Springfield Township (part 32 of 69)

Dr. Elijah T. Collins was born on a farm near Moorefield, Clark County, Ohio, January 12, 1818, and was engaged in the practice of medicine throughout his active career. As above noted he married Sarah Louise Houston, who was bom in the same house as the subject of this sketch, and who was a daughter of Dr. Robert Houston. The latter came from Kentucky' when a boy and engaged in the practice of medicine in South Charleston. He built the home in which Dr. Collins now resides and gave it to the latter 's mother upon her marriage. He married a Miss Pierce of Troy, Ohio, and had ten children. Elijah T. Collins was a man distinguished for his scholarly attainments. A man of deep thought and a philosopher, he gave to the public the benefit of his many years of research and investigation in numerous carefully prepared "and well written articles. His psychological research resulted in the publication of a book written by him entitled "The Soul," which is widely read and is in the library at Springfield.

Dr. M. H. Collins is the sole survivor of a family of eight children born to his parents. After a careful preparatory training, the doctor followed in the footsteps of his father and grandfather by engaging in the practice of medicine. He met with a high degree of success during his active practice, and numbered among his patients many of the leading families of this section of the county. He is now living in retirement at South Charleston, but still looks after his property interests here and in Illinois, where he owns land. Dr. Collins has never married. He is a Republican in politics, whilst religiously he is a member of the Methodist Church

GEORGE W. DTLLAHUNT, road superintendent of ]\Iad River Township and a prominent general farmer, was born August 17, 1854, on his father's farm in this township, and is a son of Alexander N. and Hannah (Maloue) Dillahunt.

Alexander Dillahunt was born on the eastern shore of Maryland and was the eighth in a family of nine children. When he was small, his parents, "William and Melcha (Gooden) Dillahunt, removed to Franklin County, Pennsylvania, where the father died when Alexander was but nine years old. William was too young to enter the army during the Revolutionary AYar. but had one brother who fought under Gen. Anthony Wayne, and another who returned from the war shortly after Braddoek's defeat. After Alexander's marriage to Hannah Malone, who was born near Baltimore, he operated a flourmill for some time in Maryland. His brother, George Dillahunt, came to Ohio in 1853, and in April, the following year, Alexander followed and settled in Clark County, buying a farm of one hundred and sixty-four acres in Mad River Township. He later purchased more land and had at one time two hundred and nineteen acres, part of which is now owned by his son, George W. He died on this farm in January, 1887, and his widow survived him until January, 1898. They had a familv of twelve childi'en.

George W. Dillahunt was reared on his father's farm in Mad River Township and attended the district schools during the winter months after the corn was safely in the granary. He remained on the farm until after his marriage. During many years he was engaged in fruit growing, but more recently his time has been devoted to general farming and in attending to his duties as road superintendent. His farm lies on both sides of the Dayton Pike, about three miles west of Springfield.

Mr. Dillahunt was married on Christmas day, 1877, to Emily Hebble, a daughter of Dr. Joseph and Elizabeth Hebble. Six children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Dillahunt, namely: Mabel, who teaches in the Mad River Township schools, is a graduate of the Springfield High School, and also attended Wittenberg College for some time ; Clarence, who is an electrical engineer in the mines at Jasonville, Indiana, who was married in August, 1907. to Esther Curry; Gertrude, who teaches in the Mad River Town- .ship schools, and is a graduate of the Enon High School; Joseph H., who died April 8, 1905, aged twenty years ; George W., Jr., a graduate of the Enon High School, who taught for two years and at present is taking a course in the mechanical department of the Ohio State IFniversity; and Pauline, who is a graduate of the Enon High School and is taking a post-graduate course at Enon.

Mr. Dillahunt has been a member of the School Board since 1888, and has been president of that body for twelve years. He has served as road supendsor since 1889 and is now superintendent of roads. Politically, he is an independent voter.

ISAAC ULERY, proprietor of the oldest established hardware store in New Carlisle, Ohio, has been a life-long resident of Clark County, and was born April o, 1862, on the old home place three miles north- of New Carlisle. He is a son of George and Mary (Fundeberg) Ulery.

John Ulery, grandfather of Isaac, was born near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, a son of Daniel Ulery, who was a native of Wurtemberg, Germany, and one of the early settlers of Pennsylvania. Upon first coming to Ohio, John Ulery located in the woods near Dayton and cleared a great deal of land in the vicinity of that city. He subsequently returned to Pennsylvania and after the Indian War brought his family to Ohio in wagons and settled in the woods near New Carlisle, where he and his wife Elizabeth spent the rem.ainder of their days, both passing away in advanced age. They were the parents of five children: John, Jacob, George, Phoebe, and Nancy, the latter of whom is still living at the age of ninety years.

George Ulery, father of Isaac, was ([uite young when his parents came to Ohio. His boyhood home was an old log house and he helped clear a large tract of the surrounding land. He followed farming through life and became a minister of the Brethren in Christ Church. He was joined in marriage with Mary Fundeberg, whose parents were also early settlers of Clark County. To them were born nine children: Elizabeth, died aged eleven years: Samuel; William; .John, deceased; Mary, deceased, was the wife of Samuel Walters; Isaac; Ezra; Lucinda, died aged three years; and George, who lives on the old home place, (jeorge Ulery died in 1881, aged about fifty years, and is survived by his widow who lives on the home place.

Isaac Ulery was reared on the home farm and attended the district schools of the township. At the age of fifteen his father died and as the other children were married and had left home, he took charge of the farm, and the responsibilities then assumed, although heavy at the time, proved a very valuable experience for him. After his marriage he worked in a pump factory at New Carlisle for a year and a half, then returned to the farm for five years. Subsequently he returned to New Carlisle and embarked in a hardware business in a small way, in one small room, having about a wagon load of stock. He continued in that room for about five years, when he moved to a larger room at his present location. Five years later he was burned out. When he resumed business he increased his stock, and has since occupied three rooms on the main floor of the building on Main Street, carrying an extensive line of paints, harness, seed, stoves and farming implements.

Mr. ITlery was married in July, 1883, to Luella Bailey, a daughter of James and Levina (Brandel) Bailey, and to their union have been born two children: Loureta, who married Charles Bucher; and Russell.

pointed trustee of the proposed Clark (.'ounty Memorial Building by Gov. Harris. He is a member and trustee of the Brethren in Christ Church.

HARVEY BOWERS, one of the leading farmers of German Township, where he owns seventy acres which lie on the old Troy road, about five and one-quarter miles northwest of Springfield, was born in Shenandoah County, Virginia, August 4, 1843, and he is a son of Reuben and Mary (Hollar) Bowers.

The grandfather, Philip Bowers, came from Virginia to Ohio in 1830, settling on a farm north of Lawrenceville, on which he died in 1889. The parents of Mr. Bowers, however, never came to Ohio, the mother passing away in Virginia, on ('hristmas day, 1860. The father remained in the old home, where he died in 1883.

Harvey Bowers was reared in Virginia and before he came to Ohio, in 1869, had learned the carpenter trade and this he followed for some eight or ten years at Springfield, after locating in Clark County. He was one of the organizers and original stockholders in the Springfield Planing Mill and I^umber Company. He continued to be interested in this enterprise for a number of years and also followed contracting at Springfield. He then bought a farm, which he subsequently sold, lived several years on a rented farm of four hundred acres, in Champaign County, but on January 14, 1904, he returned to the farm he had acquired in German Township, on which he has carried on general farming, having been retired from carpenter work and contracting since 1B91. He has a fine property which he manages with great success.

Mr. Bowers was married (first) to Theresa Stevenson, who died without issue. He was married (second) in 1888, to Mrs. Anna A. (Stevenson) Cook, a widow, whose son, J. Walter Cook, still rents the large farm in Champaign County, which Mr. Bowers formerly conducted. Mrs. Bowers is a. daughter of James Stevenson and a sister to Mr. Bowers' first wife. To this union three children have been born, namely: H. Alfred Homer, Ethel Hazel and Robert Lee. The Ave daughters of Mrs. Bowers' former marriage are : Minnie, who married Seymore Edward Calhoun, residing at Beatty; Emma, a bright young lady, who is cashier of the Arcade Hotel, at Springfield ; Elffie, who married J. Wilbur Folk; Armie, who married Frank Keton; and Ada, who married Edgar Reynolds.

In politics, Mr. Bowers is a Democrat and on that ticket he served four years as a trustee of German Township. He is a member of the fraternal order of Eagles and both he and his step-son, J. Walter Cook, beloug to the Junior Order of American jMechanics. Mr. Bowers is considered one of the representative men in his communitv.

ROBERT C. RODGERS, attorney at law, has been a resident of Springfield since 1857 and is one of the city's representative men. He was born in Knox County, Pennsylvania.

included attendance at private schools and A\"ittenbeig College. From the latter he entered Princeton University, being a member of the class of 1875, butleft college in his junior year and returned to Springfield in order to enter upon the study of law. After a course of reading -with a leading attorney of Springfield, lie was admitted to the bar in 1877, has been in continuous practice -ever since and now occupies a prominent position in his profession all through Clark County.

In 1879, Mr. Rodgers was married to Emma M. "^Vhite, who is a daugliter of Judge William White, and they have two sons - William W., who is engaged in business at Springfield, and James L., who is a student in the United States Naval Academy at Annai:)olis, Maryland. Mr. and Mrs. Rodgers are members of the Second Presbyterian Church.

JOHN MILLS, one of the oldest and highly respected citizens of Green Township, Clark County, Ohio, residing on a tract of two hundred and fifty acres, located six miles southeast of Spi'ingfield, has been a life-long resident of this county, and was born on his present farm January 7, 1826, a son of Thomas and Jane (Dale) Mills.

Thomas Mills was born in Virgmia and at the age of five years came down the Ohio River with his parents to Kentucky, where they folloAved farming the rest of their lives. Thomas Mills was reared and educated in Kentucky and was there married to Jane Dale, by whom he became th.; father of ten children, the subject of this sketch being the only surviving child. He later came to Clark Count v, Ohio, and

John Mills was born and reared on his present farm and has always been a farmer by occupation, having remained on the home place. He was united in marriage with Clara J. Baird, who was one of eleven children born to her parents. Her father, Peter C. Baird, was a native of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, who after coming to Ohio followed farming near Harmony. There have been no children born to our subject and his wife. In politics he is a Republican and during his active career, always took an active interest in the affairs of his party. His religious association is with the Methodist Protestant Church.

CHARLES E. ROLLER, residing on a tract of one hundred and nine acres situated in Bethel Township, about seven miles west of Springfield, on the west side of the Enon Road, where he is engaged in genera] farming and wholesale dairying, is one of the most successful farmers and highly respected citizens of the township. He was born December 16, 1865, in Springfield Township, Clark County, Ohio, and is a son of Sylvanus and Eliza Jane (Henslee) Roller.

Sylvanus Roller was born in Virginia and when a child came to Ohio with his father, Andrew Roller. The family made the trip from Virginia in wagons, and settled on a tract of timberland in Spx-ingfield Township, although the father had been offered a large tract of land at Trappers Corners for his old horse that wasn't woi'th a hundred dollars, but he took the farm in Spring-field Township in preference. At that time Springfield was not the county seat, and the land where the Public Square is located was a swamy;. Andrew Koller set about clearing up the land with the assistance of his sons, burning many dollars worth of timber. Here he lived the remainder of his life, passing away at the advanced age of eighty-one years. His wife, Anna Katherine Roller, died April 17, 1864, aged seventy-seven years. They reared a family of six children, three sons and three daughters, of whom Sylvanus and twin sister, Sally, were the oldest.

Sylvanus Roller was born March 28, 1820, and practically spent his entire life in Clark County. He came into possession of part of the Roller estate, and to this added more land, a part of which is now owned by our subject. He married Eliza Jane Plenslee, who is still living and they reared two children - Charles E., the subject of this sketch; and Ada M., the wife of William Thomas. Mr. Roller's death occurred in 1894, Avhen he was aged seventy-four years.

Charles Ellsworth Roller was born and reared on his father's farm in Springfield Township, and remained at home until the time of his marriage. His educational training was obtained in the district schools and at Nelson's Business College, of Springfield, which he attended for two winters. After his marriage he remained a resident of Springfield Township for a period of five years, when he rented his father's place for one year. At the end of that time he purchased the land, where he has since been engaged in general farming and wholesale dairying, keeping about eighteen cows. In 1905 he built the large brick residence which the family occupy, and in 1908 the large bank barn.

In February, 1887, Mr. Roller was joined in marriage with Ella Olivia Downs, who was born at Bellfontaine, Ohio, and is a daughter of William 0. and Martha Louisa (Usher) Downs, the former of whom died in January, 1903, aged seventy-four years, the latter being still living at the age of sixty-four years. Mrs. Roller has one brother, William Harrison Downs, and a sister, Lillith May, the wife of Frank Sparrow. Mr. and Mrs. Roller are the parents of four children, namely: Chester A., Ethel May, Alta Fern, and Earl E. The last mentioned died at the age of one year and twentythree davs.

Harry Snyder Mellinger

HARRY SNYDER MELLINGER, proprielor of the Maple Grove Farm, a tract of one hundred and eighty-two acres located four miles west of Springfield on the Fail-field Pike, is one of the representative farmers and most highly respected citizens of Springfield Township. He was born on his present fai'm December 20, 1861, and is a son of John Hertzler and Rachel (Eosser) Mellinger.

John H. Mellinger was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and when a lad of six or seven years came to Ohio with his parents, Jacob and Martha Mellinger, who settled on a tract of one hundred and eighty-five acres in Mad River Township, now known as the David Herr farm. His paternal grandparents both died on this farm at an advanced age. They were the parents of four children, namely: Mary, now deceased; John H., father of our subject; Martha, the wife of M. Patton, who

John H. Mellinger spent the greater part of his boyhood days on the farm in Mad River Township. When a yonng man he began dealing in stock, and he was at one time the largest shipper of stock in Clark Connty. He became an expert at guessing weight and was financially very successful. In 1860 he purchased the present farm of the subject of this sketch, then consisting of timberland, from A. Letfel, and followed farming on it for many years thereafter. Later he moved to Yellow Springs in order to seciire educational advantages for his children. There his death occurred at the age of sixty-one years. He was married about 1860 to Rachel Rosser, a native of Springfield Township, and daughter of William Rosser, a native of Wales.

She is still living in Spring-field, Ohio. They were the parents of five children - Harry Snyder, subject of this sketch; Emma, wife of D. Herr, who conducts an undertaking establishment in Springfield; ]\[artha, who married H. Hedges of Cleveland, Ohio; John, who is deceased; and Anna, also deceased, who was the wife of Robert Mills.

Harry S. Mellinger has spent the greater part of his life on his present farm and obtained his educational training in the district schools. Being the eldest son, it fell to his lot to assist his father to a large extent, and he was practically reared in the saddle, beginning to work as soon as he was old enough to be of service. He later bought the fann from his father's heirs and has since followed general farming and stock-raising, breeding principally hogs, cattle and horses. He

Mr. Mellinger was married February, 1901, to Enna Flenner, a daughter of Charles and Cora Flenner. Mrs. Mellinger died in January, 1904, leaving one child, Harry Flenner Mellinger. Politically, Mr. Mellinger is a Republican; fraternally he is a member of the Knights of Pvthias lodge at Enon, Ohio.

GEORGE H. SLAUGHTER, owner of a furniture and undertaking establishment, is one of the successful and influential business men of South Charleston. He was born February 21, 1880, on his father's farm in Madison County. Ohio,'and is a son of Marion and Floretta (Watson) Slaughter. Peter Slaughter, his grandfather, was a resident and a large land owner of Madison Coimty, Ohio, where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits and in stock-raising. Marion Slaughter, father of our subject, was one of a family of seven children, and a native of Pennsylvania. When a young man lie moved to Madison County, Ohio, and devoted his entire life to farming. He married Floretta Watson of Clark County and they became the parents of five children, all of whom but one are living.

George H. Slaughter received his early educational training in the public schools of Clark County, after which he took a course of study at Puget Sound L^niversity, and Wittenberg College. He then purchased his present business from Adams &: McMillan, and has since conducted it with much success. Mr. Slaughter is a man of considerable busi- ness ability, following up-to-date methods, and the success attending his efforts is well merited. ]\Ir. Slaughter married Ethel Arthur of Springfield. Eeligiously, he is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church of South Charleston. He is fraternally a member of the Masonic order, of the i. 0. 0. F. and K. of P. Politically, he is a Republican.

ROSGOE GLENN STOTTS, M. D., physician and surgeon at Catawba, was born at Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio, June 11, 1881, and is a son of Leonard B. and Anna (Postal) Stotts.

Dr. Stotts was reared on his father's stock farm at xVltou, near Columbus, and attended school both in Alton and Columbus. Prior to entering Starling Medical College, he taught school for four years. In the fall of 1902 he became a student at the above-mentioned and well-known medical institution, where he was graduated in the s]3ring of 1906, with the degree of M. D. He was then for two years engaged in hospital work, acting as first assistant at St. Anthony's HosiDital, and for one year of this period having charge of the free dispensary connected with Starling Medical College. Subsequently, after practicing nine months in Hancock County, Dr. Stotts settled in Catawlia, May 1, 1907, where he has since gained his share of public patronage and has proved his ability and medical skill.

On November 5, 1906, Dr. Stotts was married at Columbus, to Mabel Seymour, who was born and reared in Madison County, Ohio. She is a step-daughter of Dr. C." M. Deem, her father, Wilson Seymour, having died when she was but one day old. Dr. and Mrs. Stotts are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Dr. Stotts is a Mason and an Odd Fellow and he retains his membership in the Phi Sig-ma Psi fraternity of Sterling Medical College.

CHAELES ADAM YOUNG, a prominent wliolesale meat dealer and business man, is a resident of Spring-field Township, where he has a fine home and two small farms. He was born in Dounelsville. Clark County, Ohio, May 16, 1872, and is a son of John and Elizalieth ( Creshbaum) Young.

John Young was born in Germany, where he learned the trade of a mason in his early days. While a young man he came to America, settling first in Pennsylvania, where he engaged in the meat business. After his marriage he came to Clark County, Ohio, locating at Donnelsville, in Bethel Township, where for years he sold meat through the country. He lived there until his death in June, 1897, when he was aged seventy-nine years. He was united in marriage with Elizabeth C*reshbaum, who was born in Germany and was but two years of age when brought to this country by her parents. She survives her husband and resides at Donnelsville. Four children blessed their union: John A., who lives at Yellow Springs; Peter of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania ; William of Springfield, Ohio ; and Charles Adam.

Charles Adam Young was reared at Donnelsville and attended the public schools there. He remained at home until his marriage, and for two years thereafter continued to reside in that village.

He then purchaseil liis present place from G. W. Adams. The large house of ten rooms and the barn were built when he moved upon the farm, but the cold storage plant and the cattle yards were built by Mr. Young. He has a very extensive business, disposing of all his meats to the retail establishments of Springfield. He is a successful business man and stands very high in the esteem of his fellow citizens.

Mr. Yomig was joined in marriage, October 2, 1895, with Miss Amy E. Minnich, who was born in Bethel Township, where her parents, Dewitt C. and Elizabeth (Higgins") Minnich still reside. She is one of five children, as follows: Grace, wife of Lee !Miller: Anna, wife of Dr. H. L. Herstand: Amy E.; Edith, wife of M. Aston ; and Ethel, wife of Henry Willett. Mr. and ^Irs. Young are parents of three children - Kathleen, who died at the age of six months; Robert, and John. Fraternally. Mr. Young is a member of ]\Iad River Lodge. K. P.. at Enon ; and Springfield Lodge, U. C. T., No. 23. Politically, he is a Democrat. He and his wife are consistent members of the Lutheran Church.

CHARLES H. PATTERSON, a iavmer, residing on a valuable property in Harmony Township, containing sixty-one acres of land, was boi*n in Clark County. Ohio. October 1, 1873, and is a son of Malcolm H. and Anna E. (Beales) Patterson.

The grandparents of Mr. Patterson, Charles C. and Caroline Patterson, passed the larger part of their lives at Springfield, Ohio. Charles C. Patter soil was born in 1802 and died at Springfield in 1892. His wife was born in 1812 and died in 1888. They have three children- Malcolm H., Barney, and Agnes. Barney Patterson, who is now deceased, was a clergynian in New York city. Agnes Patterson is the widow of Edwin Duley and has one child, Alice.

Malcolm H. Patterson was born at Dayton, ^lontgomery County, Ohio, October 2, 1839, and died February 6, 1886. He saw service in the Civil AVar, enlisting as a private August 9, 1862, in Company D (Capt. James L. Hart), One Hundred and Twenty-third Regiment Illinois Infantry. He was discharged at Spring-field, Illinois, on the ex]3iratiou of his term of service, July 8, 1865. He first met Anna E. Beales his future wife while he was a soldier in the Federal army. She is stiil living and is now a resident of Dayton. Her people were prominent Southerners, and one of her brothers was a soldier in the Confederate army. Circumstances brought her into close contact with m\\- itary affairs during the great struggle; she witnessed many battles, and had a personal acc(uaintanee with several of the high commanding officers of the Confederate army. Her early home was in Missouri. To Malcolm H. Patterson and his wife were bom six children, namely: Carrie, who is the widow of George Runyan, and has two sons, Bruce and Lewis ; Nettie, who is the wife of Charles A. Jones, and has one son, Malcolm ; Charles IL, subject of this sketch; Howard Lee, born in 1876, who now resides in Mexico; Frank, born in 1881. who resides in Dayton; and Chester A. born in 1883, now residing in Chicago, Illinois, who married Grace L. Clapp.

Charles H. Patterson was married at Springfield, Ohio, in 1899, to Leona Smith, who is a daughter of Amos and Catherine Ann (Wiet) Smith, and they have one son, Robert S., born May 6, 1902, who is a pupil in the local school. Mr. Patterson is a prominent member of Vienna Lodge No. (;60, Knights of Pythias.

D. H. SNYDER, a leading business citizen of Snyderville, is vice president of The Victor Rubber Company, an important manufacturing industry of Clark County. He was born on his father's farm in Mad River Township, Clark County, Ohio, December 10, 1867, and is a son of Henry and Anna H. (Hertzler) Snyder.

Henry Snyder accompanied his parents to Ohio from Pennsylvania, walking a large part of the distance. He became a farmer and grain merchant and operated mills for a number of years in Mad River Township. He was a member of the D. Ij. Snyder Company, which donated Snyder Park to Springfield. The old Snyder estate has never been entirely settled, 1,600 acres of land around Snyderville being involved Henry Snyder died Jime 28, 1893. Tie married Anna H. Hertzler, who has been a life-long resident of Mad River Township. She was a daughter of Daniel Hertzler who was one of the prominent and wealthy men of Clark County. He was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where he engaged in farming and milling. He married Catherine Hershey and they came to Ohio in 1834, accompanied by one child, Barbara, who is now the wife of Samuel Huffman, residing at Springfield. They lived at Springfield, then a small town, for a short time, and then settled in Mad River Township on what is now the Snyder farm. Here, in the wilderness, Daniel Hertzler built a mill which he operated for many years, also carrying on farming, and then returned to Spring-field in order to give his children better educational advantages. Mrs. Snyder was educated in the school, now the Spring-field Seminary, which is attended by her grandchildren.

After a residence of four years at Springfield, Mr. Hertzler purchased a farm near the one he had formerly owned and was residing there when he met his death from the attack of six masked assassins, who entered his house at night and shot him. He was a large and powerful man and fought hard, as evidences showed, before he was overpowered. His death was a shock to the community, and although large sums were offered for the capture of the murderers, they have never been apprehended. His widow survived him five years. The children who were born to Mr. and Mrs. Hertzler after coming to Ohio were: Martha, deceased, who married L. Baker; Mary, who died in youth ; Anna, who was born on her present farm October 26, 1839; Susan and Elizabeth, twins, both deceased, the former the wife of Jacob Rubsam and the latter of AVilliam Pope; Daniel, who died aged eighteen years; and Benjamin and two others died young.

D. H. Snyder was educated in the district schools of Mad River Township, at Oxford and at ^fedia, Pennsylvania. After his return home he naturally became a miller, this having been a family occupation for generations back, even be- fore bis ancestors left Switzerland. His father owned the Tecumseh mill, in Mad River Township, and he started to work in that mill, which became his property on the death of bis father. He operated the mill for ten years and then leased it to the firm of Allen & King, of Springfield. In 1903 the old mill was destroyed by fire.

In 1903 Mr. Snyder began working in the office of the company with which he has been identified ever since, which was then known as the Victor Rubber Company. The business was founded by J. S. Harshman, Mr. Snyder's brother-in-law. After the failure of Mr. Harshman, with this enterprise, a new company was organized in July, 1904, of which Henry H. Durr became president and Mr. Snyder vice president. At this time the present firm style was adopted. The business is the manufacturing of all kinds of molded rubber goods. Employment is given 100 men. The plant occupies six acres of ground and the buildings are all of brick construction.

THOMAS B. MINNICH, one of German Township's most respected citizens, resides on his valuable farm of fifty-two acres, which is situated on the Jordan Turnpike, about six miles northwest of Springfield, was born in German Township, Clark Coimty, Ohio, December 19, 1837. He is a son of Peter and Martha (Stephenson) Minnich.

1808. They settled on a farm about one and one-half miles east of the present place. The maternal grandfather, David Stephenson, came to Ohio from Virginia and settled in Champaign County, Ohio, entering land about three miles southeast of Urbana. After his death on that land, his widow and children moved to German Township, Clark County, and located near Peter Minnich. The parents of Thomas B. INIinnich were married in 1816 and went to housekeeping on the farm on which he was born, the youngest of their ten children. Peter Minnich died in 1842 and when Thomas B. was fourteen years old his mother married Jonathan Park and they moved to Logan County, near the Shelby County line. Mrs. Park died in 1873, aged seventy-six years.

When his mother contracted her second marriage Thomas B. Minnich started out to take care of himself and is an example of a self-made man. He engaged in farm work in different neighborhoods and after his marriage he rented a farm in German Township, which he operated for a number of years. In 1886 he bought his present farm and in 1901 he erected his comfortable residence. He is assisted in the management of the propertj' by his eldest son, John B., who is a member of the school board of this township.

Thomas B. Minnich was married December 2, 1875, to Elizabeth Michael, who is a daughter of John and Eliza Ann (Domer) Michael. Mrs. Minnich was born and reared in German Township. Her father was born in Virginia and accompanied his father, Frederick Michael, to Clark Coimty in 1812, being then a boy of twelve years. The maternal grandfather of Mrs. Minnich. John Domer, came to Clark County from Maryland. Thomas B. Minnich and wife have foiir children, namely: John B., residing at home, was educated at Wittenberg College, where he spent three and one-half years ; Ozzie B., who operates the Northampton Bell Telei)hone Exchange, graduated from the Tyawrenceville Township High School in 1899, married Alice Nave ; Charles Stephenson, who graduated from the Lawrenceville High School in 1900, attends a business college at Springfield; and Lulu Blanche, who graduated from the Lawrenceville High School in 1903, taught two terms of school in District No. 10, German Township. Mr. Minnich 's family is prominent in the educational and social circles of German Township.

WILLIAM A. LAYTON, township trustee and owner of 112 acres of fine farming land in Mad River Township, Clark County, Ohio, was born in Bethel Township, Clark County, November 15, 1 845, and is a son of John A. and Eveline (Tullis) Lay ton.

The paternal grandfather of Mr. Layton, Arthur Layton, came to Ohio with his father, Williain, from Pennsylvania in 1787, settling on Mad River. Arthur Layton married a Miss McKinney, who was later killed while riding horseback. William Layton was the parent of eight children, five sons and three daughters, Joseph being the first Common Pleas judge of Clark County. Arthur Layton, who died in Bethel Township when John was eight years old, served as a colonel in the War oJF 1812, and John Tullis. the maternal grandfather of our subject, helped

John A. Layton was born in 1838 on the old home farm in Bethel Township and devoted his life to farming, making a specialty of fruit trees during the latter part of his life. He married Eveline Tullis and they were the parents of two children, Lucinda, who married, first, A. N. Brown, secondly, Harry Kryder and thirdly, P. Moudy, now deceased; and William A. The death of Mr. Layton occurred while he was in his sixty-third year and his wife died aged seventy-four.

When William A. Layton was seven years old the family moved to Yellow Springs and seven years later to his present farm, which was purchased from John Flohr. Mr. Layton attended the district schools of his native locality, and also Antioch College for two years. After his marriage he spent seven years on his present farm, then bought a farm of 145 acres in German Township, residing there for the succeeding twelve years. At the end of this period he bought his present farm and has since devoted his time to general farming and stock-raising. Mr. Layton was married December 30, 1869, to Angeline Wolf, who is a daughter of Michael and Sarah (Ruppert) Wolf. Seven children were born of this union, namely: Carrie, who died aged four years; Claudius A., who married Alice Arthur, lives in Clark County, and has two children - Arthur and Lowess ; Charles, who married Dora Ada, and lives in Clark County; Edward A., who married Ijaura Dunevant, resides in Clark County, and has one child - Aldrich E.; Louie B., married H. Birch, of Springfield, Ohio, and has two children - Arthur and Eugene; Myrtle E., who married Wil-

In political affairs Mr. Layton is a Republican, and in 1905 was elected township trustee and president of the school board, holding both of these offices at the present time. He has served as a member of the school board for about thirty-seven years. Fraternally Mr. Layton belongs to the Masonic Lodge, No. 421, at Yellow Springs and is master of the Husted Grange. Religiously he is connected with the Lutheran Church, in which he is a member of the council, having just been re-elected for two years.

J. S. ELLIOTT, one of Springfield's men of capital and business success, is president of the J. S. Elliott Company, leaders in general insurance, with commodious quarters in the Mitchell Building. Mr. Elliott was born in Queen Anne County, Maryland, December 9, 1854.

Mr. Elliott remained at home until his school days were over and then became clerk in a store at Centerville, Maryland, where he gained the experience that made him an acceptable addition to the clerical force in the Murphy Brothers store, when he came to Springfield in 1875. Later he entered into the insurance business and in March, 1902, the J. S. Elliott Company, general insurance, was incorporated, with a capital stock of $25,000, its officers and directors being the following: J. S. Elliott, president and general manager; John M. Good, vice president; D. D. Downing, of London, secretary and treasurer; and John 0. Elliott and Da\'id F. Snyder, the other members of the board. This firm represents some of the leading insurance companies in the United States and does a very large amount of business.

In September, 1877, Mr. Elliott was married to Mary W. Boyer, of Dayton, Ohio, who died in December, 1882, leaving two children, John Oliver and Lyda B., the latter of whom married C. C. Linnbocker, of Dayton. Mr. Elliott was married (secondly) in January, 1884, to Nora E. Wood, who was born and reared in Springfield. Two sons and one daughter have been born to this marriage, namely: Benjamin F., Allan G., and Margaret, the last mentioned of whom is the wife of John Snyder.

Mr. Elliott is a Democrat and he takes an active interest in public affairs. He is a member of the Board of Public Safety at Springfield. Fraternally he is a Mason and has reached the 32d degree. He belongs to the Springfield Commercial Club and also the Lagonda Club.

EDWARD C. PHLEGER, a prominent farmer and stock-raiser of Moorefield Township, Clark County, Ohio, residing on a valuable farm of 100 acres, which is part of the old Thomas B. Wilson farm, was born October 19, 1871, on the Mechanicsburg Pike, Moorefield Township, Clark County, Ohio, and is a son of Edward and Jane H. (Lynn) Phleger, further mention of whom may be found elsewhere in this volume.

Edward C. Phleger was reared and educated in his native township, where he has always followed farming and stock-raising, and is one of the most prosperous young farmers and well known stock-raisers of Moorefield Township. He makes specialties of draft and road horses, hogs, cattle, etc. Mr. Phleger was united in marriage December 22, 1898, to Dora Bumgardner, a daughter of Levi Bumgardner, and to them has been born one child, Pauline Gladys. After his marriage Mr. Phleger lived on a farm of forty-five acres in Champaign County, Ohio, until March 6, 1906, when he removed to his present farm of 100 acres, which he had purchased in the preceding January.

Daniel Randolph Taylor

postmaster and ticket agent for the electric railroad and express agent for the Pacific Express Company, at North Hampton, is probably one of the best known men in Pike Township. He was born December 31, 1835, in Virginia, and is a son of Daniel and Mary (Crowisen) Taylor.

The parents of Mr. Taylor were born in Virginia. His father was a millwright by trade and in search of work he came on horseback to Zanesville, Ohio, in 1834. His young wife followed shortly afterward, with her infant son, Daniel Randolph, in her arms, also making the journey on horseback. She was left a widow soon after reaching Zanesville, her husband meeting death by accident in that city. She remained at Zanesville for several years, when she moved to Newark and then to Granville, Licking County, where she married David Southwiek. To this marriage four children were born, two sons and two daughters. Mrs. Southwick died at the age of sixty-five years.

Daniel Randolph Taylor is a self-made man. His mother had been married but a few months to her second husband when the lad left home, determined to take care of himself and he never returned except to visit. He was about ten years old when he started to work in a rope factory. The power was supplied by hand and it was his duty to turn ,the power wheel, receiving twenty-five cents a day for his labor, boarding himself in the meantime. Later he learned the cooper trade and after serving an apprenticeship of two years, went to Urbana and became an employe in the cooper shop of the Haggenbaugh mills.

It was during his residence at this place and while he was working in these mills that he was , married, January 4, 1854, to Harriet A. Merser, who was a daughter of one of the leading citizens of Alexandria, Ohio, Dr. N. Z. Merser. This marriage was an elopement and had many romantic features. In the course of a few years the parents of Mrs. Taylor became so reconciled that they came to reside in the home of their son-in-law, where Dr. Merser died and where Mrs. Merser resided for many years afterward. In following his trade, Mr. Taylor soon moved to St. Paris, Ohio, where he was working as a cooper when the Civil War was declared. He enlisted in the regimental band in the Forty-fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in which he remained for sixteen months, when a general order was given that all organizations of this kind should be mustered out. Mr. Taylor returned home, Tiut three months later, at Columbus, he reenlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Thirteenth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was assigned to baud duty in the Third Brigade, Fourteenth Army Corps, in which he remained until the close of the war.

Mr. Taylor participated in many battles and endured the, privation and hardships which came to the gallant men of General Sherman's army. On the memorable march to Atlanta, which consumed ninety days from Rossville to the objective point, from the third day the soldiers engaged in fighting or skirmishing continuously. They remained at Atlanta for three weeks and then, started by rail to Chattanooga. After a most trying series of raids in Alabama, the regiment was again returned to Chattanooga and by that time, Mr. Taylor was so worn out that he was obliged to rest for several weeks in a hospital and was then given a furlough of thirty days, which he spent with his family in Ohio. On his way back to his regiment, he was stopped at Louisville by orders to take a large squad of furloughed soldiers to Bedloe Island, where he remained for three weeks. Then, with a force of 1,000 men he went aboard an ocean steamer bound for a North Carolina port, and from there they were distributed to their various commands, Mr. Taylor reaching his regiment at Goldsboro, on the day before the fight at Black Swamp. The regiment was then sent after the Confederate General Johnston and when within ten miles of Ealeigh, they paused for dinner. At three o'clock that afternoon riimors were heard of the surrender of General Lee and before they could reach General Johnston, he had also surrendered to the Union forces. The regiments then had rations for fifteen days issued and orders given them to report at Richmond, Virginia. In the rapid march to the Southern capital, the anny corps to which Mr. Taylor belonged, was the first to reach Eichmond, making the trip in seven days. They remained there three days and then received orders to march to Washington, where several weeks were i^assed and then the brigade was started to Louisville, Kentucky. They made the trip to Parkersburg, West Virginia, in box cars, where they took boats on the Ohio Eiver and thus reached Louisville. The brigade camped for five weeks in the environs of this city, when, as peace seemed to be firmly established, they were sent to Columbus, Ohio, where Mr. Taylor and his comrades were mustei-ed out in August, 3865.

The many events, which Mr. Taylor had been called on to participate in and the trying scenes in which he so often was forced to take part, exerted a very sobering, effect on his mind and resulted in his serious contemplation of becoming a minister. He still resides at St. Paris, where, in 1872, he entered the ministry of the Eeformed Church, and served the congregation at Bradford, Ohio, for three years. From there he went to the Union charge in Clark County, where, for seventeen years he labored with great success, meeting the encouragement which causes true ministers to feel that their endeavors are blessed. During this period of seventeen years he received between 900 and 1,000 additions .to the church, officiated at 500 weddings and preached 600 funeral sermons. During his last pastorate he resided at North Hampton, where he sub- sequently engaged in a shoe business. He gradually added other activities and became the agent of the local electric railroad which opened for business July 4, 1903. Although he is a stanch Democrat he is an admirer of President Roosevelt imd was appointed postmaster by him at North Hampton. Mr. Taylor has served as a justice of the peace and now holds the office of notary public.

Mr. Taylor has had four children, all born of his first marriage, namely : Harry, deceased; Leno; Albert; and Ella, who married James Rector. Some years after the death of his first wife, Mr. Taylor married Anna M. Minnick, who still survives.

On June 4, 1857, Mr. Taylor was made a Mason and a Master Mason in July of the same year. He belongs also to the Chapter. He has led a most interesting life, into which almost every element of happiness and pain has entered, and his reminiscences of its various phases are deeply interesting.

JOEL EBERSOLE, one of the most highly respected citizens of German Township, resided on a farm of 100 acres, which is situated on the Joel Ebersole road, six miles northwest of Springfield, is a member of one of the old pioneer families of this section. He was born on a farm in Bethel Township, six miles from Springfield, June 24, 1821, and is a son of Jacob and Sarah (Keller) Ebersole.

Jacob Ebersole, father of Joel, came to Clark County in 1810, with his father and his future father-in-law, John Keller. They settled on a farm in Bethel Township, the same on which Joel Ebersole was born and reared. Jacob Ebersole married Sarah Keller and they had ten children, five sons and five daughters, all of whom, with one exception, reached maturity. The survivors are: Joel, who was the third in the order of birth, and John, who was the last born. Jacob Ebersole was a farmer. He was a worthy. Christian man, being an elder in the Dunkard Church, and he performed the ceremonies of baptism, marriage and funeral for a large number of the families in this part of the county in , those early years. He died December 18, 1851, and was survived by his widow from October, 1864. They were quiet, virtuous people, who found their greatest pleasure and happiness in working for the good of others. Both came of Revolutionary stock, their fathers entering the Patriot army when sixteen years of age and serving like men, for six long years. Both were fine types of manhood, strong in body and courageous in spirit. Side by side they carried their muskets and side by side fought the enemy. Both escaped with their lives from the great struggle and both faced the future together in the wilds of Clark County, bringing their families with them from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It was with the same friendly feeling that they secured their farms of 160 acres adjoining, and it gave them happiness to have the families united by the marriage between their children. Both of the grandfathers of Mr. Ebersole were buried, full of years, in Clark County.

father until he was twent}--seven years of age. The main interest of his life has been farming. In 1854, four years after his marriage, he moved to Wells County, Indiana, where he resided for two years and ten mouths, at the end of this period returning to Clark County, at the earnest solicitation of his father-in-law, who desired Mr. Ebersole to assist him in the care of his three large farms.

On February 14, 1850, Joel Ebersole was married to Catherine Click, who was born in 1833, and they have the distinction of being the oldest married couple in Clark County. She was reared on the present home farm, which has ))ut recently been sold by Mr. Ebersole to his son, John H., from the age of three years. Her parents were Samuel and Mary (Garber) Click, who came to Ohio from Bridgewater, Virginia. They were very prominent in founding the Dunkard Church here and the father of Mrs. Ebersole was a man of large fortune. Mr. and Mrs. Ebersole have had eleven children, the four survivors being: John Henry, Clara B., Samuel W., and J. Grant. Five children died in infancy. John Henry Ebersole, who now owns and operates the home farm, married Ida Grisso and they have five children: Ralph, Clarence, Orren, Alice and Ruth. Clara B. Ebersole married Neil Glass, who is manager of the Pacifie Telephone Company, of Los Angeles, California. At the present writing (1908) Mrs. Glass is with her parents preparing to leave for her home at Los Angeles. She has resided prior to this for several years at Spring-field and Chicago. Samuel W. Ebersole is a resident of German Township. He married Jennie Domer and they have two children.

Howard and Noah. J. Grant Ebersole, who is a commercial traveler for the Reynolds Company, at Piqua, Ohio, taught school for eleven years. Mary Elizabeth Ebersole, the oldest of the family, married Thomas Baker. She died May 3, 1904, leaving two children, Florence and Emma. Florence married Roy Ream of Northampton and has two children, Luther and Catherine. Emma married Vernon Swartzbaugh and they have two children, Daisy and Russel. Phebe Hannah Ebersole died aged three years, four months and twenty-four days.

Mr. and Mrs. Ebersole have been permitted to pass a long life together and although they have had sorrows as well as joys, they have been greatly blessed in many ways. They have all the comforts that their declining years demand and have devoted children and grandchildren to surround them with affection. Both have been somewhat crippled by paralysis, but both have regained their usual health and find pleasure in family life, social communion and church attendance. They have remarkable memories and can entertain the passing stranger so well with their reminiscences of the past that he would fain prolong his visit. They are valued and beloved members of the Conservative Dunkard Church.

JONATHAN D. BAKER, general farmer and owner of valuable farming land in Mad River Township, Clark County, Ohio, consisting of forty-four acres on which he resides and forty-two acres farther down the township which he rents, was born November 17, 1844,

The grandparents of Mr. Baker, Jonathan and Sarah (Mulfred) Baker, came to Ohio in 1798, from Elizabeth, New Jersey, having made the entire journey over the mountains on horseback. With them came a family by the name of Miller and three of Mr. Baker's brothers. The entire party settled first near Cincinnati, Ohio, and six years later moved to Clark County, buying government land in Mad River Township for $1.25 an acre. The land purchased by the Baker and J\Iiller families consisted of a tract two miles square and practically the entire purchase is owned l)y tlie descendants of the two families, Jonathan D. Baker's farm having been a part of the old homestead. Jonathan Baker was one of the founders of the Christian Church in this section of Ohio, and was appointed a deacon, holding the office until he was incapacitated on account of old age. This office has been in the Baker family for 103 years, the father of Jonathan D. having been elected upon the retirement of Jonathan Baker and he being succeeded by his son, J. I). Baker.

Jonathan Baker was married in New Jersey, where he followed the cooper trade, to Sarah Mulfred and to this union were born nine children, namely : Benjamin, ]\Ieline, Moses, Miller, Milton, Alfred and John, sons, and Phoebe, who married Moses Wheeler, and Anna, who married William Layton, daughters. The death of Jonathan Baker occurred in 1840, being followed by the death of his wife in 1860, both passing away in Mad River Township. Mrs. Baker was seventy-two years of age at the time of her death.

Moses M. Baker was born within forty rods of his son's present residence, in 1809, and the old log house in which he was born is still standing. He spent all of his boyhood in this township, and helped to clear the home place. At the age of eighteen he went to Springfield, Ohio, which was then but a small village, with Imt one tavern. A^Tiile there he learned the brick-laying and plastering trade and was engaged in this work until 1836. During this period Mr. Baker, in company with a merchant of Spring-field by the name of Charles Caveleer, took a trip to New York to purchase goods, the entire trip being made on horseback. Moses Baker was married in Springfield io Mary Davis, who came with her parents from Wales when nine years of age. At the time of his marriage he built a home on Factory Street, Springfield. This house, which is still standing, he subsequently sold, after which he purchased a farm east of the old Baker home place in Mad River Township, and here the remainder of his life was spent. Moses Baker died in 1881, aged seventytwo years, his wife's death having occurred sixteen years previously, in 1865, when in her fiftieth year. They had the following children: Robert, deceased; Sarah, who married John Shellabarger, both deceased; Miriam, Jasper, Jonathan D. and Mary, who died young.

Jonathan Dickenson Baker was given his second name after an ancestor by the name of Dickenson, who succeeded Aaron Burr in the presidency of Princeton College. His boyhood days were passed on the home farm and his primary education was received in the old brick school which was later attended by his children. He later entered Adrian College, at Adrian, Michigan, and for the succeeding eighteen years taught school, first in Michigan and later in Clark County, Ohio. In his earlier professional work he devoted his winters only to teaching, giving his summers to farming, but in the last few years he taught he devoted nine months to the educational field.

J. D. Baker was married (first) in September, 1874, to Agusta Wilson, who died in 1882, leaving two children, Bernard M., who resides in North Dakota, and Mary, who married A. Bradley, also lives in North Dakota. His second marriage occurred October 20, 1885, to Emma Gill, a daughter of James and Olive (Austin) Gill, and a native of Bridgeport, Ohio. James Gill was born in Virginia and his wife in Wheeling, West Virginia. Two children have been born to the second union: Horace Gill, who died aged two years, and Helen, who attends the Enon High School. Mr. Baker is affiliated with the Enon Christian Church, having been a mem.ber since 1861, and is serving as deacon. Politically he is a Republican.

JOHN L. PHLEGER, township treasurer of Moorefield Township and a leading farmer of this section of Clark County, where he owns 153 acres of excellent land and superintends the W. S. Thomas farm of several hundred acres, was born at New Moorefield Village, Clark County, Ohio, December 12, 1859. His parents were Edward and Jane (Lynn) Phleger.

1847 Edward Phleger came to Clark County and engaged in work as a miller, working first at the old Snyder Mill in Springfield Township and from there all through the county. At one time he owned the Moorefield Mill, in partnership with his father-in-law, Joseph Lynn. In 1861 he began to farm the place which his son, John Ij., now owns, and he continued here for the remainder of his life, his death taking place in 1901. He married Jane Lynn, who died in 1895, and of this union seven children were bom.

John L. Phleger was reared at New Moorefield, and with the exception of three years spent at Selma, he has always resided in sight of the village. His life has been a busy one, occupied with attending to large agricultural interests and to performing the duties of public office. He was appointed township treasurer to fill out the unexpired term of the late James Clark and assumed the duties of the office on May 1, 1906, and in the fall of 1907 he was elected township treasurer on the Republican ticket. He is a man of sterling integrity and as such he enjoys the wide-spread confidence of his fellowcitizens. He is a charter member of Moorefield Council, Junior Order of American Mechanics.

Mr. Phleger married Nettie McConkey, who is a daughter of Euos McConkey, and they have one child, Williard. This son was born December 4, 1882.

W. H. SCHAUS, proprietor of the only exclusive china store in Spring"field, has been for thirty years one of Springfield 's most highly respected citizens and reprei^entative business men. He was born in

Muskingum County, Ohio, in 1857, and at the age of sixteen years went to Newark, Ohio, where he learned the stone-cutters' trade, having previously learned shoemaking. In 1877 he came to Springfield and here conducted a china store under the firm name of W. H. Schaus & Company for about four and a half years. He then disposed of the business and for five years was engaged as a traveling salesman for a Pittsburg house, after which he established his present bu.siness, in which he has since continued. He is a man of high principle, possessed of up-^ to-date business methods and the success attending his efforts is well merited.

Mr. Schaus is also interested in various other enterprises of this community, being director and treasurer of the Lagonda Box Company, director and treasurer of the Fortuna Fruit Company, of Springfield and Cuba, and director in the following business concerns: The Springfield National Bank; the Peoples Light, Heat & Power Co., the Springfield and Xenia Telephone Co., and the Springfield and New Carlisle Telephone Co. He is also a director and ardent supporter of the following: The Springfield Cemetery Association, the Law and Order League, the Humane Society, and the Y. M. C. A. He is also closely connected with the work of the Y. W. C. A., being one of its fiscal trustees. He is treasurer of the Clark County Sunday School Association. He was the first president of the City Council elected under the new municipal code in 1903. He also served on the Board of Elections for four years. He is a man of public spirit and has done much to advance and develop the interests of this citv. He was one of the trustees of the hospital at the time of its erection, and is a member and served as president of the Commercial Club m 1900. During his term as vice-president of the Commercial Club in 1899, in the absence of the president he issued a call for a citi- ?;ens' meeting for making arrangements to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the city, and was selected as a member of the Executive Committee.

In 1886 Mr. Schaus was united in marriage to Miss Mollie McClintock, a daughter of John McClintock, one of the pioneers of Clark County. In January, 1905, he was deprived of the companionship of his wife and helpmate by death. Fraternally Mr. Schaus is past master of Clark Lodge. F. & A. M., and is a member of Moncrieffe Lodge, K. of P. He is a member of the Fourth Lutheran Church, being also one of its deacons, and su^jerintendent of the Sunday-school, and is always associated with the advancement of the plans of civic righteousness.

C. S. OLINGEE, a member of the Springfield bar, who has been a resident of this city since July 27, 1887, was born at Brighton. Clark County, Ohio, January 27, 1864, and is a son of Joseph C. Olinger.

Joseph C. Olinger was born in Augusta County, Virginia, and came to Clark County in 1816, locating at Brighton. He followed farming in that vicinity from that time until his death, which took place May 25, 1894.

C. S. Olinger was reared on his father's farm and after attending the schools at. Brighton entered the Normal School at Valparaiso, Indiana, where he remained for almost three years, completing the scientific course. For uiue mouths thereafter he taught the village school at Brighton and then came to Spring-field. Here he read law with the firm of Priugle & Johnsou, and was admitted to the bar in October, 1889, uumediately afterward opening an office in this city. He has taken an active part in public aiTairs and has been prominently identified with Republican politics. He was secretary of the Clark County Republican Central Committee during the late Senator Hauna's first campaign, and he served as a member of the Board of Education for three years. He has business interests at Spring-field outside of his profession and is secretary and treasurer of the Bayonet Trolley Hasp Company, manufacturers of trolley hasps, trolley wheels and trolley poles and bases.

On August 1, 1895, Mr. Olinger was married to Mary E. Sparrow, of Springfield, Ohio, and they have two children - Frances Marie and Robert Stanley. Mr. Olinger is a member of the Central Methodist Episcopal Church and is secretary of its board of trustees. He belongs to Monereiffe I^odge, Knights of Pythias, to Si^ringfield Council No. 240, Junior Order United American Mechanics, and is a charter member of the Modern Woodmen of America.

WILSON WALHAY, owner of a fine farm of 109 acres, situated in Bethel Township, not far from Medway, on the Valley Turnpike, engages in general fanning and stock-raising. He was born July 15, 1853, on his father's farm in Adams County, Pennsylvania, and is a son of William and Catherine (Rice) Walhav.

The grandfather was born iu England and wheu he came to America he located on the farm in Adams County, on which his son William was subsequently born. The father was killed by runaway horses when William was only a lad, the yoimgest of the five children. With his widowed mother, William Walhay remained on the farm, which later came into his possession by purchase. William Walhay was married (first) to Catherine Rice, who died aged forty-three years. They had six children : Eliakim, who died in 1907 ; Eliz- ,abeth, who is the wife of Oliver Kams; Augeline, who is the widow of Daniel Sheeley; John, who is deceased; Wilson; and Minnie, who married Dr. Stewart, of Carroll County, Maryland. William Walhay was married (second) to Mrs. Ruth Swope, who had a child by her former marriage.

Wilson Walhay was born and reared on the little farm on which his grandfather had first settled. It lies along Bear Mountain, and is about eight miles from the historic battlefield of Gettysburg. He rememl)ers watching the progress of the battle from the top of the adjacent mountain. When he was sixteen years of age he went to Hagerstown, Maryland, where his uncle. Dr. T. Slusier, was practicing as a dentist, and after working for him for several months, became inspii'ed with a desire to study dental surgery, but the money was lacking for college expenses and he was obliged to abandon the idea. In 1875, accompanied by William Betner, he came to Osborn, Ohio, and immediately secured employment on the fai*m of Michael Kline, in Bethel Township. Mr. Walhay remained with Mr. Kline during the succeeding winter, and then worked for two and one-half years for Andrew Monk and one and one-half years for Reuben Harnish. After he married he moved to Medway, and for one year worked by the day as a laborer and also raised tobacco and potatoes. Mr. Walhay then moved to the Andrew Monk farm and operated it for six years, moving from there to the Tatman farm, a tract of 250 acres, where he remained for seventeen years. During this period he laid the foundation of his present ample fortune and in the spring of 1898 he purchased his present farm, of Jacob Tippey. Here Mr. Walhay has carried on extensive agricultural operations ever since.

On January 14, 1880, Mr. Walhay was married to Margaret Mouk, who is a daughter of Andrew Mouk, and they have the following children : Bertha, who married John Beard, residing in Philadelphia; Harry; Eva; Ward, who is employed in the office of the auditor of the C, B. & I. Railroad; Mary and Rita. Mr. AValhay is a member of the Lutheran Church at Osborn, in which he is a deacon. Politically he is identified with the Republican party. Mr. Walhay is an example of a self-made man. "When he came to Clark County, his whole capital was fiftv cents.

Richard Henry Rodgers

whose large business interests have been mainly concerned with Springfield enterprises, was born September 23, 1836, at Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, where his family, coming from old pioneer stock, has been prominent for many years. He was educated in his native city, comi^leting his course at Wittenberg College. He was seventeen years of age when he became a clerk in a local drug store, and later he was for several a member of the office force of the Sandusky Railroad. At this period his uncle was cashier of the Clark County Bank, and thus a promising opening was offered the young man and he became connected with the bank and remained with it until its reorganization, in 1857. Mr. Rodgers then left his native city for the first time, accepting a position with a wholesale and retail carpet house at St. Louis, Missouri, but one year later he returned to Springfield, and subsequently was appointed deputy county treasurer, in which capacity he served for five years. In the meantime he had been considering a business proposition which resulted in his embarking in a book and stationery enterprise, in partnership with Captain E. P. Ransom, under the firm name of Ransom and Rodgers. After retiring from the county treasurer's office, Mr. Rodgers gave his entire time to the book business, attending to all its details, while Mr. Ransom served in the army. After the latter 's return Mr. Rodgers bought his interest, and continued to operate his book store until 1867. At this date he purchased an interest in a business already established at Springfield, which later became known as the firm of Thomas, Ludlow and Rodgers, continuing thus until November 1, 1893, when the firm was merged into the Superior Drill Company. This subsequently became a part of the American Seeding Company, which is still engaged in the manufacture of drills.

vice president and a director of the First National Bank of Springfield; president of Mast, Foos & Company; president of the Springfield Gas Engine Company, builders of gas and gasoline and traction engines, and president of the Corrugated Steel Nail Company, of which his twin brother, Isaac W., is treasurer. The latter is also president of the Patric Manufacturing Company. Both Mr. Rodgers and his brother reside at No. 206 North Limestone Street.

Mr. Rodgers was married in 1866 to Alice Kilgore, and they had three children - Charles Kilgore, Robert S., and Effie S., the last mentioned of whom died in infancy. Charles Kilgore Rodgers married Florence Mast, and died October 27, 1902, leaving one son, Richard Mast. His wife died in April, 1901. Robert S. Rodgers married Edith Winwood, and resides in Springfield, where he is superintendent of the manufacturing department of the American Seeding Machine Co. He has one daughter, Alice K. Mrs. Alice Rodgers died February 12, 1884.

Mr. Rodgers is an excellent type of the modern business man, alert and progressive, yet careful and thorough - one who, while conducting enterprises of worldwide fame, still finds time to interest himself in various matters pertaining to the welfare of his native city, promoting her religious, charitable and philanthropic causes and institutions. With his family, he is identified with the Presbyterian Church.

and a quarter miles north and west of the corporation lines of Springfield, is one of tJie largest landowners of Clark County. He was born in German Township, Clark County, Ohio, March 28, 1858, and is a son of Christian and Amanda (Layton) Snyder.

Henry Snyder, the grandfather of William L., was born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, where he learned the milliug business. At a somewhat early day he settled in Dayton, Ohio, where he lived for one year before coming to Clark County, where the remainder of his life was spent. In 1825 he built the mill which is owned by his grandson, William L., and it is situated on a farm of 415 acres. Henry Snyder had five sons.

Christian Snyder, father of William L., was a babe when his parents came to Clark County, where he spent his life, his death taking place in 1907. For many years he operated Snyder's mill and was also engaged in a distillery business.

William L. Snyder was educated in the country schools and at the celebrated Moravian Academy at Nazareth, Pennsylvania. His agricultural interests are large, as he owns almost 1,000 acres of land. It is divided into three farms, Mr. Snyder residing on his mill property, where he has a fine brick residence, which he completely remodeled in 1899. He has named his place "The Park Farm," which, on accoimt of its location and natural and artificial beauties, it is very aptly called. He raises horses, cattle and stock. In 1899 Mi. Snyder installed the Richjiaond milling machinery in his mill and his products are feed and flour, he making two special brands of the latter: "The Pride of the Vallev" and "Solid Com- fort. ' ' The mill is operated and managed by his son and son-in-law. Mr. Snyder niarried Catherine Bernhill and they have two children - John L., who has one daughter, Catherine; and Glenna, who married John Taylor Gillai'd.

ELBERT FINCH, a well known manufacturer of Springfield, Ohio, is president of The Finch Shoe Company, a concern extensively engaged in the manufacture of shoes, shipping their products to many states of the Union. He was born in New York City, April 30, 1846, and has been a resident of Spring-field since 1858.

Absalom Finch, father of Elbert, came from New York City to Springfield, Ohio, and here engaged in the shoe business until the Civil War. He entei'ed the Union Army in 1861 and served continuously until the end of the war. He went out as quartermaster of his regiment, the Sixteenth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and later was advanced to the rank of brigade and division quartermaster. When the war ended he obtained a position in the Custom House at New Orleans and continued thus occupied until his death, in 1869.

Elbert Finch was twelve years of age when he accompanied his parents to their new home in Ohio, and here he learned the shoe business in association with his father. He later spent two years in a shoe factory in Cincinnati, and became well grounded in the details of the business. In 1862 he enlisted in Company B, Eighty-sixth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, under Captain Johns, but was subsequently transferred to the quartermaster's department, where he was a clerk under his father until the end of the war. Returning to Springfield from Cincinnati, he worked in a shoe factory until February, 1872, at which time he established a business of his own on West Main Street. This he conducted successfully during a period of ten years, when he moved to South Fountain Avenue. In 1895, in association with Mr. Charles P. Kalbfus, he established the Finch Shoe Company on West Washington Street, starting in a small way with eighteen or twenty employes. " Success attended their efforts from the first, and it became necessary to enlarge their business and increase their working force from time to time, until at the present the pay roll numbers one hundred and ten persons, the output being 700 pair of shoes daily. Thej^ ship to many of the states of the Union, the demand taxing the capacity of their factory.

Mr. Finch was first married in December, 1877, to Miss Louise Crown, who died December 17, 1878, leaving one daughter, Lizzie M., now the wife of John C. DeHart, of San Francisco. Mr. Finch formed a second union, January 18, 1905, with Miss Amelia Hoffman. Fraternally he is a memliev of the Knights of Pythias, which order he joined in 1874. He is one of the leading business men of the city, and has always given his support to measures tending toward its welfare.

THOMAS MATTINSON, owner of about 2,500 acres of the best farming land in Clark County, was born on the place on which he now resides, in Madi-

Thomas Mattinson, the grandfather of the present bearer of that name, was born in Westmoreland, England, and came to America and directly to Clark County, in 1834. He was a farmer and he purchased land and erected the residence in which his grandson resides. Among his seven children was Thomas Mattinson (2d), who was born in England and accompanied his parents to Clark County. On the death of his father Thomas 2nd took charge of a part of the present property and lived on it during the remainder of his life, dying September 19, 1903, at the age of eighty-three years. He married Elizabeth Wilkinson, who was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio, and they had four children.

Thomas Mattinson, third of the name and the direct subject of this sketch, is the only survivor of his parents' family. He was educated in the district schools and assisted in the management of the home farm as long as his father lived, and later became its owner. He superintends the cultivation of the entire property. Mr. Mattinson married Byrd D. Pugsley, who is a daughter of James F. Pugsley, whose farm adjoins the Mattinson property. Mr. and Mrs. Mattinson have had five children, all of whom are living. Mr. Mattinson is a good citizen and takes an intelligent interest in local affairs. He votes independently.

pioneer families of Clark County. He was born in German Township, this county, March 6, 1831, and is a son of Thomas P. and Phoebe (Kiser) Thomas, and grandson of Leonard Thomas.

Leonard Thomas was born in Pennsylvania, whither his father had come from England in the days of William Penn, and he lived to the remarkable age of 100 years. Leonard Thomas resided in his native state until 1815, when he came west and located in German Township,' Clark County, Ohio, at a time when it was largely a wilderness. He subsequently moved to Preble County, where he died at the advanced age of ninety-four years, longevity being a marked characteristic of this family.

Thomas P. Thomas was born in Pennsylvania and was about sixteen years old when he accompanied his parents west to Clark County. He had, prior to that time, worked in a factory, but upon coming here turned his attention to farming, assisting in clearing the home farm. After his marriage he and his wife were given a farm of 160 acres by her father, and they moved upon it, this being the farm on which their son William now lives. He cleared the laud, assisted by his eldest son, and continued to reside here until his death in 1891. He held large landed interests in the far west, which at his death were valued at $35,000.00. He was joined m marriage with Phoebe Kiser, who was born in Shenandoah County, Virginia, and was very yoimg when in 1811 she accompanied her parents to Clark County, Ohio, where her father, David Kiser, became the first county recorder. Her maternal grandfather, Thomas Norman, was a member of the historical "Boston Tea Party," and was also a pioneer citizen of Clark County, Ohio. Tlie latter came in 1812 on horseback from Virginia and carried in his saddlebags seed for one of the first orchards grown in this vicinity. Thomas P. and Phoebe Thomas reared five children: William; David K., of Iowa; Susan, widow of John Holzhauer; Simeon A., of Iowa ; and Mary, wife of George Brooks, deceased.

William Thomas was born in a log cabin on his grandfather's farm and was about four years old when his parents moved to Pike Township, where he grew to maturity. He well remembers the trip, first the visit at Dayton and a few months later the coming to his present place. He attended the old log schoolhouse and later the high schools at New Carlisle and Springfield. He engaged in teaching school for a period of nine years and met with success as an instructor. As a young man he assisted his father in clearing the home farm and lived there until he was married. He then farmed for himself a short time in Pike Township, after which he spent four years at St. Paris, at the end of which time he located at Millerstown. He remained there two years during the Civil War, then moved to Auglaize County, where he still owns a farm of eighty acres. About 1894 he returned to his present farm, known as the Indian Mound Fruit Farm. Here he first set out some 200 trees and has added thereto from time to time until he now has the finest orchard in Clark County, consisting of apples, cherries, plums and peaches, in addition to berries and small fruits' of all kinds. He conducts his business along modern and approved plans.

Mr. Thomas was married September 18, 1856, to Martha Moore, a daughter of John and Rachel (Tannehill) Moore. Her father was a soldier in the War of 3812, and upon one occasion killed a hostile Indian in the woods. Six children were born to bless this union, as follows : Clinton, who died young; John Charles, of Auglaize Comity, married Hulda Jane Swartz; Phoebe Jane, deceased, wife of John Hiderman; Laura, wife of Ellsworth Birt; Ida, wife of William Henning; and William, who married Harriet Lipp. Mr. Thomas has been a member of the Masonic fraternity for more than forty years. In politics he is a stalwart Republican, but has never aspired to political honors.

Springfield Ohio, was born January 29, J 872, in Montgomery County, Ohio. His father was John B. Patton and his mother was formerly Caroline Brentlinger, both natives of that county. They are now living on a farm on the Urbana Pike, just across the line in Champaign County. The family moved to Green Township, this county, in 1879, where the subject of this sketch spent his boyhood days on the farm. After completing the common school work he entered Antioch College, where he spent five years. He taught in the public schools of Greene County for one year and then entered the Ohio Medical University, in 1895, graduating from the medical department in 1898. He was elected to the position of house physician to the Protestant Hospital, at Columbus, Ohio, which he held for one year, and then came to Springfield, where he has since resided and followed his chosen profession.

Dr. Patton has been a merjiber of the City Hospital staff for a number of years. He is a member of the Clark County Medical Society, as well as of the State and National Medical Associations.

He was married September 28, 1899, to Miss Catherine Green, of Union County, Ohio, and to them have heen born three children - Helen, Dorothy Bell and John Stuart.

CHARLES GEIS, who is engaged in general farming on a well improved farm of 125 acres in ]\Iad River Township, was born November 21, 1861, on his father's farm in Bavaria, Germany. He is a son of Martin and Nan (Slate) Geis.

Martin Geis and his wife were both natives and life-long residents of Germany, where they were engaged in agricultural pursuits. Martin died in 1892 in his eighty-fourth year, and Mrs. Geis died in 1879, when about fifty-seven years of age. They were the parents of eight children, three of whom died in infancy. Those living are as follows: Lawrence, who resides in Greene County, Ohio ; Martin, who is still a resident of Germany; Mary (Mrs. John Bigner), who lives in Greene County, Ohio; Charles, the subject of this sketch; and Anna, who lives with our subject. The maternal grandmother of Mr. Charles Geis came to America with some of her children and located in Greene County, Ohio, where her death subsequently occurred. One of

Charles Geis was reared on his father's farm in a small village in Germany and attended school until fourteen years of age. aftei' which he attended school on Sundays for two years. In July, 1882, he and his sister sailed for America, and having relatives in Greene County, Ohio, first settled there. Having no money, young Geis worked out by the month on various farms, after which he rented a farm in Greene County from Frank Fulton. He continued on this farm for six years and in March, 1901, removed to his present farm, which he bought from the Feirstine heirs. He erected his large seven-room frame house in 1906, the barn having been built two years previously. Mr. Geis raises a great many hogs, and is one of the most successful farmers of the township. Mr. Geis is a Democrat in politics and is a member of the Catholic Church of Yellow Springs, Ohio.

EDWIN S. KELLY, one of Springfield's leading citizens, is president of the Home, Lighting, Power and Heating Company, and is vice president of the 0. S. Kelly Company. He was born April 17, 1857, at Springfield, Ohio, and is a son of the late Hon. Oliver S. and Ruth Ann (Peck) Kelly.

Both parents of Mr. Kelly were born in Clark County, Oliio, and both passed awav at Springfield, the father on April 9, 1904, and the mother May 9, 1901 They had five children, of whom two sons now survive. The late Oliver S. Kelly was one of Springfield's strong, intel-

Edwin S. Kelly was reared at Springfield and received a collegiate education. He became associated with his father in business while still a young man and has continued his connection with important enterprises. Mr. Kelly married Martha Linn, who is a member of an old pioneer family that came to Clark County from Pennsylvania. They have three children. In political sentiment Mr. Kelly is a stanch Republican, but he is more of a business man than a politician. He owns a beautiful home at Yellow Springs, Ohio.

ABRAHAM C. HEISTAND, a representative citizen of Bethel Township, residing on his valuable farm of 110 acres, which is situated on the north side of the old Carlisle Turnpike Road, six miles west of Spring-field, was born on his father's farm in York County, Pennsylvania. January 11, 1838. His parents were Abraham and Leah (Longenecker) Heistand.

Some of the family records of the Heistand family indicate that members of it came to Pennsylvania in the days of William Penn, but the first authentic date is 1731, when John, Abraham, Balser, Barbara and Anna Heistand sailed for America in the ship Brittania. They were natives of Germany, but had been forced to flee to Switzerland on account of religious persecution, and for freedom of religious belief they crossed the Atlantic Ocean and established a home in what was then largelv an unsettled countrv. In the fall of 1731 they landed at Philadelphia and John and Abraham went to Lancaster Coimty, where they took up 500 acres of land, 200 of which still remains a possession of the family. Balser went to the South and all trace of him or his descendants have been lost sight of.

Abraham Heistand, son of John Heistand, was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where he became a man of wealth and influence. He subsequently moved to York County, where his last years were spent. He was twice married and his children were of his first union, as follows : John, Abraham, William, Balser, Sarah, Nancy and Susan.

Abraham Heistand, son of Abraham and father of Abraham C, was born on his father's farm in York County, Pennsylvania, where he lived a long and useful life and died at the age of seventyeight years. He married Leah Longenecker, who survived to the age of ninetytwo years. They had eleven children, as follows: John, Catherine, Sarah, Christian L., Abraham, Susan, William, Jacob and Amanda, twins, Anna and Alice, all of whom survive with the exception of the youngest.

Abrahani C. Heistand was reared on his father's farm and in boyhood went to school, a distance of three miles, when his services were not required at home. In 1861 he joined his older brother. Christian L., in Clark County, Ohio, and together they bought a farm of 280 acres, the old General Mason ]ilace, in Moorefield Township. They continued to farm that place for seven years and then sold out to Jacob Hertsler. Mr. Heistand then came to his present farm, buying the first seventv acres from Samuel Miller and the remainder he purchased from other parties as he has seen a chance for a good investment. At the time of purchase an old brick house stood on the place, which Mr. Heistand tore down and replaced with a comfortable eight-room frame dwelling. He erected all the substantial farm buildings and made all the very noticeable improvements. He carries on general farming and devotes considerable attention to raising fine Durham cattle.

In 1869 Mr. Heistand was married to Martha Fisher, who is a daughter of John Fisher. They have one son, Clarence. Mr. Heistand, like all other members of his family, is a Democrat.

MICHAEL HINKLE, until recently one of the representative agriculturists of Springfield. Township, was the owner of 120 acres of excellent land and carried on farming and stock-raising on the home farm of 100 acres, lying in Section 26. Mr. Hinkle was born on this farm May 29, 1834, a son of John and Mary Ann (Way) Hinkle. He died at the age of almost seventy-four years, on May 6th, 1908, and in his demise the township lost a useful and highly esteemed citizen.

John Hinkle, father of Michael, was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He remained there imtil his marriage, when he started for Ohio with his wife, driving overland to Columbus. During the summer of 1833 he lived at Columbus while prospecting for a desirable farm, at length finding land to please him in Clark County, on which he settled in the fall of the above-mentioned year. He purchased about 700 acres at that time and continued to live on that part of the farm

About three years after Michael Hinkle was married he moved back to the original home place, after an absence of some twenty-seven years. His father still owned the land, but Michael received the place as his portion, after his father's death. There were five children born to John Hinkle and wife, Michael being the second-born, the oldest, a sister, dying in infancy.

Mr. Hinkle began making improvements on his farm as soon as he took possession, and erected every building now standing on it, including the residence, barns, sheds and out-buildings of all kinds needed in successfully cariying on large agricultural operations. He had eight children, namely: John, now residing in Green County, engaged in farming; Elizabeth, 1 esiding at home ; Mary, who married Joseph Crabill, Jr., a member of the township school board; Alexander, a resident of Springfield Township; Susan, residing at home; Alice, who died in childhood; Sarah, who married Alva Graham, who resides on Mr. Hinkle 's second farm; and Margaret, who is the popular school teacher at the Cross Roads, near her father's home. The Hinkle family is a prominent one of Spring-field Township.

CALEB TUTTLE was long one of Clark County's leading citizens. He was born in Virginia, in 1799, and was a son of Sylvanus Tuttle, who was the pioneer of the family in Ohio, coming as early as 1806. Svlvanus Tuttle settled in

Caleb Tuttle was seven years old when his i^arents brought him to Clai'k County, where he continued to live during the remainder of his life. He carried on agricultural pursuits on an extensive scale and invested his capital in land imtil he owned 1,000 acres, the larger part of which has more than trebled in value since then. He was a man of fine business intelligence and he also was useful to his community in furthering public improvements and encouraging education and religion. Caleb Tuttle married Mary Prickett, who was born in Clermont County and was brought to Lagonda by her father, who settled first in Clermont and later in Clark County. Nicholas Prickett operated the first flour mill at Lagonda and settlers came many miles to this mill in early days. Caleb Tuttle and wife had the following children born to them : Catherine, who married Herbert Byrd; Eliza Jane, who married John Monahan; Margaret, who married Silas V. Byrd; Elizabeth B., who married Joseph Wallingsford; Eachel, who is the widow of Jacob L. McClellan; Sylvanus, who died aged two years; Isaiah, now deceased, who never married; William H., who died in the spring of 1885, leaving a family; Thomas, who died in infancy; David, who died aged sixteen years; and Laura M. The only survivors of the above family are Mrs. McClellan and Miss Laura M. Tuttle.

Miss Tuttle was reared and educated in the locality in which she was born. She is well known and most highly esteemed. Miss Tuttle owns the old Caleb Tuttle home place, containing 163 acres, which is situated directly opposite the Sinking Creek Church. Another very valuable piece of property is hers, this being four acres on the corner of Burnett and Main Streets, Springfield. This land has a productive orchard on it and a very fine dwelling, which is now occupied by Dr. Cromer, a well-known physician of Springfield.

many years was one of Springfield's valued citizens, was born at Springfield, Ohio, May 13, 1842, and his native city was his field of endeavor through a useful life, which terminated April 18, 1907. Charles C. Fried was eighteen years of age when he put aside his books, together with his ambitious plans for the future, in order to enter the Federal Army and to perform his loyal duty to his country. He became a member of Company F, Second Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and during the period of his enlistment bravely faced danger and met the hazards which attend a soldier's life. After the close of his military service he returned to Springfield, where he completed the jeweler's trade. In 1870, in association with J. W. Mulholland, he established the business which is the oldest continuous jewelry house at Springfield. In the course of time he acquired sole control of the same and when his son reached manhood he was admitted to partnership, the firm becoming C. C. Fried & Son. Mr. Fried continued to be actively interested until in September, 1905, when he retired from business care, but he retained his financial interest and had been in the business for thirty-seven years at the time of his death. Since then Carl Knott Fried, Mr. Fried 's only son and his partner, has had sole control, and he is numbered with Springfield's enterprising and successful young business men.

In 1863, Charles C. Fried was married (first) to Sarah McBeth, who died in 1873, leaving one daughter, Jessie L., Mrs. E. L. Queisser, who is a resident of Cleveland. In 1875 Mr. Fried was married (second) to Anna Knott, who was then a resident of Springfield, Missouri, but was born and reared in Clifton, Clark County, Ohio. Mrs. Fried is a daughter of Wilham H. and Lydia (Price) Knott, and a granddaughter of Peter Knott, who was a prominent pioneer of Clark County. William H. Knott at one time owned flour mills and large sections of real estate, and later was interested in farming. To the second marriage was bom one daughter and one son: Anna, who died in infancy, and Carl K., who resides with his mother in the beautiful family home at No. 417 South Limestone Street, Springfield.

Mr. Fried Vas a life-long Republican, and for twenty-two consecutive years was a member of the city council, on several occasions being elected its president. His services were highly valued by his fellow-citizens, who relied upon his judgment and followed his lead in many public-spirited enterprises which have vastly benefited the city. Although failing health debarred him for several closing years of his life, from active participation in public affairs, he never lost his interest nor failed to express pride

At the time of his death, Mr. Fried was serving as a member of the Board of Trustees of the First Presbyterian Church, with which religious body he had identified himself in early years. He was prominent in both the Odd Fellows and the Masons, in the latter organization having attained the 32nd degree. Locally he belonged to the Lagonda and Commercial Clubs.

JOHN P. CRAWMER, a well known farmer and highly respected citizen of Pike Township, Clark County, Ohio, has a fine farm of 204 acres located about sixteen miles northwest of Springfield. He was born in Miami County, Ohio, Apiil 16, 1848, and is a son of Michael and Miranda (Mumford) Crawmer.

Michael Crawmer was born in Maryland, of German parentage. After his marriage he left Frederick County, Maryland, and arrived in Miami County, Ohio, with a cash capital of fifty cents. He located in the woods, on the Dr. Beard farm, and thirteen years later moved to near Alcony, in the same county, where he and his wife both died. He lived as the pioneers of that period did, and met with more than common success, having 340 acres of land at liis death. During his early life he followed the trade of a cooper. He and his wife were parents of eleven children, of whom the following are now living: George, Charles, James, John P., Miranda E., Mary, and Elizabeth.