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On again taking up the pursuits of civil life Mr. Cashell rented from his father the place which he now owns, thus continuing its operation until his father's death, when he purchased the interest of the other heirs in the prop- erty. He now has a highly improved farm of one hundred and twenty acres, equipped with all the conveniences and accessories of a model property of the twentieth century, and was successfully engaged in its cultivation until the spring of 1908, when he rented the place. He is well and favorably known
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throughout the community as a prosperous and enterprising citizen, whose aid and influence are ever given on the side of right, truth and progress.
On the 19th of November, 1861, Mr. Cashell was united in marriage to Miss Margaret J. Patterson, whose birth occurred in Lexington, Ohio, Decem- ber 3, 1840, her parents being Milo and Catherine (Statemiller) Patterson, natives of Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Patterson were married in this county, locating in Lexington, where the former followed blacksmithing for a number of years. He passed away in 1878 at the age of sixty-six years, while his wife's death had occurred in 1860, when she was forty-seven years of age. Of their ten children, five still survive, as follows: Mrs. Cashell; Mrs. Axie Reynolds, of Mansfield, Ohio; Harriet, who likewise makes her home in Mansfield; Mrs. Mary Gyher and Charles, also residents of Mansfield.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Cashell have been born five children: George, a resident of Madison township, married Miss Clara Mccullough and they have two children, Hobart and Jesse Lewis. Willard, now deceased, wedded Mary Ann Marks and had three children: Ethel, now the wife of Charles Balliet; Stella and Orpha. Charles, a resident of Mansfield, married Addie Beck and they have two children, Hazel and Jesse Ray. Sarah is at home. One child died in infancy.
In his political views Mr. Cashell is a stalwart republican, while frater- nally he is connected with Lucas Lodge, No. 224, I. O. O. F. Both he and his wife are devoted and faithful members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Mansfield, and are widely known and highly esteemed as worthy repre- sentatives of old pioneer families of the county.
FRANK S. CULP.
Frank S. Culp, engaged in the practice of law at Butler and manifesting in his professional career an ability which promises well for future success, was born in Marion, Ohio, July 26, 1874, his parents being Jacob and Mary Katharine (Fullmer) Culp. The father was born in Germany on the 10th of April, 1829, and the mother's birth occurred in the same country, November 18, 1836. She crossed the Atlantic to the new world in 1854, when a young lady of seventeen years, and Jacob Culp made the long voyage across the ocean in 1856. He first located in Marion, Ohio, and in 1858 was married. He is a stone-mason and followed his trade in Marion for twenty years, being closely associated with building operations in the city during that time. He was an excellent workman and many contracts were therefore awarded him, so that as the years passed he prospered in his undertakings and acquired through his well directed labors a handsome competence which enabled him to live retired. He died April 4, 1896, and his widow now resides on the farm near La Rue, Marion county. Their family numbered ten children : Jacob W., a resident of Mead, Kansas; Susan D., the wife of Henry E. Muth, of Mansfield; John H., who lives near Mount Victory, Ohio; Charles, whose home is in Delaware county, this state; George, deceased; Mary, the wife of George E. Muth, of Mansfield; one who died in infancy; W. A., a resident of Columbus; Frank S., of this review; and S. Arthur, who is living with inother on the home farm.
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Although born in the city of Marion, Frank S. Culp was only two years of age when his parents removed to the farm, so that his education was acquired in the district schools. He left home at the age of seventeen years to start out in life on his own account and has since been dependent upon his own resources, so that he deserves much credit for what he has accomplished in life. On the 2d of April, 1892, he went to Mansfield and worked for one summer at the carpenter's trade, but ambitious to direct his efforts into lines demanding keen intellectual force, in the fall of that year he attended the Ohio Business College at Mansfield and was graduated April 12, 1893. He then went to work in the grocery and bakery of E. P. Croft, with whom he remained for five months. He was afterward in the employ of John Fred- erick, a merchant tailor and clothier, and later he again attended the Ohio Business College.
Being taken sick, he lay ill of brain fever and grip for eleven weeks, and it was following this that he began reading law as a student in the office of Donnell & Marriott at Mansfield. He began his studies on the 8th of June, 1894. As his financial resources rendered it imperative that he provide for his own support, he worked for the street car company as a conductor during the summer months and attended school during the winter. Thus four years passed and in the following spring he suffered from an attack of appendicitis that kept him in bed for nine weeks. He then again entered the employ of the street car company, but after six weeks was obliged to give up the position on account of his health. In March, 1899, he took the law examination at Columbus, became ill there and was taken to the hospital, where he underwent an operation for appendicitis that kept him confined to the house for eleven weeks. On his recovery he worked at the carpenter's trade for six months and later attended the university of Ada, where he pursued a special course in law, being admitted to the bar on the 14th of October, 1899. In May, 1900, he located for practice in Butler, where he has since remained. The many obstacles and difficulties which he encountered serve to emphasize the fact that he is a man of resolute spirit and unfaltering determination, carrying for- ward to successful completion whatever he undertakes. Entering upon the practice of law, he has displayed marked ability in handling intricate prob- lems of the profession. He prepares his cases with great thoroughness and care and his analytical power enables him to arrive at correct deductions, while in the courts he never fails to present his cause with a strength and force that are always feared by his adversaries and have brought him some notable suc- cesses. In addition to his professional duties, Mr. Culp is a representative of business interests, in that he is a stockholder and director of the Butler Manu- facturing Company and was one of the promoters of the Fredericktown Oil & Gas Company, of which he is now a director and secretary. He is likewise a director and secretary of the Butler Milk Bottle Company and displays in his business affairs keen discernment as well as untiring energy.
On the 16th of June, 1901, Mr. Culp was married to Miss Myra M. Covert, who was born at South Fork, Pennsylvania, December 25, 1878, and is the daughter of Rev. W. M. and Eleonora (Wheeler) Covert, both of whom are natives of Pennsylvania, now living at Burlington, Kansas, where the
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father is pastor of the First Presbyterian church. He has devoted much of his life to the work of the ministry and his influence has never been of a restricted order. In his family were seven children. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Culp have been born two children: Frances L., born February 11, 1904; and Katherine E., born February 15, 1906.
The parents are both members of the Evangelical church and are promi- nent socially, while their own home is attractive by reason of its warm- hearted hospitality. In his political views Mr. Culp is a stalwart democrat and is always able to support his position by intelligent argument. He has served as mayor of Butler for one term, has been justice of the peace for two terms, and at the present writing is township treasurer. He also belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, his membership being in the lodge at Butler, and he is connected with the Knights of the Maccabees at Mansfield. For three terms he has been district deputy in the Odd Fellows organization and is very prominent in its ranks. The life record of Mr. Culp is another proof of the fact that:
"The man who wins is the man who works, The man who toils while the next man shirks."
Throughout his entire life he has utilized his advantages in every possible way and while he has met obstacles and difficulties that would have utterly disheartened and discouraged many another, his resolute purpose has enabled him to triumph over these and to make substantial progress where others would have met failure.
JOHN M. SAWHILL.
John M. Sawhill, who is pleasantly located on a farm of seventy acres on section 16, Springfield township, and is now carefully and successfully conducting general agricultural interests, is numbered among the veterans of the Civil war and as such has a splendid military record, characterized at all times by that fidelity to duty which was the strength of the Union army.
A native of Guernsey county, Ohio, he was born near Gibson station, February 11, 1841, his parents being James and Mary (Todd) Sawhill. The mother was born near West Alexandria, Pennsylvania, on the Virginia line. Her people came from County Derry, Ireland, while James Sawhill was of Scotch-Irish extraction. Both parents of our subject were born in the year 1807, and following their marriage in 1824 they settled in Guernsey county, Ohio, near Gibson station, where they spent their remaining days, the father passing away in 1876 and the mother in 1857. They were laid to rest in the cemetery at Washington, Guernsey county. Their family numbered seven children : William T. died in 1862. S. H. served for three months in the One Hundred and Sixty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and in the battle had a musket in his hand torn to pieces but he remained uninjured. He died, however, in 1876. Alexander passed away in 1882. John M. is the next of
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the family. Sarah is the wife of Jerry J. Rhodes, living near New Concord, Muskingum county, Ohio. Susan is the wife of John A. McGee, a carpenter and designer of Zanesville, Ohio. J. T., the youngest of the family, is a railroad man at Missoula, Montana.
John M. Sawhill pursued his education in the district schools of Guernsey county, Ohio, and in the academy at Washington. While there pursuing his studies the Civil war broke out and, like Major Mckinley and other Ohio soldiers, dropped his Latin grammar and shouldered a Springfield rifle, with which he started for the front as a member of Company B, One Hundred and Twenty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He had enlisted at Cambridge, the regiment there mobilizing, it being composed of members who resided in Guernsey, Muskingum, Coshocton and Morgan counties, Ohio. The regiment was first commanded by Colonel Ball and later by Lieutenant Colonel Granger, who was afterward judge of the circuit court at Zanesville, Ohio. Mr. Sawhill served throughout the entire period of hostilities and it seemed that his regi- ment was always in the thickest of the fray. He took part in some of the most hotly contested battles of the war, including the engagements at Win- chester, Brandy Station, the Wilderness and Spottsylvania, where the battle waged three days and again for six days. He was also in the engagement at Cold Harbor. Something of the intensity of the campaign through which Mr. Sawhill passed may be gained from the fact that out of ninety-eight enlisted men who left Cambridge, Ohio, in 1862, in the bloom of health and the buoyancy of youth, seventeen ill and crippled men came back to their homes as all that remained of the old Company B. While in service Mr. Sawhill was put in charge of the division mails for the division numbering ten thousand men, and served as mail orderly until he was captured in Loudoun Valley, Virginia, being held as a prisoner of war until he was recap- tured by Sheridan's cavalry and joined his regiment in the fall of 1863. From that time forward he was on active duty in the line. Only a pitcher of water saved him from going to Libby prison. While he was being held as a prisoner of war he was taken ill and was sent to a hospital. As there was a dearth of attendants Mr. Sawhill was trying to administer to some of the less fortunate ones, when an official came through the hospital taking the names of the prisoners preparatory to sending them to Libby. Mr. Sawhill while giving some water to a sick comrade, in some manner escaped the notice of the officer and was recaptured a few days later. At Winchester, Virginia, he was shot in the hand and will carry a crippled finger to his grave. He was ever found faithful to his duty, whether standing in line of the enemy's bullets or stationed as a picket at camp at night. At the close of the war he was detailed to write the muster out rolls. These rolls were written on a parchment about four feet square, lined and cross lined and filled completely with finely written names, dates and remarks, inscribed on both sides of the paper. These rolls must be written without blot or blur and an erasure was not allowed. If a mistake was made one must start on another sheet of parchment. Mr. Sawhill completed five copies, accomplishing it in the pre- scribed manner. He retained one copy of the rolls as a memento of the war and at the same time it is splendid evidence of his exceptional clerical ability.
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When the war was over Mr. Sawhill returned to Guernsey county and later came to Richland county. He was married September 25, 1867, to Miss Sarah M. McKnight, a resident of Springfield township, and unto them have been born two sons and two daughters. Clarence, who married Elizabeth Woods, is now general manager and treasurer of the King-Richardson Pub- lishing Company, with head offices at Springfield, Massachusetts. Leila G. is the wife of Dr. D. B. Virtue, a general medical and surgical practitioner at Iberia, Morrow county, Ohio. Edith B. is a trained nurse, who was grad- uated from the Illinois Training School in Chicago. Roy B. died in 1887, at the age of twelve years and seven months. The wife and mother passed away in 1887 and was laid to rest in the cemetery at Ontario, her death being deeply regretted by many friends as well as her immediate family. Six years later Mr. Sawhill wedded Mary Jeannette Symons, of Savannah, Ohio.
The family home is a farm of seventy acres on section 16, Springfield township, which Mr. Sawhill owns and operates, and upon it he has resided for a half century. He has cultivated and improved the land, built a com- modious residence and has one of the most convenient barns of the township. In looking over the well kept grounds and fields one can see at a glance that Mr. Sawhill is a man who takes pride in keeping his farm in excellent condition and it indicates his careful supervision and practical methods.
He is a stalwart advocate of the republican party and for three years served as treasurer of the township. He was also township trustee for six years and is now filling the office of justice of the peace, having been the incumbent therein for a long period. Both he and his wife are devoted members of the United Presbyterian church, manifesting a deep interest in- its work. For thirty years Mr. Sawhill has been an elder of the church and has been superintendent of the Sunday school for twenty years, while his wife is a teacher of the Bible class. In fact they are both much interested in the various church activities and do all in their power to promote the cause of Christianity. The life record of Mr. Sawhill in its business relations, military service and official connection and the church relations is one which commands the honor and respect of all with whom he is associated.
JOHN W. CULLEN.
John W. Cullen is pleasantly located just outside the corporation limits of Shelby on West Main street, where he has four acres of land surrounding a comfortable and attractive home, which he erected in 1892. For forty years he had resided upon the farm in Sharon township, where his birth occurred August 10, 1848, and he is still the owner of one hundred and sixty acres of land on section 2, from which he annually derives a good rental. His parents were Jarvis and Mary (Jackson) Cullen, both of whom were natives of Lincolnshire, England.
The father was born July 14, 1803, and they were married in Richland county, Ohio, May 18, 1845. He had left England for America April 21,
JOHN W. CULLEN.
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1844, in company with his brother William. After reaching the United States he remained for one year in New York, where he was employed at farm labor, and then removed to Huron county, Ohio, whence he afterward came to Richland county and purchased the farm now owned by our subject. He first invested in one hundred acres and later bought eighteen acres, while thirty-two acres have been added by John W. Cullen. This land the father cleared and placed under cultivation and remained upon the farm until his death, which occurred November 6, 1884. His wife came to the United States as a young lady with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Jackson, the family home being established near Mansfield. The maternal grandparents were William and Charlotte Jackson, who spent their last days in this coun- try. Their family numbered the following named: Charlotte, born March 30, 1799; William, August 7, 1805; Thomas, September 11, 1807; Mary Ann, July 6, 1810; George, December 22, 1812; John, September 3, 1815; Maria, May 20, 1818, and Charles, October 11, 1822. Of this family only John is living and he now resides at Muncie, Indiana. All came to the United States with the exception of Thomas and Maria, who died in England. The daughter Mary became the wife of Jarvis Cullen and to them were born two children, but the daughter died in infancy, leaving John W. Cullen the only child. The father was a devoted member of the Baptist church and led a quiet home life.
Under the parental roof John W. Cullen was reared, while the public schools and Oberlin College afforded him his educational privileges. He was early trained to the work of the fields and was thus well qualified for carrying on farming when he started out in life on his own account. For forty years he lived on the farm and through the period of his manhood worked diligently and persistently to make the place productive. That he succeeded is indicated in the excellent appearance of the farm and also in the fact that he is now practically living retired. In June, 1892, he built his present home just outside the corporation limits of Shelby, where it stands in the midst of well kept grounds covering four acres. In addition to the home farm, which he owns, he has eighty acres in Plymouth township and forty acres of timber land in Vernon township, Crawford county. He has been a stockholder in the Citizens Bank of Shelby since its organization, is a stockholder in the building and loan association and is interested in the Shelby Land & Improvement Company. He displays keen sagacity in business affairs and his investments have been carefully made.
In October, 1872, Mr. Cullen was married to Miss Sarah I. Myers, who was born January 1, 1849, and is a daughter of John and Mary (Hockin- smith) Myers, who were natives of Pennsylvania, the former born in 1808 and the latter in 1811. They went to Stark county, Ohio, with their respective parents and were married there, after which they removed to Richland county, settling on a farm three miles west of Shelby, where their remaining days were passed. Mr. Myers died at the age of eighty-seven years, while his wife died at the age of eighty-one. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Cullen have been born three children: Corrine, who died at the age of nine months; Trenna, the wife of Reuben Sutter, of Shelby; and Ethel, at home.
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In his political views Mr. Cullen has always been a stalwart republican and keeps well informed on the questions of the day. He has served as town- ship trustee for one term, but has never been a politician in the sense of office seeking. He belongs to the Lutheran church, to the support of which he contributes generously. He stands today as one of the prominent citizens of Richland county, a man widely recognized for his excellent business ability, for his loyalty in citizenship and his progressiveness in every relation of life. He has many stanch friends and well deserves mention in this volume.
HENRY F. FACKLER.
Henry F. Fackler is one of the most prosperous wheat raisers of Rich- land county, but while his farming interests are now of large proportion there was a time in his life when his assets were much more limited, and the success which he is now enjoying is attributable entirely to his diligence and careful management, combined with keen business discernment. He was born on a farm in Franklin township, this county, March 12, 1848, and is a son of Joseph and Mary (Bear) Fackler, who were natives of Pennsylvania, where they were reared and married. Abraham Fackler, the paternal grand- father of our subject, was born in Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, in 1777, and his father was Wentle Fackler, whose birth occurred in Germany in 1746. - Spending the first seventeen years of his life in the fatherland, he afterward came to America, and was sold or apprenticed on the streets of Philadelphia for three years in order to pay his passage. When the time had half expired, however, he was released by his master and employed at regular rates of labor. Two years later he returned to his native country for his mother and two brothers, his father in the meantime having been killed in battle. After he had again come to America, Wentle Fackler joined the colonists in their struggle for independence, serving under Washington during the memorable winter at Valley Forge, and meeting the troops of Burgoyne in the north and Cornwallis in the south. When the republic was established he pur- chased a tract of land from the government, and cut the timber from which he built a house. He married Anna Rank and they became parents of ten children. Wentle Fackler, who was a devout member of the Presbyterian church, lived to enjoy the fruits of liberty for many years and passed away in 1823.
Abraham Fackler, who was the eldest of his father's ten children, was reared upon the home farm, and early learned the weaver's trade. Prompted by the same patriotic spirit which his father had displayed, he fought in the battles of Buffalo, New York; Baltimore, Maryland; and others. On the 30th of March, 1801, he was united in marriage to Barbara Hough, a daughter of Henry Hough, who was an officer of the Revolutionary war. Mrs. Abraham Fackler was born in 1781, was of German parentage, and by her marriage became the mother of fourteen children. In 1840 the family removed to
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Richland county, Ohio, where the grandfather of our subject died January 12, 1866, while his wife passed away May 10, 1844. In early life he was a member of the Presbyterian church, but afterward joined the German Baptist church, to which his wife belonged.
About 1843 Joseph Fackler established his home in Richland county, settling in Franklin township, where he passed away in 1849. On his- arrival he brought with him his wife and one son, and three other children were born in this county, the members of the family being: Martin, of Shelby, Ohio; David, of Franklin township; Maria, who died at the age of fifteen years; and Henry F., of this review. After the father's death the mother became the wife of Samuel Worst and removed with him to Ashland county, Ohio, where her death occurred.
In taking up the personal history of Henry F. Fackler we present to our readers the life record of one who is widely and favorably known. He worked on the home farm through the period of his boyhood and youth and in the winter seasons when his services were not demanded in the fields he attended the district schools. He spent one year after attaining his majority upon the old homestead and then, beginning farming on his own account, cultivated a tract of land of one hundred and seven acres in Jackson township for four years. In 1877 he purchased a portion of his present farm, to which he has added from time to time. In 1879 he bought ninety-six acres in Cass township; on the 4th of April, 1893, bought one hundred and forty- seven acres of Henry Sackman; April 19, 1895, bought ninety-five acres of David Bushey; April 4, 1899, purchased the Woods farm of one hundred and sixty acres; on the 5th of April, 1904, acquired the Hershiser farm of one hundred and eighty-seven acres; bought the Moore farm of one hundred and fifty-three and one-half acres April 1, 1905; and made his last purchase in 1908, when he bought of William Wolford seventeen and one-half acres. Thus by additional purchases, from time to time, he has become the owner of nine hundred and sixty-four acres, situated in Franklin, Jackson and Cass townships, and in all his dealings there has never been a mortgage record- ed against him. His home farm is one of the best improved properties in the locality. In the midst of well tilled fields stands an attractive residence, and near by are large barns and outbuildings for the shelter of grain and stock. He raises various crops, but gives most attention to the production of wheat, and his crop in 1906 amounted to fifty-six hundred bushels. With the exception of one year devoted to carpentering in early manhood, he has given his entire life to agricultural pursuits, and stands today one of the most prosperous farmers of this part of the state. His business methods have never been such as require disguise, but on the contrary have been in keeping with the most honorable and straightforward dealing, his prosperity coming to him as the reward of earnest, persistent labor.
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