1050 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. Allen Sanders, the subject proper of this sketch, received his education at the district schools of LaGrange township, and was practically reared to farm life. Up till 1883 he was engaged in farming in LaGrange and Pittsfield townships, and then came to Elyria township, buying an improved farm known as the "Cochran farm." In 1858 he was married to Miss Amelia Thome, a native of Carlisle township, Lorain county, and daughter of Maletus and Emily (Squires) Thorpe, natives of Vermont, who came to Lorain county at an early day, and died here. To Mr. and Mrs. Sanders was born one child that died at the age of three months. In politics our subject is a Democrat of influence, active in the affairs of his party, and he is noted for his industry and fru-gality, and liberality toward schools, churches and all public enterprises. EDWIN H. BACON, than whom probably no one in Lorain county is better known, is a native of Brownhelm township, born November 19, 1838, only son of John C. and Mary (Peck) Bacon. The father of subject was born in Massachusetts, June 10, 1811, and died in Brownhelm township, Lorain county, whither he had come in the spring of 1818, being brought by his parents. His father, George Bacon, bought land from the State of Connecticut, and carried on farming up to the time of his death, which occurred when he was eighty years old. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. His father, also named George (great-grandfather of E. H. Bacon), received a life pension for services rendered in the Revolutionary war, part of which was, being disguised as an Indian, the throwing of the tea overboard the English ships in Boston harbor. John C. Bacon was a well-known business man in Brownhelm township, and built up the place known as Bacon's Corners. He married Mary Peck, by which union there was but one child — Edwin H. John C. Bacon, in his political predilections, was a Republican, ever active in the interests of his party. Edwin H. Bacon received a liberal education in the schools of the vicinity of his place of birth. In September, 1861, he was united in marriage with Celia S. Hawley, who is also a native of Brownhelm township, Lorain county, born February 19, 1862. She is a daughter of J. K. and Margaret (Wells) Hawley, the former of whom was born February 19, 1807, in Jefferson. Ashtabula Co., Ohio, the latter on July 11, 1808, in Hartford, Conn. To Mr. and Mrs. Bacon have come eight children, as follows: Alice M., wife of John Shotton; Edith M.; Elizabeth F.; Edna C., wife of L. A. Busche; Bertha M., wife of W. E. Fisher; Minerva S., Grace A. and Edwin K. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Bacon made their home on a farm in Brownhelm township for three years, and then moved to Wood county, Ohio, where they resided a few years, re-turning to Brownhelm township, and resuming farming there. After about fifteen years they proceeded 49 Vermillion, Ohio, but at the end of four years returned to Lorain county and took charge of the " Farrell House " in the town of Lorain, for two and one-half years. In 1891 they moved into Elyria (where they yet reside), and for one year kept the old-established "Beebe House" in that town. Politically Mr. Bacon is a Republican. HIRAM PRENTICE, one of Camden township's most highly respected citizens, is a native of the State of New York, born September 15, 1824, in Lewis county, a son of William and Sallie (Bates) Prentice. LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO -1051 William Prentice, father of subject, was a miller by trade in New York State, conducting saw and grist mills. In 1835 he came to Ohio with his wife and five children, the journey being made with wagons, and they brought with them such household goods as were necessary for them by the way, the bulk of the effects being conveyed by water to Huron, at that time a port on Lake Erie. Coming to Camden township, Lorain Co., Ohio, the family located one half mile south of the present village of Kipton, where Mr. Prentice bought one hundred acres of uncleared land for eight hundred dollars cash, and had sufficient money left to equip the farm with all necessary outhouses, etc., for there was nothing in the way of buildings on it save two small huts. He also conducted a gristmill. On May 1, 1836, less than one year after settling on his purchase, he passed "from earth, and was buried on his farm, but his remains were afterward removed to Camden cemetery. His widow died in February, 1886, at an advanced age, and was laid to rest by his side. They were the parents of five children, all born in New York State, as follows: Diantha, widow of Obediah Bowen, of Elyria; Obadiah, late a physician of Norwalk; William, of Rice county, Minn.; Hiram, subject of this memoir; and Harvey, of New York City. On Friday, December 29, 1893, died Dr. Obadiah Prentice, at his home in Norwalk. He was born at Lowville, Lewis Co., N. Y., November 6, 1819. In 1835, with his parents, he moved to Camden township, Lorain county, where he lived for many years. In 1848 he was graduated from the Cincinnati Medical College, and began to practice in Ashtabula, where he remained for six years; thence removed to Monroeville, where he lived until 1881, at which time he came to Norwalk, where he has since resided. In 1844 he married Miss Harriett D. Webster, of Jefferson, Ohio. His wife and two children—Dr. C. M. C. Prentice, of Chicago, and Mrs. L. D. Lindsley, of Norwalk—survive him. His life is too well known to need eulogy, for by his death the community has lost a helping friend in all kinds of trouble. “Life's work well done, Life's race well run, Life's crown well won, Now comes rest." The remains were interred in Camden cemetery, where his father and mother are sleeping, Camden being his old boyhood home. Hiram Prentice. whose name opens this sketch, was reared a farmer boy, and received a liberal education at the public schools. A good deal of his boyhood time was spent in his father's mills, and being a bright mechanic he was able to dress buhrs in the gristmill before he was twelve years old. In 1835 he came to Ohio with the rest of the family, as above related, and was at once put to work at the plow, driving and steering the oxen between the many stumps that remained in the ground. Wild animals were still plentiful, and deer, turkeys and occasional bears were to be seen in the woods. He was at that time aged about twelve years, and when a little older he entered Oberlin College, where he made considerable progress in his studies. Having fitted himself for teaching, he fol lowed the profession in Camden township, Lorain county, and also in Lyme township, Huron county. For seven years he studied medicine under the preceptorship of his brother, in Ashtabula, Ohio, but circumstances compelled him to give it up and return to the home farm, which gradually fell into his possession, he buying out the interests of the other heirs, and he has resided thereon ever since. On March 17, 1853, Mr. Prentice was married to Laura A. Webster, who was born October 3, 1831, in Kingsville, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, a daughter of Smith and Margaret (Blodgett) Webster. She is a well-educated lady, and for seven or eight terms taught school in A.shtabula county, 1052 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. at which time it was she formed the acquaintance of Mr. Prentice. The children born to this union were Eugene S., agent for the Michigan Southern and Lake Shore Railroad at Kipton ; Minnie R., who died at the age of seventeen years, and Jennie E., at home. Politically Mr. Prentice was originally a Whig (his first Presidential vote being cast for John P. Hale), then a Free-Soiler, later a Republican until 1884, when he united with the Prohibitionists. While under the Republican banner he served his township in several offices. He and his wife are leading members and liberal supporters of the Christian Church at Kipton, in which he is an elder. JOHN WOLF, One of the representative thorough business men and shrewed financiers of Lorain county, and not the least of Rochester township's systematic and progressive farmer citizens, is the gentleman whose name here appears. Mr. Wolf was born July 27, 1832, in Knox township, Columbiana Co., Ohio, a grandson of Adam Wolf, who in 1805 came from Virginia to Ohio, and died in Indiana. William Wolf, father of John, was a native of Virginia, born in Londoun county, and came with his parents to Ohio, where in Columbiana county he married Miss Catherine Fetterhoff, who was born in the Keystone State, a daughter of Jacob Fetterhoff. In 1848 the family removed to Troy township, Ashland Co., same State, thence after a time to Steuben county, Ind., where, near Pleasant Lake, William died in 1888; he lies buried in Mt. Zion Church cemetery in that county. His widow, now well advanced in life, resides in DeKalb county, Ind., with her eldest daughter, Susanna Smith. Of their large family of seventeen children, fifteen married, and fourteen are yet living in various parts of the United States, the sons for the most part being farmers. John Wolf, of whom this sketch chiefly relates, received his education in the public schools of his day, which in some respects, he avers, are superior to those of the present time. He was practically trained to farming under the tuition of his father, and at the same time learned carpentry, although not apprenticed to the trade. From the age of sixteen he was reared in Troy township, Ashland Co., Ohio, and remained under the paternal roof till he was twenty-two, at which time he commenced working out as a farm hand. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Troy township, Ashland county, in Company K, One Hundred and Second 0. V. I., which went into camp in Mansfield, Ohio, and was then detailed to do guard and scout duty in Tennessee, Kentucky and Alabama. At the close of the war he was honorably discharged, and returned home, arriving in July, 1865. Not prepared to at once settle down to the pursuits of peace, he married, in the fall of the same year, Miss Eliza A. Sponsler, born in Columbiana county, Ohio, November 24, 1839, a daughter of Andrew Sponsler, at that time a farmer of Sullivan township, Ashland Co., Ohio. The children born to this union are as follows: Charlie, a farmer of Rochester township; Phoebe E., deceased in infancy; Carrie, -Mrs. Winter Close, of Orange township, Ashland county; John F., a farmer of Rochester township, and Minner, Mrs. Emmer Hileman. In Troy township, Ashland county, Mr. Wolf bought, out of his savings at the time he was working by the month at thirteen dollars per month, a farm which he afterward resold. Later, out of his savings from his pay while in the army, he purchased ninety-seven acres near his father's place. In the following year, after making a home on his last purchase, he bought of Cephas Clark a farm of 153 acres in Rochester township, Lorain county, whereon LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 1055 he now lives, and to this he has since added until he now has 190 acres of as fine agricultural land as can be seen in his section. This has all been accumulated, not by speculation, but by assiduous, honest toil, backed by sound judgment and careful economy, in which he has been loyally and valuably assisted by his amiable and thrifty wife. They are worthy leading members of the Congregational Church, in which he is trustee. Politically he is a Democrat, and in Rochester township, though largely Republican, he has filled the office of trustee for a number of terms with acknowledged ability. F. W. MARTIN, for about sixteen months a member of the firm of Martin & Smith, of Elyria, Ohio, and still of Martin Brothers, Chicago, Ill., and now doing business as F. W. Martin, at Elyria, is a native of Rhenish Bavaria, born May 4, 1861, about four miles from Landau. In that city he was reared and educated up to the age of fifteen years, at which time Le emigrated to America. Having no knowledge of English, he proceeded to Illinois in order to attend the Northwestern College at Naperville in that State. At the end of one term he left that institution, expecting to spend the vacation in Chicago and then return to school; but instead he came to Elyria, where he had a brother living, a clergyman of the German Evangelical Church. After attending school six weeks here, in order to become better acquainted with the English language, he entered the employ of D. C. Baldwin & Co., with whom he remained fifteen months, and then found employment in the dry-goods establishment of Goldberg Brothers, Elyria. With them he also remained some fifteen months, after which he accepted a position with Strauss & Kupfer, till September, 1885, when he commenced business on his own account, in carpets, wall paper, curtains, oil-cloth, etc. He had purchased the stock of Strauss & Kupfer, and commenced business under the firm name of F. W. Martin & Co., his father-in-law, W. F. Hurlbut, being associated with him. At the latter's death Mr. Martin changed the firm to F. W. Martin, which so continued from December 18, 1886, to October 1,1892, when he formed a partnership with H. H. Smith, and opened out an establishment on Cheapside, in Elyria, at which place he was in business until January 12,1894. He sold his interest in this firm, and opened up in the same line at No. 27 Broad street as F. W. Martin. Mr. Martin, early in 1888, opened a branch business in Lorain, but in May his health failed, so that he could not properly attend to it, and he consequently sold this branch out the following July. In September, 1891, he commenced business in Chicago, Ill., at No. 503-5 West Madison street, the firm name being Martin Brothers (he having received his brother into partnership), their line of trade being furniture and household goods on the installment plan. On May 1,1892, he opened another branch in that city, at No. 307 Ogden avenue, for the sale of wall paper, paints, oils, etc., which latter he discontinued after one year's trial. On January 13, 1885, our subject was united in marriage with Alice G. Hurlbut. He is a Republican in politics, and is a member of the Knights of Pythias, Blue Lodge. Mr. Martin continues to reside in Elyria, as his Chicago house is in a flourishing condition, and does not require his personal attention. E. C. BURGE. This well-known resident of Brighton township is a native of Ohio, born in Orange township, Richland (now Ashland) county, September 11,1830, a son of John Y. and Mary (Lowry) Burge. 1056 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. The father of our subject was born in Loudoun county, Va., a son of William Burge, who came to Pennsylvania in early days, residing for some years in Greene county. In the early part of this century he moved to Ohio, finally settling in Richland county, where he died. He had a family of seven children, of whom the following is a brief record: John Y. is the father of our subject; Henry, who was a blacksmith by trade, remained in Pennsylvania, where he died; Mary married Andrew Newman, and died near Jeromesville, Ohio; Benjamin M. died in New Haven township, Huron Co., Ohio (he was accidentally killed in the following manner: He and others were loging, and had several logs rolled together. They were putting a single log on the top of the pile, and Benjamin Burge had one end of it held up with a handspike, one end of this lever being under the log, the other resting on his shoulder. When the rest of the men were lifting up the far end of the log, Burge's foot slipped and he fell, the handspike, being suddenly released from his shoulder, striking him on the neck with great force, dislocating it and producing death); Ruth married Usher Goldsmith, and died near Mansfield, Ohio; Sarah married Christopher Lamberton, a lawyer of Mansfield, Ohio; William L., who was well educated, died in St. Louis, Missouri. John Y. Burge was reared on a farm, and learned the trade of cooper under his father. He was married in Pennsylvania to Mary Lowry, who was born in Loudoun county, Va., a member of one of the leading families of that State. After marriage they remained in the Keystone State some time, and then came with his family to Ohio, locating on a farm in Stark county, where Mr. Burge stopped temporarily, and engaged with a farmer to work his place for a period of three years; then moved to Richland county, whither his parents had preceded him, and in the township of Orange he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives. They had a family of fourteen children, as follows: Lemuel G., who died in Orange township after reaching adult age; William W., who died in infancy, in Stark county, Ohio; Samuel W., who died of typhoid fever in Orange township; Benjamin M., of Greenwich, Huron Co., Ohio; John, a farmer of Brighton township; Elizabeth, who died at the age of twenty-five years; Sarah, who married John Goldsmith, and now lives in Richland county, Ohio; Ruth, who died unmarried; Mary, who died in youth; E. C., subject of this sketch; Rachel, unmarried, residing in Ashland county, Ohio; Ezra L., of Oberlin, Ohio; Ellzey K., who died in Lawrence county, Penn.; and one that died in infancy unnamed. Mr. Burge followed his trade, coopering, with much success in the various places where he lived, and succeeded in accumulating a pleasant home, comprising 153 acres of prime land, and an elegant house. In his political associations he was a Whig, and he and his wife were members of the Methodist Church. E. C. Burge, whose name opens this sketch, received his education at the common schools of his native township, and when a young man came to Lorain county with his brother John Y. He took up his residence in Brighton township, where he worked as a farm hand at first-class wages, and after his marriage located on the old homestead in Orange township, Ashland county, then, consistrng of 153 acres, considerably encumbered, however, and here resided three years. In 1856 he again came to Brighton township, Lorain county, and worked as a hired man until 1859, saving money sufficient to buy the land where he now lives, and in 1860 he moved thereon. Here he has since carried on general farming, and built a new residence, barn, etc.; for some years he has also done a very profitable dairy business. In addition to all this Mr. Burge taught school during the winter months in various parts of Ohio —Lucas, Ashland, Huron and Lorain LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 1057 counties—in all thirty-three terms, giving eminent satisfaction to all concerned; but he had to retire from the profession on account of impaired eyesight. On October 17, 1852, Mr. Burge was married to Nancy Thompson, who was born February 13, 1836, in Wayne county, Oh1836aughter of William and Rachel (Kearnes) Thompson, and the children born to them are as follows: John V., a school teacher; Martha A., Mrs. John Burrows, of Brighton; Mary, Mrs. O. L. Rolfe, of Brighton; and Vernie, a school teacher, also of Brighton. Our subject is a prominent member of the Republican party, and has held various offices of trust in his township. In matters of religion he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is in all things remarkably temperate, and never drinks intoxicating liquors. WALTER SMITH, a native-born agriculturist of Lorain county, was born September 5, 1843, in Penfield township, on the same farm which he now owns and resides upon. Levi Smith, father of our subject, was born December 23, 1815, in Camden, Oneida Co., N. Y., son of Joel B. Smith, a cabinet maker, and was reared to farm life. During the winter season he attended the common schools, but he was actively engaged as well in farm work even in his early boyhood, when he was so small that he could not hold the plow handles, or yoke the oxen without standing on a box; and from the time he was sixteen years old he had charge of a small farm which his father owned. About 1836 he came to Lorain county, Ohio (the passage over Lake Erie being very rough), accompanied by his parents, who first located in Amherst and then in Penfield township. He remained with them until 1840, when he returned to his native county in New York, and there married Miss Harriet Johnson, an old schoolmate, who was born July 9, 1819, in Oneida county, N. Y., daughter of Russell Johnson, a farmer. Immediately after marriage the young couple set out for the home in Ohio, where they located on a tract of forty-six acres, all of which, with the exception of the riverland, was in the woods, and here erected the house our subject now resides in. Here were born to them two children, as follows: George, who enlisted August 9, 1862, at Cleveland, in Battery B, First Ohio Light Artillery, and died December 9, 1862, of typhoid fever, in Hospital No. 9, Nashville, Tenn., where he was buried in the National cemetery, the day before his father arrived ; and Walter, who is the subject proper of this sketch. Mr. Smith was a lifelong farmer, and at the time of his death owned 228 acres of land, which property he had accumulated by hard work and good management, and he kept 500 head of sheep when wool sold at one dollar per pound. Levi Smith was one of the best financiers of his time, and was a close observer of men and events. Politically he was originally a Whig, later a Republican, was a regular attendant at all elections, and served for many. years as township trustee. He was very patriotic, and during the Civil war contributed much toward freeing the township from the draft. When about forty-five years of age he united with the M. E. Church, of which he remained a member until his death, which occurred March 6, 1884. After his decease his widow removed to Wellington, where she passed a retired life until her death, December 11, 1888, when she was buried by the side of her husband in Center cemetery. She was a member of the M. E. Church for over forty-five years. Our subject obtained such an education as the common schools of his time afforded, meantime receiving his agricultural training on the home farm. On August 23, 1866, he married Alice M. Crane, also a native of Penfield township, and they had 1058 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. two children, as follows: Blanche, now Mrs. E. M. Smith, of Cleveland, Ohio; and George, now a resident of California. The mother of these died in 1870, and in 1872 Mr. Smith married, for his second wife, Miss Sarah E. Pierce, who was born near Auburn, N. Y., daughter of James M. Pierce, who removed to Ohio in his later years. To this union came four children, namely: Guy E., Mary Etta, Harry H. and Levi. After his marriage Mr. Smith located in Penfield township, and worked the farm owned by his father, after whose death he moved to his present place, where, with the exception of two years passed in Wellington for the benefit of his children's education, he has since made his home. In politics he is a stanch member of the Republican party, and is well posted on the issues of the day. Mrs. Smith is a member of the M. E. Church. J, C. SMITH, one of the most successful business men in Penfield township, was born April 9, 1827, in Camden, Oneida Co., New York. Joel B. Smith, father of our subject, was born February 2, 1788, in Connecticut, and when a young man was bound out for six years to learn the trade of carpenter and joiner. He was married in Connecticut, on February 13, 1811, to Miss Harriet Bronson, who was born in that State January 1, 1791, and they shortly afterward removed to Oneida county, N. Y., locating in the town of Camden, where he worked steadily and industriously at his trade. He purchased property and owned a farm, and here children as follows were born to him: Myron B., born November 30, 1811, now of Lapeer, Mich (he was at one time State surveyor of Michigan): Levi, born October 13, 1812, who died November 27, 1812; Sarah S., born March 6, 1814, who was married in New York State to Edward Ackley, and died June 6, 1839 (she was the second woman interred in Penfield cemetery); Levi, born December 23, 1815; Hervey P., who was a resident of Michigan many years ago, but left that State to locate some coal mines in Pennsylvania, and has never since been heard from; George L., a farmer, who died in Lapeer, Mich.; Harriet, who married William Hart, and died in Grafton; Hiram, a very successful lumberman, who died in Flint, Mich.; J. C., the subject of this sketch; and Henry, of Cleveland, Ohio. During the winter of 1836-37 Joel B. Smith had come to Lorain county, Ohio, and passed a short time in Amherst township with his brother Isaac, who was a Methodist Episcopal minister, while there making some arrangements for the purchase of a farm, while the snow was on the ground. He next went to Michigan on a visit to his son Myron B., and then returned to his home in New York, in the spring of 1837 bringing his family to Lorain county. They came by way of the Erie Canal from Utica to Buffalo, N. Y., and thence by Lake to Cleveland; during their passage through the ice in the lake the paddlewheel of the vessel was broken, but Joel Smith, being a carpenter, repaired it. Their progress was still very slow, however, three days and three nights being occupied in traveling twenty miles, but they finally landed at Black River (now Lorain), from which town they drove their own team to the home of Isaac Smith in Amherst township. By this time the snow had melted from the ground, and Mr. Smith, seeing that the land he had partially bargained for was stony, declined totake it, but hearing of a farm for sale in Penfield township he came hither and bought 150 acres at thirty dollars per acre, the place on which our subject now resides. The bottom-land on this tract had been partly cleared, but the rest was all in the woods, and here Mr. Smith resided until his death, from heart disease, on May 13, 1850. He was buried in Center cemetery, and his widow then. LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 1059 made her home with her son J. C. for seven years. She next went to Michigan, to live with her son Myron B., where she died in 1849; she was buried by the side of her husband. After coming west Mr. Smith followed his trade, and erected the residence on his own farm and various other buildings in the township. He was also able to make fine furniture and manufactured a number of coffins. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and the old musket he carried at Sacket's Harbor is still in the possession of our subject. He was a Republican in politics, formerly a Whig, and kept himself posted on the issues of the day. Our subject attended the common schools of the neighborhood of his boyhood home up to the age of ten years, when he came with his parents to Ohio, at which time there was no schoolhouse in his district. Later, however, he attended a school one and a half miles south of his home, taught by J. B. Wilson, in the meantime being trained to agricultural pursuits on the home farm, where he remained until his marriage. On April 9, 1851, he was wedded to Miss Mary A. Knapp, a native of Penfield township, daughter of Schuble Knapp, an early pioneer of same, who was killed by the falling of a hollow log, which struck him on the head while he was building a smoke-house. Mrs. Mary A. Smith died March 3, 1852, leaving one child, Mary E., now Mrs. Charles Lang, of Penfield, and on April 24, 1853, Mr. Smith married Miss Minerva Starr, who was born November 6, 1827, in Harpersfield, Delaware Co., N. Y., daughter of Orrin and Abigail (Hickok) Starr, pioneers of Penfield township. To this union were born children as follows: Burton, of Grafton, Ohio, in the employ of the C. C. C. & St. L. R. R. Co.; Josephine M., now Mrs. William Mander, of Toledo, Ohio; Alonzo B., a farmer of Van Buren county, Mich.; and Malian, widow of Edward Worrell, of Port Clinton, Ohio. Mr. Smith has made farming his principal vo cation in life, and for five years also engaged in droving, buying cattle throughout southern Ohio. For forty years he conducted a dairy, and for two years was also in the milling business at Grafton Station, having won success in all his business enterprises. During the season he makes maple syrup and molasses. Politically he is a lifelong Republican, but is not an aspirant for public office. He and his wife are both members of the M. E. Church, in which he has held various positions of trust. C. B. CHAPMAN, a well-known early resident of Lorain county, is a son of James Chapman, who was reared in Lorain county. He married Elizabeth Bark, a native of Germany, who came to America at the age of fourteen, and they had six children, three of whom are now living, namely: C. B., Bird (clerk in a hardware store at Elyria, Ohio) and T. B. (editor of the Lorain Times). The father of this family followed sailing on the lakes for some time; he died in 1868. His widow is still living. C. B. Chapman was born April 12, 1845, in Sheffield township, Lorain Co., Ohio. In 1849 he came to Lorain, where he received his education, and, in 1857, at the early age of eleven years, commenced sailing on the Lakes, a vocation in which he has ever since continued, being now captain of a tug-boat plying between Sandusky and Lorain. Mr. Chapman has also dealt in real estate; he owns two dwelling houses in Lorain besides his own, and has also several lots in the West End. He sold five acres in the southwestern part of the town. In 1866 the Captain was married, in Cleveland, Ohio, to Mrs. Elizabeth Snider, a native of Germany, who in an early day came with her parents, Henry and Mary (Brown) Snider, also natives of Germany, to Lorain county, Ohio, where the father 1060 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. died; her mother died in June, 1893, at the age of eighty-six years. Socially our subject is a member of the K. O. T. M., of the Excelsior Marine Benevolent Association, of Cleveland, of Black River Lodge No. 680, I. O. O. F., and, of the Order of Rebekah. Politically he is an active member of the Republican party, and served one term as member of the town council his brother has also served in the same capacity. Mr. Chapman is a member of one of the early families of Lorain, and has watched her growth and progress from a village of 600 people to her present prosperous condition. L. F. CLIFFORD, a leading and progressive farmer of Wellington township, is a native of same, born April 18, 1834, of German ancestry on the paternal side, his great grandfather having come from Germany to America in time to serve in the Revolutionary war. He received a regular discharge from the army; his wife died December 9, 1844, aged ninety-three years. John Clifford, grandfather of our subject, was born in 1777, in Providence, R. I. He married Miss Margaret Williamson, who bore him children as follows: John, Jr., born September 8, 1797, died December 25, 1857; Daniel, born February 7, 1799, died January 31, 1886 (he was the father of our subject); Luther L., born March 8, 1801, died March 12, 1864; Hannah, born July 15, 1803, died April 28, 1857; Theodocia, born May 15, 1805, died May 31, 1880; George W., born June 18, 1807, died September 28,1861; Elijah, born March 13, 1810, died in July, 1880; Pollie M., born June 6, 1813, died July 1, 1849; Benjamin F., born January 19, 1816, died December 21, 1885; Harriet, born May 30, 1819, died December 5, 1869; and Adeline E., born in Ohio. Sep tember 23, 1821, died September 2, 1841. The mother of these was born March 15, 1779, and died May 22, 1845. In 1818 John Clifford, leaving his family behind, came west to Ohio in company with four others-Ephraim Wilcox, William Welling, Joseph Wilson and Charles Sweet-the entire journey being made with a horse and cutter. Having selected a suitable location for a settlement, on the banks of Wellington creek, about half a mile from where the town of Wellington now stands, Mr. Clifford returned east for his family, consisting of wife and ten children, and they all arrived safely at their new home in March, 1820. One week afterward they had cut the timber and erected a log house, covered it with shakes, chinked and " mudded " it, and laid the floor, ultimately finding themselves comfortably settled. This building also became the first schoolhouse, the first meeting house and the first tavern. It was the first point immigrants would reach as they entered the settlement, and its doors were always open to welcome new comers. There the first sermon was preached by Presiding Elder McMahon, a Methodist, and at that meeting Adam Poe received his license to preach. Mr. Clifford was proverbial for his industry and thrift. In addition to his labors in clearing land, cutting roads and raising crops, he plied his trade of shoemaker, for many years supplying the wants of his neighbors for many miles around, being the only shoemaker in the settlement. One daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Clifford shortly after coming here, making the eleventh in the family. Mr. Clifford died September 17, 1869, after a few weeks' illness from cancer under the left arm; and at the time of his death there had been of his family of eleven children seventy-nine grandchildren, ninety-seven great-grandchildren and one great-great, grandchild-188 in all. Daniel C. Clifford, father of the subject proper of this sketch, was born February 7, 1799, at Tyringham, Berkshire Co., LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 1061 Mass., and was, as will be seen, a young man of twenty-one when he arrived with the rest of the family in Wellington township, where all his life he followed farming. On March 13, 1825, he married Miss Sarah P. Hall, of Brecksville, Ohio, and twelve children were born to them, named as follows: Edward, Henry, Elvira, Jane, Christopher, Franklin, Andrew, Charles, Harriet, Adeline and Ageline (twins) and Francis, all yet living except two. On March 13, 1875, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel C. Clifford celebrated their golden wedding, and there were present at the festival many of those who had attended the marriage half a century before. On January 31, 1886, within one week of his eighty-seventh birthday, Mr. Clifford was summoned to his long home. He had lived on the same farm sixty-six years, and " was a man of a remarkably vigorous frame, indomitable energy and independence of character, industrious, thrifty, provident, a fair type of the men who conquered the difficulties of pioneer life." He was a member of the First Methodist Episcopal Society of Wellington, but did not until shortly before his death sympathize with or appreciate modern innovations or recent methods. His widow survived him a little less than one year, dying January 23, 1887, at the age of eighty-four. She was a woman of remarkable energy and ability, and heroically braved the toils, dangers and privations of pioneer life. Sip possessed A cheerful, happy disposition, and Aunt Sarah " (as she was familiarly called) was universally loved and respected. L. F. Clifford, the subject proper of these lines, received his education at the subscription schools of Wellington. township, Lorain county, his attendance there being confined to a few months in the winter seasons, the balance of the year being devoted to farming operations, in which he became remarkably successful. In 1866 he was united in marriage with Mrs. Alice Houghton Drake, and they have two children, viz.; Paul Carlton, born August 18, 1870, and educated at the high school of Wellington, and Robert Houghton, born December 28, 1872, who graduated at the high school of Wellington, and is now taking a four years' course in the " Case School of Applied Science," Cleveland, Ohio. In his political preferences Mr. Clifford is a Republican, and in matters of religion he is a member of the M. E. Church. DANIEL TOLHURST, whose name is intimately associated with the agricultural interests of Lorain county, more particularly of Amherst township, is a native of the eastern part of the county of Kent, England, born March 18, 1836. His father, John Tolhurst, was born in the same county in 1800, and was there married to Miss Mary Standen; in 1851 they emigrated with their family to the United States and to Ohio, settling on a farm in Amherst township. The father died in 1885; the mother is yet living, and makes her home with her son Daniel, who is the only survivor of her family of children. The voyage across the ocean took five weeks, while now it can be made in about that number of days. Daniel's fifteenth birthday was passed on the water. A particularly sad event on the trip was the death and burial at sea of an only sister, not quite two years old. The subject of these lines was a youth of fifteen summers when he came to Lo., rain county, and has been a resident ever since of Amherst township, where he owns a well-cultivated farm of seventy-two acres. In 1861 he was united in marriage to Miss Harriet Standen, a native of England, and two children were born to them, both of whom died when young. This wife departed this life in 1865, and in 1866 Mr. Tolhurst married Miss Amelia Chapman, who was born in Michigan, and reared in Lorain county, Ohio. Four 1062 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. children came to bless their union, viz.: Cora, deceased; Ward, born in October, 1871, who received a liberal commercial education at Oberlin, and lives on his father's farm; Mary, wife of Howard Walker, of Amherst township, and Arthur, attending school. In politics our subject is independent, invariably voting for the best men and most salutary measures, irrespective of party. Mrs. Amelia Tolhurst is a daughter of William Henry and Jane (Sackett) Chapman, the former of whom was born in New York State in 1816, and died May 26, 1891. He lived in Michigan for a time, and was there married to Miss Jane Sackett, who was a resident of Lorain county. Eight children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Chapman, as follows: Celia, wife of Captain S. Gilmore, of Lorain county, Ohio; Amelia, wife of Daniel Tolhurst; Arthur, who was lost on the schooner " Clough," when aged twenty-six years; William, deceased in childhood; Ella, wife of Dr. Smith, of Olmsted Falls, Ohio; Cora and Alice, both of whom died young, and one that lived not beyond the days of infancy. CHARLES A. FINLEY. prominent at one time among the general agriculturists, stock and dairy men of Lorain county, and now a leading capitalist of Camden, was born in Buffalo, N. Y., December 23, 1847, a son of Thomas A. Finley, a native of the District of Columbia, whose father was a sailor. Thomas A. Finley received a good education, and on leaving school entered the U. S. Navy, in which he served some time. He was married, December 30, 1846, in Buffalo, N. Y., to Lucretia Spooner, who was horn in Penobscot county, Maine. She died August 12, 1849, leaving one child, Charles .A. The father then returned to the sea, and for a short time thereafter wrote home occasionally till all at once his letters ceased, and he has never been heard of since; he may be dead, but his fate is enshrouded in mystery. Charles A. Finley, after the death of his mother, was taken to be reared under the care of his grandmother, Mrs. Lewis Spooner, whose husband died of cholera in 1849. With her Charles continued to live until he was six years of age, when he was placed in a boarding school at Buffalo, N. Y., and there remained until he reached the age of thirteen years, at which time he was bound out to Levi House, a farmer of Manilla township, Erie Co., N. Y., and with him remained till he was twenty years old, part of the time attending school. After this he obtained work on a farm, but did not remain long, as in 1867 he came to Ohio, locating in North Amherst, Lorain county, for a couple of years, still engaged in farm work. At the end of that time he moved into Wellington township, same county, working as a farm hand for S. D. Bacon, whose daughter, Euphemia, he married January 13, 1874. One son, Archer S., was born to them, but died in infancy, the mother following to the grave in January, 1875; her remains are interred in Wellington cemetery. For his second wife Mr. Finley married on March 8, 1877, Miss Emma 0. Johnson, who was born in Greenwich township, Huron county, December 26, 1853, daughter of John and Betsy (Snyder) Johnson, who came to Brighton township, Lorain county, in 1860. To this union have been born two children: Mabel L. and Erwin E., both living at home. In April, 1877, our subject came to Camden township, Lorain county, and bought 121 acres of land at forty-two dollars per acre, going in debt over four thousand dollars. For nine years lie lived on this farm, engaged in agriculture, stock raising and dairying, and then moved into Kipton, for two years thereafter retaining his farm, which he then sold. In 1887 he started a broom factory, a new industry, LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 1065 which he successfully carried on two years, and then disposed of his interest in it. He has since been engaged in various enterprises, meeting in all his ventures with unqualified success. He is a shrewd dealer and a good financier, and is possessed of more than ordinary business qualifications, as his entire career amply testifies. He controls a considerable amount of capital, and much credit is due him for the manner in which he has accumulated property and wealth, and controlled what he has. A Democrat in politics, he has held several offices of trust in his township, for six years being trustee thereof. He is a member of the K. O. T. M., Tent No. 92, Kipton. Mrs. Finley is a member of the Baptist Church at Camden Center. E. H. NICHOLL, druggist and pharmacist, was born October 10, 1867, at Brownhelm, Lorain county, the sixth child of James and Jane (Lawson) Nicholl. When our subject was four years of age his parents moved to North Amherst, where he attended school and studied pharmacy. They are prominent representative citizens of that place, and the father, who has always been interested in the stone business, is now general superintendent of the Cleveland Stone Co. At the age of seventeen E. H. Nicholl went into partnership, in the drug business, with J. F. Tithe, who died two years later, when Mr. Nicholl continued alone in the business. Shortly afterward, owing to ill health, he took a trip through the southern States, returning greatly improved. He is an active member of the Ohio Pharmaceutical Association, and is licensed by that State. In 1892 he married Miss Anna Miller, of North Amherst, and they have one child, Alson. Politically Mr. Nicholl is inclined toward the Democratic party, but does not take much interest in political affairs, as he spends the greater part of his time in study and in making his business a success. He is a member of the K. of P. and K. O. T. M. Lodges, and is one of the leading, progressive and enterprising young men of North Amherst. In the spring of 1892 he was elected member of the town council for a term of two years. OEL DURKEE, Jr., an enterprising, native-born farmer of Eaton township, was born December 2, 1844, a son of Oel and Betsy (Terry) Durkee, the former of whom was born in 1808 in New York State, the latter in 1809 in Vermont. Oel Durkee, Sr., was reared in his native State, where he married Betsy Terry, and in 1832 they came westward to Lorain county, Ohio, settling in the woods of Eaton township, where they yet reside. They had a family of nine children (five of whom are still living); viz.: Mason, married, residing in Henry county, Ohio; Nancy, who was the wife of Josiah Lindley, of Henry county, Ohio, died in 1881; Cordelia, who married .Nelson Cornwell, of Henry county, died in 1878; Hiram, who enlisted in 1861, in Company D, Twenty-third O. V. I., and served two years, was killed in the battle of Antietam; Pucis, deceased when eight or nine years old; Oel, Jr., mentioned farther on; Evaline, Mrs. Myers, residing in LaPorte, Ohio; Horace, married, residing in Grafton, Ohio; and Oscar, married, residing in Eaton township, Lorain county. The father of this family, though now over fourscore years of age, is still a strong, active man. He is a member of the Republican party, takes considerable interest in politics, and served for many years as trustee of Eaton township. 1066 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. Oel Durkee, Jr., was reared in Eaton township, received his education in the common schools of same, and has devoted the greater part of his life to agriculture, engaging also in the manufacture of cheese. In 1861 he enlisted, for three years or during the war, in, Company E, Forty-second O. V. I., and served with the army of the Cumberland. He participated in the engagements in Kentucky, siege of Vicksburg, Jackson, and New Orleans, was through the Red River campaign, and subsequently at Brownsville, Texas. In 1865 he was honorably discharged, at Columbus, Ohio, and immediately returned to Lorain county, where he resumed farm life. In December, 1866, he was united in marriage, in Eaton township, with Miss. Emma Phillips, a native of same, daughter of Edwin and Betsy (Wilmott) Phillips; the father, a native of Vermont, who was an early settler in Eaton township, was drowned about 1857, while sailing on the " Henry Clay." His widow, who afterward remarried, died in Eaton township in 1891. To Mr. and Mrs. Oel Durkee were born eight children (six of whom are yet living), viz.: May (deceased at the age of three years), Juna (deceased at the age of seventeen), Edward, Leo, Stella, Blanche, Elza and Flossie. Our subject owns a farm of eighty-three acres of good land, where he carries on general farming. In politics he is a Republican; socially he is a member of Richard Allen Post, G. A. R., Elyria. R. E. HOLCOMB, farmer and stock raiser, and a popular citizen of LaGrange township, is a native of same, born September 28, 1840. He is a son of Asal and Fannie (Hastings),Holcomb, the former of whom was born in Jefferson county, N. Y., son of Noah Holcomb. Asal Holcomb received an education in the common schools, and learned the carpenter's trade, having a natural aptitude for mechanical work. When a young man he came to Lorain county, Ohio, where he married Miss Fannie Hastings, up to which time he had been engaged in various kinds of labor. He then bought land in LaGrange township (the farm our subject now resides on), and here all their children were born, as follows: A. I., a farmer of LaGrange; R. E., subject of this sketch; Jeanette, Mrs. D. C. Nichols, of LaGrange; Wesley, who died young; and Fannie, Mrs. Edward Nichols, of Penfield, Ohio. Mrs. Holcomb died at the birth of her daughter Fannie, and was interred in East cemetery, and Mr. Holcomb subsequently married Miss Maria Hunter, of Richland county, Ohio. There were no children by this union. Mr. Holcomb was a lifelong agriculturist, and met with considerable success in his vocation, accumulating a comfortable competence. In politics he was a Democrat, and in religion they were Christians—though not members of any Church. He passed from earth in 1867, and he and his wife lie buried in East cemetery. R. E. Holcomb was educated first in the common schools, and later at select school, being a pupil of E. G. Johnson at La Grange Center. He was trained to agricultural life, and remained on the home farm until his enlistment, September 5, 1861, at LaGrange, in Company B, First Ohio Artillery, with which he went to Camp Dennison, near Cincinnati. His first active service was at Wild Cat, Ky. (theirs being the first artillery discharged in Kentucky during the war), and subsequently he was in the battles of Mill Springs, Stone River, Lookout Mountain, Crawfish Springs, following his command through to the close of the war, during which time be was never obliged to be in hospital. He had studied while in camp, sending home for books, and thus preparing himself to teach, and after coming home to LaGrange lie taught school three terms in that township. On December 10, LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 1067 1868, Mr. Holcomb was married to Miss Margaret Henderside, who was born in Litchfield, Medina Co., Ohio, daughter of James Henderside, who came from Scotland. He then bought out the other heirs of the home place, being obliged to go into debt therefor, and here he has ever since been engaged in general farming and stock raising. He is a self-made man in every respect. In politics he is a Republican, and has served in various local positions, but is not an active partisan. Mr. and Mrs. Holcomb are the parents of the following children: Belle F., now Mrs. George Nichols, of LaGrange; and Bertie A., who is living at home. J. H. REMINGTON, for over sixty years a resident of Lorain county, having been born here in 1828, comes of old Massachusetts stock, his parents--Henry J. and Matilda (Williams) Remington—being natives of that State. In February, 1822, the parents set out for Ohio, with a yoke of oxen and one horse, and after a journey of six weeks arrived in Lorain county, and made a settlement in Pittsfield township. Chauncey Remington, brother of Henry J., accompanied them, and his wife, Mary (Williams), was the first white woman to enter Pittsfield township, where she died in 1823. In 1828 our subject's father moved to Amherst township, where he cleared a farm, but in 1836 he migrated to Steuben county, Ind., returning thence in 1839 to Amherst township, and passing the remainder of his days in the county, dying January 7,1889. He was a lifelong Democrat, and filled several township offices; in church connection he was a Baptist. His wife died in Amherst township in 1881. They were the parents of seven children, as follows: Fannie, born in Massachusetts, widow of O. D. Worden, of Grinnell, Iowa; H. W., born August 9, 1823, the first male white child born in Pittsfield township, Lorain Co., Ohio, who now lives in Wood county, Wis.; Amanda, wife of Horace Steele, living in California; J. H., subject of sketch; Benedict Bliss, who died in Ashtabula county, Ohio, in 1885; Sarah Ann, deceased in infancy; and Lydia, who was married to William Kelley, of Kelley's Island, and died at the age of eighteen. J. H. Remington was born in Amherst township, where he received his education and was reared, excepting for about three years which he passed in Steuben county, Ind. For his trade he learned carpentry, and in early manhood worked at same in Dane county, Wis. While there he enlisted, in 1861, in Company A, Eleventh Wisconsin Infantry, and was mustered into the service at Madison, the regiment being assigned to the Western Department. During the first winter they guarded prisoners at St. Louis, Mo., after which they were at the siege of Vicksburg, and the engagements at Magnolia Church and Port Gibson, whence they proceeded to Jackson, Miss., and then returned to Vicksburg. Our subject then came home on a thirty-days' furlough, after which he rejoined his regiment at New Orleans. In their second campaign they marched 215 miles, and they served in the campaign of western Tennessee and northern Mississippi, thence going to Mobile, Ft. Morgan and Ft. Blakeley, where Mr. Remington captured a revolver from a Confederate officer. After this the regiment was stationed at Brownsville, Texas, etc. At Mobile, Ala., our subject received his discharge in September, 1865, and returned to Madison, Wis., having seen over four years' hard service. In 1852 Mr. Remington was united in marriage, in Amherst township, Lorain Co., Ohio, with Miss Maria Spencer, who was born in LaGrange, Lorain county, daughter of E. C. and Angeline (Rockwood) Spencer, natives of New York. Grandfather Asa Rockwood came to La- 1068 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. Grange township in 1826, being one of the first settlers of the place. Mrs. Remington's father came to Lorain county in 1832, was married in 1833, and after some years moved to Henry county, Ohio, where he died in 1892; the mother had passed away in 1885. To our subject and wife were born seven children, namely: Frank, married and living in Pottawattamie county, Iowa; Ella, deceased at the age of one year; Addie, wife of L. L. Jackson, of Ashtabula, Ohio; Lydia, wife of A. A. Sharp, of Centerville, Kans., Willie and Lillie (twins), the former living at home, the latter married to G. R. Coleman, of Omaha, Neb., and Angie, at home. In politics Mr. Remington is an ardent Republican, and takes a live interest in the affairs of his county and township. He is a member of the Union Veteran. League, quarter-master of Post No. 148 G. A. R., now serving his fifth term, and has been commander of the Post. Prior to coming to North Amherst, he followed farming in Lorain county. [Since the above was written, we have been informed of the death October 1, 1893, of Mr. Remington.—Ed. THOMAS H. JONES. The land of the Cymri has given to America many of her most stalwart, loyal and honorable citizens, such as was the gentleman whose name here appears. He was born in Wales in 1843, a son of John and Maria (Monroe) Jones, also natives of that country, whence they came to the United States when our subject was a boy, making their new home in Cleveland, Ohio, where the father died; the mother is now living in Cuyahoga county, same State. Our subject received his education in Cleveland, and October 6, 1862, he en-listed, in that city, in Company H, One Hundred and Twenty-fourth O. V. I., three years' service, or during the war. His regiment was attached to the army of the East, and participated in many bloody battles, among which may be mentioned Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, Gettysburg, Wilderness and Atlanta. On July 9, 1865, Mr. Jones was honorably discharged at Nashville, Tenn., and returned home to Cleveland, where he continued to reside until 1870, when he came to Lorain, Lorain county, with which thriving town he was closely identified up to his death, which occurred April 4, 1891. Thomas H. Jones and Miss Augusta M. Lampman were united in marriage in 1868. She is a native of Lorain county, Ohio, a daughter of Mark and Elizabeth (Churchill) Lampman, of New York and Connect-icut, respectively. Her father was a sailor, then a hotel and store keeper, later custom-house officer for over twenty years at Lorain, and he is yet remembered as one of the early merchants of Lorain county. He served in the war of 1812. He died in July, 1885, his wife surviving him till August, 1892. To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Jones were born two children: Mark, sketch of whom follows, and Gussie. Mr. Jones was for some time engaged in the real-estate business, and at the time of his death was collector for the Port of Lorain. Politically he was a Republican, and he was a member of the Protected Home Circle. His grandfather, Stephen Church-ill, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. MARK JONES, who for the past two years has been in the employ of the Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling Railroad, as time-keeper, is a native of Lorain, born June 10, 1869, a son of T. H. Jones. Our subject was reared in his native city, receiving his education in the public schools of same. He was for some time in the employ of the Cleveland Paper Company, and later studied stenography in Chicago, after LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 1069 which he became bookkeeper in a foundry at Lorain, and has held his present position since March 9, 1891. On July 14, 1891, Mr. Jones was united in marriage with Miss Rowena Moore, who was born in Lorain, Lorain county, daughter of Captain Truman Moore; her parents reside in Lorain. Mr. and Mrs. Jones are members of the M. E. Church, in which he holds the office of trustee. F. H. BACON. This gentleman, who for many years has been rcognized as a leader among the leading business men of Lorain county, is a native of same, born in Brownhelm township, March 13, 1840. Benjamin Bacon, father of subject, was a native of Massachusetts, born in Old Stockbridge, whence in 1818 he came to Ohio, locating in Brownhelm township, Lorain county. He made the entirejourney with a one-horse wagon, and had but four dollars in money when he arrived in Brownhelm. He made his settlement where William Bacon now lives, having bought wild land from one William Brown. In 1820 be erected a mill at what is known as " Mill Hollow," on the Vermillion river, and about 1835 enlarged it from a one-burr to a four-burr capacity. Ten years later he equipped it with modern improvements. He was twice married, his second wife (mother of the subject of this sketch) being Miss Anna W. Wells, a native of West Hartford, Connecticut. F. H. Bacon, whose name opens this sketch, received his education in the district schools of Brownhelm township, and at Norwalk High School, after which he commenced the milling business with his father. In this he continued until 1860, when he engaged in shipping grain to various points. On May 13, 1861, lie joined, as first lieutenant, Company K, Twenty third O. V. I., which was assigned to the army of the West, and he participated in the battles of Bull Ran, South Mountain and Antietam, after which the regiment returned to West Virginia. In January, 1864, he resigned his commission, and returned to Lorain county, once more engaging in the milling and shipping business. In 1873 he sold the mill; in 1879 rebought it; in 1882 rebuilt it, putting in rollers and making it a 150-barrel' milt; in 1892 again sold, but now (1893) once more owns it. This is the same mill, in Brown-helm township, which his father had built and enlarged. For some years he has had large interests in southern Indiana-800 acres of the best coal and grain land. In 1860 F. H. Bacon and Miss Abbie S. Wells were united in marriage. She was a daughter of George and Maria B. (Butler) Wells, who came from Connecticut to Brownhelm township, Lorain county, about the year 1821, and here passed the rest of their lives. To Mr. and Mrs. Bacon were born eight children, as follows: Sarah, assisting her father in the office, as amanuensis, etc., and who is considered one of the best all-round business women in Ohio; Anna, who died in 1883 at the age of sixteen; De Wight, Martha W., Melvin S., Lewis C., Charles and Julia W. The mother was called to her long home" in 1882. Mr. Bacon is a member of Rice Post, G. A. R., at North Amherst, and is a Republican. In thoughts and acts he is thoroughly metropolitan, perfectly familiar with Boards of Trade and other business interests, in all parts of the country. He is now managing two mills of 150 barrels capacity each, and is largely engaged in farming and shipping stock. J. C. BIGGS. England has given to the United States many stalwart and loyal citizens, plodding and industrious in time of peace, and courageous and resolute in the fight for liberty. 1070 - LORAIN COUNTY , OHIO. and right. Such an one is the subject of this sketch, who is recognized as a "typical fighting common soldier." He is of medium height, very hardy and muscular, the dogged determination peculiar to the Briton, being, perhaps, his strongest characteristic. Mr. Biggs was born in Northamptonshire, England, in 1839, a son of Thomas and Frances (Paxton) Biggs, the former of whom carried on farming in Pittsfield township, this county, south of Elyria. Here the parents passed the remainder of their days, the father dying in 1876 at the age of fifty-nine years, the mother in 1889, aged sixty-eight years. They had a family of six sons and one daughter, our subject being the eldest, and the only one born in England; the youngest son now owns the old homestead. J. C. Biggs, the subject proper of this memoir, was but a boy when his parents brought him to America, and to Pittsfield township, Lorain county, at the common schools of which he received a liberal education. He also attended for a time the high school, and while a student there the war of the Rebellion broke out, which turned his attention from the schoolroom to the field of Mars. On April 18, 1861, he enlisted in Company I, Eighth O. V. I., Capt. E. G. Johnson, which was the first company to go out from the county. He served four years, ten months, fifteen days in the army of the Potomac, Hancock's corps, and participated in the following battles: Winchester, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, besides numerous minor engagements. At Gettysburg (his last battle) he was severely wounded in the arm, which necessitated his confinement to hospital for six months. He then reentered the service, enlisting this time in Company K, Ninth Regiment Hancock's Veteran Corps, in which he served till March 3, 1866, at which date he was mustered out at Washington, D. C., having., served a much longer period in the army than most of his comrades. Returning home to the pursuits of peace, he followed farming for a few years; then em-barked in the newspaper agency business in Elyria, and has had the sale of the leading newspapers for over fifteen years. He now disposes of about 400 papers per day, and is agent for twenty-three dailies. Mr. Biggs was married March 3, 1869, to Emma Clark, also a native of England, and five children have come to bless their home: Clark, Elsworth, Norris, Harry and Edith. Our subject is a Republican and an Episcopalian. He is a vice-commander in the G. A. R., and is a member of the Union Veteran Legion, No. 44, Elyria, Ohio, of which he is colonel and presiding officer, and in which he has served as officer of the day, past commander and in other prominent positions. He is also a member of the Society of the Army of the Potomac, and was the only member of it from the State of Ohio to attend the reunion held in Scranton, Penn., in June, 1892. HENRY F. BEESE, one of the enterprising proprietors of the far-famed "Boston Store," in Lorain, is a native of Elyria, born September 19, 1867. His father, Frederick Beese, was born in 1825, in Germany, where he married Miss Mary Stark, also a native of Germany, born in 1827. In 1856 they immigrated to the United States, and, settling in Elyria same year, have here since resided. They are the parents of five children, of whom Henry F. is the youngest. Frederick Beese was a private in Company G, One Hundred and Seventh Regiment O. V. I., serving three years. Until the age of fourteen the subject of this sketch was educated in the German Lutheran School at Elyria, afterward attending the public schools of the same place some three and one-half years. On LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 1071 completion of his literary education Mr. Beese entered the employ of Straus & Kupfer, dry-goods merchants, and was engaged in the same store until September 1, 1892, during which time it changed hands three times: first to M. Straus; then to Biggs, Bowen & Co., and lastly to Geo. T. Biggs & Co. In the fall of 1892, in company with Max Morehouse and William E. Carter, Mr. Beese opened out a dry-goods store in the new " Smith Block," Lorain, occupying the first floor and basement, the dimensions of the large store room being 40 x 80 feet, and here with characteristic push and energy, close attention to business, they have since conducted a thriving trade. Politically Mr. Beese is a Democrat; socially he is a member of the Sons of Veterans and Knights of Pythias. MILAN CONE (deceased). Roger Cone, the father of this gentleman, was born August 17, 1803, in Berkshire county, Mass., son of Frederick Cone, and in his early manhood learned the millwright's trade. He was married to Emeline Brown, who was born April 21, 1803, in Tyringham, Berkshire Co., Mass., daughter of Lyman Brown, and while in Massachusetts two children were born to this union, namely: Marshall, a farmer, who died in 1870 in Penfield, Ohio; and Mary, who resides in Wellington, Ohio. In 1843 Roger Cone came west to Charlestown, Portage Co., Ohio, driving the entire distance with a covered one-horse wagon, and en route stopping at various places in New York and other States. He remained in Portage county one year, and in 1844 removed to Penfield township, Lorain county, locating on the farm where he passed the remainder of his life, and which be purchased at sheriff's sale at nine dollars per acre; it was form erly the property of an early settler, Dr. Hall, who had met with reverses, losing his sawmill and other property. Here Mr. Cone erected a residence, which is still standing. After coming to Ohio, the following members were added to the family: Mercy, now the wife of David Peters, of Wellington, Ohio, who has one child, Lavina; Merritt, who died in 1853, and Milan, whose name opens this sketch. The father of these was a systematic agriculturist, and took great interest in the neatness of his farm and surroundings. He was very successful, and at the time of his death was the owner of 252 acres of excellent land. In politics he was a stanch Democrat, though not an active politician, and in religious connection he and his wife were both members of the M. E. Church at Penfield. He passed from earth March 11, 1884, preceded to the grave by his wife March 12, 1876, and they now lie buried in Penfield cemetery. Milan Cone, the subject proper of this sketch, was born April 4, 1848, on the farm in Penfield township where be passed his entire life. He obtained his elementary education in the common schools of the neighborhood, and this was afterward supplemented with a short term of study in a school in Delaware, Ohio. On December 25, 1871. he was united in marriage, by Rev. A. Pollock, with Miss Esther Drake, who was born November 20, 1851, in the town of Ames, Montgomery Co., N. Y., daughter of David and Julia (Alger) Drake, who came to Ohio in 1862, locating first in Harrisville township, Medina county, and later in Penfield township, Lorain county. After marriage our subject located on the home farm, living in a small house near the family residence, whither he removed after the death of his father. To the union of Milan and Esther Cone were born children as follows: Letha E., bookkeeper for a wholesale house at Chicago, Ill.; Kate W., attending school at Penfield; Mercy A., and Fred M.; all living. Mr. Cone engaged chiefly 1072 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. in the breeding of fine cattle, especially Jerseys, and was a most excellent judge of stock. In politics he was a leader in the Democratic party in his section. He died January 19, 1892, of consumption, after a lingering illness, and was buried in Penfield cemetery. Since his decease his widow has had charge of the farm, in the management of which she has shown considerable ability. She is a member of the Methodist Church at Penfield Center, and is highly respected in the community. SAMUEL NAYLOR, one of the most extensive landholders and wealthiest farmers of Penfield township, is a native of Pennsylvania, born February 27, 1823, in Carlisle, Cumberland county. He is a son of Samuel Naylor, who was born in what was then known as Little York, Penn., a son of Jacob Naylor, who was a farmer and a distiller. Our subject's father was reared on a farm, and when a young man followed teaming, hauling whiskey from his father's and other distilleries to Baltimore, Md., where was found the best market for that commodity. In those days it took six horses to haul thirty barrels of whiskey. Samuel Naylor, Sr., was married in Cumberland county to Elizabeth Uhler, a native of that county, born of German ancestry. After marriage the young couple located on a small farm in Cumberland county, which he rented. In Pennsylvania children, as follows, were born to them: Mary, now the widow of Amos Fritz, residing at Medina, Ohio; Samuel, our subject; Benjamin K., a farmer and blacksmith, now of Lucas county, Ohio; Jacob, a farmer of Spencer, Ohio; and Rebecca, Mrs. W. W. Hutchisson, of Wood county, Ohio. In the fall of 1829 the family came to Ohio over the Alleghany Mountains in a cov ered two-horse wagon, bringing with them considerable household effects, including their bedding, which they found of the greatest use on their two weeks' wearisome Journey. Mr. Naylor, the father, had previously visited Ohio, and in Guilford township, Medina county, had selected land then looked after by Judge Homan Ely, of Elyria, Lorain county. On the occasion of that visit Mr. Naylor had hired a man to build a log house for the convenience of the family when they should arrive, but they found it in such an unfinished state that they had to rent another cabin in the neighborhood, wherein to pass the winter. In the meantime their own was made habitable, and in the following spring they moved into it. While the family were en route, one child, named Eliza, was born at Lancaster, Penn., which interesting event delayed them three days. In Medina county the family were further increased by four, to wit: John, who died at the age of twenty-one; William, of Wood county, Ohio, who served in the Civil war; Sarah, deceased; and Henry, of Wood county. On this farm in Medina county the mother of these children passed from earth, and the father then moved into the village of Seville, same county, having purchased in the vicinity a farm of thirty acres, and also a residence in the village. In Guilford township he married, for his second wife, Miss Harriet Sheldon, and one child was born to this union, Harriet, now Mrs. James Ross, at the frontier teaching Indians. Mr. Naylor died at the age of seventy-three years, and lies buried in the Lutheran cemetery, Guilford township. Politically, he was originally a Whig, and after the formation of the party was a stanch Republican. He had traveled all through the Southern States, and, from observations he made during his visit, predicted the Civil war many years before it broke out. Samuel Naylor, the subject proper of this sketch, received but a limited education at the common schools of Guilford LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 1075 township, Medina county, as in early boyhood he was put to work to help clear his father's farm of heavy timber and undergrowth, and in reality he was able to do a man's work while yet a boy. Besides working at home he hired out to different parties to make shingles, at which he became very expert, being able to turn out in a single day one thousand shingles, .28 inches long by 6 wide. Up to the time of his marriage he lived at home, and turned all his earnings over to his father. In August, 1845, Mr. Naylor was married in Guilford township, Medina county, to Barbara Long, who was born in September, 1824, near Toronto, Canada, a daughter of John Long, a farmer of Wadsworth township, Medina county, and for a time thereafter the young couple made their home with Mr. Long. Our subject then rented land in Litchfield township, same county, . where he lived for three or four years, after which he came to Penfield township, Lorain county, where he bought 107 acres of wild land at six dollars per acre. At that time not a road led to the spot, and he had to cut his way through as he came along. The first thing he did was to erect a cabin, and then commenced to make a clearing for purposes of cultivation. This land he bought entirely on credit, and with but a rude equipment of farming implements he heroically set to work to convert the almost impenetrable forest into smiling fields of grain, and the land was soon all paid for. The record of the children born to Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Naylor is as follows: Jacob, who enlisted in the. Civil war before he was seventeen years old, died at Camp Dennison while in the service; Henry died young; Elizabeth is Mrs. Stewart Long, of Penfield; Rebecca is the deceased wife of Andrew Sigourney; Harriet A. lives at home; Lany E. died at the age of seven years; Emma (Mrs. William Bradstock) lives in Penfield; Mary died when seventeen years old ; Harvey G., a farmer, is living in Spencer, Ohio; and Dora (Mrs. Lemuel Hower) also lives in Spencer. The mother died January 7, 1874, and was buried at Spencer, Medina county. She was a member of the United Brethren Church. For his second wife Mr. Naylor wedded Miss Nancy E. Yocom, who died in 1882 leaving no. issue; she is buried in Congress, Wayne Co., Ohio. In politics our subject is a Republican, but has never been an aspirant to office, his own affairs demanding and receiving his undivided attention. He now owns about 400 acres of superior farming lwd, on which in 1892 he erected a fine modern residence. He is a leader in educational matters, and in an early day was a prime mover in the formation of the school district in his section, he and his brother Jacob contributing the land where the first school building stood in their section. For several years Mr. Naylor has been a consistent member of the United Brethren Church. CHARLES BEAVER, a prominent, representative agriculturist of Eaton township, was born in Monroe county, N. Y., in 1828, a son of William and Rebecca (Matthews) Beaver, natives of Long Island and Genesee county, New York. About the year 1841 the parents of our subject came to Lorain county, first locating in LaGrange township, afterward moving to Eaton township, where they continued in agricultural pursuits, which had been their life work. The father died in Grafton in 1878, the mother in Adrian, Mich., in 1892. They reared a family of nine, of whom seven are yet living, as follows: Benjamin, a farmer of Lenawee county, Mich.; James, a farmer of LaGrange township; Charles; Edward, a carpenter, residing in LaGrange township; Catherine, wife of S. C. M. Hardy, of Mori-roe county, N. Y.; Alice, wife of C. Jennings, of Cleveland, Ohio; and Susat), wife of S. W. Sharp, of Adrian, Michigan. 1076 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. Charles Beaver received a liberal education at the schools of his native place, and was brought up a farmer's boy. At the age of thirteen he came with his parents to LaGrange township, Lorain county, and from there moved to Kalamazoo, Mich., where he engaged in the livery business. In 1862 he enlisted in Company I, Fifth Michigan Cavalry, for three years, and was assigned to the army of the Potomac. He participated in the battles of the Wilder-ness, Second Bull Run (where he received a gun-shot wound in the right. band) and Strasburg, after which he was detailed as wagon master on a wagon train. He was honorably discharged at Detroit, Mich., July 3, 1865, and returned to the pursuits of peace in Lorain county. In September, same year, he was united in marriage with Miss Harriet Felt, a native of Lorain county, Ohio, daughter of Voman and Julia (Peck) Felt, natives of Vermont and early settlers of Lorain county; the father died in 1872, the mother is still living, now at the advanced age of ninety years. To Mr. and Mrs. Charles Beaver were born three children: George; Nora, wife of Bernard Worthington, of LaPorte (they have two children); and Natha. Politi-cally our subject is a zealous Republican; socially he is a member of Richard Allen Post, G. A. R., Elyria. THOMAS KING, than whom no one is better known as an agriculturist and breeder of fine stock in Lorain county, is a native of Massachusetts, born November 25, 1828, in Taunton, where he resided until twelve years of age. He then removed with his parents to Columbiana county, Ohio ; thence to Eaton, Lorain Co., Ohio. He received a common-school education, and was reared to agricultural pursuits. Farming has been his life work. He has made a specialty of rearing Cotswold sheep and Holstein cattle, which have frequently taken prizes at county fairs. On March 7, 1871, Mr. King was married at Niagara Falls to Harriet VanWagnen, of Eaton, Lorain Co., Ohio, daughter of G. H. Van Wagnen. The following named seven children have been born to them: Eva, Grace, Myrtle, Minnie, Clara, Richard, and Nellie. Mr. King is owner of a farm of one hundred and ninety-two acres, all in a good state of cultivation. He is interested in politics and votes the Republican ticket; has been township trustee three terms, and is a member of the school board. Richard King, father of the above, was born in Leicestershire, England, in 1796. and was there married to Elizabeth Ball, of. the same town. In 1826 they moved to Taunton, Mass. Mr. King was engaged in the Taunton print works until 1840, and then moved to East Liverpool, Columbiana Co., Ohio. In 4841 he came with his family to Eaton, Lorain county, at that time an uncultivated forest tract. Here he set to work with a will, and with the assistance of his older children soon cleared a tine farm. He was one of the first in the settlement to build a brick kiln and sell brick to other pioneers. He died at the age of ninety-two, and his wife at eighty-two. In his political predilections he was an anti-slavery Whig until the formation of the Republican party, when he enrolled himself under its banner. Ten Children were born to this honored couple, four of whom died in childhood. The following is a record of the six remaining: The first, George W., was born in 1822; went to Galena, Ill., thence to Clark county, in the Territory of Wisconsin, where he married. He was admitted to the bar in Wisconsin; was prosecuting attorney in Clark county, and represented same in the State Legislature. Later he engaged extensively in the lumber busi-ness, but sustained serious reverses in the LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 1077 panic of 1873. Being in Idaho at the time that Territory was admitted as a State, he was elected a delegate to the Constitutional Convention He now resides in Colorado, where he is interested in mining, and is widely known as a political speaker and writer on free silver. He has three children, one of whom, George R., served for two years in the Fourteenth Wisconsin Regiment. The second, Myra, was born in 1825, and married Charles H. Merrick who served for three years in the Eighth O. V. I. She studied medicine, graduating in 1852 from the Eclectic Medical College of Rochester, N. Y. Later she adopted Homeopathy, becoming a member of the American Institute. She was the first woman physician in Ohio. From 1852 to 1892 she practiced in Cleveland, having an extensive and very lucrative business. She was actively connected with college, hospital and dispensary work. She has now retired and lives in Cleveland with her only child, Richard L. Merrick, a mechanic and contractor. He married Eliza Johnson, daughter of A. C. Johnson, of Huron county, Ohio. She is a physician, a graduate of Oberlin and of the Homeopathic Medical College of Cleveland, and now a professor in the Cleveland Medical College. The third, Thomas, is the subject of this memoir. The fourth, John, born 1830, married in 1860, and moved to Clark county, Wisconsin, where he engaged in farming and lumbering. He enlisted in 1862 for three years, in the Fourteenth Wisconsin Infantry, and served with the army of the West in Louisiana; was honorably discharged in 1865 at the close of the war. He died in 1886 in Clark county, Wisconsin, leaving widow and six children. The fifth, Elizabeth, born in 1836, was married in 1863 to Alfred Fauver on his return from the war. He had received a very severe wound at the battle of Winchester. They are now living at Oberlin, educating five of their children. The eldest son, Lester, is City Civil Engineer of Lorain county, Ohio. The sixth, Sara Ellen, was born in 1840. She became the wife of Capt. John Booth, who was a soldier, servingin the One Hundred and Third O. V. I. They now live on the Booth homestead in Carlisle township. Mrs. Booth is an active church worker. They have three children, one of whom is being educated at Oberlin. The King family has been intimately and honorably connected with the history of the county in its war record, its antislavery, temperance, and educational sentiment, and in all that makes for good citizenship. GEORGE BATTLE, who from infancy, with the exception of five years, has been a resident of Wellington township, is an agriculturist of no small prominence. He is a native of Massachusetts, born in Great Barrington, Berkshire county, October 5, 1823. Ithel Battle, his father, also a native of Massachusetts, a farmer by vocation, married Miss Sarah Smith, and when our subject was some six months old they came west to Ohio, traveling with a two gorse wagon. They settled in Wellington township, Lorain county, where the father carried on agricultural pursuits up to the time of his death. He died in May, 1869, when he was seventy-seven years old; his wife passed away in October, same year, aged seventy-two years. They were honored people of the Old-school Presbyterian persuasion, industrious and frugal in their habits; politically the father was a Republican at the time'of his death, originally a Whig, and he was a very robust, erect man, even in his old age. Our subject's maternal grandfather, Smith, was from Orange county, N. Y., and when he was twenty years old he (Mr. Battle) visited his grandmother there. 1078 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. George Battle, whose name introduces this sketch, was reared on the farm he now owns and resides on, and attended the district schools during the winter months for a few seasons. For some five years he re-sided in Brighton township, then six years in the village of Wellington, and finally on his present farm of 112 acres of prime land. He also at one time owned land in Hardin county, Ohio. In 1850 he married Miss Arvilla Dyar, who was reared in Hanover, Ind., arid two children have been born to them: Viola, and Durell, who married a .Miss Johnson, by whom he has five children, namely: George C., Darwin Blake, Clyde, Carl and Bernice L. Politi-cally Mr. Battle is a stanch Republican, and was a strong Abolitionist and Union man at the time of the Civil war. CALVIN SAGE, insurance agent, Wellington, is one of the leading, pushing business men of the town. He is a native of Lorain county, born in Huntington township, October 15, 1837, and comes of long-lived ancestry, his grandparents having reached patriarchal ages, the grandmother being over one hundred years old at the time of her death. Martin L. Sage, father of our subject, was born in Torrington, Conn., and came as a pioneer to Lorain county, Ohio, building the first frame house put up in Huntington township, and becoming a successful farmer. In Connecticut he had married Miss Hulda Sanford, by whom he had four children, namely: Luther, born in Connecticut, and now about sixty-live years of age, who is living a retired life with his children in Minneapolis, Minn.; Orrin, who passed all his life in Lorain county, where he died ; Ellen, wife of James A. Newton, of Brunswick, Medina Co., Ohio; and Calvin, our subject. The father died at Huntington Center in 1860, at the age of sixty-four; the mother, born near Tor-rington, Conn., died in 1888, aged eighty-eight years. Calvin Sage, whose name opens this sketch, received his education at the graded schools of his native township, was reared on the home farm, and learned the trade of harness maker. In 1861 he enlisted, in the first call for three years' volunteers, in Company H, Second Ohio Cavalry, which was attached to the army of the Frontier during the first year; half of the following year in the Western Department, during which it participated in several skirmishes, including the fight at Lone Jack and other points. In the streets of Independence, Mo., February 22, 1862, it had a short, sharp and decisive fight with Quantrell's Cavalry, in which the latter was routed in fifteen minutes, and for several months thereafter they followed him up. The regiment was then ordered back to Columbus, Ohio, and recruited at Fort Smith, Fort Leavenworth and Fort Scott, after which it took part in Burnside's campaign, including the siege of Knoxville, where they lay six months. Mr. Sage was on detailed service a con-siderable part of the time, and for the last six months of his term of enlistment was in the quartermaster's department. At the close of his service he received an honora-ble discharge, and, returned home to the pursuits of peace, which was at the time of the assassination of Lincoln. For fifteen years thereafter he was with Horr, Warner & Co., Wellington, Lorain county, and on, leaving this he took up his present insurance business, in which he has met with well-merited success. In 1858 Mr. Sage married Miss Cerrintha Chamberlain, who was born in Portage county, Ohio, in 1836, and three children were the result of this union, viz.: Walter, a partner with his father in the insurance business, and representing, as traveling agent throughout Ohio, the German-American Insurance Company (he is owner of a LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 1079 ranch in California); Florence, who died at the age of, fourteen; and Emily C., stenographer in her father's office. Politically Mr. Sage is a Republican; socially he is a member of the F. & A. M., Blue Lodge and Chapter, and of the G. A. R. Post at Wellington. L. H. WADSWORTH, a prominent young business man of the county, was born in 1864 at Rochester, Ohio, and is descended from an old Massachusetts family. He passed his boyhood at Wellington, Ohio, received a primary education there, and then was enrolled as a student of the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor. Subsequently he entered the Law Department of that University, graduating with the law class of 1882. He did not pursue his law studies with any intention of making it his professsion, but rather as a matter tending to mental discipline. Some short time after completing this liberal education, he established himself in business at Wellington, Lorain county, where he carried on a large and successful business until 1885. In that year he removed to Greenwich, established his lumber yard and planing-mill, and engaged in the business of contractor and builder. At the death of his father he removed to Wellington, and during the period of one year was manager of the estate. At the end of that time he purchased the lumber plant at Wellington, and is now running it for himself, having sold out at Greenwich, and Wellington will probably be his home in the future. As a business man Mr. Wadsworth exemplifies the true value of such a college training as that which he received. Not only does he attend to his own affairs closely, but also to the public affairs of his town, which are studied by him. He is justly accepted as a leader in all move ments, the object of which is the improvement of the town or the bettergovernment of the township and county. His personal interest in the welfare of his town cannot be questioned. A large employer of labor, having sixty-eight men on his payroll, and transacting an extensive business, it is but natural that municipal affairs should claim a good deal of his thought. The yards are well stocked with standard lumber, shingle and lath, while the planing-mill is thoroughly equipped with modern machinery. The enterprise of this young business man is well known. Mr. Wadsworth's marriage with Miss Mary E. Trinter, took place at Vermillion, Ohio, October 14, 1885, and to this union one child, William Luther W., was born. Mr. Wadsworth is a member of the Masonic Fraternity, and K. T.; of the I. O. O. F., and of the National Union, in all of which organizations he is popular. CLARENCE G. WASHBURN, a rising young attorney at law of Lorain, is a native of Ohio, born February 19, 1867, in Huron county, a son of Henry C. and Charlotte (Griffin) Washburn, who came to Huron county, Ohio, from the State of New York. Clarence G. Washburn received his literary training at the schools of Greenwich, in his native county, and on completing his studies became a traveling man, his business taking him over as many as seventeen States, besides Canada and the Indian Territory. In 1887 he gave up traveling, and proceeding to Kansas served as deputy postmaster at Wendell, a town near Kinsley. Returning to Ohio, he there for a year carried on a boot and shoe store, in both New London and Plymouth, for a Cleveland firm, conducting a safe and profitable business. Mr. Washburn then studied law a year and a half, in Green- 1080 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. wich, Huron county, under the preceptorship of T. K. Strimple, after which he took a law course at Ann Arbor, Mich., which he completed June 30, 1892, after having commenced the practice of his chosen profession in Lorain April 10, 1892. He is also a member of the real-estate firm of Buell, Washburn & Co., in the same town. In his political predilections he is a liberal Republican; socially he has been a member of the I. O. O. F. since twenty-one years of age. JOHN DUNNING, who for many years has successfully conducted a general farming and grape-growing business in Avon township, has been a resident of same since October, 1838. He was born in 1830 in County Down, Ireland, and when eight years of age came to America with his parents, Alexander and Margaret (Smith) Dunning, also natives of County Down. Immediately after their arrival in the United States they proceeded to Avon township, Lorain Co., Ohio, settling in the wood on the farm now occupied by our subject, and here passed the remainder of their lives. The father died in 1878, the mother in 1862. They had a family of six children, as follows: David, married, who first resided in Avon township, thence moving to Michigan and later to Kansas, where he died; Catherine, who married Charles Ketcham, of Avon township, where she died in 1869; Elizabeth, wife of Wolcott Mitchell, of Avon township; Jane, Mrs. William Lucas, who died January 25, 1853; John, the subject of this sketch; and Alexander, who died November 19, 1852. John Dunning, whose name appears at the opening of this sketch, received his education in the common schools of Avon township, and in his early youth aided iu clearing the pioneer farm, also learning the trade of carpenter and joiner, which he followed for many years. In 1855 he was united in marriage, in Avon township, to Miss Mahala Moore, who was born in Essex county, N. Y., daughter of Joseph and Ruth (Sheldon) Moore, natives, respectively, of Massachusetts and New York, in which latter State they were married. In 1846 they came west to Lorain county, Ohio, locating on the lake shore in Avon township, thence removing in 1864 to Wisconsin, where they both died. They had the following children: Orlena, wife of Charles Jarvis, of Lorain; Mahala, Mrs. Dunning; Ransom, of Waupaca county, Wis.; and Dwight, married, who resides in Minnesota. To Mr. and Mrs. Dunning have been born eleven children, seven of whom are now living, namely: Alfred and Ernest, both married, and Hying in Avon township; Eva, wife of Frank Masten, of Rochester township, Lorain county; Edson, a resident of Avon township; Bertha, wife of Floyd Crandall, of Huntington, Ind.; Allen, also in Huntington, Ind.; and Carl, residing at home. Those deceased are Harriet Augusta, who died when eighteen months old; Rose May, who died at the age of seven years, four months; a twin of Rose May, deceased in infancy; and May, a twin sister of Ernest, who died in infancy. Mr. Dunning is actively engaged in general farming, and owns a nice farm of 100 acres in a good state of cultivation, fourteen acres of which are devoted exclusively to the culture of grapes. Politically, our subject is a Republican, and in religious faith he and his wife are members of the Baptist Church at French Creek. ERNEST S. JACKSON, county surveyor for Lorain county, having his residence in Elyria, was born July 24, 1861, in Avon township, Lorain Co., Ohio. LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 1081 His father, Ezra S. Jackson, born in 1816, in New York State, came to Ohio in 1834, settling in Avon township, where he has since remained, with the exception of a three-years' residence in Oberlin, where he was educating his children. He married Miss Cordelia Moon, who was born in Avon township, Lorain county, in 1826, and children as follows were born to them: Lillie, wife of H. A. Kinney, of Milwaukee, Wis.; Jennie, wife of R. E. Loveland, of Freeport, Ill.; Lena, at home; and Ernest S. The parents are yet living, hale and hearty, in Avon township; they are members of the Methodist Church, and in politics Mr. Jackson is a Republican. Ernest S. Jackson, whose name opens this sketch, received a liberal education at the common schools of the vicinity of his place of birth, and he developed a natural talent for mathematics. He was reared on his father's farm, but in youth turned his attention to civil engineering, making a study of the practical part of the profession at Akron, Ohio, and he did his first surveying work in Lorain county. In November, 1892, he was elected, on the Republican ticket, county surveyor of Lorain county, a position he fills with eminent ability and the utmost satisfaction. Mr. Jackson was married to Miss Sylvia Moon (in no way related to his mother's family), and they have three children, to wit: Roy, Leon and Herbert. The family are adherents of the M. E. Church, and socially Mr. Jackson is a member of the F. & A. M. and the Chapter. E. C. SCHULER, manager of the North Amherst Furniture Co., which has been in active operation since 1889, is a native of Pennsylvania, born in Easton, Northampton county, in 1845. He is a son of George and Anna Catherine (Luezler) Schuler, natives of Germany, the father of Baden, the mother of Hessia. George Schuler was a locksmith by trade, which he followed in this country for a time, and then revisiting Germany, remained there seven years, at the end of which time be returned to the United States, making his permanent residence in Pennsylvania, where he died; his wife, whom he married in Germany, passed from earth in 1887, also in Pennsylvania. They were the parents of six children, as follows: George Theodore, a graduate of Heidelberg College, Germany, now in business in Georgia; Amelia, widow, living in Allentown, Penn.; Aurelia, wife of J. Rohrer, in South Easton, Penn.; Isabella, widow, a resident of Allentown, Penn.; Harmon, living in Arkansas (he enlisted in the Nineteenth P. V. C., and served throughout the war of the Rebellion, veteranizing), and E. C., subject of sketch. E. C. Schuler received his elementary education at the schools of Heidelberg, Germany, to which country the family returned when he was two years old. After staying seven years in Heidelberg the family again came to the United States, and for three years resided in Mauch Chunk, Penn., and then at. Easton (where E. C. was born), at which place he finished his education, passing finally through Easton High School. In 1867 he came to Brownhelm township, Lorain county, where he worked for Rice & Co., as molder, having previously learned the trade, and in 1868 came to Amherst, continuing in the same line of business for some time. He then carried on a meat market about eight or ten years. In 1889 he commenced in the furniture manufacturing business, in which he has met with much success. In 1869 Mr. Schuler was married, in Brownhelm township, Lorain county, to Mary E. Shotton, a native of that township, daughter of John and Irene (Thrall) Shotton, the father a native of France, both now deceased. To this union four children have been born, viz.: Frances, wife of 1082 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. H. R. Hart, of Toledo, Ohio; Fred; and Anna and George, twins. Our subject and wife are members of the M. E. Church, of the Sunday-school of which he is superintendent. Politically lie is a Democrat, and during Cleveland's first administration served four years as postmaster at North Amherst. He has been a member of the town council, and of the school board twelve years. Socially Mr. Schuler is a member of the F. & A. M., Stonington Lodge, No. 503, of which he was W. M. three times; also of the Marshall Chapter, No. 49, Elyria, Ohio; is a member of Amherst Lodge No. 47 K. of P., of Plato Lodge No. 301, I. O. O. F., and of the K. O. T. M. GEORGE JACKSON. This gentleman, who enjoys the distinction of being the most extensive and prosperous agriculturist of Penfield township, is deserving of more than a passing notice in the pages of this work. He is a great-grandson of Reuben Jackson, and a grandson of Daniel, who was born in 1775 in Pittsfield, Mass., where he learned the blacksmith's trade under his father. Daniel was married in his native State to Patty Kellogg, who was born in Pittsfield in 1785, and while residing in Massachusetts three children were born to them, as follows: Jane, who married Harvey Birdseye, and died at the age of eighty-four years in Trenton, Oneida Co., N. Y.; Pliny, father of our subject; and Sally, who married William Gillett, and died in Penfield, Ohio, when aged thirty-six years. Between 1812 and 1815 the family removed west to Jefferson county, N. Y., and bought the farm whereon the parents passed the remaining years of their lives, the father engaging chiefly in agriculture, although he also followed his trade to some extent. In New York State were born the following named children: Susan, the wife of William Chapman, who died in Chicago at an advanced age; Maria, who married Ferdinand Turnicliff, and died in Pittsfield, Ohio; Elisha, a farmer of Penfield township, Lorain county; Jason, a farmer, who died in Champion, Jefferson Co., N. Y.; Daniel, who also died in Champion, N. Y.; James, a farmer of Penfield township, Lorain Co., Ohio; Charille, who married Hiram Hopkins, and died in Wellington, Ohio; Jesse, late a farmer of Humboldt county, Iowa, where he died November 29, 1893; and Belah, who died after reaching adult age. in Champion, Jefferson Co., N. Y. Mr. Jackson was a very successful farmer. He was a man of wonderful vitality, active and capable of performing a hard day's work to the very end of his life; he died suddenly, while chopping wood, in his eighty-fourth year. He frequently remarked that he did not know what it was to feel tired. In politics he was an Old-line Whig, a stanch member of the party. His wife died at the age of ninety-three years, and now lies buried by his side in Champion cemetery; they were devout members of the Old-school Presbyterian Church, and he was a man so highly respected, esteemed and loved everywhere, that it could almost be said he had not an enemy in the world. Pliny Jackson, father of subject, was born, in 1806, in Jefferson county, N. Y., near Carthage, was educated at the common schools and reared to farming pursuits. When a young than he was married, near Ogdensburg, N. Y., to Miss Sarah Rowlin, who bore him two children in New York State, viz.: Jane, now Mrs. Henry Reynolds, of LaGrange, Ohio. and Martha, wife of Eli Griffith, also of LaGrange. In the early spring of 1835 the family set out for Ohio with a sled, drawn by oxen, which, the snow having in the meantime melted, stuck in a deep mud hole, and they had to hire another yoke of oxen to drag out the sled. Pliny Jackson had previously visited Ohio, prospecting for land, but made no definite purchase. They landed in Penfield LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 1085 township, Lorain county, after a long and tedious journey, and here the father traded his oxen, sled and the entire outfit for 120 acres of wild land, the same our subject now owns and lives on. Here they tnade a clearing, built a log house, and set to work to make further improvements on their new home. The nearest neighbor was on the opposite side of the road from the Jacksons, while the next nearest was three miles distant. Game was plentiful, and the family larder was always well provided with venison, wild turkey, pheasants, quail, rabbits, etc. By and by Mr. Jackson added to this property 121 acres ad-joining. Here were born to Pliny Jackson and his wife children as follows: George, our subject; Alonzo, who died at the age of twenty-five; Malissa, now William Snow, of Oakland, Cal.,; Harriet, Mrs. El. Rockwood; and Eliza, who died of smallpox when young. The father in after years moved into Wellington village, thence to LaGrange, where he died; for several years he had been a sufferer from rheumatism. His wife survived him a few years, dying at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Griffith. They were buried in Pittsfield township cemetery, near the farm whereon they had first settled. Mr. Jackson was a hard-working, industrious man, and a leading farmer of his day, in his political proclivities a stanch Democrat. George Jackson, the subject proper of this sketch, was born July 6, 1835, on the farm he now owns and lives on in Penfield township, Lorain county. He received a liberal education at the schools of the. neighborhood, which in those early days of the county were most primitive in their furnishings and educational facilities. On his father's farm he was thoroughly trained to the arduous duties of farm lift, and agricultural pursuits in all phases have been his life work. In August, 1861, he married Miss Mercy Hoxley, of Summit county, Ohio, where she was born in 1840. and children as follows were the result of this union: Arthur, of LaGrange; Alonzo, of Penfield; Eliza, Mrs. Ford Gott, of LaGrange; William, of Penfield township; Frances, who is married to Frank Brad-stock, of Penfield, and Bernice, who died young. The mother of these died Octo-ber 21, 1873, and lies buried in Pittsfield cemetery. In September, 1874, Mr. Jack-son married, for his second wife, Miss Frances E. Hull, who was born in Pen-field township, Lorain county, a daughter of Joel and Polly (Huxley) Hull, and four children have come to this marriage, all yet living and named respectively: Mabel, Jay, Ernest and Sylvester. Mr. Jackson may truly be said to be a representative self-made man, as from small beginnings, by dint of indefatigable energy, coupled with sound judgment, good management and unsurpassed financiering, he has attained a comfortable competence. He now owns 431 acres of prime farm land, well equipped with commodious buildings, is a thoroughly practical as well as theoretical agriculturist, and is an excellent judge of stock. Democratic in politics, he has held various township offices in a strongly Republican community, and he has proven himself as capable as he is popular. For a few years ale family lived in the town of Welling-ton, in order that the children might there be educated. HANS HEINRICH JULIUS KROHN, city marshal of Elyria, is a native of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, born April 24, 1841. His father, Henry William Krohn, was born in Flensborg, Schleswig-Holstein, where he married Miss Lucy Muellerstedt, a native of the same city. Here Ile died; his widow is now living in Denmark, with her son Henry Ernst Georg, who is in the service of the Government as mail agent. Three members of this family, including our subject, came to America in 1869, but prior to that 1086 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. he had served his time as florist and landscape gardener. After his arrival in this country he first located in North Amherst, Lorain county, and in September immediately. following moved to Lake Forest, Ill., where he had charge of the horticulture and floriculture at a family residence. From Lake Forest he went, to Clinton, same State, where he followed farming, after which he came to Elyria, and has here since made his home. Mr. Krohn from the time he came to Elyria has been engaged in various capacities, railroading being one of his experiences, but finding that his age stood in the way of promotion, he abandoned that, and took a position on the night police force. He made an efficient officer, gaining the confidence of the people of Elyria, and in the spring of 1890, after one year's service as night policeman, he was elected to his present position of city marshal, and is ex-officio chief of police. Y In the spring of 1891 he was reelected for two years, and in the spring of 1893, Elyria having been changed from a village to a city, his term of office was nullified, and he was reelected for two years under the city ordinance. In 1866 Mr. Krohn was united in mar; riage with Miss Elise C. Freese, a native of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, and three children were born to them, namely: Henry, who died at the age of seventeen years; Edith, wife of E. J. Moser; and Elizabeth, recently married to Reno F. Mussey. In his political preferences our subject is a Republican; socially he is a member of the Royal Arcanum, and of the K. of P., Uniform Rank. WILLIAM A. SAYLES. The subject of this sketch, William Allen Sayles, was born June 11, 1847, in Onondaga county, New York. His father, Smith F. Sayles. was born in Rhode Island in 1822, but moved with his parents to the State of New York in his early boyhood. At the age of twenty-two he married Evalyn Allen, and William A. was the only child of this marriage. Having lost his first wife, he married Clara Van Slyke in 1853, and soon after moved to Lorain county, Ohio. For the first.five years he lived first in Ridgeville, then in Eaton township, and finally bought 140 acres for his permanent home in Carlisle township, a most beautiful tract of land on the banks of Black river. Two children were the fruit of this second marriage, neither of whom lived to years of maturity. The father died April 22, 1890, survived only by his wife and son, William A. Politically he was a Democrat until the outbreak of the Rebellion. Then he became a Republican and remained such until the latter years of his life, when he gave his support to the Prohibition party. William A. Sayles spent his boyhood upon his father's farm, and was educated in the public schools of Lorain county. On November 5, 1863, lie enlisted in Company L, Twelfth Ohio Cavalry, and served until April 25, 1865, when he was honorably discharged. He then spent some time in study at Berea College. After leaving school he remained with his father upon the home farm until the time of his marriage, except a part of three years spent in Wisconsin, near Kenosha. In 1872 he married Lillian Brush,. daughter of William Brush, a pioneer of Lorain county. Until the death of his father he lived in a home upon the bank of the river near the home of his father. Here his three children—Clare, Lynne and Bertrand—were born. Upon the death of his father he moved with his household to the old homestead, where he now lives. Mr. Sayles is a successful farmer, his farm being one of the best kept and most fruitful in the neighborhood. An ardent lover and a good judge of horses, he has given some attention to horse raising, and has the distinction of having sold to the Royal stables of Austria an animal now pronounced by LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 1087 competent authorities to be the finest trotting horse in Europe. Our subject takes a prominent part in the politics of the county, and is a stanch Republican. He is one of the foremost in a community of progressive and prosperous farmers. D. CROWELL, for over sixty years a I resident of Eaton township, is a son of Richard and Mary B. (Little) Crowell, who were natives of New Jersey, where they were married in 1824. In 1832 they came west to Ohio with a team owned by Alvah Brooks, and settling in the woods of Eaton township, Lorain county, set to work to open up a farm. Here they made their home several years, then moved to Grafton, township, same county, where they passed the remainder of their pioneer lives, dying, the father in 1875, the mother in 1879. They had a family of eight children, as follows: Rebecca, wife of Isaac B. Ross, of Eaton township; Mary Louisa,. wife of Chandler Eaton, died in Michigan in 1873; D. Crowell, subject of this memoir; Aaron and Moses (twins), the latter of whom died at the age of fourteen (Aaron married, and made his home in Eaton township, where he died in 1882); one deceased in infancy; Silas, married, residing in Grafton township; and Phebe, who married David Phelan (a soldier), and died in Eaton township in 1863. D. Crowell, whose name appears at the opening of this sketch, was born in New Jersey in December, 1829, and was two and a half years old when his parents brought him to Eaton township, where he was reared and educated. He ably assisted in clearing up the home farm till he came of age, when he bought 156 acres of wild land in the same township, whereon to build up a home for himself. This he has so well improved and cultivated that it is now one of the best farms in the county, and, by additions, at this time comprises 1651 broad acres. He has erected residences thereon, both two stories high, 16 x 28 and an L 16 x 28; also a good horse barn 30 x 44. In connection with general farming he pays considerable attention to dairying, and in all his undertakings success has followed his efforts. In 1849 Mr. Crowell was united in marriage, in Eaton township, with Miss Sarah Smith, a native of England, daughter of T. P. Smith, who came from that country to America, making his first home in the United States at Olmsted Falls, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, afterward moving to Amherst township, Lorain county, then to Elyria, and finally to Henry county, same State; he died in 1866, his last days being spent at the home of our subject. To this union has been born one child, Smith Ebenezer, who is married and is the father of three children: A. D., Bertrand M. and Richard Hubert. Politically Mr. Crowell is a Democrat, and lie is a member of the M. E. Church. GEORGE MATHEWS, one of the most prosperous of the native! born agriculturists of Eaton township, was born in 1842, a son of Edward and Ellen (McDermot) Mathews, natives of Ireland. Edward Mathews when a young man emigrated from his home in Erin to Canada, whence after his marriage he came to Lorain county, sojourning for a time in Columbia township, thence moving to Eaton township, and making his final home on the farm where our subject now resides, which locality was then all wild woodland, teeming with game of all sorts. He died in 1855; he was a strong Democrat for a time, but in later years supported the Whig party. His widow is yet living, making her home now with her son George. The 1088 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. record of their children is as follows: James E. went to Michigan when a young man, where he. married, and died in 1890; Ann is the widow of R. R. Steele, of Milwaukee, Wis.; Martha is the wife of Stephen Tyler, and resides in St. Joseph, Berrien Co., Mich.; Jane is the wife of Henry Foster, of Kalamazoo, Mich.; George; William is married, and residing in Berrien, Mich. (he enlisted in Lorain county, Ohio, and served two years in the Civil war); Ellen is the wife of Reuben Learn, and resides at Ogden, Utah; Emma is the wife of Martin Terry, of Elyria, Ohio. George Mathews, the subject of our present writing, received a fair educafion at the schools of his native township, which in those early days were somewhat primitive in their character, both in their furnishings and in the quality of the literary pabulum provided therein. He was thoroughly trained to the pursuits of the farm, and has all his life carried on general agriculture on the old homestead, which he owns, and which comprises some seventy acres of land, all in a good state of cultivation. In 1869 he was married in Eaton township to Miss Emma, daughter of John and Harriet (Wilson) Shad ford, sketch of whom follows. Two children have been born to this union, namely: Leon, who received his education in Elyria, is now in the employ of Salyer & Allen, clothiers, Elyria; and Mamie. Politically Mr. Mathews is a loyal member of the Republican party. J. SHADFORD, father-in-law of Mr. Mathews, was born in 1814 in Lincolnshire. England, a son of John and Mary (Collinson) Shadford, of Yorkshire, England, the latter of whom died in her native land. John Shadford, father of subject, came in 1828 with his family to the United States, first locating in Grafton township, Lorain county, thence in 1831 moving to Eaton township, where he cleared up a farm out of the woods, and which afterward came to be known as the 4, Wilson farm." Here he died some time before the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion. He had two brothers who came to the United States, viz.: William, who enlisted in Cincinnati, Ohio, in the Civil war, serving as orderly sergeant (he is now residing in the West, it is thought in Iowa); and Major, who lived in Lorain county, Ohio, nearly all his life. dying about the year 1873. J. Shadford, of whom this writing chiefly relates, received his education in the schools of his native place, and after coming to fhis country, which he did at the age of fourteen, attended the schools of Grafton and LaPorte, in Lorain county. The main business of his life has been farming, but he owned and for some years operated steam mills at Grafton, which he had erected about the year 1859. He is now owner of ninety-one acres of first-class land, all improved from the woods, and under a good state of cultivation. In 1836 he was married to Miss Harriet Wilson, a native of England, and daughter of Thomas Wilson, who died in that country. Two children have been born to this marriage, viz.: Edward W., and Emily, wife of George Mathews. In politics Mr. Shadford is a Democrat, and he has served on the school board. JEREMIAH MARTIN, JR., a well-to-do agriculturist of Columbia township, was born October 8, 1850, in Devonshire, England. His parents, Jeremiah and Mary (Sheer) Martin, were also natives of England, the father of Devonshire, the mother of Cornwall, whence in 1867 they came to the United States, locating in Columbia township, Lorain Co., Ohio, where Mrs. Mar- tin died in 1868; Mr. Martin now resides in Jasper county, Mo. They had seven children, namely: Jeremiah, subject of this sketch; William, married, residing in LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 1089 Columbia township; Nathaniel, married, who makes his home in Missouri; John Thomas, married, also living in Missouri; Jane, wife of Clifton Baker, in Missouri; Mary, wife of Lafe House, of Hillsborough, Oregon; and Charles Wesley, married, a resident of Missouri. Jeremiah Martin, Jr., whose name introduces this sketch, passed his early years in England, where he received an education in the common schools. In 1867 he came with his parents to Columbia township, Lorain Co., Ohio, and in 1869 went to Jasper county, Mo., residing there until 1873, when he returned to. Columbia township. Here he was united in marriage, in 1875, with Lucy R. Peachey, who was a native of Columbia township, daughter of Thomas and Philomela (Smith) Peachey, early pioneers of same, where they both died.. In 1881 Mr. Martin located on his present farm, comprising 145i acres of land in a good state of cultivation, upon which he has erected a good barn, 40 x 72 feet, with ten-foot basement and milk house 9 x 16 feet, two stories high, with a geared windmill and water tank on top of it; here he conducts a general farming business. In politics our subject is a member of the Republican party, and has served on the school hoard. Mr. and Mrs. Martin are members of the M. E. Church of Columbia, in which he is trustee and treasurer. They are the parents of four children, namely: B. A., Alonzo B., Charles Wesley and Philomela. ISAAC B. ROSS, well-known in Eaton township as a solid, practical farmer, was born in 1826 in New Jersey, a son of William R. and Hannah W. (Durand) Ross, natives of the same State. The father, who was by trade a surveyor, died in February, 1877, in good circumstances; his widow came to Lorain county, Ohio, and here passed the rest of her days, dying July 5, 1887. They had a family of six children, as follows: Isaac B., subject of this sketch; Harriet, wife of Lucian Burrett, of Lorain; Mary, residing in Lorain; Juliet, wife of Zadoc Reeve, of New Jersey; John, residing in Eaton township, and George, who died in Eaton township, Lorain county. Isaac B. Ross, whose name introduces this sketch, was educated in New Jersey, and there resided till 1848, when he came to Eaton township, Lorain county. He was originally a shoemaker, a trade he followed successfully until about the year 1855, when he turned his attention exclusively to agriculture. In that year lie moved to his present fine farm in Eaton township, comprising 137 acres of as good land as can be found in the county. In 1849 Mr. Ross was married, in Eaton township, to Miss Rebecca Crowell, a native of New York, daughter of Richard and Mary (Little) Crowell, natives of New Jersey, who about 1831 came from New York State to Lorain county, settling in Eaton township, where they made their home for many years; they died in Grafton, the father October 25, 1875, aged seventy-three years, the mother February 24, 1879, aged seventy-eight. They were the parents of eight children, as follows: Rebecca, Mrs. Ross; Daniel, residing in Eaton township; Silas, married, residing in Grafton; Moses, who died in 1844; Phebe, the wife of David Phelan, died in 1863; Mary L., wife of Chandler Eaton, died about 1872; Aaron, deceased December 1, 1882; and one deceased in infancy. In 1832, when Mrs. Ross was a little girl, she got lost in the woods of Eaton township, while on her way to visit a neighbor—the only one for miles around. On being missed a search party set out, and after a long and patient hunt found her about 1 o'clock the next morning. She had waded in water up to her arm-pits, and although she often heard her mother and others calling her name, she was so frightened that she thought the 1090 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. sounds came from the howling wolves, of which there were many in those pioneer days. To Mr. and Mrs. Isaac B. Ross were born three children, namely: Moses C., married, residing in Eaton township; M. D., married, living on the home farm; and Perry, married, who died in Eaton township in 1880. In politics our subject is a Prohibition-Republican, and he is serving as a member of the school board. He and his wife are members of the M. E. Church at Eaton; of which he is steward. JOHN LANTSBERY, who for over a quarter of a century has been among the leading successful agriculturists of Carlisle township, is a native of England, born in Little Creaton, Northamptonshire, July 26, 1842. His parents, John and Ann (Haddon) Lantsbery, natives of the same county in England, were farming people, industrious and economical. The father died there in 1846, the mother in Lubenham, England, November 24, 1873, at the age of fifty-one years. They had four children, our subject being the only survivor. He was educated in the schools of his native place, and in 1864 emigrated to the United States, arriving in December of that year in Elyria, Lorain Co., Ohio, where he resided till 1867, in which year he came to Carlisle township, agriculture having been his occupation in both townships. His first land purchase was seventy-one acres partly improved, but he now owns ninety-six acres, all in a good state of cultivation. In 1863 Mr. Lantsbery was married in England to Mary Ann Eady, a native of Cottesbrook, Northamptonshire, daughter of Thomas and Susan (Holt) Eady, of the same county, where her father died in 1862, her mother in.1884, at the age of seventy-eight years (for her second husband the latter had married a Mr. Kilworth). Of their six children, William now resides in New Zealand; John died in England; Francis lives in London, England; Thomas is also in England, and Henry J. is a druggist in Elyria, Ohio. To Mr. and Mrs. Lantsbery were born six children, as follows: John Thomas died of pneumonia in 1891, aged twenty-six years; Henry W., born in 1867, is married, and resides near his parents; Alice, born in 1869; Anna S., born Mary 20, 1874, is attending school in Elyria; } annie, born in 1877, died in 1883; Nellie McE., born May 22, 1880. The parents are members of the Disciple Church at Elyria, of which Mrs. Lantsbery has been organist for several years, and for a long time she taught music throughout the county; she is correspondent for the Republican, the Democrat and the Oberlin News. In his political sympathies Mr. Lantsbery is a Republican. J. S. CRAWFORD, who for some five years was a prominent merchant in Lorain, South End, but has been retired since 1887, came to the town in 1882 from Seville, Medina county, Ohio. He was born in Medina county January 15, 1847, a son of William and Rebecca (Smith) Crawford, natives of Pennsylvania, the father of Washington county, the mother of near Philadelphia. In 1821 they came to Ohio, settling on a farm in Medina county, which is still in the family name. The father was a sergeant in the Home Guards. He died in 1877, the mother in August, 1888. Our subject was educated in part at the district schools of the vicinity of his birthplace, and in part in the schools of Seville. On August 9, 1882, he came to Lorain county and opened a grocery store at Lorain, South End. He put up a frame building which was destroyed by fire February 2, 1883, LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 1091 and he afterward erected a double brick store; two stories high, 50x 48 feet, and continued in business till 1887—five years. Prior to this he followed farming till 1869; then went west, remaining away some eight years, part of the time in Missouri (Henry county), Mississippi, Illinois and Michigan.. Mr. Crawford was married in Medina county, Ohio, in 1876, to Miss Chestina Hay, a native of that county, and daughter of Henry Hay, and to this union has been born one child, Mary R. Mrs. Crawford is a member of the Baptist Church. Politically Mr. Crawford is independent, invariably voting for the best men and soundest measures. He is a member of Woodlawn Lodge No. 226, K. of P., and of Lorain Lodge No. 552, A. F. & A. M., of which he is treasurer. His present fine residence on the corner of Washington and Franklin streets, Lorain, he erected in 1891. Grandfather James Crawford came to Medina county, Ohio, from Washington county, Penn., in 1821, and made his future home there. DAVID DRAKE, a leading farmer and dairyman of Carlisle township, is a native of Schoharie county, N. Y., born April 20. 1820, a son of Alexander and Lucy (Benson) Drake, of Vermont, who migrated to New York State in an early day. The Drake family are of English descent, and in early Colonial days three granduncles of Mr. Drake —Benjamin, Cyrus and Alexander—came from England to Vermont, where they settled as farmers. The father of David, who was by trade a blacksmith, was born in the year 1766, and died in Montgomery county, N. Y., July 2, 1838, being buried July 4. He was twice married, and by his first wife had three children--Preserve, Polly and Sally. The children by the second marriage were: Apollos, Pliny, Gilbert, Abram, David, Dennis (of Iowa, now deceased), and Caleb (living in Missouri); of whom Apollos, about the year 1830, came from Delaware county, N. Y., to Medina county, Ohio, and died at Hamilton's Corner in 1883, a lifelong Democrat. David Drake, the subject proper of these lines, received his education in Schoharie and Montgomery counties, N. Y., and until he was twenty-seven years old worked on farms by the month or day, two seasons for twenty shillings per month. In 1862 he migrated from New York State to Medina county, Ohio, where he remained one year, and then moved to Spencer township, same county, whence in 1867 he came to Penfield township, Lorain county. Here he bought an improved farm which he lived on and conducted eighteen years, and then moved to LaGrange township, same county, making his home there one year. In 1885 he finally settled in Carlisle township, where he owns the old Golden farm, bought by him from William A. Braman, and which consists of 144 acres of highly-improved land; he also owns ninety acres in Carlisle besides the tract he resides on, making, in the aggregate, 234 acres. On February 7, 18485 in New York State, Mr. Drake was married to Miss Julia Alger, of New York, daughter of William and Casadena Alger, natives of England, who when young came to New York, where the married and died. To this union were born three children, viz.: William, Married, and living in Carlisle, has three children: Olivia, Ray and Lulu; Esther, Widow or Milan Cone, of Penfield township, has four children: Letha, Kate, Mercy and Fred; Hattie, wife of George Plase, in Carlisle township, has one child —Claude--by a former marriage with Charles Spicer. Mrs. Julia A. Drake died October 10, 1875, and February 13, 1878, Mr. Drake was united in marriage, in Medina county, Ohio, with Miss Aurelia Graham, a native of that county, daughter 1092 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. of Andrew Graham, an early settler of Medina, who died August 18, 1892. By that marriage there is one child, Lucy, living at home. In his political affilia-tions our subject is a Republican. He is a representative self-made man, having ac-cumulated all he owns by his individual perseverance and industry. C. D. STOCKING, a prominent and prosperous agriculturist of Brighton township, is a native of same, born November 17, 1840, a son of Jonathan S. Stocking. Joseph Stocking, grandfather of subject, was born in Ashfield, Franklin Co., Mass., November 1, 1781, and in 1815 came to Dover township, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, with his family, including Jonathan S. They traveled with an ox-team, the journey occupying six weeks,. other immigrants coming at the same time. Mr. Stocking had visited the locality twice before bringing his family—once in 1811 or '12, and again in 1814. He built a log house on the site where he last resided. When he first came to Dover township there was but one frame building in Cleveland, that place, in fact, being a mere point, a nucleus around which a village afterward grew up. from which was evolved the great city of Cleveland. Mr. Stocking was prominent and active in the township, and was equally active in its religious and educational interests. His first Presidential vote was cast for Jefferson, and it is said he voted at every Presidential election afterward, his last vote being cast for Hayes. He died February 23, 1877, aged ninety-five years, three months, twenty-two days, having been a resident of Dover township, Cuyahoga county, over sixty years. He lived to see the wilderness transformed into fruitful fields, and towns and cities rise up out of the dense forest; he lived to hear the rush and roar of the railroad train where once could be beard naught but the howling of wolves, the angry growling of no less ferocious bears, and the war-whoop of the Indian. But to essay to mention what was consummated in those three-score years would be to attempt a history of all the Northwest, with its most won-derful growth and marvelous development. In Dover township, Cuyahoga county, in November, 1836, Jonathan S. Stocking married Sabrina Lilly, born in Ashfield, Mass., daughter of Austin Lilly, who came from New England in pioneer times. Jonathan S. Stocking lived in Cuyahoga county till 1836, in which year he moved to Brighton township, Lorain county, and in company with Harry Hawes bought 222 acres of heavily-timbered land, and they felled the first tree that ever felt the axe on that farm. This land cost them six dollars per acre, but it proved a valuable property. Jonathan Stocking died here in 1890, aged eighty years, two months, seven-teen days, his wife in 1887, aged seventy-two years, four months, five days, and they are interred at Brighton Center. He was very successful, not only in general farm-ing but also in stock raising, and was a hard-working man up to within two years of his death. In politics he was first a Whig, and, after the formation of the party, a stanch Republican. Mrs. Stocking, in Church relationship, was an Epis-copalian. They were parents of children as follows: C. D., subject; Byron, deceased in infancy; Elmus B., who enlisted in Company K, One Hundred and Seventy-eighth O. V. I., was detailed to hospital work at Wilmington, S. C., and while handling corpses in the dead house became poisoned (he died at home at the age of twenty-two years); Abigail, who died in 1865 when sixteen years old; Ralph G., deceased in infancy; and Darwin, a farmer of Brighton township. C. D. Stocking, the subject proper of this sketch, received a good practical education at the common schools of his native LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO -1095 township, and was reared to agricultural pursuits. He has always lived on the old homestead with the exception of the few months during the Civil war he worked for his uncle, Joseph Stocking, in Cuyahoga county. His farm; the largest in the township, now comprises 331 acres of excellent land, equipped with as fine residence and outbuildings as can be seen in the county. On January 7, 1874, our subject was married to Miss Ann Eliza Fish, who was born, in 1838, in Ashland county, Ohio, a daughter of Daniel Fish, and two children —Abigail M. and Jane R.—have been born to them. Mrs. Stocking is a member of the Congregational Church at Brighton. Politically Mr. Stocking is a Republican, and has served as township trustee ten consecutive years; socially he is a member of the Knights of the Maccabees. J. L. REED, widely known in the county as a thorough business man, and an active member of the enterprising firm of Teasdale & Reed, proprietors of the People's Shoe Store, and of the livery firm of Moysey & Reed, Elyria, is a native of Cuyahoga county, Ohio, born February 7, 1846, in Strongsville. Joseph Reed, father of subject, was a native of Cornwall, England, a son of Thomas Reed, who was born in the parish of St. Agnes, in the same county, and was a farmer and landowner there. In an early day he (Thomas) immigrated to the United States, bringing with him his family of thirteen children, of whom Joseph was the seventh in order of birth. They settled in Strongsville (near Cleveland), Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, where the father of this large family followed farming to the close of his life, which was a long and active one, lie being close on ninety years of age at the time of his death. He was a member of the Congregational Church. His wife, Mary (Hitchens), was nearly eighty years old at the time of her death, and all the ancestry, on both sides, seem to have been long-lived. Joseph Reed, their son, was barely twenty years old when he came to America. He was married in Strongsville, Ohio, to Miss Tamar Lyman, and six children were born to them, J. L. being the eldest. The father of these was born in 1818, and died August 14, 1880; the mother, now in her seventy-fourth year, is living in Columbia. After marriage Joseph Reed settled in Columbia township, where he followed farming. By trade he was a shoemaker, which he followed in England, and to a limited extent in this country. J. L. Reed, the subject proper of this biographical memoir, in his boyhood worked about the quarries in Berea and Columbia, and chopped wood by the cord, in order to earn money to pay for his schooling. His elementary education he received at the common schools of his native place, which he supplemented with three terms study at Oberlin, and three terms. at Baldwin University, Berea, Ohio, besides a course at Oberlin Commercial school. He then took up farming, securing a lease of his wife's father's farm in Ridgeville township, Lorain county, where lie now owns 110 acres of well-cultivated land. He also, in connection with his farming interests, deals in wagons, agricultural implements, etc., and runs a shop in which repairing of wagons and implements, in all of its branches, is done. In 1889 he became associated with the People's Shoe Store, in Elyria, in company with Mr. Teasdale, as successors to Stone & Campbell. In May, 1891, he became a partner with Mr. Moysey in the present livery business, both of which enterprises are in a sound flourishing condition. In 1869 Mr. Reed was married to Miss Elizabeth Healy, and two children have been born to them, viz.: Fred, at present a student at Garfield School, in Portage 1096 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. county, Ohio, and Elsie, better known as " Kittle" among her many friends and acquaintances. In his political affiliations he is a stanch Republican, and he served as justice of the peace nine years, declining to accept further election. He is a notary public, a member of the Church of Christ at North Eaton, and is the superintendent of the Sunday-school in said church. He is now vice-president of the Lorain County Agricultural Society, of which he has been a director four years.   OREN MOORE, a prominent representative farmer of Sheffield township, was born February 13, 1848, in Lorain county, Ohio. He is a son of Norman Moore, a native of Massachusetts, who came to Ohio when a young man. He was married in Huron county, Ohio, to Honore Messenger, and later settled at Avon Point, Lorain county. He was a sailor and farmer, and also conducted a saw and grist mill. He built two vessels; one of these, the " Rainbow," seventy-five tons burden, at the time created considerable excitement, people coming for miles to see it launched. He afterward built the "Young Leopard," 125 tons burden, which he sold at Oswego. Mr. and Mrs. Moore had five children, all of whom grew to maturity, namely: Amaneer, who became a sailor, and died of cancer at the age of fifty-eight (he was a custom-house officer at Put-in-Bay for about three years during the latter part of his life); Oswell, who enlisted at Elyria in the Civil war and was killed at Gettysburg, being shot through the heart; Oren, our subject; Charles, and Amanda, widow of John Nesbitt, who died on his return home from the army. During the latter part of his his life Mr. Moore was an invalid; he died when about seventy-five years old. Oren Moore was reared at Avon Point, Lorain county, and received his education in the common schools. When yet a young man he was married to Miss Abbie Jaycocks, a native of New. York, and they have had eight children, as follows: Lorenzo, who died at the age of forty-three; William, a farmer of Michigan; Marietta, wife of L. Cahoon; Hattie, wife of Harry Haylor; Horace, a farmer of Michigan; Sadie, wife of L. Robinson, of Lorain; Millie, married to Harry Groene, and Lennie, wife of John Faragher. After his marriage Mr. Moore lived in a log house in Avon township, on the Center road, later coming to Sheffield township, where he now owns a good farm of one hundred acres. His wife died of cancer at the age of sixty four. Our subject is a lifelong farmer, progressive and enterprising in every respect. Politically he is a Republican; socially he is a F. & A. M. Mr. Moore has eighteen grandchildren. PETER MEYER, one of the prominent, progressive and prosperous German agriculturists of Lorain county, is a native of Bavaria, born in 1844, a sbn of Andrew and Mary Catherine (black) Meyer, also of Bavaria, and in 1846 they set sail with their family from Havre, France, for the New World. After a voyage of forty-eight days they landed at New York, from which city they proceeded westward to Ohio, making a settlement on a farm in Ridgeville township, Lorain county. For eleven years the parents resided in the town of Elyria, and here the father died in 1882, the mother in February, 1892. By trade Andrew Meyer was a carpenter, which he followed in his native land, but in this country he carried on agriculture almost exclusively. He had a family of eight LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 1097 children, of whom we give a record of seven, as follows, the eldest two being by a former wife, and, consequently, half-brother and half-sister to the others: Elizabeth, wife of Henry Neipfoot, of Elyria township; John, who enlisted during the Civil war in Company G, One Hundred and Seventh 0: V. I., and was killed in the battle of Gettysburg; Peter, subject of this sketch; Catherine, wife of Adam Berres, of Ridgeville township; Mathias, a resident of New York City: Gertrude, deceased; Adam, married, a resident of Hartford, Conn., in the employ of the Gas & Electric Light Company, near San-Francisco, Cal. The subject of this biographical sketch was two years old when he came to Ridgeville township, and he here received a fair English education, in the meantime being trained to the arduous duties of the farm. In 1862 he enlisted in Company G, One Hundred and Seventh O. V. I., for three years or during the war, his regiment be-ing first attached to the army of the Potomac and later to the Department of the South. He participated in the battles of Gettysburg and St. John's Island (S. C.); was in the charge on Fort Wagner, and then with Sherman in the Carolina campaigns; was present at the destruction of the Columbia & Georgetown Railroad at Sumter, S. C., in the campaign in which State he served over ten months. At Gettysburg he was wounded, but not incapacitated. In June, 1865, he was discharged at Charleston, S. C., mustered out at Cleveland, Ohio, same year, and returned to the pursuits of peace in Ridgeville township, Lorain county, farming being his lifework, although he was engaged two and one half years at carpenter work. Mr. Meyer was married in Ridgeville township, in 1872, to Miss Catherine Stander, and twelve children have been born to them, all yet living, named as follows: Barbara, Emma, Peter Jacob, Mary Magdalene, Bridget, Rosa, Henry, Mary, Clara, Lawrence, Henry, and Gregory. Politically our subject is a stanch Democrat; socially he is a member of Wesley Kibby Post No. 708, G. A. R., Ridgeville. His wife and family are members of the Roman Catholic Church. Mr. Meyer is owner of 121 acres of land, all in a good state of cultivation, and well improved. ELDEN WORTHINGTON is one of the most substantial and well-to-do of the agriculturists of Carlisle township, of which he is a native. He was born March 9, 1833, a son of Jonathan B. and Elizabeth (Orr) Worthington, natives of Luzerne county, Penn., the father born January 16, 1807, the mother October 23, 1813. They were married in that county, and shortly afterward came with a one-horse wagon to Huron county, Ohio, thence moving to Lorain county, locating in Carlisle township. Here the father opened up a farm, then bought land in Eaton township, near LaPorte, and some years later moved thereon. He died in LaPorte September 5, 1884, the mother in Carlisle township October 25, 1869. In politics he was first a Whig, and afterward, on the organization of the party, a Republican; he was a jus-tice of the peace, and for many years town-ship trustee. Nine children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan B. Worthington, as follows: Maria, widow of Alfred Rug-gles, of Norwalk; Elden, subject of sketch; Benjamin, born in Carlisle township, served in the Civil war, three-months' service, and died in Cleveland in May, 1880; Elijah, married, and engaged in the real-estate business in Cleveland; Elizabeth, wife of O. Humphrey, of Eaton township, Lorain county; Henry. married, and living in LaGrange township, Lorain county; Erwin, who served in the Civil war, three-months' service, is married, and lives in Norwalk, Ohio; Augusta, who married Charles 1098 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. Warner, of Eaton township, and died June 16, 1891; and Mary, deceased in July, 1888. The Worthington family are of English lineage. Grandfather Worthington was a native of Massachusetts, a school teacher by occupation, and in an early day moved to Pennsylvania. Grandfather Orr was born in New Jersey of German ancestry, and became a pioneer of Luzerne county, Pennsylvania. Elden Worthington received his education at the common schools of Carlisle and Eaton townships, learned the trade of shoemaker, and worked at same with his father some ten years at LaPorte. He then commenced farming in Eaton, and in course of time owned a farm in that township. and one in Carlisle. In his political predilections he is a Republican, and for several terms was trustee of Eaton township, as well as member of the school board. He and his wife are members of the M. E. Church of Elyria. In addition to his regular agricultural interests Mr. Worthington deals considerably in real estate—both buying and selling. On September 16, 1857, our subject was united in marriage in Carlisle township with Miss Elizabeth J. Cornell, a native of Eaton township, daughter of James and Betsy (Dolbee) Cornell, of New York, who came to Lorain county in 1834, locating in Eaton township, but subsequently, in 1838, removing to Carlisle township, where the father passed from earth in April, 1860; the mother died in June, 1888. They had a family of ten children, six of whom are yet living, viz.: Louisa, wife Rev. N. S. Worden, of Ridgeville, Henry Co., Ohio; Heiro, married, and living in California; Nelson, married, and residing in Chickasaw county, Iowa; Fannie, wife of Rev. B. D. Jones, of Coshocton county, Ohio; Elizabeth J., wife of Elden Worthington; and Fidelia, widow of Walter Fauver, of Ridgeville, Henry Co., Ohio. To Mr. and Mrs. Elden Worthington have been born five children, of whom the following is a brief record: Edith is the wife of Anson E. Pinney, of Ithaca, Mich., and they have four children: Clyde, Lila, Charles E. and Ruth Elizabeth; Clara is the wife of Samuel Dewhurst, of Carlisle township, and they have three children: Wilfred, Mabel. and James E.; Frank A. resides in Michigan; Nelson Orr is married, and makes its home at Avon Lake, Lorain county (he has one child, Carlotta); Lila died in 1888 at the age of eleven years. HENRY DE LLOYD, who for the past twenty-five years has been prominently identified with Lorain county, and known far and near as a successful fast-horse trainer and speeder, is a native of England, born May 26, 1846, in Shropshire. He is a son of Henry and Sarah (Capper) De Lloyd, of the same county, both of whom died there. The subject of this memoir received his education at the parish schools of his native county, and from early boyhood has been with and among horses; indeed, it may truly be said of him that what he does not know about that noble animal is not worth knowing. In England, where fast horses are run less " mechanically," probably, than in this country, he followed the business of trainer, and also rode in steeple-chases and other races, when a boy, sitting the saddle with the ease and confidence of a veteran. In 1867 he immigrated to the United States and to Ohio, making a settlement in Ridgeville township, Lorain county, where he has since been engaged in farming in connection with his other business interests. He owns a good half-mile track, laid out about eight years ago, and at the present time has some nine or ten horses, besides colts, training on it. He has some animals with good records, including a colt, " Dolwood," a " Standard," one of the best-bred in LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO -1099 Northern Ohio. Mr. De Lloyd has made several races in both Ohio and Michigan. His farm in Ridgeville township is all well improved and highly cultivated, and is devoted to cereals and root crops. Mr. De Lloyd was united in marriage with Miss Emma J. Hudson, born in Ridgeville township, Lorain county, a daughter of Frederick and Mary (Golly) Hudson, natives of England, the father of Cambridgeshire, the mother of Yorkshire, and both early immigrants to Ohio, their first home in the New World being in Cleveland, their last one in Ridgeville township, Lorain county, where they died. Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. De Lloyd, namely: Leonard (married to Miss Esther Fortune, and now residing in Ridgeville township), Hudson, Martin and Lee. Politically our subject is a prominent Republican, active in the interests of the party, and served as president of the school board nine consecutive years. Socially he is connected with Elyria Lodge, No. 103, I. O. O. F., and the Encampment; also of the Knights of the Maccabees at Ridgeville, being a charter member of both Societies. ANDREW OSBORN, one of the oldest and most prominent of the agricultural citizens of Columbia township, is a native of Ohio, born in Summit county in 1823, a son of Joseph and Phila (Ball) Osborn, of Connecticut. About the year 1811 Joseph Osborn, father of subject, came from the "Nutmeg State" to Ohio, making the journey in four weeks on foot, and after locating in Brimfield township, Portage county, returned for his wife, whom he had left behind in Connecticut. From Portage they moved to Summit county, same State, whence they came, in 1836, to Columbia township, Lorain county, and hewed out a new home in the wild woods. He was a useful man in his day, serving as trustee and assessor of Columbia township, of which he was a resident half a century. He was born at Waterbury, Conn., May 13, 1794, and died August 27, 1887, at the advanced age of ninety-three years, three months; he had served in the war of 1812, and was the recipient of a pension. Before coming to Columbia township he built the locks at Akron, Ohio, and helped to raise the first building. Mr. Osborn was twice married, first time to Phila Ball, who bore him three children: Andrew, subject of sketch; Phebe Ann, deceased at the age of thirteen; and Hannah, wife of Ormal Smith, of Olmsted township, Cuyahoga county. The mother of these died in 1831, and in 1832 Mr. Osborn married, in Summit county, Roba Harrington, who died April 17, 1875. Grandfather Andrew Osborn was a native of Connecticut, born of English ancestry. The subject of this sketch was thirteen years old when he came with his parents to Lorain county, and as a consequence he received part of his education in Summit county, Ohio, and part in Columbia township, Lorain county. Since coming to Columbia he has lived with his father upon the old homestead, his present place, comprising 180 acres of well-cultivated land, where he is engaged in general agriculture. In September, 1843, he was united in marriage with Miss Harriet Ives, daughter of Albert and Betsy (Russell) Ives, natives, the father of Connecticut, the mother of New York, who became early settlers of Columbia township, Lorain county, where they passed the rest of their days. Nine children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Osborn: George, married to Mrs. Mary (Hill) Harrington; Joseph, married to Jessie Jasper, and has one child, Bertha; Charley, who married Lizzie Yunnan, and has two children, Lilly and Leon; Phila, married to Warren Goodman, and has two children, Guy and Forest; Mary, wife of George Howard, of