OHIO STATEWIDE FILES OH-FOOTSTEPS Mailing List *********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. *********************************************************************** OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 586 Today's Topics: #1 JACOB LUTHER MOORE-HURON COUNTY [AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M RE] #2 ADOLPH E. MUNKEL - TUSCARAWAS COUN [AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M RE] #3 JAMES M. ARCHBOLD - TUSCARAWAS COU [AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M RE] #4 JOHN HENDRICKS - TUSCARAWAS COUNTY [AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M RE] #5 ASA HARVEY SYLER - TUSCARAWAS COUN [AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M RE] ------------------------------ X-Message: #1 Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1999 15:57:28, -0500 From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER) To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <199908031957.PAA09496@mime3.prodigy.com> Subject: JACOB LUTHER MOORE-HURON COUNTY Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII INDIANA One Hundred and Fifty Years of American Development The Lewis Publishing Company, 1931 Volume IV, page 91-92 with photo JACOB LUTHER MOORE is claimed by the City of Muncie, judicial center and metropolis of Delaware County, as one of its most alert and resourceful captains of industry. Here he is president of The Moore Company and also of its subsidiary organization, The Hager Company, and in these connections he functions as executive head of The Moore Company, the largest exclusive manufacturing concern in the production of bed springs in the entire United States, with an output that is third largest production in this country. Mr. Moore was born at Bellevue, Huron County, Ohio, September 25, 1877, and is a son of William Luther Moore and Mary (Steele) Moore, both of whom were born and reared in Pennsylvania, where the respective families were founded in an early day. William L. Moore received the advantages of the schools of the old Keystone State and there he continued to reside until he moved to Ohio, where for a number of years he was engaged in the hardware business at Marietta. The closing period of his life was passed at Marietta, where he died in 1914, at the age of sixty-eight years. He was affiliated with the I.O.O.F. fraternity and was zealous member of the Presbyterian Church, as is also his widow, who now resides at Fort Wayne, Indiana, she having celebrated in 1930 her seventy-fifth birthday anniversary, she having been born and reared in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Jacob L., of this review, is the elder of the two children, and his brother, Clinton G., has been his coadjutor in the building up of the large business now controlled by The Moore Company, of which the former is president and the latter vice-president. The president of this important industrial corporation was named in honor of his paternal grandfather, Jacob Luther Moore, who removed from his native State of Pennsylvania and established residence near Bellevue, Huron County, Ohio, he having been a specially skilled artisan at the trade of cabinetmaker, and many fine specimens of his craftsmanship being still in existence. He died in the late '80's, at the age of eighty-six years, and his remains rest in the cemetery at Bellevue, Ohio. The original American representative of the Moore family came from Germany and gained pioneer precedence in Pennsylvania, and it is to be noted that the original German orthography of the name was Mohr. To the public schools of Bellevue, Ohio, Jacob L. Moore of this review is indebted for his youthful education, and after leaving school he found employment as messenger boy for the Western Union Telegraph Company, at its office in Sandusky, Ohio, his initial compensation having been eight dollars a month. He soon found employment in the Sandusky hardware store of P.L. Van Alstine, in the capacity of truck driver, and he was thus engaged about one year. He then went to Marietta, Ohio, where his parents had established their home in the meantime, and there he was employed about a year in the stove factory of A.T. Nye & Son. There he next gave a similar period of service as day clerk in the St. Cloud Hotel, and he then became associated with the Williamstown Flour Milling company of Williamstown, Ohio, with which he served in turn as bookkeeper and traveling salesman. He then became collector for Brown Brothers Furniture Company, Cleveland, by which concern he was later given charge of its shipping department. Mr. Moore made another advance step when he became a traveling salesman for the Ohio Spring Bed Company, of Cleveland, and he continued his service in this capacity six years. He then, in January, 1907, initiated his independent career in the manufacturing of bed springs. At Bellevue, Ohio, with a capital of only $900, he organized and incorporated The J.L.Moore Manufacturing Company, and the business met with favorable reception and steady expansion. In 1909 his brother, Clinton G., joined the company, and their only assistant at the time was Ray A. Shuster, of whom individual mention is made elsewhere in this publication. In 1909 Mr. Moore left the business at Bellevue in charge of his brother and Mr. Schuster and went to Butler, Pennsylvania, where he remained five years as general superintendent of the Pittsburgh-Hickson Company. In 1910 the manufacturing plant of the Moore Company was removed from Bellevue, Ohio to Muncie, Indiana, and the original title was changed to Moore Manufacturing Company, while later the present title, The Moore Company, was adopted. The Muncie plant of this important corporation is a building with a ground area 500 by 70 feet. The aggregate, floor space utilized is 70,000 square feet, the mechanical equipment of the establishment is of the highest modern grade, and the company retains about 250 employees. July 1, 1919, as a subsidiary of The Moore Company, was organized The Hager Company, which gives employment to more than 100 persons. In 1914 Jacob L. Moore went to Chicago as general manager of the Art Bedstead Company, and after a year's service in this capacity he resumed his active executive duties with The Moore Company and The Hager Company, of each of which he is the president. The Moore Company now has precedence as one of the largest in the Union in the manufacturing of bed spring, inner-spring units for mattresses and springs for upholstered furniture. The Moore Company is the country's largest exclusive manufacturers of bed springs and is the third largest in production in this line of industry. The trade of the concern is extended throughout the Untied States and to Canada, Alaska and the Hawaiian Islands, the output being handled through jobbers and large dealers in furniture. At Bellevue, Ohio, Mr. Moore still retains his affiliation with the Masonic Blue Lodge, and for a number of years he was active in the affairs of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, in which he still holds membership. In the great western metropolis he is a member of the Chicago Yacht Club and the Furniture Club of America. His political allegiance is given to the Republican party, and in their home City of Muncie he and his wife are zealous members of the First Presbyterian Church. In Cleveland, Ohio, on the 21st of July, 1901, Mr. Moore was untied in marriage to Miss Minnie Gertrude Barth a daughter of John George and Emma (Hess) Barth, the latter of whom is deceased and the former of whom is now living retired in the Cleveland suburb of Wickliffe, he having been formerly a leading exponent of the real-estate business in Cleveland, and he having traveled abroad since retiring from active business. Mrs. Moore was reared and educated in Cleveland and is a talented musician, with a well cultivated soprano voice, on which score is accentuated her popularity in the social and cultural circles of her home community. Clinton Moore, was born at Bellevue, Ohio, November 21, 1906, and was graduated in the Muncie High School as a member of the class of 1827, he having thereafter attended the Culver Military Academy, at Culver, this state, and being now actively associated with The Moore Company, of which his father has been the executive head from the time the business was founded. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 00:05:25, -0500 From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER) To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <199908040405.AAA10602@mime3.prodigy.com> Subject: ADOLPH E. MUNKEL - TUSCARAWAS COUNTY Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII HISTORY OF OHIO The American Historical Society, Inc., 1925 Volume IV, page 129, 130 with photo ADOLPH E. MUNKEL is one of the vital and progressive business men of Columbus, where he is president of the Munkel-Lamneck Company, furnace manufacturers and heating engineers. Mr. Munkel was born at Port Washington, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, on the 25th of April, 1883, and is a son of Emil and Sarah (Barnhouse) Munkel, the former of whom was born in the City of Dresden, Saxony, Germany, and the latter of whom was born and reared in Ohio. The subject of this sketch has been a resident of Columbus since he was a lad of fifteen years, his educational advantages in his boyhood and youth having been those of the public schools, and his advancement in the domain of business having been gained through his own ability and well ordered efforts. For more than twenty years Mr. Munkel was associated with the W.E. Lamneck Company, manufacturers of coal and gas furnaces, and in the meanwhile he gained experience both in the office affairs of the concern and as a salesman of its products. In 1918, he established the Munkel-Lamneck Company, which is incorporated under the Ohio laws, and of which he has been president from the time of organization. This company has developed a substantial business in the manufacturing of furnaces, and in the general handling and installing of coal and gas furnaces, radiant-fires, ranges, etc., besides controlling a prosperous business as heating and ventilating engineers. Mr. Munkel has long been known as an expert and an authority in these lines, and has own secure status as one of the loyal and progressive business men of the Ohio capital city. He was for two years president of the Ohio Sheet Metal Trades Association, is a member of the Exchange Club, is a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason and a Shriner, and is affiliated also with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. In 1921 he was elected president of the Columbus Builders Exchange, and in his year of administration in this office he found another opportunity to manifest his marked civic loyalty. The maiden name of his wife was Emma Roehr, and they have one daughter, Josephine. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 00:05:18, -0500 From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER) To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <199908040405.AAA11594@mime3.prodigy.com> Subject: JAMES M. ARCHBOLD - TUSCARAWAS COUNTY Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887 JAMES M. ARCHBOLD, engaged in farming on section 6, St. Mary's Township, was born in Jefferson Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, December 27, 1841. He remained with his parents in his native county until 1851, when he came with them to Indiana, the family first locating in Jefferson Township, Wells County. The father then bought 205 acres in Preble Township, Adams county, the surrounding country at that time being in a wild state. The father built a hewed-log house on his land in Preble Township, in which he lived two years, then built a frame house, which he occupied until 1874, when he moved to Decatur, where he died, and in which his son is still living. James M. Archbold, our subject, was reared on his father's farm in Preble Township. He received his early education in the district schools, which he completed at the normal school at Middletown, Indiana, where he spent one term. After completing his education he taught school for two winter terms. He was a soldier in the late war, enlisting October 3, 1864, in Company D, Fifty-first Indiana Infantry, and served in the First Brigade, Third Division and Fourth Army Corps, under General Stanley. He joined his regiment and company at Bridgeport, Alabama, and was first engaged at Duck River, and also took part in the engagements at Franklin and Nashville. He was taken sick with bilious intermittent fever, and was sent to hospital, June 19, 1865, and after his discharge from the hospital he returned home. November 9, 1865, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary C. Summers, who was born in Preble Townhip, Allen County, Indiana, April 1, 1849, where she was reared. She is a daughter of Abraham and Mary A. (Shenks) Summers, her father being a native of Virginia, born near Fredericksburg, May 22, 1813, and the mother born in 1813, also a native of Virginia. They were reared and married in Virginia, and to them were born nine children, five still living, Mrs. Archbold having been the seventh child. They came to Adams County and settled in Preble Township in 1837, where they were among the early settlers. They are now living in Jefferson Township, Wells County, at the age of seventy-four years. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Archbold, of whom only two are living -Mary E., born July 21, 1873, and Ada E., born April 19, 1880. Their only son, Allen was born October 24, 1870, and died October 20, 1872. After returning from the army Mr. Archbold learned the trade of a plasterer, which he followed for fifteen years, and during this time made his home in Decatur until 1875. In that year he removed to his farm in St. Mary's Township, where he has since resided, where he has eighty acres of choice land, most of which is under fine cultivation, with a comfortable home and good farm buildings. Mr. Archbold is a son of John and Elizabeth (Gibson) Archbold, his father being a native of Harrison County, Ohio, born in February, 1809, and his mother born in Virginia, in 1808. Eleven children were born to them, all of whom yet survive, James M. being the seventh child. The father learned the shoemaker's trade, but never followed it, being engaged in agricultural pursuits the greater part of his life. He died December 25, 1885. His widow still survives, and is making her home in Decatur, Adams County, Indiana. Patrick and Francina (McLain) Archbold, the grandparents of our subject, were born in the State of Pennsylvania, and were of Irish descent. Both died in Jefferson Township, Wells County, Indiana, the grandfather in the year 1856. He was with General Wayne when he came to Fort Wayne. Thomas Archbold, the great-grandfather of our subject, came from Ireland about the time of the Revolutionary war. He took part in that memorable struggle, and was wounded at the battle of Brandywine. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #4 Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 00:05:14, -0500 From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER) To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <199908040405.AAA12090@mime3.prodigy.com> Subject: JOHN HENDRICKS - TUSCARAWAS COUNTY Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887 JOHN HENDRICKS, farmer, residing on section 3, Monroe Township, is a native of Ohio, born in Tuscarawas County, June 24, 1839, a son of Thomas Hendricks. When he was nine years old, in the fall of 1848, his parents removed with their family to Van Buren County, Iowa, remaining there almost five years. In the spring of 1853 they returned to Ohio, locating in Henry County, but not liking the country they left there six weeks later for Adams County, Indiana, where they arrived in June of the same year. Here the father made his home for a period of almost thirty-four years, remaining in Adams County until his death. John Hendricks, our subject, was fourteen years old when he came with his parents to Adams County. He remained at home until twenty-one years of age, and in the fall of 1860 went to Ottawa County, Ohio, where he worked in a saw-mill until the fall of 1861. Returning to his home in Adams County, he worked on a farm during the summer, and in the fall went on a visit to Harrison County, Ohio. In the spring of 1862 he commenced working at the carpenter's trade, which he followed until harvest time. August 9, 1862, he enlisted as a soldier in the war of the Rebellion, and was assigned to Company H, Eighty-ninth Indiana Infantry. He was in all the skirmishes in which his regiment participated; among which may be mentioned battle of Munfordville, Kentucky, September 14-15, 1862; on the march to the sea, under General Sherman, from Febraury 2 until March 4, 1864; Pleasant Hill, April 9, 1864; Bayou Lamore, May 7, 1864; Yellow Rayon, Louisiana, May 18, 1864; Tupelo, Mississippi, July 14, 1864; Nashville, Tennessee, December 15-16, 1864, and siege of Mobile, Alabama, April 9, 1864. In October and November, 1864, he traveled about 700 miles through Missouri. During his term of service he traveled in Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Missouri and Arkansas. He traveled on foot with his regiment 2,363 miles; by steamer, 7,132, and by rail, 1,212 miles. He was with General Banks on his Red River expedition. He served his country until August 9, 1865, when he received an honorable discharge, returning to his farm in Adams County. The same fall he went on a visit to Harrison County, Ohio, remaining there until February, 1866. August 19, 1866, he was married to Miss Margaret E. Ray, who was born in Harrison County, Ohio, July 7, 1845, a daughter of George W. and Eleanor Ray. Her parents came to Adams County, Indiana, in 1848, and have since made their home here with the exception of three years spent in Ottawa county, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Hendricks are the parents of four children -Levi N., James V., George A. and William A. Mr. Hendricks is still engaged in farming, and is the owner of eighty acres of choice land located on sections 3 and 10 of Monroe Township. He is a comrade of Sam Henry Post, No. 63, G.A.R., at Decatur. Both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and respected citizens of Monroe Township. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #5 Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 00:05:22, -0500 From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER) To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <199908040405.AAA10586@mime3.prodigy.com> Subject: ASA HARVEY SYLER - TUSCARAWAS COUNTY Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII HISTORY OF OHIO The American Historical Society, Inc., 1925 Volume IV, page 417-418 ASA HARVEY SYLER, M.D. In the highly prosperous rural community of Sugar Creek in Tuscarawas County the outstanding representative of the medical profession for over twenty years has been Dr. Asa Harvey Syler. He was born in Tuscarawas County, was a teacher for some years, and has earned a very creditable record in all the relations of a busy life. He was born at Baltic, in Tuscarawas County, January 31, 1869, son of John and Catherine (Lint) Syler, the Syler family being of Belgian ancestry. John Syler was born in Holmes County, Ohio, October 1, 1840, son of Thomas and Hosannah (Leader) Syler, natives of Pennsylvania. Catherine Lint was born in Tuscarawas County, May 20, 1845, and died February 4, 1921. Her parents, Daniel and Catherine (Klingaman) Lint, came from Pennsylvania. John Syler married Catherine Lint in 1863. They were devout members of the Church of the Brethren of Dunkard, and John Syler has been a staunch republican. As a young man he followed the tanning trade, and for a time owned a tannery at Baltic. Later he was in the meat business, for forty years a buyer of live stock, and since 1890 has lived on a farm near Baltic. He and his wife reared six children: James A., public service director of the the City of Canton; Elmer F., a farmer near Baltic; Asa H.; Ellen, wife of N.A. Schrock, a farmer on the Syler homestead; Charles G., a train despatcher for the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway at Massillon; and John J., a train despatcher with the Northern Pacific Railway at Jamestown, North Dakota. Asa Harvey Syler was educated in public schools, and at the age of seventeen, taught his first term in a country district. His work as a teacher continued from 1885 to 1898. For a time he was superintendent of schools at Baltic and later at Greentown. In the meantime he had pursued summer courses in the Ohio Northern University at Ada, and began his professional preparations in the Ohio Medical University, now the medical department of the Ohio State University. He received his Doctor of Medicine degree in 1902. He is engaged in general practice, and is a member of the County, State and American Medical associations. Doctor Syler was county coroner from 1903 to 1905. Since 1914 he has been a member of the County School Board, being always deeply interested in educational problems. Since 1922 he has been president of the county board of health. Doctor Syler is a republican, is a member of the United Brethren Church and in Masonry he has taken the thirty-second degree in Scottish Rites, is a member of the Mystic Shrine and also belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Doctor Syler in 1890 married Mary Speelman. She died in 1915, the mother of three children: Joyce, who graduated in 1918 from the Domestic Science School at Battle Creek, Michigan, was a teacher for five years in Kentucky, and is a member of the graduating class of 1925 in the Ohio State University; Orpha, wife of Lewis Froelich, of Sugar Creek; and Frederick L., in college. Doctor Syler in 1916 married Mabel V. Putt. Prior to her marriage she had been principal of the high school at Sugar Creek for five years. She has always been an active worker in Sunday school and church, and is at present one of the officers of the Woman's Missionary Society of the United Brethren church, East Ohio Conference. -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V99 Issue #586 *******************************************