) Pancoast, and Mortimer Pancoast was the son of an Englishman who in 1680 crossed the blue Atlantic to gain greater freedom in America. He lived to a great old age, dying in 1776. James Pancoast was the first of the name to come to Ohio. He arrived in the year 1840 and located in Wayne county. He had been a soldier in the Indian wars. He married in Pennsylvania and became the father of a large family of children, five. Carter, Mary, Sarah, Elizabeth and Rebecca, being born in Pennsylvania, and five, William, Edward, George, Thomas and the subject, claiming Ohio as their birthplace. All the subject's brothers were soldiers in the Civil war, giving their valiant service to the cause of the Union.

William Paneoast resided under the home roof until the be- ^nning of the Civil war plunged the country into darkness and devastation, and he enlisted in Company G, Twenty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, his immediate oflScer being Captain Way. For a little over three years he fought under the stars and stripes and in June, 1864, was mustered out as orderly sergeant and discharged. William Paneoast arrived in Ohio at an early enough day to find the Indian still lingering ere he was swept finally westward by the onward march of civilization. He was personally acquainted with the well-known Indian, Joel Gorrott, and his mother, and Mr. Paneoast had it from the latter *s own lips that she had assisted in gathering the faggots used in the burning of Colonel William Crawford in Wyandot county. Her son Joel was interpreter for the white men in the county mentioned.

After the war Mr. Paneoast was married to Mary Miller, bom July 17, 1841, the daughter of Abraham and Jane Chamberlain Miller, natives of New York and New Jersey, respectively. Abraham was the first of the Miller family to come to Ohio, Mary being twenty months old at the time. He was a blacksmith and after locating at Republic he there pursued his trade. There were the following children in the Miller family: Mary, Daniel, Felicia, Annis, John, Henry and Edward. Henry, at the time of the Rebellion, was in service in Company H of the One Hundred and First Ohio Volunteer Infantry.

In 1872 Mr. Paneoast took up the furniture and undertaking business, and by sound and assertive business methods, modern ideas and probity in his dealings, built up an excellent permanent trade. He has since sold his interest in the concern to his son Carl. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Paneoast have been born ^ve children. Bertram, bom in July, 1866, is now a resident of California, where in Los Angeles he is engaged in the real estate business. He chose as his wife Miss Nan Swordfeger, of Nebraska. Carl V. was bom June 23, 1879, and his business associations have been previously mentioned. Edith is the wife of C. J. Cummings, of Prospect, Ohio, who answers the double calling of agriculturist and hardware merchant. Bessie is the wife of Dr. S. C. Wagner, of Wakarusa, Indiana. Florence is the wife of Edward Frash, of Youngstown, Ohio. All received their education in the excellent public schools of Republic and Carl enjoyed the additional advantages of instruction in Columbus and Cincinnati.

Mr. Paneoast is a loyal Republican, and one whose loyalty consists in deeds as well as in words. He has proved his faithfulness and efficiency in public office and has in fact held every township office. He was a member of the school board for nine years and a member of the village council for a long term. He is a Mason of prominence and popularity and has held all the chairs in the order, as well as some of those in the Grand Army of the Republic, of which he is a member. He is likewise affiliated with the Sons of Malta. Mr. Paneoast has been identified with Masonry since 1866 and has found no small amount of pleasure in his relations with this ancient and august order. He was nine years justice of the peace and is notary public at present.

The subject has witnessed great change and development in this section of Ohio, while assisting in the same. Among the interesting people whose acquaintance he has possessed were the missionaries, Bussell Bigelow, John Thompson, John C. Pointer, Rev. Mr. Qanit and an Indian, Between-the-Logs.

Carl V. Pancoast, son of William and previously mentioned, received his preliminary education in the schools of Republic and subsequently studied at Cincinnati. Possessing marked musical ability, he studied musie under Professor Tinkey of Toledo and is well cultivated and remarkably gifted in vocal and violin music. He was the youngest man who ever received a license as an undertaker in the state of Ohio and his career as a mortuarian covers a period of thirteen years. ' He I'esided with his parents until his marriage with Roxey Rakestraw, which was celebrated June 23, 1903. Mrs. Pancoast was born July 3, 1879, and is the daughter of Herron and Catherine (Cramer) Rakestraw, natives of Youngstown, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, respectively. They located in Reed township and the father was one of the most prominent officials in the county, besides being a substantial property owner, having several large farms in Reed township. Among the public duties entrusted to him was the county commissionership, which he held for nine years.

Carl V. Pancoast, like his father, is prominently identified with the Masonic order, in which he has held all the chairs, holding the office of junior warden at the present time. Both he and his wife are affiliated with the Eastern Star. Both are consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal church and take an active part in its affairs. He is interested in public affairs and subscribes to the articles of faith of the Republican party.

Joseph Hilsinger. - Within the pages of this work will be found specific mention of many sterling citizens who are native sons of Seneca county and who have here passed their entire lives, becoming identified with the industrial activities of this section of the state and gaining success through their well directed efforts. Of this number is the subject of the sketch, who is one of the progressive and highly esteemed farmers of Scipio township, and whose three hundred and forty well improved and highly cultivated acres are among the most desirable hereabout. Mr. Hilsinger was born January 20, 1841, in Scipio township, on the old family homestead. His parents were Joseph and Mary M. (Rarrich) Hilsinger, the father a native of the Black Forest of Germany and the mother of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, she being likewise of the nationality which produced her husband. Joseph Hilsinger, the elder, crossed the blue Atlantic in 1825, and located for a time in the city of Philadelphia, and afterward removed to AUentown, Pennsylvania, where he resided for a time and pursued his vocation, which was that of a jeweler. Upon coming to this county he located north of Republic about two and one-half miles, this being in the year 1834. He became the possessor of an eighty acre farm and here lived until his death. To Mr. and Mrs. Hilsinger were born three children. Sarah became the wife of David Critz and

Mr. Hilsinger passed his eariy years upon his father's farm and received his education in the public schools and in the academy at Republic. In 1861 he laid the foundation of a happy married life by his union with Catherine Smith, daughter of David Smith and a native of Pennsylvania. Their union was fruitful of four children, David, the eldest, now in Republic, Ohio ; Nora, who married Byron Wyant, of Bellevue ; Calvin, who is engaged in the banking business in Toronto, Ohio; and Clara, wife of E. C. Fox, of Tiffin.

After his marriage Mr. Hilsinger assumed the management of the old home place and he has added to the land until he is to be numbered among the considerable property owners. . Besides the three hundred and forty acres in Scipio township he owns a good deal of property in Oklahoma City, and has just returned from looking after his interests. Politically he subscribes to the articles of faith of the Democratic party and has always been greatly interested in church and school affairs in the township, and has held acceptably various public offices on the school board and elsewhere. He is an extensive traveler, particularly in the last few years, and knows well the southwest and eastern states. He is one of the valued members of the Reformed church, and his support is given to all good causes.

Henry Evert, son of Edward and Louise (Schaberg) Evert, was born February 8, 1866. His father was a native of Pennsylvania and his mother was a native of Germany. He came to Seneca county in 1833, making the journey from his old home by wagon, in company with his parents and other members of their family. He married April 17, 1856, and engaged in farming. His wife bore him nine children, the following items concerning whom will be found interesting in this connection : Mary married H. Butz, a farmer in Adams township. William died at the age of nineteen years. Amanda became the wife of Preston Kintner, of Sandusky county. Lena married Hiram Billman and lives in Indiana. Henry lives on his great-grandfather's place in Adams township. Sarah married William Backer, of Adams township. Verda is Mrs. Herbert Baker, of Sandusky. Alvinnie married Charles Matz and lives on one of her father's farms in Adams township. In one line of descent Mr. Evert comes of the Kistler family so well represented in this vicinity. His mother, Louisa Schaberg, was a daughter of Herman Schaberg. Her mother was a Buehholtz. One of his relatives, Catharine Schaberg, lived to the advanced age of ninety-two years.

Henry Evert received his instruction in District No. 2, working summers and attending school in winters. Leaving school at the age of twenty-one years he worked by the month for five years. After his marriage he lived on his father's farm for two years, then purchased a farm in Pleasant township and selling that, removed to their present home. He bought this farm in the year 1900. It consists of sixty acres and is well equipped in every way for sue- cessful cultivation. He built a fine new barn in 1909. His house was erected by his great-grandfather, John Kistler, and old as it is it is well preserved. As a farmer he is successful, raising general crops and always having some good stock. He is a man of public spirit, ever ready to assist to the extent of his ability in the promotion of any measure which will in his opinion benefit his town or county.

Mr. Evert married Miss Minda Ellora Miller October 27, 1897. She is a daughter of J. J. Miller of Adams township, mentioned at considerable length elsewhere in these pages. She attended district school in Adams Centre school building, leaving the same at seventeen and next entered the academy at Greenspring, under the management of Professor Harry Robinson. She has borne her husband one child, Mabel A., bom October 28, 1898. It should be added that Mr. and Mrs. Evert have reared a boy named Ralph W. Reed, who has been a member of their home circle thirteen years. Mr. Evert is identified with the Lutheran church, in the woik of which he is active and generously helpful. In his political views he is a Democrat.

RoMANus R. BouR. - A public spirited and influential citizen of Tiffin, Romanus R. Bour has long been prominent in public life, for twenty-eight consecutive years having been connected with the county auditor's office, the last few years serving as auditor. A son of John Bour, he was born January 19, 1860, in Tiffin, on Sandusky street, and has never wandered very far away, the house in which his birth occurred being plainly seen from his present home. His paternal grandparents were natives of Alsace-Lorraine, now part of the German Empire, and on leaving the Fatherland they came to the United States, and for a while resided in New York City.

John Bour was born October 9, 1835, in New York City. Coming to Seneca county in early life, he was for many years prosperously engaged in business in Tiffin, but about a quarter of a century ago he retired to a farm in Eden township, where he has since lived in comfort and plenty. He married Elizabeth Swope, who was born August 11, 1831, in Canton, Ohio, and of the seven children born of their union six are living, as follows: Edward; Otto; Romanus R. ; Zenobia, wife of John Fiegelist ; Delia, wife of William Wagoner ; and Elnora, wife of Lawrence Spohn.

Brought up in Tiffin, Romanus R. Bour attended St. Mary s Parochial school until fourteen years old, when he entered the Tiffin high school, where he continued his studies three years, afterward attending Heidelberg College two years. He subsequently taught school for a year and a half, after which he assisted his father in business for a year. In 1882 Mr. Bour entered the office of the county auditor, becoming clerk for Francis E. Stoner. The following year he was made deputy auditor, and served under diflFerent auditors, namely Dr. J. A. Norton, William H. Slosser and Lee Nighswander, for upwards of a score of years. In the fall of 1903 Mr. Bour was elected county auditor of Seneca county, and having assumed the responsibility of the office in October, 1904, served until October, 1909, rendering efficient and praiseworthy service in that capacity. In the fall of 1910 he was elected representative for his county in the General Assembly of Ohio.

On May 14, 1884, Mr. Bour was united 4n marriage with Ida M. Strouse, a native of Allentown, Pennsylvania, and they are the parents of seven children, namely : Edwin J., bom November 1, 1885; James Norton, born August 11, 1889; Bertha L, born January 16, 1892; Charles R., born May 8, 1894; Elmer W., born November 3, 1896; Margaret, bom March 10, 1900; and Paul, born June 3, 1902. Mrs. Bour is a melnber of Grace Reformed church, and Mr. Bour and the children are all members of St. Mary's Catholic church. Fraternally Mr. Bour belongs to the Knights of Columbus.

Paul Titus Watson, of Old Fort, Pleasant township, Seneca county, Ohio, was born at Watson Station, that county, November 3, 1883, a son of the late Oliver S. and Flora T. (Titus) Watson, natives of Ohio, born respectively in 1844 and 1853. He began his education in the public school at Watson Station. Then after removing to Old Fort at the age of seven was graduated from the local third grade high school in 1900. From the Tiffin high school he was graduated with the class of 1903 and after that he studied two years at Heidelberg College, Tiffin. He then took up the study of medicine, entering the Ohio Medical University, at Columbus, where he remained for two years. Then he returned home because of his father's poor health.

Mr. Watson was a member of his parents' household, until January 6, 1909, when he was united in marriage with Miss CJemence Hubbard. Mrs. Watson was born March 13, 1886, and is a daughter of Elisha B. and Helen (Sawyer) Hubbard. Her parents, natives of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, respectively, came early to Seneca county and located at Bellevue, whence they soon removed to Tiffin. Mr. Watson began his business life with the Hopple Handle Factory, with which concern he remained two years. . After his marriage he settled on a fine farm, the old Titus homestead, at Old Fort and devoted himself to mixed farming and stockraising and feeding. The farm consists of three hundred and sixty-eight acres, has a good residence and ample outbuildings and is well supplied with modern machinery and appliances.

In his political preferences Mr. Watson is a Democrat. In the matter of church faith he is a member of the Presbyterian church of Tiffin, his wife being an Episcopalian.

A short acount of the Titus family, matemal ancestors of Mr. Watson, is as follows: Curtis Titus and his wife Lucinda (Wildman) Titus and family were natives of Connecticut, who settled in this county in 1833 where Mr. Titus died two years later. Rasselas R. Titus, youngest son of this old settler, was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, July 21, 1819, and came with his parents to Adams township, in Seneca county, in 1833, and in 1841 settled in Pleasant township. April 21, 1844, he was married to Miss Elvira Clark, a resident of Pleasant township and a native of Huron county, Ohio, where she was born May 31, 1820. She was a daughter of Town and Philothe (Case) Claric, natives of New York state, who were married in 1816 in Huron county, Ohio, whither their parents had emigrated in 1812. In 1835 they came to Pleasant township. Town Clark was nominated for the office of legislator and for that early day was considered a very wealthy person, owning something over three hundred acres of land.

The children of Mr. and Mrs. Titus are four daughters, who are living: Augusta L., wife of F. I. Fry; Calena M., wife of A. L. Abbot ; Flora A., wife of Oliver S. Watson ; and Lettie L., wife of Robert Watson. Mr. Titus accumulated nearly one thousand acres of the best land the state affords. He was elected in 1859 upon the state equalization board, a member of the legislature from 1861 to 1865, serving during the war, and always was an active Democrat. Old Fort or New Fort Seneca on the line of the Nickle Plate Railroad was platted in June, 1882, by county surveyor Nighswander, for R. R. Titus and a record of the plat was made in October, 1882. The location is upon the farm of R. R. Titus and upon the site of the old earthworks of that name.

Henry Eboro. - One of the prominent farmers of Old Fort Pleasant township, Seneca county, Ohio, is Henry Eborg, whose contribution to the progress and development of this section of the state has been of the most insistent order. He. was bom in the kingdom of Westphalia, Germany, on the 29th of October, 1865, and is a son of Herman and Catherine (Linneman) Eborg, both of whom passed their entire lives in the old fatherland. Hermto Eborg was identified with agricultural pursuits during the major portion of his active business career and at the age of twenty-two years he assumed the responsibilities of married life. Mr. and Mrs. Eborg became the parents of six children, concerning whom the following brief data are here incorporated : August is deceased ; Henry is the immediate subject of this review ; August, named after the first child, is engaged in farming in Germany ; Fredericka married Herman Schreck and they reside in Reed township, Seneca county; Johanna became the wife of William Schaberg, a farmer in Germany ; and Herman also maintains his home in Germany.

Henry Eborg attended the district schools in (Jermany until he had attained to the age of fourteen years, at which time he hired out as a farm hand, receiving in return for his labors the sum of thirty dollars a year. In 1882 he decided to seek his fortunes in the new world and after bidding farewell to home and friends he embarked for America. He landed in the port of New York city and proceeded immediately to Ohio, locating first near Republic, where he found employment on James Hilsinger's farm. After his marriage, on the 20th of March, 1889, he and his wife continued to work for about eighteen months, at the expiration of which they had accumulated enough money with which to rent a farm in Reed township, this farm being owned by Jerry Neikirk. There they continued to reside for a period of fourteen years, when, in 1907, they established their home in Old Fort Pleasant township, where Mr. Eborg purchased a farm of one hundred and twenty-three aores. This estate is finely improved and everything about the place indicates thrift and industry. Mr. Eborg devotes his attention to diversified agriculture and the raising of high-bred cattle, his specialty being the Durham brand. In politics Mr. Eborg accords a staunch allegiance to the Democratic party and he and his wife are devout members of the German Reformed church, in whose faith they were reared. In 1905 Mr. Eborg paid a visit to his old home in Germany, spending about six weeks amidst the scenes of his youth and renewing old friendships.

On the 20th of March, 1889, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Eborg to Miss Minnie Barlekamp, who is likewise a native of Germany, whence she came to America, in company with her parents, when fourteen years of age. She was bom on the 16th of December, 1863, and is a daughter of Frederick and Eliza (Cepker) Barlekamp, the latter of whom is deceased and the former of whom now resides near Fremont, he being seventy-eight years of age. Mr. and Mrs, Eborg have four children: William H., born June 9, 1890; Alvin H., born April 19, 1892; Earnest' F., born April 30, 1896; and Berniee C, bom April 12, 1898. All of the children remain at the parental home.

George E. Gooding. - This prosperous citizen of Seneca county has lived on his fine farm of eighty* acres in Adams township for more than five years. He was born August 13, 1868, in this township, a' son of Josiah and Mary A. (Petticord) Gooding. Much that is interesting concerning the family of Gooding will be found in a sketch in this work of the life of Herbert A. Gooding, and in this connection the reader is referred to that article.

George E. Gooding was educated in the common school near his boyhood home, learned farming as boy and man, assisting his father, and remained under the paternal rooftree until his marriage. He married Anna Newhouse December 3, 1894, and they have two children : Milo C, bom May 12,« 1896, and Albert R., born July 5, 1907. Mrs. Gooding was bom March 8, 1874, in Adams township a daughter of Henry and Catharine (Tucehbert) Newhouse, natives of Germany, who came to the United States about 1866, locating at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, where they remained for a time. Eventually they made their way to Ohio and secured and improved a farm in Adams township, Seneca county, where they quickly took rank among the best people. Their children were named Fred, Sophie, Sadie, Henry, Harmon, Dena, August, Nora, Anna and Emma.

Mr. Gooding is a member of the Reformed church, devout in his participation in its services and generous in his support of all its various interests. Politically he is a Republican, in all national affairs solicitous for the success of its principles, its leaders and its measures ; in local politics he favors the election of the best men to office regardless of political bias. He is especially interested in the public school system, and his influence has always been exerted toward its advancement and its substantial betterment. Indeed, so great is his public spirit that he can be counted on to help all good home interests so far as is possible.

Lafayette Kistler, born June 6, 1857, is a son of David and Lydia (Kistler) Kistler, natives of Seneca county. David was a son of Michael Kistler, whose father, Michael Kistler, was a native of Pennsylvania. The latter came to Ohio late in the eighteenth century and secured eighty acres of land from the government. He married a German woman and had six children. His son Michael married a Lind and had eight children. His son David was born September 11, 1834, and married Lydia Kistler August 14, 1856. She was born April 12, 1833, and she bore her husband children as follows : Lafayette, at the date above given ; Amanda J., January 12, 1859; David, March 7, 1861; Sallie A., December 3, 1863; Julia A., June 16, 1865; Eli, December 3, 1866; Lydia A., September 4, 1869; Michael, October 10, 1871.

The immediate subject of this notice was educated in district schools and was a member of his parents' household until his marriage. He married Anna D. Setzler March 5, 1881. She has borne him three children: Minnie, September 25, 1883; Loy D., July 17, 1889; and Roscoe L., November 10, 1893. After his marriage Mr. Kistler began farming on his own account, and he has for the most part been so employed continuously to the present time. He has a fine farm of one hundred and thirty-three acres, well improved, well stocked and provided with modern essentials to successful cultivation. He gives his attention principally to mixed farming. He is a member and he and his family are attendants upon the services of the Lutheran church, toward the varied interests of which he is so friendly that he is one of the most liberal contributors to their support. He is also a teacher in its Sunday school. Politically he is an independent Democrat. He was for five years a member of the township school board and officially and otherwise did all in his power to advance the schools in efficiency and usefulness. His own children he has afforded as good educational facilities as were at his command. His daughter Minnie, educated in the district school and at Bellevue, was graduated at the early age of fourten years, received a teacher's certificate at sixteen and is now in her ninth year as a successful teacher. Loy D. attended school number four. Roscoe L. was a student there also and passed the Boxwell examination with the class of 1909, which included twenty-three members. Mrs. Kistler was born March 10, 1859, in Thompson township, Seneca county, a daughter of John and Mary (Haas) Setzler, natives of Germany, who came to Ohio in 1834 and settled on a farm in Brew township, Huron county. It is a matter of family history that they were three months on board an old fashioned sailing vessel making the voyage from the Fatherland to the land of their adoption. It should be explained that Henry and Elizabeth Setzler, Mrs. Kistler 's grandparents in the paternal line, came, bringing their children, of whom John Setzler, her father, was one, and that Jacob and Dorothy (Barringer) Hass came, with their family, at the same time, the latter also locating in Brew township. Huron county. At that time John Setzler was about ten years old. George Kistler was the founder of the family of Kistler in America. Our subject's home was a station of the ** underground railway, '* the regular

In a suggestive way this brief family history is one of the most interesting in this big volume. It is a story of Germans who came to the United States and made it as truly their land as had been their beloved Fatherland. It is a story of self-made men who wrought success out of bare pioneer opportunities and helped to make a wilderness to bloom as the rose. It is a story of the general progress of our country in which all alike have profited according to their enterprise and their industry. Especially is it a story that should have the attention of young men just entering upon the battle of life.

Isaac P. Betts. - One of the most sightly homes and one of the most modem in its vi<*inity, if not in the whole county, is the residence of Isaac P. Betts, erected in Adams township at an expense of about five thousand dollars. It is a fine structure of modem stvle, the conception of an artistic architect, its hardwood floors and other interior woodwork being finished in oil. It is provided with a complete water system, involving bath, toilet, wash and laundrv' rooms, the laundry room being accessible from all parts of the house for the delivery of bundles by means of chutes communicating with all floors. With this elegant domicile Mr. Betts' productive farm is in keeping, being cultivated by Mr. Betts and an assistant in accordance with up to date methods and provided with the latest inventions in the way of implements and appliances for successful operation.

Isaac P. Betts was bom in Liberty township, Seneca county, March 28, 1857, a son of Michael and Catherine (Bish) Betts, natives respectively of Pairfield countv. Ohio, and of the state of New York. His father, who was a millwriirht, located on the bank of the stream known as Wolf creek, built a mill, opened a farm and began without delay to busy himself at lumber manufacturing and farming. The land he acquired was a tra^^t of one hundred and forty acres that had been entered by a Mr. Corn. The son was educated at district schools near his boyhood home and lived under his father's roof, assisting him in his varied labors, till he married and was ready to establish a home for himself. He married Miss Almyra King. Her parents were Phillip and Angevine (Sheets) King, natives respectively of Perry county, Ohio, and of Maryland. Mr. Betts dispenses a generous hospitality and is personally very interesting and entertaining. Public spirited in the extreme, he is always in the front ranks of those who would advance the interests of the township or of the county. His political vievrs are broad and essentially patriotic. His father will go down in history as having given his name to the town of Bettsville in this state.

Levi Weiker. - A representative agriculturist of Scipio township, Seneca county, Ohio, is Levi Weiker, who was bom on the 18th of Pebmarv, 1848, a son of Joseph and Nancy (Hawkins) Weiker, the place of his birth being Adams township. Joseph Weiker was bom in Pennsylvania, whence he accompanied his parents, Jacob and Mary Weiker, to Ohio in the year 1839. They located on a farm in Adams township, this county, and Joseph early became associated with his father in clearing and cultivating this estate. He resided at the parental home until his marriage to Miss Nancy Hawkins, who was born in Virginia but reared in Maryland. They became the parents of twelve children : John, Sarah, Jacob, David, Isaac, Valentine, Emanuel, Levi, Hannah, Anna, George and Jonah.

Levi Weiker availed himself of the advantages aflPorded in the district schools of Seneca county and after his marriage, in 1872, he resided for a time with his father on the old homestead in Adams township. In 1882 Mr. Weiker bought their present farm of seventy-four acres. When they first took up this farm it was covered with woods but they gradually cleared it and they now have one of the finest farms in the county, their spacious residence and barns being of the most modern constniction. About 1885 Mr. Weiker had erected on the farm a mill in which he manufactures cider wine and jelly, he having ground up many thousands of bushels of apples. The father of Mr. Weiker used to saw lumber with the old pin wheel mill, which was built in 1828. At one time it was destroyed by fire but it was reconstructed in 1834 and is still in use.

On the 2l8t of November, 1872, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Weiker to Miss Magdelene J. Shorger, a daughter of Valentine and Barbria (Patic) Shorger both of whom were bom in Germany, emigrating to America in an early day. Mr. and Mrs. Shorger were married in New York and after coming to Ohio they located in Adams township, the father being a shoemaker by trade. Some time after his arrival in Seneca county he purchased a farm of eighty acres and had a family of thirteen children: George, Mary, Magdelene, William, Philip, John, Elbert, Gust, George (the first George having died), Elizabeth, Hannah, Nora, and Wallace, eight of whom are now living. Mr. and Mrs. Weiker became the parents of eleven children, one of whom is deceased. The names and respective dates of birth of the above mentioned children are here incorporated: Benjamin P., January 6, 1874; Joseph V.. May 21, 1875; Lena E., Pebruary 1, 1877; John O., August 2, 1878; Cora M., September 21, 1881; Perry E., January 26, 1883; Nettie J., December 29, 1884; Lottie, A.. April 10, 1887; Minnie M., September 16, 1888; A. Levi, November 4, 1890; and Oscar J., November 14, 1893. All of the above children were aflPorded excellent educational advantages, having attended the district and high school at Republic. Lena and Joseph V. were graduated in Heidelberg College, at Tiflfin, and were engaged in teaching for a time. Joseph V. attended college at Ada and Oscar J. is now a student in the high school at Republic. Six of the children are married and concerning them the following brief data are here incorporated : Benjamin P. married Abbie Alford on the 25th of November, 1898, and they have one child, Agnes, who was bom on the 22d of December, 1899 ; Joseph V. wedded Jessie Miller ; Lena is the wife of Russell Miller and they have two children, Vernon D., bom August 26, 1903, and Doris P., born Pebmary 4, 1905 ; Cora is. the wife of Dan Cole and they have one boy, Carrol P., bom February 28, 1909 ; Nettie married Orvis Kretsinger and they have one son, Francis M., bom February 9, 1908 ; and Perry E. married Blanch He'hart February 12, 1911, at Bloomville, Seneca county.

Levi Weiker is a Democrat in his political proclivities and he has contributed in no small measure to the proprress and development of this section of Seneca county. He is a loyal and public spirited citizen and ever ^ves his aid in support of all movements advanced for the jreneral welfare of the community. He is affiliated with various fraternal and social organizations of representative character and he is a member of the Reformed church, his wife holdinjT membership in the Lutheran church.

Benjamin F. Weiker, eldest son of the subject of this review, married Abbie M. Alford, as previously noted. She was born on the 20th of June, 1880, a dauofhter of Isaac and Ruth (Vanetta) Alford. They were members of the Reformed church at Bloomville, takinp: an active interest in the same. Benjamin F. Weiker is a carpenter by trade and he continued to be occupied with that business until 1904, at which time he launched the Republic flour mill. This well conducted establishment has a volume of about seventy thousand bushels of wheat per year, from which the various brands of flour are manufactured, the Weiker Eldorado turning out about fifteen hundred barrels of flour annually. Benjamin F. re'-eived his educational training: in the public schools of Seneca county, as did also his wife. They are devout members of the Reformed church of Adams township and he is a Democrat in his political adherency. He has ^iven most efficient service as a member of the school board and as a member of the villagre council. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in which he has passed the various official chairs. He is an enersretic and progressive business man and has a widespread reputation for fair and honorable methods and stei'linp: intej^ity.

Daniel L. Miller, born May 1, 1858. is a son of J. J. and Sarah (Robenalt) Miller, natives respectively of the state of New York and of Ohio. He lived with his parents till his marriage. His wife was Miss Mary Butz, daughter of Edward and Jane (Kistler) Butz, natives of Pennsvlvania, who came to Seneca county in the davs of pioneeriner. Her grandfather when he came moved into the woods and tried to start a farm, but for some time was unable to make a living, so he and his wife separated temporarily, each seeking work. Mr. and Mrs. Miller were married December 30, 1880, and have five children: Earnest, bom ]\farch 15, 1882: Orrin, born December 24, 1883; Alton, born Def'ember 20. 1885; Roscre, born October 21, 1889; and Wade, bom O^'tober 11. 1891. Ros'*o and Wade were educated at public schools near their home and the latter passed the Boxwell examination. After his marriage Mr. Miller began farming for himself on his father's farm, and lived there eight vears. In 1889 he bought fiftv acres and later a hundred and sixtv acres. He gives ?»ttention verv profitablv to general farming and to stock breeding, in which he has been markedly successful. Beginning as a poor man, he has made for himself a competency. He is a member of St. Jacob's Reformed church, one of the leading religious institutions in his vicinity, active and generous in support of all its varied interests. In his political affiliations he is a Democrat, reserving the right to independence. Interested in public education, he has cheerfully and very ably served his townsmen as a member of the school board.

J. J. Miller, father of the immediate subject of this notice, was bom in the empire state February 21, 1829, and was brought to Ohio by his parents, Daniel W. and Anna (Bergstresser) Miller, in 1836. They located in Adams township, Seneca county, on two hundred and forty acres of land bought of Daniel Rule, and on that farm the parents lived out their days, the father dying at the advanced age of eighty-six years, without having been sick a day in all his life until his fatal illness, which began three days before his death. He was a member of the Lutheran church, generously helpful in its support and devout in his attendance upon its worship. A Democrat, he was loyal to his party and to his country, for the freedom of which his ancestor, Daniel Miller, had fought in the Revolutionary war so valiantly that he won the attention of General Washington and was chosen from among many others to be the patriot commander's cook. Daniel was a weaver by trade, and there are preserved by his descendants specimens of his handiwork, fine cloths in good preservation which he manufactured from warp and woof made by his wife from raw material by means of the old fashioned carder, spinning wheel and reel.

J. J. Miller passed his boyhood days on a farm in a new country, learning a good deal about farming by hard experience. In the winter, when he could be spared, he went to a district school three miles away, walking sometimes through deep mud, often through snow from a foot to a foot and a half deep, finding the journey twice a day very tiresome but persevering, for what he hoped to gain by such hardship. His recollections of other pioneer experiences are vivid. Among the relics of those days that he has preserved is one of the first wagons built in this part of the country - one of the old *' crotch skein" affairs, with linchpins to hold the wheels on. When he was sixteen he began to learn the cooper's trade. Much of his time till 1852 was spent on his father's place, however. In that year he went overland to California, in the hope that he would win success as a gold miner. He left Independence, Mo., with a wagon train and was one hundred and one days in completing a journey memorable for its dangers and vicissitudes. About two thirds of the way out from Independence he was left in the desert to die of thirst and exhaustion, he being ill and unable to travel. He had a companion in misery not quite so far gone who scouted ahead and found some water that was being sold at two dollars and a half a gallon by some enterprising wayfaring pirates who were temporarily absent from their stock-in-trade. Mr. Miller's comrade went back and brought Mr. ]\riller to the place, not without some difficulty, for by this time the latter was bleeding from the mouth, his throat parched and crack- ing. The man thus providentially and singularly saved tdls that he drank of that confiscated water till he was nauseated. It revived him. however, and he was able to make his way to the site of Carson City, Nevada, where he built the first house, a primitive structure, for Kit Carson, the great scout and Indian fighter, for whom the place was subsequently named. After completing that work he went on to California, where he found employment with a contractor in digging for gold at five dollars a day. Later he. took up mining on his own account and was satisfactorily successful. In 1854 he returned to Ohio, and October 17, 1858, bought forty acres of land in Adams township, on which he lived till he moved to Greenspring and which he still calls his **home." At Greenspring he has a fine village house. Prom time to time he has made other purchases of land until he owns two hundred and four acres. A part of his town property is a lot of about an acre, on which, at the age of eighty-two years, he is successfully gardening, raising vegetables as noteworthy for their size and excellence as for their variety. He married Miss Sarah Robenalt in 1855 September 1, the anniversary of her birth in 1837. She was a daughter of Sol and Catharine (Powell) Robenalt. She died in 1909, having borne her husband children as follows: Ida J., wife of A. R. Young, a prominent citizen of Greenspring, was bom in the year 1856; Warren P., was born March 15, 1857; Daniel L., was born May 1, 1858; Delia A., was born April 1, 1861 ; Noble A., was bom November 29, 1863; Almarinda, was bom May 12, 1867; Mary B., was born August 3, 1870; Minda, wife of Henry Everett was born October 19, 1875; Jacob P., was bom May 29, 1879. As a Democrat of independent leanings, Mr. Miller was elected township trustee and member of the school board. He is identified with the Lutheran church.

Brantley B. McKibben - A native son of Seneca county, Ohio, where he was born and reared to maturity and where he is now engaged in the great basic art of agriculture as manager of the home farm for his widowed mother, Brantley B. McKibben is a son of John B. and Etta (Armatage) McKibben, the former of whom was likewise a native of this county, where he was born on the 11th of October, 1854, and the latter of whom was bom February 13, 1863. John B. McKibben attended the district schools of Seneca countv for about three months each vear until he was eighteen years of age, at which time he entered the Normal school at Republic, Ohio. Thereafter he attended the Normal school at Valparaiso, Indiana, for a period of three years, at the expiration of which he removed to Marion county, Illinois, where he engaged in farming. Three years later he returned to Seneca county and in 1883 was solemnized his marriage to Miss Etta Armatage concerning whose family further data will be given in a following paragraph. In 1885 Mr. McKibben removed with his family to Independence, Kansas, and after a three years' sojourn there he took up his residence in Tiffin, Ohio, where he entered the employment of the United States Glass Works. He was identified with the interests of this concern for seven years and in

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1895 he again turned his attention to agricultural pursuits on his farm he purchased in Reed township and where he was summoned to eternal rest on the 20th of January, 1910, the cause of his death being cancer of the pancreas. He is survived by his cherished and devoted wife and eight children, namely: Eugene E., who was born on the 22nd of October, 1885, married Miss Bertha Spicer and they reside at Bryan, Ohio; Dessie B., born October 23, 1889; Nova, born November 20, 1892; Elizabeth C, bom March 21, 1895; John J., born September 28, 1898; Alice E., born July 3, 1900; Orville 0., born August 19, 1905; all remain at the parental home; and Brantley B., the immediate subject of this review.

Elizabeth Armatage, the maternal grandmother of him whose name initiates this article, resides in Seneca county and she has attained to the ripe old age of seventy-seven years. The Armatage family was established in Seneca county in the early pioneer days and is one of prominence in this section of the state. John W. and Elizabeth Armatage became the parents of the following children : Wesley J. Armatage, who resides in Attica with his mother ; George H. Armatage, who married Rebecca Friedley, resides in Crawford county; Alvin R. Armatage, married Celia Stigmeyer; Charles H. Armatage married Alice Smith, and they maintain their home in Venice township; Lewis A. Armatage was united in marriage to Hannah Moore and lives in Venice township, residing on the home place; Ervin W. Armatage, who married Minnie Daugherty, resides in Venice township; Loreta Armatage, who is the wife of Albert Lanbach, resides in Venice township; and Etta J., is the mother of the subject of this review. Mrs. McKibben is nobly carrying on the work of rearing her children, and, as was her husband, is honored and respected wherever known.

Brantley B. McKibben, whose birth occurred on the 5th of May, 1884, availed himself of the advantages of the public schools of Tiffin and he was graduated in the high school at Attica as a member of the class of 1906. Thereafter he entered the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company in the capacity of brakeman on the Toledo division. In 1908 he severed his connection with the railroad company in order to accept a position with the B. P. Goodrich Rubber Works at Akron, Ohio. After serving one year as traveling salesman for this concern he returned to the old homestead farm, to whose work and management he now devotes his entire time and attention. In politics he is aligned as a stanch supporter of the principles and policies for which the Republican party stands sponsor and he is essentially progressive and public spirited in his civic attitude, giving his aid and influence in support of all measures and enterprises tending to advance the general welfare of the county. He is associated with various fraternal and social organizations of representative character and he holds a secure vantage ground in popular confidence and esteem. He holds membership in the Methodist Episcopal church at Tiffin, as do also his mother and his brothers and sisters.

Arthur Billiard - One of the popular and well-known citizens of Flat Rock is Arthur Billiard, who owns and operates a barber shop here. He was born June 4, 1877, in Leeds, York county, England, and is the son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Otter) Billiard. The birthdates of the parents were September 5, 1847 and September 8, 1847, respectively. The father was bound out at the ajje of fourteen to work on a. farm until he became twentyone. At the termination of this period he came to Leeds, England, where for a time he engaged as a longshoreman. He later secured a position as a transferman on a railroad, in which capacity he continued for a dozen years. He then came to America with his family, the time of the migration being June, 1882, when the subject was a young lad. The voyage was unusually stormy and they were nineteen days out owing to icebergs encountered. The newcomers first located at Baltimore, Maryland, but in a short time found it expedient to come on to Seneca county, where they located at Attica in Reed township. Near this village they rented a farm and resided upon it for a number of years, the mother dying meantime and leaving a husband and three children. In 1892, by the exercise of thrift, the father found himself in a position to buy an eighty acre farm, for which he and his sons paid in a short time. Mr. Billiard 's brother, John W., a resident of Omar, Reed township, married Mrs. Effie Kantz, and his sister, Lily, wife of Joseph Nogles, of Attica, is the mother of two children, named Ruby and George.

The subject resided with his father until his twenty-fourth year, when he located at Clyde, and for one year was associated with Dr. E. W. Baker in the capacity of a driver. He then removed to Plat Rock and established a barber shop, which he has ever since conducted, building up a thriving and ever increasing patronage. On August 3, 1905, he laid the foundation of a happy home life by his marriage to Mabel Rubard, bom November 23, 1885, the daughter of Dr. George and Anna (Burgner) Rubard, the father a native of Ohio and the mother of Indiana. The mother's parents, the Burgners, were natives of Switzerland, who left that country in 1794 and came down the River Rhine to Amsterdam, Holland, where they embarked for America, landing after the long voyages of those days, at the city of Philadelphia. There were three brothers, David, Christ and Peter, the latter being the great-grandfather of Mrs. Billiard. Her grandfather, Jacob Burgner, w^as the first of the name to come to Ohio, locating at Canton, Stark countA\ July 2, 1812. He made the journey by wagon, bringing his family with him, and being threatened by all the perils which beset the pioneer. They brought with them the old family Bible, weighing fifteen pounds, this volume having been purchased at Frankfort-on-the-Maine at a cost of fifty dollars. This, containing the family record, is now one of the treasures of the Richard's library of Fremont, Sandusky county.

Mrs. Billiard 's father was born December 2, 1847, on the old family homestead near Thompson Center, the son of Edward and Eve (Harpster) Rubard, natives of New Jersey. Edward Rubard twice made the journey from New Jersey to Ohio, the second time on foot. It is a rather romantic circumstance that when he first met his wife, whose name was Eva Harpster she did not understand the English language nor he the German, and they taught each other their respective languages. The mother of the subject's wife was born at BluflPton, Indiana, February 9, 1861, the names of her parents being David and Elizabeth (Cowels) Burgner. The father died shortly after her birth, on December 14, 1863, the mother surviving until July 2, 1902.

Dr. Rubard, who is one of the well known practitioners hereabouts, had excellent educational advantages, pursuing his preliminary medical studies under the tutlelage of Dr. Sandmeister and graduating from the Cincinnati Medical College in February, 1871. He first located at Bellevue and he was married at Flat Rock, February 10, 1883. They have three children, Mrs. Billiard being the eldest. Her sister Gertrude is a stenographer and is located in Buffalo, New York, in the employ of the Erie Traction Company. William is in Indianapolis, where he is engaged as a chauflPeur.