250 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. came to the United States in 1851 and died in Cleveland in 1880, aged seventy-nine 3ears. He married a Miss Gallagher, and had six children, three of whom are living. Mr. lingo, our subject, was brought up to hard labor to aid in support of the family, thus devoting his first wages at the early age'of twelve years, ard he has since earned as many dollars for the " Big Four" as any other man. He has always been in the service of either the Lake Shore or Big Four railroad. Besides his regular stipend he has received complimentary recognition as a faithful and competent engineer. He and his son s are identified with the B. of L. E. He was married in June, 1861, to Miss :Barr, and their children are: Patrick, an engineer on the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad (the "Big Four "); Kate, the wife of William Burns; James, a "Big Four" engineer; Peter, a fireman on the same line; Mamie, Julia and Harry. THOMAS QUINLAN, a well known and efficient conductor on the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, was born in county Clare, Ireland, June 29, 1847, a son of Thomas and Hannah (King) Quinlan. They had five children, only two of whom are now living: John, general yardmaster for the " Big Four " Railroad Company at Cleveland; and Thomas, our subject. In 1851 the family came to Cleveland, Ohio, where young Thomas received a meager education. When quite young he shipped aboare the United States monitor, Kickapoo, which'was to assist in blockading Mobile bay. After serving fifteen months, he left that vessel at New Orleans in 1864, and then visited all prominent seaport cities in this and other countries. In 1871 Mr. Quinlan returned to Cleveland and engaged in railroad work, first as brakeman on a freight train. Five years afterward he was promoted to the position of conductor, and since 1884 has been engaged in the passenger service. Mr. Quinlan was married in this city, in 1878, to Mary Ellen Lyons, a native of Dearborn, Michigan, and a daughter of John Lyons. She died January 14, 1892, leaving three children: John, born December 1, 1879; Frances, born in January, 1883; and Allen, Apitil 12, 1889. THOMAS CARLISLE, the senior engineer of the Cleveland & Pittsburg Railroad Company, was born in this city, in March, 1840. His parents were working people, and he was found performing his part in various capacities from his early youth. Railroading attracted his attention as being a business offering greater possibilities for the same amount of labor, and Mr. Carlisle concluded to engage in it. Accordingly at seventeen he secured a berth as road fireman for the Cleveland & Pittsburg Company, his engineers being Sterns and Williamson. In two years he became an engineer, employed for a time in and about the Pittsburg yards. Since 1862 he has been a, passenger engineer and for more than three years was on the River road; the remainder of the time has been put in between Cleveland, Wellsville and Pittsburg. Mr. Carlisle was three years road foreman of engineers, being appointed in 1883. Few men have covered an equal distance in the running of engines. He has more than 2,000,000 of miles to his credit, has served thirty-six years without interruption save when recovering from an injury, and has a large proportion of annual and monthly premiums paid by the Cleveland and Pittsburg Company for the most ecomical use of material in covering a given number of miles. Each of these checks for premiums was accompanied by a congratulatory letter from the superintendent, expressing his pleasure in behalf of the management for the results obtained, and the manifest interest in the company's welfare. Thomas Carlisle is a son of John Carlisle, born in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, married Agnes Chalmers, and came to Cleveland in pioneer CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 251 times. For thirty-five years he was in the employ of the Cleveland & Pittsburg Company, but is now retired. Five children were born in the family of Mr. and Mrs. Carlisle: Thomas, Jennie (deceased), Mrs. Nettie Bedford, Mrs. Annie Stewart, and Herbert Carlisle, a machinist. Thomas Carlisle is a Mason, belonging to Lodge No. 180, of Wellsville. He is unmarried and enjoys a popularity unsurpassed among his brother associates. FRANK HELLER, yard-master of the Cleveland & Pittsburg Railroad Company at Cleveland, was born at Alliance, Ohio, September 30, 1857. His father, Henry Heller, was born in the province of Frankfort, Germany, and came to New Lisbon, Ohio, in 1849. He is a cabinet-maker by trade, and until 1885, with the exception of a brief period at Alliance, resided in New Lisbon: he is now a resident of Cleveland. He volunteered his services during the war, enlisting in Company K, One Hundred and Fourth Ohio Infantry, and saw much of the hardest fighting of the war. He was attached to the Tennessee Army, participated in the campaign against Atlanta, Georgia, followed Hood back to Franklin, Tennessee, and helped to demolish completely his army at Nashville. He was discharged at Columbus, Ohio, in 1865, after serving three full years and being in nineteen battles. Mr. Heller married, in New Lisbon, Ohio, Mary Flugan, born in Germany and now living, at sixty years of age, sixteen years her husband's junior. The subject of this brief notice left school at twelve years of age, and, concluding he could do more and better for himself than was being done at home, hired out is a waiter boy on a gravel train. He worked as brakeman, wiper and fireman, beginning braking in 1871 on the Niles & New Lisbon Railroad. The next year he came to Cleveland and began working in the yard as brakeman. In 1873 he was made conductor, and in September, 1884, yardmaster. In 1879, September 30, Mr. Heller married, in Cleveland, Miss Angie R. Osborn, a daughter of Lucas Osborn, an old resident of this city and a Cleveland & Pittsburg Railroad engineer, who married Elizabeth Dodge, of Oberlin, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Heller are the parents of Lucy, Frank, Willis and Abbie. C. L. JACKSON is one of the well-known pioneers of Orange township. A resume of his life is as follows: He was born in Marrick, near Richmond, Yorkshire, England, July 11, 1823, a son of Row and Jane (Lonsdale) Jackson, both natives of Yorkshire. In 1835 Row Jackson and his family emigrated from England to America, sailing from Liverpool, and landing at New York city after a voyage of five weeks and one day. The names of their children who were born in England were as follows: George, James, Michael, C. L., Jane, Joseph, Charles, Lonsdale and Row; and those born in this country, John, Elizabeth and Rachel, and one that died in infancy. Upon his arrival in Ohio, Mr. Jackson selected Cuyahoga county as a place of location and accordingly settled in Orange township, where he purchased two small farms, each having a log cabin, barn and orchard. He died here in 1859, at the age of seventy years. His good wife passed away at the age of sixty-six. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson were people of sterling integrity and were well known and much respected. They belonged to the Church of England. C. L. Jackson was just entering his 'teens at the time he landed in America. Until he was twenty-one he assisted his father on their frontier. farm. He came to his present location in 1863, and as the result of his years of toil and good management he is now the owner of 248 acres of choice land, one of. the finest farms in the township. His modern two-story residence, with its beautiful and attractive lawn, his tenant house, his commodious barn, his well-cultivated fields and broad pastures, his fat cattle and fine stock,—all these at once indicate the 252 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. success he has attained and place him in the front rank among the leading farmer3 of the county. Mr. Jackson was married at Sharon, Medina county, Ohio, November 19, 1851, to Hannah Bell, who was born in Yorkshire, England, September 19, 1830, and in 1833 was brought by her parents, John and Mary (Coats) Bell, to this country, their settlement being in the dense forest in Sharon township, Medina county, Ohio. Her father died on the old farm there, at the age of fifty-nine years; her mother, at the age of sixty-three. They were Protestant Methodists. They had nine children, two of whom died in infancy, the others being as follows: John, Elizabeth, Ann, Sarah, Hannah, Metcalf, Mary Jane. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson have had eight children, viz.: John R., at home; Mary J., wife of Charles Stoneman, of this township; Prof. W. W., of the West Cleveland schools; Charles W., of Orange, Ohio; Perry A., at home; Anna B., wife of John Stoneman, of Phillips county, Kansas; Alva, of Phillips county, Kansas; and Callie M., at home. . Their grandchildren number ten. Politically, Mr. Jackson is a Democrat. He was a Trustee of the township three terms, and has held other minor offices. Mrs. Jackson is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. W. D. FLEET, engineer on the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio Railroad, was born near Jersey City, New Jersey, June 4, 1850, a son of Joseph Fleet. The latter's father, William Fleet, was born in Rhode Island, and emigrated to New Jersey about 1825. Joseph Fleet was a farmer in early life, but afterward became a stock dealer of considerable note. He began the business with small capital, but, as profits accumulated, extended his trade into the Western States. Mr. Fleet married a daughter of Henry Warner, who was born near Washington, Pennsylvania. They have had three children,—W. D., our subject; John, employed on the Jersey Central Railroad; and Mary, at home. Mr. Fleet is now sixty-nine years of age. William D. received a limited education in the district schools of his native State. In 1871, in response to a desire to see more of the country, he came to Cleveland, Ohio, where he met a former resident of Jersey City, an official of the Erie Railroad Company. Under promise of permanent employment, Mr. Fleet was induced to remain in this city, securing the position of locomotive fireman, under engineer Patrick Kelley. He was soon promoted to the position of engineer, and, in addition to that occupation, also takes Paymaster Grout over the Mahoning Division and its branches of the Erie Road almost every month. Mr. Fleet is a member of the B. of L. E., and has rendered service on the general adjustment committee for the Erie Company employees; and he is a member of Riverside Council, Royal Arcanum. September 18, 1873, in this city, he married Sarah Jane Forbes, and they have had two children,—Mellie Luella, who died March 10, 1877, at the age of three months; and William James, born June 18, 1878. N. W. OVERMYER was born in Sandusky county, Ohio, May 23, 1852. He is a farmer's son, his father being P. A. Overmyer, a Pennsylvanian by birth, but for fifty-eight years a resident of Sandusky county. During the Civil war he was in the 100-day service. He is now retired, at seventy-one, and a resident of Fremont, this State. His father and the grandparent of our subject was Jacob M. Overmyer, born in Pennsylvania. He married a Miss Anderson and reared twelve children. By the marriage of P. A. Overmyer to Margaret Wagner, the following children were born: Mariette, wife of David Auxter, of Oak Harbor, Ohio; N. W.; Jacob M.; Isadore, in Chicago, Illinois; Abraham, in Fremont; and Abbie, wife of John Kalb, of Toledo. Mrs. Overmyer died in 1867. For his second CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 253 wife Mr. Overmyer married Elizabeth Reed. Their children are: Lillie, wife of Harry Blanchard, of Cleveland; Susie, Ferdinand and Winifred. At nineteen Mr. N. W. Overmyer began life independently as a day laborer on the section at Lindsey, Ohio. He built culverts, worked on a gravel train, became freight brakeman, and in the fall of 1873 came to the Cleveland yard, where he set brakes, was yard conductor, and finally in 1888 was made yard-master. July 12, 1877, Mr. Overmyer married Lizzie Woodworth, born in Wood county, Ohio, in 1861. Their children are: Lillian May, who died October 3, 1893, aged sixteen; William N.; Florance, deceased; P. H. and Bessie. ALEXANDER M. GORDON, a well known citizen of Bedford, Ohio, and an extensive map and atlas publisher, was born at Methel, Fifeshire, Scotland, on January 29, 1842. His father was James Gordon, who was a native of Aberdeen, Scotland, where he was born January 1, 1818, and was the son of Alexander and Allen (Minty) Gordon. The mother of Alexander M. was Betsey White before marriage, and was born in Kirkland, Fifeshire, Scotland, November 12, 1818, the daughter. of Robert and Margaret (Shaw) White. In 1842 James Gordon emigrated to America and"located in Cleveland, where he engaged in work at his trade of stone cutting and masonry, he having learned the trade from his father. His first work in this country was on the dams at Chagrin Falls and at Bedford. In 1844 his wife and our subject joined him in America. They were six weeks on the voyage across the ocean, and a hard one it was for them, as the subject of this sketch, then but two years of age, was sick most of the time, passing through sieges of the whoopingcough and chicken-pox. They landed in New York on the 4th day Of July, that year. From New York they proceeded on their journey, going up the Hudson river to Albany, thence to Buffalo by the Erie canal, and then to Cleveland by the lake, consuming seven more weeks, making in all thirteen weeks that they were on their journey from Scotland to Cleveland, a trip that can now be accomplished in less than ten days. Arriving here they went to the home of John Coburn, a Scotch neighbor, where they remained until the following spring, and they went to Bedford, where they afterward resided, the father following his trade, carrying on contracting in Cuyahoga and surrounding counties. The parents reared six children, as follows: Mary, who died in infancy; Alexander M.; Ellen B., wife of John Cole, of Ames, Iowa, and mother of nine children; Lizzie, wife of Edson Salesbury, of Randall, Ohio, and mother of four children; Robert D., of Bedford, who married Lucy F. Morrison and has three children; W. 0., of Bedford, a sketch of who appears elsewhere in this work; Louis James, of Bedford, who married Kittle Laughton and has three children; L. J. of Bedford, who succeeded his father in business and is an extensive contractor. The father of our subject was an ardent worker in the temperance cause in later life, and was a man well known and esteemed by his fellow citizens and neighbors. His death occurred on the 4th of December, 1883. His wife was a member of the Presbyterian Church in Scotland, but after she came to Bedford united with the Disciple Church, in which she was an active worker. Her death occurred on the 20th of November, 1894. The boyhood of A. M. Gordon was spent in assisting his father at work and attending school, until the breaking out of the Civil war. On the 18th of December, 1861, he enlisted in a company in the Forty-fifth Regiment of Ohio Volunteers, which was later consolidated with the Sixty-seventh and was known as "Company G, Sixty-seventh Ohio Volunteers." With his regiment he served through the campaigns of West Virginia and was at Cumberland, Maryland, and Winchester, Virginia, in General Lander's Division. After driving Jackson out 254 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. of the Shenandoah valley they went to the Penisula under McClellan, and following McClellan's retreat they were sent to Suffolk, Virginia. From Virginia they went to the Carolinas and took part in the siege of Charleston, South Carolina. They were next transferred to the Tenth Army Corps under General Q. A. Gilmore. They captured Morris island in 1863 and made an assault on Fort Wagner on the night of July 18th, when Mr. Gordon received a wound in the muscle of the right arm, which disabled him for active duty until the following September, when he returned to his regiment in time to take part in the second assault on Fort Wagner. They remained at the siege of Charleston until operations closed, and then went to Hilton Head, where the regiment re-enlisted for three years, or until the war was over. He then returned home on a veteran furlough. In April following he returned to Camp Distribution, near Washington, and from there went to Yorktown. On the 4th of May they started for Richmond, Virginia, and landing at Bermuda Hundred on the 6th of May the regimen,; was included in what was known as the Army of the James, and for two hundred days they were under fire. He was slightly wounded at Wier Bottom Church, and on October 13, 1864, at Chapin's Farm, Virginia, he was wounded in the left shoulder, the bullet lodging under the shoulder blade, where it still remains. He was sent to the hospital at Fort Monroe, but was transferred from there to Cleveland, at which place he was discharged from the United States general hospital on July 18, 1865. After the war Mr. Gordon began canvassing for books, following which he was an agent for George A. Bicker for the sale of lightning-rods. In 1873 he engaged in the map business in Cleveland, for Titus & Company. In 1884 he formed a co-partnership with B. N. Griffing and engaged in the publishing business, which partnership continued until 1892, when Mr. Griffing retired from the business, and then for two years he was in business with Mr. Lake. The firm is now Gordon, Lathrop & Company. He is also engaged in the real-estate business in Bedford. Mr. Gordon is a member of the F. & A. M., Bedford Lodge, No. 375, of Summit Chapter, No. 74, and of Holy Rood Commandery, No. 32, Knights Templar; is at present Junior Vice of Royal Dunham Post, No. 177, G. A. R., is Master of Work in Golden Rod Lodge, No. 467, Knights of Pythias, and Captain of Golden Rod Division, No. 113, Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias. Mr. Gordon is a self-made man and deserves well the success he has made of his life. Before he had secured more than an ordinary amount of schooling, and had had an opportunity of mastering a trade, he answered the call of his adopted country for troops to put down the rebellion, and for four years he was at the front. After the war he began without means, and, accepting the best that was offered him, took up book canvassing. From that he passed on to the publishing business, succeeding at each undertaking, through determination and the exercise of industry and perseverance. Through all his business life he has followed closely the teachings of his good old parents, and honesty and integrity have ever been characteristics of his life. As a citizen he enjoys the respect and esteem of those who know him, as he is ever ready to lend aid and assistance to all worthy public enterprises, and has given freely of his time to further the development and growth of his city and county. GEORGE CARMONT, a New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio yard master at Cleveland, is a native of the Forest City, being born here October 12, 1859. His father, Samuel Carmont, was a sailor, born on the Isle of Man in 1820. He began salt-sea voyages from London, England, and sailed the ocean until some time in the '40s, when he came with his wife, nee Catherine Murray, to Cleveland, and sailed the lakes some years before entering the employ of the Atlantic & Great Western Rail- CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 255 way Company, remaining on its pay roll fifteen years. He died in 1885, at sixty-five years of age. His children were: Ella, wife of M. Martin, of Cleveland; Joseph Carmont, of ' Meadville, Pennsylvania; William, on the Philadelphia Record; George and Sarah. George Carmont attended the Kentucky Street school until fourteen years of age, when he secured work in a nut. and bolt factory. He concluded to try sailing after awhile and went aboard the steam barge Anna Smith as second cook, occupying various positions,—wheelman, afore-the-mast, etc. He tired of navigation and in 1879 began railroading; was brakeman for the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio Company three and a half years, before he was made yard conductor, and this position was succeeded after six and a half years' service by a promotion to yard master. He is a member of the 0. R. C. and K. of P. In 1888 Mr. Carmont married Belle Shoemaker, of Cardington, Ohio, a daughter of Albert Shoemaker, originally of Penn.sylvania. WILLIAM M. FORBES, a trusted employe of the Erie Railway Company, was born in McCoy's, Ohio, February 19, 1851. His father, William J. Forbes, moved to Bellaire, this State, where the son was reared, receiving the rudiments of an English education. At the age of fourteen years the latter became train boy on the Cleveland & Pittsburg Railroad, in which position he continued four years. He then entered service on the Atlantic & Great Western Railroad as a brakeman on a freight train, from which position he has risen by successive steps to the place he now occupies; and he is now completing his first quarter of a century of railroad service with the Erie Company. William J. Forbes was born near Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1822, and became a wood-turner by trade. He served in the Forty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the war, participating in many hard-fought battles and in the heavy campaigning of the Army of the Tennessee. His later life was devoted to railroading,--first on the Cleveland & Pittsburg line, and lastly on the Atlantic & Great Western Railway. He died in 1885. His wife, whose name before marriage was Keziah McCarty, was born in Pennsylvania, and died in, Cleveland in 1882, aged fifty-five years. Their children are: John, an engineer on the Valley road; William M., whose name heads this sketch; Melvin L., an engineer on the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio Railroad; and Sarah J., wife of William D. Fleet, of Cleveland. William M. Forbes was married in Solon, this State, April 22, 1873, to Addie 0., daughter of Henry Baldwin, who is now a resident of Newburg, Ohio. Mr. Baldwin was born at Aurora, Ohio, seventy-one years ago, and has devoted his life to farming. He married Mahala McClintock, born in New York State in 1824, and one year younger than himself. Their children are three in number, as follows: H. M., of Geneva, Ohio; Mrs. Forbes, and A. C. Baldwin, an engineer of the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio Railroad. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Forbes are: Harry B., born July 2, 1876, and is a machinist by trade; Clay W., born April 12, 1879; and May, born April 18, 1881. Mr. Forbes is a brother in the 0. R. C. and E. A. U. CHARLES RUDOLPH, freight conductor, was born in Hirschberg an der Saale, Germany, April 13, 1845. In 1852 his father, Charles Rudolph, Sr., emigrated with his family to America, taking a sailing vessel at Bremen, and for 101 days were struggling through uncontrollable adverse circumstances, in which provisions became so exhausted as to produce a starving condition, but fortunately 256 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. landed at Quebec, Canada. From there the father took his family to Buffalo, New York, remaining till 1854, when Cleveland finally received them. Mr. Rudolph was a tailor by trade, but never followed it to the exclusion of other work. He died in 1885, aged ieventvone years. He married Christina Franke, who died January 18, 1866. They had the following children: Charles; Carrie, now Mrs. Adam Krug; Louisa, wife of Fred Miller, a mechanic; Annie, who died April 18, 1885, at the age of twenty-seven years; and Clara, who married Edward Forscher, of Cleveland. Charles Rudolph, Jr., attended school one year in Germany, and after coming to the United States was a pupil in the English schools of Buffalo and Cleveland. His first employment on leaving school at fourteen was in a splint broom factory; next we find him in the office of the Waechter am Erie, a German newspaper published in this city, where he remained long enough to become a practical printer. At this juncture the war came on and Mr. Rudolph enlisted in the Twentieth Ohio Volunteer Artillery, whose officers are well known men of Cleveland. This battery was made a part of the Army of the Cumberland and encountered the enemy first at Liberty Gap, Tennessee. Several smaller engagements followed before the campaign terminated at Chickamauga. At Dalton Mr. Rudolph was captured, but in three days paroled, guarded through the Rebel lines and compelled to make Chattanooga on foot, there rejoining his battery. When he left Chattanooga it was to return to Cleveland to be mustered out, having served not quite three years. Mr. Rudolph then turned his attention to cigar-making, and continued it until 1867, when he entered the service of the Cleveland & Pittsburg Railroad Company as freight brakeman. In 1871 he was made a freight conductor, and has since remained in that capacity. In 1874 Mr. Rudolph married, in Kent, Ohio, Josephine Sears, whose father, Edward Sears, was a mill man of Randolph, Portage county. Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph are the parents of two daughters, Ada Daisy and Josephine Elizabeth. Mr. Rudolph is a Knight of Pythias and a member of Memorial Post, G. A. R. F. E. SQUIRE, yard-master of the Valley Railroad, began his railroad career with the Atlantic & Great Western Company, now a part of the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio system, as yard switchman, serving two years. He began braking then on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern in 1870, where he was soon promoted to be foreman, remaining with the company eight years, the last year as a conductor. He transferred his services next to the Chicago, Alton & St. Louis Railroad Company, and was stationed at Alton, Illinois, as yard-master for nearly five years, going next to Booth, Missouri, for the same company, in the same capacity. He returned to Cleveland in 1883 and was in the employ of the "Big Four" as yard conductor: Four years later, when he left them, he took the Nickel Plate and retired from that company's yard to a run on the road, and on the completion of his year came to the Valley Company in 1890 as brakeman, being soon made night yard-master, and in 1892 became day man. Mr. Squire was born in Salem, Ohio, June 29, 1853. He is a son of C. R. Squire, some years ago an inventor of some prominence, giving his attention to improving and patenting appliances for sewing-machines. He was a blacksmith and a tanner in early life. During the war he was chief clerk for Gordon McMillan, a large wholesale house of Cleveland, and at one time was in the employ of the "Big Four" Railroad Company at Salem, Ohio, as station agent. He was born in Vermont and came West in 1827, at eleven years of age, with his father, Jesse Squire, a circuit preacher, who settled near Norwalk. Mr. C. R. Squire mar- CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 257 ried Miss Lorinda E. Deming, of Brownson, Oliio. Her children were: .C. A., F. E. and W. A. Squire, all railroad men. Frank E. received a liberal education at Baldwin University, at Berea, Ohio, and attended a military academy at White Plains, New York, for two years. On taking up life's realities he engaged to work for the West Side Street Railroad Company, laying track on Pearl street. His next work was mining coal at Fulton, Ohio, after which he began railroading. On Christmas day, 1874, Mr. Squire married Miss M. D. Lewis, of Rockport, a daughter of F. G. Lewis. Of the five children by this marriage, four are living,—Leora A., Edith May, Luella Maud and Frank Leroy. Mr. Squire is a member of the Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias, and is Secretary of the Switchmen's Mutual Aid Association. W. H. GARLOCK, the leading laundry-man of the city of Cleveland, was born near Rochester, New York, August 13, 1842, a son of Elisha Garlock, a native of the same State, born in Herkimer county, in 1810. He was a farmer's son and chose his father's occupation for a livelihood for himself, giving his attention to no other branch of business, and his success warranted his retiring on reaching the shady side of life. For his wife he married Lucy Wilkinson, and they have the following children: James S., a lawyer at Rochester; Dr. F. R., a prominent physician of Racine, Wisconsin, and surgeon for the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad; Elizabeth, wife of J. B. Miller, a retired farmer of Parma, New York; Sarah, wife of William Burritt, a New York farmer; S. G., engaged in the electrical business in St. Louis, Missouri; C. M., a physician iu Rochester; and Martin, operating in the Oil Fields of Pennsylvania. W. H. Garlock completed a course in Falley Seminary, Fulton, New York. Immediately succeeding this he engaged in teaching district school near Rochester, following it up seven winters. He married then Miss Adell Ingell, a daughter of William Ingell, of Fulton, New York, but now a retired resident of Anamosa, Iowa. Mr. Garlock engaged in the " gents' furnishing" business at Fulton for a period of one year; then was six years at Scranton, Pennsylvania; in the same business, in partnership with J. C. Highriter, but enjoyed no exceptional prosperity. At this time Mr. Garlock decided to go West, and accordingly disposed of his business interests in Scranton and located in Dayton, Ohio, embarking in the same business alone, believing that it could be conducted profitably without the assistance of a partner, and his expectations in this plan were realized, and for six years this business enjoyed a prosperity hitherto unknown to its proprietor. Deciding to change his business and establish a steam laundry, Mr. Garlock came to Cleveland, in 1882, and opened out on Sheriff street. His business was of course light at first, not materially exceeding $10,000 the first twelvemonth. The annual business in ten years reached $100,000, and the force employed reached ninety persons. In this venture Mr. Garlock's expectations were again realized. At the meeting of the National Laundrymen's Association in 1892, Mr. Garlock was chosen its president to serve one year. This is the only official capacity in which he ever served. Politically Mr. Oarlock is a Republican and fraternally a Chapter Mason. B. F. ROACH, a passenger conductor, was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, July 4, 1842, a son of James William and Mary Elizabeth (Simpson) Roach. His father was born in Pennsylvania, and was killed while driving a stage over the mountains in 1844, leaving two children: James William, who started for Chicago about forty years ago, and has never been heard from since; and B. F., our subject. The 258 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. mother is now Mrs. Calvin S. Spooner, of Black river, Lorain county. B. F. Roach accompanied his mother on the journey from Erie, Pennsylvania, to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1852, and soon after began work for himself. He was first employed as cabin boy on Lake Erie, and was afterward engaged in fishing on the lakes till 1861. He was next employed by Mr. Johnson, and then resumed the occupation of fishing on the lake. In the latter part of 1861 he began work on the railroad, first on the Bee line and afterward on the " Big Four " Railroad. M r. Roach made his first run as a regular conductor in 1864, and May 21, 1879, as shown by a certificate from Superintendent Robert Blee, was made a passenger conductor. Mr. Roach was married at the age of twenty years, to Miss Catherine, a daughter of William Dewyer, of Sandusky, Ohio; she died ovember 30, 1875, leaving four children: William, who was killed in Chicago while in the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company; Mary, the next in order of birth; Nellie, wife of William C. Offutt; and Anna, now Mrs. John A. Leimkuelher, of this city. In 1880 Mr. Roach was united in marriage with Mrs. Nellie McDonald, nee Dewyer, who was not a relative of his first wife. They had one child, Daisy, born May 4, 1882. Mrs. Roach departed this lite in the spring of 1883. B. F. Roach is a Democrat in politics. WILLIAM M. BARNES, passenger conductor on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad, was born in Cleveland, in May, 1845. At fourteen years of age our subject was employed by the Lake Erie Rolling Mill Company, and became a merchant iron roller by the time he had completed his three years' service. From this he enlisted in the Union army, Company E, Eighty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, three months men, under the venerable Colonel Pickands. He was stationed at Cumberland, Maryland, and did picket duty until the expiration of his service. He was mustered out, and re-enlisted, this time in Company A, Captain Paddock, "Cleveland Grays," One Hundred and Fiftieth Regiment. Again his service was confined to duty within the barracks at Fort Lincoln, Washington, until his discharge was due. In 1862, on completing his brief public-school career, he decided to engage in railroading for the time being, and accordingly sought a position on the Cleveland & Toledo road, and was taken on as a yard brakeman, under Yard-master Colwell, long since retired to the farm in this county. In this capacity and as yard conductor and assistant yard-master, Mr. Barnes served until 1866, when he severed his connections with the company, and proceeded to St. Louis, Missouri, where he took the position of general yard-master for the Missouri Pacific Railroad. This position he filled one year, when he went to the Iron Mountain road, and was for a brief period baggageman, and later conductor of a mixed train, changing again the next year to the Union Pacific Railroad Company. He took charge of the construction train there, and remained with it until the completion of the road into the Rocky Mountains, and consequently was one of the first- conductors over the road to Laramie, Wyoming. At Cheyenne, the historic mountain ' city, he was for three years yardmaster of the Union Pacific yards. In 1873 he returned to Cleveland, and entered the employ of his former company, the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad, where he has since remained. After leaving the Union Pacific Company at Cheyenne, he became a pioneer conductor on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, and when it was completed to Fort Kearney he left and made Cleveland his home. Mr. Barnes' father, William M. Barnes, came to Cleveland from England, and was here engaged in contracting, designing and building, but died comparatively young, about 1850. He married, in this city, a Mrs. Giles, and they CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 259 had two children, William M. and David D., the latter engaged in the oil business in Collin-wood. Mr. Barnes married, in Norwalk, Ohio, November 15, 1868, Miss Hattie E. Winton, of North Amherst, Lorain county, Ohio. They -have had six children: Minnie E., Edward L., Birdie, Bessie, Hazel and Helen. Mr. Barnes is a member of the Order of Railway Conductors. J. E. SMITH, passenger conductor on the 1 Valley Railroad, was born in Xenia, Ohio, March, 1853, and at the age of fifteen years applied himself to the study of telegraphy at Milan, Indiana, and in 1869 was able to do acceptable work. Then for three years he was operator for the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad Company at Milan. Next he was employed as clerk in the roadmaster's office at Meadville, Pennsylvania, for the Atlantic & Great Western Railroad Company, and in the course of two months he was sent to Cleveland in charge of a construction train, to do dock-repairing about the old river bed, requiring a few months. July 6, 1874, he went regularly upon the road as a brakeman, and in 1876 was made a freight conductor, which position he filled until 1886, when he entered the service of the Valley Road, in November. He is a member of the 0. R. C., a Master Mason, being a member of Ellsworth Lodge, and also a member of Riverside Council, Royal Arcanum. Mr. Smith's father, Adam Smith, was an old railroad man, who was track superintendent for the Cincinnati, Wilmington & Zanesville Railroad, now the Cincinnati & Muskingum Valley, and was afterward a roadmaster on the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad. He died in 1892, at the age of seventy-two years. He was born in the north of Ireland, and came to Ohio in 1845, locating in Greene county, where he married Sarah Galigher, of Irish birth, and now a widow of Seymour, Indiana. Their children were: Anna, of Seymour, Indiana; James E., of Cleveland; Adam, of Colorado City, Colorado, and employed on the Colorado Midland Railroad; William J., an engineer on the Cincinnati Southern Railroad; Mrs. Sarah E. Proctor, of DillEborough, Indiana; Kate, wife of John Myers, a conductor on the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad, of Seymour, Indiana; Mrs. William Cox, whose husband is a conductor on the same road and residing at the same place; and Joseph, another railroad man of the same city. Mr. Smith, whose name heads this sketch, married, in Cleveland, in 1878, Miss Sarah E. Moore, who was born in Wilmington, Delaware, a daughter of Louis A. Moore, who was a cooper by occupation. Mr. and Mrs. Moore came to Cleveland in 1869. The children of Mr. J. E. Smith are: Iris M., James C., Charles Adam and Edward B. J. J. FORBES, an engineer of the Valley Railroad Company, was born in Little Washington, Pennsylvania, August 9, 1849. a son of W. J. Forbes, whose history appears in the sketch of William M. Forbes, in this volume. In 1850 the family moved to McCoy's Station, Ohio, and there and at Belleaire our subject secured a limited education. His first work as a contributor to self support was as newsboy on the Cleveland & Pittsburg Railroad, running between Pittsburg and Belleaire and served in that capacity four years. He then came to Cleveland, where he secured the position of fireman on the Atlantic & Great Western Railroad, afterward the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio Railway, under engineer William Dykes, one of the pioneer railroad men of this locality. In 1873 Mr. Forbes was promoted as engineer. He afterward worked for the C )nnotton Valley Company six years, being stationed at Canton, Ohio, but in 1888 returned to Cleveland, and has since been one of that road's best men. In his social relations, Mr. Forbes is a member of the B. of L. E., also of Centennial Lodge, No. 213, K. of H. 17 260 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. He married in this city, October 1, 1874, to Ella Wolf, who was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, October 1, 1856. Her father, Jacob Wolf, came from that city to Cleveland, where he still resides, and is aged seventy-four years. His wife, nee Julia Willdoner, was the mother of five children: David, of Louisville, Kentucky; Caroline, wife of John Wilson, of Marion, Ohio; Kate, now Mrs. William Callow, of Cleveland; Ella, wife of Mr. J. J. Forbes; and Harry J. Wolf. Mr. and Mrs. Forbes' children are: Julia K., aged sixteen years; Arthur D., fourteen years; Ethel G., twelve years; and Viola L., five years. CAPTAIN HENRY J. JOHNSON was born in 1834. His father, Captain Jonathan Johnson, came from New York State when a young man, settling in Cleveland, and lived on Water street opposite the home of his brother Levi, and here was born the subject of this sketch. Several years later the father removed to Ashtabula, Ohio, and there at the age of sixteen years Henry began his career as a sailor. He sailed under Sol. Rummage, his cousin, on the schooner Wings of the Morning, for three years, during which time his father met with misfortune, losing his property and thus being under the necessity of launching out in some other field of adventure. The latter removed to Cleveland, where he died in 1856, leaving a widow and two daughters for his son Henry to support. To this duty Henry applied himself with commendable willingneEs, and in 1857 it was fortunate for him that he became captain of the T. P. Handy, owned by H. J. Winslow, in whose employ Captain Johnson remained ten years, during which time he became interested in several vessels with his employer, and in 1869 he came to laud and retired from service. In 1874 he with others built the V. Swain at a cost of $70,000. Since that time he and others have built a number of steamers, among the last of which are the Horace A. Tuttle, Henry J. Johnson and Geo. Presley. In over twenty vessels has Captain Johnson been interested. He began the life of a sailor shipping before the mast, and rapidly rose to the position of master. He has, by tact, energy and good business management become a man of large means and influence. The first vessel in which Captain Johnson was ever interested was known as the William Case, which he manned for three years, but at the present time he has no interest in any vessel other than the H. J. Johnson, the Swain, the steamer Business, and the schooners Helvetia and Minnehaha, in all of which he has controlling interest. Besides being interested in vessels Captain Johnson has invested in real estate to a considerable extent, taking considerable pride in Cleveland property. He has built a number of residences, tenement blocks, etc. His interests are divided between lake vessels and real estate. In 1870 he was married to Miss Anna, daughter of Alexander Campbell, of the West Side. The following are the children of Mr. and Mrs. Johnson: Henriette, wife of Clarence Cobbs, shipbroker of Cleveland; Elwell, a sailor; Russell; Anna; Winfield; Everett and Leslie, twins; and Alexander. The family are of the Congregational church faith. In politics Captain Johnson has always remained a Republican, but in public affairs he has taken no active part. HENRY BOTTEN, chief of the West Side pumping station, and an old resident of Cleveland, was born in London, England, May 21, 1836, and the same year was brought to this city by his father, William Botten, who was engaged in gardening here, and died in 1843, aged forty-four years. His widow, nee Charlotte Price, afterward married William Farrar. William Botten's children were Henry and Charles W., both now of Cleveland. CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 261 Henry Botten, whose name introduces this brief sketch, was only sparingly educated, being forced at an early age to contribute to the family income. His first employer was Philo Scovill, for whom he worked seven years; then in succession he was employed as follows: At the Cuyahoga Works as an apprentice at machinery work for three years; engineer at the Northern Ohio Lunatic Asylum two years; Big Four railroad shops at Galion, Ohio, about four years; Cuyahoga shops again for half a year; then in the shops of the Cleveland, Columbus & Cincinnati Railroad; next six months in the shops New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio Railroad, at that time called the Mahoning shops; then he was employed in the Cleveland & Pittsburg shops, where he had charge of a gang of machinists, in 1866; in the fall of that year he and his brother Charles purchased a brewery in Newburg (now South Cleveland), which they ran nearly two years, and sold out; next the subject of this sketch began work for the Cleveland Rolling Mill Company, where for seventeen years he had charge of machinery and boilers in the plate and sheet department. In 1885 he entered the employ of the city as assistant engineer, and in 1888 became chief of the West Side station. In August, 1861, Mr. Botten married Mary Ann Quayle, daughter of John Quayle, a Manxman, and the children by this marriage are: Edward C., city editor of the Leader; William, a tinner; Harry H., a dentist; Alice M., Lucy Quayle and Richard Price. THOMAS DUFFIN, railroad engineer, was born in county Wexford, Ireland, in 1840. Upon coming to this city in 1867 he proceeded to apply himself to shoemaking, a trade which he had put himself in possession of in the mother country. But life was monotonous, uneventful and not specially profitable on the bench, and he decided to engage in railroading. He was employed by the Cleveland & Pittsburg Company as yard brakeman, and two years later was made yard conductor. The same year he was in the employ of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Company, a brief period. He returned to this company as general utility man and in a short time began firing. In ten years he was promoted to be engineer, since which time he has been a knight of the throttle and is one of the faithful and reliable men in the employ of the company. He was Second Engineer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and was First. President of Branch Fifteen of the C. M. B. A. and Grand Secretary of the order of the I. A. Legion two years. He is also a member of the Knights of St. John. He visited his native land in 1889 and made something of a tour of the island, sight-seeing. Mr. Duffin is a son of Richard Duffin, who was in the employ of the English Government as Superintendent of Drainage. His wife, whose name before marriage was Miss Potts, has borne him eight children, four of whom are in this country, namely; James, William, Thomas and Bessie. Mr. Thomas Duffin was married the day he left Ireland for America, January 10, 1867, to Mary Whalen. Their children are: Richard, firing for his father; Mary Ellen, deceased; Mary Ellen (second); John, deceased; John Thomas; Margaret and Teresa, twins; and Bessie. JOHN JOYCE, a gentleman who has spent-nearly an average lifetime in the service of the "Big Four" Railroad Company and more than half of this time as night man in whatever position he happened to be serving, is at present yard master and next in line by pro motion to the position of general yard master. At twelve years old he quit school and went to work on the road, as per agreement with the company at his fathers' death, to give the boys work as soon as they could do creditable service. Entering in 1865 for the "Big Four" Railroad Company as flagman and brakeman, he came up 262 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. through the positions of yard conductor and yardmaster for the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad Company, being in their employ ten years. He entered the service of the " Big Four" in the lower rank and advanced by meritorious service to assistant general yard master, receiving the last named appointment in 1889. During all these years of continuous service Mr. Joyce has met with only one accident of any degree of seriousness, and this accident resulted in the loss of one finger. He was born in 1850 and is prematurely gray on account of his excessive night service. Mr. Joyce came by second nature into railroading, his father, "Pat" Joyce, being a railroad brakeman and an employee of the "Big Four" Railroad Company at the time of his accidental death in 1851. He was born in Ireland and came to Cleveland. He married Catherine Gibbons, who bore him Henry, an employee of the "Big Four" Company; and John, our subject. Mr. John Joyce married in Cleveland, in 1872, Mary Ann Gibbons, of Irish parentage. Their children are Margaret, Ellen and Henry, the latter a nephew of Mr. Joyce, but reared by him, and enjoying the same privileges as are extended to his own children. LEOPOLD BENEDICT, one of the earliest Hebrew settlers in Cleveland, ar- 1 riving here July 3, 1850, was born in Carlsbad, Bohemia, December 27, 1828, the son of Abraham and Fannie (Loewenstein) Benedict, who came here direct from Europe and made their home with their son, Mr. Leopold Benedict, until their death. The father died in 1867, at the age of eighty-four years, and the mother in 1876, aged seventy years. They had three sons, namely: Leopold, whose name heads this sketch; Henry, deceased, who died in Rochester, New York, in 1893, leaving a son and a daughter (the son, Abraham, is a prominent attorney in that city); and Frederick, an optician of Cleveland. Mr. Benedict's father and also his grandfather Benedict were also opticians by trade. Mr. Benedict, subject the of this sketch, was reared in his native:country, trained to optical work by his father and in the Ophthalmic College at Vienna, where he graduated in 1848. At the age of nine years he entered his father's factory, where he was employed between school hours until he entered college, and learned to manufacture all kinds of lenses. When twenty-two years of age he came to America, locating at Hartford, Connecticut, where he accepted a position as foreman in the spectacle factory of Spencer & Company. Eighteen months later he stopped a short time in New York city, working as a fitter in optical goods for Buckley & Sons, and then came on to Cleveland. Here he established the optical business of Benedict Brothers, which firm existed until 1888, when, on account of illness of one of the brothers, they dissolved; and our subject, becoming well advanced in years, did not care to continue in the business. He has a wide and pleasant acquaintance throughout the State, having been the traveling agent for the firm throughout its long career. He claims the distinction of being the first optician in the State. He has given his entire life to his profession. In religion he is a member of the Anshe Chesed congregation, Hebrew, and he is also a member of Cleveland City Lodge, No. 15, F. & A. M. August 20, 1852, in Hartford, Connecticut, he married Miss Minnie Freudenthal, a native of Baden, Germany, who was brought when a child by her parents to this country. She died in 1866, at the age of thirty years. By that marriage there were six children, namely: Minnie, wife of Fred Benedict of this city; Morris, a resident of Detroit, Michigan, patentee of the "AllRight " coal-oil stove, which he is now engaged in manufacturing, and by profession he is an optician; Emma, who married Mr. F. Sweet, who is engaged in the drug and paint trade in Detroit; Josephine, wife of Mr. Lee CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 263 Rothschild, one of the heaviest cattle-shippers of Omaha, Nebraska; Cora, deceased, wife of David Meyer of Lincoln, Nebraska; Emanuel, a resident of Detroit, and traveling agent for his brother in the stove business. For his present wife Mr. Benedict married, in 1866, Sarah Baker, a native of Bavaria, Germany, and by this marriage there have been five children, viz.: Isaac, Abraham, Edward and Robert, constituting the firm of Benedict Brothers, frescoe artists; and Elenor, at home. Abraham married a daughter of David Levi, and Edward married Miss Emerick. WILLIAM O. DEMARS, one of the enterprising and successful business men of Cleveland, was born in Detroit, Michigan, October 27, 1843, a son of Antwin and Rose (Nolette) De Mars, natives of Paris, France. They came to Montreal, Canada, in 1819, but five years afterward located in Detroit, Michigan, where they were among the early pioneers. They settled on twelve acres of timber land, where Mr. DeMars followed gardening the remainder of his life. His death occurred in 1877, and his wife departed this life one year later. Their family consisted of nine children: Anthony, deceased at the age of three years; Fred, who died on board the ship while returning from France, where he had been lookipg after his business interests; Henry, a resident of Europe; William 0., our subject; Lonie, of Minneapolis, Minnesota; Joseph, also a resident of Minneapolis; Adeline, wife of John Mercer, of that city; Emily, wife of Fred Selle, of Akron, Ohio; and Mary, deceased, was the wife of William Rich, of St. Paul, Minnesota. William O. was reared amid the scenes of pioneer life in Michigan, and was early initiated into the art of handling the ax, having cut and marketed many cords of wood in his boyhood days. He received only limited educational advantages, but, being a close observer, has fitted himself for any business that might devolve upon him. At the early age of fourteen years his father apprenticed him to a Mr. McLyons, to learn the blacksmith's trade, for which he was to receive $26 per year. Not being satisfied with a hard day's work, his employer heaped upon his young shoulders many outside duties, which became so burdensome to young DeMars that after eighteen mouths' service he decided to flee from bondage. He spent the following year in the employ of Charles Parsons, wagon-maker and blacksmith of Pontiac, Michigan; was engaged with Sage & Ebbie, of Flint, that State, one year; and in 1861 entered the employ of Charles Woll, carriage manufacturer, of New York city, where he remained two years and nine months. At the latter place Mr. DeMars began at the bottom round of the ladder, but moved upward until he entered the finest department of the establishment. While there he received an offer to take charge of the large carriage and wagon shop of Thomas Connelly, of Dubuque, Iowa. On beholding young William, who was a mere boy in appearance and age, being only twenty years old at that time, Mr. Connelly was much disappointed, but after talking with young DeMars decided to place him in charge, which proved decidedly satisfactory. After spending two years, with that gentleman he entered the employ of Jacob Hoffman, of Cleveland, one year afterward began work in the Cleveland Carriage Works, remaining there three years, and during that time was also engaged in speculating in real estate. In 1867, in company with three others, Mr. DeMars established the New York Coach Works, but two years afterward purchased the interest of two of the partners, thus becoming three-fourths owner of the establishment. The business developed into the largest carriage manufacturing works in the city, employing at that time as high as sixty men. In 1873 Mr. DeMars purchased the remainder of the stock. In the following year he opened the first carriage 264 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. repository in the city, shortly afterward opened another in San Jose, California, but through misplaced confidence in the party in charge of his Western branch he was soon obliged to close out his business. During the following five years Mr. DeMars was engaged in the oil business. In 1885 he secured the position of engineer for the Variety Iron Company, engaged in erecting quartz mills throughout the various mining regions of the Western and Southwestern States and Territories, serving in that capacity five years. After returning to Cleveland, he was engaged with the engineer corps in erecting the first street cable railway system in this city. In 1890 he purchased a wagon and repair shop, and three years afterward bought property at 1945 to 1949 Euclid avenue, where he erected a shop and carriage repository. Mr. DeMars was married in this city, in 1866, to Miss Maria Rock, a daughter of Andrew and Margaret (Chivalier) Rock, of French ancestry, afid residents of Cleveland. Mr. and Mrs. DeMars have four children: William A , born in 1866; Teressa, in 1868; Oliver P., in 1870; and Gertrude Helen, in 1885. Teressa is the wife of Harry A. Hayward, of Chicago, and they have one child, William A., born January 3, 1892. In his social relations Mr. DeMars is a member of the K. of P., and politically is identified with the Republican party. WILLIAM STONEMAN, ESQ., is one of the prominent and highly respected old settlers of Orange township, Cuyahoga county, Ohio. Indeed, there is not a larger or better known family in the township than the Stonemans. William Stoneman was born in Devonshire, England, January 5, 1821, son of John and Ann (Newcomb) Stoneman, both natives of Devonshire. It was in 1836 that John Stoneman and his family emigrated to this country and settled on a farm in Orange township, Cuyahoga county, Ohio. On this farm the parents spent the rest of their lives and died, the father passing away at the age of seventy-seven, and the mother at eighty-nine. They were devoted Christians, were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and their lives were characterized by honesty and industry. To know them was to honor and esteem them for their many sterling qualities. In their family were nine children, seven sons and two daughters, viz.: Mary, the oldest child, who died in 1846; Phillip, who died in this township, leaving a widow and six children; William, whose name heads this sketch; Ann Fry, who died in Iowa, leaving six children; Joseph, of Chagrin Falls; Thomas, of Orange township; John, who died, leaving a widow and seven children; Jabez, of Cleveland; and Jacob, of old Virginia. William Stoneman was a sturdy lad of fifteen years when he landed in America. Previous to his coming here he had been educated chiefly at home, but afterward he attended school some at Cleveland. He remained on the farm with his father until 1847, when he located on the place he now owns and occupies. This farm comprises 250 acres of choice land, all well improved, among the improvements being two good frame houses, three barns, well-kept fences, an excellent orchard, etc. In connection with his farming, Mr. Stoneman gives considerable attention to the stock business, keeping horses, cattle and sheep. He was married October 26, 1843, to Nancy Bowell, who was born near Warren, Trumbull county, Ohio, daughter of Zadoc and Ann Bowell, early pioneers of Trumbull county. Both were natives of Pennsylvania, her father born in Fayette county, her mother in Greene county. They came from Trumbull to this county, and for several years lived in Solon and Warrenville. The mother departed this life at the age of seventy-eight years, the father at ninety-two. They had a family of nine children, viz.: Angeline, Thomas, Margaret, Naomi, Nancy, Reece, Rachel, Priscella and Elizabeth. Mr. and Mrs. Bowell were Baptists. As the CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 265 years rolled by sons and daughters were born to Mr. and Mrs. Stoneman, ten in all, a record of whom is as follows: Martha, wife of Andrew Beard, of Laclede, Kansas, has three children; Mary Whitlom, who died, leaving 'three sons; Henry, who died at the age of thirty-seven. years; Sallie; Charles is married and has two children; Anna, wife of W. Sheldon, Pocamoke, Maryland; Augusta, wife of W. Parsons, of Warrenville, Ohio; John, of Warren, Kansas, is married and has three children; Walter, who lives near the old home place; Eleanor, wife of Ed Lockemer, of Orange, is married and has two children. The family are Methodists. Politically, Mr. Stoneman is a Republican, and for twenty years has been a Justice of the Peace. He has also held most of the offices in the township,--Trustee, Treasurer, Clerk, and school offices. He commenced by being Constable of the township. He was a Whig in 1840, and one of the first Free Soilers of the township, and has taken active part in political matters. WALTER W. ROBBINS, one of the venerable citizens of Solon, now living retired, forms the subject of this article. Mr. Robbins was born in Rock Hill, Connecticut, November 29, 1817. His father, Captain Jason Robbins, a sea captain for thirty years, was a native of Connecticut, and was twice married. By his first wife he had four children, one of whom, Captain Archibald Robbins, was shipwrecked, and was on the African desert for nineteen months before he was able to get away. The maiden name of our subject's mother was Eleanor Williams. She was the second wife of Captain Robbins, and was the mother of eight children, two sons and six daughters: Honor, Sophia, Jane, Mariah, Eliza, Walter W., Jason, Jr., and Corlenia. It was in 1820 that the Robbins family came to Ohio and settled at Solon. That was when this place was on the frontier and every thing here was new and wild. Both the Captain and his wife lived to a good old age, her death occurring when she was seventy-seven, and his at the age of ninety. He was a member of the Disciple Church and in politics was a Republican. Walter W. Robbins was a child when his parents emigrated to the Western Reserve, and at Solon he was reared, his education being received in one of the primitive log schoolhouses. After he grew up he purchased the old homestead, subsequently added to it by additional purchases, and finally became the owner of 317 acres, well improved and under a high state of cultivation, among the improvements being good buildings, fences, etc. In 1883 he sold his farm and moved to Solon, where he has since been retired from active life. Here he owns a handsome residence, and is surrounded with all the comforts that one could wish for. The country being almost perfectly wild when he commenced life here, he has done his share in clearing ground, killing wild beasts, etc. One time he cut down a tree on which were three bears! Mr. Robbins was married when he was twenty-five to Miss Sally Ann Reeves, a native of New York State and a daughter of William Reeves, one of the old settlers of Solon township. They became the parents of four children, three of whom are living, viz.: Adella, wife of E. C. Blackman, of Solon; Cora, wife of N. C. Bosworth, of Cleveland; and Grace, wife of McClelin Hurd, of Cleveland. The third child, Ellen, died at the age of eleven years. Mrs. Robbins departed this life October 15, 1888, and Mr. Robbins was subsequently married to Mrs. Harriette E. Chamberlain, of Twinsburg, Ohio. She was born in Addison county, Vermont, daughter of Ira and Hannah (Crampton) Ward, both natives of the Green Mountain State. By her former marriage Mrs. Robbins has four children, namely: 0. E., W. W., and Cora J. Griswold, all of Twinsburg, Ohio; and Helen Nichols, of Cleveland, Ohio. 266 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. Politically, Mr. Robbins has long been identified with the Republican party, and for years he served as Township Trustee. He is a member of the Disciple Church, and has been a worker in the same, in official relations, etc., for many years. C. C. HASKINS, locomotive engineer, was born in Middlesex county, Massachusetts, in February, 1845, left the Bay State alone at the youthful age of fifteen, west-bound, and stopped in Owego, New York, where he entered the employ of a shoe dealer, becoming a salesman and remaining in such service eight years. He then made another move westward, this time stopping in Springfield, Illinois, where he began his railroad career, with the Great Western of Illinois, in the capacity of fireman, becoming an engineer after two and a half years of service. During much of his service he was engaged in transporting Federal troops to the South along his division and returning with Rebel prisoners for Camp Butler and Springfield. In April, 1865, he came to Cleveland, and for one year was in the employ of the Standard Oil Company, but in the year 1866 returned to railroading, with the Cleveland & Pittsburg Railroad Company, remaining till July, 1870, when he came to the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Company, and in December of the same year was given an engine. Mr. Haskins' father, John F. Haskins, Ni is a stone-cutter by trade, whose ancestors were originally French. He married Lucinda J ennings, of English birth. Their children were: C. C.; Harriet, now Mrs. Wakefield; Mrs. Mary A. Burton, of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts; and John F., of Cleveland. C. C. Haskins married, at Owego, New York, January 9, 1861, Miss Rowena Sawyer, wl ose father, Nathan Sawyer, was born in Yew Hampshire. He married Huldah Baker and reared five children. Three sons were born in the family of Mr. and Mrs. Haskins: George F., who died in Springfield, Illinois; Charles Fred, with the Standard Oil Company; and George Guy, in the employ of the Lake Shore Company. Mr. Haskins is a Master Mason, and was for nine years Chief of the Collinwood Division of the Brotherhood of Locomotive engineers. F. W. FEY, chief clerk of the local freight department of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Company at Cleveland, was born in this city April 24, 1844. His father,•John F. Fey, established the family name in Cleveland. He came here from Hessen—Darmstadt, Germany, where he was born, and became a citizen of the Forest City in 1832. Many of his first years here he spent in the employ of Ohio railroads, but lastly was engaged in the coal business. He died in 1882, at seventy-three years of age. His wife, whom he married in this city, was Miss Louisa Herring, born in Wurtemberg, Germany, in 1816, and died in Cleveland at the age of sixty-three. Her father, Andrew Herring, became a settler near Liverpool, Ohio, in 1831, and was a tiller of the soil. The first three children of John F. Fey died in infancy. The others in order of birth were: Louisa; Fred W.; Amelia, wife of C. F. Thomson; Theophilus, an insurance man; and W. E. Fey, bookkeeper for A. H. Stone & Company. Fred W. Fey attended the public schools of Cleveland until he was seventeen years of age, when in response to a desire to become a railroad man he sought and secured a position with the Cleveland, Columbus & Cincinnati Railroad Company as slipper on the receiving desk, and later on the city receiving desk. His service was interrupted about this time by enlistment in the Federal army, being assigned to Company G, Twenty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. This company was raised for the 100-day service, and was stationed in Fort CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 267 Lincoln, Washington, District of Columbia, until discharged. In the spring of 1864 Mr. Fey re-enlisted, for three years, in the One Hundred and Sixty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and this regiment did duty in the Shenandoah valley, where Mr. Fey was forage master of his division, and no doubt studiously set about arranging and executing plans for discovering and bringing into view much bacon, corn meal and flour from blind cellars, hollow trees, and from under brush piles in the dense forest. On arriving at Alexandria, Mr.Fey was appointed Provost Marshal's clerk, and so remained until mustered out at Columbus in December, 1865. He returned to Cleveland and resumed his duties at his old desk, his place having been held open for him. In 1865 he was made assistant bill clerk, and in 1881 he became chief bill clerk. In 1889 he was made rate clerk, serving till September, 1893, when he succeeded to his present position. March 6, 1866, Mr. Fey married Henrietta, a daughter of D. G. H. Thomson, of Fremont, Ohio. Six daughters are the result of this union, viz.: Millie, Anna, Emma, Julia, Florence and Ida. The first four are high school graduates; Julia is a teacher in the city schools; Anna is assistant cashier of Burrows Brothers; and Emma is bookkeeper for G. H. Lytle. The family are members of the English Lutheran Church. ROYAL TAYLOR, one of the prominent and highly respected citizens of Solbn, Ciryahoga county, Ohio, was born in Aurora, Portage county, this State, October 5, 1820. His father, Worthy Taylor, was a native of Blandford, Massachusetts, and was a soldier in the war of 1812, while Samuel Taylor, our subject's grandfather, was a Revolutionary soldier. The latter was of English and Scotch extraction. It was in 1806 that the Taylors came to Ohio and settled in Aurora, they being among the pioneers of that part of the Western Reserve and occupying a leading place among the early settlers. Colonel Royal Taylor, an uncle of our subject, was an officer in the late Civil war. Samuel Taylor was a drover and cheese dealer, and for many years did an extensive business in this line. His son Worthy was also engaged in the cheese business for many years, shipping by flatboat to the Ohio river and Southern market. The mother of Royal Taylor was before her marriage Miss Harriet Kent. She was a native of Massachusetts, but for many years a resident of Geauga Lake. Worthy Taylor and his wife had eight children, two sons and six daughters, namely: Harriet, wife of L. S. Bull, of Solon; Royal; Emerett Burroughs, deceased; Wealthy Eggleston, of Aurora; Arabelle, wife of Charles Burroughs, of Aurora; Eliza Parker, of Ravenna; Homer, of Aurora; and two, a son and daughter, who died in childhood. The mother of this family died at the age of fifty-two years, while the father lived to be ninety, his death occurring in 1887. He was a Republican in politics, was for thirty years a Justice of the Peace, and was a devoted member of the Disciple Church for forty years. Royal Taylor was reared and educated in his native town. In 1843 he came to Solon, settled on a tract of wooded land, and as the years rolled by cleared and improved a fine farm of 233 acres. For thirty years he was engaged in the dairy and stock business. Since then, for the past twenty years, he has devoted some time and attention to the real-estate business, in which he has been very successful. He has a comfortable home in Solon, and is surrounded by all that goes to make life happy. Mr. Taylor has been thrice married—first, in 1845, at Aurora, Ohio, to Miss Sarah Smith. Some time after her death he wedded Lucy Wallis, a native of New York and a daughter of John Wallis. They had two sons, J. E. and G. W. The former is manager for the Harbough Oil Co., of Cleveland, and the latter is chief clerk of the Richmond & Danville Railroad Co., at Washington, District of Columbia. 268 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. The mother of these children died in 1890. February 14, 1893, Mr. Taylor married Mrs. E. G. Morse, of North Solon. She was born in Oil City, Pennsylvania, daughter of John W. and Lavina (Carroll) Hickman, and, like Mr. Taylor, had been married twice before. By her first husband, Lemuel S. Clark, she had two children, Edith L. Clark and 0. S. Clark. Mr. Taylor is a Republican, has served as Township Trustee, has been delegate to various conventions, and has always taken a commendable interest im public affairs. He has been a member of the Disciple Church for over forty years, and held various offices in the same, and liberal in contributing to the same. WILLIAM CHRISTIE, the pioneer and veteran general superintendent of the Cleveland Gaslight & Coke Company, was born in Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, September 6, 1826. He obtained a passably good education for a laboring man's son, learned blacksmithing, and at twenty-two years of age came to free and progressive America; casting his lot at first in New York city. Tho first four years he was employed at the Astor House and the Broadway Theater, at both which places he was a manipulator of their gas supply. In 1852 he was induced to go to Auburn, New York, and there aided in constructing tho city gas-works, and was superintendent of the same at the time of severing his connection w,th it in 1856. He came to Cleveland that year, in company with Thomas Hoadley, and both entered the employ of the Cleveland Gaslight & Coke Company, Mr. Christie being machinery foreman. He next did duty as a blacksmith for a number of years, and in 1860 was made superintendent of the works, which position he has ever since held, having in some measure a hand in the development of the present immense ',plant from a very insignificant institution. No part remains as a reminder of pioneer days. Mr. Christie's father, William Christie, was a brewer by occupation. He married Jennet Taylor, and they had eight children. A brother of our subject, Henry, came to this country in 1842 and started for California during the gold excitement and was lost. . A sister, now Mrs. Campbell, is still living in Scotland. In 1853 Mr. Christie married, in Auburn, New York, Miss Ellen Moss, and their children number seven, namely: William, superintendent of the gas-works in Corning, New York; Frederick, deceased; Frank, a machinist for the Cleveland Gaslight & Coke Company; Lonia, John and Harry are deceased; and Charles, superintendent of the Cleveland Gas Works. Mrs. Christie is aged sixty-two years, and at this writing is enjoying a tour of the Sandwich Islands. She is a lady of extended traveling experience, having visited European countries and viewed the decaying ruins of the wonders of mediaeval and modern times. CHARLES H. CHRISTIE.—If General Superintendent William Christie and Engineer Hyde are the oldest men in point of service now connected with the Cleveiland Gaslight & Coke Company, the gentleman whose name heads this sketch must be the next, as he used to be a constant attendant on the works in the latter part of the '60s, when he wore " knee pants" and was a source of much amusement about the premises. " Charley " is not very old yet, being born January 30, 1865; was in school periodically until near eighteen years of age, when he was hired regularly and placed on the pay roll as a pipe-fitter and man of general work. At the age of twenty-one he was made assistant superintendent of Works No. 1, and held the position until 1888, when succeeded to the superintendency. In 1891 he was transferred to the new works on Wilson avenue, and has charge of a force of 125 men. Mr. Christie is the sixth in order of birth of the children of William Christie, general super- CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 269 intendent of the Gas Works. June 16, 1892, he married Miss Martha Herold of Akron, this State, who spent much of the years 1893-'94 recuperating ber health in the Rocky mountains, Honolulu and other points. Mr. Christie belongs to the Cleveland Yacht Club. E. W. CANNELL.—.The acquisition of the territory of the Connecticut Western Reserve by the State of Ohio and its apparent adaptability to agriculture and commercial pursuits led to its rapid settlement and development, beginning with the present century. The existence of this vast unsettled domain, so promising to the home-seeker and. so easy of access, became known throughout all Christendom, whose nations contributed of their best fiber and purest blood to the settlement and development of a great State. Among the sturdy sons of toil to seek a home in this new country and to cast his lot with the sparse settlements in Cuyahoga county, was Patrick Cannell, a Manxman, fresh from his native isle, and accompanied by his four grown children. He possessed but small means, and with this he purchased a fifty-acre tract of heavy timber land, and although seventy years of age, set about hewing out a home with almost as much energy and hope as a man of half his years. He brought with him the doctrine of John Wesley, and was a prime mover in the establishment of early Methodism in Newburg. He was the first Sunday-school superintendent in the township, and was, in short, a leader in all matters calculated to benefit society and to contribute to the education of the young. He died fifteen years after making his settlement, at the age of eighty-five, with the knowledge of having done his whole duty to God and man. The lady who became the wife of this venerable pioneer was a Miss Margaret Quayle, and their four children were: John, the father of the subject of this sketch, born in 1800; Thomas; Jane, who married William B. Corlett; and Margaret, the wife of William P. Corlett. John Cannell married Jane Quiggin, who is still living, at ninety-three, in full possession of all her powers, and gladdening the home of her aging children. He was twenty-seven years old when he gave up the life of a seaman and fisherman in Europe and accompanied his father to the United.States, becoming a permanent settler in Newburg. He inherited his father's notions of the requirements of good citizenship and was consequently scrupulously honest, remarkably industrious, sympathetic and charitable. He was an active worker and officer in the Methodist Church and one of the founders of the first Methodist Church of Newburg. He never shirked a duty, public or private, and was frequently called on to fill various township offices. He was fairly thrifty but never desired to accumulate great wealth, and died in comfortable circumstances. The later years of his life he was an invalid, and his death, in 1869, was an irreparable loss to his family, his friends and to his community. Eleven children were born in the family of John and Jane Cannell, viz.: Sohn, who died in 1842, a mechanic; Thomas E., a shoemaker, who died in 1888; his twin brother William-died in infancy; Jane J., who married S. A. June, and died in 1888;"Elizabeth, the deceased wife of W. H. Kelley: she died in 1877; Emily A., who married first James Watson, and secondly George June, and died in 1891; Charles, in the oil business in Titusville, Pennsylvania; Louisa E., who married first Andrew Stone, and secondly James Jenkins, and is a resident of Cleveland; Henry A., who died in the army in 1864, an Iowa soldier; and Eli W., whose name heads this sketch. The last mentioned was born February 5, 1844. He grew up on the farm and obtained an elementary education from such schools as were afforded the country youth before the war. He became the mainstay at home quite early in his 'teens, because of his father's illness, and 270 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. conducted the operations of the old homestead, which he now owns, continuously from then till 1885, when he gave it up to devote his attention, to his growing mercantile interests. He always puts his best energies into his business of whatever character, and in consequence is an interesting competitor. He built up and is conducting the leading business in feed, grain, timothy and clover seed, lime and plaster, in Newburg, and is an active spirit in other enterprises in that city, among them being the South Cleveland 'Banking Company, of which he is a director, and the Provident Building and Loan Company, of which he is vice- presiden t. Mr. Cannell married in Newburg, November 22, 1871, Miss M. E. Corlett, a daughter of. Daniel Corlett, a history of whose family appears in full in the sketch of C. Corlett, on other pages of this volume. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Cannell are Charles: E., born in 1872; Eli Scott, born in 1874; and Eva J., born in 1879. Mr. Cannell is a prominent member of the I. 0. 0. F., of Newburg, having filled all the chairs of the local lodge, and served as representative to the State Grand Lodge. JAMES E. TERRY, general freight and passenger agent of the Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling Railway Company, first engaged in business in the railroad line at Jasper, Michigan, in the spring of 1872, as a local freight and ticket agent for the Canada Southern Railway Company, and after five years' service there he was transferred to Monroe, Michigan, in the service of the same company. In 1880 he resigned to become freight and ticket agent at Jackson, Michigan, for the Fort Wayne, Jackson & Saginaw Railway Company; in January, 1883, he went to Marietta, Ohio, in the position of freight and ticket agent for the Cleveland & Marietta Railway Company, and in June, 1883, was made general agent; January, 1885, assistant general freight agent and later assistant general freight and passenger agent of same company, with headquarters at Cambridge, Ohio.. In November, 1886, he accepted the position of general agent of the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, having charge of the Pittsburg and Mahoning valley territory. He remained at this point until the opening of the Whdeling & Lake Erie Railway into Wheeling and Steubenville, when he was transferred to the latter city, and there remained until March 7, 1893, when he resigned this position as general agent of the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway to accept the position of general freight and passenger agent of the Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling Railway Company, which position he now. fills. Mr. Terry was born in Erie county, Pennsylvania, February 13, 1840, brought up on the farm and secured such an education as he could in the country school. August 11, 1862, he enlisted for the cause of the. Union and of good government, joining Company D, One Hundred and First Ohio Volunteer Infantry; was mustered in at Monroeville and saw service in the army of the Cumberland, participating in the battle of Perryville, Kentucky, and in the Stone River engagement, where he was wounded, and while being transferred to Louisville hospital was captured by Mosby's cavalry at Harpeth Shoals, Tennessee; was paroled and sent on to Louisville, Kentucky, and afterward to Columbus, Ohio. After being exchanged he was then placed on detached service until mustered out at the close of the war, having been in service two years and eleven months. In August, 1865, he located in Fairfield, Michigan, and spent the next seven years in agricultural pursuits, and this brings us up to the time he commenced railroading, as already stated. This gentleman is a son of Norris Terry, who was born in the State of New York and was engaged in farming as a life business. He married Miss Sally Farrington, daughter of CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 271 David Farrington, a New York ,farmer, and they had six children, four of whom are living, namely: Mrs. Mary T. Cherry, of Minnesota; L. L Terry, of Nashville, Tennessee; George K., of Fremont, Ohio; and J. E., the subject of this sketch. In the fall of 1863 he moved from Ohio to Michigan, and died January 21, 1880, at the age of seventy-three. Mr. Terry was married in Huron county, Ohio, September 5, 1861, to Mary T. Maynard, a daughter of David T. Maynard, and their children are: W. A., commercial agent of the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway at Pittsburg; L. B., general agent of the Northwestern Gas Company at Fostoria, Ohio; C. L., stenographer in the office of the general freight and passenger agent of the Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling Railway Company. Mr. Terry has been a member of the Masonic order ever since 1863. J. P. GAGER, general agent of the American Express Company at Cleveland, was born in Warren, Ohio, February 9, 1853, a son of L. F. and Harriet (Douglass) Gager, natives of Connecticut, who moved to Hartford, Trumbull county, Ohio, when their son was about four years of age, and after residing there until 1861 moved to Salem, this State. The father died December 23, 1890, in Conneaut, at the age of seventy-four years, and the mother in 1893, at the same age. For the last sixteen years of her life she was a resident of Cleveland, excepting eighteen months at Conneaut. Of their children the following nine are living: Mrs. E. H. Eggleston, of White Haven, New York; Mrs. E. C. Hagar, residing at Joliet, Illinois; Mrs. C. B. Warren, of Cleveland; Miss Clara Gager, also of this city; L. F., Jr., of Salem, Ohio; J. D., residing at East Orwell, Ohio; J. P.; E. H., a resident of Madison; and C. A., an optician of Cleveland. In 1869 Mr. J. P. Gager, of this sketch, entered the employ jointly of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad and the Wells-Fargo Express Companies, following up the advance of construction of that railroad through the Indian Territory. In 1871 he returned to Salem, where he was associated with his father in business a year. Then he was employed by the Adams Express Company at Salem for two years, and ever since then by the American Express Company, first at Mansfield, Ohio, as clerk, then chief bill-maker in their Cleveland office three years, the next two years as route agent between Cleveland and Buffalo and between Cleveland, Pittsburg and elsewhere, and then cashier at Cleveland for six years, and finally was promoted to his present position as general agent at Cleveland. Since he began for the Adams Company he has given his entire time to express business, and of course made himself quite thorough in the knowledge of the business many years ago, and his long continuance therein and many promotions are evidence of his reliability. He is a member of the Euclid Avenue Council, R. A. M.; of Forest City Tent, K. 0. T. M.; of Cuyahoga Council of the National Union; of the Expressmen's Aid Society; a member of Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, and in politics he is a Republican. December 6, 1874, at Salem, he was married to Miss Rose Walker, and they have two children,—Beatrice S. and Rae W. JAMES BELL, a farmer of Orange township, Cuyahoga county, was born in Becket, Massachusetts, February 21, 1821, a son of John C. and Anna (Stewart) Bell, natives also of that State. In 1825 the family emigrated to Geauga county, Ohio, but in 1839 the father sold his farm there and came to Chagrin Falls, where he died in May, 1842. His wife survived until early in 1870. James Bell, one of the youngest of his parents' eight children, four sons and four daughters; came with the family to Chagrin Falls at the age of eighteen years. After his marriage 272 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. he resided for a short, time in Orange township, was then engaged in blacksmithing and farming at Troy, Geauga county, and in 1855 located on his present farm of 100 acres in Orange township. January 6, 1842, in Portage county, this State, Mr. Bell was united in marriage with Miss Matilda H. Curtis, who was born in Euclid township, this county, July 31, 1823, a daughter of Richard and Clarissa (Dille) Curtis, natives respectively of Hartford, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania. The parents died in this State, the father in Portage county, and the mother in Lake county. They had seven children, five sons and two daughters, of whom Mrs. Bell was one of the younger members. Our subject and wife have also had seven children, namely: Franklin W., who married Evelyn Gaylord, and is engaged in business in Cleveland; Rosetta A., wife of H. I. Monningstar, also of that city; Milton A., of Cleveland, married Hattie Foster; Ellen M., wife of Sanford Eddy; James R., a dentist of Cleveland, married Amelia Andrews; Havilah M., of Chagrin Falls, married Mary Rodgers; and George C., married Molly Haag, and is engaged in business in Cleveland. Mr. Bell has been an active worker in the Republican party since its organization, and both he and his wife are members of the Free-will Baptist Church. TRACY W. SCOTT, one of the prominent citizens of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, was born at Chester, Geauga county, Ohio, August 8, 1831. His great-grandfather, David Scott, was born and reared in Massachusetts, and served as an officer in the Revolutionary war, afterward being sent to the Legislature of his State. He was a scholar, a man of ability and renown, and a prominent member of the Masonic order. His death occurred when he was ninety-two years of age, at Meadville, Pennsylvania, where he is buried. His son, John Scott, the grandfather of our subject, was born in Massachusetts and came to Chester, Ohio, in 1817, as one of the first settlers of the town. He married Betsey Weller, also a native of Massachusetts, and of German and Holland Dutch ancestry. John Scott and his wife had eight children, viz.: Samantha, Ansel, Elijah W., Susan, Lydia, Reuben, Harmony and Mary L. Bouton, of Wheaton, Du Page county, Illinois. The grandfather died at eighty-two years of age, and the mother August 14, 1824. Ansel Scott was reared and educated at Ches- ter, and at twenty-two years of age married, in Mentor, Lake county, Ohi6, Esther Brace, a lady of good family. She was born in Massachusetts, of Dutch ancestry. Mr. and Mrs. Ansel Scott had five children, viz.: Tracy W., Milan V., deceased (of this town), P. P., of Chester, Ohio; Perry C., deceased; and Noble W., a successful physician of Huntington, Indiana. The father died at Chagrin Falls, at the age of seventy-two years. Politically he was a Republican, formerly an old-line Whig, and in religion a member of the Disciple Church. The mother died April 7, 1888, at eighty years of age. They were honest Christian people, beloved by all who knew them. Tracy W. Scott was reared and educated at Chester, and at the age of nineteen was clerking in a store, and later engaged in business for himself. In 1873, in company with his brother, he entered upon the business of banking, and dealt extensively in stocks in Chagrin Falls. Upon the death of his brother in 1884 he retired from the banking business, as well as all other active pursuits, except the care of his real estate and moneyed interests. Mr. Scott was married October 25, 1866, at Chester, Ohio, to Martha Milliard, a woman of intelligence and good family, born at Russell, thi's State, and educated at Hiram, Ohio; was a daughter of Cyrus and Sally (Serdan) Milliard. Her father is living in Chagrin Falls; the mother died in 1872, at Chester. Mr. and Mrs. Scott CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 273 have two daughters: Loa E., a graduate of Hiram in 1892, and now teaching in Hiram College; and Marcia, a student at Hiram College. Mr. Scott was formerly a Republican, but is now a Prohibitionist. He was nominated as a candidate for the Legislature on the Prohibition ticket in 1893: He is a member of the Disciple Church, and of the Golden Gate Lodge and Chagrin Falls Chapter of the Masonic order. He has been active in the cause of education, of temperance and of religion. AUSTIN CHURCH, of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, is one of the well-known early settlers of the township, where he was born September 19, 1838, a son of Henry and C. (Sanderson) Church. Henry Church, Sr., was born March 5, 1805, in Amherst, Massachusetts, and reared in that State. His father was Joseph Church, also a native of Massachusetts, and the mother was Betsey (Kellogg) Church, born in Massachusetts. The Churches were represented in the Revolutionary war and also in the war of 1812. Henry Church, Sr., married Jerusha Bigelow, and they had one daughter, Jerusha Pepper, of Massachusetts. Henry Church and his family came to Chagrin Falls, Ohio, in 1834. Five of the children of this family lived to grow up, viz.: Janie E., of Red Lands, California; Henry, of Chagrin Falls; Austin and Royal, in business together in their native town; and Clara T. Hunt, of Red Lands, California. Two are deceased. The father was a Republican in politics, and served as Justice of the Peace for some time. He followed the vocation of a blacksmith. He was a good mechanic, an honored and respected citizen of Chagrin Falls, and died in November, 1878, at seventy-four years of age, and the wife and mother Augnst 23, 1878, at sixty-six. Austin Church learned the trade of blacksmithing from his father when he was a boy, but is now a general mechanic. In 1864 he enlisted in the One Hundred and Fiftieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry and served till the close of the war. He was married at thirty-five, to Maria Wat terman, who was born at Dunkirk, New York, a successful and popular teacher. She was a daughter of John and Melinda (Randall) Watterman, of New York. Mr. and Mrs. Church have two children,—Kate M. and John A. Mr. Church, a Republican in politics, has served on the School Board for eight years, and is now and has been Trustee of the township for seventeen years and Clerk five years. He has been a member of the I. 0. 0. F., Lodge No. 290. He is also a member of the G. A. R., N. L. Norris Post, No. 40. Mrs. Church is a member of the Methodist Church, and also of the Relief Corps, serving as president of the latter society. The family are honored and respected by all who know them. JAMES W. HARPER, one of the Drotninent citizens of Solon township, was born in Orange township, Ohio, February 22, 1848, as a son of James and Sarah Harper, both of whom were born near Belfast, Ireland. James Harper was a well known early settler of Orange township. There were eight children in the family, four sons and four daughters; six of the family are now living, viz.: Elizabeth Herriman; Hector, of Orange township; Margaret Perkins; Robert, of Bedford; William, deceased; James W.; Sarah Pike, of North Solon; and Mary Jane, who died at three years of age. Their mother died at sixty-four years of age, and the father at sixty-five. The father was a stone mason by trade, politically a Republican, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. James W. was the sixth child of the family. He was reared in Orange township, receiving his education from the district and select or high schools. He learned the trade of mason 274 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. under the instructions of his father, and followed it for several years. He also learned the carpenter's trade, and practiced that for a time. In 1861 Mr. Harper engaged in the manufacture of cheese in Solon township near where he now lives. For nine years he made cheese from the milk of 400 cows, continuously. He lives now on a good farm of seventy acres, well improved and furnished with a spacious barn and all other appliances necessary for first-class farming, making a specialty of the dairy business. He was married at twenty-three, to Maggie Doak, of Cleveland; Mrs. Harper is a daughter of Francis and Margaret Doak, both natives of northern Ireland, now living in Cleveland. Al r. and Mrs. Harper are the parents of five children, yix.: Lotta E., Carrie A., Maggie May, Everett and Virgil P. Mr. Harper is a Democrat, being one of the wheel-horses of the party in his township. He has been Assessor for five or six years, and is a member of the School Board. He belongs to the Masonic order, Bedford Lodge, No. 375. JACOB STROHM, Postmaster of Solon, Ohio, received his appointment in October 1893. He has lived at Solon since 1868. He was born at Maytown, Pennsylvania, 1824, a son of Michel and Barbara Strohm. The parents are both natives of Pennsylvania, the father of Berks county, and were both of German ancestry. They had nine children, two sons and seven daughters, and lived in Pennsylvania until their death. Jacob was reared and educated in Pennsylvania. During the war he enlisted in the Second Ohio Cavalry; his regiment was for some time in active operations in Western Missouri, Kansas and Arkansas, s nd after twenty-two months of service he was honorably discharged. He was in the railroad service for nearly thirty years, first as clerk and station agent. He came to Solon in 1868 and was in the railroad service here for twenty-five years and over. Mr. Strohm was married in Summit county, Ohio, to Elvira Curtis, a lady of intelligence and good family, born at Farmington, Trumbull county, Ohio, daughter of Zenis Curtis. They have had two children: Mattie, wife of Sam. Ferguson, of Sevilleburg, Ohio, and George H., of Lima, also in this State. Politically Mr. Strohm is a 'Democrat. He is a member of the Masonic order, Golden Gate Lodge, also of the Webb Chapter, and of the Oriental Commandery. He is a Scottish-rite Mason of the thirty-second degree. Mr. Strohm is also a member of the I. 0. 0. F., Lodge No. 190, and of Encampment No. 113, both of Chagrin Falls. ROBERT THOMPSON is a well-known citizen of Solon, Ohio, where he was born June 17, 1844, a son of Christopher and Elizabeth (Forest) Thompson. The father was a native of Yorkshire, England, and the mother of Durham, England. They left England about 1839 and came to the United States, spending one year in New York; then coming to Solon they settled in the woods in a log cabin. Here the parents made their home and reared their children, having a family of five, namely: John, on the home farm; Robert, our subject; Elizabeth Whitlock, of Orange, Ohio; Rebecca Birdsall, of Summit county, Ohio; and William, of Solon. The mother died at sixty-four and the father at seventy years of age. In politics he was a Democrat. Robert was reared on the farm at hard work, receiving but a limited education, but he was taught honestry and industry. He enlisted in the late war, in 1864, as one of the One Hundred and Fiftieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company H, served 100 days near Washington, and was honorably discharged. He lived in Solon township until 1874, then went to Streetsboro, Portage county, Ohio, for five years; thence he removed to Geauga county, where he remained four years, coming