This is a summary of a biography found on page 791 in: History of Richland County, Ohio... published in 1880 by A. A. Graham & Company, Mansfield, OH. This book is held by the Richland County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 3823, Mansfield, OH 44907-0823.

HARTMAN, GEORGE. This pioneer was horn in Adams Co., Penn., in August, 1801 ; he is of Pennsylvania-German parentage, and still retains their characteristics; was bound out to learn the weaving trade at 16 years of age; worked at that for some years ; his parents died when he was young, and he was therefore thrown out upon the world early in life, which perhaps gave him much of that energy which he displayed in late years, as he has been one of the successful farmers. He emigrated to Ohio in 1828, and remained one year in Stark Co.; he then came to Richland Co., and entered an 80 acre tract of land in Sec. 27; built his first cabin about twenty rods west of his present house, in which he lived some eight or ten years, and then built the present dwelling; like most of the early settlers, he was poor, and was compelled to clear his land by his own industry; he was more fortunate, however, than some of his neighbors who came some years after as he brought a
 wagon with him, one of the first in the neighborhood ; was called upon frequently to loan his wagon to his less favored neighbors; he frequently would, when called upon; take his own team and go to market, not charging a cent for his services. Some years since; his son prevailed upon him to make his home with him, where he could be better taken care of; he remained several years, but the love of his old home still clung strongly to him, and he returned to his favorite spot which he first selected as his abode. He has a retentive memory, and has the full use of his mental faculties; is pleasant in his manner, and bas the esteem of the community. He was married to Miss Catherine Stallsmith, of Adams Co., Penn., March 1, 1827; they had one child.
HARTMAN, JOHN F., farmer; P. O. Shelly; he is the only child of George and Catherine Hartman; he was born March 8, 1830, in Richland Co.; he spent his youth on the old homestead : he is one of the successful and solid men of the township ; he is an excellent farmer (his farm contains 434 acres); he is well informed upon the general topics of the day, and taken an interest in the affairs of the township and county, and is an influential citizen. Politically, he is a Democrat. He was married to Miss Louisa Kuhn in March, 1853; they have six children, three sons and three daughters; after he was married, he lived for some years on the old home stead; he then moved to where he now resided, about 1860; he lived some years in the old house, and, in 1870, he built his beautiful and comfortable brick dwelling, which is perhaps the largest brick dwelling in the township.

All are from the History of Richland County, Ohio from 1808 to 1908
 By Abraham J. Baughman, Clarke, S. J., Publishing Company 

Peter Kuhn
 A valuable and well improved farm property, comprising eighty acres, located on section 26, Jackson township, has been the home of Peter Kuhn since 1876, and here he is engaged in general agricultural pursuits, in which he is meeting with success. He is a native son of Richland county, his birth having occurred on a farm in Plymouth township, December 31, 1842. Peter's grandfather, David Kuhn, was born near Wurtemberg,Germany, and emigrated to America in 1754, locating on a farm in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, this tract of land having remained in the Kuhn family to the present time. The father of our subject, Samuel Kuhn, was born on his father's farm in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, October 7, 1807. He was married in the Keystone state to Miss Julia Ann Reymer, who was born April 10, 1812. They were reared and married in the state of Pennsylvania, after which they came to Richland county on the 1st of June, 1833. They established their home on a
 farm in Plymouth township, located midway between the villages of Shelby and Plymouth. They made the journey to Richland county by wagon, the party also including his brother John and his family, the brothers having married sisters. The two families made their home on that tract of land for eight years. 
They had no plow and drove to Mansfield, a distance of twelve miles, but could .secure none and on their return stopped at the home of a farmer, who sold them a plow for twelve dollars. They endured many hardships and privations on account of the unsettled condition of the country and bore their full share in the development and progress that was here carried on.
The maternal grandfather of our subject, Philip Reymer, was born near Wurtemberg, Germany, and was left an orphan at the age of twelve years. He then emigrated to America, his passage being paid upon his arrival by a man in New Jersey, with whom he made his home. He received ill treatment and one day while in the field threshing rye a recruiting officer of the Continental army passed and asked Mr. Reymer to become a member of the army. He was at that time only fifteen years of age, but becoming identified with the Continental army served in the Revolutionary war for seven year.-. His wife tore the maiden name of Ellen Statler and their family numbered three sons and five daughters. Mr. Reymer died in Franklin county, Pennsylvania.
The family of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Kulni numbered ten children, as follows: Louisa, the wife of John G. Hartman, of Jackson township; Ellen, the deceased wife of J. V. Huffman, also of this township; Philip, who served in the Civil war as a member of Company I, One Hundred and Twentieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry and is now deceased; Sarah, the wife of Joseph Cairns, of Jackson township; Harriet, who died at the age of two years; Peter, of this review; Elijah, of Shelby; George and Samuel, who died in infancy; and Reymer, who makes his home in Cleveland.
Peter Kuhn, whose name introduces this review, was reared on his father's farm and each year assisted in the plowing, planting and harvesting, remaining under the parental roof until thirty-three years of age. At the time of the inauguration of the Civil war he enlisted on the 22d of August, 1862, as a member of Company B, One Hundred and Twenty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, doing ser-vice under Lieutenant Barlow, of Shelby. He participated in the battle of Perryville, October 8, 1862; Chickamauga, September 20, 1868; and Kenesaw Mountain, June 27, 1864; and was subsequently with Sherman on the Atlanta campaign and the celebrated march to the sea, after which he participated in the grand review at Washington, D. C. With the exception of eight days, on account of illness, he lost no time and served for two years, nine months and twenty-seven clays. He arrived home June 19, 1865, having made a most creditable military record.
Following the close of hostilities Mr. Kuhn returned to his home and resumed farming on his father's place a tract of two hundred acres, which he cultivated for ten years in connection with his brother Elijah. In 1876 he purchased his present property, comprising eighty acres of land on section 26, Jackson township. He erected a nice country home and there are also many substantial outbuildings on the place, furnishing ample shelter for grain and stock. Mr. Kuhn is here engaged in general farming and stock-raising and in his business follows the most modern and progressive methods.
Mr. Kuhn was married, February 27. 1868, to Miss Sarah Kirkpatrick, who was born in Jackson township. May 26, 1845, a daughter of Jeremiah and Catherine (Flora) Kirkpatrick, the former born in Perry county. Pennsylvania, July 20, 1821, while the latter was born in Washington county, Maryland, September 14, 1819. Her father came here with his parents, October 31, 1831, and spent his remaining days in Richland county, passing away September 15, 1904. The mother came to Richland county with her parents in 1835 and also lived and died here, passing away September 19, 1900.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Kuhn has been graced with eight children: Clayson, who died at the age of sixteen years; Charles, who died when but five mouths old; S. H., who resides in Franklin township, is married and has two sons, Nihl and Gail; Nellie, the wife of W. C. McCracken, of Mansfield; Willis 0., at home; Anna, the wife of J. A. Bricker, of Jackson township, by whom she has one son, Rhymer; B. B. at home; and Henry, who died in infancy.
Mr. Kuhn is independent in politics. He served as assessor of Jackson township for several years and was also for a long period a member of the school board. He is a member of Mt. Bethel Lutheran church and of the Grand Army of the Republic at Shelby. Mr. Kuhn's life has been one of continuous activity and no blot or stain of dishonor rests upon his name for his business principles and actions have ever been governed by strict integrity and honesty of purpose.

GEORGE McFERREN.
George McFerren is justly classed among the pioneer farmers of Richland county and Perry township, his residence here dating from 1841, or for a period of sixty-seven years. He now owns and operates a good farm of one hundred and fourteen acres, situated in Perry township, and from this tract he derives an income which supplies him with all the comforts and some of the luxuries of life. Mr. McFerren was born in Bedford county. Pennsylvania, June 20, 1839, a son of Henry and Catherine (Hardman) McFerren, who were farming people of the Keystone state and located in Riehland county in 1841, the father purchasing a farm in Perry township, where he spent his remaining days. Both the parents are now deceased, however, the mother passing away in 1880, while the father's death occurred in 1895.
George McFerren is the younger of two sons born of his father's marriage, his brother being Samuel McFerren. The son pursued his studies in the common schools and was early trained to the duties of the home farm, assisting his father in plowing, planting and harvesting the crops, so that when he started out in life on his own account he had excellent knowledge of the methods of agriculture. He is now the owner of one hundred and fourteen acres, situated in Perry township. He has tiled and fenced the land and erected substantial buildings, so that today his property is a valuable one, and each year he adds to his financial income, owing to the sale of abundant crops.
Mr. McFerren chose as a companion and helpmate on the journey of life Miss Naoma K. Black, whom he wedded in 1862 and who died September 8. 1905. Unto this marriage were born a daughter and two sons, but the eldest, Ellen, is now deceased. The sons are C. L. and William A., both fanners of Perry township.
Mr. McFerren's study of the political questions and issues of the day has led him to give hearty support to the men and measures of democracy, but he has never been active as an office seeker, preferring rather to give his undivided time and attention to his private business interests, in which he is meeting with success. Brought to Kichland county when but two years of age, he has alwaj'S lived here and is therefore familiar with the history of this section of the state, and now in the evening of life he is surrounded by many warm friends who esteem him for his many excellent traits of heart and mind.

 ROSCOE CARLTON SKILES.
 Roscoe Carlton Skiles is the junior member of the law firm of Skiles. Green & Skiles, constituting one of the strongest legal combinations of Richland county, but while he is making for himself an enviable record at the bar. he is also winning an equally commendable reputation as a public-spirited citizen and for five years, as chief executive officer of Shelby, did effective work in promoting public progress and improvement in his native city. He was born here October 18, 1878, and has always made this city his home, spending his boyhood days under the roof of his father, George M. Skiles. Parsing through consecutive grades in the public schools, he at length completed his course by graduation from the Shelby high school with the class of 1896. He then matriculated in the Ohio State University, where he remained until 1901, when he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. In June of that year he was admitted to the bar and entered his father's
 law office, practicing with the firm of Skiles & Skiles until the death of his uncle, the Hon. W. W. Skiles, in 1904. A new partnership was then formed, under the style of Skiles, Green & Skiles, with our subject as the junior partner. He is a lawyer of wide learning, careful in the preparation of his casas and clear and forceful in their presentation, and although one of the younger, he is also recognized as one of the foremost members of the Shelby bar.
Few men of his years have so long filled the chair of mayor as has Mr. Skiles. In April, 1903, he was called to that office as the candidate of the republican party and in May took his seat for the administration of municipal affairs here. By act of the legislature his first term was extended to January 1.1906, after which he was re-elected and served until January 1, 1908, so that for five years he remained the chief executive head of Shelby. He has been very active in party organization, being one of the most prominent and influential republicans of this district.
On the 3d of October, 1901, Mr. Skiles was married to Miss Isabella Fullington, a native of Columbus, Ohio, and a daughter of James Fullington. Attractive social qualities render Mr. Skiles popular in the Colonial Club and the Mansfield Country Club. He is well known in Shelby and his record stands in contradistinction to the old adage that a prophet is never without honor, save in his own country, for in the city where his entire life has been passed Roscoe C. Skiles has gained a position of distinction that is indicative of the respect and admiration which his fellow citizens entertain for his substantial intellectual qualities and professional ability.

 REV. FATHER FERDINAND A. SCHREIBER.
 Rev. Father Ferdinand A. Schreiber, pastor of St. Peter's church at Mansfield, was born at Callicoon, New York, July 3, 1861. His father, Charles Schreiber, was a native of Baden, Germany, and about 1848 came to America, settling at Newark, New Jersey, where he was employed as a laborer for some time, but later engaged in business on his own account. About 1862 he removed to Scranton. Pennsylvania, where he still resides and is yet active to some extent, although he has reached the age of seventy-six years. He married Appalonia Gnenther, also a native of Baden, Germany, although they were married in this country. She is still living at the age of seventy-four years. Their family numbered six children, who still survive, of whom John, Joseph and Jacob Schreiber are all engaged in business in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Mary is the wife of Henry Scholl, of Scranton, and Catherine is at home.
Father Ferdinand A. Schreiber spent his boyhood in Scranton, where he attended the parochial schools, made his first communion and was confirmed. At the age of fifteen veal's he entered St. Vincent's College, conducted by the Benedictine Fathers near Beatty in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, There he remained until he finished his classical and philosophical courses. When he had completed these he studied under the Rt, Rev. Richard Gilmour, bishop of Cleveland, and after the completion of his theological course was ordained to the priesthood July 3, 1886. Following his ordination he was appointed to take charge of missions, with headquarters at Antwerp, Ohio, where he ministered to the spiritual needs of six or seven congregations located in Pauling and Defiance counties, Ohio, having charge of the mission churches at Payne, Latty, Cecil, Junction. Hicksville and Delaware Bend, Ohio. He built the churches at Latty and Cecil, Ohio, and after four years
 spent in that charge he was assigned to the Sacred Heart of Jesus church at Shelby settlement in Richland county. There he remained for over seven years, during which time he was instrumental in erecting a nice stone church. In 1898 he was removed to Mansfield, where he has since remained.
Father Magenhann had just resigned on account of ill health. Father Schreiber found a large debt incumbering the parish property, which was soon fully paid. The financial condition of the church is now excellent. A home has been built for the Sisters of St. Francis, nine hi number, seven of whom are employed as teachers. A cemetery site has also been purchased and improved and an iinnex has been built to the school property, adding four new .schoolrooms. A large tract of eighty foot frontage adjoining the church has been purchased and on this is to be erected a new house of worship, toward which purpose Father Schreiber has already accumulated a considerable sum. Upon the completion of a new church the old one will be used as a school hall. Since his coming the Knights of Columbus have been established here and are growing in membership, while various other parochial societies have been formed. Father Schreiber is most zealous and earnest in all of his
work and is accomplishing great good for Catholicism.

DAVID RHODES.
The present home farm of David Rhodes in Jackson township was also the place of his birth, which occurred January 3, 1849, so that he has throughout u long period been identified with the agricultural interests of Richland county. He is the fourth in order of birth in a family of five children, who.se parents were Henry and Rachel (Stoner) Rhodes, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania, the former born in Lancaster county, in 1808, and the latter in York county, that state. They were reared and married in the Keystone state and the year 1831 witnessed their arrival in Richland county, Ohio, the family home being established on a tract of land whereon no clearing had been made. The father at once cleared a space large enough to erect a log house and in this the family took up their abode. He then cleared the balance of the land and placed it under the plow, in due course of time harvesting rich crops as a reward for the care and labor which he bestowed
 upon it. The children of the family, five in number, are as follows: Henry P., who resides in Richland county and is mentioned on another page of this work; Mrs. Elizabeth Bloom, a resident of Michigan; Mrs. Sarah Paul, of Indiana; David, of this review; and Mrs. Melvina Arinold, also of Jackson township. Both the father and mother are now deceased, the former having passed away in March, 1896, in his eighty-eighth year, while the latter died in October, 1888, when she had reached the age of seventy-five, for her natal day was October 15, 1813.
David Rhodes, the immediate subject of this review, was reared to the duties of the home farm, early becoming familiar with the labors of plowing. planting and harvesting. He is today the owner of one hundred and eighty acres of land, divided into two farms, sixty acres of which constitute a part of the father's old home place. He has here two sets of buildings and in 1891 erected a good barn thirty-eight by sixty-six feet, with a shed thirty-two feet long, and on the farm which he reiits stands a good brick residence. For a long period he was actively connected with agricultural pursuits and while hestill retains his home on his farm he leaves the active labor to others, merely giving supervision to the work.
Mr. Rhodes was married in 1886 to Miss Izora Artz, who was born in Riehland county, a daughter of Henry and Hannah (Holtz) Artz. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Rhodes was bleseec' <vith four children : Hai-ry Earnest, David Dale, Wilber Willis and Roy Stanley. After a happy married life of but nine years the wife and mother was called to her final rast, her death occurring October 20, 1895.
> While Mr. Rhodes is in hearty sympathy with the principles of democracy he largely votes an independent ticket. His fraternal relations are with the Knights of Pythias at Shelby. Mr. Rhodes was given a start in life by the inheritance of sixty acres of land from his father's estate, but it has been through his own energy, careful management and well directed labors that he has extended the boundaries of hi.s place to its present acreage, so that he deserves much credit for what ho has, accomplished. In his younger years he spent a busy and active life, so that today he can enjoy the fruits of his former toil in ease and comfort, being surrounded by a host of warm friends, who esteem him highly for his own moral worth.

CONRAD FLOCKERZI.
Conrad Flockerzi, serving as a member of the board of public service at Mansfield, is a native of Bavaria, Germany, his birth having there occurred on the 23d of November, 1861, of the marriage of George and Anna Elizabeth (Ebert) Flockerzi. On his emigration to America in February, 1872, the father located at Mansfield, where in 1882 he engaged in the butchering business, continuing successfully in that line of activity until his death in 1880. The mother of our subject, however, .still survives.
Conrad Flockerzi is the eldest in a family of seven children, of whom four are living and are residents of Mansfield. He attended the public school at Newt ad t, his native town, till eleven years of age, when he accompanied his parents on their removal to the new world and completed his education in the public schools of Mansfield until he had attained the age of thirteen. He then entered upon an apprenticeship to the butchering business with Ilein Brothers, remaining in that employ for three years, after which he worked in various other markets until 1882. Ambitious to engage in business on his own account, he then established a meat market at No. 200 North Main street and for a period of twenty-four years, or until October, 190?, he was thus successfully connected with the mercantile interests of this city, gaining a large degree of prosperity by reason of his reliable business methods and strairght- forward dealing. He is also interested to a  considerable extent in MansfieId real estate and is the owner of a commodious and attractive home at No. 281 West Fourth street. On the 16th of February, 1888, at Mansfield, Ohio, Mr. Flockerzi was united in marriage to Miss Sophia, a daughter of George Reddig, a tailor of this citv.
In his political views he has always been a stanch democrat and active in local politics. For two terms of two years each, beginning in 1897, he served as councilman from the third ward and also had the honor of being the presiding officer of that body. From 1902 until 1904 he was councilman at large, was elected vice president of the council during this term and, owing to the death of the president, acted as chief executive officer the greater part of the time. In November, 1907. he was elected a member of the board of public service, taking his seat on the 1st of January, 1908. At various times he has also served as a member of the board of equalization and the confidence reposed in him by his fellow townsmen is well merited, for his entire public service has been characterized by the faithful and capable discharge of every duty devolving upon him.
Mr. Flockerzi is identified through membership relations with the Foresters, the German Pioneer Society and the Arion Singing Society, being an honorary member of the last named. He also belongs to St. Matthews Lutheran church and is a member of its council. Richland county has been and is signally favored in the class of men who have, controlled its affairs in official capacity, and in this connection the subject of this review demands representation as one who has served the county faithfully and well in positions of distinct trust and responsibility. For more than a third of a century he has been a resident of Mansfield and his genial, social manner and deference for the opinions of others has gained him a wide circle of friends and won him the esteem and regard of all with whom he has come in contact.

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