WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 975 On June 12, 1853, Daniel Steiner was united in marriage with Magdaline Basinger, who was born in the state of Virginia February 2, 1828. Her family moved first to Mahoning county, Ohio, but eventually located in Pandora, Putnam county, Ohio, where Mr. Steiner met his future wife. To this union were born ten children, namely : Fannie, the wife of David Amstutz; Peter R., who is mentioned in a following paragraph; David, who is married since Thanksgiving day, 1909, and lives at home; John S., of Baughman township, this county ; Daniel, a jeweler and optician, married Lavina Welty and lives at Orrville, this county; Noah married Sarah Giser ; Mary B. married to Philip Hilty; and Sarah, to John Zimmerly, both farmers; Barbara died in 1897. Mr. Steiner was a faithful and consistent member of the Mennonite church and enjoyed the highest esteem of all who knew him. His long life in this community was characterized by rugged honesty and sterling integrity and the unbounded confidence of the entire community was his at all times. Peter R. Steiner was born January 9, 1856, and was reared on the paternal homestead, where he has spent all his days. He received a fair common school education, supplementing this by attendance at the normal school conducted by Prof. J. B. Eberly at Smithville. Thus equipped, he began teaching school, in which vocation he achieved a distinctive success, continuing this work during the following eleven winters, his vacations being devoted to work on the farm. He has been a hard and energetic worker in whatever line of effort he has engaged, and has been prospered to a gratifying degree. He is now the owner of forty-seven and a half acres of splendid land in Greene township and engages in the conduct of general agriculture, combined with which he is interested in the buying and selling of horses, in which also lie has met with much success. He is a splendid judge of horseflesh and has handled many tine animals. His property is well improved in every respect and he is considered one of the enterprising and progressive farmers of Greene township. David and Noah C. Steiner are giving much attention to the raising of fine blooded horses and Shorthorn cattle. They also buy and sell horses of the very hest quality. On May 1, 1884, Mr. Steiner married Caroline Welty, a native of Putnam county, Ohio, where she was reared. They became the parents of six children, Clarence. Earl, Dillia, Edna, Sylvia and one that died in infancy. Mrs. Caroline Steiner died on February 11, 1893, and subsequently Mr. Steiner wedded Anna V. Burkholder, to which union were born three children. Velma, Isie and Eva. Of the subject's children, it may be stated that Clarence graduated from the Marshallville high school, taught several terms 976 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. of school and then entered Wooster University, graduating in the department of mechanical engineering. Earl, who graduated at the Marshallville high school, was a teacher and studied for the ministry at Collinwood. Dillia graduated from the Orrville high school and is now a successful teacher. Sylvia was a graduate of the Orrville high school, class of 1910. Mr. Steiner is in politics an adherent of the Democratic party and takes an active interest in the success of that ticket, though not an aspirant for office himself. His religious membership is in the Mennonite church. He is public spirited in his attitude towards every movement calculated to benefit the community in any way and he enjoys to a high degree the respect and confidence of his fellow men. WILSON STEELE. This progressive and substantial citizen of the northern part of Wayne county is the scion of sterling pioneer ancestors and his active and useful life has contributed much to the development of the community where he now resides. Wilson Steele was born in Milton township, east of Sterling, December 12, 1872. His family history goes back to his great-great-grandfather, Andrew Steele, who came to. Wayne county, Ohio, from Pennsylvania in 1817 with his six children, Jacob, Andrew, Michael, John, William and Mary. Little is known of this family except the second son, Andrew, the great-grandfather of Wilson Steele. who was born in Pennsylvania, August 26, 1792. and died May 23, 1854. He married his cousin, Mary Steele. who was born March 6, 1800, and who died November 23, 1882. To this union six children were born, namely : William, born November 9, 1819, died March 15, 1845 ; Andrew, born December 20, 1821, died September 23, 'c00; Eli, born June 24, 1824, died December 7, 1898; Enoch, born January 7, 1826; Mary, born about 1830, died when but two years old ; Phoebe, born May 22, 1833. This family came to Milton township when the country was wild and settled in the forests, when Andrew, uncle of Wilson Steele, was but three years old. He (Andrew, Jr.) married Mary E. Stiles, of Guilford township, Medina county, Ohio, on November 13, 1847. She was born December 25, 1830. Nine children were born to this union, namely : Annis L., born February 8, 1853 ; .Sarah J., born April 26, 1855 ; Albert D., born June 4, 1858; Emma F., born September 20, 1861 ; Ella D., born February 6, 1865; Willard E. and Willis M. (twins), born May 18, 1869. Andrew Steele, Jr., was an extensive farmer. Johnnie Steele, the oldest member of the family, married Ida War- WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 977 ren. April 5, 1876, and moved to Kansas ; they had two children, a boy and a girl; Johnnie Steele died September 7, 1880; Mary Steele married Perry Nye in October, 1868 ; Elva, Mabel, Bertha, Delpha and. Harry were born to her, and her death occurred March 27, 1882; this family lived near Sterling, but is now scattered; Annis, born February 8, 1853, married Sherman Johnson, March 17, 1873, settled in Litchfield, Medina county, on -a large farm and reared a good, industrious family. Sarah married Justin Wideman, December 4, 1878. and lived in Creston ; their only son, Claud, died when about four years old and the mother died May 20, 1890; Albert married Jennie Bricker in November, 1882, and lives in Seville, and has these children : LaVonne, Earl, Roy. Hoyt, Harold and Ralph (twins). LaVonne married Mr. Goves and moved to California. Emma married Medwin Nye, December 4, 1878, and lives in Creston, this county ; three daughters were born to them, one dying when small ; Ella married William Priest, November 4, 1885, and lives in Ohio: Willis died at home, February 27, 1893; Willard married May Daniels. March 28. 1895, and lives on a farm near LeRoy, Medina county, Mariam being their only child. Uncle Eli Steele married Jane Carnahan and lived in Medina county, near Friendsville, reared a large family and was an ex. tensive farmer. Aunt Jane died on November 7, 1900. Enoch Steele, grandfather of Wilson Steele, of this review, was the youngest of the sons in his father's family. He was educated in the home schools and has followed farming. At one time he owned two hundred acres of land and carried on general farming in a very successful manner, but he is now living retired. However, he remains on his farm, which he oversees in a general way. Enoch Steele first married Eliza Sauers in 1850 and her death occurred March 12, 1865. To this union were born : Calvin, March 17, 1851, who married Mary Kaufman, December 27, 1874; they live north of Creston on a farm and have two sons, Warren and Clarence; Edgar L., whose record is found in a following paragraph; Addie, born October 12, 1855, married John Hunter. April 20, 1882, and she lives in Seville; Mr. Hunter died May 30, 1904: Alfred Steele, who was born March 17, 1858, married Ella Shreffler, October 20, 1881. lives in Ashland and they have three children living. Bert. Ada and Retta, all married, one of their family being deceased. Enoch Steele was again married in 1868, his second wife being Phoebe Johnson. and the following children were born to them : Loda, born January 20. 1871, married William Glessner, June 17, 1891, lives in Creston and they have three children, Madge. Earl and Nelson ; Delieu, born April 5, 1873. married Ewa Critz. May 2, 1899, and they live in Sterling, Mr. Steele driving a mail route; they have no children ; Lilly, who was born September 3. 1882, is still (62) 978 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. living at home and is a great help to the old folks ; Phoebe Steele married John Kindig and lived on a large farm in Guilford township, Medina county, Ohio ; they have reared a large family, most of them living on farms in that county. Uncle John Kindig died October 12, 1898. Edgar L., the second child of Enoch Steele, was born February 3, 1853, and was educated in the home schools. He took up farming and at one time he owned in Wayne and Medina counties three hundred and fifty-five acres of excellent farming land. In 1903 he left the home farm, located just west of Sterling and he has since resided in Seville, where he deals in livestock and farms a small place, which he owns there. He was married in 1872 to Elizabeth J. Lance, daughter of Abraham and Sarah Lance, and they became the parents of the following children : Wilson of this review, Arthur, Mary, William and Floyd. These children received a good educational training in the common schools at Sterling. In 1905,. Wilson and his brother, Arthur, purchased the one hundred and sixty acres where they now live. It is the old Smith place, formerly owned by their father. They followed farming in partnership until 1909, when they divided the place, each now owning one-half. Wilson's eighty acres lie on the west side of the road and Arthur's on the east, just opposite. They have brought the old place up to a high standard of excellence, improved it in every way possible and it yields abundant harvests from year to year. Wilson Steele was married January 20, 1900, to Lynnie Coolman, daughter of George Coolman, of Guilford township, Medina county, and to them the following children have been born : Mida, born December 18, 1900; LaVonne, born November 30, 1902 ; and Merlyn, born August 25, 1904. Wilson Steele is a Democrat in his political relations and he takes considerable interest in local politics. He very ably and creditably served for a period of three years as assessor of Milton township. Fraternally he is a member of the Royal Arcanum. Arthur Steele was born July 30, 1875, and he has always followed farming, now owning the eighty acres adjoining that of his brother Wilson, mentioned above. He married in February, 1904, Laura Coolman, daughter of George Coolman, mentioned in a preceding paragraph. To Arthur Steele and wife the following children have been born : Ira, Fern and Alfreda. Arthur Steele is a Democrat and he, too, has been active in local affairs, having served as township assessor for two years. Mary Steele was born November 8, 1877. She married Albert Shook and they make their home in Medina county, this state, and are the parents of three children, namely : Zuilla, Harold and Tressa. WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 979 William Steele, born October 31, 1879, was educated at the Sterling high school and he remained on the farm until his father went to Seville. He and his brother, Floyd, soon entered the butcher business in Seville, which they followed three years. In 1907 they returned to the home place and have since followed general farming there. William Steele was married to Edna Loehr on March 10, 1909, and he and his wife have one son, Ernest Dwight. Floyd Steele was born November 4, 1885, and was educated in the Sterling high school. He married, April 1, 1908, Ada Blackburn, and they are the parents of one child, Viola. The Steele family have long been connected with the United Brethren and Baptist churches, and they have been, most of them, Democrats for many generations. No family is better known in Wayne county or held in higher favor. for they all delight in keeping untarnished the good reputations established by the first Steeles who came to this locality. AMOS BURKHOLDER. We now come to a consideration of the more salient points in the life history of one of the representative agriculturists of Wayne county, one who stands forward as a native son of the county and a member of a sterling pioneer family. His name has ever been synonymous with upright manhood and good citizenship; he has given his influence and means to the betterment of society, to schools and church, to the support of good government and to the industries which have had an important bearing on the advancement of the prosperity and material upbuilding of the county. Amos Burkholder was born on the old Burkholder homestead in section 20, Greene township, Wayne county, Ohio, January 3, 1865, and is a son of Jonathan S. and Elizabeth (Smucker) Burkholder. The paternal grandparents were John and Barbara (Schrock) Burkholder, the former of whom was born in Switzerland in 1801. He came to the United States with ,an uncle in 1817 and located first in Pennsylvania, where he was employed on farms by the month for six years. In 1823 he came to Wayne county, Ohio, and located on what is now known as the old Burkholder farm. He was first employed by his uncle, Benjamin Schrock, whose daughter Barbara he married. They became the parents of four children, Jonathan, Jonas, Nancy and Sarah. Jonathan Burkholder was reared to manhood on the paternal homestead and on attaining mature years he married Elizabeth Smucker, to 980 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. which union were born nine children, Sarah, Anna, Caroline, Menno, Noah S., Simeon D., Amos J., Joseph and an infant that died unnamed. Amos Burkholder was reared by his parents and as soon as old enough he took up his share of the manifold duties of the farm. During the winter seasons he attended the district schools and secured a fair education. At the age of twenty-one years he took up the operation of the home farm on the shares, and eventually he was enabled to buy a portion of the place, being now the owner of one hundred and twenty acres of splendid and fertile land in Greene township. He is a 'wide-awake and up-to-date farmer and keeps in close touch with the latest ideas relating to the successful prosecution of the science of agriculture. Progressive in his tendency, he does not hesitate to adopt those methods which have been demonstrated to be better than former methods. Mr. Burkholder gives his personal attention to every detail of the farm work and has met with a gratifying degree of success. The property is, well improved and is considered one of the good farms of the township. On the 12th of February, 1898, Mr. Burkholder married Emma, the daughter of Rev. D. Z. Yoder, her birth having occurred in Wayne county, Ohio, December 1, 1872. The union has been a most congenial one and has been blessed in the birth of six children, namely : David F., born July 24, 1902 ; Glenn E., born August 18, 1903; Ora J., born June 26, 1905, died on the 29th of the same month; an infant, born October 8, 1906, and died on the 9th ; Mary E., born March 30, 1908. Mr. and Mrs. Burkholder and their children are all members of the Amish Mennonite church, to which they' give an earnest and generous support. In matters political Mr. Burkholder assumes an independent attitude, though he is generally inclined to support the Democratic ticket. Mr. and Mrs. Burkholder are intelligent and progressive people and have traveled extensively, having spent some time in Virginia, Iowa, Missouri, Texas and Indiana. They are a genial and gracious couple in their relations with their friends and their home is the center of a large social circle, where the most gracious hospitality is ever in evidence. JACOB C. SNURE. One of the fine farm properties of Franklin township, Wayne county, Ohio, is that owned by Mr. Shure, who has been a resident of this county for seventy years, or Continuously since his birth, and who is known as one of the progressive Ind successful business men of this section of the county. and as a WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 981 citizen whose life has been dominated by high principles and a determination to achieve a success worthy of the name, so that he has not been denied the fullest measure of confidence and esteem. Such are the men who are particularly worthy of consideration in a publication of this nature, for they have been of the world's workers and have played well their assigned part in the making of history. Jacob C. Snure was born in Franklin township, Wayne county. Ohio, on the 1st day of April, 1839, and is a son of Levi and Hannah (Snyder) Snure. Levi Snure was born in Venango county, Pennsylvania. in 1814. In very early youth death deprived him of his father and in 1835 he came to Wayne county, Ohio, with the maternal grandfather, Jacob Snyder, and family. The hip was made by wagon and they located on the road about one and a half miles north of the village of Moorland. This was in 1835 and Levi had married prior to the removal. Ile first located in East Union township, but a short time afterwards he went to Franklin township and began farming. .Subsequently he moved to Holmes county, but eventually he returned to Wayne county and bought a farm, on which he resided until his death, which occurred in 1900. His wife had died in 1898, and their remains were interred in the cemetery at Wooster. They were members of the old Lutheran church, to which they gave an earnest and effectual support. In politics Levi Snure was a Republican and was active in local political matters, having served several terms as township assessor. They were the parents of the following children : Mary Ann, deceased ; Julia is the widow of W. V. Knox and resides in East Union township; Jacob C. is the subject of this sketch; Henry, who married Mary Firestone. and lives at Fredericksburg, was a soldier in the Civil war as a member of the One Hundred and Twentieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry: Elizabeth, who lives in Indiana, is married to James Vangilder; Susan is the wife of Michael Kauffman ; George, who lives in Indiana, married a Miss Iselev ; William lives on the Frederick road in Franklin township; Eliza Jane is the wife of Levi Geitgey, of Franklin township; John, deceased; two that died in infancy. Jacob C. Snure was reared under the parental rooftree and received his education in the district schools of the township. He was reared to the life of a farmer and has followed that occupation all his active years. He first took up operations on his own account on the old McClelland farm, but eventually he bought the fine farm in section 2 which he now owns. He is now practically retired from active work, though he still maintains a live interest in every detail of his business. He has always been progressive in his methods and made many permanent and substantial improvements on his property, which is numbered among the fine farms of the community. 982 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. Mr. Snure took unto himself a helpmeet in the person of Jane Ryno, who was born in Millbrook, Clinton township, Wayne county, Ohio, and to them have been born the following children : Charles, who lives at Rochester, Pennsylvania, married Catherine Copeland, and they have two children, John and Charles ; Henry Vernon, of Franklin township, married Mary Metzler, and they have three children, Forest, Virgil and Viola, the two last named being twins; Rosella is the wife of William Newstetter, of Franklin township; Levi married Cora Rouch and they have two children, Helen and Walter ; Wilbur, of Franklin township, married Millie James and to them has been born one child, Eveline, deceased. In matters political, Mr. Snure has given his support to the Republican party and been actively interested in local public affairs, though he has not at any time been an aspirant for public office. Religiously, Mr. and Mrs. Snure are members of Methodist Episcopal church at Moorland, to which they give an earnest and generous support. Fraternally, he was a member of Given Post, No. 133, Grand Army of the Republic, at Wooster, this membership being particularly consonant from the fact that in 1864, when the fires of Southern rebellion were still burning fiercely, he volunteered his services and for one hundred days was a member of the One Hundred and Sixty-ninth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was formerly active in the Grand Army of the Republic, but advancing years made it inconvenient for him to attend the meetings regularly and he has obtained a discharge. In every avenue of life's activities in which he has engaged, Mr. Snure has acted well his part and in no case has done anything which might forfeit the unbounded confidence of the community which he has so long enjoyed. His life has been controlled and governed by the highest principles and his support has ever been found on the right side of every movement calculated to advance the best interests of the community. JONAS SMUCKER. The gentleman to a review of whose career we now call the reader's attention is one of the representative citizens of Wayne county and one of the most substantial farmers of Greene township, having maintained his home in this locality practically all his life, nearly three score years, being a descendant of one of the early and influential families of this county. His birth occurred in the township and county mentioned above on June 1, 1840, and he is the son of David and Anna (Brant) Smucker, the former a native of Lancaster coun- WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 983 ty. Pennsylvania. He came to Wayne county, Ohio, when a young man with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Christian Smucker, and they settled in section 16; Greene township, where they remained for some time, but later moved to Wayne township. and here the grandfather, Christian Smucker, spent the remainder of his life. David Smucker remained on the farm in Greene township and there married Anna Brant, whose parents came from Switzerland. To Mr. and Mrs. David Smucker eight children were born, one dying in infancy ; John is deceased; Elizabeth, Sarah, Gideon, David, Nancy, Jonas and Catharine. Jonas Smucker was reared in Greene township and here he worked on the home farm and attended the district schools during the winter months, receiving a fairly good common school education for those days. When he was twenty-one years of age he began life for himself, renting the old farm for a period of six years; having prospered, he purchased the same and is still living on it. It consisted originally of one hundred and sixty-six acres-, but the total number of acres at present is one hundred and fifty. Although the land was first tilled many years ago, the Smuckers have been such careful farmers that they have not allowed the soil to grow thin, but on the contrary it has been strengthened and bounteous harvests are yet reaped from year to year. On it stand a good house, barn and fences, and general farming and stock raising are successfully carried on. Mr. Smucker was married on January 14, 1864, to Sarah Yoder, a native of Greene township, having been born here on September 23, 1848, the (laughter of Peter Yoder, a native of Pennsylvania, and a prosperous farmer. To Mr. and Mrs. Smucker eleven children have been born, ten of whom are living, namely : Malinda, May 18, 1865; John, September 28, 1866; Adeline, October 23, 1868; Noah, April 3. 1871 ; Simon, September 25, 1873; Peter, September 4, 1875; Sarah is deceased ; Mary, born March 21, 1880; Emanuel and Daniel (twins), born March 17, 1883; Ellen, born November 17, 1884. The mother of these children passed from earth in January, 1889, and on January 6, 1891, Mr. Smucker was married to Magdalena Yoder, who was born January 28, 1857, the daughter of Jacob Yoder. Her birth occurred in Mahoning county, Ohio, and she was reared in Michigan and went to school in that state. Five children were born to this union, namely : Fannie, March 8. 1892; Effie, October 12, 1893; Emma, born October 31, 1895; Lydia, March 31, 1898. died April 7, following; Katie, January 4, 1901. Members of this family belong to the Amish Mennonite church. Mr. Smucker is an advocate of temperance and he votes the Prohibition ticket. He is an honorable and neighborly man, and has many friends. 984 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. ALBERT P. WALTER. There may be found in almost all American communities quiet, retiring men, who never seek official preferment or appear prominently in public affairs, yet nevertheless exert a widely felt and beneficent influence in the community, helping to construct or solidify the foundation upon which the social or political world rests. Such a man is the honored subject of this review, and he has ever been found faithful to duty, under whatever aspect it has presented itself, never sacrificing integrity and honor to personal expediency and so living as to command unqualified confidence and esteem among those with whom he has come in contact in the various relations of life. Albert P. Walter, who is the owner of a fine farm in East Union township, Wayne county, was born in Holmes county, this state, on October 26, 1868. and is a son of Joseph and Mary (Stouff) Walter. These parents were both natives of France, where they were reared, educated and married, and from whose vine-clad hills they came to the United States in the hope of bettering their fortunes. They were poor in this world's goods when they arrived in the United States, but the father was energetic and honest and was enabled to save money. He was a tailor by trade and worked at that employment for a number of years here before sending back to France for his family. They first lived in Massillon, Ohio, and later in Fredericksburg, Wayne county. Mr. Walter then bought a little farm of ten acres in Holmes county, to which the family -removed. The father was practical and energetic in his agricultural labors and at length was enabled to add to his possessions, buying additional land until at the time of his death he was the owner of eighty acres, which he had developed into a splendid farm. To him and his wife were born the following children : Joseph, Henry, Mary, Josephine, Adeline, J. A., Julius, Charles, Jane, Celia and Albert P. Of these, Joseph, Adeline, Charles and Mary are deceased. Albert P. Walter was reared on the Holmes county farm and secured his education in the common schools of his home neighborhood. As soon as old enough he took a hand in the farm work and continued to assist his father until he was nineteen years of age, when he attended the Ohio State Normal University at Ada, with the idea of following the pedagogical profession. He was granted a license to teach and followed that occupation one term, at the end of which time he decided that agriculture offered the most promising returns and returned to that employment. He married about this time and during the following three years he and his wife lived on rented land in Holmes county. In 1896 they located on rented land in East Union township, where they remained three years, and then for the same length of time they were on WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 985 rented land in Wayne township. In 1902 Mr. Walter bought eighty-two acres of fine land in section 17, township 16 north, range 12 west, and bought the east half in 1909. He rents it to a tenant, but will operate it. This one-fourth section is peculiar in that it has a public road clear around it, no other farm being so located in the township. He has improved and developed it until today it is considered one of the fine farms of the township. He started in his independent career with but little in the way of worldly goods, but by dint of persistent industry, wise management and rigid economy he has accumulated a handsome property and is on the fair road to affluence. He has made a number of permanent and substantial improvements on the place, the general appearance of which reflects great credit on the owner. Mr. Walter carries on a general line of farming, in connection with which he gives considerable attention to the breeding and raising of live stock, in which also he has been successful to a gratifying degree. On the 5th of September. 1893. Mr. Walter was united in the holy bonds of matrimony with Lucy E. Rouhier, who was born in Saltcreek township, Wayne county, Ohio, May I, 1872. She was reared on a farm and secured a good practical education in the common schools. She is a woman of many fine qualities and has proven to her husband a true helpmeet in the broadest sense of the word. They have become the parents of the following children : Mabel, born September 6. 1894: John. born February 24, 1896, and Lloyd, born May 2, 1899. In religious faith Mr. and Mrs. Walter are Catholics and hold their membership in the church of that faith at Wooster, to which society they give a generous support. In political faith Mr. Walter is a Democrat and takes an active interest in the success of his party. Though he does not aspire to public office of any nature, he was recently elected trustee of his township and in the discharge of his official duties he is giving eminent satisfaction. As a man and citizen Mr. Walter is highly esteemed in the community and occupies a conspicuous place in the confidence of the public. He is a man of strong personality and represents a distinct type of the best American citizenship. He has always been interested in every enterprise for the general welfare of the community and liberally supports every calculated to benefit his fellow men. DANIEL RAMSEYER. There is no positive rule for achieving success, and yet in the life of the successful man there are always lessons which might well be followed. The man who gains prosperity is he who can see and utilize the opportunity that 986 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. came in his path. The essential conditions of human life are ever the same, the surroundings of individuals differ but slightly ; and when one man passes another on the highway of life to reach the goal of prosperity before others who perhaps started out before him, it is because he has the power to use advantages which probably encompass the whole human race. Today among the prominent citizens and successful men of Greene township, Wayne county, Ohio, stands Daniel Ramseyer. The qualities of keen discrimination, sound judgment and executive ability enter very largely into his make-up and have been contributing elements to the material success which has come to him. Daniel Ramseyer was born in Stark county, Ohio, on the 30th of July, 1853, and is a son of Peter and Barbara (Reich) Ramseyer. He is descended from sturdy Swiss ancestry, his grandfather on the paternal side, John Ramseyer, having been a native of that far-away republic from which has come such a desirable element into our national population. John Ramseyer was a poor man when he came to the United States, having to borrow part of the passage money. His son, the subject's father, afterwards helped to repay this debt. He landed in this country in 1834 and came at once to Stark county, Ohio, where he spent his remaining days. He never succeeded in accumulating much material property and died a comparatively poor man. He was the father of several children, all of whom were reared to lives of honesty and integrity. His son Peter was loyal to his parents and worked hard, contributing to their support out of his meager earnings. So closely did he stint himself that when he had attained manhood and married he was the possessor of but fifty cents in cash. After his marriage he worked for his father-in-law and, being a man of energy, sound judgment and wise economy, he managed to save some money. Subsequently he bought a small farm in the hills of Stark county, going into debt for most of the purchase price. Commencing with a yoke of oxen, he went manfully to work and succeeded in realizing a profit in his operations. Subsequently he sold this hilly land and in 1857 he bought one hundred and sixty acres of land near Paris, Ohio, and on this farm he spent his remaining days. He was prospered and added to his landed possessions from time to time as he was able and at the time of his death he owned four hundred and twelve acres of fine land and twelve thousand dollars in money. After he had gotten a fair start, he made money rapidly. He was shrewd and far-sighted and was not afraid to run chances, the outcome of his transactions proving the soundness of his judgment. He invariably sold his crops at the top of the market and in other ways showed the qualities of a keen business man. From boyhood he had been a member WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 987 of the Amish Mennonite church. He was the father of eleven children, namely : Jacob, John, Peter, Joseph, Catherine, Leah, Daniel, Mary, Lizzie, Sarah and Amos. Of these, seven are yet living. Daniel Ramseyer was reared on the paternal estate and assisted his father in the manifold duties of the farm. During his youth he attended the common schools and secured a fair education. His father, who had been denied the privilege of an education, was determined that his children should enjoy what had been denied to him. The subject was married at the age of twenty-two years and at that time his father gave him one thousand dollars ith which to start him in life for himself. Daniel at once bought one huned acres of land of his father, which he sold in a short time at a handsome rofit, and during the following three years he was engaged in operating his father's farm of two hundred and three acres. In 1878 he moved to Wayne county, Ohio, and bought a farm of one hundred and twenty-four acres, where he now lives. At that time but little improvement had been made on the place, but in a short time, under the able management and wise direction of the subject, the place became known as one of the well-improved and profitable farms of the township. In 1890 Mr. Ramseyer erected a fine barn, ninety feet by forty-five feet in size, in which he can shelter thirty-two head of horses, besides a capacious hay loft and other convenient arrangements. He has added to his land holdings at different times and became the owner of ee hundred and twenty-two acres of splendid and fertile land in Greene township, all of which is under the subject's personal supervision, excepting hundred and eighteen acres which he sold to his son, A. C. Ramseyer. The land is estimated to be worth easily forty thousand dollars. and it is doubtful if that sum would induce Mr. Ramseyer to part with the place. One of the principal features of Mr. Ramseyer's operations has been the feeding of horses, and in this line he is known far and wide. He handles the finest and purest-bred Norman horses and so well known has his stock become that they find instant sale as soon as they reach the eastern markets, and frequently buyers from those markets come to Mr. Ramseyer's farm to secure the horses. they desire. Some of the animals sold by him have been the equal of any produced on this continent and they command fancy prices. Few better judges of horseflesh live than Mr. Ramseyer and his high ideal of a perfect horse has enabled him to maintain a high standard in his feeding, a fact duly appreciated and recognized by those who have had dealings with him. This feature of his business has been a source of considerable income,—indeed, Mr. Ramseyer has made a success of everything he has undertaken, being considered one of the most successful and progressive farmers and stockmen in Wayne county. 988 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. In 1875 Daniel Ramseyer married Rebecca Smiley, a native of the -state of Indiana, and to them have been born the following children : Alvin C., born January 17, 1880, who is a graduate of the school at Goshen, has been twice married, first to Miss Yoder and second to Miss Schrock ; Amanda, born January 8, 1883; Melvin, born January 8, 1886 ; Chauncey, born December 13, 1888; Mary, born April 22, 1892 ; Ward, born August 5, 1894. The family are all members of the Amish Mennonite church, to which they give an earnest and generous support. In politics Mr. Ramseyer is a Democrat, though he voted for William McKinley for President. He is keenly alive to the best interests of the community and gives his support to every movement that promises to benefit his fellow citizens. Genial in disposition and of sterling integrity of character, he has won a warm place in the hearts of all who know him, and he stands high in the estimation of the people of the community. JOSEPH G. SANBORN. It is an axiom demonstrated by all human experience that industry is the key to prosperity. Success comes not to him who idly waits for Fortune's favors, but to the faithful toiler who, with cheerful celerity and sleepless vigilance, takes advantage of every circumstance calculated to promote his interests. Such a man is Joseph G. Sanborn, secretary of the Wayne Building and Loan Company and a well known and highly esteemed citizen of Wooster, who within a comparatively brief period has advanced from an humble station in life to a proud position among the leading business men of a city long noted for the high order of its business talent. Mr. Sanborn is a native of Holmes county, Ohio, and one of a family of six children whose parents, Joseph Beverly and Mary Jane Sanborn, were both born and reared in the state of New Hampshire. The Sanborn family is of English stock, Lieut. John, 'William and Stephen Sanborn, three brothers, having come to America with their grandfather, Rev. Stephen Bachiler, in 1632, settling in Hampton, New Hampshire. Joseph Beverly Sanborn, the subject's grandfather, was born in Deerfield, New Hampshire, July 4, 1762, and spent his life not far from the place of his birth. His son, Joseph B. Sanborn, the subject's father, came to Ohio in 1837, where for a number of years he was a successful teacher in the public schools. About 1849 he took up his residence in Loudonville, Ashland county, where he subsequently became deputy collector of internal revenue, and also WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 989 served a series of terms as justice of the peace. He was a fine type of the educated New England gentleman who stood high in the confidence of the public and his death, which occurred in the above town in 1882, was deeply mourned and profoundly regretted by his friends and fellow citizens. Mary lane Smith, wife of J. B. Sanborn, and daughter of Moses Levant Smith, was born in Merrimack county, New Hampshire, and spent her early life in the town of Meredith. where in due time she made the acquaintance of the gentleman who subsequently became her husband. Their marriage took place in the East and was blessed with six children, four of whom survive, namely : Mrs. Clara J. Winans, of Galion, Ohio Mrs. Sarah L. Taylor, of Loudonville; Charles also a resident of that town, and Joseph G., whose rime introduces this sketch. The mother of these children was called from earth in the month of March, 1870, and left to them the tender memory of a life lovingly and unselfishly devoted to their interests and welfare. Joseph G. Sanborn, whose birth occurred on November 8, 1847, was two years old when his parents moved from Holmes county to Loudonville, where he spent his childhood and youth. He obtained his preliminary education in the district schools and later attended the academy of Loudonville until his sixteenth year, when he severed home ties and went to Ashland to learn the printer's trade. fter serving a three-years apprenticeship and becoming not only a skillful typo but familiar with nearly every phase of the business, he was made foreman of the office of the Ashland Times, the official Republican organ of Ashland county and one of the leading local papers in the northern part of the state. Within a brief period he rose to the position of local editor and as such rendered efficient service to his employer, proving an energetic and untiring news gatherer and an interesting and attractive writer in preparing his items for publication. Mr. Sanborn remained with the above paper six years, when he resigned and in 1870 came to Wooster to take a similar position with the Wooster Republican, of which Enos Foreman was then editor and proprietor. In August u!" !he same year he and Captain McClure purchased the paper and assumed control of the same, Mr. Sanborn becoming business manager of the enter- besides doing a large part of the editorial work, a department originally intended for his associate. During the fifteen years that Mr. Sanborn was connected with the Republican he not only made it one of the most popular and influential local sheets in northern Ohio, but secured a patronage which enabled him to build op a large and prosperous business. Coming to Wooster a stranger, with but meager capital, he addressed himself resolutely to the work of rendering his 990 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. paper acceptable to the public and it is needless to state that he succeeded in his laudable aim, as the enterprise grew from the beginning and in due time, as already indicated, became an influential factor in moulding public sentiment. also the source of liberal income. Assuming a large obligation in the purchase of the plant, he succeeded by judicious management in meeting the same and hi the course of a few years the property was not only free from incumbrance and on a self-supporting basis, but, as-stated above, the business was so conducted as to become very successful from a financial standpoint. Disposing of his interest in the paper at the expiration of the period indicated, Mr. Sanborn took a few years of needed rest, during which time he recuperated his overwrought energies, regained his strength and was thus well fitted for the heavy and responsible duties upon which he subsequently entered. In March, 1899, he assisted in establishing the Wayne Building and Loan Company, from which date to the present time he has been the efficient secretary of the organization, the success of which is largely due to his judicious management and general oversight. The association has an authorized capital of one million dollars, with assets considerably in excess of one hundred thousand dollars and is one of the strongest and most popular organizations of the kind in the state. It is backed by some of the leading business men and financiers of Wooster and Wayne county and during the eleven years of its existence has proven of inestimable value to men of moderate means desirous of securing homes, also a safe means of investment for those with surplus capital at their disposal. On the evening of Thanksgiving clay, November 30, 1876, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Sanborn and Kate E., daughter of the late Dr. S. F. Day, for many years one of Wooster's most distinguished physicians and surgeons. Mrs. Sanborn died February 6, 1903. She was a native of Wooster, received her educational training in the city schools, and was a most lovable and esteemed woman. Three children, Mrs. Henry D. Allen, Martha Virginia, and Lloyd Day, are residents of Wooster, the son being his father's able assistant in the office. Mr. Sanborn is a Baptist in his religious belief and demonstrates his faith by his daily life and conversation. He is an active and influential member of the church in Wooster and has filled the office of treasurer and trustee for the organization and is now serving in the capacity of deacon. In his relations with the public, Mr. Sanborn has ever been enterprising and progressive, giving his support to all measures that tend to advance his city and county and assisting every laudable means for the general good o his fellow men. He was one of the organizers of the Wooster Board of WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 991 Trade, and served for some time on the legislative committee of the same, besides contributing in many other ways to the success and perpetuity of the enterprise. Of high character and unimpeachable integrity, he has made his influence felt for good in the different stations to which called, and, a self-made man in all the term implies, he has just reason to be proud of his achievements and of the universal esteem in which he is held throughout the county of Wayne. Few citizens in this part of Ohio are so widely known, none occupy a more conspicuous place in the confidence of the public, and it is a compliment worthily bestowed to class him with the representative men of his day and generation in the city of his residence. WILLIAM A. SOLLIDAY. A man who has stamped the impress of his strong individuality upon the minds of the people of Clinton township, Wayne county, Ohio, in a manner as to render him one of the conspicuous characters of this locality is William A. Solliday. well known grocer of Shreve, in the development of which place he has ever been an important factor. Faithfulness to duty and a strict adherence to a fixed purpose, which always do more to advance a man's interests than wealth or advantageous circumstances, have been dominating factors in his life, which has been replete with honor and success worthily attained. He is known to be a man of strictly honest business principles, industrious. pleasant and agreeable. Mr. Solliday was born in Plain township, this county, June 14, 1862, the on of John and Susanna (Sparr) Solliday, the father a successful farmer of that community. These parents were married in this county and have since made their home here, four children having been born to them, named as follows: Ida Mary, William A., Sidna G. and Lyman L. William A. Solliday, of this review, was educated in the common schools of Plain township and Smithville. He applied himself very closely to his text books and when twenty-one years of age began teaching, having charge of the Strauss school in Plain township in 1884 and in 1885 he taught at the Maple Grove school in Plain township. But not taking as kindly to teaching as he had anticipated, he abandoned the same although he had a very good start in this line of endeavor, and, in 1886, following the tide of emigration then setting in to the comparatively new state of .Kansas, he found himself at Kingman, where he engaged in farming and stock raising, meeting with fair 992 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. success in these enterprises. He returned to Wayne county, Ohio, and launched in the grocery business at Shreve, soon enjoying a good patronage, and he has continued in the same with increasing success, owning now one of the neatest and most popular stores in this section of the county, always carrying a fresh and carefully selected stock of goods, his place of business being the mecca of farmers from a wide range of territory. Mr. Solliday has found time to mingle in politics and has aided in whatever way possible the advancement of his community. In 1907 he was elected clerk of the local school board, of which he was one of the most enthusiastic members. Politically he is a Democrat and in religious matters holds membership with the local Presbyterian congregation. On December 28, 1887, Mr. Solliday married Agnes J. Lebo, daughter of Jonathan and Fiatta (Camp) Lebo, a highly respected family of 'Holmes county, this state. Mr. and Mrs. Solliday are the parents of one daughter, Fern Geraldine, born in Kingman, Kansas, April 28, 1900. She is now attending school in Shreve, being in the third grade. Fraternally, Mr. Solliday belongs to the Ancient Order United Woodmen in Kansas and the Maccabees. JACOB A. MILLER. The life history of him whose name introduces this review is closely identified with the history of Wayne county, which has been his home for many years. His business career was begun in this county, and throughout the years which have since come and gone he has been closely allied with its interests and upbuilding. His life has been one of untiring activity and has been crowned with a degree of success attained by comparatively few. He is of the highest type of business man, and none more than he deserves a fitting recognition among those whose enterprise and abilities have enabled them to climb the ladder of success and whose sterling qualities have been widely recognized in their native county. Jacob A. Miller, who is now engaged in the operation of the old Miller homestead in section 20, Greene township, was born on this farm on the 7th of January, 1850. He was there reared and secured a fair education in the common schools of the locality. He assisted his father in the work of the farm until he had attained his majority, when he started out in life on his own account. He first engaged in the timber business, being principally employed in furnishing car timber for the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad 993 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. Company, at which he continued about sixteen years. During the first part of this period he made his home in Seneca County. Ohio, and later at Defiance, Ohio. He was financially successful in the lumber business and at length was enabled to buy a splendid farm in Defiance county. While living there, he took a deep interest in local affairs and served several terms as trustee. In March. 1887. Mr. Miller retired from the lumber business and returned to his old home in Greene township. Wayne county. which he purchased. He entered at once on the operation of the place, which he has greatly improved and brought up to a high standard of excellence, it being now considered one of the best farms in the township. In addition to the cultivation of the soil, Mr. Miller also gives considerable attention to the raising of livestock, in which also he has achieved a distinctive success. The farm comprises one hundred and sixty-four acres and the present condition of the place indicates to the passer-by the fact that the owner is a man of good taste and wise discrimination. Everything about the place is kept in good shape and the farming operations are carried on under the most favorable conditions, a full line of up-to-date machinery and other convenient accessories being here found. In local affairs affecting the community generally Mr. Miller has always been found among the enterprising and progressive leaders. He has been instrumental in securing mail routes and telephone service and in other ways has demonstrated his ability and sound judgment. His political affiliation is with the Republican party to which he gives an earnest support, and he has efficiently served several terms as trustee of Greene township. As a member of the township school board. he has rendered appreciated service as supervisor of the educational system of the township. the schools of which are now considered as models for the rest of the county. He employs the teachers and in other ways maintains a personal oversight of the details .of the schools. He is also president of the board of trustees of the Wayne County Children's Home. which is situated in Wayne township. and has been a member of this board for sixteen years. His appointment comes from the board of county commissioners and in his capacity of chairman of the board he practically manages the business affairs of the Home. though the entire board meets on the first Tuesday of each month. The members of this board, all of whom give their services without compensation. are Jacob A. Miller. president John C. Shultz. Joseph A. Hurple. William Coon. W. E. Jarvis is superintendent of the Home and Mrs. Jarvis is matron. There are about forty-five inmates in the Home on an average. the institution being supported by an appropriation made by the board of county commissioners, 'the hoard of trustees filing a quarterly estimate of expenses. The Home farm comprises eighty-seven acres (63) 994 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. and at the time of Mr. Miller's appointment to the board in 1887 the institution was not being handled in such a manner as to even raise enough cereals and vegetables to keep the table supplied. Under his able direction, these conditions have been changed and now wheat, corn, potatoes and other vegetables, as also hogs and cattle, are raised in sufficient quantity and numbers to keep the commissary well supplied throughout the year. This changed condition is largely attributed to the efficient management of the present superintendent, Mr. Jarvis, whom Mr. Miller was mainly instrumental in having appointed to the position, and it is a matter of much satisfaction to the taxpayers of the county. In all his affairs Mr. Miller has shown himself to be a man of unusual broad mindedness and sound judgment, being well supplied with that quality commonly called "horse-sense." He has given liberally of his time to the public duties which have been imposed on him and his services have been fully appreciated by his fellow citizens. On March 4, 1884, Jacob A. Miller was united in marriage to Sarah Pittenger, a daughter of Peter and Jane (Buchanan) Pittenger. Peter Pittenger was born in Harrison county, Ohio, on October 1, 1800, and his death occurred on February 9, 1854. His wife was born in Pennsylvania July I I, 1803, and at the age of three years was brought by her parents to Ohio. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Pittenger lived in Carroll county, Ohio, where they entered upon a tract of wild and uncultivated woodland, which they in due time transformed into a fine and fertile farm. Their first buildings were of log, in accordance with the prevailing type of the day, but later these were replaced with fine frame buildings. Mrs. Pittenger died October 20, 1872. To this worthy couple were born ten children, namely : Samuel B., Mary, Margaret, John, Nancy, Joseph, Evan, Susannah, Abram and Sarah. Of these children, Sarah became the wife of the subject. She was born in Carroll county, on October 24, 1848, and received a good education in the common schools. She is related to William Pittenger, of Civil war fame, who stole a railway locomotive in the interest of the cause, and who was author of the widely-read book "Daring and Suffering." Mr. and Mrs. Miller became the parents of one child, Grace, born May 6, 1889, but suffered an irreparable loss in the death of their daughter in March, 1894, her death being the result of a gunshot wound inflicted accidentally by a playmate. Religiously Mr. and Mrs. Miller are active members of the Evangelical Lutheran church, in which Mr. Miller is an indefatigable worker, as he is also in the Sunday school which he served many years as superintendent and in other important official positions. WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 995 Mr. Miller is a man of spotless integrity and never violates the confidence reposed in him in any of the relations of life, his word being considered literally as good as his bond. He has been indefatigable in his industry, has ever been animated by the highest principles and has been a valuable factor in the development and progress of the county, where he has so ordered his life as to gain and retain the unequivocal confidence and high regard of all with whom he has come in contact. HARRY B. BERTOLETTE, M. D. The present age is essentially utilitarian and the life of every successful man carries a lesson which, told in contemporary narrative, is productive of much good in shaping the destiny of others. There is, therefore, a due measure of satisfaction in presenting, even in brief resume, the life and achievements of such men, and in preparing the following history of the well known and successful physician whose name appears at the head of this sketch, it is with the hope that it may prove not only interesting and instructive, but also serve as an incentive to those who contemplate making the medical profession their life work, for it shows how a man, not especially favored by inherited wealth or encouraging environment, may forge to the front and not only succeed in the material things of this life but also be of inestimable service to his fellow men. Dr. Harry B. Bertolette is a native of the community where he has elected to spend his life, believing that better opportunities were to be found right at his own door than in seeking uncertain fortune in some strange locality. He was born at Shreve. Clinton township, Wayne county, Ohio, July 13, 1867, the son of William John and Catherine A. (Greenwalt) Bertolette, the father a native of Perks county. Pennsylvania, the mother having been born in Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, each representing excellent old families, highly honored in their respective communities. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. William J. Bertolette, named as follows : Frank, Edgar, and Harry B., of this review. Believing in giving their children every advantage possible, especially in the way of education, they placed Harry B. in the local schools as soon as he was old enough to attend and he proved to he a very ambitious student, making rapid progress, passing through the high school at Shreve at an early age, and, being desirous of gaining a higher text-book training, he entered the University of Wooster, where he made a good record, after which he began the study of medicine in 996 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. the University of Pennsylvania, receiving his degree in 1892. In the same year he began practicing his profession at Shreve, which he has continued with increasing success, building up a very satisfactory practice with the town and surrounding community, having met with uninterrupted success and won the confidence and respect of all with whom he has come into contact. He has proved that he is well grounded in the science of medicine and is a man of excellent natural abilities required for success in the medical profession. Politically the Doctor is a Republican, and he is a member of the board of pension commissioners, rendering very acceptable services on the same. Fraternally, he belongs to the Masonic order, in which he has taken several degrees. Mrs. Bertolette is a member of the Presbyterian church. Doctor Bertolette was married on May 4, 1892, to Jessie M. Carl, a daughter of Alexander and Anna (Aylesworth) Carl, a highly respected and influential family of Clinton township. Dr. and Mrs. Bertolette are pleasant people to know and have hosts of friends throughout the county. HENRY JENNINGS. The history of Wayne county is not a very old one. It is the record of the steady growth of a community planted in the wilderness within the last century and has reached its magnitude of today without other aids than those of industry. The people who redeemed its wilderness fastnesses were strong-armed, hardy sons of the soil who hesitated at no difficulty and for whom hardships had but little to appall. The earliest pioneers, having blazed the path of civilization to this part of the state, finished their labors and passed from the scene, leaving the country to the possession of their descendants and to others who came at a later period and builded on the foundation which they laid so broad and deep. Among these is the prominent farmer and enterprising citizen by whose name this article is introduced. He was born here and grew to the years of young manhood in the formative period and has done much to develop and advertise to the world the wonderful resources of a county that now occupies a proud position among the most progressive and enlightened sections of Ohio. Henry Jennings, who is the owner of a fine and fertile farm in Saltcreek township. near Fredericksburg, was born on the farm on which he now resides. his natal clay having been the 9th of November, 1830. His parents were Jacob and Nancy (Fisher) (Crozier) Jennings. Jacob Jennings was born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, in 1796. and in 1827 he came to Wayne county, WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 997 Ohio, where his father had entered two quarter sections of land in section 8. The country was practically unsettled, a few settlers' cabins being .scattered here and there in the midst of the dense forest which covered the country, and to create a home in this section of the state in that early day meant a vast amount of the hardest kind of labor and the undergoing of many trials and privations that we of the present day cannot appreciate. Added to the natural conditions, was the presence of wild animals in large numbers, some of whom were ferocious and would not hesitate to attack man as well as animals. The entry into and settlement of the country under such conditions required a high degree of courage and the country owes a debt of gratitude to these sturdy pioneers who strove persistently and with might and main to conquer apparently unsurmountable obstacles and who, succeeding, made possible the grand and wonderful civilization which today characterizes this same section. The subject's father, Jacob Jennings, and his brother David came together from Pennsylvania for the purpose of creating new homes and they succeeded far beyond their fondest dreams. Henry Jennings was a weaver and in connection with his farming operations he ran a loom in his home. The subject's mother was also a native of Fayette county, Pennsylvania, having been born near Smithfield. and by her union with Jacob Jennings she became the mother of three children, John Crozier, who died at the age of five years, Henry the subject of this sketch, and Jane, who became the wife of a Mr. Knox and lives in Fredericksburg. Jacob Jennings was a Republican in his political views, and was an active worker for his party, though he never accepted public office of any nature. He was a faithful member of the Presbyterian church, and was a faithful Christian, being a strong advocate of temperance. He died at the age of seventy-two years and his wife at the age of seventy-five years. Henry Jennings, the immediate subject of this sketch, received his education in the district school at Nebo, Saltcreek township, having first attended the subscription schools. He was reared on the parental homestead and has never lived elsewhere. He has devoted all the active years of his life to the pursuit of agriculture and has not been denied a commensurate return for the labor expended during these years. He has carried on general farming, having raised all the crops common to this section of the country, and his property has been kept up to the highest standard of excellence. The farm buildings are commodious and well-arranged and the general appearance of the place indicates Mr. Jennings to be a man of good judgment and excellent taste. On the 14th of October, 1858, Mr. Jennings took unto himself a helpmeet in the person of Margaret Jane Patrick, a daughter of Thomas Patrick, her parents being natives of Wayne county, Ohio, and her grandparents of 998 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. Pennsylvania. She was born here July 1, 1839, on land which her grandparents had entered from the government. To Mr. and Mrs. Jennings have been born twelve children, who are briefly mentioned as follows : Elizabeth is the wife of Robert Cook, of Toledo, Ohio, and they have three children; J. B., of Fredericksburg, this county, married Laura Ellen Cook and they are the parents of three children ; Jennie, who now lives with her father, is the widow of Royal Williams, who met his death in a railroad accident ; James Martin, of Wooster, married Hildah Lawrence and they have two children ; Sarah is the wife of George Krouse, of Toledo, and they are the parents of two children ; William H., of this county, married Maud Force and they have one child ; Laura, now deceased, was the wife of John Harrison, by whom she had two children, one of whom is deceased; John C., of Saltcreek township, married Daisy Johnson, and they are the parents of two children ; Unice is the wife of Prof. Ira Amiet, of Wooster, and they have two children ; three children died in infancy. Religiously Mr. and Mrs. Jennings are members of the Presbyterian church at Fredericksburg, to which they give an earnest support. In politics Mr. Jennings has assumed an independent attitude, voting for the man rather than the party. He and his wife were formerly identified with the Patrons of Husbandry, but are not now allied with any secret order. Mr. Jennings is widely known as one of the progressive and successful business men of this section of the county and as a citizen whose life has been dominated by high principles and a determination to achieve a success worthy of the name, so that he has not been denied the fullest measure of confidence and esteem. An old gentleman of kindly manner and friendly feelings toward all, he has a host of warm personal friends. DANIEL L. RUDY. One of the substantial as well as one of the most experienced and skillful farmers of Sugar Creek township, Wayne county, is Daniel L. Rudy, who has spent the major part of his long and eminently useful and active life within the borders of this county, although he is a Buckeye by adoption only, having been born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, July 31, 1834, the son of Christian and Barbara (Myers) Rudy, the former born in 1790 and the latter in 1795. When Daniel L. was seven weeks old his parents migrated overland to Wayne county, Ohio, and settled in Sugar Creek township in section 3, where he purchased one hundred and sixty acres in one tract, also sixty WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 999 acres south of his first purchase. Christopher Rudy lived on the farm .where he settled until his death, on July 13, 1875, his wife having preceded him to the silent land October 5, 1858. Mr. Rudy was an honest, unassuming man, a member of the Mennonite church. He and his wife were the parents of nine children, five of whom are living in 1910, namely : David ; Mrs. Homer, living in Illinois; Mrs. Snavely, living in Sugar Creek township, this county ; Mrs. Barbara Buckwalter, of Trumbull, Ohio; Daniel L., of this review. Daniel L. Rudy has had the happy opportunity of spending his life on the home place, living now on the same farm where he grew up from babyhood. He began assisting his father clear and develop the place when he was old enough to work in the fields. He attended the neighboring schools during the winter months and received a good common school education. When seventeen years of age he quit school and gave his entire attention to the farm. He was married December 31, 1857, to Esther Buckwalter, who was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, April 30, 1836, the daughter of Jacob and Nancy (Hartman) Buckwalter, both natives of Pennsylvania, having come to Wayne county, Ohio, in 1850. She was reared in Baughman township and received a common school education, principally in Pennsylvania. After his marriage Mr. Rudy located on the old home place, which he has continued to develop until it ranks with the best improved and most productive farms of the township. He erected a substantial and attractive brick house in 1874, also a large barn. His farm now consists of one hundred and fifty-five acres. He has prospered by reason of his excellent management, and besides retaining his home .place he has given each of his children an excellent start in life—equivalent to eighty acres of land. Fortune has favored his family not only in material things but in other ways, but little sickness ever having befallen them, although Mrs. Rudy has been blind for a period of twenty-two years: but she is of a cheerful and happy disposition and a woman of gracious personality. Mr. and Mrs. Rudy are the parents of the following children : Barbara A.. born October 5, 1858, is the wife of E. H. Wenger; Jacob, who was born November 7, 1859, married Mary Horst; Albert, who was born November 18. 1860. married Margaret Saurer ; Christ, born May 23, 1862, married Catherine Sprankle: Clara M., born June 5, 1866, is the wife of Jacob Steele. Members of this family belong to the Mennonite church. In politics Mr. Rudy is a Republican, but not an office seeker, having always found enough at home to keep him busy. This family is one of the best known and most highly respected in the eastern part of Wayne county.