650 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. Mr. Miller is treasurer and director of the Indiana Rubber and Insulated Wire Company, of Jonesboro, Indiana, and he is also interested in farming. He has been very successful as a business man owing to his close application to individual affairs and his genteel demeanor in his relations with his fellowmen. Mr. Miller has always been a Republican, having voted for Abraham Lincoln in 1860. He has never held public office, except having served on the local board of education and as village treasurer. He is a member of the lodge and encampment, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Masonic lodge, chapter, council and commandery, and Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Valley of Cleveland, also Alkoran Temple, Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, Cleveland, Ohio. WILLIAM C. MYERS. On the roster of Wayne county's solid and influential business men the name of William C. Myers stands out clear and prominent as the head of the largest insurance agencies of Wooster and one of the most successful in the state. He has achieved a wide and honorable reputation among the progressive men of his adopted county and no one commands a greater influence or stands higher in the esteem and confidence of the public. The Myers family, which is of German origin and originally pronounced Moyer, came to the United States in a very early day and settled near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where in due time the name became identified with a number of important interests and figured for a number of years in local annals. Contemporaneous with this family were the Funcks, who also emigrated from Germany and were among the early corners to eastern Pennsylvania, where in the course of a few years their descendants became not only quite numerous but prominent in building up their respective communities and developing the resources of the country. From the most reliable data obtainable, the antecedents of the latter family in the country appear to have been one Bishop Henry Funck, who came from Germany some time in the seventeenth century and settled not far from Philadelphia, from whence his descendants, as above indicated, moved to other counties and localities, some of them in after years moving to Ohio and still farther west. Capt. Ralph Funck, a native of Pennsylvania, moved in an early day to Wayne county, and here spent the remainder of his days; dying a number of WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 651 years ago and leaving a family of several children, among whom was a daughter by the name of Cecelia Funck, whose birth occurred in Northampton county, Pennsylvania, February 27, 1832. On November 4; 1852, she became the wife of Isaac H. Myers, son of John 0. and Elizabeth (Haldeman) Myers, of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, the marriage taking place in Wayne county, Ohio, where Mr. Myers had settled a short time previously. For several years, after their marriage, Isaac H. and Cecelia Myers lived in the town of Chester, but about 1859 moved to Seville, Medina county, where they continued to reside until 1864, when they changed their abode to Wooster, with the interests of which city the remainder of Mr. Myers' life was identified. For some years he conducted a grocery store and built up a lucrative patronage. He then turned his attention to the insurance business, in which he met with signal success, establishing an agency which, under the joint management of himself and son, William C., in due time became the largest enterprise of the kind in the city and since passing into the hands of the latter has become one of the most successful in the state. Isaac H. Myers took the road as special insurance agent in 1878, from which time until shortly before his death, on June 5, 1907, he traveled quite extensively in the interest of his companies and achieved honorable repute as a capable, far-seeing and thoroughly reliable business man. His wife, who suffered a stroke of paralysis in 1887, departed this life very suddenly on the 4th day of April, 1895, and was laid to rest in the cemetery at Wooster, where her husband now sleeps by her side awaiting the resurrection of the just. The children 0f this estimable couple, three in number, are Isadore, born August I, 1857, died January 25, 1882; Lura, whose .birth occurred March 8, 1867, and who lives in Wooster, and William C., the subject of this sketch, who was born in Seville, Medina county, Ohio, on January 28, 1861. William C. Myers was about four years old when his parents moved to Wooster, and since 1865 his life has been very closely interwoven with the growth and development of his adopted city. At the proper age he entered the public schools, where he pursued his studies until graduating from the high school, after which he assisted his father in the latter's insurance business, having been familiar with the duties of the office from his twelfth year. Engaging with his father on a salary, he soon acquired a practical knowledge of insurance and under his able and skillful management it was not long until the business took on new life and became the largest and most successful of the kind in the city. The insurance agency of which Mr. Myers is now the head and which for some time has been known under the style of W. C. Myers & Company, 652 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. was established in 187o by the subject's father, who continued as its manager until accepting the position of special traveling agent in 1878, when William C. took charge of the business and has ever since conducted the same. On attaining his majority he became his father's partner, but within a short time thereafter succeeded to the business, which since the year 1878 he has practically controlled and which under his initiative and successful methods has grown so rapidly that he now leads all competition in his own city and county and occupies a commanding position among the.. leading insurance men of Ohio. The career of Mr. Myers affords a notable example of the exercise of those qualities of mind which overcome obstacles and win success and his example is worthy of imitation by those who are dissatisfied with present attainments and who would aspire to higher positions of honor and trust. A business man in the broadest sense of the term, his integrity has ever been above suspicion, 'while his methods will bear the test of the severest criticism and among his fellow citizens his name has always been synonymous with fair and honorable dealing. While subordinating every other consideration to his business affairs, he has not been unmindful of his obligations as a citizen, as is indicated by the interest he manifests in the public welfare, nor is he negligent of those social ties which every well ordered community requires of those who constitute its mainstay and support. Aside from his insurance in' terests he is identified with various local enterprises, including among others the Citizens' National, Bank of Wooster, of which he is a director and one of the largest stockholders. He is prominent in Odd Fellowship, being an influential worker in the lodge at Wooster, which he has the honor to represent in the sovereign grand lodge and to his efforts are largely due the growth and popularity of the brotherhood in the city of his residence. The domestic chapter in the life history of Mr. Myers bears date of November 28, 1888, at which time was solemnized his marriage with Mary Haymaker, of Warren, Ohio, daughter of Jesse and Abbie P. Haymaker, of that city, and a niece of Ephraim Quinby, one of the early settlers and prominent residents of Wooster. Mr. and Mrs. Myers have no children of their own, but take great interest in the young people of the city to whom the doors of their beautiful home are ever open and among whom their bounty is freely and lavishly dispensed. Alive to every good work and in touch with. all laudable measures and humanitarian projects, this excellent couple fill a large place in the public life of W0oster, and the high esteem in which they are held by the people of the city, irrespective of class or condition, bears eloquent testimony to their amiable qualities of head and heart. 653 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. THEO. P. BOWMAN. Success in this life comes to the deserving. It is an axiom demonstrated by all human experience, that a man gets out of this life what he puts into it, plus a reasonable interest on the investment. The individual who inherits a large estate and adds nothing to his fortune' can not be called a successful man. He that falls heir to a large fortune and increases its value is successful in proportion to the amount he adds to his possession. But the man who starts in the world unaided and by sheer force of will, controlled by correct principles, forges ahead and at length reaches a position of honor among his fellow citizens achieves success such as representatives of the two former classes can neither understand nor appreciate. To a considerable extent the subject of this sketch is a creditable representative of the class last named, a class which has furnished much of the bone and sinew of the country and added to the stability of the government and its institutions. Theo. P. Bowman was born in Richland county, Ohio, on the 19th of April, 1873, and is a son of Henry and Mary (Plank) Bowman. He is descended from German antecedents and inherits the sturdy qualities which made representatives of that nationality such a desirable element in our great cosmopolitan population. Henry Bowman was born in Pennsylvania and when a young man came to Ohio, settling in Richland county, where he followed agricultural pursuits. He retained his residence there until his death, which occurred in 1891, at the comparatively early age of forty-eight years. Mary Plank Bowman was b0rn and reared in Wayne county and is now living at Butler, Richland county. By her union with Henry Bowman she became the mother of six children, named as follows : Sherman E., of Richland county Theo., subject of this sketch ; Ira C., of Richland county ; Anna E., who is the wife of William McKowan and resides in Richland county ; LeRoy, of Butler, Ohio, and Arthur, who resides with his mother at Butler. Theo. P. Bowman remained with his parents until he was fifteen years old and secured a fair education in the common schools. At the age mentioned he went to Mifflin, Ashland county, and entered the employ of an uncle, who operated a flouring mill, with whom he remained three years. In 1894 he came to Wooster and went to work for Plank & Gray, millers, with whom he remained twelve years, seven years as a miller and five years in the capacity of traveling salesman. In May, 1902, Mr. Bowman established himself in the grocery business and has from the start met with a gratifying success. His store is well stocked with a carefully selected line of goods, and everything in the various lines usually carried in a well-equipped grocery are 654 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. to be had. Especial attention is given to the individual wants of his customers with the result that his trade has steadily grown from year to year. In 1896 Mr. Bowman married Flora B. Matz, who was born and .reared in Wooster, the daughter of Wellington Matz. To this union two children have been born, namely : Neal F., born June 3, 1899, and Esther Fay, born in August, 1901. Mr. Bowman is a Republican in politics, though he does not take a very active part in public affairs. His fraternal relations are with the Modern Woodmen of America. Mr. and Mrs. Bowman are consistent members of the German Reformed church, to which they give their earnest support. The subject is a man of strong purpose and unfaltering industry, a reliable and enterprising gentleman and ever faithful to his duties of citizenship. ARCHIBALD B. CAMPBELL, M. D. The physician who would succeed in his profession must possess many qualities of head and heart not included in the curriculum of the schools and colleges he may have attended. In analyzing the career of the successful practitioner of the healing art it will invariably be found to be true that a broad-minded sympathy with the sick and suffering and an honest, earnest desire to aid his afflicted fellow men have gone hand in hand with skill and able judgment. The gentleman to whom this- brief tribute is given fortunately embodies these necessary qualifications in a marked degree and by energy and close application to his professional duties he has built up an enviable reputation and drawn to himself a large and remunerative patronage. Dr. Campbell's paternal grandfather was James Campbell, a native of Scotland, who emigrated to Canada in 1831, bringing with him his family, consisting of five sons and three daughters. These children all located in Elgin county, Ontario, and all reared large families. James Campbell was a farmer by vocation and followed this pursuit during all of his active years. He died at the age of eighty-two years, leaving several hundred descendants. The subject's father, John Campbell, who was born in Argyleshire, Scotland, came to Canada with his parents in 1831, locating in Elgin county, Ontario, which at that time was a dense wilderness. The family went to work clearing the land and planting crops and in a few years they had firms that would have done credit to the more older settled sections of the continent. John Campbell spent the balance of his life on this farm which he cleared and WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 655 died there in 1891, at the age of. eighty-one years. For forty years he was a prominent member of the Presbyterian church and his faith was shown by his works. He married Margaret McIntyre, also a native of Argyleshire, Scotland; born in 1818, or seven years subsequent to the birth of her husband. She is now residing on the Elgin county farm, at the ripe old age of ninety-two years. John and Margaret Campbell were the parents of nine children, five sons and four daughters. The subject of this sketch remained on the paternal homestead during his youth and received a good education in the common schools. Ai a means to an end, with the medical profession in view, he engaged in teaching, which vocation he followed during five years. In 1869 and 1870 he attended the medical department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, graduating there in 1871 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Entering at once on the practice of his profession, he located first at Western Star, Summit county, Ohio, where he practiced for two years. In May, 1873, he removed to. Canal Fulton, Stark county, Ohio, and remained there until October, 1901, when he came to Orrville, where he has since remained. He conducts a general practice in medicine and surgery and is numbered among the most successful practitioners in this section of the county. He keeps in close touch with the advances continually being .made in his profession, and all improvements of a practical nature he readily adopts, ever earnestly desiring to attain as high a degree of perfection as possible in the prosecution of his life work. In 1876 Doctor Campbell married Amelia Upjohn, the daughter of Dr. Uriah Upjohn, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, where she was born and reared. She died one and a half years after their marriage, leaving a son, Archibald Upjohn Campbell, who is now a member of the Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, one of the largest manufacturers of physician's supplies in the country, and of which he 'is a stockholder. In 1883 Dr. Campbell married Etta McMillen, a daughter of John McMillen, of Stark county, this state, and a sister of the late Dr. McMillen, of Orrville. The Doctor keeps in touch with his professional brethren through his membership in the Wayne County Medical Society, the Sixth Congressional District Medical Society and the Ohio State Medical Association. In religion the Doctor and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church at Orrville and take a deep and abiding interest in its welfare. Fraternally, he is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, which he joined as soon as he had reached his majority. In politics he supports the Republican party. 656 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. He was a member of the board of education of Canal Fulton, Stark county, for eighteen years and has always been deeply interested in educational matters. He served for eight years as pension examining surgeon in Stark county, and is now surgeon for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and the Cleveland, Akron & Columbus Railroad Company. Doctor Campbell is descended from a remarkable family of self-made men whose ancestors settled in the Canadian wilderness eighty years ago. His progenitors were of a hardy race, big, strong men, who carved their way to success by sheer force of will. Twenty-two descendants of the Scotch farmer who first settled in the western world are now successful professional men, twenty of them being physicians, one a lawyer and one a dentist. Fauquhar Campbell, a brother of the subject's father, had nine sons, and of these seven became physicians and one a lawyer. EZRA D. MCINTIRE. The life history of him whose name heads this sketch has been closely identified with the history of Wayne county. His life has been one of untiring activity and has been crowned with a degree of success attained by those only who devote themselves indefatigably to the work before them. He is of a high type of business man and none more than he deserves a fitting recognition among the men whose genius and abilities have achieved results that are ,most enviable and commendable. As a servant of the people of his county Mr. McIntire acquitted himself with the highest honors and that he is now in private life is because .he no longer desired the official position which he had filled satisfactorily for so many years. Ezra D. McIntire, whose fine farm of two hundred acres lies in Wooster and Franklin townships, was born in Franklin township, this county, December 22, 1844, on the farm which his father had entered from the government and which is now owned by the subject. He is a son of Cornelius and Nancy (Rayl) McIntire. The subject's paternal grandfather was John McIntire, who was born in county Derry, Ireland, in 1755. He emigrated to the United States in 1782, and settled at York, Pennsylvania. He was there engaged in farming for fifteen years, at the end of which time he moved to near Steubenville, Ohio, on what was then known as the Mingo Bottoms. In 1820 he came to Franklin township, Wayne county, Ohio, where he spent his remaining days. He was the father of eight children, namely : John, 657 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. James, Smith, William, Archibald, Cornelius, Sarah and Catherine, all of whom are now deceased. Cornelius McIntire was born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, July 20, 1800, and accompanied his parents on their removal to Ohio in 1820. He at once entered upon the task of clearing the land for cultivation and the same season succeeded in sowing four acres to wheat. He was an energetic man during all his active life and was widely known because of his enterprising spirit and progressive methods. He followed farming all his life and was eminently successful. He was a member of the Presbyterian church, while his wife belonged to the Lutheran denomination. He was a Democrat in politics and served as trustee of Franklin township. His death occurred in 1881 and his wife died in 1886, their remains being interred in the cemetery at their home.. On the 24th of January, 1828, Cornelius McIntire married Nancy Rayl, who was born in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, in 1811, and who came to Franklin township, Wayne county, Ohio, with her parents in 1819. To them were born the following children : Mary Jane, who became the wife of Daniel Derringer; George, deceased; Reason, deceased; Hannah, the wife of Mr.. Greenwald, of Wooster.; Sarah, deceased; Sophronia, deceased; Cornelius, who lives at Needles, California; William, deceased; Ezra D., the subject of this sketch; Elizabeth, the wife of John Craven, of Wooster township; Susan, deceased, who was the wife of Cyrus Franks; John W., deceased, and Jacob, who also has died. Ezra D. McIntire received a good common school .education and was reared to the life of a farmer. He remained as the assistant of his father on the .home farm until he was twenty-four years of age. During the following two years he was in various parts of the West and then engaged in the oil business in Pennsylvania for a number of years. Then locating in Defiance, Ohio, he engaged in are lumber and milling business until 1881, when he returned to Wayne county and in the following spring he received the appointment as superintendent of the county infirmary. This position he held for twenty-three consecutive years and in all this period there, was never heard an expression but that of satisfaction regarding his conduct of this responsible and ofttimes trying position. In consecutive years he held the office longer than any other man in the history of this state, certainly a remarkable and unmistakable recognition of his eminent business qualities. He had in his .charge the insane, epileptics and poor wards of the county and he gave to them and the various other interests of the home the same careful and painstaking attention that he gives to his own private affairs. In the spring of 1904 Mr. McIntire retired from the superintendency and located on his farm (42) 658 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. in section 14, where he is now living. He is a th0rough and practical farmer and is numbered among the leading men of the community. Mr. McIntire married Mariah Sweeney, and to them have been born the following children : Eva, who died young; Walter, at home; Florence, who is the wife of Oliver Mock, of Franklin township ; Arthur Clark, of Wooster, who married Daisy Dunham. In politics Mr. McIntire has rendered a stanch allegiance to the Democratic party, and at one time he served as assessor of Franklin township. He has served as a delegate to county, state and national conventions of his party and has always been influential in the councils of his party. Fraternally he is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, having been made a Master Mason in Ebenezer Lodge, at Wooster, in 1889. He has also taken the degrees of the council of Royal Arch Masons and the commandery of Knights Templar, in all of which bodies he is active. No one in the community enjoys a better 'reputation for integrity of word and deed than does the subject, and when a man stands high in the estimation of the people who have known him. during all the years of his life no greater testimonial of his worth can be given. He has had the best interests of his community at heart, and he was largely instrumental in having the state agricultural experiment station located in Wayne county. JOSEPH OWEN FRITZ Although yet a young man, Joseph 0. Fritz has made his influence felt at the Wayne county bar and won general recognition as an attorney of unusual force and ability and while he has established a solid reputation in legal affairs he has also won the confidence and good will of his fellow citizens owing to his habits of industry and his fidelity to right principles of action in his social intercourse with those with whom he comes into contact, and to such as he future years needs must be replete with honor and abundant success. Mr. Fritz was born in Milton township, Wayne county, Ohio, on November 6, 1872, and he is the son of a farmer, his ancestry being among the sterling and substantial stock. that reclaimed this country from the wilderness and While they may not have produced leaders of men in any of the walks of life, they formed the bone and sinew of the body politic, making possible the great development and the wondrous successes of the present generation. He is the son of Elmore and Jemima (Bartholomew) Fritz. His grandparents were, on the paternal side, Philip and Mary (Long) Fritz, and on the maternal side, WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 659 Owen and Leah (Mill) Bartholomew. The subject's paternal great-grandfather, Martin Fritz, was a member of Capt. Samuel Cochran's company, the Tenth Battalion Pennsylvania Militia, and served five years in the Revolutionary war. In 1771, when but fourteen years of age, he left France alone, and, coming to America, first settled in Venango county, Pennsylvania. He married Catherine Wildt, who had six sisters, all of whom settled in the vicinity of Doylestown, Wayne county, Ohio, and founded pioneer families in that section. In June, 1814, Martin Fritz settled in Milton township, Wayne county, being the first white settler in that township. Mr. Fritz was always .a studious lad and when a mere boy he was actuated by an ambition to become an attorney-at-law, and while living on the farm where he assisted with work about the place in the summer m0nths, attending the neighboring schools in the wintertime, he began laying plans for a future career in the legal profession. He later received a good commercial and academic education, having studied at the Western Reserve Normal College, Wadsworth, .Ohio, and taken a full course at the Massillon Business College, in each of which he made splendid records. Mr. Fritz was admitted to the bar at Columbus, Ohio, October 14, 1899, having pursued a thorough course of law in the office of Messrs. John and Robert L. Adair. He was successful in the practice' from the first and he now enjoys a very liberal patronage. He opened an office in Creston, Wayne county, about February, 1900, and came to Wooster December 1, 1903. He has gradually grown in strength in the local courts until he is now fully abreast of the times in his chosen profession. In his trial of cases, his intercourse, argument, and competitions with the other members of the bar, he treats them with respect and kindness. In disposition and temperament he is bland, approachable and sociable, liberal and accommodating, high-spirited and independent, a natural man in a natural way, asserting himself and relying upon himself, and accomplishing his ends by his own methods and processes. Joseph O. Fritz was married, on June 2, 1899, to Clementine Kick, a daughter of John and _Mary (Wolf) Kick, who was born in Lake township, Ashland county, Ohio, and to them were born six children, four of whom are living, namely : Ward Anderson, Myrna C., Carl Joseph and Philip. Mary Veda died at the age of six years and Frank at one year of age. Politically, the subject is affiliated' with the Democratic party, while his fraternal relations are with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Religiously, he is a member of the English Lutheran church, to which he renders a hearty support. 660 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. ROBERT CAMERON, SR. For many years the subject of this sketch has been actively and prominently identified with the business and civic affairs of Wooster, being one of the leading contractors and builders of the county and having been concerned in the erection of many of the best buildings in the city and vicinity. A native of bonnie Scotland, he has evidenced in his life here many of the sterling qualities which characterize that virile race and he is occupying an enviable position in the community. Robert Cameron's ancestors for many generations have been born and reared in Scotland, his great-grandfather, grandfather and father, all bearing the Christian name of John, having been of that sturdy race. The subject's father was a farmer and contractor, and was a man of unquestioned honor, it having been literally true that his word was as good as his bond. He was born in 1809, and died in 1893, at the age of eighty-four years. His birth Was thus coincident with Lincoln, Gladstone and several other men whose names are household words. throughout the world. The subject's grandfather, John Cameron, was also a contractor and died at the age. of seventy-two years. He was a presiding magistrate for many years, and several members of this family in the paternal line were burgesses, an office of distinction, carrying with it a number of special privileges. The subject's mother bore the maiden name of Christina Jackson, and she died on New Year day, 1876, at the age of seventy-six years. Her father, Thomas Jackson, was a nail-maker, and was descended froth a long line of Scotch ancestors. To John and Christina Cameron were born ten children, eight of whom grew to mature years, their names being as follows : (1) John was a civil surgeon at Lucknow, India. On the completion of . his service there, he contemplated a visit to the subject in America, but while en route, he dropped dead in a hotel at Sydney, New South Wales. His wife was a niece of Lord Mayo and is now living in London. (2) Thomas, who died in June, 1876, was born in Scotland and his remains now lie in the historic graveyard at Cathcart. He came to America in 1856, locating in Canada, and in the following year he came to the United States. He was a stonecutter by trade and was employed in the erection of the Washington monument at Washington, D. C. He visited Scotland in 1860., returning to the United States in the following year. At the outbreak of the Civil war he enlisted for the three months' service, and at the expiration of that period he re-enlisted for three years. He participated in the bat- WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 661 ties of Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg and Gettysburg, and was captured in the last named engagement. At the close of the war he took up his residence in Wooster, Ohio, and engaged in the contracting business, erecting most of the prominent buildings of that day here. (3) James, who died in 1884, was a marine engineer and was chief engineer on the Dutch mail service. His death occurred in Glasgow, and there his widow and her three sons and a daughter now reside. (4) Robert, the fourth in order of birth, is the immediate subject 0f this sketch. (5) Archibald was a doctor in the Queen's India service, but was subsequently retired. He had been civil surgeon of the sacred city of Benares, the highest position a civil surgeon could occupy in India, he holding the rank of major in the medical service. He was retired after a long and faithful service, and in 1895 started on his return to his home in Scotland. On the way he stopped at London and started for the war office to settle his accounts. On the way he was waylaid and murdered and robbed. (6) Janet, who now resides at Southport, England, is the widow of John Miller and is the mother of seven sons and four daughters. John Miller was the inventor of millerain, a waterproof cloth much used by the British government. (7) Christina is the wife of Dr. Meikham, of Glasgow, Scotland, and they are the parents of three sons. (8) Agnes is the wife of Capt. William Burns, of the marine service. He was for many years the captain of American and Indian liners and for some time has been engaged in an effort to find the lost treasure ship of the Spanish Armada, which was sunken off the shore of Scotland in 1588. Robert Cameron, Sr., was born in the county of Lanark, on the banks of the Clyde, two and a half miles south of the city of Glasgow, Scotland, on the 5th day of March, 1842. He secured his education in the schools of his native county, making such rapid progress in his studies that he was enabled to complete his academic course at thirteen years of age. He then learned the trade of carpenter and joiner and in 1867 he came to the United States, locating at Wooster, Ohio. He first went into a commission merchant's office as junior bookkeeper. This was immediately after leaving school. Was later employed by the Rock Island & Pacific Railroad -Company in the capacity of foreman in the erection of the new shops. This was in 1868. A short while later, however, he returned to Wooster. In 1869 he returned t0 Scotland, where he was married, and the following year came back to 662 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. Wooster and resumed work at his trade. In 1871 he began general contracting on his own account and has followed that occupation since, with the exception of a period of seven years, during which time he was engaged in the lumber business. In his business affairs he has been successful, having erected many of the best buildings, both for business and residence purposes in this city and vicinity. His work has always stood the closest inspection and he is accounted one of the best workmen in the local field. Robert Cameron has taken a deep interest in military matters and was a member of the Ohio National Guard, being first lieutenant of Company D, of the Eighth Regiment, which command was afterwards known as "McKinley's Own." All of his sons excepting the youngest were also members of this company. The military spirit was strong in the hearts of the boys and two of them, Robert and Nathaniel, saw service in the Spanish-American war in 1898. They were both in the Santiago campaign, Robert being invalided and sent home, while Nathaniel was sent to Bellevue hospital. In 1869, as stated above, Mr. Cameron returned to the land of hills and heather and took unto himself a helpmeet in the person of Mary Jane Col-ledge, of North Shields. She was born in Howden-on-the-Tyne, and was a daughter of Nathaniel Colledge, a prosperous provision merchant of that village. This union was blessed in the birth of nine children, two of whom died in infancy unnamed. Those who attained to mature years are briefly mentioned as follows : John Archibald, a carpenter and joiner at Akron, Ohio, is married and the father of two children ; Christina Jackson is housekeeper and companion for her father; Robert; Nathaniel C.; James Ronald ; the three last named are all occupying important positions with the Goodrich Rubber Company at Akron, Ohio ; Walter Scott is a stenographer at Cleveland., Ohio ; Martin Welker, the youngest, is a student in the University of Wooster. The mother of these children died on the 21st of August, 1908, since which time Christina has devoted herself to her father's comfort. In politics Mr. Cameron is a stanch Republican and was formerly very active in local political matters, but of late years he has not taken a prominent part, though still keeping in close touch with the trend. of current events in the political world. He, with his entire family, are connected with the First Presbyterian church, of which they are regular attendants and generous supporters. Mr. Cameron has taken a deep interest in the Sunday school and for many years prior to the death of his wife he was a teacher in that school. He is an appreciative member of the time-honored order of Free and Accepted Masons, having been raised to the sublime degree of a Master WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 663 Mason in the same lodge in Scotland in which his forefathers for many generation's had been raised. The members of the Cameron family are noted for their splendid physique, all the male members of the family standing at least- six feet tall, and good health and splendid physical condition has characterized them all. During a residence in this community of many years, Mr. Cameron has constantly enjoyed the absolute confidence of all who have had dealings with him and those who know him best are his closest friends. He has always been found on the right side of every moral issue and gives his support to every movement that promises to benefit the community. GILBERT D. McINTYRE. The gentleman whose name leads this sketch has long enjoyed prestige as a leading citizen of the community in which he resides, and as an official against whose record no word of suspicion was ever uttered he has been an important factor in the life of the city of his residence. There flows in his veins Scotch blood, and in him are exhibited those sterling qualities of character which have made his father's countrymen such desirable citizens in this great republic. Mr. McIntyre himself is a native of the Buckeye state, having been born at Doylestown, Wayne county, the date of his birth having been the 13th day of August, 1849. His father was A. A. McIntyre, who was a native of Edinburgh, Scotland, where he was reared and educated. In 1826 he came to America, locating first in Canada, where he remained for a number of years. About the year 1840 he came to the United States and made his home in Ogdensburg, New York. Subsequently he removed to Doylestown, Wayne county, Ohio, and there he remained for a number of years. He was a tailor by trade and was considered a good workman. While living at Doylestown he was appointed postmaster and rendered efficient service. In 1854 he again changed his residence, this time locating at Marshallville, where he became the local agent for the railroad, which position he retained until his death, which occurred in 1869, at which time he was seventy-two years old. In religion he was a Presbyterian and was .a man of good habits and splendid standing among his fellow citizens. A. A. McIntyre married Julia Plummer, who was born .near Ogdensburg. New York, where she was reared and educated, and where she met and married Mr. McIntyre. She died in 1895 at the age of seventy-eight years. This worthy couple became the I 664 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. parents of six children, all of whom are now deceased excepting the subject of this sketch and a sister, Mrs. John Pfunder, whose husband is now postmaster at Marshallville. The subject of this sketch received his education in the common schools of his home community and at Marshallville, to which place the family removed. On his father's death, in 1869, the subject succeeded him in the position of railroad station agent, and this position he continued to occupy until 1881. He then embarked in the insurance business, which he continued with success until 1902, on July T0th of which year he was appointed postmaster at Orrville, to which city he removed his residence in March, 1893. Mr. McIntyre's conduct 0f the postoffice has been eminently satisfactory to the patrons of the office, as he is courteous and accommodating and gives to the office the same attention and the same business methods he would give to a private business. On June 6, 1910, he received his third appointment as postmaster, a testimonial to his efficiency and popularity. In July, 1879, Mr. McIntyre was united in marriage to Rebecca Schlutt, of Marshallville, where she had been born and reared, the daughter of Charles Schlutt. To this union two children have been born, namely : Charles G., an engineer in the employ of the Pennsylvania. Railroad Company, and Dora O., the wife of Dr. D. S. Burns, of Bryan, Ohio. Socially Mr. McIntyre is a member of the time-honored order of Free and Accepted Masons, in the workings of which he takes a deep interest. In politics he is a Republican, but takes no very active part in public affairs, devoting his entire attention to the performance of his official duties. During his residence here his characteristics have won him recognition as a man of true worth and he commands the respect of all who know him. ANDREW JACKSON PETERMAN. The march of improvement and progress is accelerated day by day, and each successive moment seems to demand of men a broader intelligence and a greater discernment than did the preceding. Successful men must be live men in this age, bristling with activity, and the lessons of biography may be far-reaching to an extent not superficially evident. There can be no impropriety in justly scanning the acts of any man as they affect his public, social and business relations. If he be honest and successful in his chosen field of WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 665 endeavor, investigations will brighten his fame and point the path along which others may follow, and thus his life becomes cumulative in its favorable influence. Among the able and representative business men of Fredericksburg, Wayne county, is numbered Mr. Peterman, who has had to do with a number of enterprises of wide scope and importance and whose executive capacity has been such as to enable him to achieve a definite success, while the methods employed have been such as to gain and retain to him the confidence and high regard of his fellow men. It is both gratifying and profitable to enter record concerning the career of such a man, and in the following paragraphs sufficient will be said to indicate the forceful individuality, initiative power and sterling character of a well-known citizen of Fredericksburg. Andrew Jackson Peterman is a native son of the old Buckeye state, having first seen the light of day in Prairie township, Holmes county. He is a son of James and Sarah E. (Cosper) Peterman, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania. James Peterman came to Ohio about 1830 and entered land in Holmes county, where he spent his remaining days, his death occurring in 1887, at the age of eighty-two years. His wife was sixty-six years old at the time of her death. Before coming to Holmes county Mr. Peterman had been a contractor on the Pennsylvania and Ohio canal, constructing several large sections of that great work, but after coming to Holmes county he followed the vocation of farming exclusively. Politically he was a great admirer of Andrew Jackson and took an active part in local public affairs, having served as justice of the peace several terms and at one time was the candidate of his party for the Legislature. He was fairly successful in his business affairs and was considered one of the most prominent men in his part of the county. He was a member of the Presbyterian church at Fredericksburg until the division of that body, when he went with the congregational section and was very active in the society, serving as trustee for a number .of years. To Mr. and 'Mrs. Peterman were born ten children, of whom those living are as follows : Mrs. Margaret Ridle ; Andrew J., the subject of this sketch; Mrs. Albert Gailey, of Chicago ; Mrs. Martha McCormack ; R. C., who is president of a banking company, lives in Chicago. Andrew J. Peterman secured his elementary education in the district schools of Holmes county, supplementing this by attendance at the old Smith Academy at Fredericksburg, receiving a fair .education for that period. On completing his education, he went into the lumber business and has continued to be identified with that line of business to the present time. He was successful in the enterprise and soon afterwards added the flour business, in which also he met with a gratifying patronage. In connection with the lumber busi- 666 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. ness he owns a mill, in which are manufactured many articles for household use, besides the production of all kinds of lumber and planing-mill supplies. He has now been in these two lines about thirty-five years and has constantly 1 enjoyed his full share of the public patronage. One of the most important and far reaching steps taken by Mr. Peterman in the commercial world was the organization and establishment of the Bank of Fredericksburg. In the preliminary work incidental to the establishment of this institution Mr. Peterman was foremost and on its organization he was elected the first president, holding this office about eighteen months. The bank has enjoyed remarkable success from the beginning and is now rated as one of the strong and prosperous monetary institutions of Wayne county. It has been an important and influential factor in the commercial prosperity of this part of the county and the community is indebted to the gentleman who had the prescience and foresight to go ahead with the project. Mr. Peterman was also one of the organizers of the Ohio Terra Cotta Brick Company and is still interested in the enterprise. This company is fortunate in being the possessor of clay beds of the finest quality and they are producing a line of fancy brick which has found a ready sale ever since being first put on the market. The clay is found about one hundred feet below the surface of the ground and underlies a bed of splendid coal. Besides the bed of yellow clay, from which most of the product is made, the company has also discovered a sixteen-foot vein of brown clay, lying near the surface, and from this a beautiful brown-colored brick is made that has also caught the popular fancy. The company manufactures brick of various kinds, and in fact makes most everything that can be made of clay and, judging from their success of the past, they have a most promis- ing future. Mr. Peterman takes a deep interest in anything that gives promise of benefiting the community and lends his support and encouragement to all legitimate enterprises. He is essentially public-spirited and deservedly occupies a high position in the regard of his fellow citizens. On the 29th of October, 1909, Mr. Peterman was united in marriage to Mary E. Berger, who was born in Holmes county, Ohio, the daughter of William Berger, who was for thirty years a successful merchant at Fredericksburg, but whose death occurred in 1907. In politics Mr. Peterman has always been a stanch supporter of the Democratic party, though he has never taken a very active part in political affairs. He was, however, induced to accept the responsible position of treasurer of the township and town, and served in this capacity for twelve years, rendering most efficient and satisfactory service. In religion, he and his wife are consistent members of the Congregational church at Fredericksburg and WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 667 give to that society an earnest and generous support. A man of splendid personal qualities, Mr. Peterman has long been recognized as one of the leading. and representative citizens of Fredericksburg and as such he is eminently entitled to representation in a work of this character. He is a worthy representative of an honored family, one who, by reason of his sterling personal worth, deserves and is generally accorded that esteem which comes to those whose lives are in close touch with all that assists in advancing the community in which they live. JOSEPH S. SHERRICK. That industry and sound judgment, combined with a wise economy, both of time and money, are the surest contributing elements to success, is exemplified in the life of the subject of this sketch, who for a number of years was one of the successful agriculturists of Wayne county, but who is now living in the city of Wooster,' enjoying that rest which he has so richly earned. The subject's grandfather on the paternal side was Joseph Sherrick, who was a native of the state of Pennsylvania. He followed farming all the years of his mature life and died some time in the sixties, secure in the esteem of all who had known him. His son, Jacob B., father of the subject of this sketch, was born and reared in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, and he too took up the vocation of farming, which his ancestors had so successfully followed for generations. In 1882 he came to Ohio, settling on a farm located about two miles southwest of the city of Wooster, and there he lived until his death, which occurred on the 20th clay of January, 1890. He married Sarah Shupe, who was a native of Fayette county, Pennsylvania, and it was there she met and married Mr. Sherrick. Her death occurred in August, 1882, soon after the family arrived at their new home in Ohio. To Jacob and Sarah Sherrick were born four children, namely : Kate, who lives in Wooster ; Isaac, of Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania ; Joseph S., the subject of this sketch ; John, who lives three miles west of Wooster. Joseph S. Sherrick was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, on the II th of November, 1845, and remained ,with his parents until their removal to Ohio in 1882. Here he farmed in partnership with his father, following agricultural pursuits until 1907, when, on April 12th, he gave up the labor to which he had been accustomed for so many years and came 668 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. to Wooster to live. He was financially successful in operations and was wisely economical, so that noW he is enjoying himself, with no cares or burdens to annoy him. On the 18th of March, 1877, Mr. Sherrick married Samantha Myers, who was the daughter of Jacob and Sarah Myers, who were residents of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, at the time of her marriage. She was a faithful helpmeet to him in the fullest sense of the term, and five children came to bless their union. They are briefly mentioned as follows : Mrs. Anna M. Ball, of Plain township, Wayne county ; Jacob M., who lives on the old home farm near Wooster; Cora S. and Emma are at home with their father ; Joseph B. lives in Wooster. The mother of these children passed away on October 23, 1894. She was a woman of many splendid qualities of character and during her life she enjoyed the warm regard of all who came in contact with her. Mr. Sherrick is a faithful member of the Lutheran church and takes a deep interest in its welfare. He is also a director of the Commercial Bank, in which he holds a block of stock. Though unostentatious and unassuming, Mr. Sherrick is possessed of those sterling qualities of manhood which commend him to the regard of those who know him. His life among his fellow men has been without malice and his friends are in number as his acquaintances. REV. WILLIAM E. FEEMAN. A man who boldly faces the responsibilities of life and by determined and untiring energy carves out for himself an honorable success exerts a powerful influence upon the lives of all who follow him. Such men constitute the foundation of our republican institutions and are the pride of our civilizati0n. To them life is so real that they find no time to plot either mischief or vice. Their lives are bound up in their duties, they feel the weight of their citizenship, and take pleasure in sowing the seeds of uprightness. Such has been the career of the subject of this brief notice. He was born in Wooster, Ohio, on the 9th of October, 1846.. His paternal grandfather, Peter Feeman, was a native of Pennsylvania, but was an early settler of Wayne county, Ohio. He was a farmer by occupation and was num¬bered among the county's substantial citizens. He died about 1877, at the remarkable age of one hundred years. His wife died a few years prior to his death, also at an advanced age. The family is descended from stanch old 669 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. German stock. The subject's father, John Feeman, was also a native of the old Keystone state and was about fifteen years old when the family came to Ohio. They located on a farm about ten miles north 0f Wooster, and there the father lived until his death, which occurred in 1855. He not only farmed, but was also an expert stone-cutter and performed much work along that line. He was a man of exceptional character, possessed of the Christian virtues and was an inspiration to those who came in contact with him. He married Catharine Herman, who was born in Wayne county, Ohio, in about 1817. Her death occurred in 1907, at the age of ninety years, five months and fourteen days. This worthy couple were the parents of eight children, three of whom are now living, those besides the subject being Mrs. Elizabeth Clark and Miss Sarah Feeman, both now living at Kansas City, Missouri. William E. Feeman received his preliminary education in the public schools of Wooster, after which he .attended Denison University, at Granville, Ohio, a Baptist college, where he studied five years. He was then a student at the University of Wooster, graduating with the class of 1874. Mr. Feeman was then for a year engaged as a teacher in the Reformatory at Allegheny, Pennsylvania. In 1876 he entered the. Newton Theological Institute, at Newton Center, Massachusetts, the oldest Baptist educational institution in the United States, and there he graduated in 1879. In 1880 he was called to the pastorate of the Baptist church at Ashtabula, Ohio, and served that congregation three years, at the end of which time he accepted the pastorate of the church at Sharpsville, Pennsylvania. At the end of two years he was recalled to the pastorate of the Ashtabula church, which he served for nearly six years more. During the following six years he was pastor of the Baptist church at Lima, Ohio, followed by a two years' ministry at the church at Marquette, Michigan, and then three years with the Baptist church at Hudson, Massachusetts. In 1901, at his own option, Reverend Feeman retired from regular ministerial work and engaged in the insurance business. His first office was at Columbus, Ohio, but two years later he located at Lima. In 1903 he returned to the. home of his boyhood, Wooster, and conducted an insurance and real estate office, and has there done a large amount of business in both lines. He frequently engages in church work, when called upon, and his addresses are invariably listened to with interest. He is a scholarly man and his addresses are forceful and eloquent. His work while in the regular ministry was marked by splendid results in all the churches which he served, 670 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. numbers being added to the church and the societies being greatly blessed and strengthened under his ministry. During the Civil war Mr. Feeman evinced his loyalty for the old flag by enlisting for its defense in the One Hundred and Eighty-sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which he did valiant service for his country. His brother, L. B. Feeman, was a member of the Sixteenth Ohio Regiment and was killed at Jackson, Mississippi, eight days after the surrender of Vicksburg. The subject is, because of this military. service, a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, in which he takes a deep interest. He is a Republican in politics, as were his ancestors before him, and he gives that party his active support. He was elected mayor of Wooster in 1909 and is now serving efficiently in this position. In 1880 Reverend Feeman was united in the bonds of wedlock with Carrie V. Kramer, who was born in Indiana, the daughter of Henry Kramer, now deceased. This union has been blessed by one child, John H. Feeman, of Hannibal, Missouri, where he is assistant superintendent of the Ashburn plant of the DuPont Powder Company. He married Estella Van Horn, of Camden, New Jersey. In every relation of life the subject has been found faithful to his trust, and .he enjoys the confidence and warm regard of all who know him. LUCURTIS P. SIDLE. It is a well-authenticated fact that success comes as the legitimate result of well-applied energy, unflagging determination and perseverance in a course of action. She smiles not on the idler or dreamer, and only the men who have persistently sought her favor are crowned with her blessings. In tracing the history of Mr. Sidle it is plainly seen that the prosperity which he enjoys has been won by commendable qualities and it is also his personal worth which has gained for him the high esteem of those who know 'him.. L. P. Sidle is descended from sturdy Pennsylvania Dutch antecedents. His paternal grandfather, William Sidle, was a native of Pennsylvania, and was a man of great standing in his community. He was a farmer and blacksmith and also followed stockbuying on a large scale. In an early day he came to Wayne county, Ohio, and entered two hundred acres of land from the government. Then John Sidle bought land amounting to eleven hundred and sixty acres, and this land is now in the possession of the subject WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 671 of this sketch. This worthy pioneer built a full set of farm buildings, the residence being built in 1838 and the barn in 1848, and the substantial nature of their construction can be judged from the fact that today these buildings are among the best in the county. After coming to Ohio he was largely interested in stock buying, and drove many herds of cattle from here through to New York markets. In 1849 he caught the gold fever and he went to California. He headed a party of twelve who drove overland, making the trip without special incident, and on their arrival in the Golden state they met with fair success in their search for the precious metal. Unfortunately, however, for Mr. Sidle, his success was probably the cause of his death, as the story of his death is unknown. His wife, whose maiden name Was Mary Brant, was also a native of Pennsylvania, in which state she married Mr. Sidle and in 1818 accompanied him to their new western home. Her death occurred some time in the sixties. The subject's father, John Sidle, was born in Pennsylvania August 11, 1816, and in 1818 was brought by his parents to Wayne county, Ohio, settling on land in Plain township which his father had entered from the government. Here John Sidle was reared to the life of a farmer and, following in his father's footsteps, also took a decided interest in livestock, buying cattle on an extensive scale and making a good profit in these transactions. His death occurred on January 11, 1887, and in connection with his death the following is a brief summary of an obituary notice which appeared in a local newspaper at that time : "Born August 11, 1816, in York county, Pennsylvania; died near Blachleyville, Wayne county, Ohio, January 11, 1887, aged seventy years and five months. Came to Plain township with his father in 1818. Married March 30, 1843, to Miss Joanna Carson. In politics he was a stanch Republican and was a candidate for representative in 1873 against Hon. E. B. Eshelman, the Democratic candidate, and was defeated by only eighty-one votes in a big Democratic county. The entire community was shocked at his death." The subject's mother was born at Potter's Mills, Center county, Pennsylvania, February 14, 1819. When but an infant she suffered the loss of her father, and her mother and six children then emigrated to Wayne county, Ohio, where the mother passed away on June 28, 1889. John and Joanna Sidle were the parents of the following children : Mary Ellen, who married a Mr. Burnett, was born October 8, 1843, and now lives at Shreve, this county ; Lucinda J., born November 12, 1847, married a Mr. Aylesworth and lives in Wooster ; James C., born February 13, 1850, lives at Shreve ; the subject of this sketch was the next in 672 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. order of birth ; Clara C., born June 30, 1856, is the wife of a Mr. Gill, of Wooster; John C., born April 25, 1859, lives in Plain township. L. P. Sidle was born in Plain township, Wayne county, Ohio, March 14, 1852. He spent his boyhood with his parents and received a good common school education. He was early inured to the labors of the farm, and to that labor he applied himself during the greater part of his active life. He also gave much attention to the breeding and raising of livestock, in which he was quite successful. He was a good manager and hard worker and in 1895 felt that he had earned the right to retire from active labor and enjoy that rest which he had so richly earned. He is now residing in Wooster, though he still retains his farm land and keeps a general oversight of its operations. On October 5, 1876, Mr. Sidle was united in marriage to Arelia M. Brown, a daughter of Thomas and Mary (Bird) Brown, of Shreve, Clinton township. She Was born in Holmes county, but when ten years old she removed to Wayne county with her parents. To Mr. and Mrs. Sidle have been born three children : Zello is the wife of Harvey. L. Hook, an automobile dealer at Muncie, Indiana ; Lula J. is the wife of Tracy C. Lyda, cashier of the Pennsylvania railroad at Alliance, Ohio ; Raymond C., twelve years old, remains at home with his parents and is a student in the public schools. The subject of this sketch is a Republican in politics and is deeply interested in the success of his party, though he has never been an aspirant for public office. Mr. and Mrs. Sidle and all the members of the family are connected with the Christian church and give to the society a consistent and liberal support. The family is held in high regard in the community and their pleasant home is one in which a gracious and generous hospitality is ever in evidence. DAVID E. McILVAINE. The best history of a community or state is the one that deals mostly with the lives and activities of its people, especially of those who, by their own endeavor and indomitable energy, have forged to the front and placed themselves where they deserve the title of progressive men. In this brief review will be found the record of a member of an old and highly honored family, the members of which since the early days have outstripped many of their less ambitious contemporaries who have been content to live commonplace WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 673 lives. This family have won a reputation in the agricultural affairs of the county which they have assisted in placing in the front rank of the leading farming sections of the Union. David E. Mcllvaine, the youngest son of George Mcllvaine, was barn in this county, May 26, 1866. For a history of his father and ancestry on both sides the reader is directed to the sketch of Daniel W. McIlvaine, on another page of this work. David E. Mcllvaine was educated in the home township and the Ada Normal, also spent two years in the University of Wooster. He was a very studious lad and received a good education, but upon the death of his father it became necessary for him to leave school. He then taught for a year, after which he took up general farming, not finding teaching exactly to his liking. He began on a part of the old home place where he has since lived and made a success of agricultural pursuits, being a very diligent worker and a careful manager. He raises some good stock and poultry, and he has a coal, fortable dwelling and such outbuildings and farming machinery as his needs require. Mr. Mcllvaine was married in 1896 to Belle Irvin, daughter of Rev. George Irvin, a popular minister, of Golden Corners, and to this union the following children have been born : Donald I., Ruth E.. Mary K., Wallace J., Doris I., Grace and Gail (twins) and an infant, born May 19, 1910. In politics Mr. McIlvaine is a faithful Democrat. He has taken considerable interest in local affairs, and Served one year as township assessor and as trustee for three terms; he has held other smaller offices, all with a fidelity and ability that has won the approval of all concerned. In the fall of 1906 he was elected county commissioner, and so well did he discharge the duties of the same that in 1908 he was re-elected and is now serving in that capacity. Religiously, Mr. Mcllvaine is a member of the Presbyterian church, and his wife belongs to the Dunkard church. Rev. George Irvin, father of Mrs. Mcllvaine, was born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, in 1818, in which county his parents, who were natives of Ireland, settled in an early day, following the pursuit of farming. George Irvin attended the common schools and on attaining mature years learned the trade of a carpenter. After following that for a time, he went to farming, and about forty years ago he came to Wayne county, Ohio. He was a local preacher of the Dunkard church, holding membership with the Chippewa congregation in Canaan township. Politically, he was a stanch supporter of the Republican party. He was married twice, the first time to Lydia Garver, of Canaan township, to which union were born eleven children, two of whom are living. His second union was to Isabel Garver, a cousin of his first wife, and (43) 674 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. to them were born four children, Flora, George, Belle and Joseph, all of whom are living in Canaan township excepting George, who lives in Indiana. George Irvin died in April, 1892, and his widow now makes her home with one of her daughters in Milton township, this county. HENRY A. HALLER. A member of an old and honored pioneer family of Wayne county, Ohio, is Henry A. Haller, who has spent his life in his native community, where he has made a success. by reason of his close application to his chosen line of .work and has at the same time maintained the g0od reputation of his ancestors. His birth occurred in Wooster on June 20, 1860. His father was David Haller, a native of Wurtemburg, Germany, born December 15, 1829, who came to American when a young man and, believing that the then new country of the Middle West held the best opportunities for him, made his way to the interior, locating at Wooster, Ohio. Here he engaged extensively in gardening, having learned that 0ccupation in his native land. He was a hard worker and made a good living for his family, spending the remainder 0f his life here, dying October 9, 1889. In Germany he married Dora Ebinger, also a native of Germany, who came to America with him and here did her full share in getting a start in a new country. She died December 5, 1888. They were the parents of five children, namely : Charles, of Chicago ; Henry A. of this review ; Fred is in the employ of John McSweeny Albert, deceased ; Robert, deceased. Henry A. Haller received. his education in the common schools of Wooster, gaining a very serviceable education in the primary branches.. Early in life, while casting about for a profession, he decided upon the baker's trade, which he accordingly took up and followed very successfully for a period of twenty years. He then launched in the grocery business, which he conducted at intervals for ten years. He is now living in retirement, having during his years of industry laid by a competency to insure his. old age free from want, having a comfortable and neatly kept home on West Liberty street. He gives some attention to fine driving horses, of which he is very fond and in which he deals. Mr. Haller was married in 1889 to Clara Brunter, a native of Wooster and the daughter of . George Brunter, her people being well known here.