COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 525 place, which was supplemented by a course in the high school at Cleveland. On leaving school he decided to learn a trade, and served an apprenticeship with the well-known firm of Scofield & Gill, contractors and builders, of Cleveland. At the expiration of that time he went into business for himself in that line in Cleveland, which he carried on with great success for eleven years. His health then, failing, he gave up his work and went to Michigan, hoping to be benefited by the change, and located in Hillsdale, where he remained for two years. Not finding any improvement in his health, he concluded to seek a more genial climate, and journeyed to Oregon; from there by sea to Cuba, Central America, Mexico and. California. Jn 1862 Mr. Thorp returned to Oregon, and located in Josephine county, where he remained for two years, spending his time most delightfully and rapidly regaining health and strength. In 1864, being fully restored to his former activity, he returned to his old home in Warrensville, this State, and decided to engage in farming, as a more healthful occupation than the one he had been following. In 1870 Mr. Thorp left Warrensville and .settled in Ottawa county, in what is now Allen township. Here he bought forty acres of timberland, and, first building a log cabin, set to work to clear his land. He found the soil to be very productive, and, with the shrewd judgment which has always characterized his career, he added eighty acres more, continuing to purchase as his means warranted, until he owned 335 acres. On this property he has expended much time, labor and money, and its present high state of cultivation and consequent increase in value are evidences of the industry and intelligent management of the owner. Six years were spent in the humble log cabin, that then gave place to the handsome residence, which is one of the finest and most comfortable homes in Allen township. Mr. Thorp was married, March 19, 1868, at Berea, Cuyahoga county, to Carolina, daughter of VanRennesaler and Catherine (Weller) Sur-rarer, both natives of New York State.. Of this union one child, Yale J., has been born, his birth taking place January 24, 1871. He was educated at the public schools of Allen. township, and also in the high school of Toledo. Having decided to follow the occupation of a farmer, he is now the managing partner on his father's farm, and transacts all business appertaining to it; is also a notary public. Warren Thorp, the father of our subject, was born April 12, 1802, in the third log house that was built on the ground where the city of Cleveland now stands. His father, Joel Thorp, a millwright by trade, came from Connecticut to Ohio in 1799, traveling the long distance by ox-team. He settled in Ashtabula county, and was killed in the war of 1812. Warren Thorp settled in Warrensville and carried on farming. He. married Hannah Burnside, a daughter of James Burnside,. who was a drummer boy in the. Revolutionary war, and a colonel in the war of 1812. In the latter war he was in a number of battles and received eleven wounds (he was an uncle of Col. Burnside, who served in the Civil war). To the parents of our subject seven children were born as. follows: (1) Jane L., born October 25, 1826, was married in 1847 to Henry N. Clark, a farmer of Cuyahoga county; they have one child. (2) Harriette L., born February 27, 1828, was married, August 6, 1845, to Lewis B. Harrington, a farmer of Rockport, and they have five children. (3) James B., our subject. (4) Warren A., born January 15, 1832, is a farmer in Mayfield, and married Elizabeth Barber, and they have five children. (5) Joseph P., born January 22, 1834, is a farmer and lives on the old homestead in Warrensville, where he is a justice of the peace; was married in 1864 to Miss Melissa Morris, and they have five children. (6) Han- 526 - COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. nah M., born April 30, 1836, now the wife of Daniel Gardner, of Berea; they also have five children. (7) Charles W., born March 16, 1840, was married in 1864 to Melinda Gardner, and they had five children; his wife died in 1873, and his second wife is Miss Mary Brier, whom he married about 1880; they have no children. Hannah (Burnside) Thorp, the mother of our subject, was born May 4, 1809, and died May 3, 1884, her husband passing away April 3, 1888; both died in Warrensville. Caroline Surrarer, the wife of our subject was born in Cuyahoga county, August 30, 1842, and was one of eleven children born to her parents. The subject of this sketch, after following farming for a number of years, decided to begin the study of law and accordingly, in 1887, began reading in the office of Thomas J. Marshall, at Port Clinton, this State. Since beginning practice he has been very successful and has an extensive clientele, both in his immediate vicinity and throughout the county. He takes cases in the Justice Courts and assists Mr. Marshall in the court of common pleas. He was census enumerator in 1890, has served as assessor for several years, has been a member of the school board several times, being now president of the board of school directors of Allen township, and is also notary public. Mr. Thorp is an ardent Republican and always alive to the needs and welfare of his community. He is a man of much energy and of broad and progressive views, and his opinion carries weight with his fellow citizens. He and his family are attendants of the Methodist Church. GEORGE F. BOWSER. It matters not into what station of life one is born in this free land of ours, all avenues of business, of political or of military life are open to the individual who has high ambitions, determination and enterprise. Mr. Bowser, who began life for himself at an early age, has steadily worked his way upward from a position of limited means to one of affluence, and to-day is numbered among the substantial farmers of Scott township, Sandusky county. He was born August 17, 1849, in Bedford county, Penn., son of Fred and Margaret (Fickes) Bowser, who, when our subject was five years of age, brought their family to Scott township, becoming pioneers of this locality. The father, who was a farmer and mechanic, was born in Bedford county, Penn., in 1824, and departed this life in January, 1872. His wife, who was born in the same county in 1823, still survives, and is now living in Helena, Ohio. They were the parents of seven children: George F. ; Rosanna, who died at the age of twenty-four, and is buried by her father in the cemetery between Clyde and Green Spring; Jacob, a resident of Cowley county, Kans., who married Susan Fickes, and has nine children; Alice (deceased), who became the wife of John Goate, and the mother of two children; Barbara, wife of John Ward, of Helena; Daniel, who died July 17, 1873; and Maggie M., who is the wife of John Goate, and the mother of three children. The subject proper of this biography was a mere lad when he left his native State, and the greater part of his boyhood and youth was spent upon the home farm in the midst of the Ohio forests. Being the eldest child he greatly aided his father in the work of clearing and developing the land, and as opportunity offered attended the district schools of the neighborhood. Before attaining his majority he learned the carpenter's trade, and at the age of twenty-six he went to Indiana, where he followed that pursuit two years. On March 10, 1874, Mr. Bowser was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Miser, born August 29, 1853, daughter of COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 527 Samuel and Catherine Miser, who lived in Ohio in an early day, afterward removing to Indiana. The father, who was a farmer by occupation, was born in Ohio, in 1809, and died in 1883 in Indiana; the mother was born in 1813. Their family numbered ten children, namely: John, Peter, Susanna, Rachel, Catherine, Christian, Anna, Elizabeth, and Jacob and Mary, who died in infancy. Six children grace the union of Mr. and Mrs. Bowser, their names and dates of birth being as follows: Jacob H., March 10, 1875; Aaron, January 11, 1876; Curtis A., March 26, 1878; William, August 31, 1882; Maudy May, September 15, 1884; and Bertha, February 3, 1886. Since his marriage Mr. Bowser has resided upon the farm which has been his home, and made of the place a valuable property. His success is due to his own persistent efforts, and the able assistance of his estimable wife. He is a man of unfaltering energy and capable management, and justly ranks among the leading and progressive agriculturists of Scott township. ALBERT PETTIBONE is numbered among the native sons of Ottawa county, and one of the honored pioneers, who for sixty-five years has been a witness of its growth and development, aiding in its progress and promoting its material prosperity. He has a wide acquaintance and his pleasant, genial manner and sterling worth have made him very popular, so that we feel assured this record of his life will prove of interest to many of our readers. Mr. Pettibone was born in Danbury township, Ottawa county, March 15, 1830, and is a son of Truman and Phoebe (Wolcotte) Pettibone, the former a native of the Green Mountain State, the latter of Danbury, Conn., born February 12, 1796. The father died July 23, 1830, when our subject was only four months old, but the mother long survived him, and passed away December 24, 1872. They were the parents of five children-three sons and two daughters-only one of whom is now living, Albert, subject of this sketch. The educational privileges which our subject received were limited to those afforded by the district schools during the winter months. The schoolhouse was built of logs and furnished in a primitive manner. Since his boyhood he has engaged in fishing and farming, and was early inured to the arduous labors that fall to the lot of the agriculturists who lives on the frontier. Of late years he has also extensively engaged in fruit farming, and has found this branch of his business a very remunerative one. In Danbury township, Ottawa county, February 5, 1854, Mr. Pettibone married Eliza Ramsdell, who was born December 7, 1836, and is a daughter of Jacob and Experience (Willett) Ramsdell, who were among the earliest settlers of Danbury township, where they located in 1811. The maternal grandparents of our subject, Bennajah and Elizabeth Wolcott, natives of New York, preceded them, however, emigrating from Connecticut to Ohio in 1809. No one else at that time resided in Danbury township, and they therefore had the honor of opening it up to civilization. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Pettibone numbered twelve children: Clara M., born October 22, 1855, residing in Danbury township; Oscar P., born October 28, 1857, a fireman on the Lakeside railroad, residing at Lakeside, Ohio; Orra E., born May 8, 1860, and died January 22, 1864; Phoebe L., born January 13, 1862, now the wife of William Killey, of Danbury township; Cora E., born May 7, 1864, now the wife of William Bredehoft, of Oak Harbor, Ohio; Selina A., born December 13, 1866, and now living at Oak Harbor; George A., born December 25, 1868; Edna J., born August 17, 528 - COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 1871, now the wife of Martin Southard, of Danbury township; Jacob T., born September 7, 1873, and died February 2o, 1876; Lydia A., born November 23, 1875; Willett A., born May 10, 1878; and Zelm a E., born October 21, 1881. His fellow citizens, appreciating his worth and ability, have frequently called Mr. Pettibone to public office, where he has discharged his duties with a promptness and fidelity that have won him the highest commendation. He was the first supervisor of Danbury township, was township clerk for twenty years, township trustee three years, has been justice of the peace some eighteen years, was township real-estate assessor for one term, for four years served as postmaster of Vine Ridge, and was instrumental in establishing this office, and has held other public positions of honor and trust. In his political views he is a stalwart Republican, while socially he is a charter member of the Knights of the Golden Rule, of Castle Rock Lodge, No. 2 1 , of Lakeside. The family attend the services of the Methodist and Congregational Churches, but hold membership with no religious organization. Mr. Pettibone enjoys the respect and esteem of all who know him, and is one of the few remaining settlers who have been spared to see the dense forests and log cabins give place to extensive fruit orchards, waving fields of grain and large and imposing residences. He is a man of noble character, of strict integrity and genuine worth, and is honored and revered by a large circle of friends and acquaintances. JOHN P. VOGEL. Among the prominent and influential young business men of Oak Harbor, Ottawa county, who have done much to build up and further the interests of that enterprising little town, there is no one more deserving of representation in this work than the gentleman whose name introduces this sketch. Our subject is a native of Ottawa county, Ohio, born December 18, 1858, son of Christian and Salomane Vogel, both natives of Germany. His preliminary education was received in the public schools of his native county. At the age of twenty-one years he began his career as a business man, opening a hardware store at Oak Harbor, in partnership with C. L. Danner, under the firm name of Danner & Vogel. In 1884 Christian Vogel, father of our subject, purchased Mr. Danner's interest, and the business was then conducted by father and son, under the firm name of C. Vogel & Son, until 1887, when the former disposed of his interest to G. H. Bredbeck, the business then and now being successfully conducted by these two gentlemen, under the firm name of Vogel & Bredbeck. Mr. Vogel has been twice married, the first time, in 1883, to Miss Bella Hugle, a native of Ottawa county, the union being blessed by the birth of one child, Gertrude. In January, 1885, our subject was called upon to mourn the death of his beloved wife, the sorrow felt at her death being greatly enhanced by the unusually sad circumstances with which it was attended. While out driving with her husband and a party of friends, their carriage was struck by a train on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railroad, Mrs. Vogel being instantly killed. Mr. Vogel was afterward united in marriage, at Oak Harbor, in 1889, with Miss Millie Rantz, a daughter of Jacob and Maria Rantz, old and respected residents of Oak Harbor. To this union were born three children, viz. : Arminta, Florence and Esther. Politically our subject is an active supporter of the Democratic party, has filled with honor the offices of township clerk and corporation treasurer, and has also rendered valuable service as a member of the Oak Harbor Council. Socially he is affiliated with Oak Harbor Lodge No. 495, COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 529 F. & A. M., also with Fremont Chapter No. 64, Royal Arch Masons. The family are strict adherents of the Lutheran Church. Christian Vogel, our subject's father, was born in Baden, Germany, July 3, 1829, a son of Frederick G. and Mary (Bengert) Vogel, both also natives of Germany, where they resided up to the time of their decease, the former passing away in 1863, the latter in 1857. They had a family of five children, of whom Christian is the only living representative. Christian Vogel received his primary education in the schools of his native land, afterward serving an apprenticeship term to the trade of blacksmithing. In June, 1857, hearing of the exceptional advantages offered to young men in the United States, he embarked in a sailing vessel, which, after a tedious voyage lasting several weeks, dropped anchor in an American port. On his arrival in this country our subject located in Portage township, Ottawa Co., Ohio, and engaged in the blacksmithing industry. In 1861 he moved to Port Clinton, where he embarked in agricultural pursuits, also working a short time at his trade, remaining there four years; he then removed to Oak Harbor, and has since been a constant resident of that town. Since taking up his residence here Mr. Vogel has followed various pursuits, first engaging in the hotel business, shortly afterward opening a general store, and also working at his trade. He then embarked in a butchering business, and other important branches of trade, and of late years he has been engaged in the buying and selling of stock during the summer months. In his different vocations her has ever proved himself a man of excellent business qualifications and of sound character, and as a reward of an industrious life he has now acquired a comfortable competence to tide him over his remaining years. Mr. Vogel was married, at Plasterbed, Ottawa Co., Ohio, in April, 1851, to Salomane Heim, a native of Germany, and to this union have been born nine children, seven of whom are still living, viz.: Christian and Charles (twins), the former a resident of, Oak Harbor; William, an enterprising agriculturist of Salem township; Elizabeth, wife of Otto Schimansky, of Sandusky, Ohio; John P., a prominent hardware merchant of Oak Harbor; August B., a resident of Oak Harbor; and Caroline, wife of A. D. Thierwechter. The mother departed this life in 1878. Mr. Vogel was united in marriage, the second time, at Sandusky, Ohio, with Miss Adelina Twightman, of Oak Harbor, a native of Germany, and to this union has been born one child--George G., of Oak Harbor. Mr. Vogel has never been an office-seeker; but his many friends, recognizing in him a man exceedingly well qualified to fill positions of trust, have frequently persuaded him to accept important township and county offices. DANIEL KREILICK, member of the firm of Miller & Kreilick, manufacturers of lumber and cooperage stock, in Salem township, Ottawa county, was born in Rice township, Sandusky Co., Ohio, January 1, 1841, and is a son of Adam and Elizabeth (Reitz) Kreilick, pioneers of Sandusky county. Our subject was reared in the usual manner of farmer lads of that day, and his educational privileges were meagre, being those afforded in the old primitive schools of the township. His training at farm labor, however, was of a higher order, and he soon became familiar with all the duties of agricultural life. In 1866, when about twenty-five years of age, in connection with Samuel Miller, he embarked in his present business, and is now extensively and successfully engaged in the manufacture of lumber and cooperage 530 - COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. stock, also farming a piece of fine land in Salem township. Mr. Kreilick was married, July 5, 1868, to Miss Lydia Siegenthaler, a daughter of William and Leah (Harmel) Siegenthaler, who were honored and representative citizens of Sandusky county. The father, who was a native of Germany, passed away in 1874; the mother, who was born in Pennsylvania, survived him until 1881. In their family were ten children, all yet living, namely: Mary, wife of Daniel Heitrick; Francis; Willoughby; Henry; Melinda, wife of Nathan Miller; Lydia, wife of Daniel Kreilick; Philip; Catherine, wife of George Cook; George; and Rebecca, wife of John Starwald; all are now residing either in Ottawa or Sandusky county. Mr. and Mrs. Kreilick have three children—Lucinda C., who was born April 4, 1869, and is the wife of Albert Beirlein, of Cincinnati, Ohio; Alta, who was born April 25, 1871, and is the wife of Charles Leaser, a prominent farmer of Rice township, Sandusky county ; and Emma R., born February 5, 1875. Mr. Kreilick has served as justice of the peace for one term, and in his political affiliations is a Democrat. He is recognized as an able, straightforward and enterprising business man, and in the community where he has always lived he has the warm regard of many friends. The family attend the Lutheran Church. In this connection it is interesting to note something of the history of his father, Adam Kreilick, who was one of the pioneers of Rice township, Sandusky county. He was born in Northumberland county, Penn., March 18, 1804, and passed away near Kingsway, Ohio, June 11, 1891, at the advanced age of eighty-seven years, two months and twenty-four days. His childhood and youth were largely devoted to reading, and his taste for literature continued through life. In his early years he had access to a select library of ancient and modern works, and his reading was directed by his father, who was a teacher in the parochial schools. He possessed a retentive memory, and his quick perception gave him such a command of knowledge in the various departments of learning that he found his equal only in the higher callings of life. His conversational powers and mother wit, coupled with his ripe scholarship, made him a congenial and entertaining companion. Adam Kreilick married Miss Elizabeth Reitz in June, 1831, and two years later the young couple started with their first child (now the wife of Capt. Kline, of Fremont, Ohio) from their old home in eastern Pennsylvania for the wild regions of northeastern Ohio, after a five-weeks' journey with a horse and wagon over mountains and rivers, hills and valleys, arriving on the banks of Mud creek, in the " Black Swamp, " where David Druckenmiller, Peter Heitrick and David Gephardt had located two years previous. Mr. Kreilick entered 200 acres of government land, purchasing the same at the land office in Bucyrus, Ohio. He walked the entire distance there and back, following the old Indian trail up the Sandusky river, for there were no roads at the time. Lower Sandusky then boasted of only 150 inhabitants, and only one small brick building. There was no Maumee pike, no open roads through the Black Swamp, and only here and there a few log cabins, with patches of cleared land. From the point where Mr. Kreilick located there was a dense forest—the haunt of deer and wild turkey—reaching south to the Portage river and east toward Port Clinton and Sandusky Bay. In all that region there was not a single white inhabitant. Such were the surroundings of these hardy pioneers. The axe, the ox, and fire were the means used in breaking through the forest, opening roads and making a place for fruitful fields and rich and inviting farms. Log cabins often sheltered from twelve to fifteen persons, but in course of time they were replaced COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 531 by more commodious frame or stately brick dwellings, with all the comforts of modern life. All other surroundings, including barns, school houses, churches and business industries, kept pace with the remarkable transformation wrought by the pioneers. Mr. Kreilick and his faithful wife shared in all the experiences of frontier life. The first school in the settlement was taught by William Rearick, at the double log cabin of Philip Siegenthaler, and the first schoolhouse was a log structure erected on Mr. Kreilick's farm. The family first attended Church at the Four-Mile House, and the first regular pastor at Mud Creek settlement, Rev. Long, held services in a barn, later in the schoolhouse until the log church was erected in 1852. In 1867 it was replaced by the present brick structure. In the Kreilick family were six sons and five daughters, all now married and living in comfortable homes either in Ottawa county or Sandusky county, being located near the old homestead. They are Mrs. Andrew Kline, Mrs. Simon Bowersox, John, Elias, Daniel, Aaron, Adam, Peter, Mrs. William Keiser, Mrs. Samuel Miller, and Mrs. Jonas Hetrick. The mother of this family passed away in 1883, and the father mourned the departure of her who had long been to him a faithful companion and helpmeet. He lived to a ripe old age, and saw his children and grandchildren comfortably situated in life. He was confirmed in the Evangelical Church in Pennsylvania, and all his children and a large majority of their descendants are members of St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Rice township, Sandusky county, in which church his funeral was held June 14, 1891, the services being conducted by the pastor, Rev. W. A. Bowman. From far and near the people came to pay their last tribute of respect to him. He had been possessed of a robust constitution, determined will and untarnished character, and was beloved by his family and esteemed by his many friends. Annually his children would assemble at the old home to celebrate his birthday, exchange greetings and receive tokens of his well wishes. An aged sister, Mrs. Philip Heitrick, six sons, fifty grandchildren, fifty-seven great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild are the living representatives of the family to which this honored man be longed. STEPHEN FETTERLY, proprietor of the basket factory at Oak Harbor, Ottawa county, and one of the live, wide-awake men of the county, is a native of Ohio, having been born at Painesville, Lake county, October 5, 1849. He is a son of David and Emily (Hoople) Fetterly, the former of whom was born in 1807, of Holland parentage, and when a young man moved to Canada, where he married a Miss Hoople. In that country he and his wife remained till 1849, in which year they removed to Painesville, Ohio, where they remained three years, the father in the meantime working at his trade, that of blacksmith. In 1852 they took up their residence in Salem township, Ottawa county, where Mr. Fetterly was made the first justice of the peace, and where he and his wife passed the rest of their honored lives. He met with a heroic death: In 1857, while attempting the rescue from drowning of two men in the Portage river, where the Locust street bridge, at Oak Harbor, crosses, Mr. Fetterly's exertion proved too great, resulting in the bursting of a blood vessel, which caused him to sink beneath the surface of the water, and when his body was recovered life was extinct. His wife survived him until 1889, when she, too, passed away, and her remains were laid beside those of her husband in the Oak Harbor cemetery. They were the parents of eight children: Amos, 532 - COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. George, Maria, Albert, Charles, two who died in infancy, and Stephen, all except the last named having been born in Canada. Two of the sons served in the war of the Rebellion, Amos enlisting in 1861, and remaining in the army till 1865, participating in the battles of Shiloh, Missionary Ridge and many others, besides suffering a three months' imprisonment in Libby Prison; his brother Charles served from 1864 till the close of the war. As will be seen, Stephen Fetterly was three years old when the family made their home in Salem township, Ottawa county, and here he acquired his education at the schools of the neighborhood. When thirteen years old he commenced sailing the lakes, for twenty-five years, in various capacities, plowing the cerulean waters of lakes Erie, Huron, Superior and Michigan. Commencing as steward, he served in that capacity three years, and then boarded the " Forcastle " as ordinary seaman, remaining as such for four seasons, the next two years serving as mate on different vessels. At the end of that time opportunity presenting itself for Mr. Fetterly to embark in business for himself, he in August, 1873, purchased the " Gould," a boat running on Lake Erie, which he resold about the close of the same year. In 1874 he bought the " Melissa," selling same two years later, and in 1877 he took charge, as captain, of the " Emily and Eliza," owned by Anspaugh & Bros., of Oak Harbor, holding that position till 1887. In that year Mr. Fetterly proceeded to Detroit, where he purchased the " Hero," a fine Lake Erie boat, in 1888 buying also the steam-barge " Lafayette," running on the same lake, and these two boats he owned and operated five years, when he sold them and became owner by purchase of the steam-barge " Du Sault," also running on Lake Erie. About this time he passed his examination as marine engineer. While running these boats he did a good deal of contracting for the U. S. Govern ment in the line of constructing breakwaters and such like, along the lake shore, for the protection of roads, etc., from the encroachment of the water. For several years he handled sandstone and general freight for Oak Harbor, which line of work was confined to the summer months, he in the winter time engaging in timber speculation, in which he met with signal success. In the year 1891, Mr. Fetterly, in company with two others, established a basket factory at Port Clinton, Ottawa county, in which connection he remained two years. His experience in this venture led him to undertake the organization of a similar company at Oak Harbor, which after much labor and considerable planning he accomplished, the present basket factory being opened May 3, 1895, with a capital stock of twelve thousand dollars. Employment is already given to nearly Too hands and the pay-roll sums up to about fourteen hundred dollars per month. In addition to his interests in tis industry Mr. Fetterly owns a farm in Salem township, and a propeller running between Oak Harbor and Sandusky; he also conducts a sand and stone business, and speculates in oil. On November 27, 1873, Stephen Fetterly was united in marriage with Miss Susan Legett, daughter of Robert and Rebecca (Magrew) Legett, honored pioneers the Ottawa county, and descended from the Blackburns of England. Mr. and Mrs. Legett are the parents of eight children—five sons and three daughters —seven of whom are yet living. One son, Albert, served three years in Company Forty-first O. V. I., during the Civil war. To Mr. and Mrs. Fetterly have been born six children, as follows: Agnes (wife of August Madison, engineer in the basket factory at Oak Harbor); Mabel, Georgia, Charles, Ralph and Ruby. Mrs. Fetterly is a member of the M. E. Church, and is affiliated with the Daughters of Rebekah. In his political COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 533 predilections our subject is a Democrat; socially he is a member of Oak Harbor Lodge No. 495, F. & A. M., and of the I. O. O. F.. He is a typical American " hustler," and has made a success of everything to which he has put his hand. P. A. SHAENFELD is one of Elmore's most progressive and solid business men, one who takes an active part in all matters that have for their object the advancement and welfare of Ottawa county. Our subject was born October 18, 1836, in Mudershausen, Germany, son of Henry P. and Catherine P. Shaenfeld. In his native land he received his education, and was confirmed in the Evangelical Lutheran Church. In April, 1852, his parents, accompanied by their children, started for the New World, being forty-four days upon the broad Atlantic, and it was almost two months from the time ,,they left their old home ere they reached Fremont, Ohio. The father purchased forty acres of land eight miles west of that city in the Black Swamp, where the mother died at the age of fifty-two, while the father reached the advanced age of eighty-four years, and they now lie buried side by side in the Four-Mile House Cemetery. By a former marriage the father had six sons, and by the second union two sons and two daughters were born. William, the brother of our subject, was born in 1831, and now resides in Washington township, Sandusky Co., Ohio. His sisters are Jane, who was born in 1839, and is the wife of John Bauer, of Blue Hill, Neb. ; and Louise, born in 1842, who is the wife of Mathias Stattler, of Redwillow county, that State. P. A. Shaenfeld aided his father in clearing and developing the new farm, working in the woods during the winter, while during the summer months he labored in the fields. He early started out as a farm hand, being employed by farmers in Huron county until 1859, when, anxious to see more of the world, he started westward. He landed in southeastern Missouri when it was wild and sparsely settled, and there kept store in a log cabin, for other parties, until the war broke out, when the Confederates took what little stock he had, and forced him to enlist in the Rebel army. He succeeded, however, in making his escape, and in 1862 returned to Ohio, where he found employment in the grocery store at Bellevue. In that city, in 1863, Mr. Shaenfeld was married to Miss Sophie P. Hoffman, who was born November 30, 1840, in Nassau, Germany, and in that country was educated and confirmed in the Evangelical Lutheran Church. At the age of fourteen years she came to America with her married sister and brother-in-law, Jacob Deutesfeld. One son came to this union—Cornelius W., born January 24, 1864, who now makes his home in Elmore. In 1865, with his wife and baby, Mr. Shaenfeld came to Elmore, and embarked in the grocery business, in which he was very successful. In this city his wife departed this life September 5, 1884. The following year he sold a half interest in his store to E. G. Kirk, and gave his son the other half. In June, of the same year he went to California on account of poor health, and after his return the following September lived with his son until his second marriage. On August 11, 1887, he wedded Mary Huth, who was born in Nassau, Germany, July 17, 1850, and with her parents, Philip and Catherine Huth, emigrated to the United States in i851, locating in Riley township, Sandusky Co., Ohio. Her parents both died at an early age, the mother being only thirty-three, and the father forty-six. In 1887, Mr. Shaenfeld purchased his store which he has since successfully conducted, doing a large and prosperous business. He and his family are highly respected in social circles, and, as a busi- 534 - COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. ness man, his dealings have ever been characterized by honesty and fairness, so that he ranks among the prominent merchants of Elmore. He has filled many important positions, and for two terms each was member of the city council, corporation treasurer, township treasurer and township trustee, in all of which offices he served with credit to himself and to the satisfaction of his constituents. The Democratic party has ever found in him a stanch supporter. CHARLES ROOSE is one of the most prominent business men of Oak Harbor, being engaged in lumbering and agricultural pursuits, in the manufacture of slack barrel cooperage, and in the management of the Oak Harbor State Bank, of which he is president. The true standard by which to judge a community is the character of its leading citizens. Progress is rarely, if ever, the result of chance, but always the execution of well-laid plans, based on a thorough comprehension of the laws of business. It is only by keeping in view the lives of men who are ever associated with the busy. marts of commerce that we can judge of the importance of development and the possibilities of progress. Thus it is that from the commercial more than the literary or political world, the most valuable lessons of life are to be extracted. As a representative of this class stands the subject of this review, a typical self-made man whose excellent business qualifications are indicated by the numerous enterprises he has brought to a successful issue. Mr, Roose was born May 7, 1824, in the city of Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany, and is a son of Louis and Frederica (Hengvoos) Roose, who were also natives of the same country, where they spent their entire lives. Of their family of seven children only three are now living: Charles, subject of this sketch; Lizzetta, wife of August Milhahn, a prominent farmer of Salem township, Ottawa county; and Lena, of the same township. Charles Roose was reared to manhood and educated in his native land, and for some years was employed as a clerk in a hotel, after which he engaged in the hotel business on his own account until his departure for America. In 1853 he sold his business in the Fatherland and crossed the Atlantic, landing in New York, whence he came to Ohio. After spending six weeks in Sandusky, he removed to Ottawa county, purchasing 160 acres of land in Salem township, then a wild tract, but with willing heart and hands he began to make a home for himself and family. Not long after he commenced the purchase of staves, which were shipped to the West Indies and other markets. Within two years his business had increased to such extended proportions that he was not able to secure a supply sufficient to fill his orders in the ordinary way, and so purchased large tracts of land in Salem, Carroll, Clay and Benton townships, placing thereon German immigrants to prepare the timber for the market. Many of these being entirely without means of their own, he furnished them with teams and all necessary supplies, thus enabling them to become prosperous farmers and citizens, owing their start in life to his energy and kindness. In 1868, in connection with the buying of staves, he 'established a slack barrel cooperage industry, which has also proved a profitable investment; his comprehensive business ability has also been manifest in other directions. In 1887, having purchased 2, 145 acres of land in Indiana, adjoining the Ohio State line, he there laid out and built a town which was named " Edgerton " for the man of whom Mr. Roose purchased the land. In 1887 he aided in the organization of the Oak Harbor State Bank, and from its commencement COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 585 has served as its honored president, its success being largely due to his efforts. Mr. Roose was married in Butzow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany, January 2, 1849, to Miss Marie Drewes, who was born November 30, 1829, daughter of Joachim and Marie (Haas) Drewes, the former of whom passed away in Salem township, Ottawa county, in 1872, the latter dying in Germany, in 1870. Mrs. Roose was born in Doberan, Germany, and has become the mother of nine children: Charles, born in Germany, July 20, 1850, is one of the most prominent agriculturists of Salem township; Hannah, born in Germany, June 22, 1852, is the wife of Frederick Diedrich, a leading farmer of Salem township; Frederick, born in Salem township, January 13, 1855, is now one of its successful merchants; Emma, born in Salem township, March 1o, 1858, died ten days later; Ernst, born in Salem township, January 10, 1860, is now one of its prosperous farmers; William, born in Salem township, May 26, 1862, a sketch of whom follows; Wilhelmina, born in Salem township, May 20, 1864, is the wife of Charles Hanck, of Sandusky, Ohio; Herman H., born in Salem township, December 16, 1866, is now in partnership, and is superintendent of the Indiana business; with residence at Edgerton, in that State; Lena, born in Salem township, March 11, 1868, is the wife of George Garmroth, also of Edgerton. In 1859 Mr. Roose was elected trustee of his township, in which capacity he served for eleven consecutive years. He was also county commissioner for six years, a director of the Ohio Penitentiary for three years, and under Governor Campbell was appointed a trustee of the Institute for the Instruction of the Blind, at Columbus; he has twice been appointed to that position by Governor McKinley, and is still serving. For many years he has been a school director, and is deeply interested in everything calculated to ben- - 34 - enfit mankind. Socially he is a charter member of Oak Harbor Lodge, No. 495, F. & A. M., and in religious connection the family attend the Lutheran Church. In politics he is a Democrat, and one of the trusted advisors of his party in Ottawa county. In 1888 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention, at St. Louis, which resulted in the nomination of President Cleveland for a second term. Mr. Roose is a man of broad views, of keen quick perception,. of sterling integrity and spotless reputation, and therefore has the unlimited confidence of the people with whom he has come in contact. In addition to his duties as president of the largest moneyed institution in the county he has as a public official discharged the duties of every office in which he has been placed with a painstaking fidelity that has won him the highest commendation. He is a man of gentlemanly demeanor, always meeting his associates both in the social circle and in business pursuits, with a cordial and friendly bearing, and both his time and means have been liberally expended in all matters pertaining to the advancement of the county's interest and welfare. OTTO BEIER, a prominent, progressive citizen, and a successful business man of Oak Harbor, Ottawa county, senior member of the firm of Otto Beier & Bro., proprietors of the Oak Harbor Creamery, is a native of Ottawa county, Ohio, born in Carroll township, August 19, 1866. The parents of our subject, Frederick and Amelia (Miller) Beier, who are natives of the Fatherland, crossed the ocean and came to the New World in the year 1861, locating first in Oak Harbor, Ottawa Co., Ohio. Two years later they moved to Carroll township, where they purchased some land, with all the timber that had grown upon it, and engaged in the work of clearing off the timber and in 536 - COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. agricultural pursuits. They still reside there, and Mr. Beier is recognized as one of the thrifty, progressive farmers of that township. Mr. Beier has served his fellow citizens as trustee of the township for two years, supervisor for two years, and school director for a number of years. Politically, he votes with the Democratic party. The family are strict adherents of the Lutheran Church, and are highly esteemed by the entire community. Their family consisted of ten children, eight of whom are now living, viz. : Harmon, Charles, Otto, Amelia, Minnie, Emma, Sopha and Frederick. Otto Beier, the subject proper of this biography, received his early education in the public schools of his native township, his boyhood days being spent in assisting his father in the care of the farm. At the age of sixteen years he left his home and served an apprenticeship to the carpenter's trade, at which he worked, during the harvest season also running a threshing machine, which he and his brothers owned for ten years. In 1891, in partnership with his brother Charles, he built and commenced the operation of the Oak Harbor Creamery, located in Oak Harbor, which has since been fitted up with all the latest and most improved machinery used in this important branch of industry, this factory being one of the largest of its kind in the State; the large output of butter, necessitating the delivery of something like two thousand gallons of milk daily, is a great boon to the farmers of Salem and the adjoining township. Mr. Beier was united in marriage at Oak Harbor, Ohio, January 1, 1889, with Miss Christina Glaser, who was born in Carroll township, July 14, 1864, a daughter of George and Maggie (Schrom) Glaser, early settlers of Carroll township. Mr. and Mrs. Glaser were the parents of ten children, seven of whom are living, namely: Maggie, Harmon, Lucy, Christina, Henry, George and August. In religious faith, the family are strict adherents of the Lutheran Church; they are highly respected by all who know them. Four children have come to brighten the home of Mr. and Mrs. Beier, viz. : Alma A., born September 15, 1889; Florence M., born July 1o, 1891; Leon George, born March 31, 1893 ; and Laura S. , born October 19, 1895. In 1893 Mr. Beier was elected as a member of council for the village of Oak Harbor, and was re-elected in 1895. The family are strict adherents of the Lutheran Church, and are highly esteemed throughout the community in which they reside. AARON DOLPH, one of the leading business men of Ottawa county, and a representative citizen, was born in Rome, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, August 19, 1836. His father was born in Batavia, N. Y., in 1810, and died in 1848. His mother, who bore the maiden name of Eliza Perkins, was born about the same time and died in 1873. After the death of her first husband she was again married, in 1854, becoming the wife of David Nellis, of Pennsylvania. His father came to Ohio in an early day, and purchased 1,300 acres of land near Elmore for $1.25 per acre. At different times portions of this land were sold, but 200 acres became the property of David Nellis, and was left by him to his wife, the mother of our subject, who in turn left it to Aaron Dolph. The gentleman whose name begins this record spent the days of his boyhood and youth in the county of his nativity, and acquired his education under the direction of Prof. Tuckerman. On March 27, 1856, he was united in marriage with Miss Lovina Richerson, of Rome, Ashtabula county. Her father was a native of the same county, his birth having occurred in 1813, his death in 1877; her mother was born in 1811, and in their family were five children. The maternal grandmother, Hannah Strong, was born COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 537 in Connecticut in 1789, and came of a family noted for intelligence and culture, numbering among its members many leading ministers and teachers. She married Elisher Hall, who was born in 1780, and was one of the prominent. school teachers of his day, devoting his entire life to that work. They reared a large family—five sons and five daughters. Mr. and Mrs. Dolph began their domestic life in Ashtabula county, Ohio, where for sixteen years he carried on agricultural pursuits. In 1872 they came to Ottawa county, Ohio, locating in Harris township, on what is known as the old Nellis farm near Elmore, one of the most beautiful and productive tracts in the county. It is improved with all the accessories and conveniences known to the modern agriculturist, including excellent buildings, well-kept fences, a good orchard, etc. The lawn is surrounded by a nicely trimmed hedge fence, and beautiful evergreens adorn the place and cast their grateful shade over the home To Mr. and Mrs. Dolph have been born five children, a brief record of whom is as follows: Wira, born March 23, 1858, obtained his education in the public schools of Elmore, and in Austinburg, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, where he completed his studies under the instruction of his father's old preceptor. He then engaged in teaching for several terms in different parts of the State. Having married Miss Alice Gilson, of Elmore, he purchased and now operates and conducts a large furniture store in Blissfield, Mich., and a farm near that place. Ellsworth, born August 23, 1863; and named in honor of Col. Ellsworth, was educated in the public schools of Elmore, and married Addie Caneff, of this town. They are now pleasantly located on a farm near Genoa, where he is extensively engaged in stock raising.' Addison, born August 12, 1866, is also a representative citizen of Ottawa county. Clara, born December 17, 1872, acquired her literary education in Elmore and then studied painting; her mother's parlors are adorned with many beautiful works of art from her hand. She also gave some attention to music, becoming quite proficient as a pianist. She is now the wife of J. H. Laurie, a decoration architect, of Detroit, Mich. Willet, born January 1o, 1883, is attending school in Elmore. He is specially fond of horses, and is now the proud owner of a fine driving horse. In 1887 Mr. Dolph purchased a handsome brick residence in Elmore, where with his wife and youngest son he now makes his home. In addition to the place already mentioned he owns other farms in different parts of 'the State. He is also extensively engaged in the furniture and undertaking business in Elmore, and has a very fine store, supplied with an excellent grade of goods. His fair and honorable dealing, his courteous treatment and his earnest desire to please his patrons have secured for him a large trade. He has been quite successful in his business dealings, and he owes his prosperity solely to his own labor, perseverance and well-directed efforts. He is a very popular man, has a wide acquaintance and a host of warm friends. JOHN ORTH. The city of Port Clinton, Ottawa county, enjoys the distinction of having within her limits as progressive and enterprising citizens as are to be found in the State, among whom stands prominent the firm of Mizener & Orth, dealers in general hardware, etc., of which firm our subject is a member. Mr. Orth is a native of Ohio, born December 3, 1854, at Port Clinton, Ottawa county, a son of Frank and Mary (Wagoner) Orth, the former of whom was the youngest of six brothers who emigrated from Germany to the United States, settling in Detroit, Mich., where they organized a musical band known as 538 - COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. the Orth Brothers' Band." John Orth, Sr., one of these brothers, recently died at Detroit, aged eighty-seven years. Frank Orth married and removed to Port Clinton about the year 1850, and being a shoemaker and harness-maker by trade, worked a number of years for Joseph Sylvester. In 1861 he enlisted in the Thirty-seventh Regiment, O.V. I. , and served as sergeant of a company four years, or to near the close of the war, when on account of sickness he was honorably discharged; he died at Port Clinton some time afterward. His widow, who is still residing there, receives a pension. Their children were: Frances, John, Louis and Albert B., of whom Frances married Samuel Wisner, a carpenter at Port Clinton, and they have one son living; Louis, a tinner by trade, married Carrie Andrews, daughter of Peter Andrews, a pioneer of Ottawa county, Ohio; Albert B. is a confectioner at Port Clinton, Ohio. John Orth, the subject proper of these lines, attended Port Clinton schools only, and at an early age learned the tinner's trade with Harms & Bliss, for whom he worked three years. He was next employed by George E. Bliss about two years, after which, in 1883, he entered into partnership with Mr. Mizener, they jointly buying out Mr. Bliss, and they have continued together in the hardware business, doing an extensive local and Island trade. Their store building is 26 x 66 feet in dimensions, with additions in the rear 20X 26, 18 x 36 and 20 X 30 feet respectively. Politically Mr. Orth is a Republican, and he has held several civic offices, such as those of township and corporation clerk and treasurer, filling the latter incumbency four years, while at the present time he is a member of the board of education. Socially he is affiliated with the Knights of Honor and National Union; in religious faith the family are identified with the German Lutheran Church. On December 3, 1878, Mr. Orth was married at Port Clinton to Miss Emma C. Harms, a native of that city, born in 1858, daughter of William and Regina Harms, and their children are Frank W. and Estella May. Mr. and Mrs. Orth are widely known and highly respected in the community in which they live. SAMUEL MILLER, senior member of the firm of Miller & Kreilick, manufacturers of lumber and cooperage stock, and an enterprising, successful business man of Salem township, Ottawa county, was born in Schuylkill county, Penn., August 3,1841, to Samuel and Polly (Zimmerman) Miller, both natives of Pennsylvania, who settled in Rice township, Sandusky county, in the year 1858, and were honored and respected residents of that county for many years. Their family consisted of eleven children, nine of whom are yet living: Nathan, residing in Sandusky county, Ohio; William, residing in Decatur, Ind. ; Mary, now the wife of Solomon Linn, residing in Decatur, Ind. ; Samuel, our subject; Fiana, wife of David Davis, of Fremont, Sandusky Co., Ohio; Isaac, residing in Ottawa county; Rebecca, now the wife of Samuel Leaser, of Sandusky county; Ella, wife of Wallace Bloom, of Bethlehem, Northampton Co., Penn.; and David, who resides on the homestead farm in Rice township, Sandusky county. Both the parents have now been laid to rest. The subject of this sketch received but the meager educational advantages of a frontier period. He attended the German schools of Pennsylvania for a short titne; but his English education has been acquired chiefly through his own personal efforts. When but a young lad he apprenticed himself to the trade of a carpenter, at which he worked until 1861, when he enlisted in Company G, Eighth V. I., for ninety days, and when his term of service had expired, having decided to COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 539 abandon military life, he came to Salem township and engaged in the lumbering business, and he has been a continuous resident of the township for about thirty years. In July, 1869, Mr. Miller was married to Miss Amelia Kreilick, a daughter of Adam and Elizabeth (Reitz) Kreilick, and to this union have been born four children, viz. : Cassie E., wife of Edward Gordon, of Oak Harbor; Cora Alice, now the wife of Charles Fought, also of Oak Harbor;Alvesta, now the wife of Laurence Leiser, and Adam Franklin, both of whom reside on the home place. During his long residence in Salem township Mr. Miller has made many warm friends, who recognize in him a man of sound judgment and of upright character. In his political affiliations our subject is an active supporter of the Democratic party; socially, he is a member of Oak Harbor Lodge No. 495, F. &. A. M. CHARLES E. PAYNE, for the past fifteen years a successful and popular druggist of Port Clinton, Ottawa county, is a native of Ohio, born Dec. 4, 1857, in Portage township, Ottawa county, son of Norval W. and Elizabeth (Rhodes) Payne, well-to-do farming people of English descent, who moved to Ohio from Winchester, Va., in which State the first of the family to come from England settled. Charles E. Payne's grandfather states (February 26, 1854, in his eighty-first year) that his great-grandfather was kidnapped from England, and brought to America, probably about the year 1700 (his given name is missing). His son George married Rachel Cowgill, of Pennsylvania, and their son Henry, one of nine children, married Elizabeth Kootz, who came from Germany about 1764. Their son Jesse, one of nine children, was twice married, first time to Martha Dunn, by whom he had nine children, of whom Martha (who married William Gill) and Elizabeth (who married Irving Johnson) lived and left descendants in the vicinity of Port Clinton, Ohio. Jesse Payne's second marriage was with Jane Long, a widow, and nine children were born to them, of whom Benjamin D., Norval Wilson, Isaac N. and A. Clarke came to Port Clinton, and engaged in farming. Benjamin D. died in 1864; Isaac N. still lives on a farm adjacent to Port Clinton; A. Clarke moved to Wichita, Kans., in 1882. Norval Wilson, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Virginia in 1829, and about 1848 came to Ohio, where he met and married Elizabeth Rhodes. She was born in Winchester, Va., in 1828, and was one of seven children of William Rhodes, who came from near Leeds, England. Norval W. and Elizabeth (Rhodes) Payne had a family of seven children, named respectively: William, Thomas Wilbur, Charles E., Angelina Belle, Joseph Clark, Jennie E. and Albert S ; of whom, William died in infancy; Thomas Wilbur married Jennie Elwell, lives on part of the old homestead in Portage township, and has one child—Estelle; Angelina B. married Frank Lander, city draughtsman, Cleveland, Ohio, and has one child, William; Joseph Clark married Gladis McDowell, at Port Clinton, follows farming on a part of the old homestead, and has one child—Earl P. ; Jennie E. married Burt Mooreland, and lives in Idaho Springs, Colo. ; Albert S. is a physician and surgeon at East Lake, Manistee Co., Michigan. The subject of these lines, whose name appears at the opening, grew to manhood on his father's farm, attending the district schools, and, later, the schools of Port Clinton. He then took a three-years' course at Baldwin University, Berea, Ohio, and later attended the University of Michigan, from which latter institution he graduated in pharmacy in 1880. Returning to Port Clinton in that year, he bought the drug store of George 540 - COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. M. Thayer, where he has continued in business during the last fifteen years with good success. He was married in 1882 at Ann Arbor, Mich., to Miss Mary Elizabeth Snell, only daughter of E. W. and May (Congdon) Snell. Mr. Payne is a member of the Knights of Pythias, and of the National Union. In politics he has always been a Republican, and in religious faith he is identified with the Methodist Church. FRED W. CAMPER, proprietor of the leading grocery business in Port Clinton, Ottawa county, is a native of Ohio, born at Cincinnati, March 12, 1855, a son of F. W. and Frederika (Kramer) Camper. In Berlin, Germany, our subject's father had been coachman for the Emperor Frederick William, and in 1847 he emigrated to America, locating at Cincinnati, Ohio, in the suburbs of which city he followed gardening till 1886, when he removed to Genoa, where he still resides, now (1895) aged eighty years, having been born in 1815. His wife was born in 1822, and died January 25, 1892. They had seven children who grew to maturity, named respectively: Charles F., Henry F., Lucy, Fred W., John A., Lizzie and William H. Of these, Charles F., who is an employe at the Carbon Works, at Fremont, Ohio, married Carrie Dryer, and they have four children; Henry F.; a farmer on the old homestead at Genoa, married Eliza Hoch, and has five children; Lucy was married in 1871 to Henry Hotho, who for several years has been foreman in a malt house at Buffalo, N. Y., and they have seven children; John A., a farmer of Genoa, married Rosa Ernst, and has two children; Lizzie married August Reeman, and lives on the home farm; William H. , a dry-goods merchant of Genoa, married Clara Emch, and they have two children. Fred W. Camper, of whom this sketch pertains, attended the common schools of Genoa, Ottawa county, until he was eighteen years of age, and remained on his father's farm until he was twenty-four. In 1880, in partnership with his brother Charles F., he embarked in mercantile business at Genoa, Ottawa county, but after five years sold out to William Habbler. In the fall of 1884 he was elected county recorder of Ottawa county, and held that office six years. In 1890 he went into the wholsale fish business, as member of the firm of Bense, Camper & Co., but at the end of one year he sold out to William E. Bense, and then traveled on the road for the wholesale house of J. L. Anthony & Co., of Sandusky, Ohio, two years, after which he opened the retail grocery in Port Clinton, of which he is sole proprietor. On September 21, 1882, Mr. Camper was united in marriage with Miss Lutic E. Cole, a lady of Scotch descent, daughter of William L. and Margaret (Mc-Ritchie) Cole, the former of whom is now deceased, and three children have blessed their union, their names and dates of birth being as follows: Clara M:, July 4, 1884; Nellie H., June 17, 1885, and Carl Eugene, June 27, 1888, the first named born at Genoa, the other two at Port Clinton. In religious faith the family are connected with the M. E. Church, though Mr. Camper himself was reared a Lutheran. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., subordinate Lodge and Encampment, and of the National Union; politically he is a Democrat. GUSTAVUS JAEGER, senior member' of the firm of Jaeger & Georgii, the leading hardware merchants of Elmore, Ottawa county, was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, April 30, 1838, and is a son of Dr. Frederick and Louisa (Unger) Jaeger, also natives of the Kingdom of Wurtemburg. The father with his two eldest sons COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 541 emigrated to America in 1843, locating in Albany, N. Y., where he was joined the following year by his wife and the remaining members of the family. In the fall of 1845 the family removed to Woodville, Ohio, where the father engaged in the practice of his profession, and earned the reputation of being one of the most skillful practitioners in his day. He went to Prairie du Chien, Wis., in 1866, and there continued in practice for two years, when he came to Elrnore, where he continued to prosecute his profession up to within a short time of his death. He passed peacefully away December 13, 1878, and his faithful wife had gone to her final rest a few months previous, dying September 2, same year. Their memory will long be cherished by their friends and relatives who are the better for their having lived. Both the Doctor and his wife were people of culture and taste, kind and benevolent, esteemed by all who knew them, and popular members of society. Our subject was but six years old when he came to America, and received most of his literary education in the district schools of Woodville. In 1854 he entered the store of Charles Powers as salesman, and after filling that position for one year went to Oxford, Marquette Co., Wis., where he was engaged in the same capacity in the store of Pettibone & Jaeger until 1862, when he became a resident of Neenah, Wis., for a year. In August, 1862, Mr. Jaeger enlisted in Company I, Twenty-first Wis. V. I., of which he was chosen orderly sergeant in May, 1863, and the following month was commissioned lieutenant. At the battle of Chickamauga, September 20, 1863, he was wounded, after which he returned to Woodville, Ohio, on a furlough, where his wounds were attended to by his father. On his recovery in January, 1864, he rejoined his regiment, which went with Sherman's army on the campaign from Chattanooga to Atlanta, and after the capture of Atlanta was on the famous march to the sea, and served until the close of the war. During his service Mr. Jaeger participated in many important engagements, among which were the battles of Perryville (Ky.), Stone River (Tenn.), and Chickamauga, the capture of Savannah (Ga.), and was with his regiment at the surrender of Johnston and his army at Raleigh, N. C., besides which he was in many other battles and skirmishes. After the close of the war the regiment marched from North Carolina by way of Richmond, Va., to Washington, D. C., where it took part in the grand review of Sherman's army and the army of the Potomac. After being mustered out at Milwaukee, Wis., June I, 1865, Mr. Jaeger went to Portage City, that State, where he became a salesman in the store of Pettibone & Jaeger; but in the following October returned to Ohio, and in Woodville commenced business on his own account in connection with P. Smith, under the firm name of Smith & Jaeger. In the fall of 1867 the business was removed to Boscobel, Wis. ; but, in the succeeding January, Mr. Jaeger retired from the firm and came to Elmore, Ohio. In April, however, he went to Lodi, Wis., where he formed a partnership with his brother Ernest, purchasing the interest of a Mr. Pettibone. That connection was continued until April, 187o, at which time our subject again came to Elmore, and in June of the same year embarked in his present business, having the largest and most complete stock of hardware in the place. He is ranked to-day among the solid business men of Ottawa county, and besides his store in Elmore, he also has a branch house in Genoa, which was established in 1876. It is conducted under the firm style of Jaeger & Bryant, Mr. Bryant being the manager. At Woodville, Ohio, Mr. Jaeger was united in marriage January 26, 1869, with Miss Helen A. Powers, who was 542 - COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. born near that city, October 10, 1848, a daughter of Charles and Lydia A. (Banks) Powers. Six children blessed their union, their names and dates of birth being as follows: Lucy P., September 25, 1870; Wilhelmina, March 14, 1872, died April 22, 1884; C. Ernest, July 12, 1876; Caroline L., February 29, 1880; Julia H., June 5, 1882; and Mary Margaret, January 2, 1892, died on the 17th of the same month. Mr. Jaeger takes an active interest in the welfare and advancement of the community in which he lives, has filled the office of township treasurer, and served as a member of the board of education for twelve years. He is a charter member of Elmore Lodge, No. 462, I. O. O. F.., and also a member of Robert A. Caldwell Post, No. 439, G. A. R. With the Presbyterian Church he and his family hold membership, and in its work he takes a deep interest; also takes an active part in Sunday-school work in the county, and has been president of the county S. S. Association for twelve years, or more. Politically Mr. Jaeger's views were in accordance with those of the Democratic party for many years, but for the past twelve years he has been an ardent worker in the ranks of the Prohibition party. True to his friends, true to his principles, and unyielding in his defense of right and justice, his high character and integrity are appreciated by all who know him or have business relations with him, and his genial manner has won him hosts of friends among all classes of citizens. As a soldier he did valiant service for his adopted country, and as a citizen he is equally loyal. Mrs. Jaeger's maternal grandmother, Mrs. Pamelia (Phillips) (Banks) Warriner, was born February 12, 1809, in Petersburg, N. Y., daughter of Elisha and Mary (Lewis) Phillips. She was married January I, 1826, to David B. Banks, who died in 1838, and in 1867 she married Mr. Warriner, who died in 1879. She is now making her home with Mr. and Mrs. Jaeger, and at the advanced age of eighty-six is enjoying good health. She was a pioneer of Seneca and Sandusky counties, having lived there at a time when the village of Woodville was unknown, and the county was still a wilderness and a swamp. Her father was born about 1782, her mother in March, 1791, and he was drowned in the Conewango creek, Pennsylvania, in 1840, she dying in 1886; he served a short time in the war of 1812. Mrs. Warriner's paternal grandfather, 'Squire Phillips, was born about 1752, and he and his wife, Anna (Gates), died in Pennsylvania, she preceding him several years to the grave. Her maternal grandfather, Augustus Lewis, was born about 1735, in Rhode Island, his wife, Ester Lewis, about 1745; both died in Petersburg, New York. CHARLES D. JOHNSON. Pominent among the enterprising, prosperous and progressive fruit growers of Danbury township, Ottawa county, who, by willing heart and hands, have attained an eviable position in the history of Ottawa county, stands the gentleman whose name here appears. He was born in the town of Westbrook, Middlesex Co., Conn., May 13, 1835, and is a son of William and Harriet (Hill) Johnson, who were also both natives of the Nutmeg State. The father died at Northford, Conn. , when Charles was but a youth, the mother coming to Danbury township soon after he had located here, and passed away at his home, April 23, 1894, at the very advanced age of ninety-one years. In the family were five children, three of whom still survive: Charles D. ; Frederick A. , a prominent resident of Danbury township; and William G., who makes his home in Canada. Our subject was reared to manhood in his native town amidst the surroundings of a comfortable home, and received the advantages of a liberal common- COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 543 school education. Since early life he has followed the vocations of fishing and farming, but of late years has devoted the greater part of his time to fruit culture, which he at present conducts on an extensive scale. In 1858 he located in Danbury township, and for thirty-seven years has now been a continuous resident, during which time he has done much toward developing the resources of the county, ever taking an active part in all matters having for their object the advancement of the interests of the county and township. In Danbury township, February 13, 1859, Mr. Johnson was united in marriage with Miss Harriet Hartshorn, who was born in that township December 27,1837, a daughter of Wyatt and Jane (Kelly) Hartshorn. To this union were born seven children, six of whom are yet living, as follows: Etta, born May 20, 1860, is the wife of Emanuel Jesse, a resident of Danbury township; Lottie, born November 18, 1862, is the wife of W. D. Preston, and they also make their home in Danbury township; Dewitt C., born July 6, 1864, lives at Lakeside, Ottawa county; Irwin C., born October 23, 1865, is a resident of Pennsylvania; Fletcher H., born September 26, 187o, is at present in Oregon; and Gertrude, born November t0, 1871, is a teacher in the Lakeside High School. Mr. Johnson is a firm Republican in politics, always casting his ballot with that party, and socially is a member of Castle Rock Lodge, Knights of the Golden Rule, of Lakeside. The family attend the Congregational Church, and are classed among the best people of the community, worthy of any distinction that may be conferred upon them. JOHN LUCKEY has the distinction of being the first white person born in Ottawa county, his natal day being April 6, 1824. His parents were John and Anna (Wolfly) Luckey. His maternal grandfather was a native of France, his maternal grandmother of Germany. He is the owner of one of the largest and finest farms in the county of his nativity. The valuable tract of land of 16o acres on which he now makes his home has been entirely cleared and developed by him. He cut down the timber, dug up the stumps, plowed, planted and fenced his land, and in the course of time rich fields of grain replaced the once wild tract. He also erected a fine brick residence, spacious barns and other outbuildings which are models of convenience. As time passed and his financial resources increased owing to his well-directed efforts and good business ability, he was enabled to add to his farm and by purchase extended its bounderies until it now comprises nearly 500 acres. Much of this he rents in order that he may be free from the care of the place and enjoy a more quiet life, together with the fruits of his former toil. His home has always been in Harris township, and his life has ever been a busy one, devoted to his business interests and his family. He has won the prosperity that comes from honest labor, and gained the confidence and good will of all with whom he has come in contact. In politics he is a supporter of the Republican party. His wife was born in Sandusky county, Ohio, July 28, 1833, and was educated in the public schools of Fremont. In 1850 she became a resident of Port Clinton, and in 1851 was married to George E. Bell, of Sandusky City, by whom she had one son, George E., who is now in business in Toledo. They became residents of Illinois, where Mr. Bell soon after departed this life. In 1858 was celebrated the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Luckey, in Elmore, Ohio, and their union has been blessed with three children: Della C., who was born October 31, 1859, now the wife of John N. Magee, a banker of Elmore; Oscar L., born April 20, 1861, and 544 - COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Rebecca M., born May I, 1863, and died September 16, 187o. The eldest daughter pursued a course of study in Oberlin College. Mrs. Luckey's father, Halsey Forger-son, was born February 3, 1789, in Orange county, N. Y., and on January 3, 183o, married Caroline Camp, who was born August 14, 1804, daughter of David Camp, who was born in 1778. His wife was born in 1787, and they became the parents of .ten children, all now deceased with the exception of a daughter, who reached the ripe old age of ninety-one years, dying September 3o, 1895. Mr. and Mrs. Forgerson had a family of four children, and the surviving representatives are Mrs. Ann Luckey and Mrs. Emily Beach. One brother, Oscar Forgerson, D. D. S., was born April 13, 1831, and died April 28, 1859, while Halsey F., born September 24, 1840, died August 28, 1843. The father of this family passed away in 1840, but Mrs. Forgerson died since this was written, September 3o, 1895. JOSEPH W. SYLVESTER, who at the advanced age of eighty-five years is in the enjoyment of good health and possessed of a freshness and vigor seldom seen in octogenarians, is a native of New Jersey, born April 6, 181o, in Essex county. He is a son of Obadiah and Mary (Wallen) Sylvester, who were of English descent, and the parents of children as follows: Hannah, Sarah, Benjamin, Obadiah, Jr., Wallen, Joel, Matilda, John, William, Phebe Ann, Susan Maria, Joseph W., and three who died in infancy. Twelve of these grew to maturity, most of them marrying in Ohio, and their descendants settled in different parts of the West—Obadiah in Tennessee and Wallen in Texas. In 1814 the family, after the death of the father, moved to Franklin county, Ohio, where the mother died in 1823, and our subject lived nine years, thence removing to Licking county, thence to Delaware county, remaining three years in each, after which, in 1828, he went to near Fremont, Sandusky county, and from there, in 183o, to Port Clinton, where he has since made his home. Obadiah Sylvester, father of our subject, died in Licking county, Ohio, when the latter was five years old. He was a Revolutionary soldier from his native State, Vermont, serving seven years, as did also three of his brothers. When they expressed a desire to fight for the independence of their country their mother exclaimed: " Go, my sons, and fight for your Country and Liberty! " Joseph W. Sylvester, the subject proper of these lines, learned the tanning business with his brother William in Delaware county, Ohio, and afterward worked for him in Port Clinton from 183o to 1840, in which latter year he was elected county treasurer, serving one term. Afterward, from 1844 to 186o, he carried on a boot and shoe business, and from 186o to 1872 a harness business in the same city, when, having been appointed deputy United States collector of customs for the port of Clinton, he retired from the trade, and for eight years, from 1872 to 188o, filled that incumbency. Since the year 1868 he has been fire insurance agent, representing the " Home," of Columbus, the " Cleveland," of Cleveland, Ohio, and the " Star," of New York. He now represents the " Phenix," of Brooklyn, and the " Queen," of New York. On March 1, 1849, Mr. Sylvester was married at Toledo, Ohio, to Miss Eliza Correll, who was born in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, April 1, 1826, daughter of Daniel and Sarah (Officer) Correll. The children of this union were Hattie E., John Wesley, Mary Eva, Edward J., Elmer G., and Susan M., only the first two of whom are now living. Hattie E. is living with her parents at the old home.. COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 545 stead; John W., who is a conductor on the L. S. & M. S. R. R. was married in 1878, at Port Clinton, to Lucy Gates, by whom he has three children—William Ray, Nora and Wallen Joseph. Our subject and his faithful wife have been residents of Port Clinton a great many years, as will be seen, and are held in universal respect. They are consistent and prominent members of the M. E. Church, at Port Clinton, which they joined in 1841; in politics Mr. Sylvester was originally a Whig, arterward, on the organization of the party becoming an equally ardent Republican. WILLIAM A. HOLBROOK. As an early pioneer of this State, a well-known agriculturist of Clay township, and a brave veteran of the Civil war, the subject of this sketch is well worthy of place in this volume, in which is preserved the record of many of the men who have aided in placing the " Buckeye State " in the proud position which she now holds. A man who has seen many vicissitudes of fortune, yet has always borne himself courageously, this honored citizen, with the faithful wife, who has traveled by his side without faltering for these many years, is now taking his ease, happily enjoying the sunset of life after the heat and burden of the day. Our subject is the son of Josiah G. and Clarissa (Felton) Holbrook, who were natives of Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, respectively, and his birth took place in Groton township, Huron (now Erie) county, Ohio, March 12, 1823. His education was very limited, as the school facilities at that early day were exceedingly meagre. A rough log cabin with puncheon floor and slab seats, with an aperture between logs, covered with greased paper doing duty for windows, very few and simple text books and a teacher who probably knew but little more than the pupils, were not great incentives to learning; yet from such schoolhouses have emanated some of the great minds who have controlled the nation. At twelve years of age our subject was thought old enough to take up the burden of life, and began work on the farm with his father. At this he labored until eighteen years old, when he learned the trade of a blacksmith, serving as an apprentice for five years. He then worked as a journeyman for a year and a half, when his eyesight became affected and he was forced to give up the business. He next took up the trade of a carpenter and builder, although he had no previous knowledge of it, and also worked as a shipwright for a period of three years. He then tried sailing on the lakes, and at one time commanded a boat plying on the Wabash Canal. In 1852, he went to Michigan, where he took any employment that came to hand, from that of a common laborer, to that of a contractor and builder. He remained there until enlisting September 3, 1862, in Company A, Third Michigan Cavalry. With his regiment he traveled over a good portion of the Southern States, and on March 12, 1863, in the engagement at Island No. 1o, he was shot in the left arm, the bullet passing through his shoulder and disabling him. He was sent to the hospital, where he remained one month, and then receiving leave of absence, went to his father's house in Sandusky county, where his wife was staying. After the expiration of his month's furlough, he returned to Camp Chase in July, but his wound still being troublesome he was discharged in August, as physically unable for duty. On leaving the army Mr. Holbrook spent a short time in Sandusky county and. then came to Clay township, locating at Genoa, where he was engaged in the cooper's business for three years. At the end of that time he sold out and purchased eighty acres of timberland in a part of the same township, which is now 546 - COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Allen township. At that time there were only three log cabins in the vicinity, no roads, no schools, nothing to foretell the great future in store for the State and county. With the energy and industry so characteristic of those grand old pioneers, our subject at once began work, and in a short time had built a cabin and cleared fifteen acres of the land. Becoming dissatisfied with his location he sold this place and bought forty acres in another part of Clay township. This was also timberland, and he began the work of carving out a home in the wilderness. By degrees the trees were felled, orchards planted, fields tilled and soon a comfortable dwelling house, with its accompanying barns and outhouses, transformed the place into a home worthy its industrious occupants. With his own hands Mr. Holbrook erected all the buildings upon the place, and with the aid of his devoted wife has secured the pleasant home where they are spending their later years, surrounded by their children, and happy in the consciousness of well-spent lives. On August 19, 1849, our subject was married in Sherman township, Huron county, to Miss Nancy Murry, and to them have come four Children, viz. : Lewella A., born in Huron county, June I, 1850, died at New Buffalo, Mich., August 29, 1857; Naomi, born November 22, 1856, at New Buffalo, and educated in Clay township, was married to George M. Pierson, who was killed in 1892, in a railroad accident at St. Louis (she has one child, Lillia, a graduate teacher at Port Clinton, where they reside); Jennie was born October 9, 1865, in Clay township, where she attended school, and was married June 8, 1894, to Elmer Rue, who is in the oil business at Gibsonburg, Sandusky county (they have no children); Eleazer M., born April 29, 1869, received his education in Genoa, and was married August 18, 1893, to Emma Ulrich, daughter of Charles Ulrich, a farmer of Clay township (one child has come to them, Annie Lewella, born May 14, 1895).. Josiah G. Holbrook, father of our subject, was born March 8, 1796, in New York State, where he was a farmer. In 1815 he came to Ohio, locating in Groton township, Huron (now Erie) county, and farming there for twelve years; he then removed to Sandusky county, and there resided until just before his death, which occurred in Michigan in 1882. He was first married in 1815, in the State of New York, to Deborah Olds, by whom he had three children: Alvina, Silas and Rachel. His wife died in Huron county December 17, 1819, and on October 22, 1820, he was again married, this time to Clarissa Felton, daughter of John Felton, of Sherman township, Huron county. To this marriage children were born as follows: Deborah, July 17, 1821 (died November 25, 1822); 'William A., March 12, 1823; Erastus F., November 21, 1824; Lucinda, September 2, 1826 (died August 25, 1827); Margaret, July 24, 1828; Sophia, March 26, 1832; Josiah, born July 10, 1830 (died in 1851); Samuel, April 25, 1836 (died October 25, 1836); Henry, born August 26, 1838; one child died in infancy. The mother of this family died in Sandusky county in May, 1872. James Murry, the father of Mrs. William Holbrook, was a native of Ireland, and came to this country when a lad of sixteen, learning the blacksmith's trade in New York, and working there until coming to Ohio, where he located in Huron county and followed his trade. He was married about 1814 to Miss Almira Slater, and they became the parents of five children, viz. : John, Naomi, Nancy (Mrs. Holbrook), James, and Eleazer (who died in April, 1865). Mr. Murry died in 1840 in Huron county. His wife passed away July 20, 1895, at the ripe old age of eighty-nine years. Mr. Holbrook is a strong supporter of the Republican party, from principle, and has no aspirations for office, never having COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 547 accepted even the smallest gift in that way that could be conferred upon him. He is content to do his duty for the sake of right, and commands the respect and esteem of all who know him. He belongs to Elliott Wyman Post No. 39, G. A. R., and in religious connection both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, attending services at Genoa. O. H. THOMAS, M. D., physician and surgeon, Fremont, Sandusky county, was born in Findlay, Hancock Co., Ohio, January 14, 1859, a son of James B. and Louisa H. (Abrams) Thomas. The father of our subject, a native of Virginia, was born in 1804, came to Ohio in 1818, and located in Gallia county. There he remained until after his marriage, when he removed to Hancock county, where he opened up a farm on which he resided until his death, which occurred December 5, 1877. His wife, who was also a Virginian, born of Huguenot ancestry, died at the old homestead in Findlay, April 6, 1863. They had ten children—five sons and five daughters—a record of them being as follows: Nannie is the wife of Alexander S. Skelley, of Ottawa, Ohio; Caroline is the wife of William Ramsey, of Findlay, Ohio; Martha is the wife of William Glauner, also of Findlay, Ohio; Jennie died at the age of. nineteen; Hattie is the wife of Ambrose Thomas, of McComb, Ohio; John A. is a contractor, of Findlay, Ohio; James N., who was a grocer, of Findlay, Ohio, died September 6, 1895; Percy C. , is a farmer, of Findlay, Ohio; Alexander P. is a farmer, of Weston, Ohio; our subject is the youngest, and all are yet living except Jennie. Dr. Thomas was reared in Findlay, Ohio, educated in the Findlay public schools, the Normal School at Ada, Ohio, also the Ohio University, at Delaware, Ohio, and taught school for four consecutive winters in Hancock county. In 1875 he began the study of medicine, and in 1876 he matriculated at the Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati, from which he graduated with the first honors of his class of 104 members, winning the Faculty prize, consisting of a fine microscope, March 1, 1882. He located the same year in Fremont, for the practice of medicine, and has since built up an extensive clientele. On June 6, 1888, Dr. Thomas married Jennie A. Rawson, youngest daughter of Jos. L. Rawson, whose family history appears elsewhere. Dr. Thomas is a member of the Northwestern Ohio Medical Association, also of the Ohio Medical Association, and a charter member of Fremont Lodge, No. 204, Knights of Pythias. SAMUEL A. MAGRUDER, manager of the S. A. Magruder & Co. banking house, Port Clinton, Ottawa county, is a native of that city, born October 8, 1843. James H. Magruder, his father, was a native of Maryland, born, in 1820, in Calvert county, where he was reared until he was about fifteen years old, his elementary education being received there. He then attended school at Washington, D. C., and at Gambier, Ohio, at which latter city he was graduated. He then studied law in Holmes county, Ohio, where he was admitted to the bar. In 1841 he came to Port Clinton, where he practiced law up to the time of his death, which occurred April 15, 1888. He became an important factor in the affairs of Ottawa county, which he served as prosecuting attorney several years. In 1874, in connection with his son, Samuel A., he established what is now known as the S. A. Magruder & Co.'s Bank, at Port Clinton, which has always enjoyed the reputation of doing a safe and conservative business. On December 27, 1842, James H. Magruder was married to Miss 548 - COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Elizabeth Hollinshead, who was born, in 1825, in Ohio, on Portage river, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Myers) Hollinshead, and a family of children" was born to this union. The mother is yet living in Port Clinton, hale and hearty, and ever taking a lively interest in the affairs of the family. The subject proper of these lines, whose name appears at the opening, attended the Port Clinton schools until he was fourteen years old, completing his education at the Sandusky High School, where he was graduated in June, 1859, after which he entered the business house of C. C. Keech, dealer in fur, wool, hides etc., Sandusky. Here he remained some sixteen years, or until 1874, when he returned to Port Clinton. Here on July 1st, of that year, in conjunction with his father, he opened what is now known as the S. A. Magruder & Co.'s Bank, of which he has since been manager. For several years he has been treasurer of the Port Clinton Board of Education, and has in many other ways proved himself a useful and progressive citizen. On October 19, 1876, Samuel A. Magruder was united in marriage with Miss Ella C. Mott, who was born March 14, 1851, in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, daughter of Judge C. R. Mott, of that city, and three children have been born to them, their names and dates of birth being as follows: Eleanor E., October 19, 1878; Mary Augusta, September 14, 1882 (died December 25, 1885); and Jessie Dorothea, February 22, 1886. In religious faith Mr. Magruder is an Episcopalian, but at present is identified with the U. B. Church. JOHN H. MAGEE is one of the pioneers of Ottawa county, not only in the settlement but also in its business interests. He established the first bank in Ottawa county, and is recognized as an able financier whose honorable business methods have gained him the confidence and respect of the entire community. He was born in New York, September 15, 1833, and is a son of James and Mary (Myers) Magee, the former of whom was born in the Empire State in 1786, the latter at about the same date. In 1838 they emigrated westward to Sandusky county, Ohio, where they purchased a farm and in this State spent their remaining days. The paternal grandfather of our subject, who was a native of Scotland, when only ten years of age ran away from home, boarded a man-of-war, and for six years remained on that vessel. He then went to New York City, and spent his remaining days in this country. The subject proper of this sketch was reared on the old home farm and acquired his education in a log schoolhouse with slab seats .and other primitive furniture. At the age of twenty he started out in life for himself, buying his time of his father. He was first employed as a laborer on the Lake Shore railroad, helping to grade the southern division. When this was completed he secured a clerkship with C. H. Haines, of Fremont, Ohio, for whom he worked two years, and was then employed by another firm of the same place for six years. While residing there he was married, in 1856, to Miss Anna Shepard, of Huron county, Ohio, and to them was born a son, John N., in 1857. He is now serving as cashier in the Bank of Elmore, and is a progressive business man. He married the only daughter of John Lucky, who was the first white male child born in Ottawa county. Mrs. Magee died in 1855, and in 1858 Mr. Magee was united in marriage with Miss Sarah Tench, of Erie county, Ohio, and to them have been born four children: Cyrus, Clarence, Ralph and Grace. In 1861 Mr. Magee removed from Fremont to Hessville, Sandusky Co., Ohio, where he engaged in merchandis- COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 549 ing, but his residence in that place covered a period of only fifteen months. He then sold out and came to Elmore, where he bought out Mr. Rider, and in 1864 established himself again in the mercantile business, which he continued until a period of fifteen years had elapsed. Once more he sold out, and his next enterprise was in the grain and pork business, buying and selling on an extensive scale for six years. He then extended his operations by adding to this the banking business, and controlled both interests for two years; but finding his attention largely taken up with the latter, he placed the grain business in care of his son, while he is devoting his energies to banking. He also owns a large stave factory, which is managed by his younger son. He is a highly enterprising and successful business man, whose careful management, well directed efforts and honorable dealing have won him the confidence of all concerned, and made him one of the most successful of Ottawa county's citizens. He is highly esteemed, and his fellow townsmen showed their appreciation of his worth and ability by electing him to the office of county treasurer of Ottawa county, in which capacity he served for four years, discharging his duties with credit to himself and satisfaction to his constituents. JOHN NEWMAN, retired farmer, of Fremont, Sandusky county, is a native of York county, Penn., born in November, 1809, son of John and Eve (Brenneman) Newman. John Newman, Sr., who was a weaver, died in York county at the age of sixty, and his wife passed away in Sandusky county, Ohio, when aged eighty. His (John's) father, Henry Newman, was born in Saxony, emigrated to America and settled in New York State. John Newman, Sr., was drafted in the war of 1812, at Little York, Penn., and saw some military service. His children were: Michael, a grocer and baker, who died in Fremont at the age of thirty-two; John, our subject; Lydia, who died unmarried at the age of twenty-six; Polly, who died in Pennsylvania, wife of John Carr; and Catharine, who first married David Burger (who was sheriff of Sandusky county two terms), and after his death wedded Patrick Graham, who died at Toledo, Ohio, in 1873. John Newman, our subject, was reared in Pennsylvania up to the age of twenty years, and had charge of a distillery. In 1836 he came to Ohio, locating at Tiffin, the following spring coming to Lower Sandusky, in which village he established a grocery and provision store. About the year 1840, when his brother died, he sold out and he and his sisters found work in other places. On April 8, 1841, he married at . Fremont, Ohio, Margaretta Livingstine, of Canton, Ohio, who was born January 31, 1822. She was a daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Wymen) Livingstine, natives of Alsace, France, and members of the Lutheran Church, who came to America, and settled in Riley township, Sandusky Co., Ohio, where the father died at the age of seventy-seven, and the mother when sixty-eight years of age. They had a family of seven children: Sarah, wife of George Hilt, of Sandusky county (both now deceased); Lizzie, who died in childhood on the ocean; Barbara, deceased wife of Henry Huffman, of Jackson township; Margaretta, wife of our subject; Anna, who died in childhood; Elizabeth, deceased wife of George Hendricks; and Charles, living in Riley township. Mrs. John Newman's grandfather, Charles Livingstine, was mayor of a small village in Germany for about thirty years. He was an Englishman by birth, and settled in Alsace to avoid service in the English army; he and his wife, Barbara, died in Germany. John Newman and his wife have lived