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(1) John was a civil surgeon at Lucknow, India. On the completion of his service there, he contemplated a visit to the subject in America, but while en route, he dropped dead in a hotel at Sydney, New South Wales. His wife was a niece of Lord Mayo and is now living in London.
(2) Thomas, who died in June, 1876, was born in Scotland and his remains now lie in the historic graveyard at Cathcart. He came to America in 1856, locating in Canada, and in the following year he came to the United States. He was a stonecutter by trade and was employed in the erection of the Washington monument at Washington, D. C. He visited Scotland in 1860, returning to the United States in the following year. At the outbreak of the Civil war he enlisted for the three months' service, and at the expira- tion of that period he re-enlisted for three years. He participated in the bat-
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tles of Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg and Gettysburg, and was captured in the last named engagement. At the close of the war he took up his residence in Wooster, Ohio, and engaged in the contracting business. erecting most of the prominent buildings of that day here.
(3) James, who died in 1884, was a marine engineer and was chief engineer on the Dutch mail service. His death occurred in Glasgow, and there his widow and her three sons and a daughter now reside.
(4) Robert, the fourth in order of birth, is the immediate subject of this sketch.
(5) Archibald was a doctor in the Queen's India service, but was sub- sequently retired. He had been civil surgeon of the sacred city of Benares, the highest position a civil surgeon could occupy in India, he holding the rank of major in the medical service. He was retired after a long and faithful service, and in 1895 started on his return to his home in Scotland. On the way he stopped at London and started for the war office to settle his accounts. On the way he was waylaid and murdered and robbed.
(6) Janet, who now resides at Southport, England, is the widow of John Miller and is the mother of seven sons and four daughters. John Miller was the inventor of millerain, a waterproof cloth much used by the British government.
(7) Christina is the wife of Dr. Meikham, of Glasgow, Scotland, and they are the parents of three sons.
(8) Agnes is the wife of Capt. William Burns, of the marine service. He was for many years the captain of American and Indian liners and for some time has been engaged in an effort to find the lost treasure ship of the Spanish Armada, which was sunken off the shore of Scotland in 1588.
Robert Cameron, Sr., was born in the county of Lanark, on the banks of the Clyde, two and a half miles south of the city of Glasgow, Scotland, on the 5th day of March, 1842. He secured his education in the schools of his native county, making such rapid progress in his studies that he was enabled to complete his academic course at thirteen years of age. He then learned the trade of carpenter and joiner and in 1867 he came to the United States, lo- . cating at Wooster, Ohio. He first went into a commission merchant's office as junior bookkeeper. This was immediately after leaving school. Was later employed by the Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company in the ca- pacity of foreman in the erection of the new shops. This was in 1868. A short while later, however, he returned to Wooster. In 1869 he returned to Scotland, where he was married, and the following year came back to
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Wooster and resumed work at his trade. In 1871 he began general con- tracting on his own account and has followed that occupation since, with the exception of a period of seven years, during which time he was engaged in the lumber business. In his business affairs he has been successful, having erected many of the best buildings, both for business and residence purposes in this city and vicinity. His work has always stood the closest inspection and he is accounted one of the best workmen in the local field.
Robert Cameron has taken a deep interest in military matters and was a member of the Ohio National Guard, being first lieutenant of Company D, of the Eighth Regiment, which command was afterwards known as "McKin- ley's Own." All of his sons excepting the youngest were also members of this company. The military spirit was strong in the hearts of the boys and two of them, Robert and Nathaniel, saw service in the Spanish-American war in 1898. They were both in the Santiago campaign, Robert being invalided and sent home, while Nathaniel was sent to Bellevue hospital.
In 1869, as stated above, Mr. Cameron returned to the land of hills and heather and took unto himself a helpmeet in the person of Mary Jane Col- ledge, of North Shields. She was born in Howden-on-the-Tyne, and was a daughter of Nathaniel Colledge, a prosperous provision merchant of that village. This union was blessed in the birth of nine children, two of whom died in infancy unnamed. Those who attained to mature years are briefly mentioned as follows: John Archibald, a carpenter and joiner at Akron, Ohio, is married and the father of two children; Christina Jackson is house- keeper and companion for her father; Robert; Nathaniel C .; James Ronald ; the three last named are all occupying important positions with the Goodrich Rubber Company at Akron, Ohio; Walter Scott is a stenographer at Cleve- land, Ohio; Martin Welker, the youngest, is a student in the University of Wooster. The mother of these children died on the 21st of August, 1908, since which time Christina has devoted herself to her father's comfort.
In politics Mr. Cameron is a stanch Republican and was formerly very active in local political matters, but of late years he has not taken a prominent part, though still keeping in close touch with the trend of current events in the political world. He, with his entire family, are connected with the First Presbyterian church, of which they are regular attendants and generous supporters. Mr. Cameron has taken a deep interest in the Sunday school and for many years prior to the death of his wife he was a teacher in that school. He is an appreciative member of the time-honored order of Free and Accepted Masons, having been raised to the sublime degree of a Master
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Mason in the same lodge in Scotland in which his forefathers for many generations had been raised. The members of the Cameron family are noted for their splendid physique, all the male members of the family standing at least six feet tall, and good health and splendid physical condition has characterized them all. During a residence in this community of many years, Mr. Cameron has constantly enjoyed the absolute confidence of all who have had dealings with him and those who know him best are his closest friends. He has always been found on the right side of every moral issue and gives his support to every movement that promises to benefit the com- munity.
GILBERT D. MCINTYRE.
The gentleman whose name leads this sketch has long enjoyed prestige as a leading citizen of the community in which he resides, and as an official against whose record no word of suspicion was ever uttered he has been an important factor in the life of the city of his residence. There flows in his veins Scotch blood, and in him are exhibited those sterling qualities of char- acter which have made his father's countrymen such desirable citizens in this great republic. Mr. McIntyre himself is a native of the Buckeye state, having been born at Doylestown, Wayne county, the date of his birth having been the 13th day of August, 1849. His father was A. A. McIntyre, who was a native of Edinburgh, Scotland, where he was reared and educated. In 1826 he came to America, locating first in Canada, where he remained for a number of years. About the year 1840 he came to the United States and made his home in Ogdensburg, New York. Subsequently he removed to Doylestown. Wayne county, Ohio, and there he remained for a number of years. He was a tailor by trade and was considered a good workman. While living at Doylestown he was appointed postmaster and rendered efficient serv- ice. In 1854 he again changed his residence, this time locating at Marshall- ville, where he became the local agent for the railroad, which position he re- tained until his death, which occurred in 1869, at which time he was seventy- two years old. In religion he was a Presbyterian and was a man of good habits and splendid standing among his fellow citizens. A. A. McIntyre married Julia Plummer, who was born near Ogdensburg. New York, where she was reared and educated, and where she met and married Mr. Melntyre. She died in 1895 at the age of seventy-eight years. This worthy couple became the
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parents of six children, all of whom are now deceased excepting the subject of this sketch and a sister, Mrs. John Pfunder, whose husband is now post- master at Marshallville.
The subject of this sketch received his education in the common schools of his home community and at Marshallville, to which place the family re- moved. On his father's death, in 1869, the subject succeeded him in the position of railroad station agent, and this position he continued to occupy until 1881. He then embarked in the insurance business, which he continued with success until 1902, on July roth of which year he was appointed post- master at Orrville, to which city he removed his residence in March, 1893. Mr. McIntyre's conduct of the postoffice has been eminently satisfactory to the patrons of the office, as he is courteous and accommodating and gives to the office the same attention and the same business methods he would give to a private business. On June 6, 1910, he received his third appointment as postmaster, a testimonial to his efficiency and popularity.
In July, 1879, Mr. McIntyre was united in mariage to Rebecca Schlutt, of Marshallville, where she had been born and reared, the daughter of Charles Schlutt. To this union two children have been born, namely : Charles G., an engineer in the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and Dora O., the wife of Dr. D. S. Burns, of Bryan, Ohio.
Socially Mr. McIntyre is a member of the time-honored order of Free and Accepted Masons, in the workings of which he takes a deep interest. In politics he is a Republican, but takes no very active part in public affairs, devoting his entire attention to the performance of his official duties. Dur- ing his residence here his characteristics have won him recognition as a man of true worth and he commands the respect of all who know him.
ANDREW JACKSON PETERMAN.
The march of improvement and progress is accelerated day by day, and each successive moment seems to demand of men a broader intelligence and a greater discernment than did the preceding. Successful men must be live men in this age, bristling with activity, and the lessons of biography may be far-reaching to an extent not superficially evident. There can be no impro- priety in justly scanning the acts of any man as they affect his public, social and business relations. If he be honest and successful in his chosen field of
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endeavor, investigations will brighten his fame and point the path along which others may follow, and thus his life becomes cumulative in its favorable in- fluence. Among the able and representative business men of Fredericksburg. Wayne county, is numbered Mr. Peterman, who has had to do with a number of enterprises of wide scope and importance and whose executive capacity has been such as to enable him to achieve a definite success, while the methods employed have been such as to gain and retain to him the confidence and high regard of his fellow men. It is both gratifying and profitable to enter record concerning the career of such a man, and in the following paragraphs sufficient will be said to indicate the forceful individuality, initiative power and sterling character of a well-known citizen of Fredericksburg.
Andrew Jackson Peterman is a native son of the old Buckeye state. hav- ing first seen the light of day in Prairie township, Holmes county. He is a son of James and Sarah E. (Cosper) Peterman, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania. James Peterman came to Ohio about 1830 and entered land in Holmes county, where he spent his remaining days, his death occurring in 1887, at the age of eighty-two years. His wife was sixty-six years old at the time of her death. Before coming to Holmes county Mr. Peterman had been a contractor on the Pennsylvania and Ohio canal, constructing several large sections of that great work, but after coming to Holmes county he fol- lowed the vocation of farming exclusively. Politically he was a great admirer of Andrew Jackson and took an active part in local public affairs, having served as justice of the peace several terms and at one time was the candidate of his party for the Legislature. He was fairly successful in his business affairs and was considered one of the most prominent men in his part of the county. He was a member of the Presbyterian church at Fredericksburg until the division of that body, when he went with the congregational section and was very active in the society, serving as trustee for a number of years. To Mr. and Mrs. Peterman were born ten children, of whom those living are as follows: Mrs. Margaret Ridle; Andrew J., the subject of this sketch : Mrs. Albert Gailey, of Chicago; Mrs. Martha McCormack ; R. C., who is presi- dent of a banking company, lives in Chicago.
Andrew J. Peterman secured his elementary education in the district schools of Holmes county, supplementing this by attendance at the old Smith Academy at Fredericksburg, receiving a fair education for that period. On completing his education, he went into the lumber business and has continued to be identified with that line of business to the present time. He was success- ful in the enterprise and soon afterwards added the flour business, in which also hie met with a gratifying patronage. In connection with the lumber busi-
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ness he owns a mill, in which are manufactured many articles for household use, besides the production of all kinds of lumber and planing-mill supplies. He has now been in these two lines about thirty-five years and has constantly enjoyed his full share of the public patronage. One of the most important and far-reaching steps taken by Mr. Peterman in the commercial world was the organization and establishment of the Bank of Fredericksburg. In the prelim- inary work incidental to the establishment of this institution Mr. Peterman was foremost and on its organization he was elected the first president, holding this office about eighteen months. The bank has enjoyed remarkable success from the beginning and is now rated as one of the strong and prosperous monetary institutions of Wayne county. It has been an important and in- fluential factor in the commercial prosperity of this part of the county and the community is indebted to the gentleman who had the prescience and foresight to go ahead with the project. Mr. Peterman was also one of the organizers of the Ohio Terra Cotta Brick Company and is still interested in the enter- prise. This company is fortunate in being the possessor of clay beds of the finest quality and they are producing a line of fancy brick which has found a ready sale ever since being first put on the market. The clay is found about one hundred feet below the surface of the ground and underlies a bed of splendid coal. Besides the bed of yellow clay, from which most of the prod- uct is made, the company has also discovered a sixteen-foot vein of brown clay, lying near the surface, and from this a beautiful brown-colored brick is made that has also caught the popular fancy. The company manufactures brick of various kinds, and in fact makes most everything that can be made of clay and, judging from their success of the past, they have a most promis- ing future. Mr. Peterman takes a deep interest in anything that gives prom- ise of benefiting the community and lends his support and encouragement to all legitimate enterprises. He is essentially public-spirited and deservedly occupies a high position in the regard of his fellow citizens.
On the 29th of October. 1909, Mr. Peterman was united in marriage to Mary E. Berger, who was born in Holmes county, Ohio, the daughter of William Berger, who was for thirty years a successful merchant at Fredericks- burg, but whose death occurred in 1907.
In politics Mr. Peterman has always been a stanch supporter of the Democratic party, though he has never taken a very active part in political affairs. He was, however, induced to accept the responsible position of treas- urer of the township and town, and served in this capacity for twelve years, rendering most efficient and satisfactory service. In religion, he and his wife are consistent members of the Congregational church at Fredericksburg and
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give to that society an earnest and generous support. A man of splendid personal qualities, Mr. Peterman has long been recognized as one of the lead- ing and representative citizens of Fredericksburg and as such he is eminently entitled to representation in a work of this character. He is a worthy rep- resentative of an honored family, one who, by reason of his sterling personal worth, deserves and is generally accorded that esteem which comes to those whose lives are in close touch with all that assists in advancing the community in which they live.
JOSEPH S. SHERRICK.
That industry and sound judgment, combined with a wise economy, both of time and money, are the surest contributing elements to success, is exemplified in the life of the subject of this sketch, who for a number of years was one of the successful agriculturists of Wayne county, but who is now living in the city of Wooster, enjoying that rest which he has so richly earned.
The subject's grandfather on the paternal side was Joseph Sherrick, who was a native of the state of Pennsylvania. He followed farming all the years of his mature life and died some time in the sixties, secure in the esteem of all who had known him. His son, Jacob B., father of the subject of this sketch, was born and reared in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, and he too took up the vocation of farming, which his ancestors had so suc- cessfully followed for generations. In 1882 he came to Ohio, settling on a farm located about two miles southwest of the city of Wooster, and there he lived until his death, which occurred on the 20th day of January, 1890. He married Sarah Shupe, who was a native of Fayette county. Pennsylvania. and it was there she met and married Mr. Sherrick. Her death occurred in August, 1882, soon after the family arrived at their new home in Ohio. To Jacob and Sarah Sherrick were born four children, namely: Kate, who lives in Wooster; Isaac, of Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania: Joseph S .. the subject of this sketch; John, who lives three miles west of Wooster.
Joseph S. Sherrick was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, on the IIth of November, 1845, and remained with his parents until their re- moval to Ohio in 1882. Here he farmed in partnership with his father. following agricultural pursuits until 1907, when, on April 12th, he gave up the labor to which he had been accustomed for so many years and came
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to Wooster to live. He was financially successful in operations and was wisely economical, so that now he is enjoying himself, with no cares or burdens to annoy him.
On the 18th of March, 1877, Mr. Sherrick married Samantha Myers, who was the daughter of Jacob and Sarah Myers, who were residents of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, at the time of her marriage. She was a faithful helpmeet to him in the fullest sense of the term, and five children came to bless their union. They are briefly mentioned as follows: Mrs. Anna M. Ball, of Plain township, Wayne county: Jacob M., who lives on the old home farm near Wooster : Cora S. and Emma are at home with their father ; Joseph B. lives in Wooster. The mother of these children passed away on October 23, 1894. She was a woman of many splendid qualities of character and during her life she enjoyed the warm regard of all who came in contact with her. Mr. Sherrick is a faithful member of the Lutheran church and takes a deep interest in its welfare. He is also a director of the Commercial Bank, in which he holds a block of stock. Though unostenta- tious and unassuming, Mr. Sherrick is possessed of those sterling qualities of manhood which commend him to the regard of those who know him. His life among his fellow men has been without malice and his friends are in number as his acquaintances.
REV. WILLIAM E. FEEMAN.
A man who boldly faces the responsibilities of life and by determined and untiring energy carves out for himself an honorable success exerts a powerful influence upon the lives of all who follow him. Such men consti- tute the foundation of our republican institutions and are the pride of our civilization. To them life is so real that they find no time to plot either mischief or vice. Their lives are bound up in their duties, they feel the weight of their citizenship, and take pleasure in sowing the seeds of upright- ness. Such has been the career of the subject of this brief notice. He was born in Wooster, Ohio, on the 9th of October, 1846. His paternal grand- father, Peter Feeman, was a native of Pennsylvania, but was an early set- tler of Wayne county, Ohio. He was a farmer by occupation and was num- bered among the county's substantial citizens. He died about 1877, at the remarkable age of one hundred years. His wife died a few years prior to his death, also at an advanced age. The family is descended from stanch old
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German stock. The subject's father, John Feeman, was also a native of the old Keystone state and was about fifteen years old when the family came to Ohio. They located on a farm about ten miles north of Wooster, and there the father lived until his death, which occurred in 1855. He not only farmed, but was also an expert stone-cutter and performed much work along that line. He was a man of exceptional character, possessed of the Chris- tian virtues and was an inspiration to those who came in contact with him. He married Catharine Herman, who was born in Wayne county, Ohio, in about 1817. Her death occurred in 1907, at the age of ninety years, five months and fourteen days. This worthy couple were the parents of eight children, three of whom are now living, those besides the subject being Mrs. Elizabeth Clark and Miss Sarah Feeman, both now living at Kansas City. Missouri.
William E. Feeman received his preliminary education in the public schools of Wooster, after which he attended Denison University, at Gran- ville, Ohio, a Baptist college, where he studied five years. He was then a student at the University of Wooster, graduating with the class of 1874. Mr. Feeman was then for a year engaged as a teacher in the Reformatory at Allegheny, Pennsylvania. In 1876 he entered the Newton Theological In- stitute, at Newton Center, Massachusetts, the oldest Baptist educational insti- tution in the United States, and there he graduated in 1879. In 1880 he was called to the pastorate of the Baptist church at Ashtabula, Ohio, and served that congregation three years, at the end of which time he accepted the pastorate of the church at Sharpsville, Pennsylvania. At the end of two years he was recalled to the pastorate of the Ashtabula church, which he served for nearly six years more. During the following six years he was pastor of the Baptist church at Lima, Ohio, followed by a two years' minis- try at the church at Marquette, Michigan, and then three years with the Baptist church at Hudson, Massachusetts.
In 1901, at his own option, Reverend Feeman retired from regular ministerial work and engaged in the insurance business. His first office was at Columbus, Ohio, but two years later he located at Lima. In 1903 he returned to the home of his boyhood, Wooster, and conducted an insurance and real estate office, and has there done a large amount of business in bothi lines. He frequently engages in church work, when called upon, and his addresses are invariably listened to with interest. He is a scholarly man and his addresses are forceful and eloquent. His work while in the regular ministry was marked by splendid results in all the churches which he served,
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numbers being added to the church and the societies being greatly blessed and strengthened under his ministry.
During the Civil war Mr. Feeman evinced his loyalty for the old flag by enlisting for its defense in the One Hundred and Eighty-sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which he did valiant service for his country. His brother, L. B. Feeman, was a member of the Sixteenth Ohio Regiment and was killed at Jackson, Mississippi, eight days after the surrender of Vicksburg. The subject is, because of this military service, a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, in which he takes a deep interest. He is a Republican in politics, as were his ancestors before him, and he gives that party his active support. He was elected mayor of Wooster in 1909 and is now serving efficiently in this position.
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