100 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Wagar are as follows : Maude, wife of John Hook, of Akron, Ohio, and Pearl, wife of M. F. Hudson, of Newton Falls. CHARLES E. STARR, of Newton Falls, is a native of Hudson, Summit county, Ohio, born January 25, 1845, a son of William Starr, who was born in Canfield, Mahoning county, Ohio, July 18, 1818. The grandfather was Comfort Starr, born June 3, 1776, at Danbury,. Connecticut, and who in the month of June, 1817, came to Ohio with a two horse wagon, settling in Greenfield, Mahoning county, where he purchased land. He was a hatter by trade and always known in the West as "Uncle Comfort." He served as constable for twenty-one years and was a justice of the peace two years. In his religious faith, he was of the Methodist denomination, being a steward and class-leader. October 27, 1796, he married Abigail Barnum, first cousin of P. T. Barnum, the great showman. William Starr, father of Charles E. Starr, married October 18, 1843, Mirena, daughter of Richard and Lena (Kellogg) Croy. She was born January 8, 1823. They located at Hudson, Summit county, Ohio, where the father carried on a carpenter's business until 1845, when he came to Newton Falls. His first wife died in Michigan, where he was located a number of years, and for his second wife he married Harriet Merwin, of Mentor, Ohio. By his first wife there were three sons and four daughters born, all reaching maturity. Of this family, two sons and three daughters still survive. Charles E. Starr is the eldest of the seven children named. He was reared at Newton Falls, where he obtained his education at the public schools, after which he took a course at Eastman's Business College, at Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1865, after coming home from the army. He served as a member of the One Hundred and Seventy-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment, being a member of Company F, his enlistment being for one hundred days. After -taking his commercial course, already referred to, he was in the employ of Peck Bros., dry goods house, at Warren, Ohio, going from there to Plainwell, Michigan, where he engaged in the painting business four years and then returned to Newton Falls, where he has resided ever since. Here he has been mostly engaged in painting. He was the proprietor of the Newton Falls Woolen Mills for about eighteen years. Of Mr. Starr's politics, it may be stated that he has ever been a -staunch, active Republican, and has filled local positions, covering nearly, if not all, within the town. He was a member of the council three years, township clerk, truant officer, assistant marshal, constable, etc. He is num-bered among the old Civil war comrades of Newton Falls Grand Army of the Republic No. 310, in which he has filled all the offices. He also belongs to the Masonic fraternity, having been thus affiliated since 1867. In church relations, he is of the Methodist Episcopal faith, joining this church in 1875, since which time he has taken an active part. In 1869 he was married to Martha Hoyle, daughter of Allen and HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 101 Rachel Hoyle, of Newton Falls. She was born in England and came to America when one year old. One son, Frank Albert, blessed this union. DR. L. G. LELAND, a skillful and highly successful medical practitioner at Newton Falls, Trumbull county, is a native of Ashtabula county, born at Windsor, January 22, 1860. He is the son of John D. Leland, a native of the state of New York, of English descent, and who by profession was an attorney-at-law. The mother of Dr. Leland was Cornelia M. (Alderman) Leland. She was a native of Ashtabula county, Ohio, of Puritan stock, her people being among the pioneer band who effected settlement in Ashtabula county. Their only child was Dr. L. G. Leland, of this memoir. Doctor Leland was reared and educated in Illinois, his father having settled in Iroquois county in the practice of law. There young Leland attended the public schools, a preparatory school and the Western Reserve University, at Cleveland, Ohio, graduating from the medical department in 1883. He located in medical practice in Ashtabula county, where he remained in a successful practice for about twelve years, then moved to Newton Falls in 1896 and has been located there ever since, in the enjoy-ment of a most excellent practice. The doctor is a member of the State and Trumbull County Medical societies, as well as the American Medical Association. He takes an unusual interest in keeping abreast with all of the more recent medical discoveries, hence is an up-to-date physician and surgeon. He is connected with the Masonic fraternity and politically is an ardent advocate of the general principles of the Republican party. In 1881, Dr. Leland married Minnie B. Wood, daughter of W. W. and Elizabeth J. Wood of Odenburg, Lawrence county, Pennsylvania. They had one son, Proctor Thair, who died in 1902 on the 26th day of August. OWEN R. JONES, contractor and builder, who is following this high and useful calling among the artisans of Newton Falls and vicinity, is a native of Palmyra, Portage county, Ohio, born July 24, 1843. Fie is the son of Richard D. Jones, a native of Wales, from which country so many of the excellent and ever industrious citizens of this section of Ohio originally came. The grandfather was John D. Jones, native of Wales, who was the second Welshman to locate in Portage county, or the Western Reserve. Owen R. Jones' mother was Mary (Davis) Jones, also of Wales. Her father was John Davis and he had the distinction of being the first one of his fellow-countrymen to settle in the Western Reserve. It was through his correspondence to his native land that a large emigration went out from Wales to find for themselves homes in the fertile domain of the Western Reserve in Ohio. Mr. Jones' parents were married in 1840 at Palmyra, Portage county, and located there. The father was a contractor and carpenter, which business he followed for a number of years. He was forty-four years of age 102 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY at the time of his death, January 20, 1856. He was the father of seven children—three daughters and four sons, all of whom reached manhood and womanhood. Owen R. Jones was the second child in his parents' family. He was reared in Palmyra, Ohio, and in Mahoning county. During the critical year of the Civil war-1864—Mr. Jones enlisted as a member of Company F, One Hundred and Seventy-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment, serving one hundred days in the service of his country in the Union army. He has been successful in his business under-takings and accumulated a competency. Among his holdings may be named his stock in the First National Bank at Newton Falls. Politically, it should be recorded of Mr. Jones that he cast his first vote for President Abraham Lincoln and has cast one for every Republican president from that date to the present time. He served on the election board in Mahoning county for nine years. In church faith and profession, Mr. Jones is of the Methodist Episcopal denomination and is a very active worker in the church of his choice, beginning such Christian work in 1883. He assisted in the erection of the church edifice at Pricetown, having charge of its construction; also assisted in building the Newton Falls church. He is one of the trustees of the church at the last named place and delights in church work, both as a duty and real pleasure. He is an honored member of the Grand Army of the Republic, belonging to Post No. 310, of which he is now officer of the day. Owen R. Jones was united in marriage in 1865 to Anna P. Thomas, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Thomas, who was located at Milton, Mahoning county', Ohio, until 1904, when he moved to Newton Falls. Two children have blessed the home circle of Mr. and Mrs. Jones; Elmer E., of Warren, Ohio, and Eva L., wife of Charles R. Shearer, of Wayland. HENRY HERBERT, cashier of the First National Bank of Newton Falls, is a native of that place, born July 23, 1872, the second son of William Herbert, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this work. Henry Herbert was reared and educated at Newton Falls and attended the School of Commerce at Aurora, New York. He also attended Oberlin College, Ohio. After having received a good education, he entered banking for his business and was the trusty teller of the Western Reserve Bank at Warren for about ten years. In 1900 he came to Newton Falls to take the responsible position of secretary and treasurer of the New-ton Falls Banking Company, and upon the organization of the First National Bank, in 1903, he became its cashier. This institution has a capital of $50,000 and has officers and directors as follows: President, L. F. Merrill ; vice-president, H. H. Porter; directors, C. W. Smith, H. H. Smith, J. A. Fisher, S. A. Church, Dr. C. W. Rice, George W. Shively and Henry Herbert. Besides his inter-ests at Newton Falls, he is the secretary and treasurer of the Diamond Brick and Tile Company at Diamond, Ohio. In his political choice, Mr. Herbert is a Republican and does his full share toward furthering on the interest of this political organization. HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 103 Believing in the good resulting from fraternal societies, he is connected with the Masonic fraternity, being a member of old Erie Lodge No. 3, F. & A. M.; Maboning Chapter No. 66, Royal Arch Masons; Warren Council No. 58, R. and S. M.; Warren Commandery of Knights Templar No. 39; also Alkoran Temple, Cleveland, A. A. O. N. M. S. and the Eastern Star lodges of Masonry. In the community in which he resides Mr. Herbert is a progressive citizen, always seeking to enhance the moral and commercial welfare of the town and county. He was married in the month of October, 1901, to Bell F. Fisher, daughter of J. A. Fisher and wife of Windham, Ohio. JANE BOYD, now one of the oldest residents of Lordstown, has resided there, with the exception of a short time, since 1830; she was born September 8, 1827, and was but three years of age when she went to Ohio with her parents. She was reared to the habits of economy and industry and became very skilled with her needle, for about twenty years being a seam-stress in Warren. She saved her earnings and united with her sister, Sarah., in the purchase of the farm upon which she now resides. It contains one hundred and forty-three acres and is pleasantly situated in the western part of Lordstown township. It has a good and comfortable set of buildings. Here Miss Boyd lives a quiet, retired life, enjoying the fruits of her well spent life. Her grand-nephew, David Quimby, operates her farm. Miss Boyd's father, Cornelius Boyd, was a native of France, born in 1772, and his father was a soldier who came to America with Lafayette to do battle with that gallant commander in the Revolutionary struggle, in which he lost his life. His wife and only son located near Philadelphia. After the death of his father, Cornelius Boyd was bound out. He subsequently went to New Jersey, where he rented a farm, remained until 1830, when he went back to Pennsylvania and soon thereafter on to Ohio, settling in Lordstown township, where he purchased one hundred and one acres of land which was all covered with heavy timber. He at first built a house, which was about the first in the township. It contained the old-time fire-place and was indeed comfortable, if not handsome. The clothing for the family was made from wool and flax "homespun," which the good house-wife made from the yarn she had spun from the flax and wool produced on the place. The father died there, aged eighty-eight years, in October, 1860. His wife's maiden name was Mary Ada, born in Pennsylvania, of German parentage. She died in the month of February, 1860, aged eighty-two years. They were the parents of twelve children : Jacob, John, Ellen, Ann, Daniel, George, Betsy, Catherine, Barbara, Rachel, Sarah, Effie and Jane. Of this family, Jacob settled at Delaware, Ohio ; John went to the country farther east and settled in Pennsylvania; Ellen. married Hiram Richards, and settled in western Ohio; Ann married Peter Wilson and lived in Warren township ; Daniel spent his last days in Lordstown; George spent the last years of .his life in western Ohio; Betsy spent the most of her life in Lordstown, and died in October, 1898; Catherine married Anthony Ague 104 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY and moved to Illinois; Barbara married Harrison Waterman and went to the western part .of Ohio; Rachel married John Titus and moved west; Sarah spent the most of her life in Lordstown, where she died about 1898; Effie married Mathew Winans and moved west. CHARLES E. FENTON, postmaster at Newton Falls, Trumbull county, is a native of _Newton, born May 21, 1833. The father was William Fenton, a native of Connecticut, who came to Milton, Mahoning county, when a boy. He was an orphan and reared by Dr. Tod, a brother•of Governor Tod. William Fenton was by occupation a stockman. He first married Lucy Price and had five children. The wife died, after which he married Eliza Winfield, a native of New Jersey. By this marriage there were five children born, Charles E. Fenton, of this memoir, being the fourth child of this marriage. Charles E. Fenton was reared and educated in the district school of Newton and attended. the Oberlin College. He followed farming for a time and was engaged in the coal business for about twelve years at Newton Falls. He resided on his farm near Newton Falls and was engaged in the real estate business, being still thus engaged. He was appointed postmaster at Newton Falls by President William McKinley during his first administration and has been twice reappointed since by President Roosevelt. This was a fourth class office when he took it, but it was made third class within a few months of his first appointment. Politically, Mr. Fenton is a Republican. He was treasurer of Newton Falls for about eight years, besides holding other local offices. He is at present a member of the school board. In his society relations he is con-nected with the Masonic order, blue lodge, at Newton Falls. He is identi-fied with the Christian church, in which he is an elder and is very active in all work concerning this denomination. He has long been identified with the general welfare of Trumbull county. Of his domestic relations, it may be stated that he was married in 1885 to Grace Kistler, a daughter of David and Amanda Kistler, of Newton_ Falls, at which place she was born. Mr. and Mrs. Fenton are the parents of four children: Floyd, Rubbie, assistant postmaster, Ray and Roy (twins). L. F. MERRILL.—The name of L. F. Merrill is recorded among the honored pioneers of Trumbull county who aided in laying the foundation for its present industrial advancement, and in his lifetime he was both a farmer and banker. Born in Paris township, Portage county, just over the line from Trumbull county, January 10, 1854, he was a son of Auren B. Merrill, whose birth occurred in Trumbull county in 1821. He attained to years of maturity here and was married in its township of Paris to Clara Tribby, born in Brookfield township, a daughter of George Tribby, another of the early pioneers of Trumbull county. Mr. and Mrs. HISTORY OF 'TRUMBULL COUNTY - 105 Merrill began their married life in Paris township, Portage county, where the husband and father died at the age of sixty-four years, in 1885, the mother surviving until 1906 and dying in Trumbull county. Auren Merrill was a son of Luman Merrill, who came from Connecticut and founded the family in Trumbull county. L. F. Merrill, the only cliild born to Auren B. and Clara Merrill, remained in the place of his nativity until moving across the line into Trumbull county in 1886, having in the meantime obtained his educational training in the public schools and at Mount Union College, where he pur-sued a commercial course. During his active business life he was quite extensively engaged in the raising of live stock and in farming, and he owned and conducted a beautiful farm of five hundred acres. He was highly successful in his business operations and accumulated a handsome competency, and besides the property already mentioned he was a stock-holder in the First National Bank of Newton Falls, serving as the president of this well known financial institution at the time of his death. In his political affiliations he was a stanch supporter of Republican principles and took a commendable interest in the political issues of the day, but aside from some minor positions he never held public office. He married in 1881 Amanda Erwin, a daughter of Henry Erwin, a member of one of the early families of Newton Falls. Three children were born of this union : Monta F., Auren B. and May. The eldest daughter is the wife of R. P. Barber of Newton Falls. Mr. Merrill, after a brief illness, died on the 9th of November, 1908, at his beautiful country home near Newton Falls; surrounded by his wife and children. He was honored and respected by all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance, and in his death Trumbull county lost one of its valued citizens and busi-ness :nen. DR. W. S. THOMPSON, a good representative of the medical profession practicing at Girard, was born in Carroll county, Ohio, September 19, 1870, a son of James M. and Mary (Tinlin) Thompson. The father was a native of Carroll county, Ohio, and the mother of Scotland. The father is a retired farmer at Carrolton, Carroll county. They were the parents of four children, all of whom are still living, the doctor being the eldest in the family. He was reared to farm labor on the old homestead farm and had the advantages of the most excellent public schools of his native county and attended Harlem Springs College. He then taught school for a time, after which he was graduated from Starling Medical College, at Columbus, Ohio, in 1896. He located in the practice of medicine at Harlem Springs, where he remained six and a half years, coming to Girard in 1902, and has .since been busily engaged in attending to an extensive and rapidly increasing practice. The doctor is connected with the Trumbull County Medical Society and the American Medical Association. In fraternal relations he is a member of the Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Eagles, Royal Arcanum 106 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY and Protected Home Circle societies. In politics, he was active in the Republican party in Carroll county, Ohio, and was a member of the central committee. He held such position at the time President McKinley was elected. Dr. Thompson was married to Miss Emma L. Moore, of Carrollton, Ohio, on December 24, 1896. They were the parents of one son, Raymond, who resides with the doctor at Girard, Ohio. His wife died on December 1, 1901, at the home at Harlem Springs, Ohio, and after the doctor came to Girard he was married in the month of June, 1903, to Miss Minnie L. Fisher, of Columbus, Ohio, a daughter of Siron Fisher. DR. D. R. WILLIAMS, physician and surgeon at Girard, is a native of Mahaska county, Iowa, born September 20, 1864, son of John M. M. Williams, a native of Wales, who came to America when a young man and located at Youngstown, Ohio. A short time afterward he went to Mahaska county, Iowa, but returned to Ohio, locating in Liberty township, Trumbull county, where he bought a farm. He was a local preacher of the Congregational church and a very active Christian worker. Besides his duties as a minister, he also followed farming. He died at the age of seventy-five years. His wife was Ann Morgan, born in Wales, where she was reared and educated and where she was united in marriage to Mr. Williams. They came to this country the same year of their marriage. Mrs. Williams died at the age of seventy-nine years. They were among the representative families of Trumbull county. Their six children were two daughters and four sons, all reaching maturity, and five still survive: John J., of Indian Territory; Sanders, unmarried, lives in Seattle Washington Mary, wife of T. J. Thomas, of Roslyn, Washington; Hannah, wife of John Morgan, of Seattle, Washington, and D. R. The doctor is the youngest of the family and the only one now residing in Trumbull county. He was four years of age when his parents came to Liberty township and was reared on the old homestead farm, obtaining his education, primarily, at the common schools, the Hubbard schools and Mount Union College, Ohio. He attended the Western Reserve Medical College at Cleveland, and the University of Vermont, after which he graduated from the Medical College of Columbus, Ohio, in 1891. He first located in his medical practice at Red Oak, Iowa, but two years later returned to his old home, locating at Girard, and is now the second oldest physician practicing in the town. He has been highly successful in the treatment of diseases common to his section of the country. He holds a membership with the State and County Medical societies; also in the American Medical Association. Being a progressive, intelligent man of affairs, he has naturally found his way into fraternal societies, and belongs to the ancient and honorable fraternity of Masons, being a member of the Youngstown chapter. He is also connected with the Knights of Pythias order. Politically, the doctor has always been a supporter of the Republican party. He is a member of HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 107 the school board, being elected first in 1898 and was again elected to that office. He has been health officer in his village for a number of years, and taken much interest in sanitary affairs of his place, and has been delegate to conventions and furnished valuable papers on health questions. The doctor was married in 189'2 to Kate Hughes, of Youngstown, Ohio, daughter of Richard and Sarah (Crowther) Hughes. Two daughters have been born to Dr. Williams and wife: Laura Bell and Helen. DR. M. J. BARCHFELD, dentist and furniture dealer, of the firm of Blackstone & Barchfeld, of Girard, Ohio, was born in Canton, Ohio, June 29, 1873, a son of Andrew W. Barchfeld, a native of Germany. He came to America when about twenty years of age, locating at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and was by occupation a butcher. He died in Canton in 1907. Dr. Barchfeld's mother was Margaret Close, a native of Germany and is now living in Canton, Ohio. This worthy couple were the parents of ten children, six of whom reached maturity, the doctor being the ninth child in the order of birth. He passed through the high school at Canton, graduating at the Western University of Pennsylvania, in the dental department, in 1899. For a time he was located in the practice of dentistry in Pittsburg, then went to Youngstown and from that city came to Girard in 1901. In 1907 he formed a partnership with T. G. Blackstone in the furniture and undertaking business. The doctor is a member of the Knights of Pythias fraternity and also of the Masonic order, being connected with the blue lodge at Niles and the Royal Arch Masons at Youngstown. Politically Ile is a supporter of the Republican party, which party has several times elected his cousin, Dr. Andrew J. Barchfeld, of Pittsburg, to a seat in Congress from the Thirty-- second district of Pennsylvania. Dr. Barchfeld was married in 1902 to Katie Bernett, daughter of John Bernett and wife. Mrs. Barchfeld was born and educated in Pittsburg. GOMER J. JONES, of Girard, Trumbull county, one of the most promi-nent and thoroughly reliable business men of that place, engaged in the shoe business, conducts a newly fitted store, having a frontage of twenty-two feet and a depth of sixty feet, in which he carries a complete stock of shoes and shoe findings, gloves, mittens, trunks, etc. He was born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, February 29, 1860, a son of John R. Jones, a native of Wales, where he was reared and lived until twenty-five years of age, when he came to America. Ill. New York he married Elizabeth Davis, a native of Wales, who became the mother of Gomer J., of this memoir. The family lived at various places in this country and became early settlers in Mahoning county, Ohio, and also lived in Trumbull county. The father, who was a farmer in his later years, died at the age of seventy-six, while his good wife reached the age of sixty-nine years. There were six children 108 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY born of this union—three daughters and three sons—all of whom reached maturity and are still living. They are Christiana, wife of Ellis Phillips, of Girard; J. W., of Los Angeles, California; Kate, wife of Thomas P. Thomas, of Niles, Ohio; Alfred, of Columbus, a traveling man; Mary, wife of Geary Baker, of Niles, Ohio; Gomer J., of this narrative. Gomer J. was the second child in the family and was educated in the common schools. After he was twenty-one years of age he attended Ada College for six months and gained much knowledge by experience. He is a good mathematician and this has been. of much service to him during his business career. Up to the time he became of age, he worked much of his time in coal mines, and after that occupation became a clerk at Girard, and remained one year in that capacity. He then began business on a small scale at Girard, in company with Mr. J. Jones, continuing about three years, until 1886, when he purchased his partner's interest in the business, since which time he has conducted an independent business. He has just reason to be proud of the extensive business he has built up from so small a begin-ning. He is thoroughgoing and reliable in all details of his business as a. shoe dealer as well as in his thirteen years at general merchandising at Girard, previous to the establishment of his present line of trade. In his political views, Mr. Jones is a firm believer in the general prin-ciples of the Republican party, which organization he has always supported since he was old enough to cast a vote. He was the first citizen to introduce the subject, and to really advocate the matter of incorporating Girard, and became one of its first councilmen. He has ever taken much interest in educational affairs and served faithfully on the board of education. He was one of the founders of the Board. of Trade at Girard and has been instrumental, with other co-laborers, in securing many industries for Girard. He is secretary and treasurer of the Girard Improvement Company and has accomplished much for his town and its streets. Besides his mercantile business, Mr. Jones is largely interested in the real estate business, hence is doubly- interested in the general welfare of the village. Anyone desiring to invest, may safely trust him in any negotiations that may be contemplated, for his word is good, and is accepted by the entire community in which he has so long been a resident. He has long since identified himself with the Knights of Pythias. April 22, 1884, he was married to Ida Jones, daughter of J. and Ann Jones, of Girard. Her father was for many years a merchant tailor of that place. The. children born to Mr. and Mrs. Gomer J. Jones are: Blanch M. Grace E., Gomer J., Jr., Jordon K., Gladys May Jones, all natives of Girard. C. D. GOOMUCH, a justice of the peace and notary public, residing in Girard, was born in Hubbard township, Trumbull county, Ohio, November 1, 1843, a son of Roswell Goodrich, a native of Chatham, Connecticut, born September 13, 1779, and who came to Ohio in 1833, locating in Ashtabula county. In 1838 he went to Hubbard town-ship, locating at the old red HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 109 mills. He was a millwright by trade and built a mill at Wells, Vermont, in 1808, and it is still standing, a monument of his good workmanship. He repaired the old Red Mill at Hubbard about 1844. There were other mills which he built and rebuilt in the vicinity-, including the one near Loys Corners. After residing there eight years, he moved to Vienna, there locafing on a farm, trading his mill property for that place. There he died, April 13, 1853. Politically, he voted with the old line Whig party and was a devoted Presbyterian. His father was Daniel Goodrich, who was born March 25, 1752, and died in 1826 in Wells, Vermont, he being of English descent. Daniel Goodrich's father was Joshua Goodrich, born March, 1723, and died October 23, 1793, and resided at Middletown, Connecticut. Joshua's father was Richard Goodrich, born February 22, 1685, and died April 7, 1759. His father was Ephraim, born June 2, 1663, died February 27, 1739. Ephraim's father was William Goodrich, born in England and came to America in about 1640. The genealogical line run-ning thus : (1) The English emigrant, William ; (2) Ephraim; (3) Richard; (4) Joshua; (5) Daniel; (6) Roswell; (7) C. D. Goodrich, of this sketch. Mr. Goodrich's mother was Rhoda Davis, widow of Enoch Davis, a native of Pennsylvania, of Irish descent. Her grandfather, Thomas Ken-nedy, a native of Ireland, came to America in 1784, locating in eastern Pennsylvania, from which locality he moved to Westmoreland county of that state, then to Hubbard, Ohio, about 1800. C. D. Goodrich was the only child by his father's second marriage, but there were ten children by the first marriage. C. D. Goodrich lived eight years in Liberty and an equal number of years at Vienna, coming to Girard in 1860. He obtained his education at the public schools, with three months at Girard. He learned the cabinetmaker's trade and conducted such a business at Hubbard, finally removing to Girard, where he was in business thirty-eight years, doing both furniture and undertaking, up to January, 1903, when he sold his furniture store. He also had a grist mill, a cider mill and factory, at one time, and was a busy factor of the place. He is now serving as a justice of the peace and notary public. In his political affiliations, Mr. Goodrich is a Republican, always taking a lively interest in the affairs of this political organization. In 1870 he was elected justice of the peace, serving eighteen years; was out of office twelve years, and in 1900 was again elected and has been a notary public almost as many years. He has been township trustee and school director and deeply interested in educational affairs and the general welfare of his county. He is connected with the Masonic and Odd Fellows orders, having filled the chairs in both lodges. He now belongs to the Mahoning Lodge No. 394 at Niles and Youngstown Chapter No. 93, and Warren Commandery No. 58. He is a charter member of the Odd Fellows Lodge, Girard No. 432, in which he has passed all chairs. He was elected financial secretary January 1, 1875, and has been re-elected each term ever since that date, a period of thirty-three years. He is now representative of district No. 14 and still active in the work of this excellent order. 110 -HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY Mr. Goodrich was married in 1864 to Mary A. Keefer, born in Berks county, Pennsylvania, daughter of Abraham Keefer. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Goodrich are as follows: Frank R., of Washington, District of Columbia, employed in accountant's office of the Southern Railroad Company, married Nellie Williams, of Girard. William K., married Margaret Keefer, of Girard, and is a carpenter at the upper mills of the Car-negie Steel Company, Youngstown, but lives in Girard; they had three children, William E., deceased, Harry and Mary. Margaret, wife of Evan E. Jones, now of Denver, Colorado. Susan, wife of James Owens, of the Hartzell and Owens Company of Girard, and they have one son, Norman. George W., who was born February 22, 1876, and died in 1907. Samuel E., unmarried, at home and is a photographer. Emma S. died aged eighteen months. JOHN G. LEITCH, one of the county commissioners of Trumbull county, and an old settler, residing at Mineral Ridge, is a native of Ireland, born January 15, 1844. His father was Robert Leitch, a native of Ireland, of Scotch Irish descent, who came to America in 1836, but returned to Ireland in 1839 and married Elizabeth Porter, also a native of Ireland, but of Scotch origin. They came to America in 1851, locating in Weathersfield township, Trumbull county, where Mr. Leitch bought a farm and cultivated the same. He was dealer in stock and a prominent agriculturist and lived to the age of seventy-nine years. His wife still survives and is ninety-six years old. Four sons and four daughters blessed this marriage, all of whom grew to manhood and womanhood. John G. is the eldest son and the third child in his parents' family. He was seven years of age when the family moved to America. He was educated in the public schools of Weathersfield township and at Lordstown high school. In 1864 he enlisted as a soldier for service in the Union army. He -seas a member of Company C, One Hundred and Seventy-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He received an honorable discharge in 1865. After the war closed he went to Missouri as superintendent of a charcoal iron furnace, and remained with the company for nine years. His next position was at Steelville, Missouri, with the Midland Blast Furnace Company, where he was superintendent of the mines for five years. The next five years he was very successful in the cattle business in Arizona. He then re-turned to Mineral Ridge, Ohio, since which time he has been engaged in farming. He also has interests in the Dollar Savings Bank at Niles, of which institution he was one of the organizers and is at present director. He is also interested in the car manufacturing company at Niles, besides being a stockholder in the First National Bank of that city. His farm consists of two hundred acres, a part of which is in Mahoning county. and the balance in Weathersfield township, Trumbull county. In his political views, Mr. Leitch is a stanch Republican and takes an active part in the work of this organization. He has served as township trustee and was elected. as county commissioner in 1906 and nominated for HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 111 a second term in 1908. He is an honored member of the Grand Army Post, known as "McPherson," at Niles, Ohio. He is connected with Mahoning Lodge No. 394 of Masons. Mr. Leitch was married in the month of December 1871, to Frances E. Wilson, of Girard, daughter of James G. and Phoebe (Hake) Wilson. To this union were born eight children : Grace, wife of J. W. Dunlap ; Minnie W.; Helen; Edna May, wife of Dr. J. M. Elder; Frances E. ; Charles A.; Clara A.; Blanche. GEORGE EDWARD KREITLER, who for thirteen years last past has been the secretary of the Lordstown Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company, is a native of South Dedham, Massachusetts, born May 16, 1858, a son of Joseph and Josephine Kreitler (see their sketch). George E. Kreitler was only three years of age when he accompanied his parents to Ohio. He had the advantages of a good common school and business education, and at an early age began to work on his father's farm. It is related how he used to sow grain when only eleven years of age. He continued on his father's farm until he was nineteen years old, and then started for himself, working for others by the month. He applied himself industriously and saved his earnings up to 1882, when he purchased the farm where he now lives, in the western part of the township of Lordstown. The improvements he has put upon this farm have added very much to its beauty and value. He has at much expense drained every acre of his tillable land by means of underdrain tiling. The place contains ninety acres, now all under a high state of cultivation and equipped with excellent buildings. Mr. Kreitler was united happily in marriage, January 22, 1885, to Cora A. Johnson, born in Newton township, Trumbull county, Ohio, De-cember 26, 1857, a daughter of Saunders Dodge Johnson, a native of New York state, born in 1830, and his father, Isaac Johnson it is thought, was also a native of New York and of Scotch ancestry. fie went to Ohio in 1833 and was an early settler in Newton township, where he purchased a tract of land. There he improved a water-power, and operated a saw mill for many years, in the meantime, having his land cleared up and made fit for profitable cultivation. He remained there until his death in 1852. Before her marriage, his wife's name was Sarah Dodge, of New York state. She survived her husband several years. She was the mother of ten chil-dren. Saunders Dodge Johnson was three years of age when he was brought to Ohio, and was reared to the pursuits of a thrifty farmer and followed agriculture several years after his marriage. He worked a portion of the old homestead, a part of which he inherited. In 1873 he sold out and re-moved to Warren, engaging in the provision business for a few years, after which he purchased a farm near Warren. The last named farm he sold in 1887 and moved to Johnson county, Kansas, where he bought a farm, lived on the same three years, then sold and engaged in the commission business in Kansas City, Missouri, continuing seven years, after which he went to Vol. II-8 112 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY De Queen, "Arkansas, at which point he embarked in the provision trade and remained there until his death in 1899. He married in April, 1855, Elizabeth Lavina Stanley, born in Lordstown, Ohio, September 22, 1832. Her father, Noah Stanley, was born in Pennsylvania, and his father, Na-thaniel Stanley, it is thought, moved from Pennsylvania to Ohio in the early settlement of the state, making the trip overland, with his family. His wife went on horseback, carrying her infant son Noah on her lap. He bought timber land in _Newton township, which he cleared up and occupied throughout his life, spending the last five years, however, with his children, dying about eighty years of age. Before her marriage, his wife was Mary Moore, who died before her husband's decease. Noah Stanley was an infant when brought to Ohio and was reared in Trumbull county amid pioneer scenes and developing activities. At the date of his marriage, he settled in Lordstown township and built a hewed log house, which was the fourth house built within the township. He re-mained there until his death, when he was aged seventy-five years. The maiden name of his wife was Sarah Bowman, who was the grandmother of Mrs. Kreitler. She was born in Greene, in what is now Mahoning county, Ohio, a daughter of Christian and Elizabeth Bowman. Christian Bowman was of German ancestry and became an early settler of Mahoning county. He was a successful farmer and assisted each of his children to gain good homes. Airs. Kreitler's mother, now lives with her children. She was the mother of four children : Cora, Bert, Addie V. and Lillie Ann. In his political views, Mr. Kreitler supports the Democratic party and has served as a justice of the peace nine years; also three years as a member of the board of township trustees, and was for a number of years a member of the board of education. GEORGE TIEFEL, ranking among the good farmers who are making a success of tilling the fertile soil of Weathersfield township, Trumbull county, Ohio, and residing three-quarters of a mile west of Niles, Ohio, was born in the township in which he now lives, December 25, 1865. His father, George L. Tiefel, was a native of Germany, in which country he was reared, educated and married. At the age of twenty-six years he came to America. This was in 1853, and he located at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, later going to Youngstown, Ohio, where he worked in blast fur-naces, going to Niles in 1854. He was a skilful shearer in the sheet-iron mills up to 1880, when he located on the farm on which he now resides, but for three years longer continued to hold his position at the mills. In all he served in the mills from 1854 to 1883. He is now eighty-one years of age and while living on "borrowed time," he is well satisfied with his condition in life. His faithful wife was Elizabeth M. Sandman before marriage and she was also a native of Germany. She came' to Pittsburg, where she was united in marriage with Mr. Tiefel. She is now seventy-seven years of age. The four living children of this venerable couple are : Anna M. ; John C.; Mary E., wife of John Eaton, of Niles; George, of this memoir. HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 113 George Tiefel was reared and educated in Niles, attending the public schools of that city. He chose farming for a livelihood, and located on a farm when fifteen years of age, and has followed it thus far in a successful manner. Possessing ninety acres of excellent farm land, he is contented to reap where he honestly sows and do his share in the support of his family, the town, county and state in which he is proud to be known as a citizen. In 1892, he was united in marriage to Hattie M. Waidley, daughter of Jacob and Anna Waidley, who now reside in Ashtabula county, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Tiefel have five sons: Albert, Myron, John, Robert and Leonard. Mr. Tiefel is an ardent supporter of the Republican party. He is a member of the board of education for Weathersfield township and always does his full share in support of all worthy means and measures. In church relations, he is a Presbyterian, belonging to the Niles church, to which he has been a communicant since twelve years of age. In Sunday-school work he takes much interest. IRA BUDD, one of the prosperous farmers of Weathersfield township, Trumbull county, was born in Wayne county, Ohio, January 25, 1846, a son of William Budd, a native of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, where he was reared and married, going to Ohio in 1826, and settling in Wayne County, where he died at the age of sixty-seven years, in 1863. He was a Whig in politics, until the formation of the Republican party, when he affiliated with the new party. He was an admirer of Horace Greeley and was a subscriber of the New York Tribune from 1850 up to the date of his death. His father is supposed to have been Joshua Budd, of Irish-English extraction, who was a. colonel in the Revolutionary war. The mother of Ira Budd was Jane Hasson, also a native of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. She reached the ripe old age of eighty-four years; she was of Scotch descent, and her mother reached the age of ninety years. One peculiarity- of the parents of Ira Budd was the fact that they had never traveled in a street car, a railroad car or on a canal boat. They had ten children, eight sons and two daughters, all of whom grew to manhood and womanhood 'save one daughter. Four sons were soldiers in the Civil war, one dying while in the army and three returned. One son lived to the age of eighty years, and another was seventy-eight at the time of .his death. There are four of this family now living: William, John, Asenath and Ira. Ira Budd, the youngest in his parents' family, was reared and educated in Ohio, obtained his schooling in an old-time log school house, walking a mile and a half to school. He remained at home and was employed on the farm until 1869, during which year he married Edith A. Gilbert, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Seright) Gilbert, a native of Wayne county, Ohio, where she was reared and obtained her education. Mr. Budd located on a farm in Wayne county, where he followed farming until 1879, when he moved onto another farm, remaining one year and then spent six years in Holmes county, Ohio, at farming, going to Trumbull county in 1886, 114 - HISTORY OF COUNTY locating first at Braceville, where he rented a farm for two years and in 1888 bought his present farm, since which time he has farmed and paid special attention to raising Jersey cattle. He has a farm comprising sixty acres. Mr. Budd is an ardent supporter of Republican party- principles. His first vote was cast for Gen. U. S. Grant, for whom he voted trice in 1868 and 1872. He has the honor of voting five times for the late, lamented McKinley, with whom he was personally acquainted—twice for president, twice for governor and once for congressman. Mr. Budd has served in all about forty years as school director. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, having been connected with this denomination almost his entire life. He was a charter member of the first Sunday--School in the then village of Wayne. He is still an active church worker at Niles, Ohio, of which organization he is a trustee. Mr. and Mrs. Budd are the parents of the following children: Elizabeth S.; Anna L.; Cora M., wife of Edgar Shannon, of De Forest, Ohio; Lucy C., wife of T. P. Reneger, of Detroit, Michigan; James W., with the Mackintosh Hardware Company, of Cleveland, Ohio; Zella F., wife of Norman G. Lemington, of Scranton, Pennsylvania; Edith M., widow of Lee W. Bixler; Walter G. CARLOS GREENWOOD, deceased, will long be remembered by- all citizens who knew him in his lifetime for the noble traits of character and the ability with which he was gifted by nature. Mr. Greenwood was a native of Vienna township, Trumbull county, Ohio, born there June 23, 1839, a son of Stephen W. and Hepsabeth (Norton) Greenwood. John Greenwood, the grandfather, a native of Massachusetts, was pos,sibly among the very- first pioneers who settled within the limits of Vienna township, as he came here about 1800. Re located on the town line, between Vienna and Fowler townships, where he resided some years, but later moved across the line into Fowler township, where he lived until his final summons came. Stephen W. Greenwood, his son at one time owned thirty acres of land in Vienna township on which he 'lived in a log cabin, which was later replaced by a frame residence, in which he died about July 2, 1879. His wife died February 8, 1903. Of the children born to this worthy couple, only three are living: Seymour, of Vienna township; Eliza, wife of Austin Andrews, of the same township; and Rose, unmarried. Carlos Greenwood obtained his education in Vienna township at the old fashioned district school. He remained with his parents until October 15, 1862. In 1863 he was employed by Ashael Tyrrell, Sr., and was with him one year. In 1864, Mr. Greenwood moved onto the farm of Leando Greenwood, a cousin, and continued there one year, in April, 1865, moving to his father-in-law's place, in Fowler township, where he also remained one year. He moved from there in April, 1866, one-quarter of a mile south and remained there until April, 1868, when he moved to a house and HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 115 saw mill combined (in Fowler township) owned by Wesley Reeder, who employed him and where he remained until November 4, 1868, when he moved to the farm where now lives his widow. Since his death, August 26, 1902, his widow has continued to live on the homestead, which consists of fifty and- ninety one-hundredths acres, it being carried on by her grand-son, Grover C. Griffin, under her management. Politically, Mr. Carlos Greenwood was a Democrat, but never cared to be numbered among office seekers. On November 13, 1870, Mrs. Carlos Greenwood was accidentally shot by a young man who was hunting ducks near her home. He was fully fifty rods away from the house, but the ball, striking the water, glanced and came through the window, striking Mrs. Greenwood on the upper part of the nose. Dr. Moore extracted the ball, which was found split into two pieces, in one of which a small piece of bone was found imbedded. This accident, which came very near being a fatal one, served as a warning to sportsmen. Carlos Greenwood was married October 15, 1862, to Emeline L. Vaughan, who was born in Fowler township, January 22, 1843, a daughter of Brunson and Rachael M. (Reeder) Vaughan. Her father, the son of John and Betsy (Burr) Vaughan, was born in a log house west of old Tyrrell Hill, April 4, 1809, in Fowler township, and died May 6, 1885, aged seventy-six years, one month and two days. His father, John Vaughan, was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, March 12, 1785, and married, March 7; 1805, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, Betsy Burr, daughter of Jesse and Sarah (Wilson) Burr. They came to Ohio the same year, settling on what is now called the Foote farm in Fowler township. He drove a two horse team, there being no railroads at that time. He remained on this place several years and then traded it for a farm west of old Tyrrell Hill, where he continued to live until his death, April 24, 1872, aged eighty-seven years and twenty-six days. His wife died June 12, 1862, aged seventy-seven years, five months and twenty-five days. Their oldest child, Wheeler Cable, was born in a log stable March 17, 1807. The other children besides Brunson were: John L., born November 3, 1811; Alfred A., February 4, 1814; Orion E., October 6, 1816; Sherman, July 12, 1820; Lucy M., Feb-ruary 1, 1823; Olive S., January 10, 1826; and Frederic Vaughan, June 8, 1829. Brunson Vaughan first located at the old Tyrrell Hill farm, but later moved a half mile south. Rachael M. Reeder, his wife, died September 28, 1886, aged seventy-four years. In their family were these children: Almira born July 29, 1831, wife of Junot M. Turner, both being now deceased; Malvina M., born December 17, 1834, wife of Ira Craft, who is deceased, and she now makes her home with her daughter in Austinburg, Ohio; Emeline L., born January 22, 1843, widow of Carlos Greenwood ; Alice L., born January 30, 1850, married September 21, 1869; Corydon Greenwood, a brother of Carlos; he too is deceased. She married John M. Smith, November 11, 1903, present postmaster of Tyrrell Hill. The only child born to Carlos Greenwood and wife was Myra G., born 116 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY May 27, 1864. She married Erastus Griffin, September 10, 1884, and they have two children: Fern G. born July 14, 1885, now fireman on the L. S. & M. S. Railroad, and 'Grover C., born April 8, 1889, residing with the grandmother. The Reeder family, of this sketch, is of English origin-three brothers coming to America from London. One, Joseph, settled on Long Island, one in Pennsylvania and one in Ohio. Joseph had three sons: Joseph, Benjamin and William, who was named for William of Orange, a brother of their mother. Benjamin moved to Amwell, Hunterdon county, New Jersey. He had two daughters and six sons, among them Jacob. Benjamin Reeder, Jr., son of this Jacob, was born in Amwell, Hunterdon county, May 15, 1768, and died in Brookfield, Trumbull county, Ohio, March 12, 1840, aged seventy-two years, nine months and twenty-nine days. He married October 4, 1792, PoIly Bennett, who was born June 22, 1775 in Massachusetts. They emigrated to Brookfield, Trumbull county, July 6, 1817, where they continued to live until their death. Mrs. Benjamin Reeder died March 19, 1849, aged seventy-four years. Among their children were: Jesse, born June 26, 1793, died 'February 20, 1883; Abraham, born March 25, 1799; Sally, born January 31, 1800, in Wyoming, Pennsylvania, died Ma.), 26, 1877 Washington, born November 15, 1808., died March 4, 1846; Wesley, born 'November 8, 1810, died in 1869; Rachael, born December 18, 1812; Chester, born December 18, 1815, in Tioga county, New York, died August 2, 1885; Draper, date of whose birth is not known. Benjamin Reeder was buried in Brookfield township, six generations being laid away to rest in that city of the dead. WATKIN WATKINS, a farmer and gardener whose pleasant farm home is situated within Weathersfield township, Trumbull county, and who is one of the present trustees of that township, was born in South Wales November 20, 1848. He was reared and educated in his native land, coming to America in 1880 and locating at Mineral Ridge, Ohio. He engaged in coal mining in the Weathersfield shaft, where he was employed until the coal supply gave out, when he took a more healthful occupation-that of gardening and small fruit culture. He makes a specialty of the combinate raspberry and strawberry, he being the only man who has such fruit. He has eleven acres set out to fruits. Mr. Watkins was married in 1876 to Mary Jones, a native of South Wales, where they were married. They have reared a family of twelve children, eleven reaching maturity, and still living. They are as follows: Margaret, wife of William Farborn, of Mineral Ridge; John, of Niles, Ohio; Mary Ann wife of John Kiley, of Youngstown; Elizabeth, wife of William Farr of Niles, Ohio; Sarah, wife of Charles Laurence; Catherine, wife of Luke ____ ; Anna Belle, wife of Edward Stutlar ; Edith, William, Edmond and Watkin, all single. Besides this family, Mr. Watkins has a grandchild, Watkin, whom the grandparents are raising. Politically, Mr. Watkins is a stanch Republican who has always been HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 117 interested in our form of government and.the execution of every wholesome law. Among the local offices he has held are those of school director, which he held six years, and president of the board. He was also marshal of Mineral Ridge one term. He was first appointed trustee to fill a vacancy made by the election of John Leitch to the office of commissioner. He was then elected to the position of trust,ee at the annual election. He has been a representative to ten state conventions of the United Mine Workers of America, and in the convention that elected the great leader Mitchell Mr. Watkins was prominent in the settlement of the strike question among the miners. His opinion and suggestions were largely the means of settling the great strike. JOHN T. WILLIAMS, one of the industrious miners in Trumbull county, a native of South Wales, born August 24, 1851, accompanied his parents to America in 1863. The family located at Weathersfield, where he worked with his father in the mines for about fifteen years. He then went to Mas-sillon, and from there to Summit county, Ohio. In 1878 he went to Mineral Ridge as a coal miner, which business he has followed many years. Mr. Williams was married February 21, 1882, to Winifred Owens, a native of North Wales, who came to Trumbull county in 1872. Mr. and Mrs. Williams have one daughter, Leah, wife of J. George Metcalf, of Pitts-burg, Pennsylvania. Mr. Williams has been an active Republican, having been a member of the school board for nine years, as well as treasurer of the village for seven years. He is also a member of the board of health and a councilman, having always been a faithful servant of the people who elected him to public positions. Coming to our shores, and unacquainted with our laws and customs, Mr. Williams has succeeded remarkably well, having had steady employment and rearing his family in a manner highly commendable to any American citizen. G. C. DAVIS, a general merchant and liveryman, doing an extensive business at Mineral Ridge, Trumbull county, Ohio, was born in the place in which he now lives. His father, William E. Davis, was a native of Wales, in which country he was reared and where he married Maria E. Evans, also a native of Wales. They first settled in Pennsylvania, then came to Mineral Ridge, Ohio. He was a coal miner, and died when he was fifty-two years old, while the mother reached the age of eighty-three years. This worthy couple were the parents of twelve children, nine of whom reached maturity, and seven of the number still survive. The son, G. C. Davis, was the eighth child born in this family. He was reared and educated in Mineral Ridge, Ohio, and was graduated from the high school in the class of 1879. He then began his active career by clerking in a store which was conducted by C. F. Whitney, with whom he remained three years. In 1882 Mr. Davis with his brother, B. E. Davis, 118 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY engaged in a general merchandise store at Mineral Ridge and continued about four months, when their store was burned. Soon after this loss Air. Davis went onto the road for B. Daunmiller & Co., introducing their coffees. After one year as commercial traveler he embarked in the grocery trade at Mineral Ridge, to which stock he soon added a general line of dry goods and notions. After a time he sold his goods and engaged in farming in Columbiana county, Ohio. After one season as an agriculturist he formed a partnership with E. M. Morgan, and they engaged in the grocery business at Girard. This relation continued but six months, when Mr. Davis bought his partner's interest and then conducted the store about one year longer, when he sold the stock of James Reese. Mr. Davis then left his wife and child with her parents at Mineral Ridge and went to the far away Pacific coast, locating at Whatcom, Whatcom county, Washington. There he bought a land claim, and later proved up on the same. After securing title to his claim, under President Harrison, Air. Davis went to Seattle and there entered the employ of H. R. Hammond & Sons, wholesale commission merchants, with whom he remained until December 19 the following year. He then returned to Mineral Ridge, expecting to go back to Washington, but instead leased a store building at Cornersburg, Mahoning county, Ohio. April 1st he was appointed postmaster, and conducted the store and office two years and a half, when he bought property in Mineral Ridge, and later moved his goods to that point. A little later he added the livery business to his other interests, and continued thus ten years, when a fourth interest in the business was sold to R. R. Koch, and this partnership existed about three years and a half, until September 1, 1905, when Mr. Davis bought out Mr. Koch. In the spring of 1902 he had moved his family to a farm which he had purchased in Mahoning county. January 1, 1905, he moved his place of business from the old stand to the Brock building, known as Odd Fellows Hall, where he is at present located and where he carries on a general store, including "almost everything" carried in a general stock, which includes clothing, dry goods, hardware, buggies, imple-ments, etc. June 12, 1907, his store at Girard was consumed by fire. Here he carried farm implements and harness goods. As disasters seldom come singly, at the same time this store was burning in Girard his livery stable, store room and dwelling that he had formerly occupied at Mineral Ridge also burned. He rented rooms at Girard and resumed business again in a small way until August 1, 1908, at which time it was merged into the Girard Hardware Company, which took the stock on hand, as well as the help employed by Mr. Davis. In 1888 Mr. Davis was married to Rhoda M. Morgan, daughter of Daniel and Rhoda Morgan, of Mineral Ridge. Mrs. Davis was a native of Pennsylvania. Three children blessed this marriage union: Gabriel Roy; William Edward and Rhoda Maria. Mr. Davis is a stanch supporter of the Republican party; belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, as well as the Foresters and Red Men. HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 119 EDWARD MOORE.-A retired merchant and business man of Hubbard township, Trumbull' county, Edward _Moore, has been enjoying the results of his independent and energetic labors for more than a quarter of a cen-tury. He is now in his seventieth year and resides in a beautiful and modern home one mile from the town of Hubbard. He is a native of that place, born March 3, 1839, his father being a son of the Emerald Isle, who came to the United States in 1831 and located in Liberty township, Trumbull county. The latter lived there until 1836, when he located on a farm which is now included in the site of Hubbard. He had married Miss Jane Thompson before coming to the United States and in the locality mentioned their ten children were born and reared. The family consisted of the following: John, now deceased; Sarah, who married John McFarland, and is also deceased; Mariah, afterward Mrs. William Holland, and now dead; Anna J., now Mrs. Thomas Duer; Catherine, Mrs. H. W. Hescock; Susan and Edward (twins) ; Margaret, who married G. W. Newton; Robert, deceased: and Eliza Jane, who married Warren A. Loveless and is deceased. The father of this family was always a modest farmer and a faithful member of the Episcopal church. He `died in 1865. Edward Moore, of this swetch, was educated in the district schools of his native township. His first independent business venture was made in 1866, when in partnership with H. W. Hescock, he opened a general merchandise store at Hubbard. For some years this partnership continued and then Mr. Moore became sole proprietor of the business, which he conducted until 1880. In the meantime Mr. Moore had engaged in various mining enterprises and eventually became a partner in the Payne-Newton Coal Company. He was also identified with the establishment of the prosperous clay industries of the town of Hubbard, and also engaged with success in various branches of the lumber business. In fact, he was a pioneer in this field, as he received the first carload of lumber ever shipped into Hubbard. This was in 1868. In 1878 Air. Moore established a general store at Bradford, Pennsylvania, and later became a successful promoter of various oil enterprises in that locality. He sold his interests in the latter field in 1888, when he retired from business owing to failing health. Later he bought a fine tract of one hundred and twelve acres one mile from Hubbard, which he has since improved, both by cultivation and building until he now resides on one of the most valuable and attractive homesteads in this part of the country. He is also the owner of other property as well as of such securities as notes, mortgages and bonds, and is reputed to be the heaviest tax payer in Hubbard township. Mr. Moore's successful and common sense conduct of his own affairs has induced his fellow citizens to often call upon him for assistance in the conduct of public business. While usually independent in politics, he has served such township offices as assessor and justice of the peace. He was also at one time mayor of Hubbard and an active member of its board of education. In religion he is a Presbyterian and for many years has been identified with the board of trustees of the Hubbard church. In 1871 Mr. Moore was married to Loretta Gleason (nee Duer), the 120 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY daughter of John Duer and wife. Her parents were both natives of New Jersey, but they had resided in Trumbull county for many years, where their daughter was reared and educated. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Moore have had no children. THOMAS J. MOORE, an old settler and an insurance agent, holding a notary public commission at Mineral Ridge, was born December 25, 1841, at Austintown, Mahoning county, Ohio, a son of John Moore, a native of Pennsylvania, who settled in Mahoning county at an early day. He was a justice of the peace at Austintown for twelve years, and by occupation was a farmer. He was of Irish descent. The mother of Thomas J. Moore was Doretha Palm, a native of Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, of German descent. The children in the family of Mr. and Mrs. John Moore were: William, John, James M., Elizabeth J., Robert K. and Thomas J. The only survivors of this family are Elizabeth and Thomas J., who is the youngest of the family. He was reared and educated in his native place, remaining there until he -was twenty years of age. He was educated in the common schools, going to Trumbull county about 1861 and locating in Mineral Ridge, where he engaged in the mercantile business some years. He also conducted a store at Meander, Trumbull county, and was post-master there for thirteen years and carried the mail between Mineral Ridge and Meander for ten years. After residing at Meander for eighteen years he returned to Mineral Ridge, where he has since been engaged in the fire insurance business. He is a notary public, having been appointed by Gover-nor David Tod in 1863, his last appointment being by Andrew L. Harris, April 19, 1907. He is one of the most active men in the county, and votes for men and not for political parties. He has served as councilman and marshal at Mineral Ridge. He is a consistent member of the Presbyterian church, and is well known over Trumbull county, where he has resided forty-seven years. In 1872 Mr. Moore was united in marriage to Amelia Shisler, who was born in Jackson township, Mahoning county, Ohio, December 25, 1843, and was reared in Newton township, Trumbull county. She is the daughter of George Shisler, of Newton Falls, who was an early settler in Trumbull county. Mrs. Moore's mother was, before marriage, Harriet Shoenberger, a native of Pennsylvania, of German descent. Mrs. Moore's great-grandfather, George Shoenberger, and his wife- were immigrants into Trumbull county at an early day, coming here in covered wagons. Mrs. Moore was the third child of six children. Her brother Edward is residing on the old homestead, and Mrs. Moore and this brother are the only surviving members of the family. Mrs. Moore has lived the greater part of her life in Trumbull county. She was about ten years of age when she went to Newton with her parents. By trade her father was a shoemaker, and the mother used to spin and weave the clothing for her family. At first they HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 121 lived in a small log house and had to cut down the huge forest trees to provide tillable land on which crops might be raised for the support of the family. DR. JOHN M. ELDER, a prominent physician of Mineral Ridge, was born in Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, October 24, 1872, a son of James A. and Sarah C. (Ream) Elder, both natives of Lawrence county, Pennsyl-vania. They were married in _Fayette, Pennsylvania, and located there, and there they still reside. The father was a successful farmer, and is prominent in political circles; he has served as the auditor of his county, been school director, and been active in all public matters in his county and state. James A. Elder and wife had three sons and one daughter, Dr. John M. being the second in order of birth. He obtained a good common school education, then entered Westminster College, from which institution he graduated in 1895 with the degree of B. S. He then attended Miami Medical College, of Cincinnati, from which school he graduated in 1899. After a large experience in hospital work at Cincinnati he went to Mineral Ridge, October 1, 1899, and has been active in the practice of medicine there ever since. He is a thoroughly up-to-date physician and surgeon; belongs to the Trumbull County and State Medical societies and American Medical Association. He reads up the latest discoveries in the science of medicine, and is fast gaining a large and highly successful practice in Trumbull county. The doctor is one of the health officers of his 'county, and also attends to the examination of cases for many of the leading insurance companies of the country-. Politically the doctor is a Republican. He is connected with the Masonic fraternity, in which he is prominent, having advanced to the commandery degree. He was united in marriage July 24, 1901, to Edna M. Leitch, daughter of J. G. and Frances Leitch. One son has blessed this union—Paul. Aside from his professional interests, the doctor is interested in the Dollar Savings Bank of Niles. DR. C. C. TIDD, one of the highly accomplished representatives of the medical profession practicing in Mineral Ridge, is a native of Mercer county, Pennsylvania, born April 18, 1875. He is the son of E. J. and Flora (Humphrey) Tidd, both natives of Ashtabula county, across the line from Kinsman, Trumbull county, Ohio. The father was a physician, and practiced about two years at Ashtabula and thirty-three years in Mercer county, Pennsylvania. He died March 17, 1906. The wife and mother is still living, her home being at Clark, Pennsylvania. Three chil-dren were born to Dr. E. J. Tidd and wife: Dr. R. M., of Clarksville, Mercer county, Pennsylvania; Nell, at home with her mother, and Dr. C. C. Tidd. Dr. C. C. Tidd is the eldest of the three children born to his parents. He was reared in his native place until about fifteen years of age, and 122 - HISTORY OF COUNTY attended Oberlin College three years and the Western Reserve Medical School four years, graduating in 1899. He was physician for the fresh air camp of Cleveland during the summer of 1899, and practiced one year with his father at Clarksville, Pennsylvania, after which be went to Mineral Ridge, in 1901. He belongs to the Trumbull County Medical Society and the American Medical Association. He is connected with the Odd Fellows order at Mineral Ridge. Politically, the doctor votes with the Republican party, has served on the board of education and was two years on the city council. Besides his regular practice, he has been the examining physician for the Pennsylvania and Mahoning Valley Railroad Company, as well as for numerous insurance organizations. At the time of the late Spanish-American war Dr. Tidd served as a soldier from Cleveland, having been mustered into the regular \United States army at Tampa and served in the hospital corps. He was honorably discharged from the Seventh U. S. cavalry, General Custer's old regiment, November 5, 1898. The doctor is a lover of outdoor sports, and belongs to the Western Reserve football team; also the baseball team. At Oberlin he was captain of the academy football team, and still takes interest in such games. Dr. Tidd was married in 1901 to Miss Jane Patterson, daughter of Samuel and Margaret Patterson, of Sharon, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Tidd was born in Zelienople, Pennsylvania. The doctor and wife have one daughter —Elizabeth. During his seven years' medical practice at Mineral Ridge. Dr. Tidd has built up a large practice among the best element in society. He does his full share in all public matters, and stands high in the estima-tion of his patrons and the country at large. J. F. PEARCE, ESQ., a justice of the peace and insurance agent, who also deals in real estate, at Mineral Ridge, Trumbull county, has been a resident of that place since about twelve years of age. He was born in Lordstown township, this county, January 21, 1848. His father was J. L. Pearce, a native of New Jersey, who came to Trumbull county, Ohio, locating in Lordstown township, in company with his parents, Amos Pearce and wife, who came from the east at an early day, being among the pioneers of Lordstown township. The family were all farmers in the eastern states, but in Lordstown, Ohio, Joseph L. Pearce was a merchant and also operated a store at Hartford. In 1860 the father, Joseph L. Pearce, went to Mineral Ridge, where he was railroad agent for the. Niles and New Lisbon Railroad Company for a number of years. His wife was Martha Lane, born in Warren township, her father being Benjamin Lane, one of Trumbull county's pioneers. He was a. cattle drover and a large land owner in Lords-town township, and also had property at Warren. J. F. Pearce is the fourth in a family of seven children—three daugh-ters and fours sons, all living at this time. J. F. was about four years of age when his parents moved to Hartford township, where he was educated in the public schools, going to Mineral Ridge when twelve years of age and HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY - 123 there attended school also. He became a contractor in coal mines, and followed that several years, and then learned the stationary engineer trade, and followed such work for a number of years. In 1900 he was elected justice of the peace, and he served fifteen years on the school board, to which position he was again elected in 1908. He has served as a member of the town council and been active in political party matters, being an avowed Republican. For several years he served on the committee of this party in Trumbull county. Being a believer in the good to be accomplished by fraternalism, he is numbered among the worthy brothers of the Masonic order. In his church connection-he is identified with the Christian church. Of his domestic relations, let it be recorded that Mr. Pearce was ueted happily in marriage in the month of November, 1873, to Maggie M. Williams, born in Trumbull county, Ohio. The nine children born of this couple are as follows: William, of Mineral Ridge; Lawrence, of Girard; Solomon B., of Mineral Ridge; Daniel and Jay B., deceased; Jay T., of Mineral Ridge; Martin, Howard and George, at home. A grand-child. Phoebe Pearce, child of William Pearce, is also a member of the family. In all that pertains to public enterprise, education and the general welfare of the county, Mr. Pearce has ever been foremost. He was one of the promoters of the Niles and Mineral Ridge street railroad; also assisted in organizing the Mineral Ridge Manufacturing Company. He was one who set on foot the company now known as the Niles Mine and Supply Company, he being its vice-president at the time of organization. Through his large and varied business acquaintance he is universally known in this section of Ohio, and is a man of much ability and strict integrity. JOHN L. MCDERMOTT, proprietor of a clothing store and men's furnishing goods, doing business at Niles, was born in the city of Niles, October 12, 1873, a son of Charles McDermott, a native of Ireland, who came to America in 1860. By occupation the father was an iron worker. He enlisted in 1861 in the U. S. Marine Service, being on the following boats: "Glorious" and "Ohio," and also on the "Gloucester." After five years' service he settled in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, and subsequently in Niles, Ohio, going to the latter place about 1869. There he engaged in the iron mills. His death occurred when sixty-six years of age. His wife was Anna McClain, a native of Ireland, but who lived in England. She is now sixty-nine years old, and is residing in Niles. Nine children of the union are living—three daughters and six sons: Rose, wife of John McGlunn ; Charles, of Chicago ; Sarah, wife of Henry Beidenharn, of Lansing, Michigan; Kate, wife of George Dresch, of Sharon, Pennsylvania; Steven, a mail carrier, of Niles; Frank, also a mail carrier, Niles, Ohio; Grant Peter of Niles; Barnard, of Lansing, Michigan; and John L. John McDermott is the fourth child in the family. He was reared and educated in his native place. For a time he was employed in the iron mills ; was also in the newspaper business, and was the first man to arrange 124 - HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY all the papers of Niles under one heading. In all, he was connected with the newspaper business nine years, and was city clerk of Niles at the time. In 1897 he formed a partnership with M. McGowan in the men's furnishing business. In 1904 Mr. Callinan succeeded him, and the firm of McDermott & Callinan was established. Mr. McDermott takes an active part in the political affairs of his county, and has held local offices, including that on the sewer service com mission. He received the nomination in 1908 for the office of clerk of the courts for Trumbull county at the hands of the Republican party. Mr. McDermott was married in 1900 to Minnie Callinan, by whom he has two sons and one daughter : John, Jr.; Frank and Helen. GEORGE L. CAMPBELL, a pioneer settler and a real estate and insurance agent at Niles, Ohio, was born at Mineral Ridge, Trumbull county, Obio, in 1844, a son of George and Polly (McConnell) Campbell. The father was born in Liberty township, Trumbull county-, and the mother in Weathersfield township, of the same county. The grandfather Campbell, one of the pioneers of this county, was a farmer, and was born in Ireland. The maternal grandfather, John McConnell, also a farmer by occupation, was a native of Scotland. George L. Campbell's parents were united in marriage in Trumbull county, and located at Mineral Ridge, where they reared the following family : John, Allen, Calvin, Alexander, George L., Martin and Nancy J., wife of John Leavitt, of Youngstown, Ohio. George L. Campbell was the seventh child and sixth son. He was reared and educated in his native place, and remained at home assisting his parents until he embarked in the grocery business; later he ran a livery barn at Sharpsville, Pennsylvania. In 1876 he engaged in the real estate business, coupled with insurance. Along with this he served for eight years as superintendent of the city water and light plant of Niles. In his political choice Mr. Campbell favors Republican party principles. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, being a Master Mason at Niles, and also belongs to the Elks of that place. He is a life-long resident of Niles and Trumbull county, and comes of pioneer stock. In the month of October, 1868, Mr. Campbell was married to Mary Garside, daughter of Benjamin and Cordelia Garside, Canfield, Mahoning county, Ohio. Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Campbell : James B., state agent for an insurance company ; Charles L., residing in Niles; George E., connected with a wholesale grocery house; Nellie L., at home; and Cordelia, wife of L. J. Campbell, who has one child, Uretta Place Campbell, born in 1906, at New Haven, Connecticut. C. W. UNGER, D. D. S., representing the dental profession at Niles, Ohio, is a native of Columbiana county, Ohio, born April 29, 1842. He is the son of Henry Unger, native of the above county. The grandfather was Jacob Unger, born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, who became one