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In a home of culture and refinement where full recognition was accorded the value of intellectual progress as well as of activity in business, P. M. Culler was reared. He attended the public schools and was also thoroughly trained in the work of the fields so that he was well qualified to engage in farming on his own account when he started in business for himself after attaining his majority. He now cultivates one hundred and thirty-eight acres on section 36, Mifflin township, having there an excellent farm in the midst of which are good build- ings and all modern improvements and accessories of a model farm of the twentieth century. The latest improved machinery is used to facilitate the work of the fields, the buildings are commodious and substantial and altogether the farm gives evidence, in its fine appearance, of the prosperity and progressive spirit of the owner. On the 11th of March, 1880, Mr. Culler was married to Miss Margaret V. Scott, who was born in Vermillion township, January 23, 1855, a daughter of David and Margaret (Gray) Scott, the former a native of Colum- biana county, Ohio, and the latter of Ireland. They were for many years residents of Ashland county where they passed away. Unto Mr. and Mrs.
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Culler were born but two children, and the younger, Mary Margaret, died at the age of three years. The surviving son is Ralph W. The parents are members of the Mount Zion Lutheran church, in which they take an active and helpful interest, contributing generously to its support and doing all in their power to promote its influence. Politically Mr. Culler is a republican, unfaltering in his advocacy to the party principles. He holds to high standards of manhood and citizenship, is a broad-minded, intelligent man and is honored and respected wherever known and most of all where best known ..
JOHN HARVEY VAN HORN.
John Harvey Van Horn, who devotes his time and energies to the pursuits of general farming and stock raising, was born on a farm situated a mile and a half southeast of Perrysville, in Green township, Ashland county, Ohio, on the 2d of May, 1854, his parents being Silas and Rebecca Jane (Byers) Van Horn. His paternal grandparents were John and Katharine (McKinley) Van Horn, who came to Ashland county from Jefferson county, Ohio, in 1814, being among the first settlers in this section of the state. The grandfather entered a tract of land on section 33, Green township, on which he spent his remaining days. His children were as follows: Peter, William, John, Silas, James, Mary and Eliza Anna, deceased.
Silas Van Horn, the father of our subject, was born in Green township, January 8, 1821, and passed away here April 28, 1856, having spent his entire life on the farm on which his birth occurred. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Rebecca Jane Byers, was likewise a native of this county, having been born on the farm on which John Harvey Van Horn now resides, her natal day being April 28, 1823. Her parents, James and Eleanor (Caldwell) Byers, were both natives of Washington county, Pennsylvania, the former born March 17, 1787, and the latter on the 29th of January, 1790. They were married in the Keystone state on January 14, 1817, and in 1820 made their way to Ashland county, Ohio, locating on the farm on section 23, Green township, on which Mr. Van Horn of this review now makes his home, it having never left posses- sion of the family. James Byers first came alone to this county and entered one hundred and sixty acres of land, which he cleared and also built a cabin thereon, afterward returning to Pennsylvania for his wife and children, whom he brought to the little home which he had prepared for them in this pioneer region. On the farm which he had entered from the government both he and his wife spent the remainder of their lives, Mr. Byers being called to his final rest September 20, 1870, while Mrs. Byers survived until June 20, 1886, when she, too, passed away. Their family numbered ten children, five of whom died in early life, the others being: John A., now deceased; Rebecca Jane; Mary Ann, who makes her home with John H. Van Horn; James Smiley, who has also passed away, and Margaret Eleanor Coe, of Worthington township, Rich- land county. Mrs. Van Horn, the mother of our subject, likewise died on the farm which her father had entered from the government and on which her son,
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MR. AND MRS. J. H. VAN HORN
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John H. Van Horn, now resides, her demise occurring September 28, 1899. She had become the mother of three children, namely: Nancy E., who has passed away; John Harvey, whose name initiates this review; and Anna, who died in infancy.
John Harvey Van Horn was but two years of age when his father died and he was then taken by his mother to the farm of her parents, on which he con- tinued to make his home until the time of his marriage. Subsequent to that important event in his life he returned to the place on which his birth occurred, there residing until 1888, when he took up his abode on the farm on section 23, Green township, which has since remained his home. The property comprises
one hundred and sixty acres of rich and productive land, one-half of which belongs to his aunt, Miss Mary Byers, who lives with him. He also owns ninety acres of the farm on which he was born and is successfully engaged in general farming and stock raising, both branches of his business returning to him a gratifying annual income. He has been vice president and director of the First National Bank of Loudonville since its organization and is numbered among the substantial and worthy native sons of this county.
Mr. Van Horn has been married twice. On the 30th of November, 1881, he wedded Miss Geneva Ayers, whose birth occurred in Green township in 1852, her parents being Isaac and Sarah Ayers. She passed away in December, 1896, and on the 21st of December, 1898, Mr. Van Horn was again married, his second union being with Luella Appleman, who was born in Shreve, Wayne county, Ohio, June 16, 1878. Her parents, Robert Simpson and Julia Love (Lynn) Appleman, were natives of Wayne county, Ohio, and the father is still living at Wooster but the mother is deceased. Unto Mr. Van Horn and his second wife have been born four children, as follows: John Harold, whose birth occurred May 29, 1900; Mary Bernice, born March 8, 1903; Robert Lynn, who was born July 18, 1906; and Mabel Jeannette, whose natal day was October 22, 1908.
In his political views Mr. Van Horn is a stanch republican and is now serv- ing as school director, the cause of education finding in him a stalwart champion. He is likewise an elder in the Presbyterian church at Loudonville, in the work of which he is actively and helpfully interested. He has an extensive circle of friends throughout the community in which his entire life has been spent and is a worthy representative of two of the prominent early families of Ashland county, having fully sustained the honorable reputation which they bore.
SAMUEL S. CASNER.
Samuel S. Casner is successfully engaged in the cultivation of a farm of sixty-nine acres which he owns on section 24, Green township, situated three miles north of Loudonville on the Ashland road. His father, Frederick Casner, who was a native of Pennsylvania, was reared near Mount Pleasant, that state, and subsequently accompanied his parents on their removal to Bethany, West Virginia, both his father and mother there passing away. A
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miller by trade, he followed that occupation at various places, and when twenty- seven years of age he was married in Canal Dover, Ohio, to Miss Sarah A. Benner, a native of that town. Subsequently Frederick Casner removed with his family to Fredericksburg, Wayne county, there conducting a mill for some years, after which he lived in various localities but in 1882 took up his abode on a farm of sixty-nine acres on section 24, Green township, on which he spent his remaining days. His political allegiance was unfalteringly given to the demo- cratic party and he was a public-spirited citizen, lending his aid and influence to every movement and measure instituted for the general welfare. He was very fond of reading, possessed a remarkable memory and, though not identified' with any religious denomination, was an eager Bible student. His demise occurred in August, 1905, when he had attained the venerable age of ninety-two years and six months, while his wife had been called to the home beyond in 1888, at the age of sixty-two years.
Unto this worthy couple were born fourteen children, seven sons and seven daughters, namely: John, a resident of Huntington, Indiana; Clarinda, the wife of Dr. I. E. Lawrence, of Columbia City, Indiana; Fred, who passed away in infancy in Canal Dover; Susan, the wife of J. W. Murphy, of Green township; Violet, who lives with her brother, Samuel S., on the old homestead place in Green township; James, who went to Colorado twenty-eight years ago to engage in mining and has never been heard from since; George, who makes his home in Holmes county, Ohio; Mary, the wife of Dr. E. L. Eberhart, of South Whitley, Indiana; William, also a resident of South Whitley, Indiana; Joseph, of Colum- bia City, Indiana; Samuel S., who resides on the old home farm in Green town- ship with his sister Violet; Ella, who died in infancy; and Lovenia and Lizzie, who passed away in childhood.
As before stated, Samuel S. Casner still remains on the old home farm, to the improvement and development of which he devotes his time and energies. HIe raises the cereals best adapted to soil and climate, so that rich harvests annually reward his efforts and he is numbered among the representative and prosperous agriculturists of the community. Both he and his sister Violet, who lives with him, are well known throughout the locality and have gained the warm regard and esteem of those with whom they have come in contact.
EMIL LAMPRECHT.
Emil Lamprecht is a well known florist of Ashland whose present success has largely been acquired since he came to this city nine years ago. He was born in Germany in 1872 and is a son of Constantine and Magdalena (Golling) Lamprecht, both of whom were natives of the fatherland. The son came to America in 1886 when a youth of fourteen years, at once making his way to the its opportunities. These proved to him an irresistable attraction and though state of Ohio. He had acquired his education in the schools of Germany and in his youthful days he heard interesting reports concerning the new world and he had no money with which to enable him to make a start in the United States
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he crossed the Atlantic, possessed of firm determination to win success if it could be accomplished by persistent and honorable labor. He had very limited capital, and that was saved from his earnings, when he came to Ashland nine years ago. He has since engaged in business here as a florist, starting on a small scale but gradually increasing his interests until now he has about nine thousand feet under glass. His business is showing substantial annual growth and indicates what can be accomplished through good management, energy and well applied industry. He has the only retail business of the kind in Ashland where he has a large sale for cut flowers and plants, his trade continually in- creasing. In addition to his business he also owns a good home in Ashland and is now in prosperous circumstances. His brother, August C., is connected with him in this enterprise, under the firm style of Lamprecht Brothers. He came to America eight years in advance of Emil, who was also a florist. They com- bined their interests in 1900 and have since been associated in the upbuilding and promotion of their present enterprise. August Lamprecht was married in 1894 to Miss Anna Cost.
In 1904 Emil Lamprecht was united in marriage to Miss Catharine Maud Keister, who was born in Ashland county, Ohio, in 1884. They now have an interesting little daughter, Thelma Margaret, born in 1905. Since coming to the United States Mr. Lamprecht has made two trips back to his old home, visit- ing his mother who is still living in Germany, at the age of seventy-three years. While he has a natural love for the land of his birth he regards America as the better place of residence and has the deepest attachment for this country. and its institutions.
JAMES J. WELSH.
James J. Welsh, a well known and popular real-estate dealer of Loudonville, was born on a farm in Green township, Ashland county, Ohio, March 20, 1870. His parents, Patrick and Mary (Hartelney) Welsh, natives of county Limerick, Ireland, came direct to this county in 1849, shortly after their marriage. The father followed railroading for about seventeen years but spent the greater part of his life on the farm which he owned in Green township, remaining a respected and worthy resident of Ashland county until called to his final rest. Unto him and his wife were born seven children who reached maturity, namely : Catharine and Margaret, both of whom are now deceased; Samuel, who is acting as principal of the school at Perrysville; Elizabeth, the widow of H. B. Case, of Loudonville; Ella M., the wife of Captain J. B. Ferguson, of Cambridge, Ohio; Mary A., the wife of J. C. F. Wallace, of Green township; and James J., of this review.
The last named remained with his parents on the old homestead farm in Green township until eighteen years of age, dividing his time between the work of the fields and the mastery of the lessons assigned him at the district school. When eighteen years of age he entered the Ada Normal College, where he spent two and a half years and subsequently taught for ten winter terms in the
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district schools of Green township, imparting clearly and readily to others the knowledge that he had acquired. During the summer seasons his attention was devoted to general agricultural pursuits. Subsequent to his marriage he removed to a farm of two hundred and forty acres in Green township, which had been given to his wife by her father, and successfully conducted the place for ten years. In November, 1907, however, he took up his abode in Loudon- ville, erecting his present residence on South Water street. On the 1st of January, 1909, he established himself in the real-estate business in Loudonville, where he has since carried on his operations with a gratifying measure of success, being a man of excellent executive ability and keeping well informed on realty values. He still retains and manages the farm of two hundred and forty acres and also another tract of eighty acres, which he purchased in 1904.
In September, 1896, Mr. Welsh was united in marriage to Miss Nancy Idella Garst, a native of Mohican township, Ashland county, Ohio, and a daughter of John and Margaret ( Wallace) Garst. The father, who was a native of Alsace-Lorraine, came to this county in childhood days and passed away in Mohican township in 1904, when he had attained the age of eighty-four years. His wife, who was born in Green township, this county, and there resided until the time of her marriage, also passed away in Mohican township. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Welsh have been born three children: John Garst, Alice Lenore and Paul Herbert.
A stalwart democrat in his political views, Mr. Welsh has served as assessor of Green township for two terms, discharging his official duties with promptness and fidelity. He and the members of his family belong to the Presbyterian church of Loudonville and are widely and favorably known throughout the county in which they have spent their entire lives. He has attained a creditable measure of prosperity for one of his years, and his laudable ambition and his determination prompts him to put forth an effort which insures larger successes in the future.
GEORGE SCHROLL.
Jeromeville numbers among its citizens several who in former years were closely identified with agricultural interests, but are now living retired. To this class belongs George Schroll, whose business record was at all times com- mendable while his success was gratifying. He carefully managed his interests and in developing the fields annually produced good harvests whereby his prosperity was increased year by year. He was born in Milton township, Ashland county, Ohio, December 1, 1846, and is the fourth in order of birth in a family of seven children, whose parents were David and Nancy (Layman) Schroll, both of whom were natives of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, born in the year 1812. They resided there through the period of childhood and youth, were married in their native county, and in 1837 came to Ashland county, locating on a farm, where the birth of their son George occurred and where they made their home until called to their final rest. The death of David
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Schroll occurred in 1877, while his wife passed away in 1882. They were the parents of seven children: Mrs. Barbara Scheffler and Jacob, both deceased ; David, who is living in Macon county, Illinois; George, of this review; John, a resident of Decatur, Illinois; Henry, residing in Storm Lake, Iowa; and William, whose home is in Wabash county, Indiana.
George Schroll has spent his entire life in this county and resided at the place of his birth until his marriage. He is indebted to the public school system for the educational privileges he enjoyed and in the periods of vacation he was early trained to the work of the farm, becoming familiar with the best methods of cultivating the crops. Following his marriage he resided for two years in Sullivan, and since that time has made his home in Mohican township. In early manhood he learned the carpenter's trade which he followed until his marriage, but immediately afterward gave his attention to general agricultural pursuits. However, his knowledge of carpentering and joining proved of great value to him, enabling him to keep everything upon his place in excellent condition.
It was on the 23d of May, 1869. that Mr. Schroll was united in marriage to Miss Susan Walker, who was born in Plain township, Wayne county, Ohio, April 19, 1846, and is a daughter of Daniel and Mary (Swiekard) .Walker. The father's birth occurred in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and the mother was born in Washington county, of the same state. They came to Ohio with their respective parents in their childhood days. were married here and spent the remainder of their lives in Wayne and Ashland counties. Mr. Walker died at the age of sixty-five years, while his wife passed away when seventy years of age. Their family numbered nine children, of whom one died in infancy while the others are: Mrs. Sarah Jane Wells, of Richland county, Ohio ; Mrs. Schroll; Samuel, residing near Aslıland; Cyrus, deceased; Daniel, living in South Dakota; Mary and Harrison, both of whom died in childhood; and Elmer, living in Chicago.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Schroll was blessed with eight children. The first two, Ivadore and Isadore, were twins. The former is the wife of John Glenn, of Mohican township, and the latter is the wife of John Knapp, also of Mohican township. Agnes, the third member of the family, married David Ficker, of Mohican township. Harley follows farming in the same township. Stella became the wife of Ben Baker and died September 12, 1908, at the age of twenty-eight years, leaving two children. Zellah, a twin sister of Stella, died at the age of nine months. Grace is the wife of Ed Leader, of Ashland, and Joy is at home.
Following his marriage Mr. Schroll continued to engage in farming until about fifty-six years of age, when he retired and removed to Jeromeville, where he now makes his home. In his political views he is a democrat, interested in the welfare and success of his party and although he has never been a politician in the sense of office seeking he served for six years as trustee of Mohican town- ship and has been a member of the school board in Jeromeville for twenty-five years. He has lived in the one school district for thirty-five years and the cause of education has ever found in him a stalwart champion. He likewise belongs to the Lutheran church, of Jeromeville, and his influence and aid are
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ever given on the side of progress, improvement and advancement. His life record illustrates the force of business activity guided by sound judgment, for with the passing years his well directed labors brought him the comfortable competence that now enables him to live retired.
THOMAS HOLLINGER.
Thomas Hollinger, always identified with general agricultural pursuits, has resided since 1872 upon the farm on which he now lives. on section 10, Mohican township. It is a splendid tract of land of two hundred and fifty-six acres, highly cultivated, and it lies within three-quarters of a mile of his birth place. His natal day was March 28, 1848, his parents being Jacob and Sarah (Brown) Hollinger. His grandparents were Isaac and Susannah (Bott) Hollinger, who were natives of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and arrived in Ohio in 1812. Both spent their remaining days here. Isaac Hollinger passed away in 1826 while his wife survived for forty years and died in 1866. Their only child was Jacob Hollinger, the father of our subject. His birth occurred July 22, 1821, in the same house in which Thomas Hollinger was born. He died in 1852 at the age of thirty-two years, but his son Thomas was but four years of age. He had married Sarah Brown, who was born in Canandaigua county, New York, in 1818, and came here with her parents when eight years of age. She was a daughter of Thomas and Susan (Sowers) Brown, natives of county Cork, Ireland. Thomas Brown came to America in 1800 when eighteen years of age and was married in New York. He died at the very venerable age of ninety-seven years, while his wife passed away in 1852. They were the parents of five sons and five daughters, including Mrs. Sarah Hollinger, who long sur- vived her husband and was called to her final rest in January, 1905. There were three daughters in the family, all older than the subject of this review, namely: Susannah, now living in Mohican township; Elizabeth, the wife of J. M. Gill, of Jeromeville; and Rhoda, the wife of Jacob Clippinger, of Jerome- ville. She was twice married, her first husband having been Solomon Garn.
Thomas Hollinger has always resided in Mohican township. The county schools afforded him his educational privileges and he was trained to the work of the farm by his mother. Since 1872, or from the age of twenty-four years, he has lived on the place which is now his home. He owns two hundred and fifty-six acres of rich and productive land, all in one body, has three sets of build- ings upon it and has two tenants. His land lies in sections 10, 3 and 4, Mohican township, his home being on section 10. Here he carries on general farming and stock raising, always keeping good grades of stock, while his farm in the various departments of work presents a neat and thrifty appearance. In ad- dition to carrying on his agricultural interests Mr. Hollinger has settled a half dozen estates, being entrusted with considerable important business of that character. He was also receiver for the Glass estate which for over seven years was in litigation.
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Mr. Hollinger has been married twice. In 1869 he wedded Sophronia Beard, who was born in Plain township, Wayne county, Ohio, in 1847 and died in 1882. She was a daughter of Alfred Beard and at her death she left three children : Estella, now the wife of Almond Austin, of Mohican township; Alfred, at home; and Esther, the wife of L. C. Ebright, of Ashland. Having lost his first wife Mr. Hollinger was married in 1885 to Miss Sarah Elizabeth Clippinger, a native of Pennsylvania.
In his political views Mr. Hollinger has been a life-long republican. He was three times nominated for the office of sheriff but was defeated, for the county is strongly democratic, there never being but one republican sheriff in the history of the county. He belongs to the Brick Bethel church and is one
of the holders in trust of the Church of God. He serves as its deacon and trustee and is greatly interested in all of the church work. For the past forty years Mr. Hollinger has kept a diary and can tell what he has done each day in all that length of time. The little volume also contains reference to many important events of this locality which have had bearing upon the history of the community. He has lived in the same neighborhood for more than six decades and has therefore been a witness of many of the events which have shaped its history and molded its policy. He is well known as an enterprising farmer who manifests a spirit of progress in all that he does and by his well directed efforts has won substantial success.
JAMES B. NELSON.
James B. Nelson, a worthy representative of an old pioneer family of Ash- land county, is successfully carrying on general agricultural pursuits in Milton township, on the farm which has always been his home. He was born on the 7th of November, 1856, a son of Scott and Rose Ann (Wells) Nelson.
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