300 - HISTORY OF OHIO Judge D. W. Jones spent his boyhood at McArthur, acquiring his early education at the local schools there. Congressman John T. Wilson secured an appointment for him as a cadet in the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, but soon after graduating he resigned from the navy and returning to McArthur, taught school for three years and carried on his law studies in the office of his brother. He was admitted to the bar at the age of twenty-five. He had also become proficient in stenography, and as a young lawyer in Gallia County, did a great deal of court reporting. For three years he was associated with his brother in the firm of Jones and Jones at Gallipolis, and then formed a partnership with Samuel A. Nash. This partnership was dissolved when he was appointed judge of the Common Pleas Court in 1898. Judge Jones was on the bench for seventeen years, and in order to be near the center of his district he moved his home to the City of Marietta in 1903. Judge Jones in 1889 married Laura R. Shober, a . daughter of Wm. Shober of Gallipolis. She died in 1900, and was the mother of four children. The oldest, Capt. Paul S. Jones, studied law and was engaged in practice with his father until the time of the World war, when he promptly enlisted and was ordered to report at Camp Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis, where he took special training and was commissioned as second lieutenant of regulars and assigned to the Fifty-eighth Regiment, Fourth Division. While on duty on the battle line on the Marne in France, in the first day of fighting, the captain of his company lost his life and soon afterward the second in command was disabled, so that the responsibility of the command devolved upon young Lieutenant Jones. Captain Jones made a splendid record in the World war and since has remained in the Regular Army, now having the rank of captain. The second child of Judge Jones is Elizabeth M., a' graduate of Johns Hopkins School of Nursing who later took the public administration of nursing at Columbia University, also receiving a degree. Florence B. Jones married J. J. Leidecker, Jr., of the Leidecker Tool Company of Marietta. Laurance W., the youngest child, is a graduate of the Milwaukee School of Engineering. Judge Jones in 1903 married as his second wife Harriet Dyer Lord, daughter of Caleb Lord, of Alfred, Maine, and niece of Isaac W. Dyer of Portland, Maine. Judge Jones lost his second wife by death on February 5, 1922. He is a member of the Episcopal Church, has held all the chairs in the lodge of Knights of Pythias of Gallipolis, and is a member of the Marietta Reading Club and the County Club. His favorite diversion is golf. WILLIAM ANNAT. A mercantile establishment that has been prospering and performing a distinctive service in and around Wooster for many years is the William Annat Company, dry goods, the founder and president of which, William Annat, came to this country from Scotland, and is a man of most thorough experience in his line of business. Mr. Annat was born in the County of Forfar, Scotland, son of thrifty farming people of that section, Charles and Mary (Mann) Annat. He was one of five children, two sons and three daughters. After acquiring a common school education William Annat came to America, at the age of eighteen, alone, and for three years lived in Oxford County, Ontario, Canada, working as a dry goods clerk. After another year spent in London, Ontario, he came to the United States, and for five years was employed by a dry goods house at Cleveland. Mr. Annat first engaged in business for himself as a dry goods merchant at Columbus, but after three years moved to Wooster and founded the William Annat Company, which he has conducted now for thirty years or more. He has made it one of the best dry goods and department stores in Wayne County. Mr. Annat is also a director and vice president of the Prospect Huron Realty Company of Cleveland. Mr. Annat has cultivated some of the wholesome interests of life. After his business he finds recreation and inspiration in books and literature, and is thoroughly devoted to his home and the welfare of his community. For two years, 1892-93, he served as a trustee of Wooster College. He is a republican and a member of the Presbyterian Church. At Lima, Ohio, in October, 1885, he married Miss Vinnie Harper, daughter of Dr. W. H. Harper, of Lima. Two sons and three daughters have been born to their marriage. The son, William Harper Annat, is a graduate of Harvard University, is a practicing attorney at Cleveland, and is unmarried. Charles Annat, the second son, also unmarried, is a graduate of Wooster High School, and left the sophomore class in Wooster College to enlist in the field artillery at the time of the World war. He was in training at Camp Sheridan, in 1918 attended the Officers' Training School at Camp Taylor, being commissioned second lieutenant of field artillery in October, 1918, and after that was on duty at Camp Wadsworth until mustered out. After the war he continued his education in Harvard University, and since then has been actively identified with his father 's business at Wooster. The three daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Annat are: Mary, wife of C. N. Osborne, of Cleveland; Clarissa, wife of Walter W. Tyler, of Wooster; and Adelia, who was married to Edward P. Shupe, of Cleveland. ROBERT HENDERSON, M. D. It is not unusual at all to find that the man who has received the arduous training necessary to a medical practitioner of today is one who has both the ability and inclination to devote himself to public matters, for his intellect has been developed and his judgment matured through knowledge and experiences that do not come into the life of the ordinary citizen. One of these medical men of wide vision and broad public usefulness in Champaign County is Dr. Robert Henderson, of Urbana. Doctor Henderson was born at Parkersburg, Virginia, now West Virginia, March 22, 1851, a son of Richard H. and Ann Maria (Shanklin) Henderson, both natives of Virginia. Reared at Parkersburg and Wheeling, Doctor Henderson completed in the latter city his common school work, and in 1878 he was graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore, Maryland. For a short period after his graduation he was engaged in the practice of medicine in West Virginia, but then came to Ohio, and until the fall of 1884, remained at New Mansfield in Clark County. At that time he came to Urbana, and here he has found congenial surroundings and has built up a very large general practice. He maintains membership with the Champaign County Medical Society, the Ohio State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. The Masonic fraternity has him as a zealous member. Always active as a democrat, Doctor Henderson has been called upon to work strenuously for his party, and was a member of the Constitutional Convention from Champaign County. He also served for some years as chairman of the Democratic County Central Committee. In 1921 he was prevailed upon to permit the use of his name on the party ticket for the office of mayor of Urbana, was elected, and in 1923 he again was a candidate on his record, and was elected by a large majority. During his occupancy of the office of mayor he has greatly improved the work of the department of health and HISTORY OF OHIO - 301 the general sanitary condition of Urbana. At present he is serving as president of the National Bank of Urbana. In 1875 Doctor Henderson married Elizabeth S. Thomas, of Point Pleasant, West Virginia. They have two children: Richard T., who is a physician, is now associated with his father in the practice of medicine. He married Phoebe Hinchman, of Urbana. Helen, the second child of Doctor and Mrs. Henderson, married William C. Bonebreak, a civil engineer of the Pennsylvania Railroad, residing at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. EMILY. BLAKESLEE, M. D., has been established in the practice of her profession in the City of Sandusky since the year 1897, and has won precedence and popularity as one of the able and representative woman physicians and surgeons of her native state, a state in which her paternal great-grandfather made settlement fully a century ago. Doctor Blakeslee was born on the parental homestead farm in Medina County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Edwin Charles Blakeslee and Alice (Warner) Blakeslee, both likewise natives of Medina County. Edwin C. Blakeslee passed his entire life in Medina County, where he long had precedence as a progressive and successful exponent of farm industry and where his death occurred in the earlier part of the second decade of the present century, his widow still remaining on the old home farm, which is endeared to her by the gracious memories and associations of many years. Mrs. Blakeslee, who is now seventy-six years of age (1924), has the affectionate regard of the community that has so long represented her home, and with her remains her son, Elihu, who has gained far more than local fame as an entomologist. Doctor Blakeslee is a granddaughter of Burritt and Caroline (Welton) Blakeslee, the former of whom was a lifelong resident of Medina County, Ohio, and the latter of whom was a native of Massachusetts. Burritt Blakeslee was a son of Gad and Anna (Latin) Blakeslee, who were born and reared in Connecticut, of Colonial New England ancestry. About the year 1824 Gad Blakeslee and three of his brothers came to Ohio, the greater part of the long overland journey having been made with ox teams, and he became one of the pioneer settlers in Medina County, where he passed the remainder of his life and lived up to the full tension of frontier experience. The maternal grandparents of Doctor Blakeslee were Walter and Mary (Fitch) Warner, the former having been born in Medina County, a member of a sterling pioneer family of that section of the Buckeye State, and his wife having been born in Massachusetts. In the public schools of her native county Doctor Blakeslee continued her studies until her graduation from the Medina High School, and in consonance with an ambition that was not to be thwarted she finally matriculated in the Cleveland Medical College, in which she made an admirable student record and in which she was graduated as a member of the class of 1897. In the year in which she thus received her degree of Doctor of Medicine she opened an office in the City of Sandusky, and the broad scope and representative character of her practice at the present time indicate alike her professional ability, her earnest stewardship in her chosen vocation and her secure place in popular confidence and esteem. The doctor has kept in touch with the advances made in the line of her profession, is a close student of the best standard and periodical literature pertaining to medical and surgical science, and has taken effective post graduate courses in leading medical schools and clinics in New York City, and also at the Medical School of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland. She has membership in the Erie County Medical Society, the Ohio State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. In using the right of franchise she is an independent voter, and supports men and measures meeting the approval of her judgment. She is an earnest communicant of the Protestant Episcopal Church. So far as her professional ministration admit such diversion Doctor Blakeslee is a popular factor in the social and cultural circles of her home city. GEORGE M. CRAWFORD has been actively identified with business affairs in the City of Steubenville, Jefferson County, for more than thirty years, and during the entire period of his residence here his allegiance has been with the concern of which he is now secretary and treasurer, as well as a director—The Beall-Steele Drug Company, which controls a substantial and important wholesale drug business throughout the territory normally tributary to Steubenville as a distributing center. Mr. Crawford was born at Hollidays Cove, West Virginia, on the Ohio River and directly opposite the City of Steubenville, Ohio, and the date of his nativity was March 11, 1869. He is the youngest of the four children born to John C. and Mary (Porter) Crawford, the latter of whom was a daughter of James and Elizabeth (MeCandles) Porter. Representative of the MeCandles family were patriot soldiers in the War of the American Revolution. John C. Crawford was born in the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the year 1830, and he became one of the most successful and progressive exponents of farm industry in the western part of West Virginia, wHere he became the owner of a valuable landed estate of 650 acres, a portion of which is now the site of the vital little City of Weirton. Mr. Crawford gave a due amount of attention to diversified agriculture, but in his farm enterprise specialized in the raising of horses and cattle of excellent grade. He was influential in community affairs, and for many years served as president of the School Board of his township. He was a staunch supporter of the principles of the democratic party, and he and his wife were zealous members of the Presbyterian Church. The original American representatives of the Crawford family came from Londonderry, Ireland, several generations ago. The death of John C. Crawford occurred in 1885, and his widow survived him more than thirty years, she having been of venerable age at the time of her death, in 1919. Of the children the eldest was James B., whose death occurred in 1905. He married Jennie Bustard, and they became the parents of two children, Archibald and Allison, the latter of whom is deceased. William A. married Mary Lee, of Hollidays Cove, West Virginia, and they reside at Erie, Pennsylvania, their four children being Lee, John, Robert and Porter. Elizabeth is the wife of Herbert Hinley, and they maintain their home in Coventry, England, their one child being a son, Herbert, Jr. George M. Crawford gained his initial experience of practical order through his youthful association with the activities of the home farm on which he was born, in the immediate vicinity of Hollidays Cove, West Virginia, in the public schools of which place he acquired his earlier education. Thereafter he pursued a course of higher study by attending Linsly Institute at Wheeling, West Virginia, and by completing a business course in Duff 's Mercantile College in the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the year 1888. He then became bookkeeper and general accountant in a general merchandise store at New Cumberland, West Virginia, and his next advancement was to the position of auditor of the Relief Tow Boat Company, operating on the Ohio River. Within a 302 - HISTORY OF OHIO short time thereafter he assumed a similar position with the Clifton Fire Brick Company at New Cumberland, and it was one year later, in 1890, that he came to Steubenville, Ohio, and took the position of accountant in the offices of the Beall & Steele Drug Company, with which concern he has continued to be associated during all the intervening years. In 1903 the business was incorporated under the present title, the Beall-Steele Drug Company, and he was then made its secretary and treasurer, as well as a member of its board of directors, positions of which he has since continued the efficient and progressive incumbent. Mr. Crawford is a stockholder also in other important business corporations of Steubenville, and in 1924 he is serving as vice president of the Steubenville Chamber of Commerce, of which he had previously been a director. His civic liberality has found expression through this organization and also through other avenues along which he has been able to do his part in the advancing of the civic and material welfare of the community. He was active in furthering all local service of patriotic order in the World war period. He has membership in the local Rotary Club, the Century Club, the Steubenville Credit Association, the Steubenville Automobile Club, of which he is treasurer, and the Steubenville Country Club. He is vice president of the Steubenville Building & Loan Association, and a director in other corporations in his home city. He and his family have membership in the Presbyterian Church. In October, 1896, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Crawford and Miss Minnie Chapman, younger of the two children of Thomas S. and Christine (Foreman) Chapman, the latter of whom is living. Mr. Chapman, whose death occurred in 1905, was a specially progressive and successful exponent of fruit culture in West Virginia, where he developed and improved a fine fruit farm. Frank A., elder of the two children of the Chapman family, is a repre- sentative lawyer at Wellsburg, West Virginia. Mr. sentative lawyer at Wellsburg, West Virginia and Mrs. Crawford had two children: Stanton C. married Miss Mary Parks, and their one child is a winsome daughter, Nancy ; and Mary is the wife of Robert Stuart, of Steubenville. Mrs. Crawford died September 25, 1920. JAMES A. NUCKOLS, D. C., who is established in the successful practice of his profession at Wilmington, judicial center of Clinton County, was graduated from the National College of Chiropractic in the City of Chicago, and has been engaged in active practice since 1914, the year 1920 having marked the initiation of his professional work at Wilmington, and his practice here being of representative order. While analysis of the surname of Nuckols seems to indicate a remote German origin, the American branch of the family traces its lineage to a sturdy Scotchman, who was a substantial shipbuilder in Scotland, where he maintained his home in the City of Glasgow. According to well established family tradition there were nine Nuckols' brothers who came from Scotland to America, and their posterity is now scattered about in different states of the Union. Investigations made by representatives of later generations of the family all seem to indicate a common ancestor, the Glasgow shipbuilder. The southern branch of the family is apparently the more numerous and has perpetuated the patronymic through a greater number of male children than has the branch of the family north of the Mason and Dixon line. The Nuckols in Ohio are direct representatives of the Virginia branch of the family. In 1816 Andrew J. Nuckols came from Virginia to Ross County, Ohio, Chillicothe, that county, having then been the political center of this state. Edmund J. Nuckols, grandfather of Doctor Nuekols, of this review, was a lad of seven years at the time of this family migration from Virginia. The family became possessed of 400 acres of land in the Fruitdale District, a portion of this ancestral estate being still in the possession of the family. Edmund J. Nuekols had four sons who attained to maturity, and one of these was James A. Nuckols, father of him whose name initiates this sketch. James A. Nuckols, Sr., wedded Martha R. Howe, a representative of another of the sterling pioneer families of Ross County. Representatives of the Howe family served as soldiers in the War of 1812, and both the Nuckols and Howe families gave valiant soldiers in the Civil war. James A. Nuckols, Sr., is now deceased, and his widow is a resident of Wilmington, Ohio. Dr. James A. is the eldest of the children, and the others are: Frank R., Bert S., Calvin M. and Dr. Otto L. While in America the family name has to a large extent been closely associated with agricultural industry, there have also been skilled mechanics and professional men in the later generations. Some of the first and second generations of the Ohio branch attained to ripe old age, but of these two generations not one now remains. While in Virginia the men of the Nuckols' line voted the democratic ticket, the Ohio representatives have given in larger number an allegiance to the republican party, from the time of its organization to the present. While the early generations were too fully concerned with the reclaiming of wild land to cultivation to have much thought for special fraternal or organized social life, Doctor Nuckols of this review is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity, his brothers likewise being identified with fraternal organizations. Many representatives of the family have been numbered among the members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, while the Baptist Church has claimed from the family a goodly number of members. Dr. James A. Nuckols was born in Ross County, Ohio, and his early education was obtained in the public schools. Of his professional training and work adequate record has been given in an early paragraph of this review. The doctor wedded Miss Bertha J. Zehner, a representative of an old and well known Indiana family. ROBERT H. ZEHRING. One of the reliable and industrious members of his profession at Miamisburg, who has been before the public in an official capacity in which he gained numerous friends and supporters, Robert H. Zehring, ex-city attorney, is likewise known as one of the strong and able members of republican party in his locality. A native son of this locality, he has passed his entire professional career at Miamisburg, and has not only built up a large and representative practice and risen to an acknowledged place in his calling, but has also won general public confidence and esteem. Mr. Zehring was born in Montgomery County, Ohio, November 16, 1882, and is a son of Horace W. and Anne (Gebhart) Zehring. Horace Zehring is a well known agriculturist of Montgomery County who has gained success through hard work and good management of his property, and who while so doing has secured the respect of his fellow citizens. Robert H. Zehring attended the public schools of Miamisburg, and after his graduation from high school enrolled as a student in the Ohio State University, subsequently pursuing a course in the Cincinnati Law School, where he received his degree. At that time he was admitted to the bar and at once began practice at Miamisburg, where he has built up a large practice and has been identified with much of HISTORY OF OHIO - 303 the important litigation that has come before the State and Federal courts. He represents as attorney, among others, the First National Bank and the Mutual Building & Loan Company. Mr. Zehring is a member of the Dayton Bar Association. A republican in politics, he has been very active in state affairs, and during 1920 and 1921 served in the capacity of city attorney of Miamisburg. He belongs to the Phi Alpha Delta College law fraternity, of which the late President Harding was a member, and is a Blue Lodge and Chapter Mason, a Knight of Pythias and an Odd Fellow, being a past grand of his lodge in the last named order. Likewise he belongs to the Business Men's Club of Miamisburg, and takes an active part in movements calculated to advance the interests of the city and its people. On November 16, 1916, Mr. Zehring was united in marriage with Miss Fannie L. Dodd, of Miamisburg, daughter of Charles W. and Jennie (Andrews) Dodd, the former of whom was a retired tobacco merchant of Miamisburg. Mrs. Zehring, a woman of numerous accomplishments and graces, was educated at the Miamisburg High School, the Western College for Women at Oxford, Ohio, and Oberlin College, specializing in music, which she taught for a time. She is active in the club and social life of Miamisburg, where she is very popular. She and her husband are the parents of three children: Martha L., aged six years; Lois M., aged five years; and Robert H., Jr., aged three years. OLIVER. T. SPROULL, M. D. As a student and practitioner, Doctor Sproull has given more than forty years of his life, all the time since early youth to his profession, and has earned a high rank and mark of distinguished service in Southern Ohio, particularly in his home community of West Union. Doctor Sproull was born in Meigs Township, Adams County, January 5, 1863, son of Robert C. and Sarah (Thoroman) Sproull. His parents were farmers and both are now deceased. Doctor Sproull was named for his maternal grandfather, Oliver Thoroman. Reared in the country, attending first the public schools of Adams County, and afterwards the Normal School in Adams County, taking one term of instruction in the National Normal University at Lebanon, Doctor Sproull prepared for his profession in the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Baltimore, now the Medical Department of the University of Maryland. He was graduated in 1886. From that year until 1901, he practiced at Bentonville and since 1901 has had his home and offices at West Union, though his practice is drawn from a wide section of Adams County. He is a member of the Adams County Medical Society, and the Ohio State Medical Association and is a fellow of the American Medical Association. Doctor Sproull also has a record of service as a medical officer. He was commissioned in 1917 a first lieutenant in the Army and Medical Corps and was stationed on duty at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He is now a captain in the Medical Reserve Corps, and in 1924 spent two weeks in special training at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. Doctor Sproull is a democrat. He married in 1888 Miss Agnes B. Treber, who was born five miles east of West Union, a daughter of William and Melissa (Thoroman) Treber. Doctor and Mrs. Sproull have a family of very talented children, all of them college graduates. Clarence T., graduated with the Bachelor of Arts degree from Miami University, is now a teacher in the public schools at Los Angeles, California, and lives at San Pedro, near that city. The eldest daughter, Hazel, is a Bachelor of Arts graduate of Miami University. She taught in the high schools for three years and is now a sophomore in the Medical Department, University of Cincinnati. Miss Grace, who graduated with the Bachelor of Arts degree Magna Cum Laude from Miami University, was an exchange student in France in 1922-1923, taking studies in the famous Sorbonne University at Paris, and had a fellowship in the Ecole Normale, Saint Germaine En Laye, near Paris. She is now a teacher in the high school at Plainwell, Michigan. JAMES MILLER, M. D. The heavy demands made by the community of Corning in Perry County upon the profession, of medicine and surgery have been ably met by Dr. James Miller during the last quarter of a century. Doctor Miller is a man of thorough education in his profession, and developed his self reliance in his early youth while working to get his training and the qualifications for a professional career. He is a very fine physician. He was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, December 17, 1873, son of James and Jane (Williamson) Miller. His father, a coal miner, brought his family to the United States in 1880, locating at Leetonia in Columbiana County, Ohio, and later moving to Corning in Perry County. He died in 1915, at the age of sixty-two, and his wife passed away in 1913. She was a leader in church work, active in the Presbyterian denomination, and taught the first Sunday School in Corning. James Miller and wife had three sons, two of whom became physicians and the other, a business man. Dr. Robert W. Miller is now practicing at Hamlock in Perry County. D. W. Miller is a merchant at Corning. Dr. James Miller as a boy attended public schools at Leetonia, and later at Buckingham and Corning. During vacations he worked in the mine and followed that and other work to pay his way. For four years he was in school at Buckingham, taking the regular high school, and also had normal training under Prof. C. W. Cookson at Shawnee. His medical college course he took at Georgetown University at Washington D. C. He was graduated Doctor of Medicine in 1899, and at once located at Congo, Ohio, where he remained for eight years, coming then to Corning, where he has a large practice in the country and among the mining population. In a business way he is also a director of the Corning Bank and is president of the Dixie Coal Mining Company. On December 31, 1901, Doctor Miller married Miss Mary Peart, who was born at New Castle, England, daughter of Jeremiah and Elizabeth (Wilson) Peart. Mrs. Miller was educated at Shawnee, at Curry University, at Pittsburgh and at Denison University at Granville, Ohio, and is a prominent factor in educational circles in Perry County. She is now a member of the local school board and has been a candidate for the county school board. Doctor and Mrs. Miller have one daughter, Jane Elizabeth, now attending Laurel School for Girls at Cleveland, Ohio. Mrs. Miller is a member of the Baptist Church, and Doctor Miller is affiliated with the Knights Templar Commandery of Masons and the Shrine, also with the Benevolent and. Protective Order of Elks at New Lexington, Ohio. CHARLES ELMER KNAPP, business man of Lodi, Medina County, member of the Legislature, church man and public spirited citizen, has a record impressive because of his rise above humble circumstances. He was born in a railroad shanty that stood along the Erie Railroad in Westfield Township, Medina County. His parents were poor but industrious people, and his family connections were of solid pioneer stock. His birth occurred December 28, 1868. His grandparents came to Ohio from 304 - HISTORY OF OHIO Pennsylvania, and the Knapps are of Welsh ancestry. Judson Samuel Knapp, his father, was born in Medina County, and was a man of wonderful physical build, standing six feet five inches tall and of proportionate strength. He was a Union soldier in the One Hundred and Sixty-sixth Ohio Infantry during the Civil war. By trade he was a stone mason and plasterer. He lived in Medina and Wayne counties during the boyhood of his son, Charles E., and later went to Michigan, where he died. He was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, was a republican in politics, and a staunch advocate of prohibition. His wife, Mary Elizabeth Bair, also a native of Medina County, was of frail constitution, and died in 1879, when her son Charles E. was eleven years of age. There were eight children altogether. Charles Elmer Knapp attended such schools as were available, and after the death of his mother he became largely self supporting. He worked on farms at twenty-five cents a day, and frequently worked for his board and clothing and a little schooling on the side. In 1890 he entered the high school at Lodi, and graduated in 1894. As a youth he learned the carpenter 's trade, which he followed for some time. He also became an adjuster of the Farmers Mutual Insurance Company of Medina County, and later became secretary and treasurer of this organization. From the carpenter 's trade he got into contracting, and gradually added the real estate and insurance business. He was the first real estate agent at Lodi. For years his business and civic connections have been those of a man of real leadership and substantial character. He was elected to represent Medina County in the Ohio Legislature in 1922. For twelve years he has served as member of the county committee of the Young Men's Christian Association, and has been a member of the Official Board of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Lodi, and a teacher in the Sunday School. In 1923 he was chosen a delegate to the Lay-Electoral Conference of the Northeast Ohio Conference. Mr. Knapp is a man of great energy, quick decision, prompt in action, a ready speaker and at all times deserving of the trust and confidence placed in him by his fellow citizens. He married Miss Roxalana Elizabeth Feazel, who was born and reared in Medina County, daughter of John T. Feazel. Her father was a Civil war veteran, a farmer by occupation and a democrat in politics. Mr. and Mrs. Knapp have one daughter, Mabel Ernestine, now the wife of Dr. C. Buckley. Mr. Knapp is affiliated with Harrisville Lodge No. 137, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. ROBERT C. MARION LEWIS, M. D. A resident of Marion for a quarter of a century, Doctor Lewis is one of the distinctive medical men of Ohio, and has contributed not only the service of a busy practitioner, but also the influence and leadership required in organizations of a professional nature. He has been prominent in civic and community affairs. He was born at Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio, August 20, 1858, of Welsh and Scotch ancestry. His great-grandfather, Andrew Lewis, was a soldier with General Washington in the Revolution. Another ancestor, Capt. John Lewis, was in the War of 1812. His father, Samuel Lewis, born near Fredericksburg, Virginia, as a young man came to Ohio and was a boot and shoe maker at Coshocton, Ohio. He entered the Union army in the Civil war as sergeant of Company G of the One Hundred and Twenty-second Ohio Infantry, serving until wounded at the battle of Winchester, Virginia, and died from those wounds in 1866. Samuel Lewis married Nancy Hagan, a daughter of Robert C. Hagan, a native of Virginia who located in Ohio in 1839. She died at the age of sixty-nine. Her brother, George W. Hagan, was commander of the gunboat Cincinnati during the Civil war. Robert C. Marion Lewis attended public schools for three years, living with his brother in St. Louis, Missouri, where at the age of seventeen he entered the St. Louis Medical College. He was graduated with the Doctor of Medicine degree in 1878. For twenty years Doctor Lewis conducted a general practice at Centerburg in Knox County, where he also acted as surgeon for the Cleveland, Akron & Cincinnati Railway Company and the Toledo & Ohio Central Railway Company. In the meantime he attended Columbus Medical College and earned the degree of Doctor of Medicine from that institution, special courses at the Bellevue Hospital and the New York Post Graduate Hospital in 1890. Following that, in 1899 he located at Marion, where he has since continued in general practice and for twelve years was surgeon for the Pennsylvania Railway Company. During the twenty-five years he has been a resident at Marion he has served five times as president of the Marion County Medical Society. At his own expense, Doctor Lewis incorporated and since its organization has been president of the Marion County Humane Society. He is a member of the Civil Service Commission of Marion, and while a resident of Centerburg he was twice mayor of the village. He is a republican and is active in the Presbyterian Church and Sunday School. A diversion from his profession is a fine dairy farm near Marion, where he grows pure bred Jersey cattle, Duroc Jersey hogs, and has exhibited some prize winning stock. Doctor Lewis has been councilor for the Third District of the Ohio State Medical Association, has represented the State Society as a delegate to the American Medical Association, and has been vice-president of the North Central Ohio Medical Society. He is a member of the Mississippi Valley Medical Society. For many years Doctor Lewis has been contributing articles and papers based on his own experience as a physician and surgeon to various medical journals. Some of his papers have appeared in the Medical Fortnightly ; he has written a prize essay for the Therapeutic Digest, and also papers for the Columbus Medical Journal, the American Medical Compend and the medical journals of the states of Virginia, Texas and Ohio. Doctor Lewis is affiliated with Marion Lodge No. 70, Free and Accepted Masons; Marion Chapter No. 62, Royal Arch Masons; Marion Council No. 22, Royal and Select Masters; Marion Commandery No. 36, Knights Templar, and Aladdin Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Columbus. He married at Mount Vernon, Ohio, October 7, 1882, Lucy C. Holmes, of Williamsport, Pennsylvania. She was a graduate of the Dickinson Seminary and the Boston Conservatory of Music, and was appreciated as a woman of unusual culture and musical taste. She died in April, 1907. Doctor Lewis has one daughter, Nancy Lillian, a graduate of Oberlin College, now the wife of Charles D. Hayden, an attorney at Columbus. DR. PETER D. BIXEL, one of the distinguished physicians and surgeons of this part of the state, was born on a farm one mile north of Bluffton, Ohio, Allen County, on the 21st of April, 1865, and is the son of Abraham and Magdalene (Schumacher) Bixel, who have followed the occupation of farming the greater portion of their lives. They are both alive, though well advanced in years. The father was born in Holmes County in 1843 and the mother in Allen County in 1842, and they now reside in Pandora, where they are well known and highly HISTORY OF OHIO - 305 esteemed. The father was reared on a farm and received a sound common school education, and in youth was trained by his parents in the best and most profitable methods of modern agriculture. He was thus able, when he began for himself, to cultivate the soil properly and to rear herds of domestic animals with success and credit. His wife was also reared on a farm, and was no doubt able to help him in his farming ventures. Their marriage took place in Allen County, Ohio, in 1864. It was to that county that Abraham was brought by his parents when he was a small boy, perhaps not more than five years old. The father of Abraham was Peter Bixel, who was a native of Bern, Switzerland, and came to the United States after his marriage and located in Holmes County and then in Allen County, Ohio, where he and his wife lived the remainder of their lives, engaged in farming. Those were early times, the hard- ships are almost wholly unknown to the present generations. Yet life then was enjoyed as much as at present, where good health could be secured and assured and bodily comforts were present in abundance. Abraham Bixel was the fifteenth child of a family of sixteen born to Peter Bixel and wife. It is not difficult to picture in the mind what the rearing of such a large family meant to the parents. The mother of Dr. Peter D. was the second child of a family of sixteen children born to her parents. The mind picture may still further be extended when all this is taken into consideration. Abraham Bixel became the father of twelve children, facts that indicate a superior physical and mental development in both factions of this remarkable branch of the human race. Abraham was given a common district school education, as also were all his brothers and sisters. He became a farmer by occupation, and was a citizen who possessed the respect and confidence of his neighbors. Of his twelve children eight are yet living in 1923. Two of these children became professional men. John Bixel received a sound education and in early years began to develop a taste for specialties of an unusual character. It is not too strong to state that he was by nature an artist of unusual merit and capacity. His taste for music induced him to make a special study of that fine art, with the result that today he is a professor of music in the City of Seattle, Washington, and is conspicuous for his artistic gifts and inspirations. His brother, Dr. Peter D. Bixel, was reared on his father's farm one mile north of Bluffton, Ohio, and received his first educational training in the common schools in that vicinity. At the same time he spent many months each year working in the weedy fields and feeding and caring for their domestic animals. While yet comparatively a young man he took a preparatory course for the practice of medicine at Cincinnati, Ohio, and a little later entered the Eclectic Medical College at Cincinnati, took the full prescribed course, and was graduated in the class of 1901 with the degree of Doctor .of Medicine. Soon afterward he located at Bluffton, Ohio, where he opened offices and began the practice of both medicine and surgery, and was there actively at work for one year, when on January 1, 1902, he removed his offices and residence to Pandora, where he has remained ever since. He is recognized as a reliable and competent practitioner and a reputable citizen. He is a member of the American Medical Association and of the state and district associations, and has served as president of the Northwestern Ohio Eclectic Society, and was, in 1922, president of the Medical Society of Putnam County. He is a member of Grace Mennonite Church, and takes an active and prominent part in its proceedings. In politics he is a republican, has served as a member and as president of the School Board, is a member of the Ottawa (Ohio) Kiwanis Club, is a stockholder in the National Bank and the Dixie Motor Company at Bluffton, is a stockholder in the Pandora Dry Goods Company, and is interested financially as well as otherwise in other investments. In 1889 he married Miss Elizabeth Steiner, and to this union three children have been born. Stella became the wife of Francis Marshall and resides on a farm near Beaverdam, Ohio. She is a graduate of Oberlin College Conservatory of Music. Munson is a graduate of the high school, of Bluffton College and is now a junior in the Eclectic Medical College of Cincinnati. Madeline is a graduate of the high school and of Bluffton College, and is now a teacher in the high school of her home town. MISS MARY L. WRIGHT. In the old community of Worthington in Franklin County, where people have lived fine and upright moral lives for generation after generation, one of the families most prominent in creating the influences so prevalent there has been that of Wright. A native of Connecticut, James Potter Wright came to this section of Ohio about 1807, settling at Worthington when it was an undistinguished part of the general frontier conditions here. He had. a Yankee genius for industry, and he operated a tannery, a blacksmith shop and other lines of business. His old home, erected during the early '30s, has recently become the Methodist parsonage of the village. James P. Wright, son of the pioneer, was for many years in business as a grocer and lumber dealer at Worthington. He married Louisa Heath, a daughter of Rev. Uriah Heath. Rev. Uriah Heath, who died at Zanesville, was a minister of the Methodist Church and one of Ohio's most able and popular preachers. But for his comparatively early death he would doubtless have been elevated to the post of bishop in his church. His beautiful life touched the community of Worthington in several interesting ways. There' is a living monument to him in that village. This consists of the beautiful shade trees lining both sides of Main Street. Reverend Mr. Heath and another active citizen, Mr. Noble, set out all these trees. His daughter, Louisa Wright, was a remarkable woman, educated, refined, and working in all the causes that make for better citizenship. Her friends were the entire population of the community, and the number augmented as ripeness of age made her almost venerated. James P. Wright was born in Worthington, Ohio, in 1828. He died June 15, 1889. His wife, Louisa Heath Wright, was a daughter of Rev. Uriah, and Mary Ann (Perkins) Heath. Of the nine children born to this union, four are now living, namely : Mary L., James F., Ida, who is now Mrs. E. L. Wood, and Clara, who is the wife of C. F. Stead. Louisa Heath Wright survived her husband twenty-three .years, passing to her final rest, July 18, 1912, aged eighty years. Each was loved and venerated by all who had known them, because of the exemplary Christian lives they had lived, and for the highly beneficial influence they had ever exerted upon the moral betterment of the community. The record of their lives stands forth upon the page of history, as beacon lights along life's pathway, and as unerring guides to nobler and better things. Mr. Wright was a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason, and in his life exemplified the teachings and principles of that time honored fraternity. Miss Mary L. Wright, daughter of James P. and Louisa (Heath) Wright, has spent her entire life in Worthington. Her brother, James F. Wright, mar- 306 - HISTORY OF OHIO ried Nellie Sterrett, who died in 1911. Miss Mary Wright then assumed the management of her brother's household and became mother to the two sons, Arnold Montgomery, the present cashier of the local bank, and Theron Heath, who is an employe in one of the departments of the state government at Columbus. Miss Wright is chaplain of the Eastern Star chapter, and a member of the Rebekahs. LEWIS G. BARTON, editor and proprietor of the Holmes County Farmer, has been identified with that old and influential newspaper of this section of Ohio for half a century, the paper itself being nearly a century old. Mr. Barton was born on a farm near Millersburg, June 26, 1854, and is a son of William H. and Annetta (Lupold) Barton, both being natives of Holmes County. His grandfather, John Barton, a native of Jefferson County, Ohio, became one of the pioneers of Holmes County, his oldest daughter having been born there in the year 1822. John Barton was a son of Samuel Barton, who was born in Pennsylvania, in 1777, of Scotch-Irish ancestry, and from his native state moved to Jefferson County, Ohio. The Lupolds were of Pennsylvania Dutch descent, and Henry Lupold, maternal grandfather of the Millersburg editor, settled in Holmes County about 1837. L. G. Barton, oldest of four children, grew up on a farm, attending country schools to the age of fifteen and had two years in the schools at Millersburg. When he was eighteen years, in 1872, he went to work in the printing office of the Holmes County Farmer, being assigned the humblest duties of the office and all the work that no one else would do. The Holmes County Farmer has a consecutive record in Ohio journalism since July 1, 1828, when it was established as the Millersburg Gazette. After five or six years the name was changed to the Holmes County Farmer. Mr. Barton learned the printer 's trade, and in a progressive capacity has been identified with the Holmes County Farmer ever since. In 1882 he acquired a half interest, his associate being David' G. Newton, and they owned and edited the Holmes County Farmer until January, 1918, when Mr. Barton acquired the sole ownership. The paper is democratic, and Mr. Barton himself has been an active factor in the democratic party, and for thirty-four consecutive years he was a member of either the Executive or Central committees of the democratic party in Holmes County, and then after an interval was again made a member of the Executive Committee, a post of responsibility he still holds. His other public service include eight years as clerk of Millersburg, six years as clerk of Holmes County Court and six years as postmaster of Millersburg. He resigned the post-mastership in 1922. Fraternally he is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Knights of Pythias, and Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and has held chairs in the different lodges. Lewis G. Barton in 1879 married Miss Mary E. Newton. She died in 1919, leaving one daughter, Lola B., now wife of W. G. Bain, of Millersburg, Ohio. THOMAS DANIEL GLASGO, auditor of Holmes County, has been well known in business and political affairs in this county for thirty years. Mr. Glasgo was born at Kirby, Wyandot County, Ohio, January 29, 1873, only child of Albert A. and Florence L. (Crow) Glasgo. His grandfather, Eli Glasgo, was born in Scotland, and was an early settler in Holmes County, Ohio, where he married and settled on a farm near Nashville. On that property he spent many years, and later moved to Rich Hill, Missouri, where he died. At one time he represented Holmes County in the Lower House of the Ohio Legislature, and served for many years as a justice of the peace, and was prominent in democratic politics. On account of his service as justice of the peace he was well known as Squire Glasgo. He and his wife, Hester Glasgo, had the following children: Boaz, Milton, Asbury, Albert A. and three daughters. Albert A. Glasgo was born in Nashville, Holmes County, and died when his only son, Thomas D., was nine months old. The wife of Albert A. Glasgo, Florence L. Crow, was born in Washington County, Ohio, daughter of Daniel Crow. Daniel Crow was a native of Switzerland, and an early settler in Holmes County, Ohio. For many years he was engaged in the butchering business at Nashville. Daniel Crow married Elvira Baxter, and of their children those who grew up were Florence, Sanford and Rachael, all of whom are still living. Florence Glasgo after the death of her first husband was married to David S. Williams, a farmer of Holmes County. Her three children by this marriage were Lorin J., Willis and May. Thomas Daniel Glasgo was reared in the home of his mother and stepfather, growing up in the country and attending country schools. He continued his education 'in the Millersburg High School, and for three years was a teacher in country schools, and also did some farming. For twelve years he was in the insurance business, and during that time he became interested in politics. He was elected and served as clerk of Ripley Township. For six years he was secretary of the Washington Township Insurance Association, and he was acting as agent for this company when elected in 1918 as county auditor. He was reelected in 1920, but in the meantime the Legislature had changed the term of office of county auditor from two years to four years, so that his second term was for the lengthened period. Mr. Glasgo is a democrat, and is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias and Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is a member of the Methodist Church. Mr. Glasgo married in 1893 Miss Minnie Wachtel, of Holmes County. They have an interesting family of ten children. WILLIAM BASINGER. Within the boundaries of Putnam County, Ohio, are many men who have attained success by well directed efforts in certain vocations, and standing in the front ranks of those thus favored is William Basinger, president of the Peoples Bank Company of Columbus Grove, Ohio. The life record of Mr. Basinger began in Riley Township, Putnam County, Ohio, March 9, 1868, son of Christian and Regina (Lugibill) Basinger, both natives of the Buckeye State, the father born in Putnam County, March 12, 1846, and the mother in Allen County. The paternal grandparents, John D. and Elizabeth (Moser) Basinger, were natives of Switzerland. John D. Basinger came from that country to the United States with his widowed mother when eighteen years of age, settled in Ohio, and there passed away in 1885, when sixty-nine years of age. Christian Basinger was reared in Ohio and soon after his twenty-first birthday married Miss Regina Lugibill and to them were born two sons, William and Levi. The mother died in 1871, but the father, after tilling the soil successfully in Putnam County for many years, moved to Columbus Grove, Ohio, and there' resides at the present time. The youthful days of William Basinger were passed in active duties on his father's farms, first in Riley Township, then in Pleasant Township, and in attend- HISTORY OF OHIO - 307 ing the district school, where he secured a good practical education. When twenty-one years of age he entered into partnership with his father in farming and stock raising. Subsequently the father moved to Columbus Grove, as stated above, and William rented the entire place, consisting of 320 acres, and carried it on most actively and successfully for years. On the 14th of June, 1893, he married Miss Minnie Risser, who is also a native of Putnam County, born in Riley Township April 27, 1873. There she received her education. To Mr. and Mrs. Basinger were born six children, as follows: Leonard W., a graduate of the high school at Pandora, Ohio, also a graduate of the Ohio State University in commerce and journalism, and is now an accountant with the Findlay Porcelain Pottery Company. He served faithfully during the World war, enlisting in the Quartermaster department, and was in the convoy but did not cross the ocean. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity at Columbus Grove. Marguerite, died February 25, 1901. George R., born December 7, 1899, crossed the ocean during the World war and was in a number of battles. (See sketch elsewhere in this volume.) Mildred 0., born October 26, 1901, was educated in the public and high schools of Putnam County, attended Wesleyan College, and also took a business course. At present she is in training in the White Cross Hospital at Columbus, Ohio. Alice E., born February 12, 1906, is at home. Helen B., born March 3, 1909, is also at home. Mr. Basinger is still interested in agriculture and stock raising, but simply supervises his fine farm of 320 acres in Pleasant Township. He was elected president of the Peoples Bank Company, to succeed his father, in 1914, and holds that position most acceptably at the present time. He and Mrs. Basinger are worthy members of the First Presbyterian Church of Columbus Grove, Ohio, and he has been trustee of the same for years. In politics he supports the principles of the democratic party. LEO J. WILDENHAUS. Perhaps the same spirit of thrift and enterprise that characterized his ancestors when they left their native country to seek fields and pastures new in America has fallen to the lot of Leo J. Wildenhaus, who, though comparatively young in years, is already forging to the front and is one of the alert, thoroughgoing business men of Fort Jennings, Ohio, where he holds the position of cashier in the Fort Jennings State Bank. He was born in the Buckeye State, in Mercer County, June 20, 1889, son of J. T. and Catherine (Wagner) Wildenhaus. The father was a native of Germany, born in Westphalia in 1861, and he there remained until fourteen years of age. Then America 's superior advantages appealed to him strongly, and he crossed the ocean, locating first in Cincinnati, Ohio. He had secured thorough educational training in the schools of his native country, and supplemented this by an English course after reaching the United States, mainly in Ohio. For a time he was actively employed in teaching school, but subsequently engaged in agricultural pursuits, which has since been his chosen occupation. In politics he is identified with the democratic party, and has held minor offices, filling the position of justice of the peace for many years. He is a member of the Catholic Church, and takes a deep interest in all enterprises that have for their object the upbuilding of the community. He is the father of ten living children. Leo J. Wildenhaus was reared amid the rural surroundings of his father 's farm in Mercer County, Ohio, and received his primary educational training in the common schools of this section. Later he graduated from high school and then attended the St. Joseph College for one year. Following this he engaged in teaching, continued this successfully for six years and then entered a bank at Burkettsville, where he continued for six months. After this he organized a bank at Osgood, Ohio, where he filled the position of cashier for two years. In the year 1918 he organized the bank at Fort Jennings, holds the position of cashier, and is director in the same. He was the first cashier of the bank and still continues to hold that position. Mr. Wildenhaus is a democrat in politics, is a member of the Knights of Columbus order, and he and family are members of the Catholic Church. He wedded Miss Rose Heinl, a native of Putnam County, and a graduate of a well known academy at Toledo, Ohio. To them have been born three children: Madonna, Roland and Paul. BENEDICT A. MIEHLS. The same spirit of enterprise and unfaltering purpose that characterized his ancestors when they left their native country to seek a home in the United States has carried Benedict A. Miehls through many a trying situation, so that now, while still a comparatively young man, he has accumulated sufficient of this world 's goods to enable him to retire from active farm duties. He now resides on the east end of his fine farm in Fort Jennings, Ohio, where he is well known. Mr. Miehls is a native of the Buckeye State, born in Carroll County, March 14, 1863, son of George and Mary A. (Hegner) Miehls, both natives of Germany, the father born in Hatzenbile in 1818 and the mother in Wurttemberg in 1827. They both came to America when young and were married in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The father worked in the coal mines for four years, after which he checked coal for about five years. Following this he served as overseer for another five years, but then moved to Carroll County, Ohio, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits. In 1867 he moved to Putnam County of that state, purchased a farm in Greensburg Township, but subsequently located in Jackson Township of that county, where he resided, actively engaged in farming, until his death in 1878. In his native country Mr. Miehls served seven years in the German army. Mrs. Miehls passed away in 1913. They were both members of the Catholic Church and also held membership in St. John's Society of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Politically Mr. Miehls was a democrat, and held the position of township trustee for a number of years. To this worthy couple were born eleven children, all of whom are living at the present time (1924). They are named as follows: George, a resident of Ottoville, Ohio ; Joseph and Catherine, twins; Joseph, residing in Fort Jennings ; and Catherine, the wife of Frank Kracht, makes her home at Ottawa, Ohio; Mary married Ignatius H. Kahle; Barbara is the wife of William Kohlhoff, who resides at Glandorf, Ohio ; Regina, or Sister M. Sancta, is a sister in a convent at New Riegle, Ohio; Clara is the wife of Henry Rowes; Benedict A., subject of this review ; Frank Kracht, makes her home at Ottawa, Ohio; Theresa is the wife of Elvin Rowes, of Toledo, Ohio; and Albert is a resident of Maumee, Ohio. Benedict A. Miehls grew to manhood on his father 'a farm and received his educational training in the country schools. In the year 1891 he entered a store at Ottoville, Ohio, remained there two years and a half, and then returned to the farm, where he not only engaged most actively in tilling the soil, but shipped out much live stock. In 1910 he abandoned the live stock business and gave his un- 308 - HISTORY OF OHIO divided attention to agricultural pursuits for ten years. During that time he purchased more land, met with success, and is now retired from the active duties of farm life. He chose for his life companion Miss Mary A. Boehmer, and their marriage occurred September 25, 1895. She was born in the house where they now reside. This union resulted in the birth of three children, as follows: Alberta, who graduated from a well known academy in Toledo, Ohio, and is a musician of considerable prominence; Harold graduated from St. John's School at Toledo and was a soldier in the World war ; Hubert graduated from the Delphos Parochial High School in the class of 1923. He is now at home. Mr. and Mrs. Miehls are members of the Catholic Church, and are interested in all good work. Mr. Miehls is a member of the Knights of Columbus;. and in politics is in accord with the principles of the democratic party. He has held many positions of trust in the county ; was assessor of two townships, is a member of the Council of Fort Jennings, which position he has held for sixteen years, is a stockholder in three different banks, is president of the Fort Jennings State Bank and is a stockholder in an implement and auto company. He is the owner of 533 acres of land and is one of the alert, wide-awake men of the county. Mrs. Miehls was born November 8, 1870, and is the daughter of Amos and Mary Boehmer. Her father, who died August 31, 1909, was one of the prominent men of Putnam County. He was probate judge of the county, also state senator, and represented Putnam County in the Legislature. Mrs. Miehls is a woman of much more than ordinary ability, and is a graduate of Notre Dame at Cleveland, Ohio. JOSEPH CONRAD WANNEMACHER, cashier of the Ottoville Bank at Ottoville, Ohio, and one of Putnam County's native sons, was born at Ottoville, December 23, 1861, son of Charles and Fannie (Fournier) Wannemacher. The father was a native of Rangendingen, Germany, born January 6, 1837, and the mother, of Alsace-Lorraine, France, born August 20, 1841. In 1852 Charles Wannemacher left the fatherland and crossed to the United States, where he hoped to better his financial condition in " The land of the free and the home of the brave." He landed first in Putnam County, Ohio, but subsequently moved to Cincinnati, of that state, and was actively engaged in the shoemaker 's trade there for a period of five years. He did not confine himself to the city resident alone, but often went from house to house and made shoes for the farmer and his entire family. Possessed of the thrift and energy that characterizes so many of German birth, he managed to save a modest sum. He then located at Ottoville, Ohio, purchased land, erected a cabin and continued his trade of making shoes until 187.7, when he sold out. In the year 1879 he engaged in the hardware and implement business, and was actively and successfully filling that line of endeavor until his death in .1898. His wife left her native land when quite young, and after arriving in the United States, resided for a time in Seneca County, Ohio. There she made her home until 1850, when she moved to Putnam County, of that state. In this county she was married to Mr. Wannemacher, and here both passed the remainder of their days, her death occurring in 1890, just eight years prior to her husband's death. Both were worthy and exemplary members of the Catholic Church. In politics he was identified with and was an earnest supporter of the democratic party. From 1873 to 1879 he held the position of county commissioner, and filled that position with credit to himself and his constituents. To this worthy couple were born eleven children, four of whom died in infancy. Five are living at the present time (1923). They are named as follows : Joseph C., the original of this notice ; John A., a retired farmer residing in Ottoville; Stephen P., a resident of Cloverdale, Ohio; Alexander F., a hardware merchant at Ottoville; and Fannie, unmarried. Joseph C. Wannemacher grew to manhood in Ottoville, Ohio, and to a good practical education received in the common schools he added two years in high school at Ottawa, Putnam County, Ohio. He then followed teaching from 1880 to 1881, after which he engaged in the hardware business, continuing this until 1918. The Ottoville Bank was organized in 1903, and Mr. Wannemacher was president of this until 1918, when he was made cashier, a position he holds most ably at the present time. The officers of the bank are as follows: President, J. J. Miller; vice president, John Wannemacher ; and cashier, Joseph C. Wannemacher. These men are all directors in the bank, as are also Alexander Wannemacher and J. F. Ochely. On the 8th of May, 1888, Mr. Wannemacher wedded Miss Anna Schneider, and to this union have been born seven children: Martin J., who attended St. Joseph College for four years and is a graduate of the law department of the State University of Michigan, is now practicing his profession most successfully in Detroit; Urban A.; Monica, a graduate of Ottoville High School, also a graduate of the Normal School at Bowling Green, Ohio, and is now a most successful teacher of ten years' experience; Arnold A., a graduate of the high school, and who is now in a store, during the World war was a soldier and spent one year in France; Elnora, also a graduate of the Ottoville High School, is at home with her parents ; Margaret, a graduate of high school, is at home; and Fannie, who took a commercial course at Fort Wayne, Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Wannemacher are earnest and sincere members of the Ottoville Catholic Church, and are active in all good work that has for its object the upbuilding of the town and the community at large. In politics Mr. Wannemacher is a supporter of democratic principles, and was the first clerk of the town, serving eighteen years. He also filled the office of mayor of Ottoville for ten years and was a member of the Building Committee of Putnam County Courthouse. In spite of his varied interests Mr. Wannemacher does not lose sight of his duties as one of the leading men of the town, as is indicated by the positions of trust he has filled so capably. JOHN JOSEPH MILLER. Among the representative business men of Putnam County, Ohio, whose advanced ideas and progressive methods have carried him far on the road to success, is the name of John Joseph Miller. He was born in Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio, April 14, 1854, son of John and Johanna (Flatz) Miller, the father a native of Bavaria, Germany, and the mother of Tyrol, Austria. When but a lad John Miller left the fatherland, came to the United States and located at Fremont, Ohio, where he grew to manhood. There he engaged at the tailor 's trade, which he followed until 1863, when he engaged in agricultural pursuits. In that county he met and married Miss Flatz, who had crossed the ocean to America when quite young. Mr. Miller was unusually successful as a tiller of the soil, and the salient features of his life were such as commend him to the confidence, trust and good will of his fellow men. He was a faithful member of the Catholic Church, and in politics adhered to the principles of the democratic party. To his marriage were born six children. They were named as follows: John Joseph; Edward, who resides in Celina, Ohio; HISTORY OF OHIO - 309 Anna, wife of Andrew Kehres, of Missouri; Josephine, wife of Joseph Breckner, of Ottoville, Ohio; George, a farmer near Ottoville, Ohio; and Catherine, wife of Frank Gerdeman, of Delphus, Ohio. John Joseph Miller passed his early life in active duties on the farm and in attending the public school, where he secured a good practical education. He remained on the farm until 1879, when he selected as his companion in life Miss Margaret Lauer, a native of France, who came to this country with her parents when quite small. This union resulted in the birth of seven children as follows: Alexander, who received his education in the public schools of Ottoville, and is now connected with his father in business; Elizabeth, wife of Walter Memman, of Celina, Ohio; Edward, single, who is now engaged in merchandising at Kalida, Ohio ; Mary, wife of Doctor Ockuly, of Ottoville, Ohio; Catherine, in a convent at Cleveland, Ohio; Margaret, single and at home; and Rudolph, single and with his father in business. He is a graduatc of the Ottoville schools. Mr. Miller and family are devout and worthy members of the Catholic Church, and he and his sons belong to the Knights of Columbus Order. In his political views he is an independent democrat. He held the position of mayor of Ottoville for some time, and is now president of the Ottoville Bank Company. Mr. Miller is a man of keen discernment and untiring energy, and although he started in a small way, success has rewarded his efforts. He now has one of the largest and best equipped stores in Putnam County, and his store at Kalida is a branch of the one at Ottoville. JOHN BEGG, a sterling retired farmer residing at Columbus Grove, Putnam County, was born on a farm near Groveport, Franklin County, Ohio, November 14, 1845, and is a son, of John and Mary. (White) Begg, both of whom were born in the vicinity of Glasgow, Scotland, the former in January, 1806, and the latter in the year 1816. The parents were reared and educated in their native land, where their marriage was solemnized, and in 1842 they came, with their three children, to the United States. John Begg had been a miner in Scotland, but upon establishing his residence in Franklin County, Ohio, he settled on a farm, though he continued his work as a day laborer until his sons had attained to adult age. Thereafter he farmed for a time on rented land, and later he purchased a small farm in Allen County, this place having continued to represent his home until his death in 1886, and his wife having passed away in 1878. Both were zealous members of the Presbyterian Church, in the faith of which they were reared in their native land, and Mr. Begg was a close and appreciative student of the Bible, besides which he served for a long period as an elder in the church. He was also a regular correspondent for the Agricultural Press for twenty years. He was a republican in politics, and was affiliated with the Masonic fraternity. Of the children five attained to maturity: William entered service as a soldier of the Union in the Civil war, and lost his life in battle at Perryville, Kentucky, in 1862; Thomas was in the 100 days' service in the Civil war, and was one of the substantial citizens of Allen County, Ohio, at the time of his death, February 12, 1912; Miss Janet resides at Kalida, Putnam County; John, of this sketch, was the next in order of birth; and Mary E., the widow of Lewis A. Rower, resides with her sister at Kalida. John Begg found his childhood and early youth compassed by the discipline and influences of the farm, and that he profited fully by the advantages offered in the schools of the locality and period is assured by the success which marked his service as a teacher for a number of years in the district schools. His major success, however, has been gained through his active and well ordered alliance with farm industry. In 1875 he purchased his farm near Columbus Grove, and there he continued his activities as an agriculturist and stock grower of progressive enterprise until 1915, since which year he has lived retired at Columbus Grove, although he owns a farm of 155 acres. Mr. Begg has given splendid service in advancing the standards of agricultural and live stock industry in Ohio. He has been a member of the Grange for half a century, and was state lecturer of this splendid organization in Ohio for a period of four years, besides which he was for two years a member of the State Board of Agriculture, under the administration of Governor Willis, being president during that time. He served four years as township trustee, and was a member of the school board eighteen years. He gave thirty years of service as lecturer before the farmers' institutes of Ohio. The College of Agriculture issued a prospectus, in which they stated he had addressed more farmers' meetings than any other man in farmer institute work. He was for nearly five years a member of the Board of Trustees of the Ohio State Normal School at Bowling Green. He has given an unfaltering allegiance to the republican party, and he is an able advocate of its principles and policies. He and his wife are most zealous members of the Presbyterian Church at Columbus Grove, and he is serving the same as an elder and as superintendent of the Sunday school. In November, 1873, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Begg and Miss Mary E. Kalb, who was born in Franklin County, Ohio, March 19, 1851, and who had been a successful and popular teacher in the public schools prior to her marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Begg have reason to take pride in the character and standing of their children: Jessie A. made a record of effective service as a teacher in the public schools, and is now the wife of J. M. Michael, of Lima. Hon. James T., the eldest son, was graduated from Lima College, besides attending Wooster University, and he likewise made success of his work as a teacher. He is now serving his third term as a member of Congress, in which he is representative of the Thirteenth Ohio District, comprising Huron, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood and Erie counties. Mary K. is the wife of James J. Kissell, of Columbus Grove, who is individually mentioned on other pages of this work. John Clarence is a progressive farmer in Allen County. Bessie B., who was a popular high school teacher for several years, is now the wife of F. E. Holliday, of Detroit, Michigan. Theodore Stanley is manager of the Edwards Dairy Company at Columbus Grove. DONALD GRANT RALSTON, M. D. Soon after graduating from medical college Doctor Ralston went into the service as a medical officer of the navy, returning to his home town of McConnelsville after his discharge, and in addition to looking after a very extensive practice has taken upon himself public responsibilities. He is the present mayor of McConnelsville. Doctor Ralston was born in that Morgan County town, September 4, 1895, son of George S. and Myrtle (Coulson) Ralston, and grandson of Andrew Ralston, who came from Pennsylvania to Ohio in the fifties. He was with an Ohio regiment in the Civil war, and the service eventually caused his death. George S. Ralston, who was born on a farm seven miles west of McConnelsville, in 1870, had for a number of years been connected with the Brown-Manly Company as a salesman, and is now assistant secretary and 310 - HISTORY OF OHIO treasurer of the company. He was an active worker in the World war on committees and other organizations promoting the sale of liberty bonds and the raising of funds for the Red Cross. He has served two terms as master of the local Masonic Lodge, is high priest of the Royal Arch Chapter, is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, and is a republican. His church affiliations are with Baptist denomination, while his wife is a Quaker. His wife, Myrtle Coulson, is the daughter of William G. S. Coulson, wile was a soldier with Ohio troops in the Civil war, and a brother of Capt. Eli G. Coulson, a physician who at first was commanding officer of Company G of the One Hundred and Sixty-first Ohio Infantry and later was transferred to the Medical Corps. Doctor Ralston has two brothers. Robert, a registered pharmacist, is associated with his brother John in the drug business at Caldwell. Donald Grant Ralston graduated from the McConnelsville High School and for two years attended the University of Redlands in Southern California. He prepared for his profession by the four year course in the medical department of Ohio State University. Early in his professional career he was attracted to specialize in the treatment of tuberculosis. He completed an interneship in the Protestant Hospital at Columbus, now known as the White Cross Hospital, and in January, 1918, was commissioned a lieutenant in the Navy Medical Corps, and on June 7, assigned to duty. He was in the service until January 23, 1920, most of the time in hospitals in and around New York and Brooklyn, handling cases in the tuberculosis wards. Four times he was given orders to embark for France, but each time the order was countermanded. After leaving the service he returned to McConnelsville, and has an extensive general practice and also has charge of the Rocky Glen Tuberculosis Sanatorium. Doctor Ralston has been a member of the Republican County Executive Committee. He was elected mayor of McConnelsville in May, 1922. He is secretary of the Morgan County Medical Society, a member of the State and American Medical associations, and was commander in 1922, of the local post of the American Legion. Fraternally he is a Royal Arch Mason, and a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, and the Maccabees. He and his wife are Methodists. Doctor Ralston, married in 1919, Miss Corinne Katharine Fouts, daughter of Hon. C. II. Fouts. They have two children, Eleanor Louise and Rodman Fouts. HENRY F. LIGHT is established successfully in the general lumber business at Columbus Grove, Putnam County, where he conducts operations under the title of the Light Lumber Company. He was born on a farm adjacent to this little city, and the date of his nativity was August 19, 1858. He is a son of John and Mary C. (Walters) Light, the former of whom was born in Richland County, Ohio, February 15, 1835, and the latter of whom was born at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, August 11, 1838. She was eight years of age at the time of her parents' removal to Richland County, Ohio, where she was reared and educated and where her marriage was solemnized. In 1854 John Light came to Putnam County and purchased a farm adjoining Columbus Grove on the south. He became one of the representative farmers of this district, and for a number of years conducted a general store in the village. He finally purchased a farm near Lima, Allen County, and after the death of his wife he resided in the home of his daughter at Mansfield until his death. He was a democrat, served in various township offices, and he and his wife were earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Of the four children the subject of this sketch is the eldest of the three now living: Alfred H. is a resident of Lima; and Frances B. is the wife of A. J. Brennerman, of Mansfield. The district schools of Putnam County afforded Henry F. Light his early education, which has been effectively supplemented in the school of practical experience. He remained on the home farm until he was twenty-two years of age, was thereafter associated with various lines of business, besides which lie served for some time as a railroad postal clerk. He has been engaged in the lumber business at Columbus Grove for the past thirty years, and he gives his personal supervision also to his fine farm north of this village. Mr. Light is a democrat. He and his wife are zealous members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he is a past chancellor of the local lodge of the Knights of Pythias. Mrs. Light, whose maiden name was Minnie E. Crawford, was born on a farm in Henry County and received her early education in the public schools of Columbus Grove. Mr. and Mrs. Light became the parents of two children, both of whom died in infancy. Their adopted daughter, to whom they gave the advantages of the public schools and who has repaid in filial love their parental devotion, is now the wife of W. S. Bell, of Columbus Grove. JOSEPH T. DETERS is a native of Putnam County, has given ten years of successful service as a teacher in the public schools, represented Ohio as one of the loyal young soldiers with the American Expeditionary Forces in France in the late World war, and on the 6th of August, 1923, he assumed the office of clerk of the courts for Putnam County, an office to which he was elected November 7th of the preceding year, being the youngest man to hold the office in the county. Mr. Deters was born at Glandorf, Putnam County, April 16, 1896, and is a son of Theodore and Magdalena (Wischmeyer) Deters, the former of whom likewise is a native of Glandorf, where he was born May 13, 1858, and the latter of whom was born in Hanover, Germany, March 27, 1858, she having been a girl at the time when the family home was established at Glandorf, Ohio, where she was reared and educated and where her marriage was solemnized. Her preliminary education was received in the schools of her native land. Mr. and Mrs. Deters have continued their residence at Glandorf from the time of their marriage, which here occurred May 16, 1882, and both are devout communicants of the Catholic Church. Theodore Deters is aligned loyally in the ranks of the democratic party, and he has held for the past quarter of a century the office of assessor of the Village of Glandorf, besides having served also as township assessor. He is a director of the local building and loan association and also of a local insurance company. Of the family of seven children all are living except one: Frank is a tile manufacturer at Glandorf; Mary is the wife. of Edward Gerding; Lena is the wife of Edward Jerwers; Frances is the wife of Charles Ellerbrock ; Joseph T. is the immediate subject of this sketch; and Henry is serving under his brother in the capacity of deputy clerk of the courts. The deceased child was Frances. Joseph T. Deters was graduated from the Glandorf High School, and thereafter continued his studies in Miami University at Oxford. He was for ten years a popular teacher in the public schools of his native county, and when the nation became involved in the World war he entered service in the United States Army, with which he saw twelve months of active service in France, where he took part in the Meuse-Argonne campaign of the allied forces, and participated in active fighting in the front lines, he HISTORY OF OHIO - 311 having been a corporal in his regiment and having remained in France some time after the armistice had brought the war to a close. He arrived in the United States June 20, 1919, and duly received his honorable discharge. Mr. Deters is an appreciative and popular member of the local post of the American Legion in his old home town of Glandorf, and has served as adjutant of the same. He is a stalwart in the local ranks of the democratic party, is a communicant of the Catholic Church, and is president of the local organization of the Knights of St. John at Glandorf, where he continued to reside until he assumed the office of clerk of the courts of Putnam County. HENRY C. RUHL, M. D., one of the representative physicians and surgeons of Putnam County, has here been established in the practice of his profession at Leipsic for thirty years—years marked by his faithful and able ministrations to suffering humanity. Doctor Ruhl was born at West Point, Morrow County, Ohio, December 4, 1864, and is a son of Adam H. and Louisa (Jacobs) Ruhl, the former of whom was born in Berlin, Germany, in 1838, and the latter was born in the State of Maryland in 1840. Adam H. Ruhl received his earlier education in his native land, and was a youth when he accompanied his parents to the United States, the family home having been established in York County, Pennsylvania, where he grew to manhood and where he extended his education to liberal scope. His marriage was solemnized in the old Keystone State, and there he continued to reside until his removal to Morrow County, Ohio, in the northern part of which county he engaged in farm enterprise. There his first wife, mother of Doctor Ruhl of this review, died in the year 1869, and he subsequently contracted a second marriage. Mr. Ruhl continued his residence in Morrow County until 1880, when he moved to Gratiot County, where he passed the remainder of his life and where his death occurred in 1915. Of the eight children of the first marriage five are living (1924), two having died in infancy and one at the age of twenty years. Of this number the eldest of those surviving is George S., who is engaged in the mercantile business at Alma, Gratiot County, Michigan; Harvey resides at Climax, Morrow County, Ohio ; Dr. John A. is engaged in the practice of dentistry at Elsie, Clinton County, Michigan; Dr. Henry C., of this sketch, is the next younger ; and Zachariah B. is a merchant in the Village of Crystal Lake, Michigan. The childhood and early youth of Dr. Henry C. Ruhl were passed on the old home farm in Morrow County, and he supplemented the discipline of the district schools by an effective high school course. He devoted three years to successful service as a teacher in the public schools, and finally he followed the course of his ambition by entering Pulte Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio, in which institution he was graduated as a member of the class of 1894. In the same year in which he thus received his degree of Doctor of Medicine he established his residence at Leipsic, where he has since continued in general practice and where his able and loyal professional stewardship and gracious personality have gained him unqualified popular confidence and esteem. The doctor has kept in touch with the advances made in medical and surgical science and is identified with the Putnam County, Ohio State, American and National Homeopathic Medical societies. Doctor Ruhl has stood forth as a liberal and progressive citizen, and has been called upon to serve i 1 various local offices of trust, his political allegia ice being given to the democratic party. As mayor of Leipsic he gave a vigorous and effective administration. He was for two terms treasurer of Leipsic Township, and he served nine years as a member of the Board of Education of Leipsic. He and his wife are active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Leipsic, and in the same he holds the position of trustee. In the Masonic fraternity he is affiliated with Leipsic Lodge No. 548, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons ; Ottawa Chapter No. 115, Royal Arch Masons ; Putnam Council No. 69, Royal and Select Masters; and the Commander of Knights Templar in the City of Findlay. He is a past chancellor commander of Leipsic Lodge No. 168, Knights of Pythias. In July, 1894, was solemnized the marriage of Doctor Ruhl and Miss Anna L. Moore, who was born and reared in Richland County, Ohio. They became the parents of three children, only one of whom is living, Miss Neva J., who remains at the parental home and who is a successful teacher of music. She graduated from the Leipsic High School and the Davis Business College in Toledo, the while her musical education included a course of one year in the musical department of Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware. JOHN J. MURRAY. Born in a mining district of Scotland, and learning his first lessons in mining under his father, John J. Murray for over thirty-five years has been identified with the coal mining industry in Ohio, and for the greater part of that time has been with the Ohio Collieries Company. Mr. Murray is big and strong physically, a man of prompt judgment, efficient at all times, and a real leader among the men working under him. They implicitly trust him, and his reputation as a mining superintendent is widespread over the Hocking Valley. He is superintendent of Mines Nos. 301 and 302 for the Ohio Collieries Company at Congo in Perry County, the mines being located on the Zanesville and Western Railway branch of the New York Central. Mr. Murray was born in Ayrshire, Scotland,, December 18, 1866, son of Joseph and Mary (Johnson) Murray. His father spent his life as a coal miner in Scotland. The only two sons to come to America were John J. and later his brother James, who was killed accidentally at the Crown mines at Crooksville when fifty-nine years of age. John J. Murray had a few brief terms of school in Scotland, and at the age of twelve went to work for his father. He advanced rapidly in the technique of mining, and was a contractor when he left his native land at the age of twenty-one. Coining from Scotland in 1887 to the Ohio coal fields, he became a miner, and after a day's toil in the shaft attended night school and in that way perfected a good education. In 1895 he entered the _service of the Ohio Collieries Company, and has been with that corporation continuously except for one year in the Elk River field in West Virginia. For a number of years he was an under boss, and since 1909 has been mine superintendent. Mr. Murray married Miss Elizabeth Hazzard, daughter of William Hazzard, of Buckingham. They have been ambitious to give their children the best advantages to equip them for useful careers, and have offered them the opportunities of attending school and college and most of them are college trained. They have four sons and two daughters. The daughter Elizabeth is a graduate of Ohio University and is now secretary of the industrial department of the Young Women's Christian Association of Pittsburgh. The son James, weighmaster under his father, attended Ohio University at Athens three years. William, who attended high school at Drakes, went overseas with the Eighty-third Engineers, was at the battle front, and since his return has been in the mines under his father. The son Joseph was also overseas 312 - HISTORY OF OHIO with a motor truck corps, and is also in the mines under his father. Both sons returned home with good army records. The daughter Mary, aged nineteen, is a student in Ohio Wesleyan University, while Donald is attending the Congo High School. Mrs. Murray is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Murray is affiliated with the Masonic Lodge at Corning, the Royal Arch Chapter at New Lexington, and is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias. A. A. SLAYBAUGH for more than a quarter of a century has been one of the real leaders at the Putnam County bar and an able lawyer with a large practice, and has filled with credit many offices where his professional training is of value. Mr. Slaybaugh is a native of Putnam County, born at West Leipsic September 2, 1874, son of Thomas C. and Emma J. Slaybaugh. His parents were born in Pennsylvania. His mother taught school as a young woman. His father served as a soldier in the Union Army during the Civil war, and followed the occupation of a carpenter through his long and active life. A. A. Slaybaugh spent his boyhood at West Leip sic, and after a course in the Normal School at Leipsic was granted a teacher 's certificate at the age of sixteen, and for two years taught school. He taught his first school at Miller City in 1891. In June, 1893, before he was nineteen years of age, he took up the study of law with T. W. Prentiss at Leipsic, and in October, 1896, was admitted to the bar. Since that date his active membership at the bar at Leipsic has been continuous, and he has served with ability a large and important clientage. In politics he has always been a democrat. He served as mayor of Leipsic from 1900 to 1902, was village solicitor from 1902 to 1912, and again took the duties of that office in January, 1914. In November, 1912, he was elected prosecuting attorney of Putnam County, and served four years, from January, 1913, to the end of 1916. He set a high standard of official conduct during his term of office. Since his close he has resumed his connection with his private law business at Leipsic. In 1920 he was the democratic nominee for Common Pleas judge. On June 9, 1901, Mr. Slaybaugh married Miss Emily Bradley, who was born at Kalida, in Putnam County, daughter of Patterson and Emily (Turpenning) Bradley. Her father, who was of Irish parentage, served as a Union soldier in the Civil war, located at Kalida soon after the war, and was a farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Slaybaugh have two children, Gordon Maxwell and Helen Louise, both of whom graduated from the Leipsic High School in the same class and are now sophomores in Hiram College. CHARLES W. FOGLE, D. V. S., who is established in the successful practice of his profession at Leipsic, Putnam County, is one of the representatives of his chosen profession in this section of the Buckeye State, and is an active and valued member of the Northwestern Ohio Veterinary Medical Association, of which he was president in the year 1915. He is one of the substantial citizens of Putnam County and is a director of the Citizens' State Bank of Leipsic. Doctor Fogle claims the Sunflower State as the place of his nativity, his birth having occurred at Williamsburg, Kansas, October 28, 1886. He is a son of Benjamin and Rebecca (Smith) Fogle, both natives of Pennsylvania and both children at the time of the removal of the respective families to Kansas, in the pioneer period of the history of that state, where Daniel Fogle, grandfather of the doctor, was an early trader with the Indians. He purchased land on an Indian reservation in Kansas, where he still maintains his home, he being ninety-two years of age at the time of this writing, in 1923. This patriarchal citizen was a gallant soldier in a Pennsylvania regiment in the Civil war. Of his five children all but one are living. Benjamin C., father of the subject of this sketch, now resides at Fullerton, California, Dr. Charles W. being the elder of his two children, and the younger, Wilber C., being de- ceased; A. B. and W. C. Fogle still reside in Kansas; F. D. Fogle is real estate editor of the Chicago Herald-Examiner. The early education of Doctor Fogle was obtained in the public schools of his native town, and included the discipline of the high school. In 1907 he was graduated from the Ontario Veterinary College, from which he received his degree of Doctor of Veterinary Surgery, and in the spring of the same year he established his residence in Leipsic, Ohio, where he has since continued in the successful practice of his profession. He has served continuously since 1914 as a member of the Ohio State Board of Veterinary Examiners, of which he was president in 1923. He is also president of the Ohio State Veterinary Medical Association. The doctor is a stalwart advocate of the principles of the republican party. In the Masonic fraternity he is affiliated with Leipsic Lodge No. 548, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of which he is a past master ; Putnam Chapter No. 115, Royal Arch Masons, of which he is past high priest; Putnam Council No. 69, Royal and Select Masters; and Findlay Commandery No. 49, Knights Templar, besides which he has received the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite in the Consistory at Toledo. Doctor Fogle married Miss Adeline Werner, of Leipsic, she being a graduate of the high school of this place, and their one child is a son, Charles W., Jr., born January 3, 1917. CLARENCE J. ERICSON, who is proprietor of a mail order printing establishment at Leipsic, took over this business after many years of service at Leipsic as a railroad telegraph operator. He is one of the well known and capable citizens of Putnam County. He was born at Denison, Iowa, September 12, 1882, son of Lars and Nellie (Olson) Ericson. His parents were born in Sweden, were educated in their native land, and after coming to America were married in Iowa, and have been substantial farmers in that state. His father is now retired and living at Denison. The mother died November 17, 1918. Both were members of the Lutheran Church, and the father is a republican. There are five children: Clarence J.; Oscar M., who is an ex-service man, having been with the Three Hundred and Tenth Signal Corps Battalion in France and Germany, and is now a telegraph operator at Denison, Iowa, with the Northwestern Railway ; Pearl, a professional nurse; Enoch, a merchant at Dunlap, Iowa; and Lonnie, who served in a Machine Gun Company during the World war. Clarence J. Ericson was reared in Iowa, spent his boyhood days on the farm, and acquired a public school education at Denison. He was for four years a wireless operator in the United States Navy, serving on the old Oregon, and leaving that service he became a railroad telegrapher, and for fifteen years was stationed at Leipsic, Ohio, as an operator with the Nickel Plate Railway. It was in 1920 that he took over the business of H. F. Mendel & Company, publishers and printers, and does a business extending over Ohio and other states. Mr. Ericson is a republican and has served two terms as clerk and two terms as mayor of Leipsic, and is the present chief executive of that city. He HISTORY OF OHIO - 313 married Miss Althea Kurtz, of Leipsic. They have two sons, Charles and William, both attending public school. Mr. Ericson is a past master of Leipsic Lodge No. 348, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; is a member of Ottawa Chapter No. 115, Royal Arch Masons; Putnam Council No. 69, Royal and Select Masters. J. S. CARTWRIGHT is a native of Putnam County, and knows that county topographically probably better than any other citizen. He has devoted much of his life to civil engineering and is a former county surveyor. He was born on a farm in Riley Township, February 23, 1855, son of W. W. and P. A. (Boman) Cartwright. His parents were natives of Ohio, his father of Licking County and his mother of Hocking County. W. W. Cartwright went with his parents in 1833 to Putnam County, and the Bomans were also early settlers there. W. W. Cartwright and wife after their marriage settled on a farm in Riley Township. He lived there until he was elected county sheriff, and during his term of four years lived in Ottawa. He then resumed his farm activities, and after retiring spent his last days in Ottawa. He was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and a democrat in politics. Of the nine children four are now living: J. S.; H. A.; Mary, the wife of Pete Meadow, of Marion, Ohio; and Lou, wife of John Lewellen, of Marion. J. S. Cartwright was reared on the farm, acquired a common school and high school education, and spent one year as a teacher. He learned civil engineering by practical work, and he has been engaged in the work of civil engineering ever since. In 1911 he was elected county surveyor, filling the office until 1915. Since then Mr. Cartwright has been city engineer of Ottawa. Mr. Cartwright married Miss Anna Duke in 1880. They have one daughter, Nellie B., a graduate of the Ottawa High School and now in business at Ottawa. Mr. Cartwright is a past grand of Ottawa Lodge No. 284, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and in politics is affiliated with the democratic party. GEORGE W. KAHLE, a native son of Putnam County, is cashier of the Bank of Ottawa, and represents a family long prominent in that section of the state. .Mr. Kahle is an ex-service man, and was on the front line of duty in France for several months in the great conflict. He was born on a farm in Greensburg Township, Putnam County, June 27, 1885, son of Ignatius and Mary A. (Miehls) Kahle. His mother was born in Pennsylvania, in 1853, was brought to Putnam County when a girl, and grew up in a country district poorly provided with schools. She is one of a family of nine children, all still living, the youngest past fifty-two years of age. The late Ignatius Kahle was born in Putnam County, in August, 1850, and died in 1897. He became one of the county's best known citizens. He had a good common school education, at first engaged in farming, served two terms in the Legislature, and subsequently operated a mill and general store at Glandorf. While there he started a small private bank, but subsequently sold out and engaged in banking at Ottawa, and was president of the Bank of Ottawa when he died. He was a democrat in politics, and a devout Catholic. He and his wife had nine children: Frank G., of Lima; Emma, wife of H. C. Gerding, of Ottawa ; Adelia, widow of F. F. Laibe ; Laura, wife of George Laibe ; George W.; Harry, deceased; Al. L., a Buick agent of Putnam County ; Bertha, wife of W. D. Geary; and Mary A., deceased. George W. Kahle was educated in the common and high schools of Putnam County, graduated from a business college at Lima, and for seven years was in the drug business, becoming a registered pharmacist. At the time of the World war he helped raise a company at Ottawa and vicinity, and he served twenty-one months and eleven days with the colors. He was in France and Belgium, and was on five fronts or sectors. He was overseas eleven months, and soon after his return home and discharge from the army he accepted his present duties as cashier of the Bank of Ottawa. Mr. Kahle married Miss Rose Pfirman on June 27, 1923. She is a graduate of the Defiance High School and Defiance College and before her marriage was a high school teacher. Mr. and Mrs. Kahle are active members of the Catholic Church of Ottawa. He is affiliated with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Knights of Columbus, the Kiwanis Club, is president of the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce, and in politics is a democrat. FRANK J. CROSBIE, M. D. In the same community where he spent his boyhood and early youth, a rural district of Perry County, Dr. Frank J. Crosbie has been a skilled and capable physician and surgeon for the past twenty years. His father's farm, where he was born August 10, 1869, was on the line between Perry and Fairfield counties. His grandfather, Gilbert Crosbie, brought his family from County Sligo, Ireland, and homesteaded a tract of land covered with heavy wood, from which he subsequently hewed out the farm where Doctor Crosbie was born. Gilbert Crosbie built a home and lived in that locality all the rest of his life, and his farm is still owned by his descendants. Gilbert Crosbie, who reached a good old age, was a very successful stock dealer, and his fondness for horses has descended through subsequent generations of the family. Gilbert Crosbie had five sons, John, Peter, Michael, William and Bartholomew. William Crosbie, father of Doctor Crosbie, was born in County Sligo, Ireland, and was an infant when his parents came to the United States. After reaching manhood he bought the old homestead farm, but subsequently sold it to his brother Michael, who now, at the age of eighty-six, still occupies it. William Crosbie, who died in August, 1917, at the age of eighty-six was one of the most expert judges of horses in Southeastern Ohio, and made the raising of draft and race horses one of the important features of his farm enterprise. In early years he shipped stock to East Liberty. His brother Michael was at one time sheriff of Perry County, holding that office two terms. As a family the Crosbies have all been democrats and members of the Catholic Church. William Crosbie 's first wife was Katherine Powers, who represented a family of early settlers in Perry County. She died in 1870, leaving three children. William Crosbie subsequently married Mary Nangle, who died in 1922, at the age of seventy-five, but there were no children by this marriage. The three children by the first marriage were: Joe, a grocer at Lancaster, Ohio; Miss Mary, of New Lexington; and Frank J. Dr. Frank J. Crosbie attended rural schools near his birthplace, and he spent five years as a teacher. He finished his literary education in the National Normal University at Lebanon, where he was graduated with the Bachelor of Arts degree. He was there two years, and subsequently entered Starling Medical College of Columbus, where he was graduated in 1903. At the time of his graduation he had to borrow ten dollars to have his diploma registered and pay his way home. He chose to begin his professional work in the same locality where he had known the people from boyhood, and in the town of Junction 314 - HISTORY OF OHIO City, Perry County, he still has his home and offices. Ile is a member of the County and State Medical societies, and for eighteen years has been president of the local school board, reelected in 1923. On the 1st of January, 1924, he was appointed health commissioner of Perry County. Doctor Crosbie married Anna Frumate, of Somerset, Perry County, daughter of Joseph and Isabel Frumate. They have had four children: Joseph, attending a business college at Columbus; Isabel, a student in Saint Aloysius Academy; Philip, who died, in childhood; and Margaret, attending the home school. The family are members of the Catholic. Church. Doctor Crosbie is affiliated with the Knights of Columbus, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and the Ancient Order of Hibernians. EARL H. HANEFELD is serving his second term as clerk of courts of Putnam County. He was born in that county, and for a number of years before going into county office, was a successful educator. He was born July 20, 1889, on a farm three miles west of Kalida, on the bank of the Auglaize River, son of Fred and Minnie (Oglesbee) Hanefeld. His mother was a daughter of Joseph D. Oglesbee, who served as a Union soldier in the Civil war. Fred Hanefeld was born in Germany, January 1, 1865, son of Henry Hanefeld, who two and one-half years later brought his family to the United States and settled in Putnam County, a mile and one-half north of Fort Jennings. Fred Hanefeld was educated in Ohio. He and his wife were married in 1883, and then located on a farm where they have lived for forty years and where their son, Earl H., was born. They are among the substantial and industrious citizens of Putnam County, are active church workers, and he is a Mason and a democrat. There were three children: Mattie, born January 28, 1885, wife of George Andrews, an engineer of the Clover Leaf Railway; Harry, born October 7, 1891, died March 6, 1900; and Earl H., the second child. Earl H. Hanefeld grew up on the old farm near the Auglaize River, attended common schools there, graduated from the Kalida High School, and subsequently at different times pursued his higher education in the Ohio Northern University at Ada, in Defiance College and the University of Michigan. Mr. Hanefeld was engaged in educational work as a teacher for nine years. He became democratic candidate for clerk of courts of Putnam County, was elected, and his efficiency in office has received the mark of approval by reelection. July 15, 1915, he married Miss Zella Rower. Mr. Hanefeld is a member of the Lodge, Royal Arch Chapter and Council of the Masonic Order of Ottawa, also of the Eastern Star, and of the Modern Woodmen of America. ROY N. MCCULLOUGH is a native of Putnam County, has been identified with its affairs as a practical farmer, as a worker for good government and clean politics, served as a soldier in the World war, and recently had the enviable distinction of being the first republican ever elected sheriff of this county. He was born in Blanchard Township, at Gilboa, October 31, 1887, son of D. T. and Margaret (Norton) McCullough. His father was born in the same township May 7, 1856, and his mother in Pleasant Township of Putnam County September 23, 1855. They were reared on farms, attended public schools, gained a good education, and after their marriage settled on a farm in Blanchard Township, where for many years they have been among the most honored and respected residents. D. T. McCullough was for fourteen years superintendent of the Sunday school of the Gilboa Methodist Episcopal Church, and during all that time was absent from his duty only twice. He has been an official of the church, is a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason, a member of the Grange, and is a republican in politics. There were in the family five sons and five daughters: Bessie M., wife of William B. Gearhart; D. U., a farmer in Putnam County; Rose Pearle, wife of Howe Davis, a farmer in Union County; Harry W., deceased; Mabel J., wife of Ben Joseph; John, a blacksmith at Gilboa; Roy N.; Edward W., a farmer in Hancock County; Leona, wife of Frank Hechter ; and Miss Lena, at home. Roy N. McCullough grew up on the old homestead, gained his education in the common and high schools of the county, and as a young man took up farming on his own responsibility. He was on the farm until he volunteered early in the World war, in 1917, and after training in home camps he went overseas with the Thirty-seventh Ohio Division and shared in some of the brilliant record of that division. He was overseas eleven months and was discharged as a first class sergeant. On May 29, 1918, a short time before going to France, he married Anna A. Evans, of Columbus Grove, Ohio. She was educated in a commercial school and before her marriage was a stenographer and bookkeeper. Mr. and Mrs. McCullough have two daughters, Margaret Ann and Alice Eulyn. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Columbus Grove. Sheriff McCullough is a charter member of Ottawa Post of the American Legion. Before going into the service he was a member of the County Executive Committee of the republican party in Putnam County. EPHRAIM RICHARD EASTMAN, judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Putnam County, was admitted to the Ohio bar nearly forty years ago; and in his profession, in business and as a citizen, his life has conformed to the strictest standards of integrity and usefulness. Judge Eastman is a descendant in the eighth generation of Roger Eastman, who with two brothers came to the American colonies in 1628. They were the sons of John Eastman, who lived in England. Roger Eastman was the only brother to marry, and was the ancestor of practically every Eastman in the United States. The line of descent, naming the heads of families in the successive generations, was: Roger Eastman, Joseph, Peter, Joseph, John, Apolus, Richard K., and Ephraim Richard. Judge Eastman was born in Champaign County, Ohio, May 6, 1854, son of Richard Kimball and Christian (Groves) Eastman. His father was born in Madison County, Ohio, January 8, 1832, and was reared and educated there. For a time he worked on a farm in Champaign County, and Christian Groves, who was born in Union County, Pennsylvania, May 22, 1832, was also employed at the same farm. They were married in 1852, and for two years they rented a farm in Champaign County. In 1856 they removed to Union County, Ohio. Richard K. Eastman entered the Union army, serving as a corporal, and participated in the battle of Stone River, in the siege of Vicksburg, at Chickamauga and Lookout Mountain, was with Sherman in the Atlanta campaign, on the march to the sea and thence up through the Carolinas and participated in the Grand Review at Washington after the war. For about a year he was on detached service as provost marshal. The State of Ohio gave him a medal of honor for his services, this medal being in the possession of his son, Judge Eastman. After the war he returned to Union County and resumed farming. In 1868 his HISTORY OF OHIO - 315 first wife died, leaving seven children. This broke up his home, and he placed his children in different places. Later, after his second marriage, he moved to Van Wert, Ohio, and after the death of his second wife he entered the Old Soldiers' Home in Sandusky, where he died in 1898. He was a Baptist, and was frequently honored with some public responsibilities in the communities where he lived. By his first marriage he was the father of seven children. Two sons, John and Martin, are now deceased. Those still living are : Ephraim Richard; Mrs. Malinda Marks, a widow in Tennessee; Anna T., widow of Frank Stewart; Clara S., wife of A. C. Powers; and Howard E. Judge Eastman was fourteen years of age when his mother died, and he helped take care of his younger brothers and sisters. Thus he learned the lessons of self reliance at an early age. He was educated in the district schools of Union County, and for twelve years he was a teacher in that and Putnam counties. He also worked as a carpenter. While teaching he studied law at Defiance, Ohio, was admitted to the bar in 1885, and then returned to Putnam County and began practice at Ottawa. Judge Eastman: went to Oklahoma at the opening of the southwestern section of that territory in 1901, acquired a claim and improved a farm, and was also engaged in the practice of law at Lawton, the principal town in that district. He remained there about two years, returning to Putnam County, Ohio, in 1903. Judge Eastman was postmaster of Westerman, Ohio, for a time prior to his admission to the bar, was school director in Monroe Township of Putnam County, was a member of the Putnam Board of Elections and has been one of the spirited speakers in political campaigns, beginning with the presidential candidacy of J. G. Blaine. He became identified with the progressive party in 1912, and was chairman of the Fifth Ohio District in that campaign. He was elected judge of the Court of Common Pleas in November, 1920, and his term on the bench expires in May, 1927. He has for many years been an influential member of the State Bar Association of Ohio. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and has long been prominent in the Masonic order and Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a past master of Ottawa Lodge No. 325, Free and Accepted Masons; past high priest of Ottawa Chapter No. 115, Royal Arch Masons; thrice illustrious master of Putnam Council No. 69, Rol and Select Masters, a member of Shawnee Commandery No. 14, Miami Lodge of Perfection, Knights Templar, Northern Light Council, Princess of Jerusalem, Fort Industry Chapter of Rose Croix, and the Toledo Consistory of the Scottish Rite, and has filled several chairs in the Eastern Star. He is a past noble grand of the subordinate lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, a member of the Encampment and the Rebekahs. Judge Eastman is a thorough scholar, and has the ability to read seven different languages. He has helped promote the business interest of Putnam County, and some years ago he organized the Ottawa Home and Savings Association, and was one of its officials and is still a stockholder. Judge Eastman and Miss Elizabeth Ellen Parrett were married October 18, 1884. She is a daughter of John S. Parrett, who came to Ohio from Virginia. Mrs. Eastman has been a prominent member of the Woman's Federation of Clubs of Putnam County, president of the County Woman's Suffrage Association and active in various civic and educational movements. Of the eleven children born to Judge and Mrs. Eastman eight are living. Lillian, a graduate of the Ottawa High School and Ohio Wesleyan University, is the wife of F. H. Wolf, judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Fulton County. Orille M., the second daughter, graduated from the same schools as her sister, took post-graduate work in Columbia University, was a high school teacher, and is now the wife of Harry W. Turner. Ivan L., the oldest son, was educated in Ohio State University, in Berea College in Kentucky, and is a graduate mechanical and electrical engineer from Ohio Northern University at Ada. He was a member of the American Rifle Team in the Olympic Games in England in 1908. Maud E. was educated in the Ohio Wesleyan University, the Ohio State University, graduated as a trained nurse from the Protestant Hospital of Columbus, and is the wife of Dr. E. A. Murbach, of Archbold, Ohio. Leroy E. is a graduate of Berea College in Kentucky, attended the Yale Law School one year and spent one year in the Ohio State Law School, practiced with his father for a time and is now a successful attorney at Toledo. Ethel I. was educated in Ohio State University, in Oxford College at Oxford, Ohio, and is the wife of Clinton J. Hixson, an engineer living at Schenectady, New York. Herbert P. was educated in Berea College, spent one year in Union University at Schenectady, New York, also attended Ohio Northern University, and is now practicing law with his father at Ottawa. Marie Eastman was a student for two years in Ohio Wesleyan University after completing her high school work, became a teacher and died May 14, 1924. Harold G., the youngest of the children, finished his education in California. Judge Eastman has achieved distinction in his own career, but he has the most reason to be proud of the splendid family of sons and daughters he has reared and sent into the world so well equipped in education and character. HOWARD ESPICH KELLY, mayor of Hamilton, is one of the expert traffic men of this industrial city. He was formerly in the railroad service. A comparatively young man, he has since boyhood been making his own way, and acquired a liberal education in the intervals of regular employment. He was born at Middletown, Ohio, August 3, 1888, son of Samuel James and Viora (Law) Kelly. His mother died August 2, 1909. His father is now routing clerk for the Middletown postoffice. Howard Kelly first attended the public schools of Middletown. He was earning his own way while in the later grades. He also paid his expenses in the McClelland Business School at Middletown, studied commercial branches in a Toledo night school, in the La Salle Extension University, and a Catholic school at Middletown. For a time he was employed as a construction engineer with the Cortlandt Construction Company, and then entered the railroad service, filling a number of positions in the yards until he was made yardmaster. From 1910 to 1914 he was assistant general yardmaster. Mr. Kelly's home has been made at Hamilton since 1909. Since August 13, 1914, he has been with the Hooven-Owens-Rentschler Company as traffic manager. In 1921 Mr. Kelly was the republican nominee for the office of mayor of Hamilton, and was defeated by a very small majority. He was again nominated for the same office in 1923, and was elected in November by over 400 majority, taking up his official duties as chief executive of the municipality on January 1, 1924. Elected as a reformer, he has since entering office put his announced policy into effect with a vigor that has pleased his supporters and has won him the support of the best elements in the city. Mr. Kelly is a past grand of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, is affiliated with the Eagles and Moose, and in Masonry is a member of the Lodge, Royal Arch Chapter, Council, Consistory and 316 - HISTORY OF OHIO Shrine. He married Miss Marie Elizabeth Smalley, of Hamilton, daughter of Francis M. and Abbie G. Smalley. She was educated in the public schools and is a member of the Hamilton Woman’s Club and the Woman's Civic Club. Both are active in the Presbyterian Church, Mr. Kelly being soloist in the church choir. They have two children, Law Espich, born in 1911 and a student in the public schools, and Howard Bobbie, born in 1921. W. P. ANDERSON. One of the representative members of the Lima bar who enjoys public respect and commands confidence because of professional ability and honorable standards of practice is W. P. Anderson. Mr. Anderson was born at Bluffton, Ohio, March 22, 1877, a son of Harrison and Margaret (Rambo) Anderson, and a grandson of William Anderson. He comes of pioneer ancestry, for his grandfather, who was born at York, Pennsylvania, came to Ohio when young and lived in Columbiana County until 1840, when he removed to Bluffton and bought farming land in Allen County, on which he lived until his death about 1860. Harrison Anderson, father of W. P., was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, and accompanied his parents to Allen County in 1840. When the Civil war came on he was one of the first to enlist for service, and was a member of Company B, Ninety-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for three long years of march and battle, but lived to return to the old homestead in Allen County after his honorable discharge from the army. He remained on the old farm for the rest of his life, and died there at the age of seventy-four years. He married Margaret Rambo, who was born in Pennsylvania, and they had one son and one daughter. Mr. Anderson,s parents were members of the Presbyterian Church. W. P. Anderson had public school opportunities in his boyhood and subsequently attended the Ohio Normal School, after which he taught school for a time and in the meanwhile began the reading of law, in preparation for entering the law department of Ohio Northern University, from which he was graduated in 1902. On passing his law examination he was admitted to the bar in the same year and established himself first at Bluffton, but after a. year of practice there came to Lima, in October, 1903, and this city has been his personal and professional home ever since. He has built up a very substantial practice here with reputable clients, and for some time has been counsel for the Citizens Loan & Building Company. Under appointment he has served as judge of the Municipal Court. Mr. Anderson married, June 1, 1905, Miss Blanche Leyde, of Newton Falls, Trumbull County, Ohio. Her father, Cyrus B. Leyde, was a cousin of President U. S. Grant. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson are members of the Market Street Presbyterian Church. He belongs to the Allen County Bar Association, and to the Fraternal Order of Moose. In political sentiment he is a republican, as was his father. REED M. WINEGARDNER. One of the alert and able young men of Lima, who is building up an excellent practice as an attorney, is Reed M. Winegardner, with offices in the Steiner Building. He was born at Harrod, Allen County, Ohio, March 2, 1900, a son of Lewis J. and Mary (Turner) Winegardner, and grandson of Anthony Winegardner, a native of Perry County, Ohio. The paternal great-grandfather was born in Virginia, but when a young man he migrated to Ohio. The maternal great-grandfather, Lot Turner, a native of Virginia, came to Ohio at an early day, and married a lady whose first name was Elizabeth, and who was a native of Greene County, Ohio. Both the Winegardners and Turners acquired land and followed farming with profitable results. A grandaunt, Mary, married Jefferson Winegardner, a distant relative, and one of the most successful men of Fairfield County, Ohio, who at his death left an estate of a quarter of a million dollars. The mother of Mr. Winegardner of this review was an educated lady, and taught school for some time. While she was acquiring her preliminary education she was a classmate of present United States Senator Hon. S. D. Fess. All her life she took an active interest in church and welfare work. She was born at Harrod, Ohio, May 26, 1863, and died February 1, 1910. Her brother, P. W. Turner, is a successful business man and inventor at Ada, and is now president of The Turnerized Roofing Company, whose plants are located at Ada and New Orleans, Louisiana. In addition to his interest in this mammoth enterprise he has extensive land holdings in various sections of the country. The father of the Mr. Winegardner of whom we write was born at Harrod, and he survives the mother, and makes his home at Marion, Ohio. After the death of his first wife he married a Miss May Royce, of West Virginia, who was brought to Lima by her parents when she was four years old. There were four children by the first marriage : Stanley, who is employed by the Huber Manufacturing Company of Marion, Ohio, and travels considerably for his house; Edna, who married C. B. Johnston, and lives near Harrod, Ohio, where she and her husband own and operate a large stock farm; Byron, who died in May, 1922, aged twenty-four, had already had a successful business career; and Reed M., who was the youngest child of his parents. By his second marriage the father also had four children born to him, namely: Earl, Beulah, Lewis J., and Wanda. After going through the grade schools Reed M. Winegardner was graduated from the Harrod High School, and he also had one year in high school at Lafayette, Ohio. He then entered the Ohio Northern University at Ada, Ohio, and in 1921 was graduated from its law department with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. Immediately thereafter he came to Lima and entered at once upon a general practice. On August 7, 1919, Mr. Winegardner married Miss Lorine Ohler, born in Auglaize County, Ohio, a daughter of Floyd and Avis (Davison) Ohler, the latter of whom is deceased. Mr. Ohler has been very successful and owns a number of valuable farms. His brother James is a large landowner in Lima, and Los Angeles, California. Mr. and Mrs. Winegardner have two children: Evelyn and Muriel. Mr. Winegardner belongs to the Allen County Bar Association. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and the Loyal Order of Moose, being vice-dictator of the Lima lodge of the latter order. A young man of a strongly religious turn of mind, he is a zealous member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, is a teacher in the Sunday school, treasurer of the Allen County Sunday School Association, and belongs to the Young Men,s Christian Association, as well as to many other social and civic organizations in the city. J. J. WEADOCK, one of the able attorneys practicing at the bar of Lima, has won his present prestige in his profession by the exercise of his natural abilities. He was born at Lima, September 4, 1873, a son of Thomas M. and Catherine A. (Gormley) Weadock, natives of Canada, and Brooklyn, New York, respectively. Thomas M. Weadock acquired his preliminary educational training in the schools of Canada, and then, deciding upon a professional career, studied medicine at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, HISTORY OF OHIO - 317 Michigan, from which university he graduated in 1871. Following the acquisition of a diploma he located at Lima and began the practice of medicine, remaining here from then until his death, January 20, 1905. During this long period he built up a very large connection which extended throughout Allen County, and he was beloved by the many to whom he ministered. For a number of years he was head medical examiner of the Catholic Knights of Ohio. Three children were born to him and his wife, namely: J. J., who was the eldcst born; Dr. Edward G., who succeeded to his father ,s practice; and M. Catherine, who is a teacher now connected with the University of Arkansas. A graduate of the Lima High School, class of 1892, J. J. Weadock later attended Assumption College, Sandusky, Ohio, from which he was graduated in 1894. His legal training was secured in the law department of his father 's alma mater from which he was graduated in 1896, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. Coming to Lima, he took the necessary state examinations, and was admitted to the bar of the state that same year. For a year he practiced alone, and then for two years was in partnership with Hon. Kent W. Hughes. Mr. Weadock then entered the firm of Motter & Mackenzie, the name becoming Motter, Mackenzie & Weadock. With the death of Mr. Motter the name was changed to Mackenzie & Weadock. Later Ralph P. Mackenzie was taken into the firm, and still later Paul L. Landis became a partner, so the firm name now is Mackenzie, Weadock, Mackenzie & Landis. This is one of the strongest legal associations in Allen County, and the partners enjoy a very large and remunerative practice, handling some of the most important jurisprudence of this part of the state. For four years, between 1911 and 1914, Mr. Weadock served for two terms of two years each as prosecuting attorney of Allen County, and in this connection, as in all others, displayed that attention to duty and strong sense of personal responsibility so characteristic of him. On June 24, 1903, Mr. Weadock married Miss Mary A. Cunningham, a daughter of P. J. and Mary Cunningham, old residents of Lima. Mr. and Mrs. Weadock have had the following children born to them: James J., who attended the parochial schools of Lima and the Lima High School, was graduated from the literary department of the University of Michigan, and in the fall of 1924 will enter the law department of that same university to prepare himself for the legal profession; Mary L., who is a student of the Lima Ohio High School. Very prominent in the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Mr. Weadock has served the Lima Lodge as exalted ruler. ERNEST M. BOTKIN. Among the well known professional men of Lima, one who has made rapid progress in the law and proved capable and efficient wherever duty has called is Ernest M. Botkin, a leading member of the Lima bar, who is now serving in his second term as justice of the peace. Judge Botkin was born at St. Marys, Auglaize County, Ohio, October 20, 1888, a son of George and Mary (Lutterbein) Botkin, and a grandson of John Botkin, who was born in Montgomery County, Ohio, in 1823. His father, William Botkin, came to Montgomery County from Virginia, and was a pioneer settler there, and later was one of the earliest permanent settlers in Shelby County. George Botkin, father of Judge Botkin, was born in Shelby County, Ohio, and was a farmer there until 1902, when he came to Lima and entered the employ of the Lake Erie & Western Railroad Company. He married Mary Lutterbein, born at St. Marys, Ohio, who died in 1893. Of their four children Ernest M. was the youngest. Judge Botkin remained with his father on the home farm until the latter came to Lima, when he went to the home of an uncle near St. Marys. He had public school advantages there and later entered the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, completed his law course and was admitted to the bar of Ohio in December, 1913. He immediately established himself in practice at Lima, and this city has continued to be his home and the scene of his professional success. He began as a general practitioner, but very early in his career displayed such knowledge and understanding of the law as to attract attention and without effort on his part, placed him in direct line for a judicial appointment. Four years after he had commenced practice he was elected county judge of the Appellate Criminal Court. He served as such from 1917 to 1919, and in the fall of the latter year was elected justice of the peace for Ottawa Township, which includes the City of Lima, and in 1923 was reelected for four more years. Judge Botkin married at Cincinnati, Ohio, in October, 1917, Miss Thelma Dunham, daughter of Rev. W. J. and Grace (Cooper) Dunham. The father of Mrs. Botkin is pastor of the Hyde Park Methodist Episcopal Church at Cincinnati. He has long been prominent in the councils of that religious body and formerly was superintendent of the Dayton District. Judge and Mrs. Botkin have one daughter, Marjory. They are active members of Grace Methodist Episcopal Church at Lima, the judge being a church trustee and superintendent of the Sunday school. His political affiliation has always been with the democratic party, but those who know Judge Botkin best are well aware that no bias of any kind sways his judgment or alters his decision from what he knows to be right. For a number of years he has belonged to the fraternal orders of the Elks and the Moose. HON. E. B. FOLLETT, who went on the bench of the Court of Common Pleas at Marietta at the age of thirty-two, is a prominent member of the bar of Washington County. He is a son of a former justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio. Judge Follett served with the rank of major in the advocate general’s office during the World war. The home in which he was born July 10, 1878, is one of the historic places of the old City of Marietta, known as the Governor Meigs Mansion, fronting the Muskingum River. Governor Meigs started the building of this house in 1800 and it was finished in 1802 and stood sturdily for over a century. The parents of Edward B. Follett were Judge Martin Dewey and Abbie (Bailey) Follett. Judge Martin Dewey Follett was born at Enos-burg, Vermont, in 1826, son of John Fassett and Sarah L. (Woodward) Follett. John Fassett Follett brought his family from Vermont to Ohio overland in a covered wagon, and was a pioneer settler of Granville, Ohio. All the sons of John Fassett Follett became men of distinction, including Judge Charles A., of Newark, Ohio ; John, of Cincinnati, who served as a member of the Legislature and speaker of the House; Alfred, who became a physician at Granville; George and Austin, who were New York business men. Judge Martin Dewey Follett graduated with highest honors from Marietta College in 1853, and received the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1856. He was admitted to the bar in 1859, and for many years enjoyed an extensive general practice. He acquired a competency, but did ndt value money for itself. He sought the comforts of life, and his purchase of the Governor Meigs Mansion was for the purpose of secur- 318 - HISTORY OF OHIO ing a comfortable home. He was a stockholder in the Marietta Chair Company. He was elected a justice of the Ohio Supreme Court in 1883, and served until 1885. He was a democrat, and frequently honored by his party, being a member of the National Democratic Committee in 1864, and democratic nominee for Congress. He was one of the earliest Ohio men to take an interest in prison reform, and was a delegate to the International Prison Congress at Brussels in 1900.. He was a member of the State, National and International Prison associations, the State Board of Charities of Ohio, the American Bar Association and the National Society of Charities. He was a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, and a life member of the Historical and Archaeological Society of Ohio. He was a trustee of the First Congregational Church and for many years a trustee of Marietta College. Judge Martin D. Follett, who died in 1911, married in 1856 Harriet L. Shipman, of Marietta. By this marriage there were three children: Grace, who died in girlhood; Charles, who was drowned while skating on the Muskingum River, and Alfred Dewey, who became a Marietta attorney, serving as city solicitor, trustee of Marietta College and director of the Peoples Banking and Trust Company and died in 1918. In 1875 Judge M. D. Follett married Abbie M. Bailey, of Lowell, Massachusetts, and of this marriage Edward B. Follett is the only child. Abbie M. Bailey was educated in Andover, Massachusetts, and for a time was a teacher in the famous Phillips Academy there, and later she taught in the public schools of Ohio. Three of her ancestors fought in the battle of Bunker Hill at the beginning of the Revolutionary war. She is now seventy-eight years of age and a resident of Marietta. Judge Edward B. Follett acquired his early education in the public schools of Marietta, spent one year in the Marietta Academy and graduated with the Bachelor of Arts degree from Marietta College in 1900. He had one year of study in the Harvard Law School, and finished his legal education in the Western Reserve University at Cleveland. In his early law practice he was associated with his father in the firm of Follett and Follett. He served as prosecuting attorney of Washington County in 1906-10, and in 1910 was elected judge of the Common Pleas Court. He went on the bench in 1911, and in 1916 was reelected without opposition, but in 1918 resigned his place on the bench to accept the rank of major in the judge advocate general's office, serving as camp judge advocate at Camp Lee, Virginia. Since the close of the World war, Judge Follett has resumed his general law practice at Marietta. He was elected the first commander of the local post of the American Legion, and was the first president of the Rotary Club. He belongs to the Country Club, is a Knight Templar Mason, and a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias. He is a member of the Congregational Church and his wife is a Unitarian. Judge Follett married Miss Janette Lockwood, daughter of Thomas J. Lockwood. They have an adopted son, Thomas L. WILLIAM LEONARD MACKENZIE. Perhaps no member of the legal profession at Lima occupies so assured a position at the bar, or is more thoroughly representative of all those qualities which combine to make worthy citizenship, than William Leonard Mackenzie, senior member of the law firm of Mackenzie, Weadock, Mackenzie & Landis, of this city, general practitioners and corporation lawyers and consultants. William Leonard Mackenzie was born at Lima, Ohio, July 10, 1859, son of Judge James and Lucina P. (Leonard) Mackenzie, and grandson of William Lyon Mackenzie, and with an illustrious background of ancestral Mackenzies who, in their achievements, illustrate many pages of old Scotland 's history. William Lyon Mackenzie was born in Scotland, March 12, 1795. In 1820, an ambitious, gifted, conscientious young man, he came to the Dominion of Canada, and in 1824 established his newspaper, the Colonial Advocate, at Toronto, and four years later was elected to the Provincial Parliament for York. He at once embarked on a public career that aroused personal admiration and enthusiasm on the one side, but, because of the ever present public conflicting interests, great animosity on the other. Plunging into politics, he became the leader of the Reform Party, and in 1832, upon the termination of his first four years in Parliament, was sent as a delegate to present Canada ,s grievances in London. In 1834 he was elected the first mayor of Toronto. He was earnest and in his battle for reform in every branch of the government, he publicly attacked the lieutenant-governor of the Province in his newspaper, and in 1837, despairing of redress, headed a band of armed insurgents who demanded of this high official a settlement of grievances so generally complained of. Although long since reforms far more radical than the insurgents asked for have been granted, Mr. Mackenzie and his followers were not successful in 1837 and he was banished from Canada. During his period of exclusion from the Dominion he made his home in the United States, but under the amnesty proclamation of 1849, returned to Canada, where he again took an active part in public affairs, and was a member of the Dominion Parliament again from 1850 until 1858. He died at Toronto in 1861. James Mackenzie was born in Dundee, Scotland, July 14, 1814. He learned the printing trade in his father ,s office, and all his life, notwithstanding heavy responsibilities and high honors in other directions, he maintained an interest in journalism. He was fully in accord with his father ,s reform ideas and practically gave demonstration by accompanying and fighting with the insurgents on the frontier in 1837, and later retired from Canada with his father to the United States. Ile founded a newspaper at this time at Lockport, New York, the Freemans Advocate, designed to help the Canadian cause, and conducted it for two years and then became a reporter and local editor of the .Workingmans Advocate, published by Vick & Co., at Rochester, New York. In the meantime Mr. Mackenzie had determined on the law as a career, and with this end in view came to Cleveland, Ohio, to continue studies commenced at Lockport, and completed his law course in the office of Bishop & Backus, Cleveland, and was admitted to the bar in 1843. He opened a law office in Henry County, Ohio, was elected township clerk in 1844 and prosecuting attorney for Henry County in 1845, but removed to Putnam County, where he again entered journalism, purchasing the Kalida Venture, which he successfully conducted for ten years. He served as prosecuting attorney of Putnam County during 1846, 1847 and 1850, and in 1853 was elected to the Ohio State Legislature. In 1858 he removed to Allen County and edited and published the Allen County Democrat for two and a half years, and from 1861-3 served as prosecuting attorney. In 1865 he was elected judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and again in 1869 and in 1874, not retiring from the bench until 1879, when he resumed private practice in association with Theodore D. Robb at Lima. His death took place in this city May 9, 1901. By his marriage with Lucina P. Leonard seven children were born. HISTORY OF OHIO - 319 William Leonard Mackenzie attended the public schools at Lima and afterward read law under his father,s supervision and also in the office of Isaiah Pillars, attorney-general of Ohio. He was admitted to the bar in 1862, and established himself in practice at Lima, where he has ever since continued, choosing his associates carefully in the building up of a strong firm that, like himself, stands for hard work, honorable effort and professional ability and integrity. He is senior member of the law firm of Mackenzie, Weadock, Mackenzie & Landis, general attorneys and corporation lawyers. This firm has, together with lesser interests, the bulk of the legal business of the leading banks, railroads, building and loan, manufacturing and other corporate interests, and a large amount of business is handled. Mr. Mackenzie married, June 14, 1884, Miss Florence E. Holmes, daughter of Branson P. Holmes and Jane Williams Holmes of Lima, and they have two sons: William H. and Ralph P. From the public schools of Lima the youths entered the famous college preparatory school at Lawrenceville, New Jersey, and both subsequently were graduated from Yale University. William H. Mackenzie was engaged in banking for some time afterward, but now gives his time and attention to the management of his large real estate holdings. Ralph P. Mackenzie spent three years in the law school at Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he graduated after graduating from Yale, was then admitted to the bar and is now a member of his father’s law firm at Lima. Later he returned to Michigan for postgraduate work. The Mackenzie name is still a notable one in Canada, being borne by no less a distinguished statesman than Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie-King, who is a first cousin of William Leonard Mackenzie of Lima. EDMUND G. DEMPSTER. In naming Lima 's representative citizens of the present day, familiar old pioneer names are very apt to be disclosed, for that sturdy stock has greatly prevailed in Ohio, generation after generation maintaining its old basic principles that honest industry and Christian living are the best assurances of future independence. Such a reputation pertains to the Dempsters, who came to Ohio in 1830, and a prominent member of this honorable old family is Edmund G. Dempster, an able member of the bar and an expert accountant at Lima. Edmund G. Dempster was born at Ada, Hardin County, Ohio, September 18, 1877, one of a family of four sons born to George and Mary Susan (Clark) Dempster, and a grandson of Albert Dempster and Thomas Clark. In 1830 Albert Dempster and an older brother came to Ohio from Pennsylvania, and about the same time came Thomas Clark, also from Pennsylvania. They came to make permanent settlement, and both located in Hardin County, settling in the heavy timber, where they practically carved out homes and developed farms from the wilderness. George Dempster, father of Edmund G., was born on his father’s pioneer farm in Hardin County. He attended the country schools, for this class of pioneers early built schools and churches, but in his youth evidenced so alert a mind that it was most fortunate that already a school had been founded in which he could pursue higher branches of study. This institution was a small college that had been started at Ada by Professor Lehr, an Eastern scholarly man, and among his earliest pupils were George Dempster and Mary Susan Clark, the latter of whom was the first to enroll as a student of music. From that beginning has been developed the Ohio Northern University, with its scores of graduates all over the world. George Dempster had a scientific mind, became an expert mathematician, and later engaged in construction work and engineering. His death occurred in 1911, in New York City. He was a man of high personal character, and from youth a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He married his college mate, Miss Mary Susan Clark, who survives and resides at Lima. They had four sons born to them. Edmund G. Dempster received his early educational training in Hardin County, but after his parents settled at Lima, in 1886, he attended the graded schools and also pursued some branches of study in the night schools before entering the Ohio Northern University, from which he was graduated in 1903, and in 1904 was graduated from the law department of the same with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. He was admitted to the bar immediately afterward, and opened his law offices in the Holmes Building at Lima, where he has continued to maintain them. In 1904 he was elected to the office of justice of the peace, and in 1907 he was reelected and served four terms. For some years past Mr. Dempster has also been in business as an expert accountant and administrator, and one of his particularly successful administrative cases was that of the Ada Telephone Exchange. Mr. Dempster took charge of its affairs when they were in a deplorable condition, while now, through his able management, the business has been placed on a sound foundation and is a paying enterprise. Mr. Dempster married at Lima, Ohio, October 3, 1903, Miss Lelia M. Maxwell, daughter of Charles C. and Katie (Meyers) Maxwell. Her grandfather, Jackson Meyers, belonged to a pioneer family of Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Dempster have seven children : Russell Ellis, who is a student in the mechanical engineering department of Ohio Northern University at Ada; Dorothy May, who is attending the classical department of De Pauw University, Indiana; and Eleanor, Edith, Martha, Edmund G. and David, all of whom are attending school at Lima. Mr. Dempster is one of the city's busy professional men and enjoys the reputation of being one of the most trustworthy. He is no seeker for political preferment, although now, as always, a loyal supporter of the principles and candidates of the republican party. He is a member of the Market Street Presbyterian Church, while Mrs. Dempster was reared in the Christian Church. He is a Mason of advanced degree, belonging to the Chapter, Commandery and Consistory, and he belongs also to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. ARTHUR J. KENNEDY. Nestled among the trees and valleys of Brown County, Minnesota, stood a small log cabin in which on April 30, 1877, was born to Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Kennedy a brown-eyed baby boy who was named Arthur James. At an early age he began his education receiving all that was taught in the eight grades in the little red brick schoolhouse. After attending the State Normal School at Mankato, Minn., he taught school, then completed the course offered at the Mount Vernon College, in Mount Vernon, Ohio. June 2, 1902, he founded the Newark Sanitarium, Newark, Ohio. On September, 1905, he was united in marriage to Miss Dora Jean Swanson of Newark, Ohio. Ever keeping in mind the needs of suffering humanity he decided to attend medical school in Chicago, Ill. Then to Hartford, Connecticut, finishing a course in Natureopathy in which line he is practicing at 163 W. Main Street, Newark, Ohio. He is the father of six children, namely, Edna M., Kathryn Ruth, Arthur James, Jr.; Eleanor F., Robert Bruce and Ralph Newton. Edna M., born in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, the rest all born in Newark, Ohio. 320 - HISTORY OF OHIO Arthur J. Kennedy, specialist in electrical and natureopathic treatments and founder of the Newark Sanitarium, has been identified with Newark as a professional man and citizen for over twenty years. When he first came to Newark the science of electrotherapy was in its infancy, and he has kept pace with the remarkable progress made in that field every successive year. He has maintained the sanitarium with the most approved and modern devices available for his work, and is licensed to practice under the Limited Practitioners law of Ohio. Doctor Kennedy prepared for his profession in various medical and professional schools of the highest standing. He was born and spent the years of his childhood at the Village of Sleepy Eye in Brown County, Minnesota. Soon after coming to Newark in 1902 he founded the Newark Sanitarium of which he was the proprietor until 1924 when it was taken over by E. E. Opdyke. Doctor Kennedy remains in the institution and all his work in electro-therapy and natureopathic treatments is done at the sanitarium. It is an institution which due to his intelligent and skillful direction has enjoyed a notable success. Doctor Kennedy's high standing as a citizen and professional man was shown by his election in 1923 to the office of president of the Newark Kiwanis Club. It was no doubt his work in connection with his profession that led to this honor. In 1921 he delivered a series of eighteen health talks to the pupils of the Newark Public schools. He was one of those who inaugurated the movement for furnishing pure milk for undernourished children, the entire financing of which was undertaken by the Kiwanis Club, of which he is now president. In various other ways Doctor Kennedy has given his aid and encouragement to civic welfare in Newark. CAPT. NEIL R. POLING. A capable and efficient attorney and jurist, Capt. Neil R. Poling, judge of the Criminal Court of the City of Lima, is a man whose conscientious performance of duty and excellent judgment mark his decisions in the cases brought before him. He was born near Ada, Hardin County, Ohio, June 17, 1895, a son of James C. Poling, grandson of Samuel Poling, and a descendant of Jonathan Poling, the progenitor of the family in Ohio, where he arrived in 1775. Farming has been the principal occupation of the Poling family in Ohio, although some of its members have entered the professions. James C. Poling, who was born near Ada, is a civil engineer, but his father, born in Hocking County, 'Ohio, was an agriculturist. In addition to carrying on a general engineering practice, James C. Poling has served as county engineer of Hardin County. For some years he has been one of the representative men and good citizens of Kenton, Ohio. His wife, who was Miss Charlotte Robinson, was born in Hardin County, Ohio. The eldest of a family of three children, Judge Poling attending the grammar and high schools, and was graduated from the latter at Ada. He learned what hard work meant in his youth, and this rigid training is of great assistance to him now. When a case is brought up to him he can view it from a workingman's standpoint, as well as from that of a legalist and jurist. In 1914 he entered the law department of the Northern Ohio University, from which he was graduated in 1920, and his admission to the bar followed that same year. His long term of six years of professional training was interrupted by his military service. On July 13, 1917, he enlisted in Company G, Second Ohio Infantry, was mustered in at Ada, and sent to Montgomery, Alabama. There he remained until June, 1918, when he was sent to France as a corporal, under Colonel Pickering, of the One Hundred and Forty-sixth Infantry. For a short time he was in the Argonne sector, where he attended the Officers' Training School, and while he was there the armistice was signed. Early in April, 1919, he was returned to the United States, and was mustered out. Shortly thereafter his cominission as a second lieutenant was sent him, but he did not accept it. Coming to Lima following his admission to the bar, he became associated with the Ohio National Guard as a second lieutenant, and in March, 1923, he was elected captain of Battery D, One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Field Artillery, which rank he still holds. In September, 1923, he was appointed judge of the Criminal Court to fill out an unexpired term, and was elected to the same office, for a four-year term, in November of that year. On April 23, 1921, Judge Poling married Miss E. Ruth Hardesty, a daughter of Charles L. Hardesty. Judge Poling belongs to the Masonic fraternity, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the American Legion. EMMIT E. EVERETT. Standing deservedly high among the able men practicing at the bar of Lima, Emmit E. Everett measures up to the highest standards of American citizenship, and is recognized as a credit to his profession. He was born in Monroe Township, Allen County, Ohio, May 21, 1876, a son of Jasper and Margaret (Reeder) Everett, both natives of Allen County, Ohio. The paternal grandfather, Jacob Doty Everett, and his wife, Elizabeth (Bush) Everett, were both natives of Pennsylvania, and the maternal grandparents, Henry and Sarah (Hawk) Reeder, were also born in the Keystone State. Henry Reeder walked from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Allen County, Ohio, in 1837, following in his trip the blazed trail of those before him when he could, and when there was none, put his own marks on the way to guide others who might follow. Upon his arrival in Allen County he located in Jackson Township, and was one of the pioneers of that region. The Everetts upon coming to this country first located in Massachusetts, where they became very prominent in the affairs of the colony. The City of Everett, Massachusetts, is named in honor of the family, and in it is a bronze statue of Edward Everett, one of the early governors of Massachusetts. Jacob Doty Everett, the paternal grandfather, came to Ohio in the late ,30s and located in Monroe County, where he acquired a large amount of land. While he was a man of great energy, he died at an early age, not having been spared to enjoy the fruits of his hard work. On the other hand, the maternal grandfather, Henry Reeder, lived 'to the, age of seventy-three, and then met his death in an accident with his team while hauling timber without any assistance. He, too, was a man of great energy, and up to the age of seventy could outwork any man half his age. Jasper Everett, the father, is still living, being now seventy-three years old, and during his active years he was engaged in farming. At present he is still residing on some of the land his father secured upon coming to Ohio. All his life he has been deeply interested in public affairs, but, although often urged to do so, has never been willing to serve in office save that of school director and trustee. Too young for active service in the war of the '60s, he followed in spirit the fortunes of an elder brother, who was a soldier in General Sherman's memorable "March to the Sea," and those of another brother who was confined as a prisoner at Andersonville. Emmit E. Everett attended the district schools of Monroe Township, and at the age of eighteen years began teaching school, first in Allen County and later HISTORY OF OHIO - 321 in Montgomery County. Subsequently he was a student of the Lutheran College at Lima, from which he was graduated. During his spare moments he studied law, and in 1903 entered the law department of Ohio State University, from which he was graduated in 1905, and that same year was admitted to the bar. He began practice in Lima, where he has since continued, building up a large and valuable connection. From 1908 to 1916 he was a justice of the peace. On August 26, 1900, Mr. Everett married Miss Gracia Crum, of Tiffin, Ohio, a daughter of Henry O. and Belle (Meyers) Crum, both natives of Seneca County, Ohio. The paternal grandfather was a sergeant in the Union army. The maternal grandmother, Olive Priscilla Greene, was a daughter of Captain Greene, a soldier of the War of 1812, who was with General Jackson at the battle of New Orleans. He was a son of General Greene of Revolutionary fame. Mr. and Mrs. Everett have two children: Paul, who is attending college; and William Howard, who is attending high school. Mr. Everett has taken a most active part in Masonry, and is a past master of the Blue Lodge, past high priest of the Chapter, and has been advanced through the thirty-second degree in that order. He is also a royal arch captain of the Grand Chapter of Ohio. He belongs to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. The Methodist Episcopal Church is his religious home. HON. THOMAS ROY HAMILTON. An able attorney, Hon. Thomas Roy Hamilton, of Lima, is a credit to his profession and state. He was born in Orange Township, Hancock County, Ohio, February 26, 1867, and belongs to old American families on both sides of his house. He is a son of Jonathan and Sarah Ann (Anderson) Hamilton, both natives of Ohio, the former born in 1842. In August, 1862, Jonathan Hamilton enlisted in the Ninety-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war of the ‘60s, although he was at the time of his honorable discharge, in July, 1865, attached to the Fiftieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, to which he and the remnant of his regiment had been transferred. With his command he participated in the Grand Review of the victorious troops at Washington. The transfer of his original regiment was made after the battle of Chickamauga, in which the Ninety-ninth was almost exterminated. The Hamilton family came originally of Scotch-Irish stock, Presbyterian in faith, and was established in the New World by the great-grandparents of Mr. Hamilton of whom we write. His grandparents, John and Elizabeth (Shaw) Hamilton, were Pennsylvanians, who later migrated to Ohio and became pioneers of Hancock County. Mrs. Hamilton, mother of Thomas Roy Hamilton, was a very active church worker, and a lady of lovely character. She and her husband were successful farmers of Hancock County for many years. After a boyhood and youth spent in youthful occupations and public school attendance, when he reached his majority Thomas R. Hamilton began teaching school during the winter months, and during the summer ones attended the Ohio Northern University at Ada, and pursued this course for seven years, for three years of this period being superintendent of the high school at Beaver Dam, Ohio. On October 4, 1894, he was admitted to the bar of Ohio, and began a legal practice in the firm of Ridenour & Halphill, and six months later, opened an office of his own. He has since conducted a large practice, and is recognized as one of the leaders of the bar of Allen County. On August 14, 1895, Mr. Hamilton married Miss Leta McBride, a daughter of William and Lilly (Gates) McBride, the former a successfull merchant of Beaver Dam, and a most highly respected citizen. Mrs. Hamilton died January 8, 1916, leaving the following children: Ruth Ardella, who attended the Lima public schools, the Western College for Women at Oxford, Ohio, and the Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio, was graduated from the last-named institution, and is now taking a post-graduate course at Western Reserve College; and Helen May, who is attending the Western Reserve College at Cleveland. On October 27, 1923, Mr. Hamilton married Miss Nell E. Leyde, a member of an old family of Newton Falls, Ohio. Mrs. Hamilton was physical director of the Young Woman,s Christian Association at Patterson, New Jersey, for some years prior to her marriage. Mr. Hamilton is a loyal and public-spirited citizen, an able and conscientious lawyer, and stands deservedly high in the esteem of the people of Allen County. He is a member of the Church of Christ, belongs to its Official Board, and is teacher of the Men,s Class of 100 members in the Sunday school. Fraternally he belongs to the Sons of Veterans, the Knights of Pythias and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. ROBERT W. MURRAY is one of the notable figures in the mining industry not because he has acquired and operated extensive mining properties, but because he has given the industry an invention that has increased efficiency and the economical working of mines. His invention is one of the many that have served to lighten the burdens of the world in producing the necessities of life. Mr. Murray was born at Frostburg, Maryland, April 3, 1877, a son of David and Christina (Brinstine) Murray. His father was born in Scotland, and was brought to the United States at the age of two years, while the mother was one year old when brought from Amsterdam, Holland. David Murray served as Union soldier in the Civil war, participating in many battles, and being forty-eight days at the siege of Vicksburg. For many years he was a practical coal miner, working in Maryland, in and near Birmingham, Alabama, and also in the Hocking Valley coal field of Ohio, at Corning and Shawnee. Now, at the advanced age of eighty-three, he lives at Frostburg, Maryland. He is affiliated with the Grand Army of the Republic. His wife died in 1916, at the age of seventy-three. They had six children, three sons now living : Charles, John and Robert W. Charles and John are practical miners at Corning. Robert W. Murray after attending public schools started to dig coal in the mines at the age of fourteen, and subsequently became an engineer, operating the pumps and engines. One of the great problems of mining was due to the injurious action of water on the pumps and other machinery. Water in the mines frequently carries large amount of injurious chemicals and other materials in solution. Particularly in coal mines is the water contaminated with sulphur and its various compounds, including sulphuric acid. Sulphuric acid is one of the most destructive agents known on all metals, even brass or bronze. Consequently the old type of iron pump was quickly corroded, and not only was replacement heavy expense, but work had to be completely interrupted while new installation was being made. It has long been known that wood will withstand the action of mine acid and sulphur waters better than any other substance. However, the making of a practical pump from wood remained for the experimental genius, Robert W. Murray, to achieve. While he was working as a miner in Sunday Creek Mine 253 at Rendville, he made his first wood pump, 322 - HISTORY OF OHIO in 1906, whittling it out in his spare time. That was eighteen years ago, and the first all wood pump he built is still in use. It was installed in Mine No. 253. He then built a pump for the Tropic Mining Company at Rosefarm, now a part of the Ohio Collieries, for which concern Mr. „Murray has built two of the largest pumps of their kind in the State of Ohio. The Tropic Mine was almost unworkable on account of the large amount of sulphuric acid in the water, the only metal pump that could be used at all being one made of brass or bronze. At that time Mr. Burger was general superintendent of the Tropic Mine. It was the success of the Murray all wood pump at the Tropic mines that made it possible for Mr. Murray to start an independent industry for the manufacture of his type of pump. At first the Star Manufacturing Company of New Lexington manufactured the pump, but subsequently he erected a plant of his own, and late in 1923 his company known as the Murray. Pump and Valve Manufacturing Company, entered its handsome new modern factory. This company is the only manufacturer of the all-wood pump for mines in the country, and the pumps were all originated by Mr. Murray. The company manufactures an extensive line of many types, suitable for all conditions, and many of the largest coal operating companies in the Middle West use the Murray all-wood pumps exclusively. Mr. Murray married in 1904 Miss Mary Murray, daughter of Owen F. Murray of Rendville. She died. in 1910, leaving two children, Mary and Eugene, now attending school at New Lexington. In 1920 Mr. Murray married Miss Esther Bowen, daughter of John Bowen, of New Lexington. They have one daughter, Martha. Mr. Murray is a Catholic, is a member of the Elks, and is a director of the Kiwanis Club of New Lexington. H. EDMUND GARLING. The legal profession at Lima, Ohio, is ably represented by men of talent and education, who are creditable members of the community socially. A well known member of this professional body is E. Edmund Garling, who for the past eighteen years has been engaged in the practice of law here and has won high standing in the profession. Mr. Garling was born at Port Jefferson, Shelby County, Ohio, October 10, 1881, and is a son of William E. and Anna (Hicks) Garling, and a grandson of William F. Garling. The grandfather was the pioneer of the family in Ohio, coming from Pennsylvania in early manhood, he located first in Fairfield County but later settled permanently in Logan County. He acquired land and cleared and cultivated it, married and reared a family, and passed away on his own farm, at the age of eighty-four years. William E. Garling was born in Logan County, Ohio, and, like his father, followed mainly an agricultural life on the old home farm. He was a well educated man, however and for a number of years varied the monotony of farm life by teaching school and taking an active part in local public affairs. He married Anna Hicks, who was born in New Jersey, and they had four children, H. Edmund being the first born. Mr. Garling received his early education in the district schools but later became a student in the Ohio Northern University at Ada, and afterward, until he completed his university course, alternated his university work with teaching school. 1903 he entered upon the serious study of law, and, was admitted. to the bar in 1906 and shortly afterward came to Lima and entered upon the practice of, his profession, for a time being alone but later, with a partner, was junior member of the law firm of Emmons & Garling. An interval of four years again alone subsequently followed, when he admitted Mr. Kies to partnership, and this connection continued until 1923, since when Mr. Garling has again been alone. He has met with professional success, and on many occasions has been associated with court cases of great importance. For three years he served as city attorney of Lima, one year by appointment and two years by election. He is a member of the County, State and National Bar assoeiations. Mr. Garling married, December 28, 1908, Miss Ethel Huber, who was born in Logan County, Ohio, daughter of Isaiah Huber, and they have one son, Eugene Huber. Mr. Garling is prominent in republican politics in the state, and is chairman of the executive committee of the republican party of Allen County. AUGUSTUS H. WEHINGER, who at the present time is secretary-treasurer of the Ottawa Tile Company at Ottawa, Ohio, was born in Piqua, Miami County, Ohio, on the 4th of October, 1874, and is the son of Anton and Abbie (Lenhart) Wehinger. The father was born at Fort Loramie, Shelby County, Ohio, on February 10, 1853, and the mother was born near Riney, Shelby County, Ohio, in 1849. After a. useful and creditable life the mother passed away on October 25, 1921. Both father and mother were reared on farms, and there received their education and generally their early training in good citizenship and exemplary conduct. The homes of both were on farms in Shelby. County and their schooling was obtained in the somewhat deficient rural houses where the best teachers were seldom found and the best courses and surroundings lacking. But both came forth for life's duties well prepared for that deficiency. The father soon after attaining early manhood learned the shoemaker's trade at Frysburg, Auglaize County, and when competent opened his shop in that town and began working at his trade, and continued at the same for about twenty years. His income, while not enormous, was sufficient to meet the demands of his family, with enough left over to lay up sufficient for emergencies and a comfortable home. At the end of about twenty years he moved to Gutman, Auglaize County, and began the manufacture of a superior grade of drain tile for the farmers, and continued that occupation with fair success and profit 'for a period of twelve years. During that time his supplies came from the clay piles near his shop, and the tile which he produced had a large sale over a wide section of the state. Hundreds of wet land tracts now owe their fertility and tillable qualities to tile which he turned out. At the end of the twelve years he again changed his location, this time moving to. Ottawa, Ohio, in 1907. Here he and his wife resided until her death, and became well known and universally respected by a large circle of friends and acquaintances. They were earnest members of the Catholic Church, and occupied various positions of importance in that foremost organization. In politics he is a democrat, and is always interested during every campaign in the success of his party. He and his wife were married at Sidney, Ohio, where they became acquainted and finally engaged, and they became the parents of five children, of whom four sons are living in 1924. Their son, Augustus H., the subject of this narrative, was reared at Frysburg in Auglaize County, Ohio, and in youth received the usual education in the public schools. In his early days he engaged in the tile business with his father in that..county, and. is, thus associated at the present time. The capacity of his tile factory is about one hnndred tons per day, and his supplies are HISTORY OF OHIO - 323 obtained from a tract of forty acres of which he is the owner. He manufactures his own tile products and finds a ready market over a wide section of the country. The merit of his products is not 'questioned, as they compare with any others in the state for strength and endurance. In early manhood he married Miss Debbie Thrush, of Auglaize County. They are members of the Catholic Church, and are actively associated with its local movements and masses. He is a democrat, but is not an active nor ambitious partisan, though he feels better when his party wins at the polls. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus and of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is the owner of the tile plant at Ottawa, and with his brothers owns the large tile plant at Mansfield, Ohio. JUDGE STEPHEN A. ARMSTRONG, of Lima, former judge of the Court of Common Pleas, has recently rounded out a half century of continuous membership at the Ohio bar. This long period of years has been accompanied by many services not only in the interest of his clients, but for the public at large. Judge Armstrong was born in Mercer County, Ohio, December 18, 1848, son of William and Martha (Livingston) Armstrong. He is of Scotch-Irish ancestry. William and Martha Armstrong came to America in 1832, locating for a time in Philadelphia, then in Canada, and in 1847 the family moved to Mercer County, Ohio. He was a blacksmith and farmer, and died March 20, 1850. His wife survived him until December 13, 1857. The last survivor of the seven children, Stephen A. Armstrong attended public schools at Celina, Ohio. He was only nine years of age when his mother died. He learned printing, and served that trade under a contract made by his guardian, according to the terms of which he was to receive $40 for his services the first year, $60 for the second year and $120 for the third year. When he was seventeen years of age Judge Armstrong began teaching, and taught a number of terms in district schools in Mercer County, and finally was elected superintendent of schools at Celina. In 1871 he entered the University of Michigan, where he pursued both the law course and the course in engineering. Just recently Judge Armstrong attended the fiftieth reunion of the members of the class of 1873. Of the 127 graduates only thirty-seven are now living. This class included a number of men who have reached prominent positions in affairs. Judge Armstrong graduated May 1, 1873, was admitted to the Michigan bar, and in the same year to the Ohio bar, and then located at Celina, where for twenty-five years he successfully carried on a general practice as an attorney. He was elected and served two terms as prosecuting attorney of Mercer County, from January, 1876, to 1880. After leaving that office he resumed his private practice, and he continued his work at Celina until 1899. In 1898 he was elected judge of the Common Pleas Court in the First Division of the Third Judicial District of Ohio, his subdivision comprising Allen, Auglaize, Mercer, Shelby and Van Wert counties. Judge Armstrong was on the bench two terms, until January 9, 1909. Since leaving the bench he has conducted a general law practice at Lima. In the course of his legal career he has been employed as counsel for many large corporations, but now specializes in a general practice, and is one of the instructors in the law department of Northern Ohio University at Ada. During his residence in Celina he held several offices, having been president of the Board of Education and president of the Mercer County Teachers' Institute. He has been a loyal disciple of the democratic party all his life, and has rendered many services to the party, for a time being chairman of the democratic committee of Mercer County. On December 28, 1870, Judge Armstrong married Miss Alice Jane Shipley, daughter of Samuel Shipley, of Celina. She was educated in the public schools of Celina and at St. Marys. Seven children were born to Judge and Mrs. Armstrong, William, Russell, Edward, Samuel F., Stephen A., Alice May and John Richard. Of these, two are now deceased, William and Edward. The sons Russell and John are engaged in the real estate business in New York City. Stephen A., formerly a reviewer in the war risk insurance department, is still a resident of Washington, D. C. The other son, Samuel Floyd, is a locomotive engineer, and for some years has been in the oil industry, now in Ohio. Alice May Armstrong, the only daughter of Judge Armstrong, is a very talented musician. She has given concerts throughout the country. Her soprano voice has elicitcd praise from many discriminating critics. During the war she sang for the returned soldiers in the government hospitals in the camps, and the government awarded her an honorary certificate for such work. She has studied under some of the best teachers in the country, and is now doing concert work in Chicago. CHARLES JOHN GRUENBAUM is one of the outstanding leaders in commercial school education in Northwestern Ohio, being president of the Lima Business College. He was born in Union County, Ohio, April 10, 1879, son of John Gruenbaum, and grandson of John Gruenbaum. The Gruenbaum family came from Germany and located at Lockburn, southeast of Columbus, in pioneer times. His father, John Gruenbaum, has spent his active career as a farmer, and is now living near Marysville, being a strong democrat and an active member of the Lutheran Evangelical Church. He has served as township trustee, has been influential in promoting good schools in his community, and has filled other minor positions. In the family were seven children, six now living, five sons and one daughter. Next to the oldest in this family, Charles John Gruenbaum had a farm training and environment as a boy, and up to his thirteenth year attended the Lutheran parochial and public schools. At the age of fifteen he entered the Darby Public High School, graduating three years later. Mr. Gruenbaum had five years of practical experience as a teacher in country schools in Union County. Following that he spent two years in Valparaiso University in Indiana, completing the commercial course, and filled a position as bookkeeper and in general accounting for sometime before he took commercial college work. Mr. Gruenbaum has been a resident of Lima since 1904. For seven years he was an instructor in the Lima Business College. This college was incorporated in 1895, with Mr. H. W. Pears as president, and Mr. I. F. Clem, secretary. Mr. Gruenbaum finally bought the interests of Mr. Clem, and became secretary and treasurer, Mr. Pears remaining as president. In 1914 the college was reorganized, the capital being increased from $5,000 to $50,000, and the new management built a new modern fireproof block for the school, this building having been completed January 1, 1915. The death of Mr. Pears, president of the school, occurred December 17, 1917, and in the following January the directors chose Mr. Gruenbaum as president and general manager. He has very successfully directed the destinies of this splendid business college for the past six years, and has given it a very high rating among institutions of the kind. It is a 324 - HISTORY OF OHIO member of the National Association of Accredited Commercial Schools. Mr. Gruenbaum is a member of the Kiwanis Club, is a democrat, and is prominent in the Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church of Lima, having served as secretary and treasurer of the church for a number of years and is now superintendent of the Sunday school. GEORGE BRUNTON KNAPP, a veteran of the World war, represents a very old and influential family of Marion County, and is himself actively engaged in the real estate business in the City of Marion. He was born at Marion, May 4, 1880. His great-grandfather, William Knapp, who was born at Warsaw, New York, in 1752 and died in 1800, was a private in the New York militia and a minute man during the Saratoga campaign in the Revolutionary war. The grandfather of Mr. Knapp was John R. Knapp, who was born in New York State in 1787, was a soldier in the War of 1812, and an early settler at Marion. He served as mayor of the town in 1851, and in 1853 was appointed postmaster. His name is identified with the old Marion Mirror as its editor. He died in 1864. James Andrew Knapp, father of George B., was born at Marion, January 20, 1853, and for a number of years was in the insurance business. The past twenty years he has devoted entirely to the affairs of Masonry, being secretary of Marion Lodge, Marion Chapter, Marion Council, and Marion Commandery, Knights Templar, at Marion, a member of the Scottish Rite Consistory, and was elected to the thirty-third degree in 1924. He is a republican and a Methodist. James A. Knapp married Rose Tavenner, who was born in Virginia, March 12, 1853, and died September 9, 1903. George Brunton Knapp after graduating from the Marion High School in 1898, became a reporter for the Marion Tribune. From 1901 to 1908 he was publisher of the Marion Republican, a weekly republican paper. In 1908 and 1910 he was chairman of the Republican County Central Committee, and from 1908 to 1912 was president of the Monarch Republican Company, printers, binders and dealers in office supplies. In 1912 he left Marion and became general manager of the Hopley Printing Company at Bu- cyrus Ohio, publishers of the Bucyrus Evening Telegraph and the Bucyrus Journal. Mr. Knapp returned to Marion in 1916, and with his brother Frank M. established the firm of J. A. Knapp & Sons, general insurance and real estate. He left this business soon after America declared war against Germany, and on May 12, 1917, entered the First Officers, Training Camp at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis. He was commissioned a captain of infantry, and on August 31, 1917, was assigned as commanding officer of Company A of the Three Hundred and Thirtieth Infantry, Eighty-third Division, later serving as battalion commander and regimental commander. On December 31, 1917, he was promoted to major. During that time he was with his regiment at Camp Sherman, Ohio, but on May 29, 1918, was ordered for overseas service. From June 12 to June 24 he was on board the U. S. S. Plattsburg, as commanding officer of the troops. He served with the Eighty-third Division in France from June, 1918, until January, 1919, returning to the United States on board the U. S. S. Frederick, and on February 4 returned to Camp Sherman, where he served as regimental commander of the Three Hundred and Thirtieth Infantry until the final discharge of the regiment on March 31,, 1919. After the war Major Knapp engaged in the real estate, business individually, and in addition is secretary of the Vernon Heights Realty Company, which was organized in 1920 and has promoted and marketed Vernon Heights, the finest residential section of Marion. Major Knapp was the second president of the Marion Real Estate Board, is a member of the Board of Governors of the Ohio Realtors, an a member of the National Real Estate Board. He belongs to Bird McGinnis Post No. 162 of the American Legion, is a member of the Sons of tin American Revolution, a republican, a Presbyterian, a member of the Marion Country Club and Marion Club, and in Masonry is affiliated with the Lodge, Chapter, Council and Knights Templar Commandery and the Scottish Rite Consistory. He married Miss Edna DeWolfe, of Marion daughter of the late Simon DeWolfe, who for over fifty years was in the grain and elevator business, operating the Marion Elevator from 1854 to 1904. Major and Mrs. Knapp have one daughter, Virginia, and reside at 512 Vernon Heights Boulevard. MICHAEL WADDELL. The business distinction 1i which Michael Waddell is best known in his home City of Marion has been his long official service wit, the Home Building Savings & Loan Company, of which he is president. His name has been prominently associated with a number of organization, that promote the social welfare of the community, and not least he is one of Ohio’s foremost Masons, one of the few to obtain the supreme honorary thirty-third degree. Mr. Waddell was born in Richland Township. Marion County, May 2, 1853, son of Samuel and Catherine (Jacoby) Waddell. Both parents represented pioneer names in Marion County. The Jacoby were of Holland Dutch ancestry. Five brothers of the name served in the war for independence, an, in 1819 the family came to Ohio from Pennsylvania and in 1824 made settlement in Richland Township of Marion County. The maternal grandfather of Michael Waddell was Michael Jacoby. The paternal grandfather, John Waddell, was born near the Ohio River in Wheeling, West Virginia. and in March, 1821. arrived in Marion County, settled on Government land in Richland Township, and devoted the rest of his active years to clearing a. farm out of the wood, Samuel Waddell was born in 1827 and died in 1900 and his wife was born in 1835 and died in 1882. IL was a well to do farmer, served as county commissioner, was a democrat, and an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Michael Waddell was one of a family of eleven children by his father’s first marriage, had a farm training, attended a country school, taught school for a time, and for several years represented the Ohio Farmers' Insurance Company in Marion and Wvandot counties. In 1894 he was elected clerk of courts, and served two terms in that office, until 1900. In 1900 Mr. Waddell became secretary of the Home Building Savings & Loan Company, which had been organized in 1898. He was secretary and administrative official of the association for twenty-four years, and was elected as president January 1, 1924. In no small degree his personal integrity has come to permeate the entire spirit of this, one of Ohio’s most successful building and loan companies. Mr. Waddell is also a director of the Marion County Bank. He served two years on the Carnegie Library Board, three years on the School Board, and has been president of the Marion County Children's Home, and became one of the trustees upon the organization of that institution. His uncle, Benjamin Waddell, gave to Marion the Waddell Ladies' Home, and Michael. Waddell has been secretary of that institution since it was established. He has for many years been a