1400 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. Democracy and a power in the political affairs of this part of the state, ably seconded in this respect by the News. Under the present management they have steadily grown in public favor, and now have large and continually increasing subscription lists, a liberal advertising patronage, and with a job office well equipped with the latest machinery and devices used in the art preservative. Their columns teem with the news of the day, as well as able discussions of the leading questions and issues upon which men and parties are divided, and they promise to continue in the future as they have been in the past, a strong influence in political affairs and a power in moulding and directing opinion in matters of general interest to the public. The Wayne County Democrat Company was incorporated in 1905 for the sum of fifteen thousand and five hundred dollars, John C. Hoffman being president and manager and Fred H. Zimmerman, secretary and treasurer. ANDREW J. LANCE. Andrew Jackson Lance was the seventh son of James and Mary Lance, and was born in Milton township, Wayne county, Ohio, October 29, 1846. His boyhood days were spent on his father's farm. The most of his education was acquired in the old log school house on his father's farm. The means of acquiring an education in those days were meager, as all boys were in attendance at school but a very few months in the year, owing to the fact that they were required to help on the farm clearing the forests and tramping out grain with horses in winter when there was no school. He remained on the old farm until 1875, when he bought a farm in the northwest corner of Milton township, one mile east of Creston, and with his mother moved on the farm the first of April, 1875. His mother died May 17, 1875. Mr. Lance was united in marriage to Katie R. Kostenbader, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth Kostenbader. She was born in Pennsylvania, May 18, 1847, and came to Ohio with her parents when she was six years old. There were born to this union two children, Burr, born April 18, 1876, and Bonnie, born April 11, 1880. They are both at home at present, Burr being single and Bonnie married. Mr. Lance sold his farm in Milton in 1887 and removed to Creston in the spring of 1888. He bought a farm the same year and put up all new buildings in 1889 in South Creston, where he now resides with his son and daughter, his wife having preceded him to the great beyond, February Jo, 1905. WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 1401 Mr. Lance is a man who is generous to a fault. To know him is to like him. "A. J.," as he is favorably known to a host of friends, is a man of sterling qualities, whose word is his bond. In politics he is a Democrat, having served his party two terms as trustee of Milton. township, and could have had justice of the peace and trustee of Canaan township but refused. He never was an office-seeker. He was elected a member of the first council of the village of Creston in June, 1899, and is a member of the present council of 191o. He is trustee of the Cemetery Association, is a member of the Royal Arcanum and Knights of Pythias Lodge, No. 268, of Seville, Medina county, Ohio. Bonnie Lance, daughter of Andrew Jackson Lance, was born in Milton township in 188o, and later moved to Creston, where she has since resided. She was married in 1897 to Lee H. Grunder, son of Henry Grunder. To this union were born four children : Ona Kathryn, born October 8, 1898; Reba Louise, born March 3, 19o1; Henry Dale, born September 22, 1903, and Dorothy Fay, born June 21, 1906, all living at home at the present time. MAHLON ROUCH. An enumeration of the representative citizens of Wayne county who have won recognition and success for themselves and at the same time conferred honor upon the community dignified by their citizenship, would be decidedly incomplete were there failure to make specific mention of the popular attorney whose name initiates this review, who has long held worthy prestige in legal, business, political and social circles, and has always been distinctively a man of affairs. He wields a wide influence among those with whom his lot has been cost, ever having the affairs of his county and state at heart and {king what he could to aid the general development of his native locality, thereby deserving the applause which is today accorded him by all classes. Mahlon Rouch may consistently be ranked as one of Wayne county's most prominent and popular products, for his birth occurred in Plain township, June 2, 1841, and the major part of his useful life has been spent within the borders of this county. He descended from an excellent ancestry, the type that laid the foundations for succeeding generations to prosper and enjoy. His father was Jacob Rouch, a man of sound judgment, excellent traits and much influence in his community, some of his worthy attributes descending to the subject, those worthy of enumeration being, powers of extempore 1402 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. speaking, acute, alert and argumentative debating powers, for the elder Rouch was a natural orator, who, on the political rostrum, spoke convincingly, and who, withal, possessed an anomalous memory. He was a prosperous farmer and on his father's broad acres Mahlon spent his earlier years, becoming inured to manual toil, which resulted in laying the foundation for a sturdy manhood. He attended the neighboring schools during the winter months, and when nineteen years of age he gratified an ambition of long standing by beginning a college course at Wittenberg College, Springfield, Ohio, in the autumn of 186o, in which institution he remained two years. Then feeling that it was his duty to give up all and do what he could toward saving the national Union from disruption, he laid aside his books and entered the Federal army, enlisting on August 16, 1862, in Company A, One Hundred and Twentieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, under Capt. Joseph H. Downing, and after a most faithful and gallant service in many a trying campaign and hard-fought field in the Southland, received his honorable discharge from the military service on July 22, 1865. A criterion of his ability and patriotism as a soldier is gained by a study of his record while in the service, which shows a series of promotions which none but the deserving could have received. Enlisting as a private, he was successively promoted to sergeant and sergeant major ; to second lieutenant and first lieutenant ; the last promotion coming to him when held as a prisoner. The military record of Mr. Rouch is one of which any loyal supporter of the honor of the stars and stripes might well be proud and feel a justifiable satisfaction of duty modestly but faithfully performed. He was never off duty, and was in every engagement in which his regiment participated, except when he was a captive within the Confederate lines. His soldier fortunes were identified with those of his regiment at Chickasaw Bayou, Mississippi, December 28, 1862, to January I, 1863, and Arkansas Post, January 11th following, and he passed through that terrible scourge of sickness and death among the troops at Young's Point, Louisiana, withstanding and performing all the duties of the well soldier among the sick and dying, and he also worked many days. on the Grant Canal. He was in the march from Miliken's Bend to the rear of Vicksburg, and in the siege of that city until it fell ; the final taking of Jackson, and in the disastrous engagement on board the boat "City Belle," which was captured by the enemy near Shaggy Point, Red river, Louisiana, May 3, 1864, when he was made a prisoner, and was held as such for thirteen months, in Camp Ford, near Tyler, Texas. He finally received his discharge July 22, 1865, over three and one-half months after the fall of Richmond, April 9, 1865. WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 1403 Returning from the army, Mr. Rouch taught school the following winter, then engaged in farming for a season, and in the campaign of 1866 he was a candidate for auditor of Wayne county, on what was known that year as the Soldier's ticket, but failed of election, going down in defeat with the balance of the ticket, by a small majority. In order to further equip himself for what the poets are pleased to call "the battle of life," he entered the law department of Michigan University, at Ann Arbor, graduating therefrom in the spring of 1868, having made a splendid record. During this year he was admitted to the bar in Ohio by the district court of Wayne county. He began practice in the spring of 1870 in Orrville, remaining there for a period of four years and gaining an excellent foothold in the legal profession, but, observing a wider field for the exercise of his talents, he moved to Wooster in the spring of 1874, immediately opening an office here and he very successfully prosecuted his legal duties without an associate in practice until the formation of partnership relations with C. M. Yocum, in 1896. He was a candidate in 1898 on the Prohibition ticket for supreme judge of the state of Ohio. Mr. Rouch was originally a Republican, but for the past twenty-seven years has not been in co-operation with that party. As stated above, in 1898 he was candidate for supreme judge of Ohio on the Prohibition ticket, but failed of election, however making an excellent race. He first turned his attention to the Prohibition party in 1882 and thus for more than a quarter of a century he has been loyal, consistent and true to his convictions, notwithstanding the fact that his allegiance to the same has, perhaps, deprived him of public offices which, had he remained a Republican, he doubtless could have easily procured ; but principle means everything to him and he is of the type of men of Henry Clay, who said : "I had rather be right than to be President." Mr. Rouch is a consistent Christian gentleman, honored and trusted by all with whom he has come into contact. Since 1874 he has been an active member of the United Presbyterian church, of which he is a liberal supporter. By strict attention to his professional duties, by careful investigation of the legal questions that are brought before him for consideration, in combination with his sound judgment and natural legal sense, he has come to be recognized as one of the safe and reliable legal counselors at the 'Wayne county bar. Not only is he highly regarded in this capacity, but as an advocate he maintains the standard of successful trial lawyers. He talks easily, freely and with directness to the subject under consideration. There is little 1404 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. circumlocution, no surplusage or ambiguity in his arguments. In his manipulation of evidence he is methodical and discriminating, cool, calm, unshaken and is not easily foiled by an adversary or flung from his poise. His nerves lie deep under the cuticle and do not hastily vibrate under exciting environments, his adversaries in court usually failing to draw him from his equilibrium. In his professional and private relations he is circumspect and honorable and as a man and citizen is progressive and enterprising. In 1870 Mr. Rouch was married to Margaret McQuigg, daughter of John McQuigg, now deceased, a native of Ireland. HARRY E. BAKER. Harry E. Baker, of Orrville, comes of a family of German extraction who have for several generations been citizens of America. His great-grandfather Baker (the name being then spelled Becker) came to this country before the Revolutionary war. He was a Dunkard. He entered the army and served faithfully until the close of the war. His- son Frederick, great-grandfather of Harry E., was born in Lebanon county, Pennsylvania, and about 1832 came to Wayne county with his family, locating in Canaan township, but later removed to Seneca county, Ohio, where he and his wife both died. They had a numerous family : Frederick, a resident of Seneca county, Ohio; Jacob Baker, of Wooster, Ohio; Peter, of Germantown, Ohio, who was formerly a- Methodist preacher; Julia Ann, widow of Charles Betts, of Marshalltown, Iowa. Abraham, grandfather of Harry E., was born in Lebanon county, Pennsylvania, December 25, 1800. In his youth he began study of medicine, but gave it up to enter the ministry,. becoming a preacher of the Evangelical Association. For a number of years he labored in that cause, but on account of defective hearing gave up preaching and united with the Methodist Episcopal church. He adopted the profession of veterinary surgeon, and in June, 183.4, he came to Wayne county, where he lived until his death, in 1891, at Wooster. This was then a new country and Mr. Baker saw it transformed from a wilderness to one of the richest agricultural counties of the great state of Ohio: For three years he kept a hotel in Wooster and then removed to Jefferson, four and one-half miles west, where he remained until the death of his wife. He was married in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, to -Mrs. Hannah' (Spangler) Zinn, a native of that county, who had been previously married to William Zinn, by whom she WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 1405 had four children, two of them yet .living, George and Elizabeth. She was born in 1797 and died May 9, 1878. Her father when quite young came to America from Zweibruecken, Germany, about one hundred and fifty years ago. He had learned surveying in his native land and on arriving in America his entire property consisted of his instruments. In order to reach the New World he was compelled to sell his services' for a certain period to a transportation company, and by hard labor paid for his passage. At the time of his death he was the owner of . four fine farms, two in Lancaster county and two in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania. Abraham Baker was all his life a religious man and for fifty years was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, there being no Evangelical Society when he came to Ohio. He was an honest, straightforward man, esteemed by all who knew him. He and his wife had four children, William Bartman, Samuel Hunter, Catherine Amanda, Yost Spangler, all deceased except Yost S., father of Harry E., who was born in Wooster, .September 7, 1834. Yost S. Baker learned the trade of shoemaking, at which he worked until July 24, 1862, on which day he entered the Union army in Company I, One Hundred .and Second Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The regiment was ordered from the rendezvous at Camp Mansfield, before being armed or equipped, to the defense of Cincinnati, then threatened by the rebel Gen. Kirby Smith. They were Mustered into the United States service in Covington, Kentucky, and then sent to Newport, that state, where they were kept in line of battle for several days. The regiment afterward saw considerable Service in the Southwest, in which Mr. Baker participated, serving faithfully until the close of the war; he was discharged May 23, 1868, having served years. Though never wounded, the hardships endured in the army somewhat impaired Mr. Baker's health and he yet feels their effects. Returning to the pursuits of peace, he opened a shoe shop in .Smithville, where for six months he carried on his trade. Then sold out and for several years worked as a journeyman. In 1877, he again opened a shop in to which in 1885 he added a line of ready made goods. Yost S. Baker was married August 2, 1860, to Fannie Drabenstot, who was born September 23, 1846, near Smithville, her parents having come from Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. They have two children, Harry Ellsworth and Edna May. The parents are. members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mrs. Baker's grandfather, Frederick Drabenstot, was married to Peggy Nicholas and they had ten children. Frederick, the grandfather of the subject, was 1406 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in 1806 and in 1.829 married Mary Croft, she being one of four children, two boys and two girls. They came to Wayne county in 1830 and had three children, Jacob, Mary and Fanny, all living. Mary Croft Drabenstot died at the age of forty-eight and Frederick Drabenstot married Mary Williams. They had four children, Emma, Ida, Della and Hugh, of whom the youngest three are living. In 1865 he sold his farm in Wayne county and removed to Huntington county, Indiana, where he purchased two farms, and where he died in 1900, at the age of ninety-six years. Harry Ellsworth Baker was born April 26, 1861, while the family was living at Smithville, but his birthplace was Jefferson. His district school education was supplemented with two years' tuition in Professor Eberly's high school, in Smithville, later the Northern Ohio Normal School. Leaving there he learned the trade of a barber at Wooster and returning to Smithville in 1880, opened a shop. On November 22, 1881, Mr. Baker was married to Emma Loretta, only child of John H. and Mary E. (Salmons) Myers, of Orrville. Her father was a teacher and had been principal of the high schools at Upper Sandusky, Kenton, Wadsworth, Ohio, and for two years preceding his death; of the high school at Orrville, also holding the position of county examiner. He died September 8, 1875, aged thirty-eight, and his widow subsequently became the wife of John H. Harter. She is still a resident of Orrville and has one child, Mary Alverda Harter. About fifty-five . years ago the Myers family came to Wayne county, from Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. Tobias Myers, grandfather of Mrs. Baker, was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, and when eighteen years of age came to America. In 1836 he was married to Catherine Zimmerman, to which union ten children were born : John H., father of Mrs.. Baker ; Jacob, Mary (Rife), Samuel, Elizabeth (Bechtel), Reuben, Tobias, Daniel, Abraham and Elam. Four still survive, three of them living in Wayne county. Harry E. Baker moved to Orrville in 1894 where he conducts one of the leading barber shops and takes an active interest in local affairs. He also owns a fine farm adjoining the town, where he is interested quite extensively in preparing Western draft horses for the Eastern markets, and also owns several valuable properties in Orrville. Mr. and Mrs. Baker have one child, Ellis Myers, born August 29, 1882, who resides in Orrville and is engaged in business with his father. He was married February 21, 1904, to M. Gertrude Seas, daughter of the late J. T. Seas, to which union one child was born, Mary Eleanor, July 12, 1906. Mrs. Baker was born in Smithville, Ohio, December 21, WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 1407 1862, and was three years old when her father accepted the position of principal of the schools at Upper Sandusky, where he lived . three years. She lived with her parents until her father's death and then made her home with her mother until her marriage. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mrs. Emma Baker's great-grandfather, Jesse McKinley, was born in 1794 in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, and in 1815 married Mary Dugan, who was born at the same place in 1792. They moved to Wayne county in 1817, where they lived till their deaths. Jesse McKinley was a squire and a school teacher and owned a quarter section of land at his death. They had a family of nine children. Catherine (McKinley) Gearard, the eldest of the family and grandmother of Emma Baker, was married to Charles Salmons December 13, 1838, and they had two children, Mary Etta, mother of Emma Baker, and Elizabeth Ann, both living in Wayne county. Mrs. Salmons afterward married J. P. Gearard. She died in 1898 on the old McKinley homestead at the .age of eighty-two years. Jesse McKinley died at the age of thirty-nine years and his widow survived him twenty years, dying at the age of fifty-nine. Emma Baker's great-great-grandfather and great-great-grandmother McKinley were natives of Ireland, as were also her great-great-grandparents Dugan. WILLIAM MORGANROTH. Standing for upright manhood and progressive citizenship, William Morganroth, the well known and popular hotel man of Wooster, has long represented that class of residents of Wayne county who may be depended upon to support such measures as tend toward the general upbuilding of the community along material, civic and moral lines. The prosperity and substantial welfare of any vicinity in a large measure are due to the enterprise and wise foresight of the class of business men which he represents—progressive, wide-awake men of affairs. These make the real history of a community, and their influence in shaping and directing its varied interests is difficult to estimate. Mr. Morganroth was born April 17, 1861, in Massillon, Stark county, Ohio, and he is the son of Henry and Anna (Guenter) Morganroth. Both parents were born in. Germany, from which country they came to America in youth. The father learned the weaver's trade, and he worked in the factories at Akron and Massillon, Ohio, for some time. He subsequently entered the 1408 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO hotel business at Massillon and Doylestown. The father died in May, 1895, and the mother died in August of that year-, and both are buried in the cemetery at Doylestown. They were highly 'respected and well known in their comm William Morganroth received a good education in the public schools at Doylestown and after passing through the high school he learned the butcher business and for many years he was successfully engaged in business for himself, also bought     on an extensive scale in connection with his regular vocation. In 1895 he entered the hotel business at Greenwich, Ohio, and from there to New London, Ohio, and he enjoyed a very satisfactory patronage and became widely known to the traveling public as a genial and obliging host. He subsequently went to Akron and engaged in the same business with equal success, later came to Wooster where he is now managing one of the most popular and best hotels—the Archer—in this part of the state. It is first-class in every respect, always well kept, neatly furnished and under his able management has become a favorite with the traveling public. In December, 1891, Mr. Morganroth married. Minnie Sieves, of Summit county, Ohio, the daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Yacky) Siever, an excellent old family of that county. To Mr. and Mrs. Morganroth was born one child, Della, now a young lady of rare refinement and much promise, and popular with the young society people .of Wooster. Mr. and Mrs. Morganroth are people of sterling worth and of praiseworthy characteristics. Mr. Morganroth is deserving of a great deal of credit for' what he has accomplished, having started in life a poor boy and compelled to work his own way to success.. LAKE F. JONES. Lake F: Jones. Was born on the 11th day of August, 1844, at Fredericksburg, Wayne county, Ohio, and died on the .9th day of September, 1907, at Wooster, Ohio. He was a son of David K. and Elizabeth. (Rayl) Jones, and a grandson of Benjamin and Hannah (Van Nimmon) Jones. David K Jones, the father of Lake F. Jones, was born in Wooster on the 21st day of July, 1815. He engaged in the dry goods business in Wooster and later moved to Shreve, where he Conducted a general store for many years. He was a than of fine appearance, kind and generous, and was held in high esteem by all who knew him: He served as postmaster of Shreve and WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 1409 held other offices of. trust in that village, where he resided for many years, and where he died at the advanced age of ninety-four years. Benjamin Jones, the grandfather of Lake F. Jones, was born in Winchester, Frederick county, Virginia, the. 13th day of April, 1787, and when but a child was taken by his parents to Washington county, Pennsylvania. In 181I he ,first visited Wooster on a tour of inspection on horseback. In the winter: of 1812-13 he returned to Wooster, where he afterwards resided and where he spent an active and useful life. In 1815 he was elected justice of the peace of Wooster township, and subsequently filled the office of trustee of that township. In 1818 he was elected commissioner of Wayne county and. served in that capacity for three years. In 1821 he was elected a representative for the county of Wayne in the General Assembly of Ohio. In 1824 he Was placed on the Jackson electorial ticket as one of the district electors. He represented Wayne county in the Ohio Senate from December 7, 1829, to December 3, 1832, having been re-elected in 1830. In 1832 he was elected a member of Congress and re-elected in 1834. March 17, 1836, he retired to his farm, west of Wooster, where he. lived until his death, which occurred on the 24th of April, 1861.. Lake F. Jones at an early age engaged in business on his own account, buying and selling sheep and cattle, and operated this business successfully in Wayne, Holmes and Knox counties. In 1808. he was married to Jennie Rathall, at Mt. Vernon, Ohio, where he was then located in business. They had four children, as follows : Mary E., married to John Johnson, of Wooster Jessie K., married to Judge John C: McClaran, of Wooster ; Charles C. Jones, of Wooster, and Lena F.. Jones, who died in Wooster, aged eight years, in 1883. In 1881 Mr. Jones, with his family, moved from Mt. Vernon, Ohio, to Wooster and afterwards engaged in the real estate business, and in later years devoted his time and attention to prospecting for oil and gas in different parts of northern Ohio. He was kind hearted and generous to a fault, and always willing to help those in distress. He was widely known and had many friends. Like his father. and .grandfather, he was an ardent Democrat in politics, and was, for many years prior to his death, prominent in the councils of that Party in Wayne county. As a Democrat he was nominated and elected several terms as a member of the Wooster city council. In 1896 he received the Democratic nomination for state senator from Wayne county by a large majority, and was elected and served as a member of the Ohio Senate in the seventy-third General Assembly, representing the counties of Wayne, Holmes, Knox and Morrow. (89) WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. EZEKIEL B. ZIMMERMAN. It is a rare privilege, not enjoyed by many of us, to spend our lives on the old home place, Which, after all, is the best place, no matter what other localities may have to offer, but this E. B. Zimmerman, a well-known farmer of Chippewa township, Wayne county, has been able to do, having been born on the place where he now resides, on September 30, 1848. His paternal grandparents were Nathan and Mary (Morton) Zimmerman. The father of Mary Morton had the distinction of being a soldier in the Revolutionary war under General Greene, and the Hessian army camped at one. time on the Morton farm, near Trenton, New Jersey, killing all their stock; the farm was overrun and considerably damaged by the soldiers, but Greene's army helped run the foreign enemy off the place. Mary Morton was of English descent, while her husband was born in Germany. He lived for many years in Center county, Pennsylvania, and was finally killed there about 1811 or 1812 by a tree falling on him. The maternal grandparents of the subject, Samuel and Mary (Likens) McClelland, were natives of Pennsylvania also, the McClellands having been of Scotch-Irish descent and the Likens family of Irish descent. Samuel and Mary McClelland moved to Ohio in a very early day and lived near Dalton, where. Mr. McClelland died; later his widow moved to Indiana and married a Mr: Brown, and she lived to be past ninety-one years of age, dying in Indiana. Ezekiel Zimmerman, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in 1808 in Pennsylvania and with his mother came to Ohio in 1812 and located near Marshallville, Wayne county, in Chippewa township. There he grew up. and worked on the farm, attending such primitive schools as the times :afforded, receiving only a very meager education. The mother of the subject, Rachael Ann McClelland, was born near Dalton, Ohio, in 1821. She was the second wife of Mr. Zimmerman. The latter was always a farmer and at his death. owned considerable land, about three hundred and forty acres, in Chippewa township; he traded .a great deal in land and was very successful, though he lived a quiet,. retired life for the most part. He was a Republican during most of his life, though he voted for Andrew Jackson. His death occurred in 1876, when he was over sixty-eight years of age, while his wife survived until in March, 1908, dying when eighty-six years old. They were the parents of eight children, four of whom are still living. E. B. Zimmerman was educated in the Smithville Academy; being an ambitious student, he .later took a correspondence course with the. Chautauqua Correspondence School. for a period of nine years, receiving a graded certificate. WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 1411 Mr. Zimmerman early in life began active farming and lumbering and has continued in these lines ever since with marked success. He now owns one hundred and sixty-two acres of the old homestead and seventy-eight acres in another place, besides one hundred and twenty-two acres owned by his wife, which he manages. He carries on general farming in a manner that stamps him as one of the leading agriculturists of the township, his places all being under a high. state of improvement. He has a beautifully located and attractive dwelling, a fine barn and all the outbuildings and farming machinery needed by an up-to-date farmer. He keeps an excellent grade of livestock, being especially fond of horses and cattle and a good judge of the same. Mr. Zimmerman was married on March 14, 1877, to Frances Hess, a native of Fayette county, Pennsylvania, and the daughter of James and Christiana (Franks) Hess. To Mr. and Mrs. Zimmerman have been born seven children, namely : Edna E., a graduate of the University of Wooster, now engaged in teaching at Lander, Wyoming ; Ira is a farmer ; Clara is the wife of Earl Steiner; Ernest, who is still a 'member of the home circle, was educated in the Ohio. State University, taking a short course there, later spent the first year in the University of Wooster and, two years in Columbus ; Daniel E. is a student in the Marshallville high school at this writing; two children died in infancy. Politically, Mr. Zimmerman is a Republican, always taking considerable interest in local affairs. He has very ably served -as trustee of Chippewa township. for a period of three years and has also been school director. Mrs. Zimmerman is a member of the Baptist church. S. GRANT CASE. Among the citizens of Plain township, Wayne county, who seem to have the management of their affairs well in hand and who by their own efforts have climbed from a humble beginning to a place of influence and comparative ease financially, is S. Grant Case, who was born in this county in 1866. He is the son of Cyrus S. and Sarah (Miller) Case, both natives of Wayne county, Ohio. The paternal grandparents of the subject were Samuel and Rachel (Troutman) Case, the former a native of Connecticut and the latter of Pennsylvania. They came to Wayne county, Ohio, in an early day, and settled three miles south of Wooster, where they devoted 1412 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. themselves to farming. Four of their sons were soldiers in the Civil war, namely : George T., Thomas. D., Cyrus S. and Rezin B. The last named died in a hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. Samuel Case lived in Wayne county until his death. The maternal grandparents of S. .Grant Case were Samuel and Rebecca (Snyder) Miller, natives of Pennsylvania. Shortly after their marriage in that state they came to Ohio and settled in Franklin township, Wayne county; on a farm which they developed. In about 1873 they bought a farm near Millbrook and there they remained the rest of. their lives. Cyrus S. Case received a very limited education in the early schools. He began farming early in life and has followed this occupation ever since ; however, he now lives practically retired in Millbrook. He has been a successful man and has borne an excellent reputation, having been active in the Lutheran church for about fifty years. He reared -three children, S. Grant, of this review ; Luella, who married a; Mr. Landis ; Mamie, who married a. Ur. Strock. S. Grant Case was educated in the common schools and did a great deal of studying at home, preparing himself for a teacher, having early in life decided to devote himself to that laudable work. He began in 1887 and has continued this profession ever since, gaining a wide repudiation as one of the ablest educators of .the county, his services being in constant demand, possessing the happy faculty of pleasing both pupil and patron. He is deeply grounded in the basic principles of his profession and keeps abreast of the tithes in every line pertaining to the same. Mr. Case's domestic life began in 1892, when he formed a Matrimonial alliance with Eliza Musser, the accomplished daughter of Martin and Mary (Rickabaugh) Musser, both originally from Pennsylvania, each representatives of old and sterling pioneer families. To the subject and wife two children have .been born, Claude C. and C. Marion. Mr. Case finds time to carry on another line of business, which he finds both pleasant and profitable, being an extensive breeder of Barred Plymouth Rock chickens, being considered an expert judge of all varieties of fancy poultry. For several years he has judged poultry at most of the leading fairs in Ohio, including the state fair and numerous smaller fairs and poultry shows, and he has become widely known to poultry raisers throughout the country. His poultry is always greatly admired by whoever sees them. Fraternally, Mr. Case is a member of the Knights of Pythias lodge, and religiously he is a Lutheran. He is a Republican and has long taken an WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 1413 active interest in party affairs locally, being at this writing a member of the county board of elections, being supervisor of the board, and he makes his influence felt in county politics. In 1892 he was elected justice of the peace of Plain township and faithfully performed the duties of this office for one term, but refused re-election. In 1904 he was elected assessor of Plain township, and re-elected in 1905. He has proven to be a most efficient and faithful public servant, giving eminent satisfaction to all concerned, irrespective of party affiliations. HOMER B. ODENKIRK. One of the public spirited citizens of Wayne county who withholds his co-operation from no movement which is intended to promote public improvement is Homer B. Odenkirk. What he has achieved in life proves the force of his character and illustrates his steadfastness of purpose, and his advancement to a position of honor and credit in the life of this community is the direct outcome of his own persistent and worthy labors and it would be hard to find a more popular or congenial gentleman in the section of the great Buckeye state of which this volume treats. Mr. Odenkirk was born March 29, 1857, on the line between Huntingdon and Mifflin counties, Pennsylvania, and he is the son of Isaac and Emmaline ( Jacobs) Odenkirk. The father was a farmer and a stock buyer. The maternal grandfather Jacobs fought in the Revolutionary war, and Was given land for pay in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, from the government. The paternal grandfather came from some foreign country, the exact location of his birthplace not being known. There were three sons, Isaac, John and George. Only two of them, Isaac and George, reared children. Isaac was reared in Pennsylvania and he was able to procure only a meager education. In the early days he teamed from Pittsburg to Philadelphia, and during such trips he was compelled to sleep in his wagon on account of the hotels being crowded. He was a. sterling character. His death occurred about 1892, his wife having preceded him' to the grave about 1870. Homer B. Odenkirk came to Ohio in 1877 and located at East Union. He remained there but a short time when he moved to Wooster. He had received a fairly good education in the schools of Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, and as a young man he learned telegraphy, the old relay system, but he never followed his profession. Upon coming to Wooster he went into the 1414 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. music business, which he followed in company with his brother, John Thomas, for a year, then managed the business alone for two years, when he formed a partnership with Speers & McClaran and continued in this manner for a period of sixteen years, enjoying a very satisfactory patronage. He then again engaged in business alone for several years. He next went in partnership with the Boston Piano Company, of Wooster, continuing until the company sold out to a party in Coshocton, Ohio. Mr. Odenkirk then .entered the oil business, which he followed for a period of nine years. He was the only person that made an attempt to develop the oil fields around Wooster. He met with discouragements on every hand, but for many years he was assisted in his labors by friends and at last his efforts were crowned with success. It might here be stated that he was responsible for the Boston Piano Company locating in Wooster. In April, 1900, he began hauling timber to about one mile west of Wooster to a place known as Q. Jones' farm of five hundred acres and began building a derrick which was soon erected and he began drilling. On July 9, 191o, the well was shot and it showed an 'abundance of gas and some oil. The 'gas was piped to the Shale Brick Works and is now supplying the same with fuel. This proves that such perseverance as Mr. Odenkirk has will always win, and Mr. Odenkirk should feel proud of his achievements. He is a man who does things, being energetic, broad-minded, persistent and straightforward. in all file relations of life. Mr. Odenkirk was married On November 2, 1889, to Elizabeth Miller, of Burbank, Ohio. She comes of one of the old and well established families, being the daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Miller. Both are living at Burbank, retired. To Mr. and Mrs. Odenkirk one child, Rose, was born ; she married William Holmes'and they live in Wooster. Politically, Mr. Odenkirk is independent, leaning somewhat toward Democracy. He is prominent in the Masonic lodge in Wooster. He has always taken an abiding interest in the affairs of this locality and for a period of four years he very ably served in the city council. Personally he is a very pleasant gentleman, genial, genteel, honest, a man whom to know is to admire and respect. JOHN V. STAHL, D. D. S. Independence of spirit, enterprise, industry and determination, so essential to a successful career in connection with any vocation, are possessed in an eminent degree by the subject of this review, who is one of the leading den- WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 1415 48, Knights Templar, and prelate of this commandery for the past eighteen years ; is a member of Wooster Council No. 13, Royal and Select Masters tists in the city of Wooster. He was born in Winesburg, Holmes county, Ohio, on the 24th of March, 1868, and is descended from Bavarian parentage. His grandfather, John Valentine Stahl, was born in Bavaria, near Munich, Germany, and in 1827 he came to the United States, locating in Holmes county, Ohio. There he established the town of Winesburg and donated the site for the first church there. He was a potter by trade and Was highly respected in his community, where he lived during the remainder of his life. The subject's father, Charles Stahl, was born in Bavaria, in 1821, and accompanied his parents on their emigration to the United States in 1827. On attaining years of maturity he took up the pursuit of farming, which he followed during his active life, his death occurring at Winesburg on February 28, 1902, at the age of eighty years. He had served as a justice of the peace for many years and stood high in his community. He married Louise Dodez, who was born at Mount Eaton, Wayne county, January 3, 1839• She is still living, though an invalid from the effects of paralysis, and is making her home with relatives at Canton, Ohio. To Mr. and Mrs. Stahl were born seven children, all of whom are living, namely : Julius, of Bloomfield, Nebraska; Daniel, of Winesburg, Ohio; Charles H., an attorney at Akron, Ohio ; Joseph, of North Baltimore, Ohio, being vice-president of the First National Bank of that place ; Mrs. Mary Jefferson, of Plain View, Nebraska, and Mrs. Lulu Hansen, of Canton, Ohio. John V. Stahl received his preliminary education in the schools of his home community and remained under the parental roof until eighteen years of age. He then became a student in the Riverside Military Academy at Poughkeepsie, New York, after which he attended Eastman's National Business College, at Poughkeepsie, where he graduated in 1888. He then became a traveling salesman in the interest of F. A. Davis, publisher of medical books at Philadelphia, remaining with this house several years and making a good reputation as a successful salesman. In 1892 Mr. Stahl entered the dental department of Northwestern University, at Chicago, where he remained two years. taking one year in the study of medicine and one year in dentistry. He completed his technical education in the Ohio College of Dental Surgery, at Cincinnati, where he graduated in 1895. Upon the completion of his professional studies, Doctor Stahl located at Mowrystown, Highland county, Ohio, but was not satisfied with the location and in July of the same year he came to Wooster, where he has since remained. lie met with a satisfactory reception 1416 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. from the public from the start and has always enjoyed his full share of the public patronage. He is a careful and painstaking workman and has invariably given satisfaction in his work. His office is fitted with all the latest and improved appliances for the successful practice of his profession and he keeps in touch with the latest advances made in his profession. In 1908 Dr. Stahl took a post-graduate course at the Northwestern University. He keeps in close touch with his professional brethren through his membership in the Ohio State Dental Association and the Northern Ohio Dental Association, of which he is a valued member. He also possesses a large and well-selected library of standard books in several lines of literature and is a close reader of the world's best authors. He has been a keen observer too and is a well informed man on matters in general. Socially, Doctor Stahl is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, the Knights of Pythias and the Fraternal Order of Eagles at Wooster. His religious membership is with the German Evangelical church at Winesburg. The Doctor is up to date and ready at all times to encourage movements for the material advancement of his city or county. He has a large number of warm personal friends and is well liked by all who know him. JAMES BUCHANAN MINIER. It is the progressive, wide-awake man of affairs that makes the real history of a community, and its influence as a potential factor of the body politic is difficult to estimate. The examples such men furnish of patient purpose and steadfast integrity strongly illustrate what is in the power of each to accomplish, and there is always a full measure of satisfaction in adverting, even in a casual way, to their achievements in advancing the interests of their fellow men and in giving strength and solidity to the institutions which make so much for the prosperity of the community. Such a man is the worthy gentleman whose name forms the caption of this biographical review, and as such it is proper that a resume of his eminently commendable career be accorded a place among the representative citizens of the city and county in which he resides. James Buchanan Minier, residing at No. 12 Spruce street, Wooster, Ohio, was born at Elmira, Chemung county, New York, December 4, 1856. He is the son of Solomon and Henrietta Maria (Olmstead) Minier, the father born WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 1417 at Nunda, Livingston county, New York, July 21, 1815, and the mother. at Fairsdale. Susquehanna county, Pennsylvania, July 21, 1832. The Minier family is of French (Huguenot) descent. The subject's paternal grandfather, George Minier, was born at Easton, Pennsylvania, and was among the survivors of the Wyoming massacre. Daniel Minier was an officer in General Sullivan's army in the Revolutionary war. The subject's grandmother, Susan (Cooper) Minier, was born in Providence, Rhode Island, and she was a sister of Major John Cooper, who was killed at the battle of Lundy's Lane, fought during the latter part of the war of 1812. The Olmstead family is of English descent. The maternal grandfather, Waller Olmstead, was related to Governor Waller of Connecticut. James B. Minier, of this review, was educated at the Elmira Free Academy. Taking up the study of law, in which he made rapid progress, he was admitted as attorney and counsellor at law in New York in 1880. In 1881 he removed to Ohio. He also successfully engaged in editorial and other newspaper and literary work for a number of years, winning a reputation as a clear, forceful and trenchant writer. He enlisted as a private in Company D, Eighth Regiment Ohio National Guard, Infantry, on October 5, 1882, and was honorably discharged on March 3, 1886. Mr. Minier was married on January 5, 1879, to Etta C. Power, a young lady of culture and refinement, and an accomplished musician, the daughter of James B. and Martha (Riley), Power, one of Wooster's oldest and most highly esteemed families. This union has been blessed by the birth of one son, Victor Power Minier, born May 2, 1892. Politically, Mr. Minier is a Democrat and has long been active and influential in local party affairs. He served very acceptably as city clerk of Wooster from 1902 to 1903, and is the present able city auditor, having first been elected to this office in 1903 and taking charge of the same on May 1st of that year. He was the first auditor of the city under the new municipal code of Ohio, and made such a commendable record that he was re-elected for the second and third terms, his tenure of office expiring on January 1, 1912. Mr. Minier's record as city auditor of Wooster is one of which his constituents and friends should be justly proud. His books have received the highest commendation from the state bureau of public accounting, and the official reports made by the state examiners during his terms of office show that he has ever performed his duty well and faithfully. One state examiner in his official report says : "The books of City Auditor Minier were found in their usual neat and faultless condition, and that very efficient officer de- 1418 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. serves pronounced commendation, not only for the careful and painstaking work which is clearly in evidence in his department, but also for the excellent judgment and comprehension shown in making intricate classifications, and in conducting the affairs of the office in strict conformity with the requirements of the bureau." As Wooster's pioneer auditor he had the very responsible and difficult task of installing the new and very intricate system of bookkeeping, accounting and reporting prescribed by the state. Having been educated in the legal profession, a careful student of modern office methods and accounting, with many years of practical experience therein, he has brought the auditing department of the city up to a high standard of correctness and efficiency unexcelled in the state. This fact has been repeatedly emphasized in the published unbiased official reports made by the state examiners, one of which was quoted above, and is just cause for congratulation and pride on the part of every citizen of Wooster, irrespective of party alignment. In reference to the many responsible duties of the auditor, requiring legal knowledge, experience, skill and close acquaintance with the statutes, it is very important to note that he is required to prepare and issue all the bonds of the city, any flaw or error in which is liable to result in additional expense, delays and costly litigation. In the many bond issues prepared by Auditor Minier, representing thousands of dollars, not one error or irregularity has ever been discovered, although the bonds are frequently inspected, and passed upon by the most exacting bond attorneys in the United States. Mr. Minier was elected to his third term in November, 1909, by an overwhelming majority, his plurality being two hundred and seventy-nine. At this time a Republican mayor was elected by a majority of one hundred and seventy-two votes. This is certainly evidence of Mr. Minier's popularity and of the confidence the public reposes in him. He is evidently the right man in the right place. Mr. Minier is a consistent member of St. James Episcopal church at Wooster, having been vestryman and clerk of the parish for a period of twenty-four years, and was senior warden and lay reader for many years. Mrs. Minier, as choir director of this church, organized the excellent vested boy choir, which she conducted for many years with great success. The subject is also active, influential and widely known in fraternal circles. A past worshipful master of Ebenezer Lodge No. 33, Free and Accepted Masons, of Wooster ; past high priest, Wooster Chapter. No. 27, Royal Arch Masons ; past eminent commander, Wooster Commandery, No. WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 1419 (Masonic) ; held the office of orator of Emeth Grand Lodge of Perfection ; is also a member of Mystic Grand Council, .Princes of Jerusalem, and Brenton Chapter, Rose Croix, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Masons, Valley of Canton, Ohio, and prominent in the degree work of these bodies. A past regent of Wayne Council No. 13, Royal Arcanum ; past sachem of Uncas Tribe, Improved Order of Red Men; past master workman, Ancient Order United Workmen, of Wooster, is also a member of the grand bodies of these orders, and a member of the City Auditors' Association of Ohio. During the more than twenty-five years of his residence in Wooster he has been held in the highest esteem as a clean, intelligent, cultured, honorable gentleman, and a good citizen in every sense of the term. LOUIS K. FRANKS. The Franks family is one of the best known in Wayne county, members of which have been prominent in private and public life since the pioneer days, and the present representatives of the honored name are seeking to bear aloft the high standard- of excellence maintained by their forbears, being active in the affairs of the general public and never shrinking from their duties as citizens. L. K. Franks was born in Chippewa township, Wayne county, November 29, 1854, the son of Abram Franks, who was born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, where he lived until he was twenty-eight years of age, then moved to Wayne county, Ohio, where he was married in 1848 to Amanda Franks, daughter of Abram Franks, Sr., a second cousin. Abram Franks, father of L. K. Franks, was educated in the common schools and followed teaching for a time. He was also engaged in the mercantile business at New Geneva. Fayette county, Pennsylvania, before coming to Ohio. Soon after coming to Wayne county he opened a store at Doylestown, where he remained for some time, then went to New York City and engaged in the wholesale business. He was successful as a merchant. But turning his attention to politics, in 1848, soon after his marriage, he was elected to the state Legislature on the Democratic ticket, and so faithfully did he serve his constituents that he was re-elected the following term. After his time in that office expired he turned his attention to farming, which he followed for a period of ten years, then moved to Doylestown and engaged in merchandising for sixteen or seventeen years, then retired, having made a great success of the same. 1420 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. On December 3, 1887, Mrs. Franks died, at the age of fifty-eight years. She was the mother of the following children : Jennie, wife of Rev. J. W. Law, of Richland county, Ohio ; L. K., of this review. The father of these children was for many years justice of the peace in Doylestown. He was a very versatile writer and contributed many interesting and entertaining articles to the papers of his day. He was a Man of unusual force of character and his ability was recognized by all who knew him. His death occurred in January, 1891. L. K. Franks was educated in the public schools of Doylestown. Early in life he took up the mercantile business; for three years he was junior partner in the firm of Charles McCormick & Company, of Doylestown. August I, 1883, he was married to Linda V. Wharton, daughter of James and Nancy (Williams) Wharton, a prominent family of Ashland county. To this union three children have been born, Metta L., Kent W. and Carrie L. Mr. Franks has been in the mercantile business nearly all his life, following in the footsteps of his honored father, and he has been scarcely less successful than the elder Franks. He is also largely interested in agricultural pursuits in Chippewa township. He is a member of the firm of Franks Cleckner, engaged in the lumber and saw-mill business, and with Dr. A. E. Stepfield he is interested in a fruit farm of seven hundred apple trees in Chippewa township, one of the valuable farms of its kind in this part of the state. In all these varied and extensive interests he is having great success owing to his splendid management and natural business ability, always paying close attention to details and being able to foresee the future outcome of present transactions. Mr. Franks is justly proud of his family history and likes to tell of his ancestors, the Franks family being of mixed German and French blood, the earliest members of which came to America long before the Revolutionary war. Michael Franks, grandfather of L. K., died in Pennsylvania. He was the father of sixteen children. L. K. Franks' maternal grandfather, Henry Franks, took part in the war of 1812, was captured by the Indians at Sandusky, Ohio, and compelled to run the gantlet, but fortunately escaped. From such hardy ancestry it is no wonder that the subject is a man of action and force of character. In politics Mr. Franks is a Democrat and has always been prominent in public affairs. He has been rewarded for his valuable services to his party by being elected township clerk, township treasurer and deputy county treasurer, in all of which he very faithfully represented his constituents. He WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 1421 and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church, and fraternally he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias. Mr. Franks is a public-spirited man, always interested in whatever tends to promote the general good, and he is known to be a man of the highest integrity of purpose. NATHAN R. ZIMMERMAN. One of the leading business men of Doylestown and the northeastern part of Wayne county, Ohio, is Nathan R. Zimmerman, who throughout his career has maintained the most creditable standards of personal and business integrity, and, without putting forth any effort to achieve popularity, he has done so in a local way by the manner in which he transacts the everyday affairs of a busy man. He is a native of Chippewa township, having been born near Marshallville, June 15, 1857, the son of Ezekiel and Rachel A. (McClelland) Zimmerman, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Dalton, Ohio. The paternal grandparents of Nathan R. Zimmerman were Nathan and Anna (Morton) Zimmerman, the former spending his life and dying in Pennsylvania, and the latter came with her son, Ezekiel, aged eight, and settled near Marshallville. There Ezekiel grew up and followed farming. He was first married to Anna Holliwell and the following children were born to them : Levi, living near Perrysville, Ohio ; Elizabeth, Eunice and Ann, all three deceased. Ezekiel Zimmerman was twice married, his second wife being Rachel A. McClelland, and the following children were born to this union : Sarah ; Ezekiel, living near Marshallville, this county ; Nathan R., subject of this review ; John; Delila and Kasiah both deceased; other children died in infancy. The maternal grandparents of Nathan R. Zimmerman were Samuel and Mary (Likins) McClelland. They came to this county from Pennsylvania and were pioneers near Dalton. Sugar Creek township. The parents of Samuel McClelland were Samuel. Emanuel and Ellen (Crooks) McClelland. Nathan R. Zimmerman was educated in the public schools of Chippewa township and at the Mansfield Normal College, receiving an excellent education. He then followed farming for a time and later attended the LaPorte Horological School at LaPorte, Indiana, and «as graduated from the same 1422 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. in May, 1903. He then came to Doylestown, Wayne county, Ohio, and has since that time devoted his attention to the jewelry business, having built up an extensive patronage and becoming known as one of the most skillful workmen in this part of the county, being a good judge of all materials and having been well trained. He is also a conscientious workman, and work and goods that he recommends to his customers can be relied upon explicitly, according to the statement of many of his patrons. He has been very successful since locating here, and among his interests he is a director of the Doylestown Banking Company, a director in the Ohio Comb and Novelty Company, of Doylestown, and much of the large success of these enterprises is due to his judicious counsel. Mr. Zimmerman was married on December 26, 1889, to Marinda Wagner, daughter of David and Nancy M. (Little) Wagner, the former born near Canal Fulton, Ohio, and the latter born near Marshallville, Wayne county, this state. The maternal grandparents of Mrs. Zimmerman were Frederick and Mary (Saylic) Wagner, both natives of Pennsylvania, of German descent. They came to Ohio in an early day and entered land near Canal Fulton. They cleared a tract of land and made their home here, developing a good farm. The parents of Frederick Wagner were John and Mary Jane (Gilcrist) Wagner, both of whom spent their lives and died in Pennsylvania. The maternal grandparents of Mrs. Zimmerman were Thomas and Jane (McClelland) Little, natives of Pennsylvania, who came to Wayne county, Ohio, and entered land near Orrville in an early day. Here they cleared timbered land and soon had a good home. The parents of Thomas Little were Thomas and Jane Little. Great-great-grandfather Little was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, during which he was captured by the Indians and burned. William McClelland, uncle of Nathan R. Zimmerman, was a soldier in the Civil war. Mr. Zimmerman is a man of exemplary character and excellent business ability, and he- is interested in whatever tends to promote the interests of his community. He is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias. JOHN W. ZIMMERMAN. The well-known and progressive business man whose life history is briefly outlined in the following paragraphs is a worthy descendant of hardy pioneer stock that figured prominently in the affairs of Wayne county for WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 1423 many years, and an analyzation of the character of John W. Zimmerman would indicate that many of the praiseworthy traits of the older members of this family have descended to him. He was born at Marshallville, Chippewa township, this county, March 25, 1864, the son of Ezekiel and Rachel (McClelland) Zimmerman, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter born near Dalton, Ohio. The paternal grandparents of John W. Zimmerman were of German descent, and his maternal grandfather, Nathan McClelland, was of Scotch descent. Ezekiel Zimmerman came from Pennsylvania with his mother, his father having died in that state when the son was eight years old. The mother and son settled near Marshallville, and there Ezekiel grew to manhood, attended the common schools and devoted his life to farming, becoming one of the prosperous agriculturists of that vicinity. finally by thrift and good management accumulating three hundred acres of land. He made the name Zimmerman popular in the vicinity of Marshallville, just as his mother's people had become popular in the vicinity of Dalton, where they located in a very early day. Ezekiel Zimmerman was the father of six children, John W., of this review, being the youngest in order of birth. John W. Zimmerman was educated in the district schools of Chippewa township, working on the home place during the summer months. His father dying when he was young, .the management of the place fell to him and he proved to be equal to the task in every respect. In connection with farming he also followed lumbering for a period of twelve years, making a success of this venture also, and laying by quite a competency. At the end of the period indicated, Mr. Zimmerman bought out the Huffman hardware store at Doylestown, where he has since carried on a general hardware business, building up an extensive trade with the surrounding country and becoming known as one of the leading dealers in this line in Wayne county. He also has other extensive interests, among which is that of the Ohio Comb and Novelty Company, of which he is president, and much of its success is due to his counsel and judicious management. This firm is located at Doylestown. He is vice-president and acting president of the Doylestown Banking Company, and he also owned one-half interest in a planing mill at Apple Creek, Ohio, the firm operating the same being known as Baughman & Zimmerman, but he has recently sold his interests there. He carries to suc-. cessful issue whatever he turns his attention to, for he has pronounced executive ability and innate business' principles that never fail to properly direct and control large interests when properly directed. 1424 - WAY NE COUNTY, OHIO. In 1888 Mr. Zimmerman was married to Emma Anderson, daughter of Isaac and Catherine (Walters) Anderson, a highly honored, and influential family of this county, having been pioneers here. To Mr. and Mrs. Zimmerman the following children have been born : Ray Earl, who was educated at Doylestown and at Eastman's Business College at Poughkeepsie, New York, taking the honors of his class and being graduated in 1909: he is now very ably acting as general superintendent of the Ohio Comb and Novelty Company. The other children are Iva. May, Harry Wayne. Merl. Opal, all students of the local schools except the two youngest. Mr. Zimmerman is a Republican in politics, and he attends the Methodist Episcopal church. The home life of Mr. and Mrs. Zimmerman is peacable and happy, the children they have reared being a constant and unfailing source of satisfaction to them. REV. THOMAS JEFFERSON DAGUE, A. M., D. D. The subject of this sketch, like most genuine Americans, is of mixed origin, being on the paternal side of Dutch and English and on the maternal. Scotch and Irish ancestry. From the best information attainable, early in the eighteenth century one Frederick Deg left Holland with his wife and one child for America. The child, it is said, died during the voyage and was buried at sea, and in the meantime another was born, to whom was given the name Matthias, and to him all the Dague families in this country trace their origin. They came from the sturdy peasant stock, and religiously belonged to that branch of the Protestant faith known as German Baptist Brethren, or "Tunkers." As the family became Americanized, the orthography of the name was gradually changed to conform to the Dutch pronunciation, first to Dage, for one or two generations, and later, within the memory of those now living, to its present form. Michael, Gabriel and Michael D., the great-grandfather, grandfather and father of the subject of this sketch, were all natives of Washington county. Pennsylvania, where the family first settled in this country. Whether the first Michael ever came to Ohio or not is uncertain, but the tomb of his wife is to be seen in the old burying-ground in Milton township, this county. Gabriel Dage, with his wife and two or three of the older of his ten children. removed to Ohio in the early part of the nineteenth century and settled in Milton township, Wayne county. His wife, to whom he was married about