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No event of special importance occurred to change the usual routine of farm life for Thomas B. Endslow. He was a student in the district schools through the winter season and made a hand in the fields through the summer months. At the age of twenty, however, he left the parental roof and became an apprentice to the miller's trade, serving in a mill near Londonville. After three years there passed he came to New Washington and was employed in the mill which he now operates. Two years later he acquired an interest in the business, which he retained until 1885, when he removed to Aberdeen, Brown county, where he rented a mill for a year. That property was then sold, after which Mr. Endslow worked on a salary until 1890, when he re- turned to New Washington and purchased the mill in which he had formerly
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been employed and which he now conducts. He is doing a good business, his patronage steadily increasing, which calls for an enlarged output.
In 1876 was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Endslow and Miss Sarah Springer, of Crawford county, a daughter of George W. Springer, a prominent farmer who resided in this locality, but is now deceased. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Endslow has been blessed with four children, namely: Maud L., now the wife of Dr. H. G. Blaine, of Attica, Ohio; B. Clyde, who is in the mill with his father ; W. Lloyd, an engineer in the mill ; and Myrtle B. The mother of this family was called to her final rest in 1892, and in September, 1896, Mr. Endslow was again married, his second union being with Miss Lydia Evert, a native of Crawford county. In his political views he is a Democrat, and, though not an office seeker, he was elected and served for three terms, in the early 'Sos, as township clerk, while at the present writing he is a mem- ber of the board of councilmen of New Washington. To those who are fa- miliar with his history it is needless to say that his duties were ever discharged with promptness and fidelity. He holds membership relations with the Meth- odist church and is serving as one of its trustees. Fraternally he is connected with Hyperion Lodge, No. 651, K. P., of which he became a charter member and in which he has filled all the offices. In all life's relations he has been found true to duty and to every obligation. His life record is commendable in that he owes his advancement to his unflagging energy and perseverance, and to the fact that he has ever conducted all business transactions along the lines of strict commercial ethics.
ISAAC HOSLER.
Isaac Hosler is now serving as mayor of New Washington, and the city has found him a capable, energetic and faithful official, having a just appre- ciation of the duties that devolve upon him and discharging them with prompt- ness and ability. He was born in Seneca county, Ohio, at the old family home- stead in Bloom township, May 11, 1840. his parents being Jonas and Cath- erine (Troxel) Hosler. The grandfather of our subject, Christian Hosler, was a native of York county, Pennsylvania. and was of Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry. In the place of his nativity he was reared and learned the trade of a cooper. He married a Miss Gensler and followed his chosen vocation in his native county until 1824. when he emigrated with his family to Ohio, settling in Stark county, where he carried on the coopering business until within the last five years of his life. His wife died and then he went to live with his son
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Jonas, in whose home he remained until called to his final rest, when about sev- enty-five years of age.
Jonas Hosler, the father of our subject, was born in York county, Penn- sylvania, March 14, 1810, and spent his boyhood days in his parents' home, learning the coopering business with his father ere the removal of the family to Ohio. As his parents were in but moderate circumstances Jonas Hosler and his elder brother worked for the neighboring farmers during the early years of their residence in the Buckeye state. The father of our subject entered the employ of Mr. Troxel, whose daughter he afterward married. Subse- quently he and his brother-in-law engaged in the operation of the Troxel farm on the shares, but soon after his marriage, which occurred in 1832, he went to Seneca county in search of a home for his bride. While there he entered one hundred and sixty acres of land and two years later he removed his wife and two children to the log cabin which he had erected in the forest. There he developed an excellent farm, making it one of the best agricultural properties in the county. He continued its cultivation until 1863, when he sold and pur- chased a farm of one hundred and three acres in Chatfield township, Crawford county, where he died August 30, 1875. He was a very energetic man, of strong purposes and keen discrimination in business and thereby won a com- fortable competence. In his political views he was a stalwart Democrat, but office holding had no attractions for him. His life was in harmony with his professions as a member of the German Lutheran church and he was one of the most highly esteemed men of his community. He married Miss Catherine Troxel and they became the parents of nine children, seven of whom are yet living, namely : Peter, a farmer of Defiance county, Ohio; Amanda, wife of Elias Miller, an agriculturist of Fulton county, Indiana ; Isaac, of this review ; Mathilda, wife of William Cummings, Sr., of New Washington ; Malinda, wife of John Donnenwirth, a former postmaster of New Washington, and now resides in Bucyrus ; Minerva, the widow of Jacob Haas, of Wyandot county, Ohio; and Elizabeth, who married Conrad Kaller, a resident of Kosciusko county, Indiana.
In taking up the personal history of Isaac Hosler we present to our reader the life record of one who is widely and favorably known in the Buckeye state, where he has always resided. His boyhood days were quietly passed on the home farm, and during that period he acquired only a limited common-school education, for his services were needed in the work of the fields. When he was twenty years of age he and his brother Peter took charge of the old home- stead, which they operated on the shares for three years. In the summer of
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1863 Mr. Hosler, of this review, had charge of the harvesting of the crops and worked at various other occupations, such as brick-making and threshing. In the spring of 1864, in company with five others, he started by wagon across the plains for California, leaving Bucyrus on the Ist of April. The travelers arrived in Austin, Nevada, on the 2nd of July, and there stopped for a couple of weeks. One of their number died while in that place. When the party left Austin Mr. Hosler remained behind and after two weeks' work in the silver mines took charge of some horses and mules on a stock ranch, his time being thus occupied during the fall and winter. In the spring of 1865 he began work in the salt marshes, about thirty miles from Austin, and in the fall of 1865 he went with a freight train to Colfax, California. After reaching that place he proceeded to Sacramento, over the Union Pacific Railroad, and from there, by river, to San Francisco. He spent about a week in the latter city and then took passage on a steamer going by the "Keystone" route. He crossed a lake in Central America, thence proceeded by way of the San Juan river to the Caribbean sea-the present proposed route of the Nicaraguan canal. He ar- rived in New York about a month after leaving San Francisco and at once continued on his way to his home. After two months spent upon the farm Mr. Hosler proceeded to Bucyrus and during the six succeeding years was em- ployed as engineer in the Bucyrus Woolen Mills. In 1872, in connection with his brother-in-law, John Donnenwirth, Mr. Hosler came to New Washington and opened a tinshop, which they conducted for four years, when they sold their business, and through the two succeeding years our subject followed various pursuits. In 1878 he accepted a position in the tinshop, where he re- mained until 1900, but at the present time he is devoting his entire time and at- tention to his official duties.
While residing in Bucyrus Mr. Hosler was united in marriage, in 1867, to Miss Teresa Rook, a native of Alsace, Germany, a daughter of Phillip and Magdalena Rook, who came to America, locating in Ohio about 1854. In his political views the subject of this review is a stalwart Democrat and at various times has served for ten years as a member of the town council of New Washington. Entirely without his solicitation, in the spring of 1899, he was nominated and elected to the office of mayor, and in the spring of 1901 he was again nominated in a district where a Democratic nomination is equiva- lent to an election. He has proved a capable executive, laboring earnestly for the best interests of the people and exercises his official prerogatives in sup- port of all measures and movements for the reform and progress of the city. He belongs to Cranberry Lodge, No. 441, I. O. O. F., has filled all its offices.
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and for seventeen consecutive years was secretary, to which position he has again been re-elected. Although not a church member, he contributes liberally to religious work and withholds his support and co-operation from no move- ment or measure for the general good. His fidelity to principle, his earnest purpose and his unquestioned honesty have gained for him the unfaltering confidence and high regard of the people among whom his lot has been cast.
CHARLES MAHON.
It is the enterprise and character of the citizens that enrich and ennoble the commonwealth. From individual enterprise has sprung all the splendor and importance of this great west. The greatest merchants have developed from the humblest origins. From clerkships have emerged men who have built great enterprises. America is a self-made country, and those who have created it are self-made men. No influence of birth or fortune have favored the architects of her glory. Among those who have achieved prominence as men of marked ability and substantial worth in Crawford county is the subject of this sketch, Charles Mahon, who occupies a prominent position. He is now proprietor of a saw and planing-mill in New Washington and is accounted one of the lead- ing representatives of industrial interests in this portion of Crawford county.
Mr. Mahon was born in Weller township, Richland county, July 24, 1843, and is a son of John and Margaret (Steward) Mahon. The family was es- tablished in Ohio during the pioneer epoch in the history of the state. The father was born in Weller township, Richland county, and was a son of James Mahon, a native of Ireland, who came to America soon after his marriage and established a home in Weller township, on Chestnut Hill, being one of the first residents of that portion of the state. Mansfield then contained but three houses and the country for miles around was in its primitive condition, the forests standing in their primeval strength, unmarked by roads made by the white man or by the habitations of early settlers. Mr. Mahon entered three hundred and twenty acres of land and built a round-log house. He began clearing his land and was connected with the work of cultivating the fields up to the time of his death. Amid the wild scenes of pioneer life on the old fam- ily homestead John Mahon was reared, and in the common schools of the neigh- borhood he acquired his education. He married Miss Margaret Steward, who was also born in Weller township and was a daughter of Charles Steward, whose birth occurred in the Emerald Isle. Soon after his marriage he, too, sought a home in the new world and became a resident of Weller township, tak-
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ing up his abode on Black Fork. He entered one hundred and sixty acres of land from the government, cleared and improved the property and in the early days experienced all the hardships and privations which fall to the lot of the early settlers. They established a home in the wilderness and laid the founda- tion for the present prosperity and progress of the community. He continued in Weller township until called to the home beyond. He was a Presbyterian in religious faith and was a very active and influential member of the church.
After his marriage John Mahon located upon a portion of the old home- stead, having received eighty acres of the farm as his patrimony, the grand- father having died when his son was only three years of age. Until 1859 John Mahon continued to cultivate his fields at that point and then sold the prop- erty, removing with his family to Crawford county, locating on the southeast corner of Cranberry township. He purchased one hundred and twenty acres of land, and the farm which he there improved and developed was his place of residence until his life's labors were ended in death. His political support was unswervingly given to the Democracy, and for several terms he served as township trustee, discharging his duties in a prompt and capable manner. He was quite active in church work, holding membership with the Methodist de- nomination. In early days he was for a number of years a member of the state militia and throughout his entire life was a man of influence and prom- inent in his community. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Mahon were born ten children, of whom five are yet living, namely : Charles ; Millie, the widow of William Striker, of Cranberry township; Barger, of the same township; John, who is living near Bloomville, Ohio; and Jennie, the wife of David Smith, of Shelby, Ohio.
To the common-school system of Ohio Charles Mahon is indebted for the educational privileges which were afforded him in his youth. During the Civil war he was drafted for service, but owing to the objections raised by his par- ents he did not go to the front, although it was his desire to aid his country in her struggle to preserve the Union. As is usual with young men when they start out upon a business career he sought a companion and helpmate for the journey of life, and on the 28th of July, 1866, was united in marriage to Miss Hannah M. Shilling, a native of Cranberry township and a daughter of David Shilling, who emigrated from Pennsylvania to Ohio when Mrs. Mahon was a little child of only two years. The journey was made by wagon and often led through dense forests. In the Keystone state her father had followed teaming, but soon after his arrival in Crawford county he turned his attention to farming. The same pursuit claimed the energies of Mr. Mahon after his
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marriage, and he began his labors as an agriculturist upon a tract of eighty acres, near the old homestead. About a year later, however, he sold that prop- erty and purchased another eighty-acre tract a mile to the north, residing there- on for six or seven years. After disposing of that property he became the owner of eighty acres, one mile east and a half mile north of New Wash- ington, and there engaged in the tilling of the fields until 1885, when he once more sold his farm and in that year became a resident of the town. He pur- chased a half interest in a saw and planing-mill, which, in connection with his partner, Anthony Herman, he has since conducted. The business has proven a profitable one under the capable management of the owners and now furnishes employment to twelve or more workmen. They manufacture lumber, and do all kinds of planing mill work, and their business has steadily increased. both in volume and importance.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Mahon has been blessed with four children, of whom three are yet living, namely: John I., who is employed by the mill- ing firm ; Marinda M. and Lettie F., both at home. The parents hold member- ship in the Methodist Episcopal church, and for fifteen years Mr. Mahon has served as class-leader, steward and trustee. Socially he is connected with Cranberry Lodge, No. 441. I. O. O. F., in which he has passed all of the chairs. He is likewise a member of Rex Tent, No. 229, K. O. T. M., in which he has filled all the offices, at the present time serving as commander. His political support is given the Democracy, and for nine years he has been a member of the school board. However, he is not an office seeker, and has steadily refused to allow his name to be placed on the ticket at a candidate for office. In the latter part of the '70s, however, he was elected township trustee, and popular suffrage has continued him in the position for three terms. He ranks among the progressive and representative men of the county. Of verile strength and strong purpose, he has carried forward to successful comple- tion whatever he has undertaken, and his labors have brought to him a com- fortable competence.
FREDERICK CARLE.
Frederick Carle is a manufacturer of and dealer in buggies and wagons in New Washington and also conducts a horse-shoeing and general repair shop. Industry is a most potent element in securing success and this principle is well exemplified in the life of Mr. Carle, who is a most energetic man, indolence and idleness being utterly foreign to his nature. He is classed among the rep-
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resentative German-American citizens of Crawford county, his birth having occurred in Oberheinrieth, Wurtemberg, Germany, August 16, 1860, his parents being Christian and Barbara (Loehle) Carle, of whose family of six sons four are yet living, namely : William, a carpenter of Bucyrus, Ohio ; Frederick; and Henry and Ernest, both of whom are residents of Newark, New Jersey. The father was also a native of the same village in which occurred the birth of our subject. He was born May 5, 1806, and died May 16, 1888. His first wife was a Miss Weik and they became the parents of six children, four sons and two daughters, of whom one is yet living, namely, Gottlieb, of Stutt- gart, Ohio. The mother died October 26, 1858, and the father afterward mar- ried Miss Barbara Loehile. He continued farm work until 1836, when he was appointed keeper of the forest, which important position he filled for a period of thirty-two years. He then retired to farm life. In 1867 Gottlieb Carle, the son of the first marriage, came to America, and in 1872 William, the eldest of the children of the second marriage, crossed the Atlantic, taking up his abode in Bucyrus, Ohio. The glowing accounts of the country tempted our subject to cast his fortunes in the golden land of promise, and in 1880, just prior to the time when he would have been forced to enter military life in the fatherland, he sailed for America. In 1881 Christian Carle, the father, and the other members of the family also came to the new world, taking up their abode in Bucyrus, and Frederick and his brother William were then single and boarded at home. After the marriage of our subjecct, however, the parents broke up housekeeping and made their home with him until called to their final rest. The mother, who was born September 16, 1826, in Untergruppenbach, Heilbron, Wurtemberg, died on Thanksgiving day in 1897, while the father passed away about nine years previous.
Frederick Carle, whose name introduces this record, pursued his educa- tion in the public schools of his native land until fourteen years of age, when he was apprenticed to learn the blacksmith's trade. On the completion of his three-years' term of service he worked as a journeyman until 1880, when he resolved to seek a home in the new world and, on the 29th of July, embarked on the steamer Niederland at Antwerben, which, after fourteen days spent on the Atlantic, dropped anchor in the harbor of New York, on the 12th of August. Mr. Carle first set foot on American soil in the metropolis, and after visiting his sister in Newark, New Jersey, he came direct to Crawford county, taking up his abode in Bucyrus, where he worked at his trade for three years in the employ of Phillip Sager. On the Ist of October, 1883, he opened a shop of his own and did a general repair business in connection with horse-shoeing. He
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also engaged in wagon manufacturing and thus continued operations until 1897, when, desiring to increase the scope of his work and being unable to secure suitable quarters where he was, he purchased the business of Charles Vollmer, in New Washington. In the intervening four years he has done a gradually increasing business and now has a large trade, which brings him a good financial return. He is numbered among the progressive business inen of the town and his patronage has attained considerable magnitude, so that he now has in his employ one carriage trimmer, one carriage painter and two blacksmiths.
On the 7th of October, 1883, Mr. Carle was united in marriage to Miss Catherine R. Pfeifer, a native of Bucyrus and a daughter of Christian and Maria (Schwalb) Pfeifer, both of whom were natives of Germany, the former coming to America in 1856, the latter in 1857. The father is now one of the prominent shoe merchants of Bucyrus. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Carle has been blessed with four children, but they lost their first born, Minnie. The others are: Frederick C., born March 2, 1889; Elmer R., born July 15, 1892; and Howard E., born July 25, 1897.
Mr. Carle is one of the stalwart supporters of the Democracy, inflexible in his adherence to its principles and while in Bucyrus he served one term as a member of the city council. He is not, however, an office-seeker, preferring to devote his energies to his business affairs. He and his wife are members of the German Lutheran church, and he belongs to the Duetsche Gesllschaft Society in Bucyrus. He was president of the organization for four years, and for six years was one of its trustees. He is likewise a member of Hyperion Lodge, No. 651, K. P., of New Washington, and enjoys the high regard of his brethren of the fraternity, while in business circles he sustains an unassail- able reputation and in social life he has many friends.
ISAAC PFLEIDERER.
A worthy representative of an old and honored Crawford county agri- cultural family is found in Isaac Pfleiderer, one of the progressive and success- ful farmers of Liberty township. Mr. Pfleiderer was born in this township on August 4, 1860, a son of David and Mary ( Hickenlively ) Pfleiderer. (The full ancestry of the Pfleiderer family may be found in another part of this volume. )
Our subject grew to manhood on the family homestead, acquiring his education in the public schools and adding to it by a very liberal course of
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reading. His marriage was on February 21, 1883, at which time Miss Mary Alice E. Charlton became his wife. She is a native of Hardin county, Ohio, a daughter of Thomas and Matilda ( Hite) Charlton and a granddaughter of Henry Charlton, who came to Crawford county from Maryland when still a young man. After his marriage Mr. Pfleiderer settled on his present farm, which was purchased at that time, in partnership with his brother Jacob and his father, and our subject conducted it as a renter until 1898, when he be- came its sole owner. He is one of the thorough agriculturists of this locality and understands all matters pertaining to rotation of crops, drainage and the various foods needed for the different grains he desires to cultivate, his pros- perity testifying to the merit of his excellent methods. Since 1883 he has been engaged in buying and selling horses and this has proved a very successful line of business.
Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Pfleiderer, these being : Edna Belle, who is attending high school in Sulphur Springs, has passed the Boxwell examination ; Gusta M., also at her studies in the high school, has like- wise passed the Boxwell examination; and Fred M., who is at home.
The political affiliations of our subject have always been with the Demo- cratic party and he has efficiently served two terms as township assessor. At present he is acting as township clerk and for sixteen years has been a valuable member of the school board and has been clerk of the district ever since his election. During five years he served as president of the board. Mr. Pfleiderer for several years was the central committeeman from his district and for six years was a member of the Crawford county agricultural board, of which he is still a member. He has been identified with the business, social and political life of the township in a greater degree than almost any other man of his years, and has shown ability in every position in which he has been placed. Both he and wife are consistent members of the English Lutheran church of Sulphur Springs. Personally he is of a genial, pleasant nature, and with his amiable wife delights to show hospitality to his friends.
SAMUEL B. KOONS.
Samuel B. Koons is one of the leading men of Liberty township, Craw- ford county, and was born in Sandusky township on November 17, 1840, on the farm which is the second one east of his own at the present time. His parents were Abraham and Jane (Mills) Koons, who reared a family of fourteen children, twelve of whom still survive, as follows: Ann E., single,
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