Wayne Township (part 4 of 15)

He was the father of twelve children, ten of whom, six sous and four daughters, survive him, and with their children, numbering in all nearly forty, were present at his funeral. To his six sons he gave a complete collegiate education, some of them taking a post-graduate course; the advantages of a higher education he also afforded his daughters, according to their choice. His eldest son, John M., graduated at Granville, Ohio, in 1809, and is now a prominent lawyer of Newark, and prosecuting attorney of Licking County, Ohio; Hiram B. graduated from the literary and law department of Michigan University in 1872, and was elected probate judge of Wayne County in 1887, which position he is now occu})ying; he was also mayor of the city of Wooster, Ohio, from 1877 to 1881; Franklin P. graduated at Granville in 1(370, and from Rochester Theological Seminary in 1878 (was pastor of the Baptist Church at Loudonville, Ohio, for nine years, and is now pastor of the Baptist Church of Portsmouth, Ohio) ; Samiiel E. graduated at Granville in 1879, and has ever since been principal of the Newark public schools; Douglas A. graduated from Adelbert College, Cleveland, Ohio, in 1884, after which he was appointed by Gov. Hoadly to a position in the Cleveland Asylum for the In.sane, which he resigned to enter upon the study of medicine in the Medical College of Cincinnati, Ohio, whence he graduated in 1888, (he is now engaged in the practice of his chosen profession in Canton, Ohio) : Ulysses G. graduated from Adelbert College in 1886, and located in Wooster, this county, where he is engaged in the manu facture and sale of paints and varnishes, being at the head of the Wooster Paint Works in that city. Of the daughters, Adeline lives with her children near Sterling, Ohio, her husband, H. G. Zeigler, having died in 1879 ; Isabella is the widow of M. H. Murdock, of Kittman, Ohio; Sarah E. is the wife of L. B. Harris, of Newark, Ohio, and Ellen A. is the wife of Christopher Blankenhoru, a thrifty farmer of Milton Township, having bought the old home farm.

Mr. Swartz lived to see all his children converted and united with the Baptist Church, and took great comfort in their activity in Sunday-school and church work. In politics he was a life-long Democrat of the Jeffersonian school, and his political faith he inculcated on his sons. He eschewed all public amusements, and successfully impressed his convictions upon every one of his children. He was converted at an early age, and united with the Dunkard Church, the cardinal doctrines of which faith he ever stoutly defended. With his brethren on some matters of dress and education he differed, and so drifted from them, but not from the hope of the gospel. As his children grew up nnd united with the Baptist Church, he, with his wife, joined that church at Sterling, Ohio, and he was chosen deacon. A man of prayer it was his custom to close every day with family devotions, and here it was he gave best expression to his inner life and the desires of his soul. He prayed ever for his children, the church and the triumph of the gospel in the world, his love for all which was never-failing. Indeed, his ardent zeal for purity in life and doctrine in the membership and ministry of the church somewhat marred the peace of his latter years.

He was impatient that sin in any form should enter the household of faith. To his strong nature what seemed to some to be faults appeared to him as vices not to be endured; yet he forgave and forgot all personal wrongs, and died at peace with the whole world.

On May 4, 1881, he was stricken with partial paralysis, from which he never fully recovered. On Christmas day, 1883, he fell and broke his hip-bone, which hastened his end. His eyesight failed so he could not read, and thus he quietly suffered and waited, longing for the end to come, his mind continuing rational until the last. Surrounded by his large family of loving sous and daughters, and his ever faithful wife, who ministered to him as an angel of mercy throughout all his years of suffering, he folded his arms and closed his eyes in the calm embrace of death. Thus ended a long and useful life; thus lived and died another of that noble baud of pioneers whose strong arms

A man of pure thoughts and words, and of upright life, the memory of Samuel Swartz will live in his children whom he blessed. His fellow-citizens will cherish his good example, mentioning his name in after years as one whom the community delighted to honor. His neighbors and friends will remember him as one who loved integrity and hated iniquity, a good-natured, cordial, honest man; and his brethren in the church will not forget the words of counsel, faith and hope which in the day of his strength he ever gave the cause he loved. He was interred in the family burying-ground, in the old church-yard on the hill, on the Saturday following his demise, the funeral services, which were unusually impressive, being held at the Sterling Baptist Church, Rev. P. J. Ward, pastor, conducting, assisted by Rev. William F. Slocum, pastor of the Baptist Church at Wooster. The texts and sacred songs for the occasion were selected as those best loved and oftenest repeated by the departed. At his special request, his six sons acted as pall-bearers. Truly, of him it may be said; "His end is peace, and the memory of the just is blessed."

LIZABETH VAN HOUTEN, the widow of Philo S. Van Houteu, and a sister of Mr. George Bartol, a well-known citizen of Wayne County, was born in Elizabeth town, Lancaster Co., Penn., in 1820, a daughter of Mathias and Elizabeth (Jontz) Bartol, of whom reference is made in sketch of George Bartol. She was a girl of eleven years when her parents removed to this county, which has over since been her home. At the age of nineteen, January 2, 1840, Miss Bartol was united in marriage with Philo S. Van Houten, son of Jacob and Sarah (Starr) Van Houten, who was born in Marcellus, Onondaga Co., N. Y., December 25, 1810, and came when young Avith his parents to Ohio, they settling in Plymouth, Richland County. Here young Philo obtained such education as was afforded by the schools of that day, and when a young man became a clerk in a dry goods store in Wooster, continuing in that occupation for a number of years.

For some time after their marriage the young couple continued to reside in Wooster, but later removed to Rowsburg, Ohio, where, however, they lived but three years, when they returned to Wooster, which they made their permanent home. In 1850 Mr. Van Houteu became teller of the Wayne County Bank - now Wayne County National Bank - and at the time of his death was its cashier, serving faithfully, and with a slight exception continuously, for thirty-one years, an ordinary generation. After laboring incessantly for twenty-three years as teller, he withdi'ew to take a needed rest, but soon found that an active life had become a necessity of his nature, and he accepted the position of cashier in the National Bank of Wooster, but in a year returned to the place where he had served so long and well, and was cashier until he died, April 9, 1881.

Mr. Van Houteu was an ardent Republican in his political belief, but never a place-hunter. He was elected trustee of Wooster township in 1846, 1851, 1865 and in 1878, and was treasurer of the township in 1858. In 1879 he was the Republican candidate for county treasurer. For many years he was a member of the Masonic fraternity, having been treasurer of Ebenezer Lodge No. 33 of Wooster as far back as 1848, and worshipful master in 1853. He was always known as a zealous, conscientious Mason, in whom the cardinal principles were fully exemplified. He was a man of irreproachable private character, whose domestic life and habits were of that quiet and unostentatious kind so well calculated to endear him to family and friends. In his capacity as cashier of the Wayne County National Bank he had an enviable reputation among business men. Universally respected for his strict integrity, good judgment and careful attention to business, he was considered a model bank officer, and his loss was deeply felt by those he so long and faithfully served. As a citizen he was held in high esteem, and his popularity among all classes is attested by the fact no man, perhaps, in Wayne County had fewer enemies. Ever generous, charitable and liberal minded, he was a man whose virtues are worthy of emulation, and whose memory will not soon be forgotten.

Since her husband's death Mrs. Van Houten has continued to reside in the house where they had passed together so many happy years. Nine children had come to bless their union, only four of whom, however, now survive, as follows: Mary, now Mrs. Wellington Curry, in Toledo, Ohio; Emma, Mrs. John Hankey, in Bowling Green; Edward, in California, and Anna, Mrs. Frank Eshelman, in Wooster. Those deceased are Jane (Mrs. Lee Scobey, who died in Wooster), Harry, Charles, John and Caroline (who died in Wooster in infancy). Like her late husband, Mrs. Van Houten is a sincere and consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is an ardent advocate of the cause of temperance, and a member of the organization known as the Evergreen Social Temple.

THOMAS P. BAUMGARDNER is one of Wooster's well-known citizens and business men, and proprietor of the business place known as the "Double Store.'" He is a native of the Keystone State, born in Northampton County November 13, 1827. His father, Peter Baumgardner, was born in Germany, and came in boyhood to the United States. Upon reaching manhood he was united in marriage with Catherine Heller, a native of Pennsylvania. He was a farmer by occupation, and in the year 1832 removed to Ohio in search of cheaper land. Coming to Wayne County, he settled on a farm near Wooster, but did not long live to enjoy his new home, death claiming him about a year later. Besides his widow he left five children, four of whom are now living, viz. : Thomas P. ; Mary, now Mrs. George Strock, of Millbrook; Julia A., Mrs. Capt. B. F. Miller, and L. S., who is proprietor of a large wholesale notion house in Toledo, Ohio. When Mr. Baumgardner came to Ohio the entire trip was made by wagon, and the farm which he purchased here was

Our sxibject was in his seventh year when his father died, and in the spring following the widowed mother with her children removed to Wooster, later going to Salt Creek Township, where they lived upon a farm for several years, then returning to Wooster. Here Thomas P. attended school for a number of years, after which he served an apprenticeship of four years in the furniture factorj^ of Spear & Beistle, of Wooster. This trade he followed for a number of years, when in company with his brothers he erected a large building, known as the " Areadome," and there started a drug business. This was then the only large hall in Wooster, and at its dedication a great number of people assembled, speeches were made, and much enthusiasm manifested. In this building the brothers built up a prosperous business, but in December, 1864, our subject sold his interest to his brothers, receiving therefor the sum of $16,000, and the following spring he purchased the American House block, and at once set about rebuilding and improving it, putting in new storerooms, etc., which made it for raauj' years one of the finest blocks in the city. Mr. Baumgardner occupied one of the stores himself as a music store, doing a large trade iu musical merchandise, and also in piano tuning, and is still conducting a large business in that line. He rented most of the block after its rebuilding, and in 1881 himself removed to the store-room in which he is carrying on his music business. A prominent feature in this connection is the renting of pianos, which he carries on extensively. In 1884, the music business not absorbing his whole time, he added the shoe trade, carrying an extensive and varied stock of goods in that line, and having one of the leading business houses of the city.

In 1849 Mr. Baumgardner was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth M., daughter of Philip Smith. Their wedded life was made happy by the birth of ten children: Joseph H., Edson W., Newton L., James F., Harry S. and Anna (Mrs. J. W. Erarich), all residents of Toledo, Ohio; Lizzie M., at home; Thomas, Ella and Carrie are deceased. The daughters, Anna and Lizzie M., are graduates of the Wooster High School. Both are excellent musicians, and each is mistress of that difficult instrument, the pipe organ.

Mr. and Mrs. Baumgardner and family are highly respected in the community ; she is a member of the First Presbyterian Church. Mr. Baumgardner is a member of the Knights of Honor and the Boyal Arcanum ; in politics he is a stanch and true Republican. His success in life is a gratifying one to him, and has been the more marked as he had but little aid in beginning his career. It is the legitimate result of his good judgment and steady application to business, and he may truly be called a self-made man in the best sense of the word. The family have an elegant and commodious home on Buckeye and Larwill Streets, to which they removed in 1878.

ORENZO D. CORNELL, son of Jason and Rachel (Critchfield) Cornell, was born November 26, 1854. in Chester Township, Wayne Co., Ohio. Joseph Cornell, born May 3, 1760, in Hunterdon County, N. J., his father, the first of the family of whom there is record, came from Germany with two brothers, and located in Hunterdon County, N. J., but nothing is known of his brothers after their arrival in New Yoi'k. Joseph married, in New Jersey, a Miss Mary Vankirk, and afterward located in Allegheny County, Penn., in 1790, and to them four children were born: Isaac, Samuel B., Bela S. and Joseph C. The father and family moved to Mercer County, Penn., thence to Wayne County, Ohio, in 1813,

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Of the children, Isaac married Miss Agnes Carson for his first wife, and for his second wife Priscilla Morgan, and removed to Porter Coviuty, Ind. ; both are now deceased, but the children still live there; Samuel B. married, and moved to Winterset, Madison Co., Iowa, since which little is known of him ; Bela S. sought a home in the West, but his locality is unknown ; Joseph C. married Elizabeth Morgan, of Virginia, and eventually located in Franklin Township, Wayne Co., Ohio. Their children are Mary Jane, who married John Stough, and removed to Bible Grove, Scotland Co., Mo. (both are now deceased, but the children still reside iu Missouri) ; Alpha, who married Mary McCoukey, and removed to Holmes County, Ohio, where he died September 2, 1888; Mercy, now Mrs. Jacob Lee, of Hicksville, Defiance Co., Ohio; Temperance, now Mrs. Reason Campbell, of Fulton County, Ohio; Phebe, now Mrs. Baize, of Fulton County, Ohio, and Jason, who married Rachel, daughter of Lorenzo Dow Critchfield, in 1847, and located in Wayne County, Ohio, where they remained until 1864, in which year they removed to Ashland County, and eventually to Shreve, where he died July 20, 1884. Mrs. Cornell is still a resident of Shreve. Their children are Milan C, who married Ellen Keister, and is a resident of Shreve; Tamzer E., now Mrs. E. T. Shelly, of Loudonville, Ashland Co., Ohio; Lucius T., now a resident of Shreve, and Lorenzo Dow, who received his preliminary education iu Wayne County, his commercial education iu the business college of Valparaiso, lud., and is now a law student with McClure & Smyser, of Wooster. He is located at Shreve, engaged in the real estate business.

I/SAAC B. DOUGLASS was bora at Uniontown, Fayette Co., Penn., Feb- -^ ruary 28, 1846, and is a son of James and Naomi (Brown) Douglass, also natives of Fayette County, who, in 1862, came to Wayne County, Ohio, and located on a farm in Sugar Creek Township, where the mother died in 1804. The father then married a Miss Rector, and moved to Missouri, where he died in 1873. Isaac B. Douglass, whose name heads this biographical memoir, the only one of the family now living, was reared on a farm and educated iu the common schools. He followed agricultural pursuits for some time, but for many years has l)een engaged in the lumber business and operating a portable saw-mill in Sugar Creek Township, Wayne County.

In 1865 he married Miss Susan, daughter of Alexander and Mary Shauklin, who were among the first settlers of Sugar Creek Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, and to this union have been born nine children, named as follows: James U., Orpha A., Ira B., Howard, Henry A., Isaac A., Robert M., William W. and Ora May. Mr. Douglass, politically, is a Democrat, and is a vigorous and uncompromising exponent of the principles of his party. He has served as township assessor for four years. He is now serving his twelfth year as justice of the peace; has been school director for many years. He is a member of Central Lodge, No. 212, K. of P., of Orrville, Ohio, and is trustee and superintendent of the Sabbath-school in the Church of God (Wiuebrennerian).

Thomas Edson Peckinpaugh

THOMAS EDSON PECKINPAUGH is a native of Wayne County, Ohio. He was born August 6, 1849, at Slankerville (now Easton), Chippewa Township, and, with the exception of about two years, has resided in the county ever since. On his father's side he is of German extraction; on his mother's, of English. His father, Thomas W. Peckiupaugh, was born in West Virginia, and in 1S21, when four years of age, came to

Wayne County with his parents. By hard labor, first on the farm, then in teaching school, and finally in the practice of law, he succeeded in providing a comfortable living for a large family. The maiden name of our subject's mother was Jane E. Cotton, a native of New York State, whose grandfather was born in Boston, Mass., and was a Revolutionary soldier.

The subject of this sketch was given a fair common-school education, and developed a bent for figures. He removed to Wooster in 1861 with his father, who had just been elected county auditor. At the age of thirteen he entered the auditor's office, where he served as clerk and deputy under four different administrations, in all about six years. In 1865 he entered Vermillion Institute, Hayesville, Ohio, where he was a student for about one year, and afterward taught district schools during two succeeding winter terms. In 1868-69 he was employed in the office of B. L. Falinestock & Co., a large wholesale drug house in Pittsburgh. Returning to Wooster in 1869, he entered the employ of the Commercial Bank, as book-keeper, and when the National Bank of Wooster was organized, in January, 1872, he was appointed teller, in which capacity he served nearly four years. In 1874 he was elected clerk of Wooster Township, serving one year, and was then elected township treasurer, a positiou he held four successive years. lu 1870 he purchased au interest in the Wayne Couniy Democrai, of wliich Hon. E. B. Eshelman was editor, managing the business department of that paper successfully for several years, when he sold out, and again entered the public service, this time as deputy county treasurer, under -Toliu S. Caskey, in which office he remained four years. In his business career Mr. Peckinpaugh has been noted for his accuracy and the strictest integrity. In the winter of 1878 he founded the Royal Arcanum Journal, a monthly publication in the interest of the beneficiary society whose name it bears. Finding the occupation of journalism agreeable, he has ever since continued this publication in connection with his other duties. Mr. Peckinpaugh was married October 14, 1880, to Miss Kate Baker, of W'ooster, daughter of the well-known architect, C C Baker, and has two children living, Florence M. and Helen V., a son having died from accident in 1885.

A Democrat by birth and education, our subject early espoused the cause of his. party, and rendered valuable service as a member and secretary of the county executive committee. He is a consistent and earnest advocate of the principles of Democracy, but not a bitter partisan, believing, as he does, that everything good is not confined to any one political party. In 1884 he was nominated and elected by a handsome majority to the office of county auditor for the term of three years. At the expiration of this time he was appointed by the county commissioners to fill the same office for a period of ten months, which appointment was necessitated by a change in the law fixing the time of taking office. In November, 1887, he was re-elected, by the largest majority given to anj^ candidate upon the ticket, for another term of three years, and, should he live to fill out the full time, will have the honor of having served his county as auditor for a longer period than any of his predecessors. At the city election in April, 1889, against his wishes, he was placed upon the ticket for member of the Board of Education of Wooster, and was elected by a large majority. Considering his years, he has received marked political honors. Recognizing the great work of benevolence which is being carried forward by the various fraternal secret societies, he has become identified with some of them. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, having taken all the degrees up to and including that of Knight Templar. At the organization of Wooster Commandery, K. T., on July 2, 1889, he was made first eminent commander. He is also a past great sachem of the Im- proved Order of Ked Men, aud has beeu au officer of the Supreme Council of the Roj'al Arcanum. He has four younger brothers and one sister, all living in Wooster.

Whatever of success in life Mr. Peckiiipangh has achieved, he says is attributable to his early parental training and his close application to business. He believes in the old maxim that " whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well."

ir^' OLOMON K. PLANK, farmer, living ou Section 28, Greene Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, was born March 17, 1837, ou the homestead, in that township, now occupied by his mother and brother Samuel. His parents, Jephtha and Fanny (Kurtz) Plank, were born in Pennsylvania, the former in Mifflin and the latter in Huntingdon County. Grandfather Plank came to Wayne County, Ohio, while Jephtha was still a young man. He located in Wayne Township, and being quite aged, thereafter lived a retired life. Jephtha Plank, father of S. K., learned the trade of cabinet-making, and being a natural mechanic became very expert, and also was equally skillful as a worker in iron. Later he was equally successful as a practical farmer, and having bought the farm on Section 32, Greene Township, brought it into a fine state of cultivation, and lived thereon until his death. He was twice married, first to Barbara Zook, who died, leaving four children : Hannah, born May 1, 1829, is the wife of Christian B. Brenneman, of Greene Township; Salome, born July 18, 1830, first married to Isaac Lautz, and now the wife of David Blough; Samuel and Barbara (twins), born February 23, 1832, Samuel now living on the homestead. His second wife was Fanny Kurtz, who was born June 3. 1810, is living at the old home, aud now. in her seventj^-eighth year, is hale and hearty. She came to this county with her parents, Abraham and Magdalena Kurtz, when twenty years of age.

They settled in Wayne Township, aud by hard labor made a comfortable home in the wilderness, in which the father died. After his decease the mother lived the rest of her life with her daughter Fanny. The latter was mai-ried to Jephtha Plank in October, 1832, and bore him eight children, as follows: Joseph, a farmer of Milton, born March 3, 1834:; an unnamed infant, deceased, born December 14, 1835; Solomon K., born March 17. 1837; Jonas, born April 3, 1839, died young; Gideon, born March 13, 184-1, died in Missouri; Lydia, born March 10, 1842, was the wife of Gideon Hartzler, and died in Greene Township; Jacob, born

January 3, 184:5, was killed when seventeen years old by his team running away ; and Jephtha, born April 25, 1847, died in Michigan, leaving a widow and children. The father of this family was a man of stroug religious feeling, and eonscientious and consistent member of the Amish Mennonite Church, who lived up to his professions and reared his children to follow his example. He was a man of probity, and bore an irreproachable character. He was born May 12, 1803, and died October 3, 1816. The mother died May 15, 1889, after a lingering illness, but bore her suffering with great patience and Christian fortitude. She was buried in the Pai'adise Union Cemetery, May 17, in the presence of a large company of friends and relatives.

Solomon K. Plank, the subject of this sketch, has made farming his life-long occupation. He was nine years old when his father died, and thereafter he made his home with his mother until his marriage, on May 15, 1862, with Nancy, daughter of Joseph and Fanny (Kauffman) Hartzler, who was born October 24, 1839, on the place where she now lives, which had been the liome of her parents, and was bought subsequently by her and her husband. The Hartzlers wei'e among the early settlers of the county, were both natives of Mifflin County, Penn., and had removed here and settled on the farm in

1824, with their two eldest children, who were born in Pennsylvania. The father was born in 1796, and died in 1870. The mother died in 1874. They had eleven children, of whom are now living, sons : Levi, in Greene Township; Enos. John and Solomon, in Davis County, Iowa; Seth and Benjamin, in Cass County, Mo. ; Gideon, in Greene Township, all farmers-,, daughters: Elizabeth, wife of Joseph Plank, of Milton Township, this county, and Nancy, wife of S. K. Plank, who was the youngest of the family; the two deceased were Sarah, who died at thirteen, and an infant unnamed. Joseph Hartzler was a plain, upright man, honest and conscientious, who dealt with others as he would be dealt by. He and his wife were members of the Amish Mennonite Church. When they immigrated to Wayne County the land was mostly covered by a dense forest, and the immigrants often grew homesick when looking at the prospect. For years their home was a log cabin, around which at first was but a small patch of cleared land. Years of unremitting toil were passed, but under their hands the farm grew, prosperity smiled upon their efforts, and their farm gradually grew to be one of the best in the neighborhood. At first their grain had to be hauled to Cleveland, where it was either sold for a small price or, more frequently, exchanged for necessaries; but the hou- ored pioneer and his wife lived to see the ; fruition of the hopes which brought them from their Eastern home, and died surrounded by all the comforts which their toil had gained for them and their children.

Mr. and Mrs. S. K. Plank are the parents of five children, viz. : Malissa Ellen, boru March 20, 1863, and Adam, born March 30, 1872, living with their parents; Leo, born June 6, 1864; William Joseph, born July 5, 1866, and John F., born October 16, 1878, are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Plank are members of the Oak Grove Amish Meunonite Church, of which he is a deacon, and for many years he was one of its superintendents and teachers in its Sunday-school. He is a man of sterling integrity, of strict principle, and highly esteemed in his community. Mr. Plank's great-grandfather, Melcher Plank, was a native of Eotterdam, Holland, and soon after his marriage he and his wife accompanied some fi-iends, who were moving to America, on board the ship. As the ship was not to leave until the next day the captain prevailed on them to remain with their friends until morning, as they would probably not see each other again. During the night, while they were asleep, the ship sailed, and when they awoke in the morning they were out of sight of land. Ou arriving in America they were sold to a Mr. Morgan, of Berks County, Penn., to pay their passage. They had a family of six children: Jacob, Christian, John, Peter, Barbara and Margaret. The three first named married sisters named Yoder. Jacob and Mary (Yoder) Plank were the grandparents of Solomon K., our subject, and were early settlers of Wayne County, Ohio. The former died January 10, 1851, aged eighty-three years, two months and four days, and the latter March 28, 1850, aged seventy-nine years, one month and fifteen days. They had a family of twelve children: John, born July 31, 1792, died January 1, 1889; Christian, born November 8, 1793 ; Jacob, December 2, 1795; Barbara, September 26, 1797; David, August 3, 1799; Mary, July 15, 1801; Jephtha, May 12, 1803; Fanny, January 29, 1805; Abraham and Sarah (twins), April 28, 1807; Salome, March 2-4, 1809; Rebecca. June 5, 1811.

GJ. MILLER was born in Wayne County in 184:5. He is the son of - - Jacob and Magdaline (Giudlesberger) Millei'. They were the parents of ten children, of whom C. J. was the sixth. The early life of C. J. Miller was spent at home ou his father's farm, and he was educated in the common schools of the county. He learued the carpenter's trade, which he followed for five years. lu 1862 he eulisted in the three-months service, in Company D, Eighty-sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and reenlisted in the Ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry for three years.

After his car.eer in the army he returned to Wayne County, and was married, in December, 1868, to Sarah Eberly, daughter of Peter Eberly, a very prominent citizen of Wayne County. Three children have been born of this marriage: Cora Elena, Irvin Alden and Roy Edwin. In 1875 Mr. Miller purchased eighty acres of his present farm, owning now some 130 acres. He has been a successful farmer, and is among the progressive, intelligent men of Wayne Count)'. He is a member of the United Brethren Church, a Republican in politics, and stands deservedly high in the estimation of the community.

LjI Maysville, Ohio, November 27, JJ -^ 1846, and is a son of John and Elizabeth (Cunningham) Mackey. William Mackey, the grandfather of Albert B., was born in Londonderry, Ireland, and immigrated to America in 1808. He was a cabinet-maker by trade, and remained in New York City, working at the same until 1813 or 1814, when lie came to Wayne County, and entered a tract of land on Section 1, in Salt Crt-ek Township, where he lived until his death, in 1869. He was an energetic, prosperous man, and one of the leading men of the township. During the War of 1812 he served in the New York militia. His family consisted of ten children, as follows: Eve (now Mrs. John Clum, of Defiance Count}', Ohio), Rosana, Elizabeth, Murabra, Margaret, Tamor and Soplironia (all deceased), Luciuda (now Mrs. Manoah Franks, of Keudallville, Ind. ), John (deceased) and Cyrus.

Of these, John was born in Salt Creek Township, Wayne County, in 1824, and was reared on the homestead. At an early age he and one Daniel Reider laid out the town of Maysville, Ohio. After his marriage he located on a tract of laud adjoining that of his father, and lived there until his death, by accident, in a saw -mill, in 1850. His wife was a daughter of James Cunningham, a native of Fayette County, Peuu., who entered a tract of land in Salt Creek Township in 1816, and in 1810 located on the farm now owned by Albert B. and his brother, John, where he died May 6, 1868. John Mackey reared three children: Albert B. (our subject), Mary Jane (deceased) and John, residing on the homestead.

Albert B. was educated at Savannah Academy, in Asblaud County, Smithville and Fredericksburgh, Ohio, and studied the profession of a civil engineer, which he followed for three years on the Pacific coast, during two years of which he was employed by the Government. He read law with John P. Jefferies, of Wooster, Ohio, but was never admitted to practice. He lived on the farm until 1884, when he moved his family to Apple Creek. January 1, 1874, Mr. Mackey married Clara E., daughter of Adam Heuning, of Salt Creek Township, Wayne County, and by this union tliey have five children: Radie, Edwin A., Florence M., John H. and Bertha M. Mr. Mackey has served as county surveyor, and as justice of the peace of East Union and Salt Creek Townships for twelve years. He is a member of Apple Creek Lodge, No. 674, I. O. O. F., Apple Creek Lodge, No. 324, K. of P., and votes with the Democratic partv.

John Mackey was born August 9, 1850, at Maysville, Ohio. He was educated at the township schools and the academy at Savannah, and has always followed farming. In 1874 he married Miss Mary Grosjean, daughter of Eugene Grosjeau, of Salt Greek Township, Wayne County. She died October 26, 1879, leaving one child, Eugenie. By his present wife, nee Mary Jane Brown, daughter of E. A. Brown, of Wooster, Ohio, Mr. Mackey has two children: Ralph Waldo and Maud Alma. Mr. Mackey is a Republican in politics, and has served as president of the school board of Salt Creek Township for four years. He is now serving his second term as township trustee.

GASPER L. SWART, son of Heury and Mary (Laugell) Swart, was born in Wayne County, Ohio, near Edinburgh, East Union Township. The parents moved in the year in which they were married from Jefferson County, Ohio, to Wayne County. They had a family of nine children, viz. ; Mary, Simon, Andrew Jackson, Casper L., Margaret S., James, Sarah, Ellen Maria and Susan, Of these, Casper Jj., whose name heads this sketch, was educated at the local schools of his township, was brought up on a farm, and has all his days followed the life of a husbandman. He moved on the fine farm where he now resides, in Plain Townshijj, Wayne County, in 1836, and has greatly improved and beautified it.

Mr. Swart was married February 15, 1859, to Mary Jane Cormony, of Mount Vernon, Ohio, and to this union have been born seven children, as follows: Henry, born February 7, 1860, died April

20, 1874, and Perry L., born August 28, 1877. The mother of these children died April 10, 1885. The family are members of the Christian Church, and are regarded among the most worthy and respected citizens of Plain Township.

JW. KIPLINGEE, son of Michael and Sarah ( Keen ) Kiplinger, was born - in Jackson Township, Ashland Co., Ohio, August 1, 1856. Jacob Kiplinger, grandfather of J. W., and who was a native of Pennsylvania, married Barbara Bope, by whom he had thirteen children, nine sons and four daughters, all of whom grew to manhood and womanhood; he died September 13, 1845, aged seventynine years, twenty-nine days, his widow surviving until May 17, 1856, when she too died, aged eighty-two years and four months.

Michael Kiplinger, father of J. "W., was born April 11, 1804, in Centre Count)', Penn., and came to Ashland County, Ohio, where he lived up to the time of his death, which occurred November 11, 1872. He married, March 1, 1832, Sarah, daughter of John and Catherine Keen, natives of Pennsylvania, who came to Ohio in an early day, being among the early pioneers of Ashland County. Mr. Keen died March 8, 1862, aged eightyiive years, five months and fourteen days ; his wife died May 6, 1862, aged eightyone years, ten months and eighteen days. Michael and Sarah Kiplinger were the parents of ten children: Daniel, James P., Michael, John J., Edward A., Joseph W., Sarah, Hannah, Mary and Rebecca, seven of whom are living. The mother is now residing in Jackson Township, Ashland Co., Ohio, in excellent health, in her seventy-sixth year.

J. W. Kiplinger, the subject of this biographical memoir, was married in March, 1882, to Miss Adella, daughter of Jacob and Mary A. Keen, former of whom was born May 13, 1835, and died September 14, 1878 ; latter was born December 8, 1837. To Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Kiplinger has been born one child, Claude Clayton, born January 6, IsSJ. Mr. Kiplinger came to West Salem, Wayne Co., Ohio, in 1883, and embarked in the dru<T business, in which he has been eminently successful. September 5, 1885, he received his commission as postmaster of West Salem, and as such his uniform courtesy and strict attention to the duties of his office have earned for him the ad-

W\ AEREN AYLESWOETH, in his lifetime a progressive farmer, ^ -^ was a native of Wayne County, having been born in Clinton Township, January 5, 1820. His father, Ira H. Aylesworth, was a native of Vermont, and when about twelve years of age removed to Otsego County, N. Y., and thence, in 1816, to Ohio, traveling the entire distance by wagon. While residing in New York he was married to Esther, daughter of James Gray, and a native of Massachusetts. Her ancestors for several generations were residents of the latter State, being of English descent. Mrs. Aylesworth's father was a soldier in the Eevolutionary army, and bore his share of the hardships and privations of those "times that tried men's souls," enlisting in the patriot army when he was only sixteen years old. Afterward he became a Eevolutiouary prisoner. He now lies buried in Ashland County, Ohio. Ira H. Aylesworth's ancestry were also of English descent. When Mr. Aylesworth and his young wife came to Wayne County they settled on a tract of wild land that had never known the touch of the white man's ax or plow. They first lived in a log cabin, which Mr. Aylesworth erected witJi his own hands. Here they lived ami reared their family, enduring the hardships and privations incident to pioneer life, and here Mrs. Aylesworth died in 1843, at the age of forty-three years. She was the mother of nine children, six of whom grew to maturity, but of whom only three are now living. A number of years after his wife's death Ira H. Aylesworth married Mrs. Olive Williams, who bore him one child. In 1861, just as the troops were leaving for the front in response to President Lincoln's call, Mr. Aylesworth died, in Wooster (where he had lived for several years), from the effect of injuries received through being thrown from a wagon. He was then seventy-five years old. He served for a time as justice of the peace, and bore an important part in developing the resources of Wayne County. He led an exemplary life, and was universally esteemed.

Warren Aylesworth spent his early years on his father's farm, being born in the old log house, and afterward attending school in the pioneer log school-house. On the 1st of May, 18-49, he was married to Miss Ann E., daughter of Eobert and Mary (Thomas) Wilson, and a native of Huntingdon County, Penn., where she was born, October 14, 1827. Her paternal ancestors, who were of Scotcli-Irish descent, came to America prior to the Revolutiou, ill which her grandfather, Thomas Wilson, was a soldier. His sword is now in Mrs. Aylesworth's possession. Her grandmother on her mother's side, Agnes Scott, and her family were of Welsh descent. Robert and Mary Wilson came, in 1834, to what is now Ashland County, Ohio, where the father and mother died - the latter in 1843, at the age of forty-one, and the former, December 25, 1871, aged seventy-two. Mr. Wilson was an earnest Abolitionist, and attended the first freesoil convention, held at Buffalo in 1848. He was an active "conductor" on the mysterious underground railroad, his house being one of the numerous " stations." After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Aylesworth remained on the old homestead until 1874, when they removed to Wooster, and in 1876 purchased the present homestead. They had labored hard to improve and beautify their farm, and were successful in so doing. Only one child has blessed their union, and that was spared to them but a few months. Intent, however, upon doing good, they took and reared a sou of Mrs. Aylesworth's brother, whose parents had died, and he remained with them until his marriage. Mr. Aylesworth always worked and voted with the Republican party until 1888, when he cast his vote for the Prohibition candidates, desiring to see his countrymen freed from the thralldom of strong drink. He was an esteemed member of the Presbyterian Church of AVooster, as is his widow. She is also a member of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union.

Warren Aylesworth died at his home in Wooster, June 24, 1889, of typhoid pneumonia, after an illness of six days, and his remains are interred in Oak Hill Cemetery, at Wooster, Wayne Co., Ohio.

The Aylesworth family is one of the best known and most highly respected in Wayne County. Its members have borne their share in the work of building up the county, and causing the wilderness to "blossom as the rose." They have their reward in being well-to-do and in possessing the esteem and affection of everyone who knows them.

II SAAC H. HAGUE, M. D.,son of Isaac and Nancy (Dougherty) Hague, was -^ born in Holmes County, Ohio, November 9, 1840. His paternal grandparents came from Holland, and located in Fayette County, Penn., removing to Holmes County in 1828, where the grandfather was an agriculturist. Isaac Hague, father of the Doctor, was born in Fayette County, Penn., where he married Nancy Dougherty, who was also born in Pennsylvania, aud where their children - Ruth, Jaue, William and Sarah - were born ; and after their settlement in Ohio Aaron, Elizabeth, Hannah and Isaac H. were born. Euth aud Jane are both residents of Holmes County, and married, the former to John Phillips, the latter to Steven R. Williams; William's residence is also there ; Sarah married William McConkey, and their home is in Missouri; Elizabeth married James Miller, aud their residence was in Porter County, Ind., where she died; Hannah married Josiah Moreland, also of Porter County, Ind., where she also died.

Isaac H. received his elementary education in his native county, and his classical education at Hiram College, Portage County, Ohio. He studied medicine with Dr. Joel Pomerene, of Millersburgh, Ohio, aud attended a course of lectures in Cleveland, at Wooster University, from which he graduated in 1868, and in 1876 he took a special course at Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York. During the war, in 1862, the Doctor enlisted in Company G, One Hundred and Second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, returning home at its close, in 1865. In 1864, during the term of his enlistment, he married Rebecca, daughter of James Williams, of Holmes County, Ohio, and upon his return from the army they located for a time in Millersburgh ; then he began the practice of medicine in Nashville, removing to Shreve in 1877, where he has since been successfully engaged in the practice of his profession. To Dr. and Mrs. Hague five children liave been born, viz.: Ellis B. ; Jennie (now Mi's. I. C. Charles, of Lucas, Richland Co., Ohio); Virga L. ; Estella D., aud James Harrison Garfield, named after ex-Presideut Garfield, who was president of Hiram College during the Doctoi''s attendance there.

The Doctor and his wife are members of the Disciples Church ; in politics he is a Republican. It is almost superfluous to add that Dr. Hague as a professional man and as a citizen deservedly holds a high position in the estimation of the community where he resides, and that he enjoys an increasing and remunerative practice.

JOHN HINDMAN, one of Wayne County's earliest settlers, was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, April 4, 1815, his parents being James and Ruth (Crunkilton) Hindman. The paternal grandfather of our subject was also named James, aud lived aud died in Franklin County, Penn., his widow thereafter making her home with her sou James. The latter was all his life a farmer, aud iu his early manhood was

As early as 1809 our subject's father came to Wayne County, and settled on laud where he proposed making his future home. After clearing a portion of it he returned to his native State, where he was married in the year 1812, and at once, with his bride, started for their new liome iu the then far West, in this county. Owing to Indian troubles in this region, they stopped in Columbiana County, Ohio, where they rented land, and stayed there until 1816. Everything being now quiet in this region, they came to Wayne County iu that year, and here lived the remainder of their lives. They had to endure the hardships and privations of the life of the early pioneers, and for years pumpkin butter, as a substitute for apple butter, was an article of daily food. Little do the younger people of to-day realize the privations endured by the early pioneers, who laid the foundation of the prosperity Wayne County is to-day enjoying. About the year 1858 death called the hardy pioneer from his labors, at the age of fifty-eight years. He was a man of great physical strength, but the arduous toil of pioneer life shortened his days. He had an inclination for military matters, and was captain of the first militia company organized in Wayne

County. Later he became major of the first regiment, and still later was elected colonel. In his political views he was a Jackson Democrat, and was active in public afPairs, having filled various offices of trust iu the county, as township trustee, county commissioner, etc. He was also a member of the Masonic fraternity. His wife survived him many years, dying in 1873, at the ripe old age of eighty-three years. Their union had been blessed by the birth of seven children, three of whom are yet surviving: John, James (on the old homestead) and Ruth (Mrs. Adam Eyman, of Wooster). The deceased were Maria, wife of George Vallandigham, of East Union Township; Crooks, who died in Wells County, Ind., and two who died iu iufaucy.

John Hindman remained on his father's farm until he reached the years of manhood, and in 1839 was united in marriage with Nancy, daughter of Theophilus and Mai'y Phillips, and a native of Fayette County, Penn., who came with her parents to Wayne County, where she grew to womanhood. For two years the young couple remained upon the home farm, but in 1841 they removed to Edinburgh, this county, where he engaged in mercantile, business, in partnership with David Clark, the connection continuing until 1850, when they sold out. He was also postmaster from 1844 to 1850, when he re- signed. Prior to this tliey had together bought a farm of 135 acres, and on the dissolution Mr. Hindman bought his partner's interest, and, later, purchased 206 acres adjoining, giving him a fine farm of over 300 acres of choice land. In 1853, when the railroad was built, it ran across Mr. Hindmau's land, on a part of which the depot was erected. The following year, ISol, he laid out and platted a village, which he named Apple Creek. He remained upon his farm until 1868, when he rented it, and removed to Wooster, which has since been his home. Mr. Hindman and his esteemed wife are parents of eight children, of whom the following is recorded: Mary, wife of O. K. Griffith, of Orrville, this county ; William, a resident of Crestline, Ohio; Euth, wife of J. G. Jackson, of Toledo; James died near Apple Creek, Ohio; Ann, wife of S. B. Eason, of Wooster; Martha, wedded to T. H. Cunningham, of Wooster, and two children who died in infancy. Nancy, the wife of Mr. Hindman, died at Wooster, Ohio, August 21, 1877, in the sixty-first year of her age.

The life of Mr. Hindmau has been one of activity and labor. All his lifetime he has been a temperate man, having never used either intoxicating liquor or tobacco, and to-day, at the honored age of seventy-four years, he is hale and hearty. As one of the pioneers of the county he will long be remembered, and as an upright man and good citizen he has always stood high in the estimation of his fellow-men. He has contributed liberally of his time and means to all projects having for their aim the upbuilding of the county, and has always justly borne the reputation of a public-spirited citizen. He, as was his beloved wife, is an esteemed member of the Presbyterian Church of Wooster. He is an adherent of the Democratic party, and has served two terms as director of the Wayne County Infirmary.

QEORGE MATHES is a son of Marr tin and Margaret (Eott) Mathes, na- 1 tives of France, who came to America in 1843, and settled in Canaan Township, Wayne Co., Ohio. The father, who was a pi-ominent member of the Reformed Church, died in 1883; his widow still survives him. They reared eight children, five of whom are living: Margaret, wife of Jacob Weimer, of Holmes County, Ohio; Sarah, wife of Jacob Broomter, in Wooster Township, Wayne County; George; Barnhart, in Michigan; Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Hope, in Kalamazoo, Mich.

Wayne Couuty with his jmrents, aud learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed for mauj- years. In ISCiO he purchased the farm adjoining him, and in 1884 traded that for his present farm of 140 acres, in Canaan Township, Wayne County. In 1S(K) he married Christina, daughter of Balsar Haas, of Canaan Township. She died in 1872, leaving four children: Alice, wife of Ernest Benjamin, of Medina CountyJ Ohio; Emma, wife of Ellis W. Zehner, in West Salem (has one child, an infant) ; Ida, wife of Deforest Smith, of Canaan Township; Matilda, at home. Mr. Mathes' present wife is Louisa, daughter of Charles Galwitz, of Holmes County, and by her he has two children, Jessie and Charles. Mr. Mathes is a member of the Republican party, with prohibition proclivities, aud has filled various township offices. At present writing he holds the office of school director. He is an elder in the Reformed Church of Canaan.

EWIS STACHER, farmer, was born in Washington Covinty, Peuu., ^ in 1833, a son of Christopher and Rebecca (Snyder) Stacher. In 1835 the parents moved to Wayne County, Ohio, and first settled in Canaan Township, but subsequently removed to Congress Township, where the father died at the age of fort3'-five years. He was never a robust man, and for several j^ears prior to his death was unable to perform the duties of farm life. His wife survived him for several years, dying at the age of fifty-seven. They had a family of seven children: Eli, Mary Ann, Sarah Ann, Elizabeth, Rebecca, Lewis and Solomon B.

The children were reared in Wayne County, Lewis, the subject of our sketch, being but two years old when his parents made this county their home. Deprived of the care of a father early in life, he was obliged to assist in the work of the farm, his educational advantages being but limited. Since reaching manhood he has devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits, and is now one of the prosperous farmers of the township. His reputation for honesty and integrity is evidenced by the official honors conferred upon him by his fellow-citizens, having served as trustee of the township, aud also as justice of the jjeace six years. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church. His political affiliations are with the Democratic party. He was married in 1801 to Miss Margaret McKee^ daughter of Thomas McKee, and to them were born two children : Thomas C. (deceased), aud Carrie Bell, at home. Mrs. Stacher died September 24, 1885.

Penn., born June 5, 1825. His father, Michael Morrett, was likewise a native of tliat State, of mixed German and French lineage, his ancestors having settled in Pennsylvania at an early day. Michael Morrett was a farmer, and was married to Catherine Young, also a native of Pennsylvania, and a daughter of Mathias and Gertrude Young. Michael Morrett died in his native State in 1840, and his wife in 1847. They were the parents of three sons and six daiighters, the sons being now the only survivors of the family. Our subject is the only one living in Ohio; Michael occiipies the Pennsylvania homestead, and Samuel is a resident of Kosciusko County, Ind.

The subject of this sketch spent his life on the farm until he was eighteen years of age. His chances for school education in his earlier youth were very limited, being kept out of school much of the time to attend to work which the lack of machinery in those days imposed upon the farmer boy; nevertheless, he became a well-educated man. Later, for a few terms, he attended an academy at Shippeusburgh, in his native county, and also spent a time in Dickinson College, at Carlisle, Penn. When qualified he began teaching school, following that profession for twenty-two years. He was also engaged in mercantile business at Churchtown, in his native county. In 1S51 Mr. Morrett was united in marriage with Miss Adeline E., daughter of Daniel and Cassiah (Bowman) Krysher, all natives of Pennsylvania. To Mr. and Mrs. Morrett was born one child, Ida May, who became a finely educated young lady, and was a teacher of music; she died at the age of twenty-five. In 1858 Mr. Morrett moved to Wayne County, Ohio, where he followed his profession of teaching most of the time until 1872. For six years he was principal of the school at Smithville, in this county, and for four years principal of the grammar school of Wooster. In 1872 he was appointed internal revenue storekeeper for the district, and several years later was appointed ganger, combining the two positions. At the beginning of President Cleveland's administration, in 1885, he withdrew from the service, and has since been book-keeper in Plank Brothers' mill, in Wooster.

Mr. and Mrs. Morrett are much -respected members of society. Both are members of the Presbyterian Church in Wooster, he being an active worker in the Sabbath-school, where for many years he has been a highly successful teacher in the Bible class. He is a strong Republican, and has been elected justice of the peace, both in Pennsylvania and Ohio.

In 1887 he was made presideut of the Board of Trustees of the Wooster Water Works. He is a member of the Kuights of Pythias and of the Odd Fellows order. He and his wife live in a comfortable home on East Liberty Street, Wooster, and enjoy the good-will and friendship of everyone who has the pleasure of knowing them.

DQ. LIGGETT (deceased), who in his lifetime was a well-known and highly respected citizen of Wooster, Wayne County, was born in Holmes County, Ohio, December 27, 1821. His boyhood and early manhood days were spent on his father's farm, and at twentyone he commenced clerking in a dry goods store at Nashville, in his native county, in which business he later became a partner, subsequently purchasing the concern. In 1860 he sold out, and removed to Wooster, where he again commenced a mercantile career, continuing in the same until his death, which occurred February 15, 188«.

Mr. Liggett was a man of sterling business principles, and a hard worker, often laboring beyond his strength. For some years previous to his decease his health had failed, and his existence for a long time seemed to be a close struggle between life and death. Not alone is Mr. Liggett to be spoken of as a successful business man, for in his social life his many virtues and acts of benevolence, done in a quiet, unassuming manner, will remain forever in the memory of those who knew him best; and his loss as a useful citizen will long be felt in the two counties of which he had been a resident. In his life's work he was ever nolily aided by his loving wife, who stood by him and encouraged him in the many struggles to be met with on the highway to affluence; and the elegant home where the widow now resides, one of the handsomest in the city of Wooster, is the result of their united labor, good management and economy. To the building of old Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (of which he was a member), at Wooster, Mr. Liggett contributed largely. When a young man he became identified with the I. O. O. F. ; politically he was a stanch Republican.

May 26, 18-16, he became united in marriage with Elizabeth, daughter of James and Catherine (Soleuders) Muuhall, and a native of Cumberland County, Peun., born August 13, 1823, her parents being both of the same county. Her maternal grandparents came to America from Germany, and her paternal ancestry from Ireland. When Mrs. Liggett was a child, her parents came to Holmes Coun- ty, and here followed farming until tlieir deaths, the fatlier dying when over eighty years of age, and the mother about two j'ears later. They had a family of seven children, as follows: John, in Holmes Countj^ Ohio; James, in Illinois; Henry and Francis, both of whom died iu Illinois; Mary A., now Mrs. John Boyd; Sarah, now Mrs. Charles Yocum, near Warreutou, Mo., and Elizabeth, Mrs. D. Q. Liggett. Mrs. Liggett spent her early life on the farm until her marriage, when she and her husband resided in Nashville, as already related. No children were born to this worthy couple, and the devoted wife in her widowhood is left alone to mourn the loss of her husband, and quietly await the summons that will call her to an eternal reunion.

diOHN U. EBRIGHT, son of Abram j B. and Tamar (Freese) Ebright, was born in Plain Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, iu 1859. His grandfather, George Ebright, was a native of Cumberland County, Penn., born in 1782. He there received a practical education, and May 6, 1800, married Barbara Bi'unuer, also a native of the same county, born October 14, 1780. During the year 1834 they removed to Ohio, and located iu what is now Wooster Township, Wayne County, but removed to Plain Township, one mile south of Blachleyville, and afterward to a farm two miles farther south, where they spent the remainder of tlieir days.

They were the parents of eleven children, as follows: John B., born February 14, 1807, married to Rachel Burtner October 4, 1832, located in Cumberland County, Penn., where he died February 14, 1849, leaving one child, Edwin G., who with his mother moved to Clinton Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, where they still live; Elizabeth, born May 10, 1809, remained at home until the decease of her father, and now has her home with Mrs. A. B. Ebright, of Plain Township; Hannah K., born March 11, 1811, married Henry Oldroyd in March, 1834, and immediately removed to Clinton Township, Wayne County (they were the parents of seven children, only five of whom are now living: Elmer G., Charles W., A. B., W. F. and T. B.) ; George, born January 11, 1813, married May 1, 1839, to Rachel Hathaway, of Fairfield County, Ohio, where they remained until his decease, March 20, 1804, when Mrs. Ebright, with her children, removed to Ashland County, thence to Wayne County, and she is now a i-esident of Wooster (their children were Pulaska, Elizabeth, L. S., Ollie, Martha, Joseph and May G. ) ; Ann, born May 20, 1815, married to Thomas Battles March 11, 1812, located iu Clinton Township (their only surviving children are Ann and Susie); Abram B. ; Mary, born May 0, 1821, married May 12. 1814:, to William B. Baker, located iu Indiana, and have three cliildreu: Byron L., Elizabeth and Amy; Thomas, born April 14, 1824, married to Nancy Leggett June 15, 1854, located at Nashville, Holmes Co., Ohio, and had four children, two of whom are living: Catherine and Cady; William P., born March 12, 1827, died October 31, 1827, and two children died in infancy.

Of these, Abram B. was born March 27, 1818, in Cumberland County, Penn., and April 22, 1841, married Tamar Freese; located at Millbrook, Plaiu Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, where he carried on teaching and farming. He taught during the wintei's for a period of twenty years, devoting his attention during the summers to the farm. He was one of the representative men of his township, and was held high in favor by its citizens. His death occurred July 27, 1887. The children of Mr. and Mr^. Abram B. Ebright Frances, deceased; Arta D., the late Mrs. David Sloane, of Ashland County ; E. F.. who married Miraba Miller, and located in Ashland County; Ulila, who died when eight years of age; Melvin C, an attoruey of Ashland County, having been admitted to the bar about a year before his death, which occurred April 13, 1879; George J., married to Ella Oswalt, and located in Plain Township, Wayne County, and John D., who married, December 28, 1882, Delia M., daughter of Benjamin Leyda, of Clinton Township, and located in Plain Township, Wayne County, where he became a farmer. Preferring, however, a mercantile life to one of the farm, he removed to Shreve in March, 1886, and established himself iu business as dealer in boots and shoes, etc., and is one of the pi'omiuent and active business men of that enterprising village. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Ebright are the parents of two children: Ethel Elizabeth, born November 6, 1883, and Glen Leyda, born August 17, 1885. The parents are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics Mr. Ebright is a Republican, and he is a member of the council.

rIKE FAMILY. This family is now represented as its head by George - ~ Fike, a retired farmer living at Oirville, who was born in Alsace-Lorraine, November 7, 1825, and was in his twelfth year when he came here with parents, Michael and Eva Fike. Tliey came direct from New York to Canaan

Township, Wayne County, and settled upon a farm, which is still in the possession of the family. Michael Fike died in Sandusky City, Ohio, while temporarily staying with a daughter, Mrs. Emeline Voigt, in April, 18S6, at the age of eightytwo years. His widow lives with the same daughter, and is eighty-nine years old. They had seven children, viz. : Michael, living in Sandusky City; Jacob, who died in the old country, aged fifteen; John, who lives in Canaan Township, Wayne County; George, in Orrville; Fi'ederick, in Canaan Township; Adam W., in Wayne Township, and Emeline, in Sandusky City.

George Fike, in his sixteenth yeai', went into a bakery at Wooster, where he stayed a couple of years, and then for several years clerked in a tin and stove store at Akron, Ohio. He then started a general store at Mansfield, Ohio, which he sold, and then bought a foundry at Loudonville, Ashland Co., Ohio, which he afterward sold, and bought a farm in Canaan Township, Wayne County. Disposing of this four years later, he bought another in Clinton Township, which was his home for thirteen years. Again he sold, and boiight in Canaan Township, which two years later he sold, and bought the farm in Greene Township which is occupied by his son, George A. This was his home for twenty-three years, when he retired to a well-earned repose, building a handsome and commodious residence in the village of Orrville. January 26, 1850, Mr. Fike was married to Miss Catherine Rinehart. born in Alsace-Loraine, October '2o. 1825, who came to this country with her parents when six years old. They have six childi'en: Louisa E., William A.. George A., Joseph B., Jacob M. and Mary J. Mr. and Mrs. Fike are members of the Lutheran Church, of which he has been treasurer and trustee. He is a man of shrewd judgment, entirely selfmade, and highly respected.

William A. Fike, farmer, living on Section 14, Greene Township is the eldest son of George Fike, and was born in Canaan Township, February 12, 1853. His education was received in the district schools, after wliich for a time lie worked at the bakery and confectionery business for awhile in Wooster. Preferring farm life, he returned to his father's, where he remained until his marriage. September 5, 1876, he was married to Mary A., daughter of Henry B. and Elizabeth Hoover, whose history appears on another page. She was born June 4, 1854, in the house where she now lives, and where her parents also live with her. Mr. and Mrs. Fike are the parents of four children, one of whom. Ida Grace, died at the age of eleven months. The siirvivors are Ada May, Alpha

Emma and William Heury Frederick. Mr. and Mrs. Fike also adopted in September, 1878, a young girl, Cora Maud Ensworth, an orphan, then six years of age, whom they took from the Fairmount Orphan Home, at Alliance, Ohio, and who has been to them as their own. After his marriage Mr. Fike removed to the farm where he now lives, which for three years he rented from his wife's father. The following year was spent with his wife's parents on a place adjoining, and he theu, in 1880, bought a farm near Smithville, on which they lived for two years, when he sold it, and bought store property in Smithville. He and his wife, however, returned to the farm which has since been their home, and which he works. Mr. and Mrs. Fike are members of the German Reformed Church of Orrville,of which he is both deacon and clerk, a responsible trust for so young a man, but one which he discharges faithfully and satisfactorily. He has never lived out of Wayne County, and his life-long neighbors bear testimony to his integrity and his character as a good ma7i and good citizen.

Geobge a. Fike is the second son of George Fike, and was born in Clinton Township, November 27, 1854. He attended the district schools, and later entered Prof. Eberly's select school at Smithville. After leaving there he engaged in teaching in his native county, and afterward for two years in the State of Iowa. Coming back to Wayne County, he engaged in merchandising in Smithville, where he remained four years, but, preferring the life of a farmer, bought a farm in Canaan Township, which he yet owns. On that place he lived until his father's retirement, when the latter wished him to take the homestead, which he did. May 15, 1879, Mr. Fike was married to Miss Ida E. Caskey, of Wayne Township, where she was born December 1, 1860. They have two children: Delia M. and Pearlie M. The parents of Mrs. Fike are residents of Wayne Township, where the family have long been settled. Her father, George Caskey, was born on tlie place where he now lives, which is the family homestead. Her mother was Miss Catherine Burkholder, and also is yet living. Mr. and Mrs. Fike are members of the Lutheran Church at Smithville, and he bears the reputation of a young man of high principles and strict integrity.

DR. BENJAMIN F. HOY was born in Holmesville, Holmes Co., Ohio, - ' June 22, 1801. His parents are Dr. George W. and Mary A. (Spearman) Hoy. The subject of this biographical memoir received his literary education at

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Muskiugum College, his medical education at Toledo aud CoLumbus, and he graduated from Toledo Medical College in 1883. He first located in Belmore, Putnam Co., Ohio, where he practiced his profession for three years. In 1886 he came to Apple Creek, and here now enjoys an extensive practice. In 1887 the Doctor was united in marriage with Miss Fannie F., daughter of T. J. Cross, of Putnam County, Ohio. Dr. Hoy has always taken an active part in Republican politics, and is chairman of the township committee. He is at this writing a candidate for the office of coroner. He is a member of Apple Creek Lodge, No. 324, K. of P., Apple Creek, Ohio, Northwestern Ohio Medical Association, and Ohio State Pharmaceutical Association.

THOMAS FERGUSON, son of Walter and Rebecca (Paul) Ferguson, is a native of Westmoreland County, Penn., born June 7, 1825. His father was a native of Ireland, born in 1786, and his mother was a native of Pennsylvania. They came with their family, including Thomas, our subject, to Wayne County, Ohio, in October, 1829, and located on Section 15, Congress Townshij). The father died in 1871, tiio mother in 1849. The father was twice married, and had a family of ten children, five born to each marriage. Rebecca Paul was his second wife. Two of the family are yet living. Walter Ferguson the father of Thomas, came with his father to this continent in 1789. They resided a few years in Cumberland County, Penn., and then moved to Westmoreland County, same State. Thomas, the subject of this memoir, was married in October, 1849, to Rebecca Jane, daughter of James Patterson, who came to Wayne County, Ohio, sixty years ago, becoming one of the first settlers of Congress Township, where he died in February, 1867. To Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson were born eight children, all now living except one: James W., born December 17, 1850; Sydney M., born June 13, 1853, died October 13, 1882; Emma V., born July 1, 1855; Reuben B., born May 18, 1858: Ohio P., born April 27, 1860; Charles E., born October 29, 1862; Thomas V., born October 10, 1864; Mary J., born September 11, 1867.

Although our subject's opportunities for obtaining an education were very limited in his day, as compared with the present, still his assiduous application to his books and stead^^ perseverance in his studies have placed him above the average on the roll of well-read men in his county. For some time, while a young man, he taught school, and in after years his judgment and intelligence were recognized by the community in selecting him to assist in making the township assessments under the new law, and he has since served many times in the same capacity. Mr. Ferguson has for many years been a leader among the agriculturists and stockraisers of Wayne County, where his sixty years of continuous residence places him among the foremost of the pioneers. He owns the old homestead on Section 15, before referred to, where his father so long lived, besides an excellent farm, one and a half miles west of the old farm place, where he at present resides. Politically he is a Eepublican, having been an old-line Whig in his earlier life.

y\ILLIAM P. BARNS is a son of James and Asenath (Mclntire) Barns, natives of West Virginia, who came to Wayne County, Ohio, about 1828, and entered the farm in Canaan Township which is now owned by their son William P. They died, the father in 1855, the mother in 1885. James Barns was formerly a Whig, and afterward a Republican. They reared ten children, as follows: Harrison, Rebecca, Emily E. and Franklin E., all deceased; Melissa, wife of James Orr, Tabitha C, Avife of Adam Smith, James A., Delilah, wife of Henry Snell, Jemima C, single, and William P., all living in Canaan Township. Franklin E. was a soldier of the Sixteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company K, and died at Camp Dennison, Ohio. The subject of this memoir was born on the homestead he now owns, in Canaan Township, December 23, 18-17, and has since resided here. Tn 1878 he married Miss Viola J., daughter of Eli Snell, of Canaan, Wayne County, and by this union there have been two children, but one now living - Harrison ; Clyde is deceased. Mr. Barns is a member of the Republican party, and has served as township trustee for a number of years. He is a member of Creston Lodge, No. 245, K. of P., and one of the highly respected citizens of Wayne County.

JLLIAM H. SMITH was born in. Chippewa Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, in April, 1830, and is a son of Joseph G. and Mary (Frank) Smith. His paternal grandfather was Andrew Smith, formerly of Centre County, Penn., who settled about 1829 in Chippewa Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, where he cleared and improved a farm, on which, he lived aud died. His children were three in number, viz. : James, Joseph G. and William, all now deceased. Joseph G.. at his father's death, succeeded to the homestead, where he resided until his death, in 1872. His family consisted of six children, viz. : William H., Mettie (Mrs. John B. Zimmerman), Charles P., Arthur, Howard and Alice.

The maternal grandfather of William H. Smith was Henry Frank, a native of Germany, born October 30, 1787, and who immigrated to America in 1791 with his parents, who located in Washington County, Penu. In 1792 his parents died, and he was bovand out to a farmer until twenty -one years of age, receiving for his services two suits of clothes and one pair of shoes per year. At seventeen years of age he ran away, and learned the potter's trade. In 1822 he came to Wayne County, Ohio, locating in Canaan Township, where he worked at his trade and cleared a farm. In 1840 he moved to Chippewa Township, settling on the farm now occupied by his children, which he also cleared and improved, and here he resided until his death, which occurred in 1861. His wife was Jane, daughter of Charles and Mary A. Provines, of Washington County, Penn., and by her he had five children, as follows: Margaret, Mary (Mrs. Joseph G. Smith), Elizabeth (Mrs. Almon Butler), James P.. and Maria J.

The subject proper of this memoir was reared and educated in his native township. In early manhood he taught school, winters, working on the farm in summers. For four years he was a clerk in the hardware store at Doylestown of which he is now one of the proprietors, having purchased an interest in the business in 1885. December 27, 1870, he married Maria J., daughter of Thomas and Margaret (Crawford) Lucas, of Chippewa Township, Wayne County, and bj' her has two children : Ehoda and Lucy E. Mr. Smith is one of the representative citizens and business men of Doylestown, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Royal Arcanum; he is a Republican.

P,HILIP PFEIFFER is one of the representative farmers of Chester Township. His father, Philip Pfeiffer, was a native of Bavaria, Germany, born in 1793. He was married in his native country to Elizabeth Reinhammer, and in 1833 they left their native land and set sail for the United States. They came direct to Wayne County, Ohio, and located in Chester Township, where he bought 110 acres of haul, which together they improved, making it their home until death. They were prominent citizens of the township and esteemed members of the Lutheran Church. The father died in 1856, and the mother in 1S72. They had a family of ten children, five born in Germany and five in Ohio: Elizabeth, Catherine, Jacob, Philomena, Caroline, Susan, Philip, George, Sarah and Louisa.

The second son, Philip, was born and reared on the homestead where he now lives. His interests have always been for the prosperity of his native countj', and whatever promises to be of benefit finds in him a hearty supporter. He has never married, but makes his home with a sister on the old home farm. He has been industrious and frugal, and has made many improvements on the farm. In politics he is a Democrat.

J. EBKIGHT, the owner of the Longmeadow Stock Farm, in Plain Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, is a sou of A. B. and Tamar (Freese) Ebright, both natives of Pennsylvania. A. B. Ebright came to Ohio with his parents in 1834. He started in life without any worldly possessions, but with willing hands and a determination to succeed. He taught school for a period of fourteen years, in four sub-districts of Plain Township. His first purchase of land was the farm now owned by his son, J. D. Ebright, in 1843. By prudence and industry he accumulated an excellent competency, which enabled him, before his death, to give each of his children a secure start in life. He was an active, efficient and consistent worker in and member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In educational affairs he occupied the front rank in building up our common-school system. He was a great reader, a fluent talker, and %vell informed on the leading questions of the day. He devoted a liberal portion of his time to every enterprise for bettering the interests of humanity. "The elements so mixed in him that Nature might stand up and say to all the world, 'this was a man."" In June. 1880, he was stricken with paralysis, by reason of which he gradually failed, till death relieved him of his sufferings July 27, 1887. His widow, Mrs Tamar Ebright, still survives him. As a helpmate, she was such in the highest sense of the word. Her life has been devoted to those with whom she was associated, exerting an influence by her Christian character that the sharp edges of the world cannot efface. Their children were as follows: Francis, born April 19, 1842; Artmisa,

G. J. Ebright attended a commercial school at Akron, Ohio, and Vermillion Institute, Hayesville, Ohio, after which he taught school for five years, then settled in Plain Township, where he follows farming and breeding thorough - bred Short-horn cattle. He is a man in which the characteristics of his father are strongly stamped, being energetic and a man of the day. In 1882 he married Ella Oswald, of Wayne County, Ohio, and their union has been blessed with the followingnamed children: Ulalia, born July 13, 1883; Melville, born August 5, 1885, both living. Mr. Ebright and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

DR. WILLIAM W. TAGGART, one of the well-known and highly es- - teemed physicians of AVooster, Wayne County, was born in Belmont County, Ohio, August 20, 1819. His grandfather, John Taggart, came to the United States from Ireland in 1771, and on the breaking out of the Revolution entered the ranks of the Continental army, serving until the close of the struggle. By occupation he was a farmer, living first in York County, Penn., and from there removing to Jefferson County, Ohio, and finally to Belmont County, same State, where he died in October, 1830, at the age of about eighty years. His wife, whose maiden name was Jane McCartney, bore him nine children, four sons and five daughters.

Isaac Taggart, father of the subject of this memoir, and also a farmer, was a native of Little York, Penn., born in 1780. He came with his parents to Jefferson County, Ohio, about the year 1797, and here grew to manhood on his father's farm. At the breaking out of the War of 1812 he enlisted in the army, and spent one winter iu camp at Mansfield, Ohio. After the war he returned to the farm, and married Margaret, daughter of William and Margaret (Jackson) McCaughey, and a native of Chester County, Penn. Both her parents came from Ireland to America about the year 1770, and her father became a soldier in the War of the Revolution. About 1801 they moved to Jefferson County, Ohio, where Mr. McCaughey followed his trade, that of weaver, and in 1836 he broke the thread of life, at the age of over seventy years. His widow died at the home of her daughter (the mother of our subject), in Belmont County, Ohio, in her ninety-fourth year. Two sons and four daughters blessed their wedded life. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Taggart moved to Belmont County, Ohio, wkere they set to work to clear for themselves a home out of the forest. John Taggart had purchased here 400 acres of wild land, and gave each of three of his sons 100 acres. On this farm they spent the remainder of their lives, and in June, 1830, Mr. Taggart was called from his labors; his widow died in 1869, at the age of ninety-three years. They were quiet, progressive people, Mr. Taggart taking little active part in political affairs. His widow retained her memory to a remarkable degree up to the day of her death. They were the parents of five children who grew to maturity, four sons and one daughter, all of whom, save our subject and one brother, have passed from earth. Of these, Isaac, an M. D., died in Belmont County, Ohio, in 18'''2; John, a farmer, died in Illinois in 1886; Margaret died at the age of eighteen years; Joseph now resides on the old homestead.

Dr. Taggart, the subject of this commemorative sketch, was but eleven years old when his father died, and being the eldest son in the family had early in life to assume the duties of a man - working on the farm in summer, and attending the old-time district schools in winter. When in his seventeenth year he commenced school-teaching, a profession he followed for five terms. His summers he spent at Franklin College and in private schools, where he was prosecuting his literary studies; but having made up his mind that the medical profession should be his life-work, he began its study in the spring of 1841, in the office of Dr. H. West, of St. Clairsville, Ohio, with whom he remained two years, during which time he attended a course of lectures at Willoughby, same State. In the spring of 1843 he commenced practice at Vienna, Harrison Co., Ohio, but, not liking the place, he came to Wayne County in June, same year, locating at Smithville. In 1846-47 he attended a course of lectures at Cleveland Medical College, from which he graduated the same year. June 1, 1843, Dr. Taggart was united in marriage with Margaret McCaughey, daughter of William and Jane McCoy, and a native of Stark County, Ohio, born in March, 1817, and together they came to Smithville, as above related. In 1860 lie bought a farm some two miles east of Wooster, on which he resided eight years, still practicing his profession, and in 1868 he moved finally to the city of Wooster, where he has since made his home. On the 23d of January, 1884, death took from him his beloved wife, then iu her sixty seveuth year. She was au esteemed member of the United Presbyterian Church, and au active worker in the Woman's Mission Society. Shewasa woman of much more than ordinary executive ability, and was a successful teacher, a fond and devoted wife and mother, and her memory is fondly cherished by husband and children. She left four children, as follows: William Rush, who was for eleven years attorney for the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Eailroad at Salem, Ohio, now practicing law in New York City; Frank, a lawyer in Wooster, Ohio; Clementine, keeping house for her father, and Margaret, now the wife of J. M. Greenslade, superintendent of public schools at Lima, Ohio.

The Doctor cast his first vote for Van Buren, in 1840, and remained a Democrat until 1854, when, not agreeing with his party on the slavery question, he became one of the organizers of the Republican party in Wayne County. In 1856 he became a candidate for the State Legislature, but the county (Wayne) was too Democratic to admit of his success in the campaign. During the War of the Rebellion the Doctor was in the Government service as examining surgeon for the first draft. In 1862 he became surgeon of the One Hundred and Twentieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, but, his health failing, he was compelled to return to Wooster, where for a time he was assistant examiner in the marshaPs office. Dr. Taggart is au elder in the United Presbyterian Church of Wooster, of which for many years he has been a prominent member. His life, both professionally and socially, has been a very active one, and now, at the age of seventy years, he is gradually retiring from the busy world, in the quiet enjoyment of the respect and esteem of a wide circle of friends.

G^APT. G. P. EMRICH. This well- |, known gentleman is a native of - Berks County, Penn., born September 15, 1821, and is a son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Keiser) Emrich, both born in the same county. His father was by occupation a farmer, and for several years after his marriage remained in Berks County, but in the spring of 1831 he determined to try his fortunes in Ohio, and made the journey, with his wife and four children, by wagon across the mountains. They safely reached their destination in Wayne County, and settled on a farm which he bought four miles north of Wooster, in Wayne Township, on which they passed the rest of their lives. The father died in August, 1863, aged seventy years, and the mother followed him to the great hereafter iu December following. They had spent a long and happy life together, and iu death were not long sundered. This worthy couple had one son and three daughters, as follows: Catherine, widow of Benjamin Norton, of Reedsburgh. Wayne County; Lucetta, wife of W. D. Rath, of Wayne Township; G. P., and Lydia, wife of Dr. W. H. Hayes, of Lansing, Mich. The father was a public-spirited man, and an ardent worker in every enterprise for the good of Wayne County, where lie owned a considerable quantity of land. From childhood he and his wife had been members of the Lutheran Church, and both possessed in a marked degree the confidence of their fellow-men.

The early life of the subject of this sketch was passed on his father's farm, which he afterward owned. His earliest education was received in the primitive district schools of the day, but after com- ' ing to Ohio he had an opportunity to attend a select school, established to meet the need felt for a better education than two years old he was united in marriage with Miss Sarah Fryberger, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Fryberger, of Berks County, Penn. After a happy wedded life of about a score of years, she passed to her last sleep in April. 1803, at the age of forty-one years, leaving four cliildren, viz.: Elizabeth L., wife of Rev. C. E. McKane, of Kansas City, Kans. ; Jacob W., a manufacturer of Toledo, Ohio; Alice, now Mrs. W. H. Felger, of Manstield, Ohio, and Florence, wife of Rev. C. H. Rockey, of Columbia City, Ind. In 1862, the Civil War being in progress, Mr. Emrich raised a company for the One Hundred and Twentieth Regiment Ohio Infantry, and was commissioned its captain. He saw active service, and took part in the siege of Yicksburg, the battle of Arkansas Post, and iu minor engagements. On account of failing health he resigned April 1, 1863, and reached home but two weeks before the death of his faithful wife.

In August, 1865, Capt. Emrich was again married, his bride being Miss Kate Garver, daughter of Jacob and Mary (Lucas) Garver. Her father was an early settler in AVayue County, and a leading elder in the Dunkard Church. Capt. Emrich owned the homestead farm, on which he made his home until the spring of 1880. By this second union two children were born: Charles F., a resident of San Antonio, Tex., and Edward L., a graduate in the classical course of Woostev University of the class of 1889, now engaged in the study of medicine in the office of Drs. J. H. StoU & Ryall. in Wooster, Ohio.

Street, Wooster, was made on the home farm, and the house was built in 1860. That same year the Captain was a candidate for the office of county clerk, but, being an ardent Republican, while the county was strongly Democratic, he was naturally defeated, although running several hundred ahead of his ticket, showing the estimation in which he is held by those who know him best. Several years later he was a candidate for county treasurer, and again he was nearly elected. In the township of Wayne he was elected township clerk and justice of the peace a number of terms.

In 1880 Capt. Emrich left the farm and came to the home which he had built in Wooster, and has ever since resided there. With four others he formed a banking association in 1865, under the name of Bonewitz, Emrich & Co., which afterward became the National Bank of Wooster, and was president of the same for fifteen years. Their business was not confined to Wayne County, they having business connections elsewhere, notably in Philadelphia and New York. Capt. Emrich also engaged in dealing in real estate, which he is still following at this writing. He is an outspoken, thorough-going business man, whose word can always be depended upon, and who possesses the confidence and respect of those who know him. He is ever willing to help any project for the good of the neighborhood and county. Both he and his wife attend the Presbyterian Church of Wooster, and the latter is closely identified with the women's organizations of the church. He is a Master Mason, and a member of the G. A. R.

ON. STODDARD, LL. D., of Wooster, Wayne Co., Ohio, is a descend- ~~-^ ant of the well-known Massachusetts family of that name, his ancestors having been among the Puritans who settled in Boston at an early day. His grandfather. Orange Stoddard, was a general in the Continental army during the struggle for independence. His father, James Stoddard, was married to Miss Lucy Steel.

The subject of these lines was born August 23, 1812, in the State of New York, and received his education at Union College, Schenectady, N. Y., graduatijig in 1836. He then spent a few years in Virginia, two and a half years in AVashington, D. C, and three years in Kentucky, and in 1845 became identified with the Miami University, where he filled tlie chair of natural science and chemistry, and for a time was president j;)-o ii'iii. This position he resigned in 1870, removing to Wooster to accept a professors! lip in the university there, which had just been opened. lu tliis couHectioii he coutinued until 1SS4, when he resigned. Since then Dr. Stoddard has given a yearly course of lectures to the senior class of the university upon the " Relations of Mind to Body." While at the Miami University Dr. Stoddard kept complete records of the rain and snow fall, temperature, etc., and since coming to Wooster has given the same subjects considerable attention, reporting the results of his observations to the Ohio Bureau of Meteorological Research, and also to the Weather Bureau at Washington.

Dr. Stoddard has been three times married. His first wife lived only about fifteen months, and died in Washington, D. C. His family consists of four daughters by his second marriage: the eldest is Mrs. Lucy S. Hamilton, of Washington Court House, Fayette Co., Ohio; Mrs. Alice Ankeney, of Alpha, Ohio; Louise W., who is unmarried and living with her father, and Mrs. Mary S. Longbrake, of Minneapolis, Minn. The Doctor is a man of decided political views, but has never taken an active part in public affairs. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church at Wooster, and for forty j'oars has been an elder in that denomination. The present wife of Dr. Stoddard, to whom he was married in 1886, was Mrs. Mary J. Culbertson, a daughter of the well-known Gen. Reasin Beall. She was born in what is now the flourishing city of Wooster, but the site of which was then a farm. In this place her life has been principally passed. She was the youngest of eight daughters. Her parents had but one sou, who died before reaching three years of age.

Gen. Beall was a native of Marjdaud, born in Montgomery County in 1769. His father, Zephaniah Beall, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and he himself was a soldier in the War of 1812, serving with Gen. William H. Harrison in "Mad " Anthony Wayne's command, being made an ensign at the time of the latter's appointment, and he was a warm personal friend of the afterward President Harrison. He also, in 1790, took part in an expedition fitted out to mai'ch against the Indians on the Miami. His civil career was no less distinguished. When but fourteen years old he entered the office of Hon. Thomas Scott, prothonotary of Washington County, Penn., and later was clerk of the court of common pleas, and also of the supreme court, at New Lisbon, Columbiana Co., Ohio, whither he had moved from Pennsylvania prior to the War of 1812. These offices he held nearly the whole time he remained in the county. In the spring of 1813 President Madison issued a call for a special session of Congress, and Mr. Beall was chosen to a seat, where he served with credit to himself and satisfactorily to his coustitueuts. In 1815 Gen. Beall removed to Wooster, and was appointed register of the land office at that place. This position he held until 1824, when he resigned it. In 184:0 he was chosen a presidential elector, and had the satisfaction of casting his vote for his old friend, Gen. Harrison. November 4, 1794, Gen. Beall was united in marriage with Miss Rebecca Johnson, who bore him nine children, Mrs. Stoddard being the sole survivor. The mother passed from earth August 30, 1840, and two and a half j^ears later her husband joined her on the other shore, i dying February 20, 1843, and two days later his body was interred in the Wooster Cemetery with military honors.