WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 1225 are living in 1910. George Lawrence took a prominent part in church affairs, first in the Lutheran, later the Reformed church. Martin Lawrence was educated in the common schools of Chester township, working on the home farm during the summer months. When he reached maturity he left the school room and devoted his attention exclusively to farming on the old homestead, finally buying out the heirs to the one hundred and thirty-three acres. Prospering by reason of close application to his work and good management, he was enabled to add eighty acres more to the place in 19o9, which now makes him the possessor of one of the choice farms of the comunity. He carries on general farming and stock raising very successfully and keeps his place in excellent condition in every respect. Mr. Lawrence was married on July 29, 1886, to Sarah Ellen Eyman, a native of Wayne county and the daughter Of Henry B. and Nancy Eyman, old settlers in Wayne county and highly respected citizens. To the subject and wife two sons have been born, namely : Emmet A. and James S., both assisting their father in carrying on the farm work. In politics Mr. Lawrence is a Democrat and he served very acceptably for three years as trustee of Chester township, also serving as a member of the board of education. REV. A. K. FELTON. An able and popular minister of the gospel is the Rev. A. K. Felton, who, for many years, has performed a grand service among the people whom he has elected to serve, burying the friends who pass over the mystic river, marrying the young, beginning life's more serious walks, and in many ways assisting in ameliorating the condition of the public at large, and his character has been from his youth unblemished by shadow of wrong, nothing esoteric in its entire course, so that the community regards him as one of its most valuable citizens. He is a native of Bedford county, Pennsylvania, having first seen the light of day there on January 17, 1848, the son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Karns) Felton, people of sterling worth and representatives of excellent old pioneer families of the Keystone state. The Rev. Felton was reared on a farm in his native community, receiving a somewhat limited education in the neighboring schools, which he attended during the winter months, devoting his time to the crops the balance of the year. However, he was an ambitious lad and he prepared himself for the great mission he 1226 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. has elected to perform, by extensive private study. He entered the freshman year in Gettysburg College, having been enabled to pass the preparatory grades by reason of his private study. He made a splendid record in this institution, graduating from the same in 1871 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Having felt for some time that he was one of the chosen to spread the Gospel of the Nazarene, he entered the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and there he became well grounded in theology, and in 1874 was ordained to preach in New York City. His first charge was at Glen Gardiner, New Jersey. He later took work in western Kansas, and did a great amount of good in establishing the Gospel in that far western country.; but in time he returned to central Pennsylvania where he spent the major part of his time in the ministry in various charges. It was in 1894 that he came to Ohio. He located in Smithville, Wayne county, in 1903, and as in his former charges, he built up the church wonderfully, adding many new members and winning his way into the affections of his congregation and the general public as well, for he is not only a forceful pulpit orator and exceptionally well advised in Scriptural teachings, but his daily walk among his fellow men is such as to inspire admiration and confidence. Reverend Felton was married at Orangeville, Illinois, in 1877, to Amanda Derr, the wedding occurring on July 1. She was a woman of talent, refinement and a zealous Christian worker. Her family belongs to one of the old and highly honored ones of Union county, Pennsylvania, though her home was at Orangeville at the time of her marriage. She has become the mother of four interesting children, named as follows : Susie E., born April 3, 1878, a graduate of Wooster University with the class of 1909, with the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy, and she is at this writing principal of the schools at Plymouth, Ohio She also received a careful primary education, graduating from the local high school. Elizabeth M. is the wife of Prof. A. H. Schroy. Edna L., born in 1882, is single and living at home. Lloyd D., is a student in Wooster University. These children have all been given every possible chance to become educated and useful, and the wholesome home environment in which they were reared pis clearly reflected in their daily lives. In his political relations, the Reverend Felton is a loyal Prohibitionist and he loses no opportunity to strike a blow at that gangrenous blight on our body politic—the rum traffic. This excellent family stands deservedly high among the representative citizens of Wayne county. WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 1227 E. E. GILBERT. In studying the life history of E. E. Gilbert, one of the successful and progressive business men of Wayne county, the biographer finds that he has attained his present position through his own indomitable ability, having received no help from wealthy relatives. Consequently he is deserving of the honorable standing which is his today in this locality. He was born in Wayne. county, December 11, 1863, the son of E. H. and Mary (Miller) Gilbert, the former a native of Portage county, Ohio, having been born in 1827. He spent his youth in that state and received a meager education in the primitive schools of those days. In 1847, when twenty years of age, he was married to Mary Miller, a native of Pennsylvania, their wedding occurring after they had come to Ohio, she having accompanied her parents here when a child. E. H. Gilbert was a tailor by trade, and located in Smithville, this county, where he established a tailor shop that was well patronized. For many years he was postmaster of Smithville during the Civil war and during Grant's administration. Later in life he engaged in the carriage manufacturing business with his sons ; this grew to large proportions, but a disastrous fire somewhat crippled the business. However, Mr. Gilbert was considered one of the prosperous men of his day in this locality, and was influential and highly respected for his integrity. To Mr. and Mrs. E: H. Gilbert the following children were born : U. E., M. H., A. H., E. E., Emma, wife of Hershel Bowman ; Huldah, wife of George A. Clapper, of Wooster, Ohio. E. E. Gilbert was reared in Smithville, this county, where he received a good common school education. His father having been engaged in the lumber business at one time, the son decided to make this line of business his life work, consequently he received careful instruction in all the "ins and outs" of the same from a very competent instructor, for his father was an extraordinary man of affairs and mastered whatever line of business he turned his attention to. Having liked the lumber business and made a success of the same from the first, E. E. Gilbert has devoted his subsequent life to this special line, being at present one of the best known lumber dealers in the county and enjoying a very extensive patronage. Besides extensive and well -filled yards with all grades of lumber, he has a modern and well-managed saw-mill, and this is always a very busy place at all times, the quality of lumber handled by Mr. Gilbert being always reliable, and the honest dealing he has done here since the very first of his career has won the confidence of everyone. He owns two and one-half acres of valuable 1228 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. land where his mill is located. He is an extensive buyer of timber, which he saws, and then ships the lumber, always finding a ready market for his products. In connection, he operates a planing-mill, and carries a full line of pine lumber and kindred lines. He owns a beautiful, modern and attractive home in Smithville, the presiding spirit of which is a woman of culture and refinement, to whom Mr. Gilbert was united in marriage in 1889. She was known in her maidenhood as Maude Taylor, a native of Medina county, this state. She received a good education, having studied at Westfield, passing through the high school there. This union has resulted in the birth of four children, namely : Don E., who completed the course in the Smithville public schools and is now a student in Wooster University; Julia, Gale and Taylor. These children are receiving every care and advantage possible, and they give promise of happy and successful futures. In politics Mr. Gilbert is a Democrat, but he is not an aspirant for positions of public trust, preferring to devote his time to his large business interests ; however, any movement looking toward the betterment of his ideality in any way finds in him a ready advocate. REV. CHRISTIAN Z. YODER. A man who has accomplished much for the amelioration of his fellows in Wayne county is the Rev. Christian Z. Yoder, who has labored long and ardently, often with disregard for his own welfare, if he could thereby make some one better, happier ; his influence, like that of his honored father before him, has always been uplifting and hundreds of people have been made better for having known him. He is also a tiller of the soil, owning one of the nicest fruit farms in Greene township. His father, the Rev. John K. Yoder, long a noted Amish Mennonite minister, represented a family who lived in the United States prior to the war of the Revolution. His grand father was brought to America by his parents when quite young, he being the oldest of the family, and to aid his parents by paying for his passage to the New World he was bound out to a farmer in Berks county, Pennsylvania, in which community he remained until he was twenty-one years of age. He married Magdalena Yoder (no relation) and they later moved to Mifflin county, that state, where Mr. Yoder lived until his death. His wife survived him many years, and when she died she had numerous descendants. She and her husband were the parents of eight children, five daughters and three sons. John K. Yoder was the son of John Yoder, who WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 1229 was born in Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, in 1786 and died in 1855. He married Mary King, who was a native of Berks county, Pennsylvania, but she was reared in Mifflin county, that state. She was born in 1790 and died in 1886, having lived nearly a century. John Yoder, the father of John K. Yoder, was a member of the Amish Mennonite church, and was regarded by all who knew him as a very honest, upright man. His children were Jacob, Magdalena, Christian, John K. The last named was born January 21, 1824. He was reared on a farm and he naturally selected farming for his life work. He married upon reaching manhood and lived on a farm until 1855, when he moved from his native state to Ohio. On May 5, 1850, while still in Pennsylvania, Mr. Yoder was selected as a minister in the Mennonite church, which he served faithfully for many years. So great was his fidelity to his church that in October, 1859, he was selected by ballot as bishop in this church, which high honor was most worthily bestowed according to those who knew the man, for he was both able and very conscientious in his duties to his congregation. He was married to Lydia Zook in Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, on January 9, 1845. She was born March 18, 1827, and her death occurred September 20, 1887. She was a faithful wife, a devoted mother and a good Christian. To the Rev. John K. Yoder and wife three children were born, namely : Christian Z., Mary Z. and David Z. Rev. Christian Z. Yoder was born November 28, 1845. He received his early mental training in the home schools, and when he reached maturity he married Lydia Smiley, a native of Elkhart county, Indiana, the date of her birth having been December 5, 1846, and she came to Wayne county, Ohio, with her parents in 1867. She was educated in the common schools and reared on a farm. To this union nine children have been born, eight living beyond infancy. In April, 1869, Mr.. and Mrs. Yoder moved on the farm where they now reside, having made their home here continuously since their marriage. The place consists of one hundred and fifteen acres, all under fine improvements, and it is managed iii such a manner as to gain the best results. No finer land can be found in Wayne county than that owned by Mr. Yoder, and no more commodious, beautifully designed or more nicely furnished residence is to be found in the rural districts of this county than that of Mr. Yoder. Everything about his place shows that a gentleman of excellent tastes and sound judgment has its management in hand. He raises a large quantity of fruit, for which he always finds a ready market. He also has a splendid 1230 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. greenhouse, which he has seen develop from a small business to one of large magnitude, one of the most extensive, in fact, in Wayne county. In 1870 the first Sunday school of the Amish Mennonite church was organized in Wayne county, and Mr. Yoder had the distinction to be chosen as its superintendent, and he succeeded in building up a large Sunday school, serving continuously in the papacity of superintendent until 1904. On October 14, 189o, he was ordained a deacon of the church, and on October 22, 1904, he was ordained as minister in the Amish Mennonite church, into which he was baptized and received in 1865. He is a worthy son of a worthy sire, the mantle of his noble father, who died August I, 1906, having fallen upon his shoulders and which he is wearing most becomingly, doing an amount of good in his community,—a leader, in fact, in church work and all movements for the general good. He is an earnest speaker, always holding his audiences in rapt attention, being a. noted evangelist. He is vice-president of the Mennonite board of missions and charities, being the moving spirit of the same. To the Rev. Christian Z. Yoder and wife the following children have been born : John S., February 5, 187o, married Sarah Hartzler ; David A., April 3, 1872, married Josephine Lutz, of Medina county, Ohio; Rufus M., September 7, 1874, married Bertha Albrecht; Menno S., January 5, 1878, married Fetzer, of Smithville, Ohio; Ora C., March 21, 1880, is a graduate of the Rush Medical College of Chicago, having completed the course there very creditably in 1909; Mary E., October 26, 1882, is a teacher in the common schools, and was a student at Goshen, Indiana ; Joseph D., January 14, 1886, is also a teacher, having graduated from the college at Goshen, Indiana ; Ira D., August 9, 1888, has also taught school. They are all well educated and show in their daily lives the wholesome home environment in which they were reared. JACOB F. REHM. In such men as Jacob F. Rehm there is peculiar satisfaction in offering their life histories as justification for the compilation of works of this character—not that their lives have been such as to gain them particularly wide notoriety or the admiring plaudits of men, but that they have been true to the trusts reposed in them, have shown such attributes of character as entitle them to the regard of all. Mr. Rehm was born in Baughman township, Wayne county, Ohio, May 19, 1872, the son of George and Mary (Sickman) Rehm. George Rehm was born in Franklin county, Pennsyl- WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 1231 vania, in October, 1839, and there he remained until 1845, when his parents moved to Baughman township, Wayne county, Ohio, where they settled on a farm, and there they remained the balance of their lives, becoming known as among the best farmers of that community. The long journey from Pennsylvania was made in an old-fashioned covered wagon and the party comprised seven persons. George Rehm grew to manhood here and became one of the leading farmers in the eastern part of Wayne county and he was a man whom everybody liked. He and his wife were the parents of eleven children, three of whom died in infancy; eight are living, namely : John W. ; Lavina, wife of Fred Anthony ; Sarah, wife of Henry Fisher; George W., of Baughman township, is living on the old home farm; Alice is the wife of Henry Mackey ; Jacob F., of this review ; Kate is the wife of Charles Shenk ; A. J. lives in Burton City, this county. Jacob F. Rehm was reared in Baughman township where he worked on his father's farm during his boyhood days, attending the district schools during the winter months. He remained at home until he was twenty-four years of age, managing the place and taking care of his mother, his father being dead. He was always a hard worker and a good manager and he made a success of the farming operations which he carried on. In 1896 Mr. Rehm was married to Erma Bear, who was born in Baughman township February 14, 1874. They lived on the old Rehm homestead for a period of seven years, then moved on the old Sickman farm, which Mr. Rehm now owns. It contains ninety-three acres of good land, the crops having been so rotated that the original fertility of the soil has been retained. It is well improved and general farming and stock raising are successfully carried on. Mr. Rehm is one of the leading stock buyers of the eastern end of the county, being on the road a great deal of the time, but he oversees his farm, in the meantime, having a nice annual income from both sources by reason of his able management. To Mr. and Mrs. Rehm three children have been born, namely : Lester, October 27, 1897; Lillian, April 20, 1900; Robert, September 6, 1907. Mr. Rehm is a member of the German Lutheran church, and fraternally he is a member of Cedar Lodge, No. 43o, Free and Accepted Masons. He takes considerable interest in Democratic politics. He has been rewarded for his interest in the progress of local affairs by being placed in the office of justice of the peace of Baughman township, now serving his third year in a manner that has won favorable comment from all concerned, irrespective of party alliance. He performs all duties pertaining to the office, legal proceedings, marriages, and whatever else comes to his office. He is genial and obliging. 1232 - WAYNE COUNTY. OHIO. ANDREW A. FAIR. The Fair family is of German origin and ever since the first representative of the same came to the United States each member has made a record for thrift and integrity, establishing a good home and performing whatever service he could to his fellow man, thereby becoming a valued citizen of our great body politic. One of the best known members of this large family is A. A. Fair, of Chester township, Wayne county, Ohio, whose birth occurred in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, on December .8, 1830, the son of John and Mary (Hagey) Fair. His paternal grandparents were Jacob and Elizabeth Fair, natives of Germany who came to America in a very early day and located in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, where they remained for awhile, then came on west to Wayne county, Ohio, where they spent their last days on a farm in Chester township. Jacob Fair proved his loyalty to his adopted country by fighting in one of our early wars. His son, John Fair, was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in 1801, in which county his wife, Mary Hagey, also first saw the light of day. They married in their native community and in about 1832 came to Wayne county, Ohio, and became identified with the early civilization here. John Fair was a cooper by trade, which he followed successfully until his death. He made a trip to Huron county, Ohio, but not finding conditions there equal to those in Wayne county, he returned here, and, in connection with his trade, managed a farm. He took a active part in the affairs of the Albright church, and he and his wife were the parents of seven children, of which number A. A., of this sketch. and William, of Wooster, this county, are the only survivors. The death of John Fair occurred in 1885, he having been preceded to the grave by his wife in 1880. A. A. Fair was educated in the Jefferson common schools, and very early in life learned the cooper's trade, which he followed for about fifteen 'years. He also learned the wagonmaker's trade, becoming skilled in both and always finding remunerative employment. He took up farming and in the spring of 1863 bought a farm of eighty-six acres in Chester township, some of which he cleared and improved, erecting new buildings, including a fine residence, and otherwise making his place one of the most attractive in the community. He has carried on general farming and stockraising very successfully ; however, for the past seven years he has lived practically retired. Mr. Fair was married to Mary Painter, a native of Wayne county, Ohio, and the daughter of John Painter, an early settler, having come here from WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 1233 Pittsburg, Pennsylvania ; this was his first marriage, which was solemnized in 1854. To this union six children were born, namely : Alice, wife of Jack Jones; Mary, wife of Willis Long; William; Ida, wife of Frank Wilson, living in Missouri ; Effie, wife of Willis Fast ; Harvey is deceased. A. A. Fair's second marriage was to Eliza Summers, a native of Michigan and the daughter of Adam Summers, whose home was in Michigan. No children were born to this union. Both wives are deceased. Politically Mr. Fair is a Republican but he has never aspired to any public office. The Methodist Episcopal church holds his membership. JOHN C. SCHULTZ. Holding distinctive prestige among the leading business men of northern Ohio and standing out clear and distinct as one of the public-spirited citizens of Wayne county, John C. Schultz has achieved an honorable record as an enterprising, self-made man, who from a modest beginning and by his own undivided efforts has worked his way to a position of affluence and influence in the commercial world. His life has been one of unceasing industry and perseverance and the systematic and honorable methods which he has ever pursued have gained for him the unbounded confidence and esteem of his fellow men and a permanent place among those to whose energy, sound judgment and superior foresight the city of Wooster is so largely indebted for its advancement and importance as a prosperous business center. Mr. Schultz is a native of Ohio and a representative of one of the old and highly respected families of Wayne county. As the name implies; he is. of German blood, and he traces his ancestry through many generations in the Fatherland where his antecedents from time immemorial appear to have lived. Nicholas Schultz, his father, was born in Germany, but at the age of eighteen came to the United States, and, making his way direct to Wayne county, Ohio, settled in East Union township, where he worked for a number of years ,at blacksmithing, later purchasing a farm, which he cultivated in connection with his trade until about 1884. He served as trustee of his township, besides filling various other local offices, took a leading part in public matters and by industry and frugality succeeded in acquiring a competency which he is now enjoying in a life of honorable retirement, after reaching the advanced age of eighty years, sixty-two of which have been spent in the township of East Union. On discontinuing (78) 1234 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. active labor he took up his residence in the village of Apple Creek, where he lived until the death of his wife, since which time he has made his home with his daughter in the town of Kenmore, where he is now spending the evening of his life, being one of the few remaining links connecting the present with the pioneer period. Prior to her marriage, Mrs. Nicholas Schultz bore the maiden name of Katherine Schaefer. She, too, was a native of Germany and came to America when young, making the voyage alone and locating in Wayne county about the time of Mr. Schultz's arrival. She met her future husband in East Union township, where in due season their marriage was solemnized, and there she spent the remainder of her clays, dying on June II, 1908, at the age. of seventy-seven years. Nicholas and Katherine Schultz reared a family of six children, namely : Sarah, who married George W. Liner, of East Union township, and died when thirty-eight years old; George, a dry goods merchant of Massillon, Ohio; Adam, a blacksmith and dealer in buggies, carriages, etc., at Apple Creek; John C., of this review ; Anna, who died at the age of thirty, and Ola, wife of Harvey Lautenschlager, of Kenmore, Ohio. The mother of these children was a pious woman, a member of the German Reformed church and a woman of many excellent qualities of head and heart. Mr. Schultz is also connected with that religious body, and has ever tried to live a life void of offense toward God and man. He platted the Apple Creek cemetery while trustee of East Union township, and always manifested an abiding interest in the advancement of the township of which he was a pioneer settler and which he has seen grow from its primitive condition to one of the best-improved and most prosperous parts of Wayne county. John C. Schultz was born September 18, 1861, on the family homestead in the township of East Union and spent his early life amid the active duties of the farm. Reared to habits of industry and frugality, he grew up strong and rugged and while still a mere youth became familiar with the labor in wood and field, and in almost any kind of manual employment could, keep pace with the ordinary work-hand. In due time he entered the district school, which he attended at intervals until finishing the usual branches, the training thus received being afterwards supplemented by a course in Smithville Academy, where, under the efficient instruction of Prof. J. B. Eberly, a teacher of high repute, he made commendable progress in the higher branches of learning. Quitting that institution while still in his teens, he turned his attention to teaching and was engaged in that profession until attaining his majority when, in March, 1883, he accepted a clerkship WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 1235 with the hardware firm of Kinney & Cooley of Wooster, which he held during the eight years ensuing. At the expiration of that time he became a member of the firm, and in 1891 the stock was moved to the building on the south side of West Liberty street, where the business has since been conducted under the firm name of the Wooster Hardware Company. Purchasing a third interest in the enterprise, Mr. Schultz addressed himself to the task of building up the business, in which he succeeded most admirably. Increasing the stock from time to time, it was not long until the establishment was the largest and most successful of the kind in the city. In 1905 Mr. Cooley turned his interest over to his son Albert and Mr. Kinney sold out to Walker G. Christy and they turned over a small interest to Albert S. Sauer after buying out Albert Cooley. In addition to a large and complete stock of all kinds of hardware, the firm also handles agricultural implements and machinery, and lead all competition in the various lines of goods represented in their immense establishment. The two buildings in Wooster, which contain thirty-five thousand square feet of floor space, comprise one of the largest and most complete hardware stores in northern Ohio, and in connection therewith the company operates a branch establishment at Orrville, which also has a growing patronage. Everything in the hardware line demanded by the trade is handled by the firm, and while catering especially to their retail business, which has steadily increased in volume and importance, they also command a lucrative wholesale trade which has added much to the reputation of the house throughout the state. Aside from his large hardware interest, Mr. Schultz is identified with various other important business enterprises, notable among which is the Wooster Machine Company, a corporation doing a general manufacturing and repair business and of which he is president. For several years he has been a director of the People's Building and Loan Association, and as a member and first vice-president of the Wooster Board of Trade he has done much to promote the material advancement of the city and give it publicity as an important business center and safe place for the investment of capital. He is now chairman of the new industry committee of the board and for a period of seven years was a member of the city board of education, during the greater part of which time he served as president, and it was while holding that office that the handsome school buildings on Beall and Walnut avenues were erected. The various benevolent and humanitarian movements of the city have found in him a warm friend and liberal patron, and as one of the trustees of the Children's Home, which position he has held for several years, he has done much to arouse and keep alive an interest in that commendable enterprise. 1236 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. Mr. Schultz on May 8, 1884, was united in the bonds of wedlock with Sarah Johnson, who was born and reared in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, being the daughter of Isaiah Johnson, a well-known and highly esteemed citizen of that part of the state. This marriage has been blessed with two sons, Clarence, born in 1886, and Wallace, whose birth occurred in the year 1895, the former being traveling salesman for the Oliver Chilled Plow Company of South Bend, and is now running the branch at Orrville; the latter is pursuing his studies in the schools of his native city. In his fraternal relations Mr. Schultz holds membership with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and in politics votes the Democratic ticket, but is not an active partisan. With his wife, he belongs to the English Reformed church and for twenty years has been a deacon and elder of the local congregation with which he is identified, also an active worker in the Sunday school, which he served nine years as superintendent. Mr. Schultz occupies a prominent place among the most enterprising and successful business men and public-spirited citizens of Wayne county and in every walk of life he is recognized as a courteous, high-minded gentleman of perfect integrity and genuine moral worth. He has acted well his part in life, and while primarily interested in his own affairs he has not been unmindful of the interests of others, as his efforts to advance the public good and promote the welfare of his fellow men abundantly attest. GEORGE JACKSON. A worthy and substantial representative of the British Isles is George Jackson, who, like most of our "cousins across the pond," has proven to be a citizen of the highest type since casting his lot among us, and has been loyal to our institutions, never neglecting his duties to his neighbors, while advancing his own interests. He was born in Lancashire, England, May 9, 1844, the son of James and Martha (Argraves) Jackson, who became well-known citizens of that county. The paternal grandparents of George Jackson were John and Sarah Jackson, who lived and died in England, Mr. Jackson having been a foreman in the cotton mills of Manchester. The maternal grandparents were also natives of England, where they spent their lives. James Jackson was born in England, March 3, 1822. He married Martha Argraves, a native of his own country. They married there and in WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 1237 1850 came to America, and making their way westward, they located in Doylestown, Wayne county, Ohio. James Jackson was a locomotive engineer in England, but he was employed as machinist in this country, working many years in the reaper and mower works in Doylestown. He and his son, George, also engaged in the livery business for some time here. He lived a quiet and retired life, giving his attention very largely to his own work. He and his wi fe were the parents of five children, all dying in infancy except George, of this review, who was the oldest ; three of the children were born and died before the family came to America. .The death of James Jackson occurred in 1904 and that of Mrs. Jackson over a half century earlier, in 1851. George Jackson was educated in the common schools and learned the millwright's trade when young in years, having hardly finished his apprenticeship at the outbreak of the Rebellion, which caused the cessation of that line of work, so young Jackson went to Wooster and entered a machine shop where he remained one year. When the Sixteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteers was being raised, he tried to enlist, but was not permitted to do so, but in August, 1862, he enlisted in Company G, One Hundred and Twentieth Regiment Volunteer Infantry, and served in the same until November, 1865. Just after the siege of Vicksburg he had typhoid fever ; he participated in the following battles : Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, Thompson's Hill (Mississippi), siege of Vicksburg, Big Black River, Jackson (Mississippi). He was on the transport "City Belle" when it was fired and was in the campaign that resulted in the surrender of Mobile. After the war he returned to Doylestown and worked in the machine shops for a number of years. He entered the hotel business, which he conducted successfully for a period of thirteen years: For the past twenty years he has been agent for the American Express Company, first, then the United States Express Company. He was postmaster under Harrison's administration, and on August 6, 1897, he was appointed postmaster by President McKinley and has held the position ever since, proving to be one of the best officials the office has ever known and his services have been highly satisfactory to all concerned—in fact, he is a man who makes a success of whatever he undertakes. Politically he is a Republican, and he very ably served the people of Doylestown as mayor for one term, having been the first Republican mayor of the town. In public or private life he has shown himself to be a man of rare soundness of judgment and always discharged his duties in a faithful and conscientious manner. Fraternally he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, also of Wadsworth Lodge, No. 385, Free and Accepted Masons. Mrs. Jackson is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. 1238 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. Mr. Jackson was married on November 8, 1866, to Anna M. Galehouse, a native of Wayne county, Ohio, the daughter of Samuel and Dorothy Galehouse, old settlers and a highly respected family here. To Mr. and Mrs: Jackson the following children have been born : William H., Millie, Martha, James S., Dollie (died at the age of eight and one-half years), Della and Florence. HON. THOMAS W. ORR. Prominent in the professional life of Wooster, pre-eminently distinguished for his splendid ability in carrying to completion important public enterprises and 'enjoying marked prestige in many things, aside from his pronounced legal talents, far beyond the limits of the community honored by his citizenship, Hon. Thomas W. Orr .stands out a clear and conspicuous figure among the successful men of a part of the great Buckeye state noted throughout the commonwealth for its high order of intelligence and business and professional talent. Characterized by breadth of wisdom and strong individuality, his achievements but represent the utilization of innate talents in directing efforts along lines in which mature judgment, rare discrimination and a resourcefulness that hesitates at no opposing circumstances, pave the way and ultimately lead to great achievements. It is not the intention of the biographer in this connection to give a detailed history of his busy, influential and interesting life, but rather to note, incidentally, his connection with various phases of the development of Wayne county and his long and worthy practice of the law and to show the marked influence he has wielded in advancing the material interests of this locality by his strict adherence to the Golden Rule and his desire to promote the general good. Hon. Thomas W. Orr is of Scotch-Irish and German ancestry and was born February 18, 1861, in Salt Creek township, Wayne county. He is the son of John and Agnes (Lisle) Orr, the latter the daughter of Robert Lisle, the mother dying when Thomas W. Orr was nine years of age. From the age of thirteen he was compelled to fight his own battles of life. His father was very solicitous regarding the future welfare of his son, but did not have the necessary means to assist him, and in such a school of discipline, hard and regrettable, he learned the enduring lessons of fortitude and courage that have stood him so well in hand in later life. He worked on the farm during the summer months in order to obtain means, and he attended the common schools during the winter months. He was ambitious to "leave WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 1239 his footprints on the sands of time," and consequently was a persistent student. He attended the high school at Fredericksburg, also the Smithville Academy, and finally took a course in the Normal Academy at Ada, Ohio. When nineteen years of age he had obtained a sufficient education to enable him to begin teaching, which he did, alternating the same with going to school until he had finished the course. He taught in Wayne, Salt and Sugar Creek townships, and for a time was principal of the schools at Sterling. The last year of his school work was spent in North Dakota, as principal of the St. Thomas schools, in Pembina county, Red River valley. He won an excellent reputation as an educator and his services were in great demand, and had he continued in this profession he would doubtless have become one of the noted educators of the state. But he had long desired to win a name at the legal profession, and when he returned from the west he entered the law office of Messrs. Critchfield & Critchfield, in Wooster, and there completed his elementary studies of the law, which had been undertaken some years previous, he having devoted some of his spare moments to a perusal of Blackstone prior to his going to North Dakota. In March, 1895, he was admitted to the Ohio bar, and in the spring of that year he opened an office in Orrville, Wayne county, and for a number of years was actively and successfully engaged in the practice of law at that place until elected to the office of judge of the probate court, which brought about his removal to Wooster, where he has devoted his energies to the duties of that office. While living in Orrville he was a member of and clerk of the board of education of the Town for six years, and for a period of five years he was employed as solicitor of it, performing the duties of each with a characteristic fidelity that has marked all his public and professional acts, stamping him as a man of unquestioned ability and integrity. Mr. Orr was married, in 189o, to Emma J. Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Smith, of Paint township, the representative of an old and highly honored family there. This union has been blessed by the birth of the following children : Maynard S. (deceased), Lucil, Walter S., Ruth and Paul S. At an early age Mr. Orr was thrown upon his own resources and the undeveloped forces within him, and was compelled to work, act, think and depend upon himself. His circumstances made it essential that he should conquer and this could only be done by labor, study, resolute and heroic action. He obeyed the commands of industry from the beginning, and his persevering methods, fixing his energies on a steady, unalterable and honorable purpose—that of attaining success in his profession, and dignifying it by observing the canons of morality, honesty and integrity, by which it can 1240 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. only be exalted. As a result of his training, his application, his industry and the fiber of his mind he is necessarily logical, never aiming at brilliancy or aspiring to be ornate ; always lucid in his style of expression, and yet not infrequently skirting the Olympus of eloquence and exhaling the perfumes of rhetoric. His exemplary habits, his probity of character and pleasant social manners have won for him the undivided respect of all with whom he has come into contact and he is certainly deserving of the high esteem which all accord him, considering his early struggles and final triumphs. Fraternally, Judge Orr is affiliated with the Free and Accepted Masons, Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias. WILLIAM F. KEAN. The career of William F. Kean at the Wayne county bar has been emphasized by persistent industry, strict attention to business, unswerving integrity, the closest application and study, and a degree of care, prudence and promptitude in the disposition of responsibilities intrusted to him, worthy of imitation.. Punctuality he observes as a professional maxim. With him, appointments once made become debts. He always aims to do things at their right time. When engagements are made, he does not want to be waited for, or wait. And thus, it is punctuality by which men testify their personal respect for those whom they are called upon to meet in affairs of business. This and other commendable qualities have formed the key-note to his success. Mr. Kean was born in Plain township, Wayne county, February 9, 1855. He is the son of a farmer, Dewitt C. Kean, now a resident of Wooster, but formerly of Plain township, where he lived and prospered as an agriculturist for a period of over sixty years. In his early years he was a teacher, his equipment having been very good, indeed, for those days, being thorough and painstaking. He enjoyed the highest respect of the people in the southwestern portion of the county where he was so well known and where he did such effectual work. He was always regarded as a man of unshrinking integrity, strict honesty, technical in his definitions of morality and unbending in his fidelity to them. His life was a busy and useful one and he owned a beautiful home in Plain township and had one of the model farms there, which he managed in a most masterly manner, yielding him rich results. William F. Kean grew up on the home farm, which he worked when he became of proper age, attending the neighboring schools during the winter WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 1241 months. He later studied at the Smithville Academy, also went to school at Shreve and later entered the University of Wooster, graduating from that institution with the class of 1881, having made a splendid record there. He early decided to devote his talents to the legal profession and accordingly studied law in the office of McClure & Smyser, and, having made rapid strides in the same, he was admitted to the bar in June, 1886, and soon thereafter opened an office in Wooster. He soon had an excellent patronage, which has increased with the advance of years until he has long since been numbered among the most worthy of the local bar, always busy in the local courts, his name having been connected with the trial of most of the important cases here for at least two decades, and the manner in which he conducts a trial wins for him the approval of client, his fellow colleagues and the trial judge, to say nothing of his influence over a jury. Mr. Kean has served as referee in bankruptcy for twelve years in the counties of Wayne and Holmes, his administration having been most acceptable to litigants as well as attorneys. Politically Mr. Kean is a strong Republican and religiously he holds membership with the Methodist Episcopal church. As a church member he has been most liberal in his support, giving much time, thought as well as money to the furtherance of the kingdom of Christ and for five years was the efficient superintendent of the Methodist Episcopal Sabbath school of Wooster. By his observance of fundamental rules of business based upon honesty, rectitude, and fidelity to trusts and confidences reposed in him, he has won the public esteem, achieved professional success and fixed his star in the ascendant. As a practicing lawyer, he is courteous and cordial in his friendships, cautious, temperate, ambitious, zealous, consistent, moral and circumspect. in all the affairs of life. Mr. Kean was married October 24, 1883, to Alice A. Smith, daughter of Daniel and Roseana Smith, of near Hayesville, Ashland county, Ohio, who was engaged in the milling business. Her mother died in 1889 and her father now lives in Akron, Ohio, being retired. Mr. and Mrs. Kean have had five children, three dying in infancy ; those living are : Clara Estella, born January 26, 1889, is now a junior at Ohio Wesleyan University ; Frances Gertrude, born June. 25, 1895, is attending high school at Wooster. EMANUEL H. WENGER. A man who has contributed largely to the material welfare of the community and township where he resides and who has shown himself to be one of the strong, sturdy characters that constitute the high order of 1242 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. citizenship for which Wayne county is noted is Emanuel H. Wenger, who was born in Sugar Creek township, March 3, 1856, the son of Emanuel E. and Martha (Hess) Wenger, both natives of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, the former having been born there on June 13, 1828. In 1853 he married Martha Hess, daughter of Christian and Barbara Hess, of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. She was born March 15-, 1833. 'She came to Wayne county, Ohio, in 1853 and her death occurred April 12, 1878. She married Mr. Wenger in 1853. To Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel E. Wenger seven children were born, namely : Benjamin H., born December 9, 1854; Emanuel H., of this review, was next in order of birth; C. H., of Clinton, Ohio, was born November 5, 1857; M. H. was born February 25, 186o; Henry H. was born November 23, 1861; Amos H., of Massillon, Ohio, was born August 22, 1866, and David H. was born March 22, 1864. (See his sketch on another page of this work.) The parents of these children were members of the Mennonite church and persons of excellent standing in their community ; the father passed to his rest on July 4, 000, after a long and useful life. Emanuel H. Wenger was reared in Sugar Creek township and when he arrived at the proper age he worked on the home farm during the summer months and attended the district schools during the winter, receiving a good common school education. He left the farm when he was twenty years old. Turning his attention to merchandising, he began clerking in a general store in 1876 in Burton City. He later purchased the store and remained in business there for four years, then he was employed as shipping clerk and weighmaster for the Fox Lake Coal Company, of Cleveland, for a period of fourteen years, during which time he was regarded by this company as one of their most trusted employes. He then severed his connection with the above named concern and took a position with the White Oak Coal Company as secretary and paymaster, remaining with them for three years, giving his usual faithful services. He had saved his money and was enabled to gratify a desire of long standing by moving onto a farm and leading the freer life of a husbandman. He has since remained on the farm and has made a great success, now owning two of the best farms in Baughman township, consisting of one hundred and eighty acres. They are well improved and have been so skillfully managed that the soil has retained its original fertility, bounteous harvests being reaped from the fields annually, by reason of Mr. Wenger's able management. He has an excellent residence and is well fixed to enjoy life. He keeps various kinds of good stock and is an admirer of good horses. Mr. Wenger was married in 188o to Alice Rudy, who was born October WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 1243 5, 1858, the daughter of Daniel Rudy, a prominent citizen of this part of Wayne county. This union has resulted in the birth of four. sons, namely : Clarence R., born February 17, 1882, is farming Ivan H., born April 12, 1885, is cost clerk for the Brown-Hoisting Company of Cleveland, Ohio ; he was educated at Canal Fulton, this state ; Justice F., a farmer, was born July 27, 1887; Daniel O. was born July 27, 1891, and is a student in the Orrville high school. Mr. and Mrs. Wenger are members of the United Presbyterian church at Dalton, this county. In politics Mr. Wenger is a Republican, being an active worker in the party. He has very ably served both as treasurer and clerk of Baughman township. He is regarded by all who know him as a hustler, a man who takes a delight in the progress of his community, and while looking after his own interests he does not neglect his duty. to his neighbors, but is generous, obliging and always trustworthy, according to those who know him best. TILLMAN O. BECHTEL. When the Bechtel family 'left their comfortable homes in the state of Pennsylvania and came to the then new country of Wayne county, Ohio, they found conditions quite different from those they left behind, but they were men of courage, inured to hard toil and could stand privations unflinchingly, if need be; they liked the prospect here, the far-stretching woods and the fresh, strong soil, so they set to work with a will and soon had better homes than they left. However, it took much work and they had to do without many, of the conveniences they formerly enjoyed. One of the best known of the present generation of this family is Tillman 0. Bechtel, who was born in Pennsylvania on May 21, 1841. He is the son of Jacob B. and Elizabeth (Ridenour) Bechtel, both natives of Pennsylvania. The paternal grandparents of the subject were George and Elizabeth (Barton) Bechtel, who came to Wayne county, Ohio, in an early day and settled in Wooster township, remaining there until their deaths. Grandfather Betchel was a Successful farmer, having cleared and developed the land he purchased here. The maternal grandparents of the subject were George and Elizabeth Ridenour, both natives of Pennsylvania. Mrs. George Ridenour re-married and moved to Seneca county, Ohio, Where she died. Her second husband, Joseph Stever, was a soldier in the war of 1812. 1244 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. Jacob B. Bechtel, father of Tillman 0., was reared in Pennsylvania where he received his schooling. In 1842 he came to Wayne county, Ohio, and settled in Wooster township where he managed a sawmill, one of the largest in the township, becoming widely known as a mill man, being one of the earliest of the township, and he continued in this line until his health failed. His death occurred on the place where he first settled, having lived there continuously. To Mr. and Mrs. Jacob B. Bechtel fourteen children were born, eleven of whom grew to maturity. Jacob Bechtel lived a quiet life; politically he was Whig and later a Republican. He was a member of the German Reformed church and was a good and upright man. Tillman O. Bechtel likes to tell of his trip to this county from his old Pennsylvania home, which was made in a covered wagon, the trip being somewhat arduous owing to the rough roads and unbridged streams. He was then only a boy and he received his education in the common schools of Wooster township, where the family settled when they arrived in Wayne county. He began working on the home place when very young and he has always followed farming. He is now the owner of sixty-one acres of good land in Plain township. He came to this vicinity in 1874 and bought the farm he now owns about 1894. Tillman O. Bechtel was one of the loyal sons of the North who served in the defense of the national integrity in the early sixties, having been a member of Company F, One Hundred and Second Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for a period of three years. In the same company and regiment also served I. J. and W. D. Bechtel for three years, and George H. Bechtel for more than one year. They all took part in the various engagements in which the regiment was involved. After the war Tillman O. Bechtel returned home and took up farming and has since led a quiet life, devoting his attention exclusively to his farm. Mr. Bechtel was married in 1869 to Magdalena Lawrence, daughter of George Lawrence, the son of Christian Lawrence, whose sketch appears in another part of this work. The subject and wife are the parents of the following children : J. W., living in Iowa ; W. D., living in Los Angeles, California; E. L., living in Akron, Ohio ; Nellie married George Keets, of Plain township ; J. A. : Elizabeth married Zeno Miller, living in Chester township : Eva Rebecca, who married Irvin 0. Stair, died in April, 1909. Religiously, Mr. Bechtel is a member of the Reformed church, and his fraternal affiliation is with the Grand Army of the Republic. 1244 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. Jacob B. Bechtel, father of Tillman O., was reared in Pennsylvania where he received his schooling. In 1842 he came to Wayne county, Ohio, and settled in Wooster township where he managed a sawmill, one of the largest in the township, becoming widely known as a mill man, being one of the earliest of the township, and he continued in this line until his health failed. His death occurred on the place where he first settled, having lived there continuously. To Mr. and Mrs. Jacob B. Bechtel fourteen children were born, eleven of whom grew to maturity. Jacob Bechtel lived a quiet life ; politically he was Whig and later a Republican. He was a member of the German Reformed church and was a good and upright man. Tillman O. Bechtel likes to tell of his trip to this county from his old Pennsylvania home, which was made in a covered .wagon, the trip being somewhat arduous owing to the rough roads and unbridged streams. He was then only a boy and he received his education in the common schools of Wooster township, where the family settled when they arrived in Wayne county. He began working on the home place when very young and he has always followed farming. He is now the owner of sixty-one acres of good land in Plain township. He came to this vicinity in 1874 and bought the farm he now owns about 1894. Tillman O. Bechtel was one of the loyal sons of the North who served in the 'defense of the national integrity in the early sixties, having been a member of Company F, One Hundred and Second Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry,. for a period of three years. In the same company and regiment also served I. J. and W. D. Bechtel for three years, and George H. Bechtel for more than one year. They all took part in the various engagements in which the regiment was involved. After the war Tillman O. Bechtel returned home and took up farming and has since led a quiet life, devoting his attention exclusively to his farm. Mr. Bechtel was married in 1869 to Magdalena Lawrence, daughter of George Lawrence, the son of Christian Lawrence, whose sketch appears in another part of this 'work. The subject and wife are the parents of the following children : J. W., living in Iowa ; W. D., living in Los Angeles, California ; E, L., living in Akron, Ohio ; Nellie married George Keets, of Plain township ; J. A. ; Elizabeth married Zeno Miller, living in Chester township : Eva Rebecca, who married Irvin 0. Stair, died in April, 1909. Religiously, Mr. Bechtel is a member of the Reformed church, and his fraternal affiliation is with the Grand Army of the Republic. WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 1245 JOSEPH H. RITTENHOUSE. It is with no little degree of gratification to be able to point to an ancestry of the honorable and progressive type of those of J. H. Rittenhouse, for they were of that Class of pioneers who took a delight in developing new countries and paving the way for subsequent civilization and progress. J. H. Rittenhouse was born in Plain township March 30, 1856, the son of Samuel and Mary (Stair) Rittenhouse, the former a native of Pennsylvania, and the latter born in Germany. The paternal grandparents of the subject were Jesse and Catherine (Metz) Rittenhouse, natives of Pennsylvania, who came to Wayne .county, Ohio, in an early day and settled in Plain township, buying one hundred and sixty acres, which they cleared, developed and lived on the rest of their lives, both Mr. Rittenhouse and his wife being buried there. The father of J. H. Rittenhouse was born on that place and he. died there, having followed farming throughout his life. He was a Republican and a German Baptist. He was rather quiet, avoiding public display. His family consisted of seven sons and two daughters. The maternal grandparents of J. H. Rittenhouse, of this review, were John and Christenia (Mosier) Stair, who were both born and reared in Germany, marrying in that country. She died there, after which event John Stair married again. In 1834 the family settled in Plain township, buying about eighty acres of land in timber, but they cleared the same and John Stair lived there until his death. To Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Rittenhouse, parents of the subject, the following children were born : John, Jesse, Mathias, William (died in childhood), Joseph H., Samuel M., Daniel, Mary, Sarah and George. J. H. Rittenhouse was educated in school No. 2, Plain township, which he alternated with farming, remaining on the home place until he was eighteen years of age, after which he spent fifteen years in Indiana, working in the timber. He delighted in the free life of the woods and in their midst grew to a sturdy manhood.. He returned to Plain township, near Jefferson, and for seven years followed farming, two years of which time were spent on the home place. Although he was making a success of farming,. he saw a good opening for a general store at Jefferson and he accordingly launched in the mercantile business, in w hich he has been engaged ever since continuously at that place, having built up quite an extensive and satisfactory patronage with the surrounding country, always carrying a new and carefully selected stock and his prices are never above what they should be, according his customers. Mr. Rittenhouse was married in 1882 to Esther Lemon, and the fol- 1246 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. lowing children have been born to them: Ray and Roy (twins), the latter dying in infancy, Ray now being at Creston, this county; he married Blanch Holenstein, and they are the parents of two children, George and Mary. Mabel Rittenhouse married Ora Johnson, of Wooster, and they have one child; Mildred: J. H. Rittenhouse has been twice married, his last wife being Melinda Swartz, whom he espoused in 1891, and three children have been born to this union, Sylvia, Mary and Charles. Mr. Rittenhouse is a member of the Evangelical Lutheran church and politically he is a Republican. He has long taken considerable interest in local political affairs, and he very creditably served as clerk of Plain township for a period of two years, being elected to a second term in 1909. ROBERT WHORTON. Born of rugged Canadian stock and he himself a native of that northern country, Robert Whorton, a well known farmer of Plain township, Wayne county, is an example of that type of men who win success in life because they persevere in whatever they have in hand until the goal has been reached, regardless of obstacles that may beset their course. He was born in 1837, the son of Robert and Eliza Whorton. The subject came to the United States in the spring of 1865 and lcated in Plain township, Wayne county, Ohio, and for many years after coming here he followed the carpenter's trade, which he learned in his native country. In 1870 he was married to Harriet Lawrence, since which time he has devoted his attention to farming,. owning at this writing an excellent place of eighty-five acres in Plain township, which yields him a very comfortable living. He and his wife are the parents of the following children : Ira, who married Dora Metcalf, and they are the parents of these children, John RobRobertlarence, Herman and Forest; Dallas Whorton married Carrie Anderson and they are the parents of these children, Vida' Eliza, Dorothy,. Erma and Harriet. Daniel Lawrence, the father of Mrs. Whorton, was born three miles west of Wooster, in 1824, the son of Christian and Magdalena (Etley) Lawrence, the latter the daughter of Philip EtlEtley,o came to this country from Germany when .a young man and settled in Middletown, Pennsylvania. Christian Lawrence was born in Dauphin county; Pennsylvania, in 1780. He WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 1247 was the son of John Lawrence, who lived in Middletown until his death. In that town Christian Lawrence practiced his trade of blacksmith for a period of thirty-three years. He was drafted for service in the United States army in 18-12, but the war closed before he saw any service. In 1836 he drove a five-horse team from Pennsylvania to Wayne county, Ohio, and settled on a farm of one hundred and eighty acres, three miles west of Wooster, clearing much of the place. He became the owner of seven hundred and .eighty acres in Wayne county, all through his thrift and excellent management, becoming one of the leading agriculturists and citizens of his locality. Until within a short time of his death he lived on his original one hundred and eighty acres. In the early days his buildings came near: being destroyed by a forest fire, but, by hard work, he and his sons kept the fire from destroying their home. Daniel Lawrence was educated in the home schools and for thirty years lie was a veterinary surgeon, spending about ten years of that time in this exclusive practice; however, his farming usually took precedence of his veterinary work. In 1847 he bought forty acres where he now lives, adjoining the eighty acres which his father had given him, and he has since been located on the farm in Plain township, having cleared over fifty acres of the place. He was married in 1844 to Rebecca Wagner, who came to this county from Pennsylvania when eighteen years of age, accompanied by her uncle, who settled west of Jefferson, she walking nearly the entire distance from the old home in Pennsylvania. To Daniel Lawrence and wife nine children were born, namely : Harriet, wife of Robert Whorton, subject of this review ; Mary Ann, Eli, Samuel, Rebecca, Amanda, Curtis, Effie and Isaac. Mary Ann married Ira B. Hale, a Baptist minister in Colorado. They have five children. Eli, who is the father of five children, has been married twice, first to Abbie Quick, then to Ellen Carson. Eli was a professor in a college in. Texas and died in that state. Samuel, who lives in Indiana, married Malissa Obenaur. Rebecca married Henry Filger, who died about fifteen years ago, and she now lives in Plain township; she is the mother of three children. Amanda married Asa Tyler, of Ashland; and they have a daughter. The following children were reared by Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Lawrence, in addition to their own family : Jesse Dockardy, John Wagner, Rachel Wagner, Howard Lawrence, Charles Lawrence and Ollie Lawrence. Daniel Lawrence is a Democrat, and religiously he supports the Methodist Episcopal church; however, he was formerly a Lutheran. Both the Lawrence and Whorton faMilies are among the most highly respected and influential in Plain township. 1248 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. WILLIAM A. LEWIS. Although a young man, William A. Lewis has succeeded in leaving the imprint of his personality upon the people of Chester township, Wayne County, and at an age when most men are just getting started in their life work, he finds himself the possesses of valuable property and occupying a position in the business and social life of the community that should be the source of gratification to anyone. He was born on the old Beninger farm, where he now lives, north of New Pittsburg, November 30, 188o, the son of John and MaEnda S. (Emery) Lewis, the latter born on the same farm as the subject, while the father's birth occurred. in the state of Pennsylvania ;' but when a young man he left the place of his nativity and came to Wayne county; Ohio, and, for a short time, made his home here. The subject's maternal grandparents were David and Mary (Beninger) Emery, Mrs. Mary Beninger having been born in Pennsylvania. in 1832 and she came from that state with her parents, Peter and Frances (Barkley) Beninger. On April 19, 1836, Peter Beninger bought eighty acres of land of David Countryman where William A. Lewis now lives. The original farm has been added to until it now consists of one hundred and twenty-nine acres. Peter Beninger and his family made. the toilsome overland trip to this county in an old-fashioned covered wagon. They occupied the log buildings that were on the place at the time of their coming, and they cleared the major part of the land, transforming it into an excellent farm. In this old home are to be found today many articles brought from Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, when the family first came over, among them being two old guns, a churn (still in use), the top of the covered wagon, also the hubs. The subject and his aged mother carefully preserve these old relics of a bygone day. David Emery, the grandfather of the subject, enlisted as a "Squirrel Hunter" during the Civil war. .Peter Beninger and wife lived on the old farm the remainder of their lives, as did also David Emery and wife. David Emery was born in Plain township, Wayne county, Ohio, April 6, 1827, and died September 30, 1893 ; he was married April 8, 1855.: By trade he was a carpenter, also an extensive farmer and thresher. Peter Beninger was a shoemaker by trade. Mrs. Lewis is the only child of David Emery. William A. Lewis, of this review, is the only child of Mr. and Mrs. John Lewis. He received a good education in his native community, and he is a general machinist and electrician and is regarded as one of the most skillful in his line in the county. At present he is the representative of the. Fairbanks-Morse Company, gasoline engines. He also does repair work on automobiles, electric bells, gasoline engines, bicycles, etc. Besides his WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 1249 many duties in this line, he also superintends the work on the old farm. and has a very comfortable income from the two sources. Politically he is a Democrat however, his father always voted the Republican ticket. David Emery was a Democrat, while Peter Beninger was a Republican and a Lutheran, as was also his wife. JAMES GARFIELD SHELLY While the gentleman whose names introduces this sketch may not have the capacity of a statesman or a general, he has some of 'the characteristics that make for success, like the distinguished .American for whom he was named, for, although yet a young man, he has achieved a standing in the business world, at an age when most men are merely .starting on what we are pleased to call "the battle of life." He was born. in Plain township, Wayne county, July 23, 188i, the son of Christian and Sarah (Wiler) Shelly, the latter a native of Wooster township. and the former born in Plain township. Sarah Wiler is a sister of W. H. Wiler, whose sketch appears on another page of this work, 'where the. ancestry of James G. Shelly is fully. dealt with, consequently it will not be repeated here. James G. Shelly was educated in the Union Hall School No. 3, Plain township. He first followed farming with his father and remained on the home place in section 13, Plain township, until December, 1906, when he located on one of his .father's farms in section 15, Plain township, where he has since resided. He is the owner of one of the best and most highly cultivated farms in the township, consisting of two -hundred and forty-four acres, including one hundred acres in a qUarter section of Plain township, section 24, which his great-grandfather Shelly entered, cleared and lived on the remainder of .his life. Mr. Shelly carries on general farming and stock raising in a manner that shows him to be a man of excellent tastes and sound judgment. He has a beautifully located dwelling and substantial barns, everything about the -place showing thrift and good management. Mr. Shelly was married on April 12, 1905, to Ida N. Stuckey, daughter . of Christian Stuckey, a well known and influential resident of Richland county, Ohio. To the subject and wife one interesting child has been born, named James Leroy. Fraternally Mr. Shelly is a member of the Knights of the Maccabees, and in politics he is a Republican, and while he does not find time to take a leading part in political matters, he is interested in the general progress of 'his community and does what he can to that end. (79)