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there lived with an aunt until her marriage. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Warner went to farming, but about fourteen years later he en- gaged in the meat business, running a market at McClure, Ohio, until 1909. when he sold out and moved to Steuben county, this state, where he ran a meat market at Ashley for one year. He then moved to Waterloo and engaged in raising high grade poultry, specializing on Black Minorcas, and also does considerable truck gardening. He is the father of four children, three daughters and a son, namely : Mrs. Maud Ellen, the wife of Horatio Sheldon Hine, and they have one son, Sheldon Horatio; Nellie Blnache is the wife of Frank Saltsman, and they have three children, Jacob Warner, Almina Grace and Francis Irene; Arthur Vernon, born April 17, 1883, was married on March 6, 1905, to Almeda W. F. Korn and they have two chil- dren, William Arthur and Orlo Clayton Warner. Bessie Doris lives at home with her parents and is employed at the telephone office at Waterloo. Jesse Warner belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at McClure, Ohio, of which he has been a member for twenty-six years. Arthur Warner be- longs to the Odd Fellows at Waterloo.
SAMUEL A. MUMAW.
Farming is becoming recognized as a profession and the future farmers of our country will be trained as carefully as are our ministers and physicians. Purdue University now gives a four-year course in agriculture, leading to the Bachelor of Arts degree. The 1913 Legislature of this state created a new official known as the county agent. whose duties are to give expert advice to farmers on all subjects pertaining to agriculture. The short courses given at Purdue every year are being attended by increasing thousands of farmers and their sons. The tendency of all this points to a new era in farming. Farmers' institutes are being held throughout the state and have been the means of keeping the farmers abreast of the times. Agriculture is becoming a science and the most successful farmer of today is the man who studies his business. Such men as these are the men who make good officials as well as good farmers, and such a farmer and official is Samuel A. Mumaw, the sub- ject of this brief review.
Samuel A. Mumaw, the son of David A. and Rebecca ( Helsey ) Mumaw, was born in Stark county, Ohio, May 26, 1877. His parents were both
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natives of Shenandoah county, Virginia, where David A. Mumaw grew to manhood and married. He enlisted in the Confederate army from Virginia, July 15, 1861 and remained in service until the close of the war. He be- longed to Company K, Thirty-third Regiment, at the opening of the Civil war and continued in active service throughout that memorable conflict, mak- ing a brilliant record as a soldier and being mustered out at the end of nearly five years' service with a slight scalp wound. . He was in the battle at Gettys- burg and Winchester and many other noted battles. After the war he re- turned to his native state of Virginia, where he continued to reside until 1871, when he moved to Stark county, Ohio. Here he purchased land and improved it, but thinking he could improve his fortunes by going to Indiana, he came to DeKalb county, this state, in 1886 and purchased a farm in Wilmington township of forty acres. Here, at the age of seventy-nine, he is still actively engaged in agricultural pursuits, being probably the oldest farmer in active service in the county today. His wife is the same age as himself and is still in good health. Her parents were of German extraction. To Mr. and Mrs. David A. Mumaw have been born five children, Charles. of Butler, Indiana, who has been shipping agent for the Butler Wind-mill Com- pany for the past seventeen years; John B., a plumber of Butler; Jacob, a telephone lineman of Eaton, Ohio; Sarah, who married Oliver Keysbury and lives in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Samuel A., the immediate subject of this sketch.
Samuel A. Mumaw was educated in the district schools of his county and continued to reside under the paternal roof until he was married at the age of twenty-two years. Upon his marriage on December 13, 1899, to Anna M. Sechler, he moved on to his mother-in-law's farm, fifty-six acres in Con- cord township. Mrs. Mumaw is the daughter of William and Rachel (Nelson) Sechler, her father being a native of Pennsylvania, of German stock. Mrs. Sechler was of Irish descent, her parents being pioneers of Con- cord township, where her father followed agricultural pursuits all his life. They were both members of the German Lutheran church. Mr. Sechler died in April, 1884, and his wife's death occurred on October 30. 1903. Mrs. Rachel Sechler first married Samnel Armstrong, and had one son by this mar- riage, Samuel, who married Ethel Imhoof and now lives in Concord town- ship. Some years after the death of her first husband, Mrs. Rachel Armstrong married William Sechler, and to this union were born two children, an infant daughter, deceased, and Anna M. Sechler, the wife of the subject of this sketch.
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Mr. Mumaw is the owner of a fine farm in Concord township comprising fifty-six acres and carries on a general farming business. Besides raising all the crops common to this locality, he has made a specialty of raising horses and hogs and has been uniformly successful in all his business transactions. The esteem in which he is held in his community is shown by the fact that he was appointed to the office of trustee of Concord township in July, 1911. In the conduct of his official affairs in his township, Mr. Mumaw has taken a commendable interest and has won the approval of all the citizens of his township, irrespective of party affiliations. He has taken a very active inter- est in the question of good district schools and has made a special effort to secure the best possible teachers for the township schools. He has just com- pleted the erection of the best school building in DeKalb county. He has also been an advocate of good roads and has succeeded in adding a few miles of improved highway to the township system each year. He and his wife are members of the Lutheran church at St. Joe and contribute liberally of their means to support the various activities of that denomination. Mr. Mumaw is also a valued member of the Knights of Pythias and takes an active inter- est in the fraternal affairs of that body. In all of his business dealings Mr. Mumaw has so conducted himself that he has won the confidence and ap- proval of all of the good citizens of his community, not only in his business relations, but in every effort to elevate the moral, intellectual or social stand- ard of his lacolity.
WILLIAM E. AND JAMES M. HAMILTON.
It is a well authenticated fact that success comes as the result of legiti- mate and well applied energy, unflagging determination and perseverance in a course of action when once decided upon. She is- never known to smile upon the idler or dreamer and she never courts the loafer, only the men who have diligently sought her favor being crowned with her blessings. In tracing the history of the gentlemen whose names form the caption of this review, it is plainly seen that the success which they enjoy has been won by commendable qualities and it is also this personal worth that has gained for them the high esteem of those who know them. William E. and James M. Hamilton are the sons of Jonathan and Hannah B. ( Platter ) Hamilton, the former of whom was born in New York City. Eventually he located in Pennsylvania where he was reared to the life of a farmer. He remained in
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Pennsylvania until about eight years of age, when he went to Defiance, Ohio, and from there came to DeKalb county, Indiana, where he made his permanent settlement. He was prominent among the early pioneers of this section and took an active part in the development and progress that characterized this locality in those early days. He built and operated the old Hamilton mill in 1838, one of the landmarks of this locality for many years, and at the same time successfully operated his farm. He was a man of force- ful character and sturdy integrity, who impressed his personality on the com- munity where he spent so many of his active years and he was a leader in many of the important events which concerned the history of his county. To him and his wife were born nine children, namely: John R., Agnes and Catherine are all deceased; William E. and James M., the immediate subjects of this sketch: Elizabeth and Emmaline are deceased: Mary E. and John G.
William E. Hamilton was born on August 4, 1829, and early in life, under his father's direction, he learned the trade of a miller, which he fol- lowed during practically his entire active life. He was for a while in the West, being located in Idaho, where he established a mill and to him belongs the distinction of having ground the first bushel of wheat milled in that state, that being many years ago when it was still a territory. He is retired from active life and is living quietly at his comfortable home in Concord township, this county.
On June 9, 1878, William E. Hamilton married Mary Carpenter, the daughter of John Carpenter, a prominent farmer and one of the early settlers of DeKalb county.
James M. Hamilton was born on October 2, 1831, and was reared to the life of a farmer, a vocation from which he never departed and in which he met with a well deserved success. He, too, is now retired from active business affairs. Neither of the Hamilton brothers have been aspirants for public office, though they have always taken an intelligent and active part in public affairs, as every loyal citizen should, and they have performed their full part of the duties of citizenship, thereby earning the approval and com- mendation of all who know them.
Politically, William E. Hamilton is an earnest Republican in his views, while James M. has given his support to the Progressive party since the re- cent campaign. Religiously, the former is a member of the Methodist Epis- copal church and the latter of the United Brethren church, to the support of which societies they are liberal contributors. Quiet and unostentatious and seeking the sequestered ways of life rather than its tumult and strife, the
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Hamilton brothers have ever attended strictly to their own affairs and by their upright lives and worthy examples have made better all who have come within the, range of tieir influence, and today no more deserving or popular citizens reside in Corcord township then they.
EZRA ROHM.
It is not an easy task to describe adequately a man who has led an eminently active and busy life, and who has attained a position of relative distinction in the community with which his interests are allied. But biog- raphy finds its most perfect justification, nevertheless, in the tracing and recording of such a life history. It is, then, with a full appreciation of all that is demanded and of the painstaking scrutiny that must be accorded each statemen, and yet with a feeling of satisfaction, that the writer essays the task of touching briefly upon the details of such a record as has been that of the honored subject of this sketch whose eminently honored and successful career now comes under review.
Ezra Rohm, one of the successful farmers and respected citizens of Grant township, was born on July 2, 1873, about one and one-half miles north of Waterloo, this county, and is a son of Simon and Mary (Harsh) Rohm, who are mentioned elsewhere in this work. When Ezra Rohm was about five years old the family moved to the present location, which is about half way etween Auburn and Waterloo, and there he was reared. In about 1896 he bought a part of the old home farm, and to the operation of this tract he has applied his energies continuously since with eminent success, and has earned a high reputation because of his up-to-date methods and un- tiring energy. He has one of the best improved farms in this locality, the substantial and attractive residence, commodious and well-arranged barns, well-kept fences and the general appearance of the fields evidencing him to be a man of good ideas and sound judgment. He carries on a general line of farming, raising all the crops common to this locality and has met with a gratifying degree of success as a result of his efforts.
In 1891 Mr. Rohm married Amelia Walker, daughter of George W. and Caroline (Neidig) Walker, of Feagler's Corners, Richland township, where her parents now reside. She was born in Stark county, Ohio, and was about nin « years of age when the family removed to this county. To Mr. and Mr . Rohm have been born seven children, of whom Iola Pearl died in
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infancy. Those living are as follows: Edward N., born March 28, 1892, married Hazel Husselman, and they have a daughter, Erma May; Edward Rohm is operating the Al St. Clair farm; Lillie M Rohm is the wife of Clyde Osborne, and lives in Auburn; Luella is the vife of Merritt Sock- rider, who is a postal telegraph operator, and they have a daughter, Myrtle Merrill; Elza Frank, born August 21, 1898; Mildred Catherine, born June 15, 1905, and Myrtle Caroline, born January 16, 1909. T>> family move in the best social circles of the community in which they reside and are held in high esteem by all who know them. Mr. Rohm, though quiet and unostenta- tious in his life, has been a definite factor in the life ,of the community, for he has given his support at all times to such movements as promise to be for the material, social, educational or moral advancement of the people, and as a result of his upright life and sturdy industry he has gained an envia- ble standing among his fellow citizens.
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