(RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) 750 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY from their eastern home to Painesville, Ohio, in the vicinity of which city his life, while on land, has been passed. He received a common-school education with a three-months attendance at an academy and two winters at a select school. At the age of fourteen he commenced sailing on the lakes, serving his apprenticeship on the old brigs which plied these fresh-water seas in the early day. His first position on a large vessel was as royal boy on a brig, with which he visited all the principal ports on the lakes. He was at Chicago when its population was not more than 6,000 and when it gave no signs of its present greatness, From sailor he rose to second mate, then to mate and finally to the position of master, and has commanded a vessel for the last forty-one years. During that long period he has transported millions of dollars' worth of merchandise and has only cost the underwriters $2,560 for losses. He sailed a brig two years t:nd the schooner nearly as long. The first vessel of which he had charge was the Flying Dutchman. n the winter of 1855—'56, he built the schooner E. C. Roberts, which he sailed about six years. He then, in 1861, built the William Jones, which he launched in April, 1862, and sailed eleven years. n 1872, he built the Nellie Redington, which he has corn manded for more than twenty years and of which he still has charge. When the iron trade was opened on Lake Superior, he brought the first full cargo of that ore from the iron region and has transported some every year since, having carried 31,000 tons of iron ore and coal in 1892. He also carried some of the stone used in making the first lock in the Sault Ste. Marie canal. His boat became frozen up the fall before the opening of this canal, and he made his way home to Ohio on snow shoes. This accident occurred again, and in the two seasons he walked more than 1,200 miles on snow shoes. On his way home he camped out at night as many as thirty-one days, when the thermometer was thirty-eight degrees below zero. During one of these trips, he and his party were lost four days in the Porcupine mountains without food, the first they obtained being a hedge-hog which they killed. A few winters ago he was caught on Lake Michigan in a gale, in which his vessel was seriously damaged. This was the first instance in more than thirty-five years that his boat received damage to any extent, and up to this time he had never cost the underwriters a cent. He also experienced a severe storm on Lake Superior on President Buchanan's election day, in November, 1856, and has been in many other hard storms and suffered frequent and great hardships. He has carried more than 100,000 kegs of powder to the Lake Superior mining regions, and at one time had 7,500 kegs on board when his vessel was struck by lightning, but there was no damage. He has, however, by perseverance and continued industry accumulated a comfortable income, owning, besides his interest in his vessel, real estate in Painesville, and an interest in a pineapple plantation in Florida, all of which prosperity is entirely due to his own unaided endeavors and intelligent management; and his career might well serve as an incentive to all young men starting in life for themselves, and depending upon their own efforts to make their way in the world. June 19, 1853, Captain Andrews was married to Miss Susan Morris, of New York, a lady of social and domestic accomplishments, daughter of Isaac and Susan (Whitaker) Morris, of New Hampshire, her father being a sailor in early life. Captain and Mrs. Andrews have had four children: Isaac, deceased June 8, 1891, was married and was master OF NORTHEASTERN. OHIO - 751 of a vessel. He had sailed several years with his father, under whom he had been mate for eight years. George E. is married and lives in Florida, where he owns a pineapple plantation. He graduated at the Painesville high school and at the Western Reserve College. He was for eight years a member of the Philadelphia base ball team, with which he played against the Cincinnati, Brooklyn and Indianapolis teams, he being known as the famous " Center fielder." Mary and Nellie, twins, enjoyed good educational advantages and are both now married. Mary became the wife of Charles Summers and has two children; Nellie married Charles L. Titus, a conductor on the Nickel Plate Railroad, and they have one child. In a pleasant home, with a comfortable income, and surrounded by an interesting family, Captain Andrews is enjoying the fruits of those labors exerted amid hardships and dangers in early life, while his uniform integrity and courtesy have gained for him the universal esteem of his fellow men. HUGH A. SUTHERLAND, a veterinary surgeon of Andover, was born in Wilmington county, Canada, July 3, 1855, a son of Alexander and Agnes (Tanner) Sutherland, of Scotch and English extraction, the father from Highland, Sutherlandshire, and the mother from Tenlantan County Kent, England. The parents located on a farm in Ashtabula county, Ohio, about 1866, where they still reside. The father has taken considerable interest in political matters, and is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. and Mrs. Sutherland have had nine children, namely: John H., a merchant of Cherry Valley; William D., a real-estate dealer of Ashtabula; Hugh A., our subject; Samuel S., a merchant of Denmark Center; Benjamin J., a real-estate dealer of Ashtabula Harbor; Adaline and Emeline, twins, the former the wife of Artie Griffith, of Andover, and the latter the wife of Dr. Homer Chapin, a merchant of Windsor Mills, Ashtabula county; Agnes, wife of William Mortal], a farmer and real-estate agent of Ashtabula; and Betsy, wife of V. L. Chapin, a farmer and hay merchant of Jefferson. Hugh A. Sutherland, the subject of this sketch, was reared principally in Ashtabula. At the age of twenty-two years he began the lumber business at Denmark, where he remained six years, and for the following four years was engaged in the same occupation at Dorset. He then took a course of study at the Toronto Veterinary College, graduating at that institution in March, 1891. His preceptor was B. L. Tanner, now of Williamsfield, this county. Mr. Sutherland is thorough in his profession and enjoys a large practice. In addition to his practice he also owns 100 acres of land east of Jefferson, and other farm interests. February 11, 1893, the Doctor was united in marriage with Mrs. Ella Cadwell, widow of Wood Cadwell and a daughter of Orlo Barnes, of Steamburg, Pennsylvania. In his social relations Mr. Sutherland is a member of the I. 0. 0. F., Ensign Lodge, No. 400, of Jefferson. DR. CHARLES LAWYER.-He to whom stands attained a position of even comparative eminence in that honored profession which has to do with the alleviation of human ills and suffering, must have gained such position only by means of 752 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY unswerving devotion, forestalled by a careful preparation, representative of years of study and earnest application. Dr. Charles Lawyer, concerning whose active and useful life this sketch has to do, has gained to himself not alone a high repute as a physician, but to him have come those higher honors due to only one who has lived the life that is true and good, as a man among men. Dr. Lawyer has been a resident of Andover, Ashtabula county, Ohio, since 1867, and, in the community where he has labored so long and faithfully, his friends are in number as its residents. He was born in Greene county, Pennsylvania, September 19, 1828, being the son of John and Rachel (Howell) Lawyer. The parents of John Lawyer emigrated from Germany to this country in an early day and took up their residence in Pennsylvania, and there the father of our subject was born. His wife, Rachel, was a native of Wales. He was a clothier by occupation, but after a time gave his attention to agricultural pursuits, in which he met with consistent success. To him and his devoted wife were born six sons and three daughters, of whom the subject of this sketch was the sixth in order of birth. He was but a child when his parents removed from Greene county, Pennsylvania, to Jamestown, Mercer county, same State. There he received his preliminary education, and there, as a young man, he commenced the study of medicine under the direction of those able preceptors, Drs. Clark and Gibson, prominent and popular physicians of that county. In 1850—'51 he attended the Eclectic Medical College , at Cincinnati, Ohio, and from that institution graduated with honor. At the age of twenty- five years he commenced the practice of his profession at Penn Line, Pennsylvania, and there remained for eleven years. He then removed to Andover, Ohio, which has ever since been his home, and where he has continuously practiced his profession to the mutual benefit of himself and the community. At the age of twenty-six Dr. Lawyer was united in marriage to Miss Caroline E. Brown, an accomplished lady and the daughter of Hon. Joseph Brown, a prominent resident of Meadville, Pennsylvania. Dr. and Mrs. Lawyer have three children: May L., now Mrs. Marvin; Charles, Jr., a prominent lawyer of Jefferson, Ohio, and at present serving his second term as Prosecuting Attorney of Ashtabula county; and Frank, residing in Butler, Pennsylvania, where he is engaged in the mercantile business. The Doctor is a Republican in politics, and, fraternally, an active member of the I. O. O. F. Although not identified with any church organization, be is a liberal contributor to religious and other worthy objects. Mrs. Lawyer is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. . A skillful physician and surgeon and an honorable and cultured man, Dr. Lawyer is a valued acquisition to the community in which he has lived and labored so long, and that his worth is duly appreciated is made manifest by the high esteem which is rendered him. A S. HUDSON, an honored citizen of Geauga county, is a native of the State of Ohio, born in Cuyahoga county, May 20, 1833. His father, William Hudson, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, but emigrated to Cuyahoga county, in 1817; he was a joiner by trade, and made all the window sash in the Wedell and American hotels when they were built in Cleveland. OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 753 He worked on some of the oldest business blocks in Cleveland, and followed his trade in that place until 1845. He was united in marriage with Delphia Sherwin, a native of Vermont, who came with her father to Ohio in 1820. They had a family of eight childred, six of whom grew to maturity. The father died at the age of seventy-nine years, and the mother lived to be eighty-four. Be- fore the war he was a Democrat, but after that conflict he gave his allegiance to the Re- publican party. A. S. Hudson is the seventh- born ; he was reared in the city of Cleveland, attending Shaw Academy, and finishing his education at Hiram College, where he and James A. Garfield were classmates. He and the distinguished statesman were close friends and visited each other in after years. Mr. Hudson learned the carpenter's trade in Cleveland. Just before the war between the North and South he had removed to Michigan, expecting to locate near Grand Rapids. On August 30, 1862, he enlisted in Company H, First Michigan Engineers and Mechanics. He was mustered in at Grand Rapids and sent to Louisville, Kentucky. His first engage- ment was at Perryville, and thence he went to Nashville, Tennessee. He built many block houses, bridges and commissary buildings, and did much repairing. His regiment was divided, and his company went through to the sea with Sherman. He participated in the battles of Mill Creek, and Bentonville, North Carolina, and took part in the Grand Review at Washington. He was commissioned Second Sergeant at Alanta. He was never absent from duty a single day, and was mustered out at Washington, June 16, 1865. he settled in Cleveland after the war, and engaged in contra cting and building. For fif- teen years he carried on a successful business, erecting many of the large and handsome blocks on Euclid avenue and Chestnut street. n 1883 he retired and removed to a farm in Chardon township, on which he lived until September, 1892. In order to give his chil- dren better educational facilities he came to Chardon. He was married in 1856 to Nancy Z. Hendershot, of Cleveland, Ohio. They have a family of eleven children: Acy K., Herbert E., Robert A., Vila S., Thomas S., Clarence W., Howard G., Chauncey 0., Delphia P., Gertrude E., and Florence Z. Mr. Hudson and wife are consistent members of the Church of Christ and take an active interest in the welfare of the society. He was a Republican in politics for thirty-seven years, but now supports the views of the Populist party. He is a member of the G. A. R. Post, No. 387. Beginning life with no capital, by industry and frugality he has amassed a competence. BENJAMIN F. THOMPSON, Superintendent of the Geauga county infirmary, was born in this county in Middlefield township, March 16, 1832, a son of William Thompson, a Pennsylvanian by birth and grandson of Isaac Thompson, also a native of Pennsylvania. The grandfather settled in Middlefield township in 1800, and was one of the first permanent white' residents. He bought land at $1.25 an acre, built a log house and kept tavern. The Indians were his neighbors until after the war of 1812, and his table was supplied with wild meat and game which abounded. William Thompson was a child of twelve years when his parents came to the county, where he grew to manhood. He owned and developed a farm of 108 acres in Middlefield township, and served as Treasurer of the 754 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY township for a number of years. He died at the age of eighty-four years. n politics he associated with the Whig party, and later voted the Republican ticket. He married Lucinda Waldon, a native of Connecticut, who came to Ohio when a young girl and settled in Trumbull county. She was the first school teacher in Huntsburg township. She reared a family of nine children, Clarissa, Isaac, Justis C., William A., Augustus, Silas R., Elisha J., our subject and Henry. Henry was killed by lightning when fourteen years of age; and Elisha by the fall of a tree when he was twelve years old. The mother lived to the age of eighty-five years. She was a consistent member of the Wesleyan Methodist Church, and a woman of excellent traits of character. B. F. Thompson is the seventh son and eighth born of the family of nine children. He was reared to the life of a farmer, and acquired his education in the district schools of Middlefield township. At the age of twenty-one years he began life for himself, and bought all his father's personal property, giving his notesfor payment. He then engaged in the cultivation of the homestead farm, and kept his parents the most of their lives. Lydia Thompson, the youngest sister of his father, was the first white child born in Middlefield township. Mr. Thompson was married September 5, 1858, to Miss Anna Bosley who was born in Claridon township, Geauga county. They have two children: Robert W., who was born in September, 1863, and Charlie, born in December, 1880. Mr. Thompson was a member of the State militia, and was called into the United States service May 2, 1864. He was sent to Johnson's island, where he did guard duty, and was also stationed at Cincinnati and Cleveland. He was mustered out at Cleveland August 20, 1864. He traded his farm for a hotel at Burton, which he kept four years. Subsequently he was proprietor of the Cataract House at Cleveland for a year, and then went to Andover, where he kept the Morley House for three years, when he became the proprietor of the Austin House at Warren, retaining the same for three years. At the end of this time he returned to his father's farm, and finally bought a tract of eighty acres in Claridon township, which he farmed until he took charge of the county infirmary, January 1, 1888. The county farm consists of 258 acres, all of which is under cultivation. There are fifty inmates, as many as can be accommodated in the buildings. Mr. Thompson has made a very efficient Superintendent, and has been very ably assisted in the management of affairs by his wife, who is possessed of considerable executive ability. Politically, our subject adheres to the principles of the Republican party; he has served as Justice of the Peace five years in Claridon township, and was Treasurer of Middlefield township when a resident there. He is a member of the G-. A. R., at Burton, and belongs to the Masonic order. Mr. Thompson has made a speciality of maple sugar and syrup, owning a grove of 800 trees. He sent to the Columbian Exposition in 1893 a bottle of syrup that was made in 1863. ABRAM A. WILMOT, one of the most successful agriculturists of Geauga county, is the subject of the following biographical sketch. He was born at Claridon, Geauga county, Ohio, August 11, 1826, a son of Abraham Wilmot, whose history will be found in connection with that of his son, Lucius T. Wilmot, elsewhere in OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 755 this volume. Abram A. grew to manhood in the county of his birth, attending the typical pioneer school and participating in the sport of hunting deer and other game which abounded in this section at that time. He remained under the parental roof until his marriage, which important event occurred September 10, 1850, when he was wedded to Augusta Taylor, who was born at Hartland, Hartford county, Connecticut, and was a child of three years when her parents came to the West and located in Claridon township. Her father was also a native of Connecticut, and was a farmer by occupation; he died at the age of sixty-five, years. Mr. and Mrs. Wilmot are the parents of thrce children: Lucina A., Julius E. and Marshall J. All his life Mr. Wilmot has been interested in some branch of agriculture; he has 120 acres of well improved land, which includes a sugar orchard of 1,000 trees. n 1891 he made 550 gallons of maple syrup, shipping both to the Atlantic and Pacific seaboard. During the past fifteen years he has given special attention to dairy farming, and has made in that time 20,000 pounds of butter, sending the milk to the factory in the summer time and making the butter in winter. Well informed upon the most approved methods of conducting this indus- try, he has met with excellent success. Be is thoroughly attentive to all the details of the business, and the. products of his farm in every department show a master hand. He has made most of the improvements upon his place, which are of a most substantial character. Mr. and Mrs. Wilmot are worthy members of the Congregational Church at Claridon, and and their children belong to the same organization. Formerly Mr. Wilmot was identified with the Republican party, but being an ardent advocate of temperance reform, has lately given his support to the Prohibition party. He has served as Trustee of his township. Mr. Wilmot has been quite active in church work, having been a Deacon in the church for many years and for a long time Superintendent of the Sunday-school. He made a special feature of his work among the young people, and In this was very successful. He is living on the farm which was purchased by his father in 1815, and which came into his possession partly by inheritance and partly by quit- claims from other heirs. He has been a member of the Farmers' Club for the past thirty years, and is one of the leading spirits of that body. Having aided very materially in the development and growth of his county, he is now enjoying the success that has resulted from his earnest and untiring efforts. DANIEL H. TRUMAN, ex-Commissioner of Geauga county, is one of the most intelligent citizens of Troy township, and is entitled to more than passing mention in this history. He was born in Troy township, Geauga county, Ohio, October 13, 1829, a son of Lyman Truman, a native of New York State. The grandfather, Josiah Truman, was a native of England, and emigrated to America, taking up his residence in New York, where he followed agricultural pursuits; he afterward removed to Ohio, locating at Burton, Geauga county, in 1818, and going thence to Hillsdale, Michigan, where he passed the remainder of his days. He was accompanied to the United States by three brothers. Lyman Truman was one of a family of nine children that were born of his father's first marriage. He 736 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY came to Ohio about the year 1816, and located at Burton. He lived in the family of Colonel Henry Ford for about five years, and then took up land in Troy township, where he built a log house and began clearing his farm. He enjoyed the sport of hunting and brought down many a deer, and after the game disappeared from Ohio he went frequently to Michigan to hunt. He died in January, 1871, at the age of sixty-six years. A man of honor and integrity, he was called to represent the people of his township in the offices of Justice of the Peace and Trustee. He married Sallie Pratt, of Massachusetts, whose parents came to the West early in the '20s; she died at the age of seventy-four years. Daniel H. Truman is the eldest of their seven children, four boys and three girls, and was born in their humble cabin on the frontier. He attended the school in District No. 1, Troy township, and during the summer helped his father in clearing two farms; he received a thorough training in agricultural pursuits, and chose farming as his avocation. He settled on his present farm in 1854. Mr. Truman was married January 2, 1854, to Fidelia Luce, who was born in Chautauqua county, New York, a daughter of Henry and Eliza R. Luce, also New Yorkers by birth; they removed to Ohio in 1833, and first settled at Rome, Ashtabula county; they came to Geauga county in 1847, and settled in Troy township. Mr. Luce died at the age of sixty-six years, and his wife at sixty-nine; they had a family of nine children, six of whom survive at the present time. Mr. and Mrs. Truman are the parents of four children: Frank, Della and Gena are deceased; they had reached maturity, and were all talented musicians; Grant, the fourth child, has received a goof common-school education, graduated in a commercial course, and is well qualified to transact the ordinary business of life. Politically, Mr. Truman adheres to the principles of the Republican party. He was elected County Commissioner in 1879, and served six years, discharging his duties to the entire satisfaction of the public and displaying a decided aptitude for the management of public affairs. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and in his religious faith he is known as a liberal thinker; he and his wife are spiritualists and are familiar with the advanced thought of the age. ASAHEL W. STRONG is prominently identified with the growth and development of Geauga county, and is entitled to more than passing notice in this record of the lives of leading citizens. He was born in Huntsburg township, May 16, 1832, a son of Baxter Strong, a native of Westhampton, Massachusetts, born in 1801. The paternal grandfather, Amasa Strong, was also a native of Westhampton, Massachusetts, and was descended from Elder John Strong, the first member of the family to take up residence on American coil. He emigrated from England and located in Connecticut in 1630. He afterward removed to Northampton, Massachusetts, and reared a large family of children, whose descendants are numbered in the thousands. In 1837 Amasa Strong emigrated to the Western Reserve, accompanied by one brother, two having preceded him. He cleared and improved a farm, contributing his mite to the development of the great West. Baxter Strong came to Ohio in 1829, when a young man, making the journey partly by the Erie canal and on OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 757 foot; he settled on wild land in the north part of the township and built a house in the woods. From this beginning he cleared a number of farms, and owned several hundred acres. He was married in 1831, to Juliana Strong, of Westhampton, Massachusetts, and she reared a family of four children; she died at the age of fifty-one years, and he lived to the age of eighty-one years. n politics he supported successively the issues of the Whig, Free Soil and Republican parties. Mrs. Strong was one of the earliest members of the Congregational Church in this township. Asahel W. Strong is the oldest of a family of four children. Ho received his education in the pioneer schools, the high school at Unionville and the old Kirtland Academy in Lake county. He made his home with his parents until he was 27 years of age, although at the age of eighteen he began to teach school, conducting twelve terms very successfully. He spent one winter teaching at Reading, Hillsdale county, Michigan, and two winters he was in central Ohio. Mr. Strong was married December 1, 1861, to Charlotte E. Barnes, whose family history will be found in connection with that of her brother, 0. M. Barnes. Mr. and Mrs. Strong had one son, Orrin H., who died at the age of nine months. Subsequently they adopted a son, Harry W., who lived to the age of nine years, but their home has not been empty, as they have reared four other children to maturity. They took a young babe,—foster daughter,—Sarah Eliza, who is now ten years old. Mr. Strong purchased his farm in 1860, and has made many substantial improve- ments. His wife owns 150 acres in the southern part of the township; there are 101 acres in the home place, all of which is under good cultivation. Mr. Strong and his wife are members of the Congregational Church, of which he has been a Deacon for twenty years; he is also Clerk of the church. Polit- ically he adheres to the principles of the Re- publican party. He was first elected Justice of the Peace in 1860, and, with the exception of two years, has ever since held the office; he is also Notary Public. During the war he was on the military committee and was one of the most active workers in raising money to save the township from a draft, and was at the time Township Clerk. Being a man of superior business ability and unquestioned honor he has been called upon to settle many estates, and in the capacity of Justice he makes every effort to settle all cases without the expense of trial. He has a wide circle of friends and enjoys the confidence of the en- tire community. HORACE F. JEROME, one of the most substantial and successful agriculturists of Huntsburg township, was born in Cuyahoga county, Ohio, September 22, 1845. His father, Asahel Jerome, a na- tive of Connecticut, removed to Ohio after his marriage, and settled in Cuyahoga county in 1830; the journey was made by the Erie Canal to Buffalo, and thence by the lake to Cleveland, when that flourishing city was a mere hamlet. He bought eighty acres fourteen miles east of the present site of the city in Orange township, which he cleared and placed under cultivation. He married La- vina C. Sabin, a native of New York State, and they had a family of four children. She died at the age of seventy-three years, and he lived to be seventy-nine years old. They were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and for forty years he was Class- leader. Politically, he was successively a 758 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY Whig and Republican, and held many of the township offices. H. F. Jerome, the youngest of his family, received his education in the district schools, and also attended Western Reserve College for a year. One of the most important events of his life was his enlistment in the service of his country, when he became a member of Company A, One Hundred and Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, August 4, 1862. He was mustered in at Camp Mitchell, Kentucky, and participated first in the battle at Blue Springs, Tennessee; he was in the siege of Knoxville, Tennessee, where he was wounded in the left hip and was confined in consequence to Bell hospital, at Knoxville, but finally came home on a furlough in the spring of 1864. He rejoined his regiment four months later. He was in the engagement at Resaca, where he was wounded by a shell, which disabled him for four months, during which time he was in the hospital at Louisville. Again joining his regiment near Atlanta, after the capture of the city, he participated in the battles of Franklin and Nashville, and was on the campaign in Tennessee in pursuit of Hood, joining Sherman at Raleigh, North Carolina. There he was honorably discharged, and was mustered out June 23, 1865, at Cleveland, Ohio. After the war was ended and peace. was declared, he settled in Cuyahoga county. He was united in marriage October 13, 1870, to Ordel Lockener, who was born in Cuyahoga county, and they are the parents of two children: Charles A. and H. Grove. Mr. Jerome has devoted his efforts to agriculture, and has made a most gratifying success; he cultivated eighty-three and a half acres in Cuyahoga county, which he sold before he came to Geauga county in 1886. Here he bought 100 acres of choice fanning land on which he has made excellent improvements; he raises grain and live-stock, and has a small, well-managed dairy. From 1878 to 1881, Mr. Jerome was a resident of Riley county, Kansas, being engaged during the time in farming, but at the end of three years he returned to Ohio. In politics he supports the Republican party. He has been a member of the School Board for the past six years and takes a deep interest in the advancement and progress of the schools. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church arid are highly esteemed members of the community. FRANCIS P. WORK, one of the most progressive and successful farmers of Middlefleld township, was born at Somers, Tolland county, Connecticut, September 2, 1831. His father, James M. Work, was a native of Massachusetts, and his grandfather, James Work, was born in the same State, but in 1828 he emigrated to the West and settled in Logan county, Ohio, where he lived to the good old age of more than four-score years. His son removed to Geauga county in 1836, and located in the northern part of Claridon township. He rented land for a few years and then came to Middlefield township, where he bought 121 1/3 acres; he made most of the improvements, which are of a very substantial character, and placed the land under good cultivation. He was a man of fine constitution, and was an industrious worker. He died at the age of eighty-three years. He married Harriet Pease, a native of Massachusetts, and they reared a family of six children. The mother is still living, in her ninetieth year, and makes her home with her son, F. P. Work. Politically, the father affiliated with the Whig party, and later OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 759 became a supporter of Republican principles; he served as Trustee of his township, and was a man much respected by all with whom he came in contact. F. P. Work was a child of five years when the family emigrated to the West, and well remembers many incidents of the journey. He received his education in the pioneer schools, and when old enough began farming. He was married April 14, 1857, to Mary Ames, a native of Geauga county, Ohio. They have had born to them one daughter, Mary J., who married Walter Bowen, an agriculturist of Middlefield township. Mr. Work is the owner of 266 acres of fine farming land, in four different tracts, and in addition to the cultivation of the soil he runs a dairy, milking thirteen cows. He is an excellent manager, and has been very prosperous in all his undertakings. Politically, he votes with the Republican party, but takes no active concern in the movements and issues of that body. GEORGE H. CLEVELAND, a retired merchant of Conneaut, Ohio, was born at this place November 18, 1840, son of Cyrus and Ann Eliza (Latimer) Cleveland, the father a native of Fair Haven, Vermont, and the mother of Dryden, New York. Cyrus Cleveland, late of Conneaut, was well known in this vicinity and was highly respected by all. He was born in Rutland county, Vermont, in 1807, and at the age of sixteen was left an orphan, dependent upon his own exertions and the kindness of an older brother. e made his home with his brother at Saratoga, New York, for three years. At the age of nineteen he started out in life on his own responsibility, working by the month, and after he had saved $60 he returned to Saratoga and entered into a copartnership with his brother in the general merchandise business. This partnership lasted two years, at the end of which time he purchased his brother's interest, and continued the business five years longer. It was while he was in Saratoga that he married Miss Latimer, who proved herself a helpmate to him not only in name but also in deed. They had two sons, both now residents of Conneaut. In 1833, we find Mr. Cleveland established in business at Conneautville, Pennsylvania, where he remained two years, coming from there to Conneaut, Ohio, in 1835. In 1836, he became the landlord of the Mansion House, then the hotel of Conneaut, and had fairly good success, but the business was not congenial to his taste and he relinquished it at his earliest opportunity. In 1837, his brother Oliver and family came to Conneaut, and the same year Messrs. Cyrus and John B. Cleveland commenced the erection of the building where Mariam's planing-mill now stands. When it was completed they filled it with goods, and carried on business for fourteen years. During these years Cyrus was the active manager and did nearly all the business. From 1851 until 1862, he was in business by himself, was very successful and accumulated property rapidly. In 1862, he took in his youngest son as partner. In 1861, he began the erection of the block which bears his name and which at that time was the best in the county. The substantial structure is still an ornament to the city. He also owned and occupied one of the finest residences in the county. Besides accumulating a large amount of property, he gave liberally of his means toward advancing the 760 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY best interests of the town. He was the first president of the Conneaut Mutual Loan Association. Mr. Cleveland continued in busi- ness here until 1868, when he retired. His death occurred March 5, 1892. He was .a man loved and respected by all who ever had the pleasure of his acquaintance. He was possessed of a strong constitution, a vigorous intellect and a cheerful disposition. In the family circle he was a kind husband and an indulgent father; in church work be was earnest, and in business enterprising and progressive. Mrs. Cleveland also lived to an advanced age, her death occurring in 1891, aged eighty-two years. Hers was the first death in tile family for a period of sixty-three years. For over sixty years she was a member of the Baptist Church. She was a conscientious Christian, always ready and willing to assist in all good works for the Master and for humanity. She and her worthy husband had a happy married life of more than sixty years, by their many amiable qualities made hosts of friends, and their memory will long be cherished with grateful affection. G. H. Cleveland, with whose name this article begins, attended school at Conneaut and also received instruction under Prof. Brayton at Painesville. In early life he engaged in business with his father, and continued in mercantile life until 1882. After his father retired he was a member of the firm of Cleveland, Benton & Cheney, and subsequently did business under his own name, closing out about 1882. From the spring of 1891 until the spring of 1892, he was proprietor of the Commercial House. He was married December 16, 1863, to Miss Lydia A. Stafford, of Cleveland, Ohio, daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Kelly) Stafford. They have four children, namely, Minnetta E., M rit C., Laura H. and Clarence S.; Merrit married Miss Frances Adair. Mr. Cleveland is a member of Evergreen Lodge, A. F. & A. M.; Conneaut Chapter Council and Commandery, being a charter member of the Commandery; is a member of the Order of the Elks, and in politics joins issue with the Democratic party. In every way he is an honorable and upright man, progressive and public-spirited. To him have been transmitted many of those sterling qualities of mind and heart that characterized and ennobled his worthy ancestors. GEORGE L. ENSIGN, A. M., was born in Claridon township, Geauga county, Ohio, July 1, 1852, a son of Emory Ensign, a native of Connecticut. The paternal grandfather, Ensign Ensign, was also a native of Connecticut, and was one of the earliest pioneers of Geauga county. He emigrated to Ohio, making the journey overland by teams, and settled in the northeastern part of Claridon township when it was yet an unbroken wilderness. He succeeded in clearing a farm before his death, which occurred at the age of eighty years. Emory Ensign was a mere lad when his father came to Ohio, so he received his education in the primitive log schoolhouse, and lived the life of a pioneer farmer's son. He married Rebecca M. Chace, who was born in Claridon township, Geauga county, January 21, 1822. Her father, Captain Holder Chace, was a native of Massachusetts, who settled in Claridon township as early as 1816, making the journey to the West by team, guided by blazed trees. Captain Chace owned 200 acres of land which he placed under cultivation before his death, which occurred at the age of seventy years. OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 761 Mr. and Mrs. Ensign had a family of five children: Diodate J., Theodore W., Harmon N., Emory, who died at the age of two and a half years, and George L. The father lived to be only thirty-nine years of age, but the mother still survives, making her home with her son, George L. She is now one of the oldest residents living in the section and has a vivid recollection of the incidents attending their early efforts and pioneer life. George L. Ensign is the youngest of the family of five. His youth was passed in Middlefield township, and his early education was acquired in the district school. At the age of seventeen years he entered Hiram College, where he pursued his studies for three years. Taking both the Latin and scientific courses he was graduated from the Western Reserve College in 1881, afterward finishing the post-graduate course when he had conferred upon him the degree of A. M. He began teaching at the age of sixteen years, and while a student at the Western Reserve College taught in that institution in connection with the prosecution of his studies. After graduation he occupied the chair of professor of mathematics at his alma mater teaching all branches of the science. In 1883 he accepted the principalship of the Geauga Seminary, and during his management of this institution the attendance reached its highest point, 250 pupils being enrolled. Mr. Ensign was married in March, 1873, to Addie . Bower of Geauga county; they had one child, Addie R. The mother died in 1880. Mr. Ensign was married a second time in 1881, being united to Celia M. Foster, a native of Wisconsin. They have had born to them five children: Theodore F., Harmon 0., Sina Pearl, Winona M., and Caro B. It was in 1884 that Mr. Ensign removed to southwestern Kansas and located in what is now Gray county; there he bought and sold farming lands and town lots, remaining four years. At the end of this period he went to the Pacific coast, and took up his old profession of teaching. He was in the public schools of Lordsbnrg and Spadra, California, but the Italy of America had not sufficient charms to keep him from the old Buckeye State. n September, 1892, he returned to his old home, and since that time has given special attention to agriculture. He has seventy-five acres of well improved land, and is surrounded by all the comforts suggested by refined and cultivated taste. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he belongs to the Masonic order. Politically he is an ardent supporter of the principles upon which the People's party is founded. BIRDSELL MANLEY, a native son of Andover, Ohio, of which he is a representative citizen, was born here April 17, 1826. He combs of good old New England stock, his grandfather, David Manley, having been a native of Massachusetts and a brave soldier in the war of 1812. Almon Manley, his son, and father of the subject of this sketch, was also a native of the Bay State, and married Charity Marvin, who was born in Massachusetts, but later went to New York. Almon Manley was a carpenter by trade, which occupation he followed for many years. In 1817 he came to Andover, Ohio, then a small hamlet. He built and conducted the first hotel in the town, and there he successfully operated many years, also doing a large business as a contractor, in which he employed a large number of men, and being engaged in the undertaking business. He was an en- 762 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY terprising business man and took an active part in all matters pertaining to the interest of of his county and town. He was a zealous Whig and later a prominent Republican and a politcal leader in local affairs. He was the father of eight children: Henry M., deceased; Hiram, deceased; William, residing in Conneaut, Ohio; Elvira, now Mrs. Partridge, of Warren, Ohio; Clarissa, deceased; Birdsell, whose name heads this notice; Diantha, now Mr. Lilley, also of Conneaut; and Elsie Herriott, of Andover. Colonel Almon Manley died in 1856, universally regretted as a great and good man; his widow survived him several years. The subject of this sketch was reared and educated in Andover, the place of his birth. On commencing life for himself, he started in the manufacturing of cheese for the Morleys, who had the best cheese factory in the county, and who conducted the same successfully for fourteen years. He then engaged in farming and the dairy business, which he followed twelve years, when, in 1882, he settled in town, where he has since resided, although still owning and conducting his farm. He has a handsome modern residence, the surroundings and appointments of which suggest a refined and cultured taste, and give evidence of much comfort. e also owns other valuable property and is altogether financially well situated, all of which prosperity is the result of continued and intelligent effort, combined with the highest integrity. October 17, 1850, Mr. Manley was married to Mary E. Morley, a native of Chemung county, New York, but who came with her parents to Andover when three years of age, where she has ever since resided. She is a daughter of William H. and Sybil (Watson) Morley, widely known and highly respected people and old settlers of Andover. Mr. and Mrs. Manley have reared two adopted children: Rosa, wife of Walter Talcott, of Cleveland, Ohio; and Millie, wife of Lester Dixon, of Andover. Mr. Manley advocates the principles of the Republican party. He takes a deep interest in the advancement and welfare of his community, and is justly regarded as a representative citizen. W. S. DEMING, a venerable citizen of South New Lyme, Ashtabula county, Ohio, has long been indentified with the interests of this place, and is now living retired. Mr. Deming was born in Berlin, Connecticut, in 1813, and came to his present location in 1834, being twenty years of age at that time. Here he engaged in the merchandise business. For a number of years he was interested in business at Cincinnati, as a member of the firm of Straight, Deming & Co., wholesale grocers and commission merchants. Under the firm name of Deming, Raymond & CO., he also had an interest in a similar business at Cleveland. He invested extensively in real estate, and is now the owner of several hundred acres of good land in New Lyme township. He served as Associate Judge, and for several years was a member of the Ohio Legislature. In politics he has ever taken an active interest, being an ardent Republican. Few men in this vicinity have done more to advance its interests than Mr. Deming, and few are held in higher esteem than he. In 1878 Mr. Deming intimated to some citizens that he would duplicate whatever sum the people of New Lyme might sub- OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 763 scribe for founding and sustaining a higher institution for learning in New Lyme. A public meeting was called to consider the matter, and Mr. Deming repeated the offer. A subscription of some $4,000 for the erection of a building was promptly duplicated, and also a subsequent subscription of about $3,000. The growth of the school was such as to require additional room, and Mr. Deming, at his own expense, put on an addition to the building. The addition cost over $5,000. Besides this constant interest in the general welfare of the school, he has, by aiding worthy young men and young women, done a great good to many individuals and to the country. Indeed, he has been liberal in his contributions toward all worthy causes. Mr. Deming was married in 1834 to Miss Mary A. Brown, who still lives to cheer his home in his declining years. They have no children of their own, but have one adopted child. JUDGE HENRY K. SMITH, who has presided over the Probate Court of Geauga county for the past twenty-seven years, was born in Parkman township, Geauga county, August 10, 1832. The Smiths are of English descent. His grandfather, Seth Smith, was a native of the State of Vermont, where he married his wife, Polly Marsh Judge Smith's father, Marsh Smith, was born at Brattleborough, Vermont, in 1799, and accompanied his parents on their removal to the State of New York when he was a mere boy. n 1817, when at the age of about eighteen years, Marsh Smith, full of energy, hopefulness and courage, removed to Parkman, where he made his home, encountering the obstacles and trials which beset the path of the pioneer, and by his labor and good management cleared up and developed a large and productive farm. Seth Smith, in early life, was a Baptist in belief, but before his death became a Universalist, as was also Marsh Smith, who was, moreover, a strong Abolitionist, early assisting many fugitives from slavery, and from its organization until his death being identified with the Republican party. Seth Smith died in Parkman, in 1855. Marsh Smith was united in marriage, October 28, 1823, with Miss Eliza Colton, of Nelson, Portage county, who had come with her parents from Connecticut about the same time that he came to Parkman, and the fruit of their happy union is a family of four sons and three daughters. Being elected to the office of County Auditor in 1850, he sold his farm in Parkman and removed to Chardon, holding that office six years, and the office of County Commissioner two years, after which he lived a retired life among his children until his death in 1887, at the age of eighty-eight years. His wife died September 30, 1884, at the age of eighty-one. Her father, Theron Colton, was a native of Connecticut, but an early settler of Portage county. For many years he operated a blacksmith and wagon shop at Colton's Corners, the place being named for him, and also owned a good farm. He possessed much ability, and was widely known as a man of unusual force of character. n his religious faith, he was a Presbyterian of the most radical type. Henry K. Smith was reared on the farm, and grew to manhood in the atmosphere of a home well calculated to develop those finer traits and higher excellencies of character with which he is endowed. His early education was received in the common schools and academies of this section, and from a private 764 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY tutor. At the age of nineteen he came to Chardon, and for several years assisted his father in the Auditor's office, receiving discipline and acquiring experience, which have been invaluable to him in his long professional and official career. His natural aptitude and sterling worth were recognized by all with whom he came in contact. n 1851 he taught school for a time and at the age of twenty-one years began studying for the profession he had chosen as his life's vocation. He entered the office of Riddle & Thresher, and in 1856 was admitted to the bar at Chardon. After filling several minor positions with credit, he was entrusted with the responsibilities of the County Treasurer's office. Upon the death of the clerk of the courts, A. H. Gotham, in 1857, he was appointed his successor for the unexpired term, and in the autumn of the same year was elected Prosecuting Attorney, holding the office two terms. During this period the noted murder trial of Hiram Cole .occurred, and he was associated in the prosecution with Hon. A. G. Riddle, who for many years has been one of the most distinguished members of the Washington city bar. Soon after his election as Prosecutor he formed a partnership with the late W. 0. Forrist, and in 1861 became associated with Judge D. W. Canfield, this relationship continuing until his election in 1866 to the office of Probate Judge, which he has since continuously held, in every instance being nominated by acclamation, an honor almost without precedent, his integrity and efficiency being universally recognized. Judge Smith was married, February 22, 1854, to Miss Harmony Stocking, a daughter of D. W. and Mary (Wells) Stocking. They have had three children, one dying in infancy ; the eldest, Stuart S., has been fora number of years cashier of the Geauga Savings &Loan Association, and at present is cashier of the First National Bank of Chardon; Halbert D. is a graduate of Buchtel College and of the Cincinnati Law School; he has entered upon a promising law practice in the city of Cleveland. Judge Smith, like his honored father, is a stalwart Republican, having formerly held the position of Chairman of the Republican County Committee for a number of years. He is a member of the Masonic lodge of Chardon, and of the Eagle Commandery at Painesville, and also of the I. 0. 0. F. Judge Smith was among the most active and efficient in, the rebuilding of Chardon after the destructive fire which visited the business portion in the summer of 1868. He has always devoted much attention to farming. No man has exercised a wider or more beneficial influence in Geauga county, and no man was ever more utterly devoid of those traits which mark the mere demagogue. The confidence which he enjoys is the deserved tribute to worth and excellence. JOHN P. RIEG, a newspaper man of Conneaut, was born at Baldenheim, Canton de Markolzheim, France, April 18, 1840, was an only child, and was left an orphan at the age of fourteen years. He attended the public schools the number of years required by law, and afterward was placed under a private tutor to fit himself for college. Becoming restless, and having an uncle living in Warren, Pennsylvania, he conceived the idea of coming to America. At the age of fifteen years he found himself in Warren, possessed of a fair education in German and French, but entirely ignorant of the English OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 765 language. He attended the public schools for six months, in the meantime looking about for some kind of employment that would suit his taste, when he finally entered the printing office of D. W. C. James, and learned the "art preservative of arts." In 1861 he purchased the office of the Conneaut Reporter, and has ever since been at the head of that office and been a resident of Conneaut. June 12, 1861, Mr. Rieg married Julia K. Brooks, of Erie, Pennsylvania, and they have four children: Frank F., born May 8, 1863; Mary S., December 15, 1865; John B., December 5, 1872; Florence F., October 28, 1881. HON. GEORGE H. FORD, whose career has been a source of pride to the citizens of Geauga county, an honor to his ancestry and a credit to himself, is a son of ex-Governor Seabury Ford. A native of the State of Ohio, he was born at Burton, March 10, 1842. He received his literary education in the public schools of Columbus and at the Western Reserve College, Hudson, Ohio, graduating from the latter institution with the class of 1862. During his school days he was a member of a military company which was thoroughly drilled. Offering themselves for service when the clouds of the Civil war hung like a pall over the land, the members of the company were called out by Governor Tod in May, 1862, and were sent with the One Hundred and Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry into the field; they did duty until the following October, when they were mustered out. Having determined to pursue the law as a profession, Mr. Ford entered the law office of Hitchcock & Estep, Cleveland, Ohio, and studied under their direction; later he was in the office of Judge D. W. Canfield, of Chardon, and was admitted to the bar in 1868. He then opened an office at Burton, where he was engaged in practice until he was elected a member of the Legislature in 1871. He was re-elected, serving two terms in succession. During his first term he was appointed Chairman of the Committee on Universities and Colleges; he drafted and introduced " a bill to establish the Ohio University," the object of the bill being to merge the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College, the Ohio, University at Athens, and the Miami University into one. At the same time another bill was introduced into the Senate by Alphonso Hart, setting aside swamp lands of the State as an endowment for the State University. Had this bill passed an annual income of $75,000 or $100,000 would have been secured to the university, and it could then have proudly taken the lead among public educa tional institutions. The bill, however, roused much opposition, and failed of passing; hence the vote on the university bill in the House, was merely complimentary. Mr. Ford was a member of the standing committee on finance., and during his second term was a member of the noted Wood county investigating Com mittee, the disclosures of which brought the, Sixty-first General Assembly to an abrupt and undignified termination. He was elected t9. the Horse again its 1883, and at the end of his term was elected a member of the Senate; he was re-elected in 1888. During his service in the upper House he introduced a number of bills, notably the " Anti-oleomargarine," the bill which established the office of Food and Dairy Commissioner. He was one of the leaders on the Republican side in the hotly contested organization of the Senate in 1886, in which the Republicans were finally victorious. He served as Clerk pro tem. with 766 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY marked efficiency. He was a ready debater, active in all important measures and questions before the House, and discharged his duties with a fidelity that won the entire confidence of a large constituency. He was a delegate to the Cincinnati National convention when General Hayes was nominated for President on the Republican ticket. Mr. Ford is largely interested in the private banking house of Boughton, Ford & Co., using about $100,000 capital and transacting a profitable business. He was appointed Bank Examiner for this district in April, 1890, and still holds the position. Until September, 1892, he did the work of the entire district; but, the territory being wide and each bank requiring from three to four days, it was necessary to appoint another examiner for a part of the district.   In 1866 he was united in marriage to Miss Corinne E. Williams, a native of Burton; her grandfather emigrated from Massachusetts to Ohio in 1808. Mr. and Mrs. Ford are the parents of three children: Helen R,, Louis J., and Carl B. They occupy a handsome frame residence facing the public park, and are surrounded by the many comforts of modern civilization. Mr. Ford and wife are members of the Congregational Church and are liberal contributors to its support. He belongs to the Masonic order and is a member of the blue lodge, chapter and com man dry.   SEABURY FORD, Governor of the State of Ohio in 1849—'50, was the third son of John and Esther Ford, being a native of Connecticut, born at Cheshire, October 15, 1801. John Ford was of Scotch ancestry and was of a large and vigorous type physically. Esther Cook, his wife, was a daughter of Elam Cook and a sister of the wife of Judge Peter Hitchcock. The Cook family came from County Kent, England, to New England prior to 1640. There came in one of the ships landing at the "Port of Pilgrims" a widow by the name of Ford, with her one son. Seabury Ford was brought by his parents to Geauga county, Ohio, in 1807, a distance of 700 miles through an almost unbroken forest. His youthful days here spent in attending the pioneer schools and assisting his father in clearing the land of heavy timber. At the age of eighteen years he determined to gain a thorough education, and prepared for a college course at the academy under the tuition of David L. Coe. In 1821 he bade farewell to the associates and scenes of his childhood for a period of four years, and he and his classmate, the Rev. D. ter, started for New Haven, Connecticut, in a one-horse wagon, their baggage piled in the rear of tae vehicle. After a journey of many days the classic shades of old Yale were reached, and the first two students from the new State of Ohio were enrolled. Mr. Wilter. entered the sophomore class and Mr. Ford the freshman. The latter held a conspicuous place in his class through the four-years course, and among his mates were many who have adorned the highest ranks of every profession and calling in life. He was graduated in the class of 1825, and returned to Ohio. He began the study of law in the office of Samuel W. Phelps, who died soon after, Coming to Burton he finished his studies under the direction of his uncle, Judge Peter Hitchcock, and was admitted to the bar in 1827; he opened an office in Burton and there began a long and honorable career. He was safe and conscientious in his counsel and frequently avoided litigation at a sacrifice to his financial interests. OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 767 He had a great love for military affairs and was Major General in command of the Northern Division Ohio State militia. n 1835 he was elected a member of the. House of Representatives, and, with the exception of a single year, served until 1848, when he was elected to the office of Governor. He served two terms in the Senate, was once Speaker of the House of Representatives, and was twice presiding officer of the Senate. Few men have had a longer career in the public affairs of the State, and none have been regarded as more useful to the public welfare. In 1839 he took an active part against the bill to prevent banks from issuing notes of less denomination than $5, and his speeches upon this occasion are illustrative of his broad comprehension of the subject and his choice and easy flow of language. During the panic of 1837, he made a vigorous fight against the bill known as the Plunder Act, introducing a bill to repeal it; his speeches in support of his bill attracted attention throughout the State. During his years of legislation he acquired a fund of information relating to public affairs equaled by few, and was recognized as one of the most able and valuable members of the House. It was largely due to his efforts from 1837 to 1842 that the banking system was placed upon so secure a basis. In 1838 he was the rival of the Hon. Joshua R. Giddings for the Whig nomination for Congress, and failed only by one or two votes. He was an ardent and vigorous supporter of Henry Clay in the campaign of 1844, and spoke day and night throughout Ohio for weeks before the election; though the Whig party was defeated Ohio was carried for Clay. The Whig convention of 1848, recognizing his great strength and popularity, placed him at the head of their ticket, and he was elected. His inaugural and annual messages are among the clearest and ablest of Ohio State papers, He discharged the duties of Governor with dignity and fidelity, remembering always the weight of the obligation he bore to his constituency. Soon after the expiration of his term in 1851 he was stricken with paralysis, and four years later, May 8, 1855, he passed over to the silent majority. His companion through life bore the maiden name of Harriet E. Cook, a daughter of Jobn Cook: she was born August 20, 1807; they were united in marriage September 10, 1828, and reared a family of five children. Mrs. Ford was a fine representative of the best. type of American womanhood; having a loyal admiration for her husband, she rejoiced in his successes and encouraged and aided his efforts for the uplifting of humanity. C. M. SANBORN, a prominent fruit-grower and influential citizen of Saybrook township, Ashtabula county, Ohio, was born in Erie county, Pennsylvania, December 23, 1844. His parents, William and Parmelia (Black) Sanborn, were natives of the Eastern States, the former having been born in Delaware county, New York, June 26, 1807. He began life as an agriculturist in the new country of Pennsylvania. His resources were at first limited and he toiled early and late for many years to support in comfort a loving family. e was frugal and wisely economical in his personal expenses and wholly free from all personal vices which impoverish so many. In business, he was scrupulously honest, careful and successful. In society, he was affable and gentlemanly; took a deep interest in the prominent questions of the day, and was both fluent and entertaining in conversation and oratory. He 768 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY afterward became extensively interested in the lumber business, his name becoming familiar in that connection throughout the lake country. It was at this time that he yielded to the solicitations of his friends and the wishes of his party, and was elected a member of the State Legislature of Pennsylvania. He was not in the ordinary sense a politician, and certainly not an aspirant for office, which sought him rather than he it. He was a true philanthropist, with well defined and positive sentiments on the subject of human rights, and being chosen by the freemen of his district he sought to serve the best interests of the State and of his constituents. Industrious, conscientious and self,. reliant, his office was no sinecure, and he at once took first rank among the working members of that body. The State of Pennsylvania was at that time fostering, not without considerable opposition, her colleges and seminaries, which without State aid seemed scarcely able to sustain themselves. As the member from Erie, much reliance was placed upon him by the educators in the western part of the State who wanted upon him to assist them in their worthy efforts, and he did not fail then in their hour of need. At the time of the Civil war, Mr. Sanborn removed with his family to Ashtabula, Ohio, where he continued the lumber business, handling millions of feet annually and shipping large quantities to points in New York, to Richmond, Virginia and various other surrounding places; he was rightly termed the lumber king of the great lake region. He passed forty-three years of happily married life with his wife, the companion of his youth, and they had ten children: Adaline, widow of S. W. Haskins; Caroline, now deceased, was the wife of W. S. Drew; George W., of Fargo, Dakota; Mary M., widow of Dr. E. L. King; Susan H., wife of E. H. Gilkey; W. E., deceased; Laura, deceased; C. M., subject of this sketch; J. W., deceased; and Florence, deceased, was the wife of Henry Perry. September 8, 1871, the family were called upon to mourn the loss of the devoted father, whose life had been as admirable in private as in public, and whose death caused widespread sorrow wherever he was known. His son, C. M. Sanborn, whose name. heads this sketch, was reared in his native county, and attended the district and boarding schools and academy of his county. When eighteen years of age, he responded to the call of his country for volunteers to put down the Rebellion and teach the South lessons of patriotism. He first served three months in the Sixteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, rendezvousing at Harrisburg, that State. He was thence transferred to the Fifteenth Infantry of regular troops, under Colonels Sanderson and Shepard. A brief history of the service participated in by this regiment may be summed up in the battles of Buzzard Roost, Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain, Neal Dow Station, Peachtree Creek, Utah Creek, Atlanta, and Jonesboro, September 1, 1864. The regiment was then ordered back to Lookout Mountain, where it remained in winter quarters until the spring of 1865, when it was transferred to Mobile, Alabama, and there discharged in November of the same year. Mr. Sanborn was offered a commission in th3 army as an officer, but preferre I to remain the ranks among the boys in blue, and responsible for no one but himself. . He was wounded twice in the Atlanta campaign, once severely in his left hand. On the close of the war, Mr. Sanborn rejoined his parents and the rest of the family in Ashtabula, whither they had removed during his absence, and at once engaged with his father in the lam OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 769 ber trade, which he followed successfully for a number of years. He then retired from that business and began fruit farming, which he has since followed, his industry and intelligent management being justly rewarded with abundance of the best fruit. e now has an orchard of forty acres, comprising every variety of fruit known to the temperate zone, and a visit to his fine place is both instructive and pleasing. April 29, 1869, Mr. Sanborn was married to Miss J. W. Belknap, a lady of many sterling qualities. She was one of five children of Seth and Laura (Dudley) Belknap, the former an early settler and farmer of Ashtabula county, coming from New York, near Batavia. Their children were: Cornelia, who was twice married, first to William Watrous an next to Calvin Waterbury; Frank; George; J. W., born in 1850; and William. Mr. and Mrs. Sanborn have but one child, George W., born August 30, 1873, who is with his parents. The characteristics of his honorable father are repeated in Mr. Sanborn, and he justly enjoys the high esteem of all who know him. A. F. HARRINGTON, an enterprising and successful business man of Conneaut, Ohio, who has various interests in this city, is deserving of some personal mention on the pages of this work. A brief sketch of his life is as follows: A. F. Harrington was born in Pennsylvania, August 16, 1851, son of Reuben and Permelia (Campfleld) Harrington. His father and mother were natives of New York and Pennsylvania, respectively, and were married in Pennsylvania. About 1857 they settled in Conneaut, Ohio, where they spent the rest of their lives. The senior Mr. Harrington was a cooper and bridge carpenter, and after coming to Conneaut was chiefly engaged in work at the former trade. He was twice married, and his second wife is still living, aged about sixty years. He died in 1887, at the age of seventy. He was the father of nine children, four by the first union and five by the second. In the last family were three sons and two daughters, of whom A. F., the subject of this sketch, is the oldest. Mr. A. F. Harrington made his own start in life, and the success he has attained is due solely so his own well directed efforts. He first worked with his father, then he spent one year in a marble shop, and after that clerked for Captain Capron in the ship yard three years. e subsequently spent one year in Wisconsin, working in a stave factory. He is a man of marked energy and business ability, which has been amply demonstrated by the successful manner in which he has handled the various interests to which his attention has been called. At this writing he runs a fishery in the lake, is engaged in the oil business, has a grocery and meat market, deals in hides, etc., and also has a large real- estate interests. With an eye ever open to business opportunities, he has made a number of judicious investments and is now the owner of valuable property interests in Conneaut. While he looks well to his own private business affairs, he is public-spirited and generous and takes a lively interest in whatever pertains to the welfare of the community in which he lives. Mr. Harrington was married February 22, 1876, to Miss Hattie L. Keep, adopted daughter of Luther and Fanny Keep, of Monroe township, this county. Mr. and Mrs. Harrington have two children, Arthur A. and Minnie V., both attending school. He 770 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Conneaut, of which he is serving as a Steward. Mr. Barrington is also a member of the Protected Home Circle, Junior Order of American Mechanics, Knights of the Golden Eagle, and of the State Police Force. Politically, he is an ardent Republican.. C. J. CRONIN, a conductor on the Nickel Plate Railroad, residing at Conneaut, Ohio, is a native of Chautauqua county, New York, born March 14, 1853. His parents, John and Margaret (Haley) Cronin, were born, reared and married in Ireland, and came to America some time in the '40s, settling at Dunkirk, New York. His father was a tanner by trade. Both parents have passed away, the father dying at Cherry Creek, New York, at about the age of fifty years, and she mother living to be about sixty-five. They had a family of nine chil- dren, C. J. being among the youngest. At about the age of fourteen years the sub- ject of our sketch entered upon a seafaring life, beginning as deck boy, being promoted to ordinary seaman and three years later to seaman. For more than a dozen years he sailed on the briny deep, and during that time visited nearly all the principal ports of the world. From 1870 until 1882 his home was in Erie, and during the warm weather he sailed on the lakes. The only serious shipwreck he was in in all these years was on Lake Huron. He was on the Francis Berryman, Captain William Norris, and about eleven o'clock on a moonlight night this vessel was run down by tile steam barge Coffinbury and struck forward of the fore rigging. Two men were killed or drowned and were never seen afterward. The trouble was caused by a misunderstanding between the officers, the steam barge being responsible for the damages. Mr. Cronin began railroading in 1880, as brakeman on the Lake Shore Railroad, and continued as such for two years. In 1882 he began service on the Nickel Plate, with which company he has since remained, hav- ing served three . years as brakeman and the past eight years as freight conductor. In all his railroad .experience he has never had an accident that cost the company a dol- lar. His career has been one marked by the closest attention to business and the interest of his employers. Mr. Cronin was married December 28, 1881, to Miss Margaret Griffin, daughter of Tarrence and Margaret Griffin, natives of Ireland. Mr. and Mrs. Cronin have four bright children, Anna May, Frank, Charles and Margaret, of whom they are justly proud. After having spent much of his life on the sea and in foreign climes, Mr. Cronin knows how to appreciate his comfortable and happy home. He and his wife are members of the Catholic Church, and in politics he affiliates with the Democratic party. He is is a man of pleasing address, is an entertain- ing converser, and is popular with the Brotherhood, of which he is Assistant Chief. EDWARD REID, a loyal citizen of the United States of America, was born in the south of Ireland, January 29, 1839, a son of Rassland and Eliza (Vickers) Reid, who were also natives of the Emerald Isle. The father began life as a cattle dro- ver, buying and shipping to England; he was an excellent judge of fine horses, and continued in the live-stock business until he , OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 771 emigrated to Canada during the Turko-Russian war; he located in Toronto and began the trade of brick-making, which he followed until his death; he met his death by accident, falling from a wagon which passed over his body. He reared a family of eight children: George; John died on the Mississippi river; Mary Ann; Samuel, now living in Melbourne, Australia, is married and has had three children, two of whom are living; Margaret married Thomas Hamilton, lives in Toronto and they have had nine children, four of whom are living: James, Nellie, Thomas and Tillie; Edward, the sixth-born is the subject of this sketch; Elizabeth died at the age of seventeen years; Ross died in Michigan at the age of forty-five years. Edward was left in Ireland by his parents at the age of seven years; he lived with a great aunt until her death, and then remained with her husband until he was fourteen years old; at this early age he went to sea and for seven years was upon the deep. Locating in Toronto, Canada, he lived there ten years, engaged in brick-making; thence he went to Cleveland, and afterward to Geneva; here he has established a large brick and tile-making business, and has met with gratifying success. He also owns a fine farm, which he manages with the same sagacity which characterizes his commercial transactions. Mr. Reid was united in marriage, in Toronto, Canada, December 23, 1861, to Jane Thompson, widow of John Thompson, and daughter of William and Mary (Rumsey) Jones: they are the parents of seven children: George Arthur, born October 11, 1863, married Miss Pauline Newton, of Bastrop, Louisiana, November 22, 1891; they have one child, Jannett, born. November 14, 1892; Lilah was born February 9, 1865; Vickers, born in August, 1867, died in the same month; Anna Gertrude was born December 25, 1869; Edward Vickers, born December 29, 1871, was married to Mrs. Zada Hyde, January 18, 1893; William Jones was born July 4, 1874; and Maud Alice, November 11, 1876. By her first marriage Mrs. Reid had three children: Hugh Thompson, born May 8, 1855, died September 21, 1889; Mary Jane, born March 3, 1857, married Robert Gilmore July 9, 1873; Elizabeth was born June 11, 1859, and died in January, 1862. Mr. Reid was reared in the faith of the Episcopal Church. He is a most worthy member of Geneva Lodge, No. 334, F. and A. M. n politics he adheres to the principles of the Democratic party. JOHN GUDMUNDSON, a well-known, prosperous and highly esteemed citizen of Harbor, Ohio, was born on a farm near Guttenburg, Sweden, March 20, 1849. His parents were Gudmund and Johanna (Anderson) Anderson, who reared ten children. The devoted wife and mother died in 1863, and ten years later the father also passed away. They were industrious, worthy people, and enjoyed the respect of all who knew them. The subject of this sketch was reared on the home farm, and received his education in the adjacent schools. He labored faithfully on the farm until his departure for the United States, to which country he was induced to come by the greater opportunities afforded to young men. He arrived at Castle Garden, New York city, June 6, 1871, and two days later reached Jamestown, New York, whence he went to Meadville, Pennsylvania, where he secured his first employment on the streets- 772 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY of that city, next engaging in farm work. He next came to Ohio and was for a time employed on the Jefferson & Painesville Railroad, between Jefferson and Ashtabula, under the superintendence of Mr. McKenzie as contractor. Concluding that the far northwest afforded better inducements for a laboring man, Mr. Gudmundson went to Minnesota, 100 miles from St. Paul, where he did railroad work for six weeks. At the end of this Lime he decided to return to Ohio, and accordingly came to Cleveland and worked two months on a gravel train on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad. He then came to the Harbor, where, after working a short time on the Pennsylvania Railroad, he secured employment two months on Mr. Fargo's farm. He next worked eight months for Captain Brown, after which he worked five years for 7Albert Field, and concluded his services in other people's employ, with six months on the Nickel Plate Railroad. He then started in life for himself by renting Captain Brown's farm, which he continued to manage successfully fourteen months. After this he engaged in teaming at the Harbor with his own team, which business he has ever since followed, meeting with deserved success, and by economy and persistent industry has accumulated a comfortable income. He owns 1231 feet of valuable property on Bridge street, at the Harbor, besides other desirable real estate, and is numbered among the substantial men of the community. May 30, 1878, Mr. Gudmundson was mar- ried, at the Harbor, to Miss 13reta Larson, an estimable lady, who is a native of his own country, whence she came to the United States in 1873. Rev. Dr. H. N. McGiffert performed the marriage ceremony, a gentle- man well known and highly esteemed in this vicinity. Mr. and Mrs. Gudmundson have one child, Carl Oscar, born January, 1879, who is a bright and promising boy, and whom his father intends shall enjoy the highest kind of privileges for an exceptional education. Thus is it a pleasure to note the reward of merit and industry which in Mr. Gudmund- son's case have secured financial prosperity and the universal regard of his fellow-men. WILLIAM C. CHAMBERLAIN is a native of the State of Pennsylvania, having been born in Farmington, Tioga county, December 12, 1845. His father was Nelson H. Chamberlain, also a native of Tioga county. The grandfather, Chandler W. Chamberlain, was born in the Keystone State in 1802, of English ancestry. The paternal grandmother's maiden name was Jane Phoenix. Nelson H. Chamberlain was a farmer by occupation, and owned a well-improved tract of eighty acres of land in Tioga county. He married Dimis Rowley, a native of Steuben county, New York, and they reared a family of four children: Orlando; William C., the subject of this notice; Roswell L. deceased; and Alonzo B. The mother is living, at the age of sixty-six years; the father lived to attain three-score years and ten, departing this life November 30, 1891. William C. was reared in Pennsylvania until his twelfth year; he then went with his parents to Stenben county, New York, and later, in 1863, they removed to the township of Alma, Allegany county, New York. When only a lad of fifteen years his heart became fired with patriotism, which found expression in his service to his country. OF SOUTHEASTERN OHIO - 773 August 14, 1861, he enlisted from Steuben county in Company B, Eighty-sixth New York Volunteer Infantry, known in the army as the "Steuben Rangers," and was sent directly to Washington, joining the Army of the Potomac, in Smith's division, Hancock's brigade. He was detailed to provost duty, but served afterward in Pope's campaign and participated in the second battle of Bull Run. Soon after this engagement he was taken ill, and was confined in Harwood Hospital, Washington, from September 1, 1862, until the latter part of November of the same year, when he was transferred to the hospital at Portsmouth Grove, Rhode Island, where he was discharged on account of disability, January 3, 1863. He returned to his home, and the next autumn he settled in Allegany county, New York; here he purchased a tract of wild, undeveloped land, which he improved, and when it was discovered to be in the oil district he sold it for a large advance upon the price paid. In 1884 he came to Geauga county, Ohio, and bought his present farm, a tract of fifty-eight acres, located in Hampden township, on North Hampden street. Mr. Chamberlain was married May 4, 1870, two miles east of Chardon, to Miss Cornelia L. White, who was born in Tioga county, New York. They are the parents of two children, Cora M. and Mildred M., bright young ladies, who were educated at Chardon. Aaron and Mary S. (Garrison) White, the parents of Mrs. Chamberlain, were born in Tioga county, New York, and Bradford county, Pennsylvania, respectively. They reared a family of five children: Cornelia, Albert G., George H., Spencer E. and Ezra E. Mr, White removed from New York State to Geauga county, Ohio, in 1884, and purchased a farm which joins on the north of that of his son-in-law. Mr. Chamberlain has a well cultivated and highly improved farm, with neat and substantial buildings which he has erected since his purchase. He raises live-stock and grain, and is numbered among the most thrifty and substantial farmers of the community. He and his wife adhere to the Free Baptist faith in their religion. n politics, he supports the Republican party, and is now serving his third term as Trustee of the township. He has been very faithful and efficient in the discharge of his official duty, and has promoted the best interests of the township. He is a member of the Reed Post, No. 387, G. A. R., at Chardon, and belongs to the Hampden Grange. CORRELL MERRELL, for seventy-five years a resident of Concord township, Lake county, Ohio, a prosperous farmer and worthy citizen, was born in Winsted, Connecticut, June 9, 1811. He comes of a prominent New England family, his paternal grandfather having also been a native of Connecticut, where many of his ancestors were born, and where the grandfather lived to be more than a hundred years old. His son, Phineas Merrell, father of the subject of this sketch, was also a native of Connecticut, and was reared to farming, which occupation he followed in the State of his birth until March, 1818, when he emigrated to Ohio. He and an uncle, with their families, carne overland in wagons to Concord township, Lake -county, where they settled on new hod, which was heavily wooded. On the 100 acres he purchased, Mr. Merrell built 774 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY a double log house, in which the two fami- lies lived. They subsisted largely on wild game and fish, with which the woods and streams abounded and which was not a bad diet by any means. Mr. Merrell cleared and industriously improved his land, on which he died in 1827, in his forty-seventh year, greatly lamented by all who knew him. His wife, whose maiden name was Lucy Markham, was also a native of Connecticut. She afterward remarried and lived to be more than ninety years of age. She was a devoted member of the Presbyterian Church and prominent in all good works. She had five children, all of whom lived to have families of their own, but of whom the Subject of this sketch is the sole survivor. Mr. Merrell, whose name heads this notice, was about seven years of age when his par- ents removed to Ohio, where he received his education in the log schoolhouses of the day, which were provided with slab benches and all the crude appliances of pioneer times, The instruction received, however, was much the same as that enjoyed in the present schools of numerous conveniences, the sub- ject of this sketch generally attending about three months a year during the winter sea- son, the rest of his time being employed in light duties on the farm. He was the eldest son, and after the death of his father, being then seventeen years of age, he with the help of his brother, Lucian, three years younger, took the management of the farm, and prac- tically became the head of the family. He continued to work at home until he was twenty-two years of age, and then went to Canada, where he worked as a muddler in a furnace for six weeks. He then seoured a position in the Q-eauga iron furnace, near Painesville, where he worked several years. At the end of this time, in partnership with others, he built a furnace in Concord township near where he now resides, in which he continued to be a managing stockholder for nine years. He then sold his interest and purchased the old homestead, which his father had reclaimed from the wilderness, on which he has since continued to reside and on which he has made many additional im- provements until it is now one of the most valuable farms in the county. He now has in Concord township 340 acres of land, most of which is cultivated to general farming, although for several years he raised quite a herd of shorthorn cattle. He has been a hard worker all his life and justly deserves the prosperity which he now enjoys. He has not been out of Lake county two months at one time since 1818, a space of seventy-five years, and is contented to live and die where he has passed so many happy years. September 14, 1841, Mr. Merrell was married to Lury Baker, an intelligent lady, a native of Lake county, Ohio, and daughter of Hosea Baker, an early settler of that county, who came from the East. They had four children: Phineas, married, is a prosperous farmer; Arthur, married, is a promin- ent farmer of Concord township; Antoinette, wife of G. S. Hodges, resides on the old homestead; and Correll B., married, resides in Cleveland, where he is a general insurance agent. February 27, 1884, the family were called upon to mourn the loss of the devoted wife and mother, who had for so many years subordinated her interests to those of her dear ones. She was a woman of rare ability and force of character, and left many friends to mourn her loss. Politically, Mr. Merrell was a Republican until 1864, since which time he has been independent. He joined an artillery company when eighteen, and trained for several OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 775 years in military tactics. No one has contributed more to the general advancement of his community, and he is justly numbered among its representative citizens. EUGENE N. WARNER, who is known throughout northeastern Ohio as one of the most successful fruit-growers in the State, is a son of Elbridge 0. and of Nancy (Nellis) Warner; his father was born in Massachusetts, a son of Nathan and Polly Warner, and one of a family of four children. Eugene N. was born January 10, 1847, and is one of a family of five; Cassius was born August 4, 1844, and died at the age of seven years; Josephine was born August 7,1849, and was married November 3,1868, to Wilbur Cleveland; Arthur E, was born December 22, 1851, and is married; Isadore was born January 22, 1856, and died January 21, 1862. Eugene N. is the second of the family. He was reared on the farm, and early in life began to observe the working of nature and to study those laws which govern the vegetable world, meanwhile attending the common school, in which he received a fair education. He was married April 27, 1873, to Miss Kate Hutchins, a daughter of Calvin and Emily E. (Crosby) Hutchins, and one of a family of nine children, she being the seventh in order of birth. Mr. Warner has devoted his life to agricultural pursuits, and has been especially active in promoting the fruit-growing interests of this section; he has 28 acres in grapes, 1,000 peach trees, 250 pear-trees, and 500 quince trees, all of which are bearing; he has 70 acres in Harpersfield township, where he has planted 1,000 quince trees and 1,000 pear trees; altogether he has one of the finest fruit farms in the State. He has been very successful in acquiri rig property, owning 140 acres of the old homestead, seventy acres in Harpersfield township, sixty-six acres in Morgan township, a half interest in eighty acres in Madison township, Lake county, a half interest in sixty-six acres in Harpersfield township, and a house and lot in Unionville. Mr. and Mrs. Warner are the parents of six children: Dorr Eugene, born December 6, 1873, is a student at Princeton; Otto Nellis was born December 21, 1874, he is a graduate of the Geneva Normal school, class of 1893; Josephine C. was born September 26, 1877; George E. was born January 21, 1880; Nettie N. was born August 26, 1881, and Mary E. was born November 17, 1884. The father and mother and four older children are members of St. Michael's Church. Mr. Warner has taken a deep interest in the educational facilities afforded the present generation, and has aided very materially in advancing the standard. In politics he voices the principles of Democracy. JOSEPH WORDEN is one of the honored early settlers of Lake county, Ohio, his birth having occurred in Willoughby township, November 30, 1822, in a log house erected by his father, who was one of the very first pioneers of the township. He was Noah Worden, a native of Groton, Connecticut, and a descendent of an old New England family. His father, Joseph Worden, of the Nutmeg State, emigrated at an early day to Stephentown, Rensselaer county, New York, where he engaged in farming. His wife in her girlhood was Rachel Grant, who was born in Rhode Island, and was a member of the same family from which General Grant descended. 776 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY Noah Worden, with his brother, James, came to Ohio in 1809, and purchased land for a permanent home in Willoughby township. After building a log house he married Miss Hannah Grover, and brought his bride to the humble home. Mrs. Worden had emigrated with her parents from New York State several years previously. She died in 1828, leaving three children, of whom our subject is the eldest. James died in 1890, and the only daughter, Rachel, became the wife of Dr. John W. Hamilton, a noted surgeon of Columbus, Ohio. After his first wife's death, Noah Worden married the widow of Zophar Warner. Their two children died in infancy. Mr. Worden improved and cleared his farm, bringing it under high cultivation At various times he held local and township offices of responsibility and trust, and was a highly esteemed citizen of the community. He died at the age of eighty-six years, in the faith of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to which he had long belonged. Our subject assisted his father in the work of the farm during his youth, and such education as he gained was that afforded by the district schools of the period, which were conducted on the subscription plan. He and his brother James were apt scholars and the latter taught school for several terms. The education of Joseph Worden was completed in the academy at Chagrin Falls. He has always devoted himself to agricultural pursuits and is a successful farmer. He is the owner of 291 acres of land on the banks of the Chagrin river, which property is very valuable. Until 1852, Mr. Worden was a Democrat, after which for four years he supported the Free Soil party, and in 1856 joined the Republican ranks. He now deposits his ballot in favor of the candidates of the People's party. He has been quite a reader and is well informed on the leading topics of the day and items of interest, both of national and general import. In his early manhood he and his brother James were surveyors. He has many interesting reminiscences of pioneer life and is a good conversationalist. At one time, when the river was blocked with ice, his father gave a great quantity of corn, which was ground cob and all, to people who could not get their corn ground at the mill Mr. Worden is a man of integrity and correct business methods, who by his upright life has won the esteem of his neighbors to a marked degree. JAMES E. STEPHENSON, one of the I oldest members of the bar in Geanga county, Ohio, was born on Staten Island, August 17, 1819, a son of Thomas B. Stephenson, a native of New York city. The paternal grandfather, Ebenezer Stephenson, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the youngest of six brothers, whose father assisted in celebrating the Boston Tea Party. n early youth he went to New York city and opened a tannery for preparing morocco goods exclusively, having mastered the trade in Boston ; this business he followed all his life, which ended July 4, 1852, at the age of seventy-five years. Thomas B. Stephenson passed his boyhood and youth in New York city cared for by an aunt, his mother having died when he was four years old, He was educated in the schools of the city, and at the age of twenty-one years was ordained a Baptist minister. He preached five years on Staten Island, and was then sent as a missionary to the Western Reserve in the spring of 1823, by the societies of Dr. Cone's and Bethel OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 777 churches of New York city. He remained one year, and then brought his family, who arrived August 8, 1824. He was largely in- strumental in the establishing of the Baptist Church in this section. He married Hannah Demott, of New York city. They reared a family of five children: J. E., the subject of this notice; George B.; William; Mary and Eliza. The mother died at the age of sixty-three years; she was very active in assisting her husband and was ever faithful to the cause they had espoused. The father's death occurred November 4, 1861. J. E. Stephenson is the eldest of the family; he was five years old when he came to the West, and so received his education in the common schools, which were of the primitive pioneer type; he was also a student at Chester Academy sev- eral terms, and at the age of twenty-one years began the study of law, having determined to make this profession his vocation:in life. He went to Columbus, Indiana, and read under the supervision of Samuel Smith, then county Prosecuting Attorney. Returning home at the end of one year he engaged in mercantile pursuits for many years at Chester, Geauga county, during all of which time he was Justice of the Peace of his township. He completed his law studies in the office of Thrasher, Durfee & Hathaway, and was admitted to the bar. n 1878, he was admitted to practice before the United States Court. Possessed of many noble traits of character he has brought to his profession a fine sense of justice, tempered with that broad charity which recognizes the universal brotherhood of man. He is widely known for his many kindly, generous deeds, and is held in the highest esteem by the bar throughout the State. Mr. Stephenson was married July 6, 1843, to Lavelia Norton, a native of Geauga county, Ohio, whose father emigrated from Litchfield, Massachusetts, to Aurora, Portage county, Ohio, in 1812. Four children were born of this union: James P., professor of Greek in Des Moines (Iowa) College; Herbert N., who has charge of the mortgage department of the Farmers' and Mechanics' Savings Bank, Minneapolis, Minnesota; George R., a lawyer by profession residing in Woodson county, Kansas: and Charles F., of Chardon, a tinner by trade. Mrs. Stephenson died May 27, 1891; both father and mother are consistent members of the Baptist Church. In his legal practice Mr. Stephenson was associated with Lucius E. Durfee, now de- ceased, for twenty-five years. Politically, he has supported the Whig party, and assisted in the organization of the Republican party in Ohio. He was a member of the first con, wen tion which organized the Republican party in the State. In 1862 he was appointed by Governor Tod Draft Commissioner for Geauga county. He has served the people of his county as Prosecuting Attorney, discharging his duties with that rare fidelity characteristic of his every endeavor. To the above sketch is added a few thoughts by a life-long friend of the subject of this biography. Mr. Stephenson, in many respects, is a remarkable man, and deserves from history more than a passing notice. To him, more than usual to the lot of men, came the endowment of a wealth of physical, mental and moral qualities which developed into the highest conception of perfect manhood and an illustration of an upright, pure and suc- cessful life; a man of decisive character, open, frank and fearless in the expressions of the right, on the side of which he has always been frank, cautious and deliberating, he possesses to a high degree the powers of self-content and severity of mind amid exciting surround- ings. 'Unambitious, he has without malice or 778 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY envy ever exhibited a broad and liberal respect for and consideration of the rights of those with whom he has come in contact. Thoroughly honest and just, he has always been relied upon to be the same to others. True in his friendships and eminently just in his judgments of others ; true as steel to friends and to those in adversity, a willing helper. Whether as a public man or in the fireside circle, there are few men more sincerely respected and esteemed. His mental characteristics are strength and depth rather than brilliancy. He has fine professional abilities, is an able advocate and a good, sound lawyer, and occupies an honorable position at the bar. His genial and generous disposition and urbane manners have made. him universally popular, but his natural modest temperament, shrinking from publicity, has undoubtedly prevented him from. receiving that political preferment his merits deserve. However the universal judgment of all who know him is that in his life he exemplifies the characteristics of an ideal man whose life is worthy of emulation. H. P. PITCHER, a photographer of Conneaut, Ohio, has long been identified with the interests of this place, having an established reputation as a skilled photographer and also being regarded as a most worthy citizen. Mr. Pitcher was born in Trumbull county, Ohio, October 2, 1847, and when quite young came with. his parents to Ashtabula county. His parents, E. B. and Esther Pitcher, were born in New York State. His father is a farmer by occupation, has resided at Pierpont for the past. forty years, and is well known all over the county. He is a member of the Congregational Church. His wife died when her son, H. P., was a child. They were the parents of four children. Mr. Pitcher remained on the farm with his father until he was about twenty years of age. When a young man, and soon after the war, he came to Conneaut to learn photography, and has been engaged in that business here ever since, with tbe exception of six years spent in Madison, Ohio. He was married Christmas, 1872, to Miss Jennie Press, of Conneaut, and has three children, namely: J. E., aged seventeen, is news agent on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad; Ralph Hubert, aged eight years; and Margaret Louisa, aged four. Mr. Pitcher is a member of the Protected Home Circle and also of the Junior Order of American Mechanics. In politics, like his father, he adheres to the principles of the Republican party. Mrs. Pitcher is a daughter of James and Phebe (Olds) Press, her father a native of Canada, and her mother of Ashtabula county, Ohio. When the former was one year old he was taken by his parents to New York State, where he was reared and married, and where he lived until 1865, when he moved to Conneaut. He was a dealer in agricultural implements, and was engaged in that business up to the time of his death, which occurred in 1875. His wife, born February 28, 1815, is still living, a venerable resident of Conneaut. Following are the names of their seven children: Mary, widow of Oscar Gifford, has two children, Minnie and Jay, and resides in Conneaut; John, married, and a resident of New York; Ezekiel, married, and living in New York, has one child, Elizabeth, married and a resident of California; James W., who married Candice Proctor, resides in Conneaut, their children being OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 779 George, Willie (who died at the age of twelve years), Carl and Mabel; Henry, who died Oc- tober 3, 1876, left a widow whose maiden name was Flora Fenton, and who is now Mrs. I. Sanders; Mrs. H. P. Pitcher; and Frank, a farmer in Conneaut township, is married and has one child, Hattie, PLIN SMITH, deceased, was born in Sheldon, Franklin county, Vermont, August 5, 1802, a son of John Smith, a native of New London, Connecticut. The latter died when Plin was fourteen years of age. The subject of this memoir, however, remained at home until 1821, when he came to Ohio, the greater part of the way on foot, arriving at the house of his uncle, Roger. Cadwell, in Andover, February 15, of that year. His first occupation, on reaching this wilderness, was chopping. To procure an ax he cut an acre of heavy timber and piled the brush, and he estimated that this ax cost him at least $7. Mr. Smith then hired out to chop, and continued to prosecute this vocation until he had cleared 100 acres of forest. From the effect of this labor he became an invalid, and returned to his native place. In doing this he was so fortunate as to engage for a gentleman to drive cattle over the mountains to Philadelphia. B. F. Wade was his companion, and they received $9 per month for their service. After arriving home, Mr. Smith learned the trade of wagon- making. In January, 1829, he went to Vermont, and in the following October again started for Ohio, and, after about two weeks spent on the road, arrived at the home of the above mentioned uncle. He purchased twenty-five acres of wild land, erected a log house, and began housekeeping. The first wagon he built was hewed from the adjacent timber, his wife assisting him in turning the hubs, and also in glogs from which to make the rails essary to fence their farm. Mr. and Mrs. Smith lived for a time in each Richmond and Austinburg township, but the greater part of their lives was passed in Andover. Mrs. Smith now resides at Conneaut. Mr. Smith died March 20, 1881, aged seventy-nine years. Mr. Smith was married January 25, 1829, to Aurelia Weeks, who was born August 26, 1810, a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Chapman) Weeks. The grandfather of Mrs. Smith, Timothy Chapman, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and afterward drew a pension of $96 a year. After his death his wife, nee Avis Curtis, drew the pension while she lived. Mr. and Mrs. John Weeks had two sons and four daughters, and Mrs. Smith and a sister, Anna Traver, are the only ones now living. The father died in 1810, and the mother afterward married John Ellithorp. They had six sons, three of whom still survive. The youngest, Albert Ellithorp, is the inventor of the Ellithorp air cushion for elevators: Mr. and Mrs. Smith had eleven children. The eldest, Philo, born June 6, 1830, married Elsie Frink, who died September 22, 1892, aged fifty-six years. He now resides in Madison, Lake county. Josette, born No- vember 4, 1832, is the wife of E. B. Linn, a physician of Richmond township. Sagito, born August 23, 1834, married Alicia Lake, and now resides in Conneaut. Delia, born April 17, 1836, married Olmstead Baker, and lives at Andover. Mary, born March 28, 1838, married Rev. L. E. Beardsley, a mem- ber of the East Ohio Conference, and his death occurred June 14, 1889, at the age of seventy-four years; their two children are: Mark L. and Jay W., the latter a resident of 790 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY Conneaut. Mark L., a resident of Ashtabula county, married Dora Snow, and they have two children, Don and Retail. John Harri- son, born March 29, 1840, married Martha Hartshorn, and resides at Conneaut, Ohio. Aurelia, born March 12, 1842, married Cyre- nus Laughlin, and their home is at Conneaut, Ohio. Eliza Ann, born March 19, 1844, died May 29, 1867. Plin Weeks, born January 1, 1847, married Mary Kelley, and died at Chicago, May 11, 1880„ aged thirty-three years. Amelia, born May 6, 1849, married Prof. N. L. Guthrie, of Conneaut, and died November 10, 1881, aged thirty-four years. Lizzie, born December 12, 1853, married Charles Morris, and died August 21, 1887, at the age of thirty-three years. The eldest child of Dr. and Mrs. Linn, Harriet A,, is the wife of Dr. Bebee. Both she and her husband were missionaries to China for seven years, after which they returned to this country for a year, and then went again to China. Dr. Bebee is superintendent of the Philander Smith Memorial Hospital at Nanking, China. The eleven children of Mr. and Mrs. Plin Smith were raised to years of maturity, and ten were married. There are now twenty-two grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren. Mr, Smith was a life-long member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with which his widow is still actively identified, having been a member from early youth. A. METCALF.--As a member of a his, stork pioner family of Ashtabula county, Ohio, a well-known business man and public-spirited citizen, the subject of this sketch deserves special men- tion in connection with the history of his comm unity. John Quincy Metcalf, his father, brother of E. R. Metcalf, whose biography appears in this history, came to Ohio in an early day. He married Nancy Barnes, also from the East, whose father, Josiah Barnes,was born in Connecticut. She was the oldest of six children: Nancy; Adaline, wife of L. D. Metcalf; Charles, living in Geneva; Thomas, deceased; Harriet; Martha, deceased in 1891, was twice married, first to a Mr. Graham, whose son was murdered at Fairport, and next to Rev. Mr. Burris. J, Q. Metcalf was the father of ten children: Cassius, deceased; the subject of this sketch: Matilda, wife of Fred Carpenter of Benton county, Iowa; Martha, wife of A, B. Bisby of Oakland, Michigan; Alice, wife of J. B. Northrup; Clara, wife of E. A. Bird; John; Minnie, married to C. H. Mott, of Detroit, Michigan; Thomas, a railroad man residing in Ashta- bula; and Lillian, unmarried. The subject of this sketch was born in Ashtabula county, Ohio, November 8, 1851, and was reared in his native county, receiving his education at the district schools. He re- mained under the parental roof until he attained his majority, when he commenced life for himself by entering the employ of N. S. Humphrey as a clerk, where he continued as an employe for six months, receiving $10 a month and his board and lodging. At the end of this time, he bought a half interest in the business, which arrangement continued for eighteen months, when he purchased the entire establishment, with the exception of the building, and two years and a half later bought that. This prosperity continued until he was enabled, after a few years' time, to purchase another trac, on which he now resides, having made many improvements which have greatly enhanced it in value. He also owns a frontage of 148 feet on Lake street, a most OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 781 desirable piece of property. Few men have been more continuously prospered than he, all of which is directly traceable to his persistent industry and economical habits, supplemented by shrewd business ability and excellent judgment. September 17, 1885, Mr. Metcalf was married in Jefferson, Ohio, by the Rev. Mr. Blinn, to Miss Minnie Humphrey, a lady of many estimable traits of character, daughter of George and Caroline (Kelley) Humphrey, both early settlers of Ashtabula county, the latter being a daughter of Charles Kelley, for many years a prominent resident of Connecticut. Mrs. Metcalf was one of two children: Nina, who married Henry Hobbs of Michigan; and Minnie, born August 25, 1867. Mr. and Mrs. Metcalf have one child, Hazel May, born May 15,1.891. Both he and his worthy wife are useful members of the Congregational Church. In politics, Mr. Metcalf advocates the principles of the Democratic party and takes an active interest in all questions of public importance. Upright, industrious and progressive, he is a citizen of which any community may feel proud, and justly enjoys the highest esteem of his fellow men. GEORGE H. BUNNELL, a prosperous farmer and stock raiser of Jefferson township, Ashtabula county, Ohio, of which he is an old and respected resident, was born in Chenango county, New York, June 3, 1841. He comes of good old New England stock, his parents, Hiram and Fidelia (Melendy) Bunnell, having been natives of Connecticut and 'Vermont, respectively, the former born in 1800 and the latter in 1810. Havilla Bunnell, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, removed in an early day from New England to Dutchess county, New York, whither he afterward .went to Chenango county, the same State, where he owned a sawmill and farm. He was a progressive, industrious, honest man, prominent in his vicinity and much respected by all who knew him. Hiram Bunnell, father of Mr. Bunnell of this notice, accompanied his parents to Dutchess county, New York, where his boyhood was spent, and afterward removed with them to Chenango county, where he worked in his father's sawmill and on the farm. He was married in the latter county, where he continued to reside until 1850, at which time be joined the westward tide of emigration, removing to Jefferson township, Ashtabula county, Ohio. Here he bought a farm, part of which he cleared and which was his home for a few years, but which he later exchanged for a tract lying half a mile north of the present home of the subject of this sketch. This he cultivated and it continued to be his home until death. e was a man of energy and ability, extremely upright in his transactions and of the highest morality. He was reared in the strict faith of the Presbyterian Church. n politics, he was originally an old-line Whig, later a Free Soiler and Abolitionist and finally a Republican. He died in 1880, in his eighty-first year, greatly lamented by all who knew him. His wife was reared in her native county, where she was married about her twentieth year. She was trained to the household duties of the early day, being well versed in spinning and the weaving of cloth and linen. She united at an early age with the Congregational Church, and had led a good and consistent Christian life. She is still in the enjoyment of health at the age of eighty-three years, and finds a comfortable home with her 782 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY eldest daughter, Mrs. Covell, in Morgan township, where all is cheerfully done that can contribute to the mother's happiness. Of five children born to Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Bunnell, three attained maturity and now survive, of whom the subject of this sketch is the only son. Salina A., the oldest surviving daughter, is the wife of Elijah Covell, a resident of Morgan township, Ashtabula county, and they have three children: Villa, Selden and Edith. Emily, the other daughter now living, is married to Edward A. Cowles, a prominent farmer of Austinburg township, and nephew of Edwin Cowles, founder of the Cleveland Leader. They have three children: Myra, Howard and Giles. Mr. Bunnell, of this notice, was eight years of age when his parents removed from New York State to Ohio, and his entire life since has been spent in Jefferson township, most of it in fanning. He received his early education in the district schools of his township, after which he spent six terms at the Grand River Institute in Austitrburg. He then taught for a year, at the end of which time he engaged in farming, subsequently erecting a sawmill, which he operated in connection with his agricultural pursuits. He early took charge of his father's farm, lung before the latter's death, and managed it creditably and profitably. In 1868 he bought his present farm of 102 acres, on which he at once settled, and by industrious and careful manage ment has made of it one of the best places in the county. He now has in coarse of construction a large and substantial residence. He has all the modern improvements of barns, itc., and has in every way a model farm, all of which prosperity is attributable to his own industry and wise regulation. May 30, 1866, Mr. Bunnell was married to Miss Mary E. Lindsley, born in Cherry Valley, Ohio, March 17, 1846, where she was reared. She received her education at the Grand River Institute, in A ustinburg, and was married at the age of twenty. Her parents, Horace and E. A. I. (Giddings) Lindsley, were natives of New York and Williamsfield, Ohio, the former born in 1811 and the latter September 23, 1818. The father of Horace Lindsley died in New York State when Horace was very young, after which, in 1817, Horace's mother removed with her children to the vicinity of the town of Cherry. Valley, where she bought a farm. On this Horace resided the remainder of his days, devoting himself entirely to his farming interests, accumulating in time 300 acres of excellent land and also ample means. He was an intelligent, energetic man, of moral uprightness and business integrity. In politics, he was Originally a Whig, and later a Free Soiler and Abolitionist. He was reared in the faith of Congregational Church, his demise taking place June 1, 1891, in the midst of many sorrowing friends. His wife, to whom he was married December 26, 1842, was a niece of Hon. Joshua R. Giddings, and was about twenty-four years of age at the time of her marriage. She, as well as her husband, was before marriage a successful teacher. She was a woman of rare intelligence, a great student and of decided literary tastes, her time in later life, however, being devoted to the interests of her family and her household duties. She and also her husband were actively interested in the issues of their day and enthusiastic advocates of the anti-slavery movement, their home being an important depot of the " underground railway." She was reared in the faith of the Methodist Episcopal Church. She died September 5, 1882, greatly mourned by her family and friends. She had eight children, OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 783 six of whom attained maturity, and now survive: John Q. A., lives in Emmet county, Michigan, and is a farmer with two surviving children, Buzzy and Louisa; Joseph W. is a hardware merchant of Delano, Minnesota, with one son, Fred Q.; Matthew and Lucretia, deceased; Lucretia W., wife of E. H. Green, a lawyer and farmer of Andover, has one daughter, Amy G.; Frank EL, of Delano, Minnesota, is a lawyer and Superintendent of Schools in Wright county; he has one daughter, Laura; Wendell P., lives on the home farm near Cherry Valley, and has two children, Mabel and Wendel. The, other member is Mary E., wife of the subject of this sketch. Mrs. Bunnell is a lady of culture and refinement, as her home fully testifies, and is devoted to her family's interests. She has two children: Horace L., born April 3, 1870; and Clara M., born March 31, 1884. Horace received his early education in the district schools of Jefferson township and at Jefferson Educational Institute, and later took a four years' course in the Michigan Agricultural College, at which he graduated in 1890, being president of his class during his senior year, and receiving the degree of B. S. He afterward spent six months as a civil engineer in St. Louis, Missouri, but in July, 1891, was called home by the illness of his father, since which time he has superintended the home farm, the thrifty condition of which is ample evidence of his skill and industry. Politically, Mr. Bunnell of this notice is a Republican, and has represented the people, in a number of official positions. He has been Assessor of personal property for six years and real estate Assessor for ten. He has been Township Trustee twelve years, which office he still holds. He has been a member of the Township Board of Education many years, and also acted as Supervisor. He is President of the Ashtabula County Farmers' Institute, in which he formerly held the office of Secretary for many years. Both he and his wife are members of the county and subordinate granges, to which they lend much aid, he having been Master of both the county and subordinate granges. Mr. Bunnell joined the Masonic order about 1862, and has filled two chairs in his lodge; he is also a member of Tuscan Lodge, No. 342, F. & A. M. He is deeply interested in all things tending to advance the welfare of his community, of which he is justly recognized as a representative citizen. THE DENTONS.—The first American ancestor of the Chardon Dentons was Rev. Richard Denton, a distinguished New England divine. He was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1586, was graduated from Cambridge University in 1623, and came to America about 1630. After preaching with great success in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Long Island, he returned to England in 1659, dying there in 1662. He was the author of a system on the fourfold state of man entitled "Soliloquia Sacra." His four sons one of whom wrote the first history of New York State remained in this country. Cotton Mather, in his " Magnalia," gives an interesting and highly eulogistic sketch of Rev. Richard Denton. The first Ohio ancestor of the family was Dr. Evert Denton. He was born at Greenwich, Connecticut, in 1789. He was educated at Columbia College, and at the age of twenty-one began a professional career as a physician. He practiced for a time in Connecticut, later removed to New York, and thence to Chardon in 1820. After ten highly 784 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY successful years, the hardships incident to the life of a pioneer physician undermined his constitution„ and he passed away at the early age of forty. Hon. A. G. Riddle, in "Williams' History of Lake and Geauga Counties," published in 1878, thus speaks of Dr. Denton was undoubtedly the first physician of his day in the West— must have been one of the first anywhere. He was a man of mind, of intellect, of ideas, of thought; more than that, he was a man of genius, Without advantages of per- son or' a striking face, his eyes were fine, and his manner and address somewhat abrupt, were usually easy and charming. In conver- sation his power was remarkable: his dark, plain face would light up, his fine eyes lend an added expression, and his person become endowed with flexible grace. His wit and readiness of repartee, his facility for conning and uttering striking and extraordinary things must have been remarkable, Forty years ago the country was full of his sayings, which, however, could no more be gathered up and placed on paper than could one glean up the sunbeams after they have faded from tree, hillside and field." Dr. Denton was twice married. He married for his first wife, Elizabeth Granger, and for his second wife Sidney Metcalf (who by a later union with Jude Converse became the mother of Bon. Julius 0. Converse). Six children were the fruits of the two unions. By the first union were born Cornelia (who became the wife of Edwin F. Phelps), Evert, Maria and Elizabeth, and by the second union were born Richard E. and Sybil. Maria and Richard E. alone survive. Richard Evert Denton was born September 10, 1826, and has passed his entire life in Chardon. Though never enjoying the benefits of a collegiate course, he has always taken a deep interest in educational matters, and been an ardent student. He is a man of remarkable acquirements in the languages, and has been a frequent lecturer on philological subjects at teachers' institutes and other educational gatherings. He taught school for many seasons, and, like his father before him, served with credit as a school examiner of the county. November 25, 1858, he married Lydia E. Pomeroy, of , Hunts- burgh, a successful school-teacher. Four children were the fruits of this union: Franklin E., Richard L., Harrold P., and George M. Franklin Evert Denton was born Novem- ber 22, 1859. At the age of seven years he began the printer's trade in the office of his uncle, Hon. J. 0. Converse. With intervals for schooling he set type on the Geauga Republican until 1884. In that year he he. came connected with the Geauga Leader, published at Burton. On the death of Hon. Peter Hitchcock, he succeeded him as editor and business manager, conducting the paper until it was sold to the present owner. In 1887 he removed to Cleveland and has since been connected with four of the leading papers of that city, for some time being associate editor of the San and Voice and later a member of the editorial staff of the World. He at present holds a responsible position on the Leader. Mr. Denton enjoys a very wide and growing literary reputation. In 1883, he received a prize offered by the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette for the best story. The same year he published a volume of poems which, though receiving great praise from many sources, fell into especial disfavor with the .'New York ndependent and Boston Literary World. n 1885 a high authority in England expressed enthusi- astic admiration for one of the poems of the OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 785 volume, speaking of certain lines as "absolutely beautiful and absolutely new." In 1890, when Crandalns," Representative Son- nets by American Poets," was compiled in Boston, Mr. Denton was solicited for contri- butions. He is a member of the Western Association of Writers, and in 1889 read a poem at their annual convention at Warsaw, Indiana. October 18, 1882, Mr. Denton married Martha A. Goldthorp, of Chardon. They have one son, Paul, born December 24, 1884. Richard Linwood Denton was born July 17, 1864, and learned the printer's trade in the office of the Geauga Republican. In 1886, he went to Nebraska, where, in com. pansy with Warwick V. Saunders, of Staunton, Virginia, he established the Platte Center Argus. The following winter, in company with his brother, H. P. Denton, he founded the Democratic Record, the first Democratic paper ever published in Geauga county. He afterward became sole owner of the paper, conducting it with abil- ity. n 1890 he disposed of his interests, and is at present in the newspaper business in Cleveland. December 31, 1883, Mr. Denton married Harriet L. Pierce, of Char- don. They have one daughter, Kittie, born June 10, 1885. Harrold Pomeroy Denton was born September 19, 1866, and also learned the printer's trade in the office of the Geauga Republican. n the winter of 1886, in com- pany with his brother, R. L. Denton, he founded the Geauga Democratic Record. Soon after becoming an editor, he took an active interest in Democratic polities. was mentioned as a candidate for the Legislature in 1888, but declined the nomination in the convention. He represented Geauga county in several State conventions, serving on important committees. He also served for four years as Chairman of the Demo- cratic Congressional Committee of the Nine-teenth District. Mr. Denton has been a correspondent for various papers, and enjoys a wide acquaintance among the public men of the State. After disposing of his in- terests in the Democratic Record, he re- moved to Cleveland and is at present con- nected with the World, of that city. George Metcalf Denton was born March 1, 1871, and, like his three brothers, was graduated at the printer's case. in 1888 he removed to Cleveland, where he has since resided, except for a number of months in 1890, when he assisted in the editorship of the Democratic Record at Chardon. He is at present connected with the Cleveland Press. ORLANDO A. DIMMICK, an old citizen of Chardon township, and an honored member of the medical fraternity in Geauga county, is the subject of the following biographical sketch. He was born in Claridon township, Geauga county, Ohio, July 28, 1837, a son of Asa Dimmick, a native of Tolland, Connecticut, and grandson of William Dimmick, also of Tolland, Connecticut, of English descent. The latter was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and removed to Geauga county, Ohio, in 1832, preaching throughout this section until his death, at the age of seventy-six years. Asa Dimmick was married in Connecticut, and in 1832 came to Geauga county, settling in Claridon township, on land which he developed into a good farm, the same consisting of 127 acres. He died at the age of eighty-four years. He married Mary Alger, of Connecticut, and they had a family of five 786 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY children, three of whom grew to maturity: Mary died at the age of seventeen years, of small-pox; Loretta died in infancy; Asa also died in childhood; Parley P. died at the age of fifty-two years: he left two sons, Gordon and Dan, agents for the Northwestern Life Insurance Company„ of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Dr. Dimmick is the only surviving child. The mother died at the age of twenty-seven years. Dr. Dimmick received his elementary education in the district schools, and was also a pupil at the old Kirtland Academy in Lake county and at the academy at Austinburg, Ashtabula county, Ohio. When the great Civil war broke out between the North and South, he went out in defense of the Union flag, enlisting in Company F, One Hundred and Fifth Ohio Volunteer nfantry. He was mustered in at Cleveland, Ohio, and joined the Army of the Cumberland in Kentucky. He was attacked with the measles soon after going into the service, and was confined to hospital at New Albany, Indiana. e rejoined his regiment at Gallatin, Tennessee, just before the battle of Stone River. In the battle of Chickamauga he received a gunshot wound in the right hand, losing a finger; he was disabled for a time, and was afterward transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps. It was during this portion of his military career that he developed a taste for the practice of medicine, as he did hospital duty until his honorable discharge, June 28, 1864. He read medicine while on service in the hospital, and after his return home entered the medical department of the Michigan State University at Ann Arbor, Michigan, from which he graduated with the degree of M. D., in 1869. e located at Waterville, Kansas, and was engaged in practice there until 1873, when he returned to his old home. The Doctor was united in marriage, June 13, 1877, to Hannah Young, and they are the parents of one child, a son named Paul. Mrs. Dimmiek's father, Allison W. Young, was born in Parkman township, Geauga county, a son of William Young, a pioneer of Parkman township, having removed from the State of Maryland to Ohio. Allison Young was a merchant here for many years, and was Recorder of the county from 1867 to 1875, when he died, at the age of sixty-one years. His wife was Harriet A. Moseley, a native of Genesee county, New York; they had a family of five children, all of whom lived to maturity. Mrs. Young died at the age of sixty- two years; they were both worthy members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and active in the work of their Master. Dr. Dimmick has a large general practice, ramifying over a large scope of country; he is a man well informed upon the discoveries and improved methods of the science of medicine, and has met with very satisfactory results in his professional labors. n politics he is a Republican. n her religious faith his wife adheres to the doctrines of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The Doctor is identified with the State and county medical societies. A. C. EVANS, one of the largest landowners of Huntsburg township, and a prominent pioneer of Geauga county, was born in Delaware county, New York, February 12, 1820. His father, Andrew Evans, was a native of New York, and his grandfather, John Evans, was born in Massachusetts; the latter was a tailor by trade, and at an early day removed to Schoharie county, New York, where he followed this vocation. He was a Major in the Revo- OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 787 lutionary war, and was a man of broad intelligence and much force of character; he died at the age of sixty years. Andrew Evans was a shoemaker by. trade, and worked at night at this calling, while he spent his days in farm labor. He emigrated to Delaware county, Ohio, in 1833, locating in Huntsburg township four years later. He purchased 150 acres of land in the forest, and built a log cabin for his home; he succeeded in clearing his land before his death, which occurred at the age of fifty-five years. He married Lydia Cole, who was born in New York, and was a classmate of Martin Van Buren. They reared a family of seven children, and she lived to the age of eighty-six years. She was a fine seamstress, and used her needle with much taste and skill, even after she had attained her four score years and ten. ' The eldest of a family of seven children, Mr. Evans was early in life thrown upon his own resources and became accustomed to the hard work of pioneer farming. He was married December 18, 1844, to Abigail Strong, who was born at Westhampton, Massachusetts, coming to Ohio in her girlhood. They had three children: Dr. Ephraim B. Evans, of Farwell, Michigan; Clara L., now Mrs. Horace Carothers: and Asel S., who died at the age of twenty-one years. The wife and mother died December 7, 1889. Mr. Evans was married a second time, in June, 1890, being united to Julia A. Strong, a niece of his first wife. He is now the owner of 440 acres of land, 150 of which is fine timber land, the balance being in a high state of cultivation. Mr. Evans does a general farming business, and has a well-kept dairy; he has made all the improvements on his land, and the buildings which he has erected are of a most substantial order. Although in the beginning he had no capital save that with which nature endowed him, he has accumulated a handsome estate. Mr. Evans is a member of the Masonic order, Benton Lodge, No. 274, and is an attendant and liberal supporter of the Congregational Church. Poplitically, be adheres to the principles of the Republican party, and has served as Trustee of his township, discharging his duties with the same fidelity that has marked all the undertakings of his life. JOHN CALVIN ANDREWS, a prosperous and well-known farmer of Ashtabula county, was born in Wayne township, this county, January 6, 1825, son of Deacon Calvin and Eliza (Crosby) Andrews. The Andrews family is of English origin. Some members of the family came to this country at a very early day and settled in Connecticut, and John C. Andrews is able to trace his ancestry back six generations. His grandfather and other members of the family were soldiers in the Revolutionary war. Grandfather Andrews reared three sons and one daughter, Calvin being the third son. The two older boys came to Ohio at an early day, but Calvin remained at home until after his father's death. Then he, too, came to this State, and settled in Wayne township, Ashtabula county. He was married three days before he started for Ohio, and he and his bride journeyed in an ox wagon to their new home in what was then the far West. That was about 1810. In Wayne township they reared their family and spent the rest of their lives, his death occurringin 1864 and hers in 1886. She was ninety-two at the time of her death. Calvin Andrews was one of the founders of the First Congregational Church in his township, being a Deacon in the same for forty 788 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY years. They had twelve children, seven of whom they raised to maturity, viz.: Rosetta J., now Mrs. McMichael, Wayne township, Ashtabula county, Ohio; Eliza P., deceased; Jane C., deceased; Temperance, deceased; John Calvin, whose name heads this article; M. E., of Centralia, Kansas; and George Whitefield, D. D., Professor of Theology at Talladega College, Alabama. John C. Andrews was reared in his native township. He was married in 1848 to Eunice C. Cook, daughter of John L. Cook, one of the very earliest settlers in Ashtabula county, They have Eve children, all living and settled near them. They are as follows: John Wells; Rollin R,, a school-teacher at Ashtabula Harbor, Ohio; Felicia E., wife of Almon March, Denmark township, this county; Calvin C., a meat vender in this county; and Lyman L., a member of the home circle. Mr. Andrews lived in Wayne township until 1865, when he moved to his present location four miles east of Jefferson, where he has a fine farm of 300 acres. He is a man of considerable prominence in this community, having filled all the township offices. He is a stanch Republican. He was reared in the Congregational Church, but is not now a member, being inclined to Spiritualism. His wife is a Methodist. EDGAR J. GRAVES is one of the best known and most influential citizens of Hart's Grove, Ashtabula county, Ohio. He was born July 30, 1849, the youngest of three sons of Joseph and Mary (Higley) Graves. His brother Wallace, born in 1844, is at present a resident of California. His other brother, Wilbur, born in 1846, is a well-known resident of the town of his birth. Edgar J. obtained his education at Mt. Union College, Ohio, graduating there in 1877, with honor to himself and to the college. He was married June 30, 1880, to Miss Lucy Jarvis, the only child of William and Lucy (Rogers) Jarvis. Mr. and Mrs. Jarvis were the early pioneers of Hart's Grove. Mr, Jarvis, being the agent for the sale of public lands, became well known throughout this section of the State, and was highly esteemed by all the early settlers. He was born in Connecticut in the early part of the century, and was only a youth when he came West to Ohio. When he grew up he married Miss Lucy Rogers, an estimable lady, who was born and reared in the adjoining township of Rome. For many years he was Postmaster of Hart's Grove. Politically, he was an old-time Democrat, and obtained the office in 1836, retaining the same until his party went out of power in 1861. Although he had passed away before the election of Mr. Cleveland in 1884, vet such was the influence of his name in the locality that Mrs. Jarvis, his widow, was given the office during the four years of the Democratic administration, ending in 1889. Mr. Jarvis was a prominent member of the State militia for a long period, identifying himself closely with all the interests of the organization, being a Colonel therein. Religiously, he was a consistent member of the Protestant Episcopal Church, holding his membership at Geneva, where his wife and daughter still retain theirs. Mrs. Jarvis is noted for her strong love of home and care for its interests. Thus Mrs. Graves inherits from her parents a disposition to do well all that she undertakes. She is a musician of rare native talent, and while it may be that she has not received a thorough classical education in music, yet her education in this line is far above the average, for she OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 789 has received instruction from the best of teachers. She is now, and has been for a number of years, a very popular instructor, counting her pupils by the hundreds. The young people of Hart's Grove and vicinity owe more to this lady than to any other one per- son for their knowledge of music, both vocal and instrumental. She has not only taught music, but she 4as also done that which is better: she has instilled into them the enthusiasm with which she herself is so fully imbued, so that many of them have gone elsewhere to prosecute more advanced studies. Mrs. Graves is still the recognized leader in all concerts and entertainments of a musical nature at Hart's Grove. Mr. Graves has in- deed been fortunate in the choice of a help- mate. He himself has led an exceedingly busy life, although not in the best of health. He was a teacher in the common, select, and graded schools for a great number of years, altogether having taught more than twenty terms. In 1878 he was given a place on the Board of School Examiners for the county, and such was the satisfaction with which his services were received that he continued a metnber of the Board for fourteen years, with the exception of a few months only. He is at this writing a candidate for the office of County Treasurer, a position no man is bet- ler qualified to fill than himself. An ardent Republican and a leader in his town, he stands high in the councils of his party, and deservedly so. Although not a church member, Mr. Graves has always been willing to assist in every good work, and the churches of the town are indebted to him for many acts of kindness and help. He is a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity, and his everyday life is largely an exemplification of the principles of that order. Mr. and Mrs. Graves occupy the old Jarvis homestead, and, as Mr, Jarvis passed away in 1883, Mrs. Jarvis makes her home with them. The farm is a fertile one, and is located in the center of the township. The house and grounds are attractive in their every appointment. ndeed, there is not a more delightful home in all the country round than this one. G. S. ANDERSON, a physician and surgeon of Andover, was born in Weathersfield, Trumbull county, Ohio, July 11, 1858, a son of George S. and Mary (Lintz) Anderson. The father, a farmer by occupation, was a soldier in the late war, enlisting in the One Hundred and Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, but was discharged after one year of service on account of disability. He died at Pierpont, Ohio, August 26, 1889, at the age of sixty-six years, the result of his exposure in the army. He was a valiant soldier. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson were the parents of three children: Frank E., a fanner of Pierpont; Kate, at home; and George S., the subject of this sketch. G. S. Anderson was reared to farm life in this county, and received his literary education in the high school of Pierpont, Ohio. In 1881 he entered the Western Reserve Medical College, at Cleveland, this State, and graduated at that institution in 1884. For the following five years Dr. Anderson was a resident of Williamsfield, Ohio, but since that time has lived in Andover, enjoying a lucrative and extensive medical practice. He was the first local physician to amputate a limb in Andover, and in 1890 was appointed railr( ad surgeon and medical examiner in this city. 790 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY Dr. Anderson was married November 20, 1880, to Miss Lucretia A. Sterling, a native of Cherry Tree, Venango county, Pennsylvania, and a daughter of C. H. and Catherine Sterling To this union has been born three children: Darrell C., Clyde C. and Grace L. n his political relations, the Doctor is a stanch Democrat. While a resident of Williamsfield he served as chairman of the Board of Education. Socially, he is a member of the Ashtabula Medical Society, and of the I. 0. 0. F., No. 716, at Simons, and of Ashtabula Camp. Dr. Anderson is recognized as the leading and most competent man in his profession in Ashtabula county. He was appointed Pension Examiner under the last administration of President Cleveland, the meetings of the Pension Board being held at Ashtabula. GEORGE W. SMITH, a farmer and stock-raiser of Jefferson township, Ashtabula county, was born in Streetsborough, Ohio, October 21, 1853, a son of Linus Smith, who was born in New York, in 1812. He grew to manhood in his native State, and when a young man located in Streetsborough, Ohio. He was there married in 1842, to Miss Sarah Wait. Eleven years afterward they located on the farm where our subject now resides, one . mile northwest of Jefferson City, where the father died in 1880. He was a man of sterling qualities, and was identified with the Democratic party. Mr. and Mrs. Smith had five children, three now living: George W.; Dewight, who married Miss Sarah Morris, has four children, and resides in Jefferson; and Edson, now employed on the J. & F. Railroad. The mother now finds a borne with the subject of this sketch. George W. Smith received moderate school advantages, and in early life. developed an aptitude for the handling and raising of horses. At the age of sixteen years he entered a school where the art of breaking and training horses was taught. His first successful effort in this direction was the production, in 1875, of the celebrated trotting horse Raymond, which was entered in the county track at two years old, and took a part of the stakes of every trot entered into afterward. Mr. Smith sold this horse in 1882, for $2,500, which enabled him to pay off all indebtedness on the farm and rebuild stables. He now owns the celebrated horse, Oakleaf, and his full brother, both of whom have won almost every race in which they were entered. Mr. Smith has also trained many noted horses, having driven the trotting horse Mink to his record of 2:29 1/4, and Mable May, which won the race at Cleveland in 1886, making a record of 2:33. He also drove Idler to her record of 2:32 1/3, and many other horses of note. He owns a stock farm of 120 acres, which is subdivided into convenient fields and pasture. He contemplates extensive improvements on his place, which will add greatly to the successful furtherance of his vocation. Mr. Smith is truly a self-made man. By his own industry and well directed efforts he now stands at the head of his profession. n political matters, he affiliates with the Democratic party. ALPHEUS COOK, the pioneer merchant of Geauga county, is well known in commercial circles and has the respect and confidence of a large patronage. He was born at Danby, Rutland empty, Vermont, May 24, 1820, a son of Benjamin Cook, Jr., a native of Massachusetts, and OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 791 grandson of Benjamin Cook, Sr., who was also born in Massachusetts, and was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. Benjamin Cook, Jr., emigrated to Ashtabula county, Ohio, in 1831, locating at Windsor. In April, 1835, he removed to Chardon, Geauga county, taking up fifty acres of land, which he cleared and sold in 1840. Later he opened a dry-goods store, and soon after was associated with his son, Alpheus, in the drug business. His wife, whose maiden name was Ruby Kelley, was born in Rutland county, Vermont. She was the mother of four children: Pardon 0., deceased; Alpheus; Mary A., who was married to D. Barnes; and Martin B. She died at the age of seventy-six years, the father living to be ninety-four years old. They were members of the Baptist Church. Mr. Cook was chairman of the building committee that erected the present structure occupied by this society, and was largely instrumental in its completion. Politically he was first a Whig and afterward a Republican. Alpheus is the second of the family of four children, and was a lad of fourteen years when his parents came to this State, making the journey overland in a covered wagon. He had attended school in Vermont, and, after coming here, he entered the Western Reserve Academy, at Kirtland, Lake county. At the age of twenty-one years he was employed as clerk in a drugstore belonging to John King, and tilled the position four years. In 1840 he engaged in the dry-goods business with his father, which association continued four years, when D. Barnes was taken in as a partner, this partnership continuing for two years, when he retired and the firm became B. & A. Cook. They bought out the drug stock of Mr. King and conducted that business also. In 1854, . H. Kelly was taken in as a partner for one year, the firm being A. Cook & Co. n the spring of 1855 Mr. Cook bought out his father's and Mr. Kelly's interests and carried on the business under the name of A. Cook until April, 1857, when he took in as a partner Dr. L. N. Hamilton. This partnership continued for two years, when Dr. Hamilton retired, and Mr. Cook conducted the business alone until January, 1864, when he admitted A. McGowan as a partner. This partnership continued until 1867, when McGowan retired, since which time Mr. Cook has continued his business alone. For many years he was the only druggist in the city or Geauga county. August 25, 1868, a fire broke out which destroyed nearly all of Chardon, including Mr. Cook's stock. His losses were heavy, as he had only $450 in insurance. He rebuilt, however, put in a new stock and went on with his business, undaunted by his calamity. His strict and honorable business methods secured to him the confidence of the people and a large and constantly increasing patronage, which has brought him financial success. Mr. Cook was united in marriage, September 23, 1851, to Laura A. Sanderson, a native of Mesopotamia, Trumbull county, Ohio. Her father, Elisha Sanderson, was born in Woodstock, Vermont, June 17, 1790. Her mother was Sally Grosvenor, who was born in Mansfield, Connecticut, February 17, 1796. They were married in Bridgewater, Vermont, February 8, 1816. In March of that year Mr. Sanderson came, with a pack and on foot, to Ohio and selected a home in the woods of Mesopotamia, where he made a clearing and erected for himself and bride a log cabin. n the fall he returned to Vermont to make preparations to move to his new home in the far West. The following 792 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY spring the long journey was commenced, with ox teams, and was completed at the end of six weeks, when they arrived at their new home in the forests of Ohio, where they began their new life. The children of this union were: Sarah M., now Mrs. McGowan, of Sedalia, Missouri, who was born April 15, 1818; Laura A., who was born May 23, 1823, and was married to Alpheus Cook; Charles R., born May 19, 1826, and now a physician in practice in St, Louis, Missouri; Emory M., born May 20, 1830, now of Garrettsville, Ohio. Soon after coming to Ohio, the Sandersons, with six others, organized a class, and their home was ever after the headquarters and the home of itinerant Methodist preachers, and the Church always had in them intelligent and able defenders of its faith and willing and cheerful supporters. Their spirits have passed to the home above and their remains lie buried in Mesopotamia. The father died near Buffalo, New York and the mother at Chardon, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Cook are the parents of three children: Albert B. is a prosperous druggist in Ashtabula, Ohio, and married Mary, daughter of John Wagstaff; Emory A. is a clerk in his father's store; he was united in marriage to Lillian E. Warner, daughter of Andrew and Cynthia R. (Bartlett) Warner, and two children bless this union—Warner D. and an infant; Arthur P. is in the real-estate business at Duluth, Minnesota; he married Ella A., daughter of George F. and Harriet (Bosworth) Senter, by whom he has one child, George A. Mr. Cook is a member of the Masonic and Odd Fellows societies. n politics he is a Republican. He has served as Coroner for the county and made an efficient officer. He has retired from active business, and, with his life's partner, in his elegant home is quietly enjoying that repose and comfort that come of a well-spent life. He is a man of large construction, physically and mentally, and his heart is in keeping with his form. He is essentially a domestic man and has been a kind and devoted husband and father. He has not been unmindful of other duties, but has been a charitable and generous neighbor and a patriotic citizen. During his habitation among the people with whom he now dwells, he has ever held their esteem and confidence, which have not lessened but increased as the years have rolled along. JOHN O. TEED, the popular landlord of the Chardon House, is a native of Chardon, where he was born January 28, 1832, and is the son of John B. and Sarah C. (Mastick) Teed, who were natives of New York and Vermont, respectively, the former born May 11, 1792, and the latter March 6, 1798. They came at an early day to Geauga county, where they were married. Mr. Teed came alone, but his wife, Sarah, came with her family, who located at East Claridon. By trade he was a cabinet-maker, and as there was not much of this work to do here at that day, he gave his attention to carpentering and building. He died at Chardon, November 15, 1877; his wife died February 22, 1864. They were the parents of six children, four of whom are now living. Julian C., born March 7, 1827; Sarah A., born February 29, 1830; the subject of this sketch; and Ellen J., born March 22, 1835, now the wife of George E. Day, of Baldwinville, Massachusetts. Young John Teed's early life was spent in about the same way as that of most of the OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 793 boys of that day in a new country; when old enough he made, himself useful at home and attended the common schools. At the age of sixteen years he left the parental roof and going to Painesville, Ohio, secured a position as a clerk in a hotel, which position he held for one year, when he made a change, becoming a clerk for the owner of a livery stable. At the age of nineteen he returned to Chardon and began with Calvin Knowles an apprenticeship at the harness trade, which he completed at the end of two years. He then was made foreman of the business, which position he held for eleven years, when he bought out the proprietor. He carried on the business with success until December, 1892, when he sold out and leased the Chardon House; which he is now conducting. Mr. Teed was united in marriage at Painesville, Ohio, January 4, 1857, to Eliza, the fair daughter of Norman J., and Chloe (Moore) Fitch, who were New York people. They died at Concord, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Teed had one child, Robbie J., who was born March 21, 1867, and died March 11, 1868.. Mrs. Teed is a woman of fine social qualities, generous and openhearted and very popular among acquaintances. Mr. Teed is a member of the Masonic order, and in politics is a stalwart Republican. In 1885, he was elected as a member of the Council, and upon the expiration of his term was re-elected, serving continuously for six years. He is also a member of the park committee, a position which he has held for four years. He is a man of a genial, social nature, a natural-born landlord, and under his skillful management the Chardon House has become a noted hostelry and one of the most popular places in northeastern Ohio. He looks constantly to the wants of his guests, and every attention is given them that they may feel at home. It is with pleasure that they come beneath his roof and with regret that they depart. Mr. Teed has spent nearly his whole life in Chardon, and is known as an upright, honest, public-spirited and worthy citizen. REUBEN BATES, a farmer of Andover township, Ashtabula county, was born February 3, 1834, a son of Merrick Bates, who was born at Chester, Massachusetts, in 1794. The latter's father, Reuben Bates, was a native of New Bedford, Massachusetts, and of English descent. He came to this county in 1813, and located in the woods near Fitts' Mill. At that time there were but three families residing in Andover township. He made the journey with ox teams, and was obliged to cut his way through the woods. Both he and his wife are buried at West Andover. Merrick Bates came to this county with his father, and assisted in the clearing of the farm. He was married at the age of thirty-two years, to Abigail Houghton, a native of Keene, New Hampshire, and they had three children: Abbie King, of Westport, Connecticut; Betsy, wife of D. G. Slater, of Dorset, Ohio; and Reuben. The father died at the age of eighty-three years, and his widow still resides on the old farm in this county, aged eighty-eight years. Reuben Bates, the subject of this sketch, now owns one of the finest and best improved farms in Andover township. He is engaged in general farming and stock-raising, and his place contains all the conveniences necessary for a well regulated farm. Mr. Bates was married at the age of thirty-two years, to Mary L. Merrill, a daughter of Henry Merrill, a resident of Kansas. To this union 794 - BIOGRAPHICAL HI8TORY were born two children: Howard and Fred. The great loss of Mr. Bates' life was in the death of his wife, which occurred January 6, 1893. Mr. Bates affiliates with the Republican party. MYRON L. ATWATER, proprietor of an excellent hoop mill at Sentinel, Ohio, is probably the oldest mill man / in continuous service in Ashtabula county. He is a native of Sentinel and first saw the light December 8, 1845. His parents, Ulysses and Elizabeth (Nichols) Atwater, were New Englanders, and removed about 1840 from Connecticut to Saybrook, Ohio, where the father still resides, the mother having died in 1880, greatly regretted by all who knew her. They had five children: Sylvester, born October 1, 1841, died in Saybrook when but thirty-one years of age, leaving a wife, who was before marriage Miss Martha Allen, a native of that township; Sarah, born May 11, 1843, is the wife of Thomas Fay, formerly of Hart's Grove, Ohio, but now a resident of Minnesota; Myron L., the third in order of birth, is the subject of this sketch; Mary Lucinda was born amid the tumult and rejoicing of Independence Day, in 1850, and is the wife of Owen Cunningham, an engineer of Ashtabula, Ohio; Samuel, born July 15, 1855, married Nina Glysby and lives in Saybrook. When but seventeen years of age, the subject of this sketch took charge of the operation of his father's mill, and continued to be thus employed until he attained his twenty- second year, when he bought his first sawmill in Saybrook. e has followed this line of enterprise unremittently ever since. From Saybrook he removed first to Denmark, then to Dorset, thence in turn to Ashtabula, New Lyme, Lenox, and again to New Lyme township, where, at the little village of Sentinel, he still resides. In Denmark he erected his mill in the heart of a great forest in the northern part of the township. In Saybrook, his mill was in constant operation both day and night, and did the heaviest business ever done in that township. e was working at this place on a large Government contract for delivery to Fairport Harbor. About 1,000,000 feet of lumber a year was cut in these places. After six years in Denmark, he removed his mill to a point three-quarters of a mile north of the station at Dorset. ere, as in the former case, he was situated in the midst of a dense primeval forest, and no supplies could be obtained except from North Kingsville. He cut and shipped from this point about 10,000 feet a day. He then conducted for two years a sawing and planing mill in Ashtabula for Joseph Bugby, at the end of which time he removed to New Lyme township, near the present seat of his operations. In the memorable dry summer of 1881 the forests in the township of New Lyme were swept by destructive fires, and Mr. Atwater's mill was completely wiped out, though the neighbors all turned out and made a determined effort to save the property. Not disheartened by this misfortune, Mr. Atwater at once set to work to rebuild the mill, and in the fall he once more had it in full running order. He has ever since remained in this vicinity, with the single exception of a year in Lenox, at which point he manufactured about $3,000 worth of hoops a year. His mill is easily transported and is kept near to the timber to be consumed. Mr. Atwater has the very best of milling machinery and his hoops find a ready sale in market. The average daily OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 793 production of his mill is about 4,000 hoops, but its capacity will easily reach 30,000 a week, the weekly expense while in operation being about $100. The milling business, of course, is an exceedingly dangerous one, and Mr. Atwater has by no means escaped without accident. In fact, few men have sustained the injuries which he has received and lived to give an account of them. He has survived the bursting of a boiler, a rifle and an emery wheel. By the boiler explosion his injuries were so severe as to require a bandage to keep the entrails from protruding. I3y the gun explosion, a fracture of the skull was received, permitting the brain to protrude. e was reported dead and had the satisfaction, given to few, of reading his own obituary and thereby learning what his neighbors thought of him. His last accident, the bursting of an emery wheel, has rendered his right arm nearly useless, and may yet necessitate amputation of the member. His thumb was sawed off at Saybrook, besides which he has met with numerous other minor accidents. A 11 this, however, does in the least dampen his ardor for the milling business, and he says he has never regretted choosing that occupation. Mr. Atwater has also an excellent farm of fifty-five acres, with a fine, well-equipped sugar camp of 1,500 trees. His house, with all its contents, was burned about three years ago, but has been replaced by a new and attractive residence, the neat and thrifty surroundings of which evince the industry and taste of the occupants. October 26, 1867, Mr. Atwater was married to Miss Ella Starkweather, an intelligent and capable lady, daughter of Isaac and Jeanette Starkweather, old and respected residents of Saybrook. Mr. and Mrs, At- water have had six children, five of whom survive: Nettie, born December 28, 1868, is the wife of John Gilbert, a prosperous resident of Denmark; Nellie, born May 24, 1872, is the wife of George Howland, of Cherry Valley; Vernie, born March 24, 1874, died in infancy; Ralph, born May 6, 1875, married Lena Hoyt, of Rock Creek, and is following in the footsteps of his father, being already well informed in the sawmill business; Dora B., born March 19, 1879,.lives at home. She is an excellent musician and intends pursuing a course in that art at the New Lyme Institute. Jay, the cc baby," was born July 30, 1889, and is a sprightly, promising boy. Mr. and Mrs. Atwater are genial, hospitable people, and enjoy the highest esteem of their community, whose best wishes they have for their prosperity and happiness. CHARLES N. MOSS, who is well known in agricultural circles in Geauga county, has lived here since his birth, which occurred in Burton township, May 28, 1841. His father, W. C. Moss, was a native of Massachusetts, as was also his grandfather, Captain Simeon Moss; the latter emigrated to the county in 1808, making the journey overland by teams. His was the eighth family to locate in Huntsburg township, where he bought 200 acres of land a rd built a log cabin in the forest. There were many ndians in the country at the time, and they often called at his cabin in a most friendly spirit; wild game was abundant, and he supplied his table by hunting and trapping. He was a stonemason by trade, and did most of the stone work in this section in early times. He also cleared a considerable amount of land. He died at the age of sixty-six years, at 796 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY Beardstown, Illinois, where he had gone to work at his trade. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. W. C. Moss was a young child when his father, Captain Moss, emigrated to the West. He received his education in the pioneer schools, making the most of the meager advantages. He married Maria J. Robison, a native of New York State, and they reared a family of seven children, all of whom survive. Mr. Moss was a man of much energy and vigor, and at the time of his death owned 400 acres of land, much of which he had improved. He lived to the age of sixty- , two years; the mother survives at the age of seventy-five years. Charles N. Moss is the oldest of the family. He passed an unevent- ful youth until the beginning of the Civil war, when he enlisted in Company G, Forty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, September 10, 1861. He was mustered in at Cleveland, , Ohio, and sent to Camp Dennison, Ohio, thence to Gallipolis and on to Louisville, spend- ing the winter in Hardin county, Kentucky. He was in the battle of Shiloh under General Nelson, and participated in the engage- ment at Stone Liver, where was he wounded by a piece of shell, the explosion of which had killed eleven persons; he was in the field hospital for three weeks. The next battle in which he took part was Chickamauga, where he was slightly wounded by a spent ball, but not disabled; he was in the battle at Missionary Ridge, and was twice shot, once in the left knee, and once through the right side; he was then in the field hospital one month, after which he had a furlough and came home, remaining until the next March. He rejoined his regiment, but as his wounds had not healed he was excused from guard duty. was with Sherman on the march to the sea, and was in the battle of Resaca. For eight- een successive days he was under fire, the battle of New Hope Church following. He followed Hood into Tennessee, and was mustered out at Pulaski, Tennesseee, November 3, 1864, coining home soon thereafter. Mr. Moss was married December 20, 1865, to Harriet Lew, who was born at Farmington, Trumbull county, Ohio; they have had a family of five children: Cora B., Bessie L., Susie, Calla and Harry L., deceased. Mrs. Moss departed this life August 1,1893. Mr. Moss Owns 110i acres of choice land and does a general farming business. He, as was also his wife, is a member of the Christian Church. Politically, he supports the issues of the Republican party, and has served his township at Trustee, He is a member of the G, A. R, Post No. 226, at Burton. CORNELIUS WASHBURN, one of the most successful mechanics and contractors in brick and stone work, at Ashtabula, Ohio, was born in Ashtabula county, July 1, 1837. He comes of sturdy New England ancestry, his father, Cornelius Washburn, Sr., having been born in Massachusetts, whence his parents afterward removed to Vermont. e married Lavina Merritt and in 1834 removed from the Green Mountain State to Ohio, settling in Ashtabula county, where he followed farming. This continued to be his home until his death in 1862, at the age of sixty-six years. His ten children were: Adaline Ann, died in infancy; Ann, deceased; Adaline is the wife of P. M. Darling, of Conneaut; Abigail, deceased, in Tennessee, was married to John Pains; Cornelius, subject of this sketch; Lavina, wife of John Dick, of Kingsville; G. H., residing in East Village; and Marnette, wife of Lim Fry, of Lansing, Michigan. OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 797 Being one of a large family, whose parents were in limited circumstances and pioneers of a new country, the subject of this sketch early learned to rely on his own re- sources. At the age of eleven he began to support himself, working for a number of years for his board and clothing. On becom- ing large and strong enough to work for wages, he was variously employed until twen- ty-seven years of age. He then decided to learn the Mason's trade, and for that purpose secured employment with Messrs. Pratt Si Brooks, plasterers and masons, and so industriously and persistently did he apply himself that in less than two years he was capable of taking contracts and becoming responsible for their proper execution. On completing his apprenticeship, he became a partner in this business with Elijah Upton, which union continued three years. The succeeding year, Mr. Washburn made a profitable arrangement with Messrs. Brooks Brothers, with whom be continued seven years. Since then he has been alone, except during one season, when he, with George Russell, secured the contract for erecting the water-works buildings and foundations for tanks. Among others, Mr. Washburn has plastered the Haskell, Raser and Sherman residences, the Ducros store and hundreds of minor structures, his work in every instance being a sufficient guarantee of its merit. Nor has this prosperity come by accident, but by arduous and continued endeavor, which might well be emulated by all ambitious young men starting in life for themselves. Mr. Washburn now owns a beautiful place covering an .acre in East Village, which he purchased in 1859, and which be has improved with a handsome residence and ornamental surroundings, until it is now one of the most attractive .places in the city. November 23, 1865, Mr. Washburn was married in Ashtabula, to Miss Flora Allen, a cultivated lady, daughter of Rev. Henry M. and Elizabeth (Whitford) Allen. Her father was a Baptist minister, originally of Lake George, New York, who removed in 1859 to Pennsylvania, dying in Springboro; that State, in 1875, aged sixty-seven. He was the father of twelve children, ten of whom attained maturity and all but three of whom reside in Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Wash burn have had four children: George Francis, who died in 1880, aged fourteen; Norman C., born June 11, 1870, a mason by occupation, married Miss Addie May Smith, of Springfield, Pennsylvania; Leland M., born March 8, 1872, also a mason by trade, assists his father; and Allie S., born March 2, 1879, died June 19, 1890, of lockjaw, occasioned by running a piece of corn stubble into his foot. Fraternally, Mr. and Mrs Washburn are members of the Royal Templars of Temper- ance and both belong to the Congregational Church. Both enjoy the highest regard of the community in which they have lived so long and to the material and moral advance- ment of which they have greatly contributed. WILSON LAMPMAN, one of the substantial farmers of Chardon township, Geauga county, Ohio, was born at Granby, Oswego county, New York, September 19, 1828, a son of Stephen P. Lampman, a native of New York also, born in Rensselaer county, November 17, 1788. Isaac Lampman, the grandfather, was a native of Germany, and emigrated to America when a young man; he located in New York State, and followed farming. Stephen P. was reared to agricultural pursuits, and, believing the opportunities 798 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY better in the West, removed to Ohio in 1831, settling in Delaware county. He died in 1842,. at the age of fifty-two years. His wife's name was Susan Lowen; her father was born on the coast of England, and when a boy used to take short trips with the captain of one of the vessels. The captain finally induced the lad's parents to allow him to cone to America, but left him in New York upon his return, poor and friendless. He served through the war of the Revolution under Washington. Susan Lowen Lampman was born at Danby, Rutland county, Vermont, September 13, 1790, and died April 5, 1869. The father of Wilson Lampman was twice married; he had two children by the first wife, and thirteen by the second. The subject of this notice is the tenth of the family; he remained at home until his father's death, which occurred when he was fourteen years old. He then came to Geauga county to live with a brother who was residing in Munson township. His opportunities for acquiring an education were meager, as ill health often prevented his attending the short winter sessions of school. He became a sailor on the lakes, and for two years was on Lake Erie. He then went to St. Louis, where he remained one year, giving his attention to agriculture. Returning to Geauga county in 1850; he was married to Miss Marion Knight, who was born in this county, a daughter of Charles P. and Amanda (Ilazen) Knight, who were born in Vermont and came to Ohio as early as 1827. Mr. Knight was born in 1801 and died in 1877; Mrs. Knight survives, at the age of ninety years, and resides with Mr. Lampman: After his marriage Mr. Lampman engaged in farming in Munson township, but in 1864 joined the emigrant train moving to the West, and went to Marshall county, Iowa, where he remained one season, during which time he followed farming. Upon his return to Ohio he lived in Ottawa county for a year, and then removed to Parkman township, Geauga county, where he bought a tract of land. Two years afterward he went to Munson township, and in the fall of 1 872 he bought his present farm in Chardon township. He has 216 acres of land, eleven acres of which are fine timber land, embracing a fine maple grove of 800 trees; and first-class improvements. Mr. arid Mrs. Lampman had born to them five children: Lowen C., Mary A., Frankie M., George, deceased, and James. The mother died in December, 1889. Mr. Lamp- man has represented- the people of the township as Trustee for three terms, and has given excellent satisfaction. He is a member of the Masonic Lodge, and belongs to the Disciples' Church. In politics he is a Republican. Although he began life without means he has accumulated a competence for his declining years. LOWELL E. COMAN, a highly respected citizen of Geauga county, is one of the typical pioneers of Ohio, and has braved the dangers, trials and privations of life on the frontier to the end that the frontier might still farther recede toward the setting sun, and the generation of pioneers might be known to the future only in history. He was born in Windham county, Connecticut, November 25, 1825, a son of Uriah Coman, who was born in the same county in 1798. The grandfather, Stephen Coman, was also a native of Connecticut, and his father was a passenger on the Mayflower. Stephen Coman was a farmer by occupation, and died at the age of eighty-eight years. Uriah Co- OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 799 man, in his youth, was employed in the cotton mills of Killingly, Connecticut, but in 1837 came to Ohio with his wife and six children. They located in Chardon township, Geauga county, where they bought a piece of land, which was improved to the extent of a log cabin. Settlers were few and far between, and deer, bears and wild turkeys abounded. Mr. Coman died at the age of eighty-four years. His wife, whose maiden name was Roxana Chase, was a native of Connecticut; she died in 1891, at the age of eighty-eight years. They had a family of six children, three of whom survive. Lowell E. is the eldest, and only son living. He was reared amid the wild surroundings of a pioneer settlement, and secured his edu- cation in the little log schoolhouse that was furnished with slab benches and heated with an open fire-place, having a stick-and-mud chimney. He was also a pupil at the:Kirt- land Academy when Professor Lord was an instructor there. He lived at home until he Was twenty years of age, and in 1815 he went back to Connecticut and found employment in the cotton mills of Killitigly. He soon became foreman and had charge of the looms in two rooms. He was married in Connecticut in 1847, to Miss Caroline Brown, of Worcester county, Massachusetts, and in the spring of 1848 he and his wife came to Ohio, settling in Chardon township, Geauga county. Mr. Coman purchased 112 acres of land, which he cleared and improved. At the end of five years he sold this tract and purchased his present farm in Chardon township. He has done a great deal of hard work, and has placed under cul- tivation 100 acres of as fine land as lies within the borders of Geagua county. Mr. and Mrs. Coman are the parents of four children: Frank, Malissa and Annette are deceased, while Clara survives. She was married to Alva Welch. They have one child, Katie Emma. Mr. Coman has adopted Albert W., son of James Ferry, deceased. Mr. Coman is a Republican in politics, and has held several local offices. He belongs to the I. 0. 0. F., of which he is a most worthy member.   CHARLES H. KING.—Few residents of Painesville, Ohio, or its vicinity, are more deserving of notice than the subject of this sketch, who, both by birth and ancestry, is irrevocably bound to the place. His grandfather, Hezekiah King, was born in Tolland, Connecticut, Decpmber 21, 1785, and in the winter of 1807, at the age of twenty-two, he started for the western frontier, with a wagon and a span of horses. He was many weeks in reaching Buffalo, New York, whence he came on the ice to Fairport Harbor, Ohio. He first settled in Middlefield, Geauga county, this State, where he re- sided until 1811, at which time he came to Painesville, then consisting of eleven small frame houses. Here Mr. King conducted a hotel, situated opposite C. A. Avery's present residence on State street, and afterward had charge of one on Main street, being in the hotel business for twenty-five years. That being a time of general emigration to the West, and he being on the thoroughfare of travel, he made money, accumulating a comfortable competence, upon which he retired. He married Ann Wallace, a native of Acworth, New Hampshire, where she was born in 1784, being the daughter of James Wallace, a well known resident of that place. She was a faithful wife and mother, and a noble representative of the pioneer women of that day, who did their part in reclaiming