1150 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. herst township, Lorain county; Charlotte, born in 1801, married R. Bailey, and died in Henrietta township, Lorain county; Clarissa, born in 1803, married Omar Bailey, and died in Russia township; Mercy, born in 1806, married James Mitchell, and died in Michigan; Nathan, born in 1808, died during the war of the Rebellion, in Virginia; Harriet, born in 1810, married Charles Mitchell and lives in Montcaltn county, Mich.; David and Aaron (twins), born in 1812, of whom David is the father of our subject, and Aaron resides in Eaton county, Mich.; and .Mary Maria, born in 1814, married twice, first to Calvin Briggs, and afterward to Elisha Aldridge (she died in Nebraska). The father of this large family died July 4, 1839, in New Hampshire, his last wife on July 6, 1842, and they are buried at the head of Lake Memphremagog, in Orleans county, Vermont. David Peabody wag reared on a farm, and educated at the common schools of his native place. On January 13, 1837, he was united in marriage with Sarah Emeline Tuner, who was born in 1814 at St. Albans, Vt., daughter of Samuel Tuner, and Mr. Peabody then settled down to agricultural labor at his home in Vermont till September, 1842, when he came to Ohio with his family, the journey being made by canal and lake to Cleveland. Thence they proceeded by team to Russia town-ship, Lorain county, where he bought twelve acres of land, subsequently adding fifty acres, where he has since had his home. The children born to David and Sarah E. Peabody are Harvey M., the subject proper of this sketch; Alonzo, born .March 20, 1840, and Richard (an invalid), born May 20, 1845. In politics Mr. Peabody is a Republican, formerly a Democrat, and he (as was also his wife) is a member of the First Congregational Church. His wife was called from earth September 9, 1880. Harvey M. Peabody, the subject proper of this memoir, was, as will be seen, about five years old when the family came to Ohio. He attended the common schools of Lorain county, and was reared to agricultural pursuits on his father's farm, under his tuition. When sixteen years of age he commenced working for Squire Roberts, with whom he remained three years, and in part payment for his services he re-ceived twenty acres of land, which was his first property. Later he and his father together bought a small tract of land, and still later our subject traded with his father, receiving a tract of seventy acres in ex-change for what he then owned, and as a result of such trading and later purchases he is now the owner of 336 acres, ac-cumulated since he was a young man work-ing for two shillings a day. On December 30, 1866, our subject was united in marriage with Martha Petty, who was born February 29, 1844, in Henrietta township, Lorain Co., Ohio, a daughter of Thomas and Mary Ann (Simpson) Petty, and five children, as follows, have been born to them: William H. and Clayton D., farmers in Russia township, Lorain county; and Otis E., Mattie B. and Ethel B., all at home with their parents. Mr. Peabody is a Republican, but is not an active politician, as his time is fully occupied with his business; he and his wife are members of the Methodist Church, of which he is a trustee. DAVID L. GIBBS, a prominent farmer and stockman of Carlisle township, is a native of same, born March 15, 1828, a son of Ransom and Julia (Pritchard) Gibbs. The father of our subject was born in Waterbury, Conn., and was reared, educated and married in New Haven county. After the birth of their first child there, he and his wife came to Ohio, and made a settlement in Carlisle township, Lorain county, Mr. Gibbs cutting two miles of the Elyria road, and building a log house at LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 1153 the end of the road, where he made his new home, the family being among the first settlers on Murray Ridge. The father died March 17, 1879, at the advanced age of eighty-three, the mother when fifty-eight years old. Grandfather Obed Gibbs came to the county at the same time, accompanied by his wife, Hannah (Scoville), and they both died in Carlisle township. To Ransom and Julia (Pritchard) Gibbs were born four children, viz.: Jane, who was married to George Boughton, and died in Nebraska; Lewis, deceased in Washington City; Harriet, wife of Alonson Wooster, of Elyria; and David L. The subject of these lines received his education in the public schools of Carlisle township, and from early boyhood worked on the farm. He is now owner of 204 acres of highly-cultivated land, where he carries on stock farming. In 1849 he married Miss Jane M. Slauter, a native of Pennsylvania, and two children blessed their union: Carrie, wife of M. L. Chapman,. of Denver, Colo. (they have three children—Hattie, Nellie and Henry); and Hattie V., wife of F. M. Hance, now of Oberlin. Politically Mr. Gibbs is a Democrat. OARSON M. CARVEY. Among the foremost of the progressive and successful farmers of Rochester township is to be found this gentleman, who is a son of William Carvey. William Carvey, grandfather of Orson M., was born in New York State, near the spot where Washington marshaled his army in martial array, and in which vicinity many other noted events of the war of Independence transpired. In 1820 he removed with his family to Goshen, same State, and after four years residence there made a final settlement in the town of Jerusalem (also in New York State), where he died March 15, 1832. His son William, father of our subject, was born June 14, 1809, in Little Britain, Orange Co., N. Y., and was eleven years old when his parents took him to Goshen, and fifteen when they removed to Jerusalem. In New York State, in 1832, he married Miss Eunice Thomas, who was born October 4, 1811, and October 15, 1832, they set out for Lorain county, Ohio, arriving after a tedious journey of three weeks. He located on the " Dodge farm," adjoining the present homestead of our subject, subsequently buying the latter (at that time a tract of seventy-acres), paying twenty shillings ($2.50) per acre for same: To build a log house was no easy task, but the expense was comparatively light, as the total cost of hauling to the spot all the logs required was only eight shillings ($1.00). On March 1, 1833, the rude cabin was " completed " and ready for the family, though it had neither door, window nor hearth. For two years after coming to Rochester township he voted in Huntington township, and at the first election held in the former there were but seventeen votes cast; his first Presidential vote was cast for Andrew Jackson. The record of the, children born to this worthy old pioneer is' as follows: Lydia L., now Mrs. W. R. McConnell, of Rochester township; Nancy L., who married James Jennings, and died on the home farm; Berton W., who was a soldier in Battery B, First O. V. A., and died in hospital at Nashville, Tenn., of disease contracted in the service; Harriet L., Mrs. Frederick Peet, of Rochester township; Ellen L., Mrs. Frank Corey, of Quincy, Mich.; and Orson M., subject of sketch. The father died September 13, 1886, the mother on January 24, same year, and they sleep their last sleep in Beckley Cemetery, Rochester township. Mr. Carvey was originally an Old-line Whig, till the organization of the Republican party, when he enrolled himself under their banner, remaining true to his colors until the day of his death. 1154 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. Orson M. Carvey, the subject proper of these lines, was born April 23, 1852, inRochester township, Lorain county, on the same farm he yet owns and resides upon. He received a liberal district-school education, his first teacher being Rhoda Close, who boarded at his father's house, and was an intimate friend of the family. Thoroughly trained to agriculture, Mr. Carvey has proven himself to be one of the most successful in his vocation in the county. After the death of his parents he bought out the rest of the heirs, and has since enjoyed the entire ownership of the original 100-acre farm, where he has carried on general agriculture, including dairying. On December 30, 1874, Mr. Carvey married Miss Mary McConnell, who was born November 17, 1846, in New London, Ohio, a daughter of William and Martha (Rohrback) McConnell, who several years ago came from Oswego, N. Y., to Huron county, Ohio, making their home in New London. Mrs. Carvey is a cultured lady, and at Oberlin University studied vocal and instrumental music. One child, Fred W., a bright little boy, born April 29, 1881, completes the happy family circle. The lad has succeeded in training a couple of sheep to pull him and his little wagon about, and they can haul him a considerable distance with the greatest ease. Politically our subject is a Republican, and takes an active interest in all elections. C. S. MILLS. Among the well-known and influential citizens of Ridgeville township, none occupies a more prominent place than this gentleman. He was born in Ridgeville township December 7, 1829, son of Samuel and Sally (Vannatten) Mills, the former of whom was a native of Jefferson county, N. Y., the latter of Connecticut. In 1818 or 1820 Samuel Mills came westward to Lorain county, Ohio, locating in the eastern part of Ridgeville township, where he purchased 100 acres of land, subsequently adding thereto until he had a farm of 220 acres. On January 2, 1821, he was married in Lorain county to Sally Vannatten, and they became the parents of children as follows: Hiram V., born January 1, 1822, who died in Jefferson county, N. Y., in February, 1859; Alfred D., born July 11, 1824, who died in Chicago, Ill., in August, 1850; H. D.; P. Amelia, who died in 1834; and C. S., subject of this biographical memoir. The father of this family served in the war of 1812, participating in the battle of Sacket's Harbor. In politics he was an active Whig, and served as justice of the peace. He passed to his long home June 24, 1839, survived for many years by his wife, who died in Ridgeville, Lorain county, May 5, 1873. Grandfather Mills, who was a native of Connecticut, settled in an early day in northern New York, and later came to Lorain county, Ohio, where he passed his closing years, dying in Elyria June 26, 1858, when aged eighty-nine. He was married three times, and had children by each union; thegrandmother of our subject, who was a Woodruff, died in New York. C. S. Mills was reared in his native township, and there received his primary education, subsequently attending school at Oberlin, Ohio, and Watertown, N. Y. When twenty-three years of age he was united in marriage with Miss Jane Terrell, a native of Ridgeville township, and their home has been brightened by children as follows: Two who died when young; Ada, Mrs. Brown, of Grand Rapids, Mich.; Jennie, residing at home; and Harry, residing on the home farm, who is married and has one child, C. S. Mr. Mills is a lifelong farmer, and, with the exception of eighteen years he resided in Eaton township, where he bought a farm, has made Ridgeville township his home. He now owns 155 acres in Eaton town- LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 1155 ship, besides fifteen acres of the home farm in Ridgeville township, where he resides. Politically our subject is a lifelong Republican ; he east his first vote for Gen. Scott, and has ever since taken a prominent part in public affairs, being a wheel-horse of the Republican party in Ridgeville township. In 1874 he was elected county commissioner, and served in that office nine consecutive years, during which time he was appointed by the board of commissioners to superintend the erection of the courthouse. J. W. LEASHER, a popular citizen of Russia township, was born August 12, 1839, in Bullskin township, Fayette Co., Penn., son of John Leasher, a native of Franklin county, Penn., who was a shoemaker and farmer. He married Martha Doubler, who was born in Germany in 1800, and four years later came to America; she died in 1876, in Mt. Pleasant, Penn., at the home of her son, J. C. Leasher. She was the mother of ten chill dren—five sons and five daughters—of whom our subject was the fourth son. The father died in 1856, and the children were then obliged to take care of themselves. J. W. Leasher received a common-school education, and when twelve years of age hired out as a farm hand at six dollars a month, continuing at that occupation for years in his native county. He was also employed as a miner in. the Youghiogheny river country, and saw the first coke ovens built in that section. On May 18, 1865, he married Miss Rachel B. Strickler, who was born January 18, 1839, in Tyrone township, Fayette Co., Penn., daughter of John R. and Esther (Cochran) Strickler. The Stricklers are descended from one of nine brothers who came from Germany to Chester county, Penn., prior to the Revolutionary war. They were "tall, straight and fair, blue eyes and sandy hair, good looking." The Cochran family were of Scotch-Irish extraction, coming from the North of Ireland and locating in Delaware, 'whence they removed to Fayette county, Pennsylvania. After his marriage Mr. Leasher rented property, which he worked on shares, and in February, 1868, moved from. Pennsylvania to Russia township, Lorain. Co., Ohio, where he had purchased .the old Carter farm of one hundred acres, upon which he has since resided. He has been successfully engaged in general farming on this place, where he has made a very comfortable home. Politically he is a Republican, though not active in party affairs; in religious connection he is a member of the Disciple Church at Kipton, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Leasher have no children of their own, and their home has sheltered many young children. They are most agreeable neighbors, and are highly esteemed by all who have the pleasure of their acquaintance. PETER SCHRAMM, one of the most extensive farmers of Russia township, .is .a native of Bavaria Germany, born September 5, 1836, to George P. and Catherine (Berg) Schramm, who came to America in 1848. George P. Schramm died August 8, 1861, aged fifty-seven years, four months, three days; Mrs. Catherine Schramm died September 4, 1890, aged eighty-four years, five months. Our subject attended school in his native country until twelve years of age, when he came with his parents to the United States, where they settled in Russia township, Lorain Co., Ohio. He atteuded school four winters in Russia township, and then commenced to work. After the death of his father, he and a brother took charge of 1156 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. the home place, and being hard-working and industrious they succeeded in paying off the other heirs, continuing to work the farm in partnership until 1880. In the fall of that year Peter Schramm was united in marriage with Mary Kane, a native of Germany, who came to America when quite young. To this union have been born five children, namely: Jacob A., Frederick J., Emma D., Franklin G. and Catherine S. Soon after marriage Mr. Schramm settled on his present farm, which now comprises 178 acres of land, upon which he has made numerous improvements. He is a model farmer, and one of the best and most successful in Russia township, having, by energy, perseverance and strict attention to business, risen from a poor boy to his present prosperous position. Politically he is a Democrat, in religious faith an adherent of the Congregational Church. JOHN SCHRAMM, a successful farmer of Russia township, was born November 1, 1838, in Rhine-Pfalz, Bavaria, Germany, son of George Peter and Catherine (Berg) Schramm, farming people of Rhine-Pfalz. They had seven children— four sons and three daughters—and in June, 1848, came to America with six of their family, Jacob, the remaining son, following four years later. They set sail from Bremen, and after a voyage of thirty-eight days landed in New York, whence they at once proceeded, by way of the Erie Canal and Lake Erie to Russia town-ship, Lorain Co., Ohio. The father purchased seventy acres of land at ten dollars an acre, then nearly all in the woods, and here the parents passed their remaining years, the mother dying in 1890, the father some years previous; they were buried in Carlisle cemetery. In religion they were both members of the Congregational Church. John Schramm attended school in his native country, and later in Russia township, Lorain county, and was reared to the arduous duties of farm life, contiuuing in same on the home place until his marriage. On January 27, 1870, he married Miss Catherine Miller, who was born June 28, 1850, in Rhine-Pfalz, Bavaria, Germany, daughter of Jacob Miller, and came to New York August 1, 1868. For some years Mr. Schramm had farmed in partnership with his brother Peter, but upon his marriage they divided their interests, our subject remaining on the home farm for ten years, when, in 1880, he removed to the place where he yet resides. By hard work, econotny and perseverance Mr. Schramm has increased his possessions, until he now owns a fine farm of 170 acres. In poli-tics he is a Democrat, and in religious faith he and his wife are members of the Congregational Church. They have five children: George P., Sophia M., Henry J., Carrie A. and Albert E. D. J. PECK, representing several fire, life and accident insurance companies, in Elyria, is a native of Ohio, born in Olmsted township, Cuyahoga county, December 29, 1825, a son of Buel and Sallie (Barnum) Peck, the former of whom was born January 20, 1794, in Addison county, Vt., the latter born October 10, 1793. Buel Peck was among the many emigrants who left New England in 1817, on account of the cold season of 1816, and the consequent dearth of food, and he and his family passed through Ohio with ox wagons, reaching Ridgeville October 11, 1817. He bought one hundred acres of land for five hundred dollars at Ridge-ville, and for the same price was offered a similar amount of land where the city of Cleveland now stands. He was a hard-working, honest, industrious man. He died August 11, 1864, in Ridgeville, on LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 1157 the farm whereon he settled in 1817. His father, William Peck, was born in Connecticut, but spent the greater part of his life in Vermont. The mother of subject died September 1, 1857. She was a daughter of John Barnum, a native of Vermont, whose father, Joseph Barnum was also from that State. John Barnum, our subject's maternal grandfather, was the second to be buried in the town of Ridgeville, Ohio; he was a soldier of the Revolutionary war. At the time when Buel and Sallie Peck came to Ridgeville, the latter's parents were living D. J. Peck received his education at the high school in Elyria, and then returned to the home farm, where he remained till five years after his father's death. In 1870 he visited Madison, Wis., for one year, and on his return to Lorain county he took up his present line of business. Politically he is a Republican, and he is a member of the Royal Arcanum. His wife, who is a model woman, noted for her deeds of charity, is a member of the Congregational Church. She was born March 4, 1829, in Brookfield, Madison Co., N. Y. Her father, James S. Anthony, was born. October 26, 1794, in East Greenwich, R. I.; her mother, Lydia (Mason), was born December 16, 1802, in Swansea, Mass. They were married in Brookfield, N. Y., February 3, 1823, and June 9, 1832, removed to Rockport, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio. James S. Anthony died July 28, 1845, and Lydia, his wife, on July 23, 1856. They were stanch members of the Baptist Church, and excellent representatives of New England people. L. E. HASERODT, a prominent and progressive agriculturist of Carlisle township, was born in Medina county, Ohio. in 1841, a son of Henry C. and Margaret (Harz) Haserodt, natives of Prussia. In 1834 they immigrated to this country and to Ohio, locating in the woods of Medina county, where they cleared a farm. After several years they came to Elyria, Lorain county, where the father died in 1888, at the age of eighty-eight, and the mother in October, 1891, aged eighty-four years. They had a family of nine children, six of whom are yet living, viz.: John G., married, residing in Brooklyn, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio; J. F., married, a resident of Elyria; Caroline, widow of Bernhard Wassermann, of Cleveland; L. E., subject; Charles L., married, residing in Edison, Ohio; and Louisa, wife of John Weidner, of Liverpool, Medina Co., Ohio. L. E. Haserodt received a liberal education at the common schools of Medina county, supplemented with one term at school in Elyria. In 1860 he came to Lorain county, locating in Elyria, where he clerked for Baldwin, Laundon & Nelson three years; then for Stan Bros. & Co., and finally for Henry Bruch. In 1864 he enlisted in Company K, One Hundred and Thirty-fifth O. V. I., one hundred days, and was stationed chiefly at Martinsburg and Maryland Heights, on garrison duty; also engaged in the attack on Gen. Early, which occupied an entire day. Mr. Haserodt received his discharge in 1864 at Columbus, Ohio, and returned home to Elyria. In 1865 he went with a brother to Kendallsville, Ind., and there engaged in the grocery trade, but being burned out, our subject returned to Elyria, and embarked in the grocery business, establishing one of the first groceries in the place. In 1865 he bought out and partly improved a farm of eighteen and a quarter acres of wild land, to which he has added until he now owns thirty-six and one-half acres, all under careful cultivation. In 1867 Mr. Haserodt was married in Elyria to Catherine E. Fowle, a native of Amherst township, and four children have been born to them: Edward H.; Cornelia, wife of Wilford Maddock, of Elyria; Rupert W., married to Ruth Cudderbach, and 1158 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. residing in Vermillion, Ohio; and Catherine, wife of C. Maddock. The mother of these died in March, 1873, and in 1874 Mr. Haserodt married Miss Anna Herold, of Berea, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, by which union there is one child, Henry C. Mr. and Mrs. Haserodt are members of the Lutheran Church, and he was one of the trustees appointed to supervise the building of the first church, at which time there were only seven members eligible to vote. Politically our subject is a Republican. DAVID C. FISHER, a prominent real-estate dealer and ice merchant in Lorain county, is a native of West Virginia, born in June, 1850, a son of Robert and Mary (Fowler) Fisher, of the same State, where they passed their entire lives. Our subject when a boy came to Lorain county, Ohio, and made his home in Oberlin, where he was educated, attending the college at that place for some time. In 1875 he was in the employ of the Land Company, in which he has been more or less interested since, buying, improving and selling real estate. Since 1884 he has been doing business in that line for his own account, and in eight years turned over as much as fifty thousand dollars worth of property, the amount in 1892 alone having reached eighteen thousand dollars. In 1881 he embarked in the ice business, the first .one in that industry in Lorain, and practically the only one. The buildings for this purpose were located on Black river, and he made a complete success out of it, as he has done in the real-estate business. He at one time owned nine residences in Lorain—of which he sold two, lives in one, and rents the rest —besides other property. Mr. Fisher is also engaged in the commission business. He is largely interested in the improve ment of the West Side (Lorain), where he bought an addition, portions of which he has sold on land contracts. In 1883 David C. Fisher and Miss Elizabeth Dorsey were united in marriage. She is a native of Ashland, Ohio, daughter of George and Margaret Dorsey, who at one time lived in Elyria. Her father, in 1861, in the war of the Rebellion, enlisted at Ashland, Ohio, was sent to the front, was wounded, and died in hospital, all within the year; his widow is yet living. To Mr. and Mrs. David C. Fisher have been born two children: Arthur Edwin and Ruth Anna. Our subject is an active Republican, and with his wife is a member of the Congregational Church, in which he holds office, and in the Sabbath-school of which he takes a lively interest. For a number of years he has been a member of the board of health in the village of Lorain, and is also constable. DAVID KIRKBRIDE, a prosperous farmer of Amherst township, comes on the paternal side from Scottish ancestry, as his name clearly indicates. He was born in April, 1833, on Hudson street, New York, a son of David and Mary (Phillips) Kirkbride, natives of England, the former born January 13, 1799, in the county of Cumberland, the latter in 1800 in Leicestershire, of English lineage. The father at the age of fifteen moved from his native place to London, where he learned the lace and stocking weaving trade. Later he was a salesman for the house of I., W. & J. Kirkbride. He married in England, and in 1832 the young couple immigrated to the United States, the voyage to New York being made in the ship " Roscoe." They arrived at that city December 6 following, where Mr. Kirkbride engaged in the manufacturing business for a time; they then LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 1159 proceeded to Philadelphia, and from there in 1835 came to Lorain county, settling in the woods of Amherst township. Here he died in 1875, his wife in 1889. In his earlier days in this country he was a Democrat, later a Free soiler. Grandfather Phillips was a soldier in the Napoleonic wars with England. Mr. and Mrs. Kirkbride had a family of eight children, as follows: David, subject of sketch; Mary, at home; Elizabeth; Ann ; Margaret; John (married), deceased in January, 1875; Maria, wife of W. S. Biggs, of Elyria; and Isaac, a farmer of Amherst township. David Kirkbride, whose name introduces this memoir, received a fair common-school education in Amherst township, whither he was brought when a small boy. and he has been a lifelong farmer. Politically he has always been a strong Republican. CHARLES S. AIKEN, a progressive native-born agriculturist of Lorain county, is a worthy representative of an old pioneer family. His grandfather, George Aiken, who was a native of Connecticut, served as a minute-man in northern Ohio, and died in Brooklyn township, Cuyahoga county. Irad Aiken, son of George, was born in 1791, in Connecticut, and in 1814 came to Cuyahoga county, Ohio, where he resided until 1835. He took up a farm in the midst of the forest, and remained thereon until 1863, when he moved into North Amherst. Mr. Aiken was married, in Cuyahoga county, to Miss Indiana Brainerd, a native of Connecticut, whose parents, Ozias and Mary (Strong) Brainerd, also natives of Connecticut, came to Cuyahoga county in an early day. The journey occupied some time, being made with an oxteam as far as Cattaraugus, N. Y. They died in Brooklyn township, Cuyahoga county; their farm is now included in the city of Cleveland. To Irad and Indiana (Brainerd) Aiken were born eight children, two of whom died young. Of the remainder, Charles S. is the subject of this sketch; William Hanford lives in Black River township, Lorain Co., Ohio; Laura is the wife of Clark Wheelan, of Shiawassee county, Mich.; Marietta is the wife of E. C. Foster, of North Amherst, Ohio; Noah B. is married and resides in Caledonia township, Shiawassee Co., Mich.; Edwin is married and resides in Amherst township, Lorain county. The father of this family was a man who thought much of his home; he died June 9, 1879, in North Amherst, his wife surviving him until 1891, when she too passed away. Charles S. Aiken was born October 16, 1819, in Cuyahoga county, Ohio, where he received his education in the log-cabin schools of the district. In 1835 he located in Black River township, Lorain Co., Ohio, where he engaged in farming, and in 1861 moved to North Amherst, where he now resides. Mr. Aiken was married, in October, 1846, in Elyria township, Lorain county, to Miss Lucy R. Holmes, a native of the county. Her parents, George S. and Mary (Lester) Holmes, were natives of Connecticut, and in 1840 emigrated to Black River township, Lorain county, where he followed farming. He afterward moved to Berea, Ohio, where he died in 1875; his widow is now living in Cleveland, Ohio, at the age of eighty-four years. They reared a family of five children, viz.: Lucy R. (Mrs. Aiken); Marriett, who died in 1860, in Cuyahoga county; Sarah; George Henry, who resides in Canada; and Ellsworth, who resides in Cleveland. In politics Mr. Aiken is an active member of the Republican party. He served three terms as justice of the peace in Black River township, and one term in North Amherst; has also served as county commissioner, one term, and has been a delegate to various county conventions. Our subject has been a resident of Lorain county for fifty-eight years, and during that time 1160 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. has been actively identified with her progress and development. Mr. and Mrs. Aiken have two adopted children; she is a member of the Baptist Church. [Since the above was written, we have received information of fhe death of Mr. Charles A. Aiken, which occurred on September 24, 1893.—Ed. LEWIS F. WRIGHT, than whom there is no more enterprising, in dustrious and thrifty farmer in Elyria township, is a native of the county, born in the town of Lorain August 9, 1839. He is a son of M. P. and Martha (Miller) Wright, the former a native of Vermont, the latter of Ogdensburg, N. Y. They were married in the State of New York, and in 1838 came to Lorain, Ohio, where Mr. Wright engaged in the stave business, had charge of a gang of men, and part of time was employed in the shipyard. They afterward moved to North Amherst, and from there to Elyria, where they lived eight or ten years; then removed to the farm, where they lived some thirty years, and they now make their home in Elyria. Lewis F. Wright, subject of sketch, was reared and educated in Elyria, and assisted his father in his business until 1861, when he enlisted in the three months' service, but did not go to the front. In 1862 he enlisted in the Fifteenth Ohio Battery of Artillery, for three years or during the war, and was assigned to the army of Tennessee. He participated in the battle of Holly Springs, Miss., and then returned to Memphis, Tenn., thence proceeding to the siege of Vicksburg. The regiment then was with Sherman in his march to the sea, moving as far as Meridian, Miss. ; also participated in the Carolina campaign, and took part in the grand review at Washington, D. C. In June, 1865, our subject was discharged at Columbus, Ohio, when he returned home. Having once more settled down to the pursuits of, peace, he resumed farming, and, concluding that it was not good for man to be alone," he in 1879 took unto himself a wife in the person of Miss Catherine Elizabeth Walsh, a native of Ireland, daughter of Walter and Catherine (Hoolihan) Walsh, who many years ago left their home in Erin's Isle for a new one in the Western World, which they first found in Vermillion, Erie Co., Ohio, afterward in Elyria, Lorain county, whither they came in 1853. Here the father died January 1, 1880; the mother, who was born in December, 1800, is now living with her daughter, Mrs. Wright. To our subject and wife have been born three children, viz.: Fannie Catherine, George F. and Lucy Agnes. Mr. Wright is a Republican in his political sympathies, and has served on the school board; socially he is a member of the G. A. R. Post, No. 65, Elyria. HOMER E. BARRETT, a resident of Wellington, is a native of Huron county, Ohio, born April 2, 1847, a son of Augustus and Clarissa (Cochran) Barrett. The father of our subject was born September 21, 1813, in Monroe county, N. Y., and in 1826 came to Ohio. On November 5, 1840, he married Miss Clarissa Cochran, and they made their home in Erie county till 1843, in which year they moved to Clarksfield township, Huron county, and there lived the rest of their lives. In connection with general farming he was an extensive sheep breeder, and at the time of his death,, which occurred June 7, 1886, be was quite wealthy; he died in the house he had built in Clarksfield township forty years before. In LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 1161 politics he was originally a Whig, in his later years a Republican; and he was a member of the Baptist Church. His wife was a native of Cambridge, Vt., born September 16, 1814, came with her parents to Ohio, and taught school in Erie county up to the time of her marriage; she died September 5, 1890. Three children, as follows, were born to this honored couple: Mary L. (Mrs. Beebe), of Clarks-field township, Huron Co., Ohio; Caroline M., married to William Minor, of New London township; and Homer E. Philander Barrett, paternal grandfather of subject, and his wife were both natives of Massachusetts, while the maternal grandparents were of Vermont birth; fhey were farming people, and after the death of the grandfather, the grandmother made her home with our subject till her removal to Grand Haven, Mich., where she died. Homer E. Barrett, whose name opens this sketch, received a liberal education at the public schools of Clarksfield township and Norwalk, also at Oberlin, eight or nine terms, after which he attended for a short time, in 1866, the Business College of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. In 1867 he married Miss Eliza E. Noble, born May 24, 1844, a daughter of Gustavus and Harriet (Faucher) Noble. Her father was born in New York State, whence prior to his marriage he came to Ohio, settling in Litchfield, Medina county. He died when she was a girl of four summers, and the mother (who was born September 21, 1822) was afterward married to DeGrasse Thomas, of Rochester township, Lorain county, and two children were born to them: Alma, wife of Walter Hall, railroad telegraph operator; and Fred, married to Fannie Smith. The mother is now living in Rochester, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Noble were the parents of five children, as follows: Adelaide, deceased; Albina, wife of George Chadwick, residing in Wellington; Eliza E., wife of Homer E. Barrett; Perry, residing in Sherman, Texas; and Mary, deceased wife of Wilbur Hall. Mrs. Homer E. Barrett lived for a time with her grandparents in New London, where she attended school. Grandfather Noble and his wife were lifelong residents of Litchfield, Medina Co., Ohio. To our subject and wife was born November 15, 1868, a son named Augustus Earl, who graduated at the high school and attended the Homeopathic Hospital College at Cleveland, graduating from there in March, 1893. He is now practicing medicine in Detroit, Michigan. ISAAC KIRKBRIDE is a lifelong, well-to-do agriculturist of Amherst township, and on his father's side of the house comes of Scottish ancestry. He was born in 1838 on his present farm in Amherst township, a son of David and Mary (Phillips) Kirkbride, natives of England, the father born January 13, 1799, in the county of Cumberland, the mother in 1800 in Leicestershire, of English lineage. The father at the age of fifteen moved from his native place to London, where he learned the lace and stocking weaving trade. Later he was a salesman for the house of W. & J. Kirkbride. He married in England, and in 1832 the young couple immigrated to the United States, the voyage to New York being made in the ship " Roscoe." They arrived at that city December 6 following, where Mr. Kirkbride engaged in the manufacturing business for a time; they then proceeded to Philadelphia, and from there in 1835 came to Lorain county, settling in the woods of Amherst township. Here he died in 1875, his wife in 1889. In his early days in this country he was a Democrat, later a Free-soiler. Grandfather Phillips was a soldier in the Napoleonic wars with England. Mr. and Mrs. Kirk-bride had a family of eight children, as 1162 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. follows: David, a farmer in Amherst township; Mary, at home; Elizabeth; Ann; Margaret; John (married), deceased in January, 1875; Maria, wife of W. S. Biggs, of Elyria; and Isaac, subject of sketch. Isaac Kirkbride received his education at the public schools of his township, and was reared to farm life. He owns a good farm of 107 acres, all in a high state of cultivation. In politics he takes an active interest, and votes with the Democratic party. He has never married. KARL WANGERIEN. Germany has given to the United States a host of industrious, frugal, honest and loyal citizens, and wherever they make their stand, there they leave their impress. Of such an oue is the subject of this sketch. He was born March 29, 1814, in the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg - Strelitz, Germany, a son of John Wangerien, a shoemaker by trade. Our subject was educated from the age of six to fourteen at the public schools of his native place, and then commenced to learn his father's trade under him, serving a four-years' apprenticeship, after which he passed four years in the regular army. He then served one year as a journeyman workman, traveling from place to place, at the end of which time he returned to his native town and commenced business for his own account. At that time, October 18, 1842, he married Miss Henrietta Naherenst, a native of the same part of the country, daughter of David Naherenst, by which union two children were born in Germany: Amelia, now Mrs. John Lindeman, of Cleveland, Ohio, and Augusta, who was married to Frederick Heist, and died in Russia township, Lorain county. In the summer of 1852 the family, consisting of Mr. Wangerien, his wife and two daughters, set sail from Hamburg on the good ship Howard," bound for New York, where after a voyage of forty-three days, they landed in safety: From there they proceeded by rail to Dunkirk, N. Y., thence by water to Cleveland, where they arrived in September following. Here Mr. Wangerien worked at his trade two months, after which the entire family removed to the German settlement in Russia township, Lorain county, where the father bought land and lived thereon twenty years, employed in farming and at his trade; in 1872 he bought another piece of land containing 247 acres, in the same township, and as an agriculturist he has been fairly successful. In the United States two more children were born to him, viz.: Charles R. and Henry C., both farmers in Russia township. The mother died June 20, 1884, and was buried in South Amherst cemetery. In politics Mr. Wangerien is a Republican, though not an active worker in his party. In the Fatherland he had united with the Lutheran Church, in which he has faithfully remained. Since the death of his wife he has been making his home with his sons, who are neighbors, tarrying with them alternately. CHARLES R. WANGERIEN, one of the most successful and careful agriculturists of Russia township, Lorain county, who from the bottom rung of the ladder has made his way to the top entirely by his own energy, perseverance and sound judgment, is a native of Russia township, Lorain Co., Ohio, born November 10, 1854. Mr. Wangerien is the eldest born in Lorain county to Karl and Henrietta (Naherenst) Wangerien. He attended school eight seasons in Russia township, after- LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 1163 ward at Cleveland two seasons, and then commenced agricultural pursuits on his father's farm, where he has since continued to reside. On November 16, 1876, he was married to Augusta Dehn, who was born in Amherst township, Lorain Co., Ohio, June 29, 1855, a daughter of William and Christina (Hacker) Dehn, natives of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Germany, whence they emigrated to this country many years ago. When Mr. Wangerien's mother died in 1884, his wife took charge of the household affairs, and has so continued since. To our subject and wife have been born three children: Harry A., Karl W. and Alma H. In politics Mr. Wangerien is a Republican, but not an active one, as he wisely devotes all his time to his farm and family. He is the owner of 225 acres of prime land in Russia township, and is considered one of the best and most industrious farmers in his locality. HENRY C. WANGERIEN, than who'll there is no more industrious and painstaking agriculturist in Russia township, is a native of same, born October 24, 1857, youngest in the family of Karl and Henrietta (Naherenst) Wangerien. He received a liberal education at the common schools of his township until he was fifteen years old, when he commenced work on the farm under his father, a vocation he has since continued in with every. success. On December 7, 1880, Mr. Wangerien was married to Augusta Dramm, who was born in Russia township, Lorain county, January 19, 1859, a daughter of Karl Dramm, a native of Germany. To this union have been born the following children: Arthur C., born July 10, 1883; Iona G., born November 10, 1885; and Nelson L., born July 1, 1889. After marriage our subject built a house near that of his father, where he and his bride made their new home, and continued to live until 1889, in which year they removed to their present farm, which Mr. Wangerien has substantially improved, having erected all the buildings thereon with his own hands. He now owns 185 acres of excellent land, and stands second to none in the county as an all-round agriculturist. Politically he is a leading Republican, and is now acceptably filling the office of township trustee. GEORGE W. GIBSON. This gentleman, proprietor of the leading livery I and hack business in Oberlin, comes of ancestry whose home was the soil of Scott and Burns—"land of the mountain and the flood." Our subject Was born November 19, 1845, in Russia township, Lorain Co., Ohio, a son of Orin and Elizabeth (Freeman) Gibson. The parents were natives of New York, and in 1833 came to Ohio, locating in Brownhelm township till 1835, when they moved to Russia township on a farm, which at that time was all in the woods, but is now one of the best cultivated in the township. The father died May 30, 1884, in Oberlin, where the mother is yet living. She was born in Vermont, a daughter of Luther Freeman, also a native tithe Green Mountain State, who in 1824 came to Russia township, Lorain county, where he passed the rest of his days. Mr. and Mrs. Orin Gibson were the parents of three children, as follows: Louisa, wife of Nathan B. Nash, residing in Russia township, Lorain county; Anna, who was married to David Brobert, and died in 1886 in Oberlin; and George W. The subject of these lines was reared and educated in his native township, and assisted in the opening up of the home farm, working thereon till March, 1881, when he came to Oberlin and embarked in his present livery business. On December 25, 1164 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. 1870, Mr. Gibson was married, in Russia township, Lorain county, to Miss Catherine Plain, a native of Broome county, N. Y. (daughter of Henry Plain), who came to Lorain county in 1861. One of her brothers, during the Civil war, enlisted in the Federal army from Lorain county. Two children have been born to this union, Electa and Raymond. In his political sympathies Mr. Gibson identifies himself with the Republican party, and in 1882 he was appointed deputy sheriff, a position he is yet tilling. Socially he is a member of the Knights of Honor. He owns the old homestead in Russia township, and is a well-to-do, popular citizen.W. W. F. LANGDON, a well-to-do citizen of Penfield township, was born November 16, 1819, in the town of Cobleskill, Schoharie Co., N. Y., son of Forester and grandson of Lewis Langdon, who was a manufacturer of cider-mills. Forester Langdon was married in his native State to Hannah, daughter of Moses Frederick Delosdernier, who came from Nova Scotia, and while living in New York children were born to this union as follows: Clarissa, who married Perry Disbro, and died March 9, 1893, in Iowa; Matilda, who married Samuel White, and died February 7, 1890, in Eaton Rapids, Mich.; William :F., our subject; Hiram A., who was a physician of Avon, Lorain county, where he died October 9, 1873; Maria, who married Lyman Webber, and died April 10, 1886, in Van Wert county, Ohio; Orilla, Mrs. Samuel Disbro, of Cass county, Iowa; Lucinda, who was the widow of Horace Cragin, of La Grange, Ohio, died December 19, 1893; Washington L., of Van Wert county, Ohio; and Lionar E., also of Van Wert county, Ohio. Early in 1834 Mr. Langdon, with his daughter Matilda and son William F., set out for Ohio, driving the entire distance, and ar-riving on February 16, after a journey of twenty-one days, in La Grange township, Lorain county, where they found a temporary home with Mr. Langdon's brother-in-law, Allen Sheldon. The father returned to New York State, and in the following May brought the remainder of the family to Ohio, our subject in the meantime living with his uncle, Joseph Lincoln. Mrs. Langdon died in Lorain county April 21, 1835, at the age of forty-one, and some years later Mr. Langdon removed to Van Wert county, Ohio, where be is now buried, having passed away there at the age of eighty-two years. Our subject received his education in the common schools of the period, and came to Ohio when fourteen years old, at which time the country was completely wild and abounded with wolves, deer, wild hogs, turkeys, etc. At the age of twenty-one he left home and went to La Porte, where be learned the carpenter's trade under a Mr. Bassett, and also acquired a knowledge of wagon making, which he followed to some extent. In the winter of 1846 he went to Louisiana to work in the lumber region. On January 22, 1850, be was married to Miss Margaret Denham, who was born November 9, 1825, in Scotland, whence her parents, Peter and Margaret (Lyle) Denham, emigrated in an early day to the United States and to Ohio, locating in Penfield township, Lorain county, where both died at the age of eighty-six years. After his marriage Mr. Langdon located on the place where he yet resides, purchas-ing, on credit, fifty-seven and a half acres at ten dollars per acre. The country was very swampy and all in the woods, and there was not a house in sight. For twenty-five years he worked diligently at his trades, some of the best wagons in the section coming from his workshop; and after years of industry and economy has amassed a comfortable property, all LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 1165 the result of his own untiring efforts. Mr. and Mrs. Langdon have had one child, Margaret F., now the wife of M. L. Disbro, of Penfield township; Mr. and Mrs. Disbro have had two children: Munson Langdon and James Leverne, the latter of whom died in 1881 at the age of ten months. In politics our subject is a Republican, active in party affairs, and has held various local positions of trust, such as township trustee, etc. He and his wife are members of the M. E. Church, in which he has served as trustee. W. C. SUTLIFF, one of the best known farmer citizens of Carlisle township, and a justice of the peace, is a native of same, born February 28, 1826, a son of Salmon and Anna (Beaman) Sutliff. The Sutliffs come of English ancestry. The father of our subject was born in Washington county, N. Y., in 1786, and was there married. He served in the war of 1812, under Gen. Harrison. In 1820 he came to Lorain county, Ohio, first locating in Avon township, whence on January 1, 1821, he moved to Carlisle township. He died here in 1857, his wife in 1870, at the age of seventy-eight years. In religious sentiment they were Baptists, and in politics he was an Old-line Whig. They were the parents of fifteen children, of whom the following is a brief record: Lovicia died at the age of six years; Silas B., a wagonmaker, was married, and died at Joliet, Ill.; William H. H. resides in Wellington, Lorain county; Asa G. was married, and died in Minnesota in 1879; O. H. P. is married, and lives in Carlisle township, Lorain county; Charles B. was killed by the cars; Ralph O. is married, and resides in Michigan; Lusetta is the wife of Eli Wright, of Wood county, Ohio; Warren C. is the subject of this memoir; Lucinda was the wife of Frederick Lee (she died in Cleveland, Ohio); Jesse S., a twin, has his home in Saginaw, Mich. (his twin brother died when three weeks old); Theodore S. also lives in Michigan; Miles W. is married, and resides in Penfield township, Lorain county; Rosetta is the wife of William Gott, of Wellington, Ohio. Grandfather Gad Sutliff was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and lived and died in New York State. W. C. Sutliff received a limited education in the public schools of his native place, was reared to agricultural pursuits, which have been his life work, and he now owns a good farm in Carlisle township. In February, 1854, he was united in marriage with Miss Jane A. Bennett, daughter of David and Jane (Galpin) Bennett, the former born in Westmoreland, N. H., the latter in Waterbury, Conn. Two children—Ada C. and Louis E.—have been born to this union. Mr. Sutliff is an active Democrat, and cast his first vote for Franklin Pierce. He served his township as constable for about ten years, also as assessor and trustee several terms, and for the past twenty-five years has been a justice of the peace. JOSEPH B. FLICKINGER, than whom no citizen of Lorain county stands higher in the community, or is better esteemed, comes of an old Pennsylvania-German family. He was born December 29, 1827, in Greene township, Wayne Co., Ohio, a son of Peter Flickinger, who was born in Hagerstown, Md., October 13, 1787, he A son of Jacob Flickinger, a native of Germany. Peter was a stone mason and bricklayer by trade. He -was married October 10, 1813, in Brothers Valley township, Somerset Co., Penn., to Elizabeth Kieffer, who was born June 12, 1793, also in Brothers Valley township, daughter of 1166 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. Jacob Kieffer, a well-to-do capitalist, who came from Germany, and was married to a Miss Eva Fritz, also of Germany, whose mother died when crossing the ocean, and was buried at sea. One child, Mary Ann, was born to them in Southampton township, Somerset Co., Penn., August 1,1814, and died unmarried in Greene township, Wayne Co., Ohio. On March 10, 1818, Peter Flickinger and his little family, accompanied by his father-in-law, Jacob Kieffer, came to Ohio, locating in Greene township, Wayne county (he had come out the year before, and entered land there). The country was very wild, and they had to cut their way through the woods, in which roamed fierce animals, sometimes so emboldened by hunger as to enter the very house. One night Mrs. Flickinger had some meat boiled in a pot, and a bear, smelling it from afar, coolly walked into the house, ate up the beef, and then took his departure with considerably less ceremony than would any average nineteenth-century tramp. Mr. Flickinger had bought 160 acres of Government land, which for the most part he cleared with his own hand, receiving valuable assistance from his stalwart sons. At the time of his death he was owner of 550 acres of land. In addition to farming he did considerable masonry work, among other buildings erecting his own house. In politics he was a Whig, and served in various township offices of trust to the entire satisfaction of his constituents; in religion he was one of the pillars of the Lutheran Church. He died May 20, 1849; his wife passed from earth August 23, 1843, and they are buried in Milton township, Wayne county. The children born to them in Ohio were as follows: Eli, born July 22, 1816, in Greene township, Wayne Co., Ohio, now of Kipton, Ohio; Otillia, born May 24, 1818, widow of E. N. Fowler, of Benton county, Iowa; Jacob, born January 24, 1821, who died October 21, 1846, at Matamoras, Mexico, while serving in the Mexican war; Jesse, born May 22, 1824, now a mechanic and carpenter. of Kansas; Peter N. and Joseph B. (twins), born December 29, 1827, of whom Peter N. died March 23, 1849, when aged twenty-one. Joseph B. Flickinger, the subject proper of this sketch, did not attend school till he was nine years old, the schoolhouse being at too great a distance from his home; but he was an apt scholar, and learned rapidly. Up to the age of sixteen he was reared on a farm, was taught agriculture, and then commenced to learn the trade of bricklayer and stonemason, at first under his father, later under Reuben Tressler. On completing his trade he began taking contracts for his own account, and worked at various places. After his marriage he located on a farm in Greene township, Wayne Co., Ohio, on the Portage road, on which he remained eighteen months, then coming to Huntington township, Lorain county, he bought 126 acres of land, where he made his home two years, at the end of which time he moved to Camden township and purchased the fine farm which he yet owns. In September, 1880, he came to the town of Kipton, where he has since resided in comparative retirement. For twelve years he was engaged in the sale of farming• implements. On March 8, 1849, Mr. Flickinger was united in marriage with Miss Mary Powers, born October 16, 1829, in carman township, Wayne Co., Ohio, daughter of Wiram and Maria (Moulton) Powers, who were descendants of some of the early families of New England. Each of the parents—Wiram and Maria—came to Wayne county, Ohio, with their parents. Thomas Powers, father of Wiram, married Olive Harvey, who ran bullets for the Continental army at Bunker Hill, as four of her brothers were participants in that engagement; in the same army her father was a blacksmith, and shod horses for the cavalry. To Mr. and Mrs. Flickinger were born two children, as follows: Claista C., born October 9, 1850, in Greene township, Wayne Co., Ohio, and Hiram J., born September LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 1167 19, 1854, in Camden township, Lorain Co., Ohio, and died September 7, 1863. Claista C. married Otis Kelsey, and three children were born to them: Carrie B. (Mrs. L. V. Bates), Cora L. and Nettie M. In politics Mr. Flickinger was originally a Whig, later a Republican, and for twenty-four years he has served as a justice of the peace, his last reelection being in the spring of 1893; he has also been trustee, assessor of real estate and personal property, and was enumerator of census in 1880 and in 1890. He and his wife are members of the Baptist Church, of which he is a deacon, and of the Sabbath-school of which he has been superintendent for twelve years. D. R. TENNANT, one of Lorain county's leading farmers, having 234 acres of prime land in Camden township, was born August 20, 1826, in Monroe county, N. Y., a son of Selden and Lydia (Allen) Tennant. Selden Tennant, father of subject, was a native of Connecticut, born in 1787, and in 1793 came to Otsego county, N. Y., with his parents. When a young man he bought land near Buffalo, N. Y., but not long afterward he removed to Monroe county. In 1846 he came to Ohio and bought wild land in Camden township, Lorain county, where he became a well-to-do citizen, farming being his life vocation. In Otsego county he had married Miss Lydia, Allen, who bore him children as follows: Moses S., who died in Camden township aged seventy-eight years; Betsy, who married Charles Kingsbury, died in Michigan; Allen, a resident of Kenton, Ohio; Lydia, married to David M. Tennant, died in Oberlin in 1892; David R., our subject; and Hannah M., married to Moses Holcomb, now of Cass county, Iowa. The mother died in 1835 in New York State, the father on his farm in Camden town ship, Lorain county, in 1871. Politically he was first an ardent Whig, afterward, on the formation of the party, a stanch Republican. In religious connection he and his wife were zealous Baptists. David R. Tennant attended, as circumstances permitted, the common schools of the locality of his birth, and early in life was inducted into the mysteries of farm life. He continued to reside with his parents, and on November 19, 1846, was married in Monroe county, N. Y., to Miss Melita Burpee, who was born July 29, 1827, in Rutland county, Vt., daughter of Otis and Dorinda (Pearson) Bur-Dee, who moved to Livingston county, N. Y., in 1830, and in 1842 came to Monroe county, same State. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Tennant came to Ohio with his father, on whose farm in Camden township, Lorain county, he resided nine years after coming, working for the most part on shares, his father making his home with him. In about 1855 he bought ninety-one acres, a portion of his present farm, which he increased by additions to 234 acres, and here he has successfully carried on farming operations. The children born to our subject and wife are as follows: Franklin R., a farmer of Bay county, Mich.; Emily D., married to Albert H. Kennedy, residing in Rockport, Ind. (they are both graduates of Oberlin College); Ella A., Mrs. H. H. Howe, of Medina county, Ohio; Clara M., wife of H. F. Bronson, a farmer of Camden township; George W., a farmer of Bay county, Mich.; and Almina M., who died at the age of twenty-three years. All these children were well educated, and all had been school-teachers, except one, who had lost health. r. Tennant is a Republican in politics, formerly a Whig, and d Christian man in all his thoughts and acts, though not a member of any church. He is very precise in his dealings, but never "close," rather the reverse; and he has been most liberal to his family in the way of educational advantages and all things necessary to their advancement in life. 1168 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. Mrs. Tennant, who has nobly acted her part in the rearing of her family, and in making the home what it is—comfortable and home-like—is a member of the Baptist Church. JAMES CONNOLLY, who for over twenty-two years has been keeper of the lighthouse off Lorain, is a native of Quebec, Canada, born November 9, 1828. His father, John Connolly, was a native of Queen's County, Ireland, and when a young man came to Quebec, where he married Cordelia Bell, a native of London, England. He was a ship carpenter, caulker and sailor, sailing on the ocean in early life, but after his marriage followed the lakes, building vessels at different ports. In the summer of 1836 he settled at Black River (now Lorain), Lorain Co., Ohio, where he passed the rest of his days, dying in 1864; his wife died in Lorain in 1853. They reared a family of eight children—six sons and two daughters—namely: Bartholemew, who died in Sheffield township, Lorain county; Stephen, who also died in Lorain county; James, subject of this memoir; Carrie A., wife of Henry Volmar, of Cleveland; Elizabeth, widow of F. C. Thompson; William, married and residing in Lorain (he served in the One Hundred and Twenty-fourth O. V. I.); Edwin, married and residing in Cleveland; and John, who enlisted, in 1862, in Company H, Eighth 0. V. I., for three years, or during the war, and was wounded in the battle of Manchester (he re-enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and Third 0. V. I., was taken prisoner, and died in Andersonville Prison in 1865). In November, 1836, when about eight years of age, James Connolly came from Buffalo, N. Y., to Lorain, Ohio, where he received his education at the common schools. He learned the trade of ship carpenter and caulker, and for thirty years was a sailor on the lakes, being captain and mate of a vessel during the summer for many years, and during this long life he had many thrilling experiences. In 1871, during Grant's administration, he was appointed, by Secretary Boutwell, keeper of the lighthouse, in which capacity he is still retained. He now has charge of the second lighthouse, and the tower building, for range lights are erected, and are being used. On June 21, 1853, Mr. Connolly was united in marriage, at Lorain, with Miss Alice L. Gillmore, a native of Lorain county, daughter of Quartus Gillmore, both members of a very early family of the county. To this union were born six children, namely: Alice, wife of L. H. Eddy, residing on Second Avenue, Lorain (Mr. Eddy is an engineer on the C. L. & W. R. R. from Lorain to Wheeling); James Q., who was killed by lightning when ten years old; Eugene, who died at the age of sixteen; Frank Lyons, who died when five years old; and Clara and Carrie (twins), who died when seven weeks old. The mother of these children passed from earth January 5, 1893. In politics our subject is a Republican, and served as a member of the school board for three years, when the public schools were first organized here. Socially he is a 'member of Lorain Lodge, F. & A. M., of which he is a charter' member; he was also a member of King Solomon's Lodge at Elyria. In religious belief he is a Congregationalist. During his residence in Lorain Mr. Connolly has watched its development, from a village of 500 people, to a thriving little city of 6,000. ROBERT REDFERN. Prominent and well-known in the community of Columbia township, in both public and private life, is to be found this gentleman. He is a native of Canada, born in the town of White Church, County of Bruce, LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 1169 Ontario, August 24, 1837, a son of Robert and Ellen Redfern, natives of Ireland, who in an early day immigrated to Canada, locating in the County of Bruce, Ontario, from there removing in 1853 to Olmsted Falls, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, and later corning to Henrietta township, Lorain county. Our subject received a thorough education at the common schools of his native place up to the age of sixteen, at which time the family moved to Olmsted Falls, Ohio, and lie was twenty years old when they came to Lorain county. Here he was engaged in farming and sawmilling. For one year he was employed in the cheese factory at West View, and he was in the milk business in Cleveland seven years. In April, 1857, he had married, in Columbia township, Lorain 'county, Miss Mary C. Hacket, a native of that township, daughter of Gain R. and Electa (Sabin) Hacket, pioneers of Columbia township, who settled in the wild woods where they cleared a farm. Gain R. Hacket was born in Manchester, N. Y., August 13, 1810; his wife, Electa A. (Sabin), in Ontario, N. Y., May 5, 1815. They were married September 13, 1832, and same year moved to Ohio, settling in Columbia township, Lorain county, on a farm of seventy-five acres, which he cleared up. They were the parents of seven children, namely: Zebina, Mary C., Lafrancis E., Stephen, Emily, Sarah and Laura, of whom there are yet living: Mary C. Redfern, Lafrancis E. Hacket and Emily Osborn. The father of these died in March, 1855; the mother is now living on the old place with Mr. and Mrs. Redfern. After marriage our subject settled on his present fine farm of 148 acres, all in a good state of cultivation (its original size having been seventy-five acres), and here carries on general agriculture including dairying, of which branch he makes a specialty, doing a large business. Five children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Redfern: Lilly Ann, wife of John Richards (they have five children—Charles, Robert, Albert, May and Lena, all residing in Strongsville, Ohio); Ellen May, who married J. H. Culver, and died in 1884; Eva May, who died at the age of thirteen years; Elmer Dewitt, who died at the age of seven years; and one that died in infancy. In politics our subject votes with the Republican party; has served as township trustee, being now in his fourth year, and has been a member of the school board several years. He and his wife are members of the M. E. Church. SARDIS N. BARNES, farmer and dealer in horses, is well and favorably known throughout Amherst township, where he was born in March, 1838. Ezekiel Barnes, his grandfather, was a native of Massachusetts, born in 1770 in Worcester, whence in 1817 he came to Lorain county, Ohio, settling on Lot 43, Amherst township, where he died in 1860. His children were as follows: Ezekiel G.; Sardis D., who died at Upper Sandusky before the subject of this sketch was born; Paulina, who died in Madison, Lake Co., Ohio (she was the wife of Rawson Crocker, and their son is now the oldest man in North Amherst); Fannie, who married David Smith, and became the mother of Judge L. B. Smith, of Elyria; Amanda, who married Warren Smith, and went with the Mormons (he was killed during the raid on Nauvoo, Ill., and she died recently in Salt Lake City); Juliet, who married Ira Lelie, and still resides in Amherst; and Charlotte, who married Monville Wintone, and died in Wood county. Grandfather Barnes was a farmer by occupation, and was well known in political circles, first as a Whig and in later years as a Republican. His eldest son, Ezekiel G., father of our subject, was born in Old Becket, Mass., September 1, 1799, and came with his parents to Amherst township, Lorain county, in 1817. In 1825 he revisited the East, and was there married, 1170 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. same year, to Miss Elvira Harrington, who was born March 5, 1805, in New York State, Returning to Amherst township he settled down to agricultural pursuits and became prosperous. He was a great hunter, and as in his day the forest teemed with game of all sorts, many a deer, pheasant and wild turkey fell to his unerring rifle. In politics he followed in the footsteps of his father. He and his wife were the parents of five children, a brief record of them being as follows: Gilbert H., born November 17, 1826, still resides in Amherst township; Louisa E., born August 27, 1828, is the widow of James Gawn, and she also resides in Amherst township; G. Monroe, born September 3, 1830, was married, and died in August, 1891; Henry D., born August 12, 1836, died April 6, 1869; Sardis N. is the subject of this sketch. The father of this family was called from earth December 31, 1881, the mother on January 29, 1888. Sardis N. Barnes was reared on a farm, and received his education in the common schools of his township. On September 10, 1861, he was united in marriage with Miss Calista Bemis, who was born November 7, 1840, and one child, Nellie, has come to brighten their home. Mr. Barnes is a wide awake, progressive farmer, and for the past few years has given special attention to trading in fast horses, selling in the eastern markets. Politically he votes with the Republican party, in which he takes an active interest. J. H. REED, a prominent and influential farmer of Eaton township, was born July 19, 1847, in Strongsville, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, a son of Joseph and Tamar (Lyman) Reed, natives, the father of Cornwall, England, the mother of Strongsville, Ohio. At the age of twenty Joseph Reed emigrated to the United States, and locating first in Strongsville, Ohio, from there moved to Columbia township, Lorain county, where he followed agricultural pursuits during the rest of his life. He died in 1882; his widow is yet living. They had a family of nine children, of whom six are yet living, viz.: J. L., married, residing in Ridgeville township (he has two children, Fred and' Elsie); J. H., subject of sketch; Sophia L., widow of Chauncey Nichols, late of Berea, Ohio (she has three children--Lena, Mary and William); Mary I., wife of Otis B. Osborne, of Eaton township (she has three children Nellie, Charlie and Bayard); F. N., married, in the wholesale millinery business in Cleveland, Ohio (has one daughter—Winifred); and Charles T., single, in business with his brother in Cleveland. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Reed also reared a niece, Lydia Ratcliffe, now married and living in California. J. H. Reed, whose name introduces this sketch, received his education at the public schools of Columbia township, Lorain county, supplemented with a few months attendance at Oberlin College. For a time he worked at the stone business in Berea, Ohio, as well as in Columbia township, but farming has been his chief life vocation. In 1872 he came to Eaton township, and boughf a partly improved farm of seventy-nine acres, on which he erected a house and barn, subsequently adding thereto sixty-two acres, aggregating one of the finest farms in the township. Just after marriage, and prior to corning to Eaton township, Mr. Reed and his wife lived two years in Ridgeville township. On Christmas Day, 1871, our subject was married, in Ridgeville township, to Miss Jennie McNelly, of that township; daughter of John and Elizabeth (Cave) MeNelly, the father a native of Whitehall, N. Y., who settled in Ridgeville township some sixty years ago, the mother of England; both are living in Elyria, Ohio. Thomas and Jane (Wilson) Cave, grandparents of Mrs. Reed, were natives of England, whence in an early day they came to LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 1171 America, making a settlement on Chestnut Ridge, Ridgeville township, Lorain county. To our subject and wife have been born two children—Claude Thomas and Clyde Joseph. Mr. and Mrs. Reed are members of the Christian Church at Eaton Center, of which he is clerk and deacon. In politics he is an active Republican, is a member of the school board, and has served in Congressional conventions. He takes an active interest in the local Agricultural Association; is one of the directors of the County Agricultural Society, and has been a delegate to the County Conventions. The mother of our subject is a daughter of Elijah and Irene (Whitney) Lyman, natives of Vermont, of English ancestry, who in 1814 came to Strongsville, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, where they died, lie in 1828, she in 1820. Thomas and Mary (Hickens) Reed, paternal grandparents of J. H. Reed, were natives of Cornwall, England, whence about the year 1838 they came to Ohio, making their new home in Cuyahoga county. The. grandfather died in Columbia township, Lorain county, in 1876, at the age of eighty-seven years; the grandmother had passed away in Strongsville, Cuyahoga county, in 1871, when seventy-six years old. SAMUEL ALEXANDER, a prominent and representative farmer of Carlisle township, was born May 9, 1829, in Gloucestershire, England. His parents, Samuel and Sarah (Francum)Alexander, also natives of England, came to America when Samuel was but four weeks old, and located in Grafton, Lorain Co., Ohio. The father was a farmer, and died at the age of eighty, the mother passing away in her eightieth year. They were the parents of seven children who grew to maturity, viz.: Martha, who married Edwin Martin, and died in LaPorte in 1886; Samuel, subject of sketch; Ann, wife of William Lawson, of Grafton; Sophia, wife of Cyrus Wallace, of Winnebago county, Ill.; John, Job and Albert, all three married and residing in Eaton township. Samuel Alexander was reared to farming pursuits in Grafton and Eaton townships, and received his education in the common schools of the district. At the age of twenty-five he was married to Miss Elizabeth Stevens, and after residing in Dubuque, Iowa, for two years, he removed to Michigan, where he married, for his second wife, Miss Laura Tyce. She died, and Mr. Alexander was next married to Miss Barbara Slaterline, to which union have been born six children, namely: George (who died when fourteen months old), Elmer, Mary, Cora, Olie and Charley. Mr. Alexander resided for fifteen years in Bay City, Mich., but in 1873 he returned to Lorain county, Ohio, locating in Eaton township, whence he shortly afterward removed to Carlisle township. Here he has since resided, engaged in general agriculture and dairying, and he owns a fine farm of 300 acres, all in a high state of cultivation. While residing in Michigan he was engaged in the butcher business, carrying on a meat market, in which line he net with considerable success. He takes a lively interest in politics, voting with the Republican party. ALFRED HARRIS, one of the best known and most highly respected farmers of Russia township, is a native of Oxfordshire, England, born February 6, 1831, a son of John Harris, a native of the same county, who was by trade a miller. He married a Miss Lee, and to them were horn in England children as follows: Thomas L., deceased in Brownhelm township, Lorain county, while working in a stone quarry; Henry L., a physician, deceased in Bellevue, Ohio; 1172 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. Caroline, wife of Dr. James F. Grimes, of Mishawaka, Ind.; John, who was a school-teacher, and died in the West; Robert, a physician of South Bend, Ind.; Mary,widow of William Rurdy, of Indiana; Nancy, who married Richard Longmate, and died in Oberlin, Ohio; Arthur, a carpenter of St. Louis, Mo.; Alfred; and Harriet, who married Philander George, and died in Coldwater, Michigan. In 1833 the family came to the United States, the voyage across the ocean occupying six weeks. Prior to this the father had come alone to the country, and bought for one thousand two hundred dollars in gold 233 acres of land, which is now the farm of the subject of this sketch. At that time such a sum of money could have bought a great portion of the town of Cleveland, for cholera was raging fearfully, and people were using every endeavor to leave the place. After the arrival of the family in New York, it was six weeks before the husband and father could be found. They then came on to Ohio, and settled on their new home in Russia township, Lorain county, at that time an almost unbroken wilderness. In the United States children were born to Mr. and Mrs. John Harris: Hannah, who married A. A. Turney, and died in Wood county, Ohio; and George, who was colonel of Sheldon's Guards, under Gen. Garfield, during the Civil war, and was killed at Fort Gibson. After coming to America the father of our subject worked at the sawmilling business in connection with farming, which latter was the chief occupation of his life, but his later years were passed in retirement. He died in 1868, his wife some time before, and they lie buried in Amherst cemetery. Politically he was first a Whig, and afterward, on the formation of the party, a .Republican. Alfred Harris, the subject proper of this sketch, received a liberal education at the common schools, and subsequently attended Oberlin College, when Prof. Finney was president of that institution. When he was about twenty-six years old he left the paternal roof, and embarked in the cattle business—buying and selling—in which he was very successful. In 1862 he rented the home farm for five years; then bought a piece of improved land, which he sold six years later, and bought the home farm where he now lives, containing 233 acres of as good land as can be found in the township. In 1861 Mr. Harris married Julia Durand, a native of Henrietta township, Lorain county, by which union children as follows have been born: Viola (now Mrs. Daniel Shaeff); Harriet, Charles H. and Garfield, at home. In his political associations our subject is a Republican. JOSEPH J. RICE is proprietor of the old-established foundry in Amherst township, situated two and one-half miles southwest of North Amherst, and known far and wide as "Rice's Foun- dry." Mr. Rice was born September 17, 1828, in Westmoreland county, Penn., a son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Uhlre) Rice, the former of Westmoreland county, the latter of Fayette county, Penn., and who came to Amherst township, Lorain county, in 1829. They were the parents of four children, viz.: Henry, born July 13, 1816, died in 1849; Peter, born February 19, 1818, died in 1889; Samuel, born February 1, 1825, died in 1852 in California, and Joseph J., subject of sketch. The father died in 1835 in Amherst township, the mother in 1865 at the age of seventy-nine years. Joseph J. Rice received his education at the common schools of Amherst township, and learned the trade of foundryman in his present foundry, which his brothers, Henry and Peter, had built in 1843. They themselves knew nothing of the business, but employed men to do the work, and LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 1173 they operated same for several years, until our subject, having thoroughly made himself master of the trade, succeeded to the business, and he has since been running it constantly every day. He does an immense trade, and since his proprietorship has been engaged in the manufacture of the "Rice Plow," well known in northern Ohio. Mr. Rice also owns a good farm of 140 acres, all in a high state of cultivation. In 1857 our subject wedded Miss Emily Josephine Cook, who was born February, 4,1839, in Delaware county, N. Y., daughter of Lewis R. and Emeline Cook, of the same county. To this union have been born three children: Arthur J., who was educated at Oberlin College; Virgil E., married and residing in Oberlin, where he carries on a florist business; and Tracy J., attending the Conservatory of Music at Oberlin. In politics Mr. Rice is a stanch Republican. V. E. RICE, the well-known florist of Oberlin, is proprietor of the most extensive business of the kind in Lorain county. He has over one fourth of an acre under glass, no less than seven hot-houses all connected, in the aggregate representing the largest conservatory for floriculture in his part of the State. A visit to his grounds, which he owns and which are situated on Lorain street, will well repay time lover of flowers, for here he will find them in endless variety, beautiful and fragrant, and in all stages of growth. Summer and winter he has flowers for sale —both cut and uncut—and he is always to be found at his post, courteous and obliging. Mr. Rice is a native of Lorain county, born in Amherst township in 1865, a son of J. J. and Emily (Cook) Rice, the former of whom is a native of Pennsylvania, the latter of New York State. The father came to Lorain county, and engaged in the foundry business in Amherst. He and his wife are now living in Amherst township. Our subject received his elementary education at the common schools of his native township, which was supplemented with a one-year's attendance at Oberlin College, after which he took a course in Oberlin Business College, where he graduated. He then embarked in his present line of business in Amherst, which he successfully carried on there until 1890, when he removed to Oberlin. In April, 1888, Mr. Rice was married, in North Amherst, Lorain county, to Miss Lena Merthe, a native of Lorain county, and daughter of Henry Merthe, a farmer of Amherst township. To this union has been born one child, Earl V. In politics our subject is a Republican. D. S. WRIGHT, dealer in stoves and tinware, Elyria, is a native of Coshocton county, Ohio, born in 1830. He is a son of Lewis and Eliza. (Smith) Wright, who were both born in the Blue Ridge Mountain region, West Virginia. They came to Ohio, and were married in Coshocton county, where they passed the rest of their days, rearing a family of children, as follows: Willis (who was shot), William (died of consumption), Martha (deceased in childhood), D. S. (subject of sketch), Charles (drowned in the Cuyahoga river), John and Henry (twins, the latter of whom was editor of a Kansas paper, and committed suicide in 1867), Thomas, Robert, Laura, Ferdinand and Frank. The father was a farmer, civil engineer, school teacher, justice of the peace, and to some extent a lawyer. He died at the age of forty-eight years, the mother when fifty-three years old. Our subject was reared and educated in his native county, and at the age of sixteen became engineer on a canal boat, a vocation he followed for some time. Afterward he learned his trade of tinsmith in Muskingum county, Ohio, and after a residence for a time in Cleveland; he, in 1174 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. 1852, located permanently in Elyria, two years thereafter opening out a general business in stoves, tinware, etc., in which he has been remarkably successful. His stock is at all times replete with everything in his line. He was married to Miss Mary Freer, and has three children living, as follows: Frances, who married a Mr. James F. Thompson, and has five children: Ruby, Alice, Bessie, Blossom and Don; Josephine, married to E. P. Lord, and has one child, Lawrence; and Alice, who married F. II. Quayle, and has three children: liable, Jonas and Milton (she keeps house for her father, her mother having died January 18, 1891). NICHOLAS WILBER, a in citizen, and prominent n the agricultural interests of Henrietta township, is a native of the State of New York, born January 19, 1827, in Preble, Cortland county. Thomas Wilber, father of subject, first saw the light in 1793, in Dutchess county, N. Y., where he lived until he reached his thirtieth year, when he moved to Cortland county, N. Y. At that time the section where he settled was for the most part wild land, but, commencing life a poor man, he became comparatively opulent through assiduous industry and indefatigable labor, bought land and lived the rest of his life a prominent farmer. He married Marion Filkins, a native of Dutchess county, N. Y., and they had a family of eleven children. He was a Federal Anti-Jackson man, afterward an enthusiastic Whig, then (1844) a strong Abolitionist, and, finally, an acfive Republican. He died in 1873 in the town of Cortland, N. Y., and was buried in Homer, same county. Nicholas Wilber, the subject proper of these lines, received superior educafional advantages, attending school until he was thirteen years old, when impaired health compelled him to abandon study. He then turned his attention to farming pursuits, and worked On the homestead until 1864, when he came to Ohio, and bought a small piece of land in Henrietta township, Lo- rain county, on the Oberlin Road. In course of time he came into possession, by purchase, of 160 acres prime land, whereon he now lives, having a comfortable residence and commodious barn and other outhouses. Mr. Wilber has always taken an active part in politics—first as a Whig, then as a Republican, and in later years as a Democrat. He has attended several State conventions, and has filled with ability various township offices of trust. Mr. Wilber had five brothers: John, Isaac, Jonathan, Daniel W. and George A., two of whom are still living: Isaac and Daniel W. In 1848 he was united in marriage with Miss E. J., daughter of Edmund and Mary Miller, and one son, Miller, was born to them. The latter married Hattie, daughter of S. O. Kellogg, and they had four children, all of whom died of diphtheria in January, 1893, and were buried within five days of each other. PETER R. DRAPER, a much respected and highly prosperous farmer citizen of Brighton township, is a native of Huron county, Ohio, born in Townsend township, May 25, 1839, a son of Sheldon and Clarissa (Cole) Draper, the father born in Dutchess county, the mother in Chenango county, N. Y. They came from the latter county to Ohio, first locating in Bronson township, Huron county, later removing to Townsend township, where they died, the father in 1869, the mother in 1879, and they lie buried in Townsend township. LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 1175 The subject proper of these lines received a fair education at the common schools of his native place, and early in life commenced to work on his father's farm. At the age of eighteen he commenced to learn the trade of blacksmith, but at the end of twelve hours gave it up, concluding that he was better adapted to agriculture. After his marriage he located in Camden township, Lorain county, on forty acres of land he had bought there. on which he lived two years, then in 1870 came to his present farm in Brighton township, where he successfully carries on general farming and stock raising. Here he now has 127 acres of land, besides some in Townsend township, Huron county, and he has erected on his Lorain county farm one of the finest residences in the locality. On March 29, 1868, in Brighton township, Lorain county, Mr. Draper was united in marriage with Miss Estella Sellon, born in Michigan December 4, 1849, daughter of Major Sellon, and children as follows were born to them: Alma Mary, Mrs. Gilbert McCord, of South Dakota; DeWitt A., a farmer of Camden township, Lorain county; Della L., Mrs. Clarence Gibson, of Camden township; and Frank A., Altha E., Fred R., Archie P., Seth O., Rosella M., Jessie L., Clarence O. and Glenn S., all at home. In politics our subject is a Republican, and has served in various township offices; in church association he and his wife are Seventh Day Adventists. RICHARD WALKDEN, a leading wide-awake agriculturist of Columbia township, is a native of Massachusetts, born October 14, 1828, in Lowell, a son of William and Mary (Blundell) Walkden. The parents of our subject were natives of Lancashire, England, whence in 1826 they emigrated to this country, locating first in Lowell, Mass., where they worked in factories, in 1833 moving westward to Ohio, living in Newburgh one year, and then settling on a farm in Cuyahoga county. The father died in Berea, Ohio, in April, 1873, aged eighty nine years, the mother in September, 1857, in Cuyahoga county, at the age of sixty-four years. He had been twice married, and by his first wife had three children, viz.: John, who remained in England; Jane, Mrs. John Bainbridge, who died in Ridgeville township; and William, who came to Lorain county in 1843, died on the ocean in 1879. By his marriage with Miss Mary Blundell he had children as follows: Alice, who died in 1890 in Cuyahoga county; James, who died in 1875 in Lowell, Mass.; Thomas, residing in Cuyahoga county; Ann, the widow of Eastman Bradford, of Berea; Mary, widow of Joseph Chevalier, of Berea; Arthur, residing in Columbia township; Peter, who died in Ridgeville township in 1880 (he had come to Lorain county in an early day); Richard, our subject; Peggy, deceased; and Margaret, widow of Henry Woods, of Cuyahoga county. Richard Walkden was a small boy when his parents brought him from Massachusetts to Cuyahoga county, Ohio, where he received his education in Warrensville township, and was reared to practical farming. In 1859 he purchased his present place in Columbia township, Lorain county, comprising fifty acres which he improved, erected a comfortable dwelling and commodious barn, etc., and has added thereto till now he owns 193 acres of as good land as can be found in the county. In 1859 Mr. Walkden was married in Columbia township to Miss Matilda Litchfield, born in Birmingham, England, a daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Holden) Litchfield, who came from their native England to America in 1847, landing in Prince Edward Island, Canada, where the father died; the mother subsequently came with her family to Lorain county, Ohio, locating in Columbia town- 1176 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. ship, where she married a Mr. Price; her death occurred in October, 1872. By her first husband she had nine children, as fol-lows: Mary, married, living in England; Elizabeth, widow of Henry Mitchell, of England; Eliza, deceased; John, who en-listed in 1861 in the One Hundred and Twenty-fourth O. V. I., and was killed at the battle of Missionary Ridge; Thomas, residing in California; James, living in Washington; Joseph, who died February 24, 1888. Shiawassee county, Mich.; Matilda, Mrs. Walkden; and William, who died in England. To Mr. and Mrs. Walkden were born thirteen children, as follows: Mary is the wire of Henry Hawkins, of Berrien county, Mich., and has three children, Arthur, Lula and Leroy; Cornelia was a teacher in Lo-rain county for a number of years, and is now the wife of Robert Bivan, of West View; Fred; Frank was killed by lightning at the age of ten years; George, residing on the farm, is married and has one Fon, Lee Ebenezer; Emma has been a teacher in Columbia and Ridgeville townships, Lorain county; Delilah; Jennie; Clayton died at the age of three years; Henry, Lena, Chester and Ernest. In politics Mr. Walkden takes an active interest as a member of the Republican party ; he has been a member of the school board for some considerable time. He and his wife are members of the Baptist Church, and they are highly respected in the com-munity. PETER SIGOURNEY, retired, having his residence in Kipton, Lorain county, where he is much respected, is a native of New York State, born in Fowler, St. Lawrence county. The father of our subject, also named Peter, was born in Vermont, whence he moved to New York State, and married Miss Wealthy Bates, a native of Massachusetts. He died in 1832, the father of nine children, of whom the following is a brief record: Louisa married Daniel Russell, and died in Livingston county, Mich.; William is deceased; Caroline married John Kemp, and died at Watertown, N. Y.; Andrew also. died in Watertown, N. Y., after reaching maturity; Peter is the subject of this sketch; Anthony is a resident of Lincoln, Neb.; Orin is a resident of Westerville, Neb.; Sarah is the widow of Nicholas Boshert; Addison is a carpenter of Norwalk. After the death of the father, the farm, which had only been in part paid for, was sold at a sacrifice and the family were scattered. Our subject went to Watertown, N. Y., to make his home with his uncle, Anthony Sigourney, and here remained four years, part of the time working out on day wages. His elder brother, William, had come to Ohio in March, 1838, locating in Camden township, Lorain county, and the rest of the family, including Peter, came to Ohio in the following June. They lived in Hen-rietta township six or eight months, and then, William having, in February, 1839, bought land in Camden township, they moved thither in March following. Peter Sigourney, our subject, attended school until he was ten years old, and after the death of his father had to work hard to assist in the support of his brothers and sisters. After his marriage he made his first permanent location in Camden township, Lorain county, where he worked around at whatever he could find to do, chiefly clearing land, at which he did more than any one living to-day in Camden township. In 1847 he bought out of his hard-earned savings forty-seven acres of land at six dollars and fifty cents per acre, in Camden township, to which four years later he moved, his first house being a building 15 x 24, ten feet high, and there made his home until 1878. In that year he moved into the town of Kipton, built a" residence which he sold some time after, and then erected his present comfortable home. On January 7, LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 1177 1846, Mr. Sigourney was married to Miss Sarah M. Johnson, born in Saratoga county, N. Y., July 15, 1825, a daughter of Ezra and Polly (Wood) Johnson, who came to Ohio in 1831, and settled in Florence. Erie county. The children of this union were Bennett, born February 15, 1847, died July 20, 1851, and Mary E., born June 15, 1857, died September 22, 1858. Our subject is a loyal Democrat, during the Civil war voting the Uniou ticket, and he is a member of the Freewill Baptist Church. He is a representative self-made man, and what he owns has been won by hard work and judicious economy. GEORGE SCHOTT, than whom there is no more respected citizen in Grafton township, is a representative self-made man, and a prosperous agriculturist. He is a native of Bavaria, Germany, born January 22, 1817, a son of George Schott, who was a farmer in his native land. Up to the age of fourteen our subject attended school in Bavaria, and then served a two-years' apprenticeship at the baker's trade, under two masters. Being naturally of, a roving disposition, and learning, in 1836, of two or three families about coming to America from his native town, he made up his mind to join the party. Receiving sufficient money from his father, hs set sail from Hamburg on the good ship " Lucadona," and after a voyage of fifty-eight days arrived in New York, where he soon secured work at his trade. At the end of two years his father and the rest of his family emigrated to the United States, the port of landing being Baltimore, at which time George was lying sick with malaria in a certain town on the Hudson river. He had written to his parents not to come to America, which letter never reached them, but they found the sick boy, and on his recovery he joined them while en route to Logan county, Ohio. Here, a few years later, the parents died. Our subject had taken a trip through that State, but not being satisfied with the country concluded to return to New York State; and while on his journey thither lie stopped over at Liverpool, Medina Co., Ohio, where he met Miss Margaret Baumann, also a native of Bavaria, who had crossed the Atlantic with her parents in 1835. Here he was married, and having but little money wherewith to commence housekeeping, he hired himself out as a farm laborer, and by hard work and judicious economy he and his wife ere long accumulated sufficient to buy a small farm in Medina county, which they lived on until 1846. In that year they came to Grafton township, Lorain county, where for two years they rented land, at the end of which time Mr. Schott purchased from Charles Bishop the farm where he now lives, at that time comprising seventy-five acres. To this he from time to time added until he had an aggregate of 325 acres, fifty-five of which he gave away, leaving him now the owner of 270 acres of choice farming land. The children born to George and Margaret (Baumann) Schott were George W, and Peter, both in Indiana; John B., in Nebraska; Frank, in Grafton, and a daughter that died in infancy. The mother of these departed this life in 1861, and for his second wife Mr. Schott married Sarah Yucah, now deceased, by which union there is no issue. Politically our subject is a stanch Republican, and he is a member of the Evangelical Church at Liverpool, Medina county. JOHN SMITH (deceased) was born April 12, 1805, in Yorkshire, England, whence when a young man he emigrated, in company with a brother, William, to Canada. The brothers there 1178 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. purchased fifty acres of land, but John afterward disposed of his share and went to New York State. Some time later he returned to Canada, and on August 29, 1836, was there united in marriage with Mary Braithwaite, who was born November 9, 1815, also in Yorkshire, England. When three years of age she came with her parents to Montreal, Canada, in which country her father, Edward Braithwaite, became an extensive farmer; he also followed his trade, that of carpenter. Before returning to Canada Mr. Smith had made a visit to Oberlin, Ohio, and while there became very much impressed with the country, consequently he moved thither with his wife soon after his marriage. They drove a span of horses part of the way, and then made a part of the journey by water, landing at Cleveland, whence they again drove to Oberlin, Lorain county. Mr. Smith had saved a few hundred dollars, which he soon invesfed in forty-four acres of land; he obtained employment in Oberlin, running the engine in the gristmill at ,that place, in which he continued until the mill was burned, when hg commenced work on his farm. After the mill was rebuilt, he was again employed there, but returned to his farm (where he first lived in a rude cabin), which by his unceasing industry and energy he was continually enabled to increase. He remained there until 1869, when he rented the place, and moved into Oberlin to educate his family. To Mr. and Mrs. Smith came the following children: Sarah Ann, born September 27, 1837, who married Lewis Breckenridge, an attorney of Cleveland (they had one son, Edwin S., a professional ball-player); Mary S., now widow of Lewis Breckenridge, of Cleveland; Emma J., of Cleveland; John Edward, who graduated from Andover College, Massachusetts, and is now a Congregational minister in California; Mary S. died in infancy; and William H. died in youth. They had also an adopted daughter, Phoebe Rollinson, now Mrs. John Gunn, of Delta, Colo. Alexander Greenwood, now a young man, has also shared their home, hut is at present residing in Massachusetts. In 1879 Mr. Smith returned to his farm, and a few years later built a very pleasant home, just outside of Oberlin, where he led a retired life until his death. During his later years his eyes caused him considerable trouble. In politics he was a Republican with Prohibition tendencies, and in religions faith was a leading member and supporter of the First Congregafional Church of Oberlin. He passed from earth April 29, 1889, and was buried at Oberlin. Mr. Smith was one of the most successful farmers of his day, and though enjoying in his youth but meager literary advantages, he acquired a practical education, was a close observer of men and manners, and possessed a good memory. He was very fond of Scripture reading, was an active worker in the Church, and was a highly esteemed citizen of the community in which he resided. Since his death, Mrs. Smith, who is a well-read, intelligent lady, and a most interesting conversationalist, has spent parf of her time in the East, but resides generally at the pleasant family home near Oberlin, where she is surrounded by hosts of friends. L. D. GLYNN, a prosperous agriculturist of Lorain county, was born October 17, 1819, in Berkshire county, Mass. His parents were Edward and Sylvia C. (Taller) Glynn, who reared a family of three children, all sons, namely: Henry, who came westward to Ohio. where he died in Clarksfield, Huron county; Alfred J., who died in Michigan, and Lorenzo D., subject of this memoir. The father of this family died when his son Lorenzo D. was but six years of age, and for a while the latter was cared for by others, in the meantime atfending school. When fourteen years old. he was bound out LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 1179 to Elijah Hughings, a farmer of Great Barrington, Mass., and in September, 1836, came with his foster-parents to Lorain county, Ohio, locating near the center of Pittsfield township. Some dissatisfaction having arisen between them, however, Mr. Glynn left Hughings, and returned to Massachusetts, making part of the journey by canal, and walking the remaining distance. In the fall of 1839 he returned to Pittsfield township, where he found work —threshing and chopping wood, and in fact doing any honest labor he could obtain. On September 22, 1844, lie was married to Emeline Carter, who was born June 9, 1825, in Greene county, N. Y., daughter of Calvin S. and Johanna (Townsend) Carter, who came to Pittsfield township in 1841. To this union were born children as follows: Sarah Ann, who married Horace G. Bartlett, and died in Pittsfield, Ohio; Melvin R., who served in Company H, Second Ohio Cavalry, and received a wound at Stony Creek, Va., from the effects of which he died; Lucy E., who married Alexander Mayhew, and died at Garrettsville, Ohio; Susan D., wife of Harvey Norton, of Pittsfield township; Mary J., who was first married to Lewis Ives, and is now the wife of Alonzo Norton; Ellen, Mrs. Horace Bartlett, of Pittsfield; Eva E., Mrs. Charles Bryant, of Wood county, Ohio; Marion, deceased in infancy; James T., a farmer of Pittsfield township; Viola, Mrs. Thomas Hollingsworth, of Pittsfield; and Alice M., Mrs. Henry Colston, of Russia township, Lorain county. After marriage Mr. Glynn located on a small farm in Pittsfield township, which he had partly cleared, and which he subsequently sold to John Preston. In 1848 he came to his present farm, purchasing 120 acres, then almost entirely woodland, and with no improvements whatever. He had to erect a cabin himself, and then went industriously to work, clearing off the land, and year by year adding thereto, until he now has a fine farm of about 231 acres. Mr: and Mrs. Glynn are both good business managers; starting in life with nothing, he has met with no small degree of success in his life vocation, all due to his own exertions. In politics he was originally a Whig, later a Republican until 1872, when he became a member of the Democratic party, with which he has since affiliated. Socially he is a member of Oberlin Lodge No. 678, I. O. O. F. He and his wife are both fond of reading. BODMANN BROTHERS are proprietors of the popular flourishing grocery in North Amherst, which they opened for business November 9, 1891, having bought out the grocery department of Plato Bros. Henry J. Bodmann, senior member of the firm, was born April 6, 1869, and received a liberal education at the common schools of the vicinity of his boyhood home. At the age of thirteen he commenced to learn blacksmithing, at which he worked until going into the grocery business with his brother. William J. Bodmann, junior member of the firm, was born February 4, 1871, and was educated at the common schools. At the age of thirteen he commenced working at home, and one year afterward entered a grocery store as junior clerk, where he remained some years, after which he was on a farm three years.. He was then in the employ of Plato Bros., about one and one-half years, at which time he and his brother Henry J. bought out the grocery of that firm as already related. Mr. William J. Bodmann is a Catholic, and a charter member of the C. M. B. A. Henry Bodmann, father of Henry J. and William J. Bodmann, was born J une 11, 1837, in the Kingdom of Hanover, Germany, where he received his education, and was taught the flour-milling trade. 1180 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. In 1865 he came to the United States, and after half a year's residence in New York moved westward to North Amherst, where he first found employment in a brewery, in which he remained about ten years. He bought property, and for some years carried on a saloon. In 1867 he was united in marriage, in North Amherst, Ohio. with Margaret Frank, who was born in Hesse, Germany, December 29, 1842, and was nineteen years old when she came to America. Eight children were born to thorn, viz.: Henry J. and William J. (of the grocery firm of Bodmann Bros.), Harman, Louis, Mary, John, Carl and Joseph. Mr. Bodmann is a Democrat, and a member of the Catholic Church. GEORGE HOLLSTEIN, one of the well-to-do native-born farmers of Amherst township, is a son of Henry and Elizabeth (Bechstein) Hollstein, natives of Hessen-Cassel, Germany, where they were married. In the spring of 1848 they set sail from Bremen for the Western World, and after a voyage of fourteen weeks landed at New York, whence they proceeded by rail to Buffalo, thence by water to Cleveland, and from there by team to Lorain county, Ohio, where they settled on a farm of fifty acres the father had bought in Amherst town-ship, and on which our subject now re-sides. Here Henry Hollstein carried on farming until his death, which occurred in 1890, when he was aged eighty-four years; the mother died in 1880, aged sixty-eight years. In his political preferences Henry Hollstein was a Republican, and he and his wife were members of the Evangelical Association. They reared a, family of five children, as follows: Adam married Lucinda Ray, a native of Lorain county, and settled in Brownhelm township, where he died in 1890 (his widow resides in that township); Elizabeth, widow of John Dreher, lives in Allegan county, Mich.; Catherine is the widow of John Hoffner, of Oberlin, Ohio; Sophia is the wife of Conrad Nuhn, of Vermillion, Ohio; and George is the subject proper of this sketch. George Hollstein was born on his present farm in 1851, received his education at the Union schools of North Amherst, and was reared to agricultural pursuits on his present farm. For a time he followed quarrying and taking. out ship timber in different counties of Ohio, but he has given most of his attention to the farm. In 1881 Mr. Hollstein was married, in Lorain county, to Miss Catherine Kolbe, a native of Germany, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Huessem) Kolbe, also of the Fatherland, and who now reside in Black River township, Lorain county. One child has come to brighten the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hollstein, named Walter. They are members of the Evangelical Church, of which he is trustee, and of the Sunday-school of which he was superintendent some years. Politically he is a Republican. WILLIAM LAPP was born December 27, 1845, on his present farm in Amherst township, a son of Henry and Catherine (Able) Lapp, who were natives of Hessia, Germany, where they were married. In an early day they came to America, and to Lorain county, Ohio, settling finally on the farm whereon our subject now lives, in 'Amherst township. The father was a merchant tailor, an occupation that took him away from home a good deal, and while he was absent his wife attended to the farm. On first 'corning to the county he located on the lake shore, where he bought seventy-five acres, on which he built a tailor shop, and here followed his trade; he also worked for a time in Brook-lyn, a village near Cleveland. He died in LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 1181 1890 at the age of eighty-nine years; his wife in 1891 when aged eighty-two. They had children as follows: John, who died about the year 1838; Eliza, who married, and died in Lorain county in 1889; Catherine, wife of Jacob Fowls, who lives in Amherst township; Mary, widow of Henry Heisner, who lives in North Amherst; Henry, a resident of Lorain; and William, the subject of this memoir. William Lapp, whose name opens this sketch, received his education in the common schools of his district, and was reared to farm life. In 1869 he married Miss Eliza Appleman, by whom he had three children: John (attending the business college at Oberlin), Charles and Frank. The mother of these died in 1890, and in 1892 Mr. Lapp was united in marriage with Miss Katie Limbaugh. Our subject owns a fine farm of 156 acres prime land, and carries on general agriculture. In 1884 he built his present residence at a cost of three thousand dollars. In politics he is in sympathy with the Democratic party, and in religious sentiment he is a member of the Presbyterian Church. W. H. BRYANT, proprietor of the Bryant Channeler Machine Shops, North Amherst, was born on his present farm in Amherst township, Lorain Co., Ohio, October 10, 1840, a son of Nathaniel and Ann (Wilkins) Bryant, who were born in Gloucestershire, England, the father in 1799; they were married in their native county, and came to the United States in 1828. The subject of this sketch received his primary education in the common schools of his township. On October 30, 1861, he enlisted in the Forty-second O. V. I., and participated in many battles and skirmishes, principal among which were the engagements at . Vicksburg, Chickasaw Bluffs, Arkansas Post, and Vicksburg (2), where they camped all winter on the low flat marshy point in front of Vicksburg. Thence in the following spring they moved to below Vicksburg, thence to Grand Gulf, the mouth of Black river, from which place they saw the terrific bombardment of that place by U. S. gunboats. The regiment then participated in the battle of Thornpson's Hill, where they sustained great loss, and were afterward at Champion Hill, Black River Bridge, as well as in several skirmishes around Vicksburg, afterward taking part in the siege thereof, and its final surrender July 4, 1863. They then marched to Jackson, Miss., and drove Johnson's army from that place; also assisted in tearing up thirty miles of railroad, after which our subject came home on a thirty-days' furlough. Rejoining his regiment at Berwick Bay, La., he proceeded with it up Bayou Teche, same State, and at Plaquemine remained all winter. Next spring they were ordered to Baton Rouge, thence to the Red river campaign, after which they were placed on detail duty, to keep the river clear; were also at Milliken's Bend, Eagles Point and DuVall's Bluff, Ark., at which latter place Mr. Bryant's term expired. His company was one of the best drilled companies in the Western army. They tookpart in a prize drill contest at Milliken's Bend, and came off victorious. Mr. Bryant remained in the river service from Baton Rouge to Eagles Point, Ark., till the close of his term of service, chiefly on the Mississippi, Arkansas and White rivers. At Memphis, Tenn., in 1862, he was promoted to orderly sergeant. On his return home he attended for a time the commercial school at Buffalo. N. Y., of Bryant & Stratton, both of whom are related to him. He also learned the trade of stone cutter. At Meadville, Penn., he taught bookkeeping, and assisted in establishing a commercial college there. From Meadville he proceeded to Michigan, and was two years on a homestead in the northern part of that State, 1182 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. where he experienced the hardships incident to clearing up a farm in a heavily-wooded country, where he had but one neighbor nearer than one mile. While on the farm he received an offer of a position in a concern doing a large business in supplying wood to lake steamers, and shipping it to Chicago. After the second year he became general manager of fhe business. The company purchased and sold about twenty thousand cords of wood annually, the bulk of which was chopped by the Indians, who received nearly all of their pay in goods and provisions from the company's store. After five years spent in the northern part of Michigan, Mr. Bryant removed to Chicago to take a positiou as bookkeeper, but at the end of a year, having to give up his position on account of the climate proving unfavorable to the health of Mrs. Bryant, he came to Amherst, Ohio, and shortly afterward went into the stone business, which at first was far from a grand success, but finally proved to be a good venture. In 1889 he invented a machine known as "The Bryant Channeler," for cutting both limestone and sandstone, and for the past four years has been engaged in manufacturing them. He also owns the Bryant Quarries in Amherst township, as well as one in Elyria. On April 21, 1866, Mr. Bryant was married in Meadville, Penn., to Miss Harriet Adelaide Wykoff, a native of Pennsylvania. In politics he is a Republican; socially he is a member of the K. of H. FRANKLIN ARNOLD, an upright, intelligent citizen of Pittsfield township, was born August 20, 1841, in Camden township, Lorain county. His father, James Arnold, son of Anthony Arnold, was born in 1806 in New York, where he was reared fo manhood and received au education in the common schools. He was married in his native State to Miss Eliza Carrington, and in about 1839 came west to Lorain county, Ohio, purchasing land in Camden township. Here he soon afterward settled, and at that time the tract was all woodland, with no improvements save an old log house. In 1844 Mrs. Arnold died, leaving one child, Franklin, and was buried in Camden cemetery. For his second wife Mr. Arnold married Jane Ann Powell, a native of New York, who bore him three children: Anthony; Susan, Mrs. Byron McNeal, of Chicago, Ill.; and Emma, married, now of Council Bluffs, Iowa. They resided in Camden township until 1851, when they moved to the farm in Pittsfield township (where Franklin Arnold now resides), and there passed the remainder of fheir lives. In politics he was a Democrat, and he took considerable interest in the political issues of the day, keeping himself well informed. He held various local offices, serving as township trustee, assessor, etc., and was a shrewd business man and a good farmer. He died January 13, 1864, and was buried in Camden township by the side of his wife. His widow, who was a member of the M. E. Church, died in 1878, and was interred in Pittsfield cemetery. Franklin Arnold was reared to farm life, received his education in the common schools of his day, and when ten years of age moved with his parents to Pittsfield township, where he has since made his home. On December 21, 1865, he was married, in Elyria, Ohio, to Helen M. Rawson, who was born December 30, 1844, in Pittsfield. Her parents, Ropha and Betsey (Fulton) Rawson, came from New York State to Lorain county, Ohio, locating in LaGrange township; they died in Pittsfield township. To Mr. and Mrs. Arnold have come children as follows: Erwin, born January 30, 1868, who graduated from Wellington high school, and is now teaching in Pittsfield township; and George A., born August 30, 1870, a farmer of Pittsfield township. Soon after marriage Mr. Arnold purchased, from Ara LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 1183 Rawson, fifty acres of land adjoining the home farm, and here began wedded life, living upon that tract until 1892, when he moved to the home farm. Here he has erected a handsome new dwelling-house and barn, • which are models of their kind. In politics he is a Democrat, and iu 1891 was elected township trustee, being the first Democrat to hold that office since his father served in the same capacity; he has numerous friends in both parties. Mr. Arnold now owns 147 acres of excellent land, where he carries on a general farming and dairying business. He has hosts of friends, and it is safe to say that there is no citizen in Pittsfield township who holds a higher place in the esteem and regard of his fellow-citizens. Mrs. Arnold is a member of the Methodist Church. WILLIAM PRESTON, one of the most successful agriculturists of Pittsfield township, was born July 31, 1823, in Lincolnshire, England, son of John Preston. The grandfather of subject was a tailor by trade, and was in the employment of the British Government at Gibraltar, where his son John was born. John Preston was reared on a farm in Lincolnshire, England, and there married Martha Major, who bore him four children, viz.: William; Eliza, who was married in England to William Colson, died in Oberlin, Ohio, and was buried in Pittsfield; Caroline, who was married in England, came to America, and died in Philadelphia, Penn., where she was buried; and one son that died in infancy unnamed. The mother of these children passed away in 1831, and Mr. Preston married in England, for his second wife, Rebecca Clark, to which union were born six children. In 1847 he sailed from Liverpool to New York, whence he at once proceeded to Pittsfield township, Lorain Co., Ohio, where an English family named Wills had previously located. Here he purchased fifty-six acres of land for six hundred dollars, and having a capital of but eighty dollars was obliged to go in debt for the remainder. He lived in an old log house on this tract for some time, and later removed to the west town line, where he died in April, 1877, and was buried in East cemetery, Pittsfield township; his wife had preceded him to the grave. He was an active Republican, and took great interest in politics. He was a man of good proportions, and during his active life was an indefatigable worker. William Preston attended the common schools until ten years of age, and from early boyhood worked on the farm, his first d uty being to scare the crows from picking the corn off the ground. When thirteen years of age he hired out at thirty dollars per year, to care for four horses, and was later employed in various places and at various occupations. On May 15, 1851, he was united in marriage with Elizabeth Flatters, who was born May 29, 1824, in Lincolnshire, England, daughter of Abraham and Mary (Emerson) Flatters, and on May 28, same year, the young couple left their early home and friends, taking passage for New York on a "Red Star" liner. They landed after a voyage of five weeks, and proceeded at once to Cleveland, Ohio; on the way thither they happened to be in Buffalo, N. Y., on the Fourth of July, and witnessed the celebration, but did not know the cause of it. From Cleveland they came by rail to Wellington, Ohio, from which place they were driven to Pittsfield township, where they saw the log house in which is father had first lived. There they remained for two months, and then rented a house and later five acres of land, where they resided for eighteen months. Mr. Preston next rented land from Joseph Worcester, of Pittsfield township, and subsequently removed to Wellington, where lie rented a much larger place. From Wellington he moved 1184 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. to Sullivan township, Ashland Co., Ohio, where he resided for six years. In 1870 he purchased ninety-six acres in Pittsfield township, Lorain county, and resided thereon until 1891, when he moved to Pittsfield Center, where he now leads a retired life. Mr. Preston now owns 135 acres of excellent land. Coming to America a poor man, he has, by patient industry and untiring energy, accumulated a comfortable competence, and is one of the most highly respected members of his community, kind-hearted and generous in every respect. Politically he is a Republican, and has served as township trustee, and in religious faith he and his wife are members of the Methodist Church. To their union have come the following named children: Elizabeth, deceased at the age of four years; Martha, Airs. Charles Avery, of Pittsfield; Eliza, deceased when fifteen months old; Mary L., Mrs. William Pick-worth, of Clarksfield, Ohio; Catharine, Mrs. John Jordan, of Brighton, Ohio; Roderick J., who died at the age of four years; and William, a farmer of Pittsfield township. ALBERT FOSTER, who for many years has been prominently identi-fied with the interests of Lorain county, is a native of the " Green Mountain State," born January 30, 1831, in Windsor county. His father, Addison Foster, a farmer, and mother, Lizzie (Pease), were both born in Weston, Windsor Co., Vt., and while living in that State had children as follows: Lucy A., who was married in Ohio to David Clark, and died in Nebraska; Ira A., of Eaton county, Mich.; Albert, the subject of this memoir; and Hannah, Mrs. Rufus Knowles, of LaGrange. In August, 1836, the family set out for Ohio, driving three four-year-old horses, coming via Troy, N. Y., to Cleveland, and thence to LaGrange town-ship, Lorain county, where a sister of Mrs. Foster, Malinda Dale, resided, at whose home they remained for a few days. Mr. Foster purchased eighty-three acres in the vicinity, on which some clearing had been done, and here the family made their first settlement, remaining thereon until 1862, when Mrs. Foster's failing health induced him to change his residence to the center of the township. Here they led a retired life until their decease, Mr. Foster passing away in 1874, Mrs. Foster in 1875; both are buried in the Center cemetery of the M. E. Church. He was industrious, hard-working, a good business manager, and one of the most progressive men in the county, qualities which brought him success and enabled him from time to time to increase his property. He always gave liberally to church work, and was the largest contributor toward the M. E. Church building, also donating the land upon which it stood. Politically he was a Republican, originally a Democrat, hav-ing changed during Fremont's administra-tion, and served as township trustee and in various other local offices. After coming to Ohio three children were added to the domestic circle, viz.: Horatio, who died in LaGrange in 1864, of smallpox; George, of LaGrange, and a son that died in infancy unnamed. Albert Foster was five years old when he came with his parents to Ohio, and here he attended the common schools, which were then held in log buildings. He received a thorough training in agriculture on the home farm, where he remained until his marriage, on February 6, 1852, to Miss Betsey Knowles, who was born in the East, and came when one year old to Ohio, whither her father, Horace Foster, removed in an early day, settling in LaGrange township, Lorain county. After his marriage our subject located on a piece of the home place, near the homestead, and commenced farming, remaining there ten years, when he exchanged with his father for the home- LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 1185 stead. Here he resided fifteen years, or until April 2, 1877, when he disposed of 108 acres of the home farm, and came to his present place, near the center of LaGrange township, where he has since lived retired. To Mr. and Mrs. Albert Foster have come four children, viz.: Lyman P. (of Penfield, Lorain county), Merritt (of Brown county, Kans.), Frank (of LaGrange) and Edward (of Brown county, Kans.), all of whom are engaged in farming. These children have all had the best of educational opportunities, and their father has liberally assisted each one to make a start in life. In politics he was originally a Democrat, but is now a stanch member of the Republican party, and has given universal satisfaction as trustee of LaGrange township.. In the fall of 1883 he was elected a director of the county infirmary, a position in which he has ever since efficiently served. Kind-hearted and generous. be is recognized as a public benefactor, and is looked up to and esteemed as one of the leading citizens of his community. He has traveled considerably, and has paid several visits to his sons in Kansas. Mrs. Foster is a member of the M. E. Church. (Since the above was written we have been Informed of the death of Mr. Albert Foster, which occurred January 20, 1894.—ED. J. H. TOWNSHEND, a progressive and well-to-do agriculturist of Sheffield township, is a native of the same, born in 1839, a son of John and Hannah (Hurst) Townshend, both of whom were natives of England, the father of Warwickshire. When a young man John Townshend, father of subject, emigrated from England to the United States, coming in 1831 to Lorain county, Ohio, and settling on a farm in Avon township. He there married Hannah Hurst, and the young couple then moved to another farm, in Sheffield town ship. Mr. Townshend was killed by the cars in Elyria, Ohio, in 1875, and Mrs. Townshend died some years ago. J. H. Townshend was educated in the common schools of his native township, and was trained to farming pursuits, which have been his life work. He assisted in opening up the borne farm, now a well-cultivated piece of land, on which he yet resides. In 1875 he visited Pittsburgh, Penn., and was there and then married to Miss Mary Shober, by whom he has had the following named children : Lloyd, Leola, Ina and Florence. In politics Mr. Townshend is a Republican, stanch and true, and. he and his with are members of the Baptist Church at Avon. PETER M. SMITH is a thoroughly representative loyal German-American citizen of Sheffield township, where he successfully follows the plough. He was born May 19, 1819, in Prussia, Germany, a son of Mathias and Barbara (Dohn) Smith, also natives of Prussia, where the father, who was a farmer, died when his son Peter M. was five years old. The widowed mother and her family subsequently emigrated to the United States, and to Lorain county, Ohio, where she died in Sheffield township at the age of seventy-nine years, the mother of eight children, of whom three grew to maturity, namely: Mary: Peter M. and Ann Mary. Peter M. Smith, the subject of this biographical memoir, received his education in the schools of the Fatherland, and was there married. In 1846 he and his family came to America, and to Lorain county, Ohio, first locating in Ridgeville township, afterward settling in Sheffield township, where he bought his present beautiful farm of 166 acres of highly cultivated land. A brief record of his children is here pre- 1186 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. rented: Joseph has his home in Wisconsin; Peter is married, and lives in Cleveland (he has six children living); Hubbard is married, and had ten children; Kate, Mrs. Schumacher, has had six children; John is married, and has nine children. The mother of the above named family died in 1883, at the age of seventy years. Mr. Smith has four living grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. In politics he is a Democrat, and he is a member of the Catholic Church. DAVID MILLER, a well-known resident of North Amherst, is an early settler of Lorain county. His parents, Jacob and Catherine (Cook) Miller, were natives of Bavaria, Germany, and in 1847 emigrated to America, locating in North Amherst, Lorain Co., Ohio, where they passed the rest of their lives. They reared a family of seven children, viz.: Jacob, who lives in Brownhelm township; Catherine, in Mercer county, Penn.; Elizabeth, wife of Jacob Miller, of Sheffield township; David; Julia, living in Michigan; Margaret, wife of Adam Baker, of Black River township; and Amelia, wife of Barney Burke, of Lorain. The father of this family followed farming; he died in North Amherst in 1889, having been preceded by the mother in 1888, when aged eighty-eight years. David Miller was born in 1827 in Bavaria, Germany, where he was reared and educated. He learned the blacksmith's trade, which he followed in Germany, England and France, and in 1847 camp with his parents to North Amherst, Lorain county, where he also followed his trade for many years. In 1864 he enlisted, at Wooster, Ohio, in Company I, First Ohio Artillery, for one year or during the war, serving as blacksmith; they were stationed at Chattanooga, Tenn., and at Dalton, Ga., at which latter place Mr. Miller received an honorable discharge in 1865, and returned to Lorain counfy. In 1851 Mr. Miller was married in Lorain county, to Miss Margaret Hildebrand, a native of Germany, daughter of David and Gertrude (Reis) Hildebrand, natives of Hessen, Germany, whence they emigrated in 1835, settling in Black River township, Lorain Co., Ohio, where the father passed away in 1858, and was followed to the grave by the mother in 1862. They were the second German family to settle in Lorain county. A brother of Mrs. Miller resides in North Carolina. Our subject and wife are the parents of seven children, viz.: Lewis, a farmer of Sheffield township; Mary, wife of George Keller, a farmer of Black River township; Sophia, wife of Winnie Gawn, of Amherst township; Elizabeth, wife of Roy Leslie, of North Amherst; Rowena, wife of Philip Klotz, residing in Lorain; Julia; and Emma, wife of Irving Chappell, a machinist, of Cleveland, Ohio. In politics Mr. Miller is a Republican, and in religious faith he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church, at North Amherst. Mr. Miller is now engaged in fruit farming and gardening. JOHN W. GROTE, of North Amherst, was born November 25, 1849, in Hanover, Germany, a son of George and Nena (Zieranberg) Grote, the former of whom was also a native of Hanover, where they both died. The father was killed by an accident in 1849; the mother passed from earth when about fifty-three years old. They had four children, of whom our subject was the only one to come to America. John W. Grote received a good education at the school of his native place, and in 1872 came to America, setting sail April 15 and arriving May 15 following. After his arrival in North Amherst, Ohio, he commenced working in stone quarries, in LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 1187 which he continued some fifteen years in one place, most of the time in the capacity of foreman in the Holdeman quarry (now owned by the Cleveland Stone Company). After a year's sickness he opened out in the refail liquor trade in North Amherst, and has been very successful, being a popular and much respected citizen. Mr. Grote was united in marriage with Miss Amelia Subears, and four children—one son and three daughters—have been born to them, viz.: Rosa, Emma, Lizzie and Willie. The entire family are members of the Presbyterian Church; in politics Mr. Grote is a Democrat, and he is a member of the I. O. O. F. and Encampment, and the K. O. T. M. AZARIAH SMITH ROOT, A. M., Librarian and Professor of Bibliography at Oberlin Collere, is a native of Massachusetts, born in Middlefield February 3, 1862, a son of Francis and Anna (Smith) Root. The father of subject, also born in Middlefield, Mass., is now a merchant in the town of East Douglass, Mass. He married Anna Smith, who died March 24, 1874, at the age of forty-five years, eight months, the mother of two children, of whom Azariah S. is the second. The subject of this memoir received his preparatory education at the high school of Middlefield, and at the Hinsdale and Pittsfield schools, all in Massachusetts, In 1880 he entered Oberlin (Ohio) College, where he graduated in the classical course of 1884, after which, in 1885-86, he studied law in Boston University, and also in Harvard University. In 1887 he was appointed librarian of Oberlin College, and in 1889 professor of Bibliography, which positions he is at present holding. In the year last mentioned he took the degree of A. M. at Oberlin College. He is librarian for the Ohio Church Historical Society. On April 30,1887, Prof. Root was united in marriage with Miss A. M. Metcalf, of Elyria, Ohio, and one child—Francis. Metcalf—was born to them August 24, 1889. In politics our subject is a member of the Third Party Prohibitionists, and is a member of the County Prohibition Committee. He is of the tenth generation of the Root family in the United States. DAVID SCHWARTZ, one of the prosperous and industrious German agriculturists of Russia township, is a native of Bavaria, Germany, born July 7, 1832. His father, Jacob Schwartz, was by vocation a farmer in the Fatherland, owning a small piece of land, and he labored at whatever he could find to do when he had no work at his own home. He married Miss Catherine Burg, and she bore him five children, one of whom, Catherine by name, died in Germany. The father passed from earfh there in March, 1834, leaving a widow and five children to be provided for. In the meantime the eldest boy married, and the family circle being now broken, the widowed mother concluded to emigrate to America with her remaining offspring. Consequently in June, 1848, they—she and four children, Jacob, Margaretta, Elizabeth and our subject—set sail from the port of Antwerp for New York, where they landed after a passage of forty-two days. From there they proceeded by Erie Canal to Buffalo, thence by lake to Cleveland, and then by road to Russia township, Lorain county, where there already was a small colony of their countrymen. The son Jacob acted as leader of the party, and having among themselves saved about three hundred dollars, he (Jacob) purchased a farm therewith, afterward repay- ing what he had borrowed. At this time David Schwartz was sixteen years old. He attended school regularly 1188 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. in his native country, and but a short time in the New World. He had no trouble in securing work, and for his first year's services received fifty dollars. At the age of nineteen he bought sixty acres of land on credit, and by the time he was twenty-one he had paid off the entire sum—five hundred and eight dollars—all accumulated by hard work and rigid economy. He has now 163 acres of land, all in a high state of cultivation. In September, 1856, Mr. Schwartz was united in marriage with Christina Baker, who was born March 16, 1834, in Boston, Mass., a daughter of Nicholas and Elizabeth (Cook) Baker, who came west to Ohio in an early day, and settled in Amherst township, Lorain county. After marriage the young couple commenced housekeeping in an old log house that stood on his farm, which in after years was superseded by the more substantial residence, which is yet standing. Children as follows have been born to Mr. and rs. Schwartz: Frank E., a farmer of Carlisle township, Lorain county; Caroline, Mrs. William Shubert, of Russia township; Charles H., of Elyria, Ohio; Eliza S., Mrs. Eugene Waldorf, of Muncie, Ind.; John A., of Arizona; Lucy S., Mrs. A. F. Renkie, of Elyria, Ohio; and Mary F. The mother of this family died somewhat suddenly on August 6, 1879, after a brief illness, and she now lies buried in North Amherst cemetery. Politically our subject is a Democrat, but though true to his colors takes no active interest in the affairs of his party, having his time fully occupied on his farm. JOHN McLAUGHLIN, a popular, progressive and wide-awake citizen of Oberlin, where he is proprietor of a flourishing bookstore, is a native of Canada, born November 6, 1849, in Bol- ton, Brome county, Province of Quebec. He is a son of John and Mary (Mooney) McLaughlin, the former of whom was born in the Highlands of Scotland, and when a child was brought to Canada by his parents, who died on their farm there. The father of our subject, after his marriage with Miss Mary Mooney, a native of New Hampshire, settled on the old homestead in Brome county, Quebec, where he died in 1884, at about the age of sixty-two years; his wife lived to an advanced age. The early life of our subject was passed on the farm in Canada, and his education was received at the schools of St. Johnsbury. At the age of twenty years he came to the United States, prior to which he had worked at various vocations, saving money as lie plodded along. This enabled him to come west, where there were better opportunities for a young man, and locating in Lorain county, Ohio, he attended school at Oberlin one year. After this, February 26, 1876, he opened his present bookstore in Oberlin, in which business he has met with well-merited success. In addition to books and stationery he carries a large stock of wall-paper, and makes a specialty of lamps, particularly the " Oberlin Lamp," for which he has the exclusive sale in the city. Our subject was married in Oberlin to Miss Jennie V. Bunce, and they have two children: Helen Irene and Dora Genevieve. In his political preferences he is a Republican. EDWIN A. BIVINS, a well-known farmer of Amherst township, is a descendant of one of the earliest pioneer families of Lorain county. Benjamin Bivins, grandfather of our subject, was born in Connecticut, and was reared in Erie county, N. Y., where he received his education in the schools of the district. In an early day lie came to Lorain county, Ohio, where he followed farming, afterward returning to Erie county, N. Y., where he was married to Miss Asenath Adams. In 1835 they came LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 1189 to Lorain county, and settled on a farm, where they passed the remainder of their lives. The grandfather served for many years as constable and justice of the peace in his township. He died at the age of eighty-three, and his wife passed away at Elyria when aged eighty-nine years and nine months. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. Lyman Bivins, son of this old pioneer, was born January 17, 1808, in Otsego county, N. Y., and in 1835 came with his father from Clarence, Erie Co., N. Y. He married Lydia Greene, a native of Massachusetts, and they became the parents of six children, as follows: Edwin A.; Maria, wife of Morris Hecock, of Sheffield township, Lorain county; George L., in the livery business in Elyria; Eliza, deceased wife of I, D. Stout; Josephine, who married Leonard Steele, and died in Amherst; and Albert, who died in infancy. The mother of this family died in 1864; the father is still living at the age of eighty-five years. Edwin A. Bivins was born in 1837 in Amherst township, Lorain county, and was reared on the farm, receiving his education in the district schools. He learned the carpenter's trade of his grandfather, and for fifteen years was in the employ of the Lake Shore Railroad, at Norwalk, on car and cab work. He was afterward engaged for five years in the milling business at Amherst, and then returned to the farm. In 1863 Mr. Bivins was married to Miss Mary I. Winton, who was born in Amherst township. daughter of Orrin and Mariett (Smith) Winton, natives of Vermont, who came to Amherst township about 1834, where he was extensively engaged in farming. They were the parents of children as follows: Eli, who resides in Arkansas; Ann, widow of Edward Aikens, of Amherst township; Mariett; C. F., living in Kansas; O. P., who died in East St. Louis, Ill.; Alferetta, wife of George Morgan, of Elyria; Hattie, wife of William Barnes, of Cleveland; William W., a stationary engineer at Sandusky, Ohio (his twin sister died in infancy); Nellie, who lives in Elyria, and Mary I., Mrs. Bivins. The father of this family was killed by a falling tree; his widow is now residing with our subject. Mrs. Bivins' maternal grandfather Smith came to Lorain county in 1834. To Mr. and Mrs. Bivins was born one child, Frank B., who became a sailor, embarking first at Erie, Penn.; after sailing for three years on the lakes, he went to Philadelphia, from there sailing to Germany, and thence to Australia, whence, after a stay of nine months, he went to London, England. From there he went to San Francisco, and then cruised along the coast to British Columbia. He was killed on board the ship "Kennebec," while some days out from San Pedro, Cal., and was buried at sea. In politics our subject is a member of the Democratic party, and he has filled numerous political offices; for two years he was marshal of North Amherst, and he has also served as constable, as member of the town council, and as assessor of North Amherst. Socially he is a member of Stonington Lodge No. 503, and in religion he and his wife are members of the Congregational Church at North Amherst. S. J. GARRETT. In the front rank of the representative agriculturists of Carlisle township is found this gentleman, the owner of one of the finest 200-acre farms in the county, devoted to general agriculture, in a great measure to dairying, having thereon an average of twenty cows. Mr. Garrett is a native of New York State, born in Saratoga county, August 10, 1830, a son of Benjamin and Charlotte (Rowell) Garrett, the father a native of New York State, the mother of Vermont. They were married in New York State, and in 1834 migrated to Lorain county, 1190 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. Ohio, locating first in Penfield township, afterward, in 1836, settling in Carlisle township, where they bought a partly-improved farm of 265 acres. In politics the father was first a Democrat, then a Republican, and he served as trustee of his township. He died in Carlisle township, June 29, 1866, the mother in May, 1886, at the age of eighty-seven years. The paternal grandfather of subject, Joseph Garrett, lived all his life in New York State, and his wife lived to be ninety years old. To Benjamin and Charlotte Garrett were born three children, viz.: John, who married, and moved to Clinton county, Mich., where he died about the year 1884; Jane Eliza, wife of George Noble, residing in Elyria, and S. J. The subject of this memoir was almost five years old when he came with his parents to Lorain county, and in Carlisle township received his education, at the same time giving his assistance toward the opening up and improving of the home farm. In 1854 he was married to Miss M. Noble, who was horn in Lorain county, and reared in LaGrange township, a daughter of Hervey and Phoebe (Wilkinson) Noble, who settled in an early day in that township, where they carried on farming the rest of their lives. At the time of their settlement in LaGrange, in June, 1827, there were only two or three families in the township. Mr. Noble died June 16, 1871, aged seventy-six, his wife having preceded him to the grave April 23, 1870, aged sixty-nine years. They had a family of eight children, as follows: Betsy, deceased at the age of eighteen months; Esther, wife of David Parsons, of Akron, Ohio; George W., residing in Elyria; Amanda, deceased at the age of eighteen years; Emily Anisette, wife of C. C. Manville, of LaGrange township, Lorain county; Mrs. S. J. Garrett; Henry D., who was married, and died in Lorain county in 1861; and Melissa, deceased at the age of four years. To Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Garrett were born three children: Frank, who was married in 1878 to Miss Mary Martin, and has one child—Essie Bell; Cora, wife of Charles Fuller, who has one child—Carrie (they live in Cleveland); and Charles, who was married in February, 1887, to Minnie Lehman, and has three sons—Leroy, Mark Elmer and Roy. In his political associations Mr. Garrett is a Republican, and has served as township trustee three or four terms. HIRAM WACK, one of the prominent representative agriculturists of Carlisle township, is a "Green Mountain Laddie," born in Vermont September 9, 1809, a son of Frederick and Hannah (Loomis) Wack, natives of Connecticut. They were married in their native State, and afterward moved to Manchester, Vt., thence to Dorset, Vt., when our subject was about two years old. In 1837 they came to Lorain county, Ohio, settling on alarm near the Black river, in Carlisle township, where Mr. Wack died. when over eighty years of age; Mrs. Wack passed away in Michigan also aged, over eighty years. They had a family of children, six of whom are yet, living, named as follows: Eliza (wife of John Wyman), Albert, Hiram, Charles Chauncey, Caroline Laura, and Clarissa; Erastus died in infancy. In politics Mr. Wack was a member of the Whig party. Hiram Wack, of whom this sketch chiefly relates, may be justly classified among the pioneers of Carlisle township, as he came here in 1837, at a time when wild animals were yet plentiful. On September 19, 1839, he was married to Miss Jane Rickey, a native of Vermont, and they had three children, as follows: George, who married Miss Diantha Vibber, and has one child—Herbert (they live in Russia township); Alfred, who married Miss Caroline Bender, and has six children—Ellen, Charles, Frank, Cassie, Mary and Mabel; LORAIN. COUNTY, OHIO - 1191 and Diary Jane, wife of Charles H. Heighton, who has three children—Harry, John and Robert (the family reside in LaPorte, Carlisle -township). Our subject learned the trade of carpenter in New York, and worked at same in Oberlin Some years, at intervals, before his marriage; he was also a workman one winter on the steamship Bunker Hill," Which lay at the mouth of the Black river. After marriage he did carpenter work- only in his neighborhood, and also operated his farm, which is well improved and now comprises some 179 acres.. He has taken an active interest in politics as a member of the Republican party ever since its organization, though his first vote was cast for Andrew Jackson. The paternal grandfather of subject, who is supposed to have been a German, was a soldier in the American Revolution, and died while on his way home at the close of his service. WARREN EARL, assessor and treasurer of Eaton township, who has been a resident of Lorain county December, 1853, is a native of Tompkins county, N. Y., born in 1834. His parents, Moses and Elizabeth (Fauver) Earl, were also natives of New York, and there passed their entire lives. The father died in New York in 1836. They had hut one child, Warren. Some time pre-vious to his death Moses Earl had located land in Ohio. Warren Earl was reared and educated in Tompkins county, N. Y., and in 1853 came to Lorain county, Ohio, locating in Eaton township, and working in Elyria, where he learned the bricklayer's and plasterer's trades. In 1864 he enlisted, at Wooster, Ohio, for one year, in Company D, One Hundred and Seventy-eighth O. V. I., and served with the army of the West. He participated in the engagement at Murfreesborough, served till the close of the war, and 1865 was honorably discharged at Philadelphia. He returned to Lorain county, Ohio, and in 1868 settled in Eaton township, where in 1877 he bought fwenty acres of improved land. Mr. Earl has taken considerable interest in politics, voting with the Republican party, and has served two terms as township assessor and for twelve years as treasurer. Our subject has been twice married, first in 1859, in Eaton township, to Miss Adelaide Fauver, a native of New York, who died in 1871. In February, 1874, he was united in marriage with Miss Sally Earl, a native of New York, and to this union have come two children, namely: Minnie A. and Anna B. Socially Mr. Earl is a member of Richard Allen Post No. 65, G. A. R., Elyria. J. O. HUMPHREY, a lifelong farmer of Eaton township, comes of a family who have been identified with the county over threescore and ten years. He was born in 1832 on his present farm on Butternut Ridge, a son of Orson J. and Lucinda (Sutliff) Humphrey, both of whom were natives of Connecticut, where they were married. From there they came with a one-horse wagon to Lorain county, Ohio, the trip occupying six weeks, and in 1822 located in Ridgeville township, whence in 1832 they moved to Eaton township, to the farm now occupied by the subject of fhis sketch. Orson J. Humphrey was a tanner and currier by trade, which he carried on fill he commenced farming. He took a considerable interest in politics, first as a Whig, later as a Republican, and served as a justice of the peace fifteen years, and county commissioner three terms. He died December 5, 1867, his wife in November, 1869. They had. a family of six children, five of whom grew to maturity, as follows: Amelia, deceased wife of Joiner 1192 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. Race, of Ridgeville township, Lorain county; Fidelia, wife of Lewis M. Pounds, of Topeka, Kans.; Orelia, now in Kansas; Facelia(widow of William Brust), a resident of Toledo, Ohio, and J. O. The subject of our sketch had a thoroughly practical school training in his native township, and afterward attended select school at LaPorte, Lorain county, and college at Berea. On his return home he applied himself assiduously to agriculture, at which he has since continued with well-merited success. He now owns a fine farm of 125 acres, all in a good state of cultivation. In 1856 Mr. Humphrey was married, in Carlisle township, to Miss Elizabeth Worthington, and eight children have been horn to them, of whom the following is a brief record: Helena is residing at home; Elmer E. married Miss Alzina Hamlin, and they have two children—Hamlin and Blanche; and Mary, Orson, Clarence, Mildred, Edwin and Herbert, all at home. Mr. Humphrey in his political sympathies votes the Democratic ticket. Mrs. Humphrey is a member of the M. E. Church at LaPorte. Joseph and Betsy Humphrey, grandparenfs of subject, were Connecticut people, born of Welsh ancestry, and in an early day came to Ridgeville township, Lorain county, where they passed the rest of their busy lives. RICHARD MARSH, a farmer of Eaton township, was horn in 1816 in the eastern part of the county of Kent, England, son of John and Elizabeth (Dean) Marsh. The parents of our subject were also natives of England, where they died, the father at the age of seventy, the mother at the age of fifty-one. They reared a family of seven children, two of whom are still living, namely: Jane, wife of Thomas Spicer, residing in England; and Richard, subject of this memoir. John, who came to Eaton township in 1850, married Louisa Sutton, and died in October, 1890; his widow resides in Eaton township. Richard Marsh was reared and educated in his native England, and there engaged in farming pursuits until 1852, when he came to the United States, locating in Eaton township, Lorain Co., Ohio. In 1864 he was married, in Eaton township, to Mrs. Harriet Cassell, a native of England, widow of Edward Cassell, by whom she had two children: Henry, a resident of Missouri, and a daughter, Mrs. Silk. Mr. Marsh has devoted his entire life to agriculture, and he now owns a good farm of forty-two acres, all in a high state of cultivation. In his political preferences he is a Republican; in religion he is a member of the Disciple Church. JOHN BERRES, for over a third of a I century a valuable farmer citizen of j Ridgeville township, is a native of Germany, born near Berlin in 1835, a son of Adam and Mary Berres, of the same country. In 1856 the family came to the United States, settling in Ridgeville township, Lorain Co., Ohio, where the parents passed the rest of their lives, the father dying in 1892, the mother in 1879. As will be seen, our subject was about twenty-two years of age when he came to America, so that his school days were all passed in his native land, where he also learned farming (a vocation he has ever since followed), besides, according to the customs of the country, a trade, his choice being carpentry, at which he worked two years before crossing the ocean. In 1865 he bought forty-two acres of partly-improved land, subsequently adding thereto the Taylor farm, and he now owns 103 acres, all well-cultivated, on which he has erected a comfortable modern one-and-a- LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 1193 half-story residence 22 x 28, with an L, also one and a half stories, 18 x 24; kitchen 14x 16; woodshed 12x 14; horse barn 22x 28. He has also put up a commodious barn 40 x60, and a second one 30 x 40. Mr. Berres confines himself to general farming, and by untiring energy, sound judgment and judicious economy has made an enviable success. In 1861 our subject was married, in Ridgeville township, to Miss Anna Stouber, a native of Germany, daughter of Peter and Barbara (Conrad) Stouber, also of Germany, who in an early day immigrated to the United States, making their final home in Avon township. Mr. and Mrs. Berres are the parents of four children, as follows: Emma, married to George Otter), of Ridgeville township (they have two children, Mathias and Katie); Katie, wife of Mathias Diedrick, of Ridgeville township; Mary and Caspar. They have also adopted a boy named Tony Stouber. Some time ago our subject spent seven years, in the Lake Superior country among the copper mines. He is an active member of the Republican party, and has served his township as supervisor and member of the school board. He and his wife were born and brought up in the faith of the Roman Catholic Church. C. H. JACKSON. Among the prosperous and most respected of the representative, native-born agriculturists of Eaton township, is to be found this gentleman. He is a son of Barnabas and Martha (Farnham) Jackson, and first saw the light of day in 1851. Barnabas Jackson, father of subject, was born in Maine, whence when young he came to Liverpool, Medina Co., Ohio, with his parents, Abel and Sarah Jackson, who were also natives of Maine. He married in Portage county, Ohio, Miss Martha Farnham, who was born in fhat county, near Ravenna, and for some time thereafter they lived in Medina county, where he conducted a sawmill. Later he followed building and contracting in Grafton township, Lorain county, and among the buildings he put up may be mentioned the roundhouse and two hotels. In 1853 he. moved to Eaton fownship, same county, and bought an improved farm from Ira B. Morgan, where he passed the rest of his days in agricultural pursuits, dying August 8, 1889. He was a Republican, originally a Whig, and served his township as trustee; during the dark days of the war of the Rebellion he gave all the assistance in his power to preserve the Union. His own parents, died, the father in Iowa, the mother in Eaton township, Lorain county, aged eighty-nine years. To Mr. and Mrs. Barnabas Jackson were born seven children, all of whom are yet living, viz.: Ellen, wife of Albert Bingham, of Eaton township; C. H., our subject; Sarah, wife of Charles Kettner, of Cleveland; Frederick Henry, married to Celia Nichols, and residing in Cleveland; An drew, married, and living in Eaton township; Byron W., married to Blanche Nichols, and living in Cleveland; and James E., married to Sarah Aubrey, also in Cleve, land. The mother of this family is yet living on the old homestead. C. H. Jackson, whose name opens this sketch, received his elementary education at the schools of Eaton township, which was supplemented with a two-years' attendance at Oberlin College. He was reared to agricultural pursuits, but in early life turned his attention to the manufacture of cheese, which industry he carried on in Ridgeville township, Lorain county, some thirteen years; he was also interested in a cheese factory in Eaton township. In 1881 he purchased an improved farm of 125 acres in Eaton township, where he has since resided, carrying on general farming. In 1877 Mr. Jackson was united in marriage, in Berea, Ohio, with Miss Eva E. 1194 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. Emmons, a native of Columbia township, Lorain county, daughter of Francis and Cordelia (Smith) Emmons, of Connecticut, and pioneers of Columbia township, Lorain county; the mother is deceased, the father yet living. To this union has been born one child—Grace G. In his political associations Mr. Jackson is. a Republican, and for five years served as township trustee; in 1888 he was elected a justice of the peace. W. A. BAINBRIDGE, one of the wide-awake, go-ahead, native-born agriculturists of Ridgeville township, is owner of 140 acres of as good land as can be found in the county, being mostly the old homestead of the family. Mr. Bainbridge was born in 1837, a son of William and Elizabeth (Ford) Bainbridge, natives of England, the father of near Hull, Yorkshire. They were married in their native country, and subsequently immigrated to the United States, and in 1832 they made for themselves a new home in Ridgeville township, Lorain county, the locality at that time being all woodland. William Bainbridge first bought twenty-five acres, to which he added sixty acres, and, later, fifty acres, aggregating 135 acres of fine farm land, where he successfully carried on general agriculture till his death; his widow passed away at the age of eighty-one years. Mr. Bainbridge in his political views was first a Whig, in later years a stalwart Republican, casting his first Presidential vote for J. C. Fremont, and be held many township offices of trust. To this honored couple was born a family of children, the following being a brief record of them: George died in Ridgeville township at the age of thirty-three; Mary Jane died young; Jabez, married, resides in Olmsted township, .Cuyahoga county; W. A. is the subject of this sketch; Hester is the wife of Thomas Hollister, of California; Rachel is the wife of Augustus Tilburg, of Ridgeville township; Fletcher died in Ridgeville township; William B., who was married, died in Ridgeville township. The subject of these lines received such education as was afforded in his early boyhood by the primitive schools, held; in some old log shanty, whose furnishings and "dominie," alike, smacked of " the sere and yellow leaf." In politics he is a straight Republican, and has served his township as road commissioner. In 1891 he visited California, spending six months in the southern portion of the State, part of the time in San Jose. Mr. Bainbridge has not yet enlisted in the courageous army of " Benedicts," preferring an Arcadian lite of single bliss. CHARLES W. BOMMER, a representative, progressive citizen of Avon township, where he has resided since childhood,was born August 30, 1861, in Olmsted township, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio. Joseph Bommer, father of Charles W., was a native of Baden, Germany, whence in an early day he came to the United States and to Cuyahoga county, Ohio, where he worked by the month. He married Sophia Muche, who was born in Hesse, Germany, and in 1867 they came to Avon township, and opened up a farm on which he remained until his death, which occurred in 1881; his widow passed away in Avon township in 1885. They reared a family of seven children, as follows: Louisa, wife of P. Nagle, or Avon township; Ed., married, residing in West View, Cuyahoga county; Frank, a resident of Ridgeville township, Lorain county; Eva, who died at the age of twenty-two years; Gertie, living in Lorain county; Willie, who died when three years old; and .Charles W., whose name introduces this sketch. LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 1195 Charles W. Bom mer came with his parents to Avon township when six years old, and here obtained his literary education in the common schools. He was trained from early boyhood to agricultural pursuits, in which he has always been engaged, and he now owns a half interest in the homestead and a farm in Ridgeville township. He was united in marriage, in 1886, in Avon township, with Miss Anna Engels, a native of the township, daughter of Peter Engels, and to this union have been born four children, viz.: Frank, Clara, Willie and Anna Bertha. In his political preferences Mr. Bommer is an ardent worker in the ranks of the Democratic party; in the spring of 1893 he was elected trustee of Avon township, where he has also served as supervisor and school director. In religious connection he and his wife are members of the Catholic Church at French Creek. FREDERICK DAGUE, a self-made, representative agriculturist of Penfield township, is a son of Frederick and Catherine (Harsh) Dague, and was the second child born to them after their removal to Ohio. Our subject first saw the light January 23, 1822, and received a limited education in the subscription schools, the only ones then afforded at that time and place. From early boyhood he was inured to the arduous duties of pioneer farm life, and he remained at home until several years after his marriage. On August 29, 1844, he was wedded to Miss Maria Smith, born December 9, 1824, in Berks county, Penn., daughter of. Jeremiah and Rowena (Arnold) Smith, who came to Ohio in 1826, settling in Stark county, where r. Smith died, the family subsequently removing to Richland county, where Mrs. Dague resided until her marriage. The young couple took up their residence on the farm of his father until 1851, when they removed to their present farm in Penfield township, then comprising 100 acres, all in the woods, which he purchased at five dollars and a half per acre. The cabin in which they lived was built of logs, had a white ash floor, and was a very comfortable, though rudely-furnished, home. Soon after coming here Mr. Dague built a barn, which is still standing, he and his brother John, who were neighbors, assisting each other in their work. To Frederick and Maria Dague were born children as follows: John, of Litchfield, Ohio; Levi, of Harrisville, Ohio; Maretus, of Chatham, Ohio; Frederick, of Spencer, Ohio; Sarah M., the widow of Robert Everhart; Homer, who died at the age of thirteen years; Jeremiah, of Spencer; Jonathan, a farmer of Litchfield, Ohio; Mary Jane, Mrs. Orrin Meade, of Michigan; Emerson, a farmer, at home; Charles, a farmer of Spencer; Ella, Mrs. Grant Hull, of Litchfield, Ohio; and Anna, who married Grant Hull, and died at the age of twenty-two years. Mr. Dague has been a lifelong farmer, and for a short while carried on a dairy in connection with his agricultural work. He now owns a fine farm of 190 acres, all accumulated by his own energy and unceasing industry, for he began life with comparatively nothing. In his political predilections he has always been a stanch Democrat, and in religious faith he and his wife are members of the German Baptist Church at Chatham, Ohio. GEORGE T. DEEG, a highly successful farmer and grape-grower of Avon township, is a native Wurtemberg, Germany, born in 1826. He is a son of Christopher and Elizabeth (Lautenschlager) Deeg, of the same locality, who were married in Germany, and in 1842 set sail from the port 1196 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. of Le Havre-de-Grace, France, for the New World, their family accompanying them. After a voyage of thirty-three days they landed in New York City, whence they came direct to Cleveland, Ohio, arriving in Avon township, Lorain county, in October, same year. Here they settled on a farm near the lake shore, and here the father died in 1847, the mother in 1846. They were the parents of six children, as follows: Catherine, who married John Upwright, and died in 1859 in Eaton county, Mich.; Margaret, first married to Christian Seifred, who was killed in Cleveland, and now the widow of Christian Brandt (she resides in Covington); Dorothea, who married Treat Titus, and died in 1874; George T., our subject; Mary, widow of Christian Schornhurst, of Chicago, Ill.; and Caroline, wife of Daniel S. Green, of Avon township. George T. Deeg was sixteen years old when the family came to America from Germany, and a portion of his education was received in each country. After leaving school he, in 1852, shipped before the mast on a vessel sailing the lakes, and for fourteen years followed that vocation in various capacities, such as common sailor, cook, mate, etc.; in 1858 he bought a vessel which he sailed for his own account till the fall of 1862, when he sold her and in 1863 navigated her for others. In 1861 he had bought his present fine farm of sixty-eight acres, and has since erected a commodious and comfortable residence thereon. In 1849 Mr. Deeg was united in marriage, in Avon township, with Miss Maria Diederich, daughter of Peter and Gertrude Diederich, who. came to Lorain county in 1847, and are now both deceased. To this union were born four children, to wit: William G., a resident of Detroit, Mich., who is married and has three children: Sailor, Bell and Anna; Joel T., married and residing in Elyria (has three children: Nellie, Nina and Josephine); Augusta, widow of William' Moon, of Avon township (has three children: Stella, Guy and William); and Julia, in Detroit, Mich. The mother of these died in 1879, and in 1882 Mr. Deeg married Miss Elnora Cornwell, a native of Columbia township, Lorain county, a daughter of Elson Cornwell, an early pioneer of the county. Politically our subject is a Republican, and has been a member of the school board. He and his wife are associated with the M. E. Church of Avon township. ELISHA JACKSON, one of the earliest and best-known pioneer citizens of Penfield township, was born October 8,1818, in Champion, Jefferson Co., New York. Our subject received his education in the eommon schools of the period, attending whenever possible, as he took more pleasure in study than in play, and was a very apt scholar. When but a young man he entered the employ of a man named Poole, who made fanning mills, while engaged in this displaying considerable liking and natural ability for carpentry, and later working at the business in Philadelphia, Jefferson county, N. Y. He remained in his native county until 1841, when he started for the then Far West, proceeding first to Sacket's Harbor, where he took the boat for Lewiston, thence traveling by stage-coach to Niagara Falls. From the latter place he came to Buffalo on the first railroad he had ever seen, arid there took the lake boat for Cleveland, his destination being Penfield, Lorain Co., Ohio, where his eldest brother, Pliny, resided. Having missed the stage-coach to, Elyria, and having but a few dollars with him, not sufficient to hire a private conveyance, he walked from Cleveland to Penfield, arriving there June 3. Here he worked at his old occupation, the manufacture of fanning mills, meantime making his home with his brother until July 4, 1843, when he married Miss Eleanor A. Rowland. She was born November 22, LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 1197 1820, in Oneida county, N. Y., daughter of Joel and Lucy (Wood) Rowland, farming people, and, was in Penfield township on a visit to her sister, Mrs. Pliny Jackson, when she met our subject. For a short time after his marriage Mr. Jackson lived in Penfield township, then removed to Pittsfield township, where he bought land, and later took up his residence in Monroe, Mich., where he was employed as pattern-maker in a foundry, his knowledge of carpentry being sufficient to enable him to perform such work. After four years lie returned to Penfield township, Lorain Co., Ohio, locating on his present farm, for which he had previously negotiated. At that time a dense forest covered the land, on which no improvements whatever had been made, and all the clearing on the tract, 137 acres in extent, has been done either by him or under his direction. To Mr. and Mrs. Jackson have been born children as follows: Joel R., a farmer of Penfield township, who was first married to Mary Bradstock, by whom he had two sons--Harley (now deceased) and Judson C. (the mother of these died and he was married, for his second wife, to her sister Lydia); Charles E.. farmer of Penfield; Charllle H., deceased wife of John Bradstock; Lucy, wife of Horace Palmer, now of Penfield; Milo T., a farmer of Penfield, who has four children—Oga Eveline, Altha Leona, Margaret Irene and Carl; and Sally E., residing with her parents. With the exception of the time spent in working at his trade, Mr. Jackson has given his attention to farming. He and his wife have seen great changes in this section of the country; panthers, bears, deer, wolves, turkeys, and other wild animals which once abounded have now disappeared from the region; the dense forest has given place to smiling farms; and the rude but which first sheltered the family is now supplanted by a substantial brick residence. Mr. Jackson has performed much arduous labor in his day, and by his untiring energy and industry has amassed a very comfortable competency. On July 4, 1893, he and his wife celebrated their "golden wedding," an occasion which will ever be remembered by those present. In his political preferences our subject has been a Republican since 1856. prior to which time he was an ardent Whig, casting his first Presidential vote for William H. Harrison. He takes a lively interest in the success of his party, and, while not an office-seeker, has served several terms as township trustee, with credit to himself and satisfaction to his constituents. A. H. WITBECK, who during his lifetime was a well-known and universally respected member of the farming community of Penfield township, was born May 20, 1827, in Schoharie county, N. Y., son of Henry G. and Freelove (Welton) Witbeck. The subject of this sketch was reared to farm life, and received his literary education at the common schools of those early days, which he attended a few weeks in the winter season; and the only year he spent the entire winter at school was while working for his board for William L. Hayes. When he was four years old, in the fall of 1831, he had been brought by his parents from New York State to Penfield township, Lorain Co., Ohio, where he grew to manhood, and being the eldest of six sons, the bulk of the duties on the home farm fell on his shoulders. As soon as he was old enough he worked principally away from home, doing various kinds of farm labor in various districts, and receiving for his services from six to eight dollars per month, all his earnings going to assist his father to pay for some land which the latter had purchased. For one year he was in the employ of Talcott Starr, of Elyria township, and he also spent one winter in Michigan, in the pineries, cutting 1198 - LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. timber and working in one of the lumber camps so numerous in those days. He received thirty acres as his portion of the tract of one hundred acres he had helped his father to pay for, and this formed the nucleus of the fine property he accumulated before his decease. On November 27, 1851, Mr. Witbeck was united in marriage with Miss Mary Damon, of Litchfield, Ohio, who died less than one year afterward, and on March 20, 1855, he wedded, for his second wife, Miss Jane A. Goodyear, who was born March 27, 1838, in New Haven county, Conn., daughter of Street and Susan (Jones) Goodyear, who came to Penfield, Lorain county, in 1846, locating on the place where Mrs. Goodyear yet resides; Mr. Goodyear died in 1884. After marriage Mr. Witbeck took up his residence on the farm where he passed his entire wedded life, and which at that time, with the exception of one small clearing, was all in fhe woods. The young people first lived in a log house, which was some time afterward supplanted by a frame one, and in 1875 the latter gave place to a commodious brick residence, one of the most expensive and undoubtedly one of the most substantial in the township. By purchases made from time to time the extent of the original farm of thirty acres was gradually increased until there was a fine tract, comprising 250 acres of excellent land. Mr. and Mrs. Witbeck had children as follows: Mary Jane; E. F., who married Anna Walker, of Ellsworth, Kans., and now has charge of the home farm; Ansil, a farmer of Penfield township; Susan A., a schoolteacher of Elyria; Sarah H., deceased at the age of nine years; Leon G., a farmer of Penfield township; and Lucinda May, who resides at home, and attends school in Wellington. Mr. Witbeck was a thoroughly self-made man, for from a start of almost nothing he accumulated his fine property and earned for himself a comfortable competence. During his active life he was one of the foremost agricul turists of Penfield township. He died February 26, 1893, after a short illness from heart disease, and was buried in Penfield cemetery. In politics he was a stanch Democrat, and, while not an active politician, took an interest in the welfare of his party and was a regular attendant at the polls. For a great many years he was an ardent member of the Penfield M. E. Church, and at the time of his death was class-leader; he had served in various other positions with credit to himself and satisfaction to all. Mrs. Witbeck is also a member of the M. E. Church, having made a confession when eighteen years old. Since her husband's death she has managed the affairs of the home farm, where she resides with her son, Erving F. PETER OSTRANDER, a typical self-made man, a representative successful agriculturist, and a respected, honored citizen of Rochester fownship, is a native of New York State, born August 17, 1826, in the Mohawk Valley. Peter Ostrander, father of subject, was married to a Miss Wolcott, who bore him children as follows: John, Amos, Mary J. and Peter. The father of these, when the youngest was five years old, died of yellow fever, which he had contracted while attending a horse race at Long Island; the widowed mother subsequently married a Mr. Winchell, and died in New York at an advanced age. The subject of this sketch, after the death of his father, was "bound out" to one Anson Pierce, whose wife, Jane, had partly reared Peter's father, and a strong attachment had sprung up between her and our subject. After a time Mr. and Mrs. Pierce, bringing young Pefer Ostrander, came to. Ohio, via canal to Buffalo, thence by lake to the mouth of Black river, from where to Rochester township, Lorain coun- LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO - 1199 ty, the rest of the journey was made on foot through an unbroken forest. There were but few roads in the county in those early days, and land was worth, on the average, one dollar and fifty cents per acre. In Rochester township Mr. Pierce made a settlement on a piece of wild land that is now a part of Mr. Ostrander's farm. Their first dwelling was the traditional log cabin, and the nearest mill where they bad their gristing done was Wooster, a week's trip with on ox-sled in sleighing time. Here our subject when old enough assisted in the clearing up of the dense timber and undergrowth, and in whatever else on the farm he was able to put his youthful hand to. During the winter months for a season or two lie attended school at Meach's Corners, one mile south of his home, his path lying through the forest, and many a wild animal did he see as be plodded his way onward. His first teacher was Squire Conant, and he has lived to see some wonderful changes in the county, not the least being the educational system generally, particularly the establishment of the common schools. He was thoroughly inducted into the mysteries of farm life, and has made agricultural pursuits an unqualified success. After his marriage he located on fifty acres of land he had bought near where his foster-parents resided, but later sold this, purchasing elsewhere in Rochester township. Subsequently he moved to Huntington township, whence after a residence of some years he came, in 1860, to where 'he now lives in Rochester township, having bought the Pierce homestead. In 1852, during the "gold fever, " Mr. Ostrander set out for California along with a party of five other fortune hunters from his neighborhood. They proceeded by rail to Cincinnati, thence by river to St. Joseph, Mo., where they equipped themselves for their long journey, and then set out via the Plains, at the end of three months reaching Placerville, Cal. Mr. Ostrander remained at the " gold diggings " two years, and then returned to his home via Aspinwall and Isthmus of Panama, thence by steamer to New York City, and from there to Ohio by rail. On May 4, 1848, Mr. Ostrander married Miss Sarah A. Gilmore, who was born August 17, 1833, in Becket, Mass., a daughter of Darius Gilmore, an early settler of Rochester township, who at one time owned a farm near Rochester Station. Two children were the result of this union, to wit: William L., born February 1, 1849, now a resident of Colusa county, Cal., and Mary J., born September 28, 1851, now the wife of Darius Segar, of Rochester township. This wife died and was buried in Rochester, and on April 26, 1856, our subject, for his second wife, married rs. Catherine St. Peter, widow of Joseph St. Peter; she is a native of near Harrisburg, Penn., born November 10, 1832, a daughter of Samuel and Catherine (Goodman) Long, who, when rs. Ostrander was an infant came to Ohio, locating in Wayne county for a time, thence moving to Illinois; and finally returning to Huntington township, Lorain county. Mr. Ostrander is the owner of seventy-five acres excellent land, one of the best tracts in Rochester township, and for over thirty-seven years his faithful wife has assisted him in the economical management of the farm. She is a member of the Methodist Church at Rochester Station. He is a stanch Democrat, though not a strict partisan, and, beyond recording his vote regularly at the polls, takes little acfive interest in politics. N. H. FELTON, merchant, Rochester Station, has the reputation of conducting one of the best kept country stores in the county, which is enjoying an ever-increasing patronage. Mr. Felton was born April 18, 1820, in Prescott, Hampshire Co., Mass., a grand-