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Source: 
Past & Present History of Wyandot County, Ohio - Illustrated

Vol. II
Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company - 1913


Robert McBeth, Jr.
 

Earl F. McClain
 

Irvin R. Mankel
 
  BURKE W. MARTIN, prominently connected with mercantile interests of Little Sandusky as a successful general merchant, is a native son of the city, born Dec. 25, 1849, his parents being Caleb S. and Elizabeth (Coons) Martin.  The father was born in Maryland in 1819 and from an early age followed the shoemaker's trade.  He came to Ohio when he was about fifteen years of age and resided in this state until his death, which occurred in 1906.  The mother was born in New York state in 1837 and died in Ohio in 1909.  They were the parents of five children:  Minerva, who died in infancy; Burke W., of this review; Mary P.; Alice L.; and Charles R., who met death by accident at the age of seventeen.
     Burke W. Martin acquired his education in the country schools of his native locality, attending until he was eighteen years of age.  He worked upon a farm until 1870, after which he turned his attention to mercantile pursuits, establishing himself as a grocer in Little Sandusky.  After one year he added a general merchandise stock and has made both branches of his enterprise extremely profitable  The business has increased steadily and Mr. Martin now carries a five thousand dollar stock and enjoys an extensive and representative patronage which has come to him in recognition of his straightforward business methods and his well selected line of goods.  He owns besides his business property in Little Sandusky, eighty acres of land in Antrim township and several town lots.
     On the 4th of October, 1871, Mr. Martin was united in marriage to Miss Iva E. Hughes, a daughter of Barnett and Catherine (Woodcock) Hughes, the latter of whom passed away in 1908.  To Mr. and Mrs. Martin were born five children:  Luella M., who married William J. Burnsides, a farmer of Little Sandusky, by whom she has one child, Mabel M.; Alice B., who married Frank Barber, a farmer of Antrim township, by whom she has four children, George W., Ross, Frank C. and Barnett W.; Charles S., who died at the age of twenty-one; Sidney W., who is engaged in the automobile business at Upper Sandusky; and Barnett H., at home.
     Mr. Martin is a democrat in his political beliefs and has served as a member of the local school board for over twenty years.  He ahs met with prosperity as a citizen and as a business man, his career proving conclusively that success is not a matter of chance but is the outcome of clear judgment, experience and close application.
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Source: Past & Present History of Wyandot County, Ohio - Illustrated - Vol. II - Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company - 1913
  WILLIAM E. MARTIN.  On the roster of county officials of Wyandot county appears the name of William E. Martin, now serving as surveyor.  His entire life has been spent in Upper Sandusky and his history is well known to his fellow townsmen, who have always found him a reliable and enterprising citizen and a progressive business man.  His birth occurred on the 26th of September, 1882, his parents being John B. and Lydia (Brobst) Martin, the former of whom was born in Ireland in 1830 and the latter in Pennsylvania in 1839.  The father was for many years connected with railroading and passed away in September, 1904, having survived his wife by three years.  To their union were born seven children, Thomas J., Joseph, Frank, George, Charles, Mary and William E.
     William E. Martin
acquired his education in the public schools of his native city, attending until he was seventeen years of age, when he began to study civil engineering at night and soon became proficient in this work.  He was employed for nine years after leaving school as a telegraph operator, after which period he worked for two years in the office of the county surveyor of Wyandot county.  In 1912 he was himself called upon to fill this position and has since served, discharging his duties with credit to himself and thus commanding the esteem and confidence of all with whom he is brought in contact.
     On the 14th of April, 1904, Mr. Martin was united in marriage at Upper Sandusky to Miss Nellie Trautwine, a daughter of John and Henrietta (Young) Trautwine, the former a stone mason and contractor by trade.  Mr. and Mrs. Martin have two children, Nellie Pauline and Maurice W.  Fraternally Mr. Martin gives his allegiance to the democratic party and is active and progressive in all matters of citizenship, although his public spirit never takes the form of office seeking.  He is a member of the Lutheran church, and fraternally is connected with the Masonic order, the Benevolent Protective order of Elks and the Improved Order of Red Men.  He belongs to the Chamber of Commerce of Upper Sandusky and is interested in all that pertains to the welfare and prosperity of his native city, giving his cooperation to many measures calculated to promote the material, political and moral interests of the community.
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Source: Past & Present History of Wyandot County, Ohio - Illustrated - Vol. II - Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company - 1913
  GEORGE O. MASKEY, M. D.   Dr. George O. Maskey, who since 1882 has successfully engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery in Upper Sandusky, was born in Nevada, Ohio, Feb. 7, 1856.  He is a son of Benjamin and Adeline (Zook) Maskey, the former of whom was born in Pennsylvania in 1830 and the latter in Wayne county, Ohio, in 1835.  The father was brought to this state when he was still an infant and grew to maturity here, following the carpenter's trade during his business career.  He died in 1897, having survived his wife for some time, her death having occurred in 1884.  In their family were three children, George O., William F. and Jacob A.
     Dr. Maskey
spent the period of his boyhood and youth under the parental roof and acquired his early education in the public schools of Upper Sandusky.  A the age of sixteen he laid aside his books and for two winters thereafter engaged in teaching in the country schools.  When he resigned this position he entered teh Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware and after three years' study in that institution was made principal of the high school at Upper Sandusky, a position in which he acted for two years.  Having determined, however, to make the practice of medicine his life work, he entered the medical department of the Western Reserve University at Cleveland and was graduated in 1882 with the degree of M. D.  He returned immediately to Upper Sandusky and formed a partnership with Dr. R. A. Henderson, their association continuing for over five years.  Afterward Dr. Maskey entered into partnership with Dr. G. W. Sampson an association that still maintains.  His ability has brought him a large and lucrative patronage which is steadily increasing, and he is numbered among the leaders of the profession in this part of the state.  He has some valuable property interests, owning a fine farm of one hundred and sixty acres in Crane township and a comforbable residence and a business block in Upper Sandusky.
     On the 28th of October, 1892, Dr. Maskey was united in marriage at Mount Blanchard, Ohio, to Miss Stella Fahl, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Fahl, the former a hardware merchant of that place.  Dr. and Mrs. Maskey have become the parents of a son, Robert F.  Dr. Maskey is a devout adherent of the Methodist church, and fraternally is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.  He is a democrat in his political beliefs and active in local politics, having served as a member of the school board for many years.  He did able, conscientious and efficient work during his two terms of service as corporation treasurer and was also health officer for some time and coroner for two terms.  His ability and skill along professional lines have been demonstrated in the successful handling of a number of complex medical cases, and he is highly esteemed, not only as a professional man but as a citizen and friend to humanity, who uses his knowledge for the good of his fellowmen.
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Source: Past & Present History of Wyandot County, Ohio - Illustrated - Vol. II - Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company - 1913 - Pg.
  DELEVAN MILLER

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  JOHN R. MOORE is proprietor of a cafe in Upper Sandusky.  He started out in the business world in the employ of others but gradually earned the capital that enabled him to engage in business on his own account.  He is yet a young man and there are perhaps many years before him in which to add to the successthat he has already achieved.  He was born in New Lexington, Ohio, May 20, 1884, a son of Jacob R. and Elizabeth (Flower) Moore.  The father was born in Ohio and for many years was proprietor of a grocery store, conducting a good business.  His wife was born in this state and both are still living, making their home with their son John.  They have three children:  Edna, George W., and John R.  The daughter is the wife of Joseph Kimmich, a shoe merchant of Toledo, Ohio, and they have two children, Donald and Pauline.  George W. Moore, proprietor of a saloon in Marion, Ohio, wedded Helen Duggan, and they have two children, Paul and Frank.
     During the youthful days of John R. Moore the family lived in Lima, Ohio, where he attended the public schools to the age of eighteen years.  He then began earning his own living and for five years worked as a cigar maker.  During that period he carefully saved his earnings until his capital was sufficient to enable him to engage in business for himself as proprietor of a grocery store in Port Clinton, Ohio, where he remained for four years.  He then sold out and returned to Lima, where he became connected with the wholesale liquor trade as a clerk.  He then went to Upper Sandusky as manager of the business there conducted by the Lima firm and in 1911 he bought out the branch of the business in this city and has since been its proprietor.  He has become well known here and has a liberal patronage which is making his enterprise a profitable one.
     On the 10th of July, 1905, in Lima, Ohio, Mr. Moore was united in marriage to Miss Anna Shocky, a daughter of John W. and Ella (Church) Shocky, a daughter of John W. and Ella (Church) Shocky, the former for many years proprietor of a grocery store to Lima.  Mr. and Mrs. Moore have become the parents of three children, two sons and a daughter, Harold, Beatrice and Louis  The family attend and liberally support the Catholic church.  Mr. Moore was for five years a member of the Ohio National Guard, belonging to Company K of the Second Regiment.  His fraternal relations are with democracy, with which political organization he has been identified since age conferred upon him the right of franchise.
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Source: Past & Present History of Wyandot County, Ohio - Illustrated - Vol. II - Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company - 1913
  LAWRENCE J. MOORE, engaged in the auctioneering business in Wyandot county, his home being in Upper Sandusky, was born in Belmont county, Ohio, on the 21st of June, 1872.  His father, James Moore, was also born in the neighborhood where his son's birth occurred, his natal year being 1824.  His wife, who bore the maiden name of Mary J. Marlow, was born in Richland county, Ohio, in 1837.   She remained a widow for a number of years after the death of her first husband and in 1904 became the wife of Solomon Berry, a widower, who was a pioneer settler of Wyandot county, but who died in the same year.  In the family of Mr. and Mrs. Moore were two sons and a daughter:  Clarence J., the eldest, now a farmer of Washington county, Pennsylvania, married Gertrude Godfrey and has four children.  Kate B., the sister, became the wife of Robert P. Cooper, a mechanic living at Martins Ferry, Ohio.  They have seven children:  May, Clarice, Bessie, Selda, James, Beulah and Letha.
     Lawrence J. Moore
is the youngest of his father's family and upon the home farm he spent the days of his boyhood, youth and early manhood.  He attended the public schools of Belmont county and supplemented his studies there by a course in Frazier's Business College at Wheeling, West Virginia.  He afterward devoted twelve years to farm work upon the old homestead and on the expiration of that period came to Upper Sandusky, where he entered the auctioneering business.  In this field of labor he has been very successful, being called upon to cry sales in various parts of the county.  He is ready, resourceful, apt and tactful and is able to secure good prices for the seller and satisfy the buyer.  He also engages in buying and feeding cattle on his own account and in addition is manager of his mother's farm in Crane township.
     Mr. Moore gives his political allegiance to the democratic party but has never sought nor desired political honors and emoluments.  He is a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and also belongs to the Methodist church- associations which indicate much of the sature of his interests and the rules which govern his conduct.
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Source: Past & Present History of Wyandot County, Ohio - Illustrated - Vol. II - Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company - 1913

Dr. Franklin L. Moyer
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 Ohio, born in Lovell, Mar. 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 graduating in 1900.  He afterward spent five years upon his father's farm, assisting in the work of its operation, but at the end of that time entered the Ohio State University, graduating in veterinary surgery in 1908.  In the same eyar 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 stockholder 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 marriage, 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 advanced thought.  He gives his political allegiance to the democratic party but has never desired public office, preferring 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.
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Source: Past & Present History of Wyandot County, Ohio - Illustrated - Vol. II - Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company - 1913

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