HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY OHIO VOLUME II ILLUSTRATED 1910 B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA BIOGRAPHICAL PROFESSOR CHARLES HAUPERT That life is the most useful and desirable that results in the greatest good to the greatest number, and, though all do not reach the heights to which they aspire, yet in some measure each can win success and make life a blessing to his fellow men. It is not necessary for one to occupy eminent public positions to do so, for in the humbler walks of life there remains much good to be accomplished and many opportunities for the exercise of talents, and influence, that in some way will touch the lives of those with whom we come in contact, making them better and brighter. In the list of Wayne county's successful citizens, the late Prof. Charles Haupert long occupied a prominent place. In his; record there is much that is commendable, and his career forcibly illustrates what a life of energy can accomplish when plans are wisely laid and actions are governed by right principles, noble aims and high ideals. In his public career, as well as in his private life, no word of suspicion was ever breathed against him. His actions were the result of careful and conscientious thought, and when once convinced that he was right, no suggestion of policy or personal profit could swerve him from the course he had decided on. His career was complete and rounded in its beautiful simplicity ; he did his full duty in all the relations of life, and he died beloved of those near to him, and respected and esteemed by his fellow citizens. In offering the following resume of his life history it is believed that it will 'serve as an incentive to the youth whose careers are yet matters for the future to determine. Charles Haupert was born February 1, 1858, at Frye's Valley, Tuscarawas county, Ohio, the son of Frederick and Philimena Haupert, plain, honest and highly honored 'people of German ancestry. They were deeply interested in the welfare of their son, Charles, who from an early age gave every evidence of having a remarkable intellect, and this precociousness, coupled with ambition and rightly directed industry, soon resulted in the accomplishment of worthy ends. When only fifteen years of age he began teaching school (58) 914 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. for the purpose of securing money to pay his way through college. When eighteen years of age his father died, and, being the oldest son in a large family of children, he was thus called upon early in life to assume the cares of a household. Here began that devotion to mother, brothers, sister and home, which he carried with him into the home of his married life, and which was one of the most impressive and beautiful traits of his character, for nothing was ever too difficult of performance, if he believed it would add anything to the joy and comfort of those nearest and dearest to him. In his home the Bible was read daily and the prayer of faith went up from the family altar to the Heavenly Father for His blessings and guidance. He never abandoned teaching, it being a passion with him. He loved children, delighted in observing their growth, in mental, spiritual and physical life. He worked his way through Heidelberg College, at Tiffin, Ohio, graduating when twenty-two years of age, in 1880, having finished a full four-years course, receiving the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts. His record there for both scholarship and deportment was such as to win the admiration of his instructors and fellow students. He found himself free from all debt at that time, although he had depended entirely upon his own resources ; thus he was a fine type of our best American citizen—the independent self-made man. Later on in Wooster University he earned the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, and this persistent work on his own part made him intensely sympathetic with pupils and students in their efforts to secure an education. On leaving college he prepared to resume his old profession of teaching, not only as a teacher but also as a superintendent. His great force of character and ripe scholarship, together with his innate ability as an organizer, enabled him to bring to his work the results of his careful preparation with marked effect, and it was not long until the schools under his supervision advanced to the high standing of efficiency for which they are now noted. He began his career as superintendent of the schools in Port Washington, where he remained for a period of two years. From that place he was elected to the superintendency of the Dennison schools, where he was for a period of seven years. During the following four years he was superintendent of the New Philadelphia schools, and while there two new schools were established. From there he went to Wooster, where he was superintendent of public schools for a period of fourteen successive years, and while there two new schools were also added. In the fall of 1907 he went to Wapakoneta, Ohio, where he remained until his death. which occurred on January 27, 1909. So devoted was he to his work that it is believed he shortened his life by remaining at home during the summer of 1908 to assist some of his pupils at Wapakoneta. When declining WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 915 health admonished him that he should go away for a vacation and all united in their attempt to prevail on him to take the rest needed, he still remained where he thought his duty lay. While in Wooster, in addition to his work as superintendent of schools, for several years he taught the history of education to a large class of students in the University of Wooster. In this subject he excelled both as a student and teacher, and it is the simple truth to state that to him, more than to any other man in Ohio, is due the interest in that subject which dates from the time of his service as a member of the state board of school examiners in the years from 1894 to 1899. In the work of the Ohio Teachers' and Pupils' Reading Circles, Doctor Haupert was also a leader. His knowledge and judgment of books was accurate and it will always be a pleasure to his friends to recall the enthusiasm that took hold of his very being when, in the classroom of the teachers' institute, he was permitted to discuss whatever issue was paramount. He became widely and favorably known as an institute worker and lecturer on educational subjects. He was an easy and pleasing speaker and at times truly eloquent, his familiarity with the subject under consideration, with his full command of strong, vigorous English, making him popular with his audiences and to no small degree a master of public assemblages. His classes he entertained and instructed at the same time. His style was direct and forceful, entirely free from redundancy, his perception keen and his analysis acute. His work in every department of education was characteristically practical, and in teaching, in superintending, and in devising or modifying the courses of study, he possessed to a remarkable degree the sense of proportion and fitness. Continuous application through a long period of years gave him a clear and comprehensive insight into the philosophy of education and the largest wisdom as to method and means of attainment of ends, while his steady growth in public favor wherever he labored, and his popularity with teachers and pupils won for him an educational standing second to none in the state and that was even national in its scope. He possessed the personal charm and tact which made him popular with the young, and it was nothing unusual to see him on the street surrounded by a group of urchins, some of them clinging to his arms and listening intently to what he might be saying. By entering into their spirit and pastimes, sympathizing with them in their troubles, listening to and settling their disputes and making their interests his own, he became the idol almost of the juveniles of the community where he labored, his being one with them rendering the teacher's work easy and adding greatly to his own popularity, not only with the children but also with the adult portion of the populace. 916 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. Doctor Haupert was a frequent contributor to literary journals, his style being pleasing and what he had to say convincing, so that his writings were widely read and extensively commented on. Professor Haupert had observed a tendency of the pupils to drop out of school on reaching the lower high school classes, and, working with the board of education, he determined to make the high school course so attractive to the physical, mental and pecuniary inclinations o f the students that greater numbers would remain for graduation. To that end the commercial department and practical courses in physics and chemistry were organized in the schools of Wapakoneta. The results of his efforts were apparent in the size of the graduating class of the last year of his life, the number being double that of any previous year. As already intimated, Professor Haupert's career as an educator gained for him a state-wide reputation, and when Governor Pattison was elected, Professor Haupert was a candidate for state school commissioner and was second highest man on the Democratic ticket. Although a busy man at all times he took an interest in politics and was well versed on all questions on which men and parties divide. At the time of his death he was a member of the board of examiners of Auglaize county. The chapter in the domestic life of Doctor Haupert dates from August 24, 1880, when he was united in marriage, with Anna C. Kinsey, a lady of talent and culture, the representative of a fine old family of Tuscarawas county, Ohio, where she was born, reared and educated. She, together with three children, two daughters, Mary and Gertrude, and one son, Paul, survive. One son, Harry, preceded the father to the silent land. The Doctor is also survived by five brothers : Frederick J. and Edmund Haupert, of Tuscarawas county ; Rev. Albert Haupert, a Moravian minister, of Green Bay, Wisconsin ; Rev. Sylvanus Haupert, a Presbyterian minister, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and John Haupert, of Dade City, Florida. One sister died a number of years ago.. Professor Haupert was a Mason, belonging to the Wooster Knights Templar, having taken the degrees in the various bodies up to that of the commandery. He also belonged to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Wooster. He was a Christian from his youth and he believed in carrying into his everyday life the sublime principles inculcated by the lowly Nazarene, in whose footprints he delighted to tread as an humble servant. He and his family belonged to the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he was superintendent of the Sunday school at Wapakoneta when death claimed him, and he took delight in the various phases of church and Sunday school WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 917 work. He was a man of exemplary habits, not so much as the shadow of wrong or the suspicion of evil ever dimming the luster of his brilliant career. He was everywhere regarded as a wide-awake, enterprising man of the times, fully alive to the dignities and responsibilities of citizenship, and, to the extent of his ability, contributed to the general prosperity of the community honored by his citizenship. Courteous, affable and easily approached, he commanded the undivided respect of all with whom he came in contact, and his friends were bounded only by the limits of his acquaintance, being universally esteemed in all the relations of life, and his career was eminently creditable to himself and an honor to the community and state. Professor Haupert is a yet living and present spirit! Of that great and comprehensive truth that "in Him we live and move and have our being," his consciousness was continually cognizant. His spirit was great in omnipresence, in its recognition, in its search after spiritual light. He was industrious, concentrated, tireless in penetration and discovery for that truth, that is God. His faith was faultless, in the observation of one who knew him, that an absorbing persistency of mental purpose must evoke a spiritual brilliancy. He had the. faculty of light ; his mental and moral achievements were radiant ; he was harmonious, and breathed cleanliness in manner, in expression, in the thought, in the secret of his comprehension, in the power of his silence ; in the benevolent purity of his personality; there was an unsung music in his eyes. He was a thoughtful spirit. He was a genius! A genius may invent machines ; it is not a study into the distances of thought ; it is an electric existence in the domain of final truth ; it does not travel in syllogisms, it is a flash of the spirit. Genius is instantaneous light. Professor Haupert in his earliest adult and commanding intelligence had this endowment. Full of light, his personality illuminated his schools, his lectures, his work for order and harmony ; the deep positive tones of his instruction, the elucidation of complex science, the hypnotic power of impression, were, of this genius, the attributes. Neither weighed nor considered, his profession found him ; his duties as a teacher and scientist seemed like the nebulae that are moving in irresistible current to be consumed in the sun ! As a pure and religious man, his genius lived in adoration of the divine. He resided in religion, he lived in the temple of the Most High! Optimistic, enthusiastic, 'devoted, he was the spiritual expression of the organic adhesion and thinking force of all the school phenomenon around him. Of social life, of casual meeting, of criticism of political or moral problems, as a conversationalist, he was an ornament and surpassing thinker. Always an orator on the platform, he had profound attention ; in the tones, and in the language, 918 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. in the construction of sentences, in the force of his manner, in the unbounded faith of his convictions, he was eloquent ; his thought and argument were not a sound, 'but a projectile. As a debater, his excellence had the peculiar strategy of superseding- all the miscellaneous obstacles that might possibly afford contention. He was unequaled in his knowledge of literature and especially of history. In the Century Club, of which he was an honored member during all his life in Wooster, he was distinguished for the depth of his reasoning and the advanced thought of his profession. Formed of the professors of the University of Wooster and of the State Agricultural Experiment Station, of the leading physicians, ministers, lawyers, bankers, and other intellectual men of Wooster, the Century Club was capable of the highest criticism, and Professor Haupert ranked as particularly cornprehensive of the most involved and often occult presentation of the most elegant and varied subjects of discussion. He was the embodiment of energy, high and aggressive. He was wise and provident, and at an early day lived in a beautiful • dwelling on College avenue in Wooster, where his wife and children now reside, grateful for the legacy he left them of being one of the purest, most useful and most intellectual men that lived in his native state. JOSHUA H. MORGAN. It will always be a badge of honor in this country to have known that a person's father, or even his uncle, enlisted in the service of his country when the great Rebellion broke out, to assist in saving the Union and in eradicating slavery from our ,soil; descendants of these gallant soldiers will boast through coming generations of the bravery and self-sacrifice of their fathers or their relatives. It is a pleasure to write of the career of J. H. Morgan, who was one of the "boys in blue," who willingly went forth to do his duty on the field of battle or in the no less dangerous fever camp, for the salvation of the country. He is a native of New York, having been born in the great Empire state in 1836, the son of Joshua and Betsie (Hull) Morgan, both natives of that state. Daniel Morgan, grandfather of J. H. Morgan, had the honor of serving as a soldier of the war of 1812, and the latter's paternal great-grandfather, also named Daniel, was a soldier in the Revolution; consequently the Morgan family of the present generation may well be proud of the military record of their ancestors. Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Morgan settled in Canaan Center, Wayne county, WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 919 Ohio, in 1843, purchasing a home there. Mr. Morgan was a wagonmaker by profession, and a very skillful one, his products being eagerly sought after. He spent the remainder of his life at the above-named place. 'He and his wife were the parents of the following children : Elizabeth, Emiley (deceased), Esther, Lydia, Ephraim, Emiley, Annis, Edward, Daniel, and Joshua H., of this review. Joshua Morgan, Sr., was twice married ; his first wife's name was Betsey Hall, whom he married April 8, 1819 ; the date of his second marriage, which was to Abigail Pratt, was October 6, 1839. He retired from active business several years before his death. Joshua H. Morgan, of this review, first attended the district schools, then learned the carriage painter's trade at Wooster, having worked in that city from 1853 until 1856. He then attended the Canaan Academy for a few terms. But at the first call for troops to suppress the rebellion he left textbook and paint brush to do what he could toward restoring order, enlisting in Company C, Sixteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. At the end of three months he re-enlisted for three years in Company K, of the same regiment. During the first three months of his service he took part in the battle of Philippi and several, skirmishes, and during his last enlistment he participated in the fight at Cumberland Gap and Vicksburg ; during the siege of the latter place he was taken prisoner and held there for four weeks, at the end of which time he, with the other prisoners, were taken to Jackson, where they remained six weeks, when they were sent to New Orleans, thence to New York City. Still prisoners of war, they were then sent to St. Louis, and while passing through Wooster, Ohio, the mayor told the officer in charge that the troops would remain in Wooster under the mayor's personal care. The mayor was supported by the governor of the state, and the troops remained at home. However, they were instructed to be in readiness to depart at any time that it might be desired to exchange them. Later they were sent to New Orleans and exchanged, thence up Red river to re-enforce General Banks on his famous expedition. Their time being nearly expired, they were sent home in a short time and discharged. Mr. Morgan then returned to Canaan Center, Wayne county, Ohio, but shortly afterwards made a visit to Wausaukee, Wisconsin, but in a few years he returned to Canaan Center, Ohio, and here he was married in 1865 to Anna Johnson. He then followed his trade at that place until 1870, at which time he moved with his wife to Kansas, in which state they remained two and one-half years, then moved to Illinois, where they lived until about 1903. In that year they returned to Wayne county, Ohio, locating in Creston, where 920 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. they have since lived, Mr. Morgan being retired from active business. He was very successful in his life work and has a comfortable home. He and his good wife are members of the Presbyterian church, Mr. Morgan being an 'elder in the same, having held this office 'since his return from the West. In politics he is a Republican. ALEXANDER E. STEPFIELD, M. D. The old Empire state has furnished a large number of her best citizens to Wayne county, Ohio, who have contributed very largely to the development of the same. One of the best known professional men of the county is Dr. Alexander E. Stepfield, who was born in Elmira, New York, December 5. 1857, the son of Daniel S. and Eliza O. (Henry) Stepfield. His paternal grandparents were natives of Germany and New York, respectively, the grandfather having been drowned when his son, Daniel S. Stepfield, was three years old, the accident occurring in the Delaware river. The maternal grandparents, Benjamin and Lucinda A. (Lewis) Henry, were of Irish descent, the latter being the sister of the famous Meriwether Lewis, explorer of the Northwest. They were natives of Connecticut, but lived and died in New York. Benjamin Henry was a minister in the Christian church. Three of their sons were soldiers in the Civil war, two giving their lives while in the service of their country ; the third son is still, living. A remarkable coincidence worthy of notice here was the fact that the Doctor's great-grandparents on his mother's side both lived to be one hundred and three years of age. Daniel S. Stepfield was born in Orange county. New York, April 18. 1832, and his wife, Eliza Henry, was born in Schuyler county, New York, September 30, 1835. They married in the Empire state and lived in Chemung county on a farm. Daniel S. Stepfield was a stanch Whig, and later a Republican when that party was organized. He lives a quiet and retired life, giving his attention exclusively to farming. He is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal churth, while his wife belonged to the Baptist church. The former is now deceased, the mother having passed to her rest in 1902. To them' two sons and four daughters were born, namely : Ella, who died when five years of age ; Alexander E., of this review ; John W. ; Mary E. ; Jennie E., who died when twenty years of age ; Alice B. Alexander E. Stepfield received his education in the public schools of Elmira, New York, also- the county schools at his native home. In 1878 he WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 921 took a business course, graduating from Eastman's College at Poughkeepsie. In 1880 he completed a special course in penmanship, and in that year took up the study of medicine in Horseheads, New York, with Dr. Orlando Groom, his preceptor, where he remained for three years as a student, attending college in the meantime and graduating from the Cleveland Homeopathic College, February 28, 1883. He made a very commendable record there, and at once began the practice of medicine at Big Flats, New York, where he remained one year, being associated with Dr. T. W. Reed, then came to Ohio. January 16, 1884, locating in Doylestown, Wayne county, where he has since remained. He intended to remain here but two or three years when he came, but his practice was encouraging from the first and has steadily grown until it is now all that could be desired, patients coming to him from all over this locality. In 1891 Doctor Stepfield founded the Tri-County News and edited that meritorious publication for a period of two and one-half years, when he sold out. It was independent and had a wide and profound influence in Wayne county politics for several years. It was very largely responsible for electing the Republican ticket in 1895, the paper declaring that the bond movement for the payment of an experimental station was unconstitutional, and it won out. Politically the Doctor is a Republican, and he very ably served as coroner of Wayne county from 1895 to 1897, one term. He has also served as a member of the school board for a period of four years and is now president of that body. He is a member of the American Institute of Homeopathy, the Ohio State Homeopathic Society and the Northeastern Ohio Homeopathic Society, of which he is vice-president. Fraternally he is a member of Masonic Lodge No. 284, Free and Accepted Masons, in New York ; he also belongs to the Maccabees and Knights and Ladies of Security. Doctor Stepfield was married on May 5, 1888, to Mrs. Metta W. Manter nee Lyon, a native of Wayne county, Ohio, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. I.yon, old settlers from New York, and this union has resulted in the birth of five children, namely : Roscoe A., who graduated at Eastman's Business College in the class of 1909, and is now a student in the Cleveland College of Medicine ; Eugene W., a student of the Doylestown high school ; Ruth, also attending the high school at Doylestown ; Stanley L., who died on February 4, 1909, and. Esther W. Doctor Stepfield's time is pretty much taken with his extensive practice, but he has other interests, among which is a large stock in the telephone exchange at Doylestown, practically owning the same. He is also the owner of several very valuable farms, aggregating about two hundred and fifty acres. 922 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. all in Chippewa township. He is a large tobacco grower, averaging ,about twelve to fifteen acres per year. He has also started a ginseng garden and will soon have five acres, now having about three hundred thousand plants. The Doctor is having constructed a beautiful private vault in the cemetery, it being the first structure of this character here. He has prospered by reason of his excellent management, and his honorable dealing with his fellow men has won their undivided confidence and esteem. DANIEL W. McILVAINE. No family in Wayne county is better known than the Mcllvaines, and certainly none have played their roles better in the drama of civilization in the northern part of the Buckeye state from the early pioneer days down to the present day. We first hear of John Mcllvaine, grandfather of Daniel W., of this review, who was born November 7, 1788, in Washington county, Pennsylvania, and who reached a remarkable age, dying April 5, 1880. Little is known of his antecedents except that his father was George Mcllvaine, an early Pennsylvania farmer. In 1818 John Mcllvaine brought his wife and two small children horseback across the mountains, over rough and indistinct roads, from Washington county, Pennsylvania, fording the Ohio river, each parent carrying a child, then making their way through dense and almost interminable forests, finally reaching Wayne county, Ohio. They settled on a quarter section which now forms a part of Jackson township, and is owned by three of his grandsons, who reside there. After clearing away a small spot, this old pioneer built a log cabin. The spot is now marked by a mammoth elm tree which John Mcllvaine set out nearly one hundred years ago. His first wife was Margaret Smith, who bore him nine children. His second wife was Annis Martin, and by his second wife one child was born. When John Mcllvaine came to Wayne county, the city of Wooster had not been thought of, much less founded, and the place where he settled was a vast 'wilderness infested by numerous kinds of wild animals, and the Indian was to be found now and then. With the assistance of Selvina and Jason Jones, John Mcllvaine laid out the city of Jackson. The latter, being a stanch Democrat and an ardent admirer of Andrew Jackson, insisted on giving the village and postoffice that name. On account of another postoffice in the state bearing the name Jackson, it was not possible to give the name desired to this village; however, the old pioneer did the next best thing and WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 923 had the postoffice here named Old Hickory, Andrew Jackson's soubriquet, through which office the residents of this vicinity received mail until the coming of the rural free delivery. Mr. Mcllvaine was a very influential man in this county and, being a Presbyterian, he donated land for a church and the cemetery at Jackson. The church which now stands there is one of the most substantial and attractive in the county and the cemetery is exceptionally well kept. Here the remains of John Mcllvaine lie buried, although he died at Canal Fulton. All the children of this old settler, with the exception of Jackson, Smith and George, migrated to the West, the three mentioned remaining in Wayne county. Jackson was a farmer, later in life managing a hotel at Alliance, where he died. Smith was also a farmer and his death occurred at Creston. George devoted his entire life to agricultural pursuits on the old homestead. John McIlvaine built his second log house on the pike road near where his grandson, Daniel W., of this review, now lives ; later the old pioneer built the frame house where Daniel W. now lives. George Mcllvaine, son of John, bought the homestead and he lived there, following farming, until his death, March i6, 1888. He was first married to Lucinda Akin, December 1, 1842, and his second marriage was to Sarah Baker, November 11, 1863. By his first marriage the. following children were born : John J., Margaret J., Hannah E., George A., Daniel W., Mary A., James B. and Sarah C. By his second marriage the following children were born : David E. and Arthur F. Lucinda Akin was the daughter of George and Hannah (Davis) Akin, of Scotch-Irish descent. They settled near Doylestown, Wayne county, Ohio, in an early day. Sarah Baker was the daughter of David and Melinda (Cockrell) Baker, of Harper's Ferry, Virginia. In pioneer days they came to Medina county and settled near Seville. A few years later they came to Canaan township, Wayne county . The following members of the Mcllvaine family served in the Civil war : John, son of George, fought in an Ohio regiment; two brothers-in-law of George, Alex Weideman and George Walkenberger, served three years ; Marcus, son of Smith Mcllvaine, also served in the Union army. All members of this family as far back as can be traced have been loyal Democrats and members of the Presbyterian church ; four generations have now belonged to the church, for the erection of the first building of which John McIlvaine, the first member of the family to come here, gave the land. George Mcllvaine, the eldest son of John, was a believer in education, and he sacrificed considerable in order to educate his children, most of them having been educated at the Canaan Academy, five of them becoming school teachers and influential in their professions. 924 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. Daniel W. Mcllvaine, whose name heads this review, is the fifth child of George and Lucinda (Akin) Mcllvaine, his birth occurring on April 6, 1853, in the village of Jackson. He now resides on the place where his father came to live when the former was yet a boy—the old Mcllvaine homestead. Daniel W. was educated at Jackson and the Canaan Academy. He farmed on the home place until his marriage when he entered the retail meat business in Creston, this county, which he followed successfully for seven years. He then dealt in livestock and commercial fertilizers, building up an extensive business in each. Later he became a traveling salesman for Morris & Company of Chicago, handling wholesale meats. However, he resided the major part of the time on a part of the old farm. In 1906 he retired from the road, and since that time he has followed farming. He was married in 1876 to Hattie Houghton, daughter of Franklin Houghton, of Sterling, this county, whose father was a very early settler north of Creston. Franklin Houghton is a lawyer of considerable note, having practiced law many years in Ashland county, Ohio. He also engaged in merchandising in that place. To Daniel W. Mcllvaine and wife the following children have been born : Cloyd A., born February 22, 1877, was educated at the Creston high school and the Ada Normal, also attended the University of Wooster. He taught school several terms, having finished his first term before he was sixteen years of age. He later went to Cleveland and attended business college, after which he went to New York City where he was employed two years as a stenographer. In 1904 he accepted a position as stenographer for the chief engineer of the Panama Canal, and in time became chief clerk for the entire enterprise, and is now assistant to the chairman of the commission in charge of the construction of the canal. He was married in 1902 to Louise Brigman. He is a young man of unusual business ability. La Verne, the first daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel W. McIlvaine, was born December 12, 1879, educated at Creston, this county, passing through the high school there. She married Edgar Ewing and they are the parents of three children. Sumner, Edgar Clair and Cloyd E. Bruce R., born January 23, 1881, was educated at the Creston high school, married Alice Wells, and they are the parents of two children, Clarence and Lew. Bruce has always been employed in railroad and express work. Mary was born May 1, 1887, educated at the Creston high school, married Jesse Broomall, and they have two children, Noris Mack and Dorothy LaVerne. Franklin Houghton, father of Mrs. Mcllvaine, was born in Cortland county, New York, in 1826, the son of Ambrus and Lucy (Powell) Hough-