AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 801 rado. Mr. Du Bois still retains his farm of eighty acres in Darke County. Both he and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. Rolland R. Du Bois was seven years old when his parents took possession of their farm in Adams Township, Darke County, and there he was reared. He attended the country schools and taught school through one winter in Adams Township. In 1907 he established his business at Bradford and to this he has given the larger part of his attention ever since, displaying a large amount of business capacity in its management. There are other concerns in his line but he has demonstrated that there is always room for one more if that one is superior, in any branch of trade. Mr. Du Bois married Miss Cora Ullery, a daughter of David Ulery. and they have one son, Myron. Mr. and Mrs. Du Bois are members of the Presbyterian Church, in which he is a deacon. He is identified with the Masonic fraternity. J. M. SWITZER, who conducts the Only establishment in West Milton devoted exclusively to the sale of agricultural implements, is located on Hayes Street. He was born near Pleasant Hill. in Miami County, Ohio, May 26, 1874, and is a son of Jacob and Mary (Kunkle) Switzer. Jacob Switzer, father of the subject of this record, was eight years old when he accompanied his parents from Pennsylvania, to Miami County, locating on the farm he now owns. He engaged in farming throughout his active career and is now living in retirement at Covington. As a result of his marriage to Mary Kunkle, they became parents of seven children. J. M. Switzer received his educational training in the district schools of the county, and upon leaving school took up farming, which he followed successfully for eleven years. November 3, 1906, he moved to West Milton and purchased the implement store of Minnick & Miller, located on Hayes Street. He carries a full line of agricultural implements and farm tools, and the volume of business transacted is exceeding his expectations and is constantly increasing. Mr. Switzer was united in marriage with Miss Vinnie Black and they have three sons, namely: Harry, who is attending school; Wilbur; and Harrold. Politically, he is a Republican. In fraternal affiliation he is an Odd Fellow. T. C. SHILLING, of the firm of Shilling & Roberts, leading furniture dealers and undertakers of Troy, Ohio, has been engaged in the mercantile business in this city for a period of over forty years. He was born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1845, and is a son of Jesse Shilling, who prior to his death was one of the prominent and active citizens of Troy. Jesse Shilling, a son of William and Hannah Shilling, was born in Maryland, in 1825, and was about two years of age when his parents removed to Columbus, Ohio. There he was reared and educated, and when twenty-one years old was foreman of the Hayden Foundry, at Columbus, Ohio. He acquired considerable skill as an engineer and followed that occupation for years. In 1854 he moved to Troy and soon afterward agitated the establishment of a fire department here. Largely through his activity the project was favorably acted upon and he was installed as the first engineer of the department. He was always among the foremost in furthering 802 - HISTORY OF MIAMI COUNTY the city's interests, being one of the founders of the present water works system, and was most highly esteemed by his fellow-citizens. During the war he was provost-marshal of Miami County under Captain A. C. Duel. He also served as a member of the City Council. T. C. Shilling attended school in Columbus until his parents moved to Troy in 1854, and then attended school here until the Civil War was in progress. He enlisted as a member of Company H, 147th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Upon his return from the front he engaged in the dry goods business for some years, and then formed a partnership with Mr. Bond, under the firm name of Bond and Shilling, in the furniture and undertaking business. The partnership continued sixteen years, when upon the death of Mr. Bond, Mr. Roberts became a partner, the firm name being changed to Shilling & Roberts. This is the oldest firm of furniture dealers and undertakers in the city, and commands a liberal patronage at the hands of the people. Mr. Shilling was married at Fort Wayne, Indiana, to Miss Jennie Hartzell, and they have two sons, Eugene and Wade, both of whom are identified with the business of Shilling & Roberts. Mr. Shilling takes a deep interest in local politics, but with the exception of service on the School board, has filled no public office, being strictly a man of business. Fraternally, he is a member and has filled all the chairs of the following lodges : Blue Lodge, F. & A. M.; Chapter ; Odd Fellows ; Knights of Pythias ; also a member of the Knights Templar. He is also past commander of the local post, G. A. R. Religiously, he is a member of the Baptist Church. WILLIAM J. JONES, who comes of an old and prominent family of Union Township, Miami County, Ohio, resides about one mile southwest of West Milton, where he has a splendid farm of 163 acres. He was born in Union Township, a short distance below his present place, October 16, 1852, and is a son of Samuel Jones. Samuel Jones also was born in Union Township, where his father was among the pioneer settlers, having come from Georgia at an early date. He was always engaged in agricultural pursuits and occupied a place of high standing and affluence in the community. He lived for many years on the farm now owned by the subject of this record, and died there at the age of eighty-three years. He was married to Miss Anna Jay, who also was a native of Miami County, and they became parents of ten children. William J. Jones attended the district schools of Union Township, also one term in Grant County, Indiana, and three terms in Henry County, Indiana. After his school days were over, he remained on the home farm and has farmed there ever since. The buildings were erected before he came into possession of the place, but he has made many improvements and has one of the best kept places in this section. He has met with a high degree of success in general farming and stock raising. Politically, he is an ardent Republican but takes no active part in political affairs. In religious attachment he is a member of the Friends Church. T. C. BROWN, one of Miami County's representative citizens and a commissioner of the same for the past four years, resides on his farm of 185 acres in Wash- AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 803 ington Township, where he was born in 1845. He is a son of B. F. and a grandson of James Brown. James Brown was born in Virginia and was one of the hardy woodsmen and pioneers who accompanied Daniel Boone to Kentucky. In 1807 he pressed onward into Miami County, Ohio, founding the family in Washington Township. There his son, the late B. F. Brown, was born, in 1811, who died in 1887. Although he lived on his farm throughout a long life, he was well known all over the county, being a man of sterling character and noted public spirit. He capably filled all the township offices and for a number of years served also as a county commissioner. T. C. Brown, like his late father, has always identified himself with agricultural pursuits in Washington Township. For some years he has been one of the leading stock raisers of Miami County, his Shorthorn cattle and thoroughbred horses taking prizes wherever exhibited. He makes a specialty of trotting horses and has animals of which he is justly proud. One of the noted occupants of his stables is Delegat, a fine trotter with a record of 2:19 and the sire of a number of fine animals. Mr. Brown purchased Delegat in Lexington, Ky., when he was a two-year old. In 1876 Mr. Brown was married to Miss Alice Sawyer, of Boston, Massachusetts, who died on April 1, 1907. Mr. Brown has taken an active part in politics ever since he reached the age of discretion, and has never failed to cast his vote at an important election, with one exception, when he was away from his own State. He has served in his present office since September, 1904. WIRT KESSLER, a successful dealer in real estate and insurance at West Milton, is postmaster of the village and has frequently in the past been called upon to serve in official capacity. He is a man of wide acquaintance and takes high rank among the foremost business men of the community. Mr. Kessler was born in Union Township, Miami County, Ohio, in 1856, and is a son of William B. and Mary A. (Albaugh) Kessler, his father also being a native of Union Township. The family originally came to the United States from Switzerland, and the grandfather of the subject of this record was among the pioneer settlers of Union Township, Miami County, Ohio, having come from the state of New York. William B. Kessler followed farming throughout his active career and died on the home farm at the age of eighty years and seven months. He was at one time a very extensive land owner. He and his wife were parents of eight children, of whom seven sons and a daughter are now living. Wirt Kessler was educated in the public schools and in the normal school at Ada, Ohio, receiving a thorough educational training. He engaged in teaching and farming until 1890, when he came to West Milton and entered upon his duties as township clerk. He served in that capacity seven years, and was also mayor of the village for a period of six years, giving the public a good and efficient business administration. He then engaged in the real estate and insurance business, representing many of the strongest fire, accident and sick benefit companies in existence, among them being The Home Insurance Company, New York Underwriters, the Royal 804 - HISTORY OF MIAMI COUNTY Insurance Company, the North American, the National, the Springfield, the German-American and the Etna. He has served as postmaster of West Milton continuously since 1898. Mr. Kessler was united in marriage with Miss Harriet Corner and they are parents of the following children: Maud, wife of A. S. Swank, who is a civil engineer and is at present engaged in building an irrigation plant at Hamilton. Montana ; Estella, wife of W. C. Keck, a rural mail carrier at West Milton; C. Raymond, who married Edna Cassel and is employed as telegrapher by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company; and Morris. a railway mail clerk, who makes his home with his parents. In politics Mr. Kessler is a Republican. He is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity. the Knights of Pythias, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Religiously, he is a member of the Christian Church at West Milton. H. W. SMITH. proprietor of Smith's Bakery and president of the city council at Bradford. Ohio, is one of the town's older business men and a representative of its best citizenship. Mr. Smith was born in Montgomery County, Ohio, August 23, 1852, and is a son of Christian and Susan (Williamson) Smith. The father of Mr. Smith followed house carpenter work at Buffalo, New York. In 1824 he settled in Montgomery County, Ohio, where his wife died in 1855. His death occurred years later in Miami County. H. W. Smith was taken to the home of his great-uncle, Henry Williamson. when his mother died, and he was reared on a farm near Greenville, Darke County, and attended the district schools. In 1873 he accompanied his great-uncle and family to Bradford, where the uncle subsequently died, and in May, 1875, he embarked in business for himself and has continued here ever since and for twenty-five years of this period he has been engaged in the baking business. He has always been one of the city 's most progressive citizens and has served usefully in many public offices. For ten years he served as a member of the school board, and for eighteen years he has been a member of the city council and at present is president of this municipal body, an office for which his good judgment and civic pride particularly fit him. Mr. Smith married Harriet Yount, a daughter of Enos Yount, and they have one child, Claude C. Claude C. Smith is the electrician who has charge of the Bradford-Gettysburg Electric Lighting Company and is a young man who has honorably borne the name of his country and his State into far distant parts of the world. He was born on a farm five miles north of Bradford. February 21, 1877. and was educated in the Miami County schools. He spent seven years of his life in the United States Navy and that his early inclinations were in the direction of a military life, indicated the influence of heredity. His great-great-grandfather, John 'Williamson, was a Revolutionary patriot. His great-grandfather, Henry Williamson, came down the Ohio river on a flat-boat, landing at Fort Washington, near the present city of Cincinnati, and he was an Indian fighter under General Wayne, fought in the War of 1812. under General Harrison, did a soldier's duty in the Mexican War and lived to send two of his sons into the Civil War, while two of the other sus served in the Mexi- AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 805 can War. Doubtless his loyal heart would have been cheered had he witnessed his great-grandson's services during the Spanish-American War, in the Philippine Islands and in China, when greater dangers were encountered and more complete victories gained than the old veteran had ever known. Claude C. Smith joined the navy at Norfolk, Virginia, in July, 1897, and was assigned to the battleship Nashville, which, in the following month, was attached to the West Indian Station, and he was one of the first gun crew that fired the opening shot in the Spanish-American War. He was made chief of the electrical department of the battleship, made the tour around the world, is a veteran of the Philippine insurrection and of the Boxer uprising in China, and later was one of the electricians on the battleship Kentucky, under Admiral Evans. With credit he retired from the navy in October, 1904, since when his home has been at Bradford. He married Miss Emma Brookman and they have had three children, Harriet, Harvey and Charles. Haryey being deceased. A. M. FRY, a leading general contractor at Piqua, Ohio, has been a resident of this city since the spring of 1890 and has thoroughly identified himself with its interests. He was born in 1861, in Montgomery County, Ohio, but was reared to manhood on a farm in Parke County. When aged twenty-one, Mr. Fry learned the carpenter trade and continued to work at it until 1888, when he began contracting at Versailles, Ohio, coming from there to Piqua, in 1890. Here he went into general contracting and has been so successful that he has easily taken a place among the lead- ing men in that line in this section. Many of his contracts have been for large oil-mills and substantial grist-mills, and he built Mays' Opera House, the Atlas Underwear Building, the Union Underwear Building or woolen mills, the Orr & Flesh Building, the J. W. Brown Building and others at Piqua, churches and schools at Maywood, the Forest School at Troy, the Manual Training School at West Milton, the Piqua Business Men's Club Building, and some of the finest private residences in the State. Mr. Fry is interested in a business way in the French Oil-Mill Machine Works. In 1887 Mr. Fry was married to Miss Mary A. Routson, who died in September, 1898, survived by four children—Alvin Victor, Margaret Irene, Raymond Chester and Annie Elizabeth. Mr. Fry is a member of the First Presbyterian Church, in which he is a deacon. He is connected with the Business Men's Club, and is a representative man in all that pertains to good citizenship. P. A. YOUNT, one of the leading merchants of West Milton, Ohio, is a member of the firm of Yount and Newby, proprietors of a flourishing grocery business. He was born in Miami County, south of West Milton, in 1872, and is a son of S. K. and Mary P. (Peck) Yount. His grandfather, Elam Yount, was one of the pioneers of Miami County, coming from Pennsylvania in the early days. S. K. Yount in his early days followed farming, but for many years has followed carpentering and operated a threshing machine, making his home in West Milton. He married Mary P. Peck and they have two sons, P. A. Yount ; and T. O. Yount, 806 - HISTORY OF MIAMI COUNTY who follows farming and is located near Rockford. P. A. Yount received his schooling at West Milton, and then began his business career as a clerk in the store of which he is now one of the proprietors. In 1896 he went to Indiana and there opened a grocery, which he ran for three years. Upon his return to West Milton he purchased the interest of H. A. Ireland in the business of the firm of Ireland & Smithman. Mr. Smithman later sold his interest to Mr. L. C. Newby, and the firm name became Yount & Newby and has continued as such to the present time. They originally had a stock of hardware, which they sold out to Mr. E. T. Wenger, and have since conducted a grocery exclusively. They are located opposite the post office, in the old Randall Building, and carry a large stock of goods, such as their extensive patronage warrants. Mr. Yount was united in marriage with Miss Stella Cress of Miami County, and they have one son, Howard, who is attending the public schools. Politically, Mr. Yount is a Republican and served five years as a member of the village council. He was elected treasurer of West Milton in 1908, and is now capably discharging the duties of that office. Fraternally, he is a member of the Knights of Pythias and of the Masons. JACOB B. STICHTER, general farmer and representative citizen of Newton Township, who owns one farm of seventy-six acres and has a one-half interest in a second farm, of eighty acres, both situated in Newton Township, was born in Clark County, Ohio, August 18, 1850. His parents were Jacob and Louisa (Brown) Stichter. Jacob Stichter was born in Union County, Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio in early manhood and for some years operated a distillery at Medway, Clark County, in partnership with his brother. After his marriage he settled on a rented farm near New Carlisle and in 1856 moved from there to Miami County, buying 160 acres of land in Newton Township. It was then a poor property with no improvement on it except a little log cabin. He took possession of that and went right to work to clear up his land and by 1860 was able to build a comfortable residence and good barn. He did all the draining necessary on this and his other land, constantly adding to his possessions until he had 400 acres. He was a member of the Christian Church and was a man of many sterling virtues. He died in 1880 and both he and wife were interred in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery. He married Louisa Brown and they had eight children—William, Mary, Jacob B., Amelia, Sarah, Frank, Rebecca and Margaret. Jacob B. Stichter. in his boyhood, lived one and one-quarter miles from the nearest school, which was at Pattytown, but he was willing to walk that distance as he was anxious to secure an education. He worked for his father until he was twenty years old and since then has been engaged in attending to his own affairs. For six years following his marriage, he resided on his father's farm in Newton Township and then bought the farm on which he has lived ever since. He cleared almost the whole of the seventy-six acres and has all under cultivation with the exception of five acres of second growth timber. Recognizing the value of drainage, Mr. Stich-ter has put down about 1,000 rods of tile, AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 807 and the large returns he gets from his land proves the practical value of the early expenditure. His farm is one of the best in Newton Township. He grows tobacco, corn, wheat, oats and hay. In February, 1877, Mr. Stichter was married to Miss Mary Mullany, a daughter of Patrick and Catherine Mullany, and they have had five children, namely : Charles, who is assistant editor of the Dayton Journal; James, who is engaged in the butchering business in Kansas ; Clara and Harley, both residing at home ; and Stella ; who is now deceased. Mr. Stichter is a Republican in politics and has served as turnpike superintendent for twenty-five years but has refused other public offices which his friends in the township have offered him. F. M. COPPOCK is a well-to-do agriculturist of Union Township, Miami County, Ohio, and resides three-quarters of a mile southwest of Ludlow Falls on the place entered by his great-grandfather at the time of his arrival in 1804. He was born in Franklin Township, Darke County, Ohio, in 1857, and is a son of David C. and Emeline (Niles) Coppock, and a grandson of James Coppock. James Coppock, the grandfather, was born in South Carolina in 1799 and was five or six years old when brought by his parents to Miami County, Ohio, in 1804. He lived here the remainder of his days and died on the home place in 1867, at the age of sixty-eight years. He married Jane Huntsman and they were parents of twelve children, of whom eight were sons. David Clark Coppock, father of the subject of this record, was born on the home farm in Union Township, April 13, 1832. He attended the primitive schools of that early period and then followed farming until he entered the Union Army during the Civil War. He enlisted in 1862 as a member of Company GI-, 110th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served with credit until the war closed. He then engaged in stock dealing, in which he was expert, and followed that business successfully during the remainder of his active career. In 1882, he moved west to Nebraska and still later to Oklahoma, where he passed his declining years in retirement. He and his wife both died in that territory in 1895. They had the following children : One who died in infancy; F. M. Coppock, whose name heads this record ; Angenetta, wife of W. Honey-man ; and Lewis M., a resident of Iowa. F. M. Coppock attended the public schools of Union Township and during his early years farmed for a time. He then became identified with stone quarrying, an industry in which he continued until 1907. For sixteen years he operated a quarry himself and on the date mentioned closed it down and turned his attention to farming. The place on which he lives consists of seven acres and has been in the family name since the pioneer days when the family became established here. He also is the owner of two other tracts in Union Township, one of forty acres and the other of twelve acres. He erected the fine home in which he lives and has a highly improved property. Mr. Coppock was united in marriage with Miss Sarah A. Ehlers, a daughter of Otto Ehlers, and they have three children: Samuel, who is a conductor in the railway service ; Mary ; and Robert. Religiously, they are members of the Friend 808 - HISTORY OF MIAMI COUNTY Church. He is a Republican in politics and takes a deep interest in the success of that party. In fraternal affiliation, he is a member of the Knights of Pythias. ALBERT W. McCUNE, postmaster at Bradford, Ohio, of which place he is a leading business citizen, was born on a farm in Darke County, Ohio, April 30, 1859, and is a son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Jay) McCune. Thomas McCune came to Ohio in 1830, from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, choosing his home in Adams Township, near Gettysburg, Darke County, Ohio, where previous settlers from the same section had perpetuated the old familiar home names. Thomas McCune married in Ohio, the Jay family having come also from Pennsylvania. in Elizabeth's girlhood. They continued to be farming people of Darke County during the remainder of their lives. Albert W. McCune was educated in Adams Township and was reared on the home farm, where he continued to live for three years after his marriage, coming then to Bradford. He was employed as a clerk in a local store for several years and then went into a mercantile business under the firm name of Johnston & McCune, but when he was appointed postmaster, he sold out his mercantile interests and assumed his public duties on June 1, 1897. He is secretary and one of the directors of the Bradford Building and Loan Association and for fifteen years has been a member of the Bradford School Board, formerly being secretary and treasurer of this body. On December 19, 1880, Mr. McCune was married to Miss Ella Westfall, a daughter of John Westfall of Greenville Township, Darke County, and they have had six children, namely Harley, who died aged six years; Chester ; Forrest, who died aged eighteen months ; Cora, who married Albert Kenneth Little, an attorney at Columbus, and has two children, Delmas and Bernard; and Elizabeth and Fern. Chester McCune, the second son of the above family, met an accidental death while performing his duties as a brakeman in the railroad yards at Dayton, on December 6, 1906. He left a young wife, formerly Miss Bessie Carter, and an infant son, Chester Albert. The cutting off of this young man when only twenty-two years of age and with the brightest prospects of a happy and useful life before him, was a crushing domestic grief and aroused general sympathy. Mr. McCune is a leading member of the Bradford Presbyterian Church. serving as a deacon and also on the board of trustees. Fraternally he is an Odd Fellow, a. Knight of Pythias and a Red Man. G. L. COMPTON. D. D. S., whose entire professional career has been spent in West Milton, enjoys a large and lucrative practice. He was born on the old Compton homestead in Union Township, Miami County, Ohio, in 1881. and is a son of Isaac and Rachel (Coate) Compton. Henry Coate, grandfather of the subject of this record, was a natiye of North Carolina and moved to Miami County, Ohio, when the country was still in a wild and undeveloped state. He settled on the farm in Newton Township. which has continued in the family name to the present time. Isaac Compton was horn on the home farm in Union Township and engaged in farming throughout his active career. He AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 809 is now a respected citizen of West Milton, where he is living in retirement. He married Rachel Coate, and to them were born four children : William H. of West Milton; Omer, who is farming in Union Township Alice, who died at the age of four years; and Dr. G. L. Compton. G. L. Compton attended the common schools of the township and the West Milton High School. After his graduation from that institution he completed a three years' course in dentistry at Ohio Medical University, from which he in 1905 received the degree of D. D. S. Immediately thereafter he opened an office in the building of Compton Brothers at West Milton, where he has since been in active practice. Dr. Compton was married September 6, 1905, to Miss Anna E. Miller, a daughter of Jefferson Miller, who is engaged in carpentering. at West Milton. They have one daughter, Miriam, who was born September 17, 1906. In religious attachment, they are members of the Christian Church. The Doctor is a Republican in politics. Fraternally, he is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. J. W. STAHL, senior member of the mercantile firm of Stahl & Patty, is a leading business citizen of Bradford and an experienced man in his line, having been identified with it during almost the whole of his mature life. Mr. Stahl was born on a farm in Darke County, Ohio, June 3, 1858, and is a son of Samuel and Susan (Longenecker) Stahl. His father was a soldier of the Civil War, one who gave his life for the perpetuation of the Union. Just prior to the opening of that war, Samuel Stahl had established himself at Gettysburg, in Darke County, in the mercantile business, but he put aside all personal interests and entered the army. He served with credit until near the close of the Rebellion, when he was taken sick and died in a military hospital at Nashville, Tennessee, aged thirty-five years. When J. W. Stahl was a little over ten years of age, he went to live with a farmer, John Mummert, in Adams Township, Darke County, and continued to make that his home until he was married, in 1883. In 1889 he embarked in the mercantile business at Bradford, in partnership with Mr. Brumbaugh, under the style of Brumbaugh & Stahl, which continued for five years, when Mr. Brumbaugh sold his interest to Boyer Brothers and the business name became Stahl & Boyer Brothers. Two years later, Mr. Stahl sold out and remained out of business from 1896 until 1900, when he again entered into merchandising. With his present partner, Mr. Patty, he engaged one room in the Arnold Block and there handled dry goods and groceries. Increasing patronage soon demanded more room, and storage quarters were secured in the rear, but a grocery department was soon added in order to accommodate customers and that room had to be utilized for the new stock. In August, 1906, still better facilities had to be provided and another room was added in which a stock of clothing and gents' furnishings were placed and in addition to these different well equipped rooms the firm has secured three rooms on the second floor which they devote to carpets and draperies. In view of this expansion the time is not far distant when still larger quarters will have to be secured for a firm that is in so prosperous a condition. Both proprietors attend to customers and three 810 - HISTORY OF MIAMI COUNTY sales people are also employed and more during the holiday seasons. On March 4, 1883, Mr. Stahl was married to Miss Maria Tobias, and they have four children—Luther R., Harley T., Margie Olive and Chalmer F. Miss Margie Olive is a graduate of the Bradford High School and is a successful teacher at Bradford. Mr. Stahl and family are members of the Presbyterian Church. He is identified with the order of Odd Fellows. CHARLES A. SCHNELL. one of the highly respected older citizens of Troy, now living retired in his pleasant home at No. 347 South Mulberry Street, is a native of Germany, having been born March 15, 1830, in Saxe Coburg. It will be remembered that the brother of Prince Albert, husband of the late Queen Victoria, of England, was Ernest the Second, Duke of Saxe Coburg, and Mr. Schnell remembers seeing that admirable sovereign in her girlhood. In 1853, when twenty-three years, of age, Mr. Schnell came to America and lived for a short time at Paterson, New Jersey, later making his home in the city of Baltimore, Maryland. There he learned photography and subsequently opened a photographic studio in Washington, D. C., which he conducted for one year, when he lost everything by fire. In 1858 he transferred his business interests to Troy, Ohio, and in May, 1860, he moved to Tippecanoe. In 1862 he enlisted in the Federal Army, becoming a member of Company E, 106th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and during his three years of continuous service was attached to the Army of the Cumberland. He enlisted as a private and through soldierly qualities became first sergeant of his company, being mustered out with that rank. Upon his return from the army, Mr. Schnell again located at Tippecanoe City, where he carried on photography until 1871. He then returned to Troy, where he purchased a gallery on the Public Square and continued in the photographic business there for thirty years. His work was highly artistic in character and his patrons came from all oyer Miami County. In 1860 Mr. Schnell was married to Miss Barbara Eitel, and they have three children : Charles F., who is in the plumbing business at Troy; Mary, who is the wife of David Metz, of Norwalk, Ohio ; and George V., who is also in the plumbing business at Troy. Mr. and Mrs. Schnell are members of the Lutheran Church. He is identified with the Grand Army of the Republic. E. W. YOUNT, who owns a good thirtytwo-acre farm about four and a half miles northwest of Milton, was born in 1861, one mile west of Tippecanoe City. His father was a native of Montgomery County, where after a short life spent in agriculture, he died at the age of twenty-three years, at which time the subject of this sketch was eighteen months old. E. W. Yount was reared in Miami County, and after his school days were over he took up farming for an occupation, at first renting a farm. In 1894 he bought his present place, on which he built a house and made other useful improvements. In addition to general farming, he raises tobacco, and also carries on a general blacksmith business. By dint of his own exertions he has become one of the prosperous citizens of Union Town- AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 811 ship and is a man respected by his neighbors for his industry and character. In politics he. is a Republican and he was elected trustee of the township in 1905 and in 1907, being now an incumbent of that office. In the fall of 1908 he ran for the office of county commissioner but owing to adverse conditions was defeated. He is a member of the Friends' Church. Mr. Yount married Lauretta Coates of Union Township and they have three children—Harry, Frank, and Lena. WILLIAM G. ELLIOTT, who is in partnership with Frank Palmer in the operation of a coal yard at Laura, Union Township, was born in Scotland, June 4, 1882, a son of Andrew and Marian. (Gilchrist) Elliott. His father, also a native of Scotland, came to the United States in March, 1887, locating in Pennsylvania. He is now engaged in coal mining in Indiana County. He and his wife have been the parents of a large family, numbering seventeen children. The subject of this sketch was a child less than five years old when he accompanied his parents to America. He was educated in the schools of Pennsylvania and subsequently worked for three years in a glass factory and eight years in the coal mines of Pennsylvania, or until May 7, 1904, when the firm of which he is now a member was formed. In addition to coal, the business includes the handling of all kinds of tiling, cement, plaster, etc., besides farm implements, the office of the concern being located on the Big Four tracks. Mr. Elliott is doing a thriving business and is numbered among the rising citizens of the village. Politically he is a Republican. He belongs to the Knights of Pythias and the Knights of Malta. and is a member of the Christian Church. He married Alice Palmer, a daughter of Frank Palmer, and has three children—Frank, Marion, and William, who bid fair to keep up the credit of the family name. JOSEPH W. MEANS, M. D., a prominent citizen of Troy, who is well known for his professional ability throughout this section of Ohio, was born in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, in 1855, his parents, Joseph and Margaret Means, being both of German descent. Having completed his literary education in Pennsylvania Academy, he came to Ohio and entered the scientific department of the National Normal University at Lebanon, from which he was graduated in 1877. The next seven years of his life were spent in teaching school, and he proved himself an able educator but not caring to continue longer in that occupation, he took up the study of his present profession and was graduated from the Pulte School of Medicine in 1881. Wishing, however, to acquire a further theoretical knowledge of this most difficult science, he matriculated in the Chicago Homeopathic College, where he took a post-graduate course in 1898. In 1897 he was elected president of the American Association of Orificial Surgery in Chicago and in 1900 he became president of the Homeopathic Medical Society of Ohio. The doctor has been a resident of Troy since 1881 and in that time has proved his value, not only as a professional man of high standing, but also as an intelligent citizen who keeps a close watch on public affairs. In 1899 he served as president of the City Council of Troy, being elected from the First Ward. He has made a close study 812 - HISTORY OF MIAMI COUNTY of economics and it was through his influence that the city of Troy purchased the electric light plant and thereby reduced the price of current from twenty cents per thousand watts to eight cents. The Doctor is a stanch advocate of municipal ownership. In politics he is a Republican and he served for two years as coroner of Miami County. His labors on behalf of the city have been markedly beneficial and have caused him to be regarded as one of Troy's most useful and representative citizens. Dr. Means was married, in 1881, to Miss Eola F. Roberts, of Christiansburg, Ohio, a daughter of George W. and Diantha (Cori)ley) Roberts. Of this union there is one daughter, Myrtle, who was born July 27, 1883. She is the wife of Charles F. Bryant, a druggist of Cincinnati, Ohio. Fraternally, the Doctor is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias. CHARLES C. SCHULTZ is a prosperous farmer of Newton Township, Miami County, Ohio, and is the owner of a farm of eighty acres located in Section 3. He was born near Harrisburg, Montgomery County, Ohio, October 21, 1867, and is a son of William and Sophia (Trost) Schultz. William Schultz Eyed in Montgomery County, Ohio, until some years after his marriage, then moved to Newton Township, Miami County, where his death occurred in 1882, while he was still in middle life. He was buried at Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Religiously he was a member of the Lutheran Church. He was a Democrat in politics. He married Sophia Trost, by whom he had five children, but two of whom grew up, namely, Charles C. and William J., who married Minnie Metzger. Mrs. Schultz formed a second union with Sebastian Holfinger, of Covington, and they have a son, Harry. Charles C. Schultz first went to school near Vandalia, and after the removal of his parents to Miami County he attended school near Pleasant Hill, in Newton Township. He worked on the home farm until he reached his majority, then worked out by the month, his first summer being spent on a farm near Covington, and the second on one near Troy. After his marriage he conducted operations on his mother's farm for eleven years, then moved to his present farm, which his mother purchased for him and his brother. He later purchased his brother's interest. It was part of the R. M. Kaufman farm, and Mr. Schultz erected all of the buildings now standing on the place. He cleared eight acres of the tract, laid about 350 rods of tile for drainage, and has made other important improvements. He follows general farming, and is meeting with good success. October 30, 1892, Mr. Schultz was joined in marriage with Miss Eva Reed, a daughter of William and Lucinda Reed, and they have one son, Omer, who is attending the common schools. In religious attachment they are members of the Christian Church. He is a Democrat in politics, and served two years as church trustee. JAMES W. STAUFFER, whose accidental death on June 20, 1902, caused great regret throughout this section, was born near Dayton, Ohio, December 28, 1850. His early industrial years were devoted to farming. On August 18, 1872, he married AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 813 Abby Jones, who was a daughter of William and Elizabeth Jones, residents of this county. After his marriage he located on the old Asa Jones place, but later purchased thirty acres of land for himself. This he subsequently sold and moved on to the Georgetown Pike, in which location he engaged in the sawmill business and farming. He later bought a place there, and also built a house in Georgetown, where he resided for nine years, operating an elevator and sawmill in Laura at the same time. In 1894 he removed to the village of Laura as his place of residence. He also purchased a farm in the vicinity. which he operated, though he never resided on it. He was the employer of a large number of men, and was a thriying and prosperous citizen. In politics a Republican, he held at times a number of township offices. He was especially interested in the cause of education, and built a number of schools in the township. At one time he was a candidate for the office of county commissioner. He was a man who was always before the public, and was known far and wide as a public-spirited citizen. His death, which was due to his being run over by a train, was a great shock as well as grief to the community. His remains now repose in the old Ludlow Cemetery. Mr. Stauffer was fraternally connected with the Knights of Pythias. He belonged to the Christian Church, and was much interested in church work. By his marriage with Abby Jones he had one child. Cora May, who married Newton Norris and resides in this township. Her husband is a farmer; they have no children. In addition to the above mentioned child, Mr. Stauffer and his wife adopted a boy —Edward M. Stauffer—who was born August 18, 1882, and whom they took to rear in 1884. He is now residing on a farm which the subject of this sketch gave him, and he also looks after the latter's estate. He married Edna Overcash, of Muncie, Indiana, and has one son, Glenn, who was born June 12, 1903. ISAAC ROSENBERGER, a retired farmer, and a well known minister in the Church of the Brethren, is a man of considerable literary ability, and was for a period of twenty-eight years a traveling eyangelist. He was born April 20, 1842, near Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio, and is a son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Hartsough) Rosenberger. Isaac J. Rosenberger was six years old when his parents removed to Hancock County, where his mother died four years later, and here his education was obtained in the district schools near his home. He taught in the district schools of that locality for about ten years, and during the war taught near Dayton, Ohio, for a period of three years. Subsequent to his marriage with Mary Ann Workman, a daughter of Morgan Workman. who was a retired farmer and stock dealer residing in Wooster, Ohio, he engaged in agricultural pursuits in Hancock County for one year. He then engaged in farming on a tract of land near Loudenville, Ashland County, Ohio, for four years, after which he returned to Hancock County, where he continued his residence for eleven years. In the spring of 1883 Mr. Rosenberger came to Covington, Ohio, where he and his estimable wife still reside in a comfortable home on North High Street. Here he purchased a tract of 260 acres in Newton 814 - HISTORY OF MIAMI COUNTY Township, on which he has never lived. After coining to Covington, Mr. Rosenberger took up church work and became an evangelist in the Church of the Brethren, otherwise known as the Dunkards, and for a period of twenty-eight years traveled throughout this section of the country, holding many successful meetings, his converts numbering about two thousand. Mr. Rosenberger has not devoted his entire attention to his church work, but also has literary tastes and leanings, having compiled and published a book entitled "Bible Readings and Bible Studies," and his volume on "Modern Spiritualism" is now in the hands of the publishers. He has also contributed largely to tract work, has written a number of articles on divorce and remarriage, among them being a treatise against divorce and remarriage. Mr. Rosenberger is still a minister of the local Church of the Brethren, of Covington, Ohio. DAVID B. PENNY, who conducts the largest general store in Laura, Union Township, his place of business being located on Main Street, was born one mile west of the town, and has resided in this vicinity all his life. He is a son of D. W. Penny, who was a farmer and early settler in this section. The great grandfather of the subject of this sketch was the first settler in this locality, and the house in which he lived is still standing. The family has since remained here. and its members in general have been numbered among the enterprising and prosperous agriculturists of the county. D. W. Penny, father of David B., farmed all his life, his place being located west of the town. He subsequently sold his farm, and is now residing in another part of the township. He married Mary Byerly, and their children are Mary, David, Minerva. Minnie and Harley. all of whom are now living. David B. Penny, after completing his studies, engaged in agriculture on the home farm, which he subsequently purchased. He continued to operate it on his own account until he bought his present store, when he sold it and bought forty acres elsewhere located, which he still owns, and a part of which he devotes to the raising of tobacco. He has some twenty-eight acres now planted with that crop. He is also doing a thriving business in his store, carrying some $6,000 worth of stock. including hardware, dry goods, general merchandise. etc. He has an up-to-date establishment, and has acquired an excellent reputation throughout this section as a business man of honorable methods. He served the township as justice of the peace for two terms—a period of six years—showing excellent capacity in his administration of the office. His first election was in 1901, and naturally resulted in his reelection for another term. Mr. Penny married Dona Noll and has two children, Edna. now seventeen years old, and Isabel, aged five. Mr. Penny is a Republican in politics. SIMON CLATE MORTON, superintendent of the public schools of Pleasant Hill, is well known in this community both as an educator and also as a minister, having served as pastor of the Ludlow Christian Church from 1904 to 1908. His activities at present, however, are entirely centered in his educational work, for which he is well qualified, being a college AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 815 graduate and holder of several degrees. He was born November 22, 1874, at Spencerville, Ohio, and is a son of William C. and Mary Ann (Evans) Morton. The grandfather of Mr. Morton, Thomas, Morton, was a resident of Allen County, Ohio, where he died in 1884, aged seventy-nine years. He married Mary Miller and they had three children, William C., Nancy and Simon. William C. Morton was born near Spencerville, Allen County, Ohio, October 19, 1849. He was a blacksmith at Spencerville for some years, later moved to Miami County, near Tippecanoe City, later bought forty acres of land on which he vet resides, in Staunton Township. He followed blacksmithing during the larger part of his actiye life, but now liyes retired. In 1873 he was married to Mary Ann Evans, a daughter of Isaac and Catherine (Harter) Evans, and they had four children, Simon ('late, Frank, Alma and John. For a number of years Mr. Morton has been a deacon in the West Union Christian Church. He votes with the Republican party, but has never either sought nor accepted a political office. Simon Clate Morton enjoyed the distinction of earning the first diploma ever issued in the public schools of Monroe Township, Miami County, after which he entered the High School at Tippecanoe City, Miami County, and following this course he taught school for two years in Union Township and then for six years was in the public schools of Monroe Township. three years of which he was superintendent of the township. During this period, on August 5, 1896, he was married to Miss Clara Bowman, a daughter of John and Amelia Bowman. To this mar- riage have been born eight children, namely : Edith, who is a student at Pleasant Hill ; Miriam and Lorna, both of whom attend school ; Amelia, Byron and Delmar, all at home ; an infant son and an infant daughter, both of whom died at birth. For five years following his marriage Mr. Morton resided on a small farm containing ten acres and then moved to Richmond, Indiana, in order to take a collegiate course at Earlham College, graduating in the class of 1903, with the degree of B. A. He then came to Pleasant Hill and took charge of the public schools at this place, finding his efforts highly appreciated. He is an earnest, thoughtful man, devoted to the work which he has made his life career, and the results of his care. management and influence can easily he seen in the high standard to which he has brought the schools of this place. In 1908 he received the Master's degree from his college, and a life certificate from the State Board of Examiners. Mr. Morton is widely known and his personal friends are numbered by the score. HARRY IRVIN MORROW, a prominent farmer of Washington Township, who, with his two sisters, owns the old Milton Morrow farm of 200 acres, which lies along the Washington Turnpike, about two and one-half miles southwest of Piqua, was born and reared on this fine property. His parents were Milton and Clarissa (Irvin) Morrow. The father of Mr. Morrow was also a native of Miami County, Ohio, and was born in Washington Township, on the farm which adjoins the one under consideration, on the south. During the whole of a long and exemplary life he resided in 816 - HISTORY OF MIAMI COUNTY this township, where he died in 1889. He was numbered with the most highly respected citizens and successful farmers. His father, Richard Morrow, had come to Washington Township, from Pennsylvania, among the earliest settlers. Milton married Clarissa Irvin, who was born and reared about seven miles distant from Dayton. She was a widow at the time, with one son, A. W. Prugh, who is a resident of Piqua. To Milton Morrow and his wife were born three children: Emma, who married William Elliott, and resides at Piqua and Luella and Harry Irvin. The mother of these children died in 1898. Harry Irvin Morrow was trained in agricultural pursuits from his youth up, and is considered one of the township's most capable farmers. The family home is a commodious brick residence, which was built in 1876 and was then probably the finest country home in the township. Mr. Morrow is unmarried. G. C. ULLERY, M. D., who is successfully engaged in the practice of medicine at West Milton, Miami County, Ohio, was born on a farm near Covington, this county, in 1880, a son of David E. and Rachel C. (Passage) Ullery. He is a grandson of David and a great-grandson of Jacob Ullery, the latter of whom was born on Chincoteague Island, off the eastern coast of Maryland, March 5, 1772, and who came to Ohio about 1810. Jacob died in Newberry Township, Miami County, Ohio, August 7, 1847. He was of German descent and a member of the Dunkard, or German Baptist, Church. David Ullery, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born in Montgomery County, Ohio, February 28, 1809, and was a boy when he accompanied his parents to Miami County. He became a prosperous agriculturist of Newberry Township and was a man widely respected. He was married, March 8, 1836, to Alsey Gibbons, who was born in Wheeling, West Virginia, March 20, 1818, a daughter of James and Mary Gibbons, who were natives of Ireland. Mr. and Mrs. David Ullery were the parents of three children—Jacob, who was killed in the Battle of Atlanta, Georgia, July 21, 1864; James G., who died in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and whose wife was Nellie Surratt, a native of Tennessee; and Mary E., who died April 8, 1873. David Ullery died June 5, 1842. His wife survived him until April 8, 1856. David E. Ullery, father of Dr. G. C. Ullery, was born on the parental homestead in Newberry Township, October 25, 1839. He was reared in the usual manner of farmer lads, attending the district schools, and receiving a good home training. While he was still a boy, his father died, and the management of the farm, comprising a quarter-section of land, passed into the hands of David's elder brother. David began work in the fields at a very early age. When the homestead was subsequently sold, disliking to see it pass wholly into the hands of strangers, he purchased 100 acres of it. In the spring of 1872 he began the operation of a sawmill, which business he followed in connection with farming for twenty-eight years. His enterprise was successfully conducted and his marked energy, perseverance and business ability enabled him to acquire a comfortable competence. In the spring of 1861, in company with Hugh Hart, an old school friend, he AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 817 started on horseback for Illinois to visit his brother, Jacob Ullery, but before they reached their destination Fort Sumter had been fired on. This news stirred the patriotic blood of these two travelers, and before reaching their journey's end they had determined to enlist. When they arrived in Illinois they found that Mr. Ullery's brother, Jacob, had already joined the army, and David became a member of the same company for three months' service. Enlisting April 22, 1861, he was assigned to Company D, Twentieth Illinois Volunteers, under Captain C. L. Paige, and afterwards re-enlisting as a veteran, served until the close of the war. He and his brother fought side by side until the Battle of Atlanta, where the brother was killed, dying on the field. The Twentieth Illinois was assigned to Gen. John A. McClernand's Division, and after the Battle of Shiloh was in the First Brigade, Third Division, under command of Gen. John A. Logan, in the Seventeenth Army Corps, under the command of Gen. McPherson. Mr. Ullery participated in the Battles of Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, Shiloh, where he was wounded by a piece of shell, and in many smaller engagements in the Corinth Campaign and around Vicksburg. He took part in the Battles of Fort Gibson and Raymond, in the latter of which he received a wound affecting the right lung, from which he never fully recovered. His subsequent time was spent in the hospital until October, 1863. when he returned to his regiment. Promoted to the rank of sergeant, he accompanied Sherman's command on the march to Meridian. In the spring of 1864 he re-enlisted and was granted a thirty-day furlough, at the end of which he ;joined his regiment at Spring- field, Illinois. Soon after he joined Sherman's army at Ackworth, Georgia, when he took part in the Battles of Kenesaw Mountain and Atlanta, in the latter of which his regiment suffered heavy loss, Mr. Ullery's brother, Jacob, as already mentioned, being among the slain. On July 22d, after some desperate fighting and when the Twentieth Illinois was reduced to a remnant, Mr. Ullery was captured by the enemy. He spent the time from that date until February 27, 1865, in Southern prisons, first in Andersonville, then at Savannah, Georgia; Charleston, South Carolina, and Florence, South Carolina. He was then paroled at Wilmington, North Carolina, and sent to St. Louis, subsequently going to Springfield, Illinois, where he was discharged July 13, 1865. He came home shattered in health, and weighing only seventy pounds, as a result of the hardships he had experienced. On the 26th of August, 1865, only about a month after his return from the war, Mr. Ullery was united in marriage with Miss Rachel C. Passage, of Piqua, Ohio, who was a representative of an old pioneer family of the State. He parents were Peter and Sarah (Lines) Passage, and she was a granddaughter of Henry Passage, who was married in New York City to a Miss Claussor, a German lady. Henry Passage emigrated westward at an early day and died near New Waverly, Indiana. Peter Passage, father of Mrs. Ullery, was born in Connecticut, in 1801, and when fourteen years of age went to New York City, where he was reared to manhood. By trade he was a cabinet maker, and at an early day he removed to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he learned surveying. He followed the latter occupation until a year 818 - HISTORY OF MIAMI COUNTY prior to his marriage, which event took place in Piqua, the lady of his choice being Miss Sarah Lines, a daughter of Levi Lines. After residing for some time in Piqua, Peter Passage and his wife moved to New Carlisle, Ohio. He later worked for some time as section boss on the canal, during which time his family made their home at Houston, Shelby County, Ohio. Here his death occurred, on December 20, 1843. His widow and the family then located in Piqua, and after the marriage of her daughter to Mr. Ullery she made her home with them until she, too, was called away, in 1887, at the age of eighty-six years. She was a natiye of Cincinnati. Her other children were, Cinderella, who married Anthony Harp, of Polo ; Elizabeth, who became the wife and then the widow of James Harp, of Piqua ; Levi, who died in Fort Wayne, Indiana, about 1889; Rebecca, wife of John Sprague ; Peter, who died in Polo, Ohio, in 1896 ; and Jennie, who married Jacob Bowers. Mr. and Mrs. David E. Ullery, after their marriage, took up their residence in a home which he prepared on a part of the Ullery homestead, where they enjoyed many years of happiness, devoted to each other and the family. They had six children Minnie G., now the wife of William Drees, of Covington, Ohio ; James Ellison, who died at the age of two and a half years Sadie E., wife of William Orr, of Piqua ; Clifford C., who died at the age of eighteen; Joseph C., and Gustin C., whose name appears at the head of this article. The father of this family died in 1902, at the age of about sixty-three years. He had taken a prominent part in public affairs, serving capably in various township offices. For fourteen years he was a member of the School Board, during which time he accomplished much for the cause of education locally. For eleven years also he was township trustee. He was elected real estate appraiser of Newberry Township in the fall of 1899, without opposition. In politics he was a stalwart Republican. He was a member of the Christian Church, and of Langston Post, G. A. R., at Covington. He was a man of genial personality, widely popular, and was by general consent classed among the enterprising and honored citizens of his native county. Gustin C. Ullery received his education in the schools of Covington and subsequently became a student in the Medical Department of the Indiana University, from which he was graduated in 1907. He then located for practice in West Milton, entering into association with Dr. H. R. Pearson. This connection lasted nine months, since which time Dr. fiery has practiced alone, his office being conyeniently located on Main Street. He married Vera Elizabeth Douglass, a daughter of D. F. Douglass, of West Milton, and they are the parents of one child, a daughter, Virginia. Politically Dr. Ullery is a Republican. He belongs to the Sons .of Veterans, Col. J. C. Ullery Camp, No. 20, of Covington; also to the Masons. He is a member of the Christian Church. Though Dr. Ullery has not been long in the practice of his profession, he has already proved that he is a capable physician and surgeon. He is a close student and there can be little doubt that as the years go by he will be found well abreast of Twentieth Century progress in medical science. As a man and citizen he is held in high esteem by all who know him. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 819 BENJAMIN F. LOXLEY, Jr., is a prominent farmer and dairyman of Newton Township, Miami County, Ohio, where he owns a splendid farm of 122 acres, located in Section 3. He was born in Newberry Township, Miami County, Ohio, October 30, 1872, and is a son of Benjamin F. and Phoebe Ann (Kaylor) Loxley. Benjamin F. Loxley, V Sr., who resides about half a mile north of Bradford, in Newberry Township, is one of the most substantial men of that vicinity. He formerly owned about 700 acres of land, but with the exception of 240 acres which he retains, sold it off to his children. He was born at West Alexander, Preble County, Ohio. April 18, 1834, and attended school near Lexington. He was united in marriage with Phoebe Ann Kaylor, who was a daughter of Benjamin and Mary Elizabeth Kaylor. She died December 24, 1874. and left the following children—Ida, Charles, Ella, Lucy, Amanda, Mina and Benjamin F., Jr. Mrs. Loxley was buried in Zion Church Cemetery in Preble County. Mr. Loxley formed a second union with Sallie Miller, a daughter of Michael and Mary Miller, and they have had the following children—Samuel, Nora, Jesse. Edward, Isaiah, Jennie, Jonas and Jeremiah. Religiously he is a devout member of the Dunkard Church. He is a Democrat in politics. Benjamin F. Loxley, Jr., attended school at Blind Corners, and at an early age helped farm the home place. After he had reached maturity he worked for his father by the month until his marriage, in 1894. He then began farming the 160-acre farm belonging to his wife's mother, in Newton Township, and so continued for three years. In 1898 he purchased eighty acres of that farm, to which he later added forty-two acres from the farm of Andrew Williams. He erected all the buildings on the latter tract, the residence on which is occupied by the man he employs to farm the place. He has repaired the buildings on the eighty-acre tract, erected a cattle shed and an implement shed, and laid many rods of tiling for drainage. It is under a high state of cultivation and is excellent wheat land, its yearly yield during the past decade varying between thirty and thirty-seven and a half bushels per acre. He has ten acres in tobacco each year, and has a good tobacco shed. He has engaged in dairying for the past five years, furnishing Bradford with about 10,000 gallons of milk a year. He is quite a large stock raiser, making a specialty of Durham and Holstein cattle and a high grade of horses. December 23, 1894, Mr. Loxley was united in marriage with Mina Kauffman, a daughter of George and Rebecca Kauffman, and the following children were born to them—Helen; Lawson; George; Ray ; Margaret ; and Lillian. Religiously-they are members of the Christian Church, of which he is a trustee. He is a Democrat in politics. E. T. WENGER, who has a large and well established hardware business at West Milton, Miami County, Ohio, came to this village in January, 1909, but in the brief period which has since elapsed has become well acquainted, and is firmly established in the good will of the people of the community. He was born in Darke County, Ohio, in 1867, and was one of eight children born to I. S. and Letitia (Thomas) Wenger. His father followed 820 - HISTORY OF MIAMI COUNTY farming in Darke County for many years, and is now a prominent retired citizen of New Madison. E. T. Wenger attended the public schools of Darke County, after which he farmed the home place for a time. He then embarked in the hardware business at Eldorado, Preble County, continuing for six years. He was then engaged in a similar business at Lewisburg five years, and in January, 1909, moved to West Milton, where he purchased the hardware store of Yout fi Newby. He carries a complete general line of hardware, paints and oils, and the usual side lines, and occupies two stories and a basement of a building located across from the post office. He has a finely arranged store, and enjoys a liberal patronage at the hands of the people. Mr. Wenger was first united in marriage with Miss Kate Minich, of Preble County, Ohio, who died in September, 1906, leaving two children, Russell and Pearl. In October, 1908, he formed a second union with Miss Alma Albert, and they reside in a comfortable home in West Milton. Religiously, they are members of the New Lutheran Church. Politically, the subject of this sketch is independent, always giving his support to the man best fitted for the office. Fraternally, be is a member of the Knights of Pythias. JOHN H. MILLER, who comes of a prominent old family of Miami County, Ohio, has been a resident of the county all his life and of Washington Township since 1869. He has 118 3/4 acres of land, located on the Piqua and Lockington Pike, about three miles north of Piqua. He was born in Spring Creek Township, Miami County, December 26, 1842, and is a son of Mathias and Sabina (Hawthorne) Miller, a grandson of Abraham Miller, and a great-grandson of Mathias Miller, who was a Pennsylvania German and a soldier under Captain Bundy in the Revolutionary War. Abraham Miller, above named, was born in Pennsylvania, and became one of the earliest pioneers of Miami County, Ohio, settling on Honey Creek, south of Fletcher. Mathias Miller, father of the subject of this record, was born in Miami County, Ohio, and lived here until his death. His widow moved to Piqua, where she subsequently died. Mathias Miller was married to Sabina Hawthorne, who was born in St. Mary's, Ohio. but was of an early Miami County family. Her father, John Hawthorne, was a native of Ireland, but about the year 1816 settled on what for a long time was known as the Turk farm, on St. Mary's Pike. in Washington Township, Miami County. John H. Miller was reared on the home farm in Spring Creek Township, and has been identified with farming since his boyhood days. He was married late in 1868, and the following year purchased his present farm in Washington Township. He in that year erected a fine brick house, which still stands on the place, and set about making one of the best improved properties of the township. He is a man of considerable native ability, and has always been successful in his business affairs. December 17, 1868, Mr. Miller was joined in marriage with Miss Annie Archer, who was reared in Allen County, Indiana, and was a daughter of William Archer. Her death occurred February 2, 1900. Their marriage resulted in the birth of seven children, as follows : One who died in infancy : Frank M., who is married AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 821 and lives in Lockington ; Harry E., who died at the age of twenty-six years ; Erlon, ticket agent for the Pere Marquette Railroad at New Richmond, Michigan. who is married and has two daughters, Hortense and Jeanette; S. Bertram, of Boies City, Iowa, who is married and has a daughter, Mary Catherine; Cloyd. who lives at home and operates the home farm; and Florence, who died in 1898. Mr. Miller is a man of wide acquaintance, and is most highly esteemed. JOSIAH FILBEY, a well known farmer of Union Township, Miami County. Ohio, is located on the old home place of 741:. acres, situated about one mile north of West Milton. He was born in West Milton March 18, 1850, and is a son of George and Barbara (Folckemer) Filbey. who were for many years prominent in the vicinity of West Milton. George Filbey was born in Berks County. Pennsylvania. April 9. 1809, and there learned the trade of a harnessmaker. In 1.833 he opened a harness shop in Wrightsville, Pennsylvania. which he conducted for three years. and then moved to Jefferson County, in the same state. He moved west to Galion. Ohio, and conducted a shop for one year, then located on a farm in the vicinity of that city. After farming there for three years, he in 1849 moved to West Milton, Miami County. Ohio. where he followed his trade until 1870. the year in which he retired to his farm in *Union Township, one mile north of the village. There he lived until his death. which occurred April 25, 1890. He was one of the best known men in this part of the county, and was highly respected and esteemed by every one. He was married to Barbara Folckemer, who was born at Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania, where her father was engaged as a brick maker; she died on this farm January 9, 1892. They had the following children : Oliver, who was born in 1833 and died in 1904; Samuel, who died in infancy; Ellen, who was born in 1837 and died in 1895; William, who was born in 1840 and died May 14, 1863; Rebecca, who was born in 1842 and died August 6, 1906; George, who was born April 7, 1845, and is engaged in the harness business at West Milton; Frank, who was born September 14, 1847, and is with his brother in the harness business at West Milton; Josiah; and Margaret, who was born in 1853 and lives with her brother, Josiah, on the home farm, a part of which she owns. William Filbey, who died during the Civil War, was a soldier, and was a member of Company D, Ninety-fourth Regiment, O. Vol. Inf, Josiah Filbey was educated in the schools of West Milton, after which he turned his attention to farming. He has always lived on the home place, and successfully carries on general farming and tobacco growing. He also has dealt quite extensively in horses. He is a liberal and broad-minded man, and takes a deep interest in all that pertains to the welfare and advancement of the community. He is a Republican in politics, but has never been a seeker for office. In religious attachment he and Miss Filbey are members of the Presbyterian Church. He also is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias at West Milton. AARON WELLBAUM, one of Newton Township's most respected citizens, now living retired on his farm of forty acres, located in Sections 10 and 15, has resided here for more than forty-three years. He 822 - HISTORY OF MIAMI COUNTY was born October 15, 1830, in Newton Township, Miami County, Ohio, and is a son of David and Catherine (Hittle) Wellbaum. David Wellbaum was born in 1800, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and accompanied his parents to Ohio. In later years he frequently told of passing through Dayton, which was then a little settlement of three log houses. The Wellbaums secured Government land in Miami County, and the old sheepskin deed is still preserved which entitled them to four quarter sections near the Stillwater River. David Wellbaum assisted his father in the clearing of the land, and came into possession of a part of it. This he sold in 1851, and moved to Illinois, where he died in 1861. He married Catherine Hittle, a daughter of Nicholas and Eva Hittle, and they had eleven children : Susan, Annie, John, Elizabeth, Aaron, Silas, Catherine, Jackson, Richard, Martha and Lavina. The mother of this family died in 1865. Both parents were worthy members of the Christian Church. In politics, the father was a Democrat. Aaron Wellbaum attended school in Newton Township in his boyhood, and remained with his father until 1851, and then accompanied the family to Illinois. He was not satisfied, however, in the new surroundings, and after sixteen months came back to Newton Township, and has lived in this locality ever since. He worked for different farmers, assisting them in clearing up their lands and in farming until 1869, when he came to his present property. He had all the land to clear and all the improvements to make. Before getting his land into its present fertile condition, he found it advisable to put in some 400 rods of tile, in that way making perfect drainage. For many years Mr. Wellbaum operated his farm with much success, only recently permitting himself to retire from active labor and enter upon the enjoyment of the rest that has been well earned. On November 14, 1858, Mr. Wellbaum was married to Miss Elizabeth Deeter, a daughter of Daniel H. and Mary Ann Deeter, and they have had a family of thirteen children bearing, respectively, the following names : Daniel, Catherine, Mary Ann, Joseph, Lydia and Jane (twins), Martha, Samuel, Adeline, Elizabeth, Daisy, Amanda and Lovaly. Sickness and death have come into the family circle at different times, and four of the children have passed out of this life, these being Daniel, Mary Ann, Joseph and Lovaly. Mr. Wellbaum and family are members of the German Baptist Church. He has always cast his vote with the Democratic party. C. M. ALBAUGH is owner and proprietor of the West Milton Lumber Company, at West Milton, Ohio, and has the largest establishment of the kind in this section, his office and yard being located at the intersection of Hamilton Street and the C., H. & D. Railroad. He was born in Miami County, Ohio, in 1860, his grandfather being one of the earliest settlers of the county, locating in the vicinity of West Milton. B. F. Albaugh, father of the subject of this record, was also born in Miami County, and is now living on a. farm near Covington. He has always followed farming-, and in addition engaged in teaching school for some thirty-five years. He was married to Priscilla Mendenhall, who was born and reared near West Milton, in AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 823 Miami County, and they became parents of six sons and three daughters. C. M. Albaugh attended the district schools, and was graduated from Covington High School, after which he attended Ohio State University for two years. After leaving that institution, he farmed for a time, then for nine years was in the railway postal service. Upon giving up that position he conducted a lumber yard at Bellefontaine, Ohio, for two years, in partnership with a brother. In 1905 he moved to West Milton, where he purchased the lumber yard of Joseph Murphy, conducting it successfully until June 22, 1908. when it was destroyed by fire. The same year he erected his present splendid plant. the largest and most complete in this part of the county. He carries all kinds of soft lumber, sashes and doors, and general building materials, and enjoys a liberal patronage at the hands of the people of the vicinity. Mr. Albaugh was united in marriage with Miss Minnie Lilley, of Columbus, and they have two children : Bertha, who completed a musical course in Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, and is now giving instructions in music ; and Lilley, who acts bookkeeper for her father. Politically, he is a Republican. He is a member of the Masonic Fraternity, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Religiously, he and his wife are members of the Christian Church. DAVID LOUIS FACE, deceased, was, for many years one of Covington's best known citizens and one who will surely be remembered long after many of those who, during their span of life, made much larger pretentions. He was born at Covington, Ohio, February 6, 1851, and died at his comfortable home here, November 8, 1906, at the age of fifty-five years, nine months and two days. He had survived both parents and his two brothers. He was a son of Louis and Elizabeth (Lindsay) Face. Mr. Face obtained a good common school education in his native city and when eighteen years of age, adopted the stone quarry business, in which his father was engaged. For some years he was at work on the south side of Covington but later became interested in his quarry west of Covington, which he continued to operate until the close of his life and which enterprise is still continued by his widow. At Xenia, Ohio, on January 20, 1886, Mr. Face was married to Miss Margaret Pierce, who is a daughter of Henry and Ann Jane (Helmer) Pierce, old residents of Greene County, and a great-granddaughter of Henry Rill, of New York, who served as a drummer boy in the Revolutionary War. Through this ancestor, Mrs. Face is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Mrs. Face was born in Champaign County, Ohio, but she was reared in Greene County, and since her marriage has been a resident of Miami County and is a very highly esteemed member of society at Covington. To this marriage no children were born, but Mr. and Mrs. Face reared and carefully educated an orphan niece. In the leading ideas of his life, the late David Louis Face was a great and good man, one who was fearlessly true to his convictions and at all times outspoken in denouncing people and methods which did not come up to his ideas of right and honest living. No one ever came into close contact with him, however, without being 824 - HISTORY OF MIAMI COUNTY convinced of the real integrity of his motives and if, at times, his language was more forcible than elegant, the ring of real conviction was ever present. No more generous man ever lived in Covington, benevolence flowed from right and left hand, and the sum of his charities will never be fully known to his fellow citizens, hundreds of whom were benefited by him on many occasions. He was notably loyal to his friends and to his city and while he was fearless in his condemnation of what he believed to be questionable in either, he gave warm-hearted support to both private objects and public measures in which he saw genuine worth. During the later years of his life bodily affliction reduced his great strength but in no way changed his noble nature or lessened his tenderness to his devoted wife and niece, who was almost a daughter. Mr. Face had not united with any religious body but he had accepted the truths of Christianity and in June, 1902, had been baptized. He was a member of the order of Knights of Pythias and his funeral services at the cemetery were conducted with their imposing ritual. W. F. CANTWELL, editor and proprietor of the Covington Gazette, was born in the city of New York, and learned the printer's trade in the East. Coming west, he worked in Cincinnati until 1883, in association with his brother, the late Robert Cantwell, and then came to Covington. The brothers purchased the Gazette from W. A. Browne, now of Greenville, Ohio, and the business was conducted under the firm name of R. & W. F. Cantwell, which style is retained. This is a live journal, devoted to the interests of Miami County is issued every Thursday, and is independent in politics. The late Robert Cantwell, whose death occurred on Mardi 18. 1908, enlisted at Boston in the Federal Army when only seventeen years of age. and served as a member of Company E, First Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, until it was discharged. Mr. Cantwell was married in 1886 to Miss Catherine Widener, of Covington. who survives him. Another of the three brothers, Rev. Dr. J. S. Cantwell (who died at Chicago in December. 1907). was a prominent minister and editor in the Universalist denomination, and at the time of his decease was the Western Editor of the Universalist Leader, published in Boston, Mass. W. F. Cantwell was admitted to the Masonic fraternity at Newport, Kentucky, when a young man. becoming a member of Robert Burns Lodge. and he is an active member of the Covington Lodge, in which he served a term as Senior Warden and six years as Secretary. He is a citizen zealous for the prosperity of the city, and his pen is ever ready to interest his fellow citizens in public-spirited movements. GAINOR JENNINGS, M. D., has been engaged in the practice of medicine at West Milton, Miami County, Ohio, for twenty-six years, and enjoys a prestige throughout the surrounding country. He was born at West Carroll, Ohio, June 4, 1862, and is a son of Dr. Solomon Jennings, of West Milton, who is the oldest practitioner in this section. The latter has been in practice here during the past forty-seven years, and has his office with his son, devoting his attention solely to the treatment of chronic diseases.