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Mr. Fausey has been honored with some local offices, having served as assessor in Center township for one year, and as school director for several years, both in Wood and Sandusky counties. Socially he is connected with the
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Grand Army of the Republic, and the Independ- ent Order of Odd Fellows; religiously, with the United Brethren Church; and politically with the - Republican party. He was happily married in his native township, in 1867, to Mabel Endsley, who was born in 1849, a daughter of James Endsley, a farmer of Sandusky county. They have three children-Charles, who was born in 1868, and is farming in Sandusky county; Eldo- rado, wife of Dr. R. H. Gregory, of Iowa; and Goldie, at home.
WILLIAM HOOTON, one of the leading agri- culturists of Washington township, was born in England, December 26, 1842, and is a son of Robert and Eliza (Digby) Hooton. Both par- ents were natives of the same land, the fa- ther's birth occurring in Yorkshire. The mother is a sister of Robert Digby, of Bowling Green, Wood county. Of their ten children, three have departed this life, one being drowned, another burned to death, and the third dying of scarlet fever. In order of birth the children are as fol- lows: Robert; Mary Ann; William: John, de- ceased; James; Eliza; Sallie; John; Liza Ann, deceased; and Ruth, deceased. With the ex- ception of our subject, those living are still resi- dents of England. The parents also never left England; the mother has now passed away, but the father is still living.
It was on April 8, 1872, that William Hooton left the Old World, resolved to try his fortunes on this side of the Atlantic, where he believed better opportunities were afforded enterprising, industrious citizens. He took passage on the " Absyna " (which has since burned), going from Liverpool to New York. Since his arrival in this country farming has been his occupation. He first located on the Richard Digby farm, in Ton- togany, where he remained for fifteen years, dur- ing which time he ditched and tiled the place, making it a valuable and productive farm. In
the spring of 1888, however, he purchased forty- five acres of land in Washington township at $40.00 per acre, to the cultivation and improve- ment of which he has since given his time and attention. Besides tiling and fencing his land, he has erected a good dwelling at a cost of $1,000, and a substantial barn, and the neat and thrifty appearance of the place indicates his care- ful supervision and untiring industry. All that he now possesses has been acquired through his enterprising, persevering energies, aided and en- couraged by a kind and faithful wife.
Before leaving England Mr. Hooton had wedded Mary Stillings, of Sowerby, Yorkshire,
and to him she has ever proved a true and de- voted helpmeet. This worthy couple are active and consistent members of the Methodist Epis- copal Church of Tontogany, while socially he is connected withi Tontogany Lodge No. 451. F. & A. M. His political support is given the Republican party .
REV. JOHN BORN, pastor of St. John's Lu- theran Church, at Stony Ridge, was born on Au- gust 19, 1863, in Kreuznach on the Rhine, Ger- many, and is a son of R. and Anna (Eckart) Born, natives of the same place. The father, who was also a Lutheran minister, brought his family to the New World in 1864, locating at Rochester. Penn., where he had charge of a large congrega- tion until 1875, when he became pastor of a church at Dayton, Ohio. He is now living re- tired at Detroit, Mich. He is the father of a family of seven children-E. A., a Lutheran minister of Tyrone, Penn .; John, of this review; Robert, who is also engaged in the work of the Lutheran ministry at Delphos, Ohio; William. who is attending college at Columbus, Ohio, pre- paring to enter upon the same grand work: Mrs. Katie Myers, of Monroe, Mich .; Mrs. Gertie Reiser, of Monroe county, Mich. ; and Anna, who still lives with her parents in Detroit.
Our subject began his education in the schools of Rochester, Penn., continued his studies in the public schools of Dayton, Ohio, and then for two years was a student in Nazareth College, of that city. In 1885 he entered a theological seminary of St. Paul, Minn., where he graduated two years later, and was ordained at Stony Ridge in 188 ;. where he has since remained in charge. He also conducts services every other Sunday at Latchie. Wood county.
In 1888, at Dayton, Ohio, was soleninized the marriage of Rev. Born and Miss Elizabeth Ing- ling, a native of that city and a daughter of Ru- dolph and Hannah Ingling. Mr. and Mrs. Born have a little daughter, Margaret. Our subject is an earnest Christian gentleman, and in the nine years that he has had charge of St. John's con- gregation at Stony Ridge he has made many warm friends, not only among his parishioners, but als among members of other denominations. entire time and energies are devoted to his calling. and he has proved a faithful worker in the Masters vineyard.
St. John's Lutheran Church, of Stony Ridge. was founded by Rev. E. Cronenwett, of Wo. 1- ville, Sandusky Co., Ohio; but for the first few years services were held very irregularly as there was no church building. In 1872 the present
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house of worship was erected at an approximate cost of $2, 500, and the parsonage, which was built about 1880, cost $800. The pastors have been Revs. Buerkle, Sheips and George Wolf, who were in charge until 1887, and in July of that year Rev. Born assumed the pastorate. The Church has a membership of about 150, is in a thriving condition, and sustains a good strong Sunday-school where seventy children attend.
ANDREW O. MINKS. Among the reliable and substantial farmers of Bloom township, there can be found no one who stands higher in the public estimation than this gentleman. He is a native of Ohio, born in East Union township, Wayne county, July 16, 1856, and when he was only nine years of age his father, Michael Minks, died, leaving the widow with the care of eleven children. A daughter had died a few weeks pre- vious to his death. They were in very limited circumstances, but the mother, who bore the maiden name of Susan Bavington, kept the chil- dren together for a couple of years, on the ex- piration of which time, however, they became scattered.
Andrew O. then began working for William O. Orr, a farmer living near Apple creek, Wayne county, Ohio, where he received $3 per month, and was allowed to enter school during the winter term. For five years he remained with that gen- tleman, and at a later day was employed by him for two years. His school training was not very extensive, and he did not learn to write un- til he had become a young man. His first trip to Wood county was in January, 1876, when he accompanied his cousin, Henry Minks, who had been on a visit to Wayne county. Later he worked for Daniel Easley, an agriculturist of Cass township, Hancock Co., Ohio, and was also em- ployed by others as a farin hand.
In Bloom township, in March, 1878, was cel- ebrated the marriage of Mr. Minks and Miss La- vina Barrington, a native of Delaware county, Ohio, but since the age of twelve years has tnade her home in this county. They have become the parents of three children -- Marion W., born July 10, 1885; Alta M., born May 27, 1888; and Mil- dred, boru January 2, 1891.
Mr. Minks was able to secure $300, by keep- ing his mother-in-law, who was an invalid during the last twelve years of her life. He purchased thirty acres of land in Section 35, Bloom town- ship, moving into the old log house which was in a dilapidated condition, the roof being particu- larly bad. He worked in a stave factory at Bairdstown for a time, in order to secure the ! are the work of his hands.
money with which to buy some shingles. He has since erected a comfortable home, and all the improvements upon the place stand as monu- ments to his thrift and industry. He began threshing in 1890, and now owns a half-interest in one of the best threshing outfits in the town- ship, while there is none better in the entire county.
Although his family were Democrats, Mr. Minks has always supported the Republican par- ty, attending elections regularly, but is not a poli- tician in the sense of an office seeker. He was one of the main petitioners for the present Bairds- town road from Bloomdale, and by his efforts this now prominent thoroughfare was put through. Enjoying the confidence and esteem of the whole community, Mr. Minks may well be classed among the prominent citizens of Bloom town- ship, in which high regard his wife also shares, and she is a faithful member of the Methodist Church.
FRANK KLEEBERGER. A well-developed farm in Middleton township tells to the passer-by of the thrift and enterprise of the owner, and .in- quiry would reveal that the owner of this desira- ble property is a young man, a native son of Middleton township, who was born November 28, 1865. His father, Matthew Kleeberger, was born in Bavaria, Germany, acquired a good edu- cation in the public schools, and when a young man crossed the briny deep to the New World, taking up his residence in Wood county, Ohio. He purchased fifty acres of land in Middleton township, covered with a dense forest growth: but he cleared away the trees, and transformed the tract into richly cultivated fields, which in return for his labor yielded to him a good income. He was married in Middleton township to Gertrude Keebley, and they became the parents of three children-Annie, wife of John Kever, a farmer of Middleton township; John a resident of To- ledo; and Frank, with whom the mother makes her home. The father died March 22, 1885.
Mr. Kleeberger, of this sketch, became fa- miliar with the common English branches of learning through his attendance at the district schools of the neighborhood He worked upon the home farm from the age of twelve years until his father's death, when he assumed the manage- ment of the property, which he has since suc- cessfully conducted; at the same time he has cared for his mother. He is familiar with every part of farm work, both in principle and practice, and many of the improvements upon the place In his methods he
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is progressive, and his efforts are crowned with prosperity: In politics he is a Democrat, is a member of the Catholic Church of Perrysburg. and is popular with all classes.
ALVAH MARSHALL. Among the pioneers of Wood county, who are noted for their eminent success in their chosen calling, is the gentleman whose name opens this sketch. He is one of the popular and representative citizens of Center township. His birth occurred in the State of New York, March 16, 1825, and he is a son of Henry Marshall, a native of Connecticut. In that State the father engaged in farming, but, when . a young man, removed to New York, where he married Sarah Tucker, by whom he had five chil- dren, named as follows: David and Liddie, both deceased; Annie, wife of A. E. Wisener; Henry, deceased; and Alvah. For a number of years the father followed the vocation of farming in the Empire State, after which he removed with his family to Huron county, Ohio, where both he and his wife spent their remaining days.
Mr. Marshall, of this review, grew to man- hood upon the farm, receiving his literary train- ing in the common schools of Huron county. In 1845, in that county, he was joined in wedlock with Maria Jerome, and to them were born two children-Alta, who was born in 1847, and is the wife of George Emes, of Indiana, by whom she has a daughter, Katie, born March 7, 1881; and Jeremiah, who is now assisting in the operation of the home farm. It was in 1855 that Mr. Marshall lelt Huron county, coming to Wood county and buying forty acres of land in Plain township. This he cultivated for several years, when he disposed of the same, and purchased fifty-five acres in Center township. This was wild land, but by earnest persistent effort, he has transformed the place into a highly-cultivated tract, having cut away the timber, built fences, ditched and tiled the land, planted an orchard, and erected a fine dwelling, together with good barns and outbuildings. All that he now possesses is the fruit of his own honest toil, and he well deserves the success which has come to him. His political support is given the Repub- lican party, and he is a good neighbor and stal- wart friend.
FREDERICK W. BRIDGES, one of the energetic and wide-awake citizens of Wood county, was born in Haskins, March 5, 1868, and is still a resident of that town. He is descended from New England ancestry. His grandfather, Darius Bridges, was a native of Massachusetts, became a resident of
New York, and in 1834 took up his residence in Allen county, Ohio. Four years later he located in Perrysburg, Wood county, and in 1843 estab- lished his home on Hull Prairie, where his death occurred in 1850. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Hannah Mason, and was a native of Rhode Island, died in Perrysburg in 1838. They had a family of five children, four of whom grew to mature years: Caroline H., wife of G. Chase, of Hull Prairie; Nancy A., wife of Richard Carter, of Middleton township; Samuel F .; Orpha M., wife of John Shinaberry, now deceased; and Sarah A .. who died at the age of a year and a half.
Samuel F. Bridges, the father of our subject. was born in Oneida county, N. Y., May 2, 1827. and in Perrysburg. Ohio, on March 18, 1861, was united in marriage with Miss Ann Vass, who was born in Scotland March 5, 1834, and was the daughter of Alexander Vass, who died in Perrys- burg. At the time of their marriage the parents located on a farm on Hull Prairie. Previous to this time the father had worked at ship building. but now devoted his attention to agricultural pur- suits and the carpenter trade, which he still fol- lows in Haskins. In politics he is a Republican. and is a member of the Presbyterian Church. His wife died in Haskins October 3, 1894. In their family there were four children-Carrie A .; Darius A., who died in childhood; Frederick W .; and Jessie M.
Our subject was the third in order of birth. His boyhood days were passed upon his father's farm, and the instruction afforded in the common schools of Haskins constituted his educational privileges. For the past six years he has been employed in the oil fields, and has purchased an outfit for removing oil pipes, to which branch of the business he is now devoting his energies. deriving therefrom a good income. He is an in- dustrious, energetic young man, possesses a genial disposition in which there is a strong vein of humor, is an entertaining companion, and therefore a popular gentleman.
RICHARD MOONEY, an enterprising and pro- gressive agriculturist of Grand Rapids township. was born in Hancock county, November 1, 1843.
George Mooney, the father of our subject, was a native of Fairfield county, born in 1812, and was by occupation a farmer. In early manhood he moved to Hancock county, where he married Miss Eunice Wade, who was born in Hanenk county, March to 1820. They had four chil Iren John, a blacksmith at Findlay, Ohio; Richard, our subject; Belinda, the wife of John Jakeway,
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of Hancock county, and Enoch B., a glass man- ufacturer at Findlay. Our subject's father was one of the most highly respected citizens of his community. He died in 1879, his wife surviving him sixteen years.
Richard Mooney's early education was ob- tained mainly in the excellent public schools of Findlay, and he learned all the practical details of farm work while assisting his father. For nine years he was engaged in manufacturing lime, and later he conducted a farm of eighty acres in his native county. He was married October 26, 1876, to Miss Almira Grabble, of Findlay, who was born in Licking county, Ohio, July 27. 1852. She was one of the eight children of Abraham Grab- ble, a well-known farmer and carpenter, and his wife. Susanna Bright. Seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Mooney, of whom the youngest died in infancy. The names of the others, with dates of birth, are as follows: June L., January 7. 1878; Guy G., October 13, 1880; Abraham R., April 3, 1883; John, August 11, 1885; Pearl M., July 3, 1893; and Carrie Blanche, October 23, 1896.
In 1887 Mr. Mooney came to Wood county, and bought forty acres of land four miles north of Weston, to which he has since added twenty more, and the entire sixty is now under cultiva- tion. Thoroughly alert to the value of the best methods, Mr. Mooney has made extensive im- provements on his estate, re-modeling the build- ings and draining the land by the most approved plans. Genial in manner and possessing unusual intelligence, he is one of the leaders among the progressive element in the community.
RUDOLPH J. HAHN. Among the sturdy, ener- getic and successful farmers of Wood county, who thoroughly understand the vocation they follow, and are consequently enabled to carry on their calling with profit to themselves, is the sub- ject of this sketch. He is actively engaegd in agricultural pursuits in Section 35, Lake town- ship, where he has a fine farm of eighty acres.
A native of Ashland county, Mr. Hahn first drew the breath of life on May 15, 1848. His father, Valentine Hahn, was born and reared in Bavaria, Germany, but at an early day became a resident of Ashland county, Ohio, where he wedded Magdalena Burg, a native of the same country, and to them were born Julia, a resi- dent of Troy township, Wood county; Ru- dolph J., of this sketch; Lizzie, wife of G. B. Brim, of Lake township: Harmon, of Troy town- ship; Theodore, at home; Mary and Laura, twins, the former now Mrs. G. W. Brown, and
the latter, Mrs. Andrews, of Lemoyne, Wood county; Mirs. Barbara Wagoner, of Toledo; and Katie, Albert, August, and Clara, all at home. From Ashland county the father brought his family to Perrysburg township, Wood county, where he opened up a farm, but later removed to Troy township, where he has since resided, and for some years served as trustee.
Our subject was but five years old when the family took up their residence in Troy township, where he was educated in the district schools, and in early life received a home training on the farm, which so well fitted him for the calling he now follows. However, during his youth, he learned the trade of carpenter, and was employed at that work for ten years in Troy and Lake town- ships. He purchased his present farin in 1877, and has since devoted his time and attention to its cultivation and improvement, erecting a good barn, 42 x 76 feet, and a comfortable and sub- stantial residence.
In June, 1878, in Lake township, Mr. Hahn was married to Miss Mary Baumgardner, a native of Toledo, Ohio, and to them have been born a son, Victor, and a daughter who died at ten months. Mrs. Hahn's parents, Jacob and Magda- lena Baumgardner, were natives of Wurtemberg. Germany, but came to America single, and were married at Toledo, where for some time the fa- ther engaged in blacksmithing. He later removed to Perrysburg township, where he died in 1894; but his wife is still living, and makes her home in this country.
Mr. Hahn votes the straight Democratic ticket, and for three years capably served as trustee of Lake township, where he enjoys, in a marked degree, the confidence and esteem of his neigh- bors. He has been prominently identified with the development of the county, and is public- spirited and progressive.
CHARLES L. WINELAND, a young and pro- gressive agriculturist of Center township, was born July 5, 1863, in Washington township, Han- cock Co .. Ohio. David Wineland, his father. was a native of Pennsylvania, and a stone and brick mason by occupation. He came to Ohio. in 1854, when a young man, and bought forty acres of land in Hancock county, to which, in time, he added eighty more, improving and culti- vating it until he made it one of the best farms of that vicinity. He was a soldier in the Civil war, in Company D, 72d O. V. 1. On May 20, IS47, he was married to Miss Catherine Barn- hart, who was born in Fayette county, Penn .. July 3, 1828. They had thirteen children: John.
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Frank, Mary, Susanna, David E., Lucinda, Ida, Joseph, Charles L. (our subject), William, Jacob, Turley, and Cora. David Wineland, our sub- ject's father, died at Bloomdale, March 29, 1885, and his wife followed him May 5, 1894.
The subject of this sketch was educated in the district schools of his native county, and worked during his early years upon his father's farm. He came to Wood county when he was twenty-three years of age, and for some time worked as a farm laborer at small wages; but in 1889 he rented a farm of eighty acres in Center township which six years later he bought, and now operates it successfully. He was married in 1888, to Miss Sarah J. Brownheller, a native of Bloomdale, born December 26, 1870, the daugh- ter of George Brownheller, a well-known citizen of that town. They have two children, Orpha E., born August 16, 1892, and Otta F., born August 6, 1894.
Mr. Wineland is a Prohibitionist in politics, and is one of the most active and influential of the younger men of his locality, taking great interest in all progressive movements. He and his wife are leading members of the Church of Christ, at Bowling Green.
JAMES A. YATES was born April 12, 1851, in Sycamore township, Wyandot Co., Ohio, and is the eighth son and eleventh child in the family of Thomas and Elizabeth (Craun) Yates.
Our subject obtained his primary schooling in the district school of his native place, and when he was a boy of nine years, in the fall of 1860, his parents removed to Wood county, settling in Perry township. There the lad attended the school tanghit by Henry Williams and others, until he was sixteen years old, when he began teaching in Henry township, his salary being · $1.25 a day. He afterward attended a school of higher grade at Grand Rapids, Ohio, of which Prof. Wright was the principal, and completed his education at the Fostoria Normal School, then under the management of Prof. J. Fraise Rich- ard. Thus equipped, he took up the profession of a teacher at the age of nineteen years, and for the succeeding sixteen years taught at varions times in Henry, Bloom and Perry townships, at from $1. 50 to $2.25 a day. He had, when younger, learned the carpenter's trade with his brother Henry, and during vacations worked at it in order to increase his earnings. Many of the younger people of the county can recall the days spent under Mr. Yates' tutelage, and the friends he made then have been constant in their attach- ment to him. He was popular as a teacher,
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strict in his discipline, yet sympathetic, and un- ceasing in his efforts to promote the best interests of his pupils, and his example of the worth of in- tellectual attainments and of integrity in every- day-life was not thrown away upon them.
Mir. Yates was married in Perry township. April 24, 1879, to Miss Sarah E. Hall, who was born in Seneca county, Ohio, January 1, 1853. Her parents, Daniel and Mary (Kirk) Hall, were natives of Fairfield county, Ohio, the former of whom came to Wood county in 1855, locating in Section 7, Perry township, and died Decem- ber 23, 1834, at West Millgrove, when sixty-six years of age. The mother died May 13, 1885. leaving three children, one child, William, hav- ing previously passed away. Those living are Martha, now Mrs. L. L. Yates; Mrs. James A. Yates, and Franklin, who resides at West Mill- grove. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Yates are Mertie E., born September 9, 1880, and Edna' P., born August 12, 1884. Mr. Yates first loca- tion after his marriage was in Section 7, in Perry township, he afterward removing to his present farm on the Northwest Quarter of Section S. where he owns 160 acres. Since his removal to this place he has devoted himself exclusively to farming, in which he has been very successful. He has an excellent piece of property, and has bestowed much care on its improvement and co !- tivation.
Until 1895 Mr. Yates was in sympathy with the Republican party, but his great abhorrence of the liquor traffic, with all its attendant evils, has induced him to transfer his allegiance to the cause of Prohibition, which he believes to be the only remedy for this curse of the country. He is enthusiastic on the subject, and exerts all his influence in behalf of temperance and sobriety. He has never been an office-seeker; and has re- fused all tenders of a nomination to any public position; but he is a loyal citizen. one who has the good of his community at heart, and is always ready to assist in any enterprise looking to its welfare. Mr. Yates is a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he is at present a trustee, and was for six years super- intendent of the Sunday-school. He is also the president of the township board of education He is a well-read man, posted on all topics of the day, and a genial, companionable gentleman.
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