600- HISTORY OF ASHLAND COUNTY In November, 1866, Mr. Richards was united in marriage to Melissa Bell, daughter of John and Marilda (Mead) Bell, of Ripley, Huron county. Her father was a minister of the gospel, a tanner and also an agriculturist, and a man whose influence for good was highly spoken of throughout the county. To this union have been born nine children : Rena Bell, Leonard E. and Josephine, all deceased; Colonel D.; Daisy, now the wife of Samuel Lane, of Chicago, Illinois; Clayton, of Rome, Ohio; Edith ; John B., of the village of Ashland and Loa U., the wife of Edward Damm, of McKeesport, Pennsylvania. In politics Mr. Richards gives his allegiance to the republican party. has always been a prominent factor in the affairs of the community and although he has never held public office he has upon many occasions been urged to become a candidate for political honors. He is always in line with any movement purposed to better local conditions and, being a rnan of extraordinary ability he has done much toward developing public interests. JOHN LUTZ. John Lutz, who for forty-five years has resided continuously upon his present farm on section 3, Mifflin township, is a representative of that valued class of citizens that Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, has furnished to this district. It was in that county that his birth occurred January 18, 1836 and after spending the first fourteen years of his life there, he accompanied his parents on their removal to Ohio. He is a son of John and Sarah (Beemer) Lutz, both natives of Pennsylvania, born in Lancaster and Bucks counites respectively. On coming to Ohio they settled in Milton township, Ashland county, where their remaining days were passed, Mr. Lutz giving his time and energies to general farming and thus providing a comfortable living for his wife and children. His death occurred July 7, 1873, at the age of seventy-one years six months and nine days, while his wife died May 11, 1875, at the age of seventy-five years and eleven days. Their children were as follows : Samuel, deceased; Elias, who has also passed away ; John, of this review ; Emanuel, who died while serving in the Union army in the Civil war; Katharine, who is the widow of James Cehner and resides in Butler township, Richland county, Ohio; Sarah, who became the wife of H. L. Hiffner but both are now deceased ; Anna. Marie, who died in childhood; Henry, who died at the age of sixteen years; and Andrew, who passed away in this state when twenty-one years of age. Coming to Ohio with his parents, Mr. Lutz lived for some time on the old home farm, which was established a mile north of his present home in Milton township. When twenty-four years of age he was married and for a year thereafter lived with his father, after which he spent three years in Weller township Richland county. On the expiration of that period he took up his abode in Muffin township, where he has since resided, making his home on his present HISTORY OF ASHLAND COUNTY - 601 farm on section 3 since 1864. Year after year he has tilled the soil, cultivated his crops in a most careful manner and the farm today is a valuable tract of land of one hundred and forty-seven acres under a high state of cultivation. Mr. Lutz sold one-half of his farm to his son and both are numbered among the representative agriculturists of the community. The home place is improved with good buildings, the latest machinery is used to facilitate the work of the fields and everything about the place indicates the thrift and industry which characterizes the owner. In was in 1859 that Mr. Lutz was united in marriage to Miss Eliza Keever, who was born in Milton township, on the 27th of June, 1839, and died on the 21st of September, 1905, at the age of sixty-six years. She was a daughter of Henry and Caroline (Baum) Keever. natives of Maryland and Pennsylvania respectivly although they were married and spent their remaining days in Ashland county. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Lutz were born three children: Henry, whose place adjoins his father's farm; Amanda, the wife of Henry McQuete, of Blooming Grove township, Richland county; and Alice, who is the wife of Ed Sheller and lives with her father, Mr. Sheller operating the farm. In his political views Mr. Lutz is a republican but while he believes in the principles of the party the honors and emoluments of office have had no attraction for him. His religious faith is indicated in his membership in the Lutheran church at Mifflin. He has now reached the age of seventy-three years and his life has ever been an honorable and upright one, gaining for him the warm regard of those with whom he has been associated. He has lived quietly, never seeking, notoriety of any kind, but his genuine worth has given him a firm hold upon the affections of those with whom he has come in contact. I. LEROY MILLER. I. Leroy Miller, secretary of the Faultless Rubber Company, is a young man of business enterprise whose well directed labors are carrying him into important relations with the commercial interests and development of his adopted city. He was born in Manchester, Summit county, Ohio. March 19, 1875. and is a son of Henry H. and Mary J. (Baxter) Miller. The father was a native of Summit county, Ohio, while the mother came to this state with her parents from the vicinity of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the family home being established, following their arrival in Ohio, at Marshallville. Wayne county. They afterward removed to Canal Fulton, Stark county, where Mary Baxter was living at the time of her marriage to Henry H. Miller. The father was a painter by trade, carrying on business along that line throughout his entire life save for the period of his service in the Civil war when, in response to the country's call for troops, he offered his services to the government. He joined the army for three years, participated in a number of important engagements and was wounded in the battle near Stone Run, carrying the bullet in his leg to his grave. He died in 1894 when fifty-eight years of age. His wife still survives and now makes her home in Manchester. Ohio. 602 - HISTORY OF ASHLAND COUNTY No event of especial importance occurred tov vary the routine of life for Leroy Miller in his boyhood and youth which was largely devoted to the requirement of an education in the public schools until he was sixteen years of age when he was apprenticed to the jeweler's trade with the firm of Frank & Laubach at Akron. A year later the firm made an assignment and Mr. Miller returned home. He then continued his studies, attending school for two years more when he took up the profession of teaching and for six years was identified with educational work. In 1900, however, he re-entered the commercial field, becoming associated with O. W. Miller in the undertaker's supply business, while later he continued his associations with T. W. Miller in the Faultless Manufacturing Company. In March, 1907 the general offices of the company were removed to Ashland and on the 1st of April, following, I. Leroy Miller came to this city and on July 1, 1907, was elected secretary of the company, in which capacity he is now serving, proving a capable officer in the control of the important and growing interests of the house. In March, 1899, Mr. Miller was united in marriage to Miss Nellie E. Grove of Summit county, Ohio, a daughter of Samuel and Alvira (Grubb) Grove. The father was one of the well known farmers of Summit county. Upon Mr. and Mrs. Miller have been born two children, Vernon Leroy and Richard Grove. Mr. Miller is liberal in his political views but is in sympathy with the independent movement of the times toward clean politics and honor in office. He is a member of the Dutch Deform church and occupies at position as one of the representative business men in Ashland, enjoying the respect and good will of the public throughout the years of his residence in this city. W. E. PAULLIN A history of Lake township would be incomplete without extended mention of W. E. Paull in, a large farm owner and influential citizen of the community in which he resides. Although devoting his time and energies principally to agricultural pursuits, he has yet found time to participate: in other lines of activity and. has become a prominent. figure in the business and political circles of this township. A. native of Ohio, his birth occurred March 22, 1853, at Lake Fork, Mohican township, Ashland county. The Paullin family was founded in this country by the great-grandfather of our subject who. on leaving Holland, established his home in Pennsylvania, where Isaac Paullin, his son. was born and reared. The latter married Elizabeth Hepler, also a native of Pennsylvania, and about the year 1823 removed with his family to Ohio, settling near Hayesville, Ashland county, where he engaged in business as a shoemaker and gunsmith. Prior to his removal westward he gave valuable aid to his country as a soldier in the war of 1812. His remaining days were passed in this county his death occurring when he had reached the ripe old age of ninety-tiwo years, while his wife passed away when seventy years of age. Their family consisted of the following children : William ; Samuel ; John ; Daniel; Zedekiah; Isaac; Peter; and Mrs. Elmyra Fry. Zedekiah, the father of W. E. Paullin, was born HISTORY OF ASHLAND COUNTY - 605 near Greenhurg, Pennsylvania, in 1821 and was therefore but two years of age when he accompanied his parents on their removal to Ashland county, Ohio. Here he was reared and under the direction of his father learned the shoemaker's trade, which line of activity he continued to make his life work. In 1854 the removed to Mohicanville. where he established a shoe shop and grocery store, and there his remaining days were spent. He married Hannah Mayes, who was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, in 1823. She was a daughter of Joseph and Polly Hayes, and in her childhood accompanied her parents to Ohio, where the family home was established near New Philadelphia. In their family were seven children : John, who died at the age of one year ; Benjamin Franklin of, Ashland; Malissa A., the wife of William Fry, of Loudonville; Alonzo E., who, when thirty years of age, was accidentally shot while hunting; W. E., of this review; Zebina Luther, of Loudonville ; and Alice A., who passed away in her seventh year. The parents of this family both passed away in Mohicanville, the father's death occurring February 1, 1900, while his wife died in 1890. When but a year old W. E. Paullin removed with his parents to Mohicanville and there he was reared to manhood. His early life was spent in the usual manner of the village lad, and he remained under the parental roof until his marriage. Deciding to make agriculture his life work, he went to live on his father-in-law's farm in Lake township, by whom he was employed for four years. At the expiration of that period the father-in-law divided his holdings among his children and Mr. Paullin and his wife have since resided upon her share of the property, a farm consisting of one hundred and sixty acres located on the northeast quarter of section 5 of Lake township, adjoining the village of Mohicanville on the south. The farm is a well improved one, the soil being rich and productive. while the buildings, which were erected in 1882 for their especial use bv the father-in-law, are substantial and commodious. Here Mr. Paullin carries on general farming and stock raising, and as he has prospered he has extended his holding's until he now owns one hundred and seventy-four acres in secton 17 and forty acres in section 20. his property aggregating three hundred and seventy-four acres. In addition to his own farming interests he manages the Sabina Wicoff estate of one hundred and fifty acres in this township, while he is also acting in the capacity of guardian for the heirs--the two grandchildren of James Swain. In business circles he is well known, being being one of the original stockholders of the Ohio Greece Lubricant Company of Loudonville, while the success which has attended his labors entitles him to a foremost place among the influential citizens of Lake township. In the rear 1877 Mr. Paullin was united in marriage to Elizabeth M. Garst, a native of this county, born May 14. 1856, near Mohicanville, Mohican township. She is a daughter of John A. and Rebecca A. (Helbert) Garst, natives of Alasce, France, and Pennsylvania respectively. The former, who was born in 1820, came to New York when ten years of age in company with his parents, and the family home was established in Westmoreland county, that state. He removed to Ohio when about sixteen years old and was bound out to his uncle in order to learn the blacksmith's trade. Ire was married in Mohicanville, where he plied his trade for a few years, and then bought a small farm and 606 - HISTORY OF ASHLAND COUNTY engaged in agricultural pursuits. He became very successful, acquiring considerable wealth, while at one time he owned several farms. His death occurred in Mohicanville in 1904, when he had reached the advanced age of eighty-four years. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Rebecca A. Helbert, was born in Pennsylvania in 1825, a daughter of Jacob Helbert, of whom mention is made in the sketch of Henry Helbert on another page of this volume. Her death occurred in 1861, and Mr. Garst was again married, his second union being with Margaret Wallace. Mr. Garst and his first wife became the parents of seven children, while unto the second union were born three children. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Paullin was blessed with eleven children namely: Arthur Earl, of Lake township, operating one of his father's farms who has been twice married and has one child; Victor Leo, who died in infancy; Oliver Perry, a resident of Loudonville, who is married and has one child; Zedekiah T., of Loudonville, who is single and makes his home with his brother; John A., engaged in teaching school, makes his home with his parents; Guy H. ; Mabel; Ralph T. ; Benjamin Frank; and Ray and Fay, twins, who are in their seventh year. Mr. Paullin and his family are identified with the German Reformed church while in his fraternal relations he is a member of the Knights of Pythias of Ashland. In politics he gives stalwart support to the democracy, being actively connected with local political questions, and lends his influence to the furtherance of the interests of his party. He has served for the past thirteen years as justice of the peace and his present term will expire January 1, 1912. He was township clerk for four years and is at present a member of the democratic central committee. He ranks today among the influential citizens of this community, perseverance, industry and progress being salient qualities in his success. His career has ever been such as to warrant the trust of his fellowmen, for he has conducted all business transactions by the strictest principles of honor and integrity. In this county where his entire life has been spent he has gained many warm friends who hold him in the highest respect and esteem. JACOB M. SNYDER Jacob M. Snyder, who is successfully carrying on general farming and stock-raising interests oh his farm of one hundred and twenty-one acres in Perry township, was born July 25, 1853, on the old family homestead in this township, his parents being Henry K. and Mary Ann (Meng) Snyder. Both the father and mother accompanied their respective parents on the removed from Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, to Perry township, Ashland county. Ohio, and the deed from the government for the original entry of one hundred and sixty acres is now in possession of our subject. The journey to this section of the state was made in wagons and both the Snyder and Meng families took up their abode in the midst of the forest, built cabin homes and began clearing the land for purposes of cultivation. Both the grandfather and father of Jacob M. Snyder engaged in general agricultural pursuits as a life work and HISTORY OF ASHLAND COUNTY - 607 being energetic and industrious, met with a creditable measure of prosperity in their undertakings. In the family of Henry K. Snyder there were five children, namely: Philip, John, Samuel, Mary, and Jacob M., the last named being now the only survivor. Jacob M. Snyder was reared to manhood on his father's farm and pursued his education in the district schools. Since attaining man's estate he has devoted his time and energies to the pursuits of general farming and stock raising and has continued to reside on the old homestead place in Perry township to the present time. His property comprises one hundred and twenty-one acres of valuable and well improved land, in the cultivation of which he utilizes the most practical and progressive methods of modern agriculture. For the past three years he has been buying and shipping potatoes from Jeromeville, and in the fall of 1908 shipped twenty-eight cars, averaging six hundred bushels to the car at a price of sixty cents per bushel. On the 16th of April, 1876, Mr. Snyder was united in marriage to Miss Alice Ewing, a daughter of Philip and. Sophia (Swartz) Ewing. Her father was formerly successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits on a farm adjoining that of Mr. Snyder but is now a resident of Hancock county, Ohio. The mother of Mrs. Snyder passed away a number of years ago. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Ewing were born nine children, as follows: Harvey, who is deceased; Hiram ; Olive A.; David; Alice; Addie ; Emma; Elza and Ida. Mr. and Mrs. Snyder have five children: Edgar, who is married and resides in Cleveland; Dora, the wife of Alvin Ewing, a farmer of Perry township; Bertha, the wife of Carson Faber, who likewise carries on farming in Perry township; Grover C.; and Opal. In his political views Mr. Snyder is a stalwart advocate of the democracy and has been an active worker in the local ranks of his party. He has capably served as road supervisor and is now a member of the school board, having held the latter position for five years. He has always stood for that which is progressive in citizenship and which tends to promote the material, intellectual and moral development of the community. Fraternally he is connected with Mohican Lodge, No. 85, I. O. O. F., and Washington Grange of Jeromeville, in winch he has filled all of the offices. His entire life has been passed in this locality and his fellow townsmen know that his career has been characterized by fidelity to duty and by honor in all his relations with his fellowmen. H. F. DALTON H. F. Dalton, engaged in farming and stock raising on section 3, Green township, was born in Ashland county, Ohio, on the 30th of April, 1854, his parents being George A. and Mary Jane (Walser) Dalton, the father being a native of this county, while the mother's birth occurred near Mount Union, Ohio. The paternal grandfather, Edward Dalton, and his wife both came to the United States from England. By his first wife, who bore the maiden name of Mary Jane Walser and whom he wedded in 1850, George A. Dalton had six children namely: H. F. of this review; Elizabeth, the deceased wife of George Swassick; 608 - HISTORY OF ASHLAND COUNTY Hattie, the wife of H. S. Humphrey, of Green township; Edward, a resident of Hayesville; Grant living in Mansfield ; and Della, the deceased wife of Joseph Casner. The mother of these children passed away in Green township on the 1st of May, 1869, and in 1870 Mr. Dalton was again married, his second union being with Lucretia Spafford, who died in 1897 and by whom he had two ehildren Cora and Charles, twins, who now reside in Vermillion township. George A. Dalton, who was a consistent member of the German Baptist church during the last twenty-eight years of his life, passed away in that faith on the 10th of May 1907, at the age of seventy-eight years, three months and ten days; his demise occurring in Green township, and his death was mourned by an extensive circle of friends. H. F. Dalton has spent his entire life in Ashland county and has always resided in the vicinity of his birthplace, while throughout his active business career he has been engaged in general farming and stock raising, meeting with a gratifying and well merited degree of prosperity in both undertakings. His landed holdings comprise eighty acres on section 3, and also another tract of forty-four acres, all in Green township, and he is well known and highly esteemed as one of the substantial, progressive and enterprising citizens of the community. In 1877 Mr. Dalton was united in marriage to Miss Anna Huston, who was born on the farm on which she now resides in Green township October 26, 1860 her parents being William and Matilda (Jones) Huston, the former a native of New York and the latter of Wayne county, Ohio. William Huston died about forty-six years ago but his widow still survives and is a neighbor of her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Dalton. The latter was one of a family of three daughters, her sisters being as follows: Josephine, the wife of L. Z, McClure, of Vermillion township ; and Flora, now deceased, who first became the wife of David Baker and subsequent to his demise wedded Henry Cornwell. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Dalton have been born the following children : Louie Pearl. the wife of David C. Beck, of Green township, by whom she has one child, Perry; and Caul Clayton who passed away at the age of two years. Politically Mr. Dalton is a stanch republican, believing flout the principles of the party are most conducive to good government. He is likewise a faithful and consistent member of the Evangelical church of Green township, in which he has held various official positions. Both he and his wife are representatives of prominent old families of Ashland county and are widely and favorably known within its borders, having here spent their entice lives. WILLIAM THOMAS HUSTON. William Thomas Huston, deceased, was born in the state of New York, April 15, 1837, his father being Samuel Huston, a native of Ireland. The latter was twice married and by his first wife had the following children: John, Samuel, William T., Eliza, Margaret, Mary Arm, Nancy, Jane and Sarah, By his second wife, who bore the maiden name of Jane Ginn and was born in Ireland, HISTORY OF ASHLAND COUNTY - 609 he had two children, Charles and Cora. In 1847 he took up his abode on a farm in Green township, Ashland county, Ohio, being here successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits until, called to his final rest. He owned two well improved and valuable farms, which were .inherited by his children when he passed away. William Thomas Huston was ten years of age when he accompanied his parents on their removal to Ashland county, the family home being established on a farm in Green township, on which he spent the remainder of his life and where his widow still resides. Throughout his active business career he was connected with farming interests and when he was called to the home beyond in August, 1863, the community mourned the loss of one of its most prosperous and progressive citizens. On the 7th of January, 1858, Mr. Huston was united in marriage to Miss Matilda Jones, whose birth occurred in Wayne county, Ohio, September 5, 1837, her parents being William and Susannah (Spanger) Jones, natives of Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Jones were married in Wayne county. to which place they had removed in childhood days, the latter being a little maiden of ten summers when she went to that section of the state, finding the district largely a wilderness. Mrs. Huston was one of a family of four daughters and a son, namely: John, Matilda, Sophia, Margaret and Barbara. When four years of age she was brought by her parents to Green township, Ashland county, Ohio, where she has since made her home, and since the time of her marriage, covering a period of fifty-one years, she has resided on a farm of eighty acres on section 3. By her marriage she became the mother of three children. Josephine is the wife of Louis McClure, of Vermillion township, and has three children. Anna is the wife of H. F. Dalton, whose sketch appears in this volume. Flora, who is now deceased; first became the wife of David Baker, by whom she had three children, as follows: Tilden, who died at the age of eight years; Franklin, who was reared by his grandmother, Mrs. Huston, and is now engaged in teaching school and David, who was also reared by Mrs. Huston and still makes his home with her. Subsequent to the death of her first husband Mrs. Baker wedded Henry Cornwell, by whom she had three children, Pearl, Foy and Fay. Though left a widow at the comparatively early age of twenty-six years, Mrs. Huston not only reared her three children but also two grandchildren, carefully training them for lives of usefulness and activity. Practically her entire life has been passed in this county and her many good trails of heart and mind have endeared her to all with whom she has come in contact. JOHN B. LONG. Although John B. Long has passed the Psalmist's allotted age of three score years and ten, he yet remains an active factor in the business life of Loudonville where he has now been located for a half century. During forty-eight years of this time he has been known as a shoe merchant and in the previous brief period of two years he engaged in making' shoes. His thorough reliability has been one 610 - HISTORY OF ASHLAND COUNTY of the potent elements in the prosperity he has gained and has won for him the trust and good will as well as the patronage of his fellowmen. He was born at Canal Fulton in Stark county, Ohio, December 3, 1837, a son of George J. and Katherine (Barnhart) Long, who were natives of the town of Ullwiler in the province of Alsace, France. The father's birth occurred March 25 1'798; while the mother was born October 8, 1797. They were reared, and married there and had two children, their eldest being about six years of age and the younger two years old when they came to America in 1828. They did not tarry on the Atlantic coast but made their way at once into the interior of the country, settling first at Canton, Ohio. After five years they removed to Canal Fulton where they resided for five years and then came to Ashland county before the county was organized, spending their remaining days in Lake township. The father devoted his entire life to general agricultural pursuits and owned and cultivated, eighty acres of land. When the tract came into his possession it was covered with timber but he cleared away the trees and made the fields ready for cultivation. The work of improvement and development was carried on year by year and his property in due time became one of the well improved and valuable farms in the county. He died October 22, 1868. while his wife survived until June 4, 1875. They were the parents of four children; George, who followed farming throughout his entire life in Lake township, died; January 16, 1902, at the age of seventy-nine years, ten months and twenty-eight days. Peter B. passed away on the home farm in Lake township, October 26, 1898, at the age of seventy-three years. John B. is the next of the family. Adam, the youngest, died August 25, 1885, at the age of forty-five years and two months. John B. Long is the only surviving member of his father's household. He was only four months old when his parents removed from Stark county and established their home on a farm in Lake township, Ashland county, where he remained until sixteen years of age, during which time he worked in the fields and acquired his education in the public schools. He then left home, thinking to find other pursuits more congenial and profitable than farm work. Going to Nashville, Holmes county, Ohio, he there learned the shoemaker's trade, and followed that pursuit there from 1854 until 1859. In the latter year he came to Loudonville where he established a shoe shop and engaged in the manufacture of shoes for two years. At the end of that time he began dealing in ready made shoes and has conducted a store to the present time, being thus numbered among the merchants of Loudonville for forty-eight years. He started in a store adjoining the one which he now occupies and has continuously been located on Main street. In 1872 he erected his present business block, a two-story brick structure, twenty by one hundred feet. Ile now carries a large and well selected line of goods and his store is attractive in all of its appointments. Moreover his prices are reasonable and in his dealings he is thoroughly reliable, so that he has long enjoyed a liberal patronage, making his one of the profitable business enterprises of the town. In 1879 Mr. Long erected a fine brick residence on Main street where he and his family have since lived. He was married March 11, 1860, to Miss Maria Siglinger, who was born in Stark county, Ohio, near Canal Fulton. August HISTORY OF ASHLAND COUNTY - 611 21, 1836, and is the only child of George and Katherine (Simmons) Siglinger, the former a native of Wurtemberg, Germany, and the latter of Alsace, France. Both came to America in childhood days. Mrs. Long lost her mother when but two years of age, and later Mr. Siglinger started to return to Germany, after which he was never heard from again. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Long have been born eight children : Charles S., who is now in partnership with his father under the firm style of J. B. Long & Son; Thomas E., who is sole owner and manager of the business conducted under the name of the Pittsburg Pump Company of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and is also vice president of the Savings & Trust Company there; Clara, the wife of Augustus Artz, of Plymouth, Ohio; Ida, the wife of Sherman Hissem, of Loudonville; George Franklin, also of Loudonville; Walter M., who is with his brother in Pittsburg; Harvey W. a clerk in his father's store; and Grace, at home. In public affairs Mr. Long has been active and influential. He has served as a member of the city council of Loudonville and for nine years filled the office of mayor, his administration being thoroughly businesslike and progressive and characterized also by the enactment of restrictive and regulative legislation. He has always given his political support to the democracy and his religious faith is manifest in his membership in the German Lutheran church. He is a man of genuine personal worth, who throughout his life has sought the greatest good of the greatest number and is widely known as a progressive citizen, a loyal friend and a devoted husband and father. Moreover his life record indicates the value and force of persistent labor for his energy and diligence have constituted the basis of the success which he has long enjoyed. S. WADSWORTH RIGGS. S. Wadsworth Riggs, who is largely identified with the agricultural and business interests of Sullivan township, and who descended from a well known pioneer family of the county, was born December 9, 1846, in Sullivan where he has resided since, a son of Horace and Susan (Pierce) Riggs, both of whom were natives of New York state, their families having come to Ohio about the year 1832. his father's people having settled in Holmes county and his mother's in Wayne county. They were among the early settlers of this region, active in the early development of the country, and during the pioneer, days they endured many hardships and privations in order to put the land in condition for cultivation for the benefit of following generations. Mrs. Riggs descended from Revolutionary stock, a number of her ancestors having served with distinction in the war for independence. Mr. Riggs came to this township in 1834, his wife's people coming about the same time and here they were united in marriage. He was a cooper by trade and followed this occupation, in connection with general farming and stock raising, until he departed this life in March, 1905, having survived his wife nineteen years. He was a man of marked intelligence and strong personality and wielded a great influence for good throughout the 612 - HISTORY OF ASHLAND COUNTY community. In the family were two children, S. Wadsworth and Charity, who became the wife of John Gould, of Sullivan township. In the district schools S. Wadsworth Riggs acquired his education and after completing his studies he learned the cooper trade with his father. which he followed for some time but subsequently turned his attention to farming and the dairy business. In these enterprises he was very successful for a number of years but in 1886 he gave them up and became connected with the sawmill and lumber enterprise, with which he is still associated. He owns six hundred and seventy acres of fine farm and timber lands in addition to his sawmill property and also possesses business and residence holdings in the village of Sullivan Ile has been very successful in his business a.nd his prosperity in the several enterprises in which he is engaged has been such as to rant: }aim among the fore most in the business circles of the county. On December 19, 1867, Mr. Riggs wedded Mrs. Caroline Holbrook, widow of Clinton Holbrook and daughter of Roswell and Polly (Petticord) Odell, of Lorain. county, her father a native of Vermont and her mother of North Carolina. His wife passed away in February, 1900. Mr. Riggs is not affiliated with any societies or fraternal organizations nor is he a member of any church body but is a man of high moral purpose whose charities are well known throughout the county and many persons, who are now successfully pursuing business and other callings in life, may gratefully attribute their advantages and prosperity to his generosity. In. polities Mr. Riggs is not bound to any particular political party but believes that greater consideration should be given to the candidate than to the party to which he belongs and he therefore reserves the right to ;judge of the qualifications of office seekers for himself and to cast his vote for those whom he deems best qualified to conserve the interests of the commonwealth. Although he has never held any public of ice he takes a deep interest in local affairs and is always s ready to further any movement; which has for its object the general improvernent of the community. Mr. Riggs is a roman of means, all of which he owes to his own exertions since he had neither money nor influence and but little education when he started out in life. Straightforward in his transactions and always living an upright life, he is honored by all who know him and in numbered among the township's most-highly respected citizens. LEVI OSWALT. Levi Oswalt has passed the eighty-first milestone on the journey of life and his record is a most enviable one for he has ever been recognized as a good citizen and a man of genuine personal worth. Ile has lived for more than seventy years upon the farm which is now his home, having been brought to this place by his parents in the spring of 1838. he was born near Bedford, Pennsylvania, on the 14th of April, 1828, and is a son of John and Mary (Teichman) Oswalt and a grandson of John Oswalt. The great-grandfather HISTORY OF ASHLAND COUNTY - 615 in the paternal line was a native of Germany and the Teichman family also comes of German lineage. The parents of our subject were both natives of Pennsylvania the father born January 29, 1800, and the mother on the 26th of August, 1801. They remained residents of the Keystone state until 1836, when they removed westward to Ohio and in 1838, took up their abode upon a farm where Levi Oswalt now resides. Here the father died in 1846 while the mother passed away in 1859. They were the parents of nine children : Mrs. Drusilla Mains and Mrs. Julia Ann Van Zile, both now deceased; Levi; Mrs. Lucinda McCumber, who has also passed away; Benjamin, who lives in Monroe township, Richland county, about a mile from his brother's farm; Mrs. Maria Lash, deceased; Mrs. Elizabeth Shane and John Wesley, who have also passed away; and David Martin, who was killed while serving as a Union soldier in the Civil war in 1863. He had enlisted from this county and on the expiration of his first term had reenlisted. In his youthful days Levi Oswalt became familiar with all the experiences of frontier life. he assisted in the arduous task of developing new lands and wprked in the fields through the summer months while in the winter seasons he attended school as opportunity afforded. Ile has resided continuously upon the farm which is now his home since 1838 and now has one hundred and eight acres of land on section 18, save for about an acre which was taken by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company in the building of the line through this locality. There are many white oak, sugar maple and walnut trees upon this place, the farm having been covered with heavy timber when Mr. Oswalt took up his abode thereon, but five acres having been cleared at that time. Most of the farm is today under cultivation save ten acres of woodland. The fields are carefully tilled and bring forth rich harvests, the buildings are good and are kept in a state of neat repair. In connection with general farming Mr. Oswalt has carried on minor business enterprises including butchering, sheep-shearing and the operation of a threshing machine. His life has always been a very busy and useful one in which have been few leisure hours. He has worked diligently and energetically as the years have passed and the success which is now his has come as the result of his own well directed labors. Although Mr. Oswalt has long since passed the Psalmist's allotted span of three score years and ten, he yet engages in the supervision of his farm which is operated under his direction. On the 23 of October, 1856, occurred the marriage of Mr. Oswalt and Miss Pamelia Macomber, who was born in Green township, October 21, 1837, and died November 21, 1905. She was the daughter of Robert and Mary (Leply) Macomber, natives of Pennsylvania, who became pioneer residents of this county. Their family numbered eight children, Pamelia, Henry, Clinton, Phoebe, Gideon, Lydia, Nettie and Libby. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Oswalt has been blessed with four children. Alice Irene became the wife of Fred Allis, and died leaving two daughters, Vera Irene and Emma Retta, also deceased. Effie Eugenia is the widow of Leander Simms, of Perrysville, and has a daughter, Lottie Birdell. Ida Josephine is the widow of David McCready and has three children, Edna Fay, Robert Byron and Cloyd Elsworth. Martin Elsworth, of Mansfield. is married and has two sons, Walter Levi and Charles Elsworth. 616 - HISTORY OF ASHLAND COUNTY On attaining his majority Mr. Oswalt gave his political support to the democracy and continued one of the advocates of that party until Abraham Lincoln became the candidate of the republican party, and since that time he has voted the republican ticket. He has resided on his farm longer than any other resident of this township and is one of the honored and valuable citizens of the county, his many good traits of character having won for him the friendship and regard of all with whom he has been brought in contact. He has served in school and road offices but has never been ambitious for political preferment and would consent to serve in no other public positions. In early life he attended the old Greentown Baptist church and now holds membership with the Baptist church in Perrysville. He has ever endeavored to live peaceably with all men, to be just in his business relations and honorable in every relation of life so that all with whom he has come in contact entertain for him unqualified regard. His memory forms a connecting link between the primitive past and the progresive present. He can well remember when most of the homes were little log cabins and when much of this district was covered with a dense forest. Here and there a little clearing was made, showing that the work of agricultural development was begun. The farm machinery, however,, was very crude while the harvesting was done by hand, the men cutting the grain and tying it into bundles. Mr. Oswalt has lived to see the introduction of all the improved modern machinery into use, has lived to see the building of per-feet network of railroads across the state, has witnessed the introduction of the telegraph and telephone and as the years have passed has rejoiced in the progress that has been made as man has utilized the resources that nature has offered and has thus improved his condition and contributed to the upbuidling of the country. CHARLES E. CAMPBELL One of the important industrial interests of Ashland and a factor in the commercial prosperity of the town is that conducted by the Faultless Rubber Company, of which Charles E. Campbell is general .manager. His birth occurred in Akron, Ohio, April 15, 1875, his parents being John H. and Caroline E. (Oswald) Campbell, both of whom were natives of Wayne county, Ohio, the former born in the year 1848 and the latter in 1850. The father wits the only son of John and Matilda Campbell, who resided on a farm near Dalton, Ohio. He acquired his early education in the Smithville high school and afterward attended Mount Union College, from which he was graduated with the class of 1870. Determining upon the practice of law as a life work, he then entered the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and won his diploma in the year 1873. Immediately following his graduation he located in Akron and entered the law office of Kohler & Edgerton, with whom he received his early practical experience in the work of the courts. A few years later he opened an office in the Matthews block and there remained until 1895, during which time he successfully prosecuted his profession. He was for a considerable period a member of the well known law firm of Kohler, Edgerton & Campbell. In 1895 he removed to HISTORY OF ASHLAND COUNTY - 617 Bridgeport, Connecticut, where he engaged in merchandising until his death. While pursuing his law studies John H. Campbell was united in marriage to Miss Caroline E. Oswald and unto .them were born three sons: Charles E.; Harry E. who is superintendent of the Republic Rubber Company of Youngstown, Ohio; and Arthur E., who is with the B. F. Goodrich Company at Akron, The father passed away June 17, 1903, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in the fifty-fourth year of his age. He left many friends in that place and in Ohio. where he had formerly resided. During his residence in Akron he was a member of McPherson Lodge, K. P., and of Summit Dodge, I. O. O. F. In his earlier days he was a member of the Sixth Battery of the Ohio National Guard and held a post of honor as first lieutenant of his company. he enjoyed the respect and esteem of all who knew him, for in every relation of life he displayed an honorable upright manhood. In the public schools of his native city Charles E. Campbell pursued his education, passing through consecutive grades until he was graduated from the Akron high school with the class of 1891. In October of the same year he began his career, securing a position in the shipping department of the B. F. Goodrich Company. He remained there as a trusted and capable employe until July, 1902, and in the meantime his diligence and fidelity had won him successive promotions until he became assistant manager of the specialty department, thus serving at the time he resigned to accept a more lucrative position with the Camp Rubber Company of Ashland on its organization. He was made secretary of the company and on the consolidation of the Camp Rubber Company and the Faultless Rubber Company he was continued as secretary of the new organization. In July, 1907, he was advanced to the position of general manager of the company and is now acting in that capacity, having supervision of the active operation of the plant, which is most capably conducted and is bringing well merited success to the proprietors. On the 2d of August, 1899, Mr. Campbell was married to Miss Catherine E. Christensen, a daughter of Martin F. Christensen, of Akron. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell are well known socially, having the high regard of all with whom they have been brought in contact. They are members of the Episcopal church and Mr. Campbell also holds membership relations with the Colonial Club. He is one of Ashland's representative manufacturers, possessing the spirit of undunted energy and enterprise that enables him to carry forward to successful completion whatever he undertakes. DANIEL KAUFFMAN. On the honor roll of Ashland county's citizens appears the name of Daniel Kauffman, a pioneer settler whose work was a feature in the development of the county as it was transformed from a wild region into one of advanced civilization. He always lived an active, busy, useful life, his many good qualities winning him the respect, confidence and good will of all with whore he came in contact. He was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, June 30, 1810, and 618 - HISTORY OF ASHLAND COUNTY after spending the first eighteen years of his life in the place of his nativity He accompanied his parents on their removal to Ohio in 1828. He was a son of Dr. John and Anna (Brubaker) Kauffman, who were natives of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. The father was a physician and devoted his entire life to the alleviation of human suffering, his skill and ability winning him recognition as a leading member of the profession in the locality where he lived. He was born August 22, 1764, and died June 16, 1845, in Richland county. Ohio. His wife, who was born May 28, 1768, passed away in Mifflin township, Ashland county, September 7, 1849.. They were married August 30, 1791, and tehir children were six in number : Mrs. Elizabeth Charles, John, Mrs. Anna Stamen Christian, Daniel and Maria. On coming to Ohio with his parents Daniel Kauffman remained for a time on the home farm of his father in Richland county, about three miles west of the farm which is now the home of Mrs. Kauffman on section 14, Mifflin township Ile attended school at Maumee, Ohio, thus supplementing the education which he had acquired in the east. He became a millwright and followed the trade for a number of years, at one time owning and operating a mill south of Mifflin There he resided until 1849, when he traded his mill property for the old homestead farm of one hundred and sixty acres, comprising the northwest. quarter of section 14 on Black Fork, a. mile north of Mifflin on the Black Fork road. His home occupies a fine building site commanding a splendid view of the surrounding country, including the valley of the Black Fork. With characteristic energy Mr. Kauffman began tilling the soil and carried on general farming until his death. He was a man of energy and determination, accomplishing what he undertook and year after year he carefully managed his farming interests, winning substantial success as the years went by. On the 25th of March, 1841, Mr. Kauffman was married to Mss Linda Croninger, who was born August 21, 1818, in Mifflin township, where she has resided throughout her entire life. Her mind is clear and active at the age of ninety-one and she possesses a remarkable memory, relating many interesting incidents of the pioneer times. She remembers well how the Indians called at her father's cabin and her mother baked Johnny cake for them, breaking it up and distributing it among them. About an hour later the squaws then called for their cake. Her parents were Leonard and Elizabeth (Courts) Croninger, both natives of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, born in 1782 and on the 5th of February, 1785, respectively. Removing to Ohio, they resided for ten years in Trumbull county and about 1815 carne to Ashland county, cutting their road through the forest from Jeromeville a distance of ten miles. They located on what is now the John Croninger farm in Mifflin township and there lived until called to their final rest, the father dying in 1832, while the mother passed away April 17, 1860. They were the parents of eight children: Sally who was born October 25, 1805, and became the wife of James Doty; Benjmain, born August 18, 1808 ; Eliza., who was born in 1814 and because the wife of John McCrory; Calvin, , who was born February 18, 1816; Linda, born August 21, 1818; Ruth, who was born January 30, 1820, and became the wife of Orin Webster; Marchin, born February 6, 1822; and Henry Newman, born June 21, 1824. Mrs. Kauffman is now the only one living. In tracing back the ancestry HISTORY OF ASHLAND COUNTY - 619 of her family it is found that Leonard Croninger was a son of Joseph Croninger, who was born in Germany and, came to America with two brothers, settling in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. He served in the Revolutionary war from 1775 until 1783 and afterward received a pension in recognition of the aid which he rendered to the cause of liberty. On coming to Ohio be located in Canton, Stark county, where he died December 20, 1833, at the age of eighty years. About 1778 he married Elizabeth Bill and they had the following children: Joseph, Leonard, Jacob, Benjamin, Daniel and Katharine. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Kauffman was blessed with seven children; Maria, the eldest, is the wife of S. M. Coe, of Hayesville, Ohio. Elizabeth became the wife of S. C. Frye, of Kansas, and died November 1, 1908. John F., who enlisted from Ashland county early in the war as a member of Company K, One hundred and Second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served for three years, was a prisoner at Catawba for six months, after which he was exchanged and sent home but hiss health had been broken down and he died from the effects of his imprisonment in 1869, when but twenty-four years of age. Anna is the wife of M. S. Charles, of Ada, Ohio. Sarah is the widow of John Graham and resides with her mother. Henry died March 17, 1879, at the age of twenty-four years. Alice is the wife of B. B. Hout, of Richland county, Ohio. In his political views Mr. Kauffman was a stanch republican, supporting the party from its organization until his death. ITe was a member of the Richland County Pioneer Society when Ashland was a part of Richland county and Mrs. Kauffman recalls attending a pioneer meeting in Mansfield when a band of ten Indians came to the meeting and camped on the courthouse square. Mr. Kaufffman was associated with Major George Urie and Dr. Riddle in gathering the funds for the erection of the Copus and Seymour monuments and the Illustration given in the history of the Copus monument contains pictures of Mr. and Mrs. Kauffman at the right of the group. The death of Mr. Kauffman occurred June 14, 1890, when he was almost eighty years of age and his widow survives at the age of ninety-one years. He was indeed a worthy pioneer citizen, his entire life work being creditable and contributing in no small measure to the upbuilding of the county. Mrs. Kauffman is equally well known because of her long residence here and the many estimable traits of heart and mind which she has displayed. She is today one of the oldest residents of Mifflin township and no history of the county would be complete without the record of her life. U. S. GRANT FRIDLINE. U. S. Grant Fridline, a well known and enterprising agriculturist, owning about one hundred acres of rich and well improved land in Perry township, was born in this township on the 11th of October, 1867. His parents were Ludwick and Elizabeth (Buffmeyer) Fridline, extended mention of whom is made in the 620 - HISTORY OF ASHLAND COUNTY sketch of Elza N. Fridline, a brother of our subject, which is given on another page of this volume. U. S. Grant Fridline attended the common schools in the acquirement of an education that would equip him for the practical and responsible duties of life and throughout his active business career has been engaged in general farming. He started out in life on his own account empty handed and, with the assistance and encouragement of his estimable wife, has worked earnestly and persistently until his holdings now comprise one hundred acres of productive and arable land and a fine home in Perry township. For eight winters he has also conducted a nursery, making a specialty of fruit trees. On the 1st of February, 1895, Mr. Fridline was united in marriage to Miss Ethel, Arizona Cross, a daughter of Jonathan and Lydia Cross. Mrs. Fridlin is very fond of music and is educating herself in that direction. Mr. Fridline exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the republican party and is a most public-spirited and loyal citizen. For seven years he has acted as steward of the United Brethren church, has also been class leader and is now its treasurer. He was likewise a Sunday school teacher for several years and does all in his power to promote the growth and extend the influence of the church. His life has been well spent and his many sterling characteristics have gained him a large circle of friends throughout Ashland county, where he has always resided. ABEL GOUDY Abel Goudy is the owner of a well improved farm on section 19, Mohican township. Here he devotes his attention to the further development, and cultivation of one hundred and eighteen acres of land and that his methods are practical and his diligence unfaltering is indicated in the generous harvests which he annually gathers. One hundred acres of this farm on which the buildings arelocated was transferred from Edward Metcalf to William Goudy August 15, 1837, for twelve hundred dollars; transferred from William Goudy to James Goudy, October 9, 1845, for one thousand dollars; and December 10, 1889, one hundred and eighteen acres were transferred from James Goudy's heirs, to Abel Goudy for eight thousand seven hundred and thirty-six dollars. It was upon this farm that the birth of Abel Goudy occurred April 5, 1851. His paternal grandparents were William and Cassandra (Crawford] Goudy, who arrived in Ashland county when it was still a frontier district. The former was both a miller and farmer and built a mill about a mile from the home of Abel Goudy. He operated it for sometime and he also built the mill in Jeromeville., which he conducted for a number of years. He also owned the farm upon which Abei Goudy now resides, together with other property and was a man of marked industry and enterprise, who carefully conducted his business affairs. Both he and his wife were held in high respect. for they were numbered among the worthy citizens of Vermillion township. where they remained until called to their finial rest. Their children were Elijah, Moses HISTORY OF ASHLAND COUNTY - 621 Thomas, James, Polly, Abel and John. The daughter became the of Allen Metcalf. Of this family James Goudy was the father of our subject. He was born in Lancaster county Pennsylvania, and was brought to Ashland county during his bovhod days by his parents. He continued to reside here throughout the remainder of his life, devoting his attention to general agricultural pursuits and his substantial traits of character won him classification with the best residents of this locality. He married Miss Jane Karns, also a native of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, whence she was brought to Ohio in her girlhood days, She was a daughter of Joseph and Susan Karns, natives of Pennsylvania, who arrived in Ashland county when there were still many evidences of pioneer life to be seen here. Not many years before the Indians had lived in the district, while wild animals and various kinds of wild game abounded in the forests. Mr. Karns assisted materially in the work of general umprovement and progress and died near Hayesville, having spent the greater part of his life on a farm in Mohican township. His children were John, Jatgarube, Karnahan, Jane, Mrs. Rebecca Boyd and Mrs. Lydia Greenlun. Following their marriage James Goudy and Jane Karns established their home on a farm in Mohican township and here reared their family, numbering seven children: William, a resident of Indiana; Joseph. who is living in Wood county, Ohio; Susan, who was a school teacher; George, who is in the west; Eliza Jane, the wife of N. W. Young, of Kansas; Abel. of this review; and Emma, who is the widow of John Cooper, and resides in Jeromeville. Abel Goody has always resided upon the old homestead and has engaged in farming and carpentering. In early days he worked out by the month as a farm hand and also learned and followed the carpenter's trade. He was also an agent for ten or twelve years for fertilizers and farm implements and in connection therewith, thoughout this period, he carried on general agricultural purusits. Now he devotes his entire attention to the task of raising grain and stock and the highly improved appearance of his place of one hundred and eighteen acres on section 19, Mohican township, indicates that his life is one of enterprise, thrift and diligence. In 1900 a' disastrous fire occurred upon his farm, destroying all of the outbuildings within two hours and causing a loss of over two thousand dollars. Immediately afterward, however, he we place them by more commodious and substantial buildings and now has a well improved property, which is proof of his life of industry and thrift. As a companion and helpmate for life's journey Mr. Goudy chose Miss Emma E. Brubaker, whom he wedded in 1877. She was born in Lake township, this county, on the 5th of August, 1853, and is a daughter, of George W. Brubaker. of whom mention is made elsewhere in this volume. There were two children born of this union but the younger, Esta May, died when but eighteen months old. The elder daughter, Elsie Edith, is the wife of Floyd Hootman and they reside with her father. They have two children, Willard Eugene and Clair Goudy Hootman. Mr. and Mrs. Goudy are devoted members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Mohican, with which they have been identified since 1877. Always active in its work. Mr. Goudy has served as recording steward for the past eight years 622 - HISTORY OF ASHLAND COUNTY and has been class leader most of the time. Honest and upright, imbued with Christian ideals, he has always endeavored to closely follow the Golden Rule and his name is a synonym for integrity as well as progressiveness in business affairs. His life has been a very active and useful one and those who know him entertain for him the warmest regard. J. TAYLOR SMITH. J. Taylor Smith, who is interested in general agriculture and stock raising in Sullivan township, this county, and who is known throughout the state as a breeder of horses, is a native of this place, his birth having occurred October 1, 1866, and a son of Amos R. and Mary Jane (Taylor) Smith, both of whom were born in this county. his father being of German extraction, while his mother's ancestors came from England. They came to Ohio with their parents. settling in this county, in the early pioneer days, where they at once began to develop the raw country and transform the woodlands into fertile fields. The Smith family for many years were well known farmers of this section and the grandfather, who was known throughout the county as "Jockey" John Smith. was a well. known stockman, who had gained a reputation not only in the state of Ohio but throughout the entire country to which he shipped horses, cattle and sheep in large numbers. In those days the stock was not transported by freight cars as at the present time but were herded into large droves and driven overland on many occasions as far as New York city, in the market s of which flier were put up for sale. Amos R. Smith was raised in an atmosphere in which he could derive the necessary knowledge and information in respect to all classes of stock, thus making hirih not only a successful breeder but also an authority. Instead of following in the footsteps of his father, however, he turned his attention to general agriculture and spent his time in raising grain. He is still living at the age of seventy-three years, but his wife departed this life April 3, 1905. J. Taylor Smith spent his boyhood on his father's farm, actively engaged in the general routine of agricultural life during, the summer months and in the winter attending the district schools, where he acquired his education and, in heriting the fondness of his grandfather for stockraising, he began to trade in cattle and horses when but-a lad of twelve years. Subsequently he bought all classes of stock extensively, shipping many head to eastern markets, and for a period of nine years he conducted a. meat business in Ashland and Savannah and also engaged extensively in general agriculture. After his marriage in the year 1890, he located in Savannah and in 1894 removed to the farm in Sullivan township on which he now resides, where he has since devoted his entire time to farming and to the dairy business, employing in the latter fifty cows, and with the produce he supplies many local creameries. In 1902, he took up horse breeding and has since been making a specialty of thoroughbred French Percheron and German coach horses, owning seven specimens of the finest breeds of these animals, three of which are stallions valued at nine thousand dollars and said to be three of the finest animals in any one barn in the state HISTORY OF ASHLAND COUNTY - 625 of Ohio. His horses arc up to the standard in every point demanded by an expert and their prices range anywhere from five hundred dollars at one year old to thirty-five hundred dollars at the age of six years. This business he carries on in connection with that of his dairy and general agriculture and he is kown throughout the state and in fact throughout the country as foremost among horse breeders. His farm consists of one hundred and sixty acres, all of which is tile drained and in a high state of cultivation, while his residence and other buildings are of the most modern patterns, and everything about the place is indicative of industry and thrift. On August 21, 1890, Mr. Smith was united in marriage to Miss Bertha Lee, a daughter of J. Martin and Mary (Gordon) Lee, her father having been a large landowner and agriculturist of Jackson township. To this union his been born one son. Lloyd, who is seventeen years of age and a boy of remarkable busines ability, who assists his father in the, stock enterprise. In polities Mr. Smith gives his allegiance to the republican party and is very proud of his republican ancestry, being one of the most loyal adherents of that Party in the county. Amidst his pressing business affairs he has always found time to do something in the way of public improvements and is one of the township's chief agitators for good roads and the progressive school system. Although he has not found time, owing to the pressure of his business affairs, to serve in any of the local offices, yet with his means he is always ready after any plans for the public good. He is a member of the Congregational church, in which, together with the members of his family, he is an ardent worker, and for a number of years has served that organization as deacon. Mr. Smith is a man whose industry and aggressiveness have done much toward developing the resources of the community and, being still a young man, the enterprise and aggressiveness which he now manifests promise to make him of still greater use to his fellow citizens, who now hold him in high respect and number him among the most substantial business men of the county. GEORGE W. LORENTZ. George W. Lorentz, now residing on his farm of one hundred and twenty acres on section 30. Green township, was born in Knox township, Holmes county, Ohio, October 25, 1846, his parents being Jacob and Salome (Gasman) Lorentz, natives of Alsace-Lorraine. One daughter was born to them there and about the year 1838 they emigrated to the United States, taking up their abode in Knox township, Holmes county, Ohio, and spending their remaining days on farms in in Holmes and Ashland counties. The father passed away in 1902, at the age of eighty-five years, having for more than two decades survived his wie, who was called to her final rest in 1881, when sixty-five years of age. Their family numbered eight children, one of whom died in infancy, while the others are as follows: Magdalena, the wife of Michael Frankhiser, of Loudonville; Salome, the widow of George Dauber, of Loudonville; George W. of this review; Margaret, the widow of J. G. Herzog, of Sullivan, Ashland county, who formerly 626 - HISTORY OF ASHLAND COUNTY served as sheriff of this county; Barbara, the widow of Joseph T. Mumper, of Green township ; Philip, who died at the age of thirteen years; and John Frederick, a resident of Mansfield, Ohio. When six years of age George W. Lorentz accompanied his parents on their removal to another farm in Knox township, situated two miles north of Nashville, and there resided until he attained the age. of seventeen years, when he came with his parents to Lake township, Ashland county, remaining under the parental roof until, the time of his marriage. Subsequently he lived on a farm three miles west of Loudonville, in Hanover township, for four or five vears and then returned to Lake township, where he bought a tract of eighty acresthe first land he ever owned. At the end of eight years he sold the property and purchased his present home farm of one hundred and twenty acres on section 0 Green township, situated a mile and a half northwest of Perrysville on the Richland county line. About a mile to the northeast of this place,he also has another tract of eighty-four acres on section 19. In his farming interests he has met with that measure of success which is ever the reward of untiring, well directed labor and capable business management and is widely recognized as a most substantial, progressive an.d enterprising agriculturalist of of the community. Mr. Lorentz has been married twice. In November, 1871, he wedded Miss Sarah Glasglow, a native of Hanover township, who passed away in 1878. leaving one child, Myrtle L., now the wife of William B. Kirshner, of Perrvsville. In October, 1879, Mr. Lorentz, was again married, his second union being with Miss Margaret MuMper, who was born near Loudonville, in Green township. Ashland county, Ohio, her parents being Andrew and Eliza (Bryan) Mumper. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Lorentz have been born three children: Thurman Allen, who resides on his father's farm on section 19, Green township; Kate, the wife of Harvey Raby, of Loudonville; and Oscar O., at home. Since age conferred upon him the right of franchise Mr. Lorentz has given his political allegiance to the democracy and has been called by his fellow townsmen to various positions of public trust, serving as road supervisor, as trustee of Green township for eight years and as a member of the school board for more than twenty years. He has been a life-long member of the Lutheran church, now being affiliated with the denomination at Perrysville. His residence in the county covers a period of almost a half century and has been marked by uniform devotion to the public good, by activtiy and anterprise in buiness and by fidelity to every trust reposed in him. PHILLIP ANDREW MYERS While Phillip Andrew Myers has a world-wide reputation in connection with his invention and manufacturing interests, which are represented in trade circles under the name of F. E. Myers & Brother, he is, moreover, widely known and honored in Ashland as a representative and valuable citizen whose labors have been of the utmost worth in promoting the progress and upbuilding of the HISTORY OF ASHLAND COUNTY - 627 city. Buiness activity, public affairs and social interests have constituted well balanced factors in his life and no residents of this part of the state are more honored than are F. E. and Phillip A. Myers. The later who is junior partner of the firn and superintendent of the plants at Ashland, was born in Perry township, this county, about six miles east of the city of Ashland on the 14th of August, 1853. His parents were George and Elizabeth (Morr) Myers. (See sketch of F. E. Myers on another page of the volume for complete family record.) The boyhood days of Phillip A. Myers were spent in the home farm, his early education being acquired during that period in the district schools. He afterward spent two years as a pupil in Smithville Academy in Wayne county,. Ohio, and in the spring of 1875 he became connected in business with his brother F. E. Myers, as a salesman. His brother was then engaged in handling agricultural implements and from that time to the present the two have been closely connected in all of their business affairs. During his first year with his brother Phillip A. Myers pursued as commercial at the Adrian (Michigan) Business College and he regards this as one of the best investments which he ever made. Following his return he still worked for his brother as a salesman and was very successful in that connection. This period of his life constituted his industrial education. As a boy Phillip A. Myers had early manifested marked mechanical genius, which has been developed and stands as one of the most potent causes in the success of the firm. In his boyhood days there was not a gate on his father's farm that was not automatic. Every possible mechanical contrivance that could aid the farmer and make the work easier was produced as the result of the buddomg genius of this young man. In the early part of 1879 his experiments resulted in the production of a double acting force pump. He was almost afraid to tell his brother about his work for fear of ridicule but in 1880 he made application for his patent and upon showing the completed practical pump to his brother, wrho at once recognized its value, they immediately began its manufacture in the basement of the old Mansfield Clover Hulling Factory in Ashland. There they assembled their pumps, having the machine work done in Wooster and in Canton, Ohio. Their success in handling this product was immediate and enabled them to install their own power plant in October, 1882. Mr. Myers did not of stop with the production of the first pump but continued his experiments and inventions, bringing forth various new and practical articles in this line from that time to the present. He took out his second patent in February, 1882, on the force pump and the third, July 11, 1882. He also secured patents on the 5th of September of the same year and on the 1st of May and the 7th of August. 1883. These dates show how rapidly the young inventor developed his ideas and how practical they were. Mr. Myers did not confine his attention alone to pumps although he worked out that field of development. In June, 1884, he gave the first practical application of hay tools and in this field be soon became equally prominent, securing his second patent on hay tools November 4, 1884. These include forks and carriers for downloading hay, etc. He has always been just ahead of competitors and, therefore, it is no wonder that the firm of F. E. Myers & Brother took the leadership in their line in the world—a position which they have never since 628 - HISTORY OF ASHLAND COUNTY forfeited. P. A. Myers next turned his attention to door hangers for barns, warehouses, etc., and completely revolutionized that field. He took out patents twenty-three years ago that have never been improved upon. He also invented a bicycle stand that immediately sprang into general favor. It was very simple but very practical and there was a great demand for the little article so that the company turned out fifty thousand per year during the time that the bicycle was in popular favor. However, the main part of the manufacturing business has been in connection with pumps and hay unloading tools. Mr. Myers was asked what was the best thing he ever did and replied "the glass valve seat." This was one of the most important as well as practical inventions which he ever produced. It marked a decided advance which has made the name of Myers stand out alone and far ahead of others. It could not be used by any other pump and today the Myers product of this character is found in every civilized country. Phillip A. Myers devotes his entire the timeto development and improvement along the line of goods which the firm manufactures. No more ingenius originality has ever been shown in any concern or in any line of invention than in the perfected ideas of this master mind. There is nothing he enjoys more than to be at work in his shop, studying out some new idea and working for its perfection. Every invention has been of a practical and useful nature. The total number of his patents exceeds something over one hundred and application has been made for many more. He follows out the line of improvement and one thing suggests another until he exhausts the field in that direction. Aside from being a man of marked inventive genius he displays also keen executive ability in managing the factory and producing the goods at the lowest possible cost. He is well known in connection with many important business concerns, being a director of the Faultless Rubber Company and of the First National Bank, both of Ashland; a director of the Cleveland & Southwestern Railway Company, a traction line between Cleveland and Bucyrus Ohio; a director in. the Security Life Insurance Company of America; and a director and president of the Chase Foundry & Machine Company of Columbus Ohio. On the 31st of May, 1.879, Mr. Myers was married to Miss Samantha Alice Chase, of Polk, Ashland county, Ohio, a daughter of the Hon. James E. Chase, a prominent leader in political circles. Their only son, Guy Chase. born in 1881, is a graduate of Dummer Academy, spent three years at Harvard and is not with the firm of F. E. Myers & Brother, occupying an important position with that concern. The only daughter, Grace, died at the age of eight years. Mr. Myers is a member of the Colonial Club of Ashland, also of the Chamber of Commerce and of the Masonic fraternity, in which he has become a Knight Templar and a Noble of the Mystic Shrine. In many public relations his work has been of a most important character. No citizen has done more for the development and upbuilding of Ashland than have the Myers brothers. For the past twenty-seven years P. A. Myers has been chief of the Citizens Relief Fire Company of Ashland, a volunteer organization, in which he has been greatly interested and which is a source of much pride to him. He is the president and one of the trustees of the Ashland Cemetery Association, a member of the board of education and is also a member of the board of the Ashland Library HISTORY OF ASHLAND COUNTY - 629 Assocation, and at one time was its president. He has been very active in civic and charitable organizations, withholding his support from no movement or measure that he deems of benefit to the community at large. He has never sought nor desired political preferment but has never regarded the duties of citizenship lightly. On the contrary he recognizes his responsibility in this connection and fully meets the obligations which devolve upon him as a citizen of wealth and prominence. His religious belief is manifest in his membership in and support of the Trinity Lutheran church. Mr, Myers is very fond of fishing and hunting and also of motoring. He has a small cottage on Mullet lake on Cheboygan river, Michigan, and owns a beautiful home in Ashland. There is not one phase in his life over which there falls a shado of wrong or suspicion of evil. Ile is always uniformly polite, courteous and affable, conforms his actions to high standards and at the same time is a capable, energetic' and farsighted business man, who understands human nature and correctly judges of life's contacts and its experiences. He exhibits none of the time honored idiosyncrasies of the usual inventor but is a high type of the business man and genius who recognizes the worth of his own productions and is not unmindful of the obstacles which stand in the way. His attention in business lines is given to the development and improvement of practical devices, while his brother manages the financial and executive interests of the firm, constituting a combination of rare strength, the labors and abilities of the one forming a complete complement to the work of the other. As the years have passed P. A. Myers has remained the same approachable, (genial gentleman as his old time friends have always found him, his material success leaving hire unchanged. A splendid example of the self-made man and the ideal American citizen, he stands out as one of Ohio's best, and there have been many. WILLIAM SMITH BUDD William Smith Budd, who is numbered among the extensive and successful agriculturists of Ashland county, was born in Vermillion township, this county, on the 22d of January, 1852. His paternal grandfather, Daniel Budd, a native of Pennsylvania, canoe to Ohio in 1827, settling near Jeromeville, Ashland county. He was a carpenter by trade and followed that line of activity exclusively until he passed away here. His political allegiance was given to the democracy and he was widely recognized as one of the prominent and respected early settlers of the community. His family numbered eight children, three of whom attained adult age, namely ; Susanna, who became the wife of Caleb Edwards, of Illinois; Thomas, who first wedded Rebecca Black and subsequently was married to Clarissa Edwards, of Ashland county; and Samuel, the father of William S. Budd, of this review. The last named was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, in 1821, while the year 1828 witnessed his arrival in Ohio. In 1847 he was joined in wedlock to Miss Temperance Woodhull, whose birth occurred in New Jersey, October 19, 1823, and who was brought to Ashland county, Ohio, in 1837, when 630 - HISTORY OF ASHLAND COUNTY a maiden of fourteen years, by her parents, William Smith and Mary Louisa (Peterson) Woodhull. William S. Woodhull was born in New Jersey in 1799 and followed agricultural pursuits throughout his active business career, passing away in this county in 1879, while his wife also died here. He was a stalwart republican in politics, while his religious faith was indicated by his membership in the Baptist church. His family numbered seven children, of whom Mrs. Budd, the mother of our subject, died on the 30th of April, 1903. Samuel Budd the father of William S. Budd, was called to his final rest in June, 1884, when he had attained the age of sixty-one years. In his family there were four children, as follows: 2Irs. Mary Amanda Dent, deceased ; William Smith, of this review; Araminta, who has also passed away ; and Mahala, the wife of Orland McGuire, of Noble county, Indiana. When about nine years of age William Smith Budd accompanied his parents on their removal to a farm in Green township, in which place he has since made his home. After eleven years spent on that farm he took up his abode on the place on which he now resides, there remaining until the time of his marriage, while subsequently he lived on another farm for a short period and then returned to his present property. The place comprises two hundred nine and a half acres of rich and productive land on section 17, Green township, and is situated two and a half miles north of Perrysville. Here he has erected a commodious and attractive residence and likewise has good outbuildings for the shelter of grain and stock. The fields indicate his careful supervision and practical methods bringing forth rich crops which are a merited reward for his labor. He is also engaged quite extensively in raising and feeding stock, for which he finds a ready sale on the market. His landed holdings also include a farm of one hundred and two and a half acres in Vermillion township Ashland county, while his wife there owns a. tract of one hundred and eight and a half acres, and they are numbered among the prosperous and representative residents of the community. On the 1st of January, 1874, Mr. Budd was joined in wedlock to Miss Mary Hawks, whose birth occurred in Vermillion township, Ashland county, Ohio, May 18, 1855, and who has always been a resident of this county. Her parents, James and Martha (Bell) Hawks, were both natives of County Tyrone Ireland, born on the 15th of March, 1814, and on the 12th of May, 1815, respectively. They came to the new world when twenty and eighteen years of age respectively and were married in Philadelphia when James Hawks was twenty-six years old. Subsequently they made their way to Vermillion township, this county, and continued to reside here throughout the remainder of their lives, the father passing away January 31, 1900, while the mother of Mrs. Budd died on the 8th of July, 1893. Their family numbered nine children, namely: Eliza, deceased; Jane, the wife of William Patterson, who is residing on the old home place in Vermillion township; John, who died in 1909; William, Anna, Martha and Robert, all of whom have passed away; Mrs. Budd; and Katharine, the wife of Norman Mowery, of Vermillion township. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Budd have been born two children. Samuel, who resides on a portion- of his father's farm, married Miss Anna Snyder and has two children, Mary A. and William Franklin. James Floyd is clerking in Ashland. HISTORY OF ASHLAND COUNTY - 631 In his political views Mr. Budd is a stalwart democrat and has served as township trustee for six years, discharging his official duties with promptness and capability. Both he and his wife have spent their entire lives in this county and enjoy in large measure the friendship and regard of those who know them so that it is with pleasure we prsent this record to our vendors. MORGAN MINAMYER In a history of Ashland's business development mention should he made of Morgan Minamyer, now the manager of the Diamond Flouring Mills and connected with other interests in a financial way. He is widely recognized as a man of keen business discernment, readily recognizing opportunities and with power to coordinate forces until he brings them into working unity. What he undertakes he accomplishes, for his resolute spirit cannot be quelled by trifles or even by more important obstacles, but pushes on to the successful attainment of the end in view. He was born in Bellaire, Belmont county, Ohio, August 23, 1869, and was one of ten children of William T. and Elizabeth (Jackson) Minamyer. The parents were both natives of Pennsylvania, the father coming to Ohio when eighteen years of age, while the mother was brought by her parents in her early girlhood days. Both became residents of Bellaire where they were married. The father learned the miller's trade after arriving in Belmont county and devoted his remaining days to that pursuit, which he successfully followed up to the time of his death which occurred in 1890, when he was fifty-two years of age, He had for a decade survived his wife, who passed away in 1880 at the age of forty-two years. He was prominent in the Masonic fraternity and served as master of the Bellaire Lodge for a number of years. Five children of the family are still living: George M., a resident of Bellaire; Margaret, the wife of R. W. Farris, also of Bellaire; Albert B., of La Jara, Colorado; Lee, of Ashland. Ohio; and ,Morgan, of this review. While spending his boyhood days under the parental roof, Morgan Minamyer acquired his education in the public schools and at the age of fifteen years apprenticed himself to the miller's trade in the Stewart & Ward Mills at Bellaire, there remaining until he had completed the regular term of indenture. At nineteen years of age he went to Franklin, Kentucky, where he was employed by the College Roller Mill Company, operating a mill there for two years, after which he went to Harrisville, Michigan, and purchased an interest in the Harrisville Mills. He operated that plant for six years and then returned to Bellaire, being employed through the following year in the office of the Carnegie Steel Company. In 1898, he came to Ashland and accepted a position in the Diamond Mills then conducted by Robert McAdoo, thus serving until 1903, when he resigned his position to take up the study of law, entering the Indianapolis Law School at Indianapolis, Indiana. After a year devoted to the study, however, he abandoned the idea of pursuing a legal career and returned to Ashland and again accepted the management of the Diamond Mills. In April, 1907, he was offered and accepted the management of the Reliable Match Com- 632 - HISTORY OF ASHLAND COUNTY pany, in which capacity he served until September, 1908, when he returned to the Diamond Mills which are now being operated under his immediate supervision. His comprehensive knowledge of the best methods of flour manufacture well qualify him for the onerous duties that devolve upon him in this connection. He readily understands business situations and is accurate in his solution of intricate business problems, his energy and enterprise carrying hint into important commercial relations. On the 19th of January, 1898, Mr. Minamyer was married to Miss Olive Barnes of North Vernon, Indiana, and unto them have been born two children Margaret Joan and Grace Eleanor. Mr. Minamyer is a member of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to both the lodge and chapter. His political endorsement is given to the republican party and at the last convention in the fall of 1908, he was nominated by his party for county auditor but refused to stand for election. At the present time, however, he is serving as a member of the city council and exercises his official prerogative in support of many progressive public measures. His worth as a business man and citizen is unquestioned. His strong mentality, invincible courage and determined individuality render him a natural leader of men and the director of opinion. He has been and is distinctively a man of affairs and one who wields a wide influence. URIAH MCFARLAND Uriah McFarland, now owning and operating a valuable farm of eighty acres on section 4, Lake township, Ashland county, Ohio, is one of Ohio's native sons, his birth having occurred June 19, 1846, in Clinton township, Wayne county. He is a son of William and Ruth (McConkey) McFarland, the former a native of Scotland and the latter of Wayne county, this state. William McFarland was the youngest son and fourth child in a family of six children whose parents were William and Elizabeth McFarland. On leaving Scotland he accompanied his parents to Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, where the early years of his life were spent. As a young man he came to Wayne county, Ohlo, where he took up the occupation of farming, devoting his entire life to this field of labor, while his parents, following his removal westward, also came to this state and located in Holmes county on a farm just across the county line from that of their son. Here William McFarland was married and here he spent his remaining years, passing away in the faith of the Christian church. His family consisted of seven children, namely : Thomas, who died in California; Robert, also deceased; William, a resident of Holmes county; Mary, who has also passed away; Ruth, the wife of E. J. Shrieve, of Missouri; Sarah Jane, the deceased wife of William Bonham; and Uriah, of this review. No event of special importance occurred to vary the routine of farm life for Uriah McFarland in his boyhood and youth. At an early age he became familiar with the task of plowing, planting and harvesting, and he remained on his father's farm until 1871, when he took up his abode on his present farm. He owns eighty acres of land which, under his care and supervision, is highly HISTORY OF ASHLAND COUNTY - 635 cultivated and yields annually to its owner gratifying returns. He also raises stock to a great extent, making a specialty of shorthorn cattle, horses, fine Merino and Shropshire sheep and Chester White and Poland China hogs. He is democrat in politics but the honors and emoluments of office have no attraction for him preferring, as he does, to concentrate his time and energies upon his private business. affairs. On the 5th of March, 1871, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. McFarland and Emma S. Wicoff, a native of Lake township, this county, born October 10, 1854. Her father, William Wicoff, was born in 1811 in Harrison county, Ohio, and came with his father to Ohio, where they settled on the same farm. In 1831 he married Sabina Orem, and they made their home in Lake township, where both passed away. In their family Were five children: Nancy J., the wife of Andrew Stewart ; Jasper; Newton, who died at the age of nine years ; Delphinia, the wife of Silas Smith; and Emma S., now Mrs. Uriah McFarland. William Wicoff was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and gave his political allegiance to the democratic party. He was a prominent figure in the public life of Lake township serving for twelve successive years as justice of the peace and also for several years as township trustee. Mr, and Mrs. McFarland became the parents of the following children Wicoff at home, Viola, the wife of John Rainey, residing in Clinton township, Wayne county; Nancy, who resides in Cleveland, Ohio; Emmit, a resident of Cincinnati; Nellie, the wife of John Molter, of Clinton township, Wayne county; Orem, of Youngstown, Ohio ; Ruth, at home ; and Joshua, who died in infancy. Public spirited in citizenship, Mr. McFarland takes a deep interest in all matters pertaining to the general welfare and progress of the community. His entire life has been spent in Ohio, where he has made many warm friends, and the fact that he is most respected where he is best known is an indication that his life has been at all times an honorable and upright one. JACOB J. RUSH. Jacob J. Rush is a veteran of the Civil war. One by one the boys in blue who fought for the defense of the Union are passing away and to those who remain too much honor cannot be accorded in connection with their service as defenders of the stars and stripes. Other chapters in the life record of Mr. Rush are equally creditable. For ninny years he was closely associated with building operations, working diligently and persistently as a carpenter and now he gives his entire attention to general agricultural pursuits, having three hundred acers of valuable land whch is cultivated under his supervision. His birth occurred, in Clinton township, Wayne county, Ohio, on a farm bordering the Ashland county line, his natal day being January 10, 1839. His parents were Jacob and Margaret (Hoffman) Rush, who were natives of Alsace, France, a district that is now in possession of Germany. The father was born in 1808 and the mother in 1810. They were reared in the place of their nativity, remaining there until after their marriage and the birth of one of their children. 636 - HISTORY OF ASHLAND COUNTY It was about 1830 that they came to the new world, locating first in Wooster, Ohio, where they lived for a year, after which they established their home on a farm in the midst of the forest, where the birth of Jacob J. Rush occurred. When a boy Mr. Rash of this review remembers his father holding him on his shoulder to watch a drove of deer passing through a clearing in the woods on their farm. After living for twelve years in Wayne county the family crossed the dividing line into Lake township, Ashland county. The father owned two farms on the county line and also cornering on Holmes county. Both he and his wife spent their remaining days in this locality, on one side or the other of the boundary line between Ashland and Wayne counties. Jacob Rush, Sr., gave his time and energies to clearing the land and improving the farms, bearing his full share in the arduous task of reclaiming this region for the purposes of civilization. He had about one hundred and sixty-five dollars when he came to the county and as the result of his persistent and unremitting diligence and energy he accumulated an estate valued at about forty-five thousand dollar. He died in 1889, having for two years survived his wife, who passed away in 1887. They were the parents of fifteen children, of whom three died in infancy. The others were : Margaret, who became the wife of John Reid but both are now deceased; Jacob, who died at the age of two years; John, living in Holmes county; county; Mary, who is the widow of Charles Dilgard and a resident of Mohican township; Jacob J., of this review; Julia Ann, who is the widow of Peter Wetzel and is living in Holmes county, Ohio; Katharine, the wife of Philip Wetzel, a resident of Cleveland, Ohio; Frederick, who has passed away; Magdalen, the deceased wife of John Norwich; Henry and William, who are residents of Mansfield, Ohio; and Daniel, living in Wayne county, this state. Jacob J. Rush resided at hone with his parents until eighteen years of age, when he went to Minnesota, spending two years in the northwest, during which time he worked at the carpenter's trade. He then returned to Lake township and in June, 1862, enlisted as a soldier of the Civil war in response to the president's call for more troops to aid in crushing out the rebellion in the south. He joined company A, One Hundred and Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served for three years lacking one month, being, honorably discharged at the close of the war in May, 1865. He was twice captured and was sent back to Columbus for exchange. He was first taken prisoner at Camp Dick Robinson in Kentucky and the second time was captured near Frankfort. Kentucky. He went with Sherman on the Atlanta campaign, being there until after the capitulation of that city. He made an excellent military record, for he was ever loyal to the cause which he espoused, meeting all the hardships. privations and dangers meted out to the soldier. When the country no longer needed his military aid Mr. Rush returned to his parents' home in Lake township but soon afterward was married. It was on the 7th of September, 1865, that he wedded Elizabeth A. Molter, who was born in ferry township, Ashland county, Ohio, on the 18th of April, 1839, and is a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Garst) Molter, both of whore were natives of the Rhine country of Germany. Mrs. Molter lost both of her parents in New York, where they died of cholera soon after arriving in the United States. She was then about seventeen years of age and she and her brother then went to HISTORY OF ASHLAND COUNTY - 637 Pennsylvania, where she lived until after her marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Molter then came to Ashland county, Ohio, about 1837, and spent their remaining days in this county or across the line in Wayne county. They were the parents of four children: Katharine, who is now the widow of 0. W. Lake and resides in Clinton township, Wayne county; Elizabeth A. ; Henry, living in Morrow county, Ohio; and Peter, who resides in McZena, this county. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Rush resided on a farm in Mohican township, where he worked at the carpenter's trade, following that occupation until two years ago. He has owned a farm since the war and his landed possessions now aggregate three hundred acres, of which one hundred and sixty acres is comprised in the home farm, while the other place contains one hundred and forty acres and is about a mile south of the home farm. On the latter his son now resides. Both are well improved properties, having especially good buildings and indicate in their well kept appearance the careful supervision and practical methods of the owner. The homestead is situated on section 28, while the other farm is on section 33, Mohican township. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Rush was blessed with seven children: Willis, who died at the age of three years and nine months; Emma, the wife of G. W. Black, of Mohican township; Roscoe, who is living on his father's farm; Burton J., also of Mohican township; Elsie, the wife of S. S. Hootman, of Cleveland; Lodella, the wife of W. H. Obrecht, of Texas ; and Iler M., of Mohican township. Mr. Rush gives his political allegiance to the republican party, being in hearty sympathy with its principles and its policy. He is a member of the Evangelical church of McZena and holds membership in Hayesville Post. G. A. R.. thus maintaining pleasant relations with his old army comrades. His life has been ever characterized by loyalty to duty, whether in defense of the Union, in business circles or in his relations with his family and friends. His many good qualities have gained him the highest regard and he well deserves mention in this volume as one of the representative citizens of Ashland county. CHARLES B. SCOTT, M. D. Dr. Charles B. Scott, a physician and surgeon recognized as a prominent representative of the profession in Ashland county, with a large practice in Loudonville and throughout the surrounding country, was born October 24, 1856, in the town which is yet his home. He is a grandson of Hugh Scott, who was horn in Pennsylvania in 1785 and came to Ohio in 1824, settling near Steubenville, where he died May 22, 1827, a few months prior to the birth of his son Andrew. In 1807 he married Katharine Humphries and in the year of her husband's death she removed to Ashland county, settling on a farm in Green township, but the following spring went to Vermillion township. She died November 21, 1854, while on a visit to her old home in Mifflin county, Pennsylvania. She was the another of eight children: Thomas, Jane, James, Francis, Winfield. William, Oliver H. and Andrew J. Scott, father of the subject. 638 - HISTORY OF ASHLAND COUNTY Dr. Andrew J. Scott was born November 12, 1827, in that part of Richland county which is now a part of Ashland county. He was a student in the Ashland Academy while Loren Andrews was proprietor and also continued his education in the Vermillion Institute at Hayesville, Ohio. He engaged in teaching for two years in the old Loudonville Academy and then studied medicine under Dr. E. B. Fuller, while later he was graduated from the Buffalo University of Medicine. He then entered the Howard College of Physicians & Surgeons of New York and also attended lectures for a time at the Starling Medical College of Columbus Ohio. Following his graduation he opened an office in Loudonvile in 1853 and here practiced continually until his death, which occurred May 4, 1895. He was a member of the Ashland County and Ohio State Medical Societies and always remained a deep and discriminating Student of his profession. He was also a corresponding member of the Gynecological Society of Boston and a member of the American Medical Association. He enjoyed a very large practice in his profession and was connected with the Wooster Medical College of Cleveland as a lecturer on the diseases of women and children. He was a surgeon for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for twenty-five years and was president of the state board of health and at the time of his death was a member of the county board of medical examiners under the pension bureau. He took a deep interest in literary pursuits and when a teacher was regarded as one of the best mathematicians in the county. In politics he was a stalwart democrat, active in the work of the party and in the campaigns was a fluent, forceful, entertaining and instructive speaker concerning the issues and questions of the day. In 1874-5 he erected a fine brick residence containing twenty-two rooms at a. cost of thirty thousand dollars. He was a man of splendid physique, of athletic build, six feet in height and moreover his was a most attractive personality because he was a broadminded, sympathetic progressive man. Dr. Andrew J. Scott was married three times. In 1852 he wedded Miss S. M. Fuller, who died in 1854 leaving one child, L. Content, who became the wife of Major Walker of Columbus and died in 1900. In 1856 Dr. Scott wedded Miss Anna Fuller, a sister of his first wife. She died in 1.864. There were three children of that marriage : Dr. Charles 11. Scott, whose name introduces this review; Harriet S., who is the widow of Henry W. Gilbert and resides in Chicago; and Idella A., the wife of Dr. C. L. Franks, a practicing dentist of Cleveland. In 1867 Dr. Scott was again married. Miss Charlotte Garret becoming his wife and she still survives him. Dr. Andrew J. Scott took a most lively interest in the social and commercial welfare of his town and county and was ever ready to help onward any movement for the advancement of all.  He was a man of more than average ability, of wide research and well trained mind. His skill in his profession was recognized by the medical fraternity throughout the state but it was in the hearts of his friends, neighbors and lifelong acquaintances that he filled the most important place—a place won by care and deeds of kindness, which is not easily filled. At the time of his death, which occurred May 9, 1895, the Loudonvill Advocate said: HISTORY OF ASHLAND COUNTY - 639 It has been many years since our little city has sustained so great a loss as it does in the death of Dr. A. J. Scott. He had been a man with a mind single for the advancement and improvement of the place in which he lived and has during his long and useful life rendered yeoman service to the town of his abiding. He was a man of strong convictions and sterling integrity. That which he considered right he espoused with all the fervor of a strong and cultivated intellect. He was ever ready to take up the cause of the weak and was ever the friend of the friendless. To the unfortunate and erring he was always a ray of hope, combating the hasty judgment of extremists and offering laudable excuse in extenuation of indiscretion. He was not above his neighbors and the propie with whom he lived, but was ever ready with hearty welcome and cheering words for all. He will be missed, not alone among its with whom he has so long lived, but among the medical profession all over this broad land his absensce will be keenly felt. In his home will his absence create the greatest void. His home life was most beautiful. He was an indulgent father, loving his children with the most intense feeling. He was a lover of the beautiful and had surrounded himself with all that combines to make life worth living. For years he has been the most prominent counselor in all matters of importance concerning the town, and has held all the places of honor in the gifts of our people" Dr. Charles B. Scott, who has spent his entire life in Loudonville and since attaining his majority has given his attention to the work of the medical profession, comes in the paternal line of A family long and prominently connected with this calling. Not only was his father a distinguished Ohio physician but also his maternal grandfather, his uncle Amos B. Fuller and his cousin G. B. Fuller have all practised successfully in Loudonville, the last named being still a representative of the medical fraternity here. Dr. Scott was educated in the public schools of his native town, also attended the Greentown Academy at Perrysville and later took up the study of medicine under the direction of his father. He likewise continued his reading for two years under Dr. J. N. Dixon, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and attended and assisted Dr. Dixon in holding privrate clinics in anatomy and surgery. He won his professional degree from the University of Buffalo in 1881 and at once entered upon the active practice in Loudonville in connection with his father, this relation being maintained until the latter's death in 1895. Since that time he has been alone. He fully sustains the excellent reputation which has always been associated with the name of Scott as a representative of the medical fraternity. His ability is pronounced his experience broad and his laudable ambition leads him to continually study that he may make his professional services of the utmost benefit to his fellowmen. In addition to his practice he is known in financial circles as one of the directors of the Citizens Savings Bank of Loudonville, with which he has thus been associated since its organization. He is local surgeon for both the railroads entering Loudonville and has a large private practice which attests his ability and the confidence reposed in him. Dr. Scott was united in marriage to Mrs. Elizabeth Lee Priest, a native of Warren county, Ohio, the widow of Columbus Priest and a daughter of Austin McCreary. Dr. and Mrs. Scott have one son, Ross J., who is attending St. 640 - HISTORY OF ASHLAND COUNTY John's Military Academy at Delafield, Wisconsin. In his political views Dr. Scott has ever been an earnest democrat, desiring the success of the party principles which he deems the most effective forces for good government. He has served on the village council and is now a member of the board of education. He is likewise connected with the Elks and the Knights of Pythias and is a gentleman of genuine personal worth, whose sterling traits of manhood and citizenship, as well as his professional skill, have gained him high place in the regard of his fellow townsmen. MARTIN LUTHER HUMM Martin Luther Humm, who is engaged in general farming and stock raising has lived a life of well directed industry and thrift and that there have been few leisure hours in his record is indicated in the success which now rewards his labors. His farm comprises one hundred and sixty acres, covering the southeast quarter of section 29, Mohican township. His birth occurred on a farm about three miles south of Loudonville in Hanover township, Ashland county, July 4, 1861, and in the spring of 1862 the family home was established on a farm in Vermillion township. His parents were George and Susanna (Stauffer) Humm. The father was born in Alsace, France, January 17, 1820, and became a resident of Columbus, Ohio, in 1853. He remained there for three years and then removed near Loudonville, where he spent his remaining days, his death occurring in Lake township on the 28th of December, 1884. Ile had devoted his entire life to general agricultural pursuits and his diligence constituted the foundation upon which he builded his prosperity. His first wife bore the maiden name of Barbara Barnhart and it was with her and his three children that he made the voyage to the new world. She died during their residence in Columbus while of their children George is deceased. John B., the other son, is a resident of Toledo, Ohio, while the daughter, Mrs. Julia Rominger, is living in Kansas. Having lost his first wife, George Humm wedded Susanna Stauffer, who was born in Pennsylvania, July 15, 1817, and was brought to Ohio by her parents when twelve years of age, the family home being established in Crawford county, while later a removal was made to Ashland county. Mrs. Humm still survives and is now a resident of Loudonville. By her marriage she bcame. the mother of two sons, Jacob S., the elder, being now a resident of Loudonville. The younger, Martin Luther Humm, lived with his parents on a farm in Vermillion township for about five years and then a removal was made to Lake township, where he continued for thirty Years. In 1896 he removed to his present farm, which has since been his home and today one hundred and sixty acres of rich and productive land pays tribute to the care and labor which he bestows upon it. It is situated on the Jeromeville and Mohicanville road, about a. mile north of the latter village, and is a well improved farm, carefully cultivated, its fields giving evidence in the springtime of the rich harvests to be gathered in the autumn. In fact his place is one of the best in the township and upon it arc two good bank barns and a pleasant dwelling. An air of neat- HISTORY OF ASHLAND COUNTY - 641 ness, thrift and prosperity pervades the place, for everything about the farm is kept in good repair, high grades of stock are seen in the pastures and the cribs and granaries each fall are full of the fruits of the field. On the first of December, 1885; Mr. Humm was united in marriage to Miss Mary Jane Metcalf. who was born a mile west of Mohicanville in Mohican township, August 15, 1860, her parents being Zebulon and Sarah (Leidigh) Metcalf, of whom mention is made in connection with the sketch of Levi Metcalf on another page of this work. Mr. and Mrs. Hamm are parents of two sons and a daughter; Guy Z., who was born February 8, 1888; Mary Eliza, born on the 9th of June 1893; and George Walter, on the 18th of March, 1896. Mr. Humm's success enables him to provide liberally for his family, who are situated in a comfortable hone that is noted for its warm-hearted hospitality. The parents are members of the Reformed church of Mohicanville, in which Mr. Humm is serving as elder and at the time of the erection of the house of worship he was a member of the building committee. He has contributed generously to the support of the church and at all times rejoices in its growth and aids in promoting its activities. His political views are in accord with the principles of the democratic party but he has never been an aspirant for office, preferring to concentrate his energies upon his business affairs. The secret of his success lies in the fact that he has applied himself closely to his work, allowing no outside interests, to claim his time or attention and as the years have gone by his industry has bought him to the goal of prosperity. WILLIAM ALVIN WHITE, M. D. William Alvin White, a representative and successful physician and surgeon of Ashland county. is now prosecuting his profession in Rowsburg. He was born on the 16th of November, 1862, a son of William R. and Hannah Eva (Paul) White. who were natives of Lancaster county and Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, respectively. The birth of the father occurred January 30, 1823, while the mother first opened her eyes to the light of day on the 9th of March, 1840. Their marriage was celebrated January 6, 1859. In 1864, William R. White made his way to Ashland county. Ohio, and purchased a farm of two hundred acres in Milton township, on which he continued to reside until called to his final rest. In spite of many reverses in the way of fires, etc., he won a gratifying measure of prosperity in his business undertakings. He did not hoard his capital. however, but used it freely in providing his children with good educational advantages and opportunities and also in aiding the poor. His religious faith was indicated by his membership in the Presbyterian church, of which he was a constant attendant and in which he served as elder for more than forty years. Though the church was three miles from his home and the weather was often inclement, he never failed to be in his accustomed place at religious services. His life may well serve as an example for others to follow being characterized by integrity, purity and uprightness in all relations and when he passed away on the 26th of May, 1899, the community mourned the loss of 642 - HISTORY OF ASHLAND COUNTY one of its most respected and honored citizens. His wife survived him for but a brief period, her demise occurring December 19, 1900. Unto this worthy couple were born the following children: R. Parks, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, who is the eye and ear specialist for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company; William Alvin, of this review; Sydney a., a practicing physician, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; Samuel Ernest, a Presbyterian minister residing in Minnesota; John R., a dentist of Warsaw, Indiana; Alfred McMillen, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; Walter M. L., a steel worker of Reading, Pennsylvania; and Mrs. Eva Ada Gillis, of Ashland county. William Alvin White supplemented his preliminary education, acquired in Oxford, Pennsylvania, by a course, in Ashland College. Determining upon the practice of medicine as a life work, he entered the Western Reserve Medical College of Cleveland, Ohio, from which institution he was graduated on the 4th of March, 1901. He first located for practice in Indiana, where be remained for six years and then went to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, but at the end of six months came to Ashland county, Ohio, opening an office at Rowsburg, wher he has continued to the present time. Here He has a fine home and an extensive and growing practice that speaks in unmistakable terms of his skill and ability in his chosen calling. He has patients within a radius of from eight In ten miles and uses three horses for driving purposes. An able surgeon as well as general medical practitioner, he has won a wide and favorable reputation as a worthy representative of his profession and keeps in close touch with the progress that is being continually made by the fraternity through his membership in the Ashland County Medical Society. On the 16th. of September, 1891, Dr. White was united in marriage to Miss Ida J. Hunter, who was born April 6, 1868, a daughter of Joseph Paxton Hunter, of Richland county. Their union has been blessed with three children namely: Eva Pauline, whose birth occurred August 25, 1895, and who passed away July 2, 1896; William Alvin Dale, born September 3, 1900; and Dorothy Angeline, whose natal day was July 21, 1902. Politically Dr. White is a republican, while in religious faith he is a Presbyterian. His sterling manhood as well as his professional attainments command for him the respect and honor of those with whole he has been associated. JOHN WELTMER. For fifty years John Weltmer has resided on the farm on section 3, Green township, which is now his home and has witnessed many changes daring this period as the county has taken on all of the evidences of modern civilization. What a contrast between the present time and his youthful days when much of the land in the neighborhood of his home was still wild and unimproved, being covered with the native forests. There were wild animals in the woods and all around were seen traces of the Indian occupancy. Many of the homes were log cabins, which were heated by the fireplace over which the cooking was also done. The farm machinery was very crude, the work being largely done by HISTORY OF ASHLAND COUNTY - 645 hand but, as the years have passed, modern farm implements have been invented amd introduced, the fireplace has given way before the perfected range, railroads have been built, the telegraph and telephone have been introduced and rural free delivery has been everywhere established. In his work Mr. Weltmer has kept pace with the progress of the age and his mind forms a connecting link between the primitive past and the progressive present. A native of Wayne county, Ohio, he was born November 27, 1829, a son of Jacob and Hannah (Showalter) Weltmer, who were natives of Pennsylvania. The father come with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Weltmer, to Ohio in 1812 and settled on the farm on which the subject of this review was born. There he spent his remaining days and for many years was a representative of the agricutural interests of the community. He was one of a family of four children, in the others being John, Abram and Mrs. Mary Showalter. Having arrived at years of maturity Jacob Weltmer married Hannah Showalter and they became the parents of nine children: Mrs. Sarah Smoke, who died in 1859; John; Jacob. living in Vermillion township; Mrs. Bessy Showalter, deceased; Mrs. Leah .Isemour, of Indiana; Joseph and Maggie, twins, who have passed away: Mrs. Anna Showalter, of Indiana; and Mrs. Mary Pugh, who has departed this life. John Weltmer spent the days of his boyhood and youth upon the old home farm, remaining with his parents up to the time of his marriage, when he began farming on his own account in Chester township. Wayne county. He also worked at the carpenter's trade and, in fact, has followed that pursuit more or less throughout his entire life, framing a barn here in the summer of 1908. although at the time in his seventy-ninth year. He has always led a busy life. with few leisure hours, and his enterprise and activity have brought him his success. In April, 1857, he came to his present farm and it has since been his home. The improvements upon it are the work of his hands and he still gives general supervision to its care and cultivation. He has here one hundred and five acres of arable land situated on section 3. He built a bank barn thirty-six by eighty feet, has remodeled and added to the dwelling and now has good buildings upon the place. In more recent years he has turned over the work of the farm to his son so that he is enabled to enjoy something of that rest which should ever crown long years of active and honorable labor. On the 27th of October, 1851, Mr. Weltmer was married to Miss Phoebe Moses, who was born in Perry county, Pennsylvania, November 16, 1828, and when eight years of age went to Wayne county, Ohio, with her parents, John and Mary (Carl) Moses, whose family numbered eleven children. Her father died in Wayne county, after which the mother spent her last days with her daughter Mrs. Weltmer. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Weltmer were born four children: Sylvana, who died in childhood; Penninah, the wife of Charles Scott, of Vermillion township; Ephraim, of Green township; and Lenne, the wife of Jack Baker, of Vermillion township. In his political views Mr. Weltmer has been a stalwart republican since the organization of the party and has served in school and road offices, but otherwise has never sought nor desired office. He is a member of the Evangelical Association and assisted largely in building the church near his home, which was begun 646 - HISTORY OF ASHLAND COUNTY in 1861 and dedicated in 1863. His life has ever been an upright and honorable one, truth and justice being among his salient characteristics. He is now well advanced in years and receives the honor and respect of all who know him. He can relate many interesting instances of the early days and tell instructive tales concerning a mode of life which was common here more than a half century ago, bearing comparatively little resemblance to the manner of living at the present time when invention has so revolutionized all lines of life. JOHN S. CLARK. The rich land of Ohio offers excellent opportunities to the farmer, and raiser and for a number of years John S. Clark was closely associated with those lines of business. He now snakes his home in Ashland where he continues to deal in stock and is one of the extensive shippers of this section of the county. He was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, May 20, 1853, his parents being Jesse and Hattie (Shirk) Clark, both of whom were also natives of Lancaster county, whence they came to .Ashland county with their family in March, 1870, locating on the old Sheridan farm five miles southeast of the city of Ashland. The father purchased this property from his son Martin who had preceded him to Ashland county and upon this farm both the father and mother died, his death. occurring November 21, 189I, when he was in his eightieth year. No event of especial importance occurred to vary the routine of farm life for John S. Clark in his boyhood and youth. He was educated in the public schools of Ashland county, whither he came with his parents when a youth of seventeen years. Throughout his entire life he has been connected with stock dealing, for as early as his twelfth year he purchased a pig and a little later a horse, and has since been connected with live-stock interests on a constantly increasing scale. At eighteen years of age he began farming for himself, operating a part of his father's land on shares, and at twenty-one years of age he took charge of his father's farm, meanwhile trading in stock in connection with his farming. His father's place comprised ninety-seven acres of tillable land and he cultivated the farm for sixteen years, during which time he not only devoted his time to raising grain but was also a heavy feeder and shipper of stock. He bought and sold horses by the carload, feeding and shipping one winter sixty-seven head of horses besides other stock. Following his father, death, which occurred in 1891, he conducted the farm for two years as administrator of the estate, and after he had settled up the business he sold the farm in the spring of 1893 and removed to his own farm, which he had previously purchased. He did not continue, however, to engage in tilling the soil but devoted his entire attention, to the live-stock business and his outside investments. In 1895 he purchased another farm in Montgomery township to which he removed and on which he resided for two years. He then sold that property and purchased a handsome residence standing in the midst of fifteen acres of land adjoining, his other place and there took up his abode. This home which he still owns, corners the old homestead where his father lived and died. He also HISTORY OF ASHLAND COUNTY - 647 has a farm there of eighty-two acres, including some of the most valuable land in Ashland county. In December, 1904, he was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife and soon after her death he removed to Ashland where he has since resided, directing his stock dealing operations from this point. He is one of the most extensive and best known stock shippers of this section of the county and is a representative business man whose intelligently directed labor has brought to him constantly increasing and well merited success. In 1875, John S. Clark was married to Miss Martha Ilaggerty, who passed away in December, 1904. Two years later in 1906, he wedded Miss Lula Zmmerman, of Ashland, and unto this marriage has been born a son, Jesse A. He reared two children: J. L. Clark, now of the firm of Hess & Clark; and Jennie, the wife of William Nelson, of Ashland. They also have reared a little girl, Helen Smith, whom they took into their home in her early girlhood, making her a member of the family. She is now the wife of Morgan Workman, of Ashland. In his political views Mr. Clark has been a stalwart republican since age conferred upon him the right of franchise, and has been quite active in the local ranks of the party. He served for six years and nine months as a trustee of Montgomery township and under his administration the pike building of the township was begun. He has always stood for practical progress and that advancement along those lines which constitutes a source of substantial growth and improvement. He is a member of the Dickey Baptist church in which he is serving as chorister, and in all things pertaining to the welfare of the community he is interested. He owns a handsome residence on Claremont avenue and resides at 79 1/2 Center street in Ashland, being regarded as one of the representative business men and most prominent stock dealers of the county. DAVID ALLISON PHILLIPS. David Allison Phillips, early realizing how forceful a factor in the business affairs of life is unremitting energy, has throughout his entire career manifested this quality in large measure. Its a contractor he has contributed to the improvement of Ashland as well as to his individual success. His birth occurred in Holmes county, Ohio, on Christmas day, 1851, his parents being Enoch and Adaline (Craig) Phillips, natives of Washington county, Pennsylvania, and of Holmes county, Ohio, respectively. In his boyhood days the father accompanied his parents to the latter county where he was reared, educated and married. He died in early manhood, passing away when his son David was but a young lad. The mother afterward became the wife of DeWalt Guth, removing to Loudonville Ashland county, Ohio, where they resided until 1862, when they took up their abode in the county seat. In this city, therefore, David Allison Phillips was living when he attained his majority. He pursued his education in the public schools and in Savannah Academy. When a boy of ten years he was ambitious to make. money for himself and he peddled fruit, nuts and other edibles at the trains as they passed 648 - HISTORY OF ASHLAND COUNTY through Loudonville. After coming to Ashland he worked for the street commissioner and at fourteen years of age was doing a man's regular work, The money which he earned in this way enabled him to pursue his academic course and after the completion of his education he returned home and secured employment in the Ashland Flax Mill. A year later he entered the employ of his step-father and subsequently became a partner in the huckster business, in which he engaged for six years. On the expiration of that period he conducted an independent venture in the produce business, with which he was identified until 1897, when he began contracting. During the latter years of his connection with the produce business he had not met with the success he had anticipated and his capital had therefore become depleted. When he took up the contracting business, therefore, he began operations on a small scale and in this he undoubtedly found the task for which nature intended him for he has met with continuously growing success since that time. He first dug cellars and other small contracts, but his business steadily developed until his first large contract was the building of five miles of pike in Montgomery township. Since that time he has been constantly employed in the execution of important contracts. He has built all of the pike roads of Ashland county, has improved sixteen streets in the city, paving thirteen of these with brick, and has done extensive contracting for the Erie Railroad, making grades for the double tracts on the road from Nankin Station to Pope Station. He was also awarded the contract for the grading from Ashland switch to Milton tower and the grading from the Olivesburg road to Madison Summit. In 1904 he laid out, graded and paved the streets and put in the sewers of the John Sherman estate in Mansfield. He also did the grading of West Arch street, Daisy street, Hammond street and East First street in Mansfield, built the main street through Loudonville which was the first improved street in that place and did the grading for the traction line from Silver Creek to Wadsworth in Medina county, moving ten thousand yards of dirt in less than thirty days. At one time in 1907 he had contracts aggregating between eighty and one hundred thousand dollar. He keeps thirty head of horses and ten head of mules and is fully equipped for taking care of large contracts. His business is now very extensive and of an important character and returns to him an excellent income. On the 7th of November. 1871, Mr. Phillips was married to Miss Mary B. Reep of Ashland, Ohio, and unto them have been born eight children, six daughters and two sons : Clara A., the wife of William E. Leinard of Ashland; Helen B., the wife of J. E. Arnold, also residing in Ashland; Catherine C., the wife of Arthur L. Van Osdall, residents of Ashland; Mary B., the wife of Charles E. Enck, residing in the same city; John G., at home; Frederick A., who was born November 12, 1884, and died November 7, 1886; Tina C. and Josephine D., both at home. In his political views Mr. Phillips is a democrat and on that ticket has been elected to the city council, his service covering a period of ten years. during which time he has greatly promoted the welfare of the interests of the city. He is prominent socially, holding membership in Mohican Lodge, No. 85, I. O. O. F., since 1880. He is also a member of Ashland Encampment, No. 130, and of Canton Ashland, No. 41, I. O. O. F. In the lodge he has filled all of the chairs. HISTORY OF ASHLAND COUNTY - 649 He and his family are members of the Christian church and for many years he has served as one of its trustees. He stands as a splendid example of the typical American business man whose advancement cannot be retarded by difficulties or obstacles for he uses these as an impetus for renewed effort. Starting out in life empty-handed, he educated himself and the prominent position which he occupies today in the business world is due entirely to his determination to succeed. Reliable and enterprising, he has advanced along legitimate lines of business, and has not only won prominence but by his straight forward dealing has gained the unqualified confidence and good will of those with whom he his been brought in contact. JOHN FIRESTONE MCCONNELL John Firestone McConnell, a well known and prosperous merchant of Rowsburg, was born in Perry township, Ashland county, Ohio. November 2, 1849. His parents were David C. and Matilda (Firestone) McConnell, the former born in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, January 27, 1812, and the latter in Ohio on the 5th of January, 1814. Their marriage was celebrated in March, 1836. When but two years of age David C. McConnell was brought by his parents to Wayne county, Ohio, remaining under the parental roof until he had attained the age of twenty-four years, when he was married and started out in life on his own account. Coming to Ashland county, he first purchased a farm of fifty-three acres, to which he afterward added by additional purchase until his holdings comprised or tract of ninety-three acres on which he spent his remaining days. When it came into his possession the land was in a wild and undeveloped state but as the years passed he converted it into rich and productive fields which annually returned golden harvests as a reward for the care and labor bestowed on them. His first residence and barn were constructed of rough logs and he underwent many of the hardships and privations incident to pioneer life in this county. His time and energies were devoted to agricultural pursuits and he was truly a self-made man, his success being entirely the result of his own well directed industry and enterprise. He was, moreover, a man of unfaltering integrity, superior judgment and excellent executive ability and took the greatest delight in ministering to the comfort and welfare of his family. Though denied school privileges in youth, he became a well informed man through reading, experience and observation and provided his children with the best educational training available in those early days. He capably served in the position of township trustee for two terms and was a most loyal, public-spirited citizens whose aid and influence could ever be counted upon in any movement instituted to advance the general welfare. He passed away in 1896, having for two years survived his wife, who was called to her final rest in 1894. Their family numbered eleven children. James C. McConnell, the eldest, who is now a resident of Turner, Kansas, served for three years in the Union army as a member of Company C, Forty-second Ohio Infantry, under Colonel Garfield. He was taken prisoner of the first siege of Vicksburg but after a