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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
A History
of Seneca County, Ohio
A Narrative Account of its Historical Progress,
in People, and in its Principal Interests
- Illustrated -
- Vol. II -
Publ. The Lewis Publishing Company
Chicago-New York
1911
| HELEN V. MARCHA SOURCE: A History of Seneca County, Ohio - Vol. II - 1911 - Page 513 |
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| WILLIAM F. MARTIN SOURCE: A History of Seneca County, Ohio - Vol. II - 1911 - Page 883 |
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| WILLIAM MATZ SOURCE: A History of Seneca County, Ohio - Vol. II - 1911 - Page 821 |
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| JOHN B. MAULE SOURCE: A History of Seneca County, Ohio - Vol. II - 1911 - Page 616 |
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| EDWARD C. MAY SOURCE: A History of Seneca County, Ohio - Vol. II - 1911 - Page 679 |
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| ALEXANDER McCARTAN SOURCE: A History of Seneca County, Ohio - Vol. II - 1911 - Page 535 |
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| JOHN McCAULEY
- Among the representative members of the bench and bar of Ohio is
numbered Judge McCauley, whose record both in the work of his profession
and in judicial office has been marked by distinguished ability and by
impregnable integrity and honor. He is a man of fine
intellectuality, and one of the strongest and most noteworthy elements
in his character has been his inflexible devotion to principle. He
has viewed all things in their correct proportions and thus his rulings
on the bench have been significantly fair and equitable, few of his
decisions having been reversed by higher tribunals. The Judge is a
representative of one of the sterling pioneer families of the old
Buckeye state and this has been his home from the time of his birth to
the present. He is one of the best known and most honored citizens
of Seneca county and maintains his home in the city of Tiffin. Judge John McCauley was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, on the 9th of December, 1834. and is a son of Henry and Susan (Kelley) McCauley, both of whom were born and reared in the famous old city of Paisley, Scotland, a land with whose history the family name has been identified for many generations. The marriage of the parents was solemnized in their native land, in 1834 and their bridal tour was virtually that of their emigration to the United States. Soon after their arrival they made their way to Ohio and settled in Columbiana county, where the father purchased a tract of land and turned his attention to the great basic industry of agriculture. Later he disposed of this property and purchased land in Wood county, which represented the family home for a period of about six years. Removal was then made to Hancock county and there Henry McCauley continued to be identified with agricultural pursuits during the remainder of his active career. He died in that county in 1881. at the age of seventy-seven years. His widow survived him by twelve years and passed the gracious evening of her life in the home of her son, Judge McCauley, in Tiffin, where she was summoned to eternal rest at the venerable age of eighty-seven years. The early educational advantages of Judge McCauley were limited to the pioneer schools of Wood and Hancock counties and, like many another who has achieved prominence in professional and public life, his early experiences were those of the farm. He attended the common schools during the winter terms until he had attained the age of sixteen years and he then entered an academy in Republic, Seneca county, where he continued his studies for three years and prepared himself for college. At the age of nineteen years Judge McCauley was matriculated in the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, in which institution he was graduated as a member of the class of 1859, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. In the meanwhile he taught several terms of school and by this means largely defrayed the expenses of his academic and collegiate courses. On the 1st of September, 1859, he began reading law under the able preceptorship of the late Judge James Pillars, who was one of the most brilliant legists and jurists of northern Ohio. The assiduity and receptiveness of Judge McCauley may be well understood when it is stated that at the end of the year 1860, he was enabled to pass the required examination and secure admission to the bar of his native state. In 1860 he opened an office in Tiffin and here his ability and careful and honorable methods soon gained to him a secure place as one of the leading members of the bar of Seneca county. In 1875 he formed a partnership with Robert G. Pennington and this alliance continued for a period of four years. Later he became associated with Henry J. Weller, under the firm name of McCauley & Weller, and this firm has long maintained a prominent position at the bar of the northern part of Ohio, having been concerned in much important litigation in both the state and federal courts. This partnership has continued to the present time, thus covering a period of twenty-five years. In the year 1865 Judge McCauley was elected prosecuting attorney of Seneca county, and the best evidence of his able and satisfactory administration of this office was that given by his reelection as his own successor in 1867, so that lie continued incumbent of this position for four consecutive years. In 1874 he was elected a delegate to the convention called to revise the state constitution. In 1879 there came further recognition of his sterling character and distinctive eligibility in that he was elected to the bench of the court of common pleas for the Tenth judicial district of Ohio, a district comprising the counties of Wood, Hancock, Hardin and Seneca. Concerning his career from this time for ward the following 'pertinent statements have, been written and are well worthy of reproduction in this article: “After three years upon the common pleas bench he resigned the office in order to accept the position of member of the supreme court commission, to which he was appointed by Governor Charles Foster in April, 1883. His duties in this capacity were no less arduous and important than were those of the supreme court judges, and he served faithfully as a member of this commission until his work was finished, in 1885, when he resumed the practice of his profession. His knowledge of law being comprehensive and profound he was well qualified for the important duties which devolved upon him and he was accredited with strict fairness and impartiality in his rulings on the bench. He fully sustained the dignity of the office, permitted no contention or wrangling among the council and dispatched the business of the court with remarkable facility. His appointment to the supreme court commission was generally recognized by members of the bar as one of peculiar fitness and at no time did his course fail to justify the confidence and esteem reposed in him by his professional confreres. His advice has been freely and constantly sought by the younger members of the bar and to them his admonition and counsel have been generously given. He has been remarkably successful in practice, is master of dialectics and thus is powerful in his presentation of cases before court and jury. He marshals his points in evidence with great skill and with marked accuracy applies to them the principles of law bearing upon the subject.’’ In politics Judge McCauley has ever given a stanch allegiance to the cause of the Democratic party and. while he has sought no public office aside from those directly in line until the work of his profession, he has given efficient service in behalf of his party. He is identified with no religious or fraternal organizations but, as has been said, “He is guided by a high moral sense and by broad humanitarian principles.” Understanding fully the well springs of human thought and action, he has naught of intellectual bigotry but is tolerant and kindly in his attitude toward all classes and conditions of men. the while his sympathy has been ever one of helpfulness, shown forth in practical and well directed aid to those in need or distress. In the year 1864 Judge McCauley was united in marriage to Miss Josephine Lockwood, a daughter of Dr. Alonzo and Merinda (Newcomb) Lockwood, of Fostoria. Ohio. Judge and Mrs. McCauley became the parents of five daughters, all of whom are living except one, who died in infancy. SOURCE: A History of Seneca County, Ohio - Vol. II - 1911 - Page 509 |
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| * | BRANTLEY B. McKIBBEN SOURCE: A History of Seneca County, Ohio - Vol. II - 1911 - Page 784 |
| MARUICE R. MENCH SOURCE: A History of Seneca County, Ohio - Vol. II - 1911 - Page 920 |
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| BURTON METZGER SOURCE: A History of Seneca County, Ohio - Vol. II - 1911 - Page 620 |
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| HENRY VALE METZGER SOURCE: A History of Seneca County, Ohio - Vol. II - 1911 - Page 627 |
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| JACOB A. METZGER SOURCE: A History of Seneca County, Ohio - Vol. II - 1911 - Page 578 |
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| SAMUEL H. METZGER SOURCE: A History of Seneca County, Ohio - Vol. II - 1911 - Page 614 |
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| GEORGE W. MIGHT SOURCE: A History of Seneca County, Ohio - Vol. II - 1911 - Page 910 |
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DANIEL L. MILLER, born May 1, 1858,
is a son of J. J. and Sarah (Robenalt) Miller, natives of
respectively of the state of New York and of Ohio. He lived with
his parents till his marriage. His wife was Miss Mary Butz,
daughter of Edward and Jane (Kistler) Butz, natives of
Pennsylvania, who came to Seneca county in the days of pioneering.
Her grandfather when he came moved into the woods and tried to start a
farm, but for some time was unable to make a living, so he and his wife
separated temporarily, each seeking work. Mr. and Mrs. Miller
were married Dec. 30, 1880, and have five children: Earnest,
born Mar. 15, 1882; Orrin Born Dec. 24, 1883; Alton, born
Dec. 20, 1885; Roscoe, born Oct. 21, 1889; and Wade, born
Oct. 11, 1891. Roscoe and Wade were educated at
public schools near their home and the latter passed the Boxwell
examination. After his marriage Mr. Miller began farming
for himself on his father's farm, and lived there eight years. In
1889 he bought fifty acres and later a hundred and sixty acres. He
gives attention very profitably to general arming and to stock breeding,
in which he has been markedly successful. Beginning as a poor man,
he has made for himself a competency. He is a member of St.
Jacob's Reformed church, one of the leading religious institutions in
his vicinity, active and generous in support of all its varied
interests. In his political affiliations he is a Democrat,
reserving the right to independence. Interested in public
education, he has cheerfully and very ably served his townsmen as a
member of the school board. J. J. Miller, father of the immediate subject of this notice, was born in the empire state Feb. 21, 1829, and was brought to Ohio by his parents, Daniel W. and Anna (Bergstresser) Miller, in 1836. They located in Adams township, Seneca county, on two hundred and forty acres of land bought of Daniel Rule, and on that farm the parents lived out their days, the father dying at the advanced age of eighty-six years, without having been sick a day in all his life until his fatal illness, which began three days before his death. He was a member of the Lutheran church, generously helpful in its support and devout in his attendance upon its worship. A democrat, he was loyal to his party and to his country, for the freedom of which his ancestor, Daniel Miller had fought in the Revolutionary war so valiantly that he won the attention of General Washington and was chosen from among many others to be the patriot commander's cook. Daniel was a weaver by trade, and there are preserved by his descendants specimens of his handiwork, fine clothes in good preservation which he manufactured from warp and woof made by his wife from raw material by means of the old fashioned carder, spinning wheel and reel. J. J. Miller passed his boyhood days on a farm in a new country, learning a good deal about farming by hard experience. In the winter, when he could be spared, he went to a district school three miles away, walking sometimes through deep mud, often through snow from a foot to a foot and a half deep, finding journey twice a day very tiresome but persevering, for what he hoped to gain by such hardship. His recollections of other pioneer experiences are vivid. Among the relics of those days that he has preserved is one of the first wagons built in this part of the country - one of the old "crotch skein" affairs, with linchpins to hold the wheels on. When he was sixteen he began to learn the cooper's trade. Much of his time till 1852 was spent on his father's place, however. In that year he went overland to California, in the hope that he would win success as a gold miner. He left Independence, Mo., with a wagon train and was one hundred and one days in completing a journey memorable for its dangers and vicissitudes. About two thirds of the way out from Independence he was left in the desert to die of thirst and exhausting, he being ill and unable to travel. He has a companion in misery not quite so far gone who scouted ahead and found some water that was being sold at two dollars and a half a gallon by some enterprising wayfaring pirates who were temporarily absent from their stock-in-trade. Mr. Miller's comrade went back and brought Mr. Miller to the place, not without some difficulty, for by this time the latter was bleeding from the mouth, his throat parched and cracking. The man thus providentially and singularly saved tells that he drank of that confiscated water till he was nauseated. It revived him, however, and he was able to make his way to the site of Carson City, Nevada, where he built the first house, a primitive structure, for Kit Carson, the great scout and Indian fighter, for whom the place was subsequently named. After completing that work he went on to California, where he found employment with a contractor in digging for gold at five dollars at day. Later he took up mining on his own account and was satisfactorily successful. In 1854 he returned to Ohio, and Oct. 17, 1858, bought forty acres of land in Adams township, on which he lived till he moved to Greenspring and which he still calls his "home." At Greenspring he has a fine village house. From time to time he has made other purchases of land until he owns two hundred and four acres. A part of his town property is a lot of about an acre, on which, at the age of eighty-two years, he is successfully gardening, raising vegetables as noteworthy for their size and excellence as for their variety. He married Miss Sarah Robenalt in 1855 September 1, the anniversary of her birth in 1837. She was a daughter of Sol and Catharine (Powell) Robenalt. She died in 1909, having borne her husband children as follows: Ida J., wife of A. R. Young, a prominent citizen of Greenspring, was born in the year 1856; Warren P., was born Mar. 15, 1857; Daniel L., was born May 1, 1858; Delia A., was born Apr. 1, 1861; Noble A., was born Nov. 29, 1863; Almarinda, was born May 12, 1867; Mary B., was born Aug. 3, 1870; Minda, wife of Henry Everett was born Oct. 19, 1875; Jacob P., was born May 29, 1879. As a Democrat of independent leanings. Mr. Miller was elected township trustee and member of the school board. He is identified with the Lutheran church. SOURCE: A History of Seneca County, Ohio - Vol. II - 1911 - Page 782 |
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ERNEST J. MILLER
was born in Adams township, Mar. 15, 1892, one of the five sons of
Daniel L. and [Mary C. (Butz) Miller, all of whom are living in the
township. The names of the others are Orrin A., Alton R.,
Roscoe D. and Wade C. Miller. The parents were also
natives of Adams township, the father born May 1, 1858, the mother Feb.
2, 1862. Ernest J. was a member of his parents' household
until his marriage. He married Miss Lillie M. Norris Feb.
23, 1907, and she has borne him two children, Delsie M., born May
18, 1908, and Florine E., Mar. 2, 1910. Mrs. Miller
is a daughter of Ephraim and Sarah Norris, natives of Adams
township. Her mother was born in the state of New York, Jan. 9,
1835, a daughter of Anthony and Catharine (Ritter) Long, her
father of Pennsylvanian, her mother a New Yorker by birth. Mr.
and Mrs. Long came to Ohio in 1835, journeying a part of the way by
boat on Lake Erie, and located in Crawford county. Thence they
came later to Republic, Seneca county, where Mr. Long, a
carpenter, worked at his trade. After nine years residence there
they lived for a time on their farm, but eventually moved to Illinois,
where Mr. Long died about twenty years later. Their
daughter became a member of the family of her uncle, Nathaniel Norris,
when she was about ten years old, and so remained till Dec. 21, 1865,
when, aged about thirty-one, she became a wife of Ephraim Norris
Her husband was the son of Lot and Laurana (Todd) Norris,
Marylanders, who made a journey to Ohio in the memorable year of the
election of General Jackson to the presidency of the United
States. Their birthplace was the historic old town of Frederick.
Ephraim Norris was born on his parents' old homestead Dec. 16,
1833. He was educated in district schools and when he was
twenty-one years old went to Michigan. After one year there he
removed to Illinois, whence, after five years, he returned to Ohio,
where he was soon afterward married. After his marriage he located
on a farm of one hundred and eighty acres, a portion of his estate of
two hundred and forty acres in Adams township, and gave his attention to
farming and stock raising with a success that was very satisfactory.
In politics he was Republican. He and his wife were members of the
United Brethren church. Of their five children three survive.
Eleanora, is the wife of Edward Grover, a farmer in Adams
township; Olive, in a member of the parents' household; Lillie
M. is Mrs. Ernest J. Miller. With her husband she lives
on a farm owned by her mother. Ephraim Norris died Apr. 25,
1907, at Greenspring, where his widow, with her daughter Olive,
lives, Mrs. Norris being now about seventy-five years old.
He was a man of prominence in the community, respected by a wide circle
of acquaintances. Ernest J. Miller was educated in the public schools in Adams township. As a Democrat he ahs been elected to membership of the township school board, on which he has served with much ability. He is a member of St. Jacob's church. Socially he is a member of the Mutual Benefit Association of Greenspring. His native public spirit and his natural love for the township of his birth tend to make him helpful as a citizen to all measures which in his opinion promise to benefit any considerable number of his fellow citizens, and no meritorious public movement fails to have his advocacy and practical assistance. He is popularly regarded as one of the leaders among the younger men of the township and a bright and useful future is predicted for him. SOURCE: A History of Seneca County, Ohio - Vol. II - 1911 - Page 631 |
| JAMES A. MILLER
- The J. A. Miller Tile Company is one of the thriving industries
of Seneca county, and standing in charge of its destinies is the
gentleman whose name it bears. The plant, which since its
inception has experienced a rugged growth, covers a space of eighteen
acres and the company own some two hundred acres in Thompson township.
Material for the product is secured from the eighteen acres.
Mr. Miller was one of the originators of the Tile Drain Company and
was chiefly instrumental in building the mill at Bascom in 1887, which
up to the year 1893 bore the firm name of Creeger & Miller after
which it received its present designation. In the twenty years of
its existence naturally there have been several changes and different
partners have been taken into the concern, but always Mr.
Miller retained the controlling interest until in 1905, when
Thomas H. Drohen became half owner. Even under the present
arrangement Mr. Miller manages the concern. The J. A.
Miller Tile Company adds materially to the prosperity of Hopewell
township and much credit is due to those who maintain it. Mr. Miller was born in Seneca county, Hopewell township, on the 27th day of December, 1863. his parents being Adam and Margaret (Creeger) Miller, the father a native Pennsylvanian and the mother of Ohio. He shares the lot of so many successful Americans of having been born and reared upon the farm, and his education was obtained in the district school. About the time that he became of age he left the farm and very shortly afterward became engaged upon his career as a manufacturer. Although he started out with little capital he has made the most of every opportunity and by the exercise of sound judgment and and executive ability has built up a substantial business and one of large scope. On Sept. 22, 1885, he was united in marriage to Miss Clara Ruse, of Hopewell township, where she was born and reared. She is the daughter of Solomon K. and Elizabeth (Alspaugh) Ruse. They are the parents of three sons, who have either attained to or are approaching useful citizenship. Ardie, born Sept. 30, 1889, is married, his wife having been Miss Anna Stuller, daughter of Charles Stuller, and he is associated with his father in the tile business. Russell was born June 2, 1897, and Raymond Aug. 2, 1902. The Miller family are affiliated with the United Brethren church at Bascom. Mr. Miller is an enthusiastic lodge man. his fraternal relations extending to Pickwick Lodge. No. 175, Knights of Pythias of Tiffin Uniformed Rank, and to the Knighted Order of Tented Maccabees at Bascom, of which he is a charter member and past commander. Politically he casts his vote with the Republican party. His attractive home at Bascom is set in the midst of five acres. Mr. Miller was township treasurer, for two terms, having been elected to the office over strong opposition by a large majority. SOURCE: A History of Seneca County, Ohio - Vol. II - 1911 - Page 910 |
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| WESLEY W. MILLER,
an estimable citizen and a man well known in this part of the state, has
been postmaster at Bascom for a period of twelve years in his present
services, having also served a period of over six years from 1879 to
1886. For many years a farmer in Loudon and Adams townships, upon
removing to Bascom in the year 1878, he took up the grocery business and
conducts this in addition to fulfilling the duties of his office.
Mr. Miller is a veteran of the Civil war and tracing his descent
as far as his great-great-grandfather, we find that gentleman to have
been a native of Switzerland. Mr. Miller is a native son of
the county, his birth having occurred in Adams township Nov. 8, 1839,
his parents being Simon and Hannah (Wax)
Miller. Simon Miller was the son of Daniel
Miller who was the son of Daniel Miller, Sr.,
who is believed to have been born in the city of Philadelphia. Of
Swiss parentage, Daniel Miller, Senior, went to
Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, at an early day, and it was he who laid
out the town of Millersburg, which received his name and which was the
scene of his death. His son, Mr. Miller’s
grandfather, migrated to Seneca county, Ohio, in pioneer days, and with
his three sons and one daughter settled in Scipio township, here living
out the remainder of his days. The father’s birthplace was in
Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, but it was in Seneca county that he grew
to manhood, married, and reared his family, which like that of his
father, consisted of three sons and a daughter. Of these four,
whose names were Wesley W., Daniel, Simon and
Martha, all are deceased with the exception of him whose name
initiates this sketch. Daniel, as well as Wesley W.,
were soldiers at the time of the Civil war. The subject enlisted
in 1864 as a member of Company I of the One Hundred and Sixty-Fourth
Ohio Volunteer Infantry, the colonel being Colonel J. C. Lee and
his was one hundred days service. For his service to his country
he now receives a pension. Mr. Miller was reared upon his father’s homestead in Adams township, secured his education before a desk in the district school, received a practical training in that vocation to which his father’s energies were devoted, and remained beneath the home roof until his twenty-second year when he was married to Sophia Jamison of Kosciusko county, Indiana. She was a native of the Hoosier state and the daughter of William and Susan (Rough) Jamison. They took up their residence upon land in Loudon township and it was there that the death of the wife occurred, one son being left, Simon J., born July, 1869, and a present resident of Port Clinton, Ohio. In April, 1870, Mr. Miller again married, this union being with Mary L. Creeger, born in Seneca county, Ohio. She passed away in Bascom Aug. 8, 1901. There are two daughters, the elder, Martha, being the wife of S. J. Mathew of Port Clinton, and the younger, Bertha, being married to A. R. Windsor, who is located near Port Clinton. Mr. Miller and his family belong to the United Brethren church and he maintains relations of war days by his membership in the Grand Army of the Republic. In politics Mr. Miller favors by his support and sympathy the men and measures advanced by what its admirers term “The Grand Old Party.” Besides his eighteen years service as postmaster, he has also served for three years as township trustee. SOURCE: A History of Seneca County, Ohio - Vol. II - 1911 - Page 884 |
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| ANDREW J. MITTOWER SOURCE: A History of Seneca County, Ohio - Vol. II - 1911 - Page 828 |
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| JAMES P. MOURER SOURCE: A History of Seneca County, Ohio - Vol. II - 1911 - Page 710 |
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 E. S. Myers |
EDMUND SHELBY MYERS,
one of Tiffin’s highly respected citizens and one of the Buckeye state’s
well known newspaper men, has had a varied and interesting career and
one which has taken him into many quarters of our country. Ills present
and most important connection is as an exponent of the Fourth Estate,
for he is identified with the Advertiser Company of which for many years
his brother, the late John Michael Myers, had editorial direction.
The publications of the Advertiser Company, as is well known, are the
Seneca Advertiser, established in 1832, and the Daily Advertiser,
established in 1886. Edmund Shelby Myers was born in Clearspring, Washington county, Maryland, Dec. 18, 1840, his parents being Michael and Anna E. (Wagner) Myers, both of whom were of Teutonic origin, and thus the subject partakes by inheritance of those splendid traits which have ever made the German one of America’s most desirable elements of emigration. In the month of May, 1856, the Myers family, consisting of father and mother, four sons and two daughters, left Maryland and followed the tide of emigration westward, and attracted by the natural advantages of this particularly favored portion of Ohio, located at Seneca county, where the parents passed the remainder of their lives. They speedily became known as the champions of all just causes and in consequence enjoyed the respect of the community in which they were best known. The father was a contractor and builder by vocation and his residence in Tiffin was of thirty-five years duration, for he lived to see the year 1891, passing on to his reward at the ripe age of eighty-one years. The mother was summoned to her eternal rest in 1876, at the age of sixty-four years. A greater part of the educational discipline of Mr. Myers was secured in the Maryland public schools, for he was sixteen years of age when the family traversed the intervening hills and vales to the wild young virgin country, which in a few years was to become the granary, the vital core of the nation. They lived for a while at Fort Seneca, but after several years, in April, 1862, to be exact, removed to Tiffin, which was to be the permanent seat of their activities. The spirit of adventure burned in the breast of young Edmund and in April 1864, he went overland to Boise City, Idaho, where, the gold fever having not yet abated, he prospected for gold in the mountains for about a year and a half. In November, 1866, very much richer in experience, at any rate, he returned to Ohio and went into partnership with his brother, the late John Michael Myers. That revered and much regretted gentleman became a compositor in the office of the Seneca Advertiser in February, 1860, and three years later was installed as editor and publisher of the pioneer newspaper of Tiffin. In 1878 a third brother, E. Bruce Myers, became a partner also. The brothers continued to be thus associated with the conducting of the business until April, 18S4, when they disposed of a two-third interest to L. A. Brunner and J. W. Geiger. In 1888, after the death of Mr. Brunner, they bought back the plant and business of the Advertiser, the daily edition of which had been established two years previously. About 1890 they erected their present building, the entire plant being enlarged and otherwise improved, while at the present time the equipment throughout is of the most modern and metropolitan type. Mr. Myers has from time to time been associated in other business enterprises and is a stockholder of the Citizens’ National Bank of Tiffin. In 1884 he went into the cattle business with his brothers, John Michael and Edward Bruce, the latter being also deceased. These cattle operations were carried on in New Mexico, and the subject had charge until June, 1908. On Dec. 14, 1870, Mr. Myers laid the foundation of a happy married life by his union with Miss Ellen Haas, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Haas, of Tiffin. No children were born to their union. The influence exerted by Mr. Myers has ever been of the most enlightened and altruistic character, and it is to his credit that the powers invested in him as an exponent of the Fourth Estate have ever been put to noble uses. SOURCE: A History of Seneca County, Ohio - Vol. II - 1911 - Page 692 |
| OSCAR MYERS
is one of the representative citizens of Seneca county and his
activities and interests touch the life of this favored portion of the
great state of Ohio at many different points. He is a large
landholder, a successful agriculturist, has a good sized apiary in
connection with his farm, supplies Greenspring with ice and is one of
the exponents of the great automobile industry, conducting a large
garage in the town, while in addition he is well known in connection
with public and political affairs. He is the son of the late
John Myers, who for many years was one of Seneca county’s
leading citizens. Oscar Myers was born Oct. 9, 1856,
in Adams township, and is thus a native son of the locality in which he
now plays such an important role. His father is a native of
Virginia, born Nov. 6, 1808, and his mother, whose name previous to her
marriage was Elizabeth Rine, was a Pennsylvanian, her
birth occurring in 1814. When John Myers was a young man he came to the Buckeye state and secured from the government one hundred and sixty acres of land, then a part of the virgin forest, which with mighty effort he cleared and brought to a high state of cultivation. He first cleared a place to raise his log cabin and here were born his two children, Oscar and his elder sister, Catherine. The deed giving him a right to the land and signed by Andrew Jackson, who was president of the United States at the time of the transaction, is preserved and one of the most highly prized heirlooms of his son, Oscar Myers. The father became a man of substance and influence, adding to his original land until his holdings were three hundred and sixty-four acres, and in addition he owned a large amount of town property, consisting of some four blocks. He was a stalwart Democrat and played an important role in pioneer affairs and he was deeply regretted when he died, July 2, 1891. Oscar Myers was reared upon his father’s farm, and received his education in the common schools of the locality. Until some time after his father’s death he resided upon the old homestead, conducting agricultural matters and also running a saw mill. His residence in Greenspring dates from about nine years ago and his success within its pleasant limits justifies him in making this his permanent home. Although living in town he finds it possible to direct his farming and apiary interests from long range, at the same time conducting his ice and automobile business in town. Mr. Myers was married Dec. 17, 1876, to Emma Gibbons, who was born Mar. 28, 1857, to William and Jane (Stiwell) Gibbons. To their union were born three children, Frank, Cecil and Ethel, all of whom have achieved useful citizenship. Frank who is a resident of Clyde and engaged in the show business, is married to Alta Hughes and has one child, Harold Oscar. Cecil became the wife of Frank C. Sonner and they and their daughters, Enid M. and Margery, reside upon the old Myers’ homestead. Ethel is located at the same place, and has been teaching school for the past two years. On Dec. 29, 1904, Mr. Myers was a second time married, wedding Minnie Witte. Mrs. Myers, who was born June 18, 1867, is the daughter of John and Sophie (Brockmann) Witte, both natives of Germany. They sought a new home in the United States when Mrs. Witte was a child about three years of age and they subsequently came on to the Buckeye state, locating at Tremont. Mr. Myers gives his heart and hand to the men and measures of the Democratic party and plays an active part in partisan matters, and he has likewise given public service of a distinguished character, always furthering those policies which he believes likely to result in the greatest good to the greatest number. He is the friend of good education and is at present and has for some time been a member of the Central Committee. As before mentioned, the Myers’ honey and ice are important commodities in Greenspring and the large garage erected by him in 1909 is one of the important acquisitions of the town. He is a lodge man and takes great pleasure in his fraternal relations, which extend to the Knights of Pythias and the Woodmen, he having filled all the chairs and in the former having held the rank of past chancellor for the past fifteen years. Mr. Myers believes in being familiar with one’s own country and is an extensive traveler, the scenes of his pilgrimages having been chiefly throughout the west and southwest. SOURCE: A History of Seneca County, Ohio - Vol. II - 1911 - Page 801 |
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