OFFICERS OF SENECA COUNTY, NOW IN OFFICE, JULY 1, 1880.

     Probate Judge - Jacob F. Bunn
     Clerk of Court of Common Pleas - Jeremiah Rex
     Treasurer - John W. Barrack
     Auditor - Victor J. Zahm
     Sheriff - Lloyd N. Lease
     Recorder - Thomas J. Kintz
     Prosecuting Attorney - G. B. Keppel
     Commissioners - William T. Histe, Solomon Gamby and James H. Fry.
     Surveyor - Samuel Nighswander
     Infirmary Directors - George HEabler, Lewis Spitler and Joseph E. Magers.
     Superintendent of the Infirmary - Daniel G. Heck
     Coroner - William Smith

JOHN W. BARRACK

     Was born July 28, 1833, in Lycoming county, Pennsylvania.  In 1834 his parents moved to Ohio and settled near the base-line in Crawford county.   His father's name was John and his mother's maiden name was Jane Dunlap.  The father was a carpenter by trade, and when John W. was big enough to learn a trade, he helped his father at his work and became a carpenter.  The family lived on a farm and conducted that also at the same time. John W. married Miss Catharine Shoemaker on the 17th of June, 1857.  They had nine children, of whom six are living.  Mr. Barrack was elected treasurer of this county in 1877 and re-elected in 1879.

JEREMIAH REX

Is a son of William Rex and Susan Sloss.  He was born in Stark county, Ohio, on the 9th day of October, 1844.  His father located with his family in Seneca county soon thereafter.  Jeremiah was married to Miss Laura J. A. Barrack on the 25th of October, 1865.  This union was blessed with seven children, of whom

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five are living.  Mr. Rex served in nearly all the offices of Seneca township for a number of years, and was elected clerk of the court of common pleas, in October, 1875, and re-elected in 1878.  Every trust reposed in his hands was filled with promptness and fidelity.

LLOYD N. LEASE

Was born at the Van Meter section, in Eden township, Seneca county, on the 2d day of April, 1838.  His father Otho Lease, came from Harford county, Maryland.  His mother's maiden name was Belinda Street.  Lloyd lived with his father on the farm until he grew up to man's estate.  He then kept a livery stable in Tiffin for about twelve years, when he bought the old Evan Dorsey farm of 350 acres, in Scipio township.  Here he remained two years, when he sold his farm and again moved to Tiffin in 1876.  In 1878 he was elected sheriff.  On the 11th day of March, 1859, he was married to Miss Maria L. Kridler, a daughter of Samuel Kridler.  They have but one child living, a son, growing up to be a young man.
     Mr. Lease has a passionate fondness for harness and always has a fine horse.  He used to deal in horses, and in 1873, when he took a lot of horses to Boston, he met with an accident at a collision in Westfield, Massachusetts, that crushed his left leg and crippled him for life.

VICTOR J. ZAHM

Was born in Tolford, Huron county, Ohio, Mar. 7, 1837.  His parents, J. M. Zahm and Henrietta E. Lang, came to America in 1832 and 1833 respectively, and were married in Tiffin in May, 1836.  In 1838 they left Tolford, going to Buffalo, New York, where they remained until the year 1846, when they returned to Tiffin.
     Victor attended the public schools part of the time, alternately assisting his father, who engaged in mercantile pursuits.  At the age of 15 years he entered the Advertiser office in Tiffin, as an apprentice to the printing business, which business he followed with success until the fall of 1875.
     In October, 1861, he was appointed first lieutenant in the 3d Ohio cavalry, and assigned to duty as adjutant of the 6th battalion of said regiment, and camping and drilling with the regiment, followed it through its various duties until September, 1862, when, owing to re-organization of the cavalry service, the position held by him being abolished, he was honorably discharged the service and returned home.
     Upon his return, he resumed his former vocation, and in 1868, be-

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POPULATION OF SENECA COUNTY IN 1880.

     The census enumerators of Seneca County have made their returns to the clerk's office just in time to record the population of Seneca county for 1880 into this chapter.
     The following is clipped from the Seneca Advertiser of July 15, 1880:

CENSUS RETURNS.

     At last the census enumerators have completed their work, and we are now able to give the population of the county by townships, as below, and with them the population of 1870; also the loss and gain made during the past ten years:

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