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William Zahn is one of a family of thirteen children. He acquired his education in the district schools of Salem town- ship and afterward spent two years at the Findlay Business College. In the meantime he did his share of the work on the home farm and in this way became thoroughly familiar with the details and the best methods of carrying on a model agri- cultural enterprise. When he was twenty years of age he moved into Findlay, where he worked in a grocery store for two years, after which he came to Carey and here conducted a restaurant for thirteen years. When he disposed of that enterprise he became identified with the clothing business, forming a partnership with Mr. Kemerly under the firm name of Kemerly & Zahn. Their association continued for three years, or until April, 1911, when Mr. Zahn was ap- pointed to the position of superintendent of the County In- firmary. Although he succeeded Frank Schumacher, known as one of the most capable men who ever served in this posi- tion, Mr. Zahn has nevertheless made a gratifying record, for he possesses the business ability and the executive force necessary for the efficient discharge of his difficult duties.
On October 31, 1900, Mr. Zahn was united in marriage to Miss Mary Garn, a daughter of Jeremiah Garn, of Carey, a well known agriculturist. They have one son, Norman, born August 25, 1901. The parents are active members of the Evangelical Lutheran church, and Mrs. Zahn is popular in social circles, being highly esteemed for her many accomplish- ments of mind and heart and her warm-hearted hospitality, which she ever dispenses. Mr. Zahn gives stanch allegiance to the democratic party and is eminently progressive and public-spirited in all matters of citizenship, never seeking to evade his duties along this line. Before he was appointed superintendent of the County Infirmary he served ably and conscientiously as a member of the city council. He is one of the best known and most highly respected residents of Wyandot county, where he was born and reared. His record is, indeed, a commendable one and the most envious can utter no word of reproach against his official service. In business, too, his course has been characterized by the strictest fidelity to principle and in social relations he displays many fine qualities that have won for him many friends.
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JEROME FISHER.
After a successful career on the road, Jerome Fisher has returned to one of the primeval and most noble occupations to which mankind may devote its energies-that of agricul- ture. He finds therein not only satisfactory but profitable returns, and although it has been but a few years that he has been so engaged, he has already made valuable and substan- tial progress, as he employs the most modern methods and is ever ready to adopt new measures in order to promote his interests.
Mr. Fisher was born in Mifflin township, Wyandot county, on December 3, 1882, and is a son of Casper and Susan (Moll) Fisher. The father is a native of Crestline, Ohio, born in 1858,. and is a salesman for acetylene gas generators and supplies, his territory being the northern part of the state. He makes his home in Bucyrus, Ohio. The mother was born in Salem township, this county, in 1858. In their family are the follow- ing children: Jerome, of this review; Anna M., who married Louis Sutter, a plumber of Crestline, Ohio, and they have one child; Lawrence F., who married Margaret La Fontaine, by whom he has one child and who is farming in Mifflin town- ship; Victoria E .; Raymond; and Eugene.
Jerome Fisher was reared at home and had early instilled in his youthful consciousness lessons on the value of thrift, diligence and honesty. He attended district school in Mifflin township until seventeen years of age and then remained on the farm until twenty-one years old. At that time he became a salesman, disposing of acetylene gas generators and sup- plies, and so continued until 1912, when he returned to the farm. He farms the home property on shares with his brother Lawrence and although he has had charge for but a short time, has already instituted a number of improvements which are productive of greater results. An energetic young man, he intensely devotes himself to the work on hand and there is no doubt that he will be as successful in agricultural fields as he has been on the road. He is the owner of a beautiful home in Kirby, Ohio. He has not, however, given up entirely his connection with his former line and still handles a line of car- bide and gas supplies in his home.
Mr. Fisher was married at Kirby, Ohio, on September 6, 1906, to Miss Clara Miller, a daughter of Mrs. Catherine Mil-
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ler, of Kirby, Ohio, the wife passing away in March, 1912. In his political affiliations he is a democrat, stanchly supporting his party, and his religion is that of the Catholic church. He also is a member of the Catholic Knights of Ohio and the Illi- nois Commercial Men's Association. He is highly respected and esteemed by all who know him and enjoys the friendship of many who honor him for the high qualities of his mind and character and his public-spirited, truly American citizenship.
HOWARD O. FORNEY.
Since the beginning of his active career, Howard O. Forney has been identified with farming interests in Wyandot county and stands today among the men whose labors have been ele- ments in the general agricultural development. He owns seventy-five acres of valuable land on section 3, Jackson town- ship, a property upon which he has resided since 1897. He was born in Tuscarawas county, February 2, 1858, and is a son of John H. and Mary C. (Kohr) Forney, the former of whom was born in Tuscarawas county, October 12, 1835. He married January 4, 1857, and came to Wyandot county among the pioneer settlers, making his home in the fall of 1864 upon a one hundred and twenty acre tract of timber land, which he cleared and where he began the work of development. He spent the early years of his life upon this farm in a crude log cabin, which he built with his own hands but which was after- ward replaced by a modern residence. For many years he carried on general agricultural pursuits, dying upon his farm May 4, 1894. His wife passed away May 20, 1897. They were the parents of nine children, Howard O., Lizzie J., Clara B., William H., Charles G., Clyde E., George M., Austin and Rus- sell.
Howard O. Forney attended district school for three months in each year and in this way acquired an education, which he afterward supplemented by wide reading and care- ful observation. He spent his childhood upon his father's farm and helped in the clearing of the new tract, becoming thoroughly familiar with all the details connected with agri- cultural pursuits. He worked upon the homestead until he was twenty-three years of age and then moved to one of his
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father's farms, whereon he resided for four years. In 1897 he became the owner of a fine farm of seventy-five acres on section 3, Jackson township, and has since given his attention to its development. He has built good barns and other sub- stantial outbuildings and has improved his land along modern lines, each year gathering rich crops of corn, oats and wheat as a reward for the care and labor he bestows upon the fields. He is likewise interested in stock-raising, keeping five horses, twelve head of cattle and sixty hogs.
Mr. Forney has been twice married. His first union oc- curred September 15, 1881, when he wedded Miss Dista Eaton, a daughter of William Eaton. They became the parents of one daughter, Jessie, who has passed away. Mr. Forney's second wife is Azora Van Buren, a daughter of. Martin Van Buren, and to this union were born two children, Martin H. and Mary M., both of whom live at home. Mr. Forney is a member of the United Brethren church and politically gives his allegiance to the progressive party. His enterprising and progressive spirit has dominated and directed all of his activi- ties. By constant exertion, associated with good judgment, he has achieved success and today belongs among the repre- sentative citizens of this section of the state.
INDEX
Althouse, S. W
306
Ankeny, J. W. 348
Ayres, B. Q. 68
Bardon, A. F. 64
Bare, J. L. .
279
Barnthouse, J. P 243
Barrett, S. S .. 143
Baughman, William 276
Bear, J. P. 326
Bentges, J. N. 168
Berg, Frederick 217
270
Black, S. J. 268
Blair, W. L. 250
Bolish, Joseph
47
Bolish, Theodore
16
Bower, J. W. 275
Bowers, L. M.
49
Bretz, S. E.
147
Briihl, G. F.
269
Bringman, A. M.
15
Brinkerhoff, M. H. 153
Brooks, J. S 360
Carr, C. C.
219
Cary, G. L. 264
Case, M. V. 300
Casey, John 163
Chadwick, N. A. 277
Chambers, H. G. 215
Chatlain, C. F 165
Clemens, T. F 139
Close, C. F. . 69
Constien Brothers
7
Coon, G. W .. 321
Cuneo, Pietro 184
Cuneo, R. C. 19
Daughmer, Sarah 96
Dunlap, R. L. 285
Dunlap, S. C. 124
Dwire, H. E. 197
Eckert, G. W 208
Ehmann, W. J. 127
Emptage, M. R. 296
Evans, G. S. 66
Fish, A. M .. 240
Fisher, Jerome 374
Fleck, Joseph 38
Fleck, L. A. 177
Forney, H. O. 375
Forney, W. H. 347
Forrer, J. R. 210
Foucht, C. W. 236
Vol. II-20
Foucht, M. E. 159
Fowler, F. A. 108
Fowler, R. N. 146
Fowler, S. P. 207
Fox, F. M. 319
Frank, Peter 230
Frazier, C. L. 17
Frazier, W. J. 77
Gamber, John 135
Gibbs, A. E. 237
Gillett, S. B. 178
Gipson, W. A.
10
Glasco, E. E. 353
Glosser, E. X. 109
Gonguer, Jacob 39
Gottfried, A. F. 339
Gottfried, E. O. 312
Graves, H. F 280
Greer, John
128
Griffith, R. H. 169
Grove, J. H. 223
Hagerman, R. E. 214
Hare, C. B.
180
Harman, B. C. 364
Hoffman, F. F.
298
Hogan, John 246
Hohnald, Henry 359
Holl, E. D. 118
Holmes, Frank 136
Huffman, H. O. 29
Hulse, J. 25
Johnson, A. P 149
Jollie, M. R. 50
Juvenal, J. A
204
Katzenmeyer, Edward 33
Kear, Henry
58
Keller, George 53
Kennedy, B. F
166
Kinley, Henry
255
Kinley, J. H. 83
Kirby, I. M. 100
Knapp, V. K.
175
Kouns, C. C. 14
Krupp, Peter 220
Kuenzli, E. D.
117
Kuenzli, H. L.
287
Kummerer, Gustav 260
Langabaugh, S. S. 67
Lanker, J. E. 70
Laughlin, E. G. 314
Leslie, E. R. 299
Little, H. C ..
85
Lowry, E. R. 37
377
Binau, John
Bowen, Gideon 155
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INDEX
McBeth, Robert
194
Sammet, Frederick 30
McClain, E. F ..
303
Sampson, G. W. 74
Mclaughlin, E. E
107
Savidge, F. W. 343
Mankel, I. R.
60
Schlicher, Daniel 329
Martens, A. H.
9
Schoenberger, M. G. 294
Martin, B. W.
325
Shealy, C. F. 40
Martin, W. E.
34
Sheppard, R. A 48
Maskey, G. O.
44
Slemmer, E. A.
334
Meinzer, C. H.
304
Smalley, W. M.
87
Miller, Delevan
98
Smith, A. N.
140
Montague, W. E
239
Smith, C. D.
213
Montross, I. J
311
Smith, C. F.
57
Moore, J. R.
97
Smith, H. F.
174
Moore, L. J.
313
Smith, R. E.
362
Snyder, W. H.
93
Moyer, F. L.
344
Stalter, F. J.
89
Staum, G. L. 245
Stecher, G. 90
328
Neidig, Joseph
80
Neumeister, E. G.
126
Newell, H. H.
95
Newhard, Herbert 228
367
O'Brien, Thomas
63
Oesterley, Charles
76
Osborn, Jay
267
Owen, John
233
Trowbridge, G. D.
150
Parker, D. C. 110
Parker, J. E.
199
Petty, J. A. 265
Phillips, Samuel 330
20
Plumb, C. F.
130
Pontius, I. R.
120
Pool, G. W.
24
Pool, V. V.
216
Ramsdell, H. C.
257
Ranck, S. A. 273
Reber, Albert
5
Williams, J. A.
114
Richmond, E. . C. 116
Williams, V. E.
170
Rieser, H. S. 45
227
Riley, O. V. .
157
Robbins, C. A. 226
Zahn, William 370
Zeiter, G. W
336
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Wagstaff, Ben 249
Watkins, H. C. 28
Whitney, A. B
79
Wiest, Charles
363
Wiest, John
352
Wiest, Samuel
284
Wonder, J. F. 308
Wynkoop, J. W 205
Roberts, C. G. 225
35
Steck, C. F.
200
Straser, T. D.
160
Straub, Floyd
342
Straw, Eugene
289
Stuckey, Fred
56
Stutz, O. C ..
354
Swerlein, Edward
318
Thrall, Homer 248
Ulrich, R.
258
Uncapher, Philip
290
Underwood, T. E. 350
Van Buren, R. C. 322
Pierman, G. F.
Vogel, Anthony
341
Naus, L. W.
Stephan, E. F
Norton, S. P.
Mossbrugger, Frank 27
Rieser, W. H.
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