COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 225 tion, and had been sick less than two days when he died. He threshed the day he became ill and died during the following night. In politics John Castle was a Republican. In early life he was a member of the M. E. Church, but later he became connected with the U. B. Society near his home. His wife survived until 1881. A. J. Castle, the subject of this sketch, remained with his father, attending the common schools, until he was eighteen. He then began farm work by the month until August 22, 1862, when he enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Twenty-third O. V. I. The regiment was assigned to the Eighth Corps in West Virginia, and served three years. Mr. Castle participated in the battles of Winchester (Va.), Newmarket, Piedmont, Lynchburg, Snicker's Ford, Berryville, Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek, High Bridge and others. He saw Gen. Sheridan on his famous ride to Winchester, Va. ; was mustered out in June, 1865, returned home and resumed farming, working also in a sawmill. Including his military service, Mr. Castle worked for sixteen years for monthly wages. In 1880 he was married to Miss Alice Moyer, who was born in Sandusky county October 14, 1856, daughter of Samuel and Eve (Kline) Moyer, both natives of Union county, Penn. The father, who was of German ancestry, was born in 1804, the mother in 1810. They married in Pennsylvania, and about 1853 migrated to York township, Sandusky county. Later Samuel Moyer removed to Michigan, where he died in 1876; his wife after lived in Kansas, whence she returned in May, 1895; a few weeks later she was stricken with paralysis, and died at the home of Albert Streeter August 2, 1895. To Mr. and Mrs. Castle four children have been born: Mabel, Carmi, John and Rhoda. After his marriage Mr. Castle rented a farm and continued to till the land of others until three years ago, when he purchased a fertile farm of forty-three acres. He is engaged in general farming and in raising vegetables, especially cabbages. In politics he is a Republican. His wife is a member of the U. B. Church. Mr. Castle was. in 1894 elected trustee of the township. He has many friends, and bears the reputation of being an unusually successful farmer. GEORGE WALTERS, a prominent and substantial farmer of Woodville township, Sandusky county, is a native of that county, born February 3, 1855, and is a son of Louis and Anne (Hinnes) Walters. Louis Walters was born in Wittenberg, Germany, in 1809, received his education in his native town, and engaged in farming. When but a young man he came to the United States, locating first in Virginia, where he drove teams for a livelihood. In Wheeling, Va., on February 12, 1834, Louis Walters married Anne Hinnes, who was born in Hanover, Germany, and they had the following children: Rosina, born in February, 1836, wife of Edward Switzkeble, a farmer of Michigan; John, born in 1838, and died in Libby prison during the Civil war; Louis, born in 1840, now a farmer in Michigan; Peter, born in 1842, who also resides in Michigan; Rebecca, born in 1844, wife of Henry Clockems, of Michigan; Wesley, born February 14, 1853, and burned to death in the fire on the homestead, in 1894; David, a farmer; George, the subject of this sketch; and Mary, born August 11, 1858, now the wife of Albert Windier, a farmer of Ohio. Louis Walters remained in Virginia three years, and after his marriage came to Sandusky county, Ohio, where he bought eighty acres of land, all in timber, and inhabited by wolves, deer, and other denizens of the forest. Having 226 - COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. built a log cabin for himself and family, when there were only two other settlers in the neighborhood, he went to work with a stout and willing heart to make a farm from the wilderness. The trees soon gave way before the axe in the the hands of the hardy woodman, and the stumps and gnarled and interlacing roots of the forest monarchs were supplanted in a short time by stalks of corn and waving fields of wheat. While the summer sun was still high in the heavens he garnered the golden grain, and when the leaves took on the brilliant hues of the declining year he threshed out, with swinging flail, the myriads of kernels, the bounty of the harvest. And this he bore for many miles, on bended back, with toiling feet, to the mill that ground for those who brought, and then returned, while autumn winds sighed through the woodland, sometimes when wintry blasts blew keen and chill. And thus bread was provided for himself and family. Many were the hardships he endured while laboring to make a farm and home for his family. There were no roads or ditches, and he often had to wade through the water that stood in places on his land. But from year to year the good work was continued, with ever-increasing facilities, until the eighty acres were cleared, and most of the superfluous water drained off with suitable ditching. He erected a good dwelling house, built a barn and outhouses, planted a fine orchard and made various other improvements, eventually finding himself the possessor of one of the finest and best cultivated farms in the township of Woodville. Mr. Walters was a stanch Republican, and always took a deep interest in the political affairs and school matters of the township. He died on the homestead in July, 1893, at the ripe age of eighty-four years, lamented by a large circle of friends, and by his sorrowing wife and family. His widow, who is still living, resides with her son David, who is caring for her in her old age. George Walters attended school in Woodville township, worked with his brothers on his father's farm, helped to clear the homestead, ditch the land, plant the orchard, and in the general routine of daily toil. His father divided the farm between him and one of his brothers, and he attended to its cultivation and built a very fine dwelling house. In 1894 this was destroyed by a fire, in which he lost all his household effects, and, saddest of all, his brother was burned to death. The property lost was valued at over $3,000, but there was an insurance of $2,000. Mr. Walters is now constructing a fine dwelling house on the ruins of his old home, at a cost of $2,400, and when completed it will be one of the finest in the township. On December 29, 1882, George Walters was united in marriage with Helen Nuhfer, daughter of Anthony Nuhfer, and they have had two children: Frank, born September 29, 1883; and Carroll, born February 27, 1891. Mr. Walters has two oil wells on his farm, which is one of the best cultivated in the neighborhood. He is an industrious, hardworking man, an enterprising citizen, is much respected, and has many friends. JOSEPH JORDAN is highly respected as one of the most industrious and prosperous citizens of York township, Sandusky county. It is the theory of Mr. Jordan that if each member of society will carefully attend to his own affairs, the great body politic will fare well. He thinks that human character in the main is sound and honest, and therefore does not need officious inspection. Acting on this opinion and belief he has assiduously applied himself to the work that lay before him, and the results have been gratifying to himself and COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 227 a source of commendation for his many friends. Mr. Jordan was born in Thompson township, Seneca county, in September, 1835, son of Adam and Sophia Jordan. Adam Jordan was born in Union county, Penn., in 1807, and his father, who was of French ancestry, was a native of the same county. The grandfather lived to the age of only forty, but the grandmother attained the ripe old age of ninety-seven years. About 1836 Adam Jordan migrated with his family from Pennsylvania to Thompson township, Seneca county, and later he came to York township, Sandusky county; he was a member of the Lutheran Church, and died in 1862. His wife, who was born in 1817, lived until 1869. Their children were as follows: Sarah, wife of U. Weaver, of Lucas county; Martin, also of Lucas county; Lucy (now the widow of John McCauley), of Bellevue; Joseph, subject of this sketch; Mary Ann, unmarried, living on the old homestead; George W., who also lives on the old homestead; Hannah, a maiden lady; James, of Bellevue; and John, who died aged twenty-six years. Joseph Jordan grew up in York township, and in his youth worked on the home farm. He also thoroughly learned the trade of brick burning, and followed that occupation some eighteen or twenty years in Sandusky county, part of the time at Fremont. Mr. Jordan is in a great measure self-educated. In 1858 he was married at the age of twenty-three years to Miss Hannah Gamby, who was born in Huron county in 1836, and six children have been born to them: Adam, Samuel, Alice, Clara, Minerva and Irvin. Of these, Adam married Susan Spriggs, and lives on an adjoining farm (he has one child—Carmi); Samuel died at the age of twenty-seven years; Alice is also deceased; Clara is the wife of George Parker; Minerva is at home; Irvin is married to Miss Gertrude Diment. Mr. Jordan after his marriage lived for a time in Green Creek township, then purchased his present farm of 104 acres in York township, and has lived there twenty-one years. He is a member of the Patrons of Husbandry, and in local politics he votes rather for the man than for the party. ANDREW PFEIFER, a prominent farmer of Green Creek township, Sandusky county, was born in Hesse, Germany, December 11, 1856, a grandson of Andrew Pfeifer, and son of Conrad Pfeifer and Elizabeth (Simon) Pfeifer. Conrad Pfeifer was born in Hesse, and was by occupation a railroad man. He was killed by accident, at his employment, at about the age of fifty. Mrs. Elizabeth (Simon) Pfeifer was born in the same locality, and died in Germany at the age of sixty. She was the mother of six children: Adam, who now lives in Germany, and is a railroad man ; Henry, a farmer in Fulton county, Ohio; Catharine, who married Fred Schaffer, and now resides in Huron county, near Norwalk; Andrew, the subject proper of this sketch; and Elizabeth and Conrad (twins), the latter of whom was drowned when thirteen years of age. Andrew Pfeifer came to America at about fifteen years of age, landing at New York City, whence he proceeded directly to Sandusky City, Ohio, where he found employment as a laborer on a farm, at which he continued six years. Having judiciously saved his earnings, he rented a farm, purchased the necessary equipments, and commenced doing business for himself. He farmed in Erie county about nine years. In 1881 he married Miss Katie Strack, who was born in Germany January 6, 1853, a daughter of Philip Jacob and Marguerite (Gross) Strack, the former of whom was a laborer in Germany, and died at the age of sixty-eight; the latter, now eighty years of 228 - COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. age, resides at Sandusky City. Six of their children grew to maturity: Philip, who lives at Sandusky City; a daughter who married William Gross, of Bellevue; William, living in Sandusky City; Christian, of the same place; Margaret, who married a Mr. Wise, and lives in Bellevue; and Katie, wife of our subject. The names and dates of birth of the children born to Andrew and Katie Pfeifer are as follows: Katie M., October 21, 1883; Henry E., May 9, 1885; Frederick A., April 6, 1887, George A., December 15, 1888; Charles A., April 14, 1891; and William J., March 29, 1894. The two eldest were born in Oxford township, Erie Co., Ohio, the others in Green Creek township, Sandusky county. In 1887 Mr. Pfeifer purchased 160 acres of land in Green Creek township, near Green Spring, which he has worked to good advantage up to the present time. With a farm of more than the average in size and fertility, rendered still more productive by careful cultivation, Mr. Pfeifer bids fair to become one of the most substantial men in his community. Mr. and Mrs. Pfeifer are members of the Lutheran Church, and for people of their years, having the greatest portion of life still before them, they have been unusually successful. EDWARD JESCHKE was born in Pomerania, Germany, May 25, 1858, and is a son of August and Augusta (Runje) Jeschke, both of whom were born in Germany, and came to America in August, 1874. August Jeschke, although quite old, still follows his trade of blacksmith, and does an amount of work every day that many a younger man might emulate. Charles, born January 24, 1846, and Edward, the subject of this sketch, are the only ones remaining of the five children of Mr. and Mrs. August Jeschke, who are at present living with their son Charles. Edward Jeschke received a common-school education in his native land, which he left for the United States in the spring of 1873. Coming at once to Townsend township, Sandusky county, which is still his home, he worked at the blacksmith's trade for several years, He then opened a store and saloon in Vickery, Townsend township, which he continued until " local option was carried in the township, prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors. In November, 1879, he was united in marriage with Miss Bena Mapus, who was born March 28, 1861. Of their nine children, seven are still living, their names and dates of birth being as follows: Mary, July 6, 1881; Hannah, October 23, 1883; Fred, April 17, 1885; Pearl, June 1, 1887; August, December 14, 1888; Charles, November 12, 1890; and John, January 30, 1894, all living at home. Mr. Jeschke now represents the Stang Brewing Co., of Sandusky county, at Gibsonburg. In politics he is an ardent believer in and defender of the Democratic doctrine. DANIEL I. GARN, a citizen of Fremont, Sandusky county, was born in Union township, Bedford Co., Penn., March 31, 1844. His father, Christian Garn, was born February 13, 1799, in the same locality, and, in the fall of 1826, married Catherine, daughter of Henry Ickes, a native of the Keystone State. Our subject was one of a family of ten children: (I) Catherine, born April 6, 1828, who married Solomon Mauk, and their children were—George, Louisa, Christian, Joseph, Hannah, Jane, William, Frank and Annie; politically the sons were Democrats, and in religious affiliation the family were members of the Reformed Church. (2) Susan, born in October, 1829, married to Edward Conrad, a mason by trade, who was a member of COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 229 the Reformed Church, and in politics a Democrat; they had children as follows—Elizabeth, John, George, Joseph, Daniel, Abner, Edward, Mary and Levi. (3) Margaret, born October 1, 1831, married Adam Briggle, a farmer, member of the Reformed Church; the result of their union was children as follows—Hannah and Daniel. (4) John I. was born October 27, 1833, probate judge of Sandusky county, Ohio, in politics a Republican, and a member of the Evangelical Association; the names- of his children are: Jane, Hannah, Delilah, Mary, Catherine, Minnie and John C. (5) Jacob died in childhood. (6) George, born 1838, a farmer in Jackson township, married Elizabeth Walters, and they had two children—William and Emma; he was a member of the Evangelical Association, and in politics was a Democrat. (7) Hannah, born February 27,1841, married John Kisaberts, a farmer of Seneca county, Ohio; he was a member of the Evangelical Association, politically a Republican. (8) Daniel I., subject of this sketch; and two that died in infancy. Daniel I. Garn grew to manhood in the State of Pennsylvania, and at the age of twenty years was drafted into the military service of the United States, in the war of the Rebellion, serving in Company G, Ninety-first Pennsylvania Infantry, Army of the Potomac. He went to Chambersburg, then on to Richmond, Va. He was in the Weldon Railroad raid, and helped destroy the track, so as to cut off connection with Nashville, Tenn. Being taken sick there with fever, he was sent to City Point Hospital, and later to Washington, D. C., where he lay from February 28 until May 10, when he returned home. He was in Washington City at the time President Lincoln was shot, April 14, 1865. After his return from the war, Mr. Garn worked at the cooper trade twelve years, carried on farming for his father seven years, then came to Ohio and settled in Scott township, where he remained five years, thence moving to Jackson township, where he resided five years. He is now a resident of Fremont, Ohio. He is a Republican in politics, and is identified with the Reformed Church. In 1892 he was elected justice of the peace, and has held other offices in his township. On July 29, 1866, Mr. Garn married Miss Virginia Griffith, who was born April 23, 1842, a daughter of William and Sarah Griffith, natives of Pennsylvania, and their children are: (I) Lilian Grace, born May 9, 1867, married Henry Ickes, a blacksmith in Cambria county, Penn. ; he is a Republican in politics, and is a member of the Lutheran Church; they have three children—Charles, Bruce and Ralph. (2) Charles H., born August 27, 1869, living at home; in politics he is a Republican. (3) Harry E., born March 9, is a law student, and affiliates with the Republican party. (4) Lizzie, born November 20, 1874, is a graduate of Heidelberg Academy, at Tiffin, Ohio, and a teacher in Jackson township. (5) Susan, born March 27, 1877, is a student at the Fremont High School. (6) William Arthur, born September 13, 1879. JASON GIBBS, one of the most substantial and well-to-do citizen of Riley township, Sandusky county, was born August 31, 1825, and is a son of Jonas and Rachel (Daniel) Gibbs. Jonas Gibbs was born in 1762; he was married, in Vermont, to Rachel Daniels, who was born in 1794, and in 1808 they located at the mouth of Pipe creek, in Huron county, Ohio, bought 300 acres of land, and lived there twelve years. They then removed to Riley township, Sandusky county, here purchasing a thousand acres of land, and two years later five hundred acres more. Here they passed the remainder of their lives, Mr. Gibbs dying in 1834, Mrs. Gibbs in 1848. They had seven children, a brief record of 230 - COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. whom is as follows : Isaac died at the early age of eighteen, unmarried. Cynthia married Joseph H. Curtis, by whom she had three children, and they lived in Riley township; subsequently she married William Pierson, by whom she had eight children. Boa married Mr. Dean, and they had eight children; they live in Riley township. Jonas married Rosina Linsey, and they had two children; he died in 1852, she in 1876. Jeremiah married Jane Conrad, and they live in Riley township. Jason is the subject of these lines. Luther married Emma Buskirk, and they had four children; they live in Riley township. Rachel married Lewis Barkheimer, and to their union has come one child; they are also residents of Riley township. After his father's death, Jason Gibbs remained with his mother on the farm until his twenty-first year. On March 28, 1846, he was united in marriage with Elizabeth Conrad, who was born in Sandusky county, where she has always lived, daughter of John and Sarah (Tuttle) Conrad, who were the parents of eleven children. John Conrad was born in Ohio in 1795, and died in Sandusky county, February 3, 1869; his wife died June 11, 1883, aged eighty-four years, nine months, sixteen days. Mrs. Gibbs' paternal grandmother was born in 1784; her maternal grandfather, Van Rensselaer Tuttle, was born in 1772. After this marriage Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs moved to Riley township, where he bought a thousand acres of land. They became the parents of four children, as follows: Albert married Amelia Wright, and they have two children—Charles and Burton P.—one of whom, Charles, died young. Luther married Almira Beebe, and they have had ten children; they live in Riley township. Burton married Jane Beebe, and they also live in Riley township; they have had two children—Charles A. and William J. John married Laura Botsford, and they have had six children; tey make their home in Riley township. Mr. Gibbs has been very successful in his dealings, and is well liked. He cleared 30o acres of his land himself, which took him nearly five years, and has been engaged in general farming, the raising of fine hogs, and for several years has also operated two sawmills. Besides his property`' here he has 847 acres of valuable land in Tennessee, on which his oldest son re-, sides. In 1893 Mr. Gibbs retired. He attends the Lutheran Church, is a Republican in politics, and has been honored with public office, having been supervisor for twenty years. One of Mr. Gibbs' uncles, Luther, was killed at Huron, Ohio, by the falling of a block from a ship's mast; another, Jerry, was killed by Indians at Sandusky (the night before his murder he dreamed that the Indians came to his home and killed him). HINTZ FAMILY. Instances of families who rise to affluence and influence under the most untoward circumstances are sufficiently rare to excite comment, and lead the uninitiated to inquire what the faculty, or combination of faculties, might be that would produce a result so fortunate to the people most closely interested. It can be said of the Hintz family that they came of good stock, but it so happened that misfortune swept away father and provider and left mother and two helpless young sons absolutely penniless in a strange land. They did not remain in that condition, thanks to the irrepressible qualities that lay dormant in their young natures. But the ascent was for a time painfully slow. The story of their rise is most interesting, and the lesson of their lives instructive. John J. Hintz, the grandfather of Christian and William Hintz, was a prosperous stock raiser of Mecklenburg, Germany. No one in the neighboring districts bore a more excellent reputation than he. In worldly affairs he was prosperous, in character above reproach, in COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 231 religion a sturdy defender of the Lutheran faith, and in influence powerful. He died at the age of sixty-four years. He had married a Miss Hintz, and to them were born seven children. But by the inequalities of the feudal system which then held undisputed sway in Germany the goodly heritage fell solely to the eldest son, John, while the younger children where left to scramble for their bread as best they could. John, thus left independent, subsequently emigrated to America and settled in Wisconsin. The other children were as follows: Christopher, who remained a farmer in Germany; Joseph J., who died in Germany; Fred, who remained a laborer in Germany; Christian, the father of Christian and William Hintz, subjects of this sketch; William, who worked in a distillery in Germany, and died in that country; and Mary, who died young. Christian, the only son except John who emigrated to America, was born in Mecklenburg in 1812. He was educated in the parochial schools of the Lutheran Church, and confirmed in the Church. Thus started aright, he had to look out for himself. He herded cattle and worked on a farm for about $20 a year until his twenty-sixth year, when he married. He afterward entered the royal service as a sawyer, having charge of an upright saw, and followed that vocation until 1848, when he went to the " free cities " and became a laborer on the public works at better wages. Four years later, at the age of forty years, he determined to emigrate to America. He had been twice married in Germany. By his first wife he had one child, Dora. His second wife was Dora Harbra, by whom he had four children living when he came to America—Christian, William, John and Sophia. Leaving his native land March 31, 1852, he crossed the ocean with his family in a little two-masted sailing vessel, landing at Sandusky City May 10. Locating here, he first worked in a brickyard, and soon after went on the railroad - 15 - then under construction between Sandusky and Cleveland, and was so engaged when he fell a victim to cholera, then raging. He died at Sandusky City August 7, 1852, before he had been there three months. Two of his children, John and Sophia, were carried away by the same plague. William was seized with the same dread disease, but withstood the attack. The father had owed for a portion of the passage money, and the payment of that debt had consumed all his earnings when he died. The mother and her two children, Christian and 'William, and her step-daughter, Dora, were left utterly destitute. The two boys, aged twelve and ten years, were put out among strangers to work for their board and clothes. Christian, ten months later, began to earn $3 per month for a year, then $4 per month. William worked two years for only his board and clothes, but in several years the scant earnings of the boys, together with the savings of the mother, enabled her to buy a horse. She rented a few acres of land, and began the struggle of life at gardening near Sandusky City. Soon by magical thrift she was able to buy another horse and rent a few more acres. Then the home-wrecked family was reunited, and the mother had her sons once more under the same roof with herself. Among the enlarging circle of their acquaintances the Hintzes were noted for their industry, honesty and intelligence, though the two young representatives of the family were yet in their " teens, " with characters that should have been considered unformed. Gradually renting more of the rich land around Sandusky City they began to accumulate money and to think of owning a home of their own. Dora, the step-daughter, had married Godfrey Gockstetter, and now lives near Huron, Erie county; her husband died December 25, 1894, leaving a large family, consisting of Simeon, George, Henry, William, John, Frederick, Louie, Adam, Mary, Anna, Louisa, 232 - COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Emma and Lena; one child died young. The family is one of remarkably robust strength, the members averaging about 200 pounds. In 1864 Mrs. Hintz and her two sons, Christian and William, came to Sandusky county and purchased 114 acres of land for $4,500. They had saved $1,500, which was their cash payment, and went into debt for the remaining $3,000. Only fourteen acres of the land were broken, and wiseacres said they could never pay for it; but they reckoned without their host. They knew not the stern stuff, the unflagging zeal, the intelligence, and the thrift which entered into the composition of this rising family. The boys had a good team, a couple of colts and a few hogs, and manfully they faced the problem before them. Their opportunities were now broader, their actions freer, and they never doubted or questioned their ability to win. There was but one thing to do—clear off the indebtedness, and clear it they did, despite the nods and winks of the wiseacres. In a few years prosperity was assured, and the mother and her sons, to the astonishment of their neighbors, were already buying more land. The $3,000 indebtedness on the old farm was completely lifted in two years, and it was not long before the brothers ranked in wealth and position among the foremost men of Green Creek township. CHRISTIAN HINTZ is now one of the leading breeders of Short-horn cattle and Chester-white swine in Sandusky county. He was born November 23, 1839. His marriage to Anna Powells, a native of Mecklenburg, Germany, born April 19, 1844, was the signal for a division of the property. The brothers were attached to each other, and the partition was made in peace and brotherly love. The mother was generously provided for, and each brother began farming for himself. Christian for a time engaged in mixed or general farming, but for fifteen years he has been raising thoroughbred stock—cattle, hogs and sheep—selling chiefly for breeding purposes. He has exhibited at the fairs at Fremont, Sandusky, Bellevue, Norwalk, Clyde, Fostoria, Toledo, Attica and Findlay, besides many other localities too numerous to mention, and in 1895 he had a large show. Each year he has taken many premiums, and at Fremont he has taken more than any other man in the county; one season his premiums aggregated about $600. He sells blooded stock all over the United States. He had one cow in the dairy department of the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago, in 1893, which made 135 pounds and some ounces of butter in ninety days. Both he and his brother paid two long visits to the World's Fair. Mr. Hintz now owns 246 acres of land. To Christian and Anna Hintz have been born eight children, as follows: Christian, Jr., William, Anna, Dora, Henry, August, Jacob and Martin. In politics he is somewhat independent, but usually votes the Democratic ticket. He has been for many years a prominent member of the Lutheran Church, and for fourteen years he was elder of the old St. John's Church, at Fremont. In no sense is he an office-seeker, but in the interest of education he has served as a school director of his district. WILLIAM HINTZ was born September 18, 1841. He was married in 1871, to Miss Anna K. Bauer, who was born in Green Creek township, September 27, 1854. Prior to his marriage his mother kept house for him, and through the provision made for her by the two grateful sons the noble mother enjoyed a competence, and lived in an establishment of her own in the parlor of William's home, remaining there as long as she lived; she passed away in January, 1876. The children of 'William and Anna Hintz were as follows: John (who was accidentally drowned in a well at the age of three and a half years), Joseph W., Sophia L., Louisa D., Peter W., Esther A., Hannah COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 233 H., Sarah R. (who died at the age of one year, eleven months and twenty-eight days), and Mary M. In the division of the property William surrendered all the thorough-bred stock to Christian, but he raises and ships cattle, hogs and sheep for meat. William Hintz believes that money is more easily handled than land. Much of his property now consists of investments, and he is placing all his spare means on interest. He still owns 155 acres of land. He is a leading member of the Lutheran Church, was for ten years deacon of St. John's Church at Fremont, and is an elder in Grace Lutheran Church at Fremont; he has also acted as a delegate to the Lutheran Church Synod. For four years he has served as a member of the board of directors of the Sandusky County Agricultural Society.—' 'Thanks be to God for His merciful blessings." JOSEPH NOGGLE, one of the most reliable and industrious farmers of Green Creek township, Sandusky county, is a man of unassuming manners, without ostentation, or craving for place and preferment. He is content to fill his mission in life as a worthy representative of the first and most important vocation—that of farming—leaving to others the strife and turmoil and the uncertainities of a more problematic career. It is to such types as he, hard-working and thrifty, yet restful and contented, that the nation must look for its great reserve force to act as a balance-wheel against the encroachments and vagaries of the flightier element in society. Mr. Noggle was born in Franklin county, Penn., June 4, 181 I , son of William and Katie (Hurtman) Noggle, both natives of Pennsylvania, who reared a large family of children, and passed peacefully away on the home farm at a good old age. Only two of the children—Jacob and Joseph—now survive. Jacob lives on a farm in Fulton county, Penn., at the age of eighty-one years. Joseph was reared in the Keystone State, and there married Elizabeth Marshall, who was born in Huntingdon county, Penn., February 11, 1811, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth (Simmons) Marshall; they were the parents of seven children, named as follows: James, Nancy, Lydia, Jane, Sarah, Rachel and Elizabeth. The father died on his farm in Pennsylvania when Elizabeth was a child; the mother survived until 1855. Soon after his marriage Mr. Noggle migrated to Sandusky county, locating in Jackson township, and there engaged in pioneer farming. Twenty-two years later he moved to Green Creek township, and has lived here some thirty-seven years. He now owns a well-cultivated farm of eighty-four acres. Mr. Noggle cast his first vote for Andrew Jackson in 1832; in religious faith he is a member of the Universalist Church. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Noggle are as follows: Sarah, born November 4, 1841, married December 10, 1875, to Charles Clapp, and is the mother of two children —Jessie (deceased) and Della; William, born October 19, 1843, died November 24, 1874; Madison, born August 5, 1846, died September 6, 1872; Joseph, born November 10, 1857, died June 28, 1858. William H. Noggle, a nephew of Joseph Noggle, now lives with him. He was born in Pennsylvania March 21, 1850, and is the son of Jacob Noggle; he was married in November, 1893, to Hattie E. Mummert, who was born in Franklin county, Penn., January 26, 1860. WILLIAM A. MUGG, the leading landowner and farmer of York township, Sandusky county, and vice-president of the First National Bank of Clyde, is of the third generation from the earliest settlement and development of northwestern Ohio. And as he stands to-day, a leader of the men 234 - COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. about him, so, too, in the two preceding generations, were his father and grandfather men of renown and note in their respective spheres, though perhaps in a somewhat different way. William A. Mugg has inherited the pioneer strength of character. His mind is keen and he appreciates a witticism. His good-natured retort is sharp, and stranger or friend is welcomed at his home and treated with that old-time jovial hospitality that is becoming rare in these so-called degenerate days. Mr. Mugg was born in Milo, Yates Co. , N. Y., December 13, 1827, son of John B. and Susan (Wheeler) Mugg, and grandson of Elder John Mugg. But years before his birth his father and his grandfather had already become identified with the interests of York township, Sandusky Co., Ohio. It was in 1822 that Elder John Mugg, a native of Maryland, came with his family from New York State to the vast solitudes of northwestern Ohio. His parents had died when he was a child, and he was bound out and reared among strangers. However, he obtained the rudiments of an education, and became a preacher of the Baptist Church. When he came to Ohio he purchased 400 acres of government land; but as soon as the cabins for himself and family were built, and the rude houses made comfortable, he began his labors as a pioneer preacher, a task then quite different from the ministerial duties of to-day. Elder Mugg was a man of small stature, and his weight was less than one hundred pounds, but he was filled with nervous force, and with a love for his fellow men. He was an enthusiastic churchman. On horseback, with saddlebags supplied with medicines, he wended his way along Indian trails through the forested swamps from settlement to settlement, bringing to the lonely pioneer the refreshing and cheering words of the Gospel. His value to the mental, moral and physical welfare of the early settler, immersed in solitude, can scarcely be appreciated at the present day. He brought words of cheer and comfort wherever he went, and the pleasant memories of his visits lingered long after he had departed. He carried the current news of the day from cabin to cabin, and to the sufferers from the malignant fevers that were then so common he brought both medicinal and spiritual good. Once to a neighbor who had stolen corn from him he remarked: " I feel sorry for you, neighbor. I don't care for the corn. If you had asked me for it, the corn would have been yours." His gentle, forgiving, Christian spirit made Elder Mugg a man who was widely beloved. He organized the Freewill Baptist Church, the pioneer religious organization of York township, and lived to the good old age of ninety-six years, amidst the people to whom he had ministered for many years. His remains were interred in Wales Corners Cemetery, in York township, where many of his fellow pioneers also rest. He was the father of seven children, as follows: Thomas, who moved to Indiana; John B., father of William A. ; Marcus, who became a minister and moved to Michigan, where he died; Jesse, who died in Indiana; William, who died in early manhood; Mary (afterward Mrs. Bennett), of Indiana; and Harriet (Mrs. Colvin), who died in York township. John B. Mugg was born in 1801. He came with his father to York township in 1822, and here, in 1823, he married for his second wife, Susan Wheeler, having been previously married to Susan Wheeler, of Penn Yan, Yates Co., N. Y. A year later, after the birth of his eldest child, Charles, he returned with his family to Yates county, N. Y., and remained there twelve years. In 1836 he again came west, and lived in York township until his death, which occurred December 31, 1880, when he was aged seventy-nine years, four months and twenty-seven days. His wife, who was born in 1807, died March 3, 1880. Nine children were born to John B. and Susan Mugg: Charles, who died COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 235 in Missouri; Wheeler, who died in York township; William A., subject of this sketch; John, who died in New York; a child who died in infancy; Elizabeth, who died in young womanhood; Marietta, who died in girlhood; George, a resident of Dundee, Mich. ; Alice, who died in childhood. William A. Mugg was a child when his father returned from New York to the pioneer Ohio home. He remembers well the trip on the lakes, and the journey overland to the old farmstead near Wales Corners, which still forms a part of the extensive estate of Mr. Mugg. In those days the driftwood had not yet been cleared from the swamps. The pools were full of water and fish were abundant on every hand. Mr. Mugg remembers that many times in his boyhood he has skated in winter all the way from the old homestead to Sandusky Bay. The young men of fifty years ago propelled skiffs over lands that are now some of the most fertile fields in Ohio. Indians were numerous in those days, and game abounded. But educational facilities were few. While Mr. Mugg did not receive a finished literary education, he learned what was better still—the value of thrift and economy. After he was of age he worked five years for his father, at $200 per year. Then in 1854 he married Miss Phebe S. Russell, who was born April 2, I 833. Her father, Norton Russell, was born in Hopewell, Ontario Co., N. Y., June 15, 1801, of parents who had shortly before moved to the New York wilderness from Massachusetts. Young Russell was bound out, and was diligently engaged during his youth in clearing the pioneer land of western New York. In October, 1821, he came to Ohio with three other young men, William McPherson, James Birdseye and Lyman Babcock, all of whom became prominent pioneers of Sandusky county. They walked almost the entire distance from New York-400 miles. Mr. Russell was the eldest of five children, and his sisters and brother were as follows: Rowena, who married George Swarthout, and settled near Penn Yan, N. Y. ; Cynthia, who married William McPherson, and became the mother of the martyred Gen. James B. McPherson; William, who married Elizabeth Beach; and Lydia, wife of Lester Beach. Norton Russell entered the S. E. Quarter of Section 7, York township, and was married April 13, 1825, to Sibyl S. McMillen, daughter of Samuel and Polly McMillen, who migrated from their old home near the White Mountains, N. H., to Ohio, and became early pioneers of Green Creek township, Sandusky county. Samuel and Polly McMillen had the following seven children: Sibyl (Mrs. Russell); Samuel; Henry; Rachel, who married Isaac May; Sally, who married Joseph George; Nancy, who married Isaac May, and Luther. Norton and Sibyl Russell were the parents of seven children, as follows: John N. and William M., of Clyde; Charles P., of York; Phebe S. ; Sarah R. (Mrs. Bell), of Clyde; Mary M. (Mrs. J. W. Taylor), of Sabine Parish, La., and Belle R. (Mrs. Collver), of Cleveland. Norton Russell is still, at this writing, living with his daughter, Mrs. Mugg, the oldest living pioneer of this section. His wife, who shared with him the toil and privation of a long and eventful life, died December 18, 1887, aged eighty years. Nine children have blessed the marriage of William A. and Phebe S. Mugg, a brief record of whom is as follows: Nina, born December 31, 1857, is the wife of James Ungerman; they reside in New Richland, Minn., and have four children—Carl, Nellie B., Hazel and Vera. Clarence M., born January 14, 1859, married Laura Carr, and is the father of two children—Ethel and Wayne. N. Russell, born March 31, 1861, married Maggie Matthews, and they have two children—Madeline and Maurice. Mabel, born April 26, 1863, died in 1883. Alice, born September 10, 1865, is the wife of 236 - COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. A, R. Pickett, of Clyde, and has two children—Harold and Gladdon. Moina, born March 12, 1868, 'is the wife of N. Greenslade, of Bellevue, and they have one child—Russell M. Amy B., born February 19, 1870, is one of the popular young ladies of this section, devoted to her parents and the home. James G., born October 14, 1872, was married January I, 1895, to Anna Needham, of York township. Florence, born May 25, 1877, is attending school. Mr. and Mrs. Mugg started in life with only about such means as the average young couple of that day possessed, but their success has been marked. If the accumulation of a large estate and the rearing of a numerous and honorable family is aught of satisfaction, while still in the meridian of life, then Mr. and Mrs. Mugg should be among the happiest of mortals. The landed property of William A. Mugg exceeds in quantity that of any other individual in Sandusky county. The finger of Time has touched them lightly. If Mrs. Mugg is as young as she looks she is yet in the high noonday of life. She is an active member of the Grange, and deservedly prominent in the social affairs of the township. Mr. Mugg possesses a hardy constitution, which he has never abused, but which, through proper physical exercise, he has maintained in its maximum degree of health. In politics he is a pronounced and uncompromising Republican. In the commercial and financial spheres he takes high rank. He is a master of the science of finance, and was one of the organizers and is now vice-president of the First National Bank of Clyde. JOHN VICKERY. From absolute poverty the subject of this sketch has risen to a position of affluence and honor. The condition of a penniless English farm laborer he has exchanged for the proprietorship of large landed interests in York township, Sandusky county. And in this happy transformation of his material situation he gives due credit to the opportunities of the American citizen. Mr. Vickery often goes over the past in retrospect, and compares the possibilities of the poor man in England with his opportunities in America. From his own experiences and observation he concludes that American citizenship is a priceless boon. Mr. Vickery was born in Devonshire, England, in May, 1829, son of Robert and Rachel (Randall) Vickery. His father, who was a laborer, died before his recollection, leaving six children: Elizabeth, whose husband, Mr. Lowrey, was killed by a railroad accident at Clyde; William, who died in York township; Robert, of Fremont; John, subject of this sketch; Richard, of York township; and Ann, who died in England. At an early age John was bound out, receiving, until he attained his majority, only his board and clothes for his services, and, Mr. Vickery says, they were poor clothes at that. After he became of age he worked for a farmer for four years at wages amounting to only 1 1 cents a day and his board; and this, too, was the highest wages paid for that class of labor in the locality where he lived. At the age of twenty-five years he resolved to seek his fortunes in the New World; so in 1854 he bade good-bye to his friends and to his sweetheart and crossed the ocean. He came via Quebec, and was $17 in debt for his passage when he reached Sandusky City. He began work for a farmer near Bellevue, and remained in his employment fifteen months. But his purpose now was to get himself established in life. Renting a place, he began farming on his own account, and at Bellevue he soon after married Miss Jane Parker, whom he had wooed and won in England. The household prospered, but the mother was called away after she had given him three sons: Thomas, now a COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 237 prosperous farmer of York township, married; John, who assists him on the farm, and James P., a schoolteacher and farmer of York township. In 1866 Mr. Vickery purchased the farm of 120 acres which he now owns, and continued to farm it until in 1889, when he bought twenty acres near Colby, and retired on ample means. In 1881 he had purchased another tract of 120 acres in York township, and gave it to his sons in 1887, after having paid $8,000 on the same. The twenty-acre tract at Colby he has given to his second and present wife, who was Miss Mary Bichler. Mr. Vickery has served his township three years as trustee, and is now road supervisor of his district. In politics he is a stanch Republican, and in religious faith a member of the United Brethren Church. He is a man of sterling integrity and principles, and one of the most highly respected citizens of the community in which he lives. M. R. STIEFF. In three distinct fields of industry the subject of this sketch takes high rank. He is a farmer of acknowledged ability; he is a mechanic whose superior it would be. difficult to find anywhere; he is a salesman whose value has been appreciated by more than one large manufacturer. Mr. Stieff has with rare felicity bunched all these available attributes into one occupation, that of a salesman for agricultural machines. He is at home among the farmers, and thoroughly understands their needs. His mechanical skill has enabled him to meet any difficulties in setting up the complicated farm machines of to-day. His persuasive arguments cap the climax of the two, and enable him to make satisfactory sales. By trade Mr. Stieff is a blacksmith. He was born in Lancaster county, Penn., May 19, 1855, son of Michael and Sarah (Rinehold) Stieff. Michael Stieff was also a blacksmith. He was a native of Berks county, his wife of Lancaster county. Both died at their home in the latter county within a year, at the ages of fifty-six and fifty-two years respectively. Their children were as follows: Eli, of Lancaster county; Sarah, wife of Moses Goshert, also of Lancaster county; Annie, wife of Abraham Kra11, of Lebanon county, Penn. ; George, who died at the age of twenty-two years in Lancaster county; M. R., subject of this sketch; and Martha and Lizzy, who both died in Lancaster county, in infancy. Our subject was early in life thrown upon his own resources. He entered the car shops in Reading, Penn., but labor troubles soon after disorganized the force, and he was obliged to seek employment elsewhere. With 200 others he was discharged in 1873 at the time of the great failure of Jay Cooke & Co. He came to Ohio, and found work on a farm in Seneca county. Subsequently he secured employment in a carriage shop at West Lodi, then at Fireside, and later still at Bellevue. While at Fireside, he began selling reapers, mowers, etc., for the Excelsior Co., and he was with that company four years. Then, in 1889, he accepted a position with the Champion people to travel for them. His territory embraced Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, and South Dakota. From Marc h to September he was on the road; then during the winter months each year he worked in the shops, in all capacities proving a most valuable, employe. His skill in setting up machines was unsurpassed, and as a salesman he was highly gifted. In 1894 he voluntarily quit their employ on account of a slight deafness, though solicited to remain, preferring to return to his farm and family, and handle machinery in a local way. Mr. Stieff married Miss Kate Miller, and to them seven children have been born: Cloyd, George, Edna, Elva (deceased), Delrie (deceased), Orlin (deceased), and Ray. Mr. Stieff is distinctively the archi- 238 - COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. tect of his own fortune. He owns a good farm property, and is one of the most skillful mechanics in the State. JACOB BOWE is one of the five Bowe brothers now living in Scott township, Sandusky county, where he was born June 6, 1837, and where he has spent the greater part of his life. At the age of twenty-four years, our subject commenced life for himself, his father giving him as a start, ninety-two and one-half acres of land situated in Section 7. Mr. Bowe is by trade a blacksmith, and for fifteen years of his early life he spent much of his time in his shop; but he finally sold and purchased eighty acres of land in Section 16, which, with 160 acres previously bought, made an excellent farm of 240 acres. Later he sold eighty acres, the remainder being the 160 acres where he now lives. He then purchased 160 acres in Section 17, one-half of which he sold to J. C. Fisher, the other half to J. C. Foriter. In 1890 Mr. Bowe purchased lots in Gibsonburg, on which he built a pleasant home, living there for three years and then returning to his farm. On December 23, 1861, Mr. Bowe was married to Miss Mary A. Bowers, who was born September 8, 1836, in Scott township, daughter of Hartman and Annie Bowers; she obtained her education in her native township, where she lived most of the time until her marriage. To this union have been born seven children, as follows: Emma C., September 23, 1862; Mary C., January 4, 1 864 ; Anna C., April 23, 1865; Henry H., January 15, 1867; Amelia E., April 25,1869, Wallace W., June 7, 1872; and Jacob F., December 7, 1873; of whom, Emma died June 6, 1878; Henry H. died January 12, 1870, and Anna died March 8, 1891. Mary is now Mrs. George Richard, of Madison township; Wallace and Jacob are working the home farm, though at present (fall of 1895) 'Wallace is suffering from the effects of a bicycle accident, having broken his collar-bone in two places; strange to say he rode his wheel over two miles after receiving the injury. Wallace and Jacob attended the Gibson-burg High School for a time, after which Wallace was a student at the Normal at Ada. While at Gibsonburg Jacob made a thorough study of telegraphy. Politically Mr. Bowe and his sons are Democrats; they are also members of the Lutheran Church. In February, 1890, Mr. Bowe made a new departure in his business by leasing several acres.of land to the Sun Oil Company of Pittsburg, the lease providing that at the end of the year the company was to have four wells down, which was practically accomplished. On March 20, 1890, he also leased the other eighty acres, and he now has on the 160 acres of land thirteen wells. He received $3,000 bonus when the ground was leased, and now has one-eighth of all oil produced, his share of the oil netting him $10 der day, without one cent of expense. The oil produced on this farm is pumped through pipes to the city of Toledo, some thirty miles away. George Bowe, Sr., the father of our subject, was born in 1802 in Alsace, France, and came to America in 1832, settling in New York State, near Buffalo, where he remained three years. Thence he came to Ohio, where, in Scott township, Sandusky county, he entered 20 acres of land, one-half for his sister and the balance for himself. In the winter of 1834-35 he married Catherine Wegstein, who was born in Baden, Germany, in 1813, daughter of Michael Wegstein, and to them were born ten children, three of whom died in infancy. The others are: George, Jacob (our subject), Frederick, Henry, Michael J., David and Mary C., of whom Frederick and Mary C. have been dead some years; the others are still living. Mr. Bowe was an old pioneer of COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 239 Scott township. He owned at one time 600 acres of land, which he divided among his children, thus giving each a start in life which they have appreciated and made the most of, becoming well-to-do men, highly esteemed by all who know them. His wife died July 9, 1891, and was buried in the Bradner cemetery. Her father, Michael Wegstein, was born about 1779 in Baden, Germany, where he was married. In 1832 he started with his family for America, but while on the sea his wife took sick and died, and was buried in mid-ocean. In his family were six children, only two of whom are living. One son, Michael, was killed at the battle of Shiloh; he was captain of Company H, Seventy-second O. V. I. Mr. Bowe's paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George Bowe, set out for America at the same time as his parents; the grandmother, like the maternal grandmother, died on the sea and was buried in mid-ocean. The grandfather settled near Buffalo, where he died. In their family were four children—Margaret, George (father of our subject), Magdalena and Jacob, all now deceased. Margaret and Jacob remained near Buffalo, the others coming to Ohio. Magdalena was married near Buffalo to Jacob Zimmerman, who died in Scott township about 1885. JOHN HENRY KUHLMAN, one of the pioneer and prosperous farmers of Woodville township, Sandusky county, was born October 27, 1838, in Hanover, Germany. His parents, Harmon and Clara (Foughthouse) Kuhlman, followed the vocation of milling in their native land, and in 1842, when John Henry was but four years old, sold their business and came to America. Remaining a single day in New York, they set out for Woodville township, Sandusky county, Ohio, and bought and settled upon a forty-acre tract of wild land. The father, Harmon Kuhlman, was a man of rugged frame, well fitted by nature to bear the hardships and privations of pioneer life, and never until shortly before his death did he experience any illness. Partially losing his eyesight, he went to Ann Arbor, Mich., for treatment, and died while there. His widow still lives in Woodville township, at a ripe old age. Five children were born to Harmon and Clara Kuhlman: John Henry; Carrie, wife of Fred Taulker, a farmer in Madison township; Amelia, wife of Charles Burman, a retired farmer of Woodville; Annie, who died young, and William, who lives on the old homestead. Our subject owns 236 acres of land, situated in the oil belt, and leased for drilling purposes. Until in quite recent years John Henry Kuhlman, subject of this sketch, remained at the home of his parents. He was educated in the public school at Woodville; but in the days of his youth the town school was inferior to the district school of to-day. He was married February 22, 1862, to Mary Klein, daughter of John J. Klein, a farmer of Woodville township. Nine children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Kuhlman, as follows: Carrie, born March 23, 1864; John, a minister; Henry, deceased; George, Minnie, Charles, William, Eliza and Edward. In 1893 Mr. Kuhlman moved to Woodville village, and there erected a magnificent home, sparing neither cost nor pains in its construction. In politics he is a Democrat, and has been honored by election to various township offices. He is one of the founders of the German Lutheran Church. FRANK WELKER, the genial and popular proprietor of the " Empire House," Clyde, Sandusky county, one of the most excellent country hotels in the State, was born in Hancock county, Ohio, July 20, 1849, and is a son of George W. and Rebecca (Burger) Welker. The father of our subject was a na- 240 - COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. tive of Pennsylvania, born in 1808, and in his earlier years he learned the stonemason's trade. On coming to Ohio he settled in Stark county, and after his marriage took up his residence in Hancock county. In 1864 he moved to Clyde, where his death occurred the following year. His wife, who was born in 1812, still survives him, and is now living with her son Frank. In the family of this worthy couple were seven children who grew to mature years, to wit: (1) N. B., who joined the army soon after the breaking out of the Civil war, becoming a member of Company A, Twenty-first O. V. I., in which he did service under Gen. Sherman; at the battle of Atlanta, in 1864, he was wounded, and died a few days later, his remains being interred in the National Cemetery at Chattanooga, Tenn. (2) G. W., a plasterer by trade, resides in Findlay, Ohio. (3) W. W. died at Mount Clemens, Mich., and his remains were brought back to Clyde for interment. (4) E. E. is engaged in cigar-making in San Diego, Cal. (5) Maria J. is the wife of John Mungen, a resident of Fort Wayne, Ind. (6) Frank, our subject, comes next in order of birth. (7) R. R. makes his home in Columbia county, Ind., where he is engaged in the restaurant business. Frank Welker has spent his entire life in the State of his nativity, and since the age of fifteen has made his home in Clyde. After pursuing his studies in the public schools of this place for two years, he became connected with railroading. He first went upon the road as a news agent, and then became a brakeman on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railroad. His next undertaking was as proprietor of the " Empire House," at Clyde. In 1886 he purchased the hotel, which for ten years previous had been vacant, entirely remodeled it and built a new addition. Soon it was ready for occupancy, and to-day it is one of the most popular hotels in the smaller cities of Ohio. In his work here Mr. Welker is ably assisted by his wife, who bore the maiden name of Julia Gosslin. The hotel is neat and well kept, has the reputation for setting the best table of any country hotel in the State, and the earnest efforts of the proprietor and his wife to please their patrons has made it very popular with the public. Mr. Welker is one of the ten stockholders who own the Clyde Driving Park, and has two fine trotting horses, " Katie C." and " Silver Leaf," superb specimens of the noble steed. In his political views he is a stalwart Republican, and he is a popular, genial gentleman, one who wins friends wherever he goes, and well merits the high regard in which he is held. NORMAN E. ELLSWORTH, commonly known as " Col." Ellsworth, one of the most popular citizens of Sandusky county, now makes his home in Clyde. He was born in Mishawaka, St. Joseph Co., Ind., on March 20, 1845, and is a son of James and Jemima (Wortley) Ellsworth. In 1821 James Ellsworth, father of our subject, was born in Penn Yan, N. Y., one of a family of three children, the others being Aaron and Phoebe, both of whom are now deceased. The former on coming west located at Castalia, Ohio, but his death occurred at South Bend, Ind., where he was serving as county auditor of St. Joseph county; he was one of the prominent Republicans of that community. From New York the father of our subject first emigrated to Ohio, but later became a resident of Mishawaka, St. Joseph Co., Ind., and at the time of his death, in 1853, was serving as swamp land commissioner for that State. He was a stalwart Democrat. His wife, who was born near Bellevue, Ohio, in 1819, died in 1860. They were the parents of five children, namely: George, deceased in infancy; Florence, who died in child- COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 241 hood; Norman E., our subject; Fred D., a merchant of South Bend, Ind. ; and James, who died in boyhood in Mishawaka, Indiana. Until reaching the age of sixteen, Norman E. Ellsworth remained in Indiana, a part of his time being passed at Mishawaka, the remainder at South Bend, at which time he entered the Union army. On August 17, 1861, he became a member of Company I, Ninth Ind. V. I. , and was assigned to a division in West Virginia under Gen. Rosecrans, but later was sent to Nashville, Tenn., where he became a member of the army of the Cumberland under Buell. He participated in the battles of Greenbrier, Buffalo Mountain and Pittsburg Landing, where he was taken ill and sent to St. Louis, Mo. At that place he was discharged on account of disability, after which he came to Clyde, where for ten months he lived with his maternal grandmother, Abigail Stone. Mr. Ellsworth then enlisted in Company F, Tenth Ohio Cavalry, and was detailed as hospital steward of Kilpatrick's division of cavalry, which was a part of Sherman's army. He went with the command on the march to the sea, and was all through the Carolina campaigns. With the cavalry he remained until he was mustered out in August, 1865. Mr. Ellsworth was married in January, 1866, to Miss Jemima Baker, who was born in Sandusky county, in 1844, and by her marriage has become the mother of eight children: Elizabeth, Florence, Nellie M., Fred, Norman, Jr., George M., Seth P. and James B., all but one of whom are still at home. Since the close of the war Mr. Ellsworth has been engaged in farming and fruit growing, and for four years was connected with the lumber business. His farm is located on one of the rich sand ridges near Clyde, where it may be truthfully said there can be more vegetation grown to the acre, and at the same time a greater variety of cereals and fruits, than in any other part of the United States. Mr. Ellsworth is a man of good business ability, intelligent and enterprising, and is widely known for his genial disposition and greatness of heart. As before mentioned, he usually goes by the name of " Colonel," and is popular with all classes of people. He has ever been actively interested in the growth and prosperity of the community in which he resides, and does all in his power for its advancement. Politically, he gives his support to the Republican party, while, socially, he holds membership with Eaton Post No. 55, G. A. R., and Harnden Command No. 37, U. V. U. PHILIP DORR was born March 17, 1811, in Leinsweiler, in that part of Bavaria, Germany, known as the Rhine Palatinate, and died June 18, 1886, at Fremont, Sandusky Co., Ohio. He received a good education in the schools of his native place, and learned the trade of shoemaker. In 1837 he took passage for America on a sailing vessel at Havre de Grace. The voyage was a long and most perilous one; fierce storms drove the vessel from its course; some of the passengers and crew were washed overboard, the salt water ruined most of the ship's provisions, and it was eighty days after starting that the nearly famished crew and passengers landed in New York. From that city Mr. Dorr proceeded at once to Erie, Penn., and after a short sojourn there moved to Sandusky City, Ohio, where he lived two or three years. In August, 1841, he came to Lower Sandusky (now Fremont), opening a shoe-shop on State street, east of the river, afterward removing to the Deal corner, northeast corner of Front and Garrison streets, where his property was destroyed by fire. He next removed to a room nearly opposite, on Front street, and, later 242 - COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. increasing his business, he and Edward Leppelman purchased land adjoining the present building of the First National Bank, and built frame stores. These were burned down, and in 1856 they erected the brick block which now occupies the ground. Here Philip Dorr carried on a successful trade in boots and shoes for many years, and after his death was succeeded by his sons under the firm name of Dorr Bros., they still continuing the business. In June. 1843, Philip Dorr was married to Miss Anna Meyer, who was born in Unter Endingen, Canton Argau, Switzerland, March 18, 1815, the youngest daughter of Jacob and Fanny Meyer. She came with her parents and family to America in 1829, stopping a short time at Philadelphia, and thence removing to Franklin, Penn., where the parents died. She afterward came to Sandusky City, Ohio, living there until her marriage, when she removed to Lower Sun-dusky (now Fremont). Mr. Dorr died May 28, 1873. Three sons survive their parents: Fred H., J. Louis and Henry S. DR. D. P. CAMPBELL. Green Spring is the most celebrated place in Sandusky county. Here a great volume of green-hued water strongly saturated with valuable medicinal qualities gushes forth from the rock-bed below the surface. From prehistoric times the spot has been noted for its healing virtues, and here was the favorite haunt of the Seneca tribes; here its chiefs met in councils of war or peace, and here the sportive Red men gamboled amidst the gorgeous coloring of the lavish and unceasing waters. The springs have benefited many thousands of invalids, and to no one man perhaps is the public more deeply indebted for the privilege of enjoying this medicinal boon than to Dr. D. P. Campbell, a leading physician and surgeon at Green Spring, and one of the proprietors of Oak Ridge Sanitarium. Dr. Campbell is a native of New Hampshire. His early literary education was obtained at Pittsfield Academy, near his native home. At its completion he received special instruction in the classics and in mathematics, under Profs. Foster and Goss, the latter being his cousin, who were among the ablest instructors in the New England States. Dr. Campbell became a teacher, and for three years was superintendent of the public schools in Bedford, N. H. He then became interested in the sanitarium work, and was successively associated with sanitariums at Dansville, Livingston Co., N. Y. ; then with Dr. Dio Lewis in his select school at East Lexington, Mass. ; with Dr. Hero, at Westboro, Mass. ; with Dr. W. T. Vail, at Hill, N. H. ; with Dr. Martin, at Waverly Place, N. Y., with Dr. R. T. Trail, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Campbell then went west, and with a partner opened a sanitarium at Dubuque, Iowa. Later he sold out, and, returning to New York City for a year attended lectures at the Medical Department of the University of New York, then went to Cincinnati and graduated in medicine with the class of 1877. He practiced medicine at Bedford, N. H., where he soon gained a large and lucrative practice. Dr. Campbell then came to Green Spring, where he located permanently, and soon commanded a larger practice than any physician in this part of the State. His phenomenal success induced the proprietors of the Oak Ridge Sanitarium at Green Spring to solicit his professional services in that institution. In a few months he increased the attendance from two to 137, and when he severed his connection the attendance fell off in a short time to one. The Doctor has again become interested in the sanitarium, as a proprietor, and by his skill and indefatigable labors is again building up the institution to its former glory. The COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 243 hotel building is an imposing four-story structure, elegantly furnished and finished throughout. It contains seventy large airy sleeping rooms, admirably ventilated, lighted by electricity and heated by steam. It has recently been completely renovated and refitted. For beauty and diversity of scenery the place is unexcelled. The " medicine water " for curative properties is one of the most noted and valuable in the United States. Dr. David C. Bryan, of New York, in writing a work on " What Shall We Drink, or the Mineral Waters of America," requested a specimen of the water, and in a subsequent letter thus expressed the result of a most careful analysis: " It is one of the richest waters (medicinally) that I have ever examined. It is exceptionally bright and clear, and there are no foul smells or gases held in solution. It is remarkable in being at once a sulphur, salt, carbonate, alkaline and slightly ferruginous water. The digestive and urinary organs are benefited by alkaline water, the liver and alimentary canal by saline waters, the mucous, respiratory membranes and skin by sulphur waters, and iron waters have a special action on the blood." The color of the water is a beautiful emerald, and it is almost as transparent as air. Elegant bath rooms are provided, and hosts of visitors testify to permanent benefits received. On June 22, 1878, Dr. Campbell married Miss Alice E. Waterous, and has one daughter—Grace T. BENEDICT EMCH, now retired, Woodville, Sandusky county, was born in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland, June 8, 1829. It is probable that the Emch family had lived there for ages—this much, at least, is known, that his grandfather lived and died in the house in which Mr. Benedict Emch was born. Our subject is the son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Kuntz) Emch, the former of whom was also born in Switzerland, came to America in 1834, and settled in Wood county, Ohio, when that region was a pioneer wilderness. He died on June 1, 1859; Elizabeth Kuntz, his wife, was born in 1797, and died in 1862, both being faithful members of the German Reformed Church. They were the parents of four children: Jacob, who died in Berne, Switzerland, at the age of sixty-seven years; Benedict, subject proper of this sketch; John, who joined the Union army in Wood county, Ohio, and died in a hospital during the Civil war; Mary, who came to America and lived here about nine years, married one Benedict Emch, who by the way was not related to her family; he died, and she returned to Switzerland, where she now resides. By his second marriage, Jacob Emch had the following children: Stephen, Samuel, Elizabeth, Ann, Margaret, Rosa, Susan, Sophia, besides two that died in infancy. Benedict Emch came to America in 1845. He remained in Wood county a year with his father, and then went to Perrysburg, Ohio, to learn the trade of harness-maker. This completed, he was prepared to face the world and battle for himself. He worked at his trade until 1852, when the great excitement in California attracted his attention, and he determined to cast his fate among those hardy adventurers who pushed their way across the great American desert, in caravans, in search of the yellow metal of the Pacific Slope. It took him and his party six months, lacking five days, to make their overland trip from Maumee City, Ohio, to Hankstown (now Placerville), the county seat of El Dorado county, Cal. Mr. Emch proceeded at once to prospecting, and a short time after his arrival found him located on a claim, and digging for gold in El Dorado county. For the first year or so he made something over a living, but made quite a success of gold digging afterward. He remained in the gold fields until 1856, when he re- 244 - COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. turned home by the Nicaragua route. In Ohio he remained for a few months to visit, and, in July of 1856, returned to his native Switzerland. He made the voyage on a sailing vessel, and after landing, traveled through England, studying its interesting features, the great cities of Liverpool and London, thence by way of Rotterdam. Holland, up the River Rhine to Manheim, and to his home in Switzerland. In May, 1857, he returned to America, bringing with him his mother and about twenty other friends. On his return to Woodville he engaged in business, keeping a grocery store until the spring of 1859, and then, during the Pike's Peak gold excitement, started for that land of promise across the Plains again, and remained there during the summer, digging for gold with good success. Having considerable gold on hand in the fall, he purchased a team and accoutrements, and started back for the States. When he reached the vicinity of St. Joseph City, Mo., he left his team for keeping, with a farmer, and found more convenient transportation to Ohio. He soon afterward proceeded on his way to New Orleans, that city having the most convenient United States mint, and there he had the gold dust coined. Returning from New Orleans about the commencement of the year, he remained in Ohio, with his mother, until spring. In the spring of 1860 he induced some friends to join him, and they went to St. Joseph, Mo., and rigged out his team, left there the fall before, and again put forth across the western sands to rob the rocks of the valuables hidden in their dusky caverns. They prospected in mining that summer in the vicinity of Denver City. The following fall Mr. Emch again returned to St. Joseph, Mo., and on his trip across the Plains he met the famous " Pony Express," that made the fastest time ever made over the Plains by a team. They were carrying to the Territories the news of President Lincoln's election. Mr. Emch proceeded from St. Joseph, Mo., to New Orleans again, to get more gold coined. The impending war was at this time growing to a fever heat. He had difficulty in getting a place to deposit his gold in New Orleans, but finally succeeded. From there he went to Galveston, Texas, with the intention of spending the winter, but the Civil war was about to break forth, and the excitement was too intense to be pleasant. He immediately took his departure for New Orleans, drew his coined gold from the place of deposit, and started for Ohio. Remaining there until spring, and the war having broken out, he went to Pennsylvania to inspect the oil fields, soon returning to Ohio, however, and immediately left for the West, locating in the mountains around Denver City. The following spring he sold his claim there, and started for Oregon, locating on Powder river, where he built a cabin and stayed until December. It was at this period that gold was discovered in Idaho, and he and his companions started for Idaho City with a team of oxen. There was from three to four feet of snow on the ground when they reached that place. The first thing they did was to butcher the ox-team in order to secure meat enough to live on during the winter. Mr. Emch states that the oxen were not over fat, but that their team, being old, was not the worst beef people had to eat there. A crowd of their companions butchered their ox-team and borrowed Mr. Emch's frying kettle to render the tallow. They placed the ingredients in the kettle, mixed with water, and, after having fried and cooked it and permitted it to cool, there was not a sign of tallow on the surface of the water. Mr. Emch says there was just enough on his own to grease one pair of boots. Besides the beef, Mr. Emch and his companions had with them a keg of molasses and a small amount of flour. They remained in camp during winter, doing but little prospecting, and when the pack trains came in COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 245 the spring, Mr. Emch paid $80 for t00 pounds of flour. During the following summer they all made some money, and remained until the fall of 1868. Mr. Emch paid $100 in gold for a stage ticket to Sacramento City, going thence to San Francisco, where he took a series of baths for rheumatism, which he had contracted in the mines. He remained about four weeks in the city of the Golden Gate, when he bid a final adieu to the West, and returned to Ohio by the Panama route. He had been here, however, only about two months, when his roving spirit again got the better of him, and he determined to see more of his Fatherland than he had ever seen before. He started for Europe, going from New York City to Hamburg, and traveled all through northern Germany, studying its features and the habits of the people. On the trip he visited relatives of many of his old friends at Woodville, and was thoroughly gratified with the general information that he thus acquired. It was a pleasant recompense for the dreadful sea voyage, during which they had been almost wrecked, and which consumed twenty-eight days. On his return trip he remained in Switzerland from July until the following December, and then came back to his home in America. Before going to Europe he had purchased the farm he now lives on in Woodville township; but farming was not to his taste, so on his return he located in Woodville, buying out Charles Powers' general store, which he conducted until 1874, and then sold out. He had also carried on an ashery for some time; but having accumulated wealth he did not enter heavily into business; he attributes his success in life greatly to the promptness with which he has always met his obligations. With the aid of his industrious wife he has cleared up the land that he purchased, and their excellent brick mansion, erected a few years since, is one of the finest in Sandusky county At the present time, Mr. Emch is living retired, surrounded by an intelligent family, with all the conveniences of life at hand, and ample means to sustain him. After the varied career of his early days, he is a well contented man. In 1870 Mr. Emch married Miss Louisa Sandwisch, who was born in Woodville township, Sandusky Co., Ohio, March 17, 1844, and five children have blessed their union: Edward, born December 11, 1873, who is now working on his father's farm; William, born May 29, 1 87 5, now a student at Capitol University, Columbus, Ohio, studying for the ministry of the Lutheran Church; Carrie, born December 2, 1876, at home with her parents, and George and Gusta (twins), born December 25, 1879, now attending school at Woodville. Mrs. Emch is the daughter of Harmon and Catherine (Mergal) Sandwisch, both of whom were born in Hanover, Germany, the father in 1811, the mother in 1809. Harmon Sandwisch died in Woodville township August 6, 1854, of cholera; he was a blacksmith by trade. Mrs. Sandwisch is still living, in Toledo. Their family consists of five children: Mary, widow of Jacob Bischoff, of Toledo, who has five children; Louisa, Mrs. Emch; William R., living in Fremont, who married Clorinda Swartzman, and has three children; John, of Wood county, Ohio, who married Almira Gallop, and has four children living, and Emma, Mrs. Charles Bradt, of Atlanta, Ga., who has one child. WILLIAM PRIOR, a prominent agriculturist of Rice township, Sandusky county, and superintendent of the De Mars Club House, on Mud creek, was born in Ballville township, Sandusky county, July 17, 1834, and is a son of John and Mary (Arh) Prior. The father was a native of Kentucky, and in his early life fought in the battle of Fremont under Col. Crogan; the mother was a native of Pennsylvania. 246 - COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. In 1813, the parents of our subject came to Ohio, taking up their residence in Sandusky county, where they spent their remaining days, the father dying in 1856, at the age of seventy-six years, the mother departing this life in 1881, when seventy years of age. In the usual manner of farm lads of the locality, William Prior spent the days of his boyhood and youth, obtaining his education in the district schools of his native town, and assisting in the labors of the home farm. He has carried on agricultural pursuits since attaining his majority, and to-day is recognized as one of the practical and progressive farmers of Sandusky county. He manages his business affairs with care, and is straightforward and honorable in all his dealings, so that he has won the confidence and good will of everyone with whom he has been brought in contact. On June 19, 1859, in the county of his birth, he was married to Miss Ellen Tegar, a native of Pickaway county, Ohio, and three children came to bless their union, namely: Hattie, born June 13, 1860, died in 1865; Lottie, born January 13, 1862, died December 16, 1879; and Elisha A., born May 16, 1864. Of these, Lottie was married February 26, 1879, to Oscar Patterson, and one child, Charlotte, was born to them December 14, 1879, who is now living with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William Prior at De Mars Club House; she attends the Fremont public school, and is a very bright scholar. E. A. Prior is one of Fremont's bright, upright young men; for the past seven years he has been a member of the Fremont Fire Department, and he holds a position in the Christain Knife Works. In his political views, Mr. Prior is a Democrat, and has cast his vote in support of the men and measures of the Demqcracy since attaining his majority, but has never sought or desired office. His entire life has been passed in this county, and the fact that those who have know him from boyhood are numbered among his stanchest friends indicates an honorable and upright career, worthy the esteem in which he is held. HENRY JERVIS POTTER (deceased), who nobly gave his life for his country's cause in the war of the Rebellion, was born near the city of Oswego, Oswego Co., N. Y., October 27, 1836. His parents, Merritt D. and Maria Potter, lived on a farm near Oswego until Henry was about eighteen years of age and had received a common-school education. In the spring of 1854 the whole family started in large moving wagons for Steuben county, Ind., and got as far as the house of Mr. Daniel Dawley, in Green Creek township, Sandusky Co., Ohio, when Mrs. Potter was taken sick. Mr. Dawley offered them the use of an unoccupied house, into which they moved, and they raised such summer crops as they could until fall when they completed their journey. Mr. Potter bought a farm in Steuben county, Ind. , and for several years his son Henry assisted him in farm work during the summer months, and taught country schools in the winter time. In 1857 Mrs. Potter died, and our subject soon after returned to Ohio to work as a farm hand for Daniel Dawley, whose daughter, Zeruiah Ann, he married September 15, 1857. Not l0ng after his marriage Mr. Potter bought a farm of eight acres of heavily-timbered land adjoining that of Mr. Dawley on the west, and began making improvements on it. During the winter seasons he taught school at the Powers schoolhouse, about two miles west. Wishing to secure the ready services of a farm hand, he gave permission to Daniel McNutt to build a log cabin at the rear end of his farm. This cabin was destroyed by fire in the absence of the family; but out of its ashes Mr. Potter picked up some lumps of clay which had COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 247 been burned to a bright red color, and gave him the first hint that the subsoil was excellent material for the brick and tile making. In the summer of 1863 a volunteer company of Home Guards for the military defence of the State of Ohio during the Civil war was organized in Ballville township, in which Mr. Potter took an active part. This organization was known as Company K, under command of Capt. Jeremiah C. Mudge, later becoming a part of the Fiftieth Regiment O. V. I., which was organized at Fremont, Ohio, under Col. Nathaniel E. Haynes, and in September of that year attended a grand military review at Toledo, Ohio, in presence of Gov. Brough and some military officers who feared an invasion of Ohio from Canada. A few weeks later Mr. Potter went with his company to aid in guarding Johnson's Island, in Sandusky Bay, where some Rebel officers were confined as prisoners of war. The " scare " was soon over and the company was recalled, but Mr. Potter had become so aroused in regard to his duty to his country in its hour of peril that he decided to enlist in the Seventy-second Regiment, O. V. I., for three years or during the war. All the men of that regiment who had agreed to re-enlist for three years were granted a veteran furlough, and were then on their way home from Memphis, Tenn. Mr. Potter and his friend, Henry Innis, were assured that if they enlisted they would get the benefits of this furlough, and thus have plenty of time to settle their home matters before going to the front. They enlisted at Fremont, Ohio, February 27, 1864, in Company F, Capt. Le Roy Moore, Seventy-second Regiment, under Col. R. P. Buckland, whose headquarters were at Memphis, Tenn., and on March i following went to Sandusky City, there to be mustered in and receive their township bounty money. They next proceeded to Columbus, Ohio, - 16 - to get their State bounty, supposing they could return to go with the veterans. In this they were disappointed. They were sent to Tod Barracks, refused leave of absence to visit their friends, and were hurried on to the front in company with thirteen other raw recruits. Their squad proceeded down through Cincinnati, Louisville, Nashville, and Chattanooga to Stevenson, Ala., then back to Cairo, Ill., and thence down the Mississippi, to Memphis, Tenn. Mr. Potter wrote many letters to his wife descriptive of the scenes he passed through. At Memphis he did guard duty at the Navy Yard; saw wounded men from Fort Pillow; refused a roll of greenbacks as a bribe from a Rebel spy, and kept a full diary of every day's happenings. He went out on several raids into the enemy's country, taking part in the Sturgis raid, but did not like the business. The last letter his wife ever received from him, he wrote when he was near Ripley, Miss., in which he told her not to be uneasy about him. In the unfortunate battle at Guntown, Mr. Potter and NI r. Innis were captured by Rebel cavalry in a thicket of scrub oaks while trying to make their escape. Mr. Innis advised Mr. Potter, who was fleet of foot, to make his escape, and he tried to do so, but soon returned saying: " Hank, I hate to leave you in this way!" They were taken to Andersonville prison, which they entered June 17, 1864, and were there stripped of all their valuables as well as some of their clothing. It rained, almost constantly during the first two weeks, and they had neither shelter from the alternate drenching down-pour and hot sun, nor comfortable covering during the chilly nights, and Mr. Potter had only pants, blouse and cap to wear. There were then 38,000 men in the enclosure, which had recently been enlarged. Rations of food were very scant, and most of what there was had to be eaten raw. After a month's confinement Mr. Potter was taken sick with scurvy and 248 - COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. diarrhoea, and had no medical treatment except what his comrades could give him. On the 21st of August gangrene set in, and, at his request, his faithful comrades, J. P. Elderk in and Henry Innis, carried him outside the stockade where he hoped for better air and treatment; but he died two days later, in charge of an Illinois comrade, to whom he entrusted the pictures of his wife and children, with a request that they be forwarded to the dear ones at home, with his own hand directing the package. On the day of his death 108 Union soldiers were carried out and buried in one long trench, he among the rest. Their graves were marked with slabs giving their name, company and regiment. When the news of Mr. Potter's death reached his home, a funeral service was held in his memory at the Dawley schoolhouse, November 1st, by Rev. James Long, who seven years previous had solemnized the deceased's marriage. Mr. Potter's high sense of honor, his pure, home life, his attachment to his family, his true friendship in time of trial, and his unflinching patriotism, led his former comrades, in forming a Grand Army Post at Green Spring, Ohio, July 9, 1881, to name their Post after him. He was a man of good natural and acquired abilities, and had a mind well stored with general information on many practical subjects. He had been a careful reader of the New York Tribune, the Fremont Journal and the Religious Telescope. He had been a close observer of the events and causes which led to the Rebellion, as viewed from a Northern standpoint, and was intensely loyal to the flag of his country, and opposed to secession. In religious matters he was conscientious, but quiet and unassuming. He was an active member of the United Brethren Church, and one of the trustees of Mt. Lebanon Chapel. Reared a strict Methodist, he adhered to that denomination until coming into the Dawley neigh borhood. To the last he maintained his Christian character, and conscientiously sacrificed home comforts, and even life, on the altar of his country. DANIEL M. POTTER, brick and tile manufacturer, located in Ballville township, Sandusky county, was born near his present residence, April 19, 1860. His parents were Henry Jervis and Zeruiah Ann (Dawley) Potter, who formerly owned and resided on a farm adjoining the one he now occupies and forming a part of it. Here Daniel spent his childhood and youth, and attended a common school on the southeast corner of their farm, and also at Green Spring, Fremont and Clyde. His father having perished at Andersonville prison in 1864, Daniel early learned those lessons of industry, economy and thrift from his widowed mother, in the management and care of the farm, and in the raising of live stock, which were of great service to him in after life. On December 25, 1881, he married Miss Ettie 0., daughter of Chaplain R. and Ellen (Morrison) Huss, of Green Creek township, and entered upon life for himself on the farm he now occupies. After farming two years he decided to embark in the brick and tile business. He began in a small way, and, as the demands for his tile increased, enlarged his facilities from year to year, until in 1893 he gave constant employment to nineteen hands, several teams, and turned off about five hundred thousand tile, of all sorts and sizes, adapted to the needs of the farmers in his vicinity. He also did some shipping of tile abroad. He was led to engage in the brick and tile business from having heard in his childhood a remark made by his father to the effect that if he ever built a new house on that farm it should be of brick burned by himself, as he had noticed that the clay mortar used in the construction of a log cabin COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 249 on a corner of his farm by a renter had turned to a bright red color when the cabin was burned to the ground by accident. Mr. Potter is a member of Green Spring Lodge, I. 0. 0. F., at Green Spring, Ohio, and in politics is a Republican. The children of Daniel and Ettie Potter are: Mabel Ellen, born August 30, 1884; Henry J., born May 30, 1886; and James C., born August 31, 1891. Mrs. Potter, the mother of our subject, was born September 8, 1838, in Sandusky county, in which county she was for some time a teacher in the public schools. To Mr. and Mrs. Henry Potter were born three children: Jervis, born in 1858, and died in infancy; Daniel, our subject, and Clara M. (Mrs. C. M. Wolf), born August 2, 1861. Mrs. Daniel Potter, the wife of our subject, was born July 24, 1860, in Green Creek township, Sandusky Co., Ohio. She was educated in high school at Green Spring, and was a teacher in Sandusky county for nine terms. Her father was born February 11, 1838, in Sandusky county; his wife was born March 18, 1838, in Sandusky county; they were of Scotch and Irish descent. To them were born three children, as follows: Mrs. Potter; Eva Huss (Mrs. Chas. Ruth), born April 21, 1863; and Burton W. Huss, born April 23, 1869. The mother died September 19, 1894. Mrs. Potter's paternal grandparents, Christian and Catharine (Rathburn) Huss, were born February 21, 1815, and March 3, 1818, respectively; he died August 3, 1864; she died August 20, 1893. Her maternal grandparents were born in Ireland, and came to America in 1830. GEORGE HIETT, a well-to-do farmer and manufacturer of Jackson township, Sandusky county, was born March 7, 1834, in Seneca county, Ohio, and has resided in Sandusky county from the age of ten years. Our subject is a son of George Hiett, Sr., who was born October 12, 1792, in Jefferson county, Va., and moving thence to Seneca county, Ohio, lived there twenty years. Pleasant township, Seneca county, was named by him. Returning to Virginia, he remained three years, and then came to Ballville township, Sandusky county, where he bought 300 acres of land on the west bend of the Sandusky river, at $25 per acre. George Hiett, Sr., was in religious connection a member of the M. E. Church, in politics a Republican, and held the office of justice of the peace one term in Seneca county. He died March 1, 1875, in his eighty-third year. He wedded Miss Lydia Mulnix, who was born October 19, 1798, and died in February, 1891, and their children were Mary, born April 3, 1819, who was married to Thomas Johnson in Sandusky county, where they resided some time, moving thence to Kansas, where he died in 1884, leaving two children--George and Lydia J. ; William, born December 28, 1820, who married Celia Chineoweth, by whom he had ten children; Elizabeth, born December 22, 1822, who married Martin Edwards, a farmer, and had three children-William, John and Mary; John W., born November 11, 1824, who married Mary Beecham, by whom he had four children-Irving, Ella, Oliver and Russell (John W. Hiett was a graduate of Oberlin College, and was a teacher and superintendent in the Fremont schools in 1853-54-55, and in the Maumee schools in 1859-60-61-62; during recent years he lived in Toledo, Ohio, where he dealt in real estate. He was among the organizers of the Antislavery Society in Virginia. He was a zealous member of the M. E. Church. He died August 16, 1894); Catharine, born March 4, 1827, married to Henry Kenyon, and had four children-Edward, Lillie, Emma and John; Henry, born August 13, 1829, married Jane Hall, and moved to Riverside, Cal., where they have