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JACOB ACKERMANN, one of the Trustees of the Society of Separatists, Zoar, was born September 24, 1803, in Wittenberg, Germany, son of George and Barbara (Pfaler) Ackermann. In 1817, he emigrated with his father's family to America. They were members of the Colony of Separatists that left Germany in consequence of religious persecution, and settled in Lawrence Township, this county. The children of George and Barbara Ackermann were

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nine in number, of whom our subject is the sole survivor. In his younger days, he was by trade and occupation a wagon-maker, and for years he worked on the lands of the society at his trade. In 1832, he was elected a Trustee of the society, and still serves in that capacity, being the senior member of the board. He was married in 1832, to Christena Zellers. Of their two children one survives, Christena, wife of John Sturm, a wagon-maker at Zoar. They have four children-Barbara, Lydia, Jacob and John.

KARL APP, merchant, Bolivar, was born May 15, 1855, son of Daniel and Dorotha (Wollers) App, natives of Wurtemberg. His mother was born August 27, 1820, and was married in January, 1841, to John J. Trump. They emigrated to America in 1842, and settled in Bolivar. By this marriage there were three children-John, Louisa and Amelia E. John enlisted in the army and was killed at the battle of the Wilderness. Amelia is the wife of A. C. Dickson. After the death of her first husband, who was a tailor, Mrs. Dorotha Trump was united in marriage, August 22, 1849, with Daniel App, like wise a tailor an' former partner of Mr. Trump. There were five children by this marriage-Matilda, wife of John Skeels, of Carroll County, Daniel, Karl, William F. and Ervin E. Karl, the subject of this sketch, was married February 5, 1878, to Olive E., daughter of Daniel Tomer, of Bolivar. They have two children, Floyd and Clarence A., the latter of whom died in infancy. Mr. App has been a teacher of music, but has been engaged for several years in general mercantile business at Bolivar. He is a prominent; promising young business man, and with his partner, a son of Daniel Tomer, commands a good trade,

JACOB F. BAAD, merchant, Bolivar, was born June 5, 1848, near New Bedford, Coshocton County, son of Jacob and Charlotte (Riedt) Baad, natives of Germany. Jacob Baad emigrated to America in August, 1832, and settled in Pennsylvania; in 1838, he came to Coshocton County, Ohio, remaining until 1880, when he retired from the farm and settled near Bolivar. He is a member of the Lutheran Church, and a Democrat. His family consisted of seven children, one of whom died in infancy. The survivors are Margaret of this township; John, of Coshocton County; Mary and Catherine, of this township; George, residing near Dover, Ohio; and Jacob F., , the subject of this sketch. He attended school near New Bedford, learned the shoe-maker trade. and followed it for four years. He clerked in the dry goods store of Dixon, Bailey & Howk for three years; then engaged to W. H. McMurray as clerk in the drug business eight months later; in the spring of 1873, he became a partner in the drug firm McMurray & Baad, which has been succeeded by Baad & Maurer. Mr. Baad was elected Township Treasurer in 1878, serving two years. His political views are in harmony with the Democratic party.

MRS. MAHALA BAKER is a daughter of Milton. and Catherine (Fashbaugh) Smith. She was born near Bolivar October 16, 1825, and was married April 25, 1846, to Robert Baker, a son of Nicholas and Margaret Baker, of London, Penn. Of her five children, but two-Florence Mahala and Altha May-are now living. Robert Baker was a wagon-maker by trade, but during the latter part of his life devoted most of his time to farming. He was a member of the old Odd Fellows Lodge at Bolivar, and his death occurred in 1862. Mrs. Baker still holds the farm of 179 acres of the best land in Sandy Township, but resides at Bolivar, where she also owns a fine property. Her sister, Mrs. Neighbor, of Newcomerstown, was twice married; her first husband was Martin Kline; two of their children survive-Mahala, now Mrs. Mulvane, and Winfield S. Kline. Her second husband was William Neighbor. By this union one child, Milton, survives.

THOMAS BENTON BAKER, dealer in groceries and provisions, Bolivar, Ohio, was born March 16, 1843, son of Nicholas and Mahala (Harbaugh)

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Baker. Maurice Baker, the great-grandfather of our subject, had seven children--Nicholas, Alexander, John, Richard. Mary and Catharine. The name of the youngest daughter cannot be ascertained, but at last accounts she was living in Virginia, and was married to James Murray. The children of Nicholas Baker, Sr., grandfather of T. B. Baker, were nine, viz.: William, Nicholas, Pointon, Obadiah, Maurice, John, Robert, Mary Z. and Elnor. The only child of Mary Z. is Margaret A. C. Retree. The children of Nicholas Baker, Jr., are Thomas B., Richard E., Mary Z. and Clara M. Nicholas Baker, Jr., was born in Maryland September 29, 1809. Since the death of his father, N. Baker, Jr. (he died January 13, 1883, at the age of seventy-three years), our subject has carried on the grocery and provision business. Up to the time of his death, Nicholas Baker, Jr., father of T. B. Baker, had been a resident of Bolivar from the year 1852, and was four times elected Justice of the Peace of Lawrence Township. His commissions were signed, in 1864, by John Brough; in 1867, by J. D. Cox; in 1870. by R. B. Hayes, and in 1873 by Edward F. Noyes. He was also elected a number of times to the office of Township Clerk.

SIMON BEITER, originally Beuter in Germany, Trustee of Lawrence Township twenty-four years, was born October 28, 1819, son of Joseph and Johanna (Hoelsche) Beiter. who emigrated from Holenzalern, Germany, to America in 1847, and lived and died at Zoar. Their children were Raymond, Bernhardt, Simon, Donisius and Agatha. Agatha remained in Germany. Our subject emigrated from Germany to America in 1840, Donisius in 1842, Bernhardt in 1845, and Raymond in 1847, with his parents. Simon was married in 1844 to the daughter of Christopher Lessing, a Dative of Germany. The two children of Mr. and Mrs. Simon Beiter are Albert J. and Amelia. Both are married. The latter is the wife of Jacob Burkhard, and has one child-Clara. Mr. Beiter has been Justice of the Peace fifteen years; has the management of the extensive gardens at Zoar, and is one of the society's prominent members.

DAVID BELKNAP, farmer, P. O. Bolivar, is the son of B. S. and Barbara (Cable) Belknap. His ancestors were pioneers of Vermont, and took part in the thrilling border warfare of those early times. A great uncle of our subject was taken captive by a raiding band of savages and endured great suffering. B. S. Belknap emigrated to Virginia from Vermont in 1800. In 1805, he came to Ohio and participated in the war of 1812. He afterward commenced the study of medicine at Cadiz and Freeport, and began practice in Lawrence and Sandy Townships, this county. Dr. Belknap was very successful in the treatment of chills and fever, then the most prevalent disease, and rode day and night. Once; in crossing the Tuscarawas, his boots filled with water which froze so hard that his boots had to be cut off his feet. His arduous du duties so told upon his constitution that the Doctor was obliged to retire. He was Justice of the Peace six years, then Trustee and Assessor. Once, in attempting to quiet some roughs, he received a severe cut in the face. He was a member of the Masonic order. His family consisted of three sons and one daughter. Of these, David, our subject, was married in 1854, to Elizabeth, daughter of John Kline, of this township. Their family consists of three sons and three daughters-Charles S., Alice Cary, Flora Adel, Elmer G., Della M. and Ralph H. Mr. Belknap is a member of the Evangelical Church.

DANIEL W. BENDER, farmer, P. O. Bolivar, was born September 18, 1842, son of Henry and Sarah (Mock) Bender, natives of Pennsylvania. Henry Bender emigrated from Franklin County, Penn., to Ohio, in 1837 or 1838; worked for a time with his uncle, Daniel Bender, a carpenter, and followed this occupation for seven or eight years. He then removed to Indiana, and soon

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after returned to Ohio, purchasing a farm of Jacob Garber. He remained there two years, then bought a farm of his father in Stark County. Two years later he purchased from Philip Kline a farm near Bolivar; removed to it, and died October 29, 1877, leaving a family of three children-Daniel W., Mary E. and Nancy C. Mary E. is the wife of J. J. Lebold, and Nancy is the wife of Frank Lebold. of Bolivar. Daniel W. was married, February 2, 1865, to Miss Diary E. Kahler, whose father came to this country from Germany when about six teen years old. Her mother was a native of Virginia. They have been blessed with four children, all living, viz.: William L., James E., Della M. and Conrad C. Mr. Bender owns a fine farm near Bolivar, whereon he has recently erected a new residence. He is a pleasant, jovial gentleman, a Republican, and, with his wife, is a member of the German Baptist Church.

LEWIS F. BOERNGEN, proprietor of Anchor Mills, Bolivar, was born in Saxony, Germany, September 23, 1853; son of Abraham and Sophia (Friedeman) Boerngen, who emigrated with their family to America in 1867. The family consisted of eight children-Maria, Augusta, Pauline, Rosalie, Armilius, Bertha, Anna and Lewis F.. the subject of this notice. He was married, April 8, 1880, to Emma W. Renkert, of Dover, Ohio. They have one child - Ida May. Mr. Boerngen has purchased the Bolivar flour mill, and during the summer of 1883 completely refitted it with the machinery for manufacturing flour by the new and improved roller process. The improvements have cost over $7,000. It is a merchant mill, and has a capacity of 100 barrels per :day. Mr. Boerngen is one of the active, energetic young business men of Bolivar:

TILMAN CLARK (deceased) was born March 15, 1820, in Pennsylvania, where he was married December 12. 1846, to Margaret J., daughter of Abraham Milliken. He was a blacksmith by trade, and in May, 1851, emigrated to Ohio and settled at Bolivar. He here pursued his avocation until the rebellion began. In 1862, he enlisted in Company D, Fifty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and after two years and three months service, fell a sacrifice to his country. He died from the effects of a wound at the hospital, Nashville, Tenn. Of his seven children, five are now living-Mary A., wife of William Lenhart ; Amzi, who is married to-Diary Kline; Leroy W., Rezin and Ida E. Phebe J. died October 22, 1860, and Cora E. November 9, 1861. Rezin spent his school days in the village of Bolivar. and commenced teach. ing at the age of twenty-one. He taught for three successive years, and on the 4th of July, 1876, opened a photograph gallery at Bolivar, and has followed this art at this place since. He is an excellent artist, and the effects of his skill are manifested in his successful business.

ALBERT C. DICKSON, merchant, Bolivar, was born December 5, 1845, son of John and Louisa (Knause) Dickson. John Dickson was married, November 8, 1835, and settled in Sandyville, this county; removed to Bolivnr in 1859, where he died in 1871. His wife, Louisa, was a daughter of John Knause, a native of Germany, who emigrated to North Carolina in 1783, and to Warwick Township, this county, in 1803; afterward settling near Gnadenhutten. The family of John and Louisa Dickson consisted of eight children, four of whom survive- Emeline, Anna E., Albert C. and Emmett Clay-all married. Mrs. Louisa Dickson resides with her daughter, Mrs. Evans. Albert C. Dickson was married, September 16, 1873, to Amelia, daughter of John Trump, a native of Germany. They have been blessed with three children - Charles B., Clara Louisa and Oscar Martin, who died in infancy. Mr. Dickson has been engaged in mercantile pursuits for many years in the firm of Dickson & Hawk, but has recently disposed of his interest to Mr. Bailey. Mr. Dickson is an affable gentleman, and one of Bolivar's best citizens.

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JOHN H. EVANS, farmer, P. O. Bolivar, was born January 22, 1834, in Sandy Township, Ohio, son of Michael and Katie (Farber) Evans. He was married, January 1, 1857, to Miss Helen Davy, daughter of Washington Davy of Fairfield Township. Their children are four in number-Alfred D., Catherine E., William M. and Maggie F. Mr. Evans is Republican in politics, and one of the community's best citizens. He resides on a farm in the eastern part of Lawrence Township. His father, Michael Evans, a retired farmer living near Sandyville, was born November 24, 1810, son of David and Margaret (Wagoner) Evans, natives of Pennsylvania, who emigrated to Ohio in 1813, and settled in Stark County, where they remained till death. Michael is now one of the oldest pioneers of Sandy Township. He was married March 7, 1833, to Katie, a native of Morristown, N. J., and the daughter of John Farber, who emigrated to Ohio in 1806-7. Their son, John Farber, was the first white child born in Sandy Township. Michael Evans and wife were blessed with eight children, of whom six are living--John H., James, Elizabeth, Margaret, Mary and George; all married except the last named, who resides on the home farm with his venerable parents. Michael Evans began life with slight means, and has by industry and application acquired a competency. He has passed through many privations incident to pioneer times, and now. in the quiet of old age, resides on one of the best farms in Sandy Township.

JAMES F. EVANS, grain-dealer, Bolivar, was born in Sandy Township, this county, May 15, 1838, son of Michael and Catherine (Farber) Evans. His father is a native of Wales, and is a resident of this county. James F., the subject of this notice, attended the schools in this county, and completed his education at the Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio. He was married, September 26, 1867, to Anna E. Dickson, daughter of John Dickson, of Bolivar. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Evans consists of five children - Grace, Emma, Anna, James M and Julia. Mr. Evans is a Republican, and himself and wife, members of the English Lutheran Church. He was a clerk in the Farmers & Mechanics Exchange from 1856 to 1859, then entered mercantile business for himself, dealing also in wool and grain. until 1869, when the firm of J. Dickson & Co., of which he was a member, dissolved, and Mr. Evans commenced to trade in grain, wool and small seeds, which he has continued ever since. His warehouses are located on the canal, which, until the recent building of the railroad, was the main transfer line. He handles about 80,000 bushels of wheat, besides other grain, and from 100,000 to 125,000 pounds of wool annually.

JEREMIAH FLAD, blacksmith, Bolivar. was born in Rittenburg, Germany, in 1823, son of Balthazer and Sibola (App) Flad. He learned the locksmith trade, and in 1845 emigrated to America and settled in Bolivar, where he commenced blacksmithing. He was married in June, 1851, to Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Roof, a native of Switzerland. They have had seven children, five of whom, Rosine, Catherine, John, George and Mary, are living. Rosine is the wife of Alexander Anders. a shoe-maker by trade; Catherine is the wife of Hamilton Kline, a carpenter and a son of Samuel Kline of Bolivar; John was married May 1, 1881, to Lizzie, daughter of Charles Winters; they have one child-Florence Herby; Mary is at home; John and George are locksmiths at Bolivar. Mr. Flad and family are members of the German Lutheran Church.

VALENTINE, DAVID and LYDIA ANN GIBLER, farmers, P. O. Bolivar, are the children of Henry and Mary (Rhinehart) Gibler, who emigrated from Pennsylvania to Stark County, Ohio. in 1810-11, and in 1825 removed to this township, settling on the farm, near Bolivar, on which stand the ruins

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of Fort Laurens. Henry and Mary Gibler had six children; Aaron died in 1837; Henry, in 1859, and John in 1877. Of the three survivors, Valentine was born July 23, 1833; David, April 27, 1836: Lydia Ann, April 19, 1840. They are all unmarried, and reside on the home farm, which they till in com mon. Mrs. Mary Gibler died October 23, 1873. Henry Gibler commenced life for himself with 25 cents. Nearly all the furniture and other necessary articles he himself made. Wheat was then cut with a sickle, threshed with a flail, cleaned by shaking in a sheet before the wind, and hauled on a sled on the bare ground to Canton, where a bushel was exchanged for a pound of coffee, and the balance of the load for a very little calico. The fine farm on which our subjects reside cost their father $150. It is one of the best in the township, and from its generous crops they have accumulated a sufficient competency. Valentine and David Gibler are Republicans. Their great-grandfather was one of the soldiers who garrisoned Fort Laurens in 1778-79.

MRS. MAGDALINE GIBLER, farmer, P. O. Bolivar, widow of John Gibler, was born August 6, 1833, the daughter of Daniel and Magdaline (Swank) Younkman, natives of Pennsylvania, who emigrated to Stark County, Ohio, in 1810-11. Our subject was the eighth child in a family of twelve children. She was married, in 1852, to John Gibler, son of Henry Gibler. He died October 10, 1877, leaving the following seven children: Mary E., Melissa J., William H., David V., Lydia Ann, Adaline F. and John Franklin. Melissa J. is the wife of Henry Spohnhauer, and Mary E. of Nathan Bose, of Stark County. Mrs. Gibler resides on an excellent farm located near Bolivar, where her children have the advantages of the best schools. Her sons manage the farm for her.

DR. SETH HATTERY, physician, Bolivar, was born July 7, 1849, and is a son of Ephraim and Mary (Favara) Hattery. He attended school in this county until 1868, when he commenced teaching, and continued it for several years in different parts of this county and at Wilmot, Stark County. He then commenced the study of medicine with Dr. Lewis, of Dover, Ohio; attended medical college at Columbus, Ohio, during the winter of 1877-78; con. tinned his course of reading during the ensuing summer, and attended Bellevue Hospital Medical College, graduating in the spring of 1879. He located in the village of Bolivar, where he has since pursued his profession successfully. Dr. Hattery is of the Democratic faith, and is a member of the Masonic fraternity. He was married, November 22, 1882, to Cora E., daughter of Amos Woodling.

LEWIS A. HELWICK, manufacturer and dealer in furniture, Bolivar, was born May 8, 1843, in Saxony, Germany. He is a son of Elias and Christina (Reichter) Helwick, who emigrated to America in 1852, and settled in Coshocton County, Ohio, where they remained till death. Of their sixteen children, six are living, viz.: Hiram, Toney, Polly, Christina, Anna and Lewis A.-all married. Lewis A., the subject of this notice, was married, October 15, 1866, to Catherine Baad, daughter of Jacob Baad, of Bolivar. Five of their eight children are living-Jacob E., Martin, Amelia, Ids A. and Josephine M.; all attending school. Mr. Helwick came to Bolivar in the autumn of 1867, and at once commenced the manufacture of furniture and the undertaking business, which he has carried on successfully up to the present time. In his retail store, he keeps on band a large and varied assortment of goods, such as may be found in surrounding cities. He is a member of the German Lutheran Church, and in politics is liberal.

JAMES HICKMAN, farmer, P. O. Bolivar, was born March 8, ---- in Washington County, Penn., son of Daniel and Sarah (Black) Hickman, both

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of whom died in Pennsylvania. Daniel Hickman was twice married; first to Rachel Neeld, by whom he had two children, one of whom, John, is living. By his second wife, Sarah Black, he had four children, three of whom, James, Stewart and Eliza J., are living. Eliza J. is married to William Becher, and has two children -Retta and Zua. James, the subject of this sketch, was married November 17, 1865, to Maggie, daughter of Michael Evans, of Sandy Township. Four of their five children are living-Sarah, Adell, William and an infant. Herbert died June 25. 1852. Mr. Hickman owns 176 acres, adjoining Bolivar. His fine farm is the site of Post's Indian Mission in 1761, and an extensive Indian burial ground. His family have in their possession many relics, including a horn which was blown in Germany more than a hundred years ago. Mr. Hickman is a quiet, unostentatious farmer, and one of the solid, substantial citizens of the county. In politics, he is Republican.

DR. S. D. HILDT, physician and surgeon, Bolivar, was born April 29, 1819, son of Francis and Lydia (Shrock) Hildt, early settlers of Dover Township. Francis Hildt emigrated from Maryland in 1827 with his father, who settled on the North Branch of Crooked Run. He (Francis) was one of seven children. His wife, Lydia Shrock, came with her parents from Pennsylvania in the spring of 1812. They settled on the South Branch of Crooked Run, moving into the woods and cutting a road to their cabin. which the first summer contained neither door nor window. Mrs. Lydia Hildt had two brothers and three sisters. Of the four children of Francis and Lvdia Hildt. but two survive, Mrs. Mary Ammon and Simon, the subject of this s ;etch, who spent his early days on Crooked Run, and at seventeen taught the same district school he had been attending. At eighteen, he entered Otterbein College, and remained two years. He was then a clerk for eighteen months in the store of his uncle, Daniel Hildt. Next our subject commenced the study of medicine with Drs. O. G. Seldon & Son, of Dover, Ohio. In 1872-73, he attended lectures at the Medical Department of Wooster University. Cleveland. and in 1873-74 at Miami Medical College, Cincinnati. In June, 1874, he commenced the practice of medicine at Bolivar, where be has since continued with success. The Doctor was married, October 10, 1873, to Ella E., daughter of John Lessick, of Bolivar. They have one child, Harry E. Dr. Hildt is Republican in politics.

KEEL BROTHERS, liverymen, Bolivar, is a firm composed of John W. and Harry H. Keel. They are natives of Stark County, and are sons of David and Sarah (Beazel) Keel, the former a native of Ohio, died of heart disease in 1872; the latter is a native of Pennsylvania. The family of David and Sarah Keel consisted of four children, namely, Harry H.. Joseph E., Helen M. and John W. The last named is a member of Lake City Lodge. I. O. O. F., Warsaw, Ind., where he resided a number of nears. and returned in 1882. Harry H. is a member of the Masonic order at Bolivar. The Keel Brothers are the proprietors of a fine livery stable at Bolivar. and are enterprising and energetic young men.

SAMUEL C. KLINE, Justice of the Peace and Notary Public, was born near Bolivar May 10, 1813, son of John and Elizabeth (Musser) Kline, and grandson of John Kline and of Samuel Musser. Samuel Musser was the first settler of Lawrence Township, coming in 1803. Grandfather Kline settled in Sandy Township in 1807. The family of John and Elizabeth (Mussed Kline consisted of nine children, five of whom survive-Jacob B., Michael, Daniel, Nathaniel W. and Samuel. the subject of this sketch, who received his education in the primitive log cabins of pioneer tunes. He was raised in the wilderness and witnessed the dangers and privations incident to those early, struggling times. Wolves howled around the cabin door when Samuel C., then a mere boy, and a trusty dog were the only occupants; a large rattlesnake

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was once found in the cabin coiled under the cradle in which a babe lay sleeping. The early cabin contained neither door nor window, only an entrance for the former and a hole for the latter. Samuel C. has met and killed venomous serpents and wild animals no longer found in Ohio, and his life of three score years and ten has been an eventful one, covering the period of the county's development. He was married in September, 1835, to Elizabeth, daughter of Conrad Zutavern, a native of Germany. Their family consists of nine children, of whom the following survive: Louise E., Cleveland, Ohio; Cynthia E., Stark County, Ohio; Anne M.. Fort Wayne, Ind. ; Ida P., Cleveland, Ohio; William H., Chicago, Ill.; W. Hamelton, W. S. and Mary reside in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. Mr. Kline has been Notary Public for seven years, and Justice of the Peace for three. He is Republican in politics; is a Mason, and is one of the well-to-do citizens of the township, rising from small means to his present property.

WINFIELD S. KLINE, farmer, P. O. Bolivar, is a son of Samuel C. and Elizabeth (Zutavern) Kline, who were among the oldest pioneer families of the township. Winfield S. was worried, May 5, 1872, to Miss Adeline, daughter of Samuel and Mary E. Parks, natives of Ireland. Their family consists of two children - Elvero Curtis, born March 2, 1873, and Florence A., born January 8 1875. Mr. Kline resides on the old home farm of his father.

ISAIAH KLINE, farmer, P. O. Bolivar, was born April 5, 1845, son of John and Catharine (Cagan) Kline, natives of Ohio, whose children now living are as follows: Elizabeth, wife of David Belknap; Margaret, wife of John Hickman; Philip, who is married to Elizabeth Belknap; Isaiah; Lucinda, wife of Samuel Byce. of Chillicothe; David C., of Dakota; Timothy L. and Martin M.. at home. Isaiah, the subject of this notice, was married, September 22, 1868, to Miss Libbie, daughter of Milton Smith, of Sandy Township. Their children are all living, and are Florence D., Lorena M., Ervin E., Harry D., John B. and Fred Garfield. Mr. Kline is Republican in politics, and is a member of the Lutheran Church.

WILLIAM E. LASH, stock dealer, Bolivar, was born February 14, 1846, son of Andrew and Elizabeth (Yunkman) Lash. who emigrated from Pennsylvania and settled in Stark County. Their family consisted of fourteen children, of whom eleven are living, as follows: Catherine, the wife of James Martin, resides in Kansas; Jacob, married to Mrs. Lydia Baker, lives in Stark County; Mary, wife of Dr. J. Parks, lives at Phillipsburg, this county; Levi, who married Christena Mane, resides in Stark County; Teresa, now Mrs. John F. Reiger, of this county; John O., a saddler, married to Callie Smith, of Stark County, resides in Bolivar; Andrew J., married to Amanda Newhouse, lives in Stark County; Daniel F., married to Flora Corns, lives in Stark County; David M., married to Kittie Parker, also lives in Stark County; Callie E., single, and lives with her mother in Stark County; and William E., the subject of this sketch, was married. March 22, 1868, to Priscilla E'. Shrefller, of Stark County, daughter of Thomas and Catherine Shreffler, natives of Dauphin County, Penn. To Mr. and Mrs. William E. Lash was born one child, Carrie A. Delle. Mr. Lash now resides in Bolivar. He has been Township Trustee for three years past, and is a member of the Masonic order. He is one of Bolivar's most substantial citizens, and is now elected County Commissioner of Tuscarawas County,

JOHN LEBOLD, farmer. P. O. Bolivar, was born in 1816, son of Conrad and Helwic Lebold, the former of whom died in 1868, the latter in 1862, They emigrated from Germany to Ohio in 1830, and settled on the farm now occupied by our subject. It contains 200 acres, and was purchased by Conred Lebold for $1,600. From it, a delightful view is obtained over the bean-

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tiful valley of the Tuscarawas. Of the nine children of Conrad and Helwic Lebold, five are living, viz.: Conrad J., Helwic, Christina, Barbara and John. The last named, the subject of this sketch, was married, in May, 1841, to Catharine, daughter of Jacob Maurer. They have had eleven children, eight of whom are living, namely, Jacob, John J., Samuel A., Conrad H., William F., Susan, Catharine and Lizetta, all of whom are married except two. Conrad is married and resides with his parents at the old homestead.

FRANK A. LEBOLD, farmer, P. O. Bolivar, was born February 24, 1851, son of Fredric and Maria (Zutavern) Lebold, natives of Germany, who emigrated to Ohio in 1810, and settled near Bolivar, Lawrence Township, on the farm whereon the first house in the township was built. Their children were five, all of whom are living, viz.: C. H., Maria, Helwick, Frank A. and Lina, all married. Three reside in Kansas. Fredric Lebold was married to his second wife, Miss Mary Baad, in October, 1867, and died in 1880. His widow still lives, and resides with her father. Frank A. Lebold was married March 7, 1872, to Charlotte, daughter of Henry Bender. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lebold are six, five of whom are living-Charles Henry, Conrad M., Ralph H., Wells E. and George W. Mrs. Lebold is a member of the German Baptist Church. He is liberal in his political views.

JOHN LESSICK, originally "Lessig," carpenter and joiner, Bolivar, was born in Westmoreland County, Penn., June 16, 1815, son of John M. and Mary (Stinebaugh) Lessick, the former a native of Saxony, Germany, the lat ter of Pennsylvania. John M. Lessick emigrated to America between 1780 and 1790. He was a member of the militia during the war of 1812, but to his wife's relief, was not called into service. Their family consisted of nine children, seven of whom are yet living, viz.: Rebecca (deceased), Elizabeth (deceased), Joseph, John, Lewis, Mary, Jacob, Simon and George. John Lessick, our subject, was married, September 14, 1887, to Catherine Brump, born September 22, 1818, the fifth of the eight children of Benjamin and Mary (Bretts) Brump, the former coming to Philadelphia from England in 1797-98, the latter a native of Pennsylvania. John Lessick came to Ohio in 1837, settling in Stark County. A year later he removed to Bolivar, where he still re sides. He is a Republican, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Ten of his eleven children survive, one having died in infancy, viz.: Mary A., Elmira, Melissa, Erastus B. L., Alonzo L. E., Martin T. H., John A. M., Catherine C., Ellen E. and Maria A.

JOHN ALBERT M. LESSICK, attorney at law, Bolivar, was born May 1, 1851, in Bolivar, son of John and Catherine (Brump) Lessick. His school days were passed in this township. At the age of sixteen, he acquired the carpenter's trade, and worked at it till the autumn of 1878. He was elected Justice of the Peace in 1876, and re-elected in 1879. He has also served as Township Clerk. Mr. Lessick commenced the study of law in 1876, and was admitted to the bar September 6. 1878, since when he has practiced in his native village. He was married, December 11, 1873, to Christena M. Lipps. born March 16, 1852, in Dover. Ohio, daughter of William and Maria Lipps, of this township, who were both natives of Germany. Their family consists of three children--Charles, Edwin M. and Florence A. Mr. Lessick is a Republican in politics, and is the ruling attorney of his township.

JACOB MAURER, farmer, P. O. Bolivar, was born October 17, 1824, son of Jacob and Susan (Masser) Maurer, natives of Germany, who emigrated to Ohio in 1840, and settled near Dundee, in Wayne Township, Tuscarawas County. They remained residents of that place five years, and died there. Of their seven children five are living, viz.: Catherine, Christina, Frederick, Christian and Jacob, the subject of this sketch, who was married, in June,

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1854, to Margaret, daughter of Jacob Baad. Mr. and Mrs. Maurer have eleven children, all living, as follows:- Jacob L., John B., Christian F., George C., William H., Christiana K., Mary M., Lottie S., Frederick G., August A. and Albert T. Jacob is married to Olive, daughter of Thomas Bechtel, and John to Caroline, daughter of Henry Haglock. All are members of the German Lutheran Church. Mr. Maurer is Democratic in politics. He owns an excellent farm of 205 acres, located on the Zoar & Sandyville roads. It is highly improved, and commands a fine view of the surrounding beautiful country.

MICHAEL J. MILLER, member of the Zoar Society, was born April 16, 1807, son of John Miller, who in 1817 emigrated from Wurtemberg, Germany, with his family to America with the colony of Separatists. They settled in this township, then a vast wilderness. John Miller was a blacksmith, and followed his trade for a number of years at Zoar, until he was elected a Trustee of the society. He died in 1832, of cholera, and his widow in 1850. Their three children were Michael J., Anna Maria and Rosanna. Michael J., in his younger days, was a herder of cattle on the lands of the society. He was married, in February, 1832, to Lucy, daughter of George Ackermann, a former Trustee of the society. Their one child died in infancy, and Mrs. Miller followed it to the grave in August, 1833. Mr. Miller was again married in 1836, to Mrs. (Border) Linderman, who by her former marriage had one son, who died in the army. To Mr. and Mrs. Miller were born three children, two of whom, Louisa and Joseph, are living. Louisa, who was the widow of Jacob Brymier, is the wife of William Lipps; by her first marriage she had one child-David Brymier, Principal of the Zoar Schools. Joseph was born April 11, 1840. He remained at Zoar till 1861, when he worked for the Society of Economites, remaining with them nine years and six months. He was. married, May 2, 1867, to Maggie Shillkopf, and has two children-Emma J. and Josephine. He owns a fine garden and hot house near Bolivar, and is also foreman in the Bolivar Planing Mill, and one of that village's enterprising citizens. Michael J. Miller in early life followed milling, carpentering, engineering and other avocations, and is now retired from active work, a venerable and highly esteemed member of the Zoar Society.

JACOB PALMER, farmer, P. O. Bolivar, was born May 19, 1827, son of Charles and Susan (Fisher) Palmer, who emigrated from Pennsylvania and settled near Sandyville in the autumn of 1830, and one and a half years later came to the farm now occupied by Jacob. It is pleasantly located on an elevation, and the grounds are now beautified by the labor of its owner with flowers and shrubbery. The country was then quite new, only a clearing and log cabin here and there Everything was made of wood, even the nails. Charles Palmer was a member of the United Brethren Church. He had only a limited education, but gave his children all the advantages the times afforded. The Testament and United States spelling book were the principal books used. Jacob Palmer, the subject of this sketch, was one of six children, five of whom are now living. He was married, December 2, 1849, to Barbara A. Shue, one of two children, she having a sister Margaret, and a native of Ohio. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Palmer are Philip C., Principal of the Sparta Normal School; Lucy A. and Sarah Melissa, also a teacher. Mr. Palmer is a member of the Lutheran Church, and in politics is a Republican.

J. W. PFEIFFER, teacher, Bolivar, was born in Prussia March 14, 1849, son of Henry and Margaret (Laux) Pfeiffer, who emigrated to America in 1853, and settled in Dover, Ohio. His family consisted of the following children: Frederick (at home), Charles (married to Catherine, daughter of Francis

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Baker), Lewis (who died young), and John W. (the subject of this sketch), who was married April 4, 1878, to Emma Morris, of Harrison County, Ohio. They have two children-Daisy Mary and Brook. Mr. Pfeiffer attended school at the Dover Union Schools, and finished his education at Hopedale Normal College. He was then teacher in the first department of the Zoar Union School, and is now Principal of the Bolivar Public Schools, having held the position for four years. He is a successful teacher. Mr. Pfeiffer has in his possession an Indian tomahawk of ancient date and English pattern, found in a hollow tree in this township.

THE POTSCHNER FAMILY. Carl Gottfried was born in Riesa, Kingdom of Saxony, Germany, January 9, 1793. His parents, John Gottfried (a butcher by profession) and Hanna C. (Hauplin) Potschner, died when he was quite young, and he was raised by his grandparents, who were owners of a water-mill in Riesa. From 1806 to 1808, he learned the shoe-maker's trade with John G. Ahligen, and after that he went to traveling as "jour." In 1814 or 1815, he went to Freienwalde, on the Oder River, Brandenburg Province. Prussia, where he worked at his trade; united with the Evangelisch Church there, and, October 15, 1818, married Louisa F., the only daughter of John C. Mechelke, born February 25, 1796, at the same place. He worked at his trade here until his death, which occurred February 8, 1873, his wife dying several years earlier (June 6, 1858). They raised a family of six children - Carl Frederick (deceased), August, Caroline (deceased), Heariette, Maria and Ernst. The survivors reside at their birthplace, except Augast, who lives in Christian County, Ill. All the male members, since Carl Gottfried, were and are practical shoe-makers. Carl Frederick Potschner, the oldest son of Carl Gottfried Potschner, was born November 18, 1819, reared in the Evangelisch Church, learned his father's trade, and in the spring of 1847 emigrated to America. He worked at his trade in Buffalo, N. Y., for two years; then engaged in the service of the American Tract Society of New York City as colporteur, and was sent to Ohio in the fall of 1849. For nine years he labored in Wayne, Stark, Tuscarawas and Carroll Counties, traveling afoot, and carry, in- his books in a large hand trunk. The first two years he made Bolivar his home, residing with Henry Stallman. he married Rosina Catharine. oldest daughter of Cristoph Bader, October 8, 1852, and settled near Navarre, Stark County. In the spring of 1859, he removed to near Dover, Tuscarawas County, and resumed his trade. In the spring of 1862, he removed to Huntington County, Ind., where he died of dropsy, February 15, 1866, after an ill ness of two years. The widow returned to Ohio. and is now living at Strasburg, Tuscarawas County. The children are Charles (who died when quite young), William Peter, Caroline Louisa, Emilie, Maria Sophia, ia, Rosina Wilhelmina and John Henry. All are now living in this county except Emilie, wife of Edwin Kryder, who resides at Napoleon, Ohio. (Carl F. was a Democrat in politics.) William Peter Potschner, son of Carl F., was born September 15, 1854, in Stark County. He was married. April 23, 1878, to Catharine, oldest daughter of Henry Vogt, a native of Hesse Cassel, Germany. Their children are Charles H. (born August 21, 1879), Stella L. (born February 27, 1881), and Annie Mary (born January 28, 1883). Mr. Potschner is engaged in the boot and shoe trade at Bolivar, and does an extensive business. He is a member of the Evangelical Church, and in politics is Republican.

JOHN RAMSEY, Bolivar, is the youngest of a family of four boys and one girl. He was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, in March, 1830. His father, James Ramsey, died in March, 1832. His mother, whose maiden name was Lavey Huston, having the deepest interest in the welfare of her family, disposed of her property, and in 1842 emigrated to America, settling with her

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family on a farm three miles west of Bolivar, where she died in 1856, leaving her daughter Margaret and two oldest sons, James and Christopher, occupants of the farm. William, the third son, read medicine with Drs. Bennett & Hodge, and located at Delta, Fulton County, Ohio, in 1852, where he still re sides. The youngest son and subject of this sketch learned the saddler's trade at Bolivar, where in 1852 he opened for himself a shop, continuing in the business to the present time. By close attention, he has made his business a success. He still holds an interest in the shop, but devotes much time to business outside. In January, 1863, he was married to Angeline, daughter of Isaac and Sarah Crisman, the former a native of Pennsylvania, the latter of Maryland. Their children are James M. (born November 26, 1863), and Sarah Belle (born October 25, 1869). Mr. Ramsey is a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, in politics, is a Republican. He is of tall stature, and one of Bolivar's substantial citizens:

CHARLES RENNER, hotel proprietor. Bolivar, was born in Germany, on the Rhine, November 2, 1845, son of Frederick and Elizabeth (Kuntz) Renner, who emigrated to America in 1855 and settled in Lawrence Township, where Frederick purchased twenty acres of land from David Yant. His family consisted of seven sons and one daughter; seven are living, and all except one reside in this township. Charles was married, November 1, 1866, to Mary Sophia, daughter of Michael and Elizabeth Albright, natives of Germany. Eight children were born to Charles and Mary S. Renner-Frederick W., Elizabeth M., Clara S., Charles J., Laney A., Edward P., Julia A. and one who died in infancy. Mr. Renner has served in the militia as First Lieutenant. He is a member of the Masonic order and of the Lutheran Church, and in politics a Democrat. He was formerly a butcher. but for the past year has been proprietor of the American Hotel at Bolivar.

JOHN ROBINSON, farmer, P. O. Bolivar, was born in Washington County, Penn., in 1815, son of George and Jane (McKinney) Robinson, who settled in Lawrence Township in 1818. Mrs. Robinson died in 1810, leaving her husband with five children-George, Elizabeth, Anthony, Margaret and John Mr. Robinson spent a great deal of time showing new comers unoccupied lands, and the family experienced the privations incident to pioneer times. John Robinson, our subject, was married, September 9, 1841, to Mary Hayden, (laughter of David Hayden, a native of Connecticut and resident of Trumbull County. They have had six children; of these, David and Albert are married and reside in this county; Alma, wife of Andy Peffer. resides in Noble County; John Wesley, a painter by trade, and Lucy are at home: Jane, wife of Charles Rex, resides in East Liverpool, Columbiana Co., Ohio. Mr. Robinson is a member of the Methodist Church. He has been School and Township Trustee. In politics, he is a Republican. Commencing life empty-handed, through his industry and perseverance he now owns a fine farm of 140 acres, besides considerable property in Bolivar.

DAVID ROBINSON, farmer, P. O. Bolivar, was born August 13, 1842, son of John and Mary (Hayden) Robinson, of Bolivar. He enlisted as a private in Company K, Fifty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry for three years. An order was shortly after issued, calling for three volunteers from each company to serve with the regulars. Mr. Robinson stepped forward, and was assigned to Battery H, Fifth Regulars. He was engaged at Stone River and at Chickamauga, where he narrowly escaped death. They were completely surrounded by the enemy, and each man had to cut his own way out. While many were bayoneted and killed by his side, Private Robinson succeeded in breaking through the lines. He also participated at Mission Ridge, and was afterward sent to Nashville, where he was honorably discharged. He returned home in

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October, 1864. He was married, May 21, 1865, to Louisa, daughter of Peter French. Their children were five, of whom four survive-Lyman P., Abigail A., William A. and James G. Mr. Robinson is now managing one of his father's farms. He is a Republican, affable and genial in disposition and of good physique. Albert, his brother, manages the other farm, and was married, March 16,1871, to Eliza A., daughter of George Harmon. They also have five children, of whom four are living, viz.: William H., Charles W.. Bertie A. and John W.

JOHN G. RUOF, a Trustee of the Society of Separatists, Zoar, was born September 29, 1806, son of John and Catherine Ruof, of Wurtemberg, Germany. His father died there, and in 1817, his mother and her family emigrated with the colony of Separatists to America. They landed at Philadelphia August 14, 1817, and came to this township the same year. John G. was married, in 1839, to Catherine Zimmerman. They have four children, all living, viz.: Christens, John, Obed and Selma. Mr. Ruof was elected a Trustee of the Zoar Society in 1859, and still serves as such.

J. J. SHUTZ, merchant, Bolivar, was born October 21, 1835, in Massillon, Stark County. He is a son of Jacob and Hedwig (Lebold) Shutz, who emigrated to America from Germany in 1832. The school days of our subject were spent in this township, and he received a good common school education. He was married July 6, 1856, to Margaret Martin, daughter of Andrew Martin, a native of Ireland, and their family consists of seven children, viz.: Mary, John F., William T., Upton E., Lillie, Soled and Dot. Mr. Shutz is a member of the Democratic party. He has been engaged in the hardware trade at Bolivar for five years, and keeps on hand a general stock of supplies, such as the public require, and competes successfully with the stores of neighboring larger towns.

GEORGE SHUTZ, saloon and restaurant proprietor, Bolivar, was born October 27, 1840, son of Jacob and Hedwig (Lebold) Shutz, natives of Germany. Mr. Shutz passed his boyhood days in this township, and received a good common school education. He was married June 12, 1861, to Belinda, daughter of James Bolender, a native of England. Four children were born to them, only two of whom, George Elmer and Laura Bell, are living. Mr. Shutz is proprietor of a. saloon, restaurant and billiard table, and his political views accord with the Democratic party.

WILLIAM SMITH, teacher and newspaper correspondent, Bolivar, was born July 29, 1831, in Lawrence Township, son of Milton and Catherine (Fashbaugh) Smith. Milton Smith was born in Orange County, N. Y., April 14, 1801. He was a carpenter, and came to Ohio in 1821, working at his trade in Goshen Township. John Funston, the only murderer executed in this county, was his apprentice. Young Funston possessed a violent temper, and had frequent altercations with his father. The latter, in a rage, once threatened to shoot his son, and pursued him through the woods, with that avowed purpose. Mr. Smith, chancing to pass by, prevailed on the irate father to permit the son to work for him. He did not remain a great while, however. Milton 'Smith was a delegate to the national convention, which nominated Gen. Harrison for the Presidency. He was also County Commissioner and Justice of the Peace for many years. He was a favorite Squire with the youth who wished the nuptial knot tied, for he invariably refused a fee, and usually gave the newly wedded pair a dinner or supper, and sometimes kept them all night. A youthful couple, both barefooted, once arrived at his house with matrimonial intent, and when the young man produced the license, for which he had walked twelve miles and back, the Squire discovered a material error, and told him he must have it corrected before the ceremony could proceed.

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The disappointed swain ruefully said he could not make that trip again, and was about to abandon his purpose, but Squire Smith, in compassion for the tearful maiden, induced him to saddle one of the horses, and make the journey on horseback. Mr. Smith had been thrice married, first to Mrs. Sarah Spangler, who lived but a short time afterward. His second wife, whom he married in 1824, was Catherine Fashbaugh. Of their six children three survive-Mahala, widow of Robert Baker; Polly, widow of William Neighbor, and William. Mrs. Catherine Smith died in 1835, and, in 1838, Mr. Smith married Melinda Ann Ayres. Three of their five children are living-Mary Jane, wife of William Welch, living near Canton; Elizabeth, wife of Isaiah Kline, of Bolivar; and Harrison, of Sandy Township. William, the subject of this sketch, was married in April, 1857, to Mary Jane, daughter of Judge William B. Brown, of New Philadelphia. Three of their five children are living-Dwight M., Guiametta and Earl. Mr. Smith has been Postmaster of Bolivar, and Assessor of the township. He took the census of the township in 1880; is a gentleman of pleasing address, and a Republican in politics. He is a Royal Arch Mason; is now, and has been for years, Worshipful Master of Caldwell Lodge, No. 330.

THOMAS SWANK, farmer, P. O. Bolivar, was born June 10, 1818, the only survivor of the ten children of Christian and Elizabeth (Felters) Swank, who emigrated from Germany to Pennsylvania, and in 1810 settled in Stark County, Ohio. Christian Swank was drafted into the service in the war of 1812, and was at Fort Finley. He lived to the age of eighty-seven years, and was one of that hardy race of pioneers who, with ax and plowshare, commenced the improvement of the country. Thomas was married, March 5, 1841, to Margaret, daughter of George Robinson, of this township. Of their eight children, four are living, viz., Wesley, Teresa, Elmira Melinda and Ellen M., all of whom are married. Wesley was born August 20, 1845, and was married, August 18, 1564, to Mary Spoonhauer; their two children are Mary E. and Junietta C. Teresa was married to Winfield Scott Swank, a second cousin, son of John and Rachel (Steelsmith) Swank, who came to Sandy Township from Pennsylvania; two of their five children are living-Silas A. and Eva A. Thomas Swank is a Republican in politics, and a good citizen. His own educational advantages were limited, but he has given his children good opportunities. To each of them he has given a farm, and has sufficient reserved to supply his own wants.

DANIEL TOMER, farmer, P. O. Bolivar, was born in this township March 29, 1829, son of John and Nancy (Mack) Tomer. John Tomer was born in July, 1798, in Butler County, Penn., the only son of three children. In 1809, he emigrated with his father's family to Pike Township, Stark County. His marriage to Nancy, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Smith) Mock, occurred August 24, 1825. Nancy was born June 2, 1806, in Bedford County, Penn. ; she was one of twelve children, and came with her parents to this township in 1817. The children of John and Nancy Tomer are as follows: Julia Ann, Phebe, Daniel, Mary, David, Lydia A. (deceased), Eva A., Albert (deceased) and George (deceased). Daniel was married, November 11, 1851, to Maria, daughter of Henry Gibler, natives of Pennsylvania. Their seven children are Mary Ellen, Olive Emma, John Henry, Lillie, James V., Charles Grant and Albert. Mary Ellen is the wife of Henry Fisher, and Olive Emma of Charles App. Mr. Tomer is a successful farmer, and resides near the village of Bolivar. He is a member of the Dunkard Church, and affiliates with the Republican party.

DAVID TOMER, farmer, P. O. Bolivar, was born December 30, 1833, son of John and Nancy (Mack) Tomer. He was married, March 10, 1859, to

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Nancy, daughter of Henry Burkholder, of Stark County. His children are three in number-William, Charles and Mary, all at home. Mr. Tomer owns the old home farm of his father, on which may yet be seen the foundation logs of his grandfather's, David Tomer's, cabin. Nearby stood the first mill in the township, built by his grandfather Mack, who was a natural mechanic, and could make all kinds of furniture and machinery, a valuable accomplishment for those times. Mr. Tomer is a Republican politically. He is well situated in life, and is among the best citizens of the township.

FREDERICK WEBER, proprietor of planing-mill, Bolivar, was born September 6, 1846, in Wurtemberg, Germany, son of Lewis and Dorothea (Stiefel) Weber. of whose seven children Frederick was the first one of three brothers who emigrated to America. He was married, January 5, 1872, to Susan M, daughter of John Buehler. They have been blessed with seven children. five of whom are now living, viz.. Esther, Lewis, Frederick, Christian and Matilda. Mr. Weber is the proprietor of the first planing-mill and lumber yard in Bolivar. He has been engaged in the business for eight years. and keeps on hand a general line of lumber and building supplies.

DAVID YANT, retired farmer, Bolivar, was born near Braddock's Field. Allegheny County, Penn., April 14, 1813. His father, Abraham Yant. his grandfather, Phillip Yant, and his mother, Catherine Shook, were born near Easton, Northampton Co.. Penn., to which place Melchior "lent" (so he spelt his name) emigrated at an early day from Switzerland. The Yant and Shook families both emigrated to Western Pennsylvania about the year 1795, and settled in Allegheny County, where Abraham Yant and Catharine Shook were married in the year 1506, and their three children-Anthony. Magdalene and David-were born. In September, 1814, the family composed of the grandfather, the parents, and their throe children, removed to the homestead now occupied by David Yant., near the mouth of Sandy, in Stark County, Ohio, David then being eighteen months old. Here in the wild woods, where there were neither roads, schools nor churches, and on a level with other early settlers, he labored to aid, as he was able, to clear up and improve the country, and make the wilderness blossom as the rose, and highly productive as it is to-day, sharing in time the advantages of a common school education, which he so far improved by diligence and hard study as to enable him practice land surveying. At the age of nineteen his active labors on the farm were suspended in con sequence of the development of chronic rheumatism. He started in the produce and commission business at Bolivar, with a capital of twenty Spanish quarter dollars. In 1834, having in a measure regained his health, he, in partnership with his brother, went to Zanesville on foot, and entered 116 acres of land at Government price. The land is now occupied in part by Eakin Black in Lawrence Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. By the aid of some floating capital, he purchased fifty acres of land of Christian Harnish, the present site of Yant's addition to the village of Bolivar. The price paid was $10 per acre, and by various other purchases and improvements depending chiefly upon the resources of the soil and hard labor, his efforts were measureably successful. In March, 1841, he was married to Miss Matilda Boyce, of the vicinity of Wellsville, Ohio, and moved on the farm at present occupied by Isaiah Kline, and in accordance with the early Christian instruction of their pious parents, they united with the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which communion he was ordained a local minister, which relation he still sustains. After years of toil, hardships in prosperity and adversity, at the allotted three score and ten, for himself and his companion he can truly say, "The lines have fallen to us in pleasant places; we have a goodly heritage." A residence is being erected in the village preparatory to leaving the old homestead, with

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its many blessed and hallowed associations, for a temporary home in the village.

LEWIS ZIMMERMAN, postmaster of the Zoar Society, was born January 11, 1858, son of Christian and Louisa (Birk) Zimmerman, the former a native of Wurtemberg, Germany, the latter of Zoar, Ohio. Christian Zimmerman emigrated with the colony of Separatists to this township in 1817. Their three children are Lydia, Lewis and Carl. Lydia, now Mrs. Manz, is living in Allegheny City, Penn., and has two children-Frederick and Lilly. Carl resides at Zoar, is married to Bertha Straub, and has two children-Lydia and Arthur. Lewis is an intelligent, affable young man. and holds the position of Postmaster at Zoar. His grandfather was one of the early trustees of the society, succeeded by Jacob Ackerman, one of the present trustees.

JOHN C. ZUTAVERN, farmer, P. O. Bolivar, was born in Baden, Germany, in 1811, son of Conrad and Maria (Schwinley) Zutavern, who emigrated to Ohio in 1810. They sailed down the Rhine, and at the end of the voyage, landed at Baltimore, thence coming by wagon to Ohio. For a month the family halted at Pittsburgh, while Conrad proceeded afoot and purchased the land on Sugar Run, where Charles Weaver now lives. In those days, they manufactured their own clotliing and furniture. The family of Conrad Zutavern consisted of eight children. John C., our subject, was married, March 13, 1834, to Anna Mock. Of their ten children, the following survive: Lucinda L.; Maria Z., Mrs. Catherine H. Heckler, of Williams County; William H.; Elizabeth, wife of Jacob Fencer; and George C., of Johnson County, Neb. Mr. Zutavern resides two and a half miles from Bolivar, on one of the beet farms in the county. He owns the largest brick house in the township, and the farm is stocked and equipped in keeping. In politics, Mr. Zutavern is Democratic. He had 115 grandchildren and great-grandchildren, of whom 100 are living. Of his sixty-one nieces and nephews fifty-one survive.