(RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) 950 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY cialty of growing fruit, and has met with good success in this direction. In addition to general fanning, he keeps good stock, and has some fine English shire sheep. Our subject is a native son of this township, where his birth occurred December 29, 1836. His grandfather, Major Brown, who was born in the Empire State, emigrated to Ohio in 1814, and was one of the first settlers of Willoughby township. He rose to the rank of Colonel in the war of the Revolution. He cleared and improved a farm, where ,Ire lived until his death at a ripe old age. Curtis Brown, our subject's father, was also born in New York State, the date of that event being the year 1805: Like his father before him, he was a farmer and passed almost his entire life in this locality. He was an active and energetic man, and became quite prosperous. For a great many years he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and at various times was Class-leader and Steward. His death occurred in 1878. Mrs. Curtis Brown, nee Lydia Stephens, was likewise a native of New York, and a lifelong member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. She was the mother of three children : Arthur, who lived in Willoughby until 1893, when he removed to Nebraska; Orrin, who resides in Mentor township, and Samuel W. The birth of the gentleman of whom we write occurred in a log cabin, which his father had erected, after coming to this township. His education was that afforded by the district school, supplemented by a few terms at the University of Berea, Ohio. He assisted his father until he was twenty-five years of age, when he took charge of the old homestead, relieving him of the care and anxiety incident to farm life. He was a dutiful son and tenderly cared for his parents until their death. In 1862, he married Miss Hannah McLaughlin, a native of Ohio and of Scotch-Irish extraction. She died five years afterward, leaving one child, Etta, who is the wife of Albert Herman, a druggist in Valparaiso, Indiana. In 1868, Mr. Brown married Miss Eliza McLaughlin, a sister of his first wife. Three children have been born of this union: Ella G., Samuel G. and Lila M. They have supplemented their district school education by a course in the high schood at Willoughby, and Samuel, is now attending college. Our subject is a Republican, but is not an office-seeker, and though he has been appointed to serve in various official capacities, has steadily declined the honor. He and his wife are considered pillars of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs. Brown is a graduate of the University at Berea, and was a teacher for several years, as was also our subject's first wife. Their parents were George and Catherine (Lynch) McLaughlin, both natives of Ireland. They both died at an advanced age. The father was a local minister and in early manhood was a teacher. Becoming interested in the Lake Shore Railroad, he assisted in building the same. His four sons and three daughters were very well educated, and three of the farmer became ministers of the Gospel. The other son is a well-known lawyer in New York State. SELAN DANIELS, a prominent and enterprising farmer of Montville township, Geauga county, is the subject of the following biographical sketch. He is a native of Ohio, born at Montville, January 9, 1845, a son of Selah Daniels, Sr., who was born in Connecticut, June 1, 1798; the father removed to Ohio at an early day, and settled OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 951 in Portage county, where he operated a gristmill for a number of years; later he came to Montville and purchased land at a time when the country was thinly settled and little land was under cultivation. He died in 1880, aged eighty-two years. His wife's maiden name was Mary Ann Newman-, she died in 1882, at the age of eighty-four years. They had a family of six children, four of whom are living: Luther P., Katherine, Rufus and the subject of this sketch. Selah Daniels is the youngest born; he remained at home and cared for his parents through their declining years, ministering to their wants with loving fidelity. He enlisted in August, 1864, a member of Company F, Twenty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, but later was transferred to Company A. He joined his regiment at Sandusky, Ohio, and for a year did guard duty on Johnson's Island. He was mustered out at Camp Chase in July, I865. Peace having been declared he returned to his home, and embarked in the milling business. He built a sawmill in 1867, and until 1892 was successfully engaged in the lumber trade, selling out at that time. Mr. Daniels was married in 1868, on the 20th day of June, to Jane A. Tucker, a native of Geauga county, Ohio, her parents having emigrated from England to the United States. Mr. and Mrs. Daniels became the parents of the following children: Curtis G.; Ernest, deceased; Plinney; Henry; Vernie and Max. Politically our subject affiliates with the Republican party, and has filled the offices of Land Appraiser and Trustee. He is a member of I. N, Legget Post, No. 336, G. A. R., at Montville, and has been Commander and Adjustant since its organization. He was nominated at the Republican County Convention in 1893, for County Commissioner. He is now the owner of ninety-nine acres in his home farm, seventy-five acres in another tract, and 115 in another. Untiring industry, good management and economy have been the mainsprings of his success, and in all his transactions he has preserved his reputation for strict integrity and honorable dealing. RANSOM MASON, a well-to-do and respected citizen of Andover, Ohio, engaged in the carpenter and joiner business, was born at Fort Ann, Washington county, New York, February 21, 1808. He is of New England descent, his parents, Calvin and Polly (Buschet) Mason, having both been born in Connecticut. They came to Ohio in 1835 and took land near Andover on the old State road, where they passed the remainder of their lives, becoming prosperous and influential residents of their community. They had twelve children: Ransom, whose name heads this notice; Roswell ; George; Samantha; Mary; Merrill; Franklin; Sally; Hiram; Ambrose; Barney and Olive. The worthy father died aged eighty years and his devoted wife survived him a short time, expiring at the age of eighty-five. Both were much esteemed for their many excellent qualities and were followed by the regrets of all who knew them. The subject of this sketch was reared on a farm and attended the district schools, his early life having been passed in New York State. He came to Andover in 1840, and by steady industry at his trade of carpentry and joinery has been steadily prospered, until he is now in comfortable circumstances, all due to his own unaided efforts, careful economy and intelligent management. 952 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY Mr. Mason was married at the age of twenty-one, in New York State, to Miss Samantha Kingsley, a worthy lady, a native of Fort Ann, New York, a daughter of Supply and Avis (Mason) Kingsley, old and highly respected residents of the Empire State. Mr. and Mrs. Mason have had six children, three of whom survive: Myron, Justin K. and Parcelous. Those whom they lost are: Ellery, died aged nine years; Allen, a member of the Twenty-ninth Ohio Infantry, was shot at Rocky Face Ridge, Georgia, when twenty-four years of age; and Marion died aged eight. January, 1888, the family were called upon to mourn the death of the devoted wife and mother, who died at the age of seventy-five years. She had long been a useful member of the Baptist Church and enjoyed the esteem of all who knew her. Mr. Mason is also a worthy member of the same denomination and a contributor to all objects tending to advance the material or moral interests of his community. . DAVID G. PROCTOR, M. D., has been prominently identified with the medical profession of Geauga county for the past thirty-seven years, and has .ion an enviable reputation as a successful practitioner of the old-school system. He was born in the State of New Hampshire, June 8, 1827, a son of Aaron Proctor, a native of Hollis, New Haven, and a grandson of Moses Proctor, a native of New Hampshire, and a great grandson of Moses Proctor, Sr., also a native of New Hampshire. Moses Proctor, Sr., was killed by the bite of a rattlesnake, and his wife was gored to death by an infuriated bull. The Proctor family emigrated from county Kent, England, and settled in the United States at an early day. Moses Proctor, Jr., was a cooper by trade, and removed from Massachusetts to New Hampshire, where he died, on Proctor Hill, at the age of ninety years. . Aaron Proctor is one of a family of four children, and was a cooper by trade. In 1834 he removed with his family to Ohio, and settled in Thompson township, Geauga county; he worked at his trade until his death, which occurred at the age of seventy-six years. He was one of the pioneers of this locality, and was deeply respected for his sterling worth. His wife, Hannah Davis, was born in New Hampshire, February 15, 1791, a daughter of Silas Davis, a native of Massachusetts, born April 16, 1749. Four brothers of Silas Davis were soldiers in the Revolutionary war. The family is descended from Dolor Davis, who emigrated to America from county Kent, England, in 1634, and settled at Cambridge, Massachusetts. Hannah Davis Proctor died February 4, 1870, aged seventy-eight years. She and her husband were consistent members of the Congregational Church. Dr. Proctor is one of a family of fifteen children, nine of whom are living. He was a child of seven years when his parents came to Ohio, so he received his literary education in the rude log houses of pioneer days, and at the academy at Painesville. At the age of twenty-one years he started out to meet the world on his own responsibility; his first occupation was in a sawmill, where he worked three years. Desiring to fit himself for the medical profession he read under the direction of Dr. M. P. Sherwood & Son, of Unionville, Ohio, for four years, and then entered the Cleveland Medical College, from which he was graduated with the degree of M. D. in 1857. He was engaged in active OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 953 practice at Thompson, Geauga county, for fourteen years, and then began a course at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, from which he also took a degree. He has had a wide and varied experience in his professional work, and is recognized as one of the most skillful members of the fraternity. He belongs to the medical societies of Geauga and Lake counties, where his counsel is often sought and highly esteemed. Dr. Proctor was married December 31, 1867, to Rosana Louisa Raphold, a native of Wurtemburg, Germany, who emigrated with her parents to America in 1852. Dr. and Mrs. Proctor arc the parents of two daughters: Florence S., who was born January 9, 1869, and was graduated from the Western Reserve Seminary, at Farmington, in 1889; she has entered upon the duties of a teacher and gives promise of a brilliant success: Mary Julia was born June 16, 1871; she was also a student of the Western Reserve Seminary, and now holds a responsible position- at Delphos, Ohio, with a millinery firm. Politically, the Doctor supports the principles of Democracy; he has been considered for Representative and other county offices, but his party is greatly in the minority in this section. He and his wife are worthy members of the Meth̊ list Episcopal Church. FREDERICK HULBERT, one of the most enterprising and progressive citizens of Thompson township, is a native of. Ohio, born in Geauga county, April 16, 1818, a son of Seth Hulbert, whose history appears on another page of this volume. Frederick Hulbert's first home was the log' cabin built by his father; his education was received in the primitive log schoolhouse characteristic of the frontier; he was permitted to attend the short sessions of school until he was sixteen years old, when he went to work on the farm. His father had 200 acres of land, and the harvesting of grain was all done by hand; the day of reapers, self-binders and steam-threshers had not yet dawned. The father often went to Painesville to work by the day, and would return at night with a sack of meal on his back, guided in his path by the glazed trees of the forest. Wild game was abundant, and Frederick supplied the family table with meat by hunting; he was also a skillful trapper and brought home many a coon and fox. He remained at home until he was of age, and then went to Mentor, where he was employed for nearly two years. At the end of this time he came back to the old homestead which he cultivated three years. Having saved his earnings until he had accumulated a little money, he bought fifty acres of land which had been a part of his father's farm. He cleared away the dense timber, moved into a log house that was on the place, and began the task of placing the land under cultivation. September 8, 1842, he was united in marriage to Charlotte C. Tolcott, a native of Connecticut and a daughter of Moses and Charlotte (Warner) Tolcott; John Tolcott was the first member of the family to conic to America; he emigrated from England, and was one of the colonial settlers of New England. The parents of Mrs. Hulbert removed to Ohio in 1830, and settled near Thompson, where the father died, at the age of sixty-six years; the mother survived to the age of eighty-one years. They had a family of four children, two of whom are living. Mr. and Mrs. Hulbert celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage, September 8, 954 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY 1892, with a golden wedding. They had born to them six children: Alonzo, who enlisted in the service of his country at the age of eighteen in the Sixth Ohio Cavalry, Company A, and died, in 1863, in the hospital at Germantown. He was in the service two years. Edgar is married, and resides in Youngstown, Ohio; he has three children. Esther is the wife of G. A. Mathews, of Jackson, Michigan. Mary is the wife of Charles Wilber, a farmer of this township. Newell E. is a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church; and Almira E: is living at home. The father and mother are worthy members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politically, Mr. H ulbert supports the issues of the Republican party, and has served as Trustee of his township several terms. He now owns seventy-five acres of choice land, well-stocked with good horses and cattle. He has given his children a liberal education, fitting them for useful positions in life, and has contributed very generously to the building of the church at Thompson. ALEXANDER L. POMEROY, M. D.—One of the most successful physicians and surgeons, and probably the oldest in continuous practice in Ashtabula county, is represented in the subject of this memoir, who has devoted his life to that noble profession whose province is the palliation of human suffering. The Doctor proceeds from good, old Anglo-Saxon stock, his paternal ancestors, the Pomeroys, having come from England, while his maternal ancestors, the Holcombs, were natives of the historic laud of Bruce and Burns, although grandfather Holcomb was born in England and espoused the cause of the Tories in colonial times. Grandfather Captain Epworth Pomeroy was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, distinguishing himself for gallant service in the battle of Bunker Hill. Grandmother Pomeroy, whose maiden name was Sarah Allen, was a niece of General Ethan Allen, of Revolutionary fame. The maternal grandmother of our subject was a daughter of Jesse Pinney, a prominent clothier and cloth dresser of his day and proprietor of a large cloth factory and distillery. Dr. Pomeroy's parents were Alexander A. and Hannah Eliza (Holcomb) Pomeroy, both natives of New England. In 1829 they removed to Ohio, settling in Windsor, whence, a year later, they removed to Garrettsville, and from there to Mantua, the same State, where the father died in the fall of 1846, and the mother on December 15, 1849. Of their family of twelve children, one died in infancy, the others attaining maturity. Of these the subject of this sketch was the oldest; Eliza H., married James VanDusen, of Benton Harbor, Michigan, a retired farmer, and they have four children: James P., Nancy L., Charles P. and Mary M. Emily M. is next in order of birth and then follow Martha E.; Joseph M.; Charles C.; John W.; Frederick B.., Eleanor C. (who married James E. Sherrill, of Pomeroy, Washington, and who is the mother of two sons, James and Fred); Clarissa C. married Fred Harford, of Verona, Illinois, and has two sons, Fred and Jay; Nancy Lahella married Harrison Reynolds, of Evart, Michigan, and has four children. Dr. Pomeroy was born in Southwick, Massachusetts, November 25, 1822, and was but seven years of age when his. parents removed to Ohio. He was the oldest of a large family, and as the financial resources of his OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 955 parents were limited he early became inured to toil and gained that reliance and self-dependence which furnished the key to his future success. From the time he was tall enough until he attained to mature years he worked at a picking machine in a cloth factory. All this precluded him from following out his own inclinations and utilizing these early years in acquiring a thorough education. To the man who is earnest and determined seemingly inseparablc obstacles to the attainment of desired ends will give way, and thus it was that our subject finally secured the educational discipline he craved, by attending the Shalersville Academy and paying his expenses at the institution by his own efforts. He began the study of medicine at Shalersville, Ohio, in 1843, and subsequently attended a course of lectures at Willoughby College, now extinct. From there he went to the Cleveland Medical College, from which he graduated in 1845, giving his note for his tuition. This precluded him from securing a diploma, which he could not obtain until his indebtedness was discharged, but he received a certificate which entitled him to practice. Thus fitted for his life work, he began his practice in Bristol, Trumbull county, Ohio, in which place he successfully continued until his removal to Windsor, his present abode, in June, 1846. He has prosecuted his professional practice in the latter city ever since and now (I893) enjoys a large and lucrative patronage, the just reward of earnest and able efforts. As he says, he has paid off his note to the Cleveland Medical College and has something left. He owns a comfortable and attractive village residence, and; contiguous to the town, has an excellent farm, which is well adapted to general farming and stock-raising. He raises standard-bred horses, Jersey cattle and some fine sheep and each mar has the product of 1,200 sugar maple rees, finding a ready market for his sugar and syrup. He has entrusted the management of his farm to his son and son-in-law, while he devotes his entire time to his large and constantly increasing practice. At the outbreak of the late war of the rebellion, Dr. Pomeroy was summoned by Gov ernor Tod to turn out with his company of militia, called the Squirrel Hunters, and they proceeded to Cincinnati, where they were honorably discharged. He was twice drafted, and each time furnished.a substitute, who was honorably discharged in either case. July 30, 1847, Dr. Pomeroy was married to Miss Huldah Cook, an intelligent and capable lady, born January 6, 1827. Her parents, Jesse and Chloe (Phelps) Cook, were both natives of Connecticut, born November 19, 1785, and April 25, 1786, respectively. They emigrated to Ohio in an early day, traveling overland from Connecticut to Windsor, Ohio, with an ox team and an old linchpin wagon, behind which followed a :tow, which furnished milk for the family. The journey was six weeks in duration, but the little sojourning family party arrived in hie time at their destination without any accident worthy of mention. On the land secured by the father the virgin forest was still intact, but, under his industrious and well-directed efforts this gave place to a cultivated and valuable farm. Mr. Cook built the first frame house in Windsor; he became a wealthy farmer and left a large estate to his family. His death occurred in Windsor, Ohio, August 9, 1859, and the devoted mother expired January 5, l862. Mrs. Pomeroy has four brothers and one sister, Catherine, who was born November 11, 1810, became the wife of Lathrop Roden and died 956 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY November 26, 1876, leaving ten children, only three of whom survive. Mrs. Pomeroy's brothers are: R. Wells Cook, born March 8, 1813; Elmer, born June 23, 1816; Amherst P., born June 22, 1824; and Walter, September 19, 1829. Dr. and Mrs. Pomeroy have two children: Chloe G., who was born April 17, 1848, and who is the wife of E. P. Northway, a prosperous farmer, living west of Windsor, and Alexander Allen, born June 11, 1853, unmarried and living at home. The Doctor supports the principles of the Democratic party, but does not seek political preferment. He was, however, within the first administration of President Cleveland, appointed to a membership on the Pension Board of his district, and has held several township offices, filling each with his wonted uprightness and ability. He is an active member of the Ashtabula County Medical Society and affiliates with the I. 0. 0. F. As a professional man, he is careful, conscientious and capable, and as a citizen is progressive, public-spirited and liberal, enjoying, to an unusual degree, the confidence and good will of his fellow-men. OBED W. WICKS has for many years been prominently identified with the agricultural interests of Geauga county, Ohio, and is entitled to the space accorded him in this volume. He is a native of New York State, born at Watertown, Jefferson county, December 11, 1823. His father, Obed Wicks, was a native of Halifax, Vermont, born in 1776. His grandfather, Joseph Wicks, was a native of Providence, Rhode Island, while the great grandfather of the subject of this sketch was Warren Wicks, who emigrated from England in an early day and settled at Providence, where the Indians took him prisoner and burned him alive. Joseph Wicks removed from Providence to Halifax, Vermont, in which latter place he died at a ripe old age. Obed Wicks, father of the subject of this sketch, was the youngest of a family of eight sons and four daughters. He was a farmer, and in 1832, removed with his family to Ohio, settling in Middlefield township, Geauga county, where he took up new land, which he cleared and improved. He was accidentally drowned at Cleveland, this State, in 1866, at the age of eighty years; he was never sick a day in his life. He served in the war of 1812, and assisted in driving the British from Sackett's Harbor. He married Sabra Ellis, a native of Massachusetts, who died when forty-nine years of age; she was one of a family of ten daughters and two sons. The subject of this sketch is the youngest of three sons, two of whom are living. The eldest emigrated at an early day to Cook county, Illinois, and .thence to Pottawattamie county, Iowa, accompanying the Pottawattamie Indians. He was killed by the red men in Idaho. Mr. Wicks, of this notice, had limited op-- portunities for acquiring an education. He attended the primitive schools of the frontier, and, in 1838, returned to Watertown, New York, where he went to school for a few months. In 1839 he hired out as a boat hand on the Ohio canal and made one trip to Portsmouth. He afterward went down to Mississippi and visited other sections of the South, and also contemplated a trip to Santa Fe, New Mexico, but did not carry out his plans. Returning to Ohio, he settled in Burton township, Geauga county, and turned his attention to farming. In 1852 he crossed the plains to California, where hc spent two years OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 957 in mining. He made the trip home by water and has ever since devoted himself to general farming, also dealing largely in live-stock and breeding fine grades of cattle. In 1847 Mr. Wicks was married to Malinda Betts, a native of Johnstown, New York, and they have had four children: Ellen, deceased; Flora, wife of Alfred Endsley, a farmer of Burton township; Carl, married, and living in Burton; and Bertha, wife of Clifton Nickerson, of Russell, Frontier county, Nebraska. In his business transactions, Mr. Wicks has been very successful. He owns 100 acres in the home farm and ninety more in Middlefield township, all of which is under good cultivation. Politically, he supports the Republican party. He is a man possessing the courage of his convictions, and enjoys the respect of his entire community. WALTER PIKE, another one of the representative farmers of Orwell, Ashtabula county, Ohio, was born in Somersetshire, England, January 15, 1855. He is a son of William and Mary Ann (Manly) Pike. His mother died in England, at the age of fifty-seven years, Four of her fourteen children are still living, namely: Walter; Sidney, a resident of California; Sarah E., who is now the wife of Robert Hill; and Jane A., wife of George Fry. Walter Pike received an ordinary education in his native land, not being privileged to attend school after he was twelve years old. When he was nineteen he came to the United States. All his life he has been engaged in farming. For several years he worked out by the month, and by careful economy was able to save some money. Then he lived on rented farms for some time, and, in the fall of 1884, purchased his present property, seventy-eight acres in Orwell township, buying it of Uriah Lintern, an uncle of his wife, and paying $60 an acre for it. This farm is well improved and beautifully located. Upon a natural eminence stands the fine residence, surrounded with a tasteful lawn dotted over with shade trees and ornamental shrubbery, which, with the well-kept and commodious barns, granaries, etc., forms one of the attractive homes of the county. July 2, 1878, Mr. Pike married Miss Frances M. Linten, daughter of Matthew Lin-tern, of Orwell, one of the early pioneers of the county. Their children are as follows: Olive C., born January 25, 1880; William M., January 22, 1882; Lida A., March 16, 1884; Charles A., March 15, 1886; Walter E., June 11, 1888; Mary A., November 18, 1889; and Granville E., August 29, 1891. After his marriage Mr. Pike settled in Park-man, Ohio, where their first child was born, Moving from there to Orwell, he then lived on his father-in-law's farm and on other rented places until 1884, when, as above stated, he bought his present property. ALBERT E. STEVENS was born in Martinsville, Ohio, August 2, 1836. For some time he was engaged in the lumber and milling business, but for several years past has given his attention to agricultural pursuits. After his marriage, which event occurred December 26, 1863, he settled in Geauga county. In June, 1874, he moved to Kansas, but the following August he returned to Ohio and located at Orwell, where hc has since resided. June 7, 1862, he enlisted in Company B, Eighty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was 958 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY honorably discharged at Camp Chase September 26, of the same year. He is a stanch Republican, but is not active in political circles. The date of Mr. Stevens' marriage has already been given. Mrs. Stevens' maiden name was Armena E. Rawdon. She was born July 22, 1845, daughter of Ariel and Buie (Johnson) Rawdon, of Windham, Ohio. Her father died February 22, 1862, and her mother is still living. The latter was married a second time, to Sumner Barr, her last husband dying May 28, 1886. Mrs. Stevens has one brother, Emory D., a resident of Kansas. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Stcvens are as follows: Charles E., born January 4, 1866, married Lucy Brook and has one child; Bert E., born March 25, 1871; Emory R., born January 22, 1873; and Amaret L., born October 15, 1874. MATTHEW LINTERN, who has resided on his farm at Orwell, Ohio, since 1846, came to this place from Bloomfield, Ohio. He had settled in Bloomfield in 1836. Mr. Lintern was born in Somersetshire, England, April 4, 1817, son of Thomas Lin-tern, a farmer. Matthew Lintern came to this country in 1836 and was followed a year and a half later by his father. The mother of our subject was before her marriage Miss Sarah Love, and she, too, was a native of England. Of the six children born to Thomas and Sarah Lintern three reached adult years. Uri* the oldest, came to America with his brother Matthew, and died here in 1884, on his sixty-eighth birthday. For over thirty years he worked for Adexander Brown of Bloomfield, and by all who knew him he was regarded as a man of the strictest integrity. He was never married. Sarah Lintern, our subject's sister, died in England. Their father died about 1851, aged sixty-seven years, and their mother passed away in 1848, also at about the age of sixty-seven years. Matthew Lintern married Cyrena Saunderson, a niece of John Saunderson, of Mesopotamia, Ohio. She was a lady of marked intellectuality and rare domestic accomplishments. 'She became the mother of five children. The oldest died at the age of eighteen months. Sarah Jane, the second born, is now the wife of Daniel H. Parker; Olive Ann, wife of George Griffin, died September 18, 1879, aged twenty-nine years; Mary Ellen, wife of Densmore Griffin, of Bloomfield, has two children, a son and daughter; and Cyrena Almeda, wife of William Winters, of Bloomfield, died September 15, 1879, three days prior to the death of her sister, Mrs. Griffin. Some time after the death of his first wife Mr. Lintern was again Married, March 5, 1857, to Christiana, daughter of David Albert. Her father, a native of Pennsylvania, and a mechanic by trade, died in Farmington, Trumbull county, Ohio, February 18, 1852, aged sixty-seven years, three months and fifteen days. The maiden came of Mrs. Lintern's mother was Catherine Sinkfoos. She, too, was a native of Pennsylvania. Her death occurred in 1859. Mr. and Mrs. Albert had seven children, a record of whom is as follows: Leah, the oldest, died January 2, 1879, aged sixty-six years and unmarried; Catharine, the wife of a Mr. Bower, died in Farmington, Ohio, aged about seventy-three years; David, who died in Michigan at the age of sixty-nine; Margaret, the wife of a Mr. Sperry, died in Michigan, aged seventy; OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 959 Elizabeth, born February 1, 1815, is now living with her brother; Christiana, now Mrs. Lintern, was born March 10, 1825; and Abram, the youngest, born September 12, 1828, is a resident of Orwell. Mr. Lintern has two children by his second wife: Frances, the older, was born October 20, 1858, and is now the wife of Walter Pike, of Orwell. Mr. and Mrs. Pike have seven children. Matthew David Lintern, born June 4, 1861, married Emma Kingdom, a native of Orwell. He lives on and conducts his father's farm. Mr. Lintern has been a hard-working man all his life. He cleared up and developed his farm of 140 acres, cutting the forest from all but seven acres of it, and he built his house out of timber that grew on his own land. For a number of years he was extensively engaged in stock-raising in connection with his farming operations. Recently, being somewhat crippled with rheumatism, he is practically retired from the active duties of the farm. Mr. Lintern is an ardent Republican and a most worthy citizen. He takes a just pride in the fact that he has never had a lawsuit in his life. REUBEN WOODWORTH; a prosperous farmer and worthy citizen of Williamsfield township, Ashtabula county, Ohio, was born in the same township, November 4, 1821. He comes of good old New England stock, his grand. parents, Ezra and Annie Woodworth, having both been born in Vermont and descendants of ancient and respected families. Grandfather Ezra Woodworth was a brave soldier under General Washington in the Revolutionary war and served his country faith- fully and well, deserving to be mentioned in history with other great patriots of Iris time. In an early day, Ezra, with his wife and eleven children, joined the westward tide of emigration, coming overland to Ohio, being among the first settlers of Williamsfield township, Ashtabula county. The country was covered with woods and much work was necessary to clear and prepare land for cultivation, but by diligent industry, assisted by his wife and older children, Ezra made a home and in -time became a prosperous and influential man of the county. Their children were: Abijam, father of the subject of this sketch; Diodate; Hope; Orpha; Luther; Lucinda and Surinda, twins; Nancy; Horatio and Sarah. Both grandparents died on the old homestead, the grandfather at the age of sixty-five and the grandmother at eighty, and both are buried in the cemetery at West Williamsfield. Abijam, their oldest son and father of Mr. Woodworth of this notice, was born in Vermont in 1807, and inherited the sterling qualities of his ancestors, his life having been characterized by industry, honesty and the highest regard for moral truth. He was eighteen years of age when he came with his father to Williamsfield township, where he married Sally Woodworth, daughter of John Woodworth. They had six children: Ezra; Abijam; Reuben, whose name heads this notice; Laura and Sally. The devoted wife and mother died, leaving these children to the care of the father, who some time later married an estimable English lady, widow of Rev. Robert Wheeler, of the Congregational Church. They had two children: Ellen C. and Newell. The faithful and loving father died at the age of eighty-two, greatly lamented by all who knew him. The subject of this sketch was reared and educated in his native township and has followed farming all his life. He settled on his 960 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY present farm in 1854 and has since added to his land until he now owns 400 acres of the choicest realty in the county. He also has bank stock, town lots and ether securities and keeps a dairy of forty cows. All of this prosperity has not come by chance, but by hard and persistent labor, and Mr. Woodworth is amply deserving of all praise for his industry and intelligent management which have resulted in his present success. November 14, 1843, Mr. Woodworth was married to Laura Kingsley, a worthy lady, born in Washington county, Ohio, September 5, 1819. Her father, Supply Kingsley, was also horn in Washington county and was an efficient soldier in the Revolutionary war. He married Ovis Mason, a native of the same county, and they had twelve children: Julia, Orson, Truman, Samantha, Milton, Newton, Laura, Betsy A., Judson, Harriet, Eliza and Peleg. Mrs. Kingsley died aged seventy-four and Mr. Kingsley at the advanced age of eighty-three, leaving many friends to mourn their loss. Mr. and Mrs. Woodworth have had five children, two of whom survive. Lucinda died aged three years; Orson, aged ten; and an infant daughter. A son, Rev. Leverett Supply Wood worth, has been preaching for the past sixteen years, and for the last six has been city missionary in Providence, Rhode Island. He married Josephine Field, of Hillsdale, and they have three sons: James Reuben, Clarence Field, and Alfred Kcith. Mr. Woodworth's other surviving child, Josephine Lucinda, married Clarence Chase, of Oberlin, Ohio, and is now a, widow with two children: Paul L. and Laura Nell. In politics. Mr. Woodworth supports the principles of the Republican party as best calculated to advance the interests of the country. Mrs. Woodworth is a worthy member of the Methodist Church. Althongh not a member of any religious denomination, yet Mr. Woodworth is a liberal contributor to the church and all deserving objects, and as a business man and citizen is numbered among the most upright and public-spirited in the county. NAHUM H. WARD, a successfnl farmer and stock-raiser of Lenox township, Ashtabula county, Ohio, resides half a mile south of Rowenton. He was born in Hillsdale township, Berkshire county, Massachusetts, and at the age of six years came with his parents to Ohio, settling in the wilderness of Lenox township. He was reared on his father's pioneer farm, helping to clear and till the land, and receiving his education in the district school. Arriving at manhood, he enlisted in the late war, in 1861, and went out as a private in Company B, Twenty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, being assigned to the Army of the Potomac. He remained in the service until the war closed. He participated in twenty-six regular engagements, besides numerons skirmishes, the most notable of the former being the battles of Antietam, Cloud Mountain, Winchester, Cedar Creek, Harper's Ferry, etc. July 26, 1865, Mr. Ward received an honorable discharge at Cumberland, Maryland, after which he returned home and engaged in farming. After running his father's farm one year, he purchased the property, comprising 106 acres, beautifully located and well improved. Here he has since resided, giving his close attention to diversified farming and meeting with success in his operations. In 1887 he built his present home, a commodious residence having ten large OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 961 rooms, and a cellar under the whole house. He also further improved the place by the erection of a large barn, 44 x 45 feet, with ample sheds and grain cribs and outbuildings. For twelve years Mr. Ward was engaged in the dairy business, in which he was very successful. His land is well stocked with hogs, sheep, cattle and horses. He was married December 20, 1865, to Miss Pollie Pease, daughter of John and Sophia (Olin) Pease. She was born October 17, 1846, in Portage county, Ohio, and at the age of ten years came with her parents to Jefferson township, Ashtabula county, where she grew up and received a fair education. She was married to Mr. Ward when she was twenty. They, have two children. Ina S., the older, born in 1868, was student of the Jefferson Educational Institute, and was married October 30, 1887, to Benjamin Sutherland, their two children being Lnnetta A. and Lotfa A. They reside in Ashtabula. The younger child, Fred L., was born January 4, 1870; and is a graduate of the Jefferson Educational Institute, having compdeted his course With the class of 1892. He is now engaged in business in Cleveland. Mr. Ward has been a Republican all his life, having cast his first presidential vote fer Lincoln. He is a member of Giddings Post, G. A. R.   IRA ATKIN is one of the most popular and highly respected citizens of Thompson township, Geauga county, Ohio, which is his birthplace, the date of his birth being June 3, 1829. His father, John Atkin, was born in Lincolnshire, England, in 1793. His grandfather kept Lincolnshire Inn, entertaining many of the celebrities of his time. John Atkin emigrated to America with his father in 1800, being a lad of seven years. His father had ample means, but he wandered over the country so long before settling that he had spent all his gold. He finally located in Ashtabula county, Ohio, and there passed the remainder of his life. He died the day he was ninety-nine years old. He was twice married, and reared a family of eleven children by each wife. John Atkin was the eldest of the second family. He was one of the first settlers in Thompson township, Geauga county, where he cleared a farm and lived the last years of his life; he died at the age of eighty. His wifc's maiden namc was Sallie Meeker, a native of Schoharie county, New York; born October 31, 1797; their married life was extended over a period of fifty-six years of toil and trial, and mingled joy and sorrow. They were consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and were among the first members of the society here. Mr. Atkin was a soldier in the war of 1812. They had born to them a family of seven sons and four daughters, eight of the family surviving. William, Ira and Lucy (now Mrs. Nelson Arnold) live on the old homestead; William and Ira are unmarried. They were reared amid the hardships and privations of frontier life, and secured enly a limited education. They assisted in clearing the land, and by their industry and perseverance developed one of the best farms within the borders of Geauga county. They own 150 acres, a considerable portion of which is devoted to small fruits, peaches and grapes. In politics they support the Republican party. William Atkin has been Trustee of the township for several years and has taken an active interest in the affairs pertaining to the public welfare. Mrs. John Atkin, mother of Ira, William and Lucy, is the oldest actual settler in 962 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY Thompson township, and is one of the oldest residents of the county. She had a family of loyal sons, five of them going out to battle for the perpetuity of the nation. Orestes died while in the service, at Somerset, Kentucky. Ira Atkin enlisted August 2, 1862, in the Ninth Ohio Battery, and served two years and nine months. He was taken prisoner at Danville, Kentucky, March 1, 1863, and was held at Camp Chase for six months before being paroled. He was afterwards on guard duty, and was then taken ill and confined to the hospital for some time. The next misfortune was a wound caused by a mule falling on him, disabling him for a long time. Mrs. Atkin draws a pension in recognition of her husband's service in the war of 1812. S. D. MASON, the popular proprietor of the City Meat Market, in Andover, Ohio, a progressive business man and public-spirited citizen, was born in West Andover, this State, July 23, 1847. His parents were R. and S. Mason, pioneers of Ashtabula county, and for many years prominent and influential residents of their vicinity. The subject of this sketch was reared on a farm and received his education in the public and select schools of his vicinity. At the age of eighteen, he began working in a sawmill, where he remained about four years, after which he learned and followed cabinet making, carpentry and joinery. He was variously employed until 1884, when he opened his present meat market in Andover, which he has since successfully conducted. In connection with his meat market, he buys and ships stock of all kinds, wool and all kinds of produce, etc., and does an extensive business in his line, being one of the live men of his vicinity. He has excellent business ability and is a thoroughly self-made man, having started at the very bottom and gradually arisen to his present prominence by his own unaided efforts and persistent industry, and justly deserves his present success. November 2, 1872, Mr. Mason was married to Miss Christiana Landon, an estimable lady, a native of Pennsylvania, but reared and educated in Ashtabula county, daughter of S. J. and Jane Landon, eardy settlers of the county. Mr. and Mrs. Mason have two children: Charley, aged eight years; and Maud, aged six. Mr. Mason is a stanch Republican in politics and has served four years as City Councilman and is at present an active member of the School Board. He was one of the men who were instrumental in getting fire protection for the city, and as such is entitled to the universal gratitude of all interested in the public welfare. Mr. Mason is an active member of the I. 0. 0. F., at present holding the position of Vice Grand in Andover Lodge, No. 728, and has served three terms as District Deputy in the Andover Encampment, No. 232; and has passed all the chairs in the Junior Order United American Mechanics. It is to such men as Mr. Mason that Andover owes her present prominence, and he is justly numbered among her representative citizens. LESTER J. BURLINGHAM, an old settler and prosperous farmer of Cherry Valley township, Ashtabula county, Ohio, was born in Fort Ann, New York, July 8, 1830. He is of New England stock, his father, Bernard Burlingham, having been born in Chelsea, Vermont, and accompanying his parents to Fort Ann, New York, OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 963 when he was four years of age. He there married Lucinda Gillette, a native of Washington county, New York. They joined the westward movement of emigration in 1836, going by canal to Buffalo and thence by lake to Ohio, settling in the woods of Ashtabula county, where the father improved a tract of land, making it a valuable farm, and came to be numbered among the prominent men of his community. He was a hard working, honest, kind-hearted man, and much respected by all who knew him. He was in politics originally a Whig and later a Republican, with strong anti-slavery opinions. The mother was equally estimable in character and a typical pioneer's wife, a devout member of the Baptist Church and prominent in all good works. Of their ten children, seven are now living: George; Alanson; Arthur, who was a soldier in the late war; Lester J., the subject of this sketch; Jane, now Mrs. Spellman; Dasa, who married Mr. Snow; and Electa, wife of Mr. Giddings. The three children deceased are: Jarvis, who died aged forty-five; Samuel, deceased at the age of one year; and Julia, who died aged twenty-eight. The subject of this sketch was six years of age when his parents removed to the wilds of Ohio, where he was reared and educated. He was trained to farm work, and in 1863 started in life for himself on fifty acres of land. By continued industry and careful management he was prospered, and eventually bought land until now he owns 140 acres, all under an excellent state of cultivation and well improved. He has a good house, which he erected in 1883, which is 30 x 30 feet, two stories high, with an L, 20x 24 feet, one story in height, all finished in modern style arid well furnished. The whole is topped with a cupola and in front of the house is a bay window, from both of which a fine view of the surrounding country is to be had. Porches around the house provide a pleasant and cool place on a summer's day. A rock cellar under the house gives ample room for preserving produce of all kinds for family use. The whole is surrounded with a fine lawn, ornamented with trees and shrubs, while an orchard in the rear furnished fruits of a varied variety and excellent quality. Two barns, one 42 x 58 feet, and the other, 26 x36, afford ample room for the storing of grain and the shelter of stock. All of this is the result of years of continued effort, supple-merited by careful management and wise economy. Mr. Burlingham was married at the age of twenty-four to Sarah Spellman, an excellent lady, daughter of Charles and Liva (Burton) Spellman, old settlers and esteemed residents of Ashtabula county. By this marriage there were three children: Charles, prosperous farmer of Cherry Valley township, who married Martha Vaughan, an estimable lady of this vicinity, and they have one daughter, Flossie; Emma, the second child of Mr. Burlingham, died at the age of seventeen years; Elmer, the third expired at the age of three. December 25, 1862, the family were called upon to mourn the loss of the loving wife and mother, who died leaving three children to the care of her husband. March 1, 1863, Mr. Burlingham was married to Emma Clark, a worthy lady of his vicinity, daughter of Dexter and May (Hardy) Herrington, old settlers of Ashtabula county. They had six children, all of whom were carried off by diphtheria and typhoid fever, leaving the home desolate and childless. Their names were: Zella, who died aged sixteen; Frank, aged eight; Earl, at six; Willie, five, weeks; Roy, six years; and Maggie, three years. Thus bereaved of all their children, Mr. and Mrs. Burlingham 964 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY adopted two others: Willie, born December 24, 1876; and Hallie, born January 27, 1883. In political views, Mr. Burlingham is a supporter of Democracy, and has served as Township Trustee, discharging his duties to the credit of himself and the full satisfaction of all concerned. Both he and his wife are useful members of the Church and prominent in all good work, Mr. Burlingham particularly contributing to everything tending to advance the material and moral welfare of his community, of which be is a representative citizen. JACOB J. TISCH, who is identified with the farming and manufacturing interests of Lenox township, Ashtubala county, Ohio, is one of the most enterprising business men of the vicinity. He was born in Alsace-Loraine, France, October 23, 1825, son of Shaw Tisch, who was born, reared and educated at that place. When nearing the close of his college course, the senior Tisch ran away and joined Napoleon's army, accompanying that distinguished general in his campaign through Spain, Italy and elsewhere, and serving under Marshall Ney in the famous battle of Waterloo; was one of eighteen survivors of his company after that famous battle. He was a member of the Kersage Cavalry. His career as a soldier covered a period of thirty-eight years, during which time he succeeded to the rank of Major, being stationed in Poland and other European provinces. He was a linguist of rare ability; owned a fine library, and was able to converse fluently in some seven or eight different languages. About 1824 he married Elizabeth Ward, whose happy married life was brief, ending with her death in 1830. In 1851 he married Miss Dorothea Flixer. In 1836, accompanied by his family, he came to America, landing in New York and remaining there a short time. He then directed his course toward Cleveland, Ohio, where he became an American citizen, and where, on a small farm near the city, he spent the closing years of his life in peace and quiet, dying in 1865. He was a member of the Reformed Lutheran Church, and in politics was a Democrat. Jacob J. Tisch came to America in his yeuth, and in and around Cleveland was reared, being variously employed and receiving limited educational advantages. When the Mexican war came on he enlisted for the service and went to Cincinnati, where, however, finding the ranks full, he abandoned the idea of going to Mexico. From that city he made his way to Akron, Ohio, where he was employed as teamster for some time. After that he went to Medina county. At Brunswick, Medina county, Ohio, he was married in December, 1848, to Miss Mary A. Milestone, daughter of Everson Milestone. Her father, a native of England, came to America about 1845, and settled in Medina county, where he had large landed interests, and where, in connection with his farming operations, he also dealt largely in stock, buying and shipping to Eastern markets. In 1857 he shipped a large consignment of cattle to New York, and there disappeared, all trace of him being lost. Mrs. Tisch was born in Pickering, Yorkshire, England, March 26, 1825, and there grew to womanhood. Her educational advantages were of the best. In 1848 she took passage on a sailing vessel for America, and after a voyage of four weeks and three days landed in New York, from whence she came direct to Brunswick. She was twenty-three at thc time of her marriage. OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 965 Of their children we make record as fellows: Urilla, born January I, 1850, was for many years a popular and successful teacher, is now the wife of William Green, and resides at Jefferson, Ohio; Frank A., born September 17, 1852, is engaged in the manufacture of elastic paint at Philadelphia, where he is ranked with the prominent business men of the city; Alvin, born August 24, 1853, died in infancy; Linda J., born April 1, 1855, is the wife of J. J. Green, Ray's Corners; Perry, born February 25, 1857, is a resident of Rock Creek, Ashtabula county, holding the office of Township Assessor; Maurice M., born October 28, 1859, is engaged in farming near his father; Olive T., born July 4, 1865, is the wife of M. Cummings, an electrician of Peoria, Illinois, where he commands a sadary of $2,400 per annum; Ralph P., born, March 29, 1866, is also an electrician of some note, commanding a salary of $2,000. The subject of our sketch bought his first tract of land in 1850, and since that time has owned twenty-eight different farms. In 1857 he bought 230 acres of fine timber land in New Lyme township. Here he erected a well-equipped horse-power mill and engaged extensively in the manufacture of clean stock sawed shingles. In a single year he turned out the enormeus amount of 1,330,000 shingles. At the same time he cleared 115 acres of his land. He continued in the manufacture of shingles in New Lyme for a number of years. He bought his present home place in Lenox township in 1875, comprising 135 acres, and he also owns 100 acres a little distance east of here. This home property is half a mile south of Ray's Corners, and is known as the N. E. French place, one of the first farms settled in the township. Since locating here Mr. Tisch built a shingle mill, and has up to the present time been engaged in the mann facture of shingles, in the production of which he uses the best stock, consisting of oak, ash, chestnut and other valuable woods. In 1889 he erected his large barn, 40 x 90 feet, getting out all the material for the same at his mill. Mr. Tisch's life has been characterized not only by honesty and industry, but also by careful system. He has a time and a place for everything. For forty-eight years he has kept a diary, and at any time can instantly refer to the record of any event which occurred during these years. In scientific matters he has always taken an active interest. His living apartments are heated in a scientific manner, and upon his walds are the most accurate barometers and clocks of both ancient and modern manufacture. In 1867 Mr. Tisch was made a Mason. He is also a member of the Eclectic Order of the Palm and Shell, the I. 0. G. T., and the county and township granges. He was the prime mover of the building of the I. 0. G. T. hall at New Lyme, and has otherwise assisted in temperance work. Both he and his wife are members of the Baptist Church. In his home are found the leading publications of the day, and few men are better posted on current events than he. CHARLES B. DEAN.—The subject of this sketch is a farmer in Jefferson township, Ashtabula county, Ohio, and was born in Wayne township, same county, in 1858, being the son of Martin and Jane (Ramsey) Dean. The father is a resident of Kansas, where he is engaged in the nursery business. His wife was born in Wayne township, Ashtabula county, Ohio, and at the age of fourteen years she emigrated with 966 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY her parents to Wisconsin, where she was married four years later. She is still living and is a member of the Baptist Church. Mr. and Mrs. Dean had five children. Charles B. Dean, the subject of this sketch, passed his boyhood years on the paternal farm in Ohio and later went with his parents to Kansas, where he remained for a time. He did not, however, find the bleeding State and its grasshoppers altogether to his liking, and finally made his way back to Ohio, where his uncle offered him good school opportunities, which, however, he failed to improve, preferring rather the unrestricted life of the farm. In this line of work he found employment, and, in July, 1880, he was united in marriage to Miss Eva V., daughter of Uriah H. Jones, who was born in Massachusetts March 10, 1822. While yet a mere boy he removed with his parents to Ohio, growing to manhood on their farm in Lenox township, Ashtabula county. In January, 1846, at the age of twenty-one years, he was married to Miss Mary Jerome, sister of George and Timothy Jerome, to whom extended reference is made elsewhere in this volume. After his marriage Mr. Jones located in Jefferson township, Ashtabula county, and passed the residue of his life on the farm which is now occupied by our subject. He settled on this farm in an early day, and to him is due the reclamation of the place from a forest wild to its present condition of fertility. In connection with the general work of the farm, he gave special attention for many years to the manufacturing of cheese and of maple sugar and syrup. Mr. Jones was much respected in the community, being honorable and upright in all his dealings and a man of broad general intelligence, for which reasons his counsel was much sought and highly re spected in the community. In carrying on the work of the farm he manifested a progressive and enterprising spirit, and the present substantial improvements about the place were all instituted and perfected under his direction. In politics Mr. Jones was a stanch Republican. He died February 19, 1892, in the seventieth year of his age; and among all who knew and appreciated his sterling worth there are none who fail to honor his memory. The mother of Mrs. Dean was born in Jefferson township, her parents having been pioneer residents of that locality. She grew to womanhood beneath the shelter of the parental roof-tree, and her education included a thorough training in all the domestic duties which devolved upon the true, brave-hearted women of those early days. She was skilled in the spinning and weaving of both wool and linen; was an expert in the operation of the carpet loom, and was a conscientious and thorough housewife. She was married at the age of eighteen years and became the mother of five children, four of whom still survive. She united with the Baptist Church early in life and remained a consistent member until the time of her death, which occurred November 7, 1889. Mrs. Dean, the wife of our subject, was born November 7, 1860, and grew to adult years on the home farm, receiving her education in the district schools. She became intimately familiar with the duties and processes incidental to the carrying on of a dairy farm, and has gained a wide reputation for her skill in cheese-making. She was married to Mr. Dean at the age of twenty years, and to them have been born four children, namely: Jessie M., born March 31, 1882; Howard M., born January 18, 1884, now deceased; Harry J., born July 2, 1887; OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 967 and Hiram A., born March 11, 1889. For seven years after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Dean resided on a farm in Lenox township, removing in 1882 to their present home, which represents Mrs. Dean's share of her father's estate. The farm is an excellent one and is devoted to general agriculture. Mr. Dean also devotes considerable attention to stock-raising. WARREN W. HOPKINS, an old settler and prosperous farmer of Cherry Valley township, Ashtabula county, Ohio, was born in Franklin county, New York, January 19, 1817. His father, David Hopkins, was born in' Washington county, New York, in 1782, and was a brave and efficient soldier in the war of 1812. He was the son of Isaac Hopkins, a native of Rhode Island and of Scotch-Irish ancestry, who was a son of James Hopkins, born in 1723, whose father, David, resided in Washington county, New York, until the Revolutionary war. The mother of the subject of this sketch was Abigail (Crain) Hopkins, a native of Windham county, Connecticut. She was the mother of eight children: Laura; Warren W., the subject of this biography; Nancy J.; Mary A.; Harriet C.; David; Phoebe A.; 'and Chester M. The mother of this family died in Tompkins county, New York, at the age of forty-four, leaving many friends to mourn her loss. The father afterward married Pattie Raymond, and they removed to Erie county, Pennsylvania. He was a farmer by occupation and politically a stanch Whig, a man of superior ability and the utmost probity of character. He died in Erie county, Pennsylvania, at the age of sixty years, greatly lamented by all who knew him. The subject of this sketch was reared on a farm in New York State and attended the district schools of his vicinity. At the age of seventeen he commenced to teach, being thus employed two terms, and then entered an academy at Austinburg, afterward entering Oberlin College as a sophomore in 1843, where he remained two years. At the time of his father's death, he was recalled home, subsequently taught two years and a half in Austinburg, in 1849, '50 and '51. He then bought the land, on which he now resides, which he has since cultivated and improved, erecting a large and comfortable residence, good barns, etc., until he owns one of the best farms in the county, and which yields him an ample income. During the war, Mr. Hopkins served as clerk in the purchasing section of the Quartermaster's department, at St. Louis, for some time. In 1862, he was ordered to New York, to buy and ship forage to Government troops in the South, in which he was engaged until the close of hostilities. February 2, 1847, Mr. Hopkins was married to Miss Lucy Ann Slater, a worthy lady, a native of Chenango county, New York, who came with her parents to Ashtabula connty in 1824. Her father, Amos Slater, was a native of Massachusetts, and son of Giles Slater, also born in that State and descended from an old and prominent New England family. Mr. Hopkins' mother, nee Fannie Seymour, was a native of New York State, and daughter of Silas and Sallie (Gilbert) Seymour, also from that State. Mr. Slater was a farmer by occupation and a Whig in politics, later becoming a strong anti-slavery man. Both he and wife were useful members of the Congregational Church. They had twelve children, five sons and seven daughters: Giles; Lucy Ann, wife of the subject of 968 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY this sketch; Cornelius; Emily; ; Sallie; Gilbert; Fannie; Addison; Amos; Margaret; Seymour and Ellen. The mother of this family died aged seventy-nine years, and the father, at the advanced age of ninety-one. Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins have had six children: Mary E., wife of Dr. L. B. Tuckerman, of Cleveland, Ohio; Harriet C., who died in 1876, aged twenty-six; Addison U., a physician in Ashtabula; Silas Gilbert, at home; John H., a merchant at West Andover; and Margaret L. Politically, Mr. Hopkins is a Republican, and has represented his party in many responsible official positions. He was appointed Deputy County Surveyor in January, 1852, and elected to that office in January, 1867, serving successfully in that capacity seven full terms, or for twenty-one years. He also served as Township Clerk, Real Estate Assessor, Township Trustee and Notary Public, in all of which-be displayed uniform ability and trustworthiness of character. Such universal commendation is sufficient guarantee of merit, outweighing any encomiums which might be written of him. GEORGE E. MOORE was born in Munson township, Geauga county, June 15, 1839, a son of Edmond Moore, who was born in Seneca county, New York, in 1803. Hutchinson Moore, the grandfather, was a native of Connecticut and a descendant of an old New England family. He was three times married, the first wife and the third being sisters, named Morse. Hutchinson's father, Samuel, was killed in the Revolutionary war. He was the father of nine children, three by the first marriage, three by the second and three by the third. Edmond Moore belonged to the family of the first wife. He was a farmer by occupation, and in 1833 removed to Geauga county, Ohio, locating in Munson township, where he bought a tract of land which he cleared and improved with substantial buildings. He was Trustee of his township at one time, and had been elected Assessor just previous to his death. In his religous faith he was a Methodist. He was married in Seneca county, New York, to Barbara Fisk, who died at the age of sixty-one years. George E. Moore, son of the above, is the fifth of a family of nine children, eight of whom are living: James, the eldest, went to California and is living a retired life in Los Angeles; Albert is a farmer of Van Buren county, Michigan; David F. was an extensive merchant in South Haven, Michigan, and director of one of the banks there; he was accidentally killed in the fall of 1887; Hiram W. is cashier of the First National Bank of La Fayette, Indiana, a position he has filled for twenty years. George E., the subject of this notice, was educated in the district schools and at Hiram College. He began teaching at the age of seventeen years, and followed this profession for some years in Geauga, Lake and Scioto counties. He was among the first to respond to the call for men to go out in defense of the nation, and December 16, 1861, he enlisted in Battery G, First Ohio Light Artillery, and was in the Fourteenth Army Corps. He veteranized and was mustered out at Camp Chase, August 31, 1865, as Sergeant. He participated in many important engagements, among them the following: Pittsburg Landing, Corinth, Franklin, Stone River, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, a second time at Franklin, Pulaski, Spring OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 969 Hill, a third time at Franklin, andNashville.. During theAtlantaa campaign his battery was guarding the Nashville railroad. He acted as clerk of his company, making reports to the captain. After the war was over be engaged in the more peacefuloccupationn of farming in Munson township. He was united in marriage in 1862, to Martha Downing, and to them were born four children: Arthur, deceased; Jessie is a graduate of the Chardon high school and is a teacher; Rodney, attending school at Chardon; and Alvin, an invalid. Arthur received a thorough business education, and was bookkeeper for several large institutions; he was elected Secretary of the South Pittsburg Pipe Works and had a very promising future when his work was abruptly ended by his death, May 6,189I,, at the age of twenty-five years. Mr. Moore is a Republican in his politics, and has served the people of his townshipas Clerkk for eight years, and as Assessor five years. He is a member of the G. A. R., Reed Post, No. 387, at Chardon. He owns a finely improved farm of 156 acres, and isnumberedd among the leadingagricnlturistss of the community. EDWIN TUTTLE, a well-knowncharacterr in the early history of Geauga county, is the subject of the following biographical sketch. He was born atJefferson,, Schoharie county, New York, October 23, 1813, a son of SimeonTnttle,, a native of Woodbury, Connecticut. The fatheremigratedd when a young man to Schoharie county, when that country defined thewesternn frontier, and there cleared up a fine farm on which he lived full fifty years. He was a strict Presbyterian in his religious faith, and held various local offices of trust andresponsibility.. He died at the age of seventy-seven years. His wife, Betsey Dayton, was born at Watertown, Litchfield county, Connecticut, and died-a number of years before he passed away. She, too, was an adherent to the Presbyterian faith. They had a family of ten children, three of whom survive. EdwinTuttlee is the youngest of the living children. He was born in the log house built by his father, and grew to manhood amid the scenes of pioneer life. His educational advantages were meager, the mental resources of the teachers being not much superior to the material equipment of the house, which was adilapidatedd building that had been used as a store and was miserably furnished and poorly. heated. He remained at home until he wastwenty-enee years of age, and went to work at farm labor, receiving $10 or $12 a month for sevenycars.. When he became of age he came to Ohio and located in Geauga county, finally purchasing land in Newbury township. He removed to Munson township early in the '50s and has resided upon his present farm for a half century. Mr. Tuttle was married in 1843, to Miss Maria Davis, a native of Geauga county and a daughter of Asa Davis, one of the pioneers of the county and a man greatly respected for his sterling worth. He died at the age of sixty-seven years, but his wife survived to her eighty-third year. They reared a family of ten children, four of whom are living. Mr. and Mrs. Tuttle have traveled life's pathway side by side for fifty years, lightening each other's burdens, sharing each other's joys and sorrows. They are the parents of twochildren:: Davis and Willie. Davis Tuttle married Dillie Bartlette, and they have one daughter, Flossie; Willie Tut- 970 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY tle married Mary Tiffiny, and they are the parents of two children, Lloyd and Belle. In his political opinions Mr. Tuttle has affiliated with the Democratic party; he has served as township Trustee, giving excedlent satisfaction. He has been very prosperous in his farming operations, and has a landed estate of 600 acres, and choice grades of livestock. Although he began with no means, energy and perseverance have accomplished the desired ends and placed him among the prosperous citizens of the county. MAJOR FRANK VIETS.—No more worthy representative of an old and honored Ohio family is to be found than the subject of this sketch, to whose services in defense of his country is added a long life of usefulness and activity in peaceful affairs, calculated to upbuild and beautify that land which he helped to save to liberty and right. The founder of the family in America was the great.grandtather of the subject of this sketch, who came from Germany and settled in Vermont in an early day, and it is very probable that he spelled his name "Vietz," instead of the manner employed by his decendants. His son, Jesse Viets, was born in the Green Mountain State in 1785, and was a farmer and pioneer Methodist minister. When about thirty-two years of age, he concluded to try his fortunes west of the Alleghany mountains, and accordingly turned his steps toward Ohio, then. a new and slightly settled country. He made his way overland by the slow and tedious means of an ox team, consuming as many weeks in the undertaking as it now takes day to cover the same distance. Finally arriving in Ohio, he set- tied in Amboy, where he passed the remainder of his days, when not traveling on his ministerial missions. These latter usually took him along the shore of Lake Erie, from Buffalo probably as far as Cleveland, and the greater number of Methodist congregations in that part of the country were organized by him. He was exceedingly enthusiastic in his work and more widely known than any other man in the same district. Highly intellectual, probably, possessed of a splendid education, a fluent speaker, of unexampled energy and perseverance, combined with great personal magnetism, he was well calculated to wage war against the powers of darkness, and used his talents to great effect. This great and good man died in Amboy about 1848, his loss carrying widespread sorrow to many hearts and homes, where he was universally beloved and revered. His six children were as follows: Rodney, born in 1807; Dolly Ann, married Horatio Lovejoy, and they both died in Conneaut; Roland died; Mary Ann, became the wife of Henry Benson, and both died in Conneaut; Lucinda married John Watson, and both died in Iowa. Rodney Viets, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Vermont, and accompanied his parents to Ashtabula county, Ohio, in 1817, and it was ever afterward his home. He received a good education under the able guidance of his illustrious father, and when a young man was engaged for a time in teaching. This he discontinued at the age of twenty-four to enter the ministry of the Disciple Church, preaching his first sermon in Ashtabula county, probably at Amboy. He inherited his father's genius and indomitable spirit for good, and would eften ride long distances and encounter the fiercest weather to comfort those needing spiritual aid. He never held a regular appointment, but worked OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 971 wherever he could do the most good. He was married, in Ashtabula county, to Lucinda Wood, a woman of rare force of intellect and sweetness of character, the youngest in a large family of children of a prominent pioneer of this county. Her father is now buried in Amboy, of which city he was an early settler. They had ten children: Rodney, who died when young; one died in infancy; Amandona, deceased, was the wife of H. A. Walton, of Saybrook; Byron is a farmer of Geauga county; Melissa A., is the wife of D. H. Gaylord, of Geneva; Frank is the subject of this sketch; Mary, married, is now deceased; Henry Warren; Celestia, wife of C. E. Cooper, resides in North Dakota; and Durell, whereabouts unknown. The family were called upon to mourn the loss of the father in 1887, who died at a ripe old age, greatly lamented by all who knew him. No one in this vicinity, unless it was his father, ever did more to strengthen and advance the moral welfare of the community than he, and he richly deserves the high regard in which he is universally held. Major Frank Viets, whose name heads this brief biography, was born in Saybrook, Ashtabula county, Ohio, March 12, 1839, and received his education in the common schools of that city. He resided at home until his majority, being employed on the farm in the lumber camp. At the end of this time, the Civil war broke out and he hastened with all the ardor of youthful patriotism to tender his services to his country. He enlisted for four months in Company F, of the State militia, which was a part of the Ohio Volunteer Artillery. This company was at once ordered to the front and fired the first gun at the battle of West Virginia. The battles of Laurel Hill and Carrick's Ford were fought before the expiration of the first term of enlistment. The company was afterward ordered to Camp Chase, and there under went two musters in and out of the Federal service in one day. Major Viets then returned home and assisted in raising and organizing Battery C, in which he was commissioned Second Licutenant, by Governor Tod. This company was then ordered in Camp Dennison, near Cincinnati, Ohio, and on September 9, 1861, they were mustered into the three years' service. Kentucky was the scene of immediate action and the bat tle of Wild Cat was the first battle, which was followed by that at Mill Springs, where Major Viets was within reach of the rebed general, Zollicoffer, when that officer was killed. Thence the command of Major Viets went to Fort Donelson, whence they proceeded'to Nashville and Pittsburg Landing, and subsequently participated in the siege of Corinth. Here the Confederate forces, under General Bragg, got behind the Federal troops and drove the latter back across Kentucky, engaging them in battle at Perryville, in October, 1862. The Confederates, however, were repulsed, and were forced to retire into the Confederacy, whither Major Viets' command followed them to near Nashville, Tennessee. The Major's command then swung off after General Morgan, whom they met at Hartwell's Ferry, and again at Rolling Fork river, at which latter point the Union forces defeated the Confederate troops, whom the Federals followed out of the State to Nashville and La Verge. At the latter point, owing to an injury received by Major Viets some time previously, he resigned his commission of First Lieutenant and returned home, having been in the service just two years. He then secured a sub-contract in the construction of the Jamestown & Franklin Railroad, which, from the standpoint of finances, 972 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY was disastrous to every contractor on the work. This adverse turn in the Major's fortunes caused him to look to the West, as the place best calculated to enable him to re. trieve his finances, and he accordingly established himself, in 1868, in Kansas City, Missouri, where he entered the commission business, dealing with the commissary of the Kansas Pacific Railroad, then being built. As the road extended from point to point beyond Kansas City, the Major removed his business to each succeeding headquarters as far as Denver. At this time, the Major's attention was attracted to the Red River country in Dakota, by the building of the Northern Pacific railroad, which he decided was a country of wonderful resources, with a brilliant future before it. He was so favorably impressed with its prospects that, in the fall of 1870, he removed his family to the Red River valley, 200 miles in advance of any railroad, and established himself in Grand Forks. Here he engaged in the real-estate business, in merchandising and milling and various other profitable ventures, as time and the development of the city warranted. He was half-owner of the town site, and was exceedingly active in all financial enterprises. Mrs. Viets was the first white woman in the village, and it was not until the following fall that another white woman put in an appearance. After thirteen years of frontier life, becoming weary of incessant activity, the Major determined to return to Ohio and provide himself with a good home, in which to pass his declining days, still, however, retaining his extensive interests in Grand Forks, which city he visits annually. Here, in Ohio, the Major owns a large and well improved farm near Ashtabula, wile'. he makes his home, enjoying in comfort the means accumulated by the toil of former ears. Besides his other enterprises, he is largely interested in the Ashtabula Driving Park Association, and is a stockholder in the London Company, of Ashtabula, in which he is also president. In fact, having been a man of activity for so many years, the Major finds it diffdcult to keep his determination of eschewing all business pursuits. On November 30, 1865, Major Viets was married to Miss Nancy L. Dow, a lady of sterling qualities of mind and heart, who is a daughter of John Dow, a well-known pioneer of this county, who married a Miss Butterfield, also a representative of an old and respected Wilily. Major and Mrs. Viets have but one child, Gertrude, born March 5, 1866, who was educated in Faribault, Minnesota, and married M. S. Titus, now a banker at Minto, North Dakota. Their marriage occurred in July, 1887, and they have two children: Annie, aged four years; and Frances, aged eighteen months. Politically, Major Viets adheres to the principles of the Republican party, but has not served officially except as Commissioner of his county in Dakota and as Councilman of Grand Forks, although his financial training and upright character, combined with rare executive ability, amply fit him for the creditable discharge of any important public duties. WILLIAM HEATH, of Richmond township, Ashtabula county, was born in Tully, Onondaga county, New York, in April, 1815, a son of Eleazer Heath, a native of Massachusetts. The latter's father, Eleazer Heath, Sr., was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and his death occurred in 1817, at the age of ninety-seven years. The mother of our subject was Betsey OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 973 Heath, a native of Massachusetts. Eleazer Heath, Jr., was a farmer by occupation, a Whig in his political views, and a member of the Baptist Church. Both he and his wife died at the age of eighty-two years. William Heath, the subject of this sketch, received his education in the common schools, and in early life worked at the carpenter's trade several years. He came to Ashtabula county, Ohio, in 1835, followed the mercantile trade at Richmond Center many years, and in 1863 engaged in the same occupation in this city. He has a fine business building, carries a large stock of goods, arid is honored and respected in both business and social circles. Mr. Heath was married at the age of twenty years, to Lydia Cook, a native of Massachusetts and a daughter of Luke Cook. To this union were born four children: Luther F., Clarissa, Jerome and Philotus. The tatter is deceased. Luther F. was a member of the One Hundred and Seventy-seventh Regiment during the late war, and he now resides in Pottawatomie county, Kansas. Mrs. Heath died in 1875, and our subject afterward married Emily Belden Bush, widow of Aaron Bush, who was a soldier in the Civil war. She is a daughter of Oliver and Rhoda (Thompson) Belden. Mr. Heath affiliates with the Republican party, has held the position of Postmaster for thirty years, and has also served as Township Clerk, He is a member of the Baptist Church. L. G. LELAND, one of the leading phy- sicians and surgeons of Andover, Ash- tabula county, was born in Windsor, Ohio, January 22, 1860, a son of John D. and Amanda M. Leland, the former a native of New York. In 1864 the parents removed to Iroquois county, Illinois, where our sub-. ject grew to years of maturity. He completed his education by graduating at the Western Reserve University, of Ohio, in the class of 1883. Since that time he has been engaged in the practice of medicine. Although but a recent arrival in Andover, he occupies one of the most prominent positions in his pro fession in the city. Mr. Leland became a member of the Masonic order in Hart's Grove Lodge, in Ohio. November 24, 1881, at Edinborough, Pennsylvania, the Doctor was united in marriage with Miss M. B. Wood, a member of a highly respected family, and a woman of education and refinement. They have one son, Thayer. EDWARD GRIFFIN HURLBURT, is a well-known and universally respected citizen of Ashtabula county, Ohio. He was born March 12, 1824, the seventh child of Erastus Grant and Clarissa (Goodwin) Hurlburt of Goshen, Litchfield county, Connecticut. May 13, 1842, when he was eighteen years of age, his parents with a large family and all their belongings reached Hart's Grove township, Ashtabula county, Ohio, and located on parts of lots 96 and 106 therein, property since owned by Nelson Griswold. The .children who reached any considerable age are: Clarissa A., Elizabeth, Louisa, Belden G., Erastus G., Edward G., Russell H., Jehiel B., Henry C., Ruth M., and David E. Shortly after a settlement had been effected the husband and father died; this sad event occured September 4, 1845. The wife and mother survived him until December 13, 1856. Edward G. was just past his majority when by the death of 974 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY the father the affairs of the family were thrown into confusion. With characteristic energy he took charge of the business, kept the family together and succeeded in making a satisfactory settlement of the estate. Every member of this family has successfully demonstrated that the heritage of blood is all that can be desired for each has 'lade a career worthy of his noble and self-sacrificing ancestors. Clarissa A. became the wife of Ben Norris; Elizabeth married Mr. Hudson; Louisa married S. C. Green, a minister of note, who was in active service for more than forty years; Belden G. went to California, became State Senator and District Judge; J. B. settled in Iowa and became Treasurer and Sheriff successively of Boone county; Henry C. located in Kansas and is a prosperous farmer there; Ruth resides in Iowa; Russell G. was for many years a leading member of the Erie Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, a preacher of note, who died in Iowa a few years ago; Erastus died in early manhood, while the youngest, David E., is a leading citizen of Hart's Grove, and one of the most successful farmers of the county. On December 31, 1851, Edward G. Hurl-hurt was united in marriage to Jane Babcock, daughter of John and Lydia Babcock, of Orwell; eight children have been born to them; Frank Lincoln, whose birth occurred December 17, 1852; Mary Luella, born April 5, 1855; Martha Jane, born January 31; 1857; Clara AL, born September 2, 1862; John Erastus, born July 29, 1864; Edward G., Jr., born August 18, 1867; Lucy Jane, born Sep- tember 29, 1868; and Ward, born October 8, 1872. The oldest son, Frank Lincoln, met his end in Denver, Colorado, whither he had gone in search of health in 1890; he grew worse suddenly, but, his father responding immediately to a telegram, reached him before he expired, the eighth day of May; he left a wife and two children to mourn his loss. Mary Luella is the wife of Hon.. E. L. Lampson, of Jefferson, Ohio, who became prominent a few years ago by reason of the gallant fight he made for the office of Lieutenant Governor; the circumstances are familiar to all readers of current political history; he is at present a member of the Ohio Senate. Martha Jane died at the age of five years, September 30, 1862. Clara M. is the wife of F. H. Davis, of Lynn county, Iowa; John E. is a bookkeeper in the First National Bank of Jefferson, Ohio; Edward G., Jr., died June 5, 1868; Lucy Jane died September 6, 1869; Ward E. married Miss Ruth Ellis, of Orwell, and now resides at Mesopotamia, Ohio, engaged in the manufacture of cheese; he has one child. Mrs. Hurlburt, the mother of this family, is a woman of superior attainments, and to her credit is due much of the success that has crowned the labors of herself and husband. She was born November 23, 1830, and is one of the following named children: John W., Charles W., James, William R., Juliette, Angeniette, Fayette, Albertus, Lucy, Parminio, Hortoville, and Solon. Mr. Hurlburt has been all his life an active, enterprising business man; he owns 1,500 acres of choice land, and is extensively engaged in raising live-stock; his operations have not been confined to narrow limits, his sales of stock raised in Iowa aggregating $20,000 one year. For a short period he was engaged in mercantile business at Hart's Grove, selling his interests at the end of two years to his partner, H. H. Grover. To his church work he has brought the same zeal that characterizes his secular labors; an untiring worker in the cause of OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 975 his Master, his loss will be keenly felt when the burdens of years necessitates retirement. He is a member of Hart's Grove Lodge, No. 394, F & A. M., and also belongs to the I. 0. 0. F. He has been a Republican since the organization of the party, and has held the township offices with the possible exception of that of Clerk. He was elected to the responsible position of County Commissioner in the fall of 1871, and was re-elected until he had served twelve years, a most faithful and efficient official. At the time of the passage of the Fugitive Slave Law, he was elected Captain of a company of young men organized to assist slaves to escape to Canada, and he can narrate many interesting and thrilling experiences of those days of the " underground railway," and rejoices in the equal rights accorded all men irrespective of color. Much more might be written of his good and generous deeds; his doors are always open to the weary wayfarer and a generous hospitality is dispensed to all under the roof. May prosperity continue to attend him and the peace of God abide in his heart. JAMES M. FIFIELD, a retired farmer and stock dealer, was born in Conneaut, Ohio, March 23, I823, a son of Colonel Edward and Sallie (Bean) Fifield, the former a native of Scotland and the latter of Lower Canada. The former moved to Wheelock, Vermont, when a boy, where he was engaged in trading in lands and valuables. He afterward removed to Pennsylvania, remaining one year at Cold Station, and in 1815 came to Ohio. Mr. Fifield first- settled at Salem Corners, now Conneaut (the latter appellation being an Indian name meaning many fish), where he was employed as a trader. Colonel and Mrs. Fifield had eleven children, of whom our subject is the tenth in the order of birth, and the only one now living, viz.: Greenleif, born October 27, 1800, was one of the noted physicians in this part of Ohio, and his death occurred June 27, 1859. He married Laura Kellogg, and they had one son and three daughters. The son, Amos K., also a physician, died in April, 1893. Ruth, the next in order of birth, was first married to Hollis Abbott, who died three years dater, and she then became the wife of George Morton. They had seven children. Hannah, born December 26, 1806, married Aaron Whitney, and died March 5, 1845. Her husband and four children are also now deceased. Benjamin F., born July 7, 1809, married Harriet Cole, and they had three children. He died May 26, 1866. Mary, born December 21, 1811, married George Morton, and died October 17, 1831. William H. H., born February 15, 1814, died December 9, 1849. He married Abbie Jane Niles, and they had two children. Sarah, born January 12, 1815, married Samuel Slemmer, of Fort Sumter notoriety, and died July 19, 1871. Emily, born November 16, 1817, died in November, 1891. She was the wife, of James Oliver, and they had three sons and, two daughters. Harriet Eliza, born October, 22, 1820, married Brewster Randal, and died May 25, 1877. They had four sons and two daughters; James M„ our subject; Almira, born July 25, 1832, died March 25, 1852. The father, barn December 21, 1775, died died October 17, 1836, and his wife, born August 22, 1782, died April 23, 1863. The former was a Colonel in the war of 1812. James M. Fifield, the subject of this sketch, was born, reared and educated in Conneaut, and is now the oldest resident citizen in Conneaut township. He has held many minor 976 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY offices, but has never been a seeker of public honor. January 31, 1848, he was united in marriage with Miss Mavia E. Gibson, a native of Conneaut, and a daughter of Thomas and Lucretia (Farnham) Gibson, who were horn, raised and married in Connecticut. The father was born January 6, 1800, a son of James and Elizabeth Gibson. Thomas Gibson came to Ohio in 1830, where, in company with his brother-in-law, he owned a gristmill in Conneaut. The mill is still known as the Farnham Mills. He was elected to the position of Trustee in 1842, and held that office fourteen years. The mother of Mrs. Fifield was a daughter of Abigail Hampton Farnham. Mr. and Mrs. Gibson had six children, namely: Charles, a farmer of Conneaut town- . ship, married Loanda Moon, and at his death left a widow and seven children; Mary, deceased, was the wife of Dr. Raymond, and the latter had two children by a former marriage; Mavia E., wife of our subject; Julia, wife of George Brown, of Kansas, and they have one child, Alice; John, deceased in 1893, married Roxie Burrington, and they had two children, Raymond and Catherine; and Thomas, a farmer of Conneaut, married Mary Clark, and they have five children living. Mr. and Mrs. Fifield have had six children, as follows: Henry H., born November 25, 1849, was a civil engineer by occupation. He was married April 19, 1877, to Mattie Hammond, of Berlin Heights, Erie county, Ohio, who died in 1885, at the age of thirty-six years; Clara Agnes, who was married November 7, 1871, to Charles L. Cheney, and the latter died in 1886; Lillian J., who was married April 1, 1881, to Frederick E. Garey, of Ludington, Michigan, and they have two children, Agnes C. and Margueritta; Benjamin F. married Ida K. Kennon, and they reside at East Conneaut. They have one child, Isabel; Catherine H. married N. P. Phister, a graduate of West Point, and a Lieutenant in regular army ; they have two daughters, Bell Duke and Catherine H.; James M., the youngest in order of birth, resides in Michigan. JAMES E. CHAMBERS, editor of the Daily and Weekly Journals of Painesville, Ohio, a well-known and highly respected citizen, was born in this city, October 24, 1848. He comes of sturdy Scotch ancestry, his grandfather, James Chambers, having emigrated to this country in the early part of the nineteenth century. The latter was a brother of William C. Chambers, of Edinburgh, Scotland, the publisher of Chambers' Encyclopedia, a man widely and favorably known for his erudition and energy of character. James Chambers settled on a farm in western New York, near Buffalo, and, there passed his life, dying at an advanced age. His son, William C. Chambers, Jr., father of the subject of this sketch, was reared on the home farm and attended the schools of the vicinity. He later studied law and was admitted to the bar in Buffalo. About 1845, he emigrated to Painesville, Ohio, where he resided at intervals until his death here in 1879. He speculated largely in various commodities and dealt considerably in real-estate, and was a man of much ability and enterprise. He was married in Ohio to Ann Beard, a native of Black Rock, New York, and a descendant of a distinguished New England family. She now resides with the subject of this sketch in Painesville. Her parents removed from Buffalo, New York, to Painesville, Ohio, at a very early day, settling amidst the woods of that new and undeveloped country. The OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 977 Beard family is especially notable in art circles, Joseph H. and William H. Beard having been famous painters. The former, born in Buffalo, was a son of Joseph Beard, a ship master who commanded the first brig that plied Lake Erie. His wife was the first white woman to visit the present site of Chicago. Joseph IL grew to manhood in Painesville, and, of adventurous disposition, left home at eighteen and experienced many hardships. Hc is now a resident of Flushing, Long Island, which has been his home for several years. He has a studio in New York city and among some of his celebrated paintings is the streets of New York, which he sold for $3,000. William H. Beard was born in Painesville, April 13, 1825, and is now a resident of New York city and is famous for his caricatures of the vanities and foibles of men through the portraits of their prototypes in an illustrated periodical. Mr. Chambers of this notice was the only child and was about three years of age when his parents removed from Painesville to New York city, where he resided several years. He received his preliminary education in the common schools, after which he entered Michigan University, at the age of fifteen, where he remained two years. He subsequently spent a short time at Harvard University, after which he returned to Painesville and studied law, ultimately being admitted to the bar in that city and also to that of the Supreme Court. He practiced law but a short time when it became distasteful to him and he abandoned it. He was then elected Deputy Clerk of Lake county, in which capacity he served efficiently two years, and was subsequently associated in business with his father at East Saginaw, Michigan. Having always experienced a fondness for journalism, he later secured a position as reporter on the New York Sun and afterward on the Herald of the same city, also doing literary work on other Eastern papers. He later did special work on the Toledo Blade and was afterward on the cditorial staff of the Times and Chronicle in Cincinnati. He also traveled throughout the South and West, doing special newspaper work. In 1871, he came to Painesville and established the Northern Ohio Journal, which he has since successfully and profitably conducted. In 1892, he began to issue a daily paper in connection with his weekly sheet, which has also proved a success under his able management. In 1881, Mr. Chambers was married to Miss Kate Leclair, of New York city, an educated and accomplished lady. Her father, Thomas Leclair, was born in Oswego, New York, March 11, 1818, and developed an instinct for portrait-painting at the age of nine years. He afterward opened a studio in New York city, which he conducted for a number of years, developing into a famous painter. He originated and developed the Free Art Academy in Buffalo, New York, which has been of untold benefit in disseminating artistic knowledge among the people. Portrait painting was Mr. Leclair's specialty, in which he attained a high degree of perfection and secured an enviable reputation. Many men of national repute have sat before him for their portraits, and his handiwork is now perpetuated on many walls. Mr. and Mrs. Chambers have one child, Zaida. In politics, Mr. Chambers has always advocated the principles of the Democratic party, for which he has done yeoman service in his newspaper writings and publications. He is amply fitted for a political leader, or indeed for prominence in any honorable capacity, combining with quick intuitions an ener- 978 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY getic disposition and forcible will, a wide knowledge of the literature of all the countries. He speaks French, German and Spanish fluently,has a library of 3,000 volumes of choice publications, not for ornament but for careful research and daily use, and is amply qualified by intellectual and moral worth to fill an honorable position in any community or society. HENRY HULBERT has been closely connected with the progress and development of Thompson township since early times, and is entitled to the space accorded him in this history of Geauga county. He was born here September 10, 1814, a son of Seth Hulbert of Connecticut. His grandfather, Seth Hulbert, Sr., emigrated to Ohio in 1808, and died near Painesville soon after coming to the State. The father of Henry Hulbert located in Thompson township, Geauga county, selecting a home in the dense forest where the hand of man had not been laid to interrupt the course of nature. Indians were numerous, and wild game abounded. Being a good marksman he brought home much game, and often found wild honey, which was one of the luxuries of the table. In the war of 1812, he went as a minute-man to Fairport. He was Justice of the Peace for many years and filled other local offices. He died at the age of fifty-three years. His wife's maiden name was Theodosia Bartlett, and she lived to the age of eighty-one years. They reared a family of eight children, Henry being the second-born. He first saw the light of day overshadowed by the forest primeval, and during his babyhood the howling of wodves was often his lullaby. He gained an education in the dittle schools that were taught in the neighborhood at the homes of the settlers, and also later on, in the log schoolhouses. At the age of fifteen he laid aside his books and took the implements of agriculture; as early as the age of twelve he swung a scythe in clover by the side of grown men. He worked at the carpenter's trade, too, during his youth, and assisted in building the bridge over the river at Painesville. He followed this vocation in Williams county, Ohio, and cleared fifty acres of land while there. He was married November 8, 1836, to Martha Warren, who was born in Champaign county, Ohio. Soon after this event he moved into a log house on his present farm, which he cleared and improved. He was prosperous and eight years later was able to build a more modern structure, which he still occupies. He set out fruit as soon as he could get the land in proper condition, planting the first tame grapes in the township. He has been one of the most extensive fruit-growers in the county for manyyears, and has done much to promote this most important branch of agriculture. Mr. and Mrs. Hulbert are the parents of seven children: George, David, Chardes, Jane, Rufus, James and Janette, all living but David, who died when about a year old. Having always the courage of his convictions Mr. Hulbert has been independent in his political views, and has cast his vote rather for the man than for the party. He was Trustee of the township four years, serving with credit to himself and the satisfaction of the public. He has never sought official position, but prefers the management of his private business. He was one of the organizers of the Farmers' Mutual Insurance Company of Thompson, and was treasurer four years. He now owns seventy acres of fine land, having given land to his sons to aid OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 979 them in making a start in life. Mr. and Mrs. Hulbert have traveled life's pathway together fifty-seven years, meeting and overcoming obstacles by the support of each other's affection and bearing the burdens and trials with bravery and fortitude. Mr. Hulbert's mother when a young woman had an adventure in Lake county quite thrilling enough to be recorded: She was going home on horseback from Painesville, when she became bewildered and lost her way in the forest; unable to find the path she passed the night in the woods near a large tree; the wolves howled near her and she expected to be torn in pieces and devoured before the dawn of another day. Desiring to leave some trace of the way she had taken and to give a clue to her end, she hung her bonnet in the tree; fortunately, however, she escaped with her life. Mr. Hulbert belongs to the Spiritual Church and has contributed liberally to its progress. L. A GRANDE COLE, a prosperous 1 farmer and influential citizen of Saybrook township, Ashtabula county, Ohio, residing just outside of the corporation limits of the city of Ashtabula, is a descendant of probably the third family to settle in Trumbull township, this county. He is of English descent, his grandfather, Reuben Cole, having been born in the mother country, whence he emigrated to America at an early day. He settled on land in Orange county, New York, where he passed the remainder of his days and whence his family emigrated to the frontier of Ohio. He married Eliza King, also a native of the "tight little isle," a woman of superior intelligence and worth of character, and they had five children: Herman, father of Ina. Cole, a large stock drover and a circus man; John; a daughter who married a Mr. Knox; also one who married Leisure Baldwin, a banker; and Charles, father of the subject of this sketch. Charles Cole found his way into Ohio in the first quarter of the present century. His first stop in Ashtabula county was for three weeks in Harpersfield township, at Skellinger's mill, where he had some acquaintances. It was while here that some one suggested that, since winged game was so plentiful, he ought to take a duck hunt before returning to New York, as he then fully intended to do. Acting on this suggestion, he procured a boat, which was the favorite method of hunting ducks, and launched his little craft, being previously warned not to venture too near the dam in the river. In floating down for his game, however, he became so interested in his sport that the imminence of his danger completely escaped him and before he noticed his predicament, he had very near come to grief. In attcmpting to change his course, he became entangled in some drift wood and his boat became unmanageable and moved toward the dam with the increasing current. Realizing the uselessness of remaining in his boat, his eye sought a place to leap and discovered an old tree lodged on the brink of the stream. He made one desperate effort to throw his arms about it and succeeded in his attempt and climbed up above the torrent, from which place he was soon rescued by his friends. Thus initiated, Mr. Cole's stay was lengthened beyond his original intention, and finally terminated only with his life. He eventually engaged in farming, later embarked in stock dealing, buying and driving stock, East being the first person to drive a herd from Ashtabula county into New York 980 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY city. He also conducted an extensive daily business, marketing his product with Clark & Bingham of Boston. His energy was rewarded with success and on his death, about 1881, he left a large and valuable estate- to his family. The mother of the subject of this sketch was Hannah ]Derwin, from Peekskill, New York, who had six children; La Grande, whose name heads this sketch; Eliza, who married Lawson Andrews and later died; Pruilla, who married Porter Dibble; Granville, a prominent attorney of Kansas City, Kansas; Charles, a farmer; and Maria, wife of Myron McIntosh. The subject of this sketch was born in Trnmbull township, Ashtabula county, Ohio, June 28, 1826, where he was reared and educated, receiving excellent practical business training under the direction of his father. He early engaged in farming and when about twenty-two years of age traded his Trumbull township farm for a tract of eighty-four acres, where he now resides. He lived under the parental roof until twenty-eight years of age, when he was married and removed to his present place. His wife owns 116 acres adjoining this farm, which together makes a large and valuable tract, particularly valuable because it adjoins the city limits. This property has been greatly improved under the careful supervision of Mr. Cole, until it is now one of the show places of the county, being admirably fitted for the purposes for which it is used. For the last fifteen years, Mr. Cole has been in the milk business, his wagon being one of the most familiar landmarks in the place. His energy and industry have been rewarded with prosperity, and he is numbered among the most substantial men of his county. In 1854, Mr. Cole was married to Miss Rebecca Fremont, a worthy lady, daughter of Austin Fremont, a prominent and respected citizen of Ashtabula county. She was one of seven children: James, Amos, Rebecca, Henry, Delia, Fayette and Sarah. Mr. and Mrs. Cole have had five children: Earnest, deceased; Ray; Fred; Georgia, wife of Thomas Hall; and Flora. Aside from his connection with one of the most distinguished families in the county, Mr. Cole has qualities which would have gained for him success and esteem in any part of the country, and justly deserves the good wishes of all right-minded men. RUFUS L. RHODES, one of the representative pioneers of Montville township, Geauga county, Ohio, was born at Westhampton, Massachusetts, August 20, 1810, a son of Samuel Rhodes, a na- tive of Chesterfield, Massachusetts, and a descendant of an old New England family. The father emigrated to Ohio in 1833, and passed the remainder of his days in Montville township, at the home of his son Rufus; he died at the age of ninety years: his wife whose maiden name was Lyman, was a native of Massachusetts; she died at the age of sixty-two years, the mother of four sons and two daughters, Rnfus L, and Sidney being the only surviving ones. Rufus L. Rhodes attended school during the winter season, and in the summer worked on his father's farm. He was at one time employed in a woolen factory, receiving $120 a year as a salary. He determined to come West, and in 1832 he set out on the journey, walking to Albany, New York, and thence by canal to Buffalo, and on by boat to Fairport. He bought fifty acres of land on which he still resides; it was an unbroken wilderness, and wild game was plentiful. He OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 981 went to work with a will, and as his means increased he invested in additional land until he had acquired 1,000 acres. He was united in marriage in 1836, to Elizabeth Clark of Vermont, who had been brought to the West by her parents when a child of four years. Mrs. Rhodes died in 1886, leaving a family of five children: Elizabeth, wife of Rev. S. L. Wilkins, has one son; Leander is married and has five children; Sarah and Charles died in infancy; Chauncy G. is married and has one child; Ida is the wife of Wayland Clark, and they have four children; Clark A. is married and lives on a farm adjoining his father: he has three children. Mr. Rhodes was married a second time, in 1886, espousing Margaret J. (McGill) Hurry, whose parents emigrated to Ohio in pioneer days; she was first married to Andrew J. Hurry, a native of Pennsylvania who died in 1882. Mr. Rhodes votes with the Republican party, and has been Trustee of his township, serving with excellent satisfac- tion. He has divided his land among his children, retaining only about 200 acres. He has lived in Montville sixty years, and has witnessed the changes that have come with the onward flow of emigration. Although he started at the bottom of the ladder he has attained a position of financial independence WILLIAM W. FORSHEY, one of Geauga county's most respected citizens, is a native of Indiana, born October 3, 1840, a son of John and Susan (Abby) Forshey, natives of Ohio and New York respectively. The paternal grandfather of our subject emigrated from France to America. John Forshey was a pioneer of Indiana, but removed in 1846 to Kalamazoo county, Michigan, where he has since resided. He and his wife have reared a family of eleven children, eight of whom survive. William W. is the sixth born. At the age of twenty years he left the protection of the parental roof, and went out in the wordd to seek his fortune. He was employed in Bureau county, Illinois, when the great Civil war broke out between the North and South. He was not slow to respond to the call for men in the nation's peril, and in October, 1861, enlisted at Princeton, in Company K, Ninth Illinois Cavalry, under Colonel A. G. Bracket, in Wilson's Cavalry Corps. He served three years and two months, and during that period witnessed all the horrors of warfare. He was through Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, and participated in some of the most noted engagements of the war: among them, Pea Ridge, two battles at Gun-town, Helena, those at Aberdeen, Corinth, Holly Springs, Grand Junction, La Grange, and Franklin, Tennessee (the last being the hardest-fought battle for the number engaged that occurred during the war), and last, Nashville, Tennessee. He was never captured, or wounded except by accident when preparing for battle; he had five bullet holes through his hat in one day, and several times had holes shot through his clothing. In 1862, while at Helena, Arkansas, he was taken sick and was sent to the hospital at Keokuk, Iowa, where he remained about two months. He received an orderly's commission and while carrying dispatches had two horses shot from under him. He carried alarge amount of mail through a hostile country and had hounds set Upon him, but always escaped injury. He was mustered out at Nashville, December 15, 1864. 982 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY After the war was ended he engaged in the more peaceful pursuit of farming, and tilled the soil in Michigan for a year. In the fall of 1865, he came to Geauga county, and settled in Newbury township, where he lived five years; he then removed to Montville township where he purchased a partly improved farm and where he has since made his home. Mr. Forshey was united in marriage December 21, 1865, to Urilla, daughter of George and Mary (St. John) Morton, a native of Indiana. They are the parents of two children: Mary and Belle, both are well educated and accomplished young ladies and have been successful teachers. Mary was married to William H. Radcliffe and is the mother of one child, Neva. Mr. Forshey is a Republican in politics, has represented the people of the township as Trustee, and has been an efficient member of the Board of Education for twelve years. He is a member of the I. N. Leggett Post, No. 336, G. A. R., is a pensioner, and belongs to the Grange. He has 117 acres of land in a high state of cultivation, has established a good dairy, and takes rank with the leading agriculturists of the county. He has an attractive, comfortable home, enjoying the society of his interesting family, and the esteem of the community. M. L. DAVIS, news reporter on the Ashtabula Daily Standard, was born in Cortland county, New York, April 14, 1842, a son of Julius and Matilda (Van Denschoten) Davis, who were born, reared and married in that State. The father was engaged in farming until 1860, and in that year began operating in oil, having been one of the first men to engage in that business in western Pennsylvania. He afterward located at Oil City, where he remained until his death, in May, 1890. He became a member of the Baptist Church in early life, was one of three who organized the church at his home, and served as Deacon of that church from its organization until his death, at which time he willed the church a parsonage at Oil City. Mrs. Davis now resides with her daughter, Mrs. J. H. Fulmer, aged seventy-seven years. She has also been a life-long and devoid member of the Baptist church. Mr. and Mrs. Davis had two children, and the daughter, Ellen, is now the wife of J. H. Fulmer, a contractor and oil operator. M. L. Davis, the subject of this sketch, received good early education advantages, and also completed an academic course. He was afterward engaged in fruit culture in Cortland county, New York, until 1870, and from that year until 1890 followed the same occupation in Kingsville, Ashtabula county, *Ohio. In the latter year he opened a hotel in this city, which he conducted two years,' and during that time was, as he now is, special reporter on the.Ashtabula Daily Standard. In 1862, Mr. Davis was united in marriage with Miss Mary E. Boynton, a daughter of Rev. A. V. Boynton, of McLean, New York. To this union has been born two children,—Virginia A. and Nellie A., both at home. The eldest daughter graduated at the Alleghany College in the class of 1891, has had five years of successful teaching, and is now preceptress in the high school. She is one of the most successful and cultured teachers of the county, and is worthy the responsible position she now holds. Nellie A. is a teacher in music, and is one of the finest contralto singers in Ashtabula county. Mr. and Mrs. Davis and their yonnget daughter are mem- OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 983 bers of the Presbyterian Church, in which Mr. Davis holds the office of Treasurer. He is also a member of the K. of P., and has been Commander of the G. A. R. Post for the past three years. He is one of the progressive nd public-spirited citizens of his township, and stands abreast in all enterprises that favor the welfare of of his vicinity. ELISHA FARNHAM, deceased, was of Puritan origin. His father and grandfather participated in the Revolutionary struggle, and he inherited the same spirit of loyalty. He was born in Hampton, Connecticut, June 8, 1806, and was the sixth in a family of ten children. His parents, Thomas and Abigail Farnham, were by no means wealthy, and his advantages for schooling were limited, yet he acquired a good common-school education. Being the eldest son, he was at an early age obliged to rely on his own reseurces, and a portion of his wages were also contributed to the support of his father's family. He learned the machinist's trade and was a skillful workman. In the fall of 1830 Mr. Farnham packed his worldly effects in a knapsack and came to Conneaut, Ohio, locating on land still occupied by his heirs. In 1841 he erected the gristmill on the south ridge, still in operation, and at present owned by his son. With good health, strict adherence to his business and a Connecticut birthright combined, he accumulated a competence. His death occurred October 4, 1875. Mr. Farnham was twice married, first to Mary A. Ring, of Conneaut, Ohio, November 14, 1833. She died August 11, 1849, and January 30,1850, he was united in marriage with Mrs. Harriet A. Sanborn, who is still living. The children, who were all born from the first marriage, are as follows: D. Alphonso, born June 5, I835, married Sophia Brooks, was.a soldier in the Union army dnring the Rebellion and died in the service; Flora, born June 12, 1837, is the wife of the popular Sheriff, T. S. Young; P. Henry, born November 14, 1838, married Mary Mallory, and lives in Conneaut; Mary, born February 27, 1841, married Martin Reals; Lydia E., born March 30, 1843, married C. L. Fudler, who was drowned in Lake Erie; and Emily, born September 21, 1847, married William G. Buss. Mr. Farnham held many positions of trust, and was for many years a township officer. He was not only a worthy citizen, but an obliging neighbor and an intelligent husband and father. NOAH PAGE, deceased, was an influential man in the community, belonging to the law-abiding element and seeking always to elevate the standard of morality. He was born in Burton township, Geauga county, Ohio, November 13, 1821, a son of Noah Page, a native of Connecticut, born in New Haven county, March 20, 1772. Noah Page, Sr., emigrated to Geanga county in 1803, and located in Burton township, being one of the first settlers. He took up a tract of land which has been occupied by his descendants since that time. He built a log cabin, put in a crop of wheat and then returned to the East, and while there he procured various seeds of fruits and grains which he planted afterward on his own land. He was united in marriage February 4, 1806, to Jennie Wallace, whose people were among the pioneers of Ohio. They reared a family of eight children, two of 984 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY whom survive. Both father and mother died in Geauga county, at a ripe old age. Noah Page, the subject of this notice, received his elementary education in the primitive log schoolhouse, and later entered the Burton Academy. When his school-days were ended, he devoted himself to agricultural pursuits, which he followed to the end of his life. He was married February 14, 1855, to Delia Thompson, a native of Middlefield township, Geauga county, Ohio, and a daughter of James and Mercy (Tracy) Thompson. Mrs. Page was one of the pioneer educators, having taught several terms of district school. They had one daughter, Carrie, wife of Perry D. Reed, now residing on the Page homestead with her mother. She was married August 16, 1892. Mr. Page answered the call' for men in the nation's extremity and enlisted in the One Hundred and Forty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, May 2, 1864. He was on guard duty at Johnson's Island and later he was sent to Camp Dennison; he was in pursuit of Morgan and was taken prisoner, being paroled at Camp Dennison. He died March 8, 1884, at the age of sixty-two years. Politically, he was identified with the Republican party, and held many local offices, discharging his duties with a fidelity that won the respect and confidence of the entire community. He was very successful in his farming operations, and at the time of his death had 250 acres in a high state of cultivation. JOHN B. WAY, a prosperous farmer of section 9, Orwell township, Ashtabula county, Ohio, and a highly respected citizen, was born in Canfield, this State. Owing to the destruction by fire of the family residence and family records, the exact date of his birth is unknown, but occurred about 1842. His parents, Prince and Rozella (Bnrns) Way, were natives of Ohio and Mifflin, Pennsylvania, respectively, the former born in 1803, and the latter in 1810. They had eight children, three of whom are deceased: Sarah; John B., whose name heads this notice; Rhoda; Alfred; Maria; Harriet, deceased at the age of thirty; Olivia, also deceased; and one who died in infancy. Mr. Way's parents resided with him on the part of his present farm which he bought in 1870, until their death—the mother in 1877 and the father in 1888. They were worthy people and left many friends to mourn their loss. The subject of this sketch, being one of a large family and his father's means being limited, was early inured to labor, thus learning those lessons of self-reliance and perseverance which have been„ the secret of his present success. He received instruction in the rudimentary branches in the district schools of his vicinity, and was afterward variously employed until 1870, when he bought part of his present farm. He has since devoted his entire attention to the cultivation and improvement of his land, to which he has since added until he now owns seventy-six acres of as good realty as is to be found in the county. He also has a dairy of a large number of cows, which yields him paying quantities of cream, butter and cheese. He does not sell milk, finding the the other dairy products more profitable. He keeps no help except in haying time, and gives every detail of his farm his careful attention, thus greatly increasing its productive capacities. In 1878 he was entirely burned out, losing all his effects, but has since rebuilt on a larger and better scale, his OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 985 place now presenting a most thrifty appear: ance. Be has two residences on his farm, good barns, granaries and other vaduabde improvements. All this prosperity has not come by chance, but by steady hard work, good management and perseverance, which has been greatly supplemented by economy and unvarying uprightness in dealing with his fellow-men. FRANCIS J. FULLER, owner of one of the finest improved farms of Madison township, Lake county, Ohio, was born in Cleveland, this State, in 1858. Horace Fuller, Dr. Lemuel Fuller and Lemuel Fuller, the father, grandfather and great-grandfather of Francis J., were all born in Attleborough, Massachusetts. The Fuller family are of English dcscent. They trace their ancestry back to the time when three brothers started to this country with a Holland colony that landed at Plymouth in 1626. One of the three died before reaching his destination, and the other two settled with the colony in Massachusetts. The title to the old home in Attleborough, Massachusetts, dates hack to 1680, and the house in which the three generations preceding the subject of our sketch were born is still standing, now over 200 years old. The occupation of the members of the Fuller family—now very large —has been varied. Some have been farmers, others mechanics, and quite a large percentage of them professional men. Lemuel Fuller owned a farm at Attleborough, and also was engagcd in the manufacture of nails, operating some of the first nail-cutting machines ever in use in this country. He died there at the ripe old age of ninety-four years. His wife, who was born in En- gland, was the daughter of Sir Frankaund, who was an officer in the English army and was at the evacuation of Boston. She lived to be over eighty. Their son, Dr. Lemuel Fuller, was a practicing physician at Attleborough for many years. He died there, at the age of eighty-four. He and his wife, whose maiden name was Mary Franklin, reared twelve children, and she, too, lived to an advanced age. Horace Fuller and one of his brothers came West in 1850, and located in Cleveland, where the former was engaged in contracting and building until 1881. Many of the buildings in that city and also numerous public buildings at various places in the West and South have been erected by him. Since 1881 he has been retired from active work. He now has extensive manufacturing interests in Cleveland, but for the most part makes his home with his son. His wife bore the maiden name of Joanna R. Downing. She was born at Olean, New York, and was reared in Albany, that State. Her father, Jacob Downing, was a native of Long Island, and of English descent. Henry Downing, the first of that name who came to America, settled at Linn Cove, Long Island, in the early part of the seventeenth century. The original estate there, which comprises a large tract of land, is still kept in the Downing family. With very few exceptions, the Downings have all been engaged in agricultural pursuits. Jacob Downing was a leather merchant in early lite, and later a railroad contractor and builder. He was connected with the construction of the Albany & Boston Railroad and many others. He died at the age of sixty-eight years. His wife, who before her marriage was Jane Winnie, was born in Albany, New York, of German descent. Francis J. Fuller is an only child. He was educated in the public schools of Cleveland 986 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY and in the Trinity and Brooks schools of that city, completing an English course. After leaving school, he was engaged with his father in contracting and building until, on account of failing health, he came to Lake county and bought his present farm. That was in 1886. His farm comprises 165 acres and is situated on the south ridge in West Madison. The large brick residence surrounded with ample shade trees, the commodious frame barn which he built himself, the carriage-house, granaries and other out-buildings, the well-cultivated fields, fine stock and general surroundings—all indicate thrift and plenty. Mr. Fuller was married, September 1, 1884, to Minnie L. Mason, who was born, reared and educated in Cleveland, and who is a lady of culture and refinement. Her father, Charles Mason, a dentist by profession, turned his attention to a railroad career, hoping the change would be beneficial to his health, but was killed in 1878. He was a veteran of the late war and was a man of sterling qualities. Mrs. Fuller's mother was before her marriage Miss Eva Clark. She was born at Toledo, Ohio, and is still living, being now a resident of Delta, this State. Mr. and Mrs. Fuller have three children: Mabel D., Edna M., and an unnamed infant. Politically, Mr. Fuller is a Democrat. Fraternally, he is an Odd Fellow and a Mason. Mrs. Fuller is a member of the Methodist Church. JUDGE HAMILTON B. WOODBURY. —That distinguished philosopher and statesman, Lord Bacon, very truly said that, "Histories set forth rather the pomp of business than its true and inward resorts; but the lives of eminent men, if they be well written, representing individual achievements in the various spheres of life, in which actions both great and small, public and private, have a commixture, must necessarily contain a more true, natural and lively representation." Hence works of history in which biography forms the main part or is largely interwoven, is the most attractive and instructive, and leaves a greater impress on the mind of the reader. Biographies, to be readable, should be so written that they will impress coming generations with the rewards that follow indnstry, perseverance and merit, and set forth the value of honest individual exertion. Then those who peruse them will try to imitate the virtues therein set forth and will be benefited thereby. These thoughts are suggested by reviewing the life of the distinguished jurist whose name heads this memoir. Woodbury is an old name, of English origin and very prominently, associated with the history of this country since the early part of the seventeenth century. It is a name borne by many counties and towns in the different States of the Union. It is a name which fills a large place in the library catalogues and in the dictionaries of authors. It is the name of an ancient numerous and substantial family. The name has been variously spelled,—Woodberi, Woodberye, Woodberry, Woodburie, Woodburye, Woodbury, etc.; but the pioneer, John Woodbury, who was called the " Old Planter," preferred the latter spelling. John Woodbnry, according to the best information, was a native of Devonshire, removing from there to Somersetshire, and from the latter place, according to the disposition of his SOT) Humphrey, he removed. in 1624, to 'America, settling at Cape Ann, where he was known as the " Pioneer." His farm lay across from what is now Salem, There were no roads or bridges in those days, OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 987 but there were water ways and canoes in plenty, and it was a familiar sight to see the Old Planter on his way to and from his farm, tending his sail or plying his paddle, and occasionally taking a shot at a duck, Brant or goose. He was a man of considerable parts and something of a leader. He became the first Constable of Salem, and the first "envoy," as they were pleased to call him, sent by the settlement to the mother country. He accomplished his mission successfully. Supplies were shipped and the vessel ready. Then, taking his son Humphrey, a lad of twenty years, he bade adieu to old England, and, following the sun, started homeward for the New World, landing at Nahumkeik, in June, 1628. His younger brother, 'William, followed him as early as 1631, with his family, settling at Salem. John and William had each secured a good education for the day and region, John having received sufficient training in trigonometry and other branches of higher mathematics to qualify him for land surveying. He was married in England, in 1596, to Joan Humphrey. By the best authority it is recorded that the first official elected in America was a Woodbury. This was dine by the governor and his eleven assistants, which included six justices of the peace, at a court holden at Charlton, September 28, 1630, at which sitting John Woodbury was chosen Constable. He was also an original member of the first church in Salem. Quite a settlement formed around the "Old Planter." William Woodbury had forty acres there; so also did Laskins, Patch, King, Hardy, Richard and William Dodge, Roger Conant and John Balch. In 1636, he received a grant of 200 acres from the crown. Upon his arrival in America William engaged in agriculture and other pursuits. His lands and town lots are referred to in 1635 and 1636. He was born in 1589, and departed this life in 1677, surviving his brother John by many years, the latter having died in 1641. He left a large family of children, whose descendants, scattered in the different States of the Union, filled from time to time high and honorable positions. But the world has moved since the seventeenth century, and the Woodbury brothers and their descendants have moved with it. Judge Woodbury, the subject of this memoir, is a direct descendant of William Woodbury. He was horn in Kelloggsville, Ashtabula county, Ohio, November 27, 1831, and is the son of Ebenezer B. and Silva (Benson) Woodbury. Ebenezer was the second son of Wheeler Woodbury, a native of New Hampshire, who removed to Ohio in 1812, settling in Ashtabula county, where he was engaged in farming, suffering all the hardships and deprivations incident to pioneer life. His wife, Maria, was a relative of the distinguished Pease family of New Hampshire, and a cousin of General Putnam, of Revolutionary fame. They were the parcnts of three sons and five daughters. Of the sons there were Nathan, who was a farmer in Huron county, Ohio, where he finally died; Ebenezer B., and Wheeler P., a fanner who lived in Monroe township, Ashtabula county, where he died a few years since. Ebenezer, the father of the subject of this biography, was born at Acworth, New Hampshire, August 5, 1805, and died in Jefferson, Ohio, August 12, 1870. At one time he was a distiller, and later a merchant; was successfnl in his business operations and accumulated quite a fortune. He resided for many years in Kelloggsville. Rather late in life he began the study of law at Conneaut, Ohio, under the distinguished jurist, the late Hor- 988 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY ace Wilder, and was admitted to the bar at Jefferson. Subsequently he formed a partnership with Judge Chaffee, and the firm became one of the leading ones 'of the county, securing a large portion of the legal business. The partnership continued for about twenty years. Mr. Woodbury was elected to the Constitutional Convention of 1850, and distinguished himself for his efficient service. Politically, he was originally a Whig, later a Free Soiler, and was among the first to give his support to the Republican party. By his wife, Sylvia, who was a descendant of an old and prominent family of New York, he had six children: Hamilton B., our subject; Almira, now the wife of James A. Davidson, of Jefferson; Edward B.; Silva M., wife of F. W. McEntyre; Delia, who died when about- twelve years of age; and Lucius K. Young Hamilton was reared at home, securing his education at the commercial and high schools of his native county. He selected law as his profession, and at the age of seventeen entered his father's office and began his studies. At the age of twenty-one he was admitted to the bar at Jefferson, and in 1857, became the junior member of the law firm of Chaffee, Woodbury & Woodbury. Thus the subject of this biography was happily launched in the profession of which he was destined to be a bright ornament. Upon the election of Mr. Chaffee to the bench in February, 1862, the firm became Woodbury, Woodbury & Ruggles. Not long after he settled in Jefferson, Mr. Woodbury was elected to the office of Mayor, which position he ably filled, inaugurating during his term many reforms and materially advancing the municipality. In 1872 he was elected by the Republicans a member of the State Constitutional Convention, and was an able second to the work his father had begun. In 1875 he was chosen Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, the duties of which he discharged with marked ability until 1885, when he was elected Judge of the Seventh Judicial Circuit, to which position he was re-elected in 1891, for the second term of six years. Judge Woodbury was united in marriage, at Jefferson, October 24, 1854, to Miss Mary E., daughter of Peter and Sallie (Wellington) Hervey, a native of New York, and an accomplished lady. They have four children: Fred H.; Jennie, now the wife of Ralph Stone, a prominent farmer of the county; Hamilton B., Jr. and Walter W. A few thoughts in regard to Judge Woodbury as lawyer, judge and man, will close this biographical sketch. From the time he adopted law as his occupation he has been devoted to it, and his chief aim in life has been to be useful and to adorn the profession. He has always been a close and deliberate reader of the law, going into wide research for authorities. He is careful and painstaking, and masters his cases as far as possible before going into court, when he brings out their full strength. His briefs are clear, sound and to the point. He is a good advocate, but his great power is in examining and bringing into bold relief intricate points of a cause, and in his analyzation of every feature pertaining to it. In the trial of cases he was never known to resort to petty tricks or take any undue advantage of a brother attorney, or to oppress a client. As a judge he is quick to detect the strong or weak points of a case, every feature of which is brought before his analytical mind as the trial proceeds. His decisions are rendered with clearness, force and impartiality, and rarely if ever are they reversed by the higher courts. He is a great favorite with the members of the bar, as he OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 989 always treats them with uniform kindness and courtesy. These qualities, added to the confidence which the public has in him, attest that he is an ideal jurist,—one of the best and ablest that ever presided over the Seventh Judicial Circuit. In personal appearance the Judge is of mcdium height, well and compactly formed and of attractive presence. His face, which is full and bearded, is expressive of intellectuality and firmness, and is made additionally attractive by bright brown eyes that beam with kindness and sympathy. In private life Judge Woodbury is domestic, and his character is pure and unsullied. He is a kind, devoted, indulgent and affectionate father. He is a firm friend, a good neighbor and a charitable citizen. TIMOTHY C. JEROME, who is a prominent farmer and stock-raiser of Jefferson township, Ashtabula county, Ohio, was born in that township in 1835, being the son of Merrit and Eunice (Loomis) Jerome. Our subject grew up on the farm, and received such educational discipline as was afforded by the schools of the rural districts, also attending the graded school for two terms. Eardy in life he gave evidence of that business tact and discernment which have stood him so well in hand through all the later years. In 1861 he purchased his first piece of land, the same comprising thirty-two acres, and being yet unreclaimed from its dense growth of timber. Nothing daunted, Mr. Jerome went to work and his sturdy efforts in due time brought about a notable metamorphosis, the patriarchal trees resigning the dominion and giving place to well cultivated and productive fields. This farm he finally sold at advantageous terms and then purchased another, of fifty-seven acres located in Plymouth township and well improved. Assuming possession of this farm he devoted himself assiduously to its cnltivation and there remained for twenty-eight consecutive years. Within this time die had made notable improvements about the place, having equipped with commodious and substantial buildings and otherwise enhanced its value. In 1880 he purchased the fine farm which he now occupies, the same being docated near the north line of Jefferson township. Here, animated with that same spirit of thrift and enterprise which is so characteristic of the man, he instituted numerous substantial improvements. In 1888 he began the erection of a new house, the same being a fine brick structure of pleasing architectural design, of spacious apartments and convenient interior arrangement. This model farmhouse occupies a sightly position and is an evidence that farming will yield consistent returns if carried on carefully and under capable directions. The house is furnished in comfortable and tastefnl style, and is a home in the truest sense. Mr. Jerome has made the equipment of the farm symmetrical in the way of buildings by the erection of a good barn and several other outbuildings, so that all stock and farming implements may be properly cared for and preserved. In connection with the general lines of agriculture, not a little attention is paid to the cultivation of fruits. The farm has a good orchard and numerous varieties of smaller fruits are propagated. September 23, 1858, Mr. Jerome was united in marriage to Miss Cornelia Cummings, daughter of William and Phila Cummings. The father was a native of ,the State of New York, and there he grew to man- 990 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY hood, was married and there he died, about 1844. In his business career he was engaged in the manufacturing of salt. The mother of Mrs. Jerome was born in Saratoga county, New York. Her father died when she was quite young and she was then adopted by an uncle, at whose home she lived until the time of her marriage, which happy event occurred when she had attained her nineteenth year. She was the mother of five children, four of whom reached maturity, were married and had homes of their own. The cherished and venerable mother departed this life June 10, 1860. The wife of our subject was born in the State of New York, and there passed her girlhood days, receiving the ordinary educational training which the section afforded, and making good use of these opportunities. At the age of twenty-seven years she was united in marriage to Mr, Jerome, and to them have been born four children, of whom three survive, namely; Seymour A., born in 1861, resides in Jefferson and is engaged in railroad business; Merritt E., born in 1869, is engaged in the manufacture of tile at Conneaut; and Mabel Irene, born in April, 1871, received superior educational training, graduating from the Jefferson Educational Institute, with highest honors, in 1889. After her graduation, Miss Mabel devoted herself to teaching, having taught in Plymouth township for a period of three years, besides filling similar incumbencies in other localities. She is also an adept in painting and drawing, and the home bears, in its tasteful embellishments, many evidences of her marked talent in these artistic lines of accomplishment. She now occupies a position in the public schools of Cleveland. Mrs. Jerome is a woman of gentle refinement, is devoted to her husband, children and home, and has that gracious presence which ever designates the true and beautiful character. She united with the Baptist Church early in life and has ever remained a devoted and consistent member of the same. Mr. Jerome is also a member of the Baptist Church, and both of them have been prominently identified with the county and township grange since the time of organization. In his political proclivities Mr. Jerome is a Republican. During his life our subject has noted many and varied changes in Ashtabula county and in its progress he has ever maintained a lively interest, having given liberally of his means for the support of schools and churches, as well as for other praiseworthy undertakings. He now enjoys the richly merited privileges afforded by a beautiful home and that competency which will enable him to pass his declining years in well-earned repose, secure in the love of his children and the esteem of all who know him. CALVIN POOLE, a merchant of Conneaut, is a son of Calvin Poole, a native of Connecticut. When twenty-years of age he removed to the State of New York, and, it is said, taught the first school west of the Genesee river. His wife was Hannah Perkins. Of their four children, Calvin was the youngest, and is the only one now living. He was born in Genesee, Livingston county, New York, April 2, 1811, and in 1812 his parents moved to Wheatland, that State, where his mother died in 1813. In 1819 Calvin was " bound out " to Francis Smith, remained with him until 1832, and during that time was not allowed school advantages. After leaving him Mr. OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 991 Poole drove team one year, receiving $12 per month. December 1, 1834, he was married to Miss Harriet Trowbridge, and soon afterward started for Ohio. Ide, however, went no farther than Allegany county, New York, where he made his first purchase of land, for $400. One year later he sold his farm, and again started Westward, halting this time at Nerth East, Pennsylvania, for one year, and from that time until the date of his removal to Conneaut, February, 1873, he resided in New York and Pennsylvania. While in the former State Mr. Poole did military duty, in 1841 was appointed on thc staff of Colonel Stoner, thc One Hundred and Sixty-sixth Regiment, and received his commission from Hon. William H. Seward. In 1855 he was appointed steward of the Erie county almshouse, retaining the position un til his removal to Ohio. In April, 1874, in connection with John A. Caldwell, Mr. Poode began the mercantile business in Conneaut, in which he is still engaged. Mr. and Mrs. Poole have had the following children: Dolly M., born August 14, 1836, is the wife of C. R. Buckling, of Erie, Pennsylvania; Daniel P., born August 22, 1837, died in October, 1859; Delia D., born November 26, 1838, married John A. Caldwell, and resides in Conneaut; Emeline E., born March 15, 1840, married Benson Bingham, of North East, Pennsylvania; John C., born November 9, 1842, enlisted in August, 1862, in the One Hundred and Forty-Fifth Pennsylvania Infantry, was wounded in the left knee in the battle of the Wilderness, May 12, 1864, for which it became necessary to amputate the limb, which he endured with heroic fortitude, was removed to Fredericksburg, and died there on the 26th of the same month. Almost his last words were, " I am glad that I died for my country." The next child was Henry P., born November 18, 1843, married Mary W. Brown, and resides in Conneaut; Harriet S., the youngest child, born September 20, 1850, married- Dennis McCarty, and lives in Ashtabula. Politically, Mr. Poole is a Republican, and feels a just pride in belonging to that grand party. There are perhaps few men in the township who have battled with the strong current more successfully than he, and in closing he pays to his companion in life the highest compliment possible; " She always made our home pleasant." GENERAL HENRY KEYES, of Conneaut, Ohio, was born November 16, 1793, in New Marlborough, Massachusetts, the only child of Elias and Phebe Keyes, who removed from that point to Conneaut township, Ohio, in 1814. Our subject received his education in his native State, and since arriving in Ohio his life has been spent in farming, he being now an extensive land owner and capitalist. He has held numerous offices in this township, having been the first Mayor of the village of Conneaut. The title by which he is familiarly known was given him years since, he having been commissioned as General in the State militia. January 19, 1819, Mr. Keyes was united in marriage with Mary Cole, of Conneaut: They had the following children: Henry P., born February 14, 1820, married Sarah M. Huntington; Alvin C., born October 25; 1821, married Minnie Rupp, and both reside at Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Mary C., born November 14, 1823, is the wife. of Edward Grant, of Conneaut. Mrs. Keyes died in 1824, and July 9, 1829, the General married 992 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY Vesta Bates of Curnmington, Massachusetts. They have had seven children, namely: Marcus B., who married Louisa Gordon, now deceased ; Martin B. married Ann Eliza Lloyd ; Charles W., deceased in 1854; Elias A., married Charlotte E. Trenton; Phebe A., Russell M. and Milo O. All reside in Conneaut except those designated above. In political matters, General Keyes is a Republican. He is a member of the Masonic order, Evergreen Lodge, No. 222, of Conneaut, Ohio. WESLEY F. MASON, a farmer of Ashtabula county, was born on the farm where he now lives, September 25, 1852, a son of Robert L. Mason, the oldest settler in the town of Dorset. He was born in Connecticut, August 22, 1814, a son of Shubal and Betsey (Roberts) Mason, natives also of Connecticut. Grandfather Roberts was a bugler in the Revolutionary war. Mr. and Mrs. Shubal Mason came with ox teams to Trumbudl county, Ohio, bringing a load of household goods, and located at Braceville. The father died in that city in June, 1851, at the age of sixty-six years, and the mother died at about the age of seventy years. The former was a farmer and trader by occupation, and was a member of the Baptist Church. They had eleven children, eight sons and three daughters. Robert L. Mason, father of our subject was reared on the old farm in Braceville, Trumbull county, and in 1851 came to Dorset township, Ashtabula county, erecting a log cabin 20 x 20 feet. At that time the county was inhabited by deer, wolves and other wild animals. About five years after locating in this county he moved to where be now lives. His farm consists of fifty acres of rich agricultural land. Mr. Mason was married in Braceville, in February, 1842, to Phoebe McCauly, a native of that city, and a daughter of James and Charlotte (Hancock) McCauly, natives of Connecticut. The father died in Minnesota, and the mother in Wisconsin. They were the parents of eleven children, five sons and six daughters. Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Mason have three sons, viz.: eldest, Orrin Clinton, who resides in Unionville, Ashtabula county, is married, and has nine children; Wesley Francis, our subject; and Charles Adelbert, who married Alma Cazwell, and they have three children, Daisy, Oscar and Hattie. The father has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for sixty years. Wesley F. Mason, the subject of this sketch, still resides on a portion of the old farm purchased in 1851, where he has 102 acres. He has a two-story residence, 18 x 28 feet, with additions, I8 x 18 feet and 14 x 24 feet, a barn, 30 x 40 feet, has a good dairy, and his land is under a fine state of cultivation. Mr. Mason was married at Penn Line, Pennsylvania, to Sadie Mizener, a native of Trumbull county, Ohio, and a daughter of Richard and Minerva Mizener. Our subject and wife have three children, Corda L., Bessie Ann and Howard Robert. O. P. BAKER, a farmer of Richmond township, Ashtabula county, was born in Geanga county, Ohio, June 12, 1847, a son of Nathan T. Baker, who was born at Penfield, Monroe county, New York, March 24, 1821. The latter's father, Stephen Baker, was a native of that county, and his father, Elisha Baker, was also born in New York. Stephen Baker married Betsy Clark, a native of Connecticut. They had ten chil- OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 993 dren, viz.: William, Sarah, George, Adaline, Nathan, Elisha, Betsy, Eunice, Maria and Mary J. The father was a carpenter and farmer, voted with the Whig party, and was a member of the Baptist Church. He died at the age ef eighty-two years, and his wife departed this life at the age of sixty years. Nathan Baker remained in New York until eighteen years of age, spent eleven years in Russell township, Geauga county, later went to Crawford county, Pennsylvania, and in 1865 came to his present farm of 186 acres in Ashtabula county. He has a good, thirteen-room house, a large barn and a dairy. Mr. Baker was married at Chardon, Geauga county, September 1, 1846, to Tilmida Paine, a native of Monroe county, New York, and a daughter of Eben Paine, a native of Vermont. His father was also a native of that State. Eben Paine married Rhoda Thompson, a native of Vermont, and a daughter of Ben Thompson. The father died when Mrs. Baker was ten years of age, after which the widow and children came to Geauga county, Ohio. They had five children, Abdon, Eder, Samuel, Rhoda and Philena. The mother died December 7, 1871. Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Baker have two children, Omer Paine of this township; and Emer Turner, who is married and has one child. O. P. Baker, the subject of this sketch, was reared and educated in Crawford county, Pennsylvania. He is a mason by trade, and has followed that occupation many years. In 1865 he came to Richmond township, Ashtabula county, Ohio, and in 1881 located on his farm of fifty-three acres, which is well improved, and contains good buildings. Mr. Baker was married at the age of twenty-two years, in Crawford county, Pennsylvania, to Frances H. Nims, a native of that State, and a daughter of Charles and Sarah (Bailey) Nims. To this union was born four children : E. C., a popular teacher of Ashtabula county; Ernest W.; Eda, wife of E. Hulett; and Mabel. The wife and mother died in August, 1878. In February, 1882, Mr. Baker was united in marriage with Mrs. Catherine Reed, widow of Charles Reed. By her first marriage she had two children, Nellie and Lizzie, the latter now deceased. Our subject and wife have two sons, Omer and Carl. Mr. Baker is identified with the Democratic party. CHAUNCEY H. COON is a successful farmer and apiarist of New Lyme township, Ashtabula county, Ohio, where he has resided since the close of the civil war. He was born at Jefferson, Ohio, July 19, 1838, son of Peter Coon. His father was a native of New York, but resided in Ohio from his youth up, having first located at Morgan, Ashtabula county. Subsequently removing from that place to Jefferson township, Ashtabula county, he purchased a farm and sawmill in the northeastern part of the township, where he spent the rest of his life. The mother of our subject, whose maiden name was Lura Cole, is a native of Pennsylvania. She is now a resident of Jefferson, aged seventy-five. Chauncey H. is the oldest of her six children, five of whom survive. Seth H., the second, married Emma Baldwin, a native of New Jersey, and now resides in Jefferson. Loren M., married Elizabeth Hurry (who died several years since) and resides in Iowa. Perry D. enlisted at the age of eighteen years in Company K, One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and died at Memphis, Tennessee, during the civil war. Mer- 994 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY rit M. married Alta Lucas and lives in Jefferson. Mary, wife of Frank Parker, also lives in Jefferson. Leaving home at the early age of fourteen years, Chauncey H. Coon was employed for a short time by a Mr. Barnes of Trumbull, this county. Then he was for one year in the employ of Elijah Peck, of New Lyme, and spent one year in Mecca during the oil excitement at that place. The following three years he assisted his father in the sawmill. Then he went to Painesville and learned the harness trade. He was there engaged in that work when the civil war broke out, and, April 25, 1861, he enlisted in Company D, Nineteenth Ohio Infantry, the first regiment organized in this vicinity. His term of service expiring about the time of the organization of the Twenty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, he next united himself with that regiment and was appointed Sergeant of Company A, and remained with it during the rest of his service. His war record is a good one. He participated in four of the hardest-fought battles of the war—Rich Mountain, Winchester, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. February 28, 1862, he was promoted, for meritorious conduct, from the rank of Sergeant to the office of First Sergeant in Company A. In August, 1863, having become physically unfit for further duty in the field, he was appointed Ward Master of the United States General Hospital at Fairfax Seminary near Alexandria, Virginia, where he remained until he received his discharge September 30, 1861. From May 11, 1862, until August, 1863, he held the important and responsible position of Mail Agent of Shields' Division, and First Brigade, Second Division, Twelfth Corps, in which capacity he was entrusted with the care of large sums of money and a vast quantity of mail and express matter. He at one time delivered to the Adams Express Company, in Alexandria, Virginia, aver $20,- 000, this being a part of four months' pay received by the soldiers of the brigade at Dumfries, Virginia, and sent to friends at home. Returning to Washington after receiving his discharge, Mr. Coon was engaged first in the Quartermaster's Department, and later on the Government hay and grain wharf at Alexandria till July, 1865. Soon after the close of the war Mr. Coon was married, at New Lyme, to Maria L., daughter of Elijah Peck, one of the earliest settlers of New Lyme, he having emigrated from Connecticut to this place in 1811. Mrs. Coon was previously married to George A. Gibbs, of Painesville, by whom she had one child, G. De Forest Gibbs, who is married and has two children, and resides with the subject of our sketch. G. De Forest Gibbs has served his township for several years as Justice of the Peace. G. A. Gibbs died in Perry, in 1862, from the effects of a cold contracted in camp while a member of Company D, Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Soon after his marriage Mr. Coon, in company with other parties, erected a steam sawmill in New Lyme, which he managed four years. Selling the mill in 1870, he purchased the property, forty-five acres, upon which he he now resides, and in company with his step-son has devoted himself to its management and to this they have added 124 acres. They also have a large apiary and do an extensive poultry business, annually shipping about two to four tons of dressed poultry. For about fifteen years Mr. Coon has been engaged in the bee business and has acquired an extensive reputation as a successful apiarist. He frequently writes articles upon this subject for agricultural periodicals, and has OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 995 served both as secretary and president of the Northeastern Ohio, Northern Pennsylvania and Western New York Beekeepers' Association five successive terms. Mr. Coon conducts his various operations on the most approved scientific principles and with the best modern conveniences. He is a Republican and a member of the G. A. R. In 1880 and in 1890 he served as Census Enumerator for his township. Few men in this part of the country have a larger circle of friends and acquaintances than Mr. Coon, he is as popular as he is well known. PHILLIP MOORE, another one of the worthy citizens of Conneaut, who is employed as conductor on the Nickel-Plate Railroad, was born in Erie county, Pennsylvania, May 26, 1867, son of Elijah and Mary E. (McGuire) Moore. Elijah Moore was born in Pennsylvania, and was twice married—first, June 4, 1845, to Mary E. McGuire, and, September 18, 1885, to Mrs. Julia (Mills) Barnum. The latter is still an honered resident of Conneaut. During the war Mr. Moore rendered efficient service in Company A, One Hundred and Forty-fifth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, enlisting August 21, 1862, and being honorably discharged May 31, 1865. He was in the Army of the Potomac and was corporal of his company. He came to Conneaut from Girard, Pennsylvania, in 1872, and resided here until the time of his death, October 31, 1892. He was a teamster, worked for the Conneaut Paper Mill Company for a number of years, and by all who ever knew him was regarded as an honorable and upright man. His first wife died May 13, 1884, at the age of sixty years. Their four children were as follows: Jennie, a resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, was married Febrnary 3, 1869, to Joseph Hamilton, and has six children, Ella, Nelson, Willie, Martha, Eddie and Viola; Desda, of Sandusky, Ohio, was married February 11, 1872, to Orlando J. Orcott, and has five children, Alice, Lloyd, Mary, Samuel and Joseph; George, of Cleveland, Ohio, was married November 25, 1887, to Margaret Stevens; and Phillip, the subject of our sketch. Phillip Moore started out in life as a clerk, and after clerking for awhile, he kept a feed-store. Then he turned his attention to railroading and has been in railroad employ ever since. He began as brakeman on the Nickel Plate in 1884, and in 1887, at the age of twenty, was promoted to the posicion of conductor. He has been a conductor ever since, and in that employ of the same company, his efficient service making him a valued employe. Mr. Moore is a member of the Uniformed Rank, K. of P., No. 114, and Maple lodge, No. 217, K. of P., Conneaut; also of the Nickel Plate Division, No. 145, Order Railroad Conductors. He is a Republican. In concluding this sketch, we relate the story connected with the life of Mr. Moore's mother, which, indeed, reminds us of the old saying that truth is often stranger than fiction. Mary E. McGuire was born on board a clipper ship, sailing under American colors, in the waters of the Mediterranean sea, her father being captain of the vessel. Captain Daniel McGuire and his wife were drowned off the coast of Maine. He was in the American marine and was just returning from Japan after an absence of three years. His wife and little daughter were with him, the former, a consumptive, being in a dying con- 996 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY dition. The vessel had seventy-five cabin passengers, besides a crew of twenty-five persons. During his absence the channel had been changed. The night was dark, a storm was approaching, his wife was thought to be dying, and he was anxious to get to land, In this troubled and excited condition he had neglected to give the signal for a pilot. This oversight caused the vessel to run against the breakers and she was torn to pieces. The captain tied his daughter to some rigging, tossed her into the sea, and jumped in after her. The dying wife and mother sank to rise no more, as also did the crew and cabin passengers. Mary and her father were picked up the third day. She was unhurt, but he, having been struck by timbers, was injured fatally and lived only a short time after they were brought to shore. This occurred in 1836, when Mary E. was ten years of age. She was adopted by Rev. R. A. Sheldon, an Episcopal clergyman, and his wife, and was reared by them. Her father married her mother very much against the will of the latter's parents. The young couple eloped. This so incensed the parents that they disowned her. The parents were immensely wealthy, and if the certificate or proof of Captain McGuire's marriage to their daughter could be produced, the descendants of Mary E. would be heir to an independent fortune. After the little orphan had lived for some years at the home of Rev. Sheldon, he and his wife took her with them to England, and while there, they visited her grandparents. The clergyman introduced their granddaughter to them and told them of the sad death of her parents. The grandmother, who still had a mother's love for her erring and lost daughter, suggested to her husband that they adopt the child as their own. After consid ering the matter, he replied: "No! she looks like her father; I can't consent to it." Those who knew the old gentleman were well aware that when he said "No" he meant it with all the impetuosity of his English nature. She returned to America with the clergyman and wife, who gave her a happy home while she remained with them. DR. LUCINDE E. BRAYMAN, a leading physician and surgeon of Pierpont, Ohio, also a prominent business, man and financier, was born in Ashtabula county, October 26, 1844. He comes of good old New England stock, his father, Harry Bray-man, being a native of Connecticut, while his mother was also of New England birth and a descendant of an old and respected family, her name before marriage having been Mary M. Snow. This worthy couple were among the early settlers of Ashtabula county, where they took new land, which the father assiduously cultivated, together making a home for themselves and children in this new country. In 1851 the family had the misfortune to lose the hard-working and kind father, who died leaving a widow and six children: Edwin, deceased; Jeannette; Bennet ; Sylva; Lorenzo E.; and Lucinde E., whose name heads this sketch. The father was a Whig in politics, a firm patriot and worthy man, who enjoyed the respect of all who knew him. The subject of this sketch was reared in Pierpont township, and received his preliminary education in the common schools of his vicinity. He commenced to study medicine in the fall of 1865, under Dr. Trimer, a prominent pioneer doctor of Pierpont, with whom he continued three years. He then OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 997 attended the State University at Ann Arbor, Michigan, and later the Cleveland Medical College, graduating at the latter institution in February, 1869, after which he was a student at the University of Pennsylvania for four years. He then commenced the practice of medicine at Pierpont, where he has been for twenty-four years, meeting with the greatest success, and is the leading physician of the county. He also does an extensive drug business, in which he has been engaged for twenty years, having one of the best drug stores in his part of the county, with a. complete stock and a large business house two-stories high. He also owns other valuable property, a hotel in Pierpont and a brick business house in the best part of Andover, the latter of which is 23 x 100 feet and two stories high. He has one of the best residences in Ashtabula county, which cost $7,000, also a brick barn, 26 x 60 feet, which cost $2,500, and is used for road horses. He owns several good farms, aggregating 800 acres, which are devoted to general farming and stock purposes, principally the raising of thorough-bred horses, of which he has seventy-four, the leading members of the herd being Atlantic Wilkes, Flood, Jet, Gold Leaf and Blazing Star, all well known as horses of unusual merit. This prosperity is the result of persevering endeavor and good management on the part of the Doctor, combined with upright business methods, gaining for him not only financial success but the respect of all who know him. April 5, 1888, Dr. Brayman was married in Conneautville, Pennsylvania, to Miss Lizzie Fitzgerald, a lady of education and refinement, daughter of John Fitzgeradd, a prominent and respected citizen of the Keystone State. They have one son, John Harry, born March 5, 1889. In politics, Dr. Brayman is a Republican. He is a member of the Masonic order, belonging to Pierpont Lodge, No. 284, the Chapter of Conneautville, No. 76, Commandery No. 27, and the Mystic Shrine of Cleveland. Few men havc contributed so much to the general welfare of the county as the Doctor, and he is justly numbered among its representative citizens. T. J. TAYLOR, a well-known resident of Colebrook, Ashtabula county, Ohio, is a son of William and Ann (Reynolds) Taylor, and one of a famidy of five children, as follows: George, born in 1840, is now a resident of Akron, Ohio; T. J., born in Trumbull county, Ohio, May 29, 1842; Sandy, born in 1844, is a resident of Colebrook, Ohio; Eliza A., born in 1849, is the wife of J. Hilands; and Louisa M., born in 1853, died in 1856. T. J. Taylor received a good common-school education and also attended the high school at Greensburgh, Ohio. His early life was spent on a farm. When the war broke out he entered the Union ranks, and as a member of the One Hundred and Seventh-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, under Captain W. N. Vesey, remained in the service until his honorable discharge, July 7, 1865. The principal battles in which he participated were those of Murfreesborough, Fort Fisher, Fort Anderson, Town Creek, Wilmington and Raleigh. Since the war he has been variously employed. He was engaged in farming and stock-raising for a while, and after that was foreman on a railroad. Then he turned his attention to the merchandise business, in which he was engaged six years. He served as Postmaster two terms, and for twelve years has been running a hotel. He is also dealing 998 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY in trotting horses now, having two thoroughbred stallions of that stock. Mr. Taylor is a member of the Masonic fraternity, the G. A. R. and the Junior Order of American Mechanics, being Treasurer of the last named organization. He has been twice married. In 1864 he wedded Ella Clark, who was born January 5, 1848, and died May 3, 1880. She had four children, namely: Cora, born in 1865, is the wife of A. Z. Morse; Royal, born in 1870, died in 1874; William, born in 1873, is a member of the home circle; and Burton D., born in 1876, resides at Green, Ohio. In 1882 Mr. Taylor married Nancy J. (Wingleman) Wilcox, widow of Harry Wilcox. He and his wife are both of Irish extraction, and she, too, is a native of Trumbull county, Ohio. ORLO L. MAPES, M. D., a leading physician and surgeon of Orwell, Ohio, and a cultured, popular gentleman, was born in Kirtland, Lake county, this State, August 9, 1859. His parents, Abram and Jane (Burke) Mapes, were both natives of the Buckeye State, the former born in Willoughby, Lake county, October 27, 1827, and the latter in Lake county, October 4, 1832. The father was an expert mechanic and a retiring, unassuming roan. He was a devoted member of the Christian Church, after the precepts of which his life was fashioned. He was married December 31, 1851, to Miss Jane Burke, a lady of business ability and tastes, and a popular milliner, who now conducts a millinery store in Rock Creek. Her father, E. J. Burke, was an early pioneer of Ohio. The parents of the subject of this sketch had three children: one died aged eighteen months; Roselba, born November 25, 1852, married Augustus Walker, of Chester, Ohio, and they have one son, Harry, born in May, 1878; and Orlo L., whose name heads this sketch, who was the only son. Dr. Mapes received his primary education in the common schools of Geauga county, Ohio, after which he completed a course at Hiram College, which he attended three years. January 28, 1881, he commenced the study of medicine under the supervision of Dr. Joseph Atwood, of Chardon, Ohio, where he remained three years, after which he attended a course of lectures at the Eclectic Institute of Cincinnati, where he continued one year. He then pnrsued his studies at the American Eclectic College, in the same city, graduating at that institution with distinction and receiving a diploma, with the degree of M. D. He practiced the fdrst year in Chardon, Ohio, and afterward for six months in Painesville, the same State. He then settled in Mesopotamia, where he successfully pursued his practice until April 20, 1891, at which time he came to Orwell, where he has ever since remained. He purchased the residence of Dr. Tucker, which he has remodeled until he now has one of the handsomest homes in Orwell. A well appointed and commodious office, containing the Doctor's library and surgical instruments, etc., occupies a part of the premises. By his careful and conscientious work, he has gained the confidence and esteem of the community, and justly stands high in his profession. January 10, 1885, Dr. Mapes was married to Miss Lucy Ellen Alderman, a lady of many social accomplishments, born in Painesville, Ohio, February 26, 1863. She was the only child of Bidwell and Mary (Earl) Alderman, both natives of Ohio. July 22, 1865, her OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 999 mother died, after which she went to live with her grandparents, where she resided until her marriage. Her father remarried and had two sons: Earnest M. and William 0. He died in Florida, December 25, 1878, after which his widow remarried twice, her second husband being Mr. Platt, and her third being a Mr. Buell. The sons, with their parents, reside in Florida. Dr. and Mrs. Mapes have three sons: Orlo Earl, born May 12, 1886; Horace A., born June 28, 1889; and Lloyd B., born February 15, 1893. Politically, the Doctor is a Republican, but takes no active part in public affairs. He is, fraternally, State representative of Orwell Lodge, K. P., 510, and District Deputy as well as Past Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias, besides being an active member of the Junior Order United American Mechanics; also an active member of the I. 0. 0— F. He is a useful member of the Diciples' Church, while his worthy wife is an earnest worker in the Congregational denomination. In his profession, the Doctor has established a reputation as a physician and surgeon of note, while as a citizen he ranks with the best and justly enjoys the regard of all right-minded men. EDWIN A. JOHNSON, special agent of the Atha Life and Accident Insurance Company, has been a resident of Chardon for eighteen years, and of Geauga county during his entire life. He first saw the light at Montville, in that county, March 17, 1843. His parents, William and Catherine (Austin) Johnson, were natives of Danbury, Connecticut, removing to Ohio a few years before the birth of our subject, and purchasing a home in Montville, where they still reside. Ten of the children born to them still survive, our subject having been the fifth in order of birth. Of the children we make record as follows: Four, Elizabeth Miller, Emeline Cross, Luther Elbert and Millie Legget, reside in Montville; three, Adaline King, Eva Proctor and our subject, reside in Chardon; John C. resides in Chicago; Hubert, in Cleveland, and Alice Randolph in Midland, Michigan. The father and mother of our subject are both consistent members of the Disciple Church in Montville. William Johnson, at the advanced age of eighty-five years, is still an active, industrious and energetic man. He is a cabinet maker. Thrown on his own resources at the early age of thirteen, our subject sought and obtained such educational advantages as were within his grasp, and then devoted himself to such occupations as presented till the outbreak of the Civil war, in 1861, he enlisted in the Twenty-ninth Ohio Infantry and served with that celebrated regiment for several months, participating in several engagements till his discharge, on account of pulmonary trouble. Recovering, to some degree, his health, he again enlisted in the One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, remaining with that regiment till it was mustered out of service. After the .close of the war he returned home and engaged in the manufacture of lumber for a time. Later he followed the barber's trade at Chardon, continuing in that occupation for several years. He was then tendered his present position as Special Insurance Agent and has continued in successful service for the AEtna Life Insurance Company till the present time. In I874 our subject was united in marriage to Jennie C. Nash, of Chardon. The fruits of their marriage were five children,