Springfield Township (part 34 of 69)

His son, Henry S., father of John M.. was born in York County, Pennsylvania, and was one of a family of three children. He had a brother, Charles, and a sister, Catherine, the latter of whom was wife of John Giesey, a wagoumaker of York County. Henry S. Zeller was a sadler and painter by trade, which he followed in York County, until his marriage, then in Mount Joy, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. While at the latter place he served a number of years as justice of the peace. He later moved with his wife to Northumberland, where he plied his trade, then later removed to Lancaster County and engaged in sehool-teacliing a number of years. They spent the latter years of their life in Clark County, Ohio, near Medway, having followed their son, John, to this county. They were parents of eight children, as follows: John Miller ; Henry, who died in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania ; Theodore, who lives in Miami County, Ohio ; George, who resides in Kansas; Susan, who is the wife of Andrew Mouk, of Clark County; Margaret, who is the wife of Samuel Brosey of Clark County; Benjamin, who is a physician of St. Paris, Ohio; Martha (Jones), whose home is in Clark County.

John M. Zeller was but a child when his parents moved to Lancaster County, where he was reared and received his educational training in the district schools. When a lad of fifteen years he took up the plastering trade, which he thereafter followed for many years. ^Vhen about twenty-one years old, he came to Ohio and for a time made his home with Gottleib Brosey, who lived on a farm adjoining that now owned by Mr. Zeller. He started at once to work at his trade and in a short time was able to buy an acre of his present place, which was then heavily timbered. This he cleared and in the course of time erected thereon the brick residence in which he lives. He now has thirty-one acres in the home place, in addition to which he has two other tracts in Bethel Township. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he was a member of the Ohio National Guards, imder Captain McKenney, and went into camp with his regiment at Camp Dennison. He was there taken so seriously ill that he was sent back home and for two years was an invalid. He never followed his trade after that illness, but turned his attention to farming and tobacco raising He has grown and shipped tobacco for the Miami Leaf Tobacco Company of Cincinnati, for more than forty years, and in 1885 he erected a large warehouse. Mr. Zeller has retired from active work, his sons growing and selling the tobacco at the present time.

John M. Zeller was united in marriage with Esther Harnish, a daughter of Rev. John and Esther (Bowman) Harnish. Her father came from Pennsylvania, where he followed fanning. He was one of the pioneer Mennonite preachers of Clark County, Ohio, whither he moved with his family in wagons, in 1840, Mrs. Zeller being six years old at that time. He became owner of large landed interests here. He and his wife were parents of the following children: Henry; Mary, deceased, wife of Jacob Neff; Esther; John, who was a Mennonite minister; Anna, wife of Levi Kauffman; Amos, of Dayton; and Emma, wife of Cyrus Helman of this county. Eight children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Zeller, as follows : Alonzo, who married Mollie Brosey; Henry; Frank; John; William, a blacksmith at Osborn, who married Rose Harnish; Christopher, a graduate of the Ohio Dental College at Cincinnati, who is engaged in practice at Yellow Springs, Ohio; Cyrus, who married Fannie Howett; and Lorenzo, who died at the age of six years. Politically, Mr. Zeller was a member of the Whig party until the organization of the Republican joarty. He voted for Abraham Lincoln, and later united with the Grreenback party, being the only one in the township. He is a man who takes an active interest in all that pertains to the welfare of his home

JOSEPH A. BECKER, who for more than forty years has been engaged in the butcher business in Springfield, Ohio, occupies stall No. 48 in the Spring-field Market. He has a valuable tract of seven and a half acres situated about three and a half miles west of Springfield on the National Pike, in Springfield Township, and resides in a fine, large brick house. He has been very successful in a business way, and is held in the highest esteem by a large circle of acquaintances and friends with whom he has had business and social relations for many years.

Mr. Becker was born in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, August 7, 1847, and is a son of John and Elizabeth (Zimmerman) Becker. He was one year old when his parents moved west to Clark County, Ohio, in wagons, settling first in Moorefield Township and subsequently in Eagle City, German Township, where he was reared. When a young man he began learning the butcher's trade with Mr. Reeder, who lived close to the Masonic Home, and continued in his employ for four years. He then bought a lot on the north side of Sugar Creek Hill and started a market in the old brick market-house in Springfield. He later carried on his business in what was known as the Wigwam, and upon the completion of the new Springfield Market moved there, occupying stall No. 48.

ly: Bertha, wife of George Fish, who has a son - Joseph Ii-vin; Irvin; Joseph; and Catherine, the last mentioned being the wife of Frank Ross. Wilham, another son, died in infancy, and Laura died at the age of four and a half years. Mr. Becker is a stalwart Republican in politics, and has served a number of years as assessor of the west precinct of Springfield Township. Fraternally he is a member of the Knights of Pythias.

HON. WALTER L. WEAVER, a prominent attorney at Springfield, who served as a member of the Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth sessions of the National Congress, has long been a leading citizen of Clark County. He was born in Montgomery County, Ohio, April 1, 1851, and is a son of Rev. John and Amanda (Hurin) Weaver. The father of Mr. Weaver was a well-known minister of the Presbyterian Church. His mother was a daughter of Silas Hurin, a pioneer settler of this state and one of the founders of Ijebanon, Ohio.

Walter L. Weaver was educated in the public schools of Montgomery County, and at Monroe xYcademy, and was graduated in 1870 from Wittenberg College at Springfield. He then entered upon the study of law under Hon. J. Warren Keifer and as he was dependent upon his our resources, he did newspaper work during his period of law reading. In the spring of 1872 he was admitted to the bar, and in 1874 he w^as elected prosecuting attorney of Clark County. To this responsible office he was re-elected in 1880, 1882 and ]88o. In 1896 he was elected on the Republican ticket a member of the

Fifty-fifth Congress and approval of his public course was shown by his re-election to the Fifty-sixth Congress. In July, 1902, he was appointed by President Roosevelt, associate justice of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Citizenship Court, and his ap})ointment was confirmed on the same da}'.

Since retiring from public life. Judge Weaver has coutinued in the active practice of law at Springfield, which city has been his chosen home for forty-three years. His business offices are situated in the Bushneil Building, Rooms 43-44-45.

Judge Weaver was married on May 24, 1881, to Mary Hardy, who is a daughter of Thomas Hardy, of Lebanon, Ohio, and the family consists of himself, wife, a son and a daughter. Judge and Mrs. Weaver are members of the Second Presbyterian Church of Springfield. He belongs to the Masonic ordei-, being a member of Clark Lodge No. 101, at Springfield.

GEORGE D. BUNYAN, who is engaged in general farming on a well-improved farm of one hundred and eighty acres in Mad River Township, was born February 14, 1843, in Mad River Township, Clark County, Ohio, and is a son of William Bunyan and a grandson of James Bunyan.

James Bunyan came from Scotland to this country with his father when a boy. The family located on a farm in New York State, where he was reared, and later he operated a saw and woolen mill. He married Elizabeth Hume, also a native of Scotland, and they reared a family of eight children: Alice, who married N. Garrison; William; Jane, who married

Martin Cosier; George; David; and Margaret, all now deceased. In 1837 James Bunyau and family removed to Ohio, traveling by wagon and canal. His son William had previously been to Ohio and purchased the present Bunyan farm in Mad River Township, from Mr. Loofborrow, the land having been entered from the Government by a Mr. Sroufe. AYilliam Bunyan and his father stopped for a short time in Lancaster, Ohio, before settling on the farm, where James later died.

William Bunyan married Martha A. Otstott, a native of Pennsylvania, who came to Springfield, Ohio, with her parents. Daniel and Hannah Otstott. After residing for several years in the old log house which was on the farm, William Bunyan in 1843 built the large brick house in which George D. now resides. His wife died in the fall of 1877, and in the following year William Bunyan and other members of the family removed to Delaware, Ohio, where he died March 5, 1900, at the advanced age of eighty-three years. Six children were born to William Bunyan and wife, namely : George Dushane ; Leonidas H., who is a resident of Indiana; Frances Emma; Ellen A., who died in 1901; Edward T., who resides in Connecticut ; and William H., who died quite young.

George D. Bunyan was born in a frame house near his present home. He was reared on the farm and attended the district schools and later the college at Delaware, Ohio, for two and a half years. In 1867 he went to Yellow Springs, Greene County, Ohio, where he opened a general store, which he operated successfully imtil 1877. when he sold to Charles Shaw.

He then returned to the home farm, where lie has since been engaged in general farming. Mr. Bunyan was first married, in October, 1866, to Susan Terry, -rrho came to Yellow Springs from Dayton, Ohio. She died in 1869. In 1878 he married Florence Tulleys, a daiaghter of Erasmus and Julia A. Tulleys.

ALVA B. HURD, one of Harmony Township's representative citizens, where he operates a valuable farm of one hundred and eleven acres, was born in Clark County, Ohio, in 1863, and is a son of Simeon and Rhoda (Goodfellow) Hurd. The grandparents of our subject, Simeon and Nabby Hurd, were born in New York, but both died at Warren, Pennsylvania. Simeon Hurd, father of Alva B., was born in New York and became a resident of Clark County in 1857, when twenty-seven years of age. He married Rhoda Goodfellow, of Clark County, and they had three children, namely : Rumina A., born in 1858, who resides with her brother, Alva B. ; Kate C, born in 1860, who also resides with her brother; and Alva B. The mother of these children was born in 1830 and died in 1867.

Alva B. Hurd attended the country schools through boyhood and ever since has been concerned with the affairs of the home farm, which his father bought in 1864 from Philip Smith. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at

BIRCH R. TAYLOR, a general farmer and respected citizen of Mad River Township, owns one hundred acres of fine farming land near Enon. He was born on his father's farm in Clark County, Ohio, February 20, 1869, and is one of a family of five children born to his parents who were Llewellyn and Delilah (Barfield) Taylor. He was reared on the home farm and obtained his education in the public schools. Shortly after his marriage he moved to his present farm, which his father had bought in 1879 from David Bailey, and which was known as the old Cox farm. Mr. Taylor purchased the property from his father and has greatly improved it by erecting excellent buildings and placing the lajid under a fine state of cultivation.

On August 25, 1891, Mr. Taylor was married to Maggie Cahill, who was born in Highland County, Ohio, and who is a daughter of George and Alice (Hart) Cahill. Mr. and Mrs. Cahill moved from Highland County to Spring-field, Ohio, in 1886, where they lived for seven years. They then went to Muncie, Indiana, where they remained for ten years, when they settled at Enon, in Clark County, Ohio. They had five children, namely; Verda, Maggie, Albert, Clarence and Harry. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor have three children - Bessie, Alice and George. In politics Mr. Taylor is a Republican. He belongs to the order of Knights of Pythias, at Enon.

JOHN S. BROWN, who conducts the largest loan, real estate and insurance business at South Charleston, with office adjoining the Bank of South Charleston, has long been one of the leading men of affairs in this cit.y. He was born March, 1867, in Cleveland, Ohio, and is a son of Samuel G. and Jennie (Ferris) Brown.

Samuel Brown was born in Scotland and was a son of Thomas Brown, also a native of that country, and was one of a family of four children born to his parents. LTpon coming to this country, Samuel Brown located at Cleveland, Ohio, where he was uuited in marriage with Jennie Ferris, a daughter of George Ferris, also a native of Scotland. To this union were born six children, two of whom are still living: Jennie E. Bowers of Steelton, Pennsylvania; and John S. Samuel Brown served three years and nine months in the army during the Civil War, and was severely wounded four times, his death, which occurred in 1885, resulting from a wound received during the long period of military service. He was one of the charter members of Jtitchell Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Sin-ingfield. After his return from the war, he engaged as a type-setter and printer for a number of years. He is survived by his widow who is a resident of Springfield, Ohio.

John S. Brown was reared in Cleveland, Ohio, and received his education in the elementary schools of that city, and the High School of Yellow Springs, and later worked as a printer for a few years. He then engaged in the manufacture of sweat-pads, with C. H. Wentz of South Charleston for a short time, after which he was employed for five years by A.

Mclntire in conducting a bakery. He next was associated with the Bank of South Charleston for a period of four years, when he again embarked in the bakery business, establishing the bakery now owned by George Flowers, and continued in that for five years. Since then he has been most successfully engaged in the real estate, insurance and loan business, handling all kinds of city and country property.

Mr. Brown was joined in marriage with Mary M. Carr, a daughter of Samuel Carr, and to them have been born three children, but two of whom are living : Gertrude, and John S.

Politically, Mr. Brown is a Republican and has served ten years as Central Committeeman and five terms as township clerk. He was a member of the Board of Election for some time and was for ten years clerk of the township School Board. He is fraternally a member of the I. 0. 0. F., and Fielding Lodge, F. & A. M.. of the former being financial secretary for thirteen years and for two terms deputy district Grand Master. His religious connection is with the Methodist Church, of which he was treasurer for a period of ten years.

HARRY A. TOULMIN, B. L., who has been identified with the interests of Springfield for the past twenty-two years, is known all over the State of Ohio as an able patent \aw lawyer. Mr. Toulmin was born November 26, 1858, at Toulminville, Alabama, where his family was of such importance that its name is perpetuated in a thriving place. His parents were Morton and Frances H. Toulmin.

Harry A. Toulmin was primarily educated in the private schools of the city of ^Mobile, Alabama, and he completed his literary course at New Orleans and at Washington, D. C. He pursued his law studies in the National L^niversity at Washington, where he was graduated with high honors, in June, 1882. Tn 1883 he was admitted to the Maryland State bar, and in 1884 to practice in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

Mr. Toulmin 's specialty is patent law and he first became interested in this line through serving, during his course of study, as a clerk in a patent law office, and shortly after his admission to the bar he decided to make this branch of law his special line of practice. In September, 1885, at the solicitation of several Springfield manufacturers, who recognized in him an attorney capable of defending their patented interests, Mr. Toulmin opened an office in this city, although he did not locate here permanently until in February, 1887. Mr. Toulmin has been admitted to practice in all the Federal Courts in Ohio, and in those of many other states, and in 1893 he was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the United States. His success has been remarkable and his legal victories have brought fame and fortune both to himself and his clients.

Mr. Toulmin has shown deep interest in Springfield's development, has given much encouragement to its educational movements, and has assisted in the promotion of many of its charities and philanthropic enterprises. From 1895 until 1897, during the mayoralty of Hon. P. P. Mast, he was an advisory member and vice president of the Springfield Board of Public Affairs. It was during this period that the city received the gift of Snyder Park. Among Mr. Toulmin's many services performed at this time which contributed to the development and improvement of this property, was the composition of the beautiful and appropriate inscription on the memorial stone which decorates the park.

In the spring of 1887, Mr. Toulmin was married to Rosamund Evans, who is a daughter of Dr. Warick and Mary Mason (Washington) Evans, residents of Washington, D. C. They have had two sons : Warick Morton and Harry Aubrey, Jr., the former of whom is deceased. The family belong to Christ Episcopal Church, Mr. Toulmin being a member of its vestry. The beautiful family home is at No. 359 North Fountain avenue, Springfield.

JOHN W. HUMBARGER, a well known farmer and stock-raiser of Mad River Township, and owner of 210 acres of Mghly improved farm land in Clark County, was born December 6, 1851, in Clark County, Ohio, and is a son of William and Mary (Kenny) Humbarger.

Jacob Humbarger, the great-greatgrandfather of John W., a native and lifelong resident of Germany, was a gunsmith by trade and was the inventor of the first pistol which fired one shot. All of his male descendants down to the gi'andfather of John W. Humbarger became gunsmiths. His son Benjamin, great-grandfather, followed the trade for many years in Germany and in later years came to America, where he continued work as a gunsmith.

was bom in Perry County, Ohio, and was a son of Peter Humbarger, a native of Pennsylvania, who came to Ohio at an early period when the country was new and undeveloped. William was reared on his father's farm in Perry County. He subsequently came to Clark County, where he learned the cooper's trade with his second cousin, Adam Humbarger, and worked in a cooper shop for James Grundle, then situated near John W's present farm. He lived at Mr. Grundle's home, having a bunk in the garret, which was so openly built that the snow often blew in, covering his bed. He later bought a farm of fifty-one acres, from William Black, and after the war devoted his entire time to agricultural pursuits, having followed his trade until that time. The first year he farmed he cultivated thirty acres of corn with one horse, in new and undeveloped ground. He then took the corn to David Cross, two miles away, for which he was to receive twenty-five cents per bushel, but as Mr. Cross failed in business, he never received his money, and thus suffered quite a loss. He married Mary Kenny, who was born in Virginia and came to Ohio with her parents when yovmg. William Humbarger and wife were the parents of five children : Anna, who married David Hilt; Elizabeth, who married W. Sultzbaugh; Amanda, who married William Deitrick, deceased ; John W. ; Charles, who married Alice Swadner. Mrs. Humbarger died on the farm in 1852 aged fifty-three years. William died in Yellow Springs, Ohio, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. David Hilt, in 1904, at the advanced age of eighty-six years.

and when about nine years old his parents removed to German Township, where they lived for seven years. He then worked out on various farms for a period of five years, during which time he saved $500. Mr. Humbarger's success in life is entirely due to his own efforts, having started out with nothing but a two-acre tract of land and a will to work. After his marriage he went to live on his little farm and later purchased the entire home farm. He subsequently sold this land to Samuel McClure, for which he received $1,800, which was the first payment made on his present home. He bought his farm, consisting of eighty acres of timberland, from E. Miller, and lived for nine years in the old cabin which was then on the place. The cabin is now used by Mr. Humbarger as a stable, having been replaced by the present home which his sqn-in-law, Raymond Shellabarger, and family occupy. Mr. Humbarger has made many other important changes, and has added all the other buildings which are on the land. He is extensively engaged in stockraising, having at the present time 140 hogs, and thirty -five head of cattle, all of which he has raised during the past three years. He has held four big public sales.

On March 6, 5876, he married Miss Anna Sultzbaugh, a daughter of Joseph and Catherine Sultzbaugh. Mr. and ]\Irs. Humlmrger have had two children, namely: Pearl, who died aged four years; and Lydia, who married Raymond Shellabarger, a son of Ephraim Shellabarger. They have one child, Rilla Evelyn.

Mr. and Mrs. Humbarger were for nineteen years members of the First Presbyterian Church of Springfield, but are now connected with the Chi-istiau Church of

Enon, of which he is a trustee. Mrs. Humbarger is a remarkable Bible student, having won a ten-dollar Bible for memorizing the book of Matthew, and at the same time was awarded a five-dollar Bible for repeating two-thirds of the contents of each book in the Bible. This prize was offered by Mr. Ross Mitchell of Spring-field. The committee which examined her was as follows : Mrs. George Huntington, Mrs. Samuel J. McClure and Mrs. Robert Latimore. Politically Mr. Humbarger is an adherent of the Prohibition party. Mr. Humbarger is now living retired on the farm recently purchased from the Sheridan estate.

ADAM GERMAN, who comes of a prominent old family of Springfield Township, Clark County. Ohio, has a fine farm of ninety-two and a half acres, the old German home place, ju.st off the National Pike about four "miles from the city of Springfield. He was born on his present farm September 14, 1868, and is a son of Peter and Margaret (Germ) German. His father died in 1890, while Mrs. German survived till 1895. They were pioneer residents here and were most highly respected by a large circle of friends throughout this community. A son, John German, may be foimd mentioned elsewhere in this work.

Adam German was reared on the home farm and obtained his educational training in the public schools of his home community. He has always followed general farming and stock-raising, and has one of the best appointed and equipped places in the township. He farms according to the most modern and approved methods, and success has attended his etiforts on every hand. Mr. German was united in the lioly bonds of matrimony with Miss Catherine Greiser, who was also born and reared in Clark Coimty, Ohio, and who is a daughter of George Greiser. Three cliildren were born to bless their home, namely: Effie, Lena, and Edna. Mrs. German died April 13, 1908, after an operation for appendicitis. Mr. German takes an earnest interest in local politics and all that affects the welfare of his home community, and is at present a member of Spring-field Township school board. Fraternally he belongs to the Knights of Pythias.

JOSEPH KAPER PROCTEE, who resides upon a fine farm of ninety-two acres, situated one and one-half miles west of Dialton, Clark County, Ohio, comes of a prominent old family of this vicinity, the oid home place being located across the line in Champaign County. He was born in Jackson Township, Champaign County, Ohio, November 9, 1837, and is a son of William and Mary (Maxwell) Procter, and a grandson of William Procter. The last named was a lifelong resident of Yorkshire, England, where he followed farming; he had a brother. General Procter, who was beheaded for his activity in furthering the American cause in Revolutionary days.

William Procter, father of Joseph Raper Procter, was bom in Yorkshire, England, November 5, 1795, and there grew to manhood on his father's farm. He was married February 13, 1816, to Ellen Whitaker and later in the same year came to America, in a sailing vessel. The voyage consumed four mouths, the vagaries of the wind carrying them to points north, where winter clothing became necessary and so far south they again donned their summer garbs. On arriving in New York, William Procter contra^cted with a man to escort them to Cincinnati, Ohio. As he would be gone from home for a long period, this man set about preparing wheat for bread for his family during his absence. William thus learned, in assisting him, to "wind wheat," a pioneer process of separating wheat from chaff, by tossing it in the air from a sheet. Mr. Procter's wife and children rode in a wagon drawn by one horse, while he and the escort walked ovey the rough roads. While on the way, an axle of their wagon broke, but they cut down a sapling and put it in instead and continued their journej' to Cincinnati, where they arrived seven weeks later after many hardships and trying experiences. After residing in that city for two years, William Procter walked to the land office at Lima, Ohio, and entered one hundred and sixty-three acres of land in Jackson Township, Champaig-n Coimty. Ohio, on the last section of land to be settled in that township. He erected a log cabin in which he lived for two years, then rented it to James Benson, and returned to Cincinnati, where he engaged in whip-sawing, a strange occupation for a man unused to the woods. However, he was a man of energy, patience, and enterprise and attained success, working at this industry for ten years, and during his residence there could have made numerous investments, which in the light of subsequent events, would have made him independently wealthy. At that time, ten acres, lying in the heart of Cincinnati, could have been purchased for a paltry $200. Returning to ChampaigTi Covmty, he spent the remainder of his days there, dying aged eighty-five years. By his first wife he had four children, two of whom grew up, James and John, both of whom lived in the West and died aged eightyfive years.

William Procter was married a second time, in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Mrs. Mary (Maxwell) Truer, who had one daughter, Harriet, by her first marriage who died at eighteen years. Mrs. Procter's grandmother, Maggie (Foulton) Maxwell, was a sister of Robert Foulton, inventor of the first steam-boat. Her grandfather Maxwell was killed by Indians, his wife escaping by hiding in a hollow log, but her two sisters, although scalped, managed to crawl to a boat and thus save theii'' lives. William and Mary (Maxwell) Procter were parents of nine children: Nancy Jane, deceased; Martha Elizabeth, deceased; William, deceased; David W. ; Joseph; Charles, who was killed in trying to escape from Andersonville Prison, during the Civil War, after having dug his way out; Mary Ellen, deceased; Ann M., of Indiana; and Elias G., of Michigan, who was also in the Civil War. Mrs. Procter was born in Carrol County, Kentucky, and died in 1888, aged eighty-five years.

Joseph Procter was born in the old logcabin erected by his father and helped clear up the home place. His father paid eight and one-third cents per day for his schooling and he attended the old log schoolhouse of that district, which was the first in that vicinity to have a fireplace. In his youth Mr. Procter experienced the hardships incident to pioneer days, and during his lifetime has witnessed wonderful changes in life on the farm, in tlie conveniences and comforts of living, the improved facilities for putting out and harvesting crops, and the value of products. Well does he remember his father hauling oats to Urbana for six cents per bushel ; selling chickens for eight cents each, and maple sugar at two and a half and three cents per pound. A medium sized coon skin was worth twenty-five cents in those days. The family wove and spun their own clothing. Twice a year a minister came on horseback from Cincinnati and held meetings in the woods or in a cabin, always being sure of a congregation. Mr. Procter has always followed general farming and also for seven years taught music, and being a careful manager and an industrious worker, has met with success. He lived in Champaign County until 1874, when he bought his present farm of Henry Verity. It is located on the county line.

On January 14, 1863, Mr. Procter married Ellen Tomlin, who was born in Pike Township. Clark County, Ohio, and is a daughter of John and Mary (Carter) Tomlin, who were married in England. Upon coming to this country they locfited in the woods in Pike Township, Clark County, and cleared up a farm. Mrs. Procter is one of six children born to her parents: William T., Mary Ann, John, Sarah, Ellen M., and Joseph. She and John are the sole survivors of the family. Mr. Procter and his wife have one child, a daughter, Olive Gr., who is wife of Samuel Ray and they live with her parents. Politically Mr. Procter is a Republican.

Seventy-seven years ago a company was formed, the object being to dig down eighty feet on Mr. Procter's farm for salt, but owing to the enormous quantity of water they encountered the project was abandoned.

LAWRENCE L. CIRCLE, a well known resident of German Township, who is engaged in general farming and stockraising on a farm of seventy acres, was born August 4, 1878, in Lawrenceville, Clark County, Ohio, and is a son of William and Luticia (Rust) Circle.

William L. Circle, also a native of Lawrenceville, was a son of Emanuel Circle, a farmer, who came from York County, Pennsylvania, at a very early period and was one of the pioneers of Clark County. He laid out the town of Lawrenceville and acquired a large tract of land, owning four hundred acres in German Township. He was a wagon maker by trade and conducted a shop in Lawrenceville for seventeen years before locating on his farm, which he purchased in 1883 and upon which he erected a fine frame house. He married Luticia Rust and to them were bora the following children : JNfinnie. wife of Charles Lutz of Marion, Indiana; Worthy A., a resident of Springfield, who has been employed in the postoffice of that city for nine years; Lawrence L., the subject of this sketch; Naomi, is the wife of William Chaney. Mr. Circle passed out of this life September 7, 1901, and is survived by his widow, who makes her home with her son Lawrence.

seven years old his parents moved to the farm of one hundred and forty-three acres in German Township, of which he now oMTis seventy acres, having resided here since 1885. He assumed the management of the farm upon attaining his majority and has since been engaged in general farming and stock-raising, making a specialty of Durock hogs. Mr. Circle was united in marriage March 17, 1902, with Frieda Critchfield, a daughter of Charles Critchfield, and they have three children - Lewis LeRoy; and Elma and Thelma, twins.

C. A. SCHUSTER, president and treasurer of the Peet & Schuster Company is one of Spring-field's progressive business men and active citizens, having been prominently identified with various organizations having in view the promotion of the best interests of the city, of which he has been a resideijt for thirtyfive years.

Mr. Schuster was born in 1848 near the city of Buffalo, N. Y., and was there reared, acquiring his education in a country school. When sixteen years old he began to learn the trade of sheet metal worker, with which line of industry he has been identified continuously ever since. After serving as an apprentice in Buffalo he came to Ohio, locating at Fremont. He subsequently went to Goshen and Elkhart, Ind., and still later to Chicago. He left the latter city one month prior to the great fire of October, 1871, and came to Springfield, Ohio, entering the employ of Peet &^ Raymond. Six months later this firm was dissolved and the firm of T. B. Peet & Co. was organized. The company was composed of T. B. Peet, C. A. Shuster and Lon ^vriger. They continued with nuinterruiDted success for a number of years, when, on account of the ill health of the senior member, it became necessary for Ml". Shuster to assume chai'ge, the other member dropping out. In 1894, after the death, of Mr. Peet, Mr. Shuster, in association with others, organized and incorporated the Peet & Shuster Company, with a paid-up capital of $10,000. He was elected president and treasurer of the company, in which capacity he now serves, and has capably directed its affairs. They make a specialty of sheet metal work and have met with a gratif\dng degree .of success.

In 1876 Mr. C. A. Schuster was united in marriage with Miss Mary Kershner, a daughter of John Kershner. She died in 1888, leaving three children: Rosamond, Bertha and Robert. Mr. Schuster contracted a second marriage, in 1901, with Miss Julia Miller, who died in 1901, leaving, besides her husband, two children to mourn her loss, namely, Mary and Ruth.

Mr. Schuster takes an active interest in local politics and for five years served in the City Council, for one year of that time being its president. Mr. Schuster is a Free Mason of high rank, having attained to the thirty-second degree. He has served as presiding officer, both of the Council and of the Chapter, and is also an officer of the Grand Chapter of the state. He is a member of the Masonic Club, also of the Springfield Commercial Club, and was the first president of the Builders' Exchange. He was a charter member of the first military company organized in the county under the present system of National Guard. It will thus be seen that

DARWIN PEIRCE, a veteran of the Civil War and a respected citizen of Madison Township, Clark County, Ohio, is the owner of some four hundred and thirty acres of land, of which two himdred and sixty acres comprise the home farm. He was born on this place July 5, 1841, and is a son of Edwin and Frances (Williams) Peirce.

Jonathan Peirce, grandfather of Darwin Peirce, was "a resident of Chester County, Pennsylvania, until 1825, in which year he moved with his family to Warren County, Ohio. One year later he came to Clark County and rented what is now the H. E. Bateman farm, then known as the Jonathan Cheney farm. He manufactured a hay rake, known as the old Peirce rake, from the sale of which he made his first purchase of land hei'e. He bought four hundred and fifty-five acres, now known as the John Rankin farm, and subsequently bought the Bown farm, on which he was living at the time of his death. He acquired some two thousand acres in all, being one of the largest individual landowners in this section of the county. He married Hannah Darlington, who was bcrn in Chester County, Pennsylvania, and died on the old Jonathan Cheney place in Madison Township. Jonathan Peirce was a Quaker in religion, and in politics a Wliig and great abolitionist. He was connected with the underground railway and helped many a poor slave to his freedom.

Chester County, Pennsylvania, about 1810, and attended school there, and later at Springfield, Ohio, the house in which he boarded at that time being still standing. He engaged in fanning during his active career, which was cut short by an accident which made him a cripple, and his death followed in a few years. He was married in 1840 to Frances Williams, a daughter of William Williams, who came from AVestmoreland Coimty, Maryland, her mother coming from Ireland with her parents when three years of age. Three children were born to bless their home, namely: Darwin; Hannah Mary, who for fifteen years was superintendent of Christ Hospital at Cincinnati, and is now engaged in charitable work in the slums of that city ; and Laura (Harold), who is now a resident of South Charleston.

Darwin Peirce was reared on the home farm, but as he was five years of age when his father died, and the only son, his schooling was of necessitj^ very limited. He is nevertheless a man of more than average education, but largely self-acquired. He made and developed the home farm himself. At the time of the Civil War he was living with his mother and two sisters in the log house on the farm, a time when his best energies should have been given to the development of the place in order that his further success be assured, but, casting aside all his personal ambitions, he followed the course of patriotism and loyalty to his country in a time of need, although it subjected his family to many hardships. He enlisted August 15, 1862, in Company C, One Hundred and Tenth Eegiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, under Colonel Keifer, and seiwed until the war closed. He saw much hard fighting, was in numerous important engagements, and was several times wounded. When the war closed he returned home and with renewed energy undertook the work on the farm, and with what success may be determined by the high station he occupies among the men of his township.

Mr. Peirce was married to Mary E. Mathewson, a daughter of Mathew and Margaret (Evans) Mathewson. Her father was born in England and came to the United States in 1834, locating on what is known as the Thomas Mathewson farm. He was married in 1841 to Margaret Evans, a native of Wales. Mr. and Mrs. Peirce have two sons : John, who is an electrician in Omaha, Nebraska; and Walter Thompson, who is an instructor in the Ohio State University at Columbus. Mr. Peirce is a Bepublican in politics, and for thirty-one years served efficiently as a school director. He was for twenty years a member of the Soldiers Belief Committee, and for eleven years was a member of the Clark County Agricultural Board. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and belongs to the order of Odd Fellows. Religiously, he was brought up in the Quaker faith.

GEORGE L. ZIEGLER, general fai-mer and dair^^nan, residing on his valuable farm of sLxty-three acres which is situated in Moorefield Township, was born in Germany, May 14, 1843. His parents were George and Anna (Layboldt) Ziegler.

The parents of Mr. Ziegler came to America in 1849 and settled in Pennsylvania, where the father followed a butchering business. George L. Ziegler was reared and educated in that state. In 1862 he came to Springfield, Ohio, where he found work in a brewery and later in the Lagouda shops, but remained only one week in each place, finding more agreeable employment in the water wheel shops, where he continued to work for four years. He then turned his attention to farming and worked on a farm in Logan County, Ohio, for six years preceding his marriage and for six years following it, when he bought a small farm in Green Township, south of Springfield, which he operated for ten years. During the next two years Mr. Ziegler worked all over Clark County assisting in the construction of turuinke roads and street car lines, living during one year at Clifton and one year at Spring-field. In the spring of 1893 he moved to the present farm. He keeps about thirty cows and sells his milk to the Pure Milk Company. Since taldng possession, Mr. Ziegler has made many improvements on his property which has greatly increased its value.

In 1876, Mr. Ziegler was married in Logan County, to Alice J. Hamilton, who is a daughter of Henry and Sarah (Fulton) Hamilton. Mrs. Ziegler was born and reared in the old home in Logan County, where her venerable mother has lived since the day following her marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Ziegler bave had seven children, all of whom survive with the exception of Helen, the youngest, who died aged two years. The others are: How, who married Charles Holmeyer, and they have five chiklren - George, Carl, Wilbur, Arthur and Frederick, their home being in Spring-field; Estella, who is at home ; Harley, a mail carrier, who resides at Lyons, Colorado; and Walter, Jessie and Joseph, who live at home. Mr. Ziegler is a member of the Grange. He is a man who has worked hai'd all his life and has honestly acquired what he possesses. He is a first-class citizen but takes no very active interest in politics.

CHARLES FREMONT STEWART, a well known and prosperous farmer of Green Township, Clark County, Ohio, resides on a farm of 135 acres located about seven miles south of the City of Springfield. He was born on the old family homestead in this township, Aug-ust 2, 1856, and was named in honor of Fremont, the first Republican nominee for president. He is a son of Perry and Rhoda Ann (Wheeler) Stewart, further reference to whom may be found elsewhere in this volume.

Charles Fremont Stewart was reared on the home place and acquii-ed an educational training in the district school at Pitchin, supplemented by one year in a Inisiness college at Springfield and a term at Lebanon, Ohio. At the age of twenty years he began farming a part of the home place on shares, and in 1884 purchased 135 acres adjoining the Stewart homestead. This he has improved greatly, clearing the remaining timber from the place, erecting a large bai'n, and converting the one-story brick house into a modern stmcture of two stories. A man of untiring energ-y he has made continuous progress in his work and is today classed among the substantial men of the community. He is a Republican in politics and cast his first vote for President Garfield in 1880. In 1884 he was elected township trustee, serving until 1889, and from the latter date until 1908 he served as township clerk, discharging his duties in a most capable and satisfactory manner. He served fi-om 1892 to 1898 as a member of the county election board, and in 1907 he was appointed Deputy Supervisor of Election of Clark County. He has frequently represented his district as delegate to county and state conventions.

On March 11, 1880, Mr. Stewart was united in the holy bonds of matrimony with Miss Clara Garlough, who was born in Green Township and is a daughter of James T. and Sarah (Hause) Garlough, her father being now deceased. The issue of this imion is as follows : Josie A., born Jime 16, 1881, who married March 11, 1902, Stephen Kitchen; Fred Garlough, born June 2, 1884, who married Rachel Estle; Howard H., born June 15, 1888; Samuel N., born October 9, 1893 ; and Stephen W., born July 20, 1896. Fraternally, our subject is a member of Clifton Lodge No. 669, K. P., in ^which he has filled all the chairs. He and his family belong to the Presbyterian church at Clifton.

of Springfield's prominent and representative citizens, who ably served the municipality four years as mayor, and through re-election is the present incumbent of that office, has also held many other offices of responsibility. He was born August 17, 1846, in Clark County, Ohio, and is a son of John and Mary (Jones) Burnett.

The Burnett family was founded in Clark County by Richard Burnett, the grandfather, whose life was spent in agricultural pursuits. Of his children.

John Burnett, father of William R., was born in the home in Clark County, in 1824. For a number of years he followed the trade of millwright. He married Mary Jones, who was born in 1826, in Randolph County, Virginia. For almost a quarter of a century she lived in the same home, on the corner of Plum and High Streets, Spring-field, only removing to the residence of her son, William R., a few months prior to her death, which occurred May 29, 1907, when she was eighty-two years old. She was laid by the side of her husband in Ferncliff cemetery.

William R. Burnett attended school until he was fourteen years of age then went to work in the shops of Whitely, Fassler & Kelly, where he remained until he was seventeen years old, becoming a skilled machinist. His youth alone had prevented his already becoming a soldier, and in 1863 he succeeded in enlisting in Company A, Fourth Battalion, Ohio Independent Cavalry, and he remained a member of that organization until he received an honorable discharge in 1865. Upon the close of his military service, he re-entered the machine shops of his old firm and continued there for twenty-three years. At a later period he embai'ked in a grocery business with which he remained connected for ten years.

For many years Mr. Burnett has been a leading member of the Democratic party in Clark Coimty, serving in many capacities, and has been honored by his fellow citizens with offices of trust and responsibility. For four years Mr. Burnett served as a faithful member of the Springfield School Board, later he ably represented the First Ward in the City Council, and in 1889, he was elected mayor of Springfield. His administration was so generally recognized as valuable to the city's best interests, that in 1891 he was re-elected and served out his second term with the same efficiency. In 1908 he was again re-elected and is now serving his third term. He was the first mayor to enjoy the fine offices in the new municipal building that had been comcompleted during his first administration. Subsequently he was appointed president of the Board of Public Safety, by his successor, and he continued to serve in this important office.

In October, 1865, Mr. Burnett was married to Mary C. Monahan, who is a daughter of John Monahan, of Springfield, and they have two sons, Theodore A. and Levi Herr. Theodore A. Burnett is a graduate of the American Veterinary College, New York, and is now government Veterinary Inspector located in Dayton, Ohio. Levi Herr Burnett is an able lawyer of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, who is an assistant attorney for the United States Steel Trust.

Mr. Burnett belongs to Clark Lodge, No. 101, F. & A. M. ; Red Star Lodge, No. 205, Knights of Pythias and Company 44 of the Uniform Rank ; Spring-field Lodge, No. 33, Odd Fellows; the Elks; Mitchell Post, Grand Army of the Republic, and to the Union Veterans' Union.

FRANK CLICK, general farmer and wholesale dairyman, residing on a tract of one hundred acres in Bethel Township, Clark County, was born October 29, 1857, at Beckelhiil, Clark County, Ohio, and is a son of Em.anuel and Martha Jane (Alben) Click.

Emanuel Click was born in Virginia and came to Ohio when a boy of twelve years with his father John Click, who located in Springfield and opened a blacksmith and wagon shop and resided there until his death. Emanuel Click was the oldest of a family of seven children - two boys and five girls. He was married in Spring-field to Martha Jane Alben, who was born in Mad River Township, after which he moved to a farm in Mad River Township, where he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives. Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Click: Samuel; Frank, subject of this sketch; Louisa, who died aged eighteen years; ]\Iary, wife of Mr. Fryant ; William ; and Lydia, who married Frank Evans.

Frank Click spent his boyhood on a farm in Mad River Township, assisting in the work on the place until his marriage, after which he rented farms for a number of years, residing first on the John Arthur farm for three years. He then operated the Robert Durey farm for two years, after which he moved to the Snyder farm in Spring-field Township, remaining there for thirteen years, during which time he bought forty-five acres from the Snyder estate. This he sold in 1901 and bought his present farm, then consisting of one hundred and thirty acres, from Harry Detrick. He subsequently sold thirty acres of this laud and has spent a great deal of time and money since in improving the farm, which compares favorably with any in this section.

Mr. Click was married in Mad River Township to Elizabeth Green, who was reared at Enon, and to this union have been boi-n six children - Harry C, bookkeeper at the Owens Tool "Works of

Springfield, Ohio ; Orva, who is employed by the Pure Milk Company of Springfield; Stella, Raymond E., Frank, and William. Politically, Mr. Click is an Independent voter.

DAVID E. SHELLABARaEE, who has been a life-long resident of Clark County, Ohio, was born October 13, 1826, on his father's farm in Mad River Township, and is a son of Ephraim and Rebecca (Winget) Shellabarger.

Ephraim Shellabarger, who is a native of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, was a child of two years when his parents, Martin and Ann (Snyder) Shellabarger, removed to Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, where he was reared to manhood. His father was a farmer and also ran a mill and distillery, his six sons working the firm, while he attended to his other industries. During the winters, Ephraim and his brothers cut timber, which was sent down the Susquehanna River, in the spring, on rafts, to a saw-mill. In 1814, Ephraim and his four brothers, Jacob, John, Samuel and Martin, came to Clark County, Ohio, in wagons, and formed a settlement in the timber lands of Mad River Township. The following year, Ephraim married Rebecca Winget, a daughter of Reuben Winget, who was one of the first settlers of Clark County, having come from near Cincinnati in 1806. Ephraim Shellabarger and his wife passed the remainder of their lives in this county, his death occurring in 1842 at the age of fifty-eight, his wife survi^^ng him until 1872, passing away at the home of her son, David E. They were the parents of six childi'en; Reuben; Margaret, who married John B. Beard; Martin ; Elizabeth, who married T. P. Johnston; David Ephraim; and Anna, who married Abe D. Miller. All of the above family, with the exception of David E., are deceased.

David E. Shellabarger was born in a weather-boarded log house on his father's farm, and there passed his boyhood days. He went to the old log schoolhouse with its slab benches, and studied reading, spelling, writing and arithmetic. He remained at home until after his father's death, after which he worked as a tanner for one year, then returned home and learned the cooper trade with his brother Martin. He continued with him until his marriage, when he opened a cooper shop of his own on his present farm. For fi.fteen years he worked at his trade during the winter months, farming in the summers, since when his time has been devoted entirely to his farm of one hundred and seventy acres, of which fifty were inherited. When Mr. Shellabarger first came to his farm he resided in an old log house which was on the jilace until he built his present comfortable home. His two sons, David W., and Edgar M., now run the farm, renting the land from him.

IMr. Shellabarger was married October 14, 1847, to Rosanna Johnston, a daughter of James Johnston. She died in 1884. Mr. and Mrs. Shellabarger became the parents of seven children: James E., who died young; Cassilus R., who died young; David W., who married Katty Durst and has seven children, Delia, Rosina, Mary, Martha, Ethel, Catherine and John; Anson L., who married Mary Hedge, resides in Spiingfield, Ohio, and has two children. Eva and D. Paul; Edgar M., who married Florence Knott and has two children, Clarence and David E.; Clayton D., who married Beele Albiu, and is the father of two children, Amy, and Lydia.

Mr. Shellabarger is a man of large proportions ))nt enjoys exceptional good health, and although quite advanced in years, is still able to do a hard day's work. Fraternally he is connected with the Knights of Pythias.

JOHN SHARP, a prominent farmer of Harmony Township, in which is situated his valuable farm of 187 acres, was born in Clark County, Ohio, in 1858, and is a son of John and Mary (Dysart) Sharp.

John Sharp was born in 1808, in Virginia, and came to Clark County in early manhood, where he married Mary Dysart, who still survives. She was born in 1823, in Pennsylvania. They had four children, namely: John, subject of this sketch; Mosuria, born in 1859, who married Fremont Wilson, they residing in Harmony Township and having six children - Mary. Lavina, Clara, Ross, Wealthy and Almeda; Thomas, born in 1861, who married Fay Smith and died in 1907; and Henry, born in 1863, who died aged three years. The elder John Sharp was a farmer all his life and did a large amoimt of teaming over the National Turnpike Road long before any railroads were constructed through this region.

John Sharp, the younger, has spent the greater part of his life in Harmony Township. For two years he lived in Madison County and rented several fai*ms after he reached manhood, living for eight years on one in the vicinity of Plattsburg, which he had purchased. From there he came to his present farm which he bought in 1905, from the heirs of the Brooks estate. It is fine, fertile and well-situated land, and Mr. Sharp has it under excellent cultivation.

In 1889 Mr. Sharp was married to Laura Weaver, who is a daughter of Abraham and Mary Weaver, and they have had four children, namely : Mary and Mabel, twins, born February 2-1:, 1891 ; Henry, born August 10, 1894 ; and John W., born December 29, 1896. Mr. Sharp has taken an active interest in Odd Fellowship, having been united with Vienna Lodge No. 345, for a number of years, and having passed all the chairs in this organization.

CHARLES S. KAY, whose identification with the busines interests of Springfield covers an extended period, was born November 4, 1853, at Miamisburg, Montgomery County, Ohio, and is a son of Dr. Isaac and Clara M. (Deckert) Kay.

Dr. Isaac Kay is the oldest resident physician in Springfield. He was born December 8, 1828, near Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, where he lived until his parents brought their children to Ohio, in 1836. Dr. Kay was graduated from Starling Medical College, at Columbus, in the spring of 1849, after which he practiced medicine for four years at Lewisburg, Ohio, and then came to Springfield, establishing himself in his profession here in May, 1853. In all that concerns medical progress in Clark County, Dr. Kay has taken a deep interest and his name is honored in medical organizations all over the land. For vears he has contributed scien- tific papers to medical journals and has spoken before medical conventions. He is a citizen in whom Springfield takes a just pride. On November 27, 1852, he married Clara M. Deckert, and they had two sons, Charles S. and Clarence H.

For about a decade in earlj^ manhood, Charles S. Kay was an editorial writer on the leading newspapers of Springfield and Cincinnati, and has always devoted more or less time to literary pursuits, thus finding relief from the engrossing cares of an active business life. In 1883 he entered the Superior Drill Company, which enterprise was incorporated in November of that year, and was its treasurer for twenty years. After a career of conspicuous success this extensive plant went into the American Seeding Machine Company iu 1903, and Mr. Kay retired from active relationship, but retained his financial interest in the company. He was one of the incorporators and is now a director of the Citizens National Bank. Mr. Kay's other business interests are: The Springfield Metallic Casket Company, and The People's Light, Heat and Power Company. He has always manifested great public spirit, and has been active in securing for Springfield various utilities of a public nature, and has in many ways contributed to the general welfare. He has never asjjired to political prominence, but was for nine years a valued director of the Springfield public library. He is a member of the Commercial Club, of which he was once president, Lagonda Club, and Clark Lodge, F. & A. M., Springfield Chapter, R. A. M., and of Palestine Commandery, K. T. His church connection has long been with the First Baptist Church of Spring-field.

In 1893 Mr. Kay married Belle C. Gunn, a daughter of Capt. John T. Gunu, of Lexington, Kentucky. They have four children: Clarence M., Edith W., Claribel and Robert.

SAMUEL ZIMMERMAN, a prominent citizen of Springfield Township, owns a beautiful farm and the comfortable old Zimmerman home, which is situated in Section 7, about four miles southeast of the corporation limits of Spring-field. When the estate of 315 acres was divided among the Zimmerman heirs, Samuel received 132 acres. He was born July 9, 1861, while his parents were living on the Jackson farm above Lagonda. They were George and Eliza (Meeh) Zimmerman.

George Zimmerman was born in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and came with his family to Ohio, in 1859, settling on ^hat was known as the old Jackson farm, north of Lagonda, which he rented for three years. In the spring of 1862 he bought the farm in Springfield Township, and in 1874-5 he erected the handsome brick residence and also built all the other substantial structures on the place. Here lie engaged in farming and stock-raising and became a man of large means and a leading citizen of this section. He took an interest in public affairs and as one of the reliable men of his township, was elected on several occasions to the office of trustee. His death took place in July, 1899, surviving all three of his wives, the first of whom was Barbara Stoner, whom he married in Pennsylvania, where she died, leaving three children, namely: Henry N., residing in Kansas; Augiistus J., residing in Kansas : and Mary, who married

David Tonkinson, died in Kansas. One child died in infancy. Samuel Zimmerman is the youngest of the six children bom to his parents, the others being: Milton, residing in Kansas ; Simon A., residing on a i^art of the homestead farm in Clark County; Araminta, who married John H. Moore; Alice, who married James Ramsey, residing in Kansas.

Samuel Zimmerman was one year old when his parents came to the present farm. He obtained his education in the country schools and has devoted himself to farming and stock-raising. He has met with very decided success. He has never married, his sister, Mrs. Moore, making his home comfortable for him. He takes no active interest in politics, but nevertheless entertains decided opinions on public affairs but not to the extent of letting these interfere with his business. He is a member of the Junior Order of American Mechanics at Pitchin.

JOSEPH PEARSON, a retired farmer and old soldier, who lives on his improved farm of ninet^^-seven and two-thirds acres, near Catawba, in Pleasant Township, was born February 12, 1827, at London, England, and is a son of William and Elizabeth (Loekhart) Pearson.

William Pearson, father of Joseph, was also born in Tjondon and there learned the trades of cabinetmaker and wagonmaker. He there married Elizabeth Lockart and they had the following children: Joseph; Henry, who was a member of the Seventeenth Regiment Iowa Volunteers, during the Civil War and was killed at Vicksburg; Maria, widow of Owen Davis, who has reached her seventy-ninth year.

is still able to do fine needlework; John, who served in the Civil War as a member of an Ohio regiment, died from wounds received in battle; George, who was a member of the Ninety-fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, resided at Catawba; Martha, who is the widow of William Shanks, who served in the Civil AVar, a member of the Fortieth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Mary E., who is the wife of John Young, residing in Hardin Coiinty, Ohio; Millie Ann, who is the wife of Edward Gardner; Thomas, who served in the Civil War as a member of the Fourth Regiment, Ohio Vohmteer Infantry; and Samuel, now residing in Kansas, who served with his brother Joseph in the forty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantrj'. This record shows that every son of the family testified to his loyalty to the Union by serving in her defense, several of them to the extent of yielding up their lives.

In 1832 William Pearson came to America, accompanied by his wife and his two children, and they settled for a short time on the farm of his mother, who was then Widow Elizabeth Inman, residing in Harmony Township, Clark County, where she had three hundred and twenty acres. Her first husband, William Pearson, had died in England and she married again and with her husband came as a pioneer to Clark County. While her son, William Pearson, was looking around for land on which to locate, he was offered the present site of the Arcade Building at Springfield, for four dollars an acre. It was then nothing but a swamp and Mr. Pearson judged that Catawba, on account of its better natural situation and of its numerous sulphur springs, its fine dry timbered soil and its two cross-roads showed indication of being more likely to develop than did its neighboring town. Hence he settled at Catawba, on a farm of three acres, and followed his trade, making many wagons and constructing coffins for the country roundabout. He died from the effects of an accident, falling from his horse, when in his forty-seventh year. He was a man of great strength, and having taken boxing lessons in England he was also one of skill, and was made captain of a light-horse brigade. In friendly contests, he overcame the local wrestling champions. His widow subsequently married Edward Shanks.

Joseph Pearson was five years of age when his parents came to America and was too young to recall the long voyage of thirty-eight days which the sailing vessel required. It was a new vessel and after it sailed for America, William Pearson was employed, as a cabinetmaker, to finish the cabin which required five weeks more to finish after reaching America. He .spent all his time at the work during his journey. Joseph Pearson was i-eared at Catawba and recalls that the Indians and the wolves made him about equally feai'ful through his boyhood. He liad but meager school advantages. He worked around on the neighboring farms occasionally but spent a large part of his time in his father's shop, where he became familiar with tools, and probably also learned a great deal listening to the conversation between his father and his customers. From one of these, a local physician, he learned that he could qualify as a clerk on a river boat running between Cincinnati and New Orleans, and after securing the position he filled it for four years. After he returned to Catawba, he operated a cooper shop, and was thus engaged when the Civil War broke out. Mr. Pearson had been in the South and he understood conditions and public feeling much better than did many of his neighbors and he was one of the first to start to recruit a company aroimd his old home. With the men he secured he joined Company F, Forty-fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and subsequently was sent back to again recruit. On this occasion he secured twenty-one men, one of these being his brother Samuel, and another his brother-in-law, Levi Porter, both of whom had been too young to go at first. Joseph Pearson served all through the long years of the war, taking an active part and always being found at the post of duty. He participated in many of the most important battles of the war but lays stress on that at Winchester, September 19, 1863, when 19,000 of his brave comrades fell.

On several occasions, Mr. Pearson was offered commissions, but was never willing to take more responsibility than that entailed by serving as a sergeant. His first term of service was as a sergeant and when he re-enlisted at Knoxville, Tennessee, he served as commissary sergeant and always performed the duties pertaining to these offices in such a manner as to win approbation. One of the closest friends of Mr. Pearson was the brave Major Evans, the famous Zouave officer. Mr. Pearson was never seriously wounded, although, as stated above, several of his brothers were more unfortunate. The mother was a woman of strong character and during the war she was a member of one of the commissions which worked so unceasingly to secnre and send supplies to the soldiers. On one occasion, when called upon to address the meeting she said in reverent mood: "I thank God that I have six sons defending the Stars and Stripes." This noble sentiment was published in the newspapers and when they were read in camp each soldier gave a cheer for the mother who, under the circumstances, could so bravely avow her patriotism. There undoubtedly were six soldiers who were very proud of that sacrificing mother.

While at home on a furlough, in 1864, Mr. Pearson was married to Ann Porter, who survived until after the war, leaving two children - Elta, who married Frank Hendricks, and Anna, who married Hugh Cartmell. His first marriage had been to Nancy Clolden, who died shortly afterward. They had one child - Martin Luther who died aged eight months. His second wife, was Mary S. Palmer, who is survived by five of her six children, namely: Joseph W., a farmer in Hardin County, Ohio; Francis B., who is principal of East High School, at Columbus, and a graduate of Wooster College ; Jennie, who married Joseph Keescker and resides in Columbus; Frank, who resides in Champaign County, Ohio ; and A. Lincoln, who resides in Kansas. In 1869, Mr. Pearson was married to Sarah Porter, who is a daughter of Benjamin and Elizbeth Porter, and they have one child, Levi, who lives at Anthony, Kansas.

Mr. Pearson has retired from active woi-k on the farm. He is a stanch Republican and has been a leading man in his party in this section for a number of years. He was a member of the Republican Central Committee for sixteen years and for the same length of time was deputy sheriff. He has held many township offices and he was a very useful member of the committee appointed by the county to provide burial for deceased soldiers and to assist their families. He is a valued member of the local Grand Army ])ost, belongs to the Odd Fellows and the Mad River Encampment. For sixty years he has been a member of the Methodist Protestant Church.

WILLIAM GUNDOLF, a prosperous farmer residing on a farm of ninety-one acres in Pike Township, Clark County, Ohio, has been a resident here since his boyhood days and is generally known through the county. He was born in Rockingham County, Virginia, April 12, 1859, and is a son of John and Charlotte (Baker) Gundolf.

John Gundolf, father of William, was liorn in Germany where he was reared to maturity and there engaged in farming. He came with his wife and two children to America, settling first in Rockingham County, Virginia, in the Shenandoah Valley, and some years later moved to Augusta Coimty, Virginia. When he came with his family to Ohio, he rented a farm in Pike Township for a time, then purchased a small place near the home of his son, William, where he farmed and burned charcoal until his death in 1885, at the age of sixty-six years. He was survived by his widow who died in 1897, aged sixty years. They were parents of the following children, the two oldest of whom were born in Germany and the remainder in Rockingham County, Virginia : Henrietta, wife of William H. Bear of

Pike Township; Catherine, wife of A. G. Mumuma of SiDringfield ; Ann, deceased, wife of James Hutchison; William; Frederick, residing in German Township ; and Lewis, residing in Pike Township. Politieallj' he was a Democrat.

William Gundolf attended the common schools in Virginia and also after his parents' removal to Pike Township, in 1873. He assisted his father in clearing his small farm and followed farming there during his yoimger days, and has continued in the same line, making a specialty of raising hogs and sheep of high grade. The farm on which he now lives was owned by his wife's father, she inheriting a part of it, and the remainder of which he purchased of Fred Jenkins. He is a very successful business man.

On December 24, 1878, Mr. Gundolf was joined in marriage with Charlotte Jenkins, a daughter of Wiley Jenkins, one of Pike Township's most prominent pioneers. The latter was born in North Carolina, December 13, 1810, and was ten years of age when brought to Pike Township by his parents. He was more than ordinarily successful, owning some 466 acres of land, and was widely known over the county. He died in September, 1903. ^Ir. and Mrs. Gundolf have three children, namely: Clarence, born September 26, 1879, married Olive Leonard, by whom he has a son, Paul, and lives near Thackery, Ohio; Wiley, born April 27, 1881, married Maud Baugh, a daughter of Jacob Baugh, and lives in Champaign County; and Blanche, born June 20, 1889, lives at home. Mr. Gundolf is a Democrat in politics, has served as .school director and for nine years was township trustee. For ten vears he was on the board of the Clark

HON. ORAN F. HYPES, a leading and influential citizen of Springtield, who has been successful in business and prominent in public life, was born at Xenia, Ohio, December 18, 1862, and is a son of Samuel H. and Hannah (Van Brocklin) Hypes.

Mr. Hypes' great-grandfather, who came to America from Germany, took part in the Revolutionary War. He established his home near the Natural Bridge, in Virginia, and there his son, Henry Hypes, was born, who was the founder of the family in Ohio, settling at Xenia early in the Nineteenth century. Samuel H. Hypes, father of Oran F., was bora in 1826, in Greene County, Ohio. He married Hannah Van Brocklin, of Holland ancestry, who was born at Oneida, N. Y. The family home has remained at Xenia for many years.

Oran F. Hypes attended the schools of his native city and was graduated from the Xenia High School in the class of 1879. He then became connected with the mercantile interests of Xenia, where he I'esided until 1882, when he came to Spring-tield, opening his first store here on Main Street. Later he removed to his present location. No. 43 South Limestone Street, where he owns one of the leading business establishments of the city, dealing in hats and men's furnishings. He was not long in demonstrating to the public that he was worthy of their patronage. His business methods have long since established him as a merchant and citizen

Mr. H}-pes made his choice of political companionship in early manhood and has long been a leading factor in the Republican party in this section. In 1901 he was elected a member of the Seventy-Fifth General Assembly of Ohio and attended in the regiilar and extraordinary sessions of 1902, during the former serving as secretary of the committee on taxation; as chairman of the committee on public buildings and lands, and as a member of the committee on insurance. In the extraordinary session which was called to create a new code of laws for municipal government, Mr. Hypes was named by tlie speaker to serve on the special committee to report a bill to the House. After serving witli ability through two sessions in the Ohio House of Representatives, Mr. Hypes was twice unanimously nominated for two successive terms in the Ohio State Senate, where he is now serving to the public satisfaction.

In 1889 Mr. Hypes was married to Jessie B. Johnson, who is a daughter of Richard and Dorothy Johnson, of Springfield, and they have two children, Dorothy and Douglas. With his family he belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Mr. Hypes is a Knight Templar Mason, being past commander of Palestine Commandery, No. 33. He has been identified with many of the charitable and benevolent organizations of the city and has always shown a deep interest in the Young Men's Christian Association, being one of the direetors of this body at Springfield. He is a charter member of the

THEODORE SWARTZBAUGH, a well known and influential farmer of German Township, Clark County, Ohio, resides on a valuable farm of 100 acres located about eight miles northwest of Spring-field, on the Lawreuceville and Dialton Pike. He was born in that township August 6, 1851, and is a son of Samuel and Margaret (Klinefelter) Swartzbaugh.

Our subject was reared in German Township and received a limited education in the common schools. He early took to agricultural pursuits and has made this his life work. He labored industriously and by good management and frugal living was able at an early age to become a property owner himself. In the early eighties he came to his present farm of 100 acres in German Township, and nearly all the improvements, including the large house and barn, have been made by him. He follows general farming, raising some stock, and has met with success

Mr. Swartzbaugh was in 1873 united in marriage with Alice Dibert, who was born in German Township, and is a daughter of David and Louisa (Shurr) Dibert. The following children were born to bless their union : Walter, who married Grace Hensbarger, has two children, Gladys and Lena; Samuel D., who married Nellie Morningstar, has a daughter, Helen Gertrude; Vernon married Emma Baker and has two children, Daisy and Russell; Allen lives at home with his parents; Sarah is the wife of Claude Patton; Esther is residing at home ; and Clarney died at the early age of three years and nine months. Mr. Swartzbaugh is a man of high standing in his community and has many lifelong friends, who hold him in high esteem as friend, neighbor and public-spirited citizen.

ANDEEW NICHELSON, a retired farmer, residing at South Charleston, has been a life-long resident of this county and owns a fine farm situated in Harmony Township and across the line in Madison County. He was born on the old home place in Harmony Township in 1835, and is a son of Andrew, Sr., and Rachel (Hammond) Nichelson.

Andrew Nichelson, Sr., was born in Pennsylvania in 1803 and was three years of age when his parents came west to Ohio, locating in Harmony Township, on the Samuel Goodfellow farm, now owned by C. A. Snyder. Here Andrew grew to maturity, living the hardy pioneer life incident to that period. He was a man of extraordinary abilitj', and he and his faithful wife became the largest landowners in the county. His wife, Eachel Hammond, was a native of New York state and a daughter of Calvin Hammond. They had eleven children, of whom five are still living, three sons and two daughters. Mr. Nichelson died at the age of seventy-seven years.

Andrew Nichelson, Jr., was reared on the home place and attended the old log schoolhouse of his home district. He farmed successfully and lived in Harmony Township until 1902, when he retired from active business and moved to South Charleston, where he has one of the finest homes in the village. On November 20, 1866, he was united in marriage with Sina Smith, who was born in Union County, Ohio, and is a daughter of William Smith, who at one time was a resident of Clark County. The following children were born to bless this union : Augusta, Mrs. Charles C. Smith, of South Charleston; Charles, who farms the home place; and Nancy R., who lives at home with her parents. Politically Mr. Nichelson is a Republican. He is a member of the Christian Church.

Charles C. Smith, son-in-law of Mr. Nichelson, is a retired farmer, residing in South Charleston, but owns a farm northwest of this village in Madison Township. He was born in that township June 13, 1855, a son of George and lilleanor (Chenoweth) Smith. His maternal grandfather, Thomas Chenoweth, came from Virginia to Clark County, Ohio, at a very early date. George Smith was born in this county September 4, 1812, and his death occurred in 1892. Mr. Smith has always followed farming.

Charles Nichelson, son of Andrew Nichelson, was born on the home place in Harmony Township in 1873, and in his early days attended the district !?chools there. He subsequently attended Wittenberg College three years and Ohio State University one year. Upon leaving college he returned home and turned his attention to farming, making a specialty of buying and shipping stock. He is a man of recognized business ability. In 1900 Ml'. Nichelson was appointed administrator and receiver of the John Nichelson estate, which he settled satisfactorily to all concerned, and upon the death of his imcle, John Smith, it was found he was named in the will as executor of that estate. It consisted of 1,400 acres of laud and was encumbered, but Mr. Nichelsou set about his task with a will, cleared the indebtedness and then settled it with the utmost efficiency. After his discharge as executor he took up the management of his father's farm, which he continues at the present time. Politically he is a stanch Republican.

ROBERT F. STAFFORD, a prominent citizen of New Carlisle, Clark County, Ohio, is the owner of a fine farm of 112 acres in Pike Township, located two miles north of the village. He was born in this county November 22, 1841, is a son of George and Susan (McKinney) Stafford, and grandson of George and Catherine (Fair) Stafford.

George Staft'ord, Sr., was a native of Ireland, and after coming to this country was married and located in Virginia, about the year 1790. He lived there about twenty years, in 1811 moving with his family to Clark County, Ohio, locating about three miles north of New Carlisle. He and his wife had eleven children: George, James, John, Ralph, Joseph, Findley, Elizabeth, Margaret, Ruth, Catherine and Susan.

George StatTord, Jr., was born in Virginia July 1, 1804, and was seven years old when his parents moved to Pike Township. Here he grew to maturity and engaged in farming throughout life. He died March 5, 1880. He married Susan McKinney in 1832, who was born December 6, 1807, and died April 22, 1856, and they had three children : Abarilla, Samuel McKinney and Robert F. Abarilla, born

February 6, 1833, married David Johnston November 22, 1865, who died March 19,1880. They had two children: Mary S., who is the wife of H. C. Coombs, and Julia E., who is the wife of M. G. Stafford. Samuel IVlcKinney Staft'ord, born August 6, 1837, was married in 1874 to Elizabeth Service, who died April 28, 1905.

Robert F. Stafford was educated in the district schools and Linden Hill Academy at New Carlisle, after which he turned his attention to farming, and also taught school during his younger days. He was first married in 1872 to Mary F. Black, and they had three children, as follows: Wallace, born in 1873, died in 1876 ; Cora A., born July 6, 1877, married Rooney Jbnes, of Vienna; and Carlton J., born December 6, 1878, died November 13, 1879. Mrs. Stafford was born in 1848 and died September 29, 1880.

Mr. Stafford formed a second martial union with Miss Jeanette C. Johnson, who was born in Clark County, Ohio, September 21, 1852, and is a daughter of Rev. E. Roger and Julia A. (Colton) Johnson. Her father was born June 4, 1814, at Plainfield, Connecticut, and died in New Carlisle September 7, 1862. Her mother was born at Exeter, New Hampshire, July 25, 1818, and died January 15, 1907. They were married September 2, 1842, and had five daughters : Laura L., born July 30, 1843, died January 31, 1854; Frances, born July 17, 1848, married Asa N. Mitchell, and they have had five children: Clifford, Burton J., one that died in infancy, Florence B. and Howard L. ; Emily W., born May 1, 1850, is the wife of Oliver M. Turner and has one child, Edith H. ; Jeannette ; and May A., born September 7, 1858, married William S.

Vail and has a son, Chester C. Rev. Johnson was a man of scholarly attainments, receiving his education in Bowdoin College, Maine, Lane Seminary and Ann Arbor, Michigan. His pastorate in the Presbyterian Church at New Carlisle began in 1841 and lasted until 1862. He had the respect and esteem of all and had a wide acquaintance throughout this section of the state. Mr. and Mrs. Stafford have one daughter, Nellie Johnson, who was born August 9, 1886, and is an instructor in the schools at Medway, Ohio. They are devout members of the Presbyterian Church, at New Carlisle, in which he is an elder.

J. W. PARMENTER, president of the J. W. Parmenter Company, and also of the Ohio Garment Company, is one of Spring-field's leading men of business and has been a resident here for some twenty years. He was born in 1859, in Wood County, Ohio.

After completing his education in the local schools near his home Mr. Parmenter first became a clerk in a general store at Bowling Green, the county seat, and then went into a clothing business on his own responsibility. From Bowling Green he came to Cincinnati, in which city he was with the John Shilito Company until he came to Springfield. For about seven years following his location here he traveled for a suspender manufacture ing house and then went into the business for himself, which he carried on for twelve years, developing it from a small concern until it grew to dimensions that required commodious quarters and the lirotection of incorporation. In 1904 Mr.

Parmenter incorporated the J. W. Parmenter Company for the manufacture of men's suspenders and belts, and also the Ohio Garment Company, for the manufacture of all kinds of men's cotton garments. Mr. Parmenter requires 150 regular emploj'es and has eighteen men on the road who cover all the territory from Boston, Massachusetts, to Denever, Colorado. The responsibilities of these two enterprises are heavy, but Mr. Parmenter has others interests, including oil.

In 1884 Mr. Parmenter was married to Delia M. Moore, who is a daughter of Dr. George W. Moore, of Springfield, and they have one child, Georgia, who is a student at Millbrook College, New York. Mr. Parmenter and family attend the Episcopal Church. He is a member of ihe Young Men's Christian Association, the Commercial, the Country and the Lagonda Club.

HARLEY CRAIG, residing on his well improved faiin of 110 acres, which is situated in Section 1, Springfield Town- .ship, was born on what is locally known as the Mary Jane Laybourn farm, in Spring-field Township, Clark County, Ohio, November 2, 1865. He is a son of William and Eliza (Hawkins) Craig. AVhen he was two years old he lost his mother by death. His father then moved to the present farm, and was married (secondly) to Nancy McKinuey. Of his first marriage twin sons were born, Harley and Harry, the latter of whom died in March, 1904, leaving a widow and three children. Of his second marriage William Craig had three children, namely: Owen, who is engaged in the drug busi- ness at Springfield ; Fannie, wlio married Fred Severs ; and William, who lives with his widowed nioother on the part of the William Craig farm which she owns, in the extreme southeastern part of Springfield Township.

The late William Craig was born in the home in which his son Harley lives, and almost the whole of his life was spent here or at Spring-field, where his last years were passed. His father was Robert Craig and his grandfather was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. William Craig was a leading citizen of his community for many years, serving in township offices on several occasions. He owned 160 acres of land.

Harley and Harry Craig grew up together on the home farm and attended the local schools. They owned eighty acres of land in partnership, and when Harry died Harley traded his share of that land for what he owns of the old home farm. He carries on a general Jine of agriculture. On Christmas Eve, 1889, Harley Craig was married to Louie Morningstar, who is a daughter of Christopher and Mary Morningstar. She was reared in Springfield Township, but her father now resides in Harmony Township. Mr. and Mrs. Craig have five children, namely: Daisy, Ruth, Allen and Edith and Edna, twins.

NORTON VICTOR BOBO, who operates the W. S. Snyder fai-m of 196 acres, which is located near the eastern line of Pike Township, comes of a family long established in Ohio, and his ancestors came to America from England at a very early day. He was born in Hardy County,

Josei^h Bobo was born and reared in Hardy County, West Virginia, where he engaged for some time in farming. He married Lucinda Reed, who died before the family came to Ohio, leaving four sons : Thomas, deceased, Norton Victor, Benjamin, deceased, and Joseph, residing in Delaware County, Ohio. About 1865 the father brought his four sons to Ohio and settled at Columbus, where, during that same year, he was accidentally killed on the railroad.

Norton Victor Bobo was about eight >'ears old when he was brought from West Virginia to Ohio, and after the death of liis father he went to live with his uncle, Jerry Bobo, who then resided on a farm near Xenia, from which he moved, one year later, to the Jolm Allen farm, now known as the Kelly farm, a tract of 1,200 acres located near Yellow Springs, Ohio. After living there several years Jerry Bobo moved to the John Allen farm, near Xenia, and later engaged in turnpike contracting. Norton V. Bobo worked for his uncle in that business until about eighteen years old. He went then to North Hampton, and was employed there for a short time on a farm, after which he obtained work in Mr. Myers' wheel factory, at Dialton, where he remained for seven years. After his marriage he worked at the carpenter and plastering trades at North Hampton until he secured the contract to carry mail from Dialton to Springfield, when he located in the former place and was mail carrier for eight years. He then rented his present farm from W. S. Snvder, where he has since been successfully carrying on farming in a general way, and also raising cattle and hogs. Mr. Bobo owns two town lots in North Hampton, which he purchased from the Zinn heirs, and on this property he has erected a large ten-itoom frame house. He is financially interested in the North Hampton Horse Company.

On December 5, 1878, Mr. Bobo was married to Anna Lehmon, a daughter of Christian Lehmon, and to them have been born six children, as follows: Elsie J.; Wilham, Harry, Emma D., Mary E., and Glendon. Harry married Nellie Hartman, and they have one child, Charles AVillard. In politics Mr. Bobo is a Democrat and has served two years on the School Board. He is a member of White Star Lodge, No. 292, Knights of Pythias, of North Hampton, in which he has passed all the chairs.

JOSEPH SULTZBACH and wife, owners of 395 acres of fine farming land, 176 acres of which are located in Bethel Township, and the rest in Pike Township, was born in York County, Pennsylvania, December 11, 1836, and is a son of Joseph and XJatherine (Longnecker) Sultzbach.

The great-grandfather of Joseph Sultzbach came to his country from Germany and resided here until his death, at the age of 108 years. He had three children: Henry, the next to the oldest, and the grandfather of Joseph Sultzbach, was born in York County, Pennsylvania, where he engaged in general fanning in connection with operating a tannery at Yorktown, and one at Marietta, Pennsvlvauia. Notwithstanding the fact that his older brother inherited his father's estate, Henry Sultzbach died aged eightyfive years, a man of means. Mr. Sultzbach was married to. Mary Mumaugh, who died aged eighty-five years and five months. They reared a family of seven children: John; Henry; Jacob; Joseph, Fredei-ick; Mary, and Elizabeth, the latter of whom died aged ninety-two years. Mary and Joseph were the only members of the family to locate in Ohio, coming here in the spring of 1854, first locating at Eagle City, Clark County, and then moving, in 1855, to the Sultzbach farm, which is located on the Urbana Pike, two and one-half miles north of Springfield. The Sultzbach family were among the first settlers of York County, Pennsylvania, and Joseph Sultzbach still has in his possession some Continental currency which was a part of the old Sultzbach fortune.

Joseph Sultzbach (1), father of Joseph (2) was a general farmer. He remained in Clark County imtil his death, April 30, 1886, aged seventy-four years. He was married in Pennsylvania to Catherine Longnecker, who died December 19, 1892, at the age of eighty-one years. To them were born : Elizabeth ; Henry, who is a resident of Kansas; Joseph; Amanda, who married S. Markwood and lives in Washington; Franklin, who resides at Springfield; Webster, who died in 1905; Catherine, who married M. McClain; Hyman, who is a resident of Colorado ; Anna, who married John Humbarger, of Mad River Township; Alvin, deceased; Byron, deceased; George, who lives in Clark County; and Howard, also of Clark County. With the exception of Howard

Joseph Sultzbach, Jr., came to Ohio in 1854, since which time he has been engaged in general farming and cattle-raising. The land now owned by him was originally a swampy wilderness and required a great amount of labor to bring it to its present excellent state of cultivation. Mr. Sultzbach resides on his farm of 176 acres, his son, Elmer, having charge of his other land. The commodious and substantial buildings on the farms have all been erected by Mr. Sultzbach and compare favorably with any in this section.

January 22, 1863, Mr. Sultzbach was united in marriage with Margaret Deitrick, a daughter of John and Mary (Sence) Deitrick, and to them were born two children: Elmer B., who married Elizabeth Eowlands, has one child, Eoy ; and Cora, who married Henry Mauck, resides in Medway, and has one child, Elmer. Mr. Sultzbach is a member of the German Baptist Church. Politically he is a Eepublican.

DR. JOHN LUDLOW, for many years president of the Springfield Bank, and proprietor of the pioneer drug store in this city, was long numbered with the substantial and representative men of Clark County. He was born in this county December 9, 1810, his father, Cooper Ludlow, having settled here when he came to the State as a pioneer from New Jersey.

to be a pharmacist, and prior to 1851 he had become sole pi'oprietor of the only drug store at Springfield, with which he was connected for a number of years. He was one of the early promoters of the Springfield Bank, and from its board of directors was chosen its president on the death of Judge Oliver Clark. He was deeply interested in the progress and growth of Springfield and was noted for his public spirit. He was one of the founders of Fernclitf Cemetery, where his dust now rests.

On August 31, 1835, Dr. Ludlow was married to Elmina Getman, who came from an old familj' of Herkimer County, New York. Of this union there were three children, namely : Ellen, who is the widow of the late Gov. Asa S. Bushnell; Frederick G., who died January 18, 1906, and who was for many years a resident of Los Angeles, California; and Charles, for many years a prominent druggist and business man of Springfield, who is recently deceased.

For more than forty years Dr. Ludlow was a valued and active member of Christ Episcopal Church, at Springfield, of which he was one of the founders, and served as senior warden for many years. He was also a liberal supporter of its various charities. He was a man of exemplary life and sterling character who had at heart the cause of true religion and the spread of Christian truth, and for fourteen years he served as treasurer of the Clark County Bible Society. He may surely be counted among those who might expect to hear the Divine eulogium, "Well done, good and faithful servant; enter thou into the joy of thy Lord."

John T. Ricks

JOHN T. RICKS, president and treasurer of The Reama Silver Plating Company, at Springfield, has proven himself, during his residence here of thirty-three years, to be a citizen of public spirit and personal integrity. He was born at West Liberty, Logan County, Ohio, in 1853, and remained there through a portion of his period of education.