50 - COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. limits, in order to avoid nervous exhaustion. He early evinced, through the inspiration of his father, his academic school life and the environments of ante-bellum pioneer times on the Connecticut Western Reserve, a love for historical, dramatic and forensic literature, for public debate and general politics. In his earliest " teens " he had read, re-read and rewritten Plutarch's Lives and gone through Gibbon's three thousand stately pages. Always punctual in his school composition and declamation work, he early laid a foundation for subsequent success in public speaking on the lecture and political platform, and in general literary work. In his earlier school work he prepared many dramas, Shakespearean and others, for presentation on the school stage, and found in the preparatory work excellent elocutionary drills both for himself and pupils. He was always an active participant in the debating societies, and the mock congresses that on the Connecticut Western Reserve were wont to discuss, in the years before the war, the great questions growing out of slavery, and was an active public speaker in the Douglas campaign of 1860. His services were always in demand on the Fourth of July occasions, which were unfailingly observed in his native village. Prof. Ross has ever kept abreast with educational progress in both local and national matters. He has served three terms as a member of the Ohio School Board of Examiners, and was president of the same most of the time. He was a candidate for State School Commissioner in 1871, but being a Democrat was defeated. He has served as president of the Ohio State Teachers' Association, and also as president of the Tri-State Teachers' Association, composed of the States of Ohio, Indiana and Michigan, and has been quite a regular attendant of the National Teachers' Association. The honorary degree of M. A. was conferred upon him by Western Reserve College, Hudson, Ohio (succeeded by Adelbert University). As an educator Prof. Ross has few peers. He is a man of broad general knowledge, a close student of economics, and, like most public economists, is an ardent advocate of tariff reform. He has published a series of masterly pamphlets on tariff reform, in which he shows the absurdity of protection, and handles McKinleyism without gloves. The titles of some of the pamphlets are: " Tariff Reform " (published October i5, 1888), " Indirect Tariff Taxation," and " Governor. McKinley, at Fremont," etc. His paper entitled " Free Text Books," read before the Ohio Teachers' Association, at Chautauqua, N. Y., and published in the Educational Monthly, Akron, Ohio, and in the School Commissioners' Report to the Ohio Legislature, is an able treatise in favor of the idea it suggests. Prof. Ross is a lecturer of ability, and his patriotism and true Americanism are evident in all his writings and lectures. In the Congressional campaign of 1894 his name was urged by his party friends for congressional honors, but he declined to allow its use, stating that he had outlived all personal political aspirations, and was conscious that he had not the health and strength to stand the wear and worry of a congressional campaign, especially the labors of the stump. Mr. Ross is the inventor of a set of dissected mathematical forms, and the author of an accompanying treatise for illustrative instruction in mensuration and concrete geometry, which have been received with unqualified commendation by the leading educators of the country. Prof. W. W. Ross was married, in 1863, to Miss Julia Houghton, of Wellington, Ohio, and they have three children: William DeWitt, who has charge of the high school at Fremont, Ohio; Clara J. ; and Harry Houghton. In religious connection Prof. Ross is a member COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 51 of the M. E. Church, and has had charge of the Sunday-school about thirty years. Socially he is a member of the Masonic Fraternity. JUDGE JOHN I. GARN. If history teaches by example, the lessons inculcated by biography must be still more impressive. We see exhibited in the varities of human character, under different circumstances, something to instruct us in our duty, and to encourage our efforts, under every emergency. And, perhaps, there is no concurrence of events which produce this effect more certainly, than the steps by which distinction has been acquired through the unaided efforts of youthful enterprise, as illustrated in the life of Judge John I. Garn. Our subject is by birth a Pennsylvanian, having been born in Bedford county October 27, 1833, a son of C. M. and Elizabeth (Ickes) Garn, both also natives of the Keystone State, the former born in Bedford county, in 1799, the latter in York county. The father was a lifelong farmer in Bedford county, dying there at the advanced age of eighty-four years, the mother passing away when a few months older; they were members of the Lutheran Church, and in politics he was originally a Whig, later a Republican. Frederick Garn, father of C. M. Garn, came from his native country, Holland, to America, settling in Pennsylvania. Judge Garn is the third, in the order of birth, in a family of eleven children, a brief record of the others being as follows: Susan (now deceased) married E. Conrad, and lived in Blair county, Penn. ; Catherine married S. Mauk, and resided in Bedford county, Penn.; George lives in Sandusky county, Ohio; Daniel also lives in Sandusky county; Hannah married John Kesoberth; Margaret lives in Bedford county, Penn. ; the other four are deceased. Judge Garn received a liberal education at the public schools of his native place, and assisted his parents on the farm until he was twenty-one years old, when he came to Sandusky county and bought an eighty-acre farm in Jackson township which he cleared with his own hands and carried on some eighteen years. He then entered the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company as ticket and freight agent at Millersville, Sandusky Co., Ohio, a position he filled with efficiency the long period of twenty-one years, when he came to Fremont. In November, 1893, he was elected, on the Republican ticket, probate judge of Sandusky county, taking his seat February 12, 1894. While at Millersville he served as justice of the peace some fifteen years, which gave him good insight into the laws of the State, thereby well qualifying him, in that respect, to fill the position of probate judge. In January, 1855, Judge Garn was united in marriage in Sandusky county with Miss Maria Garn (no blood relation), and seven children were born to them, to wit: Elizabeth J. married Abram Rinebolt, and they have two children—John and Minnie. Anna Mary married Henry Madison, and they have six children--Lottie, Anna, John, Charles, Ida and Grace. Delilah married Robert Mc-Caul, and has one child, Minnie. Hannah is the wife of Alexander Claycom, and has one child, Delilah. Sarah C. is at home. Minnie is at home. John married and is now deceased; he was a telegraph operator. In religious faith Mr. and Mrs. Garn are members of the Evangelical Church, and they are both highly respected in the community; socially he is affiliated with the Knights of Honor. A. R. FERGUSON, M. D.—The old-time pioneers of the far-famed Black Swamp, who transformed a howling wilderness into the garden spot of northern Ohio, are fast passing away. Especially is this noticeable 52 - COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. in the case of the pioneer preachers, doctors and lawyers, who traveled on foot or on horseback through dense forests, along winding obscure roads or Indian trails, to visit their patrons in lonely cabins, to administer their primitive remedies for the ailments of mind, body and soul. As an example of one of the best preserved medical gentlemen of those early days, who is now an octogenarian, and whose tales of adventure and privation, experienced and observed among the early settlers in Woodville township, Sandusky county, Ohio, would fill a volume, we introduce the subject of this sketch. Dr. A. R. Ferguson, Ballville township, Sandusky county, was born in Trumbull county, Ohio, on September 20, 1814, a son of Samuel and Mary (Ralston) Ferguson. Samuel Ferguson was born in Antrim county, Ireland, and came to America with his parents when he was sixteen years of age, settling in Beaver county, Penn. He was the youngest of the family, a farmer by occupation, a Democrat in politics and a member of the Seceders, a branch of the Presbyterian Church. About the year 1808 he married Mary Ralston, who was then living at the home of her uncle, Nathaniel Ralston. In Trumbull county, Ohio, during the war of 1812, Samuel Ferguson and Nathaniel Ralston were drafted into the U. S. military service, and were sent under Gen. Wadsworth to guard the mouth of the Sandusky river. Mary Ralston was born in Pennsylvania, in 1776, and died in Trumbull county, Ohio, in 1854. The children of Samuel and Mary Ferguson were: (I) James, a carpenter and joiner, of Warren, Trumbull Co., Ohio, born in 1810, died in 1840; (2) Andrew, a farmer, same locality, born in 1812, died in 1889; (3) Archibald R., our subject; (4) William, a lawyer, who went to the West and died there; (5) John, born in 1816, who died in Kansas. Our subject grew to manhood in Trumbull county, where he attended common schools, and spent several years at Farmington Academy. He studied medicine about four years under John W. Seely, one of the pioneer doctors of Trumbull county, who became one of the leading stockholders in the Western Reserve Bank at Warren, Ohio. In the fall of 1839 Dr. Ferguson located and began the practice of medicine in Woodville, Sandusky Co., Ohio. Here he kept a small drug store, and served the country people as family physician for many miles around, during a period of about twenty years, traveling usually on horseback. His practice was unusually lucrative, netting him $1,000 the first year. In addition to his medical projects, the Doctor also found time and means to engage in several other enterprises which were profitable. He was for a time proprietor of an ashery, a dry-goods store, a saw and grist mill, and he built at Woodville the nicest tavern stand then known in Sandusky county. He owned the first buggy ever used in Woodville, for which he bought the wood-work of a wagon-maker at Tiffin, Ohio, had the ironing done at Lower Sandusky, and did the painting of it himself. During the construction of the Toledo, Norwalk & Cleveland railroad through Sandusky county, Dr. Fer guson was employed by the projectors of the road to assist in securing the right of way through Woodville township, and to solicit subscriptions to stock from indi viduals and trustees in Ballville and Green Creek townships. When the route was changed so as to pass through Elmore instead of Woodville, the Doctor lost no time in selling out his property in Woodville and locating in Ballville township, which has been his permanent home since that time. The Doctor's enterprise and public spirit were recognized by his neighbors in his election to the office of justice-of the peace two terms in succession, and to the office of sheriff of Sandusky county, two terms. During the past twenty years he has devoted most of his time to the COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 53 improvement of his model farm of 200 acres, lying two miles east of Fremont, and to the raising of choice farm products. He was for several years president of the Sandusky County Farmers' Club, and has since that time kept in touch with the best methods of agriculture by the reading of select farming literature. He has also taken an active interest in educational matters in his neighborhood. From his many tales of pioneer adventure we give the following as a sample: Once upon a time a man came after the Doctor from the present site of Pemberville to secure his services for a sick friend, and returned homeward on foot through a dense forest, walking some distance in advance of the Doctor, who followed on horseback. Thinking to play a joke on the Doctor, he turned aside and stood behind a tree, and howled in imitation of a wolf. The Doctor, not suspecting deceit in his fellow traveler, yelled and shouted to scare away the supposed wolf, but kept briskly on his way. In a few minutes he heard the howl of a real wolf in an opposite direction. In a short time the man who had raised the first howl was alarmed by the howling of a pack of wolves, and had to run like a deer to escape being attacked by them. He afterward told the Doctor that he came near losing his life by trying to play this unkind trick on him at the wrong time. Dr. A. R. Ferguson was married in 1843 to Miss Marietta Hart, a native of New York, who died at Woodville, Ohio, in 1850. They had two children: (I) Archibald, who resides at Tiffin, Ohio, was a soldier in the Civil war, served as bugle boy in the One Hundred and Eleventh 0. V. I., and now receives a pension; has two children, Lillie and Clarence. (2) Mary, who died at Tiffin, Ohio, at the age of thirty-one, and was buried in Mt. Lebanon Cemetery, Ballville township. After the death of his first wife Dr. Ferguson married, in i855, Sevilla E. Cook, who was born January 5, 1835, in New York State, a daughter of John G., and Lucy (Martin) Cook. Her father was born in 1776, in Massachusetts, and her mother in New York. Her father was wont to say: " I lived six weeks under the King of England, and then rebelled." He died in 1861, praying for the success of the Union army. His parents were English, and came to America--a part of the " Pilgrim Fathers." The children of Dr. Ferguson by his second marriage were : William, who grew up on his father's farm, married Miss Georgia Vandemark, of Green Creek township, and their children are—Mabel, Charles, Fred and Edward Glenn; Edward, who married Miss Nattie Young, and whose children are--Hazel, Rupert and Clifton; Lillie B., wife of Kelly N. Myers, druggist, Fremont, Ohio, whose children are—Hazel and Cecile; Nellie, wife of George Harris, whose children are—Hallie, Archie, George J., and Ruth; Lulu, wife of Hiram Smith, of Fort Wayne, Ind., who has one child—Veta; Sevilla E., living at home; Frank R., a citizen of the State of Washington, who married Clara Whitmore, and has two children—Waneta and Wan; and Fannie G., Alice and. John Albert, living with their parents. REV. MICHAEL LONG. Any pioneer record of the Black Swamp, in northern Ohio, which does not give an account of the old-time traveling preachers or circuit riders, who did so much to cheer the homes of the early settlers, must be incomplete, and any list of such itinerants which does not include the familiar name of Rev. Michael Long is untrue to history. For more than fifty years he traversed this region in, every direction, and thousands loved to listen to the voice of his unstudied eloquence. Rev. Michael Long was born May 3, 1814, in Guernsey county, Ohio, son of 54 - COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Daniel and Margaret (Brill) Long, natives of Pennsylvania. He was reared to farm work, and was educated in the common schools. At an early age he joined the United Brethren Church, and at the age of twenty-one years was licensed to preach the Gospel. In 1834 he migrated from Guernsey to Sandusky county, Ohio, where he married, on April 20, 1837, Miss Sarah Gear, of the same county, and they lived at various places most convenient to his fields of labor. On April 26, 1836, he joined the Sandusky Conference, and was assigned to a circuit of twenty-eight appointments, at which he preached regularly every four weeks, requiring for each round a travel of four hundred miles, for the most part through the forests, either on foot or on horseback. For his services the first year of his ministry he received a salary of forty dollars. His circuit the second year, and indeed for quite a number of subsequent years, was much like the first, with salary ranging from one hundred to one hundred and seventy-five dollars. He was an active itinerant, and for fifty years was continuously employed by the Conference as missionary, pastor or presiding elder, which, with one year's subsequent service as supply, made fifty-one years of active itinerant life. He was a member of the Conference and present at every session for fifty-six years, never missing the opening prayer. For many years he was almost constantly engaged in revival work, for which he was naturally fitted. His voice was wonderfully strong, clear and voluminous, his nature genial and his deportment dignified. He was directly instrumental in the conversion and addition to the Church of about five thousand persons. He solemnized more marriages and preached more funeral sermons than any other minister within the bounds of his acquaintance, and he no doubt traveled longer and suffered more privations than any other minister in his Conference. His unwritten stories of daring adventure and hair-breadth escapes would fill a volume. When traveling in the Maumee Valley he sometimes passed trains of Indians half a mile long. He was endowed with remarkable physical powers, and could endure hunger and fatigue with little apparent discomfort. He was a friend to the so-called higher education, and encouraged it in his family, the fruits of this being manifest in the honorable standing of his three sons in the active ministry. He and his noble wife were examples of economy after which it would be well for many of our young people to pattern. Starting in life with scarcely anything of this world's goods, they lived within their small income, and so managed that. a small per cent. was saved year after year until they were able to provide a comfortable home for themselves and family, near Fremont, and render aid in the education of their children at college. Mrs. Long died at the family residence on January 15, 1889, and his death occurred at the home of his nephew, Rev. James Long, at Weston, Ohio, November 17, 1891. Their children were: Martha Jane, deceased wife of John Ernsberger; Desire Angeline, wife of Martin Maurer; Rev. N. S. Long, of the U. B. Church; Rev. B. M. Long, of the Presbyterian Church; Calista, wife of J. W. Worst; and Rev. Milon De Witt Long, of the Presbyterian Church. FRANK HEIM. That a review of the life of such an energetic and enterprising individual as is the subject of this memoir should have prominent place in the pages of a work of this kind is peculiarly proper; because a knowledge of men, whose substantial record rests upon their attainments and success, must at all times exert a wholesome influence on the rising generation of the American people, and can not fail to be more or less interesting to those of maturer years. COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 55 Mr. Heim was born February 26, 1852, in the State of New York, a son of Albert and Margaret (Malkamus) Heim, natives of Hessia, Germany, the father born August 28, 1826, the mother in 1831. They were married in the Fatherland, soon afterward emigrating to the United S ates, for a time sojourning in New York State, whence, in 1853, they came to Fremont, where the father followed his trade, that of carpenter, and was also in the retail liquor trade. He died November 25, 1867; the mother passed away in 1871. Children as follows were born to them: Frank, subject of sketch; Joseph, now living in Indian Territory; William, conducting a dry-goods business in Fremont, and Clara, Henry and Charles, all three at home. The maternal grandmother of this family died in Germany at the age of ninety years. The subject proper of these lines was about a year old when his parents brought him to Fremont, and at the public schools of that city he received a liberal education, at the age of eighteen commencing business for his own account in the retail liquor trade. In 1877 he purchased an interest in the Fremont Brewery Co., of which he is now the president, and since he has been associated with the concern its output has been increased, whilst many improvements have been made. He is also president of the Electric Light and Power Co. of Fremont, and of the Opera House Co. As a public-spirited and liberal citizen, he is more or less identified with most enterprises tending to the welfare of the city and the community at large. On March 27, 1890, Mr. Heim was united in marriage with Miss Delilah Soward, who was born in Seneca county, Ohio, daughter of Thomas Soward. In politics our subject is a Republican, and in religious faith a member of the Roman Catholic Church. SARDIS BIRCHARD, merchant, banker and philanthropist, Fremont, Sandusky county, was born at Wilmington, Windham Co., Vt., January 15, 1801. Both of his parents died when he was yet a child, the father, Roger Birchard, in 1805, the mother, Drusilla (Austin) Birchard, in 1813. Both of his grandfathers were Revolutionary soldiers. His grandfather, Elias Birchard, died of disease contracted in the service toward the close of the war. His grandfather, Capt. Daniel Austin, served as an officer under Washington throughout the war, and survived many years. The Birchards were among the first settlers of Norwich, Connecticut. When the mother of our subject died, five children survived her, Sardis being the youngest. He was placed in charge of his sister, Sophia, wife of Rutherford Hayes (father of Gen. R. B. Hayes), became one of their family, and lived with them at Dummerston, Vt., until 1817, when he accompanied them in their emigration to Ohio. In Vermont young Birchard had acquired the rudiments of an English education, by an irregular attendance at such schools as were in existence at that day in the country towns of that State. He had also become an expert hunter and horseman, for a boy of his age, and gained some knowledge of business in the store of his brother-in-law, Mr. Hayes. In Ohio he worked with the latter in building, farming, driving and taking care of stock, and employing all his spare time in hunting. He was able with his rifle to supply his own and other families with turkeys and venison. In 1822 his brother-in-law, Mr. Hayes, died, leaving a widow and three young children and a large unsettled business. Of these children of his sister, the eldest, Lorenzo, was drowned at the age of ten years; Fanny became the wife of William A. Platt, of Columbus, Ohio; and the youngest, Rutherford Birchard Hayes, born the year of his father's death, 1822, became 56 - COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. the nineteenth President of the United States. Mr. Birchard, who was barely twenty-one years of age, at once assumed the duties of the head of the family, and applied himself diligently to the management of the unsettled affairs of the estate, and the care of the household. Inheriting from his father what was considered a handsome start for a young man, possessing a genial and friendly disposition and being fond of wild sports and wild company, with no one to look up to as entitled to control or advise him, his future might well have been regarded with apprehension. He was then a slender, delicate, handsome youth, with engaging and popular manners, and was a favorite among the young people in the new country. Warmly attached to his sister and her children, he devoted himself to their interests and was the mainstay of the family. While yet a boy he was hired to help drive some hogs to Fort Ball (now Tiffin), Ohio, to feed the first settlers, in 1817. This was his first visit to the Sandusky region. His first visit to Lower Sandusky was made in 1824, in company with Benjaming Powers, a merchant of Delaware, Ohio. They stopped at Leason's tavern, a log house on the east side of Front street, where Shomo's Block now stands. The pickets were still standing around Fort Stephenson, and the ditch was quite perfect. The village then contained about two hundred inhabitants. After a trip to Portland (now Sandusky City), they returned home, and the same fall Mr. Birchard, with Stephen R. Bennett as partner, bought and drove to Baltimore, in the first cold weather of the winter, a drove of fat hogs. Mr. Birchard has narrated two incidents of the trip: The young men had to swim their hogs across the Ohio river at Wheeling, and came near losing all of them by the swift current of the river. By great exertion, and at considerable risk to themselves, they got all but four or five across. In the meantime they were overtaken on the road by a tall fine looking gentleman on horseback, who had also a carriage drawn by four horses, and two saddle horses with attendants. The gentleman helped Mr. Birchard get the hogs out of the way, chatted with him about the state of the markets, and the prospects of the weather, and advised him as to the best way to dispose of his hogs at Baltimore. This gentleman turned out to be Gen. Jackson, on his way to Washington after the Presidential election of 1824, in which he received the highest vote, but was not finally the successful candidate. In the summer of 1825, while mowing in the hay field, Mr. Birchard was seriously injured in health by over-exertion, his ambition not allowing him to fall behind the stronger men. From the effects of this he never fully recovered. In the winter of 1825-2,6 he was confined to his bed by an attack called " consumption," and it was supposed that he would not live until spring; but his cheerful disposition and the elasticity of his constitution carried him through. In the month of May he set out on horseback eastward, making short daily journeys as his strength would permit, and in due time reached Vermont, where he remained until the approach of winter, when he traveled south to Georgia and remained until the spring of 1827. This year he made his first purchase of goods as a retail dry-goods merchant. He went to New York without money and without acquaintances, but soon found a friend in William P. Dixon, who sold him a stock of goods in his line, and recommended him to others. His stock of goods was made up and shipped to Cleveland, himself accompanying it, intending to sell to laborers on the Ohio canal, which was then being built from Cleveland southward. On passing down into the Tuscarawas valley he becamed dissatisfied with that trade, sold part of his goods to another trader, and took the rest to Fort Ball (now Tiffin), on the west side of the Sandusky river. Here COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 57 he remained, trading successfully with the new settlers, until December, 1827, when he removed to Lower Sandusky, having decided to go with Dr. L. Q. Rawson, who preceded him a few days. He at first went into business alone in a store, on the corner of Front and Croghan streets, where the Dryfoos clothing house now stands, which was erected and owned by Richard Sears, who had made a fortune, trading with the Indians, and had left for Buffalo, N. Y. in the spring of 1827. Though there were three other stores in the place and two distilleries, Mr. Birchard received the Indian trade to a large extent by refusing to sell them liquor. He was in trade three or four years, and, having accumulated about ten thousand dollars, considered himself rich enough to retire. About the year 1831, however, he formed a partnership with Rodolphus Dickinson and Esbon Husted, himself furnishing the capital. The firm name was R. Dickinson & Co., and they soon had in operation one of the largest retail stores north of Columbus and west of Cleveland, their yearly sales amounting to fifty thousand dollars, the sales being largely on credit. Mr. Birchard, with Richard Sears, bought the first sailing vessel (each owning an equal interest), a schooner named " John Richards, " worth then four thousand dollars, and of about one hundred tons burden. The first shipment of wheat out of Lower Sandusky was made on this schooner, and it was probably the first one sent eastward from any port west of Cleveland. The Indians with whom Mr. Birchard chiefly traded were the Senecas. They drew an annuity from the State of New York, payable at Albany, amounting to $1,700, and among Mr. Birchard's customers, whom he trusted during the year, were Tall Chief, Hard Hickory, Seneca John, Curley Eye, Good Hunter and others. Before the annuity was paid he would get authority to draw money, signed by the chiefs, and go to Albany to collect: it. This he did three times, with some risk but without loss. Besides the Seneca tribe he also traded with the Wyandots, Ottawas, and a few Delawares. The Senecas owned a reservation of forty thousand acres east of the Sandusky river, on the line of Sandusky and Seneca counties. Their principal settlement was north of Green Spring, where they had a mill near the site of where Stoner's mill stood later. Their Council House was not far from the mill, northwestward. Mr. Birchard attended some of the Indian dances, both in the daytime and at night, and was present at the religious ceremony of burning the white dogs. The Indians danced in the Council House, in the center of which was a fire over which was boiling a pot of corn and meat. Their musicians had in their hands some bundles of deer hoofs, which they rattled and pounded on a skin stretched over a hoop. Among the white men who joined in the Indian dance, were Mr. Birchard, Rodolphus Dickinson, Judge Justice, and Mr. Fifield. Mr. Birchard was the guest at night of Hard Hickory, and he was called by the Indians " Ausequago, " or the man who owns the most land. Seneca John was in the habit of trading with Mr. Birchard, and called at the store to see the amount of indebtedness the evening before he was killed by Coonstick and Steele for witchcraft. His friend, Tall Chief, settled the account for him later, as he believed that no Indian can enter the happy hunting grounds of the Spirit Land until his debts are paid. This chief was a man of great dignity of manner and character. In their business transactions these Indians were generally very honest. They would not steal as much as the same number of whites with the same opportunities. Mr. Birchard sometimes had his store room full of Indians, sleeping all night on the floor, with no watch or guard, and he himself sleeping on a cot near them. The Indians paid for goods mostly in deer skins, 58 - COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. finely dressed, and in coon, muskrat, and sometimes in mink, otter and bear skins. The Indians dressed these skins much better than white men could. In 1835 Mr. Husted died, and his place in Mr. Birchard's firm was taken by George Grant, who had been a clerk in the establishment since its formation. He was a man of great business capacity and ,energy, of prepossessing appearance, tall, slender, of fine address and full of life and ambition. He died in 1841, at the age of thirty-two, after which the firm was dissolved, and the business settled by Mr. ,Birchard. On the first day of January, 1851, Mr. Birchard, in partnership with Lucius B. 'Otis, established the first banking house in Lower Sandusky, under the name of Birchard & Otis. On the removal of Judge Otis to Chicago, in 1856, Mr. Birchard formed a partnership with Anson H. Miller, and a year later with Dr. James W. Wilson, under the name of Birchard, Miller & Company. In 1863 the First National Bank of Fremont was 'organized, and the banking house of Birchard, Miller & Co., was merged into it. This was the second National Bank organized in Ohio, and the fifth in the United States. Mr. Birchard was elected president of the bank at its organization, and he held that position by re-election until his death. When Mr. Birchard came to reside in Lower Sandusky there were only two lawyers in the place: Harvey J. Harmon, was cultivating the island in the river, -and Rodolphus Dickinson, a graduate of Williams College, Mass., who had a good knowledge of the law, having studied under Judge Gustavus Swan, in Columbus, Ohio. The latter was active in the politics of his time, was thrice elected a member of the Board of Public Works, and twice elected to Congress, and died while a member of the House of Representatives of the United States, in 1849. For his private virtues and his public services he is still held in grateful remembrance by the people not only of Sandusky county but throughout northwestern Ohio. There were no church buildings in Lower Sandusky in 1827. Religious meetings were held in a log school house that stood nearly where the high school building is on Croghan street. Court was held in the same building, until the frame court house was finished, in which Rev. H. Lang afterward lived. The preachers were Rev. Mr. Harrington, a Presbyterian, and Rev. Mr. Montgomery, a Methodist missionary, who lived with the Seneca Indians, near Fort Seneca. During the years that intervened between his arriving at manhood and his death, Mr. Birchard was ever conspicuous in, and the ardent promoter of, every good work designed to advance the welfare of the town of his residence. As has been stated, he was connected with the first enterprise that opened river and lake commerce between Fremont and Buffalo. Appropriations by the State, for the construction of the Western Reserve and Maumee road, had in him an early, untiring, and efficient advocate; and through his efforts in circulating petitions through the State to influence public opinion, and thus secure favorable legislation, that work was doubtless completed many years earlier than it otherwise would have been. He next became enlisted in the enterprise of constructing the Toledo, Norwalk & Cleveland railroad. The chances then were that the northern and rival route, now known as the Northern Division, would be constructed first, and a long struggle ensued between the supporters of each route. In connection with C. L. Boalt, of Norwalk, Mr. Birchard was so effective in advancing the success of the southern route, by the pledge of every dollar of their private fortunes, and thus raising the funds to prosecute the work, that the issue turned in their favor, and the work went on to COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 59 completion that, but for their extraordinary efforts, would probably not have been finished for many years afterward. Mr. Boalt was made the first president of the road, upon the organization of the company, and heartily co-operating with him, Mr. Birchard, through his influence with leading capitalists of New York, was successful in obtaining the necessary means to push forward the work. Mr. Birchard was a Whig while that party existed, and subsequently an earnest supporter of the Republican party, the administration of Abraham Lincoln, and the prosecution of the war for the Union. Hospitable, warm-hearted and friendly, in addition to his contributions to religious and benevolent objects, he cheerfully aided all really charitable objects. He had a deep sympathy for the poor, and could not bear to know suffering without offering relief. During the last years of his life, when poor health required confinement at home, he left with Mr. Miller, cashier of the bank, standing instructions to contribute liberally to worthy charities. His tenderness and solicitude for the unfortunate is illustrated by a letter which Mr. Miller still preserves. It was written on a cold, stormy day in early winter, and reads as follows: " Mr. Miller: What a storm! I fear many poor people are suffering. If you hear of any such, give liberally for me. S. Birchard." In 1871, Mr. Birchard presented to the city of Fremont the large park between Birchard avenue and Croghan street, and the small triangular park at the junction of Birchard and Buckland avenues. In 1873 he set apart property amounting to fifty thousand dollars for the purpose of establishing a free public library in Fremont, appointed trustees to take charge of the fund, and provided for their perpetuity. The first collection of books was placed in Birchard Hall, on the corner of Front and State streets. In order to obtain a location suitable for putting up a library building, the trustees united with the city council to purchase the Fort Stephenson property at a total cost of $18,000, the trustees paying $6,000, and thus was secured the famous historic locality to the people of Fremont forever. From the address of Rev. Dr. Bushnell, delivered at the laying of the corner-stone of the Birchard Libra ry Building, July 18, 1878, we take the following: " It was not in his thought, at first, that this bequest of his should be= coupled with the commemoration of the defense of Fort Stephenson, but the proposal to join with the city council in this movement received his hearty consent. And thus the building itself with its uses, and the site on which it stands, combine, like strands of gold, to form a cord of hallowed recollections ever attaching our thoughts alike to the deed of heroic defense, and to the bequest of kindly esteem. For, I wish personally to take this occasion to say that the bequest for this library was. born in Mr. Birchard's heart, of the most kindly consideration for the people of Fremont and of Sandusky county. I know whereof I speak, for this is not a mere inference. He first determined to devote a liberal sum of money to, some public benefit which all might have opportunity to enjoy; as to the especial form of it he took council, and what he: said to others I do not particularly know, but he repeatedly expressed to me in this connection, his kindly feeling toward all in the community." Mr. Birchard's gifts to the city are estimated at $70,000, or about one-fifth of his estate. In addition to these gifts made during his lifetime he made in his will bequests to Oberlin College, to Home Missions, to the Fremont Ladies' Relief Society, and to the Conger Fund, a fund designed for the relief of superannuated preachers. Mr. Birchard was benevolent to a degree and in a manner known only to, 60 - COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. his most intimate friends. Aid in necessity was extended to many when none knew it except the recipients, and perhaps a friend whom he consulted. Mr. Birchard vas especially devoted to the fine arts, and during his eventful life made a fine collection of oil paintings, which will eventually form one of the chief attractions of Birchard Library. Among them is an oil painting of his favorite horse, " Ned." In May, 1857, Mr. Birchard became a member of the Presbyterian Church of Fremont, and he remained in its communion the remainder of his life. He contributed constantly to its incidental and benevolent funds. He also contributed $7,000 to the erection of the new edifice now occupied by the congregations. In this he took especial satisfaction. He also aided other congregations without distinction of denomination. He gave most satisfactory evidence of sincerity in his religious experience, and died in perfect composure of mind. He had talked much with his friends concerning death, and seemed to be altogether ready. He was one of the marked characters in the early history of the country, and his life was fortunately spared to a ripe old age. Of him it may well be said, as the faithful steward he received the gifts of fortune and gave, in his turn, freely as he had received. He died January I, 1874, aged seventy-three years. His funeral was attended by the largest concourse of citizens ever assembled on such an occasion in this vicinity. As a testimony of respect to the deceased all the stores and shops of the city were closed from one o'clock until four, in the afternoon, when he was laid to rest in Oak Wood Cemetery. REV. PATRICK O'BRIEN, pastor of St. Ann's Congregation, Fremont, was born at Piltown, County Wexford, Ireland, February 20, 1844. He, arrived in America on April 15, 1857, being at that time only thirteen years old. Like all young men of his age and nationality, seeking a home in the New World, our subject applied himself assiduously to the task. The American Civil war, as the reader well knows, commenced in 1861, and our subject having imbibed that spirit of patriotism which is so characteristic of his race, handed down to him by his undeniable Celtic ancestors, donned the blue, enlisted in the Northern army for the purpose of assisting the Republic in preserving the life of the Union. Owing to ill health he could not render his adopted country that assistance for which he had hoped; however, he did his duty as a loyal subject of " Uncle Sam," to the best of his ability, actuated by the purest patriotic motives, until by reason of ill health, he was discharged from the organization in which he had enlisted. After his return from the service he resumed his studies, and very soon realized that his vocation was that of a priest. He was encouraged by his parents and friends in this idea, and attended college with a view of studying for the sacred ministry. Finally, Bishop Rappe received him into St. Mary's Seminary, at Cleveland, Ohio, as a student, and in a short time the student became master of philosophy and theology, and the late lamented Rt. Rev. Bishop Gilmour, D. D., bishop of Cleveland, ordained him priest July 21, 1872. Father O'Brien has been recognized by those who know him as one of the ablest priests in Ohio, and especially in oratory he is unsurpassed anywhere in this section. He has had charge of the largest congregations in the diocese of Cleveland; was for some years pastor of the Immaculate Conception parish in Toledo, Ohio, one of the largest English-speaking congregation in that city. He was transferred from the Immaculate Conception parish to St. Francis De-Sales, on Cherry street, Toledo, and remained there a short time, when he was COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 61 again transferred to the pastorate of St. Patrick's Congregation of Cleveland, the largest congregation in the diocese. While pastor of St. Patrick's he built one of the finest schoolhouses in the State, which is an ornament not only to the city of Cleveland but to the State of Ohio. Owing to the hard work that he was compelled to do at St. Patrick's, our subject was broken down in health to a certain extent, and, procuring a leave of absence, he traveled abroad extensively, making a flying trip to Ireland on his way to Rome and Jerusalem. During his absence he wrote very interesting letters on his travels abroad, which were published in the leading journals of this section. While visiting in the Holy Land he encountered a severe rain storm, and the result was that he contracted rheumatism, and it was on this account that he asked to be relieved from the charge of St. Patrick's, and to be sent to a place where he would not be required to do so much work. His request wns granted, and he was transferred to St. Ann's, Fremont, Ohio. While Father O'Brien is a celebrated poet, patriot and writer, perhaps his principal work outside the priesthood is that which he gives to the temperance cause. He has been identified with the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America since its organization, or nearly so, and has held many prominent offices in the Union. He is to-day president of the C. T. A. U., of Ohio, and at a recent convention held in New York City was chairman of the committee on resolutions, and drafted the resolutions which created so much discussion at the National convention. He is a thorough American in every sense and meaning of that word, and is respected and has always been respected by Protestants and Catholics alike. He was assigned to the pastorate of St. Ann's, Fremont, Ohio, in 1893, and he has been a valuable accession to the roll of the prominent pastors and citizens, and both he and the temperance and other organizations of St. Ann's have done a vast amount of good in the community. SAMUEL DOLL. Among the active spirits, which the oil and gas discoveries in Sandusky county have brought to the front in business circles, the name of Samuel Doll stands prominent. He is a widely-known pioneer of Jackson township, and in the spring of 1892 he organized the S. Doll Gas & Oil Co., of which he is now vice-president. The company has leased a large amount of land, and is pushing the new industry with energy and dispatch, and with marked success, having opened fourteen or more wells, the majority of which have produced gas in paying quantities. Mr. Doll was born in Jackson township, March 3, 1835, son of John and Catherine (Dayhoff) Doll. The father was born, in 1797, in Bedford county, Penn., married in that State, and in 1834 migrated to Ohio, settling in Jackson township, Sandusky county, where he remained until his death, in 1865. He was a Democrat in ante-bellum times, but during the closing years of his life he voted the Republican ticket. His wife, Catherine Dayhoff, was a native of Maryland, and died in 1875 at the age of sixty-four years. A large family of children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Doll, as fellows: Two who died in infancy; Joshua, who enlisted in the army during the Civil war, and died in Tennessee; John, who married Margaret A. Sprout, and died in 189o, leaving four children—Ralph P., Nancy, William and Emma; Daniel (deceased), who married Adeline Kennon and had six children—Alice, Byron D., Elmer, John, Peter and Nettie; Samuel, subject of this sketch; Mary E., who became the wife of Solomon Warner, of Jackson township, and has had seven children—Emma, Laura, Elsie, Charles, 62 - COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Chauncey, Estelle and Blanche; Sarah A., who died young; Noah, a resident of Neosho county, Kans., whose children are Alfred, Chalmer, Edith, Henry and Mary; one who died young; Susan, wife of Isaac Hite, of Jackson township, and mother of the following children—Dorothy, William, Francis, Irvin, Milan, Edward, Lee, Verna and Franklin; and Jacob, who enlisted in the fall of 1864, and died at Camp Chase, Ohio. Samuel Doll was reared in the pioneer wilderness of Jackson township. Educational facilities were meager, and the ambitious boy or girl must perforce stimulate his or her waking mental powers by poring over books beside the log blaze in the home cabin. Education was obscured, or wholly ignored. Other needs were pressing. The clearing of the land was the prime consideration, and the lad who could swing the ringing axe the lustiest was the hero of the day rather than the pale-faced youth who could spell down the entire school. Mr. Doll amply filled the requirements of that day, as he does, too, at the present time. He was a young man of almost gigantic stature, and of unusual strength and activity, and even to-day, though he has turned his sixtieth year, he can do more physical work than many a man at forty. He was married in 1859, to Mary Hummel, who was born in Scott township, April 12, 1839, daughter of George J. Hummel, a native of Germany, and to this union were born eleven children, as follows: A. J., born June 6, 186o, who married Emma J. Beauman, and has a family of two children —John F. and Jay; Mary C., wife of J. F. Hartman, and mother of three children - George, Clark and Vera; Harmannus, born September 2, 1861, died in infancy; John, born in 1862, died November 7, 1872, Lucy M., wife of William Heyman, of Sandusky county, and the mother of two children--Cecil and Veva; Eddie, who died in 1872, aged four years, nine months and twenty-seven days; George, who died November 12, 1872, aged two years, one month, twenty-two days; Elsie, wife of F. B. Rollins; Orville and Arvilda, twins; and Estella. Mrs. Doll died Jan.- uary 21, 1889. She was a devoted .wife and mother, and a devout member of the United Brethren Church, where Mr. Doll also worships. Mr. Doll served in the Union army during the summer of 1864 at Fort Ethan Allen, near Washington, and he is now a member of Manville Moore Post, G. A. R., Fremont. He is a prominent member of the P. of I. Our subject devoted his life exclusively to farming up to the time he entered the oil business, and now owns a large and well-cultivated farm, which he has always tilled with signal profit and success. GEN. RUTHERFORD BIRCHARD HAYES, the better part of whose life is so closely interwoven with the history of this entire nation--whether we speak of him as General, Governor, or President—was born at Delaware, Ohio, October 4, 1822. He was descended from George Hayes, a native of Scotland, who came to America in the latter part of the seventeenth century, settling at Windsor, Conn. Rutherford Hayes, of the fifth generation from this George Hayes, was born, in 1878, in West Brattleboro, Vt., and in 1813 married Sophia Birchard, of Wilmington, in that State, " a lady of fine intellect and lovely character." In 1817 the family moved to Ohio, the trip being made in a covered wagon and consuming forty-seven days, and in the town of Delaware they settled. Here in July, 1822, Mr. Hayes died, leaving a wife and one daughter, and in less than three months the future president of the United States was born, a posthumous child. The estate and management of the family affairs were entrusted to Sardis Birchard, Mrs. Hayes' brother, then a young man, who took a loving interest in his sister's welfare, and COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 63 became very fond of his young nephew, taking him under his immediate charge. The lad received his early education at the common schools, attended an academy at Norwalk, Ohio, and in 1837 went to Isaac Webb's school at Middletown, Conn., to prepare for college. In 1842 he graduated from Kenyon College, valedictorian of his class. During this school period he spent a large part of his vacation time at the residence of his uncle at Lower Sandusky (now Fremont), Ohio; in the meantime his sister had married William A. Platt, of Columbus, and the mother made her home in that city. Having concluded to make the profession of law his life work, Mr. Hayes commenced study in the office of Thomas Sparrow, of Columbus, Ohio, and was graduated at the Law School of Harvard University, in 1845, on May 1 o of which year he was admitted to the bar at Marietta, Ohio. He began practice at Lower Sandusky (now Fremont) where, in April, 1846, he formed a partnership with Hon. Ralph P. Buckland (now also deceased). In 1849 he opened a law office in Cincinnati, where he soon attracted attention through his ability and acquirements, and where he successfully pursued the practice of his profession till the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion. In 1856 he declined a nomination for judge of the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas. Two years later he was appointed city solicitor of Cincinnati, and served until April, 1861. On the organization of the Republican party, he at once became one of its active supporters, being attracted thereto by his strong anti-slavery sentiments. At the outbreak of the war, he was elected captain of the military company formed from the celebrated Cincinnati Literary Club. In June, 1861, he was appointed major of the Twenty-third 0. V. I., and in July following his regiment was ordered to West Virginia. Gen. Hayes' very gallant and meritorious mili tary career has been overlooked in the prominence given to his political life. An examination of his record in the army shows that such brave, gallant and able service has rarely been equalled, even in the annals of war. In August, 1864, while fighting under Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley, Gen. Hayes was nominated by a Republican district convention, in Cincinnati, as a candidate for Congress. He was elected by a majority of 2,40o. The General took his seat in Congress December 4, 1865, and was appointed chairman of the Library committee. In 1866 he was reelected to Congress. In the House of Representatives he was prominent in the councils of his party. In 1867 he was the Republican candidate for governor of Ohio, and elected over Judge Thurman. In 1869, he was re-elected governor of Ohio over George H. Pendleton. In 1872, despite his frequently expressed desire to retire from public life, Gen. Hayes was again nominated for Congress by the Republicans of Cincinnati, but was defeatad. In 1873 he returned to Fremont, and the next year inherited the considerable estate of his uncle, Sardis Birchard. In 1875, notwithstanding his well-known desire not to re-enter public life, he was again nominated for governor of Ohio, and, although he at first declined the honor, he was subsequently induced to accept the nomination, and after a hard-fought canvas was elected over William Allen by a majority of 5, 500. This contest, by reason of the financial issue involved, became a national one, and was watched with interest throughout the country, and as a result he was nominated for the Presidency on the seventh ballot of the National Republican Convention which met at Cincinnati June 14, 1876. The doubtful result of the election in three Southern States threw the whole country into a state of anxiety which continued until inauguration day; but Gen. Hayes 64 - COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. was declared elected by the highest authority in the government, and on the 4th of March, 1877, he took his seat in the Presidential Chair. The administration of President Hayes, although unsatisfactory to machine politicians, was a wise and conservative one, meeting with the approval of the people at large. Throughout, his administration was intelligently and consistently conducted with but one motive in view—the greatest good to the country, regardless of party affiliation. That he was eminently successful in this, and was as wise, patriotic, progressive and beneficial in its effects as any the country has enjoyed, is the judgment of every intelligent person who gives it an unbiased study. On the expiration of his term, ex-President Hayes retired to his home in Fremont, Ohio. Here he died January 17, 1893, of neuralgia of the heart, deeply lamented not only by relations and friends, but by the entire nation, whose welfare he had ever at heart. That he was preeminently a soldier, his career as such, his interest in the Grand Army, the Loyal Legion, the Union Veterans Union, and all other organizations associated with the army, prove beyond peradventure. As a lawyer he was successful; as a congressman he was popular; as Governor and President he revealed the statesman. He was never idle—wherever duty called there was he ever to be found, and in this respect the many claims upon his time made him almost ubiquitous. Gen. R. B. Hayes was the recipient of the degree of LL. D. from Kenyon, 1868; Harvard, 1877; Yale, 1880; and Johns Hopkins University, 1881. He was commander-in-chief of the military order of Loyal Legion; was first president of the Society of the Army of West Virginia. He was president of the John F. Slater Education Fund, and one of the trustees of the Peabody Fund—both for education in the South. He was also president of the National Prison Reform Association, and a trustee of a large number of charitable and educational institutions. After leaving the Presidency, Mr. Hayes was actively engaged in educational, reformatory and benevolent work, and became president of many societies and associations, the chief object of which was the welfare of his fellow-men. Indeed, his life from beginning to end was a very busy one, and no less beautiful. On October 30, 1852, Gen. R. B. Hayes was united in marriage with Miss Lucy Webb, who was born August 28, 1831, in Chillicothe, Ohio, at that time the capitol of the State, daughter of Dr. James and Maria (Cook) Webb, and descended, on both sides of the house, from Revolutionary stock. Miss Webb was instructed by the university professors, preparatory to entering the Wesleyan Female College at Cincinnati, and it was while attending this institution that Mr. Hayes made her acquaintance. Mrs. Hayes first became known to the outside world during the Civil war, and in the army, among volunteer soldiers, she found ample opportunity for the exercise of her rare faculties in making people happy. Upon learning of the severe wound received by her husband at the battle of South Mountain, she hastened east and joined him at Middletown, Md. As soon as he was able to be about she would spend a portion of each day in the hospitals, cheering and comforting the wounded of both armies with delicate attentions and tokens of sympathy. Eminently social and domestic, her residence, “Spiegel Grove," was seldom without visitors, and was always, in every station, mistress of her own household. The following named children were born to Gen. and Mrs. Hayes: Birchard A. Hayes, of Toledo; Webb C. Hayes, of Cleveland; Rutherford P. Hayes, of Columbus, and Fannie and Scott R. Hayes, of Fremont. Eight years of beautiful private life were granted 'Mrs. Hayes, years which were COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 65 filled to the brim with joy and occupation. On June 21 , 1 8 89, she was stricken with apoplexy, resulting in paralysis, and on the 28th her soul took flight. She took an interest in all charities, and was a leader among the originators of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home in Ohio. She was also a member of the Womans' Relief Corps of the State of Ohio. To her husband and herself the Methodist Episcopal Church in Fremont is largely indebted for its beautiful Church edifice. TAYLOR FULLER, president of the Peoples Bank at Clyde, is a business man of recognized and deserved prominence among the diversified interests of Sandusky county. He is one of those sound, conservative men, whose judgment is rarely if ever at fault. He possesses a mind of those qualities which thoroughly grasp the subject it engages itself upon, determines its relation to extraneous matters, and finally passes unerring judgment upon the consequences of given conditions. He is thoroughly conversant with the principles which rule in the commercial world. Men like him are needed in every community to give voice to sound business principles, and to give proper direction to enterprise and industry. Mr. Fuller comes of sterling pioneer stock. He was born in Townsend township, Sandusky county, March 29, 1840, son of William and Emma M. (Levisee) Fuller. William Fuller was one of the hardy and respected pioneers of Sandusky county who, perhaps, met with more than his share of severe hardships and misfortunes, but whose strength of character conquered every obstacle and bore him safely on to eventual comfort and affluence. William Fuller was born in Hawley, Mass., January 23, 1799. His father was Jason Fuller, a native of Connecticut, where he was born May 24, 1767. When a young man Jason Fuller moved to Massachusetts, and there married Philanda Taylor. In 1816 he moved with his family to what is now Livingston county, N. Y., and here his wife died two years later, aged forty-nine years. Jason Fuller died October 25, 1819, at the home of his son William, in Milan township, Huron county. He had been a farmer through life. Both he and his wife were honest, upright people, and members of the Baptist Church. They had eight children, as follows: Cynthia, who married, in Massachusetts, Silas Pratt, moved in 1824 to Sandusky county, Ohio, and died here; Rachel, who married Amos Hammond, in New York State, and died in Michigan; Philanda, first wife of James Morrill, died in Massachusetts; Electa, second wife of James Morrill, died in Kansas; William, father of Taylor Fuller; John, who married Rhoda Powell in Green Creek township, and died in Nebraska; Betsey, who married Ichabod Munger in New York State, and died in Michigan; Thomas, who married Margaret Ewart in New York, and died in Michigan. William Fuller remained in his father's family until February, 1818. He then started alone and afoot for the wilds of Ohio, arriving thirteen days later in Milan township, Huron county, where his father, his eldest sister and his youngest brother joined him two weeks later, and took possession of a tract of land for which Jason, the father, had previously negotiated. William engaged to clear ten acres as a compensation for his time during the two remaining years of his minority. In July of the same year he returned to New York and to Massachusetts on business. While at the New York home his mother died, before the father could arrive. Here William Fuller married Mehetable Botsford, November 7, 1818, and in February, with his wife and his father, returned to Ohio with a yoke of oxen and a sled, the journey consuming twenty-two days. His father died in the following 66 - COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. autumn, and William continued to reside in Milan township until 1824, cultivating and clearing land which his father had negotiated for, but had never purchased. In 1823 William Fuller purchased forty acres in Green Creek township, Sandusky county, and in the spring of 1824 moved to the little place and began to clear and improve it. But misfortunes overtook him. He was taken ill in June, and was unable to work until late in August. Through the fall he suffered with ague. During the following summer he could do scarcely any work. In August, 1826, his oxen ran away, throwing his eldest child from the cart, and killing him. The same month his wife and youngest child died. Leaving his two remaining children in the care of his sister, Mrs. Hammond, he returned to New York State and worked there four years. He, in Livingston county, married Cynthia Havens, May 15, 1831, and with her returned to his home in Green Creek township. In 1834 he bought wild land in Townsend township, and again began a pioneer career. Death entered his household January 23, 1835, and again took away his wife. Left with four children to care for, he could not well break up housekeeping, and on July 6, 1835, he married Marcia M. George, a native of New York State. She survived her marriage just one year. Mr. Fuller was again united in marriage October 19, 1837, this time to Emma M. Levisee, who survived him. She was born in Lima, N. Y., March 24, 1818, daughter of Aaron and Anna (Lyon) Levisee. Aaron Levisee was born in New Jersey, June 19, 1774, son of James Levisee, who had previously moved to that State from Connecticut. Aaron was the eldest child of a family of nine children. His boyhood was passed in Connecticut and Massachusetts. He acquired a fair education, followed the seas three years as clerk of a sailing vessel, then taught school. While teaching a term at Lanesborough, Mass., he had for a pupil Anna Lyon, whom he soon after married. She was born at Lanesborough, May 13, 1778, daughter of Thomas and Thankful Lyon, both natives of Massachusetts. After marriage Aaron and Anna Levisee lived in Massachusetts, in Greenfield, Saratoga Co., N. Y., in Lima, Livingston Co., N. Y., and in Allen, Allegany Co., N. Y. Here Aaron Levisee died June 18, 1828. Four years later the widow migrated with her children to Townsend township, Sandusky Co., Ohio. In 1844 she moved to the home of her daughter, Mrs. Thankful Botsford, near Ann Arbor, Mich., and died there July 3, 1845. The nine children of Aaron and Anna Levisee were Almedia, born August I, 1799, married Ezra Lyons, and died in Townsend township, Sandusky Co., Ohio, June 28, 1853; Eveline, born June 21, 1801, married Hubbard Jones, and died in Townsend township June 13, 1873; Thankful, born July 15, 1804, married David Botsford, and died in Washtenaw county, Mich. ; Eliza Ann, born May 6, 1806, first married to Jonathan Wisner, afterward to Joseph Cummings (she died in Townsend township November 6, 1838); John L. and Sarah L. (twins), born July 4, 1809, the former a prominent citizen of Townsend township, died at the age of eighty-six, the latter dying at the age of four years in 1813; Sarah Sophia, born February 14, 1815, married Charles Gillett, and died in Steuben county, Ind., March 16, 1847; Emma M., born March 24, 1818; and Aaron Burton, born March 18, 1821, a prominent lawyer of Fargo, North Dakota. After his marriage to Emma M. Levisee, William Fuller continued farming in Townsend township. His industry and patience were rewarded in time. He acquired much land, and each of his five sons who grew to maturity were helped to a farm by their father. William Fuller was a Democrat until 1856; but from that time to his death, which occurred Janu- COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 67 ary 7, 1884, he was a Republican. In religious faith he was a Universalist. Two children by his first wife, David and John, grew to maturity. David was born July 8, 1821, married, for his first wife, Mary Z. Higley, and, for his second, Eliza J. Plumb. He died May 18, 1879. John, born April 7, 1823, married Eliza Mallory, and removed to Branch county, Mich. By his second wife William Fuller had two children: William T., who was born April 1 o, 1832, married Mary J. Van Buskirk, and resides at Townsend; and Cynthia M., born November 2, 1833, and died December 22, 1853. One child was born to his third wife, Jason E., who died in infancy. Three children were born to William and Emma M. (Levisee) Fuller, as follows: Taylor, James and Albert. James was born October 13, 1844, married Betsey Richards, and lives in Townsend township; Albert, born June 22, 1846, died September 26, 1849. Taylor Fuller, the eldest of these three children, grew up on the farm in Townsend township, and attended the district schools. He enlisted in August, 1862, in Company K, One Hundred 0. V. I., which was organized at Toledo. The regiment was sent to Kentucky, and operated against the forces of Gen. Kirby Smith. During the winter of 1862-63 it remained in the vicinity of Lexington, and in the fall of 1863 crossed the mountains to Knoxville, Tenn. A detachment of 240 men, sent up to the Virginia. State line to guard the railroad, was captured by the Rebels. The regiment was engaged in nearly every battle of the Atlanta campaign, then returned to Tennessee, and met Hood at Columbia, Franklin and at Nashville. After Hood's defeat at Nashville, Mr. Fuller, then a sergeant, went with the command to North Carolina. It was actively engaged at Wilmington and assisted in the capture of that city, then moved to Goldsboro and met Sherman's army. The regiment was mustered out at Greensboro, N. C., June 20, 1865, and discharged at Cleveland, July 1, following. Sergt. Fuller was a faithful soldier, and was with the regiment during the whole of its active and eventful service. Returning to his home, he again took up the vocations of peace. On December 3, 1867, he was married to Miss Lina E. Stone, who was born in Seneca county, Ohio, April 15, 1843. Their only child, Dermont E., was born November 6, 1868, and was educated in the schools of Clyde and at the Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware; he is now assistant cashier of the Peoples Bank at Clyde. Taylor Fuller began housekeeping on a farm in Townsend township which he had previously purchased, but • later settled on his present farm in York township. Besides looking after his farming interests he has been one of the leading stock farmers at Clyde for ten years or more, and for a number of years he has been a prominent wool dealer also. He was one of the founders of the Peoples Bank, which was organized in 1883 with a capital stock of $5o,000, and which is one of the leading and prosperous financial institutions of the county. He served as vice-president continuously until elected to his present responsible position of president of the bank. In politics Mr. Fuller is a pronounced Republican. He is a member of the G. A. R., and of the U. V. U. No man in the township ranks higher as a public-spirited citizen, and as a capable business man. SAXTON SQUIRE RATHBUN (deceased). For over seventy years this venerable and hearty pioneer was a resident of Green Creek township, Sandusky county, and at the time of his death he was one of the oldest settlers of the county. When his people came to the wilderness there was not a residence of any kind between Green Creek township and Sandusky Bay, and Indians inhabited the woods on every 68 - COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. side. It was in 1820 that Jonathan Rathbun, grandfather of Saxton S., migrated from Genesee county, N. Y., to Ohio, settling first in Lorain county, and four years later coming to the farm in Green Creek township lately occupied by S. S. Rathbun, where he permanently located. Jonathan Rathbun was one of three brothers who emigrated from England to America and the fourth in a family of ten, children. He settled in Tyringham, Mass., and later migrated with his family to Genesee county, N. Y. He had four sons—Clark, Chaplin, Lucius and Martin— and four daughters—Sally, Marvel, Eliza and Laura—all of whom moved with him to the Western home. Chaplin Rathbun, father of Saxton S., was born in Tyringham, Mass., July 3, 1793. He was married in New York State to Lucinda Sutliff, who was born on the Genesee river, New York State, in 1792, and whose grandfather, Gad Sutliff, a ship carpenter by vocation, emigrated from England, and died in New York State, at the age of ninety-three years. Many of his descendants now live in Lorain county, Ohio, among them being William H. H. Sutliff, of Wellington. The children of Chaplin and Lucinda Rathbun were as follows: Saxton S., born in Genesee county, N. Y., June 3, 1813; Jeannette, who married James Cleveland, and died in Green Creek township; Jonathan, who died aged seven years; Catherine, who married Christian Huss, and died in 1894; Lucinda, married to Morris Lemmon, and died in Steuben county, Ind. ; Sarah, who married H. Foster, and died recently in La Grange county, Ind. ; Bliss, who died in Green Creek township, aged twenty-five years; Eliza, wife of John Hunter, of La Grange county, Ind. Chaplin Rathbun died January 1, 1865. He was a man of large size, hardy constitution and muscular frame. In politics he was a Whig and Republican successively. Saxton S. Rathbun was a lad of eleven years when his parents entered the dense wilderness which covered the now fertile farms of Green Creek township. The educational possibilities of the backwoods were not great, but he took advantage of such opportunities as the frontier then afforded. He attended a school in a log cabin wherein, as a substitute for a window, a hole was cut in a log and paper pasted over the opening. On April 9, 1835, he was married to Barbara E. Huss, born in Lancaster county, Penn., December 27, 1816, and their children were as follows: (1) Edwin, born March PD., 1837, who, while a river man, unmarried, died of yellow fever at St. Louis, Mo., in 1880. (2) Norton G., born September 19, 1839, now of Green Creek township, an ex-county commissioner, married, and is the father of three children—Edwin, Arthur and Herman. (3) Burton, married, and is the father of one child—Leonard. (4) Thaddeus, who died aged eight years. (5) James, who yielded up his life for his country on the battlefield of Stone River, December 3o, 1862, after a service of nearly two years; he was a member of the 121st Illinois Regiment, in the division of Gen. Rosecrans; was six feet one inch tall in his stockings; always ready for duty, and the best man in his regiment; the bereaved father went to Tennessee and brought home the remains.. (6) Norman died of typhoid fever, aged twenty-two years. (7) Chaplin L. married, and is the father of eight children—Harry, Edith, Fannie, James, Nina, Lucy, Ollie and Mabel. (8) Lucinda is the wife of Charles Storer and the mother of five children —Alice, Bessie, Mary, James and Carrie. (9) Brace, of Eaton Rapids, Mich., is the father of three children, one of whom died at the age of four years, those living being Bannie and Bertha. (To) Orvilla, wife of H._ Sackrider, of Fremont, is the mother of five children, two of whom died in infancy, the living being Lynn, Blanche and Grace. (I I) Jacob died in infancy. COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 69 (12) John E., connected with the Oakwood Cemetery Association, of Fremont, for the past fifteen years, has one childFerra Fern. After his marriage Mr. Rathbun purchased eighty acres of land in Green Creek township. The original deed for the land bears the signature of Andrew Jackson, President, under date of 1832, and Mr. Rathbun paid for the land by working for $10 per month. Nobly aided by his wife, he essayed the task of clearing the land, and gradually increased the acreage until it developed into the present excellent farm of 200 acres, all of which was acquired and improved by its worthy owner and his faithful helpmeet and co-worker, whose loss by death, occurring March 13, 1894, he deeply mourned. The rearing and educating of their large family consumed much of her time, but she proved equal to the stern responsibilities, and to her Mr. Rathbun ascribed due meed for the efficient manner in which she contributed to the accumulation of the estate. In politics Mr. Rathbun was a Democrat until the opening of the Civil war, after which time he was a Republican. He was trustee of the township fourteen years. In the esteem of his fellow citizens no man ranked higher than this brave and earnest pioneer. His life work was well done, and its remembrance will linger long in the memories of men. He passed from earth February 3, 1895. W. B. HEIM. Among the enterprising and successful young business men of Fremont, Sandusky county, may be justly mentioned William B. Heim, of the well known dry-goods firm of Heim & Barnum, corner of Front and State streets. Although of German parentage, Mr. Heim is a native of the " Buckeye State," having been born in Fremont, " Ohio, June 6, 1857, a son of Albert and Margaret (Malkamus) Heim. William B. Heim entered business life as a clerk in the dry-goods store of J. Ryan, in 1875, and remained in that capacity until 1882. Having mastered the problems involved in mercantile transactions thoroughly, and economized his time and means, he found himself ready to embark in an enterprise for himself, and in 1885 became a member of the firm of Heim & Richards, successors to J. Ryan. This firm was afterward changed to Heim & Barnum, our subject remaining connected with the firm. There are few men in any community who can boast of having gained the confidence of the public more thoroughly than he; and this has been done by fair dealing and genuine courtesy. The store of Heim & Barnum, No. 116 N. Front street, is 86 by 23 feet, and they occupy part of the second story of of the building; eight clerks are employed. Mr. Heim was married in 1887 to Miss Clara A. Dorr, of Fremont, and they have one child, Bogniard. Mr. and Mrs. Heim are both possessed of good educational ideas, and their aim is to give their son the advantage of modern methods of culture. Mr. Heim is a Democrat, a member of the Roman Catholic Church, and of the National Union. HON. JOHN KELLY (deceased), who, for the long period of over half a century, was a resident of what is known as the Peninsula, Ottawa county, was born in the city of Troy, N. Y. , December 14, 1809. In the fall of 1818 he came to Ohio with his father, the family settling at Sandusky, at that time a wilderness inhabited by Indians and wild animals. In 1832 our subject moved to the Peninsula, and on July 23, 1835, was married to Elizabeth Pettibone, soon after which event he purchased the farm whereon he passed the rest of his days. Mr. Kelly enjoyed about the usual 70 - COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. school advantages of pioneer days, and, such as they were, they ended with his fourteenth year; but his extreme fondness for reading in a measure supplied the deficiencies of his early training. The Bible, the Iliad, Shakespeare, Goldsmith, Scott, Burns and Byron were among his favorite books and authors. He was a man of strong, resolute, independent character, possessed of deep convictions which were not shaken in the least, even if all title world disagreed with him. He would allow himself to be under no obligations to any one, and would not suffer anybody to have any power or control over him. He would deny himself a necessity before he would contract a debt that might embarass him in the future. He was very exact in the performance of all his engagements; a debt with him must always be paid on the day it fell due. Though not pretending to a knowledge of the details of the law, he was well-versed in legal maxims, and had such rare judgment in their application that he was often called upon by his neighbors for legal advice, and in this way ofttimes rendered them material aid. He had a retentive memory, and could repeat entire many of the longer poems of his favorite poet, Burns. He never held a public position that was not given without asking. He served his township as justice of the peace for twelve consecutive years, and held various other minor public positions. In 1862 he was elected, on the Republican ticket, to represent the Thirtieth Senatorial District in the Fifty-fifth General Assembly of Ohio, wherein he served a term of two years-1862-63. Mr. Kelly firmly believed in an overruling Providence, in retribution for evil doing, and in good works as an infallible index of good character; further than which it is doubtful whether he had any formulated belief. Upon this, as, indeed, upon every subject, he did his own thinking; he accepted nothing upon authority, scouting the idea that a man must believe any thing. He felt that the average Church creed was too detailed and definite to be wholly true, or even reverent. He passed from earth April 18, 1883, at the age of seventy-three years, after but two days' illness, although he had been in feeble health for many years, the immediate cause of his demise being congestion of the lungs. s His death-bed was surrounded by his wife and every one of his living children, who mourned the departure from their midst of a kind, affectionate husband and loving, indulgent father. HON. WILLIAM KELLY, one of Ottawa county's prosperous farmers and stock dealers, is a native of the county, having been born March 17, 1838, in Danbury township, and is the son of the Hon. John Kelly, a sketch of whom precedes this. The subject of this sketch was reared on a farm, during this time receiving a common-school education, which was afterward supplemented by a two-years' course at Oberlin College. About this time he made his choice of a companion who was to share with him the joys and sorrows that might await him, and on March 27, 1859, he wedded Miss Laura Lockwood, also a native of the county, born May 20, 1840, and a daughter of Edward J. and Lydia (Ramsdell) Lockwood, a sketch of whom follows. The young couple started out on life's journey full of hope and with bright prospects of success, which time has shown to have been fully realized. To this union have come four children--one son and three daughters—to wit: (I) Arthur A., born February 23, 1860, married to Jennie Latimore, and they are now the parents of two children—Edward L., born February 8, 1888, and Mary Gertrude, born January 25, 1895. (2) Mary E., born August 6, 1862, and married to Dr. Carl Esch, of Cleveland, Ohio. (3) COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 71 Josephine, born March 17, 1864, married to Dr. R. L. Waters, of Elmore, Ohio. (4) Lydia, born October i7, 1875, still living with her parents. Mr. Kelly has always been engaged in agricultural pursuits, including dealing in live stock, and besides general farming he has engaged extensively in the culture of fruit, an industry for which the Peninsula, on which his farm is located, has become noted. He is energetic and public-spirited, and has held many positions of local trust. Always identified with educational interests of Port Clinton, he served as a member of the Board of Education for over seventeen years, and for ten years was its president. He was likewise several times elected a member of the council, which incumbency he filled with ability. In 1890 he held the position of receiver for the Lakeside & Marblehead railroad, having been appointed by the court pending the adjustment of difficulties among its stockholders. In this position he managed the affairs of the company with such prudence and faithfulness that the court allowed him a liberal compensation, and--what was more gratifying to him—commended him highly for his ability. In 1891 Mr. Kelly was elected a member of the Seventieth General Assembly of Ohio, on the Republican ticket in a county largely Democratic, and in 1893 he was again honored by a re-election. While in the Seventieth Mr. Kelly served on several important committees, promi. nent among which was the " Committee on Fish Culture and Game." In this capacity he secured the passage of an act reimbursing fishermen for large losses sustained by them in consequence of the destruction of their nets by the Fish Warden under an act afterward declared unconstitutional. During the same session he was instrumental in securing the passage of a joint ditch law. In speaking of Mr. Kelly's efforts in this instance, we can do no better than to quote the To- 5 ledo Bee of April 19, 1892, a Democratic paper, reading as follows: Representative Kelly, of Ottawa, last evening secured the passage of his bill amending the existing statutes, so that, in the construction of a joint ditch, reviewers shall assess the damages to be paid by the upper county. This is a fight between Ottawa and Wood counties. Representative James fought the bill at every stage of the proceedings, but the quiet, unassuming ways of Kelly, of Ottawa, captured the House, as he made one of the ablest business-like arguments that has been delivered on the floor of the House this winter. His influence over fellow members of the House consisted largely in the fact that he was never known to introduce, favor or support any measure savoring of schemes; but was ever on the alert, watching closely every measure under consideration, and always taking sides, favoring or approving every measure pending before the House, as the interest of his constituents and the welfare of the State might dictate." In the Seventy-first General Assembly, he was again placed on several important committees, one of these being appointed by the Speaker under a resolution passed by the House. Mr. Kelly was made chairman of this committee, whose duty was to prepare plans for remodeling the State House with a view to making room for the Supreme Court of the State to hold its sessions, this body having been increased by a former Legislature to six members in order to facilitate the work of the court and to get important cases disposed of, by making two divisions of the court, making more room necessary. The work was acceptably done, but never executed for want of a fund from which to make an appropriation for carrying on the same. Mr. Kelly likewise was instrumental in securing the passage of a law allowing courts, whose term expired by limitation, to reconvene at once when in the midst of a lengthy  - 5 - 72 - COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. case, to complete it, saving much time and needless expense. Mr. Kelly has always been a prominent and influential leader in public affairs, possessing almost unrivaled gifts of persuasive eloquence and convincing logic. He is courteous in debate, fertile in resource, and a powerful supporter of any cause to which he may give his sanction. These characteristics, in connection with his able work in the Legislature, brought him into prominence, and made him the recipient of many complimentary notices from the Press of the Ninth Congressional District. At the Republican convention held in Toledo, June 19, 1894, Chairman of the Convention complimented the convention on having so many candidates, any one of whom would make admirable representatives, mentioning Mr. Kelly's name among the number. When the time came for nominations, the Hon. William Miller, of Ottawa, and Presidential elector who cast the vote of his Congressional District for Mr. Harrison the second time, announced the name of William Kelly, " the only man who had twice carried that Bourbon stronghold." The Toledo Blade of that date, in speaking of the different candidates before the convention, says: " Mr. Kelly received a continuous ovation all last evening from his many friends, not only from Toledo, but also from the other delegations." With this brief account of his life and work, we leave the subject of this sketch in the enjoyment of good health at his pleasant home in Port Clinton, surrounded with the comforts of life, and the well-earned confidence and esteem of his many friends, the ripened fruit of a diligent and honorable life. EDWARD J. LOCKWOOD, who for over seventy years has been a continuous resident of Ottawa county, and to-day is one of the few surviving pioneers who have been spared to see flourishing towns and productive farms and orchards supplant the primeval forests, was born in the city of Albany, N. Y., August 17, 1813, and is a son of Col. Samuel M. and Mary (Doughty) Lockwood, the former a native of Stamford, Conn., the latter of New York City. The parents and five members of their family came to Ottawa county a short time prior to the arrival of the subject of this sketch, when it was a part of Huron county, a wild and uncultivated tract of land, and they participated in all the trials and hardships that fall to the lot of early settlers. On November 9, 1817, Mrs. Col. Lockwood died in Danbury, Ottawa county, Ohio, and on November 30, 1818, Col. Lockwood was again united in marriage, this time to Gertrude Doughty (a sister of his former wife), who survived him many years, dying June 6, 1875, at Plasterbed, Ottawa Co., Ohio. The children by the latter union are John Wickliffe Lockwood, Horace A. Lockwood, A. Platt Lockwood, Hon. James K. Lockwood, Lane Lockwood, Laura Lockwood, Emeline Lockwood and Imogene Lockwood. Col. Lockwood was one of the energetic pioneers of this country. He made quite a history, a part of which was his service for four terms in the Legislature of Ohio, serving two terms in the House of Representatives, and two terms in the Senate. He was president of the first railroad built in Ohio. Our subject, who is the only surviving member of Col. Lockwood's family by his first wife, was reared as a farmer boy, receiving a limited education in the old log schoolhouse near his home. After coming to Ottawa county he worked in the quarries at Plasterbed, where for some years he operated a stationary engine, afterward receiving a position as engineer on a steamboat; but the greater part of his life has been devoted to agricultural pursuits, and his industry and close attention to business have made his farm one of the finest in Ottawa county. He set the first vineyard and the first peach and quince orchard that was set on the Pen- COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 78 insula, a locality that has since become so famous as a fruit-growing section. Edward J. Lockwood has been twice married; first time to Lydia Ramsdell, a daughter of Jacob and Experience Ramsdell, who where among the honored pioneers of Ottawa county. By this union there were born four daughters: Laura, now the wife of Hon. Kelly, of Port Clinton; Ellen, wife of William Sloan, who is living in Portage township, Ottawa county; Experience; and Elizabeth, wife of George R. Marshall, of Mansfield, Richland Co., Ohio. The mother of this family died March 24, 1890, and Mr. Lockwood subsequently married Mrs. Julia (Streeter) Wonnell, widow of James Wonnell, Esq., of Portage township, and a daughter of Solomon and Sarah (Arnold) Streeter, of New Hampshire. Mr. Lockwood has never desired or sought the honor or emoluments of public office, preferring to give his time and attention to the duties of his farm, yet he has, by the earnest solicitations of his friends, accepted and efficiently filled various positions of trust in the township. In his political views he was formerly a Whig, giving his first vote for William Henry Harrison, and when the Republican party was formed he joined its ranks, and is still one of its earnest advocates. Although well-advanced in years, and one of the oldest citizens in Ottawa county, Ohio, he is still hale and hearty and more active than many men that are some years his junior. He gives his personal attention to his large and productive farm, and spends his evenings amidst the surroundings of his comfortable home in Port Clinton, where he has many friends who hold him high esteem. JUDGE MALCOLM KELLY, who since the latter part of 1891 has been judge of the court of common pleas of the first subdivision of the Fourth Judicial District of Ohio, is a native of Ohio, son of Hon. John Kelly, having been born July 31, 1844, in Danbury township, Ottawa county, on his father's farm. Here he grew up, going to school winters and working on the farm summers. During the years 186o and 1861 he attended the high school at Sandusky, and the winter before he was twenty-one years of age he taught his first country school. During the winters of 1865-66 and 1866-67 he again taught school, and in spring of the latter year entered the Business Institute at Oberlin, Ohio, but in consequence of sickness did not finish his course till the latter part of the summer of 1868. As soon as his course was completed he was offered the position of teacher in that institute, which he accepted, and he continued in that position till the spring of 187o, when he returned home, remaining there for a year. In the spring of 1871 our subject began the study of law in the office of Homer Goodwin, at Sandusky, Ohio, and in the following October entered the law department of Michigan University, Ann Arbor, Mich., where he was graduated in March, 1873, and received the degree of Bachelor of Laws. Immediately thereafter he was admitted to practice in the State of Michigan. In April following he formed a partnership and commenced the practice of law in Chicago, having been admitted to the bar of Illinois. During the entire winter following he was suffering from illness, and had to submit to a severe surgical operation; afterward, in April, returning to Chicago, where he remained till late in the fall. At that time he sold out his interest in the partnership, and removed to Port Clinton, Ohio, where he has ever since made his home. Early in 1875 Judge Kelly was admitted to practice in Ohio, and he then formed a partnership with T. L. Magers (now of Tiffin) under the firm name of Magers & Kelly, which partnership was dissolved in 1878. Our subject continued 74 - COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. the law practice without any other business connection till the fall of 1891, when he was elected judge of the court of common pleas, to fill the unexpired term of Judge J. L. DeWitt, and was elected for the full term next following. He assumed the duties of the office in the latter part of 1891, and has ever since been acting in that capacity with his characteristic ability and zeal. In 1876 Judge Kelly was married to Miss Susie Smith, and they have three children—two daughters and one son. The Judge in his political preferences is a Republican, has served on the board of school examiners of Ottawa county, and was mayor of Port Clinton one term. In religious faith he is a member of the Congregational Church. For the past two years he has held the position of president of the German-American Bank of Port Clinton. WILLIAM D. SHERWOOD, retired farmer, Fremont, Sandusky county, was born in Seneca county, Ohio, April 22, 1822, a son of William D. Sherwood and Martha (Allen), daughter of David Allen, of Essex county, N. J., who was a brother of Col. Ethan Allen, of Vermont, famous for bravery in Colonial days. The father of our subject was born on a farm in Dutchess county, N. Y., which lay on the Hudson river, and has since become a part of New York City. He was educated in the city schools, studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced law a few years. During the war of 1812 he served as captain of a company of Jersey Grays, and also as colonel of a regiment; during the latter part of the war he served as commissary. After his marriage he began the manufacture of edged tools, at Plainfield, N. J. , and con tinued at the same with good success about ten years, employing usually about forty men. In 1820 he sold his plant and 1 moved to the then wilds of Seneca county, Ohio, north of Tiffin, where he entered 820 acres of government land, on which not a stick of timber had been cut except sufficient to open a winding road through the woods from Lower Sandusky to Delaware, Ohio. He cleared about fifty acres for farming purposes and erected a double hewed-log house, a part of which was afterward sided up with boards, and is still (1895) standing as one of the oldest pioneer landmarks. Six years later he sold this land to different parties, among whom were the Souders and the Stoners, and himself located on 16o acres of government land on Green creek, three miles east of Lower Sandusky. This was in 1826, when the country was a wilderness, and Indians and wild animals roamed the forests in all directions at their will. With herculean labor he cut the heavy timber from one hundred acres, and cleared the land for farming purposes, using ox-teams and pioneer implements. Physically, Mr. Sherwood was a heavy-set man, muscular, five feet eight inches in height, of light complexion, with blue eyes, and in the enjoyment of robust health, regarded as one of the most powerful men in the settlement. He could wield an axe or a maul, or drive a yoke of oxen at loggings, or plow among roots and stumps to pioneer perfection. Among his scattered neighbors he was public-spirited and progressive, and held the offices of school director and township clerk for a number of years. In politics he was an Old-line Whig, and in religious faith a Universalist. His first wife died near Tiffin in 1822. For his second wife he married Miss Lois Emerson, sister of Jesse Emerson, late of Ballville township. Mr. Sherwood's death occurred in August, 1846, and he was laid to rest in a burial lot on his farm which he had previously given to the public for a cemetery, now known as the Dana Cemetery. The children of William D. Sherwood,