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Wayne Co., Ohio
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1910
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JAMES LEE ZARING
Source: History of Wayne
Co., Ohio - Vol. II - Illustrated - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company,
Indianapolis, Indiana - 1910 - Page 560 |
W. E. Zaugg |
WESLEY HENRY ZAUGG.
The gentleman whose name forms the caption to this
article, who was for several years the efficient and accommodating
assistant cashier of the Citizens National Bank of Wooster, and who
recently entered upon his duties as treasurer of Wayne county, to
which office he was elected. is eminently entitled to representation
in work of this character. At all times true and loyal
citizen, faithful to the best interests of his community, he has
always commanded unequivocal confidence and esteem, standing high in
the regard of his business associates and in the respect of the
general public. His influence has ever been wielded in the
promotion of the higher interests of the community, and all worthy
agencies have enlisted his earnest support.
A native son of the
Buckeye state. Wesley H. Zaugg was born in Sugar creek
township, Wayne county, on June 26, 1867. He is the son of
Samuel and Cecile (Calame) Zaugg, both of whom are natives of
the little republic of Switzerland. though they were married in
Wayne county. Samuel Zaugg came to the United
States when twenty-one years old, and, coming at once to Wayne
county. he located on farm in Saltcreek township which he purchased
and oil which he lived for thirty-five years, removing to Mt. Eaton
about year ago, on the death of his wife. They were the
parents of the following children: Clara married Mr.
Simpson and lives in Chicago, Illinois/ Fred S. lives in
Omaha, Nebraska, is successful minister at Omaha, built the First
Reformed church in that city and is now engaged in the erection of
the Second church of the same denomination; John A., who is
engaged in the furniture and undertaking business at Apple Creek,
Ohio; Ida, who made her home with her brother Fred at
Omaha, married W. Vecht and lives on farm near Canal Fulton,
Stark county, Ohio; Florence is the wife of Mr.
Michel, of Cleveland, Ohio; Elmer H. is teacher in Japan,
being at present located at Sendai: Pearl is stenographer at
Wooster University; Zena is the wife of Dr. C. N.
Clark, coroner of Wayne county. and residing at Mount Eaton;
Wesley, the subject of this sketch.
The subject's paternal grandparents were Jacob and
Anna (Stettler) Zaugg, who came from their native Switzerland to
America in 1853 and located in Saltcreek township, this county,
where they purchased small farm. Here they lived until their
respective deaths, the husband dying in about 1879 and his widow
about ten years later. They were persons of many estimable
qualities and were highly regarded in their community.
Wesley H. Zaugg was reared on the home farm and
secured his education in the common schools of the township and in
the Normal School at Ada, this state. He early became inured
to the labors of the farm and directed his attention in that
direction until coming to Wooster. During the meanwhile he was
also successfully engaged in teaching school. taking charge of his
first school at the age of seventeen years. During the
following thirteen years he continued to teach in Sugarcreek,
Saltcreek and Paint town ships. In 1896 Mr. Zaugg went
to Europe in the interest of several persons who were heirs to
estates there, and during the following year Mr.
Zaugg was busily engaged in
settling these affairs, some of the settlements being very hotly
contested. Mr. Zaugg's connection with the
affairs in question was eminently -satisfactory to the interested
parties here. In 1900 Mr. Zaugg was appointed
deputy probate judge of Wayne county,. serving in this capacity over
year. In 1901 he became teller in the Wayne County National
Bank, remaining there five years. In December, 1906. he
accepted position as assistant cashier in the Citizens Bank, and
continued to occupy this position until taking the office of county
treasurer, which he is now filling. He is otherwise interested
in financial institutions. being president of the Farmers and
Merchants’ Bank of Smithville, Ohio, and member of the board of
directors of the Farmers‘ Banking Company, at Sterling, Ohio.
He is a director of the Wooster Machine Company and
secretary-treasurer of the Valley River Coal Company, of Grafton,
West Virginia. In 1897 Mr. Zaugg commenced the study of
law with Judge H. B. Swartz, of Wooster, and would
undoubtedly have made good lawyer, as he has natural talents which
would have qualified him especially for this profession, but circum
stances altered his plans and he was led into the banking business
instead. He has exhibited business qualities of the highest
order and has an enviable standing among those who are familiar with
his work in the various positions in which he has been placed.
The taxpayers of Wayne county made no mistake in selecting him as
the custodian of the public moneys and he will undoubtedly give to
the office of county treasurer the same careful and faithful
attention which has characterized him in other relations.
On Mar, 27, 1900, Mr. Zaugg took unto
himself helpmeet in the person of Lena Tschantz, daughter of
Christian Tschantz, wholesale cheese dealer at Alliance,
Ohio. She was born near Mount Eaton, Wayne county, and her
family was living at Kidron, this county, when Mr. Zaugg was
teaching school there. Here began the acquaintance, which ripened
into warmer affection and culminated in marriage. The union
has been blessed with two children, Miriam Grace, born July
30, 1902, and Mary Cecile, born Apr. 18. 1904. Mr.
and Mrs. Zaugg are members of the Reformed church at Wooster. of
which Mr. Zaugg has served as deacon for eight years and
superintendent of the Sabbath school for six years. He belongs
to the Royal Arch Masons, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the
Knights of Pythias and the Fraternal Order of Eagles. He
possesses genial disposition and has won host of warm personal
friends, who admire him because of his sterling worth. He is
an accomplished and fluent speaker in four languages, Swiss, German,
French and English.
Source: History of Wayne
Co., Ohio - Vol. II - Illustrated - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company,
Indianapolis, Indiana - 1910 - Page 56048 - 562 |
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EZEKIEL B. ZIMMERMAN.
It is a rare privilege, not enjoyed by many of us, to spend our
lives on the old home place, which, after all, is the best place, no
matter what other localities may have to offer, but this E. B.
Zimmerman, a well-known farmer of Chippewa township, Wayne
county, has been able to do, having been born on the place where he
now resides, on September 30, 1848. His paternal grandparents
were Nathan and Mary (Morton)
Zimmerman. The father of Mary Morton had the
distinction of being a soldier in the Revolutionary war under
General Greene, and the Hessian army camped at one time
on the Morton farm, near Trenton, New Jersey, killing
all their stock; the farm was overrun and considerably damaged by
the soldiers, but Greene’s army helped run the foreign enemy
off the place. Mary Morton was of English
descent, while her husband was born in Germany. He lived for
many years in Center county, Pennsylvania, and was finally killed
there about 1811 or 1812 by a tree falling on him. The
maternal grandparents of the subject, Samuel and Mary (Likens)
McClelland, were natives of Pennsylvania also, the
McClellands having been of Scotch-Irish descent and the
Likens family of Irish descent. Samuel and Mary
McClelland moved to Ohio in a very early day and lived near
Dalton, where Mr. McClelland died; later his widow moved to
Indiana and married a Mr. Brown, and she lived to be
past ninety-one years of age, dying in Indiana.
Ezekiel Zimmerman, father of the subject
of this sketch, was born in 1808 in Pennsylvania and with his mother
came to Ohio in 1812 and located near Marshallville, Wayne county,
in Chippewa township. There he grew up and worked on the farm,
attending such primitive schools as the times afforded, receiving
only a very meager education. The mother of the subject,
Rachael Ann McClelland, was born near Dalton,
Ohio, in 1821. She was the second wife of Mr.
Zimmerman. The latter was always a farmer and at his death
owned considerable land, about three hundred and forty acres, in
Chippewa township; he traded a great deal in land and was very
successful, though he lived a quiet, retired life for the most part.
He was a Republican during most of his life, though he voted for
Andrew Jackson. His death occurred in 1876, when he
was over sixty-eight years of age, while his wife survived until in
March, 1908, dying when eighty-six years old. They were the
parents of eight children, four of whom are still living.
E. B. Zimmerman was educated in the Smithville
Academy; being an ambitious student, he later took a correspondence
course with the Chautauqua Correspondence School for a period of
nine years, receiving a graded certificate.
Mr. Zimmerman early in life began active
farming and lumbering and has continued in these lines ever since
with marked success. He now owns one hundred and sixty-two
acres of the old homestead and seventy-eight acres in another place,
besides one hundred and twenty-two acres owned by his wife, which he
manages. He carries on general farming in a manner that stamps
him as one of the leading agriculturists of the township, his places
all being under a high state of improvement. He has a
beautifully located and attractive dwelling, a fine barn and all the
outbuildings and farming machinery needed by an up-to-date farmer.
He keeps an excellent grade of livestock, being especially fond of
horses and cattle and a good judge of the same.
Mr. Zimmerman was married on Mar. 14,
1877, to Frances Hess, a native of Fayette county,
Pennsylvania, and the daughter of James and Christiana (Franks)
Hess. To Mr. and Mrs. Zimmerman have been born
seven children, namely: Edna E., a graduate of the University
of Wooster, now engaged in teaching at Lander, Wyoming; Ira
is a farmer; Clara is the wife of Earl Steiner;
Ernest, who is still a member of the home circle, was
educated in the Ohio State University, taking a short course there,
later spent the first year in the University of Wooster and two
years in Columbus; Daniel E. is a student in the
Marshallville high school at this writing; two children died in
infancy.
Politically, Mr. Zimmerman is a
Republican, always taking considerable interest in local affairs.
He has very ably served as trustee of Chippewa township for a period
of three years and has also been school director. Mrs.
Zimmerman is a member of the Baptist church.
Source: History of Wayne Co.,
Ohio - Vol. II - Illustrated - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company,
Indianapolis, Indiana - 1910 - Page 1410 |
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JOHN
W. ZIMMERMAN. The well-known and progressive
business man whose life history is briefly outlined in the following
paragraphs is a worthy descendant of hardy pioneer stock that
figured prominently in the affairs of Wayne county for many years,
and an analyzation of the character of John W. Zimmerman
would indicate that many of the praiseworthy traits of the older
members of this family have descended to him. He was born at
Marshallville, Chippewa township, this county, March 25, 1864, the
son of Ezekiel and Rachel McClelland) Zimmerman, the former a
native of Pennsylvania and the latter born near Dalton, Ohio.
The paternal grandparents of John W. Zimmerman were of German
descent, and his maternal grandfather. Nathan
McClelland, was of Scotch descent. Ezekiel Zimmerman
came from Pennsylvania with his mother, his father having died in
that state when the son was eight years old. The mother and
son settled near Marshallville, and there Ezekiel grew to
manhood, attended the common schools and devoted his life to
farming, becoming one of the prosperous agriculturists of that
vicinity. finally by thrift and good management accumulating three
hundred acres of land. He made the name Zimmerman
popular in the vicinity of Marshallville, just as his mother’s
people had become popular in the vicinity of Dalton, where they
located in a very early day. Ezekiel Zimmerman
was the father of six children, John W., of this review,
being the youngest in order of birth.
John W. Zimmerman was educated in the district
schools of Chippewa township, working on the home place during the
summer months. His father dying when he was young, the
management of the place fell to him and he proved to be equal to the
task in every respect. In connection with farming he also
followed lumbering for a period of twelve years, making a success of
this venture also, and laying by quite a competency. At the
end of the period indicated, Mr. Zimmerman bought out
the Huffman hardware store at Doylestown, where he has since
carried on a general hardware business, building up an extensive
trade with the surrounding country and becoming known as one of the
leading dealers in this line in Wayne county. He also has
other extensive interests, among which is that of the Ohio Comb and
Novelty Company, of which he is president, and much of its success
is due to his counsel and judicious management. This firm is
located at Doylestown. He is Vice-president and acting
president of the Doylestown Banking Company, and he also owned
one-half interest in a planing mill at Apple Creek, Ohio, the firm
operating the same being known as Baughman & Zimmerman,
hut he has recently sold his interests there, he carries to
successful issue whatever he turns his attention to, for he has
pronounced executive ability and innate business principles that
never fail to properly direct and control large interests when
properly directed.
In 1888 Mr. Zimmerman was married to
Emma Anderson, daughter of Isaac and
Catherine (Walters) Anderson, a highly honored and
influential family of this comity, having been pioneers here.
To Mr. and Mrs. Zimmerman the following children have been
born; Ray Earl, who was educated at Doylestown and at
Eastman’s Business College at Poughkeepsie, New York, taking the
honors of his class and being graduated in 1909; he is now very ably
acting as general superintendent of the Ohio Comb and Novelty
Company. The other children are Iva May, Harry Wayne, Merl,
Opal, all students of the local schools except the two youngest.
Mr. Zimmerman is a Republican in
politics, and he attends the Methodist Episcopal church. The
home life of Mr. and Mrs. Zimmerman is peacable and
happy, the children they have reared being a constant and unfailing
source of satisfaction to them.
Source: History of Wayne Co.,
Ohio - Vol. II - Illustrated - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company,
Indianapolis, Indiana - 1910 - Page 1422 |
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NATHAN
R. ZIMMERMAN. One of the leading business men of
Doylestown and the northeastern part of Wayne county, Ohio, is
Nathan R. Zimmerman, who throughout his career has maintained
the most creditable standards of personal and business integrity,
and, without putting forth any effort to achieve popularity, he has
done so in a local way by the manner in which he transacts the
everyday affairs of a busy man. He is a native of Chippewa
township, having been born near Marshallville, June 15, 1857, the
son of Ezekiel and Rachel A. (McClelland) Zimmerman,
the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Dalton, Ohio.
The paternal grandparents of Nathan R. Zimmerman were
Nathan and Anna (Morton) Zimmerman, the former spending his
life and dying in Pennsylvania, and the latter came with her son,
Ezekiel, aged eight, and settled near Marshallville. There
Ezekiel grew up and followed farming. He was first
married to Anna Holliwell and the following children
were born to them: Levi, living near Perrysville, Ohio;
Elizabeth, Eunice and Ann, all three deceased.
Ezekiel Zimmerman was twice married, his second wife
being Rachel A. McClelland, and the following children were
born to this union; Sarah; Ezekiel, living near
Marshallville, this county; Nathan R., subject of tins
review: John; Delila and Kasiah both deceased;
other children died in infancy. The maternal grandparents of
Nathan R. Zimmerman were Samuel and Mary (Likins)
McClelland. They came to this county from Pennsylvania and
were pioneers near Dalton, Sugar Creek township. The parents
of Samuel McClelland were Samuel Emanuel and Ellen
(Crooks) McClelland.
Nathan R. Zimmerman was educated in the public
schools of Chippewa township and at the Mansfield Normal College,
receiving an excellent education. He then followed farming for
a time and later attended the LaPorte Horological School at LaPorte,
Indiana, and was graduated from the same in May, 1903. He then
came to Doylestown, Wayne county, Ohio, and has since that time
devoted his attention to the jewelry business, having built up an
extensive patronage and becoming known as one of the most skillful
workmen in this part of the county, being a good judge of all
materials and having been well trained. He is also a
conscientious workman, and work and goods that he recommends to his
customers can be relied upon explicitly, according to the statement
of many of his patrons He has been very successful since
locating here, and among his interests he is a director of the
Doylestown Banking Company, a director in the Ohio Comb and Novelty
Company, of Doylestown, and much of the large success of these
enterprises is due to his judicious counsel.
Mr. Zimmerman was married on Dec. 26,
1889, to Marinda Wagner, daughter of David and Nancy M.
(Little) Wagner, the former born near Canal Fulton, Ohio, and
the latter born near Marshallville, Wayne county, this state.
The maternal grandparents of Mrs. Zimmerman were
Frederick and Mary (Saylic) Wagner, both natives of
Pennsylvania, of German descent. They came to Ohio in an early
day and entered land near Canal Fulton. They cleared a tract
of land and made their home here, developing a good farm. The
parents of Frederick Wagner were John and
Mary Jane (Gilcrist) Wagner, both of whom spent their lives and
died in Pennsylvania. The maternal grandparents of Mrs.
Zimmerman were Thomas and Jane (McClelland) Little,
natives of Pennsylvania, who came to Wayne county, Ohio, and entered
land near Orrville in an early day. Here they cleared timbered
land and soon had a good home. The parents of Thomas
Little were Thomas and Jane Little. Great-great-grandfather
Little was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, during which he
was captured by the Indians and burned. William McClelland,
uncle of Nathan R. Zimmerman, was a soldier in the Civil war.
Mr. Zimmerman is a man of exemplary
character and excellent business ability, and he is interested in
whatever tends to promote the interests of his community. He
is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, Independent Order of
Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias.
Source: History of Wayne Co.,
Ohio - Vol. II - Illustrated - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company,
Indianapolis, Indiana - 1910 - Page 1421 |
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