600 - BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS. erected a large and elegant dwelling which, supplied with all the latest modern conveniences, is now one of the most beautiful and attractive homes in the city. Mr. Ogg believes in getting all out of life there is in it, consequently he has spared neither pains nor expense in furnishing his home every comfort and convenience which money can buy' and surrounding it with shrubbery, tastefully arranged lawns and other accessories 'calculated to enhance its attractiveness as an almost ideal place of residence. Presiding over his happy household with gentle but becoming dignity and diffusing a spirit of comfort and content, is the wife who has proved a true helpmeet and discreet adviser ever since her marriage to Mr. Ogg on the 28th of April, 1892. Mrs. Ogg's maiden name was Della Culler; she was born in Defiance county, this state, is the daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Culler and has presented her husband one child, Fordyce Culler, a bright and promising boy of two years. At the present time Mr. Ogg cultivates about four hundred and eighty acres of as fine and valuable land' as there is in Wyandot county and every detail of the place displays the thoughtful care he bestows as an enterprising and far-seeing agriculturist. As a breeder of fine live stock he has much more than local repute, his cattle, sheep and horses ranking with the best of the kind in this part of the state and adding every year very materially to his income. He buys and sells quite extensively and his business has brought him in contact with many of the leading stock men of Wyandot county and other counties. By these and others with whom he has had business relations he is held in high esteem indeed, all who know him speak of him in terms of praise and honor him for his integrity, blameless reputation and general worth as a man and citizen. The elements of Mr. Ogg's success in the world are readily traced to his qualities. He is remarkable for the strength and symmetry of his character.. His brain is well balanced and his: strong mental force, keen perception and quick intentions are compensated by a genial temperament, kindly nature and other graces which relieve these qualities from what might otherwise interfere with a symmetrically .developed manhood. Cautious, systematic and. reflective in his business operations, he is yet aggressive and determined when his intellect has indicated the proper course for him. to follow ; and with these qualities he possesses to a remarkable degree that possibly commonplace, but certainly useful characteristic, good common sense. To natural shrewdness; he adds habits of observation that makes his judgment in matters; of business well nigh unerring. Combine with this promptness to seize upon the salient points of a transaction and decision enough to assume at once large responsibilities, and. we have the elements which enter into the make-up of this keen, successful man of affairs. Mr. Ogg's interest in public matters naturally led him to make choice of one of the two great political parties; when old enough to exercise the right of franchise he became a Republican and, while not an active partisan, he entertains decided opinions and upholds. principles from conviction and not at the behest of party leaders. He is a. Mason of high standing, belonging to the blue lodge and chapter at Carey and BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS - 601 the council at Tiffin. In religion he is a Lutheran, as is also his wife, both being among the prominent members of the church in Carey. EDWARD F. WALKER. One of the well-to-do farmers and popular citizens of Tymochtee township, Wyandot county, Ohio, is Edward Walker, who was born in Lancaster, Fairfield county, Ohio, May 24, 1833, and is a son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Newman) Walker, the former of whom was a native of Philadelphia, and of Irish parentage, and the latter a native of New York.. Daniel. was reared to manhood in Philadelphia, where he learned tailoring, and when still single came to Ohio and .located in Lancaster, Fairfield county, where he met and married MiSs Newman. The young couple made Lancaster their home for several years, and then, November 20, 1833, came to Old Tymochtee, where they resided: about eight years, when . they removed to Upper Sandusky, where Mr. Walker made clothes for the Wyandot Indians for several years and later carried on a legitimate custom tailoring business for the more civilized members of the community. In 1849 Daniel. Walker was seized with the gold fever, then epidemic and at its full height, and with .a party of about twenty persons Started to go overland to the Golden Occident, but at St. Louis, Mo., succumbed to cholera, which was also raging in epidemic form. His widow survived until 1870, when she passed away at Nevada, Wyandot county, Ohio. The mother was a member of the Catholic church. Their five children, in order of birth, were named as follows : Hannah, who was married to Henry Parker, but both are now deceased; Ellen, who became the wife of Henry Miller, and these two are also deceased; Eliza is the widow of John Freet ; Edward F. is the subject of this sketch, and Sarah Emma is the widow of William Parker. These children, as was usual in the days of their childhood, were all educated in the old-fashioned backwoods log school blouse, with rustic log furniture of the most primitive style, thade on the spot, but they all passed through their allotted terms of life successfully, with credit to themselves and their parents. Edward F. Walker, at the age of fifteen years, started out to work by the Month, and for sixteen summers adhered to this practice. In 1859 he went to California, via New York, and eventually arrived at Sacramento; he remained in the Golden state until 1861, engaged all the time in teaming. He then returned to Ohio and in the spring of 1865 purchased his present farm of seventy-eight acres in section 12, Tymochtee township, then known as the Biggs. place. January 26, 1865, Mr. Walker was joined in the holy bonds of matrimony with Miss Eliza Gibson, of Tymochtee township, and this union has been blessed with one child, Ellis 0., who was born in March, 1867, and is now married to Nettie Gier. Mr. Walker has always been an industrious and hard-working man, and in his younger days was employed in the construction of the court house at Upper Sandusky at twenty-five cents per day. He has cleared twenty acres of his farm and has these in a fine state of cultivation, doing general farming, in which he has met with excellent success. His place is neatly improved with a 602 - BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS cozy dwelling and substantial outbuildings and all his surroundings show, the good management of the experienced larrnen. In politics Mr. Walker is a Democrat, but has never sought a public office, being content to devote his time to his personal affairs. He and wife attend the United Brethren church in Tymochtee and both are greatly respected by the entire community. GEORGE BADGER The venerable gentleman whose name heads this sketch has been a resident of Ohio since he was five years of age and has been an eye witness of the wonderful growth of the country for the past eighty years. He was born in Fayette county, Penn., October 1, 1816, and is consequently at the date 'of this writing (October, 1901) over eighty-five years of age, and may justly be termed a pioneer of the Buckeye state. His parents, Thomas and Ruth (Franks) Badger, were also natives of Fayette county, Penn., and were, respectively, of Irish and German, descent. Thomas Badger was a farmer by calling and, with his wife and children, came west in 1821, first making a stop at East Wooster, Wayne county, Ohio. Thence they came to Wyandot county, the vehicle of conveyance being a four-horse wagon. They brought with them four cows and twenty sheep,. young George, the subject, and Barney. Murphy driving the live stock; the last named trip consuming nine days' time, as they had to; chop a road for themselves through the woods. They first located in East Union township, Wayne county, then covered by the primitive forest, with a heavy growth, and but few settlers. There the father purchased eighty acres of the heavily timbered land, and some time afterward, bought another tract of eighty acres. In the winter season he hired men to rive and shave shingles and hew logs, and with the latter erected an excellent dwelling for that timeand place. They lived in a school house until spring, then in their -cabin without floor or roof. There he resided five years. and then came to Tymochtee township,. Wyandot ,county, and settled on section 1, in 1847, bought two hundred and sixty 'acres of land, on which there was a log cabin, soon cleared up the land and erected a grist mill, which was driven by water power. But here, at the close of, eighteen months, he was untimely called away by death, September 15, 1849. His widow then returned to Wayne county, where her death, occurred in 1882, her remains being brought toWyandot county and interred at Mexico. The family of Thomas and Ruth ( Franks) Badger comprised ten children, who were born in the following order: George, the subject of this biography; William, who, married Sarah Franks, and is a farmer and stockman residing in Ionia county, Mich.; Abbie, who died in Wayne coun,ty. in 1823, aged forty-one years ; Simon, who married Mary Miller, and also died in Wayne county ; Michael, who married Keziah McIntire, and resides in Wayne county ; Jesse, who first married Lizzie Fishel and afterward Mary Saffel, and died in Tymochtee township, Wyandot county, in June, 1891; Cinderella, wife of George Winnenget, of Galveston, Ind.; Thomas Barr, who died unmarried in Tymochtee township ; Cornelius, who married Sarah Bail and lives in Wayne county ; and Mary BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS - 603 Ann, the wife. of Lewis Addlebleu, of Van Wert county. These children were all educated in the old fashioned log school house of the backwoods and known as a subscription school. George Badger, subject of this biography, lived on the old homestead in Wayne county and followed farming until the spring of 1854. March 7, 1844, he married Miss Harriet Pile, a native of Somerset county, Penn., and a daughter of Jacob and Margaret (Castle) Pile, also natives. of Somerset county, and when the family came to Ohio Mrs. Badger and a sister walked the entire distance. They first located in Wayne and then Van Wert county, but later removed, to Mercer county, where the father died, the mother having previously died in Van Wert county. The children born to Jacob and Margaret Pile numbered four and were named as. follows : Levi, who married Rachel Dice; Harriet (Mrs. George Badger) ; Regina, wife of Henry Bonewitz; and Noah, who married Rachael Lyons. The marriage of George and Harriet Badger has been blessed with eight children, namely: Hezekiah, who married Elizabeth. Blum and resides: in Mexico, Ohio,. was a soldier during the Civil war in the Forty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry ; Thomas Jacob, residing in Sycamore, Ohio, and married to Eliza Saffel; Clarissa,: the wife of Jacob Petty, proprietor of a lumber mill at Sycamore; Regina Elleri, wife. of George H. Grell, of Tyrnochtee toWnship ; Wyandot county; Mary Margaret, wife of O. T. Zigler, also of Tymochtee township; Harriet O., who died July 27, 1860; Kate, married to George Eaton, of Tymochtee township ; and Cinderella, at hone with her father. In the spring of 1854 George Badger came from Wayne to Wyandot county and settled on the old Badger homestead, buying out the rights of the other heirs. to the estate. The farm then contained two hundred and. seventy acres, which he has increased to six hundred and two acres and on which he has made all the present valuable improvements. In 1863 he erected his elegant dwelling, and in 1883 erected all his. substantial and commodious. outbuildings, but rents out the greater part of his land, while, he himself lives in the quiet enjoyment of a retired life, a reward he richly deserves after so long a career of true unselfishness.. He was bereft of his wife October 7, 1880, and in his advanced years. is being tenderly cared: for by his amiable unmarried daughter, Cinderella, who attends to all of her father's, business affairs. In politics Mr. Badger is a Republican. He is a very public-spirited man and probably has done more than any other two men in advancing the welfare of the township. He. has for. years attended the Presbyterian church, to the support of Which he contributes most liberally. He retains all his mental faculties to a remarkable degree, and still enjoys the society of his old friends, who are very. numerous and. entertain the most profound respect for him who. has. passed so, many years. of well-doing and usefulness in their midst. PETER BAUM. Among the native born citizen's of Tymochtee township, Wyandot county, Ohio, who have risen. a well-deserved prominence in this township and elsewhere, is. the 604 - BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS. gentleman whose name opens this sketch. He was born July 26, 1836, a son of Michael and Ruhama Baum, natives of Pennsylvania and of German and Irish descent, respectively. These parents. came to Ohio in 1828 and first located in Pickaway county, where they resided for several years, and then came overland in a wagon to Wyandot county ; here the father died in 1850 and the mother died here also. They had a family of nine children, who were born' in the following order : Jackson, who lives in retirement in. Nevada, Ohio; Eliza, wife of Andrew Bretz, of Sycamore, Ohio; Harrison, deceased; May, the deceased wife of Andrew Bretz ; Russell, deceased; Barbara, deceased wife .of Daniel Bope; Peter, the gentleman whose name stands at the head of this sketch; James, living. in Arkansas county, state of Arkansas, and engaged in farming; and Alexander, Who died when seventy years old. Peter Baum was reared to farming on the old homestead on which he was born, and on May 8, 1858, was joined in matrimony with Mies Mary S. Boper a native of Bellevue, Ohio, and a daughter of John and Lydia (Bretz) Bope, the former of whom was a native of Virginia and the latter of Pennsylvania, but who came to Wyandot County in an early day and here passed the remainder of their lives; both dying in this county. Five children have come to bless the union of Peter Baum and wife, born in the following order : John, who was born March a4, 1859, and married Miss Elva Haman, who bore him one child, Clifford ; Lydia A., born September 22, 1860, is married to Elsie Gault, of Sycarndre township, and has five children : Clancey, Lydia, .Nania, Earnest and Duff ; Airibrose E., born September 26, 1862, married Ella Hershberger for his first wife (one child living, Mertie May) and Gertrude E. Galliger for his second (three .children, Frank, Marian and John), and is now doing business. in Quincy, Ill., as an insurance agent ; Harrison: B., born July 20, 1865, died May 5, 1874 ; and Mary E., born January 22, 1868, died May 18, 1895. The latter married George Senneth, and they have four children, Frank, Stella, Jesse and Don. After marriage Mr. Baum went to housekeeping on the old homestead, which he bought, and now owns one hundred and fifteen acres, nearly all of which is under a high state of cultivation and to which he added many valuable improvements, making it one of the most desirable farms of its size, in Tymochtee township, if not in Wyandot county. Mr. Baum is. very thorough in all his. processes Of agriculture and is recognized as one of the best farmers in his neighborhood, which is saying a great deal, as he is surrounded by many excellent tillers of the soil. In politics Mr. Baum is a Democrat and is very popular. He was elected county commissioner in 1876 and served in the most satisfactory manner until 1879„ and he has also filled the office Of township trustee. Fraternally he is a member of Rubins Lodge, No. 645, I. O. O. F., of Sycamore, Ohio, in which .he has passed several, if not all, the chairs. Mr. Baum is considered to be one of the most public-spirited citizens of Tymochtee township, as he is ever ready to aid financially and by all other means every enterprise calCulated to be for the general good. In the social circles. of the township Mr. BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS - 605 Baum and his amiable Wife are always welcome guests and no gathering, for serious purposes or for entertainment and pleasure, is .considered to be complete without their presence. GEORGE VAN POOL. This prosperous agriculturist, now a resident of Tymochtee township, Wyandot county, Ohio, was born in Franklin county, Penn., December 4, 1828, but has been a resident of Tymochtee township since 1847. George Van Pool, father of subject, was also born in Franklin county, Penn., and Was a son of Jacob Van, Pool, a native of the same county and reared to the pursuit of agriculture. George Van Pool married Nancy Hastings, and died in 1835, and his widow and son lived with her brother, Thomas Hastings until the spring of 1847, when she brought her boy to Ohio, when the boy worked in a sawmill at Fort Seneca for a shorf time. Then the family came to Tymochtee township, where young George bought the farm which he still owns and occupies in section, 4, and which had belonged to his uncle Hastings, who died February 25, 1848. The mother and son lived to gather on this farm until 1858; when the mother was united in. marriage with John Fisher, of Seneca county, Ohio: She passed away in 1896, having lost her second husband in 1879. George Van Pool, the subject of this sketch, Was married June 15, 1855, to Amanda C. Freet, who was born in ginia and is a daughter of Samuel. D. and Elizabeth. (Trammel) Freet, who cane' to Wyandot county about 1834 and located in Tymochtee township, where the father followed his; trade of blacksmith and was also engaged in farming. Mrs. Amanda Van Pool died October 30, 1885, without issue and Mr. Van Pool has; since plodded the weary path of life alone. When Mr. Van Pool first came, a pioneer, to Wyandot county he purchased sixty five acres of land, on which there was a. small house and barn and the land partly cleared. On this. property he put up everything new, superintended the cultivation of the place with an experienced eye, and was by no means himself idle. He prospered amazingly, for the reason that he was himself skilled in agriculture and well knew how to manage what help he had. The result of this good management is that he now owns three hundred acres, partly in Tymochtee township and partly in Crawford, most of which he leases to others, drawing a comfortable income from the leased acres. On his homestead he carried on general farming, raising everything the soil and climate permit or are capable of producing, and in every respect he has been remarkably successful in this pursuit. In politics. Mr. Van Pool is a stanch Democrat and is very popular with his party, which has placed him in several positions of honor and trust. He served as justice, of the peace six years and as township trustee six terms, and in each office gave to all concerned the utmost satisfaction as a faithful and conscientious official. He is a. member of the Presbyterian church, which he liberally aids to support and to the teachings of Which he strictly adheres. As. a citizen he enjoys the respect of all who know him, being known far and near as a genial man of the strictest integrity. 606 - BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS. As Mr. and Mrs. Van Pool had no children of their own, they filled the void in their hearts by taking Flora E. Wilson: to their home and rearing her from childhood to womanhood. This young lady was married to James M. Chamberlin, a native of Seneca county, Ohio. Mr. Van Pool then invested, some capital in the hardware and agricultural implement business at McCutchen with Mr. Chamberlin as a partner, under the firm name of J. M. Chamberlin & Co. Mr. Chamberlin attends to this business and they are doing a thriving trade. JAMES H. WALTON Agriculture finds in Tymochtee township, Wyandot county, Ohio, one of its ablest and most skillful representatives in the person of the subject of this sketch, who was born on his father's, farm in this township April 26, 1831, and is a son of Matthew and Catherine (Shepler) Walton, who settled here among the :pioneers and Indians in 1827 and were largely instrumental in clearing up the land from the wilderness and. in developing the civilization which at this . day blesses; Crawford county, of which Wyandot County was then. a part, and of which civilizatiOn Wyandot county now has its full share. Matthew Walton was a native of Allen county, N. J., was born October 20, 1707, and there grew to manhood. In 1818 he came to Ohio and located in Ross county, his father, William Walton, being the leader of this movement. There he married Miss Shepler August 11, 1819. This. lady was,a native of Pennsylvania, born November 20, 1799. After clearing up a farm from the woods and suitably improving it,. Mr. Walton, resided in Ross county until 1827, when he came to Wyandot county, then a part of Crawford county, driving across the country with a team. He bought eighty acres in the woods in .section 10, Tymochtee township, on which he lived a short time only. and then purchased one hundred and sixty acres in section. 27, deep in the woods, Without a road within miles. Here he erected a cabin of round logs, in which he passed the remainder of his life, dying June 1, 1860, his wife having passed away March 12, 1854. Mr.. Walton was a very public-spirited man, voted the Republican ticket, and did all in his power to aid public improvements, such as the laying out of roads, etc. To Matthew and Catherine (Shepler) Walton were born ten children, in the following order: Sarah Ann, born May 1820, died June 2, 1860; William, born June 15, 1822, died November 15, 1822; Richard, born April 10, 1826 ; Irvin, born October 20, 1828; James H., the subject of this sketch; Cassandra, born November 10, 1835; Daniel, born September 8, 1837, died in Des Moines, Iowa; and Matthew, born March 8, 1841, deceased. James H. Walton was educated in a log school house to which he had to walk through the woods a mile. The school building was of the most primitive construction, with puncheon seats and desks and a mud-and-stick chimney, and the schoolmaster was about as constructed, bodily and mentally, as the building itself. James H. lived with his parents until both had been called away and was a dutiful and affection- BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS - 607 ate son, and on October 26, 1854, he married Miss Barbara Coon, who was born in Sycamore township, March 20, 1831. She was a daughter of Adam and Elizabeth (Heckenthorn) Coon, the former of whom was born January 23, 1803, and the latter August 30, 1807. Mrs. Walton was called away September 6, 1900, and left three children, viz : John Orlenthus, who married Mary Cletus Gribben, but still lives, with his father and owns the old homestead; Adam, who is married to Mary E. Buck, and has two children, Grace F. and Frater Bixby, Walton; Laura E., wife of Henry.Houck, of Columbus, Ohio, the mother of two children, Hazel P. and Barbara C. John O. supplemented a good common-school education by attendance at the Ada Normal Institute and also at Lebanon College. He has made a specialty of mathematics, of which science he is very fond.. For over twelve years he has successfully taught school in Wyandot county, and has as such earned for himself a splendid reputation. Aside from pedagogy, he has also spent much time in Pennsylvania in the capacity of a salesman. As stated above, he also operates the old home place. On marrying Mr. Walton lived on the old home farm for one year, then lived in Sycamore township awhile; he next returned to the old homestead and at the death of his father purchased the place, which comprised two hundred acres, of which. he has sold forty acres to Elias Ellis. Mr. Walton also owned a farm of one hundred and fifty-seven acres, of which he sold fifty-seven acres to Joseph: VanDoren, and later sold a small tract to another party, leaving his son Adam the possessor of seventy-three acres. Mr. Walton carries on general farming, and also fattens and sells stock. Of recent years he has lived a retired life. His farm is nicely improved and is under a high state of cultivation; everything is neat and tidy and Mr. Walton is recognized as one of the best agriculturists in. Tymochtee township, if not in the county of Wyandot. In politics Mr. Walton is a Republican. He cast his first presidential vote for Franklin Pierce, the Whig candidate, and has never since found reason to change his adherence to the party, but has never sought an office of any kind. He is a member of the Evangelical church, but belongs to no secret societies. In the church, however, he is very active, and for the forty years in which he has been a communicant has liberally 'aided financially in its support and for many years has been superintendent of the Sunday school. Since the loss of his life companion, Mr. Walton has led a retired life, but he has not lost his interest in the progress and well-being of his township and freely contributes of his. means toward every project designed for the township's weal. He is highly respected by his neighbors., and is regarded all over the township as one of its best and most prominent citizens, and this is a reputation he certainly is entitled to, as all admit. DOCTOR KEAR. Doctor Kear, one of the most substantial and. respected farmers of Tymochtee township, Wyandot county, Ohio, was born on his. father's farm in this township. February 10, 1833, and is a son of Moses and Jemima (Nathan) Kear, the former of whom was 608 - BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS. born in Ontario county, N. Y., September 12, 1797, and the latter in Ross county, Ohio. Moses Kear, a farmer, and also a gunsmith by trade, came from New York state to Ohio as a pioneer and first located in Ross county, where his marriage took place. He then moved to Pickaway county, lived there a short time only, and in June, 1821, came to Wyandot county, at that time a part of Crawford county, making his way overland by wagon, being accompanied by his parents, Peter and Anna (Odell) Kear, also natives of Ontario county, N. Y. They located, on a farm in section 1, Tymochtee township, but later removed to section 18, where Moses Kear bought eighty acres of timber land from Amos Crane, on which land was a small log cabin. He added to this land until he owned two hundred acres, nearly all of which he cleared off, and, in conjunction with, farming, followed his trade of gunsmith and plowmaker until his death, which, occurred in 1857, when ninety-two years old ; his wife survived until 1867, when she, too, passed away at the same advanced age. Peter Kear, the father of Moses, bought two hundred acres of heavily timbered land in section 18, and there he and his wife passed the remainder of their days. They had a family of seven children, viz : Moses, Jonathan, Elizabeth, Dorothy, Phebe, Sarah and Henry. To Moses and Jemima (Nathan) Kear were born nine children, namely : Nathan, deceased; Peter, who died when eight years old ; James and Milton, both of Salem township; Moses O., of Richland township; Henry, of Upper Sandusky ; Doctor, our sub ject; .George W., deceased, and Seth, also deceased. Doctor Kear lived on the old homestead with his parents until twenty-five years old, when he married, April 22, 1858, his first wife being Miss Mary J. Crouse, a daughter of William, and Eliza Crouse, of Richland county, Ohio. This lady bore her husband one child,. Leona J., and died in 1859, the child surviving until eight years old, when she, too, passed away. The second marriage of Doctor Kear took place March 1, 186i, to Miss Mary Brundidge, of Seneca county, Ohio, and a daughter of Thomas and Osee Brundidge, natives of Ontario: county, N. Y. This union was blessed with four children, all girls, viz : Osee was married to, B. D. Birch, but died June 30,-1895; Harriet E., wife of C. O. Noel, of Fostoria, Ohio ; Eliza J., married to. ohn Gilliland, of Tymochtee township, Wyandot county; and Lola May, who died in infancy. On marrying, Doctor Kear bought his present farm of one hundred and fifty-four acres, on. which h:e has made all the improvements, building his handsome residence in 1858, and his outbuildings are all substantial and commodious. He carried on general farming and stock raising, and everything about his farm gives evidence of skill and good management, industry and thrift. He has made this farm one of the most productive and profitable of any of the same dimensions in. the township and is acknowledged by all his neighbors to be. one of the best agriculturists in the neighborhood. Politically Mr. Kear is a Republican, but while he labors ardently for the success of his party, he has never sought an office. Fraternally he is a member of Justin Lodge, No. BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS - 609 393, K. of P., at Carey, this county. No people in the township are held in higher esteem. MICHAEL HETZEL Michael Hetzel, agriculturist and highly respected citizen of Tymochtee township, was a native of France, being born in Lembach, Elsasz, France, on October 7, 1835. He was the son of George and Barbara (Hetzel) Hetzel, who lived in Lembach, France. The Hetzel family were from a long line of French ancestry, some of whom won laurels for valiant conduct in the French wars. Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Hazel, viz : Maghelin, deceased; George, died April 7, 1893 ; Michael, the subject of this biographical sketch; Eva married Christ Sprau and is living in Wayne county, Iowa ; Catherine married Robert Yohe and is living in Wayne county, Iowa. The family lived in France until September, 1854. The father, realizing the advantages of the United. States over any of the old countries, decided to make a home for his children in this country. In 1854 the father and children sailed for America. They took transportation on a sailing vessel and found a very rough sea. The voyage was a long one, requiring forty-one days to reach the United States. Upon his arrival in this country he came to. Seneca county, Ohio, where they remained for two months ; at the end of which time they moved to Crawford towns ship, Ohio, and bought a farm of one hundred acres. This land was all timber land and it required much hard work to clear the ground and put it in shape for the plow. There was a small log house on the farm, which they occupied. March 28, 1862, the subject of this biography, Michael Hetzel, was married to Miss Susa Sprou, of Walshouser, New Hombach county, Rheinfalz, Baier, Germany. She was the daughter of Christian and Sasana Sprou. They moved to America in 1842 and located in Crawford county, Ohio. After living there about ten years they moved to Salem, township, Wyandot county, where they both died in one day. They were blessed with ten. children, viz Catherine, deceased; Mary, deceased; Christian, living in Wayne county, Iowa ; Margaret, George, Susan, living in Salem township; Elizabeth and Sarah, deceased. Michael Hetzel and wife had ten children, viz : Emma, who' married Charles O. Swigerd, of Crane township; had four children, Laura, Robert, May and Lester; Anna, deceased; Frederick W., a farmer, married Florence Walton and lived in Tym.ochtee township; Lucy, deceased; Mary married Aaron Swigard, who is. a farmer and lives in Tymochtee township; Charles. M., deceased ; Robert G. married Florence Davis and lives in Crawford township ; Cora E., deceased ; Sarah Ida, at home ; Lillie M., at home. After the marriage of our subject and wife, which occurred in 1861, they lived. in Ridge township for seven years. He bought eighty acres of land which he afterwards sold, and went into partnership with his brother, George. In 1869 they purchased three hundred and forty acres of land, all in Tymochtee township. Michael Hetzel now owns over two hundred acres of land, which is all under a high state of cultivation save thirty acres. He is engaged in general farming and stock raising. Mr. Hetzel has always been a stanch 610 - BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS. Democrat and a very influential citizen. He is a member of the German Lutheran church, and takes great interest in church work. He is courteous, and genial in his bearing and has made many . friends throughout the county. In 1883 Mr. Hetzel erected a beautiful brick residence which is a credit to the county of Wyandot. ELIAS ELLIS. Elias Ellis, one of Richland county's most highly respected and prosperous citizens, was born February 7, 1827, He was the son of David Ellis, of Pennsylvania, who was born in 1795. David Ellis was married to Jane Kerr, of Mt. Vernon, Ohio, who was bornin 1800. Mr. Ellis spent most of his early life in Pennsylvania, where he taught school and farmed. He moved to Richland county, where, he was married. At this time he bought eighty acres of wild land, which he cultivated until April 1, 1827, when they came to Tymochtee township, Wyandot county. Mr. Ellis entered one hundred and sixty acres of choice wood land; a small cabin: was built on this place and a new home started, and with the assistance of his sons he cleared about eighty acres of land. He bought eighty acres later in Eden township. Although Mr. Ellis was not an office seeker, he served two terms as county commissioner and was justice of the peace for fifteen years. He was administrator for several estates and assisted in the surveying of many of the roads of Wyandot county. He was a Democrat and later joined the Republican party. Mr. and Mrs. Ellis were active members of the Evangelical church. They lived on the old home place until January 17, 1865; when Mr. Ellis died at the age of sixty-nine years. Mrs. Ellis died in 1882. Ten children were born, to Mr. and Mrs. Ellis : Sarah married Joseph. Parker, of Crane township, and both are deceased; Hannah married Benjamin Gibson, both deceased; John died, when quite young; Joseph married Belinda Walton and died December 25, 1899, at the age of seventy-five years; his wife is, still living; 'Elias, the subject of this. review; Linus: died at the age of seventeen years; William; Mary died at seventeen years of age ; Emily died in 1867, the wife of Marshall B. .Snover ; Eliza was the wife of Jonathan. Maffett, and both are deceased. Elias Ellis; whose name opens this biographical notice, received :a good common-school education; attending school in the pioneer log school house, when the desk consisted of :a bench: and oiled paper was used instead of glass for windows. The benches were carved with.' many a name which later became renowned. Mr. Ellis remained at home until his marriage, February 7, 1856, to Sarah Jane Walton, daughter of Lemar and Annie (Thompson) Walton. To Mr. and Mrs. Ellis were born six children : Charity Ann, wife of T. W. Parker, deceased, school teacher and county auditor, living in Upper Sandusky; five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Parker, Bessie, Mary A., Chalmers, Fannie and Jeroldine. Oscar M., a prosperous farmer of Tymochtee township, married Ann Smith, and they were the parents. of eight children, Robert, Walter, Elias, Eunice, Dwight, Mamie, Gladys and George. O. W., a prominent farmer of Crane township, married Daisy V. Case. BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS - 611 To them were born seven children, Kenneth, Gilbert, Florene Gail, Sarah J., dead, Paul, and Annie Belle; Mary, J., Frank J. and Charles F. are living at home. Mr. Ellis has been. an exceptionally successful farmer, having now two hundred and forty acres of land, of which all except forty acres is under cultivation. General farming is followed, but special attention is given to stock raising, which Mr. Ellis has found to be very profitable. Mr. Ellis has been a member of the Evangelical church for forty years, having always taken an active interest in all church work. He was a stanch Democrat, and. in 1880 was appointed appraiser. After the marriage of Mr, and Mrs. Ellis they located on the old home place in a log cabin of one room, where they lived for two years later, with his father, they built one of the most substantial homes in that part of the country. Many trees were planted, which added much to the surroundings. Mr. Ellis is one of the highly respected men of his county, having done as much as any, man in his township for the promotion of its interest and its moral, educational and mate rial progress during the half century he has here resided. He stands high for integrity of character and is. well known throughout the county, his family being equally well respected with himself. ENOS NIEBEL. Enos Niebel, a retired farmer and one of the most highly respected citizens of Tymochtee township, Wyandot county, was born in Union county, Penn., December 18, 1813. He was. the son of Henry and Mary (Eyer) Niebel, who were pioneer settlers of Union county. The father of the subject moved to Tymochtee township in 1834. He purchased eighty acres of land when he moved to this county. Mr. and Mrs. Niebel were an-long the first settlers in this part of the, country, a section where it required many years of diligent labor to clear the land: for cultivation. They lived here until 1860. The last few-years. of his life Mr. Niebel resided with his children. His wife died in Fostoria, Ohio, April 10, 1857. The father of the subject was a. noted evangelist and. circuit-rider preacher. He was one of the faithful pioneer ministers who preached the gospel in the wilderness, going from house to house, doing good everywhere. He did noble missionary work in his younger days in Pennsylvania and became widely known. throughout the state. These trips were made entirely on horseback; he having crossed the Alleghany mountains eleven times.. Eight children blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. Niebel : Enos, the subject of this biographical sketch; Catherine, deceased; Levi is now living at. Findlay, Ohio; Abraham, deceased, formerly lived at Sycamore, Ill.; .Obed; Abner is residing at Tiffin, Ohio; Polly, deceased; Leahman lived at Leone, Kan., but is now deceased. Enos Niebel, the subject of this sketch, lived at home until he, was twelve years of age, attending district school in Union. county only a limited, amount of time, as it was necessary for him to make his own living. He began life for himself when very young, and at the age of twenty-two years he had learned the chair-maker's trade. Mr. Niebel was twice married. His first wife was Mary Aurand, of . Union county, Perm., this happy union resulting in the birth of four children. The eldest son was 612 - BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS. Abraham, who is now a retired farmer living at Sycamore; Susan, deceased; Catherine, wife of William. Corfman, living in Tymochtee township; Henry married Mahalia Stearn, and resides in Toledo, Ohio. In 1840 Mr. Niebel and family emigrated to Ohio, making the trip with three horses and two wagons and being seventeen and one-half days on the journey. Mr. Niebel located on section 26, Tymochtee township, having bought one hundred acres 'of land, fifty-four acres of which was cleared. There was a comfortable log house and a log-cabin barn on the place and, Mr. Niebel soon cleared twenty acres more of the farm, all of which was cultivated. Mr. Niebel and family resided here for twenty years, at the end of which time he sold it to his eldest son, Abraham, and bought his present home in. 1858. Mrs. Niebel having died in 1846, he was married the second time, December 31, 1846, to Leanah Bish. They had a family of six children, viz : Mary and Sarah (twins.)—Sarah died April 19, 1883, and Mary is living with her father ; Ellen is the wife of Gabriel Ash, now residing at Weston, Wood county, Ohio ; Eliza is the wife of Fred. Alford, who lives with Mr. Niebel and is farming the old homestead; Noah married Jennie Hoyt, now living at Sycamore, Ohio; Levi, of Tymochtee township, married Eddie Delaplain. Rev. N. B. Niebel, the son, supplemented a good common-school education by attendance at higher institutions of learning at Republic and Fostoria, this state. He taught school for four years in Wyandot county, and then entered the ministry of the United Evangelical church, being ordained at Des Moines, Iowa, in 1885. His work lay chiefly in the central and northern portions of Iowa and he continued in the active work of the ministry for fifteen years. He married Miss Jennie Hoyt and to them two children have been born: Mertie L. is a graduate of The public schools of Manley Junction, Iowa, and afterwards attended the seminary at Nora Springs. Lois J., their youngest child, is a bright little child and a veritable sunbeam in the household. In 186o the present home was built and they moved into it about September 27, that year. This farm at first consisted of only sixty-seven acres, partly under cultivation, but more land was added to the original purchase until the farm consisted of two hundred and thirty-three acres of rich land. All of this he. had given to his children. The subject found general farming most profitable, also raising some stock. Mr. Niebel held the office of school director, trustee and treasurer, being school director for twenty years, treasurer one year and trustee one year. In politics he is a decided Republican. He is an entirely self-Made man, and because of his energy and industry is now one of the most prosperous and well-known citizens of this county. He retired from. active life in 1884, and now is living on his income. Mrs. Niebel departed this life December 6, 1884. The subject has in his possession an old German family Bible dating back to 1693, which is, as far as known, the oldest book in Wyandot county. The subject obtained it from his father. He possesses a pair of solid silver spectacles over a century old. TAGE P. SYLVAN. Probably the most popular mayor that ever presided over the municipal council of the city of Upper Sandusky, Wyandot coun- BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS - 613 ty, Ohio, is the present incumbent of the official chair, the subject of this sketch, who was born in Chicago, Ill., December 2, 1871. Rudolph Sylvan, father of Tage P. Sylvan, was born in Sweden and was reared to mercantile pursuits in the city of Ystad, on the border line of Norway, and probably the largest shipping sea-port in the kingdom. He was still a young man when he came to America and settled in Chicago, Ill., where he engaged in the hotel business, which he conducted until his death, in 1882, when but forty-four years of age. He was a self-made man, in the business sense of the word, was for a long time in the government land-office department, was a Democrat in politics, and died a member of the Swedish Episcopal church. His wife, whose maiden name was Hannah Fralen, is also a native of Sweden, who came to America when young, and is still living in Chicago, at about sixty-two years of age. She is likewise a member of the Swedish Episcopal church and one of the most respected ladies in the Scandinavian circles of the city, as well as with the other elements that constitute the population of that cosmopolitan metropolis. Tage Sylvan, the grandfather of subject, was also born in Sweden and was of Greek extraction, his family being one of the most prominent in the western part of the kingdom and he himself at one time being famous as an instructor of youthful aspirants to advanced learning. Tage P. Sylvan, the subject and only child born to his parents, passed his boyhood days in Chicago, acquiring his earliest education in the Swedish schools. He then attended the public schools, and when about seventeen, years of age entered the law office of Blanke & Chytraus, for the purpose of studying law and being an all around assistant. This firm was a very prominent one, the senior partner, Blanke, died while holding the office of superior court judge, and Mr. Chytraus is now on the same bench—a fact which shows that Mr. Sylvan was under the instruction of fully competent tutors. Some years later, after severing his connection with this office, Mr. Sylvan was employed in the real-estate and loan department of what is now' the State Bank of Chicago until the fall of 1890, when he came to Upper Sandusky and became manager of the local brewery, which position he held about four years. He then resumed his study of law, with Judge D. D. Clayton as his preceptor, and pursued his studies until admitted to the bar in 1896. He at once formed a. partnership with the Judge, which partnership lasted one year, since when Mr. Sylvan has been alone and has built up a lucrative business, his clients, being among the most substantial citizens of Upper Sandusky. The marriage of Mr. Sylvan took place in Upper Sandusky December 17, 1890, when he took for his life partner Miss Emma K. Bechler, a native of Delphos, Van. Wert county, Ohio, and a daughter of Severn Bechler. This genial union has been crowned with three children, viz : Agnes H., Dorothy. L., and Rolf E. Mr. and Mrs. Sylvan are members of the Episcopal church, to which they are liberal contributors. In politics Mr. Sylvan is one of the most ardent Democrats in the city and is more than usually popular with his party as well as with the public at large. He served one term in the city council from 1894 to 1896, and in the spring of 1898 was elected mayor 614 - BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS. of the city. In 1900 he was re-elected and in 1902 re-elected again and is now holding his third term as mayor of the city of Upper Sandusky. He has given entire satisfaction to all citizens, irrespective of party ties or affiliations, and is highly esteemed by all who know him. Mr. Sylvan is one of the most public-spirited men that live in Upper Sandusky and is always foremost in pushing along its public enterprises. He was appointed manager of the Bell Telephone Company's interest in Wyandot county about 1898, and was one of the organizers of the Upper Sandusky Board of Trade in 1900, since when he has been its president. He is. a Free-Mason of high degree, being a member of Warpole Lodge, No. 176; of McCutchen Chapter, No. 36, and of .Marion Commandery ; he is likewise a. member of the B. P. O. E., of the Modern Woodmen; and of the Tribe of Ben Hur. He is the owner of as fine a residence as there is in Upper Sandusky, an appropriate and becoming .home for the city's mayor, and he and family always find a hearty welcome in the social circles of the city. WILLIAM T. TSCHANEN. For a number of years a prominent business man and representative citizen of Upper Sandusky, William, T. Tschanen has ranked among the leading citizens of Wyandot county. Few residents of the community have been more actively identified with its growth and development, and none have exercised a more. potent influence in directing and controlling the business interests of the city of his residence. Christian Tschanen, father of William T., was a native of Switzerland, born in Canton Berne on the 9th day of October, 1827. He was the only son of Christian and Maria (Stempfli) Tschanen, whose ancestors had lived among the hills and valleys of that romantic little republic for many generations. In the year 1833 these parents bid adieu to the familiar scenes of their ancestral home and came to the United States, settling in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, where the father died the same year of his arrival at the early age of thirty. His widow survived him a number of years, departing this life in the above county in 1867. Christian Tschanen, Jr., was a lad of six years when the faMily came to America and he spent his boyhood and. youth on the home place in Tuscarawas county. Reared amid the stirring scenes and arduous labors of the pioneer period, he early developed strength of body and powers of mind which, with well-defined purpose and self-reliance, enabled him to discharge worthily the duties which marked his subsequent career. His educational training was limited to a few months' attendance of winter seasons in the indifferent schools which were common in Ohio during the early days. A diminutive log cabin, sparsely furnished with rude benches and at few rough. desks, was the building in which he received his first instruction, in the mysteries of learning, and the three fundamentals, reading, writing and arithmetic, constituted the curriculum which every ambitious lad was supposed to master. While becoming familiar with these rudimentary branches, young Tschanen was also learning the practical duties of life which schools and colleges do not impart—lessons such as lads in the early days BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS - 615 learned by patient, unremitting toil on the farm, lessons which served as a foundation for the strong, virile, independent manhood which characterized the careers of so many who grew to maturity during the formative period of our western civilization. Mr. Tschanen remained in his native county, variously employed until 1846, when he came to the county of Wyandot and engaged in teaching of the winter seasons; devoting the remainder of the year to any kind of honest labor he could find to do. After continuing in this two-fold capacity until 1850, he returned to Tuscarawas county and engaged in the grocery trade at New Philadelphia, where he succeeded in building up a fairly lucrative business which he carried on. for a period of about six years. Disposing of his stock at the end of that time Mr. Tschanen, in March, 1864, returned to Upper Sandusky where he pursued various occupations until the end of his days. In addition to his business and industrial career he had a limited experience as a soldier during the great Rebellion. On the 4th day of June, 1862, he tendered his services to the government by enlisting in Company G, Eighty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which regiment was not sent to the front, but was detailed for guard duty at Camp Chase. Though in the army but three months and seeing no active service in the way of campaigning and fighting, he proved a good soldier and discharged the duties which came to him in a manner befitting a brave and loyal defender of the Union. At the expiration of his term of enlistment, September 26, 1862, he was honorably discharged at Camp Chase and immediately thereafter returned to his home and once more resumed the peaceful pursuits of civil life. Mr. Tschanen was a man who measured his life according to the highest standard of citizenship, and discharged worthily every trust confided to him. While not of American birth, he became .a great admirer and, ardent supporter of the institutions of his adopted country, and, as stated above, demonstrated his loyalty by entering the service for its defence. He served two years as marshal of Upper Sandusky and discharged the duties of the position satisfactorily to the public and with credit to himself as a faithful and fearless conservator of law and, order. Religiously he. accepted the liberal creed. of Universalism„ but was not identified with the church as a member, and fraternally. he was an Odd Fellow, belonging to that order for more than thirty years, and. serving as its secretary. for several years. Mr. Tschanen was married October 5, 1850: to Elizabeth Baumgartner, of Salem township, this county, but a native of Switzerland, born in the Canton of Bernet November 21, 1825. Mrs. Tschanen was the daughter of Nicholas and Barbara (Moser) Baumgartner, who came to the United. States in 1831 and settled in Holmes county, Ohio. Subsequently, about the year 1846, they became residents of the county of: Wyandot, locating in Salem township, where the husband and father became a successful agriculturist and. well-known citizen. Of the nine children born to Christian and Elizabeth Tschanen eight are still living, namely: Emma, wife of John Carey,. of. Upper Sandusky ; Caroline married. John F. .Hey and resides in Kansas ; William T., of this review ; George W. is associated: 616 - BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS. with the subject in the drug business ; Charles F., a photographer of this city ; Frank and Edward are also connected with the house of which the older brothers are proprietors; Hattie B., the youngest member of the family, is the wife of H. B: Paddock, of Kansas; the only one of the family deceased is a son by the name of Alfred, who died in infancy. Christian Tschanen lived a useful life fraught with much, good to his fellow men ; his death, which occurred July 4, 1884, in the fifty-seventh year of his age, was an event greatly deplored, not alone by his immediate family and friends; but by the community with which he had so long been identified. His widow now lives in Upper Sandusky at the ripe old age of seventy-seven years. A woman of beautiful moral character and many admirable qualities of head and heart, she is widely known and highly esteemed. She is and long has been a sincere Christian, Subscribing to the beautiful, faith of Universalism, which she believes the only creed consistent with the character of a kind and loving Heavenly Father. As a member of this church she has exemplified, by a life devoted to good and worthy deeds, the purity and strength of religious convictions which have done so much to mould a symmetrically developed Christian character. William T. Tschanen, whose name introduces this article, was born near New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas county, Ohio, November 18, 1855. When about eight years old he was brought by his parents to Upper Sandusky, where until the age of sixteen he attended the German and English schools, receiving a good education in both languages. When a lad of eleven summers he began earning money for himself by working in the drug store of Dr. A. Billhardt ; this may be said to be the beginning of his career as a factor in the world's affairs. He attended faithfully to his duties when not in school and on laying aside his studies devoted all of his time to the store, thus early becoming familiar not only with the underlying principles of pharmaceutical science, but also acquainting himself with the fundamental facts and methods by which business men are governed. By diligent attention to duty and making his employer's interests his own, he soon won the confidence of the Doctor, who retained the youth in his, service from 1866 to 1881, a period of fifteen years. This was really the formative period of Mr. Tschanen's character as an earnest, intelligent, enterprising business man. He early displayed a willingness to work, was a close and untiring student and formed habits of application and consecutive industry which afterward enabled him to excel in the enterprise to which he has devoted his, life. Severing his connection with his employer, Mr. Tschanen, in partnership with his brother, George W., opened in 1881 a drug house in Upper Sandusky, in connection with the book and wall-paper trade. Under the firm name of Tschanen Brothers, the business grew and prospered and soon became the largest and most successful establishment of the kind in the city, a prestige which it has ever since enjoyed. In addition to their regular business they accepted the local agency of the American Express Company and as such looked after its interests at this point from 1883 to 1898, re- BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS - 617 signing the position. the latter year in order to devote their entire attention to the demands of their rapidly increasing trade. Associated with William T. and George W. Tschanen are their younger brothers, Frank and Edward, both graduates of the Illinois College of Pharmacy, the former completing his course in 1892 and the latter two years later. These young men brought to the business minds thoroughly disciplined by intellectual and professional training and are to-day the most scientific pharmacists, in Upper Sandusky. The firm is in high standing, both financially and professionally. As already stated, it is the leading house of the kind in Wyandot county, not a little of its success being directly attributable to the reputation the proprietors enjoy as genial; companionable gentlemen, who spare no pains in studying the: demands of the trade and supplying their numerous customers with first-class professional services, as well as providing them the best articles the market affords. As business men they take high rank among their contemporaries, enjoying much more than local repute as druggists and being rated first-class in commercial circles throughout the state. From a comparatively modest beginning the business has progressed in magnitude and importance to the present time, and in ad-. dition thereto the. brothers are engaged in various other enterprises. They are the principal stockholders of the Citizens' Electric Light Company, of which Frank Tsch.anen is the present secretary and manager. The success of this enterprise is largely due to the energy and interest they have put forth in its behalf. Reverting to the personal history of William T. Tschanen, it may, be said that his methods are in keeping with the enlightened and progressive spirit of the new century and that the reputable standing he has attained in the commercial and industrial world is a monument to his enterprise, thrift and wisely directed energy. He has been identified with the various movements of a public. nature, including among others the First Building and Loan Association, of Upper Sandusky, of which he was one of the printe movers, served as its president for two years and during its successful career of ten years has been a member of the board of directors. Financially he has met with success commensurate with the energy displayed in his various undertakings. Mr. Tschanen was united in marriage June 22, 1888, to Miss Minnie Seider, daughter of John Seider, of Wyandot county, a sketch of whom will be found elsewhere in this volume. Their 'home has been made bright by the presence of a daughter, Ruth, who was born on the 4th day of September, 1893. WILLIS A. CRUM, M. D. The present age is essentially utilitarian and the life of every successful man carries a lesson, which, told in contemporary narrative, is productive of much good in shaping the destiny of others. There is, therefore, a due measure of satisfaction in presenting, even in brief resume, the life and achievements of such, men, and in preparing the following history of the scholarly physician whose name appears above, it is with the hope that it may prove not only interesting and .instructive, but also serve as an incentive to those who contemplate making the 618 - BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS. medical profession their life work. Dr. Crum is descended from German ancestry, though his ancestors as far back as his grandparents on both sides were natives., of the Keystone state. His father, David Crum, was a native of Pennsylvania, born, reared arid married in the county of Dauphin. Subsequently he moved to Crawford county, Ohio, and purchased a farm about five miles east of Bucyrus, where he made his home until about 1889, with the exception of three years spent in Bucyrus, where he conducted a meat market. He also dealt largely in stock, buying here and shipping to the eastern markets, and was thus engaged until his retirement from active life a few years ago. He is still living, and although in his seventy-third year, is still hale and hearty, looking after his farming interests and taking an active part in the public affairs of his town and county. David Crum is a. man of generous impulses, liberal almost to a fault and popular with all who know him. His wife, whose maiden name was Mary Crall, a native of Cumberland county, Md., is also living, having reached the age of seventy-one, in possession of her mental and bodily powers to a remarkable degree. She is the mother of thirteen children, nine of whom grew to manhood and womanhood's estate; four dying in childhood. The Doctors paternal grandfather, Christian Crum, was the son of German parents who settled in Pennsylvania a great many years ago. Christian Crum was a very successful farmer in his native State, Pennsylvania, and is remembered as a Man of great piety and religious fervor. He was instrumental in building on his farm a beautiful church edifice which served for a numbers of years as a meeting place for the people living within a radius of several miles from where it stood. William A. Crum was born June 18, 1865, in Crawford county, Ohio, and received his preliminary education in the district schools, which he attended until seventeen years of age. Reared on a farm, he early became accustomed to the work required of country lads and by vigorous outdoor exercise laid a foundation for the strong physique with which he has since been blessed. After completing the common school course, he became a student of the Ohio Normal University, at Ada, Ohio, where he pursued his studies about two and a half years, taking special work in pharmacy, but was not permitted to graduate by reason of failing health. Later, however, he took a review course at the National Normal at Lebanon, Ohio, preparatory. to teaching. During the next five years the Doctor taught school in various parts of his native county and earned the reputation of an able; painstaking and popular educator. Having decided to devote his life to the medical profession he began his. preliminary reading at Sulphur Springs under the direction of Dr. H. S. Bevington, in whose office he remained the greater part of two years, applying himself very assiduously while thus engaged. In the. fall of 1891 he entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Keokuk, Iowa, and during the summer following the close of the term continued his studies. in a private office. The better to add to his professional knowledge; the Doctor entered the Starling Medical College, at Columbus, Ohio, from which. he was graduated in the spring of 1894, locating immediately thereafter at Carey; where he has since practiced with success and financial profit. BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS - 619 Dr. Crum, has risen rapidly in his profession and occupies a high place in the .esteem of his brethren in the healing art and the public generally. Thorough intellectual training, combined with sound professional knowledge and aptitude to apply his acquirements to the treatment. of disease, have won him the confidence of a. large number of patients, yet his purpose seems not so much to , gain a lucrative practice as to master the profound and mysterious truths of the science of medicine. He is a close student and wide reader of the standard professional authorities, and although fond of congenial company, wastes little time in. frivolity, having from the beginning adopted the motto, "Time is money. I have neither to spend save in good and useful employments." The Doctor has a commanding appearance and fine personal address, genial and graceful in manner, and impresses all with whom he comes in contact as a man of much more than ordinary power and force. Well informed, upon a great variety of topics, and with most cordial and .engaging manners, he is always good humored and sociable and his society is much sought after and- his personal friendship highly valued. An important element of his success, professional and otherwise, is the fact that however effective he may be his manner indicates that he has still stronger mental powers in reserve. He is a man of broad and liberal views, his large humanitarian spirit embracing all the race, and neither party feuds, religious differences nor professional jealousies separate him from his friend's. A Republican in politics, deeply read on all questions relating to the political history of the country, he is not a partisan, nor has he ever served in any official capacity except as member of the pension board, of Wyandot county, for they past five years, the duties of which come within the sphere of his profession: He belongs to the Masonic fraternity, Carey Lodge, No. 420, and in religion subscribes to the confession of faith as adopted by the Lutheran church. Dr. Crum was married September 9, 1891, to Miss Emma C. Heibertshausen, of Crawford county, and his home is cheered by the presence of three children,..Helen, Ruth and Russell. Mrs. Crum was born at Sulphur Springs, this state, and is one of the popular ladies of Carey. She moves in the best society circles of the place and, with her husband, is identified with the Lutheran church. HENRY FETTER. It is a fact patent to all that the United States:can boast of no better or more law-abiding class of citizens than the great number of Germans who have found homes within her borders. Though holding dear and sacred the beloved fatherland, they are none the less devoted to the, fair country of their adoption, and should necessity require it would be willing to go forth to battle for the maintenance of its institutions. Among this large and highly respected class is the subject of. this sketch, who for a number of years took precedence as a leading business man of the town of Carey. Henry Fetter was born in Baden, Germany, May 16, 1845, and is the son of Andrew and Mary (Clay) Fetter. In 1847 these parents, with their six children, came to this country and, proceeding as far westward as Wyandot county, Ohio, the father entered forty acre's of gov- 620 - BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS. ernment land in the township of Salem. Building a small log cabin in the thick forest with which his place was covered, Andrew Fetter began life in true pioneer style and by dint of hard labor soon cleared and prepared for cultivation a goodly part of his purchase. Subsequently he bought an additional forty acres and continued to reside where he originally settled in 1862; when he sold this place and purchased another farm, consisting of one, hundred acres, in the same township. He lived and prospered on the latter place for about twelve, years, when he discontinued hard work and retired to Carey, selling the farm later. He did not long live in retirement, soon purchasing another place in Salem, township to which he removed. and on which he lived until 1882, when infirmities incident, to advancing age compelled him to forego further, activity. For the second time he returned to Carey, where he' spent the residue of his life, dying at the ripe old age of eighty-nine. Andrew Fetter was a man of great industry and energy and by successful management acquired a handsome property. He came' to this country a poor man and what he accumulated was the result of his labor, economy and well-planned business dealings. In politics he was a Democrat and in religion a Catholic. His wife survived him one year, dying at the age of eighty-six ; she, too, was a Catholic and: bore her husband seven dren, of whom the subject of this. sketch was next to the youngest. Henry Fetter remained with his parents on the farm until his seventeenth year, when he enlisted May 3, 1862, in Company B, Thirty-second. Ohio Infantry; with which he served to the close of the war. His regiment was assigned to the Army of the Cumberland and saw considerable active service in the campaigns of Tennessee and Georgia, Being quite young, Mr. Fetter was given various kinds of detail work which necessitated his absence from the ranks a good portion of the time, in consequence of which he did not take part in all the varied experiences through which the regiment passed. He was honorably discharged in May, 1865, and returning to Carey, Wyandot county, he spent about fifteen months in learning the harness and saddlery trade, and at the same time bought a half interest in the business, but soon, afterward sold out to his partner, Mr. Orians, and went to Independence, Mo., in which city he carried on a bakery and confectionery stand for six months. Disposing of his stock at the expiration of that time, he returned to Carey and opened a sample room. and. billiard hall, which he ran until the spring of 1867, when his entire establishment was destroyed by fire. This fire proved peculiarly disastrous, as nothing was saved except what wearing apparel Mr. Fetter had upon his body at the time. He was left without a dollar he could call his own, and for several months. following the calamity he obtained a livelihood as a day laborer. Securing sufficient means to erect a building on the lot where his former building stood, he stocked it with. a general line of groceries and, in connection. with merchandising, also Opened a sample room and restaurant. He soon built up a large and lucrative business in all three departments, and but a short time elapsed ere he had his, building paid for and was free from debt. Meeting with most gratifying success he was soon able to buy a half interest in what was known as the "Galt House," for many years the leading hotel in Carey, and later he purchased the BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS - 621 other half and became sole proprietor. In i886, at a cost of thirty-two thousand dollars, he built the • present "Galt House," a large three,story.brick structure, handsomely finished and furnished with all the accessories essential to a first-class modern hotel. In November of the same year Mr. Fetter took possession of the house and continued in the capacity of landlord for seven years, securing a large patronage during that time and making the "Galt" one of the favorite resorts of the traveling public in this part of the state. About the year 1893 he retired from the hotel business and, leasing the house, purchased the "Hockenberger," the largest, finest and most extensively patronized restaurant and coffee house in the city of Toledo, paying for the same the sum of twenty-eight thousand dollars. Mr. Fetter conducted the "Hockenberger" very successfully until September 1, 1900, when he sold Out and retired from business: The subject was married January 8, 1867, to Miss Elizabeth Simonis, daughter of Peter Simonis; of Seneca county, a union blessed with ten children. Edward proprietor of the "Galt House," Carey ; Andrew R., who is running a coffee house and sample room in. Bowling Green, this state; Harry P., proprietor of the sample room formerly conducted by his father; Theodosia, wife of Peter Juston, living in Michigan; Raymond, with hiS brother in Bowling Green; Inez, wife of E. J. Collins, of Indianapolis, Ind.; Leo lives in Tiffin, Ohio; Ulalia, at home; Laurence, clerk for his brother in the "Galt House," and. Gertrude, at home. Mr. Fetter is an uncompromising Democrat. He is active in behalf of his friends: who .run for office, but has never aspired to public honors for himself, though frequently solicited to stand for nomination. He is a member of Forsythe Post, G. A. R., at Toledo and, with his family, belongs to the Catholic church. Mr. Fetter has, been one of Wyandot county's most prosperous self-made mien, every enterprise with which he has been connected proving abundantly successful. Beginning life with no capital but willing hands and an active brain; he has built up, by industry and energy, large and thriving interests and won for himself a high place among the strong financial men of this county and:the city of Toledo. His life has been characterized by many public-spirited acts, honesty and steadfastness of purpose have Marked his career throughout, and his friends feel proud of him as an intelligent and progressive citizen. A man of great personal force, seldom if ever mistaken in matters of business, he has exercised a wonderful influence in the business world and his life may be studied with profit by the young man who bewails his. poverty and the hardness of his lot. Such, briefly told, is the history of a man who has been the architect of his own fortunes, who has elevated himself from obscurity to affluence and now ranks as one of the leading-business men of northern Ohio. WILLIAM H. SNYDER. One of the most conspicuous figures in the recent history of Wyandot county is the popular gentleman whose name introduces this article, a man actively. identified with the busines,s. and industrial interests of Carey and vicinity and for many years preeminently the leading contractor and builder in this part of the state. Equally noted as a 622 - BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS. citizen whose useful career has conferred credit upon the community and whose marked abilities and stirring qualities have won for him much more than local repute, he holds to-day distinctive precedence as one of the most progressive and successful men that ever inaugurated and carried to successful termination large and important undertakings in this section of the commonwealth. Strong mental powers, invincible courage and a determined. purpose that hesitates at no opposition have so entered into his composition as to render him a dominant' factor in the business world and leader of men in important enterprises. William H. Snyder was born near the town of Bainbridge: Lancaster county, Penn., June 19, 1856, the son of William and Lahia Snyder, both natives of the same county and state. By occupation the father was a farmer; he was fairly successful in life, a Republican in politics, a member of the German Baptist (or Dunkard) church, and his death occurred at the advanced age of eighty-two. The subject's mother, whose maiden name was Lahia Hitcher, was born of German parentage and lived to be seventy-two years old. She was also a devout communicant of the same. religious body, with which her husband was identified, and of her six children, William H. is the fifth in order of birth. On the home place where he was born! our subject spent the first seventeen years of his life. He is, indebted to the district schools of the neighborhood for such educational privileges as he received, his studies being pursued during the winter months, while the rest of the years he received excellent physical training in farm labor, which provided him with the strength and vigor that have enabled him to accom plish his prodigious life work. In his seventeenth year he, began, to learn carpentering and, being a young man of much more than ordinary vigor and energy, he applied himself so assiduously that within a comparatively short time he found himself an adept in the use of tools and a master of the trade. When he began carpentering his father entered into an agreement with a mechanic to the effect that his boy. should, work for three years, receiving for the first year fifty dollars, for the second, ninety, and the sum of one dollar per day for the third year's service. After fulfilling to the letter this contract William, then a young man of twenty, engaged in carpentering for himself, and for two years thereafter followed the trade with good results in h.is native county. In the month of March, 1879, he came to Wyandot county, Ohio, with sixty-five cents in his pocket, and for several months following worked as a farm. hand near the town of Carey. Later he found employment in a sawmill, where he worked until the fall of that year when he returned home and resumed his trade. In the following spring he came back to Carey and entered upon his career as a contractor and builder, which from the beginning proved successful beyond his expectations, 'and. which, in connection with other enterprises, he has continued with financial profit to the present time. In 1883. Mr. Snyder purchased a half interest in a saw and planing mill and one year later bought his partner's share and became sole proprietor of the concern. Enlarging the mill and supplying new and improved machinery, he made it one of the important industries of Carey and under his successful management. it is still operated, BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS - 623 continuing, as formerly, to add very materially to his income. In the year 1888 Mr. Snyder added further to his business interests by purchasing a large coal and wood yard, which he still owns and operates, and in 1897 bought the Carey Flouring Mill, an enterprise representing a capital of thirty-six thousand, dollars. This mill was erected by Mr. Snyder and it came into his. possession at sheriff's sale, the price paid. being thirteen thousand. dollars. With no previous knowledge as a miller, he took hold of the enterprise with his accustomed push and energy and remodeling the mill throughout and supplying it with machinery for the manufacture 'of. flour by the latest- and most improved process, made it one of the best paying industries in the place. It has a daily capacity, of one hundred and fifty barrels and is kept constantly running in order to meet the demand for its product, the brand of flour having a large sale in local Markets, also in many Other places where shipped. In connection with milling Mr. Snyder is also extensively engaged in the grain business, owning large elevators at Carey and Berwick, Wyandot county, Vanlien, Hancock county, and Adrian, in the county of Seneca, all of which are connected by private telephone lines, constructed at his own expense and owned by him. These elevators are successfully managed and the amount of grain handled every Year by Mr. Snyder is much greater than that shipped by any other. dealer in northern Ohio, Cleveland and one or two other cities, perhaps, excepted. In addition to his other large interests, Mr. Snyder still carries on contracting and since coming to Carey he has put up more buildings of various kinds than all other carpenters combined, At the present time he employs about fifty men in his. different undertakings, and some idea of his success may be obtained when it is learned that within a comparatively few Years his surplus earnings have reached the aggregate of over one hundred thousand dollars. Recently he added the. Carey Creamery to his other industries and, remodeling the buildings throughout and purchasing the latest improved appliances, has made it one of the most complete and successful establishments of the kind in this Part:of the state. Some years ago he purchased considerable real estate adjoining Carey, which as time passed and population increased advanced greatly in value. The better to realize liberal returns upon, his investment, he recently platted an addition to the town and, erecting buildings upon the lots, sold them at good prices to home-seekers. Mr. Snyder is essentially a man of affairs sound of judgment and farseeing in what he undertakes; and with scarcely an exception every enterprise to which he has addressed .himself has resulted in most liberal financial returns. He began life poor in the world's goods, but rich in what is, of far more value than material wealth, a sound mind in a sound body. He possessed concentration of purpose and energy that laughs at restraint, keen foresight and the rare executive ability that makes everything undertaken accomplish the purpose for which intended. . To these qualities may be added scrupulous integrity, honesty and uprightness in all dealings: with his fellow men and an honor in keeping with the ethics. of business life, while behind all and controlling all are the divine principles embodied in the 624 - BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS. Golden Rule, without which no man, how great his wealth and however distinguished his name, can be truly successful. Mr. Snyder's large wealth and extensive business interests are the legitimate fruitage of consecutive effort, directed and controlled by good judgment and correct moral principles. From a very humble beginning he has steadily forged his way to the front and, with but little education beyond a knowledge of the elementary branches, he hag gradually extended the limits of his intellectual horizon. until he is not only the leading business man, of the county but also, one of the most intelligent and widely informed men of the thriving town in which he has his home. Taken as a whole, his career presents a series of continued successes rarely, equalled and, in the most liberal acceptation of the phrase, he is the "architect of his 'own fortune" and nobly entitled to be termed a "self-made man." While immersed in business and devoting the powers of his. vigorous mind to the large concerns which he manages, Mr. Snyder is a man of the people and finds time .to attend to the social duties growing out of his relation with his fellow men. He takes an active interest in several fraternal orders, prominent among which are Carey Lodge, No. 407, I. O. O. F., and Carey Lodge, No. 420, F. & A. M. He is a Mason of high rank, belonging to the chapter and commandery, also to the Scottish Rite, taking the thirty-second degree some years ago in the city of Cleveland. In politics he is a representative Democrat of the most orthodox type, active in the work of his party, a judicious adviser and a shrewd planner of campaigns. Never an aspirant for official honors, his business enterprise's being of much greater importance than the cares and distractions of public station, he has: been prevailed upon at different times to serve the people in positions. requiring good ability, without corresponding financial emolument. As member of the common council he has been largely instrumental in promoting much important municipal .legislation and while serving on the local school .board he used his best efforts to advance the standard of education in the schools of Carey. Mr. Snyder has always manifested commendable interest in whatever tends to benefit humanity morally, consequently has given liberally of his means as well as having used his influence in behalf. of charitable and benevolent enterprises. He does much good work among the deserving poor, abut makes no ostentatious display of his characteristics, distributing, his benefactions in a quiet way, without letting the left hand know what the right hand doeth. A firm believer in revealed religion, .he has long been an earnest and devout, follower of the Nazarene, belonging to the English Lutheran church at Carey, a body with which his wife and some of his children are ,connected. Mr. Snyder is a gentleman of pleasing address, easily approachable, and his confidence once worthily gained he is ever thereafter a warm and devoted friend. .A man of strong character and decided opinions, he moves. among his fellows as one born to leadership; nevertheless he is popular with. all and has few, if any, enemies among the large list of his acquaintances. To see him at his best is to meet him, within the sacred. precincts of his beautiful home where, surrounded by wife and children, and nearly everything conducive to comfort, which wealth can procure,