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CHARLES L. FRAZIER.
Charles L. Frazier is proprietor of a laundry in Upper Sandusky, which business he has conducted with growing success since 1906. He was born here May 18, 1876, a son of William J. and Elizabeth (Leggett) Frazier. The father, whose birth occurred in Pennsylvania, in 1822, was a cabinet- maker by trade, learning the business in early manhood. After spending two years in Indiana he came to Upper San- dusky when twenty-one years of age and since that time has figured in the business circles of the city, where he is still active although he has now reached the eighty-first mile-
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stone on life's journey. He has long been accounted one of the prominent and influential residents here and has a host of warm friends and admirers. His wife, who was born in 1826, is also living and is very active for one of her years. This worthy old couple are much beloved, their good quali- ties of heart and mind having gained them firm hold on the affectionate regard of those with whom they have been asso- ciated. In their family were eleven children but only five are now living. Harry L., a resident of Chicago, where he is a railway mail clerk, married Hattie Parkerson and they have two children. Sarah A. became the wife of C. V. Mc- Bride, who died eighteen years ago and she and her one child are now living in Detroit. Arthur D., who is chief clerk in the postoffice at Chicago, is married and has one child. Nettie is the wife of J. H. Steiner, a painter of Upper Sandusky, and they have four children. The subject of this review is the youngest member of the family.
Reared in his native city Charles L. Frazier attended the public schools to the age of eighteen years, when he started out to earn his own living and for a year thereafter was employed in a railroad office in Chicago. He then accepted a clerical position and became foreman for Swift & Company, in which capacity he continued for three years. On the expiration of that period he returned to Upper Sandusky and, in 1906, purchased the steam laundry which he has since owned and conducted. This enterprise is now liberally patronized. The plant is well equipped with modern machin- ery and the process which he follows gives satisfaction to his many patrons.
On the 2d of April, 1903, in his native city, Mr. Frazier was married to Miss Myrtle A. Kirk, a daughter of John A. and Mary J. (Beckett) Kirk, of Harperton, Ohio. The father is a stock buyer in Upper Sandusky. Mr. and Mrs. Frazier have but one child, John Kirk. The parents are members of the Methodist church and Mr. Frazier also belongs to the Masonic fraternity. His political support is given to the republican party but he has never been ambitious for office, preferring to concentrate his energies upon his business affairs in which he is meeting with substantial success. He served as a member of Company B, Second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with the rank of first sergeant, enlisting for the Spanish American war. The command was called to Nash-
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ville, Tennessee, and to Macon, Georgia, but after a year spent in camp life was honorably discharged February 10, 1899, without reaching the scene of conflict. A spirit of patriotism characterizes Mr. Frazier in all of his relations of citizenship and he seeks the welfare and best interests of his community in every possible way.
ROSCOE C. CUNEO.
One of the wide-awake, alert and progressive young busi- ness men of Upper Sandusky is Roscoe Conkling Cuneo, pro- prietor of the Star Moving Picture Theater. He is a native son of Upper Sandusky but of Italian parentage, his father, Pietro Cuneo, having been born in Pian de Cunei, a small vil- lage in Italy. He had a somewhat remarkable career, rising from poverty to affluence through his own labors and efforts and winning by reason of his upright and honorable life the respect and esteem of all who knew him. He came to America in his boyhood, arriving May 10, 1849, and settling in Upper Sandusky, where he grew to manhood and became well known and widely beloved. Wholly self-made and self-educated, he soon won a position of prominence and importance in busi- ness circles of the city through the force of his ability and the compelling power of his personality. He served from May, 1869, to July, 1877, as postmaster of Upper Sandusky and in business he was identified with journalism, owning the Union Republican, which under his management became an excel- lent paper with a large circulation and a profitable advertis- ing patronage. He had many friends, among the most illus- trious of whom was General Ulysses S. Grant, who held him in high esteem. Mr. Cuneo married Miss Myra V. Miller, who was born in Sandyville, Ohio, in 1842. She died in 1883, leav- ing five children : Edward, a printer, who married Leaf Wid- man, by whom he has one son, Harold; Sherman, who is the proprietor of the Union Republican of Upper Sandusky ; Ros- coe C., of this review ; Eva, who married Noah Harmon, an ice manufacturer at Prescott, Arkansas, and who is the mother of three children; and Laura, who is the wife of A. F. Minor, a railroad conductor, by whom she has one child.
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The public schools of Upper Sandusky afforded Roscoe C. Cuneo his educational advantages and when he had completed the usual course, at the age of nineteen he began working on the Union Republican, acting in various capacities until 1910, when he sold out his interests in the paper and opened the Star Theater, which he has made one of the finest moving pic- ture houses in the city. It is finely equipped, has a seating capacity of three hundred, and the entertainment provided is always high class and interesting. Mr. Cuneo is accorded a large patronage on that account and as he is progressive in his methods and upright in his business dealings, he is num- bered among the representative young business men of his native city.
Mr. Cuneo gives his political allegiance to the republican party, while his religious views are in accord with the doc- trines of the Presbyterian church. His fraternal relations are with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Im- proved Order of Red Men and the Knights of the Maccabees. He belongs also to the Chamber of Commerce and is interested in the business development of Upper Sandusky, the advance- ment of which his own effective labors are doing much to pro- mote.
GEORGE F. PIERMAN.
A history of industrial and commercial activity at Upper Sandusky would be incomplete were there failure to make prominent and extended reference to George F. Pierman, who as proprietor of a lumber mill and yard occupies a leading position in business circles there. His enterprise is extensive and important and conducted along modern business lines and, closely conforming to a high standard of commercial ethics, he is meeting with excellent success.
Mr. Pierman was born in the town of Ottawa, Putnam county, Ohio, April 14, 1866. His father, Samuel Pierman, a native of Virginia, was born in 1830 and followed the occupa- tion of farming as a life work. He was brought to Ohio when a small boy by his parents, the family traveling in a wagon across the country from their old home in Virginia. After reaching adult age Samuel Pierman wedded Margaret Clark,
GEORGE F. PIERMAN
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who was born in Putnam county, Ohio, in 1837, and died in 1883. The children of that marriage were nine in number: Zella V., the eldest, became the wife of Stewart Grafton, a lumber dealer, and died in 1903, leaving two children. Ed- ward J., a farmer of Putnam county, married Ella Pope and has seven children. George F. is the next in the family. Lizzie J. is the wife of James W. McDowell, a dealer in stone, and they have four children. Charles O., who follows farm- ing, married Gertrude McDowell and has five children. Homer W., also a farmer, wedded Nora Agner and they have four children. Carey S., who carries on general agricultural pursuits, married Mattie Crawfis and their children are three in number. Grace is the widow of Bert Butler, who was a farmer and died in 1909. Fannie is the wife of Samuel Welty, a farmer and carpenter, and they have two children.
George F. Pierman pursued his education in the public schools of his native county until he reached the age of eighteen years, becoming subsequently a student in the com- mercial college at Ada, Ohio, from which he was graduated with the class of 1889. His training in that institution proved a good asset when he entered the commercial field. For two years after his graduation, however, he worked upon his father's farm and then entered into his initial connection with the lumber trade as bookkeeper for a lumber firm, with which he remained for eleven years or from 1892 until 1903. At the expiration of that period, when his labors had brought him sufficient capital to embark in business on his own account, he formed a partnership with William H. Colter and estab- lished a lumber business in Upper Sandusky, owning both a mill and yard. The undertaking has been very profitable from the beginning and their patronage has steadily grown until their shipments now cover a large part of the country. They specialize in the handling of high-grade lumber used in the building of railway cars. They also export to a considerable extent and their business is constantly growing, having long since reached a place among the important industries of the city. They own their own property, including a mill well equipped with modern machinery and a yard, and in addition they have three thousand, two hundred and thirty-eight acres of timber land in Tennessee. Mr. Pierman is also half owner of a clothing business in Upper Sandusky, conducted under the style of Fritchie & Company.
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On the 12th of June, 1901, in Nevada, Wyandot county, Ohio, Mr. Pierman was married to Miss Maude Hughey, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Hughey. The mother died in 1898 and the father, who was a bridge builder and mason contractor of Wyandot county, died in 1899. Mr. Pierman gives his political support to the democratic party and at one time served for two terms as clerk of the village of Jenera, in Hancock county, but has never been a politician in the sense of office seeking, regarding it much more important to devote his energies to his business affairs. He holds mem- bership with the Masons and with the Methodist Episcopal church and his influence has always been found on the side of right and progress, truth, reform and improvement. His has been an active, useful and well spent life in which energy and determination have found their just reward. He has never neglected an opportunity and seems to have recognized at any one point in his business career the possibilities for successful accomplishment at that point. He has coordinated and unified forces and in their control has displayed sound judgment and executive ability.
GEORGE W. POOL.
George W. Pool occupies a leading position in business circles of Upper Sandusky, where since 1911 he has success- fully conducted a restaurant and bakery. He is a native son of this city, born March 14, 1878, his parents being George W. and Sarah (Bell) Pool. His father's birth occurred in Rich- land county, Ohio, in 1840 and his entire business career was spent as a salesman. He died in 1878 and was survived by his wife until 1905, her death occurring when she was sixty- seven years of age. She was a native of Delaware county, Ohio, born in 1838. In their family were two children: Bessie, who makes her home with her brother; and George W., of this review.
The last named acquired his education in the public schools of his native section and for one year attended high school. When he laid aside his books he enlisted for service in the Spanish American war in Company B, Second Ohio Volun- teer Infantry, and upon his return was appointed deputy post-
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master of Upper Sandusky and served for five years, discharg- ing his duties in an efficient and capable manner. For two years following he worked as a traveling salesman and only abandoned this occupation, in which he was very successful, in order to buy the news depot, after selling which he was elected marshal of the town. He had at that time gained great popu- larity in this section of the state, as is evidenced by the fact that he is the only republican ever elected to the office of marshal in Upper Sandusky. When he had served his term of two years he again went upon the road, but in 1911 returned to his native city and here purchased the Bon-ton restaurant and bakery, which he has since conducted. His restaurant is one of the most attractive places of its kind in the town and receives a liberal patronage, while his bakery goods are of the highest quality. In the conduct of both branches of his enterprise Mr. Pool is meeting with a gratifying degree of success, because of his honorable business methods, his earnest desire to please his patrons and his close application to busi- ness.
On the 21st of November, 1911, Mr. Pool married Miss Mamie R. Bowen, a daughter of Jerome and Anna (Welsh) Bowen. Mr. Pool attends the Methodist church and frater- nally is affiliated with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Masons and the Improved Order of Red Men. He is a veteran of the Spanish-American war, having enlisted at the outbreak of hostilities in Company B, Second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served as corporal. He keeps in touch with his comrades of that time through his membership in Camp No. 73, United Spanish War Veterans, of which he is commander, and in all of his business and social relations is recognized as a man of genuine personal worth, who has won the respect and esteem of all with whom he has come in contact.
JONAS J. HULSE.
Jonas J. Hulse, well known in financial circles of Upper Sandusky as the efficient cashier of the Commercial National Bank, was born on a farm near Lovell, November 7, 1864. He is a son of Jonas and Lucy (Davis) Hulse, both natives of Wyandot county, the former of whom was for many years
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prominent in agricultural circles of that section. In his early days the father was forced by limited circumstances to work among the farmers of his community, but he afterward left Wyandot county and went to California, where he was success- ful in gold mining. After two trips to the Pacific coast he returned to Ohio and made his home upon his farm in Wyan- dot county, where he became prosperous and successful as a general agriculturist. He died upon his farm in this sec- tion. His wife was born in 1845 and died in Upper Sandusky in 1893. She was early left a widow and after the death of her husband made her home with her sister, Mrs. Anna L. Hurd.
In the acquirement of an education Jonas J. Hulse attended public school in Wyandot county and later was a student in the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, from which he was graduated in 1891 with the degree of A. B. Since that time he has been identified with various enterprises in this part of Ohio and in Tennessee, where he was for a time interested in the timber and lumber business at Harri- man, and he has besides given a great deal of his attention to farming, working diligently and gaining the broad experience which has proven the foundation of his later success. He has displayed sound judgment in all he has undertaken and his energy has been one of the potent factors in his progress. Upon the organization of the Commercial National Bank of Upper Sandusky in 1900 Mr. Hulse was elected cashier and has served ably in that capacity ever since, being in addition a member of the board of directors. He also serves on the public library committee, and his labors and enterprise have been important factors in the upbuilding and development of the town along many lines.
On June 15, 1893, Mr. Hulse was united in marriage, at Harriman, Tennessee, to Miss Frances Lilly Durflinger, a daughter of Philip and Sarah Durflinger, of Madison county, Ohio, and a graduate of Dixon College, Dixon, Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Hulse have three children: Marjory, who is a stu- dent in the Ohio Wesleyan University; Alfred Philip, who is attending high school; and Frances, who is four years of age.
Mr. Hulse gives his allegiance to the republican party and is active in all progressive public movements, although he never seeks public office. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He is a prominent business man of Upper
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Sandusky, identified with the general growth and develop- ment, and is well known throughout Wyandot county as one of its most able and progressive native sons.
FRANK MOSSBRUGGER.
After a useful career as a farmer, during which he was closely and intimately identified with agricultural interests of Wyandot county, Frank Mossbrugger is living retired in Upper Sandusky, enjoying the comforts carned during his many years of honest and zealous labor. He is numbered among the many enterprising, able and progressive men whom Germany has given to America and was born in Baden, on the 4th of October, 1864. His parents were Mathias and Johanna (Guess) Mossbrugger, both natives of the fatherland, where the father still resides. The mother, who was born in Baden in 1845, died in 1901. To their union were born six children, Rudolph, Sophia, Frank, Andrew, Helen and Josephine.
Frank Mossbrugger remained in his native country until he was fifteen years of age and acquired a limited education in the public schools. In 1880 he made his first settlement in Upper Sandusky and here obtained a position in a brewery, which he held until 1891, when he resigned in order to estab- lish himself in the saloon business. He operated an enter- prise of this kind until he had secured sufficient capital to purchase land of his own, and in 1901 he bought one hundred and twenty-one acres of what is now known as the Historic Nine Oaks, giving all of his attention from that time until his retirement to its further improvement and development. By his practical methods, his unremitting work and his well directed energy he made this one of the finest properties in this part of the state, equipped with a fine residence, ample barns and all the necessary conveniences for carrying on agri- cultural pursuits and stock-raising. In the latter line he specialized in breeding sheep and hogs. He raised annually large crops of wheat, oats and hay, which he sold in the local markets. In 1912 he rented out the farm, which is now being operated on shares, and moved into Upper Sandusky, where he has extensive property interests, owning a fine residence and an interest in an important business block.
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Mr. Mossbrugger married, on the 18th of October, 1886, at Upper Sandusky, Miss Elizabeth Keller, a daughter of Joseph and May (Bruch) Keller, of that city, and they are the par- ents of three children, George F., Clara R. and Frank E. In his political beliefs Mr. Mossbrugger is a loyal democrat and his religious views are in accord with the doctrines of the Roman Catholic church. Fraternally he is connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He stands high in financial and social circles of this community and his progress- ive spirit and the sterling qualities of his character have won him the confidence and respect of all who know him.
HARRY C. WATKINS.
Harry C. Watkins, manager of a large livery stable in Upper Sandusky, is one of the most trustworthy and reliable employes of Conklin Brothers and one of the able, resource- ful and progressive business men of the town. He was born in Marion, Ohio, April 10, 1876, and is a son of George A. and Ellen (Cretty) Watkins, the former a native of Wales and the latter of Eden township, this county. The father left his native country when he was still a child and when he came to America settled in Alabama, afterward locating in Ohio. He made his home in Middletown at the age of twenty and there resided until his death, which occurred in 1912, when he was seventy-six years of age. The mother of our subject was born in 1838 and still survives. In this family were three children: Maggie B., Charles A., and Harry C., of this review.
The last named acquired his education in the public schools of Marion but laid aside his books at the age of sixteen, when he secured a position as driver for a livery establishment, working in this capacity from 1892 to 1912. He proved him- self efficient, capable and reliable and in the latter year was made manager of the stable at Upper Sandusky conducted by Conklin Brothers, gaining in the discharge of his duties the confidence of his employers and the respect and esteem of his associates.
At Upper Sandusky, Mr. Watkins married Miss Minnie May Aulmiller, a daughter of Robert and Lottie (Moyer) Aulmiller, of Bucyrus, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Watkins have
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one daughter, Eleanor A. Mr. Watkins attends the Metho- dist church at Upper Sandusky but does not hold membership in any religious body. He gives his allegiance to the repub- lican party and is progressive and public-spirited in his citi- zenship, although he never seeks public office. He is an upright, straightforward and honorable man and has made an excellent record in business circles, both for reliability and for the practical methods which he follows and which have led him to success.
HARVEY O. HUFFMAN.
Harvey O. Huffman, who makes his home in Upper San- dusky, but who is still active in the operation of one hundred and thirty acres of land in Crane township, was born in that township, April 24, 1872, and is a son of Simon and Ellen (Kellar) Huffman. The father was born in Richland county in 1843 and the mother in Seneca county in 1850. They are now residents of Crane township, where Simon Huffman en- gages in general agricultural pursuits. In their family were eight children, two of whom, Sadie and Frank B., died in infancy. Those living are, Edward G., Harvey O., Estella G., Elza S., Alma M. and Iva M.
Harvey O. Huffman acquired his education in the district schools of his native section and left school at the age of eighteen. Until he was twenty-nine years of age he worked upon his father's farm and then began his independent agri- cultural career, operating his father-in-law's property of one hundred and thirty acres in Crane township. At the end of three years he purchased this property and remained upon it until 1909, when he moved his residence to Upper Sandusky. However, he still gives practically all of his attention to the management of the farm and has achieved a success in his chosen line of work which places him in the front ranks of progressive and successful agriculturists. He is engaged in general farming and also in stock-raising, keeping one hun- dred and thirty hogs, sixty sheep, twenty-five head of cattle and eight horses, and selling his stock in the local markets.
Mr. Huffman married on October 29, 1899, at Upper San- dusky, Miss Blanche Myers, a daughter of Michael and Susan
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(McLain) Myers, of Pickaway county. Mr. and Mrs. Huff- man are the parents of four children, Mary L., George B., Russell M. and Martha V. Mr. Huffman is identified with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the Modern Woodmen of America. He gives his allegiance to the repub- lican party and is active in support of all progressive party measures, never seeking public office, and yet never avoiding the obligations of his citizenship. He was a member of the school board for one term and his interest in the cause of edu- cation was at that time ably demonstrated by his effective work. His success is well deserved, for through his own energy, determination and well applied efforts he has acquired an excellent farming property and is classed among the sub- stantial and representative citizens of his native township.
FREDERICK SAMMET.
Prominent among the aggressive and enterprising business men of Wyandot county is Frederick Sammet, a florist, whose success is the outcome of close application, unfaltering energy and a thorough understanding of the business to which he has given his attention. He was born in Germany in 1869, a son of J. J. and Henricka (Gruber) Sammet. The latter died in Germany about 1876 and four years later, or in 1880, J. J. Sammet crossed the Atlantic to the new world accompanied by his son Fred. He did not tarry on the Atlantic coast but made his way at once to Wyandot county and settled upon a farm here. Throughout the intervening period, covering al- most a third of a century, he has remained in this district and now makes his home with our subject.
The latter was a youth of eleven years when he accom- panied his father on the trip from the fatherland to the United States. He afterward entered the employ of S. O. Streby, with whom he remained for about three years, and subse- quently he went to Marion, Ohio, where he was employed by F. E. Blake, who was engaged in the florist's business and where he learned the trade. Six years were spent in that place, after which he returned to Upper Sandusky and pur- chased the florist's business which he now owns and conducts. His business is located just outside the corporation limits, on
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