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After his marriage in 1851 James Fullington came at once to Union county, where he followed general farming until his death. He also engaged in the buying and shipping of stock on an extensive scale. . At the time of his death he was the owner of about thirteen hundred acres of excellent land in Union county. He was one of the stockholders of the Marysville Bank
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and was also a director and stockholder in the Milford Center Bank. He was a member of the state board of equalization and president of the State Agri- cultural Society at one time. In fact, there was no more public-spirited man in Union county during his day than James Fullington. He was universally recognized as a man of superior talent along many lines. He was a Repub- lican in politics, but never cared to become identified with official life, pre- ferring to devote his time and attention to his large business interests. He was still in the prime of life when he died July 3, 1886, being only fifty-six years of age. His widow is now making her home with her daughter, Mrs. Anson Howard, at Milford Center, Ohio.
BYRON EVANS BAKER, M. D.
The physician of today must have a better and a more extensive knowl- edge than the physician of the past. He must be more intelligent in all lines of knowledge and must combine with his strictly medical education, a knowl- edge of psychology and psychotherapy if he wishes to succeed. Dr. Paul Ehrlich, the noted German scientist, has said "that more has been done and more discovered in the science of medicine in the past twenty years than in the past century." The theory of toxin and antitoxin, serum, the study of bacteria and the methods of combating these destructive forces has made the range of medical science almost beyond one man's power of learning in the brief space of time which is his allotment on earth. Therefore, special physi- cians have become necessary and we have the eye specialist, the throat special- ist and specialists for a great number of diseases. On the other hand, there must be in every community a general practitioner and it is this class of physi- cians which forms the bulk of the profession. Dr. Byron Evans Baker has been practicing in Milford Center, Union county, Ohio, for the past twenty years and has met with a success which is commensurate with his ability and efforts.
Dr. Byron E. Baker, the son of Levi Hugh and Mary Ellen ( Huff) Baker, was born in Croton, Hartford township, Licking county, Ohio, September 5, 1868. His parents were both natives of Ohio and had three children : Dr. Byron E., the only living child ; Lida, who died at the age of fifteen. and Mae, who died at the age of six.
Levi Baker was reared in Hartford township, Licking county, Ohio, and lied there in 1880 at the age of about forty-three. His wife died in 1875
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at the age of twenty-nine. Both were members of the Christian Union church.
The paternal grandparents of Doctor Baker were Henry and Eliza ( Ford) Baker, natives of Virginia and Pennsylvania, respectively. They were early pioneers in Licking county, Ohio, where he owned the first saw mill in the county. He engaged in saw-milling and farming and also ran a blacksmith shop on his farm. He and his wife both lived to a good old age, he being about eighty and his wife seventy-seven years of age at the time of their death. Eight children were born to Henry Baker and wife, Levi, Mar- tin R., Theodore, William H., Benton W., George P., Sarah and Chloe. The maternal grandparents of Dr. Baker were Bartlett and Evaline ( Roney) Huff, pioneer settlers of Delaware county, Ohio, locating near the village of Sunbury. They lived to a good old age and reared a family of eight chil- dren, Clifton, Scott, Alonzo, Mary, Ellen, Louise, Delia and Addie.
Dr. Byron E. Baker was reared in Licking county, Ohio, on the father's farm. After finishing the district schools he attended the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, and later became a student in the Normal University at Ada, Ohio, receiving the degree of Doctor of Science from the latter institution in 1891. Previous to this time he had taught in the public schools of Logan county for a number of years and after taking the course at Ada he taught two more terms. He then entered the Starling Medical College at Columbus, Ohio, and graduated from that institution in the spring of 1895. On April 16, of that year, he began the practice of his profession in Milford Center where he has since continued to reside. He keeps fully abreast of the latest advances in medical science and the twenty years which he has spent in the service of his fellow men in this community have found him more proficient year by year and better able to alleviate the sufferings of humanity.
Doctor Baker was married July 6, 1893, to Sarah Henry, the daughter of George W. and Mary (Scott) Henry. The second wife of Dr. Baker was Mrs. Lizzie L. Cary, to whom he was married May 9, 1901. His second wife was the widow of John Cary and the daughter of Jacob C. and Elizabeth (Dines) Lee. To this second union, one daughter, Francis Marvine, has been born.
Mrs. Lizzie L. Baker was born in Union county and her parents lived at Mount Vernon, Knox county, for several years. Her father, who was a soldier in the Civil War, died in the Soldiers and Sailors Home at Sandusky, in 1912. Her mother died in 1893. Four children were born to Jacob C. (44)
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Lee and wife, James, Charles, Minnie and Lizzie L., who is the wife of Doctor Baker.
Doctor Baker and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Fraternally, he belongs to the Free and Accepted Masons of Marys- ville and the Royal Arch Masons. In politics, Mr. Baker is a Democrat, but his profession prevents him from taking an active part in political matters. He prefers to devote all of his time and attention to his chosen profession. He is a man of genial disposition and has so conducted himself in this com- munity as to endear him to a large circle of friends and acquaintances.
CHARLES M. DIEHL.
The Diehl family have been connected with the history of Union county, Ohio, since 1885, when the father of Charles M. Diehl came to this county to become the manager of one of the large farms of the county. Mr. Diehl has a fine farm of one hundred and three acres known as the "Prairie Run Farm," which lies about four and one-half miles southeast of Milford Center. That Mr. Diehl is held in high esteem by the citizens of his county is shown by the fact that he has been twice elected commissioner of his county. He has also held various township offices, showing that he is a man of ability in the handling of public affairs.
Charles M. Diehl, the son of William and Mary Jane ( Robey) Diehl, was born in Madison county, Ohio, October 3. 1866. His father was born in Coblenz, Germany, and came to America in 1854 and located in Madison county, Ohio, where he met and married Mary Jane Robey. To them were born four children : Charles M., of Union township; John, who died in Madi- son county at the age of three: William H .. who died at the age of five; and Mod M., the wife of George Wycoff, a farmer of Union township.
William Diehl was a harness maker by trade in his native land and fol- lowed it for about five years after coming to this country. He then engaged in the grocery business at Mount Sterling, Ohio, and continued to follow that business until 1878, when he engaged in farming in Madison county, in Oakrun township. In 1885 he came to Union county as manager of the Dunn and Thurman estate and managed this large farm for about fifteen years. He then bought a farm of one hundred acres on which he lived until his death, March 27. 1914. His widow is now living in Milford Center. William Diehl and Mary Jane Robey were married in Madison county, in
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September, 1865, immediately after he returned from the Civil War. Will- iam Diehl enlisted in the Fortieth Regiment. Ohio Volunteer Infantry, at the opening of the war and served with this regiment for two years. He then re-enlisted in the Eighth Regiment of Ohio Cavalry and served until March, 1865.
Charles M. Diehl was educated in the public schools of Mount Sterling, Ohio, and remained at home until his marriage. He came with his parents to this county in 1885 and married two years later and at once began farming in Union township, where he has since resided. He divides his attention between general farming and stock raising in such a way as to get the maximum results from his farm.
Mr. Diehl was married October 30, 1887, to Iva Harper, the daughter of Andrew J. and Jeanette (Thompson) Harper, natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio, respectively. To this union five children have been born. all of whom are now living : William A., born July 27, 1888; Walter A., born July 13. 1890. married to Ethel Weller: Charles F .. born February 15, 1893; Janet, born March 2, 1895; and Eva M., born May 30, 1897.
Mr. Diehl is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons at Marys- ville and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Milford Center. He also holds his membership in the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks at Marysville. Politically, he is a Democrat and has been one of the leaders of his party in county affairs for many years. He is now serving his second term as county commissioner and has previously held many township offices. The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Mil- ford Center.
LENNINGTON W. McALLISTER.
Lennington W. McAllister traces his ancestry back among the sturdy Pennsylvania people, a class of people who constituted a large part of pioneer and early settlers of Ohio. The people who came from Pennsylvania in the early times were generally of the thrifty and industrious class, honest and upright in character. of strict integrity and morals and rather above the average in intelligence. Such people leave their impress on the community in which they dwell and their benign influence remains after they have passed away. It is to these and their descendents. who have inherited these cam- mendable traits of character, that Union county and other counties of Ohio are indebted for the high quality of the present citizenship.
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Abdieal McAllister was the paternal grandfather of our subject. He was born in Hanover county, Pennsylvania, and resided in that state for several years after his marriage. He had a family of eight children, most of whom are dead. Those who lived to mature years are Margaret, living in Columbus, Ohio; Richard T., the father of our immediate subject, and Jesse. The elder McAllister removed with his family from Pennsylvania and was among the early settlers in central Ohio. Richard T .. who was one of the younger members of the family, was mostly reared in the Ohio home, where he worked on the farm and attended the country schools as regularly as the necessity of work on the farm would permit. He also found employ- ment in driving stock to the eastern market for his brother, who was exten- sively engaged in that business. When he was nineteen years of age he began the stock business for himself and followed that for several years. He was known as Colonel McAllister and had a very wide acquaintance in his own and the adjoining counties. When there was call for volunteers for army service in the Civil War he offered himself as a soldier. but was rejected on account of not being up to standard of physical requirements. Colonel McAllister was very successful in his business and in the course of a few years began to invest his money in lands, adding one tract after another to his possessions until at one time he was the owner of one thousand acres of fine land in Delaware and Union counties. He was killed on the railroad about thirty years ago. The children of this family were as follows: Mary, who married Mr. Coles and has two children living, Lottie and Anna; Abdieal. deceased : William G .: Lennington W., our subject; Emma, married Mr. Kald ; Richard T .. deceased.
Lennington W. McAllister was born November 25, 1859. in Delaware county, near Sunbury, and was the son of Richard T. and Martha C. (Gale) McAllister. His early life was spent on his father's farm and his elementary education was obtained in the country schools of the neighborhood. Coming to Union county after the war he availed himself of the opportunity to attend the Richwood high school where he finished his education. During all of his school period he worked on the farm when not attending school. After finishing school he commenced farming for himself and has followed that occupation since. His present farm on which he has been living for the past ten years, consists of one hundred acres of fine land, located on the Lewis- burg road, about two and a half miles west of Marysville.
Mr. McAllister was married to Ruth Wilcox, daughter of James Wil- cox. December 25, 1883, and to this union four children have been born, namely: Eva and Richard. at home: Jesse, living in Marysville: Robert. a
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professor in the Warrensburg school. Eva is engaged as a teacher in the same town. Mr. and Mrs. McAllister are members of the Congregational church. His fraternal association is with the Knights of Pythias. His political affiliation is with the Republican party and he takes an active part in its affairs, as did his father before him. He is at present a member of the school board and devotes much of his time and thought to the interests of the schools.
JACOB FISCHER.
The well improved farm of one hundred and ninety acres in Jerome township, Union county, Ohio, owned by Jacob Fischer, attests to his sterling ability as a farmer. He and his young bride came to this county after their marriage in the fall of 1880 and by hard work and good management have accumulated the farm upon which they are now residing. Mr. Fischer started to make his own way in the world when he was fifteen years of age and his present fine farm is a glowing tribute to his industry, perseverance and well defined purpose.
Jacob Fischer, the son of Peter and Catherine ( Reiselt) Fischer, was born in Franklin township, Hamilton county, Ohio, November 25, 1858. His parents were both natives of Germany, his father coming here when he was about twenty-five years of age and his mother when she was about eleven. They were married at Columbus, Ohio, in 1856, and to them were born three children, all of whom are living: Jacob, of Union county; Catherine, the wife of Samuel Livingston, of Columbus; and Susan, the wife of Henry Kalb, of Crawford county, Ohio. Peter Fischer enlisted in the Civil War in an Ohio regiment and shortly after entering the service contracted pneu- monia. from which he died.
Jacob Fischer received an elementary education in the schools of Frank- lin county, Ohio, and when fifteen years of age started out to work for him- self. He saved his money and when he married at the age of twenty-two, he came at once with his young wife to Union county and bought a small farm. To this he has added from time to time until he now has one hundred and ninety acres of well improved land. He has a fine country home, large and commodious barns and his whole place gives every evidence of thrift. He is an extensive stock raiser and handles only a high grade of stock on his farm, having found by experience that it pays to keep only the best grade.
Mr. Fischer was married October 28. 1880, to Maggie Hubman, the
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daughter of Andrew and Margaret ( Kreitzbaucher) Hubman, natives of Germany. Mrs. Fischer's parents came to the United States when young and were married in Columbus, later removing to Union county, where they lived until their death. Her father died July 20, 1912, and her mother passed away in 1894.
. Mr. Fischer and his wife are the parents of two children, one dying in infancy, and Peter, born September 29, 1882. Peter graduated from the high school of Jerome township and was married in 1909 to Catherine Scheiderer, a daughter of Christopher Scheiderer, of Union county. Peter has two children : Christina, born August 23, 1910, and Ernestine, born in June. 1914.
The Democratic party claims the stanch support of Mr. Fischer, but, although interested in good government, he has never taken an active part in political affairs. The family are loyal members of St. John's Lutheran church and take an active part in its work in this community. Mr. Fischer and his wife are highly regarded in the locality where they have lived for many years and they have a host of friends who admire them for their many good qualities of head and heart.
JOHN C. ASMAN.
A half century ago there came to Marysville, Ohio, a young man and his bride, and today this same young man who came here fifty years ago without any resources, is one of the most substantial business men of Union county. Probably John C. Asman, who was the young man in question, owes no inconsiderable part of his success to the fact that he was born and reared in Germany. It is undeniably true that practically all of the German residents of Ohio have proved to be worthy, as well as thrifty citizens of the commonwealth. The career of Mr. Asman during the past half century in I'mion county is an interesting one from every standpoint, and by his own thrift. industry and well directed business judgment, he has accumulated a very comfortable competence and stands today as a man of affluence as well as of influence, and a man highly respected by every one who knows him.
John C. Asman, the son of Samuel and Margaretta ( Beldsner ) Asman, was born in Bavaria, Germany. September 30. 1837. His parents, both of whom were natives of Bavaria, lived all of their lives in their native country and both have been deceased more than half a century. His father died at
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the age of fifty-six and his mother died while still a young woman. Three children were born to Samuel Asman and wife: Leonard, who died in Columbus, Ohio: Charlotte, who was the wife of Leonard Berthold, and died in Germany, and John C., of Marysville.
After the death of his first wife Samuel Asman married a Mrs. Guyer. He and both of his wives were loyal members of the German Lutheran church. The paternal grandparents of John C. Asman were Jacob Asman and wife and Samuel was their only child. The maternal grandparents of Mr. Asman lived and died in Germany, where they reared three children, Margaretta, Sophia and a son. Little is known of the family history of the Beldsner family.
John C. Asman was reared in Germany and lived there until he was twenty-two years of age. Wishing to have better opportunities than he felt his own country afforded, he came to America in 1859 and located in Colum- bus, Ohio. He had learned the trade of a butcher in Germany and this has been his life work. After working in Columbus for three years at his trade, he came to Marysville and worked for Lep Woods, where he remained for three years. Mr. Woods then died and Mr. Asman bought his interests in the shop, and has been in the retail meat market business in Marysville since that time. For the past twenty years his son, William, has been associated with him in the business.
In addition to his interests in the meat market, Mr. Asman also has vari- ous other interests in the county. He owns a fine farm of one hundred and twenty-six acres in Dover and Mill Creek townships and also a small tract of land adjoining Marysville. He is vice-president and a director in the Marysville Bank, and also in the Union Banking Company. He is also a stockholder in the Marysville Cabinet Company and has stock in various other enterprises in the county. His long business career here-and he has the honor of being the oldest continuous business man in Marysville-has been such that his good name has never been brought into disrepute. His record as a business man has been clean and thereby he has gained the high esteem of everyone with whom he has been associated.
Mr. Asman was married March 28. : 855, to Barbara Emert, the daugh- ter of Michael Emert and wife, and to this union seven children have been born. William, Charlotte. Charles, Elizabeth, Frederick. Thomas and Marga- retta. William married Mrs. Josephine Long. Charlotte is the wife of William Stellhorn, of Columbus, and has two children, Martha and Alma. Charles, a druggist of Marysville, married Maria Lindsenmeyer and has two children, William and Edward. Frederick, who is represented in this volume.
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is cashier of the Union Banking Company, of Marysville. Thomas, Eliza- beth and Margaretta are still living with their parents. Thomas operates his father's farm and Margaretta is a bookkeeper and stenographer in the Union Bank. The family are all loyal members of the Trinity Lutheran church.
DAVID MOSS.
For more than sixty years David Moss has been a resident of Jerome township. Union county, Ohio, having come to this county at the age of fifteen from his native state of Pennsylvania. He has been a life-long farmer, al- though he has now been retired from active work for several years. He be- longs to that class of pioneer farmers who have lived through at least three generations of farming experiences.
David Moss, the son of John and Dorothy ( Huston) Moss, was born in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, August 7, 1838. His parents moved to western Pennsylvania some time after his birth and about 1853 removed to Union county, Ohio, and located in Jerome township. There were three children born to John Moss and wife, and all of them are still living: David, with whom this narrative deals; Amanda, the widow of W. B. Herriott, de- ceased, who now lives in Decatur, Illinois, with her daughter, and Margaret A., the wife of Dr. James Merryman, of Columbus, Ohio.
David Moss received most of his education in the schools of his native state where he lived until he was fifteen years of age. At that age he came with his parents to Union county. Ohio, and he has lived in Jerome town- ship continuously since that time. His parents lived here until their death. his father dying in 1893 and his mother in 1898. Mr. Moss remained at home until his marriage in 1873 and then began farming for himself in Jerome township. He added to his land holdings from time to time until he had one of the best farms in the township, although he has sold most of his land and now retains only thirty-seven acres of his original farm.
Mr. Moss was married in June, 1873, to Margaret Neill. a daughter of Samuel and Mary (Pennypacker) Neill, natives of Pennsylvania, and now deceased.
Mr. Moss has been a life-long Republican and cast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln in 1860. Mrs. Moss is a member of the Presbyterian church and while Mr. Moss himself is not an active member of this denomina-
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tion, yet he has always contributed generously of his means to its support. Mr. Moss is one of the oldest pioneers of his township and has endeared him- self to a large circle of friends and acquaintances throughout the county.
JOHN L. FOX.
A man of influence in his community and a highly respected citizen of this county all his life, the late John L. Fox occupied a prominent place in the history of Union county, Ohio, for more than half a century. He always stood for good citizenship, and belonged to that group of sterling citizens who are known for their upright lives, strong common sense and high ideals of citizenship. He was descended from German ancestors and was an in- dustrious and thrifty man who provided well for his family. He always so lived that he well merited the high esteem in which he was universally held by all classes.
The late John L. Fox was born in Paris township, Union county, Ohio, July 3. 1858, and died in the township where he was born, January 10, 1904. He was the son of Andrew and Susan ( Kuhlman) Fox, natives of Bavaria. Germany.
John L. Fox was educated in the public schools at Marysville. learning English first and later attending a German school in this county. After leaving school he remained at home until his marriage and then began renting land and saving his money in order to purchase a farm of his own. Within a few years he was able to buy the farm on which his widow is now living. on the Woodstock and Marysville road about three miles west of Marysville. He was a progressive farmer and ranked among the most enterprising agri- culturists of his community.
Mr. Fox was married October 26. 1882, to Anna W. "Barbara" Green- baum, the daughter of Andrew and Barbara ( Reichenberger ) Greenbaum. Mrs. Fox's father was born in Bavaria, Germany, and was a prominent German citizen of Union county. Eight children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Greenbaum, George, John, Anna W., Andrew, Jr., Gootlieg, Anna C., I.ena and Lenora. All of these children are still living with the exception of Andrew, Jr., and Lenora.
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