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BIOGRAPHIES
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Past & Present History of Wyandot County, Ohio -
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HENRY KEAR has resided
in Wyandot county since his birth in pioneer times and has not only
been a witness of the growth and progress of the section but has
borne his full share in the work of general improvement and
development. As the years have gone by his well directed
efforts have won their natural reward of success and prosperity, so
that he stands today among the substantial and wealthy citizens of
Upper Sandusky, where he makes his home. Mr. Kear comes
of farming stock and a great deal of his life has been spent in
agricultural pursuits, although for the past twenty-one years he has
concentrated his attention upon the development of his insurance
business. He was born in Tymochtee township, Wyandot county,
which was then Crawford county, Ohio, May 10, 1831,and is a son of
Moses and Jemima (Nathan) Kear, the former a native of
Terrytown, New York, born August 29, 1797, and the latter of Ross
county, Ohio, where her birth occurred June 4, 1803. The
father of our subject was a son of Peter and Anna (Odell) Kear
and he spent his early years in Tarrytown, emigrating from that city
to Ross county, Ohio, in the year 1812. There he grew to
manhood and there his marriage occurred June 4, 1820. He had
learned the trade of a gunsmith and followed this in Ross county
until June, 1821, when, seeking a broader field of activity, he went
to Tymochtee township, this county, where he established himself in
business in early pioneer times. He dealt largely with the
Indians, who inhabited the section, and built up among them a
successful and prosperous patronage until the tribe was removed to
the west in 1843. Mr. Kear's mother was a daughter of
Nicholas and Catharine (Kimball) Nathan. She grew to
womanhood in her native section of Ross county and shared her
husband's hard pioneer life. Both have passed away.
Henry Kear grew to manhood in Tymochtee township
amid the environments which fell to the lot of all pioneers.
He attended the crude country schools of his day, studying in a
little log schoolhouse with slabs for seats. He used goose
quill pens and was instructed by teachers who never made it a
practice to spare the rod and spoil the child. At eighteen he
had advanced far enough to receive a certificate to teach and this
occupation he engaged in for some twenty years, supplementing at an
early period his district-school education by a few terms at the
Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio. Later, however, he
turned his attention to farming and devoted a great many years of
his life to this occupation, abandoning it finally in order to
engage in the insurance business in Upper Sandusky, with which he
has not been connected for twenty-one years. He deals in all
kinds of insurance, including fire, tornado, accident and plate
glass, and has secured a large and representative patronage and
developed a fine business, the able conduct of which places him
among the city's successful and prominent men.
Mr. Kear married, Nov. 24, 1858, at Mexico,
Ohio, Miss Susetta e. Gibbs, a daughter of J. P. and
Catharine M. Gibbs. Mr. and Mrs. Kear became the parents
of four children, John C., Laura M., Mary L. and Seth
Sherman, who has passed away. Fraternally Mr. Kear
is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he
has been a member for fifty-five years, being today in the
twenty-eighth year of his service as financial and recording
secretary. His religious views are in accord with the
doctrines of the Methodist Episcopal church and, politically, he
supports the man whom he considers best fitted for the position,
never being influenced by party lines. He is active in public
life and has served ably in various responsible positions, having
been justice of the peace for three years and a member of the board
of education for more than twenty years. He is a self-made
man, who, starting out in life empty-handed and handicapped by the
hard conditions of pioneer life, has steadily worked his way upward,
his prosperity proving his ability and industry.
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GEORGE KELLER,
a representative of one of the oldest and most highly esteemed
pioneer families of Wyandot county, is acceptably filling the office
of sheriff, bringing to the discharge of his duties the energy,
public spirit and conscientiousness which are traditions in his
family and which have made its members honored and respected here
since early times. He is a native of Upper Sandusky, born Mar.
6, 1860, his parents being Joseph and Mary (Brooks) Keller,
natives of Germany. The father was born in Hockenheim, Baden,
June 13, 1829, and when he was twenty-three years of age came to
America, arriving in Ohio in the spring of 1852. He lived for
a short time at Sandusky and then came to Upper Sandusky, where he
was an honored resident for nearly sixty years with the exception of
a few months that he and his family spent in Belleville, Illinois,
in 1866. Joseph Keller worked as a laborer, assisting
in the construction of the Pennsylvania Railroad through this part
of Ohio and for years had charge as foreman of the first section of
that road west of Bucyrus. In the '80s he served for six years
as city street commissioner under the administration of D. D.
Hare, but for a number of years before his death lived a retired
life. He was a devout and faithful member of the Catholic
church during his entire life and was one of the greatest individual
forces in its spread and expansion in this part of the state.
At the time he made his first location here there was no church
edifice in Wyandot county and Joseph Keller was one of the
band of twenty-five men who erected the first church building and
school. HE passed away in 1912, in his eighty-third year, and
his death was widely and deeply regretted by those among whom he had
spent the bet part of his life and who honored his integrity and
respected his deep sincerity and strength of purpose. Mr.
Keller married Miss Mary Brooks, a daughter of
Christian and Mary Brooks, both deceased. She was also
born in Germany, her natal day being Apr. 3, 1839. She was ten
years of age when she came to America with her parents, settling at
Mansfield, whence they later moved into Salem township. Her
marriage occurred in 1855 and Mrs. Keller proved a worthy and
loyal helpmate to her husband during fifty-one years of wedded life.
In their family were ten children: Frank B.; Mary; George, of
this review; Elizabeth, the wife of Frank Mossbrugger;
William who died in infancy; Rosie Amelia, the wife of
Alexander Hampsch, of Columbus; and William, the
second of the name, who passed away at the age of two.
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HENRY KINLEY,
a worthy native son of Wyandot county, is now serving as county
commissioner. For more than four decades he has made his home
on section 7, Crane township, and has won success as a farmer and
stockman, owning two hundred and ninety-four acres of valuable land
in Crane township, and has won success as a farmer and stockman,
owning two hundred and ninety-four acres of valuable land in Crane
and Salem townships. His birth occurred in Tymochtee township,
this county, on the 5th of December, 1849, his parents being
Frederick and Susanna (Schoenberger)
Kinley, both of whom were natives of Baden, Germany, the former
born in 1809 and the latter in April, 1815. Frederick
Kinley was one of the pioneer settlers of Crane township,
Wyandot county, here buying land in 1846, that is now in possession
of George Krebbs. During the remainder of his life he
devoted his attention to general agricultural pursuits in this
county. His demise occurred on the 14th of April, 1874, while his
wife was called to her final rest on the 19th of September, 1906.
Their children were as follows: Frederick, Mary, William,
Henry, Louis C., Caroline, John H., and four who died in
infancy.
Henry Kinley attended the district schools of
Crane township until seventeen years of age and subsequently worked
as a farm hand until 1872. In that year he took up his abode
on the farm which has remained his home continuously since or for
more than four decades, his property now comprising two hundred and
ninety-four acres of productive and valuable land in crane and Salem
townships. He raises hay, corn, oats and wheat, which he sells
in the local market, and also makes a specialty of sheep, having one
hundred ewes. His residence was destroyed by fire in 1885, and
immediately thereafter erected the handsome modern home which now
adorns the place. He is a stockholder in the First National
Bank of Upper Sandusky and has long been numbered among the
prosperous and leading citizens of his native county.
On the 26th of March, 1871, in Crane township, Mr.
Kinley was joined in wedlock to Miss Mary E. Tilton a
daughter of Green and Maria (Smith) Tilton of that township.
The father was one of the earliest settlers of this county and
became an extensive property owner here. Unto Mr. and Mrs.
Kinley have been born twelve children, as follows:
Grant W., an agriculturist of Salem township, who wedded Miss
Carrie Cope and has four children, Laird H., Gladys, Mary
Evelyn and Zelma; Myrtie E., the wife of Marly Gibson,
a farmer of Crane township, by whom she has four children, Inez
E., Hazel, Robert and Herbert; Jay J., who wedded Miss
Bertha Corb and is a mail carrier of Toledo, Ohio; Edward M.,
a farmer of Salem township, who married Miss Maggie Hentzel
and has two children, Helen and Dorothy; Ada A.; Frederick
E., an agriculturist o Crane township, who married Miss
Cassie Wade and has one child, Harmon; Grover C.,
residing at Portsmouth, Ohio, and acting as surveyor of Scioto
county, who married Miss Mabel Fritz and has one child,
Imogene; Miner M., a farmer residing in Crane township, who
wedded Miss Maggie Gibson and has one child, Kenneth;
Inda; Bessie M. and Elva, both of whom are deceased; and
one who died when young.
Mr. Kinley gives his political allegiance to the
democracy and his fellow townsmen, recognizing his worth and
ability, have called him to serve in several positions of public
trust. He acted as trustee of Crane township for six years and
has been a member of the school board for a period of nine years.
In 1910 he was elected commissioner, making a creditable record in
this connection. Fraternally he is identified with the
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, the Red Men and the Champion Grange. While acquiring
success in life he has also gained and retained the respect and
honor of his fellowmen by his public service and private life, and
all who know him feel honored by his friendship.
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JOHN H. KINLEY,
merchant and inventor, is one of the well known men in business
circles of Upper Sandusky, where his name stands for progress,
enterprise and strict business integrity. He has conducted a
large hardware store since 1896 and his honorable methods and
straightforward dealings have been rewarded by a steadily increasing
success, which places him among the men of prominence and importance
in the city. He is a native of Wyandot county, born in
Tymochtee township, Feb. 27, 1857, a son of George Frederick and
Susanna (Soehunberger) Kinley, natives of Baden, Germany, the
father born in 1814 and the mother in 1817. George F.
Kinley came to the United States in 1846 and settled in Ohio,
where he engaged in farming until his death on Apr. 14, 1874.
His wife survived him many years, dying on Sept. 19, 1906. In
their family were seven children. The eldest, Frederick,
who passed away in 1909, engaged in farming. He married
Hester A. Brown and they had two children, William E. and
Nava N. William has been twice married. His first
wife was Miss Laura Swinhart who passed away in 1901.
His second wife was a native of Indiana. He has three
children. Henry is county commissioner of Crane
township. He married Mary E. Tillen and has eight
children. Mary became the wife of Frank Marks,
formerly a contractor in Wichita, Kansas. He died in 1900,
leaving four children. Louis married Ellen Von Blon
and after her death in 1886 wedded Amelia Weber. They
reside in Upper Sandusky and are the parents of one child.
Caroline married Levi Paulin, a carpenter in Santa
Barbara, California. They have six children. John H.
is the subject of this review and the youngest child in the family.
The last named attended district school in Tymochtee
township and high school in Upper Sandusky. He supplemented
this by a course in the normal school at Ada and by a few years'
attendance at Valparaiso College, after which he spent ten years
teaching school. During the summers he worked at the
carpenter's trade but in 1886 secured a position as clerk in the
hardware store conducted by J. A. Gottfried & Brother,
and he there remained for ten years, learning the details of the
business and becoming an expert in modern merchandising. In
1896 he established himself in modern merchandising. In 1896
he established himself in business purchasing a small hardware store
in Upper Sandusky. His enterprise was destroyed by fire in
1909, but he immediately rebuilt and installed a new line of
hardware and queensware. Mr. Kinley has here a
complete, modern and up-to-date establishment, one hundred and
sixty-four feet long and three stories high. His stock is well
selected and his business methods are above reproach. He has
patented some very ingenious appliances, known as the Kinley
scoop flue stop and the Kinley victor flue stop, which he
manufactures and jobs to the wholesale trade all over the United
States, his profits from the sales of his inventions being a
valuable addition to his income. Mr. Kinley is known in
Upper Sandusky as a reliable, efficient and far-sighted business
man, and these qualities have secured for him a gratifying patronage
and made his name an important one in business circles.
On the 12th of May, 1881, Mr. Kinley married, at
Upper Sandusky, Miss Caroline F. Stecher, a daughter of
George J. and Christina (Mollenberger) Stecher, the
former a gardener in Upper Sandusky. Mr. and Mrs. Kinley
became the parents of five children. Harry E. is
clerking in his father's store in Upper Sandusky. He married
Miss Abbie L. Lowery, daughter of W. J. Lowery.
The others are George F., J. Avery, Villa C. and Everet R.
The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
Mr. Kinley's fraternal connections are with the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Modern Woodmen of America, the
Royal Arcanum and the Rebekahs. He is a stanch republican in
his political beliefs and has served as councilman for the third
ward, his service being distinguished by straightforward and
conscientious work in the city's interests. From 1880 to 1884
he was a member of the Kirby Light Guards. He is one of the
active and progressive merchants of Upper Sandusky - a man of good
business capacity and enterprise and of unquestioned integrity,
enjoying in an unusual degree the confidence and good will of the
community.
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General Isaac M. Kirby |
GEN. ISAAC M. KIRBY.
It has often been said, and truthfully so, that the old soldier
makes the best citizen. The long period of strife taught him
to love his country as nothing else could do and the spirit of
loyalty which prompted his enlistment and his sturdy defense of the
flag has remained one of the salient features of his life.
Honored and respected by all, there is no one who more justly merits
the confidence and good-will of his fellow townsmen than does
General Isaac M. Kirby, who wore the nation's blue uniform from
1861 until 1865, and who through days of peace has ranked with the
valued and enterprising citizens of Upper Sandusky.
He is a representative of an old and prominent family.
His paternal grandparents were Obadiah and Ruth (Hendrick) Kirby,
who were of English and Holland descent, and natives of Virginia,
in which state the former had a large plantation and owned many
slaves. At his death, which occurred when he was about fifty
years of age, his widow, who was a Quakeress, emancipated her slaves
and removed to Ohio with her sons. Her eldest son, Samuel
Kirby, was captain of a Virginia company in the War of 1812, and
was killed during the service. John Kirby, became a
farmer and died in middle age in Wyandot county, and Pleasant
Kirby died in Kansas. Moses Kirby, father of
General Kirby, and twin brother of Dr. Jacob Kirby, was
born in Halifax county, Virginia, in 1798, and was reared on the old
homestead there but pursued his education at Chapel Hill, North
Carolina, where he was a schoolmate of James K. Polk, who in
1845 became president of the United States. Before her son
Moses Kirby has completed his education, his mother had removed
from Virginia at Hillsboro, Highland county, Ohio, where he later
joined her and took up the study of law in the office and under the
direction of Richard Collins. His thorough preliminary
reading secured him admission to the bar when he was about
twenty-two years of age, after which he entered upon active
professional duties in Hillsboro. He was not long in winning a
good clientage and at the same time rose to prominence along
political lines. He was chosen to represent Highland county in
the state legislature and was appointed to the office of secretary
of state in 1832. He then went to Columbus, Ohio, and in
addition to his official duties engaged in the active practice of
law until 1841. In that year he took up his abode in the
village of Wyandot, Ohio, but in 1843 removed to Upper Sandusky,
where again, as in his former places of residence, he soon won an
enviable reputation as a distinguished practitioner before the
courts. He came to Upper Sandusky, however, in the capacity of
Indian agent and receiver for the land office, in which he remained
until 1845. Being a whig in politics and the democratic party
then coming into power, he retired. He thereupon resumed the
practice of law and held official position in that connection,
serving as prosecuting attorney for several years and later as judge
of the probate court for several terms. He was one who
maintained the prize of keen mentality to the last and when
eighty-two years of age was sent to the state senate - just sixty
years after he had been a member of the legislature. He served
in the upper house for two terms and his splendid record was a fit
crown to a life of unusual activity, usefulness and honor. His
early political allegiance was given to the whig party and on its
dissolution he became a republican but during the presidency of
Andrew Johnson, allied himself with democratic ranks. He
served as a delegate to the first presidential convention of the
republican party and throughout his life he never hesitated in his
support of a principle in which he believed. He was an
eloquent speaker, endowed by nature with splendid oratorical gifts
and was ever keen and ready in debate. In 1840 he entered
actively in the campaign in support of W. H. Harrison for the
presidency.
In the year in which he attained his majority, Moses
Kirby was made a Mason in North Carolina and was probably the
oldest representative of the craft in Ohio at the time of his death,
which occurred in 1897. Nature had endowed him with brilliant
powers and he retained possession of all his mental faculties until
after he had become a nonagenarian. He was always loyal to the
teachings of the Masonic fraternity and while he never united with
the church, was a true Christian at heart, his life being without a
stain. His generosity amounted almost to a fault, for he would
give his last dollar to any one who might ask for it.
Moses Kirby was a twin brother of Dr. Jacob
Kirby. Both sons came to Ohio with their widowed mother
and the Doctor gained an extensive practice in Hillsboro, where he
followed his profession for about sixty years. He was
characterized by the same spirit of generosity noted in his brother
and was never known to make a charge on his books nor ask for the
payment of even a dollar from a patient. When it was known
that no pecuniary reward might be expected he gave his services as
cheerfully as when he would be well requited financially. When
he passed away at the age of eighty years the ladies of the town
erected a monument to his memory.
Moses H. Kirby was united in marriage to Emma
Miner, who was a native of Ohio, probably born in Franklin
county, and a daughter of Judge Isaac Miner who was born in
the state of New York. He was of English descent and traced
his ancestry in America back to Thomas Miner, who was one of
the Pilgrim fathers. Judge Miner came to Ohio in
pioneer times, purchased a large tract of land near the site of the
future city of Columbus and became a prominent and influential
resident of the state, serving at one time as one of the canal
commissioners. He died when about fifty yeas of age. His
daughter Emma, who became Mrs. Moses Kirby, was reared
near the site of Columbus and died in 1850, when forty-two years of
age, leaving five children: Isaac M., of this review;
Emma, the deceased wife of Curtis Berry, of Upper
Sandusky; Thomas and George, twins, the former serving
as a private in a Kansas regiment during the rebellion, and dying in
1899 when fifty-nine years of age, while the latter served in the
Civil war as a member of the Fifteenth Regiment, Ohio Infantry, and
died in a military hospital at Louisville, Kentucky, in December,
1861; and Anna, who died in 1870, near Vicksburg, while
making a trip on the Mississippi river.
General Kirby, whose name introduces this
review, was born in Columbus, Feb. 10, 1835, and when eight years of
age was taken to Upper Sandusky, where he attended the public
schools until the year 1845. He was afterward a student in the
old Hillsboro Academy until the fall of 1850, when, following the
death of his mother, to whom he was most devoted, he returned to
Upper Sandusky. He was himself in ill height until the spring
of 1852, as which time he became a member of a civil engineering
corps employed in the survey on the Pittsburg railway. At the
time of the outbreak of the Civil war he had charge of the
construction of the railway west of Havana to Pino del Rio, Cuba,
but relinquished this contract and hastened home to join the Union
army. He arrived in Ohio on a Monday of April, 1861, and
on the following Saturday was enrolled among the boys in blue of
Company I Fifteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Before the
company had left the state he was promoted to the rank of captain
and with his regiment was sent to West Virginia. The
enlistment had been for the first three months' term and on its
expiration the regiment was reorganized for three years, Captain
Kirby's company becoming then known as Company D. While he
was in command thereof his brother George was with him.
The Fifteenth Regiment was assigned to the Army of the Cumberland
and after the battle of Shiloh under General Buell,
Captain Kirby returned home and assisted in organizing the One
Hundred and First Ohio Regiment, in which he was appointed to the
command of Company, in July, 1862. He was promoted to the rank
of major just before the engagement at Stone River in December of
that year and on the first day of that hotly contested battle, the
colonel and the lieutenant colonel of the regiment were killed and
Major Kirby was placed in command. Soon after the
engagement he was promoted to the rank of colonel and was in command
of the brigade at the opening of the campaign in 1864, when in
December of that year, he was made a brigadier general at Nashville,
which rank he held until the close of the war. He fought in
all the battles in which his regiment had a part and was several
times wounded, sustaining five wounds in one day at Kenesaw
Mountain, but he never missed a day from duty because of wounds or
because of illness, and with a most creditable military record
returned home after receiving his honorable discharge on the 15th of
June, 1865. His bravery was unquestioned and his loyalty,
courage and merit won him promotions.
When the war was over General Kirby returned to
civil life at Upper Sandusky and for twenty years after was a
prominent figure in commercial circles as proprietor of a hardware
store. In the conduct of the business he held to the highest
standards of commercial ethics and his integrity was never called
into question, while his enterprise, careful management and
determination brought him well merited and well earned success.
At Newark, Ohio on the 6th of June, 1867, General
Kirby was united in marriage to Miss Anna White, a native
of Ohio, and the highly accomplished daughter of Rev. John W.
White a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church. The
marriage of General and Mrs. Kirby has been blessed
with four children,, but the eldest, John W., died at the age
of nineteen years. Mary E. and Anna C. are at
home, while Thomas M., the youngest of the family, is
practicing law at Cleveland, Ohio.
When age conferred upon General Kirby the right of
franchise he joined the newly organized republican party and has
never wavered in his allegiance thereto, yet has been entirely
without ambition for public officer, supporting his party as a
matter of principal rather than with desire for the rewards it might
bestow. He belongs to the Masonic lodge at Upper Sandusky and
Robbins Post, No. 90, G. A. R., which he joined on its organization.
He has served as commander of the post and he is justly proud of the
little bronze button which he wears, indicating his connection with
the organization which preserved the union in the darkest hours of
the country's history. For a number of years he has lived
retired, yet his interest in his country and her welfare never
ceases and in spirit he seems a much younger man. He has,
however, passed the seventy-eighth milestone on life's journey to an
old age that gives out of its rich stores of wisdom and experience
for the benefit of others - such is the achievement of General
Kirby, one of Upper Sandusky's most highly honored and
esteemed citizens.
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VICTOR K. KNAPP, M. D. Capable, earnest and conscientious in the performance
of his duties, Dr. Victor K. Knapp, of Nevada, Ohio, enjoys a
reputation which not only extends throughout the city but far into
the surrounding country and which has secured him an extensive and
representative patronage in his region. A native of Nevada, he
was born Nov. 5, 1870, his parents being Jacob F. and Barbara
(Glosser) Knapp. The father was a native of Richland
county, born in 1841, and followed the occupation of carriage
builder until his demise, which occurred in 1900. The mother
was also a native of Ohio, born in 1841, and preceded her husband in
death, passing away in 1899. In their family were the
following children: Nora E., who married Miner Brown,
a groceryman of Upper Sandusky, by whom she has one child,
Wilford E., a carriage maker of Nevada; Dr. Victor K.;
and Emery O., who married Grace Shroll, by whom he has
two children and who follows harness making at Upper Sandusky.
Dr. Victor K. Knapp received his fundamental
education in his native city, graduating from the Nevada high school
in 1887. He subsequently received a certificate from the Ohio
Northern University at Ada, in the pharmaceutical department in
1889, and graduated from the Cincinnati Medical College at
Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1896, with the M. D. degree. He also
attended the Ophthalmological College at Cincinnati, from which he
graduated in 1897, and subsequently improved his thorough education
by a pot-graduate course at Philadelphia in 1908. In his
native city he began to practice in 1896 and there he has ever since
continued with increasing success, being now considered one of the
most successful physicians and surgeons of the town. He
specializes in ear, eye, nose and throat diseases and has given to
this line deep study and particular attention. His general
practice, however, is equally extensive and year by year the list of
his patients growing. Genial, open-hearted and frank in
demeanor, he inspires that confidence which is so necessary to a
successful cure and is considered by those who call him more as a
friend than as a doctor. He is most careful in making a
diagnosis, yet after reaching his decision acts quickly and
decisively and is seldom, if ever, at fault in selecting the right
course for a cure.
At Bowling Green, Ohio, on Feb. 8, 1899, Dr. Knapp
was united in marriage to Miss Blanche E. Luddington, a
daughter of George and Caroline Luddington, of Toledo, Ohio,
where the father is well known as a jewelry merchant. Dr.
and Mrs. Knapp have one son, Robert Frederick.
Public-spirited and progressive, Dr. Knapp
has, despite his arduous and onerous professional duties, found time
to devote to matters outside of his profession affecting the general
welfare and for two years has served as coroner of Wyandot county
greatly to the satisfaction of his constituents. For nine
years he has also been pension examiner. As prosperity has
come to him he has become interested in financial and other
commercial enterprises and is a stockholder in the Farmers &
Merchants Bank at Nevada and a director of the Neva Telephone
Company. His political views coincide with the democratic
party and fraternally he is a Mason, having taken the degrees of the
chapter. Along more professional lines he is a member of the
American Medical Association, the Ohio State Medical Society and is
president of the Wyandot County Medical Society, this latter
connection giving evidence of his standing among his colleagues on
account of his ability, experience and knowledge. Having
passed, with the exception of his years of study, all his life
within the confines of Nevada, his record is well known to the
residents of this locality, and in the fact that he has gained
widespread confidence and regard, trust and esteem, lies his truest
and most enviable success.
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