600 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. His grandfather, Francis Churchill, was a carpenter, and a soldier of the Revolutionary war, who first saw the light in 1758, at Plymouth, Mass., where his ancestors for three generations had also been born. The grandfather Franklin, born in 1750, was a blacksmith. He, too, served in the Revolution. These all were God-fearing, faithful, loyal and valued citizens. David C. Churchill, the father, was an associate judge in Grafton county, N. H., for nearly twenty years. All his twelve brothers and sisters, children of one mother, were married and had large families. The subject of this memoir received his elementary education in the public schools of his native town, fitting for college at Meriden Academy. He entered Dartmouth College in 1841, and graduated in 1845. He has since been made a member of the Pi Beta Phi, an honorary Society of Alumni. For the following five years he was Principal of the Academy of Brooklyn Center, near Cleveland, Ohio, and of the first High School in what is now West Cleveland. Here he was married and his first child was born. Then entering the Seminary at Oberlin, he studied theology under Drs. Mahan, Morgan and Finney; supporting himself and family by teaching music, drawing and languages. Graduating from Theology in 1853, he was appointed Professor of Greek and French in what soon after became Hillsdale College, occupying this Chair from 1853 to 1859. From his marriage to Mary J. Turner, daughter of Dea. T. P. Turner, of Oberlin, were born Charles C. Churchill, at Cleveland, in 1847; Franklin H., at Oberlin, in 1852; Frederick A., at Hillsdale, in 1856, and Mary Lucretia. at Hillsdale, in 1858. During that year Mrs. Churchill died, and the bereaved husband was called to the Chair made vacant in Oberlin College by the transfer of James H. Fairchild to the Theological department. To the duties of his professorship Mr. Churchill joined the training of the free class in vocal music sustained by the college, and the leadership of the great choir of the church, then the only one in the place, upon which also devolved the work of supplying the music for commencement occasions. After the founding of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Professor Churchill resigned that portion of his labors, and, as he had always done while in Michigan, gave himself to preaching on the Sabbath wherever the opportunity offered. At one time for several months he ministered regularly to the 2d Congregational Church in Oberlin; has preached often at the 1st Church, and often in Wellington, Elyria, Cleveland, Brown-helm, Wakeman, Pittsfield, Sandusky, Toledo and many other towns. For two years he preached regularly to the Congre- gational Church in New London, Ohio- In the fall of 1859 Mr. Churchill was united in marriage to Miss Henrietta Vance, of Lima, Ind., a daughter of Lewis and Henrietta Vance. The fruit of that marriage has been four sons and one daughter, all born in Oberlin: Edward P-, who graduated in 1881, is now a business man in Weeping Water, Neb.; Alfred V., who left college to pursue art studies in Europe three years, is now a teacher of art in St. Louis, Mo.; Nelson, who entered Oberlin College in the class of '92, died in his Freshman year, at twenty years of age; Mary has recently graduated from the Kindergarten Normal Training class, Armour Institute, Chicago, and from the Post-Graduate class; Carroll, the youngest, is a member of the class of '97, Oberlin College. Of the children by the first marriage Charles C. graduated from college in 1867, entered soon upon the work of civil engineering, and married Miss Ella Durand, who bore him a daughter, Grace (he died at the age of twenty-four); Franklin H. left school to engage in business, and married Miss Hattie Reddington, by whom he has three daughters (he is now a salesman in the music store of Lyon & Potter, of Chicago); Frederick A., graduating. from college in 1878 and from the Chicago Homeopathic Medical College in LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 601 1883, married Miss Martha Blanke, by whom he has two children (he is now a practising physician in Seattle, Washington). Professor Churchill is widely known in Ohio as a lecturer on Astronomy and other scientific subjects; has held Teachers' Institutes in a large number of counties, and in some of them many times. He has been at different times and for years president of the Congregational Society of the 1st Church at Oberlin; member of the common council, and president of the school board. He is now one of the very few survivors of the earlier members of the Faculty of the college. JOHN WELLER (deceased). This gentleman, who has left as permanent monuments to his memory not a few trophies of his architectural genius, was a native of England, born in the county of Sussex, May 8, 1833, and died in Elyria, Lorain Co., Ohio, October 11, 1890. When about seventeen years of age he came to America, and in Ohio learned the trade of stone mason, at which he worked by the day and job till 1857, when he commenced business as a stone contractor. Among the evidences of his handiwork may be mentioned the water-tower at Elyria; the east, and west viaducts for the Public Highway at the same place, the east viaduct being said by civil engineers and architects to be next to the largest stone arch in the world, of its height. He built also the Episcopal Church at Elyria, which is a model of rustic architecture, and he did a great deal of other similar work in various parts of Ohio. His death was lamented by a host of citizens besides the members of his family. In 1857 he was married to Miss Mary McCollum, born in Steuben county, N. Y., and five children, as follows, were born to them: May E., wife of Alexander Lamberton, of Elyria, Ohio, who has five children—George A., Robert Wesley, Edith, Harold and Lucile; George L. (superintendent of the Elyria Water Works, sketch of whom immediately follows); and Wesley, Alice and John, at home. The children are all marked for their intelligence, natural acumen and industrious habits. The boys have inherited the mechanical genius of their father, and are following, to a certain degree, in his footsteps. They are stanch Republicans, as was their father before them, and believe in the protection of American labor. Mrs. Weller, who is now residing with her three youngest children in the vicinity of Elyria, is a daughter of Alexander and Mary (Gilchrist) McCollum, both natives of Argyle, N. Y., the father born in 1793, the latter on December 3, 1801. They lived in Steuben county, N. Y., till about forty years ago, when they came to Lorain county, Ohio, locating in Elyria, where Mr. McCollum followed his trade, that of miller, and died in April, 1870. He and many of his immediate relatives took an active part in the war of 1812;e he being but a youth of nineteen when engaged at the battle of Plattsburg, on Lake Champlain. His mother's people, McDougalls of Argyle, took an equally active part in all those troublous scenes of the early Colonial warfare; and it is recorded that they did much and appreciated work at the forts along the Hudson and many other places. Both of Mrs. Weller's great-grandfathers were born in Scotland, and the McCollums were among the early colonists of Argyle township, Washington Co., N. Y., it having been given by the Duke of. Argyle to a certain number of Scotch families. Her great-grandfather, Col. Gilchrist, Caine to America with Gen. Abercrombie, and served under him at the battle of Ticonderoga in 1758; he was related to the brave Gen. Duncan Campbell, who was killed in that engagement. After the war Col. Gilchrist settled at Fort Edward, N. Y., where he died. 602 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. GEORGE L. WELLER, superintendent and engineer of the Elyria Water-Works, and machinist for the Mussey Stone Co., is a native of Lorain county, born in the city of Elyria March 28, 1864. From early boyhood he worked with his father, attending at the same time the public schools of Elyria, after which he took a business course at Oberlin College, and one in penmanship at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He then learned the trade of stonemason with his father, which he followed till four years ago, having done work on all, or nearly all, the large stone contracts in Elyria and surrounding country. In 1889 he was appointed to his present position at the Elyria Water-Works, which he is eminently qualified to fill, and in addition to his duties there does all the work in his line for the Mussey Stone Co. Mr. Weller was married July 19, 1893, to Miss Ida Alma Black, of Vermillion, Ohio, an accomplished young lady in music and the art of home making. Mr. Weller is a Republican, but has no time to devote actively to politics, having kept close to business all his life. He has invented a rock-drilling tool which he has assigned to others, and which, it is claimed, saves one-third of the cost of quarrying rock. He has also recently invented a rock-drilling engine, which is proving a very successful machine for quarry work. HENRY BASSETT (deceased) was in his lifetime one of the best known and most highly respected of the farmer citizens of Lorain county, having been a resident of Eaton township for nearly sixty years. Mr. Bassett was born in Seneca county, N. Y., in 1814, a son of Daniel and Phebe (Covert) Bassett, natives of the same county, where they were married, and whence, in 1834, they came with their family to Lorain county, Ohio, making a settlement in Eaton township. The father died at LaPorte in 1846, the mother in Eaton township at the age of eighty-two. Our subject was reared and educated in New York State, and was twenty years old when he came with his parents to Eaton township. Here he followed farming all his life. On November 5, 1835, he was married in Carlisle township, Lorain county, to Miss Betsy E. Slauter, who was born in 1818, in Luzerne county, Penn., a daughter of Jared and Sarah (Curtis) Slauter, natives of Stockbridge, Mass., where they married, and whence in an early day they came west to Luzerne county, Penn., and in 1826 to Carlisle township, Lorain county, by team, Mrs. Bassett, then eight years old, walking the greater part of the way. Here Mr. and Mrs. Slauter passed the rest of their days, he dying some eight years after his wife. They had born to them a family of ten children, viz.: Ephraim, who went to Wisconsin, where he died; Lydia, deceased wife of Everett Stoddard, an early settler of Eaton township; Mary Ann, deceased; Sarah, wife of Henry Warner, who moved to Whitehall, Wis.; Betsy E., widow of Henry Bassett; Henry, who died in Wisconsin; Jared, who died in Carlisle township, Lorain county; Jane, wife of D. L Gibbs, of Carlisle township; Olive, wife of R. Gibbs, also of Carlisle township; and Hiram, a resident of LaPorte, Lorain county, Ohio. To Mr. and Mrs. Bassett were born thirteen children, all of whom grew to maturity, and of whom the following is a brief record: (1) Charlotte is the wife of Anson Lines, of Grafton township; they have two children--Julia and Mina. (2) Caroline is the wife of John Hart, of Elyria. (3) Sarah is the wife of Sylvester Tompkins. (4) Charley died in 1879. (5) Daniel is married, and resides in Defiance county, Ohio. (6) Ollie, who was married to Lemuel Barlow, died in Lorain county. (7) Frankie is married to Nathaniel Benedict, of Michigan. (8) Julia is the wife of Marion Sutliff, of Elyria. LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 603 (9) Edwin is married, and resides in Eaton township. (10) George, who married Adelpha Pernber, resides near the old home. (11) Cerepta was first married to P. Crowell, and after his decease to Edwin Welton; they reside in Elyria. (12) Clara is the wife of Charley Morse, of. Elyria. (13) Alice is the wife of Frank Jackson, of Eaton township. Mr. Bassett departed this life in 1891, a lifelong, energetic and active Republican, one who held many offices of trust in his township. Mrs. Bassett taught the second school in Eaton township, and is widely known and respected. She has lived to see seventeen great-grandchildren. D. G. WILDER, M. D., a well-known member of the medical profession in Oberlin, was born December 15, 1846, in Oneida county, N. Y., son of Dr. David and E. A. (Williams) Wilder. The father, who was also a physician, was a native of New York, and died in 1850, in Chenango county, same State. The mother, who is a native of England, is now living in Madison county, N. Y. The Wilder family were originally natives of Massachusetts. D. G. Wilder, subject of this memoir, was brought to De Ruyter, Madison Co., N. Y., at the age of six years, and resided there until he reached the age of nineteen. He received his primary education in the common schools of that place, and in 1866 entered the Preparatory department of Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, where he remained for three years. He then studied medicine for one year, and in 1870 entered Hillsdale College, where he took a scientific course, graduating with the class of 1872. He next went to Cleveland, where he continued the study of medicine in the office of Drs. Boynton and Van-Norman, until February, 1873, when he graduated from the Homeopathic Medical College, Cleveland. He commenced the practice of his chosen profession in Cuyahoga county, and after residing for three years in Bedford removed to Fremont, Ohio, thence to Cleveland, where ho practiced in the Western Reserve for nearly twenty years. In September, 1888, he came to Oberlin, Lorain county, where he has since been actively engaged in the duties of his profession with marked success. On August 25, 1874, the Doctor was married, in Cleveland, to Miss Alma Hickox, a native of Columbia township, Lorain county, who graduated from Baldwin University, Berea, Ohio. Her parents, Eri and Alma (Roadley) Hickox, were natives of Connecticut, and in a very early day migrated westward to Columbia township, Lorain Co., Ohio, where they passed the remainder of their lives. Mr. Hickox followed farming, and served for many years as justice of the peace; in religion he and his wife were both Methodists. Mrs. Wilder's maternal grandfather, Hoadley, erected the first frame house in Columbia township. To Dr. and Mrs. Wilder have been born three children, namely: David Horace, now attending Oberlin Academy; Jennie Elizabeth, also attending Oberlin Academy; and Witt Hoadley. Socially our subject is a member of Oberlin Lodge No. 678, I. O. O. F., and also of Oberlin Tent No. 111, K. O. T. M., and is at present commander of the Tent and Medical Examiner. He is also an examiner for the N. E. Mutual Life Insurance Co., and the State Mutual of Worcester, Mass. In politics he is a Prohibitionist. The. Doctor and his family are members of the First M. E. Church of Oberlin. CHARLES E. SUTLIFF, dealer in coal, contractor and owner of several teams for heavy hauling, etc., is one of Wellington's (Lorain county) most energetic and wide-awake enterprising business men. He was born in Ionia, Mich., February 16, 1845, a son of William H. H. and Phoebe D. (Gott) Sutliff. 604 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. Our subject attended the district schools of his native place and Wellington township, Lorain county, and was reared on a farm. For some years he carried on general agriculture, including dairying, in all of which he was very successful, and moving into the town of Wellington, he here embarked in his present businesses, the first of many experimenters in the coal line to make a permanent success. Although he has had many competitors in that branch, yet they have all succumbed to his superior business attainments, and he now controls the entire coal trade in Wellington and vicinity, having by his correct business methods won the confidence of the citizens. In 1868 Mr. Sutliff was married to Miss Mary Jane Hoffman, a native of New London, Huron Co., Ohio, and two children have come to brighten their home, viz.: May E. and Floyd E. Politically our subject is a Republican, and although his many business interests will not permit him to participate much in his party's campaigns, yet he is looked upon as a strong man on the Republican ticket should he consent to nomination for office, or otherwise. He and his wife are members of the M. E. Church, and their deeds of charity to the poor and needy are too well known to require comment. DAVID J. NYE, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, of the District embracing Lorain, Medina and Summit counties, Ohio, is a son of Curtis F. and Jerusha (Walkup) Nye, natives of Vermont. The parents of Judge Nye were married at Otto, N. Y., April 12, 1841, and first settled upon a farm in Chautauqua county, whence they removed to Cattaraugus county, and settled upon the farm where they retained until their death. They had four children: Webster Kimball Nye, born October 13, 1842; David J. Nye, born December 8, 1843; Sidney P. Nye, born November 22, 1846; and William Curtis Nye, born February 28, 1851. Webster II. Nye and Sidney P. Nye both volunteered their service in the war of the Rebellion. Webster K. enlisted in the Second Ohio Cavalry, and was afterward transferred to the Twenty-fifth Ohio Battery, remaining until the close of the war, when he settled in Bradford, Penn., where he now lives. Sidney P. was a member of the Sixteenth New York Cavalry, and died while in the service at Alexandria, Va-, July 21, 1864. William Curtis Nye now lives in Texas. David J. Nye, the subject of this sketch, was born at Ellicott, Chautauqua Co., N. Y. He was raised upon a farm, and when seventeen years of age enlisted in the first military company that went out from his town in 1861; but owing to the objection of his parents, his elder brother being then in the army, the officer refused to muster him into service, and he returned home. Up to the year 1862 he attended the district school at his home, during the winter terms, and worked upon the farm in the summer; but in the winter of that year he decided to secure other and better advantages. In pursuance of that purpose, he entered, in the spring of that year, the academy at Randolph, N. Y., where he remained until his money, which he had earned and saved for that purpose, was expended; Shen went back to the farm, and worked during the summer in haying and harvesting, returning to Randolph in the fall. The following winter, 1862-63, he taught school in one of the districts of his neighborhood, while the next spring and summer again found him engaged in work on the farm. In the fall of 1863 he returned to Randolph Academy, and in the winter of 1863-64 he taught school near Randolph. Coming to Ohio in 1864, he immediately engaged in teaching in Cuyahoga county. After closing his school, he LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 607 returned to New York State, where he remained but a short time, when he returned to Ohio, and again took a school at Boston, Summit county, teaching here during the winter of 1865-66. In February of 1866 he entered the Preparatory Department of Oberlin College. Teaching winters, and pursuing his studies summers, he was able to enter Oberlin College in 1867. He taught school every winter, except one, from 1862 to 1870. In 1870 Judge Nye accepted the position of superintendent of the Public School at Milan, Ohio, where with his labors he found time to study, and graduated with his class at Oberlin in August, 1871. In the Milan schools he continued another year, and in addition to his work there took up the study of law, which he had early chosen as his life's profession, and was admitted to the Bar at Elyria, Ohio, in August, 1872. As before stated, he was graduated at Oberlin College in 1871, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and in July, 1883, the College conferred upon him the degree of Master of Arts. From the time that Judge Nye entered Randolph Academy until he was admitted to the Bar, he paid his way with the fruits of his own labors, receiving no financial aid from any other source. In October, 1872, he went to Emporia, Kans., and opened a law office, remaining there until March, 1873, when he returned to Elyria, Ohio, and went into the office of Hon. John C. Hale, where he remained a year, pursuing his legal studies and doing such professional business as came to him. In March, 1874, he opened a law office in the Ely Block, and from that time on until he went upon the Bench in 1892, he was in the constant practice of his profession, building up a good practice, his clients being among the best citizens of Lorain county. In 1873 he was appointed county-school examiner, a position he held four years. He was a member of the 'council of the village of. Elyria four years. In 1881 he was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Lorain county, which office he held one term. In April, 1890, he was elected a member of the Board of Education, in which capacity he served until he went upon the Bench. In January, 1891, at a meeting of the members of the Bar of Lorain county, he was selected, as the choice of the members of the legal profession of his own county, as their candidate for Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. In July following he was nominated for that office at Medina, was elected in November, and entered upon the discharge of his duties February 9, 1892. On the fifteenth of September, 1880, Judge Nye was united in marriage to Miss Luna Fisher, at Cleveland, Ohio. Mrs. Nye was a daughter of the late Alfred Fisher, one of the early pioneers of Cuyahoga county, who emigrated from Vermont in 1817. Mrs. Nye is a true and faithful wife and a devoted mother. Two children, David F., born October 27, 1882, and Horace H., born August 4, 1884, have come to brighten their home. Judge Nye always has a word of encouragement for the young, and in his own family he is affectionate and indulgent. He is extremely fond of children, and his two boys are his constant companions when they are out of school and at home. Early in life, when Judge Nye was only a boy, he became impressed with the principles of Freemasonry, and conceived the idea of becoming a member of that Order. At the early age of twenty-one years he made application to, and joined, the Lodge nearest his home in New York. Since locating in Elyria he has taken the advanced degrees in that Order. He is now a member of the Lodge and Chapter at Elyria, a member of Oriental Commandery of Knights Templar of Cleveland, and of the Order of Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rites of the same city. In politics he has always been a faithful and consistent Republican, and from his early manhood till the present time he has 608 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. advocated the cause and principles to Republicanism. In this, he has been consistent and straightforward, believing that the success of that party was for the best interests of the country. Although he is unswerving in his devotion to his political principles, the Judge is too broad and liberal minded to let party affiliations bias his judgment or interfere with personal relations. Some of his warmest and most earnest personal friends are found in the ranks of other political parties. Judge Nye has now been upon the bench only two years, and during that time he has presided at the trials of very many difficult and closely contested cases. He has shown by his administration that he is peculiarly adapted to the position which he now occupies. He is entirely unassuming in his manner upon the bench, and seldom interferes with the attorneys during the trial of their causes. He has been heard to say that he did not propose to try either side of a case. He makes himself thoroughly familiar with the law of every case that is tried before him. The attorneys are always treated with kindness and courtesy, and their arguments are listened to and considered by him with patience and attention. In his decisions he is open and frank, but he is always careful not to irritate or offend the persons against whom he decides. He has a mild and gentle expression, and is always considerate of the feelings of others. There is an open candor about his decisions that impresses the listener with the sincerity of his convictions. He is thoroughly honest, and every decision made by him is the fruit of his best judgment and careful consideration. In the trial of Jury cases he is especially careful in all his rulings and conduct not to intimate to the jury, or allow them to know, what he thinks about the case. In his charges he gives the law to the jury in a plain, clear manner, but leaves them to determine the facts. He never attempts to control their decision, but rather tries to conceal his opinion from them; and when the verdict is rendered, the parties and attorneys feel that they have had a fair and impartial trial. Comparatively few of the cases that are tried before him are taken up to a reviewing Court. His decisions have seldom been reversed when so reviewed. Although Judge Nye had made a success at the practice of his profession, and was thoroughly familiar with the law,. he had many misgivings of his own fitness and adaptability for the Bench. But his brief term as a judge, his patience, candor, and painstaking manner, have given the members of the Bar and the people confidence in his ability and integrity. His prospects for the future in his new calling seem very bright. His industrious habits and untiring energy are indications of a prosperous career. Judge Nye is a man of gentlemanly demeanor, always meeting his associates, both in the social circle and in business pursuits, with a cordial and friendly bearing, which has won for him the respect and friendship of every one who knows him. As a servant of the Public, he has discharged the duties of every position in which he has been placed with a painstaking fidelity that has secured for him the unlimited confidence and respect of the people whom he has faithfully served. J. B. SMITH, editor and proprietor 1 of the Wellington (Lorain county) Enterprise, is a native of Ohio, born in Cardington township, Morrow county, January 1, 1845. William Smith, father of subject,was born in Berks county, Penn., September 4, 1809, and was reared in Guernsey county, Ohio, whither his parents brought him in 1811. In 1831 he married Miss Elizabeth Speck, a native of Guernsey county, born there October 8, 1813, and in 1839 they moved to Morrow county, same State, LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 609 where the father died August. 10, 1884. He was a strong Abolitionist, and in religion originally a member of the Friends, but having married outside of the Society he forfeited membership. They were the parents of twelve children, as follows: Cynthia, wife of C. Farlee; Finley, a carpenter by trade, in Dakota; Thomas and Sarah, both deceased; Mary Frances; Julia; J. B., subject of this sketch; Augustus, deceased; Emily, wife of Elmer Kingman; Leander, a pharmacist, of Syracuse, N. Y.; Henry C., a farmer of Cardington, Ohio; and 011ie, wife of E. M. James. J. B. Smith, the subject proper of this sketch, was reared and educated in his native county, and his first start in life was as telegraph operator at Greenwich, Huron Co., Ohio. In 1883, in the same town, he embarked in the newspaper business, in which he remained till 1885, when he came to Wellington and bought out the Enterprise, which is a strictly party paper, radically Republican in its views, newsy and well edited. In 1874 Mr. Smith was united in marriage in Huron county, Ohio, with Miss Adelaide L. Barker, of Fairfield township, Huron county, and two children—Irma and Fern--have been born to them. Socially, our subject is a F. & A. M., and a member of the Congregational Church. On his father's side he is of English Pennsylvania stock, and on his mother's he is descended from. German ancestry. CHAPMAN M. WAUGH. Prominent among the pioneers of Henrietta township is to be found this gentleman, a well known and progressive agriculturist. Ezra Waugh was one of the three brothers who early in the history of America emigrated from England, their Mother country, to America. Two of them located in Connecticut, while one sought his fortunes amid the hills of Vermont. This latter one was Ezra, the grandfather of the subject of this sketch. He subsequently removed to the State of New York, where he engaged in farming, and there the balance of his life was spent. Gideon Waugh, son of Ezra, was born in New York State, and was there reared upon the farm of his father, which was small and afforded a mere existence for the rather large family. His parents dying when he was but a child, he was early thrown upon his own resources, and also was entrusted with the care of those of the family younger than himself. His services were engaged by various farmers throughout the neighborhood, and by careful management he was enabled to save a small amount from his earnings, with which, after his marriage, and after the younger children were provided for comfortably, he bought a small farm in Oswego county, N. Y., upon which there were no improvements. He married Miss Minerva Miner, a native of the State of New York, and to them were born the following children: Gideon, Jr., Minerva, Chapman M., Lansing and James. In 1833 the family removed to Lorain county, Ohio, locating upon seventy-seven acres of wild, unimproved land in Camden township.. In the fall of the same year the mother died, our subject then being but nine years old. In 1834 Gideon Waugh, Sr., married Mindwell Shepard, by which union was born one child; Minerva Waugh is now living and is the wife of Silas French, of Wakeman township, Huron county, a very industrious farmer, who has made some valuable improvements. They have a very nice family of six children—three sons and three daughters. The circumstances of the family were very limited, and they were much in debt for the land which had been purchased by them, which was at the rate of two dollars and fifty cents per acre. By the practice of rigid economy and careful management, however, the indebtedness was in a few years paid off, and at the death of the 610 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. father, which occurred in 1869, the home was well improved. Gideon Waugh, Sr., the father of subject, was a Whig, and one of the first members of the Baptist Church of Camden township. For many years he was justice of the peace of the township. He was widely known, and universally esteemed and respected. Chapman M. Waugh, whose name introduces this sketch, was born in Oswego county, N. Y., November 27, 1823, and at the age of nine years came with his parents to Ohio as before recorded. The first few nights after the family's arrival upon the ground of their future home they slept under the wagons, while a great fire made of brush and wood served to keep off the animals which then abounded. During the first few days, in the clearing of a space sufficient to admit the building of a log cabin 16 x 20 feet, the father severely cut himself upon the hand, an accident which rendered him comparatively helpless so far as immediate assistance was concerned. The log cabin was soon erected, however, finished with a puncheon floor, and furnished with stools, etc. While the house was in course of erection a tree fell upon it, but so strong was the frame that the tree was broken and the frame remained uninjured. The original farm just spoken of was at last sold, and the family bought another near Wakeman, Huron county, upon which they resided for some six years, when it was sold, the family returning to Lorain county, and buying a farm in Carlisle township near Elyria. Our subject then bought with his savings the farm of sixty-seven acres where he now resides, and on which there were some improvements. In 1843 he married Miss Roxey Cook, of Oswego county, N. Y., and three children were born to them, as follows: Newell, Judson and Nancy, the last rimed being now deceased. Newell is a resident of Camden township, Lorain county; Judson is a successful merchant of Lima, Ohio. The mother of these died in 1855, and in 1856 Mr. Waugh married Mrs. Polly Cable, a widow, daughter of Eli and Lucy Waterhouse, natives of Vermont. Her father, who was a cooper and farmer by occupation, came to Lorain county among the first settlers. To this union one child, Emma Dora, was born, but died in infancy. Politically Mr. Waugh is a Republican, and has held minor offices of trust. In 1873 he built the handsome residence in which he now resides, upon his farm of one hundred acres in Henrietta township. One great fact is apparent, and that is that Mr. Waugh's success and prosperity have been accomplished by dint of hard, earnest labor good management and care, which properties are characteristic of him. Both he and his wife are Baptists in principle; their many Christian acts are well known and will exist in memory long after they have joined the army upon the other shore. LYMAN BECKLEY, who for nearly his entire life has been a resident of Lorain county, was born April 5, 1827, in Stow township, Summit Co., Ohio, a grandson of Selah Beckley, who was born in Connecticut in 1767, and came to Ohio in 1812, locating in Summit county. In 1787 he had married Miss Caroline Beckley, who was born in 1768, and children as follows were born to them: Hepzibah (1), Noel, Lotan, TIepzibah (2), Rowena, Elnathan S., Lois, Edwin, Ahira and Sally. The father of these, by trade a blacksmith, died in 1817, in Stow township, Summit county, and is there buried. Elnathan S. Beckley, father of Lyman, was born in Berlin, Conn., April 2, 1801, and was eleven years old when the family came to Ohio. He was reared to agricultural pursuits, and was a farmer all his life. On June 1, 1825, he married Miss Polly Wilcox, who was born in Berlin, Conn., in LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 611 1805, and by her had two children: Lyman, and Eloise, now Mrs. Madison Andrews, of Huntington township, Lorain county. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Elnathan S. Beckley lived near Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, and then, in 1842, came to Huntington township, Lorain county, making their home for some years in the southwest part of the township. In 1863 they moved to Rochester township, same county, where Elnathan died in December, 1872, and was buried in Huntington ; his widow subsequently made her home with her son Lyman, dying in May, 1890. She and her husband were members of the Universalist Church; in politics he was a Democrat. Lyman Beckley, the only son of this pioneer couple, received a liberal education at the district schools, and when fifteen years old came with his parents to Lorain county. They stopped for a few weeks with an uncle's family who lived in a single roomed cabin of the primitive style, with shake roof, puncheon floor, stick chimney and no window, till they could clear away the forest from a portion of the wild land they had selected for their future home, and build a shelter of their own. His father being in poor health, he had a grand opportunity to finish his education with an axe in the woods by day, and burning logs for evening recreation. On October 26, 1848, he married Miss Mary J. Sage, born in Huntington township, Lorain county, October 6, 1831, a daughter of H. P. and Susan (Mallory) Sage, who came from New Haven, Conn., to Ohio about the year 1825. Mr. Sage was a valuable addition to this new settlement, being a man of culture and refinement. He taught their public schools and music classes; gave lessons in the higher mathematics and other branches, including theology in his home. He gave but little attention to party politics, yet was honored with several offices of trust. He gathered the people together on the Sabbath for public worship, as he was a pioneer minister of the Universalist faith, formerly, an Episcopalian. He died in Huntington in 1887, his wife in 1870, and they are are buried in that township. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Beckley settled on the farm he had toiled to improve. In 1863 they moved to Rochester, where he gave special attention to dairying, and in 1869, in partnership with a neighbor, built what is still known as the Beckley Cheese Factory. In 1876 he sold his Rochester farm to his oldest son and bought, of D. T. Bush, a farm adjoining his first location in Huntington where he still resides. The children, four in number, of Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Beckley were Alma R., born September 13, 1849, died at the age of fourteen months; Harley 0., sketch of whom follows; Ellis S., born in 1858,died in the latter part part of 1861, and D. I., born May 26, 1861, a farmer in Rochester township, Lorain county. The parents are members of the Universalist Church, and in his political sympathies he is a stanch Democrat. He is a well-known, highly respected citizen, a practical dairy farmer, and by industry and perseverance has earned a comfortable competence. HARLEY O. BECKLEY was born June 6, 1851, in Huntington township, Lorain county, and received his elementary education at the common schools of the district, afterward attending Wellington (Ohio) high school a couple of terms. Up to the age of eighteen he worked more or less on his father's farm, chiefly in the dairying department, and then entered the Beckley Cheese Factory under George Bush, which was located near his home, but after two years returned to his first occupation. On October 4, 1871, he married Miss Mary A. Peet, a native of the county, born in Rochester township, a daughter of Homer and Charlotte (Kelsey) Peet. The young couple then commenced housekeeping in a small residence on his father's farm, renting same, but which Harley subsequently LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 612 bought. One child has come to bless this union—Chloe A., at home with her parents. In 1876 Mr. Beckley came to his present farm in Rochester township, where he has been extensively engaged in the dairying business in connection with general agriculture, and has met with more than average success. In 1892, at a cost of two thousand dollars, he built one of the most substantial barns to be found in the southern portion of Lorain county, and by far the best one in Rochester township. In his political predilections our subject is a Democrat, taking active interest in the affairs of his party. He and his wife are prominent members of the Universalist Church, in which he is trustee, and for some time he was superintendent of the Sunday-school. OSCAR HERRICK. In the county auditor of Lorain county we find a typical representative of New England. The Herrick family, of which the subject of this sketch is a worthy member, comes of English ancestry who in early Colonial days, immigrated to the New World, making their first cis-Atlantic home in Massachusetts, afterward remov- in g to New York State. Harlow Herrick, father of the subject of this sketch, was born July 21, 1801, iu New York State, where he received the limited education afforded by the 'schools of the neighborhood of his home, and was reared to the occupation of a farmer. While a young man he moved to Ohio, taking up a farm in Medina bounty, where he made his home a few years, and then came to Lorain county, where the remainder of his useful life was spent. In Medina county he married Miss Laura Ann Briggs, a native of Massachusetts, and to this union children as follows were born : Helen (Mrs. S. W. Gott) and Rollin, both living in Michigan, the latter in the town of Ed more; Harriet, widow of Arad Lindsley, who was killed at the battle of Ball's Bluff during the war of the Rebellion (she is now a resident of Carson City, Mich.); Daniel, who died in Lowell, Mich., in 1870; Oscar, subject of sketch; Ann, residing in Pueblo, Colo., widow of Andrew Schnur, who died in 1862 while in the Union army; Byron, who died in 1862 at New Creek, Va., while in the service; Henry and Eliza, both deceased, at the ages respectively of one and one half years and three weeks; and Jane (Mrs. Walter Yeamans), in Ionia, Mich. The father of this family died in Michigan May 31, 1891; the mother is living in Ionia, that State. Politically, Harlow Herrick was originally a Whig, and on the organization of the Republican party became a loyal member and earnest supporter of same. Oscar Herrick, whose name introduces this biographical notice, was born in Penfield, Lorain Co., Ohio, April 20, 1838. His boyhood and youth were passed on the home farm, a few months in the winter seasons being devoted to attending the schools of the neighborhood, where he obtained his rudimentary instruction—the solid substratum of his after study. In early manhood he became interested in watchmaking and the jewelry business, and entering a store in Medina in that line, learned the trade in all its details. Having thoroughly prepared himself for journeyman work, he set out into the world with buoyant hopes and sanguine expectations, destined to be well realized. He worked in Medina, Cleveland, and Wellington (Lorain county), at which latter place he opened a jewelry establishment, conducting same some twenty years. In 1862 Mr. Herrick was united in marriage with Miss Victoria C. Bowers, a model wife, one whose Christian spirit and amiable demeanor endeared her to a large circle of friends. She was born and reared in Wellington, where she held an honored place in society. In 1892, on the sixth day of July, her pure spirit took its LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 613 flight, and all that was mortal of her was laid to rest in the quiet cemetery at Wellington. Sylvester Bowers, father of the late Mrs. Oscar Herrick, was born October 1, 1805, in Massachusetts, where be was reared and educated. He married Miss Esther Cheney, also a native of Massachusetts, born in 1804, and a brief record of the children born to them is as follows: Henry was killed at the battle of Knoxville, Tenn., during the Civil war, while in the Union service; Charles H. married Miss Emma J. Webster, and they reside in Wellington, Lorain county; Victoria C. was the wife of Oscar Herrick; Hattie I. is living at home with her aged father, who came to Wellington township about the year 1836, where he engaged in farming. Originally a Whig, he has of late years been a Republican. He is a member of the Congregational Church, has always been a liberal contributor to public enterprises, and is a true man. Mr. Herrick may be truly classed among the self-made men of Lorain county, and placed in the front rank of her business citizens. He has ever been a stanch Republican, at all times advocating and advancing the interests of his party. In 1886 the people of Lorain county, fully appreciating his well-known business qualifications, elected him to the auditor-ship of the county, which incumbency he is still filling with characteristic ability and fidelity. In pnblic as in private life he is an exemplary citizen, holding an enviable position in the esteem and respect of all who know him. GEORGE H. NORTON. This gentleman, who for over half a century the ,1 has been prominently identified with interests of Lorain county, and more particularly those of Penfield township, is a native of Allegany county, N. Y., born December 18, 1824. His father, Hiram Norton, was born in 1802 in Rutland county, Vt., son of Joel Norton, who in an early day removed to New York State, locating finally in Allegany county, where Hiram was reared. Here he was married, when a young man, to Miss Lucy A. Greene, who was born in Sodas, N. Y., daughter of John Greene, and children were born to them, as follows: George H., whose name opens this sketch; Edward J., a farmer of Michigan; Andrew J., of Clinton county, Mich.; and Clarissa M., now Mrs. William Christy, of Michigan. In the fall of 1836 the family came to Ohio, where Hiram had come several years previously on a visit to his parents, who resided in Cuyahoga county, where the mother died; the father passed away in Putnam county, Ohio. Hiram Norton brought his family west in a covered wagon drawn by a team of two oxen, and after a journey of three weeks paused in Cuyahoga county, where an uncle of his resided. The roads were very poor, and assistance was found necessary in several places to pull the wagon along. Mr. Norton rented a farm in Parma township, Cuyahoga county, whence, after a residence of two years, he removed to Richfield, Medina (now Summit) Co., Ohio, where he remained two and a half years. Then, in February, 1841, he removed to Penfield township, Lorain county, where he purchased (on credit) sixty acres of land at thirty dollars an acre, where he lived four years, and then came to the farm now owned and occupied by our subject, in partnership with whom he purchased sixty-four acres at six dollars and fifty cents per acre. A log house was erected on the site of the present dwelling, but the land 'was totally unimproved, not a tree having been cut, and here Mr. and Mrs. Norton passed the remainder of their lives, he dying in 1872, she on April 15, 1887. They are both interred in Center cemetery, Penfield township. In politics he was originally a Democrat, but later, on the formation of the party, became a 614 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. Republican, and in religious faith he and his wife were both members of the M. E. Church. While in New York he engaged in chopping and other day labor, and also earned a livelihood by hunting, having in his day killed 1,000 deer, besides large numbers of turkeys and other game. Even after coming to Ohio he killed many deer, which he shipped to Cleveland. Our subject received in his early youth but a limited education, and was twelve years old when he came with the rest of the family to Ohio. He has a very distinct recollection of the trip, as well as the various towns they passed through en route, especially Cleveland, and he well remembers the strife between Ohio City (now the West Side, Cleveland) and the city proper. Locating with his parents in Cuyahoga county he did such farm work as his age permitted, remaining under the parental roof till reaching his majority, when he hired out to Lathrup Penfield at eleven dollars per mouth. In the following winter (1844) he invested his savings, forty dollars, in a tract of land adjoining his present farm. On May 6, 1847, Mr. Norton was united in marriage with Miss Mary M. Houghton, who was born May 5, 1825, in Genesee county, N. Y., daughter of Asa and Tamson (Bigelow) Houghton, who came in 1836 to Spencer township, Medina Co., Ohio, where the former conducted a sawmill. After his marriage Mr. Norton rented a farm in Spencer township for one year, in the following year 'removing to Penfield township, Lorain county, on a small farm, living in a frame house which he had erected. After exchanging land with his father, he came, in 1853, to his present farm, where .he has since continuously resided. He has been a lifelong farmer, and in connection with his agricultural operations has for years been engaged in dairying; he now owns one hundred acres of excellent laud. To Mr. and Mrs. Norton have been born children as follows: Lucy M., Mrs. C. D. Wilson; Mary, Mrs. Philo Penfield; and Frank M., a farmer, all three of Oceana county, Mich.; Elvira T., residing at home; and Edwin H., a school teacher of Grand Rapids, Mich. The present residence of the family was erected in 1861, and the collection of buildings on the farm, all of which have been erected by Mr. Norton himself, would be a credit to any farmer. In his political preferences our subject was a Republican until 1888; since then he has been in the ranks of the Prohibition party; he has never used either tobacco or spirituous liquors. He takes an active part in public affairs, and has served four years as assessor, one term as township trustee, and for thirty-five years as justice of the peace. Both he and his wife are members of the M. E. Church, he for forty-eight years, she for over fifty years. For over thirty-three years he has been a local minister from the Cleveland district, and preached for years at Chatham Center, Medina county, prior to which time he served at Brighton, Wellington, Huntington, and various other places in Lorain county. FAXON. In the year 1601 there was born in England one Thomas Faxon, who immigrated to America some time prior to 1647, settling in Braintree (now Quincy), Mass., where he passed the rest of his days. He was married in England, and had three children, of whom one son, Richard, was born in that country about 1630, and died in 1674 in Braintree, Massachusetts. This Richard Faxon had a son named Josiah, born in Braintree, September 8, 1660, died in 1731; his son, Thomas, born February 8, 1692, died March 19, 172930; he had a son, Thomas, born in Braintree, February 19, 1724, married August 24, 1749, Joanna Allen, who was the descendant of Samuel Allen the emigrant; also the granddaughter of Abigail Savil, the granddaughter of William Savil the LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 617 emigrant. Abigail Savil was connected through her mother, Hannah (Adams) Savil, with the Adams family, from whom was descended Samuel Adams, the Signer of the Declaration of Independence, and John Adams, President of the United States. [Vide Vinton Memorial.] This Thomas Faxon was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and died in Deerfield, Mass., in June, 1792. He had a son, also named Thomas, born February 19, 1755, died January 3, 1827. He had a SOD,' Isaac Davis Faxon, born at Conway, Mass., November 16, 1791, who, at an early day, came west to Portage county, Ohio, where he followed agricultural pursuits, and died August 5, 1821. He held several township offices, and served in the war of 1812. This Isaac Davis Faxon married September 13, 1814, Corinna Lewis, born in Farmington, Conn., December 23, 1789, daughter of Oliver and Lucinda (North) Lewis. JOHN HALL FAXON, eldest son of this Isaac Davis Faxon, was born at Aurora, Portage Co., Ohio, June 6, 1815, and was but six years of age at his father's death. He was then taken to live with an uncle, Oliver H. Lewis, in the same county, whence they removed to Ridgeville, Lorain county, where the lad was reared, being brought up in the practical lessons of farm life, and received his primary education in the country schools of that early period. About the year 1837, John Hall Faxon proceeded to Utica, N. Y., and there, through the kindness of another uncle, Hon. Theodore S. Faxton (as he wrote his name), was enabled to attend an academy. in that city for eighteen months, in which he pursued a course of study fitting him for his chosen pursuit of civil engineering. In that capacity he was employed on the Erie Canal, the Auburn & Syracuse Railroad, and subsequently the Atlantic & Great Western, and the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad in Ohio. On June 21, 1838, he was married to Esther Terrell, of Ridgeville, Lorain Co., Ohio, who survives him. Six children were born to them, four of whom are still living and are well known residents of Elyria. Mr. Faxon held many offices of trust and honor, in all of which he discharged his duties with ability and fidelity. He was appointed deputy sheriff in 1840; was elected sheriff in 1844, re-elected in 1846, serving four years. He was elected sergeant-at-arms of the Ohio Senate in 1856, and served two years. He was appointed canal collector at Cleveland, Ohio, by Gov. Chase, about 1857, and served two years. He also served a number of terms as County surveyor and city engineer. In 1873 he was elected representative in the Sixty-first General Assembly, and was reelected to the Sixty-second in 1875, where he became widely known as a faithful and efficient public servant. In 1875 he was admitted to the bar, by the Supreme Court of the State, but never engaged in active legal practice. Besides these official positions he served for twenty-one consecutive years as justice of the peace, and for a few terms as mayor of Elyria village. He was for a number of years assistant assessor of Internal Revenue for Lorain county, Ohio. Mr. Faxon was a man of pronounced opinions and strong convictions, but his genial ways always made him a pleasant gentleman to meet. In his social intercourse his worthy traits of character gave him the esteem, high regard and support of his friends and neighbors, while his executive ability and manly vigor placed him high in public favor. His sterling qualities as an honest, industrious citizen gave him the comforts of life for which his genial disposition was well suited; his whole life was one worthy of emulation. He was an old and honored member of the Fraternity of Odd Fellows. During the later years of his life he was president of the Flushing Coal Company, their mines at Flushing, Ohio, being owned by him and his sons, Isaac D. and Theodore S. Mr. Faxon died July 4, 1891. 618 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. ISAAC DAVIS FAXON, eldest son of John H. Faxon, was born September 16, 1840, and received his education at the public schools of Elyria. He was connected for thirteen years, as bookkeeper, with the Cleveland Herald, and has held other positions of trust in Cleveland and elsewhere. He returned to Elyria in 1878, and until recently was engaged in mercantile pursuits; he is secretary and treasurer of The Flushing Coal Company. Mr. Faxon married September 2, 1869, Miss Laura Margaretta Briggs, born December 31, 1845, in Painesville, Ohio, daughter of Joseph William and Harmony (Gilmore) Briggs. Mr. Briggs was the son of Rufus Briggs, the eldest son of Allen Briggs, born April 27, 1756, in Cranston, Rhode Island. Among the other children of Allen Briggs was George Nixon Briggs, born April 12, 1796, in South Adams, Mass., a distinguished statesman, governor of Massachusetts and member of Congress for many years. Joseph William Briggs, left an orphan at an early age, was brought up in the family of his uncle, Gov. Briggs, and having, in its infancy, becomean enthusiastic advocate of the Free Delivery Letter System, he received, unsolicited, in 1864, from Postmaster-General Blair the appointment of superintendent of the free delivery system throughout the country. He entered upon his duties with the determination to make the system a success, and literally wore his life out in its service, dying February 23, 1872. THEODORE S. FAXON, son of John H. and Esther (Terrell) Faxon, was born in Elyria, Ohio, January 13, 1846. His education was obtained at the high schools of his native town, and at the age of eighteen he went to Cleveland, where he was employed as bookkeeper in a wholesale business house up to the age of twenty-three years. He then returned to his native town, and commenced the manufacture of furniture, subsequently embarking in the lumber business, having in connec tion therewith a planing-mill. Selling out his interest in this business he became the secretary and treasurer of a number of coal companies, continuing as such for a period of three years, when in connection with others he organized the Flushing Coal Co., and also the Brock Hill Coal Co., and was elected as secretary and treasurer of both companies, which positions he held for one year. At the end of that time, selling his interests in the Brock Hill Coal Co., he and his father and brother, Isaac D., became sole owners of the Flushing Coal Co., of which he became general manager, and after the death of his father, in 1891, was elected president of the company, which position he now occupies. T. S. Faxon and Miss Martha E. Bullock, a native of New York State, were united in marriage June 20, 1871, and live children have been born to them, as follows: Mary Belle, Theodore E., Catherine L., Isaac Davis and Robert B. Our subject in politics is a Republican, and he is a member of the G. A. R. During the war of the Rebellion he served with the One Hundred Days men, being about eighteen years old at the time. ERNEST L. DISBRO, senior proprietor and editor of the Oberlin Citizen, has been engaged in the newspaper business since 1880, a portion of the time as foreman on the Oberlin News. In 1883 he published the Moravia (Iowa) Tribune; for a time filled the position of foreman on the Citizen, of Centreville, Iowa, and in 1888 was for a time in charge of the New London (Huron county, Ohio) Record, on leaving which he returned to Oberlin, and four years later became one of the proprietors of the Oberlin Citizen, a lively newsy paper that in December, 1892, bought out the Exponent. Mr. Disbro was born in Elyria, Lorain Co., Ohio, October 15, 1860, third son of LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 619 Rev. Dr. William B. and Catherine M. (Hutchins) Disbro, the former a native of France, the latter of Herkimer, N. Y. The other children are W. B., secretary and treasurer of the Woodward Lumber Co., Atlanta, Ga.; Della, in Atlanta, Ga., and one deceased. When a boy the father came to this country, making his first home in the New World at Marietta, Ohio. He was educated in Cleveland, and graduated from the Homeopathic College, after which he practiced his profession for several years in that city. In 1843 he entered the ministry of the M. E. Church, was appointed presiding elder in the Sandusky district, and afterward was transferred to the Cleveland district, where he officiated in the same capacity, his residence during the latter time being in Elyria, Lorain county. He died in 1865; his widow now resides in Atlanta, Georgia. The subject proper of this sketch passed his early boyhood in Berea, Ohio, and received the bulk of his education at Baldwin University, in that city, his father at that time being auditor of that institution. He then became identified with journalism, as,already recorded. He is a Republican in politics, though his paper, the Citizen, is independent in its views, and he is a member of the Republican Central Committee. Socially, Mr. Disbro is a member of the I. O. O. F. In 1885 he was united in marriage with Miss Eva E. Newell, a native of Pennsylvania, daughter of Nelson and Fanny (Mungar) Newell, both natives of Vermont, who in 1865 settled in Kipton, Lorain county, from Crawford county, Penn., where the father died in 1891; his widow is now passing her days in Pennsylvania. To this union there is one daughter, Marion. When the present management assumed charge of the Citizen, it was a Prohibition organ, with scarcely any patronage and few subscribers. A strict adherence to business principles on the one hand, and a constant endeavor to place before the public a model newspaper on the other, have gained for the Citizen, a large circulation throughout the county, there not being a postoffice in the entire county to which a package of the papers is not mailed weekly. Independent, fearless and aggressive, the Citizen occupies a unique field in country journalism, and demonstrates the possibilities of energy, push, and purpose. By action of the council the Citizen has recently been selected as the official paper of the city. GEORGE E. SMITH, M. D., phy, sician and surgeon, is a native of Lyme township, Huron county, ,.1 Ohio, born in 1832. Dr. Charles Smith, father of subject, was born in Westfield, Mass., and was married in New York to Miss Mehetabel Seymour, a native of Otsego county, N. Y., born of a Puritan family of Connecticut. In 1829 the young couple came to Huron county, Ohio, making a new home in Lyme township, on Strong's Ridge, where he practiced his profession, and cultivated a farm of twenty acres. He was a graduate of Yale Medical College, and before coming to Lyme township taught school for a. time in Granville, Ohio. He became closely identified with the early history of the county, assisting in many ways in its development. Politically he was originally a Whig, afterward a Republican. As a Presbyterian, he was an active churchman, and for years was at the head of the Sabbath-school, and was an Elder in the Church. He was a great temperance advocate, and organized the first Temperance Society in Huron county, which same was founded in Lyme township, October 6, 1830. His home was the first one built in the township without the use of whisky. He was connected with the Firelands Society, and wrote the " History of Lyme Township." Dr. Charles Smith died March 2, 1861, his wife in April, 1854. Simon Smith, 620 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. paternal grandfather of subject, was aRevolutionary soldier from Connecticut, and later settled in Westfield, Mass. Jonathan Seymour, the maternal grandfather, was an ensign in the Revolutionary struggle, and in 1793 settled in Otsego county, N. Y., where he died in 1819. The subject proper of these lines was reared in Lyme township up to the age of fourteen years, and received his education at the schools of Lyme and Milan, after which, in 1851, he entered the Western Reserve College at Hudson, where he graduated A. B. with the class of 1855. He taught school some seven years—two years (1855-57) in Tennessee; had also charge of the Western Reserve Teachers' Seminary, at Kirtland, Ohio, and for two years was principal of the grammar school at Circleville, same State. In 1858 he graduated A. M. from the Western Reserve College. After leaving college he attended three courses of medical lectures at Cleveland, Ann Arbor, and the Medical College of Ohio, where he graduated in 1862. In that year he commenced the practice of his profession at Willoughby, Ohio. On December 23, 1862, he was commissioned assistant-surgeon of the Seventy-sixth O. V. I., and joined his regiment at Arkansas Post January 14, 1863. He was present at the seige of Vicksburg, where he was taken sick, and was confined in the Officers' Hospital at Memphis, Tenn. Obtaining leave of absence, he returned to Ohio, and resigned his commission. He was then appointed on the Government contract service at Hillsdale, Mich., as examining physician and surgeon of Post Hillsdale. Here he remained from July, 1863, till March, 1875, when he went to Fremont, Sandusky Co., Ohio, and after practicing his profession there some sixteen years, came, in June, 1891, to Oberlin, where he has since resided. In 1862 Dr. Smith was married at Plymouth, Richland Co., Ohio, to Miss Sarah Brinkerhoff, a native of New York, daugh ter of Gen. Henry R. and Sarah (Swartwout) Brinkerhoff, also of New York. Gen. Brinkerhoff served in the war of 1812, was afterward commander-in-chief of the New York Militia, and received Gen. LaFayette at Auburn, N. Y. He was a member of the Legislature of New York, and member of Congress from Huron county, Ohio, at the time of his death in 1846. To our subject and wife have been born four children, as follows: Isabella S., a teacher in the high school at Fremont; Ohio; Alice Gertrude, attending college; Josephine, attending high school, and Roelif B., assistant secretary Y. M. C. A., Detroit, Michigan. Dr. Smith in politics is a Republican, and while in Hillsdale. Mich., he served as school inspector five or six years. He is a member of the G. A. R. Post at Oberlin; of the Knights of Honor at Fremont; of the American Academy of Medicine, and was secretary of the Southern Michigan Medical Society two years. He and his wife are members of the First Congregational Church, in which he is deacon; while a resident of Fremont and Hillsdale he was superintendent of Sunday-school, and was president of the Hillsdale County Sunday-school Association at the time of his leaving that place. W. B. FOLLANSBEE, a member of the firm of Laundon, Windecker & Co., manufacturers of cheese, proprietors of the second largest factory in that line in Wellington, Lorain county, is a native of Grafton, N. H., born April 25, 1830. John Follansbee, his father, who was of the same town, and a farmer by occupation, married Miss Eliza Potter, by whom he had four children: Offrinda, who died about twenty years ago; Daniel, residing at East Grafton, N. H.; John E., living in Oberlin, Ohio, and W. B., the subject of this memoir. The father died at the age of eighty-six years, LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 621 the mother when aged seventy; they were both descended from New England families. Our subject received his education at the schools of Grafton, N. H., and before coming west had some experience as a traveling salesman. At the age of twenty years he came to Cuyahoga county, Ohio, where for some fourteen years he followed the meat market business and stock dealing. He then moved to Columbia township, Lorain county, where for a time he again engaged in stock dealing, as well as farming and the cheese business, after which he came to Wellington, same county, where he now resides, engaged in the prosperous business alluded to at commencement of sketch. He is also a partner in the Wellington Brick and Tile Works, another of the leading industries of Wellington, and in addition to the cheese factory in that town he operates eight to ten others in the county. In 1861 Mr. Follansbee married Miss Mary Adams, of Columbia township, Lorain county, and two children have come to cheer their home—William, a bright boy, who graduated with honor at the Wellington schools, and Howard, who is still in school. In his political predilections our subject is a stanch Democrat, and socially he is a member of the Royal Arcanum. CHARLES C. ENSIGN, sheriff of Lorain county, is a native of the same, born in 1863, a son of Calvin and Deborah (Burdick) Ensign, both also natives of Ohio, but whose parents were from Vermont. Calvin Ensign was a farmer by occupation, and he served as sheriff of Lorain county two terms-1883 -1887. Charles C. Ensign, who was the eldest child and only son in a family of five children, received a liberal education in the high schools of Elyria. He served as deputy sheriff of the county for six years—two years under his father, and four years under his father's successor, during which latter period he did most of the bard work in the office. At the end of that time, at the age of twenty-six, he was nominated for the office of sheriff, and in the fall of 1890 he was elected, taking office in January,1891, the youngest sheriff in the State; he has since been reelected. His long experience as deputy sheriff makes him eminently well qualified for his position, whilst his natural ability is unquestioned and his popularity unbounded. He is tall, stalwart, athletic and brave, and as assiduous in his duties as he is loyal to his county, State and country. Mr. Ensign was united in marriage, March 30, 1886, with Miss Cora F. Hulbert, of Elyria, a daughter of James and Nancy (Fish) Hulbert, who are natives of Ohio; and two children—Mabel L. and Walter C.—have been horn to them. Politically Sheriff Ensign is an ardent Republican, and in church connection he and his family are Baptists. THOMAS G. CHAPMAN, editor and proprietor of the Lorain Times, was born in Lorain, Lorain Co., Ohio, November 8, 1866, a son of James and Elizabeth (Burk) Chapman. Mr. Chapman received a liberal education at the public schools of his native town, graduating, and then took a course at Oberlin Business College, where he graduated in 1884. He then returned to Lorain, and for a time was employed in the shipping department of the Lorain Brass Works, where he had worked for about a year prior to his enlistment. Concluding to enter the arena of journalism, he secured a position on the Lorain Times, which after a year he bought out, and since 1886 has been its editor and proprietor. The paper, a weekly, is Republican in its views, liberal, bright and newsy, and Mr. Chapman has materially improved the facilities of the office by changing the old hand-press for a steam- 622 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. power one. Our subject has held the office of township clerk four and one-half years, and in the spring of 1893 was elected Treasurer of the township. He is looked upon as one of the popular rising young men of his section of the county. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., and served a term as secretary of the Lodge. Mr. Chapman was united in marriage, December 28, 1892, with Miss Millie Bruce, an estimable young lady, who was born at LaPorte, Lorain Co., Ohio, October 29, 1872. H. J. CAHOON, recorder of Lorain county, with residence in Elyria, is a native of the same, born in Avon township, May 11, 1837. O. B. Cahoon, father of subject, was born in Harkness county, N. Y., May 25, 1804, and when ten years old accompanied his father, Wilber Cahoon, to Lorain county, Ohio, they being the first settlers in Avon township, where subject's grandfather followed farming the rest of his active life, dying there in 1856; be was born in 1772. On coming here he had to cut his way eight miles into the woods, and for a long time there was not a single settlement between his place and the town of Cleveland. He was an Old-line Whig, and the first justice of the peace elected in Avon township, which office he was holding at the time of his death. He was a native of Massachusetts, his wife, Priscilla (Sweet), of Rhode Island. They had eight children, all of whom lived to middle life except one that died at the age of sixteen. O. B. Cahoon lived in Avon township on a portion of his father's old property. In politics, until the agitation of the slavery question, which precipitated the Civil war, he was a solid Democrat, but his views changing he became a Republican, and so remained the rest of his life. He died in 1881, aged seventy-seven years, the father of seven children, all of whom lived to maturity, namely: H. J., Melissa A., Joseph B., Wilber D., Ora B., Burritt E. and Charles S. The subject of these lines was educated in the public schools of his native township, and reared on a farm. In 1862 he enlisted in Company E, Forty-second O. V. I. (Garfield's regiment), which was attached to the Southwestern army, most of the time operating on the Mississippi river. Mr. Cahoon participated in the siege of Vicksburg, but being seized with sickness he was sent to hospital at Jefferson Barracks, where he was detached and sent home, to resume peaceful labor on the farm. Mr. Cahoon was united in marriage, February 10, 1861, with Elizabeth Lucas, who was born in Avon, Lorain Co., Ohio; her parents, Jonathan and Ann Lucas, were born and reared in England. Five children came to bless the home of Mr. And Mrs. Cahoon, named as follows: Carrie, Ella (wife of Don Johnson), Fred, Maud and Anna. Our subject is a Republican, and in 1891 he was elected to the office of recorder for a term of three years. He is ex-adjutant of John Harrison Post in Avon township, and is a member of the Baptist Church. J. E. WILLARD, treasurer of Lorain county, comes of New England people and Revolutionary stock, his grandfather having served in the great American struggle for liberty, dying in 1858 at the age of ninety-seven. S. R. Willard, father of subject, was a native of Vermont, and was a Baptist minister. When the son, J. E., was yet an infant, the parents came west to Ohio, first locating in Bedford, Cuyahoga county, thence, after a sojourn of some seven years, moving to Salem, Columbiana county, after which they lived in various other parts of the State, including Lorain county. In 1866 the father left the Baptists, and LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 623 united himself with the Disciple Church, becoming a celrgyman in that denomination. From La Grange, in Lorain county, the family proceeded to Wellington, in the same county, and thence to Minnesota, then back to Wellington, from there moving to Summit county, same State, and then returning to Wellington, for the last time as far as concerned the father, as he died there in 1878, at the age of seventy-seven years, having been born in 1801. In 1829 he married Miss Catherine Trotter, by which union were born five sons and two daughters, our subject being the third; there were also two daughters born to Mr. Willard by a former marriage. The mother of J. E. Willard was called from earth in 1891, aged eighty-four years, dying in Elyria; she was of Scotch-Irish descent. J. E. Willard, subject proper of this memoir, was born August 25, 1836, in Ogdensburg, N. Y., and when young was brought by his parents to Lorain county, Ohio, where he received his education. He was reared on a farm, and lived thereon till he was twenty-two years old, when he entered a dry-goods store at La Grange, Lorain county, remaining there four years. In 1881 he received the appointment as deputy treasurer of Lorain county, in which capacity he served between five and six years, at the end of which time he was appointed deputy auditor, filling the position one and one-half years. In 1888 he was elected on the Republican ticket to his present incumbency—treasurer of the county, and he is now serving his second term, with characteristic fidelity and ability. Mr. Willard was married, June 5, 1856, to Delia A. Gott, a native of La Grange, Ohio, daughter of David and Erneline Gott, both of whom were born at Worcester, N. Y. To this union three children have been born, viz.: Minnie A., Kittie M. and Archie M. In political sympathies Mr, Willard is a Republican, and socially he is a member of the K. O. T. M. and G. A. R. During the Civil war he enlisted, September 26, 1862, in the One Hundred and Twenty-eighth O. V. I., which served on Johnson's Island, guarding prisoners there, and he was discharged June 9, 1865. Mr. Willard was a schoolmate of the lamented President Garfield, at Hiram, Ohio, and he subsequently had various business communications with him, having yet in his possession several autograph letters of his. MOSES S. TENNANT (deceased) was a well-known school teacher and agriculturist at one time cultivating the plastic minds of the young, at another the ductile soil of the earth. He was born May 22, 1812, in Monroe county, N. Y., the eldest son of Selden and Lydia (Allen) Tennant. Selden Tennant, father of subject, was a native of Connecticut, born in 1787, and in 1793 came to Otsego county, N. Y., with his parents. When a young man he bought land near Buffalo, N. Y., but not long afterward he removed to Monroe county. In 1846 he came to Ohio and bought wild land in Camden township, Lorain county, where he became a well-to-do citizen, farming being his life vocation. In Otsego county he had married Miss Lydia Allen, who bore him children as follows: Moses S.. subject of this memoir; Betsy, who married Charles Kingsbury, and died in Michigan; Allen, a resident of Kenton, Ohio; Lydia, married to David M. Tennant, died in Oberlin in 1892; David R., farmer, of Camden township; and Hannah M., married to Moses Holcomb, now of Cass county, Iowa. The mother died in 1835 in New York State, the father on his farm in Camden township, Lorain county, in 1871. Politically he was first an ardent Whig, afterward, on the formation of the party, a stanch Republican. In religious connection he and his wife were zealous Baptists. 624 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. Moses S. Tennant, the subject proper of these lines, received his education at the common schools of his native township, and was reared to agricultural pursuits on his father's farm. Being a studious boy and youth, and having a natural inclination for reading and a love of books, he soon had himself prepared for the profession of teacher, which he followed several years with pronounced success. In October, 1839, shortly after his marriage, he came with his wife to Ohio, the journey being made with a covered wagon and occupying two weeks. They located in Camden township, Lorain county, and having out of his wages—about twelve dollars per month—saved a little money, Mr. Tennant was enabled to buy one hundred acres of land at ten dollars per acre, twenty of which were cleared and fenced, and on which there stood a comfortable log house with a brick chimney, the first one of the kind built in the township. Soon after settling here, he again took up school teaching at a salary of twelve dollars per month, " boarding round " at various places in the district, and in the winter of 1840 he conducted a school in his own house, being assisted by his wife. For several winters he assiduously followed this vocation, working on his farm the rest of the year, but the later years of his life he applied himself exclusively to agricultural pursuits, in which he made a pronounced success, being a good manager and financier. He died April 8, 1890, and was interred in Kipton cemetery. Politically he was first a Whig, later a Republican, and he was an active Abolitionist, a " conductor" on the " Underground Railroad," and many a fugitive slave found refuge at his home, where he and his wife would not only feed and clothe them but also teach them to read. In religion he was a prominent member of the Baptist Church, in which he held various offices, and was an active worker during the last twenty years of his life. On August 14, 1839, Mr. Tennant was married at Clarkson, Monroe Co., N. Y., to Miss Mary J. Billings, who was born there July 20, 1820, a daughter of Walter and Nancy (Gillis) Billings, and children as follows came of this union: William S., born February 7, 1842; graduated at Oberlin College; studied law at Ann Arbor, and practiced his profession many years, becoming judge of the circuit court, in Saginaw (Mich.) District, but was so overworked that he was compelled to leave his position; and Lettie M., also a graduate of Oberlin, who married John A. Williamson (a graduate of Yale), of Norwalk, Ohio, and died when thirty-five years of age. G. F. (a foster son) is now paymaster on the C. L. & W. R. R. ; and Ed win A. (also a foster son), who has charge of the home farm in Camden township. Since the death of her husband, Mrs. Tennant has continued to reside on the home farm, and visits her children from time to time. She has been a member of the Baptist Church for the past fifty years, and enjoys the es-, teem and respect of a wide circle of friends and acquaintances. THE POND FAMILY. On July 8, 1776, there died on Long Island, of camp fever, brought on by exposure in the service of his country, Roswell Pond, in the thirtieth year of his age, a faithful soldier in the Continental army under Gen. George Washington. He had married in Branford, Conn., November 22, 1764, Miss Lydia Rogers, and three children were born to them, viz.: (A) Josiah C., September 27, 1765; (B) Abigail, December 18, 1769, and (C) Roswell, Jr., July 15, 1772. (A) Josiah C. Pond married Miss Jerusha Bull, September 6, 1792, she being then twenty-seven years old, and children as follows were born to them: (1) Nancy, born at Harwinton, Conn., November 1, 1793; (2) Sheldon, born May 3, 1795, LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 627 died April 4, 1883; (3) Josiah, Jr., born December 31, 1796, died on Christmas Day, 1883; (4) Jerusha, born June 17, 1799; (5) Candace, born May 8, 1801;(6) Cynthia, born September 8, 1803; (7) Mary, born March 4, 1806, died April 28, 1890, at Oswego, N. Y., and (8) Jonathan, born December 1, 1809. Of these, (1) Nancy married ___ Covey, and died October 8, 1826; her son, William C., died June 7, 1848. (2) Sheldon married No vember 9, 1831, Clarissa Austin, who was born February 3, 1804; she died May 15, 1891, at the age of eighty-seven years; their children were Ellen L. (born January 18, 1833), Albert S. (born August 27, 1834, died September 17, 1875), Mary J. (born July 24, 1838) of these Ellen L. married Henry Pond November 5, 1851, in Bristol, Conn.; Mary J. married J. H. Scovill December 17, 1862, and they live on the old farm in Connecticut; Albert .S. married Hattie A. Harrington November 14, 1863, and died September 17, 1875. (3) Josiah Pond, Jr., married May 5, 1819, Acta Dyer, who died June 4, 1844, and their children were Lucius Dyer, born March 20, 1820; Mariette, born December 18, 1829; Flora Ann, born November 15, 1832, married Ferdinand Trivoya November 6, 1853. (5) Candace Pond died a maiden August 11, 1847. (6) Cynthia married a Mr. Belden, and died February 11, 1861. (7) Mary Pond married Augustus Pettibone, who was born May 5, 1800; she died. July 28, 1890, leaving five daughters. (8) Jonathan Pond married, but had no children. The parents of this family both died at Harwinton, Conn., the father January 31, 1838, aged seventy- two years, the mother February 29, 1836, aged seventy-one. (C) R mwell Pond, Jr., married January 23, 1800, Hannah Webster, born April 14, 1778, a daughter of Charles Webster, of Harwinton, Conn., and related to Noah Webster, the Lexicographer. To this union were born children as follows: (I) Roswell, born February 16, 1801, died March 18 1819; (II) Lydia, born July 1, 1803, died February 24, 1889; (III) Lew Anna. born June 30, 1805, died in Torrington, Conn., June 13,1888; (IV) Hannah Webster, born October 10, 1807, died January 10, 1871; (V) Charles Webster, born February 8, 1810, died in Toledo, Ohio, August 21, 1885; (VI) Martin Webster (the subject proper of this sketch), born March 12, 1814; (VII) Edwin Loomis, born Septem, ber 6, 1816, die.d in'the Sandwich Islands November 12, 1889; and (VIII) Julius Roswell, born February 11, 1822, died in Glencoe, Oregon, May 25, 1891. The father of this family died in Harwinton, Conn., September 18, 1826, the mother at the residence of her son, Martin W., whom she was visiting, at Elyria, Ohio, November 15, 1854. Of the children of (C) Roswell Pond, Jr., (II) Lydia married, May .19, 1825, Ezra Stiles Adams, of Canton, Conn., and they at once carne west to Ohio, .locating in Elyria, then but a small village. The record of their children is as follows: Mary Laura was born September 1, 1826; Albert H. was born May 8, 1830, and died October 23, 1831; Alfred Henry was born December 10, 1832, and died March 15,1833; Lydia Ann was born February 3, 1834; George Hurlbut was born February 1, 1837, and Ezra Stiles. was born June 4, 1845. Of these, Mary Laura married, April 21, 1846, in Elyria, Ohio, Charles E. Mason, a native of Portage county, Ohio, born May 4, 1823. The issue of this union are three children: (1) Mary Adelaide, born in Elyria, June 16, 1847; (2) Laura Isabel, born in Elyria, February 4, 1850, and (3) George Adams, born in Wellington (also in Lorain county), July 18, 1858. Of these, (1) Mary Adelaide married, June 16, 1868, John W. Meaker, of Ann Arbor, Mich., and their children are John W., Jr., born July 18, 1870; Guy, born September 6, 1873; Belle, born February 10, 1876, and Mazie, born November 30, 1878, all born in Detroit, Mich., except the last named, who first saw the light in 628 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. the "World's Fair City "-Chicago. (2) Laura Isabel Mason was married June 24, 1873, in Wellington, Ohio, to Schuyler Davis, and their children are George S., born in -Wellington, August 24, 1874, and Roy Mason, born in Cleveland, November 16, 1879. Lydia Ann Adams, second daughter of Ezra Stiles and Lydia Adams, was married May 27, 1850, to George F. Bell, of Canada West (now Ontario), and they had one child, Kate, born February 11,1853. Mr. Bell died August 11, 1872, in Mercer, Penn., and May 22, 1879, his widow was married to Nelson Case, of Orangeville, Ohio. George Hurlbut Adams, youngest son but one of Ezra Stiles and Lydia Adams, was united in marriage December 25,1868, with Miss Addie Kemp, who died August 26, 1874, and for his second wife George II. Adams married, May 27, 1878, Mils Belle J. Henry, of Rockport, Ohio. Ezra Stiles Adams, Jr., youngest son of Ezra Stiles and Lydia Adams, was married January 19, 1870, in Wellington, Ohio, to Miss Jennie L. McClelland, of that place, and their children are Louisa M., born in Cleveland, October 20, 1871, and Georgia, born March 15, 1873. (III) Lew Anna Pond died at Torrington, Conn., June 12, 1888; she was married at her father's house in Burlington, Conn., December 15, 1825, to Edmund A. Wooding, and children as follows were born to them: (a) Adeline, born January 8, 1827; (b) Julia, born at Torrington, Conn., October 28, 1835, and (c) Mary, born at Torrington, February 25, 1838. Of these (a) Adeline married, November 3, 1846, in New Hartford, Conn., Augustus Merrill, by whom she had children as follows: (1) Addie, born in New Hartford, November 15, 1849., married November 25, 1868,William Baker Gilbert, of Thomaston, Conn., and has one child, Grace, born October 12, 1880. (2) Grace, born in Thomaston, Conn., January 18, 1854, married December 25, 1875, Charles S. Spald ing, of Winstead, Conn., and has three children, viz.: Jessie, born July 22, 1878; Anna, born August 12, 1880, and Ethel May, born November 14, 1885. (b) Julia Wooding married May 17, 1877, in New York City, William Burtis Fowler. (c) Mary Wooding was married at her father's house in Wolcottville, Conn., November 25, 1855, to Walter Scott Lewis, of Bridgeport, Conn., and two children were born to them, viz.: Lizzie, March 28, 1857 (married to Addison A. Ladley, of Philadelphia, Penn., January 6, 1881), and Charles W., October 16, 1859, both born in Wolcottville, Connecticut. (IV) Hannah Webster Pond was married in Wolcottville, Conn., June 16, 1833, to Jeremiah D. Root, and three children were born to them in Hartford, Conn., as follows: (1) Edward J., born in 1837, died March 16, 1842; (2) Albert Homer. born June 15, 1840, died February 19, 1841; (3) Frank, born in April, 1834, and was killed by a boiler explosion in New York harbor while in the U. S. service, in 1864 or '65, leaving one son, Edward Samuel, known as "Ned Root," born January 10, 1855; and (4) Ella, born October 15, 1842. Mrs. Hannah Webster (Pond) Root died in New London, Conn., January 10, 1871. Jeremiah D. Root died in New York City, August 6, 1875, and both are buried in Hartford, Connecticut. (V) Charles Webster Pond married October 21, 1846, at Smithville, Canada West (now Ontario), Miss Martha Smith, and they had two children: Robert, horn in Canada July 28, 1850, and Ezra Stiles, born at Auburn, Mich., February 29, 1856. The mother died at Smithville, C. W., in May following the birth of her last child, and Mr. Pond married for his second wife, at Detroit, Mich., May 6, 1857, Miss Catherine Vantiplen, and their children were (1) Charles Henry, born at Brighton, Mich., March 12, 1858, and died at Toledo, Ohio, December 19, 1881. Robert Pond, son of Charles Webster and Martha (Smith) Pond, married May 7, LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 629 1873, in Monroe county, Mich., Emeline Hungerford of Bedford, Mich., and their children were May, born at Bedford, Mich., February 5, 1874; Maud, born at Toledo, Ohio, August 1, 1877, died there February 10, 1882, and Charles E., born at Bedford, Mich., July 15, 1879. (VIII) Julius Roswell Pond married July 2, 1850, at the home of her father, Royal Watson, in New Hartford, Conn., Miss Martha A. Watson, a native of that town, born March 19, 1821, and their children are Edwin Watson, born June 17, 1853, in New Hartford, and Cora Lena, adopted by them when one month old, and who was born at New Hartford March 24, 1863; she is married to Edward Bisack, and they live in Norwich, New York. (VI) MARTIN WEBSTER POND, the subject proper of this sketch, removed with his sister, Mrs. Lydia (Pond) Adams, to Elyria, Ohio, in 1825, where, December 10, 1835, he married Miss Eliza J. Sayles, of Mayville, Chautauqua Co., N. Y.. born there March 26, 1817, and died in Elyria May 31, 1887. Her parents were from Rhode, Island. The children born to this union were (1) Henry Clay, (2) Martin Webster, Jr., (3) Horace Roswell Brown, (4) Frank, (5) Franklin Gaylord, and (6) Lizzie, all natives of Elyria, Ohio, the record of whom is as follows: (1) Henry Clay was born in Elyria September 11, 1839, and March 23, 1865, married, in Hartford, Conn., Lottie Payne; (2) Martin W., Jr., was born April 30, 1841, and February 12, 1871, was married in Cleveland, Ohio, to Miss Fannie J. Thrall, of that city, their children being George Horace, born at Titusville, Penn., October 19, 1871, died at Colorado Springs of consumption October 6, 1889. (3) Horace R. B. was born October 31, 1842; in 1861 he enlisted in Company I, Eighth Regiment O. V. I., and died at his father's house May 14, 1870, of disease contracted in the army; he married September 5, 1867, Jennie Keyes, of Sandusky, Ohio, and one son, Harry, was born to them August 4, 1868. (4) Frank was born April 14, 1848, and died of croup February 7, 1851. (5) Franklin G. was born February 25, 1849. (6) Lizzie was born February 21, 1854, was married December 5, 1877, to Samuel Howe Bowen, of Newport, Herkimer Co., N. Y., and their children are Helen Pond, born in Green Spring August 15, 1878, and Scott Howe, horn November 27, 1886. Martin Webster Pond received his education at the common schools of his native State, and the district schools of Elyria, Ohio. He then, at about the age of sixteen, entered the employ of his brother-in-law, Ezra S. Adams, as an apprentice to learn the saddle and harness making business, which he completed in his twenty-first year, soon after which he left Elyria for the purpose of perfecting himself in his trade, among other places working in Cleveland, Detroit, and -Wheeling (W. Va.). At the end of two years he returned to Elyria, and here followed his trade until 1852, during which period he formed various partnerships: first with B. F. Robinson, then with Waterman Morse, and lastly with William Doolittle. In June, 1852, he started on a trip to California, via the Nicaragua route; at the Isthmus, where he was delayed some three weeks, he was attacked with Panama fever, but finally reached San Francisco, in a very feeble condition, however, after a tedious journey of sixty-five days in all. Gradually recovering his health he engaged in mining, his headquarters being at Nevada City. In June, 1853, he returned to Elyria, this time taking the Panama route, and again entered into partnership with Waterman Morse in the saddlery and harness business, but at the end of the year Mr. -Pond retired from the firm. In 1858 fire destroyed a building owned by Mr. Pond, and immediately he began the erection of a finer one, and upon its completion, in January, 1859, he resumed his old business, which he continued until 1870, when he engaged in the manufacture of a harness pad, for which he had obtained a patent. 630 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. In 1862 he invented the first successful tug buckle, to the sale and introduction of which he gave much attention until 1870. A Republican in politics, Mr. Pond has filled many position of honor and trust conferred upon him by his fellow citizens. He is a member of the F. & A. M., and was for twenty-nine years treasurer of Marshall Chapter No. 47. In 1841 he assisted in forming in Elyria a Lodge of the "Mechanics Mutual Protection," an Order that has exerted much permanent influence for good in the community. Mr. Pond, always a lover of education, was one of the most active workers for the establishment of the Elyria Union School. In the improvement of Elyria he has taken a conspicuous part. Mrs. Pond died May 31, 1887, at the age of seventy years. Their golden wedding anniversary had passed; for more than fifty years their joys and sorrows had been mutual. Theirs had been a most happy union, in which communion of souls had made the two lives as one, and the existence of each as essential factors of the other. Since Mrs. Pond's death, the husband has lived at the old homestead, only waiting God's time to be called to the final reunion. His health is far from good, and being one of the oldest residents of Elyria, not many years will pass ere the summons comes, which will find him ready and waiting. HIRAM H. HOWK, familiarly known among his many friends as "Uncle Hiram," for about threescore years a resident of Wellington township, is a native of Berkshire county, Mass., born October 2, 1816. His father, David Howk ("Uncle David, " as he was generally known), was born in the same county, where he married Polly Bradley, who bore him six children, as follows: Clarissa, who died in Chenango county, N. Y.; Ely B., deceased in Wellington, who was a justice of the peace; Hiram H., subject; John, who is mentioned elsewhere in this volume; David; and Mary, deceased in Pennsylvania, who was the wife of Frank Hamilton. The family moved to New York State when our subject was a boy,. and came to Wellington township, Lorain Co., Ohio, when he was a youth of eighteen years. They traveled by lake to Cleveland, the rest of the journey being made by wagon, and the first house they lived in, built of logs, was 12 x 20, with flat roof, puncheon floor, and without either door or window, curtains being hung up in lieu thereof. Deer, wolves, and other wild animals were plentiful, while human beings were on the other hand rare, there being no family in the woods at the time the Howks came. Here they carved out a home from the dense woods and deep-tangled undergrowth, and here the parents pasted the remainder of their pioneer lives. Their farm was located in the southeastern part of the township, very wild land at the time, and the first brush pile in the section was cut by "Uncle" David Howk. He died on the old homestead at the age of sixty-eight years, a member of the M. E. Church, and a Whig in politics; he was a hardy, active and vigorous man. His wife passed from earth March 5, 1871, at the present residence of the family, aged about eighty-two years. On the father's side the family are of Holland-Dutch lineage; on the mother's side they are of Massachusetts ancestry, her parents being of Lee, Berkshire county, where they lived all their lives. The subject of our sketch received but a limited education at the old-time log schoolhouse, as his boyhood days were for the most part occupied in assisting his father on the farm—chopping and clearing. He has been a lifelong agriculturist, and has met with well merited success. On September 20, 1843, he married Miss Electa Butler, born in Wheeling, W. Va., and three children were the results of this LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 631 union: John, in Wellington, Lorain county (has two children: Fred and Arthur); Almira, who died in 1872 at the home of her father, aged twenty-two years, leaving one child, Eddie H. Burns; and Grove, also in Wellington (has one child, Myrtle). After marriage our subject continued to reside on the old homestead, living there in all about thirty years. On April 8, 1863, he and his wife moved to Wellington village, and made their home there until lately, when they once more came to their farm, a life of ease not suiting "Uncle Hiram," as he is a man of perpetual activity, and bright and spry for his years; in that respect resembling his thirty-three-year-old horse, of which he is proud, and which is a wonderful animal considering his age. In addition to his farm our subject owns a nice property in the village of Wellington.   J. H. LANG. The Lang family, of 1 Which this gentleman is a worthy representative, and which was at one time quite numerous in Huntington, Lorain county, can trace their genealogy back to Plymouth Rock. The earliest known member of the family was one Robert Lang, a seafaring man who came from Scotland as early as 1630. He built a house at Portsmouth, N. H., some time between 1635 and 1650, which is still standing in a very good condition. It was built of New Hampshire Pasture Oak. The walls are bricked up between the studs with brick brought from England, and the nails were hand made. This house was occupied by English soldiers during the King Philip war; was also occupied by Governor Wentworth, and sheltered General Washington when he visited New England. This is one of the oldest houses in the New England States, and relics of it are now in the possession of some of the younger members of this old family. The following line brings this family down to the present numerous generation: First from Robert was John, then a second John, who was a Revolutionary soldier. Then Bickford, and a second Bickford, who was a captain of militia in the war of 1812. He was born in Rye, N. H., married Abigail Locke, and settled in Epsom, N. H., where he reared a numerous family. His eldest son William was the first to leave the parent nest, and go to what was then the "Far West." His brother Reuel soon followed, and both settled in Huntington, Lorain county, about the year 1821, being among the first settlers of that township. David, another son of Bickford, followed about 1835, and the father came in 1838, all of them settling in Huntington. Another son, John, settled in Ashland, Ohio, where he was for a number of years a prosperous merchant and business man, and where he died in 1847. Benjamin, another son, graduated at Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, and was for some time a professor of that college; he died in Kansas in 1885. David spent the most of his life, after coming to Ohio, in Huntington, a prosperous farmer, and died at the home of his son John in Rochester in 1884. Josiah Crosby, the youngest son of this family, enlisted in the war of the Rebellion, but was taken sick and died before he had seen any active service, his death occurring in 1861. Of the two boys who first came to Ohio, Reuel was a cabinet maker, and worked at the trade of carpenter and joiner for many years; and many of the first frame structures of Lorain county show his handiwork. He was for many years a local preacher among the Methodists. The last years of his life he spent in Wellington, surrounded by many of his children, where he peacefully passed away in March, 1891, in the eighty1inth year of his age. William, the eldest son, is still living with his son John in Wasioja, Minn., in his ninety-sixth year. Bickford, Jr., was the only one of this 632 - LORAIN COUNTY OHIO numerous family who did not "go west." He remained in his native State, and is still living at Franklin, N. H. There were four girls in this family: Maria, who married Dr. Babb, and died at Manchester, N. H.; Lorenda, married to Kimball Prescott, and died at Marinette, Wis.; Sarah, who married Morrill Chesley, and still lives in New Hampshire, and Abigail, who married Milton Barker, and died at Oberlin, Ohio. Beyond this brief review, this history will have only to do with the later generation, and with those who have been more intimately connected with the history of Lorain county. Of the descendants of this family, only the children of Reuel settled in this county. Josiah Bickford, the eldest, married Lorena Chapman, and for a number of years lived in Huntington, where he followed the trade of carpenter; for more than twenty years he was engaged in the tin, stove and hardware trade in Wellington. He served a term as mayor of that village, and by his enterprise and counsel added, much to its prosperity; for the last few years his home has been in Cleveland; he had four children—three sons and one daughter, viz.: Watson W. and Charles, both in business in Cleveland; Eva A., now the wife of George M. Cad-well, a business man in Cleveland; the first-born son was killed when a child by the kick of a horse. The next son is Jesse II., the subject proper of this sketch, of whom further mention will presently be made. Cyrus Welcome, the third son, lived at home in Huntington till the age of twenty, when he visited his relatives in New Hampshire, where he died in his twentieth year. Louisa Maria, the eldest daughter, married Peter S. Wright, lived a short time in Huntington, a number of years in Oberlin, moved to Vermontville, Mich., where he accumulated some property, and about ten years ago returned to Wellington, where he still resides. Mr. Wright was famed as being one of the most ingenious mechanics in the country, He enlisted in the army and served with honor, and is now retired in broken health, on a small pension. They had three children, two of whom died in infancy, and the third, Grace, is now the wife of Utley Wedge, and resides in Cleveland. Esther Abigail, the next daughter, married Charles W. Horr, a prosperous business man of Wellington; they had a family of four boys, the eldest of which is a lawyer in Cleveland, and the rest still live in Wellington. Charles, the fourth son, died at Huntington in the twentieth year of his age. Olive Amy, the youngest daughter, after graduating from Oberlin College, married Dr. Meriden B. Lukens, who practiced medicine for many years in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Cleveland, Ohio, and finally drifted to Dalton, Ga., where they now reside. George Locke, the next son in line, grew to sixteen years of age in Huntington; then went to Wisconsin arid took a position in the store of his brother Jesse, and when the war broke out he enlisted in Company G, Twelfth Wisconsin Volunteers, in which he served gallantly and faithfully; was severely wounded at the siege of Atlanta, Ga., a minie ball being permanently left in his right lung; after he returned from the war he studied telegraphy, and has been engaged in that occupation ever since; he is now engaged in important work of this kind in the East, with a residence in Boston; he married Lizzie Viles, at Oberlin, and they have one daughter, now married and residing in Washington, D. C. Merrill Warner, the youngest of this family, also grew to manhood in Huntington, married and settled in Wellington, where he now resides, an honored citizen. He has been many years a member of the village council, and has had much to do with the affairs of that village; he has one son, Burton Lang, who is married and lives in Cleveland. Five generations of Langs have lived and flourished in Lorain county—Watson, the son of Josiah,having two children,and Burton, the son of Merrill, having one. Bick- LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 633 ford, of the first generation, died in Huntington at the age of about ninety years, and Reuel, of the. next in line, died in Wellington as before stated. Of David's family, Albert, the eldest, died in Huntington; John, the second son, lives in Rochester; Lydia Ann, the oldest daughter, is now the wife of Horatio Norton, and lives in Huntington; Henry, a younger son, entered the army, and was killed in action. The names mentioned above comprise all or nearly all of this numerous family who have been identified with Lorain county. While this family has not produced any great men, there never has been any stain on its moral character, none of them ever having been in either Congress or Penitentiary. Jesse Hart Lang, whose name opens this sketch, was born in Huntington township, Lorain Co., Ohio, December 21, 1827, a son of Reuel and Amy (Hart) Lang, natives respectively of New Hampshire and Vermont. He was named after his maternal grandfather. Mr. Lang grew to manhOod in his native town, attended school in Oberlin a number of years, and engaged in teaching and study from 1844 to 1848. On January 1, of the latter year, he married Miss Mary E. Fitch, of Sheffield township, Lorain county, a daughter of Samuel B. and Dolly (Smith) Fitch, natives of Massachusetts and early settlers of Sheffield township, Lorain county. The first two years of our subject's married life were spent on a farm in Huntington township, after which he removed to Olmsted Falls, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, where he was engaged in managing a woolen factory for five years. In 1856, with his young Wife and one daughter, he went to Grand Rapids, Wis., where he was in the employ of the Government, and at the same time studied law. While there he was a candidate for the Legislature, but was defeated, the District being largely Democratic. For ten years he was there engaged in the businesses of land surveyor, lawyer and merchant. Returning to Oberlin in 1870, he has here since resided, engaged in the profession of attorney and general business agency. He is a Republican, and cast his first vote for the Free-soil party. Socially he is a F. & A. M., and he and his wife are members of the Congregational Church. They had six children, all of whom died young, the youngest, Carrie, at the age of thirteen years. Mr. Lang published a work entitled " Childrens' Pictorial Bible," containing twenty thousand illustrations (seven hundred of them being electro-plates) and a topical analysis. He spent twenty years on the work. JOHN MOUNTAIN, late leading merchant tailor in Elyria, was born September 27, 1834, in County Fermanagh,Ireland. His parents were John and Elizabeth (Carson) Mountain, also natives of County Fermanagh; the father, who was a merchant tailor, died in his seventieth year; the mother, who was of Scotch descent, died at the age of forty-four years. They were the parents of five children, to wit: William, who entered the British army, and died at Bombay, India; Christopher, who died in the British army, in Turkey; Mary, widow of Thomas Timtnington, of Fremont, Ohio; John, our subject; and Margaret, wife of Charles Wilmott, of Melbourne, Australia. At the age of seventeen years the subject of this sketch left his native land to seek his fortune in the Western world, and corning to Canada completed his trade with his uncle Joseph Mountain, which he had commenced under his father's tuition in Ireland. In 1859 he came to Elyria, Lorain county, under contract to do cutting for a leading house in that town. After working at his trade in various capacities, the Civil war broke out, and being imbued with the same martial spirit that actuated his brothers to enlist in the British army, he, in 1862, enlisted as fifer in the One Hundred and Third O. V. I. 634 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. He was mustered into the regiment as drum major, and after serving in the army of Tennessee, in Kentucky, one year, was mustered out under an order from the War Department relieving all drum majors from the service. On his return home he worked at his trade until 1878, in which year he embarked in business for himself, in Elyria. Having become well known in and gained the confidence of the community bat large, he soon found himself in possession of the leading merchant tailoring trade in the city, which he enjoyed up to the time of his death, which occurred August 12, 1893. In 1853 Mr. Mountain married Miss Elizabeth Frazer, by whom there were three children, as follows: Libbie, wife of Dr. P. D. Reefy, of Elyria; Minnie, wife of Herbert S. Follansbee, of Elyria; and Carson, who died when twenty-two years old. The mother died in 1878. Mr. Mountain afterward married Miss Dora Dunton. One child—Arthur—was born to them. Politically our subject was a Republican; was also a member of the G. A. R., and of the Episcopal Church. PROF. JAMES HARRIS FAIRCHILD, ex-president of Oberlin College, was born in Stockbridge, Mass., November 25, 1817, a son of Grandison and Nancy (Harris) Fair- child. The father was a native of Sheffield, Mass., born April 20, 1792, and died July 31, 1890, in the ninety-ninth year of his age; the mother was born in Richmond, Mass., November 29, 1795, and died August 31, 1875. Daniel Fairchild, grandfather of subject, removed from Sheffield to Stockbridge, Mass., with his young family, where he passed the remainder of his busy life in agricultural pursuits; his wife's name was Buttles. In 1818 Grandison Fairchild came with his family to Lorain county, Ohio, making a settlement in what is now Brownhelm township, then a wilderness, and here he cleared a farm and passed the rest of his life. The property is still in the possession of the family. Eight of the children —four sons and four daughters—horn to Grandison and Nancy Fairchild grew to maturity, of whom the following is a:brief record: (1) Charles Grandison remained on the old homestead, and carried on the farm until his death in 1884. (2) Edward Henry was educated in Oberlin College, and afterward became principal of the preparatory department of same; at the time of his death he was president of Berea College, Kentucky; one of his sons is president of Rollins College, Florida; another professor in Doane College, Nebraska; another is connected with Berea College, Kentucky. (3) James Harris is the subject of this memoir. (4) Catharine Baxter is the wife of Chester A. Cooley. (5) Emily Frances is the wife of Rev. M. W. Fairfield; one son is professor at Howard University, Washington, D. C. (6) Mary Plumb was married to Cyrus Baldwin, now of Dayton, Ohio, and died leaving four children; one of her sons, Cyrus G. Baldwin, is president of Pomona College, Cal.; another son, Dr. James F. Baldwin, is Dean of the Medical University at Columbus, Ohio; her daughter is the wife of Prof. Cook, of Michigan Agricultural College, Lansing, Mich. (7) Harriet Eliza married Prof. R. C. Kedzie, of Lansing. Mich.; their three sons became professors of chemistry. (8) George T. is president of the Kansas Agricultural College, Manhattan, Kansas. The subject of this sketch received his education in part at the schools of Brown helm, and high school of Elyria, but chiefly at Oberlin. The school at Oberlin was first begun in December, 1833; in May, 1834, it was first regularly organized, and in the following October the first Freshman class was formed, comprising at that time the two Fairchilds—James H. and his brother Edward Henry—and two others. Pursuing his course steadily, LORAN COUNTY, OHIO - 637 James graduated from college in 1838, after which he entered at once upon a theological course, which he completed in 1841. In 1839 he was appointed tutor in Latin and Greek in the college, and, on the completion of his course in Theology in 1841, he was elected professor of Latin and Greek. In 1847 he was transferred to the Chair of. Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, and in 1858 he received the appointment of professor of Moral Philosophy and Systematic Theology. In 1866, Prof. Finney having resigned his position as president, Prof. Fairchild was appointed his successor, and held the position until 1889. In November, 1841, Prof. Fairchild was united in marriage with Miss Mary F. Kellogg, at Minden, La., whither her father had removed from Jamestown, N. Y., on account of impaired health. She was a native of New York State. This event took place before the days of railroads, and the trip from Oberlin to Minden occupied several weeks. The Professor took the canal to the Ohio, then steamer down the Ohio into the Mississippi; down that river to New Orleans, then up the Red river, to the Creole town of Natchitoches, from which place he proceeded on horseback through the pine forests seventy-five miles to Minden. the many incidents met with on the way, and to him annoying delays, are ofttimes recounted by the Professor in his own inimitable manner. To this marriage were born eight children—two sons and six daughters—as follows: (1) Lucy Kellogg is the wife of Prof. Kenaston, of Howard University; (2) George Hornell is a well-known business man and banker in North Dakota; (3) Mary Fletcher is matron in Baldwin Cottage, Oberlin; (4) Catharine Cooley is keeping house for her father, her mother having died in 1890; (5) Grace Augusta is a teacher in the art department of Oberlin College;(6) James Thome is a professor in Tabor College, Iowa. The other two children died young. The life of Prof. Fairchild has not been what might be termed eventful, but it has been a busy one—a quiet, yet progressive life. He has found time to give to the world not a few of the productions of his pen, among which may be mentioned: " Fairchild's Elements of Theology ;" "Fairchild's Moral Science"; " Oberlin: The Colony and the College." In a "History of Lorain County," the following is truthfully and gracefully said of Prof. Fairchild: " As a public speaker he is quiet and self-contained, and though impressive, would not be called oratorical. Yet, so fraught are his productions with elevated and original thought, clothed in a style clear and terse, that corresponding thoughts are awakened in his auditors, which do not pass away with the hearing. His public addresses on special occasions have uniformly possessed so high a degree of excellence that, almost without exception, they have been requested for publication. That which best expresses and explains his life is—fidelity to duty. He has not been ambitious, or eager for distinction; but he has risen to a high position in the esteem, respect and admiration of a large number. He has given himself to his work with a devotion which has known no abatement. There is found in him, in no ordinary degree, both the speculative and the practical. His mind grapples resolutely, and works actively and intensely on the great subjects of thought; but high thoughts do not so absorb his attention as to make him neglectful of the necessary details of practical affairs. He is wise in little things as in great. " The prevailing bent of his mind is unquestionably ethical. Though his mind is too comprehensive to allow him to be a mere specialist, yet his favorite study is ethics. On this summit of human thought he has long dwelt; and the result of his thinking and teaching he has embodied in his treatise on moral philosophy. This is an admirable exposition of the moral law of love or benevolence; first, in its philos- 638 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. ophy or reason; and, secondly, in its practical application to human rights and duties. In his theological teaching he is clear, rational, and evangelical. " Under his wise and discreet management, Oberlin College has undergone a gradual and continual improvement. This improvement is, indeed, its natural growth ; yet it is not spontaneous, but must be promoted by intelligent effort, in which many co-operate. This growth consists in the enlargement and perfection of the course of study, so as to furnish a culture broader and higher; and, as a necessary material basis for this, an adequate college endowment." A. C. MOORE, M. D., physician and surgeon, is in the van of his profession, not only in North Amherst, where he has his residence, but also in the entire county of Lorain. He was born in Lake county, Ohio, in 1819, a son of Isaac and Philena (Bush) Moore, natives, the father of New York, the mother of Massachusetts. In 1811 Isaac Moore came to Lake county, Ohio, and took up farming. He was there married, and in 1831 moved to Cuyahoga county, thence in 1836 to Mentor, Ohio. He died at Farmer City, De Witt Co., Ill.; his widow passed from earth while living in Cuyahoga county. In politics he was a Whig and Republican. Grandfather John Moore enlisted, for six months, later for the entire service, during the Revolutionary war, and lived to the patriarchal age of ninety-three years; his grandmother Blish died at the same age. To Isaac Moore and his wife were born five sons and three daughters, the latter of whom are deceased. The sons are C. H., an attorney at Clinton, Ill., whither he had gone in 1841; Dr. A. C., subject of sketch; Blish, a farmer in De Witt county, Ill., where he settled in 1845; Milan, a jeweler in Farmer City, Ill.; and H. C., now in California. The subject proper of this sketch received his primary education at the Western Reserve Teachers' Seminary in Lake county, Ohio, after which be attended a medical course at Willoughby, now the Starling Medical College of Columbus, Ohio, then took a course at the Eclectic Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio, graduating with the class of 1848. In order to secure means wherewith to prosecute the study of medicine, he taught school several terms. In 1849 he commenced the practice of his profession, and has now been successfully engaged in it forty-four years. In May, 1855, Dr. Moore was united in marriage, in Lorain county, to Elizabeth Onstine, a native of Lancaster county, Penn., daughter of George and Rosanna Onstine, natives of Pennsylvania, and who in 1820 came to Lorain county, Ohio., To this marriage was born one daughter, Lulu C., wife of H. G. Redington, of Amherst, an attorney at law, and who is president of the Amherst Savings Bank, and has been mayor of North Amherst four terms. Mrs. Dr. Moore died in March, 1893. Our subject in politics is independent, and he is a strong temperance advocate. In 1875 he was mayor of North Amherst, and he is a member of the board of health. In matters of religion, he is associated with the Christian Church. He is one of the stockholders of the Amherst Savings Bank, and is a highly respected and popular gentleman. CHARLES W. JOHNSTON. This gentleman is a lineal descendant of one of the oldest and most powerful of the clans of Scotland, that for centuries kept the borders of that country in a constant ferment of bloody strife. Sir Walter Scott, in his " Tales of a Grandfather," says: " There had long existed a deadly feud on the western borders, between the two great families of the Maxwells and Johnstons. The former house was the most wealthy and powerful family LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 639 in Dumfriesshire and its vicinity, and had great influence among the families inhabiting the more level part of that country. The Johnstons on the other hand were neither equal to the Maxwells in number nor in power, but were a race of uncommon hardihood, much attached to their chieftain and to each other, and who resided in the strong and mountainous district of Annandale. It was between the houses of Johnston and Maxwell that the last great clan battle took place. It is known as the battle of Dryfe Sands, and was fought on the river Dryfe, near Lochmaben. The Maxwells had besieged the castle of Lockerby (or Locherby), the fortress of a Johnston who was in arms with his chief. His wife defended the residence until the approach of the Johnston forces. From the superior skill of the Johnston chief the Maxwells were defeated, and on their retreat many of them were slain or mutilated on the streets of Lockerby. The chief Maxwell had been wounded by the Johnstons, and left upon the field of battle with one hand cut off. He had offered ten pound ten' for the hand or head of the Laird of Johnston, and Johnston in return offered to bestow five-merk land upon any one who would bring him the hand or head of Maxwell. As a result Maxwell's hand was cut off; and when the Lady of Johnston came out of her castle to see how the battle had gone, she found Lord Maxwell on the field of battle, and knocked out his brains with her castle keys. So badly were the Maxwells cut up that a peculiar mark on the face was afterward known as 'Lockerby Lick." It was from this same Lockerby that Peter Johnston, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was descended. He was born in Scotland, in the town of Lockerby, Dumfriesshire, and came to America in 1773. Before leaving his Scottish home he received from the magistrates of the town of Lochmaben, in the same county, a credential paper, of which the following is a copy: "By the magistrates of the Burgh of Lochmaben.—The bearer hereof, Peter Johnston, in Lockerby in this neighborhood, having applied to us and represented that, from the inducements given for going to America, he intended going there, and desired a certificate of his char. acter, therefor we hereby attest that the said Peter Johnston and his family have Maintained a blameless character, and that he has honestly supported his family without being a trouble to any one, all of which is attested by us upon proper informAtion. Given at Lochmaben, the Thirtieth day of May, One Thousand Seven Hundred and seventy-three years. [Signed] Will Haggan (Provost), W. M. Law (Baillie), John Dickson (Baillie)." In 1775 Peter Johnston was a lieutenant in the Continental army, and participated during the Revolution in the battle of Saratoga (or " Stillwater "); also was present at Burgoyne's surrender. Steven Cleveland, maternal grandfather of Uharles W. Johnston, was a captain in the Continental army during the war of the Revolution, and in that rank participated in the battle of Saratoga under Gen. Gates; he also was present at the surrender of Gen. Burgoyne. He died at Bennington, Vt., aged 101 years. Thomas Johnston, father of the subject of these linesrnvas born in Saratoga, N. Y., August 30, 1777. He was a volunteer in the war of 1812, and fought at the battle of Plattsburg. In 1832 he came with his family to Ohio, making his first western home in Medina county, whence he moved to Lorain county, dying there July 22, 1858. He was a lifelong farmer, for many years a deacon in the Baptist Church, and prominent in public and social life. He married Susannah Cleveland, a native of Bennington, Vt., born October 2, 1781, and died in Lorain county, Ohio, July 19, 1873. They had twelve children, eleven of whom grew to maturity, our subject being the youngest but one. 640 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. Charles W. Johnston was born in Lee township, Oneida Co., N. Y., June 29, 1823, and received a liberal education at the public schools and in an academy. As above related the family came to Ohio in 1832, and here young Charles commenced the study of both medicine and law. In medicine he graduated from the Western Reserve College, and practiced the profession six years in Ashland and Lorain counties, but abandoned the field of Galen for that of Blackstone. In law he studied in the office of Sheldon & Vincent, Elyria Lafo, (the former of whom—L. A. Sheldon—was afterward governor of New Mexico), and in 1859 was admitted to the bar at the Columbus, Ohio, supreme court. In April, same year, he commenced the practice of law in Elyria in copartnership with Hon. P. Bliss, which continued till 1861, in which year Mr. Bliss removed to Nebraska, having been appointed judge of that Territory. Mr. Johnston then entered into a partnership with Hon. Albert A. Bliss, brother of the judge just mentioned, but at the old of a year Mr. Bliss retired from the firm and left for Michigan. Our subject then continued in the exclusive practice of law, alone, enjoying a wide and lucrative clientage. In 1869 he was elected prosecuting attorney for Lorain county, and he then received Hon. George P. Metcalf as partner in his business. In 1871 he was again elected prosecuting attorney, positively declining to allow his name to be again brought before the convention, and his partner, Mr. Metcalf, was nominated in his stead. From that time on Mr. Johnston continued practice alone until in 1881 he formed the present copartnership with his son-in-law, James H. Leonard. The business of the firm is general, but chiefly in civil practice, and they make a specialty of the investigation of land titles. Mr. Johnston's law business has not been confined to Lorain county alone, for he has practiced more or less in Erie and Huron counties, and at Cleveland before the United States court, and occasionally in the United States circuit and district courts. In 1849 Charles W. Johnston and Mary E,. Fisher were united in marriage, and three children were born to them, viz.: Mary C., wife of J. H. Leonard; Martha L., wife of W. C. Barnhart, secretary and treasurer of the Elevated Railroad Company, Kansas City, Kans., and Carleton F., in the U. S. mail service from St. Louis to Omaha. In politics Mr. Johnston is a Republican, and a strong Union man, liberal of his means both during the Civil war, in assisting the cause, and ever since those dark days, in relieving the needy old soldiers, widows of soldiers, and their orphans. A great reader, keeping well abreast of the times, he is the possessor of a good library. THOMAS GAWN, leading capitalist of Lorain, and one of the most influential citizens of Lorain county, is a native of same, born December 25, 1829. His parents were natives of the Isle of Man, and coming to this country about the year 1822 settled in the northern part of Black River township, Lorain Co., Ohio, where they carried on farming with much success. The father died in 1868 at the age of seventy-seven years, the mother in 1881, when eighty-six years old. They had a family of seven children, of whom Mrs. Thomas Radcliff and our subject are the only surviving members. Thomas Gawn received such an education as was provided in the pioneer schools of his boyhood in Lorain county, and was reared to the arduous duties of the farm. Apart from agricultural pursuits, which he followed for some time, he became interested in the shipping business early in 1862, since when he has had heavy investments in lake vessels. He is a member of the Lorain Steamship Company, and has been one of the leading stockholders in some of the best steamships that sail the lakes, besides smaller vessels. LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 641 In 1854 Mr. Gawn was married to Miss Elmina Moore, and immediately thereafter settled on a farm whereon part of the town of Black River (Lorain) now stands. He has seen in his day both the slow and rapid growth of his section of the county, Lorain developing from a village to a thriving city, and was a man in business here long before the days of steam and electricity. He has been identified with the best financial institutions of Lorain from their inception, and is a stockholder and one of the main supporters of the Lorain Savings Bank. Politically he is a lifelong Republican. JAMES DAY. The family from which this venerable and honored pioneer of Lorain county traces his descent was originally from Wales. The first of the fam ily to come to America was Robert Day, who at the age of thirty years set sail from his native land, arriving in Boston in April, 1634. He was one of the first settlers of Hartford, Conn., and as such his name is found on the monument erected to their memory in that city. He married Editha Stebbins, of Hartford, to which union were born two sons, Thomas and John. Thomas, eldest son of Robert Day, removed to Springfield, Mass., and was the ancestor of the Springfield branch of the Day family. John remained in Hartford and was the ancestor of the Hartford branch. Capt. William Day, grandson of Thomas, was the grandfather of the subject of this sketch. He was born in Springfield October 23, 1715; went to sea in his boyhood, and was for many years engaged in seafaring business. He was in the service during the French war, holding a commission under the British Government. His vessel was captured on one occasion, and .he was carried a prisoner to France, where he was confined in prison two years. When he was released he begged to be al lowed the privilege of taking his old boots with him, which was granted, and why he was so desirous of having them with him was because the heels were filled with English guineas. For meritorious service during the war in capturing four French frigates and bringing them into Plymouth harbor, Capt. Day was presented by the Admiralty of England with a large painting by Copley, commemorative of the event. " He is represented standing on the deck of his ship, spyglass in hand, calmly viewing the scene with the conscious pride of a victorious hero swelling his breast and lighting up his features." When about fifty-five years old Capt. Day left the ocean, locating in Sheffield, Mass., and married Rhoda Hubbell, of Litchfield, Conn., to which union were born four sons and a daughter. He died March 22, 1797. John Day, father of James Day, was born in Sheffield, Mass., February 3, 1774, and was a lifelong farmer. When twenty years of age he married Lydia Austin, daughter of Joab Austin, of Sheffield. Her grandparents were among the first settlers of Sheffield, Mass., making their wedding journey on horseback from Westfield, Mass., over the hills to their new home in the wilderness, the bride taking her bed on her horse with her. John Day was the father of twelve children, eleven of whom lived to manhood and womanhood, and nine of them to the age of threescore years and ten. James Day, the seventh child of this family, was born August 27, 1807, in the old home on Brush hill in Sheffield, Mass., and spent nine years of his life among the Berkshire hills. In January, 1815, his father and Jahez Burrell, also of Sheffield, purchased of Gen. William Hart, of Saybrook, Conn., the township now known as Sheffield, Lorain Co., Ohio. In June of that year they explored the township, and in the summer of 1816 John Day removed his family to Ohio, arriving July 27, and locating at the center of Sheffield. 642 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. died October 8, 1827, at the age of fifty-three; his widow died October 9, 1854, aged fourscore years. James Day attended the first school taught in Sheffield by Dr. Preston Pond, of Keene, N. H., in the winter of 1817-18, and for a number of years afterward attended school in the winter, but naturally his education was more highly developed in the line of hunting and fishing, and the lore of the unbroken forest. While a mere boy he went many long journeys on horseback through the lonely forest trails to mill, carrying the grist tied to his saddle. There was a mill at the center of Ridgeville, and another on Beaver Creek in Black River township, in 1816, and later one in Elyria. Mr. Day looks back on the experiences of those early days as the happiest of his life. After his father's death he took charge of the old farm for a number of years, and then settled on a farm of his own. Ten years of his active life, from 1845 to 1855, were spent in the lumber business in company with his brothers, William and Norman, and William II. Root. Their mill on French creek was swept away by flood, and never rebuilt. In later life he has had ample leisure for reading and the enjoymen ts of life. His life has always been identified with that of the Congregational Church at the Center of Sheffield, he having been a member since early manhood, and a constant attendant since it was first formed by Rev. Alvin Hyde, assisted by Rev. William Williams, May 1, 1818. This is the oldest Church in the county, and one of the oldest in northern Ohio. In his political preferences Mr. Day was first a Whig, and since the formation of the party has been a stanch Republican, taking an active interest in politics. In June, 1876, in company with three others who came from Sheffield, Mass., as boys, in 1816, he revisited his native town to attend the one hundredth anniversary of a town meeting held June 18, 1876, of which his grandfather, Capt. William Day, was moderator, at which the people of Sheffield pledged their lives and fortunes to support the Continental Congress in any measures they might see fit to take toward declaring the independence of the Colonies. James Day married, at the age of t wen tyeight, Ann Eliza Austin, a native of Sheffield, Mass., born March 15, 1815, and to this union came eight children, five of whom are living. She died January 13, 1873, aged fifty-seven years. During a long life Mr. Day has enjoyed the respect and regard of a large circle of friends, many of whom have known him from boyhood, and have watched with him the wonderful development of the Western Reserve; a development in which they have an active interest, since with it their whole lives have been identified. The Western Reserve may well be considered a monument to the early pioneers, whose industry, integrity and steadfast purpose have helped to make it what it is. J. V. SAMPSELL, M. D., one of the most successful physicians of Lorain county, having his residence in Elyria, is a native of Ohio, born in Ashland county, May 19, 1850, a son of Dr. J. B. F. and Catherine (Luther) Sampsell, both now deceased. The Sampsells in Ohio are descended from an old Maryland German family, who became early settlers of Columbiana county, Ohio, Dr. J. B. F. Sampsell has four brothers and eight cousins, all physicians of repute, while our subject's maternal grandfather was an M. D., in addition to which he has four cousins physicians, and one of his lady cousins is married to a member of the profession. Dr. J. V. Sampsell was reared in Ashland county, Ohio, receiving his elementary education at the common schools, and then took a course of study at Bethany, W. Va. After reading medicine for a LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 643 time with an uncle, our subject entered Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, at which institution, in the class of 187677, he took the degree of M. D., and in the latter year he commenced the general practice of his profession at Elyria, where he has since built up an enviable business, even yet on the increase, his ride taking him for many miles into the country, in addition to his city practice. Recently he took a post-graduate course at the New York Polyclinic. On June 17, 1880, Dr. Sampsell was united in marriage with Miss Leonnetta Nichols, of Elyria, whose father was born in Ohio, the mother coming from Jefferson county, N. Y. He is a member of the National Board of Physicians and Surgeons, and isphysician and surgeon for the Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling Railroad Co. He is a member of the F. & A. M., Blue Lodge and Chapter; in politics he is a stanch Democrat, and during the Cleveland administration he was president of the local board of pension examiners. HIRAM TILLOTSON, a leading representative agriculturist of Huntington township, is a native of same, born March 9, 1825, a son of Daniel Tillotson, who was born January 5, 1794, on Wyalusing creek, Pennsylvania. Thomas Tillotson, father of Daniel, was a farmer and shoemaker, the old hammer he used in his work being still in the possession of his grandson, Hiram. In Henrietta township, Monroe Co., N. Y., Daniel married. Lovisa Sage, born October 5, 1795, a daughter of Isaac and Polly (Rice) Sage, who became the second settlers of Huntington township, Lorain county, the first being the Labories. In June, 1818, Daniel Tillotson, with his wife and two children—Chloe and Sally—came to Huntington township, they being the fourth family to arrive. Joseph Sage, a brother of Isaac Sage, already mentioned, owned a large tract of land in Huntington township, and from him Daniel Tillotson bought a few acres in the woods, where yet roamed the Indian and wild animals—deer, turkeys, bears and wolves being frequently seen. In the new home, a log house having been built, were born the rest of Daniel Tillotson's children, namely: Enos S., who is said to have been the first white child born in the township, the date of his birth being December 18, 1818 (he died in Michigan, December 5, 1872); Sophronia, now the widow of E. D. Calkins, living in Wellington; Alvin, born in Sullivan township, now of Olivet, Mich.; Hiram, subject of sketch; Lucetta, who married Hamilton Fisher, and died in Brighton; Jennette, Who married John Halleck, and died in Rochester township, Lorain county; H ulda Ann, now Mrs. Henry Baird, of Wellington; Lucy E., who died at the age of seven years; Harriet C., also deceased at the age of seven years; and Elijah, who died on the home farm when seven years old. Of the two children born in the East, as already recorded, Chloe married Joshua N. Colver, and died in Wisconsin; Sally was twice married, first to David. Smith, afterward to Luther Mead, and she is now again a widow, her home being in Minnesota. Daniel Tillotson was in all respects a genuine pioneer. He had to take his axe in hand, and from the dense primeval forest literally hew out a home for himself and family. He was not only a man of muscle but one of superior natural ability and bright intellect. For twenty-one years he was a justice of the peace, .and proved a jurist possessed of excellent judgment, his rulings being invariably sustained by higher courts, in cases of appeal. He was also an ordained minister in the Universalist Church, and as a farmer he met with more than ordinary success. On January 31, 1834, he came to the farm now owned and occupied by his son Hiram, and at that time lying in the 644 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. midst of a vast wilderness. This he went to work to clear, and to a considerable extent had succeeded in transforming it into a fertile spot when death summoned him from the midst of his labors. The last thirteen years of his life had been passed in the care of our subject and wife; and his widow for thirty years, during eighteen of which she was blind, had her home with her son, who with true filial devotion tenderly cared for her in her declining years, which even in her affliction were enjoyed by her, so pleasant was the treatment she received at the hands of her son and daughter-in-law. She passed away February 1, 1875, and was laid to rest by the side of her husband in Huntington cemetery. Mr. Tillotson was reared a Democrat, but in after years became a Republican, remaining as such the rest of his life. Hiram Tillotson received his education at the subscription and district schools of his time, and was reared to farm life amid all the rugged surroundings of a pioneer home-. He remembers well that flour was twelve dollars per barrel, and could not he bought nearer than Wooster, Ohio; johnny-cakes were the chief article of food in his boyhood days, and he made many a meal of them, washed down with plenty of fresh milk. At the age of fifteen he left school, and has since assiduously applied himself to agricultural pursuits. On September 29, 1847, Mr. Tillotson was married to Miss Solina Fisher, who was born March 13, 1830, in Jefferson county, N. Y., a daughter of Eleazer and Polly (Davis) Fisher, who came to Ohio in the spring of 1836, locating in Brighton township, Lorain county. After marriage, owing to the declining health of his parents, our subject removed with his bride to the old homestead, where he yet lives, the dwelling being the third one built on the premises, and practically on the same site as the first one. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Tillotson were as follows: Harriet A., now Mrs. D. W. Cole, of Huntington township; Caroline L., now Mrs. M. R. Sage. of Huntington; Myra L., now Mrs. Lewis Labarie, of Huntington; Rosella, deceased when twelve and a half years old; and Ina and Elvira, both deceased in infancy. Mr. Tillotson has now 356 acres of prime land, and in addition to general farming has been an extensive dealer in and shipper of live stock. He has lost in cash over four thousand dollars by befriending others in the way of endorsements. In his political affiliations he was a Democrat until Lincoln's time, when he enrolled himself under the Republican banner, and has ever since remained loyal to the cause. He and his amiable and kind-kearted wife are exemplary members of the Universalist Church. JAMES MONROE of Oberlin was born at Plainfield, Windham Co., Conn., July 18, 1821. He received his early education in the common school, at Plainfield Academy, and, afterward, under the private instructions of Mr. John Witter, a highly esteemed teacher of Plainfield. Before reaching the age of twenty, he was engaged, for several years, in teaching in the public schools of Windham county. From October, 1341, until February, 1844, he was employed as agent of the American Antislavery Society and other organizations of similar object, speaking and laboring earnestly for the antislavery cause. He thus became acquainted with many of the early Abolitionists. In the spring of 1844, feeling the need of more thorough classical training, he went to Oberlin College, from which he graduated in 1846. For the three following years he pursued and completed a course of theological study in that institution. After having served for several years as tutor, he was elected, in 1849, to the Chair of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres in Oberlin College, a place which he filled LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 647 until 1862. Beginning with the winter of 1850-51, he devoted some months of each year, for several years, to raising money for the College. Mr. Monroe was elected, in the fall of 1855, to the first Republican General Assembly of Ohio. He was a member of the House of Representatives in that State in 1856, 1857, 1858 and 1859, and of the Senate in 1860, 1861 and 1862. While in the Legislature he introduced and carried through several important measures, such as a bill to establish Reform Schools, one to amend the Habeas Corpus Act, and bills to protect the rights of colored citizens and for other purposes. He was chosen President pro tempore of the Ohio Senate in 1861, and again in 1862. In the meantime he did not neglect his work in the College, as the sessions of the General Assembly were held at the time of the long vacation in that Institution. In the fall of 1862 he resigned his place in the Ohio Senate, and also his Chair in the College, to accept the position of United States consul at Rio de Janeiro tendered' him by President Lincoln. This office he held until the spring of 1870, having also served for some months in 1869 as Charge d'Affaires ad interim. In October, 1870, he was elected from the Oberlin District to the House of Representatives at Washington. He was a member of this body for ten years, from March 4, 1871, to March 4, 1881. During this period he served upon the Committee on Banking and Currency, that on Foreign Affairs, that on Education and Labor, of which he was Chairman, and that on Appropriations. At the close of his Fifth Congress he declined a renomination. On his return to Oberlin a desire was expressed that he might be placed in a new Professorship of " Political Science and Modern History; " but the College had no fund for its support. Thereupon his friends in Northern Ohio and other parts of the country contributed thirty thousand dollars to Oberlin College on condition that it should be permanently invested, and that the interest should be applied to the support of the new Chair which Mr. Monroe should be invited to fill. This arrangement was accordingly carried out, and in September, 1883, Mr. Monroe resumed teaching in the new place, the duties of which he has continued to dis- charge to the present time. In politics Mr. Monroe has been a Republican ever since the organization of the party; and, in his religious faith, he is a Congregationalist. THE HORR FAMILY. Among the pioneer families planted in Lorain county few have left more numerous descendants than the one now under consideration; and in no other instance have so many brothers risen to public note and business prominence. For several generations the Horr family had lived at Pomfret, Vt. The grandfather of the Horr brothers, now living in Ohio, was Deacon John Horr, and, back of him, the heads of the Horr family were a line of deacons; but this religious ardor has not been preserved in its orthodox purity to the. present generation. The original emigrants of the Horr: family to Ohio were Roswell Horr and his two sisters, Mary and Lucina. Mary Horr married Joseph B. Jamison, of Avon; Lucina Horr married Samuel Robinson, formerly of Vermont. She died in Wisconsin without issue. Roswell Horr was born in Pomfret, Vt., January 13, 1796. He had but meager educational advantages in early life, and he served an apprenticeship to the trade of blacksmith, which he made his chief vocation. In 1834 he emigrated to Ohio, and located in Avon township, Lorain county, where he bought and improved a farm, upon which he afterward erected, as the family home, what is now known as the Dr. Townsend residence, situated about 648 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. one and a half miles east of the village of French Creek. He also built a blacksmith shop on the farm, and there worked at his trade. Notwithstanding his limited education, and the fact that he lived only seven years after coming to Ohio—his death having occurred April 25, 1841—he had laid an excellent foundation for his future. He had served his community as justice of the peace and postmaster in a creditable manner, and he left his family a home of seventy odd acres unencumbered, and fifty acres more that was nearly paid for. Common sense and strict integrity marked his actions both public and private. For his first wife he married Miss Lucinda Wheeler, who bore him two daughters: Lucinda, who married Barlow G. Carpenter, of Olmsted Falls, Ohio:, she now resides in Chicago, Ill., and has two children—Harry H., of Chicago, Ill., and' Mrs. Lucena McNeil. Lucina, the second daughter of Roswell Horr, married William S. Carpenter, of Olmsted Falls; she now lives with her son, Newton H. Carpenter, of Chicago, Ill., who is secretary of the Art Institute of that city. After the death of his first wife, Roswell Horr married, in Waitsfield, Vt., in 1829, Miss Caroline Turner, a native of Moretown, same State, born in 1805, who is still living, residing in Wellington. Mrs. Horr was a woman not only of great heart and brain qualities, but she secured a more than average early education, and before her marriage was for many years a school teacher. While engaged in this vocation she taught Senator Carpenter, of Wisconsin, the alphabet. Her mother was a Miss Carpenter, and a great-aunt of the Senator. Mrs. Horr had eight sons, all of whom reached maturity except Henry and Frank, who died in their " teens," while attending school at Oberlin. The eldest of this family was but a little over ten years of age at the time of the death of the father, Roswell Horr. In the rearing of this large family of boys Mrs. Horr had ample opportunity to exercise all her ingenuity and moral courage. If the ambition of the boy is inspired by early lessons, or his genius quickened by early incentives, how well she has succeeded is best told in the lives of her sons. The first birth occurred November 26, 1830, and by this she bore two sons—one now Hon. Rollin A. Horr, of Wellington; the other Hon. Roswell G. Horr, of New York City. Hon. Rollin A. IIorr received an elementary education in the public schools, and commenced life as a clerk in a store in Huntington, Lorain county. He subsequently entered the cheese business and farming and stock dealing there, and made that his home for fifteen years. He assisted in the organization of the First National Bank of Wellington in 1864, and the spring of the same year removed to Wellington, which he has since made his home. He was cashier of the First National Bank for twenty-seven years, since which time he has been its vice-president. He was for a time a member of the extensive lumber firm of W. R. Santly & Co., and besides being vice-president of the First National Bank is now secretary of the Clarksfield Stone Company. He was nominated by the regular Republican caucus, and elected to the State Senate from the Twenty-seventh and Twenty-ninth Senatorial Districts in 1879, serving during the sessions of 1880-81 and 188283; was subsequently the Republican nominee from the Fourteenth Congressional District. On October 8, 1891, he was appointed special employe of the United States Treasury Department by Secretary Foster, and served in that capacity until June 1, 1893, when he was removed by the Democratic administration. Mr. Horr is a man of medium height, but large proportions. He has the natural, easy, pleasant bearing of a man long accustomed to do business with the public. He was married in 1853 to Miss Sarah A. Ames, from which union were born seven children, of whom one died in infancy; those living are: Abbie C., married to H. LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 649 B. Hamlin; Rollin C., who was educated in Cornell University, and is now in the stone business in Philadelphia, Penn. (he is serving his third term as member of the city council of Philadelphia); Walter Scott, who graduated from Wellington High School, now a stenographer and bookkeeper by profession, and residing in Duluth, Minn.; Warner M., also a graduate of Wellington High School, now a bookkeeper, residing in San Francisco, Cal.; Charles P., who was for five years bookkeeper in the First National Bank at Wellington, and is now a paving contractor of Philadelphia, Penn.; Nellie, a graduate of Wellington High School, and still at home. Hon. Roswell G. Horr is the other of the twin brothers. He is of national reputation as a politician and lecturer. He first attended the public schools, then took a partial course in Oberlin College, after which he attended Antioch College, and in 1857 graduated under Horace Mann. Returning to his native county, he was elected clerk of the court of common pleas in the fall of 1857, and reelected in 1860. While acting as clerk of the court he read law, and upon stepping out of the office was admitted to the bar, becoming a partner with Judge J. C. Hale, and pursuing the practice of law in Elyria for two years. In the spring of 1866 he removed to southeastern Missouri, engaged in mining business, and while there was the Republican nominee for the State Legislature. In the spring of 1872 he removed to East Saginaw, Mich., and was elected from the Eighth Congressional District, serving in the XLVI., XLVII. and XLVIII. Congresses of the United States of America. He is at present tariff editor of the New York Weekly and Semi-Weekly Tribune. When in Congress he participated in the leading debates and legislation of the day. He has perhaps made more political speeches than any other man living, besides having prepared and delivered a number of lectures on literary and scientific subjects, which have given him a national reputation as a public lecturer. Mr. Horr was married in 1859 to Miss C. M. Pinney, and has four living children —two sons and two daughters, viz.: Flora M., wife of Frederick Hebard, of Plainfield, N. J.; Frank, a merchant of Ithaca, Mich. (he was educated at East Saginaw and Orchard Lake State Military Academy); Katherine, at home, engaged in literary work; and Rollin A., residing in Saginaw, Michigan. James C. Horr, the third child of Roswell and Caroline (Turner) Horr, was born January 25, 1832. He received his education in the common schools of his native place, which he supplemented with a course of study at Oberlin University. At the age of twenty-one years he went to Australia, remaining there fourteen years, at the end of which time he returned to Lorain county, and there remainea four years. His next trip was to California, and after spending six years there he located permanently in the city of Olyrni pia, now the capital of the State of Washington. He served a term in the Territorial Legislature, and was for four years special agent of the United States Treasury Department during the Garfield-Arthur administration. He has served as mayor of Olympia, and is now a member of the State Senate of the State of Washington. He was for a time engaged in the furniture trade, 'but now operates a wholesale and retail feed and forwarding store, and real-estate business. He was married in Australia to Miss Lizzie Upton; has no living children. John Horr, born June 2, 1833, in Vermont, is the last of these children born in Vermont. He went to Australia with his brother, and subsequently to New Zealand, where he now resides. He married in Australia, and has one daughter. But little is known of his personal history. Ralph Turner Horr was born June 2, 1835. He was a harness maker by trade,