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1889
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JOHN K. SALTSMAN Source:
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JOHN W. SANDS Source:
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SAMUEL SAURER Source:
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FLORIAN SCHAFFTER is a son of Abraham L. and Sophia (Sauvain)
Schaffter, natives of Switzerland, who immigrated to America in
1858. They first rented a farm in Stark County, Ohio,
remaining there seven years, and then purchased a farm in Paint
Township, Wayne County, where the father still lives. The
mother died July 23, 1880. The family consisted of six
children, as follows: Zelina (deceased); Gustavus, in
Mount Eaton, Ohio; Florian; Adeline, wife of August
Jabas, in Dalton; Paul, in Holmes County, and
Albert, at home.
Our subject was born in Canton Bern, Switzerland, Oct.
16, 1839, and received his education in that country. After
coming to America he learned the wagon-maker's trade, which he has
since followed, having conducted the business at Mount Eaton, Ohio,
from 1865 to 1880, when he purchased his present farm of eighty-five
acres iu Paint Township, Wayne County. April 23, 1866, Mr.
Schaffter married Miss Lena, daughter of Abraham
Guerne, of Paint Township, and they have five children:
Edward (a veterinary surgeon in Cleveland, Ohio), Eugene,
Ally, Willie and Lenora. Mr.
Schaffter is a stanch supporter of the Democratic party, and has
filled the offices of assessor, supervisor and constable of Paint
Township. He is a prominent member of the German Reformed
Church of Mount Eaton, and has been a deacon, trustee and secretary
of the same. At the present time he is one of a committee
appointed to take charge of matters connected with the erection of
the new church.
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JACOB SCHMUCK Source:
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SAMUEL SCHMUCK Source:
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REV. ELIAS SCHROCK Source:
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JOSEPH A. SCHUCH Source:
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ADAM D. SCHULTZ Source:
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NICHOLAS SCHULTZ Source:
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WALTON C. SCOTT Source:
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WILLIAM SCOTT Source:
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SYLVESTER F. SCOVEL Source:
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GILBERT SCARIGHT Source:
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JAMES H. SEIBERLING Source:
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JACOB SHELLY Source:
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JACOB B. SHERRICK Source:
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PETER SHERRICK Source:
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FRANK SHILLING, son of John Shilling,
a native of Pennsylvania, and one of the early pioneers of Canaan
Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, was born Jan. 12, 1852. He lived
with his father and worked on the farm until he became of age,
receiving a fair common-school education. Jan. 16, 1873, he
was united in marriage with Miss Mary, daughter of
William Kiser, and they are the parents of two children,
William K. and Nellie L. William Kiser
was born in Westmoreland County, Penn., July 18, 1804, and came to
Wayne County, Ohio, with his father, John Kiser (a
native of Maryland), by wagon, in 1822, locating on a farm near
Killbuck, in the eastern part of Congress Township. He worked
hard and industriously to help support his parents, and in course of
time, by economy and judicious management, he was enabled to
purchase the old home place, where he lived for many years and where
he died.
One Nicholas Prine entered the land which
is now the home of Mr. Shilling, and many years ago
offered to sell it to Mr. Kiser for $110, payable in
sums not less than $10 at a time; but of even this liberal offer
Mr. Kiser was then unable to avail himself. Leaving
home, however, at the time of the construction of the Pittsburgh
Canal, in company with one Michael Totten, he and his
friend went to work at the then considered good wages of $8 per
month; and after several years hard labor he managed to save enough
money to buy himself a home. In 1826 he purchased of Mr.
Prine, for $320, the property spoken of above, which was then
all in the woods, and he immediately commenced to cut down the
timber and clear himself a farm. By hard work, thrift and good
management Mr. Kiser amassed a fortune, being at the
time of his death, Mar. 16, 1886, owner of 422 acres of line farm
land.
Mr. Shilling, the subject proper of this
biographical memoir, is much respected, and is recognized as one of
the careful, prudent, industrious and progressive farmers of Wayne
County.
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JOHN
SHILLING was born in Cumberland County, Penn., Feb. 14, 1814.
His father, Adam Shilling, also a native of that county,
married Mary Roone, and in 1817 moved to Stark County, Ohio,
where they purchased land near Massillon, and engaged in farming,
being among the representative citizens of that county. They
were prominent members of the United Brethren church. The
mother died there in 1858. The father afterward moved to
Indiana, where he died in 1881, at the patriarchal age of nearly
ninety years. Their family consisted of eight children, six of
whom are living, viz.: John; Polly, now Mrs. George
Houke, of Indiana; Barbara Ann, wife of William
Kitzermeller of Stark County, Ohio; Solomon in Indiana;
Daniel, in Stark County; Eliza, wife of Daniel
Gratz, of Bryan, Ohio.
John Shilling, the subject of this memoir, was
reared in Stark County, Ohio, and obtained but little education, as
he had to walk three miles to school, and was in constant danger
from wolves and Indians. He remained on the homestead until
twenty-two years of age. On Oct. 30, 1834, he became united in
marriage with Miss Sarah daughter of John Noftzger, of
Congress Township, Wayne County, and she bore him three children,
viz.: Mary wife of Ezra Smith, of Canaan Township
(they have two children, Lorinda now Mrs. George Hurd,
who has one child, Ezra, and Franklin Smith, in Canaan
Township); Adam, in Canaan Township, married to Maria,
daughter of Jesse Ritchie, of Medina County (they have one
son, Jesse); Melvina, wife of John Cook, of
Canaan Township (they have two children, William and Annie).
The mother of these children died in 1840, and in 1841 the father
married Miss Elizabeth, daughter of George Frank, of
Stark County, Ohio. She died Mar. 9, 1878, having borne him
three children, viz.: Emma, deceased wife of William
Brinkerhoff: Frank, a farmer in Congress Township,
Wayne County, married to Mary Keiser (they have two children.
William and Nellie); Ada, married to Daniel
Stratton of Medina County (they have two children, Blanche
and Ira). Mr. Shilling is a prominent member of
the Burbank United Brethren Church. He has always voted the
Republican ticket, and has filled various township offices. He
moved onto his present farm, in Canaan Township, in the year 1835,
and by hard work and perseverance ahs been successful, being now one
of the leading farmers of the township.
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S. SHILLING, one of Wooster's well-known citizens, is a
native of Wayne County, born Oct. 30, 1828. His father,
Peter Shilling, was a native of Chambersburgh, Franklin Co.,
Penn., born in 1803. He grew to manhood in his native county,
where he learned the trade of shoemaking, and in 1824, when
twenty-one years of age, was united in marriage with Nancy Ann
Rodocker, a native of York County, Penn., who had been reared
near Massillon, Ohio, where her parents had settled when she was but
six years of age. Of their marriage eleven sons were born, of
whom there are now surviving but our subject and one brother,
Isaiah B., of Sugar Creek Township, in this county.
Peter Shilling and his family decided to
make Wayne County their home, and here the father cultivated a farm,
and for a number of years carried on his trade in connection
therewith. In 1879 the last summons came to the mother, who
passed away at the age of seventy-eight years, having been born in
1801, and in 1881 the husband and father followed his life's partner
to the grave, aged seventy-eight years also. Mr.
Shilling was one of the founders of the Reformed Lutheran Church
at West Lebanon, in Sugar Creek Township, and always remained a
pious and consistent member. He and his wife enjoyed the
esteem of the community, and were universally respected for their
good qualities and upright lives. The paternal ancestors of
the family were of English - German origin, and on the maternal side
were of Dutch extraction, and had settled in this country in Puritan
times.
S. S. Shilling, the subject of our sketch, was
reared upon the farm, and received his education in the log
school-house of the period. At the age of seventeen he was
hired out to a neighbor to work for seven mouths for $50 and his
board. The following June he attended school at Massillon,
Ohio, and the ensuing winter he began teaching. This
occupation he followed for four winters, and in 1849 learned the new
art of daguerreotyping, and opened a gallery at Massillon. Two
years later he removed to Canton, Ohio, and the following year,
1852, was united in marriage with Miss Allatha Cole,
daughter of Joshua and Caroline (Armstrong) Cole, a native of
Richmond, Jefferson Co., Ohio. Her paternal ancestors were of
English lineage, and her grandparents were natives of Maryland.
On her maternal side her ancestors came from Ireland, at a very
early day in the history of the country. When Mrs.
Shilling was but eight years of age her parents removed to Stark
County, Ohio, where the husband and father went to his last sleep in
1881, at the age of eighty-two years. The widowed mother still
lives on the home farm, and is now (1888) aged eighty-six years.
To this worthy couple had been born eight children, of whom but
three now survive, and Mrs. Shilling is the only one
in Wayne County. Mr. Cole, by reason of his
unfailing good nature, was familiarly known by all who knew him as "
Uncle Josh," and was noted as a fine marksman, a
desirable accomplishment in those times. He was strongly
attached to the Republican party from its formation; was a member of
the Methodist Episcopal Church; was in every way highly esteemed by
all who knew him, and was greatly missed.
After his marriage our subject moved to West Lebanon,
where he engaged in mercantile business, which he carried on there
until 1801, when he removed to Wooster, and built the house which
has since been his home. He was engaged in McDonald's
foundry at Wooster. He was a member of the Wooster National
Guards, and in 1864 was called out, and went with his company to
Washington, whence they were sent to man Fort Ethan Allen, near
Georgetown, on the Potomac. The guards were discharged in
September, and on his return to Wooster Mr. Shilling
resumed his employment in the iron works, where he continued until
1874, when he purchased the Newman Bus Line, which he ran for twelve
years, when he retired from the more arduous labors of life, and has
since been engaged in business as a broker, taking life more easy.
Of Mr. and Mrs. Shilling's union two children
were born, both deceased: one, Melancthon, at the age of three
years', and the other iu infancy, unnamed. In every particular
Mr. Shilling is a self-made man, and he and his wife
have labored together, thereby securing the competence of which they
are now in the enjoyment. Although now past sixty years of
age, he is well preserved and in good health, the result of a
well-ordered and temperate life, he never having used intoxicating
liquors or tobacco in any form. In his political views he is
strongly Republican, and he is a member of the I. O. O. F.,
belonging to the Encampment. Himself and his esteemed wife are
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and both are held in high
regard by everyone who knows them.
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EMANUEL C. SHISLER Source:
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A. R. SHIVELY Source:
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MRS. MARTHA A. SHIVELY Source:
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WILLIAM SHOEMAKER
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HENRY SHREVE Source:
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THOMAS SHREVE Source:
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REV. ELIAS SICHLEY Source:
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HIRAM F. S. SICHLEY Source:
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WILLIAM H. H. SICHLEY Source:
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JAMES C. SIDLE Source:
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JOHN C. SIDLE Source:
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GEORGE B. SIEGENTHALER Source:
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DAVID I. SLEMMONS Source:
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HON. JOHN SLOANE Source:
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DAVID
N. SMITH is a son of James and Keziah (McCullough) Smith,
natives of Washington County, Penn., who came to Wayne County, Ohio,
in 1820, and entered a quarter section and a one-half section of
land near Jackson, in Canaan township. The father of James
Smith, a native of Ireland, settled in Washington County, Penn.,
where James was born in 1791. The latter came to Wayne
County poor, and experienced all the hardships of the early pioneer.
Through perseverance and economy, however, he accumulated a large
property, and was in every sense a self-made man, recognized as one
of the prominent farmers of Canaan Township. In politics he
was a Democrat, in which party he always took an active interest,
and was identified with the Presbyterian Church of Jackson for many
years. He died in 1875, his wife in 1863. They
reared a family of nine children, viz: Elizabeth, William, Adam
and Samuel (all deceased); Margaret, widow of
William Foot; Mary Ann, wife of O. A. Frary of Canaan
Township, Wayne County; David N.; Rebecca, wife of Samuel
Slemmons, of Milton Township, Wayne County; Martha, a
maiden lady.
The subject of this memoir was born on the homestead in
Clinton Township, Wayne County, Feb. 17, 1830, and received his
education at the schools of the township. He has always
followed farming for his life's vocation. In 1863 he married
Miss Mary A., daughter of Emanuel Northrup, of Medina
County, Ohio, and she died in January, 1879, leaving two children:
DeForest, who lives on the homestead farm, married to Ida,
daughter of George Mathes of Canaan Township, Wayne County,
and Clyde, at home. Mr. Smith has always been a
Democrat in politics, and has served as school director of the
township for eight years. He is a member of Canaan Grange No.
1280, P. of H., and is a prominent member of the Jackson
Presbyterian Church, of which he is a trustee.
William Foot (deceased) was born in Connecticut,
Nov. 17, 1807, and died Oct. 4, 1888. About 1844 he came to
Wayne County, and entered a store at Jackson as clerk. He
afterward purchased the business, which he conducted for many years.
He was a Republican in politics, and postmaster of Jackson for
several years. In 1863 he married Miss Margaret Smith,
and by her had four children: Joseph McIntire in Missouri;
Amanda, now Mrs. William Wallace, in Iowa; William,
in Knox County, Ohio, and Alice, now Mrs. Harry Covert,
in Nebraska.
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WILLIAM H. SMITH was born in Chippewa Township, Wayne
Co., Ohio, in April, 1830, and is a son of Joseph G. and Mary
(Frank) Smith. His paternal grandfather was Andrew
Smith, formerly of Centre County, Penn., who settled about 1829
in Chippewa Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, where he cleared and improved
a farm on which he lived and died. His children were three in
number, viz: James, Joseph G. and William, all now
deceased. Joseph G., at his father's death, succeeded
to the homestead, where he resided until his death, in 1872.
His family consisted of six children, viz: William H.,
Mettie (Mrs. John B. Zimmerman), Charles P., Arthur, Howard
and Alice.
The maternal grandfather of William H. Smith was
Henry Frank, a native of Germany, born Oct. 30, 1787, and who
immigrated to America in 1791 with his parents, who located in
Washington County, Penn. In 1792 his parents died, and he was
bound out to a farmer until twenty-one years of age, receiving for
his services two suits of clothes and one pair of shoes per year.
At seventeen years of age he run away, and learned the potter's
trade. In 1822 he came to Wayne County, Ohio, locating in
Canaan Township, where he worked at his trade and cleared a farm.
In 1840 he moved to Chippewa Township, settling on the farm now
occupied by his children, which he also cleared and improved, and
here he resided until his death, which occurred in 1861. His
wife was Jane, daughter of Charles and Mary A. Provines,
of Washington County, Penn., and by her he had five children, as
follows: Margaret, Mary (Mrs. Joseph G. Smith), Elizabeth
(Mrs. Almon Butler), James P., and Maria J. (Mrs. Newell
Collins). Mr. Frank was a member of the
Presbyterian Church; in politics he was a Republican.
The subject proper of this memoir was reared and
educated in his native township. In early manhood he taught
school, winters, working on the farm in summers. For four
years he was a clerk in the hardware store at Doylestown of which he
is now one of the proprietors, having purchased an interest in the
business in 1885. Dec. 27, 1870, he married Maria J.,
daughter of Thomas and Margaret (Crawford) Lucas, of Chippewa
Township, Wayne County, and by her has two children: Rhoda and
Lucy E. Mr. Smith is one of the representative citizen and
business men of Doylestown, a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church and the Royal Arcanum; he is a Republican.
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WILLIAM N. SMITH is a native of Wayne County, Ohio, born
in Franklin Township, Apr. 9, 1830. His grandfather, Philip
Smith, was of German ancestry, and came to Wayne County, Ohio,
in 1812. He located on a tract of timber land and after
clearing seven acres, built a cabin, and went to Steubenville for
his family, returning to this county the same spring. He
improved his land and made it his home until his death, which
occurred in 1840, when he was seventy years old. His widow
survived him until 1851, dying at the advanced age of eighty-four
years. They had a family of ten children, all of whom are
deceased. Nathan W. Smith, their youngest child, was
born Aug. 3, 1804, and was therefore but eight years old when his
parents moved to Wayne County. His early life was spent amid
the hardships and privations of a pioneer life, and he received but
limited educational advantages. He was married Nov. 15, 1825,
by Rev. John Reid, to Miss Marin Waits, who was born
Nov. 14, 1803, a daughter of Richard and Leah Waits.
They first located in Franklin Township, where they lived
twenty-seven years, and then moved to a farm one mile south of
Wooster, where the mother died Oct. 1, 1869, aged sixty-six years.
The father died Apr. 29, 1885, aged nearly eighty-one years.
They had a family of four children: Hiram N., born Apr.
22, 1827, was a graduate of Jefferson College, and was preparing for
the ministry, but died in the second year of his course, Apr. 23,
1851; William N., born Apr. 9, 1830; Matilda, born
Sept. 17, 1834, died, aged five months and twenty-seven days;
Ellen, born Sept. 2, 1836, died Mar. 14, 1844. Nathan
W. Smith was in his early life a Whig, and later a Republican.
He was a man of strong temperance principles, and was the third
person in Wayne County to sign the total abstinence pledge. He
and his wife were members of the Presbyterian Church.
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ELIAS SNYDER, farmer, was born in Stark County, Ohio, in 1825, a
son of John and Elizabeth (Albright) Snyder. In his boyhood
his parents moved to Doylestown, Ohio, where his father bought 100
acres of land, upon which they lived until the father's death; he
died in 1837, at the age of forty-four years. Elias was
bereft of the care of a mother when four years old, and was adopted
by an uncle, Daniel Snyder, a respected citizen of Wayne
County, with whom he lived till he was twenty-six years old.
He was married in 1848 to Sarah Lehman daughter
of David Lehan. They have had a family of twelve
children, as follows: Adaline L., born June 8, 1849;
John H., born Sept. 1, 1851; Marion, born Dec.
8, 1858; Daniel J., born Mar. 24, 1856; Ida E., born
July 1, 1858; Cynthia A., born July 25, 1860; D. McClellan,
born Jan. 7, 1862; Willis Byron, born Apr. 16, 1865;
Mary Edith, born Dec. 19, 1866; Effie Susan, born Dec.
22, 1868; Hattie J., born Nov. 30, 1871; and Delia Minerva,
born Dec. 25, 1874. Marion died Nov. 19, 1882, aged
nearly tbirty years. Seven of these children are married.
Mr. Snyder has always been an industrious and
economical man, and his fine farm of 161 acres, with its pleasant
residence and other improvements, are the result of his own efforts,
with the assistance of his faithful wife, and together they are now
enjoying the reward of a well-spent life. They are members of
the English Lutheran Church. In politics Mr. Snyder
is a Democrat.
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FRANK
SNYDER was born in Bucks County, Penn., in 1830. His
grandfather, Andrew Snyder, was a native of Zweibrucken,
Germany, on the Rhine, and came to this country in 1760, and for
over five years served in the Revolutionary War. He had a
family of twelve children, one of the older ones being George,
the father of our subject.
George Snyder married MAry Mickley, whose
father, Philip Mickley, served seven years in the
Revolutionary War. Her grandfather also came from Zweibrucken,
Germany, in 1720. Part of the family were killed by the
Indians in one of their great massacres. Philip escaped
by hiding in the underbrush, while a little brother and sister were
tomahawked near by. The family owned the grounds at Gettysburg
upon which is now the National Cemetery, and their family burial
grounds are still there, having been set aside and preserved by the
National Government. To George Snyder and wife were
born ten children, as follows: Catherine, now Mrs.
John King, of Bedford, Iowa; Aaron, of Osage, Iowa;
Lewis M., for a long time a map publisher, of Chicago, Ill.,
died in 1888; Eliza, married to William Miller died in
1853; Henry died in 1848; Frank whose names heads this
sketch; William, a map publisher, of Chicago, died in 1878;
Mary, now Mrs. Pliilip Hine, of Spencer Centre, Ohio;
Sophia, wife of Rev. Samuel Coaklin, of Rows, Ohio,
and George W., pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church of
Davenport, Iowa, who served three years in the volunteer service and
one year in the regular service during the War of the Rebellion.
George Snyder remained in Bucks County until
after his father's death, when he was appointed administrator of the
estate. In 1834, with his family, consisting at that time of
his wife and seven children, he moved to Wayne County, Ohio, and
settled in the southern part of Chester Township, near the present
town of New Pittsburgh, buying forty acres of land. He
afterward sold his first purchase and bought a larger adjoining
farm. He lived to make many valuable improvements in his
township, and to realize, in a measure, at least, the consummation
of his fond hopes in regard to his adopted county, dying at the
advanced age of nearly eighty years.
Frank Snyder was reared in Chester
Township, being but four years of age when his parents settled here.
He was early inured to the work of the farm, receiving the
educational advantages afforded in the common schools of those days.
When twenty years of age he began to learn the carpenter's trade,
and when twenty-two years old, the trade of a millwright, at which
he continued thirty-two years, building and remodeling a
number of the mills of Wayne and adjoining counties. In 1884
he bought the farm where he now lives of John Myers'
heirs. It contains 200 acres of choice land, and the
improvements are among the best in the township. Mr.
Snyder married Miss Ella Myers, daughter of
John Myers, and
they have two children: Wayne and Mary. Mr.
Snyder is a member of the Methodist Church, while his wife is
a member of the Baptist Church. In politics he affiliates with
the Republican party.
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J. B. SNYDER
was born Oct. 8, 1833, on the old homestead on Section 1, Congress
Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, and is a son of an old pioneer of
Congress Township, George Snyder. He (George)
was a native of Virginia, and came from there to Wayne County, Ohio,
in the spring of 1819, entering from the Government the southwest
quarter of Section 1. He died in 1865, in his seventieth year.
Mary (Bowers) Snyder, mother of the subject of
this memoir, was born in Muskingum County, Ohio. She died in
1875, in her seventy-fifth year, the mother by Mr. Snyder
of ten children, nine of whom grew to manhood and womanhood.
Of these children, J. B., the subject of this
sketch, was united in marriage, Oct. 23, 1856, with Miss
Mary Jane Burns, who was born July 21, 1830, in Congress
Township, Wayne Co., Ohio. Her father, Hector Burns,
was born in Chester County, Penn., and in the fall of 1822 he came
to Congress Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, where he entered the
northeast quarter of Section 3. Her mother, Mary (Williams)
Burns, was born Oct. 31, 1791, in Lycoming County, Penn.
This couple reared a large family, and both lived to a ripe old age,
Mr. Burns dying July 14, 1858, in his sixty-eighth
year, and Mrs. Burns, Sept. 15, 1872, in the
eighty-first year of her age. Mr. and Mrs. Snyder have
been blessed with eight children, three of whom survive. The
parents are both consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. Mr. Snyder owns and lives upon the old
homestead, one mile south of Burbank, where he has made many
improvements, and is regarded as one of the progressive farmers of
Wayne County.
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JAMES Q. SNYDER,
one of the well-known and progressive farmers of Wayne County, was
born in Holmes County, Ohio, in March, 1848. His father,
Daniel Snyder was a native of Pennsylvania, and married
Catherine Miller, daughter of Henry and Savilla (Smith)
Miller. In 1837 the family came to Wayne County, but five
years later returned to Holmes County, remaining there until 1866,
when they again came to Wayne County, and here the father died Feb.
28, 1885, aged sixty-nine years; the mother still lives on the
homestead, and is now seventy-four years of age. The father
was a successful business man, and had a large circle of friends.
He was a devoted member of the Evangelical Church. Six of the
eight children born to this family are living, four in Wayne County.
One son, Samuel, died while in the service of his country
during the dark days of the Rebellion; another son, Henry,
served in the war three years, and is now a resident of Holmes
County; one daughter, Susan, is the wife of H. B. Rayle,
of Lake County; John G. died in childhood; Elizabeth
and James Q. are on the home farm; J. Robert lives in
Franklin Township, and Savilla in Wooster Township.
James Q. Snyder remained with his parents until
his marriage, and then located on a farm not far from the homestead.
After the death of his father he returned to take charge of the farm
for his mother, and has since made it his home. He was married
in February, 1878, to Sarah Young, a native of Wayne
County, daughter of Jacob and Anna (Romich) Young, of Wooster
Township. Mr. and Mrs. Snyder are consistent and worthy
members of the Lutheran Church.
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JOHN SNYDER.
This well-known old resident of Wayne County, now living in the city
of Wooster, was born in Union County, Penn, Feb. 14, 1820. His
father, Jonathan Snyder, was born in Berks County, in that
State and was married to Sarah Huffman a native of the same
county, a daughter of Nicholas Huffman, who was of
German extraction, and served in the ranks of the Continental army
during the Revolutionary War, and died in Dauphin County, Penn.
Jonathan Snyder and wife settled in Union County, Penn., and
there remained until 1838, when they came to Wayne County in search
of a home in which to rear their children. They settled on a
farm in Franklin Township, where they spent the remainder of their
lives. The father was a shoemaker by trade, as well as a
farmer, and worked at that in winter. In those days shoemakers
went from house to house of the people who wanted work done,
generally staying in one house until the whole family were supplied.
Jonathan Snyder was a poor man, and in Wayne
County, as well as in Pennsylvania, had to work hard to make a
living for himself and family, enduring many privations and
hardships, in which his family shared. His wife and himself,
however, were blessed with rugged constitutions, and notwithstanding
their arduous labors lived to an advanced age, each dying when
eighty-two years old - the mother in 1875 and the father in 1877.
Both were sincere members of the Lutheran Church, and were people
held in high esteem by their neighbors for their trustful, honest
and industrious lives. They were the parents of ten children,
as follows: Catherine, now Mrs. Amos Herr, living in
Knox County, Ohio; Rebecca, deceased wife of Samuel
Miller; Sarah, wife of Anthony Stahl, of
Knox County, Ohio, died in November, 1888; Mary, married to
William Patton, and living in Wooster; John; Daniel
J. and Joseph, now residents of Madison Hill, Ohio;
Jonathan and Jacob, farmers in WayneCounty, Ohio, and
George (deceased).
The subject of this sketch passed his early years in
the county where he was born, and was early made to earn his bread
by the hardest kind of labor. When but nine years of age he
was put to plowing, being the oldest boy of the family. His
first plow had a wooden mold-board, and the ground being rough and
stony the lad had a hard time of it, especially as he had to plow
barefooted, in order to save his shoes, of which he had but one pair
each year. On cold mornings the barefooted boy used to warm
his feet by standing in the place where the horses had lain over
night. Threshing at that time was done by the horses treading
out the grain and clover seed, and the boy often was compelled to
ride the horse in that work from daylight until dark. This was
the early life of our subject, and this was the training he received
to fit him for the stern duties of life. His educational
opportunities were limited, being given the opportunity of going to
school only a short time each winter, but, by improving every
opportunity, he succeeded in getting a rudimentary education, and by
reading and close observation in his later years has made himself a
well-informed man. He was eighteen years of age when he came
to Ohio with his parents. Here for six years he worked on his
father's farm, enduring the hardships which fell to the lot of the
early settlers in this region, where homes could only be made by
literally hewing them out of the dense forest with which it was then
covered.
In 1844 he determined to make a home for himself, and
in that year, as the first step toward that desirable object, was
united in marriage with Miss Eliza Troutman, a daughter of
Jacob and Elizabeth (Keim) Troutman, and a native of Berks
County, Penn. On her father's side she was of German descent, and on
her mother's of English. Her mother died in Henry County,
Ohio, when Mrs. Snyder was quite young, and her father
later removed to Wooster Township, in this county, where he passed
the last years of his life. After this marriage Mr.
Snyder settled upon a partially improved farm, which they worked
on shares. Accumulating some means in this way, by hard work
and rigid economy, he was able in 1853 to purchase a farm in
Franklin Township, which he sold to his brother Jacob in
1878. He next bought a farm in East Union Township;
subsequently he purchased another in Chester Township, and still
later one in the southeast part of Franklin Township, which he still
owns. In 1878 he gave up farm life and removed to the city of
Wooster, where he now resides in the pleasant home he owns in that
place. The family of four children, which came to our subject
and his estimable wife, are all living, and are located as follows:
Reasin B., residing in the city of Wooster; Sarah
Jane, wife of William Bentz, also in Wooster; Alice
Alaura, wedded to Horace Boydson, in Lyons,
Neb., and Curtis Hoffman, living with his parents.
Mr. Snyder is a Republican in politics, but has
been too busy a man to give much time to public matters, and the
only office he has held has been that of supervisor of Franklin
Township. He and his worthy wife are esteemed members of the
Lutheran Church of Wooster. Starting in life in poverty, he
has achieved a marked success, and he is to-day one of Wayne
County's well-to-do citizens. This result has been obtained by
a life of unremitting industry and perseverance, united with frugal
habits,
and to the estimable lady who has so long aided and counseled him in
all his praiseworthy efforts, much of his success is due. The
family is well known in Wayne County, and as early settlers and as
valuable members of the community are highly respected and will long
be remembered.
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LEWIS SNYDER
is one of the well-known citizens of Wayne County, within whose
borders he has passed more than half a century. He was born in
Union County, Penn., May 19, 1824. His father, Jacob Snyder,
was also a native of that State, born in Berks County, near Reading;
he was by occupation a farmer, and, on reaching manhood, was united
in marriage with Susannah Hock, who likewise was born in the
Keystone State, and who became the mother of Lewis Snyder.
In the fall of 1836 this couple came to Wayne County with their
family, for whom they wished to make a home iu this then new
country. Their settlement was on a farm in Franklin Township,
upon which the remainder of their lives was passed. The father
was called to his eternal rest Aug. 7, 1860, at the age of
sixty-nine years, after a residence here of twenty years, and the
mother in 1880, at the age of eighty-seven years. Both were
faithful members of the Lutheran Church, and both had in this
county, as well as in their old home, acquired the confidence and
respect of the people among whom their lot was cast. The
father had been, in his younger days, married previous to the union
with the mother of our subject, and by that marriage had become the
parent of two children. Of his later union there were twelve
children, eight of whom - four sons and four daughters - grew
to maturity. Jacob Snyder was, in his earlier
years, an active member of the Whig party, and voted and worked for
the grandfather of our present President, Gen. William H.
Harrison.
Lewis Snyder, subject of this
biographical sketch, was twelve years old when his parents came to
Wayne County, and has ever since been a resident here. He
stayed on the home farm, assisting his father in the toil of
developing it from the wilderness, until he was twenty-five years of
age, at which time he took the first step toward making a home for
himself by becoming united in marriage with Miss Sarah Morr,
a native of Ohio, and a daughter of Philip and Sarah Morr,
pioneers of Wayne County. Her father died when she was a
little girl, but her mother survived many years, dying on their farm
in Franklin Township, at the age of seventy-six years. As
pioneers, and as good and useful citizens, who had led honorable and
upright lives, they were highly respected, and will be long
remembered. Philip Morr, grandfather of Mrs.
Snyder, was a Revolutionary soldier. Lewis
Snyder and his young wife began their married life on a farm
which he had purchased in Franklin Township, and there they remained
for twenty-six years, working assiduously to clear up and thoroughly
develop their land, in which object they succeeded, and thus laid up
a competence for their old age. This was not accomplished
without much hard work, supplemented by frugal habits, but in their
declining years they can now take a rest from their toil, and look
back with satisfaction upon a life well spent. In 1876 they
retired from active labor and removed to the city of Wooster, where
they have since resided, in their pleasant home on Vine Street,
surrounded by every material comfort. Four children came to
bless their home, three of whom are yet living, comfortably settled
in homes of their own. The eldest, Ann Maria, is
the wife of Andrew C. Miller, of Franklin Township;
Sylvester G. married Miss Jane Reed, of
Franklin Township, and also lives in that township, on his father's
farm, and Lavinia Elizabeth, with her husband,
William Levers, resides in Wooster. The one that
died was an unnamed infant.
Our subject takes much interest in public affairs, in
which he keeps well posted, but always avoided holding office.
He has, since its formation, been a supporter of the Republican
party. He and his wife are consistent members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church of Wooster, which counts them among its active
workers. Mr. Snyder is a self-made man, as he
had no assistance in making his start in life. The financial
success he has achieved is due to the inherent qualities of the man,
aided by his faithful wife, who has for forty years been a wise
counselor and a capable helpmate. In addition to other
property they still own 160 acres in Franklin Township, where they
lived so long and where they laid the foundation
of their prosperity. They will long be remembered as among the
best class of Wayne County's honored pioneers.
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SAMUEL SNYDER
was born in Washington County, Md., Oct. 9, 1820, a son of
Anthony and Rebecca (Newman) Snyder, who were natives of
Franklin County, Penn. They moved from Washington County, Md.,
in 1836 to Stark County, Ohio, thence in 1844 to Knox County, Ohio,
where the father died Apr. 10, 1867, and the mother in March, 1875.
They reared nine children, eight of whom are still living;
Samuel; Daniel, in Allen County, Ind.; Elizabeth,
unmarried, residing in Champaign County, Ohio; Rebecca wife
of Dr. Ayres, of Horner, Knox Co., Ohio; Jonathan, in
Mount Liberty, Knox Co., Ohio; David C., in Kansas City, Mo.;
and William B. and Franklin, in Knox County, Ohio.
Of these, Samuel was reared on the farm and
attended the district schools of Stark County, Ohio. At an
early ago he learned the trade of a carriage maker, which occupation
he has since followed. He has lived in West Lebanon since
1838, and in 1842 he established his present carriage manufacturing
business. In 1841 Mr. Snyder married Miss
Catherine,
daughter of Robert Thompson, of Stark County, Ohio, and six
children have been born to them, viz. : William H., of Sugar
Creek Township, Wayne County; Mary R., deceased wife of
Eli Braden; Martha Jane and Francis, at
home; Sarah E., wife of Lewis Brenner, of
Brookfield, Ohio; and Letitia C., wife of Jacob Eby,
in Michigan. Mr. Snyder has always voted the
Democratic ticket, and has served his township as school director
for several years, and as justice of the peace since 1864.
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WESLEY SPANGLER,
ex-county commissioner and farmer, was born in Cumberland County,
Penn., in 1825, near the county seat, Carlisle. Yost
Spangler was the name of the pioneer of this family, who, when
eighteen years old, in 1769, left Germany and came to America.
He settled in Berks County, Peun., and there was engaged in
surveying. He was twice married, the names of his wives, who
were sisters, being Weinholt. Eight children were born to him,
their names being John, Philip, Samuel,
Peter, Mary and Barbara, by the first wife; and by
the second wife, Hannah and Yost. From Berks
County this pioneer moved to Lancaster County, and then to
Cumberland County, where he followed farming for a number of years
previous to his death. Peter Spangler was the
fourth son born to Yost Spangler. He was a
native of Lancaster County, born in 1791, and married Susan
Zinn. Of the ten children born to this union seven are
now living, whose names are George, Peter, Wesley, Mary, Rebecca,
Lorinda and Elmira. In 1829 Peter Spangler,
with his wife and five children, immigrated to Wayne Township, Wayne
Co., Ohio, and purchased fifty acres of land, formerly the property
of A. McMonegal, and at his death owned 130 acres of laud.
He was a cooper by trade, and followed that in connection with
farming for forty years. He was a successful man, being left
but a small amount of money by his father. He died in 1863, at
the age of seventy years.
Wesley Spangler, the
subject of our sketch, was educated in the common schools of the
county and at an academy at Canaan Center. Farming has been
his occupation through life, at which he has been successful.
He was married in 1854 to Malinda Stair, and three
children, all living, are the result of this union: Viola and
Arabella, now engaged in teaching school, having been
students at Smithville Academy and Normal School, and Charles W.,
engaged in farming. Mr. Spangler has resided in Chester
Township since the spring of 1859, when he purchased his present
home farm of 115 acres of land. He was elected county
commissioner in the fall of 1881, and re-elected in 1884, a rare
incident for a Republican, the county being Democratic. For
twelve years he was justice of the peace of his township. He
and his wife and daughters are members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church at Congress.
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LEWIS STACHER
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ALBERT STAMM
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JOHN C. STEINER
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O. N. STODDARD, LL. D.
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JOHN E STONE
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DANIEL STROCK
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GEORGE STROCK
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CASPER L. SWART
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SAMUEL SWARTZ
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