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County, which, however, he carried on but a short time, returning to his native county, where he took charge of the home farm for his parents; he has ever since lived there, and now owns the home farm, to which he has added by purchase. He is a man of strict Christian principles, a prominent member of the Presbyterian Church, of which he has long been an elder, and has always been a liberal sup- porter of "Chester Church." Through- out the county he is known as a thoroughly honest and upright man. He has been twice married, his first wife being Miss Mary Dunham, who died in Jeromeville, leaving no issue, her only child having died at birth. His second wife was Miss Lydia Firestone, daughter of David and Elizabeth Firestone, natives of Pennsyl- vania, and residents of Chester Township, where both died. Their daughter was born in Wayne County, in 1834. She is a member of the Lutheran Church, a sin- cere Christian, and noted especially for her generosity and hospitality. Mr. and Mrs. Buchanan are the parents of seven children, of whom three-Franklin, Sid- ney and Ira -- are deceased; those living are John W. ; Cynthia Alice, wife of Har- vey L. Piper, of Chester Township: Mary E. and Edward F., living with their parents.
John W. Buchanan was reared on the farm until he was sixteen years of age,
attending district school in winters. He then went to Wooster University, where he spent two and a half years, after leav- ing which he attended Cleveland Medical College, Ohio Medical College, at Cincin- nati, and the Kentucky School of Medi- cine, at Louisville, graduating from the latter institution June 2, 1582. Follow- ing month he began practice at Lodi, Ohio, remaining six months: then re- moved to Mansfield, Ohio, staying there until October 14, 1884, and then came to Smithville, Wayne County, where he has since been engaged in practice. October 14, 1882, Dr. Buchanan was married to Lizzie T., only child of Henry N. and Susan A. Stamen, former of whom has been dead many years; the latter lives with her daughter at Smithville. Mr. Stamen had for a considerable time been a teacher, but in his later years was en- gaged in milling. Mrs. Buchanan was born in Mansfield, Ohio, November 18, 1865. She is the mother of two children: Clarence S., born February 25, 1554. and John A., born April 11, 1557. Since lo- cating in Smithville Dr. Buchanan has acquired considerable repute in his pro- Fession, and is rapidly building up a lucrative practice. He is justly regarded as a rising man, and has the confidence of his patients, and the esteem of his neigh- bors and fellow-citizens for his correct life and honorable character.
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G EORGE FRESH was born in 1819 on the Franco-German border, his parents being Courad and Susanna ( Adams) Fresh, who immigrated to America about 1826 with their family, coming directly to Wayne County, and settling in Congress Township, where the father, who had been a soldier under Bonaparte, followed shoemaking, and died about 1836. His widow married a Mr. Houser, and they now live in Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Fresh were the parents of seven children, as follows: Conrad, a judge of court in Wisconsin; William and Daniel, in Madison County, Wis .; Jacob, who was a soldier in the War of the Rebellion, nearly starved in Libby Prison, and died in Wisconsin; Elizabeth, in Chicago, Ill .; Franklin, deceased, and George.
George Fresh was reared in Congress Township, Wayne County, where he re- ceived all the schooling he ever had, namely, twenty-seven days' instruction. At an early age, in _1838, he was appren- tieed to William Spear, of Wooster, Ohio, where he learned the cabinet-maker's trade. In 1840 he came to Congress Village (then known as Waynesburgh ), and here established his present business, that of cabinet-maker, undertaker and embalmer. In 1863 he erected a taunery, which he has since conducted successfully; also owns a fine farm in Congress Town-
ship, and several business blocks in Con- gress Village. In 1939 Mr. Fresh mar- ried Mary Bennett, who bore him eight children, six of whom are now living, viz .: Harriet (Mrs. William Painter), residing in Missouri; Hannah ( Mrs. William Brown), residing in Congress Township, Wayne County; Didama (Mrs. John Clements), of Mount Vernon, Ohio: Cyrus, in Shreve, Wayne County; Ade- live, in Missouri; Charles, in Congress Township, Wayne County. The mother of these children dying in 1560, Mr. Fresh took for his second wife Matilda Miller, and they have had three children; two are living, Albert and Clyde; one is de- ceased, Frank. Mr. Fresh has always been a Republican, and in 1840 he voted for Gen. Harrison. He has served as town- ship treasurer for thirty years; also as trustee and school director; he is a prom- inent member of the Lutheran Church. Commencing life a comparatively poor man, Mr. Fresh presents a living exam- ple in his present affluence of what can be accomplished by industry, frugality and perseverance.
EVI DANIELS is a son of Isaac and Eleanor ( Burnett) Daniels, na- tives of Maryland and Pennsylvania, respectively. They came to Wayne Coun-
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ty from Holmes County, Ohio, in 1846, and located on the Farm now owned by Levi. They reared nine children, seven of whom are living: Jane, now Mrs. Robert Armstrong, in Holmes County, Ohio; Martha, now Mrs. William F. Derr, in Wooster, Ohio; Silas, in Knox County, Ohio; Isaac, in East Union Township, Wayne County; Joseph, in Medina Coun- ty, Ohio: John, in AAshtabula, Ohio, and Levi.
The subject of this memoir was born in Holmes County, Ohio, September 15, 1829, and has always followed farming. In 1856 he married Miss Sarah, daugh- ter of Jonas Bowman, of East Union Township, Wayne County, and she died in 1884, leaving six children, as follows: Margaret, wife of Welker Zimmerman, in East Union Township, Wayne County; Elsie Jane and Esa, at home; Emmett H1. and Alvin B., in Salt Creek Township, Wayne County, and Welker, at home. Mr. Daniels is engaged in stock raising and farming.
M RS. MARY ANN WEBB, a well- known resident of Wayne County, and widow of Henry Harrison Webb, was born in Greene County, Penn., January 26, 1814. Her father George J. Smith, was of German descent,
his ancestors coming to America in the seventeenth century. His father, Valen- tine Smith, was a captain in the Revolu- tionary army, and lived to be one hundred and thirteen years old, and at the age of one hundred years served as captain of a militia company. His wife, Barbara, lived to the age of one hundred and three. George J. Smith was a Farmer, and in 1810 was married to Rebecca, daughter of ' George and Nancy (Jock ) Snyder.
In 1815 the young couple came to Wayne County, and settled on and cleared a farm west of Orrville. It was entirely wild when they first went upon the farm, and their first home was a rude log cabin. Afterward Mr. Smith purchased a mill in Bast Union Township, and carried it on for a time. Later he removed to Wyan- dot County, where he died in May, 1547, aged fifty-four years. His wife, mother of Mrs. Webb. died in November, 1836, at the age of forty-two years. She was the mother of twelve children, only seven of whom now survive, Mrs. Webb being the only one in Ohio. Mrs. Webb was about eighteen months old when she came with her parents to Wayne County, where she is spending the remainder of her life. On the 22d of November. 1532. Mary Am Smith was married to Henry Il. Webb, son of Moses Webb, who was the son of Samnel Webb, an Englishman. HI. H. Webb was born in Columbia Con-
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ty, Penn., July 2, 1813. For a year after their marriage they remained in Greene Township, Wayne County, and in March, 1861, removed to the farm which has since been the family home. Here Mr. Webb died on his seventy-fifth birthday, July 2, 1858. He was a stanch Democrat in pol- ities, and held several offices of trust. being a justice of the peace, and serving several terms as supervisor of Greene Township. His life was one of hard work. He began at nine years of age to earn his own living, and make his way in the world. He was thus one of Wayne County's self- made men, and with the help and encour- agement of his ever faithful wife, and by his own business enterprise, integrity and 1 perseverance, gained a competence, own- ing at the time of his death over 1,300 acres of land. Better than that, he pos- sessed the respect and confidence of every- : one who knew him. To Mr. and Mrs. Webb eleven children were born, as fol- lows: Imeretia, Samuel La Fayette and George Wesley, all deceased: Rebecca M., wife of Samuel White, of Orrville; Annie, wife of George Fultz, living at home; Matilda, wife of Nathan Weimer, of Galion, Ohio; Aramantha, wife of Thomas Trumphan, of Perryville, Ohio; . this their home until their deaths, the lat- Charles and Mary, at home; Henry, de- ceased; Hannah, wife of W. R. MeCol- man, of Smithville.
of her years, resides upon the farm, where her danghter, Mary, with true filial de- votion, remains at home with her, having tenderly attended her father during his illness, and is now caring for her aged mother. Miss Mary Webb took the prize at the centennial exhibition at Columbus, on "Old Abe," the war-eagle. a magniti- cent piece of silk embroidery; also for painting and pencil drawing. The Webb family deservedly stand high in the esti. mation of their neighbors. The father and mother were pioneers, and, as the above record shows, well performed their share in the building up of the county and its interests. They should be held in grateful remembrance by future gen- erations, who will enjoy the fruits of their Jabors.
D ANIEL STROCK is a native of Wayne County, Ohio, born July 20, 1829. His father, Conrad Strock, was born September 30, 1753, in Pennsylvania, where he was reared and married to Miss Naney Wyrick. In 1525 they came to Wayne County, and made ter dying in 1863, aged sixty-nine years, and the former April 15, 1866, aged eighty- two years, six months and fifteen days.
Mrs. Webb, who is very active for one Mr. Stroek was politically a Republican,
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and was a prominent citizen of the town- ship, holding different local positions of trust. He was an upright man, and had many friends. He and his wife were members of the Lutheran Church.
Daniel Strock remained on his father's farm, sharing its duties, and was given the advantages of a common-school edu- cation. He was married January 21. 1556, to Sarah, daughter of John Rodenbaugh, and they have but one child, Harriet, now the wife of J. H. Hunt. They have also one adopted son, Charles. In 1864 MIr. Strock enlisted in Company C, Ohio Na- tional Guards, and at Washington was transferred to the regular service, and served three months. He is a strict ad- herent to the principles of the Repub- lican party, and is one of the most highly respected and progressive citizens of the county. Mrs. Strock is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
the prominent and successful farmers of Wayne County, was born in Berks County, Penn., September 20, 1516. His father, Michael Troutman, who was born in Berks County in 1758, immigrated to Wayne County in 1529, and bought a quarter section of land in Wayne Town- ship for $1,600, originally the property of
John and Henry Royer. Philip Trout- man, father of Michael, was also born in Berks County, Penn., and was of German descent. Philip was the father of six children, four sons and two daughters, all of whom grew to maturity. He was a farmer by occupation, owning 150 aeres of land in Berks County. He was a highly respected citizen, and died at a ripe old age. Michael Troutman remained on his father's farm until 1817, when he removed to Virginia, and there engaged in farming until his removal to Wayne County in 1529. He was married to Mary Emrich, who bore him three sons and two danghters, whose names were John George, David, Philip, Eliza (Mrs. Groff) and Mary ( Mrs. Wyler). Mr. Troutman remained on the first purchased farm until 1850, when ho sold out and purchased a small farm, on which he re- mained until his death, in 1869, one month after his wife's decease. He was very snecessful as a farmer.
John George Troutman was six months OHN GEORGE TROUTMAN, one of : old when his parents removed to Virginia, and thirteen years old when he came with them to Ohio. His education was acquired in the common schools of Wayne County and at a select school in Wooster; at twenty-one he was a student at an acade- my in Berks County, Penn. In 1541 ho was married to Caroline, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth ( AAlthouse ) Fryber-
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ger, of Berks County, and born in 1821. Eloven children were born to this mion (ten of whom are now living ), their names being Sarah Jane ( Mrs. Dr. Wallace, of Illinois), born in 1812; Mary (Mrs. Christy ), of Wayne County, Ohio, born in 1513; Dr. John Troutman, of Kansas City, born in 1845; Michael, a banker in Canton, Ohio, born in 1516; Joseph, a farmer in Virginia, born in 1848; Elizabeth (Mrs. Campbell, of Ashtabula County, Ohio), born in 1832; Frank (deceased), born in 1852; Emma (Mrs. McCoy, of Wayne County ), born in 1854; Alice ( Mrs. Wilson, now a widow) born in 1857; Clara (Mrs. MeClure, of Wooster), born in 1861; Harriet (at home ), born in 186-1.
Mr. Troutman has followed farming as his life occupation, and to-day owns 150 neres of land, nearly all of which is under a high state of cultivation. The handsome buildings and other improvements on the farm have been made by his own hands or under his supervision. His success in life is due to his owit intelligence, indus- try and foresight, with the assistance of his faithful wife, who has been in all re- spects a helpmate to him. For twenty years Mr. Troutman was an older in the Presbyterian Church of Wooster, and a loyal supporter of that body. He has always taken an active interest in the pub- lie affairs of the county, and is a trustee of the Children's Home of Wayne County.
In politics he is a Jacksonian Democrat. and as a citizen, a business man and a neighbor he has the respect and cordial good-will of all who know him.
E ! LIAS SNYDER, farmer, was born in Stark County, Ohio, in 1525, a son of John and Elizabeth ( Al- bright) Snyder. In his boyhood his parents moved to Doylestown, Ohio, where his father bought 100 acres of land. upon which they lived until the father's death; he died in 1837, at the age of forty-four years. Elias was bereft of the care of a mother when four years old, and was adopted by an unele, Daniel Suyder, a re- spected citizen of Wayne County. with whom he lived till he was twenty-six years old.
He was married in 1548 to Sarah Leh- man, daughter of David Lehman. They have had a family of twelve children, as follows: Adaline L., born June 3, 1>19; John H., born September 1. 1851; Mar- ion, born December 8, 1858; Daniel J., born March 2-1, 1856; Ida E., born July 1, 1858; Cynthia A., born July 25, 1860; D. MeClellan, born January 7, 1862; Willis Byron, born April 16, 1865: Mary Edith, born December 19, 1866; Effie Susan, born December 22, 1568; Hattie J., born November 30, 1571; and Della
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Minerva, born December 25, 1874. Mar- ion died November 19, 1852, aged nearly thirty years. Seven of these children are married. Mr. Snyder has always been an industrious and economical man, and his fine farm of 161 acres, with its pleasant residence and other improvements, are the result of his own efforts, with the assist- ance of his faithful wife, and together they are now enjoying the reward of a well-spent life. They are members of the English Lutheran Church. In politics Mr. Snyder is a Democrat.
P ATRICK CUSICK, one of the self- made men of Wayne County, was born in County Limerick, Ireland, in March. 1529, a son of Michael and Mary ( Grady ) Cusick, both of whom spent their lives in Ireland. He was one of a family of seven children, three of whom are living, residents of Wayne County. He remained in his native coun- try until eighteen years of age, when he came to America, and first found employ- ment as a day laborer on the grading of the Pittsburgh & Chicago Railroad, work- ing hard to earn an honest living. In 1818 he located in Wayne County, Ohio, where he has since made his home. Dur- ing his long residence in the county he has made many friends, his honest integ-
rity gaining for him the confidence of all with whom he has any business dealing. He has always taken an interest in the upbuilding of the county, and is one of the first to assist any enterprise that will be of benefit, either materially or socially.
In April, 1858, Mr. Cusick married Mary Hogan, a native of Ireland. She died April 10, 1886, aged fifty-five years, leaving her husband and three children to mourn the loss of a devoted mother and wife. Since her death Mr. Cusick has remained on the farm, which their united etforts had secured, his home be- ing presided over by his daughter. Mary. His two sons, Edward and Patrick, are also members of his family, and assist in the carrying on of his farm. His chil- dren are numbered among the best young people of the town, are popular with their young associates, and at home leave noth- ing undone that will minister to the com- fort of their father. In politics Mr. Cu- sick is a Democrat; he and his children are members of the Catholic Church.
JAMES Q. SNYDER, one of the well- known and progressive farmers of Wayne County, was born in Hohnes County, Ohio, in March, 15IS. His l'ather, Daniel Snyder, was a native of Pennsylvania, and married Catherine
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Miller, daughter of Henry and Savilla (Smith ) Miller. In 1837 the family came to Wayne County, but five years later re- turned to Holmes County, remaining there until 1866, when they again came to Wayne County, and here the father died February 28, 1885, aged sixty-nine years; the mother still lives on the homestead, and is now seventy-four years of age. The father was a successful business man, and had a large circle of friends. He was a devoted member of the Evangelical Church. Six of the eight children born to this family are living, four in Wayne County. One son, Samuel, died while in the service of his country during the dark days of the Rebellion; another son, Henry, served in the war three years, and is now a resident of Holmes County; one daugh- ter, Susan, is the wife of H. B. Rayle, of Lake County; John G. died in childhood; Elizabeth and James Q. are on the home farm; J. Robert lives in Franklin Town- ship, and Savilla in Wooster Township.
James Q. Snyder remained with his parents until his marriage, and then lo- cated on a farm not far From the home- stoad. After the death of his father he returned to take charge of the farm for his mother, and has since made it his home. He was married in February, 1878, to Sarah Young, a native of Wayne County, daughter of Jacob and Anna (Romich ) Young, of Wooster Township.
Mr. and Mrs. Snyder are consistent and worthy members of the Lutheran Church.
W ILLIAM HARKINS was born June 12, 1758, in Ireland, where the family, by a record kept since 1694, is known to have been cloth-weavers and possessors of real es- tate. He was married to Miss Esther Harkins in 1791, and two years later he immigrated to America, accompanied by nearly all his immediate connections and his brother-in-law, Patrick Porter, and Family, and his wife's brothers and sisters. They landod at Newark, N. J., and in a short time went to Lancaster County, Penn. After living there four years they removed to Westmoreland County, Penn., and again to Allegheny County, and April 19, 1814, found them in Wayne County, Ohio, with but very few settlers ahead of them. Here they lived and prospered. Mr. Harkins' wilo died in 18-13, and he followed her two years later. OF the family of four children, Margery, the oldest, died at the age of fifty years; Ellen lived to the age of eighty-seven: Thomas, the elder son, died at the age of forty-two years.
Hugh, the younger son, born January 15, 1805, was married November 2, 1526, to Naney Molar. He remained on the
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same farm from the date of settlement until his death, which occurred January 15, 1874, in Banghman Township, Wayne County. HIngh Harkins was one of the prominent and representative citizens of Baughman Township, and at one time was the possessor of over 400 acres of land; he was in the insurance business about forty years. Of his family of ten chil- dren, two of the daughters died while quite young, and two of the sons, Robert and Alexander, died while serving their country ; Thomas died August 9, 1884, he having also served four years in the army; William, the eldest, died in Canal Fulton, Ohio, December 24, 1856. There are still three daughters living, and the youngest son, John, who was born June 17, 1843, in Baughman Township, was married January 4, 1866, to Miss Lytle, daughter of Thomas Lytle, of Baughman Township. He fell heir to the old home- stead at the death of his father, and lived there until 1877, when he moved to Doylestown, Wayne County, and there entered the grocery, grain and food busi- noss, still retaining the homestead that bad been handed down to the third gen- eration. He has five daughters: Jennie, Ella, Bertha, Lillian and Florence. Mr. Harkins is a member of the Odd Fellows order and Knights of Pythias. The family are members of the Presbyterian sixty-seven years. They were members Church; politically he is a Republican. of the Disciples Church. They had a
P ERRY YARNELL, one of the well- known and respected farmers of Wayne County, was born in Woos- ter Township, on the farm where he HOW lives, February 3, 1553. His father, Samuel Yarnell, was a native of Pennsylvania, and his father, Philip Var- nell, was of English ancestry. In 1823 Philip Yarnell came to Wayne County and settled on the land which still remains in the family, and here remained until death. He had a family of five sons and three daughters, only one of whom, Mrs. Nancy Funk, of Wooster, is living. Sam- nel Yarnell married Elizabeth May, also a native of Pennsylvania, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth May, of German ancestry, who came to Wayne County in 1830, and made this their home until death. But one of their six children is living: Mrs. Sarah Shreffler, of Mansfield, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Yarnell were among the prominent citizens of Wooster Township, and their home was open to friend or stranger, all finding a a welcome. The poor were never turued away unhelped, and their children were taught early to regard the needy and helpless as a brother, and to lend assist- ance to anyone deserving aid. The mother died in the spring of 1875, aged fifty- seven years, and the father in 1879, aged
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family of seven children, three sons and four daughters, but four of whom are now living, and only two, Perry and Lucetta, in Wayne County.
Perry Yarnell remained with his par- ents on the farm, and after his father's death succeeded him in its control and partial ownership. He was married, in 1880, to Savilla Snyder, daughter of Dan- iel and Catherine Snyder, and they have one child, Bertha May. Mr. Yarnell is a member of the Odd Fellows order of Wooster. In politics, like his father, he affiliates with the Republican party. Mrs. Yarnell is a member of the Lutheran Church. Miss Lucetta Yarnell lives at the homestead. She is a member of the Disciples Church, and a lady of five at- tainments, having many friends. She is a member of the Woman's Relief Corps.
(Black) Tate. In April, 1837, they moved with their family to Wayne Coun- ty, Ohio, and located on the farm now owned by onr subject. Here the mother died August 21, 1846, aged fifty-four years. The father survived her a number of years, his death occurring March 24. 1868, when seventy-two years of age. They had a family of five children: John W .: Jane Ann, wife of Moses Loop: An- drew J. and Isaac N., of Kosciusko Coun- ty, Ind .; and Robert, who was second lieutenant in the War of the Rebellion, and was killed by accident in a grist-mill twenty-five miles north of Fort Wayne, Ind., on the St. Jo River, May 10, 1879, at age of forty-five years, leaving a wife and one daughter, Nettie Victoria Sands, to mourn their sad bereavement.
John W. Sands remained with his par- ents until he was eighteen years of age, when he went to East Union Township to take charge of an unele's farm, intend- ing to remain a year, but doing well, and being contented in that township. he re- mained fifteen years. He was married in that township, in October, 1551, to Miss Nancy Jane, daughter of Conrad and Elizabeth Miller. Six months after his marriage he returned to Wooster Town- ship, and has since remained on the home farm. Mr. and Mrs. Sands have three children: Mary Jane, wife of George
OHN W. SANDS, one of the well- known citizens of Wayne County, was born in York County, Pen., October 15, 1521, a son of Samuel and a grandson of Andrew Sands. Andrew Sands was a native of Londonderry, Tre- land, and came to the United States prior to the Revolutionary War, and was mar- ried, in Pennsylvania, to Rachel Willis. Samuel Sands married Miss Mary Tate, daughter of Solomon and Susannah Roller, of East Union Township: Eliza-
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