WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 675 To this union one son was born, Glen, now sixteen years old, who graduated from the local high school with the class of 1910. Mr. and Mrs. Haller belong to the Christ Evangelical church. In politics the former is a Democrat. He has ably served his city as assistant superintendent of streets and paving, during which time many important improvements were made. He belongs to the Knights of Pythias, having been an active member of the same for a period of twenty-five years, having passed all the chairs in the local lodge. He is favorably known both in lodge and church circles. WILLIAM E. HELLER, D. D. S. Among the esteemed citizens of Orrville, Ohio, is Dr. William E. Heller, who for several years has been one of the representative dental practitioners of this city, and who, though comparatively young in years, gives promise of becoming one of the leading men of his profession in this part of the state. Dr. Heller was born in Orrville, Ohio, and is a son of W. O. and Sophia (Menschung) Heller, both of whom were also born at Orrville. On both ancestral lines the subject is descended from sturdy German ancestry and in him are evidenced those sterling qualities which have made the Germans such a desirable element in our great cosmopolitan population. W. O. Heller is a machinist by trade and is a man who enjoys the confidence and respect of all who know him. He is the father of four children, all of whom reside at home. Doctor Heller received his education in the public schools of Orrville, and on. the completion of his literary education he determined to adopt the practice of dentistry as his life work. To prepare himself for his profession, he entered the dental department of the Western Reserve University in 1902, graduating therefrom in 1905. In 1901 he took up the practice of dentistry with Doctor Yager at Orrville, and has since continued with him. The convenient and well-equipped offices are located in the Griffith block and the Doctor is already in command of a good practice. He is eminently qualified, both by natural aptitude and professional training, for his work and is meeting with splendid success. Doctor Heller is an appreciative member of the Free and Accepted Masons and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and in the first named order he has taken all the degrees up to and including those of Knight Templar in the York rite, while in the Scottish rite he has attained to the thirty- 676 WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. second degree, being also a Noble of the Mystic Shrine. He takes a healthy interest in public affairs, but has no desire for public office or distinction, being of that modest temperament which does not seek self-preferment. JAMES A. HAMILTON. It is a well-recognized fact that the most powerful influence in shaping and controlling public life is the press. It reaches a greater number of people than any other agency and thus has always been and, in the hands of persons competent to direct it, always will be a most important factor in molding public opinion and shaping the destiny of the nation. The gentleman to a brief review of whose life these lines are devoted is prominently connected with the journalism of northern Ohio, and at this time is editor of the Crescent, published at Orrville, one of the most popular papers in Wayne county, comparing favorably with the best local sheets in this section of the state in news, editorial ability and mechanical execution. The county recognizes in Mr. Hamilton not only one of the keenest newspaper men, but also a representative citizen, whose interest in all that affects the general welfare has been of such a character as to win for him a. high place in the confidence and esteem of the people. Mr. Hamilton is descended from sturdy old Pennsylvania stock, his father, William W. Hamilton, having been born in Juniata county, that state, in 1817. For nearly fifty years he was a well-known resident of this part of Ohio and stood high in the esteem of all who knew him. He died in Wooster on the 8th of March, 1875. In his youth he went to New Lisbon. Ohio, and there learned the trade of wagon-making and to this line of work he applied himself for several years. Eventually he entered the hotel business at New Lisbon, and for many years was a well-known boniface, his hotel being a popular stopping place for the traveling public. He was a Democrat in political faith, took an active part in the local councils of his party and for a number of years he served as justice of the peace. In 1862 he removed to Wooster and took charge of the United States hotel, which he bought. Here also he was elected a justice of the peace, in which responsible position he served for nine years. He was elected county auditor, and so satisfactory were his services that he was renominated for the office, 'but was defeated at the polls. He was again nominated, and this time was elected, but died after serving four months of his last term, being at that WAYNE COUNTY OHIO - 677 time fifty-eight years old. He \vas a man of strong character and unimpeach able integrity, and in his community he exerted a wide influence; being considered at the time of his death one of the foremost citizens of the county. He married Isabella McKnight, Whose family were numbered among the early settlers of Columbiana county, Ohio. She was born nearNew Lisbon, on the l0th of September, 1813, and died a few years ago at Salem, Ohio: James A. Hamilton was born at New Lisbon, Columbiana county; Ohio, on the l0th of September, 1841, and is one of a family of nine. children. At the age of fourteen years he entered a printing office for the purpose of learning the trade and soon became an expert typo. He has been employed at his trade in various sections of the Middle West. In 1859 he 'went to Cleveland, thence to Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, back to Pittsburgh, Chicago, Memphis, back to Chicago, and froth the latter place went to St. Louis. There he was employed oh the Missouri Republican at the time of the strike of the printers of that city in 1864, and while in that city he enlisted as a member of the Missouri militia under the call of General Ewing for troops to defend St. Louis from the raid of General Price, who approached within thirty miles of the city. After the scare had disappeared, Mr. Hamilton returned home and in February, 1865, he enlisted in his country's service, becoming a member of the Fifth Regiment Ohio Cavalry, which command he joined at Durham's Station, North Carolina, just prior to the surrender of General Johnston. Mr. Hamilton was subsequently detailed as a clerk at General Schofield's headquarters, in which capacity he served several Monti* being mustered out of the service at Columbus, Ohio, in November, 1865. The following year he was eMployed in the office of the county auditor of Wayne county. In the spring of 1867 Mr. Hamilton resumed Work at his trade on the Wayne County Democrat. Subsequently going to Cleveland, for nearly a year he worked on the Leader, and on the establishment of the Cleveland News he became one of the stockholders and accepted the position of foreman. He continued to fill this position until the sale of the paper to the Leader, after which he was employed on the Cleveland Herald until his father was elected auditor of Wayne county. His prior experience in the auditor's office had made him of Value to his father now and he was appointed deputy auditor, filling that position for two years and eight months. W. D. Morgan, auditor of Licking county, then secured his services in a similar capacity for two years, after which; on the re-election of his father as auditor of Wayne county, he again became the latter's assistant until his death. He then for a short time Was employed as an assistant to J. J. Sullivan, auditor of Holmes but on the election of Thomas J. McElhenie as auditor 678 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. of Wayne county he was appointed that gentleman's deputy and served two years as such. At the end of this period of service he returned to the newspaper business and bought an interest in the Leetonia Reporter, and during his connection with that paper he gained a flattering reputation as an editor. While residing at Leetonia he was a delegate to the first national convention of the Knights of Labor, which met at Reading, Pennsylvania, in January, 1878. In this great meeting, Mr. Hamilton was the second presiding officer. He was still further honored by being made chairman of the ritual committee and he drew the diagrams of signs, and grips and wrote the words that accompanied them. Selling his interest in the Leetonia Reporter, Mr. Hamilton was employed about two years on the Cleveland Plain-Dealer. In October, 1879, he purchased the Orrville Crescent, which he has since conducted with much editorial ability and gratifying financial success. Mr. Hamilton has served as treasurer of Greene township and has frequently represented his party as a, delegate in conventi0ns. While residing in Leetonia he served as village clerk and was at one time the joint nominee of the Democrats and Greenbacks for auditor of Columbiana county. He ran considerably ahead of this ticket, though defeated by a small majority. Socially Mr. Hamilton is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, having risen to the degree of a Patriarch Militant, and has served as grand herald of the grand lodge of Odd Fellows. He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias and Grand Army of the Republic, being a past officer in each of the organizations. In the fall of 1908 he was elected infirmary director. Mr. Hamilton has twice been married, first to Hattie, daughter of Alan-son Ney, of Perrysburgh, Ohio, who died leaving- one, child, Harry Given. In October, 1878, he was married to his present wife, Lucy, daughter of Christian Silver, of near Wooster, who has borne him three children, Gail, Georgia and James. Mr. Hamilton takes a keen interest in the public welfare and all movements of a beneficent nature meet with his warm approval and endorsement. He has ever been fully alive to the progressive spirit of the times and occupies an enviable standing in the community where he has spent so many useful years. A. A. BROOKS, M. D. Not only in Orrville but in the surrounding country Doctor Brooks is known as a successful and skilled physician and surgeon, one who has given Years of thought and painstaking preparation to his profession and who is WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 679 thoroughly qualified for its practice. Nature endowed him with the qualities necessary for success as a practitioner, for he is sympathetic, patient and thoughtful, and in the hour of extremity is cool and courageous. Though his practice has always engrossed much of his attention, he has always found time to keep posted upon the practical details in the improvements in the science and avails himself of every development in remedial agencies. For many years he has ministered to the sick and suffering here and has always maintained an irreproachable character, worthy of respect and emulation. Doctor Brooks has in his veins the blood of two strong and virile peoples, being Scotch through his paternal ancestry and Irish on the maternal side. His father was Samuel Brooks, wh0 was born in Connecticut, but, at the age of four years, was brought by his parents to Ohio. They located near the city of Cleveland, where the father followed farming during the remainder of his life. He died on the 6th of September, 1863, at the comparatively early age of forty-eight years. He was a man of many splendid personal qualifications and enjoyed the respect of all who knew him. He married Caroline Rathburn, who was born and reared near Cleveland. Her death occurred in January, 1908, at the advanced age of eighty-nine years, she having survived her husband forty-five years. This worthy couple were the parents of six children, of whom the following survive : Emma J. Hamilton, of Kansas City, Missouri ; John H., of Cleveland, Ohio; Hamilton J., of Cleveland, and the subject of this sketch. A. A. Brooks spent his boyhood days under the parental roof-tree and secured his education in the Cleveland public schools, graduating from the high school, and then he was for a time a student in the Brooklyn Academy. Having decided to make the practice of medicine his life work, he entered the Cleveland Homeopathic Hospital College, remaining there until 1882, when he graduated with the coveted degree of Doctor of Medicine. Immediately after his graduation, Doctor Brooks came to Orrville and entered upon the active practice of his profession, in which he has continued to the present time. He enjoys the distinction of having been in the continuous practice here longer than any other physician and during all these years he has enjoyed the confidence and esteem of the people. He has been to a remarkable degree successful in his treatment of disease and enjoys a large and lucrative practice. In the line of his profession, he is connected with the Eastern Ohio Homeopathic Medical Society and the American Institute of Homeopathy. Thus, through connection with other members of the profession, through the discussion of means and methods of promoting 680 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO:. their work and its effectiveness, as well as through individual study, reading and investigation, Doctor Brooks has kept steadily in touch with the progress which has made great changes in medical practice since he first located in Orrville, thus rendering his efforts much more effective in producing the desired result of lessening pain and restoring health. He conducts the general practice of medicine and surgery and has handled successfully many extremely difficult cases. During the past ten years D0ctor Brooks has served faithfully and efficiently as health officer of Orrville. In 882 Doctor Brooks was united in marriage to Belle Worth, a daughter of Andrew Worth, she having been bOrn and reared near Cleveland, in the public schools of which city she received her education. To this union was born a, son, Robert A. On June 26, 1907, the. Doctor married Blanch M. Steel, of Orrville, daughter of Reuben and Julia A. Steel, both natives of Ohio. Socially and in a business way the Doctor is a man to make friends, and they are legion, not confined to his home in Orrville, but all over the country where his professional labors have called him. FRANKLIN WARREN GEORGE. Few men of Wayne county were as widely and favorably known as the late Franklin W. George, of Congress township, wh0se death occurred in 1900. He was one of the strong and influential citizens whose lives have become an essential part of the history of this section of the state and for years his name was synonymous for all that constituted honorable and upright manhood. Tireless energy, keen perception and honesty of purpose, combined with every-clay common sense, were among his chief characteristics and while advancing individual success he also largely promoted the moral and material welfare of his community. His death was considered a distinct loss to the community and his memory is held sacred by all who knew him. Franklin W. George was a native son of the old Buckeye state, having been born in Wayne county on the 14th of July, 1839, and was the son of Andrew and. Maria (Frazier) George, the former of whom was a native of Columbiana county, Ohio, and the latter of York county, Pennsylvania. Each came to Wayne county single and were married here. Andrew George was a farmer, by vocation and was successful in his business affairs, owning about two hundred and twenty-five acres in Congress township. He was a stanch WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 681 Republican in his political views arid in religion was affiliated with the United Brethren church. Mr. and Mrs. George were the parents of two sons. The subject of this sketch was educated in the common schools of Canaan township and was reared to the life of a farther. In young manhood he entered a store in Burbank in the capacity 0f clerk, but the condition of his health became so precarious that he deemed it expedient to return to an outdoor life, and resumed work on his father's farm, in connection with which he ran a threshing 'machine a number of years. He gave his attention to general farming, raising all the crops common to this section of the country, and in connection therewith he engaged in the 'raising of livestock, in both of which lines he was distinctively successful. He occupied a prominent and influential position in the community And for a number of years rendered signal service to his fellow citizens in the capacity of township trustee, giving to the discharge •of the duties of the office a careful and discriminating administration. His death occurred on the 5th of September, 1900. He was a Republican in his political views and kept in close touch with the current events of the day. He was public-spirited in his attitude toward all movements looking to the betterment of the 'community and Could be counted Upon to encourage all moral, educational or religious movements. On the 5th of October, 1876, Mr. George was united in marriage with Anna E. McCoy, who, after her husband's death, removed to Burbank, where. she now resides. She is the owner of one hundred and sixty-eight acres of land, to which she gives her attention, being a woman of good business ability and sound judgment. She was born in New Pittsburg, Wayne county, Ohio, August 13; .1844, and is a daughter of David and Nancy (Reed) McCoy. Her father. was born it Pennsylvania and came to Wayne county, in an early day, and there married, his wife being a native of this county. Mrs: George's maternal grandparents, Andrew and Sarah Reed, were natives of Ireland, and emigrated to America in an early day, their first child being born at sea. They were the parents of. twelve children, the last of whom died in June, 1900. Mrs. George suffered the loss of both parents when she was quite young and she was reared by an aunt in Wayne township. Mr. and Mrs. George became the parents of one son, Charles V., Who died in infancy. Mrs. George is A woman of many fine personal qualities and in her home community she enjoys the warm regard and esteem of all who know her. She is a woman of kindly ways and winning disposition and delights in the companionship of her friends, who are in number as her acquaintances.. 682 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. GEORGE H. IRVIN, M. D. Professional success results from merit. Frequently in commercial life one may come into possession of a lucrative business through inheritance or gift, but in what are known as the learned professions advancement is gained only through painstaking and long-continued effort. Prestige in the healing art is the outcome of strong mentality, close application, thorough mastery of its great underlying principles and the ability to apply theory to practice in the treatment of diseases. Good intellectual training, thorough professional knowledge and the possession and utilization of the qualities and attributes essential to success, have made the subject of this review eminent in his chosen calling and he .stands today among the front ranks of physicians in a county noted for the high order of its medical talent. Dr. George H. Irvin is descended on the paternal side from Irish antecedents and on the maternal from German stock. His maternal great-grandfather, Philip Hoff, was a native of Germany and came to America in young manhood, he having apprenticed himself to a blacksmith in order to secure his passage. He lived in. Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, for awhile and in 1819 he came to Wayne county, Ohio, making the trip from Pennsylvania in a covered Wagon. This old wagon is now the property of the subject and is a highly prized heirloom. David Hoff, son of Philip and the subject's grandfather, was born in 1819 but a few weeks after his parents had settled in Wayne county. He continued to reside on his native farm continuously until about eight years ago, when he removed to Smithville, and three years later came to Orrville, where he now resides. He was ninety years old the 17th of June, 1909. He married Sarah Schaffer, who was a tailoress and it is a matter of fact that she made her husband's wedding clothes. Their only child, Sarah, was the subject's mother. The subject's paternal grandfather was George Irvin, a earnest and faithful minister of the German Baptist church, who lived near Golden Corners, Wayne county, Ohio, and who died at the age of seventy years. His son, David M., the subject's father, was born in Wayne county, but is now a subject of Canada, having gone to Osage, Canada, five years ago and taking up farming and the real estate business. He married Sarah Hoff, who was born and reared on the old homestead in Wayne county. Her death occurred when her son, George H., was but eighteen days old. She had borne her husband four children, namely Mary, who was the wife of T. E. Steiner, is deceased; leaving one child ; John resides on the old home farm; WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 683 Minnie is the wife of Chauncey J. King, of Orrville, and the subject. Subsequently the father married Rebecca Kurtz, of Wooster, by whom he also had four children : Augusta, who became the wife of Dr. Joseph S. Steiner, of Bluffton, Ohio ; Rebecca, the wife of Elmer Close, living near Orrville; Ira, of Iowa; Anna, the wife of Isaiah Close, of near Orrville. George H. Irvin received his elementary education in the common schools and two years in the Orrville schools. He then became a student in Juniata College, at Huntington, Pennsylvania, where he graduated in the English course in 1894. He was then engaged for two years as a school teacher at Wapakoneta, Ohio, and three years at Orrville. In the autumn of 1899 he took up the. serious study of medicine, for which he had a decided liking, entering the Cleveland Homeopathic Medical C0llege; where he graduated in 1903. During his last year in college he was house physician at the Cleveland Maternity Hospital and then spent nine months in the Huron Street Hospital, both of these positions being gained by competitive examination. In 1904 Doctor Irvin came. to Orrville and entered upon the active practice of his profession. Thus far his career has been all and more than his most sanguine friends predicted. His ability to trace the, devious paths of disease through the human system and to remove its effects is widely recognized and a mind well disciplined by severe professional training, together with a natural aptitude for close investigation and critical research, have Peculiarly fitted him for the noble calling in which he is engaged. He is a careful reader of the best professonal literature and keeps himself in touch with the age in the latest discoveries pertaining to the healing art. Those qualities of mind and heart that do not pertain to the mere knowledge of the medical science, but greatly enhance the true worth of the family physician, are not wanting in him. He possesses the tact and happy faculty of inspiring confidence on the part of his patients and their friends and in the sick room his genial presence and conscious ability to cope successfully with disease under treatment are factors that have contributed much to the enviable standing which he has attained. In September, 1900, Doctor Irvin was married to Letitia. Bechtel, of Huntington, Pennsylvania, who died October 31, 1901, without issue. In September, 1905, he married Anna Price, a daughter of W. H. Price, a well-known resident of Norwalk,. Ohio, where she was born and reared. This union was first blessed by the birth of one child, Catharine Sarah, and on November 21, 1909, Mrs. Irvin presented her husband with a fine pair of twin boys, George 'Hoff, Jr., .and Albert Price, of whom the .Doctor feels justly proud. 684 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. Doctor Irvin is a member of the Eastern Ohio Homeopathic Society, the Ohio State Homeopathic Society and the American Institute of Homeopathy. He is a member of the Gentian' Baptist church and; though his professional Work precludes a very regular attendance upon religious worship, he gives the society a generous Support. He is found on the right side of every Moral movement and as a than is held in the highest regard by all who know him. ISAAC PONTIUS. The record of an honorable, upright life is always read with interest, and it better perpetuates the name Of the subject than does a monument, seen by few and soon crumbling into dust beneath the relentless hand of time. Those who have fought and suffered for the country in which their lot is cast are especially deserving of an honored place in its annals, and their posterity will turn with just pride to these records of the preservers of a prosperous, united nation. The subject of this sketch is descended from good old German ancestry, his Hessian forefathers having settled in the state of New York many years prior to the war for independence, and from there removed to Pennsylvania, where they lived for several generations. The subject's paternal grandfather was Nicholas Pontius, who was born in Union county, Pennsylvania. He Was a farmer by vocation and cleared—his farm from the primeval forests. His son Frederick, father of the subject, was also born on the homestead farm in the Keystone state and was brought to Stark county, Ohio, when a boy. He was reared to the life of a farmer and secured his education under a private tutor. In 1852 he removed to Summit county, this state, and remained there until 1864, when he came to Orrville, Wayne county, and engaged in the tanning business for a short time. His death occurred in 1872, at the age of about severity years. He married Mary Aim Wise, a native of Stark county, Ohio, but whose parents were born in Union county, Pennsylvania, being also of Pennsylvania-German stock. Her death occurred in 1877, when she was fifty-seven years old. In religion the father was a member of the Reformed church, while his wife belonged to the Methodist Episcopal church. They were the parents of eight Children, of whom the following now survive : Jefferson; of Orrville; Mrs. J. F. Seas, of Orrville; Mrs: Hal Perkins, of Moss Point; Mississippi, and the subject. WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 685 Isaac Pontius was reared on the home farm in Stark county, Ohio, until he was eighteen years of age. He received a common school education and supplemented this by attendance at the Greensburg (Ohio) Seminary. At the age mentioned he enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, He enlisted in August, 1862, and served until the close of the war, and during this period he participated in a number of hard-fought battles, besides many lighter engagements and skirmishes. He saw much arduous service and received an honorable discharge. After the close of his military service Mr. Pontius returned to Orrville and for a short time worked with his father in the latter's tannery. In 1865 he entered the hardware store of J. F. Seas in the capacity of salesman and has been identified with this house continuously since, a period of forty-four years In 1875 Mr. Pontius engaged in the coal business, which he still conducts. He has been a member of the Orrville Tanking Company since its organization in May, 1881, and on its re-organization as a national bank he was elected the vice-president, which position he still retains, being also a member of the board of directors. He has also large landed interests and is identified as a stockholder in several local enterprises, including the Millersburg and Wooster Telephone Company. He has given his support and encouragement to every enterprise that has promised to be of definite benefit to the community and is accounted one of the leading men of the city. On the 18th of October, 1876, Mr. Pontius married Martha E. Taggart, the daughter of James N. and Elizabeth (Kimberlin). Taggart. She was born, reared and married on a farm located about two miles southwest of Orrville. Her mother was a native of Pennsylvania, while her father was a native of Wayne county, Ohio.. Her grandfather, who was born in Dublin, Ireland, came to this country and entered land in Washington county, Pennsylvania, subsequently coming to Wayne county, Ohio, where he obtained a government patent to three-quarters of a section of good land. On this land a large part of the business and residence section of Orrville now lies, including the lot on which the subject of this sketch erected his present residence id 1876. To Mr. and Mrs.. Pontius has been born one child, Howard Taggart, born September 19, 1893. In 1896 Mr. Pontius was elected a member of the Orrville board of education, in which position he served continuously six years, part of the time as president of the board, and in 1907 he was again elected to this position 686 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO and is now a member of the board. He was also a member of the city council for six years, from 1884 to 1890. He is now a member Of the Board of Industry, an organization for the advancement of the commercial and industrial interests of the city, and he is now serving as a member of the executive committee of this organization. He exerts a large influence and is considered a desirable man to have back of any movement for the betterment of the community. In politics Mr. Pontius is a Democrat, though he does take a very active part in party politics, looking beyond party lines in local elections and taking the broad-gauge view that the best interests of the community demand that the very best men shall be chosen for the offices. Mrs. Pontius attends the Presbyterian church and takes a deep interest in its various activities. His present prosperity is the outcome of earnest and diligent effort, guided by sound judgment, and he occupies an enviable standing in the community because of his sterling qualities of character. T. E. RICE. There is no nation that has contributed to the complex makeup of our American social fabric an element of more sterling worth and of greater value in supporting and fostering our national institutions than has Germany. From this source our republic has had much to gain and nothing to lose. Germany has given us men of sturdy integrity, indomitable perseverance, higher intelligence and much business sagacity,—the result being the incorporation of a strong and strength-giving fibre ramifying through warp and woof.. A man who may well look with pride upon his German-American origin is the subject of this review, who is a representative of one of the pioneer families of Wayne county, where he has passed practically his entire life, and where he is personally recognized as a representative citizen, having attained a gratifying success in his business operations and occupying an enviable standing in the community because of his personal worth as a man. T. E. Rice was born at Cedar Valley, Wayne county, Ohio, on the 26th of January, 1874, and is the son of Thomas and Susan (Pfeiffer) Rice. His father was a native of Pennsylvania, though of sturdy German stock, his parents having emigrated to America directly from Switzerland, and settling in the Keystone state. Thomas Rice came to Wayne county, Ohio, in 1840, and lived here during the remaining years of his life, his death occurring in WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 687 1894, at which time he was sixty-three years of age. He was here engaged in the saw-mill business, in which he was fairly successful. He was widely known throughout this and adjoining counties and was a highly respected citizen. Susan Pfeiffer Rice was born in Wayne county, where her parents settled a short time prior to her birth. They were farming folk and lived at Cedar Valley, Chester township, .during the remainder of their lives. The old home is still in the family, and is occupied by the subject's mother, who is now seventy-five years old. To Thomas and Susan Rice were born six children, briefly mentioned as follows : C. C., of Lonoke, Arkansas ; Mrs. Dr. W. H. Winkle, of Apple Creek, Ohio ; Mrs. Emma Strauss, of Wooster, Ohio; Mrs. William Craven, of Cedar Valley, Ohio; Mrs. H. W. Berry, of Cedar Valley; the subject of this sketch is the youngest of the family. Mr. Rice was reared to young manhood on the paternal homestead, and received his education in the common schools. At the age of fourteen years he entered the drug store of his brother-in-law, Dr. W. H. Winkle, at Apple Creek, where he remained seven and a half years. He was a careful salesman, took a healthy interest in his work and finally decided to make that his life work. To this end, he entered the Ohio Northern University, at Ada, where he pursued the pharmaceutical course, and subsequently took the examination before the state board of pharmacy, being granted a certificate. He then clerked in a drug store at Sherodsville, Ohio, where he remained about a year and a half. He then came to Orrville and purchased of C. D. Swan the drug store which he n0w owns. He has been very successful in this enterprise and has enjoyed his full share of the public patronage. He carries a full line of drugs and pharmaceutical goods, as well as all the lines generally to be found in an up-to-date drug store. He is accommodating in his dealings with the public and his honesty and fair dealing has won for him the confidence and good will of all who have had dealings with him. Mr. Rice has also engaged in the piano business, having a separate store room devoted to this line, and in this enterprise, too, he has achieved a distinctive success. He carries a splendid line of instruments and has placed a large-number of them in the homes of this city and surrounding country. He has other mercantile interests, being a stockholder in the Orrville National Bank and the Cyclone Drill Company, as well as other investments, which return to him a fair income. He takes a commendable interest in local public affairs and has rendered valuable service to this city as a member of the board of public works. On November 8, 1899, Mr. Rice took unto himself a helpmeet in the 688 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. person of Maud P. Miller, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Miller, both of whom were natives of Wayne county, Ohio, and are now residing at Orrville, where Mrs. Rice was born. One son has been born to this union, Belmont. Socially Mr. Rice is an appreciative member of the Free and Accepted Masons, and he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church, to which they give an earnest and generous support. Mr. Rice and family are well known in the community and their home has a reputation for hospitality. He is one of the leading business men and public-spirited citizens of the community and is held in the highest regard. EDMOND Z. FLUHART. The biographies of enterprising men, especially of good men, are instructive as guides and incentives to others. The examples they furnish of steadfast purpose and inflexible integrity strongly illustrate what is in their power to accomplish. Some men belong to no exclusive class in life; apparently insurmountable obstacles have in many, instances awakened and developed their faculties and served as a, stimulus to carry them to ultimate success. The instances of success in the face of adverse circumstances would almost seem to justify the conclusion that self-reliance with ordinary opportunities can accomplish any reasonable object. The gentleman whose life history is here briefly outlined has lived to good purpose and achieved a definite success in life. By a straightforward and commendable course he has made his way to a respectable position in the world, winning the esteem and admiration of his fellow citizens and earning the reputation of an enterprising man of affairs which the public has not been slow to recognize and appreciate. Edmond Z. Fluhart was born in Saltcreek township, Wayne county, Ohio, February 9, 1853. His paternal grandfather, Zacheus Fluhart, was a native of Pennsylvania, and emigrated from Meadville, that state, to Wayne county, in a very early day, accompanying his parents. The father bought a tract of land that had just been entered by a prior corner and he at once entered upon the task of clearing the land and developing a farm, in which he succeeded with the help of his sons. Zacheus married and reared a family and here his death occurred. Among his sons was James H., the father of the subject. James H. was born in 1825 in Saltcreek township and was reared to the life of a farmer, which vocation he followed all the days of his life. WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 689 On reaching manhood's years he married Margaret Poorman, who was born in Pennsylvania, coming from that state to Ohio with her parents when she was but seven years old. She experienced the novelty of walking almost the entire distance, as did the 0ther members of the family, their only conveyance, a light one-horse wagon, being used to carry the household furniture. They first located at Wooster, which at that time consisted of but one store and a few houses. Here she met James Fluhart and they were married on January 22; 1849, the ceremony being celebrated in the Presbyterian church at Fredericksburg. To them were born seven children, namely : George, deceased ; Albert, deceased ; Edmond Z. ; Mary E., who died in infancy ; Thomas Willard, deceased; James Finley, deceased; Nettie, who married a Mr. Criswell.- James Fluhart followed farming all his life and was numbered among the successful men of the township. He was a Republican in politics and was active in local public affairs, but was never an office seeker. By dint of much hard work and good management he accumulated two hundred and fifty acres of fine land, which he cultivated with eminent success. His religious affiliation was with the Presbyterian church at Fredericksburg, in which he took a prominent place. He was sixty-eight years old at the time of his death, and in his passing away the entire community felt that it had suffered a distinct loss. Edmond Z. Fluhart has lived on the farm where he now resides since he was seven years old and he secured a fair education in the common schools of the neighborhood. His youthful days, when out of school, were required in the work on the farm, and during all his life he has remained a tiller of the soil. He is a good manager and a progressive worker, keeping in close t0uch with every detail of his work, so that everything he does is characterized by completeness in detail. The farm is nicely kept up, its general appearance indicating the owner to be a man of excellent taste .and sound judgment. He has followed general farming and in connection has raised considerable livestock, being successful in everything he undertakes. In politics Mr. Fluhart has been an uncompromising Republican and has done much to advance the interests of his party in this locality. He has not been a seeker after office or public preferment, but has rendered efficient service as school director. Religiously Mrs. Fluhart is a member of the Lutheran church at Fredericksburg. Mr. Fluhart is not a member of the church, but gives liberally to its support. Mr. Fluhart was united in marriage to Lucy Graber, of Maysville, Salt-creek township, this county, a daughter of John Graber, who was a native of Germany. She was born February 14, 1868. To them have been born the (44) 690 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. following children : Ida E., James Al., Frank Blaine, Nettie Florence, George McKinley, Margaret Alice, William Foster, -Walter Lester and Joseph Homer. Mr. Fluhart is a man of many splendid personal qualities and occupies deservedly high position among his fellow citizens. Among his warmest friends are those who have known him through many years,—a fact which indicates that his career has been an honorable- one, and upon the pages of Wayne county's history appears the name of no man who is more worthy of public regard than Mr. Fluhart. A. J. HELLER. The history of the Buckeye state is not an ancient one. It is the record of the steady growth of a community planted in the wilderness and reaching its magnitude of today without other aids than those of continued industry. Each county has its share in the story and every county can lay claim to some incident or transaction which goes to make up the history of the commonwealth. After all, the history of a state or county is but a record of the doings of its people among the pioneers and the sturdy descendants occupy places of no secondary importance. The story of the plain common people who constitute the moral bone and sinew of the state should ever attract the attention and prove of interest to all true lovers of their kind. In the life story of the subject of this sketch there are no thrilling chapters or startling incidents, but it is merely the record of a life true to its highest ideals and fraught with much that should stimulate the youth just starting in the world as an independent fact0r. The subject of this sketch is descended from German stock, his great-grandfather, Peter Heller, having come from Germany to America prior to the Revolutionary war. He was an aide on the staff of Gen. George Washington at the battle of the Brandywine. His son, Joseph Heller, came west and lived on a farm between Lancaster and New Holland, Pennsylvania, 'where he owned a farm. He. built, entirely at his own expense, a church on his farm and for many years paid all the running expenses of the same, including the minister's salary. The society was known far and wide as Heller's Church. At his death the property went to a board of trustees, and when they subsequently erected a splendid new church on the same site it, too, was known as Heller's Church, in honor of the old pioneer and benefactor. WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 691 Heller's Station, on the Lancaster & New Holland railroad, was also named for him. He died at the age of seventy years, and his death was widely regretted. The subject's father was Adam B. Heller, who was born' in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, but who moved to Wayne county, Ohio, in 1840, settling about two miles south of Orrville. He had f0llowed farming pursuits prior to coming to Orrville, at which time, he became an employee of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. He did the first shifting for this company in Orrville, the work being performed with the assistance of a horse. His death occurred here in, 1886, at the advanced age of eighty-four years. He married Elizabeth Signer, a native of Reading, Pennsylvania, in which state they were married. Mrs. Heller died in 1866, at the age of forty-eight years. To this union there were born nine children, namely : Mrs. Sarah Geyer, of Huntington, Ohio ; Joseph, of Orrville; William, of Orrville ; Margaret, deceased ; Kate, 'who makes her home with the subject ; A. J. is the next in order of birth; Mrs. G. R. Burdoyn, of Orrville ; Isaac is a printer at Spring Valley, Illinois, and was at one time the publisher of the News, at that place; Frank is night yardman on the Pennsylvania railroad at Orrville. A. J. Heller was born in the parental home within a few miles of Orrville, in 1855, and has spent his entire life in Wayne county. He attended the Orrville public schools in his youth and received a fair education. After leaving school he was employed as a clerk in a grocery store, where he remained several years. He then entered the Orrville Planing Mill, but a short time later he became foreman for the Orrville (Ohio) Champion Thresher Company, builders Of the Champion threshers. In 1885 Mr. Heller went to Auburn, New York, and took charge of the John M. Hurd Novelty Works, and at the death of Mr. Hurd he closed out the business for the estate. Returning to Orrville in 1887, he accepted a foremanship with the Champion Thresher Company, in which position he was retained until 1891, when he became superintendent and vice-president of the company. In November, 1907, Mr. Heller opened a real estate and insurance office in Orrville, which he has since conducted and in which he has been remarkably successful. He is considered a man of splendid business ability and he possesses an accurate knowledge of real estate values. He has handled a number of large deals and has done much to advance the interests of the community. He is at all times and all places a "hustler" for Orrville and his support is solicited for every enterprise for the advancement of the town materially or otherwise. 692 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. Mr. Heller has served two terms as township clerk, having been first elected as soon as he had attained his majority. He has also served two terms as city clerk, three terms as water works trustee, during which time he served as secretary of the board, having complete management of the water system. His service in this relation was extremely creditable to him as during that period he put the water department on a paying basis, regardless of the fact that improvements were made amounting to over six thousand dollars. He is at the present time president of the Board of Industry, a local organization composed of one hundred and five business men who have banded together for the purpose of advancing the commercial and industrial interests of Orrville. One of the popula? enterprises projected by Mr. Heller is what is known as Heller's Allotment, on Heller avenue, a sub-division of the town. Mr. Heller has taken a very active interest in the Knights of Honor, having been a charter member of Orr Lodge, at Orrville. He has passed through all the chairs in the subordinate body and for a number of years was a representative to the grand lodge. He was elected vice-grand dictator, refusing the office of. grand dictator, and in 1906 he was elected a representative to the supreme lodge, Knights of Honor, which position he still holds. Politically he is a Democrat, takes an active interest in party affairs, and was elected mayor of the city by one hundred and sixteen votes over E. P. Willman. Although Mr. Heller is one of the solid, substantial men of his community, he is entirely self-made, having had scarcely any assistance in establishing himself. He is now occupying an enviable position among his fellow citizens and enjoys the respect of all who know him. JOHN W. REHM. This sterling representative of one of the pioneer families of Ohio is a native son of Wayne county, where he was reared to maturity upon a farm, early beginning to assume the practical responsibilities of life and lending his aid in connection with the improvement of the old homestead. That he has lived and labored to goodly ends is clearly indicated in the position which he now holds in the confidence and regard of his fellow men and in the success which has crowned his efforts as an exponent of the great basic art of agriculture, which has been his vocation throughout his business career. WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 693 Mr. Rehm was born in Baughman township, Wayne county, on the 18th of October, 1862, and is the son of George and Mary (Sickman) Rehm. The father was born in 1838 in Pennsylvania and came to Ohio when a young man, settling in Baughman township, where he continued to reside until his death, which occurred in 1882, at the age of forty-four years. Mary Sickman Rehm was a native of Baughman township, born in 1834, and her death occurred in 1905, at the age of seventy-one years. Mr. and Mrs. Rehm were the parents of the following children : John W., the subject of this sketch ; Levina, who is the wife of Fred Anthony, of Baughman township ; Sarah, The wife of Henry Fisher, of Hancock county, Ohio ; George lives on the old homestead in Baughman township ; Alice is the wife of Harry Mackey, of Baughman township ; Jacob F., of the same township; Catharine N. is the wife of Charley Shenk, of Baughman township ; and Andrew J., also of the same township. John W. Rehm attended the schools of his native township and has lived here all his life with the exception of five years spent in St. Joseph county, Indiana. He was reared to the life of a farmer and has. never relinquished that vocation, in which he has achieved a distinctive success. He is the owner of a fine farm of one hundred and five acres located in this township, and the condition of the place indicates the owner to be a man of good tastes and sound judgment. He follows a general line of farming, raising all the crops common to this latitude, and gives proper attention to. the rotation, of crops and other details so essential to successful agriculture. His farm buildings are modern and conveniently arranged and all the machinery usually found on an up-to-date farm are here used. Mr. Rehm is now living in Orrville, where he has a fine modern home, though . he continues to personally supervise the operation of his farm.. Though devoted to his own interests,. Mr. Rehm has been public-spirited enough to take an interest in public affairs and he is now serving as the treasurer of Baughman township. He is a Democrat in political faith and is now a member of the county central committee from his township. He rendered efficient service for a. number of years as a member of the school board of Baughman township and continues to take a deep and commendable inter-, est in educational matters. His social relations are with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He and his wife are members of .the Reformed church at Orrville, to which they give an earnest and. liberal support. On the 9th of February, 1888, Mr. Rehm married Matilda Carbiener; who was born in St. Joseph county, Indiana, and they are the' parents of a 694 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. daughter, Ethel. Another child died at the age of five months. He is a man greatly esteemed by all who have his acquaintance and exerts a wide influence in this, his native township. ADAM W. FIKE. The importance that attaches to the lives, character and work of the early settlers of Wayne county and the influence they have exerted on the cause of humanity and civilization is one of the most absorbing themes that can possibly attract the attention of the local chronicler or historian. If great, and beneficent results—results that endure and bless mankind—are the proper measure of the good men do, then who is there in the world's history that may take their places above the hardy pioneers? To point out the way and thus make possible our present advancing civilization, was the great work accomplished by the early settlers and it is granted by all that they builded wiser than they knew. Admit that as a rule, but few realized the transcendent possibilities that rested upon their shoulders ; that their lives, in some instances, were somewhat narrow ; that they realized but little the great results that ultimately crowned their efforts ; yet there follows the supreme fact that they in a large measure took their lives into their own hands, penetrated the wilderness, and with a patient energy, resolution and self-sacrifice that stands alone and unparalleled, they worked out their allotted tasks, accomplished their destinies and today their descendants and others enjoy undisturbed the fruitage of their labors. Prominent among the worthy representatives of the pioneer element in the county of Wayne is the well-known gentleman to a review of whose life the attention of the reader is now invited. For many years Adam W. Fike has been a forceful factor in the growth and prosperity of Wayne township and today he is enjoying the full confidence and high regard of all who know him. Mr. Fike is a native of Alsace, France (now Germany), where he was born in 1836, and he was brought to America with his parents at the age of four years. His father, Michael Fike, was a native of the same country, but was ambitious and the New World offered him what seemed great opportunities for the man of energy. The family were forty-one days in crossing the Atlantic. They first went to Cleveland, but in 1839 came to Wayne county, locating in Wayne township, near Wooster. The father purchased a little later a piece of land in Canaan township and entered at once WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 695 on the task of clearing it and rendering it fit for cultivation. Of the eighty acres in the tract, only twelve were cleared and thus there remained a vast amount of work to be done. Michael Fike lived on this place neatly all his life, removing to Sandusky, Ohio, a short time before his death,. spending his last days with his youngest daughter. He was eighty-four years old at the time of his death. He married Eve Jacobs, who also was a native of Alsace, France, and she lived to the advanced age of ninety-one years. Michael and Eve Fike were the parents of seven children, one of whom died before leaving their home in France. Those now living are as follows : Frederick, of Canaan t0wnship ; Mrs. Emeline Voigt, also of Canaan township, and the subject of this sketch. Adam W. Fike was the youngest of his father's sons and he was reared on the home farm, securing his education in the schools of the township, which were in that early day somewhat primitive in equipment and methods. In his young manhood he began teaching school, and taught four terms during the winter seasons, devoting. his attention to the farm work in summers. He possessed strong musical talent and did some teaching along that line. Upon reaching manhood's years he applied himself to farming, in connection with which he did considerable dealing in stock,. in both vocations meeting with success. After his marriage he moved to a farm he owned in Wayne township, and remained there until 1892, when he removed to the town of Orrville, where he has since resided. He is now permitted to enjoy that rest which he has so richly earned, though his is not a life of idleness, as he continues to keep a supervision over the vari0us properties which he owns. He owns two splendid farms in Wayne township, one farm in East Union township, ninety acres contiguous to Orrville, property at Madisonburg. and Canaan, several residence properties in Orrville, in addition to which he owns the largest and finest business block in Orrville, known as the Fike Memorial block. He platted a tract of land adjacent to Orrville, and is now selling lots from a second plat. Mr. Fike has twice been Married, the first time to Elizabeth May, who was born January 23, 1839, in Wayne township, this county. To this union were born five children, namely : Herschell A., born November 26, 1859, and now living at Akron, Ohio ; Mrs. Kate Neftzer, born August 14, 1865, and living in Canaan township; Allie, born August 22, 1862, died in 1864 ; Horatio W., born March 28, 1868, lives at Madisonburg, this county ; Luther, born April 21, 1870. Mrs. Elizabeth Fike died on May 1, 1870, at the early age of thirty-one years, and Mr. Fike. was sub- 696 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. sequently married to Malissa Landis, who was born and reared in Wayne township,, and to them has been born one child, Milton M., born October 7, 1875, and now living at Canton, Ohio. Mr. Fike has taken a keen interest in public affairs and served as justice of the peace in Wayne township for six years. He was for many years a member of the Wayne township school board and held a number of local offices, in all of which he performed his duties faithfully and to the satisfaction of his fellow citizens. He is a man of positive religious opinions and is a faithful member of the old Lutheran church in Wayne township. Mrs. Fike is a member of the Lutheran church at Orrville. They both give a cordial support to every movement that promises to benefit the community in any way and they are well liked by all who know them. ERVIN W. THOMPSON. The subject of this sketch, who is the efficient and popular cashier of the Citizens' National Bank of. Wooster and a financier of much more than local reputation, is a native of Delaware county, Ohio, and a representative of one of the oldest and best-known families in that part of the state. The Thompsons are of English stock and came to America in an early day, settling first in Virginia, later emigrating to Delaware county, Ohio, where nearly all the descendants of the original immigrants still live and where the subject's antecedents for three or four generations have been born. His grandfather, James C. Thompson; a native of that county and a farmer by occupation, died in the year 1906. Calvin Thompson, his father, who was born in the same locality and is still living, is an enterprising business man of Ostrander, the place where the family originally settled. The maiden name of Mrs. Calvin Thompson was Celesta Sewell. She is a native of Lancaster, Fairfield county, Ohio, and is also Hiring, being the mother of four children, whose names are as follows : Harry Thompson, 0f Alderson, West Virginia; Calvin, of Delaware. this state ; who lives in the town of Alderson, and Ervin W., whose name introduces this sketch. Ervin W. Thompson, whose birth occurred on November 1, 1871, was reared in his native town of Ostrander, Delaware county, and received his educational training in the public schools. He remained under the parental roof until twenty-three years of .age, and began life for himself as a teacher, which calling he followed for a period of four years. At the expiration of WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 697 that time he entered upon what has proved a remarkably successful business career, by accepting in 1903 the position of bookkeeper with the Union Banking Company of Marysville, Ohio. After serving four months in that capacity he was elected to the more honorable and responsible post of cashier of the Union Banking Company, West Mansfield, Ohio, which he held with credit to himself and to the satisfaction of his superiors until 1900, when he severed his official connection with the company to help organize the Bank of Plain City, in the town of the same name, of which he also became cashier. Mr. Thompson took a leading part in building up the latter institution and making it one of the most successful local banks in Madison county and during his five years' service as cashier added to his already well-established reputation as a capable and reliable business man and forged to the front among the enterprising financiers of central Ohio. In 1905 the Citizens' National Bank of Wooster was organized and in casting about for a proper person for cashier the choice fell to Mr. Thompson, who at once resigned the post with the bank at Plain City and took charge of the position tendered him by the officials of the newly established institution at Wooster. Mr. Thompson moved to the latter city in March, 1905, since which time he has devoted his attention very closely to the interests of the hank, which meanwhile has steadily grown in public favor, until it now ranks among the best managed and most successful institutions of the kind in the state. His long and eminently creditable experience as a banker has made him familiar with the business in its every detail, and the creditable manner in ,which he has discharged the duties of the several important positions with which intrusted speaks well for his ability and for the confidence reposed in him by bank officials and the general public. Mr. Thompson has a broad and comprehensive knowledge of monetary matters and, as already indicated, stands well to the front in financial circles. In addition to his connection with the Citizens' National Bank of Wooster, of which he is an official stockholder and director, he is also identified with several other similar institutions, being a 'director and stockholder of the Farmers' Banking Company 0f Sterling, Ohio, the Farmers and Merchants' Bank at Smithville, the Union Banking Company of West Mansfield, and the Bank of Plain City, Plain City, Ohio, in all of which he is actively interested and to the growth and success of Which he has in no small degree contributed. He has also manifested commendable zeal in the material advancement of his various places of residence and since becoming a citizen of Wooster has given his aid and influence to all worthy enterprises for the city's growth and prosperity. Though never entering the political arena as an aspirant for public honors or leadership, he keeps in close touch 698 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. with the leading questions and issues before the people and as a Democrat has rendered efficient service to his party in Wayne county and elsewhere. He has attained to. distinguished standing in the Masonic brotherhood, being a thirty-second-degree Mason and as such is widely and favorably known among his "fellow craftsmen throughout Ohio and other states, besides being active and influential worker in Wooster Commandery No. 48, Knights Templar, Wooster Chapter No. 13, Royal Arch Masons, and Blue Lodge No. 33. He is also identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, belonging to Wooster Lodge No. 32, and while a resident of Plain City was initiated into the Pythian fraternity and still holds membership with the lodge at that place. Mr. Thompson and Ella D., daughter of S. T. Carr, of Ostrander, Ohio, were united in the holy bonds of wedlock on September 5, 1904, the marriage being without issue. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson move in the best society circles of Wooster and are esteemed and faithful members of the Baptist church in this city. By continued industry and careful management Mr. Thompson has acquired a handsome competency, and not only ranks among the financially solid men of his adopted county but also holds worthy prestige as one of its representative citizens. A highly respected, honorable gentleman, who has won his position in the business and social world by honesty and integrity and whose native ability is supplemented by agreeable manners and a pleasing presence, he fills a large place in the confidence and esteem of the public and enjoys great popularity among the people with whom his lot has been cast. AMOS SANDERSON, D. D. S. As a native son of Wayne county and a representative of one of the earliest pioneer families in this section of the Buckeye state, Doctor Sanderson is eminently qualified to representation in a compilation which has to do with those who have been the founders and builders of this commonwealth, while such is his personal honor and integrity of character and such his standing as a professional man that this consideration is all the more compatible. Doctor Sanderson occupies an enviable position in his profession, being considered one of the leading dentists of northern Ohio. He is a native of Franklin township, Wayne county, Ohio, where he was born on the 29th of March, 1864. His paternal grandfather, John Sanderson, was a native of Pennsylvania and came to Wayne county in an early day, being one of the first settlers of the county. Here he followed farming as a live- WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 699 lihood and was a successful man, .enjoying the high esteem of all who knew him. His death occurred in about 1865. The subject's father, also named John, was born in this county in 1817 and lived in. Franklin township all his life, a period of sixty-six years, his death occurring in 1883. He also followed farming, and during the early days he was a noted hunter, being a good shot with the rifle. Doctor Sanderson of this sketch is now the possessor of a pair of horns from a deer which his father killed in this county in 1834. John Sanderson married Caroline Shaw, who died on March 4, 1904. She was born in 183.3 in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, her family removing later to Wayne county. To John and Caroline Sanderson were born the following children : Robert, who resides at Niles, Ohio; John, of Franklin township, this county; James, a farmer living in Holmes county, Ohio ; Mary, deceased; the subject of this sketch is the next in order of birth ; Hiram, of Saltcreek township, Wayne county ; Edward and Ida, both also of Saltcreek township. Amos Sanderson was reared on the paternal homestead, until he was nineteen years old. He received such an education as Was afforded in the common schools, and .in 1886 .he took up the study of dentistry under the direction of Doctor Cunningham, of Fredericksburg, this county, completing his technical education by attendance . at the Cincinnati College of Dental Surgery. Immediately on his graduation, Doctor Sanderson located at Dalton, where he was successfully engaged in the practice until 1906, when he removed to Orrville. From the beginning of his professional work, Doctor Sanderson has been stamped as a man of unusual excellence in his line and he has almost continually commanded one of the largest practices in this part of the state. During his residence at Dalton, Doctor Sanderson served for five years as mayor of that town and was also justice of the peace for several years. The Doctor has practiced a wise .economy and has made a number of shrewd and safe investments, so that today he is considered fairly well-to- do, owning valuable property in Orrville and elsewhere. In 1888 Doctor Sanderson married Jennie Shrimplin, now deceased, of Holmes county, Ohio, and they became the parents of two children, Ralph and Jennie. Some time after the death of his first wife, the Doctor married Kilah Jones, of Shreve, this county, and they had two children, both of whom died in infancy. Socially, Doctor Sanderson is a member of the Free- and Accepted Masons, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of the Maccabees. In politics he is a Democrat and takes a deep interest in the success of