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CHIPPEWA TOWNSHIP. - 850 HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. CHAPTER XXXVI. CHIPPEWA TOWNSHIP WAS organized September 4, 1815. This is the great coal township of the county, and its principal history appears in the body of the work. Its population in 1870 was 2,510. The following is the list of officers, as appears upon the official records : 1866. Trustees-William R. Wilson, Peter Buehl, Elias Frase; Assessor-L, W. Wilson ; Clerk-A. H. Pursell ; Treasurer-Isaac Slanker. 1867. Trustees-William R. Wilson, Elias Frase, Lyman Franks; Assessor-L. W. Wilson ; Clerk-Riley Franks; Treasurer-Isaac Slanker. 1868. Trustees-William R. Wilson, William Etling, Jacob Shaffer ; Assessor-L. W. Wilson ; Clerk-J. B. Weaver ; Treasurer-Morgan Franks. 1869. Trustees-T. J. McElhenie, Peter Frase, Jacob Hammer ; Assessor-L. W. Wilson ; Clerk-A. H. Pursell; Treasurer-Morgan Franks; Constables-Reuben Tate, Solomon Baughman, William N. Reis. 1870. Trustees-T. J. McElhenie, Peter Frase, Jacob Hammer ; Assessor- Nichols Steinmetz ; Clerk-Henry Marshall ; Treasurer-Jacob Shafer ; Constables-John B. Wertz, Solomon Baughman, William N. Reis. 1871. Trustees-T. J. McElhenie, J. J. Hammer, Peter Frase; Assessor-N. Steinmetz ; Clerk-Henry Marshall; Treasurer-Jacob Shafer ; Constables-John B. Wertz, Solomon Baughman, William N. Reis. 1872. Trustees-William R. Wilson, Samuel Frase, Christian Whitman ; Assessor-Frank Stottler ; Clerk-Henry Marshall ; Treasurer-Jacob Shafer ; Constable-John C. Rasor.  1873. Trustees-William R. Wilson, Samuel Frase, William Etling ; Assessor ----Frank Stottler ; Clerk-Henry Marshall ; Treasurer-Jacob Shafer ; Constables- John B. Wertz, John Cameron, David Baughman. 1874. Trustees-Joseph Collins, Ephraim Hatfield, Samuel Frase ; Assessor- Frank Stottler; Clerk-Henry Marshall ; Treasurer-Jacob Shafer ; Constables- John Raser, John Cameron, Thomas Adams. 1875. Trustees-Peter Frase, Samuel Frase, Joseph Collins; Assessor-Riley Franks; Clerk-Henry Marshall ; Treasurer-Jacob Shafer; Constables-John B. Wertz, John Cameron, Thomas Adams. 1876. Trustees-Peter Frase, George Shank, William Etling ; Assessor-Riley Franks; Clerk-Henry Marshall; Treasurer-Jacob Shafer ; Constables-John Snider, John Cameron, Thomas Adams. 1877. Trustees-Peter Frase, George Shank, William Etling ; Assessor-Riley Franks; Clerk-Henry Marshall ; Treasurer-Jacob Shafer ; Constables-John B. Wertz, John Cameron, Thomas Adams. Justices of the Peace-Stephen Fisher, April 23, 1831; George Wellhouse, March 1, 1833; John Comstock, April 24, 1834; George Wellhouse, May 1, 1834; John CHIPPEWA TOWNSHIP - 851 Brown, May 6, 1834; Thomas McElhenie, June 18, 1836; George Wellhouse, April 16, 1836; John Brown, April 28, 1837; Samuel Blair, April 3o, 1838; Thomas McElhenie, April 13, 1839; John Brown, April 16; 1840; Samuel Blair, April 16, 1841; Thomas McElhenie, April 13, 1842; John Brown, April 13, 1843; Abraham Franks, April 25, 1844; Thomas McElhenie, April 16, 1845; A. Heffleman, April 21, 1846; A. Franks, April 14, 1847; John Reighley, April 12, 1848; John Brown, April 12, 1848; Thomas McElhenie, April, 12, 1849; John Brown, April 19, 1851; John Reighley, April 19, 1851; Thomas McElhenie, April 21, 1852; John Brown, April 13, 1854; T. W. Peckinpaugh, April 13, 1854; Jacob Huffman, April 17, 1855; John Brown, April 22, 1857; T. W. Peckinpaugh, April 22, 1857; Reuben Dressler, April 14, 1858; T. W. Peckinpaugh, April 17, 1860; Peter Frase, April 17, 1860 ; Andrew Shafer, April 13, 1861 ; Peter Frase, April 17, 1863 ; Henry Cooper, October 22, 1863; Peter Frase, April 13, 1866; Henry Cooper, October 15, 1866; T. J. McElhenie, October 19, 1868; Peter Frase, April 13, 1869; Joseph B. Weaver, October 20, 1869; T. J. McElhenie, October 18, 1871; Peter Frase, April 9, 1872; Henry Soliday, October 12, 1872; Joseph B. Weaver, April 14, 1874; J. T. Haines, October 20, 1874; Peter Frase, April 12, 1875; James Bratton, April 12, 1875; G. W. Evarts, April 12, 1877. The First Setllers in Chippewa township were Nicholas and Adam Helmick, old Henry Franks, Uriah, Henry and John Franks, Thomas Frederick, Henry Houts, Michael Brouse, Paul Baughman, Jacob Hatfield, William Hatfield, John Reichildifer, Stephen Fisher, old Mr. McConkey, Joseph Springer, John Adams, William Doyle, Frederick Galehouse, Isaac Montgomery, David Galehouse, Michael Basinger (came to Chippewa township in 1815), father of Jacob Basinger, Daniel Huffman, father of Daniel and James, Adam Shatto, Michael Brouse, Rev. George Weygandt, Mr. Reed, George, Christian, Jacob, Joseph, Michael and Andrew Whitman, Malachi Feister, Samuel Pierrepont, M. D., John Routson, James Boak, Jacob and John Franks, Stephen Fisher, John Miller, John Newhouse, Andrew Bowen, Robert Meek, John Bowman, George Wellhouse, Benjamin Hershey, George Halloway, Henry Shook, David Johns, Jacob Eberhard, John Wise, John Porter, Peter Waltz, " Major " South, James Hutchinson, Peter Bradenbaugh, Isarel Baughman, Jacob Heffelman, etc. Mr. Hatfield says Rogue's Hollow was named by a Dr. Crosby, who owned the ground and had it laid out. Daniel Slanker, he thinks, built the first grist- and sawmill west of Doylestown. Mike Greenoe had the first, Fred. Galehouse the second, and after them George Wellhouse and Michael Brouse had distilleries. He is of the opinion that the first election was held where Nicholas Helmick lived. The first graveyard was at Easton, and Lucinda Heckerthorn the first person buried, for he helped to dig her grave-a child of John Routson was the second. Jonathan Coleman, of Canton, a married man, was drowned in Doner's Lake in 1830. Henry Franks was born in Fayette county, Pa., and came to Chippewa township in 1816-17, settling a short distance south of Doylestown, on a farm he entered from the Government, which he subsequently sold to his son John, when he purchased twenty-five acres east of this, and died May 5, 1836. He was married to Christina Mason, of his native county, and had five sons and six daughters, to wit: John, Michael, Henry, Abraham and Uriah ; Elizabeth (her husband, Samuel Higgins, a soldier in the war of 1812, and died in Huron county, Ohio), Sarah (wife of John Routson), Abigail, Christina, Catharine and Phoebe, the latter the only two surviving daughters, the sons all being dead but Henry and Uriah. Henry is now eighty-two years of age, and has had seven children, and is a member of the Methodist church. His wife, Susanna Routson Franks, died in Spencer, 852 - HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. Ohio. Uriah lives in Noble county, Indiana, was married to Betsey Watt, and had ten children, eight of whom are living. He is a farmer, but has retired from work, and is an excellent man. John Franks was one of the earliest of the settlers, locating two miles south-west of Doylestown, now owned by a Mr. Morganwood, but formerly known as " the Hugle farm," Henry Franks, known as "Old Henry," with some others, was taken prisoner on the Ohio river by the Indians when he was a young man, and held in captivity by them. He was tall, straight, and a large, powerful man, and his captors immediately fancied him, and by ceremonies introduced him to Indian citizenship. Its first condition being to run the gauntlet, he was compelled to comply with it, and at the end of the race he was, to save his own life, forced to strike an Indian with his hatchet, whom he nearly killed. This successful act of daring on his part ingratiated him with his captors, who exclaimed, " He make good Indian." Mr. Franks, receiving a wound in this test of mighty manhood, the Indians instantly took charge of him, nursing and treating him kindly until he thoroughly recovered. After the capture of Crawford in Ohio, and during the excitement of his horrible death, all of which Mr. Franks witnessed, he made an effort to escape, in which he was successful. He tled to the lake shore, boarded a British vessel, went by water as far as Montreal, crossed to the American side, and thence on foot to Philadelphia, Pittsburg, and to his home in Fayette county, Pa., after a captivity of five years. The life of this man supplies a field for the pen of romance and the narrator of border exploits. George F. Wellhouse was born in Germany,April 17, 1789, and immigrated to America when quite young. He was raised in Washington county, Maryland, and removed to Wayne county at an early period. He was married November 19, 1820, to Elizabeth Neiswanger, and had the following children : Abraham, Susannah, William, Elizabeth, David, Mary, Carolina, Hannah and George F. He served as Justice of the Peace of his township at an early date. He was elected to the office of county commissioner in 1829, and served six years; he served in the State Senate from December 5, 1836, to December 3, 1838, and in 1838 he was elected by the Legislature as one of the Associate Judges of Wayne county. He died August 9, 1860, his wife surviving him until March 22, 1862. Benjamin Herschey was born in Lebanon county, Pa., October 15, 1820, and removed with his parents to Baughman township when he was twelve years old. He was married to Susanna Wellhouse, February 25, 1841, by which marriage there resulted ten children, seven of whom are living. He died at his late residence in Chippewa township, January Jo, 1875. He was an inoffensive man, characterized by great industry and integrity. His honesty gained him the esteem and confidence of all who knew him, and he was looked upon as a good, exemplary citizen who, during his life, had endeared himself to his family and neighbors. He was a member of the United Brethren church at Easton. Frederick Gatehouse* was born in Baden, Germany, in 1781, emigrated to America in 1786, and went to Cumberland county, Pa., from thence came to New Lisbon, Ohio, in 1807, and from there to Chippewa township in 1823, settling on the Chippewa creek. Here he lived thirty years, then removed to Doylestown, and died September 22, 1865. He was married to Miss Elizabeth Wilt, of Cumberland * John W. Galehouse, oldest son of Frederick, was a native of New Lisbon, and came to Wayne county with his father. He was brutally murdered by a Canadian villain, named Amos Clark. He was struck down with a poker, lingered a few hours, and died January 29, 1840. CHIPPEWA TOWNSHIP - 853 county, Pa., and had four sons and four daughters, of whom Elias is the only surviving son. The daughters living are: Maria, wife of wife of Abraham Miller Elizabeth, John Gates; and Sarah, wife of James Porter.  e had a con; tract from the Government to superintend the construction of a public road from New Lisbon to Lake Erie, for the use of artillery, and when the news of Hull's surrender came, he told all to scatter, which they did. He was a member of the Lutheran church. John Elliott was born in Steubenville, Ohio, February 17, 1823, and the same year removed with his father to Chippewa township, and now lives on the farm where they settled at that time. October 2, 1851, he was married to Catharine Wilkins, of Baughman township, but has no children, though they have raised four by adoption, Mr. Elliott and wife are Presbyterians. He is a farmer, a has one of the princely manors of the county. He and wife are distinguished for their hospitality and social qualities, their house being the home of strangers, kindred and friends, and where all are most generous] and gracefuy entertained. William R. Wilson was born on the Chesapeake shore, Maryland, October 13, 1809. In 1834 he removed from 17 18 Maryland to Chippewa township, where, on November , 35, he married Miss Margaret Franks. Farming then became his occupation, and he has followed that pursuit successfully to the g accumulation of a liberal competence. He has had seven children, of whom three are dead. His son Wesley is an able Methodist minister, located in Holmes county. Mr. Wilson was a member of the Ohio Legislature from Wayne outy from 16 to 1871, elected by the Democracy, and served with credit toc his intelligence 8 and with benefit to the county. Doylestown.-This prosperous village was laid out by William Doyle, after whom it was named, on December 9, 1827, and was surveyed by Charles Christmas the same day. Plat and certificate recorded December 25, 1827; record to be found on page 267, Vol. 6, County Recorder's office. It was incorporated August 6, 1867. The first house erected in the village was on a vacant lot standing between Mrs. Diebl's and Mr. Shondal’s grocery, and now owned by the latter. It was a log structure, built by William Doyle, the carpenter's work having by John Montgomery. Doyle occupied it for a tavern, sold whisky, and permitted "fantastic toe" excitements. The first doctor was a Mr. Pierrepont, who, when on a visit East. Stole a horse, and being caught, was sent to the penitentiary. The first election was held December 8, 1866. We annex a list of officers of the town from the official record: 1866, Mayor-A H. Pursell; Recorder-William Reed; Treasurer-Samuel H. Miller ; Councilmen-Elias Galehouse, James H. Seiberling, Henry A. Soliday, H. Jacob Shaffer, R. B. Wasson. 1867. Mayor-A H. Pursell; Recorder-William Reed; Treasurer-Samuel Miller; Councilmen-Jacob Shaffer, Elias Galehouse, James H. Seiberling, H. A. Soliday, Charles McCormick. 1868. Mayor- H. Pursell; Recorder-S. J. Hochstetler; Treasurer-S. H. Miller; Councilmen -Jacob Schaffer, H. A. Soliday, Elias Galehouse, Jacob Heffelman, J. D. Ross 1869. Mayor - Moses Bugher ; Recorder - J. B. Weaver ; Treasurer-M. Franks; Councilmen- George W. Wellhouse, Riley Franks, Abram Franks, H. B. Kellinger, John Snyder, Charles McCormish.  1870. Mayor - J. B. Weaver; Recorder - Moses Bugher; Treasurer - James H. Seiberling; Councilmen-William Johnston, Peter Kline, James Jackson, John Sneider Charles McCormick, James Rile. 854 - HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. 1871. Mayor-J. B. Weaver ; Recorder-Moses Bugher ; Treasurer-James H. Seiberling ; Councilmen- W. G. Biglow, James Hile, S. J. Hochstetler, William Johnston, Peter Kline, James Jackson. 1872. Mayor-A. H. Pursell ; Recorder-Moses Bugher ; Treasurer-S. H. Miller ; Councilmen- William G. Biglow, James Hile, S. J. Hochstetler, John Snyder, Samuel Collier, David Bunn. 1873. Mayor-A. H. Pursell ; Recorder-Moses Bugher ; Treasurer-S. H. Miller ; Councilmen-E. R. Spencer, W. G. Biglow, S. J. Hochstetler, John Snyder, Samuel Collier, David Bunn. 1874. Mayor-W. G. Biglow ; Recorder-M. Bugher ; Treasurer-S. H. Miller; Councilmen-Jacob Shaffer, James Jackson, John Gates, E. R. Spencer, S. J. Hochstetler, N. Steinmetz. 1875. Mayor-W. G. Biglow ; Recorder-M. Bugher ; Treasurer-S. H. Miller; Councilmen-R. B. Wasson, Martin Ries, B. Billman, Jacob Shaffer, James Jackson, John Gates. 1876, Mayor-W. G. Biglow ; Recorder-M. Bugher ; Treasurer-W. A. Huffman ; Councilmen-B. Billman, Jacob Shaffer, John Gates, R. B. Wasson, Martin Reis, N. Steinmetz. 1877. Mayor-W. G, Biglow ; Recorder-M. Bugher ; Treasurer-W. A. Huffman ; Councilmen- Nicholas Steinmetz, Henry Galehouse, Eli Fritz, B. Bill- man, Jacob Shaffer ; Street Commissioner-George Point. Doylestown Press.-George W. Everts embarked in journalism in Doylestown in 1874, issuing the first number of the Doylestown Journal on the nth of July, and continues to conduct the paper with considerable success. It is a weekly, 24x34 in size, independent in politics, devoted to local news, and has a circulation of about five hundred. Mr. Everts was born in Richland county, Ohio, and was married December 24, 186i, to Miss Emma Bell, of Bellville. Doylestown Beacon Lodge No. 258, I. 0. 0. F.-This lodge was instituted August 17, 1854. Charter Members-William H. Redinger, Samuel Routson, Washington M. Heffelman, Uriah Franks, Jr., and William Spangler. First Officers-William H. Redinger, N. G.; Samuel Routson, V. G.; W. M. Heffelman, Secretary ; Uriah Franks, Jr., Treasurer. Present Officers-Henry C. Hotchkiss, N. G.; William Williams, V. G.; Ely Fretz, Treasurer ; Joshua Hughes, Rec. Sec'y; S. H. Miller, Permanent Sec'y. Present membership, 107. Postmaslers at Doylestown.-William G. Foster, from 1828 to 1847 ; Angus McIntire, from 1848 to 1852 ; Samuel Routson, from 1853 to 1856 ; Orrin G. Franks, from 1857 to 1859 ; Samuel Blocker, from 1860 to 1867 ; H. A. Soliday, from 1868 to 1872; Harry S. Deisem, from 1873 to present time. The postoffice, called Chippewa, was first established at the cross-roads, one mile south of Doylestown, Joseph Springer being the postmaster, and was changed in 1874 to Doylestown. Richard DePuy, a lawyer, succeeded Angus McIntire as postmaster, but in a short time was dismissed for forgery and embezzlement. Thomas Frederick was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, December 1, 1778, and was married May 2, 1804, to Elizabeth Shank, who was born March 8, 1785. He removed to Chippewa township in 1813, settling on the farm where his son Henry lives, where he died, aged ninety-three years. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. He planted the first cherry-tree in the township, which grew to the hight of one hundred feet, and is now living. He had the following children: Jacob, Harriet, Margaret, Sophia, Reasin, Dolly, Rachael, Matthew E., William F., CHIPPEWA TOWNSHIP - 855 Henry, Catharine A., Sarah A., Elizabeth, Mary A. Of the surviving ten, all save two, live in Chippewa township. He was a famous pedestrian, and equally famous hunter, killing bears, wolves, deer, in immense numbers. He was a member of the Lutheran church and a worthy citizen and Christian man. William Hatfield was born in Fayette county, Pa., October 9, 1800, and came to Wayne county with his father, Jacob Hatfield, August 5, 1817. His father was a native of New Jersey, where he was born July 27, 1767, and settled in Chippewa township one-half mile north of where his son William now lives. He had the following children: Charlotte, Sallie, George, William, Michael, Jacob, Isaiah. William and Isaiah are the only two living, the latter in Gratiot county, Michigan. William Hatfield was married October 6, 1825, in Chippewa township, to Susannah Miller, who died October 18, 1855. He has had the following children : Ephraim, Catharine, Elizabeth, Sarah, John, Jacob, Naomi, Salina, Lydia and Hannah, an adopted daughter, all of whom are living save Elizabeth and Salina. Mr. Hatfield lives near the old place, and his youngest son farms it. He is the last of the original pioneers of Chippewa township, and is in the enjoyment of good health and excellent memory. Abraham Franks, nephew of Henry Franks, was born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, October 29, 1809, and removed to Doylestown in April, 1837. He was married September 7, 1848, to Amanda Franks, daughter of Abraham Franks, and and grandaughter of Henry Franks, a first settler, by whom he had two children, a daughter, Mrs. J. W. Lowe, of Shreve, and a son, L. K. He merchandised in Doylestown for twelve years after his arrival, then farmed ten years, and again resumed commercial business in Doylestown, in which he continued until the spring of 1877. He was Justice of the Peace three terms, and served two terms in the State Legislature, representing Wayne and Ashland counties from December 4, 1848, to December 3, 1849, and by re-election from December 3, 1849, to December 2, 1850. James and Phineas Franks, brothers of Abraham, came to Chippewa five years after he did ; James died there five years ago, aged 66, and two of his family are living in the township. Phineas lived there but eight years. Abraham Franks, fourth son of Henry Franks, was born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, February 9, 1798, and came to Chippewa township with his father. May 18, 1825, he was united in marriage to Miss Lydia Blocker, which marriage resulted in four sons and four daughters, seven of whom are living, a daughter being dead. Mr. Franks may safely be classed with the ruling spirits of the early settlers. He was a man of great muscular power and endurance, full of industry and energy, and was prominent as a farmer, leading stock dealer, merchant and business man generally. He brought the first sheep into Chippewa township. In 1861 he retired from business, dividing a handsome estate among his children, rementaining a competency for himself until his death, which took place February 24, 1865, his wife surviving him. During all his life he could never be induced to accept office, though always taking an active interest in public affairs, always voting the Democratic ticket. Elias Galehouse, son of Frederick, was born in New Lisbon, Ohio, in 1815, and 'came with his father to Chippewa township, with whom he remained, working on the farm until twenty-seven years of age. He then established a hotel in Doylestown, in which he continued eight years, then entered into the dry goods and grocery business ; built a foundry, in company with John Gates, and made stoves, plows, etc., for five years, running a carriage manufactory at the same time; then went HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 856 into the coal business, opening mines ; then built a grist- and saw-mill in Doylestown; farmed awhile, and then again resumed the mercantile business. He was married June 19, 1837, to Miss Elizabeth Bender, of Chippewa township, and has three sons and five daughters. Chrislian Shondal was born in Shirrhoffen, Canton Bischwiller, Elsass, December 22, 5793, and came to Canton, Ohio, in 1830, and from thence to Chippewa township, where he died August 22, 1875, in his eighty-second year. He was a soldier under Napoleon I.; participated in the battle of Borodino ; was in the Moscow campaign, and had his feet frozen in the disastrous retreat from that burned Russian city, and was at Waterloo, where the eagles of the great Emperor went down before the combined powers of Europe. The Shondals of Chippewa are of good stock, thrifty and intelligent men and women. N. Steinmetz, also a native of Bischwiller, Alsace, was married August 24, 1858, to Fannie Shondal, third daughter of Christian, and is one of the prominent men of the township. Slanker Family.-Jacob Slanker was born in Berks county, Pa., November 25, 1771, and was married to Esther Klose. With his family he came to Chippewa township April 5, 1836, and bought a quarter of section 17 of Sebastian Zimmer. man, on which he laid out, in 1843, the town of Slankerville. Afterwards he removed to Medina county, and died there August 25, 1849. He had seventeen children, three of whom are living. His son, B. F. Slanker, first married Mary Dressler, and now has his fourth wife. Jacob Slanker, son of Jacob, married Lydia Fisher, May 26, 1822, and had a family of twelve children, eight surviving, of which number Isaac and Daniel Slanker still reside in Chippewa township, and are most worthy citizens. Chippewa.-This village was surveyed for Stephen Ford by Daniel L. McClure, in May, 1816; plat recorded May 15, 1816, to be found on page 283, vol. I, County Records. The first house in the place was built by Captain John Routson, of the Chippewa Rangers, father of Samuel Routson, of Wooster. He was born in Adams county, Pa., in 1790, and in 1816 married Sarah Franks, daughter of Henry Franks. Slankerville was laid out by Jacob Slanker, Reuben Dressler and John Gartner, and surveyed by John A. Lawrence, February 24, 1843. Plat and certificate recorded April 26, 1843, and record found on page 587, volume 24. Since the completion of the railroad it has been known by the name of Easton. Thomas W. Peckinpaugh was born in the State of Pennsylvania, November 17, 1817. On his father's side he is of German extraction, on the mother's English. In 1821 his parents emigrated to Greene township when the subject of this sketch was but four years of age. His father was a farmer, and with him his son remained until he was twenty-one. Like many other of the young men of his time, who at an early age were cast upon their own resources, and who have made a mark upon community, Mr. Peckinpaugh's first exploits consisted in energetic efforts to secure an education, and in preparation to teach the common school. His exertions in this direction proving successful he entered upon the career of teacher in winter and academy pupil in the summer. In 1840 he entered the Wadsworth institution, where he concluded his studies, and from which he emerged to deliver battle to the world. Having an inclination from boyhood to enter the legal profession, he now had the opportunity oflered to reward his ambition. With resolution pitched to the key of future success, he commenced the study of Blackstone, selecting for his CHIPPEWA TOWNSHIP - 857 preceptor Hon. Edward Avery, of Wooster. He was now living in Milton township, and in 1848 he was admitted to the practice of law. He was married October 18, 1848, to Miss Jane E. Cotton, of Milton township, when he proceeded to Chippewa township, where he entered upon practice, teaching for two winters in conjunction with his legal duties, when he devoted his entire time and attention to the law. In 1854 he was elected Justice of the Peace for Chippewa township, which office he filled for six consecutive years. In 1860 he was elected Auditor of Wayne county, and was re-elected to the same office, the duties of which he performed with conspicuous fidelity and satisfaction to the public. He next purchased a farm in Milton township, where, for a period of three years, he lived, when he removed to West Salem and resumed his profession. He was elected to the Legislature from Wayne county in 1869, and re-elected in the hot conflict of 1871, having served with distinction and credit to his constituents and the State. His eldest son, Thomas E., is an accomplished business scholar, a young man of unchallenged honor, until recently Teller in the National Bank of Wooster, and at present one of the proprietors of the Wayne Counly Democrat. Mr. Peckinpaugh is yet in the blaze and vigor of manhood, and as attentive to business as when thirty years ago he began the upward struggle toward wealth and honor. He is of commanding personal appearance, fully six feet in bight, and weighs over two hundred pounds. His political affiliations are wholly with the Democracy, where he has ever maintained uniformity and consistency in the advocacy of its principles. As a lawyer his integrity and prompt attention to business, combined with the faithfulness with which he labors for his client, have secured for him a liberal share of practice. In public or private life there is neither harshness nor rashness about him. There is a degree of self-control and self-balance about him characteristic of the man ; heard upon the stump, or before the Court, or in the halls of legislation, he is never thrown off his guard. His life affords an instructive lesson to those laboring against adversity, and furnishes an example of what industry, punctuality and determination can do to conquer difficulties, and to secure the confidence and respect of the communities in which their lot may be cast. United with his public virtues, he is a man of unsullied private character. James Adams was born in Baltimore county, Maryland, in the year 1800. At the age of 18 he learned blacksmithing, and in 182o he removed to Chippewa township. He owns a valuable coal farm near Doylestown, and is comfortably and independently situated. He is familiar with the annals of his township. He informs us that " Rogues' Hollow " was a resort in the early days for some fellows who made pewter money there and " shoved the queer." Old George Zealy frequented the " hollow ; " he was a preacher, and was sent to the penitentiary from Wooster, but was soon released. Mr. Adams is a hale, hearty and lively man, a wide-awake, get-up.and-get citizen, stout, athletic, with a " right " and a " left" aver at his service. He is a genial gentleman and a social, clever man. Cline, Seiberling & Co., Doyleslown, Ohio.-In 1861 Peter Cline, John F. Seiberling and John H. Hower formed a partnership, under the firm name of Cline, Seiberling & Hower, to manufacture the Excelsior Dropping Reaper and Mower, of which John F. Seiberling was the inventor. In 1865, the works having been annually enlarged, J. H. Seiberling, Jacob J. Hower and Samuel Miller were received into the partnership, when the firm name was changed to Cline, Seiberling & Co. J. F. Seiberling and John H. Hower then removed to Akron, Ohio, to more exten- 858 - HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. sively engage in the manufacture of their machines. From 1865 to 1875 the tirm continued the same, each year building from six hundred to one thousand machines. October 22, 1875, John H. Hower sold his interest to the remaining members, and October 3, 1876, Jacob J. Hower sold his, the firm name, however, remaining the same. Since 1875 they have also built the Empire Reaper and Mower, another .conception of the fertile brain of John F. Seiberling, which he has thoroughly perfected, and which is an exquisite gem of mechanical beauty. The two machines, the Excelsior and the Empire Reaping and Mowing Machines, are built by Mr. Seiberling in Akron and by Cline, Seiberling & Co. at Doylestown. This firm at Doylestown is the most solid and reliable manufacturing institution M Wayne county, or in Northern Ohio. It has thus far weathered financial cyclones, monetary upheavals and panic simooms, its reputation unquestioned and its credit above challenge or suspicion. It employs on an average from sixty-five to seventy-five men. John F. Seiberling is a native of Summit county, Ohio, his father originally emigrating from Lehigh county, Pa., to this county, when he settled in Norton township. He was a farmer, with whom John worked occasionally, doing some work upon a saw-mill, which his father had erected, and it was here where he first manifested his inventive -genius. In trying to repair one of the John P. Manny machines, which his father had purchased, he conceived the idea of the dropper, whereupon he went to work and constructed an entirely new machine called " The Excelsior," to which the dropper was subsequently attached. To this he has annually made improvements. By persevering, patient labor and plodding on he has established success and triumphantly vindicated his claims as a man of genius, and one of the world's benefactors. He lived in Doylestown from 1861 to 1865, when he removed to Akron, where he at present resides. James Seiberling, brother of John, is likewise a member of the firm, and like him, is endowed with considerable inventive ingenuity. He was married to Elizabeth Baughman, of Summit county, and has had six children, two of whom are dead. He is a member of the Lutheran church, a man of earnest life, honor and integrity. Peter Cline was born in Prussia, October 4, 1823. His father was a farmer, and immigrated to America when Peter was fourteen years old, bringing nine children with him over the sea. The family arrived at New York in 1836, and soon found their way to Massillon, soon leaving there, and going to Huron county, Ohio. Peter, however, remained and found employment in a furnace, where he staid two years, when Hart & Brown opened up in the foundry business, when he hired with them and continued for six years. From there he went to Fulton, and thence to Doylestown, working with Galehouse & Gates, who started the Doylestown foundry, and where he has since remained in business. He was married to Margaret Sites, of Canal Fulton, in 1847, whose death .occurred April 15, 1877. He has had six children, three of whom are dead. He is a kind-hearted, honest, industrious man, and has accumulated through years of toil and economy both property and means. He has been a member of the old Lutheran church since early manhood. Samuel H. Miller was born in Northampton county, Pa., May z8, 1839. His lather, John Miller, was a farmer in Pennsylvania, and removed to Ohio in 1843, settling in Norton township, Summit county, where he purchased a farm, Samuel remaining with him until 1851, when he began clerking in a dry goods store in ADDITIONAL SKETCHES - 859 Akron, where he remained to December 8, 1857. December 15, 1863, he came to Doylestown, and engaged in bookkeeping for the firm until September r, 1865, when he became a partner, and from that time to the present has been Secretary and Treasurer of the institution. He was married August 29, 1867, to Miss Ella L. Schneider, of Summit county, Ohio, and has six children. Mr. Miller, though a comparatively young man, has established a business and financial reputation that is seldom achieved by older men. He is a courteous, affable and cultivated gentleman, wedded to his business, forever invigorating and stimulating it with the energy of his vigorous and aggressive nature. He has achieved a deserved popularity, while his star has not wandered to its zenith. ADDITIONAL SKETCHES. "Old Probabilities."—In 1816 the pioneers gathered their wheat crop in July, the weather being exceedingly cold. 1817. A frost visited Ohio on the 1st of June of this year, completely destroying the fruit and killing the verdure of the orchards and forest trees. 1825. May 18th the terrific " Burlington storm " swept over Delaware, Licking, Knox and Coshocton counties, the most violent tornado that ever visited Ohio. 1833. November 13th of this year, we are told, " the stars fell." It was a copious shower, and meteoric tramps tumbled through the heavens and popped earthward in prodigal confusion. 1834. A frost occurred on the 11th day of May, materially injuring the wheat crop. 1835. Heavy rains fell during the summer, submerging the bottoms and rendering tillage impracticable. Hay crop seriously damaged, and cattle died from •eating it. Comet this year. 1841. An unusually violent snow storm May 2. 1843. July 21st, severe frost. 1845. Frosts appeared May 7th and 25th, destroying the wheat crop of that year. 1854-55. The winters of these years will long be remembered. Snow covered the ground thirteen weeks in succession. The month of May, 1855, was remark. ably dry, but from the loth to the 17th, the June of this year will not be forgotten for its remarkable floods. 1855. On the 24th of December it began to snow, and from this date until the last of the month of March, the sleighing remained excellent, the snow covering the earth till about the loth of April. Forest and fruit trees were killed, and since the first settlement of the country no winter presented so grim and wrinkled a front. 1859. What is known as the " June Frost" of this year was a sad visitation upon Northern Ohio. June 5, 1859, on Sunday morning, the face of the earth looked as though a sheet of living flame had smitten the vegetation that covered its hills and valleys. 1873-74. The winter of these years is worthy of special mention. On the 6th and 7th of January, 1874, occurred the great "Ice Storm," which must be distinguished for its destructive eflects upon the forests of the country. 1877. Up to Christmas of this year the season was most remarkable. On the Friday previous to Christmas the thermometer marked 900 in the sun; on the Satur 860 - HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. day previous 800, and on the Sunday before Christmas the mercury rose to 100̊ in the sun. The days were delightful and balmy, while the nights were beautiful, dewy and frostless. " Old John Baker" came to Wayne county in 1815 from Somerset county, Pennsylvania, but was born in York county, that State. He was a farmer, a resident of Wayne township, and a member of the Methodist church. He died in 186–, aged eighty-three years, leaving a family of nine children. His son John now lives on the old homestead in Wayne township. His Bear Fights.—There are many hunting incidents of the old days, when the largest animals haunted the forest and stream of this region, especially of "Old John Baker," who was a famous hunter and trapper in those times. One day, over fifty years ago, he was out hunting deer, several of which he saw feeding on the hills beyond the valley. He started for the deer to get a shot at them, and when half way up the slope where they were browsing he came to a large tree that was blown out of root. Here he stopped to reconnoiter his game, and while doing so was startled by a noise close behind him. Turning, he saw a bear emerging from a hole under the roots of the tree, and coming at him, reared up for attack. He instantly put gun to shoulder and fired, but unfortunately missed the bear, which cunningly had dropped on 6:11 fours the moment the rifle flashed. The bear at once threw himself on Baker with all the ferocity of his savage nature, crushing the hunter to the ground, there biting him, then picking him up and "hugging" him in deadly embrace. It was a desperate fight, and Baker soon got the worst of the encounter. He was bitten in the face, the flesh of his leg torn to the bone, and body lacerated by claws, while he had somewhat wounded the bear with stabs of his butcher knife, but which finally broke off by striking against a bone in the throat of the bear. Being now defenseless from loss of his knife, and helpless from bleeding wounds, he "played 'possum " on bruin, by lying quite still, as if dead. The bear ceased his attack, but at the least movement of the hunter he would bite and paw him. At last the animal left him, and Baker got up, but was so badly hurt that he dropped down ; then crawled around and found his gun off a couple of rods away, and using it for a staff, he managed to reach a road, and call to a woman at a cabin half a mile distant, who came to his assistance. After binding up his twenty-two wounds made by the bear, the woman and her husband hauled him to his home on a hand-sled. Another Encounter with Bruin.—On another occasion Baker had a. similar fight with a bear. He tracked a large one into Sugarcreek Swamp, where he brought the bear to bay. He fired at him, but only inflicted a wound severe enough to infuriate the animal. It turned upon him, and a fierce struggle ensued, in which Baker nearly lost his life. The bear seized him, got him to the ground, and with teeth and claws bit and tore his body and limbs in a fearful manner ; but at last, after desperate efforts, Baker got his butcher-knife out of its sheath, plunged it repeatedly into the bear, and finally pierced the heart of the shaggy monster, the bear dying upon him, lying there almost dead himself from bleeding wounds. Further Hunting Incidents.—Forty-five years ago he shot a bear in Wooster township, 2;4 miles north-east of the city, on lands of Joseph Stibbs, shooting it on a tree. When at Chippewa lake one time he heard a hog squealing, the noise coming from the direction of the swamp. He at once proceeded there, discovered tracks of a bear and followed them into the swamp, where he found the animal tugging away at a hog that was squealing most lustily, On his near approach the bear did ADDITIONAL SKETCHES - 861 not let go his hold of the captive porker, and Baker put the muzzle of his gun close to bruin's body, pulled the trigger, but the rifle missed fire. Then the bear dropped the hog, which scampered away almost unhurt, and made for Baker, who met him with his knife, with which he soon dispatched the beast. He made a practice of hunting four weeks every fall, which he kept up until old age. He was regarded as one of the most intrepid hunters of bear and deer, an expert trapper of otter, mink, coon and foxes in this region, several of the surrounding counties being full of incidents of his exploits. Christian Silvers* was born near Martinsburg, old Virginia, August 8, 1801. He was early possessed of a desire to remove West, and in pursuance of this inclination he started, reaching Wooster May 5, 1831, soon thereafter settling in Plain township, where, until his death, August 17, 1876, he continued to live, an honored and respected citizen. To the relatives, friends and neighbors of Mr. Silvers, who so well knew him, it would be superfluous to indulge in phrases of eulogy. As a citizen he was industrious and frugal, placing a proper value upon time, and realizing the certainty of its rapid flight. As a man he was straightforward, and if in some cases he hesitated for counsel, or was indecisive in action, when he did act he did so with great strength of resolution. He was not easily excited, but he had the courage for the worst contingencies. He was a kind and considerate father, free from rashness and outbursts of wrathful violence, thus presenting an example of for. bearance and patience worthy of imitation. He was neither a bigot nor an enthusiast, yet he maintained his opinions upon secular and religious subjects with singular clearness, and without semblance of prejudice. He was married to Elizabeth Cook and had ten children, three of whom are dead. The following are the names of the surviving members of the family : Mary, Eliza, John, Harriet, Barbara, George and Lucy. His wife died in September, 1864. John H. Silvers, of Wooster, a son of Christian, is a native of Plain township, and was raised on the farm with his father. After the breaking out of the war, August 11, 1862, he enlisted in Company I, Captain James Robison, 102d 0. V. I. With this regiment he served during his three years of enlistment, participating in its defeats and triumphs as well as its pleasures and privations. He was married September 54, 1871, to Miss Mary Black, of Wooster. For a number of years he has been chief clerk in the office of Bates Bros., agents of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company for the States of Ohio and West Virginia, and is distinguished for the steadiness and accuracy of his business habits, no less than his private virtues, liberal disposition and general manly qualities. With him the post of duty is the post of honor, his more conspicuous traits being a firm integrity and a rigid sense of social and moral responsibility. He makes few friends, but warm and lasting friendships. General David Moore was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, July 3, 1817, and with his father removed to Chester township in 1830, with whom he remained till he was about 18 years of age, learning the joiner and carpentering business. At the outbreak of the Mexican War he raised a company for the service known as the " Wooster Guards," and was chosen its Captain, and in the order of organization was classed as Company E, 3d Regiment of Ohio Volunteers. He followed the fortunes and perils of his company and regiment, and after its close, in 1851, he re- *This sketch belongs to Plain township, but, inadvertently, was omitted in its proper place. 862 - HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. moved to Missouri and engaged in farming and merchandising in Clark county, in which he continued until the war broke out, when, in the spring of 1861, he organized the 21st Missouri Regiment and on the 5th of August, 1861, with this regiment he defeated General Martin Green, brother of the late Senator Green, who, commanded the rebel forces of North-eastern Missouri. Green had 1,500 men, armed with shot-guns and long knives. The battle commenced at sunrise and lasted about two hours. It was fought in and around the town of Athens, Missouri, about twenty miles above Keokuk, Iowa, on the Des Moines river. General Moore formed his line of battle on the main street of the town, the enemy surrounding the town with his right resting on the river below the village and his left resting on the river above the town. The rebels fought with great courage, but their shot-guns proved unequal to the improved muskets with which the Union soldiers were armed. After two hours of severe fighting, Moore ordered his men to fix bayonets, when they charged upon the enemy's center, capturing his artillery and five hundred cavalry horses, with saddles, blankets, camp and garrison equipage, completely routing the rebels, who precipitately fled from the field, leaving many killed and wounded, and a number of prisoners in possession of the victors. The battle of Athens, so gallantly and skillfully conducted by General Moore, was the first Federal victory won in the State of Missouri. His regiment opened the fight at Shiloh, and in this battle he was twice wounded and lost a leg, which incapacitated him for a 'period, but on his recovery commanded a brigade, under Rosecrans, at Corinth, where he had two horses killed under him. His services were highly active until the close of the war, and of eminent value to the country. General Moore is a brother of W. C. Moore, M. D., of Wooster. His career in the military service of his country was one of great activity and efficiency. A gallant soldier in one of the nation's foreign wars and a valiant leader in the unhappy collisions of the North and South, he has enrolled himself as one of the nation's defenders, and achieved a military eminence such only as the soldier, steel- fronted and of iron blood, achieves. After the close of the war he was elected to. the State Senate of Missouri for four years, on the Liberal ticket, in 1869. He is a firm advocate of the cause of education ; has faith in the common schools, the colleges and universities of the country. Popular education with him is not a vagary or new theory, but a vigorous and life-strengthened conviction. Major-General David Sloane Stanley is a native of Chester township, Wayne county, Ohio, where he was born June 1, 1828, three miles south of the village of Congress, Congress township. Being a bright and promising lad, at the age of eleven years Dr. Leander Firestone, of Wooster, then practicing medicine at Con_ gress village, received him into his family, taking complete charge of him and affording him all the advantages of education within his power at that time. He enjoyed the facilities of the village school during his earlier boyhood, and attended the Canaan Academy, then under the management of Christopher C. Bombarger, and was the classmate of Hon. Joseph H. Downing, of Wooster, Isaac Notestine, of Canaan, William Brinkerhoff, and others. He remained under the attention of Dr. Firestone until 1848, when he obtained, through him and the influence of Hon. Samuel Lahm, member of Congress, admission into West Point Academy. In 1852 he graduated, with a standing sufficiently high to warrant his assignment as Second-Lieutenant to the Second Dragoons, now the Second Cavalry. The next year he was employed as assistant on the survey of the Pacific Railroad, under General Whipple, and in 1855 was transferred to the First Cavalry. Sumner was Colonel, Joe Johnston Lieutenant- ADDITIONAL SKETCHES - 863 nel and Sedgewick Major. In 1857 he was with Colonel Sumner in a campaign against the Cheyenne Indians. 1n 1858 he was in the Utah expedition, and the same year crossed the plains to Texas, where, for services, he was complimented by General Scott. At the opening of the Rebellion he was stationed at Fort Smith, Arkansas, and in 1861 was appointed Captain in the 4th United States Cavalry. He joined General Lyon at Grand River, and was engaged in the capture of Forsythe. He was appointed Brigadier-General of Volunteers in November, 1861. March, 1862, he moved with Pope's army down the Mississippi, and commanded the Second Division at New Madrid and Island No. 10. He took part in the Fort Pillow expedition, and April 22 he joined Halleck's army before Corinth. In the battle of Iuka he commanded one of Rosecrans' two divisions, and was specially commended in the official report, and at the battle of Corinth, October 4, his Division suffering sadly in officers and men. In October he joined the Army of the Tennessee, under General Grant, but in November he was ordered to report to Rosecrans, commanding the Army of the Cumberland, who assigned him to the charge of the cavalry of that army. On November 21 he was made a Major-General of Volunteers. He commanded the cavalry in the fight of Stone River, and for nine days the saddles were not removed from his horses, unless to have them groomed. He made an expedition into Georgia, crossing the Tennessee river with all the cavalry, where he had brisk skirmishing. After the battle of Chickamauga he was assigned to the command of the First Division 4th Army Corps. He accompanied General Sherman on the Atlanta campaign and commanded the 4th Corps, by appointment of the President, from July, 1864, to the close of the war; and during Hood's raid upon General Sherman's communications, in October, he commanded two corps of the Army of the Cumberland. On the 27th of October he separated from Sherman's Army and camped in Coosa Valley, Alabama. He marched the 4th Corps to Chattanooga, and thence to Pulaski, confronting Hood's Army, which was then threatening Nashville and Middle Tennessee. He fell back through Columbia, and at Spring Hill was engaged with two Corps of Hood's Army. At the battle of Franklin, General Stanley came upon the field just as a portion of the National line was captured by the Rebels. His timely arrival averted disaster, and placing himself at the head of a brigade, he led a charge which re-established the line. The soldiers followed him with enthusiasm, calling out, " Come on, men ; we can go wherever the General can." Just after retaking the line, and while passing toward the left, the General's horse was killed ; and no sooner did he regain his feet, than he was struck by a musket ball in the back of the neck, which hurled him to the ground, but, rallying again, he rushed to the advance of his men, and exclaimed, " The lines are breaking ! let us die here ! follow me !" and it is said of him, and the declaration is given to history, that he rallied his faltering troops and repelled seven successive charges. No voice from the rear shouted, " On, Stanley; on !" but fired with an immortal courage, he led the charge and asked his boys to follow him. Of such metal is our Stanley made ; of such Roman virtue is he coined, that "Plucks success E'en from the spear-proof crest of rugged danger." After this engagement, which resulted in the discomfiture of Hood, and his wound seriously incapacitating him, he was forced to abstain from active duty for a period, when he came to Wooster and made his home with Dr. Firestone and wife, 864 - HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. where, under the careful treatment of the former, and the kind attentions of Mrs. Firestone, he rapidly and permanently recovered. He was then placed on duty in East Tennessee, January 24, 1865. In July he moved with the Fourth Corps to Texas, which he commanded, and the middle district of Texas, until mustered out, February I, 1866. General Stanley enjoyed to the fullest extent the confidence of his superior officers, and General Thomas—" the noblest Roman of them all "—in recommending him for promotion, says : "A more cool and brave commander would be a difficult task to find, and though he has been a participant in many of the most sanguinary engagements of the war, his conduct has, on all occasions, been so gallant and marked, that it would almost be an injustice to him to refer to any isolated battle-tield. I refer, therefore, only to the battle of Franklin, Tennessee, November 30, 1864, because it is the more recent, and one in which his gallantry was so marked as to merit the admiration of all who saw him. It was here that his personal bravery was more decidedly brought out, perhaps, than on any other field, and the terrific destruction and defeat which disheartened and checked the fierce assaults of the enemy, is due more to his heroism and gallantry than to that of any other officer on the held." Generals Grant and Sherman indorsed Thomas's recommendation, and General Sheridan also adds his testimony in favor of General Stanley. The authorities at Washington acted upon these testimonials, and rewarded General Stanley's gallantry with the Colonelcy of the 22d United States Infantry, and a Brevet Major-Generalship in the United States Army. Few men, indeed, in the military employment of the United States acquired so sudden and deserving a fame as General Stanley, and he justly merits the bold prominence of being associated and included in that galaxy of young, dashing and brilliant officers of the late war whose valor and genius were developed on its many and sanguinary fields. And it is but due to him to say that he achieved the distinctive honor of giving efficiency, force and elan to the cavalry arm of the national service in the West. Of the genius, skill, gallantry and ability of General Stanley, who henceforward is the property of fame, none have a better right to speak, and none more than the people of Wayne county the right to be proud, for he is her product, and of her soil. He rose from obscurity to eminence, from darkness to brightness. Reputation fell not on him as the dews or as the snows fall; he toiled for it, bled for it, the pathway to the goal exacting its price and the payment. He has been the architect of his own life, the builder of the edifice of his name. For without interference of political friends, or the aid of those whose positions commanded certain influence, he has gained a splendid renown, and ascended the acclivitous path of military glory to honorable hights of enviable fame. He was married April 2, 1857, at Carlisle Barracks, to Anna M. Wright, daughter of Surgeon J. B. Wright, of the United States Army.