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SALEM MENNONITE CHURCH.
The Salem Mennonite church was organized in 1887 with sixteen mem- bers, and is located in Sugarcreek township, southwest of Dalton. A neat and comfortable church was built in 1887 at a cost of eighteen hundred dol- lars, and improvements to the amount of one thousand dollars were put on the building in 1895. In connection with the church there is a well-organized Sunday school of two hundred and twelve members, of which J. H. Tschantz has been superintendent for the last fifteen consecutive years. There is also
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a Christian Endeavor Society of sixty members and a Ladies' Aid Society of thirty-five members. The present pastor is A. A. Sommer, with the fol- lowing officers : John Badertscher and A. J. Welty, deacons or elders; Sam Geiger, J. H. Tschantz and Philemon Sprunger, trustees. The church now has a membership of one hundred and sixty-three. The church, as a whole, is organized into a missionary society and the first Sunday of each month is set aside as a missionary Sunday, when a special program is carried out and an offering taken for missionary purposes.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
The only organization of the Congregational people within this county is the church at Fredericksburg, whose pastor is Rev. W. T. Williams.
OTHER EARLY CHURCHES.
Among the churches and religious societies in Wayne county, not classi- fied and written of in their regular denominational order the following should not be forgotten :
Oak Chapel, Methodist-The old log edifice was erected in 1827, and was dedicated by Rev. Russell Bigelow. A new church was provided in 1861, dedicated by Rev. Adam Poe. In 1877 it was repaired, a cupola added and a bell introduced. The society was flourishing in the eighties, and it may be added that this building stood near the site of the old-time camp meeting grounds of 1818 held in Plain township.
Geyer's chapel was completed in 1876, the project of building having been agitated since 1862. Bishop Markwood dedicated it January 27, 1863. The first class was organized there in 1863, with a membership of seven. From that small beginning grew up a prosperous church.
The first church built in Clinton township was that erected by the Dis- ciples about a mile and a half northeast of Shreve, on the James Moore farm.
The Methodist Episcopal church near Newkirk's Spring was the first of that denomination in this township and it was built in 1843. David H., son of Henry and Jane Newkirk, was the first person buried in the graveyard by this church.
The churches in Greene township were spoken of by Douglas in his 1878 history of Wayne county as follows :
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"There are nine different churches represented in this township; Metho- dists, organized in 1814; the Amish, in 1816; the German Baptists, in 1826; the Presbyterians, in 1830; the Winebrenarians, in 1839; the Brethren of Christ, in 1843; Evangelical Lutherans, in 1844; the United Brethren, in 1845, and the River Brethren."
If there are other churches whose history is omitted in this work, it is because the officers have failed to respond to the call of our historian for nec- essary data from which to form such historical sketch.
CHAPTER XIV.
FRATERNAL SOCIETIES.
In a symbol there is concealment and yet revelation; Thought will not work except in silence;
Virtue will not grow unless its roots are hidden.
FREEMASONRY.
Almost with the planting of the first colony of pioneers in Wayne county Masonry took root, and has, with the passing of the decades, flour- ished well.
Ebenezer Lodge No. 33, Free and Accepted Masons, was organized, as seen by the date of the charter, January 4, 1816, that instrument, however, being dated December 13, 1819. The charter members were as follows : Thomas G. Jones, Thomas McMillen, William K. Stewart, Abner Eddy, William Larwill, Thomas Thorp, Constant Lake, Plumb Sutliff, Joseph H. Larwill.
The number of members in this lodge in 1909 was one hundred and seventy-two, and the officers for that year were as follows: Lester E. Wolfe, worshipful master; John W. Ames, senior warden; H. Wayne Hart, junior warden ; John Stevens, Jr., treasurer ; James B. Minier, secretary ; James C. Poole, senior deacon; Harry C. Sweeny, junior deacon; William F, Pate, senior steward; Oscar D. Kaufman, junior steward; James B. Minier, chap- lain; George S. Limb, tyler.
Wooster Chapter No. 27, Royal Arch Masons, dates its charter from October 23, 1843. The charter members were: William Larwill, Horace Howard, William Warren, Jacob Van Houten, Kimbal Porter, Philo Welton, Nathaniel High, John P. Coulter, John A. Holland.
In 1878 the chapter had a membership of seventy-eight. Its present membership is one hundred and eighty, including non-residents. Present officers : Fred J. Leopold, high priest ; Carl M. Limb, king; James C. Poole, scribe ; George J. Schwartz, captain of the host; John M. Russell, principal
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sojourner ; John W. Ames, royal arch captain; Samuel H. Boyd, treasurer ; James B. Minier, secretary ; William F. Pate, grand master of third veil; Harry C. Sweeny, grand master of second veil: J. Frick Tyler, grand master of first veil; George S. Limb, guard.
The home of Masonry in Wooster is now in leased rooms within the Frick Memorial building on West Liberty street.
Wooster Council No. 13, Royal and Select Masters, was chartered Oc- tober 1, 1846. The charter members were: Kimbal Porter, S. Buckius, George D. Hine, Horace Howard, George H. Stewart, N. Haskell, A. Bartol. J. W. Crawford, L. L. Klein, Peter Van West.
The council, in 1878, had a membership of thirty-five. Its present mem- bership is two hundred and fourteen. Present ( 1909) officers: John M. Russell, thrice illustrious master; W. F. Pate, deputy master; Samuel H. Boyd, principal conductor of the work; John Stevens, Jr., treasurer; L. R. Kramer, recorder; C. M. Limb, captain of guard; Lester E. Wolfe, con- ductor of candidate; J. C. Poole, steward; George S. Limb, sentinel.
Wooster Commandery No. 48, Knights Templar, was chartered August 14, 1889. Its present officers are: E. Sir Knight Carl M. Limb, eminent commander; Sir Kt. Lester S. Lewis, generalissimo; P. E. Sir Kt. John M. Russell, captain general; Sir Kt. David D. Miller, senior warden; Sir Kt. Marcus R. Limb, junior warden ; P. E. Sir Kt. James B. Minier, prelate; P. E. Sir Kt. Samuel H. Boyd, treasurer; P. E. Sir Kt. Fred J. Leopold, recorder ; Sir Kt. Thomas Drew, standard bearer ; Sir Knight James C. Poole, sword bearer ; Sir Kt. Harry C. Sweeny, warder.
The membership, July 1, 1908, was one hundred and eighty-six. Past eminent commanders of this commandery have been as follows: P. E. Sir Kt. Thomas E. Peckinpaugh, 1889; P. E. Sir Kt. William W. Firestone, 1891 ; P. E. Sir Kt. Samuel H. Boyd, 1893; P. E. Sir Kt. James B. Minier, 1895 ; P. E. Sir Kt. Harry K. Brady, 1896; P. E. Sir Kt. George J. Schwartz, 1897; P. E. Sir Kt. Ross W. Funck, 1898; P. E. Sir Kt. John Stevens, Jr .. 1899 ; P. E. Sir Kt. Walter D. Foss, 1900; P. E. Sir Kt. Forbes Alcock, 1901 ; P. E. Sir Knight Ell P. Willaman, 1901 ; P. E. Sir Kt. Charles M. Gray. 1902; P. E. Sir Kt. Harry E. Kurtz, 1903: P. E. Sir Kt. David Nice, 1904: P. E. Sir Kt. Ezra Neikirk, 1905: P. E. Sir Kt. John M. Russell, 1906; P. E. Sir Kt. Frederick J. Leopold, 1907.
Chapter No. 270, Order of the Eastern Star, on January 1, 1909, en- joyed a membership of fifty-two.
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Other Masonic lodges in Wayne county are: Cedar Lodge No. 430, at Orrville ; Garfield Lodge No. 528, at Shreve; West Salem Lodge No. 398; Oriental Chapter No. 128, West Salem.
WEST SALEM LODGE.
West Salem Masonic Lodge No. 398 was organized under a dispensa- tion granted petitioners November 21, 1866. Its charter members were: H. P. Sage, Edwin Fritzinger, C. C. Clay, M. H. Dodd, David Ambrose, J. B. Houk, D. F. Young, Enoch Moore, S. W. Signs, Jacob McGlenn, John Buffett, J. H. Morrison, Isaac Harbaugh, Israel Moyer, James Lowe.
ODDFELLOWSHIP.
Wooster Lodge No. 42, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, was organ- ized, as seen by its charter, June 21, 1845. The charter members were: R. J. Eberman, William S. Johnson, George Brauneck, J. S. Ward, R. A. Kinney. Its membership, in 1878, had reached one hundred and fifty-two, and January 1, 1909, was three hundred and seventy-three. Its officers at present are : George Lautzenheiser, noble grand; Julius Gerlach, vice grand ; H. H. Miller, financial secretary ; W. E. Barnard, recording secretary ; J. R. Warner, treasurer. The trustees are A. Plank, J. T. Keister and J. A. Shamp.
Kilbuck Encampment No. 17, Patriarchs Militant, was chartered Sep- tember 5, 1846, with members as follows: William S. Johnson, R. J. Eber- man, John Bristle, P. P. Eckfield, William W. Hanna, Jacob C. Chapman, John M. Naylor, Solomon R. Bonewitz, Samuel Mentzer, Samuel Christine, J. W. Schuckers, Isaac N. Jones. In June, 1878, this body had a membership of eighty, and the present membership is one hundred and forty-nine. The officers are, at this date, Harry Smith, chief patriarch; Julius Gerloch, senior warden; R. T. Bechtel, financial scribe; E. O. Powers, recording scribe; J. A. Schamp, high priest ; Harry Baumgardner, treasurer. This is the only encampment in Wayne county.
There are Odd Fellows lodges at the following points in this county : Orrville, with a membership of one hundred fifty-five; Doylestown, with a membership of one hundred and six; West Salem, with a membership of seventy-seven : Creston, with a membership of thirty-seven; Fredericksburg. with a membership of thirty-nine; Dalton, with a membership of forty-six; Applecreek, with thirty-four members.
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West Salem Lodge No. 442 was instituted June 10, 1870, with charter members as follows: John S. Addleman, M. H. Huffman, W. H. Fishack, J. S. Carmack, W. C. Baker, John Keeler, Neal Patterson.
Orrville Lodge No. 490 was instituted July 26, 1871, with the following charter members : H. P. Hugus, A. W. Bombarger, A. E. Clark, Isaac H. Krieble, Harrison Bowman, John Dunn, J. C. St. John.
At Doylestown the lodge was instituted August 17, 1854, and now has a live membership of one hundred and twelve. They own a fine block in which their lodge room is situated and a part is leased to the Knights of Pythias. The charter members were as follows: William H. Redinger, Samuel Rouston, Washington M. Heffelman, Uriah Franks, William Spangler.
The order at Wooster purchased its own building on South Market street October 1, 1901, at a cost of nine thousand dollars.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.
Rising Star Lodge No. 22, Knights of Pythias, at Wooster, was instituted April 1, 1870. The date of its charter is February 1, 1871, and the charter members were as follows: John H. Carr, Albert Braunick, Henry J. Kauff- man, Samuel Rouston, John M. Ebey, Michael S. Goodman, Arnold Richen- bach, Augustus E. Gasche, Charles S. Frost, John S. Caskey, John K. Mc- Bride, Leander Firestone. In January, 1878, this lodge had a membership of forty-two knights. Its present membership is two hundred and four.
Morning Star Lodge No. 41, Knights of Pythias (German), was insti- tuted December 29, 1871, its charter bearing date of February 15, 1872. The charter membership was as follows: William Nold, John J. Bringger, Jacob Stark, Frederick Schuch, Gotlieb Gasche, Jacob Diehl, Hermann Wutke. Jacob Gross, Eberhardt Bideker, Emil Podlich, Leonard Saal, George Faber. William Gasche, Jacob Schopf, Emil Faber, William Kanzler, Peter Kanzler, Franz Gerlach, Heinrich Kinkler, Martin F. Limb.
In 1878 the lodge had a working membership of seventy-two knights. On June 18, 1907, this lodge was united with the Rising Star Lodge. The present (1909) officers of the combined lodge are as follows: G. E. Brown, chancellor commander, Lloyd Sanborn, vice-chancellor; Benton G. Hay, prelate ; William A. Stevens, master of work; V. P. Moses, keeper of records and seal ; R. B. Snyder, master of finance ; John Stevens, Jr., master of exchecquer ; Harvey Joliff, master-at-arms; Frank Ault, inner guard; Karl
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Ernest, outer guard. This order meets over Keister Bros.' grocery store on East Market street in a leased hall.
Other Knights of Pythias lodges in Wayne county are: Sterling Lodge, at Sterling, with a membership of one hundred and thirty-one; George Gless- ner, keeper of records and seal; Grace Lodge No. 184 has a membership at Doylestown of eighty members, with O. B. Heffleman as keeper of records and seal ; Central Lodge No. 212, at Orrville, with a membership of one hundred, with W. T. Frazer as keeper of records and seal; Applecreek Lodge No. 324, at Applecreek, with a membership of forty-eight, with H. H. Wilhelm as keeper of records and seal; Smithville Lodge No. 483, with twenty-three mem- bers, at Smithville, with W. G. Stevens as keeper of records and seal; Chal- lenge Lodge No. 630, at Shreve, with a membership of forty-four, with W. K. Miller as keeper of records and seal.
The Uniform Rank of Wooster, known as Funk Company No. 53, was instituted October 18, 1900. It has a present membership of thirty-six. Its 1909 officials are: J. J. Keister, captain; Samuel Manson, first lieutenant ; G. Brown, second lieutenant; Ed McCormick, recorder ; H. A. Haller, treas- urer ; E. J. Kaufman, guard ; Charles Schopf, sentinel.
IMPROVED ORDER OF RED MEN.
Unas Tribe No. 57 at Wooster of this fraternal organization was insti- tuted May 20, 1871. with the following charter members : Albert Brauneck, Thomas S. Johnson, Jesse E. Goodyear, John S. Caskey, George Brauneck, G. W. Doty, James E. Wescott, J. T. Maxwell, T. Tickner, W. H. Baumgard- ner, Samuel Rouston, D. E. Warner, Speers McClarran, Henry J. Kauffman, Lewis P. Chliger, Charles S. Frost, Perry Miller, David W. Matz, Henry McClarran, John K. McBride, Abraham Saybolt, Jr., David McDonald, Allen Clark, D. W. Immel, Edward P. Bates, Henry J. Huber, Jacob R. Bowman, T. E. Peckingpaugh. C. C. Parsons, Jr.
ROYAL ARCANUM.
Wayne Council No. 13 of this secret beneficiary and life insurance order (similar to the Knights of Honor) at Wooster was instituted September 5, 1877. Its charter members were: Daniel Funck, Joseph C. Plumer, Lewis P. Ohliger. John Van Nostran, Jehiel Clark, J. S. Bissell. George Plumer, Edward S. Dowell, David W. Matz, T. J. McElhenie, T. E. Peckenpaugh, A.
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Saybolt, Jr., William H. Harry, Dr. James D. Robison, H. H. Bissell, Martin Funck, J. D. McAfee, M. A. Miller, Silas W. Ogden, William F. Woods.
KNIGHTS OF HONOR.
Orr Lodge, Knights of Honor, was instituted July 9, 1875. The officers were: Rev. J. C. Kauffman, director ; William M. Orr, past director ; S. N. Coe, vice-director; S. D. D. Tanner, assistant director; J. S. Evans, guide ; A. J. Heller, reporter ; J. G. Hartman, financial reporter; John Coffee, treas- urer ; Rev. J. M. Jenkins, chaplain ; George Ream, guardian ; Solon Boydston, sentinel.
This lodge has for its object mutual life insurance and social functions. Its establishment at the town of Orrville gathered together a goodly number of the people-men and women-who, besides having an excellent mutual life assurance benefit, by the payment of small dues, also had a good time socially.
At Shreve the Knights of Honor instituted a lodge June 19, 1875, with the following as its charter members: E. Fritzinger, John Zehner, C. C. Stouffer, M. D., J. S. Cole, M. D., Uriah Clouse, Z. B. Allee, W. R. McClel- lan, R. L. Lashels, L. H. Plank, George Musser. A. J. Gearhart, A. Plank, Jr., H. E. Lind, F. M. Atterholt, Robert Mckibbens, N. H. Neal, J. R. Saltman, Ben Meyers, J. A. Case, J. N. McHose, and has forty-one mem- bers in all.
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.
In Wayne county there have been, since 1881, formed several posts of the Grand Army of the Republic, including those at Wooster, Shreve, Dalton, Doylestown, Fredericksburg, West Salem, Orrville, Creston, Smith- ville, New Pittsburg and Burbank. Those that have a sufficient number of the old comrades of '61 and '65 at this date (1909) to hold meetings and transact business are as follows: Wooster, Shreve, Dalton, West Salem, Orrville, Creston, New Pittsburg.
Given Post, No. 133, was formed as a part of the Ohio Department, Grand Army of the Republic, on September 12, 1881. The post now num- bers about seventy-six, but from one date to another it has contained on its rolls as many as three hundred and fifty soldiers. The present elective officers of this post are as follows: Commander, William Hummer ; senior vice-com- mander, R. J. Smith ; junior vice-commander. W. H. Myers; chaplain, S. J.
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Blake; quartermaster, Enos Pierson; officer of the day, A. R. Boffmyer; surgeon, Harvey Porter; officer of the guard, Otto Bardon.
The list of commanders since the post's organization is as follows : 1881, J. P. VanNest; 1882, J. N. Clark; 1883, D. C. Curry; 1884, Jehiel Clark ; 1884, Peter Sparr; 1885, C. W. McClure; 1886, H. McClarran; 1887, Robert J. Smith; 1888, Aquila Wiley; 1889, Geo. W. Reid; 1890, A. Bran- steter; 1891, J. E. Applebaugh ; 1892, P. B. Stroup; 1893, A. M. Trunk; 1894, Samuel Metzler; 1895, S. J. Blake; 1896, Enos Pierson; 1897, J. R. Mckinney ; 1898, I. N. Keiffer; 1898, R. Elson; 1899, C. V. Hard; 1900, J. T. Yarman ; 1901, J. B. Taylor ; 1902, Jesse McClellen ; 1903, C. H. Hes- ler ; 1904, W. O. Beebe; 1905, Thomas Everly; 1906, T. A. Elder; 1907, S. Rickenbaugh ; 1908, G. D. Dunham ; 1909, Wm. Hammer.
The Woman's Relief Corps was organized soon after the post, probably in 1884, and has always been a helpful auxiliary to the post. A few years later was formed the Ladies of the Grand Army, another society which is made up of women who are either wives, sisters or daughters of Grand Army men. This society is styled the Ladies' Circle of the Grand Army of the Republic.
There are the Daughters of Veterans, also the Spanish-American War Camp, all of which semi-military societies are well organized at this date.
CHAPTER XV.
BENCH AND BAR.
[This chapter has been largely taken, by permission, from Ben Douglas' " Wayne County Lawyers," published in 1900.]
The bench and bar of Wayne county have a proud record of achieve- ment and their history is of more than ordinary interest. The roll contains the names of distinguished statesmen, generals, jurists, authors and lawyers, who have won both state and national fame.
The Wayne county bar for ability and integrity has always stood high in the estimation of the bar of the state. This bar has the reputation of sticking closely to forms of practice, and making hard fights on close points of law, which is often a surprise to lawyers from other counties, who have been accustomed to loose practice.
The stress of the profession of law is very great. On the bench or in the ranks the law is an absorbing pursuit, and is characterized by situations that engage the whole man. The relations of lawyers to each other is pro- fessionally that of opponents. They stand against each other; they contend; and yet it is creditable to the influence of the study and pursuit of the law that these contentions do not reach the heart or become a part of the life. There is, perhaps, no one of the learned professions more characterized by liberality and kindliness of thought among its members than that of the law.
The attorneys and judges of this community have always taken a con- spicuous part in moulding public opinion. Their business brings them con- stantly in the "limelight." Their forum is the whole community, while other professions are confined to a small proportion of the entire people. There- fore the members of the legal profession wield, perhaps, a greater influence over the life and destiny of the community as a whole than any other class of men.
The memories of the lawyers of the earlier decades of the history of Wayne county are perhaps less striking, familiar and interesting than those of the later years. The daily glow of natural sunlight is regarded as a mat- ter of course, and less memorable than the shadow which settles down in the
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days of eclipse. For a similar reason the years of generations gone are less vivid in our recollection than the more recent and later ones.
JUDGES OF COMMON PLEAS.
Judges of the courts of common pleas who have presided in judicial districts of which Wayne county constituted a part, from 1812, were as follows :
Benjamin Ruggles, William Wilson, George Tod, Alexander Harper, Ezra Dean, Jacob Parker, Levi Cox, Martin Welker, William Sample, Joseph H. Downing, William Given, William Reed, Charles C. Parsons, Carolus F. Voorhis, Wellington Stilwell, John D. Nicholas, Edward S. Dowell, John T. Maxwell, Frank Taggart, Celsus Pomerene, Samuel B. Eason.
Common pleas judges holding court in Wooster until the period of Hon. Ezra Dean : Ruggles, Wilson, Tod and Harper.
Benjamin Ruggles was born in Connecticut. After his admission to the bar he removed to Ohio, and later became prominent in the United States Senate, serving from this state from 1815 to 1833. He held court in Wooster as early as 1812.
William Wilson was a native of New Hampshire, emigrating to Ohio about the time of the admission of the state into the Union. He appears among the president judges of the court of common pleas in 1803, 1810, 1820, holding court in Wooster in 1816. He served two terms in Congress.
George Tod was the father of David Tod. Judge Tod was from Trum- bull county, Ohio, represented the district of which that county formed a part in the Ohio Senate in the early history of the state, was a member of the supreme court of Ohio during the first decade of his history, and as president of the court of common pleas held court in Wooster in 1816.
Alexander Harper was a native of Ireland, immigrated to the United States, settled in Ohio, served in the earlier sessions of the General Assembly, was a member of Congress, was elected to the judgship, and held court in Wooster as early as 1822.
CIRCUIT JUDGES, FIFTH DISTRICT.
Circuit judges from the fifth district, Ohio, elected in November, 1884, under an act of the General Assembly of April 14, 1884, establishing said court, three judges being elected, the respective periods each was to serve to be determined by lot, resulting as follows:
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John W. Albaugh, for two years, re-elected, for six years; Charles Fol- lett, for four years, re-elected, for six years; John A. Jenner, for six years, re-elected for six years. Albaugh dropping out in 1892, J. C. Pomerene was elected for six years, in 1892, but dying in December, 1897, M. L. Smyser was appointed by Governor Bushnell to succeed him, serving from January 15, 1898, until November, of that year. John M. Swartz, in November, 1898, was elected to fill the residue of the term, serving from November 17, 1898, to February 9, 1899. In 1898, R. M. Voorhis was elected for the full term. In 1894, John J. Adams was elected for six years. In September, 1895. John A. Jenner resigned, and George E. Baldwin was appointed by the Governor, and served until in November of that year. In 1895 Charles H. Kibler was elected to fill the unexpired time, occasioned by the resignation of Jenner. In 1896 Silas M. Douglass was elected for six years.
EARLY PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.
The following lawyers were prosecuting attorneys of Wayne county from 1812 to 1819, or to the period of Judge Edward Avery: Roswell M. Mason, 1812; Nathaniel Mather, 1814; J. W. Halleck, 1815; Alexander Har- per, 1816; William B. Raymond, 1817; H. Curtis, 1818.
LAWYERS OF 1812.
But little is known, or of record, relative to a majority of the lawyers who were in attendance at the first session of the court of common pleas held in Wooster, August 6, 1812, Hon. Benjamin Ruggles presiding, with Chris- tian Smith, David Kimpton and John Cisna as associate judges. We give the names of the lawyers who were present: Roswell M. Mason, C. R. Sherman, J. W. Lathrop, Nathaniel Mather, John M. Goodenow, John C. Wright, William B. Raymond, Elderling Potter.
Jacob Parker was a great lawyer and a great judge. He served on the common pleas bench under the old constitution, when his circuit included the counties of Knox, Richland, Holmes, Medina and Wayne. He was born in New England and was the brother-in-law of Judge Charles R. Sherman, who was a justice of the supreme court of Ohio, and three of whose sons are famous in the annals of Ohio, the Judge, the General and the Senator. He was president judge of the eleventh circuit, and sat in Wooster in 1841 and 1842.
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Among the prominent men who were principally lawyers, whose births occurred, and whose earlier, and even later years, were spent in Wayne county, or within a radius of twenty-five miles of Wooster, this territory then being in Wayne county, we may mention the name of Hon. William B. Allison, of Dubuque, Iowa, who was born in Wayne county, in 1829, before the formation of Ashland county in 1846. He studied law in Wooster, and removed to Iowa in 1857, has served four terms in Congress, was elected to the United States Senate, taking his seat March 4th, 1873, and retained his place in that honorable body over a quarter of a century.
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