400 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. ber 9, 1866. his parents were Simon and Sarah (Trellis) Secrest, both natives of Ohio. The parental faintly included ten children, of whom the original of this sketch was the eldest. His brother Jacob L. is residing in Oldham, where he is engaged in the grocery business; Charles T. is living at Point Pleasant, and is occupied in the mines at that place; Ethan A. is an agriculturist of Buffalo Township; Harry is teaching school; Emmett is attending school at Barberton, Ohio, and is also learning the drug business, under the instruction of his uncle at that place; Dwight M., Pearl, Ruby and Fletcher are at home with their parents. Wilbert T. remained under the parental roof until a year before reaching his majority, when he went to Mt. Zion and established a store of general merchandise. This he conducted for three years, and then, selling to J. S. Secrest, a distant relative, he purchased the stock of goods formerly owned by Mrs. Dyson, of Point Pleasant. Of this he was the proprietor for the same length of time, and after disposing of his interest in the business to Secrest Spade he came to this city and opened up a grocery store on the west side of the Cleveland & Marietta tracks. Occupying that stand for two years, at the end of that time he moved to his present location in the Priaulx Building, which is one of the finest blocks in the city. Mr. Secrest carries a full line of staple and fancy groceries, which he retails at popular prices, and thus commands a large trade from the best residents of the city. He is fair in all his dealings, prompt in filling orders, and is classed among the wide-awake and competent young business men of the place. In social affair our subject belongs to the Knights of Pythias, in which order he takes a prominent part. The Methodist Episcopal Church regards him as one of its most valued members, and to the support of the congregation in Cambridge he is a liberal contributor. In. his political views he is a stanch Republican, and is everywhere regarded as a man of good judgment and strict morality. The lady to whom Mr. Secrest was married January 16, 1887, was Ida, daughter of William and Sarah Young, natives of Noble County, Ohio. Mrs. Secrest was born April ,27, 1868, in Noble County, and by her union with our subject has become the mother of two children: Hattie, who died at the age of five months; and Laura, who will be four years old in July, 1895. OSCAR V. WELLS, attorney-at-law in Fairview, has gained an enviable reputation for his legal ability, sound judgment and sterling integrity. During the years that he has practiced before the Bar of Ohio, he has become eminent as a counselor, often in cases involving interests of great magnitude, and has acquired more than local renown on account of his scholarly attainments, his thorough knowledge of law and his devotion to the interests of his clients. Mr. Wells was born in Noble County, this state, May 10, 1861, and is the son of John and Ann E. (Finley) Wells, also natives of the above county. The father was the son of James and Mary (Scarborough) Wells, both of whom were born in Fayette County, Pa. There the grandfather departed this life in 1851, and three years later his widow and the younger members of the family came to Ohio and located in Noble County, where Mrs. Mary Wells died in 1864. John Wells, our subject's father, was the tenth in order of birth of his family. In the year 1860 he married Ann E. Finley, and they continued to make their home in Noble County until 1873, when they removed to Oxford Township, Guernsey County, where the father had purchased a farm, to the cultivation of which he thereafter gave his undivided time and attention. The subject of this sketch was the eldest of the parental family of six children, of whom Homer A. is engaged in business in Cambridge, this state; Cora F. is the wife of William Turke, also of Cambridge; and the remainder are Jessie M., Joseph D. and Minnie D., at home. Oscar V. Wells received his literary education PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 401 in the excellent institutions of Fairview, and on leaving school began studying law under the instruction of Judge J. N. Campbell and F. L. Rosemond, and later with Judge Nathan H. Barber. He was admitted to the Bar to practice in 1886, and since that time has resided in Fairview, where he has built up an excellent and paying patronage. For several years he has been Secretary of the Pennyroyal Reunion, held in Oxford Township. Mr. Wells was married August 6, 1891, to Mary, daughter of James and Nancy (Hutchison) Wallace. The lady was born August 17, 1869, in Guernsey County, where she was given a fine education, and is the possessor of many accomplishments. In politics our subject is a stanch Democrat, and in religious affairs he holds membership with the Methodist Episcopal Church. He has always been an active and public-spirited citizen, faithful to her interests, and as an attorney has not a superior in the county. Mr. Wells has held various offices in the village and township, and twice ran for Prosecuting Attorney of the county against great odds in favor of his opponent. ELMER E. VORHIES, M. D., is a graduate II 9 of the Starling Medical College, and, in addition to his general medical practice, makes a specialty of surgical cases, in which he has had a wide and successful experience.. He is one of the leading young citizens of Cambridge, and is a leader in local Republican circles. Born at Sarahsville, Ohio, July 12, 1864, our subject is a son of Peter and Mary (Williams) Vorhies. The former was born in Mt. Ephraim, this state, in 1830, and is a son of Aaron B., a native of New Jersey. The latter's father was a native of Germany. At an early day Aaron Vorhies entered land and built a sawmill on Opossum Creek, in what was then Guernsey County, now Noble County, and in that neighborhood continued to dwell until his death. He was much interested in the construction of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, and personally invested $1,000 in 18 the enterprise. He had a large family, comprising sixteen children. Peter Vorhies was brought up on a farm, and at the age of eighteen years began teaching school, being thus employed until he was past his majority. After his marriage he rented a farm, which he cultivated for three years, his time being employed during the winter in teaching. In 1854 he bought a farm near Chaseville, Noble County, and this he operated until 1868. He was a Justice of the Peace for one term during this period. For the next three years he farmed a place comprising one hundred and seventy-five acres, for which homestead he paid $9,000. In 1871 he purchased a store in Sarahsville, but at the end of two years sold out. Returning to agricultural pursuits, he gradually drifted into sheep-raising, and was the most extensive grower of wool in this portion of the state. Afterward for several years he was Infirmary Director of Noble County. The only brother of our subject is William L., who began teaching at the age of fourteen years, and has continued in that profession, in connection with farming, for twenty-eight years. He was married when in his nineteenth year, and continued to live on his .father's farm, working also in the latter's store for two years. His father then gave the young man a small farm, which he afterward sold, purchasing a Mace of forty acres near Ava. This farm he increased to one hundred and fifty acres. and still owns the place, besides which he has one hundred and forty acres in Brown.. County, Ind. For two years he ran a hardware store in Sarahsville, and after selling out he invested the money in another farm near Ava. This he also sold later and bought a general store at Senecaville, which he is now conducting. He married Belinda Secrest, by whom he had six children, namely: William, who is living in Cambridge, and, in connection with Upperman & McGrew, is working a coal mine; Johanna, now Mrs. William. Bell, of Summerfield, whose husband is a bridge carpenter on the Bellaire, Zanesville & Cincinnati Railroad; Jonathan; Samuel; Lora; and the youngest, a girl, unnamed. Dr. Elmer E. Vorhies was educated in the village of his birth, and at the early age of nineteen 402 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. years married Miss Minnie B. Cooper, of Monroe County. For about four years afterward he was employed in farming, and then, buying a general store, conducted the same for a year. Selling out, he returned to agricultural pursuits for a year, and his next venture was in running a hardware store for about two years. After this he became a railroad employe, the position which he occupied being that of baggage-master. Subsequently he was engaged by the Adams Express Company to act as route agent, and while there the young man accumulated a sufficient sum of money to take him through a course of medical training. In 1889 Dr. Vorhies entered the Columbus Medical College, having been previously prepared for the work by his reading with Profs. W. D. and C. S. Hamilton. After his graduation he was appointed physician in charge of Mt. Carmel Hospital, and during his two years' service in that capacity was assistant in a number of difficult operations. For two years after leaving the hospital the Doctor engaged in practice in Columbus. He then suffered a very serious spell of sickness, and while he was convalescent moved to Cambridge. He has. built up a good reputation and a lucrative practice in this city and surrounding country, and is particularly noted for his knowledge and skill as a surgeon. To Dr. Vorhies and wife have been born two children, viz.: Charles Homer, June 20, 1885, and Clyde, October 11, 1887. Mrs. Vorhies. is a daughter of Charles and Jane Cooper, and was born November 25, 1865. The young couple are active workers in the Methodist Episcopal Church, to which the former's parents also belong. Dr. Vorhies is a member of the State Medical Society, and socially is a Mason, an Odd Fellow and a Knight of Pythias of the Uniformed Rank. The mother of Dr. Vorhies is a daughter of Jonathan P. Williams, a descendant of the famous Roger Williams. Jonathan P. was born in Maine, and moved to Westmoreland County, Pa., thence to Washington County. For some time he ran on a canal-boat between Cincinnati and Brownsville, Pa. He married a Miss Ward, of Pennsylvania. and after her death married Mrs. Hannah Ballard. By his first union he had five children, .all of whom arc living and now over fifty years of age. By his second wife he had four children, two of whom are deceased. Mr. Williams drove from Pennsylvania to Chaseville, Ohio, and settled upon a farm in that locality, where he died at the age of eighty-five years. He professed religion in a prayer-meeting, and was licensed to preach in the Methodist Episcopal denomination. For many years he was very active as an evangelist and revivalist. CHARLES WHITNEY BODEY, who for the last twenty years has been a resident of Canal Dover, is the proprietor of the Sugar Creek Salt Works, which he in 1875 leased, and purchased in 1879. It is the only one in this line in the county. and has a daily capacity of eighty barrels of salt. The yield of bromine is also very great, the year 1883 producing twenty-five thousand pounds. The original of this sketch was born in Pennsylvania, in Norristown, October 7, 1837. He is the sort of Jacob and Ann (Whitney) Bodey, also natives of the Keystone State. His father was a building contractor, following that occupation during the greater part of his active life. The first representative of this branch of the family in America was in the person of Henry Bodey, the grandfather of our subject, who came hither from his native Prussia, and located in Montgomery County, Pa. On the maternal side he is a descendant of Samuel Whitney, of Connecticut, who came from England with others, all quite young to join the Continental troops, and was disabled at Yorktown. Afterward he was Port Collector of Boston, Mass., and founded the well known Whitney family, including the inventor of the cotton gin. The parental household included nine children, of whom Charles W. was the eldest. After a preparatory course of study in the public schools of his native place, he entered the National Military College at Bristol, Pa., and after mastering the curriculum of that institution was a student in the PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 403 Polytechnic College of the State of Pennsylvania, it Philadelphia, from which he was graduated as a mining engineer with the Class of '57, and in 1860 received his diploma as M. M. E. (Master of Mine Engineering) for having successfully followed his profession. Soon after completing his education, Mr. Bodey was appointed assistant chemist of the Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company at Natrona, Pa., in which capacity he continued during the fall of 1858. From 1859 to 1863 he filled the position of superintendent of the Aramingo Chemical Works of Philadelphia, during which time he remodeled, built and managed for the same company the Camden Chemical Works, in Camden, N. J. From 1863 to 1865 Mr. Bodey was lessee of the Chestnut Grove Iron Furnace, of Adams County, Pa., which business he prosecuted with gratifying results. In the last-named year, however, he returned to Natrona, and was engaged as resident manager of the Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company, having under his supervision six hundred employes. After furthering the interests of the company for about six months, he left this lucrative position and soon after engaged in the manufacture of bromine at Freeport, Pa. Dr. David Alter, who was the first to engage in the manufacture of bromine in the United States, established this business in 1849, and carried it on until 1857, when he abandoned - it. Consequently our subject has the distinction of being the first to revive its manufacture in the Union. The first six months after engaging in the enterprise, he turned out about one thousand pounds, the demand at that time being very limited; but it has since increased, until at the present time the annual product in the United States is nearly four hundred thousand pounds. When ready to establish a home of his own, Mr. Bodey was married, April 8, 1864, to Miss Alice B.,. daughter of Francis L. and Caroline Whitney Cooper, of Philadelphia, Pa. To them five children were born, of whom the eldest, William H., is deceased. His death, which occurred at the age of seventeen years, was the result of injuries received in his father's foundry. Carrie C., the eldest daughter, is the wife of Robert A. Lawrence; Annie W. is at home; Charles F. is employed. in his father's business; and Francis C. is also at home. January 27, 1894, the community in which Mrs. Bodey resided was called upon to mourn her untimely loss. She was a most estimable lady, and passed away in the meridian of womanhood. She took a deep and lively interest in the educational field, and her name is written in unfading characters in the schools of her native city. She was a woman of a most singularly blameless life, and commanded without effort the respect of everybody. Her disposition was amiable, her manner quiet and unobtrusive, and her decision when circumstances demanded it was prompt, firm and immovable. She did nothing from impulse, but carefully considered her course, and with almost infallible judgment came to conclusions that her conscience approved, and then nothing moved her from them. Mrs. Bodey was graduated from the Girls' Normal School in Philadelphia in 1856. When but seventeen years of age she was granted her first certificate as assistant grammar-school teacher; and at the age of nineteen received a certificate as first assistant, ranking high in a class of sixty-five. At the age of twenty she stood third in a class of fifty, and first in a class of twenty-eight. At subsequent examinations when twenty-two she was granted a certificate to fill the position of Principal of the Girls' Grammar School of Philadelphia. She was an indefatigable worker, and when teaching gave strict attention to her professional duties. She continued her successful career as teacher in the Philadelphia grammar schools until her marriage, April 8, 1864. April 15, 1875; Canal -Dover became her home, and here her work and life have left a lasting impress, and her memory is enshrined in the hearts of many people. The father of our subject, who was a most prominent Abolitionist, was one of the agents of the “underground railroads," his duties being to furnish the carriages to convey the negroes from Norristown to Morristown. On the occasion of the Christiana riots in Pennsylvania, the slave who was the bone of contention was sent in this way to Canada, but the event left in the community such a feeling of indignation, that the United States 404 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Marshal for the district, appointed through the influence of Thaddeus Stevens, so selected the jurors that the trial of the parties concerned in these riots ended in failure to convict and resulted in the practical nullification of the Fugitive Slave Law in Pennsylvania. Charles W., of this sketch, is a true-blue Republican, and active in the affairs of his party. He stands immovable on what he believes to be right, and under all circumstances has the courage of his convictions. He believes in protecting public enterprises, and at all times contributes his share toward maintaining measures calculated to be of benefit to his community. He was a member of the School Board at the time of the building of the elegant schoolhouse, and although liberal in the expenditure of his own means, was always opposed to the extravagant use of public funds, and set his face immovably against everything that savored of favoritism or jobbery. JACOB PEARCH is a worthy representative of an old and respected family. He is, a prominent citizen and business man of Uhrichsville, where he owns extensive lumber-yards. He has been engaged in this calling for the past ten years, but for upwards of a quarter of a century has been numbered among the inhabitants of this city. The ancestors of our subject were natives of Germany. On coming to the United States they first located in Virginia, and married into the well known families of Ball and Lawyer. A part of the family afterward went to Pennsylvania, settling in Washington County, whence they came to Ohio in the year 1814, and cast in their lot in Carroll County. Conrad. Pearch, the first of the name of whom we have definite record, married Catharine Tuchamiller, and to them were born four children, Conrad, Joseph, Hannah and John. The eldest, born August 24, 1791, died March 13, 1860. He married Barbara Essig, who was born March 19, 1774, and died March 4, 1849, and eight children were born of their union. John, the direct ancestor of our subject, was born March 29, 1803, and died July 16, 1887. Adam, born. September 30, 1804, died April 15, 1837. Abraham, born January 2, 1806, died November 1, 1880. He was blinded by a blast while working on the canal at Canal Dover in 1828. Jacob, born March 8, 1809, died March 7,' 1848. George, born March 3, 1819, is deceased. Catharine, born June 30, 1811, died in 1894. Elizabeth, born September 4, 1813, and Joseph, June 11, 1817, are both. deceased, the latter dying February 13, 1854. John Pearch, the eldest son of Conrad and Barbara (Essig). Pearch, was twice married. His first union was with Elizabeth Barrick, the ceremony being performed March 28, 1826. His wife was born February 11, 1801, and died January 27, 1841. They became the parents of eight children. Conrad, born January 4, 1827, is now a farmer in Carroll County, Ohio. He married Eliza Jane McDivitt, June 21, 1849. She was born April 25; 1826. Of their five children, Margaret Ann, born April 4, 1850, married Thomas Rainsberger; William John, born September 29,1852, married Sarah Ann Albaugh; Elizabeth, born August 19, 1854, married Jacob Beamer; Winfield Scott, born November 1, 1859, married Mary E. Daugherty; and Alice Advia, born July 27, 1867, became the wife of John Capes. Catharine, born November 22, 1828, lives near New Cumberland, this state, and has been an invalid since her ninth year. George, born January 18, 1830, died November 27, 1845. Ann Mary, born April 22, 1831, died September 29, 1847. John, born May 8, 1833, died August 17, 1870. He was married. to Elmira McNeal, December 1, 1867. She was born November 3, 1840. January 22, 1869, their only child, Althea M., was born. She became the wife of George Rice, January 4, 1887, and they have four children. Jacob Pearch, born March 26, 1835, is the subject of this sketch. Elizabeth, born August 4, 1837, died March 29,1865. Barbara, who was born May 19, 1839, married Isaac Barrick, May 5, 1860. He was born January 21, 1837, and died September 18, 1879. Of their seven children, John, who was born April 4, 1861, married Julia Walker; Ethel- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 405 inda, born December 24, 1862, became the wife of David Daugherty; Melissa, born April 2, 1864, married Winfield Tidrick; Melancthon, born April 1, 1866, married Etta Tressell; Abraham. born September 3, 1868, married Jane Steese; Alzada, born January 19, 1870, married Richard Herron; and Mary E., born October 2, 1874, became the wife of Joe Ekes. After the death of his first wife, the father of this family married her sister, Ann Mary Barrick, April 24, 1842. She was born June 5, 1814, and died October 16, 1876. They had eight children. Margaret, born April 26, 1843, died August 12, 1844. Huldah born November 24, 1844, died September 17,1845. Luther, born July 19, 1846, married Tillie Herron, November 10, 1867. She was born September 9, 1847. Of their five children, Elva May was born August 30, 1868, and died September 21, 1868; Walter Arthur was born January 11, 1870, and died March 2, 1873; William Charles was born September 11, 1872; L. B. was born February 13, 1875; James Ortho was born January 31, 1877. Melancthon Pearch was born March 11, 1848, and married Eliza M. Beamer, September 4, 1870. She was born May 22, 1850. Five children were born to them. Loran Otto was born September 19, 1871; Mary Esther, on the 29th of March, 1874; Oliver Enfield, on the 3d of February, 1877; Harwood Mikesell, on the 9th of December, 1879, and died March 4, 1889; and Bessie May was born December 22, 1886, and died November 14, 1892. Allen. Pearch was born June 20, 1850, and died December 21, 1891. He was married to Ann Wallace,. March 31, 1871. She was born May 28, .1848. Of their five children, Ada. Viola was born December 22, 1871; John Wallace, January. 10, 1874; Thomas Homer, Au., gust 29, 1876; Arthur Garfield, September 12, 1878; and Ross Roy, July 20,1886. James Pearch was born October 16, 1852, and was married to Romania Van Buskirk, June 22, 1872. She was born April 13, 1854. Their only child,. Hazel Crotell, was born August 29, 1885, and died September 20, 1888. Lovina Pearch was born March 12, 1855, and died September. 11, 1889. She was married May 24, 1874, to John Herron, who was born November 9, 1851. To them were born eight children. Myrta Loretta was born February 24, 1875, and became the wife of Niles Belknap, December 25, 1894; Chloe Olive was born September 4, 1876; Walter Herman, August 4, 1878; Verdes Edson, August 5, 1880; James Ross, April 29, 1882; Thomas Otes, October 14, 1884;. Ila Jane, December 6, 1886; and Elert Wade, February 3, 1889. Emma Pearch was born July 15, 1858, and died May 27, 1887. July 19, 1874, she became the wife of William Herron, who was born March 29, 1853. Of their six children, Ores Orwood was born February 27, 1816; Rovy Delphine, June 11, 1878; Eva Bertha, September 25, 1880; Clara Elna, October 17, 1882; Luther Herbert was born October 27, 1884, and died May 24, 1887; and Emma was born May 20, 1887, and died June 17, 1887. John Pearch, our subject's father, followed farming and milling all his life. He became a resident of Carroll County in 1814. He it was who laid out the town of Sherrodsville in Carroll County. Jacob Pearch enlisted in Company K, One Hundred. and Tenth Regiment Ohio Infantry, on the 14th. of November, 1862, and received an honorable discharge from the service, December 24, 1863. In September, 1864, he came to Tuscarawas County and began working on the Dennison Shops. November 28, 1865, he removed his family to Uhrichsville, where he has ever since resided. From April 8, 1872, until July 31, 1881, he was employed in the Dennison Shops. In the last-named year he engaged in carpentering for a time, and. also bought. and shipped live stock. Soon after, when the Monarch Coal Mine was opened, he was made superintendent, and held this position for a time. In July, 1884, he entered the lumber business, which has since employed his time and attention. Politically he is a supporter of the Republican party. Jacob Pearch was married March 22, 1860, to Eliza Palmer, whose birth occurred September 10, 1840, and who was. ,called to the silent land December 13, 1884. Their eldest child, Manillia Maybelle, was born February 1, 1865.. July 28, 1885, she became the wife of Thomas B. Ross, who was born February 5, 1854. They have had two children: Ray Ellsworth, born June 11, 1886, and who died May 7, 1892; and William Byron, born 406 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. February 6, 1892. Reenzo Rollo Pearch was born October 22, 1866, and died January 18, 1867. Ortho 011o, born September 24, 1868, resides in Wellsville, Ohio. December 24, 1891, he married Mary A. Kraus, who was born August 25, 1871, and they have two sons: Charles Arthur, born February 16, 1894; and Paul Jacob, born January 26, 1895. Lecta Lulu, born August 6, 1870, is unmarried. Ella Elvira, born January 20, 1872, married Robert. Beltz, March 11, 1891. He was born August 7, 1869. They have two children: Bertram Brock, born December 24, 1891; and Victor Verne, October 10, 1893. Cecelia Celestine was born January 22, 1874. Harry Hope, born April 5, 1875, died August 22 of the same year. Verna Valeria, born January 4, 1878, resides at homer February 10, 1888, Jacob Pearch married Mrs. Elizabeth West, and they have two children: J. J., born January 4, 1889; and Archie Ray, November 9, 1891. VALENTINE WILLS, deceased. Among all classes and in every condition of life where the struggle for a livelihood is going on, there must perforce be numerous trials and hardships to overcome before the ladder of fame and financial success is climbed. The early years of our subject were marked with serious disadvantages, and his success was therefore a compliment to his own exertions and ability. His life truly verified the adage that "a bad beginning makes a good ending," since at the time of his decease, in 1894, he was the owner of a flourishing sawmill and the possessor of seventeen hundred acres of land in Goshen Township, Tuscarawas County. The original of this sketch was born September 3, 1824, in Licking County, Ohio, and was the son of David and Catherine (Schuyler) Wills. The parental family included nine children, of whom Valentine was the eldest but one. David makes his home in Lebanon, Mo.; Fannie is the widow of Solomon Landis, of Defiance County, this state; Sarah married Louis Hykes; Elizabeth is deceascd, as is likewise Lucy, who was the wife of a Mr. Harvey; Belinda married James Kelley, now deceased; Isaac is a resident of Phillipsburg'', Mo.; and Robert died in infancy. Valentine Wills, like other boys of that early day, carried on his studies in the district school, where he obtained a fair education. He was a lad of nine years when his parents, in 1833, came to Tuscarawas County. His first work away from home was as a canal-boy, and the day after receiving his pay, which consisted of notes on the State Bank, it failed, and he was thus defrauded out of his small earnings. One year prior to attaining his majority, our subject began the operation of a brickyard in New Philadelphia. He found this line of business to be very profitable, and continued in it for a number of years, or until renting a sawmill. This property he later purchased, and carried on a good business until the day of his death. In 1850 Mr. Wills began life as a farmer in Goshen Township, on fifty-one acres of land, which he had put chased. He was very successful in this venture, as indeed he was in almost everything which he undertook, and added to this tract from time to time until he had increased it to seventeen hundred acres. It was one of the most valuable pieces of property in the township, and Mr. Wills so managed it that he derived a handsome income from its. tillage. The lady to whom our subject was first married bore the name of Jerusha Everett, and to them were born two children: David, now living near New Cumberland, Ohio; and Mary, the wife of Kirkwood Arnold, of Beaver Dam, this state. May 3, 1856, he chose for his second companion Sarah, daughter of Joseph and Susan (Misimen) Furney. This union resulted in the birth of the following five children: Charles H.; George W., who is in business in Canal Dover; Francis M., of Goshen 'Township; Albert E., managing the old homestead; and Clara B. Mr. Wills was numbered among the most successful residents of the county, and had many friends who recognized the nobility of his character and realized that he deserved to be held in the highest possible esteem,, as indeed he was. He PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD- 407 was a stanch Democrat in politics, but never aspired to official holding, preferring to devote his time and attention to the management of. his extensive interests. In his death, which occurred January 3, 1894, the county lost one of its most valued citizens. ALPHEUS RINGER. The following sketch is of one of the best known men of Guernsey County, who has lived here many years, and is identified prominently with the various interests of the neighborhood. The family record is an interesting one, and we give it in full. Alpheus Ringer was born in Shenandoah County, Va., April 22, 1825. He is a grandson of George Ringer, a native of Germany, who was brought to America when quite young by his parents. This was during Colonial times, and on the outbreak of the Revolutionary War young George joined the Continental army and fought for American independence. On the close of hostilities he continued to make his home in his adopted country, and. for many years enjoyed the blessing for which he fought. Jacob, the father of our subject, was also born in Virginia, where he was reared to manhood on a farm. which his parents owned. When old enough to choose an occupation for himself he took up fanning, and throughout his entire life cultivated the soil with great success. When the war between the United States and England broke out in 1812, he enlisted and fought for the second independence of America. His regiment was under the command of Gen. William Henry Harrison, and participated in many of the important and hard-fought battles of that period, among which were the. battles at Ft. Meigs and Norfolk, at which latter place General Ross was prevented from landing his soldiers. When peace was restored the father of our subject returned to Virginia, and spent the follow- ing three or four years in traveling within it's confines. About this time he was married, and traded his farm for property in Ohio. Coming hither, he located near New Philadelphia, and after 'a year's residence on his estate, disposed of it to good advantage and returned to the Old Dominion. There he followed teaming for some six years, at the expiration of which time he again came West, this time taking up his abode in Noble County. There he purchased a valuable tract of land, and for thirty years was engaged in agricultural pursuits. He became one of the most influential and prominent citizens of the county, and was held in the highest esteem by all who knew him. When advanced in years he sold his property in Noble County and bought land in Ross County, upon which he was living at the time of his decease, in 1862. The maiden name of our subject's mother was Nancy Worley. She was of French extraction, her father having come to the United States with General LaFayette, and with him' cast his lot with the Continental army. Her union with Jacob Ringer was blessed by the birth of eight children, of whom we make the following mention: Betsey is the widow of Samuel McVey, and is residing in Monroe County,, this state; Lydia is deceased; Mary married John Rush, and departed this life in 1862; Alpheus, of this sketch, was the next in order of birth; Joseph died in 1867; Jacob enlisted in the Sixty-ninth Ohio Infantry during the late war, and was killed upon the battlefield of Pittsburg Landing; Susan became the wife of Vincent Morgan, and died in 1872; Samuel, who also fought as a Union soldier, was a member of the Sixty-sixth Ohio Infantry, Army of the Cumberland, and was under Sherman on his march to the sea, and on its completion marched with his regiment to Washington and participated in the Grand Review. Alpheus Ringer, our subject, was reared on his father's fine estate, where he received thorough training in all the details connected with its management, and during dull seasons of farm work attended the district school. He was very ambitious to gain a good education, and being studious and making the best of. his limited opportunities, he became well informed in all the branches taught. 408 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. At the age of nineteen years he started out in life for himself. He had the youthful curiosity to go to Zanesville to witness the execution of Solomon Shoemaker, a homicide, and so deep was the impression then made upon him of the wickedness which predominates in man's nature, that death alone can remove it. A twelvemonth later Mr. Ringer went to the city of Cincinnati, and obtained a position as clerk on a boat bound for New Orleans to dispose of its cargo of pork. This trip shaped his future life. While there he visited the old battlefield on which General Jackson fought, and stored much ,useful information gained from this historical city. He plied the river for some two years, and was thus given the opportunity of witnessing the horrible treatment to which the slaves were subjected during those times. Thus early in life he became imbued with Abolition principles. The imparting of his. knowledge of southern abuses on his return home was the signal for a complete change of sentiment by his entire family, and during the war which followed they were enabled in many ways to aid the Union cause. January 13,1848, Mr. Ringer was united in marriage with Miss Margaret Stoneburner, a native of Loudoun County, Va. The young couple at once took up their abode in Noble County on rented land, and for three years followed agricultural pursuits with fair success. They then came to Guernsey County, where our subject purchased a farm near Georgetown. This he sold after one year's residence upon it, and became the possessor of a fine property in Knox Township. Here he was living when the news that Ft.. Sumter had been fired upon dew like wildfire over the country. His patriotism was aroused, and, like all good citizens of the North, he war indignant at the encroachments of the Confederates upon the country over which floated the Stars and Stripes, for which his father and grandfather bad fought. He at. once volunteered his services and in. August, 1861, enlisted in Company G, Sixty-second Ohio Infantry, for three years. The regiment was in camp at Zanesville when they were ordered to Cumberland, Md., and there joined the Army of the Potomac. Mr. Ringer participated in some of the noted battles of the Civil War, among which were Cherry Run, Hancock, Martinsburg, Manchester, Winchester, Ft. Republic, Fair Oak; Malvern Hill, Suffolk, Blackwater, Charleston (S. C.) and Ft. Wagoner. At the last-named place he was wounded, and on account of other disabilities was compelled to leave the service, although having been recommended for promotion as a commissioned officer. He was at that time Sergeant of his company. Mr. Ringer was honorably discharged in December, 1863, and on returning home again took up the peaceful pursuits of farm life as soon as his health was restored. In 1865 he sold the farm before mentioned, and bought the estate which he now owns and occupies in Adams Township. This comprises eighty acres, admirably improved, and the eye of the passer-by is at once attracted to the set of neat and substantial buildings which adorns the place. Mr. Ringer has been very successful in his life work, and is one of the progressive and representative farmers of this section. As a matter of course, our subject is a stanch Republican in politics, and takes great interest in the success of his party. He has been prominently before the people of this county as Trustee and Assessor of his township, and has filled many of the minor (ACM with satisfaction to all concerned. He is a member in good standing of the Methodisi Episcopal Church, and throughout the neighborhood is held in high esteem. To Mr. and Mrs. Alpheus Ringer there has been granted a family of twelve children, of whom Jacob, the eldest of the household, is a wealthy farmer of this county, and is also a teacher of considerable note. He is a man of fine education, having graduated at Delaware (Ohio) College and the college at Muskingum. Sarah, the next in order of birth, became the wife of Robert Rice, and died in Adams Township, Guernsey County, in 1884. J. Sylvester is also deceased. Thomas B. is a very talented musician, and is engaged in teaching music in the public schools of Cambridge; he, too, is a graduate of Muskingum College. Joseph and Alice died while our subject was in the army. John W., now a practicing physician of Byesville, Guernsey County, completed his literary education in the Muskingum College, and received PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 409 his diploma to practice from the Michigan University at Ann Arbor, where he studied for three years. Alpheus W., who was also carrying on his medical studies in the Ann Arbor College, where he graduated, died there a few days afterward, and before his diploma reached him. Hannah, the wife of Samuel Work, is residing in Newark, this state; she is likewise a college graduate, and has received a musical education. Charles E., a student of Muskingum College, graduated as a chemist and is keeping a drug store at Byesville. Etta M., now Mrs. William Camp, also gained her education in the Muskingum College; and Claud R. is at home with his parents. As has been seen, our subject takes great interest in the cause of education, and gave his children the best advantages for gaining a thorough knowledge of books. He has carved out his own career, and as a self-made man can be held up to the pfesent generation as an example of what can be accomplished in this country by pluck, honesty and perseverance. FRANK S. SPENCER. Like many of the representative and much esteemed citizens of Guernsey County, Mr. Spencer is a native thereof, having been born in Millwood Township, February 5, 1841. His parents were Asa and Phebe E. (Piggott) Spencer, the former of whom was born in Belmont County, March 28, 1807, and the latter December 14, 1809, in the same county. The father departed this life May 8, 1876, but his good wife still survives, making her home with Frank S. Spencer,. at Spencer's Station. The paternal grandparents of our subject were Nathan and Ann (Smith) Spencer, natives of Loudoun County, Va., whence they emigrated to Ohio about 1805, locating in Belmont County. Nathan was a farmer by occupation, and therefore lost no time in entering a tract of land from the Government, in the cultivation of which he was very successful. He was a strong Abolitionist, and was compelled to leave his native state on account of having expressed his opinions very freely on this subject. Of the children of Nathan and Ann Spencer, David died September 25, 1858, aged fifty-seven years; Betsey, born about the year 1791, is also deceased; Jonathan, born in 1793, is likewise dead, as is also Samuel, born in January, 1795; Mercy died in Whiteside County, Ill., in 1851; Abner died in December, 1861; Sarah died in Lawrence County, Ohio, in 1881; Phebe and Mary are also deceased; Asa died in the year 1876; Jonas is deceased; and Rachel died in 1881. The father of this large family died June 28, 1833, while his good wife preceded him to the better land by a few months, having passed away April 20 of that year. The former was born July 16, 1767, and the latter October 29, 1770. The mother of our subject was the daughter of John and Eleanor (Plummer) Piggott, and was born in Belmont County, December 14, 1809. Her father was a native of Loudoun County, Va., while her mother was born in Lancaster County, Pa. They emigrated to the Buckeye State in 1804 and 1807, respectively, and after their marriage had born to them two children, Phebe, and Eli, who now resides in St. Clairsville, Belmont County, at the age of seventy eight years. Asa Spencer remained at home with his parents on the farm until the time of his marriage, which occurred February 27, 1833. The young couple resided in Belmont County for the following year, and April 13 took up their abode in Guernsey County, locating on the farm now owned and occupied by their son, our subject. They moved into the house which stands there in 1838, and in it their eight children were born. Ellen P., the eldest, born October 1, 1835, is the wife of Phineas C. Cowgill and the mother of four children. Ann, now deceased, was born. November 20, 1837, and married E. V. Shipley; she left at her death, January 27, 1892, six children. Our subject was the third in order of birth. Harry L., born December 30, 1842, married Mary E. Payne, and to them was granted a family of three children. John, born March 27, 1845, married Lydia Frame, by whom he had one daughter, and on the death of his wife chose for his second companion Ellen Moore. 410 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Amos, born April 28, 1848, married Anna Kinsey, and to them have been born six children. Nathan, born October 22, 1850, is the husband of Estella Lager; and Melissa, born August 30, 1853, is the wife of Justus G. Roberts and the mother of six children. Frank S. was educated in the schools taught in the vicinity of his home, and also aided during the busy seasons in the farm work. On the outbreak of the Civil War, and when the cry resounded throughout the States for volunteers, he enlisted, August 30, 1861, in Company H, One Hundred and Twenty-second Ohio Infantry, under Colonel Ball. While in the service, he participated in the following-named hard-fought engagements: Ft. Royal, Shenandoah River, Winchester, Wapping Heights, Brandy Station, Locust Grove, Wilderness, Cross Roads, Spottsylvania C. H., which latter conflict lasted for seven days, and the battle of Cold Harbor, which followed, consuming nine. days. Next occurred the fights at Bermuda Hundred, Petersburg, Monocacy (Md.), Snicker's Gap, Charleston, Smithfield, Fisher's Hill, Mt. Jackson, Newmarket, Cedar Creek, Kernstown, and capture of Sailor's Run. Mr. Spencer was wounded, September 19, 1864, in the left shoulder by a piece of shell at Opequan. This injury caused him to be absent from roll-call for eight days, which, with a furlough of twenty days on another occasion, was the only time during his long service that he was not in his place in the ranks of his company. Mr. Spencer was mustered out June 26, 1865, and discharged at Camp Chase July 1. He immediately returned home, and, as soon as he was sufficiently recuperated, resumed his labors on the farm. November 3 of that year he was married to Miss Rachel N. Lee, who was born October 14, 1841. She was the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Benson) Lee, natives of Maryland, whence they removed to this state in 1840, settling at once in Guernsey County. To them were born ten children. Harriet A. was the wife of Linley Hall, and died in 1877, leaving two children, Elmer and Silas R.; Levi, who was born October 14, 1839, married Narcissa Redd, and to them have come three children, Alden, J. Burlin and Edgar; Rachel N. is the wife of our subject; John E. was born in the year 1843, and died in 1852; Martha E., also deceased, was the wife of William Greer, and left one son, Edward E.; Sabina is deceased; Emily died in infancy; Phebe Eleanor, born March 29, 1855, is the wife of Anson Mead and has five. children, Mary P., Blaine, Forrest, Elizabeth and Hazel; Sarah is the wife of James C. Burcher, and has one son, Charles; and Eliza J., the wife of Hezekiah Thomas, has three children, Lottie L., Hattie and Mattie. There have been born to our subject and his wife three children. Cora, born June 7, 1868, is the wife of David Cowden, to whom she was married September 1, 1891, and now has a son, Paul, born January 9, 1894; Warren L., born January 29, 1875, is at home; and one died in infancy unnamed. Mr. Spencer is a member of the Methodist Church, while his wife is a. member of the Friends' Church. In politics the former is a Republican, and cast his first Presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln. He is a member of General Lander's Post No. 468, G. A. R., of Quaker City. He has served in the capacity of Township Trustee and School Director, in both of which positions he gave entire satisfaction. He laid out and platted Spencer's Station in 1892, and in many other ways has aided in the upbuilding of this portion of the county. He carries on general farming, and is regarded as one of the most substantial citizens of this community. HUGH A. McCREARY is one of the substantial and influential farmers of Guernsey County, living on one of the finest estates on section. 18, Centre Township. It comprises two hundred. and forty-three acres of land (over two hundred of which are under an excellent state of improvement, with a fine orchard of apple and peach trees), and is known to the people of this vicinity as Mud Run Farm. The original of this sketch was born April 16, 1844, to James and Margaret (Laughlin) McCreary, PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 411 who were the parents of four children. The other members of the household were Hulda E., born in September, 1838; John L., whose birth occurred in June, 1841, and William. John L., the eldest son, fought as a soldier during the late war, as a member of Company B; First Ohio Infantry, and was mustered into service in August, 1861. While off duty, he, with others of his regiment, was engaged in washing the horses in Clifton, Tenn., when the animal he was riding sank, and both horse and soldier were drowned. When a youth of eighteen years Hugh McCreary left home and made his way to Idaho, where he remained for a time working in the gold mines, and later sought for this precious metal in Montana. He was fairly successful in this venture, and in 1865 returned home and for the following twenty years was occupied in buying and shipping live stock to Baltimore and other eastern markets. On abandoning this industry he began farming, and is now operating what is known as the Mud Run Farm, an estate very valuable in all its appointments. This Mr. McCreary manages in a most profitable manner, deriving a handsome income from the soil. For a period of five years he has been the owner of a sawmill in this vicinity. Our subject has been very popular and influential in public life and for two years was Assessor of his township. He is a member in good standing of the Presbyterian Church, and is active in all good works in his neighborhood. he was married, December 20, 1870, to Miss Martha. McKelvey, daughter of Robert and. Mary (Eaton) McKelvey, and to them was born a family of four children. John L., the eldest, was born April 8, 1872, and is now a student at Muskingum College, at New Concord, this state; Mary R., born April 4, 1874, is also attending the above institution; Robert C. was born March 23, 1876; James H., born September 20, 1878, is now attending school. The wife and mother departed this life May 11, 1882, and the lady whom our subject chose for his second companion was Sadie E. McConnell, their marriage being celebrated September 23, 1884. She was born December 31, 1853, and is the daughter of Thomas and Lucinda (Smith) McConnell. The father was born in Washington County, Pa., in January, 1809, and the mother's birth occurred in this county, near Washington, March 20, 1819. The children born of the second union of our subject are Ethel M., born August 27, 1885; Walter II., May 18, 1888; Thomas W., June 29, 1890, and Dwight, who was born July 31, 1892, and died May 13 of the following year. JOHN DOERSCHUK is classed among the intelligent, keen and thoroughly wide-a-wake business men of Shanesville, where he has extensive interests. For many years a teacher in the public schools, he also taught vocal music, and is widely and favorably known throughout the entire county. He is a native of this locality, having been born in Goshen Township, two miles east of New Philadelphia, January 1, 1841. His parents were Jacob and Christina (Rinner) Doerschuk, natives of Bavaria, where they were greatly honored for their upright lives, and the worthy manner in which they trained their children to occupy useful stations in life. Grandfather Jacob Doerschuk was born in Rockenhausen, Bavaria, Germany, where he was a blacksmith by trade. He was the father of four sons, of whom Jacob was the only one to come to the United States. The latter was also born in Rockenhausen, October 4, 1815. He learned the business of nailmaking in his native land, and in 1837, after a voyage of over forty days, was landed in New York City. From the metropolis, he made his way by river and canal to Buffalo, thence to Cleveland, Ohio, and from that place came to New Philadelphia. He afterward worked for a few months at his trade near Mt. Tabor, and when ready to change his location, moved to Zoar Station. While there he met and was married to Miss Rinner. A man called David Stuffier having erected a shop there, he worked for him for five years, when he severed his interests in that line, and, purchasing one hundred acres of land one 412 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. and one-half miles from New Philadelphia, followed the life of an agriculturist, in connection with carrying on his trade. He was prosperous in all that he did after coming to America, and so managed his affairs that he became very wealthy. He improved his first purchase in a thorough manner, and later made three additions to it, making an estate comprising two hundred and forty-two acres. This was made more valuable by the erection thereon of suitable buildings of every description, and was regarded as one of the finest pieces of property in the state. Mr. Doerschuk landed in the New World without means, and what he became the possessor of was the result of his own labors. He died July 29, 1886. He was very prominent in public affairs, and served as School Director for seven or eight years, and was also one of the Directors of the Infirmary. A Democrat in politics, he was very liberal in his views, and in local elections cast his vote for the man who in his judgment would best discharge the duties of the office. Active in religious affairs, he was regarded as one of the most valued members of the German Reformed Church, in which he served as Elder for many years. Jacob and Christina Doerschuk reared a family of eight children, of whom we make the following mention: John of this sketch was the eldest; Jacob is living in Clay City, Ind.; Catherine is the wife. of Godfrey Schoch; Valentine is living on the old homestead; Henry is a resident of Canton, this state; Louisa is at home; and Frank and Calvin are residents of Terre Haute, Ind., and are engaged as blacksmiths. The mother of our subject was born in Hohenollen, Bavaria, Germany, and was the daughter of Jacob Rinner, also a native of the Fatherland. She is still living, at the age of seventy-eight years. Her father emigrated to the United States about 1841, and, finding his way to this state, was engaged as a teamster at Zoar Station. After the decease of his wife, he lived with Mrs. Doerschuk until his decease, which occurred October 2, 1882. He was born April 3, 1788, in Germany. Like all German youths, he was compelled to join the army, and entering the ranks in 1808, served for five years under Napoleon Bonaparte. He was a member of the Reformed Church. His family included four daughters, of whom Mrs. Doerschuk was the eldest but one. The others were Margaret, Charlotte and Catherine. Christina came to America with an uncle in 1836, and located with him in the then hamlet of New Philadelphia. She was very active in church work, and aided her husband greatly in attaining his high standing in the community. The original of this sketch was given the opportunity of gaining a fine education, completing his studies in the high school. When nineteen years old he was given a certificate to teach, and for twenty-two consecutive years taught, first in the common and later in the normal school. His first school brought him $96 for the term, $90 of which he gave his father to help pay for the home place. He employed his time during the summer season in teaching vocal music, and, being thoroughly drilled in this art, has had fine classes ever since. He has taught throughout this and adjoining counties, and meets with great success wherever he spends a term. December 25, 1871, Mr. Doerschuk was married to Mary Zahner, and the following year they located in Shanesville, where he. taught school for some time. While at Zoar Station be became interested in a printing-office, and after locating in this place in 1878 established the Shanesville News, a bright, newsy paper, which he conducted for six years. Although not now engaged in publishing this sheet, Mr. Doerschuk still continues his job-printing department, and also takes orders in bindery work. His office is well equipped for this special line and the work he turns out never fails to give satisfaction. In the year 1886 our subject established the Exchange Bank. It is one of the reliable institutions of the county, and is largely patronized by the farmers and business men of this locality. Mr. Doerschuk was connected with the foundry at this place for four years, but since severing his interest with the company has given his undivided attention to his personal business, which is very extensive. Always active in church work, Mr. Doerschuk has been Sunday-school Superintendent for twenty- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL. RECORD - 413 one years, and at the present time is Elder in the Reformed Church. For the past eight years he has filled the responsible office of Treasurer of the Tuscarawas County Sunday-school Association. He is Democratic in politics. To our subject and his estimable wife there has been granted a family of nine children, eight of whom are living, namely: Albert N., a resident of Kansas City; Ernest E., at college at Tiffin, Ohio; Ann B., Lewis A., John J., Victor C., Herbert M. and Margaret L. Clara L. died when an infant of seven months: Mrs. Doerschuk was born in Shanesville, December 5, 1849, and is the daughter of Rev. John G. and Willielmina (Kappel) Zahner. Her father was a native of Oberdegsheim, Germany, and was born December 21, 1821. He was educated in the Baslim College of Switzerland, from which he was graduated in 1846. On account of poor health, he crossed the Atlantic the same year, and entered the Lancaster (Pa.) Seminary, in order to become familiar with the English language. In the fall of the following year he located in Shanesville, having under his charge eight churches. In 1858 he went to Ragersville, this state, having been appointed pastor of five churches in that neighborhood. Ten years later we find that he located in New Philadelphia, where he had but three charges. In the spring of 1872 he came to Shanesville, ministering to three congregations. He was a finely educated gentleman, and his writings appeared in the "Church Messenger," published at Philadelphia, Pa., and the Reformed Church paper of Cleveland. He translated sev eral noted German works into the English language, among them being Dr. Bausman's "Travels Around the World." Rev. John G. Zahner married Miss Kappel in 1847, in Pittsburg, Pa. She was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, August 18, 1823, and was the daughter of Lewis and Philipena (Schoeneck) Kappel, born respectively, in Hesse-Cassel andWorms, Germany. Her father was conversant with several languages, and held an official position in his native land.. He reared one son and five daughters, of whom Mrs. Zahner was the second in order of birth. The father of John Doerschuk's wife reared a family of ten children. Lewis is an Episcopal minister of Adams, Mass.; Robert is a prominent attorney of Atlanta, Ga.; Augustus is a banker, and resides in Abilene, Kan.; William is a druggist of Kansas City, Mo.; Mary C. is Mrs. Doerschuk; Louisa is living in Seneca County, this state; Charlotte is Mrs. C. S. Belknap; Emma is the wife of Rev. M. Noll, of Knoxville, Ohio; Clara married 0. C. Williams, of Cincinnati; and Minnie, now Mrs. Charles Haffner, lives in Bloomville, this state. The mother of these children came to the United ,States with a Lutheran minister, Rev. Philip Passavant, in 1847, and located in Pittsburg. The journey across the Atlantic consumed thirty-five days, and soon after landing in New York she went to Baltimore, thence to Philadelphia, and finally made settlement in the Smoky City. The subject of this sketch is highly esteemed by those who know him for his upright and consistent Christian life, and is therefore deserving of the respect conferred upon him. CRAYTON NORMAN, one of the enterprising and respected business men of New Comerstown, has been employed in conducting a livery business for the past year. He has a large and well selected line of carriages, and keeps a good grade of horses. Though a young man, he has given evidence of his ability, and his future career promises well, judging by the past. Our subject is a son of Christian Norman a native of Coshocton County, this state, and a farmer by occupation. His present wife, formerly Miss Hannah McClary, was born in the same county as was her husband, and by her marriage she has become the mother of ten children, all but one of whom are living. By a former marriage Mr. Norman had five children, four of whom survive. Of the sons in this family, all are farmers with the exception of our subject. Crayton Norman was born February 8, 1864, in Coshocton County, this state, and was reared on 414 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. his father's farm. He was early instructed in the various duties pertaining to the proper management of a farm, and on starting out in life for himself, at first followed this line. He received a good education in the schools of his home neighborhood, and is well informed on the general and current topics of the day. A good opportunity presenting itself, he concluded to embark in the livery business, and in 1893 assumed charge of his present stand. He has been quite successful in this venture, and is becoming well known and popular in this locality. In his political belief he is a Republican, and on attaining his majority his first Presidential vote was cast for Benjamin Harrison. January 17, 1889, Mr. Norman was united in marriage with Miss Luella Henderson, of Coshocton County, and a daughter of George and Lovina Henderson. Two children were born to our subject and his estimable wife, and bear the names of Charles Franklin and Lloyd Earl. JOHN J. BIRK, one of the respected German-American citizens of Sandy Township, owns a good homestead near Mineral Point, but leases a large share of it for mining purposes. He has served for two terms as Township Treasurer, for eleven years was Treasurer of the Mineral City Special School District, and has served as Township Trustee. In former years he was a Whig, but is now a stalwart Republican. In all matters pertaining to the public good he takes an active and leading part, being especially interested in the matter of affording good educational privileges to the rising generation. The birth of our subject occurred in Hochdorf, Wurtemberg, Germany, January 6, 1829, and in the same locality his parents, Tobias and Rosanna M. (Smith) Birk, were likewise born. They were the parents of four children: Lewis F., who died at Zoar, Ohio, at the age of eighteen years; Chris tian, now of Louisville, Ky.; John J. and Rosanna M, Wanner. Tobias Birk was born May 8, 1791, and his wife was born six years later, on the 29th of August. They came to the United States in the spring of 1840, leaving Germany on the 13th of March, and arriving at Zoar, this state, June 19 following. The father had learned the shoemaker's trade in his native land, and continued this pursuit until his death, which occurred May 6, 1866. In the spring of 1843 he located on the farm where our subject now resides, and here he lived until his demise. He was reared in the faith of the German Lutheran Church, but after coming to this country became identified with the German Reformed denomination. In politics he was first a Whig, and subsequently a Republican. Mrs. Rosanna Birk died March 20, 1856, about ten years before her husband. She was a daughter of Jacob Smith, a weaver by trade, who also followed farming. John J. Birk received a good German school education, and was eleven years of age when, with the other members of the family, he came to the United States. It was not his privilege to attend the English schools, but for three weeks he was a student at Loa): After his father located on a farm, he began working for his board, and since that time has given the major portion of his attention to agriculture. He now owns the homestead of fifty acres, which is very valuable, both on account of being adjacent to Mineral Point, and because of the coal underneath its surface. The railroad passed through a part of his farm, and the land thus condemned was paid for at a good rate. On the 2d of October, 1851, Mr. Birk married Miss Mary Borway, who was born in Sandy Township. Her parents, Michael and Mary Borway, were natives of the Keystone State. The former, one of the sturdy pioneers of Ohio, was born on the 4th of March 1751, and died June 29, 1875, at the good old age of eighty-five years. He was a hero of the War of 1812. To Mr. and Mrs. Birk were born a son and daughter: Rosanna M., who died at the age of four years; and Charles William. The latter is very fond of music, and has been a teacher of that art. In company with his wife and son, our subject is an active member of the PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 415 Reformed Church, and is an Elder in the congregation, his son occupying the office of Deacon. The family are much respected by all who have the pleasure of their acquaintance, for they are industrious, intelligent and honorable citizens. HOSEA FISHER, The simple record of an honorable life is the best monument that can be. reared to any citizen, and we shall therefore not attempt to enlarge upon the history of this gentleman, who is one of Dover Township's most reputable residents. He is the proprietor of the fine estate on which he is now living retired from the active duties of life. A native of Pennsylvania, our subject was born in Beaver County, February 6, 1828, and is the .son of Frederick and Catherine (Kurtz) Fisher, natives of Germany, the former born in Baden, and the latter in Wurtemberg. The father emigrated to the United States in 1805, first locating in Baltimore, Md., whence he afterward moved to Beaver County, Pa. Mrs. Fisher, who had come to America four years previously, had also made her home in Baltimore, where she 'met and married Mr. Fisher. She departed this life October 16, 1841, when in her forty-third year. Her husband survived her many years, passing away. June 8, 1854, in Dover Township, this county. The parents of our subject had nine children. George, a retired carpenter and lumber dealer, lives in Ft. Wayne, Ind.; Mathias died March 14, 1894; Hosea, of this sketch, was next in order of birth; Benjamin resides in York Township, Tuscarawas County; Paulina is the wife of Philip Ebertt, and makes her home in Christian County, Ill.; Richard died in infancy; Caroline, who is also deceased, was the wife of Nathan Bair, of Christian County, Ill.; Rebecca, who married John Kohr, and made her home in Indiana, is deceased; and Rachel, who married Joseph Alleshouse, is a resident of Dover Township. He whose name heads this sketch was educated in the common schools of Pleasant Hill, in Do- ver Township. Although the rude temple of learning would in no way compare with the elegant structures which the youth of to-day attend, nor the advantages offered at that time with those of the present, yet he made the best of his opportunities and is well informed on all subjects of importance and interest. The parents of our subject came to Tuscarawas County in an early day, first locating in Sandy-vile Township, on a farm belonging to a man by the name of Foarits. This was in 1831, and there the family lived for nine years. when the father came to Dover Township with his children, his wife having died on the above farm. Here he purchased two hundred acres of fine land, which he immediately set about improving in a most thorough manner, and of this tract our subject now owns one hundred and sixty-eight and a-half acres. Hosea Fisher was reared on the home farm and assisted his father in its cultivation until attaining his twenty-fourth year, when he purchased property of his own, which he has since managed in a profitable manner. The house, barn and various buildings on his place are of a substantial character, conveniently located and sufficiently adequate for their respective purposes. Mr. Fisher has been very successful in this branch of work, and is now living retired, surrounded by all the comforts of life. When ready to establish a home of his own, our subject was married, November 10, 1861, to Miss Amanda, daughter of Andrew D. and Leah (Baker) Swihart, natives of Westmoreland County, Pa. She was born in this county, April 3, 1843, and was given the advantages of obtaining a good education. Her parents came to Tuscarawas County in a very early day and are both now deceased. The father was born October 26, 1808, and died April 7, 1876; while his good wife, whose birth occurred March 20, 1811, departed this life April 21, 1867. Their family comprised seven children. Sarah, born .January 6, 1833, died November 8, 1839; Mary C., whose birth occurred November 27, 1835, and who was the wife of John Lewis, died July 15, 1893; Simpson, born March 26, 1837, died January 27 of the following year; Philip, born 416 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. December 25, 1839, died August 30, 1869; William, born October 1, 1841, died October 18, 1869; Amanda, Mrs. Fisher, was the next in order of birth; Margaret, born December 9, 1846, married Sanford Arnold, and is living in Lamed, Kan. Our subject and his estimable wife have become the parents of ten children. Edward, born March 26, 1863, married Elizabeth A. Wagner, and they have two children, Wilbert C. and Erma I.; Leah, born December 19, 1864, died August 24, 1865; Maggie, born July 30, 1866, is the wife of J. P. Wagner, and the mother of three daughters, Wilma D., Ruby P. and Susan Irene; Charles, born March 27, 1868, married Maggie Walker, and has two children, Harold and Ralph W.; Mary C., born July 8, 1869, is at home; Cora M., born June 30, 1871, is the wife of Charles H. Horn, of Canal Dover; Jessie F., born March 7, 1874, died July 22 of that year; Ada L., born January 31, 1876, died six months later; Harvey, born September 12, 1878, and Frederick, born November 3, 1849, are both at home and attending school in Dover. Our subject and his family are all members in good standing of the Lutheran Church. In politics he is a strong Republican, and cast his first Presidential vote for Franklin Pierce. Although never an aspirant for office, he has ever borne his part in public enterprises, and is to-day very much respected throughout the community in which he resides. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 419 HON. NATHAN HAMPSON BARBER is the present representative of Guernsey County in the Legislature, and a leading lawyer of Cambridge, widely and favorably known throughout this section of the state for ability in his profession, influence in politics, and genial disposition.. The son of Mathew and Tabitha (Shepherd) Barber, he was born on his father's homestead, one and one-half miles west of Morristown, Belmont County, Ohio, whereon he passed his boyhood years and began his education in the district schools of that neighborhood. In course of time he was sent to advance his studies at Muskingum College, in Muskingum County, this state, and from there to Washington and Jefferson (Pa.) College, but was compelled, on account of serious sickness, to leave the latter institution three months prior to his graduation. Our subject began to study law with Danford & Kennon, prominent attorneys of St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio, attended Ann Arbor Law University for one term, and was admitted to the Bar. He began practicing law in Barnesville, Ohio. From there he removed to Fairview, continuing the practice of his profession in Guernsey and Belmant Counties, where he built up a good paying practice. In 1887 Mr. Barber received the nomination for Judge of the Probate Court of Guernsey County, at the hands of the Republican party, and after a spirited contest was elected, defeating Hon. William Borton, Democrat, and the Prohibition candi- 19 date. In 1890 He was re-nominated and re-elected, and held the responsible position until the fall of 1893, at which time he resigned, on the day before election, having that year received the nomination for representative of Guernsey County, to which position he was elected the following day. Mr. Barber is a diligent worker and an impressive speaker in the field of politics as well as in his profession, and has proved himself an active and efficient representative at Columbus. He possesses indomitable courage and persistency in what he considers right, which, combined with .a bright intellect and pleasing manner, have made him many friends and placed- him in the foremost ranks of Guernsey County's citizens. Among the active measures brought forward by him before the Legislature at Columbus was a bill in the interests of the community making it lawful and compulsory for companies and others to pay for the privilege of constructing street-car lines and railroads within the corporate limits of a city, telegraph, telephone or electric-light companies from erecting poles, etc., or the laying of pipes for water or gas companies within the corporate limits of a city or village; and that a franchise for such privileges should not extend beyond a period of twenty-five years. He was also one of the chief champions for the right of women to vote at school elections, and hold office as members of the School Board. Believing the people were not as prosperous as in former times, he introduced a bill to decrease the salaries of county officials, in which he had the co- 420 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. operation of those holding office. in Guernsey County, having ever in view the best interests of the tax-payer and the people at large. Mr. Barber is of Irish descent. His grandparents were William and Ann (Hammersley) Barber, natives of County Antrim, Ireland, the former born in 1792, and the latter in 1793. They emigrated to America in 1817. When our subject's father was nearly two years old, they landed in New York, and immediately proceeded westward 'and settled on the farm near Morristown, Belmont County, before mentioned. The grandfather died in 1827, aged thirty-five years, while his widow survived him many years, dying at Fairview in 1881, aged eighty-nine years. Their family consisted of six children: Mathew, William, Isabel, Nancy, another daughter who became the wife of Mr. Todd. and Hugh. Mathew Barber was born in 1816, and was reared upon the old homestead, receiving his education in the schools available at that period, and making farming his business occupation through life. He married Tabitha Shepherd, the daughter of Nathan and Amelia (Fresh) Shepherd, to which union the following children were born: Margaret, the wife of John W. Prior, a stock dealer, residing in Chicago, Ill.; James, who married a Miss Berry, of Morristown, and is now living in Pittsburg, Pa.; Annie, deceased, the wife of Hon. John A. Bu. chanan, a lawyer of New Philadelphia, Ohio, who represented this district in the State Senate; Catherine, who died in infancy; William, who died at the age of two years; Nathan H., our subject; Nancy J., who became the wife of James R. Rosemond, a farmer and stonemason, and resided in Fairview until her death; Mary Ellen, the wife of David S. McClelland, an extensive farmer near Smyrna, Guernsey County; Leotia Adeline, who lives with her father; and Lucy, the wife of Elwood Murphy, an attorney residing in Columbus, Ohio. The father is still living, a hale and hearty man (although seventy-nine years of age), at Fairview, to which place he removed in 1869, having purchased a farm in that vicinity. The mother died November 17, 1892. Nathan H. Barber, the subject of this sketch, married Miss Jennie Clarke, the daughter of William and Henrietta (West) Clarke. William Clarke was killed while gold-mining in California by the caving in of a mine, a few years after the precious metal was first discovered on the Pacific Slope. Mrs. Barber is a native of this state, and by her marriage has become the mother of three children: Dolly, the wife of P. C. Patterson, the man. ager of the Cambridge Corrugating Company; Herbert, a student of the Military College at Peekskill, N. Y.; and Ellen, the youngest, residing at home with her parents. Mr. Barber and his family live in an elegant residence of his own, fitted throughout with all the modern requirements, situated on Eleventh Street, Cambridge. He is also the owner of good business property in town, is a stockholder and Director in the Cambridge Corrugating Company, and also a stockholder in the Republican Press Company, a leading newspaper of Guernsey County. Fraternally he is a member of Cambridge Lodge No. 53, K. of P. Both Mr. Barber and his wife are members of the Methodist Church of this city. WILLIAM B. CROXTON, a prominent and wealthy farmer of York Township, is now living retired from business cares, simply overseeing the coal mines and other property belonging to himself and wife. Since 1873 he has dwelt on the farm known as the Henry Anderman Homestead, it being sitnated on section 14. The birth of Mr. Croxton occurred January 12, 1832, in Carroll County, Ohio. His father, the Hon. John G. Croxton, came from a good old Virginian family, and his birth occurred in Brooke County, October 19, 1803. His father, William, was a native of Chester County, Pa., and his father, a native of Croxton's Park, England; emigrated to the United States in company with William Penn. The mother of our subject was in her girl- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 421 hood Susan B. Smith. She was born at St. Johnsbury Plains, Vt., and is a daughter of Benjamin and Lidey B. (Emory) Smith, natives of Maine and Vermont, respectively. They were descendants of early Puritan families, who were among the first settlers in the Plymouth Rock Colony. To Hon. John Croxton and his wife were born four sons and three daughters, as follows: William B., our subject; Henrietta, wife of J. H. Barnhill, of New Philadelphia; Josephine, deceased; John G., Jr., whose home is in Philadelphia, Pa.; Benjamin F., deceased; Samuel W., of Cleveland, Ohio; and Alice, wife of George Hopkins, now located in Canal Dover. The father of this family died in February, 1894, at the good old age of ninety years. During the last twenty years of his life be lived at Canal Dover. He was very popular in that community and was Mayor of the place for four years. He served as Justice of the Peace for a period of six years, and in 1845 took the census of Carroll County. The boyhood and youth of William B. Croxton were passed at the home of his parents. When he had reached the age of twenty years he went out to seek his fortune, though he had previously taught school for three years. Subsequently he found work as a clerk in a dry-goods store at Uhrichsville, where he was employed for three years. Then, going to New Philadelphia, he studied law with the Hon. George W. McIlvaine and David W. Stanbaugh, who were legal practitioners at that point. After three years of study Mr. Croxton was duly admitted to the Bar at Zanesville, Ohio. Soon afterwards he commenced practice at New Philadelphia with the Hon. Judge J. H. Barnhill, with whom he remained for two years. The War of the Rebellion coming on about then, Mr. Croxton went to Washington, D. C., where he was offered a clerkship in the Pension Office. This position he accepted, and there remained for two years and a-half. Returning to Ohio, he was offered the position of bookkeeper in a blast furnace and pig-iron manufactory near Canal Dover. At the end of three years he went into partnership with his two brothers, William and Benjamin, in a general merchandise undertaking at Canal Dover. He followed this successfully for eight years, after which he disposed of his interest and came to his present home. October 17, 1859, occurred the marriage of William Croxton and Caroline Anderman, who was born August 23, 1834. Her father, Henry Anderman, was a native of Prussia, while her mother, whose maiden name was Anna B. Scott, was born in Scotland. In 1835 Mr. and Mrs. Anderman set sail for America, and for four years lived on the homestead now occupied by our subject. Afterwards they were for thirty-three years inhabitants of New Philadelphia, but dnally returned to the old homestead, where they passed the remainder of their lives. Two sons and a daughter have been born to William and Caroline Croxton. Annie B. is unmarried; Lewis A. is a resident of Philadelphia. Pa.; and Henry Butler is engaged in the lumber business al Odbert, this county. The early education of our subject was obtained in the old-fashioned log-cabin school, which he at tended until he was about ten years of age. When fourteen years old, he entered the Madison Center Academy, of Lake County, Ohio. Later he became a student in the academy at Hagerstown, Md. By a well selected course of reading and private study, he has become thoroughly abreast with the times, and is a gentleman of such intelligence and good conversational powers that it is a pleasure to pass time in his company. In politics he is affiliated with the Republican party, but has never been prevailed upon to hold office. To the highest degree both himself and amiable wife possess the confidence and good-will of the entire community in which they are so well and favorably known. It is fitting that special mention be made of the youngest son of our subject, namely, Henry Butler Croxton, who is a young man of exceptional attainments and business ability. He was born in New Philadelphia, October 21, 1872, and was educated at the Union School of that place. Always very industrious and energetic. he has worked his way upward with remarkable celerity, and manages his varied interests as few persons of his years could do. In addition to the lumber business which he carries on at Odbert, he is manager of 422 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. the homestead where he resides and which belongs to his mother. He is also serving as receiver for the Odbert Coal Mine Company, and is especially interested in several other coal mines. He has invested money from time to time in lands and owns a fine two-hundred acre farm in Oxford Township, and another comprising one hundred acres in York Township. JOHN S. KOLLAR. Among those cultivating a portion of the soil of Fairfield Township to good advantage may be mentioned our subject, who is living on and managing the old homestead. He is classed among the young and progressive agriculturists of this section, aiming in every detail of his work to keep abreast of the times in all that pertains to his occupation. He is a prominent and well respected member of the community. Mr. Kollar was born on section 9, of the above township, September 12, 1850. His parents are Joseph and Phoebe (Slutts) Kollar. His paternal great-grandfather came to this country from Germany, and located in York County, Pa., where he engaged in farm pursuits. There he reared a family of four sons, three of whom married and became heads of families. George, the grandfather, was the eldest; John and Jacob went South, one locating in North, and the other in South, Carolina. They were Lutherans in religion. Grandfather George Kollar was a native of York County, Pa., and was a lad of ten years when the war for independence broke out. His father dying when he was quite young, he was bound out to attend an officer in the Revolutionary War. After the cessation of hostilities, and when permitted to look out for himself, he learned the trade of shoemaking, which he followed until 1802, the year he came to Jefferson County, Ohio, and settled on Dawsey's Flats. Here he engaged in farm pursuits, and met with such good results that five years later he entered the three hundred and twenty acres comprised in the old homestead on section 9. The trip to this state was made with a one-horse wagon, and the family was obliged to stop at night by the wayside, and make themselves as comfortable as it was possible to be in a wild region, infested with animals and Indians. Three years after entering his land from the Government, Grandfather Kollar moved on the same, and began the arduous work of its improvement. He made this place his home until his decease, in August, 1849, at the age of eighty-four years. He was an influential man in his neighborhood, and among the Indians he was greatly honored. He was active in church work, and one of the founders of the Lutheran society in his community. In political affairs he voted with the Whig party. His wife, who was in maidenhood Susanna Koontz, was also a native of the Keystone State, and of German descent. Her father after coming to America served as a soldier in the War of 1812, on the side of the Colonists. She became the mother of ten children, nine of whom grew to mature years. Jacob served as a substitute in the War of 1812; Adam was drafted into the service, and was mustered out at the close of the conflict with the title of Captain; Margaret married Tobias Haverstock, and made her home in Wayne County, this state; George died in Williams County, Ohio; Catherine married John Slutts, who is now deceased; Andrew died in Wayne County, where he owned a large farm; Michael is also deceased; Joseph, the father of our subject, was the next-born; David is a resident of Williams County, this state; and Susan is the widow of Lewis Hixon, and lives near Odessa, Mo. The grandmother died January 22, 1858, at the age of eighty-six years. She was a devoted member of the Lutheran Church, and active in all good works in her neighborhood. Joseph Kollar was born near Steubenville, this state, November 5, 1809. The following year he was brought by his parents to this county, which has been his home ever since. He received his education in the primitive log schoolhouse, conducted on the subscription plan. The building was built of logs and furnished in the rudest man- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 423 ner, and young Joseph had to make his own seat and desk. On attaining his majority, he began life for himself, his first work being in making rails, for which he received twenty-five cents per hundred, and he was often enabled to earn twice that amount of money in one day, which was considered good wages for those times. After being thus employed for a time his father gave him a horse, which our subject fitted out with bridle and saddle. In 1831 he sold his possessions for $75, and with the money made a payment on one hundred and sixty-one acres of land in Dover Township. He located on this in 1833, erecting a shanty of round logs. This served the purpose for which it was intended until the fall of that year, when it was replaced with a more comfortable structure, with puncheon floor and door made of clapboards. In 1837 Joseph Kollar sold out this purchase on account of having disagreeable and dishonest neighbors, and, going to Williams County, entered three hundred and twenty acres from the Government. A short time thereafter he sold his land, and took charge of a farm for Peter Williams in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. The following year be purchased one hundred and four acres of improved property on Stony Creek, for which he paid $2,000. He made this place his home for nine year's, when he returned to the old homestead, and cared for his parents during the remainder of their lives. After their decease he purchased the home place from the other heirs. It consisted of three hundred and sixteen acres, forty of which he has since sold to a coal company. For several years Mr. Kollar was occupied in buying cattle and driving them to York County, Pa., where he disposed of them. Ho has been very successful in life, and is now living retired, leaving the supervision of his fine and valuable farm to his son, our subject. Always active in all measures calculated to be of benefit to his community, Joseph Kollar was elected Justice of the Peace, holding that responsible office for six years. He was also County Commissioner for the same length of time, and in every position discharged the duties thereof in a most satisfactory and credible manner. He was first a Whig and later a Republican in politics, and when before the public as a candidate always ran ahead of his ticket. The parents of our subject were married September 25, 1831. Mrs. Kollar was born in Fairfield Township, this county, December 12, 1813, and was the daughter of William and Deborah (Gordan) Slutts, natives of Reading, Pa. Her father came to Fairfield Township in 1812. He reared three sons, John, Samuel and Theopolis, and five daughters, Phoebe, Jane, Deborah, Mary and Lavina. To Joseph Kollar and his estimable wife there were born eight children, of whom four lived to mature years. Deborah became the wife of William Baker, of Allen County, this state. George married and moved to Paulding County, where he enlisted in the Union army, and was commissioned a. Captain in the one hundred days' service. He died in Hospital No. 8 at Bermuda Hundred, near Richmond, Va. Susan, the second daughter, became the wife of Josiah Davy, of Indianapolis, Ind. John S., of this sketch, was the youngest of those who lived. The deceased members of the family were Jacob, William. Theopolis and Margaret. The mother of these children departed this life February 14, 1851. She was an active member of the Protestant Methodist Church, while her husband had been for many years connected with the Methodist Episcopal denomination. The latter married, November 17, 1856, Pleaza Shiddler, born in Washington County, Pa. She was the daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Battey) Shiddler. Her father was a farmer, who went to Stark County, Ohio, in 1833, and lived there during the rest of his life. He reared a family of four sons and four daughters, all of whom married and had sons and daughters of their own. Henry Shiddler was the son of John, a native of Maryland, who later removed to Pennsylvania, and there died. He was a member of the German Baptist Church. His wife, prior to her marriage, was Catherine Teeter, also a native of Maryland, who departed this life in Stark County, Ohio. The original of this sketch was reared on his father's farm and obtained his education first in the common and later in the high schools: He remained under the parental roof until his marriage, 424 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. when he moved to Ashland County. This was in 1883. There he purchased a tract of one hundred acres, which he cultivated for six years with good results. His parents being quite aged, he thought it his duty to remain with them during the rest of their lives, and, returning to the home place, assumed its management. He is a Republican in politics, and on that ticket was elected Justice of the Peace. He is a charter member of the Grange, in the .workings of which he is prominent and greatly interested. John S. Kollar was married, February 18, 1875, to Allie M., daughter of George and Anna (Hobson) Miner, farmers by occupation, and members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They were natives of this state. The father died in February, 1890, at the age of seventy-six. His widow survives, and makes her home with J. W. Miner. She became the mother of one son and six daughters, all of whom were given good educations. To our subject and his wife there have been born two children, Minnie E. and Joseph Blaine. They are active members of the Methodist Church, and in the congregation near their home the former has been Steward and Deacon. Mr. Kollar devotes his time and attention to breeding Shorthorn cattle and Poland-China hogs, French sheep and Morgan horses. Out of seven entries in the horse department at the county fair in 1894, he took five first and two second premiums. JAMES McMAHON, whose biography we take pleasure in writing, is one of those worthy young men who take no active part in public life, but pursue the even tenor of their way in their chosen vocation, accumulating by thrift, energy and business ability not only the necessities of life, but the wherewithal to indulge in luxuries, should they feel so inclined. Mr. McMahon is a native of Pennsylvania, and was born in White Haven, November 15, 1864. His parents were Daniel and Bridget (McHaIe) McMahon, the former of whom was a native of County Clare, Ireland, and the latter of County Mayo, Ireland. They reared a family of seven children, of whom Patrick, the eldest, is living in Colorado; Mary J. married Patrick J. Hannon, and makes her home in Cambridge; Anthony is deceased, as are also Thomas, Delia and Ella. Our subject was the youngest but one of the household. Daniel McMahon resided for some time in Gouldsboro, Pa., which was named in honor of the millionaire, by whom he was employed in the tanneries. Everything went on smoothly for a time, but one of the stockholders finally became so hard a taskmaster that trouble ensued, the employes being banded against the officials of the company. Not being desirous of working any longer in that place, Mr. McMahon went to Wilkes Barre, and after a stay of a short time removed to White Haven, where our subject was born. He had no trouble in obtaining a position in the tanneries there and gave satisfaction to all concerned until leaving to come to this state. He at once located at Niles, and was the incumbent of the responsible position of agent and baggagemaster of the Atlantic & Great Western Railway until his decease. The original of this sketch was given only very limited advantages for gaining an education, as when quite young in life he began to make his own living. He has, however, been systematic in his course of reading, and is thoroughly informed upon all topics of general interest. In 1873, when a. lad of nine years, he went to Wilkes Barre, Pa., where he attended school until 1877. At that time he began working in the railroad shops, and continued until 1888, in which year we find him living in New Philadelphia. There he employed his time in the rolling-mill at that place, and April 17, 1890, made his advent into Cambridge and obtained a position with the Cambridge Iron and Steel Company, where he is still working. James McMahon was married, April 8, 1891, to Miss Laura B. Turner, the daughter of Milton and Henrietta (Urban) Turner, natives, respectively, of Guernsey Cbunty and Germany. She was born June 4, 1872, in Georgetown, near Cambridge, and was given a good education in the graded schools of her native place. In religious affairs our subject is a devout mem- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 425 ber of the Catholic Church, while his wife is a member of the Methodist Church. In politics he always casts a ballot in favor of Republican candidates. Socially he is a Mason of high standing, a member of Wilkes Barre (Pa.) Lodge No. 174, S. of P., and a member of the Association of Amalgamated Iron and Steel Workers, of Cambridge. FREDERICK HARTLINE is one of the shrewdest and most intelligent agriculturists of Franklin Township, Tuscarawas County, as is shown by the success which has attended his efforts. On the death of his father, Peter Hartline, which occurred when he was quite young, our subject was taken into the home of his maternal uncle, Fred C. Pfersich, who was appointed his guardian. This gentleman, realizing the advantage to be gained by an education, so arranged affairs that he was permitted to attend school longer than most of the farmer boys of that period. Being desirous of gaining a thorough knowledge of men and things, young Hartline made the best of his opportunities, and is to-day well read on all subjects of interest and importance. Peter Hartline was born in Germany, on the banks of the River Rhine. About 1804 he thought to better his condition, and, emigrating to the United States, made his way at once to this state and located in Tuscarawas County, where he engaged in farming to good advantage. He was one of the heroes of the War of 1812, serving his country faithfully and well during those trying times. The first land which he purchased in the county was a fifty-acre tract formerly owned by Conrad Reghart and Jacob Good. This was located on the banks of the Muskingum (now Tuscarawas) River, near Bolivar, and came into his possession in 1815. In 1885 or 1836 he sold his real estate near Bolivar and bought three hundred and ten acres of land on Sugar Creek, near Strasburg, seven miles west of Bolivar, where he moved April 1, 1836. At the time of his death he was the possessor of five hundred and twenty-five acres of land. He departed this life in March, 1837, greatly mourned by all who knew him. The father of our subject was twice married, his first union being with Miss Christena Palmer, April 6, 1817. To this marriage were born two children, Joseph and Clarissa, the former January 5, 1818, and Clarissa on the 26th of January, 1820. The second wife of Peter Hartline, who was the mother of our subject, in company with her sister Mary emigrated from the kingdom of Wurtemberg, Marbach, Germany, to the United States and to Tuscarawas County, Ohio, in the spring of 1825. The trip was made in a sailing-vessel, and they were seventy days on the ocean, as the vessel drifted out of its course and came near being shipwrecked upon a rock. The two sisters finally landed in Philadelphia some time in May, where they were met by their brother, Frederick C. Pfersich, who had been here for some ten years. He was engaged in a merchandising business near the mouth of Sandy Creek, on the banks of the Muskingum (Tuscarawas) River, at a place called Calcutta, his store being the first in the neighborhood far and near. He rode from here on horseback to the city of Philadelphia to meet his two sisters, and the three made the journey back here with one horse between them. July 3, 1827, Regina Pfersich was united in marriage with Peter Hartline by John Machen, a Justice of the Peace, and they became the parents of our subject. To the marriage of Peter and Regina Hartline were born three children. Of their two daughters, Caroline, who was born October 23, 1833, is now deceased. She married George Gnagy, by whom she had seven children, two now living. Margaret, the other daughter, died when five years old. The original of this sketch, the only son of the second marriage, was born May 7, 1828, and after leaving the household of his uncle, who died in Septem¬ber or October, 1841, he made his home with his mother until maturity. In 1852, the four heirs to the father's property, Frederick, Joseph, Clarissa and Caroline, divided the real estate among them, and Frederick purchased an interest in the es- 426 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. tate, which he farmed on his own account. His possessions then amounted to one hundred and fifty-five acres of valuable land, to which he has since added from time to time, until he is now the possessor of one of the finest farms in the county. The property included five hundred and forty acres until lately, when he sold a one-half interest in one hundred and sixty-two acres to his son Winfield. The farm is thoroughly cultivated and yields its owner a handsome income. Mr. Hartline was married, February 11, 1849, to Miss Lovina Fashbaugh, daughter of Jacob and Catherine (Mock) Fashbaugh. Both grandparents of this lady were among the very earliest settlers of this section, and were highly respected and prominent people of Lawrence Township. The union of our subject and wife resulted in the birth of nine children, all of whom are living with one exception. William H., the eldest, married Elizabeth, daughter of Jonathan Gerber, of this township. On her decease she left a daughter, also bearing the name of Elizabeth, who has been an inmate of our subject's family since infancy. This son married for his second wife Phebe Pinkstock, and to them has been given a family of four children, viz.: Victor, Porter, Rua and Walter. The family resides at Hartline's Mills, on Sugar Creek. The second member of our 'subject's household was Mary Alice, now deceased. She married Jonas Snyder, and on her death left three living children, Maximilian, Webster and Lillie, William Allen and Lulu having died previous to their mother's death. Winfield Hartline Was the second son, and for his history the reader is referred to his sketch, found elsewhere in this volume, Sarah Jane married Daniel W. Brenison, of Tuscarawas County, and they are now residents of Canton, this state, and their children bear the respect. i He names of Della. Latta, Roscoe and Lovie. John Franklin Hartline married Mary, daughter of Peter and Louisa Meyer, and their household included the following children: Louis (now deceased),. Otmer, Fred, Grace, Edith. and Nancy Regina, the wife of Louis Cooper, of Tuscarawas County, now of Wayne County, this state. Louis Cooper is a son of Michael Cooper and wife. Charles F. married Emma, daughter of George and Louisa Exline, and their children are named Ora and Myrtle. Susan became the wife of Louis Hartline, son of George and Catharine Hartline, of Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio, and their union has been blessed by the birth of three daughters, Maude, Ruby and Bessie. Jacob, the youngest of the household, who is at home with his parents,. married Minnie Shutt, daughter of Jacob and Emma Shutt, of Tuscarawas County, Ohio. In politics the subject of this sketch was a strong Republican until lately, but is now a member of the Grange. He has never acquired or held office in any official capacity, excepting as a member of the School Board, serving in that capacity for many years. There is a schoolhouse standing on a portion of his brother's estate, known as the Hartline School. JOHN S. BLACK, a leading young attorney of Cambridge, by close application to his profession is steadily moving forward to success and prosperity. He is very popular among his fellow-citizens, who elected him City Clerk in 1890. He is a Democrat in politics, and consequently, when placed by his party on the ticket as a candidate for the Mayoralty in 1892 was defeated, as the county and vicinity are well known to be Republican by an overwhelming majority. Born in Centre Township, Guernsey County, February 13, 1863, Mr. Black is a son of one of the old settlers and pioneers of that locality, James Black, who was born there on the 3d of March 1843, and in early manhood was a farmer. In 1864 he went to California. He passed his time in mining until his death, which occurred in Helena, Mont.. May 5, 1887. To himself and wife, Lncinda, nee English, were born two children, our subject and Margaret E., who is the wife of a Mr. Maudlin, of Tekamah, Neb. Mrs. Lucinda Black died in Delavan, Ill., October 28, 1873, when in her twenty-eighth year. Samuel, the father of James PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 427 Black, was a native of Ireland. He came to the United States in 1838, first locating in Baltimore, Md., but two years later brought his wife and four children to Guernsey County. He died on his farm in 1866. His eldest son, John, died in Nebraska, in October, 1892; William died in Cincinnati, in July, 1894; David is a farmer in this county; Samuel resides in Montana; Jane and Margaret were the daughters; and three children died in infancy. John S. Black, whose name heads this sketch, lived on the farm until he was twelve or thirteen years of age, when he came to make his home with his uncle, James Stewart, in Cambridge. He attended the local schools, and in 1881 graduated from the high school. During the vacations he clerked frequently in stores, and after completing his education taught school for three or four terms with success. Being desirous of adopting some profession, he entered the law office of J. B. Ferguson, and after a course of study was admitted to the Bar, in October, 1892, since which time he has been engaged in general practice. On the 9th of December; 1886, Mr. Black married Laura Moore, by whom he has one child living, Ellis. Mrs. Black is a daughter of Ellis P. and Elizabeth Moore, of Middlebourne, Guernsey County. The young couple are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and enjoy the esteem of a large circle of friends. Mr. Black possesses those sterling qualities of mind and heart that entitle him to the good-will and consideration of all who have the pleasure of his acquaintance JESSE D. BAKER, one of the native sons of Canal Dover, is also one of her most prominentand highly esteemed business men. Since he arrived at man's estate he has been en.: gaged in the banking business, as for about thirty years he has officiated in one capacity or another with the private bank of this city. In all public movements and measures which have been set on foot in the interest of the town or county, Mr. Baker has been among the first to materially assist, both by his influence and means. As a business man, he possesses sound principles, sterling integrity and superior executive ability. He has a large circle of true friends and acquaintances, who respect him for his many excellent qualities of head and heart. The father of J. D. Baker, a native of Pennsylvania, bore the Christian name of Philip. In 1816 he, with his father's family, started for Ohio by the wagon route, and while crossing the Pennsylvania mountains got lost in some manner; fortunately, however, he wore a red coat, which could be seen at a great distance, and this led to his recovery. For sixteen years he was engaged in the foundry business, and became thoroughly identified with the welfare of this township. For seventeen years he was engaged in the banking business in this city, and was long considered one of the substantial citizens of this place. His death occurred April 25, 1881. In Canal Dover he was married, about 1847, to Miss Harriet Elliott, and by their union four children were born. Jesse D. Baker was born in Canal Dover October 10, 1850, and received his elementary educational training in the public schools of this place. Going to Oberlin when seventeen years of age, he pursued a commercial course of study in a busincss college, and there laid the foundation for his future career of usefulness and success. The bank with which he has been so long connected was organized in July, 1867, and in 1890 was re-organized as a National Bank. Entering this institution first as a clerk, Mr. Baker later became bookkeeper, and then was made Cashier, in which capacity he is still serving. For several years he has been Treasurer of the Tuscarawas Agricultural Society, and in this, as well as in many other ways, has distinguished himself by the interest he takes in its growth and far-reaching capabilities for good. In politics Mr. Baker is affiliated with the Republican party, with which he has been identified since becoming a voter. The only fraternity to which he belongs is that of the Knights of Pythias. In New Philadelphia a ceremony was performed on the 29th of November, 1885, by which Sadie 428 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. N. Fox became the wife of our subject. Mrs. Baker is a lady of rare attainments and culture, and is a daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Crites) Fox, prominent citizens of New Philadelphia. Three children have been born to our subject and wife, namely: Adele Harriet, Donald C. and Jeanette. JONATHAN A. KACKLEY, M. D. The calling of a physician is perhaps the most trying on brain and body of any in the field of science, for it absorbs the attention of him who practices it conscientiously both day and night, and brings into play the most versatile powers of his being. From a boy Dr. Kackley desired to become a physician—his kindly nature turning instinctively to that broad field of aid to human suffering for his life work—and since devoting his attention to the healing art he has received a portion of his reward in this world, for he has the confidence, respect and esteem of his fellow-men, and the consciousness that he has driven sorrow and despair from many homes by his skill as a physician. Our subject was born February 18, 1857, in Buffalo Township, Noble County, Ohio. His grand-_ father, Jonathan Kackley, was a native of Virginia, and made his way to this state some time in the '30s. On his way hither he was stricken with typhoid fever, and died near Norwich. Some time after his decease his family came to Noble County, where they made their permanent home. Jonathan Russell Kackley, father of our subject, was also a native of the Old Dominion. He was born May 10, 1823, and came west with his family, and with them was among the earliest settlers of this section of the state. He was a carpenter and cabinet-maker by trade, following these occupations during the greater part of his active life. In his early life be owned the Point Pleasant mill, and shipped flour on rafts during high water to points along the Ohio River. The lady who became the mother of our subject was prior to her marriage known as Miss Rachel Gather, a native of Noble County. Her union resulted in the birth of six children, of whom Alex D. is deceased; Martha A. is now Mrs. Matthew W. Bay, and lives in Cambridge; Sarah E. became the wife of John Craig, who is dead, and she is now living near Claysville; Joseph W. is a resident of Point Pleasant, a blacksmith by profession; Jonathan A., of this sketch, was the next youngest; and James E. died in infancy. In politics the father was a Democrat, and served twenty-five years on that ticket as Justice of the Peace.. He was at one time candidate for the office of County Commissioner, and although defeated had the satisfaction of knowing that his popularity caused the Republican majority to be greatly diminished. His liberality in contributing toward all worthy movements and his generosity made him an influential citizen of the county. While working at his trade he received the contract to erect many of the public buildings of this section, among them being the County Infirmary barn of Noble County. During the late war, when Morgan with his men made a raid through Ohio, Mr. Kackley, Sr., was made Captain of a company formed to capture him. He was a member of the Lutheran Church, and in that denomination at this place held many official positions. He was Superintendent of the Sunday-school for many years, and his influence as a Christian worker may yet be felt among the members of that church. The original of this sketch was educated in the public schools of Noble County, and when only eighteen years of age was fully qualified to teach. This occupation he followed for the ensuing five or six years, in the mean time carrying on the study of medicine, it being his desire to follow that profession. In 1879 he entered the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and after completing the course of study there became a student in the Columbus Medical College in this state, from which he was graduated with honor in the spring of 1882. Immediately after receiving his diploma Dr. Kackley opened an office in Point Pleasant, and began the practice of his profession, and is to-day recognized as one of the leading physicians of the county. His practice extends over a large territory, and at times has been more than he could attend PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 429 to and do his patients justice. He was married, May 29. 1881, to Miss Mary R. Secrest, daughter of Jacob F. and Eliza (Shriner) Secrest, natives of Virginia. Mrs. Kackley was born in Point Pleasant, July 3, 1860, and is now the mother of four children, namely: Ellis D., born February 16, 1883; Owen R., April 18, 1888; Wilford E. and Wilbert (twins), born February 4, 1891. The last-named is deceased. In politics the Doctor is a Prohibitionist, and, like his father before him, is prominently connected with the Lutheran Church. PETER HERBERT. An excellent example of sturdy enterprise, thrifty habits and persistent industry, characteristic of so many of our farmers, may be found in the life of Mr. Herbert, who is one of the wealthy residents of Wheeling Township, Guernsey County. He owns one hundred and thirty-seven acres of valuable land, the improved condition and orderly appearance of which furnish good evidence of his intelligent conception of the details of his vocation and his progressive spirit in all that pertains thereto. Mr. Herbert, a native of Germany, was born May 30, 1834, to Conrad and Margaret A. Herbert, also natives of that country. The father was born August 12, 1782, and died April 15, 1869. His good wife, whose birth occurred January 3, 1792, departed this life January 22, 1862. Her husband had been married previously, and by his first wife had four children, three girls and one boy. Elizabeth stayed in Germany; Lizzie, Ann and Conrad came with their parents and our subject to America. The father and mother were married in their native land in 1833, and of their union our subject is the only child. He was about three years of age at the time the ocean voyage was undertaken which conveyed them to their new home in America. The parents first landed in Baltimore, Md., after a tedious journey of ten weeks, during which time the vessel was nearly lost. They remained in Baltimore but a short time, when they began the overland trip to this state, their destination being Zanesville. After a year's residence there they became residents of Wheeling Township. this county, where the father had purchased a small tract of land. This he increased as the years passed by and his means would allow, until at the time of his decease he was the possessor of a well cultivated estate of eighty acres. He became very prominent in the affairs of his township, being always willing to contribute his quota toward its advancement, and at the time of his decease the community lost one of its best citizens. The subject of this sketch, like other farmer boys, obtained his education in the schools of the district, and when sixteen years of age began to earn his own living. He, however, remained with his parents until their decease, when he sold the homestead, and with the money purchased the farm on which he is at present residing, but which at that time contained two hundred and twenty acres. In the year 1856 Mr. Herbert was married to Mary Gaumer, who was born in Coshocton County-, this state, April 27, 1840. She is a most estimable lady and the daughter of John and Magdalene Gaumer, the former of whom served in the War of 1812. To the latter couple were born the .following children: Chester, now a, retired farmer of this township, and at present living in Guernsey; John A., engaged is business in Iowa; Jacob R., also living retired in Plainfield, this state; Saloma, the .wife of Val Zimmer, who resides in Muskingum County, Ohio; Elizabeth, Hannah and Susan, deceased; and Mary, the wife of our subject. The father of this family, who was a son of Jacob and Catharine (Schowash) Gaumer, was born in Pennsylvania, April 13,1799, and died on his farm August 28, 1862. His parents were natives of Somerset County, Pa., and were farmers by occupation. Mrs. Gaumer, who was also a native of the Keystone State, was a daughter of Adam and Saloma (Swartz) Shirer, farmers, and was born May 20,1803. She was eighty-four years old at the time of her decease. She and her hus- 430 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. band were people widely known in Coshocton County, where the remaining years of their life were passed, and by means of their sterling worth and strict integrity won the confidence and high regard of all with whom they were brought in contact. Of the four sons and seven daughters born to our subject and his wife, the eldest, Chester, is deceased, as are also Mary A., Martha J., Saloma J. and Laura B. William is engaged in farming in Wheeling Township, this county; Eliza A. is at home; Jacob It is a well-to-do agriculturist of Tuscarawas County; Maggie is the wife of William Ailer, a farmer of Muskingum County; and Charles H. is under the parental roof. Mr. Herbert is a stanch Democrat, and boldly expresses himself without fear or favor. His first vote was cast for James Buchanan. He has been very popular in his community, and for over fifteen years was Treasurer of his township, and for a period of twenty years served acceptably as a member of the School Board. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he has been Steward and Trustee for the past twenty years. He has been a very hard worker, and his fine farm proves his industry. He and his pleasant and entertaining wife are members of the best circles of society in the county. WINFIELD HARTLINE. From the early history of Tuscarawas County the name of Hartline has been associated with its rise and progress. The father of our subject, whose sketch may be found elsewhere in this book, was one of its most prominent pioneers, and for many years has been active in developing its agricultural resources. His son, our subject, is distinguished not only as being one of its native born citizens, but for the part which he has taken in its advancement to the front as one of the richest and best improved farming regions in the state. The original of this sketch was born on the old homestead in Franklin Township, October 21, 1853. He was given a good education, and when only seventeen years of age taught school with good success. A year later his father gave him his time until reaching his majority, and he continued to teach, being employed six successive winters in the northwestern portion of the county. In 1876, however, having a decided taste for farm life, he began the cultivation of a good tract of land, and has followed this branch of work ever since, with the exception of six years, from 1886 to 1892, when he was engaged in the manufacture of stoves. The marriage of our subject with Miss Francina Wallick was celebrated July 25, 1875. The lady was the daughter of John and Susan (Mumaugh) Wallick, of Lawrence Township. Their union has resulted in the birth of one child, a son, Curtis, who was born February 9,1877. Our subject is very popular in his community, and, following in the footsteps of his honored father, is bound to meet with success in his labors. Mrs. Hartline departed this life in February, 1882. The year following her demise our subject took a trip to the Pacific Coast, going by way of the Southern Pacific Railroad to San Francisco. His object being to see the country, he took a slow train, and was two weeks in making the journey. While at Marysville, . Cal., he first saw the Westerners' method of harvesting, and having nothing else to do he went into the fields with the laborers and helped to garner the wheat from nearly-one thousand acres of land. From that place he went to Canyonsville, Ore., where he had further experience in the harvest fields and remained until September 17. He next visited the city of Portland, whence he returned to the Golden Gate, where he boarded a train over the Union Pacific Railroad bound for the East. At the expiration of the allotted time he arrived home, after spending six months in the West, and during that time seeing more of its wonders and beauties than most people see in a lifetime. In 1883 Mr. Hartline purchased the David Knappenberger Farm, consisting of one hundred and sixty-two acres, pleasantly located one mile south of Strasburg. On the 17th of April, 1883, he mar- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 431 ried for his second wife Miss Catherine, daughter of Jacob and Caroline (Leppla) Plingstag, old and. prominent residents of this locality. The three children of whom they became the parents are: James B., who died at the age of five years; Harry, a lad of six years; and Nettie. Mr. Hartline has recently purchased a portion of his father's farm, which is one of the richest and most productive in the Sugar Creek Valley. On it he has erected a handsome residence, together with the necessary barns and outbuildings, and made it one of the attractive spots in the landscape of the vicinity. The land is finely tilled, and underlying the rich soil are to be found fire-clay, coal and limestone. In religious matter our subject is a. sharer of the views of the great Martin Luther. Socially he is a Knight of Pythias, and has filled nearly all the chairs in that order. The Republican party finds in him one of its stanchest adherents and willing workers. He is a man of broad mind and enlightened views, of forcible character and fine business talents. He is warm hearted and generous, and uses his means for the good of the community. ELI HALL. The gentleman with whose name we introduce this sketch, and who is now deceased, witnessed and materially aided in the growth and development of Guernsey County, and more especially of Millwood Township. of which he was a native. He belonged to that class of old residents to whom so large a debt of gratitude is due from the present generation, owing, as it does, all the advantages for a more easy life and a higher degree of culture to the noble hearts who endured privation and hardship, and opened the way for civilization through trackless prairies. Mr. Hall was born June 7, 1819, and was the son of John and Phoebe (Webster) Hall. His education was very limited, being confined to the subscription schools of that early day. He lived in a double log cabin with his parents when a boy, and it was no unusual thing in the winter to awaken in the morning to find the snow had sifted through the shingles on the roof, and was scattered over the bedding. He helped to clear most of the land in the vicinity of his home, and was a hardy frontiersman. He endured patiently the hardships and privations of those early days in the Buckeye State, finding much to enjoy in those pioneer times, and was most of the time kept busy aiding in clearing and preparing the soil for cultivation. Working out often in the coldest days of winter, he, with his brother Thomas, frequently found it necessary to build a wood fire in order to thaw their dinner. Possessing a benevolent disposition, he was ever ready to help those in need and gave liberally of his means to every worthy cause. The marriage of Eli Hall and Priscilla, daughter of William and Rebecca (Outland) Thomas, was celebrated September 24, 1857. The parents were natives, respectively, of Georgia and North Carolina, whence they emigrated to Belmont County, this state, as early as 1805, and when young in years located with their parents near Barnesville, where they were married and spent the remaining years of their life. William Thomas was the son of Camm and Elizabeth Thomas, natives of Georgia, who came to this state in 1805. The grandfather of Mrs. Hall was the son of William and .Rebecca (Camm) Thomas, natives of Pennsylvania. William Thomas was a cousin of Anthony Wayne,. and it is supposed that his father was a native of Wales. Rebecca Camm was the daughter of Bartholomew and Margaret Copic, who in turn was the daughter of Thomas and Rebecca Minshall, the daughter of Thomas and Margaret Marshall, who came to America from England with William Penn's colony. Mrs. Rebecca Thomas, the mother of Mrs. Hall, was the daughter of William and Margaret (Peel) Outland, who emigrated from North Carolina to Belmont County, this state, about the year 1806. William Outland was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth (White) Outland, and his father, Thomas, came to the United States from his native Holland early in the eighteenth century. Margaret Peel was 432 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. the daughter of Robert and Margaret (Josie) Peel, of North Carolina, and a relative of Sir Robert Peel, of England. So far as is known, the ancestors of both the Hall and Thomas families have been Friends since the foundation of that religious sect. To our subject and his wife there were born four daughters, all of whom are at home with their mother, and bear the respective names of Hannah A., Elma M., IL Elvira and Margaret. They all have birthrights in the Friends' Society. Eli Hall departed this life August 1, 1891, and in his death the community lost one of its most valued and honored citizens. He followed farm pursuits during all his active years, and left to his family a good estate in Millwood Township. He was in early life a Whig, and cast his first vote for William Henry Harrison in 1840. After the organization of the Republican party, however, he joined its ranks, and was always interested in its success. He was never an aspirant for office, but performed well his part as a model American citizen. JOHN A. BUCHANAN, who is one of the leading attorneys in New Philadelphia, is a native of this state, and was born in Belmont County, March 9, 1852. He is the son of John T. and Anna (Anderson) Buchanan, also natives of Ohio. The former is a son of James Buchanan, who hailed from Pennsylvania and was of Scotch ancestry. The mother was the daughter of John Anderson, and her birth occurred in this state. John T. Buchanan followed the occupation of a farmer for many years, but is now living in Chicago. By his union with Miss Anderson he became the father of two children, the brother of our subject being Robert B., who also makes his home in Chicago. The subject of this sketch remained on the farm with his parents until a lad of twelve years, when the family removed to Fairview, Guernsey Coun ty. He was then given an opportunity to attend the academy in that place, and on completing his studies there began reading law under the instruction of William Barton. After passing a thorough examination in 1873, he was admitted to the Bar, and immediately opened an office and began the practice of his profession at Barnesville, which was located near his old home. Mr. Buchanan continued there about a year, when he removed to New Comerstown, this county, and there built up a good clientage. In the spring of 1881, however, we find him located in New Philadelphia, among whose professional men he takes a leading place. While living in New Comerstown our subject, in addition to his practice, started a paper called the New Comerstown Argos. This he considers& very successful venture, as the plant was all paid for, and netted him a good income. His career as an editor was cut short in 1877, when the office was destroyed by fire. Mr. Buchanan has always been an active politician, and in 1889 was nominated by the Democratic party for State Senator from the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Districts.. Being very popular, he was elected, and while in the Senate served as a member of the following committees: the Judiciary, Municipal, Corporations, Mines and' Mining, Revision of Laws (of which he was Chairman) and Industrial Schools. While a member of that body he introduced a bill providing for the election of Presidential Electors by congressional districts. Although this bill failed to pass the Legislature, a similar document was accepted by the Michigan Legislature, but was considered unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of that state. It was afterward taken to the United States Supreme Court and there sustained. This was the first introduction of a bill providing for the election of electors by that system. Mr. Buchanan was elected a member of the City. Council in 1888, serving until taking his seat in the Senate. He has been connected with many important cases, among them that of John J. Spearman vs. Mrs. Lizzie Ward, which was tried in Pittsburg, Pa. The case grew out of the fact that the defendant had failed in her business in Ohio and owned property in Pennsylvania, upon which the PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 433 creditors undertook to get judgment. .Mr. Buchanan took the ground that in case of a married woman the indebtedness was not a personal obligation, and did not follow Mrs. Ward to Pennsylvania and become a liability against the property situated in that state. The case involved a large amount of money, and was decided in behalf of Mrs. Ward. It was later carried to the Supreme Court by the plaintiff, and it sustained the decision of the Common Pleas. After the settlement of this case Mr. Buchanan was taken ill and for one year 'was not able to carry on the business. September 1, 1872, our subject was married to Miss Anna Barber, daughter of Matthew and Tabitha Barber. To them were born two daughters, Jessie and Ella. Mrs. Buchanan departed this life September 29, 1890, firm in the faith of the Presbyterian Church. In social affairs Mr. Buchanan is a Knight of Pythias. In 1893 he was again nominated by his party for re-election to the Senate, but was defeated on account of the failure of the judges of elections in a precinct of Coshocton County to make returns of the vote cast for State Senator. This. district gave McKinley one hundred and forty majority, and he ran one hundred and eighty-one ahead of his ticket. Mill Creek Township, the precinct in which the vote was not returned, gave our subject one hundred and seven votes and his opponent thirty-eight, and the latter was declared elected. Mr. Buchanan is Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Committee, also the county co-mittee. He is a sound lawyer and a good advocate, always commanding the respect of the Court and the attention of the jury. WILLIAM KALEY, proprietor of a fine meat-market in the city of Cambridge, has been engaged in this line of business since the fall of 1894. He has a well stocked establishment, complete in all its appointments, and from. the beginning his trade has constantly been on the increase, so that now he has an excellent patronage. He is courteous and fair in his dealings with all, and ranks among the successful business men of the city. A native of this state, our subject was born in Trumbull County, July 16, 1863. His parents were John and Ella (Kennedy) Kaley, natives of County Kilkenny and Tipperary, Ireland, respectively, the former of whom was born in 1820. They were greatly respected in the neighborhood in which they lived, and reared twelve children: Martin, a resident of Girard, this state; Michael, living in Newburg, Ohio; William, of this sketch; Ellen, the wife of Flori Gard; Julia, deceased. formerly Mrs. Patrick Coad; Katie, who married Thomas Loftes, and is also deceased; Agnes, residing in Mineral Ridge, this state; and Tracy, John, James and Edward, at home. John Kaley emigrated to the United States in 1841, and found his first employment working on the Alleghany Mountain Railroad, being in the employ of one company for four years. He then removed to New Castle, Pa., where he lived for five years, engaged as a teamster. His next move found him a resident of Niles, this state, where he hauled coal from Mineral Ridge to Niles, working his own teams. He made his home in that place for four years, when he removed to Mineral Ridge and became the owner of a farm. He still continues teaming in the winter time. Miss Ella Kennedy emigrated to America in the year 1844, and some years later was joined in marriage with the father of our subject. She was a most estimable lady, and active in all good works in the vicinity of her home. As before stated. William Kaley, our subject, was born in Trumbull County, this state, July 16, 1863. He was educated in the common schools of his district, and lived at home until nineteen years of age, but at the age of fifteen commenced working in the roiling-mills at Niles, Ohio. On leaving home he proceeded to New Philadelphia, and worked in the rolling-mills at that place, and when the rolling-mills at Cambridge started up in 1891 he Came to this city and engaged his services to the Cambridge Iron and Steel Company, continuing therein until the latter part of 1894, when he 434 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. started his present meat-market, engaging a skillful manager to run it. William Kaley, when ready to establish a home. of his own, was married, December 14, 1883, to Miss Nettie Ellis, a native of New Philadelphia, this state. Her parents were Johnson and Julia Ann (Hensel) Ellis. Her grandfather on the paternal side was a native of England, and her grandmother a native of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Kaley was given a fair education, and belongs to the Catholic Church, to which our subject also belongs, and is a regular attendant. In politics he is a supporter of Republican principles. EDWARD H. McGREW. For the past thirteen or fourteen years, this worthy old citizen of Tuscarawas County has been partially retired from active labors, and during this period has ,made his home in the village of Sandyville. For the main portion of his life he was identified with agricultural pursuits, and improved several good farms. Through his industry, economy and well directed efforts, he made a competence amply sufficient to provide the comforts and necessities of life for his remaining years. Nathan McGrew, the father of E. H., was born in Westmoreland County, Pa., and was one of five children who grew to mature years. Samuel is now deceased; Stephen died in Iowa; James passed away in Sandusky, Ohio; and Martha is still living. In 1804 Nathan McGrew came to this county, and settled in New Philadelphia. He served in the War of 1812 as an officer, and recruited a company of patriots. Up to the time of his death he was County Surveyor, an office he had held for several years, and also for a long period he was Justice of the Peace. His death occurred while he was yet in the prime of life, in Fairfield Township, January 12, 1834, at the age of forty-eight years. In politics he was a Whig. His widow survived him for about half a century, dying in Clay County, Ind., in the fall of 1883, aged eighty-four years. Her seven children are as follows: Martha, who became the wife of Sam M. Martin; Eliza; Edward H., our subject; Deborah, who became the wife of Alfred Davis; Sarah A., wife of Markus Dolls, now of Meeker County, Minn.; Nathan, whose home is in Iowa; and David, now of Sullivan County, Ind. The mother of these children was Mary, daughter of Edward and Sarah (McCluitice) Huston, natives of Ireland and Virginia, respectively. The father was one of the pioneers of this county, but died in the East. His calling in life was that of manufacturing mill burrs. Their two children were Mary and Eliza, the latter of whom married a Mr. Bears. After the death of her first husband, Mrs. Sarah Huston, became the wife of a Mr. Pritchard, and bore him two children: Jane, who became the wife of David Bacon; and Sarah, wife of George Howe. Mr. Pritchard was a leading farmer, and represented his county in the State Legislature. His death occurred in Jefferson County, and his widow then came to make her home in this locality, but died while visiting in Medina County, Ohio. Mrs. Mary McGrew was born in the eastern part of Pennsylvania or Virginia, and from the time she was eight years of age was an active Worker in the Methodist Episcopal Church. Her last years were spent with her daughter in Indiana, in whose home her death occurred. Edward H. McGrew was born near New Philadelphia, April 27, 1822. He obtained his education in the primitive log schoolhouse of that day, and worked for his mother on the farm until he was twenty-one years of age. For the next seven years he operated a homestead, after which he bought a farm for himself. This, his first purchase of land, comprised ninety acres, situated north of Zoar Station, and for this farm he paid at the rate of $23 per acre. After improving the place, he traded it for one hundred and forty-two acres west of Sandyville. In the spring of 1859 he removed to this homestead, which in time was increased to two hundred and fifty-six acres by purchase. He continued to dwell thereon for some twenty-two years, but finally, in the spring of 1881, came to reside in Sandyville. He received PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 435 $500 from his father's estate, but with this exception has had to make his own way in world by his individual efforts. In the spring of 1850 Mr. McGrew married Mary J. Bailey, who was born in Sandyville, January 4, 1831, and is a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Dickson) Bailey. The former was born January 8, 1806, and died in 1882. Mrs. Bailey, who was born January 17, 1806, died in March, 1885. They were the parents of nine children, five of whom were reared to manhood and womanhood, namely: James, John, Alfred, Mary J. and Martha. The father was a Whig, subsequently a Republican, and served as Justice of the Peace, and in lesser offices. His father, James Bailey, who came from Pennsylvania, was one of the early pioneers of this county, and a full account of his life may be found in the sketch of John D. Bailey, which appears elsewhere in this volume. Mr. and Mrs. McGrew have not been blessed with children of their own, but many years ago adopted a little girl, whom they cared for and loved as though she had been their own child. This lady, whose given name is Rose, is now the wife of Napoleon Shott. For forty-three years Mr. McGrew and wife have been members of the Lutheran Church, and for thirty-eight years of this period the former has been an Elder in the congregation. Fraternally he has been a Mason for twenty years. In all matters of political moment in his locality he takes an active part, and at all times manifests a patriotic spirit. JACOB R. LEBOLD. The old saying that "industry brings reward as surely as does virtue" is proven in the life of the gentleman whose name opens this sketch. Although given a start in life by his honored father, he has invested his means in such a manner as to bring him handsome profit, and is now considered one of the largest land-owners and a financial pillar 20 of Tuscarawas County. His possessions aggregate over eight hundred acres of as fine farming land as is to be found in this section, and the cultivation of his farm occupies the greater part of his time and attention. The original of this sketch was born at Bolivar, this county, August 18, 1847, and is the son of John and Catharine Lebold. The first mentioned was born October 28, 1816, in Wurtemberg, Germany, and was the seventh in order of birth of a family of nine children comprised in the household of Conrad and Hedwig Lebold. The emigration to America occurred when John was a lad of fourteen years, and he well remembered the long and tedious voyage of six months across the Atlantic. The family located in 1830 in Zoar, this state„ where the father worked at his trade as a cooper during his stay there of about eighteen months. At the end of that time, deciding to follow the life of an agriculturist, he purchased the land known as the Moser Farm, and, moving upon it, was engaged in its cultivation, at the same time working, off and on, at his trade. He was stricken with paralysis in 1860, and died when in the eighty-fourth year of his age. The mother preceded him to the better land by ten years, passing away at the age of seventy-four. According to the old German custom, the elder sons of the family were educated to follow the trade of their father, and consequently were coopers. George lived in Sandy Hook a number of years prior to his removal to Alton, Ill., where he worked at his trade. John Conrad, the second son, made his home in Zoar for seven years, after which he took up his abode in Seneca County, this state, where he entered land, and was engaged in its cultivation until his decease, in 1889, at the age of eighty-five years. Hedwig, the eldest daughter, married Jacob Shutz, of Massillon, Ohio, and after a residence there of a few years removed to Illinois. Mrs. Shutz on the death of her husband married a Mr. Hamtnel, and in 1852 they returned to Guernsey County and lived in Bolivar until her death, which occurred in 1891, aged eighty-five. Christiana Lebold became the wife of Martin Smeltz, and in 1835 removed to Seneca County, where she died in the year 1858. Jacob, the 436 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. third son and fifth child, also removed to the above county about the time his sister Christiana made the journey, and is now living in Attica. Barbara, now Mrs. Jacob Smeltz, makes her home in Williams County, this state. John, the father of our subject, remained under the parental roof, working for his father, until attaining his twenty-fifth year, when he started out to make his own way in the world, and married Miss Catharine Mayrer, a native of the Fatherland. The lady came to this country with her parents in 1841, and the year after was married to Mr. Lebold. The young couple began life with a very moderate amount of this world's goods, but possessing an unusual amount of energy and push, coupled with good judgment, they began to save at the start. Their first land consisted of one hundred and ten acres of the old homestead, for which our subject paid the other heirs $1,350, and in addition to this gave one-third of the grain cultivated to his father during the eighteen years that he lived. John Lebold added tract after tract to the old homestead, until the one hundred and ten acre farm was enlarged to six hundred acres. With this amount of land he was enabled to lay by each :ear a much larger sum of money, which he invested form time to time real estate, until he owned as much as three thousand acres in Tuscarawas County and the state of Missouri. Thus from a a moderate start in life in 1842, this honored couple with united efforts. amassed the handsome fortune of $150,000, besides giving each of their nine children a very generous start in life, either in a farm or cash. Mrs. Catharine Lebold died March 2, 1891, being greatly mourned by all who knew her. She was a loving wife, a kind and indulgent mother and an excellent neighbor. No person was ever turned hungry from her door, and she was ever ready at all times to help the needy.. In fact, to :meet her was to respect her; to know her was to love and adore her and revere her for her kindness and goodness of heart. Had she lived one year longer they would have celebrated their golden wedding. John Lebold survived his noble wife nearly three years, and in his death the county lost one of its most honored and valued citizens, one who had done much toward the upbuilding of his community and was active in all good works. He was a very peaceable and law-abiding man, which is evidenced by the fact that he never had more than two or three lawsuits in his life, and these were all on the defensive. He always acted upon his own judgment, and even in important business transactions would rather suffer a wrong than to have his actions questioned. He was liberal and honest in all his dealings with his fellow-man, and never asked anyone to do more for him than he would freely do himself. Mr. and Mrs. Lebold were members in excellent standing of the German Lutheran Church, with which they were connected for many year, and in their death the church lost two of its most active workers. In social affairs the former was an Odd Fellow of good standing and vas also a prominent Mason. Although in no sense of the term an office-seeker, he was at various times called upon to fill positions of trust and in each and every instance discharged the duties of the same with charactetistic fidelity and satisfaction to all concerned. Jacob R. Lebold received a good common-school education. and two years after attaining his majority was married and began life for himself. He rented the old homestead for one year, and in the spring of 1871 located on the tract where he now resides. This embraces four hundred and ninety-four acres finely improved with substantial buildings and stocked with the best breeds of and cattle. Mr. Lebold also owns another tine farm of three hundred and sixty acres in Sandy Township. In addition to operating his home place he ha; since 1861 been more or less engaged in running sawmill. His stock always takes the first premiums at the various fairs at which they are exhibited. Our subject is very prominent in public affairs and is now serving his sixth term as Trustee of the township and is also one of the Directors of the infirmary. In politics he is a stanch Democrat and takes great interest in the success of his party. He was married, December 7, 1869, to Mary Mohart, who was born in this county and is the daugb- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 437 ter of Jacob and Mary Mohan, natives of Germany, whence they emigrated to the United States in an early day. Of the seven children born to Mr. and Mrs. Jacob R. Lebold, six are living: Amelia, John W., Jacob R., Henry, Charles and Florence. Katie is deceased. The parents are members in good standing of the Lutheran Church and are highly honored and respected in the community in which they reside. O. F. LOWRY, M. D., of Lore City, is a prominent practitioner of Guernsey County, and is a descendant of one of its pioneer families. Immediately after his graduation from Starling Medical College, at Columbus, this state, he settled here, and since that time he has been engaged in practice. For the past two years he has been surgeon for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company at this point, and has built up a lucrative practice in this section. The ancestors of the Doctor were natives of Ireland, and located in Ohio at an early day. Elijah Lowry, the great-grandfather of Dr. 0. F. Lowry, as the record shows, was eighty-two years of age at the time of his death, which occurred on the 4th of August, 1842. His wife, whose maiden name was Elizabeth A. Mills, was a native of Pennsylvania, and their marriage was celebrated in that state. To them were born three sons and two daughters, James, John, William, Elizabeth and Margaret. William Lowry, our subject's grandfather, who was born on the 1st of September, 1806, in the Keystone State, died March 18, 1872, on his farm south of this city. His boyhood was passed on his father's homestead, which is now in the possession of Emerson. B. Lowry. October 22, 1835, William Lowry married Nancy St. Clair, who was born in Belmont County, Ohio, September 25, 1813. Soon after their marriage he young couple settled on a farm a mile south of Lore City, where they passed the remainder of their days. A log house was later replaced by a substantial frame structure, and many other important improvements followed. The original farm comprised one hundred and twenty-seven acres, to which was subsequently added a tract of seventy-five acres. William Lowry died March 18, 1873, aged sixty-five years. For many years he had been a consistent member of the Lutheran Church, and his piety and many amiable qualities won for him the confidence and esteem of his fellow-citizens. His worthy companion and helpmate is still living, and is now nearly eighty-two years of age. She is a daughter of William and Alice (Smith) St. Clair, who were natives of Loudoun County, Va. The father located in Ohio before its settlement by white people, and on his various business pilgrimages made more than thirty trips across the Alleghany Mountains, and also made two trips to New Orleans on flatboats, when it took six mouths to make the round trip. His father, James, a man possessed of considerable wealth, bought for each of his four sons and five daughters a quarter-section of land in Ohio. The following account of William St. Clair's life appeared in a newspaper after his demise: " William St. Clair died March 13, 1871, at his residence one mile west of Salesville, Guernsey County, in the ninety-second year of his age. He was one of the earliest pioneer settlers of eastern Ohio, and was born in Loudoun County, Va., May 24, 1779, of Quaker parents. He was married, in the spring of 1801, to Miss Alice Smith, whose parents were also Quakers, and residents of Loudoun County. In 1803 Mr. St. Clair, with his wife and one child and household effects, packed in a four-horse wagon, crossed the mountains and settled in Belmont County, Ohio. His father had previously entered section 34, now on the west side of Richland Township. Mr. St. Clair located on the southeast quarter of that section, and put up the large stone house there about 1807. About 1801 he built a gristmill with an overshot wheel. This was probably the first water-mill erected in Belmont County. While a resident of that county he served six terms as Justice of the Peace, and was once elected to the Legislature, 438 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. but was beaten after taking his seat by his opponent and at the next election was again beaten, by one vote. During the War of 1812 he was Captain of a company of volunteers. In 1836 he erected a large gristmill near his residence, which contributed largely to the settlement and prosperity of the country around it. Before his death some ten or twelve years, he divided his wealth among his children and prepared for death. He voted at every Presidential election, except those at which Washington was elected. He and his. wife, who died about ten years before him, lived happily together for sixty years. At the time of his demise he was the progenitor of one hundred and thirty-three persons. He retained the full use of his mental powers to the moment of his death." To William and Nancy Lowry the following children were born: St. Clair Milton, who died in childhood; Newton, who is unmarried, and with his mother occupies the homestead; Smith T., who was born August 11„ 1844, and died April 1, 1887; John William, who married Lucinda Linn, and died in May, 1892; Emily C., wife of John C. Rose, of Senecaville; and Orlando. Dr. Smith T. Lowry obtained a common-school education, and in 1864 went to Oberlin College, where he learned telegraphy, and graduated. with the first honors of his class. In April, 1865, he was employed at Spencer's Station to take charge of the telegraph office and store at a large salary. For six years he continued in this capacity, but in November, 1871, was thrown from a horse, receiving injuries which resulted in paralysis of the lower fimbs. Studying medical works relative to his own case, he became much interested in the science and became quite an authority. His neighbors frequently consulted him, and on account of friendship he began prescribing for simple cases of disease. In time he worked into a large practice, and went to Starling Medical College for more thorough training. After graduating in 1878, he began regular practice, and was very successful. As a student he was zealous and unwearied, all his spare time being passed in the perusal of his numerous and valuable books. Although partially crippled, a man being required to move him from place to place, he was. full of energy, and drove out day and night in all kinds of weather, to the rich and poor alike. In 1864 he became identified with the Presbyterian Church and died in that faith. Dr. O. F. Lowry was born March 15, 1856. He received a common-school education, and when seventeen years of age began teaching, an occupation he followed for ten years with success. He continued his studies during this period, and then entered the Ohio State University at Athens. In the fall of 1887 he took up a course of medical lectures at Starling College, from which he graduated in the spring of 1889. During the few years which have since elapsed he has built up a good local reputation, and ranks high among his professional brethren. Socially he belongs to Eureka Lodge of Masons, of Washington, in which he has filled all the chairs, and is also a member of Cambridge Chapter. In politics he is a Republican. Dr. Lowry married Miss Mary, daughtcr of John and Sarah (Williams) Doyle. At one time John Doyle was the owner of the land upon which the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition was held. To Dr. Lowry and wire have been born four children, namely: Maud D., Ray S., Hayden St. Clair and Hazel Deane. For a number of years Mr. and Mrs. Lowry have been active workers in the Methodist Episcopal Church. MRS. MARY (PATTERSON) ARMSTRONG. The venerable lady whose honored name introduces this sketch is one of whom the biographer esteems it a privilege to write. A woman who has trod the pathway of life for eighty-five years with the bravery of true courage, in the face of trial, tribulation and hardship, and who has shown the devotion to right, and the beautiful traits of Christian character which have distinguished Mrs. Armstrong, deserves PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 439 more extended praise than the feeble pen of the writer can indite. Mary Patterson was born in Fayette County, Pa., April 2, 1810, and was the daughter of Jeremiah and Mary (McFarland) Patterson, the former of whom was born July 20, 1776, in Bedford County, Pa. He was a farmer by occupation, and was the son of William and Jane (Morrow) Patterson. William died, aged ninety-six years, in 1847; and his wife, whose birth occurred in York County, Pa., died many years previous. Jeremiah Patterson had two uncles who served as soldiers in the Revolutionary War, one of whom was taken prisoner, and died from the effect of poisoned food. The mother of Mrs. Armstrong was torn in Franklin County, Pa., August 20, 1775, and was married in March, 1809. They at once moved to Fayette County, and lived on a farm there until their daughter Mary was twenty-six years of age. In 1836 we find them en route for Ohio, where they located near New Concord. James M. Patterson, a brother of Mrs. Armstrong, was born August 3, 1816, and was married to Jane McCreary. They have a family of six children, and live on the old Patterson homestead in West-land Township, Guernsey County. Their children are .Jeremiah, Mary Agnes, Alexander, John A., Albert and Alice IL .John Patterson, another brother of Mrs. Armstrong, was born July 5, 1819, and married Eliza Glenn, in September, 1842. Soon after the late war they moved to Salem, Ore., and the only member of their family now living is a son, J. Morrow, Cashier of the bank at The Dalles, Ore. Angelina Patterson was born about the year 1852, and was married to Thomas King, of Salem, Ore. She departed this life in 1891, leaving a family of five sons. Elizabeth, born in 1858, became the wife of George Brown, and departed this life in Spokane Falls, Wash., in 1891. She left a son, who makes his home with his father in Portland, Ore. The Armstrongs were among the earliest settlers of this section, and had for their neighbors in that early day a family by the name of Allen, and another known as Lynn. Our subject is now one of the oldest living residents of Guernsey County, and notwithstanding her age has a bright memory, and can give accounts of events and experiences which have escaped those much younger. She is still in the possession of all her faculties and enjoys life, taking an interest in the welfare of those around her as if she were but beginning life, instead of having climbed almost to the summit. So universally esteemed is she, and so well known, that these few lines will find many interested readers. Mrs. Armstrong is the mother of two sons, with one of whom, J. P., she makes her home. Jeremiah, born February 28, 1850, married Agnes McConnell, who died, leaving one child. He was married, in 1884, to Miss Anice Allender, and to them have been born four children. A sketch of J. P. will appear elsewhere in this book.   THOMAS OSBORN. It is a pleasure to the biographer to head this sketch with the name of the man who is Mayor of Mineral Point, and who is in every sense worthy of the distinction afforded him by honorable mention among the distinguished citizens of the county. He is a native of England, having been born in Cornwall, March 2, 1846, to William and Susan (Smale) Osborn. Grandfather Thomas Osborn was also a native of England, and was born in Cornwall. He was a miner by occupation, and passed his entire life in his native isle, dying when in the seventy-sixth Year of his age. His wife bore him sixteen children, three sons and thirteen daughters, all of whom lived to mature years and became heads of families. Richard, who was the only member of the household to come to the United States, was killed in a mine in California in 1863. He left a wife and six children in England. William Osborn followed the occupation in which his father was engaged, and in 1867, when sixty-two years of age, departed this life. He was twice married. His first wife bore him a son and daughter, and his second union, which was celebrated with Susan Smale, resulted in the birth of three    440 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. children: Richard,. Thomas and Eliza J. The elder son came to the United States in 1869, and died in March, 1890. He became the father of five children by two marriages. Eliza J. died in England. Mrs. Osborn crossed the Atlantic for the New World in 1872. She was a daughter of Thomas Smale, a farmer by occupation in England, and departed this life in February, 1888, in Mineral Point. He whose name heads this sketch received but limited opportunity for gaining an education, for when a lad of ten years he was compelled to make his own living, and began working in the copper Mines. He was very industrious and economical, and when nineteen years of age had his time given him, and added to his savings the money earned by working in the mines. In November, 1865, desirous of seeing something of America, and thinking it the place to better his financial condition, young Osborn embarked on a vessel which landed him in New York Harbor thirteen days later. He made his way from the metropolis to Northumberland County, Pa., where he obtained work, and the following spring worked his way West. In the winter of 1866-67 he located in Canton. this state, where he followed mining for about two years, when he sent a pass for his brother Richard to tome to America. His next move brought him to Sandyville, where he married, and whence he went to New Philadelphia. Remaining in that city only short time, we find him in April; 1870, living in Mineral Point, which has been his abiding-place since, during which time he has been engaged. Mineing, in the employ of Charles Edwards. Holden, with the exception of twenty months, when he was engaged in the hotel business in Mineral Point. In the year 1872 he sent for his mother and niece, who was two years old, and adopted her. In 1876 he sold his home and went to California, nut caret back in eight weeks "broke," and started In 1885 he again left home. this time going to Missouri to embark in a coal speculation, which also failed. Always active in all measures for the good of the community, Mr. Osborn has rendered his fellow-citizens great assistance in municipal affairs. For thirteen years he has been Superintendent and mine boss for C. E. Holden, and for two terms was Councilman. In April, 1893, he was brought prominently forward as a candidate for the position of Mayor, and was elected by a handsome majority. The same year he was chosen Justice of the Peace, the duties of which office he discharges with characteristic fidelity, and to the satisfaction of all. Formerly a Democrat, he is now identified with the People's party. His principles are those of a true American, and he believes that every man should vote according to his own convictions. He is a man of genial and kindly disposition, one whose friendship is sought, and with whom an acquaintance always develops into a kindlier feeling. Socially he is a prominent Odd Fellow, and belongs to the Knights of Pythias. Mr. Osborn was married, September 29, 1869, to Miss Lucinda Stoody, a native of. this county, and the daughter of George and Mary (Walters) Stoody, natives, respectively, of Pennsylvania and Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Osborn have had no children of their own, but have reared an adopted daughter of Mr. Osborn's sister, and four of his brother Richard's children, since his death, have made their home with them. His wife is a member in excellent standing in the Lutheran Church. he landed in this country with but fifty cents ip his pocket. and the position which he has attained among his fellows is worthy of emulation, and we therefore are pleased to present to our readers this record of his well spent life. JAMES TAYLOR. An excellent example of sturdy enterprise, thrifty habits and persistent industry characteristic of so many of the pioneer farmers may be found in the life of Mr. Taylor, who is now, at the advanced age of ninety-two years, living in Washington Township. The original of this sketch was born in Hampshire County, Pa., March 9, 1802, and is the son of Thomas Taylor of Revolutionary fame. The latter was a native of London, England, and was born in 1743. The maiden name of our subject's mother was Magdalena Supple. She, too, was a PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 441 native of the Keystone State, and was born in Philadelphia. She was ninety-five years of age when she departed this life. Thomas had received a fair education in his native land, and after espousing the cause of the Colonists continued to make his home in America until his decease. The venerable gentleman whose name heads this sketch received only a limited education in the schools of long ago, but being ambitious to become thoroughly informed on all subjects of importance, choose good books to read, and by observing closely what was passing around him gained much useful knowledge. He was trained to farm pursuits in a systematic manner, and when ready to establish a home of his own was capable of managing a farm to good advantage. WESLEY EMERSON is one of the worthy citizens and enterprising agriculturists of Dover Township, but has not been actively engaged in farming for the past six years, his son having assumed the management of the homestead at that time. Our subject was elected County Commissioner in 1888, and acceptably discharged the duties pertaining to that office during two terms, being re-elected in 1891. For a little more than sixty-four years he has been a resident of Tuscarawas County, and has watched its growth and development almost from its infancy. A native of Paterson, N. J., Mr. Emerson was born November 12, 1829, being one of nine children comprised in the household of John and Isabel (Thornton) Emerson. The latter were na tives of County Down, Ireland, in the northern part of that island. The father sprang from the same stock as did Ralph Waldo Emerson. He followed the occupation of farming, and emigrated to America in 1818. His first settlement was in the East, where he remained for some years, and afterward, with his wife and family, became a resident of this county, about 1830. He purchased one hundred and twenty-five acres of land in Dover Township, the place which is now in the possession of our subject. At the time of its purchase the land was covered with timber and brush, and had no improvements upon it. With energy the proprietor set to work to clear and get the land into a state of cultivation. He did not live long after achieving this result, for his death occurred in 1837. His wife, who survived him for over four decades, died in 1884. Their children were as follows: William R., a farmer near Butler, DeKalb County, Ind.; John M., deceased; Jane, who was the widow of J. Rosenberry, of Rosemond, Ill., and died in November, 1894; Isabel, a milliner at Canal Dover; Henry, who died in infancy; James H., of Hamilton, Ill.; Wesley, the next-born; Nettie E., widow of James Gimlin, of Rosemond, Ill.; and Margaret L., wife of H, Eichelberger, of Graham, Tex., who owns a cattle ranch in that vicinity. The educational advantages of Wesley Emerson and his brothers and sisters were of the most primitive order, for the rude and unsystematic teaching of that day was also of a very intermittent character. The boy worked on farms during the summer, and for a few months in the winter attended school. His father died when he was only eight years old, and the farm was willed to James H. and Wesley. The latter, however, could not come into possession of his share until he had reached his majority; but in his twenty-first year he bought out his brother James' interest, and took care of his mother until her death. April 24, 1855, Mr. Emerson was married to Miss Harriet, daughter of James DeLaney. She was born in Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pa., April 12, 1833. The union of our subject and wife has been blessed with three children, two sons and a daughter. John W., who operates the old homestead, is married and has had three children, Ralph W., Harriet (deceased), and Wesley J. William E., the elder son, died in 1859; and Nina B. is the wife of William Martin, of Homestead, Pa. Her husband is assistant to the Chief Shipping Clerk in Carnegie's works. Mr. and Mrs. Martin have five children: Wesley Emerson, Harriet Ethel, Verna, Martha Irene and Roy Kernohan. Politi- 442 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. sally Mr. Emerson affiliates with the Democratic party. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and takes much interest in its various departments of work and usefulness. KIRKWOOD ARNOLD. Among the influential citizens and well-to-do agriculturists of Tuscarawas County is this gentleman, who owns a fine homestead near New Philadelphia, in Goshen Township. He has always donated freely of his means, and in other potent ways, toward the upbuilding of schools, churches and various enterprises benefiting the county.y The parents of our subject were George and Nancy (Neel) Arnold, both natives of Jefferson County. Ohio. George Arnold was born in 1818, and his wife, Nancy, in June, 1822. They were united, in marriage March 17, 1838, in Jefferson County, and soon thereafter went to Indiana. In that state Mr. Arnold conducted a farm for two years, and then came to this county. For two or three years subsequently he operated a farm in Union Township, and then bought a place of fifty acres in Goshen Township. As year passed he added to his home farm, until there were two hundred and thirteen acres within its boundaries. The father continued to make his abode on this homestead until he was summoned by the Death Angel, July 24, 1888. His wife died December 31. 1892. They were the parents of three sons and four daughters. as follows: Martha J., deceased; John, of New Philadelphia; .Jasper C., deceased; Adeline, Mrs. O. C. Junkins, of New Philadelphia; Kirkwood, our subject; Caroline, wife of George Craig, whose home is in New Philadelphia; and Eizire, who is unmarried and lives at home. George Arnold served acceptably for many years as Township Trustee. and was also School Director for many years. In politics he was a supporter of the Democratic party. Kirkwood Arnold was born January 14, 1852, and his boyhood passed uneventfully under the parental roof. He continued to live on the old homestead until twenty-six years of age, when he moved to the Valentine Wills Farm of two hundred and eighty-five acres, which place he rented for five years. At the end of that time it seemed best that he should return to the old homestead and assist in its management. He then assumed the control and care of the place during the remainder of his father's lifetime. His present farm comprises two hundred and thirteen acres, and in addition to this his wife has a half-interest in a tract of one hundred and thirty-five acres, situated near Canal Dover, in this township. Both of these farms are highly cultivated, and if placed on the market would readily command advanced prices. In 1876 Mr. Arnold married Miss Mary C. Wills, who was born in Tuscarawas County, June 28, 1850, being one of the seven children of Valentine and Jerusha (Everett) Wills. Two sons and three daughters have blessed their union, as follows: Daisy F.; Carrie, who died in infancy; Valentine A., George E. and Nellie May. It has been the ambition of our subject to give his children superior educational advantages, and as they were all naturally very intelligent and apt students, they have all won honors in that direction. The father has been .School Director for the past eight years. Mr. Arnold has always preferred to devote himself strictly to his own business affairs, and has, therefore, never been desirous of accepting any public office. He is, however. prompt in the discharge of the duties devolving upon him as a citizen, and in his political faith is a Democrat. JACOB UHRICH, formerly a prominent citizen of Rush Township, Tuscarawas County, was a native of Uhrichsville, and was born October 8, 1820, and died in Rush Township in March, 1895. He was the son of Jacob and Anna Maria (DeMuth) Uhrich, also natives of the Buckeye State. The father made his advent into this county in the year 1804, and, with his father PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 443 and brothers, entered about fifteen thousand acres of Government land, a portion of which is now occupied by the beautiful little village of Uhrichsville. Grandfather Michael Uhrich emigrated to America in 1802, making his way immediately to Tuscarawas County. The state of Ohio was at that time a wild, unbroken territory, and this early pioneer went to work with a will, soon clearing a number of acres and erecting a good substantial log cabin, in which he spent many happy years with his good wife. It was here that Michael Uhrich and his sturdy sons cleared the forests, tilled the primeval soil, and earned an honest living by the sweat of their brow. Later, when the country became more thickly settled, he, with his son Jacob, erected the first gristmill in this part of the state. He continued to operate the mill in connection with his farm until his decease. To the parents of our subject were born nine children, viz.: George, who died in his youth; Rosanna, also deceased; Benjamin, now a resident of Maryville, Mo.; Mary, deceased; Jacob, of this sketch; Susan, deceased ; Nancy, the wife of Joseph Waller, a farmer of Mill Township; and Joseph and Caroline, both deceased. The educational advantages afforded the sons of pioneers were very meager, but the children of this family were permitted to attend the subscription school taught in their district, where they became thoroughly familiar with reading, writing, spelling and the "rule of three" in arithmetic. Jacob Uhrich, sr., was widely known and highly respected in Tuscarawas County, and his death, which occurred in 1817, when in his sixty-seventh year, was a loss felt not alone by his family, but by the entire community. Our subject was reared on a farm, and assisted his father in the various duties of that vocation, and at the same time learned the miller's trade. He was what may be termed a self-educated man. Of course he attended the district school in his boyhood, but after performing his duties as farmer and miller found very little time left to devote to his studies. Being apt and desirous of being well informed, however, he made good use of the books in his possession, and was as well posted as the majority of men in his locality. After the death of his father he came into possession of the Mill Township farm, which he operated until 1851, when he took charge of the mill, managing it successfully for three years. At the end of that time he moved to his late place of residence, which is one of the most comfortable in this section of the county. On the 19th of March, 1845, Mr. Uhrich and Miss Rosanna Knouse were united in marriage. She was born February 12, 1826. Four children were born to them. Joseph, who married Marcella Berkshire, resides with our subject; Mary L., now the wife of John E. Dickerson, makes her home in Urbana, Kan.; Emma is deceased; and Alice is engaged in teaching in the public schools. Mr. Uhrich was a Republican in politics, and cast his first Presidential vote, many years prior to the formation of that body, for William Henry Harrison. In his religious connections he was an ardent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. HIRAM WILLIAMS one of the leading agriculturists and stockmen of Fairfield Township, is a native of Tuscarawas County and well known as the son of an old pioneer. The prosperity of a place depends in such a great measure upon the business men who reside there, that a sketch of a prominent man is at ail times an agreeable thing to read, especially when he has won success in his chosen line of work. Our subject was born on the farm where he is at present residing, July 15, 1827. His parents were Thomas and Drusilla (Jennings) Williams, early settlers and highly esteemed residents of this section during their life. Grandfather Abel Williams came to this county from Greene County, Pa., and located in Warren Township, where he entered a quarter-section, which he improved and made his home until his decease, in 1844. He was a Whig in politics and greatly interested in public affairs 444 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. of his section. He was a thorough Christian, and a devoted member of the Close Communion Baptist Church. His wife, Sarah Williams, survived him many years. They reared a family of six sons and two daughters, namely: Thomas; Benjamin and Levi, who were twins; Silas, John, Moses, Betsey and Sarah. The daughters are both deceased. Benjamin was accidentally killed by a horse in Allen County, this state. The three eldest sons served in the War of 1812. They all became heads of families and are deceased, with the exception of Moses, who is now ninety-two years of age. The father of our subject was born in Greene County, Pa., and at the time of his parents' removal to this state accompanied them hither. He, too, was a farmer, and his first purchase was one hundred and sixty acres, which arc now owned and occupied by Hiram. He later entered eighty acres more, which he partially cleared. He was exceedingly prosperous in all his ventures in the Buckeye State, and at one time he was the possessor of over six hundred acres of excellent land, the greater part of which he afterwards sold. Prior to the organization of the Republican party he voted the Whig ticket. he was prominent in all public affairs, and for some time was one of the Directors of the Poor House. An incident which happened during this time is rather curious. He was appointed to go to Zoar to buy some apple trees to be set out on the Poor House farm. While there he also bought a small lot for himself. On looking them over, he found one tree in the lot intended for the Poor House farm which had been injured by mice. Fearful that it would not grow, he exchanged it and substituted one from the lot he intended for himself. Our subject helped him plant it, and, to give it a little extra start, put a quart of oats around its roots. It grew and thrived and is standing to-day, fifty years since it was set out. He was one of the organizers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with which denomination he was connected for many years. He departed this life in 1864, at the age of eighty-three years. His wife survived him until January, 1881, when she passed away, being in her eighty-sixth year. She was born in Fairfield Township, near Zoar Sta tion, and became the mother of nine children, of whom four sons and two daughters lived to mature years. Abel died in Clay County, Ill.; Sarah is the wife of James McCrery; Grace is single; Hiram, of this sketch, was the next-born; Wesley is in California; and Lemuel resides near Somerdale, Ohio. When the parents came to this farm all their household effects were conveyed on a sled, and the suffering and privations which they endured in those days are hard to describe. Mrs. Drusilla Williams was the daughter of Gideon Jennings, who made his advent into Tuscarawas County about 1790 or 1795. He entered land . from the Government and improved about three hundred acres, which he later adorned with a substantial residence and all necessary outbuildings. his family comprised the following-named children: James, Aaron, John, William, David, Gideon, Drusilla and Mary. Mr. Jennings was a very powerful and resolute man, and had great influence over the Indians, who infested the country in that day. The redmen would often visit his home in the winter time; and walking in take possession of the fireplace until they had warmed themselves and were ready to go. He and his wife were charter members of the• Methodist Episcopal Church, in the work of which they were very active and prominent. In politics he was a Whig. Hiram, of this sketch, although an intelligent and well informed man, has gained the greater part of his knowledge by reading and observation, as he never was permitted to attend school but three months in a year, going about one-third of the time. The log cabin in which his studies were conducted was a very rude structure; the furnishings were of a most primitive character, and very unlike the temple of learning in which the youth of the present day are educated. On attaining his majority our subject began to make his own way in the world, and three years later married and established a home of his own. Ire at once located on one hundred and sixty acres of land which he had purchased from his father, paying for the tract $2,500. This he lived upon and improved until the death of his father, when he bought the old homestead and moved upon it. Mr. Williams is very progressive and is awake to PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 445 all the latest methods of cultivating his land, and has developed the estate until it is one of the most productive in the county. Since the place has come into his possession he has erected a large, fine residence, modern in architectural design and tastefully furnished. For the past five years he has devoted almost his entire attention to the breeding of Holstein cattle. His animals are very fine, and the last three years he has taken the premium at the county fairs where they have been exhibited. Mr. Williams has given his eldest son the original homestead, and sold ten acres to a coal company. The latter is now the site of Somerdale. December 31, 1850, the subject of this sketch was married to Miss Cynthia M. Dixon, who was born in Sandyville, Ohio, on.the 13th of January 1832. She is the daughter of Daniel and Jane (Boon) Dixon, and on the paternal side of the house is of Scotch descent. Her father was an early settler in this county, carrying on the combined occupations of merchant, farmer and blacksmith. The mother of Mrs. Williams came to this state from Washington County, Pa., with her parents in 1822. She was a Presbyterian in religion, while her husband belonged to the Methodist Episcopal denominatien. The latter was born in October, 1804, and his good wife's birth occurred in October,.1812. They became the parents of eleven children, nine of whom lived to attain their majority. Cynthia is the eldest; then -came Robert, living in Denver, Colo.; William, a minister of the Methodist Church, served as Captain of Company E, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Ohio Infantry; Lizzie J. is deceased; John H. was a soldier of the Sixtieth Indiana Regiment; James M. is living in Somerdale; Abner was a vetcran of the Civil War, as was also Daniel, now deceased; and Mary L. is the wife of Rev. Jefferson Williams. Mr. and Mrs. Williams have had born to them five children, but two sons died in infancy. Alden I.. B. received a good education, and was married to Catherine Rippel; Jane A. is the wife of Rev. Ephraim E. Sparks; Hiram P. married Alice M. babe, and is now attending Mt. Union College, preparing for the ministry. Mrs. Williams bias been a member of the Methodist Church since childhood, and our subject joined that denomina tion over thirty years ago. He is active in church work, and has been Steward for some time. They have many warm personal friends in the community, and command the respect and confidence of all who have the honor of their acquaintance.   DANIEL HAAS. Tuscarawas County furnished its quota of noble men to the rank and file of the Union army, among whom our subject occupied an honorable place. He is now residing in Shanesviile, in which town he is held in the highest possible esteem, and has the confidence of all who know him. Mr. Haas is a native of this county, having been born in Franklin Township, December 11, 1841. His father, I. A. Haas, was born across the waters. in Rhonsweiler, Bavaria, January 1, 1800. He spent the first thirty-two years of his life in his native land, where he was given a good education in the model schools of that country. Determining to see what fortune awaited him in the New World, he embarked on a sailing-vessel in June, 1832, and after a very tedious voyage was landed in New York Harbor. I. A. Haas spent a short time in the metropolis, and then came to this state, locating in Franklin Township, where he first purchased ten acres of land. On this he erected a dwelling for his family, and commenced working at his trade, that of a shoemaker. Four years prior to leaving his native land, he was married to Miss Catherine Smith, also born in Bavaria. As time passed on and he became more prosperous, the elder Mr. Haas took up his abode in Wayne Township, and became the proprietor of one hundred and seventy-one acres of fine farming land. This he cultivated in a very intelligent manner, and at the time of his decease had a good competence. The original of this sketch was the recipient of a good education, received in the district school, and when attaining his majority, in 1862, left 446 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. home and offered his services in defense of his country's flag. He was mustered into Company E, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Ohio Infantry, commanded by Capt. William L. Dixon. The regiment, which was organized at Steubenville, was ordered, in September of that year, to Parkersburg, W. Va., where they rendezvoused for several weeks, and were thoroughly drilled. They next went to Cumberland, Md., from there to North Mountain, and later to Martinsburg, where they were placed on guard duty, serving from December to June of the following year. That month they were driven by Lee's army to Harper's Ferry, the regiment sustaining a severe loss at that place. They were compelled to wade the Potomac River, and sleeping without shelter of any kind caused much sickness among the boys in blue. During this encounter Company I, of the Twenty-sixth Regiment, were all taken prisoners by the rebels. Mr. Haas. participated in many of the important battles of the war, among them being Fisher's Gap, fought in September; 1863; Culpeper Court House, September of that. year; Kelley's Ford, in November; and Mine Run, in December; after which they marched to Brandy Station, and were organized and assigned to the Sixth South Carolina. They afterward took part in all the engagements of Grant's army, including the Wilderness, Mon ocacy and Cold Harbor, where Mr. Hans was twice wounded. September 19, 1864, he wawa shot through the arm by a sharpshooter, who had taken up his position in the top of a large pine tree, and had succeeded in killing several officers before his hiding-place was discovered by an. Indian belonging to the Union regiment. After the battle of Fisher's Hill, the Union forces drove the enemy back to Port Republic, with much hard fighting and great suffering on the part of the soldiers. At Cedar Creek the Corporal of Company I was surprised by the rebel, General Early, who drove them hack about two miles, when General Sheridan came to their relief. They then turned and put to flight the other forces, capturing three thousand prisoners, and the ambulance and wagon trains. April 6, 1865, Mr. Haas was present and participated in the bat tle of Richmond, Va., and at Petersburg followed the retreating army to Taylor's Creek, where they succeeded in capturing eight hundred Confederates. Thinking that the war was nearing its close, the Twenty-sixth Regiment marched to Danville, where they received the news of Johnston's surrender to Sherman. Then they returned to Richmond, from which place they were ordered to Washington to participate in the last Grand Review, and were then honorably discharged and mustered out. Our subject, on returning home after the establishment of peace, has ever since made his residence in Shanesville. He is now engaged in carrying on a good trade as a groceryman, and at the same time runs a restaurant with good success. He is very progressive and wide-awake, and his fellow-men hold him in good repute. Mr. Haas was married, October 15, 1879, to Lydia Ruse, who was born in Wayne Township, this county, June 12, 1845. To our. subject and his estimable wife there have been born two children. Samuel C., born August 10, 1871, died September 1, 1873; and Upton A., born August 23, 1873, is engaged with his father in business in this place. SAMUEL D. WALTZ, a leading agriculturist of Fairfield Township, is the owner of a very valuable farm, which he purchased in May, 1893. Rich veins of coal have been discovered on his place, and the land in which it is situated has been leased by an organized mining company, who have made satisfactory terms with the owner. Though he has never been an aspirant for political honors, Mr. Waltz has proved his ability and trustworthiness as Township Clerk and Township Trustee, and in addition to those offices has served as School Director, and has been influential in the building of five schoolhouses in his township. The birth of our subject occurred in the township where he still resides, February 18, 1840. He PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 447 is of German descent, though his parents, Bazalell and Catherine (Dibert) Waltz, were natives of Maryland. The father came to this county as early as 1812, took up some land, and also followed his trade as a cooper. To himself and wife were born the following children: Ebenezer, who died in infancy; Lavina, wife of Jeremiah Weaver, of Allen County, this state; Samuel D.; Elizabeth, deceased; Alvin, who is a minister, and also a farmer of New Cumberland; Sarah, Mrs. Popham, also of New Cumberland; and Catherine J.. Mrs. George Gooderding, of Allen County, Ohio. The boyhood days of Samuel D. Waltz were quietly passed on his father's farm, and his primary education was obtained in the district schools of the neighborhood. his higher studies were pursued by himself mainly, though it was his privilege to take a term at Point Washington Academy. Subsequently he taught school for six terms in the counties of Allen, Van Wert and Tuscarawas. In 1867 he embarked on his career as a farmer, and for twenty-six years was a resident of Fairfield Township, where he improved and cultivated a good homestead: For the past year and a-half he has lived on his farm in Fairfield Township, which, as previously stated, bids fair to yield a good income to the owner on account of its mineral wealth alone. Mr. Waltz is one who believes a man should have more than one trade, so that if disabled for one he will have another to fall back on, and his learned the cooper's, carpenter's, harness-maker's, shoemaker's and blacksmith's trades. He is an old-timer with the rifle, and in 1893 drove a nail five times out of seven off hand, at a distance of sixty feet. March 8, 1862, Mr. Waltz married Miss Harriet, daughter of Jacob Way, of Carroll County, Ohio. Five children have graced their union, the eldest of whom, Grant, is a resident of Midvale. Catherine is the wife of John Ryan, of this county; Nora is the wife of William Beans, also of Midvale; John S., the next in order of birth, was born on the 29th of August, 1869, and Lillie M. is also still under the parental roof. John S: is a graduate in all the common branches, but as he desired to ascend higher in the intellectual field, took a course at the Oak Grove Academy at Canal Dover. He is now fitted to fill any position or office in the county where a good and thorough education is required. He has been a successful canvasser for various articles in the counties of Tuscarawas, Holmes and Coshocton, but at present his whole time is devoted to agriculture and horticulture on his farm, for which it is well adapted, being situated in the beautiful valley of the Tuscarawas River, one mile from Goat. Station. Mr. and Mrs. Waltz are faithful members of the Lutheran Church, and the former is Superintendent of the Sunday-school. He uses his right of franchise in favor of Republican nominees, and has always been faithful to the party since casting his first Presidential vote for the martyr and patriot, Abraham Lincoln. FREDERICK WARNER, one of the proprietors of the Warner Bros. Flouring-mill stands among the foremost of the prominent business men who have contributed so largely to the financial prosperity of this part of the country. With true public spirit and characteristic liberality, he has aided in every enterprise that would in any way advance the welfare of Gnadenhutten, where he resides. Our subject comes of good old pioneer stock, and numbers among his ancestry some of the earliest settlers of the state. He is a native of Ohio, born at Lockport, in this county, September 24, 1851. His parents were Frederick and Wilhelmina Warner, both of whom were born in the Fatherland.. Coming to America and being in sympathy with the Unionists during the late war, the father volunteered in defense of the Stars and Stripes. He was accepted and mustered into Company B, Fifty-first Ohio Infantry, with which he remained eighteen months, suffering all the hardships and privations of a soldier's life, and participating in many of the well known battles in which his regi- 448 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. ment was engaged. He departed this life in• 1872, at the age of forty-three years.. His good wife is still living, making her home in New Philadelphia, where she has hosts of warm friends. Frederick and Wilhelmina Warner were married in their native land, and reared a family of three sons and four daughters, of whom our .subject is the eldest. Pauline is the wife of C. Henninger, and makes her home in New Philadelphia; Samuel is a partner in the flouring-mills at Gnadenhutten; Mary married Elmer Wilson, and is also a resident of New Philadelphia; Emmie is now Mrs. Benjamin Niederhiser, and is located in the above city; Katie is the wife of John Mueller, foreman of the pipe works in New Philadelphia, where Louise also makes her home. The parents of our subject took up their abode in Lockport, this state, in the year 1851. The father at once commenced boating on the canal, and by honest and upright methods of transacting business became well-to-do, and at the time of his death left his family a valuable property. He was a peaceable, law-abiding citizen, just to his neighbors and of a friendly spirit, and was well respected by those who knew him and pointed out as a fine example of the self-made man. The subject of this sketch remained under the parental roof until attaining his eighteenth year,. when he left home to make his, own way in the world. His first work was in the Byers Flourmills, where he obtained a thorough knowledge of the business, and remained for a period of seventeen years. At the end of that time we find him located in Gnadenhutten, in the employ of R. S. Hogue, a miller of this place. At the expiration of two years the mill was traded by its original owner, and a short time thereafter Mr. Warner, in company with Fred Spring, purchased the plant, which they operated together for a twelvemonth. The junior member of the firm then retiring, Samuel Warner, a brother of our subject, purchased his interest in the business, and the firm of Warner Bros. was thus formed. Their mill is well supplied with the most improved machinery, and has a large capacity for making flour of a fine quality. Mr. Warner and Miss Susanna Anman were married in 1875. The lady is the daughter of Ananias and Catherine Anman. Mrs. Warner was the eldest of their family of children, her brothers and sisters being Fred, living in New Philadelphia; Lizzie, the wife of John B. Casselman, a resident of Canal Dover; Katie, wife of Mr. Sission, of St. Louis, Mo.; Lottie, now Mrs. McCarthy, of New Philadelphia; and Millie Emma. The wife and mother departed this life in 1878. Ananias Anman is still, living, and leading a retired life in Wooster, this state. He served as a soldier during the Civil War, and as an old veteran commands the respect of all who know him. To our subject and his estimable wife there have been born the following-named three children: Corilla, at home attending school, as are also William F. and Arthur A. Mr. Warner is a self-made man in the truest sense of the word. His prompt and methodical business habits, good financial talent and tact in the management of affairs have brought him success. He is a man of much decision of character, and intelligent and pronounced views on all subjects. The Moravian Church finds in him one of its most valued members, and to the support of the congregation at Gnadenhutten he is a liberal contributor. JACOB SEEMANN comes of the hardy old German stock, and is one of the pioneers of Sandy Township, within the boundaries of which his birth occurred. He owns a well improved farm, comprising one hundred and one acres, on which is his residence, and in addition to this has also an interest in a farm of one hundred and seventy-three acres and in his father's estate, which comprises three hundred and fifty acres in Carroll County. The paternal grandfather of Jacob Seemann, whose Christian name was Adam, was a native of Everdinger, Wurtemberg, Germany. Of his children who lived to grow to manhood and womanhood, Adam died in Shelby County, this state; Henry is our subject's father; and five daughters PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 449 married and settled in various parts of the United States. Adam Seemann, Sr., died in Shelby County, Ohio, in the faith of the Lutheran Church. .He came to the New World with his family in 1833, and for many years was engaged in farming in this township, where his wife was called to her final rest. Henry Seemann, the father of the gentleman whose name heads this sketch, was born in Germany in 1807, and died in Rose Township, Carroll County, at the age of seventy-nine years. In 1833 he had settled in Sandy Township, but in 1856 removed to Carroll County, where he passed the remainder of his life. Politically he was a Democrat. He was a charter member and official of the Reformed Church in this township. He was twice married, his first union being with a Miss Keise, who bore him three children: Frederick, of Steuben County, Ind.; Henry, who hired a substitute during the late war, and is now living in Iroquois County, Ill.; and George A., who enlisted as a member of the Eighty-first Ohio Regiment, and when on his way home disappeared at Cleveland, Ohio, and, it was supposed: was murdered, as he was never heard from. After the death of his first wife, Henry Seemann married Miss Mary Kugler. Their twelve children all lived to maturity and became useful and respected citizens wherever they settled. They were as follows: Jacob; Peter, of Stark County; Daniel; Frank, who is in Carroll County; Mary, Mrs. Rice; Louisa, now deceased; Charles, an attorney of Stark County; Solomon, a minister of the Reformed Church, and now in Columbus, Ohio; Lewis, of 'Stark County; Calvin, an attorney in Canton, Ohio; Emanuel, who lives in Carroll County; and Alice. The mother of these children, who was a native of France, was a daughter of Peter and Mary (Wanner) Kugler, also of France, who came to the United States about 1833. The father was a weaver by trade, but after coming. to America engaged in farming. He first settled in Sandy Township, but passed his last years in Carroll County, where he died in 1872, aged eighty-four years. He served in the French army under the great Napoleon. Politically he was a Democrat, and in religion he was identified with the Reformed Church. To himself and wife were born eleven children.. Mrs. Kugler was called to her final rest in the year 1867. Mrs. Mary Seemann died in Canton, this state, in December, 1889, at the age of sixty-three years. Jacob Seemann was born October 12, 1846, and worked for his father until twenty-one years of age. He then started out to "paddle his own canoe" by working on a rented farm. He spent a year in Illinois, and then traveled in the South for a short time. After his marriage he resided for a year in the Prairie State, and then. returning to his native township, purchased one hundred and one acres, the place where he has since lived. As previously stated, he lilts a part interest in his father's estate and in still another tract of land. The fattier left five hundred and thirty-five acres at the time of his demise, and the property has never been divided among the heirs. January 9. 1870, Mr. Seemann married Matilda Hokshay, who was born in this township, March 17. 1817, and is a daughter of Frederick and Fronia S. ( Broth) Holshay, natives of Germany. The father came to the United States with his parents when he was nine years old. and his wife became a resident of this country in her twenty-first year. She was born in 18.08, and died in 1886. while her husband. was born in 1807, died in 1873. For a few months after setting foot on the shores of time New World, Mr. Holshay lived in Pennsylvania. Thence he went to %oar, where he accumulated a farm comprising two hundred and forty-two acres. and on this place his death occurred. his father. whose given name was Gotleib, also died near Zoar, on his farm of one hundred acres, in 1851. In his early manhood he learned the tailor's trade, which he followed to some extent during his entire life. In the Fatherland he was a member of the Lutheran Church: but subsequently became a Zoarite. Mrs. Fronia Holshay was a daughter of Jacob F. and Catherine Brodt, who emigrated to the United States about 1828. They had three sons and two daughters, namely: Fred; Tobias, who died in Cleveland; Gottleib, Fronia D. and Lizzie, Mrs. Sattler. Mrs. Matilda Seemann is one of seven children, the others being John; Elizabeth; Pauline, Mrs. Tipps, of Stark County; Eliza, Mrs. Warner, of