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Frank A. Cnshwa attended school in Bethel Township, mainly at West Charles- ton, and from boyhood assisted his father on the farm. Subsequently he bought the home place of seventy-five acres and pur- chased 225 adjoining acres, making his whole estate a large and valuable one. He has all his land cleared with the exception of eighty acres still in timber, has two dwelling houses on his property and helped to put up all the buildings. He eleared about ninety acres by himself, and has put down a large amount of tiling, making his land well drained and capable of produe- ing almost any erop. Mr. Cushwa attends
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the Brethren Church of Bethel Township. He is a Democrat in his political views. A pleasant country road runs from Tippe- canoe City, some three and one-half miles south to Mr. Cushwa's property.
OGDEN EDWARDS, of the firm of Ed- wards Brothers, dealers in grain, seed, flour and feed, at No. 301 East Main Street, Troy, has been identified with Troy interests since 1890 and is numbered with the representative citizens. He was born in 1860, at Youngstown, Ohio, where he was educated.
Prior to coming to Troy, Mr. Edwards was engaged in farming and stock rais- ing in Mahoning County. In partnership with his brother, Allen Edwards, he estab- lished the grain firm of Edwards Brothers, at Troy, in 1890, and in the spring of 1891 started making flour. In the spring of 1893 they purchased their present loca- tion. They own an onion farm at Mc- Guffy, Ohio, where, in 1908, they raised 100,000 bushels of onions, in addition to potatoes, corn and other vegetables. The firm does a large and constantly increas- ing business. Mr. Edwards owns stock in a number of other successful enter- prises.
In 1893 Mr. Edwards was married to Miss Kate King, of Warren, Ohio, and they have three sons: Jonathan O. E., King and Frederick A. Mr. Edwards takes a hearty interest in all that pertains to the general welfare of the city, but he has never sought political honors. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and lie belongs to the Troy Club.
ADAM DENNISON WEAVER, M. D., who for fifty-seven years was actively en-
gaged in the practice of medicine and for many years was senior partner of the drug firm of Weaver & Kendell, at Covington, at the time of his death, on January 10, 1908, was the oldest practicing physican in Miami County. Dr. Weaver was born October 31, 1822, in Augusta County, Vir- ginia, and was a son of George and Jane (Moffet) Weaver.
The parents of Dr. Weaver came to Montgomery County, Ohio, in 1823, and on that pioneer farm, ten miles west of Dayton, and situated on the banks of Wolf Creek, the ambitious boy grew to manhood. His educational opportunities up to that time had been more or less limited, but from childhood he had cherished the desire to become a physician. He then made his way to Canton, Illinois, where he read medicine under Dr. H. Martin, with whom he remained until 1847, having many hard- ships to overcome in pursuing his medical studies. He completed his reading under Dr. C. Gish, at Salem, Ohio, and in 1849 managed to accumulate enough capital to enable him to attend medical lectures at Cleveland. Thus fortified, in the spring of 1850 lie began practice with Dr. Gish and continued with the older physician for two years. He then came to Miami Coun- ty, in 1852, locating at North Clayton, where he practiced until 1863, when he set- tled permanently at Covington. For ten years he was associated in practice with Dr. R. E. Cable, after which he was alone. Few medical men had more trying experi- ences than had the late Dr. Weaver and few retained their mental capacity, profes- sional skill and physical health into ad- vanced age as did Dr. Weaver. In en- couraging younger physicians he very often told them of the hardships he had
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faced in the days of his early practice, when the only possible way to get over the country was on horseback, a large portion of the land being yet uncleared, and many of the streams unbridged. On many occasions he had been obliged to swim with his sturdy little pony through seven streams in order to reach his pa- tients ; on others he had been compelled to tie his horse and take his saddle bags containing medicine and surgical intru- ments under his arm and push his way through mnd and ice on foot; and there were times when, lost in the woods, he had to await daylight in order to go on his way. Naturally, Dr. Weaver thought lightly of the situations which some of his younger contemporaries believed seri- ous obstacles. Dr. Weaver was eighty-five years of age when, after a call upon a pa- tient and his return to his office, appar- ently in his usual health, he was found re- clining lifeless in his armchair. This was just as he would have desired, a quiet pass- ing after a life of intense usefulness, with all his powers undimmed. His loss was deeply felt, for he had been physician, friend and counsellor to so many for so long a period.
Dr. Weaver is survived by his widow and other relatives. He was married July 30, 1856, to Miss Barbara Whitmer, who was born in Lancaster County, Pennsyl- vania, and was three years of age when brought to Miami County, Ohio, by her parents, who were Samuel and Barbara (Brubaker) Whitmer. To Dr. and Mrs. Weaver were born two children, a son and a daughter, namely: Isaac Newton, who died a victim of diphtheria when aged four years ; and Amrina Jane, who is the wife of IT. W. B. Rontson, of Covington. Mr.
and Mrs. Rontson have three children- Paul Weaver, Ruth and Martha Belle. The eldest grandchild of Mrs. Weaver, Paul Weaver Routson, married Miss Het- tie Bachman, who was born at Piqua, Ohio, and they have one son, who bears the name of his grandfather, Henry Ward Beecher Routson. Ruth resides at home. Martha Belle is the wife of Lester Lee Falknor, a farmer, of Newberry Town- ship.
In 1866 the late Dr. Weaver united with the Christian Church and up to the time of his demise was active in its work and liberal in its support. On many occasions both professional and political offices were tendered Dr. Weaver, but none of these ever appealed to him, the good he could do in his private practice and its reason- able emoluments satisfying his ambition. He will long be remembered.
JACOB IIENNE, a prominent citizen and business man of Troy, Ohio, is pro- prietor of the Troy brewery, which for many years has been conducted under the firm name of Joseph Henne & Son, and is also manager of the Troy Ice Company. IIe has all his life lived in Troy and was born in this city July 10, 1861, son of Joseph and Mary (Long) Henne.
Joseph Henne, father of Jacob, was born in Germany, and when about eight- cen years of age crossed the Atlantic to the United States. He took up his resi- dence in Troy, Ohio, where he was engaged in the retail shoe business until 1874. He then purchased of Titus Schwind an in- terest in the Troy brewery, and in part- nership with a Mr. Mayer, under the firm name of Henne & Mayer, carried on the business for a number of years. Hle then
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purchased the interest of his partner and continued to operate the plant alone un- til 1884, in which year he deeded a half- interest in the establishment to his son Jacob. The firm name was changed to Joseph Henne & Son, and although Jacob Henne became sole owner and proprietor in 1895, the business is still carried on un- der the old title. Joseph Henne departed this life December 28, 1890. He was an able and public spirited man and his death was mourned as a distinct loss to the com- munity.
Jacob Henne was reared in Troy and re- ceived his educational training in the pub- lic schools. At an early age he entered the brewery and soon mastered all the details of the business. He has made many im- provements in the property, not only in- creasing the capacity of the plant, but raising the standard of excellence in the product as well. The brewery enjoys an extensive patronage throughout this sec- tion of the State and is kept running at its full capacity of 5,000 barrels per annum. Mr. Henne has been a director of the Troy National Bank since 1890 and, as already stated, is also manager of the Troy Ice Company, which has a large and thriv- ing business.
Mr. Henne has always been an enthusi- astic Democrat, and in April, 1891, was elected on the ticket of that party as coun- cilman from the Fourth Ward, serving two years in that capacity. In April, 1899, he was elected waterworks trustee for a term of three years. Fraternally he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Elks, and Eagles. He is one of the substantial business men of Troy, and enjoys great popularity among his fellow citizens.
ENO WILHELM, who comes of an old Miami County family, is a resident of Con- cord Township and is the owner of 100 acres of land, sixty of which are embraced in the farm on which he lives, located on the North Township Pike, six miles north- west of Troy. The other forty acres is located in Washington Township and is the tract on which his grandfather located upon his arrival from Pennsylvania. Mr. Wilhelm was born in the old log house which stood on the home place in Wash- ington Township, July 31, 1859, and is a son of Percival and Nancy (Stewart) Wilhelm.
Percival Wilhelm was born in Pennsyl- vania and was of German parentage. He was very young when he accompanied his family to Miami County, Ohio, and set- tled on the farm in Washington Township. He lived on that place many years, then purchased 120 acres where his son Eno now lives, and lived there until his death, in 1883, at the age of fifty-six years. He married Nancy Stewart, whom he sur- vived some years, and the following were their children: Eno; Mina, deceased; Henry; and Emeline, wife of Harvey Winrick.
Eno Wilhelm was just a boy when his family moved from the old home in Wash- ington Township to the place he now lives. He received a meagre educational train- ing, as he was the eldest of the children and his services were needed on the farm as soon as he was able to work. He helped clear the farm, which was heavily timbered, and as the fields were full of stumps for many years, the work of plow- ing and cultivating was more difficult than it has been in recent times. He has al- ways farmed in a general way and takes
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rank among the successful men of the com- munity. His home farm was obtained from his father's estate, and the other forty acres was purchased by him from Julian Whittiker.
January 24, 1884, Mr. Wilhelm was united in marriage with Miss Nancy Bard, a danghter of Rockwell Bard, and they have the following children: Mary, who married William Longendelpher and has two children, Nora E. and Lester: Nora, who married Burt Favorite and has one son, Leonard; Edith; Carl; and Orrie. The family belong to the Christian Church. Mr. Wilhelm is a Democrat in his political views.
LOUIS SHERMAN, a well known resi- dent of Concord Township, Miami County, Ohio, is the owner of a farm of fifty acres located abont three-fourths of a mile northwest of Troy, on the Piqua Pike. He He was born in McClain Township, Shelby County, Ohio, May 25, 1851, and is a son of Henry and Catherine (Ernst) Sherman.
Joseph Sherman, grandfather of the subject of this record, was a native of Germany, in which country he lived many years after his marriage. He came with his family to the United States in 1835, and made the trip from Baltimore, Mary- land, to Shelby County, Ohio, in wagons. He settled in the woods near Loramie, that being before the town of Berlin was start- ed. With the assistance of his sons he cleared the farm and continued farming there until his death. He had three sons to grow to maturity, all now deceased, namely: Joseph, Henry and William.
Henry Sherman was born and reared in Germany, and was a lad of seventeen years when he came with his parents to
the United States. The most of the work of clearing the home farm in Shelby Coun- ty fell upon his shoulders, and it continued to be his home until his death, in 1904, at the advanced age of eighty-eight years. He engaged in teaching school for twenty- five years and saw that his sons were all provided with good educational training. In the early days he helped to build the canal through this section of the State. He married Catherine Ernst, who was born in Germany and who died in Janu- ary, 1908, at the age of eighty years. They became parents of three children: John J., who is one of the commissioners of Shelby County: Louis; and Adolph, who is serving as justice of the peace in Shelby County, an office his father filled before lim for a period of eighteen years.
Louis Sherman was born in the old one- room log house which stood on the old homestead in Shelby County, and there grew to manhood. He attended the old log schoolhouse in that district and lived at home until his marriage. He then lo- cated upon a farm of eighty acres in Shel- by County, which he received from his father, and lived upon it until 1895, when he moved to Troy. In his younger days he operated a threshing outfit, and after mov- ing to Troy he held a position as stationary engineer with the Hobart Electric Manufac- turing Company for six years. He then conducted a coal yard on Walnut Street, on the Big Four Railroad, for three years, at the end of which time he sold out to Burt Nicol. In a short time he bought his present farm of fifty acres from Dr. Sterrett and has since followed general farming. He has a fine and large brick home of nine rooms, in keeping with which are the other improvements on the place.
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Mr. Sherman started a postoffice at St. Patrick, in Shelby County, under appoint- ment of President ('leveland, but after nine months resigned the office owing to his removal to Troy. He is a stanchi Democrat in polities, and an enthusiastic worker for party success. In Shelby County he filled various township offices in a very efficient manner.
In April, 1877, Mr. Sherman was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Guden- kuff, of Auglaize County, Ohio; she died five years later, without issue. He formed a second marital union in April, 1883, with Miss Lucy Kirch, a daughter of John Kireh, who was a pioneer of Miami County and later of Shelby County. The follow- ing offspring were born to them: Emma, who married William Depweg, of Dayton, and has a son, Irving; Adolph; Albert; Christopher; Matilda; and Lena, who died at the age of sixteen years. Religiously the family is Catholic and belongs to St. Patrick's Church at Troy.
H. F. DOUGLASS, who has been a resi- dent of Troy, Ohio, since 1882, is presi- dent of the Troy Carriage Sunshade Com- pany and was one of the founders of the plant. Ile was born in New York State, where he lived until his removal to Ohio.
Mr. Douglass first engaged in the coal business in this city and continued until 1889, when, with Mr. A. G. Stouder, he founded the manufacturing plant of which he is now the head. They began business in a small way, ocenpying a little room over a cigar factory on South Market Street; but with faith in their enterprise and a elose application to business, they made steady progress. They moved from their original quarters to the northeast
corner of the public square, and in 1892 began the erection of their first factory building. The main plant now consists of two four-story briek buildings, 50x100 feet, and in another part of the city the company has a third building of equal size. It is one of the important industrial con- cerns of the city, and has about 150 em- ployees on its pay roll. Mr. Douglass is a man of unusual ability and takes high rank among the business men of Troy.
.J. FRANK ANDERSON, one of Pi- qua's representative citizens and long- time residents, is superintendent of the American Strawboard plant, with which industry he has been identified for about twenty-eight years. He was born at Pi- qua, Ohio, in 1851, and is a son of Robert Anderson.
The late Robert Anderson was a well known citizen of Miami County. He was born in Kentucky and eame to this section of Ohio in 1848, where he continued to live until his death, which occurred in 1905. He followed an agricultural life, took an active interest in polities and public mat- ters, particularly those coneerning liis county, and for a long time held the office of superintendent of turnpikes.
J. Frank Anderson spent all the earlier part of his life on the home farm, but when the American Strawboard plant was established at Piqua, in 1881, he became an employe, and through faithful service, fidelity and natural adaptation, was ad- vanced until, in 1899, he was made super- intendent, a position he has effectively filled until the present time.
In 1883 Mr. Anderson was married to Miss Ange L. Blood, who was born in Mi- ami County, and is a daughter of Jerre
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JAMES M. CAVEN
MRS. ANNETTIE S. CAVEN
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Blood. Mrs. Anderson is a member of the Green Street Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Anderson takes no very active interest in politics, but for a mm- ber of years he has been identified with the Odd Fellows.
JAMES M. CAVEN, deceased. The death of James M. Caven, which occurred July 28, 1908, removed from Brown Town- ship one of its most esteemed citizens and substantial men. He was a member of a prominent pioneer family of Miami Coun- ty, Ohio, and was born on the old Caven homestead, situated one and one-quarter miles northwest of Fletcher.
Until he was eighteen years of age, James M. Caven remained on the home farm and obtained his knowledge of books in the Brown Township schools. He then went to Illinois and from there, in 1864, to Idaho, where he remained for four years and then came back to the homestead. He cared for his aged mother until her death, after which he sold his share of the old farm to a brother, subsequently acquiring the large amount of valuable property which made him one of the men of capital in this section of the state. At the time of his death his 500 acres of land were dis- tributed in Orange Township. Shelby County ; in Green Township, Shelby Coun- ty, and in Brown Township, Miami County. His business had always been farming and stockraising and his good judgment and practical methods had made him snecess. ful in all his ventures.
James M. Caven married Annettie Say- ers, who is a daughter of Samnel and Jane Sayers, the former of whom was born in Brown Township, Miami County, of which his father was also a native, and the latter
of Virginia. To Mr. and Mrs. Caven five children were born, namely : William, who married Margaret Cavault, has three sons -Foster Irwin, Franklin Clay and Will- iam Garner; James S., who married Viola Sims, has two children, Marvel Floss and Grace Annis, but lost his young wife on December 21, 1908; Harley Ward, who married Lottie Fergus, has two children, Francis Sayers and Vertis Valentine; Ber- tha, who married Charles Wyatt; and Samuel, who died when aged fourteen years. Mr. Caven was a consistent mem- ber of the Presbyterian Church. to which his widow also belongs. She maintains her home in Fletcher, residing on Main Street, having rented her farms to her sons. In his political sentiments, Mr. Ca- ven was identified with the Democratic party. He was a man of enlightened views and was in every way qualified for public office but his tastes did not lie in that di- rection. He was a most worthy citizen and through his long and useful life his in- fluence was always directed to the encour- agement of law, order and right living.
HENRY ZOLLINGER, a prominent re- tired farmer of Miami County, residing at Covington, still retains his two valuable farms, one containing 125 acres, which is situated in Newton Township, and the other of 116 acres, lying in Newberry Township, and has both of them operated by capable tenants. Mr. Zollinger was born in Perry County. Ohio, October 25, 1847. and is a son of Jacob and Margaret (Lindville) Zollinger. Jacob Zollinger camo of German parentage, but he was born in Perry County, Ohio, to which sec- tion his father. Lewis Zollinger, had come from Pennsylvania, at an early day. Jacob
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Zollinger and family moved from Perry to Fairfield County, Ohio, when Henry was small, and that continued to be the family homestead.
Henry Zollinger grew to manhood in Fairfield County, attending the district schools and assisting his father on the farm. In 1875 he was married to Miss Amanda Zartman, who was born and reared in Perry County, a daughter of Simon and Martha (Meckling) Zartman. Immediately after marriage they came to Miami County and settled on the farm of 125 acres which Mr. Zollinger bought in Newton Township, the purchase of the sec- ond farm taking place at a later date. There Mr. Zollinger engaged in general farming and stock raising until January 1, 1908, when he retired to Covington. Both farms are well improved, Mr. Zol- linger having excellent buildings on each and living in great comfort on the New- ton Township place for more than thirty years.
Mr. and Mrs. Zollinger have four chil- dren, namely: Harry, who is an engineer on the Pan Handle Railroad, married Flora Awker, and they have two children --- Clande and Ruth; Mattie, the wife of Roy McCoole, who resides on Mr. Zollin- ger's Newton Township farm, and has one child, Herbert; Mary, who is the wife of Robert Holbrook, a chemist, of Chicago Heights, Illinois; and Emma, who lives with her parents. Mr. Zollinger and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is one of the directors of the- Stillwater Valley Banking Company.
S. D. HARTMAN, M. D., who has been successfully engaged in the practice of medicine at Tippecanoe City for the past
thirty-six years, occupies a very prominent position in his profession in Miami Coun- ty. He was born in this city Angust 14, 1846, and is a son of Dr. A. B. and Delilah (Campbell) Hartman.
Dr. Hartman's father was a native of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and of German parentage. He was twice mar- ried, one child surviving his first wife. He married (second) Delilalı Campbell, a most capable woman, and her eight children in- herited many of her natural gifts. Dr. and Mrs. A. B. Hartman came to Ohio and located at Tippecanoe City, then a mere village, in 1837.
S. D. Hartman obtained his education in the schools of his native place. It is probable that from boyhood he cherished the hope of a medical career, but before doing more than desultory reading along the lines of his future profession, he had acquired a practical knowledge of milling and later of telegraphy. During a period of twenty months, when he was employed as operator in the telegraph office at Troy, he earned sufficient funds to enable him to take the winter course of medical lectures at Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1869-'70. Upon his return he continued his studies under his father, to whom he rendered office assistance, and in September, 1871, he returned to Ann Arbor and completed his course. From March to September, 1865, Dr. Hartman served in the Federal army during the Civil War as a member of the One Hundred and Ninety-sixth Regiment, O. V. I.
Dr. Hartman is widely known and his record has been such as to give his fellow citizens confidence in his skill as a physi- cian and in his character as a man. He is a member of all the local medical organi-
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zations, keeps in close touch with the prog- ress of his profession, and makes use of all advanced methods of treatment that have stood practical tests. In 1875 he was married to Miss Laura Byrkett. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and belongs fraternally to the Masons and Odd Fellows.
CHARLES H. MCCULLOUGH, who re- sides upon a farm of sixty-four acres in the outskirts of Troy, in Concord Town- ship, established a dairy business on Feb- ruary 8, 1869, and during the more than forty years which have since elapsed his wagon has not missed a single day in cov- ering the route. He and his five sons have successively run the wagon, and the busi- ness is now in charge of H. A. MeCullough.
Charles H. MeCullough was born on what is known as the old Cosley place, in Troy, August 2, 1835, and is a son of John and Elizabethı (Ayers) MeCullough. His grandfather, Alexander McCullough, came to Miami County from Kentucky at a very early date and became an extensive land owner. He entered land upon a part of which Troy is located, and in Concord Township, obtaining title from the Gov- ernment. He survived his wife some years and died at the advanced age of eighty- eight years. They had the following chil- dren grow to maturity: John, Margaret, Nancy, Polly, Isabella, and Lucilla.
John MeCullough, father of the subject of this record, spent most of his life in Miami County. He lived at home and farmed until his marriage, and thereafter engaged in the brick and stone business. Some time after the death of his wife at Troy, he moved to Logansport, Indiana, where the declining years of his life were
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