CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 225 Mr. Glenn was married at Wooster, Ohio, in 1855, to Miss Lydia Saybolt, a daughter of Abram Saybolt, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They had six children, viz.: Dayton W., born in 1857, was employed as enrolling clerk, afterward as Sergeant-at-Arms of the Ohio Senate, and is now a traveling salesman; John S., a printer by profession ; Nettie Maud, a teacher in the Cleveland schools; Emma B., wife of A. L. Dunklin, of St. Charles, Missouri; Edith B., now Mrs. Morrow, of this city; and Lyman J., a railroad postal clerk. The wife and mother died June 21, 1883. In November, 1885, Mr. Glenn was united in marriage with Laura B., a daughter of Isaac Arbuckle, a native of Pennsylvania, but subsequently located near New Lisbon, Ohio. He had the following children: Mrs. Itha Smith, of Denver, Colorado; William F., of Wood county, Ohio; Josephine Smith, a resident of New Lisbon; Elmer L., of Beaver county, Pennsylvania; Mrs. Mary Gilmore, of Columbiana county; Elizabeth McBaine, of Beaver county, Pennsylvania; Mrs. Mina Beach, of this city; and Mrs. Glenn. DANIEL KELLEY was a pioneer of Cleve- laud, to which place he emigrated from — New York in 1814, and the Kelley family therefore has long since been of considerable prominence in this city. Joseph Kelley, a ship-builder, was the parent tree of the family in America. His nativity is not known, but it is very probable that he was of Welsh origin, and the year of his birth 1690. He was an early settler of Norwich, Connecticut, where he was a citizen in 1716. About 1723 he married Lydia Calkins, who was a descendant of Hugh Calkins, one of a body of emigrants from Monmouthshire on the borders of Wales, who came to New England in 1640, with their minister, Rev. Mr. Binman. Joseph and Lydia Kelley had a son, Daniel, born in 1724, at Norwich, Connecticut, and died in Vermont, aged neatly ninety years. In 1751 he married Abigail Reynolds, a daughter of Joseph and Lydia Reynolds. She bore him several children, of whom only Daniel and Abigail ever married. Daniel Kelley, the second, was born at Norwich, Connecticut, November 27, 1755, and in 1787 married Jeminaa Stow, born at Middletown, Connecticut, December 28, 1763, of Englifh lineage, and died at Cleveland, September 18 (?), 1815. They removed to Lowville, New York, in 1798. He was a. pioneer and founder of that city, where he figured conspicuously in public life. In the fall of 1814 he and his wife removed to Cleveland, whither several of their sons had preceded them. In Cleveland he served as Postmaster and County Treasurer, and died August 7, 1831. The children of Daniel and Jetnirna Kelley were all born at Middletown, Connecticut, as follows: Datus, born April 24, 1788; Alfred, born November 7, 1789; Irad, born October 24, 1791; Joseph Reynolds, born March 29, 1794; Thomas Moore, born March 17, 1797; and Daniel, born October 21, 1802. Datus Kelley married, in 1811, Sara Dean, and they had the following children: Addison, Julius, Daniel, Samuel, Emeline, Caroline, Elizabeth, Alfred Stow and William Datus. About 1810, together with others of the family, Datus Kelley came to Cleveland and purchased a farm about one mile west of Rocky river. In 1833 he and his brother Irad visited Cunningham's (now Kelley's) island, by solicitation of Mr. Allen, agent for the owners, with a view of ' purchasing the island. August 20, 1833, the two brothers made the first purchase of lands, 1,444.92 acres, comprising the eastern half of the island, the price being $1.50 per acre. Other purchases were made until the brothers became owners of the entire island, 3,000 acres. In 1836 Datus Kelley removed his family to the island, on which he resided till his death, which occurred January 24, 1866. He was a patriarch in this community, upon which he and his descendants have exercised a lasting in-fl rence. He effected the development of the material resources of the island by clearing its surface of the valuable cedar forests which 226 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. covered it and cultivating the grape and peach. He established communication with the main land, opened limestone quarries, built a hotel and donated a public hall to the township, and did other deeds of public spirit, thus making more appropriate the name of the island than such would be simply because of ownership. He was a warm friend of education and gave generous assistance to the founding of schools. His moral influence was manifest in its effect upon the settlers forming the community, to whom lands were sold. To his noble and useful life that of his good, motherly and charitable wife was a blessing. She was deservingly and familiarly known by the title of " Aunt " among the people. She was born at Martinsburg, New York, as a daughter of Samuel Dean. The Dean family were pioneers of Cuyahoga county, and many of the family now live in Rockport township. Mrs. Kelley's death preceded that of her husband, she dying March 21, 1864. Alfred Kelley, a son of Daniel and Jemima (Stow) Kelley, was born at or near Middletown, Connecticut, November 7, 1787. In the winter of 1798—'99 his parents removed to Lowville, New York, where Alfred attended the common school, and completed an academical education at Fairfield Academy. In 1807 he took up the study of law in the office of Judge Jonas Platt, under whose directions he continued his studies till the spring of 1810, when he came to Cleveland, which place at that time was a hamlet of only three framed and six log houses. He came to Cleveland in company with his uncle, Judge Joshua Stow, and Jared P. Kirtland, the latter then being a young medical student. Alfred Kelley was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1810, and, becoming Prosecuting Attorney, held that office until 1822. He was an advocate of extraordinary three and cogency, and a very large and lucrative practice he relinquished to take charge of the construction of the Ohio Canal, of which he had long been an earnest projector. In 1814, along with Hon. William A. Harper, he was elected to represent Ashtabula, Geauga and Cuyahoga counties in the State Legislature, in the House of which body he was then the youngest yet most prominent and influential member. To the Legislature he was re-elected in 1815 and 1816, and thereafter served several terms, serving both in the House and Senate. As a legislator he was of marked ability, was always an advocate of advanced ideas in jurisprudence, in finance, in internal improvement, etc., and was one of the early advocates of the building of canals, and upon the adoption of this policy he was, in 1822, appointed a commissioner to carry it into effect. To him was intrusted the superintendency of the construction of the Ohio Canal, connecting Lake Erie with the Ohio river. Of this project he has been appropriately called the father. Whether or not the idea of this canal originated with him, its completion and success were due to his energy, perseverance and ability. In October, 1840, he removed to Columbus, this State, where he resided during the remainder of his life. August 25, 1817, Mary Seymour Welles, oldest daughter of Major Melancthon W. Welles, of Martinsburg, New York, becatne his wife, and they had the following children: Maria, Jane, Charlotte, Edward, Adelaide, Henry, Helen, Frank, Annie, Alfred and Katherine Kelley. In 1840 Mr. Kelley was appointed one of the canal fund commissioners, having charge of the funds necessary to prosecute the various canal enterprises in which Ohio was then engaged. While in the Legislature, in 1816, Mr. Kelley drew the State Bank statute, which nearly a half century later served as the model of our present national banking law. He labored zealously and judiciously to give the State a just and equitable tax system. He introduced the first bill to abolish imprisonment for debt ever brought before an Ohio general assembly, in 1818, and in the grave crisis of 1841 he saved the State from the indelible disgrace of repudiation by pledging his own personal for tune to secure the money with which the obli- CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 227 gations of Ohio could be met. He was not only a lawyer of marked ability, but a legislator of unimpeachable purpose, generous to a fault with his own, but scrupulously exact in caring for the property of others; disinterestedly patriotic, the good of the State was his chief concern, and he believed that a public trust should never be a means to personal wealth or aggrandizement. Ohio has furnished to the nation financiers of world-wide reputation. Alfred was the pioneer of all, the peer of any. By several railroad companies he was chosen to direct and superintend the construction of their roads. He was the first president of the Columbus & Xenia Railroad (1845); was president of the Cleveland, Columbus & Cincinnati Railroad (1847), and of the Cleveland, Painesville & Ashtabula Railroad (1857). His entire life was full of efforts to develop the State, to advance the education and morals of its people, and to secure the "rights of life, liberty and property." He died at Columbus, Ohio, December 2, 1859. Irad Kelley became a citizen of Cleveland, Ohio, in 1810, in which year he began his long and successful business career in this city. For many years he was identified with the progress of Cleveland, where he was universally known as a shrewd and honorable, if somewhat eccentric, character. He was associated with his brother, .Datus Kelley, in the purchase of Kelley's island, but figured less conspicuously because of his residence at a distance. August 5, 1819, he married Harriet Pease. He died in New York on his way to South America, January 21, 1875, being at that time the last survivor but one of this family of pioneer brothers. The following were the children of Irad and Harriet Kelley: Gustavus, George, Mary, Edwin, Charles, Franklin, Martha:Louisa, Norman, Laura Harriet and William Henry Harrison Kelley. Joseph Reynolds Kelley also came to Cleveland in 1810, coming with his brothers, Alfred and Irad. He was also a successful business man for several years in Cleveland, where he 15 died August 23, 1823. In 1814 he married Betsey Gould, who had by him but one child, Horace Kelley, who died not many years ago in Cleveland, and who bequeathed nearly the whole of his large fortune to the founding of an art gallery and art school in Cleveland. Thomas Moore Kelley came to Cleveland in the fall of 1814, along with his parents, Daniel and Jemima Kelley. He became a prominent business man of Cleveland, where at one time he occupied the bench, where he gained the title of Judge Kelley, as his father was also known. He was at one time president of the Merchants' (now Mercantile) National Bank, and also served as a representative in the Ohio Legislature., He Tarried Miss Lucy Latham, of Vermont. Alfred Stow Kelley, a son of Datus and Sara (Dean) Kelley, was born in Rockport, Ohio, December 23,1826. May 21, 1857, he married Hannah Farr, who was born at Rockport, Ohio, August 9, 1837. She died at Detroit, Michigan, February 4, 1889. Alfred Stow Kelley resided at Kelley's island till the death of his wife, since when he has resided in the city of Cleveland. The only child of Alfred Stow Kelley and Hannah Farr Kelley is Hermon Alfred Kelley, an attorney at law at Cleveland. Herman A. Kelley, one of the representative lawyers of Cleveland, is a son of Alfred S. Kelley, already mentioned, and a descendant of Daniel Kelley, sketched at the beginning of this record. He was born on Kelley's island, May 15, 1859. Nearly the whole of his life has been spent in Ohio, his native State. He graduated at Buchtel College, at Akron, Ohio, in 1879, taking the degree of B. S., and in 1880 the degree of A. B. was conferred upon him by the same institution. Predilection led him to the profession of law, and his legal education has been more thorough than that of the average young man entering that profession. He attended Harvard Law School in this country, and Gottingen University in Germany. Having completed his course in the law, and being admitted to the bar in Ohio, March 7, 1883, and also to the bar of Michigan, he located at De- 228 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. troit, where he practiced for about eight months. In December, 1883, he located in Cleveland, and has since continued in the active practice of his profession in this city. In September, 1885, Mr. Kelley formed a partnership with Arthur A. Stearns, under the firm name of Stearns & Kelley, which firm existed until 1891, after which date till 1893 Mr. Kelley was first assistant Corporation Counsel for Cleveland. In 1893 he formed a partnership with Messrs. Hoyt & Dustin, under the present firm name of Hoyt, Dustin & Kelley. JOHN C. SHIMMION, one of the oldest men in the employ of the Cleveland & Pittsburg Railroad Company, and for more than thirty-four years a most faithful and painstaking servant, was born in Cuyahoga county, Ohio, March 4, 1840. His father, John Shimmion, a Manxman, settled in this county, in the woods, in 1836. He set about chopping out a farm, the identical farm on which he now resides, where he has spent nearly sixty years. His first wife, nee Ann Teare, was only sixteen years of age when they left their native isle, and, according to the laws of Ohio at the time, Mr. Shimmion paid school tax on her until she became of age, a fact which seems to us now rather as a joke, or old-fashioned, to say the least. Mrs. Shimmion died in 1853, leaving the following children: William, for thirty years employed by the "Big Four " Railroad Company; John C.; Hugh T.; Henry, deceased; Belle, wife of Henry Scott, of this city; and George, deceased. By a second marriage, to Hannah Joyce, Mr. Shimmion was the father of George P., deceased ; Kate, who married Henry Morse; and Sarah. Mr. Shimmion has been an active, useful and reasonably prosperous man, taught his sons the lessons of industry and the principles of good citizenship, and is now retired in the enjoyment of the fruits of honest labor and with the consciousness of having performed his work well. John C. Shimmion, at fifteen years of age, was placed with an uncle to learn carpentering, and about the time he should have had it well learned he decided to try railroading,- and in 1859 began firing on the Cleveland & Pittsburg Railroad. This he continued, together with learning how to repair engines,—an acquirement which was needed then, as every engineer was expected to put his own engine in order after each trip,— until 1861, when he was given a freight run. The next year he was put on a passenger engine and the first twenty years pulled a train between Pittsburg and Wheeling, and Bellaire, covering during the last year, 1872, a distance of 52,000 miles. At this rate he would travel more than a million and a half miles in thirty years,—a sixtieth part of the distance from here to the sun, and six times the distance to the moon! A plan was once in vogue with the Cleveland & Pittsburg Company to pay premiums to engineers who show the most economical mileage figure for a year's run, being based on the cost of each mile covered. A letter dated February 26, 1867, from Superintendent Devereaux, and inclosing the $100 premium awarded to Mr. Shimmion, stated that he covered that year, 32,879 miles, at a cost per mile of 6.12 cents, and specially commending him for his care of his engine and for avoiding the killing of stock. In April, 1872, Superintendent John Thomas inclosed a check for $100 as premium, and expressed the appreciation of the officers of the company for Mr. Shimmion's care and fidelity in attaining his excellent results. The next year Superintendent Thomas had occasion to inclose another check for the annual premium, result of running his miles at 14.16 cents each. And many other letters cane to Mr. Shimmion from the company of a commendatory character, and inclosing substantial tokens, as expressions of their pleasure in his services. During all these years Mr. Shimmion has not caused the injury of a passenger or an employee, and no property of the company has been destroyed while in his charge. CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 229 September 28, 1870, Mr. Shimmion married, in Bellaire, Ohio, Elizabeth McLaughlin, a daughter of John McLaughlin, a carpenter of Holland-Dutch ancestry, born in New Lisbon, Ohio, in 1805. He married Mary Richey, who bore him seven children, Andrew, Sarah, Helen, Mary, William, James and Elizabeth, and he died in 1861. Mr. and Mrs. Shimmion have seven children: Charles J., salesman for Benton, Myers & Company; Anna M., Blanche, Claud W., Helen, John G. and Raymond. Mr. Shitnmion is a Knight Templar of Steubenville Commandery and a member of the Royal Arcanum. V. MORRIS, contracting agent for the King Bridge Company, was born in Medina county, Ohio, January 8, 1856, and is the youngest child of George and Rebecca Morris. He has two sisters living,—Mrs. James Newton, of Medina, Ohio, and Mrs. A. M. Jewett, of Halstead, Kansas. Mr. George Morris, a native of New. Jersey, was brought to Ohio as early as 1830, when he was but four years of age, by his father, also named George, who settled in Morrow county, where he remained a resident until his death. George Morris, the junior, was married in Medina county, this State, to Rebecca Waltman, and they had four children, of whom the three above mentioned survive. Here he farmed successfully until his death, which occurred in 1873; here, also, upon his father's farm, young Morris spent the early years of his life. It is a conspicuous fact that most of the reliable talent of the world qualified for duties of heavy responsibility is the product of rural life, and Mr.. Morris graduated at this school at the age of eighteen. Destiny had marked a broader. sphere for him,—one in which he could better serve his fellowmen, and at the same time afford him opportunity to bring into play the talent which lay slumbering while he tilled his father's soil. When opportunity came for him to engage in some other business, he left the farm and entered the employ of the company already mentioned. Those who knew young Morris said this of him: " Whatever he did he did well, putting his whole heart and mind into his work, whatever it might be." Every one knows that this is the road to success. Mr. Morris is one of the prominent bridge men of the country, and sustains a reputation in the bridge business which older men might envy. His works over the country stand as monuments of his success. The graceful structure which spans the Ohio river between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Newport, Kentucky, is the product of his busy brain, as are also other important structures, too numerous to mention. He is a director in the Central Railway and Bridge Company, owning the bridge over the Ohio at Cincinnati, and is also a member of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Morris is too busy to devote much time to social life, but is a genial, pleasant young man, and a member of the Union Club. He is also the promoter and organizer of a corpo ration owning Chippewa lake and adjacent property for club purposes and a summer resort. In 1879 he was married to Miss Mattie Sharkey, of Lexington, Mississippi, and a niece of ex-Governor Sharkey, of reconstruction fame, ML-. and Mrs. Morris have three children: Henry Clay, born in 1880; Vallie, born in 1885; and Valentine, born February 14, 1894. Valentine has been a family name in. Mr. Morris' family for hundreds of years, and there is quite an interesting tradition connected with it. On St. Valentine's Day, some time in the seventeenth century, the Duke of Waltman was hunting in his woods in Germany, and found a little child. Having no children of his own, he adopted it, and named it Valentine. This Valentine Waltman is one of the ancestors of the present Valentine Morris, and when his own little son was born on St. Valentine's Day he 230 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. felt that his boy was entitled to the name which has been in every branch of the family for so many years. Mr. Morris' mother is still living with her daughter in Halstead, Kansas, and is a hale and hearty old lady, having passed her three-score years and ten. HON. HARRY SORTER, a prominent farmer and early settler of Mayfield township, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, and an ex-member of the Ohio Legislature, dates his birth in New York, April 4, 1820. Mr. Sorter's father, Elijah Sorter, a native of New Jersey, went to New York when he was about sixteen years old, and in 1831 removed with his family to Ohio and located in Mayfield township, Cuyahoga county. Here he purchased a tract of land from the Mormons, and on this place he spent the rest of his life and died, being eighty-eight years old at the time of 'his death. His father, Henry Sorter, a native of Germany, had died in New York. Elijah Sorter married Margaret Middaugh, a native of New Jersey, and they were the parents of eleven children, the, subject of our sketch being the fifth child and third son. Harry Sorter was eleven years old at the time his parents removed to this county. He had attended school some in New York, and after they settled here his education was completed in one of the district schools which was kept in a log schoolhouse. He remained on the farm with his father until he reached his majority, most of his youthful days being spent in the " clearing." In speaking of his early life, Mr. Sorter says that in 1832, when he was only twelve years old, he drove an ox team, taking a load of Mormons to Cleveland, it being the first time he had ever been in that city. Mr. Sorter has been engaged in general farming all his life, being now the owner of 185 acres of land. He was first married in 1844 to Miss Amanda M. Dickey, a native of Allegany county, New York, who died a short time afterward, leaving him and a little daughter, Mary A. This daughter grew up to be a useful and influential woman. Before her marriage she was for some time employed as teacher in the Cleveland schools, and while there was instrumental in organizing a mission school. She and her husband, A. D. 3,/cHenry, went as missionaries to heathen lands in India, and spent eight years in that noble work. Mrs. McHenry is deceased. For his second wife Mr. Sorter married Alvira Elsworth, a native of Ohio, who bore him one daughter, Melissa, who is now the wife of 0. A. Dean, of East Cleveland. His second wife having died, Mr. Sorter was married in 1859 to Betsey Avery, a native of Ohio, and a resident of Cuyahoga county since her seventh year. They have two daughters: Hattie A., wife of Seth Parker, of Mayfield township, this county; and Sallie J., wife of Frank W. Lockamer, also of Mayfield township. Mr. Sorter is a stanch Republican, and has served in various official positions. For six years he was Township Treasurer. He hab served as Trustee a number of times. In 1875 he was elected a Representative to the Sixty-second Assembly, and served one term. Since 1854 he has been a member of the F. & A. M. at Chagrin Falls. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which for about twenty years he has served as Steward. Such is a brief sketch of one of the venerable citizens of Cuyhoga county. W. A. THORP, a well-known farmer of Mayfield township, Cnyhoga county, —1 Ohio, was born in Warren ville, this State, January 15, 1832, a descendant of one of the earliest pioneer families of northern Ohio. Before giving a sketch of his life, we turn back for a glimpse of his ancestry. CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 231 Warren A. Thorp, his father, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, April 12, 1802, son of Joel Thorp, and grandson of Yale Thorp. Yale Thorp built Yale College in Connecticut, and left arrangements whereby his posterity could be educated there free of charge. The Thorps are of English descent. Joel Thorp was born in North Haven, Connecticut, and it was during the latter part of the eighteenth century that he came out of the Western Reserve and located at Cleveland, Cleveland at that time being composed of six log cabins. He was a millwright by trade, and built several mills in this county. He took claim to a tract of Government land, was engaged in clearing it when the War of 1812 came on and he enlisted his service in that cause. He was a member of a company of sharpshooters, of which he was appointed commander shortly before his death. Ile was killed while on duty between Buffalo and Black Rock. Warren A. Thorp cleared up a tract of wild land and developed a farm, and for three years before his marriage he kept bachelor's hall on this place. He was married in 1825, in Orange township, this county, to Hannah Burnside, a native of Pennsylvania, born in 1809, she being of German descent. He lived to be eighty-six years of age, and she was past seventy-five when she died. They were the parents of seven children, three daughters and four sons, all of whom married and reared families, and all except one daughter are still living. W. A. Thorp was the fourth born and second son in this family. He grew up on his father's farm, where he remained until 1852. That year, at the age of twenty, he made the journey to California, going from New York city by way of Panama, and in due time landing at San Francisco. For three years he remained in the Golden State, engaged in mining, at the end of which time he returned to Ohio, again making the journey by water. He then remained at the old homestead until 1859. That year he was married to Laura Warner, who died a short time afterward, leaving an infant daughter. This daughter, Nettie, is now the wife of E. Brunk, of Nevada. April 16, 1863, Mr. Thorp married Syntha A. Barber, a native of Euclid township, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, and a daughter of Jefferson and Syntha (Sherman) Barber. Her parents had seven children, two sons and five daughters, she being the second born. Mr. Thorp and his present wife have five children: Warren A., Lewis J., Hattie J.. Frank W. and Effie M. Hattie J. is the wife of A. Bennett. After his marriage Mr. Thorp located on a farm in Warrensville township, this county; but his experience in California had given him a taste for Western life, and, not being satified with his success in Ohio, he in 1860 crossed the plains to the Pacific coast, making the journey with horses and wagons. However, after two more years spent in California, we again find him back in Ohio settled on the same farm he had left. In 1863 he came to Mayfield township, where he has since lived. He owns 245 acres of fine land, all well im- proved and devoted to general farming. In religious, political and educational matters Mr. Thorp has ever taken an active interest. He is a member of the Board of Education, served a number of years as Township Trustee, and has also filled various other local offices. In 1893 he was the candidate of the Democratic party for Representative from his district, but was defeated by his Republican opponent. He has long been an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. MYRON H. WILLSON, a resident of Wilson's Mills, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, was born at the place where he now lives, August 30, 1837. Of Mr. Willson's life and ancestry we make record as follows: General Frederick Willson, the father of Myron H., was born in Ontario county, New York, in the town of Phelps, January 4, 1807, and was there reared to farm life. in 1830 he 232 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY came to Cuyahoga county, Ohio, and located in Mayfield township, where he took c aim to a tract of Government land and where he built a mill. This place has since been known as Wilson's Mills. After he erected the mill he entered into a partnership with David McDowell, and together they ran the mill for seven years. In 1837 the partnership was dissolved, General Willson taking the mill and a part of the land. He continued to run the null up to the time of his death. In 1840 it was destroyed by fire, but was immediately rebuilt and on January 7th of the following year was again in operation. General Willson was a man of considerable prominence, being especially distinguished as a military man. He was for some time officially connected with a regiment of light artillery in the New York Militia. After coming to Ohio he was elected Major of the Second Brigade, Ninth Division, Ohio Militia. This was in 1834. Afterward he was promoted from time to time until in 1838 he rose to the rank of Brigadier-General, and resigned after a service of four years. In his political affiliations he was a stanch Democrat, and for six years served as a Justice of the Peace. For sixty years he was a member of the Masonic fraternity. He had taken the various degrees of the order and had risen to the rank of Sir Knight. General Willson was married September 6, 1836, to Miss Eliza Henderson, a native of Orange township, Cuyahoga county, Ohio. As the years rolled by sons and daughters were born to them, nine in all, a record of whom is as follows: Myron H., whose name heads this article; Ellen, who died at the age of three years; George A., a member of the Cleveland Grays, First Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was killed at the battle of Resaca, at the age of twenty-two years; James P., who served during the war in the First Ohio Battery, died three months after his return home from the army; Mary C., wife of David Gilmore, of Mayfield township, this county; Hattie E., deceased wife of James Law; Nellie, who died in infancy; Ella, wife of A. Keesler, of Mayfield township; and Charlie, who died at the age of twenty-one years. General Willson's father, George Willson, was a native of New York and a son of Henry Willson. Henry Willson was born in Ireland and was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. Of the Henderson family, we further state that Ira Henderson, the maternal grandfather of our subject, was born in Massachusetts, July 10, 1782; and that early in life he settled in New York, from whence, in 1833, he came to Cuyahoga county, Ohio, first locating in Orange township and the following year removing to Cleveland. He remained in Cleveland, however, only a short time, when he returned to Orange township, and there spent the rest of his life and died, his death occurring May 12, 1850. He was engaged in farming. His wife, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Hopp, and who was a native of New York, died in Orange township, April 24, 1844. They were the parents of five children, of whom Mrs. Willson was the youngest. Mrs. Willson's birth occurred in Columbia county, New York, November 25, 1816. Grandmother Willson's maiden name was Ester Collins. . She was a native of Vermont, lived to an advanced age and possessed a remarkable memory which she retained to the last. Passing on to the life of Myron H. Willson, we record that he is the oldest child in his father's family, and that in his youth he received an academic and business education, completing his business course in 1858. He had been reared in his father's mill, and in 1862 we find him in Oakland, Michigan, where for two years he was in the milling business. Then he settled near Lowell, Kent county, Michigan, and for two years carried on farming. At the end of that time he returned to Cuyahoga county, Ohio, bought the old mill at Willson's Mills, and here he has been engaged in milling for the past twenty-four years. He is also engaged in farming to some extent, owning ninety acres of laud. CUYAHOGA. COUNTY - 233 Mr. Willson was married in Michigan, February 29, 1864, to Agnes Losee, a native of New York, who had gone to Michigan in her childhood. Previous to her marriage she was for several years engaged in teaching. Mr. and Mrs. Willson are the parents of seven children, namely: Lida H., born June 16, 1865, is the wife of Elmer Brott; Florence, born October 30, 1866, died August 28, 1876; Allie W., born August 15, 1868, is the wife of 'Sidney Robins; Mary E., born June 11, 1870, is an artist; Nellie E., born August 19, 1872, is at home; Frankie A. and Frederick J., twins, born December 18, 1876, the former having died February 26, 1877. Mr. Willson affiliates with the Republican party, is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and for twenty-six years has been identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church. He has been a Truetee in the Church for several years. He is a inan of many sterling qualities and has the respect of all who know him. H. T. SANDFORD, treasurer of the Cleve- I land, Lorain & Wheeling Railroad Coin- ---1 pany, began his railroad service as a clerk in the freight auditor's department of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad at Chicago in 1884. In 1887 he went to St. Paul and joined the force of the Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City Railroad, in the auditor's office. He concluded his service with this company in 1888 and became connected with the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, in their general freight office. In 1892 he received a call from the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad to become assistant paymaster, with headquarters at Cincinnati, Ohio, where he remained until May, 1893, at which time he was elected treasurer of the Cleveland, Lorain and Wheeling Railroad Company. Mr. Sandford was born in New York city, May 28, 1863. He was reared in that city and was educated in private schools. In 1881 he began business in Wall street with the firm of shoemaker & Dillon, bankers and brokers, arid when the firm went out of business in 1884 Mr. Sandford came west and engaged in railroad work at Chicago. A glance at his paternal ancestry reveals the following facts: His father, James Sandford, was a New York attorney. During the war he enlisted and was commissioned Captain in a regiment of New York troops, and died of typhoid fever at New Orleans, Louisiana, while in service, in 1864. James Sandford's father, was Judge Lewis H. Sandford, Vice Chancellor of New York, and the author of Sandford's Chancery Reports. The Judge's father, and the great-grandfather of our subject, was a physician. He was born in Shropshire, England, and came to the United States about 1790, settling in Skaneateles, New York. Judge Sandford's only son was James Sandford before mentioned. One of his two daughters married John J. Cisco, of New York city. Mr. Sandford's mother, whose maiden name was Laura Taylor, was a daughter of Henry J. Taylor, a New York merchant. After Mr. Sandford's death she became the wife of Robert L. Livingston, who died in 1892, leaving one child, Laura, now Mrs. A. P. Cumming of New York city. The Taylors were from Connecticut, and for many generations were principally farmers. H. T. Sandford was married in St. Paul, Minnesota, May 12, 1888, to Miss Pease, daughter of ex-Senator Pease, formerly of Mississippi but now of Dakota. Mr. and Mrs. Sandford have two children, Robert L. and Taylor. WILLIAM M. GOBEILLE, a pattern manufacturer of Cleveland, was bofn March 12, 1859, in Dutchess county, New York. Until sixteen years of age he attended school during the winter session only, in the country district where his father resided. In 1875 he entered the Albany high school, and during his course as a student took prizes 234 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. for excellence in mathematics and spelling, and graduated in the first classical division in June, 1879. In October of the same year he came to Cleveland and learned pattern-making. In February, 1881, Mr. Gobeille formed a partnership with his brother, J. L., under the firm name of Gobeille and Brother, and opened a pattern establishment. In 1889 the business was sold to a stock company, William M. Gobeille retiring from the concern. One year later he opened an independent place of business and is now conducting it successfully. In September, 1887, Mr. Gobeille married Miss Nettie B., a daughter of Hugh LeFevre, of the Mercantile Bank, and their children are: Addie May, deceased; Joseph Willis and Wm. Hugh. Politically Mr. Gobeille is a Republican, and religiously an earnest member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was one of the first members of the Epworth League, and during the first three years of its existence was Vice President and Secretary, and was elected President of the Cleveland League. WILLIAM P. STACK, passenger conductor, came to the United States in 1856, locating in Syracuse, New York, where he was engaged in various occupations for a time. He found employment in the famous Syracuse Salt Works, and just before his departure for Ohio drove team near Oneida lake two years. In 1863 he came to Cleveland, and October 29th of that year began his railroad career. Two years afterward he secured the position of brakeman, in 1872 was promoted as freight conductor, and since 1888 has been engaged in the passenger service. Blaring his many years of railroad life he has never been absent from duty more than one week. In July, 1867, Mr. Stack was united in marriage with Miss Annie, a daughter of M. Kelley. They have had two children, Both now deceased, and one died in infancy. Mary departed this life in December, 1887, and at the age of eighteen years and nine months. She would have soon completed her education at the Ursuline Convent of Cleveland. Her earthly chair is vacant, but she has merely passed over the river, and is waiting beyond. JAMES F. RICHMOND, conductor on the New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad, was born at Columbia, Cuyahoga county, June 10,1861,a son of L. A. Richmond, who was born in the Richmond settlement of Cuyahoga county, about 1824. That settlement is one of the oldest in the county, having been started early in the present century, presumably by Levi Richmond, the grandfather of James F. He made his settlement in the dense forest, beginning immediately to clear a farm. His children and grandchildren have continued the work, and have made the name a synonym for honorable conduct and honest dealing. L. A. Richmond was a conductor, and twenty-six years of his life was spent as an employe of the Lake Shore Company. During the last ten years of that time he was depot master at Toledo, Ohio. Mr. Richmond spent four and a half years in the Federal army, was a gallant soldier, and laid down his arms only when there were no more enemies to vanquish. He was accidentally killed in 1876. The mother of James F. was a daughter of J. R. Ruple, who also resided in the Richmond settlement. Mr. and Mrs. Richmond had three children: W. E., an engineer on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul. Railroad, and a resident of Minneapolis, Minnesota; Lizzie, wife of P. C. Christiers, a tobacco dealer of Cleveland; and James, whose name heads this notice. J. F. Richmond moved with his father to the Forest City, where he passed his childhood days, and prepared himself for the stern duties of life. He afterward became a stationary engineer, but, not caring to follow that occupa- CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 235 tion, secured the position of brakeman on the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio Railroad. Soon afterward he was promoted conductor. Mr. Richmond also demonstrates unusual talent as an artist. He has yielded to an innate desire to paint objects and scenes which impress him most, and has developed several pictures which would do justice to a pupil of several years' training under a master. In August, 1885, he was united in marriage with Mary Eakin, a native of Mechanicsville, Pennsylvania, and a daughter of D. M. Eakin, who was a farmer by occupation. Mr. and Mrs. Richmond have three children: Nellie, Victor and James. In his social relations, Mr. Richmond is a member of the 0. R. C , the American Mechanics, and is a Master Mason, being a member of Halcyon Lodge. JACOB FLICK, one of the prominent citizens of Bedford, Ohio, was born in Vonango county, Pennsylvania, at Franklin, January 23, 1818. His father was Jacob Flick, Sr., born in Virginia, a son of Daniel Flick, who was a native of Pennsylvania. Jacob Flick, Sr., married Miss Ellen Losey, who was born, reared and educated in New Jersey. The Flick family came in 1826 to Canfield, Mahoning county, Ohio, and later the parents moved to White county, Illinois, where the father died, at ninety years of age, and the mother at eighty-two. They reared eleven children, five of whom are now living, two sons and three daughters. Mr. Jacob Flick, whose name heads this sketch, grew up at Canfield, Ohio, learned from his father the trades of shoemaking and carpentry, and in 1835 came to Cuyahoga- county and ran a sawmill for some years. Later he settled on a farm near Bedford. As a business man he has been successful, and in 1881 he located in the village and retired from active life. He has a fine home and is surrounded by every comfort. Mr. Flick has been married three times. His first marriage was at Newburg, Ohio, to Mary Louisa Marks, a lady of intelligence and good family, born at Newburg. Her father was Nerimah Marks, who came from Connecticut in 1822. By this marriage Mr. Flick has six children, viz.: Honorable W. H. H., of Martinsburg, West Virginia, a Prosecuting-Attorney and ex-member of the Legislature, was appointed by President Arthur as United States District Attorney; Clara R., wife of Honorable V. A. Taylor, of Bedford; N. Flick, an attorney of Cleveland; Z. T., of Bedford, Ohio; John A., of Ravenna, Ohio, a prominent manufacturer and ex-attorney; Cyrus P., an attorney of Wheeling, West Virginia. Mrs. Louisa Marks Flick died in 1886. Mr. Flick's second marriage was to Mrs. Amelia A. Streeter, widow of Dr. Streeter, of Bedford: she died in 1888. His third marriage was in 1889, when he wedded Mrs. Georgia S. Smith, widow of William Smith. Her first husband was John T. Mcllhenny, an able editor of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, proprietor and editor of the Gettysburg Star. Mrs. Flick's maiden name was Georgie S. McCreary. She was born in 1838, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, as a daughter of David and Anna R. (Flohr) McCreary. Mrs. Flick, by her first husband, has two sons, —David Mcllhenny, of Cleveland, and Hugh Mcllhenny, of Ravenna, Ohio. Mr. Flick gave to his children the• advantages of good schools, and they are all well educated. Mr. Flick has served as Treasurer of the School Board. He is a Republican in politics, and a member of the Disciple Church, in which he has held the office of Elder for forty years. Mrs. Flick is a Presbyterian. JAMES B. COX was born at Goshen, Columbiana county, Ohio, December 17, 1819. He is a son of Thomas Cox, a pioneer of the above county, who was born in New Jersey, a son of- William Cox. The mother of James B. was Mary Brown, also a native of 236 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. New Jersey, and a daughter of Richard Brown, a native of the same State. In 1833 Mr. Cox's family settled in Cuyahoga county, about two miles south of Bedford. At this time the subject of this sketch was a lad of fourteen years. He is the only surviving member of a family of seven sons and six daughters. The following are the names of these children: John, Elizabeth, Richard, Mary, Ann, William, Delila, Hannah, Thomas, Sylvanus, Phebe, James B. and Martin. The mother of these children died October 21, 1847, and November 18, 1852, the father died. He was a farmer, cooper and shoemaker. In politics he was a Whig, and in church faith a Methodist. James B. Cox, the immediate subject of this sketch, attended the old log schoolhouse and gained the rudiments of a common-school education. He has done much work in the clearing away of the forests and the development of farm lands, having helped to clear five farms. In early life he went to Washington county, Wisconsin, thirty miles north of Milwaukee, and there he cleared a farm upon which he lived for ten years. He then sold out and returned to Bedford and located on a farm near by. In 1882 he removed to Bedford, where he owns three good houses. Mr. Cox was married, in 1841, to Miss Melia W. Wells, the first white child born at Solon, Cuyahoga county. Her parents were Oliver and Abigail Wells, early settlers of Cuyahoga county. Mr. and Mrs. Cox have five children, viz.: Elnora Gertrude, who was a successful teacher for thirty-eight terms: she is the deceased wife of Edgar Tenant, having died April 15, 1884, at Grand Rapids, Wisconsin; Mary, the second of these children, is the wife of N. N. Norton, of Michigan; Allison A., a citizen of Michigan; Frank J., a traveling man, of Chicago; and Emma Adelia, the wife of D. W. Jones, of Newburg. Mrs. Cox, the mother of these children, passed away in death September 22, 1882, a worthy member of the Disciple Church, a faithful wife and a devoted mother. In politics Mr. Cox is a Republican. Upon the breaking out of the Civil war he offered his services as a soldier, but was rejected because of his advanced age. He is an active member of the Disciple Church and three of his five children have been successful teachers, which is indicative of the fact that he has appreciated the importance of educating his own and others' children. One of his daughters, Emma A., was a very successful music teacher. Mr. Cox is a representative and respected citizen, esteemed by a wide acquaintance as a man of high integrity. JOHN F. LAHIFF, passenger conductor on the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, was born in Winsted, Connecticut, June 1, 1851, a son of John Lahiff, also a native of that State. He followed agricultural pursuits in Connecticut until 1855, and then located at LaGrange, Ohio, where he died in 1856, at the age of forty-eight years. The nationality of the Lahiff family is Irish, but they have probably resided in this country since the Colonial period. The mother of the subject of this sketch, nee Catherine Lahey, was of Irish extraction. Mr. and Mrs. John Lahiff had three children: John F., Josephine and Thomas. John F., the subject of this sketch, remained on the farm until fourteen years of age, and then found it necessary to work for his own support. He accepted almost any legitimate employment he could find, but received nothing permanent until 1872, when he was given the position of brakeman on the railroad. He worked on the road almost a decade before being promoted to his present position. Mr. Lahiff has ever been constant and faithful, and takes a deep interest in the welfare of his fellow-citizens, among whom he is deservedly popular, as is evidenced by his election to the office of Chief Conductor of the 0. R. C. He was also CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 237 chairman of the General Grievance Committee for the Big Four System four years, and he is a member of the K. of P., Lake Shore Lodge, No. 6. Mr. Lahiff was married in this city, in 1878, to Miss Helen, a daughter of Morris Ritchie, a blacksmith of Berea, Ohio. S. N. PENNELL, a worthy representative of a prominent family of Mahoning N-_-) county, Ohio, and a popular passenger conductor on the Erie Railroad, was born in Anstintown, that county, December 26, 1850. His father, J. J. Pennell, was the owner of the farm on which West Austintown is located, and on which the Pennell coal bank was opened by Andrews brothers, of Youngstown. He emigrated fo Mahoning county in 1827, from Greenville, Pennsylvania, where he was born in 1818. On coming to this State he was a boy with limited means, and his early history would develop a longand energetic struggle for supremacy over poverty. His characteristic ambition made him successful, and he lived to enjoy a competency sufficient as a reward of honest toil. He died in March, 1886. The paternal grandfather of our subject, Robert Pennell, was born in Ireland and emigrated to free and promising America about the beginning of the eighteenth century and established himself • in Pennsylvania, presumably near or at Greenville. Mr. J. J. Pennell married, in Trumbull county, Ohio, Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Hood, of Ohltown, and their children were six in number, namely: Louisa, wife of Thomas Gallen, of Cleveland; James, a farmer of West Austin-town, Ohio; William, of the same township; S. N., our subject; Thomas J., agent of the Michigan Central Railroad Company at Warren, Michigan; and Nannie, who married Eli Ebert, an Anstintown farmer. Mr. S. N. Pennell secured a country-school training during the winter months of his youth- ful service as a farmer. He left the uneventful, uninteresting life on the farm in 1870 and began railroading on the Niles & New Lisbon branch of the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio Railroad, as a brakeman. After some months' service he was transferred to the Youngstown yards in the same capacity, securing in time the appointment as train baggemaster, where he remained four years. He received a deserved promotion in 1881, being made a freight conductor, and continued in this relation five years, or till 1886, since which time he has been in the passenger service, moving his family to Cleveland in May, 1888. Mr. Pennell was married in Canfield, Ohio, October 3, 1871, to Miss Annie, daughter of William Brooks, deceased, once a Canfield jeweler. He was born in Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio in 1824. He married Miss Rachel, daughter of Cornelius Tomson, of Austintown. Mr. Brooks died at the age of forty-six years. Mr. and Mrs. Pennell have two children: Flora, born in 1874; and George, in 1880. Mr. Pennell is a member of the 0. R. C.; of Bigelow Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and of the K. of P. A. C. KEESLER, who is engaged in general farming and stock-raising in Mayfield township, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, was born in the house in which he now lives December 13, 1857. His father, C. Keesler, was born in Seneca county, New York, March 30, 1811, and in 1816 came with his father, Peter Keesler, to Cuyahoga county, Ohio. Peter Keesler was born on the Mohawk river, in New York, and was of German descent. The mother of our subject, nee Wealtha A. Eggleston, was born at Marcellus, Onondaga county, New York, April 17, 1816. Her father, Richard Eggleston, a native of Connecticut, had gone with his parents to 238 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. New York when he was thirteen years of age. The parents of A. C. Keesler were married in Mayfield township, this county, March 25, 1841, and after their marriage began housekeeping in a little log house on the farm on which she still lives. They devoted their energies to the improvement of this place, and as the years passed by developed a fine home and farm. He died here March 31, 1864. In all the local affairs of the community he took an active part. For several years he served as School Director of his district. Politically he was a Democrat. They had a family of nine children, three of whom died in infancy. The others are as follows: Hiram C., of Mayfield; Peter 0., deceased; Andrew J., Mayfield; William M., Idaho; Omer P., Cleveland; and A. C., the subject of our sketch. The names of the deceased are Hellen J., Martha C. and Ann 0. A. C. Keesler was marriedJanuary 26, 1887, to Ella E. Willson, youngest daughter of General Frederick F. and Eliza (Henderson) Willson. She was born in the township in which she now lives, January 14, 1859. They have an only child, Hellen E. Politically, Mr. Keesler is a Democrat. M. L. FOUTS.—One of the oldest railroad men in point of experience in Cleveland is M. L. Fouts, general agent of the passenger department of the New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad Company. He was born in this city April 4, 1837, was graduated at its high school at the age of eighteen, and at Bryant, Stratton & Folsom's Commercial College the next year, thus laying the foundation for that career of success which has followed him through life and which wili be a monument to his invincible ambition and ceaseless industry when he is retired to private life. Mr. Fonts' first permanent employment on taking life's stern realities was a clerkship in the freight office of the Cleveland & Mahoning Railroad Company in 1858. He was soon made cashier of the local freight office, and when he had completed a term of service in that capacity went upon the road as passenger conductor of the Cleveland & Mahoning Railroad, remaining in the train service one year. In 1862 he was made joint depot and ticket agent of the Atlantic & Great Western, the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & Indianapolis and Lake Shore Railroads, the office then being located on Scranton avenue at the junction of all the tracks. In that position, with the addition of the ticket agency of the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio, Mr. Fouts remained twenty-eight years, or until October, 1890, when he was promoted to the general agency of the passenger department, where he is rendering invaluable service as a manipulator of passenger traffic and as a successful competitor for new business. Mr. Fouts is a son of Jacob Fouts, who came to Cleveland in 1827 from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he went for the purpose of completing an apprenticeship in mechanical engineering and architecture. He came to Cleveland a master builder, and in his day erected many good buildings in this city. He made that his life work, and was a resident here until his death in 1871, at the age of sixty-four years. His birth occurred in Jefferson county, Ohio. His father, Henry Fouts, a farmer, emigrated from Baltimore, Maryland, in 1820 and setttled in Jefferson county. Tradition teaches that this was one of Baltimore's early families, certainly ante-Revolutionary, but no record exists that any of them ever served in the war for independence. While in Philadelphia Jacob Fouts met Harriet E. Cleckner, whom he married. She was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and was a daughter of William Cleckner. The children of this union now living are: Mrs. M. A. Bacon, of Cleveland; M. L. Fouts; Henry C., in New York city; William A., a carpenter of Cleveland; Frank, in Brooklyn, New York; and Mrs. Hattie E. Ketchum, of New York city. June 17, 1862, M. L. Fouts married, in CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 239 Cleveland, Aura M., a daughter of Sandford Lathrop, who settled in Ashtabula county, Ohio, from Vermont in 1820, and in 1848 came to Cleveland. He was a merchant by occupation, and died in 1850, aged fifty years. One child has been born in the family of Mr. and Mrs. Fouts, George E., February 28, 1864. He graduated at the Cleveland high school at eighteen, spent two years in Adelbert College, expecting to choose some profession, but reconsidered his decision and followed in the footsteps of his father. He became a clerk in the Erie ticket office in 1883, and remained so until October, 1890, when he succeeded his father as joint agent of the " Big Four," Lake Shore & Michigan Southern and New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio railroads, having charge of both offices. September 14, 1893, he married Agnes Lutje, an orphan lady of Cleveland, six years her husband's junior. M. L. Fonts was a member of the City Passenger Agents' Association, and for some years was treasurer of the Mahoning Mutual Benefit Association. ASAHEL SAWYER, familiarly known as " Asy " Sawyer, is one of the most prominent figures among the operatives of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad. October 17, 1863, is the date of his first coming into the service of the company, which was as locomotive fireman, his first engineers being Allen Cook and Austin Gunner. February 1, 1867, he was promoted from the engine of Henry Goff. Then he did yard service about two years, and next went upon the road in the freight service. In 1891 he was assigned to duty in the passenger service, where he has ever since remained. Mr. Sawyer is a native of the old Bay State, born in Northfield, November 19, 1843, a son of Asahel Sawyer, Sr., a farmer, who was born in the same locality in 1795, was a political leader in his county, and was frequently chosen to serve the public in official capacities, which he did most creditably. His death occurred in 1881. The founder of this family in New England was Ebenezer Sawyer, an English immigrant who found his way hither probably during Colonial times, or about the Revolutionary period. The maiden name of the mother of our subject was Hannah Stratton, and she was a representative of an old New England household, her tenth and last child being Asahel, the subject of this notice. The other children were: Harris, of Montague, Massachusetts; Elvira, who married a Mr. Morgan, now deceased; Lucy, wife of Elisha Stratton, of Northfield; Martha W., now Mrs. Alexander, of Springfield, Massachusetts; Albert, a retired Machinist of Fitchburg; Ellen, the wife of Edwin Stratton, of Greenfield, Massachusetts; and the remaining three are deceased. The opening of hostilities between the North and the South and the calling for troops by President Lincoln, found Mr. Sawyer ready to do a loyal citizen's part in putting down secession and its corollary, rebellion. He enlisted in Company F, Fifty-second Massachusetts Infantry, which was mustered in at Greenfield, that State, and at once boarded -transports at New York city for the South. Disembarking at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the men remained stationed there during their entire time of enlistment. Mr. Sawyer was a participant in the bloody fight at Port Hudson, on the Mississippi river, and in many other scrimmages on the several campaigns about central Louisiana. He was mustered out on the scene of his first muster, perfected his arrangements and at once came to Ohio. He is a member of the B. of L. E., and has been quite prominent in the deliberations of that body: for a number of years he was Chief of the local division, and for sixteen years served as secretary of the Brotherhood Insurance. His division has been honored by his being a delegate to their national convention, which was held at San Francisco in 1883, where he represented a great portion of our north- 240 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. western country. His journey there and back was a source of much mental and physical profit. September, 1865, is the date of his marriage to Miss Delia E., a daughter of Dwight and Asenath Morgan, of Gill, Massachusetts. They have had but one child, Leroy E., born in 1880 and died in 1886. J. C. NEWMAN, of Cleveland, Ohio, is a finishing contractor and manufacturer of finishings in this city, and is a business man of an excellent reputation; and his success in business has been due to his untiring energy, his enterprise and push in business, together with manifest integrity and fair dealing with those with whom he comes in business contact. When ten years of age he accepted employment with Mr. W. S. White, a builder of Cleveland, for the purpose of learning the trade of builder. With Mr. White. he remained for a period of ten years, during which he was very active in his work, and by a close application of his time he not only succeeded in thoroughly mastering his trade in all its phases but also succeeded in gaining a favorable acquaintance in the city, and also by frugality and commendable economy he was enabled to lay up capital enough to begin on a small scale business for himself. In 1883 he opened an establishment on Hickox street, and from that time to this date Mr. Newman has enjoyed a constantly increasing and successful business. He has taken some of the most important contracts for finishing work done in Cleveland, and has manufactured a very great deal of finishing material. He furnishes employment to, a considerable number of men, and his business is such as renders him a well-known man among the contractors, builders and carpenters of the city. He is a prominent member of the Employing Carpenters' Association, and sustains other important relations in the social' and business world. Both he and his wife, nee Alice Beck, married in 1880, are communicants of the First Baptist Church of Cleveland, and they are numbered among the leading families of the city. Mr. Newman was born in Cleveland in 1859, a son of James Newman, who was born in England and came to Cleveland about 1851. He was an engineer by trade, and on coming to Cleveland accepted a position as an engineer. HORACE R. SANBORN, the genial cashier of the State National Bank of Cleveland, became identified with the banking interests of this city August 29, 1872, when he accepted a position as collector for the Ohio National Bank. After acceptable service in this capacity for a time he was given a set of books, which he kept until he was appointed teller in 1887. In 1890 he became assistant cashier, and January 1, 1893, cashier. Mr. Sanborn was born in this city, June 29, 1854, graduated at the old central high school on Euclid avenue in 1872, and entered the bank immediately after that event. His father, William Sanborn, was a native of the old Bay State, bprn in Salem, in 1819, and came Ito Cleveland in 1842, where he was for many years engaged in the grocery business, at the number where the W. P. Southworth Co. is now located. His last years were spent in retirement, having ill health, and he died April 26, 1887. His wife, a Massachusetts lady whose name before marriage was Hannah S. Prime, was highly esteemed for her religious and charitable work in Cleveland. She was a member of the Church of the Unity, and was one of the founders of the Dorcas Society, of which she was vice president for a long time. Upon her death, which occurred August 18, 1893, the society passed most appropriate and feeling resolutions concerning their loss. CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 241 Mr. and Mrs. Sanborn's children were: Mrs. Robert B. Wilkinson, who died December 30, 1889; F. W.; and H. R. The subject of this sketch was married in this city, March 29, 1882, to Miss Rose M. Horne, a daughter of James and Elizabeth Horne, natives of England. The children by this marriage are: Grace A., aged ten years; and Ralph W., six. Mr. Sanborn is a member of the order of Royal Arcanum, Knights of Maccabees and Knights of Pythias, to the last mentioned of which he has devoted the most of his attention. He joined it in May, 1877, and has successively filled the various offices within the gift of the lodge (Criterion, No. 68), being their delegate on several occasions to the Grand Lodge. He is also a member of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce. C. N. SORTER, a retired farmer and one of the venerable pioneers of northern Ohio, now living at Mayfield, dates his birth in Ovid township, Cayuga (now Seneca) county, New York, April 10, 1812. Elijah Sorter, the father of C. N., a native of Somerset county, New Jersey, went from that State to Seneca county, New York, when he was about nineteen years of age, and there for some years was engaged in farming. Subsequently he started a distillery, which he ran for several years. In 1831 he came to Cuyahoga county, Ohio, and here he bought land from the Mormons, paying $4 per acre for the same. On this farm he and his family settled, and on it he spent the residue of his life, dying at the advanced age of eighty-eight years. Having briefly referred to the father of our subject, we turn back for a glimpse at his grandparents. His grandfather, Henry Sorter, better known as "Uncle Hank," was of Dutch descent, and was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. Grandmother Sorter was also of Dutch descent. In her early life she was on one occasion captured by the Indians. At another time one of the other members of the family was captured by the red men, but the release of this one was purchased by twenty-two pounds of tobacco. Grandmother Sorter lived to an advanced age. Indeed, the Sorter family have been noted for longevity. The mother of Mr. C. N. Sorter also reached the ripe old age of eighty-eight years. Her maiden name was Margaret Middaugh, and she, too, was a native of Sussex county, New Jersey, her ancestors being English and Dutch. C. N. Sorter was the first born in a family of ten children, and was nineteen years of age when he came with his parents to Cuyahoga county, Ohio. Early in life he was inured to hard work. He remained on the farm, assisting his father, until he was twenty-two years old, and then started out to make his own way in the world. His whole life has been characterized by honest industry. In 1836 we find him at work in Cleveland. He helped to make the brick that were used in the construction of the old "American" in that city. For many years he was engaged in general farming in Mayfield township, up to 1883, since which time he has been retired and has lived in Mayfield. At one time he owned 210 acres of land, but afterward disposed of a portion of it and now retains 125 acres. This land he has rented. In his political relations Mr. Sorter has been identified with the Republican party ever since its organization. He has filled most of the township offices; was Justice of the Peace and Township Treasurer for eleven years, and for a number of years Trustee. He has long been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Mayfield. When the Methodists built their house of worship at Mayfield he was a member of its building committee, and ever since the church was organized here he has been one of its Trustees. He has also been a member of the Old Settlers' Association of Cleveland since it was organized. 242 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. Mr. Sorter was first married in 18,38, to Miss Almira Worrallo, who died some years later, leaving three children, namely: Pearson, who was killed at the battle of Franklin, Tennessee, while in the service of the Union; Dr. Henry Sorter, of Goshen, Indiana; and Wilber, a prominent citizen of Mayfield township, this county. October 18, 1855, Mr. Sorter married Wealthy Warner. She also died and left three children, a record of whom is as follows: Ella, wife of Alfred Willis, died February 21, 1883, leaving two sons, Clare and Harry; Anna D., at home; and Charles, deceased. Such is an epitome of the life of one of. Mayfield's honored men. S. W. KNAPP, who is ranked with the old settlers of Ma,yfield township, Cuyahogs county, Ohio, dates his birth in the town of Bristol, Ontario county, New York August 22, 1826. The Knapps are of Holland descent. Ebenezer Knapp, the grandfather of our subject, was born in New York State in 1772. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, and during that war his wife made coats for the soldiers. it is said of her that she made one hundred coats in one hundred days, receiving $1 a piece for them. Russell D. Knapp, a son of Ebenezer, and the father of S. W. Knapp, was born twenty-five miles east of Albany, New York, the date of his birth being January 28, 1803. He died in Macomb county, Michigan, at the age of fifty-three years. By trade he was a wheelwright. The mother of our subject was before her marriage Miss Freelove Livermore. She was born in Vermont in 1807, went to New York when she was four years old with her father, Benjamin Livermore, and in 1825 was married to Mr. Knapp. After their marriage they located in Richmond, New York. They became the parents of nine children, all of whom grew up to occupy honorable and useful positions in life. A record of these children is as follows: Selach W., the oldest, is the subject of this article; Emo Jane, deceased; Freelove, deceased; Ebenezer, a resident of Woodstock, Illinois; Harry, Fowlerville, Michigan; Mary Ann, Ionia, Michigan; Dorr R., Fowlerville, Michigan; William B., Oak Grove, Michigan; and Grata C., Fowlerville, Michigan. S. W. Knapp spent the first eighteen years of his life at his native place, and there learned the trade of wood turner. November 5, 1844, he landed in Cleveland, Ohio, on that same day came to Gates' Mills in Mayfield township, and here he has since resided. Until 1850 he worked for a Mr. Humphrey, who was engaged in the manufacture of rakes. Then he engaged in the wagon business on his own account, which he continued for twenty years. Subsequently he resumed the manufacture of rakes, and continued the same for eighteen years longer. At this writing he is engaged in the manufacture of overshot water wheels. Mr. Knapp was married, September 18, 1849, to Maria Gates, who was born near where they now reside, the date of her birth being December 31, 1829. Her parents were Halsey and • Lucy Ann (Bralley) Gates. Her father was born in East Hampton, Connecticut, January 1, 1799, and came to Cuyahoga county, Ohio, in 1826. He built the mills here known as Gates' Mills, and ran the same for many years. He bought his land of the Connecticut Land Company in its wild state, and was one of the very first settlers. He helped to survey the first road from Gates' Mills to Cleveland, established the first mail route between those places, and carried it one year at his own expense. He built the first Methodist church at Gates' Mills, and always gave liberally to all religious and charitable institutions, and also remembered the poor. He died October 31, 1865. His father Nathanel Gates, was a native of Connecticut and a descendant of Puritan ancestors. Mrs. Knapp's mother was born in Delaware county, New York. She died December 10, 1875. In their family of ten children, eight reached maturity, Mrs. Knapp being the second child and CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 243 the oldest daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Knapp have had a family of children as follows: Hattie E., born December 2, 1850, is the wife of Charles Hoege; George W., born May 1, 1852, was killed June 8, 1872; Russell D., born May, 9, 1854; Halsey G., born. March 5, 1857; James E., born September 12, 1858; Charles W., born April 9, 1860, died August 8, 1862; William H., born December 1, 1862; Selie W., born November 28, 1864; Emma L., born April 10, 1867, is the wife of Thomas Phillips; and Cora A., born July 1, 1869, is the wife of Ernest H. Hunscher. All these years Mr. Knapp has occupied a prominent place in the town in which he has lived. He has served as a Justice of the Peace for nine years and Postmaster for thirteen years. For thirty-seven years he has been identified with the Masonic fraternity, now having his membership with the lodge at Chagrin Falls. FREDERICK A. WYMAN holds the responsible position of auditor of passenger receipts of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Company. He was born in Syracuse, New York, August 20, 1851. His father, John F. Wyman, was for many years a prominent business man and was one of the founders, and a long time editor, of the Syracuse Standard. His mother was a daughter of Judge Sylvanus Tousley, of Manlius, Onondaga county, New York. From the early age of eight Mr. Wyman has lived in Cleveland, and was long a pupil in the old Rockwell school. In the summer of 1869 he secured a clerkship in the wholesale grocery store of Gordon & McMillen; after remaining in their employ two years he was engaged as book-keeper for Vincent, Sturm & Co., who conducted on Water street in this city one of the largest furniture stores in the West. From this employment he entered the service of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway as a clerk in the office of Auditor Leland. By faithful attention to business and a peculiar aptitude for the duties of his work, he rose by successive promotions until, in November, 1888, be was appointed to his present position. He is a member of the Association of American Railway Accounting Officers. Mr. Wyman is the youngest of five brothers, three of whom survive. He was married, in June, 1876, to Clara B., daughter of David and Elizabeth Patton. Their only child, Lawrence A., was born January 27, 1883. C. P. HODGES, a passenger conductor on the Valley Railroad, came to Cleveland in his boyhood from Rochester, New York, in 1855: he was born in that city in 1853. He obtained his education in the public schools of Cleveland, Fremont and University Heights, and at Humiston Institute, now defunct. May 1, 1867, he began on the railroad as a messenger boy in the telegraph office of the Atlantic & Great Western Railroad in Cleveland. When thus employed he learned telegraphy, and when able to take a key he was given a position at Youngstown, Ohio. Becoming dissatisfied with this work, he secured a transfer to Cleveland as yard clerk under Yardmaster M. D. Francisco; next he was employed in the freight office of the same company; next he found himself in Cincinnati, and some months later he secured a job as fireman on the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad between Cincinnati and Seymour, Indiana. The next year he returned to Cleveland and became a fireman on the Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling Railroad, and in 1874 went to work on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern road, as a yard clerk; again was he a yard brakeman and yard conductor, and finally yard master, in the Collinwood yard. In 1883 he went to East St. Louis, Illinois, where he was- employed as yard master on the Indianapolis & St. Louis, for a year; then in November, 1884, he came 16 244 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. to Cleveland and engaged with the Valley Company as yard master at Akron, Ohio; in 1887 he was given a passenger train as conductor, where he has since served most acceptably. Our subject is a son of Perry Hodges, deceased, who was a locomotive engineer, born near Rochester, New York, and before coming to Cleveland was an employee of the New York Central Railroad, and here he was an engineer on the Cleveland & Pittsburg line. He was killed March 31, 1858, at Mingo Junction, by accident, when he was thirty-five years of age. For his wife he had married Caroline Harrington, who is still living, at the age of fifty-nine years, and married to Joseph Miller. She is the mother of two children: C. P. Hodges and Luella Miller: the latter married W. J. Hannon of Missoula, Montana. Mr. C. P. Hodges married first in 1873, Miss Emma Long, who died in March, next year; and May 30, 1878, Mr. Hodges married Miss Harriet A. Drake, a daughter of James N. Drake, a farmer of Northfield, Summit county, where he early settled from New York State. He married Emeline Cranny, and died in 1889, aged sixty-seven years. His children were: Mrs. Hodges, and W. 0. Drake, of Hugh avenue, Cleveland. Mr. and Mrs. Hodges have two children Ollie, born in February, 1879; and Charles 0., November 1, 1882. Mr. Hodges is a prominent member of the Order of Railway Conductors, of which he was Chief Conductor for five years. He is now entering upon his third year as Secretary and Treasurer. He is also a member of Thatcher Chapter and the Forest City Com-nandry of the Masonic order. HENRY W. RUSSELL, who ho is hi engaged in farming in Mayfield township, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, is a native of this place, born September 9, 1840. Lyman Russell, his father, came from Massachusetts, of which State he was a native, and was one of the very earliest settlers of northeastern Ohio, he having located at Mentor about 1804. From there he came to Cuyahoga county in 1838, and settled on the farm on which the subject of our sketch now lives. Here Lyman Russell passed the residue of his life and died, his death occurring when he was eighty-one years of age. His father, Abel Russell, was a native of Massachusetts, was of English descent, and was a soldier in the War of 1812. The mother of Henry W. Russell was before her marriage Miss Fidelia Taggart. Her birthplace was Blandford, Massachusetts. She died in October, 1893, on the sixty-third anniversary of her wedding. The subject of our sketch was the third son and third born in a family of five sons and one daughter. In his native township he was reared and educated, and for some time was engaged in teaching school in this township and in other parts of the county. In 1862 he enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as a private, and was in the service until the close of the war, when he was honorably discharged. The war over, Mr. Russell returned to his home in Mayfield township, his health greatly impaired, and as soon as he had sufficiently recovered he engaged in farming, which occupation has since claimed his attention. He was married, October 20, 1869, to Miss Ida Pinney, who was born in this township September 5, 1844. Her father, Amherst Pinney, a native of Ohio, located on his present farm in Cuyahoga county in 1842. All the buildings and improvements on his farm have been placed there by him. Mrs. Russell's mother, nee Jennetta Skinner, also a native of Ohio, died in 1861. Mrs. Russell is the oldest of their five children, four daughters and one son. Mr. Russell and his wife have two children, a son and daughter: Merton H., who is now in Buffalo, New York, and May F., at home. After his marriage Mr. Russell located in Mentor, where he spent four years, and from there in 1874 came to his present farm. Here CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 245 he owns fifty acres of choice land and carries on general farming. In local affairs he has ever taken an active and commendable interest. He served as Township Clerk eight years, as a member of the School Board four terms, and as Township Assessor three terms, and in 1893 was elected a Justice of the Peace. He votes with the Republican party. For twenty-three years he has been a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and during twenty successive years of that time served as Sunday-school Superintendent. JOHN WILHELM, chief clerk for the general baggage agent of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad and a member of the City Council from the Ninth District of Cleveland, was born on the river Rhine, in Germany, in the year 1859. When ten years of age he came to the United States with an aunt, his parents being then dead. Two or more of his first years in Cleveland Mr. Wilhelm spent in school, learning our language and making other preparation necessary to entering business. His first employer was J. P. Hoff, an uncle, a leading grocer of Cleveland, with whom he remained five years, going thence to Adams & Goodwillie, wholesale clothiers. With this firm Mr. Wilhelm bad a position so long as it existed. His interest in the welfare of the concern and his ambition to give the best service at his disposal to his new employers at once became evident to them, and an unusual attachment sprang up between them ; and when the firm began reducing its working force preparatory to discontinuing business, Mr. Wilhelm was the last to go. Before he did leave them his present position was secured for him by the kindness of the firm. In his present position Mr. Wilhelm is now completing his twelfth year, —a fact which speaks more convincingly than eloquence as to his ability and efficiency. Mr. Wilhelm identified himself with the Democratic party on arriving at mature age, and has been known for some years as a molder of sentiment in his ward. In 1891 he was nominated by his party to make the race for Councilman from the new Ninth District under the a Federal" plan. In this he was successful and was again elected in 1893, the second time receiving a majority of 456 votes. His official duties are performed fearlessly and from a conviction of right. The interests of his constituents are learned and served by voice and vote, and no man can challenge him as possessing an embarrassing record. November 8, 1881, Mr. Wilhelm married, in Rockford, Maggie M. Baetz. Their children numbered four, but Edward G. alone is living. Mr. Wilhelm for some years past has manifested a great interest in the fraternal order, the Knights of St. John. Of this order he is serving his second term as Supreme President, being re-elected unanimously at Pittsburg in 1893. At their meeting in Chicago he was elected to a membership on the Supreme Board, and was re-elected in Cincinnati. He has served St. George Commandry as Captain since its organization by him, and was at different times, for a half dozen years, its President. He has also been General Secretary of the First Battalion Life Insurance Association of the Knights of St. John of Cleveland for several terms, and he is also Financial Secretary of the C. M. B. A. A. C. BALDWIN, a locomotive engineer on the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio Railroad, was born in Solon, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, January 25, 1862, a son of H. Baldwin, who was born in Aurora, this State, in 1825. He has been a life-long farmer, and now resides at Newburg, Ohio. His father, Eliakim Baldwin, was a native of New Hampshire, but became a resident of Ohio in early day. The mother of Mr. Baldwin, nee Mahala McClintock, was a daughter of Samuel McClin- 246 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. tack, a native of New Hampshire who became a pioneer of Ohio. A. C. Baldwin, the youngest in order of birth of three children, received such educational advantages as were extended to children of parents in moderate circumstances. At the age of fourteen years he located in Cleveland, where he was employed as clerk in the store of George Smith, on St. Clair street, two years; clerked for A. M. Tyler, of Geneva, Ashtabula county, the same length of time; and in 1880 returned to Cleveland. Mr. Baldwin then began firing on a locomotive on the Erie Railroad, his first engineers being R. M. Shane and D. W. Fleet. After five years spent at that occupation, he was promoted to the position of engineer. In his social relations, -Mr. Baldwin is a member of the B. of L. E., of the Grievance Committee for the Erie Road, of the Knights of Pythias, and of the Riverside Council, Royal Arcauuin. October 17, 1880, in Saybrook, Ashtabula county, Ohio, he was united in man iage with Etta V., only child of William and Sylvina (Russell) Andrews. Mr. Andrews, a farmer by occupation, was at one time a resident of Erie, Pennsylvania. He died on January 22, 1891, at the age of sixty years. Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin have two children living—Eva Ethel, born February 4, 1884; and Harrold, born September 18, 1890; and one deceased, Gracie, born September 8, 1881, and died January 2, 1883. W. D. HERRINGTON, yard master for the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad Company, and one of their trusted employees, is a child of the road, for the reason that on it he took his first lesson in railroading and with it he has remained ever since. He entered the company's service in 1871 as switch tender at Rockport, which position he filled, together with acting as agent, until promoted yard conductor. In due time he was transferred to Whisky Island as assistant night yard master, returning to Rockport in 1888 as day yard master and remaining till June 14, 1893, when he was transferred to his present location. Mr. Herrington is a member of a pioneer Cuyahoga county family. His paternal grandfather, David B. Herrington, came to Cleveland in 1822, settled in the region of Rockport and spent his life in agricultural pursuits. He married Almay Cord, who bore him seven children, only four of whom are now living. L. B., Junior, father of our subject, was the first born. He is now a Rockport farmer, aged sixty-nine. The mother of W. D. Herrington, nee Harriet L. Thorp, is the daughter of Warren Thorp, who was born in Cleveland when there were not more than three log huts in the place. Mr. Thorp was from New England, probably Vermont. L. B. Herrington is the father of five children: Clara J., widow of George Hardy, at Laporte; Ellis, at Dover, Ohio; W. D.; Alpheus J.; and Hanna A., deceased. October 23, 1874, W. D. Herrington was married, in Parma, Ohio, to Maria J., a daughter of Thomas Biddulph, of English birth. He married Hanna Dutton, and they became the parents of eleven children, three of whom are deceased. The living are: Tillie, who married William Langrell; Ella, wife of Hyrain Goodale; Lina, wife of Levi Meacham, County Clerk; Belle, who married Joseph Sarver; and Mary, widow of Thomas Heffron; and Mrs. Herrington ; and Thomas Biddulph married Rebecca Numan; Joseph is single. Camilla B., aged three years, is the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Herrington. Mr. Herrington is a thirty-second-degree Mason, belonging to Lake Erie Consistory, Forest City Commandery, Thatcher Chapter and Brooklyn (blue) Lodge. C. H. CRALL, passenger conductor on the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, was born in Richland county, Ohio, March 22, 1839, a son of George Crall, who was born and reared in Dauphin county, Pennsylvania. In 1832 he came to Richland CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 247 county, Ohio, where he improved a farm, and remained there until his death, in February, 1888, at the age of eighty years. He married Maria Woods, and they had seven children, viz.: C. W., deceased, was a graduate of a Cleveland Homeopathic College; John J., who died in the spring of 1863; C. H., the subject of this sketch; Sarah, wife of James Pittinger, of Shiloh, Ohio; Susannah and Mary, both deceased in 1864; and Frank S., freight conductor on the Big Four Road. John Crall, grandfather of C. H., was born in Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, and his death occurred in Richland county, Ohio, in 1847, when he was aged eighty-one years. He married Sarah Fackler, and they had eight children,—John, Simon, George, Jacob, Mary, Elizabeth, Sarah and Susannah. The great-grandfather of John Crall was born in Alsace, France, and was the founder of the family in this country. The name was originally spelled Krall. C. H. Grail, the subject of this sketch,, was reared and educated in his native place. During the late war, and at President Lincoln's call for volunteers, he enlisted in the First Ohio Light Artillery, and was mustered into service at Cleveland. His command was attached to the Army of the Cumberland, and their first engagement was at the famous Pittsburg Landing, followed by Stone River, and soon afterward by the hard-fought battle of Nashville. During that engagement Mr. Crall was reported killed. When the relief corps went on the field to bury the dead, among the unfortunates was found a soldier with a part of his head shot away, and who was pronounced by those well acquainted with the subject of this notice to be C. H. Crall. His headboard was marked with that name, and when disinterred to be placed in the national cemetery at Murfreesborough, was again given his name. Mrs. Crall was informed of the death of her husband, and received the sympathy which was always extended to a dead comrade's family. Mr. Grail had two ribs broken by a shell at the battle of Stone River, was taken prisoner, hauled through the South in a box car for two weeks, finally arriving at Richmond, Virginia, and placed in Libby prison. He was exchanged a few months afterward, returned to his command at Nashville, Tennessee, and served to the close of the war. After following farming and milling in Lorain county, Ohio, for a time, Mr. Crall received the position of brakeman on the railroad. He 'filled that position five years, was promoted as freight conductor in 1872, and twelve years afterward entered the passenger service. While serving as freight conductor, six tramps attempted to capture his train, but failed to persuade the brave crew to surrender, even after Conductor Crall received a severe gunshot wound in the abdomen, where the bullet is still embedded. Mr. Crall was married in' May, 1859, in Richland county, Ohio, to Ellen Kemp Lambert, a daughter of George Lambert, who came to Richland county in 1836 from Frederick county, Maryland, his birth-place. He now, resides at Shelby, this State, aged eighty-eight years. He married Charlotte R., a daughter of Daniel Kemp, a native of Maryland. Mr. and Mrs. Lambert had seven children, viz.: Elizabeth, Ellen K., Caroline N., Laura C., Mary, Juliette and William. Mr. and Mrs. Crall have one child, Ida M., wife of Oscar McNalley, having two children,—Harry and Ethel. In his social relations Mr. Crall is a member of the G. A. R. Post. GEORGE E. PROUDFOOT was born in t Cleveland, Ohio, March 4, 1859. His father was James R. Proudfoot, a painter, who came to this city in 1845. He was ,born in Dumfries, Scotland, in 1830, and was consequently fifteen years of age on his arrival in Cleveland. He married Marie Cannell and died in November, 1877. The children of this union were three sons,—Robert, George E. and James. 248 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. George E. Proudfoot attended the city free schools till eighteen years of age, when he began learning his father's trade. He followed it long enough to become an efficient workman, but quitting it at this juncture to begin railroading. He was a fireman five years, first under engineer Charles Dodge. On receiving his promotion Mr. Proudfoot ran on the road until 1890, when he came into the yard, where be has since remained. As an employee of this company, Mr. Proudfoot is prompt, painstaking and industriotis. His interest in the company's welfare amounts to a personal due, which is recognized and acknowledged in turn by a grateful company. June 1, 1882, Mr. Proudfoot married, in Wellsville, Ohio, Ida, a daughter of J. T. Prosser, who came from Hancock county, Virginia, in 1847. He was born in Virginia and married a Miss Pickering, of Knoxville, Ohio. Of their four children, Mrs. Proudfoot is the youngest. Three children are in the family of Mr. George E. Proudfoot, namely: Ray Starrett, aged ten; Marie Emma and Lucy H. A. R. BENNETT, one of the prominent young farmers of Mayfield township, Cuyahoga county, was born here March 3, 1870, the eldest son of George A. and Barbara A. (Berg) Bennett, and was reared and educated in this county. He was married October 22, 1890, to Miss Hattie J. Thorp, who was born near Mayfield, Ohio, July 18, 1869, third child in the family of Warren- A. and Cynthia A. (Barber) Thorp. Reared on a farm, Mr. Bennett has chosen agriculture as his occupation, which he follows on his wife's forty acres of choice land, well improved with fine residence, good barn and other buildings. The residence, a commodious one, comprising eighteen rooms, was built in 1893, at, a cost of $4,000. It is provided with all the modern improvements and conveniences, and, indeed, is one of the finest houses in the township. The barn was built in 1891, at a cost of $1,500. Mr. Bennett's political views are in harmony with the principles advocated by the Republican party. E. L. BETTS, a well known operative in the passenger service of the Valley Railroad Company, was born in Wisconsin, September 22, 1857, and in his infancy he was taken by his parents in their removal to Iowa, where they located in Fayette county. In that locality he grew up to the age of youth, in farm labor, both at home and among the neighbors. At the age of twenty years he began work as a railroad hand for the Davenport & Northwestern Company, now merged into the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul. Was a section foreman for almost a year, and then was brakeman on the same road, running out of Davenport. One year later he was employed in Minnesota in the construction of a narrow-gauge road, with headquarters at Caledonia. In the spring of 18"7 he found greater remuneration in the Minnesota harvest field; but at the close of the season he came to Ohio. In looking about in Cleveland for employment he finally accepted a situation as driver on the Detroit & Fulton street-car lines. Visiting relatives the next spring in Geauga county, he was persuaded to remain with them during the summer, in their employ. In the autumn he returned to the city and secured employment as a Cleveland & Pittsburg brakeman; but a few months later it was necessary for him to seek another job, and this time the Cleveland Nut & Bolt Works afforded him the means of sustaining life for half a year. In the spring of 1881 he began work for the Valley Company as yard brakeman. In less than two years he was promoted as conductor, and in 1885 entered the passenger service, which he has since followed, with but a few months' interruption. CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 249 Mr. Betts is a son of S. T. Betts, an old Cleveland & Pittsburg engineer, who discontinued railroading in 1856 and went to the wilds of Wisconsin, where he took up a claim of land, about 1860. Enlisting in the war, he was attached to the Army of the Tennessee, and contracted rheumatism of a violent and persistent kind, from which he died, in 1883, at the age of fifty-seven years. He was buried at Battle Creek, Ida county, Iowa. For his first wife he married Miss Helen Hathaway, a native of Ohio and of American parentage, who was the mother of the subject of this sketch, and died in 1866. Subsequently Mr. S. T. Betts married Miss Scott, who was born in England and is still living. Their children were: E. L., and Mina, the wife of Charles Brower. By the second marriage Mr. Betts reared: Clara, wife of Frank Margeson; Mary, who married John Van Houton; Lizzie; and Perry—all in Ida county, Iowa. Mr. Betts, the subject of this sketch, was married in Cleveland, May 17, 1882, to Miss Nora C. Keane, a Pennsylvanian of ScotclnIrish parentage. Her father returned to north Ireland for the sake of his health, leaving here his two eldest children,—Roger, of Philadelphia, and Nora C., now Mrs. Betts. The other children, seven in number, are coming to this country, one after another. Mr. and Mrs. Betts' children are: Blanche, aged ten years; and Edmond L., Jr., aged five. Mr. Betts is a Red Cross K. of P. and member of the O. R. C. SAMUEL C. BLAKE, a son of the late John M. Blake, of Cuyahoga county, was born at Euclid, this county, December 29, 1856. He received a common-school, academic and collegiate education, spending two years at Oberlin College. For several years thereafter he taught school, and in the year 1881 entered the law department of the Michigan University, at Ann Arbor, graduating in 1883, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. In October, the same year, he was admitted to the Ohio bar, and locating at Cleveland at once entered upon his professional career. He has been associated with J. A. Smith in the practice of his profession since 1886. As a lawyer Mr. Blake is esteemed, and is regarded by his professional brethren as a representative man in their profession. As a citizen he is no less respected and honored. Fraternally he is a member of the Masonic order. June 26, 1889, Mr. Blake married Mary A. Camp, daughter of the late Henry Camp, of Eueld township, this county. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Blake has been blessed by the birth of a daughter, Anna by name. P. HUGO.—Among the many engineers in Cleveland scarcely half a dozen are older in the service or as competent to manage the throttle as the gentleman whose name introduces this sketch, his railroad career commencing as early as 1852, when he was employed as a laborer in placing spikes in the construction of the track. When the road began :regular traffic he became a switch-tender. Some time afterward he was employed as firenan under Engineer George Westfall on the Cleveland, Columbus & Cincinnati Railroad, and during his service on that line his engine, the "Nashville," drew some notable personages through the country, as the " Swedish Nightingale," Jenny Lind, and party, then on their famous tour of the United States under the management of the noted P. T. Barnum; also the body of the assassinated President Lincoln, the remains of Henry Clay toward the old domain in Kentucky, etc., etc. These events remind Mr. Hugo that a period of nearly three generations have been covered or connected by his services as a railroad man, and he may truly be termed a " veteran." Mr. Hugo was born in county Wicklow, Ireland, the home of the Sheridans, March 19, 1834. His father, Patrick Hugo, a laborer,