(RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) 450 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY died there in 1881, aged eighty-six. He was a man of some prominence in his day, holding various local offices, and commanding the respect of all who knew him. His wife preceded him to the other world, her death occurring at the age of seventy-four. Both were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They had a family of eleven children, four of whom are living. Henry L. Hosmer first saw the light of day in a log cabin on Ward's Hill in Newbury township, and his education was that received in one of the primitive log schoolhouses of the period. He remained at home until he reached his majority. In 1845—'46 he was in Indiana, where for eight months he was employed at feeding cattle, at $8 per month. Then he returned to Ohio and worked out for wages for about seven years. During this time he spent one winter, 1847— '48, in the South chopping wood. He and a young friend built a shanty and boarded themselves. In the spring they started home on foot, but bought a horse, and the rest of the journey they took turns in riding. In 1854 Mr. Hosmer located in Troy township, this county, and began farming, in which occupation he has since been engaged. Here, he now has 325 acres of choice land, well improved. At one time he owned 550 acres, but has given a farm to each of his children. Mr. Hosmer has been a hard-working man all his life. To the cheerful companionship and timely advice of his good wife he gives much credit for the success he has attained. Of his marriage we record that this event occurred in March, 1854, the lady of his choice being Lucy Jane Gould, of Ashland county, Ohio. Her people came to this State from Vermont. Mr. and Mrs. Hosmer have two children, Hortense and Eugene. They lost one child in infancy. Politically, Mr. Hosmer is a Republican. His first vote was cast with the Free Soil party. For several years he has been Ditch Commissioner for Troy and Burton townships. He has also served for several years as Township Trustee. Fraternally, he is a Mason and an Odd Fellow. WALTER L. MAIN was born in Medina county, Ohio, July 13, 1863, a son of William and Mereb (Mihills) Main, also natives of the Buckeye State and of Scotch descent. The parents followed the occupation of farming, and Walter was reared to agricultural pursuits. " As the twig is bent, so is the tree inclined," may be a true saying, but the beauties of rural life paled into insignificance before the attractions offered by more active business relationships and closer contact with the world. In 1879 he was engaged as bill poster for Burdick & Allen's tent show, and soon became general agent for Hilliard's and several large shows in this country. Making the most of his opportunities for observation he mastered all the details of the business, and in 1886 became proprietor of his fine exhibit; he has enlarged and increased his attractions as his capital would permit, and now has one of the largest and best arranged circus and menagerie combinations in America. He is one of the youngest managers in the United States, and is to be congratulated upon the success he has made of the business. His winter quarters are at Geneva, Ohio. Mr. Main was united in marriage December 31,-1887, to Florence M. Damon of Trumbull, Ohio. Mrs. Main is a member of the Congregational Church. He belongs to the OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 451 Masonic order, having attained the rank of Knight Templar, and is also a member of the I. O. O. F., and Knights of Pythias. Politically he supports the issues of the Republican party. CHARLES W. DEVOE, the senior member of the firm of DeVoe Bros. & Co., of Orwell, Ohio, was born in Orwell, October 18, 1862. He is the son of Henry A. and Jane B. (Bockover) DeVoe. He was educated at Grand River Institute at Austinburgh, Ohio, and was reared to mercantile pursuits. After spending some time as clerk in the store of G. B. DeVoe & Co., he started in business for himself at Windsor Corners, Ohio, in February, 1882. At the end of three successful years in business them he moved to Orwell, and subsequently to Rock Creek, where he conducted a general store under the name of C. W. DeVoe & Co. In 1891 he returned to Orwell, and the firm of DeVoe Bros. & Co. was formed, with Charles W. as general manager and Fred II. DeVoe and Ward B. Stone as members of the firm. This association succeeded the old established firm of George B. DeVoe & Co., which had done business here since 1875. DeVoe Bros. & Co. occupy the entire lower floor of a fine two-story brick, 40 x 115 feet, corner of Main and West street, and theirs is one of the most convenient and attractive store rooms to be seen anywhere outside of a city. It is tastefully and luxuriously arranged, with each of its several departments crowded with the latest styles and most reliable fabrics from the English and American looms. This house may claim the title of a great department store. It embraces a diver- sity of rare and expensive dress goods, silks, velvets, etc., ladies' and gentlemen's furnish. ings, jackets and capes, men's and children's clothing, boots and shoes, carpets, groceries, crockery, etc., etc. The uniform courtesy of both proprietors and clerks, and the excellent quality, good assortment and low prices of their goods, combine to make this the leading and most popular house of the kind in this section of the country. November 25, 1885, Charles W. DeVoe married Miss Lizzie Lane, daughter of Edmund and Elizabeth Lane, of Shepton Mallet, Somersetshire, England, her father being a lumber merchant of some note in his locality. Mrs. DeVoe came to the United States in 1879 with her aunt, Mrs. Robert Langdon of Bloomfield, with whom she made her home until her marriage to Mr. DeVoe. They have one son, Harry L., born November 24, 1886. May 20, 1893, Mrs. DeVoe sailed for a visit to her old home in England, accompanied by Miss Florence Rex and the Miss Venns, of Bloomfield, and after a pleasant sojourn there returned, more than ever satisfied with her home in the United States. She has been a member of the Presbyterian Church for some time. Mr. DeVoe has always been a Republican. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias and of the Presbyterian Church. LEWIS W. SMITH.—If any one could be said to be wedded to the interests of Ashtabula, Ohio, it would be the subject of this sketch, who has watched its growth from a straggling village to a populous city. L. W. Smith, a prominent and public- spirited citizen of Ashtabula, was born in this 452 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY city September 23, 1826, a son of James and Laura (Scoville) Smith, esteemed pioneers of this county. His father was a native of New York State, where his ancestors for several generations were born. The mother of the subject of this sketch was a relative of General Ward of Revolutionary fame. His father was reared in Saratoga, New York, to early manhood, and while yet unmarried emigrated to Ohio in 1819, settling in Ashtabula county. Here he built and operated a gristmill for a number of years, people coming as far as forty miles to his mill to get their grain ground. lie here married Laura Scoville, also a native of the Empire State, who came with her parents to Ashtabula in an early day. They have five children: Elizabeth, deceased; Ursula, Lewis W., James and William Ward. The father was accidentally killed in his mill when the subject of this sketch was five years of age. He was an enterprising and upright man and left many friends to mourn his loss. The mother survived him a number of years and was re-married, but had no other children. Mr. Smith, whose name heads this sketch, was reared in Ashtabula, receiving a fair education in the schools of this city. He passed his youth on a farm, on which he remained until 1850, when he engaged in the merchandise business in Cincinnati. In 1851 he went to New York city and entered the wholesale silk, millinery and shawl business, in which he continued twenty-five years. In 1861, he became a partner in the firm of Andrew, Giles, Sanford & Company, which afterward became Andrews, Sanford & Smith, Mr. Giles retiring. Mr. Smith was thus engaged until 1875, when he sold his interest and returned to Ashtabula, and there entered the general dry-goods business, to favor his son, James Smith, in learning the business. In the meantime, he invested from time to time in Ashtabula real estate, and finally, in 1884, sold his dry-goods business to give his attention to his realty interests. He has materially aided in the growth of Ashtabula, which he has seen rise from a village to a city of 12,000 inhabitants, and in which advancement he takes a deep interest and a just pride. In politics Mr. Smith is a Republican. In 1849, Mr. Smith was married to Miss Mary Gillmore, an estimable lady of Ashtabula, a daughter of Rev. James and Clarissa (Squires) Gillmore, natives of New York. Mr. Gillmore was an able minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have one son, James, a promising young business man of Ashtabula. Thus briefly are given the leading events of an eminently busy and useful life, whose motives have always been of the highest and which has been justly crowned with success. FRANK R. LOOMIS, M. D.—Among the successful medical practitioners of Jefferson, Ohio, none is more worthy of mention than the gentleman whose name heads this sketch, whose conscientious and energetic efforts have gained for him a worthy position in his profession and the high regard of his fellow men. Dr. Loomis was born in the city where he now resides, September 7, 1852, and is a son of Harrison and Harriet (Spencer) Loomis, of the same city, natives respectively of New York and Connecticut. The former is the representative of an old and prominent family of Ashtabula county, who were early settlers of this vicinity. OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 453 The subject of this sketch was reared in his native city, where he attended the common schools, which instruction he supplemented by a course in college at Brooklyn, Michigan. After leaving school, he was variously occupied until he reached the age of twenty-five years, at which time he commenced the study of medicine in Ashtabula, Ohio. Two years later, he entered the Cleveland Homeopathic Hospital College, at which institution he was graduated in 1882. He then settled in Jefferson, where he has since enjoyed an active and increasing practice. October 3, 1883, he married Miss Alice E., daughter of George and Alice E. Ross. She is an educated and energetic lady, a native of Ashtabula county, and for several years previous to her marriage was a popular teacher. After her marriage she commenced the study of medicine under the direction of her husband, and in 1890 graduated at the Cleveland Homeopathic Hospital College, and since then has been practicing with her husband, making a specialty of gynecology, although she does a general practice. Dr. Loomis is a member in good standing of the State Medical Society, and belongs to the I. O. O. F. In politics he is a Republican. Such a partnership as the foregoing is not yet so common as to have lost its charm of novelty, and does great credit to both parties concerned, justly deserving the encouragement and success which it so thoroughly enjoys. JAMES MARVIN, one of the most prosperous farmers and highly respected citizens of Ashtabula county, Ohio, residing mar Andover, was born March 16, 1824. He is a representative of one of the oldest and most respected families of the county, both his grandfather and father having come here among the earliest settlers, when the county was covered with woods and wild game abounded. They descended from hardy, New England ancestors, who were admired alike for their intelligence, industry and high moral character. It is to such settlers that Ohio owes its present prominence among the sister States. Sylvanus Marvin, Sr., and his worthy wife, grandparents of the subject of this sketch, died in this county after a long life of usefulness to their fellow men, universally respected and lamented for their many noble qualities. Sylvanus Marvin, Jr., their son and father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Sandisfield, Massachusetts, whence he came with his parents to Ohio in an early day. He early -became familiar with frontier life and all its attendant difficulties. He kept a hotel in the pioneer days and was a prominent cattle dealer and general farmer, leaving 860,000 at his death. His wife, Fear Smith, was a native of Massachusetts and descended from an old and prominent New England family. They reared three children: James, whose name heads this sketch; Jeannette, now Mrs. Brooks; and Mary J., now Mrs. Sweet. In 1863 the family were called upon to mourn the loss of the devoted wife and mother, who died at the age of sixty-two years, leaving many friends to lament her taking away; the father and husband died at the age of seventy-four, universally regretted. He was an influential Republican and an active, public-spirited man. The subject of this sketch was reared and educated in Ashtabula county, being trained to farm work. At the age of twenty-three, he went to Espyville, Pennsylvania, where 454 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY he entered a store and remained for some time, laying the foundation of that practical business education which has contributed to his present success. He then returned to Ashtabula county and resumed farming and now owns one of the best places in the county, including 1,140 acres of choice land, which is cultivated to general farming, besides which he has a dairy of forty-five cows. He has a sugar-tree grove and fruit orchard, both of which render him a profitable income. He has a large and comfortable modern house, three good barns, one of which is 36 x 44, one 30 x 72 and the other 34 x 80, and an excellent granary, besides numerous other modern improvements, and is justly - numbered among the must substantial farmers of the county. May 5, 1855, Mr. Marvin was married, in Crawford county, Pennsylvania, to Mary E. Linn, an estimable lady, born and reared in that county. Her parents, Joseph and Lydia (Wilson) Linn, were natives of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, respectively. Her father was a successful hotel man and died at the age of fifty-six years, greatly mourned by all who knew him. Her mother survived him many years, is now living in Denmark, Lee county, Iowa, aged eighty-six, and has many sincere friends. Their children were: Joseph A.; Mary E., wife of the subject of this sketch; Esther J.; Hannah A.; Margaret Z-, a successful school-teacher; and Eupha L. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin have four children : Sylvana, wife of W. H. Brown; Edna M., wife of H. D. French; Clinton J., engaged in mercantile business at Espyville, Pennsylvania; and George L., dealer in farm implements. Politically, Mr. Marvin is a Republican, as his father was before him. He affiliates with the I. O. O. F. Like his father, also, he takes an active interest in the welfare of his community, to the material and moral advancement of which he has greatly contributed, being justly numbered among his county's representative citizens. ISAAC B. REED.—As Shakespeare makes one of his characters remark that it is not the fault of the stars, but of ourselves, that we are underlings, so the subject of this sketch has demonstrated what determined energy and intelligent effort can accomplish in the way of advancement. I. B. Reed, a successful merchant and popular citizen of Jefferson, Ohio, was born in Aberdeen, Ohio county, Indiana, April 1, 1844. His parents, James K. and Sarah (Easton) Reed, were both natives of Kentucky, the former born in Lexington and the latter in Cynthiana. Both were of Scotch lineage, their respective parents having removed from Maryland to Kentucky in an early day, when the latter State was wild and but slightly settled. The mother of the subject of this sketch was a daughter of Colonel Easton, of Revolutionary fame, and one of her sisters was the mother of Hon. William H. English, of Indianapolis, Indiana, a lawyer of national repute and Democratic candidate for vice-president with Winfield Scott Hancock, in 1880. The devoted mother was called to her reward about twenty-five years ago. The father still survives, at the age of ninety-eight years, in the enjoyment of good health, and resides in Mason, Illinois. They were the parents of seven children, six of whom survive. The subject of this sketch resided under the parental roof until he was twenty years of age, and received a common-school educa- OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 455 tion. The parents were in limited circumstances, with a large family to provide for, and the sons were early obliged to shift for themselves, learning in this manner those lessons of self-reliance and determination which have proved of such incalculable benefit to them in after life, and have contributed to raise them to positions of prosperity and honor. In 1863 the subject of this notice went to Effingham county, Illinois, then on the frontier and but slightly settled, taking with him no money, but a strong determination to succeed by means of industry. He there took up railroad land on credit and at once began an active and successful career in fanning, stock-raising, and in buying and selling stock and grain. He took up his residence in Mason, that State, where, in 1866, he was married to Anna Vista Donaldson, daughter of William Donaldson, a prominent resident of that city. They had three children, two daughters and one son: Adora, now the wife of E. S. Jordan; Louise and Charles C., who were deprived by death of the mother's care at a tender age, she dying in 1874. The following year Mr. Reed removed to Indianapolis, Indiana, where he entered business, and was there married in 1877, to Mrs. Susan F. Coffman, nee Chalacomb, a worthy lady, formerly of Wellington, Ohio. Shortly afterward Mr. Reed left Indianapolis and returned to the Prairie State, settling in Effingham, where he entered the mercantile business and looked after his farming interests in that county. He continued to be thus employed until 1881, at which time he became connected with the business of the White Sewing Machine Company, with headquarters in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1887 he bought the general merchandise store of Colonel Windship, in Pierpont, that State, where he settled and successfully conducted that business until his removal to Jefferson in 1890, which has since been his home. He here engaged in the same business, at the same time opening a store in Andover, in the same county. On coming to this county, Mr. Reed originated and built a telephone line connecting the important towns of the county. After bringing this enterprise to a successful termination, he sold to a telephone company of Chicago. Socially, Mr. Reed affiliates with the Knights Templar Masons, the I. O. O. F., the Knights of Pythias and the Farmers' Grange of Ashtabula county. He has been Lecturer of this grange for two years, and was recently installed Master of the association. He takes a deep interest in farming, which was his first occupation, and is devotedly attached to the cause of the husbandman. In politics he is a Republican. These few meager facts of an eminently busy and useful life sufficiently demonstrate the indomitable energy and sterling worth of the man, whose motto has been honorable advancement for himself and assistance to his fellow-men. GROVE A. STREETER.—Among those , who contributed to the early develop- ment of Ashtabula county, Ohio, and who, though now passed from the scene of their labors, are still cherished in the memories of those who survive and who participate in the benefits derived from the former's industry and ability, the subject of this sketch holds a prominent place. His father, Anson Streeter, was a native of New England, and came to Ashtabula county, Ohio, in an early day, where he was 456 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY well and favorably known. He reared seven sons: William, Hiram, Avery, Ruxton, Frank, Homer and Grove A. The subject of this sketch was born in Lake county, Ohio, March 29, 1833, and in the district schools obtained his education, which, combined with his natural endowments, produced a combination of good business qualities. He early learned the carpenter and joiner's trade, which he followed uninterruptedly for a decade and a half, most of the time in Ashtabula county. In 1855, induced by the greater opportunities of the Northwest, he decided to go to that section, and accordingly settled in Superior, Wisconsin, at that time just springing into life as an ore-shipping point. Wages were higher there, and mechanics were able to see their earnings accumulate more rapidly than in the slower-going East. The following year Mr. Streeter returned temporarily to Ashtabula for his bride, with whom he again moved to the new country of the Northwest, which was their home until 1858, when they once more came back to their old home, where they were destined to pass their remaining days. He was for a few years engaged at his trade, after which he began the manufacture of shafts and poles, which he successfully prosecuted for some time, subsequently disposing of the business advantageously and entering the employ of Mr. Snyder, who was then conducting a similar business. He continued to work on a salary until 1883, at which time, in partnership with his son, he started a grocery on Main street, an enterprise in which he was engaged until his death, May 7, 1892. The firm enjoyed a large and lucrative trade, gained by customary uprightness in dealing and courtesy of treatment. Mr. Streeter's life was an excellent illustration of what industry and natural intelligence can accomplish, unaided and alone. Beginning life a poor boy, he accumulated during his active career a comfortable competency for his family. Among other monuments of his industry may be mentioned the large, three-story brick building at No. 135 Main street, which is now owned by Mr. Gray. Owing to some slight disability, Mr. Streeter was rejected by the examining committee at the time of the late war, although he patriotically tendered his services to his country and had been elected Captain of a militia company which he was instrumental in organizing. June 30, 1856, Mr. Streeter was married in Ashtabula, by the Rev. Dr. Radcliff, to Miss Frances A. Shaylor, a lady of domestic and social accomplishments, and sister of L. K. Shaylor, a biography of whom appears in this history. Their only child, Horace S., was born March 24, 1859, and on August 18, 1885, was married to Miss Etta M. Husted. They have two children: Zoe F., born November 28, 1886; and Lee H., born January 1, 1889. Mrs. Streeter is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Her mother, Mrs. Shaylor, resides with her, which makes her life less lonely. Mrs. Shaylor is now in her seventy- fifth year, fine looking and well preserved. She has sixteen great-grandchildren. Mr. Streeter was a man well thought of by the people among whom he dwelt. HON. FRANK C. MOORE.— As an example of merit receiving its reward, k the life of Mr. Moore is conspicuous, his prosperity and honorable attainments having been secured through his own unaided efforts. OF NORTHEASTERN ASTERN OHIO - 457 The subject of this sketch, a prominent business man and worthy citizen of Ashtabula, Ohio, was born in Jefferson, this State, February 5, 1851, son of Monroe and Isabelle (Warner) Moore. His father was born in Andover, Ohio, and was a son of Harley Moore, a native of Massachusetts, who emigrated to Ashtabula county, Ohio, about 1815, settling in Andover, where he became a pioneer farmer. The father of the subject of this sketch grew to manhood in that section and obtained a limited education in the pioneer schools, but, self-educated, gained a knowledge of law under the instruction of Hon. Benjamin F. Wade, of Jeffers on. On being admitted to the bar, the father went to Greenville, Pennsylvania, where he attained eminence in his profession, although his life was cut short in early manhood at the age of twenty-nine years. His widow, who now resides in Ashtabula, was subsequently married to John Duero, a prominent furniture dealer of this city. Mr. Moore, of this notice, remained in Jefferson until he was thirteen years of age, when his mother and Stepfather removed to Ashtabula, where, at the age of fifteen, young Moore became self-sustainirg. He later learned photography which he continued to follow until recently, when he sold out and engaged in the insurance and real-estate business. He has resided continuously in Ashtabula since he was thirteen, except three years spent in Lima, this State. Politically, he has always been a Democrat, but his popularity among his fellow citizens is attested by the fact that he has been elected to several important positions by a Republican constituency. In 1886 he was elected City Clerk, in which capacity he served efficiently four years. He was then, in 1890, elected Mayor of Ashtabula, to which position he was re-elected in 1892, and is now filling that office. Since becoming Mayor, more public work has been done in Ashtabula than in all its previous history. He is a pusher, and has been especially instrumental in the improvement of Ashtabula harbor, to which $75,000 was appropriated at the instance of the people of the city, actuated by Mr. Moore. He is the youngest man ever elected to the office named and has proved the most successful of all incumbents. In 1872 Mr. Moore was married to Miss Arabella Bugbee, an estimable lady of Ashtabula, and they have two living children, both sons, Percival H. and Frank C., Jr. Socially, Mr. Moore is a prominent member of the Knights of Pythias and the Order of Elks. As a private citizen and public man, he has ever been the same honorable, genial and public-spirited gentleman, winning and retaining the affectionate regard of all who know him. HON. HENRY S. SMITH.—Among those who have filled the mayoralty of Jefferson, Ohio, and otherwise enjoyed positions of trust in the gift of the people, the subject of this sketch is conspicuous for his worth of character and general efficiency in the community's behalf. Henry S. Smith was born in Lenox township, Ashtabula county, Ohio, October 7, 1847, son of Solomon H. and Orrazetta (Monroe) Smith. His father also was born in Lenox township and was a son of Asahel and Fannie (Hire) Smith, the former a native of Vermont, who removed to Ohio shortly after marriage and were among the pioneer settlers of Lenox township. They were accom- 458 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY panied by Asahel's brother and the young men took up wild land which they industriously improved making for themselves homes in the wilderness. They had nine children, four sons and five daughters. Of these, Solomon H. grew to manhood in his native township, and, as previously stated, married Orrazetta Monroe, a native of New York State, whose parents were pioneers of Ohio. After marriage, Solomon began farming, in which he was successfully engaged until his death, which occurred when he was thirty-one years of age. He left three children, of whom the subject • of this sketch was one, being then five years old. H. S. Smith lived with his mother on the home farm until he attained his majority, securing a fair education at the Kingsville Academy. When eighteen years of age he began to teach school and was thus employed for thirteen successive terms during the winter months, being engaged during the alternate summer seasons in farming on his land in Lenox township. He afterward laid down the ferule of the pedagogue to take up the mace of the Justice of the Peace, in which responsible position he served with efficiency and impartiality for twelve consecutive years. In the spriug of 1883 he removed to Jefferson to assume the duties of Deputy Treasurer, in which capacity he faithfully served his community during the years of 1883, 1884 and 1885. For two terms, during 1891 and 1892, he was at the head of the municipal government of Jefferson, in which he was distinguished for his usual energy and ability. March 30, 1867, he was married to Miss Lucy Rood, a native of Vermont but who was residing at that time in Ashtabula county. They had two sons: Charles E., who died in 1889; and Roy C. Mrs. Smith and son are earnest and useful members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Smith is a Republican who always votes the straight ticket of his party, and is a member of the I. 0. 0. F., Ensign Lodge, No. 400. Few men enjoy in a fuller degree the confidence and esteem of his community, which good opinion has been earned by a life of earliest and honest endeavor. MILO CLENCY SKINNER was born August 7, 1835, on the old farm where he now resides at Windsor, Ohio. His father, Jeptha Skinner, son of Hezekiah and Meriam Skinner, was born in Connecticut, December 23, 1796. The grandparents were among the earliest settlers of the Western Reserve, and here on the frontier, December 24, 1824, Jeptha Skinner married Miss Eliza Aldeman. Soon after his marriage he settled on the farm on which the subject of this sketch was born and has ever since resided. Their four children are as follows: Freeman, Eliza, Milo C., and Lavine. The second born died in infancy, and the rest are still living, occupying honorable and useful positions in life. Jeptha Skinner died October 5, 1855, and his wife departed this life May 21, 1873. Milo C. Skinner was married March 16, 1865, to Miss Jane Clapp, daughter of Ichabod and Hannah (McIntosh) Clapp. Mr. and Mrs. Clapp, prominent and highly respected people of this vicinity, are the parents of five children, namely: Milo S., Jane, Elverton J., Carroll F., and Deette, all highly respected Mrs. Skinnier is not inferior to her brothers and sisters, as her church work and home life amply testify. Mr. and Mrs. OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 459 Skinner have a beautiful and attractive home. A piano and well-filled bookcase are evidences of the culture and refinement there. They know full well how to dispense true hospitality, and their friends are always sure of a royal welcome. They have two daughters, Austa Vietta and Augusta Mable,—the former born May 18, 1870, and the latter September 10, 1872. Miss Austa V. is a graduate of the Euclid Avenue Business College, Cleveland, Ohio, and is now stenographer and typewriter in the law office of Mr. Rogers, No. 236 Superior street, Cleveland. The younger daughter turned her attention to music, beginning to practice on the piano at the age of nine years. She is now a music teacher of more than ordinary ability, and will soon graduate at Dana's Musical Institute, at Warren, Ohio, Politically, Mr. Skinner is a Republican. He has held but few positions of public trust, never having aspired to office. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Windsor, and in every respect is a most worthy citizen. TRUMAN RICHARDSON, of Willoughby, Lake county, Ohio, is one of the preserved men of his age in the / county. He came to Ohio when a young man, and was possessed of those characteristics which win success. He was vigorous and robust in body and mind, willing to work, and was one of those who could turn his hand to anything and do it well. For years he was very industrious and energetic, and often endured untold hardship. However, through it all he was honest, always kept his word to the letter, and consequently never lacked for friends; in short, his motto has always been that it is better to be right than to be president. His fine farm borders on the shore of Lake Erie, and he has brought it to its present high state of cultivation entirely by his own efforts. Everything is kept in good repair and bears the marks of the thrifty owner. Our subject was born in Madison county, New York, August 20, 1812, and is a son of Captain Joseph Richardson, of Massachusetts. His ancestors for generations lived in New England. He was a carpenter, and won his title in the war of 1812, as Captain of a company of cavalry. About the year 1833 he emigrated to Ohio, settling in the wilderness near Willoughby. Few roads had been cut, and the settlers were far from numerous. The house which he erected was the first frame structure between his farm and Mentor. He also put up a sawmill on the lake shore, and was killed when about fifty years of age by a team of horses, which becoming frightened overturned the wagon, upsetting the Owner into the lake, where he was drowned. He was a member of the Baptist denomination, as was also his wife, who was before her marriage a Miss Wood, of New York. Her death occurred in her eighty-sixth year. She was the mother of four sons and two daughters, who with one exception are all living. Truman Richardson, being the eldest son, was obliged to lend his assistance in carrying on the work of his father's farm. his educational advantages were extremely limited, as he never attended but one term of school in his life. He learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed more or less for many years. For awhile he hired out by the month as a carpenter in Willoughby, and then returned to the home farm. He took his father's team once and rode to Cleveland to buy flour 460 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY for the family, having $50 of "wildcat" money for the purpose, but to his great chagrin and annoyance found on his arrival that it would not be accepted, and he was therefore obliged to return without his intended purchase. His father was a strictly temperate man, and his sawmill and dwelling house were the first in the country to be "raised" without the use of intoxicating liquor, dealt out to the friends and neighbors whose assistance was lent on the occasion. Instead he gave all the men a substantial and good dinner, and for this unusual treatment he was afterward much commended. After his father's death our subject was given a deed for 100 acres of land, located in Mayfield township, Cuyahoga county, Ohio. This was on a debt which was owing to him by his father. About this time he built a frame house and barn, and in the six years of his residence on the place he cleared and improved thirty-five acres of the land. lie was made Supervisor of the township where he lived, and was noted for the efficient manner in which he superintended the roads. At one time the township trustees made him a handsome present, as a mark of their appreciation for the good work which had been done under his direction on the roads of the neighborhood. In 1844 Mr. Richardson returned to the old homestead in Willoughby township, and at once purchased a piece of timber and began operating a sawmill, which he ran for several years, shipping lumber to Cleveland. In this branch of trade he was very successful, and in time cleared considerable land. His farm comprises 100 acres, only thirty of which was improved when he first located upon it. Mr. Richardson and Miss Maria Sarah Gray were united in marriage in 1837. She became the mother of six children, two of whom died in childhood. Calvin J. is a farmer in this vicinity; Morillous O. is engaged in operating the old homestead; Ella is the wife of William Graves, of Mentor; and Nettie, who married Martin J. Willy (now deceased), is teaching in a kindergarten school in Chicago. Mrs. Richardson, who was born in the Empire State, departed this life in 1878, at the age of sixty-four years. In politics our subject has recently became a supporter of the Prohibition party, but for many years deposited his ballot in favor of the Republican nominees. He has always been a strong temperance man, and has never used liquor or tobacco in any form. He is an earnest worker in the Baptist Church, and his life is above reproach.   ABNER T. ALLEN, who is perhaps better versed in experimental horticulture than any other man in Lake county, Ohio, and whose tine farm of 120 acres is located in Willoughby township, is the subject of this article. Abner T. Allen, bearing the entire names of both grandfathers and one uncle, was born in Warren, Worcester county, Massachusetts, February 9, 1813, son of Hon. Pardon Allen and grandson of Abner Allen, both natives of Massachusetts. The Aliens trace their ancestry back to England, the family having been awarded a coat-of-arms in London. Grandfather Allen was a soldier in the Revoplutionary war, and a participant in the battle of Bunker Hill. He spent his life on a farm in his native State, and died there at an advanced age. Hon. Pardon Allen was also a farmer. He lived to be sixty-three, and was a man of considerable prominence. In early life he was a school-teacher, afterward he OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 461 filled various local offices, and was finally elected to the Massachusetts Legislature, in which he served most efficiently for two terms. He was a Universalist in belief, and was identified with that church. Of his life companion be it recorded that her maiden name was Ruth Tyler, that she was a native of Warren, Massachusetts, and that at the time of her death she was ninety-six years old. Her father, Deacon Abner Tyler, was a leading member of the Congregational Church, and at an early date was a slaveholder in Massachusetts. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Allen was composed of six sons and one daughter, four of whom are still living. Abner T. Allen is the oldest member of his father's family. He was reared on the farm and received a common-school and academic education, being an academy student in Amherst at the time of the falling of the stars in November, 1833, and being among the first to witness that remarkable phenomenon. He taught several terms of school in Worcester county. . In 1834, at the age of twenty-one, he directed his course westward, jourueying by stage to Albany, thence by canal to Buffalo, and expecting to board a lake vessel at that place. At Buffalo, however, he found the lake in great commotion, and decided to continue his journey on foot. He walked most of the way from there to Cincinnati. He remained in Cincinnati only one night, and the next day started back to Buffalo, again covering most of the distance on foot. The money he spent on this trip he earned by rearing silk worms and making silk in Warren, Massachusetts, and after his return home he worked at the carpenter's trade. He started Wrest again on the day the first train ran over the Boston & Albany Railroad from Worcester to Springfield, and he rode on that train from Warren to Springfield, coming along with the governor and other State officials who were celebrating the event of the completion of the road to Springfield. That was a great day in the Connecticut valley. Landing in Ohio in 1839, Mr. Allen settled at Chagrin Falls, where he bought a partially improved farm. He had stopped over night in Chagrin Falls during his former trip through the State, when there was not a frame house finished in the town. The first year of his residence on this farm he lived in a log house. Then he built a frame house, and continued on that place twenty- four years. In 1863 he sold out and bought land in Willoughby township, and three years later purchased the farm on which lie now lives. This place comprises 120 acres of choice land, which, under the careful management of Mr. Allen, has been developed iuto one of the best fruit farms in the coup, try, its owner being known far and near as a successful fruit-grower. He has eight acres devoted to vineyard, and in the season of 1893 he raised more than 100 bushels of cherries. Previous to his coining West, Mr. Allen took an interest in fruit-growing, and ever since has been more or less interested in it. Of a nature to be always experimenting, he has developed some valuable results. He originated the Allen peach and Wilder pear, selling the latter to Green, the Rochester nurseryman. He also originated the Allen seedling grape. While he has raised almost every variety of fruit adapted to this climate, he gives special attention to pears, Mr. Allen is not only well posted on horticulture, but he also has a fund of general information, and, while lie makes no boast of literary talents, he has written some excellent poems. He is a natural genius in more ways than one. He has made some inventions out 462 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY of which many a man would have realized a fortune. He, however, has never applied for any patents. Among his inventions is a wire brace wheel, such as is now used on bicycles. This he invented years ago, as early as 1838, making a buggy with such wheels and exhibiting it at a fair in Worcester county, Massachusetts. He is now planning a rain- producing device, in whose practical working he has unlimited confidence. Mr. Allen was married in 1839, to Eunice Shepherd, of Warren, Massachusetts, who was his devoted companion for nearly half a century, and whose death occurred in the spring of 1886. She had four children, namely: Mary, wife of Mark Abel, a farmer; Olive, wife of Orrin Cridley; Ellen, wife of George Mosher; and Pardon, who married Louise Roberts, and is engaged in farming at the old homestead. All the children are residents of Willoughby township. Mr. Allen and his wife have both been teachers, and all their children have at various times been engaged in the same occupation. In politics he was first a Whig, then a Free Soiler, and now a Republican. He was always an Abolitionist, but did not vote that ticket. He has filled various local offices. Mrs. Allen was a member of the Congregational Church. RUFUS B. MUNGER, decease], was born at Saratoga, New York, May 16, 1796, a son of Solomon and Ruth Munger, also natives of New York State: the father was born February 10, 1767, and died May 8, 1814; the mother, born in 1762, died October 17, 1836. Rufus B. was reared to agricultural pursuits, which occupation his father followed during life. He attended the common schools, and, making the most of his advantages, fitted himself for a teacher, and was one of the pioneer educators. He emigrated to Ohio about the year 1816 and in 1819 returned to New York, where he was united' in marriage to Maria, daughter of Jason Andrews. Coming again to Ohio he settled on a farm, which he cultivated until 1841; then exchanged this tract for the homestead, which is still occupied by his daughter, a portion having been sold for lots within the corporation of Geneva. He witnessed the growth of this thriving town from a cluster of four or five houses, and was always a staunch supporter of those enterprises which tended to develop and increase the resources of this section of country. Mr. and Mrs. Munger were the parents of five children, two suns and three daughters: Ann, born in 1820, married Plymton Sweet, and died in 1846; Mary M., born in 1822, married John 0. Swan. They had one son, Heber R., who is the father of one son, John 0., who died in California January 26, 1891. George P., the first son, was born February 8, 1824, and died November 26, 1884, being the father of five children, all of whom are living; Henry S., the second son, was born in 1826; he married Hulda Gould, and they had nine children, five of whom are living: Frank, W. H., Henry, Charles and Jennie; he died May 20, 1883, having amassed a large fortune. Maria Theresa was born March 25, 1829; she married Dr. Joseph Edson, and died November 24, 1849. The mother of this family died April 23,1845. Mr. Munger retired from active occupation in 1860 and spent the remainder of his days in making careful investments of the capital he had accumulated: he was a large stock-holder in banks, railroads and other coporations, and possessed excellent judgment. OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 463 Politically he adhered to the principles of the Republican party. For fifteen years he filled the office of Justice of the Peace. A man of sterling worth and unquestioned integrity he was deeply mourned when the hand of death was laid upon him, November 22, 1888, at which time he had attained the age of ninety- two years, six months and six days. Mr. Munger was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for more than half a century, filling some of the most important offices in the Church and contributed largely for its benevolence and for its benefit and support. He died in full hope and faith in the life eternal. A. C. COWIN, station agent at Andover, was born at Latimer, Trumbull county, Ohio, July 24, 1867, a son of George Cowin, who was born, reared and educated near Dublin, Ireland. He was there married to Hannah Taylor, and in 1861 they came to the United States. Mr. Cowin departed this life in 1881. A. C., the subject of this memoir, was reared and educated at Latimer, Ohio. At the age of eighteen years he began railroad work, first serving as targetman at Latimer, then as telegraph operator at different towns, and later was employed as station agent at Williamsfield, Ashtabula county, four and a half years. On account of his ability to fill a more responsible position of trust, he was promoted to the position as station agent of Andover in 1892, where he has ever since remained. Mr. Cowin was married at Williamsfield, Ohio, October 29, 1890, to Sada M. Tickner, a daughter of M. H. and C. P. (Croven) Tickner, of that city. Mr. Cowin affiliates with the I. O. O. F., No. 728, of Andover, and both he and his wife are members of the Congregational Church. Our subject has all the desirable qualities of a successful railroad man, is affable and courteous to all, and zealous and trustworthy.    WALLACE R. FLOWER, M. D.— The medical profession has no more worthy or devoted disciple than the subject of this sketch, whose labors are those of love and devotion to the cause of suffering humanity. Dr. Wallace R. Flower, able physician and esteemed citizen of Ashtabula, Ohio, was born in Rome township, this county, July 31, 1851, son of William C. and Permelia (Stone) Flower, old residents of this vicinity. His father's parents, who were of Scotch ancestry, removed from the East to Portage county, Ohio, when their son, William, was a boy. When William grew to manhood, he came to Ashtabula county, and. there followed farming the rest of his life. He was here married to Permelia. Stone, a native of this county and a daughter of Stukley and Harriet (Richmond) Stone, well known residents of this vicinity. Her father was a native of New York, and her mother of Connecticut, the latter being a daughter of Edmond Richmond, an able Baptist minister and a pioneer of Ashtabula county. William Flower and wife were the parents of six chil, dren, two sons and four daughters, of whom the subject of this sketch is the sole survivor. Dr. Flower lived on a farm until about fifteen years of age, gaining, in free out-of-door life, strength for the future struggles of existence, and learning those lessons of industry and perseverance which have contributed 464 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY to his present success. He received a general education at Orwell Institute and at the age of twenty took a course of study in Rush Medical College, at Chicago. He then entered Western Reserve Medical College, in Cleveland, Ohio, at which he graduated in 1875. Being obliged to defray the expenses of his medical education, he was for two years an attendant in the Insane Asylum in Cleveland, and after graduating was an assistant in the Insane Asylum at Dayton, Ohio, for a year. In 1876, he settled in Austinburg, Ohio, where he began the general practice of medicine, being thus engaged for about five years. He then removed to Lake county, this State, where he practiced his profession about a year and half, when, in 1883, he came to Ashtabula, where he has since continuously resided, enjoying a profitable and increasing patronage. June 15, 1876, Dr. Flower was married to Miss Winona M. Johnson, whose presence was destined to brighten his home only a short time, her death occuring in 1879. The Doctor afterward married Miss Carrie A. Shipman, and they have two interesting children, Winona M. and William H. The Doctor is an active member of the County Medical Society and a prominent Master Mason and Knight of Pythias. In politics he is a Republican. Asa physician he is conscientious, painstaking and capable, and as a citizen and man he is upright, enter- .prising and progressive, and justly enjoys the high regard of his community. JOHN A. DICKSON, M. D.—The medical fraternity of Ashtabula, Ohio, has no more worthy representative than the subject of this sketch, whose natural and ac quired abilities amply fit him to take front rank in his profession. J. A. Dickson, M. D., was born in West Ely, Missouri, January 13, 1851. His parents, William T. and Harriet (Libby) Dickson were natives of Pennsylvania and Portland, Maine, respectively, the former a son of Robert Dickson, who was born in Ireland. William T. Dickson was a teacher and Presbyterian minister, who died in 1877, at West Sunbury, Pennsylvania, where he had preached and been principal of an academy for several years. His wife, mother of the subject of this sketch, a lady of unusual ability and culture, was reared and educated in Portland, Maine, where she early taught school. She afterward went to Missouri with a sister and brother-in-law, where she met and married William T. Dickson. They lived for some time in Maine, but later removed to Grove City, Pennsylvania, where Mrs. Dickson personally taught her son and afterward taking other students, founded the Grove City College, which is now a flourishing institution. A few days after the death of her husband the trustees of West Sunbury Academy elected her principal to succeed him, which position she held from her sixty-seventh to her seventy-fourth year. For the last seven years she has made her home with her son, being, now, 1893, seventy-nine years of age. She had eight children, of whom Dr. Dickson is the sole survivor. With one exception, all the children who died passed away when young. William S. enlisted in the army when sixteen years of age and served four years, when he was captured and confined for eight months in a prison in Florence, Alabama, where he died. The subject of this sketch graduated at the Western Reserve College in 1871, which institution was then situated in Hudson, but OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 465 is now in Cleveland, Ohio. He immediately afterward went to Miami College, Cincinnati, to study medicine and a year later went to Adelbert Medical College in Cleveland, at which latter institution he graduated in 1876. He commenced his practice in West Monterey, Pennsylvania, whence he went two years and and a half later, in 1878, to Burton, Geauga county, Ohio. In 1886, he removed thence to Ashtabula, which has since been his home, and where he has successfully practiced his profession. In 1881, Dr. Dickson was married to Miss Treasure A. Wadsworth, and they have three interesting children, Uarda, Harriet E. and Treasure. The Doctor is in politics an enthusiastic Prohibitionist and has actively aided the furtherance of that just cause. He is socially a prominent member of the State and County Medical Associations, and is a Master Mason. As a citizen and man he is worthy of all esteem, while in his profession he justly takes first rank. ADMORE REDHEAD, a representative business man of Ashtabula, Ohio, was born in Cambridgeshire, England, March 6, 1836. His parents, Henry and Sarah (Coleback) Redhead, natives of the " tight little isle," removed to America in 1853, first settling in Saybrook, Ohio, but afterward removing to Ashtabula, where they died. The father was a shoemaker by trade, and he and his worthy wife were the parents of eleven children, six daughters and five sons. The subject of this sketch attended the common schools in England until he thirteen years of age, and at the age of seventeen came to America with his parents: Shortly afterward he left home and started in life for himself by entering the employ of H. C. Toombes, of Ashtabula, Ohio, where he learned the harness-makers' trade. By industry and economy he was able in three years' time to buy out his employer, and for five years conducted the business alone. At the end of that time he sold out and again entered the employ of Mr. Toombes, who was then keeping a grocery. He continued in this position until the outbreak of the war, when in the spriug of 1861 he enlisted as a private for three months in Company I of the Nineteenth Ohio Infantry, being the first person to enlist from Ashtabula. At the expiration of his term of enlistment he re-enlisted as a private in the Eleventh New York Independent Battery of Artillery, in which he efficiently served for three years, or the end of his term of enlistment. He was then honorably discharged on November 11, 1864, with the rank of First Lieutenant, and at once returned to his old home, Ashtabula, where he has since continued to reside. In the spring of 1865 he entered the grocery business on his own account, successfully continuing the enterprise for twenty-seven years, or until the spring of 1892. In 1874 he and E. G. Pierce erected a good business block, known as the Pierce and Redhead building, which they afterward sold at a good profit. In the spring of 1892, when he discontinued the grocery business, Mr. Redhead engaged in that of real estate and insurance, which he now follows with his usual energy and success, In 1863 Mr. Redhead was married to Miss Susan H. Wilbur, who died in 1869, leaving two children to the bereaved father's care. In 1871 he married Miss Susan D. Kelsey, an estimable lady of Hartford, Connecticut; and they have three children. 466 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY In politics Mr. Redhead adheres to the principles of the Democratic party, and is an active worker in its behalf. Mr. Redhead is an earnest and useful member of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in the welfare of which he ever takes a deep interest. The prosperity which Mr. Redhead now enjoys is entirely due to his own unaided efforts and economy, and he has the best wishes of all for his future success and happiness. CRAWFORD LARGE, the efficient Postmaster and a prominent merchant of Ashtabula Harbor, Ohio, was born in Ashtabula, March 23, 1833, and was a son of William B. and Lydia (Benham) Large. His father was a native of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, born in 1809, and was a son of Robert Large, one of three brothers who came over to this country from England at an early date and settled in Johnstown. William came to Ashtabula county, Ohio, when the country was new and slightly settled. He was a shoemaker by trade, and he followed in early life this occupation in Ashtabula, but after 1850 was engaged until 1865 in sailing on the lakes. He was then employed by the Lake Shore Railway Company, being all of his life an industrious, hard-working man of high integrity and morality. He married Lydia Benham, a native of Saybrook township, Ashtabula county, Ohio, daughter of Samuel Benham, a highly esteemed pioneer of that county, who emigrated from Connecticut in an early day. They had four sons and two daughters. In 1891 the family were railed upon to mourn the loss of the father, who died at Ashtabula Harbor, aged eighty-two. He was a man of many sterling qualities and left numerous friends to mourn his loss. The subject of this sketch was reared in Ashtabula, where he secured a fair education. When nine years of age he went to live with an acquaintance on a farm, where he did light duties for five years. In 1847 he began sailing on the lakes, which occupation he followed thirty years, during twenty years of which time he was master of some craft, from the smallest to the most important vessels plying on the lakes, always commanding an excellent salary, being considered a trustworthy and efficient man. Desiring a settled occupation, he became a policeman and constable at the Harbor; and later, in April, 1880, entered the merchandise business in that city, carrying a line of stationery, books, wall-paper, holiday and fancy goods, clocks, jewelry, confectioneries, cigars and tobacco. He was appointed Postmaster for the Harbor in the spring of 1883, a position which he held for three years, being then displaced by the Cleveland administration. In July, 1889, he was again appointed to that position by the incoming Republican administration, his present commission extending until December, 1893. He has proved a faithful and competent official, systematic and accurate in management and obliging in the discharge of his duties, and has the best wishes of all for his future success. In 1853 Mr. Large was married to Miss Susan B. McKenzie, and they had seven children: Kenneth M., Kate, Hattie, Jennie, John B., William B. and Minnie. March 27, 1892, he was called upon to mourn the loss of his devoted companion, who had been a faithful helpmate for thirty-nine years. In In February, 1893, Mr. Large was married to Mrs. Kate Webster, nee McKenzie, the 'youngest sister of his first wife. OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 467 Politically, Mr. Large advocates the principles of the Republican party. Fraternally, he affiliates with the Royal Arch Masons and the Royal Teniplars of Temperance. His early lessons of self-reliance, industry, perseverance and frugality have contributed to Mr. Large's success, while the greater lessons of integrity and honor instilled by his parents have gained for him the esteem of all worthy men. JACOB TUCKERMAN, A. M., PH. D., an educator of national repute and a citizen of unquestioned worth of character, for many years Principal of Grand River Institute, now occupying the same position in the New Lyme Institute, Ohio, was born in Sterling, Windham county, Connecticut, July 31, 1824. Isaac and Elizabeth (Colgrove) Tuckerman, his parents, were respectively natives of Connecticut and Rhode Island, the former born June 22, 1794, and the latter February 11, 1797. The mother came of a family of teachers, and was herself a woman of rare ability and culture, and a member of the Baptist Church. Isaac Tuckerman received his education in Voluntown Academy, Rhode Island, and afterward learned the tanner's trade, which he followed through life. In 1825 he removed from Sterling, Connecticut, to Potsdam, New York, where he resided for fourteen years. His wife died there on September 18, 1828, leaving two children to his care: Jacob, whose name heads this sketch; and Esther E., afterward Mrs. John P. Ellinwood, of Rock Creek, Ohio, who died in 1851. Subsequently the father married Sarah Boyden, of Potsdam, and in 1839 removed to Orwell, Ohio, where he passed the remainder of his life. His second wife died January 30, 1861, without children. In 1862 he married Mrs. Hannah Bower, who still survives. lie was an Episcopal Methodist until the antislavery movement, when he joined the Weslayan Methodist Church, of which he continued a member until his death. He was a Whig in politics until the organization of the Abolitionist party, when he joined that humane movement. He died August 11, 1881, leaving his family and many friends to mourn his loss. Of vigorous intellect and an energetic, progressive disposition, he was a prominent man in his community, and contributed materially to the general advancement and welfare, his memory being still cherished by those who knew and appreciated his worth. Professor Tuckerman, whose name heads this notice, was about a year old when his parents removed to Potsdam, where he passed the following fourteen years of his life. His primary education was received in the district schools of his vicinity, while he learned at intervals the tanner's trade. Of a studious disposition and craving knowledge, he early began to work at his trade to secure the means for obtaining an advanced education. On the removal of the family to Ohio in 1839, he entered Kingsville Academy, and later Oberlin College, completing his studies in the latter institution in 1846. He was afterward Superintendent of the Ashtabula county schools for two years, when he built Orwell Academy and managed it from the beginning, making of it an excellent and popular school. He was then offered and accepted a position as Professor of Mathematics in Farmers' (now Belmont) College at Cincinnati, in which capacity he acted three years, at the end of which time he was elected President of that college, which posi- 468 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY tion lie filled six years. His ability as an organizer becoming recognized, his services were much sought for this purpose. He was elected General Secretary for Ohio of the Sabbath School Union, and at once began organizing an association in every county in the State, and made a full report of every association. He was then tendered the position of Principal of Grand River Institute, which he accepted and filled acceptably for fourteen years. The attendance during his incumbency was the largest the school ever enjoyed, the catalogue showing an enrollment of more than 300 students a year for several years. In 1880 he closed his labors at that institution, and in 1882 accepted the presidency of the New Lyme Institute, which he has retained ever since. His duties are manifold and would tax the ability and energy of those less familiar with the various details. He delivers addresses to the school; and to the Teachers' Institute, preaches to all denominations, and has various other calls on his time and attention. He is a member of the Board of Control of Christy School of Methods, a fund of $30,000 having been left by Charles Christy, of Hart's Grove, and the interest being used in the Teachers' Institute, as per instruction of methods. To all these and other duties he brings years of experience, natural ability and untiring energy, which insure success and overcome all obstacles. In politics the Professor is an independent Republican. He is, fraternally, a Mason of the thirty-second degree, Scottish rite, and religiously is an active member of the Presbyterian Church. April 23, 1849, Professor Tuckerman was married to Elizabeth Ellinwood, an educated and talented lady, a graduate of Kingsville Academy and for years a successful teacher with her husband. Her parents, John M. and Hannah (Fuller) Ellinwood, were both natives of Massachusetts, the former born January 31, 1802, and the latter May 30, 1804. Her grandfather was a graduate of Yale College and served as a member of the New York State Legislature when Dewitt Clinton was governor. Her mother died August 18, 1892, sincerely lamented by reason of her many estimable qualities and sterling Christian character. The father still survives in the enjoyment of universal good will. They had nine children: John P., born May 24, 1825, resides in Rock Creek, Ohio; Mrs. Tuckerman, born April 23, 1827; Amanda M., January 24, 1829; Maria C., April 29, 1831; Sophia B., February 19, 1833; Julia S., March 13, 1835; Emma, July 24, 1837; Everett, who was a Lieutenant in the regular army and was shot at the second battle of Bull Run, dying in the Alexandria hospital; Florence, March 8, 1842; and Lucia E., July 30, 1847. Of these only two--Mrs. Tuckerman and her brother, John P.--are living. One died in infancy, two with scarlet fever, at the respective ages of five and six, and the rest after they attained maturity. John P., Everett and Elizabeth were the only ones who married. Professor and Mrs. Tuckerman have had nine children, four of whom died in childhood. Those living are here individually noted: Louis Bryant, born February 15, 1850, is a leading physician in Cleveland and active in local politics, being a member and the moving spirit of the Franklin Club, an independent political club; he married Mary E. Hopkins, daughter of W. W. Hopkins, and they have five children: Jacob E., , born August 23, 1876; Willie C. and Warner H., twins, born May 29, 1878; Lewis B., Jr., September 26, 1876; an infant daughter, OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 469 who died in 1881; and Lois M., born February 11, 1885. Corinne Maria, born June 12, 1856, married C. E. Allen of Salt Lake City, a member of the Territorial Legislature, and one of the two non-members of the Lower House. They have five children: Esther T., born December 28, 1879; Helen A., born April 10, 1881; Florence E., March 23, 1884; Kate, October 25, 1886, died at the age of five years; Elizabeth, November 23, 1889; and Clarence E., November 18, 1891. Lillian A. Tuckerman was born May 24, 1859, and was married October 14, 1880, to Henry B. Roberts, a Congregational minister at Torrington, Connecticut, and they have four children: Robert, horn January 17, 1882; Elizabeth E., July 17, 1883; Emir, March 12, 1885; and Dorotha, September 14, 1887. Florence S., born March 24, 1861, married, is a graduate of Smith College for Women, at Northampton, Massachusetts, and is now a teacher in New Lyme College. Jessie Genevieve, born December 25, 1869, a graduate of the musical department of Oberlin College, is now principal of the vocal department of the Western Female Seminary at Oxford, Ohio. Mrs. Tuckerman is a great temperance worker and devoted to her home. The Professor's efforts are all beneficent, and he has done as much as any other one man to advance the general welfare of the human race. He is thus entitled to the universal gratitude of an admiring people. NEW LYME 1NSTITUTE. This institution was organized in 1880, chartered May 19, 1883. Objects: " To secure the highest possible mental, moral and social improvement." Courses of study: There are three leading courses of study, and also a commercial course and a course in music. The Academic course embraces three years' study of Latin, two years of Greek or German, a thorough knowledge of algebra, geometry, trigonometry and surveying, history of the United States and general history, civil government, physics, chemistry, botany, astronomy, logic, rhetoric, psychology and Butler's Analogy. The Normal course embraces the same English studies as the Academic course, together with pedagogics. The College Preparatory course is such as to admit to the best American colleges. The teaching force consists of seven regular professional instructors. During the last ten years 115 have been graduated, more than one-third of whom have continued their studies in the college; most of the other two-thirds are teachers or engaged in other professional work. This institution was commenced on the suggestion of Judge William S. Deming, who agreed to duplicate whatever sums should be raised by the citizens of New Lyme for establishing a higher institution of learning. It is by means of his interest and generosity that the enlargements of this building have been made and the teaching force kept at a high grade. It is intended that the best instruction shall be furnished at the lowest possible rates. ELMER MANCHESTER, one of the most successful and progressive farm- ers of Perry township" Lake county, Ohio, began life with little capital save his energy and his resolute will, and that he has succeeded is due solely to his own well-directed efforts. 470 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY Mr. Manchester was born in Otsego county, New York, December 16, 1843. His father, also a native of Otsego county, was born in 1812, son of Leonard Manchester, a native of Dutchess county, that State. Grandfather Leonard .Manchester was a farmer and an extensive dealer in horses. When well advanced in years he came to Ohio, and died here in Lake county, at the age of eighty. Grandmother Manchester was before her marriage a Miss Jones. Her father was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, under General La Fayette, and was such an admirer of that general that he determined to name his first child after him. When the child was born it proved to be a girl. However, it was named La Fayette, and went by the name of Fayette. Orsemus Manchester, also a farmer, came from New York to Ohio in 1854 and settled in Madison township, Lake county, where he cultivated a farm of seventy-five acres. In 1857 he moved to Perry township, where he is still living, having reached the advanced age of eighty-one and still being quite active. He has been a man of strong constitution and a hard worker all his life. While in New York he improved two farms. Politically, he is a Republican. His wife, nee Sarah Wickam, also a native of Otsego county, New York, died at the age of thirty- eight years. She was a Methodist. They reared four children, namely: Heman J., a prominent citizen of this township; Elmer, the subject of this article; Lyman C.; and Estella A., now Mrs. Barber. Elmer was twelve years old when he came to this county with his father, and here he was reared and has since been engaged in agricultural pursuits. The farm on which he now resides, and which comprises 110 acres of well-improved land, he purchased in 1881. He also owns 100 acres, located a mile east of his home. His neat frame residence, three commodious barns and other convenient farm buildings; his well-cultivated fields, his fiue vineyard of nine acres in bearing grapes—all these are indicative of the thrift and prosperity which has attended him. He is engaged in general farming and stock- raising, keeping a large number of sheep. Mr. Manchester was married in September, 1868, to Miss Hattie E. Stone, who is a native of New York, and who came to this county in 1864. They have two children: Frank E. and Charles 0. During the war Mr. Manchester served as a member of Company E, One Hundred and Seventy-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, from May, 1864, until August of that year, when he was honorably discharged, having been on guard duty. He is a member of the 0. H. Haskell Post, No. 462, G. A. R , a.t Perry, and his political views are in harmony with the principles advocated by the Republican party.A ALFRED F. GALPIN.—Among those who have contributed by their energetic efforts and honorable methods to the growth and prosperity of Jefferson, Ohio, the subject of this sketch is conspicuous, having unaided forced his way by dint of perseverance and natural ability to the foremost ranks of mercantile life. Mr. Galpin was born in Weymouth, Dorsetshire, England, December 16, 1837, his parents being John J. and Elizabeth (Lovell) Galpin, both of English birth and ancestry. In 1846, the family was deprived by death of the support and counsel of the father, and two years later the mother left three daughters OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 471 in England, and emigrated with two sons and three daughters to America, to which country one daughter had preceded her. They settled on a farm in Andover, Ashtabula county, Ohio, in the winter of 1848—'49, where the children passed their earlier years. The beloved mother, whose life had been one of pure, unselfish devotion to her children and their welfare, died at an advanced age in 1874, followed by the regrets of a sorrowing family and numerous friends. The subject of this sketch was reared on the home farm and received a common-school education. From the age of fifteen until he was twenty-four he drove a stage, after which he followed farming for a time. He settled in Jefferson in 1866 and there embarked in the dry-goods and millinery business. He had as partner for the first two years W. W. Watkins, after which he became associated with the prominent and worthy citizen, A. R. Beckwith, with whom he continued for five years. In the spring of 1874, Mr, Ga1pin sold his interest in the business to Mr. Beckwith and later formed a partnership in the dry-goods and shoe business with H. L. St. John. He bought out the interest of the latter gentleman in the fall of 1882, and has since successfully conducted the business alone. Mr. Galpin has not confined his labors to his own personal business and affairs, but has given of his time and abilities to the aid and advancement of his city, to the welfare of which few of its worthy citizens have more materially contributed. As a natural consequence of his financial ability and honor he has held the responsible position of director in the First National Bank for the last four years. Besides this he has filled other positions of public trust and honor. He has served six years as a Councilman of the city; has been a member of the Board of Health four years; for the last seven years has been an efficient member of the Board of Education; and for six years one of the Trustees of the Cemetery. In 1872, Mr. Galpin was married to Miss Mary E., daughter of Harrison W. Staghter. She is a lady of many estimable qualities, a native of Orange county, New York, and they have had five children; four sons and one daughter: Bessie L., Harry W., John C., Alfred W. and Sidney L. Fraternally, Mr. Galpin is a worthy member of the Knights of Pythias, Columbian Lodge, of Jefferson, No. 491. Surrounded by an interesting family and in the enjoyment of all the comforts which liberal means can provide or refined taste suggest, Mr. Galpin may truly be said to have gained the highest success to be attained in life. His opinions in the political line coincide with the policies advocated by the Republican party. WILLIAM S. McKINNON.—Ashtabula Harbor, Ohio, has no more worthy or enterprising citizen than the subject of this sketch, whose interests have been identified with those of that charming city for many years. The parents of Mr. McKinnon of this notice were John and Isabella (Strauchon) McKinnon, the former a native of New York, of Scotch parentage, and the latter born in Scotland in 1830. The father was for many years an eminent Presbyterian divine of Ontario, Canada, to which country he removed when a lad in his 'teens, and which continued to be his home until his death at an early age of forty-nine years. He was a man of un- 472 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY usual ability and worth of character, and labored enthusiastically for the spiritual welfare of those under his charge. His widow now lives in Grimsby, Ontario. They had six children: D. T., manufacturer of carriage dashes and hardware at Buffalo, New York; Celia, unmarried, and still at home with her mother; William S., the subject of this notice; L. K, who is associated with his brother, D. J., as president of the McKinnon Dash & Hardware Company, of Buffalo, New York, St. Catherines, Ontario, and Columbus, Ohio; Archie, an engineer in Cleveland; and J. B., deceased in 1890, was a well known and esteemed business man of St. Catherines. The subject of this sketch was born in Ontario, Canada, December 19, 1852, where he was reared and educated and learned the machinist's trade. At the age of nineteen years, he removed to Cleveland, Ohio, and was there employed for nine years by the Globe Iron Works Company and the Britain Iron & Steel Company, as chief engineer, serving in both capacities with ability and efficiency. At the end of this time, in April, 1880, he removed to Ashtabula Harbor, which has ever since been his home. He at once embarked in his present business of machinist, manufacturer of marine and stationary engines and proprietor of an engine repairing and plumbing establishment. He started with limited means, but with a business capacity and energy which augured for success from the first. He has advanced with the requirements of the trade, until his establishment is now numbered among the most substantial in the city. His prosperity is due entirely to his own unaided efforts and ability, and he well deserves his present good fortune. April 2, 1878, Mr. McKinnon was married to Miss Jane Porter, a lady of domestic tastes, daughter of John and Agnes (McGill) Porter. Her father, a merchant tailor, died in 1877, at barely fifty years of age, while her mother survived until 1887, dying at the age of fifty- two. They reared four children: William J., deceased; Jane; Agnes, wife of William Jeffrey; and J. A., in business at the Harbor. Mr. and Mrs. McKinnon have five children: Herbert Allen, born July 6, 1880; Harland Strong, born August, 1882; Mabel Agnes, born June 16, 1884; Willie, born December 13, 1885; and Leslie, born January 18, 1880. Politically, Mr. McKinnon is a Republican, and the only distinction he has enjoyed is that as a member of the City Council of Ashtabula, and president of the Council, in which capacity he is now (1893) serving. He is also a counselor in the local organization of his party. Fraternally, he affiliates with the Masonic order, and he and his estimable wife are useful members of the Congregational Church. As a citizen and man he is highly respected for his uniform uprightness and general cordiality to all his fellow men. HOMER H. HINE, of the firm of H. H. Hine & Son, proprietors of the Riverside Stock Farm, one mile north of Painesville, Ohio, is a notable lawyer and distinguished literary man; was born in Youngstown, Ohio, February 15, 1823. His ancestors were of Scotch-Irish descent, supposed to have removed from Scotland to Ireland about the time of Cromwell. The great-great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch, who was the originator of the family in America, emigrated from Ireland to Connecticut in early Colonial times. His son, James Hine, great grandfather of the subject of this notice, was born in Milford, Connect- OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 473 icut, in 1696, whence he removed to New Milford, the same State, being among the earliest settlers of the latter place. He married Margaret Noble, who accompanied her parents to New Milford when a child, being the first white female child to set foot in the place. James Hine was a prosperous farmer and died in 1774, at the age of seventy-eight. They had two sons: Austin, and Noble (grandfather of Mr. Hine of this notice) and several daughters. Noble Hine was also a progressive farmer and during the Revolutionary war was Colonel of a Connecticut company of militia. He died in 1795, leaving three sons, one of whom Hon. Homer Hine, was the father of the subject of this sketch, and was born in New Milford, Connecticut, July 25, 1-776. After a preparatory course of study, he entered Yale College, at which he graduated in 1797, one of a class of thirty-seven. Among his class-mates were: Horatio Seymour, who subsequently served as United States Senator from -Vermont for twelve years; Henry Baldwin, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court; Rev. Dr. Lyman Beecher; and many other notable men. For a year after graduation, he was preceptor in an academy at Stockbridge, Massachusetts, where he read law at the same time under Judge Sedgwick, whose daughter, Catherine Sedgwick, the celebrated authoress, was Mr. Hine's pupil in the academy. During the year 1800 Mr. Hine attended the law school at Litchfield, Connecticut, the first notable law school in the United States. In 1801 he was admitted to the bar and in the same year started with Benjamin Tappan, afterward United States Senator from Ohio, for what was then call, d the Western Reserve, which was then comprised in one county, and had a population of less than 1,000. Mr. Hine rode overland on horseback, going across the mountains and through Pittsburg, carrying his wardrobe in his saddle-bags. His law books were brought in a wagon, drawn by oxen, with the household goods of Mr. Tappan, previously mentioned. Mr. Tappan settled in Ravenna, Ohio, and Mr. Hine, in Canfield, where he at once commenced the practice of law, subsequently, in 1806, removing to Youngstown, which continued to be his home until his death. In the practice of law he was brilliant, forcible and logical. Being a man of energy and much ability, he soon became a leader, and was four times elected to the State Legislature, in 1804, 1805, 1816 and 1824. He held the office of non-resident tax collector for several years, or until it was abolished in 1812. He was an efficient soldier in the war of 1812 under Colonel William Royen. In 1805 he was appointed a commissioner by the Legislature, to lay out a road from Pittsburg to Lake Erie, and probably did more than any one man to advance the interests of his vicinity. He was an eminently just and upright man and enjoyed the confidence and esteem of all who knew him. He was for years a regular attendant of the Presbyterian Church, which he later joined, and often, in the absence of the clergyman, the duty of reading a printed sermon devolved upon him. He was an early and zealous temperance worker, and was president of the Youngstown Temperance Society several years. Be was most generous, especially to ministers, his house being known as the ministers' tavern. He married, October 5, 1807, Miss Mary Skinner, born in Glastonbury, Connecticut, September 20, 1889. Her father, Abraham Skinner, emigrated from Connecticut to Painesville, Ohio, in 1801 or 1802. She was a relative of Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, the noted authoress, and also of Emily Huntington Miller. The worthy couple had eight 474 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY children, six of whom attained maturity, and five still surviving. Mary S. married Henry Wick, a banker of Cleveland, and is now eighty-three years of age; Henrietta M., now eighty-one years old, is the wife of W. Baldwin, a retired merchant of Cleveland; Samuel, a retired merchant, resides in Poland, Ohio; Augustus is a capitalist of Painesville; and Homer H. is the subject of this sketch. In July, 1856, the family were called upon to mourn the death of the beloved and revered husband and father, who, at the age of eighty years, passed to his reward, his loss being generally lamented as a public calamity. In 1872 the mother removed to Painesville, Ohio, where she died in 1884, in her ninety- fourth year, leaving many friends to mourn her loss. Her sister, Mrs. Perry, of Cleveland, lived to be ninety-one years of age, and a cousin, Mrs. Goldsmith, survived to the advanced age of 101. Mrs. Hine was a lifelong and devoted member of the Presbyterian Church. Homer H. Hine, whose name heads this notice, attended the common schools of his native city and select schools in Vienna and Youngstown, after which he entered the Western Reserve College, at which he graduated, in the scientific course, at the age of seventeen. He then taught school in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, where he formed the acquaintance of the lady, who afterward became his wife. Subsequently returning to Ohio, he read law under Messrs. Payne, Wilson & Wade, the firm later becoming Hitchcock, Wilson & Wade, prominent lawyers of Cleveland. Mr. Hine was admitted to the bar in 1846 and began his practice in Youngstown in 1847 in partnership with Milton Sutliff, under the name of Sutliff & Hine, the former subsequently becoming Supreme Judge of Ohio. in 1849 Mr. Hine removed to Painesville, Ohio, and settled on the farm formerly owned by his maternal grandfather, Abraham Skinner, taking up his abode in the house built by that gentleman in 1805, in which Mr. Hive's parents were married in 1807. This house is still standing, in a good state of preservation. The first court of what was then all Geauga county, was held under a tree near this residence, and the next session was held in Mr. Skinner's barn, which is also now standing. After settling on the farm, which is a mile north of Painesville, Mr. Hine gave his attention largely to farming and looking after the interests of two wealthy uncles, conducting cases in court only when he or they happened to be involved. He at first had 400 acres, but recently disposed of a portion. He still owns about 230 acres of the choicest land in the county. This is under a good state of cultivation, well improved with a handsome residence and with substantial barns for his grain and stock, being altogether one of the show places of this vicinity. He has for several years been a successful breeder of Aberdeen and Polled Angus cattle, which brings him good returns. He has also been interested for several years in vessels on the lake, which itself is a profitable business, the carrying trade during the busy seasons being large and constantly increasing. April 3, 1845, Mr. Hine married Miss Juliet Rue, of Harrodsburg, Kentucky, a lady of domestic and social accomplishments, whose parents were from New Brunswick, New Jersey. Mr. and Mrs. Hine have had eight children, seven of whom survive: Mary is the wife of Horace Bacon, a prosperous farmer of Lake county; Samuel N., deceased; Washington, married, conducts a large farm near Davilla, Milam county, Texas, and is County Commissioner; Cynthia is the wife of OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 475 William Doran, in the packing business in Dallas, Texas; Anna L. is married to Charles W. Field, a prominent merchant of Cleveland, Ohio; Agnes is the wife of Minor G. Norton, senior member of the law firm of Norton Sr, Pinney, Cleveland; Clarence A. is married and manages the old homestead; and Henrietta M. is at home. In politics Mr. Hine was originally an old Henry Clay Whig, casting his first presidential vote for that distinguished statesman. He subsequently joined the Free Soil party and since the inauguration of the Republican organization has been identified with that party. He has never aspired to political prominence, the only official position he has held being that of a delegate to the Farmers' Congress, to which he was appointed by Governor Foraker, and which met in Chicago in 1887. He has been actively identified with the Grange since its earliest inception, and has frequently been a delegate to the State Grange conventions. He is not a member of any church, although a liberal contributor to religious and charitable purposes; Mrs. Hine belongs to the Congregational Church. Enterprising and public-spirited, Mr. line has aided largely in the advancement of his vicinity, and is justly numbered among its representative citizens. PATRICK H. TOWELL, proprietor of a fine farm on "Johnny-cake Ridge," Concord township, Lake county, Ohio, an old railroad contractor and highly esteemed citizen, was born in county Waterford, Ireland, March 16, 1826. His parents, Michael and Annastascia Towell, were both natives of the Emerald Isle. The former was a civil engineer and surveyor in the employ of the Government and a man of high ability. His brother, John, was master of one of Her Majesty's war ships and was killed at the storming of Sebastopol. Another brother, Bartlett, was customhouse officer in London. Both parents were devout Cathoplics and active in all good works. They had three children, one of whom died young; a brother of the subject of this sketch died in Illinois in 1863; and Patrick H., whose name heads this notice. The father died in 1856, in his native country, and the mother also died there, in 1875. Mr. Towell of this sketch received a common-school education in his native country and enjoyed the refining influences of a cultured home. When quite a young boy, he was given charge of several employes on a farm in his native county, and continued in his own country until October, 1852, when he sailed for the United Staes, this Mecca of all ambitious spirits. He remained in New York city for some time with a brother who was inspector of masonry on the Eastern Division of the Erie Railroad. He learned masonry ender his brother in the course of a few years, and followed this occupation for a number of years, some of the time in company with his brother. In 1855, he made his first visit to Painesville, Ohio, where he was married the following year. He afterward made his home for several years in Pennsylvania, principally in Warren. He followed contracting, mostly for railroad buildings and bridges, and superintended masonry generally. In 1879, he took the contract for double-tracking the Erie railroad from Hornellsville to Portage Bridge, New York, a distance of twenty-five miles. He has superintended hundreds of workmen for large contractors, and he was associated for some time 476 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY with the celebrated railroad contractor, Colonel J. Conditt Smith, whose confidence Mr. Towell enjoyed to an unusual degree. During the war, Mr. Towell was in the employ of the United States Government in superintending railroad bridges in the vicinity of Baltimore, and keeping them in repair. He has traveled and worked in twenty-eight different States of the Union and in Upper and Lower Canada. He is a man of wide and varied experience and unusual capacity for work, energetic, persevering and capable. He purchased his present farm in 1879, by way of making a valuable investment of his superfluous means, the land having formerly belonged to George H. Clark, whose grandfather settled on it in 1804, when it was covered with woods. In 1884, Mr. Towell took up his abode on it and has since made it his home. He has 1281 acres of land, well cultivated and improved with a good residence and barns and other valuable appliances for successfully conducting the farm, which, by the way, is one of the finest in the county. Mr. Towell was married in 1856 to Miss Ruth E. Chaffee, a most worthy lady of Geauga county, Ohio. Her father, Reuben B. Chaffee, was a native of New York and served faithfully in the war of 1812, for which he drew a pension. In 1817, he emigrated to the Western Reserve, and in his earlier pioneer days was engaged in the manufacture of potash, for which he found a ready market in Pittsburg and other Eastern cities. Be later became a farmer and followed that occupation until his death. He was twice married, his second wife being Hannah Kibbee, who still survives, at the age of eighty-one. He was the father of thirteen children, seven of whom are living. lie died at the venerable age of eighty-two, universally lamented for his many estimable quali ties. Mr. and Mrs. Towell have had six children: Anna S., H. Elizabeth, deceased, Mary J., Kittie, John and Harry. A bright little grandson, Clyde Henry Towell, lives with them. Mr. Towell commenced at the bottom of the ladder and has worked his way by industry and perseverance to prosperity, not forgetting in the meantime those principles of integrity which so many lose sight of in the race for wealth, and he is now justly enjoying the fruitage of a busy life.   FRED H. DEVOE, son of Henry A. and Jane B. Devoe, was born in Orwell, Ohio, April 12, 1865. He was educated in Orwell, and afterward took a business course in the Cleveland College. Since completing his educaticn he has been identified with the mercantile interests of Orwell, being now a member of the firm of Devoe Bros. & Co. of this place. Politically, 'he is an ardent Republican; fraternally, he is a member of the I. 0. U. A. M., and religiously he is a Presbyterian. In church work he takes a prominent and active part. Last year, 1892, he was delegate from the Christian Endeavor Society to the National Endeavor convention held in New York city. Mr. Devoe was married July 21, 1892, to Rosemond Jarvis, daughter of James M. and Sarah Jarvis, of Branchville, New Jersey. Her father was born at Deckertown, that State, and is a wheelwright by occupation. His parents, George Jarvis and wife, were both natives of London, England. They had nine children, one of whom died in infancy. The names of those living are as follows: Jane; Sallie, wife of a Mr. Henry; Nancy, now Mrs. Kirby; James M.; Kate, now Mrs. OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 477 Pellet; Willis; Joseph, and Mrs. Hattie Watterman. Mrs. Devoe's mother was before her marriage Miss Sarah Crigar, she being a daughter of William Crigar and a descendant of German and English ancestry. James M. and Sarah Jarvis have two children, Susie and Rosemond. The latter was born November 21, 1868. WILLIAM H. SHERWOOD, M. D., is acknowledged to be one of the most skillful surgeons in northeastern Ohio. He is President of the Painesville Hospital Association of Painesville, Lake county, whose province embraces general surgery and the Rapid Carbon Cure for alcoholism and the opium habit. The Doctor was born in Unionville, Lake county, January 8, 1833, and is a son of Dr. M. P. Sherwood, who was born in Fairfield, Franklin county, Vermont, in 1800. The latter removed to this county when seventeen years of age and studied medicine with Dr. Johnson and at the Willoughby Medical College, from which institution he graduated. For thirty-seven years he practiced in Unionville, was a skillful surgeon and enjoyed a reputation as a successful practitiouer. He was called to his final rest at the age of fifty-, six years. He married Melvina Harper, who was born in Unionville. Her parents were among the first settlers of that village. She became the mother of four children, three of whom survive. Both herself and husband were members of the Episcopal Church. Our subject is the youngest of his father's family. He attended and graduated from the Madison Seminary and began reading medicine when only sixteen years old. In 1854 he graduated from the medical college at Cleveland, and for nine years thereafter engaged in practice with his father at Unionville. He was located in Unionville until 1884, when he came to Painesville. His speciality is surgery. In 1890 he grafted nine segments of bone from a rabbit's thigh into a, man's arm that had been fractured. This operation was successful, the fracture healing in the proper manner. This had once before been done in Charing Cross Hospital, London. May 10, 1866, Dr. Sherwood married Miss Martha J. Chadwick, a native of Lockport, New York. Two children graced this union: Clara R., who died at the age of ten years, and Melvina H. The parents are mem hers of the Episcopal church. In 1883, Dr. Sherwood spent seven months in England and Scotland, visiting all the leading hospitals and studying the best methods of conducting the same. He organized the Painesville Hospital Association in November, 1892, and has already successfully treated about fifty cases where the patients were afflicted with either the alcohol or opium habit. He is a member of the, Cleveland and Ashtabula Medical Societies. He holds membership with the Masonic order, and in politics is a Democrat. WILLIAM G. STORRS, vice-president and general manager of the nursery firm of The Storrs & Harrison Cp., Painesville, Ohio, was born in Courtland county, New York, January 19, 1840. Jesse Storrs, his father, the founder of this large nursery, was a native of New Hampshire, born in 1808. When a boy he went with his father to Courtland county, New York, and there, after reaching his majority, 478 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY started a small nursery, working at it in summer and spending his winters in teaching school. Thus he continued for twenty years. In 1853 he sold his farm and nursery, and the following year came to Lake county, Ohio. Here he bought seventy-five acres of land, and on a portion of it started in a small way the nursery which is now the largest horticultural and floricultural nursery farm in the United States. He was a man of untiring energy, and to his early efforts in con- nection with this establishment is largely due its wonderful success. His active and useful career was terminated by his death at Painesville, in March, 1881. His worthy compansion, whose maiden name was Harriet Gates, and who was a native of Connecticut, survived him several years, her death occurring at the age of eighty-five years. Both were prominent members of the Congregational Church, and were active workers also in the Sabbath-school. Mr. Storrs was a Deacon in the church for many years. Of their nine children two survive. One son, Horatio, died in the late war. Those living are Willis P. and William G., twins. These two brothers are both connected with the nursery. William G. received his education in the high school at Painesville, Ohio. When he was fourteen he and his brother Horatio drove through from New York to Lake county, Ohio, coming three months in advance of the rest of the family, and bringing with them two bushels of apple-seeds with which to start the nursery. (Extended menstion of this establishment is made in the sketch of J. J. Harrison.) Here William G. spent his youth, assisting his father and helping to develop their new enterprise, and was just merging into manhood when the great Civil war burst upon the country. He has been identified with the nursery from its be ginning up to the present time, now having the general management of all outside departments. August 22, 1861, his youthful ambition glowing with a spirit of patriotism, he enlisted in Company G, Second Ohio Cavalry, and served nntil September 17, 1865, when he was honorably discharged. The early part of his service was in the Western army at Fort Scott and through the Indian Territory. He returned to Ohio in December, 1862, and recruited through the winter at Columbus, Ohio. Leaving Camp Chase April 6, 1863, he went to Kentucky and joined the Army of the Cumberland, operating through that State until fall, when he went with Burnside to east Tennessee, being among those first to occupy Knoxville. Later, they were engaged with Longstreet's forces in Virginia, during which time, from lack of supplies, they suf¬fered many hardships. These brave soldiers slept on the ground when the thermometer marked zero. In January, 1864, his regiment veteranized, and he came home on a thirty days' furlough. In April he joined the Army of the Potomac, and in May was with Grant's army in the battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania and Cold Harbor, crossing the James river June 17. Until June 17 the brave men slept at night with their clothes on, and never unsaddled their horses. In August Mr. Storrs became blind from the effects of erysipelas and was taken from the field hospital to New York city, from whence he was transferred to Willies Point, Long Island. He requested that he might be brought to Cleveland, but the local authorities refused to comply with his request, and it was not until after he had written a personal letter to Secretary Stanton that he was moved to Cleveland. After his recovery he joined his regiment in Decem- OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 479 ber, 1864, and continued in the service until the close of the war. He was present at Lee's surrender, after which he went to Washington, and from there to St. Louis, Missouri. He remained at St. Louis and at Springfield, Missouri, until the date of his discharge. Mr, Storrs was married September 2, 1868, to Mary E. Post, of Painesville, and has four children: Mary, Henrietta, Sarah and Eugenia. Mrs. Storrs is a member of the Congregational Church. DALLAS A. WARD, who is a representative farmer and stock-raiser well known and highly respected throughout Ashtabula county, Ohio, and who resides in Jefferson, was born in Mantua, this State, February 2, 1844. His parents, Ephriam and Hannah (Harder) Ward, were reared in New York State and were there married, immediately after which, about 1838, they removed to Ohio, then a new and slightly settled country. They settled first in Geauga county, whence they removed about 1845 to Lenox township, Ashtabula county, where they have since resided, the father having- followed farming all his life. They had eight children, six sons and two daughters. The subject of this sketch was reared on a farm and received a common-school education, and since attaining to manhood's estate has followed farming and stock-raising and dealing in live-stock. In 1870, after his marriage, he settled in Lenox township, this county, but a year later removed to Dorset, where he continued to reside until 1886, at which time he came to Jefferson, in which city he has since lived. Mr. Ward began farming twenty-three years ago, without any capital except strong hands, a willing heart, natural intelligence and a desire to succeed. This combination has, however, proved most powerful, overcoming difficulties and gaining for himself and family a comfortable competence. He now owns two farms well stocked and with good improvements, and also a fine dwelling-house in Jefferson, where he resides. March 16, 1870, Mr. Ward was married to Susan Goudy, an intelligent lady, who was a native of Pennsylvania, and they have one daughter, May Belle, who is a very bright and accomplished young lady and highly respected throughout her circle of acquaintances. In politics Mr. Ward has always advocated the principles of the Republican party, in which he takes an active interest. Young men without means would do well to study Mr. Ward's life with a view to discovering the secret of his success, which they will find to consist in indomitable energy and untiring perseverance, honestly and intelligently applied. DAVID M. SPRINGER, a fanner and glass-blower of Lenox township, Ashtabula county, was born in Greenesborough, Greene county, Pennsylvania, March 15, 1850, a son of Marshall and Susanna (Schroyer) Springer. The father was born in Uniontown, Fayette county, Pennsylvania, in 1812, and learned and followed the shoemaker's trade a number of years. He subsequently removed to Greensborough, Pennsylvania, was married there in 1840, and later went to Pittsburg, where he began work in a glass factory. He died in 1860, at the age of forty-eight years. The mother of our sub- 480 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY ject was born, reared and educated in Greens- borough, and was married at the age of twenty years. After her husband's death she made her home with her children until her death, in 1891. She united with the Baptist Church early in life, and lived a consistent Christian until her death. Mr. and Mrs. Springer had twelve children, eight of whom still survive. David M. Springer moved with his parents to Pittsburg at the age of four years. At the age of fourteen years he began work in a glass factory, and became proficient as a gatherer, a term designating one particular branch of the business. He worked in that department six years. He then learned the art of blowing, and has followed that occupation ever since. His business has called him to many of the important cities and towns. In 1889 Mr. Springer bought his present beautiful home, consisting of ninety-five acres of choice agricultural land, known as the old Bancroft place, and is located five miles southeast of Jefferson. The place is equipped with all modern improvements, contains a good residence, a large, commodious barn and an orchard. He works at his trade during the winter, and attends to his farm during the summer months. Mr. Springer is now introducing the underground drainage system, which will greatly enhance the value of his property. January 14, 1869, he was united in marriage to Miss Lucinda Ensell, a daughter of Edward and Mary J. (Draper) Ensell. Mrs. Springer was born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, August 19, 1850, and was married at the age of nineteen years. They have ten children, namely: Marshall, born December 9, 1869, is a glass-blower in Gas City, Indiana; Mary J., born September 19, 1871, died the same year; Elizabeth S., deceased, was born May 27, 1873; John C., born August 13, 1875, is employed as gatherer in a glass factory; William F., born February 29, 1878, is deceased; Lucinda, born May, 31, 1880; Sarah E., deceased, was born July 30, 1882; Grover Cleveland, born in August, 1884; David, July 24, 1887; and Martha, September 24, 1890. Mrs. Springer is a member of the Baptist Church. Mr. Springer is a stanch Democrat, and is a member of Zeno Lodge, No. 746, I. 0. 0. F., of Pittsburg. He is also a member of the Window Glass Workers' Union. ALEXANDER WILLIAMS, a prominent farmer and fruit-grower of Kirtland, Lake county, Ohio, is one of the most intelligent and enterprising men of the township and is actively identified with the Grange. Of his life we present the following brief sketch: Alexander Williams was born in Deerfield, Franklin county, Massachusetts, March 11, 1814. The Williams family are of Welsh descent, but emigrated from England to this country about 1634. Thomas Williams, the father of Alexander, was born in Deerfield in the only house that was left standing after the French and Indian raid, in 1703 or 1704. Grandfather Dr. William S. Williams was also a native of Deerfield, Massachusetts, and our subject's great-grandfather was Dr. Thomas Williams. Colonel Ephraim Williams, a brother of Dr. Thomas Williams, was the founder of Williams College. He was killed in the French and Indian war, September 8, 1775. Dr. William S. Williams practiced medicine in Deerfield all his life, and was prominently known there. He died at the age of sixty-six. Thomas Williams OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 481 was one of a family of six children, and was a farmer by occupation, He emigrated to Lake county, Ohio, in 1838, and died here in 1869, in the eighty.second year of his age. He held various local offices in this county. Of his wife we record that her maiden name was Nancy Hawks, that she was a native of Deerfield, Massachusetts, of English and Irish descent, and that she died in 1869, in her eighty-first year. She was a member of the first Unitarian Church established in western Massachusetts. Alexander Williams was the second born and only son in a family of three chilren, and is the only one of the three now living. He was reared on his father's farm and attended the district schools, completing his education with an academy course of three terms and a half. He remained at home a few years after reaching his majority. In 1838 he came to Lake county, Ohio, and purchased his present farm in Kirtland township, and here he has lived for fifty-five years. He has 177-i acres of land, forty acres of which were improved at the time of purchase. In the improvement and development of this property he has spared neither labor nor means, and now has it under a high state of cultivation. Twenty-two acres are in vineyard. For twelve years he has given considerable attention to fruit culture, having fifty acres in various kinds of fruit—peaches, pears, strawberries, raspberries, etc. Formerly he was extensively engaged in cattle raising. In the carrying on of his farm and fruit business Mr. Williams has taken as associate his youngest son, Alexander E. Williams, the design being that he shall ultimately succeed his father in the enterprise. Mr. Williams was married, in 1841, to Martha G. Cummings, a native of New Hampshire, who died December 21, 1857, leaving six children, Thomas H., William S., Marian, Edward H., Mary E., and Alexander E. In 1878 he married Mrs. Mary (Goodwin) Williams, widow of Charles S. Williams who died in December, 1871. She had one daughter, Ellen Goodwin, who died at the age of ten years. Mr. Williams affiliates with the Republican party, and has served the public several years as Trustee and Assessor. He has been prominently identified with the Grange of Lake county. He was instrumental in establishing the Grange in Kirtland township, and was the first Master of the organization. Indeed he has taken an active part in all the farmers' societies in this locality. Mrs. Williams is a Unitarian. ROBERT LYON, deceased, was at one time the leading merchant of Conneaut, Ohio, and was identified with the early history of this town. Mr. Lyon was born in New Jersey, September 27, 1796, son of Moses and Elizabeth (Arnett) Lyon, both natives of New Jersey. Moses Lyon was born at Lyon's Farms, December 21, 1763, and died May 2, 1823; and his wife, born at Elizabethtown, April 24, 1769, died September 7, 1822. Of this worthy couple we have but little knowledge, more than that they had a large family, none of whom are now living. Robert was the only one who ever settled in Ohio. Two daughters married and went with their husbands to Michigan, and the others settled in New York. Robert Lyon same to Ohio some time before 1832, and engaged in the merchandise business in Conneaut, which he followed until shortly before his death, when he sold out 482 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY to Thompson & Rice. He was an enterprising and public-spirited man and during his life was one of the leading citizens of the town. He was a man of intense energy, of quick wit, of positive opinions and decisive action. He died October 5, 1854, at the age of fifty-eight years, his death resulting from accident. While he was standing in an express wagon the horse made a quick start, from fright, caused by the whistle of a locomotive, and he was thrown out. In the fall which he received, his back was injured, causing partial paralysis, and he died in less than a week. His whole time being devoted to his business affairs, he gave little attention to political matters, never seeking or holding office. He was a man much devoted to his family; was an affectionate husband and father, a kind neighbor and a most worthy citizen. He attended the Congregational Church and was a supporter of the same, responding liberally to its calls for benevolence and the support of the ministry. Mr. Lyon was twice married. He first wedded Catherine Bacon in Ogdensburgh, New York. She died October 11, 1840, leaving issue as follows: William B., deceased; Lydia Jane Cleveland, widow of George Cleveland, resides in Minneapolis; John B., married and living in Chicago, is a commission merchant and member of the Board of Trade; Helen, wife of C. F. Blakes- lee, resides in Chicago; and Robert, a soldier in the late war, died in Texas, September 16, 1861. June 16, 1841, Mr. Lyon married Clarissa Kellogg, daughter of Amos and Paulina A. (Dean) Kellogg, natives of Massachusetts. Mrs. Lyon was born in Monroe township, Ashtabula county, Ohio, October 12, 1819. They had four children, Catherine, Clara, Paulina and Thomas R. Catherine, the oldest, has been twice married. By her first husband, Eber B. Ward, she has two children, Eber B. and Clara L., both married and living in Paris, France. She is now the wife of Alexander Cameron and resides in Toronto, Canada. Clara, the second of Mrs. Lyon's children, is the wife of Colonel J. F. Wade, son of Hon. B. F. Wade, her husband being Colonel-of the Fifth United States Cavalry, stationed at Fort Reno, Oklahoma. Colonel Wade and his wife have three children: Benjamin F.; John Parsons, a student at West Point Military Academy; and Clara L., wife of Lieutenant J. M. Jenkins, of the Fifth United States Cavalry. Paulina, wife of J. S. Stearns, has one son, Robert L„ who is engaged with his father in the lumber business in Michigan. Thomas R., the youngest of the Lyon family, is a banker in Chicago. He married Harriet Rice, of Ludington, Michigan, and has four children, Emily C. John B., Paulina and Harriet. Mrs. Lyon is still an honored resident of Conneaut. She is a lady of the highest cul- ture and refinement and is a devoted member of the Congregational Church. DR. J. C. WINANS, the leading physician of Madison, Lake county, Ohio, has been identified with the medical profession at this place for the past twenty- five years, and is well known and highly respected here. A brief sketch of his life reads as follows: Dr. J. C. Winans was born in Newton township, Trumbull county, Ohio, in 1833, son of Isaac D. Winans, a native of New Jersey, and grandson of Isaac Winans, also of that State. The Winans family is of English descent. Grandfather Winans fol- OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 483 lowed the trade of blacksmith all his life. He was one of the first settlers of Milton township, Trumbull county, Ohio, and died there at the age of over eighty years. The Doctor's father was a farmer by occupation. He was sixteen when he landed in Trumbull county, and in the dense forest of Newton township he developed a farm of 110 acres, his nearest neighbor at the time he settled there being a mile and a half away. It took pluck and energy to come out here and clear up land and live as the early pioneers of Ohio had to, but Mr. Winans was one of the plucky kind. Frequently he walked two miles and worked all day for 50 cents, taking meat, meal or flour in payment, and returning home in the evening, not to rest but to chop and work in his clearing until way into the night. Subsequently, however, he moved to Pennsylvania, and on a farm in Crawford county he spent the rest of his life, and died at the age of seventy-four. His wife, Elizabeth Winans, nee De Long, a native of Pennsylvania and of- French descent, died at the age of eighty-six. Her father, John DeLong, was one of the pioneer farmers of Trumbull county. Mr. and Mrs. Winans had fifteen children, the Doctor being the twelfth born and one of the eleven who reached adult years. Dr. Winans received his education in the district schools of Ohio and Pennsylvania, he being twelve years old at the time they moved to Crawford county. It was not until he was thirty that he began the study of medicine. After studying some time he entered the Eclectic Medical Institute at Cincinnati, but before completing his course he left college and engaged in practice, which he continued five years. Returning to college, he completed his studies and graduated i n 1868. Since July of that year he has been engaged in the practice of his profession at Madison and vicinity, where he has a large and lucrative practice, and is well known both as a successful physician and skillful surgeon. He began life without means, and that he has succeeded financially is due to his own honest and earnest efforts. His elegant residence is one of the most attractive homes in this city, and his library is one of the best to be found here. Dr. Winans married, in 1856, Miss Julia A. Bortner, a native of Crawford county, Pennsylvania, and they have had three children, namely: Evata C., now the wife of Dr. Phillips, of Wilton, Monroe county, Wisconsin; J. Verne Winans, a practicing physician of Fairport, Ohio; and Elba D., who died at the age of eighteen months. Politically, Dr. Winans is a Republican. FRANCIS M. BUGBEE, Justice of the Peace and a prominent and highly esteemed citizen of Ashtabula county, Ohio, resides on a farm at North Kingsville. He is a native of Kingsville, this county, and a son of Horatio R. and Almira (Hicks) Bugbee, natives of Massachusetts and New Hampshire respectively, the former coming to this country in 1816, and the latter in 1831, and their marriage occurring at Kingsville. Horatio R. Bugbee was an enterprising and successful farmer and was well and favorably known among the pioneers of this vicinity, where he took an active part in public affairs. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church from his boyhood days, and held various official positions in the same. In politics he was a Republican, becoming identified with the ranks of that party when it was first organized. His 484 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY death occurred in June, 1860, soon after the nomination of Mr. Lincoln. His wife, also a faithful member of the Methodist Church from her youth up, was a woman whose many amiable qualities endeared her to all with whom she came in contact. She died May 18, 1892, at the age of seventy-three years. F. M. Bugbee is one of a family of three children. Henry W., the oldest, a farmer, mechanic and inventor, was born in 1841 and died in 1887. He married Miss Laura Whitney, who survives him and who now resides with her daughter, Stella N., wife of Fred Bliss, at Saginaw, Michigan. Professor Fred Bliss is proprietor of the Saginaw International Business College, and his wife is also a teacher in the same institution. Oliver S., the youngest of the Bugbee family, resides at the old homestead at Kingsville. The subject of this sketch attended the common schools and the Kingsville Academy, and spent two years at Alleghany College in Meadville, After leaving college he went to Cleveland and entered the office of an architect to study drafting, and about a month later the proprietor of the office gave him "the slip." Returning home, he settled down on a farm, and has been engaged in agricultural pursuits ever since. He owns eighty-seven acres of land, all under cultivation, on which he raises a variety of cereals, and in fact almost everything that can be grown in this latitude. In public affairs he has taken a commendable interest, holding various positions of local prominence and trust, and ever discharging with the strictest fidelity the duties devolving upon him. In 1886 he was appointed to fill a vacancy in the school board, and later was elected a member of the board for a term of three years. He was elected a Justice of the Peace in 1891 for a term of three years, and as the incumbent of that office is rendering a high degree of satisfaction. Mr. Bugbee was married September 28, 1868, to Miss Elizabeth J. Wheaton, daughter of John and Elizabeth Wheaton, residents of Ashtabula county. She was born in Mill Creek, Pennsylvania, January 29, 1840, and and came with her parents to northeastern Ohio in 1852. She died February 16, 1893, at the age of fifty-three years. She was one of a family of thirteen children, three of whom are still living: Hannah, wife of George Lyon, North Kingsville; John, also of North Kingsville; and Wilson, of Girard, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Bugbee left a family of four children, as follows: Bertel W-, an ornamental painter, occupying a responsible and lucrative position with the firm of Miller & Knoblock at South Bend; Harry, who is rendering good service as his father's assistant on the farm; and Walter and Wendel, twins, at this writing nine years of age Cad attending school. Mrs. Bugbee was a woman in praise of whom too much could not be said. No eulogy could do her justice. Her pure, unselfish, Christian life was an inspiration to all about her. By education, natural ability and taste she was especially fitted for a teacher, and had she adopted the profession would have made her mark in that direction. Home duties and the objection of her parents kept her from the school room, but as a Sabbath-school teacher and as an organizer of, and active worker in, literary circles in her community she found a field of labor in which she was the means of accomplishing great good. In her last talk before the literary society of the high school she gave most excellent advice, and since her death it seems as if she had that in view, realizing OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 485 its near approach and the importance of the necessary preparation for the great change. For a quarter of a century she was an active and efficient worker in both church and Sabbath-school, having united with the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1867. Mr. Bugbee has also been a member of this church for many years, and they had the pleasure of seeing their children unite with the church and become Christians. Mrs. Bugbee was also a member of the Eastern Star, and exemplified in her life the many beautiful teachings of the order. Over the closing hours of her life and the scene at her deathbed we draw a curtain. Her last words are too sacred for others than those dear ones who took note of the flitting breath and fluttering pulse until her spirit took its flight. She is at rest with her God. Long will her memory be cherished, not only by the home circle, but also by the entire community. CAPTAIN SAMUEL HAYWARD, deceased, for many years prominently identified with the banking and other interests of Conneaut, and at the time of his death Mayor of the city, was a native of New York, and came to this place with his parents when he was six years old. He was the second born in the family of twelve children of Samuel and Elizabeth (Campbell) Harvard, natives of Vermont. Samuel Hayward, Sr., came with his family to Ohio in 1833 and settled on a farm in Monroe township, Ashtabula county, where he passed the rest of his life, honored and respected by all who knew him. He was not only one of the leading farmers of his day, but also served the public as a Justice of the Peace, and filled other minor offices. Poplitically he was a Whig. He died in 1851, aged fifty-four years. His wife survived him until August 25, 1891, when she passed away at the advanced age of eighty-eight. She was a Universalist. Grandfather Campbell, a venerable citizen of Conneaut, was accidentally drowned at Conneaut Harbor when he was over seventy years old. Samuel and Elizabeth Hayward reared a large family of children, three of whom, Samuel, George and Charles, served in the late war. George was a First Lieutenant, and was acting as commander of his company — Company E, Twenty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry—in the battle of Gettysburg when he was instantly killed, July 3, 1863, aged twenty years. His remains rest in the National Cemetery at Gettysburg. Samuel learned the tanner's trade when a boy and worked at it until the fall of 1861, when he enlisted in the army, and was made Captain of a company. Through the influence of Ben. Wade, who was a warm friend of his father, he received the appointment of Captain in the regular army. He served as recruiting officer three years, being stationed at Toledo, where he rendered most efficient service. At the close of the war he resigned his position. After the war Captain Hayward began speculating in wool and provisions, and subsequently turned his attention to the oil business in Pennsylvania, where he was engaged several years. In 1872 he moved to Conneaut and engaged in banking, which business he followed the rest of his life. He was president and one of the charter members of the Mutual Loan Association of Conneaut, being president of that institution at the time of his death. In 1886 he was elected Mayor of Conneaut to fill the unexpired term of Mr. 486 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY Burgiss, but met the council only a few times, his death occurring six weeks after his election. He died December 30, 1886, aged fifly-eight yeas. Few men were better or more favorably known in Conneaut than he. Indeed, he was one of the leading citizens of the town. Generous to a fault, public-spirited and enterprising, he could always be depended upon to support any movement which had for its object the best interests of the city. Personally he was a man of fine appearance and his conduct was such that he commanded respect in whatever position he was placed. Few men here had more friends than he. Captain Hayward was married, April 1, 1848, to Miss Edna Dean, and had four children, as follows: Kate, wife of James T. Parmer; Mrs. Minnie H. Burington, who has two children: Edna and Ruth; Abner K., who married Mrs. Kate Demon, resides in Findlay, Ohio; and Coffin D., engaged in the lumber business with his brother, Abner, at Findlay. Mrs. Edna Hayward is a native of Ohio, and the youngest of the eleven children of Harvey and Phoebe (Kellogg) Dean, natives of Massachusetts. She has two brothers and two sisters living. Harvey Dean was one of the seven children of Captain Walter and Abigail Dean. The former was born in New Lisbon, Connecticut, September 5, 1751, and died January 19, 1814, aged sixty-two years, and the latter died April 11, 1811, at the age of fifty-seven. Captain Walter Dean enlisted at Roxbury, Massachusetts, in the Tenth Massachusetts Regiment of Infantry, and served seven years in the Revolutionary war, participating in the battles of Monmouth, White Plains, Brandywine, Valley Forge, Trenton, Saratoga, and others. At the close of the war he received a certificate, commendiug him highly as an officer, and signed by General George Washington. This document is now in the possession of Mrs. Hayward's family, and is highly treasured. Mrs. Hayward is a woman of wide general information, skilled in the duties of home and possessing unusual business tact. She and Mrs. Lyon, another of Conneaut's estimable ladies, are double cousins, Mrs. Lyon's father being a brother of Mrs. Dean and Mr. Dean and Mrs. Lyon's mother being brother and sister. FRANKLIN H. CHAPIN, a farmer and stock-raiser of Lenox township, Ashtabula county, was born in Berkshire county, Massachusetts, December 7, 1820, a son of Amos and Rebecca A. (Sheldor) Chapin. The father was born in Marlborough, Berkshire county, Massachusetts, in 1777, in early life learned the carpenter and joiner's trade, later the brick and stone mason's trade, and was also proficient at farm work. In the spring of 1835 he started for the West, going first to Albany, thence by canal to Buffalo, and by lake to Ashtabula, landing at his destination June 1, 1835. He purchased sixty acres of timber land near where he now lives, and began the sturdy life of a pioneer farmer. Mr. Chapin was accompanied to this State by his wife and ten children. This section of the State was then a wilderness, the only evidence of improvement being a roadway cut through the forest. The country abounded in bear, deer and wild turkey, and the frontiersman had little trouble in obtaining meat. Mr. Chapin departed this life April 18, 1867, at the advanced age of ninety years. The mother of our subject was born in 1799, at Marlborough, Massachusetts, where she was subsequently married. She united with the Presbyterian Church OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 487 in early life, and lived a consistent Christian until her death, which occurred in 1875. She had attained the venerable age of ninety-five years. Mr. and Mrs. Chapin lived to see the wilderness disappear, and improved farms and commodious residences take the plaee of forests and log cabins. They were the parents of fifteen children. Franklin H. Chapin, the subject of this sketch, was reared to manhood on his father's pioneer farm. In company with his three brothers he assisted in clearing the place, and at the age of twenty years purchased a farm of sixty acres near his father's farm. He was to pay for the same by working by the month. Mr. Chapin was next employed as a farm hand by Ludman Groves, with whom he remained two years, receiving $10 per month. By good management, well directed efforts and persistent industry, he succeeded in clearing the debt from the farm. He then turned his attention to the dairy business and to the manufacture of a superior kind of cheese. Leaving his farm in good hands, and 'accompanied by his wife, Mr. Chapin worked in various factories for four years, after which he returned to his farm. He now owns 210 acres of valuable land, all under a good state of cultivation, and is living a comparatively retired life. He has contributed liberally of his means to the support of schools and churches. In 1844 our subject was united in marriage with Miss Polly J. Isherwood, a daughter of Pilgrim Francis and Rebecca Isherwood. The father was born in Pennsylvania, November 6, 1781-, and was a son of an English sea captain. The former was reared on a farm in the Susquehanna valley; was married there in 1.815, and shortly afterward located on 300 acres of Government land in Crawford county, Pennsylvania. That tract was then a veritable wilderness. Ile felled a sufficient number of trees to build a cabin, and the mother made the first bedstead they ever owned, constructing the same of round poles cut from the woods. The father with his ax and the mother with her spinning- wheel and loom soon overcame every obstacle to home and fortune. A well improved farm was made and a commodious house erected, the latter afterward becoming a popular hotel, known as the Travelers' Home, a stopping place on the stage line between Pittsburg and Erie, Pennsylvania. In his political relations, Mr. Isherwood was an old-time Democrat. He died January 4, 1871, at the age of eighty-four years. The mother of Mrs. Chapin was born in Vermont, November 10, 1798; removed with her parents to Pennsylvania, and was married at the age of seventeen years. She was a woman of great force of character and consequent usefulness; lived a consistent Christian life, and through her untiring efforts and good judgement much of her husband's success was attained. She united with the Free-will Baptist Church in early life, and her death at the age of ninety years, occurred July 30, 1868. Mr. and Mrs. Isherwood had nine children, all of whom grew to years Of maturity, and of whom six still survive. Mrs. Chapin, wife of our subject, was born in Rockdale township, Crawford county, Pennsylvania, April 17, 1825. She grew to womanhood under careful home training, became proficient in all the useful household duties, and took her place at the wheel and loom when yet in her 'teens. In 1843 she came to Ohio with her uncle, Melancthon Alfred. The latter was a minister and physician by profession, and also taught vocal and instrumental music. He reorganized the church of this place, filled the pulpit and ad- 483 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY ministered to the wants of the sick, taught a singing school, and built up the society in general in Lenox township. Mrs. Chapin taught the district school one year in this township, and was married in 1884. Mr. and Mrs. Chapin have had two children. The eldest, Ladema Rosella, was born January 13, 1849, and was married April 17, 1867, to Hezeron Harmon, a farmer by occupation. During the late war he was a soldier in the Seventh Kansas Cavalry, and at the expiration of his two years of service re-enlisted, and served until the surrender. He took part in all the campaigns with John Brown. After returning from the army Mr. Harmon resumed agricultural pursuits, which he was soon afterward obliged to abandon on account of ill health, and he then spent six months in the city of Denver. He died August 1, 1874, at the age of thirty-two years. Ladema was again married, November 15, 1882, to Ralph G. Owen, of West Andover. She died February 7, 1888. The youngest child of our subject, Francis P., was born January 23, 1854, was reared to manhood on a farm, where work was never scarce, and at the age of five years he milked two cows night and morning. At the age of nineteen years he attended a three months' course at the Jordan Business College, after which he was employed as clerk in the dry-goods house of Schule & Berkenhewer. He worked the first six months without compensation, and his first wages was $20 per month. Mr. Chapin afterward entered the tobacco manufactory of W. S. Sherwood & Co., having charge of their packing department, and in 1875 was employed as their-traveling salesman through the New England States. In 1877 the firm was succeeded by Powers & Stewart, with whom he remained as traveling salesman until 1878, and in that year became a member of the firm. The partnership was known as Stewart, Chapin & Co. December 8, 1878, Mr. Chapin married Miss Zetta St. John, a native of Rock Creek, Ohio. Their only child, Ralph, died in 1883. In 1881 Mr. Chapin sold his interest in the tobacco business, and became part owner of the Toledo Bee, of which he is now manager. He is also Secretary and Treasurer of the Presque Isle Company. Mr. and Mrs. Chapin gave a parental care to the orphaned ward committed to their keeping. She was Hattie Durham, who was married December 1, 1886, to Ralph G. Owen. They have two children: Franklin C. and Harry. Mrs. Chapin is a woman of great force of character and energy, and to her substantial help, wise counsel and untiring energy her husband owes much of his success in life. After marriage she spun and wove all the cloth needed for the household linen. During one year she made seventy yards of cloth, and made cheese every day. Both Mr. and Mrs. Chapin attend the Congregational Church. The former affiliates with the Republican party, and has served as School Director for many years. FRANK FORTUNE.—Jefferson, Ohio, has no more enterprising, public-spirited citizen than the subject of this sketch, who is bound to this city by all the ties of birth and a long residence. Frank Fortune, one of the most prominent grocers and able business men of Jefferson, was born in this city September 19, 1856, son of Walter and Eleanor Fortune, well known and highly respected residents of this community. Mr. Fortune was reared in the city of his birth and received a fair education OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 489 in the coalmon and high schools. At the age of fourteen he became a clerk in a grocery in Jefferson, and afterward clerked in various lines of trade in that city, also spending one year as a clerk in Ashtabula, in the same county. In 1880 he entered into a co-partnership with Arthur F. Sikes in the grocery business, which they continued a year, when Mr. Fortune sold his interest and engaged in the same business alone. With the exception of two years, he has since continued by himself. His energy, careful management and correct business methods, together with his thorough knowledge of every detail of his business, has brought him deserved success. He began with very limited means, but now controls the largest grocery in Jefferson, which fact stands as sufficient endorsement of his ability and worth. In 1880 Mr. Fortune was married to Miss Lizzie A. Guy, an estimable lady of Jefferson. They have four interesting children: Lucy Bell, Grace Adell, Elizabeth Eleanor and Frank. Fraternally Mr. Fortune is an active member of the Royal Arch Masons, I. O. O. F. and Knights of Pythias. In the various walks of life, Mr. Fortune has been characterized by honor, capability and cordiality, and justly holds a high position in the regard of his community. In politics Mr. Fortune is a Republican. SAMUEL STRATTON, one of the venerable pioneers of Madison, Lake county, Ohio, has been identified with this place since he was a young man. For many years he was known as the " village blacksmith," and as a hunter he had a reputation second to none in all the country round. Mr. Stratton was born in Shelburne, Massachusetts, June 19, 1807, son of Caleb S. Stratton, a native of Leyden, that State, and a farmer by occupation. Be was left an orphan at an early age, his father dying when Samuel was four years old, and his mother two years later. Thus a family of five children, of whom he was next to the youngest, was cast upon the care of friends. Samuel lived at various times in three or four different families. When he was fifteen he entered upon an apprenticeship at the blacksmith trade and served until he was twenty-one. In 1829, at the age of twenty-two years, Mr. Stratton came out to Ohio, making the journey hither via the Erie canal from Troy to Buffalo, thence across the lake to Fairport, and then to Unionville by stage. The lake voyage was made on the steamer Peacock, and on that trip, while in mid water and at midnight, the boat had a collision with another steamer. At Unionville he worked in the blacksmith shop of his brother one year. Then he came to Madison, opened a shop, took in a number of apprentices and did a large amount of work. Six months in the year they worked all day and three hours each evening. For nearly forty years Mr. Stratton ran his shop here- In 1851 when the Lake Shore Railroad was built he took $500 worth of stock in the company, and made considerable money out of it. In early life Mr. Stratton took great delight in hunting, that being his chief recreation. He was the best fox hunter in all this country. He could kill a fox when it was on the run. Indeed, his rifle seldom failed of any mark at which he aimed. He has killed many a deer. Mr. Stratton was married, in 1842, to Roxana Miller, a native of Madison. Her father, Nahum Miller, who was born in Ver- 490 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY mont, was one of the first settlers in this part of Lake county. He located on the Middle Ridge before there was a road there, made a clearing in the woods and built his cabin, and there developed a farm and passed his life. He died at the age of sixty-seven. His wife, who before her marriage was Miss Ester McDonald, lived to be eighty-one. They reared five children. Following are the names of Mr. and Mrs. Stratton's children: Mrs. Ella Morse, Mrs. Louie Stray, Mrs. Edna Cutler, Mrs. Theo. Olmsted and Mrs. Esther Bollard, the three oldest being deceased. Mrs. Stratton is a member of the Congregational Church. In early life Mr. Stratton was a Whig, but since the organization of the Republican party he has affiliated with it. He started out in life dependent entirely upon his own exertions and as the result of his years of toil he is comfortably situated in his old age. His fine large residence is one of the attractive homes of Madison.   WALTER C. TISDEL is the Auditor of Lake county, Ohio, his home being in Painesville, the county seat. He is one of the most popular gentlemen in this locality, and comes from one of the early pioneer families. He was born in 1838, in Perry, Lake county, Ohio, and is the son of Silas A. and Elizabeth (Ely) Tisdel. The former was horn in Madison, Lake county, June 1, 1817, his father being Curtis A., a native of Connecticut, who removed to the Western Reserve in 1811 by teams, coming part of the way on the ice along the lake shore. He located in Madison township, then a wilderness, where he built a log cabin, and had only blankets for doors and windows. The country abounded in Indians and wolves, and the latter were very troublesome. During the war of 1812, life for the settlers was full of hardship and excitement, of which their descendants of the present day have little realization. Mr. Tisdel spent his life on his farm, clearing and improving it, and died November 20, 1837, at the age of fifty-nine years. His with became the mother of four sons and three daughters. She was called to her final rest in Perry, March 20, 1865, aged eighty-two years. Silas A. Tisdel passed his boyhood in this county, and after leaving school found occupation in a general store in Perry. After his marriage he engaged in the mercantile business for himself. For some time he resided in Painesville, and from there removed to Madison, remaining in the same business and in addition to that raising silk-worms: In 1846 he settled in Painesville permanently. In 1849 he was elected County Treasurer, and served for two terms in that position. For many years thereafter he was engaged in the grocery and provision business. He served for six years as County Recorder, being elected in 1873 on the Republican ticket. He was formerly a Whig, and voted first for William Henry Harrison in 1840. He was a regular attendant of the Congregational Church, and was thoroughly interested in the religious and moral welfare of the community. He died August 1, 1881. The marriage of Silas A. Tisdel and Elizabeth Ely was celebrated August 23, 1837, in Madison. Mrs. Tisdel is still living in Painesville. She was the mother of nine children, six of whom are living; their names are as follows: Walter Curtis; Evelyn Elizabeth, now Mrs. L. B. Ricker; Willard Parker; Marian Wyman, now Mrs. W. B. Straight; Lizzie B., now Mrs F. A. Searl; Carter Silas; OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 491 Sarah D.; Henry Carter and Sarah Elizabeth. The four last named are not living. The parents of Mrs. Tisdel were Asaph and Deborah (Nye) Ely, natives of Springfield and Boston respectively. They were married in Boston and came to Ohio in 1819 by way of the canal and lakes. Our subject, Walter C. Tisdel, came to Painesville in his boyhood and attended the public schools, later entering Gundry's Commercial College. At fifteen years of age he commenced clerking for John S. Mathews, a dry-goods merchant. He was in the store in the summer and attended school in the winter. After this he was in the employ of John Honse & Son, dry-goods merchants. He then went into his father's grocery store, and in time became his partner, the firm name being W. C. Tisdel & Company. After his marriage he was for a few years in the grocery and provision buiness in Toledo, Ohio. Returning to Painesville, he entered into partnership with W. W. Curdy, and bought out the Aaron Wilcox dry-goods house. A year later Mr. Curdy withdrew and Mr: Tisdel continued the business for fifteen years. In 1878 Mr. Tisdel was with his brother, Colonel W. P. Tisdel, who was then Superintendent of the New York & Rio de Janeiro Steamship Company, and in the interest of the same our subject made a trip to Rio Janeiro and other South American cities. When he returned he was elected State Secretary of the Young Men's Christian Association, and took up the work in January, 1879, holding the position for two years. While serving as State Secretary he was elected Auditor of Lake county, and has since discharged the duties pertaining to that office most faithfully. He is greatly interested in the work of the Congregational Church of this city, in which he is an official member. For fifteen years he was Superintendent of its Sunday-school, resigning in 1891. He devoted much time to blackboard exercises and object lessons and used the latest methods of conducting them. In 1862 Mr. Tisdel was married to Sarah M. Clayton, of Painesville, whose father, David B. Clayton, was one of the most honored early residents of this place. Mr. and Mrs. Tisdel are the parents of three children: Mary Elizabeth, Fred Walter, and Ely Clayton. In his political faith Mr. Tisdel is a stanch Republican, and has considerable influence in local political circles. He is a man of upright life, and one who commands the respect and esteem of all who know him. JAMES OSCAR HUMPHREY —Among the few early pioneers of Lake county, ) Ohio, is this gentleman, who is a retired capitalist of Willoughby. In the early days he experienced many hardships in the West. and has traveled on foot for miles through dense forests in Ohio and Michigan where now are fine farms and enterprising towns and cities. He was active in Chicago when it was only a prairie village. He lived there from 1834 until 1871, and is remembered as one of the founders of the greatness of that wonderful city. For several years he has been privileged in attending the re-unions of the pioneers of the Calumet Club. In a business way, success crowned his efforts and it is now long since he became well-to-do. Mr. Humphrey's birth occurred in Norfolk, Litchfield county, Connecticut, May 18, 1810. With his father, Roswell Humphrey, also a native of Connecticut, he emigrated to Willoughby, Ohio, in 1815. The father was 492 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY a carpenter by trade and participated in the war of 1812. He died about 1845, aged seventy-five years. His wife, whose death occurred in her seventy-first year, was before her marriage Elizabeth Norton, a native of Connecticut. In a family of seven children, six sons and one daughter, our subject is the only one living. He was only five years old when his parents removed to Ohio and his early education was such as was afforded by the dis-/ trict schools. When about sixteen years old he began learning the carriage business, at first working with his brother, and later, for two and one-half years, being employed in Cleveland. In 1834, he purchased lumber and started for Chicago by way of the lakes. At that time there were not to exceed 500 people in the place. Mr. Humphrey made the first wagons ever manufactured in Chicago. He hired an old log house which he used for a shop. He had been told that Chicago would probably develop into a good town in the course of time. He continued in the manufacture of wagons and carriages until 1852, the vehicles manufactured by him up to that time having commanded extremely high prices, as there was little competition. For a number of years subsequently he engaged in renting several buildings and dealt in real estate, In 1871, five months before the big fire in Chicago, he came to Willoughby to live, and after the fire fiend had laid the fair city low he disposed of his remaining interests there. In the year 1840, Mr. Humphrey wedded Miss Adelia Ann Barnum, who was born in Watertown, New York. Four children came to grace this union, but one by one they were stricken by the hand of death. The wife and mother was called from this life in J 888, And lies buried side by side with her children in Rose Hill cemetery, near Chicago. She was an amiable and cultured lady, one who numbered many friends among those who had the good fortune to make her acquaintance. Our subject was in former years a supporter of the Whig party, was later a Free Seiler and on the organization of the Republican party joined its ranks. Prior to the war lie was a strong Abolitionist. In business and social circles alike he is greatly respected as a man of honorable principle, sterling worth and upright walk in life. The poor and needy find in him a friend, and he supports with his influence and money all charitable enterprises. It is now over twenty years since he came to this peaceful little, village to make his home, and he has always been found active in everything pertaining to the advancement and welfare of his fellow citizens. It was little thought, at the time the foregoing sketch was prepared, that it would be the mournful duty of the biographer to record the sad fatality which has brought to a close the life of one who has ever been a man who stood four-square to every wind that blew. On the 12th of June, 1893, Mr. Humphrey, in company with his niece, Miss Mary Humphrey, went to Chicago for the purpose of visiting the great Columbian Exposition. Two days later, on Wednesday, June 14, Mr. Humphrey was thrown from an over-crowded cable street-car and received injuries which resulted in his death about fifteen minutes after the accident! He lived long enough to tell his name, age, place of residence of stopping-place in the city. He was on his way to the home of his niece, Mrs. Sturges, of 755 Sixty-third Court, in the suburban town of Lake, by whom a search was instituted. Not until two o'clock at night did the anxious OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 493 friends succeed in finding the object of their quest, and then only to look with heavy grief upon his mortal remains which had been held for identification at the morgue. After the inquest the remains of Mr. Humphrey were laid to rest beside those of his wife and children in Rose Hill cemetery. Thus suddenly has terminated the life of one who was a true nobleman,—one who leaves an heritage of kindly deeds and honest worth. CHESTER PALMER, for many years one of the much revered pioneers of Chester township, Geauga county, Ohio, but now of Willoughby, this State, is a native of the township of Danby, Tompkins county, New York, born December 13, 1812. He belongs to the ninth generation of the descendants of Walter Palmer, who emigrated from England to this country and settled at Stonington, Connecticut, in Colonial times. The grandfather of our subject was Ezekiel Palmer, a native of Connecticut and a Revolutionary soldier. He died at a ripe old age. Rev. Erban Palmer, son of Ezekiel and father of Chester, was born July 1, 1787, at Warren, Litchfield county, Connecticut. At the age of thirteen he was bound out by his father to Chester Bennett of Warren, Connecticut, to serve an apprenticeship at blacksl', i thing. H e was to work eight years, but at the expiration of seven years he purchased his release for $150. Going to Salem, Massachusetts, he was employed in a foundry until his health failed from overwork, after which he spent three years at sea, visiting South American ports. During this time he became master of a vessel. Returning to Warren, his old home, he was married, December 22, 1811, to Lucy Ranney, and moved to Danby, Tompkins county, New York, where he resumed work at his trade. He had always been skeptical in his religious views and finally became an infidel; but at Danby he was converted and at once began to prepare for the ministry, and was in the ministry of the Presbyterian Church the remainder of his life. While pastor at East Genoa, New York, his health failed and he was advised by a physician to come West to Ohio. Following this advice in 1822, he traveled to Chester, Geauga county, Ohio, on horseback. Soon after his- arrival here he conducted a revival meeting at Kingsville, which resulted in about 300 conversions. He preached at Kingsville, five years. Then he removed with his family to Chester, Geauga county, where he preached several years. One year - he had charge of a church at Monroeville, Huron county, Ohio. His health again failing, he retired and moved to Orwell, Ashtabula county, where he died of consumption, at the age of sixty. He was one of the most remarkable pioneer ministers in the Western Reserve. He organized many churches and did a great amount of good at the various places where he lived. His wife died while they were residents of Chester, They had seven children, Chester, and a brother who is now a resident of California, being the only ones of the number that survive. Chester Palmer lived in Tompkins county, New York, until he was eleven years. When he was thirteen his father found a place for him to work in Kingsville township, Ashtabula county, where he was employed by one man about three years, chopping wood and clearing land. As he had to work out in his youth, his educational advantages were of course limited, but he made the best of his opportunities, studying at night by the light of a pine knot. Thus, in the school of experi- 494 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY ence, he gained a store of valuable information. In 1827, when his father moved to Chester township, Geauga county, he accompanied him and found employment at farm work there. In 1835 he married and settled on a farm. This farm he cleared and improved, and as the years rolled by prosperity smiled upon him. To his original purchase he added other land until he became the owner of 300 acres. For thirty-five years he followed farming in Chester township. During this time he became noted as a breeder of fine stock, especially sheep and Durham cattle. He at one time had a fine herd of sixty Durhams, which he sold for breeding purposes and sent to all parts of the United States. He was one of the pioneer stock men of Geauga county. In 1838 he arranged with E. P. Morgan & Co., of Massachusetts, to buy wool in exchange for cloth, and in 1842 he was engaged by another firm to buy wool, the firm furnishing him money so that he could pay cash for the wool he purchased. The latter arrangement was a great accommodation to the people of this section at that time, as money was what they needed. He bought wool for this firm for twenty-nine years, during which time he disbursed in four counties over $800,000. Mr. Palmer has been a man of the strictest integrity all his life. During the many years he had dealings with men all over this part of the State he made hosts of warm friends, and few men of Geuaga county were better known than he. He relates many interesting reminiscences connected with his early life here, recalling the time when there was no money in the country and no market for farm products; when postage on a single letter was 25 cents; and when the latchstring hung out at the pioneer's cabin and genial hospitality and good cheer prevailed around the open fireplace. During the past few years Mr. Palmer has lived retired at Willoughby, enjoying the rest that comes after years of honest toil. He has been twice married and his sons and daughters have grown up to occupy honorable and useful positions in life. His first wife, Achsah S. Melvin, died March 11, 1848, leaving six children: Harriet, Charles, Melvin, Lucy, Lowell M., and Henry, all still living. In 1851 he married Ann Wise, and they have one daughter, Lura E. The sons are all prominent business men, two of them being residents of New York city. In early life Mr. Palmer was a Whig, but has been a Republican since the organization of that party. He was commissioned Paymaster of a regiment by Governor Sherman, tinder the old military law of Ohio, and served as such, but other than this has always refused public office. At the outbreak of the Civil war Governor Todd appointed a county committee to secure volunteers in Geauga county, the subject of this sketch being one of the committee and his associates being Hon. Peter Hitchcock, of Burton; Josiah Tilden, of Parkman, and Colonel Erastus Spencer, of Claridon. Under the direction of this committee the OneHundred and Fifth Regiment was organized. The incidental expenses of preparing the regiment to go to the front were borne by the committee, who never asked for Government re-imbursement. Both he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church, in which he has been an Elder for many years. CHARLES J. FENTON, a venerable pioneer of Conneaut, Ohio, and next to the oldest citizen in the town, was for many years engaged in business here, first OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 495 as a tailor and afterward as a merchant tailor, and is now living retired. The following sketch of his life will be found of interest to many. C. J. Fenton was born in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, January 10, 1816. His parents were Dr. Samuel L. and Charlotte (Jennings) Fenton; the father a native of Ipswich, Northwold, England, and the mother of Norwalk, Connecticut. They were married and settled in New York when both were quite young. Dr. Fenton was educated in Ipswich and New York, having come to America about 1785. He was the first president of the Tailors' Association of New York. Coming West, he settled in Erie first, and in 1826 came to Conneaut. The town was called Salem at that time. Here he took rank with the foremost men of his day. He was an eminent physician, a fine musician and a good conversationalist, and for his true worth be was highly appreciated by his fellow citizens. He died in 1834, in the fifty-fourth year of his age. His wife died in 1860, aged seventy-eight. They were the parents of eleven children, only three of whom are now living, viz.: Car-not, a resident of Cleveland; Atkins, residing in Niles, Michigan; and Charles J., whose name heads this article. C. J. Fenton came to Conneaut in 1832, from Cumberland county, Pennsylvania. At that time there was considerable business in East Conneaut. After being in business sonic years, he bought a farm, moved to East Conneaut, and has resided here ever since. Financially, he has been successful, and now, in his declining years, is surrounded with all the comforts of life, his one affliction being that of deafness. In 1831, the year before he came to Conneaut, lie was married in Pennsylvania to Miss Sarah Montgomery, daughter of John and Jennie (Fulton) Montgomery, of Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, where Mr. Montgomery owned a large and valuable farm. Her mother died when she was quite young, and she was reared by her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Fulton. Following is a record concerning Mr. and Mrs. Fenton's children: William married Evelyn Putney, daughter of Henry Putney, and is a resident of San Francisco, California; Laura, wife of Orson Hewitt, resides at Alton, Illinois; Samuel, who married Louise Van Corder, lives in East Conneaut; Charlotte, wife of A. E. Keyes, died in October, 1877; Isabella, wife of J. B. Lathy, resides in Alton, Illinois; Lizzie and Nellie are twins; the former married S. D. Barrett and resides in Chicago; and the latter is the wife of A. 0. Payne, of Conneaut; Mr. and Mrs. Payne have two children, Charles and Boyd; Clara is the wife of B. F. Kennedy; Grace died in 1876, at the age of twenty-three years; Jennie is the wife of William P. De Wolfe, East Conneaut; Mr. and Mrs. De Wolfe have two children, Robert F. and George L., Jr. B. F. KENNEDY, dealer in real estate and publisher of marriage certificates and family records, Conneaut, Ohio, was born in Ashtabula county, December 24, 1849. He is a son of Sidney and Mary J. (Lewis) Kennedy, both natives of Conneaut township, this county. His father is a prominent and highly respected farmer of this county, and is a veteran of the late war, having lost an eye while in the service. His mother, daughter of John and Rhoda Lewis, died in 1884, aged about forty-nine years. They had a family of seven children, 496 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY B. F. being the second born and one of the five who are still living. Two are in this county. Mr. Kennedy was educated in the Conneaut schools and the Kingsville Academy, and before he was sixteen years old began teaching school, teaching six terms in Conneaut township. He then began selling family records, was successful in the business, and subsequently bought several designs from Prof. Cooper, of Kingsville, and in this line is still doing a successful business. In 1888, without his consent and even without his knowledge, he was elected to the office of Justice of the Peace, and served a term of three years. He began dealing in real estate several years ago, and since 1891 has been in partnership with Mr. Miles Dorman. Mr. Kennedy was married November 25, 1872, to Clara J. _Fenton, daughter of C. J. and Sarah Ann Fenton, old residents of Conneaut. They have five children: Sherman M., ,B. F., Jr., Belle, Lottie and Lois. Politically, Mr. Kennedy is a Republican, though he takes little interest in politics. WILLIAM SHEPARD, one of the prominent old settlers residing on a farm near Kingsville, Ashtabula county, Ohio, was born in Huntington county, Connecticut, October 28, 1825. His parents were Rev. William M. and Anna (Griffin) Shepard, both natives of Con necticut, where they were reared and married. William M. Shepard was by trade a tanner and currier, which occupation he followed in Connecticut and Ohio, having come to Ohio in 1835 and settled at Sheffield. There he bought a small farm, and carried on both tanning and shoemaking. For many years he was a Justice of the Peace. As a local preacher he was the means of accomplishing much good fin. the Master. His pure and upright life was in every way above reproach; to know him was to honor and esteem him. He baptized, married and buried hosts of people. He died at about the age of seventy- two years: William Shepard, his father, a sea captain, died many years ago, and the whole family of three children, of whom William M. was the second born, are deceased. The mother of our subject, whose maiden name was Anna Griffin, was the only daughter of Andrew Griffin, and her only brother's name was Andrew. She died in 1833, at the age of twenty-two, leaving four children, namely: William; Andrew, who died at the age of thirty-four years; Mary, wife of Lyman Boynton, is deceased; and Susan, wife of T. Cunningham, is a resident of Columbus, Ohio. William Shepard has been a farmer nearly all his life, although at times he has been employed in sawmills and at other occupations. He has been a resident of Ashtabula county ever since he was a boy, with the exception of six years spent in California, where he was engaged in mining and milling, in the latter case as an employee. He made the journey to the Golden State via Nicarauga and returned by the Isthmus route. When about ninety miles below Acapulco, on board the Winfield Scott, the vessel was wrecked, but the passengers and crew were saved. It was in January, 1852, that he went to California. Mr. Shepard returned from California in 1858 and located in Denmark township, where he engaged in the lumber business and farming until 1875, when he removed to Kingsville, where he has since resided. Mr. Shepard has a beautiful farm of eighty acres, located southwest of Kingsville, where OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 497 he is engaged in general farming, raising corn, wheat and potatoes, and giving special attention to small fruits. He was married to Sophronia E. Jarvis, now deceased. She was a daughter of Sidney and Clarissa Jarvis, of McKean, Erie county, Pennsylvania. Her father was a farmer there, and subsequently in Ohio, having moved to this State from Pennsylvania about 1873, and located on a small farm which he bought, near Mr. Shepard's place. His widow is now an honored resident of Kingsville, aged about seventy-eight years. His death occurred soon after lie came to Ohio. Mrs. Jarvis has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for many years, and of this church her worthy husband was also an honored member. Mrs. Shepard was the oldest of three children, the others being as follows: Sidney W., a resident of Fairview, Pennsylvania; and John Wesley, whose home is in McKean township, Erie county, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Shepard was born in Onondaga county, New York, March 18, 1836, and was a devoted member of the Methodist Church from her girlhood days. Hers was a beautiful character, her many amiable qualities drawing around her a large circle of warm and appreciative friends, to whom her death was a source of great sorrow. Mr. and Mrs. Shepard had five children: Frankie L., who married G. G. Kingsbury, June 18, 1880, resides in Kingsville, has two children, Paul and Guilford; Emma, horn March 9, 1863, was married to Horace Hunter September 29, 1887, and died in 1892, leaving an only child, William Shepard Hunter; Lida V., a graduate of the Kingsville school, and a teacher for several terms, was taken sick while attending normal school at Ada, Ohio, and there she died June 6, 1888; Nellie G., also a teacher, is at this writing a student at Wesleyan University, Ohio; and Mary, a member of the home circle. Both Emma and Lida V. had given their hearts to Christ, and were earnest and active workers in the Methodist Church. Mr. Shepard is an active member of the Masonic lodge, being Treasurer of the order. In politics he affiliates with the Republican party. He is a man of sterling qualities, and is ranked with the best citizens of the com unity. HON. THADDEUS E. HOYT, a prominent citizen of Ashtabula, Ohio, is found in the subject of this sketch, who, by ancestry and birth, has been connected with the county for many years. Hon. Thaddeus E. Hoyt, one of the active and successful practitioners of the Ashtabula county bar, and a worthy citizen, was born in Morgan towuship, Ashtabula county, Ohio, December 17, 1844, and is a son of Benjamin and Emily (Foote) Hoyt. His grandfather, Thaddeus Hoyt, was a native of Connecticut, descended from English ancestors who settled in America in Colonial times. He married a sister of Colonel G. W. St. John, widely and favorably known throughout Ashtabula county, of which he was a pioneer and for many years a prominent character. In 1838 the grandfather joined the westward movement of emigration, setting in toward Ohio and settled in Morgan township, Ashtabula county. He here followed farming all the rest of his life, dying on his homestead at the venerable age of about eighty-five years. He was the father of seven children, four sons and three daughters. One of these, Benjamin Hoyt, was the father of the subject of this sketch. He was born in Con- 498 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY necticut where he resided until a youth of fifteen years, at which time he accompanied his parents to Ohio. He was a farmer and contractor by occupation, and was actively identified with the development of Ashtabula county. He was first married to Emily Foote, who later died, leaving two sons and three daughters to his care. He afterward married Miss Brockway. They had three sons and three daughters. After a long and useful life, this worthy pioneer died at his home in Morgan township, this county, in 1891, aged about sixty-eight years. He was a man of great benevolence of character, charitable and generous, and honorable in all his dealings; he enjoyed the confidence of all who knew him, and the love and devotion of his family. The subject of this sketch was reared on the homestead, and spent his youth in the duties incidental to farm life. He first attended school at Rock Creek, and afterward went to Grand River Institnte in Austinburg. While pursuing these peaceful and congenial occupations, the Civil war broke out in all its fury, and moved by youthful patriotism he hastened to take part in the conflict for the preservation of the Union, and enlisted August 9, 1861, as a private in Company A, Twenty-ninth Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which company he continued until the close of the war, being mustered out as First Lieutenant, July 5, 1865. He served three years as a private and carried a mullet, in all, about four years. On his return from the war, he resumed his studies in Grand River Institute, whence he went to Western Reserve College, then situated in Hudson, but since removed to Cleveland, this State, leaving the latter school when in the sophomore class. He then went at once into the law office of Messrs. Woodbury and Ruggles, of Jefferson, Ohio, where he pursued his legal studies until his admission to the bar in the spring of 1870. He celebrated this happy event in July, of that year, by his marriage to Miss Belle M. Shaffer, an estimable lady of Morgan township, Ashtabula county. The issue of this union was two children, Ella M. and Francis A. In the fall of 1870 he went to Kewaunee, Wisconsin, and there entered actively into the practice of law, which he followed until the spring of 1875, when he was elected Mayor of Kewaunee, which he had aided in getting incorporated. Later, he was elected District Attorney for Kewaunee county, in which position he efficiently served two years. All these honors, however, could not estrange him from his first love, and accordingly we find him, on September 16, 1875, taking up his abode in Ashtabula, where he has since continuously resided. He served three successive terms as City Solicitor, and in September, 1884, was appointed Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, to fill the unexpired term of Judge Woodbury, who had been elected to the Circuit Court bench. These various duties have not prevented him from taking an active part in the development of the city. He with others bought and improved several important plats of property, and in many of the public improvements he has taken an active part. He is a stockholder and director in the Pittsburg, Youngstown & Ashtabula Railroad, which terminates at the harbor, and in which he has taken a lively interest. In politics, Mr. Hoyt was a Republican until 1872, since which time he has advocated the principles of the Democratic party. He is naturally deeply interested in educa- OF NORTHEASTERN" OHIO - 499 tional affairs, especially those pertaining to his alma mater, and keenly alive to the welfare of his former comrades in arms. Hence we find him a trustee in the Grand River Institute and an active member of the Board of Soldiers' Relief Commission for Ashtabula county. He was Junior Vice Commander of the G. A. R., Department of Ohio, in 1886. Judge Hoyt, unaided by wealth or family influences, has carved out his own success, which is due to his indomitable energy, perseverance, strict adherence to business and professional methods and integrity of purpose. He stands high with the bar, with the court and the people. ARTHUR E. FENTON, for many years a representative citizen of Painesville, Ohio, and a member of an old and respected family of the State, was born in Bristol, Ohio, August 21, 1843. Aaron Fenton, his grandfather, was a native of New Jersey and emigrated with his family to Bristol, Ohio, in 1803, near which place he took a tract of wild land, which he cleared and industriously improved. He was among the very first white settlers, his home being amongst the primeval woods, which were undisturbed save by the call and cry of wild animals and birds or that of the equally wild Indians. The farm which he thus reclaimed from the wilderness is still in possession of his descendants, and is numbered among the most valuable places in the county. This brave and good pioneer died in 1820, aged thirty-nine, sincerely mourned by all who knew him. His son, Aaron Fenton, father of the subject of this sketch, was born on the farm near Bristol, Ohio, June 26, 1812, and grew up, lived and died on the same place. He was never off the homestead but five years in his life and always followed farming. He was a man of ability and deserved prominence in his vicinity, and at one time held a local office, always lending his influence to advance the interests of his community. He married Lydia Lambert, a native of Trumbull county, Ohio, and they had four children, all of whom are living. Both parents were devout members of the Disciple Church. The first to pass away was the father, who died in 1882, leaving many friends to mourn his loss. The devoted mother survived him a year, expiring in 1883. The subject of this sketch was reared on the home farm, on which his father and grandfather had lived and died. He attended the district schools, and was reared to agricultural pursuits, laying the foundation in open-air exercise of that rugged health which was to distinguish him in after life, and learning those lessons of industry and perseverance which were to contribute to his future success. In these peaceful and congenial pursuits his earlier years were passed, until the outbreak of the Civil war. October 14, 1861, he enlisted in Company A of the Sixth Ohio Cavalry, under command of Colonel William Lloyd, in which he served three years and a half. He was with General Fremont in the Shenandoah valley from May, 1862, and later with Sigel, Kilpatrick and Sherman, participating in the battles of Cross Keys, Cedar Mountain and the Maryland campaign. In 1863 Mr. Fenton took part in the Gettysburg campaign under General Meade, after which he was confined in the hospital at Washington for a year. He then re-enlisted on the expiration of his three years' service, and was stationed in the quartermaster's department at Cedar Point, Ohio; until the close of the war.