(RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) 1000 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY four of whom survive: The eldest, Edith, now attending school in Chardon, is an artist of considerable ability; the second, Mabel, is a fine musician, both vocal and instrumental; the third, Tressie, died when but four years of age; the fourth and fifth, Claudine and Stewart E., are apparently possessed of equal natural gifts. Mrs. Johnson is a model wife and mother, devoted to her home and its interests. She is a member of the Disciple Church. Fraternally, Mr. Johnson is a member of the Masonic order, the I. O. O. F. and the G. A. R. at Chardon, Ohio. Politically, he votes the Republican ticket but is not extremely partisan, preferring men and principles to party subserviency. WILLIAM M. MATHEWS, conductor on the Eastern Division of the Nickel Plate Railroad, and a resident of Conneaut, was born in Pierpont, Ashtabula county, Ohio, November 14, 1853, his parents, Benjamin and Olive (Simmons) Mathews, both being natives of this county. Benjamin Mathews was a carpenter by trade and was wedl and favorably known all over the county. He died in 1855, aged forty-seven years. He was a member of the United Brethren Church. The mother of our subject was married three times. Her fdrst husband was Benjamin Jones, a native of this county, and her last marriage was to Solomon Tyler, a native of Conneautville, Crawford county, Pennsylvania. By Mr. Mathews she had two children, William and Selden, the latter dying at the age of twenty years. Her children by Mr. Tyler were O. B. and Benjamin. She died July 20, 1880, in her seventieth year. William Mathews worked on a farm until 1872, when he entered upon a railroad career, beginning as a brakeman on the Erie & Pittsburg Railroad. He next served in the same position on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago, and on the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio. Whide on the last named road he was promoted to conductor. In August, 1883, he came to Conneaut and accepted a position as brakeman on the Nickel Plate. He has remained in the service of this company ever since and the past six years has been conductor. His whole railroad experience has been characterized by careful attention to business. He has been in three wrecks, but in none of them was he held responsible. One was on the Erie & Pittsburg and one on the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio, he being brakeman in both cases. In the other he was conductor on a freight train of six cars when he had a collision with an excursion train that was running on his time, and although he did everything in his power to avert the catastrophe it was of no avail. This was at Silver Creek, where eighteen persons were killed and six wounded. Mr. Mathews was married September 6, 1876, to Miss Justina Broughton, daughter of William and Esther (Flowers) Broughton, natives of New York and residents of Crawford county, Pennsylvania. Her parents moved to the farm where they now live February 18, 1892. Her father is seventy-five years of age, and her mother seventy. Recently they celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary. Of their children we record that Lucy, wife of L. W. Odel, resides in Stone-borough, Pennsylvania; Addie, wife of J. E. Fenner, lives in Lyonsville, Pennsylvania; Ette, wife of M. B. Young, Ashtabula, Ohio; Mary, wife of Frank F. Hicksin, Conneaut; OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 1001 Aurilla, at home: Mrs. Mathews; Edith, cashier in Mr: Pelton's store for the past four years. Mr. and Mrs. Mathews have one child, Edith M. Mr. Mathews is a member of the K. of P. and of the 0. R. C., Nickel Plate Division, No. 145, Conneaut. His political affiliations are with the Republican party. WILLIAM HOFFMAN, locomotive engineer on the Nickel Plate Railroad, and a resident of Conneaut, Ohio, was born in Jefferson county, this State, October 2, 1862. His parents, Andrew and Anna (George) Hoffman, were born in Germany and were married in Steubenville, Ohio, Andrew Hoffman having settled in Stenbenville upon his arrival in this country in 1858. He learned the trade of stone mason in the old country and has followed that trade all his life. Both he and his wife are members of the German Lutheran Church. Their three children are Anna, John and William. Anna is the wile of Andrew Rosenhomer, a farmer of Beaver county, Pennsylvania. They have five children: Henry, Albert, Maggie, Lawrence and Christopher C. John, a resident of Little Washington, Pennsylvania, is a locomotive engineer. He and his wife, Ella (O'Brien) Hoffman, have three children: William, John and Stella. William Hoffman, the subject of this article, remained on his father's farm until he was sixteen years of age, at which time he went to Wheeling. West Virginia, and entered the car-shops of the Baltimore Ohio Railroad to learn the painter's trade, working at that a year and a half. The paint not agreeing with him, he sought another line of work, and for a year was employed as hostler in the Pan Handle engine-house in that city. Then he began firing on the Pan Handle, and ran between Dennison and Pittsburg two years. In 1882 he came to Conneaut and accepted a position as fireman on the Nickel Plate. After serving as fireman two months he was promoted as engineer and has been acting as such ever since. By his careful attention to duty and the best interests of his employers, he has never met with any accident and has gained an enviable rcputation as an engineer. Mr. Hoffman was married November 5, 1885, to Miss Mary Sullivan, daughter of Dennis and Ellen Sullivan. Her mother died August 27, 1884, at the age of forty years, and her father is still living, in Conneaut. She is the oldest of three children. Her brother William lives in Conneaut, and her sister Ann in Pittsburg. All three were born in London. The Sullivan family came to America in 1871 and settled in Collin wood, Ontario, and in 1876 came to Ashtabula county, Ohio. They are members of the Catholic Church. Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman have one child, William John. Politically, Mr. Hoffman is a Democrat. He is a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and of the Junior Order of .American Mechanics. Like many of the Brotherhood, he owns a comfortable home which his industry and frugality have secured. CAPTAIN JAMES P. WOODWORTH was born at Kingsville, Ashtabula county, Ohio, August 2, 1845, a son of James and Martha (Sackett) Woodworth. The father was a native of New York State and came at an early day with his parents to 1002 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY Ohio, being among the early settlers of Ashtabula county; his paternal grandfather was a soldier in the war of the Revolution. James Woodworth is still one of the leading agriculturists of Geneva township, and is well preserved in both mind and body at the age of seventy-seven years; he was for many years manager and part owner of a large furnace at Amboy, Ohio. Captain Woodworth was reared in Kingsville township, his youth unmarked by specia incident until September, 1862, when he answered the call for men to enlist in defense of the nation. He became a member of Company F, Second Ohio Cavalry, and was in active'service until peaceactive service He was taken prisoner at Morristown, Tennessee, December 12,  1863, after he had been ounded by a minie ball; he was confined at Belle Isle and at Pemberton, but was paroled and exchanged in October, 1864. Again in active service, he was wounded at Dinwiddie Court House, and is now a pensioner of the United States Government. After the war was ended he turned his attention to photography,attentionwenty-three years devoted his time to this art; retiring at the end of this period to his farm. Since 1878 he has been Captain of the State militia at Geneva. Politically, he is identified with the Republican party. He is a member of the G. A. R., and is Commander of his Post. He was married October 11,1867, to Ruby M. Thorp, who was born May 22, 1853, a daughter of Dennis and Clarissa Thorp. Mr. Thorp was the first Mayor of Geneva, and for twenty-one years was Justice of the Peace; he has been one of the energetic and enthusiastic workers in the ranks of the Republican party. Mrs. Woodworth is also a photographer, and previous to her marriage and afterward devoted much of her time to the profession. Three of her brothers, Jason O., Henry H., and Freeman, were soldiers in the late war; Henry H. is the founder of the Geneva Times, and Freeman was for several terms a member of the State Legislature. Captain and Mrs. Woodworth are the parents of four children: Roy D., born May 22, 1874; Hottie R., born March 22, 1881; Nora P., born August 1, 1883; and Nellie C., born December 22, 18 86. CAPTAIN D. P. WRIGHT, well known among the brotherhood of lake captains, was born at Harcaptains, Ashtabula county, Ohio, January 17, 1851, a son of Jonathan and Lucretia (Woolsey) Wright, also natives of Ohio; the paternal grandfather was one of the first settlers at Harpers-field. Captain Wright was reared to farm life and attended the common schools of Geneva; he was also a student at Baldwin University, Berea, Ohio, and became a teacher of penmanship; he devoted his time to this profession until he was twenty-four years of age, when he shipped as a common sailor on the Great Lakes; he was steadily promoted until he became Captain, and now commands the steamer P. P. Pratt, owned by James Ash, of Buffalo, New York. He was married December 25, 1886, to Anna Miner, of Ashtabula county; they are the parents of one son, Harold M., boin June 4, 1891. Jonathabornight, father of the Captain, was a soldier in the late Civil war; he enlisted at the age of fifty-five, and at the end of one year was discharged on account of disability. His brother, A. B. Wright, enlisted in 1861, and saw four years of active service. OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 1003 In politics, Captain Wright supports the Republican party. He is a member of the Masonic order, and also belongs to the Royal Arcanum. He is a man of quiet, unassuming manners, having the highest regard of a wide circle of acquaintance. Mrs. Captain R. R. Graves is a sister to Captain Wright. SEDGWICK M. WADE, a prominent farmer and respected citizen of Ashtabula county, Ohio, residing near Andover, and an inventor of wide repute, was born on the old homestead where he now resides. The Wade family was originally of English descent, their ancestors having come over from that " tight little isle" in an early day and settled in Massachusetts, where many generations were born. James Wade, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born and reared in Massachusetts, where he married Mary Upham, also a descendant of an old New England family. In an early day they joined the western tide of emigration, coming overland to Ashtabula county and settling on land in the primeval woods, which his older sons had purchased and where they erected a rude though comfortable log house. The old folks passed the remainder of their lives with their children, surviving to a good old age in the enjoyment of universal esteem. Nine of their children attained maturity, as follows: Martha, Nancy, Mary, James, Sidney, Theodore L. (father of the subject of this sketch), Charles, Benjamin F. and Edward. Theodore L., father of Mr. Sedwick Wade, was born in Springfiedd, Massachusetts, March 13, 1797, and was reared on a farm, receiving his education in the schools of his vicinity. He was brought up to farming, which he followed All his life. In an early day, he and the rest of the family, came overland to Ohio, then on the frontier of civilization, and settled on land in the woods, where he and his brothers bought a tract of land, which they cleared and improved. On this the family resided many years. In 1844, Theodore purchased ninety-six acres, which he cleared and built on it a log house, which was the nucleus of the large and valuable place on which his son now resides and which is known as the Wade homestead. He made several additions to his original purchase until he owned some 260 acres. He was a man of energy, intelligence and enterprise, and became prosperous and popular. Although not courting public office, he was Often elected to fill positions of trust in the county and city. He was an old-line Whig and later a Republican and strong anti-slavery adherent. He possessed broad and liberal, views and had a host of friends. He was married three times, first, in 1825, to Clarissa Adams, who died in 1833, aged twenty-nine years. His second wife was Angusta Bettes, daughter of William and Mary (Mills) Bettes, of Sandisfield, Massachusetts, prominent and respected people. The three chiidren of this marriage were: Ellen M., wife of Schuyler Colfax, a prosperous citizen of South Bend, Indiana; Sedgwick M., whose name heads this sketch, residing on the old homestead; and Martha A., living with her brother on the old home place. The devoted wife and mother died January 30, 1841, at the age of thirty-six, leaving her family and many friends to mourn her loss. Mr. Wade's third wife was Miss Mary L. Bettes, sister of his second wife, who- survived him many years, dying in 1888, at the age of seventy-four. Mr. Wade died January 13, 1865, after a life of usefulness to his fellow men. He made his home on the old place where his two youngest children 1004 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY still reside. His son, the subject of this sketch, has taken charge of the farm and had managed it for many years previous to his father's death, the sister ably co-operating in the care of the house and management of domestic affairs. The old homestead is a fitting subject for the artist's pencil, being beautifully situated and surrounded with shade and ornamental trees and all modern improvements, and is justly numbered among the most valuable places in the county. Mr. Sedgwick Wade initiated a new feature in the operating of the farm by introducing a Jersey dairy, he being the first to bring Jersey cattle to this part of the country, and the first to manufacture and market factory butter. He is also now engaged in breeding fine horses, in which he is very successful, finding it a profitable and desirable business. Although much engaged with his farming interests, yet in the midst of his manifold duties he has found time to invent numerous useful implements of agricultural and commercial value. Some of these he has patented, and among the most popular may be mentioned a rotary harrow, which is in extensive use among farmers of all sections. Another ingenious device was a stirrup hinge, which he patented and sold to a large hinge factory in Connecticut. His latest invention is calculated to interest all people, it being a curious pocket piece, combining a boot hook, screw driver, wrench, cork screw and punch, one of the most ingenious combinations ever invented. He has also invented many other articles of value, which he has never secured to himself. Mr. Wade is a representative citizen of his county, and has done more than any other one man to advance the interests of the community by the introducing of thoroughbred stuck and improved methods of farming, etc., and as such is entitled to the esteem which he so universally enjoys. His sister is a lady. of culture and executive ability, who manages the home and domestic affairs of this large place with ease and dispatch. Their home typifies comfort and refinement, while they make most hospitable hosts. They are useful members of the Congregational Church, and prominent, respected people of their community, enjoying the good will of all who know them. L. T. SUNBURY, a farmer and blacksmith of Richmond township, Ashtabula county, was born in Canada East, January 11, 1821, a son of Jacob Sunbury, a native of Vermont. The latter's father, John Sunbury, was a native of England, and served as aide on the staff of General Burgoyne in the Revolutionary war, and was with him when he surrendered at Saratoga, New York. His death occurred at the age of ninety-four years. He was the father of eight children, six sons and two daughters. The mother of our subject, nee Wealthy Terrill, was one of twelve children, five sons and seven daughters. In 1836 Jacob Sunbury came to Trumbull county, Ohio, where he died at the age of fifty years. He left a widow and five children: Charles T., our subject; Edd S., deceased at the age of sixty-eight years; Daniel B., of Trumbull county, Ohio; Mary A., deceased; Martha J., of Ashtabula county, Ohio, was an army nurse, and afterward received a pension of $12 per month; and J. C. Spencer, her husband, served three years as a soldier, and is a pensioner. Charles T. Sunbury moved to Johnson, Trumbull county, Ohio, at the age of fourteen years, where he worked as a blacksmith for a number of years. He also worked at OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 1005 Gustavus and Wayne, learning his trade. In 1849 he began work at his trade in Richmond Center, where he was the pioneer blacksmith, and continues up to the present time, and has worked at it fifty-two years. Mr. Sunbury has improved a farm of 175 acres near Richmond Center. In 1878 he began the erection of one of the finest residences at the Center, two stories high, 30 x 30 feet, with an L, 22 x 26 feet, and his place also contains many other improvements. July 3, 1844, our subject was united in marriage with Charlotte J. Platt, a daughter of Hezekiah and Julia (Seager) Platt. To this union has been born two children: Cornelia J. and Marion E. Mr. Sunbury affiliates with the Republican party, has served as Justice of the Peace twenty-five years, has been Notary Public thirty years, and Township Clerk thirty-one years. Socially he is a member of the I. 0. 0. F., and of the Masonic order, Tuscan Lodge, No. 342: also of the chapter. He is a member of the Methodist Church. HON. DAVID L. POPE, one of the prominent men of northeastern Ohio, and a resident of Troy township, Geauga county, has long been identi, tied with agricultural interests and is an authority on the subject. Of his life we present the following resume: David L, Pope was born at Richfield Springs, Otsego county, New York, March 25, 1827, son of Lewis S. Pope, a native of Fairfdeld county, Connecticut, and a grandson of Lewis Pope, who was born, lived and died in the latter State. Lewis S. Pope was a farmer and stock dealer. He emigrated to Otsego county, New York, after his marriage and in 1835 came to Ohio, settling in Auburn, Geauga county, where he lived three years and from there he removed to Troy township. In 1865 he located at Chagrin Falls, where he spent the residue of his life retired from active duty, and where he died in 1876, aged seventy-nine. His life was characterized by honest industry and was crowned with prosperity. At an early day. he dealt extensively in horses and cattle, driving large numbers of them to Eastern markets. He served as a Justice of the Peace for several years. Of his life companion, we record that her maiden name was Sarah Smith, and that she was a daughter of David Smith. Her father came from Connecticut to Auburn, Ohio, at an early day and was engaged in farming here. For many years he was Postmaster of Auburn. He died at the advanced age of ninety-two.. Mrs... Pope was one of two children, her brother, at one time a prominent citizen of Chagrin Falls, is deceased. She died in 1883, aged eighty-eight.- Lewis, S. Pope and his wife had seven children, five of whom are still liv, ing. The subject of our sketch received a district-school education and also attended a select school one term. About the time he reached his majority he was married to Emily Fox, daughter of Captain John Fox, one of the first settlers of Troy township, this county. Captain Fox was a wealthy farmer and public-spirited citizen. He gave liberally of his means to the poor and also donated a large sum to Oberlin Codlege. He died in 1849, and his wife 'the previous year. The latter was a prominent physician in her day, being called far and near to attend the sick among the early settlers. After his marriage, Mr. Pope located in Troy township. Subsequently he bought out the Fox heirs and secured the old Fox 1006 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY homestead, which he traded for the Pope homestead. Mr. Pope is a business man of more than ordinary ability, which has been ,evinced all along his life by the success that has attended every enterprise with which he has been connected. For a number of years he owned and operated a sawmill at Benton. He erected the Geauga county fair buildings at Benton. In the winter of 1859–'60 he rented the grounds, and the following season conducted the fair himself. In thc winter of 1864–'65 he returned to the Fox homestead and built a large cheese factory. This factory was the first one in the vicinity, and the third one in northeastern Ohio, and is still being operated by him. He also conducted a store for some time. In 1875 he operated seven cheese factories, four of which he owned. All these years and up to the present time he has been extensively engaged in farming, much of the time keeping a dairy of from forty to sixty cows. He now owns 325 acres of land at what is known as Pope's Corners in Troy township. Mrs. Pope died in the fall of 1865, leaving one son, Lewis L., who is a member of the firm of Lawrence William & Co., of which he is secretary and manager. Mr. Pope was subsequently married to Miss Lucy Ann Hodges, a native of New York, her parents having moved to Ohio when she was a. child. Politically, Mr. Pope is a Republican: Formerly he took a part in politics, and has held various local offices. He was a member of the State Board of Agriculture from 1875 to 1881, and had charge of the dairy depot at the Centennial in Philadelphia in 1876. Fraternally, he has for several years been identified with both the Masons and the Odd Fellows. He assisted materially in the building and rebuilding of the I. 0. 0. F. hall at Auburn. Mr. Pope and his estimable wife are among the most highly respected people of Geauga county. The hospitality of their charming home has been extended to many distinguished people. Hayes and Garfield were on various occasions entertained by them, both being warm friends of Mr. Pope. BYRON E. MANN, a farmer of Cherry Valley township, was born in New — Lyme, Ashtabula county, Angust 28, 1837, a son of John Mann, who was born in Vermont, in December, 1785. He was married, in New York, to Anna Bromley, who was born in that State in 1796. In 1818 they removed to New Lyme, this county, and in 1820 located in Cherry Valley township, where the mother died at the age of eighty-six years, and the father at the age of ninety years. The latter was a farmer 'by occupation, voted with the Republican party, and was a member of the Baptist Church. Mr. and Mrs. Mann had nine children: Sophia, Nancy, John, Melissa, Alta, Lucinda, Maryetta, Byron E., and Irving. Four of the children are now deceased. . Byron E. Mann now owns 292 acres of fine farming land in Cherry. Valley township,, where he has three large barns and a good dairy, keeping twenty cows. He was married, in Crawford county, Pennsylvania, at the age of twenty-eight years, to Charlotte M. Grokenbarger, a daughter of John and Jane (Williams) Grokenbarger. The father was a native of Germany, but came to America at the age of seven years. His death occurred at the age of forty-one years, leaving a widow and four children: John, who died in McPherson county, Kansas; Edd O., of Unionville, Ohio; Charlotte M., wife of our subject; and Harriet. The mother, a native of New OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 1007 York, now resides in Wayne township, Ashtabula county. Mr. and Mrs. Mann have had five children, viz.: Myrtle Jane, wife of L. M. Loveland, of Wayne township; Truman E., engaged in farming with his father; Anna L.; Jessie A.; and John Lee, deceased at the age of six years. Mrs. Mann is a member of the Baptist Church. In political matters, our subject affiliates with the Republican party. EDWARD L. ANDREWS was born at Burton, Ohio, May 14, 1839. Thrown upon his own resources early in life, he is purely a self-made man, and has won an enviable reputation both in educational and agricultural circles for his progressive methods and advanced ideas. He attended the subscription schools in his boyhood, and when a mere lad began working by the month, usually receiving about $8 for service until he could do a man's work. In August, 1861, he enlisted for three years to aid in the defence of the nation's flag, join, ing Company B, Forty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry. After nearly a year he was attacked with inflammatory rheumatism, and was confined in different Southern Hospitals for some time, his life being despaired of at times. He was discharged on account of disability at Laynesville, Kentucky, in June, 1862.. He then returned to Burton, Ohio, and has wince been engaged in farming. He was married soon after his retnrn, to Emily S. Silvernail, of Burton, and they have one child, Minnie, the wife of Frank Hosmer, an enterprising yonng farmer of this township. Mr. Andrews is a Republican but not an active politician. He has been a Mason for over thirty years, and belongs to the G. A. R. He and his wife are consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he is Steward. He has been very successful in the management of his property, and has 232 acres of splendid land in an advanced state of cultivation. For many years he has been a close student of botany, and is familiar with the life of every tree, shrub and plant in Ohio. He has also given much attention to geology, and has mastered the subject so that he clearly understands the earth formation of northeastern' Ohio, and has corrected many errors made by men claiming to be experts. Although making no pretentions he is a thoroughly scientific student, and his opinions are considered with great deference by geologists throughout the country. Mr. Andrews took charge of two old pioneers, John and Nancy Fox, who were helpless for sevcral years, and as a return for his kindness they gave him a deed to their farm, which he now cultivates. Josiah Fox, the father of John, was a soldier in the war of the Revolution. He came from Pennsylvania to Burton and bought his farm of the Connecticut Land Company. A brother of Josiah went into the war also, but was never heard from afterward. ELDRIDGE BURR, a self-made man and prosperous farmer of Burton township, Geauga county; was born at Smithfield, New York, February 10, 1818, a son of Moses and Eunice (Austin) Burr, also natives of the Empire State. The father was a farmer by occupation, and at an early day emigrated to Newbury township, Geauga county, Ohio, where he passed the remainder 1008 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY of his life engaged in agricultural pursuits. Eldridge Burr thus passed his boyhood upon the frontier, and secured his education in the primitive log school-house, cutting wood to pay his tuition. At the age of eighteen years he went to work on the farm by the month, and since that time he has made his own way. He located permanently in Burton township, where he cultivated land on the shares, but by economy and industry he saved sufficient means to buy land, and has occupied his farm for more than thirty-five years. At one time he lived in Troy township, where he owned a small farm, which he sold. Mr. Burr was united in marriage in 1838, to Louisa Minor, who died in 1865. They had born to them two children: Correll, who died at the age of eighteen years; and Eunice now the wife of Sidney Hall, of Huntsburg township. Mr. Burr was married a second time in 1866, being united to Mrs. Densly Warren. They have no children. The principles of the Republican party form the political faith of our subject. He has accumulated a competence for his declining years, and through all the struggles of life he has preserved a reputation for unswerving rectitude, and has made a host of friends who respect his many sterling traits of character. REV. AUSTIN WILSON is Pastor of the Methodist Episcopal. Church of Orwell, Lake county, Ohio. He comes of a family noted for their natural literary attainments, several having been brilliant orators of fine address and not the lest among them stands the gentleman of whom we write. He was bdrn on a farm near Warren, Ohio, June 6, 1849: his paternal grandfather was of Scotch-Irish descent. His father, Mr. Wilson, was a pions and God-fearing man. He was the first white child born in Youngstown, Ohio, the date of the event being November, 1811. His wife, who wad in her girlhood Miss Nancy Welty, was born March 11, 1811, in Maryland. Her father was also a native of Maryland, while her grandfather, who was a minister, was born in Holland. On her mother's side the lineage goes back for generations to the founders of the family in America who located in Maryland. The subject of this brief notice is one of fourteen children, three of whom died in infancy: Elizabeth, deceased, was the wife of Mr. Loomis; Catherine is now Mrs. Beach; Harriet became the wife of Mr. Loomis; William H., who was a minister for thirty years, died while a Presiding Elder of the Canton (Ohio) district; Julia L., deceased, was the wife of Mr. Grant; W. J. is Pastor of a church in Canton, Ohio: C. V. is in charge of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Olean, New York; J. F. is one of the leading lawyers of Warren, Ohio; next in order of birth is our subject; while the youngest brother, E. B., is a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Welshfield, Ohio. This family is truly worthy of note, as five of the six 'sons have chosen to renounce worldly affairs and are devoted workers in the cause of Christ. J. F. is a brilliant lawyer and has made his mark at the bar. The sisters as well have the family trait of eloquence and superior intellect, and like their brothers are possessors of five conversational powers and social attainments. The education of Mr. Wilson was acquired at Warren, Ohio, and in Alleghany College, of Meadville, Pennsylvania. He began the study of law with Messrs. Hutchins, Tuttle OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 1009 & Steele, of Warren, and was admitted to the bar. After practicing for six years he decided to devote himself more entirely to his Master's work and commenced his ministry at Imlay City, Michigan, where in course of time a fine church edifice and parsonage were erected by the congregation who flourished under his guidance. A small church was also built in the county, and there he preached oc casionally. The next pastoral work of Mr. Wilson was at Lexington, Michigan, where he labored for two years and was active in the erection of a house of worship there. For the next four years he was located at Thompson, Geauga county, Ohio, and while he was there the congregation put up a pleasant parsonage. For two years in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, and after closing his labors there, he came to dwell and work with the good people of Orwell, settling here in the fall of 1892. On the 20th day of September, 1877, Mr. Wilson and Miss Jennie E. Johnson were united in marriage. She is the daughter of Edward M. and Mary C. Johnson, Of Leavittsburg, Ohio, and is one of four children. Ida became the wife of Reed Stowe and was called from this life in 1875. Dora E. wedded Charles Reedes, and Mary is living with her parents. Mrs. Wilson is an educated lady of quiet and sociable disposition and has that rare personality which attracts and makes people become her friends. She is well adapted to fill the sometimes trying position of a minister's wife, and with her kindly counsel and motherly way assists her husband to a great extent in his work. She is the mother of four children: Nansie, born July 24, 1878; Ben J., August 15, 1880; Harry J., August, 1884; and Ruth B., March 8, 1891. The two older children manifest a decided talent for music, while Benjamin, for a boy of his years, has a wonderful memory and is local authority on all historical topics of national and general importance. He is a great book-worm and takes great delight in his fathers' large and well assorted library. In politics, Mr. Wilson is a Republican of the conservative order, and fraternally is a member of the Masonic order. He belongs to the Royal Arcanum, to the Knights of Pythias, and is a member of the "Junior Order of United American Mechanics." JOHN W. REDINGTON.—Among the countless occupations to which men lend their time and energies there are few that are fraught with greater responsibilities or that demand a more perfect mental and physical balance than that of the locomotive engineer. A grave responsibility rests upon the shoulders of him who essays the duties of such a position, and carefnl preparation and discipline are demanded. John W. Redington, of Conneaut, Ohio, is one of those clearheaded men to whom has come such preferment as a result of unmistakable ability and fitness for the work, and he now holds a desirable position as engineer on the Nickel Plate Railroad. Mr. Redington was born at Salem, Columbiana county, Ohio, May 5, 1864, his parents being Michael and Ellen (Burke) Redington. The father was born in Ireland and the mother in England, though she also was of Irish descent. They were married on " the ould sod, " and while still in the fresh vigor of their young life turned their faces toward the land of promise and came to America in 1862. They located at New Haven, Connecticut, where, for a time, Mr. Redington followed his trade, that of stone mason, subsequently being concerned as a railroad contractor, and having charge of 1010 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY the construction of the roads. He removed, after a few years, to Salem, Ohio, and for twelve years gave his attention to railroad contracting. He held various offices in the gift of the people of Columbiana county, having served two terms as County Commissioner. He has ever taken vital interest in the political affairs of his adopted country, having, in early years, been a member of the Democratic party, but for the past eighteen years of the Republican. He is now retired from active business, and at the mellow age of sixty-eight years abides in well-earned repose at his pleasant home in Salem. Mr. Redington has been twice married, and two children were the result of the first union and six of the last. The second wife, a gracious helpmeet, is still living, at the age of forty-six years, secure in the love of husband and children. Of the eight children death has claimed not one, and it is but consistent that we make the following record concerning them : Mary is the wife of William O'Brien, who is a resident of Kinsey, Kansas, and is Roadmaster on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad; Stella is the wife of John Mc Glyntcy of Salem, Ohio; Maggie, the oldest of the second family, is the wife of Jefferson Crouch, and resides at Salem; our subject; John W. was the second-born of the second family; Patrick; Michael; Sadie and Alive, the three youngest of the family, are still at home. All, with but one exception, are devoted members of the Roman Catholic Church. John W. Redington, to whose life this sketch has particular reference, learned the machinist's trade in the engine works at Salem, Ohio, continuing his connection with that concern for about three and one-hall years. He then found it to his advantage to make -a change, and accordingly he resigned his position and accepted one in charge of the machinery utilized in the operation of extensive coal mines in the Ohio coal fields. In this connection he remained abont two years, then went to Alliance, Ohio, and took charge. of the great engine of the Alliance Hammer Works. After six months, and looking to ultimate results, he accepted a position as fireman on one of the engines of the Cleveland & Pittsburgh Railroad. After about three years, and again descrying an opportunity for a better field of labor, he came, in 1886, to Conneaut and took position as fireman on the Nickel Plate Railroad. Eight months of faithful and capable service in this connection resulted in his promotion to the position of engineer, and he has remained thus employed ever since. Each of the changes made was purely voluntary on his part and each was the result of a wise discernment. Good luck, so called, has attended his labors as engineer: he has never met with any accident. It is fatuous to ascribe this condition to luck, for, rather, it is the result of constant care and practical ability on his part. Mr. Redington was married October 16, 1889, to Miss Ida, daughter cf Benton and Jnlia (Joseph) Smith, residents of Columbiana county, Ohio. Mrs. Redington is the younger of the two children, her brother, John, being a prominent farmer of Columbiana county, Ohio. He is happily married and has two children: Nellie and Lida. Mr. and Mrs. Redington have one child: Sophronia Juliette, a precocious and winsome little maiden, about two years of age. Mr. Redington and his estimable wife are consistent members of the Congregational Church, and he is prominently identified with the Masonic and other civic societies. He is a member of the blue lodge, chapter, council and also of Cache Commandery in the Masonic order; of the Brotherhood of Locomo- OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 1011 tive Engineers and the American Protective Association. In politics he is a Republican. Mr. Reddington is a man of fine physique, tips the beam at about 210 pounds and has a pleasing address. He is a man who has made it a point to acquire a broad intelligence upon general affairs, and he is especially well informed in regard to all matters pertaining to his line of work. He is one of the eighty-four individuals who compose the local Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers at Conneaut. It is somewhat doubtful whether there exists in the State another organization, of equal membership, representing but One line of occupation that can show a better class of men, nor those who, as a rule, are better versed in their profession; have better information in regard to the general topics of the day, or who have more just cause for being proud of their organization. CLAYTON L. PECK, formerly identified with the business interests of Ashtabula county and one of its best known and most successful merchants, resides upon a fine farm in Colebrook, Ohio. Mr. Peck was born June 19, 1860, in the township in which he now resides. His parents, Josiah and Minerva (Phillips) Peck, were also natives of Colebrook. The former was born July 6, 1834, and the latter May 14, 1838. For many years they occupied a fine farm near the center, removing to Jefferson township in 1885, and purchasing the hotel formerly belonging to Joseph Ruggles of that place. This Mr. Peck conducted with great success till 1892, when he returned to his former vocation, that of farming at Penn Line, Pennsylvania, where he now resides. Our subject is the oddest of five children, all of whom survive. The second, B., born September 30, 1862, resides in Colebrook; Urbine W., born June 16, 1865, holds a responsible position at Andover, Ohio, as a dispatcher for the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Company. He was formerly a most successful teacher in the public schools of Ashtabula county, an energetic student, and is highly esteemed by all who know him. The third, Betsey Eldora, born November 9, 1867, a lovable and accomplished young lady, resides at home; Clark, the youngest, born November 6, 1869, is also a resident of Penn Line, Pennsylvania, The early educational advantages of our subject were those usually granted to the average country lad, consisting of one term a year in the district schools. Later, however, this was supplemented by a few terms at the celebrated Grand River Institute and Orwell Academy. The next few years he spent upon a farm and as a clerk in a general store at Triumph, Ohio. December 29, 1880, he was united in marriage to Jennie E. Smith, daughter of Alozo R. and Marcia Smith, old residents of Colebrook. Mr. Smith at present resides with our subject; Mrs. Smith passed away in April, 1883. The fruit of this marriage is one child, Bernard J., a bright little fellow of eight years, born September 5, 1885. Returning to Colebrook in 1885, our subject embarked in the mercantile business in connection with his baother, L. B., with whom he was associated for two years. During this time the Peck brothers. did the heaviest business, probably, that has ever been done in Colebrook, averaging over $2,000 per month. His health, however, compelled our subject to leave the mercantile business for a time, and, selling his interest to his brother in 1887, he engaged in the insurance 1012 - BIOGRAPHICAL HI8TORY business for a few months, representing eleven old companies. Partially recovering his health, he soon after purchased the stock of goods from his brother in Colebrook and removed to Jefferson, where he occupied, for two successful years, a part of the Flitch Block. The business done here exceeded anything previously done in that village, reaching nearly $40,000 per year. The confinement and care of the business again impaired his health, however, to such an extent that he was once more compelled to retire from business for a time, and he resumed the management of. his tine farm in Colebrook. He was soon after offered a very lucrative position as general agent for the State of Ohio of the Read Fertilizer Company of New York city, a position which he accepted and has since constantly filled with profit to himself and his employers. In 1891 he united with the Methodist Episcopal Church of Colebrook and has since been a very active worker in Christian work. He holds a local preacher's license from that denomination, and finds time to occupy many pulpits in this locality. Fraternally, our subject is a member of the I. O. O. F. of Jefferson and the J. O. U. A. M. of Colebrook, Ohio. As a business man, as a citizen, as an earnest church worker, our subject is highly esteemed by his many friends in Ashtabula county. MRS. OLIVER W. BROWN, nee Lodema Switzer, widow of O. W. Brown, deceased, is a representative of a very old and cultured family, which has taken high rank in legal and literary circles. The celebrated Judge Hess of Wabash, Indiana, is an uncle of our subject, while the equally noted Judge Lowry of Canton is also a near relative. Jacob Switzer, our subject's father, came from Berne, Switzerland, to America, in the latter part of the eighteenth century and settled in Pennsylvania in 1800, and afterward moved to Richland county, Ohio, where he purchased a large tract of land, in Clear Fork valley, and died in December, 1881. Mrs. Brown's mother was of French extraction, and many of her people were fine scholars and statesmen. The Curry Institute at Pittsburg is under the direction of her relatives. Mrs. Switzer, with her youngest son and daughter, resides in Richland county, Ohio. Our subject is the eldest of ten children, nine of whom survive. Edmund B., the second, resides in Belleville, Ohio; Louis, the third, is a resident of Richland county, Ohio; James, the fourth, is also a well-known citizen of Belleville, Ohio. The fifth, Flora Pierce, is a resident of Butler, Ohio. The Pierce family is one of the oldest and most prominent of western Ohio. The sixth, Alexander, who was united in marriage to one of New Lyme's daughters, Alice Rath-bone, whose father, Dr. Rathbone, is one of the most prominent citizens of that township, is also a resident of Butler. The seventh, Mrs. Ella Cline, resides in Cleveland, Ohio. DeIvan, the youngest son, remains with his mother in Butler; the youngest daughter, Birdie, is a very bright and well-known magazine writer. Her sketches, which are to be found in many of the best periodicals, are of a very high order of literary merit. All the sisters are elocutionists of considerable ability, and of great literary culture. Miss Switzer is also a very successful instructor in the public schools of Richland county. Oliver Brown, to whom our subject was united in marriage, was one of New Lyme's foremost and most highly respected citizens. He was previously married to Mary Lee, whose brother, Judge OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 1013 Lee, was one of the most prominent citizens of Ashtabula county, and is still well remembered by the older residents. Since the death of Mr. Brown our subject has been compelled to devote much of her time to the management of the great Brown estate, consisting of 800 acres of highly improved land. In spite of this great care, however, she finds time for church and social duties. Our subject is a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church of New Lyme and takes an active interest in its spiritual and temporal growth. Mrs. Brown has a host of friends and is highly esteemed for her many excellent qualities of mind and heart. HENRY ALLEN DE VOE, deceased, during his life-time one of Orwell's most influential citizens and most successful business men, was born in New York city, January 13, 1829. He was, as his name indicates, of French parentage, his parents having crossed the ocean a few years before his birth. Thrown on his own resources at an early age, he at first learned the printers' trade, following that occupation in connection with the Harpers establishment till twenty years of age. September 18, 1850, he was united in marriage to Miss Jane Bockover, of New Jersey, who yet survives. Her father, George Bock-over, although a native of New Jersey, was of pure German ancestry, his parents having removed to that State some years previous to his birth. Mrs. DeVoe was born July 18, 3.831. The fruits of this union were seven children, four of whom survive; Willie T., the eldest, born July 8, 1851, did not live to fulfil the bright promise of his youth, but passed away September 6, 1872; the second, George B., born July 15, 1853, formerly a prominent factor in business circles in Ashtabula county, is now a leading merchant of Warren, Ohio; Jason, born July 7, 1856, also passed away in early youth, deeply regretted by all, the date of his demise being November 3, 1875; Emma IL, born February 20, 1859, is elsewhere spoken of as the wife of Ward B. Stone, whose sketch appears in this work; Charles W., born October 20, -1862; and Fred H., born April 12, 1865, prominent business men of Orwell, are also spoken of elsewhere; the youngest, Henry A., born July 20, 1868, attained only his twelfth year, passing away July 28, 1879. After his marriage our snbject removed to Greenville, Pennsylvania, and embarked in the mercantile business, which he conducted successfully till his removal to Orwell. In that village he began his business career in the Goodrich block, where he remained for some time, when he purchased the building and stock of Hilliard & Reeves on the site now owned by H. B. Saterlee. Here Mr, DeVoe did an extensive business till his decease from typhoid fever, October 30, 1869. Since his death the business has been conducted by his heirs, under the name of DeVoe Bros. & Co., who are recognized as among the most successful merchants in Ashtabula county. Politically, Mr. DeVoe was a Republican and took an active interest in the upbuilding of his town, both morally and financially. A member of the Presbyterian Church, an ardent temperance man, his influence was ever distinctively felt on the side of reform. His death left, in the social and business interests of the place, a void which it will. be difficult to fill. Mrs. DeVoe resides in Orwell, surrounded by her children, grandchildren and a host of 1014 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY friends, She is descended upon one side from a very old English family, her maternal grandfather, Barrabas Horton, having crossed the ocean in 1660, and settled in Southold, Long Island. For many years Mrs. DeVoe has been a faithful member of the Presbyterian Church, ever ready to lend a helping hand to the poor and needy, and beloved by all who know her. CORYDON O. WARE, an enterprising farmer of Hampden township, is a native of Geauga county, Ohio, born January 13, 1850, a son of Alfred Ware, a native of Madison, Lake county, Ohio. The grandfather, Asaph Ware, emigrated to Ohio from the East at an early day, and located in Madison, subsequently removing to Hampden township, Geanga county. In 1855 he removed to Linn county, Iowa, where he passed the remainder of his life. Alfred Ware is one of a family of four children, and he lived all his life in Hampden township with the exception of two years. He bought the old Ware homestead, where he died in 1862. His wife, whose maiden name was Harriet Dorman, was born in Charleston, Portage county, Ohio; she died at the age of fifty-seven years. C. O. Ware, is the only child of Alfred and Harriet D. Ware. He attended the district schools, and early became accustomed to the hard labor of the farm. He was a lad of thirteen years when his father died, and at the age of sixteen he took charge of the homestead on which he has ever since lived. Mr. Ware was married June 22, 1886, to Alma Mapes, who was born at Mayfield, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, a daughter of Hiel and Eliza (Field) Mapes, natives of New York and Vermont, respectively. They e m i grated to Ohio in their youth and were married at Mayfield. Mr. Mapes followed agricultural pursuits through life; he moved to Michigan, and died at Coldwater, at the age of sixty-seven years; his wife is still living, at Winfield, Michigan. They reared a family of five children. Mrs. Ware was educated at Oberlin College, and is a woman of superior attainments. Mr. Ware supports the issues of the Republican party. He carries on a general farming business, and has 123 acres in a high state of cultivation. His maple grove contains 700 trees and is one of the best in the township. Mr. and Mrs. Ware are the parents of one child, a daughter named Margery. CHESELTON P. BRAINARD, an old settler of Munson township, Geauga county, Ohio, was born at Chesterfield, Cheshire county, New Hampshire, October 20, 1814. His father, Leonard B. Brainard, was a native of Rhode Island, and emigrated to Ohio in 1833, locating in Munson township, Geauga county, when this country was an unbroken forest. He died in September, 1849, aged fifty-nine years; his wife lived to be eighty-seven years old. C. P. Brainard is the eldest of a family of six children, all of whom are living. He was twenty years of age when he came to Geauga county, and remained with, his parents four years, assisting in clearing the land and making improvements. In 1837 he went to Union county, Ohio, where he resided twelve years, being variously employed. In 1850, he returned to Munson township, buying out the heirs of the homestead property and living there two years. He then sold that place and bought his present farm which comprises 106 acres. OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 1015 He was united in marriage January 19, 1851, to Polly Justice, of Chardon, Ohio, a daughter of John R. Justice, one of the first settlers of Chardon village. He built there a tannery, which he operated for years. He died at the age of seventy-nine years, and his wife lived to be seventy-four. Mr. and Mrs. Brainard have one son, William L., who is married and lives in Cleveland, Ohio. An ardent supporter of Whig principles Mr. Brainard became a Republican upon the organization of the party. He has been a Trustee of the township for many terms, giving excellent satisfaction in this position. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he is Trustee. He owns 107 acres of land in his home farm, and another small tract. He does a general farming business, and at one time had a dairy, keeping twenty cows. He owns and operates a cider-mill, which was built in 1861, and still does good service. Mr. Brainard has always taken an interest in military tactics, and has been both Second and First Lieutenant of the militia companies. He received his commission as First Lieutenant from Governor Corwin. In his younger days he was quite fond of hunting, and one was one of the best marksmen in the country. He has been industrious, frngal and persevering, and has accumulated a competence. SAMUEL WARD PHELPS, a prominent and wealthy horticulturist of Willoughby township, Lake county, Ohio, is a native of Painesville, this county, horn November 29, 1825. Hon. Samuel Ward Phelps, his father, and one of the pioneers of the Western Reserve, was a native of Connecticut. He died in Ohio, in the prime of life, July 4, 1826, aged forty-five years. A graduate of Yale College, a lawyer by profession, and a man of marked business ability, he was in every way fitted to become a leader in thc pioneer district where he settled, and few men in northern Ohio were better known or more highly respected than he. He came' to the frontier as agent for a Connecticut land company, which owned a large tract of land along the lake shore. His arrival in Ohio dates in 1801. That was before there had been any settlement in that part of the country. In 1803, he married Lydia Paine, daughter of General Edward Paine. During the war of 1812, Mr. Phelps served as aid to General Harrison. He was a member of the Legislature when it met at Circleville; was also a member of the Constitutional Convention and helped to frame the Constitution of the State o Ohio. Judge Spaulding, now of Cleveland, Ohio, was at one time a student in Mr. Phelps' law office at Painesville. Mrs. Phelps died in 1857, leaving five daughters and one son, the latter the subject of our sketch, being one of the three children who are still living. Young Phelps attended the public schools at Painesville until he was twelve years old, after which he spent five years at Kenyon College. After leaving college, he became connected with the Geauga Iron Company, at Painesville, in which he was a stockholder and with which he was associated seven years. The following seven years he was agent for the Lake Shore Railroad at Painesville. Then he located at Oil City, Pennsylvania, and spent two years in buying oil and shipping to Pittsburgh. Next we find him at Brazil, Indiana, where he was interested in coal-mining seven years, and following that 1016 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY he was for thirteen years in the Fountain county mines of Indiana. He owned and developed a number of mines. In 1883, Mr. Phelps came to Willoughby and purchased a farm on the Cleveland and Painesville road—the farm on which his wife was born, and on which since 1883 they have made their home. Here he has 238 acres, and he also has under his management a hundred acres near by. 100 acres of this laud he has devoted to fruit culture, having twenty-five acres in peaches, twenty-seven in a vineyard and a pear orchard comprising 1,600 trees. Mr. Phelps also owns 280 acres of land in Clay county, Indiana. He was married in 1849, to Miss Mary C. Hall, daughter of Levi and Nancy (Cord) Hall. Her father came to Ohio in 1813, and her mother's people were also among the pioneers of Lake county. Mr. and Mrs. Phelps have three children: Samuel H., Mary E., and William C. Mr. Phelps is a member of the Masonic fraternity. In politics he was first a Whig and is now a Republican. AMASA I. ALLEN, who is engaged in farming in Willoughby township, Lake county, Ohio, was born in Warren, Worcester county, Massachusetts, April 4, 1818, a descendant of an old Massachusetts family, both his father and grandfather, Pardon and Abner Allen, being natives of that State. Abner Allen was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. He was engaged in farming all his life and died at a ripe old age. Pardon Allen, also a farmer by occupation, died at the age of sixty-three years. His wife, and the mother of our subject, was also a native of Massachusetts, her maiden name being Ruth Tyler. She died in 1889, at the age of ninety-six years, her mother having reached the advanced age of ninety-seven. Her father, Abner Tyler, was a wealthy and influential farmer and at one time a slave owner. Amasa I. Allen was the fourth born in a family of seven children, four of whom are still living. He was reared on his father's farm, attending the district schools in his youth, and at the age of twenty-one started out in life on his own responsibility, beginning as a farm hand, working by the month. In the fall of 1839, concluding that the opportunities for a young man to prosper were better in the West than East, he directed his course toward Ohio. He rode from Warren to Springfield, Massachusetts, on the first train that ran over the Boston & Albany Railroad, from Springfield to Albany traveled by stage, thence to Buffalo by canal-boat, and from there to Cleveland by lake steamer. Upon his arrival here, he selected Chagrin Falls as a place of settlement and bought land and engaged in farming; but before he could cultivate the soil he had to clear the land. For some time he lived in a log house, the forest all around him abounding in deer and other game. In 1847, Mr. Allen went to Michigan and erected a sawmill in the northern part of the State on the lake shore, and after being engaged in bnsiness there eighteen months sold out and came back to Ohio. He purchased his present farm, 100 acres in extent, in thc fall of 1872, and on it he has since been engaged in agricultural pursuits. He has a five-acre vineyard among other improvements on his farm. Mr. Allen was married in 1851, to Wealthy H. Holmes, a native of Kirtland, this county, and a daughter of Leroy and Betsey Holmes, who emigrated from Herkimer county, New OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 1017 York, to Kirtland, Ohio, in 1815. Some years after their settlement here, her father sold his farm to the Mormon prophet, Joseph Smith, but subsequently had to take it back. Her parents are both deceased, her father having passed away in his sixty-third year. Seven of their twelve children are still living. Mr. and Mrs. Allen have three children: Charles S., George and Lucy. Miss Lucy has taught one term of school. Mr. Allen affiliates with the Republican party. He was personnally acquainted with James A. Garfield, and on one occasion bought two yoke of steers from the general. THOMAS WIBIRT, a well-known and pioneer physician of Andover, was born at Saratoga Springs, New York, July 22, 1809, a son of Ben Wibirt, a native also of Saratoga county. The latter is a son of John Wibirt, a native of the same county, and his father, Thomas Wibirt, was born in England. The mother of our subject was formerly Sylvia Kelly, a native of Vermont. Her parents died in Madison county, New York. Thomas Wibirt, our subject, was reared in De Ruyter, Madison county, New York, and afterward went to Chenango county, same State. At the age of twenty-three years he began the study of medicine, under the preceptorship of Dr. Birdsley, a prominent and well-known physician of the latter county. In 1851 Mr. Wilbirt came to Andover, Ohio, where he condncted one of the first drug stores of the city, continuing that occupation many years. He has a good residence and other property in this county, and is one of the eminent physicians in his community. The Doctor was married in Chemung county, New York, at the age of twenty-four years, to Mary Ann Sanford, a native of Connecticut, and a daughter of Levi and Elizabeth (Terrill) Sanford. Mr. and Mrs. Wibirt have had ten children, viz.: Ben L., a carpenter and contractor by profession; John, who was a soldier in the late war, serving first in the Second Ohio Cavalry, and later in the One hundred and Fifth Ohio Infantry; Lydia Smith; Jerome; Ludentia Cook; Elizabeth Sperry, deceased April 18, 1865; Amanda, deceased in infancy; Levi, who was drowned at the age of three years; and Sylvia, deceased at the age of six years. Dr. Wibirt affiliates with the Republican party, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, although he was raised in the Quaker faith. He is a man of progressive views, is an active worker for education, religion and every moral cause, and is a favorite with all who know him. D. L. HUNTLEY, a well-known business man of Pierpont township, Ashtabula county, was born in this city, October 25, 1832, a son of James Huntley, a native of Massachusetts, and a soldier in the war of 1812. The latter's father, Amos Huntley, was also a native of Massachusetts, and of Scotch parentage. James Huntley came to Ashtabula county, Ohio, early in life, and was married at Denmark, this State, to Lydia Hart, a native of Litchfield, Connecticut, and a daughter of a Revolutionary soldier. Mr. Huntley was a farmer by occupation, a Republican in his political relations, and a Deacon in the Presbyterian Church. His wife came from Connecticut to Ashtabnla county, on horseback. Mr. and Mrs. Hunt- 1018 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY ley had five children: William, Milo (deceased), Harriette, Phoebe Wright and D. L. D. L. Huntley, the subject of this notice, received his education in the Kingsville Academy, and was a successful school-teacher for a number of years. He was engaged in trade at Pierpont for a time before the war, and was also engaged in farming at the old home place. In his political relations he votes with the Republican party, and has held the positions of Justice of the Peace and Township Trustee. In 1871 Mr. Huntley was united in marriage with Susan Carver, a native of Pennsylvania. They had one daughter, Ethel E. The great loss of our subject's life was in the death of his beloved wife, which occurred August 29, 1890. She wasan affectionate wife and mother, a kind neighbor, and lived a consistent Christian life. Mr. Huntley is frank and cordial with all whom he meets, and is one of the popular citizens of Ashtabula county. EMERY A. BROWN, who was born at Hiram, Ohio, February 6, 1845, is the son of Thomas Brown, one of the honored pioneers of Ohio, and grandson of Reuben Brown, a native of New York, who emigrated to Ohio in very early times and settled in Geauga county. The grandfather cleared and improved, in Auburn township, a farm, which he sold before removing to Hillsdale county, Michigan. There he cleared and improved another tract of land. His wife died in their new home, and he returned to Geauga county. where he passed the remainder of his life. Thomas Brown was the second of a large family, and was a small boy when his father came to Ohio from New York, his native State: When a youth of eighteen years his father gave him his time, and he started out to seek his own fortune. His first work was on the farm of David Brown, which was being cleared and put under cultivation. At the end of three years he had saved sufficient means to make an investment, so he bought sixty acres adjoining David Brown's tract in Hiram township, Portage county. His marriage to Esther St. John occurred soon after he had provided this little home, and they lived on this place ten years. At the end of this period he exchanged his sixty acres for 160 acres in Troy township, Geauga county. Seven years later he sold out and moved to Burton township, where he bought 225 acres, to which he added as his means increased until he finally owned 740 acres. He died in 1892, at the age of seventy years. He was Trustee of Burton township during the last twenty years of his life, and transacted the business of this office with the same fidelity and good judgment that had always characterized his dealing. He was purely a self-made man, starting without capital in early life to make a place for himself in the world. How well he fulfilled this purpose is attested by the handsome estate he left and the character he bore, as a man above reproach. Esther St. John, his wife, was a native of New York, and came with her parents to Ohio. They settled in Newbury township, where they were among the pioneers. She died in 1854. Mr. Brown was married a second time, being united to Martha Osmer. They had a family of five children, all of whom are living. After her death Mr. Brown was married to Jane Angeley, who survives him. Emery A. Brown is the only child of the first marriage. He attended the pioneer OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 1019 school until he was twelve years old, and then began to help his father, remaining at home until he was of age. He then spent a few years in the oil regions of Pennsylvania, but later returned to the vocation of his youth. He has a fine farm of 232 acres, and makes a specialty of the dairy business. In politics he follows the line pursued by his father and casts his vote for the candidates of the Democratic party. Mr. Brown was married in 1881 to Lizzie Homer, a native of Olean, New York. They had no children. EDWIN BETTS.—Among the successful farmers of Geauga county none is more deserving of mention than Edwin Betts, and it is fitting that his biography be recorded upon the pages of this history. He was born in Niagara county, New York, October 19, 1835, a son of Samuel Betts, a native of Vermont. The grandfather, Ebenezer Betts, was a New Englander by birth, of German descent. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, serving throngh that conflict. He carried mail and messages, and was accompanied by an Indian scout. He also participated in the war of 1812. He reared a family of four sons and one daughter. Samuel Betts was the youngest son; was a carpenter by trade, and followed this vocation through life. He emigrated to the West and located in the State of Michigan, where he died in 1846. His wife's maiden name was Mary Hall. She was a native of Vermont, and emigrated with her family first to New York and thence to Michigan; she died in 1846, five weeks before her husband passed away. Of their five children Edwin and his twin brother, Edgar, survive. They were young children when their parents died, and went back East to live with their grandparents. Edwin had very few opportunities to gain an education, as he was obliged to work for his board and could not always attend the short term regularly. At the tender age of eleven years he began to work out at $4 a month, and when fifteen he and his brother came to Ohio, and were employed in Summit county for a number of years in farm work. At the age of nineteen they entered Hiram College, where they were students two terms during the time that President Garfield was one of the faculty. It was in the spring of 1869 that Mr. Betts purchased his present farm in Hampden township, Geauga county. He was married in 1858 to Clarissa Clark, who was born in Summit county, Ohio, her parents being early settlers. Her father was three times married, and had a family of seven children. After his marriage Mr. Betts was engaged in farming in Summit county for four years. His only child, Wendell P., was given better educational advantages than those enjoyed by his father, having attended the college at Meadville, Pennsylvania. At the age of fifteen years he began teaching, and followed this vocation for some time. He is now a clerk in the treasury department, Washington, District of Columbia, and is a graduate of the law school of Wash- ington, and a well-read lawyer. He was married to Libbie Harrison, who died in _1883. He afterward married her sister, who is also deceased. He had by his first wife one son, Howard G., who is living with his grandfather. Politically Mr. Betts affiliates with the Republican party, and has represented the people of his township as Trustee, discharging his duties with great fidelity. He is also 1020 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY a member of the Grange. He has a finely cultivated farm of 156 acres, which he has improved through his own efforts. Too Much credit cannot be given those brave men and women who faced the dangers, trials and privations of life on the frontier that they might make way for the onward march of civilization and the general progress of mankind. WARD B. STONE, a prominent merchant and highly respected citizen of Orwell, Ohio, was born at this place, July 30, 1855, only son of Richmond E. and Mary Stone, appropriate mention of whom appears elsewhere in this work. After completing a course of study in the Orwell Normal Institute, he went to Philadelphia, where he spent six months studying pharmacy. Returning to Orwell at the expiration of that time, he and his father built the two-story brick building now occupied by Hall & Stevens, where for several years they kept a drug store, and also the postoffice. He was for some years connected with the firm of G. B. De Voe & Co., of Orwell, and C. W. De Voe & Co., of Reck Creek, Ohio. At this writing he is a member of the firm of De Voe Bro. & Co., of Orwell. Mr. Stone was married June 22, 1881, to Miss Emma H. De Voe, a native of this place and a most estimable woman. For many years she has been a faithful member of the Presbyterian Church, and is beloved by all who know her. Mr. and Mrs. Stone have two children, Leila I). and Etta B., the former born July 18, 1883, and the latter February 23, 1892. Mr. Stone is identified with the Republican party, and is now serving as Township Clerk. He is also Clerk of the Board of Health. Fraternally, he affiliates with the R. A. M., Grand River Chapter, No. 104; and Rock Creek Lodge, F. & A. M., No. 277. MARSHALL B. ISHAM, a venerable citizen and a prominent farmer of Madison township, Lake county, Ohio, was born here August 29, 1822. His father, Ezra Isham, a native of New York, came to Ohio in 1812, when a young man of eighteen years, making the journey across the country in a wagon. Upon his arrival in Lake county, he bought the farm on which his son now resides. The red man has not yet disappeared from this part of Ohio, and in the forest were plenty of deer, hears, wolves and wildcats. Here 'he married Miss Laura Brooks, a native of Vermont and a daughter of David Brooks. The Brooks family emigrated from the Green Mountain State to Ohio in 1812, coming by wagon, and locating on the South Ridge about one mile north of Mr. Isham's home. Mr. Brooks died here at the age of eighty-two years. After his marriage Mr. Isham built his cabin home, took his bride to it, and there they began life in true pioneer style. They had two children, Marshall B. and Mrs. Matilda Palmer. Mrs. Isham died at the age of fifty-six, her husband having passed away some years before. Marshall B. was only ten years old at the time his father died, and, he being the only son and older child, upon him devolved much responsibility. His education was received in the primitive log schoolhouses of the period, and at the age of fourteen he did a man's work day after day. He cultivated the land his father cleared, and as he grew older OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 1021 brought it up to a higher state of development, and also made additional purchases. He is now the owner of 120 acres, all improved land, devoted to general farming and stock-raising. Mr. Isham built his present residence in 1887, having had a fine home burned down just before he erected this one. He was married, in 1847, to Mary E. Weed, a 'native of Leroy township, this county, and a daughter of Silas Weed, one of the pioneer settlers of Leroy township, whither he came from Massachusetts. Mr. and Mrs. Isham have five children: Ezra, Charles, Willard, Alice and Mary. He and his wife are members of the Congregational Church, and in politics he is a Republican. He has served as Assessor of Madison township. A. B. ELLIOTT, a resident of Conneaut, Ohio, and an engineer on the Nickel Plate Railroad, was born in Chautauqua county, New York, September 10, 1842. His parents are Joseph and Rebecca (Austin) Elliott. The Austins are of English descent, and had ceded to them from the crown of England a large tract of land in Simcoe county, Canada. Joseph Elliott was by trade a hatter, which occupation he followed in early life. Later, he spent some time on the lakes. He was half owner of the brig Chancey and the schooner Whittlesey, and was once shipwrecked of the Erie peninsula. Retiring from the water in 1852, he bought and moved to a farm a mile and a half east of the city of Dunkirk, where he still lives, superintending his agricultural interests. He was born in 1809, and even at this advanced age is quite active. Since boyhood he has been a member of the Baptist Church, and much of the time an officer of the same. His wife was also an honored member of that church. She died in 1852, aged thirty-one years. Of their family of six children we make the following record: Frances, the oldest, is the widow of John Mathews, and for over thirty-five years has been a popular and efficient teacher, both she and her daughter Susan now being teachers in the schools of Dunkirk, New York. Susan, the second born, is the wife of Marvin Snow, and resides in Chautauqua county, New York. William is married and resides in the same county. A. B., the subject of this sketch, is the fourth horn. Mary, wife of Mortimer Snow, lives in Chatauqua county, New York, Mortimer Snow's farm adjoining that of Marvin Snow. David, the yonngest, died at Bradford, Pennsylvania, after a brief illness with fever, agcd twenty-seven years. In 1859 the subject of our sketch accompanied his father, who was at that time in poor health, on a prospecting tour through the West, their party being composed of about forty persons, of whom he was the youngest. They chartered a car from Dunkirk to St. Louis and from the latter place went to Fort Leavenworth by boat: They bought their teams and provisions in Illinois, and after reaching Fort Leavenworth camped for two weeks about three miles from the fort, training their stock. They then made the journey from Fort Leavenworth to Denver with what was known as the " White Mule Train," consisting of one span of white mules in the lead, followed by ten wagons, each drawn by two yoke of oxen. This journey, was one of adventure and delight to young Elliott, and on one occasion he made a narrow' escape from wolves, which incident is worthy. of narration here. 1022 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY One evening, having camped for the night, they saw some buffaloes coming to a creek near by to drink. Thinking to secure one of them, he and four others took their guns and secreted themselves at the branch. In a clump of bushes on the other side of the stream, however, were other hunters who intercepted the buffaloes, killing one and frightening the others away. Mr. Elliott and his party followed the herd about two miles, and, night coming on, they slipped np and killed one, the others making their escape. The little party then east lots to see who should return to the camp and get help to bring in the carcass. The lot fell to Elliott. After he had been on his way a short time some twenty or thirty hungry wolves came near enough to show their teeth. Our young friend fired and killed one, and while the rest of them stopped to devour it he ran as fast as he could. A moment more and the hungry wolves were in hot pursuit, and again he turned and fired and ran while they again stopped in their mad pursuit to make way with their fallen comrade. This was repeated until young Elliott's last bullet was gone, and at this critical time he had the good fortune to meet some of their party who had come out froth camp, thinking that something was wrong. Together they returned for the other men, whom they met on their way to camp, each with a large hunk of meat and an cxperience similar to that of young Elliott. They took a claim and mined and prospected, making a prospecting trip around the base of Pike's Peak; but as a financial success this tour was a failure. After seven months they returned home. At the age of seventeen Mr. Elliott was employed as brakeman on the New York & Erie Railroad, and a year later was promoted to the position of extra conductor. This was in 1863. At the earnest request of his sisters, he left the railroad in 1864. Then for a short time he was in the oil regions of Pennsylvania. Returning to Chautauqua county, New York, he bought a half interest in a saw and lumber mill, being in partnership with his brother-in-law, Marvin Snow, and doing a successful business two years. At the end of that time he sold out to Mr. Snow and went to Missouri, where he was engaged in farming four years. In 1870, again returning to Chatauqua county, he took charge of the yard of the D. A. V. & P. Railroad for a short time. It was not long after this that he went to firing on the road, and a year later was promoted to engineer. Next we find him in the shops at Dunkirk, where he remained two years. Then he went back on the road as engineer, and altogether was in the employ of that company for twelve years. In January, 1883, he accepted a position as engineer on the Nickel Plate, in the employ of which road he has since remained. He has been a resident of Conneaut since January 11, 1884. During the twenty-three years in which he has been on the road he has never met with an accident in which anyone was hurt. Mr. Elliott was married June 4, 1866, to Miss Alice Bull, a daughter of John D. Bull, of Chautauqua county, New York. Her father died in 1854, at the age of thirty years. Her mother was married in 1855 to Benjamin F. Baldwin, with whom she is still living, both being honored residents of Conneaut. Mr. and Mrs. Elliott have had eight children, namely: Nellie, who died at the age of one year; Florence, wife of George Woodman, of Chicago, Illinois, has one child, Carrie; William, who died at the age of one year; Carrie, wife of Thomas McHugh, died November 12, 1891, aged eighteen years; and OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 1023 Jessie, David, Mabel and Frank, members of the home circle. Personally, Mr. Elliott is a man of fine physique, and is popular with his many friends. He is a charter member of the A. 0. U. W., Lodge No. 11; is a member of the Brothernood of Locomotive Engineers, and is Chief of Division No. 273, Conneaut, Ohio. WILLIAM HENRY CROWELL, County Auditor, is the third son of William and Nancy Crowell, and was born in Madison, Lake county, Ohio, August 9, 1836. In April, 1840, the family removed to Geneva, in this county, and it was in the schools of that township the subject of the sketch received his education. His easy .method of handling the pen was, however, acquired from the renowned father of penmanship, Platt R. Spencer. He finished, in the fall of I854, at the old log house which Prof. Spencer designated by the appellation of "Jericho Seminary." On December 17, 1855, William H. secured a situation as a bookkeeper in the freight department of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad at Cleveland, and after eighteen months' service in this position was, for "sobriety and fidelity in the discharge of his duty," promoted to the responsible position of cashier in the same office; served as cashier until January, 1863, when he resigned to accept the situation of chief clerk in the commissary department at Camp Dennison, Ohio. He served in that capacity until the last days of December, 1864, when he returned to Geneva and assumed at that point control of his business, which was that of ready-made clothing, men's furnishing goods, etc., until he was elected to the office of County Auditor, in October, 1866. He assumed the duties of the office in March, 1867, and his fitness has been amply attested by his re-election to the responsible office seven times in succession, the last of which was in the fall of 1877, for three years. Mr. Crowell was, on January 26, 1865, united in marriage to Miss Lida, youngest daughter of William and Elizabeth Butterworth, of Mainewell, Warren county, this State. The pledges of affection which have been sent to cheer them in " life's weary pilgrimage" are Louisa Lavera, born November 1, 1865; Ruby De Mott, born February 10, 1868; Benjamin Butterworth, born March 3, 1869, died March 5, 1869; William Butterworth and Nathan Henry, born November 8, 1874 (the former died September 13, 1876); and Evangeline, the baby, born May 25, 1877. Mr. Crowell is a member of the fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons, being an affiliant of Tuscan Lodge, No. 342, at Jefferson. He is also a member of the order of I. O. O. F. Politically, Mr. Crowell is a Republican, of the unequivocal kind. He is now in the Fifth Auditor's office at Washington, District of Columbia. DR. F. L. SARGENT, a prominent physician and surgeon of Cherry Valley, Ohio, and a man of the highest personal character, was born in Cattaraugus, New York, August 12, 1861. His parents, Snyder and Hannah (Smith) Sargent, were old residents of the Empire State and descendants of prominent and respected families. The subject of this sketch was reared in Central New York and received his preliminary education in the district schools. At an early age he began the study of medicine under the 1024 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY instruction of Dr. T. K. Mitchell, of Jamestown, Pennsylvania, an eminent physician and surgeon, and the two years of 1887 and 1888 were passed at the Western Reserve College, in Cleveland. The following year, 1889, was profitably spent in the Medical Department of the Wooster University, at Cleveland, at which he graduated in the class of 1889. He at once began the practice of his profession in Andover, Ohio, where he remained one year, at the end of which time he settled in Cherry Valley, where he now has a large and lucrative patronage. To his skill as a physician and surgeon, he adds the social qualities of a vulture and refinement, and is deservedly popular in his community. In 1882, Dr. Sargent was married, in Jamestown, Pennsylvania, to Miss Luella Davis; an accomplished lady, a native of Jamestown and a representative of an old and honored family. They have one son, William B. Politically, the Doctor advocates the principles of Democracy, as best calculated to advance the interests of the country. He is a member in good standing of the Ashtabula County Medical Society. As a citizen he is enterprising, progressive and liberal, deeply interested in the public welfare, and a man of the highest honor, who is respected by all who know him. JOHN QUINCY METCALF, a worthy member of the notable family of Met-) calfs who settled in East Village in an early day, was born in Ashtabula county, Ohio, in 1819. Ho is a brother of E. R. Metcalf, also a prominent citizen of Ashtabula county, who is mentioned elsewhere in this volume. The subject of this sketch learned farming in his youth, being reared at home, and attended the district schools of his vicinity. When he became old enough, however, to strike out in the world for himself, he did so with much courage and determination, choosing the occupation of wheelman and shipping before the mast on the lake. This employment yielded more than was promised to an ambitious beginner, and for five years he performed his part of the contract well and thoroughly. By carefnl economy, he was able at the close of his service to show more clear money than any other man of the crew, not excepting the captain. On leaving the water, he invested his savings in fdfty acres of heavily timbered land, just north of Ashtabula. Into the forest he went with an ax and grubbing hoe, clearing his land and overcoming all other incidental difficulties. With strong determination and persistent industry, he succeeded from the first, and gradually added more territory to his little farm until he is now the proprietor of more than twice as many acres as he originally owned, being justly numbered among the most substantial men of the county. This prosperity is entirely due to his own efforts and wise management, and he deserves much credit for his persistence under circumstances which would have tried the souls of most men. September 5, 1843, Mr. Metcalf was married, in Ashtabula, Ohio, to Nancy Barnes, a lady of education and refinement, daughter of Joseph Barnes, an old settler of Ohio. He was a native of Connecticut and came to Ohio in pioneer days. He was a hatter by trade, but followed farming exclusively in his new home, becoming a prosperous and prominent citizen. His wife before marriage was a Miss Robertson, a woman of unusual ability and a member of an old and respected family. They reared six children, four of whom now OF NORTHEASTERN' OHIO - 1025 survive. Mr. and Mrs. Metcalf have reared a large family of sons and daughters, who reflect credit on them by their worthy actions.. The names of these appear on another page, in the biography of thcir son, Arthur Metcalf. The parents are now alone, their youngest child having married in June, 1893, and gone to Michigan to live, where many of her brothers and sisters reside, all occupying honorable positions in business and society. Mr. Metcalf's life may well serve as an example to all poor and deserving young men, who have but their will and good health to depend upon in making a start in life. What he has done, others may essay, and it rests with them alone whether they reach his position of wealth and renown. REV. R. O. POST, D.D., pastor of the Congregational Church at Conneaut, Ohio, was born in Logansport, Indiana, October 1, 1850, a son of Rev. Martin M. and Eliza M. (Breed) Post, the former a native of Vermont, and the latter of New Hampshire. The father attended the Andover Theological Seminary, was one of the founders of the Wabash (Indiana) College, was one of its Trustees; and was a minister in the Presbyterian Church from 1829 to 1876. He was an exceedingly fine linguist, could read the Hebrew bible as an English text; so could examine any candidate for ordination in the Presbyterian ministry in the original tongue. During his long pastorate he was offered professorships in several of the leading college& of the West, was offered the presidency of an Eastern institution, also the editorship of the Herald and Presbytery, when it was yet known as the Herald. Dr. Post was regarded as a man of the finest literary attainments of the Central West. He was an intimate friend of Henry Ward Beecher, the latter being a frequent visitor at his home, and also filling his pulpit many nights in succession. Beecher wrote of him in the Christian Union: " He was a man of essentially fine fibre, finely cultivated, of gentle heart heroism, in which patience, fidelity, suffering, labor and poverty were made beautiful. In these gems he was rich. Here, in his only parish, Rev. Post lived and died, although he still lives in the hearts of all who ever knew him." He was born December 3, 1805, and died October 11, 1876. His wife, born in 1817, died in March, 1884. She was a member of the first-class to graduate at Mt. Holyoke Seminary, taught in the Granville (Ohio) Female Seminary until her marriage, and was a very active woman, not only taking care of the affairs of her own household, but looked well into the charities of the town. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and was president of both the Orphans' Hume at Logansport and the Ladies' Aid Society. The poor she had with her at all times. Dr. and Mrs. Post had seven children, of whom our subject was the sixth in order of birth. Lucy, the youngest daughter, is the wife of Prof. Stanley Coulter, Professor of Biology in Purdue University, of Indiana, and one of the leading educators of the State. The five sons entered the ministry of the same church, two of whom, Alfred and Edward, are now deceased. Alfred died while pastor of the church at Santa Clara, California, at the age of twenty-nine years. Edmond died at St. Andrews, aged forty-one years where he had charge of a work. The remaining children are: Martin, pastor of the Congregational Church at Sterling, Illinois; Aurelian, a minister in the same denomination at Tolland, Connecti- 1026 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY cut; and Mary, wife of Z. S. Ely, of New York city. She was a fine scholar, and was offered the principalship of Rutger College before she was twenty years of age. Rev. R. O. Post, D.D., our subject, was educated at Wabash College, graduating in the class of 1871. He then took a post-graduate and theological course at Yale, in the class of 1874, after which he took charge of his father's old church at Logansport, remaining there five years. Dr. Post spent the following ten years in Springfield, and in May, 1891, came to Conneaut, Ashtabula county, Ohio, where he has cver since served acceptably in thc Congregational Church. He has received the degree of A. B. from Crawfordsville, also the honorary degrees of A. M. and B. D. from Yale, and D. D. from the Illinois College, at Jacksonville, the oldest college in the State. Rev. Post has lectured at Chautauqua and other assemblies, but prefers pulpit work. He has a decided talent for literary work, and for seven years made out the programs for the work of the Authors' Club. In 1890 Rev. Post made a tour of the continent, visiting Holland, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerzerland, France, England, Scotland and Ireland, walking over 500 miles, among the Bavarian and Swiss Alps, and through the Lake country of the poets Wordsworth and Coleridge. In November, 1876, our subject was united in marriage to Miss Janette Morhous, a daughter of J. R. Morhous, who has been superintcndent of the Redemption Division of the United States Treasury for the past twenty-seven years. For his singular ability in his line of work he has been retained through all the administrations, and there has never been a mistake of a cent in his department. His wife was Miss Emily Hughley, a native of New York, but now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Post have three sons: Stanley, John and Roswell. Mrs. Post is a member of the Congregational Church. Rev. Post was for four years Chaplain of the Illinois Senate, for nine years was Chaplain of the Fifth Regiment Illinois National Guard, has badges for handling the gun, and has had the highest rank as a sharpshooter in the State of Illinois,—in short, is an " all-around man." ALEXANDER T. WING, deceased, was for many years a prominent and successful farmer of Auburn township, Geauga county, Ohio. Few men in this section of the country were better known or more highly respected than he. Of his life we make mention as follows: Alexander T. Wing was born at Perry's Mills, Champlain township, Clinton county, New York, December 29, 1826. His father, Tyler Wing, was born at Rockingham, Vermont, and was of Welsh-English extraction. By occupation he was a farmer. He moved his family from New York State to Streets-borough, Portage county, Ohio, in 1833, where he bought a farm, and ran a store for a number of years. In his old age he came to Geauga county, and died at the home of his son, Alexander T., in 1874, aged eighty-six years. His wife, nee Martha Rogers, a native of New York State, died here in 1880, at the age of eighty-six. Both were devoted Christians and were members of the Congregational Church. They reared a family of seven children, the subject of this sketch being the youngest son and sixth horn, and the only one of that number who has passed away. OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 1027 Alexander T. Wing came to Portage county, Ohio, in his boyhood days. His education was received in the public and select schools of Streetsborough. At the age of eighteen he left home to learn the carpenter's trade. Subseqnently he traveled over a large scope of country, as far West as St. Louis, Missouri, and through Michigan, Minnesota and Ohio, working at his trade. At Streetsborough, May 29, 1853, Mr. Wing married Miss Cordelia Risley, who died January 3, 1855, without issue. September 10, 1859, he married Miss Frances L. Stafford, who was born in Ontario county, New York, September 10, 1832, daughter of. Joshua and Lucretia (Gibson) Stafford, the former a native of Rhode Island, and tile latter of Portland, Maine. The Stafford family moved to Ohio in 1834. While coming across the lake they were caught in a storm, ran into Fairport, and were wrecked. The boat was lost but all on board were saved. Mr. Stafford settled in the western part of Auburn township, where he improved a farm and spent the residue of his life, dying here at the age of seventy-eight years. His wife passed away at the age of forty-five. They reared nine children. Mr. and Mrs. Wing had four children, namely; Martha C., who died at the age of three years; the second child died in infancy; Willis S., a merchant at Auburn Corners; Ella E., wife of W. D. McCollum, resides on a farm in this township. It was in 1852 that the subject of our sketch settled on his farm in Auburn township. He cleared up about seventy acres of the place and mane all the substantial improvements upon it. Ho was a hard worker all his life. He gave his attention to general farming and stock-raising. Mr. Wing was prominently identified with various organizations. Religiously he was a Universalist, of which church Mrs. Wing is also a member. He was a Republican in politics, and was twice a member of the United States jury at Cleveland. He served as Trustee seven terms, as Assessor two terms, and two terms as a Justice of the Peace. When a young man he joined the Masonic order at Kalamazoo, Michigan, and for thirty-three years was a member of Golden Gate Lodge, No. 245, at Chagrin Falls. He had taken the Royal Arch degree in Masonry. He was also identified with the Odd Fellows, having his membership at Auburn Corners. June 2, 1892, this good man passed away. His funeral was attended by a large concourse of people, and at his grave the Masons and Odd Fellows performed their beautiful and impressive ceremonies over their departed brother. MARTIN E; GRAY is one of the prominent farmers of Willoughby township, Lake county, Ohio. He owns a farm of 28.0 acres of choice land, lying along the banks of the lake shore. This place is one of the finest in the neighborhood, and is kept up in a manner befitting this decade. The birth of Mr. Gray occurred in Madison county, New York, January 29, 1815. He is a son of Andrew and Sarah (Harkness) Gray, who were natives of Hampshire county, Massachusetts, and Amherst, Massachusetts, respectively. Our subject's paternal grandfather, Jacob Gray, was also born in Massachusetts, where he passed his entire life on the farm.. The Gray family were for many generations inhabitants of New England. 1028 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY Andrew Gray left his native State and removed to Madison county, New York, in 1810. He was a blacksmith by trade and followed that occupation for a number of years until 1830, after which he turned his attention to farming. In 1837, he removed with his family to Ohio and settled on the lake shore in Willoughby township. The country was wild and sparsely settled and wild game was abundant. For seven years he lived in a log house and devoted himself to clearing the land. He was in the service during the war of 1812. When he had passed four-score years, or in 1861, he departed this life in the faith of the Baptist Church with which he had long held membership. His wife also lived to a good old age, being about ninety years old at the time of her death. She was a life-long member of the Baptist Church also. Our subject is one of eight children who grew to adult years, and of the number only three are now living. One brother, who lives in Painesville is eighty-four years of age, while the sister, who lives in this neighborhood, is now well advanced in years. Mr. Gray attended the old-fashioned log schoolhouse, conducted on the subscription plan and helped his father in every possible way to develop and clear his homestead. Miss Mary Hopkins, who was born in Groton, Tompkins county, New York, became the wife of Mr. Gray in 1844. Her parents came to Ohio in 1833. Two children were born to our worthy subject and wife: Andrew married Miss Marie Bostwick, and is engaged in farming on the old homestead. He attended the Dennison University until the senior year. Ophelia, the little daughter of our subject died when only two years of age. The mother was called from the shores of time in 1881, leaving many friends who deeply mourn her loss. Both she and her husband were members of the Baptist denomination and for many years the latter has been a Deacon. The first presidential vote or our subject was cast for William H. Harrison, and he has voted at every presidential election since until that of 1892, when he was, unfortunately, too ill to go to the polls. He was in former years a Whig, and since the organization of the Republican party, has been one of its strong adherents. He has been given a number of responsible local positions, served as Township Trustee for one term, and has been Justice of the Peace for six years. As a business man he ranks high, and on his farm keeps good grades of horses, cattle, sheep and hogs.