(RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) 800 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY this country from a wilderness, and helped to plant the seeds of civilization in a new and unimproved vicinity. Indians were plentiful in those days, game of all kinds abounded and the forests stood in their primitive grandeur. Here this worthy couple reared six children, all of whom are now deceased. December 23, 1852, the family and numerous friends were called upon to mourn the loss of the wife and mother, whose noble heroism in helping to make a home in this new country can scarcely be appreciated by a later generation. The husband and father survived her loss a little more than ten years, expiring in the midst of his family and friends, May 17, 1863, greatly lamented by all who knew him. George W. King, father of the subject of this sketch, widely and favorably known in this vicinity as a successful farmer and worthy citizen, was born in Acworth, New Hampshire, April 1, 1806, and was three years of age when he accompanied his parents to Painesville. His education was secured in the pioneer log schoolhouse of his day. The scholastic institution was furnished with slab benches with wooden pins for legs, and received its heat from a large, open fireplace. Indians were numerous, frequently calling at the various cabins to make their wants known; deer roamed the country, and the streams abounded in fish. Mr. King was variously employed until 1835, at which time he entered the grocery business in Painesville. This he discontinued the following year and bought farm of 107 acres, where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits for the rest of his days. He commenced life with little means, but by herd work and perseverance successfully cleared, improved and cultivated his land,/ and by economy secured a competence for his old age. He married Sarah Adams, a native of Hallowell, Maine, where she was born January 25, 1814, accompanying her parents to Painesville when she was young. Mr. and Mr. George King reared four children; Harriet A., deceased; Charles H., the subject of this sketch; Benjamin H., and Elizabeth, deceased. The mother, a devout. member of the Presbyterian Church, died in that faith at the age of seventy-one years, greatly mourned by all who knew her. The father, who was an ardent Democrat and somewhat radical in his support of those principles which he considered the mainstay of the country, died in November, 1881, sincerely lamented as a man of sterling worth and generous heart. Charles H. King, of this sketch, was the second child and was born in Painesville, July 5, 1836. - He grew up on the home farm and secured his education in the district and high schools of Painesville. On attaining his majority, he went, in September, 1857, to Madison, Wisconsin, where he was for a time in Government employ as a clerk in the State Treasurer's office. He later lived for a year in Green county, the same State, but on the outbreak of the war, he enlisted, April 19, 1861, in Company C, of the Third Wisconsin Infantry, and joined the Army of the Potomac, going to Harper's Ferry, where he experienced his first battle. He afterward participated in the battles of Winchester, Banks' retreat, Cedar Mountain, second Bull Run, Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Lookout Mountain and Atlanta, and marched with Sherman to the sea. He enlisted in the service three times, and was one of these to participate in the Grand Review at Washington. He was retained in the army with the /expectation of being sent to Mexico, but arriving at Louisville, Kentucky, was mustered out of the service, in October, 1865. OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 801 On the close of the war, Mr. King returned to Wisconsin, where he remained a year, after which he went to Miami county, Kansas, where he resided from the fall of 1866 until that of 1872, being engaged in farming and in the grocery business. He then returned to his first love, the home of his birth, and later bought the home farm of 107 acres, which the kindly hands of his father and mother helped to reclaim from a wilderness. It is all now improved, except a small portion yet in timber, and is 'cultivated to mixed farming. In December, 1867, Mr. King was married in Miami county, Kansas, to Esther Oren- dorff, a native of Waukesha, Wisconsin, whose father was born in Kentucky and settled in the Badger State in 1837. Our subject and wife have had eight children, of whom seven are living: Arthur is deceased; the names of the survivors being: Harry, Elizabeth, Lily, Ruth, Sarah, David and Frank. Politically, Mr. King follows in the foot- steps of his father before him, being a strong advocate of Democracy. He has, like the sun, traveled in a circle of many weary miles, and witnessed many changing scenes, and at last is housed in the home of his youth and amidst the surroundings of his birth- LORENZ D. CARVER was born in Chardon township, Geauga county, Ohio, April 18, 1824, a son of Solomon Carver, of Hartford, Connecticut. The latter emigrated to Ohio with his family and settled in Chardon township when there were only eight families living within its borders; he became one of the most prominent men of the community, and assisted in cutting out the road from Painesville to Chardon. His wife died soon after locating here, and he was married to Laura Clough, a member of one of the pioneer families. He was a skillful hunter, and killed much wild game which abounded in this section. Three of his brothers were graduates of Oberlin College, and became well-known in their respective callings. He died at the age of eighty-four years, and the second wife at-the age of sixty-eight years. They reared a family of ten children to maturity, and not one of the six sons ever used tobacco or strong drink. Lorenzo D. received his education in the common schools and in the select academy, which he attended two terms. When he became of age his father gave him sufficient cloth for a new coat, and with this gift he started out to make his way in the world. He worked by the month until he accumulated some money, and also hunted and trapped with marked success. When he had means sufficient he bought a farm of 160 acres in McKean county, Pennsylvania. Some time afterward he sold this tract at a small profit, and it was subsequently discovered that it contained a rich bed of anthracite coal. In 1852, he joined a small party of acquaintances and went to California in search of gold; he made the trip via the Isthmus from New York, and spent two years in the mines in the Fremont tract in Mariposa county. He entered into no speculations, but was content with steady earnings. Upon his return to the East he engaged in farming, and later went to Canada, where he went into the lumber business, but the changes in the tariff laws rendered his business unprofitable there, so he came back to Geauga county. He has owned in Chardon township several farms., which he has improved and sold. He has always been an 802 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY untiring worker, a good manager, and en- thusiastic in the general advancement of the community. He spent several months in 1884, prospecting in Colorado. Mr. Carver was married in 1848, to Amanda, daughter of Holmes Mahew, of Trumbull county, Ohio. They have a family of five children: Marian, Elgin, Alice, Lillian and Belle. Arnold is not living. The daughters are all married and well settled in life. Mr. Carver has a fine farm of 140 acres, which is in a high state of cultivation and well improved with substantial buildings. He has inherited his father's fondness for sports, and his skill as a marksman. He belongs to Willoughby Hunting Club, and has in the past six years hunted in five different States of the Union, and killed twenty deer. In politics he is a Democrat. MILFORD B. SMITH, one of the most progressive and intelligent young farmers of Chardon township, was born in Geauga county, Ohio, August 20, 1856, a son of Oliver Smith, also a native of Geauga county, born October 12, 1825. The grandfather, Loren Smith, was a native of Vermont, born October 29, 1795; he emigrated to Geanga county, Ohio, at an early day, bringing his family and making the trip by team. He took up land on what is now known as King street, Chardon, built a log house, and cleared a farm. His wife, Almeda Canfield, was born December 31, 1800, and died July 6, 1855. They had born to them thirteen children, eleven of whom lived to maturity. Both were consistent members of the Disciples' Church. Mr. Smith died April 15, 1854. Oliver Smith, the father of Milford B., was the fourth-born and second son. Albert Smith, a son, went to California during the gold excitement of 1849, and finally became editor of a Monticello (Iowa) newspaper. Oliver Smith was a farmer by occupation, but in later life engaged in mercantile pursuits at Chardon. The failure of his parents health necessitated his return to the old homestead, where he cared for them during the remainder of their lives and there also passed his declining years. He died July 9, 1882. He was a prominent member of the communi- ty, active in public and religious movements. He was an honored member of the Masonic and I. 0. 0, F. fraternities. He married Jane Randall, who was born in Geauga county, Ohio, October 4, 1829, a daughter of Jason Randall, a pioneer of Geauga county. Their union occurred January 1, 1850, arid the wife survived to March 12, 1865, leaving a family of three children: Alice M., born September 23, 1853, is the wife of Henry E. Branch; Milford B. and Emma J., born September 22, 1860; two children died in infancy. Mr. Smith was married a second time November 12, 1865, to Nancy E. Little, who is yet living; no children were born of this union. Oliver Smith was a life-long member of the Disciple Church, and held the position of financial Deacon for twenty years. During the last few years of his life his time was devoted almost entirely to the settlement of estates, as executor or administrator, and when he died he left a large amount of this business for his son to close up. He was a Trustee of the township for more than fifteen years. Mr. Smith, the subject of this sketch, passed an uneventful youth, attending the district schools until the age of fourteen years, when he entered the village school at OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 803 Chardon, and at the age of twenty years began teaching. Although he pursued this calling only two terms he earned an enviable reputation as an educator, having conducted one of the best schools ever taught in Munson township. Abandoning his profession on account of his father's ill health, he returned to the farm to take charge of the business there. He was married September 26, 1878, to Huldie A. Lacey, a native of Portage county, Ohio, and a daughter of Ralph and Achsah (Little) Lacey, whose families emigrated from Massachusetts to the West in an early day. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are the parents of three children: Birdie A., born June 4, 1880; Mertie A., born August 4, 1882; and Kittie M., horn September 10, 1884. They are members of the Disciple Church, taking an active part in its various work. Mr. Smith has been Superintendent of the Sunday-school for six years, and conducts a large bible class. He has been very successful in his farming, and has a finely improved place, consisting of 110 acres with good farm buildings. He has 500 Sugar-trees and a vineyard and orchard, and carries on a general agricultural business after the most approved metbods. In politics Mr. Smith is a Republican. HON. LESTER TAYLOR, the oldest living resident of northeastern Ohio, was born at Hartland, Hartford county, Connecticut, August 5, 1798, a son of Childs Taylor, a native of Connecticut; Prince Taylor, the grandfather of Lester Taylor, was also born in Connecticut, a son of Prince Taylor, Sr., who emigrated from Taylor's Wells, county Kent, England, to America. Childs Taylor was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, stationed at Ticonderoga, NewYork, and Montreal, Canada; he was also in the service in the South, participating in the engagements at Princeton and Germantown. He married Rhoda Bates. daughter of Captain Oliver Bates, of Durham, Connecticut, whose ancestors were of Welsh descent, tracing their lineage to Colonel Hinsdale, for whom the town of Hinsdale, New Hampshire, is named. Lester Taylor received an ordinary education, as his father was unable to send him to an academy. It was the hope and ambition of his youth to gain a superior education, but his aid was needed on the farm, and after he was ten years of age he did not attend the summer sessions of school. At the age of seventeen he began to teach, and two years later he joined his brother Horace in Claridon township, Geauga county, Ohio. Although of slight build physically, the gigantic task of subduing the wild land, felling the timbers and establishing a home in the wilderness did not appall him. He built a cabin under the shadow of the towering trees, planted rose bushes about it and made it as attractive as possible for the bride who was to occupy it. He returned to Connecticut in 1821, and was there married to Miss Mary L. Wilder May 2, same year. They came to their home in the West on their wedding journey and began the toils and struggles of life that have ended in honor and victory. His home farm of 105 acres, which he cleared, was, at the time he settled thereon, somewhat isolated, there being no neighbors to the north within a distance of three miles. In 1832 he erected the house which he now occupies. During the winter season Judge Taylor taught school, and a few years ago the sur- 804 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY viving pupils of the session taught in Mentor in 1819 held a re-union, which was a notable gathering. The Fourth of July, 1821, he delivered the first address in Claridon celebrating our Independence Day. At an early day he organized a literary and debating society in Claridon, which continued for many years, and doubtless had a wide influence in the development and expression of thought upon the leading topics of the time. Having chosen farming as his vocation in life, he determined to conduct his business with intelligence, and became a subscriber to the New England Farmer and later to other agricultural periodicals as they appeared. As his means permitted and opportunity came, he bought books, and has collected as fine a library as there is in the county. He has always taken a deep interest in the founding and support of the public-school system, wisely judging that in this fleld lies the mission of the American educator and reformer. He was one of the first school examiners appointed by the courts. He was appointed, in 1830, Adjutant of Colonel C. C. Paine's regiment, and soon after was elected commander by the commissioned officers, quickly winning popularity, time title thus acquired yielding only to that of Judge. n 1830 he was appointed Land Appraiser for the tract granted by the Government to the Western Reserve for school purposes, sixty thousand acres in all, lying in Tuscarawas and adjoining counties. In 1832 he was elected Representative of Geauga county to the General Assembly of Ohio, and was reelected in 1834. In 1835 he was present at the special session called by Governor Lucas on account of the threatened war between Ohio and Michigan over the boundary line of the States, and was largely instrumental in holding Ohio quiet during the excitement. In 1846 he was elected one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas with Judge Aiken and Judge Converse. he had, in his younger days, often appeared in the magistrates' courts, and has presided as Justice of the Peace. Possessed of quick and discerning comprehension and a keen sense of justice, he made an excellent officer. He filled the place of Associate Judge until the change under the constitution of 1851. He was then, in politics, a Whig, of the Giddings and Wade school; he became a Free-soiler in 1848. In 1854 he was again elected a member of the House of Representatives, and with the admirable record of the past at once took a high position. He was the candidate of the Free-soil and Whig parties for Speaker, but Democrats, being in the majority, elected Le Bland. He was elected to the Senate in 1855, representing the counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake. Tom Ford was then Lieutenant Governor, and, as he was seldom in the chair, Judge Taylor was elected President of the Senate pro tem., and presided over the Senate chamber in the fine new State house. The first winter Ford was out of the State settling up an estate; the next winter he was unable to attend to official duties on account of illness. He was regarded as one of the most able and efficient presiding officers during his term, and was highly esteemed throughout the State as a faithful and conscientious legislator. Reared with a profound respect for New England orthodoxy, he joined the Congregational Church early in life, and was Moderator of the Geauga and Lake county Church conferences for twenty years. He was chosen a Representative at the first National Council of the church, held in Boston in 1865, and also at the National Council at Detroit in OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 805 1877. He was an energetic and enthusiastic leader in the organization of the Geauga Historical Society, and was elected its President, and has continued at its head since. He has devoted much time to securing competent persons to write the early history of the county; and the large volume published in 1880, recording the settlement of the county, owes much to his efforts. He has been active in the organization of farmers' clubs, and has been prominent in all of the associations of this section having for their object the forwarding of the interests of humanity. Judge Taylor is an orator of no mean ability; he has an easy flow of language and a logical mind that grasps all points of a situation in their proper relationship. He is just, liberal and pure in spirit, and has led a blameless life. Mrs. Taylor was born August 7, 1800, and died May 5, 1870, a rare example of true womanliness. She was the mother of seven children, and was deeply attached to her home. Of the children, we offer the following brief record: Robert De Witt; Laroyal; Mary J.; Lester De Witt; Lucy W., who was married to Clinton Goodwin; Jane, who married William Brigland; Susan, who became the wife of Ozro Newcomb; Robert, Lester and Jane are deceased; Mary remains at home, devoting herself to the care of her father. An extraordinary and most interesting occurrence was that which took place in 1882, when Judge Taylor visited Columbus to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of his taking his seat in the Legislature. To the members of the House the Judge was introduced, in eulogistic terms, by Hon. I. N. Hathaway, then Speaker pro tem. The venerable ex-member of the body then delivered a very interesting speech, which called forth frequent applause; and the circumstance of his appearance, after the lapse of so many years, was a source of great satisfaction, both to him and to those who listened to him. On the day following his visit to the House of Representatives, Judge Taylor entered the Senate chamber, where a like ovation was tendered hilt). The incident above referred to was exceptional in its privileges; but that the patriarchal Judge should have been able to repeat the visit subsequently, and after the lapse of a full decade, seems almost incredible. True it was, however, that, at the session of 1892, Judge Taylor, then in his ninety-fifth year, again made his appearance in the Legislative halls, and was accorded a reception which gave due recognition to his extreme age, wonderful preservation of faculties and honored career. Honorable E, J. Clapp, Representative from Geauga and Lake, called the attention of the House to the presence of Judge Taylor, and introduced him with many appropriate and complimentary remarks. The rules were suspended and a committee of two appointed by the Speaker to wait upon him and escort him to the Speaker's chair, which he had occupied sixty years before. The Speaker then formally introduced him to the house, and, in response to the general call for a speech, he arose and addressed the Assembly, his voice full and resonant, penetrating to the farthest recesses of the chamber. It is assuredly befitting that space be given to a reproduction of his address in this connection, and we accordingly append the same. " Gentlemen of the House of Representatives: I thank you kindly for your courtesy in unanimously adopting the motion of my friend from Geauga, to suspend the rules, that we might have the opportunity of making a 806 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY mutual acquaintance. Time, age and past official duties may give increased interest in this interview. Born in the last century, 1798, I became an adopted citizen of Ohio in 1819, a member of the popular branch of the General Assembly in 1832, and now am permitted to address you in the ninety-fifth year of my age. It is generally understood that I am the only surviving member of the Legislature of 1832. When I took my oath of office sixty years ago, I realized the great responsibility resting on me to discharge my duty with fidelity to the State, but when I contrast the present improvements in Ohio, in a goodly measure the results of wise and liberal legislation, in the increase of popula- tion, wealth, general education, rapid transit in travel for exportation of the productions of the State to the markets of the world, the discoveries in the arts and sciences, and their application to industrial pursuits, the develop- ment of such mental, moral and material progress as constitutes the glory of any State, are so much greater than anticipated that the dignity and responsibility of legislators are greatly heightened. Should any of you gentlemen live and return to your present seat of legislation, is it probable that you will find as great improvements, as valuable discoveries, as have characterized the past sixty yeah? Let us not limit the power which infinite wisdom can bestow upon His created intelligence upon earth, that the coming century may equal, if not surpass, the present in universal blessings bestowed and happiness enjoyed. In early legislation as well as in later, there were those who were not so advanced with the spirit of the times, and consequently opposed to liberal appropriations, fearing repudiations or bankruptcy might follow. Even our benevolent institutions, which virtually give eye to the blind, ears to the deaf, understanding to the imbecile, normal control of the mind to the lunatic with great opposition; but the majority portrayed their sympathy in laying the foundation with suitable asylum buildings, and suitable instruction to the extent which has given Ohio eminence if not preeminence in her charitable institutions. Schools, roads, internal improvements have shown grand results, aided by the financial ability which has kept the credit of the State in the highest repute. " With the present facilities for travel, members present can hardly conceive the difficulty of reaching the capital in the early sessions of our legislative history. I have made the journey on horseback much out of my direct course on account of high waters to the location of some bridge or ford less dangerous than the direct route. On account of an exceedingly wet fall and deep mud, supplemented by a very deep snow, I had to take a circuitous route from my home thirty miles east of Cleveland. I went by the way of Warren, Trumbull county, with two horses and a hired man to accompany me, each carrying my trunk alternately a mile or so before us on the pommel of the saddle. I was in company with Judge Peter Hitchcock, then Senator of this district. From Warren we took the stage to Wellsville on the Ohio river, thence by boat down the river to Wheeling, Virginia; from Wheeling we took the national pike to Licking county, then by stage, with six horses, to Columbus, en route from Monday morning till Satur- day. I can now leave my home in the morning, if making suitable connections, and take my dinner at the capital. "Such were then the difficulties and slowness of travel. There were no adjournments to visit home, continuing the public labor to OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 807 the close of the week and commencing at the usual time Monday morning. The members of the early legislatures possessed good physical systems, and, like the early settlers, naturally strong mental powers, although they might not have been as well cultivated, not having such good facilities as their descendants. Through the instrumentality of our public schools and liberally endowed institutions of learning, and the general dissemination of literature through the press, and the genius of our institutions, have been the motor power in producing statesmen of such high repute, and so much appreciated by their countrymen, that she is rightly claimed the 4 mother of presidents.' In this survey of the appearance of the Assembly, with their intellectual mien, and businesslike habits, together with that numerous class of men in the honorable professions and occupations of life, who have gained a national reputation so that the different political parties possess such good material that selections for future national executives may continue to give a laudable State pride of mother of presidents for this and future generations, with the fond hope that you may be so guided by wisdom that our citizens may be protected in all their inalienable rights and such future developments, fol.lowed by wise enactments, may promote the future welfare and happiness of the people of the Buckeye State. "Again I thank you for your kindness and attention. To you, Mr. Speaker, thanks for your friendly and courteous introduction." Then followed a personal introduction to the members and officials of the House. In passing into the Senate Chamber, Senator Lampson courteously informed the Senate that Judge Taylor was present, and by his motion, after a complimentary notice of his being present, similar ceremonies and respects were paid as had been in the House. In response to their call, he made a speech much the same in sentiment, adding a detailed account of his having presided, by virtue of his being president pro tem., when the new State house was finished, in opening the session for legislative purposes for the first time in the then new State house. At Columbus, in 1888, Judge Taylor was one of the orators of the day at the Ohio centennial celebration. He was one of the members of the National Congregational convention, which met at Minneapolis, Minnesota, in October, 1892, and enjoyed the proud distinction of being the oldest delegate in attendance, much interest being manifested in him on the occasion. He frequently addresses large gatherings, and recently spoke before the Cuyahoga County Pioneer Association at Cleveland. Vigorous in mind and body, he is a worthy type of manhood, reflecting the image of his Maker. DR. HENRY HARRIS, a retired druggist and grocer of' Ashtabula, Ohio, who was for twelve years Postmaster of that city, a gentleman widely known and highly esteemed for his many estimable qualities, was born in Smithfield, Rhode Island, June 24, 1805. His ancestors were early settlers of America, the paternal grandfather of Dr. Harris having been born in Providence, Rhode Island, April 3, 1752. He was for many years in charge of an extensive linen factory in Smithfield, from which point linen goods were exported to all parts of the world. He was religiously a Quaker and opposed to all warfare, in consequence of which he did not participate in the Revolutionary war. 808 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY He was married in 1770 to Hepsibah Bunker, whose ancestors were French and originally spelled their name "Bonquor." They had nine children: David F., father of the subject of this sketch; Hannah, the first, born June 3, 1783; Sarah, born August 28, 1784; William, the first, born December 1, 1781; William, the second, born December 28, 1785; Joseph, December 26, 1787; Daniel, the first, August 23, 1789; Hannah, the second, May 27, 1791; Samuel, May 7, 1793; and Daniel, the second, October 23, 1795. David F. Harris, father of Dr. Harris of this notice, was born August 17, 1780, and December 31, 1800, was married to Lydia Streeter, born January 27, 1783. The father was a Quaker in religious faith and a farmer by occupation. He removed from Rhode Island to Dutchess county, New York, when the subject of this sketch was an infant; and-when the latter was fourteen years of age his parents settled in Saybrook township, the same county. Here the father followed farming until elected Postmaster of Saybrook, in which latter position he efficiently served for many years. e died as he had lived, a consistent Christian gentleman, universally beloved and respected, his death occurring in 1848, when he was a little more than sixty-eight years of age. The devoted wife and mother died February 11, 1837. They had nine children: Edward, born October 3, 1801! Sophia, October 10, 1803; Henry, the subject of this sketch; Samuel, January 2, 1807; Rufus, December 25, 1809; Paul B., August 9, 1812; Beulah Ann, January 6, 1815; Hepsibah H., January 29, 1817; and Rhoda, December 13, 1819. Edward, the oldest born, became the celebrated manufacturer of woolen goods, known as the Harris cassimeres, his factory being in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. He amassed great wealth in this business and died in 1873. Samuel, another brother, was also a woolen manufacturer, first at Leeds and later at Catskill, New York. Rufus was a farmer, and Paul was for many years a merchant in Ashtabula, Ohio. The early life of the subject of this sketch was passed in Saybrook, New York, where he received his education. His first business experience was as a clerk in the store of D. I. Boyd & Co., when there were but three stores in Saybrook. He was thus engaged until 1829, when he formed a partnership in the merchandise business with Levi Jenks, with whom he continued until 1830. Young Harris then joined the western tide of emigration, coming to Ashtabula, Ohio, where he entered the drug and grocery business, in which he was successfully engaged until 1842. He then began traveling and selling medicine from a wagon, establishing agencies wherever he went. He was thus employed five years, traveling in the meantime all over the States of Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Pennsylvania and Missouri. At the end of this time, in 1848, he returned to Ashtabula and for a number of years was not engaged in any business except settling up his father's estate. In 1861, he was appointed Postmaster of Ashtabula and capably filled this position twelve years, when he was succeeded by Joseph F. Sexton, now at Spokane Falls, Washington. Since leaving the post office he has been in business but two years, during which time he was railway mail clerk between Ashtabula and New Castle, Pennsylvania. With an ample income assured him, the necessity for further exertion is eliminated, and the Doctor is enjoying in retirement those pursuits which he finds most congenial. December 2, 1851, Dr. Harris was married in Bloomfield, Wisconsin, to Miss Mary S. OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 809 Whittier, a native of Newburyport, Massachusetts, and a relative of the celebrated American poet, John G. Whittier. They have had six children: Ella, born September 18, 1852, married Joseph F. Sexton and has two children: Mary Louise and Katie; Emma, born November 29, 1843, died young; Harriet, born June 24, 1855, also died young; Henry Fremont, born September 25, 1856, DOW lives in Warren and is editor of the Daily and Weekly Tribune of that city; he married, on March 16, 1881, Bessie Isabel Darling, of Elyria, Ohio, and they have one child, William Russell; Antoinette, born February 25, 1857, died young; Walter Whittier, born February 21, 1867, is single, and is employed in the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad office at the Harbor. The Doctor is public-spirited and progressive in disposition and takes a deep interest in the welfare of Ashtabula, to the advancement of which' he has materially contributed. DR. EDWARD D. MERRIAM, of Conneaut, Ohio, and now the oldest resi- dent practitioner in Ashtabula county, was born at Niagara Falls in Canada West, December 11, 1827, son of Joseph and Clara (Hudson) Merriam. Joseph Merriam was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and was descended from a family noted for longevity. He was by trade a cabinet and fanning-mill maker and was also engaged in farming. At an early day he went to Canada, where he lived for a number of years. About 1860, became to Conneaut, and died at the home of his son, Dr. Merriam, in 1866, aged eighty-four years. The Doctor's mother was a native of Kinderhook, New York, and was a schoolmate of Martin Van Buren. In her girlhood days .she gave her heart to Christ and became a member of of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with which she remained in loving communion the rest of her life, her death occurring in 1869, at the age of eighty-three years. She was married to Mr. Merriam January 11, 1804. Following are the Eames of their children: Edward B., who died at the age of eleven years and nine months; Caroline Eliza, wife of Sayre Beach, died in 1892, leaving six children; Sarah Maria, now Mrs. Stevenson, was born in 1817, and is now residing in Illinois; Henry Douglas, born in 1819, died in 1821; John H., born in 1821, died in 1863; James H., who was born in 1824, is now in company with his son, running a planing mill in Conneaut; .Dr. E. D., whose name heads this article; and Charles Wesley, who was born in 1831, and who died in London. e had gone to Australia to prospect for gold, was taken sick, and on his way home died, in London, May 3, 1855. Be was a member of the Masonic fraternity and was buried by the order he loved. Mrs. Merriam was a member of the distinguished family of Hudsons in New York, a descendant of Henry Hudson, in honor of whom the Hudson river was named. Dr. Merriam went to Buffalo when he was twelve years old, and at the age of sixteen began the study of medicine in that city, under the instruction of Dr. Horace M. Cougar. He attended the first coarse of medical lectures ever delivered in Buffalo, by Doctors Flint, White and Hamilton, eminent men of their day, all now deceased. After completing his course, Dr. Merriam began the practice of his profession in Buffalo in the spring of 1852. This was in the cholera season, and his flrst calls were to attend cholera patients,. in the treatment of which malady he had 810 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY considerable experience. In 1853, he came to Conneaut, and has been engaged in practice here ever since. Dr. Merriam is a member of the County and State Medical Societies, and has been Health Officer of the city ever since this office was established. He has also served as a member of the City Council. He has taken an active interest in the educational affairs of Conneaut and for many years has been a member of the School Board. Dr. Merriam entered the service of the Union army in the spring of 1862, as acting assistant surgeon. His first service was at Pittsburg Landing, where he had charge of the Second ndiana Cavalry; later he was in charge of General Nelson's division at Shiloh hospital. From there he was assigned to the field hospital at Monterey, Tennessee, where he remained about a month. By reason of his failing health he resigned this charge and returned home. May 2, 1855, Dr. Merriam was united in marriage to Miss Phoebe A., daughter of Genera; Henry and Vesta Keyes, who were prominent and highly honored pioneers of Ohio. General Keyes had been twice married and had three children by his fist wife and seven by his second, who was the mother of Mrs. Merriam. The children of the first marriage were: Henry P., Alvin C. and Mary C.: those of the second were: Marcus B., Mar, tin B., Charles W., Elias A., Phoebe A., Russell M., and Milo 0. General Keyes was at one time an extensive land-owner. To Dr. and Mrs. Merriam four children were born, two of whom attained maturity. Henry and Clara died in infancy; Charles K. followed in the footsteps of his father, studied medicine and became a physician. He was for some time successfully engaged in the drug business in Illinois, but, on account of failing health, he returned to Conneaut, where he died, June 15, 1892, at the age of thirty-five years. His widow is a daughter of Dr. Bockes. Dr. Merriam's only daughter, Miss Carrie M., is an artist of some note, both in painting and music. Politically, the Doctor votes for the Republican party; fraternally, he is a member of the blue lodge and chapter, A. F. & A. M., and has se ved as Master of the lodge. E. RISDON, a venerable citizen of Conneaut, Ohio, was born in Genesee county, New York, November 20, 1820, son of Almore and Cynthia Risdon, both natives of that county. Almore Risdon was a man of prominence in his day. He filled the office of County Sheriff in Genesee county. n 1833 he came West and settled in Vermillion, Erie county, Ohio, where he opened up a farm and was engaged in agricultural pursuits the rest of his life: He was accidentally drowned in the Huron river in 1835, aged forty-four years. His first wife, the mother of our subject, died in 1822, at the age of twenty-five, leaving three children: George, and E. and Eliza, twins. George, a prominent farmer of Erie county, Ohio, died January 26, 1893, aged seventy-five years, leaving a widow, Charity (Goldsmith) Risdon, and four sons and five daughters. By his second wife, Elcina (Lewis) Risdon, the father of our subject had two sons and four daughters, all deceased except one son. The mother of these children died some time in the '50s. In early life Mr. Risdon sailed the lake and superintended a dredging-machine in the em: ploy of the United States for four years, and for er Majesty's Government in Canada for a little more than twelve years, performing OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 811 faithful and efficient service. He took out every cofferdam from Ogdensburg to Montreal. After leaving government employ, he located at Conneaut, and engaged in ship-carpentering. This was in 1858. He worked at that business for a period of thirty years, at the same time being interested in farming operations. Mr. Risdon's first visit to Conneaut was in 1835, and since 1837 he has called this place his home. For fifty years he has voted the Democratic ticket here. For the past five years he has conducted the sprinkling business of the town. He was Street Commissioner twelve years, and was Marshal about six years. Mr. Risdon was married in 1844, to Miss Lucretia M. Fredericks. Her father, John Fredericks,-a Hollander by birth, was a soldier in Bonaparte's war. He went on board an English^vessel, came to America, and at New York deserted. He lived to be ninety-three . years of age, dying about 1867. His wife died twenty years before. They had a family of foutt sons and three daughters, six of whom are now living. Mr. and Mrs. Risdon have five daugt term, namely: Harriet, wife of Glover Ashley, has three children, Frederick, Lillie and Freddie; Emma Jane, a member of the home circle;. Mary, wife of John Cummins, of the Conneaut Canning Factory, has four children, Thomas R., Mabel, Margaret and Robert; Clara, wife of .Burton Thayer, has four children, Lee, Alice, Hazel and Harry; and Htlen, wife of Burt Capron, has one child, Bertha. Mr. and Mrs. Risdon are attendants of the Presbyterian Church. He has long been identified with the Masonic fraternity, being a member of the blue lodge, chapter, council and commandery; has been Tyler in the four bodies for twenty years, and during all this time has never missed more than half a dozen meetings. He has attended all the conclaves until the one at Denver last year, and has been in all the State conclaves. Mr. Risdon is also a member of the Knights of Honor, of which organization he is second officer and a Steward. Few men in Conneaut are better known or have more friends than Mr. Risdon. M. B. KEYES, agent for the American Express Company at Conneaut, Ohio, was born in Conneaut, November 4, 1831, son of General Henry and Vesta (Bates) Keyes, both natives of Massachusetts. General Keyes came from Massachusetts to Conneaut with his parents, Elias and Phoebe (Gates) Keyes, in 1815. His father bought a large tract of land and engaged in farming, and also ran a sawmill and grit- mill. He died in March, 1822. The vener- able mother lived until 1853, when she died at the age of eighty-nine years. Henry Keyes was their only child, and inherited considerable property. He was a prosperous business man, giving his attention chiefly to the management of his large milling and farming interests. At one time he had an interest in a store, in partnership with Messrs. Woodbury and Bloss. He was first married to Miss Mary Cole, of New Marlborough, Massachusetts. They had three children, namely : Henry P. and Alvin C., both residents of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; and Mary Cole Grant, widow of Edward Grant. Mr. Grant was killed March 23, 1850, by the explosion of the steamboat Troy, near Buf- falo, and his body was not recovered until nine weeks afterward. He was twenty-eight years of age, and left one child, Julia E., who died in 1877, aged thirty-one years. General 812 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY Keyes' first wife died in December, 1824, at the age of twenty-eight years. His second marriage was consummated July 9, 1829, with Miss Vesta, Bates, and this union resulted in the birth of seven children, as follows: Marcus, deceased, was twice married, first to Louisa Gordon, and after her death to .Frances Beach, and by his last wife had two children, Henry (deceased) and Louisa; M. B , the subject of this sketch; Charles William, who died in 1854; Elias Asa, of Columbus, Ohio, has been twice married, first to Charlotte Fenton, who died in 1877, leaving one child, Marcus William, and afterward to Miss Alice Miller, of that city; Phoebe, wife of Dr. Merriam; Rev. Russell Melzo Keyes, a Congregational minister, married Mrs. Catherine Smith, and has had two children, Sarah and Vesta, the latter being deceased; and Milo, a railroad conductor, who resides in Jefferson City, Missouri. The parents of this large family of children have both passed away. The father was born November 16, 1793, mid died July 21, 1873. M. B. Keyes received his education in his native town. he was engaged in fanning for a time, next was steward on a lake steamboat, and afterward engaged in the general merchandise business with his brother, Marcus B., at Beloit, Wisconsin, under the firm name of Keyes, White & Co. This association continued for four years, and was closed out in 1858. Then, after a short time spent in Chicago, he went to Pike's Peak, prospecting for gold; but not meeting with any great success he returned to Conneaut a year later. At this time he engaged in the grocery business, and also became agent for the American Express Company. The grocery he soon afterward disposed of, but he has been in the express business ever since, for a period of twenty-seven years. That he has performed the duties of this important position for so long a time is sufficient proof of his integrity and business ability. He was appointed Postmaster under President Grant, and held that position for fourteen years, retiring from the office in 1887. Mr. Keyes was married in Chicago, in 1857, to Miss Anna E. Loyd, daughter of Alex, Loyd, of that city. They have had two children: Charles L., who is in the office with his father; and Grace, who died at the age of eleven months. Politically, Mr. Keyes has long been a Republican. Socially, he affiliates with the blue lodge, chapter and council, F. & A. M., and is also a member of the Knights of Honor and the Royal Templars. DR. FRED. W. UPSON, Conneaut, Ohio, is well known as a skillful physician and surgeon, and as such is deserving of some personal mention in this work. Following is a resume of his life: Dr. F. W. Upson was born in Geneva, Ashtabula county, Ohio, December 11, 1858, son of Peter and Amelia (Tenney) Upson. His father was born in Botesdale, Suffolk county, England, and in 1836 came to the United States, settling near Painesville, Lake county, Ohio. By profession he was a violinist: indeed, he was the finest violinist in this section of the State. He died in 1873, aged forty-four years. The Doctorsis mother is still living, at the old homestead in Geneva, having attained her sixty-seventh year. She is a devoted member of the Disciple Church. They bad two children. Frank, the older, is in the employ of the Lake Shore Railroad Company. OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 813 Dr. Upson received his literary education in the Geneva Normal nstitute, and is a graduate of the Western Reserve Medical College of Cleveland, Ohio, with the class of 1882. Immediately after his graduation he established himself in practice at Conneaut, where his ability as a physician and surgeon was soon recognized and where he has since conducted an extensive practice. In December, 1883, Dr. Upson married Miss Ruth Kelley, daughter of Dr. J. P. and Mary Kelley, of Geneva, Ohio. They have two children, Mabel E. and Grace C., the pride and joy of their home. Both the Doctoy and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He affiliates with the Masonic fraternity, having taken the degrees of the blue lodge, chapter, council and cotnmandery. He is also a member of the Royal Arcanum and is medical examiner for the same.. He is a member the Ashtabula County Medical Society. Personally, the Doctor is of a genial and courteous nature. He is in thorough sym- pathy with the advancement of every worthy cause in this vicinity, and his many estimable qualities have endeared him to a large circle of friends here. His life furnishes a good example of what will power and perseverance can accomplish when coupled with honesty and strict integrity of character. Professionally, he stands, well to the front in eastern Ohio. BURT F. STEINS, proprietor of the Central Hotel, Conneaut, Ohio, is a j young man of more than ordinary business enterprise and push. By nature and training he is especially adapted for the business in which he is engaged, and seems to be exactly the right man in the right place. He was born in Pennsylvania, January 4, 1862, and is a son of George W. and Esther (Cross) Steins, both natives of Pennsylvania. After his marriage, which event occurred November 24, 1859, George W. Steins settled in Girard, Pennsylvania, where he lived until 1867, when he moved with his family to Conneaut, having, however, done business here previous to that time. n 1882 he turned his attention to the hotel business, and soon afterward to the livery business, carrying on both until 1889. From that date until April, 1892, he devoted s time exclusively to his livery, teed and sale stable, and then, selling out to B. F. Thayer, he retired from active life. Burt F. Steins, the younger of the two sons of George W. Steins and the subject Of this article, was employed m clerk in his father's hotel after leaving school, and soon proved himself to be especially fitted for the hotel business. In 1889, he became proprietor of the Central Hotel, which he has since suc- cessfully conducted. In 1892, he renovated it and embellished it with all the modern irri provements, such as steam heating apparatus, electric lights, etc., making it one of the most cozy hotels on the line between Buffalo and Cleveland. He also deals in horses, usually keeping about a half dozen. Socially, he is a member of the Elks of Conneaut. Mr. B. F. Steins' wife, a winsome and cul- tured lady, is the daughter of Roderick Frazier, of Meadville, Pennsylvania. They were married at her father's home in Mead- ville, November 6, 1884. There is no improvement by which strangers judge of the character of a city or town as readily as by the character of its hotel accommodations, and at the present time the traveling public expect and demand a good service from the various hostelries to which they accord their patronage. Thus it is patent that 814 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY he who would successfully conduct such a public enterprise must be naturally fitted for the business, must look to multitudinous details, must be genial and gain the good will of patrons mid cater to their wants in every reasonable way. Mr. Steins' success in the conduct of his model little hotel gives evidence that he fulfills all these requirements, and he numbers his friends among the traveling public by those who once stop at his house, as the expression goes with the commercial travelers; the house is a first-class place to put up, and the proprietor well merits the success and popularity which he has attained. GEORGE RUSSELL.—That self-made men are the most successful in life's uncertain race, is a fact almost too hackneyed to mention, but it is so applicable in the present instance that forbearance is requested for again calling attention to it. That energy, perseverance and judgment, so characteristic of his New England ancestors, is inherited in a marked degree by their descendant, the subject of this sketch. His grandfather, Enoch Russell, was born in New Hampshire, and was a farmer and Revolutionary soldier, receiving a pension for his faithful service in that memorable struggle. He died in Petersburg, New Hampshire, at the venerable age of ninety-six years. He possessed the sterling worth of those Revolutionary heroes, who fought for liberty and home. His children were: Ebenezer, Samuel, James, Jedediah, Liab Ephraim, and epsy, who married Samuel Chamberlain. Ephraim, the father of the subject of this sketch, was born in the Old Granite State, in 1773, where he was reared and educated, learning the trade of stone masonry. He also engaged in agriculture, and like his father, served patriotically in the war for independence. He married Olivia Ordaway, daughter of Daniel Ordaway, a farmer and Revolutionary soldier, whose children in order of birth were: Daniel, Enoch, Fannie and Olivia. Ephraim Russell and wife were the parents of six children: Enoch, who died in Wisconsin in 1888; Jedediah, who died in ndiana in 1889; William, killed by a thresher in New York; Jane, deceased; the subject of this notice; and Julia, deceased, who married Frank Rounce. George Russell, whose name heads this biography, was born in Phelps, Ontario county, New York, December, 29, 1823, and, his father being a man of limited means, young George early found it necessary to earn his living. His educational acquirements were limited by his circumstances, but have been amply supplemented by extensive reading and a varied experience, while his natural capabilities were a legacy from those men and women who founded a republic in this country. Mr. Russell learned his father's trade of stone masonry, at which he worked, thus gaining his start in life. He was also engaged in teaming for three years in New York State, by which means he accumulated a small capital. While thus engaged, he received a proposition to come West as agent and representative of Mr. Crane, who owned a tract of 390 acres near the village of Ashtabula, Ohio, which is now platted and sold. This was accepted, and January 16, 1849, Mr. Russell found himself in this village, which was to be his home for so many years. With his small means, carefully accumulated in the East, Mr Russell secured some land of his own, which he began to clear and cultivate as a farm, on which the depot of the OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 815 Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad now stands. During the four years of Mr. Russell's service as agent for Mr. Crane, there were $13,000 worth of lots disposed of and much of the farm cleared, Mr. Russell then erected two houses on Prospect street, both of which he sold advantageously, having decided to move farther West for a per- manent location. He accordingly went to ndiana, where he remained but three months, however, as he received a favorable proposition from Mr. Harmon, of Ashtabula, to return and take charge of that gentleman's farm. He was in Mr. Harmon's employ for three years, at the end of which time he settled in the city and began contracting and building, his former experience in stone masonry and later knowledge practically acquired well fitting him for this new undertaking, as the good buildings erected under his supervision amply testify. He built the Methodist and Congregational churches, besides dozens of other important structures, including the Opera House. He built the wagon bridge which spans the river on Main street, and did the grading on the Pittsburg, Youngstown & Ashtabula Railroad from the latter city to Rock Creek. He has, however, not confined himself to this alone, hut has been quite extensively engaged for the past twenty-five years in the tile and brick business, and for the last fourteen years has also been successfully engaged in packing and shipping ice. In all these years of activity, Mr. Russell has probably given employment to more working men than any other person in the city, and materially advanced the interests of the place in which he takes such a commendable pride. He has also been quite active in real-estate transac- tions in Ashtabula, having laid out and disposed of an addition on Parsons' street and an addition on another street. He owns an excellent farm one mile east of the city and another near Plymouth. Altogether, few men are better situated financially, and his pros- perity is entirely due to his own untiring and honorable exertions. June 15, 1844, Mr. Russell was married, by Elder Rennett, to Elsie Cobb, a well known and highly esteemed lady of this vi- cinity, daughter of Abner Cobb, a worthy pioneer of the State. They have six children: William, born in 1849, married Ellen Turner; Frederick, born in 1856, married Emma Proctor; Hattie, born in 1860, married W, D. Belknap; Ida, born in 1865, unmarried; Charles, born in 1867; and May, born in. 1869. Politically, Mr. Russell adheres to, the principles of the Republican party; and fraternally is a Royal Arch Mason. As a citizen, he has proved himself worthy of the deepest regard of his fellowmen, which he so universally enjoys. CHARLES D. BISHOP, of Ashtabula Ohio general foreman of the round houses on the Jamestown and Franklin Division of the Lake Shore & Michigan South-ern Railroad, and one of the Railroad company's oldest and most popular employes, was born in the Indian Territory, January 6, 1846. His earliest American ancestor and great-grandfather was Charles Bishop, who came from Germany to this country while the latter was still subject to Great Britain. He was a millwright and mechanic by trade and erected the first water-works plant in Philadelphia, known as the Fairmount works, and also built those in Bethlehem. He is a man of ability and force of character, outspoken in 816 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY his opinions, progressive and enterprising. He took a deep interest in the development of his adopted country and aided her advance- ment by every means in his power. He had no military record, and his public life was confined to occasionally serving as a township officer. Rev. Gilbert Bishop, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in 1817; and received a common-school and academical education. He possessed superior natural abilities and made good use of his opportunities. He afterward entered the ministry, and in 1843 was sent as a missionary to the Creek nation of Indians in ndian Territory, where he labored faithfully and effectively among the aborigines until the civil conflict between the two opposing sections of our country rendered it unsafe for a man of strong Union sentiments to remain longer on the border. He then returned with his family to his native town of Bethlehem, where he was engaged in milling until his retirement from active pursuits, and is now enjoying a well-earned rest in his declining years. His wife, nee Margaret Louisa Morris, was a native of New Jersey, where her father was a prominent man. They had nine children: C.D., the subject of this sketch; Anna, wife of Rev. William L. Oerter, of Bethlehem ; Edwin, also of that city; James; Eugene, deceased; Lunius, a missionary to the West Indies, who died in Louisiana; Rufus and Julius, in Bethlehem ; and Ira, employed in the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad shops. The subject of this notice passed his earlier years in the ndian Territory. When he attained a suitable age, he attended a Moravian school at Nazareth Hall, in Pennsylvania, where he remained four years and a half, with the expectation of entering the ministry. At the age of seventeen, however, he left school and learned telegraphy, afterward securing a position as operator at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He then concluded to learn the machinist's trade, for which purpose he went to Troy, New York, where he served an apprenticeship under Seth W. Paine. It was while thus engaged that the civil war broke out, and being fired by youthful patriotism he left his work and went to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where he enlisted in the Twenty-sixth Pennsylvania Militia, Captain Carmohon's company, under Colonel Jennings. Three days after enlistment, the company was in actual service. They went from Harrisburg to Gettysburg direct, where thirty of the company were captured by the rebel army before the Federal's were aware of the presence of the enemy, and taken to Cashtown, Pennsylvania, where they were paroled and stripped of their shoes and compelled to walk barefooted to Harrisburg. Mr. Bishop, being of this number, at once returned to Troy, after an absence of seven weeks, where he resumed work at his trade, being required to make up his lost time. On the expiration of four years, he went to Corning, in the same State, where he entered the employ of Messrs. Payne & Pritchard for the purpose of gaining additional experience. He subsequently engaged in sawmilling, which he followed two years at Canton, Pennsylvania, the following six months being passed in quiet at his old home. He then accompanied his uncle, Charles W. Rauch, to Oil City, where Mr. Bishop was engaged at repairing in the Cranberry coal mines, of which Mr. Rauch was manager. A short time afterward, Mr. Bishop entered the employ of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad Company as a machinist, with headquarters at Oil City, in which position he remained until 1871, when he was appointed foreman of round-houses, and eight OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 817 years later removed with his family to Ashtabula. At the time of his appointment in 1871, he had ten engines under his charge, but these have been increased to fifty-seven, while his assistants have been proportionately increased. September 12, 1872, Mr. Bishop was married at Franklin; Pennsylvania, by the Rev. Mr. Davis, to Miss Kate Streiber, a worthy lady, daughter of Hilbert Streiber, a well-known machinist. She was one of three children: Kate; Frank, who married Annie Hunt, and is now general foreman at Oil City for the Western New York & Pennsylvania Railroad Company; and Cora, wife of Charles Strance, bookkeeper for the Standard Oil Company. Mr. and Mrs. Bishop have one child: Gilbert H., born April 18, 1874. Religiously, the family are Baptists, in which church Mr. Bishop is organist, and to which all render valuable aid. Socially, they enjoy universal esteem, of which they are all eminently deserving. R. L. BREWSTER, one of the enterprising and progressive farmers of Madison township, Lake county, Ohio, was born here October 4, 1843, a descendant of Deacon Jasper Brewster, one of the early settlers of the county. Deacon Jasper Brewster, Sr., came to Madison, Geauga county (now Lake county), Ohio, in January, 1817, being accompanied by his wife, four sons and a daughter. The eventful journey was made with an ox team and a one- horse wagon, and was six weeks in duration. Arriving at their destination, Deacon Brewster bought a large tract of land. He died in 1825, at the age of sixty years, thus leaving his sons to clear the farm and finish paying for it. The three sons, Jasper, Jr., Sidney and Wadsworth (as the father of our subject was familiarly known), worked together in reclaiming the farm. They also devoted considerable attention to the making of pearl-ash and potash, and they manufactured the brick with which they built their house. Marshall, the other brother, graduated at Williams College, Massachusetts, and afterward settled on a farm of his own in southern ndiana. In 1870-‘71 he and his four sons bought farms in southern Kansas and settled there, and there he died the next year. Jasper Brewster, Jr., died in 1885, aged eighty- seven years, leaving his daughter, Mrs. Mary. L. Stafford, in possession of the homestead, with her four daughters and two sons. Mrs. Safford is the only one of his children now living. Sidney Brewster died in Madison, in 1864, at the age of sixty-four years. e had come to Madison to visit his relatives and other friends, having owned and resided on a farm in Wood county, Ohio, His only living son, Samuel Dwight, is now a thriving merchant in New York city, and his daughter lives on her farm in Nebraska. Of the little family band that came to Ohio in the early days not one is now living. The only sister, Mrs. Mary A. Raymond, died in Wood county, Ohio, in 1880, aged seventy-three years. Her daughter, Mary, and son, Sidney, are residents of Nebraska. Emerson Wadsworth Brewster, father of the subject of this review, was born in Massachusetts, April 2, 1804, and was thirteen years old when he came to Ohio. He was a man of great energy and was an assiduous worker all his life. During the days of slavery, he was a strong Abolitionist; kept a station on the underground railroad, and many a poor colored man on his way to Canada and freedom received succor at the 818 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY hands of Mr. Brewster. He was an earnest Christian and a member of the Congrega- tional Church at Madison, having been a Deacon of the church for about forty years. What has been said of this brother, as a Christian, Abolitionist and politician, was equally applicable to each of the other broth- ers. March 22, 1876, his life work was ended: Wadsworth Brewster passed from earth to his reward, leaving a widow and chil- dren to mourn their loss. Mrs. Brewster, whose maiden name was Harriet Keep, is still living, an honored resident of this township and a member of the same church to which her worthy husband belonged. She was born in Massachusetts, and when a girl came to this county, where, previous to her marriage, she was engaged in teaching school. She reared five children, as follows; Mrs. Julia Wilcox; Oliver, who was killed at Perryville, Kentucky, during the war; R. L., the subject of this sketch; Joseph, deceased; and Mrs. Nettie Silsby. R. L. Brewster attended the district schools and academy of his native township, and also went to school at Austinburg, Ashtabula county. He has been engaged in agricultural pursuits all his life, having started out for himself when he was twenty-one. He is now the owner of 160 acres, all improved land and devoted to general farming and stock-raising. Mr. Brewster was married August 24, 1881, to Sarah C. Williams, of Oberlin, Ohio. Their two children are John W. and Ethel M. Mr. and Mrs. Brewster are members of the Congregational Church and are active workers in the same, he having served as Deacon for the last ten years, and she being a Sunday-school teacher. Mr. Brewster is also an earnest temperance worker. Politically, he is a Republican. He has served his district most efficiently as School Director. Broad and progressive in his views, active and earn- est in his efforts to promote the best interests of his community, he has the respect and es- teem of all who know him. A. STRAUSS .—One very important element of foreign population in the United States is the Hungarian, which forms a large percentage of the workingmen in shipping and mining districts, and contributes materially to the development of the country. A worthy representative of this class is found in the subject of this sketch. A. Strauss, a substantial business man of Sweden, Ashtabula county, Ohio, was born in Hungary, March 22, 1854. He received a lim- ited education in his native land, and when nineteen years of age emigrated to the United States, to try his fortune in a new country. e landed in New York city, whence he came direct to Cleveland, where he was vari- ously engaged at anything which would pro- vide him with the necessaries of life. Among other things he tried peddling, at which he spent the greater part of his time. He was also employed as canal boy and worked on the coal dyke at Fairport, besides sometimes working on a farm. Thus in every way open to him he sought to earn an honest living. It was while on a peddling expedition to Ashtabula Harbor that he became impressed with the opportunities afforded for an energetic business man to make money. Acting upon this idea, he immediately unloaded his little wagon into a building, and this consti- tuted his first stock of goods. As he was prospered, he enlarged his business, and as his surplus funds increased beyond the re- OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 819 quirements of his store, he invested in real estate in the Harbor, which by its rise in value has placed him among the most substantial men of the city. He was married in September, 1885, to Miss Fannie Berkwitz, a most estimable lady, and, like himself, a native of Hungary. They have two interesting children: Mollie and Bertha. Politically, Mr. Strauss is a strong Republican, and is quite active in molding sentiment in his vicinity in favor of his party. Fraternally, he affiliates with the Odd Fellows. As a business man and citizen, he is characterized by honesty and enterprise, and has materially aided in advancing the interests of his favorite city. H. S. HUNT, a prominent and esteemed business man of Jefferson, Ohio, was born in Orleans county, New York, October 3, 1815. His parents, Joseph L. and Lydia (Davenport) Hunt, were natives of Vermont, in which State they mere married. This worthy couple removed to New York State in an early clay, settling in the forest on the banks of Lake Ontario, among the ndians. Thence they later removed to Orleans county, in the same State, and, in 1833, joined the westward emigration to Ohio, settling in Ashtabula county. They afterward removed to Illinois, where both parents died. The father was a farmer all his life, and he and his worthy wife were the parents of ten children. The subject of this sketch was reared in his native county, receiving the educational advantages afforded by the pioneer schools, and learned the trade of carpentry, at which he worked during the earlier years of his life. n 1837, four years after his parents' removal to Ashtabula county, Ohio, Mr. Hunt also came West, settling in Hartsgrove township. n the fall of 1850, he removed thence to Jefferson, where he has since resided. He was engaged in carpentry and house building until 1857, at which time he entered the furniture business, which he has since successfully followed. He began life with limited means and has acquired his present comfortable income by energy and perseverance. In 1838 Mr. Hunt was married to Miss Harriet White, and they had three children, two of whom now survive. n 1845 the family were called upon to mourn the loss of the devoted wife and mother, an estimable woman who left many friends to mourn her loss. In 1846, Mr. Hunt married Fidelia Little, a lady of domestic tastes, and they had one child. n 1855 death again entered the household, this time again claiming the faithful helpmate. In 1877, Mr. Hunt was married to Lucy Fuller, who now presides over his household. Politically, Mr. Hunt has been for many years identified with the Republican party. He is an earnest and useful member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to the aid of which he contributes of his means and influence. As a business man and citizen, Mr, Hunt is upright, energetic and progressive, and with commendable public spirit is ever ready to aid in the material and moral advancement of his favorite city, in which he takes a deep interest. CAPTAIN HENRY JAMES BLAIR. —As an old sailor of the great lakes and an early settler of Ashtabula, Ohio, the subject of this sketch is widely and favorably known. 820 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY He is of New England ancestry, his pater- nal grandfather having been a native of Massachusetts, whence he removed to Pennsylvania, in 1818. His five children were: Joseph C., father of the subject of this sketch; Lyman; William, who was killed by a falling tree at Erie, Pennsylvania; Polly, who married Mr. Morey; and Amanda, who became the wife of Mr. Hull. Joseph C., his son, was also born in Massachusetts and early learned the shoemaker's trade, in the prosecution of which he visited many cities and States, in the gratification of a naturally roving disposition. His wife, nee Lydia White, was a daughter of James White, of French ancestry, a farmer by occupation, who emigrated from New Jersey to Pennsylvania in an early day. He was twice married and had by his first union three sons, David, Joshua and James, all of whom moved to western Ohio when that country was new. The mother of the subject of this sketch died in 1837, after which the family saw little of the father, who died near St. Charles, Iowa, in 1843, aged about fifty-five years. The subject of this notice was born in Mc- Kean, Erie county, Pennsylvania, March 21, 1831, where his earlier years were passed. At the age of five he accompanied his father to Pontiac, Michigan, whence he returned in 1838 to McKean, which was his home until 1844. He then came to Ashtabula to live with his uncle, James Blair, an old lake cap- tain, who died in the fall of the same year. Thus the subject of this sketch was once more left alone in the world, and the following year of 1845 found him starting in life for himself as cook on the lake boat "T. W. Morris," commanded by Captain Asbury Wiard. He continued on this boat part of two seasons, when he changed to a small ves- sel of the same company, going before the mast. He next sailed on the schooner Sarah A. Green, after which he was on many other boats in various capacities, from mate to Captain, scouring all the waters of the great lakes from Duluth to Buffalo, and even down the Niagara river to Tonawanda, New York. Captain Blair became commander of a vessel in the fall of 1856, and continued in that po- sition as long as he was on the water, termi- nating his service in 1879. He then entered the employ of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad Company as bridge car- penter, working during the fall and winter, and was thus engaged during those seasons, except in the winter of 1849, 1856, and two other years. Since 1844 he has resided per- manently in Ashtabula and has contributed much toward her advancement by his un- abated industry and devotion to her cause. June 12, 1860, Captain Blair was married at Mechanicsville, Pennsylvania, by the Rev. Mr. Cole, to llirs Cordelia V. Jefford, a lady of many estimable traits of character, daugh- ter of Eber H. and Elmyra (Wood) Jefford. Her father was born in 1803, and was in early life a ship carpenter and calker, but later followed farming. On the outbreak of the war, although not subject to military duty, he was yet imbued with so much patriotism that he enlisted in Edgarton's battery, organized in Cleveland, and went to the front. He then worked, fought and starved with the younger men of his company until his constitution gave way and he died, and is buried in the national cemetery at Nashville, Tennessee. His wife, five years younger than himself, survived him until 1887. They were a worthy couple and he was one of nature's noblemen. Their eight children were: Susan, who mar- ried Mr. Brown; James; Eunice, married to Sheldon Harmon; Jane, wife of M. C. Wright, at Jefferson, Ohio; Cordelia V., wife OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 821 of Captain Blair; John; Edward, residing in Lock, Ohio; Friend and Webgter. Captain and Mrs. Blair have six children: James A.; Joseph C., a tug master; Lydia Loverne, wife of H. M. Kunkle; John, a motor man ; Frank, in the engraving department of Ashtabula; and Charles, employed in the leather factory in the same city. Socially, the Captain is a blue lodge Mason, and religiously the family are Episcopalians. The Captain has emerged from many discouragements into the bright light of financial prosperity by his own indefatigable perseverance and industry, and is most worthy of the high regard in which he is universally held.    GILBERT A. RICHARDS, who is well known throughout Geauga county and who is ranked with the wealthy farmers of Auburn township, was born here, November 8, 1825. Of his life and ancestry the following facts have been gleaned: Austin Richards, his father, a native of Massachusetts, was married in that State, and in 1818 moved to Ohio. He first went to New York State, making the journey by ox team and after spending two years there came on to Ohio, completing the trip with horses. Upon his arrival in Geauga county, he bought a tract of wild land and built a log cabin. There were few settlers here at that time, and no roads at all. They found their way from one place to another by blazed trees. Mr. Richards helped to chop down trees and make some of the first highways. He did his trading at Chardon, going back and forth on horseback. He was a man of strong constitution.and was not afraid of hard work. Not only did he clear seventy-five acres of his own land, but he also cleared considerable land for others. He died here, at the age of seventy-five. He and his wife, whose maiden name was Sallie Chadric,k, and who was a native of Massachusetts, had nine children, seven of whom reached adult years. Mrs. Richards lived to be eighty-eight. They were among the early members of the Free- will Baptist Church here. In politics, Mr. Richards was first a Whig and afterward an Abolitionist. Gilbert A. Richards was the youngest son and eighth child in this family. His education was that received in the log schoolhouse of the period, and when he was only sixteen he launched out in business for himself, buying his time of his father for $75. He worked out by the day and month until he was twenty- one. After his marriage he bought his father's old homestead of twenty-three acres, and settled upon the same. In 1856 he purchased the old Oliver Snow farm, where he has since lived. From time to time, as he was able, he made additional purchases until he became the owner of over 550 acres. Recently, however, he divided some of his land with his children, retaining 230 acres. He never made any money by speculating. All he has has been earned by honest toil. He has been engaged in general farming and stock-raising, keeping a large dairy and giving special attention to sheep and horses. For some twelve years he operated a cheese factory. Before he divided his land with his children he was said to be one of the wealthiest men in Auburn township. Mr. Richards was married November 14, 1858, to Mahitable B. Snow, who was born in this township, February 3, 1828, being the second daughter of Lorin and Serintha Snow, who are among the first settlers in Auburn township, where they successfully conducted farming operations. Mr. and Mrs. Richards 822 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY have had four children, of whom we make the following record: Eliza S. was born September 20, 1852, and is the wife of Oliver E. Ludlow, youngest son of Dr. 0. W. Ludlow, of Auburn: they have five children—Hoyt G., Wick 0., Day L., Rex E. and Belle E.; Ella P. Richards was born February 1, 1855, is the wife of 0. W. Giles, a prosperous farmer of Auburn: they have had two children—Minnie, who died at the age of two years, and Hazel G.; Lorin G. Richards was born January 17, 1860, married Vernie, the only daughter of Lothrop and Betsy Reed of Burton, Geauga county, Ohio; he now resides just across the road from his old home, where he is quite extensively engaged in farming, cultivating about 500 acres, and being also interested in the raising of horses; Lura S. was born February 16, 1865, and died at the age of three years. Mr. Richards has for many years—in fact since the organization of the association— maintained a great interest in the work of the Geauga County Agricultural Society, whose fairs are held in Burton. For the past twenty years he has been a member of the executive board, having served ;s president, vice-president and director, being one of the directors at the present time. In his younger days he was one of the most enthusiastic and extensive exhibitors of cattle at the annual fairs ALFRED PHELPS, JR .--Of he many people who have lived in Chardon and have crossed the "great divide " into eternity, there are none more worthy of a place on the pages of this history than the one whose name stands at the head of this memoir, the citizen-soldier, Alfred Phelps, Jr. He was born at Chardon, Ohio, July 2, 1827, and was the son of Judge Alfred Phelps, Sr., and Anne B. Towsly. The elder Phelps was born at Aurora, New York, April 3, 1792, and was the son of Hon. Seth Phelps, who was a native of Connecticut, where he was born November 17, 1751, He was a distinguished soldier of the Revoplution, and concerning him there was a very interesting Revolutionary romance. He married Lucy Ledyard, a sister of General Ledyard and a niece of Colonel Ledyard, who was slain by a British officer while heroically defending a post at Groton, Connecticut, against an attack led by Benedict Arnold. When a body of troops was marching through a town in Connecticut one day during the Revolution, there stood among the admiring throng a beautiful young maiden, who, pointing to a gallant young officer in the column, remarked, " Do you see that handsome young officer? He will be my husband some day." This young maiden was Lucy Ledyard. She became the wife of the brave officer, Seth Phelps, September 10, 1780. He was with General Wayne when he carried Stony Point with unloaded muskets, and was aide to Washington at the great day of Monmouth. He served through the Revolution and was noted always for his efficiency and gallant conduct. The Ledyards were distinguished not only for their historical but social prominence. After the war Seth Phelps, in company with John Walworth, purchased a tract of several hundred acres of land, now the site of the beautiful town of Aurora, Cayuga county, New York, to which he removed about the year 1790. Here he built him a fine house, which became somewhat famous as " Castle McComber." He laid out the town of Aurora, and was appointed President Judge of a court answering to the Ohio OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 823 Court of Common Pleas. Later, on the division of Herkimer county, Aurora became the county seat, and of the new county of Onondaga Judge Phelps, though not a lawyer by profession, was made County Judge. He held various public positions, and was for many years a member of the New York Assembly. He sold his property in New York, and about the year 1813 removed to Parkman, Ohio, where he purchased a large tract of hind, and where he died in 1826, much respected and regretted by all. Judge Seth -Phelps was a man of magnificent phy sique and noble presence; he was tall and commanding, with an intellectual head and a face handsome in youth and of marked symmetry and power throughout his entire life. It was little wonder that the fair Lucy picked him out from among the many soldiers who were fighting to make a nation: little wonder that she subsequently loved him and became his wife. Seth Phelps and the fair Lucy became the parents of six children: Seth, Jr., who was a physician and died in Demerara, South America; Lucy, who became the wife of Judge Robert B. Parkman; Ann, who was married to Samuel Ledyard, II; Mary, the wife of Captain Edward Paine of Chardon; Alfred and Edwin G. Mrs. Phelps died at the birth of the latter, March 9, 1796. Alfred Phelps, the father of the subject of this biography, was born at Aurora, New York, April 3, 1792. His childhood and youth were saddened by the untimely death of his mother, which left a deep impression on his memory. His early years were spent on the beautiful shores of Cayuga Lake, where he was wont to dream and meditate upon his future life. At the age of nine years he accompanied his sister Lucy and her husband, Judge Parkman, to Ohio. He passed several years in Parkman, and then returned to Aurora, New York, where great care was taken of his education. He was fond of study and possessed a superior mind, though modest and diffident. When the war of 1812 broke out he, tbough only a youth of eighteen years, was as eager to go to the defense of the Government as his distinguished father was to establish it, and was appointed Lieutenant of infantry in the regular army. His regiment was ordered to the Niagara frontier, and formed a part of Van Rensselaer's force at the ill-starred battle of Queenstown, where, as history records, the militia refused to cross over the river to the aid of the regulars who had made a successful landing. Their excuse was that it was unconstitutional for militia to march off the national soil. Seth Phelps, in his effort to cross, was carried down the river below the proper point and was obliged to land under a steep bank lined with British musketeers, who opened their deadly fire. Nothing daunted, young Phelps jumped ashore, formed his men and attempted to lead them up the almost perpendicular bank under a slaughterous fire; many of his command were killed; some retreated under cover; a few followed their gallant leader toward the top, there to be killed or captured. Lieutenant Phelps, sword in hand, had nearly gained the height when a shot struck him across the forehead, carrying away the left brow and leaving a scar which he carried through life. He fell and rolled down the bank, where he remained unconscious until the battle was over. The cowardice of the militia compelled Colonel Winfield Scott to surrender, and Lieutenant Phelps with others was taken prisoner. Soon after capture he, with other prisoners, was about to be massacred by Brock's Indians, but was saved by the great daring of Scott 824 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY and the timely intervention of British officers. He and the other officers were paroled and sent to Albany. The United States had then no officers to give in exchange, but finally President Madison and his war council decided that the paroled officers could do garrison duty, and Lieutenant Phelps and his associates were ordered to rejoin the troops stationed at the forts, so they can take the field. There was no alternative for Phelps but to break his parole of honor or to resign. The latter, mach to his regret, he felt compelled to do. In this course he was upheld by his father, who, with other prominent men, had made an unsccessful effort to have a change made at Washington in the order of the war office. Young Phelps' military career was thus early cut off, much to his disappointment, for he felt that he was especially fltted for the profession of arms, and in it lay his road to fame. He went back to his books and flnally returned to Ohio, studied law under Judge Parkman, was admitted to the bar and established himself as an attorney in the village of Parkman, in 1821. Previous to this, July 1, 1820, he was united in marriage to Anne B. Towsly, a maiden whom he had wooed and won, and a native of Aurora. He resided at Parkman five years, during a part of which time he was Prosecuting Attorney, discharging the duties of this office with ability. It was while holding this office that he prosecuted and convicted Benjamin Wright for the murder of Warner, Wright being the only man ever hanged in Geauga county. n 1826, Mr. Phelps removed to Chardon and opened• his office, which was for many years the only law office in the town. Here he established the flrst newspaper in the county, which he for several years successfully conducted. He was an able and vigorous writer and had a taste as well as a natural gift for editorial work. He had a high standard as to what an editor should be, and was above the slang style and reckless tone of the present day in the conduct of his paper. He had a relish for literature of the higher order. In politics he was a Whig and was a strong supporter of Henry Clay. He had for his law partners, first, A. G. Riddle, then A. H. Thrasher. n 1842, he was elected to the Legislature and re-elected in 1844. n 1854 he became an independent candidate for Probate Judge and was elected. He -filled tbese positions with marked ability and to the satisfaction of his constituents. He became the father of five children: Eliza, who died unmarried; Seth L., who became a distinguished soldier during the late war, serving in the navy under Commodore Foote and in command of gunboats on the Cumberland, Tennessee, Mississippi and Red rivers. Afterward was agent of the United States mail steamship company to China and Japan. He was made Vice President of the company and his duties took him to South America, Europe and Asia repeatedly. Subsequently he left the service of this company and was appointed by President Grant one of the Commissioners of the District of Coplumbia. He was subsequently appointed by President Arthur as Minister to Peru, where he died about the year 1885. The next child was the subject of this sketch; tben Mary, who became the wife of Dr. H. M. Mixer, of Iowa; Edwin F. and Lucian, who died in infancy. Judge Phelps died in 1864. His widow survived him many years, departing this life in 1882. Judge Phelps was of the larger mold, like his ancestors. He was of full height, dignifled in bearing, with an intellectuality strongly stamped on his features, was OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 825 polished in manners and a gentleman of the old school. He was logical, forcible and at- tractive in conservation, always choice in his diction and happy in illustrations. In his profession, his chief part was in chancery and probate cases. He was by nature tender and gentle, yet withal capable of great firmness. He was devoted to his family, was a kind, sympathetic neighbor and a firm and true friend, and greatly beloved by those to whom his cha,racter was thoroughly revealed. He had an exalted idea of manhood, exceedingly conscientious, guiding his life by the highest standard of justice, truth and honor. Alfred Phelps, Jr., secured his education in the schools of Chardon and vicinity, which instruction was supplemented by extensive reading. He read law in his father's office, was admitted to the bar and subsequently formed a law partnership with A. G. Riddle and engaged in practice up to the time of the rebellion. Confinement was not s to taste; he was a man of broad manhood, full of energy and vitality, fond of the open air, the sports of the field and the forest, like all of his family. When the war broke out he volunteered his services to the c-wntry and was placed as paymaster on the gunboat " Conestoga," then commanded by his brother Seth. He was not adapted for a paymaster, especially in war time; the Phelpses were not constructed that way. He was soon trans- ferred to the flagship " Eastport," a famous gunboat, as Master, and subsequently was assigned to the command of the "Champion." During the war he commanded differ- ent boats, and at one time a small fleet, but the boat he commanded the longest time was the " Champion." He was in service on the Cumberland, Tennessee, Mississippi and Red rivers, was at the siege of Fort Henry, Donelson, Island No. 10, and took part in many of the important engagements and manoeuvers of our navy on those rivers, most of the time under Commodore Foote. He was one of the most daring, gallant and self-possessed officers of the navy, always at the front where the contest was the fiercest, and the danger the greatest. One of his noted exhibitions of coolness and bravery was on White river. In one of his engagements with the enemy on shore a cannon ball struck and penetrated the boiler of his boat, causing an explosion and forcing Ids men who were scalded into the river for relief, but thus ex- posing them to the deadly fire of the enemy. Not in the least daunted, Commander Phelps took a small boat and went to the rescue of his men amid a shower of hail and shot, and saved the lives of many of them. During the Red river expedition he was stationed at the mouth to guard the entrance, much to his chagrin, as he wanted to take part in the active movements against the enemy. He asked the department that he be allowed to join the expedition, and on being refused tendered his resignation on account of ill health and returned home. As an officer, Commander Phelps ranked high and had the confidence, and admiration not only of those under him but of his su- periors in command. In 1866 Captain Phelps entered the service of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, as one of its agents to foreign ports. He first shipped by way of Cape Horn. When out some distance a severe storm came up which satisfied the passengers that the vessel was unseaworthy, and after holding a council they forced the captain to return to New York. He then, in December, sailed via the Isthm to California, and from there to Hong. Kong, where he remained a year. He was promoted and sent to Yok.7ohama, transferred from there 826 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY to Hioga and Kobi, where he suddenly died, of pulmonary apoplexy, March 8, 1869. His remains were embalmed and brought to Chardon to be interred with those of his father. The mortal remains arrived on Decoration day, the members of the bar went out to meet the reliquiae, which, upon their arrival, were buried with military honors. Captain Phelps was united in marriage at Chardon, October 17, 1854, to Jennie M., the accomplished daughter of Noah and Marcia S. (Jones) Pomeroy. They ranked among the best known people of the county, the former being a native of Massachusetts, where he was born October 9, 1802, the youngest child of Ichabod and Lucy Pomeroy of Southampton, Massachusetts. Ichabod Pomeroy served in the war of the Revolution, and was a pensioner by reason of injuries received in that conflict. Noah Pomeroy was highly educated and a gentleman of the old school. He was engaged in agricultural pursuits and in stock dealing nearly all his life, shipping his cattle to eastern markets. He was public-spirited, a prominent man among the agriculturists and aided largely in bringing forward this branch of industry. He was a man of large charity and benevolence, a devoted husband and father and a worthy citizen. e died October 17, 1884. Marcia, his wife, was the daughter of the late Elisha Jones, formerly of Hinsdale, Massachusetts. Site died April 4, 1856. She was a woman of strong character, warm in her friendships, kind and benevolent, and her death was lamented by all who knew her, They were the parents of six children, four of whom were reared to maturity: Noah M., Jennie M., Daniel W. and Willis B. Jennie M., now the widow of Captain Phelps, is a woman of fine personal appearance, pleasing manners and high culture. She has achieved a repu tation as an artist, especially in portrait- painting. She is the mother of three children: Anna Marcia, Edmund H., and Mary A. Anna Marcia was united in marriage, February 5, 1883, to H. H. Crum, of Cleveland, Ohio. Two children bless this union: Alfred Phelps and Ralph Pomeroy. Edmund H. died in infancy during the war. Mary A. was married June 27, 1890, to Franz S. Briggs, formerly of New Hampton, Iowa, but now resides in Cleveland. They are the parents of two children: Henry M. Mixer and Franz Sigel. MARY L. REEVE, widow of Flavius J. Reeve, and a woman of superior business ability and sterling worth of character, owns one of the best farms in New Lyme township, Ashtabula county, Ohio, which she has successfully managed since her husband's death, in 1872. Flavius J. Reeve was one of the most prominent farmers of New Lyme township, respected alike for his upright character and genial personality. He was born in Orwell, Ohio, in 1831, and was reared on a farm near that city, receiving his education in his birthplace and in Cincinnati. He taught school in Iowa during his younger days, but after marriage settled on fifty acres of land near Hart's Grove, Ohio, which he cultivated for two years, when he removed to the old homestead of his father, in New Lyme township, This includes eighty-seven and a half acres of the best farming land in the county and was the home of Mr. Reeve until his death, April 8, 1872. He was careful and methodical in his ways, thoroughly making up his mind as to his course and unwaveringly pursuing it to the end. He was a man of ability OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 827 and energy, a fluent speaker, prominent in all matters of local interest and very enthu- siastic in all he undertook. Be was a Re- publican in politics in early life, but later espoused the cause of Prohibition, and spent money and energy in its behalf. He was an active member of the order of Good Templars and a Freewill Baptist in religion. For twelve years prior to his death he had very poor health and died of lung disease, expiring suddenly, in the midst of friends with whom he had been conversing only a few moments before. His loss was greatly lamented by all who knew him. Mrs. Reeve was born in Windsor, Ohio, May 5, 1831, and was a daughter of S. P. and Hannah (Bell) Alderman, her father being a native of Ohio, and her mother of Vermont, the latter coming of a well-known and historical family of the Green Mountain State. Mrs. Reeve's father was a tanner and currier by trade, but in later life followed farming. He was a man of industry and en- ergy,.a Republican in politics and for many years Justice of the Peace, making an able and honorable official. He was in his younger days an Episcopalian in religion, but later joined the Disciples' Church, of which he was a devoted member and in which faith he died. He was an enthusiastic temperance worker, doing much good for that cause. His worthy wife was also a devout adherent of the latter denomination. He died at the age of sixty-seven on his farm near Hart's Grove, leaving his family and many friends to mourn his loss. His widow survived him a few years, expiring in the midst of friends at the age of seventy-two. They were the parents ef thirteen children, seven sons and six daughters, four of whom died in infancy and early childhood. Of those who attained ma- turity, Olinthus G., resides in Des Moinos, Iowa; H. Jane, now Mrs. H. Fairchild, lives in Diller, Nebraska; Lucy A., who became Mrs. H. Scheverell, died aged twenty-two; Eurissa is unmarried; Anthony is a resident of Ottawa, Kansas; De Elbe, is now Mrs. Worthy Newcomb; and Emerson, resides in Hart's Grove. Mrs. Reeve has had eight children, of whom Wendell P. died aged five months; Wendell P.,. the second, died aged seven years; Harrison J. died at the age of twenty- two, of inflammatory rheumatism, after an illness of five years. He was a young man of unusual promise and an active Republican; Mary Ann died aged five and a half years; one died in infancy; and Luella M.,. born January 31, 1867, is a young lady of education and talent. She is a graduate of the institution at New Lyme and a success- ful teacher, having taught her first term at the age of sixteen. She has much musical talent and is prominent in all social matters. Mrs. Reeve has managed the farm for twenty-one years, never shrinking from the most arduous duties, feeding her own cattle and other stock and doing other manual la- bor. She sold her stock profitably May 13, 1893, and has otherwise been very successful in her efforts, which fact fully testifies to her energy and ability. THERON C. SMITH, proprietor of Springbrook farm, is one of the most enterprising and successful business men of Geauga county. He is a native son of the Buckeye State, born at Parkman, Geauga county, April 12, 1835, a son of Marsh and Eliza (Colton) Smith, whose names appear in connection with that of Judge Henry K. Smith. Theron C. received his 828 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY education in the common and select schools of his day, and began teaching at the age of nineteen. He followed his vocation for some time, and then turned his attention to farming In 1862, he embarked in the cheese business in Geauga county, representing a New York firm. He was elected Treasurer of Geauga county in 1870, arid served four years, transacting the business of the office with good judgment and great fidelity to the interests of the county. In 1873, he was chosen cashier of the Geauga Savings & Loan Association, filling the position for eight years, and giving to the institution the benefit of ripe experience. Since 1881 he has resided on his farm north of the pretty little courthouse town of Chardon, devoting his time to various business enterprises. Mr. Smith was married in 1859, to Lavinia Hopkins of Troy township, Geauga county, and a daughter of Bradley and Rhoda (Lampson) Hopkins, natives of New York, who came with their parents to the West at an early day, and passed their lives in Troy township. The maternal grandfather of Mrs. Smith was Ebenezer Hopkins, who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution. The parents were consistent members of the Congregational Church. They died in Geauga county. Mrs. Smith is one of a family of ten children; she attended Hiram College during the time James A. Garfield was connected with the institution, and was at one time a student at the school in Seneca Falls, New York. Mr. and Mrs Smith had born to them two children who died in infancy. Always a stanch Republican in politics, in his younger days Mr. Smith took an active part in the counsels of that body. In 1891 he assisted in the organization of the Citizens' Bank of Chardon, and was cashier for more than a year. He owns a farm of 240 acres, part of which is within the corporation limits of Chardon, and a fine tract of land near Muscatine, Iowa, besides other real estate in Chardon. He has been interested in high bre I horses, and has done much to raise the standard in this section. One of his animals, Prince M., has a record of 2:164, and some of his horses have sold for the sum of $3,000. As his capital increased he has taken a financial interest in those enterprises which have been of great benefit to Chardon, and where opportunity offered has aided and encouraged those movements tending to advance the common cause of humanity. Mrs. Smith is a member of the Congregational Church, to which they give liberal support. e belongs to the Masonic fraternity, being a member of the blue lodge, chapter and commandery. BENJAMIN F. DOWNING, a leading agriculturist of Geauga county, is not a native of the United States although a loyal citizen of the Republic. He was born in Lower Canada, November 24, 1830, a son of A. S. and Sallie (Morey) Downing, and was an infant of three years when his parents came to Ohio in 1833; they settled on a farm in Munson township, Geauga county, where he grew to man's estate. He acquired an education in the primitive log schoolhouse, and enjoyed the sport of hunting wild animals which were plentiful in those days. He remained under the parental roof until he was thirty years of age, and then in partnership with his father bought a farm, which is now occupied by George Moore. Afterward he purchased his father's interest, and his father and mother lived with him several years. It was, in 1863 that he bought his present place.. OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 829 He was married in 1861 to Mary E. Young, a native of Hiram, Portage county, Ohio, born April 21, 1886, and a daughter of John C. and Susan (Ford) Young, natives of Con- neoticut and New York, respectively. Mr. and Mrs. Young came to Ohio in their young days, and were highly esteemed citizens of Geauga county; he died in 1882, at the age of seventy-five years, and she died February 11, 1891. They reared a family of three, two sons and a daughter: Sirali I., A.bner W., and Mary E. (Mrs, Downing). The last named was a student at Hiram College when James A. Garfield was there, and was well acquainted with him. She became proficient in music, and from the time she was sixteen taught for twenty years. Mr. Young was a prominent and successful farmer and died leaving quite a large estate. He was a man of strict integrity, large benevolence and charity, warm-hearted and generous and much devoted to his family. He died regretted by by all. Both he and his wife were Spiritualists. Mr. and Mrs. Downing are the parents of four children: Charles V. died at the age of six months and seventeen days; Eugene E., was born May 4, 1863, is married and a resident of Munson township. Victor B. and Virginia B. are twins, born June 12, 1870; they have had excellent educational advan, tages. Virginia is an accomplished musician, and is now a student at Oberlin College; at the age of five years she began playing com- positions for the piano, and when thirteen she be,gan teaching. Politically, Mr. Downing supports Repub- licanism, and has held many local offices. During the war he labored indefatigably to free Munson township from a draft, and paid next to the highest sum to the fund for this purpose. For sixteen years he dealt extensively in live stock, and is considered one of the best judges of high grades in the north- west part of the State, where he is widely known. He has been more than ordinarily successful in the business affairs of life, and has an enviable reputation for strict integrity and correct dealing. RICHARD W. HUBBARD.—Much of the proverbial prosperity of Ashtabula, Ohio, is traceable to her energetic and capable business men, of whom no one is more worthy of mention than the subject of this sketch. Of New England ancestry, from whom he inherits c:ear judgment, an energetic disposi, tion, hardy manhood and uprightness of char, acter, it is not surprising that he should have gained foremost rank in the commercial circles of his community, otherwise he would belie his Puritan ancestry, as history has never represented that race, as laggards. His great grandfather, Nehemiah Hubbard, was a native of Middletown, Connecticut, mad was a Revolutionary patriot. He was a man of great wealth and owned at one time most of the town site of Ashtabula besides large tracts of land in Ashtabula and adjoining counties. He was thrice married, his first wife being a Miss Sill, who had one child, now the mother of Mrs. Senator Wade and Henry Parsons. e next married a Miss Starr, and they had four children: Thomas Richard, Cornelia, Lucy and another daughter. His third wife was a widow by the name of Latimer, who had no children. Richard Hubbard, grand- father of the subject of this notice, was also born in Middletown, Connecticut. He married Mary Cone, of Colchester, Connecticut, who had four children: Lucy.; Edward C., who 830 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY died young; Edward C., father of the subject of this sketch; and Frances Cornelia. Edward Cone Hubbard was also born in Middletown, Connecticut, the birthplace of so many generations of his ancestors, his birth occurring September 21, 1824. He was reared and educated in his native city where he was married, and in which place he was engaged for a few years, in his younger days, in the drug business. He then settled in Ashtabula county, Ohio, near which place he was for a while engaged in fruit-farming, being at the same time proprietor of a brick and tile factory, besides which he was for three years in the milling business at Conneaut. He was married June 20, 1849, to Sarah Maria Humphreys, of Derby, Ohio, daughter of an old and prominent resident of that city. They had six children: W. H., born April 13, 1850, now a leading attorney of Defiance, Ohio; R. W., the subject of this sketch; Mary-C., born June 8, 1858; Lucy M., born March 10, 1861; Ellen C., February 28, 1867; and John P., November 21, 1870, now with the Ashtabula Banking Company. R. W. Hubbard, of this biography, a resident of Ashtabula, Ohio, a dealer in hardware at Conneaut and traveling salesman for the McIntosh Company of Cleveland, and an all-around hustling business man, was born in the same city as his father, October 14, 1853. e secured his education principally at the hoarding school of William H. Hubbard, in Bunker Hill; Ashtabula county, an institution founded before the war but now extinct. On leaving school, Mr. Hubbard entered the hardware establishment of John C. Seldon, at Erie, Pennsylvania, as clerk, where he remained one year. He next entered the employ of McConkey & Shannon, of the same city, and after eighteen months' faithful and efficient service with them, severed his connection to accept a position as traveling salesman for Messrs. Pratt & Company, of Buffalo, for which latter firm he completed a service of fifteen years in 1889. This arrangement being concluded, Mr. Hubbard secured a similar position with his present firm, the Mcntosh Company, of Cleveland. Besides this, he engaged in the hardware business in Conneaut in 1891, under the style of R. W. Hubbard & Company. He has been justly prospered and enjoys the best wishes of a large circle of friends for his future success and happiness. Politically, Mr. Hubbard advocates_ the principles of the Republican party; fraternally, he belongs to the blue lodge of the Masonic order; and socially is president of the Lenewawee Society of Ashtabula. On June 30, 1886, Mr. Hubbard was married, by the Rev. Jabez Hall, to Miss Clara' Gertrude Cadwell, a well known society lady, daughter of Judge Darius Cadwell, now a prominent attorney of Cleveland, this State. They have no children. Judge Darius Cadwell has been so intimately connected with the progress and development of this country for so many years, that it is but fitting that some extended mention should be made of him in this connection. He was born in Richmond, Ashtabula county, Ohio, April 13, 1821, and was a student of Alleghany College, in Meadville, Pennsylvania. He read law with Ramey & Wade, of Jefferson, Ohio, in which firm he later became a partner. In 1856, he was elected a member of the Lower House of the Legislature, and in 1858 and 1859 represented his district in the Senate of Ohio. On the organization of the Provost-Marshal General's department at the time of the internecine struggle, he was appointed Provost-Marshal for the nineteenth district, which he held until the OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 831 close of the war, being stationed at Warren, this State. He was then transferred to other departments and closed out the business of the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth districts, being himself mustered out of service December 20, 1865. In the fall of 1871, Judge Cadwell opened a law office in Cleveland, and in 1873 was elected Common Pleas Judge of Cuyahoga county, in which capacity he served two terms, his incumbency being distinguished by a prompt and efficient discharge of duty. He has since devoted his attention to the practice of his profession, in partnership with his son. The Judge was married April 13, 1847, to Miss Ann Elizabeth Watrous, daughter of John B. Watrous, widely and favorably known and a descendant of an old and distinguished Connecticut family. They had four children: Florence, deceased at three years: James, died aged eleven; Mrs. Hubbard, born November 5, 1855, who was educated in the common schools and at Guilford Academy; and Frank, unmarried. ENOS MORGAN, a thrifty farmer and esteemed citizen of Plymouth township, Ashtabula county, Ohio, was born in Vermont near Lake Champlain, January 22, 1828. His father, Hiram 0. Morgan, was a pioneer of Ashtabula county, and a native of the same State in which her son was born, while the mother of the subject of this sketch, whose maiden name was Narcissa Brewster, was also a typical New Englander, possessing all the best traits of that truly admirable people. The father was an industrious and intelligent farmer and was contented and prosperous until he lost his little farm because of a defective title, after which he was reduced to the necessity of working by the month, his employer being ex-Governor Meach, a wealthy farmer of Vermont. Money accumulated slowly in the old State and Mr. Morgan decided to try his fortune in the West, where land was cheap and fertile and afforded many inducements to those of energy and perseverance. He accordingly removed with his family to Ohio, their first home being in a small but near Harvey Nettleton's farm in Plymouth township, Ashtabula county, but their permanent settlement was made on land four and a half miles north of Jefferson. After many years they removed to the center of Jefferson, where the father died, July 14, 1877, greatly lamented by all who knew him. He was a great worker, possessed the highest sense of honor and was of a generous, kindly disposition. e carefully advised and trained his sons, who have greatly profited thereby. He was the father of eight children: an infant, deceased in Vermont; Cornelius; Enos, whose name heads this sketch; Mary, wife of J. H. Whelpley ; Josiah H.; Hiram; Seymour; and Narcissa, who married Sylvester Strickland. The subject of this sketch attended the, pioneer schools of Ohio, and remained on the, home farm with his parents until he was eighteen years of age. He then., in company, with his brother, began to clear a, tract of school land, for which his brother and himself had contracted to pay in four years. By cutting and burning the timber, making sugar and block salts, the proceeds of their labor was ample to meet their first obligation. For three years the brothers kept bachelors' hall and when the subject of this sketch married, he owned his own home. On dividing the property, the share of Mr. Enos Morgan was 117 acres, to which he has since added until he now owns 185. This has all 832 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY been accumulated by hard labor and strict economy, and he is most worthy of his success. In the spring of 1856, Mr. Morgan was married to Betsy Davis, a lady of domestic tastes, daughter of Benjamin Davis, formerly of New York and a tanner by trade, who now resides with Mr. Morgan, at the age of ninety-one years. Mr. and Mrs. Morgan have had six children, of whom three are living: Those surviving are, G. Vernon, H. W. and an adopted daughter. Religiously, Mr. Morgan is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he is a Steward and an active laborer. He is an enterprising and successful farmer and pro- gressive, liberal-minded citizen, and is justly numbered among the representative men of his county. CASSIUS M. LATIMER, one of New Lyme's most successful farmers, was born on the farm he now occupies, January 25, 1847. His father, Elbert R. Latimer, born at Montville, Connecticut, July 29, 1808, came to Ohio in 1836. Here he purchased the 200 acres of land he now occupies and at once began the work of improvement. His work, supplemented by that of his son Cassius M., has made the Latimer farm one of the best in New Lyme. The educational advantages of the senior Mr. Latimer were restricted to the district school, but so zealously did he avail himself of its privileges that he was enabled to secure a license to teach, and was engaged in that occupation for fifteen terms. n 1837 he was united in marriage to a daughter of Jasper Latham, a prominent pioneer of Lenox. They had four children, of whom the two youngest survive. The first died in infancy, and the second, Albert Ransom, died at the age of twenty-three. Cassius M. was the third born. The youngest, Eliza, married Charles Norris of Windsor. She is now a widow and resides at the home of her brother and father. Mrs. Norris has a local reputation as a mu- sician. She was at one time an instructor in the musical department of the New Lyme Institute. Her education was received in the Boston Conservatory of Musi of which in- stitution she was a graduate. The older Mr. Latimer resides at home with his son, upon whose shoulders he has shifted the care of the farm. Now eighty-five years of age, he is remarkably well preserved both physically and mentally. He is a Republi- can and a member of the Disciple Church. Cassius M. completed his education in the graded school, which afterward merged into the New Lyme nstitute. He has since de- voted himself to the management of the large farm on which he resides, giving considerable attention to stock-raising. e has been the owner of some very fine horses and still keeps some good ones on the farm. Politically, he is a Republican, and, frater- nally, a Mason. He is unmarried. J. SELDEN WILCOX, one of the substantial farmers of Madison township, Lake county, Ohio, and a native of this place, was born December 24, 1833, son of Richard Seiden. Wilcox and grandson of Elijah Wilcox, natives of Connecticut and of English descent. His grandfather, Wilcox, a farmer by occupation, died in middle life, and his grandmother, Wilcox, lived to be over eighty years old. The latter was related to the famous OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 833 Field family, of which Cyrus Field was a member. They reared a family of eleven children. Richard Wilcox, like his father, was engaged in agricultural pursuits. He taught school for a number of years in early life, and after his father's death helped his mother support the family. n 1828, before his marriage, he came from Connecticut to Ohio, making the journey by stage to Cleveland, and from there coming on foot to Lake county. He bought a farm on the Middle 'Ridge in Madison township, which, as the years rolled by, he developed into a fine property. He also taught school some after coming here. At the time of his death he lacked six weeks of being ninety years old. Of his life companion we record that her maiden name was Elizabeth Boynton, that she was a native of Vermont, and that she came to Lake county to live with her sister in 1827. They had five children, as follows: J. S., the subject of this article; Mary E.; Alfred G.; Amanda, who died when a year and a half old; and William F. The mother died at the age of seventy-six. Both parents were members of the Central Congregational Church and took an active interest in the same, the father being a Deacon for many years. He was a Republican and a strong Abolitionist. In the district schools and the Madison Seminary J. S. Wilcox received his education. He remained on the farm with his father two years after he reached his majority, teaching school during the winter. For seven years he taught school, first here and then at Geneva, Saybrook and Painesville. Mr. Wilcox was married, in Madison township, in 1858, to Sarah E. Hubbard, a native of New York State, who came to Ohio at the age of seventeen. Their only child is Sarah Elizabeth. After his marriage Mr. Wilcox settled on a farm near his present location. He lived on several farms in this vicinity previous to 1869, when he purchased his present property, seventy-six acres of nicely improved land, eight acres being devoted to an apple orchard. His residence and general surroundings indicate thrift and prosperity. He and his wife are members of the Central Congregational Church, of which he is Clerk. He is also a member of the Grange, which still maintains a- vigorous organization at Madison. Politically, he votes with the Republican party. W. A. CORLETT, one of the popular and successful merchants of North Madison, Ohio, has for a number of years been identified with the business interests of this place. Of his life we present the following review. W. A. Corlett was born in Madison township, Lake county, Ohio, May 19, 1844, son of William C. Corlett, a native of the Isle of Man. William C. Corlett came to America in 1830, when a young man of twenty, and settled in Madison township, Lake county, Ohio, making the journey from Buffalo to this place by stage. He worked in the furnace and learned the trade of molder, an occupation which he followed for a number of years, becoming an expert molder. Going to Buffalo, he was foreman of large molding works in that city for a faw years, after which he returned to Ohio and worked in the old Geauga furnace at Painesville for some years. He finally settled in this township on a farm of 100 acres, which he bought in 1835, and on which he spent the remaining years of his life, engaged in agricultural pursuits. He 834 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY was a man of strong constitution, and was a hard worker all his life. He died at the age of sixty-eight. His wife, whose maiden name was Eleanor Corlett, and who was also a native of the Isle of Man, came to this coun- try with her mother in 1828. Although they were natives of the same isle, Mr. and Mrs. Corlett had no acquaintance previous to their coming to America. They reared four chil- dren, namely: John (deceased), Thomas, William and Edward. The father was a Methodist and the mother an Episcopalian, both being earnest Christians. He was super- intendent of the Methodist Sunday-school here for a number of years, and few men in this community were more highly respected than he. His obituary was published in the Cleveland Leader, and was copied by the Herald on the Isle of Man, his brother, Thomas, seeing it in the latter paper and thus learning for the first time in forty-eight years of the whereabouts of his brother, He immediately wrote to W. A. Corlett, the subject of this sketch, directing his letter in care of the Cleveland Leader. The latter was received and an interesting correspondence opened. W. A. Corlett received his education in the district school, the Madison Seminary, and Bryant & Stratton's Business College at Cleveland. At the age of twenty-one he launched out in life on his own responsibility, and until 1876 was engaged in farming. He still Owns an interest in the old home farm, which comprises 100 acres. In 1876 he turned his attention to a business life, at that time buying the general merchandise store, which he has since conducted. He carries a full line of groceries, hardware, boots and shoes, and does an extensive business in fertilizers, his trade extending for miles' in every direction. Since the time he engaged in business here he has also been Postmaster of the town, serving as such most acceptably during all these years. Also, since October, 1876, he has served as Justice of the Peace. Politically, he is a Republican. Mr. Corlett began life without financial aid and the suc- cess he has attained may be attributed to his own honest efforts. He was married, in April, 1868, to Nellie M. Cole, a native of Kingsville, Ashtabula county, Ohio, and their four children are: Grace, Lucien, Sherman and Nellie. The family are members of the Congrega- tional Church. HON. DARIUS CADWELL.--Twenty miles from Lake Erie, on the east line of the State of Ohio, is situated the town of Andover. It was settled by a population entirely from the Eastern States, and solely agricultural in their pursuits until recently. Now two railroads unite at the center, and a thriving village is growing up around the station. But rural as were the habits of this people, they have contributed largely of their number to the legal profession. Among the present and former members of the bar, we notice the following as having been residents of that township at the time they commenced the study of that profession, viz.: Benjamin F. Wade, Edward Wade, Darius Cadwell, James Cadwell, B. F. Wade (2d) D. S. Wade, E. C. Wade, Matthew Reed, David Strickland, B. B. Pickett, J. W. Brigden, J. N. Wright, Monroe Moore, Homer Moore, C. D. Ainger, Archie P. Laughlin, Clarence S. Darrow, James W. Roberts, Charles H. Sargent, Fred J. Bishop, E. H. Green, Charles Lawyer, Jr., and James P. Cadwell; most of OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 835 whom have occupied conspicious positions in the county and State, and some of them in the councils of the nation. Roger Cadwell removed from Bloomfield, Hartford county, Connecticut, to Andover, Ashtabula county, Ohio, in 1817. Darius, his second son, was born at Andover, April 13, 1821. His father had a very large farm, and his children were all reared to habits of industry. Darius obtained a good education which was in part acquired at Alleghany College, at Meadville, Pennsylvania. He commenced the study of law with the law firm of Messrs. Wade & Ranney, at Jefferson, Ohio, in February, 1842, and was admitted to the bar hi September, 1844. In the spring of 1847, he entered into partnership in the practice of the law at Jefferson, with Rufus P. Ranney and Charles S. Simonds. This partnership continued until 1851, when Mr. Ranney was elected a Judge of the Supreme Court, and the partnership of Simonds & Cadwell continued until the fall of 1871. Mr. Cadwell was a diligent student, had fine literary and legal attainments, was a close reasoner and a good advocate, and soon after he commenced the practice of the law he took rank with the best members of the profession, and few cases of importance were tried in the county in which he did not participate. On April 13, 1847, our subject was married to Ann Eliza Watrous, a daughter of John B. Watrons, of Ashtabula, by whom he had one son and one daughter, now living. In habits of morals he was correct and exemplary. He was very social and always had a large circle of ardent friends and admirers. From the time he became a resident of Jefferson he discharged his full portion of the duties of minor offices, from that of village Alderman upward. He held the office of Representative in the State Legislature during the years 1856 and 1857, and during the years 1858 and 1859 he represented his district, composed of Ashtabula, Lake and Geauga counties, in the senate of Ohio. Upon the organization of the provost-marshal general's department in 1863, he was appointed Provost Marshal for the nineteenth district of Ohio, which office he held until the close of the war, with his headquarters at Warren, Ohio, until September 1865, when his headquarters were transferred to Cleveland, where he was placed in charge and closed out the business in the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth districts, and was himself mustered out of service December 20, 1865. In the fall of 1871, he opened a law office in Cleveland, and immediately secured a large practice in the courts of Cuyahoga county. At the October election in 1873, he was elected Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Cuyahoga county for the term of five years, and is now discharging the duties of that office, in which he has acquired an enviable reputation. M. V. DOLE.—Another one of the representative farmers and highly respected citizens of Orwell township, Ashtabula county, Ohio, is found in the subject of this sketch. Mr. Dole was born in Ellsworth, Ohio, July 4, 1838, son of Richard and Rhoda (Stratton) Dole, and one of a family of fourteen children, namely: Samuel, born March 12, 1819; Martha, born August 21, 1820, died February 29, 1825; Stacy S., horn January 10, 1822, died October 5, 1856; Priscilla A,,. born March 29, 1823, died August, 1865; 836 - BIOGRAPHIC AL HISTORY Esther, born November 18, 1824, died September 5, 1825; James L., born September 19, 1826, died ,fanuary 8, 1889; Levi N., born April 28, 1829,, an inventor of considerable note, died September 1, 1866; Aaron, born June 28, 1830; Eliza, born October 10, 1832, died August 11, 1852; Michael, born February 3, 1834, died January 10, 1856; Angeline, born May 26, 1835; John G., born September 13, 1836; Martin V., whose name heads this article; Albert G-. born July 16, 1841. Grandfather Dole, a native of Wales, emigrated from that country to America, and his son, Richard, the father of M. V., was born in New Jersey, in 1801. The latter, left an orphan at early age, was reared in Ohio from his fifth year, living for some time at Salem with a man by the name of Langstaff. When he grew up he became the owner of an eighty acre farm, in Ellsworth, Ohio, and in con- nection with his farm and stock-raising was also engaged in work at the carpenter trade. He moved from Ellsworth,Ohio, to Edinburgh, Portage county, this State, in 1853, and in 1865, went to Atwater, where he and his son, M. V., purchased a sawmill, which they ran for three years, After selling the sawmill, he bought a small farm at that place. The mother of our subject was born in Goshen, Ohio, in 1803. She died June 20, 1845, and the fol- lowing year Richard Dole married a widow, Mrs. Stretch, who had four children by her previous marriage. After her death, which occurred in 1877, Mr. Dole lived with his children. He died January 28, 1879. He was a prominent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was generous in his sup- port of all worthy causes, and was a man who had many friends. In politics he was a RepubliCan. He filled the office of Super- visor and School Director. Martin V. Dole learned the trade of car- penter and joiner in early life and followed that trade for some time. Later he turned his attention to farming and stock-raising. In 1878, he moved to Colebrook, Ashtabula county, and in 1885 came to Orwell, where he has since resided and where he owns a farm of 100 acres, valued at from $40 to $45 per acre. During the Civil war he tendered his services to the Union cause. He enlisted August 7, 1862, in Company I, One Hundred and Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served under Captains Wells and Bard, receiving an honorable discharge April 5, 1865. Twice he was wounded, first in the left arm, which was broken and badly shattered, and later received a wound in his left leg. The first ball lodged in a diary he carried in his blouse pocket. . still has the book and the bullet. Mr. Dole was married in 1861, to Miss Sarah C. Plummer, daughter of Abraham and Amy Plummer. Their only child, Charles L., born December 23, 1866, resides in Ashtabula county. He married Anna E. Addicott, daughter of James and Jane Addicott. Mr. and Mrs. Dole are active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, he having served as Sabbath-school Superintendent for eight years. Mr. Dole is also an enthusiastic member of the G. A. R. Politically, he is a Republican. On the various issues of the day he is well posted, and exerts an influence for good in his community. MRS. ELIZABETH NETTLETON.- Among the prominent characters of Ashtabula county, Ohio, who have contributed by their energy and ability to the material and moral advancement of OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 837 the community may be mentioned Mr. George E- Nettleton, deceased. His birth occurred in what was then' the village of Ashtabula, now grown to a populous and beautiful city, on April 24, 1824. He was reared in this place, enjoying the educational advantages afforded by her excellent schools, until he was about nineteen years of age. He was then induced by Major Watrous, at that time ndian Agent at Madlin island in Lake Superior, to accompany him to that point, which Mr. Nettleton accordingly did, Securing a Government license, Mr, Nettleton established himself at that point as a trader with the Indians, in which business he prosperously continued for five years.. He then transferred his operations to Crow Wing, situated 150 miles north of St, Paul, where he engaged in the same enterprise, which he successfully prosecuted. until 1853. n this year he went to Superior City, where he became a member of the town site company, and assisted materially in the development of that now thriving town. Be also established a trading station on the upper shore of Lake Superior, on the site where now stands the beautiful city of Duluth, Minnesota. He was also interested in the organization and development of that place, and was one of its leading citizens as long as he operated there personally. Having prospered abundantly during these years of trading with the ndians, Mr. Nettleton concluded to return to his native county and pass the remaining years of his life in the enjoyment of the means accumulated by years of honest industry. Accordingly, in 1858, he once more took up his abode in his native city, which had kept pace with him in prosperity He secured a fine farm near this place and engaged in raising highgrade live stock, being passionately fond of cattle and horses, in the raising and care of which he took great pride and pleasure. He exerted a marked influence on the live-stock interests of the county, which he greatly promoted and sustained, doing much thereby to educate the public to a correct appreciation of its benefits. This agreeable and remunerative departure did not, however, blind him to the public welfare when his country demanded his services. During the historical struggle from 1861 to 1865, he was for three years in the quartermaster's department in St. Louis, Missouri. Besides this he employed a substitute for the ranks, without having been drafted or in any way required to enroll for military duty, which was a rare instance of loyalty to his country, and devotion to what he believed to be a worthy cause. In 1852, Mr, Nettleton was married to Miss Julia A. Watrous, a lady of domestic and social accomplishments, daughter of John B. and Julia (Montgomery) Watrous, both belonging to families of historic military achievements. Her father served efficiently in the war of 1812, while his father was a brave soldier in the Continental army, under General Washington's command. Mr. and Mrs. Watrous were the parents of eleven children: Mary, born in 1824, now the wife H. Fossette; Ann Eliza, born in 1826, now Mrs. Judge Cadwell of Cleveland; John, born in 1828, now deceased; Cornelia, deceased, was born in 1830, and was the wife of James D. Ray, now of Duluth; Julia A., born in 1832; the subject of this sketch; Catherine, born in 1835, is the wife of James Beckwith, of New Orleans; John H. was born in 1837 and died in 1880; Ellen, born in 1839, married Dr. Fricker; Frances, born in 1842, married S. D. R. Stewart, brother of Senator Stewart, of Ohio: she died in Califor- 838 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY nia in 1891; Richard, born in 1848, died in 1890; and Leverett, born in 1850, died in 1884. Mr. and Mrs. Nettleton had four children: Ralph, who died at the age of one month; Edward, who also died young in Superior City; Edward William, born October 14, 1862, now aresident of St. Paul, Minnesota, is interested in mining; and Elizabeth, born February 11, 1871, graduated at the Holman day school, in Detroit, Michigan, in June, 1891, and is an intelligent and accomplished young lady, highly esteemed by a large circle of friends. In politics, Mr. Nettleton was a Republican, but never held office, his numerous private interests occupying his entire time and attention. This worthy man died June 18, 1885, while serving as juror in the famous Harrington murder trial, death finding him at his post of duty, in the faithful discharge of which he had passed his entire life, and relinquished only to clasp the responsibilities of the world beyond. JOHN D. GAGER, the popular leading merchant of East Orwell, Ohio, a genial, affable gentleman and public-spirited, progressive citizen, was born in Warren, this State, January 1, 1848. He comes of good old New England stock, his father, Lucian F. Gager, having been born in Connecticut in 1817, of a well-known and respected family. The. mother of the subject of this sketch, nee Harriet D. Brooks, was a native of New York State, born in 1820. This worthy couple followed the general tide of emigration to Ohio in an early day, settling in Warren, where they passed the remainder of their lives, the father dying in December, 1889, and the mother surviving until March 1893. Both were industrious, upright and intelligent people, greatly respected and esteemed by all who knew them. They had eleven children, two of whom died in childhood, the remainder attaining maturity. Of those whol grew up, Julia E., the eldest daughter, married a Mr. Hayes and had one daughter, Lizzie. After her husband's death, Mrs. Hayes married E. H. Eggleston, a prominent citizen of Cleveland, Ohio. Lucian F., the oldest son, resides in Salem, the same State; next in order of birth is John D., whose name heads this sketch; after him comes Hattie, now Mrs. Hagaar, of Joliet, Illinois; Carrie B., now Mrs, H. L. Warren, of Cleveland; Pratt, agent for the American Express Company, at Cleveland; Clara and Edwin H., both unmarried and residing in Cleveland. The life of the subject of this sketch has been essentially a business career. He received his education in the frontier schools of Ohio, and, being one of a large family whose means were limited, was early inured to labor, learning those lessons of industry and self-reliance which have been the secret of his success. At the age of fourteen, he commenced to clerk in a general store in Ravenna, Ohio, later going to Salem, the same State, where he remained for some time. With a sagacity beyond his years, however, he determined to work for merchants who could thoroughly teach him the business, that he might eventually enter and successfully remain in the mercantile world. He consequently worked in various places until 1879, in the meantime by economy accumulating sufficient means to justify him in opening a general merchandise store at North Sheffield, Ohio, where he continued successfully until December, 1892, at which time he disposed of his stock advantageously OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 839 and came to East Orwell., where he purchased the property and merchandise stock of Mr. Bissell. Mr. Lager immediately commenced remodeling and rebuilding the premises, until now (1893) he has a handsome double store, well filled with new and high-grade goods. He is entitled to much credit for his enterprise in placing before the people of East Orwell such a complete and excellent line of merchandise, consisting of everything apt to be required by a village resident or farmer. Besides a fine line of dry goods, clothing, furnishing goods, boots, shoes, cloaks, hats, groceries, hardware and queensware, he will keep lime, cement, shingles, coal, sand, sewer pipe, pumps, flour, grain and feed of all kinds, and will soon build a roller feed mill for merchant and custom work. He will sell for the lowest possible cash prices and guarantee satisfaction every March 22, 1872, Mr. Gager was married to Miss Della M. Fulton, an estimable lady, daughter of Ebenezer and Sarah Fulton, of Iowa, the mother having died when Mrs. Gager was a child. They have one child: Fay R., born September 27, 1878. Orwell is to be congratulated on the acquisition to its business fraternity of a gentleman of such energy and ability and upright citizenship. REV. GEORGE TAYLOR NORRIS, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Windsor, Ohio, was born December 12, 1857, in the town of Green, Monroe county, this State. His grandparents were among the earliest pioneers of Monroe county, having effected a settlement there when the county was nearly all a wilderness, and when wild animals and Indians were its chief inhabitants. There his father, Edward Norris, was born in 1823. His mother, whose maiden name was Miss Jane Jackson, was also a native of that place. They had six children: William Leonard, Martha Ann, John Wesley, Isaac Harvey, George Taylor, and Mary Ellen. Death has not entered this family circle. During his minority, George T. worked on his father's farm, obtaining the usual education of a farmer boy, but no sooner did he attain his majority than he set about his long cherished project, that of getting a college education. He entered Seio College in the autumn of 1879, where he graduated in 1882. As illustrative of his determination to let nothing interfere with his purpose of obtaining an education, it may be said that for several terms he by careful management was enabled to live upon less than $1 per week of average expenditure. During the last year of his college course he filled the place of junior preacher on an adjoining circuit. After his graduation he entered the East Ohio Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church at its animal session in the fall of 1882, and was appointed to Pleasant Valley charge, where he remained two years. His services at that place brought about a substantial church growth, and through his efforts both the house of worship and parsonage were repaired. At the conclusion of this pastorate he was sent to Hudson, Ohio, where he remained one year, and from thence he was sent to Mantua. At the latter place he served the full term of three years, accomplishing that which seemed an impossibility ere he attempted it, namely, the erection of a beautiful brick church, at a cost of $4,200. Desiring to take a theological course of study, in 1888 he retired from the conference and entered the Boston Theologi- 840 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY cal University, also entering certain classes at Harvard, remaining there two years. During this time he preached on the Sabbath in a church at Hull, on Boston bay. Returning to Ohio in 1891, he was appointed to his present charge at Windsor, where his pastorate has already been signalized by the erection of a beautiful new church in Windsor Mills, at a cost of $3,000. It is a gem of a building, an ornament to the community, and a monu- ment to the untiring zeal and energy of the pastor, for under a leadership less devoted than his it must have been a failure. The corner stone of the structure was laid in May, 1892, and the dedication services were held February 5, 1893. Mr. Norris was reared a Democrat, but left that party to join the Republican ranks and subsequently became an ardent Prohibitionist. His position on the temperance question is well known. Thus far he has eschewed all secret societies and orders. August 28, 1889, Mr. Norris married Miss Alice Hale, of Springfield, Ohio. Mrs. Norris is the older of two children, her brother, Fred Hale, residing with their parents at Springfield. She is a woman of culture and refinement, takes an active and enthusiastic interest in her husband's work, and is in every way fitted for the position she occupies as pastor's wife. Mr. and Mrs. Norris are the parents of a little daughter, born May 20, 1893. WILBUR GRAVE S, a well-to-do farmer and respected citizen of Windsor township, Ashtabula county, Ohio, was born in Hart's Grove, this State, August 28, 1816. His parents, Joseph and Mary (Higley) Graves, were early settlers of Ohio. They had three sons: Wallace, born in 1844, is a prominent resident of California; Wilbur, whose name heads this notice; and Edgar J., born July 30, 1849, is a prosperous and influential citizen of Hart's Grove, Ohio. The subject of this sketch was reared on a farm in his native county, and owing to the lack of educational facilities in his community had but slight opportunity to attend school. He has since, however, by self-culture mastered the necessary branches of a common-school education, while his natural judgment and experience have been excellent teachers, until he is now a well-informed and capable business man. was reared to farm pursuits, which he has followed through life. He was married when twenty-four and subsequently resided a year in Hart's Grove, when he and his wife removed to the vicinity of Windsor, settling on a farm adjoining their present one. This they sold in 1880 and bought their present home of 114 acres, which is part of the old Higley farm. They have a comfortable house, pleasantly situated, surrounded by fine shrub- bery and fruit trees, with clean yards, good buildings, etc. The farm is under a good state of cultivation and produces excellent crops. He also has a dairy of eighteen or twenty cows, and raises draught horses, all of which have proved very profltable. Mr. Graves became afflicted with a painful spinal disease in 1887, since which time he has been confined to his room, but so great is his energy and unflagging his determination, that he directs his farm, and with the assist- ance of his eldest son, Ernest, a promising young man, realizes a profitable income from its products, sufficiently ample to support the family in comfort. All this prosperity is due to hard work and perseverance, together with careful and intelligent management, and the OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 841 practice of wise economy, all of which are exacting taskmasters, but the result of their training invariably being success and happiness. January 7, 1870, Mr. Graves was married to Mrs. Rosalind M. Norris, an intelligent and worthy lady, daughter of Roswell D. and Maria A. Waters, old and prominent settlers of Hart's Grove, Ohio. Mrs. Graves was one of four children, of whom two daughters died at the age of five and six years. Her father died November 25, 1880, aged seventy years, leaving his family and many friends to mourn his loss. The worthy mother now resides with a sister of Mr. Waters, Mrs. Henry Grover, of Lisbon, North Dakota. Mr. and Mrs. Graves have four children: Ernest J., born November 21, 1871; Ashley, born January 10, 1873; B. N., born February 18, 1876; and Austin C., born July 23, 1884. Politically, Mr. Graves was a Republican until 1889, when he became a Democrat, but does not aspire to prominence in public affairs, claiming with truth that every man should hold his independence of thought and action, and that in politics there can be no independence. He has been for many years a worthy Member of the Masonic order, and belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church, to which he renders much timely aid. He takes a deep interest in the welfare of his community, to the advancement of which he has materially contributed. JOHN J. DODGE, a farmer and stock dealer of New Lyme, Ohio, was born in New Lyme township, Ashtabula county, May 16, 1822. His father, Jeremiah Dodge, a native of Lyme, Connecticut, emigrated to Ohio, in 1811. His mother, nee Harriet Jackson, was also a native of Connecticut. Jeremiah Dodge was fourteen years old at the time he came to Ohio, he having made the journey here in company with his parents. Grandfather Dodge traded land in Connecticut for a tract of 1,200 acres in New Lyme township, this county. A part of this tract was given away to other settlers, but the greater part of it is now owned and occupied by his descendants. There were eight children in the Dodge family, of whom the following record is made: Calvin, the oldest, married Rhuhanna Riley, and resided in New Lyme up to the time of his death; Lucinda married Harry Wilcox, and both died in New Lyme; Nancy, wife of Henry Baldwin, died in Jefferson, Ohio; Johanna married A. R. Beckwith, one of the most prominent citizens of Jefferson, Ohio; Hirams is a prominent merchant of Dodgeville, Ohio; Temperance, deceased, was the wife of Perry Hyde, of New Lyme; Orlo married Judge E. J. Betts, a prominent attorney of Jefferson, Ohio. Jeremiah Dodge erected the first store in Dodgeville in 1831. He took a great interest in local affairs and did much to promote the growth and development of the town. Both he and his wife passed away a number of years ago. John J. Dodge remained at home until he was twenty-five years of age, at which time he married Mary Manly, daughter of Leonard Manly, of Jefferson, Ohio. Their two children are: Stiles, born April 24, 1848, married Lucy Kelley, of Geneva, Ohio, and now resides in Ashtabula; and Henry, born April 22, 1851, married Alice Rose Swift, daughter of Oliver Swift of Kingsville, and is engaged in farming and stock raising near his father. Mr. Dodge has always taken a warm interest in political affairs and has been a zealous 842 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY worker for the party of his choice, the Demo- cratic. He has long been a member of the County Committee of that party. Frequenty he has represented the county Democracy at State conventions, and has filled to the entire satisfaction of his constituents several town- ship offices, such as Trustee, Assessor, etc. Being a man of considerable financial ability, an earnest student of political affairs, a man of sound judgment and progressive ideas, he is ranked with the leading citizens of the county. D. B. ALDRICH, M. D., a practicing physician at Ashtabula Harbor, Ohio, was born in Saratoga county, New York, April 25, 1861. His parents, Hudson and Sallie (Johnson) Aldrich, were both na- tives of the Empire State, where they passed their lives. The former's father, Benoni Aldrich, also a native of New York State, was a descendant of an early and influential family of America. Hudson Aldrich and the mother of the subject of this sketch had six sons and two daughkrs. The devoted wife and mother died when young, and the father now lives on a farm in New York State. In the occupa tion of farming he has passed his life, being widely known and universally regarded as an industrious and worthy man. Dr. Aldrich, whose name heads this sketch, spent his youth on the home farm and attend- ed the country schools of his vicinity. When nineteen years of age, he left home to enter Union Christian College, at Merom, ndiana, where he continued for some time, paying his expenses by doing anything which came to hand.. He afterward went to Oberlin (Ohio) College, where he remained one year. He then taught school two terms, after which he began the study of medicine at the Western Reserve Medical College, in Cleveland, where he took a three years' course, graduating in 1889. Thus amply qualified for his professional duties, he began practice in Ashtabula Harbor, in which he has successfully continued. He is conscientious and painstaking in his work, is endowed with steady nerves and cool judgment, facts which have gained for him good standing among the medical fraternity, and secured for him a good patron- age and many friends. In 1889, Dr. Aldrich was married to Miss Nettie Johnson, a lady of domestic tastes and social accomplishments, a resident of Dover, Ohio, and they have two children. He and wife are worthy members of the Congregational Church. Fraternally, the Doctor is a member in good standing of the Ashtabula County Medi- cal Association and the Knights of Pythias. GEORGE HALL, a widely known and popular contractor of Ashtabula, Ohio, was born in England, July 25, 1842. His parents, William and Mary (Hollingsworth) Hall, were also natives of the tight little isle, the latter being a daughter of William and Mary Hollingsworth. In 1844, two years after the birth of the subject of this sketch, the little family were deprived by death of the care of the devoted husband and father, who in life was an able and industrious mechanic and a man of sterling traits of character. After the father's death, the mother married again, her second husband being John Mnffett, a practical tile and brick maker and an upright, kind Man. They had no children, the subject of this sketch remaining as formerly the only child. In 1851, the family came to the United States, landing OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 843 at New York city, whence they went to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where they lived three years. They then removed to southern Ohio and shortly afterward to Upper Canada, settling for a brief period near Toronto, finally removing in 1858 to Michigan, which continued to be the home of the parents until their death. The subject of this sketch mastered his stepfather's trade, after which he learned brick-laying, at both of which he worked until the outbreak of the war. When twenty years of age, he enlisted in the Federal army, being assigned to Company H, Fourth Michigan Cavalry. The command went south at once, and upon the organization of the Army of the Cumberland this regiment was incorporated into that branch, and was one of the hardest fighting regiments in the cavalry service. The first brush which the Fourth Michigan Cavalry experienced with the Confederate forces was at Perryville, Kentucky, just after that historic battle. General Bragg, of the Southern army, was followed as far as Murfreesborough, Tennessee, and there attacked by the Union forces. Mr. Hall, however, was already a prisoner of war, having been captured at La Vergne, Tennessee, while on picket duty and protected by a flag of truce. On being attacked, General Bragg offered to parole the prisoners, including Captain Abeal and thirty of that officer's company, but General Rosecrans, of the Union army, rejected this proposition, unless the prisoners should be returned with all the equipments and other accoutrements which had been captured. This General Bragg refused to do, and started with his prisoners for Vicksburg, Mississippi. That point, however, was so besieged with Union forces that it could not be reached from the outside, and at Montgomery, Alabama, a stop was made and they turned toward Richmond. On arriving at that city, the prisoners were placed in Castle Thunder, where they remained six weeks, and then transferred to Libby prison, where they remained two weeks longer. On being released from confinement, Mr. Hall was placed in a parole camp at Annapolis, Maryland, whither he was sent to Columbus, Ohio, for exchange. He then rejoined his regiment at Murfreesborough and participated with it in the battle at Shelbyville, Tennessee, at Chickamauga and many other points, before entering on the Atlanta campaign. After the fall of Atlanta, Mr. Hall's command returned North with General Thomas, and fought more or less from Rome, Georgia, to Nashville, Tennessee, from which city they continued to Louisville, Kentucky, where they were remounted. They next participated in Wilson's raid, finally arriving at Macon, Georgia, at the close of hostilities, and were discharged on general order at Nashville, just one month before Mr. Hall had served three years. On his way home, Mr. Hall had occasion to pass through Ashtabula, Ohio, and was so. favorably impressed with its prospects as a business center that he stopped there anti finally settled there permanently. He was first engaged by George Russell as Superintendent of the former's brick and tile factory, in which capacity Mr. Hall did faithful and efficient service for ten years. e then entered the same business on his own account and also began to contract for the erection of buildings, continuing both employments successfully until 1888, when he discontinued the manufacture of brick and tile and has since been engaged in contracting exclusively. Among the buildings the construction of which Mr. Hall has either superintended or contracted for, are the schoolhouse on Divi- 844 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY sion street in Ashtabula and that at Harbor, the Duero and Morrison blocks, the Dalin's residence at Harbor and the Presbyterian Church. These display a high grade of work and are sufficient guarantee of his ability. In November, 1869, Mr. Hall was married, in Jefferson, Ohio, to Miss Eliza Sandhover, an intelligent and estimable lady, daughter of Simeon Sandhover, an old and respected citizen. They have had six children: Bertha, wife of Chester Woolridge, of Painesville, Ohio; William; Edna; Charles, who was accidentally killed in 1892; Mary and Frank. All of Mr, Hall's children have enjoyed liberal educational advantages, Edna being a graduate of the high school. Fraternally, Mr. Hall is a Royal Arch Mason and has filled the Master's chair and been High Priest of the chapter and Sword Bearer of the commandery, and filled all the import- ant offices of both lodges, and represented these orders in the Grand Lodge and Great Council. He is Worshipful Priest of the Eastern Star, is a charter member of the Elks, and is identifled with the A. O. U. W. and an active member of the Grand Army of the Republic. Mr. Hall's prosperity is most emphatically due to his own unaided efforts, governed by thorough and conscientious principles in his work, while his uniform uprightness and genial personality have gained for him many warm friends and placed him among the representative citizens of his favorite town. S. S. NORTH .—It now becomes our privilege to briefly touch upon the more pertinent points in the lite of one of the most prominent residents of Williamsfield township, Ashtabula county, Ohio, that of him whose name gives caption to the appending paragraphs. S. S. North was born at Madison, Lake county, Ohio, September 30, 1819, being the son of Salmon and Sallie (Reed) North, natives respectively of Vermont and Massachusetts. Salmon North was one of those noble patriots who took up arms in the Revolutionary war in order to gain and insure to coming generations a national freedom. He was of English descent, his father having been a native of that favored isle on whose possessions the sun never sets. The father of our subject determined to follow the star of empire in its westward course, and in 1821 he emigrated to Ohio, settling in Williamsfield township, and setting to work to develop a productive farm in the section still given over to the trackless forest wilds. With an indomitable energy and with a sustaining confidence in the ultimate results of his toil, he made for himself and family a rudimentary domicile beneath the wide-spreading trees and gave himself to the work demanding from nature that reward which ever comes to him who lays siege with ax and plow. On this same fleld he died, at the age of seventy-nine years, having lived to realize the fullest measure of compensa- tion for the early years of privation and arduous toil. His wife, who had bravely wrought out her quota in the development of the home, also lived to enjoy the ample harvest garnered in the peace and prosperity of the later years. She died at the age of seventy-nine years. Mr. North was a carpenter, as well as a farmer, and his knowledge in this line was put to excellent use in the new country, fast yielding to the sturdy inroads of the pioneers. In politics, he was a Whig, and both he and his wife were mem- bers of the Baptist Church. OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 845 S. S. North, the subject of this sketch, developed gradually and simultaneously with the old homestead, receiving his perliminary education in life at a log schoolhouse, three miles distant from his home. He recalls the fact that occasional bear tracks along the pathway between the schoolhouse and his home used to prove ample cause for preven- tion of dallying on the way. In 1883, he located on his present farm, then known as the Truman Phelps farm, the same containing 100 acres and being under a high state of cultivation. The farm is a particularly fine one and is well equipped in the way of buildings. Mr. North has a good two-story residence, 21 x 28 feet in dimensions, with an L, 16 x 36 feet; a well arranged barn, three miles from Andover, and all the essential conveniences for facilitating the work of the farm. n political matters. Mr. North joins issues with the Republican party, and has served as Township Trustee, Assessor and as a member of the School Board. Mr. North was first married at the age of twenty-three years, to Maria Squires, daugh- ter of Daniel Squires. Six children were begotten of this union, and of the number four still survive, namely: Ellen Rose, Emma Phelps, Marshall, and Charles A. The wife and mother died in December, 1856, and Mr. North was subsequently married to Lydia Gillett, a native of Steuben county, New York, and a daughter of Asil and Olive (Mason) Gillett, also natives of the Empire State. They had ten children, viz.: Laura, Varerum, Calvin, Harriette, Alzina, Lydia, Mary A., Nancy, Sarah, and Philo. The parents died in Cherry Valley township, the mother in 1852, and the father in 1863. Mr. and Mrs. North have one child, Dorrie, wife of H. B. Wight, of this place, and they have three children: Sedgwick, Waiter, and Nellie. Both Mr. and Mrs. North are prominently identified with religious work in the community and are members of the Baptist Church, in which Mr. North holds the bon, ored perferment as Deacon. M. S. MOODY, a representative citizen of Windsor, Ashtabula county, Ohio, was born in Connecticut in the year 1837, but has been a resident of the Buckeye State since he was two years old. His parents, Martin and Catharine (Bartle) Moody, had seven children, as follows: Lydia, Eliza, Noble J., Catherine, M. S., Chauncey and Laura. His father was an honorable and upright man, and was a Democrat in politics. M. S. Moody was married in 1855 to Miss Phcebe Haskins, one of the four children of E. and Permelia Haskins. They have had seven children, namely: Myron, who was born in 1855, married Jennie Spargo; Kate, born in 1857, is the wife of Freeber Thomson; Stella, born in 1859, is the wife of Joseph Grisinger; Andrew, born in 1861; True, wife of Henry Ruple, was born in 1863, and died in 1892; and Elliott, who was born in 1872. Like his father, Mr. Moody affiliates with the Democratic party. He owns a fine farm of 140 acres.   CHARLES F. WESTCOTT, a resident of Conneaut and a conductor on the Nickel Plate Railroad, was born in Buffalo, Erie county, New York, December 21, 1845. His parents were Jesse and Cynthia (Earl) Westcott, both natives of New York, and his 846 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY father was one of the earliest pioneers of Buffalo. He bought thirty-two square miles of land of the Indians, on a portion of which the city of Buffalo now stands, and before Buffalo was incorporated he built the Franklin House,. and was its flrst proprietor. For many years he was engaged in the hotel business there. He was Chief Magistrate in that section of the State, having control of the Indian estate. He and his wife were members of the Episcopal Church. He died August 8,1862, at the age of seventy-six, and his wife passed away in November, 1864, aged fifty-three years. During the war of 1812 Jesse Westcott and General Wood raised a company of cavalry. The subject of our sketch is the tenth in a family of twelve children, of whom eleven are still living, he being the only one in Ohio. All the others reside in New York except one, Jesse, who is in Michigan. Charles F. Westcott left home at the age of ten years, and for three years and a half was employed as driver on the Erie canal. Then, at the age of fourteen, he entered the employ of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad, and served until 1877, beginning as brakeman and afterward serving as flreman and then as conductor. He was in Buffalo in 1877 at the great strike. Next he turned his attention to the hotel business in that city, being thus engaged there two years. After that he served as brakeman, and subsequently as fireman on the Western New York & Pennsylvania, leaving that road in the spring of 1883 to accept a position in yard work for the Nickel Plate. He has lived in Conneaut since 1889, and been on the road as brakeman and conductor since that date. Mr. Westcott was married in 1873, to Miss Emma Pierce. Her father, James Pierce, was a resident at Buffalo and a carpenter by trade. He died in 1879, aged about forty-two years. Mr. and Mrs. Westcott had four children, namely: George F., born August 13, 1874; Charles H., August 12, 1877; Addie S., August 13, 1879; and Murry T., September 5, 1886. George F. has been a brakeman on the Nickel Plate since 1891. All the rest are attending school. Mrs. Westcott and three of the children are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Of Mr. Pierce's family we make record as follows: Esther, the oldest , is the wife of J. G. Simpson, and has three children: Robert G., Etta and Mary; John C., the second, died at the age of thirty-three years; Orin, who married Maggie Lang, has two children, Orin and Laura; and Mrs. Westcott, the youngest. As a railroad man Mr. Westcott is prompt and efficient, ever discharging his duty with the strictest fldelity; as a citizen, he has the respect of all who know him. He is a member of the Order of Railway Conductors, and Junior Conductor of the same. Politically, he is a Republican. ARTHUR H. GRIFFITHS, a progressive business man and esteemed citizen of Windsor, Ohio, was born in Richville, St. Lawrence county, New York, May 24, 1856. His parents were natives of New Castle, Wales, where they were reared, married and resided until their emigration to the United States. His father was proprietor of a woolen mill in Wales and in good circumstances. He and his family came to America in 1855, settling in New York State, where he engaged in the milling and building business. He also had a contract for carrying the United States mail for thirty years, and was a man widely known OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 847 and universally respected. He was a strict member of the Welsh Congregational Church. His death occurred in 1886, his loss being deeply deplored by all who knew him. The maiden name of the mother of the subject of this sketch was Esther Jones, whose father was a teacher, and she was one of seven chil- dren, four sons and three daughters. Their home was on the shores of the sea and all naturally imbibed a deep love for the water. All the sons became captains of vessels, two of whom visited America. The mother was fond of telling her children tales of the sea and often declared that if she had been a man that a life on the ocean wave would have been her choice. She is now living in the old home, although past seventy years of age, in the enjoyment of good health. Her only daughter, Sarah G., married Charles Wooledge, and now resides with her. Two sons are in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and two others live in Richville, the remaining surviving member of the family being the subject of this sketch, one son, James T., having died. Mr. Griffiths of this notice was reared in St. Lawrence county, New York, graduating at the Richville Union Free School in 1875, trnd is a member of the alumni association ot that institution. This school holds high rank as a preparatory place of education. In the fall of the same year, Mr. Griffiths, with eleven others of the same class, started together for Oberlin, Ohio, to attend the pre- paratory department of that famous college. He afterward taught several terms in Lorain and Ashtabula counties, spending the years of 1878 and 1879 in Windsor. He then re- turned to St. Lawrence county, New York, and engaged as freight clerk at the station in Potsdam, where he remained two years. In 1881, he went to St. Paul, Minnesota, in the employ of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company. In 1882 he returned to Windsor, Ohio, where he was married and later entered into the manufacturing business with his father-in-law and brother-in-law, under the firm name of Levi Hill & Co. He spent the year of 1886 in the railroad office at Potsdam, since which time he has remained in Windsor. September 28, 1882, Mr. Griffiiths was married to Miss Eva Hill, a worthy lady of Windsor, Ohio, and only daughter of Levi and Loretta Hill, old residents of that village. Mr. and Mrs. Griffiths have two children: Rhea G. and Lulu M., aged respectively ten and eight years; an infant son died March 5, 1890, aged three days. Mr. Griffiths has always been greatly in- terested in political matters and belongs to the Republican party. He has held several positions of public trust, always fulfilling his duties with honor and ability. Fraternally, Mr. Griffiths affiliates with the Odd Fellows, being a Past Grand of Windsor Lodge, No. 329, and Past Chief Patriarch of Windsor Encampment, No. 164. PERRY G. HYDE, a Notary Public and the efficient and popular Postmaster of South New Lyme, Ohio, having held the former position twenty-four years and the latter eight years, is deserving of prominent mention in a history of Ashtabula county. He comes of a worthy and large family, originally of New England. His father, Hyram Hyde, was born in Hartland, Connecticut, December 16, 1804, and had two brothers and six sisters, of whom only two sisters now survive; Mary, now Mrs. Wayne Bidwell, of Kinsman, Ohio, and Julia, now Mrs. Chisholm, of Kenosha, Wisconsin. 848 - BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY While Hiram was an infant, his parents removed to Vernon, Trumbull county, Ohio, where he was reared and educated. On attaining his majority, Hiram engaged in the mercantile business at Penn Line, Pennsylvania, later going into the hotel business, first at Leon, Ohio, from 1836 to 1840, and then at Conneaut, the same State, where he kept the Mansion House until 1844, afterward going to Jefferson, where he conducted the Beckwith House until 1846. He then engaged in farming, to which he devoted the remainder of his life, first following that occupation near Jefferson for one year, and afterward removing to a farm near New Lyme, where he resided until his death, December 16, 1889. The mother of the subject of this sketch, was before marriage, Olive Sargent, of Kelloggsville, Ohio. Mr. Hyde, of this notice, was born in Penn Line, Pennsylvania, November 15, 1834, when his father was in the mercantile business there, and was reared in the several different places which was afterward his parents' home. He received a good education in the schools of Penn Line, Conneaut and New Lyme. He removed with his parents to New Lyme in 1847, which has ever since been his home, and where he has devoted himself to farming until called to official life. Few men have discharged a public trust with so much efficiency and honor as Mr. Hyde, who brought to his work an extensive business experience and a conscientious regard for his duty and the rights of others, qualities which are, unfortunately, too often conspicuous for their absence. - June 28, 1865, Mr. Hyde was married to Temperance A. Dodge, an educated and accomplished lady of New Lyme, daughter of Jeremiah Dodge, a well-known and widely respected resident of that city. They had four children: Hattie Olive, born March 22, 1866; Bernice Eugenie, born February 16, 1868; Perry G., Jr., November 20, 1870; and Edward J., March 26, 1872. In 1874, the loving and devoted mother was removed from the family which so much needed her care. Mr. Hyde afterward remarried and had nine children by his second union: Jessie B,, born August 31, 1876; Mabel 0,, born April 15, 1879; Hiram L., February 17, 1882; Glenn R., March 12, 1884; Ruby, January 28, 1886; Ruth, January 28, 1886; Walter W. October 8, 1887; Carl N., February 21, 1889; and Ethel M., August 8, 1891. Politically, Mr. Hyde is conservative, finding much to endorse in the principles of both parties. His position on the tariff question has led him to vote with the Republicans. Fraternally, he is an honored member of the Masonic order. As a Postmaster, Mr. Hyde has been a most popular and capable public servant, and much regret is expressed over the fear that party affiliations may lead to his removal. As a private citizen, he enjoys the best wishes for Iris prosperity of all who know him. HENRY E. PARKER, of Orwell, Ohio, was born at this place, February 28, 1847, one of a family of nine children, the others being: Alvaredo, Joseph, John, Alsaco, Albert, Thomas, Martha, and Lydia. All are living except Albert and Martha. Lydia is the wife of Charles Lewis and lives in Orwell township, on the farm owned by our subject. Henry E. Parker was reared on his father's farm, received his education in the district school near his home, and remained with his OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO - 849 parents until he was twenty-two years of age. He has been interested in farming and stock- raising all his life, and is at present giving his special attention to the raising of fine horses, being the owner of some horses of great Value. His farm comprises seventy-eight acres and is well improved. Mr. Parker was married February 12, 1868, to Miss Emma Smith, daughter of An-son and Lavina Smith, of Orwell. The issue from this marriage was one son, Charles, horn June 2, 1871. He is now a resident of New Jersey. Mr. Parker's present compan- ion was by maiden name Miss Mariila Wil- cox, his marriage to her having occured January 25, 1876. She is a daughter of Robert and Lucy Wilcox, of Mesopotamia, Ohio. Mr. Wilcox has resided on his home- stead there for more than half a century. Like his father before him, Mr. Parker has all his life been identified with the Democratic party. He is a member of Orwell Lodge, No. 477, I. O. O. F. LORENZO S. EDDY, a representative farmer of Windsor township, Ashtabula county, Ohio, residing a mile and a half north of Windsor, was born in Tolland county, Connecticut, July 22, 1817. His father, Moore Eddy, was a farmer who came to Windsor township in 1830, and settled on the land now owned by the subject of this sketch, which the father purchased before coming here. The farm then had no improvements but a small log house, being virtually a virgin forest. The subject of this sketch stood by the side of nearly every tree which was cut down, and is positive that every log-heap burned bore the marks of his hands. The father of Mr. Eddy was one of the most earnest, conscientious and upright men, energetic and industrious, well and favorably known throughout the county. He died February 22, 1875, at the advanced age of eighty-two, regretted by all who knew him. The mother of the subject of this sketch was before marriage Miss Elizabeth Whittaker, also a native of Tolland county, Connecticut, whose parents, Timothy and Charity (Whittaker) Eddy, came from that State to Wind- sor township, Ohio, previous to the arrival of Mr. Eddy's parents. She and her parents made the journey overland with an ox team and two cows, six weeks being passed on the way. The mother of Mr. Eddy died in August, 1868, leaving many friends to mourn her loss. This pioneer couple had six children: Paulina, who died many years ago; Lorenzo S., whose name heads this notice; Susan, now Mrs. Teel; William, now of Chicago, Illinois, where he is one of the prominent horse dealers and financial men; Emily married Amherst Darrow, of Kinsman, Ohio, and died several years ago. Her son, Clarence Darrow, is now a leading lawyer of Chicago, who recently came to notice by his winning a long contested land case in- volving $455,000. Gardner, the youngest child, is now dead. The subject of this sketch was early inured to pioneer farm work and received the edu- cational advantages provided by the district schools of his day, although his time for such pursuits was much limited, owing to the necessity for his labor on the farm. Of naturally quick intuitions and a studious, observing disposition, he has by persevering self-application attained superior financial success, as his present status amply testifies. He now owns a farm of 136 acres, on the improvements of which there is an insurance of $3,000, and is justly numbered among the most substantial men of his community.