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150 - WAYNE COUNTY. proved Order of Red Men, and has been an officer of the Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum. He has four younger brothers and one sister, all living in Wooster. Whatever of success in life Mr. Peckinpaugh has achieved, he says is attributable to his early parental training and his close application to business. He believes in the old maxim that " whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well." SOLOMON K. PLANK, farmer, living on Section 28, Greene Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, was born March 17, 1837, on the homestead, in that township, now occupied by his mother and brother Samuel. His parents, Jephtha and Fanny (Kurtz) Plank, were born in Pennsylvania, the former in Mifflin and the latter in Huntingdon County. Grandfather Plank came to Wayne County, Ohio, while Jephtha was still a young man. He located in Wayne Township, and being quite aged, thereafter lived a retired life. Jephtha Plank, father of S. K., learned the trade of cabinet-making, and being a natural mechanic became very expert, and also was equally skillful as a worker in iron. Later he was equally successful as a practical farmer, and having bought the farm on Section 32, Greene Township, brought it into a fine state of cultivation, and lived thereon until his death. He was twice married, first to Barbara Zook, who died, leaving four children: Hannah, born May 1, 1829, is the wife of Christian B. Brenneman, of Greene Township;. Salome, born July 18, 1830, first married to Isaac Lantz, and now the wife of David Blough; Samuel and Barbara (twins), born February 23, 1832, Samuel now living on the homestead. His second wife was Fanny Kurtz, who was born June 3, 1810, is living at the old home, and now, in her seventy-eighth year, is hale and hearty. She came to this county with her parents, Abraham and Magdalena Kurtz,, when twenty years of age. They settled in Wayne Township, and by hard labor made a comfortable home in the wilderness, in which the father died. After 'his decease the mother lived the rest of her life with her daughter Fanny., The latter was married to Jephtha Plank in October, 1832, and bore him eight children, as follows: Joseph, a farmer of Milton, born March 3, 1834; an unnamed infant, deceased, born December 14, 1835; Solomon K., born March 17, 1837 ; Jonas, born April 3, 1839, died young; Gideon, born March 13, 1841, died in Missouri ; Lydia, born March 16, 1842, was the wife of Gideon Hartzler, and died in Greene Township; Jacob, born, WAYNE COUNTY - 151 January 3, 1845, was killed when seventeen years old by his team running away; and Jephtha, born April 25, 1847, died in Michigan, leaving a widow and children. The father of this family was a man of strong religious feeling, and conscientious and consistent member of the Amish Mennonite Church, who lived up to his professions and reared his children to follow his example. He was a man of probity, and bore an irreproachable character. He was born May 12, 1803, and died October 3, 1846. The mother died May 15, 1889, after a lingering illness, but bore her suffering with great patience and Christian fortitude. She was buried in the Paradise Union Cemetery, May 17, in the presence of a large company of friends and relatives. Solomon K. Plank, the subject of this sketch, has made farming his life-long occupation. He was nine years old when his father died, and thereafter he made his home with his mother until his marriage, on May 15, 1862, with Nancy, daughter of Joseph and Fanny (Kauffman) Hartzler, who was born October 24, 1839, on the place where she now lives, which had been the home of her parents, and was bought subsequently by her and her husband. The Hartzlers were among the early settlers of the county, were both natives of Mifflin County, Penn., and had removed here and settled on the farm in 1824, with their two eldest children, who were born in Pennsylvania. The father was born in 1796, and died in 1870. The mother died in 1874. They had eleven children, of whom are now living, sons : Levi, in Greene Township ; Enos. John and Solomon, in' Davis County, Iowa ; Seth and Benjamin, in Cass County, Mo. ; Gideon, in Greene Township, all farmers daughters: Elizabeth, wife of Joseph Plank, of Milton Township, this county, and Nancy, wife of S. K. Plank, who was. the youngest of the family; the two deceased were Sarah, who died at thirteen, and an infant unnamed. Joseph Hartzler was a plain, upright man, honest and conscientious, who dealt with others as he would be dealt by. He and his wife were members of the Amish Mennonite Church. When they immigrated to Wayne County the land was mostly covered by a dense forest, and the immigrants often grew homesick when looking at the prospect. For years their home was a log cabin, around which at first was but a small patch of cleared land. Years of unremitting toil were passed, but under their hands the farm grew, prosperity smiled upon their efforts, and their farm gradually grew to be one of the best in the neighborhood. At first their grain had to be hauled to Cleveland, where it was either sold for a small price or, more frequently, exchanged for necessaries ; but the hon- 152 - WAYNE COUNTY. ored pioneer and his wife lived to see the fruition of the hopes which brought them from their Eastern home, and died surrounded by all the comforts which their toil had gained for them and their children. Mr. and Mrs. S. K. Plank are the parents of five children, viz.: Malissa Ellen, born March 20, 1863, and Adam, born March 30, 1872, living with their parents; Leo, born June 6, 1864; William Joseph, born July 5, 1866, and John F., born October 16, 1878, are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Plank are members of the -Oak Grove Amish Mennonite Church, of which he is a deacon, and for many years he was one of its superintendents and teachers in its Sunday-school. He is a man of sterling integrity, of strict principle, and highly esteemed in his community. Mr. Plank's great-grandfather, Melcher Plank, was a native of Rotterdam, Holland, and soon after his marriage he and his wife accompanied some friends, who were moving to America, on board the ship. As the ship was not to leave until the next day the captain 'prevailed on them to remain with their friends until morning, as they would probably not see each other again. During the night, while they were asleep, the ship sailed, and when they awoke in the morning they were out of sight of land. On arriving in America they were sold to a Mr. Morgan, of Berks County, Penn., to pay their passage. They had a family of six children: Jacob, Christian, John, Peter, Barbara and Margaret. The three first named married sisters named Yoder. Jacob and Mary (Yoder) Plank were the grandparents of Solomon K., our subject, and were early settlers of Wayne County, Ohio. The former died January 10, 1851, aged eighty-three years, two months and four days, and the latter March 28, 1850, aged seventy-nine years, one month and fifteen days. They had a family of twelve children: John, born July 31, 1792, died January 1, 1889; Christian, born November 8, 1793; Jacob, December 2, 1795; Barbara, September 26, 1797; David, August 3, 1799; Mary, July 15, 1801; Jephtha, May 12, 1803; Fanny, January 29, 1805; Abraham and Sarah (twins), April 28, 1807; Salome, March 24, 1809; Rebecca, June 5, 1811. C. J. MILLER was born in Wayne County in 1845, He is the son of ) Jacob and Magdaline (Gindlesberger) Miller. They were the parents of ten children, of whom C. J. was the sixth. The early life of C. J. Miller was spent at home on his father's farm, and he was educated in the common schools WAYNE COUNTY - 153 of the county. He learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed for five years. In 1862 he enlisted in the three-months service, in Company D, Eighty-sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and re- enlisted in the Ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry for three years. After his career in the army he returned to Wayne County, and was married, in December, 1868, to Sarah Eberly, daughter of Peter Eberly, a very prominent citizen of Wayne County. Three children have been born of this marriage: Cora Elena, Irvin Alden and Roy Edwin. In 1875 Mr. Miller purchased eighty acres of his present farm, owning now some 130 acres. He has been a successful farmer, and is among the progressive, intelligent men of Wayne County. He is a member of the United Brethren Church, a Republican in politics, and stands deservedly high in the estimation of the community. ALBERT B. MACKEY was born in Maysville, Ohio, November 27, 1846, and is a son of John and Elizabeth (Cunningham) Mackey. William Mackey, the grandfather of Albert B., was born in Londonderry, Ireland, and immigrated to America in 1808. He was a cabinet-maker by trade, and remained in New York City, working at the same until 1813 or 1814, when he came to Wayne County, and entered a tract of land on Section 1, in Salt Creek Township, where he lived until his death;. in 1869. He was an energetic, prosperous man, and one of the leading men of the township. During the War of 1812 he served in the New York militia. His family consisted of ten children, as follows: Eve (now Mrs. John Clum, of Defiance County, Ohio), Rosana, Elizabeth, Murabra, Margaret, Tamor and Sophronia (all deceased), Lucinda (now Mrs. Man oah Franks, of Kendallville, Ind.), John (deceased) and Cyrus. Of these, John was born in Salt Creek Township, Wayne County, in 1824, and was reared on the homestead. At an early age he and one Daniel Heider laid out the town of Maysville, .Ohio. After his. marriage he located on a tract of land adjoining that of his father, and lived there until his death, by accident, in a saw-mill, in 1850. His wife was a daughter of James Cunningham, a native of Fayette County, Penn., who entered a tract of land in Salt Creek Township in 1816, and in 1819 located on the farm now owned by Albert B. and his brother, John, where he died May 6, 1868. John Mackey reared three children: Albert B. (our subject), Mary Jane (deceased) and, John, residing on the homestead. 154 - WAYNE COUNTY. Albert B. was educated at Savannah Academy, in Ashland County, Smithville and Fredericksburgh, Ohio, and studied the profession of a civil engineer, which he followed for three years on the Pacific coast, during two years of which he was employed by the Government. He read law with John P. Jefferies, of Wooster, Ohio, but was never admitted to practice. He lived on the farm until 1884, when he moved his family to Apple Creek. January 1, 1874, Mr. Mackey married Clara E., daughter of Adam Henning, of Salt Creek Township; Wayne County, and by this union they have five children: Radie, Edwin A., Florence M., John H. and Bertha M. Mr. Mackey has served as county surveyor, and as justice of the peace of East Union and Salt Creek Townships for twelve years. He is a member of Apple Creek Lodge, No. 674, I. 0. 0. F., Apple Creek Lodge, No. 324, K. of P., and votes with the Democratic party. JOHN MACKEY was born August 9, 18509. at Maysville, Ohio. He was educated at the township schools and the academy at Savannah, and has always followed farming. In 1874 he married Miss Mary Grosjean, daughter of Eugene Grosjean, of Salt Creek Township, Wayne County. She died October 26, 1879, leaving one child, Eugenie. By his present wife, nee Mary Jane Brown, daughter of E. A. Brown, of Wooster, Ohio, Mr. Mackey has two children: Ralph Waldo and Maud Alma. Mr. Mackey is a Republican in politics, and has served as president of the school board of Salt Creek Township for four years. He is now .serving his second term as township trustee. CASPER L. SWART, son of Henry and Mary (Langell) Swart, was born in Wayne County, Ohio, near Edinburgh, East Union Township. The parents moved in the year in which they were married from Jefferson County, Ohio, to Wayne County. They bad a family of nine children, viz. : Mary, Simon, Andrew Jackson, Casper L., Margaret S., James, Sarah, Ellen Maria and Susan. Of these, Casper L., whose name heads this sketch, was educated at the local schools of his township, was brought up on a farm, and has all his days followed the life of a husbandman. He moved on the fine farm where he now resides, in Plain Township, Wayne County, in 1836, and has greatly improved and beautified it. Mr. Swart was married February 15, 1859, to Mary Jane Cormony, of Mount Vernon, Ohio, and to this union have been born seven children, as follows: Henry, born February 7, 1860, died April WAYNE COUNTY - 155 19, 1864; Flavia, born April 7, 1862, died April 17, 1864; Adrian C., born February 20, 1864; Lelia M., born August 20, 1865; Ella M., born December 1, 1867; Nora A., born January 20, 1874, and Perry L,, born August 28, 1877. The mother of these children died April 10, 1885. The family are members of the Christian Church, and are regarded among the most worthy and respected citizens of Plain Township. J. W. KIPLINGER, son of Michael and Sarah (Keen) Kiplinger, was born in Jackson Township, Ashland Co., Ohio, August 1, 1856. Jacob Kiplinger, grandfather of J. W., and who was a native of Pennsylvania, married Barbara Bope, by whom he had thirteen children, nine sons and four daughters, all of whom grew to manhood and womanhood; he died September 13, 1845, aged seventy- nine years, twenty-nine days, his widow surviving until May 17, 1856, when she too died, aged eighty-two years and four months. Michael Kiplinger, father of J. W., was born April 11, 1804, in Centre County, Penn., and came to Ashland County, Ohio, where he lived up to the time of his death, which occurred Novem- ber 11, 1872. He married, March 1, 1832, Sarah, daughter of John and Catherine Keen, natives of Pennsylvania, who came to Ohio in an early day, being among the early pioneers of Ashland County. Mr. Keen died March 8, 1862, aged eighty-five years, five mouths and fourteen days; his wife died May 6, 1862, aged eighty-one years, ten months and eighteen days. Michael and Sarah Kiplinger were the parents of ten children: Daniel, James P., Michael, John J., Edward A., Joseph W., Sarah, Hannah, Mary and Rebecca, seven of whom are living. The mother is now residing in Jackson Township, Ashland Co., Ohio, in excellent health, in her seventy-sixth year. J. W. Kiplinger, the subject of this biographical memoir, was married in March, 1882, to Miss Adella, daughter of Jacob and Mary A. Keen, former of whom was born May 13, 1835, and died September 14, 1878; latter was born December 8, 1837. To Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Kiplinger has been born one child, Claude Clayton, born January 6, 1881. Mr. Kip- linger came to West Salem, Wayne Co., Ohio, in 1883, and embarked in the drug business, in which he has been eminently successful. September 5, 1885, he received his commission as postmaster of West Salem, and as such his uniform courtesy and strict attention to the duties of his office have earned for him the ad- 156 - WAYNE COUNTY. miration and respect of the entire community. In politics he is a Democrat. WARREN AYLESWORTH, in his lifetime a progressive farmer, was a native of Wayne County, having been born in Clinton Township, January 5, 1820. His father, Ira H. Aylesworth, was a native of Vermont, and when about twelve years of age removed to Otsego County, N. Y., and thence, in 1816, to Ohio, traveling the entire distance by wagon. While residing in New York he was married to Esther, daughter of James Gray, and a native of Massachusetts. Her ancestors for several generations were residents of the latter State, being of English descent. Mrs. Aylesworth's father was a soldier in the Revolutionary army, and bore his share of the hardships and privations of those "times that tried men's souls," enlisting in the patriot army when he was only sixteen years old. Afterward he became a Revolutionary prisoner. He now lies buried in Ashland County, Ohio. Ira H. Aylesworth's ancestry were also of English descent. When Mr. Aylesworth and his young wife came to Wayne County they settled on a tract of wild land that had never known the touch of the white man's ax or plow. They first lived in a log cabin, which Mr. Aylesworth erected with his own hands. Here they lived and reared their family, enduring the hardships and privations incident to pioneer life, and here Mrs. Aylesworth died in 1843, at the age of forty-three years. She was the mother of nine children, sia of whom grew to maturity, but of whom only three are now living. A number of years after his wife's death Ira H. Aylesworth married Mrs. Olive Williams, who bore him one child. In 1861, just as the troops were leaving for the front in response to President Lincoln's call, Mr. Aylesworth died, in Wooster (where he had lived for several years), from the effect of injuries received through being thrown from a wagon.. He was then seventy-five years old. He served for a time as justice of the peace, and bore an important part in developing the resources of Wayne County. He led an exemplary life, and was universally esteemed. Warren Aylesworth spent his early years on his father's farm, being born in the old log house, and afterward attending school in the pioneer log school-house. On the 1st of May, 1849, he was married to Miss Ann E., daughter of Robert' and Mary (Thomas) Wilson, and a native of Huntingdon County, Penn., where she was born, October 14, 1827. Her paternal ancestors, who were of Scotch-Irish WARREN AYLESWORTH - 157 158 - BLANK WAYNE COUNTY.159 descent, came to America prior to the Revolution, in which her grandfather, Thomas Wilson, was a soldier. His sword is now in Mrs. Aylesworth's possession. Her grandmother on her mother's side, Agnes Scott, and her, family were of Welsh descent. Robert and Mary Wilson came, in 1834, to what is now Ashland County, Ohio, where the father and mother died— the latter in 1843, at the age of forty-one, and the former, December 25, 1871, aged seventy-two. Mr. Wilson was an earnest Abolitionist, and attended the first free-soil convention, held at Buffalo in 1848. He was an active "conductor" on the mysterious underground railroad, his house being one of the numerous " stations." After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Aylesworth remained on the old homestead until 1874, when they removed to Wooster, and in 1876 purchased the present homestead. They had labored hard to improve and beautify their farm, and were successful in so doing. Only one child has blessed their union, and that was spared to them but a few months. Intent, however, upon doing good, they took and reared a son of Mrs. Aylesworth's brother, whose parents had died, and he remained with them until his marriage. Mr. Aylesworth always worked and voted with the Republican party until 1888, when he cast his vote for the Prohibition candidates, desiring to see his countrymen freed from the thralldom of strong drink. He was an esteemed member of the Presbyterian Church of Wooster, as is his widow. She is also a member of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Warren Aylesworth died at his home in Wooster, June 24, 1889, of typhoid pneumonia, after an illness of six days, and his remains are interred in Oak Hill Cemetery, at Wooster, Wayne Co., Ohio. The Aylesworth family is one of the best known and most highly respected in Wayne County. Its members have borne their share in the work of building up the county, and causing the wilderness to "blossom as the rose." They have their reward in being well-to-do and in possessing the esteem and affection of everyone who knows them. ISAAC H. HAGUE, M. D., son of Isaac and Nancy (Dougherty) Hague, was born in Holmes County, Ohio, November 9, 1840. His paternal grandparents came from. Holland, and located in Fayette County, Penn., removing to Holmes County in 1828, where the grandfather was an agriculturist. Isaac Hague, father of the Doctor, was born in Fayette County, Penn., where he married Nancy Dougherty, who was also born in Pennsylvania, 160 - WAYNE COUNTY. and where their children—Ruth, Jane, William and Sarah—were born; and after their settlement in Ohio Aaron, Elizabeth, Hannah and Isaac H. were born. Ruth and Jane are both residents of Holmes County, and married, the former to John Phillips, the latter to Steven R. Williams ; residence is also there ; Sarah married William McConkey, and their home is in Missouri; Elizabeth married James Miller, and their residence was in Porter County, Ind., where she died; Hannah married Josiah Moreland, also of Porter County, Ind., where she also died. Isaac H. received his elementary education in his native county, and his classical education at Hiram College, Portage County, Ohio. He studied medicine with Dr. Joel Pomerene, of Millersburgh, Ohio, and attended a course of lectures in Cleveland, at Wooster University, from which he graduated in 1868, and in 1876 he took . a special course at Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York. During the war, in 1862, the Doctor enlisted in Company G, One Hundred and Second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, returning home at its close, in 1865. In 1864, during the term of his enlistment, he married Rebecca, daughter of James Williams, of Holnies County, Ohio, and upon his return from the army they located for a time in Millers- burgh ; then he began the practice of med icine in Nashville, removing to Shreve in 1877, where he has since been successfully engaged in the practice of his profession. To Dr. and Mrs. Hague five children have been born, viz.: Ellis B. ; Jennie (now Mrs. I. C. Charles, of Lucas, Richland Co,,' Ohio) ; Virga L. ; Estella D., and James Harrison Garfield, named after ex-President Garfield, who was president of Hiram College during the Doctor's attendance there. The Doctor and his wife are members of the Disciples Church; in politics he is a Republican. It is almost superfluous to add that Dr. Hague as a professional man and as a citizen deservedly holds a high position in the estimation of the community where he resides, and that he enjoys an increasing and remunerative practice. JOHN HINDMAN, one of Wayne County's earliest settlers, was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, April 4, 1815, his parents being James and Ruth (Crunkilton) Hindman. The paternal grandfather of our subject was also named James, and lived and died in Franklin County, Penn., his widow thereafter making her home with her son James. The latter was all his life a farmer, and in his early manhood was WAYNE COUNTY - 161 united in marriage with Ruth, daughter of Robert Crunkilton, and a native of Franklin County, Penn. As early as 1809 our subject's father came to Wayne County, and settled on land where he proposed making his future home. After clearing a portion of it he returned to his native State, where he was married in the year 1812, and at once, with his bride, started for their new home in the then far West, in this county. Owing to Indian troubles in this region, they stopped in Columbiana County, Ohio, where they rented land, and stayed there until 1816. Everything being now quiet in this region, they came to Wayne County in that year, and here lived the remainder of their lives. They had to endure the hardships and privations of the life of the early pioneers, and for years pumpkin butter, as a substitute for apple butter, was an article of daily food. Little do the younger people of to-day realize the privations endured by the early pioneers, who laid the foundation of the prosperity Wayne County is to-day enjoying. About the year 1858 death called the hardy pioneer from his labors, at the age of fifty-eight years. He was a man of great physical strength, but the arduous toil of pioneer life shortened his days. He had an inclination for military matters, and was captain of the first militia company organized in Wayne County. Later he became major of the first regiment, and still later was elected colonel. In his political views he was a Jackson Democrat, and was active in pub- lic affairs, having filled various offices of trust in the county, as township trustee, county commissioner, etc. He was also a member of the Masonic fraternity. His wife survived him many years, dying in 1873, at the ripe old age of eighty-three years. Their union had been blessed by the birth of seven children, three of whom are yet surviving: John, James (on the old homestead) and Ruth (Mrs. Adam Eyman, of Wooster). The deceased were Maria, wife of George Vallandigham, of East Union Township; Crooks, who died in Wells County, Ind., and two who died in infancy. John Hindman remained on his father's farm until he reached the years of manhood, and in 1839 was united in marriage with Nancy, daughter of Theophilus and Mary Phillips, and a native of Fayette County, Penn., who came with her parents to Wayne County, where she grew to womanhood. For two years the young couple remained upon the home farm, but in .1841 they removed to Edinburgh, this county, where he engaged in mercantile business, in partnership with David Clark, the connection continuing until 1850, when they sold out He was also postmaster from 1844 to 1850, when he re- 162 - WAYNE COUNTY. signed. Prior to this they had together bought a farm of 135 acres, and on the dissolution Mr. Hindman bought his partner's interest, and, later, purchased 206 acres adjoining, giving him a fine farm of over 300 acres of choice land. In 1853, when the railroad was built, it ran across Mr. Hindman's land, on a part of which the depot was erected. The following year, 1854, he laid out and platted a village, which he named Apple Creek. He remained upon his farm until 1868, when he rented it, and removed to Wooster, which has since been his home. Mr. Hindman and his esteemed wife are parents of eight children, of whom the following is recorded: Mary, wife of O. K. Griffith, of Orrville, this county ; William, a resident of Crestline, Ohio; Ruth, wife of J. G. Jackson, of Toledo; James died near Apple Creek, Ohio; Ann, wife of S. B. Eason, of Wooster; Martha, wedded to T. H. Cunningham, of Wooster, and two children who died in infancy. Nancy, the wife of Mr. Hindman, died at Wooster, Ohio, August 21, 1877, in the sixty-first year of her age. The life of Mr. Hindman has been one of activity and labor. All his lifetime he has been a temperate man, having never used either intoxicating liquor or tobacco, and to-day, at the honored age of seventy-four years, he is hale and hearty. As one of the pioneers of the county he will long be remembered, and as an upright man and good citizen he has always stood high in the estimation of his fellow-men. He has contributed liberally of his time and means to all projects having for their aim the upbuilding of the county, and has always justly borne the reputation of a public-spirited citizen. He, as was his beloved wife, is an esteemed member of the Presbyterian Church of Wooster. He is an adherent of the Democratic party, and has served two terms as director of the Wayne County Infirmary. GEORGE MATHES is a son of Martin and Margaret (Rott) Mathes, natives of France, who came to America in 1843, and settled in Canaan Township, Wayne Co., Ohio. The father, who was a prominent member of the Reformed Church, died in 1883; his widow still survives him. They reared eight children, five of whom are living: Margaret, wife of Jacob Weimer, of Holmes County, Ohio; Sarah, wife of Jacob Broomter, in Wooster Township, Wayne County; George; Barnhart, in Michigan; Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Hope, in Kalamazoo, Mich. The subject of these lines was born in France, December 2, 1833; came to WAYNE COUNTY - 163 Wayne County with his parents, and learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed for many years. In 1860 he purchased the farm adjoining him, and in 1884 traded that for his present farm of 140 acres, in Canaan Township, Wayne County. In 1860 he married Christina, daughter of Balsar Haas, of Canaan Township. She died in 1872, leaving four children: Alice, wife of Ernest Benjamin, of Medina County, Ohio; Emma, wife of Ellis W. Zehner, in West Salem (has one child, an infant) ; Ida, wife of Deforest Smith, of Canaan Township; Matilda, at home. Mr. Mathes' present wife is Louisa, daughter of Charles Galwitz, of Holmes County, and by her he has two children, Jessie and Charles. Mr. Mathes is a member of the Republican party, with prohibition proclivities, and has filled various township offices. At present writing he holds the office of school director. He is an elder in the Reformed Church of Canaan. LEWIS STACHER, farmer, was born in Washington County, Penn., in 1833, a son of Christopher and Rebecca (Snyder) Stacher. In 1835 the parents moved to Wayne County, Ohio, and first settled in Canaan Township, but subsequently removed to Congress Township, where the father died at the age of forty-five years. He was never a robust man, and for several years prior to his death was unable to perform the duties of farm life. His wife survived him for several years, dying at the age of fifty-seven. They had a family of seven children: Eli, Mary Ann, Sarah Ann, Elizabeth, Rebecca, Lewis and Solomon B. The children were reared in Wayne County, Lewis, the subject of our sketch, being but two years old when his parents made this county their home. Deprived of the care of a father early in life, he was obliged to assist in the work of the farm, his educational advantages being but limited. Since reaching manhood he has devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits, and is now one of the prosperous farmers of the township. His reputation for honesty and integrity is evidenced by the official honors conferred upon him by his fellow-citizens, having served as trustee of the township, and also as justice of the peace six years. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church. His political affiliations are with the Democratic party. He was married in 1861 to Miss Margaret McKee, daughter of Thomas McKee, and to them were born two children: Thomas C. (deceased), and Carrie Bell, at home. Mrs. Stadler died September 24, 1885. 164 - WAYNE COUNTY. MOSES MORRETT, a well-known and respected citizen of Wooster, is a native of Cumberland County, Penn., born June 5, 1825. His father, Michael Morrett, was likewise a native of that State, of mixed German and French lineage, his ancestors having settled in Pennsylvania at an early day. Michael Morrett was a farmer, and was married to Catherine Young, also a native of Pennsylvania, and a daughter of Mathias and Gertrude Young. Michael Morrett died in his native State in 1840, and his wife in 1847. They were the parents of three sons and six daughters, the sons being now the only survivors of the family. Our subject is the only one living in Ohio; Michael occupies the Pennsylvania homestead, and Samuel is a resident of Kosciusko County, Ind. The subject of this sketch spent his life on the farm until he was eighteen years of age. His chances for school education in his earlier youth were very limited, being kept .out of school much of the time to attend to work which the lack of machinery in those days imposed upon the farmer boy; nevertheless, he became a well-educated man. Later, for a few terms, he attended an academy at Shippensburgh, in his native county, and also spent a time in Dickinson College, at Carlisle, Penn. When qualified he began teaching school, following that profession for twenty-two years. He was also engaged in mercantile business at Church- town, in his native county. In 1851 Mr. Morrett was united in marriage with Miss Adeline E., daughter of Daniel and Cassiah (Bowman) Krysher, all natives of Pennsylvania. To Mr. and Mrs. Morrett was born one child, Ida May, who became a finely educated young lady, and was a teacher of music ; she died at the age of twenty-five. In 1858 Mr. Morrett moved to Wayne County, Ohio, where he followed his profession of teaching most of the time until 1872. For six years he was principal of the school at Smithville, in this county, and for four years principal of the grammar school of Wooster. In 1872 he was appointed internal revenue storekeeper for the district, and several years later was appointed gauger, combining the two positions. At the beginning of President Cleveland's administration, in 1885, he withdrew from the service, and has since been book-keeper in Plank Brothers' mill, in Wooster. Mr. and Mrs. Morrett are much-respected members of society. Both are members of the Presbyterian Church in Wooster, he being an active worker in the Sabbath-school, where for many years he has been a highly successful teacher in the Bible class. He is a strong Republican, and has been elected justice of the peace, both in Pennsylvania and Ohio. WAYNE COUNTY - 165 In 1887 he was made president of the Board of Trustees of the Wooster Water Works. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias and of the Odd Fellows order. He and his wife live in a comfortable home on East Liberty Street, Wooster, and enjoy the good-will and friendship of everyone who has the pleasure of knowing them. D. Q. LIGGETT (deceased), who in his lifetime was a well-known and highly respected citizen of Wooster, Wayne County, was born in Holmes County, Ohio, December 27, 1821. His boyhood and early manhood days were spent on his father's farm, and at twenty-one he commenced clerking in a dry goods store at Nashville, in his native county, in which business he later became a partner, subsequently purchasing the concern. In 1860 he sold out, and removed to Wooster, where he again commenced a mercantile career, continuing in the same until his death, which occurred February 15, 1886. Mr. Liggett was a man of sterling business principles, and a hard worker, often laboring beyond his strength. For some years previous to his decease his health had failed, and his existence for a long time seemed to be a close struggle between life and death. Not alone is Mr. Liggett to be spoken of as a successful business man, for in his social life his many virtues and acts of benevolence, done in a quiet, unassuming manner, will remain forever in the memory of those who knew him best; and his loss as a useful citizen will long be felt in the two counties of which he had been a resident. In his life's work he was ever nobly aided by his loving wife, who stood by him and encouraged him in the many struggles to be met with on the highway to affluence; and the elegant home where the widow now resides, one of the handsomest in the city of Wooster, is the result of their united labor, good management and economy. To the building of old Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (of which he was a member), at Wooster, Mr. Liggett contributed largely. When a young man he became identified with the I. 0. 0. F. politically he was a stanch Republican. May 26, 1846, he became united in marriage with Elizabeth, daughter of James and Catherine (Solenders) Munhall, and a native of Cumberland County, Penn., born August 13, 1823, her parents being both of the same county. Her maternal grandparents came to America from Germany, and her paternal ancestry from Ireland. When Mrs. Liggett was a child, her parents came to Holmes Conn- 166 - WAYNE COUNTY. ty, and here followed farming until their deaths, the father dying when over eighty years of age, and the mother about two years later. They had a family of seven children, as follows: John, in Holmes County, Ohio; James, in Illinois; Henry and Francis, both of whom died in Illinois; Mary A., now Mrs. John Boyd; Sarah, now Mrs. Charles Yocum, near Warrenton, Mo., and Elizabeth, Mrs. D. Q. Liggett. Mrs. Liggett spent her early life on the farm until her marriage, when she and her husband resided in Nashville, as already related. No children were born to this worthy couple, and the devoted wife in her widowhood is left alone to mourn the loss of her husband, and quietly await the summons that will call her to an eternal reunion. JOHN D. EBRIGHT, son of Abram B. and Tamar (Freese) Ebright, was born in Plain Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, in 1859. His grandfather, George Ebright, was a native of Cumberland County, Penn., born in 1782. He there received a practical education, and May 6, 1806, married Barbara Brunner, also a native of the same county, born October 14, 1786. During the year 1834 they removed to Ohio, and located in what is now Wooster Township, Wayne County, but removed to Plain Township, one mile south of Blachleyville, and afterward to a farm two miles farther south, where they spent the remainder of their days. They were the parents of eleven children, as follows: John B., born February 14, 1807, married to Rachel Burbler October 4, 1832, looted in Cumberland County, Penn., where he died February 14, 1849, leaving one child, Edwin G., who with his mother moved to Clinton Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, where they still live; Elizabeth, born May 10, 1809, remained at home until the decease of. her father, and now has her home with Mrs. A. B. Ebright, of Plain Township; Hannah K., born March 11, 1811, married Henry' Oldroyd in March, 1834, and immediately removed to Clinton Township, Wayne County (they were the parents of seven children, only five of whom are now living: Elmer G., Charles W., A. B., W. F. and T. B.) ; George, born January 11, 1813, married May 1, 1839, to Rachel Hathaway, of Fairfield County, Ohio, where they remained until his decease, March 20, 1864, when Mrs. Ebright, with her children, removed to Ashland County, thence to Wayne County, and she is now a resident of Wooster (their children were Pulaska, Elizabeth, L. S., 011ie, Martha, Joseph and May G.) ; Ann, WAYNE COUNTY - 167 born May 20, 1815, married to Thomas Battles March 11, 1842, located in Clinton Township (their only surviving children are Ann and Susie) ; Abram B. ; Mary, born May 6, 1821, married May 12, 1844, to William B. Baker, located in Indiana, and have three children: Byron L., Elizabeth and Amy; Thomas, born April 14, 1824, married to Nancy Leggett June 15, 1854, located at Nashville, Holmes Co., Ohio, and had four children, two of whom are living: Catherine and Cady; William P., born March 12, 1827, died October 31, 1827, and two children died in infancy. Of these, Abram B. was born March 27, 1818, in Cumberland County, Penn., and April 22, 1841, married Tamar Freese; located at Millbrook, Plain Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, where he carried on teaching and farming. He taught during the winters for a period of twenty years, devoting his attention during the summers to the farm. He was one of the representative men of his township, and was held high in favor by its citizens. His death occurred July 27, 1887. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Abram B. Ebright were Frances, deceased ; Arta D., the late Mrs. David Sloane, of Ashland County; E. F., who married Miraba Miller, and located in Ashland County; Ulila, who died when eight years of age ; Melvin. C., an attorney of Ashland County, having been ad- milted to the bar about a year before his death, .which occurred April 13, 1879; George J., married to Ella Oswalt, and located in Plain Township, Wayne County, and John D., who married, December 28, 1882, Della M., daughter of Benjamin Leyda, of Clinton Township, and located in Plain Township, Wayne County, where he became a farmer. Preferring, however, a mercantile life to one of the farm, he removed to Shreve in March, 1886, and established himself in business as dealer in boots and shoes, etc., and is one of the prominent and active business men of that enterprising village. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Ebright are the parents of two children: Ethel Elizabeth, born November 6, 1883, and Glen Leyda, born August 17, 1885. The parents are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics Mr. Ebright is a Republican, and lie is a member of the council. FIKE FAMILY. This family is now represented as its head by George Fike, a retired farmer living at Orrville, who was born in Alsace-Lorraine, November 7, 1825, and was in his twelfth year when he came here with parents, Michael and Eva Fike. They came direct from New York to Canaan 168 - WAYNE COUNTY Township, Wayne County, and settled upon a farm, which is still in the posses- sion of the family. Michael Fike died in Sandusky City, Ohio, while temporarily staying with a daughter, Mrs. Emeline Voigt, in April, 1886, at the age of eighty-two years. His widow lives with the same daughter, and is eighty-nine years old. They had seven children, viz. : Michael, living in Sandusky City ; Jacob, who died in the old country, aged fifteen; John, who lives in Canaan Township, Wayne County; George, in Orrville; Frederick, in Canaan Township; Adam W., in Wayne Township, and Emeline, in Sandusky City. George Fike, in his sixteenth year, went into a bakery at Wooster, where he stayed a couple of years, and then for several years clerked in a tin and stove store at Akron, Ohio. He then started a general store at Mansfield, Ohio, which he sold, and then bought a foundry at Loudonville, Ashland Co., Ohio, which he afterward sold, and bought a farm in Canaan Township, Wayne County. Disposing of this four years later, he bought another in Clinton Township, which was his home for thirteen years. Again he sold, and bought in Canaan Township, which two years later he sold, and bought the farm in Greene Township which is occupied by his son, George A. This was his home for twenty-three years, when he retired to a well-earned repose, building a handsome and commodious residence in the village of Orrville. January 26, 1850, Mr. Fike was married to Miss Catherine Rinehart, born in Alsace-Loraine, October 25, 1825, who came to this country with her parents when six years old. They have six children: Louisa E., William A., . George A., Joseph B., Jacob M. and Mary J. Mr. and Mrs. Fike are members of the Lntheran Church, of which he has been treasnrer and trustee. He is a man of shrewd judgment, entirely self-made, and highly respected. WILLIAM A. FIKE, farmer, living on Section 14, Greene Township is the eld; est son of George Fike, and was born in Canaan Township, February 12, 1853. His education was received in the district schools, after which for a time he worked at the bakery and confectionery business for awhile in Wooster. Preferring farm life, he returned to his father's, where he remained until his marriage. September 5, 1876, lie was married to Mary X; daughter of Henry B. and Elizabeth Hoover, whose history appears on another page. She was born June 4, 1854, in the house where she now lives, and where her parents also live with her. Mr. and Mrs. Fike are the parents of four children, one of whom, Ida Grace, died at the age of eleven months. The survivors are Ada May, Alpha WAYNE COUNTY - 169 Emma and William Henry Frederick. Mr. and Mrs. Fike also adopted in September, 1878, a young girl, Cora Maud Ensworth, an orphan, then six years of age, whom they took from the Fairmount Orphan Home, at Alliance, Ohio, and who has been to them as their own. After his marriage Mr. Fike removed to the farm where he now lives, which for three years he rented from his wife's father. The following year was spent with his wife's parents on a place adjoining, and he then, in 1880, bought a farm near Smithville, on which they lived for two years, when he sold it, and bought store property in Smithville. He and his wife, however, returned to the farm which has since been their home, and which he works. Mr. and Mrs. Fike are members of the German Reformed Church of Orrville,of which he is both deacon and clerk. a responsible trust for so young a man, but one which he discharges faithfully and satisfactorily. He has never lived out of Wayne County, and his life-long neighbors bear testimony to his integrity and his character as a good man and good citizen. GEORGE A. FIKE is the second son of George Fike, and was born in Clinton Township, November 27, 1854. He attended the district schools, and later entered Prof. Eberly's select school at Smithville. After leaving there he engaged in teaching in his native county, and after- ward for two years in the State of Iowa. Coming back to Wayne County, he engaged in merchandising in Smithville, where he remained four years, but, preferring the life of a farmer, bought a farm in Canaan Township, which he yet owns. On that place he lived until his father's retirement, when the latter wished him to take the homestead, which he did. May 15, 1879, Mr. Fike was married to Miss Ida E. Caskey, of Wayne Township, where she was born December 1, 1860. They have two children: Della M. and Pearlie M. The parents of Mrs. Fike are residents of Wayne Township, where the family have long been settled. Her father, George Caskey, was born on the place where he now lives, which is the family homestead. Her mother was Miss Catherine Burkholder, and also is yet living. Mr. and Mrs. Fike are members of the Lutheran Church at Smithville, and he bears the reputation of a young man of high principles and strict integrity. D. R. BENJAMIN F. HOY was born in Holmesville, Holmes Co., Ohio, June 22, 1861. His parents are Dr. George W. and Mary A. (Spearman) Hoy. The subject of this biographical memoir received his literary education at 170 - WAYNE COUNTY. Muskingum College, his medical education at Toledo and Columbus, and he graduated from Toledo Medical College in 1883. He first located in Belmore, Putnam Co., Ohio, where he practiced his profession for three years. In 1886 he came to Apple Creek, and here now enjoys an extensive practice. In 1887 the Doctor was united in marriage with Miss Fannie F., daughter of T. J. Cross, of Putnam County, Ohio. Dr. by has always taken an active part in Republican politics, and is chairman of the township committee. He is at this writing a candidate for the office of coroner. He is a member of Apple Creek Lodge, No. 324, K. of P., Apple Creek, Ohio, Northwestern Ohio Medical Association, and Ohio State Pharmaceutical Association. THOMAS FERGUSON, son of Walter and Rebecca (Paul) Ferguson, is a native of Westmoreland County, Penn., born June 7, 1825. His father was a native of Ireland, born in 1786, and his mother was a native of Pennsylvania. They came with their family, including Thomas, our subject, to Wayne County, Ohio, in October, 1829, and located on Section 15, Congress Township. The father died in 1871, the mother in 1849. The father was twice married, and had a family of ten children, five born to each marriage. Rebecca Paul was his second wife. Two of the family are yet living. Walter Ferguson the father of Thomas, came with his father to this continent in 1789. They resided a few years in Cumberland County, Penn., and then moved to Westmoreland County, same State. Thomas, the subject of this memoir, was married in October, 1849, to Rebecca Jane, daughter of James Patterson, who came to Wayne County, Ohio, sixty years ago, becoming one of the first settlers of Congress Township, where he died in February, 1867. To Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson were born eight children, all now living except one: James W., born December 17, 1850; Sydney M., born June 13, 1853, died October 13, 1882; Emma V., born July 1, 1855; Reuben B., born May 18, 1858; Ohio P., born April 27, 1860; Charles E., born October 29, 1862; Thomas V., born October 10, 1864; Mary J., born September 11, 1867. Although our subject's opportunities for obtaining an education were very limited in his day, as compared with the present, still his assiduous application to his books and steady perseverance in his studies have placed him above the average on the roll of well-read men in his county. For some time, while a young man, he WAYNE COUNTY - 171 taught school, and in after years his judgment and intelligence were recognized by the community in selecting him to assist in making the township assessments under the new law, and he has since served many times in the same capacity. Mr. Ferguson has for many years been a leader among the agriculturists and stock-raisers of Wayne County, where his sixty years of continuous residence places him among the foremost of the pioneers. He owns the old homestead on Section 15, before referred to, where his father so long lived, besides an excellent farm, one and a half miles west of the old farm place, where he at present resides. Politically he is a Republican, having been an old-line Whig in his earlier life. WILLIAM P. BARNS is a son of James and Asenath (McIntire) Barns, natives of West Virginia, who came to Wayne County, Ohio, about 1828, and entered the farm in Canaan Township which is now owned by their son William P. They died, the father in 1855, the mother in 1885. James Barns was formerly a Whig, and afterward a Republican. They reared ten children, as follows: Harrison, Rebecca, Emily E. and Franklin E., all deceased; Melissa, wife of James Orr, Tabitha C., wife of Adam Smith, James A., Delilah, wife of Henry Snell, Jemima C., single, and William P., all living in Canaan Township. Franklin E. was a soldier of the Sixteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company K, and died at Camp Dennison, Ohio. The subject of this memoir was born on the homestead he now owns, in Canaan Township, December 23, 1847, and has, since resided here. In 1878 he married Miss Viola J., daughter of Eli Snell, of Canaan, Wayne County, and by this union there have been two children, but one now living—Harrison; Clyde is deceased.. Mr. Barns is a member of the Republican party, and has served as township, trustee for a number of years. He is a member of Creston Lodge, No. 245, K. of P., and one of the highly respected citizens of Wayne County. WILLIAM H. SMITH was born in Chippewa Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, in April, 1830, and is a son of Joseph G. and Mary (Frank) Smith. His paternal grandfather was Andrew Smith, formerly of Centre County, Penn.,. who settled about 1829 in Chippewa Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, where he cleared and improved a farm, on which 172 - WAYNE COUNTY he lived and died. His children were three in number, viz. : James, Joseph G. and William, all now deceased. Joseph G., at his father's death, succeeded to the homestead, where he resided until . his death, in 1872. His family consisted of six children, viz. : William H., Mettie (Mrs. John B. Zimmerman), Charles P., Arthur, Howard and Alice. The maternal grandfather of William H. Smith was Henry Frank, a native of Germany, born October 30, 1787, and who immigrated to America in 1791 with his parents, who located in Washington County, Penn. In 1792 his parents died, and he was bound out to a farmer until twenty-one years of age, receiving for his services two suits of clothes and one pair of shoes per year. At seventeen years of age he ran away, and learned the potter's trade. In 1822 he came to Wayne County, Ohio, locating in Canaan Township, where he worked at his trade and cleared a farm. In 1840 he moved to Chippewa Township, settling on the farm now occupied by his children, which he also cleared and improved, and here he resided until his death, which occurred in 1861. His wife was Jane, daughter of Charles and Mary A. Provines, of Washington County, Penn., and by her he had five children, as follows: Margaret, Mary (Mrs. Joseph G. Smith), Elizabeth (Mrs. Almon Butler), James P., and Maria J. (Mrs. Newell Collins). Mr. Frank was a member of the Presbyterian Church; in politics he was a Republican. The subject proper of this memoir was reared and educated in his native township. In early manhood he taught school, winters, working on the farm in summers. For four years he was a clerk in the hard-. ware store at Doylestown of which he is now one of the proprietors, having purchased an interest in the business in 1885. December 27, 1870, he married Maria J., daughter of Thomas and Margaret (Crawford) Lucas, of Chippewa Township, Wayne County, and by her has two children : Rhoda and Lucy E. Mr. Smith is one of the representative citizens and business men of Doylestown, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Royal Arcanum; he is a Republican. PHILIP PFEIFFER is one of the representative farmers of Chester Township. His father, Philip Pfeiffer, was a native of Bavaria, Germany, born in 1793. He was married in his native country to Elizabeth Rein- hammer, and in 1833 they left their native land and set sail for the United States. They came direct to Wayne County, Ohio, and located in Chester Township, where WAYNE COUNTY - 173 he bought 110 acres of land, which together they improved, making it their home until death. They were prominent citizens of the township and esteemed members of the Lutheran Church. The father died in 1856, and the mother in 1872. They had a family of ten children, five born in Germany and five in Ohio: Elizabeth, Catherine, Jacob, Philomena, Caroline, Susan, Philip, George, Sarah and Louisa. The second son, Philip, was born and reared on the homestead where lie now lives. His interests have. always been for the prosperity of his native county, and whatever promises to be of benefit finds in him a hearty supporter. He has never married, but makes his home with a sister on the old home farm. He has been industrious and frugal, and has made many improvements on the farm. In politics he is a Democrat. G. J. EBRIGHT, the owner of the Longmeadow Stock Farm, in Plain Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, is a son of A. B. and Tamar (Freese) Ebright, both natives of Pennsylvania. A. B. Ebright came to Ohio with his parents in 1834. He started in life without any worldly possessions, but with willing hands and a determination to succeed. He taught school for a period of fourteen years, in four sub-districts of Plain Township. His first purchase of land was the farm now owned by his son, J. D. Ebright, in 1843. By prudence and industry he accumulated an excellent competency, which enabled him, before his death, to give each of his children a secure start in life. He was an active, efficient and consistent worker in and member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In educational affairs be occupied the front rank in building up our common-school system. He was a great reader, a fluent talker, and well informed on the leading questions of the day. He devoted a liberal portion of his time to every enterprise for bettering the interests of humanity. "The elements so mixed in him that Nature might stand up and say to all the world, this was a man.' " In June, 1880, he was stricken with paralysis, by reason of which he gradually failed, till death relieved him of his sufferings July 27, 1887. His widow, Mrs Tamar Ebright, still survives him. As a helpmate, she was such in the highest sense of the word. Her life has been devoted to those with whom she was associated, exerting an influence by her Christian character that the sharp edges of the world cannot efface. Their children were as follows: Francis, born April 19, 1842; Artmisa, 174 - WAYNE COUNTY. born May 31, 1843, died September 13, 1869; E. F., born October 2, 1845, living in Ashland County, Ohio; Ulalia, born May 11, 1851, died in August, 1855; M. C., born December 2, 1853, died April 13, 1879; G. J., born September 5, 1856; J. D., born June 17, 1859. G. J. Ebright attended a commercial school at Akron, Ohio, and Vermillion Institute, Hayesville, Ohio, after which he taught school for five years, then settled in Plain Township, where he follows farming and breeding thorough - bred Short-horn cattle. He is a man in which the characteristics of his father are strongly stamped, being energetic and a man of the day. In 1882 he married Ella Oswald, of Wayne County, Ohio, and their union has been blessed with the following- named children: Ulalia, born July 13, 1883; Melville, born August 5, 1885, both living. Mr. Ebright and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. DR. WILLIAM W. TAGGART, one of the well-known and highly esteemed physicians of Wooster, Wayne County, was born in Belmont County, Ohio, August 20, 1819. His grandfather, John Taggart, came to the United States from Ireland in 1771, and on the breaking out of the Revolution, entered the ranks of the Continental army, serving until the close of the struggle. By occupation he was a farmer, living first in York County, Penn., and from there removing to Jefferson County, Ohio, and finally to Belmont County, same State, where he died in October, 1830, at the age of about eighty years. His wife, whose maiden name was Jane McCartney, bore him nine children, four sons and five daughters. Isaac Taggart, father of the subject of this memoir, and also a farmer, was a native of Little York, Penn., born in 1780. He came with his parents to Jefferson County, Ohio, about the year 1797, and here grew to manhood on his father's farm. At the breaking out of the War of 1812 he enlisted in the army, and spent one winter in camp at Mansfield, Ohio. After the war he returned to the farm, and married Margaret, daughter of William and Margaret (Jackson) McCaughey, and a native of Chester County, Penn. Both her parents came from Ireland to America about the year 1770, and her father became a soldier in the War of the Revolution. About 1801 they moved to Jefferson County, Ohio, where Mr. McCaughey followed his trade, that of weaver, and in 1836 he broke the thread of life, at the age of over seventy years. His widow died at the home of her daughter (the WILLIAM W. TAGGART, M.D. - 175 176 - BLANK WAYNE COUNTY - 177 mother of our subject),in Belmont County, Ohio, in her ninety-fourth year. Two sons and four daughters blessed their wedded life. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Taggart moved to Belmont County, Ohio, where they set to work to clear for themselves a home out of the forest. John Taggart had purchased here 400 acres of wild land, and gave each of three of his sons 100 acres. On this farm they spent the remainder of their lives, and in June, 1830, Mr. Taggart was called from his labors; his widow died in 1869, at the age of ninety-three years. They were quiet, progressive people, Mr. Taggart taking little active part in political affairs. His widow retained her memory to a remarkable degree up to the day of her death. They were the parents of five children who grew to maturity, four sons and one daughter, all of whom, save our subject and one brother, have passed from earth. Of these, Isaac, an M. D., died in Belmont County, Ohio, in 1812; John, a farmer, died in Illinois in 1886; Margaret died at the age of eighteen years; Joseph now resides on the old homestead. Dr. Taggart, the subject of this commemorative sketch, was but eleven years old when his father died, and being the eldest son in the family had early in life to assume the duties of a man--working on the farm in summer, and attending the 10 old-time district schools in winter. When in his seventeenth year he commenced school-teaching, a profession he followed for five terms. His summers he spent at Franklin College and in private schools, where he was prosecuting his literary studies; but having made up his mind that the medical profession should be his life-work, he began its study in the spring of 1841, in the office of Dr. H. West, of St. Clairsville, Ohio, with whom he remained two years, during which time he attended a course of lectures at Willoughby, same State. In the spring of 1843 he commenced practice at Vienna, Harrison Co., Ohio, but, not liking the place, he came to Wayne County in June, same year, locating at Smithville. In 1846-47 he attended a course of lectures at Cleveland Medical College, from which he graduated the same year. June 1, 1843, Dr. Taggart was united in marriage with Margaret McCaughey, daughter of William and Jane McCoy, and a native of Stark County, Ohio, born in March, 1817, and together they came to Smithville, as above related. In 1860 he bought a farm some two miles east of Wooster, on which he resided eight years, still practicing his profession, and in 1868 he moved finally to the city of Wooster, where he has since made his home.. On the 23d of January, 1884, death took from him his beloved wife, then in her 178 - WAYNE COUNTY. sixty-seventh year. She was an esteemed member of the United Presbyterian Church, and an active worker in the Woman's Mission Society. She was a woman of much more than ordinary executive ability, and was a successful teacher, a fond and devoted wife and mother, and her memory is fondly cherished by husband and children. She left four children, as follows: William Rush, who was for eleven years attorney for the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad at Salem, Ohio, now practicing law in New York City ; Frank, a lawyer in Wooster, Ohio; Clementine, keeping house for her father, and Margaret, now the wife of J. M, Greenslade, superintendent of public schools at Lima, Ohio. The Doctor cast his first vote for Van Buren, in 1840, and remained a Democrat until 1854, when, not agreeing with his party on the slavery question, he became one of the organizers of the Republican party in Wayne County. In 1856 he became a candidate for the State Legislature, _lit the county (Wayne) was too Democratic to admit of his success in the campaign. During the War of the Rebellion the Doctor was in the Government service as examining surgeon for the first draft. In 1862 he became surgeon of the One Hundred and Twentieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, but, his health failing, he was compelled to return to Wooster, where for a time he was assistant examiner in the marshal's office. Dr. Taggart is an elder in the United Presbyterian Church of Wooster, of which for many years he has been a prominent member. His life, both professionally and socially, has been a very active one, and now, at the age of seventy years, he is gradually retiring from the busy world, in the quiet enjoyment of the respect and esteem of a wide circle of friends. CAPT. G. P. EMRICH. This well-known gentleman is a native of Berks County, Penn., born September 15, 1821, and is a son of .Joseph and Elizabeth (Keiser) Emrich, both born in the same county. His father was by occupation a farmer, and for several years after his marriage remained in Berks County, but in the spring of 1831 he determined to try his fortunes in Ohio, and made the journey, with his wife and four children, by wagon across the mountains. They safely reached their destination in Wayne County, and settled on a farm which he bought four miles north of Wooster, in Wayne Township, on which they passed the rest of their lives. The father died in August, 1863, aged seventy years, and the mother followed him to the WAYNE COUNTY - 179 great hereafter in December following. They had spent a long and happy life together, and in death were not long sundered. This worthy couple had one son and three daughters, as follows: Catherine, widow of Benjamin Norton, of Reeds- burgh, Wayne County; Lucetta, wife of W. D. Rath, of Wayne Township ; G. P., and Lydia, wife of Dr. W. H. Hayes, of Lansing, Mich. The father was a public-spirited man, and an ardent worker in every enterprise for the good of Wayne County, where he owned a considerable quantity of land. From childhood he and his wife had been members of the Lutheran Church, and both possessed in a marked degree the confidence of their fellow-men. The early life of the subject of this sketch was passed on his father's farm, which he afterward owned. His earliest education was received in the primitive district schools of the day, but after coming to Ohio he had an opportunity to attend a select school, established to meet the need felt for a better education than was common at that day. When twenty- two years old he was united • in marriage with Miss Sarah Fryberger, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Fryberger, of Berks County, Penn. After a happy wedded life of about a score of years, she passed to her last sleep in April, 1863, at the age of forty-one years, leaving four children, viz. : Elizabeth L., wife of Rev. C. E. McKane, of Kansas City, Kans. ; Jacob W., a manufacturer of Toledo, Ohio; Alice, now Mrs. W. H. Felger, of Mansfield, Ohio, and Florence, wife of Rev. C. H. Rockey, of Columbia City, Ind. In 1862, the Civil War being in progress, Mr. Emrich raised a company for the One Hundred and Twentieth Regiment Ohio Infantry, and was commissioned its captain. He saw active service, and took part in the siege of Vicksburg, the battle of Arkansas Post, and in minor engagements. On account of failing health he resigned April 1, 1863, and reached home but two weeks before the death of his faithful wife. In August, 1865, Capt. Emrich was again married, his bride being Miss Kate Garver, daughter of Jacob and Mary (Lucas) Garver. Her father was an early settler in Wayne County, and a leading elder in the Dunkard Church. Capt. Emrich owned the homestead farm, on which he made his home until the spring of 1880. By this second union two children were born: Charles F., a resident of San Antonio, Tex., and Edward L., a graduate in the classical course of Wooster University of the class of 1889, now engaged in the study of medicine in the office of Drs. J. H. Stoll & Ryall, in Wooster, Ohio. In 1859 the brick for our subject's commodious home on North Market 180 - WAYNE COUNTY. Street, Wooster, was made on the home farm, and the house was built in 1860. That same year the Captain was a candidate for the office of county clerk, but, being an ardent Republican, while the county was strongly Democratic, he was naturally defeated, although running several hundred ahead of his ticket, showing the estimation in which he is held by those who know him best. Several years later he was a candidate for county treasurer, and again he was nearly elected. In the township of Wayne he was elected township clerk and justice of the peace a number of terms. In 1880 Capt. Emrich left the farm and came to the home which he had built in Wooster, and has ever since resided there. With four others he formed a banking association in 1865, under the name of Bonewitz, Emrich & Co., which afterward became the National Bank of Wooster, and was president of the same for fifteen years. Their business was not confined to Wayne County, they having business connections elsewhere, notably in Philadelphia and New York. Capt. Emrich also engaged in dealing in real estate, which he is still following at this writing. He is an outspoken, thorough-going business man, whose word can always be depended upon, and who possesses the confidence and respect of those who know him. He is ever willing to help any proj- ect for the good of the neighborhood and county. Both he and his wife attend the Presbyterian Church of Wooster, and the latter is closely identified with the women's organizations of the church. He is a Master Mason, and a member of the G. A. R. O. N. STODDARD, LL. D., of Wooster, Wayne Co., Ohio, is a descendant of the well-known Massachusetts family of that name, his ancestors having been among the Puritans who settled in Boston at an early day. His grandfather, Orange Stoddard, was a general in the Continental army during the struggle for independence. His father, James Stoddard, was married to Miss Lucy Steel. The subject of these lines was born August 23, 1812, in the State of New York, and received his education at Union College, Schenectady, N. Y., graduating in 1836. He then spent a few years in Virginia, two and a half years in Washington, D. C., and three years in Kentucky, and in 1845 became identified with the Miami University, where he filled the chair of natural science and chemistry, and for a time was president pro tem. This position he resigned in 1870, removing to Wooster to accept a professorship in the university there, which had just WAYNE COUNTY - 181 been opened. In this connection he continued until 1884, when he resigned. Since then Dr. Stoddard has given a yearly course of lectures to the senior class of the university upon the " Relations of Mind to Body." While at the Miami University Dr. Stoddard kept complete records of the rain and snow fall, temperature, etc., and since coming to Wooster has given the same subjects considerable attention, reporting the results of his observations to the Ohio Bureau of Meteorological Research, and also to the Weather Bureau at Washington. Dr. Stoddard has been three times married. His first wife lived only about fifteen months, and died in Washington, D. C, His family consists of four daughters by his second marriage: the eldest is Mrs. Lucy S. Hamilton, of Washington Court House, Fayette Co., Ohio; Mrs. Alice Ankeney, of Alpha, Ohio; Louise W., who is unmarried and living with her father, and Mrs. Mary S. Longbrake, of Minneapolis, Minn. The Doctor is a man of decided political views, but has never taken an active part in public affairs, He is a member of the Presbyterian Church at Wooster, and for forty years has been an elder in that denomination. The present wife of Dr. Stoddard, to whom he was married in 1886, was Mrs. Mary J. Culbertson, a daughter of the well-known Gen. Reasin Beall. She was born in what is now the flourishing city of Wooster, but the site of which was then a farm. In this place her life has been principally passed. She was the youngest of eight daughters. Her parents had but one son, who died before reaching three years of age. GEN. BEALL was a native of Maryland, born in Montgomery County in 1769. His father, Zephaniah Beall, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and he himself was a soldier in the War of 1812, serving with Gen. William H. Harrison in "Mad" Anthony Wayne's command, being made an ensign at the time of the latter's appointment, and he was a warm personal friend of the afterward President Harrison. He also, in 1790, took part in an expedition fitted out to march against the Indians on the Miami. His civil career was no less distinguished. When but fourteen years old he entered the office of Hon. Thomas Scott, prothonotary of Washington County, Penn,, and later was clerk of the court of common pleas, and also of the supreme court, at New Lisbon, Columbiana Co., Ohio, whither he had moved from Pennsylvania prior to the War of 1812. These offices he held nearly the whole time he remained in the county. In the spring of 1813 President Madison issued a call for a special session of Congress, and Mr. Beall was chosen to a seat, where he served with 182 - WAYNE COUNTY. credit to himself and satisfactorily to his constituents. In 181 5 Gen. Beall removed to Wooster, and was appointed register of the land office at that place. This position he held until 1824, when he resigned it. In 1840 he was chosen a presidential elector, and had the satisfaction of casting his vote for his old friend, Gen. Harrison. November 4, 1794, Gen. Beall was united in marriage with Miss Rebecca Johnson, who bore him nine children, Mrs. Stoddard being the sole survivor. The pother passed from earth August 30, 1840, and two and a half years later her husband joined her on the other shore, dying February 20, 1843, and two days later his body was interred in the Wooster Cemetery with military honors. Such is in brief the record of the life of one who bore no insignificant part in the history of his times. A man of ability and of undoubted integrity, he left his impress on the community in which he lived, and in the guidance of whose public affairs he took a leading part, and his death was regarded as a public loss. S. S. SHILLING, one of Wooster's well-known citizens, is a native of Wayne County, born October 30, 1828. His father, Peter Shilling, was a native of Chambersburgh, Franklin Co., Penn., born in 1803. He grew to manhood in his native county, where he learned the trade of shoemaking, and in 1824, when twenty-one years of age, was united in marriage with Nancy Ann Rodocker, a native of York County, Penn., who had been reared. near Massillon,Ohio, where her parents had settled when she was but six years of age. Of their marriage eleven sons were born, of whom there are now surviving but our subject and one brother, Isaiah B., of Sugar Creek Township, in this county. Peter Shilling and his family decided to make Wayne County their home, and here the father cultivated a farm, and for a number of years carried on his trade in connection therewith. In 1879 the last summons came to the mother, who passed away at the age of seventy-eight years, having been born in 1801, and in 1881 the husband and father followed his life's partner to the grave, aged seventy-eight years also. Mr. Shilling was one of the founders of the Reformed Lutheran Church at West Lebanon, in Sugar Creek Township, and always remained a pious and consistent member. He and his wife enjoyed the esteem of the community, and were universally respected for their good . qualities and upright lives. The paternal ancestors of the family were of English- German origin, and on the maternal side WAYNE COUNTY - 183 were of Dutch extraction, and had settled in this country in Puritan times. S. S, Shilling, the subject of our sketch, was reared upon the farm, and received his education in the log school-house of the period. At the age of seventeen he was hired out to a neighbor to work for seven months for $50 and his board. The following June he attended school at Massillon, Ohio, and the ensuing winter he began teaching, This occupation he followed for four winters, and in 1849 learned the new art of daguerreotyping, and opened a gallery at Massillon. Two years later he removed to Canton, Ohio, and the following year, 1852, was united in marriage with Miss Allatha Cole, daughter of Joshua and Caroline (Armstrong) Cole, a native of Richmond, Jefferson Co., Ohio. Her paternal ancestors were of English lineage, and her grandparents were natives of Maryland. On her maternal side her ancestors came from Ireland, at a very early day in the history of the country. When Mrs. Shilling was but eight years of age her parents removed to Stark County, Ohio, where the husband and father went to his last sleep in 1881, at the age of eighty-two years. The widowed mother still lives on the home farm, and is now (1888) aged eighty-six years. To this worthy couple had been born eight children, of whom but three now survive, and Mrs, Shilling is the only one in Wayne County. Mr. Cole, by reason of his unfailing good nature, was familiarly known by all who knew him as " Uncle Josh," and was noted as a fine marksman, a desirable accomplishment in those times. He was strongly attached to the Republican party from its formation; was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church ; was in every way highly esteemed by all who knew him, and was greatly missed. After his marriage our subject moved to West Lebanon, where he engaged in mercantile business, which he carried on there until 1861, when he removed to Wooster, and built the house which has since been his home. He was engaged in McDonald's foundry at Wooster. He was a member of the Wooster National Guards, and in 1864 was called out, and went with his company to Washington, whence they were sent to man Fort Ethan Allen, near Georgetown, on the Potomac. The guards were discharged in September, and on his return to Wooster Mr. Shilling resumed his employment in the iron works, where he continued until 1874, when he purchased the Newman Bus Line, which he ran for twelve years, when he retired from the more arduous labors of life, and has since been engaged in business as a broker, taking life more easy. Of Mr. and Mrs. Shilling's union two children were born, both deceased: one, Melancthon, at the age of three years, 184 - WAYNE COUNTY. and the other in infancy, unnamed. In every particular Mr. Shilling is a self- made man, and he and his wife have labored together, thereby securing the competence of which they are now in the enjoyment. Although now past sixty years of age, he is well preserved and in good health, the result of a well-ordered and temperate life, he never having used intoxicating liquors or tobacco in any form. In his political views he is strongly Republican, and he is a member of the I. 0. 0. F., belonging to the Encampment. Himself and his esteemed wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and both are held in high regard by everyone who knows them. SOLOMON RUMBAUGH, farmer, Chester .Township, was born in Chester Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, December 17, 1826. His father, Adam Rumbaugh, was a native of Northampton County, Penn., born April 22, 1793, and March 16, 1815, married Elizabeth Lauffer, and to them were born eleven children: Isaac, John, Maria, Henry, David, Solomon, William, Sarah, Hannah, Jacob and Elizabeth. The family is of German ancestry, three brothers at a very early day immigrating to America, and settling in Pennsylvania, Virginia and Canada. The great-grandfather of our subject chose Pennsylvania as his abiding place, and at the outbreak of the Revolutionary War was one of the heroes to volunteer in the defense of his adopted country. He was thrice married, and was the father of twenty-five children, eleven born to the second and fourteen to the third marriage. In the early days of Wayne County, Ohio, Adam Rumbaugh became one of its pioneers, locating on a tract of 160 acres of timber-land, for which he paid $300. He preceded his family to the county, and before their coming cleared some of the land and built a log cabin. Although a poor man when he came to Wayne County, he, by industry and energy, became one of the most well- to-do citizens of his township, and at his death left a large property, which was divided among his children. Solomon Rumbaugh made his home with his father until twenty-nine years of age. He has made agriculture his lifework, and is one of the most enterprising and progressive citizens of his township. His fine farm of 100 acres, which was a part of his father's estate, is among the most fertile and best improved farms in the county. He has always been prominently identified with all measures that are beneficial to the county, and is one of its repre- WAYNE COUNTY - 185 sentative citizens. In politics he is a Democrat, and, while in no sense a politician, is one of his party's most ardent supporters. He was married, August 21, 1855, to Mary, daughter of Abraham and Sarah (Rouch) Miller. They have six .children : Philena Jane, born November 12, 1856; Sarah (now Mrs. Wile), born in 1860; Miller I., born March 13, 1862; Ninnie E., born February 24, 1869; Chalmer A., born October 4, 1872, and Lydia M., born May 5, 1875. Mrs. Rumbaugh and her eldest two daughters are members of the Lutheran Church, and her two sons and her youngest two daughters are members of the Reformed Church. BENJAMIN BRENNER, a minister and prominent farmer of Wayne Township, was born October 24, 1839, in Lancaster County, Penn. Christopher Brenner, his father, was born December 17, 1810, also in Lancaster County, and was the only son of John Adam and Elizabeth (Hubley) Brenner. Christopher was married December 3, 1835, to Catherine, daughter of Jacob and Barbara Schock. Five children, two sons and three daughters, were born to them, as follows: Sarah S., born August 18, 1838; Elizabeth, November 26, 1840; Benjamin, October 24, 1839; Christian, August 5, 1849; Catherine, in 1855. Christopher Brenner was a shoemaker by trade. In 1855, with his wife and four children, he came to Wayne County, where he purchased 118 acres of land in Greene Township, and remained there until he died. In 1872 he retired from farming, and purchased seventy-three acres of land in Wayne Township, which is now in the possession of his eldest daughter, Sarah S. Mr. Brenner was a very successful farmer, and left his children in comfortable circumstances at his death. He died in 1886, and his wife in 1879, aged sixty-one years. Sarah S., the eldest daughter, now resides on the home farm, where her father died, and is a highly respected lady. Benjamin Brenner was educated in the common schools in Lancaster County, Penn., and also in Wayne County. In 1863 lie was married to Elizabeth Longenecker, daughter of Samuel and Magdaline (Brubaker) Longenecker, the former of Lancaster County, Penn., and the latter of Lebanon County, same State. One child was the result of this marriage, Eleanora, born in 1865. One hundred and eleven acres of the land where Mr. Brenner now lives was his father's property, and originally that of Joseph Lauk. Since twenty-one years of age Mr. Brenner has been a minister, having been ordained at that age. 186 - WAYNE COUNTY. GIDEON SMOKER, farmer, residing on Section 15, Greene Township, Wayne Co,, Ohio, is the representative of a family well known in the history of the county. They were of German extraction, and the ancestors came to America prior to the War of the Revolution, and settled in Pennsylvania. Christian Smoker, grandfather of Gideon, lived originally in Lancaster County, Penn., and from there removed to Mifflin County, and thence emigrated to Wayne County, Ohio, in 1828, over sixty-one years ago. He was twice married before coming here, his first wife being a Miss Stutzman, and the second Fanny Livengoot. When he came to Ohio he had several grown-up children, and in this county two more were born. They located first on Section 16, Greene Township, afterward. removing to Wayne Township, near Madisonburgh, where the father died in 1851. His wife, Fanny, survived him nearly thirty years. By his first wife Christian Smoker had the following children: John, Christian, David, Isaac, Elizabeth, Barbara, Nancy and Fanny. Of these, Isaac is living in LaGrange County, Ind, ; Elizabeth is the widow of Christian Augsberger, and lives in Lancaster County, Penn., not having come to Ohio; Barbara is the widow of David Kauffman, and is in Kansas; Nancy is the widow of Joseph Kauffman, and is a resident of Indiana. The children of the second wife were Joel, now living in Fulton County, Ohio ; Jonathan, deceased; Jacob, a resident of Elkhart County, Ind. ; Joseph, living in Noble County, Ind. ; Catherine, wife of Joshua Yoder, in Madisonburgh, this county, and Lydia, wife of Samuel Shrock, of Greene Township, this county. The honored pioneer, the father of this numerous family, lived in Wayne County more than a quarter of a century, and had hosts of friends here. David Smoker, a son of the first wife, was the father of Gideon. He was born in Lancaster County, Penn., in 1805, and died here on March 3, 1879. In Pennsylvania he had learned the trade of a cooper, but after his marriage gave all his time to farming. He was married to Anna, daughter of Christian and Catherine Brant, natives of Switzerland, and early settlers in Wayne County. David Smoker and wife had eight children: Christian, who died in childhood; Elizabeth, wife of J. S. Burkholder, of Greene Township; Sarah, wife of Samuel Hartzler, now in Noble County, Ind. ; Gideon, David J., and Jonas, who live in Greene Township; Nancy, wife of J. K. Burkholder, also in Greene Township, and Catherine, deceased wife of Jonathan Hostettler. The father of this family was a pious, conscientious man, of pure character, and was for many years a member of the Amish Mennonite Church, which he WAYNE COUNTY - 187 had joined in Pennsylvania. Temperate, frugal and industrious, he accumulated a competence, and gave each of his children a good start in life. When he bought the farm on which his son Jonas now lives he had not a dollar to pay on it, but he soon paid for it out of the land, then bought another, which he paid for in the same manner—a fair indication of the habits and character of the man. Gideon Smoker, our subject, was born in Greene Township, November 8, 1835. His life-long occupation has been farming. When of age he rented his father's second farm, on which he lived until 1862, when he bought the place which has since been his home. On March 11, 1858, he was married to Magdalena Zook, who was born in Greene Township, December 30, 1837, and died October 3, 1876, aged thirty-eight years, nine months and five days. She was a pious woman, a member of the Amish Mennonite Church, a faithful wife and devoted mother, who instilled into the minds of her children, by both precept and example, true Christian principles. She was the mother of nine children, of whom the youngest died February 26, 1876, aged five mouths. The eldest daughter, Catherine, is the wife of Jacob Hooley, of Greene Township; the rest are unmarried. Jerome, David and Samuel carry on the Wayne County Creamery, and live on the premises; Mary Ann, Amos, Elmer and Emma live with their father. Mr. Smoker has led a quiet, uneventful life, doing his duty well in the sphere into which he has been called. He is a successful farmer, and has also given considerable attention to raising and fattening stock, and keeps a fine stallion on his premises. He belongs to the Oak Grove, Amish Mennonite Church, and among the people with whom his whole life has. been spent he is esteemed as an honorable, upright man and a good neighbor. R. B. WASSON, treasurer of Wayne. County, Ohio, is one of its sons, being born in Wayne Township March 28, 1833. His father, named David, was a native of the Keystone State, and came when young to Ohio, being one of the early settlers of Wayne, Township and County. Joseph Wasson, grandfather of our subject, was an Englishman by birth, and immigrated when young to this country, settling in Pennsylvania, where he was united in marriage with Miss Jane McConaha. David Wasson spent his youth on his father's farm, and on reaching manhood was married to Margaret, daughter of Thomas Beall. Of this union seven children were born, two. of whom survive: Mrs. Lydia C. Collins,. 188 - WAYNE COUNTY. living on the homestead in Wayne Township, and R. B. In 1845 death entered the household of the Wassons, claiming the wife and mother, who was then but thirty-five years of age. Her husband survived her many years, dying in 1882, at the age of seventy-seven years. He was one of the stanchest Republicans of his township, and had held various offices of trust and responsibility, those who knew him having unbounded confidence in his ability and integrity. He and his wife were both members of the Presbyterian Church. R. B. Wasson spent his earlier years on the home farm, getting his education in the log school-house of the period. In 1852, when eighteen years old, he joined a party going to California in search of gold. For six months he drove oxen, sheep, etc., across the plains, and finally reached the haven of his desires. For eight years he followed mining in California, with the exception of one summer, which he spent upon a ranch. In 1860 lie returned to Wayne County, and the following year he passed as clerk in a dry goods store at Doylestown, giving that up to become a farmer in his native township. March 23, 1861, Mr. Wasson was married to Miss Lucetta Franks, daughter of Abraham and Lydia (Blocker) Franks, and a native of Doylestown. Eight children came to bless their union (seven of whom are now surviving) : Abraham, the eldest, is deceased; Amanda is wedded to Mr. C. Zimmer, of Wooster; John, Mattie B., Richard, Kate, Thomas and Louis F. are still under the parental roof. In 1865 Mr. Wasson began dealing extensively in lumber, shipping from Canada to the United States. Later he engaged in the saw-mill business in Western Ohio, and a year thereafter established a saw-mill at Nashville, Mich. In 1876 he withdrew from the lumber business in Ohio and Michigan, and the following year shipped lumber from Virginia to New York, finally retiring from the business in 1878, and going onto his farm in Wayne Township, where he has spent most of his time since. Politically Mr. Wasson was classed as an independent until 1872, when he identified himself with the Democratic party, with which he has since continued to act. He has held many positions of trust and responsibility. He has been a member of the school board, township trustee, and member of the village council, and was elected to the first council of the village council. A number of times he has been a candidate for the office of county treasurer, to which he was elected in 1887, and is now filling that responsible position. In every office that lie has been called upon to fill he has discharged its duties with fidelity and WAYNE COUNTY - 189 care, and has won the highest regard of all who know him. Socially he is identified with the Masonic fraternity and with the Knights of Pythias. LEONARD R. BOWMAN. The Bowman family are of German and French descent. David Bowman, a native of Wartemberg, Germany, and his wife, Elizabeth, a native of Alsace, France (now Germany), immigrated to America with one daughter in 1755. On their voyage to this country, October 25, 1755, a son was born, and named Philip. They settled in Philadelphia, where the father died in 1757. Philip learned the shoemaker's trade, which he followed until the beginning of the Revolutionary War, when he enlisted, and served three years. He was with Washington at the capture of the Hessians posted at Trenton, and gained the rank of lieutenant as a reward of bravery. After the close of the war he migrated to Fayette County, Penn., and was soon afterward married to Catherine, daughter of Nicholas Fast, of Pfalz, Germany. In 1806 they removed from Fayette County, Penn., to Mahoning County, Ohio, and settled in Greene Township. Their family consisted of twelve children, all of whom are dead. The eldest, John Jacob, was born November 23, 1779, and married, October 31, 1803, Charlotte, daughter of Rev. John and Elizabeth (Hogmire) Stough (the first Lutheran minister to cross the Alleghany Mountains), and they settled and died in Columbiana County, Ohio.. Their family consisted of Jonas, Elizabeth, John, Philip, Samuel and Joshua. Jonas Bowman was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, November 17, 1804, and was married to Margaret, daughter of Leonard Richards, of Steubenville, Ohio,. and entered a tract of 320 acres of land in East Union Township, Wayne County. He died March 8, 1869, a prominent member of the Lutheran Evangelical Church. His widow yet lives on the, homestead with her son. Nine children were born to them: Elizabeth, wife of Peter Mowrer, of East Union Township,. Wayne County; John, also in East Union Township; Leonard R ; Sarah, the late. Mrs. Levi Daniels; Wesley, in Medina County, Ohio; Samuel, deceased; Harrison, in Orrville, Ohio; Mary, wife of Jacob Kesslar, of East Union Township, and Joshua, on the homestead. Leonard R. Bowman was born November- 18, 1831, married November 6, 1855, to. Isabella Agnes, daughter of Moses Cherry,. and then located on his present farm in East UnionTownship. Their children were. Keller Cherry, who died May 6, 1857; 190 - WAYNE COUNTY Samuel Baltzly, who died April 8, 1858; Jonas, born April 5, 1859, and is engaged in mercantile business in Wadsworth, Ohio; May Ida, at home ; Williard Grant, at home; Elmina Belle, at home ; L. Vernon, who died March 21, 1880. The mother died December 4, 1880. Mr. Bowman is one of the thorough representative farmers of East Union Township. He votes the Republican ticket; has been an elder in the East Union Lutheran Church for twenty-seven years. JOHN C. SIDLE, son of John and Joanna (Carson) Sidle, both natives of Pennsylvania, was born April 25, 1859, in Plain Township, Wayne Co., Ohio. His father was one of the pioneers of Plain Township, coming here from York County, Penn., in 1828, and settling on the farm in that township now occupied by his son, John C. He was married March 30, 1843, and became the father of four sons and three daughters, viz.: W. H., born October 22, 1845, now living in Shreve, Wayne. Co., Ohio; James C., born February 13, 1850; L. P., born March 14, 1852; John C.; Mary Ellen, wife of S. P. Burnett, of Shreve, Ohio; Lucinda Jane, born November 12, 1847, married I. H, Aylesworth, of Big Prairie, Ohio; and Clara C., born January 30, 1856, married to S. G. Gill, of Reeds- burgh, Wayne County. Of these, John C. was married June 29, 1884, to Isa Palmer, of Jeromeville, Ohio, and their children are Nina May, born April 27, 1885; Edna Vera, born March 11, 1887, and Benjamin Harrison, born April 14, 1889. Mr. Sidle has been engaged in teaching for the past ten winters, attending the duties of the farm during the summer. He has paid considerable attention to the breeding of and dealing in fine-blooded stock, and has at present on his farm some full-blooded Hereford cattle and Shropshire sheep. His success at different county fairs in 1887 and 1888 prove the quality and breeding of his stock to be the best, having taken twenty first and five second premiums. In politics Mr. Sidle is a stanch Republican. JACOB HOLMES was born in Westmoreland County, Penn., April 2, 1814, son of Daniel Holmes, also a native of Pennsylvania, who came to Ohio, settling in Congress Township, Wayne County, in 1820. Near Congress Village, he (Daniel) leased a farm of Henry Trauger, on which he lived nine years; then purchased a farm on Section 14, WAYNE COUNTY - 191 where he reared a family of sixteen children, twelve of whom are yet living. He died in his sixty-ninth year. The first Christmas eve Mr. Holmes was in Wayne County his house and its contents were destroyed by fire, the family barely escaping with their lives, and the snow was six inches deep. They were taken to the house of George Poe, a half a mile distant, remaining there one night. The following Monday the neighbors cut logs and built another cabin, and Wednesday they moved in. There was no floor, and a fire was built in the center of the room. There they lived, more like Indians than white folks, almost destitute of clothing, and for four or five years had neither shoes nor stockings. Their clothes consisted of buckskin pants, linen shirt, coonskin caps and deer-skin moccasins. The best dressed men of those days wore buckskin suits. Jacob Holmes, the subject of these lines, was educated in the common schools, and brought up to farm life, which he has followed all his days. He was united in marriage February 5, 1837, with Miss Christiana, a daughter of David and Eva Weaver, and born April 2, 1817. This union has been blessed with eight children, seven of whom are still living, all married and away from home, doing for themselves. Mr. and Mrs. Holmes have for many years been consistent mem- bers of the German Reformed Church. For sixty-seven years he has been a continuous resident of Congress Township, and is probably the oldest resident settler in the township. Mr. Holmes is hale and hearty; and remarkably vigorous for one of his advanced years, managing his own affairs with keen intelligence and remarkable success ; and "Uncle Jacob," as he is familiarly known, is highly respected by all who know him. He is owner of 123 acres of good farm land, three miles south of West Salem, in Wayne County. G. W. RICKEL was born in West Salem, Wayne Co., Ohio, May 24, 1838,and is a son of Peter and Nancy (Rickel) Rickel, natives of Bedford County, Penn., who came to Wayne County in 1824, and entered a tract of land in Congress Township, a part of which is now occupied by the village of West Salem, which was laid out by him, as well as several of its streets ; and many lots were sold by him. He was a prominent member of the old Albright Evangelical Association, and of the Republican party. He died in 1865, his widow surviving him until 1888. They reared nine children, viz.: Sophia, wife of Michael Shaffer, of Mahoning County, Ohio; WAYNE COUNTY - 191 where he reared a family of sixteen children, twelve of whom are yet living. He died in his sixty-ninth year. The first Christmas eve Mr. Holmes was in Wayne County his house and its contents were destroyed by fire, the family barely escaping with their lives, and the snow was six inches deep. They were taken to the house of George Poe, a half a mile distant, remaining there one night. The following Monday the neighbors cut logs and built another cabin, and Wednesday they moved ,in. There was no floor, and a fire was built in the center of the room. There they lived, more like Indians than white folks, almost destitute of clothing, and for four or five years had neither shoes nor. stockings. Their clothes consisted of buckskin pants, linen shirt, coonskin caps and deer-skin moccasins. The best dressed men of those days wore buckskin suits. Jacob Holmes, the subject of these lines, was educated in the common schools, and brought up to farm life, which he has followed all his days. He was united in marriage February 5, 1837, with Miss Christiana, a daughter of David and Eva Weaver, and born April 2, 1817. This union has been blessed with eight children, seven of whom are still living, all married and away from home, doing for themselves. Mr. and Mrs. Holmes have for many years been consistent mem- bers of the German Reformed Church: For sixty-seven years lie has been a continuous resident of Congress Township, and is probably the oldest resident settler in the township. Mr. Holmes is hale and hearty, and remarkably vigorous for one of his advanced years, managing his own affairs with keen intelligence and remarkable success; and "Uncle Jacob," as he is familiarly known, is highly respected by all who know him. He is owner of 123 acres of good farm land, three miles south of West Salem, in Wayne County. G. W. RICKEL was born in West , Salem, Wayne Co., Ohio, May 24, 1838, and is a son of Peter and Nancy (Rickel) Rickel, natives of Bedford County, Penn., who came to Wayne County in 1824, and entered a tract of land in Congress Township, a part of which is now occupied by the village of West Salem, which was laid out by him, as Well as several of its streets; and Many lots were sold by him. He was a prominent member of the old Albright Evangelical Association, and of the Republican party. He died in 1865, his widow surviving him until 1888. They reared nine children, viz.: Sophia, wife of Michael Shaffer, of Mahoning County, Ohio; 192 - WAYNE COUNTY. Joseph, Michael and Levi, in West Salem, Wayne County ; Mathias, in Ashland County ; Catherine, deceased wife of Peter Ball; G. W. ; William, who was a member of Company E, One Hundred and Twentieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and died from the effects of wounds; Alexander, in West Salem. G. W. Rickel received his education at the township schools and Hayesville A cademy. In 1860 he embarked in mercantile business at West Salem, which he continued for about three years. In 1866 Mr. Rickel married Miss Mary E., daughter of Benjamin Hill (deceased), of Canaan Township, Wayne County, and by this union there are four living children, viz.: Cora, wife of R. W. Pinkerton, . of Wooster; Carrie, wife of Rev. A. A. Ball, of Chicago Junction, and Annie and Josephine, at home. Mr. Rickel is a member of the Canaan Grange, No. 1280, P. of H. He and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Burbank, of which he is a trustee. Politically he is a Republican. BENJAMIN HILL (deceased) was born in Washington County, Penn., June 29, 1807, son of Joseph and Margaret (Joy) Hill, who immigrated from Ireland. Benjamin was reared on a farm, and learned the tanner's trade. In 1829 he married Miss Delilah, daughter of Jacob and Sarah (Harsh) Notestine, of Wash ington County, Penn., and in 1833 they came to Wayne County, where they moved on the farm ii Canaan Township, where he died in _1880. Mr. Hill was a prominent member of the .Republican party, and filled various township offices; was. also class-leader and exhorter in the Methodist Episcopal Church of Burbank for many years. He died in 1880; his widow still survives him, now aged seventy-six years. Three of their children are still living: Sarah H., wife of Henry Hay, of Seville, Ohio; Samantha, wife of C, C. • Clay, of Sedalia, Mo., and Mary E., wife of G. W. Rickel. REV. PHILO M. SEMPLE was born near Darlington, then in Beaver, but now in Lawrence County,Penn., July 7, 1810. His grandfather wasa native of Scotland, and was married in America to a lady of Irish birth. Both died in Beaver County, Penn. Their son Robert was a native of North Carolina, removing to Pennsylvania with his parents. His boyhood was spent upon the farm, and when seventeen years of age he entered an academy at Darlington, Penn., with a view of qualifying himself for ministerial work. Completing his academic course, he began the study of theology with Rev. Thomas E. Hughes, REV. PHILO M. SEMPLE - 193 194 - BLANK WAYNE COUNTY - 195 and was later licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Redstone. He was soon after called to the pastorate of the First Presbyterian Church of New Castle, now the county seat of Lawrence County, Penn., being their first pastor, and continuing to serve that church twenty-eight years. For twenty years of the time he also had charge of a church at Slippery Rock, Beaver Co., Penn. Rev. Robert Semple was united in marriage January 5, 1808, with Miss Annie Kirkpatrick, a native of Beaver County, Penn., and to them were born three sons and seven daughters, of whom two sons and one daughter are living—Philo M., Dr. Kirkpatrick Johnston, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Zenista, wife of David F. McCready, of New Wilmington, Penn. The mother died at the age of fifty years, the father surviving her several years, his death occurring in 1847, at the age of seventy- two years. He was a faithful minister of the gospel, and died in the sure hope of a happy immortality. Philo M. Semple is the second son of Robert and Annie Semple. His full baptismal name is Philomathis, and very properly, for he has proved himself a " seeker after knowledge." He was about eighteen months old when his father became pastor at New Castle, Penn., and spent his youth on a small farm near that city. In his boyhood he has gathered hazelnuts on the site of New Castle, now a city of 35,000 inhabitants. When twenty-one years of age he was given the opportunity of attending Bassenheim Academy, a manual labor school at Zelienople, Butler Co., Penn., of which he gladly availed himself, and here was begun the study of Latin. In the spring of 1832 lie left home for Cannonsburgh, the seat of Jefferson College, traveling on foot, and making the distance, sixty miles, in less than two days. Here he spent five years of college life. During his first term the college was blessed with a revival of religion, and he was hopefully converted. August 5,1832, he united with the Presbyterian Church of Cannonsburgh, of which Dr. Matthew Brown was then pastor. His standing in his class was reputable, and in the literary society, high. In 1837 he would have been the debater for the Franklin Society but for the famous quarrel of the societies with the trustees, which suspended the contest for this year. At the time of the commencement, in 1837, he was prostrated with typhoid fever, and was unable to turn his head on his pillow when he graduated. During the winter of 1837-38 he taught school in New Castle, Penn., and in the spring of 1838 entered the Western Theological Seminary, at Allegheny, where he spent two years. His health failing, he returned home, and after rusticating a few 196 - WAYNE COUNTY. months and partially regaining his health he was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Beaver, at the church of Westfield, Penn., June 24, 1840. In compliance with the advice of some of the older members of the same presbytery, he was on the 5th of October, 1841, ordained as an evangelist, expecting to go to Illinois, then a new State, as a home missionary. Circumstances, however, beyond his control prevented the carrying out of this plan, and in the spring of 1842 he was called to the united congregations of Mount Eaton, Wayne County, and Berlin, Holmes County, Ohio, preaching his first sermon at Mount Eaton the first Sabbath in June. He labored in this field pleasantly and successfully for sixteen years, both churches being much increased during his pastorate. In the fall of 1858 he received an urgent call to the church at Dalton, Wayne County, and, in view of the existing division in the church, felt it his duty to accept the call, and in so doing unite the two factions. Both congregations he was serving sent a unanimous protest to the presbytery against the dissolution of the pastoral relation, but the presbytery accorded with his views, and on the first Sunday in October, 1858, he commenced his labors in Dalton, and was installed the following month. After serving the church in this place nine years, his health became completely broken down; so that by the .advice of distinguished physicians he gave up preaching, and during the summer spent the time in traveling in Missouri and Kansas. His health not improving, and concluding that he would be unable to resume pastoral work, he tendered his resignation, but his congregation, being unwilling to accept it, granted him a years leave of absence, kindly continuing his salary. At the end of the year, his health still being infirm, he again tendered his resignation, which was reluctantly accepted. In November, 1870, he removed to the city of Wooster, influenced mainly by the desire to educate his son and daughter at the university, and here he has since lived. For four years he was engaged in collecting the endowment fund of the university, which had been subscribed some years before. Although Mr. :Semple has for many years -been unable to have the care of a church, he still preaches occasionally. When he began studying for the ministry he was obliged to rely on his own exertions to secure his education, and was carried :through by his strong determination to succeed. He has ever taken a warm interest in public affairs, and can always be found on the side of justice and right. For years before the abolishment of slavery he was a strong Abolitionist, and on the formation of the Republican party he joined its ranks to fight the bat- WAYNE COUNTY - 197 tle of freedom for all, and now is equally determined in his opposition to the gigantic evil of drinking intoxicating liquors, and is an ardent advocate of the cause of prohibition. July 29, 1846, Mr. Semple was married to Miss Sarah Jane Davis, a native of Shippensburgh, Penn., daughter of Robert Davis, Esq., who at the time of her marriage was a resident of Stark County, Ohio. Her parents died in Bucyrus, Ohio, the mother aged seventy-four years and the father ninety-five years. Mr. and Mrs. Semple have reared two children to years of maturity. Their son, Eugene Payson, graduated from Wooster University in 1873, and has been for several years professor of English in Biddle University, at Charlotte, N. C. Their daughter, Laura Annie, graduated from Wooster University in 1875, and is now the wife of Rev. W. M. Pocock, a Presbyterian minister at Waverly, Kas. A zealous pastor, consistent Christian, and a faithful counselor and friend, Mr. Semple is held in esteem by all who know him. ADAM BRENNER. The Brenner family is one of the most numerous in Wayne Township, Wayne County. At a very early day in the history of America three brothers by the name of Brenner immigrated to the United States from Germany. John Adam Brenner, who was born in Lancaster County, Penn., was a descendant of one of these brothers. He was a farmer in his native county, and was twice married, John being the name of the eldest child born to the first marriage. John Brenner was born in 1799, and in 1849, with his wife and eight children, he moved to Wayne County, Ohio, and settled on a small farm. He married Susan Redfind, who died in 1870, aged seventy-seven years. Five of their eight children are living: Margaret (Mrs. Hartz), Susan (Mrs. Brown), Mary (Mrs. Ihman), Adam and Catherine (Mrs. Hartzell). Adam Brenner was the youngest son and next to the youngest child of the family. He was born in Lancaster County, Penn., in 1830, and was nearly twenty years old when he accompanied his parents to Wayne County. The first winter he worked in Wooster, and then followed his trade of shoemaking in Smithville for three years, and after that engaged in farming. Since 1885 Mr. Brenner has lived on his present farm, which was formerly owned by his father-in-law, Peter Eberly. He is now well-to-do in a financial sense, and has an enviable reputation for honesty and integrity in the community where he lives. Mr. Brenner was married in 1851 to Miss Cath- 198 - WAYNE COUNTY. erine Eberly, who, as already stated, is a daughter of Peter Eberly, of Wayne Township. They have had three children: John E., born May 28, 1852; Sarah E., January 13, 1856, and Alvin, March 5, 1859. Mr. Brenner is a Republican. WILLIAM CARMAN DAGUE was 1 born in Wadsworth Township, Medina Co., Ohio, February 21, 1850, and is a son of Michael D. and Elizabeth (McElhenie) Dague. His paternal grandfather was Gabriel Dague, son of Michael Dague, a native of Germany, and a pioneer of Washington County, Penn. Gabriel Dague, who was a native of Washington County, Penn., in early life taught school, and settled in Milton Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, in 1820. Here he cleared and improved a farm, on which he resided until 1843, when he moved to Chippewa Township, Wayne County, and in 1849 located in Wadsworth, where he died. He had two brothers, also pioneers of Milton Township, viz.: Frederick, who settled there in 1819, and Michael, who settled a few years later. The last named in his day held the office of justice of the peace the longest term of anyone in the State. The children of Gabriel Dague were nine in number, as follows: Archibald, Michael, Joseph, Elizabeth (Mrs. Joseph Starn), Gabriel, Andrew Hiram, Ephraim, Samuel and Cyrus. The latter died in the service of the United States, at Vicksburg, Miss., during the War of the Rebellion. The maternal grandfather 'of. William Carman Dague was Thomas J. McElhenie, a pioneer of Chippewa Township, Wayne County. Michael D. Dague, father of William C., was reared in Wayne County, Ohio, and in early life was a farmer in Wayne, Summit and Medina Counties, all in Ohio, and for fifteen years was proprietor of. a general store at Western Star, Medina County: He removed to Doylestown, Chippewa Township, Wayne Co., in 1878, and has here since resided. He reared a family of six childien, viz.: Gabriel, a merchant in Western Star, Medina County ; Thomas J., a Presbyterian clergyman in Caldwell, Ohio; Rebecca J. (Mrs. Theo. Eberhardt), in Western Star; William C., James W. and Joseph M., in Doylestown, Wayne County. The subject of this biographical memoir received an academic education at Western Star, and in 1873 embarked in mercantile trade in that place. In 1874 he located in Doylestown, where the firm of Dague Bros. & Co. was established, the largest house dealing in general merchandise in Wayne. County, William C. Dague WAYNE COUNTY - 199 being the senior member. Mr. Dague married, March 30, 1871, Melissa, daughter of Samuel and Martha (Hoover) Duley, of Western Star, Ohio, and to this union have been born four children,, viz. : Harry, Metta, Nellie and Bessie. Mr. Dague is one of Doylestown's most prominent citizens and merchants, and is enterprising and public-spirited. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, of the Odd Fellows order and Royal Arcanum. In politics he is a Democrat. He served for nine years as a member of the Board of Education of Doylestown, and is at present serving his second term as township treasurer. L. K. FRANKS, deputy county treasurer of Wayne County, is a native of the county, born in Chippewa Township, November 29, 1854. His father, Abram Franks, was a native of Fayette County, Penn., where he grew to manhood, and at the age of twenty-eight he migrated to Wayne County, where in 1848 he was married to Amanda Franks, daughter of Abram Franks, Sr., a second cousin. His education had been that of the common schools, and for a time he occupied himself in teaching, and then engaged in mercantile business at New Geneva, in his native county. On coming to this county he opened a store in Doylestown, but later was engaged in wholesale business in the city of New York. In 1848, soon after his marriage, he was elected to the State Legislature by the Democrats, and re-elected, serving two terms with credit to himself and the satisfaction of his constituents. On leaving the Legislature Mr. Abram Franks established himself for ten years on a farm which he had bought. In 1861 he removed to the village of Doylestown, and was there engaged in mercantile business for some sixteen or seventeen years, at the end of which time he retired from active business life. December 3, 1877, Mrs. Franks was called to her rest, at the age of fifty-eight years. Two children were the result of her union with Mr. Franks: Jennie, wife of Rev. J. W. Low, of Richland County, Ohio, and L. K. The elder Franks is one of the early settlers in Wayne County, and aside from his legislative honors has been one of the prominent citizens of the county, and was for many years justice of the peace here. He was an able and intelligent man, and wrote much for the papers, but his lack of power to express his ideas orally has been somewhat of a bar to his public advancement. Now, at the advanced age of eighty- two years, lie retains his mental vigor unabated, although his physical powers are 200 - WAYNE COUNTY. warring. His home is now with his son. As an old settler, and a man who has done his full share in advancing the prosperity of the county, he is much respected by his fellow-citizens. L. K. Franks, the subject of this sketch, obtained most of his education in the public schools of the village of Doylestown. He was early inducted in mercantile business, and for three years was junior partner in the firm of Charles McCormick & Co., in Doylestown. August 1, 1883, he was united in marriage with Miss Linda V. Wharton, daughter of James and Nancy (Williams) Wharton. Politically Mr. Franks has always affiliated with the Democratic party, and has been prominent in public affairs. He has been township clerk, and also township treasurer, resigning the latter office to accept his present position. He and his wife are both members of the Presbyterian Church at Doylestown, and he is a member of the Odd Fellows order and of the Knights of Pythias. He has the confidence and esteem of all who know him, as an upright man and faithful official. The Franks family are of mixed German and French blood, and their ancestors came to this country long prior to the War of the Revolution. Michael Franks, the grandfather of L. K., died in Pennsylvania, and was the father of sixteen children. His maternal grandfather, Henry Franks, took part in the War of 1812, and was captured by the Indians at Sandusky, Ohio, and compelled to run the gauntlet, but fortunately escaped. GEORGE D. HATFIELD is a son it of one of the original pioneers of Wayne County, and is also one. of its oldest born native citizens, having first seen the light of day in Salt Creek Township, May 22, 1817. His parents, Robert and Nancy (Richey) Hatfield, were natives of Pennsylvania, and were married in Beaver County, that State. In 1815 they migrated to Wayne County, locating in Edinburgh, in East Union Township, but the following year purchased the farm in Salt Creek Township On which the subject of this sketch was born. Here they spent the remainder of their lives, the father dying in June, 1841, aged fifty-four years. His widow survived him many years, dying October 19, 1865, in her eightieth year. They were the parents of eight children who grew to maturity (of them four still survive). The eldest, Margaret, is wife of Thomas Dunham, of Salt Creek Township; William died in 1865, in his sixty-third year; Adam died in the fifty-fourth year of his age ; Catherine is now Mrs. W. Cunning- WAYNE COUNTY - 201 ham, of Wooster, Ohio; George D. ; Mary, who was the wife of Mr. Johnson, of Salt Creek Township, and is now deceased; Sarah, who is Mrs. James Truesdell, of Nevada, Mo., and Cyrus, who died in Salt Creek at the age of twenty-six. Both the parents were members of the Presbyterian Church, and Mr. Hatfield was one of the first elders of the church in Salt Creek Township. This worthy couple were real pioneers of Wayne County, which at the time of their coming to it was covered with a dense growth of timber. In the woods they made their first humble home, cheerfully enduring the hardships of a pioneer life, and were rewarded by seeing their home gradually growing in beauty and value, and a sturdy family springing up around them. Mr. Hatfield was an active and industrious man, in his political sentiments was a Whig, and took an active part in public affairs. He was well known and much respected by the old residents of the county. George D. Hatfield received his education in the typical log school-house of the period, with its puncheon floor, slab seats, and greased paper windows. At the age of twenty-three he was united in marriage with Miss Matilda R. Patterson, a daughter of William and Rebecca (Finley) Patterson, natives, respectively, of Fayette and Westmoreland Counties, Penn., and who were among the early pioneers of Wayne County, having settled in Franklin Township in 1816. In 1852 her father passed from earth ; her mother survived him many years, dying in 1888, in her ninety-third year. Mrs. Hatfield had two sisters and one brother: Margaret is the widow of Jacob Reaser, of Wooster; Rebecca (Mrs. Willetts), of Fredericktown, Knox Co., Ohio, and James P. Patterson, of Apple Creek. To our subject and his estimable wife have been born seven children, of whom we record the following: Margaret is deceased; St. Clair J. is an attorney in Sidney, Shelby Co., Ohio; James is deceased; Robert is a farmer in Wayne Township, this county; William is a resident of Chicago; Rebecca A. and Sarah Adelaide are living at home. In 1878 Mrs. Hatfield died, at the age of fifty-nine years. She was a woman of most estimable character, and a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church of Apple Creek. In the fall of 1870 Mr. Hatfield removed from his farm to the city of Wooster to give his children the opportunity of better educational advantages, but his life, once settling there, has been a busy one. For a number of years he was engaged in collecting money for the University of Wooster. In his early life he was a Whig, and cast his first presidental vote for Gen. William H. Harrison. On the formation of the Republican party he joined its 202 - WAYNE COUNTY. ranks, and has ever since acted with it, faithfully doing his duty as a citizen at the polls, having voted at every election since reaching his majority, and he takes an active interest in all public matters. He contributed his share to the cause of the nation during the Rebellion, and was a member of the Union League. When a boy he became a member of the Presbyterian Church, and has always remained an active member of that denomination. He is now connected with the First Presbyterian Church of Wooster. Mr. Hatfield is wonderfully well preserved for a man of his age, and he attributes his good health to his uniform habits of temperance, he never having used tobacco or intoxicating liquor, although in his youth the use of spirits was almost universal. He is spoken of in terms of respect by all who know him, and will long be remembered as one of Wayne County's most worthy pioneers. ELI DUDLEY POCOCK, M. D., was born near Shreve, Wayne Co., Ohio, June 13, 1845. He is a son of Elijah Pocock, who migrated from Harford County, Md., in 1820, and settled in Wayne County, Ohio. His mother's maiden name was Grace Smith ; she emigrated from Beaver County, Penn., in 1822, and settled in Wayne County, where, September 1, 1825, she was united in marriage with Elijah Pocock. Eli's earlier years were spent in the vicinity of Shreve, where he received an academic education. At his country's call, during the great war for the Union, he responded, and spent the last years of the same in its service. He enlisted in June, 1862, at the age of seventeen years, in the Eighty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served his full time, after which his name appears for two years on the rolls of the One Hundred and Sixty- sixth and One Hundred and Eighty- sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Since the war he has been identified with the movements of the Grand Army of the Republic, and in the same has ever been an ardent and zealous worker, while his force of character has made him a leader among his comrades. In 1866 he began the study of medicine, and graduated from Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York, in February, 1870. He began the practice of his profession the same year, in the city of Mansfield, and in 1873 removed to Shreve, where ever since he has maintained a successful and lucrative practice. In recognition of his ability he maintains the highest respect of his competitors and of the medical fraternity at large. Soon WAYNE COUNTY - 203 after his majority he became an honored member of the Masonic fraternity, and has advanced to and received the Templar orders. He is ever considered a zealous -and well-qualified worker, and in recognition thereof has filled many important positions in the different branches of the order through which he bas passed. Zeal in this, his chosen., fraternity, has made him one of its brightest lights, and he takes his place among its leaders. On October 18, 1870, the autumn after his graduation in medicine, he was married to Miss Loell B. Foltz, daughter of David Foltz by a marriage with Miss Susan Kimmerer, who had migrated, respectively, from Pennsylvania and Virginia in 1813 and in 1816 to Wayne County, Ohio, and settled in Clinton Township. Both were of German descent. The fruit of this marriage is one son, Elijah Foltz Pocock, born September 7, 1878. DANIEL FUNCK. " Man is perenmany interesting to man." Eminently a mail of affairs, his life has been engaged in pursuits wherein success depends upon the matured judgment and practical conception that come from experience, observation, reading and reflection. Upon these pursuits he entered, not with the impulsive or capricious flight of genius, but under the firm and steady propulsions of sound, practical common sense. He is a native of Wayne County, one of her healthiest products, and a type of her most vigorous creations. His father, John Funck, was born in Westmoreland County, Penn., January 30, 1788, and was of German extraction, as was his wife, Maria, daughter of Christian Fox, with whom he was joined in marriage January 3, 1811. She, also, was a native of the Keystone State, and was born November 13, 1787. The result of this union was thirteen children, all, save two, of whom are living. The register of births is here introduced: David, born November 8, 1811; Annie, January 2, 1813; Catherine, October 26, 1814; Maria, December 21, 1816; Henry, January 10, 1818; Samuel, June 19, 1819; Martin, November 13, 1820; Barbara, October 16, 1823; John, December 22, 1825; Magdalena, January 17, 1828; Daniel, July 27, 1829; Jacob, November 23, 1831; Elizabeth, August 29, 1834. In 1853 Annie and Magdalena passed through nature to eternity, stricken down by the " Reaper whose name is Death." In 1824 Mr. John Funck removed with his family, then consisting of his wife and eight children, to Wayne County, and what, at that time, was familiarly known as the far West, purchasing a farm 204 - WAYNE COUNTY. in Chester Township, where he resided for a quarter of a century, and where five more children were added to the issue of his marriage. A farmer by occupation, as was his father in Pennsylvania, he entered upon agriculture as a pleasant and profitable vocation. But being a man of warm, religious feeling, and possessed of a highly spiritual nature, and, withal, equipped with the requisite education, he became a teacher and minister in the Mennonite Church, and in conjunction with his labors on the farm he proclaimed from the pulpit the plain and practical piety of its illustrious founder. This was in his earlier years, as subsequently he identified himself in active membership with the Church of God, and for fifty years consecrated himself to its ministry. As was characteristic of all of the early settlers, Mr. Funck and his family encountered many hardships, made sacrifices and endured embarrassing privations. In process of time, however, these obstacles were subdued, and a better and more prosperous condition of society appeared, accelerated, in a large measure, by their own active, patient and persevering efforts. In 1849 Mr. Funck, then having attained three score years, abandoned the farm and removed to Wooster, where lie remained, with the exception of about one year, until his death, which occurred April 2, 1862. His wife survived him nearly a score of years, dying February 22, 1879, in her ninety-second year, at the home of her son, Daniel, with whom she had lived from the death of her husband, and who. surrounded her with every comfort and bestowed upon her the tender care of a thoughtful and dutiful son. Daniel Funck first opened his eyes. upon the lights and shadows of this world July 27, 1829, in a primitive log cabin on his father's farm, in Chester Township. Here his earlier years were spent, and until he attained the age of twenty, in felling timber, hewing and chopping, grubbing and splitting rails, plowing and sowing, flailing buckwheat and husking corn, attending apple cuttings and rushing the rustic belles, and was happy as a bee upon the clover blossoms. The opportunities for education at the rustic schools of that period were not so attractive and valuable then as now, but, such as they were, it was the privilege of Mr. Funck to avail himself of their advantages. He attended the old log schoolhouse of primordial construction, with puncheon floor, greased paper windows, sitting on a rude bench with a slab pinned or spiked to the wall for a writing desk, and imbibed the waters of knowledge from the " master," who was frequently a " down east Yankee," and who could not only quote but set to music the multipli- WAYNE COUNTY - 205 cation table. His educational advantages were necessarily limited, and facilities for any achievements in the higher branches of study were extremely meager and few. He, however, received a fair common- school education, much of it having been acquired by the light of the candle or hearth, after the day's labor had been completed. No college opportunities were opened to him, nor a chance to study the languages or the higher branches of English education. His energy, close application, force of character and persistent industry have assisted largely in neutralizing these disadvantages. At the age of twenty he determined to step out and meet the current of the world for himself and shape the venture to his purpose and ambition. He concluded to learn a trade, which, to a young man, is supposed to be the equivalent of a cash capital of $1,000. In 1849 he went to Ashland, Ohio, as an apprentice in a carriage manufactory, where he remained until 1851. He then traveled as a journeyman carriage maker in the Eastern States, returning home again in 1853, when he was seized with a quenchless thirst for California gold. The wand of the yellow enchanter was upon him, and the spell could not be broken. A steamer soon landed him on the Pacific slope, where he remained for five years. He located at Springfield, Tuolumne County, operating his trade as manufacturer, and engaging in mining enterprises. Here he had to confront the catastrophe of fire, as his entire investments in stock and property were consumed by conflagration. But he was not of the metal to be daunted by the fire-fiend, or crushed by the devastations of calamity. He at once addressed himself to the work of rebuilding, and this accomplished, he sold out and went to San. Francisco, where for a year he was engaged in various projects, chiefly of a. mining character. In 1859 he returned to Wayne County and " the scenes of his childhood," and for a period was employed in book-keeping, meantime completing a course of training at a commercial college. He soon thereafter purchased a carriage manufactory in Wooster, and for a series of years conducted that business, but in 1866 the demon of fire, which in its cruel jaws had crushed his substance in the Golden State, revisited him and swept away his investments. Twice did ill fortune lay her apparently revengeful finger upon him, and twice did he sound his bugle in renewal of the conflict, for he knew the race was not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, and he again fought for success over the unmacadamized thoroughfare of perseverance- and industry. And he has achieved it. In politics Mr. Funck was originally a Whig, but identified himself with the 206 - WAYNE COUNTY. Republican party in 1860, casting his ballot for Abraham Lincoln, who, while he was city marshal, appointed him United States marshal under Earl Bill, he having jurisdiction over the northern district of Ohio. When Johnson succeeded to the control of the Government, Mr. Bill was removed, and consequently the official ax fell upon his neck. He had no compromises to make with official renegades, and maintained his allegiance to his party and its principles. July 29, 1863, Mr. Funck joined, as private, Company D, Fifty-secand Regiment, Battalion of Ohio National Guards, under Capt. Hnghes, in which he served honestly and faithfully until May 1, 1866, when, by virtue of an act of General Assembly passed April 2, 1866, he was "honorably discharged from the military service of Ohio and the United States, except in case of insurrection or invasion. By order of Gov. Jacob D. Cox; B. R. Cowan, adjutant-general of Ohio." He afterward, for about a year, clerked in the hardware store of the late R. R. Donnelly, and then, in 1868, set sail on the broad, safe sea of insurance, to which he has ever since closely and assiduously applied his energies and talent. He repsents a dozen of the leading and reliable fire and life companies, and has the agency for the Mutual Life of New York, the oldest company in the United States, and the largest in the world, its assets aggregating $126,000,000. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to the Blue Lodge and the Chapter; is active in the circles of the Knights of Honor, and is a charter member of the Grand Lodge of the Royal Arcanum of Ohio (and which he aided in establishing in Wooster), and was one of its first grand trustees. He was chosen as first president of the Wooster Co-operative Foundry Association, and two years thereafter re-elected, which position he still holds. He is a member of the Wayne County Pioneer Association, and one of its active, inflexible friends. He was married, in 1859, to Miss Matilda, daughter of William and Susan Imhoff, of Ashland County, who emigrated from Pennsylvania to Ohio in pioneer days. The result of this union was six children: Ross W., Alice M., Earl B., Frank, Harriet Lucretia and Chloe Devona. Earl B. and Frank are numbered with the dead; Harriet L. is in the university, class of 1891, and Chloe D. in the high school, class of 1890; Alice M. graduated at the university, class of 1887, and is the wife of Orin C. Baker, editor of the Home Weekly, published at the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home, Xenia, Ohio, and Ross W. is a member of the Wooster bar. He was born January 11, 1861, and graduated at the high school and university, at the latter, in the class of 1883. He studied law with Hon. John WAYNE COUNTY - 207 McSweeny, and then went to the law college at Cincinnati, entering the senior class and graduating therefrom. He was elected city solicitor in the spring of 1887, a position which he now holds; is president of the Wooster High School Alumni Association ; vice-president of the University Alumni Association ; secretary of the Wayne County Republican Executive Committee; regent of the Royal Arcanum, and a Chapter Mason. He is a young man of fine education and abilities, excellent character and the strictest honesty. Mr. Daniel Funck, the subject of this sketch, is in the prime of life, in good health, vigorous in action, and has many years of usefulness and activity before him. His temperament is of the sanguine, vital order; his nature is buoyant and joyful, and life to him is a boon indeed, for he appreciates its privileges and pleasures. He is full of jest and humor, enjoys a good story as well as a breakfast, and will never grow old if he can wheedle Old Time with a California anecdote, He is singularly fortunate in his domestic relations, and has reared a family reflecting fine accomplishments and culture. That he is a champion of education is demonstrated by the manner in which he has controlled the intellectual necessities of his children. He is public- spirited and enterprising, and readily endorses any project calculated to stimulate the development and prosperity of his city and county. He is generous and affable, his sympathies expressing themselves in kindness to friends and charities, where they are merited. It may be said of him, in all the relations of life in which he is summoned to act, that he is trustworthy, constant and honest, with well settled habits of industry and application. His wife is a member of the English Lutheran Church, while other members of his family are Presbyterians. Mr. Funck is an attendant upon church service, though not a member of any ecclesiastical organization. He believes that religion is a matter of conscience, and therefore should not be interfered with,. as he believes that politics is a matter of principle, in which men honestly differ. J. WILSON DAGUE was born in, Norton Township, Summit Co., Ohio, June 29, 1854, and is a son; of Michael D. and Elizabeth (McElhenie) Dague. He was reared in his native township and educated in the common schools and Western Star Academy (Ohio). In 1874 he located in Doylestown, Chippewa Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, and entered the employ of Dague Bros. & Co. as clerk, serving in that 208 - WAYNE COUNTY. capacity until 1878, when he was admitted as a partner into the above-named firm, in which he still continues. May 10, 1876, he married Lucretia, daughter of William and Mary A. (Frederick) Turner, of Doylestown, Ohio, and by her he has two children: Mattie M. and William M. William Turner, the father of Mrs. Dague, was born of Pennsylvania stock, January 23, 182?, and was a resident of Wayne County, Ohio, as early as 1840. He learned the carriage maker's trade at Doylestown, where he carried on business for several years. On account of ill health he spent three years in California, and on his return engaged in the coal. business in Doylestown. In 1859 he commenced farming, which he continued until his death, which occurred in September, 1869. He had six children, of whom four are yet living, viz.: Matthew E., William H., Lucretia (Mrs. J. W. Dague) and Elias G. The maternal grandparents of Mrs. Dague were Thomas and Elizabeth (Shawk) Frederick, natives of Pennsylvania, who were the sixth family to settle in Chippewa Township, Wayne County. They located in 1814 on Section 10, one-half of which Mr. Frederick purchased from the Government, and of which he cleared 200 acres, planting the first orchard in the township. He reared a family of fourteen children, named as follows: Jacob, Harriet (Mrs. John Brouse), Margaret (Mrs. Isaac Middlementon), Sophia (Mrs. Charles Wall), Reason, Dolly (Mrs. Samuel Galehouse), Rachel (Mrs. Samuel Young), Matthew E., William, Henry, Catherine A. (Mrs. William Basinger), Sarah A. (Mrs. Joseph Watts), Elizabeth (Mrs. William Johnson) and Mary A. (Mrs. William Turner). Mr. and Mrs. Frederick lived to see all their children married, and all the latter lived to attend the funeral of their mother, whose death was the first to occur in the family. Mr. Dague, whose name heads this sketch, is a leading citizen of Doylestown, and an enterprising business man. He has been a member of the Presbyterian Church since fifteen years of age; in politics he is a Democrat. HON. ADDISON S. McCLURE, attorney at law, was born at Wooster, Ohio, October 10, 1839. His paternal grandparents, Matthew and Margaret (Brandon) McClure, natives of Pennsylvania, came with their family to Ohio in 1823, locating in Wooster, where he (Matthew) embarked in the hardware business, being a tinner by trade.. They had a large family of children, all born WAYNE COUNTY - 209 in Pennsylvania. Their eldest, Charles McClure, who was a boy when his parents moved to Ohio, married Lucetta Rogers, and to them were born three sons, Addison S. being the only one now living; William H. was a soldier in the War of the Rebellion, a member of Company E, Fourth Ohio, and was shot through both legs at Chancellorsville (he never fully recovered, and died from the effects of his wounds in 1886) ; Matthew, the second son, died in 1877. Addison S. McClure was from childhood an apt scholar, and in 1853 was ready for college, entering the junior preparatory year at Jefferson College, from which he graduated in 1859. In college he was studious, standing at the head of his classes, and distinguishing himself for his proficiency in some branches. After leaving school he went South, where he taught one year; then began the study of his chosen profession, his preceptors being Hon. Levi Cox and Judge Martin Welker. He was admitted to the bar in March, 1861, and a few weeks later, in April, enlisted, at the call of President Lincoln for men to suppress the Rebellion, as a private in Company E, Fourth Ohio Infantry, becoming afterward sergeant- major of the regiment. In June, 1861, he re-enlisted in the same company and regiment for three years, or during the war, and in October following was trans ferred to the Sixteenth Ohio, and promoted to captain of Company H, serving with this regiment until his discharge, in August, 1864. He participated in the Vicksburg campaign under Gen. Grant, and in Texas and the Red River campaigns under Gen. Banks. He was captured near Vicksburg December 29, 1862, and was held a prisoner until May, 1863, in the prisons at Vicksburg, Jackson, and Libby, at Richmond. After his discharge he returned home and resumed the practice of law. He was appointed postmaster at Wooster in May, 1867, and held the office twelve successive years. He was a delegate to the National Republican Convention held at Chicago in 1868, when U. S. Grant was nominated for the presidency; and again, in 1876, to the convention at Cincinnati, when R. B. Hayes received the nomination. He has been a member of the Republican State Committee at different times, and for several years has been chairman of the Republican Central Committee of Wayne County. He was elected to Congress in 1880, by the Eighteenth Congressional District, composed of Lorain, Medina, Summit and Wayne Counties, and was unanimously renominated, in 1882, by the Twentieth District, but lost the election by 110 votes. Since his return from Congress, in 1883, he has been actively engaged in the practice of his profession. His count 210 - WAYNE COUNTY. sels are always the result of careful deliberation, his client feeling that his cause is just when it is advocated by Mr. McClure. His pleas are terse and to the point, and are devoid of much that so often is heard in the court-room. A gentleman of the highest type, he never forgets to be a gentleman, and always wins the respect of judge and jury. Wayne County bar is honored by having so distinguished a member as A. S. McClure. Capt. McClure was married September 26, 1866, to Miss Mary L. Brigham, a native of Monroe County, Mich., born February 13, 1841, a daughter of Eldridge G. and Mary L. (Mitchell) Brigham. Mr. Brigham located in Monroe, Mich., in 1832, where he was a manufacturer of and dealer in furniture. He was one of the most prominent citizens of the place, and held various official positions, among others those of supervisor, alderman, treasurer and mayor. Mr. and Mrs. McClure have one son, Walter C., who was born in August, 1880. They are descendants of old Puritan families, their ancestors being members of the Presbyterian Church, and in the doctrines of this church they were educated, Mrs. McClure being a member of same. They have a beautiful home on Beall Avenue, where hospitality reigns supreme, and they are never so happy as when ministering to the comfort and enjoyment of their friends. Capt. McClure is never wearied in telling, or in listening to his comrades. tell, of the trials and privations of their army life. He is thoroughly patriotic, a true American citizen, and is an active member of Given Post No. 155, G. A. R. DR. JOE H. TODD. Among the successful specialists of Wayne County ranks high the physician whose name heads this biographical memoir, and who is a native of the county. His paternal great-grandfather, who was of high Irish blood, and married to a Welsh woman, came with his son James (grandfather of our subject) to America, and located at Baltimore, Md., where he followed boating. He also ran a coasting-vessel, sailing as far south as the West Indies, his son lying engaged with him until, overtaken by misfortune, they lost their all. The son was then appointed by the Government to a squire ship, which continued for life. The maternal grand- parents of Dr. Todd came from Holland about the year 1780, settling near Philadelphia. The parents were both natives of York County, Penn., and came to Wayne County, Ohio, in 1828, then unmarried and strangers, but " met by chance, the usual way," and were here DR. JOE H. TODD - 211 212 - BLANK WAYNE COUNTY - 213 married. The father, James Todd, was for forty years a drover, and purchased horses for the Philadelphia market. The subject of this biographical memoir attended the academy at Hayesville, and later the one at Fredericksburgh, Ohio, and Commenced the study of medicine in 1861, finishing in 1865. He was a student of the celebrated Frank H. Hamilton and Stephen Smith, and graduated in March, 1865, from Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York. Locating at Shreve, Wayne Co., Ohio, the Doctor here first began the practice of his chosen profession, remaining in the town some twelve years; then moved to a farm which it was his intention to superintend, but, changing his mind, he came to Wooster in 1876, and purchased a home on West Liberty Street, where he now resides. While on the farm he visited, in 1870, New York, where he was assistant (1870-71) in the physiological laboratory of Austin Flint, Jr. The Doctor's practice was at first a general one, but having made a special study of surgery, he has gradually almost exclusively confined himself to that branch of the profession and chronic diseases, where exactness in diagnosis is required, which keeps him and an able assistant fully occupied. His chief art in the science of surgery lies in the successful treatment of deformities; and in this specialty his skill is known throughout 12 Wayne and adjoining counties, many patients coming considerable distances to consult him. The Doctor paid a great deal of attention to the study of microscopy, which at present is one of the branches to which he gives much attention; and differential diagnosis is one of his greatest delights, receiving at his hands a large portion of his time. In 1872 Dr. Todd married Ophelia, daughter of James Campbell, and a native of Pennsylvania, of Scotch extraction, a scion of the celebrated Campbell family, one of whom, the Marquis of Lorne, is married to a daughter of Queen Victoria. Our subject and wife have one son, James Campbell Todd, born March 17, 1874. The Doctor and his estimable wife attend the services of the Methodist Church; in politics he is a Republican. DAVID NICE. This well-known and prosperous merchant of Wooster was born in Medina County, Ohio, July 26, 1854. His father, Aaron K. Nice, was a native of Pennsylvania, and when a young man removed to Ohio, where he married Sarah Lesher. The mother passed from earth in 1871, and in 1877 the father followed her to the grave. David Nice is a self-made man. He 214 - WAYNE COUNTY. first worked at farming, and afterward for two years was employed as newsboy on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. In 1873 he came to Wooster to learn the trade of book-binder, at which he worked for seven or eight years, and then turned his attention to mercantile pursuits, for which he has shown himself eminently qualified, and in which he has been very successful. After giving up book-binding, he embarked in the hat and cap business, to which he afterward added gents' furnishing goods, and has built up a fine trade, which is steadily increasing in magnitude. In 1886 he moved to his present quarters, adding boots and shoes to his already large stock. He keeps a full line of these goods, and of the kindred articles usually found in first-class stores of the kind, doing the largest business in the county in this line, and much greater than is to be found in many larger cities than Wooster. He keeps a full line of domestic and foreign goods, carrying a stock valued at $20,000. May 22, 1879, Mr. Nice was united in marriage with Miss Alice, a daughter of Samuel and Susan (Albright) Taylor, natives of Wayne County, and they have three children: Mabel, Walter and Mary. David Nice is prominent in the social as well as the business circles of Wooster. He is a member of the Royal Arcanum, of the Knights of Honor, and of the Odd Fellows order, lodge and encampment. He and his wife are both members of the English Lutheran Church. The success Mr. Nice has met with in business is due to the energy and tact lie has always displayed. He knows the value of reputation to a merchant, and always aims to do a little better than he promises, and his stock is always kept up to the demands of his patrons. He is universally recognized as one of Wooster's enterprising and progressive young business men, and has undoubtedly a bright career before him. MRS. HANNAH FUNK, daughter of George and Sophia Spangler, was born in Union County, Penn., in 1817, where she remained until 1834, when she came with her parents to Salt Creek Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, where they located on a farm, on which the mother died. After this her father removed to Erie County, Ohio, but eventually returned, and died in Wayne County. To the parents were born nine children, of whom three are now living: Hannah, now Mrs. Funk; Sarah, now Mrs. Samuel Hanson, of Wooster, Ohio, and Rebecca, now Mrs. John Bistle, also of Wooster. Hannah first married Jacob Baumbardner, and had five children: Lucinda, now WAYNE COUNTY - 215 Mrs. Isaac Rainey, of Ashland County, Ohio; Harry, who is married, and lives in Wooster, Ohio; Franklin, in Minnesota; John, in Iowa, and F. Merriam, who died in Nebraska. Mr. Baumbardner died at Findlay, Ohio, and his widow then married America Funk, and located on the farm now owned by William Griffith, in Clinton Township, Wayne County. Mr. Funk was one of the representative men of his locality, was a successful farmer, and died in 1873, leaving three children: Emma T., now Mrs. Irwin Tyler, of Indiana; Alice, since deceased, and Rebecca, now Mrs. Addison Cushman, of Chicago. Mr. Funk had previously been married, and was left with three children, of whom one was killed in the army, and the other two are still living. Mrs. Funk is now a resident of Shreve, and in her declining years, although separated from her children, is surrounded by life-long friends. She is a member of the Disciples Church, and takes an active interest in it as well as in social matters. JACOB MONGEY. In 1828 Xavier Mongey came from France and settled in America, remaining for a time in New York, where he married Catherine Icherd, also a native of " La Belle France," and together they came to Wayne County, Ohio, where they began farming. To their married life four children were born, all of whom live in Wayne County, Jacob, whose name heads this sketch, being among the number. In 1869 the mother passed from earth. The father, who is a well-preserved man of seventy-five years, still resides in Wayne County. Jacob Mongey remained on the farm until twenty years of age, when he learned the trade of a carpenter, and at the age of twenty-two he was married to Miss Mary Graber, a native of France, who had come to America with her parents when she was four years of age. Only two years of wedded life, however, were granted to them, for then death claimed the wife, who had become a mother ; she left one child, Albert, who now resides in Wooster, this county. In the fall of 1873 Mr. Mongey took for his second wife Fannie Graber, a sister of his former wife, and to this union two daughters and one son have been born. For several years Mr. Mongey was a brewer, also dealing in live stock. He is a stanch Democrat, all his life having given considerable time to politics, and has filled various positions of trust in his county. In 1884 he was elected sheriff of the county, and in 1886 was re-elected to the same position. Mr. Mongey is a man of liberal ideas, one who at all times extends the right hand of friendship to every deserving man. 216 - WAYNE COUNTY. HON. E. B. ESHELMAN, editor, and a member of the firm of H. P. Gravatt & Co., publishers of the Wayne County Democrat,* is a native of Mount Joy, Lancaster Co., Penn., a son of Peter and Mary Eshelman. His father carried on, in a small way, the business of chair-making and turning, and, being in limited circumstances, his son began when but a boy to work to assist in his own maintenance. He was for a time errand boy and clerk in a store, and then went into a printing office at Lancaster, Penn., as an apprentice, to learn the trade. After working for a short time as journeyman he turned his attention to editorial work, and, with the exception of four years' editorial connection with the Daily Ohio Statesman, from January, 1865, to February, 1869, has given his attention to editing and publishing Democratic county papers, the most of the time being connected with the Chillicothe Advertiser and the Wayne County Democrat. As an editor he understands fully the entire mechanism of a paper, and his editorials are well written and forcible. His influence in favor of Democracy is not confined to the limits of his own county, but extends throughout the State, the prominent part he has taken in politics making him well known in political circles. His name, contrary to his wishes, has been brought before the people by his friends in the Seventeenth–Twenty-eighth District as a candidate for the nomination of State senator, which represents the four counties—Holmes, Knox, Morrow and Wayne. The press of the various counties speaks favorably of him for this important position, and we quote the follow- * In September, 1826, Mr. Joseph Clingan issued the first number of the Republican Advocate, whose partial mission was the support of Gen. Jackson for the Presidency. This journal continued some twelve years, when Mr. Clingan sold out to Samuel Littell, who bought the Western Telegraph, which had been established by Martin Barr. These two papers, their politics being identical, Mr. Littell consolidated, and he then issued the Democratic Republican. This sheet, after a three years' existence, was leased to Miller & Carpenter, who published it for a year and then abandoned it. Its successor is the Wayne County Democrat, the recognized official organ of the party whose interests it supports, and first published by Isaac N. Hill for a few years, after which Mr. Littell sold the office to Messrs. Carny & Means, who continued the publication until the decease of the latter, when Hon. John Larwill secured proprietorship of the paper. This gentleman sold the office to Jacob A. Marchand, who owned the paper up till his death, in 1862. The next purchaser was, in 1863, John H. Oberly, who, in 1864, sold to Col. Benjamin Eason, who, two years later, sold to Hon. John P. Jeffries, who edited the paper for a year and then transferred it by sale to Benjamin Eason and Asa G. Dimmock. In 1867 Mr. Eason sold his interest to Mr. Dimmock, who received Lemuel Jeffries into partnership, under the firm name of Dimmock & Jeffries, and they subsequently sold the paper to James A. Estill, who took charge in April, 1868. Some ten months later, Mr. Estill retiring, Hon. E. B. Eshelman, of the Columbus Statesman, purchased his interest, the Democrat being conducted by Messrs. Eshelman, Franklin, Harry and John J. Lemon, Mr. Eshelman being the editor. In 1872 the last named sold his share to John H. Boyd, who, in 1876, transferred his interest to Thomas E. Peckinpaugh, the business department of the paper being managed by him for several years, when he sold out. Mr. H. P. Gravatt purchased, in July, 1881, Mr. Eshelmanls half interest in the paper, the latter withdrawing, but in 1886 returning to the partnership by purchasing the fourth interest belonging to the late Dr. L. Firestone, and resuming its editorship. The firm name now is H. P. Gravatt & Co., Mr. Gravatt attending to the business of the firm. WAYNE COUNTY - 217 ing from the Columbus Post: "He has had legislative experience, has ability of a high order, and his industry and push are immeasurable. He would be a credit to the district in the Ohio Senate, as well as a credit to that body." Mr. Eshelman's popularity is not confined to the borders of his own State, as the following from the Miami County (Ind.) Sentinel will show: "We notice that the name of Hon. E. B. Eshelman, editor of the Wayne County (Ohio) Democrat, is mentioned in connection with the nomination for senator in the Seventeenth - Twenty-eighth (Ohio) District, composed of the counties of Wayne, Holmes, Knox and Morrow. No better man and no purer Democrat than Mr. Eshelman can the Buckeye State boast of. We say to our old friends in that district that if Mr. E. will consent to accept the nomination to give it to him by a unanimous vote. Mr. Eshelman would take a front rank in the Senate, and the Democracy of Ohio would have a representative of whom they would justly feel proud. 'Old Figures' to the front." Mr, Eshelman has been first assistant clerk of the Ohio Senate, and for a time was clerk in the treasury department at Washington. While living in Chillicothe he was postmaster over four years, and president of the Chillicothe City Council. In 1874-75 he represented Wayne County in the Ohio House of Representatives, and was chairman of the finance committee. In 1888 he was a delegate to the National Democratic Convention at St. Louis from the Twentieth District. In April, 1889, he was elected, against his wishes, a member of the city council of Wooster, and is now chairman of the finance committee of that body. Mr. Eshelman is, and persists in being, a bachelor. HON. JOHN BRINKERHOFF, residing in Bloomington, Wayne County, was born near New Kingstown, Cumberland Co., Penn., June 9, 1813, the eldest son and second child of Daniel and Rebecca (Frazier) Brinkerhoff. He was educated near Dillsburgh, Penn., at a private academy, under James O'Hail and John Jones, both men of marked ability. Mr. Brinkerhoff at eighteen began teaching at Roxbury, where he remained one year, when he removed with his parents to Wayne County, Ohio. Upon his arrival in Wayne County be began teaching in Canaan Township, where the village of Golden Corners now stands, and where he taught school thirteen consecutive years. He was married November 18, 1833, to Miss Rebecca Sommers, who was born in Washington County, Penn., August 7, 218 - WAYNE COUNTY. 1817, a daughter of George and Barbara (Harsh) Sommers, natives of Washington County. They moved to Wayne County in 1819, and settled in Canaan Township, near what is now Golden Corners. Mr. and Mrs. Brinkerhoff had three children: George S., Daniel V. and Joseph W. The mother died September 2, 1851, a member of the United Presbyterian Church. The two eldest sons served in the Union army, George in the Forty- seventh Indiana Regiment, and Daniel in the Fourth Ohio. After a service of nine months Daniel V., being prostrated with fever, was brought home, where he died. Joseph W. is a graduate from the Wooster High School in the class of 1869, and of the medical department of the Wooster University at Cleveland, Ohio, and is at present practicing medicine at Burbank, Wayne Co., Ohio. November 17, 1852, the father married Miss Mary Robinson, who was born in Westmoreland County, Penn., November 25, 1819, a daughter of William and Isabel (Eaton) Robinson. In September, 1845, Mr. Brinkerhoff removed to Wooster, and became one of the managers of the Wooster Academy, and one of the principals of the Wooster graded schools, under the Akron, Ohio, system. He has almost exclusively devoted his time and attention to some educational enterprise of the people, either as school examiner, superintendent, teacher, trustee or committeeman. Mr. Brinkerhoff is one of the substantial and intelligent residents of Wooster and Bloomington; strictly upright and honorable, he is one of the honored men of Wayne County and of Ohio. He was county surveyor of Wayne County in 1844, and has nerved officially at different times in that capacity for eighteen years. His labors in this respect continue whether in or out of office, and his lines, angles and corners are trusty landmarks. His valuable services rendered as engineer in the construction of the Wooster Water Works, and his remarkable fertility in delineation of plans, contributed largely to the consummation of that splendid enterprise of the citizens of Wooster. He planned the arrangements of the Wooster High School building on the principle of the division of labor, while the details were drawn up by a Cleveland architect. He was selected by the county commissioners to organize and place in working condition the Wayne County Infirmary, and was afterward elected a director by the citizens of the county. He was elected to the House of Representatives of the State of Ohio, serving from January 4, 1864, to January 1, 1866. He proved himself to be a working, vigilant member, promptly at his post of duty and keenly alive to the interests of his constituents and the welfare of the public. While Mr. Brink- WAYNE COUNTY - 219 erhoff has passed his seventy-sixth year, by a life of the strictest sobriety and temperance, of great evenness, moderation and method, not yielding to mental or physical excitement, uncapped by excesses, unvisited by the assaults of destructive passions, he is to-day, in almost the prime of manhood, the possessor of a sound mind in a healthy body, with every faculty susceptible of its strongest tension and activity. He and his wife belong to the United Presbyterian Church, of which he has been a life-long and prominent member. He was elected an elder in the Killbuck congregation of that church at the early age of twenty-four, and has served in that capacity ever since. He was a member of the first general assembly immediately after the union of the Associate and Associate Reformed branches, in 1857, and again at the general assembly in Philadelphia, Penn., in 1873; he also represented his church at the Synod of the Reformed Church held at Utica, Ohio. He was also selected to represent the good-will of his church at the general assembly held at Springfield, Ill. He was frequently employed as peacemaker between contending brethren, and rarely failed in attaining the object of his mission. He is frequently selected to settle the estates of deceased persons, and is the guardian of minor children, some of whom he took into his own family and educated, The action of the trustees of the Wooster University in relation to Mr. Brinkerhoff was communicated by their secretary, as follows: WOOSTER, Onto, June 25, 1886. Mr. John Brinkerhoff—Dear Sir:—It gives me great pleasure to inform you that the Board of Trustees of the University of Wooster, at their last annual meeting, held June 22 and 23, 1886, unanimously and cordially conferred upon you the honorary degree of A. M. Congratulating you upon the studious habits and scholarly attainments which have entitled you to this honor, and with best wishes for your continued health and usefulness, I am, Very respectfully yours, (Signed) THOMAS K. DAVIS, Secretary of the Board of Trustees, University of Wooster. GEORGE LAWRENCE (deceased) was born in Middletown, Penn., in 1818. His father, Christian Lawrence, was also a native of Pennsylvania, born in Lancaster County January 25, 1779, and married Magdalena Ettele, daughter of Philip Ettele. In May, 1823, Christian Lawrence came with his family to Wayne County, Ohio, and settled on forty acres of land, building a log house for his family. Of a family of six sons and four daughters, but three sons are now living. He and his wife were members of the first church (Lutheran) organized in the city of Wooster. 220 - WAYNE COUNTY. George Lawrence was five years old when his parents moved to Wayne County, and here he was reared and educated. He became one of the successful farmers of Chester Township, owning at the time of his death 400 acres of land, which was divided equally among his children. He began life poor, and his success was due to his own energy, assisted by his noble and faithful wife. He married Julia Yetter, daughter of Philip' Yetter, of Pennsylvania, and to them were born ten children, eight of whom are living: Elizabeth, born in 1844, married H. Hemperly in 1868; Catharine, born in 1846, was married in 1872 to J. Killinger ; Mary A., born in 1847, was married in 1882 to S. Zimmerman ; Maggie, born in 1849, was married in 1868 to T. 0. Bechtel; Emeline---born in 1851, was married in 1879 to I. Smyser ; Nancy, born in 1854, married G. Winter in 1882; G. W., born in 1856, and Martin, born in 1859; Daniel and Samuel are deceased. The sons,. George and Martin, reside on the old homestead, and both are intelligent and enterprising young men. Martin was married in 1886 to Miss Sarah E. Eyman, and they have one child, Emmett. George is unmarried. This is one of the highly respected families of Chester Township, Wayne County, which the father and grandfather in times past have done so much toward building up, assisting mate rially in its advancement to its present place among the best counties of the State. They are members of the Reformed Church; in politics they support the Democratic party.     EPHRAIM LEHMAN. The Lehman family originally came from Germany, where Martin Lehman was born in 1744, and whence, when two years old, he accompanied his parents to America. He was reared in Berks County, Penn., where he was married to F. Christina Speck, who was born in Alsace, Germany, in 1751; her parents were sold to pay their passage to this country. Martin Lehman remained in Berks County until 1796, when, with his wife, he removed to Lancaster County, in the same State, settling on a small tract of land, where he died in 1801; his widow survived him many years, her death occurring in 1822. They had a family of seven children: Catherine, Henry, Christian, George, Mary, Martin and John, all of whom reached years of maturity. John Lehman, the youngest of the family, was born in Berks County, Penn., in 1790. He lived in his native State until 1823, when he moved to Wayne County, Ohio, and purchased of Dennis Driscoll EPHRAIM LEHMAN - 221 222 - BLANK WAYNE COUNTY - 223 160 acres of land in Wayne Township, for which he paid $800. He was a miller by trade, which he carried on until he moved to Wayne County, Ohio, from which time he followed farming, and by hard labor and good management he acquired a competency. Public-spirited and enterprising, he was not only ambitious to obtain property for his own use, but was also interested in the material welfare of his township and county, and always gave liberally of his means to all enterprises promising to advance, either financially or morally, the prosperity of the community. He occupied various official positions of trust and responsibility; was justice of the peace a number of years ; was township clerk, trustee, treasurer and overseer of the poor. He was twice married, his first wife being Christina Smith, who bore him five children: Benjamin, Mary Ann, Catherine, Eliza and Nancy. His second wife was Nancy Bair, and by her he had a family of twelve children: Sarah, Ephraim, Elizabeth, Mary Ann, Susan, John H., Caroline, Martin, Maria, Christi Ann, George D. and Cyrus E. Mr. Lehman lived to see his land cleared of primeval forest, and the wilderness become the 'home of a civilized and prosperous community, being at the time of his death one of the oldest citizens in Wayne County. Ephraim Lehman, the second child and eldest son of John and Nancy (Bair) Lehman, was born August 11, 1826, in Wayne Township. He has all his life followed farming, and now owns the land purchased by his father. In 1852 he married Miss Susan, daughter of Jacob and Saloma (Billman) Freese, of Wayne Township, and by her has had seven children, viz.: Luther V., born November 29, 1854; Cecelia Odessa, born in 1856; John E., in 1859 ; Franklin F., in 1861; Cora Bell, in 1864; Herman L., in 1871, and Floyd V., in 1874. Mr. Lehman has served his township in the varied capacities of trustee, clerk and treasurer, having held some official position for the past twenty-two years. He is recognized as one of the most prominent and public- spirited citizens of Wayne County, and is highly esteemed and cordially liked by all who know him. Like his father, he is a Democrat. HON. JOHN W. BAUGHMAN is a native of Wayne County, Ohio, a son of Solomon and Luthena Baughman. His paternal grandparents, John and Elizabeth Baughman, were natives of Washington County, Penn., where they were married, and in 1810 they coved with their family to Wayne County, Ohio, locating in what is 224 - WAYNE COUNTY now Baughman Township, which was named in honor of John Baughman. He was elected justice of the peace a number of terms, and his commissions are still in the possession of his grandson, John W. He was a well-educated man for his time, and was a leader in his township. He died in 1837. He was an old-time Democrat, voting for Thomas Jefferson, the party's candidate for President. He and his wife were members of the Lutheran Church. They had a large family, of whom only the youngest, David, survives, at present a resident of Chippewa Township. Solomon, the eldest of the family, was born March 20, 1800, and when ten years old his parents moved to Wayne County. He served an apprenticeship at the carriage and wagon - maker's trade, and opened the first factory in Dalton. He was a successful business man, and was elected to fill various official positions in the township, among others that of treasurer and trustee. His wife, nee Luthena Black, was a native of Maryland, and when a child accompanied her parents, James and Rosanna Black, to Stark Corm. ty, Ohio. Her father was a soldier in the War of 1812, serving under Gen. Harrison. Solomon and Luthena Baughman had a family of four children: John W., Elizabeth, James and Jacob. The father died March 18, 1887. John W. Baughman is the only member of his father's' family now living. He was educated at the public school and the academy at Dalton, which was then under the supervision of the United Presbyterian Church, attending school until about seventeen years old, when he began teaching in the winter, alternating with work in his father's shop. In 1855 he was elected to the Legislature by the Democratic party, serving one term. In 1868 he was elected clerk of the courts, and removed to Wooster, being re-elected in 1871. In 1886 he was again elected by the Democratic party to represent. Wayne County in the Legislature,. and was re-elected in 1888. Mr. Baughman was married January 1, 1857, to Miss Charlotte Barkdull, a native of Wayne County, daughter of Peter and Sarah Barkdull, and they have two children, Luthena and Emily. JOHN McCLELLAN, of Wooster, is. one of the oldest living settlers of Wayne County, Ohio, and was born in Beaver County, Penn., in 1810. His father, also named John, came with his wife and two children, John and Rebecca, to the then wild county of Wayne in