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Our subject was a lad of 13 years when lie
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accompanied his parents to Shawnee township. He attended school and assisted his father until he was 19 years old, when he went to work for William U. Hover, with whom he remained until he enlisted, soon after Fort Sumter was fired on. His first enlistment was in Company A, 20th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., under Capt. Ma- thias H. Nichols, which was sent immediately to the front, and until August was engaged mainly in guarding the Baltimore & Ohio Rail- road, during this period participating in num- erous skirmishes. In July, 1862, Mr. Reed reenlisted, in Company B, 99th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., for three years, or until the close of the war, when he was honorably discharged at Cincinnati. The regiment participated in the battles of Stone River, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Atlanta and Jonesboro; was with General Sherman's forces until the battle of Resaca and was placed under General Thomas at Nashville. Here Companies B and F were consolidated, or the former merged into Com- pany F, after which the command went to Washington and Wilmington, where it again came under General Sherman and moved on to Salisbury, Raleigh, City Point and Cincin- nati. During this long period Mr. Reed distin- guished himself `as a loyal, cheerful, faithful soldier.
Upon his return from the army, Mr. Reed was married and located four miles west of his present farm, on which he lived for seven years and then, in 1873, bought his present property.
On August 8, 1865, Mr. Reed was married to Harriet B. Napier, who was born in Trum- bull County, Ohio, July 7, 1843, and is a daughter of the late William and Sarah ( Huff ) Napier. Mrs. Reed was a babe of three months when her parents came to Shawnee township. Her father was one of the prominent and es- teemed citizens here for many years, a man of substance and much valued in the church and the community at large. Her venerable mother still survives and lives on the homestead in sec- tion 14. Mr. and Mrs. Reed have had the fol- lowing children, namely: Florence, who died aged five years; Alta, living at Lima; Della, also of Lima; William E., who died at Fosto- ria, Ohio, aged 24 years; Mamie, who died aged 17 years; Ethel, of Lima; LeRoy, who
died in infancy; Zelpha, who married Edwin Pryer, and is residing temporarily in Missouri; and Roy, aged 15 years, who lives at home.
Like his father, Mr. Reed is a Republican. He was at one time an active member of Mart Armstrong Post, No. 202, G. A. R., of Lima, but does not now attend the meetings because of the distance from home. For the past 48 years he has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
ILLIAM ARCHIBALD CAMP- BELL, postmaster. at Lima, whose portrait accompanies this sketch, belongs to one of the old Scotch families which left Scotland in 1700 and, to escape religious persecution, set- tled in Coleraine, County Derry, Ireland. The descendants of Dougald, Robert and John Campbell came to America between 1730 and 1840, settling in Pennsylvania; from there the descendants of Dougald removed to Rock- bridge County, Virginia, those of John to Washington County, Virginia, and three sons of Robert settled at Augusta, Virginia.
Mr. Campbell's ancestry dates to Robert Campbell. Samuel L. Campbell, grandson of Robert Campbell and grandfather of our sub- ject, became a distinguished physician in Rock- bridge County. Virginia, where he died in 1840. He was connected with Washington College and Washington and Lee University as rector of the board of trustees, was treas- urer of the college and was president of the faculty from 1796 to 1799. Two of his sons were graduates of the institution. He was married September 19, 1794, to Sarah Alexan- der, sister of Rev. Archibald Alexander, D. D., afterward president of Princeton College.
Charles Fenelon Campbell, son of Samuel L. Campbell and father of our subject. was born September 13, 1803, at Lexington, Virginia, and died at Georgetown, Ohio, September 2, 1864. He was graduated at Washington Col- lege in liis 20th year and was admitted to the bar as attorney and solicitor in chancery for. the State of Virginia. In 1824 he went from Virginia to Brown County. Ohio, and prac-
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ticed his profession until his death, becoming eminent as a jurist throughout Southern Ohio. He published the Whig, and later the Bec, at Ripley, Ohio. He received a military educa- tion at the Virginia Military Institute, at Lex- ington, Virginia, and when the Rebellion broke out he was commissioned by the Governor of Ohio to organize the militia of his section of the State. His labors in this capacity brought on the disease which resulted in his death. He was an astute lawyer and an able and impartial judge. On September 12, 1833, he was mar- ried to Harriet E. Kephart, of Ripley, Ohio, and they had issue as follows: Angus K., Francis T., John Quincy Adams, Mary An- toinette, William Archibald and Charles De- levan.
William Archibald Campbell was born at Ripley, Brown County, Ohio, July 4, 1844, where he was reared and educated. In young manhood he became interested in newspaper work and in this he has continued to the pres- ent time. Mr. Campbell came to Lima in July, 1877, and with his brother, Charles D. Camp- bell, established the Allen County Republican, which was later consolidated with the Lima Gazette, under, the name of the Lima Republi- can-Gasette, and is now one of the leading journals of the city. Mr. Campbell served in the War of 1861-65, in the Second Independ- ent Battery, O. N. G., Light Artillery. Since March 24, 1904, he has been postmaster at Lima.
Mr. Campbell married Sallie S. Shaw, a daughter of Rev. Joseph Shaw, of Bellefon- taine, Ohio, and they have five children,- Florence, Lillian, Donald D., Beatrice and Dud- ley A. The family home is a comfortable res- idence at No. 622 West North street.
EECH & LEECH, the leading firm of architects at Lima, is composed of two brothers, Charles M. and F. M. Leech, son of William F. Leech, of No. 1015 Rice avenue, Lima. Both were born in Allen County.
William F. Leech, the father, was born in Pennsylvania. For many years he has been a
leading contractor here, and his work is found all over the city, represented by handsome resi- dences and stately buildings. He built the First Congregational Church, and also the Boone Block, the latter a fine example of a well-planned business building. A soldier in the Civil War, he wore the Union blue all through that stormy time as a member of Com- pany F, 14th Reg., Pennsylvania Vol, Inf., with the rank of corporal. Immediately after the close of his honorable service, he came to Lima which has been his place of residence ever since.
FRANK M. LEECH was reared and educated in Allen County and served an apprenticeship to the carpenter's trade. For several years prior to 1896, when his present partnership was. formed, he was in business as a contractor. In 1891 he married Mary T. Hursh, who is a daughter of John Hursh, a large contractor of Mansfield, Ohio. They have two children, Clara and Marjorie. The family belong to Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mr. Leech has served as a member of the official board. Politically he is a Republican, and is a member of the Republican County Central Committee. Fraternally he belongs to the Knights of Pythias and to the Royal Arcanum.
CHARLES M. LEECHI was born in Allen County, June 2, 1866, where he was reared and educated. In 1890 he went to Columbus and while there he was acting superintendent for John Flynn, the architect. In 1893 he began in the architectural line himself, forming a partnership under the firm name of Leech & Thomas, which continued until he came to Lima in 1896 and, in association with his brother, formed the partnership of Leech & Leech. In 1892 he married Olive M. Sherrick, who is a daughter of the late Noah Sherrick, whose father was one of the old pioneers of Allen County. They have one son-Donald. Mr. Leech is an active member of Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a stock- holder in the American Manufacturing Com- pany, of Mattoon. Illinois. Both he and his brother are men of sterling character, depend- able in all business transactions and skilled in their profession.
Since the formation of their firm, the lead-
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ing one of the city, Leech & Leech have drawn the plans and superintended the erection of the Epworth Methodist Episcopal Church, St. Paul's Lutheran Church, the First Evangelical Lutheran Church, the Presbyterian Church at Portland, Ohio; Methodist Episcopal Church at Crestline, Methodist Episcopal Memorial Church at Van Wert, Mount Horeb Church in Van Wert County, South Lima Baptist Church, German Baptist Church at Lima, Wes- ley Methodist Episcopal Chapel near Lima, Disciples' Church at Mannington, West Vir- ginia, and numerous other churches at differ- ent points. Other buildings of various kinds have been erected all over the State, including a town hall at Beaver Dam and one at Lafay- ette. In Lima they have done a great deal of work, recently finishing Dr. Bennett's apart- ment house on West Market street, and have submitted plans for important work in 1906, which will include two or three blocks at Bluff- ton, the hospital for contagious diseases at Lima, and buildings in many of the neighbor- ing counties.
B ENJAMIN L. JAUMAN, senior mem- ber of the undertaking firm of Jauman & Weger, funeral directors and em- balmers, at Delphos, and one of the city's esteemed citizens, was born Au- gust 10, 1876, in Marion township, Allen County, Ohio, and is a son of Anthony and Cresencia (Graf) Jauman.
Anthony Jauman was born in August, 1837, in Germany, and died in Ohio on Thanks- giving Day, 1903, aged 66 years. He was a pioneer of the county and engaged in farming and dairying in Marion township. He came to America shortly after the close of the Civil War and settled in Marion township, Allen County, Ohio, where George Lang's mill and elevator now stand. For 25 years he followed dairying and was one of the best known resi- dents of Marion township, one who was re- garded with general esteem, on account of his honest and upright character. His widow. born in 1842, resides at Delphos. Their eight children are all living.
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German union schools at Delphos, and was 15 years old when he became a clerk for Joseph Krift in the furniture business, some years later going to Defiance, Ohio, where he was em- ployed in the furniture and undertaking lines. He then lived at Lima for two years, engaged in the same business, and while there completed. a course in the Cincinnati College of Embalm- ing. Mr. Jauman then came to Delphos and, in partnership with his brother, Joseph Jau- man, embarked in a furniture and undertaking business, under the firm name of Jauman Brothers, our subject taking charge of the lat- ter branch of the business.
On September 21, 1905, in partnership with Augustus E. Weger, Mr. Jauman purchased the business of H. J. Burgfelt. The style of the firm is now Jauman & Weger. They have well-equipped quarters on Main street, in the" central part of the city. Mr. Weger is also in- terested in the photographic business and de- votes the greater portion of his time to that. branch, while Mr. Jauman is the active mem- ber of the firm in the undertaking line.
Mr. Jauman is a member of the Church of St. John the Evangelist at Delphos. He is con- nected with the Elks and the Knights of Co- lumbus, at Lima, and with the Catholic Knights of Ohio, at Delphos. Both Mr. Jau- man and Mr. Weger are young men of irre- proachable character and are numbered with, the best citizens of Delphos.
ILLIAM R. JONES, a prominent resident of Lima, is a stockholder in a number of oil companies. He . was born May II, 1867, in Steel- ville, Chester County, Pennsyl- vania, and is a son of Emmor S. Jones, who - was formerly a leading contractor of the county named, but is now retired from active life.
The early years of our subject were spent on a farm in his native county, where he later engaged in farming for himself, at the same time buying and selling live-stock, greatly to his pecuniary advantage. In 1889 he came to Lima and immediately secured work with the- Lake Erie & Western Railroad, remaining in:
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the freight department of that road for about nine years. For two years he conducted a grocery store and then resumed work in the railroad office for a short time. Then he and his brother bought the grocery store on the corner of North and Jackson streets, which they conducted under the style of Jones Brothers. Later they disposed of that stock and opened another store in the Masonic Temple, which they sold in 1902. They then invested their money in the oil business, their first venture being in the Beaver Dam field. Mr. Jones is a producer and contractor, with interests in the Cylinder Oil Company, of Joliet, Illinois, whose official board is as follows : Julian Barnes, president; John H. Savage, secretary; and George H. Munroe, treasurer. He is also con- nected with the Eagle Petroleum Company, of Cleveland, Ohio, the officers of which are: T. M. Marks, president; A. P. Hammond, secre- tary ; and H. J. Brooks, treasurer, all of Cleve- land. In addition to having an interest in these organizations, he has charge of the Euclid Oil Company, and the Dr. Charles E. Lawton Company.
Mr. Jones was married November 17, 1893, to Addie M. Johns, daughter of Samuel Johns, of Pulaski County, Indiana. They have two children-Frederick and Mary Helen. Mr. Jones is a member of the Church of Christ and is also affiliated with the Knights of the Macca- bees.
ILLIAM A. CORE owns 52 acres of fine farm land in section 29, Perry township, where he has been a res- ident for several years and has come to be known as one of the progressive agriculturists and reliable, upright citizens of the community. He was born March 25, 1856, in Noble County, Indiana, his parents being William and Mary Ann ( Rog- ers) Core.
William Core, the elder, was born in Penn- sylvania and remained there until he had grown to manhood. when he moved to Logan County, Ohio, and later to Indiana. He engaged in farming in Noble County. Indiana. until 1877. when he came to Allen County and settled on
the farm just south of the one now owned by our subject. Here he carried on farming until his death, which occurred about 1883 at the age of 73 years. His death and that of his wife occurred within the same year. She was form- erly Mary Ann Rogers, daughter of Horace Rogers, of Morrow County, Ohio, and came originally from New York. She was the mother of the following children: Celestia (Shindollar) ; Andrew, who, although under age, joined an Ohio regiment and served three years in the Civil War, taking part in many of the fiercest engagements; Euretta (Schamp) ; Horace; Seymour; Olive ( Fielder) ; William A .; Rufus; Gashum; and Marion.
William A. Core has been a farmer the greater part of his life. When he came to Allen County, a young man of 21 years, he began doing for himself by hiring out by the month as a farm-hand. He was identified with the oil industry for about six years, together with a number of citizens of Lima, but he abandoned that enterprise to give his attention again to agriculture. He rented the O. B. Self- ridge farm which he cultivated about five years, after which he rented the farm of his brother- in-law for five years, and then purchased his present property of Frank Parrott.
Mr. Core was married in 1880 to Mary Lucettie Shockey, a native of Perry township and a daughter of Christopher Shockey. They have two children, Arlie C., who was born Au- gust 2, 1882, and Clarence E., born September 2, 1891. The elder son resides in Lima. He married Myra Brewer who died in Colorado, where she had gone in the hope of regaining her health. Mr. Core is a member of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church. He is a Prohibitionist in politics; but is independent enough to give his support to the best man, regardless of party.
P HILIP JACOB ALTSTAETTER, who resides on the old Altstaetter homestead farm of 160 acres, situated in section 18, Monroe township, was born on this farm August 10, 1861, and is a son of Jacob and Catherine ( Bucher) Altstaetter.
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Frederic and George L. Altstaetter, brothers of our subject-will be found an extended notice of the parents of our subject who were the early founders of the German settlement here, and for many years very prominent residents. Philip Jacob is the 12th in their family of 13 children.
Our subject was reared to plenty of hard work on the home farm, as his father was a man who believed in industry and set the ex- ample. His schooling was obtained in the dis- trict schools and he remained at home until 23 years of age. He then worked at the carpen- ter's trade for two years at Dayton and con- tinued to be thus engaged for some four years after he returned to Allen County. After his marriage, in 1889, he went to Columbus Grove and there first clerked in a dry goods and hard- ware store, and then bought a half interest in a furniture and undertaking business there, which he subsequently sold, returning to the old homestead in 1898. Here he has carried on general farming and stock-raising.
On January 1, 1889, Mr. Altstaetter was married to Emma L. Miller, who was born January 1, 1868, in Monroe township, Allen County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Henry and Mary (Sauer) Miller, natives of Hesse, Ger- many, who accompanied their respective par- ents to America in childhood, the Millers, set- tling in Pennsylvania, and the Sauers in Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Miller had 14 children and the wife of our subject is the third in order of birth. Mr. and Mrs. Altstaetter have eight children, namely: Emil Henry, Gilbert Wil- liam, Clifford Jacob, Mary Catharine, Waldo Emerson, Albert Arthur, Clara Helena and Lena Albertina.
Mr. Altstaetter is a Democrat. He belongs to the Knights of Pythias lodge at Columbus Grove. He has the German's gift of music and is an expert violinist. Among many interest- ing relics in the old homestead, he takes especial pride in a fine violin which was purchased at Antwerp, where he visited in 1885. This violin was made in Italy after the pattern of one fashioned in 1715. The old homestead las numerous examples of the cabinet-making skill of his father and some of the pieces of furni-
ture that were made from rough timber in the pioneer days. He also prizes highly an old family Bible, which is still well-preserved, al- though it was printed in 1745.
AMUEL B. EARLY, a prosperous agriculturist of German township, has been a lifelong resident of Allen County, having been born in Sugar Creek township April 15, 1849. His paternal grandfather came from Germany to America and settled in Rockingham County, Virginia, and it was there Jacob Early, the father of our subject, was born, April 20, 1816. He grew to manhood and was married to Mary Simmons, daughter of John Simmons, also of Rockingham County. About 1839 the family moved to Ohio, and in 1862 became citizens of German township, 'Allen County. A family of seven sons and two daughters were born to them, viz: Noah, Isaac, Abraham, Jonas, John, Jacob, Samuel B., Sarah and Elizabeth. Only four are living, namely : Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Samuel. Abraham, Noah and Jonas served in the Civil War, the last named meeting his death at Stone River in 1863. Noah, who was a private, was severely wounded but lived until October, 1903. Abraham was captured by the Rebels and was still confined in Andersonville at the time of Lee's surrender.
Samuel B. Early was reared and educated in this vicinity and has always been a farmer. He was married in 1870 to Emeline King, daughter of Aaron King, of Logan County, Ohio. This union resulted in the birth of 13 children, viz .: Charles, who married Carrie Irvin, has two children, Eva and Ray, and lives in Van Wert County ; Mittie, who married Jesse Byerly in 1895 and has four children- Lois, Victor, Faith and Dwight ; Mary, who mar- ried Michael Roeder, of Bath township, and is the mother of five children-Edith, Dale, Irene, Don and an infant; Dean; Schuyler; Sarah, John; Zelma; Russell; Jacob; Schula and two that died in infancy. Mrs. Early died May 14. 1896, and our subject was again married. in November, 1899, to Elizabeth Wenger, of Au-
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gusta County, Virginia, and they have two chil- dren: Carrie Beatrice and Fleeta Christine. Mr. Early is a trustee of the German Baptist Church, of Bath township, of which he is a member.
ESSE GUY HONNELL, M. D. The death of Dr. Jesse G. Honnell, on July 13, 1898, removed from Allen County one of its pioneer physicians and uni- versally valued citizens. Dr. Honnell was born in Greene County, Pennsylvania, January 9, 1831, and was a son of William and Ellen Honnell.
Jesse G. Honnell was one of a large family, his parents rearing 12 children. No family in his section displayed more notable patriotism during the Civil War, than did the sons of Wil- liam Honnell. One brother of Dr. Honnell, Capt. T. C. Honnell, served through the war ; another, Rev. William Honnell, was chaplain of a regiment during the war, and a third, Rainey Honnell, was taken prisoner on the field of battle and his young life went out in Andersonville Prison.
Jesse G. Honnell was about six years old when his parents came to Ohio and settled at Sidney, in Shelby County, where he remained until 21 years of age. He obtained his literary education in the local schools and prepared for medical college by reading with a physician at Sidney, after which he entered the Cleveland Medical College, where he was graduated when 24 years of age. He practiced for about a year near Port Jefferson. In 1855 he married and with his bride came to Allen County, locat- ing at Beaver Dam, where he was the only physician for a long time. This being the case, his practice was of the most exhausting kind, entailing much riding over the country and loss of rest and sleep in his efforts to respond to calls for his medical care. He was beloved and honored and, when five years prior to his death, his failing health made retirement from the profession necessary, he was followed into pri- vate life by the love and gratitude of those whom he had faithfully served for almost 40 years. During this time he had accumulated a competency and had invested in farming
lands, owning at the time of his death a farm of 43 acres, on which Mrs. Honnell still resides, and one of 160 acres north of the village, on which he had a tenant installed ..
Dr. Honnell was married October 30, 1855, at Piqua, Miami County, Ohio, to Amelia C. Clark, who was born April 25, 1834, in Liv- ingston County, New York, her parents being Rev. E. W. and Mary P. (Stiles) Clark, both of whom were born in New York. The father of Mrs. Honnell was a Baptist clergyman. He was one of a large family, having nine brothers and five sisters. Dr. and Mrs. Honnell had six children, as follows: Estella, who is the wife of Henry Shull, of Beaver Dam; Carrie, who is the wife of Clayton Hobart, of Detroit; Annie, who is the wife of James E. Marshall, of Chi- cago; Mary F., who died in infancy ; Jessie C., who died aged 17 years ; and Eugene Guy, who resides on the farm with his mother.
Dr. Honnell was a man who took a deep. interest in his community and who kept well informed concerning current events. In early life he was a Democrat, later became a Prohi- bitionist; but was never what might be called a politician; in fact he was inclined to vote in- dependently, turning his influence toward the candidate who in his judgment would most efficiently perform the duties required. For about 40 years he was an active member of the Presbyterian Church at Rockport. He is still recalled by his fellow-citizens with the greatest respect and esteem.
AMES A. JACOBS, a prominent agri- culturist of Perry township, residing in section 21, was born in Clinton County, Ohio, March 4, 1833, and is a representative of one of the oldest families in the State, the family having located in Warren County in 1802. His parents were John P. and Elizabeth (Hazard) Jacobs, and his grandparents were Jehu and, Eliz- abeth (Kreitser) Jacobs. The Jacobs fam- ily were founded in America during early colonial days when the first ancestor came from England during the time of William Penn and settled in Pennsylvania. The Jacobs
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were Quakers in religion and lived in what was afterwards Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Here the great-grandfather, John Jacobs, was born during the latter part of the 18th century. He was a soldier of the Revolution and in 1812 located in Miami County, Ohio, where he lived until his death at the ripe old age of 95 years.
Jehu Jacobs was also a native of Pennsyl- vania while his wife, Elizabeth Kreitser, was from Holland. They came to Warren County, Ohio, in 1802, before the State had been ad- mitted into the Union, and located on part of the land owned by Governor Morrow, of Ohio. This land was little more than a wilderness which had to be cleared before any farming could be done. They were industrious and per- severing and, although they began life poor, they accumulated considerable means during their lives. Their children were Eliza, Samuel, John P., Ann, Samuel and James J. The last named, who is an esteemed resident of Lima, is the only member of the family living.
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