700 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO his party. Generous to a fault and social to a high degree, Doctor Sanderson wins friends easily, and he has the happy faculty of drawing them closer to him as the years go by. Viewed in a personal light, he is a strong man, of excellent judgment, fair in his views and highly honorable in his relations with his fellow men. FRANK E. STEWART. M.D. Among the representative professional men of Wayne county is he whose name appears at the head of this brief review, and who sustains an enviable reputation as one of the leading dentists in Orrville. To such men as Doctor Stewart the writer turns with particular satisfaction as offering in their life histories justification for works of this nature,—not that their lives have been such as to gain them wide reputation or the admiring plaudits of men, but that they have been true to the trusts reposed, have shown such attributes of character as entitle them to the regard of all, and have been useful in their spheres of action. F. E. Stewart was born at Marietta, Ohio, on the 22d of March, 1887, and is a son of John and Jennie (Hutchison) Stewart. John Stewart was also a native of Marietta, Ohio, and was a farmer, following this vocation practically all his life, being at the same time extensively engaged in the selling of fertilizers. He died in 1902, at the age of fifty years. The Stewart family is of Scotch-Irish ancestry and they inherit those sterling qualities of chacharacterich belong to those races. John and Jennie Stewart became the parents of six children, namely : Mrs. Effie Orwig, of Zanesville, Ohio; Mrs. Bertha Bode, of Monroe county, this state; Mrs. Grace Myers, also of Monroe county ; F. E., the subject of this sketch; Raymond, and Luna, at home. Doctor Stewart was reared on the home farm until he was eighteen years of age and received his education in the common schools. Having decided to take up the practice Of dentistry, he, in 1905, entered the Starling Medical College, at Columbus, Ohio, where he graduated in the spring of 1908. He first entered upon the practice of his profession at Columbus, but in February, 1909, he came to Orrville and opened his office. He has dental rooms on East Market street and .here he is already in command of a large and lucrative prapractice. is a young man of great promise and will no doubt command his full share of the public patronage. Possessed of those WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 701 sterling qualities of character which commend any man, he has already won and retains the confidence and friendship of all who have formed his acquaintance. W. L. DESVOIGNES. The gentleman to a brief review of whose life and characteristics the reader's attention is directed is numbered among the foremost business men of Orrville, Wayne county, and has by his enterprise and progressive methods contributed in a material way to the commercial advancement of the city and county. He has in the course of an honorable career been most successful in the business enterprise of which he is the head, and is well deserving of mention in the present work. Mr. DesVoignes is descended from Swiss ancestry on the paternal side, his father, August DesVoignes, having been born in that little republic in 1834. He came to Wayne county about sixty-five years ago, and was one of the pioneer merchants of the county. He first settled at Mount Eaton, where he began life as a clerk in a general store. After working in this capacity for five years, he bought out his employer and continued ,the- business at that place for twenty years or more. In 1876 he came to Orrville and established himself in the grocery business and some time later he opened a hardware store. He was successful in his enterprises and he continued to run the hardware store up to about 1894, when he retired from active business pursuits, and has since been enjoying that rest which he had so richly earned. During his active life he held several local offices and always stood high in the esteem of his fellow citizens. Now, in the golden sunset of life, he is able to look back over the vista of the years and can feel that for him the "lines have indeed fallen in pleasant places." He is a man whose sterling qualities of character commended him to the high regard and confidence of all with whom he had dealings and this feeling he reciprocated by ever holding his word inviolate and treating his fellows according to his highest conception of the right. He is a member of the Presbyterian church and has always been deeply interested in the moral, intellectual and material development of his community. August DesVoignes was united in marriage to Hannah Lucas, who was a native of Wayne county, born near Mount Eaton. To this union two children were born, a girl who died in early life, and the subject of this sketch. W. L. DesVoignes was born at Mount Eaton, Wayne county, in 1865 702 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. and removed to Orrville with his parents in 1876. He received his education in the public schools of Orrville, and supplemented this by attendance at the Poughkeepsie Business College, at Poughkeepsie, New York, graduating from the latter institution. Eighteen years ago he established himself in the dry goods business at Orrville and has been very successful in this enterprise. About twelve years ago he moved into his present commodious and well arranged store, which is located on the northeast corner of the public square. He carries a large, complete and well-selected line of dry goods, comprising all the lines usually carried in a first-class and up-to-date store, and here he has received a full share of the public patronage. He employs a large force 0f accommodating clerks and every effort is made to please every customer who enters the store. Socially Mr. DesVoignes is affiliated with the Free and Accepted Masons and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His many admirable qualities of head and heart have gained for him a large circle of friends, and he is widely and favorably known in Wayne county.   J. F. SEAS. In the death of the honored subject of this memoir, June 15, 1902. at his home in Orrville, there passed away another member of that group of distinctively representative business men who were the leaders in inaugurating and building up the industrial and commercial interests of Wayne and other counties of northeastern Ohio. His name is familiar to all who have been informed in regard to the history of this particular section of the Buckeye state. He was identified with the growth of Wayne county for many years and contributed to its material progress and prosperity to an extent equalled by few. He early had the sagacity and prescience to discern the eminence which the future had in store for this great and growing section of the commonwealth, and acting in accordance with the dictates of faith and judgment, he reaped, in the fullness of time, the generous benefits which are the just recompense of indomitable energy, spotless integrity and marvelous enterprise. Prominently connected with the business history of Orrville, the career 0f J. F. Seas is one eminently worthy of permanent record. Greater fortunes have been accumulated by others, but few lives furnish so striking an example of the wide application of sound business principles and safe conservatism as does his. The story of his success is not long nor does it contain WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 703 any exciting chapters, but in it lies one of the most valuable secrets of the prosperity which it records ; his business and private life are replete with interest and incentive, no matter how lacking in dramatic action—the record of a noble life, consistent with itself and its possibilities in every direction. J. F. Seas was born in Stark county, Ohio, on the 9th of March, 1831, and was a son of Henry and Gertrude Seas. These worthy parents were both natives of Germany and the father followed the vocation of a stonemason, in which he was an expert workman. Mr. Seas secured a fair education in the common schools near his boyhood home. Prior to the Civil war Mr. Seas, believing that Orrville had a promising commercial future, went into the hardware business in that town. His judgment was sound and he met with gratifying success in the venture, remaining identified with this business uninterruptedly until the date of his death, which occurred, as stated in the first lines of this memoir, on the 15th of June, 1902. Mr. Seas's success was remarkable and was mainly attributable to the principles on which the business was conducted. Honesty was one of Mr. Seas's strong characteristics and this alone gained for him the confidence of the public. And, too, Mr. Seas possessed to a remarkable degree that intuition which guides the successful merchant in anticipating the wants of the people. He made every effort 'to accommodate those who came to deal with him and he made a friend of every customer. Courteous in manner and obliging in disposition, it was no wonder he succeeded in building up a trade remarkable in its size and which remained loyal to him during the more than forty years in which he was in active business. Since the death of Mr. Seas the business has been conducted by his sons, J. Fred Seas and D. Edward Seas. Mr. Seas's death was caused by cancer, the end coming when he was in his .seventy-second year. He was married on the 3d of January, 1865, to Mary A. Pontius, who was born in Stark county, Ohio, September 12, 1848. They became the parents of six children, namely : Proctor E., of Cleveland, Ohio ; Almeda died in infancy ; Victoria died in young womanhood ; J. Fred and D. Edward, who are now conducting the business founded by their father; Mrs. Gertrude Baker, of Orrville. Of these, J. Fred Seas married Margaret Santche; D. Edward married Martha Geyer; Proctor married Margaret Altman, and they have one son, Vincent. Mrs. Mary Pontius Seas resides on North Main street, Orrville, in the beautiful and commodious home built by Mr. Seas a number of years ago. She is a woman of gracious personality, possessing many of those pleasing qualities which have endeared her to all who are acquainted with her. 704 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. Coming to Wayne county in young manhood, Mr. Seas started in business uriostentatiously and without the blare of trumpet, but through his steady and persistent application of s0und business principles he succeeded in winning, not only financial independence, but, better still, the respect of his fellow men. His long and honorable career as a citizen, neighbor and friend is a precious heirloom not only to those immediately left to mourn his departure, but a priceless legacy to the community at large. It is a true and comforting fact that life is measured, not by years alone, but rather by a purpose achieved, by noble deeds accredited to it. If this be true, few lives in this community have been entitled to greater honor than that of Mr. Seas. LYMAN R. CRITCHFIELD, JR. Lyman R. Critchfield, Jr., one of the foremost members of the Wooster county bar, is a native of Millersburg, Ohio, where he was born on April 17, 1868. He is a son of Hon. L. R. Critchfield, one of the ablest lawyers in Ohio, who was at one time attorney-general of Ohio; also state senator, judge, etc.- His sketch appears elsewhere in this work. Lyman R. Critchfield's mother was Adelaide M. Shaffer, daughter of Dr. Moses Shaffer, a man of great force of character and high moral and physical courage. He was espe- daily successful as a medical practitioner at Wooster and was known for his great skill as a surgeon. Mr. Critchfield graduated from the high school of Millersburg in 1886 and attended the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio, studied law under the instruction of his father, and was associated with him for eighteen years. He was admitted to practice before the supreme court of Ohio at Columbus, June 4, 1891, and has followed his profession ever since, both in Wayne and Holmes counties, having located at Wooster in 1892. As a lawyer, he is thorough and conscientious in all cases. Among one of his important cases was that of defending Harry White, charged with the murder of Thomas Dye, of Orrville, a case that presented but little hope of success. Politically, Mr. Critchfield is an ardent Democrat, and is a great admirer of William Jennings Bryan. He served as solicitor of the city of Wooster and has always taken an active part in the things in which his party was most interested. Mr. Critchfield enlisted in Company D, Eighth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, during the war with Spain, and served from April 26, 1898, to November 21st of that year, when he was mustered out with his regiment. He WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 705 served in the expedition of Santiago de Cuba, and took part in the surrender of that city. He somewhat impaired his health, as a result of his service. When in the service, he won more than ordinary distinction as a war correspondent, several newspapers having issued special editions on account of his letters home. He is a member of the Society of the Army of Santiago de Cuba. He was elected commander of Buckeye Camp, No. 51, United Spanish-American War Veterans, Wooster, Ohio. He belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America, Knights of Pythias, Brotherhood of American Yeomen and the Improved Order of Red Men, all of Wooster. September 28, 1898, Mr. Critchfield married Rose Brown, youngest daughter of Allen Brown, of Saltcreek township, Wayne county, Ohio, and they have three interesting children : Lyman Robert, born 1903 ; Henry Brown, horn 1905 ; and Dorothy Emily, born 1907. Mr. Critchfield is an exemplary member of the First Methodist Episc0pal church of Wo0ster, and resides at No. 64 North Buckeye street, while his office is located on the public square. Mr. Douglas, in his "Lawyers of Wayne County," published in the year 1900, says of him : "Although but a young man in years, and in his profession, he is foreshadowing qualities that insure a successful professional career. He has the bearing of one who has 'worthy aspirations, and who will move steadily, and, as experience comes, strongly, on along the lines he has marked. His natural ability, aided by opportunity, reinforced by industry and study, justify this expectation. He is unaffectedly kind, accommodating and genial, and as a consequence his personal popularity is as extensive as his acquaintances. His frankness and courtesy to his colleagues of the bar cause all his professional relations to be of a most pleasant character." This prophecy has been realized. In 1908, after a spirited contest with able competitors, Mr. Critchfield was nominated for prosecuting attorney of Wayne county, and was elected to that office, running ahead of his ticket. He has a very remarkable faculty for making friends and has more devoted personal friends than many of his age in Wayne county. As prosecuting attorney he has distinguished himself by his industry and ability in managing and increasing volume of public business. Both in public and private practice, he has displayed superior qualities that characterize the good lawyer. For close and discriminating analysis of legal questions, he has but few superiors, for that labor necessary for the preparation of evidence and the study of legal principles he is untiring, and the result is, the usual result of success. He brings to bear in his legal practice an hereditary courage and perseverance. For many years he has answered (45) 706 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. the call for public addresses, literary and political, and has gained excellence in public speaking and very often manifests a genius for admirable expression. He is rapidly gaining a high standing at the bar, and as a citizen of Wayne county, for his ability and accommodating spirit in his office and practice, and but few enjoy as great popularity. In the study of political questions, but few young men took such interest: Measures of administration, as well as constitutional questions, were familiar topics with him in early life, and when William Jennings Bryan arose as the great luminary of Democratic ideas, he became attracted to him by a strong political affection. This interest in politics had the preconception of patriotic emotion. One of his ancestors at the age of eighteen enlisted under Washington. Of the same family, many were in the War of 1812 and the Mexican war. Of both lines of his descent, many served and some died in the Civil war, and when the United States went to the rescue of the oppressed people of Cuba, he enlisted in the Cuban war and served until the people were free. He is especially to be recognized as a citizen of Wayne county. Jacob Shaffer, his great-grandfather, lived and died in and near Doylestown, in Chippewa township, after holding many local offices in its early organization. His grandfather, or Moses Shaffer, practiced medicine for fifty years in Wooster; in skill, moral courage and benevolence one of the pre-eminent men of Wayne county. His grandmother, Margaret McClure Shaffer, was of a numerous, influential, and intelligent family of McClures, early settlers of the county. His three uncles,. Hiram, James and Horace Shaffer, were in the Civil war, and Hiram was a great physician. His intense affection for his mother, Adelaide, a daughter of Dr. Moses Shaffer, attaches itself t0 the soil upon which she was reared. Married into the Brown and Musser families, in the southeast part of Wayne county, he is identified with those honorable families. In the meshes of metaphysics, the foregoing are involved in character, and the subject of this sketch rightfully is entitled to the respect of the people, and it may be reasonably hoped that as the lapse of time creates a demand for able and honest public men, there are lines of preferment for his increasing ability and usefulness. SAMUEL M. TAGGART. It is proper to judge of the success of a man's life by the estimation in which he is held by his fellow citizens. They see him at his work, in his family circle, hear his views on public questions, observe the operations of WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 707 his code of morals, witness how he conducts himself in all the relations of society and civilization, and are therefore competent to judge of his merits and his demerits. .After a long course of years of such observation, it would be out of the question for his neighbors not know of his worth, for, as has been said, "actions speak louder than words." In this connection it is not too much to say that the subject of this sketch passed a life of unusual honor, that he was industrious and had the confidence of all who had the pleasure. of his acquaintance. He was born on a farm that is now a part of Orrville, his natal day having been the 14th of July, 1828, and he died on the 17th of August, 1907,. in the eightieth year of his age. His paternal grandfather, James Taggart, was a native of county Antrim, Ireland, and emigrated to America prior to the. war of the Revolution. The subject's father, Samuel Taggart, was born December 17, 1790, and died April 24, 1853. He came to Wayne county in April, 1815, and settled on a quarter section of land near Orrville, where he reared his family of twelve children. Samuel M. Taggart was reared under the parental roof and secured his education in the primitive schools of that early day. He was early inured to the labors of farming, which in those pioneer days meant the clearing of the land and the cultivation of the same under conditions which would in the present day be considered almost impossible. He continued to carry on farming operations until about twenty-five years ago, when, feeling the weight of years and being in a financial condition which justified him in throwing off the active duties of the farm, he retired to the beautiful town of Orrville, where he had erected a comfortable home and there he resided until his death. He was practical and methodical in his farming operations, giving his personal attention to every detail of the work, and was considered a very successful man. Mr. Taggart .married, on October 31, 1854, Sarah Jane Slusser, a daughter of Jacob and Anna Maria (Ilgenfritz) Slusser, her birth having occurred on March 15, 1835, at Wooster,. Wayne county. She was reared in York, Pennsylvania.. Her parents were natives of Ohio, and her. father was a very successful tobacconist, coming to Wayne county in an early day. They were the parents of seven children, of whom the only survivor, besides Mrs. Taggart, is Mrs. Harrison Wertz, of Dalton, Ohio. Mrs. Taggart's family is of German origin, her great-grandfather haying been a resident of Baden, Germany, where a principal street was named in his honor. To Mr. and Mrs.. Taggart were born seven children, of whom brief mention is as follows (I) Laura Ellen, who was born November 25, 1855, died in infancy. (2) 708 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. Francis Darwin, born January 16, 1857, is a graduate of Wooster University and now resides at Denver, Colorado. (3) Major Elmore Finley, who was born October 6, 1858, was educated at Wooster University and at the West Point Military Academy, having graduated from the latter institution. He was appointed to the academy by the late President McKinley, of whom he was -a special favorite. Major Taggart is now stationed at Fort Ontario, New York. (4) One died in infancy unnamed. (5) Mrs. Alice Amelia Kimberlin,. who is a widow and now lives with her five children near Orrville. (6.) David S., born May 10, 1865, is now deceased. (7) Howard, born April 21, 1875, lives at Baltimore, Maryland. At the outbreak of the Civil war, Mr. Taggart gave unmistakable eviderice of his 'patriotism by enlisting for military service, but because of ill health he was discharged before being mustered into the service. He was a faithful member and liberal .supporter of the Presbyterian church, and Mrs. Taggart has held membership in this body since her young girlhood.. She is deeply interested in the society and is generous in her support of its various interests. Fraternally, Mr. Taggart was identified with the Knights of Honor and the Royal Arcanum. A man of many splendid qualities of character, he made. friends of all who knew him and his death was deeply regretted throughout the community. Mrs. Taggart. now resides in the family homestead on South Main street, which was erected by her late husband on ground that had formerly been a part of his farm. She is a woman of culture and learning and takes an abiding interest in all moral and educational subjects, being especially opposed to the liquor traffic. She is a delightful conversationalist and a Christian woman of high and noble ideals. RAYMOND F. CHRISTY. The life history of him whose name introduces. this review was for many year identified with the history of Wayne county, of which he was a native son and honored citizen. His business career was begun in this county, and throughout the years in which he was identified with her commercial interests he was closely allied with her growth and upbuilding. His life was one of untiring activity and was crowned with a degree of success attained by comparatively few. He was of the highest type of business man, and none more than he deserves representation in a work of this nature. His business career furnishes a splendid example of what may be accomplished through WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 709 determined purpose, laudable ambition and well-directed effort, for the position that he attained in life was won entirely through his own efforts. Raymond F. Christy was a native son of the old Buckeye state, having been born in Canaan township, Wayne county, on the 20th of March, 1852, and his death occurred on the 9th of April, 1909, in the fifty-eighth year of his age. In his veins flowed Irish and Norwegian blood, his father, James Christy, having been a 'native of the Emerald Isle, while his mother, whose maiden name was Roxanna Severcool, was born in Norway. The subject .was reared under the parental roof and attended the common schools. This education he supplemented by attendance at Smithville Academy and the old Canaan Academy. He engaged in teaching school, which vocation he followed about four years. At the age of twenty-two years, in 1874, he engaged in the clothing business at Orrville, and in this enterprise he met with success from the start, and for many years up to the time of his death he was the leading clothier in that city. He also had stores at Wooster, Doylestown and Cleveland, his store on Euclid avenue, in the latter city, being one of the fine stores of that city. He took a keen interest in his home town and erected the Christy block, one of the best business blocks in the city. He was also a valued member of the Board of Industry of Orrville, a very practical and efficient organization of the business men for the purpose of aiding the commercial. and industrial development of the city. He also for seven years conducted a very successful shoe business in connection with his clothing store in Orrville. He sold the shoe business, however, in 1907, and in 1908 he disposed of the clothing business. Mr. Christy, during his commercial life, suffered a number of severe losses, through fire, robbery and other causes, but in spite of these reverses, he forged ahead and acquired a comfortable competency. Though highly regarded because of his business ability and success, his high standing in the community was attained because of higher qualities than mere commercial ability. He possessed those sterling qualities of character which enabled him to exercise a sympathy and generosity of spirit which endeared him to all who enjoyed his acquaintance. Broadminded and straightforward, he allowed nothing to swerve him from what he considered the right and he occupied a high position in the hearts and minds of those who knew him best. His death was considered a distinct loss to the city in which so many of the best years of his life were spent. Mr. Christy was thrice married, first to Anna Hoy, of Wooster township, of a well-known family in Wayne county. Her death occurred two years after their marriage, and subsequently Mr. Christy married Elizabeth 710 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. Gayner, who died five years later. On June 4, 1900, he wedded Florence May Geyer, the daughter of Samuel and Lydia (Lehman) Geyer, of Wooster, where she was born and reared. A sister is Mrs. William Caskey, of Wooster, where other. relatives also reside. Mrs. Christy was a successful teacher for six years prior to her marriage. She is well educated, having supplemented her public school education by attendance at Smithville Academy, Wadsworth Academy, Wooster University and Bixler's Business College at Wooster. She is a lady of rare culture and attainments and possesses a business ability above that of the average woman. Mr. Christy was a valued member of the Presbyterian church, of which he was an active and generous supporter. He readily gave his endorsement and support to every movement having for its object the moral, educational or material advancement of the community and because of his faultless honor, fearless conduct and stainless integrity he commanded uniform regard and the love and esteem of his friends. MAX J. LEICKHEIM History generally treats of those who have attained eminence in politics or statecraft, in military circles and to some extent in the field of letters and art, but has little to do with that sturdy class of citizens upon whom the real prosperity and progress of the nation depends. It is left to specific biography to perpetuate the record of the law-abiding citizens who, in the midst of the active affairs of the work-a-day world, stand forth in integrity of purpose, loyalty to friends and native land, and in that enterprise and industry which make for the well-being of their respective communities. To this class belongs Mr. Leickheim, who is of stanch old German lineage and who is one of the progressive and successful business men of Orrville, where he has gained prosperity through his own well-directed effort, the while commanding the unequivocal esteem of the community. Max J. Leickheim was born in Millersburg, Holmes county. Ohio, on the 2d of July, 1865, and is the son of John and Elizabeth (Swigert) Leickheim. The father, who is now an hon0red and respected citizen of Orrville, was born in Germany in 1827, and received a fair education in the schools of his native land. In 1852 he came to the United States, landing at the port of New Orleans, from which place he traveled up the Mississippi river to Cincinnati. He was a cooper by trade and during the next three years he fol- WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 711 lowed the cooperage business. at Cincinnati. At the end of. this period he removed to New Bedford, Tuscarawas county, Ohio, where he was engaged in a like manner for six Years, following which he spent seven years in business at Millersburg, this state. In 1870 he came to Wayne county, locating at Apple Creek, but three years later he came to Orrville, where he followed the cooperage business until his retirement from active labor, about twenty-five years ago. He married Elizabeth Swigert, who also was a native of the Fatherland; where she was born in 1825 She was reared, educated and married in her native land, and her death occurred at Orrville. in 1890. To John and Elizabeth Leickheim were born the following children : Mary was the wife of John Althen, of Elgin, Illinois, where her death occurred in 1907; the next four children in order of birth died in their infancy; D. J., of Orr-vine.; Anna, of Orrville ; Henry P., and the subject of this sketch. Max Leickheim was eight years old when the family removed from Millersburg to Orrville, and in the. schools of the latter place he secured his education. After completing his education he was employed about a year in the cooperage department of the Orrville Milling Company, where his father was also employed. In 1881 Mr. Leickheim accepted a position as clerk. in the grocery store of Barrett & Leickheim, and has been connected with the grocery business continually since, including one year spent as a clerk in a grocery store at Lamed, Kansas. He went west in 1887 and returned to Orrville in 1889, resuming work in his brother's store. On March 20, 1901, he and W. H. Krieter purchased the store of his brother, this business relationship continuing about a year, when John Groher purchased Mr. Krieter's interest. Two years later the subject bought out his partner and has since continued the business alone. He has been governed by correct business principles and has Succeeded in building up. a large and lucrative trade. He makes a special effort at all times to please his customers and carries a large and well-selected line. of groceries and the side lines usually found with a stock of groceries. In July, 1891, Mr. Leickheim was united in marriage to Anna E. Krick, daughter of Philip and Sophia (Whitmyre) Krick, the former of whom was born in Germany and the latter in Fulton, Stark county, Ohio. Mrs. Leickheim was born and reared in Orrville and in the schools of that city she secured a good education. To this union has been born one daughter, Helen A., who is at home with her parents. Religiously Mr. and Mrs. Leickheim are faithful members of Christ Reformed church, to which they give an earnest and generous support. Da- 712 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. vid Swigert, father of Mrs. Leickheim, was a carriage builder and veterinary surgeon to the King of Bavaria and lived in the palace of the king. His wife was a woman of superior attainments, having received exceptional educational advantages in her native land:. The subject of this sketch is a man of many fine personal qualities of character and occupies a deservedly high position in the community in which he lives. HIRAM B. SWARTZ. Wayne county, Ohio, has been especially honored in the character and career of her public and professional men. In every township there are to be found, rising above their fellows, individuals born to leadership, men who dominate not alone by superior intelligence and natural endowment, but also by force of character which minimizes discouragements and dares great undertakings. Such men are by no means rare in this section of the great Buckeye state, and it is always profitable to study their lives, weigh their motives and hold up their achievements as incentives to greater activity and higher excellence on the part of others just entering upon their struggles with the world. Such thoughts are prompted by a study of the life record of Hiram B. Swartz, attorney at law and ex-probate judge, living at Wooster. He has long been one of the prominent figures of Wayne county whose interests he has ever had at heart and sought to promulgate. His career has been characterized by untiring energy, Uncompromising fidelity, and devotion to a "simple life." He is quick of perception, forms his plans readily and executes them with alacrity, at the same. time winning and retaining the high esteem of all with whom .he comes into contact by the honorable course which he has pursued. Judge Hiram B. Swartz is a Wayne county product; having been born in Milton township, May 27, 1846, the son of Samuel and Mary M. (Miller) Swartz, natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio. respectively. A complete record of the subject's parents and immediate relatives will be found on another page of this work under the caption, "The Swartz Family." To Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Swartz twelve children were born, an equal number of boys and girls, of whom Hiram B. was the fourth in order of birth. He was reared on the home place and when he reached the proper age he began work in the fields, alternating farming with schooling in the district schools. His parents were sturdy pioneer stock, plain, honest and kindly disposed. and WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 713 the wholesome environment of their home is clearly reflected in the lives of their children. When sixteen years of age he left the common school and, being actuated by a laudable ambition to gain a higher education, he entered the academy at. Seville, Ohio, where he spent two school years. He was a close student and made rapid progress. In the winter of 1864-5 he was the teacher in the old home school, known as Oakgrove, and gave eminent satisfaction. In December, 1865, he went to Granville, Ohio, entering upon the preparatory course of Denison University, where he completed the freshman year of the classical course. His health then requiring a change and rest, he gave up study for a time, but in the fall of 1868 he entered the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, having decided to devote his talents to the legal profession, and he there pursued his studies for one year, when he determined to complete his original course in the classics, and in January, 1869, entered the literary department of that University. By his untiring zeal and close application, he successfully carried the work of both departments within the period of four years, and so graduated from both in 1872, by special permission of the faculty, as such a thing as graduating from two departments the same year was, up to that time, without a precedent in that institution. Thus well fortified for the duties of his profession, Mr. Swartz, in the fall of 1872, began the practice of law at Newark, Ohio, in partnership with his brother, John M., then also a beginner at the bar, but who afterwards was elected prosecuting attorney of Licking county, and later, circuit judge of the fifth judicial circuit. In the fall 0f 1875 he removed from Newark to W0oster, opening his office with Hon. H. K. McBride, and subsequently with Hon. T. Y. McCray. Taking an active interest in politics,, Mr. Swartz, in the spring of 1877, was elected mayor of Wooster, and was re-elected in, 1879, serving four years with great popularity and acceptance. During this period he codified the criminal ordinances of the city, from the original record, was successful in establishing the fifth ward, so as to secure better school facilities in that part of the city, secured the regulation of hacks for passengers at the depot and began the work of cleaning up the public square, which had long been used as a place for unhitching and feeding, thereby enhancing the beauty of the city. During his first term the water works of the city were completed and the systematic sewerage of the city was commenced. He also succeeded in breaking up the tramp nuisance by applying the "Ball and Chain" under the supervision of Marshal Dice, and established the city prison system on a better basis than formerly, and successfully enforced the first saloon-closing ordinance. 714 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. His administration of the mayoralty was noted for its dignified trials of misdemeanors; its efficient public service and high moral tone, and marks the beginning of the public improvements for which the city is now distinguished. When his last term as mayor closed in 1881, he resumed the exclusive practice of law, which he followed very successfully until 1888, when he was elected probate judge of Wayne county, and was re-elected in the fall of 1891, serving two terms with the utmost satisfaction to all concerned and having _thoroughly exemplified the doctrine that "Public office is a public trust." At the close of his second term in this office he once more resumed the practice of law and has continued with unabated success to the present time. An interesting chapter in the life history of Judge Swartz is that bearing on his domestic life, which dates from October 8, 1872, when he was united in marriage with Martha J. Davies, of Granville, Ohio; in which community her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Davies, were long influential and highly respected citizens. Mrs. Swartz is a woman of pleasing personality, wherein good housekeeping, culture and refinement are harmoniously blended. She and her husband are the parents of five children, of whom four, two boys and two girls, are living, all noted for their high attainments and integrity. They are graduates of the various educational institutions of Wooster. The oldest daughter, Mary D., taught several years in the Wooster high school. She then took a graduate course at Granville, Ohio, and another at Mechanics' -Institute at Rochester, New York, in domestic science, and then spent three year§ in teaching the same at Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. She then took a post-graduate course and graduated at Yale with the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in 1909, and is now in the faculty of Teachers College, Columbus University, New York City, having charge of the department of nutrition. Wayne graduated in the regular classical course of Wooster. University, and during the past nine years has been engaged as teacher of English and history in the high schools of Coshocton and Chillicothe, Ohio, and later of Bridgport, Connecticut, where he now resides. Paul and Esther L. are also graduates of Wooster University. The former was distinguished for his rapid advancement in the natural sciences, and the latter for her genius in mathematics and her love of the modern languages. Paul, who was assistant at the chemical laboratory for two years under Doctor Bennitt, took a post-graduate course at Boston Technical Institute, from which he was taken into the active service by the Boston city commission and spent two years in the construction of the sub-ways of that city. He then had charge of the construction of an electric line from Annapolis to Washington, and afterwards served as one of WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 715 the constructing engineers of the new tunnel under the Detroit river at Detroit. From there he was called into the United States government service as engineer of construction at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, and is now assistant engineer in the department of maintenance of way of the Missouri Pacific railroad, with headquarters at St. Louis, Missouri. Esther has been a teacher of mathematics and the modern languages at Plano, Illinois, and is now located and engaged in that work in the high school at Wakefield, near Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island. All these children, though still young, are occupying positions of responsibility, and are doing credit to their parental home and training and to the beautiful city of Wooster, Ohio, and her educational and religious institutions. Mrs. Swartz has also contributed much for the advancement of religious and missionary interests and towards uplifting the general social tone of the city, being greatly interested in public impr0vements, cleanliness and thrift, and a woman who numbers her friends only by the large circle of her acquaintances. Mr. Swartz is a. man of intense energy and application. He goes into court with his case completely in hand. The labor of preparation is not considered. Everything depends on work and study—the study of men, as well as books. In counsel he is inquisitive, exacting and exhaustive, wanting to know the truth and the facts. As an advocate he is earnest, honest, resolute and persuasive, seldom drawing upon his powers of forensic flights when the plain facts are of 'greater value in presenting his argument. He is a peacemaker by instinct, and settles many controversies. He is industrious and untiring in his profession, and it is a rare thing to find him when not busy and in action. He is regarded by all classes as one of the county's enterprising, progressive, public-spirited citizens, quick to see, to seize, to act and aid in any project that means prosperity and growth to Wooster, and cherishing a deep interest in the work of the churches and Sunday schools and in educational advancement. Pleasant and impressive in address, he is kind, generous, congenial and companionable. He is also the author of a valuable law book entitled "How to Settle an Estate in Ohio," published by Waring Company at Norwalk, Ohio, and has in preparation another work on "Magistrate's Practice," and has invented and patented a number of useful articles, among the most important of which is an Australian ballot voting machine, which promises to do away with election frauds and the long and wearisome counting of ballots at elections. He has achieved an honorable record in his profession, and, in fact, all other circles, and he is esteemed for the many qualities that go to make up the inherent and finer qualities of a refined gentleman. 716 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. THE SWARTZ FAMILY. From the clays of the wilderness and wild beast to the opulent present, the name Swartz has been a familiar and highly esteemed one in Wayne county and without exception they have played well their parts in the county's affairs and have always stood in the front rank of her citizenship. One of the worthiest of this name was Samuel Swartz, who was born in Union county, Pennsylvania, June 3, 1816, and when three years of age his parents brought him to Wayne county; Ohio, in 1819, his father, John Swartz, settling in Canaan township, and his wife, nee Blocher, and their seven children starting life in a log cabin in true pioneer fashion. In 1834, at the age of eighteen years, Samuel Swartz first came to his homestead and hired out to John Miller, who recently had bought the tract from the government. He continued thus to work as a hired hand at clearing the then almost unbroken wilderness in company with his brother John until 1839, when he was married to Mary M. Miller, the daughter of his employer, then scarcely sixteen years of age, who had lived upon that farm from the age of six years; and whose happy companionship he there enjoyed for more than fifty years. She was born in Jefferson county, Ohio, July I, 1824. In 1830 she came with her parents, John and Mary (Welday) Miller, to find a new home among the then dense forests and bushy swamps of Milton township, and located upon a quarter section of land near the center. of the township upon the beautiful spot where she continued to reside for nearly sixty consecutive years. Here, in their small cabin home, surrounded by almost impenetrable woods, her young life found happiness in the open clearings and in the horseback riding and neighborhood gatherings, until, to this wilderness home, in 1834, came one, Samuel Swartz, whose youthful life, uniting with her own, turned both into that new channel which widened as the years gradually ripened them for the better land. He was then a clean, stalwart woodsman, always strong and robust, a hard and indefatigable worker. After the death of John Miller in 1840 Mr. Swartz purchased the farm and began the erection of new and larger buildings. Under the ringing blows of his ax, which he could wield with marvelous skill, the dense forest on his land was swept away and by the careful culture of later years his farm became noted as one of the finest in the county. He was a model farmer, taking the lead in husbandry of every kind. He was enterprising and thrifty, and prosperity constantly waited upon him and crowned his honest toil. His young wife shared with him in all his enterprises, often assisting him in the fields and clearings when household cares permitted, and was no less distinguished than he for her many virtues. Samuel Swartz WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 717 was a man of strong will and determined convictions of right and duty and while. these traits sometimes produced some friction in his dealings with others, his honesty. and integrity no one could question. He was a generous and helpful neighbor and true friend, and was remarkably free from every vice and had but little charity for any form of it in others. Of pure thought, he never uttered a profane word or indulged in slang or vulgar speech of any kind. He was plain in dress and living and strictly temperate in all his habits; tobacco and strong drink of every kind he held in special abhorrence, and forbade the use of them upon his premises. Under the daily inspiration of such an example it is quite consistent that every member of his large family grew to maturity free from every one of these common vices. He was public spirited and was at .different times elected to offices of public trust, which he filled very creditably. By industry and economy, at the age of forty years he was free from debt, and most of his subsequent earnings he expended in the education and culture of his children, to every one of whom he gave every opportunity in his power to obtain a good education: He was greatly assisted in this through the care and self-denial of his faithful wife, as her warm heart and active hands were unceasingly engaged in making provision for their support and clothing, at home and .at school, and her gentle enthusiasm thus gave purpose and direction to their young lives. Their family consisted of twelve children, an equal number of boys and girls, of whom all the sons and four daughters grew to maturity and are living at this writing. All of the sons and several of the daughters obtained an academic education, and all of the former pursued graduate courses in universities of their choice. John M., the eldest son, graduated at Granville, Ohio, in 1869, and became a prominent lawyer at Newark, Ohio, and was at one time prosecuting attorney of Licking county, and afterward circuit judge in the fifth judicial district of Ohio. Hiram B., whose sketch appears elsewhere in this work, graduated from the literary and law departments of Michigan University in 1872 and is now one of the leading members of the Wooster bar, having been mayor of the city from 1877 to 1881 and later probate judge of Wayne county. Franklin P. graduated from Denison University at Granville, Ohio, in 1876, and from Rochester Theological Seminary in 1878, and for many years was pastor of the Baptist church at Loudonville, and later the First Baptist church of Kings. Mills, Ohio. Samuel E. graduated at Granville in 1879 and for many years was principal of the Newark schools, and is now professor of chemistry and principal of the academy at Fairmount College, Wichita, Kansas. Dr. Douglas A. was graduated from Adelbert College, Cleveland, in 1884, and after a year or two of service as steward in the 718 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. Cleveland Asylum for the Insane, he began practicing medicine at Canton, Ohio, and is now in successful practice at South Whitley, Indiana. Ulysses G., the youngest son, graduated from Adelbert College in 1886 and is now in active business- in the oil industries at Whiting, Indiana. Of the daughters, Adeline married Henry G. Ziegler., now deceased; she is the mother of a large family, one of her sons, Harley H., being for many years the proprietor of the American House at Wooster, Ohio. Isabella married M. H. Murdock, now deceased, late of Rittman, Ohio; she is now living at Barberton, this state. Ellen S. married C. Blankenhorn, an educated and thrifty farmer living near Creston, Ohio, in whose home "Grandma" Swartz received the kindest of care during the last years of her life, after several years spent in Wooster and elsewhere in the homes of her children. Sarah is the wife of Rev. L. B. Harris, of Belton, Missouri. She completed her education at Granville, Ohio. Samuel Swartz lived to see all his children converted and members of Baptist churches, and took great comfort in their progress. The mother lived to see thirty-six grandchildren and thirty-nine great-grandchildren. In politics. Samuel Swartz was a life long Democrat of the Jeffersonian school and impressed his political faith upon every one of his children. He had no taste for the follies of life, and having never sown any "wild oats," he had no bitter crop to reap, and thus handed down in the very lives of all his children the happy fruits of a well-spent life. He was converted at an early age and united with the Dunkard church, the cardinal doctrines of which faith he ever stoutly defended. He differed from his brethren upon some matters of dress and education and so drifted from them, but not from the hope of the gospel, and as his children grew up and united with the Baptist church, he with and good wife united with this denomination at Sterling, Ohio, in 1870, and he was chosen deacon. It was his custom to close every day with family prayer, and he was a truly devout and consecrated man. He was impatient that sin in any form should enter the household of faith. He forgave and forgot all personal wrongs, and died at peace with .all the .world, his serene and gentle spirit passing to its rest, after a lingering illness of three years, which he bore with great patience and fortitude, on October 15, 1885, in his seventieth year. Thus lived and died one of that noble band of pioneers whose strong and brave hearts "made the wilderness to blossom as the rose." All who knew him remember him as one who loved integrity and hated iniquity; a good-natured, cordial, honest man, whose worthy career should be emulated by the youth who desire to leave behind them successful records and win WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 719 the hearty approbation of all with whom they come into contact. His faithful helpmeet survived him nearly a quarter of a century, answering the summons that all that is mortal on earth must answer, February 5, 1909, after a brief illness, at the advanced age of eighty-four years, seven months and four days. She was ever a most devout and active Christian and the memory of her long and beautiful life will rest like a loving benediction upon all who came within the large circle of her personal influence, and her good works will follow her, a precious heritage to her large family of one hundred and eleven children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, including their husbands and wives now living, and to the generations following. DEWITT HOWARD McMILLEN, M. D. Rising above the heads of the masses are many men of sterling worth and value, who by sheer perseverance and pluck have conquered fortune and by their own unaided efforts have risen from the ranks of the commonplace to positions of eminence in the professional world, and at the same time have commanded the trust and respect of those with whom they have in any way been thrown in contact. Among the earnest men whose depth of character and strict adherence to principle excited the admiration of his contemporaries Dr. D. H. McMillen was prominent. He was widely recognized as one of the leading physicians of Wayne county and in his death the community suffered a distinct loss. DeWitt H. .McMillen was born at East Greenville, Stark county, Ohio, on October 12, 1848, and was the son of John and Rebecca (Nappenbetger) McMillen. Both has ancestral families were prominent and well known in Stark county. The Doctor was reared under the paternal roof and secured his elementary education in the common schools. He afterwards attended the Smithville Academy and then, deciding to make the practice of medicine his life work, he entered the office of his uncle, Dr. Alexander McMillen, under whose direction he studied awhile. Subsequently he matriculated in the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Cincinnati and after his graduation there he entered upon the active practice of his profession at West Lebanon with his uncle, Dr. Alexander McMillen. He remained in the practice there a number of years, gaining a wide-spread reputation as an able and successful physician, and in 1890 he removed to Orrville, with a view of securing a broader field for his practice. Here he immediately took a fore- 720 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. most place in his profession and for many years was considered the leading physician in this part of the county. He enjoyed a large and remunerative practice and handled successfully many difficult and apparently hopeless cases Of disease. In private life he was a man whom to know was to admire. Genial in disposition, courteous in manner and generous in his attitude toward others, he won and retained a host of warm personal friends. In his religious belief, Dr. McMillen was affiliated with the Orrville Methodist Episcopal church, of which he was a stanch and liberal supporter, being a member of the official board at the time of his death. His fraternal relations were with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias, of both of which bodies he was an appreciative member. His death occurred on the 15th of December, 1901, and at his funeral the remarkably large attendance was a n0table tribute to the standing he occupied in the community. On January 1, 1876, Doctor McMillen was united in marriage to Alma J. Braden, the daughter of John and Mary Braden, of Sugarcreek town--ship, this county, where she was born and reared. This union was a most happy and congenial one and was blessed in the birth of a son, Clyde Braden McMillen, who is now married and residing in Chicago, Illinois. JOHN McSWEENEY, JR. For the high rank of her bench and bar Ohio has ever been distinguished, and it is gratifying to note that in no section of the commonwealth has the standard been lowered in any epoch of its history. To John McSweeney, Jr., one of the representative attorneys of the northern part of the state, we may refer with propriety and satisfaction, for his record has been one of which any community might well be proud. He prepared himself most carefully for the work of his exacting profession and has ever been ambitious and self, reliant, gaining success and securing his technical training largely through his own determination and well-directed efforts. He not only stands high in his profession, but is a potent factor in state and national politics, his advice being often relied. upon in the selection of candidates and party policy, and he has •led such a career, one on which not the shadow or suspicion of evil rests, that his counsel is often sought and heeded in important movements in the county and state. By reason of numerous innate qualities, together with his his pleasing address, his honesty of purpose and loyalty to his native community. WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 721 Mr. McSweeney has reached a conspicuous elevation in his chosen field of endeavor, and justly merits the high esteem in which he is held by all who know him. John McSweeney, Jr., was born in Wooster, Ohio, August I, 1854, the son of John and Kate (Rex) McSweeney, each representatives of fine old pioneer families. The paternal grandparents of the subject of this sketch were John and Jennie (O'Connel) McSweeney, who came from Cork, Ireland, in 1824, and settled at Blackrock, New York, later moved to Navarre, Stark county, Ohio. They were the parents of seven children. The entire family, with the exception of one child, died of cholera at Navarre, Stark county, Ohio, in 1828, John, the youngest, being the sole survivor. He was taken by Mrs. Grimes, attended school, and was sent to St. Xavier College at Cincinnati. When about fifteen years of age he selected John Harris, of Canton, Ohio, as his guardian, who removed him to the college at Hudson, Ohio. John's father left him about eighteen hundred dollars in money, with which he was educated and became the great orator and lawyer. In 1849 John married Kate Rex. The great-grandfather of the subject 0f this sketch, on the mother's side, was Jacob Rex, and his great-grandmother, whose maiden name was Phillips, were born in England but with an admixture of German blood. They came to America and settled at Phillipsburg, Pennsylvania, the town being named after the great-grandmother, Phillips. The maternal grandparents of John McSweeney. Jr., were Jacob and Cathrene (Witton) Rex, and were born in Phillipsburg. Their children were George, Jacob, John and Cathrene (or Kate), who married John McSweeney at Wo0ster, Ohio, George and Kate living here at that time. Six children were b0rn to John and Kate (Rex) McSweeney, namely : Two died in infancy,, and Mary, aged nine years, died in Wooster; John, of this review, and Kate and Jennie survive. John McSweeney, Jr., while yet a boy decided to follow in the footsteps of his father in the legal profession, and he succeeded to his office, his library and his practice, and he has been assiduous in his business, animated by the spirit and lingering presence of a distinguished and able sire, a man who needs no Tuscan urn to contain his ashes as a reminder of what profound learning and forensic eloquence may achieve. He assiduously prosecuted his studies in the local common and high schools, graduating among the first from the latter, and when twenty-one years of age, a time when most young men are only getting well launched in their school work, he was graduated from the University of Wooster, where he had made a brilliant record. (46) 722 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. He then began studying law very earnestly in his father's office and later took a course in the Boston Law School, and he was admitted to the bar in 1879, and ever since that date his practice has been growing until he now has a clientele second to none in Wayne county. He was soon singled out by party leaders for public positions owing to his general popularity and recognized ability, and from 1879. to 1883, and immediately upon his admission to the bar, he was city solicitor of Wooster, and from 1883 to 1889 he very creditably filled the office of prosecuting attorney of Wayne county, both responsible positions having illustrated the vigilance and prudence of a conscientious public official. The harmonious domestic life of Mr. McSweeney began in the spring of 1884, when he formed a matrimonial alliance with Ada Mullins, in education, refinement and temperament and in Irish descent, like himself, and in this old homestead of his parents, with their boys, this congenial association illustrates the sanctity and perpetual serenity of a beautiful domestic life. This union has resulted in the birth of the following children : Rex, James, John, and Averil, the last named dying in 1894. The maternal grandparents of these children were James and Hannah (White) Mullins, Mr. Mullins being a native of Dublin, Ireland, who came to America in an early day and was successful here in his life work. Mr. and Mrs. McSweeney made an extensive tour of Europe in 1895, viewing, at Dublin, the ancient seats of the Mullins and McSweeneys, where Sween, the N0rwegian king, guided his leaking hulk and tattered sails, in the storms of the northern seas, to found a race of immortal genius; they later visited England, then to Germany, France and other interesting places 0n the continent. John McSweeney, Jr., was born, educated and reared to manhood under the most propitious environment, and his parentage was prophetic of the personal. graces and mental versatility which characterizes his manhood. In his father he enjoyed as brilliant an example as any Greek pupil ever found in his great master, and he carried in his blood the eloquent suggestiveness, critical wit, and conversational eloquence of the most perfect life of his time in these respects. But a German realism and common conservativeness predominated and moulded the Irish and elegant effusiveness of his father into the more steady illumination and persistent rationality of the German mind. A strange combination to produce an infrequent genuineness of characteristics of which he is the residuary legatee. Inheriting this genius of one unsurpassed in the accomplishments of eloquence, wit and logical endurance of mental power. as WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO - 723 was his father, so may he rejoice in the sanctification of virtue, prudence and good sense which marked the Rexes and which were possessed by his mother and illustrated by his uncle, Hon. George Rex. Mr. McSweeneg is a scholarly man and has a fine library of choice and standard literature, of which he is an appreciative student; however, his legal work necessarily requires the major part of his attention, owing to its increasing volume of recent years. As his industry and vigilance as city solicitor and as public prosecutor elicited the hearty commendation of every one, so the evolution of greater qualities obtained him the nomination for judge, and, though a Democrat, the appointment by two Republican governors of trustee of a state institution is a criterion of his high standing in public life; and because of his public spirit, his honesty in all his relations with his fellow men, his generous and kindly nature, he has 'won and retained a host of warm personal friends throughout northern Ohio. As members of the Episcopal church, John. McSweeney and his wife, also their children, early attracted by the literary beauty of the Book of Common Prayer, and the elegant and ancient form of worship, are consistent in the observance of the general principles of religious ethics. Without profanity, severity of piety or intrusive appearance of devotion, they are amiable citizens. The criterion of loving our neighbors is finely illustrated in John McSweeney. He has the dignity of a commoner. He is a kind, generous laborer in the pursuits of men ; possessed of a liberal ancestral estate, he is loyal to it ; he labors for a living, and in his office as at the bar his nervous forces play in the dramatic anxieties of legal analytics and in the forensic and flowery combinations of logic and art and rhetoric. He displays an intellectual avidity among the occult themes of his profession. He contests his own thoughts with the interrogation of an inquisition. He is an orator in his high moments of rationalistic imagination and eloquent self-forgetfulness. Born and cradled among the leaves of the classic and the philosophic, he suckled the thoughts and the poesy and the spiritual enthusiasm of immortal authors, and his memory is a sarcophagus of the living images, and musical cadences, and fantasies, of every genius. Thus in the evolution the drama of the books was to play among the hereditary fibers, and attune the strings, with orphean melody. Presupposing that the inheritance of wealth is an enervating element in the life of a genius,—a disease called aristocracy,—the younger McSweeney is n0t more aristocratic than the elder who coined this competency out of his genius, or than the mother 'whose prudential ability saved it. The honor of it all is in the benevolent proprieties, in its appropriation to taste and learning and in many generous alleviations of necessity, 724 - WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO. one of the crowning virtues of the subject of this sketch. To him belong democratic simplicity in hereditary purity, the tact of meeting mankind wi an open face, and a sparkling eye, and a shining cascade of glittering thoug —beatitudes of providence. Of hospitality, the monopoly is his ; of invi guests, and public men, the club-house is his home, and lunch and social ch and entertainment wear away to the meridian of night. Perfectly tempera the life of intellectual anniversaries, the toastmaster at banquets, scatte his classical quotations and allusions in the abandon of crowding imagery reckless phantasy, he stands immaculate as his own original. To the critic, occasional, dramaticism in his mental manifestati0n, it yet remains that Jo McSweeney in general magnificence of mind, in demonstrative, conver tional enthusiasm, in the light of his expression, in the spontaneity of his manner and gesticulation, in the appositeness of his quotations, in the memory quaint oddities of literary life and illustrative biography, all accompanied w good sense, philanthropy, and the power of analyzing occult distinctions, no counterpart in the writer's knowledge of contemporaries. ROBERT L. LUPOLD. Back to stanch old German stock does Robert L. Lupold trace his lineage and that in his character abide those sterling qualities which have ever marked the true type of the German nation, is manifest when we come to considers the more salient points in his life history, which has been marked by consecutive industry and invincible spirit, eventuating in his securing a high place in the confidence and respect of his fellowmen. The subject's paternal great-grandfather was a native of Germany, but emigrated to the United States and settled in Pennsylvania, where Samuel Lupold, the subject's grandfather, was born and reared. His son, Samuel, the subject's father, was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, but when a mere boy came to Ohio, settling in Holmes county. He learned the trade of a carpenter. at which he became a proficient workman, and he built many of the best homes and business houses in Holmes county. He lived in that county continuously up to the time of his death, which occurred in 1901, at the age of sixty-five years. He married Susan Wheaton, who was born in Millersburg, Holmes county, Ohio, and her death occurred about thirty-five years ago, at the age of forty-four years. To this worthy couple were born six children, namely:. Lenora, the wife of Joseph Mitten, of Millersburg, Ohio; Robert L. was