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Mr. and Mrs. Jacob A. Miller are mem- bors of the Evangelical Lutheran Church at Smithville, Ohio, and he is a teacher of the Sabbath-school, a work in which he
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has always taken a special interest, and with which he has been closely identified for nearly a quarter of a century, holding the positions of librarian, teacher and superintendent, and always working ear- nestly in the cause. Both he and his wife are highly esteemed members of society, and as a man of business, a good neighbor and kind friend Jacob A. Miller bears an enviable reputation, well deserved.
D. ZOOK, school-teacher, farmer and justice of the peace, Wayne Town- ship, Wayne County. The associ- ation of the Zook family with Wayne County dates back as far as 1817, at which time John Zook settled in Greene 'Town- ship. He and his wife, Catherine ( Weid- man ) Zook, were natives of Mifflin County, Penn. They were the parents of twelve children, of whom Joshua was among the youngest. John Zook was one of the largest land-owners of Wayne County at the time of his death, leaving thirteen quarter sections, which he had acquired by his own exertions and the labor of his own hands. This land was, by his will, to be equally divided among his children. Hle died in the eighty-fourth year of his age. Joshua Zook, son of John and Catherine ( Weidman ) Zook, was born in 1812, and
wns five years old when his father set- tled in Ohio. His early life was spent on the farm, and in 1837 he removed to Stark County, Ohio, where he settled on land owned by his father. He remained there until March, 1849, when he returned to Wayne County, and purchased 135 acres of land in Wayne Township, where he re- mained until his death, August 81, 1582. He was married to Magdalena Troyer, daughter of Henry Troyer, a noted hunter in his day. Seven children were born to this couple, six of whom grew to maturity.
J. D. Zook, the third child of Joshua and Magdalena, was born October 7, 1839. He received his education at the common schools and academies in Wayne County. Since 1860 Mr. Zook has been engaged in teaching school, and now holds a certif- icate from the County Board of Examin- ers which remains valid for five years. His school-teaching has mostly been done during the winter months, while he devotes his summers to farming. Mr. Zook was married, in 1865, to Mary I Antles, daughter of T. F. and Anna (Hough) Antles. Four children have been born to this couple, of whom but two survive: Sylvia L. and Howard Chauncey. Mr. Zook has been assessor und township clerk, and in 1857 was elected justice of the pence in his town- ship. He is a member of the United Brethren Church, and in politics is a
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Democrat. Mr. Zook is placed among the most progressive and enlightened men in Wayne Township, and is highly . respected and cordially liked by all who know him.
M ICHTAEL COTTERMAN was born April 4, 1817, near Apple Creek, Wayne Co., Ohio, and is a son of Hosea and Lavina ( Klein) Cotter- man, natives of Berks County, Penn. His father came to Wayne County about 1525, when a single man. He was a shoe- maker by trade, and after his marriage ; located in East Union Township, Wayne County, where he died in 1886. He was a prominent member of the German Re- formed Church. His widow resides on the homestead. Their children who are living are Abraham, a resident of East Union Township: Celestia, now Mrs. Abraham Boyer, residing on the home- stead, and Michael.
The subject of this memoir attended the district schools, and at the age of eighteen learned the trade of shoemak- ing. He lived in Fredericksburgh, Ohio, for some years. In 1875 he came to Ap- ple Creek, where he has since been en- gaged in his business as dealer in and manufacturer of boots and shoes. Mr.
Cotterman was married in 1881 to Miss Hannah Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Burbridge, of West Virginia. Mr. Cotter- man is one of the borough councilmen, and is treasurer of Apple Creek Lodge, I. O. O. F. Mrs. Cotterman is a mem- ber of the Baptist Church, while he at- tends the Methodist Episcopal Church.
AMES JEFFERY was born in Con- gress Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, in 1825, and is a son of John and Mary Jeffery, former of whom was a native of County Down, Ireland. In 1819 the parents immigrated to America with their four children, born in Ireland, viz .: William, Nancy, Jane and Eliza. The family located in the same year near Salem, in Wayne County, Ohio, and after landing on this soil Archibald was born in Baltimore, Md .. and John and James. near West Salem, Wayne County. James, the subject of this memoir, attended the public schools of Congress Township, Wayne County, and followed agricultural pursuits until 1871, when he began read- ing law, and in 1873 he was admitted to the bar. Mr. JJeffery practiced his pro- fession in the Wayne County courts twelve years, since when he has resided near Blachleyville, Plain Township, where he
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has followed farming and the manufacture | ity. During slavery days he was a " con- of drain tile.
He was married in 1847 to Ellen Reed, of Wayne County, Ohio, who died May 8, 1848. He afterward, in 1851, married Sarah Myers, of Medina County, Ohio, who bore him six children, viz .: Ellen Jane, Florilla A., Sarah A., Eveline F., John Fremont Dayton (who died August 29, 1881) and Chever (who died when 1 two years old, September 7, 1863), the ; that promises a valable addition to the
mother dying the same day. In 1863 Mr. Jeffery took for his third wife Eliza A. Myers (sister to his previons wite), and she died November 29, 1865, leaving no children. Mr. Jeffery then married, February 10, 1866, Marietta Barnes, of Medina County, Ohio, who bore him five children, viz .: Clara E., born December 9, 1866, died October 10, 1882; James, born September 29, 1870, and died at the age of three months; Owen L., born June 5, 1872; Alta E., born July 30, 1875, and Lemie A. R., born January 8, 1879. Sarah A., Mr. Jeffery's daughter by his second wife, is now practicing medicine at Greenwich, Ohio, having graduated from Erie Medical College, at Cleveland, Ohio, in February, 1888.
Mr. Jeffery was elected in April, 1888, a justice of the peace on the Republican ticket, by a handsome majority, in Plain Township, and in 1876 was elected mayor of West Salem by an overwhelming major-
ductor" on the " nuderground railway." which ran into freedom mauy a blood- hound-hunted slave, and in 1860 he voted for Gerrit Smith, the Abolition candidate for President. Mr. Jeffery has on his farm in Plain Township a bed of potter's clay, fifty-three feet in thickness, from which he manufactures tile, etc., of which he has had samples tested, with a result many industries of Wayne Conuty.
A LLEN GREELY, JR. Allen Gree- ly (deceased) was born in North Yarmouth, Me., May 15, 1781, and died October 25, 1866. He was a fellow student with Daniel Webster at Dartmouth College, graduating one year after Webster. His wife, Eunice Jones Greely, was born in 1801, and died in 1841. Allen Greely, Jr., the subject of this memoir, was born in Turner, Andros- coggin Co., Me., March 16, 1837, and at the early age of four years was be- reft of the care and kindness of a mother. His father was a Congregational minister, and served as pastor at Turner, Me., from 1810 to 1815. Young AHen attended the common schools until his fourteenth year, when he entered Hampden Acade-
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my, Maine, and there pursued his studies one year. He was a schoolmate of Eugene Hale, United States Senator from Maine, . in the old town of Turner.
When fifteen years old Mr. Greely boarded a merchant sailing ship, and for three years was a sailor on her, working before the mast, and making several voy- ages to remote parts of the globe. Among other ports he touched at were Liver- pool ( England), Isle of Wight, Cardiff, (Wales), Rio Janeiro (South America), ete., and he made several voyages to the West Indies. In 1857 Mr. Greely worked by the month on sailing vessels, plying on the lakes between Buffalo and Chicago, and for two seasons he " sailed the lakes." At the age of twenty-two he retired from sea-faring life, and became a citizen of Wayne County, Ohio, locating at West Salem in 1858.
On March 27, 1859, Mr. Greely mar- ried Miss Nancy Jane, daughter of John G. Ford, another of the early settlers of Wayne County, Ohio. Since coming here Mr. Greely has been engaged in various lines of business, and since 1874 he has been associated with others in the mer- chant milling. Ile is considered an up- right, prudent and enterprising business man and excellent neighbor. In polilies he is a Democrat. He has served one term as township elerk and two terms as township treasurer; was village clerk for eight years,
and is now, and has been for fourteen suc- cessive years, a member of the village Board of Education.
R ICHARD VAN BUREN PINK- ERTON (deceased) was born at Mont Eaton, Wayne Co., Ohio, April 17, 1831, a son of James Y. and Lydia ( Beam) Pinkerton. His grandparents, Richard and Sarah ( Young) Pinkerton, were natives of Somerset County, Penn., and came to Wayne Conn- ty. Ohio, in 1820, where they entered several tracts of land in Paint Township, and here made their home the rest of their lives. But one of their family is living, Matthew Pinkerton, who is now a resident of Wooster, Ohio.
Their eldest son, James Y., was born in Somerset County, Penn., in 1802, and accompanied his parents to Wayne County in 1520. He beenme one of the prominent citizens of the county, and his opinion and advice were considered of great moment by his friends and acquaint- ances. He learned the art of civil en- gineering in his youth, and in addition to attending to the work of his farm was employed both by the county and private individuals in surveying and laying ont plats, etc., much of the work of this kind
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in his earlier life being done by him. In men of the township. He was married in 1878 to Miss Ellen B. Blanchard, at daughter of D. A. and Julia ( Dodez) Blanchard, of Paint Township. Mr. and Mrs. Pinkerton had a family of three children: Minnie Blanche, James Win- field and Flora Edith. Mr. Pinkerton became a member of the Methodist Epis- copal Church at an early age, and was ever after an active worker, taking an especial interest in Sunday-school work. i and for several years was engaged in ministerial work, being an ordained local minister of his church. In his early life he was a Democrat, but later became identified with the Prohibition party, and in 1880 was the party's candidate for State senator. Mr. Pinkerton died July 2, 1883; Mrs. Pinkerton resides on the homestead farm with her children. She polities he was a Democrat, taking an act- ivo part in the political issues of the 'day. He served one term as county com- missioner, was justice of the peace of Paint Township for a great many years, and held all the offices in the gift of the people. He was a public-spirited, enter- prising man, and in addition to all his other interests owned and operated a tan- nery at Mount Eaton for a member of years. He was reared in the faith of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he became a member, and for many years was a class leader and recording steward. He was married in 1832 to Lydia, dangh- ter of Christopher Beam, of Paint Town- ship, and to them were born five children: Richard Van Buren, Sarah Elizabeth, Marian E. (wife of George W. Ross, of Sugar Creek Township), Lydia Jane , is an estimable lady, a prominent member (wife of G. W. Carey, of Millersburgh ), of the Methodist Church, and a repre- sentative of one of the early families of Paint Township. and Felicia P., wife of Lewis Knoble, also of Millersburgh). The father died in 1875, and the mother makes her home with her children.
Richard Van Buren Pinkerton was reared on the homestead farm in Paint Town- ship, and was given good educational ad- vantages, attending the township school and Delaware College. He learned civil engineering of his father, and followed that business in connection with farm- ing, and became one of the successful
QUIS DODEZ (deceased) was one of the early settlers of Paint Town- ship. He was born in Switzerland in 1797, and was there roared, and mar- ried Marrianne Favret. In 1831 they came to America, their family at that
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time consisting of but one child, their son, Louis August. Landing in New York, they set out for Massillon, Ohio, and walked the entire distance. From Massillon they proceeded to Wayne County, and located in Paint Township, on the farm now owned by D. A. Blanchard. Mr. Dodez was an energetic, enterprising man, and was always active in promoting the public welfare of his township. He was an earnest member of the Reformed Church, and was one of the most liberal donators toward the building of their church at Mount Eaton.
He died June 21, 1872, his widow sur- viving him sixteen years, and dying March 28, 1888, aged ninety-two years and nine months. Their family consisted of three children, viz .: Louis A., of Paint Town- this present wagon and carriage manufact- ship; Lena O., wife of Ulysses Chatelain, and Julia, wife of D. A. Blanchard.
E JIM SNELL, one of the enterprising manufacturers of Wayne County, was born December 28, 1830, a son of Jacob and Margaret (Smith) Snell, natives of York County, Penn., who came to Wayne County in 1846, and rented a farm in Wayne Township. They afterward purchased a Farm in Canaan Township, where the father was killed by accident, in
1882, while crossing the railroad track at Wooster. He was a member of the Lu- theran Church of Canaan Township. His widow still survives him, and lives on the homestead. They reared a family of ten children, record of whom is as fol- lows: Those deceased are Jerry, who was a member of Company H. Sixteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and died of typhoid fever while in prison, and Magdalene; the living are Eli, Henry and John, in C'a- naan Township, Wayne County; Frank, in Richland County, Ohio; George, on the homestead; Adaline, wife of Samuel L. Whonsettle, of Canaan Township, and Catherine and Emeline, on the homestead.
Eli Snell early learned the trade of a carriage-maker, and in 1854 established aring business at Canaan. Lu 1855 he married Sarah, daughter of Jacob Freese, of Wayne Township, Wayne County, and she died January 10, 1875. They reared six children: Viola, wife of William Barnes, of Canaan Township: Edith, who died at the age of nineteen: Mina, wife of George Whonsettle, of Canaan Township; Jerry, at home: Emogene, wife of John : Sholl, of Canaan Township ( has one child, Hugh) ; May, at home. Mr. Snell was again married, on this occasion to Martha J., daughter of Alex Hordy, of Chester Township, Wayne County ( sho died May 21, 1552, leaving two children. Frank and
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Leila). In 1862 Mr. Snell was elected township treasurer, and has since held that office; has also served as school di- rector, supervisor, etc. He is a member of Sterling Council No. 173, K. of P., and leader in the Canaan Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a Republican in politics, and takes an active interest in the party.
D A. BLANCHARD was born in ; Switzerland, November 8, 1825. He lived in his native country un- til manhood, andin 1854 came to America, coming direct to Wayne County, and lo- cating in Paint Township. He was given good educational advantages in his native country, and after reaching manhood be- came a soldier in the army, and rose to the rank of major.
Ile was married in Wayne County, in 1855, to Miss Julia Dodez, a native of Wayne County, Ohio, daughter of Louis and Marrianne ( Favret) Dodez, natives of Switzerland. To Mr. and Mrs. Blanch- ard were born four children: Ellen 1. is widow of R. Van B. Pinkerton, and has three children: Minnie Blanche, Jamos Winfield and Flora Edith ; Louis D., a vol- erinary surgeon of Canton, Ohio; Ali E., of Canton, who married Ella Gerber, and has two children: Hazel May and Flora: He was twice married, his first wife being
and Flora L., who died December 29, 1885, was the wife of H. A. Hoffstott. Mr. Blanchard is a Democrat in his polit- jeal views. He and his wife are members of the Reformed Church.
D ANIEL V. HUFFMAN, one of the substantial and enterprising citi- zens of Doylestown, Wayne Conn- ty, was born in Chippewa Township. Wayne Co., Ohio, in April, 1830. a son of Daniel and Abigail (Franks) Huffman. His paternal grandfather was Daniel Huffman, a native of Switzerland, whose wife was Anne Hook. They immigrated to America in 1803, locating in Washing- ton County, Penn., and in 1814 they set- tled in Chippewa Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, where they resided until their deaths. Their family consisted of two sons and three daughters, viz. : Daniel, Barbara ( Mrs. Michael Keifer). Ann (Mrs. John Barker), Jacob, and Elizabeth ( Mrs. John Eller. Of these, Daniel, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Switz- erland, came to America with his parents in 1803, and settled in Chippewa Town- ship, Wayne County, in ISTI. He cleared and improved a farm in that township. and died in 1569. in his seventieth year.
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Abigail, daughter of Hemy Franks, a native of Pennsylvania, and a pioneer of Chippewa Township. By this union there ยท were born five children who grew to ma- turity: Abram. Eliza (Mrs. Jacob Bay- singer), Ephraim, Daniel V. and Christian. His second wife was Anna, daughter of Jacob Huffman, of Chippewa Township, Wayne County, formerly of Switzerland, by whom he had six children: Wesley A., Mary E., Franklin J., Milton, Artlissa and Clara.
Daniel V. Huffman was reared in his native township, where he received a Doylestown. He paid nearly one-seventh of the expense of erecting the beautiful Methodist Episcopal Church edifice ( built in 1885), of which church he is an active member, and collected the balance of the subscription for the same. He is a mem- ber of the Odd Fellows order. In poli- ties he has always been an ardent Re- publican. common-school education, and began life as a teacher, a profession he followed for six years during the winter months, work- ing on the farm in the summer time. In 1850 he began the study of civil engi- neering under County Surveyor Campbell Bell, and has since followed that profes- sion thirty-eight years. Besides other work in his line he did most of the miu- ing engineering in his vicinity during that time. In 1861 he became superin- tendent of the Silver Creek Mining Com- pany's coal mines, and held that respon- W ESLEY SPANGLER, ex-county commissioner and farmer. was born in Cumberland County, Peun., in 1525, near the county seat, Carlisle. Yost Spangler was the name of the pioneer of this family, who, when eighteen years old, in 1769, left Germany sible position for twenty-one years. In 1882 he became associated in the hard- ware business with his brother, Wesley A. Huffman, from which he retired in 1886. ' The subject of this memoir was twice married, first to Susan, danghter of Lewis Miller, of Canal Fulton, Ohio, and by and came to America. He settled in
her he has one son living, Isaac W. Mr. Huffman's present wife is Catherine, danghter of Christian Wilhelm, of Me- dina County, Ohio, and she has borne him three children, living: Sherman J., Eliza and Cora.
Mr. Huffman has been a resident of Doylestown, Chippewa Township, since 1871, and has always taken an active part in public affairs of the town, though he has never held or sought office. He owns a half interest in the Huffman block, one of the leading business structures in .
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Berks County, Penn., and there was en- gaged in surveying. He was twice mar- ried, the names of his wives, who were sisters, being Weinholt. Eight children were born to him, their names being John, Philip, Sammel, Peter, Mary and Barbara, by the first wife; and by the second wife, Hannah and Yost. From Berks County this pioneer moved to Lan- caster County, and then to Cumberland County, where he followed farming for a number of years previous to his death. Peter Spangler was the fourth son born to Yost Spangler. He was a native of Lancaster County, born in 1791, and mar- ried Susan Zin. Of the ten children born to this union seven are now living, whose names are George, Peter, Wesley, Mary, Rebecca, Lorinda and Elmira. In 1829 Peter Spangler, with his wife and five children, immigrated to Wayne Town- ship, Wayne Co., Ohio, and purchased fifty acres of land, formerly the property of A. MeMonegal, and at his death owned 130 acres of land. He was a cooper by trade, and followed that in connection with farming for forty years. He was a successful mau, being left but a small . amount of money by his father. He died in 1863, at the age of seventy years.
Wesley Spangler, the subject of our shotch, was educated in the common schools of the county and at an academy at Canaan Center. Farming has been his
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occupation through life, at which he has been successful. He was married in 1854 to Malinda Stair, and three children, all living, are the result of this union: Viola and Arabella, now engaged in teaching school, having been students at Smithville Academy and Normal School, and Charles W., engaged in farming. Mr. Spangler has resided in Chester Township since the spring of 1859, when he purchased his present home farm of 115 acres of land. He was elected county commis- sioner in the fall of 1881, and re-elected in 1584, a rare incident for a Republican, the county being Democratic. For twelve years he was justice of the peace of his township. He and his wife and daughters are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Congress.
EORGE BARTOL. This old and esteemed citizen of Wooster, Wayne Co., Ohio, was born in Middletown, Dauphin Co., Ponn .. February 2, 181 4, and is a son of Mathias and Elizabeth (JJontz) Bartol, both also vatives of Penn- sylvania. They were the parents of three sons and three daughters, of whom our subject and his sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Van Houten, of Wooster, are the sole survivors. [ Of the latter a sketch will be found on
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another page in this volume. ] The par- ents came to Wayne County in the sum- mer of 1831, and lived here the remainder of their lives. The father was a shoe- maker, and worked at that trade both in Pennsylvania and Ohio. He was called to his final rest in 1843, at the age of sixty- two. His wife survived him twenty years, dying in 1863, at the age of seventy-two.
George Bartol in his youth had but lim- ited opportunities for education. He was in his eighteenth year when he accompa- nied his parents to Wayne County, with whose interests he has ever since been identified. From his father he learned the trade of shoemaking, and after the lat- ter's death he carried on a shop for ILLIAM GEARHART, a resident of over sixty years in Wayne County, is a native of Northm- berland County, Pen., born September S, 1808, son of Timos and Lorena (Gulichs) Gearhart, and grandson of Jacob Gearhart. The parents were natives of New Jersey, and enme to Wayne County, Ohio, in 1522, where they died, the father at the age of eighty-two, and the mother when fifty- four years oldl. more than twenty years. For eight years he lived on a farm which he had purchased north of Wooster. In 1862 he purchased his present pleasant and commodious home, which he later sold, but in 1883 he repurchased and removed into it. May 1, 1843, Mr. Bartol took for a life partner Miss June Brown, daughter of Samuel and Sarah ( Armstrong ) Brown, of Salt Creek Township, Wayne County, where she was born August 20, 1828, her parents having The subject of this memoir received an ordinary common-school education. und been among its carlost settlers. They have had no children of their own, but |learned the trades of stone-mason and adopted and roared two girls, one of whom is Mrs. Margaret Gable, of San Francisco, Cal., and the other, who was the wife of cooper, at which he worked for some time, and then commeneed farming." June 28. 1830, ho married, in Wayne County, Mary
Dr. Mower, of Wooster, passed from earth July 10, 1886.
Mr. and Mrs. Bartol have for many years been highly esteemed members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and both are by their consistent Christian life endeared to all who know them and are everywhere held in the highest regard. Mr. Bartol has made his own way in the world, his suc- cess being the result of his own well-di- rected efforts, seconded by a capable and affectionate wife, who has been indeed a helpmate to him.
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Direk, daughter of Jacob and Catherine (First) Direk, and a native of Pennsyl- vania. When a child she came with her parents to Wayne County, Ohio, where she grew to womanhood. Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Gearhart, viz. : Lorena, Catherine and Julia An, all de- ceased : Jacob, in Canaan Township: Isaac, on the homstead, and Samantha, now Mrs. H. Conahay. Their first farm was a wild piece of timber-land, in which deer and wolves roamed at will, and this, by hard labor, Mr. and Mrs. Gearhart converted into a fertile farm. Here they resided some forty years, and in 1869 came to their present commodious and pleasant home, situated in the eastern part of Bloomington, and here they have made all the improvements. At one time Mr. Gearhart owned 793 acres of land, but has divided it into farms, giving a portion to his children. Mrs. Gearhart died May 23, 1889, aged eighty-one years, and, al- though having been a victim of typhoid fever several times, she was remarkably well preserved. She and her husband were members of the Presbyterian Church of Wooster.
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