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20
Orrville
556
Orrville "Courier"
319
Orrville "Crescent"
318
Orrville Industries
557
Orrville Methodist Episcopal Church 272
Orrville Presbyterian Church
260
Orrville Reminiscence
559
P
Paint Township
388
Paintville Presbyterian Church
262
Patton's Lake
103
Peckinpaugh, Thomas W.
298
Pensioners of War of 1812
221
Pensioners, Revolutionary
220
Physicians, Early-day
325
Physicians, Present-day
339
Pigeon Roost
76
HISTORICAL INDEX.
Pioneer Families
113
Pioneer Mill of Wayne County
428
Pioneers, Where From.
108, 195
Plain Township
380
Plain Township Disciples Church.
255
Plain Township Farmers' Club.
217
Plymouth Company
18
Poe, Adam
397
Population by City, Towns and Vil-
lages
403
Population by Townships
403
Population in 1787.
20
Population of Wayne County
403
Population of Wooster
403
Pottery
95
Prairies
102
Preglacial Drainage
67
Preglacial Topography
57
Presbyterian Church, Apple Creek ..
261
Presbyterian Church, Marshallville .. 260
Presbyterian Church, Orrville.
260
Presbyterian Church, Paintville. . 262
Presbyterian Church, Sugarcreek ...
260
Presbyterian Church, Westminster .. 259
Presbyterian Church, Wooster, First 256
Presbyterians in Canaan Township .. 260 Presbyterians in Greene Township .. 261
Present-day Lawyers
292
Present-day Physicians
339
Probate Judges
180
Primitive Schools
185
Production of Crops.
197, 198, 199, 200, 201
Process of Agriculture.
195
Progressive Farmers' Association.
217
Property Valuation
129
Prosecuting Attorneys
183, 289
Public School System.
187
Public Schools of Wooster
434
R
Railroad Era
343
Railroads of Wayne County
342
Ramsey, Warren
297
Recorders, County
183
Red Men, Improved Order of.
284
Reformed Church, Canaan Township 250 Reformed Church, East Union Town-
ship 250
Reformed Church, Marshallville.
249
Reformed Church, Milton Township. 250
Reformed Church, Orrville.
249
Reformed Church, Wooster.
245, 249
Reformed
Lutheran
Church,
St.
Paul's
253
Refugee Tract
26
Reminiscence by Philip Fritz.
358
Representatives in Congress.
174
Representatives in Legislature.
175
Revolutionary Pensioners
220
Rider, Cyrus A.
301
Robison, James D
331
Royal Arcanum
284
Russell, Price
295
S
St. Clair, General.
33
St. James Episcopal Church.
266
St. Michael's Catholic Church ..
273
St. Paul's Reformed Lutheran Church 253
Sts. Peter and Paul's Catholic Church 273
Salem Lutheran Church, Plain Town-
ship
252
Salem Mennonite Church.
277
Salt Creek Township.
386
Salt Works on the Killbuck.
402
School Statistics
190
School System, Public. 187.
Schools at Shreve.
189
Schools, Primitive.
185
Schools, Rural, Centralization of.
191
Second Baptist Church, Wooster
245
Second Grade of Territorial Govern- ment 34
Second Survey of Public Lands.
24
Second Territorial Government.
28
Senators
175
Settlements, First, in Wayne County 112
Shaffer, Hiram M.
338
Shaffer, Moses
337
Shawnees
19
Sheriffs
180
Shreve
5603
Shreve Christian Church,
255
Shreve "News"
321
Shreve Schools
189
Sixteenth Ohio Regiment.
228
Smith, Harry R ..
296
Smitlıville
371
Smithville High School.
18S
HISTORICAL INDEX.
Smyser, Martin L
294
Snyder, James E 300
Soil Composition 90
Soil of Wayne County.
193
Soldiers' Monument
426
Sonneberg Settlement
375
Sonneberg Swiss Mennonite Church. 274
Spanish-American War
238
Spooner, M. L.
297
Starn, George A
298
State Senators
175
Stone, Edgar E.
297
Streams of Wayne County.
100
Sugarcreek Presbyterian Church. 260
Sugarcreek Township 373
Sugarcreek
Township
Mennonite
Church
276
Surface of County
101
Surveyors, County 182
Surveys of Public Lands.
24
Symmes Purchase
24
T
Territorial Council, First
34
Territorial Days
28
Territorial Government Ended.
36
Territorial Legislature, Third Session
35
Territorial Officers
28
The "Mayflower"
23
Third Session, Territorial
Legisla-
ture
35
Thomas, Alfred J. 299
Topography, Preglacial. 57
Topography of Wayne County. 98
Township Histories
353
Townships, Organization of.
118
Trails, Indian
50
Treasurers, County
178
Treaties with Indians 27
Treaty of Fort Harmar
27
Trees of Wayne County
99
Trinity English Lutheran Church. 254
Trinity Methodist Church, Wooster. 269
Turnpikes of Wayne County
342
Two Noted Characters
392
U
United Presbyterian Church ...
262
United Presbyterian Church, Dalton. 262
United Presbyterian Church, Freder-
icksburg
264
United States Military Lands.
26
University of Wooster
438
V
Valuation of Property
129
Village Plats
404
Village Sites
93
Virginia Military Lands.
25
Volunteers, First.
224
W
Warner, Charles J.
336
Water Navigation.
349
Wayne County Agricultural Society. 216
Wayne County Boundaries, 1808.
117
Wayne County Early Boundaries.
114
Wayne County Indian Trails. 50
Wayne County in Mexican War 221
Wayne County Jails.
124
Wayne County Lawyers. 292
Wayne County, Organization of. 114
Wayne County Organized. 118
Wayne Presbyterian Church 261
Wayne Township 368
Weather and Crops Years Ago 396
Wertz, Ed. S.
299
Welker, Martin
293
Wenger, D.
296
West Lebanon.
390
West Lebanon Evangelical Church .. 253
Westminster Presbyterian Church .. 259
West Salem
560G
West Salem "Reporter" 320
Western Reserve
25, 116
"Widow Blockhouse" Gets Married. 430 Wiley, Aquila 300
Wooster Board of Trade. 421
Wooster Brush Works 426
Wooster City Hall 418
Wooster, City of. 410
Wooster City Water Works. 418
Wooster "Daily News"
316
Wooster
"Democrat'
315
Wooster, Election of 1824 413
Wooster Electric Light Plant.
420
Wooster, Fire Department.
416
Wooster Gas Light Company
419
Wooster Incorporated.
412
HISTORICAL INDEX.
Wooster "Journal and Democratic
Times"
313
Wooster, Mayors of.
415
Wooster Nursery Company.
427
Wooster Opera Houses
417
Wooster, Population of.
403
Wooster Postoffice
421
Wooster, Present City Officers.
415
Wooster Public Library
422
Wooster Public Schools
434
Wooster "Republican"
313
Wooster, Town Presidents.
414
Wooster Township
379
Wooster University 438
Wyandots
48
Y
Yocum, Charles M.
295
Yost, William C.
296
Z
Zion's Evangelical Lutheran Church,
Wooster
250
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BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX
A
Adair Family
56029
Adair, Robert L. 56022
Addleman, William
856
Alcock, Forbes
1284
Alexander, A. S.
1250
Alexander, Samuel K 1262
Ames, Samuel S. 579
Amstutz, David C 874
Amstutz Family 1386
Amstutz, Joel F
953
Anthony, Frederick 1214
Appleman, Robert S. 582
Appleman, William
582
Armstrong, David Calvin. 1208
Armstrong, David D
804
Armstrong, Joseph
960
Armstrong, Thomas, Jr.
880
Aukerman, Louis Emerson 1063
Ault, Clement L. 929
B
Baker, Harry E. 1404
Barden, Edwin Albert. 1128
Barden, William 1379
Barden, William A
1374
Barnard, George D
1108
Barnard, Martin H. .
1130
Barnhart, William Ralph, Jr. 1436
Beal, David 1380
Beals, Daniel 853
Beals, Jacob 854
Beazell, Matthew
827
Bechtel, John
734
Bechtel, Tillman O 1243
Beckley, Conrad Rumple. 576
Beekley, Charles Elmer
1094
Beer, James Dinsmore.
618
Bell, William 894
Berger, John David. 865
Bertolette, Harry B. 995
Bevington, Benjamin S
730
Biddle, Charles W.
1125
Bidle, George C. 1010
Bixler, William 1351
Blackwood, David G. 749
Bliss, William Herbert. 587
Blosser, P. S. 802
56047
Bolen, Charles Wesley 584
Boor, John 600
Bower, Adam B .. 1167
Bowman, David 1292
Bowman, Theo. P. 653
Braden, David H. 646
Brenizer, George 1364
Brenneman, Amandus W 1366
Brenneman, Daniel Webster 1042
Brenneman, Samuel M. 792
Brinkerhoff, Amos 1154
Brinkerhoff, Ira 892
Brinkerhoff, Joseph W. 1184
Brooks, A. A. 678
Brown, Allen 1000
Brown, Elmer
780
Brown, Joseph McCauley 1032
Brown, Thomas Pendleton. 1079
Bruce, Oliver D. 764
Bryson, Willis B. 1268
Buchanan, John W. 1002
Bucher, Levi 1156
Burchfield, Charles E 794
Burkholder, Amos 979
Burkholder, Elmer U. 1222
Burkholder, Noah S. 951
Burkholder, Simon D.
1171
Burkholder, William
937
C
Cameron, Robert, Sr. 660
Campbell, Alexander Thompson. 742
Campbell, Archibald B 654
Camron, W. J .. 1398
Carnahan, Thomas E 955
Case, S. Grant
1411
Caskey, John Snodgrass.
624
Blough, David
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.
Caskey, William 829
Ferguson, James Walter. 1134
Christy, James W. 636
Fetzer, Jonathan 1302
Christy, Raymond F 708
Fike, Adam W. 694
Christy, Welker G. 635
Fike, George A. 1180
Coffman, Henry 1150
Fike, William A. 1181
Conrad, John C.
815
Fisher, George A.
1256
Cook, Sylvanus G.
738
Fisher, James Howard.
1016
Cooney, Nelson R.
1209
Flack, Robert C.
784
Cope, B. G.
1272
Fluhart, Edmond Z.
688
Cramer, John 850
Fogel, Adam 732
Cramer, William Albert. 1100
Folsom, Charles E. 1460
Crane, Cyrus G. 1462
Forrer, George F 1283
Crater, George 1162
Forrer, Henry H 1203
Craven, John 1176
France, John B. 569
Criley, John M. 967
Franks, Louis K. 1419
Critchfield, Mrs. Adelaide M. 56012
Frary, Orange W 884
Frary, William 760
Frick, Jacob 1376
Fritz, Joseph Owen 658
Fulton, Luther H. 1133
Funck, Ross W 1440
Funk, Laban
1005
Funk, Willis D 1310
D
Dague, Gabriel C. 1328
Dague, Thomas Jefferson. 1424
Danford, John H. B. 599
Davis, Thomas Kirby 5604
Dawson, Norman B 938
DesVoignes, W. L. 701
Deuell, William Henry
878
Dix, Albert
796
Dohner, Harvey B 932
Douglas, Ben 1080
E
Eason, Samuel Brown 832
Emrich, George P. 1115
Etling, Abram 1439
Etling, John E. 1352
Evans, David G. 783
Evans, William S. 787
Ewing, Thomas E
860
Eyman, Charles B 1023
Eyman, Simon B. 1337
F
Fahr, Charles 750
Fair, Andrew A .. 1232
Feeman, William E. 668
Felton, A. K. 1225
G
Garver, William Wallace. 936
Gaut, Mathew 768
Gearhart, Jacob 926
Geiselman, Cyrenius 1173
Geiselman, John Franklin 1065
George, Franklin Warren 680
Gerig, Benjamin
1143
Gerlach, Albert
590
Gilbert, E. E ..
1227
Gill, Samuel George
1280
Gill, William M.
1250
Gindlesperger, James B 746
Gish, Jacob 945
Gish, Michael S 944
Good, Clayton 747
Graber, Charles A. 1331
Graber, Daniel 1045
Graber, Rudolph
1258
Grady, Oliver George 869
Grant, Edward M. 810
Graven, Marion 614
Graven, Thomas Arthur 613
Gray, Charles Milton. 567
Gray, James Lloyd 607
Gregory, Joseph B.
1319
Grosjean, Louis Eugene
1086
Critchfield, Lyman R .. 560°
Critchfield, Lyman R., Jr 704
Crosby, Howard 1152
Crummel, John W.
775
Curry, David C. 1320
Cutter, John W 728
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.
H
J
Hackenberg, Adam 1453
Haller, Henry A. 674
Halteman, Ammon S 966
Hamilton, James A 676
Hamlin, Simon 1254
Hammer, Jacob J. 1348
Hard, Curtis Volosco 800
Harrison, John F. 625
Harrison, Ohio J. 786
Harrison, Richard
759
Harrison, Stephen
626
Harrold, Christopher John 638
Hartel, John V. 1332
Hartzler, Albert I 1139
Hartzler, Gideon 957
Hartzler, John
1053
Haskins, Benjamin Edward 943
Haupert, Charles
913
Hay, Benton Givler
1384
Heckman, Frank 791
Heckman, Jacob 1255
Heller, A. J .. . 690
Heller, William E
675
Henry, Stephen M. 824
Herman, Adam George. 1336
Hills, Oscar Armstrong 1334
Hoegner, William F. 1446
Hofacre, Alonzo Lawrence.
1097
Hoff, Daniel 1341
Hohenshil, David 1295
Holmes, Franklin 864
Hooke, Joseph William 725
Horn, Alonzo D. 1375
Horn, C. Willis.
1014
Hostetler, David 814
Hostetler, John B. 812
Hostetler, Jonathan K 1174
Hostetler, Levi F 806
Hostetter, Joseph Warren
740
Hostettler, William 1358
Hough, Isaac N. 604
Housel, Peter 770
Houser, John H. 1211
Hubbell, Will Herman 1437
Huffman, Daniel V 948
Hunsicker, T. C.
1451
Hunter, Wellrose 1355
I
Irvin, George H.
682
Jackson, George 1236
Jacot, William 1021
James, David 752
Jeffries, Lemuel P. 1136
Jennings, Henry 996
Jones, Lake F 1408
Jontz, Joseph 1048
Jordan, Willard Brown 1050
K
Karch, Frederick 964
Kaufman, Oscar David. 1140
Kaufman, Thomas Johns 1096
Kean, Olin Lee 1040
Kean, William F. 1240
Keck, D. B. 1218
Kepler, Benjamin F. 1431
Kersteter, Samuel 1109
Kister, John A. 1378
Knepp, Henry Milton 629
Knight, Lyman C 1395
Koehler, John P 1030
Kollert, Charles J 1220
Kosier, William D 1360
Kountz, Harry 798
Krick, Charles
578
Krick, Jacob 1076
Krick, Philip
1252
L
Lance, Andrew J 1400
Lance, Edwin 1339
Lance, James 1443
Lance, Milward 1047
Landes, Elmer S 593
Landis, George 1036
La Viers, William N 952
Lawrence, Abbott 1069
Lawrence, Mrs. David 1172
Lawrence, Martin 1224
Lehr, Joseph Wellington 620
Leickheim, Max J. 710
Leiner, Daniel 1019
Lewis, William A. 1248
Lindsey, Harvey 1146
Litsinger, Thomas H 1077
Long, William L. 588
Longenecker, H. F ..
1382
Longenecker, Samuel B ..
1119
8
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.
Lowe, John Jacob
756
Lupold, Robert L. 724
Mc
McCance, Hiram 1061
McClaran, John C. 1264
Mcconahay, Hugh 1448
McConnell, David W 1346
McFadden, Howard Roy 1039
McGuff, John 950
McIlvaine, Daniel W. 922
McIlvaine, David E. 672
McIlvaine, George A 871
McIntire, Ezra D.
656
McIntyre, Gilbert D.
663
McMillen, DeWitt Howard. 719
McSweeney, John, Jr.
720
M
Marsh, L. Cody 1028
Marthey, Joseph Peter 1102
Martin, John
1164
Mateer, Horace Nelson. 642
Matty, Samuel
1060
Meech, James B 632
Meese, Ira F. 1444
Meier, Hugh M 797
Meier, James
616
Meier, John
608
Mellinger, Benedict 876
Mellinger Family 876
Mellinger, Melchor 876
Mellinger, William M. 863
Messner, John
858
Metsker, Eli 925
Mettetal, Charles Elmer 1082
Miller, Jacob A. 992
Miller, John H. 1127
Miller, Joseph 1188
Miller, Joseph
941
Miller, M. M.
931
Miller, Samuel Harrison.
648
Minier, James B.
1416
Moine, Charles R. 1347
Moine, Julius
1315
Moomaw, R. M. 1025 Morgan, Joshua H 918
Morganroth, William 1407
Morlan, Micajah Milo. 727
Moser, David P.
1104
Moser, Jacob A. 1015
Mougey, Forest 1430
Mougey, Peter 1434
Munson, Charles 762
Munson, Isaac 763
Musser, William 1012
Mussleman, David W 1463
Myers, David 610
Myers, Elmer F 887
Myers, Isaac A. 1363
Myers, John A.
56020
Myers, William
650
N
Neumeyer, Frederick W.
1189
Neuroth, Charles 970
Nirode, William Franklin.
1072
Nolin, John Bunyan.
627
Nolt, Samuel A. 1213
0
Odenkirk, Homer B
1413
Oldman, Willey Sylvester 831
Oldroyd, Asbury B 771
Orr, Abner G.
1204
Orr, Clinton M 890
Orr, Dudley S. 1356
Orr, Smith, 56023
Orr, Thomas W
1238
Otto, Michael D.
1267
P
Peake, Henry A 1393
Perilstein, Joseph 847
Peterman, Andrew Jackson 664
Pfeiffer, George
1299
Pinkley, Orlando George.
1124
Piper, H. Lincoln
1263
Piper, William
1293
Plasterer, George W 928
Pontius, Isaac
684
Porter, Harvey 1433
Power, James B.
1106
Putnam, James Bedell.
1279
Q
Quinby, Edward M.
808
R
Ramseyer, Daniel
985
Raudebaugh, John A.
1317
1
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.
Rehm, Andrew J 1183
Rehm, George W. 1457
Shelly, James Garfield. 1249
Rehm, Jacob 1197
Sheppard, John Wesley 1312
Rehm, Jacob F 1230
Sherck, Joseph 754
Rehm, John W.
692
Sherrick, Joseph S. 667
Reinhardt, John F 1349
Shibler, Jacob S. 821
Rice, T. E. 686
Shie, David P. 867
Rickabaugh, Francis Lee. 1044
Shilling, Jesse R 1166
Rickabaugh, George 1381
Shisler, John W. 823
Rickel, Michael 1131
Sidle, Lucurtis P. 670
Rieder, Cyrus A. 836
Sigler, Henry P. 1449
Ries, William Nicholas 56031
Slemmons, David I. 935
Rittenhouse, Joseph H. 1245
Smedley, Lehman J. 1020
Ross, William F.
562
Smith, Benjamin H. 1148
Ross, William Howard 562
Smith, Cyrus D 574
580
Royer, Josiah F 1290
Smucker, Jonas
982
Rudy, Albert M. 1371
Smyser, Harmon 1330
5602
Rudy, Daniel L. 998
Snavely, Chris. R.
1335
Rudy, David 1361
Snure, Jacob C. 980
Snyder, John Robert 1068
Soliday, L. Lyman. 1303
Soliday, Sidney Grant 1064
Solliday, William A 991
Sommer, Daniel A. 1372
Souers, Solomon
1084
Spangler, Wesley
1024
Spear, Wesley Wells
568
Spencer, Ezra R
1286
Saurer, Albert S. 630
Stahl, John V.
1414
.Saurer, Arty C. 826
Schauff, Frank E. 1434
Stair, Irvin O
1011
Stam, Jacob 1054
Steel, Ephraim J 820
Steele, Enoch 977
Steele, William 1340
Steele, Wilson 976
Steiner, Daniel 973
1458
Steiner, Ulrich 1178
Seelye, William James 56029
Seiberling, J. H. 744
Seigley, John M 971
Stitt, James T. 1144
Stout, Daniel S. 592
Strauss, Henry H. 56039
Studer, Benjamin 1056
Studer, L. S. 790
Studer, Rudolph 1326
Swanson, Swen A. 1142
Shank, William W 1455
Swart, Adrian C.
1111
S
Sanborn, Joseph G 988
Sanderson, Amos 698
Sanderson, John C. 1073
Schmuck, Samuel 1112
Schollenberger, H. A 1219
Schorger, John 1343
Schorle, Jacob 956
Schultz, John C.
1233
Scott, James Cutter 1008
Seas, J. F. 702
Stepfield. Alexander E 920
Stewart, Frank E 700
Sell, Charles R. 560+
Sell, Jacob 883
Sell, W. Frank 882
Serfass, Andrew 1344
Shamp, James A. 571
Shank, Charles M. 1034
1357
Rumbaugh, Miller I. 1308
Ryland, Ai 1314
Smith, Robert J.
Rouch, Mahlon 1401
Rudy, Clyde E. 1396
Smyser, Martin L.
Rudy, Guy M. 1367
Rudy, Levi S.
Stair, Frederick 1091
Schmid, Rudolph 1027
Steiner, John S.
Shelly, Jacob 1261
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.
Swartz Family 716
Swartz, Hiram B. 712
Swartz, Samuel 716
Swinehart, Benjamin F. 1323
Swinehart, John I.
1307
T
Taggart, Frank 56019
Taggart, James 1200
Taggart, Samuel M. 706
Taggert, John William. 1158
Tate, Michael
1160
Tate, William 1168
Tawney, Philip G.
1368
Taylor, Charles E.
1324
Taylor, James B. 56041
Taylor, Kaiser W. 1122
Thompson, Ervin W 696
Thorne, Charles Embree. 1316
Todd, J. H ..
840
Tschantz, John H. 1092
Tuttle, Augustus S
933
V
Van Nest, M. M. 56037
Vanover, Francis Marion. 1296
Villard, John Heinrich . 968
W
Wagner, Henry 1452
Wagner, Orrin 1454
Walter, Albert P
984
Ward, James M. 848
Warfel, David H. 1353
Wasson, Rezin B. 1274
Wayne County Democrat Co. 1399
Weaver, David J. 1191
Weaver, Thomas A. 1259
Weidman, Jesse H. 959
Weiker, Peter
872
Weiser, Charles A. 564
Wells, Uriah F 765
Weltmer, James A. 1270
Welty, Andrew J 1327
Welty, Peter 838
Wenger, David 1206
Wenger, Emanuel H. 1241
Wenger, Frederick 1195
Wertenberger, Orlow H. 1304
Wertz, Edwin S. 1088
888
Weygandt, William Edwin
56032
Wheeler, Warden 776
White, William F. 947
Whitmore, Charles Wesley. 1192
Whorton, Robert 1246
Wiler, William Henry 1159
Wiley, Aquila 736
Wiley, John H. 1300
Williams, O. C. . 585
Winkler, Wesley J. 1288
Wintersteen, Henry C. 1311
Wintersteen, William F 1199
Wood, Samuel 1216
Woodward, Davis Dempsey. 1291
Wooster Nursery Company 860
Wooster Public Library 1117
Worst, William Henry 640
Wright, Elmer Francis. 940
Wright, William Henry 1037
1392
Wyer, Christian A. Y
Yarger, James A. 1006
Yocum, Lincoln A 816
Yocum, Ohio M. 633
Yoder, Christian Z. 1228
Yoder, John A. 1278
Yoder, Menno Peter 1057
Young, George M. 1459
Z
Zaring, James Lee 56034
Zaugg, Wesley Henry 560$3
Zimmerman, Ezekiel B. 1410
Zimmerman, John W 1422
Zimmerman, Nathan R.
1421
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Wertz, William H. H ..
Charles taupert.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
PROFESSOR CHARLES HAUPERT.
That life is the most useful and desirable that results in the greatest good to the greatest number, and, though all do not reach the heights to which they aspire, yet in some measure each can win success and make life a blessing to his fellow men. It is not necessary for one to occupy eminent public positions to do so, for in the humbler walks of life there remains much good to be ac- complished and many opportunities for the exercise of talents, and influence, that in some way will touch the lives of those with whom we come in contact, making them better and brighter. In the list of Wayne county's successful citizens, the late Prof. Charles Haupert long occupied a prominent place. In his record there is much that is commendable, and his career forcibly illus- trates what a life of energy can accomplish when plans are wisely laid and actions are governed by right principles, noble aims and high ideals. In his public career, as well as in his private life, no word of suspicion was ever breathed against him. His actions were the result of careful and conscien- tious thought, and when once convinced that he was right, no suggestion of policy or personal profit could swerve him from the course he had decided on. His career was complete and rounded in its beautiful simplicity ; he did his full duty in all the relations of life, and he died beloved of those near to him, and respected and esteemed by his fellow citizens. In offering the following resume of his life history it is believed that it will serve as an incentive to the youth whose careers are yet matters for the future to determine.
Charles Haupert was born February 1. 1858, at Frye's Valley, Tusca- rawas county, Ohio, the son of Frederick and Philimena Haupert, plain, hon- est and highly honored people of German ancestry. They were deeply inter- ested in the welfare of their son, Charles, who from an early age gave every evidence of having a remarkable intellect, and this precociousness, coupled with ambition and rightly directed industry, soon resulted in the accomplish- ment of worthy ends. When only fifteen years of age he began teaching school
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for the purpose of securing money to pay his way through college. When eighteen years of age his father died, and, being the oldest son in a large fam- ily of children, he was thus called upon early in life to assume the cares of a household. Here began that devotion to mother, brothers, sister and home which he carried with him into the home of his married life, and which was one of the most impressive and beautiful traits of his character, for nothing was ever too difficult of performance, if he believed it would add anything to the joy and comfort of those nearest and dearest to him. In his home the Bible was read daily and the prayer of faith went up from the family altar to the Heavenly Father for His blessings and guidance. He never abandoned teaching, it being a passion with him. He loved children, delighted in observ- ing their growth, in mental, spiritual and physical life. He worked his way through Heidelberg College, at Tiffin. Ohio, graduating when twenty-two years of age, in 1880, having finished a full four-years course, receiving the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts. His record there for both scholarship and deportment was such as to win the admiration of his instructors and fel- low students. He found himself free from all debt at that time, although he had depended entirely upon his own resources ; thus he was a fine type of our best American citizen-the independent self-made man. Later on in Wooster University he earned the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, and this persistent work on his own part made him intensely sympathetic with pupils and students in their efforts to secure an education. On leaving college he prepared to resume his old profession of teaching, not only as a teacher but also as a superintendent. His great force of character and ripe scholarship, together with his innate ability as an organizer, enabled him to bring to his work the results of his careful preparation with marked effect, and it was not long until the schools under his supervision advanced to the high standing of efficiency for which they are now noted. He began his career as superintend- ent of the schools in Port Washington, where he remained for a period of two years. From that place he was elected to the superintendency of the Den- nison schools, where he was for a period of seven years. During the follow- ing four years he was superintendent of the New Philadelphia schools, and while there two new schools were established. From there he went to Wooster, where he was superintendent of public schools for a period of four- teen successive years, and while there two new schools were also added. In the fall of 1907 he went to Wapakoneta, Ohio, where he remained until his death, which occurred on January 27. 1909. So devoted was he to his work that it is believed he shortened his life by remaining at home during the sum- mer of 1908 to assist some of his pupils at Wapakoneta. When declining
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health admonished him that he should go away for a vacation and all united in their attempt to prevail on him to take the rest needed, he still remained where he thought his duty lay.
While in Wooster, in addition to his work as superintendent of schools, for several years he taught the history of education to a large class of students in the University of Wooster. In this subject he excelled both as a student and teacher, and it is the simple truth to state that to him, more than to any other man in Ohio, is due the interest in that subject which dates from the time of his service as a member of the state board of school examiners in the years from 1894 to 1899. In the work of the Ohio Teachers' and Pupils' Reading Circles, Doctor Haupert was also a leader. His knowledge and judg- ment of books was accurate and it will always be a pleasure to his friends to recall the enthusiasm that took hold of his very being when, in the class- room of the teachers' institute, he was permitted to discuss whatever issue was paramount. He became widely and favorably known as an institute worker and lecturer on educational subjects. He was an easy and pleasing speaker and at times truly eloquent, his familiarity with the subject under consideration, with his full command of strong, vigorous English, making him popular with his audiences and to no small degree a master of public assemblages. His classes he entertained and instructed at the same time. His style was direct and forceful, entirely free from redundancy, his percep- tion keen and his analysis acute. His work in every department of educa- tion was characteristically practical, and in teaching, in superintending, and in devising or modifying the courses of study, he possessed to a remarkable degree the sense of proportion and fitness. Continuous application through a long period of years gave him a clear and comprehensive insight into the philosophy of education and the largest wisdom as to method and means of attainment of ends, while his steady growth in public favor wherever he labored, and his popularity with teachers and pupils won for him an educa- tional standing second to none in the state and that was even national in its scope. He possessed the personal charm and tact which made him popu- lar with the young, and it was nothing unusual to see him on the street surrounded by a group of urchins, some of them clinging to his arms and listening intently to what he might be saying. By entering into their spirit and pastimes, sympathizing with them in their troubles, listening to and settling their disputes and making their interests his own, he became the idol almost of the juveniles of the community where he labored, his being one with them rendering the teacher's work easy and adding greatly to his own popularity, not only with the children but also with the adult portion of the populace.
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