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munity. His daughter. Mary, is married to John Lare, a farmer of Tully township, and has four children: Victor, his son, married Jane Close, and has two children; Dora, the youngest daughter, is married to Oscar Baxter, and has one child.
OHN VAN LIEW, clerk of the courts · of Van Wert county, Ohio, and the present cashier of the First National bank of the city of Van Wert, was born in Crittenden county, Ark., October 18. 1851, and is a son of Henry C. and Hannah J. (Foster) Van Liew. The father was born in the town of New Brunswick, N. J., May 7, 1825, and the mother in Memphis, Tenn., in 1833, and in the latter city the couple first met and were there married in 1848. They re- sided in Tennessee until 1851, when they located in Crittenden county, Ark., where the father followed farming until 1854, when the family came to Richland county, Ohio, where the father continued farming until 1855, when they returned to De Witt, Mich., where he engaged in the lumber trade until 1856; he then continued in the same business for a year in Mansfield, Ohio, whence they removed to Columbia City, Ind .; thence, in 1860, moved to Larwell, Ind., and in 1870 went to Chicago, Ill., where he was engaged in the drug busi- ness until 1872, when they returned to Indi- ana and located at South Bend, where Mr. Van Liew handled drugs until his death, which occurred in 1888. He was a finely educated gentleman, an honored member of the Masonic fraternity, and in politics was a democrat. The widow, Mrs. Hannah J. Van Liew, still re- sides in Chicago, the mother of five children. viz: Alpheus O., a druggist of Lakeville, Ind. : John, whose name opens this sketch: Julia. deceased; Thomas, deceased; and Thomas L. .
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clerk in the office of the Chicago, Milwaukee & Saint Paul Railroad company at Chicago.
John Van Liew led a somewhat nomadic life with his parents until 1865, when he began his business. life as a brakeman on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago railroad, which posi- tion he held for one year and then acted as clerk for the freight agent of the company at Columbia City, Ind., until transferred to Lar- will, Ind., where he filled the position of acting agent until 1871, when he was trans- ferred to Ada, Ohio, where he became agent for the company, and in 1877 caine to Van WVert, where he filled the position of agent un- til 1887, when he resigned to accept the position of general freight and passenger agent of the Ohio division of the Cincinnati, Jackson & Mackinaw Railroad company, but a year later retired on account of a change of administra- tion. No more competent gentleman could have been chosen to fill these responsible po- sitions, and his retirement from the employ of the company was by far a greater loss to it than to himself. The two succeeding years were passed in traveling through the western states in pursuit of pleasure and business. In politics Mr. Van Liew is a democrat, and in 1889 he was elected common pleas clerk of Van Wert county, and so faithfully and ably did he perform the duties of the office, that he was triumphantly re-chosen for the same po- sition in 1892. During his second term he was solicited, January 19, 1895, to accept the position of cashier of the First National bank of Van Wert, and this position he at present most ably fills. Mr. Van Liew was chosen clerk of the courts of Van Wert county by a most flattering majority, and is the present in- cumbent of that position of honor and trust. The marriage of Mr. Van Liew was happily consummated in Larwell, Ind., February 9, 1869, with Miss Emma A. Robinson, who was born in Medina county, Ohio, August 8, 1852, 35
a daughter of S. F. and Mary Robinson, and this union has been blessed by the birth of two daughters: Lou E., wife of C. L. McFadden, and Winifred, at home. Mr. Van Liew is a thirty-second degree Mason and a member of the Mystic Shrine, and is probably to-day the most popular man in Van Wert county with all classes. He is foremost in every enter- prise worthy of support, and a potent factor in its successful prosecution. His integrity is without a blemish and his word is as accept- able to a creditor as a doubly endorsed promis- sory note. No work of this character would be complete without mention of this talented man of business. To know John Van Liew (and who does not know him?) is to know one of the most genial and popular gentleman of the county and state.
HOMAS J. TRIPPY, a prominent member of the Van Wert bar, is a native of the county of Van Wert, Ohio, and son of Levi and Matilda Trippy. Levi Trippy was born November 13, 1823, in Columbiana county, Ohio, of English- German ancestry; and the mother, whose maiden name was Matilda Fisher, a native of Pennsylvania, dates her birth from the 7th day of March, 1833, her family being of Ger- man-Irish origin. They were married Decem- ber 19, 1851, in Van Wert county, and have since been well-known residents of Jennings township, where Mr. Trippy owns a well im- proved farm in the oil belt. To Levi and Matilda Trippy have been born the following children: Henry N., of Jennings township; Mary, wife of William Haver, of Van Wert county; Thomas J., whose name introduces this sketch; George, deceased; Anna, wife of L. L. Rupert, of Allen county, Ind. ; Susan, wife of William Fisher; Jennie, wife of H. Haver; William H., and Nora, at home.
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Thomas J. Trippy was born and reared to manhood on the home farm in Jennings town- ship, received his early education in the com- mon schools, and later attended the Normal school at Ada, Ohio, where he made substan- tial progress in the higher branches of learn- ing. For some time after leaving the latter institution, Mr. Trippy engaged in teaching, which profession he had previously entered, having taught his first term at the early age of nineteen years. He continued in educational work for eleven successive years, a part of which time he was located in the town of Spencerville, where, for four years, he was en- gaged in merchandising, in partnership with J. M. Bond. Finding the mercantile trade not to his taste, Mr. Trippy severed his connection with the saine, and effected a co-partnership in the real estate and insurance business with J. J. Miller, which firm continued until 1892. In the meantime, having decided to make the legal profession a life work, Mr. Trippy pur- sued a course of reading, and, in the summer of the same year, entered the law department of Ada university, from which he was gradu- ated in the fall of 1893. He was admitted to the bar October 5, 1893, at Columbus, Ohio, and immediately thereafter engaged in the practice at Van Wert, where his ability soon won for him recognition among his professional brethren, and a lucrative business in the courts of this and adjoining counties. In the fall of 1894 Mr. Trippy, was nominated, by the re- publican party, candidate for prosecuting at- torney, and at the ensuing election received a majority of 485 over his competitor, and upon the Ist of January, 1895, entered upon the dis- charge of his official functions. Mr. Trippy bears the reputation of an able and pains-taking lawyer and of being a safe counselor, and has been successful since his admission to the bar. In every capacity, professional and official, he has discharged his duties with credit to himself
and satisfaction to the public, and by his genial, kind-hearted and courteous conduct, has won for himself a prominent place in the estimation of the public.
Mr. Trippy was married in Allen county, Ohio, May 26, 1881, to Cynthia Rupert, a native of the same county and state, whose birth occurred on the 25th day of February, 1862. Mrs. Trippy is a daughter of John W. and Elizabeth (McMillan) Rupert, and is the mother of two bright boys, Clarence W. and John H. ; she is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and moves in the best social circles of the city. Mr. Trippy has been suc- cessful in the accumulation of means, owning a nice residence property on Wall street; he is a member of the Pythian order and has before him a future of much promise.
S CHUYLER SIMPSON TUTTLE, M. D., a young and popular physician of Van Wert, Ohio, was born in this city September 1, 1869, and is a son of M. H. and Mary J. (Murphy) Tuttle. He received his preparatory education in the county schools and at the Middlepoint academy, graduating from the latter in 1885, when he entered the office of T. S. Gilliland, of Lima, Ohio, as book-keeper, remained a short time only, and then for two terms taught school in Union township, this county, at the conclusion of which he began the study of medicine under Dr. E. L. Wilkinson, of Van Wert, and after a year's reading under his able instruction, read the following year at home, and then passed a year at the Newburg Insane asylum at Cleveland; then entered the Rush Medical college of Chicago, from which he graduated March 28. 1892, and at once entered upon the practice of his profession at Van Wert, where he has met with phenomenal success for one so
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newly admitted to association with high-rank medical practitioners.
The doctor was joined in wedlock, in Van Wert, October 4, 1893, to Miss Mary C. Clay, a native of Mendon, Ohio, born October 24, 1872, and a daughter of John Clay, also a native of the Buckeye state. One son was born to this union November 16, 1894, viz: Miles Henderson. Mrs. Tuttle is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and the doctor is a member of the order of Maccabees and the Independant order of Odd Fellows, as well as the the Northwestern Ohio Medical association and the Van Wert county Medical society, in all of which he is very highly es- teemed; in politics he affiliates with the repub- licans, and his position in the social circles of Van Wert, like that of his aimable young wife, is all that could be desired. The doctor has a beautiful home on West Main street.
LFRED S. UHRICH, one of the oldest and most successful farmers of Pleasant township, is a native of the Buckeye state, born in Tuscarawas county, April 17, 1832. His grandfather, John Uhrich, was born near Philadelphia, Pa., in 1751, and the tradition is that the family is descended in a direct line from a son of Gusta- vus Adolphus, who, being disinherited, on ac- count of his marriage with a Jewish lady, came to America in the time of the colonies and founded the family of his name in the United States. Jacob Uhrich, the subject's great- grandfather, was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and was noted for his great physical strength.
In 1802, John Chrich moved to Tuscara- was county, Ohio, making the journey from Philadelphia in a wagon, and the year follow- ing his father joined him, bringing the machin- ery for the first flouring-mill ever erected in the
state of Ohio. John Uhrich was a farmer, and his death occurred about IS40; his son, also named John, father of the subject of this mention, was born near Philadelphia in ISO1, was reared on the frontier, married, in 1831, Mary A. Everett, daughter of John and Re- becca (Taylor) Everett, and reared a family of three children-Alfred S., Cyrus and Rebecca, wife of W. C. Lindsey. In 1838, John Uhrich, Jr., and family moved to Adams county, Ind., where he carried on farming in connection with his trade of carpentering until 1840, at which time he moved to Mercer county, Ohio; thence, eighteen years later, to the county of Vun Wert, where he resided until his death in 1883. Both he and wife were active members of the Church of God, and politically he was an an old-line whig, and later a republican. He was a good and useful citizen and belonged to that class of pioneers to whom the western country is so largely indebted for its present greatly advanced state of civilization.
Alfred S. Uhrich remained under the pa- rental roof until early manhood, attended the common schools as opportunities afforded, and has been a fariner all his life. When a young man he spent a year in Shelby county as a farm hand, was similarly engaged for about the same length of time in Iowa, and in 1861 was united in marriage with Sarah J. Goodwin, daughter of Jacob and Parmelia (Keith) Good- win. Shortly after his marriage Mr. Chrich purchased a farm in Van Wert county, where he has since made his home, owning, at this time, 160 acres of valuable land, which, under his successful management, has been brought to a high state of cultivation. For a number of years he was the leading saw-mill man of this county, and probably furnished more build- ing material than any other person in this part of the state. Mr. Uhrich is a republican in his political belief and has very decided opinions
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upon the leading questions of the day. While not a member of any church, he believes in all moral and religious movements, contributes liberally to their promotion, and has done much for the general welfare of the com- munity in which he resides. The following are the names of the children born to Mr. and Mrs. Uhrich: Elmer E., Cyrus M., Frank L., Arthur M., Drusilla D., Minnie A., John, Annie (deceased), Ulysses and Byron.
J OSEPH UNDERWOOD, a retired farmer and patriotic soldier of the late war, living in Van Wert, was born April 10, 1843. He is a son of Lorenzo Underwood, who was born in Crawford county, Ohio, and at an early age learned the trade of brickmason, at which he worked most of his life, or until old age compelled him to retire from active life. After his marriage to Miss Martha Warner, of Crawford county; he re- moved to Knox county, Ill., and lived there three years. Afterward he went to Iowa and settled in Appanoose county, where he re- mained ten years, still working at his trade and at the same time following farming to some extent. In 1858 he and nine others started for Pike's Peak, Colo., in search of gold, but Mr. Underwood fell ill of a fever and died the same year. In the early years of his life he was a whig, but when the republican party was organized he became a republican, and so remained until his death. In religion he was a Quaker, and was a liberal-minded and kind-hearted man. At his death he left his family in comfortable circumstances. By his marriage to Miss Warner he became the father of the following children: Joseph, Valentine, John and William, all of whom are living but William, who died in 1880. Will- iam had married Miss Sarah Mohler, who is still living. Valentine is married and living
in Crawford county, and John is married and living in Dickinson county, Kans.
Joseph Underwood was born in Crawford county, Ohio. He was reared a farmer, and when about twenty years of age left his home, and remained away until his father's death. He then returned to Crawford county and re- mained there two years, when he came to Van Wert county, and here followed farming until he was drafted into the army from Harrison township. He went to the front and par- ticipated in the battle of Franklin, Tenn., and in the battle of Nashville, in which latter bat- tle he was wounded, December 15, 1864, being hit by a musket-ball in the right leg. He was taken to the hospital, but amputation of the leg became necessary, and, in consequence of the loss, he is now in receipt of $36 from the government. He was a member of com- pany F, Forty-first Ohio volunteer infantry. and fought under Gen. George H. Thomas. Mr. Underwood is a strong republican, is a member of the Lutheran church, and is willing to lend his aid to any public enterprise that promises well for all concerned.
Mr. Underwood was married, in 1862, to Miss Mary Zimmerman, of Salem, Ohio, and by her is the father of the following children: Catherine Jane, born January 9, 1864; John H., born February 15, 1869, and William L .. born September 5, 1880. Catherine and John are married and William is at home attending school. Mary Zimmerman was born Septem- ber 15, 1839, and is a daughter of Henry Zimmerman, who was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, in 1819. He was reared on a farm and followed that occupation until his death, which occurred on August 11, 1887. He was married to Miss Myra Cook, of Column- biana county, Ohio, who died in 1844. By her he had three children, viz: Mary, John and Catherine, all of whom are living. Mr. Zimmerman's second marriage was to Miss
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Mary Fagley, of Salem, Ohio, in 1851. She died in 1879. Mr. Zimmerman was a demo- crat in politics, a Methodist in religion, and was a hard-working, economical man, accumu- lated considerable property, and at his death he left his family comfortably situated. Mary Zimmerman, the wife of Mr. Joseph Under- wood, was born in Salem, Ohio, and at the age of two years was brought to Van Wert county by her parents. Here she met and married Mr. Underwood, and here she still lives, surrounded by her family and by a large circle of kind and true friends.
ENRY K. VINCENT, farmer and contracting builder of Hoaglin town- ship, Van Wert county, Ohio, is of ancient Welsh extraction, but de- scends from a long line of American ancestors. His grandfather, Henry, was born in Connec- ticut, and in 1802 came to Ohio and entered land in Washington county, Waterford town- ship, where he cleared up a farm of 400 acres. He married Sarah Cogshall, and both he and wife died in Washington county. Henry Vin- cent, the father of Henry K., our subject, and son of the Henry above mentioned, was born in Washington county, Ohio, in 1812; taught school for many years, and married Miss Eliz- abeth Wood, daughter of Samuel and Lydia (Bilu) Wood, to which union the following children were born: John A., Sarah W. (de- ceased), Thomas, Johanna, William H., Lydia (deceased), Henry K. and Rebecca.
Henry K. Vincent was born in Washing- ton county, Ohio, October 6, 1849, passed his early life on the farin of an uncle, R. Wood, was well educated, and also learned the trade of carpenter. During the summer season for twenty years he has contracted for and erected buildings. He has been a resident of Van Wert county since 1872. February 6.
1879, he married Miss Mary E. Hattery, daughter of Nathaniel and Ellen (Atcheson) Hattery. This union has been blessed by the birth of four children -- Margaret E., Eugene O., Elizabeth I. and Elsie V .- all attending school, except the youngest, Eugene. In pol- itics Mr. Vincent is a prohibitionist, and in re- ligion, both he and wife are Presbyterians; he is also a member of grange No. 400, Patrons of Husbandry, of Van Wert county, in which he takes an active interest.
OBERT WADE, one of the most worthy and substantial farmers of Ridge township, Van Wert county, Ohio, is a native of West Virginia (as the state is now named) and was born in Greenbrier county February 24, 1831. His parents, George and Mary (Childers) Wade, were natives of the same state, and in 1837 came to Ohio and purchased lands in Clinton county, on which they made a home until their earthly toil was closed-that of the mother at the age of seventy-four years, and that of the father at ninety years. The mar- riage of this couple was fruitful, their progeny being represented by the following names: Clark, who grew to manhood, but was killed by a falling tree; Robert, whose name opens this sketch; George W., after reaching ma- turity, was drowned in the reservoir at Saint Mary's, Ohio; Eliza M., the deceased wife of Joseph Flint: William, who died in childhood, and Frances, who is the wife of Charles Drake, of Clinton county, Ohio.
Robert Wade was reared to farming and really learned more in the fields and woods, and in contact with the people of the world, than he did in the school-house, although his literary education was not entirely neglected. On March 10, 1859, he wedded Miss Ursulla Fultz, daughter of John and Nora M. (Camp-
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bell) Fultz, and the eldest of the following family, who were nanied, excluding her own name, in order of birth, as follows: Nancy Elizabeth, now wife of Joseph Flint, of Clin- ton county, Ohio; George W., who died in early manhood; Zachariah, married to Chris- tina Haverstick, and residing in Clinton county; David William, who died in boyhood; Rachael Jane, widow of John Hillings; Phoebe Ann, wife of Ephraim Adams, of Clinton county; John, who resides on the homestead; Maggie and Carson, twins, and Edith Grace, wife of Leonidas Smith. The mother of this large family died January 12, 1894. The children born to Robert and Ursulla Wade, thirteen in number, were named, in order of birth, as follows: Joseph, who died in child- hood; Minnie Elvie, wife of Samuel Farling; .
Frank E., married to Cora Shire; Ishum, hus- band of Susan Fowler; Mary Susan, wife of Elmore Kittle, of Adams county, Ind. ; Rosa, married to Alva Kittle, of Mercer county, Ohio; Jamie, who died at the age of twenty- one years; Nora Etta, wife of William Bigham, of Ridge township, Van Wert county; John Brough, who died at the age of six years; George Robert, who died when seven years of age, Henry Irvin, died when but a year old; Martha Maud, now thirteen years of age, and Francis Quigley, aged eleven years. In 1864 Mr. Wade purchased a farm of 133 acres in Pleasant township, and there remained un- til 1891, when he sold and bought where he now owns, in Ridge township, 160 acres. No better farm can be found in the county. Like all other members of the Society of Friends, to which he, his wife and children belong, he is economical, but generous, and has ever since his residence in Ridge township enjoyed the true and undisguised respect of his neighbors. He is, of course, like all other Quakers, an uncompromising republican, and was always a bitter opponent of the ownership of man by
man, or, in other words, the slavery institu- tion as it formerly existed in his native state of Virginia and elsewhere.
J OHN WAGONER, florist and gardener, of Van Wert county, Ohio, was born in Allegheny county, Pa., Jannary 14, 1838. His father, William Wagoner, was born in the state of Delaware, October 14, 1791, and was a son of . Thomas Wagoner, a native of the same state and of German de- scent, who settled in Pennsylvania in 1812, and lived in that state until 1844. His son William, father of John, our subject, was reared a farmer in Allegheny county, Pa., was there married to Mary Ann Baggs in 1820, and by her became the father of ten children, viz: Ann, wife of William Reno, of Pittsburg, Pa .; Hester, deceased; Lettie, wife of John A. Glasor, of Lawrence county, Pa .; Susan and William deceased; Andy, of Van Wert, Ohio; Thomas, a carpenter of Pennsylvania; John, the subject of this sketch; Joseph, of Law- rence county, Pa., and Mary, of Allegheny county, Pa. The father of this family died September 9, 1864, and the mother in August, 1884, in the Presbyterian faith; in politics the father was a democrat.
John Wagoner, our subject, was reared on the home farmi in Allegheny county, Pa., and at the age of fifteen years left his home and began business life for himself as a general gardener and so continued until 1867, when he went to Marion county, Ill., rented land and engaged in general gardening until 18;1. and then moved to Lafayette, Ind., followed the same business until 1876, and then moved to Fort Wayne, Ind .. where he was engaged in gardening until ISS8, when he came to Van Wert and engaged as florist and gardener for H. C. Glenn, with whom he remained for four years. In 1892, in company with W. H.
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Wagoner, of Pennsylvania, he bought fifteen lots and erected the present green-house, which covers 15,000 square feet, and is stocked with a choice variety of plants, including ex- otics and the inore comprehensive flora of the temperate zone.
Mr. Wagoner was married in Allegheny county, Pa., June 29, 1859, to Miss Elizabeth C. Masenhall, a native of the county, born April 18, 1844, and daughter of Peter and Hannah ( Kruger ) Masenhall. To the union of John and Elizabeth Wagoner have been born eleven children, named as follows: Wil- bert and Lawrence, deceased; Albert, now with his father; Thomas, Walter, Isabelle and Oliver-all four deceased; Morgan, Mary. Robert and Franklin, at home. Mrs. Wagoner is a devout member of the Methodist Episco- pal church, and Mr. Wagoner is in politics a democrat. Since their sojourn in Van Wert the family have won the respect of all with whom they have become acquainted.
J OHN WAGONER, a well-to-do farmer of Washington township, Van Wert county, Ohio, and an ex-soldier, is a native of the state and was born in Richland county July 9, 1842. His grand- father Thomas, who spelled his surname Wag- goner, was of German descent, was a pioneer of Allegheny county, Pa., was a farmer, and married Isabel Russell, of Irish and German extraction, and to their union were born nine children, as follows: Thomas, Nancy, Sarah, Joseph, Andrew, Jane. Edward, Isabel and James. By a previous marriage, Thomas Waggoner was the father of six children- John, William, Susan, Mary, Rachel and Bet- sey, but of these no further record is obtainable.
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