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ter, who preached the first sermon in the old St. Paul church. His son, the father of our subject, was seventeen years of age when he came to the United States. He settled upon a tract of uncultivated land in Hancock county, cleared the timber and built a log cabin, in which he resided for a number of years, encountering all the hardships and inconveniences of pioneer life. In 1894 he moved to Wyandot county, where he resided until his death, which occurred in 1903, when he was seventy-two years of age.
Floyd Stroub acquired his education in the district schools of Hancock county and when he laid aside his books learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed, however, only a short time. He preferred to engage in farming and accord- ingly hired out on neighboring properties for ten years, rent- ing in 1908 the farm which he now operates. The property is highly improved and in excellent condition showing Mr. Stroub's careful supervision and progressive methods.
On the 1st of January, 1894, Mr. Stroub was united in mar- riage to Miss Elma Beck, a daughter of Isaiah Beck, and they became the parents of three children, one of whom died in infancy. The others are Basil R. and Leonard B. Although Mr. Stroub is not interested in politics in the sense of office seeking, he has borne an active and helpful part in the work of general improvement and progress. His influence is always found on the side of development and growth and his work has been an element in the county's advancement.
FOSTER W. SAVIDGE.
Foster W. Savidge, operating the family homestead in Salem township, is one of the most prosperous and progres- sive farmers in this community, where he has resided since his childhood. He is a native of Wyandot county, his birth having occurred in Crawford township, March 21, 1880, and is a son of George and Alice L. (Davis) Savidge. The father was for many years a prominent farmer of Salem township, to which district he removed when the subject of this review was still a child. He died upon his farm June 13, 1907, at the age of sixty. His family came originally from New Jer-
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sey, while the mother of our subject was born in Marion county, Ohio, a daughter of Isaac Davis.
Foster W. Savidge spent his boyhood days upon the home- stead and was reared to farm work, aiding his father with the tilling, planting and harvesting and acquiring his education in the district schools. He has never left the farm and has had entire charge of it for several years, his careful supervision and progressive methods being evident in its excellent and attractive condition. His mother makes her home with him.
On the 2d of September, 1903, Mr. Savidge was united in marriage to Miss Mary Kimmel, a daughter of Andrew and Laura (Burson) Kimmel, of Salem township. They have four children, Alice, George, Ralph and Harvey. Mr. Savidge is a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and in politics votes independently, influenced only by merit and suitability, without regard to party lines. In his business affairs he has ever been straightforward and honorable, enjoy- ing the full confidence of those with whom he is associated and being numbered among Wyandot county's most progres- sive and successful native sons.
FRANKLIN L. MOYER, D. V. S.
Dr. Franklin L. Moyer, who since 1908 has been active in the practice of veterinary surgery in Carey, is a native son of ยท Ohio, born in Lovell, March 26, 1883. His father, Cornelius Moyer, was born in Myerstown, Pennsylvania, in 1853, and lived in that state until he was twenty-eight years of age, when he came west to Ohio, settling in Crawford township, Wyandot county, where he engaged in farming and where he still resides. His wife, who was in her maidenhood Miss Emma E. Walborn, is also a native of Pennsylvania, her birth having occurred in Berks county. In their family were two children: Gertrude, who married Scott C. Tong, a carpenter in Carey; and Dr. Franklin L., of this review.
The last named acquired his preliminary education in the district schools of Carey and at the age of fourteen entered the Carey high school, studying under Boxwell Law and grad- uating in 1900. He afterward spent five years upon his father's farm, assisting in the work of its operation, but at
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the end of that time entered the Ohio State University, grad- uating in veterinary surgery in 1908. In the same year he opened an office for the practice of his profession in Carey and has since secured a liberal and representative patronage, accorded him in recognition of his knowledge and ability. He owns a fine residence on South street and is connected with a number of important business enterprises, being a stock- holder in the L. & M. Rubber Manufacturing Company and in the State Fire Insurance Company of Cleveland.
On the 8th of August, 1910, Dr. Moyer was united in mar- riage, in Upper Sandusky, to Miss Daisy Ryder, a daughter of Aaron and Barbara (Mussleman) Ryder, the former a well known miller in Carey. Dr. and Mrs. Moyer are well known in this city and their home is a center of hospitality for their many friends. Dr. Moyer is a member of the English Lutheran church and fraternally is connected with the Knights of Pythias and the Maccabees. He was for two years a corporal in the O. S. U. cadets. Along lines of his profession he belongs to the American Veterinary Medical Association and in this way keeps in touch with its most ad- vanced thought. He gives his political allegiance to the democratic party but has never desired public office, prefer- ring to concentrate his attention upon his professional duties. His ability is well known and his skill unquestioned, and, although he is still a young man, he has already established himself in a successful and growing practice in this city.
WILLIAM H. FORNEY.
William H. Forney has resided in Wyandot county since he was one year old and is a son of one of the prominent pio- neers in this region. His entire active life has been spent in farming and he today owns one hundred and thirty acres of valuable land on section 3, Jackson township, being regarded as a most progressive and enterprising citizen. He was born in Tuscarawas county, November 14, 1863, and is a son of John H. and Mary C. (Kohr) Forney, the former born in Tus- carawas county, October 12, 1835. His marriage occurred January 4, 1857, and in the fall of 1864 he moved with his fam- ily to Wyandot county, settling on one hundred and twenty Vol. II-18
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acres of timber land. This he was obliged to clear and with the timber cut built a log cabin, in which he resided for a number of years. His entire life was spent upon this farm, which he improved and developed into one of the finest agri- cultural properties in this section of the state, dying upon the homestead May 4, 1894. He was survived by his wife until May 20, 1897. They were the parents of nine children, How- ard O., Lizzie J., Clara B., William H., Charles G., Clyde E., George M., T. Austin and Russell.
William H. Forney was reared to agricultural pursuits, spending his childhood upon his father's farm and attending district school for three months in the year. The remainder of his time was spent in assisting in the clearing of the new tract and in the manifold duties connected with the operation of a farm. Mr. Forney has never abandoned agricultural pur- suits and is now one of the successful and prominent farmers of Jackson township, owning one hundred and thirty acres of land with fine improvements.
On September 30, 1888, Mr. Forney married, in Richland township, Miss Clara V. Alter, a daughter of Jeremiah and Jane S. Alter. She was born near Pittsburgh, September 13, 1867, and moved with her parents to Richland township, Wyandot county, in 1870. Mr. and Mrs. Forney have four children, Myron E., Almira E., J. Dale and Grace. The family are members of the United Brethren church.
Mr. Forney gives loyal allegiance to the republican party and served from 1897 to 1904 as township trustee. Although still in the prime of life, his recollections reach back to pio- neer times in Ohio, his childhood having been spent amid pio- neer conditions. He is widely and favorably known through- out the county where almost his entire life has been passed, and has been a witness of many of the changes that have occurred here in the course of advancement and development.
JOHN W. ANKNEY.
In a history of Wyandot county prominent mention should be made of John W. Ankney, who is engaged in raising and feeding stock and also in the cultivation and improvement of a fine farm in Sycamore township. His progressive and enter-
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prising spirit and his determined purpose have constituted the strongest elements in a success which places him today among the representative agriculturists of this community. He was born in the section where he now resides, August 3, 1867, and is a son of Isaac and Mary A. (Walter) Ankney, the former of whom was born in Pennsylvania in 1824 and the latter in Sycamore township in 1829. The father of our subject passed away in 1894. In his family were eight chil- dren: George; Ellen; Martha, who died in 1877; Mary A .; Walter J .; John W .; James C .; and Daniel, who has passed away.
John W. Ankney acquired his education in the district schools of Sycamore township, attending until he was twenty years of age. For three years thereafter he aided his father with the work of the farm but later secured employment as an implement salesman, in which capacity he acted for four years. At the end of that time. however, he engaged in farm- ing and has continued in this occupation since that time. He makes a specialty of feeding and fattening cattle and hogs and raising horses and also deals extensively in sheep, his herds containing thirty-five head of thoroughbred Short- horns, four hundred head of Delano sheep, fifty thoroughbred Chester White hogs and seven horses. He is a well known live-stock dealer and is seldom if ever in error in placing a valuation upon farm animals. He has thus been enabled to make judicious purchases and profitable sales and his stock- raising interests are an important branch of his business. In this relation he belongs to the Shorthorn Breeders Associa- tion and also the O. I. C. Association, and is a prominent figure in these bodies.
On the 3d of August, 1889, Mr. Ankney was united in mar- riage at Upper Sandusky to Miss Mary E. Martin and they became the parents of fifteen children: William G., who died in 1890; Walter B., whose death occurred in 1891; Otto F .; Ilo May, who died in 1893; Harry E .; Susie L., whose death occurred in 1897; Elmer R .; Winnie G .; Fred E., who died in 1903; J. Kenneth; Carl P .; Nellie E .; Laura H .; and two children, who died in infancy.
Mr. Ankney gives his political allegiance to the republican party, but has never been active in political affairs, preferring to devote his entire attention to his farming interests. He is a good financier and business man and has gradually worked
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his way upward until he is now one of the prosperous citizens of Sycamore township. He is practical and systematic in all that he does and has gained that measure of prosperity which follows earnest, persistent and well directed labor.
T. E. UNDERWOOD.
The business activities of T. E. Underwood have had direct and important bearing upon the commercial and industrial upbuilding of Sycamore. Here he has lived since 1905 and is now president of the Sycamore Milling Company, controlling one of the important productive industries of Wyandot county. Aside from this he has other important interests which make him a leading citizen here. He was born in Craw- ford county, Ohio, April 1, 1867, and is a representative of one of the old families of this state. His father, Valentine Under- wood, was also born in Crawford county in 1840 and was a miller by trade. When but twenty-one years of age he had charge of a mill, having previously thoroughly mastered the business in principle and detail. He became one of the best known flour manufacturers in this part of Ohio and remained actively in the business up to the time of his death, which occurred in 1909. In early manhood he had wedded Lucetta Acquaintice, who was born in Crawford county in 1843 and now makes her home with her younger son, T. E. Underwood. The elder son of the family is Franklin Underwood, who is manager of a grain elevator. He married Belle Wert, of Crawford county, and they have four children: Thomas, Mar- garet, Mary and Robert.
T. E. Underwood pursued his education in the schools of Crawford county to the age of seventeen years and since that time has been dependent upon his own resources, working ear- nestly and persistently to achieve success. For seven years he was employed as telegraph operator and station agent and subsequently acted as clerk at coal mines in Perry county, Ohio, for five years. His capability and fidelity in that con- nection won him promotion and for four years he served as superintendent of the mines. All this experience brought him comprehensive knowledge of the business in its various phases and led him to organize the Tropic Mining Company, of which
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he became the president. This company purchased coal lands and opened a mine which they operated for five years, meet- ing with success in the undertaking. Mr. Underwood with- drew from that field of labor in 1905, however, and came to Sycamore, where he purchased a flour mill, thus becoming actively connected with a business with which he had gained some familiarity in his boyhood, owing to the hours which he spent in his father's flour mill. The enterprise is now being conducted under the name of the Sycamore Milling Company with T. E. Underwood as the president, C. C. Flarilda as the vice president and secretary and Maurice Underwood as the treasurer. Their property is valued at seventy-five thousand dollars and theirs is one of the extensive productive indus- tries of the county, having a daily output of three hundred bar- rels. The plant is equipped with the most modern milling machinery and the product is of such grade and excellence as to secure a ready sale on the market. The business, too, is most capably managed and the enviable results secured are due in large measure to the enterprise, executive force, busi- ness capability and sound judgment of Mr. Underwood. Moreover, he is recognized as a resourceful business man in other connections and is now vice president and treasurer of the Kessler Yeast Company of Columbus, Ohio, and a director of the Federal Lumber Company of Alabama.
On the 1st of June, 1888, in Oceola, Ohio, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Underwood and Miss Susie Hosterman, a daughter of David and Harriett (Vore) Hosterman, of Oceola, the former a carpenter by trade. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Under- wood have been born three children: Maurice D., Clair V. and Graydon J. The eldest is now connected with his father in the milling business as treasurer of the company. He mar- ried Jessie Emerson, of Sycamore.
Mr. Underwood votes with the republican party, is inter- ested in its success and active in its support. For two terms he served as one of the councilmen of Sycamore. He belongs to the Knights of Pythias lodge and to the Methodist church -associations which indicate much of the nature of his inter- ests and the rules that govern his conduct. Starting out in life for himself at the age of seventeen years, every step that he has made has been a forward one and thus year by year he has advanced until he now occupies a prominent position in manufacturing circles in Wyandot county. He enjoys the
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confidence and good-will of colleagues and contemporaries and his business record, when viewed from the standpoint of enterprise and integrity, is such as any man might be proud to possess.
JOHN WIEST.
John Wiest, who bases his success in agricultural work upon hard work and a practical knowledge of farming, is the owner of a fine tract of one hundred and nineteen acres in Pitt township and is recognized as a factor in the agricultural growth of that section. He was born in Richland township, Marion county, March 24, 1855, and is a son of Christopher and Mary (Wilt) Wiest, the former of whom was born in Germany in 1822 and the latter in Stark county, Ohio, in 1831. The father came to America when he was fifteen years of age and settled immediately in Richland township, where for fifteen years he worked as a coach driver, later engaging in farming. He died in 1901, having survived his wife since 1889. They were the parents of twelve children, all of whom are now living except three, namely: Christopher, who died at the age of twenty-five years; and Caroline and another child who died in infancy. Those who survive are Louisa, Barbara, John, Samuel, Lena, Caroline, Christina, Maggie and Charles.
John Wiest's educational opportunities were limited to three months' attendance in the district schools of Little San- dusky and he is therefore largely self-educated, his knowl- edge coming as the result of observation, reading and study in later life. From the age of fifteen until he was twenty he aided in the operation of the home farm and then in 1875 pur- chased land on his own account, buying eighty acres which he sold in 1908. In that year he purchased one hundred and nine- teen acres in Pitt township and has since engaged in farming and stock-raising upon this property, both branches of his business being extremely profitable. He raises oats, corn, wheat and hay and keeps three hundred and fifty Duroc Jer- sey hogs, three hundred sheep, sixty head of cattle and fif- teen horses, his animals commanding a high price and a ready sale in the local markets. Mr. Wiest has improved his farm with a modern residence, good barns and outbuildings and has
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installed all of the conveniences and accessories necessary in the operation of a model agricultural enterprise.
On January 14, 1870, in Upper Sandusky, Mr. Wiest was united in marriage to Miss Emma Swinehart, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Swinehart, the former a farmer in Pitt township. Mr. and Mrs. Wiest are the parents of three chil- dren: Daisy M., who married Edward Hornby, a farmer in Pitt township, by whom she has one daughter, Ima; Alrader, a farmer in Pitt township, who married Miss Wyna Mauser, by whom he has one child, Mozella; and Maud C., who mar- ried Clarence Roberts, a farmer of Pitt township, by whom she has two daughters, Katherine and Helen.
Mr. Wiest's fraternal affiliations are with the Masonic order, the Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the Mac- cabees. He is a member of the Wyandot Mutual Protective Association, and his religious views are in accord with the doctrines of the Methodist church. Politically he affiliates with the democratic party and has served his fellow citizens as supervisor of Pitt township for five years and as treasurer of the school board for thirteen years. His influence is ever on the side of right and progress and his labors have therefore been a force in the county's advancement.
EARL E. GLASCO.
For many years Earl E. Glasco has been closely connected in an important way with the affairs of municipal public serv- ice corporations in Ohio and throughout the course of his ca- reer has advanced steadily step by step until as superintendent of the water company at Sycamore he occupies a place of prominence and trust. He is a native son of the state, born in Ada, on the 9th of October, 1879, his parents being Alexander and Martha (Whisnor) Glasco. The father was born in France and remained in that country until he grew to manhood, com- ing to America before the Civil war. He served throughout that conflict in the Federal army and afterward made his home in Ohio, where he is now residing at the age of sixty-five. The mother of our subject was born in Bellefontaine, Ohio, in 1852, and she also is still living. In their family were six children, Lillie, Addie, Curtis, Earl, Pearl and Harry.
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Earl E. Glasco attended the public schools of Ada until he was twenty years of age and then learned the steam-fitter's and machinist's trades, becoming rapidly proficient in both lines. His expert skill soon gained recognition and led grad- ually to his connection with important city work along the line of his chosen occupation and for many years he held important positions with municipal light and water plants in various parts of the state. He was for four years in Upper Sandusky and came from there to Sycamore in 1910 as superintendent of the municipal water plant here. He has proven a capable, efficient and reliable official and, indeed, throughout his entire business career has been looked upon as a man of high honor and sterling integrity. His success is an example of what determination and force of character, when combined with honesty, can accomplish, for he is highly respected by the com- munity at large and honored by his business associates.
On October 27, 1906, Mr. Glasco married, in Forest, Miss Blanche Young, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Young, of that city. Mr. and Mrs. Glasco have two daughters, Regina and Edith. The family are devout members of the Presby- terian church. Fraternally Mr. Glasco is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He gives his political allegiance to the republican party and is at the present time superintendent of public affairs at Sycamore. His success has been won entirely by the old methods of honesty and fair dealing. He has carefully planned his business career, has the ability and executive force to carry it forward and has gained thereby a gratifying prosperity.
OTTO C. STUTZ, M. D.
Each calling or business, if honorable, has its place in human existence, constituting a part of the plan whereby life's methods are pursued and man reaches his ultimate destiny. Emerson said that: "All are needed by each one" -and that is as true in one avenue of life's activities as in another. However, the importance of a business or profes- sion is in a very large measure determined by its beneficence or usefulness. So dependent is man upon his fellowmen that the worth of each individual is largely reckoned by what he
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has done for humanity. There is no class to whom greater gratitude is due from the world at large than to those men whose life work has been the alleviation of suffering that rests upon humanity, thus lengthening the span of human existence. There is no known standard by which their be- neficent influence can be measured; their helpfulness is as broad as the universe and their power goes hand in hand with the wonderful laws of nature that come from the very source of life itself. Someone has aptly said: "He serves God best who serves humanity most." The skilful physician, then, by the exercise of his native talents and his acquired abilities, is not only performing a service for humanity but is following in the footsteps of the Divine Teacher Himself, who said: "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these, my brethren, ye have done it unto me."
One of the prominent and successful physicians of Wyan- dot county, Ohio, is Dr. Otto C. Stutz. He is of German an- cestry and in his make-up there stand out prominently those sturdy qualities of the Teutonic race. His father, Adam Stutz, was a native of Germany and was there reared and educated. When about thirty years old he left the fatherland and came to the United States. For a number of years he was in the employ of the Hudson Railway & Ship Company, act- ing in the capacity of interpreter, and afterwards for a time on the police force of New York city. In 1864 he came to Upper Sandusky, where for several years he was engaged in the saloon business, also taking an active part in political matters; being a man of much shrewdness and sound judg- ment he was elected to the office of recorder of Wyandot county and upon the expiration of his term was chosen his own successor. He afterward served four years as deputy in the same office, holding this position at the time of his death, in 1891, aged sixty-nine years. He was a democrat politically and always fair and honorable in his business af- fairs. His wife, whose maiden name was Caroline Hinkel- man, was also a native of Germany. She was brought to America by her parents when a very young girl and is still living in Upper Sandusky at the age of seventy-two years. She was the mother of twelve children, five of whom are dead.
Otto C. Stutz, the second in order of birth in this large family, was born in Albany, New York, on the 17th of April, 1862. He was but two years old when brought to Upper San-
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