(RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) 700 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY when his parents removed to Massachusetts, where his life was passed. He married Jemima Tory, daughter of Elijah Tarry, of a well-known New England family, and they had four children: David and Elijah, twins, born July 25, 1818; and a second pair of twins—Marcus, the subject of this sketch, and Mary, who married John Adams, now a resident of Wyoming county, New York. Owing to the limited means of his parents, the subject of this sketch was early thrown on his own resources, and did not receive the educational advantages which his father greatly desired to give him and which he would, under other circumstances, certainly have enjoyed. However, he obtained a fair education in the district and select schools of his vicinity, which he supplemented by self application and general reading, until he is now a well informed and capable man. When nineteen years of age, he entered into an agreement with William Masters who had a mail contract between local points of Chester, Middlefield, Becket, Hinsdale and Washington, to carry the mail for said contractor on Saturdays for his board during the week while he attended school. After reaching his majority, he worked for many years by the month. n fact, his self support dates from the tenth year of his age. He had a natural mechanical aptitude, and by experiment and practice, acquired quite a knowledge of carpentry, at which he has worked to a considerable extent, being, in fact, a handy man with any sort of tools to which he has had access. To slightly anticipate, we may call attention to the fact that when his children were small, he took out his leather and implements and mended their sin es in approved style. By economy he has accumulated a competency to provide himself with comforts during his declining years. In 1845 he removed from Massachusetts to Wyoming county, New York, returning to the Bay State in 1853. n the spring of 1858 he moved to Lowville, Erie county, Pennsylvania, where he remained until 1883, when he came to Saybrook, where he has ever since resided. Here he purchased 100' acres of excellent land which he has handsomely improved, the farm now justly ranking with the best in the county. This prosperity is entirely due to his own unaided efforts and good management, and reflects credit on his industry and determination of character. Mr. West was first married to Thankful Davis, a woman of sterling worth, daughter of Austin Davis, a Lieutenant in the war of 1812. By a previous marriage, Thankful had four sons, whom Mr. West reared to manhood as his own. To our subject and his wife five children were born: Ellen Esther, deceased, was the wife of Prof. Washburn; Luvena Letica, deceased, was the wife of Nelson Hunt; Sexton De Witt, a prominent citizen of Wattsburgh, Pennsylvania; George Emmett, now of Ashtabula; and Nathan, who died at the age of five years. November 1, 1853, the family were called upon to mourn the loss of the devoted wife and mother, who died regretted by all who knew her. Mr. West was afterward married to Caroline L. Bailout, an estimable lady, daughter of Elias Ballou, a wealthy farmer, and they had three children: Mary, wife of William Howes, Horace Bert, now at home; and Monroe E., deceased at three years. Death again visited the family and removed the faithful mother, who left three children to the care of the afflicted husband. Mr. West was married January 1, 1874, to Hattie Gillett, a lady of domestic tastes, daughter of a prosperous farmer of Goshen, Massachusetts, and they OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 701 had one child: Hattie, now a young woman, who graduates in 1893 at a New England College in New Hasten, Connecticut. In 1875, Mr. West was deprived by death of his wife, who was a woman of many amiable qualities, and greatly esteemed by all who knew her. June 12, 1887, Mr. West was married to Mrs. Emma E. Franklin, a highly respected lady, whose husband died in the Union army. Her maiden name was Dole, her father being a well-to-do citizen of Frank lin county, Massachusetts, widely and favorably known. Her mother was before marriage a Miss Rudd, a member of an old and prominent family. All young men would do well to study the life of Mr. West in order to discover the secret of his success, which is not confined to financial prosperity, but extends to the higher matters of social prominence and esteem as well as domestic happiness. It will be found that all this is due to his continued industry, economy and careful management, as well as upright dealing with his fellow men, and his general moral character. HON. ELVERTON J. CLAPP was born at Windsor, Ashtabula county, Ohio, October 5, 1842, a son of Ichabod Clapp, a native of Windsor, Connecticut, born in 1810. Johnathan Clapp, the grandfather of our subject, was one of a small company that emigrated to Ohio in 1813 and located in Ashtabula county, naming their town Windsor, in honor of the town they had left in New England. Johnathan Clapp died soon after corning to his western home. He was possessed of those sterling traits which characterize the typical New Englander. Ichabod Clapp was an only son, and was a lad of ten years when his father died. When he became of age he took charge of the old Clapp homestead near Windsor, where his mother resided until her death. He married Hannah McIntosh, a native of Rutland county, Vermont, who had accompanied her parents to Ohio at an early day. He was a farmer all his life, took a deep interest in improved methods of agriculture, and was very successful, the earth yielding, under his management, her best harvests. He died in January, 1891, at the age of eighty-two years; his wife died in 1877, in her sixty-sixth year. Both were zealous Christian people of the faith of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Of their five children, Milo S. is the eldest: he is located at Warren, Trumbull county, Ohio, and is one of the leading business men of that place: he is Grand Master of the I. 0. 0. F. of Ohio; the eldest daughter, Jennie, is the wife of Milo Skinner, and resides at Windsor, Ohio; Car, roll S., the youngest son, is a wealthy citizen of Warren, Ohio: he is president of the Second National Bank of Warren, and is a prominent Mason, being Grand Master of the order in the State; Dette, the youngest daugh ter, is the wife of George Welsh, a hardware merchant of New Castle, Pennsylvania. Elverton J. Clapp received his elementary education in the district school and in the Or, well (Ohio) Academy; began teaching at the age of sixteen, and followed this calling several years. When the war broke out he left his books for the battlefield, but after peace was declared he went back and finished his course. He enlisted in August, 1862, in Company K, One Hundred and Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as a private, under Captain Bowers, of Geneva, Ohio. His first engagement was at Perryville, Kentucky; then he was at Stone 702 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. River and Chickamauga; he was all through the campaign from Chattanooga to Atlanta, being under fire for 100 days. He went with Sherman to the sea, was at Bentonville, North Carolina (the last fight), at the surrender of Johnston at Raleigh, and participated in the grand review at Washington. When he en- tered the service he left the train at Lexington, Kentucky, and marched through Kentucky, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, and on to Washing ton, riding not one step of the way. He was promoted to Sergeant after the battle of Perryville, and was honorably discharged June 5, 1865. He was married November 11, 1867, to Eliza A. Carpenter, a native of Thompson, G-eauga county, Ohio, and the accomplished daughter of John Carpenter, a prominent citizen of Thompson township, and one of the most intelligent farmers of this section. She was a graduate of West Farmington Semi- nary, Ohio. In 1878 Mr. Clapp assisted in the organization of the Farmers' Mutual In- surance Company, and has been secretary since that time, aiding very materially in building up the business and advancing its interests. A Republican of the stanchest type, in 1889 he was elected to represent his party in Lake and Geanga counties at the State Legislature, and re-elected in 1891. He was elected Speaker pro tem, of the Seventieth General Assembly by acclamation, and filled the position with marked ability. He served on the committees of Finance, County Affairs and Insurance. He was largely instrumental in securing the location of the National Woman's Relief Corps Home at Madison, Ohio, and secured an appropriation of $40,000 for the erection of a cottage at the Home, for the State of Ohio. He was made chairman of the Ohio Board of Construction, and was ap- pointed a delegate to the Agricultural Con- gress, held in Chicago in 1893. He is a member of the Masonic order; is Past Grand of the I. 0. 0. F., and Commander of Guernsey Post, No. 701, G. A. R., at Thompson. He and his wife are active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and live a life consistent with their profession, always friends , to the poor and distressed and will- ing helpers of the needy. They are fitting guardians of the abundance that flows through their hands. Mr. Clapp was an able, active and labori- ous member of the Assembly, broad in his views, true and unyielding, though honorable and conscientious in the advocacy of the prin- ciples of his party. During the four years he represented his district he was ever alive to the interests of the State and his constituency, and achieved an enviable reputation as a legislator, honoring the county that honored him. He is a man of good presence, pleasing address, and an able, forceful and attractive speaker. He is genial and social by nature, and warm and true in his friendship. His distinguished services in the Legislature, and his honorable and patriotic conduct during the late canvass, established him more firmly in the hearts of the people, and created a broad field for future preferment. HENRY BOSWORTH. -- Upon the sturdy and intelligent yoemen of our nation does the essence of its prosperity depend, and Geauga county, Ohio, is favored in having a class of farmers representing in their methods and labor not the animus of stolid drudgery and not the deplorable narrowness of judgment, which impose OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 703 the stigma of brainless toil, but men of distinctive animation and enterprise; men who never touch the point of inertia, but live, learn and advance, ever keeping pace with the march of progress. Of such class is the subject of this review, and his fine farm of fifty-two acres is located near Ford, and shows in its appearance the well-directed care which has brought it to the present state of high cultivation. Mr. Bosworth was born in Newbury township, Geauga county, Ohio, October 7, 1838, being the son of Harmon and Lucy (Fargo) Bosworth, who were natives of the beautiful old county of Berkshire, Massachusetts. Harmon Bosworth came from the old Bay State to Ohio in 1818, and purchased a piece of land in Newbury township, Geauga county, being one of the flrst settlers in said township, which was yet given over to sylvan wilds. His brother had preceded him to the frontier by one year, and had cleared up a few acres by the time Harmon arrived. After grappling vigorously with nature for about a year, and having made his efforts count in the reclaiming of his land, Harmon Bosworth felt that there was yet lacking one element most essential to his happiness. Accordingly, he returned to Massachusetts, and there wedded Miss Lucy Fargo, February 22, 1820. The bridal tour of the young couple was not one of majestic pomp. They secured an ox team and a wagon, and set forth for their future home in Ohio. Of such pioneer journeys record has been handed down to posterity, and it is needless to revert to the same more fully. They arrived at their destination in due time and slept in their wagon until their primitive log cabin could be completed. That they endured privations and hardships in their frontier home is certain, but they were sustained and given strength as the number of their days, and to them, as to others who endured these trials, do the later generations owe a debt of gratitude. In their little home Mr. and Mrs. Bosworth lived a life of honest frugality. Farm products commanded very small prices, and necessary provisions were correspondingly high. On one occasion Mr. Bosworth hauled a load of wheat to Pittsburg and exchanged the entire amount for one barrel of salt. As the country became more thickly settled he occupied a prominent place among its pioneers, holding various local offices at different times. He was Township. Clerk for some time, and was also one of the trustees of the township. Both he and his wife lived to enjoy the fruits of their labor and to attain to the fullness of years. He died in 1875, at the age of eighty-two years, and his widow survived him by five years, passing away at the age of eighty-one. For more than a half century they lived together, mutually sustaining and sustained. Both were members of the Baptist Church, Mrs. Bosworth having been one of the first members of that denomination in the vicinity, There were born to them seven children, of whom the three youngest are still living. Henry Bosworth received his early education in the district and select schools, and remained at home until he attained his majority. He then found employment for some time in Cleveland and Warren, Ohio. August 15, 1866, he was married to Miss Frances Wilson, who was born in Marcy, Oneida county, New York, November 6, 1842, and whose parents emigrated in 1849 to Ohio, where her father subsequently died. Mr. and Mrs. Bosworth have two. song, Charles W. and Clarence F. In addition to general farming our subject has for the past decade given particular 704 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY attention to agriculture; has made the matter a subject of careful study and experiment, and has formulated methods -which have made the enterprise a very successful and duly profitable one. He is without doubt the leading and best informed apiarist in Geauga coonty. Mr. Bosworth is an advocate of the principles and policies maintained by the Republican party, and has served as Treasurer of the township for about fourteen years. May 2, 1864, he enlisted in the One Hundred and Seventy-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was assigned to duty at Camp Dennison, Cincinnati and Cleveland, and in guarding Confederate prisoners on Johnson's Island, being mustered out at Sandusky, after a service of about 120 days. Both he and his wife are active and zealous members of the Disciple Church, in the local organization of which he is an Elder. Having led upright and conscientious lives it is needless to say that both Mr. and Mrs. Bosworth have high place in the regard and respect of the community, to whose best interests they have aver been devoted. FRANK A. MORRISON, physician and surgeon, is one of the progressive young professional men of Rock Creek, Ashtabula county, Ohio. He was born in Jefferson township, this county, September 5, 1858, and lived there until he was eighteen years of age. He attended the district schools and the Jefferson Educational Institute. Being then thrown upon his own resources, he went to Portage county, Ohio, where he engaged in business for himself, and for several years dealt successfully in real estate. We next find him in Albion, Erie county, Pennsylvania, study ing medicine in the office of Dr. Skeels, a noted physician. Alter remaining under his tutorage for a period of three years, young Morrison attended a course of lectures at Cleveland. He then came to Rock Creek and entered upon the practice of his profession. Three years later he went to Cincinnati, where he further prepared himself for his chosen profession by taking a two years' course in the Pulte Medical College, where he graduated. After that he took a course in the Old Pathological School and spent three months in clinic work. Returning to Rock Creek, he resumed the practice of his profession, in which he has since been eminently successful, now having a practice representing about $5,000 per annum. Dr. Morrison was married September 5, 1878, to Miss Clara A. Churchell, who was born in Randolph township, Portage county, Ohio, November 19, 1856, daughter of Orwell Churchell. They have one child, Frankie A., born August 29, 1889. Mrs. Morrison is a lady of much culture and refinement, is popular in society circles, and presides in a charming manner over her cozy and attractive home. Dr. Morrison is a son of Cornelius and Sarah (Goodall) Morrison. His father was born in Geneva, Ashtabula county, Ohio, June 19, 1823, and grew up at his native place, receiving a high-school education. He located in Jefferson, where he was married in 1848, and where he resided for a number of years, owning a fine farm near Jefferson. In early life he was ordained a minister of the Gospel. His first work in the pulpit was in the Methodist Episcopal Church at Jefferson. Later he united with the Zion Church, with which organization he labored for many years. Now, after a useful and active career, he resides at Richmond Center, retired from active OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 705 life. The Doctor's mother was born in Connecticut. Her parents coming to Ohio when she was four years old and settling on a farm in Ashtabula county, she was here reared and educated. Of her ten children, eight are still living, representing various trades and professions. From her youth up she has been a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In political matters, Dr: Morrison is a Republican, Since 1889 he has been identified with the F. & A. M. and the I. 0. 0. F. In the Masonic order he has taken the Royal Arch degree. He is a member of the American Institute of Homoeopathy, the oldest medical institute in America; of the Homeopathic Medical Society of Ohio, and is Medical Examiner for the Northwestern Life Insurance Company, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and also for the Manhattan nsurance Company of New York. EDWARD CRAFTS, a prominent farmer of Auburn township, Geauga county, Ohio, was born in Auburn, August 22, 1822. William Crafts, his father, an early settler in Auburn, was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Edward Crafts, his grandfather, was a resident of Boston and occupied the position of Major at the commencement of the Revolutionary war, and with his brother, Colonel Thomas Crafts, was prominent in the defense of Boston from the attacks of the English during the Revolution. Major Edward Crafts disposed of his valuable property in Boston, receiving payment in continental money which, it is well-known, subsequently became worthless. The loss attending this transaction necessitated an effort on his part to provide for his large family. He, therefore, removed to New York and settled in what is now Yates county, which was then an unsubdued wilderness, and, with the assistance of his sons, cleared and became owners of valuable farms. William Crafts, his youngest son, married in New York, and in the fall of 1815 came on foot to Ohio. Here he bought about 1,200 acres of land, at that time all an unbroken wilderness. There were then only two other families in this vicinity. He returned to New York, and that winter brought his family to his pioneer home, making the journey this time with an ox team. In the midst of the forest, half a mile south of Auburn Corners, he erected his log cabin, and, as the years rolled by, his well-directed efforts resulted in the clearing of a fine farm. He died in Auburn in the eighty-seventh year of his age. He was twice married, the subject of our sketch being the child of his second wife, nee Drucilia Moore, a native of New York State. She reared five children. Her death occurred when she was seventy-five. Mr. Crafts occupied a prominent place among the pioneers, indeed, few men throughout the county were better known than he. In politics he was first a Whig and afterward a Republican, and he served his township in various offices of trust and responsibility. Of his original purchase he selected 400 acres, the farm now owned and occupied by his son Edward, the subject of this sketch, named after the Revolutionary grandfather. Born and reared in a frontier home, Edward Crafts is familiar with the difficulties and privations incidental to pioneer life. He well remembers when there were plenty of deer in the forest near his father's cabin. He went to school in the old log school house near by and, sitting on the rude slab benches with pin legs he conned his lessons before the open fireplace. At the 706 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY age of eighteen he attended a select school for one term in Chagrin Falls, after which, in the winter of 1840 and '41, he taught school. Then he returned to the select school, thus paying his own way with the money he earned. He afterward taught several years. Since then he has given his attention to farming and dairying. Mr. Crafts has been quite prominent as a Democratic politician, having been twice a delegate to Democratic National conventions; also to Democratic State con- ventions and many times holding offices of trust in the township. In 1845 he married Miss Helen B. John- son, a native of Newbury township, Geauga county, who departed this life in July, 1883. Mrs. Crafts excelled in all those attributes which tend to develop a superior mind and character which she imparted to their three sons, all of whom are occupying prominent and useful positions in life. Clayton Edward, the oldest, is a lawyer of Chicago. He has been several times elected a member of the House of Representatives of the State of Illinois, and twice elected Speaker which position he occupies at the present time. Pitt Maurice is engaged in farming in Geauga county, and Stanley Curtis is a lawyer and real-estate dealer in Chicago. The Crafts are of English descent. The first representative of the family, Lieutenant Griffin Crafts, canie to America with Gov- ernor Winthrop in 1630. DAVID LAW, proprietor of the Willoughby Heights farm, and one of the prominent men of Lake county, Ohio, dates his birth in Belfast, Ireland, June 22, 1822. His parents, David and Alice (Willis) Law, were both natives of Belfast, Ireland, the father born in 1785, and the mother in 1791. They settled in Carrickfergus, Ireland, where Mr. Law was engaged in the milling industry, owning flouring, oat-meal and linen mills. They emigrated to America in 1835 and located in Cuyahoga county, Ohio, where the mother's death occurred soon afterward,—October 1, 1835. The father purchased land in Mayfield township, to the clearing of which he at once devoted his energies. He died here, January 15, 1839, at the age of fifty-four years. Both were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They left a family of eight children, some of them quite young, David being the fourth born. The children soon became scattered, finding homes where best they could. Six of them are still living. David Law was twelve years old when he came with his parents to this country. His educational advantages were limited to the common schools and a few terms at the high school at Chagrin Falls. After his father's death he started out in life on his own responsibility, but before this he had worked out for a time. For a while he worked at the cooper's trade. Then he turned his at- tention to farming in Mayfield township, and has since been engaged in agricultural pur- suits. In 1851 he purchased his present farm on Willoughby Heights, coming here at that time to live with his father-in-law. Mr. Law was married in 1847 to Louise Fuller, a native of Willoughby township, Lake county, Ohio. Her father, Hon. Sim- eon Fuller, was born July 25, 1791, in West- field, Washington county, New York, son of Captain Simeon Fuller, a soldier in the Rev- olutionary war. He was a self-made man, having few early educational advantages. He became a teacher, hoWever, at the age of twenty-one, and was engaged in teaching at OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 707 Manchester (now Niagara Falls) the second year of the war of 1812. At the time of the capture of Fort George he dismissed his school, and with others volunteered for service in the militia. That same day he and a number of others were captured by the ndians, he receiving a bullet hole in the rim of his hat and another in his coat sleeve. The Indians marched their captives back to 'Lewistown and delivered them up to the British. For six weeks Mr. Fuller remained a prisoner, suffering many hardships and being nearly starved at one time. At last he made his escape near Kingston and traveled on the ice along the river several miles, walking a part of the way on floating cakes of ice. He then directed his course to his father's home in Steuben county, continuing his journey on foot, and reaching his destination foot-sore and with little clothing. n 1818 Mr. Fuller came to Ohio and settled at Chagrin, Cuyahoga county, now Willoughby, Lake county, where he spent the rest of his life. He taught school some after coming here. April 30, 1820, he married Miss Minerva Sprague, a native of Middletown, Connecticut. Her father, Seth Sprague, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, died December 4, 1812, at Lewistown, New York. Her mother, Olive (Teeny) Sprague, a native of Holliston, Massachusetts, was born August 31, 1763, and died July 1, 1848. Mr. Fuller was a man of prominence in this part of Ohio, and had the respect and esteem of all who knew him. He filled various important positions, ever regarding with strictest fidelity the trusts reposed in him. November 3, 1826, he was elected County Commissioner of Cuyahoga county, and filled the office several years. In 1832 he was elected by the Legislature as Associate Judge of Cuyahoga county, which important position he occupied seven years. In 1838 he was elected to the State Senate, and served a term of two years; in 1841 was again elected to the Legislature; from 1846 to 1853 served as Township Assessor. He was a stanch Whig and was strongly opposed to slavery. He died September 15, 1861, and his good wife passed away April 6, 1865. Mrs. Law is the only one living of their three children,—two sons and one daughter. Previous to her marriage she taught two terms of school. Mr. and Mrs. Law have had five children, namely: Malcom S., who died at the age of twenty months; Myron D., an expert electrician; Belle, deceased; Jennie, deceased; and George, a druggist in Willoughby. The children have had good educational advantages. Mr. Law's farm, Willoughby Heights, now comprises only 220 acres, portions of it having been sold. The magniflcent brick residence on this farm, built over twenty years ago, is one of the most attractive homes in all the country round. For ten years Mr. Law had been using natural gas here, having a gas well on his land. Besides carrying on farming operations he has for some years been engaged in contracting and building. Recently, however, he has confined himself altogether to agricultural pursuits, and is classed with the representative farmers of the county. Politically Mr. Law is a Republican. He has served as Township Trustee several terms. Mrs. Law is a Universalist. Since the preparation of the foregoing review Mr. Law has made a radical change in his field of operations, and it is but consistent that we bring the biographical sketch more nearly up to date by making record of such change. In May of the present year (1893) Mr. Law sold his farm in Willoughby 708 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY township and removed to the village of Willoughby, where he has built a commodious new residence and has engaged actively in the milling business, having built a large steam mill and equipped it with the most modern and approved appliances for the grinding of all kinds of grain. The enterprise is one that has all the elements of success, and that it will prosper under the effective direction of the proprietor is a foregone conclusion. GEORGE A. HOUGHTON, the efficient and popular Road Master of the Frank lin Division of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad, residing in Andover, Ohio, was born in Windham county, Vermont, November 23, 1855. He comes of good New England ancestors, his parents, James K. and Abbie (Felker) Houghton, having been natives of Vermont and New Hampshire, respectively. His father is now a mechanic in Cleveland, Ohio, where he has the esteem of all who know him. The subject of this sketch was reared and educated in Putney, Vermont, and at the age of twenty-one be entered the railroad service, in which direction his taste seemed to have la particular bent. He was first foreman of a fence gang and later of a work train, from which he rose to a responsible position on the Wabash Railroad, which he filled with his usual trustworthiness until accepting a better position with the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern. He took up his residence in Andover in 1886, as Roadmaster of the Franklin Division, consisting of the tracks from Ashtabula to Youngstown, Andover to Oil City, as well as the Ashtabula & Harbor Railroad, making 136 miles of track, besides which he looks after seventy miles of other track. He has two efficient clerks and the details of his business are kept in good shape. He is a thorough railroad man and tills his position with credit to himself and to the best inter- ests of his company. Mr. Houghton was married in Whitehouse, Ohio, to Sarah E. Shepler, a lady of ability and worth, daughter of P. L. Shepler, a prominent citizen of Toledo. They have three children: Abbie J., Rufus A., and Gladys B. Of careful business methods, paying strict attention to his responsible duties and of domestic tastes, Mr. Houghton is a quiet, un- assuming man and enjoys the respect of all who know him. GEORGE P. MUNGER, deceased, was an old and highly respected citizen of Geneva where he was born February 8, 1823. He was the eldest son ofsi Rufus B. Munger, and a brother of Henry, both of whose biographies appear elsewhere in this volume. His educational opportunities were limited, as he was reared upon the western frontier. He followed agricultural pursuits, but he had not a robust constitution, and for many years prior to his death suffered from impaired health; his release came November 26, 1881, when he passed peacefully to his reward. He was a man of genial, kindly impulses, was a consistent Christian and an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Munger was united in marriage to Helen Babcox at Geneva, in December, 1849, and four children were born to them: Oran B., is a merchant at Anderson, Indiana; Edgar O., is engaged at carpentry in Geneva; George G., is conducting a mercantile busi- OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 709 ness at Creston, Iowa; Maud M., is an enthusiastic student of music, and has spent some time in Europe in pursuit of her favorite art. Mr. Munger was a devoted husband and an indulgent father; his death was a deep bereavement to his family and a real loss to the community of which he was an honored citizen. HOMER J. BRANCH, a resident of Sheffield township, Ashtabula county, Ohio, is a son of Johnson Branch. His father was born in Onondaga county, New York, in 1811. After he grew up Johnson Branch spent some years in Pennsylvania, but subsequently returned to New York, where he remained until 1867. That year he removed to Monroe township, Ashtabula county, Ohio. n 1881 he returned to Pennsylvania, and in the city of Erie spent the residue of his life, his death occurring January 29, 1890. He was a highly respected citizen. n early life he was a Congregationalist, but at the time of his death was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Lemuel Branch, the grandfather of Homer J., married a Miss Johnson. He was a farmer by occupation and was a veteran of the war of 1812. The Branch family are of English descent, some of the ancestors of our subject having located in America during Colonial times. The mother of Homer J. Branch was a Miss Black. She was born September 1, 1821, in Scott, Cortland county. New York, daughter of Henry and Ann (Kenner) Black, natives of the same county. The date of Johnson Branch's marriage to Miss Black was January 8, 1840, and the names of their children are as follows: Frances, wife of John Gillett, is deceased; William H., deceased; Elnora, who died at the age of twelve years; and Homer J. By a previous marriage to Ann Greer, of Albany, New York, he had three children, viz.: Anna Eliza, wife of Henry Gee, of Monroe township, Ashtabula county; Sarah, wife of Lyman Evert, also of Monroe township; and Mary, deceased. Homer J. Branch was born in 1853, in Cortland county, New York, and came with his parents to Ohio in 1867, remaining a member of the home circle until 1881, the year his mother died. That year he bought a farm in Kingsville township, Ashtabula county, and lived upon it until 1890. For a number of years he has spent his winters in teaching music. December 31, 1874, he married nez Colegrove, who was born in Ashtabula county in 1856. She is the daughter of Richard and Sarah (Clark) Colegrove, natives of New York, and granddaughter of Alanson and Mary (Bovee) Colegrove who were born in Vermont. Mrs. Branch's parents were married in 1854, and had five children as follows: Inez; Edith deceased; George, deceased; Burton, who resides in Sheffield; and Carrie at home. Mr. and Mrs. Branch have two children-Elnora and Glenn. Mr. Branch affiliates with the Prohibition party, and is now serving as a member of the School Board. He and his wife are members of the Congregational Church, he being a Trustee of the same. WILLIAM SIMONDS HARRIS was born at Saybrook, Ohio, February 14, 1846, a son of Rufus Harris, born at Clinton, Dutchess county, New York, December 25, 1809, who was a son of 710 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY David F. Harris, born at Smithfield, Rhode Island, October 17, 1780, removed by five generations from William Harris, a native of Wales who emigrated to America and settled in Rhode Island. David F. Harris moved from his birthplace to Dutchess county, New York, and thence in 1818 to Saybrook, Ohio, where he became a large land owner and followed agricultural pursuits through a long and active life.. He held the faith of the Society of Friends, and was a most exemplary citizen. Rufus Harris was also a farmer and occupied a portion of the original homestead for a period of sixty-two years; he was a man of sterling integrity, superior ability, and was highly esteemed by neighbors and friends. He married Louisa Bliss Simonds, a daughter of Moses and Priscilla Stetson Simonds, born at Westminster, Vermont, March 4, 1810. Priscilla Stetson was born at Plymouth, Massachusetts, and was a lineal descendant of the voyagers in the Mayflower, removed four generations. Rufus and Louisa Harris had four children: Samuel Rufus was born January 12, 1844; Mary Ellen, December 20, 1844; William Simonds, February 14, 1846; Louisa Priscilla, April 14, 1849. Samuel R. is president of the Ashtabula Tool Com- pany; Mary E. is the wife of E. G. Pierce, and Louisa P. married D. J. Barnes, of Chicago, Illinois. William S. Harris was united in marriage January 24, 1878, to Harriet Mahala Walker, a daughter of Elisha and Julia Ann Walker. Charles Walker, father of Elisha Walker, removed from Adams, Massachusetts, to Saybrook, Ohio, in 1821, and followed farming through life. Elisha Walker was twice married, his first wife being Harriet Sabin; they had one son, Charles Walker, who still lives on the old homestead; the second marriage was to Julia Ann Blackin- ton in 1844; they had one daughter, Mrs. Harriet M. Harris. Mr. Harris is descended from a line of successful agriculturists, and has himself followed this occupation. He received a good academic education, and has ever been an enthusiastic supporter of the public-school system; he is president of the Board of Trustees of Grand River Institute at Austinburg, and is one of the most efficient members of that body. In politics, he is a zealous Republican, and has been nominated by his party as representative from Ashtabula county. A man of liberal views and broad public spirit it would be difficult to choose one better suited to advance the interests and elevate the standard of his followmen. In his financial operations, he has been prosperous, and ranks among the most reliable and solid citizens of the county. JAMES G. KINGDOM, of Orwell, Ohio, was born in Devonshire, England, October 29, 1849, son of George and Eliza (Hayward) Kingdom, both natives of that place. His parents had eleven children, eight sons and three daughters, all of whom grew to maturity. In 1851, accompanied by four of their sons and one daughter, they emigrated to Ohio and settled on a farm in Ashtabula county. The mother still resides at the old homestead, the father having passed away December 21, 1877, at the age of sixty-three years. He was an active and enterprising farmer, and at the time of his death was the owner of 100 acres of land, which he himself had cleared and improved. James G. Kingdom received his education at the Orwell Academy, and remained at home with his parents until he was twenty-three years of age. He has been interested OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 711 in farming and stock-raising all his life, at present having some fine thoroughbred horses and a dairy of twenty cows. Mr. Kingdom was married October 27, 1869, to Miss A. G. Waters, daughter of Lewis Waters, by whom he has three chil- dren, namely: Lewis W., born October 13, 1873, is now employed as bookkeeper for a hardware firm of Cleveland, Ohio; Coral F., born July 15, 1875, is an accomplished young lady, and is a member of the home circle; and Julius F., born January 21, 1878. Mr. Kingdom votes with the Democratic party. Fraternally, he is an I. 0. 0. F., being a member of both the lodge and the encampment. ars. Kingdom is a member of the Rebekah Lodge. ROBERT T. LLOYD, one of the most substantial farmers of Ashtabula county, is a son of Leicester and Sarah (Osborn) Lloyd, natives of the State of Massachusetts; the father was born March 2, 1798, and acquired an excellent education; he was a graduate of Williams College, studied law, and was admitted to the bar; he practiced his profession but a short time, and then went to sea, making one voyage. He also taught school before his marriage, which occurred at Fort Ann, New York, February 15, 1821; he then came to Ohio and settled in Lake county, on a farm of 500 acres which had been given him by his father. He reared a family of nine children: Theodore J. lives in Williams county, Ohio, and has a family of six children: Leverett, Frank, Chauncey, Alice, Hattie and Libbie; Charles Smith, the second child, has had a family of six children, four of whom are living: Elizabeth Roxanna married Frank Knapp, and has two children living, Letty and Ella; Ann, the fourth child, died in early life; Almira is the wife of Mr. J. B. Hurlburt, and has had six children, four of whom are living; Leicester H. has one child, Nellie, a graduate of Adelbert College; George L. has a family of five children: Glynn, Clyde, Mary, Irene and Genevra; Harriet married Mr. Ferguson, and has had three children, one of whom, Clarence, is living. The father of this family died January 13, 1882. Mr. Lloyd was reared to the life of a farmer, but enjoyed superior educational ad- vantages. When a youg man of twenty-two years he went to Wisconsin, and tried his fortunes in the great lumber industry of that State, remaining seven years. He then re- turned to Ohio, and lived on the old home farm until 1872, when he removed to his present home. In 1881 he went back to Wisconsin and engaged in the hardware business with his youngest brother, George; at the end of ten months he sold this stock of goods and invested in pine lands, purchasing 18,000 acres in Decatur county, on Spring creek; he and his brother George still retain 15,000 acres. When he returned to Ohio he settled on his farm in Harpersfield township; he has 142 acres in a high state of cultivation and well improved. Mr. Lloyd was united in marriage April 23, 1860, to Miss Rose M. Myers, a daughter of George and Alvina Myers. George Myers was the oldest of a family of seven children, born June 26, 1817; his father, John Myers, was born in 1795, and was one of a family of six children. Mrs. Lloyd is one of a family of six: Daniel, born September 19, 1840, served in the war of the Rebellion four years, a member of the Second Ohio Cavalry; he was taken a prisoner and held at Andersonville eleven months; he has two children, 712 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY George and Wilbur, both of whom are in college, the oldest being seventeen years old and a member of the senior class; Rose M. was born July 27, 1842; Martin was born May 6, 1844, and died at the age of fourteen years; Alvina P. was born March 11, 1848; she is married to Elisha Northway, and has had two children, one of whom, Nellie, is living. Everett E., a half brother to Mrs. Lloyd, was born September 2, 1854, and has one child, Kittie. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd have one child, Ada Rose, born September 21, 1880. Before her marriage Mrs. Lloyd was engaged in teaching, and is very proficient in the art of writing. She is taking the course of the C. L. S. C., and is ever on the alert for opportunities for mental culture. The family are esteemed members of the Congregational Church. Politically, Mr. Lloyd affiliates with the Republican party. GRANVILLE W. S. DILLON, who is well and favorably known in commercial circles throughout Ashtabula county, is the leading carriage and wagon dealer in Orwell. Several years have passed since he purchased " the old red hall" and converted nearly the entire second story into a repository for vehicles; this wareroom is always filled with a choice selection of wagons, carriages and buggies, which are demanded by a large and increasing patronage. Mr. Dillon also represents the Youngstown Carriage & Wagon Company, and sells many goods of their construction. A man of excellent business ability and strict integrity he has won a wide patronage and enjoys the confidence of the entire community. It was near Austintown, Mahoning county, Ohio, that his parents resided when he was born June 4, 1843; his father, Eli Dillon, was born in Mahoning county, Ohio, February 20, 1817; his wife, Nancy Irvin, was born November 17, 1816, in the same place where they grew to maturity and were united in marriage November 27, 1836. Seven children were the result of the union: Ann Eliza, born August 30, 1839, married W. II. Treat and resides in Madison, Ohio; Kirtland, born November 7, 1841, is a prominent farmer of Ashtabula county; Granville W. S. is the subject of this sketch; Irvin, born September 5, 1846, died in Virginia in 1883; Edith Louisa, born May 11, 1849, resides with her parents; Warren, born December 3, 1850, is a harness maker in Orwell. Granville W. S. Dillon was married December 2, 1865, to Miss Amanda Keen, a daughter of John A. and Mary (Fisher) Keen, born July 4, 1842. Mr. Keen was a native of Sussex county, New Jersey, born December 21, 1793; Mary Fisher, his wife, was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, September, 9, 1798; they were married January 20, 1820, and were the parents of six children: William C., Mary M., Perida, Clara, J. J. Adison and Amanda E.; Perida died in 1853; Mary M. married I. H. Smith, and resides in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Clara married Dr. I. J. Elwood, who died eleven years later; she afterward married Samuel Adams; and her death occurred February 13, 1890, her husband surviving her but a few days; William C. began to preach at the age of eighteen years, but failing health interrupted his ministrations from time to time until his death in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, July 21, 1886; J. J. Adison is a prominent farmer and dealer in live-stock in Clay county, Kansas. The father of this family was a man of sterling worth, the friend of the oppressed and a generous supporter of the church. His OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 713 death occurred September 24, 1862; his wife survived him sixteen years, her last days being passed at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Dillon. She departed this life March 15, 1878. Mr. and Mrs. Dillon are the parents of four children: Mary A. was born December 6, 1866, and died February 7, 1883; Nannie Elivesta was born September 20, 1869, and was married December 10, 1890, to C. E. Williams, they have one child, Jesse Irene, born July 29, 1892; Bertha L. was born April 25, 1873, she married Harry C. King, April 12, 1893; Kirtland Edson was born August 20, 1875, and is assisting his father in business. Mr. Dillon is a worthy member of the Junior order of American Mechanics; in polities he is a Republican, and has ever stood by his party. In his religious faith he adheres to the teachings of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he is a consistent member; Mrs. Dillon in her younger days was a faithful member of the choir, where her service was much appreciated. She had also been actively identified with Sunday-school work. Her leisure time is now devoted to literary pursuits and to correspondence for local newspapers. For four years Mr. and Mrs. Dillon lived in Crawford county, Pennsylvania, thence they came to Wayne, Ashtabula county, Ohio, and in February, 1884, they caine to Orwell. Faithful to all the duties of life as they have been presented, they have won the peace and tranquility born of a just and upright career. WEBSTER BROTHERS, proprietors of the Dorset sawmill, are successors to Smith & Wilson. The mill was first established by John C. Smith, and the present firm purchased his interest in 1877. Two years later they acquired Wilson's interest in the establishment and assumed full control. The Webster Brothers cut about 400,000 feet of lumber annually at this mill and they also own a portable mill, which they are now operating at Black Ash, Pennsylvania, under the management of A. S. Webster, of the firm of Webster Brothers. M. H. Webster controls the Dorset mill, which has been remodeled and equipped with the most modern and improved mechanical devices, making it one of the best mills in this part of Ashtabula county. The Webster brothers were reared in this county, at or near Lenox, where their father, Roswell Webster, has resided for the past forty-one years. He grew to maturity in Morgan township, as did also his wife, nee Emily P. Harvey, who died in 1868. They were the parents of five children: Alma A., wife of P. P. Church, of Wahoo, Nebraska; Amers S., a member of the firm of Webster Brothers, and a resident of Crawford county, Pennsylvania; Melvin H., the second member of the firm; Cornie, an employe of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad, at Ashtabula; and Kate, who was the wife of Byron Bullfinch; and died at Cleveland, Ohm, in 1890; a half-brother, Fre I, is still at home. Milvin Webster was born November 14, 1852, and was rearei on the home farm, remaining there until he attained his twenty-third year, since which time he has been engaged in the milling business. He also owns and conducts a farm of fifty-five acres, which is located near Dorset, and upon which, in 1878, he erected a good two-story frame residence, 16 x 20 feet in main dimensions, with an L, 14 x 20 feet. Mr. Webster was married May 4, 1878, to Miss Carrie Gene a 714 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY Mack, a daughter of Israel and Corinia (Grover) Mack, of Lenox, Ashtabula county. To this happy union three children have been given: Maude E., Florence E., and Lucy C, In his political attitude Mr. Webster was formerly a Republican, but now votes with the People's party. He has served as Constable of his township and as a member of the Board of Education, being held in high esteem in the community as an honorable and enterprising business man. IRA BATES, a prosperous farmer and a representative of one of the oldest and most highly respected families of Leroy township, Lake county, Ohio, was born in this township, March 1, 1830. His grandfather, Benjamin Bates, was a native of Massachusetts and descended from an old English family. The grandfather emigrated to Ohio in 1809, making the journey overland with his family by means of wagons drawn by oxen, being six weeks on the way. He settled in Leroy township, Lake county, he being the third or fourth to locate in that township. His land lay on the old girdled road, where he built a log cabin in the midst of woods. He owned 1,200 acres in the township, much of which he cleared, Wild game abounded and a few Indians still lingered amid their former haunts, some of whom made frequent visits to his cabin. He built the first gristmill in the township, on what was then Bates Creek. He subsequently built two sawmills, and later erected another and a better gristmill, people coining from a long distance to get their produce ground at his mill. A man of ability, progressive disposition and great energy, he easily became a leader in his community, and was elected Justice of the Peace, Trustee of the township, and held many other minor offices. He died in the township at the age of seventy-six, sincerely regretted by all who knew him. He was the father of ten children, but none of whom survive. His son, Ezra Bates, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Chesterfleld township, Hampden county, Massachusetts, in 1802, and was but seven years of age when his parents removed to Ohio. He was reared on the home farm and and attended the district school, which was two miles distant. He became a farmer, settling on land in Leroy township, Lake county, which he cleared and improved, living and dying in the first house he ever built. He married Mary Hungerford, a native of Connecticut, whose people emigrated to Ohio in 1826. They had three sons, of whom the subject of this sketch was the eldest and all of whom are now living. The father held the office of Township Trustee and Treasurer for about twenty years, discharging his duties with the utmost precision and integrity. In 1877 he was called upon to mourn the death of his wife, who was well and favorably known for her Christian qualities. She was for many years an active Member of the Baptist Church. He survived her until 1885, when he expired in the midst of his family and friends at the age of eighty-three, greatly lamented by all who knew him. The subject of this sketch was reared on the home farm and attended the district school, after which he taught for three terms. He naturally had a mechanical turn of mind and early learned carpentry, at which he has worked at times, although his attention is principally given to farming. He resided at home until thirty-five years of age, and then settled on his present farm, on which he has lived for nearly thirty years. He owns thirty,. OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 715 nine and a half acres of choice land, which he has industriously cultivated, and which he has improved with modern and substantial build- ings, his farm being one of the most valuable and thrifty-looking places in the county, all of which conditions are due to his own intelligent and persevering efforts. In 1865 he was married to Hannah Nichols, a lady of domestic tastes, born near Niagara Falls, Canada. Both of her parents were natives of Canada, but removed to the States in an early day, dying in Lake county, Ohio. They had five children, four of whom are living. Mrs. Bates was a successful teacher before marriage, having taught four- teen terms. Mr. and Mrs. Bates have two children: Mary Pelle, wife of T. A. Crellin, a well-to-do farmer of Leroy township; and Fred A., at home. In politics, Mr. Bates is a Democrat, and has been honored with some of the most im- portant offices in the township, haying served as Treasurer, Clerk and Justice of the Peace: does not belong to any religious denomi- nation, although a contributor to churches and charitable objects. Mrs. Bates is a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Enterprising and public-spirited, Mr. Bates has contributed his share toward the general ad- vancement of the community, which has been his home for so many years, and he is justly numberei among the representative citizens. SAGITO JAY SMITH, Mayor of Conneaut, Ohio, has been identified with that place for many years and has probably done more to advance its interests than any other one man. It is therefore fitting that appropriate mention of him should grace the pages of this work. Sagito J. Smith was born in Ashtabula county, Ohio, August 23, 1834, son of Plin and Aurelia (Weeks) Smith, natives of Sheldon, Vermont. His parents came to Ashtabula county, Ohio, in 1829, and estab- lished their home in a log house in Andover. The music of howling wolves was frequently heard from their cabin door. Plin Smith was a wagon maker by trade. Soon after moving out here he cut down an acre of trees on the farm of Roger Cadwell to pay for hav- ing his boots half soled. The subject of our sketch was the third born in his family of eleven children, and is one of the seven who are still living. John Smith, the grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born in New London, Connecticut and died in 1816. His maternal grandfather, John Weeks, was of English an- cestry, and died when he was thirty-one years. He had a family of five children: Philo, Jedediah, Eliza, Ann and Aurelia. Jedediah died when about fourteen years of age. Plin and Aurelia Smith were the parents of eleven children: Philo, Josett, Sagito, Delia, Mary, John H., Aurelia, Amelia, Eliza, Piin W. and Lizzie H. Mrs. Smith died April 21, 1893, at the age of eighty-three years, and was bright and active up to the Cme of her death. Plin Smith was an old friend of Benjamin Wade, and in the early days they were much together. Mr. S. J. Smith received his education in the common schools of this county and at Kingsville Academy, and for two years taught in the country schools, " boarding around." In 1854 he came to Conneaut and entered upon a mercantile career as clerk in the store of D. N. Webster, at $6.00 per month. A few months later he entered the employ of Thompson & Rice, at an increase of $4.00 per month on his salary, and remained with 716 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY that firm five years. At the end of that time he formed a partnership with E. A. Keyes and opened out in business at the old Keyes stand at the foot of Main street. A year and a half later, in 1860, he sold out to Mr. Keyes. Then he engaged in the general merchandise business by himself at the stand where he flrst began clerking. With $350 in his pocket he set out for New York to buy goods, on the day Fort Sumter was fired upon. At the house of Butler, Cecil, Ross & Co., in that city, his honest face and straightforward manner ingratiated him at once. Mr. Cecil, the financier of the firm, after a short interview with him, remarked: " Young man, you have a small capital with which to start in business, but you look to me like a young man of energy and honesty and one who would succeed in business. Buy all the goods you want." And during his long business career he bought more goods from that house than any other. He made many visits to Neal 'York during the exciting times of the war, and did a successful business until the fall of Vicksburg, in July, 1863. For flve years after that date he barely held his own. He continued in the general merchandise business here until 1887, and at various times had interests in branch stores elsewhere. He still has some mercantile interests in the county, being a member of the firm of E. T. Dorman & Co., and also of the Andover firm, Smith & Baker, In the meantime he merged into manufacturing, buying the Conneaut paper mill at the foot of Main street in 1872. After conducting the mill for some time he discovered that it could be run on a more paying bash. Accordingly he put in new machinery and made a specialty of the manufacturing of paper flour sacks, completing and printing the sacks and selling them direct to millers. He put in six printing presses and employed a large force of hands. n this enterprise he was very successful and continued to do a paying business until one night in December, 1889, when the mill, while in operation, was burned. During this time Mr. Smith formed a partnership with Thayer & Lake, the firm name being Lake, Thayer & Smith, and in 1880 they began a private banking business, Mr. Lake being president. After the death of Mr. Lake the bank was reorganized into a national bank, and Mr. Smith has since been its president. In 1885, when the American Bag Company was organized, with Senator R. Kell of New York as president, Mr. Smith was chosen as one of the directors, he holding a large portion of the stock. Besides the business affairs already referred to, Mr. Smith has also been interested in real estate transactions. He purchased several tracts of land in this vicinity about the time the Nickel Plate division was located here, in the establishment of which road he took an active part, making frequent trips to New York in 'the interest of the line. n 1880 he purchased the Herald, which he conducted for ten years, when, by reason of the destruction of his plant by fire, he joined with the Reporter, securing an interest in that office, from which both papers have since been issued—the Herald on Friday and the Reporter on Tuesday. Mr. Smith was elected, on the Republican ticket, Mayor of Conneaut in 1875 and served one term of two years, declining a second term. In 1890, he was again elected to this office, and in 1892, was re-elected by an overwhelming majority. His present term will expire in April, 1894. From a leading publication we clip the following: " The municipal government, with S. J. Smith, Esq., as Mayor, is characterized for prompt, thorough OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 717 and conservative legislation, while the general status of the city is excellent. Real estate is held at reasonable prices, there are countless attractive sites obtainable and the citizens have already evinced their willingness to entertain and substantially encourage any legitimate manufacture that may bring liberal increase to the local population." Within his administration the water works and sewerage system of Conneaut were constructed. Mr. Smith was married December 7, 1859, to Miss Alitcia Lake, daughter of Hiram and Lois (Gifford) Lake, of Conneaut. She died May 28, 1889, aged fifty-three years, leaving two children, namely: Hiram L., who has succeeded his father in the merchandise busi- ness in Conneaut; and Lois, wife of E. T. Dorman, also of Conneaut. Mrs. Smith was a member of the Congregational Church for many years. Mr. Smith's second marriage occurred December 7, 1891, the lady of his choice being Mrs. Daphne (Jones) Loomis, daughter of Mrs. Hiram Lake by her former marriage to Solomon Jones, a well-known and highly esteemed citizen of Conneaut. Mr. Smith has adopted his niece, Elsie, who is the daughter of his sister Amelia, who is deceased, as is also her husband, Nathan Guthrie. Mr. Smith built his residence, corner of Main and Mill streets, in 1865, the timber for which he hauled from his father's farm, twenty-five miles south of here, helping to cut down the trees himself. In 1868 he built the Lake & Smith Block, corner of Main and Harbor streets. At this writing he is building a three-story block, which will be arranged for banking and store rooms below and offices above, the building to be fitted with elevator and all modern conveniences. Mr. Smith and his wife are members of the Congregational Church, of which he has been a Trustee for a number of years. He was a member of the building committee of his church in Conneaut, the other three mem- bers of the committee being G. J. Record, M. D. Townsend and Hiram Judson. This committee cleared over $1,700 in one day in running an excursion to Niagara Falls, July 4, 1876, which sum was paid over to the building fund. In politics Mr. Smith is a Republican, and is an earnest temperance worker. He has traveled_ extensively and is well informed on the general topics of the day. After the death of his first wife he took a trip across the continent. In 1892 he and his wife made an extended tour through Mexico and Southern California. He was a delegate for the Nineteenth District of Ohio to the Republican National Convention at Minneapolis, which nominated Harrison for President. A. M. GATES, who has been a resident of Rome, Ohio, for the past ten years, and who bas, during this time, been pn gaged in the patent-right business, is one of the representative men of the place. His specialty has been the sale of a patent singletree, in which enterprise he has met with eminent success. Mr. Gates was born in Lenox, Ohio, July 26, 1858, son of Albert and Ruby (Hunter) Gates. His parents had a family of four children, namely: Walter S., born in April, 1856, died in October, 1857; Amos W., who was born December 23, 1860, married Hattie Stoegt; and George A., born October 4, 1864, married Effie Wright, who died in 1888. Mr. Gates' father was born in Albany, New York, August 24, 1824; came to Ohio in 1828; was married in 1854. He is a car- penter and carriage-maker by trade, but has been engaged in farming for some years. 718 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, as was also his wife, who died in September, 1890. A. M. Gates was married in 1882 to Sarah J. Woodworth, daughter of Andrew and Julia Ann (Giddings) Woodworth. Her parents had six children: Lamira, born in 1847, died in 1869; Stella, born in 1849, is the wife of L. Mathews; John W., born in 1851; Ester L., born in 1853, is the wife of F. E. Phillips; Comfort A., born in 1856; and Sarah J, born February 21, 1860. Mr, and Mrs. Gates have had six children, their names being as follows: Albert, born in August, 1883, died in October, 1884; Sadie L, born in May, 1885; Walter M., November., 1886; Willie A., May, 1888; Ruby A., April, 1891; and an infant, 1893. Mr. Gates holds a prominent place among his fellow-citizens. He takes an active interest in educational affairs and all matters pertaining 'to the best interests of the community. He served as School Director one term. WILLIAM S. HARRIS, engineer on the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, and a worthy citizen of Conneaut, dates his birth in Jefferson county, this State, August 15, 1843. His parents, Nathan S. and Susan (Smith) Harris, were natives of Ohio, and for many years were residents of Jefferson county, where they were married and where they reared their family. Nathan Harris owned a farm and flouring mill and for over thirty years ran the mill, doing custom work. He was well known and highly respected, and at various times held minor offices in the county. Both he and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His death occurred October 15, 1870, at the age of forty-nine years. His first wife, the mother of our subject, died August 17, 1859, aged twenty-eight years. They had seven children, as follows: William S.; Jennie, wife of Thomas Keiger, Barnesville, Ohio; Anna, wife of Samuel Cecil, died February 2, 1891, aged forty-seven years; Lizzie, wife of E. A. Miller, Conneaut; Emma, wife of Josiah Quillin, died August 3, 1890, aged thirty-eight years; Ella, wife of David McKever, Conneaut; and Susan, wife of H. F. Brown, Conneaut. By his second marriage, to Anna Clark, Mr. Harris had one daughter, Grace, now the wife of John Shearer, of Leesville, Ohio. Mrs. Harris makes her home with this daughter. William S. Harris farmed in Jefferson county until he was twenty-five years old. He entered upon a railroad career about 1869 as fireman on the Pan Handle, and for the past twenty-two years has been serving as engineer. He continued with the Pan Handle until 1882, when he resigned his position with that company to accept one with better pay on the Nickel Plate. No further evidence of his efficiency and fidelity is needed when his long continuance with the company is known. Mr. Harris was married September 17, 1873, to Miss Anna Mary Andrews, a native of Franklin county, Ohio, and a daughter of John W. and Permelia (Tharp) Andrews. Her father was born in New Jersey, July 3, 1825, and her mother was a native of Euclid, Ohio. They were married in Middletown, this State. Mrs. Harris is the oldest of their six children, the others being as follows: George, Martin Lewis and James W., the second, third and sixth born, are all married and living in St. Louis, Missouri, all employed as painters. Joseph H., the fourth born, died in 1852, aged eighteen months; Alice, the fifth, is the wife of George W. Smith, of OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 719 Cedar Falls, Iowa. The mother of this family died June 17, 1862, aged thirty-six years. She was a member of the Methodist Episco- pal Church. Mr. Andrews' second marriage was to Sarah Smith. Their two children are Cyrus, a fireman on the Vandalia Railroad, and Ida May, wife of Dr. Beaver, of Decatur, Indiana. During the late war Mr. Andrews was a member of the Forty sixth Ohio Volun- teer Infantry, serving in Company A, and being in nearly all the battles of the Army of the Potomac. For some time his health has been poor and he is now in the Soldiers' Home at Sandusky, Ohio. Mrs. Harris is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politically, Mr. Harris affiliates with the Republican party, having cast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln. WILLIAM J. RAYNOR, locomotive engineer of the Nickel Plate Railroad, Conneaut, Ohio, was born in Painesville, Lake county this State, October 17, 1859, son of William E. and Ann (Finneran) Raynor, natives of New York and Ire- land respectively. William E. Raynor was one of the pioneers of Painesville, at which place he was married. For nearly thirty-five years he has been a railroad engineer, and now, at the age of sixty years, is still in railroad employ, running a switcher. He and his wife are both members of the Catholic Church. Following are the names of their children: Mary Eliza- beth, wife of John Garvey, foreman in the Nickel Plate shops at Buffalo, New York; William J.; Charles, an employe on the Nickel Plate, made a misstep between the cars in the dark and was instantly killed, May 10, 1886; Louis has been employed as engineer on the Nickel Plate the past three years; Nellie, wife of William J. Leyer, foreman and book-keeper for the Erie Show Printing Company, at Erie; Anna; Mamie; John, who died of black diphtheria in October, 1892, at the age of nine years; and three others who died in early childhood. William J. Raynor started out in life as a plumber and worked at that trade three years. Since then he has been engaged in railroading. He began as fireman on the Philadelphia & Erie, was thus elnployed on that road for five years, and June 14,1882, was promoted to the position of engineer. He came to Conneaut in October, 1883, and has made this place his home ever since. He began service with the Nickel Plate at the time he located here, and his efficiency at once brought him into favor with the com- pany and gained for him a permanent posi- tion. Mr. Raynor was married May 2, 1882, to Mary Foley, daughter of Thomas and Mary Foley, of Painesville, she being a native of Massachusetts. Her parents were born in Ireland, came to America in early life and were married in Boston, where they lived for many years. Her father, a tanner by trade, lived to be fifty-four years of age and die(1 November 9, 1888, and her mother is still living, aged sixty, an honored resident of Conneaut. Mrs. Foley is a devout Catholic, as also was her worthy husband. Four of the Foley children died in early life. Nicholas Henry died October 4, 1885, aged twenty- eight years. Mrs. Raynor and her two sisters, Lizzie and Nellie, are the only ones of the family of eight who are now living. She was the second born. Mr. and Mrs. Raynor have six children, William Erwin, Frances Mary, Louis Henry, Leo, Thomas and Charles Edward. 720 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY He and his wife are members of the Catholic Church. He is a member of the B. of L E. and also of the C. M. B. A., being president of the latter organization. He affiliates with the Democratic party, while his father was a Republican. Mr. Raynor has a splendid record as a good citizen as well as a skilled engineer. He has made his own way in life. He, like a very large number of other engineers as well as conductors, of the Nickel Plate, when in Conneaut have but little time to spend elsewhere than at home. This is best accounted for by the fact that they have such cozy, well furnished and comfortable homes, such pleasant, refined and winsome wives whose highest ambition is to make home a little more pleasant than any other place, and that their children, too, always loving and affectionate, are pleased to see "papa" return in safety, and to meet him with a smile and a kiss. The engineer and conductors of Conneaut, for the most part, have homes that are models in neatness, and impress the stranger favorably as places well deserving each the name of home. The same thing obtains with the Nickel Plate shop men. They seem to be persons who have come to stay and have thought it best to fix up a place worthy to be called home in a town that can show as much good citizenship to the square foot as any town in the State. JOHN PELTON, a well-to-do farmer and representative citizen of Willoughby township, Lake county, Ohio, was born in Willoughby, this county, March 6, 1844. Henry Pelton, his father, was born in Genesee county, New York, in 1806. According to tradition, he was descended from one of three brothers who emigrated from Scotland to America at an early day. Little, however, beyond this is known of his ancestors. He moved West to Willoughby, Ohio, in 1831, bringing with him his wife and two children. He farmed here for some time, and also kept a hotel at Willoughby one year. Then he went further West, traveling by team through Michigan and northern Illinois, and passing through what was then the village of Chicago, now one of the great cities of the world. Not being favorably impressed with that section of the country, he came back to Ohio and located in Mayfield township, Cuyahoga county, where he lived for a short time. Then he came to Willoughby and purchased a tract of land adjoining the village. It had been partly improved at the time he purchased it, and here he engaged in farming. Subsequently he went to Michigan, from there some years later to Missouri, and afterward to Nebraska. He died in the last named State, in 1891. While a resident of Lake county he served as Trustee of Willoughby township several terms. His wife, the mother of our subject, was by maiden name Miss Margaret Hamilton. She was a native of New York. Her death occurred June F‘, 1889. They had nine children, five of whom grew to maturity, and four are still living. John is next to the youngest. Mr. ,Pelton and his youngest brother took charge of the home farm when the former was nineteen, and on this place he has lived nearly ever since. Here he has 148 acres of good land, six acres being devoted to a vineyard and a few acres to a pear orchard. For several years he has also kept a dairy in connection with his other farming operations. In March, 1869, Mr. Pelton married Logena Baker, a native of Mentor, Ohio. She died in 1885, leaving three children: Alma, OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 721 Howard and Frank. In 1888 he married Ella Dewey, his present companion, a native of Willoughby. Fraternally, Mr. Felton is identified with the Knights of Pythias. Politically, he is a Republican. He has been a member of the Council of Willoughby for several terms. Mrs. Pelton is a member of the Disciple Church. C. H. SAWDEY, a prominent liveryman and progressive citizen of Jefferson, Ohio, was born in Jamestown, Pennsylvania, September 29, 1849. His parents, Willard and Sophia (Gregory) Sawdey, were natives of New York State, where they were married. They shortly afterward removed to Jamestown, Pennsylvania, which was their home until 1850, at which time they came West to Kinsman, Trumbull county, Ohio, where they resided until their death. The father was principally engaged in farming. He and his worthy wife were the parents of ten children, four sons and six daughters. After a well spent life, each died at the home near Kinsman, the father in 1874, aged seventy-one years, and the mother in 1878, at the age of sixty-seven. The subject of this sketch was reared on a farm, and owing to the large family and the limited resources of his parents, was early forced to rely upon his own efforts for a livelihood. His educational advantages also were limited for the same reason, although he secured a good common-school education, which, as supplemented by natural intelligence and extensive experience, has answered all practical purposes. Most of his life, until he became of age, was passed in farm work by the month, after which he left Kinsman and went to Austinburg where he secured employment in grafting fruit trees. \VHS thus engaged for two seasons, part of which time was spent in Michigan. Subsequently, he spent four years in a meat market in Aims- tinburg. He then went to Michigan with a stock horse which he sold and remained in that State during the winter of 1876, when he came to Jefferson, where he has since re- sided. He here conducts a livery, feed and sale stable, besides which he is largely en- gaged in buying and selling horses, hand- ling fancy carriage horses, for which he finds a ready market in the East. He has also, for the last few years, dealt considerably in fine carriages and sleighs, doing in that line a profitable business. January 13, 1873, Mr. Sawdey was married to Miss Verna L. Baldwin, an estimable lady of Austinburg, and they have one son, Liman. Thus from laboring by the month on a farm, by energy and perseverance, Mr. Saw- dey has raised himself to his present pros- perous position, furnishing an excellent ex- ample of what intelligent effort can accom- plish when honestly applied. EUGENE L. MULLEN, proprietor of the Maple Shade farm, of Jefferson township, was born in Williamsfield township Ashtabula county, in June, 1856, a son of William S. and Lucy A. (Woodruf) Mullen. The father was born in Crawford county, Pennsylvania, January 31, 1833. His parents died when he was young, after which he lived with a sister in Hart's Grove township, Ashtabula county, Ohio, and later in Williamsfield. He received the best school ad vantages the county afforded, and learned the trade of a wheelwright and 722 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY carriage builder. He was married in Williamsfield in 1854, and immediately began work at his trade on his own account at that place. n 1881 he began work at his trade in Jefferson, where he still resides. He is identified with the Republican party, and for a number of years served as Justice of the Peace of Williamsfield township. n February, 1835, the mother of our subject was born in Ashtabula county, Ohio, where she grew to womanhood, and was married at the age of nineteen years. Mr. and Mrs. Mullen have had three children, two of whom still survive, Eugene L., our subject; and a daughter at home. The latter received her education at the Jefferson Educational Institute. The mother still survives, and has been a consistent member of the Methodist Church from childhood. Eugene L. Mullen, the subject of this sketch, grew to manhood in Williamsfield township, and received good common school advantages. He also graduated in 1875, at the Grand River Institute, of Austinburg, where he was a classmate of E. L. Lampson, present State Senator from this district. After graduation, Mr. Mullen learned the trade of carriage painting and afterward took charge of that branch of his father's business during the summer months, and taught penmanship in the winters. Two years later he moved to a farm two miles south of Jefferson, but a few years afterward traded that place for an interest in the city flour mills at Jefferson. Mr. Mullen immediately turned his attention to the upbuilding of the mill, and was given the position of bookkeeper, but later became the traveling representative of the firm. In 1881 our subject sold his interest in the mill and moved to his father's farm in Williamsfield township. In the fall of the same year he bought his present home, the Maple Shade farm, consisting of 120 acres of choice farming and grazing land. Mr. Mullen has a sugar orchard of about 400 trees, and produces annually 200 gallons of high grade maple syrup, a part of which is sold to local customers, and the remainder shipped to St. Louis. He has sixty head of high grade Shropshire sheep, and a herd of Jersey cows. n 1887 he built a good barn, 82 x 30 feet, later a stock barn, 42 x 30 feet, and has a sugar house 18 x 30 feet. In 1875 our subject was united in marriage to Miss Ida A. Newman, who was born in Erie county, Pennsylvania, in July, 1856, a daughter of J. A. Newman, of Jefferson township, this county. Mrs. Mullen when nine years of age, came with her parents to Austinburg township, Ashtabula county, Ohio, where they purchased large tracts of land. She attended the Grand River Institute of Austinburg, and afterward taught school several terms. Mr. and Mrs. Mullen have had six children: G. Karl, born in July, 1878; Emma May, in December, 1879; Maud L., in October, 1881; Homer A., in 1883; Walter S., in March, 1885; and Hugh, in December, 1887. Mr. Mullen is a member of Tuscan Lodge, F. & A. M., No. 342, of Ensign Lodge, I. 0. 0. F., of the County, Grange, and holds the office of Overseer of the Subordinate Grange. J. W. ROBERTS, an attorney of Andover, was born in Kinsman, Trumbull county, Ohio, August 3, 1858, son of Lorenzo W. and Mary ( Waid) Roberts, natives of Vermont and Ohio, respectively. The father spent his boyhood days in Lake county, this State. During the late war he was a member of the Tenth Ohio Cavalry, OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 723 and was wounded in the leg by a bullet on the same day Lincoln was killed. He was a blacksmith and farmer by occupation. Mr. and Mrs. Roberts now reside in Trumbull county. J. W. Roberts, the eldest in a family of five children, and the only one of the family in this county, was reared in Trumbull county. He received an academic education, and also spent four years at the Jamestown (Pennsylvania) Seminary. He then taught school ten terms. During this time Mr. Roberts also studied law, and, May 3, 1881, was admitted to the bar at Columbus, Ohio. After completing his engagement as teacher in the Brookfield, Ohio, high school he engaged in the practice of his chosen profession at Holgate, Henry county, Ohio, but he soon afterward removed to Andover, Ohio, where he has since resided. Mr. Roberts has been engaged in the general practice of law in this city since the fall of 1883, and is also engaged in the insurance business. In 1884 he erected a fine residence on Prospect street. Our subject was married in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, to Clara C. Brockway, a daughter of Jerry and Caroline (Harriett) Brockway. To this union has been born two children—Ethel E. and Burke B. n his political relations, Mr. Roberts affiliates with the Republican party. Socially, he is a member of the I. 0. 0. F., Andover Lodge, No. 728, and of the A. F. & A- M., No. 506. JOHN C. HATHAWAY, a prominent pioneer and one of the prosperous citizens of Claridon township, was born in Geauga county, Ohio, April 6, 1831, a son of Wanton Hathaway, a native of Massachusetts. His grandfather, Captain Clothier Hathaway, was born at Fall River, Massachusetts, and was captain of an ocean vessel for many years. He finally settled in Onondaga county, New York, where he met with a violent death, being killed by a fallen tree, at about the age of fifty years. Wanton Hathaway was married in Onondaga county, New York, and emigrated to Geauga county, Ohio, in 1820; he located in the southeastern part of Claridon township, building a log cabin in the heart of the dense woods. He was a skilled hunter, and killed many deer and wolves. He cleared and improved about 100 acres of land, a task of some magnitude. He was a most industrious worker, and a man of good judgment. He married Miss Anna Hotaling, a native of the State of New York, and to them were born five children; he died at the age of fifty-one years, and she lived to the age of sixty-nine; they were members of the Disciples' Church. J. C. Hathaway, their son, was reared mid the wild scenes of the frontier, experiencing those trials and privations which fall to the lot of the pioneer's family. He received his education in the common school, and also enjoyed the advantages of the academy at Chardon for two terms. As he attained his majority he started out in life for himself. He was one of a company of thirteen that went to California, via Isthmus of Panama, in the winter of 1853, settled in Forest City, a mining town in Sierra county, and returned to Ohio in 1854. He was married to Miss Adaline Potter in 1855; Mrs. Hathaway was born in New York State and came to Ohio when a child. They are the parents of four children: Warren W., Hattie E., Flora Bell and Maud Murrie. Responding to his country's call, Mr. Hathaway enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Fifth Ohio Volunteer nfantry, being First Sergeant. He was in the battle of 724 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY Perryville, Kentucky, but was taken ill, and for eight weeks was confined to the hospital. He rejoined his regiment at Munfordville, Tennessee, going thence to Nashville; he was finally discharged on account of disability. After the war was ended he settled on his farm in Claridon township. In 1872 he removed to Cleveland, Ohio, where he resided until 1888; he was employed by D. M. Osborn & Co., dealers in agricultural implements, as traveling salesman, and he was interested in various other manufacturing enterprises. He owns a fine residence in Cleveland, a farm of 155 acres in Claridon township, and another farm in Midland county, Michigan: He carries on a general agricultural business, making a specialty of raising-grain;_ and also bales and ships large quantities of hay each year. Mr. Hathaway is president of the County Farmers' Institute, and was a member of one of the first farmers' clubs in the State. He is well known as a most intelligent .agricul- turist, possessing rare judgment and unusual ability. SYLVESTER WILCOX, a recent and desirable acquisition to the agricultural ranks of Ashtabula county, is the only son of William and Mary Wilcox. He was born May 8, 1840, in the old New England town of Hartford, Connecticut, where the death of his parents occurred in 1870. They were both from the north of England, coming to America in 1838 and settling in the city in which they died. At the time of his parents' death, Sylvester Wilcox was on the ocean in the capacity of a seaman, which occupation he followed for many years. He has visited many foreign ports, was shipwrecked several times, and can relate many thrilling incidents of his seafaring life. n 1876 he left the sea and traveled over different States, and so favorably impressed was he with the apparent happiness and comfort of farm life that he determined to quit the sea and seek a home in rural districts. He accordingly came to Ohio and purchased a farm near Marietta, where he immediately built a good residence and settled down to farming and the comforts of bachelor life. Bachelor solitude, however, not being to his taste, he determined to seek a companion, and in the person of Miss Ruth Hubbard found a prize. She is the only child of James and Phoebe C. Hubbard, of Marietta, Ohio. n her union with Mr. Wil- cox she has proved the truth of the statement that " a good wife is God's best gift to man." They were married July 4, 1878, and are the parents of two children: Sylvester, Jr., born August 10, 1879, and Ruth, August 10, 1881. April 1, 1893, Mr. Wilcox sold his land near Marietta and purchased his present beautiful farm northeast of Rome, in Ashtabula county. To this place he moved his family in September, 1893, and here he expects to make his home during the residue of his life. Fraternally, Mr. Wilcox is a Royal Arch Mason; politically, a Democrat; religiously, he and his wife are both active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. DE WITT CLINTON TILDEN, whose name is found among those of the foremost of the influential men of Troy township, Geanga county, Ohio, was .born in Warren, Herkimer county, New York, September 25, 1825. His ancestors came from England in the seventeenth century, and took an active part OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 725 in the colonization of this country. His grandfather, Colonel Daniel Tilden, served seven years in the Revolutionary war, and was a member of General Washington's staff when he crossed the Delaware. He was a half-brother of the father of the late Hon. Samuel J. Tilden. Colonel Tilden was a resident of Connecticut, and a member of the State Senate for thirty years. While he was a member of the legislature the boundaries of the Western Reserve were established, and he went thither to follow his occupation of Surveyor. He owned thousands of acres of land in Portage and adjoining counties. He died in Hiram at the age of ninety-three. He and his wife reared three sons and seven daughters. His son, Josiah Tilden, emigrated to New York at the age of thirty, and engaged in farming in Herkimer .county the remainder of his life. He died in 1862, aged seventy-two years. He took a prominent and active part in political affairs, serving as Justice of the Peace and also as County Sheriff. His wife, nee Mary Williams, a native of Connecticut, died at the age of sixty-five years. Her ancestors were also active in the struggle for independence. Josiah and Mary Tilden were the parents of eleven children. DeWitt C. was the second born, and is one of the seven now living. He was reared on his father's farm, and received a district school and academic education. At the age of twenty-four he went to Canada, where he engaged in the lumber business. In 1850 Mr. Tilden married Catherine Vrooman, of Herkimer county, New York. Her ancestors came from Holland in the seventeenth century, and played an important part in the early settlement of New York. After his marriage Mr. Tilden located at Hiram, Ohio, where he bought the farm on which his grandfather died. Here he engaged in agricultural pursuits and also soon after turned his attention to tanning—owning and operating a tannery at Rock Creek, Ashtabula county, for twenty years. While running this tannery, he purchased, near Rock creek, 200 acres of hemlock land, the bark from which timber he used in his tannery. Previous to engaging in the tanning business he had bought the farm on which he now resides, and rented it for several years before he moved upon it. He took up his residence on this farm in 1865. He has made many improvements on this farm in the way of buildings, and to-day the place is one of the best improved in the township. Mr. Tilden began life a poor young man and by honest and earnest toil and good management has worked his way up to his present prosperity. He is the owner of 350 acres of land in Troy township, sixty-five acres in Portage county, and 200 acres in Herkimer county, New York. Mr. Tilden has been prominently identified with local and State affairs. Of a generous nature, he has contributed liberally toward the advancement of all such measures as he deemed for the best interests of his community. During the war he was Captain of a company of home guards. He is a prominent Democrat; and in 1876 when Samuel J. Tilden was a candidate for the presidency, he was one of the presidential electors. 726 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY He and the late President Garfield were intimately acquainted. Indeed, they were partners in business for some time, owning oil land in Trumbull county and buying and leasing land. This was early in the '60s just before the Civil war. Mr. and Mrs. Tilden are very generous hospitable people, and have a pleasant home, from which three children, two daughters and a son, have gone out to establish homes of their own. HON. P. W. STRADER died on Friday afternoon, February 25, 1881, in his sixty-third year, at his home on Prospect street, Ashtabula, Ohio, and on the following Monday his sorrowing family bore his remains to Cincinnati for interment. He was a remarkable man. From childhood to the end of his life's journey he has been a constant toiler in this world. Born in Warren county, New Jersey, November 6, 1818, he came with his parents to Lebanon, Ohio, the following year. At twelve he found occupation in a printing office, where he remained three years. At seventeen he was found identified with steamboat interests on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and their tributaries, and continuing in this business until he was thirty, having during this time gathered together an extensive property. At twenty-five he married Cornelia F., daughter of Colonel Matthew Hubbard. To them were born seven children, four sons and three daughters, of whom all, save one daughter, are now living. In 1848, at the age of thirty, he left the rivers, and for the succeeding twenty years devoted his time and energy to extensive operations in railroads, banking and insurance. During this time he was officially connected with the Little Miami, Columbus & Xenia, Ohio & Mississippi, and Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton railways; at the same time connected with express, fast freight and sleeping-car lines, street railways, insurance and banking, besides participating in the organization of the omnibus and transfer companies of Cincinnati, Louisville, St. Louis, Memphis and Nashville. In 1868 he was elected to Congress from the First District of Ohio—the first Demo- crat ever elected from this district. He was selected as a candidate as being the only man in the party at that time who could be elected. His eminent ability, known integrity and universal popularity gave him a triumphant election. He carried into his Congressional labors the same untiring force of will and vigor of execution that he had exhibited in his business affairs, and served his term with credit and distinction. Declining to run again for Congress, he returned to his former work, and in 1872 became prominently identified with the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & ndianapolis Railway. Two years later be joined in the incorporation of the Union De- pot Company, and Union Railway and Transit Company of St. Louis, and of the Union Railway and Transit Company of Illinois. The multiplying cares and responsibilities incident to his extensive labors so impaired his health that in 1874 he sought retirement from business in the hope of regaining health. This hope was partially, though never fully, realized. In 1876 be made Ashtabula his home, and though almost worn out, he had, since coming here, organized and developed several business enterprises, and manifested in his last effort the same tireless energy which in his younger days, when quickened by a lofty and worthy ambition, had led him to the front. OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 727 His knowledge extended to a great variety of subjects. His heart was responsive to the touch of friendship. These made his companionship instructive and delightful. For half a century his hand was active in developing and extending the gifts of nature. He made the forest trees into palaces, floating upon our rivers, aiding commerce and increasing human happiness. By his life mankind have been benefited. His deeds call forth our gratitude, his death our sorrow. THOMAS KELLY, owner of one of the best farms in Mentor township, Lake county, Ohio, has been identified with the agricultural interests of this county for a number of years, and is well known and highly respected here. Mr. Kelly was born in Washington county, New York, July 9, 1834, son of Thomas Kelly, also a native of that county, born in 1804. His father, a farmer of Washington county, died there in 1855. His mother, Alice Kelly, lived until 1870. They had six children, Thomas being the second, and all are still living. Thomas Kelly spent the first twenty-seven years of his life on the farm on which he was born, his education being limited to that of the district schools. In 1865 lre came to Ohio, and since that date has been a resident of Mentor township, Lake county. He started out in life a poor young man, and for seven years worked by the month. Now he is the owner of 110 acres of well-improved land, bordering on the Plains road, and being ranked with the best land in the township. Mr. Kelly was married in 1867, to Emily Curtis, a native of Lake county, Ohio, and a daughter of Joseph and Lovisa Curtis. Her father came from New York to Ohio when a young man, and located in Concord township, Lake county, where he died at the age of seventy-five. He was a farmer and merchant, being engaged in business at Painesville for several years. For some time also he manufactured hay-rakes in Concord township. Mrs. Kelly's mother came with her people from Connecticut to Ohio at an early day, journeying westward by ox team. She died at the age of seventy-four. Both parents were devoted members of the Disciple Church, the father being a Deacon for many years, and having helped to build the church at Painesville. Mr. and Mrs. Curtis had a family of nine children, seven of whom are living. Of Mr. and Mrs. Kelly's family we record that their only daughter, Cora E., a popular and successful teacher, died in 1891. They have one son, Merton G., at home. In August, 1862, Mr. Kelly enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Twenty-third New York Volunteer Infantry, in Washington county. Among the engagements in which he participated were those of Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and Stone River. At the last named place he was wounded in the head, shoulder and left foot. Then he was in hospital at Nashville for three months, and after he had sufficiently recovered he entered the Commissary Department, having charge of the dining hall at the hospital for some time. He was mustered out of the service in June, 1865, and, as above stated, came to Ohio, where he has since lived and prospered. He is a member of the Garfield Post, No. 591, G. A. R. WALLACE T. HUNTLEY, watch maker, jeweler and optician, of Orwell, Ohio, a progressive business man and esteemed citizen, was born in Will- 728 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY iamsfield, this State, September 4, 1849. His parents, James W. and Rozilla (Leonard) Huntley, were natives of New York State and Ohio, respectively, the former born in 1827 and the latter in 1830. His father, who was a mechanic by trade and a man of worthy character, enlisted during the late war under Captain R. Allen, of Jefferson, Ohio, in Company C, of the Tenth Kansas Volunteer Infantry, and saw much hard service and fatigue, engaging in many hard-fought battles, but returning to his home without maim or wound, after serving his country faithfully and efficiently for three years. On his return to Ohio he resumed his former occupation of mechanic, together with farming, in which he continued until his death, April 14, 1890, leaving many friends to mourn his loss. His widow still survives, in the enjoyment of universal esteem. The subject of this sketch was an only child and was reared on a farm. His preliminary education was received in the district school, which he attended in winter, his summers being employed in work on the farm. When fifteen years of age he entered the Normal Institute at Orwell, Ohio, sub, sequently finishing his education at the academy in Austinburg, the same State. He afterward worked three years with his father as a carpenter, when, having reached the age of eighteen, he was married and began life for himself. He taught school for some time, when, in 1870, he with his wife removed to Iowa, where he was engaged in farming four years in connection with teaching. He then went to Kansas, where he became interested in the grain elevator business, after which he was for two years engaged in manufacturing stoneware. At the end of this time he disposed of his manufacturing interests and returned to Ohio. While in Kansas, Mr. Huntley became a noted hunter, being quite celebrated as a marksman, and won a number of prizes at trap-shooting. He has spent much time in hunting buffalo, antelope, elk, deer, and all kinds of small game, which was plentiful on the prairies at that time. On his return to Ohio he spent one year in Andover, where he learned the watchmaker and jeweler's trade by working under instruction, giving half of his time in payment for this privilege, and receiving a small compensation for his services during the latter half of the year. At the end of this time he removed to Orwell, his present place of residence, where he opened a repair shop, which he conducted so successfully that in the course of two years he had acquired a large patronage by his skill and industry, and now has a trade extending all over northeastern Ohio, being universally regarded as a skillful workman. He has been greatly prospered, and at present (1893) owns a fine stock of watches of all standard makes, clocks, jewelry, and everything usually kept by a first-class jeweler, and he extends a cordial invitation to all the public to call and examine his goods and get his prices, feeling confident he can meet all competition. Besides his jewelry business he owns a good farm in Rome township, and is numbered among the substantial men of his community. November 7, 1867, Mr. Huntley was married to Miss Julia Sturdivant, an estimable lady of good family and a successful teacher in the public schools. She is a native of New York and a daughter of Reuben and Sally (Green) Sturdivant, the former of whom died November 5, 1871, aged fifty-five, and the latter November 14, 1882, at the age of sixty-nine. Mr. and Mrs. Huntley have two children, a son and daughter: Mabel, born March 25, 1872, is the wife of Charles F. Wolcott, of Glenfield, Pennsylvania, and has OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 729 an infant son, the pride of his parents' and grandparents' hearts; Harry W., the only son, born July 12, 1876, is a young man of much promise. In politics, Mr. Huntley is a Republican, and takes a deep interest in public affairs of importance. He has been frequently honored with offices of trust in his community, having served several years as Township Clerk and for a number of years as a member of the Board of Education, in which positions he has displayed good judgment and much executive capacity. He is, fraternally, a member of the Junior Order United American Mechanics, of Orwell. He is also a fine musician, being an excellent violinist and an active member of the Orwell Orchestra. He belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church, to which he lends much aid. He is prompt in assisting every object tending to the advancement of his community, and as a business man and citizen is universally esteemed and respected. HENRY C. CAREY, proprietor and manager of the New Lyme Station (Ohio) lumber and heading mill, was born in Kinsman, this State, July 8, 1841. His parents, Fabius and Betsy (Splitstone) Carey, were natives of Lynn, Connecticut and Maryland, respectively. His father came to Ohio in an early day, and, in 1811, purchased land near Kinsman, on which he resided until his death, June 9, 1876. The mother subsequently made her home with the subject of this sketch, at whose house she died in April, 1889. They were the parents of two children: Henry C., whose name heads this sketch, being the elder, and William, born July 24, 1845, who went West at the time of the building of the Pacific Railroad, and was never-afterward heard from, and is supposed to have been killed by the Indians. Being early thrown on his own resources, Mr. Carey learned the shoemaker's trade in his native city, where his early life was spent. This vocation not being to his taste, however, he at an early age turned his attention to milling, which occupation he followed uninterruptedly until the beginning of the war. He was among the first at that time to respond to his country's call, and volunteered his services, enlisting in Company C, Twenty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, on August 26, 1861. This regiment experienced much severe service, and Mr. Carey participated in nearly all the battles of the campaign. He was in the battles of Winchester, Port Republic, Cedar Mountain, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and other notable engagements, his conduct being noticeable for bravery, faithfulness and efficiency, and eliciting the commendation of his officers and comrades. On the close of the conflict, Mr. Carey returned to Ohio, first spending two years in Mecca, as master mechanic for the New England Oil Company. From 1866 to 1869, he assisted his father in Kinsman, and from that date until 1871, he was in the employ of 0. W. Brown, a prominent mill man of South New Lyme. He spent the following five years in Wayne, where he assisted in building the Phillips mill, and afterward helped in its operation. In 1876 he removed to New Lyme Station, his present home, where he has ever since resided. The extensive milling business which he now carries on, was for ten years the property of Harvey Hill, a former resident of New Lyme township, for whom Mr. Carey worked as superintendent at this time. The property was then purchased by J. T. Connack, of 730 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY Cleveland, by whom Mr. Carey was continued as superintendent, until he himself bought the property in 1888, since which time he has conducted the enterprise. The mill has been greatly enlarged since its establishment and its business is considerably augmented. The work of the mill was first restricted to planing and custom sawing, which has since been supplemented by the manufacture of handles and heading and the grinding of feed. The capacity of the heading department alone is 10,000 a day. In addition to his extensive custom work, Mr. Carey purchases annually about 400,000 feet of native timber and ships large quantities of hemlock, poplar and pine. The grinding department was established about a year ago, for Mr. Carey's own convenience, as he maintains several teams and consumes annually a large amount of feed. He also does considerable custom work for his neighbors in this line. The weekly expense of his mill frequently reaches as high as $425. Besides his large milling interests, Mr. Carey is also an extensive dealer in lath, shingles, coal, phosphate and agricultural implements. He sells annually about 600 tons of hard and soft coal, eighty tons of Milson phosphate, ten to fifteen binders and mowers, 600,000 shingles and 100,000 lath. He is an indefatigable worker, and the secret of his success is that he gives all departments of his large business his own personal supervision, realizing that eternal vigilance is the price of prosperity. January 27, 1864, Mr. Carey was married to Nancy C. Laughlin, a lady of intelligence and refinement. Her father, Alexander Laughlin, was a well known and respected resident of Mecca, Ohio, in which place he died in 1874. Mr. and Mrs. Carey have had three children: Allie, born January 25, 1866, is the wife of G. H. Fuller, a hardware merchant of Brooklyn, Ohio; Lillie, born September 26, 1868, died when eight years of age; and Edward H., born June 6, 1885. Politically, Mr. Carey is a Republican. He is a Mason and a member of Symbol Lodge of New Lyme. He is a business man of intelligence and integrity, and one of New Lyme Station's most progressive and public-spirited citizens. JAMES SAXON, a progressive farmer and stock-raiser of Colebrook township, Ashtabula county, Ohio, well known and respected for his industry and upright character, was born in Mahoning county, this State, March 3, 1856. He is of English parentage and was reared and educated under the old regime of English tutelage. When twenty-one years of age he began life for himself, and by uninterrupted industry, wise management and close economy, has gained for himself and family a comfortable income. He owns a pleasant little home in Mahoning county, but is now residing on and working the farm of Mr. John Prouty, in Colebrook township. He also raises many fine horses and sheep, in which he is deeply interested and is very successful. All this prosperity is the result of hard work and close attention to business, combined with a thorough knowledge of agriculture and kindred pursuits, and he is justly entitled to great credit for his perseverance and industry. In 1879, at the age of twenty-three, Mr. Saxon was married to Miss Ellen Haynes, a highly estimable lady, a native of Ireland, who came with her parents to America in 1868, when she was but eight years of age. They have one daughter, Ada Belle, born OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 731 January 1, 1881, an intelligent, blithesome little miss, who ranks in school among the very best of pupils. In politics, Mr. Saxon is a Democrat of the milder type. He is a Roman Catholic by birth and education, while Mrs. Saxon is a Protestant in religion. The family is socially among the best in the community, deservedly enjoying universal respect and esteem. Al- though but a short time in the county, Mr. Saxon has gained prominence by the same sterling qualities which have so strongly characterized his most worthy predecessors, and bids fair to emulate their example to the attaining of the highest possible success. B. D. MORLEY, who has been prominently identified with the Bank of Andover, Ohio, since its organization for business, November 8, 1884, is justly entitled to extended mention in a history of Ashtabula county, to the advancement of which no man has more materially contributed. The Bank of Andover, organized on the date previously mentioned as a stock company, with a capital of $50,000, since increased to an individual responsibility of $250,000, is one of the most substantial institutions of the State, including as it does, in its officers and Board of Directors, men of the highest honor and business integrity, as well as thorough commercial experience 'and the greatest financial responsibility. At the time of its organization its officers were: B. D. Morley, President; James Marvin, Vice-President, and A. S. Bates, Cashier. Its Board of Directors comprised Messrs. B. D. Morley, A. S. Bates, S. H. Wilson, W. G. Hopper, G. C. Campbell, C. E. Harman, N. I. Swezey and James Martin. The present officers are: W. G. Hopper, President; N. I. Swezey, Vice-President; B. D. Morley, Cashier, and C. B. Leonard, Assistant Cashier. The Board of Directors now consists of the following gentlemen: W. G. Hopper, C. E. Harman, N. I. Swezey, G. C. Campbell, J. S. Morley, B. Manley, B. D. Morley, J. H. Hipple and C. B. Leonard. This institution does a general banking business, dealing in both foreign and domestic exchange. It began business in a wooden structure, on the north side of the public square; but that building was burned, October 27, 1890, and the company immediately rebuilt on the same ground, and in thirty days were conducting business in the same place as formerly, having in the meantime carried on their transactions in the post office and wherever space could be secured. Recently, about June, 1891, the company commenced the erection of their present handsome and commodious brick structure, which is one of the finest business buildings in the county. This is 45 x 75 feet and is two stories high. The north half was built and is owned by Mr. Morley, and the south half is the property of the Bank of Andover. n the north half of the first floor department, John Wallace conducts a grocery and provision store. The south room is provided with complete arrange- ments for banking purposes, including all the modern improvements of a chilled-steel vault, a well-lighted, well-ventilated business office and counting room, with a comfortable private office in the rear, all being well heated by furnace. The upper floor over the bank is divided into Offices, while over the store is a Masonic hall. The building is handsomely finished with Berea cut stone and is the finest in the county, a credit to its projectors and an ornament to the town. 732 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY B. D. Morley, the efficient and popular cashier of this bank, a progressive, public- spirited citizen and genial, cultivated gentleman, was born in Andover, March 12, 1839, and has ever since made his home in this vicinity. He comes of good old New England stock, his grandfather, Walter Morley, having belonged to one of the leading families of Massachusetts. William H. Morley, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in West Springfield, Massachusetts, and married Sybil Watson, born in the same State, daughter of Robert Watson, a native of Leicester, that commonwealth. In 1834, William H. Morley came with his family to Ohio, then on the frontier of civilization, making the journey overland and settling in Andover. He was a warm friend of Benjamin F. Wade, who came from the same neighborhood in Massachusetts. W. H. Morley became a prosperous merchant and prominent citizen of his county. Originally a Whig, he later became a Republican in politics and served a number of years as Justice of the Peace. He was also a Colonel in the State Militia and was in various ways a prominent character in the early history Of Ashtabula county. His five children were: J. S., C. H., May E., wife of B. Manley, E. W.. and B. D., whose name heads this sketch. The father died at the age of seventy-three, greatly lamented by all who knew him, by reason of his many worthy qualities of mind and heart. The subject of this sketch was reared in Andover until he was thirteen years of age, when his parents removed to a farm in the same vicinity, where young Morley remained three or four years, after which he returned to Andover and clerked in the store of his father and brother during the summer, attending school in the winter. e obtained his education in the old log schoolhouse of the early day., laying a foundation on which he has built, with wisdom and care, by extensive reading and observation and varied experience, a substantial superstructure, representing a broad knowledge and intelligence. His practical business training was secured in his father's store and in subsequent transactions, while he enjoyed the refining influences of a cultivated home. He clerked for his father until 1862, and then went to Penn Line, Pennsylvania, where he assumed charge of a branch store of general merchandise, under the firm name of J. S. &B. D. Morley, which he successfully conducted for three years. He then returned to Andover, and, in 1865, erected the Morley Block, a frame structure, in which he and his brother started a store under the same flrm name, their business including a stock of merchandise and the manufacture and sale of cheese. n 1870, the subject of this sketch sold his interest to his brother and engaged in the stock business, importing large herds of dairy cows and other stock from the prairies of the West and selling them in the Eastern market. This enterprise was advantageously continued in company with C. S. Marvin for two years. He then repurchased of his brother his former interest in the mercantile establishment, to which they eventually added a line of drugs. They successfully continued this association until B. D. once more sold his interest to his brother, in 1880. B. D. then formed a partnership with W. G. Hopper, under the flrm name of Morley & Hopper, and engaged in the general hardware business, erecting a large building, 23 x 75 feet, on the present site of the bank. Mr. Morley continued in this business four years, when he and his partner sold out. It was at this tune that Mr. Morley assisted in the organization of the Andover Bank, with which he OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 733 has ever since been actively identified. Be- sides his banking interests, he is also connected with the boot and shoe business, and, until 1892 was connected with Mr. Swezey. under the firm name of Morley & Swezey, in the retailing of carriages and wagons, in which they continued together for eighteen years, when Mr. Morley disposed of his interest to Mr. Swezey. Mr. Morley has been one of the main factors in the upbuilding of the town of Andover and was one of the heaviest losers in the big fire of 1890. He is a joint owner with B. Manley in a large farm, situated about two miles southeast of Andover, and conducted as a dairy farm. In August, 1866, Mr. Morley was married to Miss Eliza H. Enos, a lady of varied attainments, a native of Andover and daughter of S. S. and Mary Enos. They have one daughter, Ella, who assists her father in the bank, and is a lady of energy and ability. Politically, Mr. Morley is a Republican. He is a member of the F. & A. M., Andover Lodge, No. 506. He is essentially a self-made man, having risen to his present prosperity by his own untiring efforts and intelligent, careful management, and justly enjoys the highest regard of all who know him. DWIGHT CROWELL, the efficient and popular Auditor of Ashtabula county, Ohio, is a native of this county, born May 31, 1828. His parents, William and Nancy (Hewins) Crowell, were natives of Connecticut and of Genesee county, New York, respectively. The Crowell family is an old and numerous one in Ashtabula county. The name is of English origin, and is authentically stated to have formerly been “Cromwell." The paternal grandfather, William Crowell, married Miss Peck and joined the westward tide of emigration from Con- necticut to Ohio, settling in Rome township, Ashtabula county, when William, the father of the subject of this sketch, was but three years of age. They were the second or third family to settle in Rome township, and experienced all the hardships of pioneer life. They had eight children. William became a carpenter and joiner by trade, and was one of the contractors to construct the Ashtabula and Warren turnpike. In later life he engaged in mercantile business, being altogether for many years an honored resident of Geneva, Ohio. In 1872 he died, in Jefferson, aged seventy-six years, and his mortal remains he buried in the city cemetery. He had a brother John, who was a prominent attorney of Trumbull county, Ohio, and who served three or four years in Congress and held other public offices of trust. He after- ward settled in Cleveland, where he attained first rank as 6 lawyer, and where he died at an advanced age. Nancy (Hewins) Crowell, the mother of the subject of this sketch, was spared to her children until her ninety-fourth year of age, and was ever held in veneration by them and watched over with loving solicitude. She died March 20, 1893, at the home of her son, W. H. Crowell, in Washington, District of Columbia, and the mortal remains were consigned to earth in the cemetery at Jefferson, beside those of her husband. She was the daughter of Ebenezer Hewins, a native of Massachusetts, who removed in an early day to New York, whence, in 1820, he went to Ohio, at that time on the extreme frontier. He settled on a farm near Harpersfield and became prominent as a man of superior intellect and moral worth. On the organization of Ashtabula county, he became one of 734 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY the first Associate Justices, and held other positions of public trust. He had a large family. William Crowell and wife had four sons and one daughter, all of whom are now living. W. H. has been a clerk in the Auditor's office at Washington, District of Columbia, since 1880, having formerly served fourteen years as Auditor of Ashtabula county, and being widely known as a man of ability and honor. W. H. H., the youngest brother of the subject of this sketch, served in the Civil war, and for his bravery and efficiency was promoted. He afterward joined the regular army, in which he is still a Captain, being stationed in Kentucky. The name of the only sister is Ruby. Dwight Crowell, whose name heads this notice, was reared in Ashtabula county, and received his education in the Geneva high school. He early entered the mercantile business in Geneva, where he continued fifteen years, enjoying the confidence and respect of that community. n 1869 he went to Jefferson and entered the Auditor's office as deputy, which position he held eleven years. n 1880 he was elected Clerk of the Supreme Court, in which capacity he served three years, making his home at Columbus. In March, 1884, he returned to Jefferson and again assumed the position of deputy in the Auditor's office, in which he continued until November, 1889. He was then elected Auditor of the county, to which office he was re-elected in November, 1892, and is the present incumbent. He has always been a •stanch Republican, and has been a delegate to a number of State conventions. Fraternally, he is a member of the I. 0. 0. F. He was married in 1852, to Miss S. Frary, an estimable lady of Ashtabula county, who has been a helpmate to him in every sense of the word. They have three interesting chil dren: William S., Kate F. and Nancy E., the last named being the wife of E. B. Lynn, of Geneva, Ohio. The long and continued public preferment which has been accorded to Mr. Crowell is sufficient evidence, even were there no other, of his ability, sterling worth, and of the high esteem in which he is held. n person he is above the medium size, possessed of a splendid physique and of pleasing address. He is a man of fine social qualities and is one of the most popular officials in the county. He is a thoroughly domestic man and devoted to his family, yet warmly attached to his friends. He prefers, however, to be a host rather than a guest, and at his home is ever extending a welcome to representatives of his large circle of acquaintances, all of whom delight in his friendship. It is such men that advance the standard of humanity, honor a community and make life brighter.   LAUREL V. STONE, the leading jeweler of Conneaut, Ohio, was born in ^ this city April 7, 1855, son of Edward and Eliza A. Stone. His early life was spent on his father's farm, a mile and a half south of Conneaut, and his education Was received in the Conneaut Academy and at Cobb's Business College in Painesville, Ohio. He learned the jeweler's trade of D. P. Venen, at that time a prominent jeweler of Conneaut. After completing his trade, in the fall of 1879 he engaged in business for himself at Vermillion, Ohio, where he remained six years, meeting with prosperity. In 1885 he sold out and returned to the home of his youth. He then purchased the jewelry store of E. H. Hiler, and by close attention for business and untiring energy he has suc- OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 735 cecded in building up a trade that has gained ror him the reputation of being the leading jeweler of Conneaut. He carries a well assorted stock of gold and silver, and also keeps musical instruments of all kinds. Fine and difficult repairing is a specialty with him. Mr. Stone was married February 20, 1879, by Rev. J. W. Martin, and Las two children, Frank Edward and John Olmsted. Mrs. Stone, formerly Miss Addie M. Olmsted, is a daughter of John and Hannah (Saulisbury) Olmsted. He and his wife are, members of the Christian Church, and both are active church and Sabbath-school workers, he being Financial Secretary of the Church and Assistant Superintendent and teacher in the Sunday-school, and she the Sunday-school Treasurer. Mr. Stone votes with the Republican party, taking, however, little interest in political matters. H,e is a stockholder in the Conneaut Gas, Light and Fuel Company. With fraternal as well as business circles Mr. Stone is prominently identified. He is a member of Evergreen Lodge, No. 222, A, F. & A. M., also of Conneaut Chapter, No. 76, R. A. M., and Conneaut Council, No. 40, R. & S. M. He is Chancellor Commander of Maple Lodge, No. 217, K. of P., and is also a member of Conneaut Division, No. 114, Uniform Rank, K. of P. n the last tv o named organizations he has passed all the chairs in the local lodges, being the Senior Past Officer in each. He is Select Councillor of Eureka Council, No. 1, R. T. of T., of Conneaut; is Past President of Conneaut Circle, No. 38, P. E. C.; is Past President of Conneaut Council, No. 37, A. P. A.; is a member of Conneaut Council, No. 780, Royal Arcanum, and is a member of the Ohio State Police. At the State Council Session, held at Youngstown, Ohio, May 9, 10 and 11, 1893, he was elected State Councillor of Ohio, in the Junior 0. U. A. M., he having carved his way in the State Council, step by step, from the office of State Council Warden to the highest place in the gift of the State Council; he has the honor of being the first person in the history of Conneaut to till the chief State executive office of any secret society, and his local Council Northern Star, No. 30, Jr. 0. U. A. M., feel highly hon- ored that one of their number should be thus favored. He is a member of Conneaut Tent, No. 100, K. 0. T. M., and also holds a State office in this order, that of State Picket, and it is fondly hoped by his numerous friends that in the not distant future he will occupy the highest position in the order. EDWARD AUGUSTIN STONE, one of the old settlers of Conneaut, Ohio, was born in Ashtabula county, this State, January 17, 1825, son of Captain Merrit and Arsula (Loomis) Stone. Captain Stone was a shoemaker by trade, but was for some years engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was captain of a company in the war of 1812. A brother of his, Randolph Stone, was a Presbyterian minister for many years, preaching in this county, and owning a farm here on Rock Creek. Captain Stone went West (to Indiana or Illinois) to settle some land warrants, and died on the way. He was traveling with ox teams and in company with a large party, Little, however, is known of his sickness or death, as the facilities for obtaining news in those days were very poor. His wife is also deceased. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church. Grandfather Stone died in 736 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY Hampton. He was twice married. His first wife's maiden name was Woodruff, and their only child was Captain Merrit Stone. Edward A. is the fourth in a family of seven children, namely: Balinda, unmarried, and an invalid for many years, recently went to California for her health, where she died, at the age of sixty years; Lucinda married John Venen, and both she and her husband are deceased; Amanda, unmarried, died in Kingsville, this county, at about the age of twenty years; Edward A.; Fernando, VI ho spent seine time on the ocean when a young man, was married in New York State, and afterward fettled in Kingsville, this county, where his death occurred; Priscilla, who died at the age of twelve years; Henry Warren is married and living at Niagara Falls. The subject of our sketch was married April 7, 1851, to Miss Eliza A. Venen, daughter of Dr. John Venen and his wife, Nancy (Haywood) Venen. Her parents both lived to a ripe old age, her father dying at the age of ninety-two, and her mother two years later. Dr. Venen and his wife bad children as follows: John D., deceased; Virgil H., proprietor of a greenhouse in Conneaut; Eliza A.; Joseph A., a resident of Cleveland, engaged in the jewelry business; Darwin P., a jeweler of Conneaut; Laurel P., of Olympia, Washington; Laura L., a twin sister of Laurel P., is the widow of Levi Briggs, and lives at Conneaut; and Mary, wife of John Scott, is deceased. Edward A. Stone and his wife have two children: Laurel V. and Laura Eliza. Laura E. married Charles Putnam, a furniture dealer of Conneaut, and has two children, Eppie May and Walter Edward. Mr. Stone learned the blacksmith trade in early life, and worked at that trade for thirty years. He manufactured carriages and wag ons, hiring trimmers and painters and running all the departments of a complete carriage shop. Later he bought a farm and carried on agricultural pursuits, also having a shop on his farm and working in it much of the time. He his seen much of hardships and privations incident to pioneer life. He has served in various minor offices, at one time being both Deputy Sheriff and Constable. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, in which he has a high standing, being a member of Evergreen Lodge, No. 222, A. F. & A. M.; Conneaut Chapter, No. 76, R. A. M.; Conneaut Council, No. 40, R. & S. M.; and Cache Coin No. 27, K. T. He has passed all the chairs in the three former bodies and was a charter member of the three latter bodies. He was also the Senior S. C. of Eureka Council, No. 1, R. T. of T. He and his wife and two children are members of the Christian Church, all having been baptized the same day. Thus far there has not been a death in either the Stone or Putnam families. C. B. LEONARD, Assistant Cashier of the Bank of Andover, Ohio, an able financier and genial, sociable gentleman, was born in Williamsfield Ohio, May 20, 1840. His parents, Alvan B. and Emeline B. (Black) Leo. lard, were both natives of the Buckeye State, the former born in Williamsfield, in May, 1816, and the latter in Vernon township, Trumbull county. Alvan was a son of Bartlett and Hannah (Chapman) Leonard, who came from Worthington, Massachusetts, and were early settlers and esteemed residents of Ashtabula county. Alvan was reared to farm life and educated in the log house of primitive times and taught school OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 737 for a time. He was married in Vernon township, Trumbull county, Ohio, and settled on a farm, on which he resided until about thirty years of age. He then became afflicted with rheumatism, which necessitated his giving up farming, whereupon he removed to the center of Williamsfield and opened a general merchandise store, which he successfully conducted until 1872. At that time he moved to Andover, where he engaged in similar pursuits, purchasing the property of R. M. Norton, and was thus employed three years, or until his death, April 11, 1875. He was an energetic, capable man and became a leader in his community. An active Republican in politics, he was elected by an admiring constituency to a number of important offices- He was the first and for many years Postmaster of Williamsfield, and on his resignation this position was assumed by his son, the subject of this sketch, their joint incumbency covering a period of forty years, an almost unparalleled circumstance. Both parents were devoted members of the Congregational Church and led lives in conformity with the highest teachings of Christianity. The worthy wife and mother survived her husband many yews, expiring in the midst of her family and friends on May 8, 1891, leaving many to mourn her loss. Their four children were as follows: C. B., whose name heads this sketch; Emerson, deceased at the age of four; Rosetta, widow of Owen French, and a resident of Fairhaven, Washington; and Albina, wife of J. H. Hippie, a druggist of Andover. C. B. Leonard, the subject of this review, was reared in Williamsfield and educated in the district and select schools of his vicinity, He entered his father's store at the age of eight years, and there received his practical business training. He clerked for his father until attaining the age of twenty-three, when he became a partner in the business, and thus continued until the spring of 1872. He then bought his father's interest and conducted the store alone until 1889, at which time he disposed of his stock to Mr. Bush, although still retaining the property. On selling his business, he devoted his attention for a year to the management and improvement of his farm, a valuable tract 200 acres, which is devoted to the dairy business and the raising of cereals, and of which he still retains possession. At the end of this time, in February, 1890, Mr. Leonard removed to Andover and assumed his present responsible position of assistant cashier in the Bank of Andover, in which institution he is also a stockholder and director. His thorough business training and sterling probity of character, combined with uniform courtesy, have inspired confidence and esteem in the minds of all who meet him, contributing alike to his own prosperity and incidentally to that of the great institution, in which he is so able an officer. Besides his banking interests, he has valuable residence and business property in both Andover and Ashtabula, and is financially one of the most substantial men in the county. In Williamsfield, on April 17, 1862, Mr. Leonard was married to Miss Abbie J. Morse, a lady of culture and refinement, born, reared and educated in that city, and daughter of Marvin and Electa (Loomis) Morse, old and respected residents of that place. In politics, Mr. Leonard supports the principles of the Republican party, by which he was elected, at the age of twenty-three, to the office of Township Clerk, which he held nine years. He was then made Township Treasurer and served in that capacity fifteen or eighteen years, bringing to the discharge of his duties the same business ability, energy 738 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY and dispatch, so characteristic of his efforts in private life. He is essentially self-made, having acquired his prosperity by untiring industry and wise economy, together with judicious investments and the strictest busi- ness integrity, and enjoys the confidence and respect of all who know him. BENJAMIN K. BAKER, one of the proprietors of the planing and saw mill in Orwell, Ohio, and a man of superior worth of character, was born in that city, Oc- tober 8,1851. His father, Josiah W. Baker, was a pioneer of Ohio, and well and favorably known for his many estimable qualities. The subject of this sketch was reared until the age of fifteen on the home farm, and at- tended the Orwell graded and public schools. His occupation after completing his educa- tion was varied. He spent three seasons on the road in the lightning-rod business, one season with a circus and menagerie, owned by his brother-in-law, M. M. Hilliard, and was in J. W. Baker's hotel at Orwell for three years. n 1881 Mr. Baker, in company with Mr. Paine, purchased the planing mill in Orwell. After conducting it a year Mr. Baker bought his partner's interest, and subsequently admitted to an equal partner- ship Mr. Kile. Mr. Kile afterward sold his interest to his brother, who, with Mr. Baker, then built a sawmill, which they equipped with all the modern and improved machinery, where they do every kind of planing work, and manufacture everything in the line except sash and doors. They also operate a lumberyard, where they supply builders and contractors with every kind of building material. Besides this, they have a large trade for pump tubes, which are used in oil wells throughout the Eastern oil fields. Independently of his business Mr. Baker is a large land owner, having fifty acres in Windsor township, and owns a substantial residence in Orwell, on which he carries $500 insurance. This prosperity has followed Mr. Baker's industrious and persevering efforts, and he justly deserves his good fortune. May 25, 1876, Mr. Baker was Married to Miss Alice M. Childs, a lady of engaging personality, a resident of Rome, Ohio. Her parents, Horace and Ruby (Cooley) Childs, were both natives of New York State, the former born in Rensselaer county, June 25, 1817, and the latter in Orange county, December 19, 1820. Mrs. Baker's father was a farmer and mechanic and settled in Rome, Ohio, at an early day. He died there March 7, 1874, leaving many friends to mourn his loss. His worthy wife survived him many years, expiring in Orwell, February 12, 1889, likewise deeply regretted. They had nine children: William R., born September 12, 1840; Cynthia J., born October 11, 1842, married Myron Dutton, a prominent citizen of Thompson, Ohio, and her death occurred in that place, November 22, 1870; Maretta L., born in Sheffield, Ohio, January 29, 1846, died May 6, 1888; Orrin H., also born in Sheffield, April 23, 1848; Alice M., wife of the subject of this sketch, born in Rome, Ohio, October 30, 1850; Melvin A. and Mary A., twins, born in Rome, Ohio, February 6, 1854; the former died November 23, 1874, and the latter married Ernest Blanchard, of Orwell, Ohio; Nelson P., born May 20, 1856; Frank E., born March 30, 1859, resides in Merrill, Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. Baker have one child, Cora May, who was born December 27, 1876, and who al- ready enjoys a reputation for ability beyond her years. n the spring of 1893, when but OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 739 sixteen years of age, she graduated at the Orwell Normal nstitute, and, although the youngest in her class, held her audience spell-bound by the strong and earnest delivery, comprehensive breadth of thought, and rhetorical execution of her essay. er education completed, Miss Cora is not content to lapse into a life of ease, but is preparing herself for the duties of a stenographer and typewriter. She is an elocutionist of note and has assisted at numerous public entertainments. Mr. and Mrs. Baker and daughter are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Orwell. In politics, Mr. Baker is a Democrat, and has held several offices of public trust. He is now a member of the Board of Trustees and Board of Education of the special district, in both of which he has done able service. He is trustworthy and public-spirited, and of a kind and generous disposition, deservedly enjoying the high regard of all worthy men. C. C. RAND, another one of the representative farmers of Madison township, Lake county, Ohio, is a native of this place, born in 1842, son of Martin and Lucy (Cummings) Rand, who were among the pioneer settlers of the county. Mr. Rand received his education in the district schools and the Madison Seminary. n December, 1863, he enlisted in Company F, One Hundred and Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered into the service at Cleveland. At once joining Sherman's army in the South, he participated in numerous engagements and remained on active duty until the war closed, when he was mustered out, in June, 1865, at Camp Cleveland. Among the battles in which he tool;. part were those of Lookout Mountain, Resaca, Buzzards' Roost, and the engagements along the line on that famous march to the sea. After the war Mr. Rand settled on the North Ridge in Madison township, this county, from whence he subsequently moved to McMinnville, Tennessee, where he was engaged in farming five years. Returning to Ohio, he settled at Cleveland, and for fourteen years was on the police force in that city, the last four years being Sergeant. In 1883 he bought his present farm, 130 acres, upon which he has since been engaged in agricultural pursuits. He devotes his land to diversified farming, giving special attention to the raising of short-horn cattle and Shropshire sheep, and also raising a large number of bogs. Mr. Rand was married December 14, 1866; to Anna Gillett, a native of Ashtabula county, Ohio. They have four children: Fred,- Ar'- thur, Bertha and Nellie. He and his wife are members of the Baptist Church. Politically, he is a Republican, and fraternally an Odd Fellow. He is also a member of Burnam Post, No. 378, G. A. R., at Madison. Mr. Rand has stock in the Madison Creamery and is vice-president of the company. ORLANDO F. BUNNELL; a prominent farmer residing near Willoughby, Lake county, Ohio, is another one of those representative men of the county of whom personal mention should be made in this work. Of his life and parentage we present the following resume: Orlando F. Bunnell was born in Kirtland township, Lake county, Ohio, November 17; 740 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY 1844. His father, Eli Granger Bunnell, was born in Blanford, Massachusetts, November 25, 1807. Grandfather Bunnell, a resident of Blanford for several years, emigrated from there to New York, where he was killed while assisting to raise a mill. At the time this sad accident occurred, Eli, the oldest child and only son in the family, and then only a mere boy, was thrown upon his own resources. At the age of seventeen he left Blanford, Massachusetts, en route for Ohio, walking the whole distance, and peddling Yankee notions to pay his way. He reached his destination, Kirtland, in 1825. There he had a cousin living, and there he was variously employed for some time. He cut cord-wood, four feet long, at 16 cents a cord. Subsequently he learned the carpenter's trade. He built the first wooden warehouse in the city of Cleveland. For a time he did an extensive business, having several men in his employ. Soon after coming West he purchased fifty acres of timber land, on which he built a log cabin and where he lived for some time, engaged in clearing and improving the land. n the spring of 1865 he moved to Oberlin in order to educate his children, and made that place his home seven years. His next move was to Willoughby, where he spent the closing years of his life, and died March 8, 1891. He was indeed a self-made man. Starting out when only a boy, and without means, he attained success in the various walks of life. He was married November 25, 1832, to Miss Anna S. Covert, who was born in Ovid, Seneca county, New York, May 18, 1814, and for sixty years their lives were blended together in the sharing of each other's joys and sorrows, both being prominent members of the Congregational Church. Mrs. Bunnell is still living and now makes her home with the subject of this sketch. She received her education in a log schoolhouse, and at the age of thirteen became a teacher. She is a daughter of Luke and Dinah (Tilliar) Covert, both natives of New York. Her grandfather Covert was from New Jersey. The Covert family emigrated to Ohio in 1817, driving to Buffalo, and from there coming by boat to Lake county. They settled in Willoughby township, five miles south of Willoughby, being among the very first pioneers of the township. er father built a split-log house in the forest and there developed a farm. He died at the age of sixty-six, and his wife at seventy-five. Both were members of the Congregational Church. They had a family of two sons and three daughters. The daughters are still living. Eli Bunnell and his wife had six children, two sons and four daughters, of whom four are still living, the subject of this article being the fourth born and the oldest son. Orlando F. Bunnell was reared to farm life at Kirtland. He received his education in the district schools and at Willoughby and Oberlin. After his marriage, which event occurred in 1866, he located at Wakeman, Huron county, Ohio, where he was engaged in farming four years. From there he removed to Linn county, Missouri, and about four years later came back to Ohio, settling on his present farm at Willoughby in 1875. Here lre has 183 acres of land, on which is a fine pear orchard of six acres. e also owns eighty acres in Chester township, Geauga county, Ohio. He has made all the substantial improvements on his home place, and here he is engaged in general farming. Mr. Bunnell was married February 11, 1866, to Mary A. Tennant, of Camden, Ohio. She is the daughter of David F. and Lydia Tennant, both natives of Orleans county, New York, who emigrated from that. State to OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 741 Ohio, coming in wagons and locating at Camden. Here her mother died July 22, 1892. Her father passed away in the fall of 1867. She is one of a family of five children, four of whom are living. Mr. and Mrs. Bunnell have two children, viz.: Eli Granger Bunnell, Jr,, born August 17, 1867; and Charles Orlando, December 21, 1878. Both have had good educational advantages. The older son married Minnie E. Earnest, and they have had two children: Leah May, born August 5, 1889, died December 13, 1890; and Orlando A., born November 17, 1891. Mr. Bunnell afflliates with the Republican party, and both he and his wife are members of the Congregational Church. HIRAM REED, who resides on a farm two miles northwest of Rowenton, in Lenox township, Ashtabula county, Ohio, was born in Wayne county, this State, August 12, 1842. He spent his early life on the farm and received his education in the district schools. Arriving at manhood he learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed for a livelihood a number of years. In 1862 he joined the Union ranks and was mustered into the service at Mansfield, Ohio, as a private in Company A, One Hundred and Twentieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, under Colonel Dan French. He accompanied his command to the South, and soon afterward was taken ill at Young's Point, Louisiana. Then ensued a long spell of sickness, and in the fall of 1863 he was discharged on account of disability. Returning home, he recuperated his shattered health, and as soon as he was able went to work at his trade. Later he moved with his family to Wisconsin, settling in Grant county, where he remained five years. At the end of that time he returned to Wayne county, continuing work at the carpenter's trade until 1871. That year he bought an improved farm of ninety-three acres in Wayne county, and in connection with his work of contractor and builder also carried on farming, soon afterward giving his attention exclusively to the latter. After living on that farm eight years he sold out. n 1881 he bought his present place, known as the Nolton farm, comprising 163 acres, and the following year located upon it. Since taking up his abode here he has made many improvements, greatly enhancing the beauty and value of the place. Mr. Reed was married in 1867 to Miss Sarah Zimmerman, daughter of Ezekiel Zimmerman, an early settler of Wayne county, who nine to Ohio from Pennsylvania. er father was one of the prominent and wealthy farmers of the county. He died in 1878, aged sixty-eight years. Mrs. Reed was born in Wayne county, July 28, 1846; was married in her twenty first year, and in time became the mother of nine children, four of whom are now living. Following is a record of her children: Anna E., born in 1868, died in her nineteenth year; Alice R. died at the age of eighteen; Elam J., born in 1873, is the wife of J. G. Fowler, a farmer of Lenox; John M., who died in infancy; James A., born in 1877; Mary G., in 1880; Ethel I., in 1882; and Earnest, deceased. Mrs. Reed is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Of Mr. Reed we further record that he is a son of David and Mary (Ewing) Reed. His father was born in Wayne county, Ohio, in 1817, where he grew up and learned the trade of stone cutter. Later in life he turned his attention to farming. He was a man 742 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY of the strictest integrity, was well known and was highly respected. His death occurred in 18r73. The mother of our subject was also born in Wayne county. She was married to Mr. Reed when she was nineteen. Seven of their nine children reached maturity and four of that number are still living. She was reared a Presbyterian and still remains in living communion with that church. Mr. Reed is a straight Democrat and a friend to the temperance cause. He has officiated as judge of elections for the past five years, and for a number of years has served as Township Assessor and School Director. His church membership is with the United Brethren. PROFESSOR JOHN E. McKEAN. Jefferson, Ohio, has reason to be proud of her educational institutions, which rank with the best in the coun- try. Among those who have helped to raise them to their present high standard of excel- lence, the subject of this sketch stands pre- eminent. Professor McKean, the efficient and popular superintendent of the high school in Jefferson, an able educator and cultured gentleman, was born in Mount Hope, Holmes county, Ohio, August 27, 1862. His parents, William and Rachel (Stutz) McKean, were natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio, respectively, the father being of Scotch-Irish descent. The earliest members of the family to settle in America were three brothers, one of whom settled in Ohio and the other two in Pennsylvania. Thomas McKean, one of these brothers, was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. The father of the subject of this sketch was reared in Pennsylvania and Ohio, his parents having removed from the former State to Wayne county, when he was quite young. He received a fair academical education, after which he graduated at the Jefferson Medical College, in Philadelphia, and is now a suc- cessful physician of Dundee, Ohio. Of six children, Professor McKean of this notice, is the oldest. He has one brother, who is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy, and is serving the nation as Assistant Engineer in the navy. The subject of this sketch was reared in his native county and attended the public and select schools of his vicinity, afterward going to Mount Union College and the Ohio Wesleyan University, finally graduating at the Ohio Normal University, in Ada, in 1886, having taken a classical course while there. He entered college at the age of sixteen years, from which time he defrayed the expense of his education by teaching. After graduating, he became superintendent of the public schools in Navarre, this State, where he remained three years. The two following years he had charge of the schools of Port Clinton, Ottawa county, this State, and, in 1891, he was chosen by the Board of Education, superintendent of the public schools of Jefferson and principal of the Jefferson Institute; and was re-elected in 1892 for two years. Professor McKean has been a successful teacher in village and town schools for thirteen years, and is thorough and practical in his methods, and is a good organizer. He holds a life certificate from the State Board of Education of Ohio, which is a sufficient testimonial of his scholarly attainments. July 7, 1891, Professor McKean was married to Miss Emma, daughter of George OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 743 and Mary (McGregor) Elliott. She was at the time of her marriage a teacher in the high school at Port Clinton. She is a native of Columbiana county, this State, and a graduate of the Wellsville high school and the National Normal University at Lebanon, having taken a classical course. She taught two years with manifest ability, having been a teacher in the high school at Port Clinton when the Professor had charge of that school. Religiously, Professor and Mrs. McKean are earnest and useful members of the Congregational Church. Professor McKean holds as high position in his community as a citizen and man as he enjoys as an educator and scholar, being justly classed with those rare spirits whose efforts are always exerted in the direction of the material and moral advancement of the human race. Professor McKean is a member of the Masonic order, Tuscan Lodge, No. 342; of the I. 0. 0. F., Ensign Lodge No. 400; and of Navarre Lodge, No. 240, Knights of Pythias. n politics he is a Republican. C. H. FITTS, of West Andover, Ohio, a manufacturer and dealer in woolen goods, blankets, flannels, yarns, etc., was born in Orange township, New Haven county, Connecticut, March 28, 1825. His parents, Harvey and Polly (Gilbert) Fitts, were natives of the same State and descendants of old New England families. The father learned the details of the manufacturing of woolen goods, to which occupation he devoted much of his life, and also followed farming. This worthy couple followed the western tide of emigration to Ohio in an early day, settling first in Gustavus, where they lived five or six years. They then removed to Kingsville, Ohio, in which place the father engaged in the manufacture of woolen goods. He died in Andover, in 1881, at the age of eighty-one, while the devoted wife and mother still survives, at the age of ninety-two, and resides with her daughter, Mrs. F. S. Noyes, in Kingsville: The father was a Republican in politics, a man of superior business ability and sterling probity of character. Of their seven children, four survive: Curtis H.; C. H., whose name heads this sketch; Lucy, wife of John Stanton; and Ellen, wife of F. S. Noyes. The subject of this sketch was reared to the manufacture of woolen goods, which business he has followed since he was twelve years of age, having learned his trade of his father. He worked for his father until be attained his majority, after which they were partners two years, when the subject of this sketch removed to Gustavus, Trumbull county, where he fitted up a factory, which he operated successfully for one year, when it was burned. He then went to Plymouth, Ashtabula county, Ohio, where for two or three years he was in company with his father. They then traded their factory for a farm which the subject of this sketch operated for three years. At the end of this time he went to Kingsville, where he bought machinery and fitted up in Kinsman, Trumbull county, a factory which he operated about twelve years, part of this time alone and part in company with Charles Farrand. In 1866, Mr. Fitts came to West Andover and purchased the Clifford mill. This was originally built in 1824, by Case & Slater, who operated it as a carding and cloth-dressing mill until they sold it in 1848 to A. D. Clifford, who put in spinning and weaving machinery. It was burned in 1862 but rebuilt by Mr. Clifford, 744 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY who sold it to the subject of this sketch in 1866. Mr. Fitts has since refitted it, with the exception of the carding rooms, until it is now one of the most modernly appointed mill in this part of the country. In the processes of manufacture many thousand pounds of wool are consumed annually in this factory, where part of the time six to eight men are employed. Mr. Fitts owns, besides his milling interests, an excellent farm of 141 acres and another of thirty acres, on the latter of which he has erected a handsome residence, in which he resides, surrounded with all of the comforts and many of the luxuries of life. May 3, 1864, Mr. Fitts was married to Miss Maryett Bliss, a lady of many excellent qualities, a native of Sheffield, Ohio. Her parents, Beriah and Mary (Llewellyn) Bliss, were natives of Vermont and New York State, respectively, the former a farmer by occupation and a prominent member of the Congregational Church. They had ten children, three of whom reside in Ashtabula county, Ohio, and all but two surviving. Lewis 0. is a prosperous resident of Iowa Falls, Iowa; Temperance, wife of Jacob Sawyer, resides in Michigan; Elizabeth is the wife of E. L. Dibble, of White county, Indiana; Beriah, deceased; Maryett, wife of the subject of this sketch; Moses H. is a well-to-do resident of Omaha, Nebraska; Hannah, a teacher in the Ashtabula high school; Sarah, wife of P. G. Rogers, of Michigan; Levina, wife of H. W. Carter, of Sheffield, Ohio; and Byron B., who died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Fitts have four children: Sophia, wife of J. T. Yates, of West Andover, has one child, Genevive; Bliss, a teacher in the public schools; Hubert E., at home and a teacher in the public schools; and Temperance, teaching in Pierpont, Ohio. In politics, Mr. Fitts is a Republican, and he is a member of the A. F. & A. M., Andover Lodge No. 506. An energetic and upright business man and liberal minded citizen, he deservedly holds a high position in his community, to the interests of which he has materially contributed. JASON C. WELLS, an old and honored citizen of Geauga county, is known as the “Claridon poet," having written many verses recounting the incidents of life on the frontier. Possessing more than ordinary literary ability, he has prepared many articles for publication in the Geauga Republican, and upon the sixtieth anniversary of the organization of the Congregational Church in Claridon he read a paper which received much favorable comment. He is one of the oldest settlers in the county, and a biographical sketch of his family is here appended. He was born in Claridon township, Geauga county, Ohio, January 24, 1818, a son of Ebenezer Wells, a native of West Hartford, Connecticut, born in 1784, and grandson of Timothy Wells, who was born in West Hartford, Connecticut, in 1750. The family is of Scotch origin. During the early part of the sixteenth century there lived in Scotland, by the side of some noted wells of water, a family by the name of Thomas; to distinguish the father from others bearing the same name he was called "Thomas by the wells." The family afterward went to England to live and the name was finally changed to Wells. About the year 1630 it is said three brothers came to America and settled in Massachusetts: the oldest brother, disliking the rigors of the New England climate, prospected toward the OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 745 South and settled in Virginia; the youngest joined a party of colonists in 1636 and settled in Connecticut, near the present site of Hartford. In 1745 appears Thomas Wells, great-grandfather of our subject, residing at the foot of Tolcott mountain. His son Timothy was a farmer, and served in the Revolutionary war. He was engaged to be married to Miss Esther Clark before going to the war, but delayed the marriage that he might serve his country. He was with the army during the terrible winter it Valley Forge, and was in several noted battles. On one occasion he witnessed a meeting of Washington and Lee, when the anger of the father of his country was amazing and he swore in vigorous terms. After three years' service Timothy Wells was stricken with smallpox, and his eyes became so affected that he was discharged; he then returned to his home and was married. He traded his rough and stony land in Connecticut for land in Ohio-, and sent his son, Timothy, Jr., on horseback to look after the investment. The war of 1812 delayed the settlement until 1815, when he came with his family, fourteen in number, making the journey with wagons and oxen in thirty-seven days. He built a log cabin, and owned 430 acres of land. He died in 1820, at the age of three-score years and ten. Ebenezer Wells, father of Jason C., was married in Connecticut to Diantha Coe, and had t wo children when he came to his western hone. With hard mid unremitting toil he cleared up a farm before his death, which occurred at the age of forty-eight years; his wife survived to the age of eighty-seven. Money was very scarce in those days, and it was with difficulty that Mr. Wells raised his annual tax of $4. He hauled twenty-four bushels of wheat to Fairport, taking three days for the journey, and received in exchange only a barrel of salt. Jason C. Wells is the only surviving member of a family of five children, of whom he was the third-born. He attended the schools of the day until he was obliged to relinquish his books for the sterner duties of the farm. His father died when he was a youth of fourteen, and at the age of nineteen he began life on his own account. He traded his share in the homestead for a tract of fifty acres, which he tilled with untiring industry until the fall of 1847, when he removed to his present farm. He was married January 22, 1845 to Caroline Moffit, a native of the State of New York, and they had three children: Hettie E.; Della, wife of Frank Kellogg, residing in Missouri; and Margaret, wife of John C. Libby, who lives in the State of Michigan. Mr. Wells' farm contains one hundred and thirty acres, which is in an excellent state of cultivation. He has given especial attention to the culture of fruit, and has done much to promote this branch of farming in this section. He and his wife are members of the Congregational Church. Politically he affiliates with the Republican party, and has with great credit served as Justice of the Peace two terms. He is a member of the Farmers' - Club, and has been for thirty years. He is frequently called on for essays, poetical and otherwise, his literary talent being of marked order. MARSHALL M. HILLIARD, the popular proprietor and manager of the Orwell House, in Orwell, Ohio, and of the Beechen House, in Quaker City, the same State, was born in Danby, Vermont, August 26, 1830. He comes of good New England stock, his parents, Isaac H. and Sarah E. (Hunt) Hilliard, having 746 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY been natives of the Green Mountain State, the father of Scotch origin. Isaac Hilliard was a harness-maker by trade, and in 1836 joined the western movement of emigration, coming with his family overland to Ashtabula county, Ohio, and, in 1840, settled in Orwell, where he followed his trade the remainder of his life. Both parents were devout members of the Baptist Church, and died, as they had lived, good Christians, full of the fear of God and the love of their fellow men. , Their last resting-place is in the cemetery at Orwell. They had eleven children, two of whom died in infancy: Henry C. died unmarried; Jerry C. left a family; Charles left one son; Frank died in Yazoo City, Mississippi; Marshall M., whose name heads this notice; Daniel D.; Sarah E., now Mrs. Clark; John I., who resides in Lemont, Mississippi; and Frank P. was Sheriff of Yazoo City, Mississippi, and was shot and killed in the courthouse, leaving a family of seven children. The subject of this sketch was but six years of age when his parents came to Ohio, where Ir. was rear J.1 and educated and where he has passed most of his life. He was taught the trade of harness-making by his father and remained at home until 1852. Having by this time heard of the gold excitement in California, he determined to cast his fortunes with that State, and consequently wended his way over the toilsome and often dangerous plains. Arriving at his destination, he spent eleven years in the Golden State, doing mining and other work, such as tunnel and hydraulic work, and was later an agent for a stage company. He also loaned money, sometimes receiving as high as 2 1/2 per cent. a month, and speculated largely, realizing altogether a financial success. n the winter of 1860 he went to Idaho, where he remained two years, and then returned to his old home in Orwell, arriving there in the fall of 1863. n December, 1863, he and his brother, Frank, went South to buy cotton. While in the rebel country, in the spring of 1864, the subject of this sketch was made a prisoner of war by the Confederates, at Yazoo City, Mississippi, and taken to Demopolis, Alabama. From there he was sent to Mobile and thence to the stockade at Meridian, Mississippi, where he and four others cut their way out to liberty, and after eleven days' march reached Vicksburg, traveling at night and living on blackberries, Mayapples, etc. When captured Mr. Hilliard was robbed of his clothes, watch, diamond pin and money, and was a prisoner for nine months, arriving in Orwell in the fall of 1864. In 1867, Mr. Billiard and his brother-in-law, Calvin Reeves, established a merchandise business in Orwell, which they continued successfully seven years. In the meantime the firm bought severity-flve acres of land, which was platted into lots and sold. At the end of seven years, Mr. Hilliard became interested in the circus business, owning a show of 120 horses and 100 performers, with a menagerie of wild animals: an elephant, which cost $5,100; camels, costing $250 each; royal Bengal tiger, $1,500; hyenas, $200 each; a lion, costing $1,000; snakes, at $50 each; monkeys, $5 to $25; and birds from $2 to $10. On retiring from the show business, Mr. Hilliard bought the Orwell House, which popular hostelry he has successfully conducted ever since. March 15, 1893, he also took possession of Hotel Beechen, at Quaker City. The hotels have twenty rooms each and the transient rates are $1.50 and $2 a day. Both houses are well furnished and provided with all modern conveniences, while the service in each is unexcelled for neatness and dispatch. OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 747 All this is due to the careful management of Mr. Hilliard, and he deserves great credit for his enterprise in placing such hotels at the service of the public. May 9, 1867, Mr. Billiard was married to Miss Juliet M. Baker, a worthy lady, daughter of Josiah W. and Mary Ann (Parker) Baker, old and esteemed residents of Ashtabula county. Mrs. Hilliard was born in Georgia, Franklin county, Vermont, May 9, 1837, and was but six months of age when her parents removed to Orwell, Ohio. She was reared and educated in that city and is well known and much esteemed for her many excellent qualities of mind and character. Mr. and Mrs. Hilliard have one daughter, Zella H., born September 3, 1868, who was educated in Orwell and at the New Lyme Institute. She is the wife of Israel Cohien, a prosperous clothing merchant of Quaker City, and they have one child, Fannie W., born November 1, 1887. Mr. Cohien was born in Austria, in 1858, and is a man of business sagacity and uprightness. Politically, Mr. Hilliard is a Republican, and, fraternally, associates with the Royal Arch Masons, of Rock Creek, and the I. 0. 0. F. He has contributed by his enterprise to the advancement of his community, and deserves the esteem which he so generally enjoys. LESTER MOFFET, a prominent citizen of Middlefield township and ex-Sheriff of Geauga county, Ohio, was born at Farmington, Trumbull county, Ohio, November 2, 1821. He received his education in the typical pioneer school which was taught in a log house and sustained by private subscription. His youth was passed amid the wild scenes of the frontier, deer and wild turkeys abounding as game. He has had many a hunt over the present site of Burton Station, and has witnessed the wonderful development and growth of the country, aiding largely in the accomplishment of this result. The first wages he received was $10 a month, at farming, but he had the wisdom not to "despise the day of small things." He was married October 23, 1844, to Harriet R. Bronson, a native of Chardon, Geauga county, Ohio, and a daughter of James Bronson, one of the early settlers and a shoemaker by trade. No children were born of this union. The wife died May 22, 1886. After his marriage, Mr. Moffet settled in the northwest corner of Middlefield township, having bought eighty acres of land there. Having subsequently settled in Chardon, he finally sold out, and since that time eleven farms have passed through his hands in different sections of the county. He has also had some mercantile interests, being engaged in trade for sixteen years. His official career began in 1873, when he assumed the office of Sheriff, to which position he had been elected in the fall of 1872. e transacted the business with much zeal and to the best interests of his constituency. He was re-elected, serving two terms, the business of the office being much heavier than it is at the present time. n 1878 he embarked in the mercantile business at Chardon, and conducted a general trade there until 1887, Then he came to Burton and erected a large store, carrying on business for four years. Al the end of that time he sold his interests to the present owner. He now has fifty acres of land in Middlefield township, and twelve and a half acres in Chardon township, all of which is under excellent cultivation. Mr. Moffet was married a second time February 22, 1887, to Harriet R. Gerney. 748 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY of Thompson, Geauga county, Ohio. Politically, he votes with the Republican party. He was Justice of the Peace while living at Burton, and served the people of Chardon as Mayor, resigning the office at the end of one year. He has also been Notary Public for a number of years. He is a member of the Masonic order and belongs to the I. 0. 0. F. n all the relations of life he has proven himself a man of great integrity of character, and worthy of the confidence reposed in him by a wide circle of acquaintance. The history of Mr. Moffet's ancestry will be found in the biography of Alanson Moffet. ALANSON MOFFET, prominent among the early settlers of the county, is entitled to the space alloted him in this history of Geauga county's enterprising and progressive men. He was born in Farmington township, Trumbull county, Ohio, May 27, 1819, a son of John Moffet, a native of Vermont; his grandfather, John Moffet, Sr., was also born in the Green Mountain State, of Irish ancestry; he was a farmer by occupation and a pioneer of of New York, where he passed the last years of his life. The father of Alanson Moffet was married in New York State, and emigrated to Trumbull county, Ohio, in 1818, making the journey overland and consuming four weeks in transit. The country was a wilderness, almost unbroken, and deer, wolves and bears abounded; it was necessary to pen the sheep at night for protection from the wild animals. The nearest trading post was Warren, eighteen miles away. Mr. Moffet went bravely to work to clear some land, and before his death had placed 107 acres under cultivation. He lived to the age of sixty-six years. His wife's maiden name was Lydia Ward, and she was a native of Massachusetts. They had a family of seven children, five of whom grew to maturity; the mother lived to be seventy-three years old. Both were consistent members of the Disciples' Church, and were active participants in all movements to cultivate a high moral sentiment in the community. Politically, Mr. Moffet affiliated with the Whig party, and later espoused the cause of the Republicans. Alanson Moffet is the second of the family of John and Lydia (Ward) Moffet. Reared upon the frontier, his educational advantages were only such as were afforded in the little log house that was heated by an open fire-place, and furnished with slab benches. The mental equipment was certainly above the material, judging from the men and women sprung from pioneer families. At the age of twenty-one years Mr, Moffet started out in life, to reap its weal or woe, receiving $12.50 per month as his first wages. He was married October 23, 1844, to Lydia Whitney, a daughter of John and Olive Whitney, a native of Jefferson county, New York. Her parents emigrated to Geauga county during her girlhood. Mr. and Mrs. Moffet are the parents of two children: Oris A., who is living at home, married; and Hattie E., who was married to Charles S. Herrick. After marriage they settled on a tract of fifty acres, which was cleared and placed under cultivation. As their means increased, Mr. Moffet made further investments in land until he now owns 260 acres. The improvements are first-class in every respect. He carries on general farming, and has a well managed dairy of twenty-five cows. OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 749 Adhering to the principles of the Whig party, he cast his first vote for William Henry Harrison in 1840, and since 1855 he has been a Republican. He was elected County Commissioner in 1862, and held the office six years; during that time the present county buildings were erected and much important work was accomplished. Although he began life as a poor man, he is now possessed of a competence and a reputation of which any man might be proud. By economy and perseverance he has overcome lose obstacles which beset the path of the pi eer, and now, amid the comforts of a modern civilization, sees his efforts crowned with success. Mrs. Moffet passed from this life March 18, 1880. CAPTAIN JOHN H. ANDREWS, of Painesville, Ohio, who has traversed the Great Lakes continuously for fifty years and is probably the most widely and favorably-known man of his profession, was born in Meride , Connecticut, May 21, 1829. His ancestors came originally from England and settled, in 1639, in Meriden, Connecticut, which town originally bore the name of An drews, which was subsequently changed to Meriden. His grandfather, Aaron Andrews, was born in Meriden, where he was reared and followed the millwright trade, dying at the age of eighty-six. His son, Captain Oliver Andrews, father of the subject of this sketch, was also a native of the historic town of Meriden. He was the youngest of eight sons, and, according to the English rule of primogeniture, received only a thorough education as his inheritance, atter which he relied on his own resources, and this, indeed, as future developments will prove, was the best kind of fortune which could possibly have befallen him. His self-reliance was inaugurated at the age of eighteen, when he learned button-making and became foreman of a shop in Barkhamsted, Connecticut. He eventually engaged in farming near Meriden. He married Nancy Clark, also a native of Connecticut, and descended from a representative family of that commonwealth. In 1834, this young couple emigrated to the West, going via Buffalo to Fairport Harbor, Ohio, on the steamer Superior, the second boat to ply the Lakes. They settled in Painesville, where the father taught school for some time, eventually engaging in farming. Being a man of unusual ability and energy, he easily impressed himself on his community and soon became a leader. He subsequently held various political offices of importance, being at one time a member of the Ohio House of Representatives for two terms. He also became Sheriff of Lake county and Collector of the port at Fairport, acting in the latter capacity for twelve years, being the first in that office to ever make an official report of the business transactions of the port, and was the first to hold the position of Inspector of the Port. He was Justice of the Peace for several years, distinguishing himself in that capacity as a judicious and efficient officer. He attained his title of Captain from having commanded a company of militia riflemen in Meriden, Connecticut; the title well fitted him, as he was a man of military and imposing appearance. He lost his wife when the subject of this sketch was young. They had six children, two of whom survive. The distinguished father died in 1881, at the age of eighty-seven years, greatly lamented by all who knew him. Captain Andrews of this notice was thus five years of age when his parents removed