Wakeman Township (part 7 of 21)

James B. Seeley

James E. Seeley, now living retired in Wakeman, Ohio, is one of the prominent and influential citizens of this city, who throughout the period of his residence here has been connected not only with the business interests but also with the public affairs of the community. He was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, on the 1st of September, 1865, a son of Edward and Martha (McLain) Seeley. The parents were natives of New Jersey and came to Ohio in 1865, settling in Townsend township, Huron county, where the father engaged in the occupation of farming. In their family, were seven children: Jennie, the wife of William Riggs, of Norwalk; Margaret, the wife of Martin Riggs, of Townsend; Anna, who married Charles Boone, of Glenville, Ohio; Job W., of Milan; Marshall L., of Wakeman; Carrie, the wife of Sidney Stoutenberg, of Norwalk; and James E., of this review. This number still remains unbroken by the hand of death, although the father passed away February 22, 1901, and the mother's death occurred on the 4th of July, 1904. The father had devoted his entire life to farming and was of a retiring disposition. He nevertheless took a deep and helpful interest in public affairs and occupied a high place in the community in which he lived.

James E. Seeley, whose name introduces this review, was reared upon his father's farm and attended the schools of Townsend township in the acquirement of his education. He remained at home, assisting in the work of the fields, until twenty-two years of age when, attracted toward railroad life, he entered the employ of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad Company anc was thus engaged for two years. At the expiration of that period, he returned to the farm and assisted his father for a similar pericd. the 13th of May, 1800, he was united in marriage to Miss Louise Amsdel, a daughter of James and Ann (Doty) Amsdel, of Townsend township. Her father died when she was an infant and her mother later married George Fox, a farmer of that township.

Mr. and Mrs. Seeley began their domestic life Wakeman, where the former became identified with the meat business, continuing in this line until 1901, when he purchased a farm and operated the same for two years. He then returned to Wakeman and was again engaged in the meat business in connection with his brother Marshall I,, which partnership was maintained for a period of two years, after which he spent a similar period in agricultural pursuits. Again taking up his residence in this city, he turned his attention to the bakery and confectionery business, in which connection he remained until March, 1909, at which time he sold his interests and has since been living retired. His busi- ness career had been a very active one, his efforts along various lines being accompanied by most gratifying results, so that now he is able to enjoy in well earned rest a handsome competence that affords him all of the comforts and many of the luxuries of life.

Although his success alone would entitle him to prominence as one of the representative citizens of this city, he is perhaps equally well known in public and political circles of the community. He has served as constable of Wakeman township for two terms, was assessor for a similar period and acted as township trustee for seven years. Mr. Steeley is stalwart in his advocacy of the democracy, and the fact that his township is strongly republican, indicates something of his genuine worth and personal popularity. In 1008 the democratic party, during the county convention, nominated him for county infirmary director, and although Huron county is also stronglv republican, he was elected over his opponent by three hundred and forty votes, assuming the duties of office in Jan- 1009. He has always been deeply and actively interested in public affairs, his efforts being potent factors in the development and improvement of the community. He is a stanch advocate of good roads and in fact has engaged in contract work along this line, having constructed fully seven out of the eight miles of macadam road in Wakeman township, and it is his intention to continue in this direction.

The home of Mr. and Mrs. Seeley has been blessed with two daughters, Edna M. and Ethel N., both bright and attractive young ladies, who are well known in the social circles of this community. The family residence is one of the most attractive homes in Wakeman, and its atmosphere of refinement and culture, is enjoyed by a host of friends of the family to whom its hospitality is cordially extended at all times. Although they do not hold membership in any church organization, they nevertheless attend the Congregational services and are liberal in their support of that church. Mr. Seeley also affiliates with the Maccabees. He is enthusiastic over outdoor sports and is a great admirer of a good horse, having owned at different times some very fine animals, while he also deals, to some extent, in horses. He finds recreation and relaxation in occasional hunting and fishing trips and takes much pleasure in motoring with his family during the evenings. His interests have been wide and varied, showing a well rounded character, and the value of his service in community affairs is widely acknowlcdged, while the consensus of public opinion accords him a prominent place in Wakeman.

Arthur Eli Rowley

Arthur Eli Rowley, now serving as probate judge of Huron county, has been a prominent representative of the legal profession here during the past seventeen years. He was born in North Fairfield, Ohio, a son of Charles and Elizabeth (Stevens) Rowley. His paternal great-grandfather, Eli Smith Rowley, enlisted for service in the Revolutionary war when but a boy, valiantly aiding the colonists in their struggle ior independence. He was captured by the British but escaped and returned to his ranks. His remains lie buried in the cemetery at Jefferson,

New York, where, in an address delivered on the 4th of July, 1876, the Hon. Peter Dyckman said: "Among the noble patriots who have left a record of deeds of daring and patriotism, we may upon this centennial anniversary day inscribe upon the banner of liberty the name of Eli Smith Rowley."

Edward Rowley, the grandfather of Arthur E. Rowley, was born October 23, 1788, and passed away in the year 1878. He was an expert cabinetmaker and manufactured the finest grades of furniture, while later in life he engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was an ardent worker in the Presbyterian church and a musician of marked talent. At his death he left a family of five sons and three daughters. Frederick, the eldest son, became a prominent and influential citizen of Schoharie, New York. Eli, another son, was the first man in the village of Jefferson to enlist in the Civil war, giving loyal service, and he died from injuries and sickness incurred on duty.

Charles Rowley, the voungest son of Edward Rowley, was born in Jefferson, New York, on the 11th of January, 1838. After pursuing a course of study in the Franklin Literary Institute of New York he taught school for a time, and in 1860 took up his abode in Lexington, Michigan, where he became secretary of an extensive lumber and milling concern. In 1866 he came to North Fairfield, Huron county, Ohio, here residing until called to his final rest on the 28th of November, 1891. He was activelv and successfully engaged in the conduct of mercantile enterprises at North Fairfield and eventually became connected with agricultural, banking and other interests. His political allegiance was given to the democracy and his fellow townsmen, recognizing his worth and ability, called him to various positions of public trust. In 1863 he wedded Miss Elizabeth Stevens, of Ripley township, who now lives at the old Fairfield home, which she hospitably maintains, there spending her declining years beloved by all who know her. She devctes much time and attention to church, charitable and social duties. Her father, Timothy Stevens, who was numbered among the worthy pioneers and prominent business men of Huron county, made his home at North Fairfield until the time of his death in 1883. His wife was of Scotch descent and a member of the Rose and Grant families. Unto Charles and Elizabeth (Stevens) Rowley were born five children, as follows: Edward F., a banker of Toledo, Ohio; Arthur Eli, of this review ; Charles Scott, a lawyer residing in Toledo; Alcott, who 1s engaged in the insurance business in that city; and Anna, who passed away shortly after the death of her father.

In his youthful days Arthur Eli Rowley attended the village school and when not busy with his text-bcoks worked in his father's store or on the farm. He was graduated from the high school in 1884 and the following year pursued a course of study at Oberlin preparatory to entering the University of Michigan, which institution conferred upon him the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy in 1889. The next year he began the study of law at the Chicago Colleze of Law and, after completing the prescribed course, was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1892. Immediately afterward he entered upon the practice of his chosen profession as a partner of the Hon. Gideon T. Stewart, of Norwalk, where, with the exception of a brief period spent in Toledo, he has since resided. His practice has been general, though he has been actively engaged in court work and has enjoyed the clientage of several banks and other large institutions. In 1898, in association with Judges Willis

Vickery and Charles S. Bentley, he organized the Cleveland Law School, one of the largest and best known institutions of its kind in Ohio, and has since been a member of its faculty and board of trustees. He was likewise one of the organizers of the Citizens Banking Company of Norwalk and is a member of its board of directors.

In 1895 Judge Rowley was joined in wedlock to Miss Etta Reed, of North Fairfield, the accomplished daughter of Hon. D. H. Reed. Their union has been blessed with three children: Charles Reed, Caroline Annette and Mary Frances.

Politically Judge Rowley is a stalwart advocate of the democracy and an active worker in the ranks of the party, having served as a member of the state executive committee. In 1899 he was elected mayor of Norwalk by a majority of over two hundred, though the city has a normal republican majority of more than three hundred votes. That his administration won public approval was indicated in an unmistakable manner in when he was re-elected to the mayoralty by a handsome majority. In 1908 he led the fight of his party in Huron county and, thought not a single democrat had held a county office for fifty-four years, their efforts resulted in the election of sixteen out of seventeen democratic officials, Mr. Rowley leading by a majority of sixteen hundred and thirty for the office of probate judge, which position he now holds. He is a Mason, also belongs to the Beta Theta Pi college fraternity, and attends divine services at the Presbyterian church. He is an able, faithful and conscientious member of the bench and bar, and in his private life is endeared to all who know him by the simple nobility of his character.

Historical Index

YI Spem nee DE 3 HistorycotetbesPirelands o. 5 History of Huron County .............. 6 Roster of County Officials ............. 12 The First Settlers of the Townships..... 13 Interesting. Historical Data ............ 14 Huron Soldiers costs 16 dherRirelands a... 20 Norwalk - Origin of the Name ........ 46 One Century of Norwalk .............. 51 Norwalk seGentennial e. 58 The Churches of Norwalk ............. 73 Publie Buildings of Norwalk ........... 78 Notwalk ot Today. aa 83 The Indians of the Firelands .......... 84 Settlement of Huron County ........... 85 Indian? Traits: and 'Customs osscar. dtg 86 Pioneeri Gatherimos? CCE DX. a E 88 Progress and Changes of the Times..... 92 y. 94 Pioneer Preachers of the Firelands...... 95 Pioneers ete ees naan tla a 97 Hunting in the Early Settlements....... 102 Pioneer Boyhood on the Firelands....... 102 Clothing- Of ther Pioneers... 108 ao crests c oe ee 111 AMUSEMENTS ee tete te eds 113 or cere sacs te CREE EO 115 Postal a opo NS 115 Death Among the 116 Conclusion eer ce y S DR 117 Johnny Appleseed 22222222222. 117 How Jay Cooke Financed the Civil .123 The Firelands Historical Society ....... 134 Remember the Pioneers ............... 136 The Past and the Present cae on e ers cesi 138

Execution of Two Indians at Norwalk. ..144 Honor the Pioneer Men and Women..... 145 Hunting in Pioneer Times ............. 146 Fhentand e Ta Lo odit Memoria Day Musings .....,.......... 158 War Events and Incidents ............. 154 A Romance of Real Life ............... 155 Pioneer Men and Women of Ohio ....... 161 Pioneer Times te quur. y 163 Ug PIERS c YO E d RA. RM 106 PO O UR 167 OO 168 Chicago- 173 M E eas y ee ae 183 ee 184 a UC QE 194 List of Townships in Huron County..... 195 Bronson? AE ETE E 195 ClarksfeldW DownshiD aen A 197 WOT 214 a oep 218 Greenneld ee Pe rer 223 Greenwich 226 Hartland Fownship 232 tTowhs hip CIS EE 234 Norwalk Township cpns areke bent oan eas 236 New Eondon Township 238 NewiHaven 243 Norwich yS 249 Berne Township e 256 Richmond Township yS 259 Ripley aT 262 op 264 Sherman 268 Eownsend 270 Wakeman 2222222... 274

Ion Scaebrbgihathaway Gallup

On reviewing the life record of any individual it is interesting to note something of the ancestry from which he sprang and their characteristics, and thus to find the root of his own well developed traits. A contemporary historian has given the following: "John Gallup born 1590, the ancestor of most of our families of that name, came to America from the parish of Mosterne, county Dorset, England, in 1630. Just before leaving the old for New England, with solemn fasting and prayer, one hundred and forty persons at the new hospital at Plymouth, organized a Congregational church and chose Rev. John Warham and Rev. John Maverick to be their pastor and teacher, and sailed from Plymouth, England, March 20, 1630, in the Mary and John, a ship of four hundred tons, which arrived at Nantasket (now Hull), Massachusetts, May "They were a very godly and religious people and many of them persons of note and figures, being dignified with the title of Mr., which few in those days were. Some of the principal men were Mr. Rosseter, Mr. Ludlow, Mr. Glover, Mr. Wolcott, Mr. Gallup and others."

"Hi wife was Christobel (full name now unknown), and children were John (2), born in England, Joan, Samuel and Nathan. He became the owner and gave his name to Gallup's island off Boston harbor, by grant from Governor Winthrop, whose wife was a sister of Gallup's wife. A skillful mariner, he became memorable as commander of the first naval action off Block island, fought in North American waters, to avenge the murder of his friend Captain John Oldham by Indians in the famous Pequot war of 1637. His son John (2) participated in the naval engagement off Block island and in King Philip's war as a captain, led a company of soldiers into the 'fearful swamp fight' at Narragansett, December 19, 1675 (within the limits of the present town of South Kingston, Rhode Island), where he was killed. His wife was Hannah Lake and children: Hannah, John, Esther, Benadum (3), William, Samuel, Christobel, Elizabeth, Mary and Margaret.

"Ta the colonial records at Hartford may be found the following: 'February 9, 1652-3, John Gallup in consideration and with respect unto the services his

" 'February 6, 1653-4, John Gallup, hath given him a further addition to his land at Mistick, 150 acres, which he accepts of and acknowledgeth himself satisfyde for what lands he formerly laide claim unto upon the genera] neck as a gift of his father's, which as he saith was given to his father by General Stoughton, after the Pequott war.'

"Benadum of the third generation, born in 1655, married Esther Prentice, and their children were Hannah, Esther, Mercy, Benadum (4), Joseph, Margaret and Lucy.

"Lieutenant Benadum (4), born 1693, married Eunice Cobb. Their children were Benadum, Esther, Eunice, Lois, William (5), Henry, Nathan, Ebenezer, Thomas P., Hannah and Sarah.

"William of the fifth generation was living at Kingston, Pennsylvania, with seven children, in 1778, at the time of 'the Wyoming massacre, His son Hallet, twenty-two years old, escaped death by floating down the Susquehanna river patrolled by hostile Indians, his body under water and face between two rails grasped in his hands. Twin daughters, five years of age, were carried off by the Indians as pretty prizes, but soon recovered by ransom. He was born July 4, 1723, married Judith Reed, their children were Lydia, Hallet, Mary, William (6), Hannah, Sarah and Lucy.

"William of the sixth, born at Groton, Connecticut, married Freelove Hathaway, a Philadelphia Quakeress, and had William, Hallet (7), James Devine, and Caleb Hathaway.

"Hallet of the seventh generation was an artillery gunner in Captain Thomas' company of Pennsylvania volunteers and served under General William Henry Harrison in the war of 1812. He was born 1796, married Clarissa Benedict, daughter of Platt and Salley DeForest Benedict, first settlers of Norwalk. Their children were Catherine, Mariah, Lydia, Carroll, Sarah, Eliza, Caleb Hathaway (8), and Elizabeth F."

Caleb Hathaway Gallup is a representative of the eighth generation of Gallups in America and was born in Norwalk, Ohio, May ro, 1834. He was reared to hard work on a farm and his first school experience was in the Norwalk Union schools, which he attended during the winters of 1850, 1851 and 1852. In 1853, he filled a position in the office of the Huron county clerk and then, resuming his interrupted education, matriculated at Denison University, Granville, Ohio, in 1854, entering for the scientific course, In the fall of that year, he was transferred to the same class and course at Madison University, now Colgate, at Hamilton, New York, where he promoted the founding of Mu chapter of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. On the completion of his course, he was graduated in 1856 with the degree of Bachelor of Science and followed this by preparations for the bar as a student in the office of Worcester & Pennewell in Norwalk, Ohio. he remained until the fall of 1857, when he entered the law school of the Cincinnati College and was graduated therefrom with the Bachelor of Law degree on the 15th of April, 1858.

Mr. Gallup was admitted to practice before the bar of Michigan, July r9, 1859, and in 1860 was elected prosecuting attorney of Huron county, Michigan, which office he held by re-election for ten consecutive years. During that same period, in 1866-7, he represented his district in the state legislature and left the impress of his individuality and clear insight into public affairs upon the legislative enactments of that section. Among other laws and resolutions enacted on his initiation, was a law for the relief of a stranded colony of educated Germans, an offshoot or protege of the "Economites" of Harmony, Pennsylvania, giving the head of each family a forty-acre homestead of state lands. He also introduced a law appropriating ten sections of state land for the navigable improvement of the outlet of the River Du Fill in Huron county, Michigan, and a joint resolution calling for the construction by the general government of a harbor of refuge on Lake Huron at or near Point Au Barques.

Mr. Gallup's labors and efforts throughout his entire life have largely been of service to the general public. In 1868 he procured by personal solicitation of resident citizens along the route the donation and erection of seventy miles of telegraph poles, from Lexington to Port Austin, Michigan, and through his influence, with Anson C. Stager, of the Western Union Telegraph Company, the completion of the first telegraph line of the west coast of Lake Huron - a work that has been of immeasurable benefit to the citizens of that locality.

In the meantime, Mr. Gallup had done military service as deputy United States marshal, from 1863 to 1865 inclusive, in which connection, he was active in enforcing the draft during the war. He was himself drafted, but was ordered back to the service of the marshal. Again he was identified with military affairs, when in 1877 he became a member of the Ohio National Guard and so continued for five years, or until 1882.

Mr. Gallup has been married twice. He first wedded Kate V. Vredenburgh, a representative of an old New York Dutch family, the wedding being celebrated June 20, 1860. They had one son, Richard Carroll, who was nineteen months old at the time of the mother's death, on the 25th of May, 1863. On the 3d of November, 1869, Mr. Gallup wedded Helen Alphena Glover, a niece of the Hon. Joel Parker, "war governor" of New Jersey. The death of his second wife, April 8, 1872, leaving him with a daughter, Mabel Parker, eighteen months old, and a son, Herbert Alpheus, four days old, caused his return to his old home in Norwalk, Ohio.

Since again taking up his abode in Norwalk, Mr. Gallup has been prominently and actively interested in business affairs and in other interests relating to the welfare and progress of the community. From 1873 until 1883, he was connected with the promotion and construction of the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad, and for three years, beginning in 1877, served on its board of directors. In 1888, he was associated with other substantial business men in founding the financially successful Home Savings & Loan Company of Norwalk, at which time he was chosen president and one of the directors, his official connection therewith continuing to the present. He has also extended his efforts to other fields of activity, becoming one of the directors and a member of the executive committee of the Toledo, Fremont & Norwalk Electric Railway at the time of its construction in 1899. He thus served until its sale in 1901 to the Lake Shore Electric Company.

Few men have taken so active a part in the work of general progress and improvement as Mr. Gallup. All matters of general concern elicit his interest and whenever his judgment sanctions, he gives to a measure his hearty support and co-operation. In 1877, he became a life member of the Whittlesey Academy of Arts and Sciences, and since 1878, has served as a member of its board of trustees, acting as chairman of the board throughout the entire time and as treasurer of the institution, since 1901. In 1879, he wrote a history of Norwalk for W. W. Williams' "History of Huron and Erie Counties," and because of his deep research into the annals of the county, no man is more competent to write upon historical subjects in this locality, than he. Gallup has also been a life member of the Firelands Historical Society since 1876 and a member of its board of trustees, librarian, curator of its museum and editor of its publications, since 1888. In 1889, he became a member of the board of trustees of the Huron county Children's Home Association and has been its treasurer since 1902. He is likewise a member of the Young Men's Library and Reading Room Association, of Norwalk, controlling the Free Public Library, and has been a member of its board of trustees and chairman of its executive committee, since 1903. He is a member of the Norwalk Board of Commerce and of the National Geographical Society, and is a life member of the Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society, of which he was elected a member of its board of trustees and executive committee on the 2d of March, 1909. Hon. E. O. Randall, secretary and editor of that society, in comment on his selection as a trustee said: "Mr. Gallup is known throughout the country for his historical scholarship and for the active and extensive work he has done in connection with the Firelands Historical Society, of which he has been an influential and official member for a number of years. He has always been an enthusiastic student of Ohio and western history and has written much that is interesting and accurate concerning the early settlement of the Buckeye state."

Charles P. Wickham

Charles P. Wickham, who by the consensus of public opinion is regarded as a high type of American manhood and citizenship, has for many years been engaged in the practice of law in Norwalk and throughouf the entire period has been numbered among the representative members of the Huron county bar. His birth occurred in this city, September 15, 1836. He is the oldest of the thirteen children of Judge Frederick and Lucy (Preston) Wickham, both of whom were descended from Puritan ancestry. In the paternal line was Governor Winthrop, an early colonial governor of Massachusetts. The first representative of the Wickham family in the middle west was Walliam. Wickham, a native of Rhode Island, who with an instinctive love of the Sea, settled on the shores of Lake Ontario at Sodus Point. His four sons, John, Thomas, Frederick and Samuel Wickham, were there reared and when they had attained their majority, all except Thomas removed to Huron, situated on one of Lake Erie's natural harbors. Samuel Wickham sailed on the lakes, being thus engaged up to the time of his death. John Wickham engaged in lake commerce and was also the owner of one of the largest fish packing establishments on the lake. Frederick Wickham removed to Norwalk and later became proprietor of the Norwalk Reflector, a paper which had been established as the Huron Reflector by Samuel Preston, whose daughter Lucy he had married. In the roomy, old-fashioned house in the center of the town, the upper floor of which was used as a printing office, were born the six sons and seven daughters of this marriage.

This number included Charles P. Wickham who, after acquiring his early education in the public schools, attended the Norwalk Academy. He longed for a college education, but the expense attending, the support of a large family, prevented the father from enabling the son to carry out his wishes in this direction. He prepared for a professional career by attending the Cincinnati Law School, from which he was graduated in April, 1858. He then entered upon the active practice of his profession in his native state and, with the exception of the period spent at the front during the Civil war, has been a continuous representative of the Huron county bar to the present time. He is widely recognized as one of the most important, best known and highly respected lawyers in this part of the state, confining his attention to the active practice of his profession. He is the president and director of the A. B. Chase Company, of Norwalk, manufacturers of pianos.

In August, 1860, Mr. Wickham was united in marriage to Miss Emma J. Wildman, a daughter of Frederick A. and Mariette (Patch) Wildman, natives of Danbury, Connecticut. By this union there are six living children, four sons and two daughters, namely: Charles P., Jr., who is a general life insurance agent at Norwalk ; Grace W., the wife of C. C. Curran, a well known artist of New York city ; Louis W., an attorney at law and late prosecuting attorney of Huron county , Winthrop H., a mining engineer and merchandise broker, now residing in Denver, Colorado ; Romeyn D., a practicing attorney, who is now in partnership with his father; and Mary G., at home.

In September, 1861, Mr. Wickham bade adieu to his young wife and with patriotic ardor, offered his services to the government, enlisting as a member of the Fifty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which he served for four years. He rose from private through the ranks of first lieutenant, captain and major to that of lieutenant colonel, receiving in addition thereto a brevet commission direct from the president, "for gallant and meritorious services in Georgia and the Carolinas." He participated in a number of important engagements, including the second battle of Bull Run, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Mission Ridge, Resaca, Peach Tree Creek and all of the campaign from Chattanooga to Atlanta, including the siege and surrender of the latter place, followed by the march to the sea, which exposed the weakness of the southern Confederacy. He inspired the soldiers under him with much of his own valor and bravery and made a most creditable record throughout his long military experience. He is a valued member of the Grand Army of the Republic and the Loyal Legion.

At the close of the war Colonel Wickham returned to Norwalk and entered upon the private practice of his profession. In 1866, he was elected prosecuting attorney of the county and two years later was re-elected, so that his incumbency continued until 1871. In 1880, he was elected judge of the common pleas court of the fourth judicial district, was re-elected in 1885, and sat upon the bench until 1886, when he resigned to become a candidate for congress from the four- teenth district. He was elected in that year and re-elected in 1888, proving an active working member in the national halls of legislation. It is a notable fact that to each office to which he has been called, he has also been re-elected - proof positive of his ability and fidelity in the discharge of his duties. His entire official service has been in the direct path of his profession and the record is an untarnished one. Since his retirement from office, he has continuously and successfully practiced in Norwalk and has ever maintained a foremost place in the ranks of her leading attorneys. He is a man of broad scholarly attainments, an able speaker at the bar, in congress and on public occasions on which he has been called to address the people at large. He stands as a splendid representative of American manhood and citizenship, a high type of the Christian gentleman who is actuated in all that he does by lofty purposes and principles.

Hamilton A. Lowther

Hamilton A. Lowther, a farmer of Greenfield township and the owner of ninety acres of land on which he lives, was born in this township about half a mile from his present place of residence in a southerly direction. February 4, 1861, was the day of his birth and Jackson and Susan (Tower) Lowther were his parents. His paternal great-grandfather was a resident of New York city and was a prize fighter by profession. He achieved quite a reputation in his day for physical strength and prowess, and his name was frequently that of the victor in boxing contests. He was also a man of considerable wealth, which he one time put to the service of a friend, only to find that his trust was misplaced, for the latter jumped his bond and Mr. Lowther had to forfeit the sum of money he had guaranteed. His son Edward came to this part of Ohio from New York at an early day. He secured a grant of land from the government and immediately set about clearing it and making it ready for habitation. For lack of a better home he lived for many years in a log cabin which he had himself erected. His son, Jackson Lowther, the father of our subject, was born here and has passed all his life in this county. His wife was also of Ohio nativity, Sandusky having been her birthplace. Her cares as a faithful wife and mother were brought to an end in 1904, and a husband and three children have since mourned her loss. The latter are Hamilton A.; Hermie, the wife of Elvin McCord, of Sherwood, Ohio; and Nora, the wife of Henry White of this county. Mr. Lowther still follows farming despite his seventy years and is a member of the Universalist church. |

This township has always been the home of Hamilton A. Lowther, and to the schools here does he owe the education he was able to acquire in the intervals between the busy seasons on the farm, for he was reared at home and early was given his tasks to perform about the house and in the fields. He follows diversified farming, which has brought him more than a mere living. Of late years the hard work has been lightened by the assistance of his sons, who are promisin young men and display an aptitude for farming. s | On the r7th of December, 1889, was performed the ceremony that made Hamilton A. Lowther and Miss Nellie Fewson man and wife. Mrs. Lowther is a daughter of Michael and Sarah (Daly) Fewson, well known citizens of Greenfield township. Three children have been born of this union: James, Harry and Jay, all of whom live at home. A hard worker, a careful manager and thrifty farmer, Mr. Lowther is one of those that raise the standard of Greenfield township as a great farming community.

Mrs. Amanda J. Skilton, a well known and highly esteemed resident of Ridgefield township, making her home on her farm of sixty-five acres, was born at Galion, Crawford county, Ohio, her parents being John S. and Catharine (Neff) Davis. The family is an old one in this country, several representatives of the name having participated in the Revolutionary war. The place on which Mrs. Skilton lives is a portion of the original farm belonging to her great-grandfather, John Sowers, who owned seven hundred acres of land. The grandfather, John Sowers, was an early settler of Huron county, coming here in 1814. John S. Davis, the father of Mrs. Skilton, was born in Maryland in 1808 and passed away in the year 1888. His wife, whose birth occurred in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, in 1822, was called to her final rest in 1890. Their family numbered four children, namely: John S. Jr., who is now deceased ; Amanda J., of this review; Kittie Belle, who has also passed away; and Mary E., who gave her hand in marriage to Thomas Latham and now resides in Monroeville, Ohio.

In 1865, at Galion, Ohio, Amanda J. Davis was united in marriage to Alva S. Skilton, a son of Elijah and Elizabeth (Wilson) Skilton, of Ravenna, Ohio. At the time of the Civil war Alva S. Skilton enlisted for service in the Union army, returning home at the end of his three months' term. A short time afterward he reenlisted and was soon made captain of Company I, Fifty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He underwent all of the hardships, privations and dangers incident to the life of a soldier, participated in a number of hotly contested engagements and was also a prisoner for a time. At the battle of Pittsburg Landing he received a wound and was sent home to recuperate, again joining the army when his health had been restored. He was captured at Atlanta and was on his way to be exchanged as a prisoner of war when the news of Lincoln's assassination was received. When hostilities had ceased and the supremacy of the Union had been established he returned to Galion and in 1866 came to Monroeville, Ohio, where he became engaged in the grain business and conducted an elevator. For a number of years he was also an engineer on the Big Four Railroad and was widely recognized as a most substantial, progressive and respected citizen of his community. His political allegiance was given to the republican party, while his religious faith was indicated by his membership in the Episcopal church, in which he served as junior warden. He attained the Knight Templar degree in Masonry and organized the C. A. B. post at Monroeville, of which he was the first commander. His death occurred July 27, 1887.

Unto Mr. and Mrs. Skilton were born four children. John D, living in Cheshire, Connecticut, wedded Miss Ida Beistle, of Pennsylvania, by whom he had three children: Henry A.; Jane D., who is deceased; and John D. He is a graduate of the public schools of Monroeville, the Kenyon College and also of Divinity School at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and for a number of years was assistant rector to Dr. Bates of St. Paul's church at Cleveland. Later he was assistant rector at the American church at Nice, France, but is now headmaster of the schools of Cheshire, Connecticut. Elizabeth, the second child of Mr. and Mrs. Skilton, attended Oberlin College and now makes her home with her mother. Mary Grace, who obtained her education in the schools of Gambier, gave her hand in marriage to Clarence L. Powley and resides at Monroeville. Catharine, the youngest member of the family, who likewise acquired her education at Gambier, lives with her mother.

The different members of the family belong to the Episcopal church, in the work of which they are deeply and helpfully interested. Mrs. Skilton and two of her daughters live in a commodious and attractive brick residence on her farm of sixty-five acres in Ridgefield township and the place is lacking in none of the equipments and accessories of a model farming property of the twentieth century. She has an extensive circle of friends throughout the community where she has now long resided, her many good traits of heart and mind having endeared her to all with whom she has come in contact.

A well improved and highly developed farm of one hundred and forty acres, situated in Sherman township, is the home of C. A. Scheid. His birth occurred in February, 1867, and he has remained a resident of Sherman township throughout his entire life. His parents, Jacob and Barbara (Beilstein) Scheid, who were natives of Germany, became early settlers of Huron county, Ohio. Their family numbered ten children, namely: William and Elizabeth, both of whom are now deceased ; Emma; C. A., of this review ; Henry ; Minnie; George; John; Fred: and Albert.

C. A. Scheid attended the district schools until twelve years of age and then became identified with general agricultural pursuits, in which he has been successfuily engaged to the present time. In 1906 he bought his present farm of one hundred and forty acres from his father and has since been busily engaged in its operation, the well tilled fields annually yielding golden harvests of grain, Everything alout tbe place indicates that he is in touch with the mcdern spirit of progress which is manifest in agricultural lines,

On the 21st of October, 1897, Mr. Scheid was united in marriage to Miss Louisa Boehler, a daughter of William and Mary Boehler, residents of Monroeville, Ohio. She was the eldest ina family of eight children, her brothers and sisters being as follows: Anna, who has passed away; August; Minnie, who is likewise deceased ; Amanda; Edith; Karl, and Elmer. Mr. and Mrs. Scheid now have four children: Mabel, who was born in 1897 ; Ada, whose birth occurred in 1899 ; Marion, born in 1904 end Olive, in 1505.

Mr. Scheid gives his political support to the men and measures of the republican party and has served as road supervisor, in which position he proved a most capable and faithful incumbent. He.and his family are all members of the Lutheran church. His life has been one of continuous activity, in which has been accorded due recognition of labor, and today he is numbered among the substantial citizens of his community. His interests are thoroughly identified with those of Huron county and at all times he is ready to lend his aid and cooperation to any movement calculated to benefit this section of the country or advance its wonderful development.

Ed. L. Young

Ed. L. Young, editor of The Bee Hive national organ of the Knights of the Maccabees of the World, was born in New Haven, Huron county, Ohio, January I9, 1864, his parents being Morgan and Amelia (House) Young. 'The father was born March 9, 1819, and the mother's birth occurred April 20, 1823. The father, Morgan Young, for a time attended the old Norwalk Academy, in which school his future wife was at the same time a student. They were married on the 29th of. November, 1846, and established their home at North Monroeville, Ohio, where Mr. Young engaged in general farming ; they moved to New Haven, Huron county, some years after. Unto him and his wife were born eight children, namely: Lucy, who was born October 5, 1847; Louisa, October 22, 1848; Mehetta, December r5, 1852; Julius N., November 7, 1854; Albert, March 1857; Clara, who was born June 5, 1861, and died September 6, 1863; and Ed. L. and Edna, twins, whose birth occurred January 19, 1864. The death of the husband and father occurred September 24, 1884 in Ripley township; the mother is still living.

In the common schools, Ed. L. Young mastered the early branches of English learning and subsequently engaged in teaching. He has always been of a studious nature and his reading and research have covered a wide range. Leaving the teacher's profession, he entered the field of journalism in Norwalk and was with The Chronicle for eight years, four of these as editor. He became state manager for the Knights of the Maccabees of the World in 1892, and in 1901, became the national editor of the order, retaining position as manager for Ohio also. When he assumed the office of manager the order numbered four thousand in Ohio and thirteen thousand in the United States. Now there is a membership of thirty-seven thousand in Ohio, with three hundred thousand in the country, representing three hundred amd fifty million dollars in insurance, protection of members in five thousand tents. Young's advocacy of the order through the columns of the paper has done not a little to further its interests and he is widely and favorably known among the representatives of the fraternity in this country.

On the 2oth of March, 1884, Mr. Young was married to Miss Carrie M. Hloufstetter, a native of Ripley township, Huron county, and a daughter of Jacob M. and Rowena (Carpenter) Houfstetter; who were pioneer residents of this county. Her grandfather, Rev. Orson Carpenter, was one of the early Baptist preachers of this part of the state. Mr. and Mrs. Young have become parents of two children: Ethel M., who was born March 10, 1885, and died April 2, 1891; and Arthur F., who was born July 31, 1889, and is now a law student in Western Reserve University.

Mr. Young is identified with several other organizations in addition to the Maccabees, being now affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the Masonic fraternity, in which he has attained the Knight Templar degree. He is a man of good business ability, who is now bending his energies to administrative direction and executive control as manager of the paper which has the support of and is the expression of the best interests of the Knights of the Maccabees.

Dr. D. W. Rumbaugh, president of the Huron County Medical Association, who has successfully practiced in Huron county since 1878, opening his office in Chicago Junction in 1891, was born in Wayne county, Pennsylvania, August 24, 1846. His father, Isaac Rumbaugh, was a native of Northampton county, Pennsylvania, born December 23, 1815, and in 1819, he accompanied his parents on their removal to Chester township, Wayne county, Ohio. The mother of the Doctor was Mrs. Mary Rumbaugh, who was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, and arrived in Green township, Wayne county, Ohio, in 1835. On the 8th of March, 1838, she gave her hand in marriage to Isaac Rumbaugh and they have become the parents of five children. The father lived and died in Wayne county, passing away 1888. He had long survived his wife who died in 1851. Tracing back the ancestral history of the family, we learn that the first Rumbaughs in America, were located here in 1764, in which year three brothers sailed from Germany and settled in Connecticut. Of these Henry and Solomon Rumbaugh served as loyal soldiers of the American army in the Revolutionary war, while the other brother, David Rumbaugh, went to Canada and was never heard from again. In 1797, Henry Rumbaugh settled in Northampton county, Pennsylvania, and was the father of twenty-five children, all of whom married and reared families.

Dr. Rumbaugh, a decendant of that family, was educated in the public schools, continuing his studies until he was graduated from the Smithville (Ohio) high school. Eventually, he pursued a course in the university at Canton, Missouri, and then, taking up the study of medicine, attended lectures and studied at Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery. He was graduated from the medical department of the University of Wooster at Cleveland, Ohio, in 1873, and commenced practice in Polk, Ashland county, where he remained for five years. On the expiration of that period, he opened an office at Greenwich, Huron county, where he remained from 1878 until 1891. In that year, he came to Chicago Junction and has in the intervening years, sustained an enviable reputation as one of the leading practitioners of the county. His patronage is continually increasing, for he has given proof of his ability to successfully cope with the intricate problems that continually confront the physician. In the diagnosis of his cases, he is very careful and his professional brethren entertain high respect for his judgment. Moreover, he closely conforms to a high standard of professional ethics. In addition to his private practice, he is acting as surgeon for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company and he belongs to the Association of Baltimore & Ohio Railway Surgeons, to the International Association of Railway Surgeons, to the American Medical. Association, to the Ohio State Medical Association and to the Huron County Medical Society, being president of the last named.

On the 23d of March, 1871, Dr. Rumbaugh was married to Miss Sarah A. Jones, who died in 1883 and in 1888, He was again married, his second union being with Jennie Graham, a native of Greenfield township, Huron county, and a daughter of Alexander Graham, one of the earliest settlers of this part of the state. There were three children of the first marriage: Hattie O., now the wife of Thomas McMahon ; Samuel C.; and Bertha M., now Mrs. Keith Van Horn, of Chicago, Ohio.

Dr. Rumbaugh has always been an active democrat and has ever taken a helpful interest in party work, doing everything in his power to promote the growth and insure the success of the party. While living at Polk, he served as a member of the board of education and also of the town council. He rendered similar service at Greenwich and at Chicago Junction and has likewise served as a member of the board of public affairs in this place. His work has at all times been of a beneficial nature, being actuated by a public-spirited devotion to the general good. Fraternally Dr. Rumbaugh is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and is a Mason of high rank, belonging to Golden Rule Lodge, No. 562, F. & A. M.; Golden Rule Chapter, No. 167, R. A. M.; Norwalk Commandery, No. 18, K. T.; and Lake Erie Consistory and is also a director in the Chicago, Ohio Temple Company. He is in thorough sympathy with the beneficent spirit of the craft, which is based upon mutual helpfulness and brotherly kindness and in practice, he utilizes the opportunities to bring its principles into active play.

Asher M. Cole

Asher M. Cole is the sole owner of the beautiful homestead property of one hundred and twenty-five acres just outside of the city limits of Norwalk whereon the Cole family has lived for many years. He is one of the best known citizens of Huron county, respected and honored wherever known and most of all where best known. tracing the ancestry of the family we find that the first authentic record is of one John Cole, who was born in England in 1670. His son and namesake, born in the same country in 1705, came to America in colonial days and spent the latter portion of his life in Connecticut. He was twice married, his first wife being a sister of Benjamin Franklin, while his second wife, bore the maiden name of Mary Brown. John Cole was the father of six children, two sons and four daughters, the eldest of whom was John, while the second was named Thomas. The lat- ter was born in Windham county, Connecticut, August 25, 1735, and on the 7th of December, 1757, he married Miss Miriam Kinne, by whom he had the following children: Silas, Amos, Spencer, Levi, Thomas, Jeremiah, Samuel, Mary, Eunice and Marion. The descendants of this family are very numerous and are scattered throughout many portions of the United States.

Levi Cole, the fourth son of Thomas and Miriam (Kinne) Cole, was born November 30, 1766, in Windham county, Connecticut, was married November 25, 1700, and died in Norwalk, Ohio, February 11, 1820. His wife, Hannah Kinne, was born in Windham county, Connecticut, July 24, 1770, and died at Norwalk, Ohio, February 27, 1840. They had seven sons and two daughters, namely: Jeremiah, born March 7, 1795, came to Ohio in 1815 and died July 30, 1818; Asher, born April 23, 1797, came to Ohio in 1816 and died November 4, 1830; James, who was born April 25, 1799, and came to Ohio in 1816, was married January 15, 1824, to Miss Philena Johnson, who was born October 4, 1802, and they had four sons and one daughter: Albert, born October 2, 1824 ; Bryan, who was born March 7, 1828, and died May 10, 1863; Starry H., who was born March 6, 1831, and died October 30, 1876, after having served for ninety days as a soldier of Company B, One Hundred Sixty-sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with the rank of second lieutenant ; George W., who was born February 22, 1835 and died January 6, 1893, after having served for three years in the Third Ohio Cavalry ; and Maria, who was born August 13, 1841, and died January 1892. The father of these children died December 26, 1881, and the mother passed away on the 3oth of April of the same year. Levi Cole, Jr., son of Levi Cole, Sr., was born March 23, 1801, came to Ohio in 1816, and died in Richfield township, Huron county. Miner, born July 26, 1803, came to Ohio in 1816 and died in Norwalk. Manley K., born February II, 1807, came to Ohio in 1816. Lyman, born March ro, 1810, arrived in this state 1816 and died October 1853. The daughters were Hannah, who was born March 1792, and died August 24, 1795; and Ardelia, who was born December 4, 1811, and died May 8, 1812.

In 1813 Levi Cole, Sr., was living in Herkimer county, New York, where he met with financial reverses after his marriage and in that year, in company with Major David Underhill and Timothy Baker, he came to Ohio to look at lands owned by Mr. Underhill in Richfield township, Huron county. The land and prospect suited him and he arranged for the purchase of a tract adjoining the farm of Sidney Brown, after which he returned home. In 1815 he again came to Ohio accompanied by his son Jeremy, by Horace Morse, Dr. Joseph Pierce and David Underhill. He at once erected a house on his land, began clearing away the timber and otherwise prepared for bringing his family the next year. In the fall, leaving hís son Jeremy to look after the place and continue the improvements, he returned home. During this visit, on the 16th of July, 1815, Levi Cole, with Major Underhill and Dr. Joseph Pierce, brushed out a trail, or road, from Abijah Comstock's place to the Sand Ridge, now Norwalk. At night they returned to Mr. Comstock's home and the next day started out and completed their work through the Underhill place on the 17th. This was the first highway labor done on Main street. They followed the old Indian trail, which came out on the Ridge road somewhere between Main and Chatham streets. In January, 1816, Mr. Cole and Major Underhill started with their families and such goods and supplies as they might re- quire in their new homes, with six teams and sleighs, three to each family. The party contained twenty people. After spending six weeks on the road, including a five days rest at Avery, the old county seat, they reached Major Underhill's place on the 22d of February, 1816. The Huron river was then so high that Mr. Cole could not cross with his family and teams to his own house, so he took them to the home of Dr. Pierce and soon afterward purchased the place and remained there as long as he lived. 1818 Mr. Cole took a prominent part in the movement which culminated in the removal of the county seat to Norwalk. On February 9, 1820, Mr. Cole was engaged in hauling a large saw log and one of his legs, owing to an accident in unloading, was caught between the logs and so terribly crushed that he died two days afterward.

Levi and Hannah Cole had several children, of whom the following is a brief record: Colonel Asher Cole, the second son, was married January 6, 1828, to Narcissa Lawrence and they had a son, Asher, who was born November 12, 1828, and on October 19, 1859, married Miss Sarah J. Purdy. He died May 29, 1885, leaving a widow and seven children.

Miner Cole, the fifth son, was born July 26, 1803, in Herkimer county, New York, where he received his school training. In 1816 he came to Huron county, Ohio, with his father, making his home on a farm of one hundred acres in Norwalk township. In addition to his elementary education he attended Norwalk Academy for one term and further improved his mind by home study and close observation of men and events. On July 1840, he married Miss Mary A. Allen, of Ripley township, born November 7, 1819, a daughter of Hiram Allen, of near Utica, New York. After his marriage Miner Cole continued to engage in general agricultural pursuits until his death, which occurred August 20, 1885. He was a republican in politics and served his township faithfully as a trustee.

Asher M. Cole, the only son of Miner Cole, was born November 19, 1843, on the farm in Norwalk township which he now owns and occupies. He attended the public schools of the neighborhood and at the same time was trained to the work of the farm under his father's direction. He was twenty years of age when in response to the country's call for troops he offered his services to the government and was mustered in on the 15th of May, 1864, as a member of Co-zpany B, One Hundred and Sixty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was first engaged on garrison duty at Arlington Heights, where he remained until September of the same year when his term of enlistment expired and he was honorably discharged. Prior to joining the United States Volunteer army he served for some time with the Home Guards.

On the 5th of March, 1869, Asher M. Cole was married to Miss Louisa E. Channing, who was born in Somersetshire, England, November 21, 1846, and at the age of five years was brought to Huron county, Ohio, where her youthful days were spent upon a farm. They had one child, Miner A. Cole, born August 26, 188o. During the same vear they adopted a bright little boy of six years, named Orill Allen, a distant relative. Miner A. Cole, the son, was married May 1902, to Miss Elizabeth M. Fisher, whose birth occurred May 2, 1886. They have a charming little daughter, Verna Louise K. Cole. Orill A. Cole, the legally adopted son, married Miss Carrie Cassady, who was educated at Akron, Ohio. She is a daughter of Frank and Sarah Cassady, and has two children, Winfred Elizabeth

With the exception of the time which he spent as a soldier in the Civil war, Asher M. Cole remained upon the home farm with his parents until he reached his majority, at which time his father gave him a team and some farming tools, and he then began operating the old homestead. He was there busily employed in carrying on general agricultural pursuits until 1881, when he rented a farm, pay- ing five hundred dollars per year, for a term of five years, and also taking care of his father in his declining days, or until the father's demise. After the expiration of his lease Asher M. Cole became sole owner of the beautiful homestead property of one hundred and twenty-five acres, lying just outside the corporation limits of Norwalk. His son is now operating the farm and living at home with his parents.

Mr. Cole has always been interested in the cause of education and for several terms has acceptably served as a member of the school board. He has been a successful farmer and a most useful and well known representative of Huron county's broad minded citizens. Both he and his wife are members of the Universalist church and he gives his political allegiance to the republican party. His life has at all times been an upright one and he is justly accounted among the most honored and respected citizens of Norwalk township.

Harry H. And Willard E. Marsh

Harry H. and Willard E. Marsh are successfully engaged in the conduct of a dry goods establishment in Norwalk under the firm style of The Marsh Company. Their paternal grandparents were Abram Reynolds and Sarah L. Marsh, the former born at Rahway, New Jersey, on the 8th of July, 1800, while the latter's birth occurred in Orange, New Jersey, March 8, 1802. After coming to this state Abram R. Marsh made his home for many years on a farm in Ridgefield township, Huron county, and was more than ninety years of age when called to his final rest. For a long period he acted as an elder in the Presbyterian church, the teachings of which he exemplified in his daily life, his upright and honorable career winning him the regard and admiration of all with whom he was associated.

The maternal grandfather of H. H. and W. E. Marsh was Jonas Hinkley, who was born in Elizabethtown, Essex county, New York, September 21, 1816, and accompanied his parents on their removal to Huron, Ohio, in 1841. He and his brother, Philander Hinkley, were awarded the contract for the construction of the first railroad through Huron and he was also engaged in mercantile pursuits there for several years. The year of 1859 witnessed his arrived in Norwalk and during the period of his residence here he devoted his time and energies to perfecting a number of practical and useful inventions which had long occupied his attention and which he eventually succeeded in patenting. He was a man of considerable inventive genius and one of the most expert mechanics in the country and was the originator of a sewing machine which was afterward manufactured in Norwalk by the firm of Hinkley & Wildman. He realized quite a fortune through his invention of the first knitting machine for the knitiiag of hosiery - a machine that was manufactured at Biddeford, Maine. Many other useful, valuable and original devices were the outcome of his mechanical skill and ingenuity, including a carpet sweeper. He was a great reader of books and papers bearing upon mechanics and sciences and his wonderful mind was wholly absorbed in study and investigation along these lines. Though quiet and retiring in disposition, he was very entertaining in manner and speech and his genial, kindly nature made him popular with a large circle of friends. His demise occurred when he had reached the ripe old age of seventy-five years.

Charles E. Marsh, the father of the gentlemen whose names initiate this review, was born in Coshocton, Ohio, on the 28th of August, 1840, and was one of a large family of children. In 1860 he made his way to Norwalk, securing a clerkship in the dry goods house of Beardsley & Brother, with whom he continued until 1862, when he enlisted for service in the Union army as a member of the One Hundred and First Ohio Infantry. His health failing, however, he was eventually honorably discharged on account of physical disability. Returning to Norwalk, he again entered the employ of Beardsley & Brother and subsequently worked in a clerical capacity for Watson & Lovrien and Wooster & Patrick. In 1872, feeling that his training and experience in mercantile lines justified him in starting out in business life on his own account, he established a dry goods store in association with Mrs. S. B. Pease. In 1880 the style of the firm was changed to Marsh & Jackson and in 1887 became known as Marsh & Bloxham, thus continuing until the death of the partners, Mr. Marsh passing away on the 21st of June, 1906, while A. T. Bloxham died in the following November. Mr. Marsh was probably one of the best salesmen and judges of dry goods in the country. He established his mercantile enterprise on borrowed capital but as the years went by won a most gratifying measure of prosperity as the result of his well directed and untiring energy, guided by sound judgment and keen discrimination. Brooking no obstacles that honest effort could overcome, he steadily worked his way upward until he gained a place among the leading merchants of the county. His personal characteristics, too, were such as commanded the admiration and respect of all with whom he came in contact and in Norwalk, where he made his home for almost a half century, he was well known and highly esteemed as one of its most honored residents.

On the 7th of February, 1866, Charles E. Marsh was united in marriage to Miss Ellen A. Hinkley, a daughter of Jonas Hinkley, who was of Scotch descent. The birth of Mrs. Marsh occurred in 1844, and by her marriage she became the mother of four children, all of whom obtained their preliminary education in Norwalk. Harry H. is the eldest son of the family. Charles R., who attended business college at Poughkeepsie, New York, and also a military school at Roslyn, Long Island, is now a manufacturer of wire specialties in Cleveland. As a companion and helpmate on the journey of life he chose Miss Alice Widlar.: Willard E. is the next in order of birth. Lewis C., the youngest son of Charles E. and Ellen A. (Hinkley) Marsh, was called to his final rest in 1898.

Harry H. Marsh completed his education in a private school at Buffalo and is now at the head of the extensive dry goods enterprise established by his father, the business being at present conducted under the name of The Marsh Company. The house enjoys an extensive and profitable patronage, owing to its straightforward and reliable business policy. In 1891 was celebrated the marriage of H. H. Marsh and Miss Clara C. Poor, a daughter of Richard D. Poor, of old New England stock. By this union there are two children, Richard C. and Irene C.

When a lad of sixteen years Willard E. Marsh took up the study of photography and for thirteen years remained a successful representative of that art. Since the death of his father, however, he has been associated with his brother in the conduct and management of the Marsh dry goods establishment and, like his brother, is recognized throughout the community as a most substantial, enterprising and progressive business man and citizen. On the 26th of October, 1906, he wedded Miss Bessie M. Watts, a daughter of Joseph Watts, of Oakharbor, Ohio. They have a little daughter, Asenath R., born June 24, 1908.

Amos K. Eastman

Amos K. Eastman, who is well known in agricultural circles, owning and cultivating eighty-eight acres of good land in Peru township, is numbered among the native sons of the county, his birth having occurred March 9, 1884, in the house in which he now resides. He is a son of Elbridge G. E. Eastman, who was born in Bronson township, Huron county, April 17, 1838. He has always remained a resident of Ohio and is now living in Richland county. He is a son of Seba A. Eastman, who came from Vermont and settled in Crawford county, Ohio. About 1835 he removed to Greenfield township, Huron county, and was identified with farming interests in this locality until his death, which occurred in Peru township in 1850. The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Mary Jane Kendall and came from New York to Ohio with her parents, Amos and Mary J. (Richy) Kendall, the family settling in Peru township about 1848. Mrs. Eastman is still living at the age of sixty-three years, her birth having occurred june 9, 1846. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Elbridge Eastman were born four children, namely : Effie G., who married J. W. Billiard, of Seneca county, Ohio; Grace, who married Henry Sulser, of Marion county, Ohio, and had four children, Cleo, Kasia, Garry, and Bernice, who has passed away. Garry E., residing with his parents, who married Ida Boose, whom he has the following children: Wayne, Gladys, Alice and Bernice and Amos K., of this review. i

Amos K. Eastman has always resided upon the farm which is now his home, his father having purchased the property from Laurence Ott. Since the son came into possession of the place he has made a number of substantial improvements and his farm is regarded as one of the desirable properties af the county. He is diligent, persistent and practical in all that he undertakes and has been quite successful in cultivating the cereals best adapted to soil and climate. Throughout his entire life he has engaged in farming and his broad practical experience and undaunted energy make him a leading agriculturist of the community.

Amos K. Eastman was united in marriage to Elnora M. Smith, a daughter of Ambrose and Libby (Shild) Smith, of Peru township, the wedding being celebrated on the 4th of June, 1008. They now have a little daughter, Elizabeth Jane Lola, born on the 6th of July, 1909. Mr. Eastman is a member of the Knights of the Maccabees, belonging to the tent at Norwalk. Both he and his wite have a wide circle of warm friends in the community and are popular among those who know them.

Thomas J. Brown

Thomas J. Brown, a prosperous farmer and stock man of Clarksfield township, was born March 16, 1848, in Sherman township, Huron county, and is the son of William and Elizabeth (Greer) Brown, the former of whom was born in Geneva, Seneca county, New York, but came as a small child with his parents to Ohio. Thomas H. Brown, the grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was of Irish birth and came to this country at the age of seventeen. He was the eldest of a family of twenty-three children, his father having been twice married, and having by his first wife six, and by his second seventeen children, all of whom lived to young manhood and young womanhood. On coming to this country, the family settled first in Baltimore, Maryland, which they forsook after a few years for Seneca, New York. Later John and Thomas H. Brown came to Ohio, locating in Ashland county, near Jeromesville, where the latter lived until he was nearly eighty years of age. He engaged in farming and stock raising and feeding, and became a large landowner, many of his tracts being situated in other townships. During the war of 1812, he served as a soldier, and at one time made the journey from Cleveland to Old Portland, now Sandusky, in a row boat. He died at McComb, from the results of an accidental injury, at the advanced age of ninety-nine years. He had been a man of means, interested and prominent in all public affairs.

115 son, William, the father of Thomas ]. Brown, was born in Seneca county, New Vork, and came to Huron county, Ohio, prior to his marriage. Here he engaged in general farming and stock raising and became an influential man in his community. For a number of years, he was treasurer of Norwich township, his home at the time, and he also served as township trustee and as a member of the school board for a long period. He and his family belonged to the United Brethren church, the Union chapel congregation or class of which denomination Mr. ard Mrs. Brown has helped to establish. In fact when Mrs. Brown died, April ro, 1908, the last of the original charter members had passed away. Mr. Brown had died eight years previously, at about the age of seventy-seven, six years younger than his wife when she responded to the call of death. Both husband and wife are buried in Norwich cemetery. In the affairs of Union chapel, Mr. Brown ever took an active part and was cne of its trustees from its organization. until his death. He was an upright man, whose influence was strongly felt in the community in which he lived. He was a soldier of the Civil war, enlisting in Company H, One Hundred and Sixty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He had a family of five sons: Thomas J., James E., Franklin H., William L., and

Thomas J. Brown spent his boyhood and young manhood on his father's farm, receiving his education in the district schools of the county and in Milan Academy and the schools at Clyde and Geneva, Ohio. His own schooling completed, he engaged in teaching during the winter months in the schools of Seneca and Huron counties. During the summer, he worked on the farm. At the age of twenty-three, he engaged in mercantile business at Havana, Norwich township, to which he devoted his time for about two and a half years, after which he returned to farming in Norwich township, which was his home until March ro, 1904, when he removed to Clarksfield township. During these years, he has pursued a general line of agriculture and has also engaged in the breeding of short horn cattle. In the latter work, he has attained quite a reputation beyond the township borders, for his animals are shipped to distant markets, where they are recognized as being of fine, pure breed, and many stockmen have bred cattle from his stock. He also raises silver Wyandotte poultry, of a high order. His farm, one hundred acres in extent, is under a fine state of cultivation and gives rich returns for the labor expended upon it.

On the 23d of October, 1873, Mr. Brown was married to Mrs. Jennie Knoles, the widow of Smith Knoles and the daughter of Dennis Downing, of Penn Yan, New York, but who at the time of her marriage was living in Seneca county, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Brown have had no children of their own but have taken three children of other families into their home, and have given them all the educational opportunities and advantages that they would give to their own offspring.

In politics, Mr. Brown has been rather independent. For twenty years he voted the prohibition ticket, but of late years has voted for whatever men and measures appealed to his idea of right. He has always shown a great interest in public matters, and never fails to exercise his right of franchise, but he has never sought an office at the disposition of the people. He keeps well posted on all matters of general concern and is well able to defend his position, taken after he has convinced himself of its justness, against all opposition. In religious matters, he gives his allegiance to the Congregational church, in which he holds the position of deacon. In the Sunday school, he is a teacher and assistant superintendent, for he has ever shown a deep concern for the progress of the work of the church and the school.

Louie Schick

Schick, successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits in Ridgefield township, Huron county, was born in Germany on the 19th of May, 1870, and is a son of Peter and Wilhelmina Schick. The parents, who were also natives of the fatherland, came to the United States in 1883 and settled in Milan, Ohio, where they resided for about six months. On the rst of March of the following year, they removed to Ridgefield township, Huron county, where the father purchased thirty-eight acres of land, which is still in his possession. He and his wife be- came the parents of four children, namely: William; Jacob; Wilhelmina, the wife of Henry Klein; and Louie, of this review. Both parents still survive while the father who devoted his life to farming pursuits now lives retired, enjoying in well earned rest the fruits of his former toil.

Louie Schick spent the years of his boyhood and youth under the parental roof, acquiring his education in the district schools, while the periods of vacation were devoted to the work ot the fields. After laying aside his text-books, however, he became identified with railroading, being employed upon the work train for four years, and he also spent some time in the boiler shop. Later he severed his connection with the railroad business and resumed agricultural pursuits, renting a farm of fifty-two acres, which he continues to operate and upon which he makes his home. He owns thirteen acres of land which, in connection with his father's farm, he also cultivates. He is up-to-date and progressive in his methods, carrying on his business along strictly modern lines, while his various interests, carefully managed and directed, are bringing to him gratifying returns.

Mr. Schick has been twice married. In 1899, he wedded Miss Bertha Bower, a daughter of William Bower, of this county, who was a native of Germany. Unto this union was born one daughter, Louisa. The wife and mother was called away to her final rest in 1905, while two years later, in 1907, Mr. Schick married Miss Louisa Bower, a sister of his former wife. He is a member of the German Lutheran church and is public-spirited in his citizenship, lending his aid to all measures and movements which have for their object the substantial and permanent development and upbuilding of the community. Honorable and upright in all of his dealings, he has won the respect and confidence of those with whom he is associated, and he is held in high regard by a large circle of warm friends.

O. C. Litzkey, as superintendent of the Bellevue water works, is well known here and the record which he has made in all official business relations, has won him the unqualified respect and confidence of his fellow townsmen. He is numbered among Ohio's native sons for his birth occurred in Fremont on the 16th of July, 1864, his parents being John and Minnie (Nash) Litzkey, both of whom were natives of Germany, who, coming to America, spent their last days in this country, the father dying at the age of sixty-five years, while the mother passed away at the age of sixty-seven. They were the parents of ten children: Tillie, deceased ; Lizzie, the wife of Dan McGrady ; Lena, John and Mary, all of whom have passed away ; and four who died in infancy.

The other member of the family is O. C. Litzkey, whose name introduces this record. He was reared in the place of his nativity and, spending his boyhood days under the parental roof, was afforded the opportunities for the acquirement of an education in the public schools. In the periods of vacation, he worked upon the farm and after putting aside his text-books, he gave his time and energies to farm work and also was employed at the Ohio Cultivator Plant at Fremont, where he filled the responsible position of foreman of the shipping depart- ment. After the removal of the plant to Bellevue, he came to this city and retained his position in connection with that corporation a quarter of a century. No higher testimonial of his faithfulness, capability and of the confidence reposed in him could be given than the fact that he was associated with the business in the responsible position of foreman for twenty-five years. He resigned on his appointment as superintendent of the water works, January 6, 1909, and he is now serving in that capacity.

At Fremont on the 29th of June, 1886, Mr. Litzkey was united in marriage to Miss Mary Hilt, a daughter of Peter Hilt, of that place. They became the parents of two children, but lost the first born, Anna, at the age of two years. The surviving daughter, Lula, is at home. The parents are members of the Lutheran church and Mr. Litzkey is widely and prominently known in fraternal circles. He is now acting as treasurer of the Forester lodge, is treasurer and one of the trustees of the Eagle lodge and is a member of the German Beneficial Union and the German Aid Society. These latter indicate the broad humanitarian spirit which actuates him in all his relations with his fellowmen. His political allegiance is given to the democracy and for ten years, he served as a member of the city council, exercising his official prerogatives in support of many measures for the public good. He has ever advocated retrenchment in public expenditure yet never to the extent of blocking progress or excluding needed. public improvements. In his present office, he is giving an administration that is chararcterized by system so that there is no loss of time, labor or material. His course is receiving uniform commendation and he well deserves classification with the public officials of whom Bellevue has had reason to be proud.

Caleb F. Jackson

Without invidious distinction, Caleb F. Jackson may be termed the foremost business man of Norwalk from the fact that his interests are most varied as well as extensive. Starting out in life on a humble financial plane, he has steadily worked his way upward and his careful management, coupled with unfaltering industry and keen discernment, have brought him to the position which he now occupies. Honored and respected by all there is no resident of Norwalk who fills a more enviable place in the commercial and financial circles of the city. He was born June 25, 1854, upon the old Jackson farm a mile and a half south of Norwalk, upon the old state road. His parents were Charles and Alberta (Fitch) Jackson and he is a great-grandson of Colonel Giles Jackson of Berkshire county, Massachusetts, who won fame as a colonel of infantry in the Revolutionary war and as chief of staff to Major General Gates he penned the article of surrender at Yorktown and Saratoga. The original articles of convention for the surrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga, October 16, 1877, signed by J. Burgoyne and Horatio Gates, are now in possession of C. F. Jackson at Norwalk, having been inherited by the "second son" for three generations. Numerous other historical Revolutionary papers of great value are preserved to be handed down to the second son, Thayer Elden Jackson. Charles Jackson, the father of our sub- sect, was a prominent farmer of Norwalk township, who spent six years of his carly manhood in the employ of Shepherd Patrick as a salesman in his general store at Norwalk. Subsequently, he bought the Jackson farm homestead, which remained in the family for sixty years and his capable management of his busiuess interests, placed him with the substantial agriculturists of Huron county.

Caleb F. Jackson attended the country school in Norwalk, district No. 3, until he prepared to enter high school in 1868. He was graduated therefrom in 1871 on the completion of a complete scientific and classical course of study. He had expected to study medicine, but the death of both parents left him the care of two sisters and a younger brother, a financial burden which made further study in school or college impossible. At the age of seventeen years, he began work in the dry-goods, grocery and drug store of Wooster & Patrick as "boy of all work," entering their employ on the 13 of November, 1871. Within three months, he was made a salesman and promotions followed rapidly. In 1873, he was head salesman in the drygoods department on a salary of a thousand dollars per year, which at that date was the largest salary paid any salesman in Norwalk - and he was not yet twenty years of age. In January, 1874, at the age of nineteea and a half years, he formed a copartnership with L. C. Prescott and purchased a drug and grocery store at Flint, Michigan. The firm oí Prescott & Jackson possessed but twelve hundred dollars, but they had energy, determination and perseverance. They assumed a debt of five thousand dollars and after two years, with all the indebtedness discharged, C. F. Jackson sold his interests to his partner and returned to Norwalk to enter the employ of C. E. Marsh & Company, as salesman and manager of the interests of Mrs. S. P. Pease in the firm. His next advanced step was made in 1881, when he joined C. E. Marsh in organizing the firm of Marsh & Jackson for the purpose of opening a dry-goods and carpet store at No. 11 West Main street. Great financial success followed this venture for five years and in 1886 Mr. Jackson sold his interests to his partner and went to Minneapolis, Minnesota. In that growing city, he established the "Jackson Black Goods Store" which became known throughout the northwest as specializing in every known article of dry goods, black or white. Mr. Jackson was sole owner of the Minneapolis business and in seven years, had sufficient capital to warrant the stocking of a department store, which he could foresee at that early date, was the coming mercantile establishment of this country.

In the winter of 1892-3 Mr. Jackson, in partnership with H. H. Hoyt of Norwalk, purchased from the First Methodist Episcopal church of this city, their church property at the corner of Main street and Benedict avenue. In May, 1893, the old church was demolished to make room for the beautiful five-story brick and brown stone building known as The Glass Block. The building when complete, was leased to the Hoyt & Jackson Company, a corporation of which C. F. Jackson was the president, for a department store and was opened to the public November 29, 1893. This marked the beginning of a new era in mercantile affairs in Norwalk. In that day the department store was untried, except in the large-cities and in Norwalk it was looked upon as a venturesome undertaking, which would probably result in failure. Mr. Jackson's perceptions of the business future, were much keener than the old-school merchants and instead of failure, the business was a great success and for sixteen years has paid its stock- holders splendid dividends every year. In October, 1895, Mr. Jackson purchased his partner's interest in the Glass Block real estate and became sole owner of this valuable property. He also secured Mr. Hoyt's interest in the mercantile company and immediately changed the corporate name to The C. F. Jackson Company, which is so well known in the business world today.

Even after acquiring this valuable property, Mr. Jackson's ambition was not satisfied, for in 1902, he secured the first Glass Block Annex by a lease of a three-story brick block adjoining on the west, thereby increasing the floor space and obtaining better facilities to handle the vast growing trade. The business has been conducted on a cash basis with a fixed price and to these rules and the straightforward principles which have governed his commercial affairs, the success of Mr. Jackson is due. In 1904, in order to utilize surplus earnings, Mr. Jackson bought for the company a business block at Findlay, Ohio, for one hundred and thirty thousand dollars and established at that point a second Glass Block department store larger and more beautiful than the original store at Norwalk. His eldest son, Edward E. Jackson, was made vice-president of the company and general manager at Findlay. The success of the store at that place has been beyond the expectations of even its projector. In December, 1908, a second annex was added at Norwalk, comprising three floors with a frontage of sixty feet on Benedict avenue, giving the Norwalk store a total of ninety thousand square feet of sales room or nearly two and a half acres - a monument to the business foresight and executive ability of its founder. In addition to the general management of these great mercantile establishments, Mr. Jackson is interested in numerous manufacturing and business enterprises to which he devotes a tion of his time. He is president of the Norwalk Vault Company, vice-president of the Auto Buggy Company, treasurer of the Miller Anchor Company, a director of the Local Telephone Company, of the Interstate Ice Company and the Tinker Concrete Company, while in numerous other concerns, he is a stockholder, giving him diversified interests probably not exceeded by those of any other business man in Norwalk. For two years he has been the president of the Norwalk Chamber of Commerce, a strong organization of business men, looking after the welfare and prosperity of Norwalk's business interests.

On the 11th of November, 1874, Mr. Jackson was married to Miss Mary L. Stevens, of Norwalk and unto them have been born four children: Edward Everett, who was born January 2, 1876, and was married at Findlay, Ohio, September 1, 1905, to Miss Glenna Weil; Thayer Elden, born June 19. 1884; Kenneth Seymour, born July 9, 1886; and Hortense Ione, born March 16, 1801.

Mr. Jackson is not only well known because of the extent and importance of his business affairs, but also by reason of his co-operation in many interests and measures which relate to the individual or public welfare. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity, in which he has attained the Knight Templar degree, to the Knights of Pythias lodge, the Royal Arcanum, the Knights of the Maccabees and the National Union. He is a member of the Ohio Sons of the American Revolution and was for many years a member of the Shakespeare Club, Norwalk's leading literary and social club. He is likewise a liberal supporter of the Presbyterian church and for many years has served on its board of trustees. He has never become actively connected with politics or aspired to public office. He is rather retiring in disposition, but most public-spirited and in a quiet and unostentatious way, has devoted much time and money to the public good. He finds his pleasure in his elegant home and his close, enduring friends and he deserves in the largest degree the respect and confidence as well as the Success, which have been accorded him.

Milo F. Johnson

Milo F. Johnson, a progressive and prosperous farmer of Norwalk township, was born in Peru township, July 21, 1859. His birth occurred on the old homestead farm taken up by his grandfather, Marcus Johnson, in the early part of the eighteenth century, which property is yet owned by one of his daughters, Mrs. Della M. Linder. He is a son of Luther B. Johnson, who was born on the Ist of November, 1822, in Elba, Genesee county, New York. He came west to Ohio with his parents, when eighteen months of age, settling on the old homestead farm in 1824. This continued to be his place of residence until 1888, when he retired from active life and came to Norwalk, where he passed away in April, 1905, at a ripe old age. The wife preceded him to the great beyond in May, 1895. He belonged to the Universalist church and was a stanch republican in politics. A successful and substantial farmer, he devoted his entire efforts to that line of activity, and, though quiet and unassuming in manner, was well known and honored for his strict integrity and his loyalty to the general good, doing all in his power to further the growth and upbuilding of the community in which he lived. His family consisted of three children, namely: Milo F., of this review ; Della M., who passed away in August, 1909; and Mrs. Alma E. Call, of Williams county, Ohio.

Reared on the old homestead farm, Milo F. Johnson pursued his education in the district schools of Peru township and spent the years of his boyhood and youth under the parental roof. Upon attaining his majority, he decided to adopt as his life work the occupation to which he had been reared and has since been engaged in agricultural pursuits, with the exception of three years, when connected with the Ohio Metal Company. He has a finely improved place, equipped with gcod barns and outbuildings and all latest devices and equipments for facilitating the work of the farm. He is progressive and up-to-date in his methods and has attained a creditable degree of prosperity in his agricultural pursuits.

On the 24th of October, 1888, Mr. Johnson was united in marriage to Miss Sadie E. Nicholson, and they have become the parents of one daughter, Helen B., born Februarv 24, 1897. Mrs. Johnson is the daughter of William Nicholson, of Mansfield, Ohio, and is one of a family of six children. The father was born in England and came to Mansfield when twenty-three years of age. He had been a grocer in his native land and continued to engage in that line in this country. He passed away in 1887. His wife, who was also born in England, was brought by her parents to America when six weeks old. father, Charles Hutchinson, on his arrival in the United States, came direct to Huron county

Mr. Johnson's church affiliations are with the Presbyterians, and he has given stalwart support to the republican party since age conferred upon him the right of franchise. He has served as township trustee for seven years and 15 still the incumbent in that office. Mr. Johnson has not only been industrious, but has evidenced in his transactions those qualities which make friends, and, being upright in all of his dealings and interested in the moral as well as the financial welfare of the community, he enjoys the confidence and respect of all who know him.

Leander L. Doud

Leander L. Doud, secretary of the A. B. Chase Company and thus connected with the manufacturing interests of Norwalk, is well known by reason of his activities in behalf of the best interests of the community, his influence always being on the side of right, justice, progress and improvement.

He is a descendent of Henry Doud, who came from Surrey county, England, in 1639, with a colony under the Rev. Henry Whitfield and settled in Guilford, Connecticut. His ancestry also traces back to the Tallmans, prominently identified with the history of Connecticut, Governor Tallman being one of the early governors of that state.

Mr. Doud was born in Huron county, Ohio, May 20, 1838, a son of Samuel end Philura (Niles) Doud, who were natives of New York and Vermont respectively. The paternal grandfather, Solomon Doud, was born in Connecticut and in 1823, after living some time in the Empire state, came to Huron county, settling in Greenwich township, where he made the first clearing and built him a house at the center of the township. The journey westward was made by way of the lakes to Sandusky, and thence with ox-teams through the woods to their destination. Samuel Doud was at that time a lad of ten years and through the period of his boyhood and youth he assisted as best he could in the arduous task of developing the new country, frequently clearing land on his own account. He boasted of the fact that he bought his farm of one hundred and six acres in the southeast corner of Greenwich township with his ax. Here, having cleared off a few acres of the timber and building a log cabin, he married Miss Philura Niles, a young school teacher from Vermont. A few years later he built one of the first colonial homes in that section of the county and here reared his family, Leander L. Doud, the subject of this sketch, being the eldest of six children. In 1868 the father removed to New London, Huron county, adjoining the corporation on the south. He was one of the influential and enterprising men of the community where he lived, took a prominent place in the business circles, acting for some time as director and vice-president of the New London National Bank, while in other connections his labors constituted an important element in the business activity of the district. He was a highly respected man, whose integrity was one of the salient points in his career. He was a leading and valued mem-

ot, and local preacher in the Methodist church. The last year of his life was devoted to the building of the present brick Methodist Episcopal church in New London, which he lived to see completed and paid for, taking up the last note a few days before his death, which occurred December 20, 1880.

Leander L. Doud acquired his early education in the country schools of this state, taught five seasons, and received his later education in the Norwalk Seminary, Savannah Academy, Baldwin University at Berea, Ohio, and the Ohio Weslevan University at Delaware, Ohio. At the latter college it was his good fortune to come under the direct influence of the late Bishop McCabe as a fellow student, and of Bishop Thompson, then president of the institution. In his early twenties, Mr. Doud was engaged with his father in extensive stock-raising and wool-growing business, selling their products in the eastern markets of Boston and New York.

On September 10, 1863, he was united in marriage to Miss Harriet Bloom Eberly, a teacher in the public schools of Wood county, Ohio, and established his home on a farm in Greenwich township. Of their four children, two - Philura Semeramis and Ida Winifred - died in early childhood. A daughter, Louie Naomi, and a son, Harry Lea, are living, the latter an attorney of Cincinnati, Ohio.