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BIOGRAPHIES
The following biographies are extracted from:
Source:
The County of Ross: a history of Ross County, Ohio
By Henry Holcomb Bennett
Published by S. A. Brant, Madison, Wis.,
1902
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HON.
WALLACE D. YAPLE, mayor of Chillicothe, was born
in Eagle township, Vinton county, O., May 2, 1870.
His parents were William Ross and Elizabeth
(McDonald) Yaple. The grandfather of
William Ross Yaple, whose name was John, was a
native of Ithaca, N. Y., and one of the four men who
founded that city. He came to Ross county about
1815 and settled in Colerain township. Since then
the family have been prominently connected with the
development of the county. Samuel Yaple, a
son of John, and father of William R.,
located in Eagle township, Ross county, which was
subsequently set off as a part of Vinton county in 1850.
William Ross Yaple, born in Ross county in
October, 1833, was a school teacher and farmer, and
studied medicine in early life, but never practiced the
profession. His wife was a native of Washington
county, O., born November 26, 1842, and is now a
resident of Chillicothe. William R. and
Elizabeth Yaple had six children, of whom Wallace
D. was the eldest. The others are Albert S.,
a farmer on the old homestead; Mary Alice, wife
of Thadeus S. Hanson, of Ross county; Mary E.,
wife of W. J. McGee, of Colerain township;
Odessa and Vesta, at home attending school.
Wallace D. Yaple was educated in the public
schools and began his career as a school teacher, which
occupation he followed from 1887 until 1892. He
read law with his uncle, Judge Alfred Yaple, of
Cincinnati, and was admitted to the bar on December 6,
1894. In April of the following year, he opened an
office in Chillicothe and has established a good
practice. He owns the finest law library in the
city, is a systematic reader and a close student of all
appertaining to his profession. In the fall of
1896 he was nominated by the Democratic party as
candidate for probate judge of Ross county, and he made
a vigorous canvass, but it was not a "Democratic year,"
and he went down with the defeat of his party. His
work during the campaigns, however, gave Mr. Yaple
considerable prestige and since then he has been
considered a leader among the local Democracy, largely
deserving of credit for the party's later successes.
In the spring of 1897 he was elected city solicitor, in
spite of most strenuous opposition from the Republicans,
who were then in power, and in 1899 he was re-elected.
In April, 1901, he was elected mayor of Chillicothe,
obtaining a plurality of 137, with three other
candidates in the field. He was distributed the
patronage of the office and administered its affairs in
such a manner as to give entire satisfaction to his
constituents, while the city has had a business-like and
conservative administration. Mr. Yaple has
clearly demonstrated that he is a young man of superior
professional and executive ability, and has already laid
the foundation for a life of usefulness. As an
organizer and campaign speaker, his strength has been
fully tested in assisting to bring order out of chaos in
the re-organization and solidifying of the local
Democracy. While city solicitor, beginning with
his first term and continuing throughout his entire
service, the city did all of the street paving,
sewer-work, etc., which has been done. He also
prepared the bill which provided special legislation
relative to the erection of the Chillicothe high school
building, a magnificent edifice costing about $45,000.
During his term he was called upon by the city council
to render legal services on many occasions, owing
to the large amount of city business then in progress.
Mr. Yaple has been a prominent and enthusiastic
fraternity member. He joined the Masonic order
February, 1892, became a Royal Arch Mason in 1897, and
joined the council and temple in 1900. He also
joined the order of Red Men in 1899, and the Elks in
1901. He is a member of the Eintracht singing
society and quite popular in the social circles of the
city.
Source: The County of Ross: a history of Ross County, Ohio
by Henry Holcomb Bennett - Published by S. A. Brant, Madison,
Wis., 1902 - Page 734 |
CHARLES
ZELLER, trustee of Huntington Township, and one
of its most popular citizens, is a native of Ross county
of German parentage. His father, William
Zellerb, a sketch of whom appears above, was born in
Germany in 1828, came to the United States in 1855, and
since that year has been a worthy citizen of Ross
county. Charles Zeller, eldest son of
William, was born in Scioto township, Ross county,
July 4, 1861. In early manhood he was married to
Sophia Henkleman, a native of Ross county, of
German descent, and immediately thereafter located on
the farm in Huntington township, where he has since
resided. Mr. Zeller owns in this tract one
hundred and ten acres of good land which he has
cultivated with success and keeps well improved.
At the present time he is township trustee and it is an
evidence of his personal popularity that he was elected
on the Republican ticket by 29 majority in a township
usually about 100 Democratic. Mr. Zeller is
a member of Chillicothe lodge, No. 80, Independent Order
of Odd Fellows. Mr. and Mrs. Zeller have
had four children, losing one named William by
death, the others being Lewis, Ada and Edward,
all at home. The family's religious affiliations
are with the Lutheran church.
Source: The County of Ross: a history of Ross County, Ohio
by Henry Holcomb Bennett - Published by S. A. Brant, Madison,
Wis., 1902 - Page 736 |
WILLIAM ZELLER,
one of the oldest residents and most popular citizens of
Huntington township, has been connected with the
agricultural interests of that part of Ross county for
nearly forty years. Born in Prussia, Feb. 12,
1828, he arrived in the United States, Aug. 28, 1855,
and shortly thereafter located in Chillicothe. He
made that city his place of residence about eight years
and while there married Ursella Moritz, who was
born in Baden, Germany, in 1842. After a brief
wedded life in Chillicothe, Mr. Zeller purchased
a farm of sixty-five acres in Huntington township, to
which he removed and since has made his home. In
February, 1865, Mr. Zeller enlisted in Company F,
One Hundred and Eighty-seventh regiment Ohio volunteer
infantry, which was one of the last full regiments
recruited in Ohio under authority of the war department
for one year. It was organized Mar. 1, 1865, and
left Columbus on the third of the same month for
Nashville, Tenn. On its arrival it was
ordered to Dalton, Ga., where it remains about two
months and then marched to Kingston. Later it
returned to Dalton and after one months there was taken
to Macon, where it performed provost duty until its
muster-out, Jan. 23, 1866. After his return home
Mr. Zeller resumed his occupation was a farmer at
his old place, but on account of diseases contracted
during his absence was permanently disabled for hard
work. He has lived in the township nearly forty
years, during which time he has seen one generation died
off and another take its place, and there is no citizen
more generally like than he. Mr. and Mrs.
Zeller have had nine children, of whom Mary,
William, was born in Scioto township, Ross county,
July 4, 1861. In early manhood he was married to
Sophia Henkleman, a native of Ross county, of
German descent, and immediately thereafter located on
the farm in Huntington township, where he has since
resided. Mr. Zeller owns in this tract one
hundred and ten acres of good land which he has
cultivated with success and keeps well improved.
At the present time he is township trustee and it is an
evidence of his personal popularity that he was elected
on the Republican ticket by 29 majority in a township
usually about 100 Democratic. Mr. Zeller is
a member of Chillicothe lodge, No. 80, Independent Order
of Odd Fellows. Mr. and Mrs. Zeller have
had four children, losing one named William by
death, the others being Lewis, Ada and Edward,
all at home. The family's religious affiliations
are with the Lutheran church.
Source: The County of Ross: a history of Ross County, Ohio
by Henry Holcomb Bennett - Published by S. A. Brant, Madison,
Wis., 1902 - Page 735 |
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