800 - HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY Newton. He clerked also at Jamestown, New York, and in 1882 was engaged for, some months in the same line at Cherry Grove, during the period of the oil excitement at that point. From there he went to Bradford and again was connected with a mercantile establishment. Coming to Lima in 1887, he was for one year in a shoe business and for three years was interested in a grocery. In 1892 he entered the employ of the C., H. & D. Railway Company. He filled various positions with this corporation, finally becoming chief clerk to C. H. Cory, who is chief of the department of motive power of this line. In April, 1905, he accepted the position of auditor with the National Roofing Tile Company and has a number of other interests. Captain Bingham has been more or less prominent in military affairs ever since March 29, 1888, when he enlisted as a private in Company C, Second Regiment, Ohio National Guard, of which he was made corporal in 1891, sergeant in 1892, 2nd lieutenant, June 15, 1892, being recommissioned as lieutenant on June 15, 1897. On April I, 1899, he was commissioned captain and adjutant on December 12, 1899. In June, 1903, he resigned, but was reappointed on June 20th. During the Spanish-American War he served as 2nd lieutenant of Company C, Second Ohio Infantry, U. S. Volunteers, from May 10, 1898, until February 1 0, 1899. During his term of service in the United States army his regiment was in camp at Knoxville, Chickamauga and Macon. He is one of the best-known military men, in connection with the State organization, in Northwestern Ohio. On October 3, 1899, Captain Bingham was married to Catherine Lawlor, who is a daughter of P. H. Lawlor, of Lima. One son, Charles, has been born to this union. Captain Bingham was a charter member of Lodge No. 436, Knights of Columbus, at Lima, and was its financial treasurer. He belongs also to the United Spanish War Veterans, and to the Knights of St. John. For many years he has been a member of St. Rose Catholic Church, and for an extended period was leader of its noted ch0ir. WILLIAM W. YOAKAM, one of the leading agriculturists of Bath township, has been a resident of the township for almost 60 years, and has a fine farm of 120 acres, located in sections 22 and 23. He was born May 31, 1821, in Virginia (now West Virginia), near Beverly, the county seat of Randolph County. He is a son of Jacob Yoakam and grandson of Michael Yoakam. The grandfather was among the early settlers of Randolph County, Virginia, and also of Ohio, as he located in Mount Vernon, Ohio, during his later years. Jacob Yoakam was born in Randolph County, February 28, 1790, and spent his, entire life there, with the exception of one year spent with his father in Knox County, Ohio. He was in the War of 1812, at which time he was stationed at Norfolk, Virginia. He was a planter of prominence, his plantation consisting of some S0o acres of valuable land. He married Jane Wamsley, who was born in the same county on July 25, 1790, and died at the age of 44 years, while Jacob Yoakam reached the. extreme age of 98 years and 6 months. They reared a large family of children, viz : John, who was born February 18, 1812 and died at the age of 93 years ; Mary born August 13, 1813, who was also past 93 years of age when she died ; Jonathan, born December 14, 1814, a resident of Homer, Ohio ; Sarah, born July 29, 1816, who died at the age of 24 ; Jane, born April 24, 1818, who is a resident of Randolph County, West Virginia ; William W., our subject ; Eliza, born February 28, 1823, who resides in Randolph County, West Virginia ; Matthew, born August 23, 1825, who is a wealthy retired citizen of Homer, Ohio, having an extensive acreage of some of the choicest land in Licking County, Ohio-he formerly shipped hogs to New York on a large scale and was the first man in Allen County to ship hogs by railroad ; Washington, born June 26, 1827 ; Eliza, born August 19, 1829, who is now deceased ; Jacob, born January 20, 1832, who resides near Beverly, West Virginia; and Rebecca, who died in infancy. The longevity of the Yoakam family is re- AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 801 markable. Of 12 children, four brothers and two sisters are still living, their ages ranging from 73 to 91 years, while as noted above, of those who died, one lived to be 93 and another to be more than 93 years of age. William W. Yoakam remained on the farm with his parents until he was 22 years of age, when he removed to Licking County, Ohio, and rented a farm near Utica. Six years later he moved to a farm near Columbus Center, and in 1848 came to Allen County and bought his present farm of 120 acres in Bath township. A log cabin of one room had been built, but no attempt had been made to clear the timber which covered the tract. The deed which Mr. Yoakam holds this property is the oldest document of its kind in the township. He has the land all under cultivation and splendidly improved with good buildings. Mr. Yoakam was married in 1847 to Nancy C. Channell, a native of Randolph County, Virginia. They had one child, Norton, who died about six years ago at Sidney, Ohio, where he had been in the railroad service for 14 years. Mr. Yoakam was a member of the Ohio National Guard just before the Civil War. His wife died just as his company and regiment was ready to start for Washington to guard that city, but he was able to secure a substitute and to remain at home. On September 8, 1864, he was married to Rebecca A. Chenoweth, who was born April 23, 1843, and is a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Van-thorn) Chenoweth. The fruits of this union were three children, namely : Allie, born October 27, 1865, who is the wife of William French, who has charge of Mr. Yoakam's farm; Nancy E., born August 1, 1868, who is the wife of Theron Hadsell, of Bath township ; and Minta L., born December 27, 1872, who is the wife of William Faze, of Perry township. Mr. Yoakam's grandchildren are Charles and Bonnie Yoakam, Lee and Virgil Hadsel and Dorothy and Evon Faze.. He was formerly a Democrat and voted for James K. Polk. Later he voted for John C. Fremont and Abraham Lincoln, and has ever since been an ardent Republican. He served as justice of the peace for six years and has held a num ber of minor offices. He is a member of the Christian Church, but was formerly affiliated with the Methodists during pioneer days until the society to which he belonged disbanded. He is hale and hearty, a splendid type of American manhood and might easily pass for a much younger man. HARRY A. ALBRECHT, proprietor of one of the largest clothing establishments in Lima, was born in Delaware, Ohio, and is a son of A. F. Albrecht, deceased. In 1865, when our subject was a child. of four years, the family moved to Spencerville and there he was educated. At the age of 19 he secured a position as clerk in a clothing store in Lima and about a year later accepted a more desirable place with a similar establishment in Mansfield, where he remained there 10 years. He then turned his attention to other lines of industry, going to Chicago where for six and a half years he was associated with his brother, F. J. Albrecht, since deceased, in the publishing. business. For one and a half years he was manager of the clothing department of a store in Youngstown, Ohio. On March 1, 1899, he moved to Lima and engaged in his present business, putting in a complete line of gent's furnishing goods and keeping a thoroughly first-class store. For the first five years the firm was Albrecht Brothers ; but in 1904 our subject purchased the entire business and has since conducted it alone as H. A. Albrecht, "The American Clothier." In April, 1885, Mr. Albrecht was married to Margaret B. Ackerman, daughter of G. P. Ackerman, formerly a leading business man of Mansfield, Ohio. Their family consists of five sons and a daughter. Raymond R., the eldest, was educated in the Lima High School and following this took a two years' course in the military school at Miami. He is now employed as timekeeper for the gas line company of Delaware, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Albrecht are members of Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he has been steward during 802 - HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY his residence in Lima. He is active in Masonic circles and is also a member of the Odd Fellows and Royal Arcanum. WILLIAM T. PIERSON resides in section 7, German township, where he owns a fine farm of 106 acres half a mile northwest of Elida. This is one of the best improved and most highly cultivated properties in Allen County, and shows the result of modern and progressive ideas when applied to farming. Mr. Pierson was born February 1, 1851, in Fairfield County, Ohio, and is a son of Joseph and Hannah (DeLong) Pierson. His father was born November 18, 1826, and his mother, July 1, 1825. They were married in Fairfield County, December 1, 1847. In 1854 they came to Allen County and for about five years lived in the village of Elida. Then they moved to Fort Amanda, Auglaize County, where the mother died May 15, 1886, and the father, March 4, 1900. They were the parents of seven children : William T.; J. E., a resident of German township; Jane (Baber), deceased; Margaret (Zerkle) ; Hannah Sophia (Umbaugh), deceased; Rosetta (Baber) and Cora Belle (Anderson). William T. Pierson was educated in Auglaize County and remained with his parents until his marriage in 1874, when he moved to a farm one mile south of where he now lives. He has always been engaged in farming, and lived on his first farm for 18 years. On Thanksgiving Day 1893, he moved to the farm upon which he now lives and nine years later, in 1902, built the handsome, 11-room frame house that is so much of an ornament to the property. He also erected barns, etc., and has placed the land under the most thorough cultivation. Mr. Pierson was married October 22, 1874, to Ellen M. Riley, and their union has been blessed by the birth of one son and one daughter, namely : Eva A., born May 25, 1875 and Ira E., born December 5, 1881. Both are living at home. Mrs. Pierson was born May 2, 1855, in Bath township, and was living near Spencerville at the time of her marriage. She is a daughter, of Joseph and Amanda (Berrihill) Riley, both of whom were natives of this county, the former having been born, March 16, 1833, and the latter, October 16, 1833. The father, while living in Keokuk County, Iowa, enlisted for service in the Civil War in which he met death January 2, 1863. The mother resides in Amanda township. Her children were as follows : George A., born September, 15, 1857, who died September 22, 188 Leile Evangeline, born May 30, 1860, who died October 10, 1860; Joseph H., born May 28, 1863, who is a resident of California; and Ellen M. (Mrs. Pierson). When Mrs. Pierson was one year old, her parents moved to Iowa where they resided seven years, the family returning to Ohio on a visit at the time of the father's enlistment and remaining here because of the death of Mr. Riley. Her grandfather was Rev. George Riley, who was born in Burlington County, New Jersey, August 27, 1792, and died in Sugar Creek township, Allen County, Ohio, in 1883. He was a missionary, assisting Rev. J. B. Findlay in his work among the Upper Sandusky Indians of the Wyandot tribe. Mr. Pierson is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Elida and is one of the trustees. JOHN MAY, one of the well-known business citizens of Beaver Dam, who has been engaged in a livery business here for some 25 years, was born at Monroeville, Huron County, Ohio, February 1, 1852, and is a son of Thomas D. and Elizabeth (Plowright) May. The parents of Mr. May were born, reared and married in England. They came to America in 1850, settling at Monroeville, Ohio. The father died at Beaver Dam and the mother in Michigan, many years ago. The children were: Thomas, of Bluffton, Ohio; John, of this sketch; Annie (Young), of Beaver Dam; and Elizabeth (Stiner), of Akron, Ohio. John May was four years old when his parents moved to Eaton County, Michigan. In the following year his mother died, and in AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 805 1860 the family returned to Huron County, Ohio. Our subject was reared to farm work and assisted his father for several years on the Ohio farm, and then went to Wood County, Ohio, and lived with an uncle for two years. He learned the carpenter's trade and secured work in Lorain County, in the construction of the Lake Shore Railroad. In 1873 he became connected with the Lake Erie & Western Railroad, as section foreman at Beaver Dam, and he remained with the road for a year and a half after the road was completed. Mr. May was interested in both a grocery and livery business for many years at Beaver Dam, but subsequently sold his grocery after 20 years of business, retaining his livery, which he still operates. He has well-equipped barns and keeps 10 horses. Mr. May was married September 11, 1874, to Cynthia Westover, a native of this county, who is a daughter of Jonathan Westover. They have one child, Ida, who is the wife of F. D. Bowers, of Beaver Dam. Mr. May is identified with the Republican party and he has been called upon, on numerous occasions, to accept offices of considerable responsibility, having served as councilman and as village and school treasurer. He is a member of the Disciples' Church. COL. B. M. MOULTON, past department commander of the Grand Army of the Republic of Ohio, has been one of Lima's most distinguished and esteemed residents for almost 20 years. Colonel Moulton comes of a long line of ancestors, many of whom have been prominent in the various walks and avocations of life and not a few, like himself, have gained honor and reputation in military circles. He was born at Moultonville, Madison County, Illinois, July 3, 1845, and is a son of Orris G. and Nancy (Miller) Moulton. The Moultons are descended from Sir Thomas Moulton, who went to England with William the Conqueror and fought by his side in the battle of Hastings, in 1066. He was probably a Norman nobleman. He founded the town of Moulton in England and was given large estates and the title "Sir." Five generations of Sir Thomas Moultons resided in the town thus established. In those days orthography was something of a fine art and the name became variously changed by the common people and for various reasons, probably on account of recurrences of the same baptismal name, by members of the family. Thus on some old records the name is found spelled Multon and Molton, but the old orthography has always been maintained by our subject's branch of the family. In the "Domesday Book", that great survey of England made by order of William the Conqueror, in 1086, Thomas Moulton is mentioned as a land-owner, having been put in possession of an estate called "Galeshore," a property seized from the Gales by King William. Perhaps this is why the later Moulton is called "Lord of Gillesland." Thomas de Moulton was a favorite of King Richard (Coeur de Leon) in 1190. He is called "Lord of Gillesland" in Cumberland and by the Normans, "Lord de Vaux." Sir Walter Scott introduces him in the. romance "The Talisman," as such. He is probably the same Thomas de Multon who, as one of the barons, signed the Magna Charta in 1215. A Thomas de Multon was also a signer of the great charter of Edward in 1297 and this Thomas was probably a grandson of the preceding. They were Lords of Egremont in Cumberland and probably became possessed of their lands on the Scottish border, as rewards for their services in the wars against the Scots. (From the Heraldic Office of Great Britain and other reliable sources). Moulton Hall is a place in Wulburton, now in ruins, once the property of Sir Thomas. Dudgall in his account of Sturbic says : "Acre was an old hospital for the poor people, dedicated to St. Leonard, which being given with the Manor A. D. 1230 to the Knight Hospitalers by Sir Thomas Moulton, Knight &c." Next, following a page of interesting extracts from records portraying the distinction of these ancient "Multons," are numerous quotations 806 - HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY showing that all branches of the Moulton family had „arms with devices somewhat different from each other in minor details, yet alike in the main, viz : A plain field either of silver or blue. crossed by three horizontal bars, generally red, sometimes sable. This continued for several hundred years down to the arms which were granted in 1571 ; by the record these are described as follows : Moulton: Argent three bars (jules) between eight escallop shells, sable ; three, two, two and one crest on a pellet, a falchion rising argent, granted in 1571. This is an accurate description of the arms brought over by Thomas Moulton in 1635, excepting the color bars and shells and the grant might have been to his grandfather as it was made only 64 years before the emigrant brought over the copy that it still extant. Tradition asserts this to be the fact and that the escalloped shells were added to the very ancient arms of silver or red field and three bars, for victories won by Admiral Moulton of more recent times. In 1635 Thomas and John Moulton, brothers, came to Newbury, Massachusetts, from Norfolk County, England. Later they settled at Hampton, New Hampshire and in 1637 they were joined by a third brother, William, who came from Ormsby, Norfolk County. Ebenezer Moulton was the first of our subject's branch of the Moulton family in America, as far as known. It has been said that he was formerly a clergyman, also that he was in the service of the English government and.came from England to Nova Scotia about the year 1725, a wealthy member of the English nobility. Afterward he came to New England and died in South Brimfield, Massachusetts, in 1783, leaving one son, Stephen. Stephen Moulton, son of Ebenezer and great-grandfather of our, subject, was born in 1734, was graduated at one of the New England colleges, inherited his father's wealth and was an accomplished gentleman of his time. During the American Revolution he equipped a regiment at his own expense and contributed very largely from his fortune in aid 0f the Revolutionary cause. He participated in military affairs as lientenant colonel in the 22nd Regi ment of militia from Stafford, Connecticut. His two sons, Howard and Stephen, were taken prisoners on Long Island and were confined in the old sugar house prison at Richmond, Virginia. Just 87 years later history repeated itself when our subject, also a prisoner of war, was sent to one of the old dungeons in the same city. After the close of the Revolutionary War, Colonel Moulton went to Ohio and later settled at Floyd, Oneida County, New York, where he died in 1819. He married a daughter of Lieut. Josiah Converse, Ellenor Converse, a cousin of Governor Julius Converse, of Ver- mont. Their children were : Howard, Stephen, Benjamin, Joseph, Solomon, Ebenezer and Josiah. Howard Moulton, son of Stephen (1 ), was a prominent merchant of Troy, New York and an able and distinguished man. One of his daughters married Gen. John E. Wool and another became the mother of John A. Griswold, who once was a Republican candidate for Governor of New York. Stephen Moulton (2), son of Stephen (1), was a farmer residing at Floyd, New York ; two of his sons were named Jesse and Asa. Jesse by his first marriage had three sons and one daughter,—Lewis, Charles, Henry and Julia. Julia became Mrs. Bell, of Syracuse, New York. By a second marriage, Jesse had a daughter, Elizabeth. Benjamin Moulton, son of Stephen (1 ), lived at Floyd, New York, where he married and had four, sons and two daughters, viz : James T., Arthur, Josiah, John, Maria and Eleanor. Of the children of Benjamin the record is as follows : James T. Moulton, son of Benjamin, was at one time one of the leading merchants of New York City. One of his sons, Arthur, married a Miss Sagor, of Utica and they had one daughter. A son, Albert, died unmarried. A daughter, Sarah, married Thomas W. Timpson and they had one son and three daughters—Thomas W., Addie, Florence and Sarah. Another daughter of James T. Moulton, Letitia, married James Alexander Striker, of New York. Jennie, another daughter, married Philip B. Low, of New York and their children were AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 807 two daughters—Letty and Jennie. Gary, son of James T., resides in New York and his children—two sons and a daughter—are : Gary W., Raymond and Marion, the eldest son having one child. Arthur Moulton, second son of Benjamin, married and reared a family some place in the far West. Josiah, son of Benjamin, was born at Floyd, New York, and settled in the West, marrying a sister of Judge Powers Green. They had three sons—Powers, Rodman and Josiah—and one daughter. Powers is a prominent man in Wisconsin. John Moulton, son of Benjamin, reared a family in the West. Maria Moulton, daughter of Benjamin, married Hezekiah McIntosh and they had two daughters and three sons ; the latter being Andrew, Ichabod and Charles. Andrew and Ichabod married and practiced law at Utica, New York. One of the daughters became the wife of Josiah K. Brown, of Stittville, New York, dairy commissioner of that State. Eleanor Moulton, daughter of Benjamin, married a Mr. Roberts, of Buffalo, New York, and they had three daughters—Sarah and Maria, deceased, and Miriam. Joseph Moulton, son of Stephen ( ), resided at Troy, New York. Solomon Moulton, son of Stephen ( ), lived and died at Floyd, New York. His sons were : Stephen, Henry, Joshua, John, Benjamin, Roary and Wesley and his daughter was Susan, who married Oziah Wilcox. The children of this union were Jermain and Jefferson. The latter married and left two daughters—Susan and Sophia, the former of whom married John Brinkerhoof, a prominent lawyer of Kansas. Stephen Moulton (3), son of Solomon left no issue; he died at Rome, New York, and was interred at Floyd. Henry Moulton, son of Solomon, married Lucretia Moulton and lived and died at Floyd. his children being Caroline who married Franklin French, of Western New York; and Thomas, who was a prominent merchant of Nashville, Tennessee. He was a polished gentleman. Of Thomas Moulton's two sons, - 41 - Frank resided at Nashville; he also had three daughters. Joshua Moulton, son of Solomon, lived and died at Floyd, New York. His children were : Severn, William, George, Lewis, Eliza, Catherine, Mary, Susan and Margot. His son, Severn Moulton was a prominent man in New York City. He left one son and one daughter, the former of whom, Frank Moulton, became well known to the public as the "mutual friend" in the great Beecher-Tilton trial—his children reside in New York. John Moulton, son of Solomon, lived in New York and left two children. Benjamin Moulton, son of Solomon, died at Floyd, New York, leaving one son and two daughters. The son died in California without issue and one daughter—Sarah—is deceased. The other daughter—Susan—resides in the West. Roary Moulton, son of Solomon, died at Floyd, New York, leaving one son, Horace C., who resides in Berlin, Wisconsin ; and one daughter, Julia, who married Charles Riggs, of Turin, New York. Wesley Moulton, son of Solomon, died unmarried. Ebenezer Moulton, son of Stephen ( ), was born at Stafford, Connecticut, where he married. Afterward he removed to Floyd, New York, where he died about 1855. He married first Mary Lillebridge, daughter of Rev. David Lillebridge, of Stafford, who was a son of Benjamin and Amy (Sherman) Lille-bridge, the latter of whom was a sister of Roger Sherman, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. The children of this first marriage were : Linus, David, Lucretia and Mary. He married (second) Eliza Gardner and their children were : Eliza, Maria and Orris G. Linus Moulton, son of Ebenezer, resided at Floyd, New York, married Olive Frazier, of Western New York and they had one son and five daughters : Jermain, who died without issue ; Mary, Imogene, Harriet, Louise and Anna. Mary married Asa Clark, of Floyd, New York, and left one daughter named Imogene, who married Charles H. Sampson, of Chicago. Harriet married Jesse Armstrong, of 808 - HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY Rome, New York. Louise married William D. Thorne and their two sons—Jermain and William B.—live in Chicago ; Jermain married Frances Dart, of Lansing, Michigan, and their two children are named Frances Louise and Dart. Anna Moulton died without issue. David Moulton, son of Ebenezer, was both in Stafford, Connecticut. When David was a boy, his father moved to Floyd, Oneida Coun-ty, New York, where David resided until his death, which occurred May 7, 1886. He was buried where he had spent the greater part of his life. Like the most of the Moultons of his time and race, he was a fine looking, large, well-proportioned man and in his youth he had great physical strength and all his life his mental endowments were of a very superior order. He was a colonel in the State militia. In poli-tics David Moulton was a stanch Democrat and for nearly 50 years was one of the leaders of his party, generally a delegate to all its im-portant conventions and on one occasion was its candidate for Congress from the Oneida district. David Moulton married Prudence M. Sizer, who was a daughter of Eli Sizer, a grandson of a French emigrant, D. Souzour. They had these children : Julia, Mariam, Sarah and Eliza. Julia married Nehemiah Slooper and their children were : Cesarine, Prudence and David M. Of this family, Cesarine -mar-ried Hon. Eaton J. Richardson, a prominent lawyer of Utica, New York and at one time a State Senator, and they had one son—Everett Slooper. Prudence married William A. Davies, at one time a prominent merchant at Floyd, New York, and they had one son—William Everett. David M. also married and he had three children : Walter, William and Mary. Mariam married Henry M. Kellogg and they had three children : David M., Frederick H. and Converse. The first two are practicing law in New York City. Sarah married Edwin C. Kellogg and their three living daughters are : Ella, Clara and Louise. Ella married P. Fitzsimons, a merchant of New York City and they have two sons—Edwin Kellogg and Leon James. Louise married Sinclair Myers, a prominent real estate broker of New York city. Clara is unmarried. Eliza married William Pratt and their children are : Harriet, Miriam and Milton. Lucretia, daughter of Ebenezer Moulton, married Henry Moulton. Mary Moulton, daughter of Ebenezer, married Merritt Brooks, of Rome, New York and they had two sons—Stephen and Sperry ; and four daughters—Elizabeth, Helen, Josephine and Mary Ann. Stephen left two sons, Elizabeth married Lester B. Miller, of New York ; their only daughter is deceased and their only son, Merritt B., resides in New York City. Helen married John Sumner and their children were John and Edward, the latter of whom is a lawyer in Minneapolis. Josephine married Josiah Fogg, of St. Louis. Mary Ann died unmarried. Eliza Moulton, daughter of Ebenezer, is the widow of Hosea Clark ; her two daughters, Hattie and Emma, are both deceased. The former married Joseph Favil, of Brooklyn, New York. Maria Moulton, daughter of Ebenezer, died without issue. Orris G. Moulton, son of Ebenezer, was born at Floyd, Oneida County, New York, June 23, 1816. He married Nancy Miller, daughter of Benjamin Miller, of Trenton, New York, and soon after they moved to Madison County, Illinois, where Orris had purchased a large tract of land. The town of Moultonsville, in that county, is named in his honor., as he was its founder. Orris G. and Nancy (Miller) Moulton, had two sons, Benjamin and Orris G., the former of whom is the sub-ject of the present record. The father of our subject died of cholera at St. Louis, Missouri, July 1, 1851, aged 35 years ; his widow dis-posed of her property in Illinois and returned to Steuben, Oneida County, Illinois, where she died in March, 1873. Orris G. Moulton was born in Moultonsville, Illinois, July 23, 1851 and married Belle Ross, daughter of Aaron Ross, of Hornellsville, Steuben County, New York. They have one daughter, Frances, and reside at Syracuse, New York. Mr. Moulton is the general agent for New York of the Massachusetts Benefit Life Association of Boston, Massachusetts. Before leaving the ancestral history in order AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 809 to give attention to that of Colonel Moulton himself, a few more interesting records may be added, viz : Josiah Moulton, son of Stephen (1), had two children, Charles and Harriet. The former settled in New York as a merchant and dealer in cotton and in this line he accumulated an immense fortune. He was a personal friend of Louis Napoleon and was his host during the visit of that nobleman to America. After Napoleon became Emperor of France, Charles Moulton and family moved to Paris and resided in that city or at their magnificent country-seat in the environs. Charles died in 1886 survived by five children : Ray, Charles, Henry, Clara and Helen. Both Ray and Charles are married, the latter's wife being an accomplished lady from Boston—they had two sons who reside in that city. Henry, son of Charles, is unmarried. Clara married a member of the firm of Brown Brothers & Company, bankers of New York, and she, with one child, was lost when the steamer "Arctic" was burned at sea. Helen, youngest daughter of Charles, married Count Paul Hatzfeldt, German Ambassador in London. Harriet, daughter of Josiah Moulton, noted before, married Judge Powers Green, of Indiana, and their daughter Harriet became a Mrs. Hills, of Waukegan, Illinois, and their children are : Harriet, Rebecca, Grace and Frank. After the death of his father and the return of his widowed mother to Oneida County, New York, our subject attended the public schools until he. was 16 years old and then entered the Whitestown Seminary and devoted himself to his studies until he enlisted for service in the Civil War. On August 4, 1862, he joined Company E, 117th Reg., New York Vol. Inf., in which he served through three long years, during which time his personal bravery caused his promotion very rapidly. On September 29, 1864, he was wounded at the battle of Chapin's Farm and was taken prisoner and transported to the same old city which had been the scene of the incarceration of his kindred some 87 years before. From Richmond he was subsequently sent to Annapolis where he was kept at the distribution camp until he could be paroled. Colonel Moulton participated in the battles at Petersburg (barely escaping with his life at the time of the mine explosion), Cold Harbor, Drury's Bluff and Chapin's Farm and in innumerable smaller engagements. After his return from the army, he resumed his studies at the Whitestown Seminary for one year and then entered Eastman's Business College, where he was graduated late in 1866. For two years he was a clerk in a wholesale mercantile business at Dolpha, New York and then embarked in business for himself at Conesus, New York. He remained here for eight years but sold out in 1876 and went to Pennsylvania in the employ of J. D. Wolf, connected with the Oil Well Supply Company and remained with him until March, 1877, when Mr. Wolf sold his interests to Eaton, Cole & Burnham, and Colonel Moulton became manager of the new company and continued until the organization of the Oil Well Supply Company. He accepted the position of manager of the business of this company of the district at Duke's Center in Northern Pennsylvania. By 1881 Colonel Moulton's efficiency as a man of business was so recognized that he was transferred to the important district at Boli- var, New York, and in 1886, to Lima, Ohio. Here he has in charge the management of the Oil Well Supply Company of the Ohio and Indiana oil fields, in which the company is interested. Colonel Moulton married Marietta Kuder, who is a daughter of John Kuder, of Grove-land, Livingston County, New York. Their one son, H. S. Moulton, is a lumber dealer at Lima and was a member of Governor Myron T. Herrick's staff. In politics Colonel Moulton has always been an uncompromising Republican and he has been more or less prominent in the party for many years. During the administration of Governor Nash, he was a member of the executive's staff and hence acquired his present title. In 1904 he was elected department commander of the Grand Army of the Republic of Ohio and faithfully and satisfactorily at- 810 - HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY tended to the duties of the office. Under the administration of Governor Herrick he served as a member of the board of trustees of the Soldiers' and Sailors' and Orphans' Home, at Xenia, Ohio. A portrait of Colonel Moulton accompanies this sketch. CHARLES WILLIAM WESTBAY, mayor of the village of West Cairo and superintendent of schools, was born on a farm about three miles from Lima, February 4, 1860. His parents were Isaiah and Katherine (Crites) Westbay, both of whom were born in Allen County. William Westbay, the paternal grandfather, who was a native of Scotland, settled in Pennsylvania, and' later moved to Allen County, Ohio, where he died. The maternal grandparents were Charles and Sophia Crites, natives of Pennsylvania, and of German ancestry. Isaiah Westbay was a farmer, but was also a musician of considerable ability, and during the early years held singing-school at various places throughout this section. He enlisted in Company G, 81st Reg., Ohio Vol, Inf., as musician, serving under Captain Overmyer as fifer and flute player, and among the engage-ments in which he took part was that at Corinth. He died March 7, 1864, a few days after returning to his family. He left three children, the two eldest being twins who were named in honor of their grandparents, our subject bearing the names of both grand-fathers, Charles and William, while his sister was called Sophia Jane. This sister married L. W. Allen and resides in Lima. Martha Ozilla, the third child, married J. M. Osborn and lives in Waverly, Kansas. Our subject was reared on the farm and attended the common schools during his youth. At the age of 20 years, he took a two years' course in the Ohio Normal University at Ada, Ohio, and since that time has been engaged in teaching, so far as is known, he is the veteran teacher of the county, having taught consecutively here for the longest time. His first charge was a district school which he taught in 1882 and for which he received pay at the rate of $1 per day for the first three months. In 1886 he came to West Cairo and for four years was a successful teacher in the schools in the township. For three years he was superintendent of schools at LaFayette, resigning to accept the position of superintendent of the Monroe township schools. At the expiration of that period he was elected super-intendent of schools at West Cairo and has held this place since. He is one of the most advanced educators of the county, and has been remarkably successful with his work, fit-ting the young men and women under his care to fill places of usefulness and honor in the social and business world. He served on the County Board of School Examiners for six years, and has been actively identified with the growth and upbuilding of the community. He was postmaster at West Cairo during Cleve-land's second administration. Mr. Westbay was married in 1886 to Miss Ritenour, a native of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and a daughter of Mandeville and Elizabeth (Hackney) Ritenour, both natives of that State. Mrs. Westbay has borne her husband four children, viz : Zeno Pearl ; Corinne Savonarola ; Naomi Ernest ; and Henry October. The family are members of the Christian Church. Mr. Westbay is a Demo-crat and has been honored with a number of offices in the village, serving as justice of the peace for nine years, before being placed in the mayor's chair. Fraternally he is connected with the Sons of Veterans, Knights of the Golden Eagle, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. JOHN O'BRIEN, general superintendent of The Buckeye Pipe Line Company, of Lima, was born at Forestville, Chautauqua County, New York, January 22, 1863, being a member of one of the old, well-known families of that place. After completing his education in the For- AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 813 estville Academy, in 1878, Mr. O'Brien started out to make his own way in the world, with little capital but his health, education and energy. Just at this time the oil field of McKean County, Pennsylvania, was attracting residents of all parts of the Union and thither the young man made his way. At Bradford he became a messenger with the Western Union Telegraph Company, and incidentally learned telegraphing. He was subsequently engaged as a clerk in the Bradford office of the Erie Railroad and remained there as clerk and telegraph operator until June 1, 1880. He then entered the employ of the National Transit Company as a telegraph operator at Corning, New York. He remained there two years and when the Corning office was closed by the company, Mr. O'Brien was transferred back to the Bradford office. He was engaged at different pump stations in the oil field as his services were needed and thus became fully acquainted with the different fields and all the details of the oil business. In the latter part of 1882 the National transit Company showed its recognition of Mr. O'Brien's fidelity and ability by recalling him from the field stations to their office at Bradford, then the scene of the companys greatest interests. Mr. O'Brien remained in the Bradford office for five years, when he was again promoted, being removed to the New York office, where he became manager of the National Transit Company's telegraph business. Five months later, on April 1, 1888, Mr. O'Brien permanently left the telegraph department, but not the company's service. He was then placed in charge of the Bradford oil field as assistant superintendent, a position he most efficiently filled for seven years. On June 1, 1895, he became superintendent of the whole Bradford district, and since then he has been steadily advanced until at present he occupies one of the most responsible positions in the gift of the company. On October 13, 1903, he was sent to Lima as assistant general superintendent of The Buckeye Pipe Line Company, The Indiana Pipe Line Company, and made general manager of the Prairie Oil & Gas Company, of the Kansas field. The death of Daniel J. O'Day brought about his promotion as general superintendent of The Buckeye Pipe Line Company and the Indiana Pipe Line Company. He has severed his connections with the Prairie Oil & Gas Company. He has other large interests, being a director of the First National Bank of Independence, Kansas ; a director of the Independence Iron Works; a director of the Bartlesville (I. T.) Water Company and is also interested as a stockholder in the Lima Trust Company, the Bradford National Bank and in other financial institutions. Mr. O'Brien was married to Louise Newell of Bradford, Pennsylvania, on• January 18, 1893, and they have three children, viz : Louise, Norman and Florence.• The family belongs to St. Rose Catholic Church at Lima. MONROE M. EAST, a prominent citizen of this county, owns 94 ½ acres of land in sections 16 and 21, German township, where he is successfully engaged in farming. He has five oil-wells in active operation on his land, but has leased them to Dr.. Charles E. Lawton, of Cleveland, who now operates them. Mr. East is a son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Mumaw) East, of German township. A sketch of Samuel East may be found elsewhere in this work. Monroe M. East married Priscilla Alice Crider, of Auglaize County, a daughter of Isaac and Susan (Searfoss) Crider, who removed from Pickaway County to Cridersville, Auglaize County, where Mrs. East was born on March 17, 1855. Mr. and Mrs. East have six children : Susan Elizabeth, born August 19, 1878, who died on the 11th of the following month ; Olive Ettie, born September 25, 1879, now living at home; Irene Belle, born September 25, 1881, who married Alvin E. Herring, of German township, on January 3, 1899, and has two children—Harold Glenn and Horace Burdette ; Bessie May, born May 16, 1884, who married Oran Hepler, on March 31, 1902, and has one child—Cledith Elizabeth; Samuel Cleveland, born May 1 1, 1888, 814 - HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY who lives at home; and Catherine Gertrude, born April 12, 1894. Mr. East has taken a lively interest in educational matters and has served as a member of the School Board. In politics he is a Democrat. On a foregoing page, in connection with this sketch is shown a picture of Mr. and Mrs. East and family. J. A. CHAPIN, one of the leading architects of Lima and one of the city's representative men, was born in 1853 at Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio, and is a son of Dexter Chapin. The aged father of our subject, now almost 80 years old, resides at Lima and still takes much interest in passing events. For many years he was one of the leading contractors here, and for a protracted period was active in city politics, during which he served three terms as a member of the City Council. His mother was a Franklin, belonging to the same branch of the family which gave the world Benjamin Franklin. Our subject was only two years of age when his parents came to Lima, where they lived some time and then removed to Wapakoneta and later to Cincinnati. While in Lima he attended the grammar department of the Lima High School. He also attended school at the other points where his father's business called him. At Cincinnati he worked with Mitchell & Ramelsberg, in the furniture business and then went into the office of Michael Renbaugh, of that city. He remained under instruction there for several years. Before the new Court House was erected at Lima, he returned to this city and went to work at the carpenter's trade while he prepared himself to open the first architect's office ever established here. He has continued in this profession ever since and now has offices located in the Holland Building. To him has been entrusted the drawing of plans and designs for many of the most important buildings in the city of Lima, among which we may mention : Lima Paper Mills, County Infirmary, Children's Home, Holland. Building and the new High School Building. In the erection of this fine structure last mentioned he was associated with F. L. Packard, the State architect, of Columbus. By experts it has been conceded to be one of the finest school buildings in the State. Many of the beautiful residences of Lima which attract favorable notice and comment from the visitor were erected from designs prepared by Mr. Chapin, who has also furnished plans for the building of a great many of the large structures of the city. In 1893 Mr. Chapin was married to Ella Ackerman, who is a daughter of the late William Ackerman, who for years was identified with the manufacturing interest of Lima. Mr. Chapin is a 32nd degree Mason and belongs to the Blue Lodge, Council, Chapter and Commandery at Lima, in which bodies he has frequently held official position. He has done much toward making this city one of beauty and modern aspect and has been called in to assist in promoting various objects of public utility. HENRY KRUSE, who has resided continuously for upwards of 40 years on his present farm in section 17, German township, is one of the thrifty, substantial citizens of Allen County, was born July 24, 1833, in Prussia, Germany. His parents were Joseph and Anna Kruse. The mother died in 1843 and the father followed her in 1848. After the death of his father, Henry Kruse, who was then 15 years of age, was bound out to a shoemaker for a term of three years. After serving out his time, he remained in the same service two years longer, receiving wages for his labor. He was desirous of starting in business for himself but, as the laws of the country did not allow him to take such a step until he was of age, he decided to try his fortune in America. With 25 of his fellow townspeople, he began the journey across the ocean, the trip being made in a sailing vessel and covering a period of eight weeks. An epidemic of smallpox broke out, which proved fatal to seven of their number, and caused a change in the plans. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 815 They had intended to land at New Orleans but this they were not permitted to do on account of the smallpox, although they were allowed to proceed up the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. A landing was made at Cincinnati. Mr. Kruse remained in that city three and a half years working at his trade and then went to Champaign County, near Urbana, Ohio, where he worked four years on a farm. About this time he was married and leased the farm for five years, until 1865, when he came to Allen County and purchased 68 acres of land where he has since resided. Mr. Kruse prospered in his business, and added to his original purchase until he owned at one time 200 acres. Most of this has been sold since, his son and son-in-law recently buying 140 acres of him. This leaves 30 acres in the homestead. Mr. Kruse was married in 1859 to Doretta Booman, who was born in Hanover, Germany, November 24, 1833. Five children have been born to them, namely : Charles, residing on the homestead, who married Minnie Counselor, daughter of Rev. Counselor, of this county, and has six children ; Henry, who married Bertha Beckler, who died 10 years ago, leaving two sons, Earl and Kenneth, who live with their grandfather Kruse; Anna, who married Jacob Smith, lives about three miles south of Lima and has five children—Paul, Alice, Gladys, Dean and Floy ; Emma, who married Lewis Freightner, lives in Lima and has two children—Evan and Robert ; and Frank, who married Maggie Neely, lives in Lima and has one child, Grace. Mr. Kruse is a Democrat. In religion he is a Lutheran and is a trustee of the church of that denomination at Elida. FRANK C. SMITH, who is the senior member of the large contracting firm of Smith & Sherrick, of Lima, has been a resident of this city for the past 17 years. He was born at Westminster, Allen County, Ohio, in 1867, and is a son of Isaac N. Smith and a grandson of Abner Smith. Abner Smith was born in Pennsylvania and removed to Athens County, Ohio, about 1822. Later he moved to Champaign County and in 1829 to Allen County, where he entered land near the present site of the town of Westminster. In 1830 he moved his family here and during the remainder of his life he was engaged in clearing and cultivating his property. He was one of the first trustees of Auglaize township and took an active part in its public affairs. Politically he was a Whig. Isaac N. Smith, father of our subject, now lives retired in his pleasant home at No. 708 East Kibby street, Lima. He was born in 1839 in Auglaize township. When 14 years of age he started to learn the carpenter's trade and continued work at the same until 1864, when he enlisted in Company B. 151st Reg., Ohio Vol: Inf., for 100 days, but his real service covered four months. He was detailed to the quartermaster's department and was stationed during the greater part of the time at Fort Reno. At the close of the war he returned home and resumed carpenter work until 1868, when he engaged in wagon and carriage manufacturing at Westminster. Mr. Smith continued in business for 10 years and had a large establishment, where he also did repair work and dealt in agricultural implements. Some of the wagons built by him 40 years ago are still in commission in and about Westminster. In June, 1888, Mr. Smith located in Lima, where he carried on contracting until failing eyesight caused him to retire from business. During his residence in Auglaize township, he was active in public affairs and was elected to many of the township offices. He served four years as assessor of that township, for years was school director and was a man whose advice was asked and judgment consulted by his fellow-citizens. Frank C. Smith of this sketch was reared and educated at Westminster, and learned the carpenter's trade with his father. He entered the employ of the Standard Oil Company and remained with that corporation for six years, during four of which he was in charge of the tanking department at different points. He built the first pump station in the Ohio oil field. Then for some four years he followed his trade by himself ; but in 1898 he formed his present partnership with S. S. Sherrick. This 816 - HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY firm is engaged in a general contracting business and is the leading firm in this line in Lima. Their large planing mill and sash, door and blind factory is located at Nos. 330-332 South Union street. In 1899 Frank C. Smith was married to Ella Biederman, of Auglaize County. They have one son, Walter Stanley, aged five years. Both Mr. Smith and his wife are members of Grace Methodist Episcopal Church at Lima. In politics Mr. Smith is a zealous Republican and is a member of the Republican Central Committee. He belongs also to the Lima Board of Health, and is interested in all movements tending to promote the welfare of the city. His fraternal connections are with the Odd Fellows and Red Men. HENRY CLAY HART, M. D., now residing on his well-improved farm of 160 acres, situated in section 25, Spencer township, was one of the earliest physicians to settle at Spencerville, where he continued in active practice for many years. Dr. Hart was born July 19, 1841, at Troy, Miami County, Ohio, and is a son of Levi and Sarah Sewell (Tullis) Hart. Dr. Hart comes of sturdy American patriot stock, his ancestry reaching directly to one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. The father of Dr. Hart was born in New Jersey and was one of a family of seven children. Previous to coming to Ohio he worked as a machinist; but later he became a farmer and died in Ohio in 1865. He was a liberal man in relation to education and religion and filled an important place in his community. He was survived until 1886 by his wife, who was born in Virginia. The family consisted of four children, namely : Francis C., Dorisa Ann, Henry Clay and John B., the last named deceased in infancy. Henry Clay Hart grew up on his father's farm and secured his literary education in the schools at Delphos. He was employed later by a local business house as bookkeeper until he reached his majority, when, in August, 1862, he entered the Union Army. He enlisted in Company F, 118th Reg., Ohio Vol, Inf., at Delphos, and was mustered out at Evansville, Indiana, from the Second Battalion, V. R. C., on July 6, 1865. For nearly 18 months he had held the position of post adjutant. His health being poor at this time, he was employed mainly at detached duty and was proffered an honorable discharge by President Lincoln on this account. This offer he did not take advantage of and this evidence of patriotism brought him a personal letter from the President, commending him in high terms. After his return from the army, the young man tried farming for a time, but his health was scarcely robust enough to enable him to make of it a success. He then turned his attention to medicine. He prepared for college with a local practitioner, and took a course of lectures in the University of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia, where he was graduated April 23, 1869. In the same year he took up his residence at Spencerville, which at that time was a village of 300 souls. He was the third physician to locate here, the late Dr. Campbell and Dr. Rails having come here a short time before. Dr. Hart practiced here for 20 years and then went to Monticello for two years. On account of failing health, he then retired to his farm which, when he purchased it, was a tract of dense woods lying along the canal, two and a half miles north of Spencerville. In addition to being a fertile and productive agricultural property, it is also valuable for the oil that underlies it, 12 wells having been already developed. Dr. Hart has cleared all this land with the exception of three acres. The land is well tiled and substantial buildings have been erected. Dr. Hart lives retired, having excellent tenants to look after his farming interests. In April, 1889, Dr. Hart was married to Elizabeth Vashti Rathgeber, who is a daughter of Jacob Rathgeber, of Spencer township. Two years later the Doctor and wife retired to the farm where they enjoy all the comforts and a large number of the luxuries of life. Mrs. Hart takes great pleasure in her housekeeping and many of the Doctor's leisure hours are passed in his well-equipped library. Dr. Hart is a stanch Republican and for AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 819 years was active in party affairs. He has served in various offices and on numerous boards since coming to Allen County. During two terms he was a member of the Spencerville Town Council and while on that body was appointed street commissioner. During his administration much of the east part of town was laid out, and it was Dr. Hart's suggestion that the street east of Pearl should be named "College" street. For two terms he was a member of the Board of Education, and was chairman of the board when the school building was erected. For over 11 years he was a member of the Board of Health. In every way he has been one of the public-spirited and useful citizens of Allen County and is held in general esteem. He is a member of the local G. A. R. post of which he has been surgeon. Dr. Hart is a well-read man and a pleasant conversationalist, whose reminiscences of the early days of his practice in this locality are of a most interesting nature. In those days he visited his patients on horseback, the only possible way, as his calls often came from distant and isolated farmhouses, and he has had thrilling adventures when answering the calls of duty, pursuing his way through cold and storm, often at night, following bridle-paths through the forest. The Doctor could have built up quite a fortune but he has always given bounteously of his means to all worthy objects. He has contributed to the erection of all the churches of his neighborhood as well as to their support. COL. HINCHMAN S. PROPHET, one of the prominent and representative citizens of Lima, and one of the city's leading attorneys, with offices in the Holmes Block, was born at Evesham, Burlington County, New Jersey, and is a son of John and Catherine (Roberts) Prophet. The parents of Colonel Prophet finally settled in Morrow County, Ohio, and spent the remainder of their lives there. The father of our subject was a man of sufficient means to give his son excellent school advantages at Cardington, Ohio, and he was but 20 years old when he commenced the study of the law, which he completed under the supervision of Judge J. A. Beebe, being admitted to the bar on February 2, 1860, before the Supreme Court of Ohio. Scarcely had he had time to realize the completion of the ambitious efforts of several strenuous years, and feel that he had made a fair beginning on his career, when the Civil War was precipitated. Among the first to offer their, services, he served three months in Company C, 15th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., and at the close of this enlistment assisted in the organization of Company B. 43d Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf. Prior to 1863, when continued ill health led to his resignation, he was promoted from 2d lieutenancy to the 1st lieutenancy, and from 1st lieutenancy to the captaincy. In the second battle of Corinth, in 1862, Captain Prophet was wounded. In his official report of the battle of Corinth, the commanding general made honorable mention of Captain Prophet; commending him for "conspicuous gallantry and efficiency in battle." After his return home, he was commissioned colonel of the Second Regiment, Ohio Militia, by Governor David Tod. He organized and officered the regiment, but it was not called into service. Resuming the duties which the call to arms had caused him to put aside, Colonel Prophet continued to practice law and for five years he also engaged in newspaper editing and publishing. In 1868 he was appointed postmaster of Mount Gilead, where he was then residing. In the fall of 1869, he was elected without opposition State Senator from the 17th and 28th districts and served his constituents well through his term of office ; and what is remarkable he never missed a roll call nor a vote. He was a member of several important committees, among them "Common Schools and School Lands," and "Municipal Corporations." He was also a member of a special committee that visited the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors 'Orphans Home at Xenia, and on its recommendation the home was bought by the State. In 1872 he removed to Lima, becoming a 820 - HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY member of the firm of Prophet & Eastman, a firm which has sucessfully handled a large part of the important litigation of this section for the past 25 years. In May, 1870, Colonel Prophet, without solicitation, was made a member of the Phonetic Society, established in Bath, England, by Sir Isaac Pitman, the inventor of phonetic shorthand. He was the first official court reporter in the Northwest. He was a member of the Ohio Association of Stenographers, and also of the International Association. For four years he was city solicitor; for the same length of time was Prosecuting Attorney of Allen County. In 1882 he was elected mayor of Lima; he served one term at this time, declining a renomination. In 1898 he was again elected mayor by the largest majority ever received by any candidate for mayor of the city. He again declined a renomination. In school and other local positions, he has been generous of his time, money and advice, having served 19 years as a member of the Board of Education, being president of the board for 10 years of this period. He has served as president of the Ohio Association of Boards of Education, and is a member of the National Association of School Boards and the National Educational Association, and many other educational associations. Colonel Prophet was married December 25, 1867, to Frances A. Beebe, who is a daughter of Judge J. A. Beebe. They have four children, Edgar S., Herbert S., Grace Alice (Plate) and Kathryn E., who is a successful teacher at Lima. They enjoy the comforts of a beautiful home at No. 414 West North street, where hospitality abounds, and education and culture are found. Politically, Colonel Prophet is identified with the Democratic Party. He is a worthy citizen and a Christian gentleman. The family belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church at Lima. Colonel Prophet is a member of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, the Grand Army of the Republic and a number of fraternal orders. For five consecutive years Colonel Prophet has been appointed a delegate by the Governor to the National Conference of Charities and Corrections. His portrait accompanies this sketch, being shown on a preceding page. CAPT. ALBERT E. GALE, a merchant tailor of Lima, was born, reared and educated in Lima, being a son of E. Gale, the pioneer tailor of this city. As soon as he was old enough to learn the business he entered his father's office to familiarize himself with the work and has been associated in the enterprise for the past 13 years. He is a shrewd, capable young man and is destined to become successful in business. Mr. Gale is actively interested in the good government of the community ; he is one of the leading Republicans of Allen County and has frequently served as delegate to State conventions. He has been a member of the city central committee for the past eight years, holding the office of treasurer for more than three years. He is captain of Company C, Second Regiment, Ohio National Guard, and served as sergeant in that company during the Spanish-American War. He is a member of the United Spanish War Veterans, and is also a prominent member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Elks. CHARLES C. HELLER, one of the leading business men of Beaver Dam, who conducts a large hardware store, tinshop and coal-yard, was born at Wapakoneta, Auglaize County, Ohio, December 19, 1864, and is a son of George C. and Johanna (Duvel) Heller. George C. Heller, father of Charles C., was born in Baden, Germany, and the mother in Hanover. Both came to America in childhood with their parents. They have five children, as follows : Charles C. ; Albert H., who is professor of civil engineering in the Ohio AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 821 State University ; Henrietta, who is the wife of William Kayser ; and Cora, who lives at home. Charles C. Heller attended school in his native place until he was 16 years of age, and then went into his father's wagon-shop where he worked for some years. In 1892 he located at Beaver Dam, and in 1901 entered into the hardware business in partnership with C. T. Kolter and J. F. Seitz, under the firm name of Heller & Company. After one year Mr. Heller sold out to his partners and bought the hardware business of Emil Augsburger. Since that time Mr. Heller has continued in this line of business at Beaver Dam, carrying a large line of general hardware, stoves and tinware, operating a tin-shop, dealing also in farm implements and vehicles, and in coal. He is also manager and secretary of the Beaver Dam Home Telephone Company, which he organized in December, 1902. Mr. Heller was married June 15, 1887, to Margaret Reid, who was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, but who was reared at Wapakoneta, and is a daughter of Thomas J. and Katherine Reid. They have four children : Marguerite, Madeline, Miriam and Alberta. Politically Mr. Heller has been a lifelong Democrat and has frequently been elected to important local offices. He has been clerk and president of the School Board, for a number of terms has been a member of the Beaver Dam Board of Health, and for six years was corporation treasurer. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Modern Woodmen of America. He belongs to the German Evangelical Church. WILLIAM F. HOOVER, of Hoover & Company, the well-known, genial furniture dealer of Lima, was born in Allen County in 1869 and is a son of John and Bernadina Hoover, who are esteemed citizens of this city, now in the evening of life. John Hoover is a native of Holland, but has been a citizen of America since his sixth year. He came to Allen County about the year 1850 and helped in the building of the C., H. & D. and the P., Ft. W. & C. railways. William F. Hoover received his education in the public schools of Lima and at the age of 12 years entered the employ of Charles Garrison, remaining with that gentleman until he went out of business. His next employers were Donze & Campbell, in whose employ he continued four years, until 1889, when he and his brother John opened a furniture store under the firm name of Hoover Brothers. In 1899 the death of his brother occurred and since then Mr. Hoover has conducted the business alone. He has built up a large business and in addition to the store in Lima has a branch store at Mansfield. He is the veteran furniture man of Lima, having been in the business for more than a quarter of a century. He is also interested in real estate and is in every way a representative citizen of the county. In 1893, Mr. Hoover was united in marriage to Ida M. Reed, a daughter of Salem Reed, a prominent farmer of Shawnee township. Two bright children have been born to this union, Palleene and Alleene. While Mr. Hoover is a Democrat in his political views, he does not always vote the straight ticket, as he always gives his support to the man best fitted for the office. He is a member of the B. P. O. E. and the Eagles and has been an officer in both orders. MRS. MARY CHAMBERLIN, an esteemed resident of Elida, is the widow of the late William Chamberlin. She was born in Perry County, Ohio, May 1, 1841, and is a daughter of George and Mary (Stemen) Hunsaker, who located in Marion township, Allen County, when their daughter Mary was a child of 11 years. She obtained her education in the district schools of Marion township and at the age of 19 years, in 1860, became the wife of James Carman, a farmer of Sugar Creek township. Three years later he was laid to rest in Carman cemetery and his widow was left with two children, George and Elizabeth, who married Abel Pitzenberger and at 822 - HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY death left one child—Ebert. George Carman was born January 2, 1861, and married Rebecca Goode, a native of Perry County. Seven children have been born to them, only four of whom survive, viz : Vernie, who married Ora Herring; Alveda, who became the wife of Carl Billimack and is the mother of two children—Agnes and a child that died in infancy; James and Bessie. Eleven years after the death of Mr. Carman, his widow was maried to Armstead Hunt who died one year later. One child was born to this union, Armstead Mason Hunt, Jr., whose splendid manhood fulfilled the promise of his earlier years. Seeking to make his own way in life, he had entered the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company as brakeman and, in January, 1901, while running on a local at Upper Sandusky met his death in the service. He had been reared and educated in Sugar Creek township, where be was a universal favorite and his untimely death cast a gloom over the entire community. In September, 1890, Mrs. Hunt was married to William Chamberlin, a carpenter who resided in Elida. Her life has been one of mingled sunshine and shadow but the latter has often been so dark that it gave no hint of recurring sunshine, and only her abiding trust in her heavenly Father has enabled her to bear her crosses with fortitude and calmness. She is a devout Christian, a member of the United Brethren Church of Elida, and her life has been an inspiration to those about her. Mrs. Chamberlin is well situated financially, owning the home in Elida and also a good farm of 115 acres in Sugar Creek township. She possesses marked business ability and is a woman who is esteemed and respected by all who know her. HON. HOWARD W. PEARS, president of the Lima Business College and a member of the State Legislature, is among the most prominent and influential citizens of the county. He is a native of the Buckeye State, having been born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, in 1868. At the age of 12 years Mr. Pears started to fight his own battles, which he has continued to do in order to achieve whatever he has accomplished in the fields of education, business and politics. He was educated at Willoughby, Lake County, and engaged in teaching in that county for several terms. In 1890 Mr. Pears went to Colorado and, desiring to equip himself for a business career, completed a course in the business college in Colorado Springs, and for one year held a position as private secretary to the president of the Rio Grande Hotel Company. He then established a private school of stenography and engaged in general reporting until the spring of 1893. The experience gained during the three years he was thus employed proved invaluable to him in later years. Returning to Ohio, he located in Lima and purchased the Lima Business College in 1893. At that time its pupils numbered about 40, and Professor Pears at once set about improving the school by establishing a practical system of training that would enable the student who had finished a course in his institution to at once take charge of the work for which he had studied. A high grade of work was required from the pupil, and no pains were spared to make the training as thorough and practical as though obtained in actual business, and the result soon began to be manifest in the facility with which the students of the Lima Business College obtained desirable situations. Not only was there a constant demand for them, but it soon became apparent that they were generally satisfactory to their employers, and these combined circumstances resulted in an increased attendance at the school. One year after taking charge, Professor Pears found it necessary to engage an assistant in the work, which was growing to such proportions that he could not do it the justice he wished, and I. F. Clem became a partner and is now secretary of the institution. In 1896 the college was incorporated, with a capital stock of $5,000, and has steadily grown until it now has an annual enrollment of 300 pupils, and ranks second to none in Ohio. In 1899 Professor Pears was united in marriage to Anna Schnabel, a daughter of Charles Schnabel, of Lima, and a lady of AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 823 many pleasing and gracious qualities. They are members of the Disciples' Church and take a prominent part in the social life of the city. The Professor has been a lifelong Democrat, and has always taken an active part in the advancement of that cause. That he is popular among his colleagues is shown by the fact that he was nominated for the Legislature over two of the older politicians at the county primary election held August 14, 1905, and in the fall election received next to the highest number of votes of any candidate. H. W. BENNETT conducts the principal undertaking and embalming business at Lima and is a veteran in this business, although he has been located in Lima only about four years. He is a son of Henry Bennett, a prosperous farmer of Medina County, Ohio, where our subject was born in 1869. After finishing his schooling, he became a teacher in his native county and for five years was a very successful one; but desiring a more permanent occupation and one in which he could engage throughout the entire year he went to Wellington, Lorain County, and opened a furniture store in connection with which he had an undertaking department. In order to perfect himself in this work he took lessons in embalming and received diplomas from Professor Myers, of Springfield, Ohio, and from Prof. Charles A. Renoaurd, of New York City. In 1901 he moved his business to Lima and now has the largest establishment of the kind in this part of the State. He is a member of the National Funeral Directors' Association and president of the Ohio Funeral Directors' and Embalmers' Association, keeping in close touch with all -the latest developments and discoveries in his particular line of work. Mr. Bennett was married in 1890 to Ida Bauer, daughter of Jacob Bauer, of Liverpool, Medina County, Ohio. Their family consists of three bright children. They are members of Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church and are earnest workers in that body. Fraternally Mr. Bennett is connected with the Masonic order, Elks, Odd Fellows, Modern Woodmen of America and Woodmen of the World. JULIUS KENDALL FETTER, one of the substantial farmers and well-known citizens of Bath township, was born on his present farm in section 27, which consists of 109 acres of well-improved land, on November 28, 1870, and is a son of George and Sarah (Ward) Fetter. George Fetter was born in Baden, Germany, August 15, 1826, and died on the homestead in Bath township, Allen County, on January 2, 1895, at the age of 68 years. He came to the United States in boyhood with his parents, who settled in Allen County. Here George Fetter's whole life was passed. He had few early advantages of any kind, but was a man of persevering industry and frugal habits, and when he died he was the largest landowner in the township, having fully 1,000 acres. He was an extensive dealer in livestock, and for a number of years received a good income from a fine stone quarry on his place. For many years he was connected with financial institutions in Lima, and was interested in gold mining at other points. Always a stanch supporter of the Democratic party, he was elected to offices of trust and responsibility in his township. He was strict in his observances of the tenets of the Lutheran Church. George Fetter married Sarah Ward, who was born in Ohio and died in 1885 at the age of 52 years. She was a good Christian woman and a faithful wife and mother. The nine children born to them were : John W., deceased; Elizabeth (Gray) ; Eliza Ellen (Hull), also of Bath township; Daniel E., George R., Jacob E. and Julius K., all of Bath township; Allie (Mrs. Joshua Bible), of Bath township; and Ida Sarah (Griffith), of Bath township. Julius K. Fetter has always resided on the homestead farm and has followed teaming and farming. For some years he did a great deal of teaming in the oil field and has had as many 824 - HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY as nine teams in operation at once. He has carried on a general line of farming, his land being well adapted to the growing of the staple grains. His buildings, which are commodious and substantial, were erected during his father's lifetime. In 1890 Mr. Fetter was married to Susan Coon, the daughter of neighbors, William and Jane Coon, now residing in Amanda township. They have one son, Orris D., who is attending school. Mr. Fetter, like his father, is a stanch Democrat and he has always been a zealous party man. He has served in local offices and during his term as road supervisor gave great satisfaction throughout the township. ARTHUR L. JONES, M. D., physician and surgeon at Lima, and the city's careful and capable health officer, was born at Manchester, England, August 20, 1871, and is a son of Lloyd and Mary (Burbeck) Jones. The parents of Dr. Jones are of English birth and rearing. The father brought his family to America during the y0uth of our subject and settled at Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he was engaged for a number of years in a mercantile business, and where he now resides retired. His family consisted of 10 children. Arthur L. Jones was mainly reared and educated at Fort Wayne. From his boyhood he was interested in medicine. In order to hasten the time when he could enter medical college, he taught physical culture and engaged in an electric business. His medical studies were completed at the Fort Wayne Medical College, where he was graduated in the class of 1897. He chose Lima as his field of practice and established himself in this city in April, 1897. He belongs to all the leading medical associations of the State, thus keeping in touch with the latest medical thought, and is practical enough to recognize the real value of many of the most widely heralded modern methods of practice. He has shown the skill and ability which have brought him a large clientele. His standing in the profession and known ability caused his selection as city health officer. Dr. Jones was united in marriage with Harriet A. Wilson, who is a daughter of Walter B. Wilson, formerly of Fort Wayne, Indiana, but now of Lima, and they have one daughter, Mildred. Dr. and Mrs. Jones are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The family residence is situated at No. 418 West Spring street. Politically Dr. Jones is a Republican. Fraternally he is connected with the Masons and the Odd Fellows. JOHN QUINTON JAMIESON, one of the popular and public-spirited citizens of Spencerville, who is largely interested in oil production and is identified with numerous other enterprises, was born December 27, 1865, in McKean County, Pennsylvania, and is a son of Quinton and Amanda (Snyder) Jamieson. The parents of Mr. Jamieson still reside at Bradford, Pennsylvania, where they have reared 11 children, all of the eight survivors residing in that State, with the exception of our subject and a younger brother. From the age of 15 years Mr. Jamieson has made his own way in the world. He has worked in every capacity in the oil business, beginning at the bottom of the ladder and successfully climbing until now he ranks with the capitalists of Ohio. As a driller he gained a wide acquaintance and reputation for efficiency, in connection with his uncle, R. S. Jamieson, with whom he took up the first leases in and around Spencerville. For two and a half years prior to 1892, when he came to Allen County, Mr. Jamieson was engaged in drilling salt-wells in England. The first work undertaken by him in Allen County was drilling on the farm of J. B. Sunderland, in Amanda township. Then with his uncle he entered into contract drilling for the Standard Oil Company, but from 1895 until 1900 they produced for themselves. At the latter date R. S. Jamieson sold his interest to Harry D. Weill, and the firm then became Jamieson & Weill, which continued until 1903, when our subject bought AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 827 Mr. Weill's interest and since then has been alone. In connection with caring for his own interests, he looks after those of Henry Weill, of Buffalo, New York, the father of his former partner. He has an interest in 16 different wells, he and his uncle having drilled some 300 wells in Allen and adjacent counties. Aside from his large oil interests, Mr. Jamieson is interested in a commission business, which ships from the neighborhood of Spencerville from 1,000 to 2,000 pounds of dressed poultry a week and from one to two car-loads of hogs. He is a man of recognized business ability and is a notable example of the success which attends persistent endeavor, even in the face of most discouraging conditions. In 1890, in England, Mr. Jamieson was married to Mary Heslop, who was born in Port Clarence, near Middlesborough, Yorkshire, England, one of a family of 11 children, she being the only one whose home is in America. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Jamieson in Spencerville is one of beauty and luxury ; it stands on South Elizabeth street in the center of a park of two acres in extent, one of the most attractive of the modern residences of Spencerville. The one daughter of this marriage, Maud A., born in England in December, 1891, died before her childhood was over, being aged but a few months beyond 13 years. Although a very public-spirited citizen, Mr. Jamieson has never consented to accept any political favors, refusing on many occasions nominations to county offices. He is a member of the Blue Lodge F. & A. M., and the Chapter, R. A. M., at Spencerville, and belongs also to the Knights of the Maccabees. ISAAC LUDWIG, one of the prominent farmers of Marion township, residing on a well-improved farm in section 32, is a survivor of the Civil War. He is a member of a stanch old American family and of a pioneer one in Ohio. He was born January 3, 1842, at Stringtown, Pickaway County, Ohio, and is a son of Jacob and Louisa (DeLong) Ludwig, and a grandson of Jacob and Elizabeth (Fink) Ludwig. The Ludwig name in America dates back to the time of George Washington, for it was during the War of the Revolution that an ancestor of the subject of this sketch joined the army under Washington. He was the great-grandfather of Jacob Ludwig, our subject's father, who came as a pioneer into Marion township, Allen County, Ohio. One of the sons of the above named Revolutionary soldier, Jacob by name, married a Miss Reece, who is supposed to have been a native of Germany. She became the mother of nine children and died at her home on the .banks of the Susquehanna River, near the towns of Mifffinville and Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, many years before her husband, who lived to the age of 90 years. One of their children was given the family name of Jacob and he was the father of Jacob Ludwig, grandfather of our subject. This Jacob Ludwig was born in Pennsylvania, probably near the Susquehanna River. He married Elizabeth Fink, a member of an old Pennsylvania-Dutch family which was established near Milton, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. Their children were : Sophia, William, Jacob and George W. Grandfather Ludwig was a soldier of the War of 1812. In 1818 he moved to Pickaway County, Ohio, and died on his farm in that county in 1824, aged 33 years. His widow married George Crites, and they had two daughters—Fredericka and Ozilla, the former, of whom married John Deal and the latter, Josephus Drum, both of Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Mrs. George Crites died September 26, 1879, and George Crites died in Pickaway County, prior to this. Sophia Ludwig, the only daughter of Jacob Ludwig, married Charles Crites in 1833, and removed with her husband to Allen County in 1839; it was at her home that her mother passed away. The children of Charles and Sophia (Ludwig) Crites were : Daniel, Jacob, Catherine, Betsey, Rebecca; Cyrus, Elias, Emanuel, Mary E., Charles, George and Fredericka. Jacob Ludwig, father of our subject, was born in Salt Creek township, Pickaway County, Ohio, December 10, 1818, and was six years old when his father died. At the age of eight, on account of his mother's strait- 828 - HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY ened circumstances, he was bound out, first to Peter Maney and then to John Pontius. His experience with these men, both of whom were harsh task-masters, was the sad one to which childhood, in those days, was obliged to submit. He endured privations, indignities and long hours of labor until he was 15 years old, when his mother took him to the home of John Crites, where he remained until he was 18 years of age. He was then apprenticed to the blacksmith trade, with Charles Crites, his brother-in-law, with whom he almost completed his apprenticeship. Then he returned to John Crites, with whom he lived two more years, during a part of this time being proprietor of a blacksmith shop. On March 2, 1841, Jacob Ludwig was married to Louisa DeLong, who was a daughter of Andrew and Catherine (Laudig) DeLong, a family originally from Pennsylvania; later, pioneers in Pickaway County, Ohio. The DeLongs had 11 children, and Louisa, mother of our subject, was the seventh child. Their names were as follows : John, Rebecca, Isaac, Elizabeth, Susan, Catherine, Louisa, Caroline, Sarah, Amelia and Andrew. Louisa DeLong was a descendant of Huguenot families, which were driven out of France, about 1620, during their persecution. An ancestor by the name of Peter DeLong came to this country in 1720. On his arrival at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he took his family to Berks County near the present city of Reading, Pennsylvania. A descendant of his was drowned or crushed under a raft of logs in the Little Schuylkill River about 1799, leaving a wife and five children, one of whom, Andrew, was the father of Louisa DeLong, the mother of Isaac Ludwig. Andrew DeLong married Catherine Laudig, a daughter of Peter and Catherine Laudig. Peter Laudig was a descendant of a Huguenot family ; his wife Catherine was a descendant of a Hebrew family, which were driven out of France and came to New York on account of religious persecutions. After this marriage, Jacob Ludwig settled at Stringtown, Pickaway County, where the family lived until after the birth of our subject, and then removed to Adelphi, Ross County, for, seven years and from there to near Elida, Allen County, in May, 1849. He worked there at his forge until the following September, when he purchased a tract of land containing 39 1/4 acres in section 33, Marion township, Allen County, situated on the Auglaize River. The land was all wild with the exception of 16 acres, on which Mr. Ludwig found a log cabin, which served for the family home until the following year, when he completed the residence which still stands in good condition. He became a very large landowner before his death, having accumulated some 575 acres, mainly situated in Marion township. He had excellent business. perceptions and was of industrious habits, and was aided in his work by the help and advice of his good wife Louisa. He was also a man of moral purpose and religious conviction. Prior to moving to Allen County, he had been a Lutheran, later he attended the Methodist Church, but on February 12, 1869, he united with the Presbyterian Church, of Delphos, Ohio, under Rev. Reed. Two of his sons, Isaac and Obed A., are elders in the Presbyterian Church—Isaac in the Delphos church and Obed A. in the Bluffton church. The children of Jacob and Louisa Ludwig were as follows : Isaac ; John D., born October. 14, 1849, who lives at Fort Wayne, Indiana; Charles C., born May 12, 1853, who lives in Marion township ; Mary Jane, born February 2, 1856, who is the wife of George W. King, residing near Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio; Obed A., born March 20, 1859, who resides at Bluffton ; and Jacob L., born December 13, 1861, who resides in Mari0n township near the residence in which he was born. Jacob Ludwig died February 21, 1903, at the age of 84 years, 2 months and 11 days. At that time six of his nine children were living, 25 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. He was also survived by his second wife, formerly Mrs. Sophia (Crites) Dennis, a daughter of John Crites. At the time of his first marriage Mr. Ludwig's means were so small that he was obliged to borrow the money with which to pay the minister his fee, Mr. Ludwig lived to see his signature honored at every financial institution where it was pre- AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 829 sented and for almost any amount. Although his education was meagre, attending but part of a three-months term of school, he was a well-read man and a thorough student of the Bible, many of the leaves of a number of copies in his home being worn from constant perusal as to be no longer usable when his kindly eyes were no longer able to read over promises precious to him. His was no lip service at his church, for he loved the sanctuary and was seldom absent from his accustomed place, until he partly lost the sense of hearing. He still continued, however, to pay liberally to the support of the church when asked. Isaac Ludwig was the eldest born of these estimable, worthy parents and his home training was all in the direction of industry, temperance and morality. He was seven years old when his parents came to Allen County and his schooling was secured in the little log structures, which at that time were considered entirely adequate for the educational needs of the children. He was reared a practical farmer and prior t0 the outbreak of the Civil War his horizon was probably bounded entirely in his thoughts with the limits of his county. When recruits began to pour into the towns from the peaceful, surrounding farms, our subject was one of the first to offer his services and was enlisted in Company B, McLaughlin's Squadron, Ohio Vol. Cav., in which he served three years, receiving an honorable discharge as a paroled prisoner from Libby Prison, where he had been incarcerated for a time. Mr. Ludwig relates many interesting incidents of war times, many of those which seldom get into print and in many of which he took part. Space must be given here for at least one of these on account of its pleasant sequel. On March 11, 1865, while the command was stationed near Fayetteville, North Carolina, he, with four companions, was detailed to go on a foraging expedition. The party soon reached a mill not a great distance from their camp. Two of the party were detailed to grind corn in the mill while the other two went to the farmhouse to prospect for some chickens. In the meantime a squad of Wheeler's troopers, belonging to the Ninth Kentucky Cavalry, slipped up to the mill, and in short order our - 42 - subject and his companions were made prisoners of war. The officer in charge of the arresting party was Lieut. Albery K. Houk, who, with southern courtesy, treated his prisoners well. Before sending them on to Richmond, the officer asked a favor of Mr. Ludwig, to whom he seemed especially attracted. This was, that when exchanged, the Union soldier should write up the circumstances and send the account to the father of Lieutenant Houk, the son he could not reach, and assure him of his son's welfare. It is needless to add that Mr. Ludwig did so, and the reply he received he values as one of his treasures. This did not close the incident. In 1895, when attending the National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, held at Louisville, Kentucky, Mr. Ludwig learned that the former Confederate officer was living on a farm near, Rowletts, Kentucky, on the route to the Mammoth Cave. He quickly made his decision to call on his former captor after visiting the great natural wonder. He relates that the genuine Southern hospitality afforded him and his wife by members of the Houk family, will never be forgotten. The acquaintance and friendship is still maintained, pictures have been exchanged, and it is likely that should either Mr. Ludwig or Lieutenant Houk be questioned as to what is the present point of issue between the Blue and the Gray, both would answer with emphasis, "Nothing." In 1866 Mr. Ludwig was married to Sophronia J. Harbaugh, a daughter of Thomas and Mary (Exline) Harbaugh. The late Thomas Harbaugh died in Steuben County, Indiana, April 7, 1884. He was born in Harbaugh's Valley, near Sabillasville, Frederick County, Maryland, in 1796, and was a son of Yost Harbaugh, a farmer in the valley. He and his family were among the first converts of Otterbein and Boehm, the founders of the United Brethren Church. His commodious barn was used for many years as a temple of worship. His grandfather, named Ludwig Harbaugh, born in Switzerland about the year 1728, was a member of the original family that emigrated from Switzerland to America in 1732. Thomas Harbaugh's education was limited 830 - HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY in scope, his chances for attending school being very small. He was apprenticed in boyhood to a cabinet-maker, and became a thorough workman at the craft. He always said that what was worth doing at all was worth doing well and carried this idea out in all his activities. His pioneer life taught him frugal habits and these he retained through life. His character was steadfast; his manner of life, simple and unostentatious. He lived every day alike. His word was one of honor among all his acquaintances. Mr. Harbaugh was married in Maryland, but soon after marriage moved to Muskingum County, Ohio, and later to Sandyville, Ohio, where all his children were born, except the first four. In 1846 to 1847 he removed to Putnam County, Ohio, and bought a quarter-section in Pleasant township, and the next year moved his family to the new home, which at that time was in the midst of a forest. Settlers were few and far apart. His children numbered 13 ; three of these died in infancy, and one at the age of 17 years. Nine lived to marry and rear families of their own and, of the nine, six are still living, the youngest of these nearing his 60th birthday. Two sons were volunteers in the Civil War ; one of these, Valentine Harbaugh, now resides at Bunker Hill, Kansas, while the other, Rev. T. J. Harbaugh, is a minister well known all over this part of the State. Mr. Harbaugh, wife and daughter lie side by side in Truro Cemetery. near Columbus Grove, and an enduring granite shaft marks their resting place. The children born to Isaac Ludwig and wife were four in number, namely : Thomas J., Omar I., Luella and Edwin Guy. Luella died at the age of 16 years, a crushing grief to the family. Thomas J. married Daisy Peters, of Allen County and has two children—Mary and Lawrence Dana. They reside on "Sunny Side Farm," owned by Mr. Ludwig. The second son married Daisie Musetta Taylor, and they have four children—Cecil Rowland, Sidney Merwin, Nellie and an infant. They live on the old homestead farm, in section 28, a property owned by Mr. Ludwig. Edwin Guy, the youngest son, lives in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and is employed in the operating depart ment of the P., Ft. W. & C. Railway. He is not only a splendid specimen of physical manhood, weighing' over 200 pounds, but is also a manly, pleasant young gentleman. He spent three years in the Philippine Islands as a member of the Hospital Corps, in the United States Army. Mr. Ludwig has long been one of Marion township's representative citizens, foremost in all movements of local importance and one of the solid, substantial, well-informed men of his neighborhood. He is president of the Farmers' Institute in Marion township, is a member of Marion Grange, No. 302, of which he has been master, and belongs to Edith Lodge, Knights of Honor. For many years he has been identified with Masonic bodies, being a member of Hope Lodge, No. 214, F. & A. M.; Delphos Chapter, No. 105, R. A. M.; Council No. 72, R. & S. M., and is also a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. He takes an active interest also in Reul Post of the Grand Army of the Republic, of which he is a valued member. Politically he is identified with the Republican party. Portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Ludwig accompany this sketch, being presented on a foregoing page. GEORGE W. HARNER, a prominent and influential citizen and large property owner of Allen County, residing in section 23, German township, was born April 22, 1850, in Mercer County, Ohio, and is a son of Ruhel and Sallie (Ryder) Harner. Ruhel Harner was born and reared in Mercer County where he was married. He was the soul of loyalty and patriotism, and when the Civil War cast its dark cloud over our country, he was among the first to enlist in the 31 st Regiment, Ohio Vol. Inf. However the company had more than its quota and he was sent home. He reenlisted in the same regiment but was sent home from Columbus, Ohio, on account of sickness. He then tried enlisting as a teamster, but was no more successful than before and his fourth enlistment resulted as the previous ones had done. Soon AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 831 after the fourth failure, he again enlisted as a teamster and was sent to the front where he forfeited his life in behalf of the country and the flag he loved so well. On New Year's Day, 1864, while out foraging at Cumberland Gap, the entire company of 35 men, except two were taken prisoners by the enemy and sent to Libby Prison, the "Inferno" of the Rebel stronghold, where so many brave boys in blue suffered agony and death. Not one of this party of 33 ever breathed the air of freedom again. Of the two who escaped capture, one was Miles Ryder, an uncle of our subject, and the other a sick man whom Mr. Ryder managed to hide from the enemy. After three weary days of hiding and untold hardships, they succeeded in returning to the camp in :safety. George W. Harner was reared in Mercer :County and attended district school until his 13th year, when he left the school-room to learn his lessons in the larger school of experience. The family owned 130 acres of land in Center township, Mercer County, and it was here he first engaged in farming. After several years devoted to agricultural pursuits, he became a commercial traveler and for 10 years was engaged in selling farm machinery for the McCormick, Deering and International harvester companies. He has made a success of whatever he has undertaken and has been able to accumulate considerable property, being constantly engaged in buying and selling land. On August 25, 1870, Mr. Harner was married to Charlotte Walker, daughter of Samuel and Susan (McMullin) Walker, of Wayne County, Ohio, and nine children have been born to them, namely : W. V., born February 8, 1871; B. F., born December 8, 1872 ; C. 0. born September 11, 1875 ; Harry, born August 28, 1877; Edward, born April 26, 1881 ; Lillie May, born September 9, 1883, deceased October 27, 1902 ;. Elden, born July 1, 1889 ; Oscar, born July 9, 1892 ; and Hershell, born March 17, 1897. W. V. Harner married Ida Turner, of Indiana and resides at Montpelier, Indiana, where he is a driller in the oil field. B. F. Harner, who resides at Van Buren, Indiana, and is working in the oil field, married Mary Shillinger of Lima and has four children. C. O. Harner, who resides near his father's place, married Pearl Wooster. and has four children living and one deceased. Harry Hamer, who resides at Van Buren, Indiana, and works in the oil field, married Annie Blaize, of Lima, and had four children, one of whom is dead. Edward Harner married Louie Judkin. Mr. Harner is a member of the I. O. O. F. lodge at Elida and a member of the United Brethren Church at Lima. He was a church trustee for 15 years while residing in Mercer County. SAMUEL SPYKER, for many years a prominent resident of Shawnee township, was the father of Joel Spyker, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work. Locating in Shawnee township early as 1837, he materially aided in the development of what is now one of the richest townships in Ohio, clearing his farm and assisting in the building of roads. Samuel Spyker was born at Circleville, Ohio, November 13, 1813, and was a son of Henry and Elizabeth (Todd) Spyker, his father being a native of Pennsylvania and his mother, of Kentucky. His parents were pioneers of Pickaway and Allen counties, dying in the latter at advanced ages. Samuel Spyker was reared in his native county and acquired the trades of plasterer and brick mason. He worked on a farm and at his trades in Pickaway County until 1837, when he located in Allen County, settling upon a farm in section 25, Shawnee township, which is still owned by his heirs. He cleared this farm, as well as a 100-acre tract east of the homestead and in the same section. Here he resided until his death in 1897, in Shawnee township thereby losing one of its most substantial and public-spirited citizens. Samuel Spyker was first married December 13, 1835, to Sarah Weaver, a daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Fox) Weaver, and they had eight children, seven of whom reached maturity as follows : Martin; Lewis; Elizabeth, wife of Francis Stevenson ; Allen; Mary, 832 - HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY wife of Francis Mohler ; Henry, deceased ; and Jocob. After the death of Mrs. Spyker, Samuel Spyker formed a second union August 13, 1851, with Margaret Losch, a daughter of Michael and Eva (Smith) Losch, by whom he had 12 children, as follows : Jonathan ; Sarah, Samuel, Peter and Theodore, all deceased ; Effie, wife of D. Tippy ; Charles, deceased ; Joel ; Nettie ; Addie ; and twins who died in infancy. Two of his 12 sons served with distinction in the Civil War. Politically, our subject was a lifelong Democrat. In religious connections both he and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. JOEL SPYKER, one of the substantial and prominent citizens of Perry township, president of the Consumers' Fuel, Building & Supply Company, a large oil operator and producer for a number of years, has recently taken possession of his fine farm of 240 acres in section 9, Perry township. Mr. Spyker was born in Shawnee township, Allen County, Ohio, March 29, 1865, and is a son of the late Samuel Spyker, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this volume. Joel Spyker attended the schools of Shawnee township, passed two years in academic study at Cridersville, and later went to Ottawa, where he was graduated in 1887. He then returned to the old homestead farm in Shawnee township, but soon interested himself in the oil industry and became a large operator. and producer in the Ohio and Indiana oil fields. For a considerable period he was the most extensive operator of this section. Mr. Spyker is gradually reducing his interests in this line, disposing of his oil properties in order to give more attention to his productive farm in section 9, Perry township. He is still associated with the German-American and the Niagara oil companies and is the president and a stockholder of the Consumers' Fuel, Building & Supply Company. In point of location, fertility and improvements the farm owned by Mr. Spyker is among the finest in the county. In connection with other interests he operates a dairy for which he keeps a herd of choice Jersey cows. Amid beautiful surroundings, his stately brick residence has been constructed according to the most modern architectural designs, and is the type of an ideal rural home, in which is combined the advantages of the country and the conveniences of the city. The out-buildings. are also modern and commodious. The great barn, especially is convenient, sanitary and even ornamental, and the lighting is entirely by electricity. In 1887 Mr. Spyker was married to Mary Driscoll, who was born in Williams County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Dennis Driscoll, who died when Mrs. Spyker was but 18 months. old. Mr. and Mrs. Spyker have a family of five children, viz : Lawrence K., Gertrude, Florence, Erma and Elenor. The family is identified with th.e Presbyterian Church. Mr. Spyker has always been a leader in movements conductive to the public welfare. He has served for four years as a member of the Lima Board of Education, and has. evinced much interest in all movements tending to civic advancement. His fraternal connections include membership in Solar Lodge,. No. 783, and Lima Encampment, No. 62, I. O. O. F. He also belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America. JOHN N. BAILEY, one of Spencerville's prominent and esteemed citizens, president of the Farmers' Bank of Spencerville, has been one of the leading members of the Allen County bar for many years. Mr. Bailey was born in Moulton township, Allen County, which section now is included in Auglaize County, September 3, 1839, and is a son of Christopher and Nancy (Noble) Bailey. Thomas Bailey, the grandfather, was born in Virginia and there married Mary Timberlake, a member of an old family still prominent in the "Old Dominion." In 1808 Thomas Bailey and wife migrated to Ohio as. pioneers in Highland County. They brought with them their son Christopher, then a babe less than one year old, who was reared in AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 835 Highland County under the conditions which made the youth of that period and locality robust of frame and strong of brain. He taught school, studied civil engineering by himself, followed farming and remained in Highland County until 1835. He was 28 years of age when he came to Allen County and entered 160 acres of land, in Moulton township, which he developed into a fine farm. Here he reared a creditable family with comfort, and after a long and useful life, during which he had filled almost all the offices of trust and responsibility in the county, he passed away in 1891. His wife preceded him in 1888. During his earlier years he adhered to the family religious belief, the Baileys being Quakers as far back as the perilous days of their religion in the reign of King Charles II.; but later he became identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he was an exemplary member. Christopher Bailey was married, first, to Phoebe Baker, who died after the birth of two sons, Jacob and Walter, both of whom are now deceased. He married, second, Nancy Noble, who was born in Clinton County, Ohio, in 1815. The issue of this marriage was as follows : John N., of Spencerville; Girard, a practicing physician of Mercer County, who served in the Civil War as captain of his company; Joshua, who was a member of Company B, 99th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., and lost his life in the battle at Paris, Kentucky, during the Civil War ; Greene, a farmer in Auglaize County, Ohio, and Elisha, who died in early manhood. Until his 17th year our subject lived at home, attending the district schools and assisting in the work on the farm. He then learned the carpenter's trade, at which he worked during the summer seasons and taught school in the winter, until he was 40 years of age. Although his success was sufficient to insure him a comfortable income, it was not in the line in which his inclinations led, his ambition being to enter the legal profession. When not otherwise engaged, he read by himself and during the winters of 1880 and 1882 attended the Cincinnati Law School, where he was graduated in the latter year. He located at Spencerville where he still resides, and is considered one of the most active as well as capable practitioners in the county. His name has been associated with the successful prosecution of many of the most important cases which have come into the courts in this section of the State. He is the owner of several large stock-farms in Spencer and Amanda townships. Since 1891 he has been president of the Farmers' Bank of Spencerville, which he and his son-in-law, Austin Britton, who was cashier, established in that year. Mr. Bailey was married, first, to Minerva Baber, who died at the age of 36 years survived by these children : Mary A. (Wilson) ; Minnie, wife of O. P. Hephart ; Alice (Williams) deceased; Emma (Britton) ; Charles T., Lillian M., wife of Bert Colt, of Spencerville ; and Arthur H., who married Bertha Eysenbach. The second marriage of Mr. Bailey was to Mrs. Hannah Caldwell, of Darke County, Ohio. She is a lady much interested in the Sunday-school work of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to which the family belong. Politically Mr. Bailey is affiliated with the Republican party. Fraternally he is a Mason, being a member of Acadia Lodge, No. 306, of Spencerville, and belongs also to the Knights of Pythias. Mr. and Mrs. Bailey have traveled extensively ; in 1889 he enjoyed a long sojourn in Europe where he visited many points of historic interest. CYRUS D. CRITES, cashier of The First National Bank of Lima and a leading citizen of Lima and Allen County, is a member of one of the best known and most highly respected families of the county. He was born in German township, Allen County, Ohio, May 11, 1855, and is a son of Jacob and Mary J. (Cremean) Crites. He remained on his father's farm working in summer and attending the district school in winter until 20 years of age, except that the last three winters he taught school in Amanda township. He then left the farm to accept the principalship of the schools at Cridersville, Auglaize County, in which position he served four 836 - HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY consecutive years, during which time he served as secretary and president of the Auglaize County Teachers' Institute. His last year in educational work was as principal of the schools at Beaver Dam, Allen County. In 1881 he entered the office of the county auditor of Allen County as chief deputy. He served for a period as deputy United States marshal for the Northern District of Ohio under the first Cleveland administration, relinquishing this position to assume the duties of county auditor of Allen County, to which office he was elected in 1887. He was reelected in 1890, receiving a majority of 2,200 votes over Jacob Moser, the Republican candidate, this being the largest majority ever received by a county candidate in Allen County. Having accepted the appointment of national bank examiner for Northern Ohio under the second Cleveland administration, he resigned the county auditorship September 1, 1894, six weeks before the expiration of his second term. On April 1, 1895, he resigned the bank examinership to assume the management of The First National Bank of Lima as its cashier, which position he still holds. Mr. Crites has always been active in Democratic politics of the State, district and county. He served as a member of the Democratic State Central Committee from 1889 to 1904 and as its chairman from 1892 to 1894. He directed as chairman the Ohio campaign of 1892, which resulted in a division of the electoral vote. He was a member of the Ohio Democratic Executive Committee of 1901, when Col. James Kilbourn was the candidate for Governor. On June 17, 1891, Mr. Crites was married to Grace A. Cass, daughter of Dr. D. W. Cass, of Findlay, Ohio. He has two bright sons : Clarence Daniel, born January 23, 1893; and Virgil Cass, born January 15, 1895, both now enrolled at the Cloyne School, Newport, Rhode Island. Mr. and Mrs. Crites are prominent in the social life of Lima. Mr. Crites is a truly representative citizen of Lima and Allen County, active in all things looking to the good of the city and community. He was one of a committee of three to plan the successful reception for the State commission and the presentation before this body of the claims of Lima for the proposed new State Hospital for the Insane. He is regarded as one of the best financiers in Ohio and has made The First National Bank what it is to-dayone of the soundest institutions in Ohio. A portrait of Mr. Crites accompanies this sketch. DAVID C. BIXEL, jeweler and optician, one of the leading business men of Bluffton, was born on a farm one mile north of the town, May 26, 1866, and is a son of Abraham and Magdalena (Schumaker) Bixel. The father of Mr. Bixel now lives retired at Pandora, Putnam County, having been a farmer all his life. He was born May 18, 1843, and came to Allen County when a child of three years. He married Magdalena Schumaker, who was born March 31, 1842, in Richland township, and is a daughter of Rev. Peter and Elizabeth (Sutter) Schumaker, the former of whom was pastor of a Mennonite Church. They were natives of Germany, where the father of Mrs. Schumaker, Peter Sutter, spent his whole life. The children born to Abraham and Magdalena Bixel were 11 in number, seven sons and four daughters, our subject being the second in order of birth. Mr. Bixel remained on the farm until he was 13 years old and then spent several years at La Porte, Indiana, where he learned the watchmaking and optical business in Hutchinson's Optical and Watchmaking School. For the past 12 years he has been established at Bluffton, where he not only has one of the largest and most complete jewelry and optical stores, but also deals in pianos and other musical instruments. On December 3, 1892, Mr. Bixel was married to Delilah Baumgartner, who was born in Wayne County, Ohio, near Mount Eaton, January 1, 1867, and is a daughter of Peter and Barbara (Lehman) Baumgartner. The four, children of this union are : Dora, Mildred, Gordon and Fern. , In political sentiment, Mr. Bixel is a Demo- AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 837 crat and he has more than once been elected to responsible township offices. In the conduct of his business and in his intercourse with his fellow-citizens socially, he has established a reputation which insures him the respect and esteem of the community.   D. A. WHIRRETT, city treasurer of Delphos, was born in Marion township, Allen County, Ohio, April 3, 1863, and is a son of William A. and Salome (Herring) Whirrett. William A. Whirrett was born at Hagerstown, Maryland, January 31, 1825, and moved with his foster parents to Ohio about 1838. His own father had owned a woolen mill at Hagerstown, but had died when William was two years old. He spent years of his youth and early manhood along the Auglaize River and frequently ferried travelers across, this being prior to the building of the canal. The nearest house to the one in which he lived was seven miles distant. For a number of years he was in the employ of H. Ricker, engaged in hauling lumber. William A. Whirrett was married in Allen County, January 20, 1853, to Salome Herring, who was born in this county in May, 1833, and is an adopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stookey. Our subject's parents still reside at Delphos. Mrs. Whirrett can recall many of the interesting incidents of her girlhood. She attended the primitive log school-house and, being of quick intelligence, soon picked up enough knowledge to teach a subscription school, for which she was paid about $2 a month and boarded around in the homes of the district. Her spare time was taken up in making her homespun garments. She learned all the mysteries of cooking at an open fireplace and with a Dutch oven. She wore home-made shoes as did every one else and read and sewed and studied by the light of a candle. In her childhood deer and wolves were still numerous around her home. The interesting tales of her pioneer life would fill a volume. She remembers that her mother was the first to be buried in Woodlawn Cemetery south of Elida, whose location she selected. Philip Herring, father of Mrs. William A. Whirrett and grandfather of our subject, came to Allen County about 1827 or 1830. He was a weaver and wove all kinds of intricate-patterned coverlets and bed-spreads. For 40 years he was a magistrate in German township. He purchased grain at 37 cents per bushel and hauled it from the country near Elida to Sandusky, where he was able to sell it at $1.50 a bushel. To our subject's parents 12 children were born, the survivors being : Elizabeth, wife of A. F. Bectel, of Elida ; T. J., a clerk in the master mechanic's office on the "Clover Leaf" Railroad; J. W., of Spencerville, a member of the firm of Whirrett Brothers ; D. A., of this sketch ; and Ida May, wife of W. H. Beilharz of Chicago. D. A. Whirrett was five years old when his parents moved to Delphos, and here he was reared and obtained his education. After leaving school, he assisted his father in the latter's lumber-yard and from that turned to his present business, that of manufacturing and wholesaling wood stirrups, sweat-scrapers, etc., at Delphos. Being unmarried, he still resides with his aged parents. In April, 1902, Mr. Whirrett was elected city treasurer on the Democratic ticket. He has been more or less prominent in political life for, a number of years and frequently has represented his party at important conventions. The offices and factory of Whirrett Brothers, one of the most important industrial concerns of the western section of the county, are situated on the west side of the Miami and Erie Canal, north of the Delphos Mills. S. M. DILDINE, a well-known citizen of Lima, who is now associated with the Prudential Insurance Company of America, has been a resident of this city since 1891. He is a man of large business experience and is entitled to the highest measure of respect for his years of service in the Civil War. Mr. Dildine was born in Seneca County, Ohio, June 29, 1843, and is a son of the late John H. Dildine, also 838 - HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY of Ohio, who was well-known in political circles in and about Fostoria. Our subject was reared in his native county and attended school at Tiffin and Fostoria until he was 18 years of age. With boyish enthusiasm he then joined his comrades in enlisting for service in the Civil War which had aroused both young and old all over the land. On August 12, 1861, he was made a member of Company E, 49th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf. He remained a soldier of the Union Army for four years and three months, enduring in full degree the hardships, pain and disablement which fell to the lot of many of those who fought for the flag. His regiment reported first to General Anderson, in Kentucky, and from Louisville they went South, where they met the enemy in battle at Rolling Fork. The regiment remained in camp at Green River during the greater part of the winter. of 1861 ; but this comparative quiet was followed by the terrible battles of Shiloh and Stone River and the memorable struggle at Chickamauga. It was on the second day of battle at Chickamauga that Mr. Dildine received a serious wound in the left foot, which necessitated his being sent to the hospital. He was first placed in the hospital at Stevenson, Alabama, and later was sent to Louisville, Kentucky, where he was under treatment for five months. His courage was not diminished in any way, however, by his long period of suffering and in fact he had not yet given up his crutch when he re-enlisted. Subsequently he went out with his regiment and participated in the Georgia campaign and was unfortunate enough to be wounded a second time, the accident occurring at the battle of Pickett's Mills, Georgia, May 27, 1864. This was a very serious affair—a gun shot wound in the right hip. He was treated for some 15 days in the field hospital and was then transferred to Chattanooga and later to Nashville, Tennessee. For six long and weary months the young soldier lay on a cot in this hospital, submitting to many opera-tions, as many as 48 pieces of bone being re-moved from his hip ; but at last he was able to get about again on crutches, and he was then transferred to Jeffersonville, Indiana. Here accommodations were intolerable and he succeeded in being transferred to Cleveland, Ohio, where he remained until he was must-ered out of the service in June, 1865. No longer a boy with youth's cheery atti-tude toward life, but a man, crippled in the defense of his country, he represented a great class which deserved then and still deserves the respect and gratitude of the whole Ameri-can people. With a few added years and a whole world of experience, Mr. Dildine re-turned to his home in Fostoria, still on crutches, and for 22 months he was obliged to depend upon their help. He secured a position in the postoffice which he filled for a time and then, as he grew stronger, served in a grist-mill for some nine months. Realizing the incompleteness of his busi-ness education and with an eye to the future, Mr. Dildine took a course in a well-known commercial college at Chicago. For the next nine months he was with the United States Express Company at Vermilion, Ohio, and for some 15 months was connected with a whole-sale grocery house at Saginaw, Michigan. Upon his return to Fostoria he was made dep-uty postmaster a position he filled for six years or more and then reentered business with the wholesale house of Davis & Foster. In 1891 he came to Lima as bookkeeper for the Singer Sewing Machine Company, but shortly after-ward accepted a position as yard clerk in the C., H. & D. Railway office. Subsequently he was made chief clerk, and remained with that corporation for 10 1/2 years. Since then 'he has been associated with the Prudential Insurance Company of America. During his residence in Seneca County, Mr. Dildine took a very active part in politics, and for about seven years he was a member of the Republican Executive Committee, and was township chairman for five years. He has always been interested in Grand Army af- - fairs, and at present is serving his third term as commander of Mart Armstrong Post, No. 202, G. A. R., at Lima. He has been secretary of the 49th Ohio Regimental Association for the past 25 years. Mr. Dildine was married September 14, AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 841 1869, to Isabel K. Claire, who is a daughter of James Claire, of Saginaw, Michigan. They have three children, viz : Maud, wife 0f Edward Beck, of Lima, Ohio; Emily, wife of Hugh Mulholland, of Clio, Michigan and Archie B., who is a first-class machinist on the United States steamship "Chattanooga." Mr. Dildine is a member of the Wayne Street Church of Christ. The pleasant family home is at No. 551 North McDonald street.   E. W. MOSIER, one of the proprietors of the Mosier Steam Laundry, at Lima, has spent the greater portion of his life in this city. He was born at Elida, German township, Allen County, Ohio, in 1859, and is a son of the late John Mosier, a county pioneer. John Mosier was born in Somerset County, Ohio, and was reared on a tobacco farm there. He learned the trade of a shoemaker and before the Pennsylvania Railroad was constructed followed that occupation in Elida, but removed to Lima in 1870. E. W. Mosier was 11 years of age when his parents came to Lima, and this city has been the scene of his business enterprises and his satisfactory successes. As a boy he was industrious, working first for Mr. Lloyd in his lumber-yard, and then at the hub and spoke factory, where he was employed for some time. He was also employed in a furniture shop for two years, for about three years in the King & Day handle factory, and for five years in a wheel factory. In this manner he became well trained in various manual capacities, and established such a reputation for efficiency that he was engaged to superintend the mill department in the coach shop of the Lake Erie & Western Railroad, where he remained for 13 years. In 1895 an opportunity presented to enter into business for himself and, in partnership with Henry Blosser, he purchased the old Niagara laundry plant. A good business was conducted by the firm, and six years later Mr. Mosier purchased his partner's interest. He conducted the establishment alone for two years and then sold it. For a few months he traveled in California, but shortly after his return to Lima purchased the American laundry plant, establishing the Mosier Steam Laundry. This enterprise he managed alone until 1904, when he admitted W. C. Bell to partnership. Business prospects are so bright that it is the intention of the firm to erect a substantial brick structure, in the near future, on the desirable plot of ground which they have already purchased, on North Central avenue, between High and North streets. The new building will have a 74-foot frontage, with a depth of 100 feet, and, in accordance with modern ideas, will be one story in height. The laundry will be equipped with all modern conveniences and machinery, and when completed will compare favorably with any similar building in the State. In 1889 Mr. Mosier was married to Mellie Freily, who is a daughter of John Freily, a prominent citizen of Ada, Ohio. They have one child, Ethel, a bright pupil at school. Mr. Mosier is classed with the useful citizens of Lima, taking an interest in public matters and promoting laudable civic movements. He is a member of the Lima Board of Health. His fraternal connections are important and of long duration. He is a 32nd degree Mason, and connected with the Blue Lodge, Chapter, Council and Commandery at Lima, and the Consistory at Toledo. For over 25 years he has been affiliated with the Odd Fellows, belongs to all its branches and has been a representative at the Grand Lodge for two years. He is also identified with the Knights of Pythias. With his wife, he is a member of Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church. DANIEL HARPSTER, one of the substantial farmers and representative citizens of Monroe township, residing on his valuable farm of 130 acres, situated in section 27, is also a survivor of the Civil War in which he took no insignificant part. He was born in Monroe township, Allen County, Ohio, July 7, 1841, and is a son of Jacob and Sarah (Walls) Harpster. The Harpster family was established in 842 - HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY Ohio, by the grandfather, Peter Harpster, a veteran of the War of 1812, who settled as a farmer among the pioneers of Pickaway County. His ancestors were German, but he was born in Pennsylvania. His son Jacob, father of our subject, was born in Pickaway County and came to Allen County immediately after his marriage with Sarah Wails. She was a daughter of Robert Walls and died at West Cairo, aged about 70 years. The family consisted of eight children, as follows : Elizabeth (Garner), deceased; Christiana (Mort), deceased; Thomas, who served in the Civil War, rising from the ranks to the position of captain, and resides at Cairo ; Daniel, of this sketch; Jane (Eiche), of Delphos; Robert Newton, now of West Cairo, who served with our subject in the Civil War; Susan, widow of Gurst Rath-burn, of West Cairo; and Anthony, deceased. The father of this family followed farming and blacksmithing during his active years, and died in Monroe township, aged 70 years. He was always a stanch supporter of the Democratic party. Daniel Harpster attended the district schools in boyhood and assisted on the homestead until the outbreak of the Civil War. From the first enlistments he was eager to offer his services, although but a boy of 20 years, and on September 1, 1861, was enrolled in Company E, 81st Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., under Capt. George A. Taylor and Col. Thomas Morton, the regiment being known as Morton's Rifle Regiment. This command came into prominence in many of the great battles of the war, fighting valiantly at Shiloh, Corinth and Farmington, on the "March to the Sea" with General Sherman, and in front of Atlanta. At the engagements last named Mr. Harpster won promotion. Having been placed on detached duty, he brought in three Confederate pickets, for this act of bravery and strategy being made color sergeant. At the expiration of his term of service, he reenlisted in the 192nd Regiment, Ohio Vol. Inf., and remained in the service until the close of the war, receiving his honorable discharge in September, 1865, after taking part in the Grand Review at Washington City. Mr. Harpster returned to Monroe township, after his army service was ended, and with his brother Thomas, purchased a farm which they operated for two years, when our subject sold out his interest and bought his present property, which was then an unimproved tract. He has made all the excellent improvements here and has developed a fine farm, carrying on stock-raising operations of quite an extensive character. For three years he was also a contractor, and built many of the excellent roads and bridges in his section. He has been very prominent in public affairs in his township, taking a continuous and intelligent interest in its welfare. In politics, like his father, he has been a strong Democrat, casting his first vote for George B. McClellan. For 20 years he has served on the School Board, and has been township trustee for two terms, and is one of the three county commissioners of the soldiers' relief organization in Allen County. Mr. Harpster was married (first) in 1865 to Amelia A. Snyder, who was a daughter of Philip Snyder, and they had two children, viz: Frank, of Norwalk, Ohio; and Hattie, deceased. In 1876 Mr. Harpster was married (second) to Alice Miller, who was born in Monroe township and is a daughter of Robert and Sarah (Ward) Miller, natives of Perry County, Ohio. Seven children have been born to them, namely: Lizzie (Herron), now deceased, who left three sons; Clay, of Monroe township; Loverna (Miller), of Michigan ; Sarah (Middlestetter), of Lima; Mary, living at home; Daniel, Jr., and Rue. A view of the family is shown on a nearby page. GUY PATRICK, mayor of Spencerville, has the honor of being the youngest citizen ever elected to that honorable office, in the whole State. He was born in 1882 in Wiltshire township, in the southwest corner of Van Wert County, Ohio, bordering on the Indiana line, and is a son of L. Y. and Cynthia Jane (McColough) Patrick. The Patrick ancestry dates back to Ireland, where it was later leavened with both AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 843 Scotch and English connections prior to the family being established in Virginia, where Mr. Patrick's grandparents, Washington and Mary Jane Patrick, were born, and whence they moved to Fulton County, Indiana. There L. Y. Patrick was born ; but he was mainly reared and educated at Sheldon, Iroquois County, Illinois. He learned the trade of horse-shoeing, which he followed in Fulton County, Indiana, from 1862 until 1867, when he returned t0 Sheldon, removing thence to Wiltshire, Van Wert County, Ohio. While residing there, he took a prominent part in public affairs and was a member of the Town Council. In 1896 he came to Spencerville. He is prominent in the leading fraternities, being a Knight Templar Mason, a Knight of Pythias and an Odd Fellow. He was married first on December 23, 1869, to Louisa Jane Avery, who died in December, 1873, survived by two daughters viz : Mrs. Homer C. Underwood, of Fort Wayne, Indiana ; and Mrs. J. W. McDonald, of Medina, Ohio. In September, 1874, Mr. Patrick was married to Cynthia Jane McColough of Adams County, Indiana, and they had five children born to them, the two survivors being Hila and Guy Patrick. James W. died in 1875 ; Rutherford in 1882 and 011ie, two weeks after the latter, a heavy family bereavement. The early boyhood of Guy Patrick was passed at Wiltshire, but his education was completed at Spencerville and at the Ohio Normal University at Ada, where he was graduated in the law department in 1901. Since then he has been connected with the office of Attorney R. R. Kennedy, of Spencerville, as a registered law student ; but he is also one of the town's popular and successful business men. For several years he was connected with the large mercantile house of Taft & Company, at Spencerville, but since 1904 he has been the proprietor of a large merchant tailoring establishment which has received the custom of the leading citizens. He has secured the best cutters and fitters and the work turned out by his establishment is so satisfactory that already he controls a fastidious trade, which formerly placed its orders outside the town. Mr. Patrick as a student demonstrated his natural gifts of oratory and on several notable occasions he has borne off the prizes in contests. He possesses also the genial manner and quick wit for which the sons of Ireland are notable the world over, and to these valuable assets adds the energy, enterprise and manliness which mark the successful young Americans of to-day. After being honored by the Republi can party with the nomination for mayor, in the face of a Democratic majority of 80 voters, in the city, he determined to win if personal hard work could accomplish it. The result was his election, the vote being very close. He was the only member of his party elected to a town office, a testimonial to the personal regard in which he is held by his fellow-citizens ; in fact, Mr. Patrick is the only Republican ever elected to the office of mayor in this town. That his administration will be one to which he may in future years turn with pride, is the conviction of all who have watched his career from boyhood. He is a Royal Arch Mason. CARL C. REIS, one of the representative merchants of Lima, whose business is located on the corner of North and Jackson streets, was born at Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio, in 1880, and is a son of the late M. J. Reis, who for more than a quarter of a century was a conductor on the Lake Erie & Western Railroad, and was well and favorably known in railroad circles. Until he was 18 years of age, Carl C. Reis remained at Fremont, where he enjoyed excellent educational advantages. Then he came to Lima, entering the grocery line, first as a clerk. After three years, in partnership with C. B. Wells, under the firm style of Reis & Wells, he purchased a grocery and went into business. The partnership continued for one year, when Mr. Reis purchased his partner's interest and has since continued alone. Mr. Reis' conception of business principles has made him a fine merchant. He carries a complete and carefully selected stock of all staple and fancy groceries, including delicacies of all kinds, salt meats and feed. His business territory and 844 - HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY his reputation have both so expanded that his grocery is now conceded to be the most reliable, the most attractive and the largest in the city east of Main street. In addition to this establishment, Mr. Reis is interested in Lusk Brothers' wholesale fruit and produce business, thus assuring him superior advantages in the way of supplying his customers with fine produce and choice fresh fruit. His interests have become so large at Lima, that he has disposed of a branch business formerly conducted at Bluffton. Mr. Reis was married on February 9, 1903, to Mary Wilson, who is a daughter of Melville J. Wilson, who is prominently identified with the grocery trade at Toledo. Mr. and Mrs. Reis have one son, Wilson Carl. Mr. Reis is a member of the Tribe of Ben Hur and the Home Guards of America. Both Mr. Reis and wife are prominent in Lima's social life, and are identified with St. John's Catholic Church. CHARLES H. FENNER, of the firm of Fenner Brothers, photographic artists of Lima, with a well-appointed studio at No, 202 1/2 North Main street, was born at Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio. Mr. Fenner was educated at Gallipolis, and as his older brother and late partner was engaged in a photographic business there, he also became interested. Several years later he embarked in the dry goods business, and for 11 years he was connected with The John Shillito Company, of Cincinnati, subsequently going out on the road for some four years for a Brooklyn firm. When his brother located at Lima, in 1895, Mr. Fenner became associated with him and they continued in business together until the death of William J. Fenner, in 1903, since which time Charles H. has been alone. The late Mr. Fenner married Nellie Fowler, who still resides at Lima, with the one daughter born to them—Aline Fenner. The Fenner studio is the best equipped one in the city. Electric light is used in both the taking and printing of photographs, whenever it is thought desirable. For some eight years before coming to Lima, the late William J. Fenner made a specialty of outside view photography and the gallery is filled with many beautiful and interesting specimens of his artistic work. In its equipments and work turned out, the Fenner studio compares fav0rably with those of cities much larger than Lima. L. B. MILLER, proprietor of the Harrod Creamery and the Harrod Stave and Hub Mills, was born August 23, 1864, in York County, Pennsylvania, which was the home of the Millers for several generations. The great-grandfather of our subject came from Germany about the year 1802 and located in York County. There Adam Miller, the grandfather, was born, lived and died. He was a school teacher and also handled insurance. The parents of L. B. Miller are David F. and Angelina (Bortner) Miller, both natives of Pennsylvania, where they now reside. David F. Miller was born in York County, Pennsylvania, in April, 1831, and has always carried on farming. He owns a farm of 160 acres, upon which he resides ; but a stroke of paralysis has left him in feeble health and less active than formerly. He is a Democrat and has held a number of local offices. He was drafted into the army but, owing to the bitter opposition of his parents, he remained at home and sent a substitute to whom he paid $1,000. He married Angelina Bortner and to them were born nine children, only four of whom are living, namely : L. B., William B., of York County, Pennsylvania ; Alice, who married A. B. Albright and lives in her native county; and Howard B., who lives with his parents and has charge of the farm. Both Mr. and Mrs. Miller are consistent members of the German Reformed Church. L. B. Miller received his education in the schools of York County and later took a business course in a commercial school in Philadelphia. He engaged in teaching for a short time AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 845 and after leaving college accepted a position as bookkeeper with John Wanamaker, with whom he remained two years until failing health caused him to retire and seek a change of occupation. Returning to York County, he worked in a produce and general merchandise store, and about this time also became interested in the creamery business. This he learned, becoming thoroughly familiar with every phase of the industry. Embarking in the enterprise for himself, he conducted his creamery in York County for six years and then came to Allen County, and purchased the cooperative creamery at Harrod, which he has operated since the spring of 1898. In addition to this business which he has made a profitable one, he bought a new engine, boiler, etc., and established the Harrod Stave and Hub Mills, which manufactures walnut gun-stocks, squares for ball bats, etc., sending its output to prominent manufacturers of those articles. He has not yet begun the manufacture of hubs but expects to start that industry soon. On August 23, 1891, Mr. Miller celebrated his 27th birthday by marrying Annie Hoke, daughter of David M. Hoke, of York County, Pennsylvania. Three children have been born to them, viz : David, born February 15, 1892, and who died at the age of two weeks; Leroy, born February 1, 1894; and Diamond May, born May 19, 1905. Mrs. Miller is a member of the Lutheran Church while Mr. Miller belongs to the German Reformed. He supports the Democratic National ticket, but in local politics is independent. Fraternally, Mr. Miller is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America and the Junior Order of United American Mechanics. JOEL G. HERSH, one of Lima's leading professional men, with law offices situated at No. 56 Public Square, has been a resident of this county for some 16 years. He is a native of Mansfield, Richland County, .Ohio, and a son of the late Newton and Lydia (Chew) Hersh, his early life being spent on a farm. Newton Hersh was born in 1834, in Richland County, Ohio, dying there in 1901, on the old homestead which had been entered by his father, Joel Hersh. The latter, with his wife, Catherine (Berny) Hersh, was born at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the couple settling in Richland County at an early day. Politically Joel Hersh was a strong Whig, and through life was a friend and coadjutor of John Sherman. He became one of the most prominent farmers in Richland County. He married Lydia Chew, a daughter of Samuel Chew, a substantial farmer of the county, who was killed in 1887 by burglars. In 1889 Joel G. Hersh came to this county as a teacher, and subsequently entered the Ohio Normal University at Ada, from which he was graduated in the classical course, in 1894. Prior to this, however, he had been a teacher in Kansas for four years. After graduating from the university, he continued to teach in Allen County for nine years, a portion of the time at Gomer and West Cairo. Then he turned his attention to the legal profession, and in 1898 was graduated from the law department of the university at Ada. In the fall of the same year he passed the necessary bar examination and immediately opened an office in the Metropolitan Block at Lima, being associated with Mr. Kilgore under the firm name of Kilgore & Hersh. This partnership existed until 1901, since which time Mr. Hersh has practiced alone. His practice covers all the courts of the State, and his ability is very generally recognized. He is a member of the Allen County Bar Association. Mr. Hersh was married in November, 1901, to Ora States, who is the eldest daughter of Aaron States, one of the most prominent citizens of the county. Mr. and Mrs. Hersh have two children, viz : Newton States and Mary Catherine. While a resident of Ada, Mr. Hersh united with the Presbyterian Church there. Mrs. Hersh is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Monroe township. Mr. Hersh is identified with the Republican party, and in 1900, during McKinley's second presidential campaign, was chairman of the 846 - HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY Republican executive committee of Allen County, since which time he has given his entire attention to the practice of his profession. GEORGE R. CHRISTIA, proprietor of the Philadelphia Dye Works, located at No. 320 North Jameson avenue, Lima, and one of the city's representative business men, was born at Toledo, Ohio, in 1851. He is a son of Hon. Robert and Amelia A. (Ricketts) Christia. The father of Mr. Christia was born in England and at the time of his death was a resident of Canada and a member of the Dominion Parliament. The mother of our subject belonged to the aristocratic old Van Cortland family of New York. Since 1883 Mr. Christia has been a resident of Lima. He probably enjoys the distinction of having been the youngest soldier ever enlisted for service in the Civil War from Ohio, and possibly of any State in the Union. When in his 12th year he ran away from home and joined the army as a drummer boy although he fought with the men of the regiment at the battle of Shiloh, after it termination his captain sent him home. In May, 1864, he enlisted in Company B, 130th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., but shortly afterward, in front of Petersburg, he was taken sick and was again obliged to return to his home in Toledo, in the fall of 1864. For the third time he entered the Union Army, enlisting in February, 1865, in Company C, 195th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., at Toledo, and accompanied the regiment to the Shenandoah Valley and participated in the campaign there, being mustered out in December, 1865, reaching home in time to enjoy Christmas with his family. Mr. Christia engaged for a time with a hatter and dyer, at Toledo, and then went to Boston, where he perfected himself in this business, returning after five years to Toledo. He continued in the dyeing business there and at Bellefontaine and then came to Lima, where. since 1883, he has been considered an expert in this line and conducts a large and growing business in cleaning and dyeing after modern, sanitary methods. Mr. Christia is also an expert hatter. In 1873 Mr. Christia was married at Boston, Massachusetts, to Lelia L. Bliss, who is a daughter of H. C. H. Bliss, one of the leading merchants of Boston, other connections being the Fairbank and Chandler families. Politically Mr. Christia is a Republican and he has been chairman of the Republican City Committee. He is a man of substance, a stockholder in the Farmers' Bank of West Mansfield, Ohio, and is interested in other enterprises. From his youth he has shown courage and determination and these have been important factors throughout his subsequent life. JERE ROBINSON, who occupies the responsible position of district foreman of the Ohio Oil Company, at Lima, has been a resident of this city since 1896. He was born at Newton Hamilton, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, in 1851, and is a son of Robert and Ellen (Stephenson) Robinson. The father of Mr. Robinson was born in Ireland. For many years he was a resident of New Castle, Pennsylvania, where he was connected with the building of public works. He died there in 1871. Jere Robinson was educated in the schools of New Castle. He learned the trade of molder, at which he worked for five years and then became engineer of the public works at New Castle for two years. From there he went to the oil field of Clarion County as a pumper and continued there for five years. His next engagement was in the Bradford field, where he had seven more years of experience, and from there he came to Cridersville, in Auglaize County, Ohio, and took charge of the property of Roess Brothers & Company, of Oil City, Pennsylvania. He continued in this position until the Pennsylvania capitalists sold out to the Ohio Oil Company, and since then he has been associated with the latter company. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 849 For the past 18 years, with the exception of but three months, he has occupied the important position of foreman. He is a man of large practical experience in oil and his efficiency is appreciated by the Ohio Oil Company. In 1877 Mr. Robinson was married to Isabel Alexander, who is a daughter of James Alexander, of Pennsylvania. They have had five children, viz : Ivy May, wife of R. J. Banta, of the firm of F. J. Banta & Son, candy manufacturers of Lima ; Mabel E., and Elsie R., students at Hollins Institute, Virginia ; and Herbert and Albert, both deceased. The family belong to the Market Street Presbyterian Church. Fraternally Mr. Robinson is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Knights of the Maccabees. H. F. VORTKAMP, pharmacist, whose place of business is at No. 300 North Main street,. Lima, on the corner opposite the Court House, belongs to the city's representative business men. He was born in 188, at Senora, Preble County, Ohio, and is a son of Bernard Vortkamp, long deceased, who was a faithful soldier in the Civil War. H. F. Vortkamp was reared and educated in Cincinnati and was .graduated from the Cincinnati College of Pharmacy in 1880. He had previously creditably passed through the parochial high school at Cincinnati and before entering the Cincinnati College of Pharmacy had read medicine in the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery. After his final graduation in pharmacy, he engaged in the drug business in Cincinnati until 1886 and then removed his interests to Milford, Ohio, where he continued until 1893, when he came to Lima. He has continued here in the drug business ever since and has the confidence of the public; his experience and medical knowledge make his establishment regarded as the leading one in the city as to reliability. He is secretary of the Allen County Association of Retail Druggists and has held every office in the association except that of treasurer. He has held every office in the Ohio State Pharmaceutical Association from the lowest to that of vice- president, and has on many occasions been a delegate to national and State pharmaceutical conventions. He was chairman of the Ohio delegation at the national pharmaceutical meeting held at Boston in 1905. At present he holds no official relation with that body, having felt compelled to resign on account of many pressing private matters of business. Mr. Vortkamp is a Democrat and has always been more or less interested in politics. He was a delegate to the State convention that nominated Pattison for Governor, and was the only delegate that remained all through faithful to his convictions. He is a member of the Lima Progressive Association and has served in the Lima City Council. He has other business interest in addition to those in Lima, namely : Stock in the Hollister Drug Company, of Madison, Wisconsin ; stock in the Sterling Remedy Company, of Kramer, Indiana ; and stock in the United Drug Company, of Boston, Massachusetts. In 1880 Mr. Vortkamp was married to Carrie F. Fleischman, of Cincinnati, a member of a distinguished family of that city, and they have three sons and two daughters, viz : Harry F., who has just completed a six-year course at Niagara University, New York ; George J., who is a graduate of the Ohio Normal University at Ada and has passed his examination before the State Board of Pharmacy ; Charles, who is a student in St. Rose Parochial School, Lima ; Henrietta, who is a Sister of Charity, now teaching in Denver ; and Elizabeth, who is a student in St. Rose Parochial School. The family belong to St. Rose Catholic Church. Mr. Vortkamp is a member of the Catholic Knights of Ohio and is vice-president of Branch No. 23. His portrait accompanies this sketch. REV. W. H. GALLANT, Who for the past 35 years has been a minister in the Baptist Church, scarcely needs an introduction to the people of Allen County, for his religious work has covered so large a territory and has been productive of such wide-spread interest that there