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Unto Mr. and Mrs. Hawk have been born seven children: William W., who is living on his father's farm in Sharon township; Edgar, who resides upon the old home place; Burton, who is living on one of his father's farms
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in Jackson township; George, who is also living on one of his father's farms; Daisy Elizabeth, the wife of John C. Kerr, of Shelby; Clara S., at home; and one who died in infancy.
Mr. Hawk exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the republican party, but has never sought office for himself. He is a member of the Lutheran church and his religious faith has been a guide in life, prompting his honorable relations with his fellowmen. The secret of his success lies no more in his persistency of purpose and his unfaltering energy than in his irreproachable business integrity. He has now passed the Psalmist's span of three score years and ten, but is still a very active man, and in spirit and interests seems much younger. His strong traits of char- acter are those which in every land and clime evidence a good will, and the success which he has achieved, and the public-spirited interests which he has taken in community affairs make him one of the representative residents of this part of the state.
MARTIN TOUBY.
Martin Touby, who is meeting with a large degree of success in the con- duct of his farming interests in Washington township, was born near Butler, Ohio, in Worthington township, June 24, 1857, his parents being John and Anna C. (Kochheiser) Touby, the former born in Germany in 1827 and the latter on the 1st of January, 1831. The father accompanied his parents on their emigration to the new world about 1846 or 1847, the family home being established in Washington township, Richland county, Ohio.
In 1849, John Touby, attracted by the discovery of gold on the Pacific coast, was grub staked and sent to California. After an absence of eighteen months he returned home, and after settling accounts with the man who had staked him, he discovered that he had six hundred dollars left. With this sum he purchased a farm east of Bellville, which he operated for three years and then sold, coming thence to Washington township. Here he bought a tract of one hundred and twelve acres, which he disposed of, however, after a period of five years and then purchased one hundred and forty acres, later adding forty more acres to the place. Later he bought one hundred and twenty-one acres on the Pleasant Valley road, and subsequently acquired a tract of twenty acres more on the same road. Here he spent the remainder of his life, his death occurring on the 7th of January, 1889. He was highly esteemed in the community, and held a number of public positions of trust and responsibility. His religious faith was indicated by his membership in the Evangelical church, with which his wife is also identified, the latter now making her home in Mansfield, Ohio. Unto Mr. and Mrs. John Touby were born five children: Louisa C., the wife of John Remy, of Washington town- ship; Mary, deceased; Martin, of this review; Mrs. Catherine Garver, living in Mansfield, Ohio; and Albert C., of Washington township.
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Martin Touby acquired his education in the district schools and remained under the parental roof until the time of his marriage, when he began farming on his father-in-law's place. He now owns one hundred and fifteen acres of well improved land on section 30, Washington township, his farm being equipped with all modern accessories and conveniences. He has a commodious, attractive and up-to-date pressed-brick residence, the interior finishings being in oak, and has likewise erected large and substantial out- buildings for the shelter of grain and stock. He is a man of untiring indus- try and excellent business ability, and is well known and esteemed as one of the progressive and enterprising agriculturists of the community.
On the 31st of January, 1884, Mr. Touby was united in the holy bonds of matrimony to Miss Mary Schindler, whose birth occurred in Washington township, March 15, 1860. Her father, Christian Schindler, is mentioned on another page of this volume. Unto this marriage have been born three children : Archibald A., Marie L. and Otto Leroy, all of whom are at home.
Mr. Touby gives his political allegiance to the men and measures of the democracy, and has served his fellow townsmen in various positions of public trust. He and his family are all members of the Evangelical church, and they have gained an extensive circle of friends throughout the locality, the hospitality of the best homes being freely accorded them.
DANIEL S. FAULKNER.
Daniel S. Faulkner, living in Plymouth township, was there born July 24, 1844, and has always followed farming. He is the son of George and Julia (Green) Faulkner. His father was born in Lincolnshire, England, in 1806, and when twenty-seven years of age came alone to the new world. He worked as a laborer until he was married, in 1837, after which he spent his remaining days as a farmer in Plymouth township, where he died in February, 1890. He prospered in his undertakings and at one time was the owner of about three hundred acres of land. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Pleasant Grove and a man whom to know was to esteem and honor. His wife was born in Licking county, Ohio, in 1813, and died in this county at the age of seventy-five years. She came here in 1816 with her parents, William and Martha (Staunton) Faulkner. They settled in this township when it was a wild and unimproved district, theirs being one of the first three white families of the locality. Indians were numerous in the neighborhood and many other evidences of frontier life were to be seen.
In the Faulkner family were seven children: William, who is now farm- ing in Auburn township, Crawford county; Martha, who died at the age of sixteen years ; Daniel S .; George, a fruit grower of California; Mary, the wife of Samuel Gutshall, of this township; Caroline, the wife of Harry Lee, of the same township; and Julia, who died in infancy.
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Daniel S. Faulkner was reared to farm life and has always carried on the work of tilling the soil. He now farms one hundred and seventy acres, and since the spring of 1871 has lived on this place, which formerly belonged to his father. In 1883 he built his present fourteen-room house of brick, it being one of the finest homes in the countryside. He also has a fine large barn which he built, the dimensions of which are forty by seventy-six feet. He raises both grain and stock and is meeting with success in his undertakings. He has also been the owner of a farm of six hundred and forty acres in southern California for about ten years.
In 1870 Mr. Faulkner was married to Miss Mary A. De Witt, who was born in Williams county, Ohio, May 8, 1850, and died July 4, 1907. She was but six years of age at the time of her father's death and but eight years old when her mother passed away. By her marriage she became the mother of four children: Rhuie, the wife of James Major, of Plymouth township; Jennie, the wife of Charles Eggner, living on her father's farm; Roy, at home; and Rolin, who was a twin brother of Roy and died in infancy.
In politics Mr. Faulkner is a democrat. He belongs to the Grand Army post at Shelby, being entitled to membership therein from the fact that on the 2d day of May, 1864, he enlisted as a member of Company F, One Hun- dred and Sixty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was sent to Washington with the Army of the Potomac and was in no engagements, being on detached service. He remained at the front for one hundred days. He is well known as a representative farmer of the community and one who is meeting with creditable success in his undertakings.
MAGNUS DOUGLAS FRAZIER.
Magnus Douglas Frazier, manager for the Shield Publishing Company at Mansfield, was born in Charleston, West Virginia, January 17, 1852. His parents were Thomas James and Eliza (Manor) Frazier, the former a native of Philadelphia and the latter of Frederick county, Virginia. The father was a tailor by trade, but becoming crippled, he did not follow that pursuit longer, and was made superintendent of a plantation. At the time of the Civil war, during the boyhood days of M. D. Frazier, the family lived at Harper's Ferry. His elder brother was a confederate soldier, but the father was in sympathy with the Union cause, and after the rebels had been driven away from Harper's Ferry, Mr. M. D. Frazier hoisted the first Union flag. his father assisting him to climb on to the roof of the house, and there tack up the stars and stripes before the enemy was out of sight. Mr. Frazier is also the only man left in this vicinity who witnessed the hanging of John Brown.
Mr. Frazier was but ten years of age when his mother died. He acquired his education in a country school and in early life learned the carpenter's trade, at which he worked in Charleston until eighteen years of age. He afterward went to Martinsburg, Ohio, and in 1874 became a resident of Mans- field, where he followed carpentering for two years. Subsequently he spent
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nine years in the employ of the Brown Manufacturing Company, which he represented for a year in Texas. The company desired him to return to the Lone Star state the following year, but not wishing to do so Mr. Frazier resigned his position. He then took charge of the circulation department for the Zanesville Signal, and at the close of one year was made assistant business manager, which position he filled for five years. He was then appointed business manager and continued to act in that capacity for seven years. On the 1st of June, 1900, he arrived in Mansfield, and has continuously acted as general manager for the Shield Publishing Company from that time to the present, the success of the paper being attributable in no small degree to his business enterprise and excellent executive ability.
In 1882 Mr. Frazier was married to Miss Clementine Virginia Holmes, of Zanesville, Ohio, a daughter of Jesse Holmes, a farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Frazier attend the Presbyterian church and he gives his political support to the demo- cratic party. Socially he is an Elk, an Odd Fellow, a Knight of Pythias and he likewise belongs to a golf club, being interested in all manly outdoor sports. There has been nothing spectacular in his career, on the contrary it has been marked by a slow yet steady progress, and his advancement has resulted from the wise use of his opportunities and his ability.
JAMES C. FINNEY.
James C. Finney is the owner of a good farm of forty-six acres in Madi- son township, Richland county, Ohio. Almost his entire life has been devoted to general agricultural pursuits and he is careful in the management and progressive in his methods of farm work. Moreover, he deserves mention in this volume from the fact that he is one of the native sons of the township in which he resides and has, therefore, been a witness of its growth and develop- ment for seventy-five years, his memory forming a connecting link between the primitive past and the progressive present. His natal day was May 22, 1833, and his parents were Thomas and Nancy (Cuberson) Finney, both of whom were born in Ohio. The father's birth occurred in 1795, and in 1826 he came to Richland county, Ohio, arriving with an ax upon his shoulder and an extra shirt tied up in a handkerchief. This was the extent of his baggage. He was, however, a young man imbued with determination and resolute purpose, resolving that he would establish for himself a good home upon the frontier. He entered from the government a tract of land on section 30, Madison township, which was covered with a dense growth of timber. With characteristic energy he began clearing away the trees and soon erected a little log cabin, eighteen by twenty feet, with a clapboard roof and a puncheon floor and door. It contained but one small window, and this had four little panes of glass, six by six inches. It was an arduous task that confronted him in his efforts to hew out a farm in the midst of the forest, but the first year he cleared about two and a half acres of land. The following spring, 1827, he returned to Belmont county, Ohio, where his birth had occurred, and there
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he was married. With his bride he again came to Richland county in the same year, and they were soon installed in the little home which he had prepared, taking up their abode there in the month of May. Mr. Finney was soon busy planting corn and potatoes that he might raise a crop which would fur- nish them with something for the table. He then resolutely took up the work of clearing the farm, making rails and building fences, and as time passed the trees were cut down, the stumps grubbed up and the brush cleared away, and where once stood the forest trees, fine fields of grain were seen. He continued to carry on farming there until his death, which occurred in 1858, while his wife survived until 1871, and was then laid to rest by his side in the cemetery in Mansfield, Ohio. Thus passed away two of the worthy and honored pioneer residents of the county. At the time of their arrival, their nearest market was Huron, a distance of sixty-five miles, and thither Mr. Finney took the produce which he raised. He had served as a soldier of the war of 1812, under Captain Harrison. Later he fought the battles of pioneer life, and the struggle with the wilderness was often stern and unfor- bidding, but his determination and perseverance at length enabled him to come off conqueror in the strife. His family numbered six children : Margaret and Mary, deceased; James C .; Agnes, the wife of William Ralston, of Tennessee ; Elizabeth, living in Indiana; and Joseph, deceased.
James C. Finney remained at home until after his father's death. In early boyhood he was a pupil in the public schools and when not busy with his text-books worked in the fields, assisting in the difficult task of clearing the land and cultivating the crops. Following his father's demise he took charge of the farm and later purchased thirty-six acres of the old homestead, to which he has since added a tract of ten acres, so that he now has a good farm of forty-six acres. Although other pursuits have at times claimed his attention, he has given his energies mostly to general agricultural work.
In October, 1859, Mr. Finney was married to Elizabeth A. Lindley, who was born in this county in 1834 and is a daughter of Samuel and Sarah Lindley, in whose family were three children: Caroline and William, both now deceased; and Mrs. Finney. Unto our subject and his wife have been born a daughter and son: Clara and Owen, both at home.
Following his marriage, Mr. Finney followed farming for four years and then removed to Mansfield, Ohio, where he was engaged in the machinery business for six months. He then returned to the farm, whereon he now resides. He was also a traveling salesman for four years and then, leaving the road, gave uninterrupted attention to his agricultural pursuits. In 1889 he was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, who died on the 27th of February, of that year, her death being the occasion of deep regret to many friends.
The family are all members of the Presbyterian church and have led earnest, consistent Christian lives. Mr. Finney is a republican in politics and though he has never sought nor desired political office, he has served as school director for several years. His interest in the welfare of the community has been manifest in many ways, and his efforts in behalf of public progress have at all times been effective and far-reaching. There are few of the
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native sons of Richland county who have so long resided within its borders or have more intimate knowledge of its history than has Mr. Finney, and as a worthy pioneer we gladly present this record of his life to our readers.
WILLIAM H. FOLLIN.
William H. Follin, who carries on general agricultural pursuits on section 2, Washington township, was born in Perry township, Richland county, July 23, 1837, a son of Daniel and Hannah (Ewers) Follin. The father was born in Loudoun county, Virginia, while his demise occurred in this county in 1877, when he had attained the age of eighty years. His wife, whose birth occurred in Fairfax county, Virginia, also passed away in this county in 1858, when fifty-eight years of age. Of the nine children born to this union three survive, namely: John G., who is engaged in the practice of medi- cine at Plymouth, Illinois; Eden E., who likewise resides in Plymouth, Illi- nois; and William H., of this review. After the death of his first wife Daniel Follin wedded Miss Rebecca Hirst, by whom he had six children, two dying in infancy. The others are: Charles S., of Perry township; Elmer E., who makes his home in Kansas; Florin A., a lawyer of Cleveland, Ohio; and Mrs. Eleanor Bateman, living in Fredericktown, Ohio. Daniel Follin was one of the earliest settlers of this county, arriving here in 1823, at which time he purchased from the government a tract of one hundred and sixty acres in Perry township. Here he resided continuously until the time of his death and was well known and highly respected as a worthy pioneer citizen and progressive agriculturist.
William H. Follin was reared on the old homestead farm and in the winter seasons, when not assisting his father in the work of the fields, attended the public schools. Following the outbreak of the Civil war he enlisted in Company E, Third Ohio Cavalry, in August, 1861, his patriotic spirit being aroused by the attempt of the south to overthrow the Union. During the year 1862 he contracted the measles and while the disease was at its height still remained on active duty with his company, on one occasion wading waist deep in ice cold water. He was then discharged on account of disability, and, returning home, was unable to do work of any kind for more than a year. Subsequently he took up the profession of teaching in Jefferson township and in 1867 went to Keokuk county, Iowa, where he taught school until 1878, when he removed to Illinois. In addition to his duties as a pedagogue he was also engaged in buying and selling land, gaining a gratifying and well merited measure of success in this line of activity. In 1902 he returned to Richland county, purchasing seventy-three acres of land which he still owns, while in McDonough county, Illinois, he has a tract of eighty acres. His wife owns the eighty-acre tract on which they reside on section 2, Washington township, and they are numbered among the well known and substantial residents of the community.
In 1865 Mr. Follin was united in marriage to Miss A. J. Fissel, a native of Perry township, and the child born unto them is now deceased. In June,
MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM H. FOLLIN.
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1902, Mr. Follin was again married, his second union being with Miss Jane D. Sherrow, whose birth occurred in Tuscarawas county, January 15, 1852, her parents being Ambrose and Jane (Lyon) Sherrow. The father was born May 17, 1814, in Jefferson county, Ohio, while his demise occurred in Jefferson township, Richland county, in February, 1884. His wife was born in Rochester, New York, November 20, 1816, and she passed away in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, January 15, 1852. By her marriage, which was celebrated in Mansfield, Ohio, in 1836, she had six children, of whom Mrs. Follin is the only one now living. The latter had a brother, L. D. Sherrow, who died while serving as a soldier in the Union army from the effects of a wound sustained at the battle of Antietam. After the death of his first wife Ambrose Sherrow was married, on the 15th of August, 1852, to Miss Sarah Ann Jackson, a native of Ashland county, Ohio, her natal day being February 10, 1827, while her death occurred December 21, 1893. Of the five children born of this mar- riage but one survives-Rufus J., of Richland county. Ambrose Sherrow began farming in Tuscarawas county, where he also bought and sold land, but in October, 1867, removed to Clarke county, Iowa, where he remained for a year, and then lived successively in Ashland county, Ohio, and Knox county, arriving in Jefferson township, Richland county, in 1869, where his death occurred. He bought a number of farms and after improving them disposed of them to good advantage, gaining a high degree of success by reason of his keen discernment and capable management in business affairs. He was a devoted and consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church for many years and was widely recognized as a prosperous and enterprising resident of this county.
In his political views Mr. Follin is a republican, while his religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Methodist Episcopal church, with which his wife is also identified. A native son of the county, Mr. Follin has seen this section of the state transformed from an unsettled and unimproved district into one of rich fertility and productiveness, while the privations and hard- ships incident to life in a pioneer region have given way to all the comforts and conveniences of an advanced civilization.
SAMUEL F. STAMBAUGH.
Samuel F. Stambaugh, who for ten years or more has been engaged in the real-estate business at Shelby, makes a specialty of dealing in farm lands, his sales of property of this character exceeding those of any other real-estate man in the town. He is also abstractor of titles, and pension and patent attorney, being admitted to practice in the interior department through United States courts.
Mr. Stambaugh was born at Blain, Perry county, Pennsylvania, Decem- ber 10, 1846, his parents being John and Sarah (Foust) Stambaugh, the former a farmer by occupation. The family is of German and French origin
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and the original American ancestry came from France in colonial days, settling in Pennsylvania. They were originally from the town of Stambaugh in Alsace, France. George John Heim, the maternal grandfather, was at Valley Forge with Washington during the memorable winter in which the American troops suffered almost untold hardships. Two of his sons became prominent ministers of the Lutheran church, and one of them, the Rev. William Heim, organized churches in Cumberland, Dauphin, Perry and Juniata counties, Pennsylvania, where today the population is seventy-five per cent of Lutheran faith.
Samuel F. Stambaugh was educated in the common schools, in Sher- man's Valley Institute and in the National Business College in New York. It was his intention to pursue a law course in the State University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, but instead of this he came to Shelby immediately after the war, having served in the ambulance department of the Union army, which he joined when but thirteen years of age. After his arrival in Richland county, he entered the law office of Hon. S. S. Bloom as a partner, and handled the outside work of the firm for ten years. He was a cousin of Mr. Bloom, who served in the state legislature for eight years, and who prior to entering the general assembly, conducted the third largest law practice in the county. After he died, Mr. Stambaugh removed to Atchison, Kansas, where for six years, beginning in 1890, he published the Atchison Daily Patriot. On the expiration of that period he returned to Shelby, where he has since engaged in the real-estate business, making a specialty of farm lands, handling more property of this character than any other real-estate agent of the county. He holds an auction of real-estate every Saturday afternoon in the fall and winter months. He also has a good rental list in the city and does a large conveyancing business in city real-estate. He has been the promoter of a number of factories here, and is personally a large real-estate owner in Shelby. His holdings include his home farm, which is all within the corporation limits and from which he has platted thirteen additions. He also does a large abstracting business, and he has been admitted to practice in the depart- ment of the interior as pension and patent attorney.
Mr. Stambaugh has never ceased to feel an interest in military affairs since as a boy he enlisted in defense of the Union. He was commander of the Third Troop of Cavalry in the Ohio National Guard for five years, furnishing his own equipment and accoutrements at his personal expense. Because of this service he is frequently addressed as colonel. He is also prominently known in fraternal circles and was deputy supreme commander of the Maccabees of Oklahoma, Kansas and the Indian Territory for several years. He has also been prominent in several other fraternal organizations. In politics he is a stanch democrat and warm personal friend of Tom L. Johnson, of Cleveland. He attends nearly every state convention, has to some extent been active in local politics and is a tireless worker in all com- mendable movements for the upbuilding of the party, but has never sought political preferment. He was, however, without his consent, nominated for the legislature while living at Atchison, Kansas, but was defeated by the negro votes, there being four thousand in the city.
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