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ward removed from the Keystone state to Ohio and became a resident of Lancaster. The father of Mrs. Barr was a stone cutter by trade, following that pursuit for a num- ber of years. He afterward engaged in teaching in the public schools of Lancaster. He died at the comparatively early age of thirty-nine years. The home of our sub- ject and his wife was blessed with ten chil- dren: Clara is living with her parents. Frank S., who owns and operates sixty acres of land in Amanda township, adjoin- ing his father's farm, married Cora Belle Williamson, a daughter of Henry William- son, of Lancaster, and they have three chil- dren: Alvin, Ruth and Floyd. George re- sides above Cedar Hill, Amanda township, where he is engaged in the tilling of the soil. He married Alice Peters, a daughter of the Rev. Robert Peters, a minister of the Baptist church, now in Pickaway county. Their children are Emil, Lester, Robert and Albert. Mary, the fourth member of the family, died at the age of twenty-nine years. Nora is at home. Nellie died at the age
of three years. Florence is the wife of John Solt, of Pickaway county, where he follows farming, and they have one child, Harry. Fannie. Harry and Frederick are still un- der the parental roof. All of the children were born in Amanda township and pur- sued their education in the public schools of that locality. On May 30. 1902, Mrs. Barr was called to the home beyond. She was an earnest Christian woman and was a loyal member of the Presbyterian church of Amanda.
Mr. Barr exercises the right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the Democracy, but the honors and emoluments of office have no attraction for him: yet as a citizen he is deeply interested in every- thing pertaining to the general good. lle belongs to the Presbyterian church of Aman- dla, and for ten or twelve years has served as one of its deacons. His personal char- acteristics are such as to win for him the friendship and regard of all with whom he has been brought in contact. His life has ever been honorable and upright.
MANASSEH GLICK.
Almost a century has passed since the Glick family was established in Fairfield county. At that time the work of progress and improvement had scarcely been begun here. The forests stood in their primeval strength, the trees growing so dense in
many places that the sunlight could scarcely penetrate through the leaves and the branches. The streams were unbridged and there were few wagon roads. The settlers made their way through the forests by means of the old Indian trails or blazed
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paths. Into this wilderness came the Glick family, establishing a home on the front.er and bravely enduring all the hardships and trials incident to pioneer life. The grand- father. Philip Glick, came to Bloom town- ship in 1807 and entered government land. securing a section 'or more in Fairfield and Pickaway counties. He then returned to Pennsylvania, where he was taken ill, dying at Harrisburg when about seventy years of age. He was a native of France and on emigrating from Alsace to the new world first took up his abode in Allentown. Penn- sylvania. His widow in the following year. 1808, came with Jonathan Glick, the father of our subject, and the other of her children to Fairfield county, where her husband had entered land and spent her remaining days here. In the family were seven sons and five daughters. Jonathan being the eleventh in order of birth. All the brothers lived to a good age. They were John, Philip. George, Jacob. Peter, Henry and Jonathan. Of this number George was the grandfather of Governor Glick, of Kansas.
Jonathan Glick was born in Lehigh county. Pennsylvania, and was but a boy when he accompanied his mother to his Fairfield county home. the family settling in Bloom township in the midst of the wilder- ness near what is known as the Glick church, a house of worship belonging to the Lu- theran denomination. Jonathan Glick be- came a member of that church with which he was identified the remainder of his days. taking an active and helpful part in its work. He was anxious to enter the army to serve in the war of 1812, but owing to his youth
he was not allowed to go. However, he went to Pennsylvania and worked his way into the army as a substitute for his brother Philip. After the war he remained in Penn- sylvania until his marriage and then again came to Bloom township, in 1818. purchas- ing the farm upon which our subject now resides. He brought his land under a high state of cultivation, transforming it into a valuable farm. For his service in the war of 1812 he received a land warrant by which he acquired one hundred and sixty acres of land. He was a modest, unassuming man but was respected for his stability of char- acter, his enterprise and his reliability. He died in October. 1866, at the age of seventy- three years. He had always been an advo- cate of the Democracy and was a firm be- liever in its principles. In early manhood he married Catherine Kerschner, who was a daughter of Jeremiah Kerschner, a resident of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, who re- moved to the west and took up his abode in Bloom township. Fairfield county, where he spent the greater part of his life. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Catherine, died in Bloom township at the age of eighty- six years. It was her daughter, a name- sake, who became the wife of Jonathan Glick and the mother of our subject. She died in 1882 in her eighty-sixth year. By her marriage she had eleven children : Aaron, Jonathan, Elias. Ruben and Nathan, all deceased ; Manasseh: Sarah, the widow of Jacob Solt ; Caroline .. Lucy S. and Julia Ann, twins, and Catherine, all of whom are now deceased: and Levina, the wife of Emanuel Snyder.
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Manasseh Glick, whose name introduces this record, pursued his education in the common schools, in the high school of Lithopolis and in the Capital University in Columbus, Ohio. He afterward engaged in teaching, beginning that profession in 1852. He followed it for eight consecutive years in the common schools of Fairfield county and also spent one term as a teacher in Bar- tholomew county, Indiana. In 1862 he was married and settled upon the farm upon which he now resides and to the develop- ment and cultivation of which he has since devoted his energies. His business career has been one of untiring activity and his resolute purpose and unflagging enterprise have enabled him to win creditable and gratifying success.
On the 4th of December, 1862. Mr. Glick was united in marriage to Eliza J. Hartman, a daughter of George and Bar- bara ( Fellers) Hartman, the former a native of Berks county, Pennsylvania, and the lat- ter of Fairfield county, Ohio. Her father came to this county in his boyhood and was numbered among the pioneer settlers of the community who assisted largely in the work of public progress and substantial upbuild- ing. His political support is given the Democracy, but he never sought or desired office. Hle passed away in 1895. in the eighty-third year of his age, and his wife died in 1878, at the age of sixty-five. They were the parents of the following named : Valentine: Susana: Eliza J .: Mary: Will- iam: Mary, the widow of Samuel Runkle: Catherine, the wife of David Klinger. of Kansas; and Monroe, also a resident of
the same state. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Glick has been blessed with several children, namely: Mary Catherine: Jonathan M .; Lucy Ellis, the wife of George Shultz, of Kansas; George T .; Charles W .; and Loa Celestia.
Mr. Glick has been honored with a num- ber of local offices. In 1863 he was elected justice of the peace and filled that position for twenty-one consecutive years and then after an interval was again the incumbent of the office from 1881 until 1884. What higher testimonial of his capability and fidelity could be given? He served for one term as township clerk, for several terms as township trustee and in 1897 was elected a member of the infirmary board, in which capacity he is still serving. His public career is one which has gained for him the highest respect by reason of his loyalty to the trust reposed in him. He has always voted with the Democratic party and is a firm believer in its principles. He now1 holds his first commission as notary public for a term of nine years. He has settled many estates, having had more than thirty- six estates in probate court, and that he has been chosen for this duty is certainly an in- dication of the confidence reposed in him by- his fellow men. In 1863 he was commis- sioned captain of the state militia, his com- pany being composed of residents of Bloom township. Both he and his wife are mem- bers of the Glick church. It is under the direction of the Ohio Lutheran Synod of the fifth English district. Mr. Glick aided in building this church and his assistance and co-operation have ever been given to all
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measures for the general good along social, material, intellectual and moral lines. His entire life has been passed in Fairfield coun- ty, and that many who have known him
from boyhood are numbered among his warmest friends is an evident indication that his career has ever been upright and honorable.
CHARLES E. REESE, M. D.
The state of Ohio, with its pulsing in- dustrial activities and rapid development, has attracted within its confines men of marked ability and high character in the various professional lines, and in this way progress has been conserved and social stability fostered. He whose name initiates this review has gained recognition as one of the able and successful physicians of the state, and by his labors, his high professional attainments and his sterling characteristics has justified the respect and confidence in which he is held by the medical fraternity and the local public.
Dr. Charles E. Reese was born in Hock- ing township, Fairfield county, upon his fa- ther's farm, October 14, 1857, and repre- sents an old family of Pennsylvania. His paternal grandfather. Maurice Reese, was born in Washington county, of the Key- stone state, and about 1799 removed to Fairfield county, settling in the midst of the forest west of Lancaster. He married Miss Hannah Meek and they became the parents of twelve children, including Isaac Reese, who was born in Hocking township, Fair- field county, in 1812. He was one of the
prosperous farmers of the neighborhood, successfully carrying on agricultural pur- suits in his native township for many years. He married Miss Susan Guitner, who was born in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, in 1822, and when eight years of age removed with her parents, John and Gertrude Guit- ner, to Fairfield county, the family settling in Berne township, where the father and mother spent their remaining days. Mr. and Mrs. Reese reared a family of several chil- dren, namely: George W. and Isaac N., both of whom followed farming: Charles E., of this review; Francis M., who is a farmer: Almeda M .. the wife of Daniel Murphy, of Lancaster; Jennie, the wife of Frank Smith, an agriculturist ; and Fannie M., who wedded Samuel Childs. of Rush- ville. Ohio. Year after year the father de- voted his energies to agricultural pursuits and the well tilled fields yielded to him gold- en returns for the care and labor he he- stowed upon them. He was a man of de- cision of character. fearlessly upholding his honest convictions and his many sterling traits won for him the esteem and warm regard of all with whom he came in contact.
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His political support was given the Repub- lican party and on that ticket he was elect- ed to several minor offices. Ilis death oc- curred in 1886, and his wife died in 1892. Both were devoted members of the German Lutheran church.
Dr. Reese, whose name forms the caption of this article, spent his youth in the usual manner of farmer lads, taking his place in the fields at the time of early spring planting and assisting in the cultivation of the crops until after the autumn harvest, In the winter months he attended the district schools and later became a student of the pub- lic schools in Lancaster. Afterward he con- tinned his education in a private school for three years and then entered upon the study of medicine, reading under the direction of Dr. Harman, in Lancaster. He further continued his studies in the Ohio Medical College of Cincinnati until he was graduat- ed with the class of 1885.
Dr. Reese then came to Lancaster. where he opened an office, and steadily he has worked his way upward in a profession
where promotion comes in recognition of broad learning and superior skill. He has ever kept in touch with the advanced thought and discoveries of the day bearing upon his practice and is quick to adopt any new methods which he believes will assist him in checking the ravages of disease and restoring health.
In 1877 was celebrated the marriage of Dr. Reese and Miss Jennie D. Miller, of Lancaster, a daughter of David R. and Isa- bella (Gallagher) Miller. The Doctor be- longs to Mt. Pleasant Lodge, No. 48. K. of P'. For seven years he was physician for the Boys' Industrial School. In man- ner he is a genial and affable gentleman, and the sunshine of his own nature is a potent element in a sick room where any- thing depressing has a detrimental influence and all that is bright and enlivening acts in the opposite way. His prominence in the profession is the result of earnest labor and capability, and the public and the med- ical fraternity acknowledge his worth as a citizen and as a physician.
JOHN B. SPANGLER.
In pioneer times the Spangler family was lowing only an old Indian trail. Dense in- established in Fairfield county. This was largely a frontier region when the grandfa- ther of our subject took up his abode here and he often was forced to make his way through forests unmarked by any road. fol-
deed was the growth of the native trees and much of the land was still in possession of the woodmen, having not been claimed by early settlers for the purpose of culti- vation. Henry Spangler, the grandfather,
JOHN B. SPANGLER AND WIFE
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was born in Pennsylvania, and about 1804 settled in Pickaway county, Ohio, where he built a log cabin and thus provided a home for his family, but after a short time he came to Fairfield county and took up his home in Clear Creek township, purchasing land from the government and developing there the farm upon which our subject now resides, the deed for same being signed by Thomas Jefferson and dated 1809. Not a furrow had been turned or an improvement made when it came into his possession, but with characteristic energy he began to clear away the trees and soon the woodman's ax awakened the echoes of the forest. The brush was hauled away and burned and soon the shining plow made a track across the cleared fields. As the years passed the land became very productive and the grandfa- ther prospered in his undertakings. He made his home upon this farm until his death, which occurred when he was about seventy years of age. Well does he deserve to be remembered among the honored and valued pioneers who aided in reclaiming this land and laid broad and deep the foundation for the present development and prosperity of Fairfield county.
Jeremiah Spangler, the father of our subject, was born in Berks county, Pennsyl- vania. in 1803. and when five years of age accompanied his parents to the Buckeye state. Here they resided about five years, at the end of which time they returned to Pennsylvania. There they lived until 1813, when they again came west. Early Jere- miah Spangler became familiar with all the hardships and trials incident to a life in
the frontier. He was also inured to the arduous labor of developing the new farm, but the practical experience which he gained enabled him to engage in farm work on his own account very successfully in later life. Ile continued upon the old homestead, devoting his energies to the cultivation of the fields and the raising of stock. His last years were spent in rest from labor, and he reached the extreme old age of ninety-three years and two months. He was largely in- strumental in building the first Evangelical church of Tarlton, erected in the early part of the nineteenth century. In the days of his early manhood he was united in mar- riage to Elizabeth Bresler, who passed away some years prior to the death of her hus- band. In their family were six children, but only two are now living : Mr. Spangler, of this review, and Anna, the wife of Charles Bevens, of Columbus, Ohio.
John.B. Spangler opened his eyes to the light of day on the old family homestead which had been entered by his grandfather, and in the country schools near by he pur- sued his education, sitting upon a slab seat, his feet resting upon a puncheon floor. In one end of the log building was a huge fire- place, which threw out a strong heat, warm- ing the little building unless the cold of the winter penetrated through between the chinks in the logs. At farm work Mr. Spangler received a liberal training, for at an early age he took his place behind the plow and the sun shone down upon many a field which he cultivated. In his youth he remained upon the old homestead until he attained his majority, when he started out
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to farm on his own account in the same quently took up his abode in Texas, where township. He secured a tract of land, which his death occurred. Farming was his life's occupation. he cultivated for ten or twelve years and then returned to the old homestead in order to care for his father, who was feeling the infirmities of age.
In 1864 Mr. Spangler joined the boys in blue. He left for a three months' serv- ice at the front, becoming a member of Company K. Seventy-eighth Ohio Volun- teer Infantry, in which he served until the close of the war. He was wounded near Goldsboro. North Carolina, and received an honorable discharge at Washington. after which he returned to his native county and has since resided in Clear Creek township. The house which is his home was built by his father, but he has made many improvements upon the place and now has a comfortable home.
Mr. Spangler was married in 1862 to Susan Parks, who was born in Hocking county, a daughter of Perry and Nancy (Cupp) Parks, her father being one of the early settlers of Hocking county. In 1874. however, he removed to Illinois and subse-
Mr. and Mrs. Spangler became the par- ents of four children. Clara is the wife of of Arthur Eck, who is engaged in the res- taurant business in Clyde, Ohio. Edward married Lena Wolff and is a farmer of Amanda township. Mary died at the age of eighteen years. Ida J. became the wife of Marion Noggle, a farmer of Oakland, Clear Creek township. She died at the age of twenty-five years, leaving a little daugh- ter, Edith Alva, who is now attending school.
Mr. Spangler votes with the Democratic party and has never sought or desired office. He is a member of the United Brethren church anl lives a quiet, but honorable life- that commends him to the esteem and con- fidence of all with whom he has been asso- ciated. He owns and occupies a farm of one hundred seven acres of rich land in Clear Creek township, and its systematic and practical cultivation results in bringing to him desirable success.
PHILIP MACKLIN.
Eighty years, during the most progress- ive century of the world, covers the earthly pilgrimage of Philip Macklin. Wonderful changes have occurred during that period and he has taken a deep interest in the
progress of the world, bearing his part in the improvement of the county which he has long claimed as his home: in fact. he is one of the native sons of Fairfield county, his birth having occurred in Pleasant township.
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on the 8th of December, 1823. His parents were Peter and Susanna (Conklin) Mack- lin, both of whom were natives of Pennsyl- vania. The paternal grandfather, Philip Macklin, came to Ohio in 1805, and married Miss Miller. On leaving the Keystone state he came with his family to Fairfield county, Ohio, settling in Pleasant township, where he spent the remainder of his days. He purchased one hundred and sixty-three acres of land from the government, paying the usual price of one dollar and a quarter per acre, and upon the tract, then wild and un- improved, he placed many evidences of his progressive spirit, the land being well cul- tivated, while good buildings were erected and all the equipments of farm life known at that day added to the place. At length death came to him and his remains were interred in Sigler cemetery. In his family were the following children : Peter, Betsey. Sallie, Maria, Susan, one child deceased. Jacob and John.
Peter Macklin, the father of our subject, was about twelve years of age when he ac- companied his parents to Ohio, his birth occurring in Berks county, Pennsylvania, and there he had remained until he removed with the family to the Buckeye state. He lived upon the old homestead, assisting in the work of the farm, until his marriage and then removed to a farm on section 16, Lib- erty township, purchasing eighty acres of land, to which he afterward added from time to time until within the boundaries of the farm were comprised three hundred and twenty acres. Well did he earn the true American title of a self-made man. He had
no one to assist him in his start in the busi- ness world, and, depending upon his own resources, upon indefatigable energy and economy, he gained a start and as the years passed prospered in his undertakings. Unto him and his wife were born two children: Polly, who became the wife of David Harter and is now deceased, and Philip, of this re- view. The mother died when our subject was only six weeks old, and Mr. Macklin afterward married Barbara Doomy, by whom he had six children; Amos, a resident of Liberty township: Sarah, the wife of David Schenck, of the same township; Maria, who died in Indiana ; Sophia, the de- ceased wife of John Andergg, of Liberty township: Selena, the wife of David Weisner, of Indiana: Samantha, the de- ceased wife of John Andergg, of Liberty and Caroline, who is now Mrs. Simms, a widow living with her brother Philip.
When his mother died Philip Macklin was taken to the home of his grandparents, by whom he was reared. He was educated in a log school house in Pleasant township and assisted in the work of the old home- stead farm throughout the period of his boy- hood and youth. He was twenty years of age at the time of his grandfather's death, after which he continued to carry on the. farm for his grandmother until she died, when he was twenty-three years of age. He. then removed to the farm which he now occupies in Liberty township, taking up his- abode there in September, 1848. It has since been his place of residence, covering a period of more than half a century. In ad- dition to this property he owns three lots in
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the village of Baltimore and six shares in almost eighty years of age, but is a hale, the Basil cemetery.
hearty man, receiving the veneration and re- spect which are his due.
In 1847 Mr. Macklin was united in mar- riage to Miss Sarah Rodabaugh, and to Perry Macklin, who resides upon the old family homestead, was born on this farm March 14. 1851. pursuing his education in the township schools. He has always re- mained here with the exception of the years 1876 and 1877. when he was in Hlinoi .. He then returned to Ohio, and has since lived with his father and now has the care and management of the home place. . He was married December 11. 1875. to Miss Sarah Smur, a native of Liberty township, and unto them two children have been born: Ora, the eldest, born October 28, 1873. pur- sued his preliminary education in the town- ship schools, but afterward studied in the high school of Basil. He was married .Au- gust 30. 1893. to Miss Charlotte Fitzer, who was born in Greenfield township, and they became the parents of four children, two of whom are now deceased. while the living are Hilo Fae and La Vanhe. Ethel Fern, the younger chill of Perry Macklin, is with her parents. The father carries on general farming and stock raising with good suc- cess. them thirteen children were born, eight of whom st'll survive: Peter, a resident of Pleasant township, Fairfield county : Perry, who is living with his father: Arvilla, the wife of John Dreeher, of Columbus : Susan, the wife of Samuel Mauger. of Liberty township: Polly, the wife of Charles Reese. of Basil: Octavia, the wife of Henry Weis- ner, of Pleasant township: Gela, the wife of Daniel .Alt. of Liberty township : Almeta, the wife of Isaac Maslin, who is living in Lick- ing county, Ohio: Mrs. Martha Montgom- ery, deceased : Victorine, the wife of Henry Smoke: Selena, the wife of Lewis Sheer, of Illinois: Sarah Ann. the widow of Henry Yager: and one that died in infancy. The mother of this family was a member of the Reformed church and died in that faith. After the death of his first wife Mr. Mack- lin married Mrs. Jane Feeman, and they had one child. Charles, who is now deceased. After the death of his second wife Mr. Macklin wedded Mrs. Susan Saliday, who is also deceased. A devoted and faithful member of the Reformed church, Mr. Mack- The subject of this review. Philip Mack- lin, his son Perry and his grandson Ora are all members of the Masonic lodge in Balti- more, and belong to the Order of the East- ern Star, together with the wives of the son and grandson. In their lives they are true to the teachings of this fraternity, which is based upon mutual helpfulness, kindliness and charity. They are familiar with the ten- ets of the craft and are very loyal to its prin- lin has borne quite an active interest in its upbuilding and growth and has served as trustee, deacon and elder. In politics he is a Democrat and has filled the office of town- ship trustee for four years. He is now liv- ing a retired life. Through a long period he was actively connected with agricultural interests in this county. but with advancing years he put aside business cares, which are now assumed by his son Perry. He is now ciples, being accounted valued members of
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