Thompson Township (part 6 of 16)

PETER MILLER, farmer. P. O. Tiffiu, was born in Ontario County. N. Y., September 16. 1833, son of Daniel W. and Anna Miller, who were united in marriage in the State of New Y'ork. and who moved to Seneca County, Ohio, in 1837. where they remained until the death of the latter. Daniel W. Miller afterward married Sarah Raber, and they now reside in Clinton Township. Our subject was married March 2, 1854, to Levina Robenalt, born in this county September 12. 1832, daughter of Solomon and Catharine Robenalt, natives of Pennsylvania, and who were married in Fairfield County, Ohio, moving to Seneca County in 1829, and there remaining until their death; the father died in 18G3 and the mother in 1881. Mr. and Mrs. Miller are the parents of seven children, of whom six are now living : Frank P. , born October 1, 1856: Orlando A., born March 12, 1858; Daniel W., born August 1, ]859; Alice v., JDorn October 25, 1860; Burton R. and Anna M., born November 16, 1864. The deceased, Gideon A., was born January 4, 1855, and died April 22, 1862. Mr. Miller is a cooper, a trade he followed for several years, and then became engaged in farming. He owns 288 acres of land, nearly all improved. He is trustee of the township, a position he has filled for six years with credit to himself and the satisfaction of his constituents. He is a member of the I. O. O. F.

P. L. MORCHER, proprietor of bakery, confectionery and dining hall, Tifiin. was born in Fort Seneca, Pleasant Township, this county, May 29, 1854. His parents were Jacob and Elizabeth (Rehm) Morcher, former of whom came fi-om Wurtemberg, Germany, when a lad of foui'teen, and here learned shoemaking, which he carried on at Fort Seneca till his death, which occurred in January, 1870; the latter was a native of Bierne, Bavaria, daughter of Philip Lorenzo and Elizabeth (Mechsdesheimer) Rehm, who located at Fort Seneca, this county, in 1845. Jacob and Elizabeth (Rehm) Morcher had a family of six sons and one daughter: John William, of Tiffin; Philip Lorenzo; George Henry, a baker; Frank Albert, a farmer and lumber dealer; Charles Jacob, a baker; Frances Elizabeth, now Mrs. Charles Purcel, in bakery and restaurant business at Fostoria. and Jacob Udel, with Philip Lorenzo. The subject of our sketch learned shoe-making, which he followed till he was twenty-six years of age, when he engaged in his present business, which he has successfiilly carried on since. He was married, December 6, 1881, to Matilda, daughter of Charles and Catharine (Bechle) Wendler. He and his wife are worthy members of the First Reformed Church. Mr. Morcher is a member of the K. of P. and of P. O. of A.

BENJAMIN F. MYERS, Tiffin, is a descendant of the German pioneers of Ohio from Maryland and Pennsylvania. Conrad Myers, his grandfather, coming from Maryland, settled in Mahoning County, Ohio, in 1796. His father, whose name was Conrad, was married to Miss Leah Rauch, of Pennsylvania. In 1845 they came to this county and made their home on a farm in Jackson Township, where a family of five sons and three daughters grew up around them. The subject of this sketch was born in Mahoning County, Ohio, May 2, 1833. His early education was acquired in the district schools in his neighborhood. He made such advancement that at the age of sixteen he taught his first term of school. Afterward he attended Heidelberg College, Tiffin, Ohio, where he prosecuted the studies of the scientific course. Leaving college he engaged in teaching, and has ever since been prominently connected with the educational interests of his county. After a successful experience of seventeen years in the district schools, he accepted a position in the ])ublic schools of the city of Tiffin, where he became principal of the Second Ward, and assistant superintendent. This position Mr. Myers has held since 1866. During the last nineteen years he has served as a member of the board of county school examiners for Seneca County. In 3856 Mr. Myers was married to Miss Leah A. Faulk, of Columbiana County, Ohio, and they have one son

- Claude Eugene. The family all belong to the Reformed Chui'ch, in which for many years they have been consistent members and efficient workers. The genial, generous disposition of Mr. Myers has made him many friends. Personally he is of line physique, tall and compactly built, and of commanding presence. After an active and successful service in his profession, he has the enviable reputation of being a man of honor and of the strictest integrity. He is still in the prime of life, and after being nominated by the Democratic party as their candidate for the office of treasurer of Seneca County, he was elected, in October, 1885, to that office by a large majority, even running over 300 votes ahead of his ticket.

B. FRANK MYERS, dealer in hardware, stoves and tinware, Tiffin, was born in Mansfield, Ohio, March 20, 1848. His parents, John A. and Sarah (Blymer) Myers, natives of Franklin County, Penn., located in Mansfield in 1842, and thence came to Tiffin in 1848, where John A. Myers carried on hardware business, etc., till his death, which occurred in 1877. Since the death of his father, our subject, who was in a manner reared to it, has carried on the business with excellent success. He was married, in Tiffin, in 1873, to Alverda L. , daughter of the late William Cromwell, Esq. , a native of Frederick County, Md.. and by this union there are one son and one daughter: Alfred R. and Aleeta. Mr. and Mrs. Myers are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. and K. of P. , and is president of the Tiffin Building Association.

JOHN MYERS, farmer, P. O. Tiffin, one of the old settlers of this county, was born in Germany, June 24. 181G, son of Blasius and Elizabeth Myers, natives of Germany, who immigrated, in 1834, to Huron County, Ohio, and remained there until their deaths. John Myers, the subject of this sketch, came to this county in 1844, and was united in marriage the same year with Catharine Ardner, who was born in Bavaria in 1821. Mr. and Mrs. Myers raised quite a large family. He is a carpenter by trade, but of late years has been engaged in farming, owning fifty-five acres of good land. He has filled several municipal offices with credit. Mrs. Myers departed this life in November, 1873. leaving a family to mourn her loss.

JOSEPH P. ]\IYERS. contractor, builder and street commissioner of Tiffin, was born in Tiffin, this county, August 16, 1845, the eldest son of John and Catharine (Ardner) Myers, and was reared to the building business with which he has remained prominently connected since (his father retiring from it to the farm in 1863, where he now lives). Many of the prominent buildings and shops have been constructed under his supervision. In the year 1884, while acting in the capacity of city civil engineer, which i)rofession he adopted, by diligent study and hard work he made a complete system of maps of the city, which have been adopted by the city. On the breaking out of the late war of the Rebellion Mr. Myers offered his services and was admitted into Company I, One Hundred and First Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in which he did active service for three years. July 4, 1864, he was shot through the left lung at the battle of Pilot Knob, Marietta. Ga. , and, after lying in the hospital for many months, regained his health and was discharged at Columbus, Ohio. He participated in the battles of Chickamauga and in many others. Returning from the war he continued his professional work and in the following year (1865) was united in marriage with Mahala Myers, who blesse_d him with five children: Jennie, Bruce. Frank, Rush and HaiTy. In 18 < 5 Mrs. Myers passed away from this life and is laid to rest in Maple Grove Cemetery. Mr. Myers was married on the second occasion, in 1883, to Belle Byrns, and by this union has two bright little bovs: Clarence and Earl. Mr. Myers has al- ways taken an active part in public life, and is a stanch Democrat in politics. He has always given a cordial support to the social and industrial development of this city. He is director of the Tiffin Building Association; stockholder and active operator of the Tiffin Edison Electric Illuminating Company; member of Leander Stem Post G. A. K. , K. of P. , P. O. of A. and Bruderbund societies, and served with credit as chief of the Tiffin Fire Department for several years. He belongs to many musical societies. His brothers as well as himself are all excellent musicians.

JOHN BLASIUS MYERS, dealer in groceries and provisions, Tiffin, was born in Tiffin, August 7, 1849; son of John and Catharine (Ardner) Myers, the former a native of Neuberg, Baden, and the latter of Betzchbach, Bavaria; they were married in Tiffin in 1844, and reared four sons and four daughters: Joseph P. ; Mary, wife of Martin Hufferd, a f ai*mer in Mercer County, Ohio ; Johanna, wife of Peter Weber, of Tiffin; John B. ; Catharine, wife of Andrew Weigle, a mechanic of Tiffin; Christiana (deceased wife of Charles Sheter, and who left four childi-en); William H. and Charles L. (latter deceased). The subject of our sketch learned his father' s trade (carpentering and building), and was connected with it for several years, during which time he did some important contracting and building on public and private buildings and on public highways. January 1, 1875, he retired from that trade and embarked in grocery, provisions and queensware business. April 21, 1874, he married Theresa R. Myers, a native of Tiffin, Ohio, daughter of Joseph and Catharine (Sinz) Steur, natives of Tyrol, the former of Herbranz and the latter of Kennelbach, and who settled here in early times; they were married in May, 1853. To Mr. and Mrs. Myers were born three daughters and two sons : Paulina K. . Alfred J. , Oswald J. , Victoria Annie and Bertha E. Mr. Myers is a regular communicant of St. Joseph's Chui'ch (Roman Catholic). He is an active member of the Bruderbund, and its honored treasurer; is also a member of the Turnverein, and has been an active member of the Fire Department of Tiffin, and was engineer of the steam fire engine fi-om 1870 to 1880. In 1880 Mr. Myers purchased the property where he was born, which he now occupies, and on which he has a handsome residence, and when he retires fi'om the cares of the day, he lays his head to rest but a short distance from where he was first pillowed. He is a worthy citizen, a kind husband and father, and a very sociable gentleman.

JOHN M. MYERS was born in Clearspring, Washington Co., Md., September 13, 1838, son of Michael and Anna E. (Wagner) Myers, descendants of jiioneer Germans, of Franklin County, Penn. , who reared a family of four sons and two daughters, all of whom removed to this county, in 1856, with their parents. John M. had served an apprenticeship in type-setting in his native county and had also been reared to the building business, by his father, and ui:)on coming here he continued in that vocation until Febniary 20, 1860, when he entered the office of the Seneca Advertiser, as a printer. In January. 1863. he became its editor and publisher, and in 1867 he purchased a half interest in the paper, associating with himself, as partner, his brother, E. Shelby Myers; the business was conducted successfully and satisfactorally till April, 1884, when E. Shelby, and E. Bruce (who had become a I)artner in 1878) sold their interests to L. A. Brunner and J. W. Geiger, who now carry it on. The firm of Myers Brothers, under which the paper was conducted for eighteen years, succeeded in building up a i^rosjoerous business, and enlarging the sphere and usefulness of the Advertiser, and at the time of the dissolution of the firm, it was considered one of the best establishments in Ohio. It would be proper to say here that in the many enterjorises in which

(nir subject has been associated, his brothers have always shared financially with him. and although known as the head of the business, in all matters their united counsels have always marked his line of conduct, and the actions of Mr. Myers have been better known as that of the Myers Brothers, who have contributed their share in the development of the material industries of Tiffin. In the spring of 1871), J. M. , in connection with four other gentlemen of Tiffin, pm-chased the Ohio Stove Works, which was conducted as a parnership until January, 1882. at Avhich time the business was organized as a stock company, with John M. as its i^resident. in which position he has continued until the present time. Our subject was married here in 1871, to Miss Lurena A. Frees, a lady of excellent attainments, daughter of Wesley B. Frees, of Tiffin. Mr. Myers has always condemned the scramble for public office, and has never held an office nor asked for one. He has, however, been active in th^ fi^rtherance of the princip»les of his party and has had the i^leasure of seeing the majority gradually growing in his county, fi'om twenty when he t ok charge of the i^ajjer in 18fi8, to over 1.200 when he retired from its control in 1884. Latterly he has become interested with his brothers in the cattle business in New Mexico, to which industry he is paying much attention. E. Shelby Myers was born in 1840, and married, in 1870, to Miss Sarah E. Haas, daughter of John R. Haas, one of the founders of the Tiffin Agricultural Works. E. Bruce Myers was born in Clearspring, Md. , February 1, 1851. and man-ied here in 1879, Miss Ella M. Cunningham, daughter of George W. Cunningham, a prominent miller and grain dealer. To this union has been born a daughter. Bessie. Leon B. Myers the youngest brother, was boi-n in 1855, and mairied. in 1880. to Rebecca McDonafd, daughter of Maj. McDonald, of Bucyrus, and has two daughters by the union.

JOHN M. NAYLOR. This well known citizen and business man of Tiffin, was born at Wooster, Ohio, December 9, 1822. His parents, James and Eleanor Dill (Musgrave) Nay lor, were natives of Beaver and Dauphin Counties. Penn. , respectively. James Naylor was a carpenter and house builder, and carried on that business at Wooster, Wayne Co. , Ohio, for many years. John M. Naylor, during his earlier years, attended the public schools, where was laid the foundation for a practical English education. Before he was out of his ' teens. " however, he taught school for several terms, and thus acquired means to pay his way at Granville College, where he was a student for some time. Up to this date his aim had been to obtain a thorough education and to devote himself to the study and practice of law, but^ at the age of twenty years he was induced to accept a clerkship in the hardware store of Jacobs & kouke, at Wooster, Ohio, and thus the channel of his life was diverted and directed into mercantile pursuits. He remained with the above named firm for four years, at the expiration of which time, in 1847, he formed a partnership with Harvey Howard and came to Tiffin, where they opened a hardware store under the firm name of Howard & Naylor. Foxu- years afterward INIr. Howard sold his interest, and Mr. Naylor assumed the sole proprietorship of the house, continuing the same up to the present time. Under his management the business has steadily prospered and grown, until now it is the most extensive establishment of its kind in Tiffin, and, indeed, is excelled by few, if any, in northern Ohio. Notwithstanding the assiduous attention Mr. Naylor has given to his business, he has always been a student of men and afcairs and devoted much time to the study of standard works, thus acquiring a valuable fund of information that is generally only attained by a thorough collegiate coiu'se. He has now been prominently identified with the commercial, social and other interests of Tiffin for a period of thirty-eight years, dxu'ing which time he has been proved to be a man of excellent executive and financial abilities, with perceptive and reasoning faculties of no ordinary mold. His judgment and prompt decision in business affairs are seldom at fault. These qualities, together with great firmness and a conscientious desire to be just toward all men, are characteristics of the man. Though never a i)olitician in the general acceptance of the term, he has always been a Republican, zealously interested in the welfare of that party, believing it to be the party of progress, as it was of the Union during the dark days of the civil war; in those days by means and influence Mr. Naylor was earnest in his aid and support of the Union cause. He has been a member of the Methodist Church for many years, and has been a liberal donator and one of its chief supi^orts in Tiftin. "When the new brick church was built he contributed largely toward its erection and completion, and in various ways the city of Tiffin has always found him to the front in support of any pu.blic enterprise calculated to benefit the whole people. He was one of the founders of the National Exchange, now the Tifiin National Bank, of which he has always been a director and large stockholder. Mr. Naylor commenced his business career with little or no means, and is a striking example of what may be accomplished in the space of a few years when energy is aided by well directed industry, accompanied by strict integrity. Mr. Naylor was married, December 11, 1849, to Cornelia T. , daughter of Judge Benjamin Pittenger, and although two children were born to this union none now survive: Cora, born in 1851, died, after a short illness, in 1873, and Frank, born in 1854, died while on an excursion in Florida in 1883.

WILLIAM NEGELE, of the firm of Martin & Negele, grocers, etc., Tiffin, was born in Plochingen, "Wm-temberg, Germany, February 6, 1835, son of William and Rosina (Handel) Negele, who came to America in 1853, locating at Tiffin the following year. The subject of our sketch learned his father's business (soap and candle-making) in his native land, but on coming here learned marble-cutting, which he followed till the breaking out of the late civil war. He enlisted at Tiffin September 22, 1861, in Company H, Fiftyfifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; was wounded at the second battle of Bull Run and received his discharge at Columbus, February 27, 1863. After the war Mr. Negele returned to Tiffin and engaged as clerk in the grocery business, and in 1868 embarked in business along with Mr. Martin, the firm being favorably known to the people of this locality since. He married, in Sandusky, Ohio, in 1864, Christina, daughter of the late Christian Kreitzinger, of Sandusky, the union being blessed with one son and four daughters : Clara, Mattie, Minnie, Cora and Charles. Mr. Negele and family are members of the Evangelical Church, of the Sabbath-school of which he has been the superintendent for many years. He is a member of the R. A., K. of H., L. of H. and of Leander Stem Post, G. A. R. William Negele' s only brother, Charles, is a minister in the Evangelical Association of Sandusky, Ohio. Of his sisters, Paulina is the deceased wife of Valentine Stetzer, of Toledo; Louisa is the wife of George Mautz. a farmer, of Zanesville,*Ohio, and Christiana is the wife of Louis Smith, a manufacturer, of Zanesville, Ohio.

HARRY L. NIGHSWANDER, agent of the Baltimore & Ohio Telegraph Company, Tiffin, is among the younger elements of Tiffin' s successful citizens. His father, John H. Nighswander, was a native of Franklin County, Penn., born October 5, 1826, and comes of pioneer stock of Maryland and Pennsylvania. Upon attaining his majority the father of our subject engaged in merchandising and in 184S came to Tiffin and embarked in business on his own account. Here he married, in 1852, Margaret C, daughter of Eli LTmsted. of Clinton Township, this coimty, who bore him three sons and two daughters:

Clara (wife of Jonas Romig), CharJes Fremont (operator witli the Western Union Telegraph Company, Toledo), Harry Lincoln (the subject of our sketch), Jennie and John. John H. Nighsw^ander was a member of the constabulary of the city and county for several years; \fas one of the first members of the tire department; is Past Grand of the I. O. O. F., of which he has been a member since 1855.

SAMUEL NIGHSWANDER, county siu-veyor and engineer of Seneca County, Ohio. P. O. Fort Seueca, was born in Franklin County, Penn. , May G. 1834, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Bare) Nighswander, who" settled in this county April 24, 1847, and who had fifteen chikben, twelve of whom are yet living. The subject of this sketch was educated in this county, taught ' school for a while, and afterward studied surveying and civil engineering, with which he has been identified ever since. He has served in his present office for eio-ht years. Mi-. Nighswander married Margaret Beck, by whom he has one son and five daughters: Elizabeth (now Mrs. Charles Bastian), and Savilla (wife of Dallas Hade), all residing in Fort Seneca, Ohio; William; Avarintha; Catharine and Louisa. Mr. Nighswander is a member of the K. of H.

HON. WARREN P. NOBLE, a prominent lawyer of Tiffin, and a highly respected citizen of Seneca County, stands high in this locality as one of the early and most active business men, and as a promoter of many of its most important industries. He was born in Luzerne County, Penn., June 14, 1820. His father, William Noble, was a native of Connecticut, and comes of English ancestry, in that State; and his mother, Rebecca (Lytle) Noble, comes of Irish pioneer ancestry, of Pennsylvania. They settled in Jackson Township, this county, in 188(1 where they reared a large family. The subject of our sketch completed a good common school education, and taught school for several years in Fostoria and vicinity. The facilities for obtaining an education in this part of Ohio, at that time, were very few, and in order to obtain better opportunities. Mr. Noble was compelled to make the trip on foot, several times, to and from an academy in Medina County, then under control and management of John McGregger. He subsequently read law in the office of Rawson & Pennington, of Tiffin, aad was admitted to the bar in 1844, since which time he has steadily advanced to and now occupies the front rank of the profession. He has a strong, vigorous constitution, and probably may be reckoned amongst the most indefatigable workers in his profession anywhere. In 1840 he was elected to the Legislature, and was honorably re-elected for a second term. Retiring from this, he was elected prosecuting attorney for Seneca County, to which last named office he was re-elected, but resigned before the expiration of the second term, to give his entire attention to his other large law practice. In 1860 he was elected to the Thirty-seventh National Congress, and afterward again to the Thirty-eighth, in both of which he served as representative of the war wing of the Democratic party, retiring on the 4th of March, 1865. Upon the dissolution of the First National Bank, of Tiffin, he was appointed its receiver, and creditably and promptly closed up and settled the business of that concern. Upon the organization of the Commercial Bank, in 1876, he was elected its president, which incumbency he still holds. He served without portfolio, for ten years, as member of the board of trustees of the Ohio State University, a part of the time as president of the board, and was among the first here to introduce and make permanent oui- railroad facilities. He married, in 1847, Mary E., eldest daughter of F. Singer. Mrs. Noble died March 9, 1858, leaving two daughters and one'son: Belle, now Mrs. William L. Bates, of Dayton, Ohio; Mary Ellen, widow of the late Silas W. Groff, Esq., of Tiffin, and Warren F., a graduate of the Ohio State Universitv. class of 1879. and now a worthy member of the bar of this State, at Tiffin. After years of celibacy, Mr. Noble married, for his second wife. September 27, 1870, Alice M., daughter of the late Alexander Cami^bell. of Tiffin, and this union has been blessed with two daughters: Hattie. born September 25, 1873. and Alice, born January 12. 1875. Mr. Noble has always given a cordial support to all measures to promote the growth and development of the social and industrial life of this locality. Non- sectarian in religous matters, he contributes fi-eely to all church institutions of this place. He is a worthy Knight Templar and a member of De Molav Commanderv of Tiffin.

HARRISON NOBLE, lawyer, Tiffin, and judge of the probate court of Seneca County, comes of pioneer Ohioans of Connecticut and Pennsylvania stock - his father, William Noble, being of Connecticut, and his mother. Rebecca ( Lytle) Noble, of Pennsylvania. They reared ten childi-en. Harrison Noble was born in Salt Creek Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, and moved here, in 1838, with his peojile who settled in Jackson Township, where he obtained a good schooling for the times. He attended Oberlin College and afterward Seneca County Academy at Republic. He then taught school and attended law study in the office of his brother the Hon. W. P. Noble. He was admitted to the practice of law in 184V' and formed a partnership with his brother and i^receptor. In 1874 he retired from this alliance and formed a partnership with N. B. Lutes, which he retired from in 1880, and subsequently formed one with James H. Latt, the present city solicitor, which firm Mr. Noble retired from to enter upon his present incumbency. He has served his city as solicitor two terms ; member of the council twelve years; mayor of Tiffin two terms; director of the County infirmary six years: and has filled other important local official positions. During the late war of the Rebellion he worked actively in the interests of organization of the different regiments raised in the county and was commissioned colonel of the second regiment raised here. Mr. Noble was married at Tiffin, in 1858, to Minerva, sixth daughter of the late Josiah Hayes, and by this union has two sons : Harry H. , now engaged in medical studies, and Birdie M. , at home. Mr. Noble while attending a good professional practice has also been preceptor of some of our leading young attorneys. In the social and industrial life of Seneca County he has contributed in no small degree to the advancement of its growth and development.

T. H. NOONAN. division fi-eight agent of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Tiffin, is a representative of one of the important commercial interests of this locality, and is a worthy example of a self-made man in his vocation. He was born in Loclq:)ort, N. Y. , June 26. 1845: son of John T. and Mary (Armstrong) Noonan, natives of Ireland, the former a descendant of merchantmen of County Clare, and the latter of the Armstrongs, of Sligo. many of whom rank well in the literary professions; they married in Sligo and came to America, locating in this county a few years previous to the cholera epidemic, and here reared three sons and three daughters. The subject of our sketch became an apprenticed clerk at twelve years of age, and upon completing his apprenticeship learned book-keeping and telegraphy, and became clerk and operator in the Cincinnati. Sandusky & Cleveland Railroad, now the Indiana, Bloomington & Western Railroad. After a feAv years creditable connection with this corporation,' he accepted a position on the Ohio & Mississij)j)i Railroad at Vincennes. Ind. , where he remained in charge of that office for about six years. He next spent two years as " mine host" of the Shawhan House, at Tiffin, and was also interested in the Hays House, of Fostoria, at the same time. Retiring fi'om this business, he accepted a position with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad as traveling freight agent in June, 1876, and in 1880 was appointed to his pres- ent incumbency, which he ably fills. Mr. Noonan was married in Tifldn, Octo ber, 1870, to Clara Arnold, eldest daughter of Henry A. Buskirk, and to this union were born two sons: Harry and Dorsey Ray. ' Mr. Noonan has always held aloof from strong political and religious connections, but has liberally contribu.ted to all worthy enterprises.

LLOYD NORRIS, farmer and stock dealer. P. O. Tiffin, was born in this county October 5, 1830, son of Nathaniel and Sarah Noiris, natives of Maryland, where they were married and where they first settled; from there they came to this county, about IS'28, and here remained until their death: Nathaniel Norris departed this life December 3, 1864, and his widow February o. 1865. Our subject was united in marriage, March 80, 1854, with Barbara A. Miller, born in the State of New York, October 16, 1836, daughter of Daniel and Anna Miller, who were married in New York State, and who moved to Ohio in 1837, settling in this county, where they remained imtil the death of Mrs. Miller, which occurred March 24, 1849. After the death of his first wife Mr. Miller married Sarah Raber, and they now reside in Clinton Township, this county. To our subject and wife have been born two children: Sidney C. born December 10, 1857, and Arthur L., born August 12, 1872. Mr. Norris owns 160 acres of fine land, with good buildings. Mrs. Norris is a member of the Lutheran Church.

HON. JAMES A. NORTON, Tiffin, a son of Dr. Rufus and Clarissa (AVaters) Norton, pioneers of Seneca County, was born here November 11, 1843. the youngest of a family of four sons and one daughter, all but one married and now heads of families. Dr. Rufus Norton was a native of Utica, N. Y. , and son of Isaiah Norton, a native of the north of England, fi-om whence probably came the corruption of the name MacNaughton. 'of Scotch history, to the English Norton. Dr. Rufus Norton settled here in 1835 and carried on a reputlible and extensive medical practice for more than thirty years. The subject of this sketch received a good education in the schools o/ Tiffin. Upon the breaking out of the late civil war, though but eighteen years of age, he enlisted in defense of the Union, was accepted and did active and honorable service for four years. He was promoted to a lieutenancy, upon examination by a regular army board, and was serving as post-adjutant at Louisville, Ky., 'when mustered out. He served in all the important battles of the Department of the Cumberland, being severely wounded at the battle of Chickamauga. After the war he completed a thorough medical education and engaged in the practice of the profession with his father. He, however, began to display abilities as a political leader, and, although a young man, made his influence felt in this locality; his broad views of human nature and versatility of make-up. rendered him eminently fitted for this sphere, and his constituents recognized it l)y electing him to the Sixty-first General Assembly of the State, in 1873. by a very positive majority, and in re-electing him to the Sixty-second and Sixtythird General Assemblies, in the latter of which he served as speaker j>ro tern.. and during all his experience in the Legislature made his influence felt ;ts an able speaker, a fearless defender of the principles of his (the Democratic) party. Retiring from active legislative duties, he studied law, and was admitted to the practice in the State in 1879, but has paid but little attention to office work in that profession, his later interests being in connection with the water works, and as manager for the Wiley Construction Company of Greenfield, Mass. Besides his interests here, he is a prominent stockholder in the Adi-ian' Mich. , Water Works, and president of the Grand Haven. Mich. , A\'ater AVorks' He was married here. July 19, 1865, to Adeline, daughter of the late Thomas Hemming, and this union has been blessed with two bright children: Albert

Leland, a graduate of the Tiffin High School and now an eight-years' cadet in the naval school at Annapolis, and Clara Adele. It may be truthfully said that Mr. Norton has but few equals as an extemporaneous speaker. He has served the city and coimty as an official and promoter of most of its important interests. He is an a^ctive member of the Seneca County Agricultural Society, has served as president of the school board of the city, president of the council, is now serving as county auditor of this county, and has been prominently before the people as congressman; he represented the Seventh Congressional District as delegate to the late much respected Democratic National Convention; was appointed, by Secretary of the Treasury Daniel Manning, as inspector of customs at the Isthmus of Panama, but declined the appointment because of business relations that forbade his acceptance.

WINDFIELD S. NOVINGER. carriage and wagon-maker. P. O. Tiffin, is a son of John and Susan (Killinger) Novinger. natives of Pennsylvania, who came to Ohio in 1882 and settled in Clinton Township, where they are pleasantly located. They have had eight childi-en : "Windheld S. , Jacob, Irvin. George W., Yirgil. Kate and Thomas, now living; and Hiram, who died when four years old. Our subject was born September 1, 1863, in Dauphin County. Penn. , and was educated in the common schools. He came to Ohio with his parents in 1882, and after remaining one year in Stark County, moved to this county. He was married, June 14, 1881, to Emma, daiTghter of Levi Snively, and by this union there are two childi'en: Clidie and Edgar. Mr. Novinger has purchased a beautifiil corner residence and shop, in which latter he is doing a fine business, having all the facilities necessary for repairing carriages and wagons neatly.

JAjNIES O'BRIEN, 2:)resident of the O' Brien Bros. Manufacturing Company, of Tiffin, represents an important industry, as well as one of the most public spirited and enterprising corporations in Seneca County. He is a native of Ireland, born in Dublin July 25, 1826. His parents were John and Eliza (O" Toole) O'Brien, the former a native of County Carlow, and the latter of Dublin, Ireland. John O'Brien was a plumber and gas-fitter by trade. In 1838 he came to this countiy and located in New Orleans, where he brought his family (consisting of his wife, two sons and a daughter) two years later, but soon afterward removed to Peoria County. 111. , where he carried, on farming until his death, which occiu-red in 1873, his widow following him some four years later. They reared a family of five sons and four daughters, all of whom lived to be active and useful citizens. The subject of this sketch learned carpentering at eighteen, and was prominently identified with the building interests in Illinois for several years. In 1855 he embarked in wagon and carriage-making at Gralva. 111. Retiring from that industry there in 1859. he located in Princeville. Peoria County, and in 1865 located at Kewanee, 111., where he was well and favorably known in the business for many years. In 1882 he opened his business here, in which he was united by his two younger brothers: "William Smith O'Brien, the present superintendent and treasurer, and Joseph Peter, secretary and foreman of the machinery department of the company. Mr. O'Brien married, in 1850, Margaret Francis Seery, daughter of Lawi-ence and Bridget (Norton) Seery, natives of Ireland, where Mrs. O'Brien was born. To this union were born three daughters: Mary Caroline, and two dead; and three sons, John Edward (head book-keeper for the firm), Henry Eugene (traveling salesman for the firm), and George Norton (bookkeeper and stenographer for the firm). IVIi". O'Brien has ahvays made his mark as an enterprising and public spirited citizen. He served Kewanee as its mayor, justice of the peace and councilman, and has been creditably identified in other official positions both there and elsewhere. He is a kind hiisband, a c^ood father, and has educated his children well, his three sons all being graduates of Notre Dame University, Ind. Mr. O'Brien is a worthy member of the Roman Catholic Church, and a regular communicant of St. Mary's congregation.

CHEJSTOPHER C. PARK, hardware merchant and dealer in grain and seeds. Tiffin, was born in Northumberland County, Penn. , October 4. 1829, and comes of a pioneer family of English ancestry of the State of New Jersey. His father, John Park (formerly spelled Pearke) was a native of that State, and his mother, Elizabeth (Waggoner) Park, was a descendant of German pioneers of Pennsylvania. In 1830 John Park came to this coimty and located at Tiffin, but after engaging in merchandising for several years removed (in 1811) to what is now known as ''Pleasant Hill" farm. Section 16, Clinton Township (C. C. Park's present property), where our subject grew to manhood. At the age of twenty he (Christopher C. Park) went to California and spent two years successfully in mining operations, returning at the end of that time to continue his farming operations in this coiTuty. In 1868 he took stock in the Tiffin Agricultural Works, and has continued in successful connection with it since. In that year (1868) he invested in stock in the Tiffin Woolen Mills, and continued a supporter of that institution till its dissolution, and in 1871 he invested means in support of the Tiffin Shoe Factory, and was identilied with it till it ceased corporate existence. In 1875 he joined the establishment of the ' ' Grange store, ' ' and continued an active manager of its interests, latterly (1880) ]:)urchasing the entire business, which he now represents only in hardware and agricultural machinery. He is also a very ardent supporter and contributor to many other public enterprises in Tiffin, and has done a leading share to support its industries. Mr. Park was maiTied in Tiffin, November 8, 1855, to Malinda, eldest daughter of Ezra Derr, of Clinton Township, a native of Maryland. She died June 1 6, 1865, and is buried in Green Lawn Cemetery with her two sons, Ezra Derr and Harry Rockey. leaving two sons and a daughter living: Hiram G., associated with his father; John C, with the United States Express Company here, and Anna, wife of Thomas E. Crank, a druggist of Golden City, Mo. Mr. Park was married on the second occasion, September 10. 1868, to Elizabeth C. Smith, a native of Virginia, a lady of estimable attainments, and by this union has two daughters and two sons living: Alva Marius, Ida May, Lela Gertrude and Charles Howard. Mr. and Mrs. Park are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with which he has been connected for over twenty years; is trustee at present, and has held official positions in it for many years. He has been a member of the Masonic order for over thirty years, and is Past Eminent Commander of De Molay Encampment No. \l K. T. He is also a member of the Iv. of H. , and of the A. L. of H. During the late war of the Rebellion he served in Company D, Eighty-sixth Ohio Vohinteer Infantry, during the existence of that regiment. He has served with credit on the School Board of Clinton Township, and in municipal offices in same township. Mr. Park has been well and favorably known here for over half a century and has by dint of persistent industry and honesty accumulated a handsome competence, and has reared his family well, among the older members of which are some of our leading citizens.

ROBERT G. PENNINGTON, a prominent lawyer of Tiffin, was born in Delaware County, Penn., December 11, 1816, and comes of Pennsylvania parentage of Quaker antecedents and of English descent. Isaac Pennington, to whom the ancestry is traced, was an Englishman of large influence and broad Christian charity. His daughter married William Penn, and. with Penn,

George Fox, Robert Barclay and Thomas Elwood. he founded the Society of Friends. The first American Pennington was Edward, the son of Isaac, and who emigrated fi-om England with his brother-in-law, William Penn, in 1682. Edward married a daughter of Gov. Jennings, of New Jersey, and from that marriage the Penningtons of New Jersey as well as Pennsylvania claim their American origin. When the subject of this sketch had reached his eighth year, his parents, Joseph and Sarah Pennington, moved their family fi'om Pennsylvania to New York, and in Cayuga County of that State the lad passed nine years of his early youth. His father, a well-to-do mechanic and farmer, desirous of procuring more acres for the increasing household, visited Ohio. and, purchasing land in Seneca County, settled here in 1834. Robert G. was then seventeen. He had been kept at school during boyhood and was reputed a fair scholar. On reaching Ohio, however, he commenced a course of studies in Huron Institute. He went through the curriculum of that popular school, and having completed the academic course turned his attention to the selecting of a profession. He chose the law. He read under the supervision of Abel Rawson, a distinguished jui'ist and scholar, and was admitted to the bar in 1842. The precej^tor thinking well of the pupil took him into partnership. The firm of Rawson & Pennington continued for many years and until the senior member, in 1850, retired from practice. It was in the office of that firm that the Hon. "W. P. Noble and Gen. "W. H. Gibson took their early lessons in law and became prepared for the bar. Subsequently Mr. Pennington was associated as law partner with Gen. W. H. Gibson, and later with another of his law students, J. C. Lee. es-lieutenant-governor of Ohio, and lastly with John McCauley, with whom he remained as partner to the time Mr. McCauley was elected judge of the common pleas court. In 1861. when the life of the nation was imperiled, Mr. Pennington rendered his country service by assisting to organize and prepare for the field the Fifty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and went with that regiment to the front as quartermaster, proving himself v.orthy of the position. In course of time he became adjutant on Gen. Mc- Lean's staff, but after two years of soldier life he quitted the army in consequence of impaired health, and retui'ning to Tiffin applied himself to recovering the clients and practice which had strayed away diu'ing his absence. He was successful. Mr. Pennington has been devoted to his calling. He has made it the chief business of his life. Early in the practice he acquired the reputation of a painstaking, accurate, honest lawyer, which he still maintains. For over forty years he has been an active attorney, and has held out longer than any who was a member of the Tiffin bar at the time of his admission. Instinctively and religiously he has been a hater of slavery; was an original "Free Soiler" and conspicuous as a public speaker in the campaign of 1856. and the same year was a member of the electoral college and cast his vote for Fremont. He has upheld the faith and has at all times been in accord with the Republican party, but he has never held official position. His party, recognizing his capacity for public life, has frequently placed him in nomination, but being in the minority in the district it has failed to elect. In 1847 Mr. Pennington was one of the incorporators of the Seneca County Bank, a bank of issue and the first established in the county. He was a director of that institution and for a while its cashier. He was also a director and one of the largest stockholders of the late First National Bank of Tiffin. He was a projector of the Tiffin Gas Light Company, and for several years was its president. He has taken an active and efficient part in the railroad projects that have seemed likely to benefit his town, securing the rights of way for them, investing largely in their stock, and facilitating and making possible their construe- tion, and in this work he was for several years president of the TitKn & Foil Wayne and the American & Central Railway Companies. Mr. Pennington has also encouraged and taken large pecuniary interests in manufacturing and other useful enterprises, that had for their object the present and prospective welfare of Tiffin, and though through the commercial disasters which have overtaken some of them he has suffered severely, yet he is in possession of an ample and handsome competence. He is a close observer and thinker; his reading on the natural sciences and kindred subjects have been extensive, and he talks clearly on their application to architecture and the common affairs of life. Availing itself of this the court of common pleas has just (in 1888) appointed him on the committee of which he is chairman to supervise the initiative acts and to look after the construction of the contemplated new court house of Seneca County. In 184!^ Mr. Pennington was married to Caroline A. Kuhn, a native of the Island of Minorca (a province of Spain), and daughter of Joseph L. Kuhn. of the United States Navy, and granddaughter of Lewis Chadwick Hargrave. late British consul-general to the Spanish Balearic Islands. The late Dr. Henry Kuhn, an eminent physician of Tiffin, was her uncle. The Doctor was also the husband of Mr. Pennington's eldest sister. Of Mr. Pennington's three daughters, Eugenia H. is the wife of Almon Hall of the Toledo bar (a lawyer of character and ability ) ; Caroline C. is the wife of U. E. Steele (ex-meml:ier of the national Congress, and now a prominent attorney of large practice in the Territory of Dakota ) ; Louisa A. . the youngest daughter, resides in Tiffin and is the wife of Samuel Keech (who is engaged in mercantile pursuits). Mr. Pennington is above the medium height, carries himself erect, and his movements are easy and active. In addi-ess he is affable, frank and kindly. He is modest and unpretentious, and his general demeanor bears the impress of his Quaker lineage. He attends with his family the services of the Episcopal Church, of which his wife is a communicant, and he contributes to its supi^ort. In 1884 he was appointed by Gov. Hoadly a member of the board of directors of the State Insane Asvlum at Toledo. Ohio.

- BARCLAY PENNINGTON, photographic artist, Tiffin, a son of Joseph and Sarah (Denison) Pennington and brother of R. G. Pennington, was born in Cayuga County, N. Y. , July 2, 1828. His parents removing to this county, in 1881, he was reared and educated in the high school. Tiffin City. He learned his profession at Tiffin, and subsequently bought out the interest in the business of his preceptor, a Mr. Hardsock, and has continued the business since. He was married here in 1861 to Josephine E. Creeger, the elder and only surviving sister of Mrs. Gen. W. H. Gibson. She was a native of Frederick City. Md. Our subject and wife have but one child, Stella Loiiisa, a young lady of excellent literary and artistic attainments. She and her mother are worthy members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to which Mr. Pennington has always been a liberal contributor. He has been a worthy member of the I. O. O. F. since his majority, and has been the permanent secretary of that order here for the past twentv-six years.

D. C. PITTENGER, farmer, P. O. Tiffin, was born in Seneca County. Ohio, January 24, 183(3; son of Benjamin and Theresa Pittenger. natives of Frederick County. Md. , where they were married. They moved to this county and settled in Tiffin in 1824, and there remained until the death of Mrs. Pittenger, which occurred December 8. 1847. After her death. Benjamin Pittenger married Miss Mary A. Hunter, and in 1861 they moved to the farm where our subject now resides, and remained there until their death; Mi's. Pittenger died August 15. 1877, and Mr. Pittenger January 24. 1881. Benjamin Pittenger was the father of twelve children, five now living: Cornelia T. (wife of

J. M. Naylorj, Ann C. (wife of Albert Buskirk). DeWitt C. ; Eimna L. (wife of E. T. Naylor) and Millard F. D. C. Pittenger, the subject of this sketch, was united in marriage, November 11, 1868, with Alma Fleet, born in Steuben County. N. Y., October 31, 1844. daughter of Abraham Fleet, a native of New York State, now residing in Jasjier County, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. Pittenger are the parents of three children: Cornelia T.. Benjamin and Ethel. Mr. Pittenger is the owner of the fine farm where he and his family reside. He and his wife are members of the Methodist E^jiscopal Church, of Tiffin.

JOHN O. PLANK, "mine host," of the " Sha whan House, ' " Tiffin, represents the leading hostelry of Tiffin, and stands prominent in hotel circles throughout not onfy Ohio, but the East, where he is the proprietor of the '^Columbia Hall."\nt Lebanon Springs. N. Y., and the "Ocean House," at Point Pleasant, N. J. Mr. Plank is entirely self-made, being left dependent when a mere lad. and as a successful hotel man he is worthy of more than a passing notice. He was reared in Planktown. Ohio, and at twelve years of age engaged as night clerk in the "Coleman House," at Shelby (his native town), and fi-om here went to Mansfield, Ohio. Avhere he clerked in the Tremont, Sherman, Kennard and St. James hotels, in which latter he spent two years, diu-ing which time he also engaged as silent partner with W. W. Reed, in the "Central House. " at (xalion, Ohio. He afterward had the management of the "Piowley House. " at Mount Vernon. Ohio, and in the same year leased the "Lake View House," at Chautauqua Lake. N. Y. After a very successful season w^ith the latter house, he joined Mr. Reed in the "Haines House" at Muncie. Ind. Coming to Tiffin in 1878, he clerked in the "Shaw4ian House" a year, and then carried on the "Forest City House," at Forest, Ohio, and formed a joint stock company which built and opened the "Hotel Bryant, " at Flint, Mich. , the leading hostelry of that State. After this he returned to Tiffin and took charge of the "Shawhan House." which he still carries on. During this year he carried on the "Reesee House" at Kenton. Ohio, and became manager of the "Green Spring Water Ctire," at Green Spring, this county. Li 1880 he took charge of the "Tenekall House." at Demorest, N. J., which he operated for one season successfully, and in the same year became the manager and proprietor of the "Columbia Hall." at Lebanon Springs. N. Y., which he has successfully carried on since; in 1884. at an immense expense, completely remodeling that grand hostelry. In 1888 he leased the "Ocean House." at Point Pleasant, N. J., which he has carried on till the present time, and in 1 884 leased the "Russell House, " at Defiance, Ohio, which he ably carries on; and this year, 1885, he has in addition to the hotels jnentioned. the"^ famous hotels in the Green Mountains; the "Mount Mansfield Hotel," Stowe. Vt.. the largest and grandest hotel in the State, having accommodations for 500 guests; the "Summit House," on the top of Mansfield Mountain, over 5,000 feet altitude, a very noted place, and the highest mountain peak in the East; also, in connection," he personally has supervision of the "Half- Way House" and "Moss Glen House" in the Green Mountains: making in all about twenty hotels he has been clerk, manager and proprietor of in the last seventeen years," since he was eleven years old. Mr. Plank's early training in hotel business was thorough, his first salary was but $0 a month, but by dint of persistent industry and frugality he accumulated sufficient to start him in business, and this, "coupled with his excellent managerial ability, has placed him in the fi-ont rank of hotel men of the country. He is but twenty-nine years of age, and the wonder is that he has accomplished so much in his business in so little time. He was happily married, at Tiffin, to Miss Cora Bell, daughter of Martin and Susan Zeller, of this city, the union being blessed with one son, John Oliver, Jr.

JAMES H. PLATT, city solicitor of Tiffin, was born in Columbiana County. Ohio, August 22, 1854-. son of George and Eva M. (Faulk) Piatt, the latter of whom was a daughter of Solomon and Marie (Ranch) Faulk, pioneers in Columbiana County, Ohio, coming fi-om Pennsylvania. George Piatt was a native of England, a millwright by profession, coming from Oldham, Lancashire, to this country, and after spending a useful life died in 1867 at Findlay, Ohio, leaving there a family of three sons and five daughters. The subject of our sketch was reared in Tiffin, where he completed a full classical course of study at Heidelberg College, graduating in 1875. He had taught a term previous to his graduation, and after that continued teaching till 1879, when he commenced law study, and was admitted to practice in 1881. He then joined Judge Harrison Noble, which partnership continued until recently. In 1883 Mr. Piatt was elected solicitor for the city, and was honorably reelected April 8, 1885. He was married in Tiffin, in 1883, to Rosa M. Warner, foster -daughter of Prof. B. F. Myers. This union was blessed with one daughter - Mary Aleta. Mr. and Mrs. Piatt are worthy members of Grace Reformed Church. He is a member of Seneca County Bar Association, and of the P. O. of A.

JOSEPH L. RANKER, hardware merchant. Tiffin, was born in Tiffin. Ohio, October 17, 1848, son of Joseph and Barbara (Shabacher) Ranker, natives of Bavaria, the former a blacksmith by trade, who settled in Tiffin in the spring of 1832; the father died April 8, 1858,'tlie mother May O. 1870. Four of their children survive: Frances A., wife of George Spay th, of McCutchenville; John Hury, a blacksmith, in Tiffin; Josephine and Joseph L. The subject of this sketch was reared in Tiffin to the hardware business, and has been favorably identified with that branch of trade in the place for some years. He married in Tiffin, in 1870, Rosa K. , daughter of Caspar Kirchner (brother of M. J. Kirchner), and they have a family of four sons and two daughters: Louis William. Emma Rosa, Albert Joseph, Flora Josephine, Herman Edward and Charles Jacob. The family are communicants of St. Joseph's congregation of the Roman Catholic Church, which church Mr. Rankin has served as trustee. He is a member of St. John's Benevolent Association, and is the honored Ijresident of the Catholic Knights of America in Tiffin; is also an honorable member of the Bruderbund. Mr. Ranker is a thorough and progressive business man and citizen, and has always contributed liberally to the support of the social and industrial interests of his native city. During the year 1884 he made a trip to Europe, and visited with pleasure and interest the homes of his ancestors.

ABEL RAWSON (deceased) was born at Warwick, Mass., May 11, 1798. and was the third son of Lemuel and Sarah (Bass) Rawson, who were married there September 8. 1791. He was of the sixth generation in descent fi-oni Edward Rawson. who settled in that State from England in 1637, and served as secretary of the colony of Massachusetts Bay fi'om 1650 to 1685. Our subject when a child suffered from a disease which crippled his left leg for life, and, being dependent, he taught school, and educated himself in this way. His desire was to become a lawyer, and after completing a good literary education he studied law, and was admitted to ])ractice in Massachusetts in 1823. In 1824 he left his practice in New Salem, Mass.. and came to Ohio, where he taught school in Dover and later in Norwalk, where in 1825 he was admitted to the bar of Ohio. The same year he visited Tiffin, and February 15, 182t), located in Fort Ball with but little means and with a library containing the first volume of Swift's "Digest of Chitby' s Pleadings. " In May following he was appointed prosecuting attorn?y. which incumbency he held till 1833, as also otlier county offices and the i^stmastership of Fort Ball. In 1830 he was appointed register of the land office here, which position he retained six years, when he declined the office. In 1846 K. G. Pennington united with him in law practice, which had now become very extensive, the partnership lasting some twelve years. In 1844 our subject was delegate from the Ninth Congressional District to the Whig convention at Baltimore which nominated Clay and Frehnghuysen. September 28, 1828, Mr. Rawson was married to Sarah Ann Clark, a native of Hancock, Vt., and this union was blessed with two sons: Allen A. and Homer C. (graduates of Rush Medical College, Chicago, in 1855, and now phvsicians of standing at Corning, Iowa); and a daughter - Aurina H. - who died in 1848, followed by her mother June 6, 1849. September 25, 1850, Mr. Rawson was united in marriage with Mrs. Maria McNeal, iiee Gregory, widow of Milton McNeal, and daughter of Capt. Nehemiah Gregory, of Athens, Athens Co., Ohio, and with her_he spent a happy domestic life till his death, which occurre-i August 24, 1871. Mr. Rawson was a man of sterling character and strict, unbending integrity, and, although diu'ing a busy life here in piiblic matters he was often severely criticised, his position on all matters became always acceptable as the best, and he gathered around him in his declinintr years' a gracious support fi-om all who knew him.

CHARLES REINBOLT, farmer, P.. O. Tiffin, was born October 17, 1843, in Clinton Township, this county, on the farm where he and his family now reside. His parents were Michael and Louisa Reinbolt. the former born in Alsace, France, and the latter in Byron; they immigrated to America about 1829, settling in this county; were nia fried in Pleasant Township, where they remained two"years, then moved to Clinton Township to the farm which Michael Reinbolt ' bought from the government in 1834, and the one on which our .subject now lives'^ the father of our subject remained in Seneca County until his death, which occurred May 4, 1880; his widow resides in Sandusky, Ohio. Our subject was united in marriage, February 22, 1870, with Curtilda Sargner, who was born in Crawford County, Ohio, October 21, 1840. Her parents are Lewis and Regina Sargner, who reside in Tiffin, Ohio. To Mr. and Mrs. Sargner were born nine children, seven now living - Sophia, Marcus, Catharine, Ann, Curtilda, Francis and Victoria. The deceased are Eve and Benedict. To Mr. and Mr.s. Reinbolt have been born eight children: Michael, Joseph (deceased), George, Cathrien (deceased), Louisa, Charles, Daniel and Mary (latter deceased). Our subject owns 100 acres of land. He and wife are members of the Catholic Church.

ISAAC REVERT, marble manufacturer. Tiffin, was born in Osnabiu'g Township, Stark Co., Ohio, July 4, 1841. His parents, Daniel and Catharine (Funk) Revert, were pioneers of that place and descendants of pioneer Pennsylvania people, originally from Baden, Germany. In 1849, they moved to Venice Township, this county, where Isaac (their only child) was reared to farming, and bought and owns a nice farm adjoining the old homestead. In 1880 the subject of this sketch came to Tiffin and united with Mr. Zeller in the coal business, with whom he continued till the spring of 1885. when he sold his interest and united with Mr. Thorn in marble manufacturing. Mr. Revert was married, in 1805, to Sarah A. Bever of Bloom Township, this county, daughter of George and Sabina (Bretz) Bever, who settled there fi-om near Martinsbitrg, W. Va. Mr. Revert is a public spirited and progressive citizen, fully awake to the times, and will, ere long, take no small share in the developments of many of Tiffin' s interests. He and his estimable wife attend the services of the M. P. Church, of which the latter is a worthy member.

LYSANDEE REYNOLDS, farmer, P. O. Tiffin, was born in the State of New York. February 19, 18"25, a son of Ibrahim and Harriet Reynolds, the former a native of Connecticut, and the latter of Orange County, N. Y. ; they were married in the State of New York where they remained until 1836, at which time they came to this county, afterward moving to Hancock County, and from there to Carey, Wyandot County, where they remained until their death. Our subject was united in marriage. September, 1, 1858, with Elizabeth Huss, born in Frederick County, Md. , December 20, 1823, daughter of David and Nancy Huss, the former a native of Franklin County. Penn., and the latter of Maryland, and who were married in Maryland, from whence they moved to Ohio in 1826, settling in this county, and here remained until their death. To our subject and wife have been born two childi-en: Clara (wife of Emit Corthell), and Ida, (wife of William Corthee). Mr. Reynolds owns forty-four acres of improved land. He seiwed his countrv in the late war, and is a member of the G. A. R.

JESSE RIFFLE, farmer, P. O. Tiffin, was born in Frederick County, Md. , in 1816, son of Andrew and Magdalena Riffle, who were married in Adams County, Penn. . where they remained until their death. The subject of this sketch was iinited in maiTiage, in 1846, with Mary A. Dedi'ick, born in France in 1824, and a daughter of Anthony Dediick, who died in Ohio. To Mr. and Mrs. Riffle were born nine children: Cina J.. Maiiin T., Mary A. (wife of Thomas Bowser), TheaboltT. , Rosa C. (wife of Luther C. Harsha), Theadore N. . William F. and Jesse, now living; and Edward, deceased. Mr. Riffle is a miller by trade, which he followed for four years, but has engaged in farming during his latter days. He owns 100 acres of land in a high state of cultivation. He and his wife are members of the Catholic Church. Mi's. Riffle departed this life December 27. 1880, leaving her family and many friends to mourn her loss.

LEROY W. RODGERS, contractor and builder. Tiffin, was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, September 25, 1844. son of William and Elizabeth (Walker) Rodgers, of that county, and grandson of John Rodgers, a native of Wales. The subject of this sketch, one of a family of five sons, learned his trade (carpentering) at Steubeiiville, Ohio. Upon the breaking out of the late civil war he joined interests with the Union cause, and August 13, 1862, enlisted in Company D, Ninety-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and remained in service till the end of the war. when he was honorably discharged. Retiu'ning to Steubenville he carried on professional work there for a w'hile, and afterward spent three years at it in Canton, Ohio, coming to Tiffin. Ohio, July 4, 1 874. His work may be seen in many handsome residences, buildings, etc., among which may be mentioned the residences of George D. Loomis, IMrs. Cromwell, ]\Ir. Nyman, Albert Buskirk, etc., etc., as well as many stores, warehouses, etc. He was united in marriage in Brook\dlle, Penn. , June 17, 1875, with Mary, daughter of William and Fanny Erdice. Mrs. Rodgers is a worthy member of the Presbyterian Church, to which Mr. Rodgers is a liberal contributor.

JONAS ROMIG. dealer in boots and shoes, Tiffin, was born in Lehigh County, Penn. . November 1, 1844, son of Peter and Julia (Stephfen) Romig, natives of that county, the former of whom was a son of Peter Romig, Sr., who is of pioneer German people in the State, and the latter a daughter of Jonathan Stejjhfen. of similar ancestry to the Romigs. The subject of this sketch left his father' s farm at nineteen and apprenticed himself to shoe-making at Emans (Lehigh County). In 1865 he came to Tiffin where he completed his trade, which he followed till 1873. when he embarked in business on his own account. Mr. Romig was married in 1874 to Clara A., daughter of John and Margaret C. (Umsted) Nighswander, by whom he has one son living. Russell: their first born they have buried in Maple Grove Cemetery. Mr. Romig is a member of the English Lutheran and his w^ife of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a member of the Royal Arcanum.

JACOB ROSENBERGER, farmer, P. O. Tiffin, was born February 19, 1837, in Clinton Township, this county, son of Henry and Jane (Shaul) Rosenberger, natives of Virginia. Henry Rosenberger came to Ohio in 1822, settling in Clinton Township, this county, where he entered ninety acres of land (then all forest), and began toiling in the interests of his family, clearing the land and educating his children and making a perfect home for them; and here he lived and labored for fifty-one years. He was a valuable and honored citizen of his township. In 1876 he moved to Tiffin, Ohio, after selling his farm to Jacob (fifth son), and here our subject still resides. He was twice married, and by his first wife had eleven children, seven now living: James (married to Mary Romsburger), George (married twice; his present wife was Delila Baker), John (married to Ann Baker), Elizabeth (wife of George Kepple), Martha (wife of David Loose), Eliza (wufe of J. B. Shaul) and Jacob. Our subject remained with his father on the farm till he was twenty years of age. He was married, June 5, 1859, to Sophia, daughter of John Loose, and by this union there were nine children, seven living: Frank (married to Ora Michaels), Cora (wife of Oliver Crum), William, Henry, Silas, Stullie and Early. The deceased are J. W. and Eli. Mr. Rosenberger has long been one of the substantial farmers of Clinton Tow^nship. He and his family are members of the M. P. Church.

JOHN CALVIN ROYER, mayor of Tiffin, and attorney at law, belongs to the ' ' second generation ' ' of Seneca County' s eminent men and pioneers. He was born in Thompson Township May (3, 1856. His i)aternal grandfather. John Royer, who settled there in 1829, coming from Siimmit County, Ohio, was a native of Lancaster County, Penn. , and descended of pioneer German stock of that State. He had a family of six sons and six daughters. Samuel Royer, the father of Mayor Royer, was the second son of John Royer' s family, and begat thirteen children, of whom four sons and four daughters are living, and five daughters are buried in the family cemetery near the old homestead in Thompson Township. The subject of our sketch completed a good training in the public schools of his native place, and at nineteen entered Heidelberg College in a classical and scientific course of study, fi'om which he graduated in 1879. He then applied himself to the study of law" in the office of N. L. Brewer, an eminent member of the jjrofession, and in October, 1881, he was admitted to the bar of the State from the office of Judge J. F. Bunn, where he had officiated as deputy clerk of probate. He then formed a partnership with J. C. Rickenbaugh, a rising younger member of the profession and a gentleman ' ' to the manor born ' ' as well as his honor, and the firm has done an active business since. Mayor Royer married, April 1 1 , 1888, Miss Clara Baltzell, seventh child and fifth daughter of Thomas Baltzell, a retired farmer of Tiffin. She is a lady of fine accomplishments and a fitting helpmeet for him. They have one little girl, Helen. Mayor Royer' s close application to the development of all public enterprises and social institutions of Tiffin is a marked characteristic of his life, and he has (although a young man) been intrusted with important official positions in the weal of many of its interests. He has been a member of the board of school examiners for several years, and for the last three has been president of that body. In April, 1883. he was elected to the mavoraltv. which incumliencv he has honorablv held since.

entitling him to the respect of his people, and by his strict executive abilit}^ to the . 'Sobriquet of the "Iron Duke."' He is president of the board of health and one of the active members of the board for the establishment of the Tiffin public library. He is a member of the K. of P.

HERMAN RUST. D. D.. professor of church history and exegesis, Heidelberg Seminary, Tiffin, is a native of Bremen. Germany, where he received a good literary training. In 1840 he came to America and completed his English and classical training in Marshall College, Mercersburg, Penn. In 1850 he entered the ministry of the Reformed Chirrch and was ordained at Jonestown, near Lebanon, Penn. , and then served the Millersville charge (near Lancaster, Penn.), for one year, being afterward sent to Cincinnati, Ohio, by the board of missions of his chiirch, and there had charge of the First Reformed Church for twelve years. During his ministrations there he built the present handsome edifice' of the First Reformed Church, was instrumental in establishing two others in Cincinnati and one at Covington, Ky. . and helped educate nine youngmen for the ministry, and began other interests in clerical work. In 1862 he accepted the chair of German professorship) in Heidelberg College and Seminary, and subsequently filled that chair in the seminary alone. After a few years the professorship merged into the present chair of church history and exegesis, which he has since creditably held. He married, in Lancaster, Ohio, Elizabeth, daughter of John Ulrich'^and Mary (Hensel) Giesy, the former a native of Switzerland and the latter a descendant of pioneer Ohioans. Dr. and Mrs. Rust have l:)een blessed with a family of three sons and one daughter: John Benjamin, a graduate of Heidelberg College, now in charge of the Reformed Church of Waynesl^urgh, Ohio; Herman Samuel Frederick, a farmer and stock-raiser of Harlan County, Neb. : Eugene Calvin, a student at Heidelberg College, and Mary Catharine, a young lady of estimable attainments. In connection with Dr. Rust' s seminary duties he also preaches in the German congregation of the Reformed Chm-ch here. In industrial matters Dr. Rust is an active supporter of all measures tending to their advancement. He is president of the Tiffin Manufacturing Company, and owns stock in other industries. He has served upon the board of education, and was president of that honored body for many years. Dr. Rust is of medium stature, of a strong constitution, and employs his time closely in doing good among his acquaintances, be they of his own time of life or young men just beginning for themselves. Though far advanced in years, he still feels young, and delights in his work.

MICHAEL SCANNELL, president and general manager of the Tiffin Water Works. Tiffin, Ohio, was born in County Kerry, Ireland. April 22, 1848. His parents, John' and Kate (Fitz Maurice) Scannell, were natives of that county, where the former died in 1859; the latter died in Tiffin, February 17, 1878; their issue is three sons and one daughter, all living: Michael, Mary (wife of Thomas V. Kelley, a respected citizen of Mount Vernon, Ohio), Patrick J. (proprietor of book and stationery business. Tiffin) and Cornelius (superintendent of the Towanda Water Works, of Towanda, Penn.). The subject of this sketch, when a lad, conceived the idea of visiting this country, and in 1802 came over to New York City, where he was encouraged to think favorably of American citizenship. His mother preceded him to this countiy three years, and lived in New York until they moved to Tiffin and settled there, "the balance of the family following soon after. In the early part of the year following he enlisted in the Union Army, and was mustered into Company A, One Hundi-ed and Sixty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, May 11, 1864; he followed the fortunes of his regiment till its dissolution in August following.

and was mustered out at Cleveland on the 27tli of that month. He immediately re-enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Eightieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and did active sei'vice till July, 1865, when he was mustered out at Charlotte. N. C. Returning to peaceful pursuits he engaged with the Woolen Manufacturing Company of Tiffin, with which industry he remained connected for several years; the last eleven years he was in charge of the finishing department. Retiring from this industry he applied himself more closely to study, and completed a commercial term at Commercial College. During this time he served the city (from the Second Ward) as member of the city council for one term. In August, 1879, he accepted the superintendency of the city water works, and in August, 1883, was elected president and general manager. Upon the organization of the present Tiffin Edison Electric Illuminating Company he took an active interest, and one year later was elected its president. Mr. Scannell is an enterprising business man and an afPable, pleasant gentleman.

J. W. SCHAUFELBERGER. attorney at law, Tiffin, was born near Fostoria, in Hancock County, Ohio. January 29, 1858. His father (Jacob), a native of Baden, came to America in 1837, at the age of twenty-two, and located at Freedom, Penn. , where he married Margaret Fritcher, of same nativity. In 1852 he moved to Ohio and settled in Hancock County, near Fostoria, where he engaged in farming and stock-raising until 1881, when he retired to quiet life in Fostoria. The family consists of six sons and three daughters. Mrs. Jacob Schaufelberger died in 1878, and is buried in the Fostoria Cemetery. John William, the subject of this sketch, was the second son and fom-th child. He received a liberal training in the public schools, and at seventeen entered Heidelberg College, from which he graduated, in the classical course, in 1875. In September, of that year, he entered the law office of Hon. George E. Seney, his present partner, and was admitted to the bar of the State of Ohio, in April, 1877. He remained in the ofilce of his preceptor imtil February, 1878, when he located at Fostoria, where he carried on an active jDractice. In the fall of 1883 he returned to Tiffin and entered into his present partnership (Seney & Schaufelberger). In April, 1884, he was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the United States, at Washington. Since his first admission he has devoted his entire time to the practice of his profession, and is now ranked as one of the leading members of the Seneca County bar. Mr. Schaufelberger is of good physique and pleasant aj^pearance, studious in his character, a close reasoner and a devoted advocate of principles he considers just. He is a member of all the bodies of the Masonic fraternitv.

PHILIP SCHEIB, merchant tailor. Tiffin, was born in Odenheim, in the Rhine Province of the kingdom of Bavaria, November 20, 1829. His parents were Kasimer and Katharina (Krob) Scheib, the former a farmer and shoemaker. They reared four sons and two daughters: Peter, a shoe -maker, died in Rochester. N. Y. , leaving childrer^ Christian, same trade, xinmarried when heard from at Houston, Tex., just before the war; Elizabeth, widow of Peter Durn, of Norwalk. Ohio; Philip and Kasimer (twins), Kasimer being a farmer in his native land, and Barbara, wife of Carl Krohn, also a resident of Bavaria. Our subject received a good education at home, and at fourteen began his present business as an apprentice, and after a few years went to Munich, where he remained working at his trade for three or four years, and then returned to his native city. He concluded to come to America, and in 1852 landed at Rochester, N. Y. and in 1855 came to Tiffin, this county, and here worked at his trade till 1862, when he embarked in business on his own account. He marritnl in Rochester, N. Y.. November 22. 1853, Margareta

Emich. born in Siemen, in the Rhine province of Prussia. To this union were born fom- sons and one- daughter: EHzabeth (deceased): Louis Philippe, a merchant tailor; Frederick AY illiam, M. D., a physician of standing, at Bettsville, this county; Frank Kasimer and John Philip. Mr. Scheib is an excellent citizen and business man. He is a worthy member of the Gernian Reformed Church. He has been a member of the Masonic order since I8r>6, and has attained to the degree of Knight Templar in De Molay Commandery. He is also a. member of the K. of H. (since its organization), L. of H.. R. A., Druids and the I. O. O. F. February 19, 1885, Mr. Scheib sustained a loss in the death of his wife, who died in full communion with the German Reformed Church and is buried in Maple Grove Cemetery.

JACOB SCHEIBER, of the Tiffin Manufacturing Company, -Tiffin, was born in Schirrheim. Alsace, France, August 5. 1821, son of Jacob and Magdalena(Steinmetz) Scheiber. He came with his father to Baltimore. Md., January 11, 1832; and on the 15th of February following to Osnaburgh. Stark County, where his parents died and are buried. They there reared ten childi-en, live now living: John, Joseph, Barbara, Mary and Jacob. Our subject spent his early life in Canton. Ohio, where he learned wagon and plow making. In 1848 he came to Tiffin and opened a blacksmith, plow and wagon shop, which he carried on till 1856, when he established a machine shop, which merged into the "Tiffin Agricultural Works." He retired from this in 1874 and carried on coal business till 1875, in which year he organized the Tiffin Manufacturing Company, of which he owns the controlling stock. Mr. Scheiber was married in Canton, Ohio, October 10, 1848. to Mary Saumbarger, a native of Canton Aran. Switzerland, and to this union were born twelve children: Louis Peter. Mai-y Louise* (deceased). Mrtcj Elizabeth (deceased). John B.. August. Louisa, Joseph. Rosa. Clara Matilda. William, Annie and Caroline Magdalena. The family are members of St. Joseph's congregation of the Roman Catholic Church. Mr. Scheiber has been a member of the council two terms, street commissioner three terms, a member of the board of health one term, trustee of St. Joseph's Church two terms, and was one of the building committee upon the building of that edifice, and one of the directors and organizers of the Northwestern Ohio Railway, acting as president of the present company for the first six years of its organization.

JACOB' SCHEIBLEY, proprietor of restaiu-ant. Tiffin, was born in Tiffin, Seneca Co., Ohio, November 12, 1847. His parents, Michael and Barbara (Schneckenberger) Scheiblev. natives of Wurtemberg, Germany, settled m Tiffin, Ohio, in 1845, where 'they reared one son and six daughters: Christina, wife of Fred Schauf, of Kansas: Margaret, wife of Mr. Swartzenberger of Cleveland; Mary, wife of Charles Andrews, of Tiffin; Kate, wife of Frederick Armbruster of Buffalo. N. Y. ; Jacob; Annie, widow of Charles Bow, of Tiffin; Lena, wife of Edward Goddard, of Tiffin. In 1859 the father died and was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery. The subject of our sketch was reared to his present business and has since been prominently connected with it here. Mr. Scheibley was married in Tiffin, in 1872, to Caroline Keiffer, daughter of Daniel Keiffer. of Crawford County, Ohio, and to this union have been born one son and one daughter living. Ralph D. and Bertha May, and two sons deceased: Charles F. and Lloyd F. Mr. and Mrs. Scheibley are worthy members of the German Lutheran Church. He is a worthy citizen; has been an a3tive member of the fire department of Tiffia for over eighteen years and has officiated as foreman of Wilson Hose Company for many years.

Avhere they were married and remained until tlieir death. Our subject came to America in 1840, and after traveling over different parts of the United States for several years, visiting Baltimore, Washington, New York, Pittsbui-gh and Harper's Ferry, finally settled in Tiffin, Ohio, where he was united in marriage July 2. 1846, with Anna M. Eife, born in Germany December 11. 1820. To this union have been born seven children, of whom five are now living: Charlie; Mary, wife of Jacob Marquardt; Amelia, wife of George Leisher: Albert and Emma A. : the deceased are Julia A. and Matilda. Mr. Schmidt is a gunsmith by trade, which he followed for many years, but of late years has engaged in farming. He owns 120 acres of well-improved land, where he and hi^ family reside. ^Ixs. Schmidt and family are members of the German Keformed Church.

JACOB SCHMUCKER, proprietor of the beer bottling works. Tiffin, Ohio, born in Kirch Bierlingen, Oberamt Ehingen. Wurtemberg, Germany, August 2. 1845. son of Anton Schmucker and Magdalena Seitz. came to America in 1860. He followed his trade (brewer) in Cincinnati, and afterward in Sandusky, and ill 1872 located in Tiffin, where he has accumulated a competence and does a thriving business. Mr. Schmucker married Sophia, daughter of Charles Fleischhauer and Caroline Keiffer, of Sandusky. She was born in rtweiler, Prussia, the former home of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Schmucker have a family of two sons and three daughters: Caroline. Otto. Lena. Charles and Norma.

PHILIP SCHWEICKHARD. saloon keeper. Tiffin, liorn in Wingen, Alsace. France. July 7. 1888. is a son of Balthasar and Magdalena (Woerner) Schweickhard, who 'came to America in 1846, and settled in New York State, where they passed from this life, the former in 1881, and the latter February 20, 1883. 'leaving a large family. The subject of this sketch learned the cooper's trade in New York State, and followed it through the West. April 6, 1865, he came to Tiffin, and has been prominently identified with the interests of the city since that date. He married, in Yates County, N. Y., Magdalena, daughter of Philip and Elizabeth (Harmon) Faulstich, of that State, natives of Alsace. France, and by her has had eight children: Charles Philip, Emma Elizabeth. Louisa Magdalena. George Benjamin (drowned at the age of six years). Catharine Caroline. Anna Christina, Samuel Frederick and Richard Allen. The family belong to the German Lutheran Church. Mr. Schweickhard is a member of the A. O. U. D. . and has been the honored treasm-er of the Alert Hose Company for nearly six years. He has been an active and enterprising citizen of Tiffin since coming here, and has accumulated a competence.

HEZEKIAH SEARLES. retired farmer, P. O. Tiffin, was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, December 4, 1810. son of John and Jane (Dunken) Searles. the former "born in Maryland, and the latter in Pennsylvania: they were mar ried in Fairfield County, Ohio, and in 1820 came to this county, settling at Fort Ball, and living in 'one of the block-houses during the winter of 1820-21. They then moved to Eden Township, and there remained iintil the death of John Searles. which occurred May 14. 1844. His widow died in 18/0. They were the parents of eleven children, of whom seven are living. Hezekiah Searles, the subject of this sketch, was united in marriage, October 23, 1838, Avith Eliza A. Lambertson, born in Northampton County, Penn., June 12. 1817, daughter of Daniel and Susanna Lambertson, natives of Pennsylvania, where they were married and remained until 1824, at which time they moved to Huron 'County, Ohio, and after a short time came to this county, where they remained until their death, Mrs. Lambertson dving Deccmlier 14. 1844. and

Mr. Lambertson December 5, 3852. They were the parents of four children, only one of whom survives. To our subject and wife have been born six children, two now living: Irving W. and Charles F., the latter of whom married Allie B. Nyman, and they are the parents of four children. Our subject owns 157 acres of good land. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

PETER SEEVER. lumber dealer, Tiffin, was born July 21, LSIV), in Fairlield County. Ohio, son of Peter and Elizabeth (Keller) Seever, the former born in Frederick County, Va., of French parentage, the latter a native of York County, Penn. They were married in Fairfield County, Ohio, in 1810. Peter Seever. Sr. , came to Ohio in 1804, and settled in Fairfield County, where he and his family lived for fifty years. The Kellers came to Ohio in 1808, and to Seneca County in 1835. Peter and Elizabeth (Keller) Seever had a family of fourteen childi-en, of whom seven survive. The subject of this sketcii, unmarried, has l)een engaged in the lumber trade for years. He is a well-read man. delights in arguments, and has taken a prominent part in public debates. He "has boarded at the "Myers House" for years.

REV. ISAAC SEITZ. minister of the Free Baptist Church. 1\ O. Tiffin, was born in Bloom Township, this county, August 2, 1828, son of John and Magdalena (Spitler) Seitz, the former a son of the Rev. Lewis Seitz, who settlecf in Fairfield County, Ohio, in 1802, coming fi-om Rockingham Coimty, Va., his father having emigrated to this country fi-om Bavaria; the Spitlers were of Swiss anc(^stry and pioneers in Virginia. Rev. Isaac Seitz was the youngest of a family of five sons and three daughters, of whom biit four sons sTirvive: Abraham, residing in Sacramento, Cal. ; Lewis, a minister in the Regular Baptist Church; Daniel, a farmer in Bloom Township, this county, and our sul)ject, who obtained a good common school education in Bloom Township, this county, and attended two courses of lectures at the academy at Republic, and two terms at Heidelberg. He read law under Judge Pillars, of Tiffin, and was admitted to the bar in 1854. In 1855 he mari'ied Caroline, daughter of Jacob and Fanny Abt Sheidley, of Pennsylvania, former of whom came from Gioppengeu. Germany, when a young man. crossing the ocean in company with John Jacol> Astor.' of New York. This union has been blessed with foiir sons: John De Alton, engaged in real estate business in Kansas City, Mo. ; Benjamin A. . doing business for the C. L. R. R. Company, Kansas City, Mo. ; Charles Sumner, a stock-raiser of Cowley County, Kas., and Earl William, a student in commercial school, at Oberlin. Ohio. Our subject had for some years felt a complete conversion to the cause of Christ, and in 18 < 5 he entered the ministry and began work on a manuscript relative to his conversion, which after four years he completed. It is a handsome 400 page octavo, entitled ' ' Christian Experience of Isaac Seitz. with his Views on the Ministry, Justification. Sanctification. Future Rewards and Punishments. Ingersol is wrong in saying that Infidels are the Intellectual Discoverers. " ' It is a volume of thrilling interest to Christian minds, and a guide in the service of the disciples of the Christian religion.

GEORGE EBBERT SENEY, Tiffin, was born May 29, 1832, at Iniontown, Fayette Co., Penn. The late Joshua Seney, of Tiffin, father of our subject, was born, reared and educated in New York City, where he graduated at Columbia College and the University Law School. He was a nephew of the distinguished statesman, Albert Gallatin, and was the private secretary of that gentleman when he was Secretary of the United States Treasury. Mr. Gallatin had a country seat at Uniontown, Penn. , and it was there that Joshua Seney met Ann Ebbert, who afterward became his wife. After his marriage Mr.

Seney established himself at Uuiontown as a lawyer and soon won distinction at the bar. While still a resident of that city he declined the appointment of United States Judge for the western district of Pennsylvania, which was tendered him by President Jackson. Removing to Ohio in 1832, he settled at Tiffin, and there lived until his death in 1854. Of his four daughters one died earlv; one, the wife of the late George W. Howell, of Columbus. Ohio, died in 1883; two, Mrs. Frances M. Crum and Mrs. Harvey Redick. reside in Toledo. Ohio. His three sons are George E., in Tiffin; Joshua R., in Toledo, and Henry W., in Kenton, Ohio. Joshua R. and Henry W. are lawyers. The former has served with distinction upon the bench, and the latter is now one of three judges who compose the circuit coiu-t for the Third Judicial Circuit of Ohio. Upon his removal to Tiffin, Mr. Seney did not engage in the practice of law. Judge Lang, of Tiffin, who knew Mr. Seney intimately and well, thus speaks of him. in his history of Seneca County published in 1880: '' If Mr. Seney' s industry had been equal to his ca^jacity he would have been very successful as a lawyer. He had a natm-al aversion to anything that looked like labor. He was all politician, however, and a more shrewd, more calculating and far-seeing politician than Mr. Seney Seneca County never had in any party. He was not selfish nor sought office for himself. When he liked a person that aspired to office, he would do all in his power to aid him. Raised in the laj) of wealth and luxury, he knew nothing about labor, nor the value of money. He had very little taste for, or appreciation of. the practical i^art of life. "^ His language was chaste and polished, and his manners peculiarly his own. He was perfectly at home in an office and discharged every trust with ability and fidelity. He was treasurer of Seneca County for two terms, and clerk of the supreme court for many years. He wrote a fine hand and his records were spotless. Mr. Seney had a large well developed head, an expressive countenance, a piercing black eye. a pleasant voice, and his hands were so small as to attract universal attention. ' ' To all of this may be added that Mr. Seney had a fine education and scholarly tastes. He knew well the theory of the law. but had no ambition to practice it. He was a great student and read everything that he could lay his hands on. Few men were better posted than he in history and general literature, and fev,- understood as well as he whatever pertained to the affairs of church or State. He was not a good public speaker, but as a forcible writer and entei-tainiug talker he excelled.

The grandfather of George Ebbert Seney was Joshua Seney, of Maryland. He was a distinguished citizen of that State, and took a prominent part in the public affairs of that colony during the Revolutionary struggle. He represented Maryland in the last session of the Continental Congress, and in the first Congress under the Constitution of the United States. He resigned his seat in Congress to accept a seat upon the judicial bench of Maryland. He was chosen one of the presidential electors for the State of Maryland and voted for George Washington when he was first elected president. No less distinguished were the other ancestors of George Ebbert Seney. His grandmother, upon his father's side, was a daughter of James Nicholson, a distinguished commodore in the United States Navy, in 1775. Com. Nicholson was in command of the United States Frigate "Trumbull." when she fought the British man-of-war " Wyatt. " The engagement was one of the most desperate naval battles of the Revolutionary war. One of the daughters of Com. Nicholson married Albert Gallatin, then Secretary of the Treasmy, and afterward United States senator fi'om Pennsylvania; another became the wife of Col. William Few, who was a member, fi'om the State of Geoi-gia. of the convention that fi-amed the Constitution of the United States, and afterward a senator in Congress from that State: the third married John Montgomery, of Maryland, then mayor of the city of Baltimore and afterward a member of Congress fi'om that State; the fourth, Frances, married Joshua Seney. Upon the mother's side the gi-andparents of the subject of this sketch were George Ebbert and Sarah Wood, born in Philadelphia, where they were married. Removing to Uniontown, Penn. , George Ebbert there established a mercantile business, which he conducted with marked success for forty years. The older people of that busy little city speak of him as a model man. He was, they say, "the soul of honor, a man of fine business capacity and energetic and successful in whatever he undertook. He had a sound judgment and expressed his views in a few words, but with great clearness. He had a kind heart and a generous hand. He was without malice and with him charity was a great virtue. He was a well informed man and reading was his favorite pastime. ' ' Sarah Ebbert is said to have been more than an ordinary woman; domestic in her tastes she lived a quiet life. She was a pious woman and took an active part in promoting the good of her church. The fathers of George Ebbert and Sarah Wood were merchants in Philadelphia. In that city they accumulated wealth and held high social positions. Their lives were full of good deeds and their memories are greatly revered by their descendants, and by the descendants of those who knew them a hundred years ago. To Mr. and Mrs. George Ebbert children were born, number unknown, five the writer of this sketch knew - three sons and tvv^o daughters ; two of the sons, Henry and John H. , were men of high character, both had ability, and their lives were consi:)icuously useful. One of the daughters, Elizabeth Dorsey, wife of the late Dr. Caleb Dorsey, of Virginia, was a lady well accomplished in mind. The other daughter, Ann, the mother of George Ebbert Seney, is said to have been a beautiful girl. She received a liberal education at Brownsville (Penn. ) Female Seminary. She was a lady of great practical sense and had strong religious convictions. Before her marriage she was an active Christian worker in her native town. At Tiffin, where she lived twenty-two years a wife and twenty-six a widow, she was highly esteemed. In her the poor had a friend. She was a frequent and welcome visitor to the bedside of the sick and dying. A leading member in the Methodist Episcopal Church, she took an active part in promoting the interests of that denomination. One of the handsome memorial windows in the Methodist Episcopal Church, at Tiffin, was placed there Vjy Judge Seney, in honor of the memory of his mother. Mrs. Ann Seney died May 5. 1879, aged seventy-five years.