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ment. With the lumber cut down he built a crude log cabin and in this the family resided for some time while the farm was being developed. Later the father bought land in Han- cock county and there lived until 1868, when he removed to the vicinity of Carey and engaged in stock dealing upon a large scale until his death, which occurred in 1884, when he was seventy-two years of age. His wife was, in her maiden- hood, Miss Aurelia Brown, and passed away in 1886.
Clinton D. Smith acquired his early education in the dis- trict schools of Hancock county and supplemented this by a course in the Carey public schools, laying aside his books at the age of eighteen. He was ambitious, energetic and eager to begin his life's work, so his father allowed him to work the farm on shares. He was so successful that in 1884 he was able to purchase land of his own, upon which he has since resided. With characteristic energy he developed and improved the property and his labors are today evident in its excellent and attractive appearance. Mr. Smith has made substantial improvements, has built a fine residence, good barns and outbuildings and has steadily carried forward the work of development year by year. He annually harvests good crops and raises only blooded stock, his interest along this line constituting an important source of income to him.
In 1884 Mr. Smith was united in marriage to Miss Lillie Anderson, a daughter of Isaiah and Elizabeth Anderson, of Wyandot county. He gives his allegiance to the republican party and, although he is never active as an office seeker, has yet been entrusted with public responsibility, having served capably and efficiently for three years as township trustee. Through his own labor, enterprise and good man- agement he has become the owner of a valuable property and is widely and favorably known in this part of the county where he has so long resided.
ROSS E. HAGERMAN.
As the owner of a modern and up-to-date drug store at Nevada, Ross E. Hagerman occupies an important position among the merchants of his community. He was born at Ada, Ohio, August 11, 1878, and is a son of Clark and Alice (Mel-
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hory) Hagerman, the former a native of Hardin county, Ohio, born in 1846, and the latter, of Ada, this state, born in 1857. The father has followed the real-estate business for many years and now lives at Dunkirk, this state. In their family were three children, the sisters of our subject being Jessie and Hazel.
HORACE G. CHAMBERS.
Horace G. Chambers, who since 1895 has been success- ful in the practice of law in Carey, was born in Hancock county, Ohio, November 19, 1867. He is a son of David and Sarah A. (Sargent) Chambers, both natives of Ohio, the former born in Liberty township, Crawford county, Decem- ber 24, 1833, and the latter in Hancock county in 1838. The father was for a number of years a prominent farmer in Hancock county, dying January 2, 1910. In his family were seven children. Nora E. married Solomon Esterly, a farmer of Hancock county, and has three children. David U. is engaged in farming in Hancock county. He married Miss Isadora Bright, and they have five children. Horace G. is the subject of this review. Della became the wife of Har- vey E. Dickey, a contractor and builder of Findlay, Ohio. They have two children. Clinton A. is a farmer in Hancock county. He married Rose E. Lindower and has four chil- dren. Cory S. is also engaged in farming in Hancock county. His wife was, in her maidenhood, Miss Mary Hartle, and they have one child. Wesley is farming in Han- cock county. He married Ethel Searfoss and has one child.
The district schools of his native county afforded Horace G. Chambers his early educational opportunities and when he was seventeen years of age he entered the academy at Fostoria, from which he was graduated in 1888. He after- ward attended the Adrian College at Adrian, Michigan, for one year and was then for two years a student in Wesleyan University at Delaware. After laying aside his books he turned his attention to teaching, an occupation in which he engaged for three years, or until he went to Findlay, where he studied law, passing his examination and winning admis- sion to the bar in 1895. In the same year he opened an
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office in Carey and has since continued in the active practice of his profession here. He is known as a strong and able lawyer, whose knowledge of legal principles is comprehen- sive and exact and whose application of points of law always correct and logical. His ability has drawn to him a large and representative clientage, connecting him with a great deal of important litigation.
On the 30th of October, 1901, Mr. Chambers married, in Carey, Catherine Zahn, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Zahn, the former a retired farmer living in that city. Mr. and Mrs. Chambers have one daughter, May C., and they reside in a comfortable and attractive home. Mr. Chambers is a member of the Wyandot County Bar Association and fraternally is connected with the Masonic lodge and chapter and the Knights of Pythias. He gives his political alle- giance to the republican party and since 1900 has been three times mayor of Carey and for several terms a member of the town council. In both professional and public life he has made his influence felt as a force in progress and he is entitled to a foremost place among the representative citi- zens of this community.
V. V. POOL.
The career of V. V. Pool is again proof of the fact that this is the young man's age and the age of the young man's success. Although not yet twenty-eight years of age, he is the owner of a profitable garage and machine shop in Nevada, Ohio, which he has conducted with ever increasing success since 1910. He was born in Crane township, Wyandot county, June 25, 1885, and is a son of Frank M. and Jessie F. (Walton) Pool, the former born in Crane township, this county, in 1855, and the latter in Sycamore township in 1857. The father for many years followed farming and also was an efficient school teacher for twenty-six years, being very successful along that line. Both parents still live and make their home in Crane township. In their family were the following children: Minnie, who died at the age of three years; Winona, who married A. R. Stucky, a well driller and supply dealer at Bucyrus, Ohio, by whom she has three
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children; Ira, on the old home farm; Virgil V., of this review; and Daisy and Lucille, both at home.
V. V. Pool was reared under the parental roof amid an environment conducive to the development of the highest qualities of manhood, early having instilled in his youthful consciousness lessons on the value of thrift, diligence and honesty. He attended district school in Crane township until he was nineteen years old, giving, however, during that time, his father assistance in farm work. He subsequently remained on the homestead until twenty-one years, at which age he began to work out by the month for one year and then rented a farm which he cultivated for a similar period. Com- ing to Nevada, he in 1910 there opened a garage and machine shop and has been ever since successful in its conduct. He is an expert on machinery and in gas and gasoline engine work.
Mr. Pool was twice married, his first union being with Miss Cyressia F. Larick and took place on March 24, 1909. The young wife died twenty-six days after her marriage, on April 18, 1909. He then married Miss Ethel L. Fox, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Fox, of Antrim town- ship, the marriage taking place at Nevada on August 31, 1910. To this union is born one child, Bernadine.
In his political affiliations Mr. Pool is a republican and keeps well informed upon all issues that affect his commu- nity or the policies of the state and nation. Fraternally he is a member of the Knights of Pythias. He has demonstrated his ability along commercial lines and as owner of a flour- ishing business concern occupies an important position in the life of the community. Public-spirited and progressive, he takes part in all movements undertaken in the interests of the city and is ever ready to participate in the promotion of worthy public enterprises.
FREDERICK BERG.
Frederick Berg, the oldest druggist in Upper Sandusky, has here been engaged in business along this line for the past thirty-six years and since 1910 has conducted his enter- prise under the firm name of F. Berg & Son. His birth
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occurred in Mansfield, Ohio, on the 11th of February, 1851, his parents being Conrad and Rachel (Von Stein) Berg, natives of Germany. Their children were six in number, namely : Frederick, Katie, George, John, Margaret and Mary.
Frederick Berg attended the graded and high schools of his native town until fourteen years of age and remained on his father's farm in Salem township, Wyandot county, until 1873, assisting in the work of the fields. When a young man of twenty-two years he went to Cincinnati, Ohio, and entered the employ of his uncle, George P. Von Stein, a dealer in men's furnishing goods, remaining in his service until 1877. In that year he came to Upper Sandusky and embarked in the drug business in partnership with John H. Von Stein, the relation being maintained with mutual pleasure and profit until 1910, when his son, Karl, purchased the interest of Mr. Von Stein. The business is now conducted under the name of F. Berg & Son and the stock of the concern, valued at seven thousand dollars, includes drugs, stationery, paints and wall paper. As above stated, Mr. Berg is the oldest druggist in Upper Sandusky and has always enjoyed an enviable pat- ronage, owing to his attractive and well selected line of goods and his straightforward, reliable business dealings. In con- nection with his drug establishment he also operates a cir- culating library. He is likewise a stockholder in the Citi- zens Savings Bank and has long been numbered among the prosperous and representative residents of the com- munity.
On the 18th of September, 1877, at the homestead of the bride, near Kirby, Ohio, Mr. Berg was united in marriage to Miss Lizzie Ash, her father being John Ash, a pioneer agriculturist of Wyandot county. Mr. and Mrs. Berg have three children, namely : Clara, the wife of Peter Frank, Jr., who acts as county auditor of Wyandot county and by whom she has one child, Irene; Karl, who is engaged in the drug business in partnership with his father; and Arthur, deputy auditor of Wyandot county, who wedded Miss Adaline Sheck, and has one child, Dorothy.
In his political views Mr. Berg is a democrat and for sixteen years has acted as a member of the board of educa- tion, doing efficient and valuable service in this connection. He belongs to the Royal Arcanum, the Mutual Aid Benefit Society of Upper Sandusky and the National Union, acting
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as collector in the last named. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in St. Paul's Lutheran church. He is known to all his friends and acquaintances as a man of gen- erous impulses, of kindly spirit and genial disposition, while in commercial circles he is recognized as a first-class busi- ness man.
CHARLES CLIFFORD CARR.
Charles Clifford Carr, street commissioner of Carey, is a man to whom success has come as a result of earnest labor, close application and intelligently directed energy. He was born on his father's farm one mile north of Carey, in Craw- ford township, May 16, 1866, and is a son of Daniel and Sarah (Persinger) Carr, the former a native of Wayne county, Ohio, born September 25, 1824. The father moved to Wyandot county in 1833 and here carried on general farm- ing until his death, which occurred in 1909. The mother of our subject has also passed away, her death having occurred in 1894.
Charles C. Carr acquired his education in the district schools of Crawford township and after laying aside his books engaged in business in Carey for some time. For twenty years he was in partnership with his brother, Walter, in the teaming business and in general contract work, in both of which occupations success attended their well directed efforts. Recently, however, he was elected street commis- sioner of Carey and is concentrating his attention upon the affairs of this office. He has decided views upon matters of civic improvement and so far has carried out his plans to the satisfaction of all concerned.
In 1897 Mr. Carr was united in marriage to Miss Idella Dipert, a daughter of John and Phoebe Dipert, of Carey. They have two daughters, Grace Lucile and Justine. Mrs. Carr belongs to the Evangelical church. Mr. Carr is a worthy representative of that public-spirited, useful and helpful type of men whose ambitions and desires are centered upon those things which promote the most permanent good of the greatest number, and the scope of his influence has extended to many lines of municipal activity. His business
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record also deserves commendation, for he has displayed great ability in achieving results and has at all times employed methods which will bear the closest investigation and scrutiny.
PETER KRUPP.
Since 1894 Peter Krupp has lived upon a farm of one hun- dred and eighty-four acres on section 9, Crawford township, and by earnest and persistent work along practical agricul- tural lines has made it one of the best improved and most valuable properties in this part of the county and gained for himself a high place among representative agriculturists. He is a native son of this state, born in Seneca county, No- vember 4, 1852, his parents being Anthony and Magdeline (Eisenbeisz) Krupp, natives of Germany. The father was born in 1827 and in 1833 was brought to America by his par- ents. His father, the grandfather of the subject of this review, Jacob Krupp, came to Seneca county in pioneer times and bought a tract of wild land covered with a dense growth of timber. With the lumber which he cut, he built a log cabin, in which he and his family resided for some time and in which the subject of this review was born. Later Jacob Krupp erected a modern brick house, which was completed in 1860, and for many years carried on agricultural pursuits upon his original property, which was afterward developed by the father of our subject, who died on the home farm in 1905, at the age of seventy-eight. He was successful as a general farmer and was also well known as one of the best veterinary surgeons in that part of the state and as an extensive dealer in high-grade horses. The mother of our subject came to America with her parents when she was one year old. She passed away in Seneca county in 1899.
Peter Krupp is one of a family of twelve children, five of whom are still living. His childhood was spent in Seneca county, where he attended the little log parochial school until he was fifteen years of age, after which he went to the district school in order to become proficient in the English language. When he laid aside his books he worked upon the home farm, remaining there until his marriage, which occurred when he
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was twenty-six years of age. At this time he bought, with the assistance of his father, a farm in Reed township, Seneca county, which by hard work he greatly improved, becoming, in the course of years, a successful and able agriculturist. In 1894 he purchased one hundred and eighty-four acres on sec- tion 9, Crawford township, Wyandot county, upon which he today resides. He found this property in poor condition and badly run down but since locating here has made substantial improvements, building a fine modern house and a large barn. In his farming operations he has constantly followed the most progressive and practical methods and his work is evi- denced in the excellent condition of his property, which shows the care and skill of an able agriculturist.
In 1878 Mr. Krupp was united in marriage to Miss Eliza- beth Ruffing, a daughter of Joseph and Mary Ruffing, of Huron county. They have ten children: Charles, Leo, Clar- ence, Otto, Sullivan, Paul and Elizabeth, twins; Vincent, Esther and Loretta. Mr. Krupp is independent in his politi- cal views, with a general tendency toward democracy, but he votes always for the man whom he considers best fitted for the position without regard to his party affiliations. He is a devout Roman Catholic, giving liberally to charity and ex- emplifying in his upright and honorable life the doctrines which he professes. He is a worthy representative of that class of citizens, who lead quiet, industrious, earnest and use- ful lives and constitute the best portion of any community.
JAMES H. GROVE.
Long prominent in educational work, James H. Grove now fills the position of superintendent of schools at Nevada, Ohio, discharging his duties with ability and lasting results. The splendid esprit de corps which prevails among the teach- ers under his jurisdiction has been fostered by him, practical systems have been introduced and ideas have been realized which have made the force of teachers under him one of the best in the state. His work, therefore, has been of vast importance to the inhabitants of Wyandot county, as largely by his guidance are molded the views and principles of the coming generation. Mr. Grove is a son of Harrison and Vol. II-12
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Lydia (Spenny) Grove and was born in Antrim township, this county, February 6, 1876. The father, a native of Perry county, followed agricultural pursuits and died about thirty-four years ago at the age of forty-one. The mother was born in the same county as her husband about seventy years ago and still lives in Nevada. After the death of Mr. Grove she married Captain I. Bacon, a farmer, who passed away January 24, 1913. By her first husband there were born the following children: J. E., Emma, Aaron A., deceased, Borsey L., James H., our subject, and William H. By her marriage to Captain Bacon there was one child, Carl.
James H. Grove attended the country school in his native district and the Nevada public schools, graduating from the high school in 1897. His more thorough education which especially prepared him for his educational work was received at Wooster and Ada Universities. He began his career as a teacher by work in the country schools, in which he was engaged for three years before accepting the office of principal of the Nevada high school, in which position he remained with conspicuous success for five years, when he was elected to the office of superintendent, which he has now filled for seven years. During that time he has demonstrated brilliant ability as a teacher, an executive ability of no mean order and a general understanding of business principles in promoting the cause of education. His work finds only the highest commendation and is greatly appreciated by the general public.
At Nevada, Ohio, on June 25, 1907, Mr. Grove married Miss Acsah Humiston, a daughter of Alva and Ellen (Squires) Humiston, and they have two children, Ruth and Martha. Mr. Grove is president of the county board of school examiners and in that capacity has done much toward raising the standards demanded from those who intend to engage in the teacher's profession. He is a democrat in his political views, stanchly upholding the candidates of his party and fulfilling his obligations as a citizen painstakingly, although he has never cared to actively participate in the political fray. His religious faith is that of the Lutheran, church. Prominent in fraternal circles, he belongs to the Masonic order and is also keeper of the record and seal in the Knights of Pythias. He takes a deep interest in lit- erary work, in which he is actively engaged to some extent,
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and owns valuable residential property. His life course is worthy of the highest praise, as he gives his unremitting efforts to the highest interest of the general public without consideration of financial reward, as, doubtless, a man of his ability could achieve more gratifying results from a financial standpoint in commercial life. However, Mr. Grove never gives any consideration to this thought, for he finds happi- ness and rich reward in what he can do as a teacher of the young to promote the public welfare.
CLARENCE G. ROBERTS.
Clarence G. Roberts, successfully engaged in merchandis- ing at Little Sandusky as the proprietor of a general store, is a progressive and enterprising young business man of the town and a worthy native son of Wyandot county. His birth occurred in Tymochtee township on the 20th of August, 1886, his parents being Benjamin F. and Catherine (Althouse) Roberts, who are likewise natives of this county, the former born in Tymochtee township in 1857 and the latter in Eden township in 1858. Benjamin F. Roberts, an agriculturist by occupation, now makes his home in Pitt township and is well known and highly esteemed throughout the community as a substantial and representative citizen. Unto him and his wife were born five children, namely: Clarence G., of this review ; Gertrude ; Edna ; Nina ; and one who died in infancy.
In the acquirement of his education Clarence G. Roberts attended the schools of Little Sandusky until eighteen years of age and subsequently worked at the carpenter's trade for one year, becoming at the end of that time a street car motorman in Toledo, Ohio. He next worked as a machinist for one year and then returned to his father's farm, remain- ing thereon until 1913. In that year he purchased the gen- eral store of Edward C. Richmond at Little Sandusky and has since conducted the same with gratifying success, car- rying a large and well selected line of goods and being accorded a liberal patronage.
On the 27th of March, 1907, at Harpster, Ohio, Mr. Rob- erts was united in marriage to Miss Maud Weist, her father being John Weist, a farmer of Pitt township. Our subject
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and his wife have two children, Katherine and Helen. Mr. Roberts gives his political allegiance to the democracy and fraternally is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His many good qualities, his social manner, his genial disposition and his cordiality have won him a large circle of friends.
CHARLES A. ROBBINS.
A young man of but twenty-four years, Charles A. Rob- bins holds the important position of manager of the gas com- pany at Nevada, Ohio, giving thereby an able demonstration of his ability along commercial lines and of his capacity for systematic and efficient work. Since he has been in charge of the company complaints have decreased in a gratifying way and the service has improved to such an extent that his work can be considered of a generally beneficial character.
Charles A. Robbins was born in Hastings, Adams county, Nebraska, on April 28, 1889, and is a son of John and Binda (Ball) Robbins, the former born at Forest City, Missouri, in 1859, and the latter in Hamilton, Canada, in 1861. The father is a well driller by occupation and makes his home in St. Joseph, Missouri, where he is favorably known. In the family of Mr. and Mrs. John Robbins are the following chil- dren : Myrtle M., who married John Smith, of St. Joseph, Missouri; Losy E .; Judson A., who is married and now resides at Bakersfield, California; Charles A., of this review, and Howard A.
In the acquirement of his education Charles A. Robbins attended public school at St. Joseph, Missouri, until he was seventeen years of age and has since that time been ever con- nected with the gas and oil business, being variously employed in different places from Cuba through old Mexico to Cali- fornia. He is now manager and district agent of the Nevada branch of the Ventura Gas Company of Lima. He has been most successful in his work, his ability being largely built upon his former extensive experience, and he is a practical man in the gas business. His efficient methods are highly commendable and find appreciation by the general public and
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he has instituted a number of new measures and systems which have been instrumental in improving the service.
In his political views Mr. Robbins is a democrat, stanchly upholding the principles and candidates of that organization. His religious faith is that of the Methodist church. He is connected with the Knights of Pythias and is also a member of the Masonic order, exemplifying in his life the benevolent practices of the order. Mr. Robbins is a shrewd and able young man, a man typical of the times, and has made a con- spicuous step toward a prominent place in life. He is pop- ular in Nevada, where he has made many friends and is con- sidered by old and young one of the efficient and coming young business men of the community.
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