Wayne Township (part 11 of 15)

AMUEL McQUIGG is a native of Ireland, born February 12. 1837, and was six years old when his parents came to tiiis country and located in Wayne County, Ohio. His life has been spent in this county, and since reaching manhood he has devoted his attention to the vocation of his father, and now has a good farm of 200 acres, situated two miles southeast of Wooster, on the Mount Eaton road. He has largely been the carver of his own fortunes, and is now enjoying the fruits of his many years of hardship and toil. He is a repi resentative of one of the well-known fam- I ilies of the count}-, and is iield in high ! esteem by a large circle of friends and I acquaintances. He has always been public spirited and enterprising, and it has been his ambition to see his children occupying responsible positions in life. In j this he is not likely to be disappointed, ! as his son has already gained distinction in the law department of Cornell University, and is completing his course in the National Law School at Washington, i D. C. Mr. McQuigg is a Republican in his political views, and while he is a stanch supporter of his party, is in no sense a politician. He is a member of the United Presbyterian Church, as was I also his wife.

He was married, in 18G3, to Miss Jane McKinney, a native of Washington County, Penn., whose parents, William and Jane (Ray) McKinney, came to Wayne County in her childliood. They lived in Plain Township after marriage until 1884, Avlien they sold their farm there and located on the farm where Mr. McQuigg uow lives. Mrs. McQuigg died September 15, 1887, aged forty-uine years. To them were boru six cliildreu, viz. : Lizzie, died aged eigbteeu mouths; John R., attorney at law ; Jennie, died aged nineteen years; Stelhi, Hinda and Willie are at home. Since the death of the mother the home has been presided over by the daughters, who are young ladies of culture, occupying high social standing in the community.

JR. JOHNSON, farmer, is a member of one of the representative families of Wayne County. His father, Henry Johnson, was a native of Washington County, Penn., and in his boyhood went with his father to Stark County, Ohio, where he lived until eighteen years of age. He was married in that county to Catherine Gingry, a daughter of John Gingry, of Pennsylvania. In 1836 they came to Wayne County, and settled in the northeastern part of the county.

J. R. Johnson was the eldest of a family of ten sons and three daughters. He was born in Stark County, Ohio, August 7, 1833, and was but three years old when his parents moved to Wayne County. Being the eldest of a large family, his services were early required on the farm, and in his youth he acquired habits of industry that have been of lasting benefit to him. He has a pleasant home, his farm containing 106 acres of valuable land, and his improvements being among the best in the county. Mr. Johnson was married, in 1858, to Margaret Winkler, and to them were born two children: William C. and Effie (now Mrs. Summers). The mother died, and the father afterward married Mai-tha O'Hail, of York County, Penn. They have had a family of seven children: Mary E., John W., Benjamin F., Charles Wesley (deceased), James L., Morris and Hugh Jacob. In politics Mr. Johnson affiliates with the Republican party. He is a member of the Presbvterian Church.

DAXIEL HELLER, a well-known 1 farmer of Wayne County, was born in Franklin County, Penn., December 10, 1846. His father, Emanuel Heller, was a native of Lancaster County, in the same State, where he grew to manhood, and where he was married to Miss Susan Dull, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Smetzer) Dull, and a native of Pennsylvania. Mr. Heller ^vas a farmer, and in 1847 came to Wayne County, and after two years' residence in AVooster removed to the farm, some three miles southeast of Wooster, where he and his wife spent the reraaiuder of their days. Mrs. Heller died on the 16th of June, 1887, at the age of sixty-nine years, and Mr. Heller followed her to the grave March 15, 1888, aged seventy-two. They were the parents of nine children, six of whom are now living, four of them in Wayne County. They are as follows: Lydia, Mrs. Conrad Long, of Wooster; Daniel, the subject of this sketch; Sarah, living in Wooster Township; Amanda, Mrs. Edward Fitener, of Wooster Township; James, living in Defiance, and Elizabeth, Mrs. Lewis Halterman, residing in Whitley County, Ind. Emanuel Heller's life was a busy one. He began life a poor boy, and achieved success by his own exertions. In politics he was a Democrat, and both he and his wife were members of the Baptist Church of Wooster.

Daniel Heller remained at home with his parents until he was twenty-seven years old, receiving no wages. On the 22d of April, 1875, he was married to Miss Nancy, daughter of Samuel and Annie (Messner) Waylan, and a native of Wayne County. Her parents are now living in Kansas. Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Heller, as follows: John and Laura, deceased; William and Elvin, living at home. The farm on which Mr. Heller lives is the old homestead, which he had purchased since his father's death. In politics Mr. Heller is a Democrat. He is an Odd Fellow and a member of the Knights of Pythias. He has been successful in his worldly atfairs, a result due to his own industry, energy and perseverance. In the prime of a vigorous manhood, he has won and retains tlie esteem and affection of a wide circle of acquaintances. His family has done much for the advancement of Wayne Count}-, materially, morally and socially, and they stand high in the estimation of all who know them.

GHAELES McCOKMISH, druggist, Doylestown, Ohio, was born in -^ Armstrong County, Penn., August 29, 1829, and is a son of William and Margery (Carroll) McCormish, who in 18.35 settled in Lawrence Townshij), Stark Co., Ohio, and engaged in farming; later removed to Summit County, same State, ami fiuallyto Chippewa Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, where they resided until their deaths. They were the parents of nine children, viz.: Kobert, Josiah, Mary E., Charles, Thomas, Jane, Harriet, Sarah and William. Our subject was reared principally in Ohio, and received a common-school education. At the age of thirteen years he left home, and subsequently engaged in various occupations. In 1854 he married Margaret J., daughter of George and

Margaret (Carens) Bowersock, of Wayne County. After his marriage lie engaged in farming in Cliip|)ewa Township, at which he continued until 18(31, when through a fall he became a cripple, and removed to Doylestown, where he was employed as a stationary engineer in the machine shops of Cliue, Seiberling & Co. up to 1872. He then embarked in the drug business in Doylestown, in which he has since successfully continued, and is the proprietor of the leading drug store in the village. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Odd Fellows order. Lodge and Encampment, Royal Arcanum and Knights of Pythias. He is an active worker in the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politically he is a stanch Republican, and has held the office of township trustee two terms, being elected both times over his opponents by handsome majorities in a Democratic township.

J\ILLIAM SHOEMAKER is a son of Simon and Elizabeth (Coe) Shoemaker, natives of Westmoreland County, Penn., and of German descent. In 1823 they came to Wayne County, Ohio, and first located on the Killbuck Bottoms, in Congress Township, Wayne County. After living there one year they purchased the eighty acres of land which are now included in the farm of our subject, and were entered hj William Shoemaker, the brother of Simon. They started in life poor, and engaged in clearing their settlement, etc. Mr. Shoemaker's father was a soldier in the War of 1812, and a prominent member of the German Reformed Church. He was accidentally killed at a "raising" in 1841. He was twice married, his first wife dying many years previous to his demise; his second wife was a Mrs. Farrah, who is also deceased. By his first wife Mr. Shoemaker reared eight children, all of whom are dead except three, viz. : William, the subject proper of this biography; George, in Seneca County, Ohio; and Mary, wife of John Reynolds, of Crawford County, Ohio.

William Shoemaker, whose name heads this sketch, was born in Westmoreland County, Penn., January 12, 1820, and was three years of age when he came to Wayne County. His first schooling was received in a log school-house which was erected by his father and some neighbors, having for a teacher a German by the name of Hoss, who taught three months durine the winter. As soon as he was strong enough young Shoemaker was put to work on the farm, and remained at home until twenty years of age, when he served an apprenticeship of two years at the shoemaking business. December

14, 1848, lie became united in marriage with Miss Margaret, daughter of Daniel Blocher, of Canaan Townsbij), Wayne County, purchased three acres of land, and erected a shoemaker's shop, where he worked at the business twelve years, during which time he purchased 160 acres of land. As his health would not permit lum to follow his trade longer, he moved to the farm, and has since purchased 144 more acres, now owning over 300 acres in Canaan Township. He took an active part in clearing the township during the wai- of tlie Kebelliou. His wife died in 1855, having borne him five children: Carrie, wife of David Frank, of Massillon, Ohio; Lee C, in Joliet, III., married to Mattie, daughter of Joseph Kirk, of Fulton, and has one child, Carrie M. ; John F., in Le Hoy, Oiiio, married to Mai-y J., daughter of John Chambers, of Seville, and has four children, Bertram, Clyde, Grace and Clarence ; Marion Brady, shoe dealer in Massillon, Ohio, married to Miss Ella Hawkins, of Akron, Ohio, and has one child, Lloyd; W. W., a farmer of Canaan Township, Wayne County, married to Clara, daughter of Jacob Yohey, of Greene Township, and has one child, Alice Mildred.

Mr. Shoemaker was again married, on this occasion, in 1867, to Miss Carrie L., daughter of Joseph Clark Reynolds, of Summit County, Ohio, and by their union there are two children: Charles Reynolds and George Edwin. Mr. Shoemaker has served one term as justice of the peace of Canaan Township, and about 1866 he was elected one of the directors of the Ohio Insurance Company, in which capacity he served ten years, and then resigned. In his early life he voted with the Democratic party. He voted for Franklin Pierce, and has since voted the Republican ticket. He and his wife are prominent members of the Jackson Presbyterian Church, of which he is a trustee, and he has filled various township offices. Mr. Shoemaker is public spirited, and alwaj's forward in any enterprise he may deem of benefit to the public, and he is a living example of what may be accomplished by energy, enterprise and perseverance.

ILl'. was born in Washington County, JJ -^ Penn., near Monongahela City, on the !Hli day of June, 1815, the fifth of ten children of Alexander and Elizabeth (Brenuemau) Campbell, both natives of Pennsylvania, his father of Franklin County, and his mother of Lancaster County. Prior to his birth his parents moved to Washington County, Penn., where his father engaged in farm-

Alexander Campbell, Jr., remained with his parents in Washington County till twenty-six years of age, and in 1841 came to Ohio, and became identified with Wayne County. He first obtained employment with an uncle on a farm, and then for a time worked iu a mill. He made his first purchase of laud in 1868, buying eighty acres of land in Waj'ue Township, iu the couuty of Wayne. This he has improved, and, by perseverance, economy and good management, he now has a comfortable property, and is surrounded by all that is necessary to make life a blessing. He was married September 1, 1843, to Sarah Fritzinger, daughter of George and Catherine (Nethroe) Fritzinger, her father a native of Germany, and her mother a native of Pennsylvania, and early settlers of Wayne County. Mrs. Campbell was born in Chippewa Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, on the 21st day of June, 1843. To Mr. and Mrs. Campbell have been born ten children: Harvey B., Julian, Alexander, John W., Amanda, James B., George W., Hugh M., Effie F. and Franklin. John W., Amanda and James B. are deceased. Mr. Campbell is one of the representative citizens of his township, and has always taken an active interest in all [)ublic improvements. He is a stanch Democrat, of the Jacksonian type, and was an earnest supporter of Grover Cleveland.

EOEGE CASKET, farmer, is a representative of one of the oldest families in the county. His grandfather, Samuel Caskey,was a native of Ireland, was there married, and had a son, John, born to him there. On his arrival in this country he settled near the present town of Wooster, Ohio, where he remained a short time. He was a farmer by occupation, and was one of the pioneers of Wayne County, who helped to fell its forests and prepare the wild land for cultivation. He had a family of nine children, eight sons and one daughter, who grew to maturity, viz.: John, Andrew, Benjamin, James, Kobert, George, Lesly, Thomas and Martha, the last three being triplets, and, when full grown, weighing the sum of 700 pounds. His son John, being the eldest of the family, a boy of twelve summers upon his arrival from his native land, was early inured to the hardships of pioneer life, his principal amusement being to help clear away the underbrush, and in other ways assist his father. He continued to devote his attention to farming after reaching man's estate, and f>iitered eighty acres of laud May 1, 1823, five and one-half miles north of Woostev, wliere his son George now lives, living on the same until he reached the age of eighty-six years, three mouths, three days, when he died. There was but one house between his place and Wooster, which then consisted of ouly three houses. He located in the midst of a dense forest, where he could hear and see ouly wolves, bears and Indians. He cleared a spot for corn, and traded corn for venison with the Indians, a number of whom camped at a spring on the farm. He lived in those times when a bushel of wheat would not be an even exchange for a pound of coffee, and had to go fifty miles on horseback for a little salt, by a trail through the woods. He helped cut the road all the way from his farm to Wooster, and many were the nights that he and his wife burned logs and brush till 2 o'clock iu the morning. He married Ann, daughter of Alexander McBride, of Westmoreland County, Peun., and formerly of Ireland. Nine children were born to them, but two of whom are now living, viz. : Hannah, now Mrs. Richardson, and Geoi'ge. George Caskey was born on the old homestead where he now resides, July 12, 1827. Having passed his life on the farm, he can now view witli pride the many improvements that liave been made, having been one of the most active in materiallv assisting in its development. His farm contains 172 acres of good land, all under cultivation. He was married, in 1852, to Catharine, daughter of Henry and Anua (Seaborn) Burkholder, of Franklin County, Penn., who came to Ohio iu an early day. They have had five children, four of whom are living: Mary Ellen, the eldest, died at the age of fifteen months; Martin V. married Flora E. Hnyder, and resides at home; July Ann, now Mrs. Zook; Ida E., now Mrs. George A. Fike, and Mary J., now Mrs. Gaul. In politics Mr. Caskev is a Democrat.

P^ETER SHERRICK, retired farmer, was born iu Westmoreland County, Penn., in 1817, and has since 1882 been prominently identified in a business way with Wayne County. No citizen of Wayne Township has been more successful in business than has Mr. Sher- I rick, and it is an honor to the county that such men as he leave their homes in other parts of the country and take up their abode here. His father, Joseph Sherriek, was a native of Lancaster Countv, Penn.. ] and there married Barbara Beidler. Peter was the fourth of their eight children. The family is of German ancestry, j it being one of the first to settle in Ameri ica. About 1810 or 1S12 Joseph Sher- rick left his native county and settled in Westmoreland County, where he bought 150 acres of land, which he improved, subsequently adding to his first purchase until he had 275 acres. He was a hard-working, upright man, and was honored by all who knew him.

Peter Sherrick, the subject of our sketch, has spent the greater part of his life in his native county. His education «as obtained in the old log school -house of primitive days, and like his father he has devoted the greater part of his time to farming. He lived in the old homestead of his father until coming to Wayne County, and from 1872 to 1880 was very extensively engaged in the coke business, which in that section of Pennsylvania is very profitable. In this Mr. Sherrick was assisted by his sons-in-law, and together they made of it a financial success.

Mr. Sherrick was married, in 1842, to Leah Heinard, whose parents were highly respected and well-to-do people of Pennsylvania. To them were boi'u three children, but two of whom are living: Barbara, wife of Daniel S. Tinstman, and Maria, wife of William P. White. Their only son, David, died at the age of thirty years. Mr. Sherrick now owns a fine farm of 260 acres, all of which is very fertile, and his improvements are among the best in the county. His sons-in-law, both highly respected men, have charge of the work of the farm. Both are practical farmers, and industrious, and success crowns their efforts. Mr. and Mrs. Sherrick are members of the English Reformed Church ; in polities he is a Republican.

BENJAMIN WILSON was born in Franklin County, Penn., January 28, 1825. His grandfather, John Wilson, was a native of Ireland, as was also his father, James Wilson, who was born in 17H2, and who at the age of eight years came to America with his parents. The family made their home in Cumberland County, Penn., where both grandparents died. James Wilson learned the trade of a wheelwright, and carried on the furniture business also, in Concord, Franklin County, making wheels, bedsteads and chairs, and was also an undertaker. He was married to Mary Ann, daughter of James Wallace, and a native of Ireland. Her parents came to America in 1812, and died in Juniata County, Penn. After their marriage James and Marv Ann Wilson remained in Pennsylvania until 1833, when the mother died, at the age of thirty-eight. She was the mother of eight children, seven boys and one girl, of whom five are still living, Benjamin being the only one in Wayne County. Mr. Wilson, previous to his marriage with Mary Ann Wallace, was married to Mary Rhea, who bore him ouechikl, John, who liveil and died in Wooster. After the death of his second wife Mr. Wilson married Mrs. Devor, who bore him five children, and died in 18(52. Two of these five I'hildreu are now living: Mrs. Sarah Anderson, of Orrville, and Samuel H., of Findlay, Ohio. James Wilson died in l>>r)'.», aged seventy-seven years. In politics he was a Democrat. He served for years as a postmaster in Concord, Penn. He was a strong Presbyterian. Of bis family three sons are physicians, one a minister (United Presbyterian) in Nebraska. One son, AVilliam, was State Senator in Iowa, elected as a Democrat. Benjamin was the only farmer.

When Benjamin AVilson was eleven years of age his uncle, Benjamin Wallace, induced him to come to Wayne County, where he arrived in December, 1835. The country was yet comparatively new and rough. Young Wilson's life was like that of farm boys generally, and he made his home with his uncle until he was twentj' vears of age. He married Miss Mariraret McCoy, daughter of Alexander and Elizabeth (Black) McCoy, who was a native of Juanita County, Penn., and was taken to Wayne County when an infant. She lived until 1852, when she died, used twenty-seven years, leaving two children, James W., living in Plain Township, and Alexander I., M. D., of Colorado. Mr. Wilson afterward married Mary S. Alexander, a native of Juniata County, Penn., who died in June, 1809, leaviu" one child, Margaret Alice, now Mrs. S. P. Gill, of Orrville. In 1871 Mr. Wilson was married to Miss Isabella Rose, daughter of James Rose, of whom a biographical sketch appears below. Miss Rose inherited from her father her sympathy for the poor and oppressed. In 1803 she went to Memphis to teach the freedmeu. She was there for three years, and then went to Washington, Iowa, where she remained until her marriage, in 1871. By this marriage one daughter was born, Florence Rose, now at home. Mr. Wilson for a number of years made his home near Mechanicsburg, and in 1853 came to his present place, where he has made all the improvements, and cleared the greater part of the farm. The home is one of the finest in the township. Both he and liis wife are members of the United Presbyterian Church of Wooster, and the family is recognized as one of the most progressive in the county, well deserving the respect and esteem of all who know them. Mr. Wilson began life a poor boy, and has won success by his own exertions.

Mrs. Wilson's mother was Martha Boj-d, who came from Ireland with her father wlien she was sixteen years old, and settled in Columbiana Countv. where she remained until her marriage. She was a woman of good mind, a great reader, and a stanch Abolitionist, as was her husband. She was also a strong temperance woman.

James Rose, who was the father of Mrs. Benjamin Wilson, was born in Scotland, in 1784. Charles Rose, his father, was a Highlander, and came to America in 1804, settling near Wellsville, Columbiana Co., Ohio, where both he and his wife died. James Rose was twenty years of age when he came with his parents to this country, and for a time he worked in Baltimore.

About 1810 he immigrated to Wayne County with his brothei', John, and entered what is now known as the Jones farm, about two miles west oi Wooster, living there one year. They then disposed of the farm in Wooster Township, and went to Wayne Township, where their father had entered a farm, but, it being in the time of the war with England, and Indian troubles seeming imminent, they both (John Rose and his brother, James) moved to the block-house in Wooster, and there remained for one year. James, having in the meantime married, returned with his wife to Wayne County, and settled on tliis farm in Wayne Township, on which they erected a little cabin, the door of which was only a suspended quilt, which served but poorly to keep out the wolves, which at night howled around the house. Their father the next year disposed of this farm, and John then entered a farm one mile south, in Wayne Township, and James entered one in Canaan Township, near Golden Corners, which is now owued by Calvin Armstrong. In 1852 they disposed of this farm, and came to Wooster, where they remained one summer, when they removed to Hayesville, where Mi-. Rose had purchased a farm. Here, in the fall of 1858, the wife and mother died, aged sixty-six years. She was the motlier of eleven children, Mrs. Benjamin Wilson being the only one now residing in Wayne County. The names of the children are as follows: Charles, who went to Northern Illinois, and is now dead; Nancy, who died at eigliteen ; Robert, in Texas ; Catherine, Mrs. Isaac Van Nostran, in Kansas ; Margery, deceased; John, in California; Mary Jane, who died at the age of eighteen; Isabella, Mrs. Benjamin Wilson: Hannah Martha, died at the age of one year; Martha, died in 1878, at Oskaloosa, Iowa; Sarah F., Mrs. Josiah Lowes, of Omaha, Neb.

In 1863 Mr. Rose sold his farm, ami removed to AVashington, Iowa, where he passed the remainder of his days, and where he died, March 30, 1873, at the age of eighty-nine and one-fourth years. In politics Mr. Rose was lirst a Jackson Democrat, but afterward became a Whig,

When the slavery question began to be agitated Mr. Rose took a firm stand iu favor of the oppressed negro, and cast the fiist aud only abolition vote in Canaan Towusiiip. He was laughed at by his neighbors, who told him that he was throwing away his vote, to which he re- ])lied: " Mine will live, while yours will rot." His home became a " station " on the -' underground railroad," aud many were the poor fugitives whom he helped on the way to Canada and freedom. On one occasion he had as a " passenger " a poor slave who had lost both feet by freezing, and was walking on his knees. Mr. Rose bad formerly helped the man's family on their waj', as he did this crippled sufferer. Mr. Rose was a stanch member of the Presbyterian Church.

JACOB KRAMER, JR., a worthy citizen of Wayne County, was born in that county June 30, 1852. His father, Jacob Kramer, Sr., was a native of Dauphin County, Penn., where he was born iu 1811. The senior Mr. Kramer w.is married, in 183-1, to Miss Mary Auu Miller, daughter of David and Elizalieth ( Waldrou ) Miller, and a native of Dauphin County. Mrs. Kramer's father was a major iu the War of 1812. Mr.

Kramer was a miller by occupation. He remained iu Pennsylvania some three years after his marriage, and in 1837 came to Wayne County, making a home north of Wooster, where a mill then stood, which he managed for three years. From here he removed to Plank's Mill, east of AVooster, and a year aud a half later to the place where the Naftzger Mill now stands. In 18G0 he settled at the mill near which the family now reside. Some time later, selling the mill, he built a house at the present family residence, w-here, on the 10th of December, 1883, he died, at the age of uearly seventythree years. Mr. Kramer was a man of active life, and contributed much toward the development and growth of his county. He was a self-made man, beginning life a poor boy, and winning success by las own exertions. Iu politics he was a Democrat. At the time of the war he was a township trustee, and for six years was a director of the Wayne County Infirmary. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias.

Since the death of her husband Mrs. Kramer has resided upon the home farm with her son. On the 2(ltli of June, 1888, Mrs. Kramer met with a serious accident, falling and breaking her leg. She has been the mother of twelve chihlron, as follows: Harriet, Mrs. James Riser, of Denver, Colo.; David, killed in the war;

Sarah, Mrs. S. R. Hughes, of Missouri; Henry, residing in California; Franklin, at Springfield, 111. ; John, in Savannah, Andrew Co., Mo.; George W., in Pawnee, Neb. ; Willis, in Oregon ; Jacob, at home; Joseph and Peter, at Virden, 111. ; Annie, Mrs. James Lytle, of Denver, Colo.

Jacob Kramer, Jr., with a rare filial devotion, remains on the home farm with his mother, who, at the age of seventyfive, calmly awaits the summons to another life. In politics Mr. Kramer is a Democrat, but devotes his time to his chosen calling, in which he is very successful. The Kramer family is widely known in Wayne County, and all its members are highly respected. They deserve the grateful remembrance of all for the active and prominent part they have taken in the development of the county.

1 ll jILLIAM P. WHITE, farmer, V//\y/ ^'^^yi^® Township, was born in -^ -* Fayette County, Penn., June 19, 1845, the eldest of six children of Silas and Matilda (Stewart) White. The family are from the Eastern States, and, according to tradition, are of Puritan blood. About 1818 Thomas Wliite, the father of Silas, with his wife and children, left Plymouth County, Mass., for the West, his objective point being Cincinnati, Ohio, but, on account of some members of the family having taken the smallpox on their trip over the mountains, they were obliged to stop at Connellsville, Fayette Co., Penn., where the family remained, he having died in December, 1823, aged fifty-one years, and his widow in December, 1839, aged sixty-five years. (Her maiden name was Hulda Guerney). Some time after tlie death of his father Silas and his brother engaged in the manufacture of woolen goods at Broad Ford, Penn., in which business they continued for some years. About the year 1842 he engaged in the manufacture of what is now known as the famous Connellsville coke, afterward engaging in different kinds of business. Having taken a severe cold in the winter of 1858-59, he died of consumption April 17, 1859, aged fifty-three years. His widow died May 20, 1864, having had typhoid fever, but when recovering from it took a severe cold, and died of consumption. William P. White received a commonschool education, but later attended Forsythe's Commercial School. Upon leaving school he engaged in various occupations, among which were the following: distillery, pottery, saw-mill, mercantile business, time-keeper, pay-master, bookkeeper, superintendent and coal and coke shipper. In 1880 he came to Wayne County, and since then has been engaged in farming. He is a genial, pleasant man, mill lias made many friends in the county. He was married in 1S77 to Maria Sherrick, daughter of Peter and Leah (Heinard) Sherrick. They have four children: P. S., M. S., D. P. Mild H. H. Mr. White is a Eepublican. He and his wife are members of the Euelish Lutheran Clmrch.

JOSEPH B. Mcdonald, farmer, AVayne Township, was born in Juni- -- ata County, Penn., in August, 1841, a son of Joseph and Nancy (Harris) Mc- Donald. His fatiier was by trade a miller, and in connection witli his trade was also engaged in farming several years prior tohisdeatli. which occurred in 1870, when he was aged sixty years. Of a family of seven children. Joseph B. and A. P., of Nebraska, are the only ones living.

Joseph B. McDonald spent his early life on his father's farm in Juniata County, where he received fair educational advantages. He remained at home until after the breaking out of the War of the Rebellion, when, in 1802, he enlisted in defense of his country, and was assigned to Company A, First Pennsylvania Reserve Cavalry, and served three years and two months. He participated in the most important battles of the Army of tlie Potomac, proiiiiiu'Mt Minong tiiem l)eing those of Bull Run, Cold Harbor, the Wilderness and Gettysburg]!. After the war closed he returned to his native county, where he remained a year, when he went to Illinois, an<l in 18<>G located in AVooster, Ohio, and lias since made AVayne County his iionie. In 1884 he Ixiugiit the farm where he now lives, which was formerly the Wasson property. It contains 159 acres of valuable land, all under cultivation, with modern building improvements. Mr. McDonald is a self-

He was married in Wooster to Anna K. Black, daughter of James and Elizat betli (Shaver) Black. To them have been born eleven children, but ten of whom are living: Laura E., Blanche, Mary, Gary A., James H., Pearl A., Effie, Ella, Mettie and Grace. Their second son died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Mc- Donald are members of the Presbyterian Church. He is an active member of tlie Grand Army of the Republic. In jiolitics he is a Republican.

Wagner, was a farmer by occupation, and upon reaching manhoocl was married to Susan Shook, daughter of John Shook, and a native of Pennsylvania. Her family, on both sides, were of German descent. Joseph Wagner's parents never came to Ohio. His mother died in 1841, at the age of forty. She was the mother of nine children, three of whom are now living, two in Pennsylvania, near where they were born, and Joseph in Wayne County. Cxeorge Wagner died in 185G, aged seventy-three. He was a Democrat in politics. Joseph Wagner was nine years of age when his mother died, and he soon had to look out for himself. In 1859 he started for Pike's Peak, seeking gold, and was for five years in Minnesota and eight years in California. In 1867 he returned to Wooster, and in 1809 was married to Miss Elizabeth Albright, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Moor) Albright, and a native of Wooster City. Her parents came to Wayne County about 1828. Mr. Albright was a gunsmith, and lived on the lot where the depot now stands. Later he moved to a farm, and afterward returned to the city, and for a time kept a tavern, later engaging in the grocery business. In 1857 he left the city and made his home on his farm, one mile south of the city, where he spent the remainder of his life. In December, 1876, Mrs. Albright died, aged seventy-tliree years. She was the mother of eight children, five of whom are now living. Two of them died in infancy, and the names of the others are Mrs. Mary A. Thompson, O. M. and Elizabeth (Mrs. James Wagner), living in Wayne County; Mrs. John Eeamer, who died at the age of thirty-five; Noah, living in Chicago; Andrew, in Wayne County. Mr. Albright died on the 9th of June, 1884, aged eighty-one years. He was a selfmade man, beginning life a poor boy, and by his own industry won success in life. His first tax was 830. He was a stanch Democrat, but was not an aspirant for office. His daughter, Mary A., was married to J. H. Thompson in 1853, and for eighteen years lived in Kansas, but for the last four years her home has been in Wayne County. Her children were Mary Ellen, who married Horace Hickenlooper. and died at the age of twenty -

Since his marriage Mr. Wagner has made his home on the farm where he now resides, except for about three years. In 1881 he engaged in the milk business, and is probably the most extensive dealer in the city. But one ohikl has been born to

Mr. and Mrs. Wagner, by name Florence Sailie. born June 2, 1877, now receiving her education. Mr. Wagner is a stanch Republican, and both he and his wife are members of the English Lutheran Church. He lias been successful in life, a result due to his own exertions. He stands deservedly high in the estimation of the entire community, as a citizen, business man and neighbor, and is looked upon as one of the most substantial and reliable residents.

JOHN ELLIOTT, a prominent farmer j of Wayne Township, is of Irish de- ~^ scent, bis grandfather coming from that country to America in an early day, and locating in the State of Pennsylvania. William Elliott, a son of this pioneer, was born in Pennsylvania in 1780, and was there married to Elizabeth Hays, who was born in 1792. The}- had a family of eight children, three sons and five daughters. In the fall of 1827 they immigrated to Ohio, and for a shoi't time lived in the town of Wooster. In the spring of 1828 Mr. Elliott bought IfiO acres of land in Wayne Township, of Cyrus Spink, for S800. He was a hard-working lUiin. and brought this farm to become one of the best in tlie township, making it his home until 18iJo. His widow died in IS.'jO.

John Elliott is the sixth in order of birth and the youngest son in the family of William and Elizabeth (Hays) Elliott. He was born on the homestead in Wayne Township, which has always been his home, seventy-seven of the eighty acres now owned by him being part of the original tract. He was married August 4, 1859, to Elizabeth J. Coiidry, daughter of William and Deborah (Frazier) Condry. They have a family of four sons: William, born in 1861; Charles, Ijorii in 1803; Zeno H., born in 18(55, and John Grant, born in 1868. Mr. Elliott is one of the most prominent citizens of Wayne County, the birthplace of many worthy sons of the sturdy pioneers wlio laid the foundation of the future greatness of this county, one of the best in the State of Ohio.

PHILIP MAllKLEY, county surveyor of Wayne County, Ohio, was born in Monroe County, Ohio, April 14, 1856. His paternal greatgrandparents, who were of German extraction, late in life removed from Somerset County, Penn., to Ashland County, Ohio, beinjr amonij the earliest settlers in that region. They wei"e the parents of twelve sons, of whom Moses, grandfather of our subject, was next to the youngest. He too was a farmer, was married, and became the father of eight children, his son. Joliu M., being the father of Philip. John M. Markley was Ijorn in Harrison County, Ohio, and grew to manhood in Monroe County, to which place his parents had removed. In that county he was married to Hannah, daughter of William Dougherty. Her parents were natives of Ireland, and came to America in their childhood. Our subject's parents had eight children: Philip; William, in Kansas; Cornelius, in Chicago; Sarah Ann, wife of Jacob Walter, in Kansas; John, also in Kansas, and Mathias, Melissa C. and Mary Jane, at home. The parents came to Wayne County with their children in 18G7, and five yeai-s later, in 1872, the father was called to his last home, at the comparatively early age of forty-one years ; the motlier is now liviucr uear Orrville,

The subject of these lines was eleven years old when he was brought to this couuty. Here he attended the district schools, and later the academy at Smithville. He early devoted himself to work, and after his father's untimely death did much toward the support of the family. For five years he worked for Cyrus W'alter. in Greene Township, attending school county. In 1886 Mr. Markley received the nomination for couuty surveyor, and was elected by a large majority. While living in Greene Township he was for two years township clerk, a fact which attests his popularity, the towu being Republican while Mr. Markley is a stanch Democrat. He is still quite a young man, and possessing as he does the unlimited confidence of those who know him, and wielding an extensive influence in the councils of his party, he undoubtedly has a bright future before him.

came with his mother to this country in 1854, locating in Canton, Ohio. Here he became a clerk iu what is known as the " Witting Drug Store." In 1857 he came to Wooster, Ohio, where he secured a similar i)osition in the drug store of John Zimmerman, in which capacit}" he continued until 18'i8, when he became a partner with his employer, the firm name becoming J. Zimmerman ct Co., which still exists.

In 1875 Mr. Ohliger was elected county treasurer, and re-elected in 1877, holding the position for four years; was also a member of the city council from ISSl to

1885, (luring three years of which he was presiileut of the council. In November, 1885, lie was appointed postmaster at Wooster. Mr. Ohliger is a strong Democrat, aud has serveil as chairman of the countv committee for ten years. He is a Knight Templar, a member of the Shrine Al Koran Temple, Cleveland, Ohio, Knights of Pythias, Improved Order of Red Men and Eoyal Arcanum organizations.

On March !>, 18fi5, he was married to Emma T.. daughter of Jonathan and Martha (Yocura) McClure, and a native of Wooster, Ohio. To this union four children have been born : Mattie F., deceased; Charles E., in Wooster; Lewis W., deceased, aud AVillard, at home. Mr. Ohliger is widely known, and respected by everybody. In his official position ho knows neither sect nor party, and discharges the duties of his office in a manner satisfactory and pleasing to all.

SU. BUCHER, farmer, is a native of AVayne County, Ohio, born in - Chester Townshij) in 1843. Henry Rucher, the first of the family to settle in this county, was a native of Centre County, Penn., and in 1824 packed his worldly goods and his family into a big wagon, and started for Ohio. He located in Wayne Township, then a dense forest, making his wagon his dwelling-house until he could build a log cabin. He entered a i|uaiter section of land, which is now owned by Mr. Booholtz, which he cleared and improved. He married Catherine Rinehart, and to them were born five sons and one daughter. Andrew, one of the youngest of the family, was born in Centre County, Penn., and was a child when his [)avents came to Ohio. He was liy trade a shoemaker, working at same many years, aud later he engaged in farming, at the time of his death owning ninetythree and a half acres of good land. He married Elizabeth Coy, aud to them were born three sons: John, deceased; Jacob C, a physician, now of Chicago, 111., and S. D. Mr. Bucher died in ISO'.I, aged fifty-seven years, his wife surviving him I at the advanced age of seventy-five.

He was married, in 1860, to Emeline Young, daughter of John Young. They have had a family- of five children, four of whom are living: Harvey A., Andrew W., Lizzie Pearl and Mary Ellen.

Christian B. Beenneman

CHRISTIAN B. BEENNEMAN, one of tlie best known of the - ' farmers of Greene Township, Wayne County, resides on Section 5, and his postoffice address is Smithville. He is of German birth, and in 1825, more than sixty-three years ago, came to America with his parents, Daniel and Mary (Bender) Brenneman, who emigrated from their native province, Hesse-Darmstadt, in the year above named, locating first in Somerset County, Penn., and three years later making a permanent settlement in what was then a part of Allegany County, but is now Garrett County, Md. In the woods there Daniel Brenneman bought 100 acres, and with sturdy energy and pluck proceeded to make of it a farm. Long before his death he had it cleared and developed, and provided well for his family. He was born in 1770, and died May It), 1S42, in his seventy-third year. He was married in his native place, February 20, 1803, to Mary Bender, who survived him about fourteen years. Mr. Brenneman was of a quiet, retiring disposition, a good friend and neighbor, who had the respect of those who knew him. He was a member of the Amish Mennouite Church from his youth. He and his wife, Mary, were the parents of eleven children : Jacob, borii July 27, 1805, died December 16, 1806; Jacob, born December 28, 1806, became a minister of the Amish Mejanonite Chui'ch, and died in Maryland, April 14, 1880 (he had a family of fifteen children - John, Samuel, Joel, Jacob, Christian, Daniel, Peter, Eli, Anna. Catherine, and five who died in childhood); Mary, born March 19, 1809, is the wife of Benedict Beechy, of Maryland, and has had three children - Paul, Jacob and Emanuel ; Anna, born July 27, 1811, and died February 22, 184(1, was the first wife of Daniel Yutzy, and had five children - Enoch, Samuel, Joel, Mary and Catherine ; Catherine, born April 5, 1813, and died February 18. 1870, was the wife of Joel Miller, who owned a farm on the line, partly in Pennsylvania and partly in Maryland, and had a family of nine children - Daniel, Joel. Eli, Samuel, Christian. Mary, Catherine, Elizabeth and Anna; John, born March 22, 1815, died July 12, 1816; Elizabeth, born November 15, 1816, is the wife of Thomas Lee, of Somerset County, Penn., and has five children - Daniel, Joel, Christian, John and Mary; Magdalena, born April 21, 1819, died December 22, 1863

(she was the second wife of Daniel Yutzy. and had six children - Jereniiaii, Joseph, Simon, Barbara, Elizabeth and Lydin) ; Christian B., born June 2i, 1821; Daniel, born Jnly 8, 1824, is now living in Garrett County, Md., and is the father of nine children - Joel, Simon (of Sn)ithville), Samuel. Catherine, Elizalieth, Anna, Harriet, Leah and Mar^-; Barbara, born April o, 1827, is the widow of Joseph Swartzendiuves, of Johnson County, Iowa, and has had eleven children - Jacob, Joel, Daniel, George, Noah, Gideon, Joseph, Solomon, Elizabeth, Mary and Anna. Christian B. Brennemau, the subject of this sketch, was, like his parents, born in Hesse-Darmstadt. He was brought up to farming, and worked for liis father until he was nineteen years old, when he was given his freedom. For six or seven years he laljored diligently at whatever he found to do, mostly at chopping wood and clearing land for others, saving carefully his earnings to buy his future home. The year 1844 he spent in Canada with his uncles, and following spring came to Wayne County, staying here but a year, when he revisited Canada, and in the spring returned to Wayne County, where to make a permanent home. Here, also, he worked out until his marriage, and in the spring of 184!> bought the farm which has ever since been his home. It comprises 128 acres, but he had also several other pieces of land near by, which he has since sold. On this place lie put up a fine brick house, in which he has lived for many years, and until lie retired from active labor in 1881, when he erected a neat frame residence adjoining, into which he moved, giving up the family home to his son, Daniel, who has carried on the farm ever since. October o, 1848, Mr. Brennemau was mairied to Hannah Plank, born May 1, 1829, daughter of Jephtha Plank. whose history is given elsewhere in this work, under the name of his son, S. K. Plank. Mr. and Mrs. Brenneman are the parents of four children, as follows: Daniel, born July 19, 1850, married to Elizabeth Forrer, and farms the home ])lace; Mary, liorn March 1, l8o5, married to John Klopfenstein; Lydia, born January 23, 1859, is the widow of Daniel Coonrad, and is living with her parents; and Annie, born May 3, 1802, married to Myron Lichenwalter, of Greene Township, Wayne County.

Mr. Brenneman is well known in Wayne County as one of the best of its farmers, careful in cultivating his land, giving his whole time and attention to his business, and has, therefore, been more than ordinarilj' successful. For this he deserves much credit, the independent position he now holds being entirely due to his own efforts, aided !)}- a good, industrious wife. His true personal character is that of a ri( DOLPH K. SCHAAF, farmer and Ljl\ notary public, in Smithville, Wayne J. - ^ Co., Ohio, is a native of that county, born in Canaan Township, April o. 183ti, his parents being Adam and Anna Maria (Mullar ) Schaaf, natives of Zweibricken, province of Alsace, now a part of the German Empire, but then belonging to France.

Adam Schaaf was born April 25, 1804-, and lived in his native place until he was eighteen years of age, when, to escape conscription, he left home and came to America. He settled in Somerset County, Penn., where he learned the trade of wagon-making, having in his native land worketl in a grist-mill owned by his father. He lived in Somerset until after his marriage and the birth of his first child, and then removed to Ohio, settling a mile north of the site of Smithville, which had then but one house, owned by a Mr. Smith, from whom the town derives its name. Here he established a shop, which he carried on for a year or two, when he removed to the adjoining township of Canaan, where he carried on his business until 1842, when he sold to Peter

Xachtsiugei', and bought an adjoining farm, where he made his home for five years, selling it in 1847 to John Mci Clellan, and buying a forty-acre farm in Wayne Township. On this place he built a shop, which for five years he conducted in connection with his farm. In 1852 he again sold out, and bought a place of eighty-three acres three-fourths of a mile south, to which he added by subsequent purchase, in 1874, twenty acres. On this latter place he erected a new dwelling, where he lived a retired life until his death, which occurred July 19, 188U. Mr. Schaaf was an excellent mem-

I ber of society, and universally liked. Of a kintl and peaceable disposition, he never quarreled with his neighbors, and never in his life sued any person. He avoided public office, but was compelled by his neigh-

I bors to serve two or three terms in township offices. He joined the Lutheran Church when but fourteen years old, and was always a consistent Christian. For many years before his death he was deacon and elder. He was married in Somerset County, Penn., to Anna Maria Miillar, a cousin, born in 1805. Her parents first located in Somerset, but afterward removed to Greene Township, AVayne Co., Ohio, where both died. Mrs. Schaaf died March 13, 1873, in her sixty-ninth year. She was kind, sympathetic and charitable, never turning the poor or needy empty- linnded from her door. Like her husband, slie was all hor life a member of tlie church, ami was a good Christian woman. Mr. and Mrs. Schaaf were parents of eight children: Rosaniia. widow of Jeremiah Stutsman, of Wayne Count}-; Caroline, wife of Jacob Walters, of Mansfield, Ohio: Mary, wife of Victor Gallagher, of Wayne County; Adolph K. ; Edward C. also of , Wayne County; Elizabeth, wife of Allen Schaffer, of Orrville; Michael M., in Wayne County, and one who died in infancy.

Adolph K. Scliaaf, the subject of this sketch, has been a resident of Wa)'ne County all his life. In his youth he helped his father in the shop, and had charge of the forty-acre fai'ra when they lived there. At the age of twenty-two he entered Fredericksburgh Academy, which he attended for three terms, subsequently attending for a term the school of James B. Taylor, in Smithville. Then he began teaching, following that profession for eleven winters. On giving up teaching he gave his entire attention for a year or two to farming, but his wife, to whom the property belonged, subsequently sold it, buying the place of about twelve acres in the cor[)oration of Smithville, where they now live jn a comfortable and commodious home. January 22, 1868, Mr. Schaaf was married to Mrs. Mary Greiner, widow of Jacob Greiner. Her maiden name was

Bollinger, and she was born in Ashland County, Ohio, December 10, 1827. Her parents emigrated from Dauphin County, Penn., to Ohio in 1827, removing thence to Huntington County, Ind., where they died. Her father was a distiller in the East, but after coming West he gave his entire attention to farming. He and his wife were members of the Lutheran Church, of which for many years he was a deacon and elder. He bore an unblemished reputation, and was highly esteemed for his charity and other estimable qualities. Among both whites and Indians, who were numerous then, he was universally known as "Uncle Bollinger."

In polities Mr. Schaaf is a Democrat. He has held the office of justice of the peace for three years, and has been notary public for the past three years, and is now in his second term. He is a member of the Knights of Maccabees, and is held in high esteem by his fellow-townsmen. He and his wife are members of the Lutheran Church.

FjREDERICK RICE, retired farmer, Chester Township, was born in - ' Westmoreland County, Penn., in 1815. His grandfather, Frederick Rice, was also a native of Pennsylvania, l)()rn in 17G0, and for five years was a soldier in the ReTolutionary War, serving under Washington at Vallej' Forge and Trenton. He married a Miss Lauffer, of Westmoreland County, Penn., and to them were born ten children, all of whom have been dead for many years. In 1812 he moved with his family to Wayne County, Ohio, and settled on a tract of wild land south of Wooster, where he improved a good farm, making it his home forty years. His death occurred in 1850. His son. Christian Rice, was born in Westmoreland County, Penn., in 1793, mating that county his home until 1819, when he followed his father to Wayne County, Ohio. He located near Tylertowu, settling on a tract of land his father had entered, on which he lived a number of years, when he purchased and moved to the farm now owned by his son Frederick. Christian Rice married Charlotte Hine, a native of Westmoreland County, Penn., and to them were born ten children, three of whom are now living.

Frederick Rice, subject of our notice, a& has already been seen, is a representative of one of the earliest pioneer families. He was early inured to the work of the farm, his education being only such as was obtained at the log school-house. He has been successful in the vocation of his choice, and now owns -lOO acres of valuable land, which is divided into several farms, all being under cultivation.

He is one of the prominent citizens of Chester Township, and is now enjoying the rest from labor and the esteem of numerous friends which his early life of usefulness so much merits. He was married in 1840 to Diana Firestone, daughter of John Firestone. They have bad twelve children, eleven of whom are living: Margaret Ann, Elizabeth, John, Charlotte, Simon, Rachel, Frank, Lydia, Jane, Frederick and Ann. Mr. and Mrs. Rice are members of the Lutlieran Church. In politics he is a Democrat.

JACOB SCHMUCK. This well-known citizen of Wooster has been a resident of Wayne County for about fifty-five years. His grandfather, also named Jacob, a German by birth, came to America with his parents when nine years old, settling in Pennsylvania; his son, Henry, born in that State, was married in the Keystone State to Elizabeth Hymiller, who was also born thei-e, and they became the parents of our subject. Seeking a better opportunity to acquire a home, the parents decided to take advantage of the rich soil of Wayne County, and came here in 1834, with a family of eight children, viz. : Margaret, Henry, Jacob, Emanuel, Leah, Samuel, Elizabeth and Fanny, four of whom are deceased; one is living in Indiana, and the remaining three in Wayne County. TJie parents settled on a farm in Plain Township, and there spent the remainder of their lives, tlie father dying in 1860, aged seventyfour years, and the mother in 1875, at the ripe age of ninety-three years. After locating liere Henry Schmuck had to clear his land, living in a log cabin until able to build a better house. At his death he left a finely improved farm. For some time after coming to this county he also followed his trade of a weaver.

The subject of this sketch was born in Lancaster County, Penn., September 14, 1818, and, for his times, had good educational advantages in German. His father taught him his own trade, of weaving, in his boyhood, and after coming to AVayne County he worked hard through the day, and at night attended school, to learn to read and write the English language. In 1843 Jacob Schmuck was united in marriage with Miss Catherine Reiner, a native of Wooster, and six children were born of this union: Reason A., one of the leading farmers of Stark County, Ohio; Solomon Henry, manufacturer of an adjustable chair, at Cleveland, Ohio, having in his employ over thirty hands; Jacob F., manufacturing and retailing furniture, and also engaged in the undertaking business, under the firm name of Landis & Schmuck, Wooster; Harriet, deceased, was the wife of David C. Herr, a dealer in real estate and insurance, Cleveland, Ohio; Catherine, deceased, was the wife of Stephen Day, formerly dealer in stoves and tinware, Wooster, but now a farmer of Wayne County; Ethelinda is the wife of D. Y. Landis, of Wooster. In 185(j the mother passed to her last sleep, at the early age of thirty-five years, and Mr. Schmuck was subsequently married to Miss Rebecca Moon, a native of Stark County, Ohio, who is the mother of two children : Wallace Emmet and Amelia Jane, both living with their parents, and attending school. In 1809 our subject gave up farming and came to Wooster, where he built his present fine residence on North Bever Street, where he is now enjoying the results of a long life of industry and thrift. He began poor, and worked in Wayne County often for twenty or twenty- five cents a day. By enterprise, hard work and economy, he has reached a place where, in his declining years, he can enjoy an ample competence, the legitimate reward of his industrious life. He still owns his fine farm of over 200 acres, in Franklin Township, besides other property. He is a Republican in his political belief, Ijut is invariably guided in his action by his mature judgment as to both men and measures. Himself and part of his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church,

I/SAAC MILLER, farmer, Chester Township, was born in Wayne County, - Ohio, August 8, 1834, a son of Abraham and Sarah (Rough) Miller. Abraham Miller was born in Berks County, Penu., in 1803, and in 1805 his father, Jacob Miller,moved to Columbiana County, Ohio, where he was reared. In 1829 he moved to Wayne County, and settled in Chester Tovvnship,where he bought eighty acres of land, to which he subsequently added until he owned 240 acres. He was by trade a blacksmith, at which he worked in connection with farming twenty-five or thirty years. He was twice married : first to Sarah Rough, and to them were born thirteen children, viz. : William, Jacob, Abraham, Mary, Isaac, Sarah, Samuel, John, George W., Daniel, Franklin, Amauda Jane and Benjamin N. Four of these children are deceased. After the mother's death the father married Lizzie Shenberger, and they have had four children: Matilda and Malinda (twins), Rebecca and Mathias.

learned the blacksmith's trade, following that vocation three years. He is now one of tiie prominent farmers of Chester Township, where he has a good farm of sixty-eight aci'es, all under cultivatic)n. with good building improvements. He was married, in 1864, to Sarah Gaerte, daughter of Henry Gaerte, of Stark County, Ohio, and they have a family of four children, viz.: Ella J., David F.. Zeno A. and Anna Z. (twins). In politics Mr. Miller is a Democrat. He is a member of the Lutheran Church.

born in Lehigh County, January 10, 1840. His father, William Landis, was also born in the same county, and was of Swiss extraction, his forefather having come to this country to escape religious persecution in his native land, where two of the family had_ been burned at the stake as heretics. They Avere believers in the Mennonite faith, and besides being a farmer, William Landis was until his death a preacher of that denomination. His wife was Mary Young, daughter of Peter and Susan Young, all natives of Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Landis were blessed with eitrht cliildren, of whom six are still living, three, Peter Y., AVilliaiu Y. aud Daviil Y., in Wayne County, and three, Enos Y'., Owen Y'. and Nathan Y.. in Philadelphia, Penii. In 1848 the husband and father was called to his last home, and his widow continued to live in Pennsylvania until 1S58, when she removed to Wayne County, and is still living here, aged eighty-two years.

David Y. Landis, the subject of this sketch, received his education in the common schools of his native State, and afc fourteen years of age began life for himself by learning the trade of cabinet-making and carving at Allen town, Penn. In 18i;0 he followed his mother to this count)', and worked at his trade in Wooster until lSf>',l, when he formed a partnership, and has ever since been engaged in business in Wooster. His present partner is Jacob F. Schmuek, aud tliey carr}' on tlu^ furniture and undertaking business, having the largest stock of goods in tiieir line in Wooster.

In 1873 Mr. Landis was united in marriage with Miss Linnie Schmuek, a sister of his partner, and a native of Wayne County. Two children have been born to them: Lillie Belle and Daisy Dell, who are still under the parental roof.

Mr. Landis has had to make his own way in the world, and the success he has achieved is due to his energy and industry, backed l>y gnoil judgment, and made more certain by the reputation he has justly acquired of being a thoroughly honest business man, whose word can at all times be relied upon. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and of the I. O. O. F. He was a member of Capt. James H. Robinson's Company I, One Hundred and Second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, enlisting August o, 18G2, and served for three years. He is now a member of Given Post, No. 133, G. A. R.

FOREST JOHNSON, a wellfarmer of Wooster Townas born in Salt Creek Township, Wayne County, Ohio, March I'J, 185G. His grandfather, James Johnsou, a native of Pennsylvania, married Mary White, aud in ISlfJ they came to Wayne County, settling in Salt Creek Township on a piece of wild land, where the sound of the white man's ax had never been heard. Here they died, the grandfather in 1809, at the age of seventy years, and the grandmother iu 1884, at the age of eighty-four. Four children, three sons and one daughter, were born to this C()U])le, two of whom are ^-et living: St. Clair Johnson, in Salt Creek Township, Wayne County, and Mrs. Ruth Grant, in Stark County, Ohio. One son, William Johnson, father of Adam F., was born in Fayette County, Penn., in 1815, and remained on the home farm until he was twenty-one years of age, at which time he married Mary Hatfield, a native of Wayne County, and daughter of Robert and Nancy Hatfield. In 1868 oiir subject's parents removed to Wooster Township, where they spent the remainder of their lives. They were the parents of ten children, as follows: James W., who was for three years a soldier, and is now living in Salt Creek Township, this county; Nancy M., deceased; Ruth E., residing in Wooster; Margaret L., now Mrs. Robert Mackey; Catherine, now Mrs. B. C. Smith, of Fredericksburgh ; Jennie, living in Wooster: Adam F. ; Lucinda B., a teacher in Wooster; Homer E., deceased, and Ezra D., a resident of Indiana. The parents of this family died, the father in 1873, at the age of fifty-eight years, and the mother in 1883, at the age of sixtytwo, both members of Apple Creek Presbyterian Church, then of Fredericksburgh, later of Wooster, of which church the family ai-e also members. William Johnson passed a busy life, and did much toward the development of the county. He won success solely b}' his own exertions, and without help from any adventitious circumstances. Politically he was first a Whig, and afterward, on the formation of the party, an active Republican. Adam F. Johnson has most of his life made his home near his parents' place, his sister keeping house for him part of the time. After some five years' residence on the "lower farm," he removed to the parental homestead, where he has since remained. In 1885 he was married to Miss Laura J. Searight, a native of Fredericksburgh, Wayne County, and a daughter of Gilbert and Matilda J. (McCnilough) Searight. Mr. and Mrs. Adiua F. Johnson have one cliild, named Adam Forest. The parents are members of the Presbyterian Church, and in politics Mr. Johnson is a Republican. He has met with success in life, and socially is higlily esteemed and warmly beloved b}' a large circle of friends and acquaintances.

Gilbert Searight, father of Mrs. Adam F. Johnson, was a native of Salt Creek Township, Wayne County, Ohio, and was born on the farm on which he died. Here he grew to manhood, and in 1841) was married to Matilda J., daughter of James and Sarah (McCall) McCallough. natives of Holmes County, Ohio. December 2. 1879, Mrs. Gilbert Searight died, aged nearly forty- seven years, and the mother of ten children, viz.: Ohio J., living in Fredericksburgh; William A., in Carlisle, Penn.; John F., deceased; Leonard M., in Cook City, Montana: Laura J., now Mrs. Adam F. Johnson; Lucinda F., now Mrs. H. C. Bishop, in Mount Vernon, Knox County; Sadie M. and Frank D., at home:

Annie D. died iu 1875; Gilbert S. died in October, 1888. For his second wife Mr. Gilbert Searight married, June 30, 1885, Miss Nancy Haley, and on July 7, 1888, he departed this life, at the nge of sixty-nine years. He was a stanch Republican, and a member and deacon of the Presbyterian Church of Fredericksburgh. Before there were any churches in the locality services were held in his house, and he gave the land for the church. His widow, Mrs. Nancy Searight, continues to live at the old home place, at Freilericksburgh.

William Searight, father of Gilbert Searight, was a native of Carlisle, Cumberland Countj', Peun., born October 17, 1779, the son of a Revolutionary soldier, who came from Irelaml iu about 17()0, settling in Carlisle, Penn. William Searight married, in Carlisle, Miss Jane Johnston, and in 1811 they removed to Salt Creek Township, this county, where they settled on the -iGO-acre tract he had entered shortly before, and which now constitutes the home farm of the family. Here they endured all the trials and hardships of pioneer life, and for a long time were the oulj' family in Salt Creek Township, their nearest neighbors being residents of that [)art of Holmes County now known as Prairie Township. William Searight built, in 1813, the fii-st saw-mill on Salt Creek, a short distance from the residence of Gilbert Searight. William was a man of large physical proportions, weighing 300 pounds. He died July 16, 1840, and his wife in February, 1848. The paternal and maternal grandparents of Mrs. Adam F. Johnson came to this country together (from Pennsylvania), her maternal grandparents settling in Holmes County, becoming the nearest neighbors of William Searight, and the first blockhouse in the country was built there.

CHARLES A. LERCH, M. D., was born in Plain Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, in 1852, one of four children born to Piiilip and Margaret Lerch, namely: Luther, born in October, 1847; Eliza Jane, born in 1849; Charles A.; and Laura H., born in 1855, nud died iu 1862. The family moved from Pennsylvania to AVayne County, Ohio, in 1850.

The subject of this biographical memoir attended Smithville High School three years, entering in 1870, and then engaged in teaching and studying medicine for several years, pursuing a course at Cleveland (Ohio) Medical College, from there going to Cincinnati, wltfre he graduated from the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Sur-gery -in 1877. The Doctor then located at Burliank, Wayne Co., Oliio. where he practiced medicine for about two aud a half years; tbeiice moved to Huntington, Ohio, remaining for about the same length of time in the practice of his chosen profession, and then located in Blachleyville, Plain Township, Wayne County, and from there moved to Wooster, Ohio, January 3, 1889, where, as a successful medical practitioner, he enjoys, both in the town and a wide country ride, unqualified confidence and respect. Dr. Lerch was married, in 1874, to Jennie Fish, of New Brighton, Penn., b}' whom he had the following-named children: William L., born November 19, 1876; Ethel Annie, born March 13, 1879, and an infant that died in 1882. The Doctor and family are members of the Lutheran Church of Wooster.

'CHARLES GASCHE. This old and honored citizen of Wooster has been a resident of the place for more than half a century. He was born in Wetzlar, Kingdom of Prussia, June 10, 1810, and is now, therefore, well advanced in years. His father, also named Charles, was married to Catherine Eisengarth, and came with his family to America in June, 1833, locating first in York, Penn., but moving later to Wooster, where they arrived October 13, 1835. He was a physician and surjjeon in his native land, being for thirtj- }'ears connected with a hospital there, and he continued tiie practice of his profession in this country. He was a man of wide experience and of great skill, particularly in surgery. His wife died in Holmes County in 18-1'2, aged fifty-eight years, and he in 1802, in Fulton County, Ohio, at the ripe age of eighty-three years; both were members of the Lutheran Church. They were the parents of eight children, one of whom I died in the old country, the other seven ( accompanying them to America. ! The subject of our sketch was educated in his native land, and when a boy was apprenticed to the trade of a carpenter and cabinet-maker. He also served his allotted time of three years in the Prussian armj-. After his immigration to this counti-y he worked at his trade in York, Penn., and in Wooster, Ohio, he continued actively engaged in same until 1884, when he retired to enjoy a wellearned repose. April 7, 1835, in York, Penn., Mr. Gasche was united in marriage with Barbara Minich, a native of Bavaria, who when seventeen years old came to this country with her parents, who settled in Pennsylvania, where Vioth died. Of this union seven children were born ( six : of whom are still living) : Catherine, wife I of Ernest Thomen, in Wooster; Anna, wife of Frederick Aumann, living with her parents; Charles C, a resident of

AVooster: Freileiick AV., in Millerslmrgh. Holmes County; Julius, n farmer in Holmes County, Ohio: Nettie M., wife of Prof. Collins, of Oxford, Ohio, where he is professor of mathematics and astronon)y, and Oscnr Tiipodore, wlio dird in infancy.

Our subject has always beeu interested in {)olitical affairs, but has in the exercise of his suffrage been guided by his judgment rather than by [tarty dictation. He was always a friend of freedom, and abandoned the idea of settling in Missouri because it was a slave State. For eight years he was a member of tiie town council of Wooster; for two years was township trustee, and for eight years was a director of the infirmary. He is affili- I ated with the Temple of Honor and of the Knights of Pythias, and lie ami his wife are respected members of the Evangelical Lutheian Church. When he first came to Wooster it was but a small place of about 1,000 iidiabitants, and had but poor school facilities, l)ut Mr. Gasche identified himself with those who favored better educational advantages, ami, although opposed by some, they succeeded in their object. AVhen the Wooster University project was started he took a warm interest in it, contributing liberally toward its V)uilding, and has been a warm friend of the institution. He is really the father of the Children's Home, as it was mainly through his ell'orts the project was sul)- mitted to the people and carried by a majority of 2,300. Mr. Gasche is selfmade in the best signification of tlie word. He was enterprising, and started with a determination to succeed. Soon after coming to Wooster he was afflicted with rheumatism, and while yet compelled to go on Clutches, often hobliled before daylight to his bench, working ail day, with sometimes but a scanty dinner. But he struggled on, and, encouraged and aided by his devoted wife, he made a marked success, and stands to-day one of the best known and highly res[)ected citizens of Wayne County, in wliose advancement he has been a potent factor.

JE. WACHTEL, son of Jacob ami Elizabeth (Riddle) AVachtel, was born in Plain Township, AVayne Co., Ohio, in 1834-. .Jacob AA'achtel came from A'irjjinia, located in AVavne Countv, Ohio, and was married in what is now Ashland County. He was a farmer, and located on what is known as the Ball farm. After making several purchases and sales he finally settled near Mohicanville, where he died. Elizalieth, his widow, moved to Iowa, where she died in lS()t). They had two children: Elizabeth, tlie late Mrs. A. D. Robison, of Lvnn C'ountv. Inwa, who died in September, 1865, and the subject of this memoir. J. R., however, had two half brothers and one lialf sister: Jacob, deceased; Henry, in Mohicanville, engaged in mercantile pursuits, and Catherine, deceased.

J. K. Wachtel was reared in Ohio, and iu 1852 went to California, arriving at his destination August 17, where he remained engaged in mining for a period of thirteen years, i-eturning August 17, 1865. In 1867 he married Laurenza, daughter of John and Sarah Finley, located at Mohicanville, and removed to Shreve September 2, 1879, where he has since been engaged iu the dry goods trade. To them one daughter was born, Clara, who died when eleven years of age, and they have since adopted a child, Lula, now (1888) a girl of twelve years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Wachtel are members of the Disciples Church. Politically he is an ardent Democrat.

ES. M. J. McBRIDE, widow of John K. McBride, is a native of Wooster, born in the house where she now lives April 23, 1823. With the exception of eight years her entire life has been passed iu Wooster, where she was educated in a select school taught bv Mrs. McKee. In ISl-l she was united in marriage with Mr. John K. McBride, who was born in Westmorelaml County, , Penn., in 1809. His parents, Alexander and Anna J. (Kelly) McBride, were also natives of that State. When Mr. McBride was a small boy his parents decided to come to Ohio, and on arriving here settled on a farm three miles from Wooster. In 1863 the mother passed away, at the age of seventy-five, and in 1869 the father followed her to the grave, ased eightv-four vears. He had farmed until too old for active labor, when he retired to Wooster.

The early life of John K. McBride was passed upon the farm, and his education was obtained at the coujitry schools. When about eighteen years old he began learning the trade of a chair-maker, but later entered mercantile life, continuing therein until 1S63, in which year he was elected probate judge of Wayne County, which position he filled for two terms. This decided him to enter the profession ' of law, and the rest of his life was passed in its study and practice, and he was very successful and prosperous. He was elected a member of the constitutional convention of 1872. which drafted the present constitution of the State. November 6, 1SS6, Mr. McBride was called to his last rest, at the age of seventy-seven years. He had been twice married, and by his first uiarriaije became father of two cliil- ilreii, one of whom is yet liviug, Harry, a commission merclmnt in New Yoik City. Of liis mnrriiijje with tiie estimable ladv whose name heads tliis sketch one son was born, Thomas A., who became a physician, and practiced in New York, where he attained considerable eminence. He died in August, 1886, while returning from Europe on the steamer " Aller," and was l)uried at sea, having been for the benefit of his health to the Carlsbad Springs, Germany. This blow was a heavy one for the parents, and undoubtedly hastened the death of the father. Dv. McBride was a graduate of Kenyon ColIe<re, Ohio, and had also graduated in medicine at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City.

John K. McCride occupied a prominent position in the business and social circles of the county. He was a member r)f the Odd Fellows oi-der, of the Knights of Pythias, and in his earlier life became a Freemason. He was truly a selfmade man, who by his own energy and close application won the large measure of the success which he achieved. He was universally respected in tlit^ coiiinuinity. and had the entire confiilence of ever}', one who knew him. He and his estimable wife were both active members of the Episcopal Church in Wooster. Since the d.ath of her husband, Mrs. McBride has resided in her cliildlinod's humc in Wooster with her widowed sister, Mrs. M. A. Shively, and is calmly awaiting the summons which shall reunite her to him who has gone before. All of the family are well known in Wooster, where they are held in the highest regard.

Martha A. Shively is the widow of A. R. Shively, one of Wooster's formerly well-known citizens. She was born in the house where she now lives, in Wooster, May 5, 1831. Her family history is more fully given under the name of her brother. Dr. James D. Robison, on another page.

On May 15, 1856, she was united in marriage with A. R. Shively, a native of Pottsville, Penn., and later a resident of Reading, Penn. At the age of twentytwo he came to Wooster. and embarked in the foundry business, which he had learned in his native State, carrying it on in connection witli an uncle. Here lie lived the rest of his life, dying in February, 1870. when but thirty-nine years of ajre. By this marria<re Mrs. Shivelv became the mother of six children: Ellen D., wife of Rev. W. S. Cochran, of Caryopolis; John McB., a resident of Montana; .\nn. Mrs. Husrli M. Annat. <>f Wooster; Edward, living in Cleveland, Ohio; and George I. and Martha L., witii their mother. Mr. Shively was one of Wooster's progressive business men, and his loss was felt in the community, where he was esteemed as an upright man and a good citizen. Since her Lusband's demise, formerly a resident of Somerset Countv. Mrs. Shively has continued to live in her Penu. They have no children living, old home. She is a member of the First Mr. Schrock has been a minister of the

Greene Township, and there remained until he died. He was born in .Somerset County, Penu., in 1795. His father, Casper Schrock, was a native of Germany, and came to America at an early period, and settled in Pennsylvania. Niue children were Ijoru to this pioneer, of whom Peter was the youngest, and was reared iu his native county, and remained there until 1818. He married Sarah Miller, daughter of Yost Miller, of Holmes County, Ohio, formerly of Pennsylvania. Three sous and five daughters were born to Peter and his wife. He was a well-to-do farmer, having followed farming throughout life, and was also a miaister ill the Amish Church.

Elias Schrock was the second son and fifth child of his parents, and was born in 1S29. He was educated in the common schools, and has principally followed farming. He was married in 1853 to Elizabeth, daughter of Henrv Stutzman,

Gapt. Hoe Ace X. Clemens

GAPT. HOE ACE X. CLEMENS was born September IS, 1854, on a - ' farm near the village of Etna, Licking County, Ohio, and is the first born and only son of David L. and L^rania (Kuowles) Clemens. Until arriving at the age of twenty he worked with his father on the farm, attending the village school during the winter seasons, thus acquiring a fair common-school education. During the school year of 1872-73 he attended the high school at Ashtabula, Ohio, taking a course in some of the higher branches of study. In the fall of 1874 he came to Wooster and entered the senior class of the preparatory department of the University of Woostei'. He pursued his course of study in tliis institution without interruption, graduating in June, 1879, with the degree of A. B., being the third honor man in a class of thirty-one. During his college course he displayed marked talent as a writer and orator, being: awarded the first prize in tlio junior orfttorical contest iu June, ls7>i. In 1881 tlie University of AVooster conferred upon liini the degree of A. M. After graduation he entered the law oflSce of Downing & Yocum, in

Wooster, as a student of law, but in November, 1879, he was called upon to temporarily take a position as local editor of the Wooster Republican* owing to the protracted illness of Mr. J. G.

* The Woii-itir Rejiubhrnii bears Hip distiiiguislicil honor of being the tirst newspaper ever piil)lished in Waj-ne County. In the earlier part of tlie year 1?17 the late Judge Levi Cox estalilished and" began the publication of a weetilv paper, calleil the Ohi'i Sjiirliit'ir, in the villatre cif \Voo.sler. In a few months Judge Cox took into partnership witli him Sanuul Baldwin, and the puliliealion of tlie pai)er continued under the proi)rietorshi]) of Cox iN: Baldwin. At the end of the lirst year .ludge Cox retired from the tirm. Mr. Asa W. W. Ilickox taking liis place. Mr. Hickox. however, left at the end of a year's eonnection with llie paper, and Mr. Baldwin continued its publication aloiu". but being bodily intirm, he soon fell a victim to that dread disease, consumption. Dr. Thomas Townsend, a relative of the deceased, assumed the control of the paper and closed out the remainder of Mr. Baldwin's year. At the end of the year the paper became defunct. Judge Cox having a lien upon the office resumed the possession of it, and soiui thereafter issued proposals for a renewal of the is/iectator. He finally sold the fixtures, etc., of the office to Mr. Benjamin Bently. of Wooster, vpho took into partnership with him a Mr. Clingan. The new firm accordingly revived the <lefunct paper, and on the i;ith of January, 1820. began its issue under the name of the Wonsltr Sjiirlutur. This firm continued the publication for two years, when Mr. Bently withdrew, selling his interest to Mr. ('lingan, whoconducted the paper himself forfive years longer. In the spring of 1826 Col. John Barr. of Hagerstown, Md., bought the oBice. and for about four years issued the paper uiuler the tit-le of the 0/iio OracU. devoted to the .support of Gen. Jackson for president. Col. Barr sold his office to David Sloane, of Wooster, who issued the pa]ier under the name of the WooaliT Journal and Vcmiicralir Times. After issuing this paper for four years he transferred it to his brother-in-law, .1. W. Schuekers, who puhlished it for a like period. Mr. Schuckers disposed of the concern to Daniel Sprague. who took charge of it June 23. ISIili. conducting it under the same caption, the M'ooaler Journal nnd Deuiocnilir Tiuii'.H. On September IG. 1840. be changed the title of the |):iper to the Wooster Ucniornil. After conducting the paper in a most successful manner for over sixteen years he disposed of it, his successors, II. C. Johnson and Enos Foreman, assuming control of it August 'i, 1852. On May 12, IS.'iS, its managers resolved to change the name of the paper, and thereafter it was published under its present title, the \Voo.ttir l{i jiiililiciin. On .\ugusl 12. IM.IS, Mr. Johnson retired from the inatmgenieiit of tlie office. .Mr. P'oreman becoming both .sole proprietor and editor. On July

2.5. 18(il. Mr. Foreman issued a daily from the lifjjiihlirnn office, which was continued without intermission until November 30, 18(51. This was the tir.sl daily ever published in Wayne Counly, and was devoted almost exclusively to war news." .Mr. Foreman sold the paper, August 4, 1870, to Cajil. A. S. McClure. Joseph G. Sanborn and L. .Ie£f Sprenglc. who at once assumed the pro|)rietorsliip of the Uijiublii'iin, underthe firm name of McClure, Sanborn & Co., Capt. McClure taking charge as editor, and Mr. Sanborn as business manager, Mr. Sprengle simply holding his interest as a silent partner in the concern. In November, 18Til, Mr. Sanborn was stricken down with a ]irotracted spell of fever, and Mr. H. N. Clemens was called in to temporarily take the business management and act as local editor. About the time Mr. Sanborn had recovered his health sufficiently to resume his work. Capt. McClure was nominated for Congress, being elected in the fall of l.HMO. In the meaniimi! Mr. Clemens was retained in the em ploy of the firm, being permanently employed as city editor of the paper upon Capt. McClure's re tirement to take his seat in Congress. Mr. Sanburn taking McClure's place as editor. On August 1. 1882. Mr. Clemens purchased the oni-third interest of L. Jeff Sprengle, and became an active p.irtner in the concern. Mr. Sanborn conducted the paper as its editor until January 1. 1881, when Capt. McClure returned and resumed the editorial management. On April 1, 188.'"), Mr. Sanborn sold his one-third interest in the paper to I'cter C. (Jiven, who did not actively become connected with the paper. At the same lime the firm name was changed to McClure it Clemens, (apt. McClure retired from the editorial managemi'tit of thepaiier, Mr. Clemens assuming both its editorial and business management, which position he still tills. On June 27. 1H87. Mr. Clemens purchased Mr. (Jiven's interest, thus becomingthe two-thirds and controlling owner of the llepuhlii-an. On this dale also the style of the firm w-as changed to II. N. Clemens A: Co., Capt. Mc(;iure still retaining his one-third in terest in the coiuern. On October 27, 1887. Mr. Clemens began the iiublication of a five-column, four-page daily, under the name of tin- \Voo.ifir Morniny It'i/nih/ican. On June 3, 1889, the daily was changed to a six column, four page afternoon paper, and has since been publisliecl under the name cil^ the Wmoitrr /),iili/ Rijni/iHi'on. Both the daily and weekly llepublienn are now in allourish ing condition, the dailv being the only daily paper pid)lished in Wayne ('ounty. The is the only Uepubliian jiaper published in the<i>unty. ami is the official organ of the party in Wayne County.

Sauboru, one of the proprietors of that paper, aiicl its local editor. Mr. Clemens continued to fill this position until April, 1S81, when he was offered the position of book-keeper and local editor by the proprietors of the paper, which he accepted. In the summer of 1882 he purchased an interest in the Eepuhlican, and in 1887 became the business manager and editor of that paper. As editor and manager of the Eepublican he has been verj- successful, and, tliough yet yoiing in years, has already taken rank with the recognized leaders in the editorial profession in Ohio.

In 1881 Capt. Clemens enlisted as a private in the Wooster City Guard, Company D, Eighth Regiment of Infantry, Ohio National Guard, and was soon promoted to the rank of fifth sergeant. From time to time he was promoted from one grade to another until he was made the first sergeant of the company May 30, 1883. At the expiration of his first term of service he re-enlisted, and June 30, 1886, was elected and commissioned second lieutenant of the company. A vacancy occurring in the captaincy of the company, he was elected captain by an almost unanimous vote of the company, and received his commission from Gov. Foraker November 23, 1886. Capt. Clemens has ably continued the work begun by his predecessors, and has the honor of commanding what is recognized as the crack company of the Ohio National Guard.

On August 5, 1885, Capt. Clemens was married to Miss Flora Elizabeth Kauke, the youngest daughter of John H. Kauke, one of Wooster's oldest and wealthiest citizens.

r/- esteemed young business man of - ' Wooster, Ohio, was born in Herkimer County, N. Y., in 1853, of Scotch- English extraction, his ancestors having come to America at an early date, the paternal grandfather having served in the Revolution. The grandparents all died in the East. William F. Tyler, the father of our subject, married Miss Hannah Pratt, a native of Connecticut, who bore him four children, of whom William D. is the only son. In 1859 the parents came to Ohio, and have since made their home in Mansfield, the father having retired from business in 1877.

William D. Tyler, or " Dex. Tyler," as he is more commonly called, received a practical business education, and while yet but a boy began clerking. Some years later he became a traveling salesman, in which capacity he continued for several years. In 1881 he was united in marriage with Miss Melissa A., daughter of

Jacob and Eliznbetli Frick, of Wooster, and they have two chihiieu, Frick and AValter. lu 1882 Mr. Tyler came from Cincinnati to Wooster, since whicli time lie has been engaged in the grain business as a partner with his father-in-law. i He later became, and still continues, a stockholder and director in the Wayne County National Bunk. Politically Mr. Tyler is a Republican, a most earnest worker in the cause, and liberal to every i public good. In acknowledgment of his interest and lilierality the Wooster Hook and Ladder Company, one of the swiftest and most efficient in the State, now bears the name '-The Dex. Tyler." Mr. Tyler is a member of the Royal Arcanum and Knights of Honor, and is a Knight Templar.

JOHN ELEY. This well-known res- ' ident of the city of Wooster comes ' of German ancestry, and was born in Franklin County, Penu., in July, 1803. His grandfather. Christian Eley, came from Germany, and settled in the county and State above named, where his son John, the father of our subject, was born. John Eley, Sr., was a Revolutionary soldier, was in Washington's army, and died in Franklin County in 1835. His widow, who was a Miss Mary Neff, afterward moved to Indiana, where she died. She bore her husband seven children, of whom the subject of this sketch and his brother David are the sole survivors.

John Eley, whose name heads this sketch, had the advantage of the old-time pay school, and when a boy began learning of his father the trade of coopering, which he followed for forty years. In 1825 he was united in marriage with Miss Mary Dice, a native of Franklin County, Penn., with whom he lived in happy wedlock for nearly sixty years. She died in January, 1883, aged seventy-three years. Seven children were born of their union, as follows: Margaret, now Mrs. Enoch Smith, in East Union Township, this county; John, in Toledo, Ohio; Stephen, living near Toledo; Sarah, wife of George Winters, of Toledo; Samuel, Elijah and an unnamed infant (deceased). Mr. Eley has been the architect of his own fortunes.

He started in life without a dollar, his only capital being the trade taught him by his father. A long life of industry and thrift bi'ought its fitting recompense, however, and to-day, in his old age, he is in possession of a hard-earned and well-deserved competence. He and his faithful wife reared their children to be good men and women, and before the mother's de- I parture the pai-ents had the happiness of

In his political convictions Mr. Eley has always been a Democrat, but liberal in his ideas, and tolerant of the opinions of others. He and his beloved wife wei-e for many years members of the Lutheran Church. He has spent many years in Wayne County, where his worth as a man and a citizen has always been recognized and appreciated, and where he has ever borne an honorable name and repute, and he has done his share to promote the prosperity of his adopted home. His children established iu homes of their own, and his devoted wife gone to her reward, the venerable father and widower, now in his eighty-sixth year, is living alone,calmly awaiting the summons which shall reunite him to his long-loved companion on the other shore.

AMUEL WHITMOKE was born in Franklin County, Penn., February 3, 1816, a son of Samuel Whitmore, Avho was native of Virginia, and married to Susan Over, of Lancaster County, Peun. Samuel, the subject of this memoir, came to Wayne County, Ohio, in 1846, and hired to work on the farm he now owns. His parents came in 1851, and located on an adjoining farm, where the father died in 1867, and the mother in 1884. They were prominent members of the United Brethren Church. They reared eight children, all of whom are dead except Ephraim, in Congress Township, Wayne County; Hiram, in Westtield Township, Medina Co., Ohio; E. D., in Wooster, Ohio; Rebecca, wife of George Ogler, of Wooster. and Samuel, the subject of this sketch, who is the eldest living, and a farmer by occupation.

He married, in Franklin County, Penu., in 1845, Miss Catherine, daughter of Thomas McCracken, and by this union there ' were five children, two of whom died in infanc}'. The living are Thomas, a farmer of Medina County, Ohio, married to Calista Bessey, of Medina County, and has four children: Charles, Margaret, Mary and Russell ; Samuel, a farmer of Medina County, married to Jeanette, daughter of John Kinnej-, of Crestou, Wayne County, and has four children: Maud, Mary, Frank and Paul; Loretta Jane, wife of John Slutz, of Bueua Vista County, Iowa. Mr. Whitmore lived iu Medina County, Ohio, for thirteen years, and while there he served as school director of Westfield Township. He is a prominent and stanch supporter of the Republican party. He is a consistent member of the Burbauk United Brethren Church.

DC. KEAN. Aboxit the time of the Revolution tliere came from Ire- - " hiud to this country Neal and John Kean. brothers, who settled in or about Harrisburifh, Penn., John at one time keeping store in Harrisburgh, and Neal residing on a farm in Mifflin County, Penn. Thei'e were born to him and his wife, whose maiden name was Patty Keiden, nine children: George, Charles, William, Joseph, Elizabeth, Catherine, Polly, Margaret and Rebecca. Of these, Joseph married Sophia "White, and about 1800 moved west to the Ohio River, where a family of eijjht children were born to them, as follows: William, Elizabeth, Joseph, John, Ann, Cathei-ine, Sophia and Kearns.