350 - HISTORY OF WILLIAMS COUNTY JAMES A. ELDER, proprietor of the Central Livery Barn and a progressive business man of Bryan, Williams county, O., was born on the farm two miles northeast of that city on December 31, 1874. He is the son of Franklin and Caroline (Arnold) Elder, the former native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Ohio. His grandfather, Mark Elder, was one of the pioneer settlers of Bryan, having come from Wayne county, O., to Williams county, when Franklin Elder is a boy and before the era of railroads. He owned a farm adjoining the corporation line of Bryan and followed, for a time, stock buying. Later he engaged in the ice business. He died at his home early in the nineties, having reached a ripe old age. Franklin Elder was born near Harrisburg, Pa., on March 20, 1843. He first engaged in the manufacture of brick and followed that occupation for twenty-two years. While engaged in the brick business he also conducted successfully his farm interests. At the breaking out of the Civil War he enlisted in Company H of the Third Ohio Cavalry and served two czars, a part of that time in a Confederate prison. For seven years he held the office of superintendent of the County Infirmary, having been elected to that office as a Republican, and for quite a number of years he was trustee of Pulaski township. He is now practically living a retired life on his well-improved farm of ninety-five acres two miles east of Bryan. His wife was born in Bryan and is the daughter of George Arnold, a blacksmith by trade and a distiller by occupation, who died twenty-seven years ago. The following children have been born to them: Carrie, who is deceased; Blanche, the wife of Hervey Lindsey, a farmer living three miles northeast of Bryan; James A., and Luella, the wife of Melvin McKarns, a farmer living two and one-half miles northeast of Bryan. James A. Elder grew to manhood on the home farm and was educated at Bryan, Pulaski, Shawnee Mound, Mo., and the Tri-State Normal at Angola, Ind. After leaving school in 1894 he took charge of the home farm while his father was at the Infirmary and remained there until 1900, when he purchased the livery business of Joel Heverly, of Bryan. Here, in addition to a general livery business, he deals largely in buying and selling horses. In 1891 he bought a livery stable in Pioneer, this county, which he managed two years and then sold. On April i, of the following year, he purchased the Fayette Livery and Sale Stable of Fayette, Fulton county, and on April 1, 1904, the business at Alvordton, running it about two months. On May 18 of the same year he purchased the livery and bus line of Montpelier, 0., and sold it in April following. On November 1, 1900, he was united in marriage to Miss Pearl, the daughter of Dr. Samuel Keiser, of Bryan. She is identified with the Progressive Brethren church. HARMAN SHIPMAN ELY, a successful farmer and merchant of Cooney, O., is a native of Northumberland county, Pa., where he was born on August 4, 1859. He is the son of Caleb and Catherine (Shipman) Ely, both natives of Pennsylvania. and both born in the BIOGRAPHICAL - 351 had families. His maternal grandfather, Harman Shipman, was a native of Pennsylvania. In an early day, after the death of his wife. he removed to Fulton county, O., and there ended his days. Caleb Ely was reared on a farm and received a fair common school educa tion. In 1864 he came to Fulton county, O., and seven years later to Northwest township, Williams county, locating on a farm of forty acres, where he died in 1896, his wife having died the previous year. Harman S. Ely grew to manhood on his father's farm and received his education in the common schools of his home county. He chose farming as his life work and now owns a fine and highly productive farm of one hundred and seven acres, including the homestead. In 1896 he embarked in the mercantile business in the village of Cooney. In 1904 he formed a partnership at the same place with Frank Malcolm. In politics he is an active Republican, and at present holds the office of township treasurer. In 1881 he was joined in wedlock with Miss Delay Mettler. To this union there have been born two children, Edna, now the wife of Grover Hyland, and resides in Northwest township; and Zorah Gay. Mr. Ely is actively identified with Northwest Lodge, No. 722, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and with the Northwest Grange. CHARLES M. ESTRICH, a prosperous farmer and highly respected citizen of Florence township, Williams county, O., is the son of Peter Estrich, mention of whom will be found elsewhere in this work. He was born on the farm which he now owns, on December 1, 1854. Here he grew to manhood and attended the district schools, receiving a fair common school education. On his farm of one hundred and seventy-three acres he follows general farming and stock raising. Being a man of push and enterprise, he has met with unusual success in his business. The land has been brought to a high state of cultivation and the buildings that have been erected on it are of a substantial character. His thorough knowledge' of stock, enables him to conduct that part of his business in a profitable way. In politics he has always taken a deep interest, believing it to be the duty of every good citizen to interest himself in the management of public affairs. In religious matters he is affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal church. On March 24, 1878, he chose as his life partner Miss Sarah Allomong, the daughter of John and Rachel (King) Allomong, mentioned elsewhere in this work. To Charles M. Estrich and wife there have been born four children, two sons and two daughters. Ella C., the eldest, was born on February 11, 1879. After completing the common school course of study, she graduated from the Tri-State Normal, at Angola, Ind. She is the widow of George Stackhouse and has one child, Wavel by name. Willis A., the second child, born October 23, 1880, is also a graduate of the Angola Normal. Although he has been teaching school, he contemplates taking up the study of law in the near future. Clark M., born April 11, 1883, and John L., born September 29, 1885, are at present attending the Normal School at Angola. Both have taught school with marked 352 - HISTORY OF WILLIAMS COUNTY success. It is evident that Mr. Estrich is determined to give all of his children a liberal education, the better to fit them for the active duties of life. JOHN ESTRICH has made his home in Williams county from .the time of his birth, representing a period of more than three score. rears, and he is one of the representative farmers of Florence township, where he has a well improved farmstead of seventy-nine acres.. He was born in Brady township, this county, on the 30th of August, 1843, and is a son of Peter and Katherine Elizabeth (Limbert) Estrich, both of whom were born in Germany, whence they immigrated' to America in 1841, landing in the city of Baltimore, from which point they went to Pittsburg, whence they came to Columbiana county, O., where they remained about one year, at the expiration of which they came to Williams county, taking up their residence in Brady township. About a year later, in 1843, they removed to Florence township and settled on the farm now owned by their son, Charles M. The father here reclaimed a large amount of land from the virgin forest, bringing to bear much energy and judgment and in due time reaping the generous rewards of his efforts and strenuous labors. He passed to his reward in March, 1881, and his cherished wife passed away in 1890. They became the parents of ten children, of whom seven are living. The eldest son, Jacob, met his death while serving as a soldier in the Civil war, having been a member of an Ohio regiment. Peter Estrich originally exercised his franchise in support of the Democratic party, but when Lincoln was nominated for the presidency he espoused the cause of the Republican party, in whose ranks he ever afterward remained. Both he and his wife were earnest and consistent members of the German Methodist Episcopal church. Reared on the pioneer farm, John Estrich, subject of this sketch, found no lack of steady occupation during the days of his boyhood and youth, while to the common schools of the period he is indebted for the educational advantages which were his in the meanwhile. He continued to be actively associated in the work of the home farm until the time of the Civil war, and when twenty years of age, on the 23d of January, 1864, he enlisted as a private in Company C, Thirty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which he was in active service thereafter until the close of the war, having taken part in the Atlanta campaign and having been with Sherman on the ever memorable "March to the Sea," and he was mustered out July 12, 1865, duly receiving his honorable discharge. Ever since the termination of his military career Mr. Estrich has been found valiantly arrayed in the ranks of a noble army of yeomen, having been consecutively identified with agricultural pursuits in his native county. His attractive homestead, comprising seventy-nine acres, is well improved and under effective cultivation, being one of the fine farm properties of Florence township. He is held in high regard personally, and also as a member of one of the sterling pioneer families of the county, and is a ciitzen of worth and reliability. In politics he BIOGRAPHICAL - 353 gives his allegiance to the Republican party, and both lie and his wife are members of the German Methodist Episcopal church. February 20, 1870, stands as the date of Mr. Estrich's marriage to Miss Rachel Ann Mark, who was born in Columbiana county, O., April 23, 1849, being a daughter of Christian and Catherine (Hess) Mark, both of whom were born and reared in Germany. After their immigration to the United States they lived for an interval in the state of New York, then coming to Ohio and taking up their abode in Columbiana county, whence they came to Williams county in September, 1849, settling in Florence township, where Mr. Mark continued engaged in farming until his death, which occurred March 8, 1901, at which time he was eighty-nine years of age. His wife died September 2, 1890, at the age of seventy-one years, ten months and twenty-one days. Of their eleven children eight are living. Mr. and Mrs. Estrich became the parents of three children, of whom the first died in infancy, as did also the second, Mary Matilda. Charles Henry, who was born February 26, 1876, completed the curriculum of the public schools, and thereafter continued his studies in the Tri-State Normal College, at Angola, Ind., and the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, O., in which latter institution he was graduated as a member of the class of 1900. He was employed four years as a teacher in the Tri-State Normal College, having previously taught for a number of terms in the public schools, beginning his pedagogic career when but fifteen years of age. He graduated in the department. of Literature, Science and Arts at the celebrated University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, Mich., and is now teaching in the State Normal School at Mount Pleasant, Mich. He married Miss Florence Moore, of Angola, Ind., and they have one son, Arthur Raymond, born January 19, 1904. CHARLES F. EYSTER, the competent Recorder of Williams county, O., was born in Steuben county, Ind., on September 6, 1873. He is the son of Saeger S. Eyster. born in Stark county, O., June 26, 1842. His grandparents were William H. and Mary (Saeger) Eyster. William H. Eyster was a carpenter by trade, but after coming to Williams county, in 1854, he followed farming, and died on his farm the following year. In 1861 S. S. Eyster enlisted in Company C of the Thirty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served under General Buell during the early part of the war. At Decatur, Ala., he was taken prisoner by a troop of Confederate cavalry, but was shortly afterwards paroled and exchanged. Soon after his exchange he was taken sick and sent to Camp Chase, Columbus, O., where he was made wardmaster and acted in that capacity until the expiration of his time of service. On his return from the war he followed the carperters' trade until 1878, when he engaged in the manufacture and sale of the Fulton washing machine and the Bass churn. His residence is now at Edon, where he deals in agricultural implements and practices veterinary surgery, a profession that he has followed ever since his return from the army. In politics he 23 354 - HISTORY OF WILLIAMS COUNTY been quite prominent, having held several local offices. Quite recently he erected a fine two-story frame business block, the dimensions of which are thirty-five by ninety feet. On March 6, 1867, lie was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Lechleidner of Steuben county, Ind., and by her has had six children, five of whom are yet living. Those living are: Alice, the wife of William F. Kaiser of the Edon Hardware company; Charles F.; Harvey, a street-car conductor of Kansas City, Mo. ; Hollie, a druggist of Edon, and Jesse E., who is employed in his father's store. Charles F. Eyster was educated in the public schools and was engaged for a time with his father in the sale of agricultural implements, being practically in charge of the business. In 1900 he was elected corporation and township clerk at Edon and two years later re-elected. In the fall of 1902 he was elected recorder of Williams county, taking his office in September, 1903, after resigning the clerkship of the corporation of Edon and of the township. He enjoys the honor of being the youngest recorder that Williams county has ever had. On April 11, 1900, he was wedded to Miss Leafy Slough, a native of Madison township, Williams county, the daughter of D. S. and Lavina (Sumner) Slough, who were among the early settlers of the county, her grandfather .being a pioneer. Charles F. Eyster and wife are zealous members of the Methodist Episcopal church. At the election of 1905, Mr. Eyster was re-elected to the position of county recorder by a plurality of 1,144, leading all other candidates on his ticket. EDWARD S. EYSTER, a retired farmer of Edon, Williams county, O., is a native of Stark county, O., where he was born on November 15, 1845. His parents were William H. and Marie (Saeger) Eyster, mention of whom will be found in the succeeding memoir. Edward S. Eyster grew to manhood on a farm, was educated in the common schools of Williams and Fulton counties, and has followed general farming and stock raising all of his life, making a specialty of raising draft horses. Until twelve years ago lie was identified with the Republican party, and since then he has been an enthusiastic Prohibitionist. He has held the offices of district and township supervisor, the former for the past twenty years. He and family are members of the Evangelical church. On December 12, 1872, he chose as his helpmeet on life's journey Miss Mary Elizabeth Enfield, a native of Holmes county, O., where she was born April 24, 1850, and the daughter of Frederick and Julia (Shoup) Enfield, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Enfield were married in Holmes county and came to Steuben county, Ind., in 1854, where he died on June 12, 1893, his wife having died in 1883. The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Eyster were both natives of Pennsylvania, where they lived and died. Her father was a farmer, a Democrat, and with his wife a member of the United Brethren church. Of the eight children born to them three are still living. To Edward S. Eyster and wife there have been born the following five children: Arlow E. was born November 15, 1873 educated in the common schools, He is a farmer by occupa- BIOGRAPHICAL - 355 tion, residing in Richland township, Steuben county, Ind., where he owns a farm of seventy-nine acres. On April 8, 1896, he was wedded to Miss Cora Shafer of Steuben county, and by her has had two children, Florence and Elven. The second child, Leona E., was born on December 22, 1875, and received a common schoob education, On January 22, 1902, she became the wife of Elton Gamber. These parents have one child, Edith. Ora E., the third child, was born October 20, 1877, educated in the district schools and married to Miss Lizzie Kiess of Williams county, on March ; 1900. He is engaged in farming and owns seventy-nine acres of land in Richland township, Steuben county, Ind. To him and wife there have been born the following children: Isaac and Ernest. Clara E., the fourth child, was born in Steuben county, Ind.. on November 17, 1884, and received her education in the county schools. Edith E., the youngest child, was born on October 28, 1890, and is now a student in the Edon high school. SAMUEL S. EYSTER, a successful agricultural implement dealer of Edon, Williams county, O., is a native of Stark county, O., where he was born on June 26, 1842. His grandfather, William Eyster, was a native of Pennsylvania who removed from his native state to Ohio in pioneer days, locating on a farm near Minerva, Stark county, and there spent the remainder of his days, engaged in the pursuit of agriculture. Julia (Hinkle) Eyster, his wife, died on the home farm at the venerable age of ninety-six years. The maternal grandparents of Samuel S. Eyster were Samuel and Barbara (LeichtenWalter) Saeger, both natives of Pennsylvania. After the death of her husband Mrs. Saeger removed to Canton, O., and died there at a ripe old age. Samuel S. Eyster is the son of William and Mary (Saeger) Eyster, both natives of Pennsylvania. William Eyster came to Stark county, O., with his parents when quite young, and in 1851 removed to Fulton county, where he remained four years. In 1855 he came to Williams county and located in Florence township on a farm of one hundred and twenty acres, four miles northwest of Edon. While a young man he learned the carpenter trade and followed that avocation in connection with farming. The year following his removal to Florence township, lie and son and two daughters died within the space of six weeks. He was a Democrat in politics, having held several minor offices in Stark county, and with his wife was a member of the Lutheran church. After his death his widow, who still resides on the old homestead at the advanced age of eighty-eight years, united first with the German Methodist church and afterwards with the Methodist Episcopal church. To these parents there were born seven children, of whom four are yet living. The two sons living are the subject of this sketch and Edward. a resident of Edon. Samuel S. Eyster grew to manhood on the parental farm and received a limited education in the common schools of the county, which he subsequently supplemented by private study. Until 1860 he worked on the farm, and then learned the carpenter trade. 356 - HISTORY OF WILLIAMS COUNTY In 1861 he enlisted in Company C of the Thirty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry and served for three years. For fifteen months of that time he acted as ward-master of the general hospital at Columbus, O. All of his spare time while serving in the army was devoted to study and to the practice of penmanship. After his return from the war he resumed his trade, plying it diligently and profitably for some years. After he reached the age of twenty-three years he practiced veterinary surgery very successfully for eighteen years, receiving his license directly from the State. Of the homestead farm sixty acres now belong to Mr. Eyster. In 1875 he removed to Edon, where for the past eighteen years he has been actively and profitably engaged in the sale of agricultural implements, wagons, buggies, etc. His trade is not confined to the immediate neighborhood, but extends to all parts of Williams county. Notwithstanding his extreme activity along business lines, he has found time to devote to public matters, having served for years on the town council and on the school board. He is an Odd Fellow, a Regulator and a membrer of the Grand Army of the Republic. When sixteen years old he joined the Methodist Episcopal church, and ever since that time he has been an active and faithful member of that denomination, serving for years as class-leader and chorister. In March, 1869, he was united in the bonds of wedlock with Miss Elizabeth Lechleidner, the daughter of David and Rebecca (Ole) Lechleidner, both natives of Pennsylvania, who removed first to Medina county, O., and twelve years later to Steuben county, Ind., where the former died on June 1, 1897, and the latter on July 19, 1901. To Samuel S. Eyster and wife there have been born the following children: Alice, the wife of William Kaiser; Willie, who died at the age of three years; Charles, recorder of Williams county; Harvey, street car conductor of Kansas City, Mo.; Holly, of Edon; Jesse, with his father in the implement business, and Iva and Orville, both still at home. FRANK WILLIAM FABER, a prosperous farmer of Florence township, Williams county, O., was born in Seneca county, O., August 2, 1859. He is the son of Jacob and Caroline (Luthart) Faber, loth natives of Germany. After their marriage they emigrated to the United States and came directly to Ohio, locating in Seneca county in 1850. Five years later they removed to Putnam county, where Jacob Faber died in 1860. He was a farmer by occupation, a wagon-maker by trade, a Democrat in politics, and with his wife a devout member of the German Lutheran church. His widow afterwards :married John Ruff and resided in Putnam county until 1871, when he removed with her husband to Williams county, and died there in 1880. To Jacob Faber and wife there were born six children, four of whom are yet living. Frank William Faber grew to manhood on a farm and received such an education as the common schools of his day afforded. He was twelve years old when he came to Williams county. After reaching his majority he purchased a tract of eighty acres in Florence township, a part of the farm that he BIOGRAPHICAL - 357 now owns. Later he purchased an additional forty acres, making a total of one hundred and twenty acres in the farm. After clearing the land he erected substantial buildings on it, and today has one of the most highly productive farms in the county. In addition to general farming lie is largely interested in stock-raising. Being a man of push and enterprise, it is not surprising that he is quit successful in his line. For two years he served as township assessor and for seven years as township trustee. In politics he has always been actively identified with the Democratic party. He attends the Lutheran church, of which his wife is a devout member. In 1892 he was united in wedlock with Miss Catherine Lumpp, a native of Florence township and the daughter of John and Caroline (Clint) Lumpp, the former a native of Germany and the latter of Tonawanda county, N. Y. Mrs. Lumpp came with her parents to William, county in 1867, where she was married two years later. John Lump died in Florence township in 1898. To F. W. Faber and wife then, have been born two children. They are: Viola Gertrude, born in 1893, and Florence May, born in 1895. JACOB A. FABER, a successful farmer and highly respected citizen of Pulaski town ship, Williams county, O., was born on the old homestead in that township on July 4, 1862. he is the son of Jacob and Mar, (Fehleman) Faber, the former a native of France and the latter of Berne, Switzerland, both of whom when young emigrated with their parents to America. His grandfather Jacob Faber, came to the United States in 1845 and settled first in Portage county, O., and from there removed to Pulaski township, Williams county, where he traded for a farm of eighty acres. The land was so densely timbered that a site for the log cabin had to he cleared before it could be erected. In the course of time the entire tract was cleared and brought to a high state of cultivation. Here both he and his wife spent the remainder of their lives, following general farming. Two children were born to them, as follows : Caroline, who married Frederick D. Sheibie and died in France, and Jacob, the father of the subject of this sketch. Jacob received a substantial education in In native country and attended school one term after coming to America. In the clearing of the home place he toiled diligently and afforded his father material assistance. In politics he was a Democrat and was a worker in the party. He was a farmer and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. In 1871 he lost his life in a most deplorable runaway accident. His widow survived him eleven years. Eight children were born to these parents, as follows: Henry, a farther on the homestead: Caroline, the wife of C. T. Bowman 358 - HISTORY of WILLIAMS COUNTY of Pulaski township; Jacob A.; George, who died when young; Charles, a practicing physician of Toledo, O.; Fred and William, druggists, of Toledo, O., and Mary, who makes her home with Mrs. Bowman. All were educated in the home schools and lived together until grown. Fred and Charles each for some time taught school in the home district. Jacob A. Faber who has always resided on the home place, owns a farm of one hundred and twenty acres, one hundred of which are cleared. He devotes his time to general arming, and to raising Oxford Down sheep, Short Horned cattle, horses and hogs. In politics he is a Democrat, always taking a deep interest in public affairs. He has served as township trustee, member of the school board, and in 1904 was made chairman of the board of agriculture. In Free Masonry he is quite prominent, holding membership in the BIue Lodge, No. 215, Royal Arch Chapter, No. 45, and Defiance Commander}. In religious matters he is identified with the Methodist Episcopal church. On November 13, 1887, he was wedded to Miss Mary Smith of Brady township, the daughter of Frederick and Catherine Smith, the former a native of Germany and the latter of Brady township, To Jacob A. Faber and wife two children have been born, Celia M., a student of the Bryan school, and Freda, an infant. LOUIS FABER has been a resident of Williams county for more than thirty years, and since 1880 he has resided on his present fine farm property, in section 23, Superior township, being one of the popular citizens and progressive agriculturists of this part of the county. He was born in Seneca county, O., on the loth of October, 1856, and is a son of Jacob Faber, who was born and reared in Germany, being of the same family line as the Fabers who have attained worldwide reputation as manufacturers of lead pencils. In 1854 Jacob Faber came to America, locating in Seneca county, O., ;;here he followed the trade of carpenter and cabinetmaker, later moving to Putnam county, where he died in 1862. His wife, whose maiden name was Caroline Leuthart, was likewise horn in Germany, and she died in 1880, both having been zealous and devoted¬ members of the German Lutheran church. They became the parents of six children, namely : Anna, Jacob, Minnie, Charles, Louis and Frank W. Minnie and Charles are deceased. Louis Faber secured his educational training in the schools of Putnam county, where he was reared to maturity, and afterward lie followed the trade of brickmaking for more than thirteen years, being a skilled artisan in that line. In 1872 he came to Williams county, and in BIOGRAPHICAL - 359 1880 he took up his residence on his present farm, where he has since been actively engaged in general farming and stock-raising, being one of the substantial citizens of Superior township, while his farm, which comprises one hundred and forty acres, is under effective cultivation and provided with fine improvements, including the commodious brick residence, which was erected in 1893. He is a stanch advocate of the principles of the Democratic party, and the esteem in which he is held in the community is shown in the fact that he is now serving in the office of township trustee, with marked discrimination and ability. He is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity and the Knights of Pythias, and both he and his wife hold membership in the German Lutheran church. October 20, 1880, Mr. Faber was united in marriage to Miss Alpharetta Courtney, daughter of Isaac Courtney, a well known farmer of Superior township, and the two children of this union, Myrtle May and Roy V., still remain at the parental home. DANIEL H. FACKLER, one of the honored pioneer farmers of Millcreek township, is a native of the old Buckeye State and a representative of one of its pioneer families. He was born five miles north of Mansfield, Richland county, O., on the list of July, 1838, and is a son of David and Elizabeth Fackler, both of whom were born and reared in Dauphin county, Pa., where they continued to reside about one year after their marriage was solemnized. Then they set forth for Ohio and settled on a farm near Mansfield, which was then a small village, and the father continued to be identified with agricultural pursuits in Richland county until his death, which occurred in 1865. About twelve years later his widow consummated a second marriage, finally removing with her husband to Johnsoncounty, Ia., where she passed the remainder of her life. Seven children were born of the first marriage, namely: Barbara, who is the wife of William Lyman, of Pioneer, Williams county; Susanna, who is the wife of Daniel Horst, of Hillsdale county, Mich.; Jeremiah C., who resides in Kosciusko county, Ind.; Daniel H., whose name introduces this article; Joseph, who resides in Ashland county, O.; Elizabeth, who is the wife of Samuel Raymond, of Shelby, this state; and Rebecca, who is the wife of Uriah Brown, residing in South Dakota. Daniel H. Fackler was reared to maturity in his native county, where he was afforded the advantages of the common schools of the day and where he continued to be identified with farming until 1861, when he came to Williams county and located on a tract of land in Millcreek township, this section at the time being still largely unreclaimed from the primitive wilds. His first place of abode was an old log cabin, which he occupied until he could complete the erection of a better building. He has ever since continued to reside in Millcreek township, where he has reclaimed and improved two good farms, his homestead place, equipped with substantial and attractive buildings, comprising eighty acres, while his other farm has an area of eighty acres. In earlier years he de- 360 - HISTORY OF WILLIAMS COUNTY voted considerable attention to the lumbering business, having ;awned and operated a sawmill and having made this branch of nterprise a profitable one. In politics he gives his support to the Democratic party, but has never sought or held office of any sort. Both he and his wife are consistent members of the German Baptist Brethren church and no residents of the community are held in higher regard than they. September 17, 1859, at Ashland, O., was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Fackler to Miss Lydia A. Cole, who was born in Lancaster county, Pa., September 7, 1835, being a daughter of Jacob and Mary Cole, who were likewise born in that county, of stanch old German stock. In 1836 they came to Ohio nd settled near Mansfield, Richland county, where they passed the remainder of their lives, the father following the vocation of farming until his death, at the venerable age of eighty-one years, while his wife was eighty-five years of age at the time of her death. They became the parents of thirteen children, namely: John, Hetty, Reuben, Eliza, Mary, Jacob, Louis, Barbara, Susanna, Nancy, Martha, Georgia and Lydia Ann. Of the number only two are living—Mrs. Fackler, and Barbara, who is the wife of Abel Niman, of Richland county. Mr. and Mrs. Fackler became the parents of six children, all of whom are living except one. Marcus Q. resides in the city of Adrian, Mich.; David O. is a farmer of Millcreek township; Flora E. is the wife of Eugene Stucker, of Madison township; Rosella is the wife of John D. Weidig, of Hillsdale county. Mich.: Orpheus A. resides in Shannon, Ill.; and Aldula, who became the wife of Howard Henry, is deceased. EMMETT M. FACKLER is one of the representative farmers of the younger generation in Williams county where he is well upholding the prestige of the family name, his father having been a pioneer of Madison township. Mr. Fackler was born on the homestead farm, his present place of residence, in Madison township, on the 23d of November, 1871, and is a son of Hiram and Phoebe (Falkner) Fackler, the former of whom was born in Richland county, O., on the 3d of February, 1834, while the latter was born in the hamlet of Planktown, that county, May 18, 1850. Hiram Fackler was a son of Henry and Catherine (Crall) Fackler. both of whom were born in Pennsylvania, whence they removed to Richland county, O., as pioneers, there passing the remainder of their lives. In that county Hiram Fackler was reared to manhood, and there he reclaimed a farm, upon which he continued to reside until 1859, when he came to Williams county and secured eighty acres of land in Madison township, later adding sixteen acres to its area, while he reclaimed the farm and developed the same into one of the productive and valuable places of the county. Here he continued to reside until his death, which occurred on the 30th of April. 1904, and no man in the community was held in higher confidence and regard than he was. He was a stanch Republican in his political allegiance, and served as township trustee and in other local offices, while he BIOGRAPHICAL - 361 was a worthy and devoted member of the United Brethren church, as is also his widow, who still resides on the old homestead, endeared to her through the memories and associations of the past. She is a daughter of Peter and Margaret (Lautermilch) Falkner, both of whom were born in Germany, while they were numbered among the pioneers of Planktown, Richland county, O., whence they came to Williams county about 1860, the father becoming a substantial and influential farmer of Millcreek township, where he died in 1904. His widow still resides in that township. Emmett M. Fackler, the only child of Hiram and Phoebe Fackler, was reared to manhood on the old homestead farm and was afforded the advantages of the public schools of his native county. He has never wavered in his devotion to the great basic industry of agriculture and has won a definite success as a progressive and wideawake farmer and stock-grower, while his attention is given to the operation of his fine farm of one hundred and twenty-six acres, practically all of which is under cultivation or available for this purpose. He clings to the political faith of his father and is arrayed as a stanch advocate of the principles and policies of the Republican party. November 24, 1895, Mr. Fackler wedded Miss Mary E. Miller, who was born December 8, 1870, in Millcreek township, this county, being a daughter of Jacob and Leah (Pickens) Miller, honored pioneers of that township, where the father still resides, his wife having passed away in June, 1901. Mr. and Mrs. Fackler have had two children, Gerald M., who died in infancy, and Harvey L., who was born on the 7th of May, 1905. JOHN S. FETTER, a prominent merchant of Edgerton, Williams county, O., is a native of Butler, DeKalb county, Ind. He is the son of Jacob and Rosa (Stough) Fetter, both natives of Germany. Jacob Fetter, when twenty-five years old, emigrated to America, and coming to Indiana, located on a farm in DeKalb county, where he was highly esteemed up to the day of his death by all who knew him and had business dealings with him. He was a fine specimen of the exemplary German-American citizen. His wife survives him and is a resi dent of Edgerton. John S. Fetter was reared in his native town and received a fair public school education, ample at least to enable him to succeed in his business enterprises. For ten years he conducted very successfully a general store at Butler, receiving the patronage of farmers from all parts of DeKalb county. He found no time to devote to politics, but gave his undivided attention to his business, hence his marked success. In 1892 he removed to Edgerton, where he has established a highly remunerative business in the same line. He possesses to a high degree the traits of the successful business man, such as a pleasing address, a genial disposition and the happy faculty of holding friends after having won them. He is scrupulously honest and makes it his chief aim to please his numerous customers by giving them a full equivalent for their money. In the work of the Masonic lodge at Edgerton he is deeply interested, having held the position of Past Master for several terms. He married Miss Rosa 362 - HISTORY OF WILLIAMS COUNTY Heckathorn, whose people were pioneers of DeKalb county, where they were prosperous and highly esteemed. Mr. and Mrs. Fetter have one child, named Gladys, who is still at home. ADRIAN ALVARO FARNHAM, a successful farmer and a highly respected citizen of St. Joseph township, Williams county, O., is a grandson of Daniel and Caroline (Sawyer) Farnham. Daniel Farnham was born in the State of Pennsylvania and came to St. Joseph township, Williams county, in a very early day. Trading with the Indians was his chief occupation. He and wife both died at Edgerton, the former in 1896 and the latter two years later. His maternal grandfather, Alvan Porter, was a prominent and influential man in his (lay and was highly esteemed by his fellow citizens. The parents of Adrian A. Farnham are Myron Clay and Martha (Porter) Farnham, the former a native of Ohio and the latter of Pennsylvania. Myron C. Farnham has been engaged in farming all of his life, owning two hundred and sixty acres of the very fnnest land in this township and a large tract in South Dakota. He now resides in Edgerton, having retired from active life. In politics he is an ardent Republican. He and his wife have had eleven children, all of whom are still biving. It is his happy lot to be able to rest from the active duties of life and to enjoy his well earned wealth, at the same time enjoying the respect and esteem of his fellow citizens, something that he prizes more highly than his wealth. Adrian A. Farnham was reared on his father's farm, receiving a fair common-school education. At present lne is engaged in farming and in breeding draft and road horses and is meeting with unusual success. In politics he is a stanch Republican, and with his wife a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. On March 24, 1895, he married Miss Elizabeth Coll, a native of DeKalb county, Ind., and the daughter of E. Al. and Phoebe (Jennings) Coll, the former a native of Virginia and the latter of Ohio. They now live near Butler, DeKalb county, Ind. Nine children have been born to them. Adrian A. Farnham and wife are the parents of three children. They are Leitha Grace (deceased), Virgil McKinley and Loyal Adrian. Both Mr. and Mrs. Farnham are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. In politics Mr. Farnham is a Republican and has served as school director. BIOGRAPHICAL - 363 MYRON CLAY FARNHAM, a retired farmer of Edgerton, Williams county, O., was born in St. Joseph township of that county. June 17, 1844. He is a descendent of one of the most distinguished pioneer families of Ohio. His grandparents were Eli and Sallie (Dimmick) Farnham, who removed from Connecticut to Delavan county, N. Y., in 1814, where the former died in 1822. After his death his widow removed to William; county, O., where she died at the home her son Daniel. The parents of Myron C. Farnham were Daniel and Caroline (Sawyer) Farnham, the former a native of Connecticut. Daniel Farnham was born in Wendham county, Conn., in 1801, and was self-educated, studying at night, while working hard during the day, to augment his education of six months in the common schools. lie remained with his parents in Delavan county until he was twenty-four years old, engaged in hauling logs and rafting on the Susquehanna river. In 1835 he wandered Nest until he came to Williams county, where he worked at odd jobs for four months and then clerked for a like period for P. C. Parker, an Indian trader at Denmark. The following year he returned to Delavan county and the autumn of that year brought back with him to Williams county his mother and his sister. He went to work at once to clear and cultivate the land that lie had entered and to build on it a pioneer cabin. This farm is located just west of the one now owned by is son Myron C. Soon after settling on his farm he set up a sty on the place and conducted it very successfully. Starting with practically nothing, by dint of thrift and industry he became a very wealthy man, owning about one thousand acres of valuable land a a controlling interest in a store at Edgerton, where lne built a fine store-house in 1856. When this was destroyed by fire in 1871 he re-built on a much larger and finer scale, and this building too was burned in 1897. In politics he was a Whig until 1856, when he cast his lot with the Republican party. For twelve years he served a justice of the peace and for nine ,ears as a county commission. His earlier experiences were as interesting as they were varied. Game was the chief subsistence of the family. Deer and bear we plentiful. A trip to the nearest grist mill at Constantine. Mir seventy miles distant, required eleven days. using an ox team. religious matters lne was a Universalist in belief. In 1840 he was wedded to Miss Caroline Sawyer, the daughter of Prescott Sawyer. They were the parents of eleven children, four of whom are living at Edgerton and one at Pasadena, Cal. He died December 27, 1896, 364 - HISTORY OF WILLIAMS COUNTY and his widow on January 25, 1898. His son Eli, who was associated with him in the business at Edgerton after the Civil war, was born in 1843, reared on the home farm and educated at Bryan, O., and Hillsdale College, Mich. In 1862 he enlisted in Company K of the Sixty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry and took part in the battle of Shiloh. After serving for eight months he was taken sick and discharged an account of disability. In 1877 he was wedded to Miss Emma Rathborn of Lodi, Wis., the daughter of William and June Rathborn, of New England and English extraction. He and his wife are the parents of six children, five of whom are living. Myron Clay Farnham grew to manhood on his father's farm, receiving a limited education in the schools of DeKalb county, Ind., and Williams county, O. In 1863 he enlisted as a private in Company E, of the Ninth Ohio cavalry and was soon promoted to a sargeant, and later he served as color bearer of the battalion until the close of the war, taking part in no less than twenty-seven engagements with the enemy, among them being the following battles: Decatur, Ala., May 8, 1864; Florence, Ala.. June 3, 1864; with Rousseau's expedition in Alabama; around Atlanta, Ga.; Jonesboro, Ga., September 1, 1864; Bear Creek, Ga., November 18, 1864; Macon, Ga., November 21, 1864; Reynold's Plantation, Ga., November 28, 1864; Waynesboro, Ga., December 4, 1864; Black Creek, Ga., December 7, 1864; Savannah, Ga., December 21, 1864; Barnwell. S. C., February 6, 1865; Blackville, S. C., February 7, 1865; Williston, S. C., February 8, 1865; Aiken, S. C., February 11, 1865: North Edisto River, S. C., February 14, 1865; Wadesboro, N. C., March 3, 1865; Rockingham, N. C., March 7, 1865 ; Fayetteville, N. C., March io, 1865; Averysboro, N. C., March 16, 1865 ; Bentonville, N. C., March 19, 1865; and Raleigh, N. C., April 13, 1865. His regiment, as stated, was under General Rousseau in the raid from Decatur, Ala., lasting fourteen days, and with General Sherman on the march to the sea and up through the Carolinas, taking part in the last battle fought east of the Mississippi river. At the close of the war Mr. Farnham returned to Williams county and engaged in farming. which has been his principal occupation all through life. Although he was engaged for four years in selling agricultural implements, he at the sane time was engaged in farming. In 1882 he went to South Dakota, where he entered three hundred and twenty acres of land to which he has since added one hundred and sixty acres, making a total of four hundred and eighty acres. At one time he owned a full section there. On his home farm in Williams county, consisting of two hundred and sixty acres, he has erected a fine residence and all the other necessary buildings, making it one of the best equipped farms in the county. In 1902 Mr. Farnham removed to Edgerton and there for the past three years he has lived a retired life, enjoying the confidence and esteem of his fellow citizens. In politics he is a Republican. Having always BIOGRAPHICAL - 365 taken a deep interest in school affairs, he served a number of years on the school board. In 1875 he became a member of Edgerton Lodge, No. 608, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is also identified with the organization of the Grand Army of the Republic, being 'a member of Walter Slaughter Post, No. 568. At present he is a member of the staff of General Benjamin M. Moulton, Commander of the Department of the Ohio, with the rank of Colonel. On December 5, 1866, he married Miss Martha C. Porter of Pulaski. Onondaga county, N. Y., who was born November 6, 1848. She is the daughter of Alvaro and Amanda (Anderson) Porter, the former born at Ft. Ann, Washington county, N. Y.. January 18, 1818, and the latter in Leroy, Jefferson county, April 30, 1821. They removed to Stryker. Williams county, O., and then to Big Rapids, Mich., where he died in June, 1884, and his widow surviving him twenty years died at Watertown N. Y., in September, 1904. They were the parents of eleven children, four of whom, all daughters, are still living. Mrs. Farnham is quite active in the work of the Methodist Episcopal church at Edgerton, being a member of the aid and missionary societies. She is also actively identified with the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, the Woman's Relief Corps, the Rebeccas and the Home Culture club, and has the honor of being the first woman to serve as a director on the school board in St. Joseph township. She was president of the Relief Corps three terms, a representative to the State encampment at Columbus, a delegate to the National encampment at St. Paul, and inspector of Williams, Henry and Fulton counties. Myron Clay Farnham and wife are the parents of eleven children. Eli Porter, the eldest, was born February 28, 1868, and is now postmaster of Central City, South Dakota, where he is also engaged in mining. Nellie May, the second child, was born May 8, 1870, and was married to Willie Spindler. a dairy farmer of Deadwood, South Dakota. Adrian Alvaro, the third child, was born December 20, 1872, and lives on the homestead. Daniel Dimmick, the fourth child, was born November 55, 1874. and is a professional cook at Nebraska City. Carrie Amanda, the fifth child, was born September 13, 1876, and is the wife of John Hoffer, an ex-teacher, and now a resident of Portland, Oregon, where he is engaged in the railroad business. Ora Earl, the sixth child, was born May 27, 1878, and graduated from the Boxwell school, Edgerton high school, the Tri-State Normal at Angola, Ind., the Toledo Business College, and, in 1902, from the law department of the University of Michigan. He at once began the practice of his profession in South Dakota, forming a partnership with a Mr. La Fleetche 366 - HISTORY OF WILLIAMS COUNTY the time state's attorney. In 1904, upon the dissolution of the firm, he was elected judge on the Republican ticket in a Democratic county, which position he still holds, being the youngest judge ever elected in South Dakota. Prescott Sawyer, the seventh child, was born October 30, 1880. He graduated from Boxwell and Edgerton high school and is now a professional cook at Lead City, South Dakota. Lincoln Anderson, the eighth child, was born September 3, 1882, attended the Edgerton high school and the Toledo Business College, and enlisted as a cook in the United States navy. He was serving on the Missouri in that capacity at the time of the accident at Pensacola, Fla. Because of rheumatism he had to quit the navy and go to Hot Springs, Ark., for treatment. Dakota Spink, the ninth child, is a graduate from Boxwell and Edgerton high school. After spending a year on a ranch in South Dakota with his sister he returned home and took a business course in the Toledo Business College. He is now in the employ of Heller-Alter Co., wind mill manufacturers of Napoleon, O., in the capacity of stenographer. The last two children are Myron Clay and Alphonso Mead, the former born May 23, 1887, and the latter August 26, 1889, who are still at home attending school. JOHN HARRISON FENIMORE, of West Unity, is one of the honored pioneer citizens of Williams county, now retired from active business, after having devoted many years to agricultural pursuits, while he is a veteran of the Civil war, manifesting the same loyalty which has characterized him in all the relations of life. Mr. Fenimore was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, on the 8th of January, 1836, and is a son of Abraham and Catherine (Ulrey) Fenimore, the former of whom was born in New Jersey, February 24, 1805, and the latter of whom was born in Maryland, April 11, 1803. Abraham Fenimore was a son of Caleb Fenimore, who likewise was born in New Jersey, whence he came to Ohio in the early pioneer era, having taken up his residence in Columbiana county in 1807, about five years after the admission of the State to the Union. He passed the closing years of his life in the village of Canal Fulton. Stark county, Ohio. The maternal grandfather of the subject of this review removed from Maryland to Columbiana county, Ohio, about 1825, and there he died about two years later. Abraham Fenimore was reared under the conditions and influences of life on the frontier, assisting in the reclaiming of a farm in Columbiana county, where he received such educational advantages as were afforded in the primitive schools of the period. In 1848 he came to Williams county, and two years later purchased eighty acres of wild land, in Jefferson township, while in 1853 he located on the land, most of which he reclaimed to cultivation, improving the place with good buildings. On this homestead he continued to reside until his death, which occurred July 16, 1876, his wife having passed away February 25, 1871. Of their five childrden two died in infancy, and the other three still survive. The father was a Democrat in politics, and both BIOGRAPHICAL - 367 he and his wife were members of church. John H. Fenimore secured his rudimentary education in the common schools of Columbiana county, having been about seventeen years of age at the time of the family removal to Williams county, where he was reared to manhood on the homestead farm, in the meanwhile continuing to attend school as opportunity afforded. In August, 1862, lie tendered his services in defense of the Union, being at the time in West Virginia, where he enlisted in Battery D, First West Virginia Light Artiller , with which he participated in engagements at Moorefield, that stat and Newmarket and Winchester, Va., being in action three days at the latter point, where he was finally captured, being held a prisoner twenty-four days, and then being exchanged. He was wounded in the engagement at New Market. He continued in service until the close of the war, having been mustered out on the 27th of June, 1865 , and having duly received his honorable discharge. He signifies his continued interest in his old comrades by retaining membership in Rings Post, No. 637, G. A. R., of West Unity. Prior to the war he passed four and one-half years in the home of his uncle, John Fenimore, at Martin's Ferry, Belmont county, and ever since that period his home has been in Williams county, while his vocation has been that of farming. He has resided in West Unity for the past twenty-two years, and has been practically retired from active business for some years. He owns the old homestead farm, secured by his father so many years ago, and also another eighty-acre farm in the same locality, in Jefferson township, while his residence in West Unity is one of the most attractive homes in the village. In politics he is independent of strict partisan lines. He served two years as clerk of Jefferson township, as township trustee one year and as justice of the peace for six years. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, as was also his first wife. November 11, 1867, Mr. Fenimore wedded Miss Rachel Burns, who was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, being a daughter of Robert and Ann (Dunlap) Burns, who came to Williams county in 1864. Here Mr. Bums died on the 15th of December, 1880, and his widow on the 7th of February, 1899. Mrs. Fenimore was called to the life eternal on the 3d of June, 1892, having been survived by her two daughters. The elder, Della Maude, became the wife of Howard Burt Kelly, of Goshen, Ind., and she died March 16, 1900, leaving one child, Reba. Bertha, the younger daughter, is the wife of Dr. William A. Held, f West Unity, who is mentioned on other pages of this work. February 24, 1897, Mr. Fenimore consummated a second marriage, being then united to Miss Flora Webb, who was born in Brady township, this county, February 24, 1858, being a daughter of Thomas S. and Sarah (Pennock) Webb, who came here from Columbiana count;, in 1852. Mr. Webb died November 9, 1880, and his widow is now (1905) living in West Unity, at the venerable age of eighty-one years. 368 - HISTORY OF WILLIAMS COUNTY LEVI FETTERS, a retired farmer and prominent citizen of Edon, Williams county, O., was born in Wayne county of that State on September 3, 1839. He is of German descent, his paternal and maternal grandparents having been natives of Germany. Daniel and Sarah (Wissel) Fetters, the parents of Levi Fetters, were both natives of Pennsylvania, where the former was born on January 26, 1806. The and parents of Levi, John and Eve (Werehime) Fetters, emigrated America in an early day and settled in Pennsylvania. His material-grandfather was John Wissel. Daniel Fetters was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools of his native state. After His marriage to Miss Sarah Wissel he removed to Wayne county, O., in 1829, and resided there until 1851, when he came to Williams county, where he died in 1887, his widow surviving him five years. In politics he was a Democrat, serving as township treasurer for many years, and with his wife a member of the Disciples church. To Daniel Fetters and his wife sixteen children were born. Their names follow: John, Margaret, Samuel, Daniel, Hester, Jane, Washington, Levi, Sarah, Mary, Hiram, Lewis, Elizabeth, Eliza, Angeline and Monroe. Levi Fetters grew to manhood on his father's farm, and received his education in the common schools of his native county. In 1851 he came with his parents to Williams county, with them residing until 1868, when he removed to Florence township and there sated on and cleared the farm of one hundred acres which he now here he resided for five years without the advantages of a single couny road. In 1904 he removed to Edon, where he purchased a house and two lots, and where he now resides, living in contentment, having retired from the active ditties of life. While he, has always been a Democrat in politics lie has reserved the right to vote independently whenever his judgment directed him to do so; especially is this the case in municnpal affairs. On religious questions he, together with his wife, entertain quite liberal views. In June, 1966, he was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Jane Allen, born in Columbiana county, O., on November 10, 1841, the daughter of David and Mary Ann (Little) Allen, both natives of Pennsylvania, who removed to Columbiana county in 1837, and from there to DeKalb county, Ind., in 1854. Seven years later the family removed to Williams county, where both died, the latter on March 31, 1883. To their marriage five children were born, as follows: Amer C., Ama, Sarah Jane, Abram and Mary. To Levi Fetters and his wife there have been born six children, of whom four are now living. Their nines follow: Elsie, who was born on March 7, 1867, and died on February 2, 1872; Cora. born February 1, 1870. died on September 1, 1870; Geraldine, born April 20, 1872; David D., born July 9, 1874; Zora, born January 2, 1876, and George Emory, born March 24, 1878. MICHAEL FISHER, deceased, at the time of his death a prominent and successful farmer in Center township, Williams county, O., was a native of Germany, having been born in Bavaria on April BIOGRAPHICAL - 369 12, 1830. When ten years old he emigrated to the United States with his parents, Jacob Andrew and Anna Barbara (Houch) Fisher, who first located in what is now Defiance county, O., and in 1841 removed to Center township, Williams county, and settled on the farm now owned partly by George M. Fisher, and partly by the widow of Michael Fisher, and here both spent the remainder of their days. They were the parents of four children, three sons and one daughter, of whom only two are living. Michael Fisher located on the farm where his family resides, in 1853, and there resided until his death on February 25, 1905. In politics he was a Democrat and with his wife a member of the Evangelical Lutheran church. On August 15, 1853, he was wedded to Miss Mary Laufer, born in Tiffin, O., March 14, 1837, the daughter of Nicholas and Catherine (Shear) Laufer, both natives of Germany, who came to the United States in an early day and settled, first at Tiffnn and from there removed to Williams county in 1853, where he died January 16, 1869, aged sixty-nine years, and his wife on June 25, 1866, aged fifty-eight years. He was a Democrat and with his wife a member of the Reformed church. They had a family of twelve children, of whom four are yet living. To Michael Fisher and wife were born fourteen children, thirteen of whom are yet living. Those living are: Jacob, born December 6, 1854; George Michael, born February 5, 1857; Mary Elizabeth, born June 25, 1858; Anna Margaret, born February 13, 1860; John Z., born June 17, 1862; Caroline, born October 22, 1863; Henry- Elsworth, born February 24, 1865; David Walter, born June 4, 1868; William Martin, born January 27, 1870 ; Albert Clarence, born June 29, 1871; Franklin Charles Frederick, born January 19, 1874; Martha Matilda, born February 3, 1878; Victoria Celestia, born February 1, 1884. Simon Frederick, the eighth child, was born November 12, 1866, and died June 13, 1868. Frank C. Fisher was reared on the old homestead and was educated in the district schools. He has followed farming and stock-raising all his life. He now has charge of the old homestead of 115 acres, which is in a high state of cultivation. On January 8, 1899, he was united in marriage with Dora M. Mavis, daughter of Calvin and Maria (Martin) Mavis, both natives of Defiance county, O., where they continued to reside until their deaths. Politically Frank C. Fisher is a Democrat, but has never sought office. SAMUEL FLIGHTNER, a successfuhe Norman horse breeder of Blakeslee, Williams county, O., is a native of Crawford county, O., where he was born on March 3, 1842. He is the son of Adam and Catherine (Russell) Flightner, both natives of Germany. His grandparents emigrated to America in 1826, when Adam Flightner was only ten years old, and coming directly to Ohio, settled in Crawford county, where both died, the latter nearly a century old. Adam Flightner removed to Defiance county, O., in 1852, where he purchased land for farming purposes. Later he removed to Center 24 370 - HISTORY OF WILLIAMS COUNTY township, Williams county, and then spent his productive years in general farming. From this farm he removed to Bryan, where he died in 1892, his wife having died on the farm in Center township in 1873. Of the thirteen children born to these parents four sons and two daughters are still living. Samuel Flightner grew to manhood on the parental farm and received his education by attending the common schools. He resided in Farmer township, Defiance county, until 1875, when he removed to Center township, Williams county, where he owned a farm of one hundred and eighty acres. He has followed general farming and breeding Norman horses for the past twenty-five years. In 1902 he changed his residence to Blakeslee, where he now lives. Taking a keen interest in public affairs, he has served as township trustee and constable. He is a Democrat and a member of Blakeslee Lodge, No. 502, Knights of Pythias. On October 15, 1864, he was wedded to Miss Lucinda H. Stevens, who was born in Crawford county on December 18, 1844, and died in November, 1884. To this union there were born the following children: Mary L., Charles W., Edward J., Elnora A., Franklin E., Jennie B., Myrta M. and Dora. His second wife, whom he married on April 15, 1885, was Miss Elizabeth Miser, born in Center township on January 1, 1847, the daughter of Jacob and Rebecca (Kent) Miser, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Virginia. Jacob Miser was a farmer by occupation and a Democrat in politics. He died in 1860 and was survived by his widow one year. Eight children were born to them, of whom six are yet living. The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Flightner was Frederick Miser, who came to Williams county in 1834, and entered three hundred and sixty acres of land in Center township, where he spent the rest of his days. Her maternal grand-parents were Ashford and Nancy Kent, who settled in Springfield township in pioneer days. To Samuel Flightner and second wife two children have been born. They are: Adam J., born March 29, 1886, and Eva, who died in infancy. SAMUEL E. FOLK, superintendent of the electric light and water works plants of Bryan, Williams county. O., was born in Karle, six miles from Bryan, on April 22, 1863. The first representative of the Folk family of Pennsylvania to come to Williams county was Jacob Folk, who moved his family here long before the era of railroads, and when this part of the State was still a veritable wilderness. Samuel E. Folk is the son of William and Catherine (Andre) Folk, both natives of Pennsylvania. William Folk was a gunsmith by trade and followed that avocation for many years. In 1864 he removed to Bryan, O., where he died in 1897. His widow is still living, but in her sixty-sixth year. Two children were born to them, whose names were, Samuel E., and Minnie, the latter of whom married Richard Palmer, and died in December, 1904. Samuel E. Folk was reared and educated in Bryan. After leaving school he worked in his father's gunshop for some time, but as his predilection was more for BIOGRAPHICAL - 371 machinery than for gunmaking, he, in 1891, engaged in business for himself by establishing a shop for machine work, repairing, etc., in which business he continued for eleven years. In 1902 he was elected superintendent of the electric light and water works plants of Bryan, a position that he still fills with profit to the city and with great credit to himself. A natural machinist, he has done his work so thoroughly and so satisfactorily that the city fathers regard his services as indispensable. He is actively identified with Free Masonry, being a Blue Lodge and Chapter member. In religious matters he is affiliated with the Methodist church. On July 26, 1885, he was united in marriage to Miss Orcelia Dorshimer, a native of Williams county, the daughter of Henry Dorshimer. One daughter has blessed their marriage, Faye by name. FRANCIS MARION FORD, editor and publisher of the Montpeher Enterprise, of which he was the founder, is one of the representative citizens of Williams county and is a veteran of the Civil war. He was born in Chesterfield township, Fulton county, Ohio, on the 29th of August, 1846, and is a son of Hiram W. and Sarah (Willett) Ford, the former of whom was born in Cortland county, N. Y., February 16, 1818, while the latter was born in Somerset county, N. J., December 25, 1814. Rev. Samuel Ford, father of Hiram W., was a distinguished member of the clergy of the Baptist church and established the first church of this denomination in Laporte, Ind., in 1839. Hiram W. Ford was engaged in farming during the major portion of his active career and he died July 18, 1902, at Crystal Valley, Oceana county, Mich., his wife having been summoned into the life eternal on the 15th of October, 1885. They became the parents of six children, of whom three are living. Francis :Marion Ford received good educational advantages in his youth,. having attended school in Farmer, now known as Interlaken, Seneca county, N. Y., until he was seventeen years of age, while he also was a student for some time at Morenci, Mich. At the time when his youthful loyalty and patriotism prompted him to go forth in de fense of the Union Mr. Ford was engaged in farm work in Chester field township, Fulton county, Ohio, the place of his birth, being eighteen years of age. September 30, 1864, in the city of Toledo, he enlisted in Company F, One Hundred and Eighty-second Ohio Volunteer infantry, in which he was enrolled as a private. His command was stationed at Nashville, Tenn., under General Thomas, and Mr._ Ford was detailed to load timber on cars at Johnsonville that state, and after the battle of Nashville he was assigned to duty in guarding, prisoners on the trip from Nashville to Louisville. He was an active participant in the battle between the forces of Generals Thomas and Hood at Nashville, and in that city he was confined in the hospital about two weeks, as a result of an attack of low fever, receiving hip: honorable discharge on the 14th of July, 1865. His brother, S. Ansef Ford, was a member of the Twenty-second New York Independent Battery, and died December 8, 1862, in Washington D. C., from 372 - HISTORY OF WILLIAMS COUNTY quick consumption. Two uncles of Mrs. Ford were likewise valiant soldiers in the Union army, and one of them is still living. After the close of the war Mr. Ford remained for a time in Ohio and then removed to Morenci, Lenawee county, Mich., where, in 1871, he be-:erne a partner in a grocery business, with which he was identified about six months, after which he devoted himself to clerical work, farming and other vocations until 1879, when he initiated his association with the printing and publishing business by taking a position in printing offnce in Morenci. In 1880 he entered into partnership with James R. Smalley, and they were associated in the publication the Montpelier Enterprise about two years, after which Mr. Ford purchased his partner's interest in the business, which he sold about two years later. He then established the :Montpelier Advocate, which later became known as the Democrat, under the ownership of W. Otis Willett. Later Mr. Ford became associated with Mr. Willett in He re-purchase of the Montpelier Enterprise, of which they continued be the publishers until 1903, since which time Mr. Ford has had mire control of the business. The paper is published on Thursday of each week, and is an attractive six-column quarto, effectively covering its province in the handling of local news and ever giving its influence in support of all legitimate enterprises and undertakings for the general good. The Enterprise is independent in politics, as is its editor, and its support is accorded to men and measures and princi;,bes, rather than having a policy of partisan bias and control. Mr. Ford exercises his franchise in the same independent way. He was city clerk of Montpelier from 1882 to 1885, inclusive, but has never been a seeker of public office. He is identified with Hiram Louden Post, No. 155, Grand Army of the Republic, of which he has served s commander and adjutant, and he is also affiliated with the Masonic fraternity. October 17, 1877, Mr. Ford was united in marriage, in Morenci, Mich., to Miss Mary Ella Smalley, who was born January , 1856, being a daughter of John P. Smalley, who was in the government employ at Nashville, Tenn., during the Civil war, though not soldier. He died in 1882, and his wife, whose maiden name was Sarah S. Converse, is still living. Mr. and Mrs. Ford became the parents of three children, Raymond R., who is associated with his gather in the publication of the Montpelier Enterprise, was born October 12, 1878. July 12, 1899, he enlisted in Company B, Thirty-second United States Volunteers, with which he served in the campaign operations in the Philippine islands, receiving his honorable discharge March 8, 1901. After his return from the Orient, and on September 17, 1903, he married Miss Flora. Bordner, daughter of Daniel and Amanda Bordner, of Florence township. Florence, who was born September 16, 1882, died on July l0th of the following year. Clifton S., born September 6, 1884, is a student in Oberlin College, while he assists in the work of the office of the Enterprise during his vacations. BIOGRAPHICAL - 373 HENRY B. FRANKS, who maintains his residence in Montpelier, is one of the progressive and successful business men of Williams county, and conducts a large and prosperous enterprise in the manufacturing and sale of lumber, having a well equipped mill in Montpelier. The family is of German origin and was founded in America in the Colonial era. Henry Franks, great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was a Continental soldier in the war of the Revolution, having later been with the Indians eight years and having witnessed the execution of Captain Jack Crawford; and it is reasonably certain that he was also a participant in the war of 1812. His son Henry, grandfather of Henry B., was born in 1799 or 1800, and cane from Pennsylvania to Ohio in an early day, devoting the greater part of his active life to agricultural pursuits. His wife's name was Barbara. Malachi P. Franks. father of him whose name initiates this article, was born in Doylestown, Wayne county. Ohio, in 1832, where he was reared and educated, and later he removed to Spencer, Medina county, where he learned the trade of cheesemaking, to which he gave his attention for many years. In 1870 he removed to Hillsdale county, Mich., where he purchased a farm, and the residue of his life was given to agricultural pursuits. He died October 8, 1891, and his wife now resides in Pioneer, Williams county, Ohio. She was born in Wayne county, this state, April 23, 1835, and is a daughter of George and Delilah Wicks, while her christian name is Sarah. She is a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal church as was also her husband, and he was a Republican in politics. They became the parents of five children, namely: Henry B., of this sketch; Malachi P., a resident of California, Branch county, Michigan ; Nettie, deceased; Maud, wife of Howard Snyder, of Frontier, Hillsdale county, Mich.; and Lyman W., of Montpelier. Henry B. Franks was born in Litchfield, Medina county, Ohio, June 30, 1858, and his early education was secured in a select school at Spencer, Ohio, and the public schools of Hillsdale county, Mich. He was afforded excellent advantages, continuing to attend school until he had attained the age of twenty years, and having secured a good business education. After leaving school he engaged in the lumber business on a small scale, at Waldron, Mich., where he owned a third interest in a hardwood lumber mill. After having been identified with this enterprise one year he removed to Pittsford, Hillsdale county, that state, where he was located about eighteen months, having a half-interest in a hardwood mill. For the ensuing two years he was the owner and operator of a small mill at Frontier, Hillsdale county, and in 1886 he returned to Ohio and located in Montpelier, where he has ever since been engaged in the same line of enterprise, upon an amplified scale. In 1893 he opened a yard for the handling of softwood lumber, and in 1896 he purchased eighteen hundred acres of hardwood land in northern Michigan, where he continues to cut and manufacture a considerable amount of lumber annually. He also operates a hardwood and 374 - HISTORY OF WILLIAMS COUNTY excelsior mill in Montpelier, and is one of the live business men of Williams county, reliable and progressive in his methods and having the confidence of all with whom he has dealings. His political allegiance is given to the Republican party, and he is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. June 6, 1895, Mr. Franks was united in marriage to Miss Josie Owens, of Montpelier. They have no children. SHERMAN S. FRAZIER, M. D., is engaged in the practice of his profession in Kunkle, and the evidences of his success are not only those to be seen in the large practice which he controls but also in the independent position which he has gained through his professional endeavors and business operations. He has a finely equipped drug store, conducting the same in connection with his practice, and has other local interests of importance, while no citizen of the community is held in higher esteem. Dr. Frazier was born in Blackford county, Ind., on the ist of June, 1865, and is a son of William F. H. and Catherine (Ulum) Frazier, the former of whom was born in Hamilton county, O., September 2, 1828, while the latter was born in Greenville, Darke county O., May 29, 1830. The paternal grandparents of the Doctor were William and Anna (Pickens) Frazier, the former of whom was born and reared in Scotland, whence he came to America and located in Ohio in an early day. He later removed to Delaware county, Ind., where he died at the patriarchal age of ninety-nine years, six months and thirteen days. William F. M. Frazier was educated in the common schools of Marion county, O., and was there engaged as a potter until about 1851, when he removed to Blackford county, Ind., where he continued to reside until his death, which occurred February 2, 1902, while his devoted wife passed away March ig, i9o4, both having been members of the Church of God. The father was one of the first four men to become identified with the Republican party in Blackford county, and in 1864 he enlisted as a member of Company C. Fifty-third Indiana volunteer infantry, with which he served until the close of the war, having taken part in several engagements and participated in Sherman's memorable march from Atlanta to the sea. Of his six sons three are living. Dr. Frazier secured his early education in the public schools of Dundee, Ind., after which he continued his studies in the old Methodist Episcopal College at Fort Wayne, that state. Having decided to adopt the medical profession as his vocation in life he was matriculated in the Fort Wayne College of Medicine, in which he completed the prescribed course and was graduated on the 4th of March, 1891, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. On the day following his graduation he opened an office and began practice at Dundee, Ind., where he remained eighteen months, at the expiration of which, on the ist of July, 1892, he came to Kunkle, where he has since been engaged in active practice as a physician and surgeon and where he has met with marked success, gaining BIOGRAPHICAL - 375 high standing among his confriers and having the confidence of the people of the community. He came to Kunkle burdened with debt and he is now in a position of financial independence, his competency representing the results of his own efforts and good management. Soon after locating in this attractive village he established a drug business, which he has since continued most successfully, owning the building in which his store is quartered and also having one of the finest residence properties in the town. He. is a stockholder in the Kunkle State Banking Company, and owns one-seventh of the stock of the Farmers' Telephone Company, while he is president of the board of directors of the Kunkle Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of kitchen furniture. The doctor is a stanch Republican in politics but he has never sought office, though he served four years as county coroner. He is a valued member of the Williams County Medical Society and the Ohio State Medical Association, and is also affiliated with the Kunkle Lodge, No. 821, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and Pioneer Lodge, No. 347, Knights of Pythias, at Pioneer. October 13, 1897, Dr. Frazier was married to Miss Alma B. Benson, of Angola, Ind., and they have one daughter, Catherine R. FREDERICK H. FULTON, an honored citizen and representative farmer of Jefferson township, was born in Columbiana county, O., on the 22d of February, 1839, and is a son of John F. and Magdalena (Kerley) Fulton, both of whom were born near the historic and picturesque old city of Strassburg, Germany, where they were reared and educated. They came to America when young and their marriage was solemnized in the city of Philadelphia, Pa., where the father was identified with the butchering trade about seven years, at the expiration of which, in 1830, he came to Columbiana county, O., being numbered among the pioneers of that county, whence, in 1835, he removed to Hancock county, where he eventually became the owner of two hundred acres of land, reclaiming much of the same from the forest wilds and becoming one of the leading farmers of that section, where both he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives. Both were members of the German Reformed church, and in politics he was a stanch Democrat. This worthy couple became the parents of nine children: Tobias and Francis are deceased; Frederick H., of this sketch, was the next in order of birth ; Hannah married Adam Feick, now deceased, and resides in the city of Sandusky, O.; John resides in Hardin county, O.; Mary makes her home in Fostoria, O.; Caroline is a resident of Toledo, O.; Elizabeth is deceased, and Henry resides in Hardin county, O. Owing to the exigencies of time and place Frederick H. Fulton received meager educational advantages in his youth, while he early became inured to the strenuous labor of clearing wild land and doing other farm work, and he has ever retained the utmost respect for the dignity of honest toil and endeavor, which have characterized his personal 376 - HISTORY OF WILLIAMS COUNTY career as one of the noble army of the world's workers. He remained at the parental home until he had arrived at the age of twenty years, when he began an apprenticeship at the carpenter trade, becoming a competent workman. In 1843 he went to Fostoria, O., where he worked at his trade, as did he later in the city Sandusky. In 1860 he came to Williams county, where he found of profitable employment at his trade, and for about five years, while maintaining his home in this county, he did more or less work as collector for a Cincinnati concern, visiting divers sections of Ohio, Michigan and Indiana. He resided in Montpelier, this county, for a number of years, during which he had charge of the Hf ection of the buildings on the county fair grounds, and from 1865 to 1871 he was employed at his trade in Laporte, Ind., in the shops of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad. In the year last mentioned he returned to Williams county and purchased his present farm, the homestead of his wife's widowed other and known as the Mott place. The farm comprises eighty acres, and when he came into possession only seventeen acres had been cleared, but he has developed the farm into one of the model aes of the county, having erected excellent buildings and made Luther improvements of the highest grade. All the land is reclaimed and under cultivation with the exception of sixteen acres, rriainly covered with the native maple trees. He has three hundred sugar-maple trees on the farm and manufactures a very considerable quantity of maple sugar and syrup each year, finding a ready market for the products. For several years he also operated a sawmill and also a threshing outfit, his enterprising spirit leading him to take up ventures aside from his general farming and stock growing. Mr. Fulton is held in the highest regard in his home .immunity, and for the past three years he has been an incumbent the office of justice of the peace, while he has also served as a member of the school board of his district. He is a Democrat of ;aye Jacksonian type, and fraternally is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In 1865 Mr. Fulton was united in :.arriage to Miss Melinda J. Mott, who was born in Medina county, O., being a daughter of Samuel and Jane (Strong) Mott, Lath of whom were born in Pennsylvania, while their marriage was solemnized in Ohio. They were numbered among the pioneers Williams county, where Mr. Mott died in 1850, his widow suriving until 1874. They had twelve children, eight of whom are here mentioned, the others having died in infancy: Frank, a surveyor by profession, died in Wisconsin; Oscar, who was a member the Thirty-eighth Indiana Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War, lost his right arm while in battle, and died in Elkhart, Ind., In June 28, 1905; Stephen, who was a member of the Sixty-eight h Ohio Volunteer Infantry, died at Vicksburg, Miss., while in the service of his country; Elijah died in 1861 ; Harriet died in Remus, Mich., in 1882; Mrs. Fulton was the next in order of birth; Mary BIOGRAPHICAL - 371 Ind. The following record relates to the six children of Mr. and Mrs. Fulton: Cora M. is the wife of Samuel Roush, of Jefferson township, and they have four children living: Elsie, Ray, Clare and Mabel. Clara D. Fulton is the wife of Marcus Dunlap, of Superior township, and they have one child, Harry, F. Olive F. is the wife of Joseph Mocherman, of Jefferson township, and they have two children, Boyd E. and Inez M. Ida B. is a stenographer by vocation. Maurice, who is employed as a bookkeeper in a leading business house of the city of Chicago, was a member of the First Regiment of Illinois Volunteer Infantry during the Spanish-American war. On September 15, 1904, he was married to Miss Pearl E. Nelson, of Chicago, Ill. Pearl, the Youngest of the children, remains at the parental home. All of the children have been afforded good educational advantages and have honored their parents in their later years. WARREN LEROY FULTON was born January 9th, 1853. in Pioneer, Williams county, O.. He is the son of John Fulton and Phoebe Elizabeth (Doolittle) Fulton. John Fulton was the third son and fifth child of a family of five sons and five daughters. They were Benjamin, Isabella, Peter Voris, Rachel M., John, George, William, Catherine, Elizabeth and Lovina. Each of the ten chihedren married and raised a family, some of them quite large. Isabella was married to William Frisbie; Rachel M. to Jehial Moore; Catherine to Charles Gay; Elizabeth to Eliab Eggleston, and Lovina to Jesse Thorp. All lived at some time in Williams county and exerted an influence on its history. William Fulton, the grandfather of the subject, was born in Ireland in 1775, and, whey but a small child, came with his parents to America and settled ira Ohio where he worked as a mill-wright. Here he met and married Barbara Voris of English-Dutch descent. A family tradition relates that one of her ancestors, a young man by the name Deafabaugh, selected his wife from a shipload of women that we brought to Virginia, paid her passage with tobacco and married her. William Fulton and his wife lived in Richland and Ashland counties until about 1850, when they and most of the children came to Williams county and settled near Pioneer. Phoebe Elizabeth Doolittle was the daughter of Rev. Ebenezer Doolittle and Nancy (Atwater) Doolittle and was born in Madison county, N. Y. Her father was born in Connecticut, in 1791, and came with his parents to New York state when he was about six years old. At the age of twenty he entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal church, traveling as an itinerant in New York and Pennsylvania. Among the papers preserved in the family is certificate of ordination, signed by Francis Asbury, and a certificate of ordination as deacon signed by William McKendree Geneva, N. Y., on July 16, 1814. While traveling as a minister he met and married Nancy Atwater, a school teacher who was born in Cheshire township, New Haven county, Conn., a daughter of 378 - HISTORY OF WILLIAMS COUNTY Samuel and Patience (Peck) Atwater. After their marriage they lived for a time in Madison county, N. Y., where were born Carolina M., Francis A., Samuel Atwater, Pheebe E., and Benson E. With the exception of Francis, who was killed by a falling tree, all the children were afterwards connected with Williams county history. In the fall of 1833 Mr. Doolittle moved with his family from Madison county, N. Y., to Wayne county, Mich., and settled on a farm near the village of Dearborn. Here his wife Nancy died in 1845 from injuries received in a runaway accident. In 1848 he married Henrietta Norris. a sister of P. W. Norris, and in the spring of 1849 moved to Williams county and bought land in what is now the north part of Pioneer. To his second marriage was born Charles W. Doolittle. His second wife died in 1849 and he married Anna Burdick in 1852. He continued to preach occasionally and many of the older inhabitants remember his vigorous sermons. He was, for his hearty support of the government under Lincoln, a conspicuous figure in the village during the war, in spite of failing health. He died in September, 1865. John Fulton and Elizabeth Doolittle were married in 1852 and had four children, viz.: Warren L., the subject of this sketch; Ida M., who died in infancy: Elsie A.. the wife of F. W. Grannis, near Pioneer, and Rolla E., who married Clara Diebely and lives in Detroit, Mich. In the spring of 1857, attracted by the gloving reports of the fertile prairies of Kansas, John Fulton, with his family, removed to that territory and settled eighteen miles south of Lawrence, in the edge of Franklin county, of which he was later chosen county commissioner. Two men lived near, who afterwards became noted, viz.: John Brown, whose "body lies mould'ring in the tomb," and Jim Lane, afterwards United States senator from Kansas. In the fall of 1860 the family returned to Ohio for a visit, driving through with a horse and wagon, and camping out every night but two of the five weeks required for the journey. The passage through Illinois was made during the most exciting time in the presidential campaign that resulted in the election of Abraham Lincoln. The breaking out of the Civil war prevented the return of the family to Kansas, and they again located in Williams county, north of the village of Pioneer. Though nearly eight years old on his return to Ohio, Warren had never attended school. His education, however, had not been neglected. He was trained by his mother, who had been a school teacher before her marriage and her ambition was that her son should teach. A two-room school building had been built in the village of Pioneer during the summer of 1860 and school was opened in the early winter with Dr. Hiner in charge of the "upper room" and Mary Ann Rogers in the "lower room." Here Warren began his school life under the instruction of Miss Rogers, and, in more minds than his, there were strangely and inseparably commingled the impressions made by the personality of the teachers with the impressions made by the stirring incidents resulting from the war. The war news, the speeches, the war BIOGRAPHICAL - 379 meetings for the enlistment of volunteers, the martial music and especially the marching and training of the soldiers, all were echoed in. and mingled with the school life, and tended, no doubt, to foster an intense love of Country and develop an all-mastering desire to be of service to her. In 1869, having practically completed the work provided by the school, he attended one term Professor C. W. Mycrantz's school in Bryan. This increased his desire for education. He seemed to have inherited from both father and mother a taste for instructive reading, and this taste was cultivated, for the home was always well provided with the best current literature that the family was able to provide. Be fore he was sixteen lie was urged to take charge of a private o-' select school in Ransom, 1lfich., organized by a number of young; men who had been his schoolmates at a select school in Pioneer. But when he found that the pupils were all older than himself he felt that it would be too much of an undertaking, and though his mother urged him to try it, he declined. Two years later he taught his first tern', in Amboy township, Hillsdale county, Mich.. and this was soon followed by others. In 1874 he attended a tern of the Union school in Hillsdale, Mich., under Superintendent Robertson. In 1876 he visited the Centennial Exposition, going by way of Washington and returning through New York City, up the Hudson river and by Niagara Falls. In the fall of 1877 through the influence of his friend, Rev. L. T. Clark, he was led to enter the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware and took up the Normal course. This he completed in 1879, spending some months meanwhile in charge of the village schools of Larue, O., where he returned for the year '79-'80. In the fall of 1880 he was married to Elizabeth McCarty, daughter of Owen and Nancy (Gibbeny) McCarty, the latter Mr. McCartv's second wife. Mr. McCarty was one of the earliest settlers in Northwestern Ohio. He was born in 1801 in New Jersey, near the Delaware river. His father died when he was but a child and his mother moved to Detroit, Mich. Here he married Phila Ann Norris, a sister to P. W. Norris, and in the 4o's he came to Williams county and settled on his land in Bridgewater township. Four daughters were born to this first wife, viz., Hannah, wife of Dan Gibbenv; Annette, wife of J. C. Blackford; Emily, wife of Morrison Osborn, and Marriette, wife of Chris Howald. Mr. McCarty's first wife died about 1850 and in 1852 he married Nancy Gibbeny. They had two daughters and a son. The son died in infancy. The younger daughter, Cora, was married to C. V. Moats, and died in 1891, leaving one daughter, Cora Floy Moats. Immediately after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Fulton went to Delaware, O., when he again took up college work, entering the sophomore class and teaching some college classes, thus lightening expenses and at the same time gaining valuable experience. Mrs. Fulton meanwhile continued her studies with the piano. In 1881 he was elected to the principalship of the schools of Pioneer, O., a position which he held for five years. 380 - HISTORY OF WILLIAMS COUNTY While there their daughter Mildred was born. His father, John Fulton, died in 1882 and his father-in-law, Owen McCarty, in 1885. In 1886 he was again elected principal of the Larue school, but resigned before the close of the year and accepted a position in the general merchandise store of A. C. Marshall, in Pioneer, O. This position he left in the fall of 1888 to re-enter school work at Montpelier, O., being assigned to the charge of the grammar room under the superintendency of E. M. Counsellor, and on the resignation of the latter in 1889 he was chosen superintendent. This position he held for five years. While employed there their son Vincent was born. There also in 1891 his mother died. In the fall of 1894 he decided to return to college and complete his course. This he succeeded in doing in one year and was graduated in 1895 as one of the seventeen "honor men" in a class of ninety-nine members. While teaching at Larue he had been before the state board of school examiners and had received a certificate of the highest grade, authorizing him for life to teach in any public school in the State. In the fall of 1895 he secured a position as instructor in the Normal department of Michael's University in Logansport, Ind. He remained but one year, and in the fall of 1896 became superintendent of the schools of Clyde, O., a position which he held until 1900 when he returned to Williams county and took charge of the Alvordton school, where he is now serving his sixth year. In addition to his work in the public schools he has been a diligent worker in church and Sunday school, se.ving many years as superintendent. He was also for three years a member of the county board of school examiners and has served several terms as president of the county teachers' associations. In the spring of 1903 he was elected mayor of the village of Alvordton. EDWARD GAUDERN, prosecuting attorney of Williams county, O., was born in Pioneer of that county on December 10, 1867. He is the son of Richard and Lucia R. (Pitts) Gaudern. The Gaudern family is of Norman stock. The first of the family to take up his abode in the United States, however, came from England. He was Richard Gaudern, who wag born and reared in England, where he followed the calling of lace making. He came to America during the late twenties or the early thirties of the last century ar.d located first in New York State. In 1835 he came West to Coshocton county, O., and five years later to Williams county, where he purchased a tract of land and carried on farming for many years. He became in time one of the leading and influential citizens of the county and served as a trustee of his township. He was an Abolitionist and a "conductor" on the "Underground Railroad" which assisted many a slave on his way to Canada and freedom. After coming to the United States he married Miss Abigail Stewart, the grandmother of the subject of this sketch, a daughter of Solomon W. Stewart, a distinguished man and noted educator, who for forty years taught school in and near the city of Hudson, BIOGRAPHICAL - 381 N. Y. He was a native of Scotland, belonging to a prominent family of that country. He came to America as a British soldier, was captured by the Colonial troops and afterwards became a loyal citizen of the United States. To Richard Gaudern and wife the following children were born William; Catherine, the wife of Judge Martin Perkey; Mrs. Abigail Champion; Mrs. Theodosia Graves, and Richard, the father of Edward Gaudern. Dr. Richard Gaudern was for more than forty years a prominent and successful physician of Pioneer, Williams county, and was closely identified with the development of the county. He was born on July 26. 1832, in Oneida county, N. Y., and came with his parents to Williams county in 1840. He attended the common schools during his youth and in 1851 began the study of medicine. The next twu years he attended medical lectures in Cincinnati, and in 1853 he began the practice of his profession in partnership with Dr. Jonas H. Roe, his preceptor. Two years later he opened an offnce in Pioneer, where he practiced continuously until his death in May, 19o4. In 1868 he went to New York City and entered Bellevue Medical College, from which he graduated in 1873. From that time on the Doctor gave all of his time and attention to the practice of his profession. He was a progressive and public spirited man. and contributed largely to the building up and the development of the community. He was popular with the people, who fully appreciated his worth and ability, and he always enjoyed the esteem of the public in a full measure. Dr. Gaudern was always a Republican, casting his first vote for Gen. John C. Fremont for president. He was a delegate to the first Republican Congressional convention held in the district and was many times a delegate to state and county conventions. In religious matters he was identified with the Methodist Episcopal church. In 1857 he married Miss Lucinda Pennell, a daughter of Rev. Abram Pennell, of New York State, a well-known and prominent Adventist minister, who dissented from the Wesleyan faith. One child was born to this union and that died at the age of three years. Mrs. Gaudern having died in 1862, the doctor during the following year married Miss Lucia. R. Pitts, who was born in the State of New York and was a daughter of Peter Pitts, an influential and successful farmer. She died in 1870, leaving three children, as follows: Abigail S., Edward and Bessie. Abigail S. was a graduate of the scientific course of the University of Michigan in the class of 1895, and died in the spring of 1903 ; Bessie is now in Florida. In 1874 Dr. Gaudern married Mrs. Mary J. Gross, the daughter of John Kelley, a woolen manufacturer, who came to Williams county from Huron county, O. Edward Gaudern grew to manhood in his native town and received his early education in the graded schools of Pioneer. He afterwards entered the Ohio Wesleyan University, and graduated from that institution with the class of 1893. He then began the study of law and was admitted to the bar in 1895. Soon after his admission to the bar he began the practice of heaw in Bryan and has been located 382 - HISTORY OF WILLIAMS COUNTY there ever since. In igot he received the nomination of the Republican party for the position of prosecuting attorney of Williams county and was triumphantly elected at the ensuing November election. So satisfactory was his administration of that office that in 1904 he was nominated and at the election following received the highest vote and the largest majority ever given a candidate for that office in Williams county. He is now serving his second terns and it is safe to say that no other incumbent of the prosecutor's office in Williams county has ever been called upon to perform more important duties than has Mr. Gaudern. Aside from the usual official duties, it has fallen to him to conduct the prosecutions of the famous firebugs. So successful has Mr. Gaudern been and so painstaking in his work, that up to date not one of the men accused of arson has been acquitted. On April 15, 1897, Mr. Gaudern was united in marriage to Miss Cora Patton, who was born in Highland county, O., and is the daughter of James and Marjorie (Moore) Patton. She is a graduate of the Ohio Wesleyan University of the class of 1895. Mr. Gaudern is identified with the organization of the Knights of Pythias, and with his wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Three children have been born to Edward Gaudern and wife. They are: Lucia, born in 1898; James, born in 1901, and Bruce, born in 1902. WILLIAM GAUSE, one of the prominent young citizens and business men of Montpelier, O., and until very recently proprietor of the Gause House. the leading hotel and restaurant of the town, was born at Bloomingdale, Allen count., Ind., just across the river from Ft. Wayne, on October 23, 1871. He is the son of George and Catherine (Corder) Gause, the former a native of Circleville, Pickaway county, O., and the latter of Wabash county, Ind. His grandfather, John C. Gause, was a native of Hamburg, Germany, who came to the United States while still a boy, in 1831, locating first in Pennsylvania and afterwards at Dayton, O. When the Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne & Chicago Railway was being built he secured the contract for grading the roadbed and laying the ties from Ft. Wayne to Chicago. After securing this contract he removed from Dayton, O., to a farm adjoining the outskirts of Ft. Wayne. where he made his headquarters while the contract was under way. The extent of the contract may be inferred from the fact that he employed between five hundred and six hundred men during the entire time. After successful completion of the railway he retired from railroad contracting and devoted all of his time to other kinds of work, finally settling down on his farm. Later he removed to LaOtto, Noble county, Ind., where lie was appointed postmaster, a position that he held until his death in 1902. His wife was a native of Germany, who emigrated to America when twenty years old. She died in 1889. The following children were born to these parents: George : Christian ; Margaret, now Mrs. Wert ; Katie, the wife of Mr. Pfeiffer, and Philip. The maternal grandfather of the subject BIOGRAPHICAL - 383 of this sketch was Griffin Corder, born in Circleville in 1803, whose ancestors cane from Germany to America in a very early day, settling first in Pennsylvania and afterwards removing to Ohio. He married Elizabeth Corder, a first cousin. From Circleville they removed to Wabash county, Ind., where both died, the former in 1881 and the latter a year later. These children were born to them: Sarah, the wife of Zack Young; Catherine, the mother of William Gause; William; and Elizabeth, now Mrs. Sam Jones. George Gaup, was born on the old Hanna farm, on the outskirts of Ft. Wayne, in 1843. He was a civil engineer by profession, and did much raiheroad work, the last being the contract to set the stakes for the oil Eel River railroad, a contract completed twenty-eight years ago. He then removed to Roan. Incl., where he and his wife, born in 1851, are still living, and where he for a time was engaged in the milling business. To these parents there have been born six chihe dren, all of whom are still living. They are: William; Mary, still at home; Bert, a resident of Montpelier; Lessie, the wife of Wallis Wert, railroad agent at Roan, and Everett. hotel man at Danville, Ill. William Gause grew to manhood at Roan, Ind., where he attended the public schools in the daytime and worked in his father's saw mill at night. His first independent work was in ditch contracting, at which he made sufficient money to carry him through a two years' apprenticeship at the miller trade. After working at his trade for one year in Wabash, Ind., upon the advice of hie physician, he quit the business altogether and turned his attention to bridge building on the Wabash railroad. He followed this avocation for three years, restoring his lungs to a healthy condition. In 1899 he bought what was then known as Perry's restaurant, located at the Wabash depot, Montpelier. This business was a limited one and carried on in a small building. In 1901 he began and completed the "Gause House." This building has fifty rooms, resides a large dining room and a convenient lunch room. Both the hotel business and the restaurant proved very profitable. From the original investment of $600 upon coming to Montpelier, Mr. Gause developed a property worth fully $15.000, and all of this was accomplished in five years. In 1903. he began to build a hotel and restaurant at Danville, Ill., but before the completion of the building it was destroyed by fire, entailing a loss to him of $4,000. His brother and he then formed a partnership and built the "Gauss House," a railroad restaurant and hotel, in that city, which, under the management of his brother Everett, has proved a very profitable venture. Mr. Gause owns property at Roan and at Hamilton and Wausee Lakes, Ind., well known summer resorts. In the summer of 1905, Mr. Gause sold his hotel property at Montpelier. and is now engaged in the construction of a large summer resort hotel at Hamilton. Ind., upon a beautiful island in the lake at that place. He however retains his residence at Montpelier. He was the first man in 'Montpelier to put down cement walks. In the affairs of the Odd Fellow and Pythan organization he has always taken an 384 - HISTORY OF WILLIAMS COUNTY active part. On September 25, 1898, he was wedded to Miss Grace D. Stone, who was born on the old Slocum farm in Wabash county, Ind., February 16, 1878, and is the daughter of Elias F. and Mary A. (Matlock) Stone, the former being a twin brother of Guy Stone, superintendent of the Bluffton. Ind., electric light works. SIMEON GILLIS, ex-auditor of Williams county and prominent and highly successful in the insurance business at Bryan, was born near Iberia, Morrow county, O., on May a, 1841. He is the son of William and Jane (McLaren) Gillis, the former a native of Ohio and the latter of Ireland. William Gillis was born in Harrison county, O., on May 11, 1813. He grew to manhood there, receiving such education as the common schools of that early day afforded, and at the age of nineteen years removed to Morrow county, where he began life as a farmer. He remained in Morrow county until 1845 and then removed to Williams county, where he bought eighty acres of ,land in Florence township, where he established a domicile and devoted the remainder of his life to agricultural pursuits. He soon became a leading citizen of the community and lived to a ripe old age, always enjoying the respect and esteem of his fellow citizens. In public affairs he took a patriotic interest and assisted all projects that had in view the betterment of the community. He was a zealous Christian gentleman and affnliated with the Presbyterian church. On December 24, 1835, he was wedded in Morrow county to Miss Jane McLaren, whose parents came to Richland county about the same time that his parents came there. To this union the following children were born: Martha E. (deceased), one of the early school teachers of Williams county, who died unmarried at the age of twenty-three years; Rebecca M., the wife of Samuel A. Young, now a farmer of Northwest township, Williams county; Eliza J., wife of John W. Van Fossen, now living at Orland, Id.; Simeon; James F., who enlisted in the fall of 1862 in Company K, Sixty-eighth Ohio volunteer infantry and died in 1863 from a disease contracted in the service; William M., who died in 1877, at the age of thirty-one years; Mary. the wife of Benjamin Carpenter, now a resident of Montpelier, O.; Alexander C., a farmer of Orland, Id.; Rhoda L.. now Mrs. Edward L. Brooks, of Nebraska, and Sarah, who died at the age of eight years. Mr. Gillis died April 30. 1889, and his wife passed away in 1903. Simeon iillis was but three years old when his parents removed to Williams county, and at the paternal home in Florence township he grew to manhood and received his education in the pioneer schools r that day, and in a commercial college, at Flint, Mich. The Civil War had been in progress but a few months, when, on October 22, 1861, as a boy of nineteen years he enlisted as a private in Company K, Sixty-eighth Ohio volunteer infantry. With his regiment lie went into camp, first at Napoleon and later at Camp Chase, O. The winter was spent in drilling and in other preparations for the bard campaigns that were to come. Early in the spring of 1862, BIOGRAPHICAL - 385 upon the Sunday previous to the battle of Fort Donelson, his regiment left the Buckeye capital and reached the front in time to participate in the battle above mentioned. Simeon Gillis took part with his command in the operations that followed. From there the regiment marched to Pittsburg Landing, where during the battle of Shiloh it guarded the division camp. In the operations around Corinth the Sixty-eighth was constantly engaged in building bridges, roads and entrenchments and, after the evacuation, in guarding railroad lines and bridges. Then it was actively engaged in General Grant's Mississippi campaign in the fall of 1862. At Metamora the regiment was complimented in general orders for gallantry. The regiment took part in the expedition to penetrate Mississippi as far as Water Valley and then returned to Memphis, where the remainder of the winter was spent. In the spring of 1863 his regiment worked on various canals in Louisiana, and on April io moved to Milliken's Bend, where for a time it worked on mibitary roads. On April 23, with the rest of the army the regiment began its march around Vicksburg, crossing swamps, bayous and swollen streams, and on May 1 crossed the Mississippi river at Bruinsburg. La., and after a forced march arrived on the battlefield while the battle of Thompson's Hill was in progress. After taking part in the battles of Raymond and Jackson the regiment participated in the battle of Champion Hill, which was destined to be the end of the military career of Simeon Gillis. Early in the engagement he was wounded, a minnie ball piercing his left leg, making necessary the amputation of that limb below the knee. He lay on the battlefield from shortly after noon until sundown, when he was conveyed to the field hospital, where ten days later, on May 26, he was taken prisoner. On June 24 he was released and then remained in the hospital in Memphis until December of that year, when he received his final discharge. He then returned to Williams county, maimed and incapacitated for any kind of physical work. In the fall of 1866 he received the nomination of the Republican party for county auditor and was successful at the polls. In 1868 he was reelected and again in 1871. As the result of a legislative act, changing the time of taking office, the period of eight months was added to his second term, making his incumbency of that office six years and eight months. In 1875 he engaged in the saw mill and lumber business, which he conducted successfully for two years. Then he associated with himself Charles A. Bowersox and A. W. Killits and bought the Bryan Press. After one year Mr. Killits withdrew and Mr. Bowersox sold his interest to Elisha M. Ogle, and the firm of Gillis & Ogle successfully conducted the paper for several years, when Mr. Gillis became the sole proprietor. In 1889 he sold the plant to Letcher & Roe and retired from the newspaper business. Soon after he entered the insurance field and also became a pension attorney and now has a fairly remunerative business at Bryan. On July 7, 1870, he was united in marriage to Miss Myra Ball, the daughter of Thomas and Phoehe (Wright) Balhe, old residents of 25 386 - HISTORY OF WILLIAMS COUNTY Williams county. To this marriage there have been born four chilren, as follows: Ethel, now employed by the American Hay Corn-. any at Townley, N. J.; Faie, the wife of Omar L. Spangler, manager of the Bryan Independent Telephone Company; Harlan V., manager of the Shelbyville (Ky.), telephone plant; Donna, home. Mr. Gillis is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic with his wife a member of the Presbyterian church. JEROME D. GLEASON was a native of Williams county and a member of one of its representative pioneer families, while it was his to leave an unblemished record as a patriot, as a loyal citizen and as a reliable and progressive business man. He served during practically the entire course of the Civil war, after the close of which he dentified himself with the business interests of the city of Bryan, being one of its prominent merchants and influential and honored citizens at the time of his death, on the l0th of September, 1900. His ife was cut short by a pitiable accident, as he was killed by a train while crossing the tracks of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern ailroad. Mr. Gleason was born on the pioneer homestead, in Pulaski township, Williams county, O., on the 3d of May, 1839, being a son of Philetus S. and Jane (Douglass) Gleason, who were early settlers in the county, where they continued to reside until their death. He was reared to maturity on the home farm, aiding in its reclamation and cultivation, while his educational advantages were very limited, owing to the exigencies of time and place. He had just attained to his legal majority when the dark cloud of Civil war cast its pall over the national firmament, and he was among the first to tender his aid in suppression of the rebellion, which menaced the integrity of the nation. On the 1st of September, 1861, he enlisted as a private in Company H, Thirty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for a term of "three years or during the war." The history of the famous old Thirty-eighth Ohio is practically the record of Mr. Gleason's military career, since he was with his command during its entire period of service. The regiment proceeded to Camp Dennison, at Columbus, where it received its equipment and was given preliminary tactical discipline. In October it was sent into the field, in Kentucky, encamping first at Nicholasville, where it remained two weeks, at the expiration of which it was ordered forward on a forced march of sixty miles to the relief of Wild Cat, that state. Thereafter, after pursuing and defeating the enemy on several occasions, the command went into winter quarters at Somerset, Ity. The winter proved a very trying one in the camp, owing to the prevalence of illness, and at one time less than three hundred out of the nine hundred and ninety men were available for active duty. In March, 1862, the regiment was ordered to Nashville, Tenn., and shortly afterward became concerned in the campaign through the middle part of that state. Within the months of April and May it participated in the siege of Corinth, pursued Beauregard to Bonneville and returned to Corinth. In June the regiment marched to Tuscumbia, Ala., and in August to BIOGRAPHICAL - 387 Winchester, Tenn., after which followed the terrible march from Chattanooga to the Ohio river. After the battle of Chaplin Hill, Kv., the command was identified with the campaign work in that state, and on the 27th of October went into camp at Rolling Fork. From this point was made another march to Nashville, and for a" time the Thirty-eighth Ohio guarded the railroad between that city and Gallatin, while in September it took part in the sanguinary battle of Stone River. Thereafter it was stationed near Murfreesboro until March, 1863, when it moved to Triune and constructed Fort Phelps. Thereafter it was actively concerned in the Tullahoma campaign, and in August the entire corps of which it was a part proceeded over the. Cumberland mountains, crossing the Tennessee river at Shell Mound, and thence moving onward over Lookout and Raccoon mountains try the Lookout valley, where were made immediate preparations for battle. The Thirty-eighth Ohio, under special order from General Thomas, was then charged with the guarding of the transit to Chattanooga of the supply train of the entire army, and by reason of this detail it escaped the memorable battle of Chickamauga. At the assault on Mission Ridge the regiment, in the face of terrific cannon fire, moved to the very summit of the ridge, at the cost of seven mere killed and forty-one wounded. Thereafter it pursued the enemy to Ringgold, Ga., after which it returned to Chattanooga and veteranized, its members being given a furlough of thirty days. This period was one of exceptional nature for the \Williams county members Ot the regiment, who were received in their home county with the utmost enthusiasm and rejoicing, being deluged with marks of popular esteem, including banquets, speeches, toasts, flowers, etc. At the expiration of the furlough they reported at Ringgold, Ga., where the depleted ranks of the regiment were raised to seven hundred and forty-one men, after which the command again faced the stern realities of warfare, most of the members being seasoned veterans, as Mr. Gleason. In May, 1864, the regiment took part in several skirmishes about Buzzard Roost Gap and its fortifications, nearly in the rear of Resaca, losing several in killed and wounded. It took an active part in the siege of Kenesaw Mountain; marched, in July, to the Chattahoochie river; established the picket line of the Fourteenth Army Corps near Atlanta; and early in August moved to May creek. After various expeditions the regiment, with the entire brigade, assaulted the enemy's works at Jonesboro, making a desperate fight and meeting with the appalling loss of forty-two killed and one hundred and eight wounded, out of a total of three hundred and sixty men engaged. All of the superior officers having been either killed or wounded in the early part of this engagement. Mr. Gleason, as third duty sergeant, commanded the company to the close of the battle, and for this noteworthy service was declared by his comrades to be worthy of promotion. After the battle there were but two men in the company able to stack arms and answer the roll call, and one of these was Mr. Gleason, who had been in the very thick of the fray. After pursuing Hood for a considerable distance, the regiment re- 388 - HISTORY OF WILLIAMS COUNTY joined the Union forces at Atlanta and thence accompanied General Sherman on the ever-memorable march to the sea After doing provost duty at Milledgeville, the regiment destroyed the bridge across the big Ogeechee, and on December 21, 1864, went into camp near Savannah, Ga. The following spring it participated in the campaign through the Carolinas, and after the surrender of General Lee, Mr. Gleason proceeded with his regiment to the national capital, where they participated in the Grand Review. From Washington Mr. Gleason was ordered with his company to Texas, but while they were en route the order was countermanded, the men receiving their discharge from the service on the 5th of July, 1865, at Louisville, Ky. Soon after his return to his home, in Williams county, Mr. Gleason established himself in the grocery business in Bryan, his headquarters having been in the old Denny building, on the north side of the public square. Two years later he entered into partnership with Joseph B. Jones, under the firm name of Jones & Gleason, and for the ensuing fifteen years they controlled a large business in the buying and shipping of produce. In 1885 Mr. Gleason again engaged in the grocery trade, in Bryan, being identified with this enterprise until his death and having built up an excellent business, which has since been continued by his sons. On the 2d of November, 1865, Mr. Gleason was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Newman, who survives him, as do their five children, namely: Harry N., who is now a resident of the state of Washington: Fred S., who is senior member of the firm of Gleason Brothers, successors to the business of his father; Vera E., who is the wife of Walter Robson, of West Unity, this country: Olen W., who is junior member of the firm of Gleason Brothers; and George B.. who is employed in the store of his brothers. Jerome D. Gleason was signally public-spirited in his attitude and the interests of his home city and county lay close to his heart, while in all the relations of life he commanded the unequivocal confidence and esteem of those with whom he came in contact. SYDNEY M. GLEASON, a prominent retired merchant of Bryan, is a representative of one of the old pioneer families of Williams county, O. Luther Gleason, the progenitor of the family in America, as born in Wales and emigrated to the United States in early manhood. He located in the state of New York, where he followed the occupation of farming, and where he was wedded to Miss Lydia Ryder, native of Connecticut. Philetus S. Gleason, the son of Luther and Lydia (Ryder) Gleason, was born in Tompkins county, N. Y., June 24, 1814. He grew to manhood there, receiving a common school education, and at an early age was apprenticed to learn the cabinet maker's trade. At the age of twenty-one, however, lie left the haunts of his boyhood and removed to Williams county, O., where he entered a tract of land in Springfield township. and began life as a pioneer settler in a locality which was then still in a state of nature. In addition to the arduous labors incident to the clearing of a farm, he worked at his trade whenever opportunity afforded. After a residence of two BIOGRAPHICAL - 389 years in Springfield township he removed to Pulaski township, where he continued to reside until the fall of 1865, whet he moved to Bryan. and resided there until his death in 1891. On September 13, 1835, he was married in New York to Miss Jane Douglass, who died April 29, 1854. They were the parents of the following six children: George P,., a resident for many years of Toledo, where he died; Jerome D.. deceased; Letty J., the wife of Frank Teeter of New York State Sydney H., of Bryan: Emily. deceased; and Alfred, deceased. On March 1, 1855. Mr. Gleason was wedded to Mrs. Mary McNary, nec Bostater. To this marriage three children were born, of whom only one is living. Their names follow: Emma F., deceased: Charles If.. deceased; and Alvin Frank, a resident of Toledo. O. Sydney M. Gleason, the son of Philetus S. and Jane (Douglass) Gleason, was born in Pulaski township. Williams county, O., August 2, 1842. where he grew to manhood, receiving his education in the common schools. In 1861, at the early age of nineteen years, he removed to the state of New York and began life as a farmer. Those were stirring times. however, and to the patriotic youth the pursuits of a farmer were not attractive when his country's life was in danger. Therefore, ca August 8, 1862, he enlisted in Company G of the One Hundred and Ninth New York volunteer infantry. His company was detached from the regiment and detailed to guard the Baltimore and Ohio railroad and to arrest deserters until the latter part of 1863, when the joined the Ninth army corps under General Burnside, and in 1864 engaged in the Eastern campaign under General Grant. Mr. Gleason participated in the battle of the Wilderness, and on May 6, 1864, was seriously wounded, receiving a minie-ball in the left hip. He was sent to Fredericksburg, where lie obtained such aid as the circumstances permitted. and after remaining there for twenty days he was transferred to Washington. He remained in the Capital City until December 15, 1864, when he was discharged for disability. Returning to New York in January. 186~. he was elected door-keeper of the New York house of representatives for one session. Then he returned to Ohio and soon thereafter engaged in the grocery business in Bryan in company with his brother, Jerome D. This partnership was dissolved at the expiration of two years, when Mr. Gleason began clerking in a hardware store. In 1870 he embarked in the hardware business in partnership with D. C. Baxter, and for many years the firm of Gleason & Baxter operated one of the leading hardware stores in the county. Sydney M. Gleason is a Republican, and with his family a member of the Presbyterian church. On May 3, 1866, he was united in marriage to Miss Kate Shorthill. the daughter of James Shorthill, deceased, who had settled in Williams county in an early day. To Mr. and Mrs. Gleason there were born three children, whose names follow: Ora, deceased; Bertha. the wife of Edward Henning of Bryan, and Claire, now Mrs. Ray Straight of Bryan. Mrs. Gleason died on November 27, 1900. 390 - HISTORY OF WILLIAMS COUNTY CHRISTIAN D. GOELTZENLEUCHTER, a highly respected farmer of St. Joseph township, Williams county, O., is of German descent. His paternal grandfather was Christian Goeltzenleuchter, a native of Bavaria, Germany, where he died. His paternal grandmother was Catherine (Deihl) Goeltzenleuchter, also a native of Bavaria, Germany. The maternal grandparents were Henry and Catherine (Gilbert) Shaefer, both natives of Germany, who emigrated to America and settled in Stark county, O., in 1837, where lie died in 1844, and his widow, surviving him twelve years, died in DeKalb county, Ind. The parents of Christian D. Goeltzenleuchter were Philip R. and Dorotha (Shaefer) Goeltzenleuchter, both natives of Pirmasens, Bavaria, Germany. They were married in their native country and came to the United States in 1837, locating near Waynesburg, Stark county, where they, resided for seven years and then removed to St. Joseph township, Williams county, settling on a farm of one hundred and sixty acres, which he brought to a high state of cultivation. In politics he was a Democrat and with his wife a member of the German Baptist church. They were the parents of six sons and five daughters, of whom five sons and two daughters are still living. He died on his farm December 3, 1872, aged sixty-two years. Christian D. Goeltzenleuchter was reared on a farm and educated in the public schools of his home county. At the age of five years lie came with his parents to Williams county and has lived there ever since. While he learned and followed for some time the carpenter trade, he has made farming his principal occupation. On his farm of fifty-three acres he lives a happy and contented life. In politics he is a Democrat. 'Being greatly interested in school affairs, he has served some years on the school board. Although baptized into the Lutheran church, he with his wife is a member of the Evangelical Association. In 1873 he was wedded to Miss Catherine Hollinger, the daughter of Carl Hollinger, mentioned elsewhere in this work. He and wife are the parents of three children. They are: Owen Washington, born February 21, 1877, and died in December, 1883, aged nearly seven years; Glen V., born November 22, 1883, educated in the public schools, having twice passed the Boxwell examination, and a farmer and engineer by occupation, and residing at the old home; Rose L., born July 22, 1887, attended the public schools and now resides with her parents. LEWIS RUDOLPHUS GOELTZENLEUCHTER, a well-to-do and highly respected farmer of St. Joseph township, Williams county, O., was born in Stark county, of that state, on July 20, 1843. He is the son of Philip R. Goeltzenleuchter, mentioned in the above memoir. He was only one year old when his parents settled in Williams county, where he grew to manhood, receiving a fair education in the public schools of that county. In 1866 he began working at the carpenters' trade and followed it until 1872, when he located on a farm of sixty acres, bought by him out of his earnings, and there he has ever since resided, following general farming and stock-raising. In politics he is independent and in religious matters he entertains very liberal views. BIOGRAPHICAL - 391 On December 17, 1868, he was wedded to Miss Sophia Eve, born in Erie county, N. Y., July 14, 1848, the daughter of Henry and Margaret (Rech) Eve, both natives of Germany, who emigrated to the United States in 1847 and settled near Buffalo, N. Y. From Buffalo they came to Williams county, locating on a farm one-half mile north and one mile west of Edgerton, where both died in 1858, the father aged sixty-two and the mother fifty-two years. The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Goeltzenleuchter were Henry and Maria (Raap) Eve, who lived and died in France. Her maternal grandparents were Christian and Catherine Rech, both natives of Germany. Christian Rech emigrated to America and after a residence of seven years returned to his native land, where he married and spent the remainder of his life. To Lewis Rudolphus Goeltzenleuchter and wife three children have been born. They are: George E., born September 23, 1869, educated in the public schools, and a farmer by occupation, being the owner of eighty acres of land; Lewis Lavernie, born in Williams county July 122, 1884; Cora Viola, born February 9, 1887, educated in the public schools, and the wife of Leonard A. Richly of Pioneer, O. Laura F. Bluntschly, an adopted daughter, was born May 29, 1878, and at eighteen years of age married Edwin Ellis and moved to Wood county, O. WESLEY B. GREEK, who is now numbered among the representative agriculturists of Madison township, was for many years identified with educational work, in which he met with marked success, being a man of high scholastic attainments. Professor Greek was born in Hancock county, O., January 28, 1848, and is a son of Frederick and Martha (Brubaker) Greek, both of whom were born in Lancaster county, Pa., the former in 1811 and the latter in 1814. Their marriage was solemnized in) the old Keystone state, whence they came to Williams county and settled in Madison township, where the father reclaimed a farm of eighty acres and became one of the substantial men of the township, where he held the high regard of all who knew him. In politics he was a stanch Republican, ever taking an intelligent interest in the questions of the day, and both he and his wife were earnest members of the German Baptist Brethren church. Theybecamethe parents of fourteen children, of whom six sons and three daughters are living. Frederick Greek died on the 30th of November, 1895, his wife having passed away on the 5th of February, 1894. Professor Greek passed his boyhood days on the homestead farm and after completing the curriculum of the common schools of the locality he continued his studies in the normal school at Bryan, this county, while later he was a student in the celebrated University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor. Later he attended the Ohio Central Normal School, from which he graduated. After receiving his diploma he continued to be engaged in pedagogic work for a number of years, having taught one year at West Unity, Williams county, six years at Pioneer and four years at Stryker in the same county, after which he was identified with the dry-goods business in Stryker for two and one-half years and 392 - HISTORY OF WILLIAMS COUNTY with a mercantile enterprise in Bryan for two years. In 1890 he went to Calera, Shelby County, Ala., where he was engaged in the manuiacturing of lumber for one year, at the expiration of which he was appointed postmaster at Columbiana, the judicial center of the same county, retaining this incumbency two and onetihalf years, after which he rendered effective service for five years as principal of the public schools at that place, and thereafter taught one year in the schools of Center, Cherokee county, Ala., and two years at Aldrich, Shelby county. He then returned to Williams county, O., and after serving one year as superintendent of the West Unity public schools he located upon the farm which is now his home, this being in the year 1901. The fine farm upon which he resides comprises one hundred and sixty acres and is a part of the estate of the late George Throne, while he also personally owns a well improved farm of forty acres in the same section of the township. In politics Professor Greek accords an unswerving allegiance to the Republican party, and both he and his wife are members of the Methodist church. October 25, 1874, Professor Greek was united in marriage to Miss Sarah A. Stiving, daughter of the late Philip Stiving, of Madison township, of whom specific mention is made in the article dedicated to his sons, George W. and Peter O., appearing elsewhere in this publication. Mr. and Mrs. Greek have eight children: Laura Elva, Clement Erb, Mary Ethel, Mabel Edna, Fred Herman, Leah Beatrice, and William McKinley. FREDERICK GRISIER is one of the most venerable of the pioneer citizens of Williams county, where he has resided for more than sixty years, aiding in the development of the agricultural resources of the county and proving true to all the responsibilities implied in honorable and loyal citizenship. Mr. Grisier was born in the little village of Bretigny, in the department of the Deaux, northern France, on the 8th of September, 1819. his native place being about six miles distant from the city of Lille. He is a son of Andre and Elizabeth Grisier, both of whom were born in the same village of Bretigny, where they passed their entire lives, being plain and honest folk and living lives of signal usefulness, the father having been a weaver by trade, while he also followed gardening. They became the parents of seven children, all of whom came to America but one: James settled in Fulton county, C., where he died; Peter died in Williams county, having settled here many years ago; Jacob died in his native land; George was a resident of Fulton county at the time of his death; Frederick, of this sketch, was the next in order of birth; Peter James was a resident of Williams county at time of death; and Catherine became the wife of Peter Beucler, of this county, both being now deceased. Frederick Grisier was reared to manhood in his native land, and in 1842, when twenty-three years of age, he immigrated to America, locating in Williams .county soon after his arrival in the new world. Here he remained about eighteen months and then returned to France, where, on the igth of March, 1844, he was united in marriage to Miss Susan Virnier, who was born in his home village of Bretigny, on the 15th of BIOGRAPHICAL - 393 June, 1822. He remained in France about eighteen months and then came with his bride to America and took up his permanent residence in Williams county, where they have ever since maintained their home. In 1845 Mr. Grisier purchased a tract of land in Springfield township, while later, as prosperity crowned his efforts, he made additionahe purchases of land, securing seventy-three acres, in Section 3, later securing another tract, of twenty acres, in the same section, and still later coming into possession of eighty acres in Section 11. Practically all of his land, separated by several miles into two farms, was wild at the time he came into possession of the same, and he reclaimed a large part to cultivation and made good improvements, while he still owns about one hundred and seventy-three acres. The first family home was a log cabin, which he built on his first purchase, and on that homestead he continued to reside until December, 1904, since which time he has lived retired in Stryker. In politics Mr. Grisier is a stanch adherent of the Republican party, with which he has been identified from practically the time of its organization, and whibe he has never sought office he was chosen one of the first school directors of Springfield township and has never failed to manifest a livehey interest in local affairs. Both he and his wife are members of the Baptist church. To them were born ten children, concerning whom the following data are consistently entered in this connection: Louis J. is engaged in the dry-goods business at Jefferson, Ia.; Henry G. resides in Stryker; Adolphus P. is deceased; Frederick G. is a popular physician and surgeon of Columbia City, Id.; George C., a tinner by trade, is a resident of Jefferson, Ia.; William P. is engaged in the furniture business in Stryker; Adelle remains at the parental home: Julia died March 11, 1862, at the age of eighteen months; L. E. died February 2, 1898; and Eugenia is the wife of Irvin Jodry, a successful farmer of Springfield township. BLAIR HAGERTY, M. D., of Montpelier, the subject of thi; sketch, was born in Richland county, O., in 1840. His parents, Blair and Rebecca (Goodrich) Hagerty were of Irish and English descent. They were formerly from Pennsylvania, then moved to Richland county, where they cleared up a farm and made their home whit they lived. The Doctor had three brothers, now deceased, and three sisters, of which two, Mrs. William Knaur of Pioneer, O., and Mrs. Lewis Britton of Hillsdale, Mich., are still living. The Doctor is one of the successful physicians and surgeons of Northwestern Ohic, served three years in the war of the Rebellion, and has served his county as coroner and represented it in the State legislature, and for four year; he was examining surgeon on the Board ut Pension Examiners. JACOB C. HALM, manager of the Halm Brewing company of Bryan, Wilhams county, O., was born on a farm in Defiance county, O., on July 15, 1864. His ancestors were natives of South Germany and had their residence for many generations near Baltmannweiler, 394 - HISTORY OF WILLIAMS COUNTY Schorndorf, Wurtemberg. The parents of Jacob C. Halm were Jacob and Caroline (Keisel) Halm. His grandfather, Jacob Halm, was a wealthy farmer and land owner. Jacob Halm, the father of Jacob C. Halm, was born at Baltmannweiler in 1834 and received his education in the excellent schools of his native village. In 1854. he emigrated to the United States, landing at New York City, where he obtained employment in . a large wholesale wine and liquor house. Four years later he came to Ohio to look this section of the country over, with a view to locating here. The prospects not being sufficiently inviting, he returned to New York. In 1863 he again came to Ohio, the development of the country being far advanced by that time, and located at Bryan, engaging in mercantile pursuits. Here he purchased several lots on the north side of the public square, one of them being the present site of the First National bank building. The following year he sold his busines and property and removed to Defiance county, O., where he purchased a farm. In 1865 he returned to Bryan and bought of Henry Arnold the old brewery, a very crude affair. In 1873 he removed the old frame building and erected a modern brick structure, whose dimensions are ninety feet square and four stories high, exclusive of the basement, which he equipped with the best and most modern machinery for the manufacture of beer, free from all adulteration. The water was taken from an artesian well and sterilized before using, thus securing absolute purity. The product of this brewery became at once quite popular and the business rapidly increased from year to year, bringing deserved prosperity to Mr. Halm and making him one of the most prominent and substantial business men of Bryan. He was actively identified with the Democratic party, was an Odd Fellow and also a Mason and a member of the German Lutheran church. On October 20, 1858, he was married to Miss Caroline Kiesel, whom he had known from childhood, a native of Baltmannweiler, where she was born May 26, 1834. She came to America in 1853. On March 7, 1883, while inspecting some machinery in his brewery, Mr. Halm's sleeve was caught by a set screw on a r,-ysvolving shaft and he was instantly killed. His widow died June 15, 1895. To their union were born the following children: Caroline, v ho died unmarried at the age of twenty years; Rosa, the wife of G. Helwig, a resident of Kendallville, Id.; Jacob C.; Julia, now Mrs. F. H. Kreagloh of Bryan, and William, who died single in 1892, aged twenty-three years. Jacob C. Halm secured his education in the public schools of Bryan and from boyhood took an interest in the brewery, having mastered its details before reaching manhood. On the death of his father, although only eighteen years old, he assumed the management of the business, which position he now holds. Under his direction many improvements have been made and the capacity of the plant increased to meet the demand of its product. For several years he has been recognized as one of Bryan's leading citizens, faithfully filling his father's place, both in the community and in the brewery. He is prominent both in a social and public way, and has served as township treasurer. In the Masonic and Odd 395 - BIOGRAPHICAL Fellow organizations he is quite prominent. On December 13, 1887,, he was joined in wedlock to Miss Millie M. Rankert, the daughter of Michael Rankert, an honest and venerable citizen of Bryan, who was born in Alsace, Germany, in 1815, and served several years as a soldier in the French cavalry in the African campaigns. The children. of Jacob C. Halm and wife here follow: Lorine. born January 6. 1890, and died at the age of eight months; Jacob Charles, born April 5, 1891, and Arthur William, born September 30, 1893. JOSIAH P. HANNA, who is engaged in the agricultural implement business in the village of Pioneer, where he has built up a large and prosperous enterprise in the line, is also the owner of a fine farm in the county and has here maintained his home from his boyhood days. while to him is accorded a full measure of popular confidence and esteem in the community. Josiah Perry Hanna was born in Wayne county, O., on the 14th of January, 1846, and is a son of Thomas and Priscilla (Barton) Hanna, both of whom were born in Beaver county, Pa. Alexander Hanna, the paternal grandfather, was likewise born in Pennsylvania, whence he came with his family to Ohio in an early day, locating two and one-half miles north of Wooster, Wayne count', where he reclaimed a farm, there continuing to reside for many years. His wife died in that county and he passed the closing days of his life in St. Louis, Mo. Thomas Barton, maternal grandfather of Josiah P. Hanna, was born in Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio more than a century ago, settling five miles north of Wooster, Wayne county, where he died in 1867, while his wife, whose maiden name was Crawford, likewise died in that county, having been born and reared in the old Keystone state. Thomas Hanna was a school teacher and singing master in his earlier years, was a carpenter by trade and was the owner of a farm in Wayne county at the time of his death, which there occurred in the year 1849, at which time he was in the very prime of an honorable and useful life. Soon after his death his widow an her seven children came to Williams county and located in what was known as the Smith settlement, in Bridgewater township, where she passed the residue of her life, being summoned to the "land of the leaf" in February, 1869. She was a devout member of the Presbyterian church, as was also her husband, whose political faith was that of the Whig party. Josiah P. Hanna was reared on a farm in Bridgewater township, and the schools of the locality afforded him his early educational privileges. He continued to be actively engaged in agricultural pursuits after initiating his independent career, and he also engaged in the manufacturing of brick and tile, with which line of enterprise he continued to be identified until 1898, while he retired from the farm in 1886. In the former year he located in Pioneer and engaged in the farming implement and machinery business, in which he has since continued, while his progressive and liberal policy and straightforward methods have enabled him to build up a most prosperous enterprise, his supporting patronage being derived from a wide radius of country about Pioneer. He is still concerned in farm- 396 - HISTORY OF WILLIAMS COUNTY ing and stock-growing, owning two hundred and twenty acres of land in Madison and Bridgewater townships. He is a stalwart Republican in his political adherence, and is at the present time a member of the village council of Pioneer. July 29, 1866, Mr. Hanna was united in marriage to Miss Lydia Culver, who was born in Huron county, O., April is, 1848, being a daughter of John and Rhoda (Barnes) Culver. Her father was born in Meigs county, O., August 2, 1825, and in 1849 he removed to Branch county, Mich., where he remained until 1861, when he came to Williams county, locating in Pioneer, where he and his wife still maintain their home. Mr. Culver served one year in the Union ranks during the civil war, having been corporal in Company B, One Hundred and Ninety-fifth Ohio volunteer infantry. He is a son of Amos and Phoebe (Gates) Culver, the former of whom was born in Meigs county, O., June 29, 1798, and the latter of whom was born at Bolton, Warren county, N. Y., November 11, 1800, and their marriage was solemnized May 5, 1823. Amos Culver resided for a time in Huron county, O., whence he removed to Branch county, Mich., in 1848, there passing the remainder of his life. He died September 1, 1867, and his wife died in the same county. John Barnes, maternal grandfather of Mrs. Hanna. was. born in Vermont, January 8, 1793, and his wife, whose maiden name was Betsy Squires, was born in the same state, February 15, 1795. They came to Huron county, O., about 182o, and there he died in 1852, while she lived until 1882, attaining the venerable age of eighty-seven years. Mr. and Mrs. Hanna became the parents of seven children, namely: Effie Aurelia. Minnie (deceased), Frederick, Lulu (killed by lightning when ten years of age), Grace (deceased in infancy), Carmie (deceased), and Bessie, who resides at home. Mr. Hanna is identified with the local organizations of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias. CHARLES M. HARRIS, a prominent and highly successful citizen of Edgerton. Williams county. O., was born in Madison county, Ia. He is the son of Enoch Harris. a native of Madison county, Ind., where he was a prominent and highly esteemed citizen. Charles M. Harris grew to manhood on his father's farm, receiving a fair public school education. He removed to Nebraska when quite young, where he purchased and successfully operated for some time a cattle ranch. Since 1900 he has resided at Edgerton and engaged in the agricultural implement business, meeting with the same success that has attended all of his efforts in a business way. The fact that he has been successful is further evidenced by his ownership of four fine farms located in this and Defiance counties, the product of his own efforts. In 1897 he was wedded to Miss Clara Mast of Edgerton, the daughter of John Mast, a pioneer settler of Williams county, a sketch of whose life appears elsewhere in this work. Two children have blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. Harris, John J. and Charles Mercile. Charles M. Harris has just cause to be proud of the record that he has made. By dint of hard, earnest work, close application BIOGRAPHICAL - 397 to business and a keen foresight he has won success. He is the soul of honor and has never taken advantage of the misfortunes of his fellow men to accumulate riches. All that he has he has made fairly and honestly. The young man just starting out in life would he highly profited by reading in detail the life of Charles M. Harris. BION L. HART, a well-to-do farmer and prominent citizen of Bridgewater township, is a native of the same township, in Williams county, O., where he was born on October i, 186o. He is the son of Alonzo and Rachel (Willard) Hart, the former born in Avon, Conn., November 9, 18o6, and the latter in Kent, Portage county, O., June 17, 1821. After their marriage in Portage county his parents came to Williams county in 1843 and settled on a farm of eighty acres, where the father died November 19, 1888, the mother surviving until December 28, 1904. Alonzo Hart assisted in surveying the Toledo and Angola road and was a contractor in the construction of the Erie canal. He also followed teaching and farming. In politics he was first a Whig ,Ind then a Republican. Taking a deep interest in public affairs, he served some years as township clerk and justice of the peace. He was prominently identified with the National Grange. Of the fnve sons that he sent to the Civil war four returned home at its close. Edwin Ellsworth died in the service. The maternal grandfather of Bion L. Hart, Philip Willard, was an early settler in Portage county, where his wife died. After her death he removed to Bridgewater township, Williams county, and died there in 186o. Bion L Hart was reared on a farm and received his education by attending the common schools of his home county and the Montpelier high school. For some years he taught school very successfully in Ohio and Illinois, but more recently has devoted all of his time to farming, residing on the homestead. In politics he is actively identified with the Republican party, CALVIN HATHAWAY, M. D., a prominent and highly successful physician of Edgerton, Williams county, O., was born in Knox county of that state in 1839. His ancestors were prominent in Washington county, Pa., where they took an active part in public affairs. Members of this family served with distinction in the American Revolution and the War of 1812. His grandfather, Joseph Hathaway, was a distinguished and highly respected citizen of Washington county, Pa., from whence he removed, to Warren county, O., and thence to Knox county, where he died at a ripe old age. Richard and Lorinda (Bates) Hathaway, the parents of Doctor Hathaway. were both natives of Ohio, the former having been born in Warren county and the latter in Knox county. Mrs. Richard Hathaway was the daughter of Calvin Bates, who removed to Ohio from Connecticut in an early day. Dr. Calvin Hathaway grew to manhood on his father's farm and was educated in the public schools of his native county. Having chosen medicine as his profession, he first attended the medical department of the University of Michigan and afterwards the Medical Col- 398 - HISTORY OF WILLIAMS COUNTY lege of Cincinnati, graduating from the latter institution in 1863. Immediately after graduating he was commissioned by Gov. Brough as an assistant surgeon of the One Hundred and Thirtieth Ohio volunteer infantry, with the rank of captain, and the following year, at fort Powhatan, was made surgeon, with the rank of major. Upon the expiration of his regiment's term of service he returned home. In 1864 he began the practice of medicine at Edgerton, where he now enjoys a very extensive and lucrative business. His prominence is further evidenced by the fact that for t.m years he served as surgeon for the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railway company, a position of great responsibility, which he filled with credit to himself and with the best of results for the company. In 1884 he was appointed nited States surgeon of the pension board at Toledo, O., on which ,oard he served four years. In 1897 President McKinley appointed )r. Hathaway a member of the Pension Board of Williams county, which position he still holds. Notwithstanding his extensive practice, Dr. Hathaway has found time to engage in other business affairs in which he has likewise been very successful. In banking affairs he is largely interested, being a director of the Farmers' National Bank, Bryan, O., and until recently was president of the First National Bank of Montpelier, O. He is also president of the Ohio Shingle and Lumber company of the State of Washington. In politics he was identified with the Democratic party until the money question was made the chief issue, when he became an ardent advocate of the gold standard cause. Doctor Hathaway married Miss Harriet E. Hutcheson, the daughter of Amos and Laura (Mrad) Hutcheson, the former a native of Massachusetts and the latter of Vermont. Of the four children that have been born to Doctor and Mrs. Hathaway only one is living, Jessie, who resides at home. Dr. Hathaway is a Knight of Pythias and is a member of Walter Slaughter Post, G. A. R. JAMES H. HATHEWAY, a retired farmer and lumber dealer of Edon, Williams county, O., was born in Carroll county of that State on April 22, 1843. His grandfather, Joseph Hatheway, was a pioneer settler of Tuscarawas county. O., where he spent his mature life and declining days. James Hagerty, the maternal grandfather of James H. Hatheway, was probably of Irish birth, who came to Carroll county, O., in pioneer days and died in Steuben county, Ind. James H. Hathewav is the son of Samuel and Isabella (Hagerty) Hatheway, both natives of Ohio, the former born in Tuscarawas county in 1818 and the latter in Harrison county on November 7, 1823. Samuel Hatheway grew to manhood on his father's farm and was educated in the common schools. After serving an apprenticeship at the saddle and harness maker's trade he spent a great portion of his life in Carroll and Harrison counties, plying his trade. In 1865, with his family, he removed to Steuben county, Ind., where he resided until his death. In politics he was first a Whig, then a Know Knothing and finally a Republican. In religious belief lne affiliated with the Baptist church, his wife being a devout member of the Church of God. He died on BIOGRAPHICAL - 399 September 23, 1890, and his widow on October 8, 1900. Of the three sons and three daughters born to these parents two sons and three daughters are yet living, the youngest son, Alonzo, having died at Hudson, Ind. James H. Hatheway was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools of Carroll and Harrison counties. In 1861 he enlisted in Company C of the Forty-third Ohio volunteer infantry and served until the close of the war, his command having taken part in the battles of Corinth, New Madrid, Island No. 10 and many other minor engagements. For seven months and three days he was confined in the military prisons at the following places: Cahaba, Macon, Ga., Milan, Savannah, Black Shier Station and. Andersonville. After the war he came to Harrison county, O., where he engaged in farming and the lumber business until April 7, 1904, when he removed to Edon, where he lives a retired life. In addition to his residence property he owns three acres of land in Edon. Mr. Hatheway is a Republican, having served as trustee of Monroe township, Harrison county, O., and school director. He was a member of the Senior Order of American Mechanics, and is a member of the Knights of the Maccabees and the Grand Army of the Republic. On December 25, 1865, he was wedded to Miss Mary Mahala Fisher of Harrison county, O., the daughter of George and Sybilla Margaret (Shamel) Fisher, pioneer settlers of that county, the latter having entered government land there in an early day. To Mr. Hatheway and wife the following children were born: Samuel George, Lottie Belle, Loren Alonzo, Joseph Albert and Eva Almeda. His wife having died on February 11, 1901, Mr. Hatheway, on June 10, 1902, married Mr,. Elizabeth Maxwell, the widow of Samuel Maxwell. FRANCIS MARION HAUGHEY, of Northwest township, was born in the township where he resides, in Williams county, O., on March 19, 1857. He is the son of Robert King and Susanna (Coolman) Haughey, the former born in Ashland county, O., September 6, 1827. The grandparents of F. M. Haughey were Robert and Hannah (Wycoff) Haughey, the, former a native of Scotland and the latter of Ohio. Robert Haughey located in Steuben county, Ind., in an early day and there died. His widow died in Northwest township. Robert King Haughey was reared on a farm and received his education by attending the common schools. For three years he was successfully engaged in teaching in his home township. In 1849 he located on a farm of eighty acres in Northwest township and in 185o added eighty acres to it. The fact that he filled nearly all of the township offices and that of county commissioner proves that he took a deep interest in public affairs and that he enjoyed the confidence and esteem of his fellow citizens. In politics lie was an active Republican. To him and wife there were born seven children, four of whom are still living. He died on the homestead. July 27, 1904, his wife having died on February 18 of the same year. Francis M. Haughey was reared on a farm and received his education by attending the common schools of his home county. He is now the owner of eighty acres of the home-