(RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) 900 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY James E. Ford came from his native State to Conneaut, Ohio, in 1882, and has been engaged in farming here ever since. He owns thirty acres of land at the Harbor, most of which is laid off in town lots, and all of which is valuable property. The last lot he sold was in the fall of 1892, it being 25 x 72 feet, and bringing $750. He has refused that price for other lots in the same locality. His attractive home, located on Harbor street, is next to the last house between Conneaut and Canada. Mr. Ford was married, June 6, 1868, to Miss Sallie A. Henry, daughter of William and Sallie Henry, of Crawford county, Pennsylvania. Her father was a farmer and a highly respected citizen. Both parents died at about the age of eighty years. Her mother was a life-long and devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs. Ford is the youngest of their four children, the others being as follows: John, engaged in farming at the old homestead; Mary, deceased, was the wife of J. E. Wilcox; and Ann, wife of Alonzo Fish, who resides on a farm in Pennsylvania. Mr. Fish enlisted in the Union army in 1861, and served four years. He was the last person who ever saw General McPherson alive. He saw him riding toward the rebel lines, a moment later heard a rifle report, and then saw the horse returning without a rider. He was in the Atlanta campaign, and went with Sherman from Atlanta to the- sea. The only injury he received in the war was from being thrown off his horse, his knee being hurt at that time, from the effects of which he is still lame. Mr. and. Mrs. Ford have four children: Lillie, Perley Victor, Lulu and Flossie. Mrs. Ford and her son are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and the two oldest daughters are Baptists. Politically, Mr. Ford is a Democrat. While a resident of Crawford county, Pennsylvania, he served three years as County Auditor. Fraternally, he is a Mason and an A. O. U. W. Public-spirited and generous, enterprising and progressive, he has done his part toward advancing the best interests of the community in which he lives. C. O. HIGGINS, a leading druggist of Painesville, Ohio, was born near War- saw, Wyoming county, New York, May 3, 1850. He comes of good old New England ancestry, the family having come originally from Connecticut. Otis Higgins, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born in New York State, where he lived and died. T. H. Higgins, father of Mr. Higgins of this notice, was also born in Wyoming county, New York, and early learned the druggist's business. In 1865 he removed to Painesville, Ohio, with his family, where he engaged in the same business, his drug store being situated on the corner of Main and St. Clair streets, where his son, whose name heads this notice, still continues the same store. The father was a prominent member of the Congregational Church, in which he was Deacon and Treasurer for - many years. He died in September, 1888, greatly lamented by all who knew him. The mother of the subject of this sketch, whose maiden name was Mercy Bacon, was born in New Hampshire and descended from an old and highly respected New England family. She still survives and has been a life-long member of the Congregational Church. She was the mother of three children, two of whom are living, both filling honorable positions in business and society. OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 901 The subject of this sketch was the eldest, and received his education in the district schools of Warsaw, New York, where he was reared to the age of fifteen. In 1865 he accompanied his parents to Painesville, where he graduated at the high school, after which he became a clerk in his father's store. On his reaching the age of twenty-one he was taken into partnership, and since the death, Of his father he has successfully conducted the business alone, enjoying a large and lucrative trade. This prosperity is due to the high standard maintained in the grade of goods, and the uniform courtesy displayed toward customers. In 1878 Mr. Higgins was married to Miss Clara P. Ladd, of Painesville, a lady of many worthy qualities, who came to this city with her parents when she was an infant. Silas Ladd, her father, who for many years was a prominent merchant of this city, was a descendant, through his mother, of the celebrated Elder Brewster, who came over in the Mayflower in 1620. Silas Ladd was for many years an active member of the Congregational Church in this city, and was one of the foremost residents of the place of which he was one of the earliest pioneers. He died in 1879, aged seventy years, sincerely regretted by all who knew him. Mrs. Higgins' mother, nee Elizabeth Williams, was a native of Lake county and daughter of one of the very earliest settlers of this vicinity, who emigrated from Connecticut with his wife and seven children, Elizabeth being born shortly after their arrival in this county. Mr. Williams kept a hotel in Lake county in an early day, and became well off. Mrs. Ladd, mother of Mrs. Higgins, died in 1864, leaving her family and many friends to mourn her loss. Of her five children, Mrs. Higgins is the youngest, and all are now living, most of whom have become celebrated scholars. The oldest, Prof. George T. Ladd, a graduate of Western Reserve College, is now professor of metaphysics in Yale College. The eldest daughter is the wife of Prof. J. A. Towl, instructor of Greek in Westminster College at Dobbs' Ferry, New York. The second daughter married Prof. Bristow, who occupies a chair in the Theological Department at Yale; and the third daughter, is the wife of H. H. Shaw, of Lincoln, Nebraska. Mrs. Higgins is a graduate of the same class in the Painesville high school as her husband, and is a woman of much natural ability and worth of character. She has two daughters, Martha Bacon and Katherine Ladd. In politics, Mr. Higgins is a Republican. He has been a member of the Board of Education of Painesville for several years, and in that capacity has lent his influence and counsel to the general advancement of the schools in his vicinity. Both he and his wife are useful members of the Congregational Church, in which he is a Deacon, and has served as Sunday-school Superintendent for the past four years. Few men take a deeper interest in the welfare of the community than Mr. Higgins, and few are more deservedly popular, combining as he does the best qualities of a business man and citizen. SAMUEL A. BELL, an adopted citizen of the Republic, was born in county Norfolk, England, February 10, 1855, a son of John and Mary (Avey) Bell, also natives of England. The father was born in 1816, and was reared to the blacksmith's trade, the occupation of his ancestors as far back as the history can be traced; he was prosperous in his own country and accumu- 902 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY lated a considerable amount of property. In 1872 he emigrated to America, landing on the fifteenth of April, after a voyage of twelve days; he came directly to Geneva, Ohio, and has met with moderate success. Samuel A. is the fifth of a family of six children; George, the oldest, is married and has had a family of six children, three of whom are living; Martha married Mr. Groom and still resides in England; she has four children; Christiana married Mr. Can-ham and lives in Kansas City, Missouri; they have a family of four; Maggie married John Austin and .is the mother of two children; Mary is the wife of Mr. Warren and the mother of two children; they reside at Cleveland, Ohio. Samuel A. received a common-school education in his native country, and until the time of his coming to America was employed as a moulder in his father's shop; after coming to this country he worked in his father's shop for a period of five years, at the end of which period he entered the employ of the Geneva Tool Company. Serving the interest of this corporation with great fidelity for sixteen years, he passed through the different grades of iron working until he arose to the position of contractor. He now has five men in his employ, and makes all the ferrules used in this establishment. He was united in marriage June 1, 1876, to Miss Sarah Jane Sodant, native of England, born in Warwickshire, January 15, 1852; she accompanied her mother to this country in 1858, the father having preceded them five years. Mr. and Mrs. Bell are the parents of three children: Archie, the only son, was born March 17, 1877; showing a marked artistic taste as a young child, at the age of six years he was given music and drawing lessons; he has developed an unusual talent, and has already, at the age of sixteen, produced some meritorious work with his brush and pencil; Katie, the second child, was born August 15, 1880; Bessie was born October 2, 1882. Mr. Bell is a member of Geneva Council, No. 303, Royal Arcanum, and has passed all the chairs of that order; he is also a member of the Knights of Pythias, of which he is now Past Chancellor; he is one of the charter members of this body in Geneva. He and his family are highly esteemed members of the Baptist Church. Politically, he adheres to the principles of the Republican party, believing that body most nearly able to secure justice alike to all American citizens. CHARLES W. ANDERSON, of the firm of C. W. Anderson & Son, Geneva, Ohio, was born at Girard, Pennsylvania, September 3, 1841. His parents, Asa and Phila (Cass) Anderson, were natives of Chautauqua county, New York; the father was a Republican in his politics, a farmer by occupation, and in his religious faith a Methodist; he was of Scotch descent, his great-grandfather being the first member of the family to emigrate from Scotland to America. Charles W. spent his early life on the farm, and attended the common schools. When there was a call for men to take up arms in defence of. the nation, he responded, and for three years was in the service, a member of the Fifteenth Ohio Independent Light Artillery; he participated in thirty or more engagements without receiving a scratch, but, through exposure, lost his health and is now receiving a pension from the Government in recognition of his service. He is an active member of the G. A. R. OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 903 In 1887 he embarked in the milling business, under the firm name of C. W. Anderson & Son, and they have established a large and profitable trade. Mr. Anderson was married in June, 1861, to Lottie F. Tye, of Morgan township, Ash. tabula county; she is a daughter of John and Mary Tye, who were born and reared at Northampton, England, emigrating to this country soon after their marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson have a family of three children: John E., born July 4, 1863, is in business with his father; he married Cora McNutt, of Jefferson, Ashtabula county; Eugene M. was born March 11, 1878; and Fred L., September 13, 1879. Politically, Mr. Anderson it identified with the Republican party; he is a Knight of Pythias, and he and his wife are active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a self-made man, and through his own perseverance and wise management has accumulated a competence. MESSRS. GIDDINGS BROTHERS (Sidney C. and William A.), proprietors of the Maple Grove stock farm, near Sentinel, in Cherry Valley township, Ashtabula county, Ohio, are among the most prominent farmers and stock-growers of the State. They are devoted lovers of the turf and have several horses of extensive local reputation. Among these may be mentioned Walnut (2:41), a beautiful seal-brown pacer by the noted trotter, Reveille (2:15). The former's career has only just begun, as he is now but seven years old, but he has won first money, with one exception, in every race in which he was started. They also have a beautiful bay mare, Mabel G., by Gold Leaf (2:16 1/4), dam by Hull, which was driven in 2:57 the fourth time it bore the harness. Perhaps their most promising colt, however, is May Lena, by Crawford Wilkes (2:09 1/4), whose dam was Gold Leaf (2:16 1/2). A fine foal was recently sold by Messrs. Giddings Brothers for $300. Among other fine horses on this farm are Crinkle, a handsome eight-year old mare, which has already been driven in 2:44 1/4, and has won nearly every race in which she participated. They also have several very fine Gold Leaf and Crawford Wilkes foals, and it will well repay all lovers of horseflesh to visit this stock farm, to which visitors are made heartily welcome by the genial proprietors. Maple Grove farm is a thriving estate of 270 acres, highly improved with buildings and all modern conveniences, and in a fine state of cultivation. In addition to the management of this large farm and the care of their horses, the Messrs. Giddings have found time to speculate extensively in wool and calves, and handled in one day in the present season (1893) 7,000 pounds of wool and shipped eight car-loads of calves, always paying the highest market price for these commodities. The father of the subject of this sketch, Josiah M. Giddings, was a native of New York, and removed to Wayne, Ashtabula county, Ohio, when a young man, and later in 1834, to Cherry Valley, where he resided until his death, December 4. 1892, greatly lamented by all who knew him. He was one of the most influential men of his town, an ardent Republican and of considerable prominence in his party. He was married in Wayne, to Miss Clarissa Clark, of that township. Her father, Russel Clark, was one of Wayne's most prominent citizens, to which place he removed in 1827, from Chenango county, New York. Josiah and Clarissa 904 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY Giddings reared twelve children, nine of whom survive. Besides the subject of this sketch, the surviving members of the family are: Lebbeus E., of Michigan ; Catherine L. Hopkins, of Florida; Sabra C., now Mrs. Dr. Craven, of Chicago; Cassius M., of Lenox, Ohio; Seth H., of Dorset, the same State; Julia A. Hall, of Cherry Valley; and Emma A. Munger, also of Dorset. Three others, Almina M. Andrews, of Cherry Valley; Carlton S., and Charles H., are dead, the latter having given his life in his country's cause in suppressing the great rebellion. The devoted wife and mother preceded her husband to the tomb, her death occurring August 28, 1890, leaving many friends to mourn her loss. Sidney C. Giddings, was born on the farm where he now lives, November 8, 1856, and this has ever since been his home. He was reared to farming and received his education in the adjacent schools, learning from his parents those lessons of thrift and industry which have contributed to his present success. He was married in 1880, to Miss Etta A. Allen, an estimable lady. Her father, David Allen, was a prominent citizen of Gustavus township, Ashtabula county, where he died in April, 1891. Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Giddings have two children: Claude Blaine, born March 20, 1884; and Mattie Mabel, born June 22, 1886. These bright children are enthusiastic lovers of horses and claim a large interest in their father's equine property. William A. Giddings, senior member of the co-partnership, was born July 11, 1846.. He also has passed his life in the scenes of his nativity, finding in the quiet enjoyment of rural life and the society of his family his greatest happiness. He married Miss Martha North, a lady of domestic tastes, a native of Colebrook, and they had one child, Hayes. Milton, born August 27, 1881, who still survives to cheer his father's heart. Mrs. Giddings passed to her last home several years ago from the midst of many sorrowing friends. She was a noble woman, a consistent and active member of the Baptist Church, a faithful wife and devoted mother, and enjoys the esteem of all who knew her. In politics, both subjects of this sketch advocate the principles of Republicanism, but take no active interest in public affairs. They enjoy the reputation of being industrious, thrifty farmers, and successful horse raisers and trainers, and have attained their present high degree of prosperity by persistent hard work and intelligent management. MATHEWS C. ROCKAFELLOW was born in Livingston county, New York, May 19, 1837, a son of Jeremiah M. Rockafellow, a native of New Jersey, born March 23, 1810. John Rockafellow, the grandfather, was also a native of New Jersey, born December 5, 1779. The first members of the family in this country came from Denmark. Jeremiah Rockafellow was a blacksmith by trade, and when a young man went to Livingston county, New York, where he followed his calling. He was married November 8, 1832, to Clarissa Guy Chandler, who was born in New York. In the, fall of 1837 they removed to Geauga county, Ohio, and located in Chardon township. Here Mr. Rockafellow took up land, which he lived to clear and improve. He died in October, 1866. He still worked at his trade in connection with his farming, but gave more of his time to agricultural pursuits. OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 905 His wife died March, 1888. They were both worthy members of the Baptist Church. M. C. Rockafellow is one of a family of !our children, two of whom survive. He has ived on the old homestead since he was an infant six months old. He attended the district schools and worked with his father in he old blacksmith shop from the time he was old enough to swing a hammer. When the demand came for carriages and wagons le built a shop which he has operated in connection with the blacksmith shop. He owns L29 acres of excellent land, and is numbered among the progressive citizens of the township of Chardon. Mr. Rockafellow was united in marriage, July 3, 1858, to Angeline C. Coman, a native A Lake county, Ohio, and a daughter of Uriah Coman. Mr. and Mrs. Rockafellow are :he parents of three children: Ardelia C., who died at the age of five years; Victor Lowell, who died at the age of twenty-two months; and Louise May. Our subject and his wife are consistent members of the Meth-)(list Episcopal Church. In politics Mr. Rockafellow is an uncompromising Republican, and he is a member of the Masonic order. ADAM AND FRANK CALLANDER, father and son, proprietor and manager, respectively, of the extensive Callander estates, situated in Morgan, Orwell and Rome, and who have been for many years among the most extensive raisers, buyers and shippers of stock in the United States, are the subjects of this sketch. Adam Callander is a native of bonny Scotland, the home of Bruce and Burns, and inherits many of the sterling qualities of that hardy race. In 1850, he crossed the ocean in the employ of his uncle, George F. Callander, of Painesville, Ohio, with whom young Adam remained six months, after which he removed to Chardon, where he was variously engaged for a year. He then went to the northeastern part of Orwell township, where' he purchased a farm of 187 acres, which he still owns and upon which he then moved and made it his home for six months. At the end of that time, doubtless becoming homesick from the contrast between the old and new world, he returned once more to his native land, which he visited for six months, renewing acquaintance with former happy scenes and reviving old friendships. At the end of that time, in 1853, he once more turned his face westward, returning to Rome township, accompanied by his parents, John and Willie (McLoud) Callander, his brother, John, and two sisters, Jessie and Mary. On Mr. Adam Callander's return, he purchased the fine farm of seventy acres, situated a mile from New Lyme, on which he now resides. He erected on this a magnificent new residence, beautifying and improving the grounds, and making other valuable and modern improvements, until he now has one of the handsomest places in Ashtabula county. He then began those stock speculations which have since become so extensive as to give him the reputation of being one of the heaviest dealers in the country. Before the completion of the Ashtabula, Youngstown and Pittsburg Railroad, Mr. Callander drove his stock to Waterford, Pennsylvania, for shipment, driving to this point every week large herds of cattle, sheep and other stock since the completion of that road, however, Mr. Callander has made New Lyme his principal shipping point and greatly increased 906 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY his business. During the year following the finishing of that road, he shipped from that point, horses, cattle, veal calves, sheep and hogs, amounting in value to more than $300,000. He finally turned over this immense business to his son, Frank Callander, and began buying sheep and lambs at the Pittsburg market for shipment to Eastern cities. Here he was recognized as one of the most extensive shippers in the country, his shipments from that point exceeding in value $400,000 a year. During one month, he shipped thirty-eight car-loads, the proceeds of which was nearly $50,000. While in Pittsburg, he also established a wholesale meat market in Youngstown, to supply the retail markets of the former city; and about twenty head of cattle, fifty head of sheep, together with large quantities of hogs and other stock, were sold in Youngstown every week. Since leaving Pittsburg in 1887, Mr. Adam Callander has devoted himself to rearing, buying and shipping fine carriage and coach horses for the best eastern markets. He handles nothing but the best horses and realizes the best market prices. He raises on his home farm every year, four or five excellent carriage and coach horses, for which he receives the average price of $450 a head, his annual sales of horses alone averaging about $10,000. Few men have been more uniformly successful than Mr. Adam Callander, the secret of which may be found in excellent financial ability, untiring energy and strict integrity, the power to conceive great enterprises and the will to execute them. Mrs. Adam Callander was before marriage Miss Nettie Hopkins, a native of Chardon, Ohio. Her father, James Hopkins, a widely and favorably known pioneer of the Western Reserve, died in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1840, greatly regretted by all who knew him. Mrs. Callander is devoted to her early home and is an exemplary wife and mother, her taste and refinement being manifest in both the interior and exterior of her beautiful home. Frank Callander, as well known in commercial circles as his father, was born in Orwell township, Ashtabula county, Ohio, June 7, 1864, where he was reared and educated and has ever since resided. He early took part in his father's business, evincing an aptitude and ability which would have been commendable in an older person. He now superintends the entire Callander estate of more than 700 acres, situated in Morgan, Rome and Orwell townships. He also does a heavy business in stock shipments, being one of the largest dealers in veal calves in the market. He has, during some seasons, about thirty buyers in various parts of the country, and in ten weeks has shipped from New Lyme, Austinburg and Espyville, about 4,500 calves, at the same time doing a large business in other stock. He evinces the same indefatigable energy, which is such a marked characteristic of his father, and inherits much of that financial insight and executive ability which have contributed to his father's phenomenal prosperity. September 3, 1890, Mr. Frank Callander was married to Miss Mints A. Laird, a lady of cnlture and refinement, daughter of J. H. Laird, a prominent citizen of Mesopotamia, Ohio. Mr. Frank Callander and wife have an attractive home a few rods north of the residence of his parents, where, surrounded by alt the comforts and luxuries of life, they are prepared to enjoy life to its fullest extent. Politically, both father and son are supporters of Republicanism, but their personal OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 907 affairs necessarily absorb most of their attention, although deeply interested in the public welfare. They have done much to develop the resources and add to the prosperity of their community, and are justly regarded with the highest esteem by their fellow-citizens. CHARLES R. GODDARD, one of the leading attorneys in northeastern Ohio and a prominent citizen of Conneaut, was born in Windsor, Ashtabula county, this State, February 7, 1835, a son of one of the early pioneers of the State. Ranney Goddard, his father, was born in Connecticut, in October, 1800, and in 1820 came to this county. It was not long after his arrival in Ohio that the family of Rawdons came out here from Connecticut and settled in Windsor township, and in 1826 he married Miss Lucy Rawdon. In him were found those sterling qualities so characteristic of the true pioneer. He knew what it was to endure hardship and privation, and heroically did he meet every emergency. In the primeval forest he established his home and developed a fine farm, and there he and his good wife passed useful and happy lives. Nobly did he do his part in opening up the frontier and preparing the way for a higher civilization and progress which the present generation now enjoys. Politically, he was a Democrat until the war broke out and from that time on he was a Republican. He was a Captain in the militia and took a lively interest in training day. In 1880 he passed away at the ripe old age of eighty years. His wife died in 1881, aged seventy-four years. She was for many years a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and her life was characterized by the sweet- est of Christian graces. For more than half a century she and her worthy husband lived happily together, their many amiable qualities endearing them to a large circle of neighbors and friends. They had a family of four sons and three daughters, all of whom grew up to occupy honorable and useful positions in life, and of them we make the following record: Lucy, the widow of a Mr. Tracy, is now in South Africa with her daughter, Mrs. Clara Hankins, wife of the Rev. Mr. Hankins, a missionary to that dark continent, in the interest of the Adventist Church. Mrs. Tracy has a son, Ward Tracy, residing in this county. Harriet Goddard became the wife of William Barnard. They reside on a farm near Windsor in this county. The next in order of birth is Charles R., whose name heads this article. Erastus C. is a resident of Unionville Center, Ohio. His wife, whose maiden name was Nancy Cook, is deceased. Roland married Mary Ware and lives in this county. Will F., also married and living in this county, is engaged in farming. Mariette, wife of Charles W. Babcock, died many years ago. Mr. Charles R. Goddard was educated at Orwell and Hiram College. He entered Hiram about the time Garfield was promoted to a professorship in that institution, and Mr. Goddard recited mathematics to him. He afterward attended law school in Cleveland, where he graduated with the class of 1859. In 1861 he began the practice of his profession in Conneaut, where he has since remained, meeting with eminent success, and in point of time is now the oldest attorney in the place. He has been a member of the City Council several terms and for a number of years has served on the School Board, taking an active interest in the educational affairs of the city. 908 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY He was married, August 30, 1876, to Miss Sina Baldwin, a lady of domestic attainments and rare social graces. She is a daughter of L. I. Baldwin of Conneaut. Mr. and Mrs. Goddard have four children: Charles, Harry W. and Wilfred and Winfred, twins. He and his wife are members of the Congregational Church, and he is also a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity. Mr. Goddard is a lawyer of marked ability. He has been engaged in many of the principal litigations in this part of the country, and during his long and successful career here has gained an enviable reputation and made many warm friends. He is still in the prime of active manhood, and much may be expected of him. JAMES E. GOODRICH, who is engaged in the manufacture of interior woodwork at Geneva, Ohio, was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. His parents, Ephraim F. and Emily S. (Francis) Goodrich, were natives of the same city as himself and were of English descent. The father of the Abject of this sketch was for many years a successful teacher, his scholarly attainments and genial nature peculiarly fitting him for that calling, but in later life he became a clergyman. In 1834, he joined the tide of emigration to the West, settling in Madison, then Geauga, now Lake, county, Ohio, where he was for many years pastor of the Baptist Church. His later days were passed on his farm, near Geneva. His death occurred in April, 1880, at the age of eighty-two, after a long life of usefulness, his loss being greatly lamented by all who knew him. His worthy wife survived him only two years, dying in 1882, at the age of eighty-four years, leaving many friends, to mourn her taking away. The subject of this sketch received his education in the common schools and at the Painesville high school. In the latter city he began to learn the art of wood-turning and wood-carving, and has since devoted his energies to the manufacture of woodwork, possessing excellent taste in the decoration and arrangement of interiors, in which line he has built up a large business, as well as in the manufacture of printers' wood material, of which latter he makes a specialty. He inherits much of his father's activity and energy as well as ability, and the refining influence of home culture no doubt tended to cultivate a naturally correct and original taste. March 7, 1850, Mr. Goodrich was married to Adelia Gaylord, a descendant of one of the oldest families of this part of the State. She was a daughter of D. Curtis and Sally (Dykeman) Gaylord, and granddaughter of Major Levi Gaylord, whose sketch is appended hereto. Mr. and Mrs. Goodrich have one daughter, Sarah F., born September 14, 1851. She was educated in the common schools of Geneva and graduated in the first class of the Normal Institute under Prof. Lowe. She has devoted much time to the interesting study of botany and enjoys some reputation as a botanist and author. Mr. Goodrich is a stanch supporter of the Republican party, and has been a Councilman and a member of the Board of Education of Geneva for several years, in both of which capacities he has served the best interests of the people. The family are active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Major Levi Gaylord, prominently identified with the early history of northeastern Ohio, was horn at New Cambridge (now OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 909 Bristol), Hartford county, Connecticut, March 30, 1760. He was the eldest son of Captain Levi Gaylord and grandson of Benjamin Gaylord, whose ancestors emigrated from Normandy, France, to England about 1551 and thence to America in 1630. The first representative of the family in this country was Deacon William Gaylord, a sturdy Protestant, who settled at Dorchester, Massachusetts. He was a man of unusual intelligence and exerted a wide influence in the early affairs of the colonies. Levi Gaylord, Sr., was an efficient soldier in the French war of 1756–'57, and was Captain in the war of the Revolution. His son, the Major, was a soldier in his company and re-enlisted several times. He finally became a member of the mechanics' department and assisted in forging the great chain that was stretched across the Hudson river to prevent the passage of the British ships. At the close of the war he engaged in the occupation of tanning and afterward became a shoemaker. He was married shortly after his return from the struggle for independence, and continued to reside in the East until 1804, when he came to Ohio as an 'agent for the Connecticut Land Company. Two years later, in 1806, he removed his family to the Buckeye State. They at first took up their residence in the Harper settle, meat; but the Major soon afterward selected a farm on the South ridge in the present township of Geneva, on a portion of the Atwater tract, of which he was the agent. He carried on for many years a tannery, the only one in this vicinity. His house was the headquarters of early Methodism in this neighborhood. He took an active part in the early affairs of his vicinity and was one of the first Commissioners of Ashtabula county. He also represented his district in the State Legislature two terms and served efficiently as County Auditor from 1821 to 1829. His undoubted integrity, active benevolence, amiable disposition and gentle demeanor won the hearts of all who knew him. He died at the advanced age of eighty-seven years, retaining his mental vigor to the last. CAPTAIN ALBERT WARREN STILES.—The lives of great and good men are incentives to the rising generation and all who are to follow, as perpetuating the greatest virtues and firing the emulation of others to imitate their example, and thus leave behind them names of honor and renown. In the annals of Ohio, which bear many illustrious names, none is more worthy of mention than that of the subject of this sketch, who has proven himself, by a long life of private and public honor, to be possessed of those qualities which create and ennoble great States. Hiram Stiles, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Plainfield Center, Otsego county, New York, in 1803, and died suddenly of heart disease, in Rome, Ohio, May 29, 1865, after a long and useful life: His widow, Mandana Duty Stiles, was born in Ashtabula, Ohio, December 12, 18I2, and is now (1893) enjoying good health at her home in Rome, this State. When young she taught school, and had for pupils a brother and sister of General Garfield, before the latter was born. Mrs. Stiles' grandfather, Moses Warren, Sr., was born in Northborongh, Massachusetts in 1760, and was a soldier in the Revolutionary war from I776 to near its close, He was a descendant of General Joseph Warren, who fell at Bunker Hill, fighting for American liberty. Moses 910 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY Warren, Sr., married Miss Priscilla Nurse, also a descendant of an old and prominent New England family of Revolutionary fame. The parents of the subject of this sketch had eight children, of whom the Captain is fifth in order of birth, four being now alive. The following brief record of the children is pertinent: Asa D.; Persis E. Bishop; W. C., proprietor of the largest ship-timber mill in the United States, situated at Warren, Ohio; Amanda and Chloe, who died in infancy; Martha, who died aged twenty; and Elton H., who died in 1889. The latter was employed in his brother's mill, just referred to, as bookkeeper, and while temporarily engaged at the works was caught in the machinery, receiving injuries from the effect of which he died a few hours later. He left a widow, Carrie Crosby Stiles, and three children. He was a young man of ability and excellent standing, was active in church work and in all things tending to benefit his community, and was greatly mourned by all who knew him. Captain Stiles, of this notice, was born September 3, 1841, in Warrensville, Ohio, where his earlier years were passed. He attended the common schools of his vicinity until the fall of 1857, at which time he went to the academy at Twinsburg, Ohio, for one term. In the spring of 1858 he removed with his parents to Rome, Ohio, and from that time until 1861 he was engaged in teaching and attending school. It was in the winter of 1850-'51 that James A. Garfield, the martyred President, taught school in the district where Albert Stiles lived, the former making his home with Mr. Stiles' father. Thus an acquaintance was begun which ended only with the life of the noble President. April 24, 1861, when twenty years of age, Albert Stiles enlisted in the Civil war for the defense of the Union, having the distinction of being the first volunteer from Rome township. He was mustered into Company D, of the Nineteenth Ohio Volunteer Militia, under the command of Captain Robert W. Crane, and was in a camp of instruction, Camp Taylor, in Cleveland, Ohio, for a short time. He was then transferred with his company and regiment to Camp Goddard, at Zanesville, the same State, and from there went soon afterward to the field of operations in West Virginia, serving under General George B. McClellan, in General Rosecrans' brigade. His first experience in battle occurred on July 11, 1861, at Rich Mountain, West Virginia, and he was mustered out at Ashtabula, Ohio, August 29, of the same year. Be soon afterward enlisted as a private in what was subsequently known as Company A, Sixth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, after which his rise in rank was rapid and continuous. In the following November, he was promoted to fourth duty Sergeant; January 1, 1863, to first Sergeant of Company A; May 9, 1864, to Second Lieutenant Company D; November 12, 1864, to First Lieutenant of Company B; and January 25, 1865, to Captain of Company E, Sixth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. He served, under Generals Fremont, Sigel, McClellan, Pope, Burnside, Stoneman, Pleasanton, Hooker, Meade, Sheridan and Grant, and was in more than forty battles and numerous skirmishes. When volunteers were demanded for particularly hazardous duty, he always offered his services, and on one occasion he volunteered, with 150 others from his division, for a forlorn hope during the second battle of Bull Run, in 1862. The Sixth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry found itself on the morning of April 9, 1865, across the pike and within a OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 911 mile of Appomattox Court House, Virginia, having advanced the night before, about ten o'clock, and captured the works abandoned by General Custer just before dark of that day. They were in turn attacked by General Gordon's forces of Lee's army, and were present at the surrender of General Lee. April 10, the brigade to which the Sixth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry was attached, General C. H. Smith commanding, was detailed to escort General U. S. Grant to Burkeville Junction, Virginia. In January, 1865, Captain Stiles was detailed with a detachment of his regiment, to go to Ohio as recruiting officer for the regiment, and returned March 10 following. Like many others of his comrades in arms, he experienced the inhospitality of Libby Prison. He was wounded and taken prisoner in a mounted cavalry charge at Upperville, Virginia, June 23, 1863, and was sent by way of Winchester and Staunton, that State, to Libby Prison, Richmond. He was soon afterward paroled and sent to camp at Annapolis, Maryland, via City Point and Fortress Monroe, Virginia. He resigned his commission at Petersburg, that State, and left the service June 29, 1865. He then returned to his home in Rome, Ohio, and commenced life again on the farm. In the fall of 1869, he was elected Sheriff of Ashtabula county, and assumed the duties of that office in the following January, being re-elected in 1871 and serving until 1874. In 1878, he was again elected, and re-elected to succeed himself in 1880, serving until January, 1883. -His record as Sheriff during this long period was one of the best. In November, 1881, he followed up and arrested golden, of England, and White, of New York, for prize-fighting in the county for the feather-weight championship of the world. He was also successful in assisting in quiet- ing a riot of dock hands at Ashtabula harbor, in 1876. He is a man of great courage, and whether as soldier, Sheriff or 'citizen, has always acted with promptness and fortitude in the face of danger. To show this trait of character, the following two instances are cited: Once, while standing on the highway, be saw a horse running furiously, with two ladies and a boy in the buggy, and succeeded in stopping the horse without injury to himself or to any one in the vehicle. Again, in Columbus, while walking along a street leading to the principal thoroughfare, which is always crowded, he saw a span of horses, attached to an empty lumber wagon, running with terrific speed. Realizing instantly that if they were allowed to dash out into that crowded street that great loss of life and prop, erty would follow, he made a rush for the runaways and succeeded in stopping them, with no damage other than a severe strain to his body. He was elected Presidential Elector by acclamation for the historic nineteenth district, the first instance in that district in which an elector was selected by the unanimous vote since the organization of the Republican party. In May, 1886, he was ap, pointed Steward of the Ohio Penitentiary, which position he resigned March 1, 1889, to assume charge, as Superintendent, of the Girls' Industrial Home, near Delaware. He was removed from the latter position by Governor Campbell, on May I, 1890, for "offensive partisanship," but was appointed, in 1892, to the same position by Governor McKinley, and is the present incumbent of that place. This Home is beautifully situated on the west bank of the Scioto river, and contains 330 girls at present, ranging from the age of nine to eighteen. Captain Stiles is peculiarly fitted for his duties by his great 912 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY executive ability and kindliness of disposition, while his worthy wife makes a most efficient matron, and is in all respects a valuable assistant to her husband. As showing the large saving to the State accruing from his excellent management, it is only necessary to mention the expense of this institution under his predecessors in his present position, and that during his incumbency. The per capita expense in 1891 was $123.33; in 1892, $120.49; while in 1893, under his management, it was $109.74—showing a considerable saving. The Captain was from boyhood a very close friend of the late General James A. Garfield, and took an active part in all that great general's campaigns. He has many letters written by the hand of his distinguished friend, acknowledging his obligations to the Captain. From one of these we quote a few sentences: WASHINGTON, D. C., October 17, 1876. MY DEAR CAPTAIN --------- Now that the light of October is over, I want to say that I can boast of one thing that few men can say with as much truth. I have as noble a hand of friends as any man can have, and none among them have done better or more wisely effective work than you. You have not only worked tor the general cause, but yon have done very great service to me..... As ever your friend, J. A. GARFIELD. Captain Stiles is an aid-de-camp on the staff of General A. G. Weissert, Commander in Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic; and is a member of the Loyal Legion of Ohio, G. A. R. He also belongs to the F. & A. M., and is a member of the Presbyterian Church. September 24, 1866, Captain Stiles was married to Miss Jane E. Crosby, born October 10, 1843, who was the youngest daughter of Levi and Sarah (Leonard) Crosby, prominent residents of Rome, Ohio. Her father was born April 2, 1803, and died in Rome, January 30;1883; while her mother, born in 1806, died in the same place in December, 1845. The remainder of the family comprises her brothers, Giles Crosby, of Rome, Dwight, of Jefferson, Ohio; and a sister, Maria, wife of E. Douglass, of Rome. Captain and Mrs. Stiles have had three children; Jay, born March 6, 1869, died May 6, 1871; Maud, born December 3, 1876; and Charlotte, born November 1, 1878,—have developed into beautiful young women, modest, talented and accomplished, receiving their finishing course in the city schools of Delaware, Ohio. Thus briefly is given an outline of an eminently useful career, whose efforts have all been those of progress for himself and benefit to his fellow-man. W. N. SMITH, who is engaged in the real-estate and insurance business in Conneaut, Ohio, was born in Hubbard township, Trumbull connty, this State, January 4, 1859. His parents, Aaron and Rosanna (Simpkins) Smith, were both born in Ohio, and now reside in Pierpont, this county, Mr. Smith being a retired farmer. Both he and his son, W. N., were born in the same house in Trumbull county, the former's birth occurring in 1818. Grandfather Smith died about the age of fifty-five years, and grandmother Smith lived to be nearly a hundred years old. Aaron and his two sisters are all that are OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 913 now left of a family of twelve children, he being the youngest of the twelve. Of these two sisters we record that Anna is the widow of Daniel Randall and is now living with her son in Indiana; and that Polly, widow of a Mr. Simpkins, is a resident of Brookfield, Trumbull county, Ohio. Aaron Smith was twice married, each time to a Miss Simpkins. By his first wife he had five children, as follows: Cynthia A., wife of C. B. Hibler, Pierpont; Amos, who married Nannie Downing, lives in Pittsburg; Lovica, wife of William Stuble, Pierpont; Mary, wife of Joseph Giles, Pierpont; and Judson who is married and living in Pittsburg. By his present wife Mr. Smith has five children: Louisa, wife of C. G. Van Winkle, Pittsburg; Florence, wife of Dr. H. C. Holcomb, Pierpont: W. N., the subject of this article; Charles, who married Miss Tuttle, resides in Painesville, Lake county, Ohio; and Clara, wife of G. Warren, resides in Richmond, this county. Mrs. Rosanna Smith was born in I827 and is one of a family of eight children, four of whom are living. Her father, William Simpkins, is still living in Orangeville, Trumbull county, and is now more than ninety years of age. Her mother died in 1885. Both Mr. and Mrs. Smith are members of the Christian Church, in which he has been Deacon for many years. W. N. Smith was educated in the schools of Detroit. Upon reaching mature years, he engaged in merchandising in Youngstown, Ohio, where he clerked three years, and from there came to Asthabula and clerked two years for L. W. Smith. In 1881 he came to Conneaut and entered the dry-goods store of S. J. Smith, in which he remained as clerk three years. At the end of that time he went into the dry-goods business for himself, continuing the same for seven years. Then he sold out and turned his attention to the real-estate and insurance business, in which he has been engaged since 1892, with good success. Mr. Smith was married in 1882, to Miss Sylvia Booth, daughter of Thomas N. Booth, of Ashtabula. They have one child, Theodore. Both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a member of the Uniform Rank, K. of P., and also of the Royal Arcanum, being Treasurer of the latter organization. He is an earnest temperance worker and affiliates with the Prohibition party. Mr. Smith is eminently a self-made man. He never received a dollar that he did not earn, and that he has succeeded in life is not due to blind luck but to honest industry, economy and good judgment. HEZEKIAH COLE, the oldest living settler of Painesville, Ohio, of which he is a prominent, wealthy and highly esteemed citizen, was born in Ovid, Seneca county, New York, April 11, 1813. He is of New England ancestry, his grandfather, Moses Cole, having come originally, it is thought, from Connecticut. He settled in. Saratoga county, New York, at an early day, where he died aged about seventy-five years. Hezekiah S. Cole, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Ballston, Saratoga county, New York, in 1783, and in 1794, when about eleven years of age, went to Ovid, Seneca county, the same State, where he resided for several years. He became a farmer, which occupation he followed all his life. He was an efficient soldier in the war of 1812 and a sterling American patriot. He married Mary Graham, a native of 914 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY New Hampshire but reared in New York. In 1823, they emigrated to Painesville, Ohio, being eleven days in crossing the lake from Buffalo. They settled on new land about two miles east of the city in what is now Painesville township, where, in their efforts to reclaim a farm from the native wilderness, they underwent all the hardships incidental to pioneer life. The country was then but slightly settled, some Indians abounding and much wild game. By their united and industrious efforts, the parents accumulated a comfortable income and made themselves and family a good home. In 1861, the devoted wife and mother died, aged seventy-eight years, while the worthy father survived until 1880, expiring in his ninety-eighth year, universally lamented. Both parents were devoted members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which the father was a member for the last fifty years of his life. Of their nine children, three died young, six attaining maturity. Of these, Samantha married Sal. mon Fuller; she died in Troy, New York, leaving one son, now deceased; Hannah married Clark N. Jennings and had six children, four now living; the mother died several years ago. Charlotte married John Van Desart and they had three children, all living. The parents went to Salem, Nebraska, where they both died. The only brother of the subject of this sketch who attained maturity is Charles Cole, who resides near Humboddt, Nebraska, where he is a successful farmer. He has been a member of the State Legislature of Nebraska for several years and is a well-to-do citizen. He is now about seventy-one years of age. All of these commenced life by teaching school for various lengths of time, thus learning those lessons of patience, tare and methodical procedure which contributed to their future success in life. Mr. Cole of this notice was ten years of age when his parents came to the wilds of Ohio, with which State he has grown up and where he has resided ever since. He was reared in the woods on a new farm, where there was everything to do and but little to do with. Under these circumstances and with a darge family, it is not surprising that all the children, especially the boys, should have been early inured to labor. Mr. Cole and his five brothers and sisters secured their education in the log schoolhouses of Lake county, which were conducted on the subscription plan. The subject of this notice helped to build the only schoolhouse in his vicinity which he ever attended, he having erected one corner of the structure. Mr. Cole was quite a sturdy lad, inheriting the vigor of his New England ancestry, and he wielded the ax with telling blows when but fifteen years of age. At nineteen he began teaching school at Fairport Harbor, in Lake county, in which occupation he was engaged three terms. By continued industry in various capacities and careful economy, he had suffdciently progressed by the age of twenty-one to buy his first tract of land, for which he paid $1,000. This he industriously cleared and kept adding to his original purchase, until he possessed a valuable tract, which he sold for $30,000. He cleared large quantities of land, for others and for himself. The first work he did for himself was a contract for making 30,000 bushels of charcoal, at the same time taking another contract of clearing sixteen acres of land, and he made the coal out of the timber, which operation was indeed killing two birds with one stone, a feat often heard of but seldom accomplished. With such ability, it is not surprising that he should have gone on successfully through life, until now he has no necessity for killing birds OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 915 at all. He has always followed farming, although he has not lived continuously on his land. In 1840, he came to Painesvidle, where he remained a year or so, eventually, in 1853, coming to the city to reside. In 1860, however, he once more returned to his farm and after nine years came back, in 1869, to the city, where he has ever since resided. He owns several farms in Lake county, aggregating 449 acres, also owns 1,000 acres in Wisconsin and has considerable property in Painesville. He erected the first steam mill in Painesville and was for a number of years in the mercantile business in that city. He is the oldest living settler of Painesville, but one other person surviving, who was born when he came here in 1823, and is thus justly entitled to be called the father of the city. In 1842, he was married to Phcebe Turney, an estimable lady, a native of Lake county, Ohio, who died in 1854, greatly lamented by all who knew her. In 1866, Mr. Cole married Matilda Cole, of New York State, who died in 1874, leaving three children to the care of her bereaved husband: Mary M., a senior in Lake Erie Female Seminary; Gertrude, now in her second year at the same institute; and Hezekiah S. In 1876, Mr. Cole married Mrs. Gilkinson, nee Mavesette Wolcott, a native of Farmington, Ohio, and daughter of John and Fannie (Goff) Wolcott, both natives of Connecticut, the former at one time a prosperous farmer of Trumbull county, but both parents now deceased. Mrs. Cole had excellent school advantages and taught during the winter just preceding her fifteenth birthday. She afterward taught in the Farmington Academy for several years, and later at Hiram College, when Mr. Garfield, the late martyred president, was a student and teacher in that school, and she event, ually taught at Warren, Ohio, her entire service as an instructor covering thirteen terms. She subsequently married Dr. Boyd N. Gilkinson, of Mecca, Ohio, a graduate of Ann Arbor, Michigan, who died in Orwell, Ashtabula county, Ohio, in 1865, where he had resided for several years. Dr. Gilkinson's father died November 6, 1880, aged seventy-five years; his mother still survives in her eighty-fourth year and makes her home with Mr. and Mrs. Cole. Politically, Mr. Cole was originally a Whig and later a Republican, since the organization of that party in 1856, and cast his first presidental vote for General William Henry Harrison. From 1840 for several succeeding years Mr. Cole served as Constable, Marshal and Sheriff, discharging his duties with that efficiency and dispatch which have ever characterized his actions through life. While not identified with any particular church, Mr. Cole has always been a liberal contributor to church and benevolent purposes. Mrs. Cole is a useful member of the Methodist Episcopal denomination. Few men have done as much for the general welfare, and few are more deeply enshrined in the hearts of their fellow-citizens. HORACE ALVORD, one of the ablest jurists of northeastern Ohio, a prominent and esteemed resident of Painesville, was born in Orange, New Jersey, November 7, 1850. He is of English descent, although his ancestors have lived for many years in America. His grandfather, Gaines Alvord, was a native of Massachusetts and a soldier in the Revolutionary war. He afterward held a high position in the New Jersey militia, and died aged about 916 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY ninety years. His son, Gad W. Alvord, a native of Granby, Massachusetts, was reared in his native commonwealth, where he married Margaret Bush, a representative of a prominent New England family. In 1851, they joined the general movement of emigration setting in toward the West, coming to Lake county, Ohio, and settled on a farm near Madison. He has since been variously engaged and now lives in Flint, Michigan, with his wife, his devoted companion for so many years. Their nine children, five sons and four daughters, all survive, and fill honorable positions in business and society. It will thus be seen that the subject of this sketch was but yet a year old when his parents emigrated to Ohio, in which the greater part of his life has been passed. His earlier years were passed on the farm, and he attended the district schools of his vicinity, later going to the high school in Painesville. One of a large family in limited circumstances, young Horace was early inured to labor and forced to rely on his own resources, thus learning those lessons of self-reliance and industry which have contributed to his present success. When fourteen years of age, he started in life for himself by becoming a clerk in Painesville, later securing a position through friends as broker in Seneca Falls, New York. He saved his money to aid him in completing his education, and determining on the law as his profession, after reading a short time, he entered the University of Michigan, pursuing the studies in both the literary and law departments of that institution for two years, in the meantime teaching school at intervals to secure the means to apply on the expenses of his education. Thus, laboriously, but none the less surely, he reached the goal of his ambition, being admitted to the bar in 1871, at the age of twenty-one. He was then in partnership with John L. Brond for a year, after which he was offered an interest in the law business of A. L. Tinker, his old preceptor and one of the foremost attorneys at that time in Painesville, which proposition hc gladly accepted, and they continued in partnership for ten years, enjoying a large and lucrative practice. Mr. Alvord then became associated with his own brother, with whom he continued eleven years, until 1871, since which time Mr. Alvord has beep alone, gaining by careful and conscientious work the universal confidence of a large clientage. In 1881 he was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, and now enjoys an extensive practice before the local, State and Federal Courts. He has been attorney for the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company since the organization of that corporation, and, for the past ten years has acted in the same capacity for the Lake Shore Railroad Company, which endorsements speak more powerfully in his favor than any amount of encominms which could be written. In politics, Mr. Alvord is a supporter of Democratic principles, and takes an active interest in local, State and national affairs, being prominent in the councils of his party. Although he has never sought office, his practice and personal affairs leaving him no time for public duties, yet an admiring constituency has several times nominated him for high positions of trust, but, his vicinity being proverbially Republican, Mr. Alvord has suffered defeat with his party. He was nominated without his knowledge for Judge of the Common Pleas Court when he was twenty-six years of age, and had he been returned there is no doubt but he would have reflected credit on his fellow-citizens even at that early age. He was a candidate for Congress against OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 917 the late lamented General Garfield, against whose popularity, perhaps, few could hope to succeed, Mr. Alvord, however, being the one whose chances seemed most favorable. Fraternally, Mr. Alvord affiliates with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he is State Representative and Past Grand Patriarch. In 1888 Mr. Alvord was married to Miss Helen line, a lady of education and refinement, a graduate of the Painesville high school and Smith's College, at Northampton, Massachusetts. Her father, Augustus Hine, is a prominent capitalist and esteemed citizen of Painesville. Thus happily situated, Mr. Alvord may well be congratulated on his attainment of true success in life, which is not gauged' by public applause or financial advancement, but by the thousand amenities which go to satisfy the human soul. HON. ORRAMEL H. FITCH was the only child of Azel and Fanny Fitch. His father was a farmer and merchant, and for many years engaged in the Southern trade. During the war of 1812 he invested largely in woolen manufacturing. The peace of 1815 threw open our markets to foreign goods, and the English manufacturers flooded the country with their woolens at low prices, for the purpose of destroying the American manufactories, then in their infancy. In the crash which followed he lust nearly all of his property. The subject of this sketch was born on the 12th of January, 1803, on Goshen Hill, a beautiful spot, surrounded by a farming community, in the town of Lebanon, New London county, Connecticut. He was of English descent and of Puritan stock, being a lineal descendant of the Rev. James Fitch, the first minister and one of the first company of settlers in Norwich, Connecticut, that township having been granted to him and his father-in-law, Major John Mason, and thirty-three associates, by Uncas, the noted Mohegan chief, for their assistance against their bitter enemies, the Pequods. At a subsequent period Owaneco, the son and successor of Uncas, in acknowledgment of favors received from Mr. Fitch, granted to him a tract of land five miles in length and one mile in breadth, within the present limits of Lebanon, a portion of which, comprising the homestead, was occupied by the family for several generations. The subject of this sketch, from his childhood until his twenty-fourth year, with the exception of four summers, when he worked upon his father's farm was either a student or a teacher,—teaching to raise money to meet in part his expenses. Among other schools taught by him, it may be noted that he was for some months an assistant teacher in Masonic Hall Seminary in Richmond, Virginia; that he was for a short time engaged as teacher of languages in Westfield Academy, Massachusetts, 'and during one winter as principal of Union Academy in Windsor, Connecticut. In the spring of 1824 he commenced the study of law, in the office of Augustus Collins, Esq., in Westfield, Massachusetts, where he remained two years. He then went to Norwich, Connecticut, and entered the law office of the Hon. Calvin Goddard, who was at that time one of the most distinguished lawyers in the State, and continued under his instruction until March 16, 1827, when, having passed a satisfactory examination, he was admitted to the bar and licensed to practice in the courts of the State. He had 918 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY decided not to settle in New England, but to seek his fortune in the West, and in May following he bade adieu to his friends, and commenced his journey in search of a future home in Ohio. He reached Cleveland on the 13th day of May; from there he went to Canton, Stark county, where, and in its vicinity, he spent nearly a year. His parents had made arrangements to come West and live with him, and wished him to settle in the northern part of the State, where the manners and customs of the people, who were principally from New England, were similar to their own. In accordance with their wishes he sought a location near Lake Erie, and having received some favorable information respecting Ashtabula (which, however, preyed partially incorrect) he selected it as his future residence. He came to Ashtabula on the 29th of March, 1828, a stranger, without a single friend or acquaintance, and took up his abode here, where he continued to reside for more than an half century. His parents came in the fall of 1829, and resided with him during the remainder of their lives. His mother, who was a woman of trne piety and exalted worth, died October 19, 1831. His father survived hcr for several years, and closed an active, industrious and virtuous life September 10, 1842. The subject of this sketch was admitted to the bar of Ohio at Cincinnati, on the 19th day of May, 1828, and commenced at Ashtabula the practice of law, which he continued with fair success for many years. In 1838 he entered into a co-partnership with M. M. Sawtell, continuing two years. In 1860 his son, Edward H. Fitch, having graduated at Williams College, read law, and, having been admitted to the bar, became associated with him in business, a connection which continued until January, 1863, when, by an arrangemerit with Judge Horace Wilder to take his place in the firm, he retired entirely from the practice of law. In the fall of 1828 he was engaged by H. Lowry to write the editorials for his paper, the Western Journal, for about two years; but his name was not made public, and his connection with the paper was unknown, even to his friends. He was afterward, for about five years, editor of the Ashtabula Sentinel. In 1835 he was married to Miss Catharine M. Hubbard, only daughter of William Hubbard, Esq., who had recently removed to Ashtabula from Holland Patent, New York. She died, much lamented, on the 29th of November, 1859. In 1832 he was elected Justice of the Peace, which office, by successive elections, he held for nine years. Very few of the many decisions rendered by him during this period were reversed by the higher courts. In 1837, and again in 1838, he was elected to represent the county in the State Legislature, and at the close of his second term he declined a re-election. During the years 1841 and 1842 he was Prosecuting Attorney for the county. He was never an office-seeker. Residing during his youth in a community where it was neither popular nor respectable for a candidate to flaunt his claims or his fitness for office before the people, he never electioneered for himself, nor was he ever present at a political nominating convention when he was a candidate for office. Always feeling a deep interest in the prosperity of the town, he was for many years one of the most active and efficient supporters of every measure which in his opinion was calculated to benefit its people. In 1848 he aided in the organization of OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 919 the Farmers' Bank of Ashtabula. He was elected a member of its first board of directors, and the following year was elected its president, which office he held in that and its successor, the Farmers' National Bank, until his demise. In 1861 he was appointed by Mr. Chase, Secretary of the Treasury, agent of the Government for obtaining subscriptions to the national loan authorized by Congress in that year. Mr. Fitch was prominent in securing the establishment of the Lake Erie Female Seminary at Painesville, and was a member of its first Board of Trustees, an office which he continued to hold until the time of his death. Fond of natural history and scientific research, in 1854 he became a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, usually attended its annual meetings, and was a Fellow of that society. Devoting a portion of his leisure hours to scientific pursuits, he collected (mainly, however, by the aid of a scientific friend) a small but valuable cabinet of minerals, fossils, shells and corals, which furnished him many hours of quiet enjoyment. In politics he was an old-line Whig, and after the dissolution of that party was an adherent of the Republican party, although for some years he had not taken an active part in politics. Mr. Fitch was greatly interested in the history and welfare of Ashtabula county. He rendered timely and effective aid in the perfecting of those two important public highways of the county, the plank road and the Erie road. He collected the data and wrote much of the general history of Ashtabula county, being assisted by G. Williams. At the time of his death he was president of the Ashtabula County Pioneer Association. Taught in early childhood, by a pious mother, the great truths of divine revelation, those teachings were never forgotten, and no doubt had an important influence upon his whole future life. In 1836 he united with the Presbyterian Church in Ashtabula, and for many years was a ruling Elder in that church. He died September 17, 1882. HON. E. H. FITCH, son of the above, was born at Ashtabula, Ohio, May 27, 1837. He received his education in his native town", and at St. Catherines, Canada, and was also a student at Williams College, Massachusetts, where he received the degree of B. A. in 1858, and that of A. M. in 1861. During his college days and during the life-time of James A. Garfield they were close friends. Mr. Fitch studied law with his father, and was admitted to the bar in 1860. He was a partner of his father, and subsequently with Judge Horace Wilder, Judge L. S. Sherman, and Hon. S. A. Northway. Since this last partnership was dissolved, Mr. Fitch has practiced at Jefferson. He served as Justice of the Peace and as Prosecuting Attorney, and in 1869 was elected a member of the House of Representatives of Ohio, discharging his duties with unusual ability and rare fidelity. On the 17th of October, 1870, Mr. Fitch was appointed by 'Governor. R. B. Hayes, a delegate to the National Capital Convention at Cincinnati, Ohio, from the Nineteenth Congressional District. In 1892 Mr. Fitch read an exhaustive paper before the Ohio State Bar Association on the Torrens System of Registration of Land Titles, which was published, In May, 1893, Governor McKinley 920 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY appointed a commission to formulate a law for Ohio in accordance with this system. Mr. Fitch was made chairman of this commission. He has devoted considerable time to scientific research, and since 1857 has been a member, and is now a Fellow, of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. From General Garfield's first entrance into politics, Mr. Fitch was one of his stanchest supporters, having known him at college. When in 1865 General Garfield faced a frowning convention at Warren, Ohio, the excitement of the Wade-Davis manifesto being at its height, Mr. Fitch rendered him incalculable service in securing his re nomination to Congress. This incident is referred to in Riddle's Life of Garfield, pages 77 and 108. He was married, October 27, 1863, to Alta D. Winchester, daughter of Philander and Elizabeth (Gilman) Winchester, of Columbus, Ohio, and granddaughter of Mrs. Joseph Cowles, of Austinburg. Eight children have been born of this union, five of whom survive. Catherine Hubbard, born in Ashtabula, February 15, 1865, dicd in 1872; Winchester, born at Ashtabula, November 21, 1867; Annette, born January 31, 1870, was graduated at Lake Erie Seminary in 1890, and was married, January 31, 1893, to I. C. Brewer, Jr., Esq., of Sandusky, Ohio, who graduated at Cornell University in 1889, and is a civil engineer, engaged in the West on large contracts; Elizabeth Oilman, born January, 1872, died 1880; Edward Hubbard, Jr., was born in Ashtabula, March 31, 1873; he graduated at Western Reserve Academy, in 1892, and entered Oberlin College the following term; Alta was born in Ashtabula, July 25, 1876, and attended Huntsville College at Huntsville, Alabama; Flora C. was born in Ashtabula, August 6, 1879; Charles Gilman, born in Jefferson, 1881, died March, 1886. Winchester Fitch, son of E. H. and Alta D. (Winchester) Fitch, was born in Ashtabnla, Ohio, November 21, 1867. He was graduated from Cornell University in 1888, and was a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, to which his father had belonged at Williams. After finishing his college course he went to Chicago, and while there contributed to newspapers and magazines. He was a member of the Twentieth Century Clnb. In 1891 he was vice-president of the Northwestern Cornell Alumni Association. In 1892 he purchased an interest in the Geneva Times, and became editor of this publication, which was established in 1866 by the late Warren Spencer, and which had always been popular and influential throughout the district. He was appointed on the Board of School Examiners of Ashtabula county, in 1892. DANIEL B. HART, whose beautiful home is in Mentor, Ohio, and who is one of the prominent citizens of the town, was born in Winsted, Litchfield county, 'Connecticut, January 6, 1812. He is of English descent, but for several generations the family has resided in America. His father, Stephen Hart, was born in Southington, Hartford county, Connecticut, and his grandfather, Hawkins Hart, was also a native of Connecticut. They were farmers. Stephen Hart emigrated with his family to Ohio in October, 1826, and upon his arrival here located near Wilson's Corners in Concord township, Lake county, from whence OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 921 the following year he moved to Mentor. Here he passed the rest of his life, engaged in agricultural pursuits. He died about 1860, in his ninety-first year. Of his wife we record that her maiden name was Sadie Munson; that she was born in Middlebury, Connecticut, and that she died several years before her husband passed away. Daniel B. is the only one now living of their large family of children. His oldest brother, Chester Hart, emigrated to Ohio in 1819, and settled in South Mentor, where he cleared and improved a farm. He was associated with Mr. Grandison Newell at an early day in the manufacture of cast-iron plows, their plows probably being the first cast-iron ones made in the Western Reserve. Daniel B. Hart, upon reaching his majority, became associated with his brother Stephen in the growing of wormseed and peppermint, from which they manufactured oil. They cleared thirty-five acres, and for the clearing had the use of the land for five years. They did an extensive business, had a ready sale for their product, and with their .accumulated proceeds they in time purchased a tract of land. Daniel B. had the care of his parents in their old age. He has been a hard worker all his life, and to his untiring energy may be attributed his present prosperity. At one time he was the owner of several hundred acres of land, much of which, however, he sold about 1870. At this writing he ̊mils 200 acres. he built his elegant brick residence in Mentor in 1872. Mr. Hart was married January 3, 1836, to Laura E. Manly, a native of Connecticut,and a daughter of Russell and Rebecca (Woodrnff) Manly, both natives of that same State. Her parents emigrated to Ohio at an early day. Mr. and Mrs. Hart have an only child, Addie L., at home. Mr. Hart was originally a Whig, afterward a Republican, and for several years past a Greenbacker. He has served as Trustee of his township for several years. ZERA PARKER. — Pleasant Valley Stock Farm, owned and conducted by —I the subject of this sketch, is situated on section 12, three-quarters of a mile west of Orwell, Ohio, and comprises 222 acres of excellent land, well adapted to the uses to which it is devoted, that is, general farming, stock-raising and dairying. With a fine residence, substantial barns and all modern improvements, the farm is recognized as one of the show places of Ashtabula county. This has been the family homestead for many years, having first been owned by the father of the subject of this sketch, Nehemiah Parker, a pioneer of the county. He was born in Connecticut, whence he accompanied his parents to Windsor, Ohio, when he was but five years of age. They made the journey overland with an ox team, their road trending over mountains and through marshy valleys and dense forests. Nehemiah was trained to pioneer life and farming, receiving the educational advantages of the early schools. When young, he manifested considerable financial ability, which, together with industry and economy, enabled him to accumulate a valuable estate. At the time of his death he was the most extensive landowner in his county, besides having much personal property and other financial interests and resources. To his own indefatigable industry and persistent effort was this marked prosperity entirely due. Up to the present date this estate stands on record as the only one in the county that has been satisfactorily settled without the services of an administrator. 922 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY Nehemiah Parker was twice married, his first wife being Samantha Cook, of Windsor, Ohio. She became the mother of five sons, of whom the subject of this sketch was the oldest. Next in order was Oren N., born September 12, 1838; Allen L., born August 12, 1840; Daniel H., born December 11, 1844; and Henry E., February 28, 1847. The devoted wife and mother died in 1847, leaving these children to the care of the father. He afterward married Miss Zilpha Fenton, and they had one daughter Ellinor, who married Mr. Bugby and died, without children, at the early age of twenty-four years. Nehemiah Parker died March 13, 1871, greatly lamented by all who knew him. His widow married Ichabod Clapp, of Windsor, and he died in 1890. Mrs. Clapp is still living and makes her home with Daniel H., a brother of the subject of this sketch. Zera Parker was born in Windsor township, Ashtabula county, Ohio, November 9 1836. He attended the common schools, and, when seventeen years of age, commenced work at the blacksmith's trade, at which occupation he was successfully employed for sixteen years, securing, by care and economy, consistent financial returns. At the end of the time noted he bought the interest of the other heirs in the paternal homestead, to which he moved his family and where he has resided continuously ever since. He has made many valuable 'improvements conspiring to the facilitation of his operations in general farming, stock-raising and dairying, in connection with which composite enterprise he manufactures annually a large quantity of maple sugar and syrup, which product finds a ready and profitable market, by reason of its superior quality, insured by the scrupulous care that is given to the varied details of its manufacture. He is widely known as a breeder of fine horses, the list of standard-bred trotters on his farm being headed by Aaron, the famous little black stallion, which was raised by Mr. Parker. This finely bred individual became celebrated in the campaign of 1892, when, after but a few weeks' training, he entered the trotting list with others whose records were 2:35 or under, and won either first or second money in nearly every race, trotting fifteen races within seven weeks. His registered number in the American stud book is 5,266. He was sired by Binderton, 3,003, by Belmont, 64, by Alexander Abdallah, 15, by Hambletonian, 10. His dam was by Atlantic, 1,003, a son of Almont, 33, son of Alexander Abdallah, 15, son of Hambletonian, 10; second dam by George Wilkes, Jr., by Robert Fillingham, Jr., by George Wilkes, 519; Binderton dam, Primrose, by Alexander Abdallah, 15. Next comes Mr. Parker's famous pacing mare, Cornet, registered as sired by Conway, whose record is 2:18i, by Wedgewood, with a record of 2:19, son of Belmont, 64, son of Alexander Abdallah, 15, by Hambletonian, 10. This excellent pacer will make her debut next season (1894). Following Cornet comes Lady May, a standard-bred filly, sired by Aaron, dam Belle Herrington, by Conway; second dam by Atlantic, 1,003. Among his standard-bred yearlings is Atlantic Bell, foaled October 22, 1892, and registered under the highest rules of breeding. This horse is sired by Golden Bell, son of St. Bell, with a record of 2:24 ½ at four years old, a full brother of Bell Boy, by Electioneer. His dam is Atlantic; second dam by Redwood, by Blue Bull. Mr. Parker also bred the celebrated pacing stallion, Lloyd, with a record of 2:27, which is now owned by J. C. Hogue, of Mount Pleasant, Ohio. In the spring of 1893 Mr. Parker sold Bell Herrington, a pacer and a full sister of OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 923 Cornet, to Claude Carpenter, of Chagrin Falls, Ohio. Mr. Parker's racers for 1893 will be Aaron and his son, Harry Parker, a two-year old, in the trotting list, and Cornet in the pacing list. Mr. Parker owns several other standard-bred colts, which he anticipates will do their share of record-making. Probably no man in this vicinity is a more practical horseman, a better judge of horses, or more thoroughly informed as to the rules of breeding and of the turf. September 11, 1859, Mr. Parker was married to Miss Caroline Winslow, a lady of many worthy qualities and a resident of Hart's Grove, Ohio. Her father, Jonathan Winslow, was for many years a prominent resident of Ashtabula county, having been born in Windsor, October 22, 1815. For more than half a century he lived in Hart's Grove township. He was a Republican of the milder type and filled a number of township offices with credit to himself and satisfaction to the public. He was a great hunter and bore the reputation of being an exceptionally accurate marksman, having at one time shot a deer at a distance of sixty-two rods by actual measurement; he also killed the last wolf in the county. Mrs. Parker's mother was born in Massachusetts, February 22, 1808, and at an early age removed to Windsor, Ohio. Her grandmother rode horseback and carried a child in her arms the entire distance, while the father drove a team of oxen, which transported their household effects. They camped out nights and endured all the hardships incidental to pioneer traveling. They contributed their share toward the development of the county, and were for many years members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of Hart's Grove. March 13, 1887, the family were called upon to mourn the loss of the wife and mother, and two years later, in January, 1889, at Ashtabula, Ohio, the devoted father passed into the life eternal. Of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Parker, Emma Jane was born September 3, 1861, married Ward Tracy and had one son, Glenn E., born December 21, 1881. Mrs. Tracy died April 16, 1883. Hattie K., the other daughter of our subject, was born May 17, 1864; married Emory Avery, September 27, 1883, and they have two children, Emma May, born April 2, 1887, and Clayton P., April 21, 1889. Mr. Avery, who is one of the most enterprising farmers and stock-raisers in Hart's Grove township, was born in that township April 12, 1861. He is a Democrat, but not active in political affairs. The eldest son, Jonathan M., born August 13, 1873, died in infancy, November 22, 1874; the second son, Frank W., born October 9, 1876, an active, industrious and highly esteemed young man, assists his father in the management of the stock farm. Mr. Parker is also a stanch supporter of Democratic principles, and is numbered among the representative citizens of the county in which he has resided for so many years, and to the advancement of which he has so materiadly contributed. JOHN FITZMAURICE, railroad engi- neer on the Nickel Plate, is another one of the worthy citizens of Conneaut, Ohio. Mr. Fitzmaurice was born in Niagara county, New York, June 22, 1856, son of Thomas and Ann Fitzmaurice, natives of Ireland. His father was a slopewall layer on the Erie canal. He located in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, in 1862, and lived there until the time of his death, July 6, 1873, aged sixty-six years. His wife, still living in Sharpsville, Pennsylvania, is now seventy years of 924 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY age. She is a member of the Catholic Church, as also was her worthy husband. Following is a brief record of their family of ten children: James, a resident of Chicago; Margaret, who married Dr. Mahaney, of Erie, Pennsylvania, died at the age of thirty-three years; Thomas, who married Emma Coopenville, resides in Erie, Pennsylvania, he having been in the employ of the Erie & Pennsylvania Railroad for the past eighteen years, as conductor the last twelve years; John; Charles, an engineer on the Erie & Pennsylvania Railroad; Anna, wife of John Bogle, Sharon, Pennsylvania; Willie, an engineer on the Erie & Pennsylvania; Ella, wife of Matthew Donahue, Sharpsville, Pennsylvania; Lizzie, deceased; and Kate, who lives with her mother. At the age of sixteen John began life on his own responsibility. First, he shoveled ore, then he worked on the section, next attended a furnace, and after that was employed as car inspector on the Erie & Pennsylvania. In 1883 he accepted a position as fireman on the Nickel Plate, and after firing three years was given charge ̊fan engine, March 12, 1886. Since that date he has served as engineer on this road. His long continuance with the company is evidence of his competency and faithful work. Mr. Fitzmaurice, is married aFitzmauricehild, Clara W. Mrs. Fitzmaurice, formerly Miss Emma C. Peters, is a daughter of Charles and Ellen Peters of Sharpsville, Pennsylvania. Her father has been yardmaster of the Erie & Pennsylvania for over twenty-five years. Mr. and Mrs. Peters' family is composed of the following children: Clara, wife of Dr. T. M. Brown; Joseph B.; Mrs. Fitzmaurice; Cora, wife of C. C. Jones, of Sharpsville, Pennsylvania; Charles, an employe of the Chicago & Alton, was killed while on the road, in 1885, aged twenty-four years; Edward, a bookkeeper in Sharpsville, Pennsylvania; Willie, who resides in Conneaut, is a conductor on the Nickel Plate. Willie married Jett Hickins. Mr. Fitzmaurice and his wife are members of the Catholic Church. He belongs to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, of which he is First Engineer. His political views are in hapoditicalh Democratic principles. CARLOS O. CHILDS is president of the Painesville National Bank in the city of Painesville, Lake county, Ohio, and is one of the honored early settlers of this region. He was born in Rattan, Connecticut, in 1830, and is a son of Hezekiah Childs, also born in the Nutmeg State. Our subject's paternal grandfather, James K., is supposed to have been a native of Rhode Island. The family is of Welsh descent, the progenitors of the name in America having settled here in colonial days. Grandfather Childs was a shipbuilder, and constructed the gunboats used in the war with England in 1812, by Commodores Hull and McDonald. He departed this life at the age of seventy-five years. Hezekiah Childs succeeded his father in shipbuilding, and carried the business on extensively at Higanon, Connecticut, where he died at the age of eighty-five years. He was an active member of the Congregational Church, and in politics was first a Whig and later a Republican. He married Concurrence S. Wilcox, also of Connecticut, and had a family of three children. She was also active in the work of the Congregational denomination, and lived to be seventy six years old. Her father's family settled, in Connecticut, in early colonial days. OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 925 The youth of Carlos 0. Childs was spent in his native State. He acquired a fair education and for a short time attended the Brainerd Academy. He started out to carve his own fortune when only sixteen years old, and with the love of adventure so common to young men he came to the Western Reserve, making the journey mainly by the canal and lakes. He landed in Painesville in 1846, when it was only a small village. For awhile he clerked in a general merchandise store run by Aaron Wilcox. He next went to Mayville, Lodge county, Wisconsin, and there engaged in the furnace business until 1866, when he returned here and established a hardware! store, which he has ever since conducted. In 1880 he became interested in the Painesville National Bank, with which he has been since connected officially, either as director, vice president or president. In the year 1852 a marriage ceremony was performed which united the hearts and hands of Mr. Childs and Mary Gillett, who was born in Painesville. Her parents were Isaac and Julia (Morley) Gillett, both natives of the Bay State. They were married near Albany, New York, and came here in 1823, at which time there were only 300 people in the village, which was nevertheless larger than Cleveland. Mr. Gidlett was a merchant in this place during the rest of his life, and accumulated considerable property. He owned and superintended a number of farms, and in 1831 was a member of the Ohio Legislature from this district. For several terms he was served as Mayor of Painesville, and was considered one of the leading citizens. In 1847 he suffered from a stroke of paralysis and retired from active business. He died at the age of sixty-one years. His family is of French extraction, the ancestors having settled in the New England States in  early colonial times. His wife, who had long been a member of the Disciple Church, lived to the extreme old age of ninety-two years. Mr. and Mrs. Childs are the parents of two children living, namely: Mrs. William Knox, of Chicago; and W. A. who makes his home in Toronto, Canada. Their son. Albert Judd, departed this life at the age of sixteen years. The parents are both members of the Episcopal Church, and until two years ago Mr. Childs was a Vestryman. The cause of education finds a warm friend in Mr. Childs, and he is now secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Lake Seminary of Painesville. He deposits his ballot in favor of the nominees and principles of the Republican party. Fraternally, he is a member of the Independent of Odd Fellows. Beginning life with very little means he has steadily and hopefully pressed forward and upward, and his success as a business man has been entirely due to his native characteristics and correct business principles. He is held in the highest respect by all who have the pleasure of his acqnaintance, and few in this vicinity are more widely and favorably known. HENRY C. HOPWOOD, a farmer and dairyman of Lenox township, Ashtabula county, was born in Lorain county, Ohio, April 20, 1844, a son of Thomas and Mary (Blanter) Hopwood, natives of England, the father born in 1806, and the mother in 1807. They came to America in 1830, locating in Lorain county, Ohio, where the father worked at miscellaneous occupations for a number of years. He subsequently bought a farm in Grafton township, Lorain county, where he spent the 926 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY remainder of his life, dying in 18—. He was a member of the Baptist Church. The mother of our subject, aged eighty-three years, now finds a comfortable home with her children, and is also a member of the Baptist Church. Henry C. Hopwood, our subject, enlisted in the United States service September 10, 1861, entering the One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, but was discharged one month later. In the spring of 1863 he entered the Twelfth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, was mustered into service at Johnstown's Island, and assigned to the Army of the Potomac, under General Stoneman, in the Twenty-third Corps. He took part in many skirmishes and regular engagements, among them the battle of Mount Sterling, Kentucky, Abington, Bristol, Abingdon, Saltville, etc. Mr. Hopwood was discharged at Nashville, Tennessee, November 23, 1865, after which he returned home, and for the following three years was engaged in the manufacture of salt. In 1878 he bought and moved to his present farm of 150 acres, which Contains,, a beautiful residence, of sixteen rooms, and all the necessary farm conveniences. He has a good dairy, keeping the Durham and Ayrshire cattle. In political matters, Mr. Hopwood affiliates with the Republican party, having cast his first presidential vote for Lincoln, and his last for Benjamin Harrison. He has served as School Director for a number of years, was Township Trustee four years, School Clerk many years, and is now President of the Educational Board. He has also been appointed as a delegate to State and county conventions many times. Mr. Hopwood was married in 1871, to Miss Emily Cook, a daughter of Charles and Eliza (Webster) Cook. She was born in Bangor township, Franklin county, New York, in 1837, came with her parents to Ohio when young, and grew to years of maturity in Geauga county. Mr. and Mrs. Hopwood have two children: Benton C., born July 11, 1872, graduated at the Jefferson Educational Institute in the class of 1891; and Erie C., born February 7, 1877, is now attending that college. Mr. .Hopwood was made a Mason in 1873, and is now a member of Tuscan Lodge, No. 342, has served as Master Mason of thc Jefferson Chapter, No. 141, for a number of years, and is a member of Giddings Post, No. 7, G. A. R. IRA F. CASE, yard master of the Nickel Plate Railroad at Conneaut, Ohio, was born in Susquehanna county, Pennsylvania, November 15, 1862. His parents were Orson and Rhoda A. (Wilmarth) Case, both natives of Pennsylvania. His father was a soldier in the Army of the Potomac during the late war, serving several years. Previous to the war he conducted farming operations, and afterward was engaged in railroading, beginning as yard master and subsequently serving as baggage master. He continued as baggage-master up to the time of his death, April 24, 1891, aged sixty-eight years. Fro;n his boyhood up he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, his whole life being characterized by honesty and industry. His widow is a resident of Pennsylvania. She is a member of the Universalist Church. Of their three children we make record as follows: Orney E., the oldest is a conductor on the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, having been on the road for nine years; Ira F., the subject of this sketch; and OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 927 George M., a farmer in Susquehanna county, Pennsylvania, has a large stone quarry on his farm, to which he gives considerable attention and which affords him a handsome income. Ira F. Case was reared on a farm in his native county. At the age of fifteen he began learning telegraphy at Foster, Pennsylvania, and remained there six months. Then he had charge of different offices along the line until he obtained a steady situation at Homer, New York, remaining at that place a year and a half. After this he served as station agent on the Western New York & Pennsylvania Railroad for three years. Then he served as brakeman on the same road, and subsequently as conductor on the Buffalo & Southwest. Since 1888 he has been in the employ of the Nickel Plate at Conneaut, first as yard conductor and then as yard master, his present position. Mr. Case was married in New York, October 8, 1884, to Mrs. Sarah J. Thompson daughter of Samuel Peacock, native of Canada. They have one child, Myrtle E. Mrs. Case is a member of the Christian Church. He affiliates with the Democratic party, and is a member of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen of Conneaut. PHILANDER T. THOMPSON, who has been for many years identified with some of the leading industries of Middlefield, was born in Geauga county, Ohio, March 3, 1820. His father, James Thompson, was born in Juniata county, Pennsylvania, in 1778; and the grandfather, Isaac Thompson, was a native of the same place, being of Scotch-Welsh descent. The latter removed to Charleston, Virginia, where he lived a few years, and in 1797 emigrated to Lake county (then Geauga county), Ohio. After a year he came to Middlefield township, which was then a wilderness, and erected one of the first cabins for a dwelling. This was then a favorite hunting-ground of the Indians, and the family were on very friendly terms with the savage's, although they never lost a fear of their treachery. Isaac Thompson was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, having run away from home in his youth to join the army. He was disabled after about a year's service and on this account he came home, but later on he raised a company at his own expense, and was elected Captain of the same. For a time he served as a member of Washington's body-guard and was with him in his marches and other military movements. He was also in the expedition against Quebec, and after the close of the Revolutionary war he located in Juniata county, Pennsylvania, where he remained a few years, and then, on account of the unhealthful character of the section, he removed to Ohio. His life was an eventful one and he died, at the age of seventy-three years, at the place where he located in Ohio. It is a noteworthy fact that there is still on the farm an apple tree, which was set out by him and which still continues to yield its fruit in season. He died at the age of seventy-three years. James Thompson, his son, was a youth of eighteen years when he came to Geauga county. He was called out in the State militia in the war of 1812, and served as Captain of a company placed in defense of Cleveland when that post was attacked by the British. He was an expert marksman, and brought down many a deer, wolf and bear, supplying the table with wild meat. Domestic animals could not he raised in those days on account of the danger from attacks by their more ferocious rela- 928 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY tives. Pittsburg was the nearest trading point, and their first grinding was done in a mortar burned in the top of a stump; later a mill was built on the branch of a stream, which Mr. Thompson had to swim with a bushel of grain on his back. He was twice married, having six children by his first wife and eight by the second. The children of the second marriage were as follows: Philander T., our subject; Mary E., deceased; Clarinda, now Mrs. Tails; Delia, now Mrs. Noah Page; Susan, now Mrs. David Squibb, has one child; Eugenia, now Mrs. Henry Thompson; Maria, who married J. T. Elliott and who is now deceased; Paulina, who married Warren Bishop and is now deceased; and Robert, deceased. He placed 300 acres of land under cultivation, and lived to the ripe old age of ninety-eight years, The mother of our subject was a native of New York State, and her maiden name was Mercy Tracy; she came to the West with her brother in 18I6, and died at the age of sixty-six years. She and her husband were members of the Episcopal Church, and politically he adhered to the principles of the Whig party. He served as County Commissioner and was well known throughont this section of country as a man of sterling worth. P. T. Thompson is the oldest of a family of eight children, and grew to manhood surrounded by the wild scenes of pioneer life, experiencing all the hardships and privations incident thereto. At the age of twenty-one years he began life for himself, although he has never left the home place and has never been married. He is now the owner of the old homestead, 150 acres of which remain in farm land, some of it having been sold for village lots. In connection with general farming he keeps a dairy, and for the past six years has managed the brick and tile factory at Middlefield, the same having an annual capacity of 100,000 brick and 125,000 tile. A man of unusual business ability, he has made a success of every undertaking; he has been a leader in many enterprises having for their object the development of the community, and gave liberally of his means to bring the railroad to this point. Politically he votes the Republican ticket, but is strongly in favor of the prohibition movement. DR. ALBERT W. THOMPSON, a leading physician of Bristol, Ohio, and a popular citizen, was born in the town in which he now resides. On September 4, 1846, and with the exception of a brief period of time, has lived there ever since. His parents, Joseph C. and Nancy (Downs) Thompson, were natives of New England, of Scotch-Irish descent, who, shortly after marriage, emigrated, like many others, to what was then the El Dorado of the West, known in Eastern parlance as the " Connecticut Western Reserve." Before reaching Bristol, however, they resided for a short time in Pennsylvania. The father of the subject of this sketch was twice married. His first wife died within a year after marriage, leaving an infant son, Malan, who found in his stepmother an affectionate and careful guardian, who gave to him every attention enjoyed by her own children. He is now (1893) a prosperous farmer near Johnstown, Ohio. Both parents are now deceased. Their children are: Frances, widow of John T. Mathary; Mary, deceased, who was the wife of Jacob Saegar; Albert W., whose name heads this sketch; Emmogene, now Mrs. Tipps; Frank, who married Miss Hactie Ulrich and resides in Bristol; and Rhoda Ann, deceased at the age of five. Joseph C. OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 929 Thompson, father of the subject of this sketch, was for a long time one of the most prominent citizens of Bristol. He was also well known at the county seat where he held the office of Justice of the Peace for a great many years, his decisions being characterized by impartiality and wisdom. By experience and self-culture, combined with a naturally incisive and comprehensive mind, he became well versed in the law, and was frequently an arbiter between his neighbors, and was widely sought for advice. He was also a mill owner, and had at various times large property in flouring and other mills. The history of Bristol would be incomplete without a notice of Joseph C. Thompson occupying, conspicuous rank, commensurate with his prominence in the community of which he was for so. many years an honored citizen, and to the material and moral advancement of which he gave the best energies and years of his life. Dr. Thompson, whose name heads this sketch, was reared in Bristol, receiving his early education in the common schools of that town. He afterward attended Western Reserve College, and subsequently commenced the study of medicine in the office and under the Supervision of Dr. A. J. Brockett, an able practitioner of Bristol. Following this, young Thompson entered the Western Reserve Medical College, at Cleveland, at which he graduated with honor in February, 1873. He then began the practice of medicine with his old preceptor, Dr. Brockett, with whom he continued two years or more. At the end of that time, in 1875, Dr. Thompson removed to Cortland, Ohio, where he opened an office alone, but after five years he returned, in July, 1880, to Bristol, where he will probably remain the rest of his life. He here enjoys a large and lucrative practice, the result of skillful and conscientious work, and has a social prestige vouchsafed to his merit as a man and citizen. August 13, 1874, Dr. Thompson was married to Miss Caroline J. Moffet, a lady of sterling qualities, daughter of Chauncey and Lizzie Moffet, old and esteemed residents of Orangeville, Ohio. Mrs. Thompson has been a helpmeet in every sense of the word, and by her industry and thrifty management has contributed in no small measnre to her husband's prosperity. They have five sons: Jesse E., born January 27, 1876; Albert W., born November 30, 1878; Clifford A., born August 12, 1879; Lee R., April 3, 1882; and Wells, born August 26, 1884. Politically, the Doctor supports the principles.of the Republican party, and affiliates, fraternally, with the Odd Fellows and Masons. In his home life, as well as in his professional and civic career, Dr. Thompson is characterized by integrity of purpose and kindness of heart, thus chaining to him by his genial traits those whom his intellectual gifts attract to his standard. REUBEN P. HARMON, an old and respected pioneer of Lake county, Ohio, was born in Licking county, Ohio, December 31, 1815. His great grandfather, Reuben Harmon, was a prominent man in public affairs in the State of Vermont and was one of three men chosen by the people of the Territory of Vermont to act in the place of a Governor. He was authorized to coin copper money, some of which has been preserved to the present time. The grandfather, Oliver Harmon, was named for the illustrious Oliver Cromwell. He was a native of Massachusetts, and removed to Ver- 930 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY mont, when a youth, with his father who took up his abode in the Green Mountain Territory. The grandmother, whose maiden name was Mary Plum, was born in Connecticut; she died at Kirtland, Lake county, Ohio, in June, 1824, and the grandfather died in the same place June 9, 1843. The maternal grandfather of Reuben P. Harmon was Simeon Wright, who was also from Vermont and an early settler of Licking county, Ohio: he died in Delaware county, Ohio, at the advanced age of 103 years. Although reared in the western frontier Mr. Harmon received superior education and was for a time professor in a Southern college. Possessed of extraordinary ability that has been quickened by thorough mental discipline, he is recognized as one of the most intelligent meu in this section. He is well read upon the leading topics of the day, and has been a frequent contributor to the local press. Ho had a little of this world's goods with which to begin the struggle of life, but his efforts have been more than successful, and he has accumulated a handsome estate, consisting of 500 acres of fine farming land. STEPHEN CASE is one of the substantial farmers of Montville township, and bears that character which gives solidity to any community. He was born at Simsbury, Hartford county, Connecticut, July 20, I825, a son of Asa L. Case, a native of the same place. The great-grandfather, Captain John Case, emigrated from England in colonial times and participated in the Revolutionary war. The grandfather of Stephen Case was Asa Case, a native of Connecticut, who served in the war of 1812. Asa L. Case removed to Ohio in the fall of 1833, and located at Windsor, Ashtabula county, being one of the. early settlers. He cleared up a farm before his death, which occurred November 25, 1854, at which time he was in his sixty-fourth year. He married Rosana Buell, a native of Connecticut, who died June 26, 1858, in her sixty-seventh year. Stephen Case is the youngest of a family of four, and is the only surviving child. He was reared to the life of a frontier farmer, and attended school in the rude log-house furnished with slab seats, the mental equipment of the teachers being often as meager. He was needed at home as soon as he was old enough to work, and so his opportunities were cut short by the more pressing demands of farm labor. He remained at home a few years after he was of age, assisting his parents. In 1854 he removed to Montville township and located on 100 acres of land, which was densely covered with timber. Here, in the heart of the forest, he cleared a farm. He was united in marriage, September 23, 1849, to Maria B. Piney, a daughter of Captain Levi and Betty (Hill) Piney, of Connecticut. Captain Piney emigrated to Ohio when a young man, and bore the burden that was imposed upon adl pioneers. He was fond of hunting, and often supplied his neighbors with meat, while they performed less exciting labor for him. He brought the nails for his house on horseback from Pittsburg, and burned the ,first brick-kiln in Trumbull county, Ohio. He died in Kirtland township, Lake county, Ohio, in his sixty-fourth year. His wife, Betty Hill, was a native of Connecticut, and emigrated to Ohio with her parents at the age of sixteen years; she survived to her eightieth year. Mr. and Mrs. Case have two children: Malinda and Hiram P. Hiram is married and lives on the farm. He has held various OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 931 township offices and has served with credit to Himself and the satisfaction of the public; he is drum-major of the Montville brass band, in which he takes a lively interest. Mr. Hiram Case is a member of the Grange, and is one of the Lecturers of this organization, and also Deputy Master. In politics he supports the principles of Republicanism, and has been Trustee of his township. The family are members of the Christian Church, and our subject has been Deacon since the organization of the society in this place; his son Hiram is one of the overseers of the church. Mr. Case is now the owner of 190 acres of choice farming land, well improved. He has been a good manager, and has cultivated thrift as one of the chief virtues, the result being that he has amassed a competence for his declining years. HENRY HOTCHKISS, a popular and successful member of the farming community of Burton township, Geauga county, Ohio, was born at Cheshire, Connecticut, March 10, 1831, a son of William F. Hotchkiss. The father emigrated to Ohio in 1836, making the journey by wagon and accomplishing it in eighteen days. :He settled in Burton township, where he cleared a farm and made improvements. He died in Geauga county in 1886, in his eighty-fourth year. He married Hannah Gaylord, a native of Connecticut, and they reared a family of five children. The wife and mother died at the age of seventy-four years. Henry Hotchkiss is the only surviving member of the family; he^ attended the district schools and was a student at Burton Academy. He was united in marriage, in 1854, to Sarah A. Conant, of Troy township, Geauga county, her family having removed to Ohio from Massachusetts and located in Troy township. In 1861 Mr. Hotchkiss enlisted in Company B, Forty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served three years; he was in the engagements at Shiloh, Stone River, Chickamauga and Pickett's Mills. He was driving a team during the battle at Missionary Ridge, and was on detached duty at brigade headquarters from April 1, 1864, until the fall of Atlanta. He was in the battle of Atlanta and took part in the fight at Lovejoy Station. He was ordered back to Chattanooga, where he was mustered out September 8, 1864. He was almost fatally injured by being thrown from a wagon just before the battle at Stone River, and was confined through a long illness in the winter of 1861—'62 in the hospital at Louisville, Kentucky. After a long and honorable service he returned to his old home and took up agricultural pursuits. He has lived on his present farm since 1866, and has 297 acres under cultivation. He carries on general farming, and has met with more than ordinary success. Mr. and Mrs. Hotchkiss are the parents of three children: Clarence A., Harry P., and Benjamin E. Politically, our subject affiliates with the Republican party, and is an ardent supporter of the principles of that organization. He is a member of the Patchin Post, 229, G. A. R.; and belongs to the I. O. O. F. CLINTON MONTGOMERY, proprietor of the Evergreen Dairy hunt, of Jefferson township, was born in Ashtabula county, in 184I, a son of Robert Montgom- 932 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY mother of Ira P. was by maiden name Miss ery, a pioneer of this county. He was a tanner by trade, followed that occupation in Conneaut township, this county, a number of years, and then pursued the same vocation at Saybrook. He was a soldier in the war of .1812. Mr. Montgomery died in 1848, having been a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The mother of our subject was a native of Vermont, but came to Ohio with her parents when young, where she was afterward married. After her husband's death she found a comfortable home With her son, Clinton, until her death in 1862. Clinton Montgomery, the subject of this sketch, spent his boyhood days on the farm, attending school during the winter months. After marriage he rented land and worked at various occupations until be could accumulate sufficient stock to engage in the dairy business. He steadily advanced In this industry, and in 1882 purchased the farm he now owns, consisting of 160 acres of grazing and farming land. Only sixty acres of the place was cultivated at that time, but he has since cleared the remainder of the farm, erected a portable sawmill, in 1886 built a good barn, 30 x 70 feet, has also a stock barn, 32 x 40 feet, a one-story residence of eight rooms, and all other farm conveniences. In 1888 Mr. Montgomery began the dairy business in connection with his farming, and now owns fourteen Durham and Jersey cows. January 1, 1863, our subject was united in marriage with Miss Jane Brown, a daughter of Harry Brown, who was born in New York in 1811. He followed farming in his native State until 1835, in that year located in Kirtland, Lake county, Ohio, one year later went to Jefferson, and in 1850 removed to Iowa, where he died in 1851. Early in life he became a convert to the Mormon religion, and afterward, in connection with farming, filled the pulpit in that church. In his political relations he was formerly a Whig, and later a Republican. The mother of Mrs. Montgomery was born in New York, where she grew to years of maturity, and was married at the age of sixteen years. Mr. and Mrs. Brown had eight children, five of whom still survive. The mother died in 1865, having been a member of the Methodist Church from early life. Mrs. Montgomery, wife of our subject, was born in Jefferson township, Ashtabula county, in 1844, enjoyed the advantages of the common schools, and was married at the age of nineteen years. Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery have three children: Daisy E., a teacher by occupation; L. May, at home; and Earle, attending the J. E. Institute. Our subject and wife are members of the township grange, No. 1311, and the family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which Mr. Montgomery is Sunday-school Superintendent and Steward. He has held the position of Township Supervisor and School Director, and is one of the progressive and enterprising citizens of Ashtabula county. IRAD P. FELCH, an energetic and prosperous young business man of Bushnell, Ashtabula county, Ohio, is ranked with the representative men of his county. Dudley S. Felch, his father, was born in New Hampshire in 1831, and has been a resident of Ohio since 1845, when he settled in Ashtabula county. For a number of years he was engaged in farming. ,Having a competency, he is now retired from active life. His parents, Ezekiel and Judia (Sain) Felch, were both born in New Hampshire. The OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 933 Angeline A. Ring, she being a native of Conneaut, Ohio, and a daughter of Joshua and Polly (Thayer) Ring, early settlers of Ohio. Her father was a prominent farmer of this county. She was twice married, first to Fowler F. Peters, who died, leaving her with three children, as follows: Cora, now deceased; Wendell, who died at the age of twenty-five; and Lola, wife of L. H. Means, an attorney of Ashtabula. Her marriage to Mr. Feld) occurred in 1859. Their only child is the subject of this sketch. Irad P. Felch was born in Monroe township; Ashtabula county, Ohio, in 1860. He remained with his parents till he reached his majority, after which he worked on a farm for wages two years. Then he was for a time employed by the tile company of Ashtabula. Returning to Bushnell, he turned his attention to mercantile pursuits, in which he is still engaged. He was married in 1888, to Laura Ingalls, a native of Vineland, New Jersey, and for several years a teacher in Ohio. She is a sister of Mrs. George L. Felch. Mr. Felch began life with $50, a present from his father. He is now the owner of a tract of land, a comfortable home, business property and good business. He is Postmaster at Bushnell, and has been Township Clerk for seven years. Courteous in manner and honorable and upright in all his dealings, he has the confidence and respect of all with whom he comes in contact. JOSEPH N. STRONG, a representative farmer of Thompson township, and a member of the Board of Commissioners of Geauga county, is a native of the Buckeye State, born March 3, 1839. His father, Elias Strong, was a native of Massachusetts, but emigrated to the frontier when it was a vast, unbroken wilderness. His grandfather, who was also named Elias Strong, came with his family and took up several hundred acres of land which he soon afterward turned over to his three sons, who cleared it and placed it under cultivation. Elias Strong, Jr., followed agriculture all his life; he witnessed the wonderful changes which have come to this country, and aided in making the way for the progressive movements which have brought prosperity and plenty to his descendants. He died in 1888, at the age of eighty-eight years. His wife, whose maiden name was Harriet E. Russell, is a native of Massachusetts, but came to the West soon after the Strong family; she is now living at the age of eighty-seven years. Both were members of the Congregational Church in early life, and have contributed liberally to its support. They reared a family of six children, four of whom still survive. Joseph N. Strong is the eldest son. He received his education in the district schools, and has lived all his life on the old homestead with the exception of one year. Mr. Strong was married in 1868 to Miss Rose Mathews of Geauga county, Ohio, a daughter of Richard and Lucy (Parks) Mathews, natives of Maine and Ohio respectively. Mr. Mathews came to Ohio when a lad of nine years, accompanying an uncle; he is a carpenter by trade, and is a resident of Thompson, Geauga county. Mr. and Mrs. Strong were the parents of six children: Charles; Willie, deceased; Elias; Julia; Mary and an infant, deceased. The Republican party of Geauga county elected Mr. Strong a member of the Board of Commissioners in the fall of 1887, and expressed their approbation of his management 931 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY of affairs by re-electing him in 1890. He has given much attention to agriculture, and owns 215 acres of choice land. Believing in the equal rights of men, Elias Strong, Jr., was an ardent Abolitionist, and was active in politics during the war, giving liberally of his means to support those movements which were inaugurated for the liberation of the slave. His son Charles was also a zealous patriot; he was a member of the One Hundred and Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and fought in the engagements at Perryville and Stone River. He' died of measles at Chattanooga, Tennessee, in 1863, and was brought home and buried in Thompson. LEVI WAITE, a wide-awake grocer and all-around enterprising business man of Harbor, Ohio, was born in northern Vermont, near Montreal, Canada, September 19, 1852. He comes of New England stock, his grandfather, Simeon Waite, having also been a native of the Green Mountain State and a farmer by occupation. He was the father of seventeen children and three of his daughters had sixteen children each, while three sons were fathers of fourteen and fifteen. Simeon Waite, father of the subject of this sketch, was also born in Vermont, whence he removed to Lockport, Pennsylvania, in 1854, and when not on the move with his family he was engaged in farming. From Lockport he removed to Girard, in the same State, thence to Cranesville and afterward to the Harbor, Ohio. Subsequently he again returned to the Keystone State, stopping at Titusville, at the mouth of Bull run when he again returned to Ashtabula, in 1866. Succeeding this, he decided to try his fortunes in the far West, and accordingly sold out his farm and drove through to Nebraska, the journey requiring from April 1st to August of the same year. He first stopped in Butler county, but shortly afterward removed to Omaha. The western country was a disappointment to him, however, and the same fall he loaded up his effects and once more drove to Ashtabula, this time buying property on Ann street, where he resided until his death in 1877, at the age of fifty-four. His wife, mother of the subject of this sketch, was Sarah Eastman, daughter of Levi Eastman. The other children were Damreus, Elizabeth, Ezra, Levi, Hannah and Ruby. Simeon Waite and wife had ten children: Martha, single; the subject of this sketch; Eva, wife of Joseph Sullivan; Rachel; Ellen; Ruby; Ella; Willie; Ida and one other deceased. The subject of this notice accompanied his parents on their various journeys, his educational advantages being much limited, as he received but nine months' schooling, which, however, has been supplemented by extensive reading and a wide experience until he is now a well informed and capable man. He rode a horse for his father on the farm, and when the family moved to the oil country, young Levi drove a team for five years. On his father's return to Ashtabula, young Waite remained on the farm until he was seventeen and then went to Pennsylvania in search of employment, where he at first made a contract with a circus, but after three weeks' time abandoned this to accept employment on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railroad, in which occupation he continued a year. He then, when eighteen, learned the carpenter and joiner's trade, after completing which he secured employment as brakeman on the Ashtabula Division of the Pittsburg & Fort Wayne Railroad, where he continued seven OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 935 years. He then quit the road and began contracting and building, working five or six men for two years, meeting with very fair success. At the end of this time, he opened a cigar and tobacco store at the Harbor, which he conducted nine months. The attraction of the road then proving too strong for him, he again went to pulling pins, this time for the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern road, where he was employed fourteen months, after which he returned to the Ashtabula Division of the Pittsburg & Fort Wayne railroad, where he continued five years. At the end of this time he opened a grocery on Lake street in Harbor, where he is now engaged in a lucrative business, being prospered as much as could be desired, having accumulated a fair income and owning three houses, from which he derives a good profit. Mr. Waite was married when twenty years of age, on December 9, 1872, to Miss Ella Bratton, am attractive lady, daughter of Harry Bratton, one of the first settlers of Ashtabula county. Mr. Waite's faith in himself and hope in the future cxceeded his capital at that time, as he possessed only $25; but his present prosperity proves what brave hearts and willing hands can accomplish. They had three children : Millie, born 1875; Nellie, born February, 1877; and Inez, born in 1881; besides an adopted daughter, Clara Lydia Bratton, a cousin of Mrs. Waite. In 1882, the family were called upon to mourn the loss of the wife and mother, whose life had been one of unselfish devotion to their welfare and happiness. June 12, 1886, Mr. Waite was again married, his union taking place in New Castle, Pennsylvania, to Mrs. Sarah Rannan, an estimable lady, daughter of Alonzo and Mary (Bowden) Potter. She was one of ten children, those surviving besides herself being: John; Mary, wife of James Lyle; Maggie; wife of E. E. Gurney; Sam and Sadie A. Mrs. Waite had three children by her first marriage: Edna, deceased, who would have bcen nineteen years old now (1893); Jennie, aged eighteen; and Frank, fifteen years old. By her present marriage there are three children: Agnes, aged six; Levi, four years of age; and Katherine, aged, two. Socially, Mr. and Mrs. Waite are members of the Mystic Circle, while he is a worthy representative of other orders. In business be is upright, attentive and enterprising, and as a citizen progressive and public-spirited, and is held in high esteem by his community. W. F. FAIRBANKS, M. D., is one of the rising physicians of the State of Ohio and promises to take a front rank in the medical fraternity. He was born in Portage county, Ohio, October 18, 1860, a son of George Fairbanks of Geauga county, Ohio. The grandfather, James Fairbanks, emigrated to Ohio at an early day, and followed agriculture all his life. George Fairbanks was reared to the life of a farmer, but turned his attention to the ministry, and for more than twenty years has been prominently identified with the work of the Congregational Church. He married Elizabeth Moore, and they had two children, Ernest, a resident of Chicago, and Dr. W. F. Fairbanks. The Doctor passed his boyhood on the farm, but at the early age of eleven years he entered Hiram College, beginning the four-year course; be began teaching at the age of sixteen years, and in 1881 was graduated in the Latin and scientific course. The year following he spent in New Mexico and Arizona, returning at the end of twelve months to 936 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY commence his professional studies. His first reading was done under the advice of Dr. Fenton, of Troy; he then entered the Western Reserve University, from which he was graduated with the degree of M. D., in March, 1886. In the May following he located at Montlvile, Geauga county, and has since built up a profitable practice. He is well equipped from both a mental and material standpoint, and has met with gratifying success in his professional labors. He is a member of the Geauga County Medical Society, and is highly esteemed by his medical brothers. In politics Dr. Fairbanks is identified with the Republican party, stanchly supporting the principles of that body. He is an honored member of the Masonic fraternity. ROSWELL WEBSTER, a farmer and stock-raiser of Lenox township, Ashtabula county, Ohio, resides a mile north and a mile and a quarter east of the center of Lenox, his farm being one of the most attractive and desirable in this vicinity. He comes of good old New England stock, his parents, Herman and Annie (Bailey) Webster, being both natives of Connecticut, the former born in Litchfield county, where he grew to manhood and learned the trade of shoemaker. In 1815, Herman Webster, accompanied by his wife and five children, left Connecticut for Ohio, making the journey overland by ox cart, and being six weeks on the way. He had exchanged his property in Connecticut for a farm in Morgan township, Ashtabula county; and, taking possession of the latter, which was in the midst of a forest, he made a clearing, built a cabin and began the life of a pioneer. Many were the hardships and privations of that period, all of which he manfully met and overcame. He here passed the remainder of his life, building for himself and family a beautiful home and laying away an ample competency for old age. His death occurred in 1847, in his seventy-sixth year. This worthy couple were the parcnts of ten children, five of whom were born in Morgan township. The subject of this sketch was born in Morgan township, Ashtabula county, Ohio, February 5, 1824, and his early life was passed on his father's farm, where his chief occupation was chopping wood. His educational Advantages were such as the country schools afforded in that early pioneer time. When twenty-four years of age, he was married and shortly afterward settled on his present farm, comprising 158 acres, which he purchased in company with his brother. Here the brothers set to work clearing a small place, on which they built a log cabin. Roswell some time later exchanged his interest in the homestead of his father for that of his brother in this new farm, and he still retains the entire tract. He continued the work of clearing until the timber disappeared from all save eighteen acres, which he kept for wood purposes. A good dwelling soon took the place of the cabin home, which, in turn, was superseded by a commodious residence of eleven rooms, built in 1861. This latter structure was destroyed by fire in 1881, after which Mr. Webster built his present elegant home. He also erected barns and other farm buildings, planted orchards, etc., and to-day has one of the finest farms in the vicinity. Mr. Webster was one of the boys in blue, who fought for the old flag during the troublous days of the Civil war. He enlisted, in 1862, as a private in Company H, One OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 937 Hundred and Twenty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and remained in the service eleven months, five of which were spent in the hospital, where he was compelled to go from the effects of a dislocated ankle, having been kicked by a mule, and from which injury he has never recovered. In 1847, Mr. Webster was married to Miss Emily P. Harvey, an estimable lady, who was born and reared in Morgan township. She was well versed in all the useful details of the pioneer home and proved a helpmate in every sense of the word. They had five children: Elma A., born in 1848, married P. P. Church, and resides on a farm in Saunders county, Nebraska; Spencer A., born in 1850, is engaged in the lumber business at Black Ash, Pennsylvania; Melvin H., born in 1853, is a resident of Dorset township, this county ; Cornie D., born in 1855, is in the employ of the Lake Shore Michigan Southern Railroad, living in Ashtabula; and Katie E., born in 1867, was married to Byron Bullfinch, and died in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1890. Mr. Webster was called upon to mourn the death of his devoted wife October 5, 1867, who left many friends to lament her loss. She was a Baptist and was active in both church and Sunday-school work. In December, 1869, Mr. Webster was again married, his second wife being Miss Flyvia Waters, who was born and reared in Lenox township, Ashtabula county, and is a daughter of Timothy Waters, an old pioneer of northeastern Ohio. She was a successful teacher before marriage, and is a woman of culture and refinement. They have one child, Fred A., born April 19, 1871. Mrs. Webster is a member of the Congregational Church and of the Women's Relief Corps. Personally, Mr. Webster is a genial, well-informed gentleman. In his home are found the leading newspapers and periodicals of the day and few men are better posted on current events and markets than he. He contributes by his energy and enterprise to the prosperity of the community, of which he is a prominent and influential citizen. RICHARD KING, a successful merchant of Chester,Geauga county, Ohio, was born in Hamilton, Canada West, August 17, 1843. His parents, Thomas and Sarah King, natives of England, emigrated to Canada, where the father was engaged in the butcher business. They had a family of ten children, Richard being the youngest and one of the three who are still living. When he was six months old his mother died, and three months later he was bereft of a father's care. When he was two years old, little Richard was taken by an older brother to Rochester, New York. From there they went to Hornellsville, Steuben county, same State, where he lived until he was eleven. In 1852 this older brother, William, went to Australia, and was never afterward heard from. Richard then came to Chester, Geauga county, Ohio. He lived with Aretas Scott one year, after which he went to work for a Mr. Roswell Cook at Geneva, with whom he remained five years. In 1860 he returned to Chester, and until September of the following year was in the employ of Mr. Aretas Scott. Having been thrown upon his own resources at an early age, his educational advantages were of necessity limited. September 9, 1861, Ire enlisted in Battery C, First Ohio Light Artillery, Fourteenth Army Corps (the battery was afterward transferred to the Twentieth Army Corps) and participated in 938 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY all the battles in which this corps was engaged. January 4, 1864, he re-enlisted in the same company, being promoted at the time to the position as First Corporal. He served with the company until the close of the war. Among the notable campaigns in which he took part was that from Atlanta to the sea. June 9, 1865, he left Washington for Cleveland, receiving his discharge at the latter place,. June 15, 1865. In all his army service Mr. King was never sick, and was never absent from his command with the exception of four days when he was excused. Returning to Chester after the war, Mr. King was married, August 17, 1865, to Miss Emroy M. Scott, daughter of Aretas Scott, a pioneer farmer of Chester. After his marriage he located at that place on a farm, on which he lived for thirteen years, and during that time made money enough to pay for it. In 1878 he was chosen Master of the Chester Grange, and was made purchasing agent for the organization. Subsequently he bought a stock of goods and engaged in business for himself at Chester Cross Roads, where he has continued up to the present time. He was appointed Postmaster under President Hayes' administration and was relieved by President Cleveland, was re-appointed by President Harrison and held the office until the Democratic party again came into power, when he was again relieved by President Cleveland. In connection with his general merchandise business, he also handles agricultural implements and does an undertaking business. He owns a small farm here. Mr. King takes an active interest in political matters, being identified with the Republican party. He has served as Township Trustee three terms, Justice of the Peace three terms, Township Treasurer for about nine years, and as Clerk of the special school district several years. He is Secretary of the Geauga County Soldiers' Reunion Association, and of the Battery Reunion. On various occasions he has served as delegate to county, district and State conventions, and for three years has been Secretary of the Republican County Central Committee. At this writing he is the nominee of the Republican party for County Treasurer, this nomination being equivalent to an election. He is a prominent member of the G. A. R. In 1892 he was chosen by his comrades to visit the battle ground of Chickamauga and locate. the position of their battery during that battle. Mr. King and his wife are members of the Free-will Baptist Church, in which he is one of the pillars, having given liberally of his means to its support. He is also a prominent Mason, being a member of Golden Gate Lodge, No. 245, F. & A. M., Chagrin Falls; Chardon Chapter, at Chardon, and Eagle Commandery, No. 29, at Painesville, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. King have two daughters, Katie Belle and Mattie, the former being a graduate at Hillsdale College, at Hillsdale, Michigan, and a musician of rare skill. The younger, Miss Mattie, is a very fine pianist. CHARLES A. AVERY.—Among the prominent and wealthy citizens of Painesville, is the gentleman of whom we write, who is the popular proprietor of the Little Mountain summer resort, well-known to the inhabitants of that part of Ohio. This beautiful spot is located four and one-half miles southeast of Mentor. 100 acres of forest pines covers the side of this hill, the altitude of which is over 700 feet above Lake Erie. The foundations are of sand rock OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 939 which have been split and cracked in the mighty convulsions of nature. The scenery is conceded to be grand and wild, and the visitor delights in visiting the rocky cartons and viewing the natural beauties found in such abundance in the neighborhood. From the top one commands an extensive view of the surrounding country, dotted with fine farms, orchards, woods and meadows. To the north the blue waters of Lake Erie sparkle in the distance. A new hotel, the Pinecrest, has been erected near the summit. This hotel is very commodious and conveniently arranged. A number of cottages near by furnish additional place of habitation and all together are capable of taking care of 350 guests. The resort is noted for its general healthfulness, and only the highest class of people, as a rule, avail themselves of this beautiful outing place. People often come a distance of 500 miles to visit this resort, and for the past four or five summers the numbers have been very large. Charles Avery was born in Connecticut in 1816. His father and grandfather, who both had the same Christian name, Elisha, were natives of Massachusetts. The Avery family is of English descent, being founded in this country by three brothers who settled in the Bay State in colonial days. Grandfather Avery, who was a manufacturer, lived to the extreme old age of ninety-two years. Our subject's father located in Enfield, Connecticut, where he carried on a large hat manufactory. Later in life he settled in Homer, Cortland county, New York, where he still worked as a hatter. He died while in the prime of life. His wife, formerly Percy Peas, was the daughter of a Connecticut farmer, who attained the age of four-score and ten. He was a near relative of Judge Loren T. Peas, who was a receiver of public lands at Green Bay, Wisconsin, under Van Buren's administration. In a family of seven children, our subject is the fourth. He was left an orphan when twelve years old, and from that time on he was obliged to make his own way in the world. He worked for one year on a farm, after which he had charge of a toll gate near Truxton. Afterward he went to Hartford, Connecticut, where he had relatives, and when sixteen years of age began learning the hatter's trade. He went to New York city and for a while worked for a dry-goods firm, and when they offered to give him credit if he would come west and open a store he accepted their proposition. In 1837, he landed in Painesville, and began business in partnership with H. Coburn. At the end of a year, Mr. Avery sold out to his partner and returning to New York continued in the employ of the old firm for the next year. For Six years subsequently be carried on a hat and fur store in Hartford, Connecticut. In 1842, Mr. Avery wedded Miss Mary Moody, of Painesville. Her father, Robert Moody, was one of the early pioneers of this region, a merchant and a large real-estate owner. After his marriage our subject returned to the East, where he lived until 1848. For the next seven years he was in the wholesale business in New York, and finally returned to Painesville and bought a fine residence property on State street, which has since been his home. For sixteen years, after permanently locating here he continued his business in New York and was obliged to spend a part of his time there, but finally sold out. In nearly every enterprise which has benefited his locality he has been one of the prime movers. About thirty years ago Mr. Avery became the owner of Little Mountain and a few years 940 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY later made a stock company for its improvement. At the present time he is the principal stockholder in the company. The hotel is managed very successfully by his son, Harry W. In 1837 Mr. Avery, Sr., assisted in setting out the trees in the city park, which have grown to be very large and beautiful. Mrs. Mary Avery is now deceased. She was the mother of three children: Mary A.; Charles, deceased; and Emma, deceased. Subsequently Mr. Avery married Miss Matilda C. Moody, a sister of his first wife. To them has been born a son, Harry W. Mr. and Mrs. Avery are members of the Congregational Church and in politics the former is a Republican. He has served his fellow-citizens as Mayor, and there are few, indeed, who have done more to forward the prosperity of this locality than he. SALEM KILE.—To write the history of a successful life is a pleasant task. In this age of business activity and ceaseless competition, when a tender conscience and a close adherence to the teachings of the decalogue are considered inconsistent with financial success, it is pleasant to see here and there, like an oasis in the desert, financial success crowned by the development of the spiritual life and all those qualities which mark the true and worthy citizen. The subject of this sketch was born under the British flag, having first seen the light at St. Arnim', Canada, January 28, 1839. His parents, Leonard and Susan (Thompson) Kile, were natives of Essex county, New York, removing to Canada about three years before the birth of our subject. Leonard Kile was an industrious man, a blacksmith and lumber manufacturer. He reared a large family, of eleven children, seven of whom survive. He removed to Andover in I847. He passed away in 1865, and ten years later was followed by his wife. Our subject was the seventh of the eleven children. The eldest, Hannah Baldwin, died in Niles in 1892. Julia DeLano, the second, passed away in Kingsville; Robert, the third, is a highly esteemed citizen of Andover, Ohio; Leonard W., the .fourth, is one of Or-well's most influential citizens, and a lumberman; James, the fifth, who served his country faithfully during the civil war, is a successful agriculturist at Richmond Center, Ohio; Hiram, the sixth, gave up his life in his country's service at the battle of Gaines' Mill, To his honor the Hiram Kile Post, G. A. R., of Andover, was so named. Elizabeth Blanchard and Mary Jane Cooley reside in Nebraska, while Edwin M., the youngest, is in the employ of our subject. The subject of this sketch left the paternal roof at the age of twenty-four years. Sep-' tember 9, 1862, he was united in marriage to Caroline L. Heath, daughter of Timothy and Polly Heath, of Williamsfield. The outbreak of the Civil war opened a profitable field in the manufacture of oars, an opportunity which was embraced by our subject and pursued for several years at Williamsfield and Richmond Center. The mill at the latter place was purchased of a brother of the historic John Brown, whose " soul still goes marching on." After the close of the war Mr. Kile began the manufacture of sucker rods, in connection with the manufacture of shafts, poles and lumber. The opening of the oil belt at this time rendered the manufacture of sucker- OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 941 rods a very important industry. In October of 1891 the firm of Thorp, Kile & Co. was organized for the manufacture of shafts and poles at Farmington, Trumbull county. The sucker-rod business has been removed to Geauga Lake, where it is being successfully conducted by George Kile, a promising young business man, and the eldest son of our subject. Under his management this mill employs constantly about twelve men, consumes annually over a half million feet of hickory lumber, and makes an annual output of sucker rods and shafts of about $I5,000. The factory at West Farmington is one of the largest mills for the manufacture of shafts and poles to be found in this country. It employs annually from twenty-five to thirty men, and is maintained at an annual consumption of $35,000 worth of material. The purchasing of the stock is the special department of our subject, for which work he is well fitted, and in which he has both experience and sagacity. His younger son, Will, is identified with the management of this mill, and to his capable management the success of the business is largely due. Our subject removed to Orwell in 1880, and purchased the property upon which he now resides. Here he has one of the finest residences in the village. During his residence at Orwell he has figured conspicuously in the social and business interests of the town. In 1883 he erected the large three-story flouring mill which he successfully operated for a time and then the same was sold to S. S. Stults & Son. A special blessing has rested upon the family circle of Mr. Kile. That circle has never been broken by the "dread messenger." He has reared an interesting family of six children, that now render him cheer in his declining years. Orra H., the eldest child, is the wife of E. E. Northway, formerly of Orwell, but now a member of the Standard Tool Company, of Cleveland, Ohio; George B., the second, of whom mention has already been made, married Inez Chamberdain, a successful teacher in the public schools of Cleveland, Ohio; Will, the third, also previously mentioned in this connection, married Lizzie Forsythe, of Portage county, a graduate of the musical department of Mount Union college and a successful instructor in that art; Florence, the fourth, is the wife of Dr. Jesse Hillman, of Akron, Ohio; Mamie is the fifth child, and she became a teacher at the early age of sixteen; Sarah Grace is the youngest child, and is yet at home. This family are all active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Kile is a very zealous church member, and has done much to further the interests of Christianity. Mrs. Kilo deserves no less credit. She is a devoted wife and mother, and an esteemed friend. Fraternally, Mr. Kile is associated with the Orwell I. O. O. F. Politically and socially, his influence is distinctly felt, in behadf of purity and reform. Since 1887, he has been a firm adherent of the principles of the Prohibition party. ORLANDO L. HUSTON, a substantial farmer and venerable citizen of Ashtabula county, Ohio, was born in Canada, March 8, 1815. He is a son of William Huston, whose, birth occurred in New York in 1790. His father having died when William was a mere lad, the latter moved with his mother to Eaton, District of Three Rivers, Canada, where he was subsequently employed on the river and where he lived until 1820. That 942 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY year he came to Ohio and located in Conneaut township, Ashtabula county, near where the subject of our sketch now lives. He afterward lived in Ashtabula and then Pennsylvania and about 1850 came back to this county and settled in Monroe township. Here he died some time in the sixties. His political affiliations were formerly with the Whig party, and after the organization of the Republican party he gave it his support. The mother of Orlando L. was before her marriage Miss Sarah Learned. She was born in New Hampshire in 1797, and went from her native State to Canada, where, about 1813, she married Mr. Huston. Her father had a contract to make a turnpike from Quebec to Montreal. An expected invasion of the country by Bonaparte, however, caused that enterprise to be abandoned, and thus it was that in 1822 her parents, Abijah and Ann (Sullingham) Learned, came to Ohio. Her father and mother were natives of New Hampshire, the former's ancestors being English and the latter's German. William and Sarah Huston had four children, viz.: Orlando L., the oldest; David W., a resident of Monroe township, Ashtabnla county, Ohio; Sophronia, widow of Robert Jennings, is also a resident of Monroe township; and Maria, widow of William Fitz. Orlando L. Hnston came to Ohio with his parents and remained with them until he was sixteen years old, when he bought his time of his father and began farming on the shares at the place where be now lives. In this way be continued his farming operations until 1852. That year he bought his present farm, and upon it he has since resided. He is indeed one of the old landmarks of this vicinity, having resided here since 1829, and few men here are better known or more highly respected than he. Mr. Huston was married in 1836, to Flora H. King, who was born in Conneaut, Ohio, in 1812, and who died in 1884. She was the daughter of Elisha and Mercy (Bruce) King, the former a native of New Hampshire and the latter of Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. King were married in Ohio, being among the very earliest settlers of the Western Reserve. Elisha King was the son of Peter King, the Kings being of English descent. The Bruce family originated in Scotland. Mrs. Huston's grandfather was a Presbyterian minister. Our subject and his wife have had two children: Mary, who died in January, 1890, was a deaf mute; and Martha, widow of Oscar Allen, lives with her father. Mr. Allen died in 1871, leaving his widow and two children. Fred W., the older of these two, is a widower with one child, Juva, that lives with its grandmother. The younger, Carrie, is now the wife of Charles E. Hicks. In his political affiliations Mr. Huston is a Democrat. He has served as Township Trustee twenty-eight years; has also rendered efficient service on the School Board. He is a member of the G. A. R. and of the Home Guard. In 1861 he enlisted in the Second Ohio Independent Battery, under Esquire Cartin, and was sent to the West. While foraging at Osage Springs, Arkansas, be was captured and was taken prisoner to Fort Smith, where he was held one month, after which he was exchanged. NORMAN S McCRAY, of Rome, Ashtabula county, Ohio, was born in Fond du Lac county, Wisconsin, October 5, 1862. He is a son of Rev. SamuelMcCrayy, a prominent Methodist minister, who died April 12, 1889, aged OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 943 sixty-five years; and Betsy Ann (Stowe) McCray, who died in the fall of 1891, aged sixty-four. The latter was related to the talented Stowe family so well known in this country. This worthy couple had a family of six children, a record of whom is as follows: Ella, wife of A. B. Madison, died in March, 1891, leaving two little daughters; Mina, wife of Willis McCray, resides at French Creek, New York; Norman S.; Matthew, a resident of West Farmington, Ohio; Catherine, who died at the age of twenty-two months; and William, a resident of Rome township, Ashtabula county. Norman S. McCray received his primary education in the district schools and finished his studies in the commercial department of the Western Reserve Seminary at West Farmington, Ohio. He began working at the blacksmith trade in Eagleville, and, subsequently, was in the employ of Adams, the noted race-horse shoer now of Cleveland. Later he engaged in business for himself at Rome, where he has since made a specialty of the shoeing of race-horses. Mr. McCray has long been a lover of fine horses and has invested in some in which he takes just pride. His "Gussie K." is a standard-bred mare/ of great promise. Mr. McCray married Miss Lena Fowler, daughter of Henry Fowler, a native of England and for some years a resident of Rome township, this county. Her father was, by occupation, a heater in a rolling mill. He died in 1890. Her mother's maiden name was Barnett. Mrs. Fowler was born in Pennsylvania, of German descent, and is still living. She and her husband had a family of ten children, whose names are as follows: Mary, now the wife of Fred Evans; John; Sarah, wife of Myron Evans; William; Hannah; Edward; Lizzie; Emma, wife of R. Bell; Robert; and one that died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. McCray have two children — Elton, born January 11, 1889, and Flossie May, October 29, 1890. Fraternally, Mr. McCray is associated with Lodge No. 255, I. 0. 0. F., of Newton Falls, Ohio. Pollitically, he is a pronounced advocate of the principles of the Republican party. He and his wife are members of the First Presbyterian Church of Rome. PERRY 0. WARREN, a farmer of Ashtabula county, was born in Andover township, this county, December 16, 1835, a son of S. M. Warren, a native of Proud Corners, near Fredonia, Chautauqua county, New York, born March 6, 1812. The latter's father, Elijah Warren, was a soldier in the war, and his sons, Judah and Joshua Warren, also took part in the war of 1812. The mother of our subject, nee, Anna McCoy, was a native of Pennsylvania, and a daughter of Moses McCoy. S. M. Warren came to Ashtabula county, Ohio, December 25, 1838, locating in the woods in Andover township, where he, erected a log cabin. He was a farmer by occupation, a Republican in his political views, And both he and his wife were charter members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The former died at the age of seventy-seven years, and the latter at sixty-three years. They had eight children: Mary Ann, Perry 0., Cordelia, Adaline, Guel E., Harriett, Olive and Alice. Perry 0. Warren, our subject, enlisted for service in the late war in 1861, joining the Twenty-ninth Ohio Infantry, Company B, and participated in the battle of Winchester. He now owns sixty acres of well improved 944 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY land, where he has a good residence, 20 x 30 feet, with an L, 16 x 24 feet, and a barn, 30 x 40 feet. He also owns fifty acres one-half a mile from this place. Mr. Warren was married August 21, 1879, in Linesville, Pennsylvania, to Miss Mary F. Usborne, who was born in England, but came with her parents to Chautauqua county, New York, when a babe. She is a daughter of W. H. and Fanny F. (Brooks) Usborne. The father, a mechanic by profession, was killed in 1872, and the mother now resides at Westfield, New York. They had three children: Mary, W. A. and Ella E. The father was a member of the Methodist Church, and the mother of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. and Mrs. Warren have an adopted son, John J., now aged sixteen years, and an adopted daughter, Bessie I., ten years of age. Mr. Warren affiliates with the Republican party, is identified with Hiram Kile Post, No. 80, of Andover, and both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. CORNELIUS HOOSE, a wealthy and influential farmer of Waite Hill, Willonghby township, Lake county, Ohio, is a man who started out in life with limited means and has by dint of his own industry and judicious management won his way to prominence and success. Mr. Hoose was born in Mentor township, Lake county, Ohio, August 1, 1825, son of Jacob Hoose, a native of Schoharie county, New York. Jacob Hoose was left an orphan at an early age and little is now known of his parents. About 1820 he emigrated to Lake county, Ohio, being then a single man, and for two years was employed by Judge Clapp for $7 per month. Then he married and settled in the southern part of Mentor township, buying a small piece of land at $10 per acre, and building a log house on it. He cleared and improved this land and from time to time kept adding to it until be had 210 acres. He died there at the age of fifty-seven years. The mother of our subject was, before her marriage, Miss Sabrina Burright. She came with her parents from New York, her native State, to Ohio, settling in Mentor township, Lake county, near where young Hoose located. Her parents finally went further West and located in Illinois. She lived a widow for thirty years, dying at a ripe old age. Cornelius Hoose was born in the log house on his father's pioneer farm, and during his boyhood days walked a mile and a half through the woods to the log schoolhouse, where he conned his lessons before the open fireplace. At the age of twenty-one he engaged in farming in Mayfield township, Geauga county, Ohio, where he purchased a farm of 140 acres, on which he lived twenty-two years. He sold that property in 1868 and bought the farm on Waite Hill, in Willoughby township, on which he has since resided. This place comprises seventy acres. He also owns sixty-six acres in Chester township, Geauga county, Ohio. Besides, he has bought various tracts of land and given to his children. Mr. House has given special attention to to the cultivation of fruit on his farm and in this has been very successful. He has a vineyard of seven acres, a peach orchard consisting of 1,000 trees, and a variety of other fruits, having planted all the fruit trees on the place with the exception of the apple orchard. In a single year he gathered $2,000 worth of peaches, and one year he sold apples to the amount of $800. He also raises large OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 945 quantities of potatoes and grain, his largest potato crop being 1,200 bushels. Mr. Hoose was married in 1847 to Jane Usher, a native of New York, who came to Ohio with her parents in early life. They have five children: Warren, Laura, George, Jennie and Nellie. All have had high-school education, and all are married and doing well, living within a few hours' drive of their parents. He and his wife are members of the Disciple Church. Politically, he is a Republican. He has served as Trustee of his township.H HARVEY H. HALL, another one of the well-known farmers of Willoughby township, Lake county, Ohio, was born in a log cabin on the farm on which he now lives, July 11, 1825. Mr. Hall is a son of Simeon Hall, a native of New York, and a grandson of Hezekiah Hall, who was born in Connecticut, the Hall family having originated in Wales. Grandfather Hall, a wheelwright by trade, and also a Methodist minister, was a soldier in the Revolutionary velar seven years. After the war he located in New York, from whence, about 1815, he came to Ohio. Here he died at a ripe old age. His father being an itinerant preacher, Simeon Hall was reared by a family in New York, having been placed in their care by his father. From this family, however, he ran away when he was seventeen and came to Ohio, arriving here in 1817. He was here variously employed until after his marriage, when he located in Willoughby township and engaged in farming. This country was then in its wild state and game of all kinds was plenty, and here in the midst of the forest he developed a farm. He died in 1839. His wife was, before her marriage, Miss Eunice Brown. She was born in Vermont in 1801 and died in 1868. Of their five children the subject of our sketch is the oldest and one of the two who are now living. Mr. Hall attended school in the primitive log schoolhouse near his home and also had the advantage of seven months' training in the academy at Chester, Geauga county, after which he taught school two winter terms. Since 1850 he has been engaged in agricultural pursuits on the farm on which be now lives. At one time he owned 351 acres here, but, having sold some land, his farm now comprises only 266 acres. He has dealt extensively in sheep, buying and shipping to both eastern and western markets;—and in his business undertakings be has been very successful. Mr. Hall was married in 1854, to Minerva Granger, a native of Auburn, Geauga county, Ohio, and a daughter of Rensselaer and Lorana (Smith) Granger, natives of Berkshire county, Massachusetts. Her „father drove an ox team from Massachusetts to Ohioin 1817, he being the first to drive a wagon into Auburn township, Geauga county. The Granger family was the second family that settled in Auburn township. Mr. Granger was twenty years old at that time and was hired out by his father to a man by the name of Jackson, whose team he had driven to Ohio, and with him he remained one year. Then he walked back to Massachusetts and drove another team to Ohio, and on coming back to Ohio settled in Auburn township, where he lived for a number of years. Often when he was at work in the woods there the Indians would go to him and beg for tobacco. His wife died in that township, and after her death he sold out and moved to Michigan, where he again married, and where he died at the age of seventy-five years. He was the, father of six children, 946 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY four of whom are now living. Mrs. Hall, like her husband, was a school teacher before her marriage, she having taught four terms. They have two children: Nellie, wife of Abner Reeve, a farmer, living near her father; and Mira, at home. Nellie was also a successful teacher for some time. Mr. Hall affiliates with the Republican party, and has filled various local offices. He and his wife and daughters are active members of the Christian Church, in which he is an Elder. Such is a brief sketch of one of the representative citizens of Lake county. ELMER H. RAND, a veteran of the late war and a well-known citizen of --I Madison township, Lake county, Ohio, was born in this township, October 27, 1845, youngest son of Martin and Lucy (Cumings) Rand, early settlers of this place. He was reared and educated here. When the war came on, young Rand was only a boy in his 'teens, but his ambitious nature was fired with a spirit of patriotism, and February 1, 1862, at the age of sixteen, he enlisted in Company K, First Ohio Light Artillery, and was mustered in at Camp Dennison. In March he was sent to Parkersburg, Virginia, where he was attached to McLain's brigade, Robert E. Schenk's division, Eleventh Corps, Army of the Potomac. His first battle was that of Great Flat Top Mountain, where the fighting lasted from three o'clock in the afternoon until nine in the evening, after which he marched all night. He was at Rappahannock, Culpeper, Cedar Mountain, Bull Run, and in various other engagements. At Bull Run he was in the hottest of the fight. His battery, having exhausted its supplies, had to make a retreat. Young Rand went back to get the sponge staff, in doing which he was under fire in a run of nearly a mile. In January, 1863, on account of inflammatory rheumatism, he was laid up in Harwood hospital, remaining there until March, 1863, when he was mustered out of the service and returned home. January 1, 1864, he again enlisted in the same company. Going to Nashville, Tennessee, he was there taken with measles and remained in hospital for some weeks. Finally he joined the battery at Bridgeport, Alabama, where he was mounted and put on scout duty. Afterward he served on picket at Stephenson, Alabama, and was also on raids up and down the river. June 16, 1865, he was mustered out at Camp Dennison, having made an honorable record during the war. Returning home, he engaged in agricultural pursuits, and has continued the same up to the present time. After his marriage, which occurred in 1870, he settled on his present farm, fifty-one acres, all of which is well improved. Mr. Rand is a Republican in politics, is public-spirited and generous, and has long been prominently identified with the best interests of Madison, having served as a member of the Town Council and the School Board and as one of the cemetery trustees. He is an active worker in the G. A. R., being a member of Burnham Post, No. 358, of which he has been Commander. Be attended the G. A. R. Encampment at Washington. When the home for nurses of soldiers during the war was erected, north of Madison, he was elected its first treasurer. Mr. Rand was married, March 23, 1870, to Ida Carr, a native of Otsego, New York, and a daughter of David and Hannah (Burnside) Carr. Her father lived near Petersburg, OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 947 Virginia, during the war. He was a strong Union man, and was surrounded on all sides by sympathizers of the Southern cause. On one occasion the rebels made an attempt to shoot him, but the bullet passed through his hat instead of his head. At another time he was put in prison for telling the rebels he would rather have a bushel of corn than a bushel of Confederate scrip. While he was in prison the rebels used his house for a hospital. Several battles were fought on his 'farm After the war he served his district two terms as State Senator, and soon after was appointed Collector of Customs at Petersburg, which office he held up to the time of his death. He died in Petersburg, Virginia, aged over seventy years. Mr. and Mrs. Rand have three daughters: Eva M., Grace L. and Winifred E., all of whom are graduates of Madison high school. Miss Winifred is a teacher. He and his family are members of the Baptist Church. ABRAM H. STAFFORD, a well-known farmer of Chardon township, was born in Geauga county, Ohio, March 31, 1841. His father, Reuben Stafford, was born near Palmyra, New York, in 1812, and his grandfather. Gadius Stafford, was also a native of New York State. The latter emigrated to Ohio and settled at Auburn, Geatiga county, in 1824. He took up land there, but afterward came to Chardon township and bought land on which he lived several years, removing to Michigan, where he died at the age of seventy-five years. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. Reuben Stafford was one of a family of nine children, and was twelve years old when he came to Ohio. He was reared to the life of a farmer and followed agricultural pursuits all his life, his death occurring in 1881. His wife was Almira Robinson, a daughter of Timothy Robinson, who emigrated from New York State, and was one of the earliest settlers of Chardon township; he died at the age of ninety-three years. Mrs. Stafford is still living and makes her home with her son. Abram H. Stafford is the only child of his parents: lde was reared on the old homestead, where he has ever since resided. He was married, in 1865, to Miss Mary Churchill, and four children have been born of the union: Vielda, Reuben R., Fred L. and Sadie. Reared under a most favorable environment, they have had good opportunities for acquiring an education, and are well fitted for useful positions in life. Mr. Stafford enlisted August 9, 1862, in Company E, One Hundred and Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, but was subsequently transferred to the One Hundred and Third regiment. He first went to Covington, Kentucky, thence to Knoxville, Tennessee, where he took part in the siege of that place. He was through the Atlanta campaign, and was at Nashville and Franklin. The left wing of his regiment was taken for a guard at headquarters, and he was sent to Washington with General Schofield; then he was sent to Fort Fisher, North Carolina, and later he was with his division when they captured Fort Anderson. He was at Wilmington, North Carolina, and at New Berne and Raleigh. He was honorably discharged in June, 1865; he was never confined to the hospital excepting for a single day. Returning to his home he resumed his former occupation of farming. He has 260 acres of fine land in a high state of cultivation, has been very successful in business, and as his means increased he invested in stock in the Citizens' Bank of Chardon. 948 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY Politically, he supports the Republican party, and has served as Justice of the Peace several terms. He belongs to the Masonic order, and is a worthy member of the Grand Army of the Republic. EDWARD C. SAWDEY, of Perry township, Lake connty, Ohio, is one of the leading farmers and mostpopularr citizens of the community in which he lives. Of his life and ancestry we makerecordd as follows: Job Sawdey, grandfather of Edward C., was a native. of New York, and was a farmer by occupation. In 1820 he came from the Empire State to Ohio, making the journey by wagon, and settling in Harpersfield township, Ashtabula county. He spent the rest of his life there and died at the advanced age of eighty-five years. His son, Isaac S. Sawdey, the father of our subject, was born in New York State in 1817, and was quite small when his parents came to Ohio. He was married in Madison, Lake county, this State, and in 1847 settled in Perry township of the same county, where he developed a farm. In 1887 he moved to Madison township, of which place he is still a resident. He married Amanda Cunningham, a native of this county, daughter of Cyrus Cunningham, a native of Connecticut, and one of the prominent early pioneers of Lake county, Ohio, he having settled in Madison township about 1820. At an early day Mr. Cunningham served as Assessor of the entire county, and for many years was a Justice of the Peace in Madison township. Hislife. was spent on the farm, and he died at the age of seventy years. Mrs. Sawdey died at the age of fifty- four. She was a member of the Congregational Church and was a most estimablewoman.. Edward C. Sawdey was the third born in a family of seven children, his birth occurring in Perry township, this county, February 25, 1848. At the age of seventeen he began teaching school. He taught three terms here and two terms in Kalamazoo, Michigan. In 1870 he married and settled down tofarming,, and has since been engaged inagriculturall pursuits at his present location, his farm being composed of 129 acres, all well improved. His large red barn he built in 1874, and his fine frame residence in 1879. The land is composed of a variety of soil and is well adapted to general farming, for which purpose it is utilized. He has five acres of fine onion land and eight acres and a half in grapes. Mr. Sawdey was married November 23, 1870, to Elsie D. Hamlin, who was born in Yonngsville, Warren county, Pennsylvania, and whocamee to Lake county, Ohio, when a girl. They have three children living: Fred E., Frank II., and Blanch. Clyde E., died at the age of eight years. The entire family are emberss of the Methodist Church, Mr. Sawdey being a Steward and Class-leader in the Church and Superintendent of theSabbath-school.. Politically, he is a Republican. He has served asTownshipp Trustee two years and for a number of years has been a member of the School Board. J. W. TITUS, a. well-known farmer of Mentor township, Lake county, Ohio, was born in, Cuyahoga county, this State, November 26, 1838, 'a descendant ofE OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 949 English ancestry. The progenitor of the Titus family in America came to this country from England and settled on Leroy Island in New York. John H. Titus and Benjamin Titus, father and grandfather of J. W., were both born in New York, the former in Monroe county. Benjamin Titus emigrated to Ohio about 1845 and settled in Cuyahoga county, from whence he subsequently moved to Lake county, where he died at a ripe old age. He was a Quaker and a man of many estimable traits of character, honored and respected by all who knew him. By trade he was a blacksmith, which trade his son, John H., also learned when young. It was about 1835 that John H. Titus landed in Ohio, and he, too, settled in Cuyahoga county, where he bought a sawmill and operated the same a number of years. In 1848 he removed to Lake county and settled in Mentor township. Here he built a sawmill and continued the milling business until about 1861. That year he removed to Buchanan county, Iowa, purchased a farm and engaged in agricultural pursuits, remaining on the farm up to the time of his death in 1889, at the age of eighty-one years. For many years he was a Justice of the Peace in Lake county, and after going West filled the same office in Iowa. The mother of J. W. Titus died two years after the family settled in Iowa. Her maiden name was Angeline Miller, and she was a native of New York. Her twelve children are all living, the youngest being thirty-four years of age. J. W. was the third born in the family. Mr. Titus received a common-school education and for a time attended high school, and for several years after he reached his majority continued in the employ of his father, going with him to Iowa and farming there five years. Returning to Ohio in 1866, he located on his present farm, forty-five acres, on the lake shore in Mentor township. His wife owns a farm of eighty acres. To the cultivation and improvement of this land he has devoted his attention since settling here, and is ranked with the prosperous farmers of his community. The Painesville waterworks are located- on his farm. Mr. Titus was married, in 1864, to Miss Rebecca Brooks, a native of Lake county, Ohio. Her father, Hugh Brooks, of New York, emigrated with his parents from Delaware county, that State, to Ohio, when he was five years old, settling in Painesville township, this county. When he grew up he engaged in farming in Mentor township and continued here until the time of his death in 1889, at the age of seventy-seven years. He was a man of many sterling qualities, rather reserved in manner, and was well known and highly esteemed. Mr. and Mrs. Titus have had fonr children: Bessie (deceased); Mills B.; John H. (deceased); and Bessie (2d). Politically, Mr. Titus affiliates with thc Republican party. He has served as Trustee of his township for ten years, and has also filled other local offices. Both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. SAMUEL W. BROWN, of Willoughby township, is one of the solid farmers of Lake county, Ohio. His splendid farm bordering on the-lake is a model one in every respect, and is well equipped with good farm buildings, fences, etc. There is a fine peach orchard on the place, which is considered one of the best in this locality. There are 280 acres of land in the homestead and some six acres of it are planted in vineyards. Mr. Brown has of late years made a spe- -Row 1, Cell 1-