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332 - TRUMBULL AND MAHONING COUNTIES, OHIO CHAPTER VI. BRISTOL. INTRODUCTORY. Bristol is geographically situated as follows : with Bloomfield on the north, Mecca on the east, Champion on the south, and Farmington on the west. The Ashtabula and Warren turnpike runs through the township from north to south, west of the center. The Ashtabula, Youngstown & Pittsburg railroad crosses the eastern half of the township in the same direction, and has two stations for the accommodation of the public—Bristolville and Oakland. The former is a mile east of the village of Bristolville, and the latter an equal distance from North Bristol. Bristolville, or in local parlance "the center," is pleasantly situated about half a mile from the geographical center of the township, and is a neat, quiet country village of some forty houses. In the center of the village is a tasty little public square, with ornamental shade trees. In the center of the square is the soldiers' monument, erected to the memory of the patriots of the township who died in their country's service. Two fine churches, well built and well furnished, and a good school building, speak well for the intelligence of the community. North Bristol is a smaller village, on the turnpike, a mile north of Bristolville, and contains one church, one store, a mill, etc. The people of the township are industrious, economical, sober-minded, and thrifty. Mixed agriculture, dairying, and sheep and cattle raising are the principal occupations. Good buildings and well-improved farms abound. The soil is generally a clayey loam, with some sandy or gravelly ridges. The surface is generally very nearly level. The northern and northwestern portions have a few small hills in the vicinity of streams. The drainage is carried northward by Cente1 creek and Baughman's creek, tributaries to Grand river. The chief source of these streams is in the northern part of Champion. Deacon creek, which rises in that township, flows northward through the eastern part of Bristol until within about half a mile of the Bloomfield line, when it joins a small stream flowing west and northwest, which is thenceforth known as Baughman's creek. All these streams are small and unimportant. The number of sugar orchards in this township is large. Many acres of apple orchards are also found. Sager's nursery f0r raising fruit and ornamental trees deserves mention. SURVEY. This township was surveyed early in the present century by Alfred Wolcott in behalf of the Connecticut Land company, from whom he received as payment for his services a grant of three hundred and fifty acres of land in the township. He built a cabin at the center during his stay here, which was the first building erected in the township. THE PIONEERS. Abraham Baughman was the first actual settler. In 1804 he brought his family and settled on the creek which bears his name. His cabin, the first one erected excepting that of Wolcott, the surveyor, stood about one mile east of the turnpike and about three-fourths of a mile from the north line of the township. The land is TRUMBULL AND MAHONING COUNTIES, OHIO - 333 now H. Satterlee's farm. Baughman and family 1emoved to Richland county in 1816. William Sager visited this township in 1802, or perhaps previously. In company with three other men he started from Shenandoah county, Virginia, to find in Ohio a suitable spot on which to settle. On reaching the Ohio 1iver two of his companions refused to proceed farther into the wilderness and deserted him. The other came on with him and in due time both arrived within the present limits of Bristol. They camped one night in the forest, and after selecting a site for Mr. Sager's future home, started on their return trip. They went to Youngstown and from that place followed an Indian trail to the Ohio. Mr. Sager purchased of Wolcott, the surveyor, a piece of land on which he afterwards settled. On the 4th day of June, 1805, Mr. Sager and family arrived in the township. Stopping over night with his brother-in-law, Abraham Baughman, the next morning Mr. Sager, Mr. Baughman, and his two sons, Jacob and Abraham, proceeded to cut a road through the wilderness a mile and a half to Mr. Sager's land. For a month or more, until a cabm could be constructed, Mr. Sager and his wife, with their one child, slept in his wagon. There was no sawed timber to be procured nearer than at Warren, therefore the cabin was built without the use of boards, as was generally the case with pioneer dwellings. Soon he succeeded in getting his logs together and had a cabin 8 x 0 feet in size. As soon as the lower floor was laid the family moved in. Mr. Sager hewed out a large plank for a work-bench and proceeded to finish off his dwelling. Thus its one room served all the uses of kitchen, sitting room, dining room, parlor, and work-shop. Mr. Sager was by trade a mill-wright, but here he found it necessary to act as carpenter, cabinet-maker, cooper, etc. William Sager had married Mary Hammon, of German descent, before coming to Ohio, and they had one child, Joseph, born in 1802. Their son Jacob, born in 1805, was the first child born m this township. The names of the six other children were Sarah, John, Solomon, Anna, Rebecca, and William. John, Solomon, and Anna are dead. The others are all living: Joseph, Jacob, William, and Sarah in Bristol, and Rebecca (Hyde) in Farmington. All lived to rear families excepting Sarah, who 1emains single. Gabriel Sager, William's father, emigrated from Germany about 1758, first settling in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, and thence removing to Shenandoah county, Virginia, where he reared a family of four sons and four daughters. His certificate of naturalization, issued by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1765, is now in possession of his grandson Joseph, and is as quaint and old fashioned as any document we have ever seen. Supreme court is printed " supream court," and other deviations from modern standards of orthography are numerous. Mr. Sager being in religion a Mennonite would not take an oath of naturalization but affirmed instead, and was given a paper similar to those issued to Quakers. In 1810 he removed to Bristol, and settled on the farm now owned by Edward Kibbee in the northern part of the township. His son Samuel settled on the same farm about 1811 and remained until 1816, when he removed to Beaver county, Pennsylvania, and lived the remainder of his days there. Gabriel Sager died about 1816 but his wife survived him several years. Their children who came to Ohio were William and Samuel, and the four daughters, viz : Elizabeth, wife of Abraham Baughman; Barbara, wife of William Barb; Margaret, wife of Henry Baughman ; and Mary, wife of John Barb. The Baughmans remained but a few years, but both Barb families were permanent residents. William Barb removed from Shenandoah county, Virginia, in 1801, to Bristol, Trumbull county, Ohio, and located where William Sager now lives. He subsequently exchanged this farm with the owner, Mr. Sager, and settled permanently on the place now owned by Martin J. Barb. He was the father of six children, five boys and one girl, named as follows: Gabriel, William, Jacob, Peter, Abraham, and Mary, all now dead. Abraham, who succeeded to the place after his father's death, was born there in 1809. He married Lydia Ann Curlin and raised a family of seven sons and six daughters, of whom four (sons) are deceased. He died January 7, 1868. Mrs. Barb is yet living and is now in her seventieth year. Their son, M. J. Barb, occupies the homestead where his grandfather settled so long ago and where his father always lived. John Barb settled on the present Thayer farm 334 - TRUMBULL AND MAHONING COUNTIES, OHIO. in 1816. He had a family of eight children, three of whom are still living. The names in order of age were: Abraham, Margaret, Elizabeth, Solomon, Polly, Jonathan, Barbara, and David. Those living are Margaret (Parker), Bristolville; Jonathan, Indiana; and Barbara (Thayer), North Bristol. Solomon and Elizabeth (Norton) passed their days in Bristol. John Fansler settled north of Bristolville in 1806. His family was a large one. Two children died before reaching mature years. The following lived to marry and have families: Michael, John, Solomon, Moses, Samuel, Anna, George, David, and Margaret. Samuel and David now live in Bristol, George in Fowler, and Margaret in Iowa. John and Sarah Hammon settled in 1806 where their son Jacob now resides. Statistics of their family have been mislaid and we are unable to give them. Abraham, John, Jacob, and Isaac Kagy came at different dates, Abraham as early as 1820, and located on the east and west road in the eastern part of the township. Samuel and John, sons of Abraham, still reside in the township. Jacob, another of his sons, died in the service of his country. John, Jacob, and Isaac settled in the same neighborhood. Isaac never married. Some of John's children are still living here, viz: John, on the old homestead; Joseph, Jacob, and Michael. The latter lives on the old Abraham Kagy place. Jacob Norton in 1806 settled in the northeast of the township. His children were Barbara, Henry, Catharine, Zachariah, George, Sally, Michael, David, and William. All lived in this vicinity and 1eared families. None are now living. Their descendants are numerous, influential and respected. The above were born after Mr. Norton's second marriage. By his first wife he had two sons in Virginia, John and Jacob, who afterwards moved to Ohio. All of the families above named were of German origin and came to Bristol from Virginia. The township was but sparsely settled until after 1820. Lyman Potter settled on a farm just south of the present village of Bristolville. After several years' residence he and his family removed from the township. He was the first justice of the peace in Bristol and was well qualified by nature and education for the position, having received a liberal education with the intention (afterward abandoned) of entering the ministry. Aaron Fenton, as early as 1805, settled on the farm now occupied by his son Aaron. His children were Daniel, William, Mary, Aaron, Abraham, Lydia, and Enoch. Daniel, William, Abraham, and Mary are dead. William spent his days in Bristol. John Cox settled in the western part of the township m 1805. In 1816 William Cox came and settled opposite the road from him. William had no children, but John had enough for both. The most of his large family after marring moved away. Following are the names of his children: Betsey, Abigail, John, Hannah, Peggy, Polly, Amy, Susan, Catharine, Japheth, and Martha. Of these only one, Mrs. Peggy Barb, now lives in Bristol. Timothy resides in Mesopotamia. Captain Benjamin White was an early pioneer of the northwestern part of the township. He died during the War of 1812. His children were Samuel, Elijah, Patterson, Benjamin, and Polly (Smith). Samuel, well known as 'Squire White, still resides in Bristol. John Lloyd located in the northwest of this township in 1814. He owned five hundred acres of land in Bristol and one thousand in Kirtland township, which he divided equally among his three children, Thomas, Lester, and Roxana. The Lloyds were from Massachusetts. The farm on which they settled had been improved to a small extent by John and Thomas Martin, who came here about 1807, but remained only a few years. Emmor Moore settled in 1805 or 1806 on the present Curtis farm, on the turnpike, south of Bristolville. He died of consumption in 1810, and was buried in the township burying-ground at the center, it being the first interment of an adult person there made. The tombstone marking his grave has the oldest date of any in the cemetery. His son William married and settled in Bristol, but deserted his wife and left. William, John, Thomas, James, and Joseph Cummings, with their sisters, Betsy, Anna, Polly, and Sally, were one of the very first families that settled in the township. They took up a farm near the southwest corner of Bristol. Several of the name still remain in the township. TRUMBULL AND MAHONING COUNTIES, OHIO - 335 Robert Miller was one of the first corners. He also located in the southwest of the township, but afterwards moved to the Gordon place on the turnpike. Two sons, James and John, are still residents of Bristol. William Reed, Abraham Daily, and George Barger, were among the first settlers, but remained only a few years. The greater part of the above-named settlers were natives of Pennsylvania. In this sketch we have attempted to include all of the pioneers who 1esided here permanently, or whose descendants now live in the township. ORGANIZATION. Township number six in the fourth range was formerly included in the Middlefield election district. In 1807 it was created a separate township and election precinct and named Bristol. FIRST ELECTION. The first election of township officers was held on the first Monday in April, 1808, with the following result : Lyman Potter, justice of the peace ; Abraham Baughman, John Martin, and William Wilson, trustees; John Cummings, clerk; William Reed, constable ; Robert Miller and George Barger, overseers of the poor ; Thomas Martin, treasurer; William Cummings, and Abraham Daley, fence-viewers; Emmor Moore and Henry Baughman, supervisors; Joseph Cummings, lister. NAME. The township was named Bristol, after Bristol, Connecticut, the home of the surveyor. BRISTOLVILLE. The growth of this village was slow, and comparatively few improvements were made until after the turnpike was opened in 1819 and the stage began running in 1828. Samuel Swetland was the first store-keeper, and after him Henry Hanks came but remained only a short time. Norris, Howard & Kibbee had a store quite early and erected the building which is now E. L. Kibbee's store. Lyman Potter, who lived at the south end of the village, kept the first tavern for a number of years. A number of others afterwards kept public house in the village. EARLY SCHOOLS. The first term of school in this township was taught by Gabriel Sager in the winter of 1810— 11. pupils were members of the Sager families and their relatives. German only was taught. The first English school was taught by Seth I. Ensign in the winter of 1812-13, in a deserted log cabin one-fourth of a mile north of the Bristolville corners. In 1814-15 Lucy Badger, daughter of the Rev. Joseph Badger, taught school near Bristolville in a cabin west of the creek on the present Cory farm. The first school-house was built in the fall of 1812 by William Barb, Samuel Sager, William Sager and others, at North Bristol, on ground which is now the mill-yard. It was a primitive log structure and the school-room was lighted by small windows or openings in the wall pasted over with greased paper. A school-house of logs was built at an early day on the public square at Bristolville. CHURCHES. The first church organization in Bristol was the Mennonite, organized by Gabriel Sager at his own house in the northern part of the township in 1810 or 181 1. The place is now owned by Edward Kibbee. The Mennonites originated in Holland. Their belief is distinguished by a rejection of infant baptism, refusal to take oaths, and the practice of feet-washing. 'This society never erected a church building, and ceased to exist after the death of Mr. Sager. A society of Bible Christians was organized previous to 1820, but they never built a church. Their first preacher was Rev. John Cheney. Meetings were held in school-houses, private houses, and barns. Among the members were members of the Hammon family, Mrs. William Sager, Zachariah Norton, Joseph Chaffee and wife from Bristol, Major Howe and wife, Aaron Smith and wife, George and Michael Norton, William Norton, Charles Thayer and wife, and others, of Bloomfield; and Deacon Abijah Lee and wife of east Farmington, most of whom joined the Disciples. The Disciples of this township built no church until the North Bristol church was organized in 1868, but attended services in Bloomfield. The Calvinist Baptists and Free-will Baptists have maintained organizations in this township in former years, but no longer continue to do so, 336 - TRUMBULL AND MAHONING COUNTIES, OHIO. most of the members having joined other churches. The church organizations in the township at present are four in number, viz: The Methodists and Congregationalists, at Bristolville; the Disciples, at North Bristol, and the Dunkards, in the east part of the township. THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. This church was organized June 14, 1817, by Revs. Giles H. Cowles, Abial Jones, and Joseph Treat, under the name of the Presbyterian church of Bristol and Bloomfield. The plan of union was adopted allowing both Presbyterians and Congregationalists to enjoy its privileges. After a few years the church became known as the Presbyterian and Congregationalist church of Bristol, and so continued until a difference of opinion regarding slavery sprung up among its members, when it withdrew from the presbytery and remained independent a few years. At length the difficulty was settled ; but meantime nearly all of the old Presbyterian members had died, and accordingly the wishes of the Congregationalists prevailed and the.church united with the conference of the Congregational denomination. At the organization the church consisted of seven members : John Barnes, Lucretia Barnes, Leman Ferry, Lyman Richards, Lucretia C. Richards, Rollin Dutton, and Nancy Dutton. The first church officers elected were John Barnes, standing moderator ; John Barnes and Leman Ferry, church committee ; and Rollin Dutton, clerk. To the membership the following were added at the dates given : June 15, 1817, Elijah and Elizabeth Bigelow. November 9, 1817, Betsey Barnes. November 15, 1818, John and Sally Morley. February 5, 1820, Margaret Fansler. June 25, 1820, Matthew Current. On the 18th of March, 1821, Shubal and Lydia Hillman, Asa and Olive Smith, Roxana Lloyd, and Mrs. Roxana Lloyd, and Lucinda and Laura Hillman, and Peres R. His- cock. June 30, 1822, Alpheus Alvord. January 16, 1825, Ira Rose, Gideon L. and Clarinda Sprague, Wilmot Mayhew, Nancy and Lucretia Mayhew. January 1, 1826, Cherry Alvord, Lucy Hiscock, Sophia Baker, and Anson Morley. August 20, 186, Chloe A. Miller, Orrin Ballard, Holmes Mayhew, Chester and Abigail Hillman, Melvin and Lucretia Mayhew. September 21, 1828, Margaret Ballard and Mary Case. These were all up to 1830. The present membership is over one hundred. Among the earliest preachers in this church were Rev. Messrs. Cowles, Jones, Joseph W. Curtis, Jonathan Leslie, and Daniel Miller. Mr. Miller was installed pastor and remained and labored earnestly many years. The first church in this township was erected by the Presbyterians in 1812, five years before they organized. It was of hewn logs and stood on the farm of John Fansler, Sr., now owned by Newell Maltby. The next edifice was a frame building, two stories, which stood on the edge of the old graveyard east of the village common. The upper story was never finished, but the lower was so far completed that meetings were held in it, wooden benches serving as seats. The present house, most tastefully and beautifully constructed, was erected in 1845 or 1846 and dedicated in February, 1847. THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Concerning this organization very few facts are obtainable, but the following statements, gleaned mainly from the oldest living members, are believed to be substantially correct. A class was formed by Rev. Ira Eddy, in November, 1818, consisting of six members: John Norton and wife, John and Sarah Hammon, and Magdalena and Margaret Cline. Among the first preachers were Revs. Eddy, Green, Hill, Ayer, Crum, Chandler, and Scott. Elder Green (afterwards presiding elder) was on this circuit when it extended from Lake Erie to Warren, and required six weeks for him to travel it and keep his appointments. Meetings were held in barns, school-houses, and private houses, and for many years in an old log buildmg which stood upon the village common, near the spot where the soldiers' monument is located. Afterwards the two-story schoolhouse, now the tin-shop, was built, and used as a place of meeting. The present church edifice was erected in 1845 through liberal efforts on the part of prominent members. In 1881 this house was remodeled, much enlarged and improved, and is now one of the finest churches to be found in any small village in the State. It contains three rooms besides the main audience room, and all are most conveniently arranged. The original cost of the building was not less TRUMBULL AND MAHONING COUNTIES, OHIO - 337 than $2,500. Mrs. Dr. Brockett gave the society $1,000 with which to make the recent repairs and improvements. A heavy bell of superior tone now hangs in the belfry, being the fourth bell since the church was built. The seed planted in the wilderness by the pioneer missionary in 1818 has germinated and borne fruit abundantly. The church now numbers one hundred and eighty-five, being the largest membership of any church in the township. THE DISCIPLE CHURCH. This church was organized February 19, 1868, under the labor and superintendence of Rev. J. N. Smith and Rev. N. N. Bartlett. Hiram Thayer and A. A. House were elected overseers; Samuel A. Davidson and Jacob Sager, Sr., deacons, and S. A. Davidson, clerk and treasurer. Subsequently it was deemed advisable to have three deacons, and Henry Clay was chosen as a deacon. June 3, 1868, A. A. House, Hiram Thayer, and William Sager were elected trustees, Later S. A. Davidson was elected an overseer, and Solomon Sager, deacon, to fill the vacancy thus occasioned. The year of the organization a convenient church was erected at a cost of about $2,000. The church started with a good membership, and soon numerous additions were made. Rev. N. N. Bartlett was the first pastor. Rev. E. Wakefield succeeded him for one year. Rev. E. B. Wakefield, the present pastor, took charge of this congregation in 1874. Under his ministration the church has been blessed with a high degree of prosperity, and now numbers about one hundred and twenty-five faithful active members. Services are held once in two weeks, the preacher dividing his labors between North Bristol and Bloomfield churches. The Dunkard church was organized some fifteen years ago, and has a small but convenient meeting-house. John Strohm is one of its principal members and supporters. The membership is small. CEMETERIES. The two principal burying places in this township are located at Bristolville, one east and the other west of the turnpike. Interments were made in the township burying-ground east of the public square in very early times. The oldest grave-stone standing bears the date 1810. The new cemetery is large and prettily adorned with shrubbery of evergreens. In the northern part of the township is a small old burying-ground where rest the remains of members of the Sager family and others of the old settlers. POST-OFFICES. The first post-office was established about 1825, Gideon Sprague, postmaster. Mail was then brought from Warren once a week by a man on horseback. After the four-horse stage began running the office was moved to the center and Jacob Hammon appointed postmaster. He held the office over thirty years, and found it the source of a great deal of bother and but very little compensation. This being the first office on the road north of Warren, an unassorted mail, heavier than one man could lift, frequently came here. Mr. Hammon was obliged to go through it all, and perhaps find as the result of his researches a single letter or paper for some citizen of his town, The remaining mail Was then put upon the coach for the next postmaster on the route to investigate in a similar way. As there was then no hotel in the village, in cold weather all the stage-coach passengers poured into Mr. Hammon's house to warm themselves, and these, together with those who were waiting for mail, gave him no little annoyance. A. A. House was the first postmaster at North Bristol, where an office was established in 1870. E. A, Pierce, his successor, is the present incumbent. EARLY MILLS. The first mill in this township was built by William Sager for Abraham Baughman, near where the latter settled, in about 1806. A log saw-mill and grist-mill were erected. One dam served to make a water supply for both. The grist-mill was of peculiar construction, the motive power being a wheel placed horizontally in the water. To get the grain into the hopper it must be carried up a ladder into the second story of the mill, and when ground was removed from a receptacle on the lower floor. One run of stones made from a common rock was used in grinding. The mill ground slowly, but not "exceeding fine." Baughman ran these mills as long as he remained in the township. John Barnes then purchased the property and after him Samuel Baker. 338 - TRUMBULL AND MAHONING COUNTIES, OHIO. William Sager, about 1816, built a saw-mill upon his farm and did some grinding by the attachment of a small run of stones. About 1828 he built a grist-mill, the frame of which is still standing. His mills were run by the water of Baughman's creek. About 1830 John Hammon built a saw-mill west of the center, on the present McBride farm. Late1 the McBrides had a small water-mill for grinding erected there. As early as 1830 Mayhew & Hillman built and put in operation a fulling- and cloth dressing-mill, near Sager's mills. The business of dyeing, fulling, and dressing cloth was carried on during the fall and winter months for several years. A turning mill for the manufacture of wooden bowls, wooden plates, etc., was put in operation on the same stream. Colonel Flower, of Bloomfield, was its superintendent. HUNTING ADVENTURES. Game of all kinds was so abundant that some of the early settlers obtained all the meat necessary for family use by the aid of dog and gun. In the creeks fish abounded; the forests were full of bee trees; in short, this must have been almost a sportsman's paradise. William Sager was accustomed to spend considerable time each fall 1n hunting for "bee trees." Swarms that had come from the older settlements had taken possession of some of the hollow trees; they in turn sent out swarms and occupied many of the suitable trees with their colonies. One day, as Mr. Sager was bee-hunting, he saw that turkeys had been scratching the leaves about. He took out his call-whistle, made from the wing-bone of a turkey, and blew upon it, imitating the noise made by a turkey. Presently he saw a large wolf, which had been attracted by the sound, prowling around under the trees, snuffing the air and looking for turkeys. Mr. Sager discharged his rifle and killed the animal, and in due time received $10 bounty for the act, One day Sager started to go through the woods to Baughman's, taking his gun as usual. He had not gone far when he saw a deer, at which he fired. The animal dropped and he ran up to cut its throat with his knife, but the deer was not dead and not severely wounded. Just as Sager was upon him he jumped up, and doing so knocked the knife from his hands, then turned and attacked Mr. Sager .with all his might, trying to gore him with his antlers. Mr. Sager caught the antlers and held on firmly, but was thrown about by the deer until he was nearly exhausted. He was beginning to despair of being able to maintain his hold and feared that he would be thrown down and trampled upon, but just then his dog arrived, having heard the discharge of the gun and followed his master from home. The dog soon caught hold of the deer's throat; Mr. Sager released himself and dispatched the deer. After this adventure the intelligent dog always accompanied his master on hunting expeditions. Bears were bold and troublesome. Some times a cross old bear with cubs would follow and attempt to attack a man if alone ; but when two men were together the bear usually retreated. Hogs were provided with bells, so that when attacked by bears, its they often were, their owners would hear the alarm. IN EARLY DAYS people were frequently lost in the woods here. Nathaniel Moore was out one night hunting raccoons, lost his way home, and was compelled to pass the entire night in the woods. Daylight revealed to him his whereabouts and he returned to his alarmed family. Flour and meal were very difficult articles to obtain. Until about 1806 there were no mills nearer than Warren, and no roads, such as would now be considered passable, leading to that place. To illustrate the difficulty of obtaining a grist under such circumstances, we will give another incident m William Sager's life. Before any grain had been raised in the township, he heard that a man in Mesopotamia had some wheat to sell. He took his horse and with great difficulty found his way through the trackless region to his neighbor's (?) house, bought two bushels and returned home. Thus one day had been spent in obtaining the grain. Next morning accordingly he started for Warren with his grist, and a whole hard day's work it proved to reach the mill. He had the grist ground in the evening, and the next evening arrived with it at his home. Thus three days were occupied in obtaining a two- bushel grist and having it ground. Some time before any road to Painesville or the lake was opened, several of the settlers of TRUMBULL AND MAHONING COUNTIES, OHIO - 339 this township conceived the idea of navigating the Grand river, and measures were undertaken to carry the scheme into effect. The settlers had some maple sugar and other articles which they wished to sell, and having constructed a canoe they undertook a voyage to the lake. The Baughmans, Nortons, and Sagers were the leaders of the project. They began to clear the stream of brush, commencing at the mouth of Baughman's creek, and were occupied several days in this work. At night the boat was fastened to a tree and a guard placed over the merchandise. Two trips were made ; but as it was found to be a long and laborious way of getting to the lake, the boat was sold and navigation in these waters ceased. AN ANCIENT WELL. William Sager selected for his building spot a place near what appeared to be a small spring issuing from the hillside. But when he proceeded to clear out the spring, he was much surprised to find a shallow well neatly walled up with stones. OTHER INTERESTING DISCOVERIES were soon made in the vicinity, among them a lot of ashes about a foot under ground. When Mr. Sager began plowing he found, near the spring, over a quarter of an acre of ground that had a very black appearance and showed many remnants of charcoal, as though the ground had been the bed of a large coal-pit. Some of the pieces remained several years to puzzle and mystify persons of an inquisitive turn of mind. Mr. Joseph Sager thinks that pottery must have been manufactured here ; for he remembers, when a boy, digging in the dirt, as boys are wont to do, that he found a small earthen vessel, which could scarcely have been formed by Nature's art. It was exceedingly brittle, and at once crumbled to pieces. The ground is still black. Several spots of earth covered over with stones are to be seen in this township, and it is supposed that each marks an Indian grave. The mound-builders have left lasting monuments of themselves in Bloomfield swamp. But this fact scarcely serves to solve the secret of the old coal-pit or pottery; rather it leaves us in doubt whether to assign these works to that race or to the red men. But if the Indians engaged in burning coal, walling up springs, etc., here in Ohio, the evidence of such laborious work ought to remove from our mind the prevailing idea that they were lazy and indolent. A short distance from Mr. Sager's, near a marsh, could be seen a spot where, evidently, a well has been dug and the dirt thrown out. Do these old works belong to the age of the mound- builders, or are they of more recent origin ? This is a question for the curious in such matters to solve. But the fact of their existence is indisputable. THE INDIANS were the neighbors of the first settlers of Bristol, and frequently visited their houses. A few years after the arrival of the Sager family Mrs. Sager was washing at the spring one day, having left at the house the baby, Jacob, in charge of her oldest son. Three Indians unceremoniously entered the cabin and began to look about them. They saw some turnips in a corner of the room, and asked for some to eat. As they could speak but little English, or German either, it was only by watching their eyes and their gestures that their wants became known to the boy. He gave each of them a turnip, but they were unprovided with knives and held their turnips, looking around to see if they could discover any thing to eat them with. Finally one of them pronounced the word " messer "—German for knife —and the boy supplied them with the desired articles. They then ate their turnips in silence and with apparent satisfaction, and left the cabin as unceremoniously as they had entered. A little later, two Indians and a squaw came to the house one day in summer. Evidently they had been traveling a long distance, and they were weary. The two men lay down in the shade of a corn-crib and went to sleep. The squaw chose a sunny spot, lay down and apparently fell asleep, too. She had been carrying a bundle, and the little boy was curious to know what it contained. He tip-toed softly up to the side of the sleeping squaw and was about to lay his hands upon the bundle, when a little dog that accompanied the party began a violent barking. The boy made his way toward the house as fast as his legs could carry him, while the squaw sat up and called to him, "Hiscataw! hiscataw!" The boy thought these words were intended to urge the dog upon him, and, greatly frightened, doubled his efforts to reach the house. 340 - TRUMBULL AND MAHONING COUNTIES, OHIO. But instead of this she was calling the dog off, and her words at once stopped his barking. The Indians had a hearty laugh over the boy's fright, and in future visits the family often mentioned the incident. The chief Indian in this locality had a white boy whom he had somehow obtained. He was very reticent when questioned concerning him, and only when under the influence of whiskey would he say anything about him. But when drunk he sometimes stated that he got the boy when he was so high—indicating the child's height by holding his hand about two feet from the floor, and that he found him under an apple- tree. All the Indians left in 1811. Some twenty years after they had gone a man from the southern part of Pennsylvania stayed one night at the house of Joseph Sager, who in the course of the conversation mentioned to the stranger something of the little boy who had lived with the Indians. The stranger asked him to describe the boy, and after he had done so averred that he believed the child was one who had been stolen from one of his neighbors in Pennsylvania, that his parents were wealthy, and would pay almost any price to have him back again. But whether he ever returned to civilization or lived and died among the savages we have no means of ascertaining. When the Indians approached a settler's house they held their guns by the muzzle as a token that they came as friends. They had the usual Indian custom of carrying their papooses upon their backs, strapped to a board. When a squaw entered a house she would set her pappoose down by the door and leave it outside, where it was frequently molested by the dogs o1 hogs that were allowed to run about the place. FISH. The first settlers found so many fish in Baughman's creek that many families caught and salted barrels of them for winter use. There was no dam or other obstruction from the lake to Baughman's mill until a mill-dam was built at Austinburg some years after Bristol was settled. William Sager on his first visit to this township found such an abundance of fish in the creek that he declared that a wagon could not be driven through the water without killing some of them. TEMPERANCE CRUSADE. The following extract from a county paper dated June, 1858, may prove of interest: A week or two since fifty women in a party assembled and made an attack on the grocery of one Miller; some dragged the proprietor out of doors and held him down, while 0thers knocked in the heads of his cider, whiskey, vinegar, and rum barrels. Miller has commenced a suit against them. MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. The first taxes were assessed on the following plan: Horses twenty cents and cattle eight cents per head. Concerning real estate the records are silent. The first frame house in this township was built by Jonathan Walkley about one mile south of Bristolville. It is still standing, but no longer used as a dwelling. The first sermon was preached by Gabriel Sager at his own house. He was also the first regular preacher and the first school-teacher. The first marriage was that of Jacob Baughman and Barbara Good. The ceremony was performed by Lyman Potter, justice of the peace. The first practicing physician was Dr. Chandler B. Chapman. He remained a number of years and was highly esteemed in his professional capacity and in society. He afterwards became a professor in a Cincinnati Medical school. Other physicians have been here to tarry longer or shorter periods, and the township now has two good doctors in its midst. The first store was opened at the center by Salmon Swetland, previous to 1830. 'Squire Potter kept the first tavern, Cyril Green, Lyman Kibbee, and others, succeeding him in the business. TOWNSHIP BUSINESS DIRECTORY. General stores : H. H. Pierce, E. L. Kibbee, Bristolville; and E. A. Pierce, North Bristol. Drug store : E. T. Finney, Bristolville. Furniture store : A. E. Miner, Bristolville. Tin shop : R. G. Kelso. Bristolville post-office, Jacob Norton, postmaster; North Bristol, E. A. Pierce postmaster. Bristolville physicians: A. J. Brockett, M. D., and F. C. Corey, M. D. Grist-mills :    McBride Brothers & Vradenburg, Bristolville; and Hutton & Freel, North Bristol, Carriage and blacksmith shop, Eckstine & Reel, North Bristol. TRUMBULL AND MAHONING COUNTIES, OHIO - 341 Cheese factories : Jere Barton, North Bristol; Tift & Chryst, southwest part of township. Steam saw-mills: Strome & Reed have a large saw-mill, planing-mill, handle and spoke manufactory, etc., east of Bristolville station, and carry on an extensive business. Mayhew Brothers have a steam saw-mill and planing-mill at Oakfield station. Two other saw-mills are owned by Sager & Cox, North Bristol; and Osborn & Harclerode, in the southwest of the township. The above are the principal business interests, not including shoemaker and blacksmith shops. NOTES OF SETTLEMENT. Jacob Sager was born in Bristol township October 25, 1805. His father, William Sager, was a native of Shenandoah county, West Virginia, and came to Ohio in 1805 and settled in Bristol township, and was among the early settlers of the township. He settled in the north part of the township and resided upon his farm until his death, which occurred in 1856. There were eight children in his family—oneive boys and three girls—Joseph, Jacob, Sally, John, Solomon, Annie, Rebecca, and William. John, Solomon, and Annie are deceased. Mr. Sager was a millwright by tradeo though he carried on farming in connection. Mr. Jacob Sager has always lived in the township, He was the first white child born in Bristol. He has lived to witness many changes; has seen a dense wilderness change to a thriving community. He was married September 8, 1831, to Miss Leah Kagy, daughter of Jacob Kagy, of Bristol. They have had six children, five of whom are living—Susan, William J., Henry F., Mary E., Sophia, and Jacob A. Mr. and Mrs. Sager are members of the Disciples church, and in every respect are good citizens. Joseph Sager, a well known resident of Bristol, was born June 1, 1802, in Shenandoah county, Virginia, and came to Ohio in 1805 in company with his father, William. Gabriel Sager, father of William, was a native of Germany, and came to America in an early day. Mr. William Sager made a trip to Ohio in 1801, though it is not known whether he made a purchase at this time or not. In 1805 he removed his family. He made his journey to Ohio in a covered wagon, and lived in this several weeks while a but was in process of construction. He brought a cow. Mr. Sager cleared up a good farm, upon which he lived till his death, which occurred September 24, 1856. Joseph Sager is one of the oldest residents of the township. He was married in 1829, to Miss Catharine Peters, daughter of Daniel Peters, of Bristol township. There were two children by this marriage: Mary A. and Daniel W. Mrs. Sager died in 1854. In 1856 Mr. Sager was married a second time, to Mrs. Hewitt, daughter of Eli Young, of Farmington, and has one child by this union: Frank J. Both himself and wife are Methodists. William Sager was born February 14, 1821, in Bristol township, upon the farm where he now lives. He is the youngest son of William Sager. He has always lived in the township. Farming has been his chief business. He has a farm of one hundred and seventy-five acres of good land. He was married in 1844, to Miss Mary M. Norton, daughter of Zachariah Norton, of Bristol. Eight children are the fruit of this union: Flora, Delia, Olive, Julia, Jennie, George, Minnie, William. William died in infancy. Mrs. Sager is a member of the Disciple church. Politically Mr. Sager is a firm Republican. He has held several of the township offices, has been township trustee, assessor, and justice of the peace, thus showing the high esteem in which he is held by his fellow-townsmen. Isaac Barb, an old resident of Bristol township, was born December 18, 1822, in Bristol township, Trumbull county, upon the farm where he now lives. His father, Gabriel, was born in Shenandoah county, Virginia, and came to Ohio in 1805, when he was eleven years of age, in company with his father, William, who came to the township with the Sager family. There were very few settlers in the township at the time of their arriving. William Barb began in an unbroken wilderness, and succeeded in building up a grand farm, upon which he lived till his death, which occurred in 1839, leaving a family of six children, Peter, Gabriel, William, Jacob, Abram, Mary. Mrs. Barb died in 1854 or 1855. Mr. and Mrs. Barb were members of the Mennonite church. Mr. Gabriel Barb came upon the farm where his son Isaac now lives, 1n February, 1822. The first tree he cut down came very near killing him. Timothy Cox did the most of his chopping. Abram Kagy was his nearest neighbor. At the time of Mr. Barb's death he 342 - TRUMBULL AND MAHONING COUNTIES, OHIO. had about one hundred acres of land cleared. There were three children in the family, Isaac, Henry, and Elizabeth. Isaac and Henry reside upon the old home place. Elizabeth (Diehl) lives in Nebraska. Mr. Barb was a Mennonite. Mrs. Barb was a Dunkard. Isaac Barb, the subject of this sketch, has a farm of three hundred and fifty acres. He is engaged in general farming. He was married in 1848 to Miss Elizabeth Norton, daughter of Zachariah Norton, of Bristol. They have two children, Joseph S. and Maria. Mr. and Mrs. Barb are church members and are sincere Christians. Mr. Barb has been unable to do work for the last few years on account of lameness. His son carries on the farm. Henry Barb was born January 14, 1826, in Bristol township, upon the farm where he now lives. His father, Gabriel, was one of the first settlers in the township. Mr. Henry Barb has always been engaged in farming, though in connection with this he has been in a saw-mill, in which he did an extensive business for several years. He has one hundred and sixty-seven acres of excellent land. Mr. Barb was united in matrimony to Miss Jane A. Thompson, daughter of Robert Thompson, of Bristol township. Three children are the fruits of this union, Harriet, Nettie A., George E. Harriet is deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Barb are Methodists. S. A. Davidson was born in 1800 in New Haven, Connecticut, and came to Ohio in a very early day, over fifty years ago, and settled in Boardman township, Trumbull county, now Mahoning. Here he lived several years, and then moved to Mecca township, Trumbull county, where he resided till 1865, when he moved to Bristol township and resided till his death in 1875. He was a carpenter by trade. He was married in December, 1838, to Miss Martha A. Chaffee, daughter of Rev. J. Chaffee, of Bristol township. They had five children, three of whom are living—Lurena, Orrin E. Flora A. Mr. Davidson was a member of the Disciple church. Mrs. Davidson is also a member, He had been justice of the peace twelve years; also notary public nine years. Rev. J. Chaffee was born in Massachusetts. He came to Ohio about 1814 and settled in Bristol township, west of the center, and was among the early pioneers. He began in the wilderness and cleared up a good farm, and lived there till 1824, and then moved to Mecca township, where he resided till 1865; then returned to Bristol and spent the remainder of his days. He died September 3, 1869.. Mrs. Chaffee died September 14, 1874. Mr. Chaffee married Miss Theodosia Fletcher, daughter of John Fletcher, of Massachusetts, March r, 1813. There were nine children in the family—Theodosia, Sally L., Martha A., Joseph G., Eunice P., Mary M., John M., Betsy, and Nancy. Rev. T. Chaffee was a minister of the Disciple church, though he carried on a farm; also worked at shoemaking at intervals. Hoshea Moffet, a former old resident of Bristolville, was born March 22, 1787, in Connecticut, and came to Ohio in 1828 and settled in Bristol township, Trumbull county. He located in the northwestern part of the township, where he lived till his death, which occurred January 18, 1857, leaving a family of nine children to mourn his loss. Mrs. Moffet died in 1830. He was married November 6, 1801, to Miss Polly Porter, daughter of Alexander Porter, of Connecticut. The names of his children are as follow: Edwin, Lucine, Adaline, Louise, Orlando, Erastus, Chauncey, Charles, Amanda. Edwin, Orlando, Chauncey, and Amanda are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Moffet were members of the Methodist church, and enjoyed the esteem and confidence of all who knew them. Stephen Osborn, an old resident of Bristol township, was born in Litchfield county, town of Colebrook, Connecticut, November 20, 1797. His father, Joshua, was born in Connecticut, and came to Ohio in 1809, and settled in Southington township, Trumbull county, and was among the early settlers of the township. Like the early pioneers he began in the woods and made himself a good farm and lived upon this till his death. He died in 1837, leaving a family of thirteen children—Chloe, Reuben, Mansfield, Dorcas, Sheldon, Roxy, Gilbert, Leonard, Stephen, Amanda, Sterling, Annie, Phoebe. Stephen, Amanda, Annie, and Phoebe are the only surviving members of the family. Mr. Stephen Osborn came to Bristol township in 1830. He first settled upon the turnpike south of the center and here resided about twenty years, then moved upon the farm where he now lives. Many improvements have been made by Mr. Osborn. TRUMBULL AND MAHONING COUNTIES, OHIO - 343 Farming has been his occupation, and even at his present advanced age he is able to do much labor in the field. He was married in 1826 to Miss Mary Hillman, daughter of Shubal Hillman, of Bristol. He had four children by this marriage. Mrs. Osborn died in 1834. He then married Miss Amanda Hillman, sister of his first wife, and had four children by this marriage. Mrs, Osborn died in 1855. He married in 1858 his third wife, Mrs. Rebecca Difford, of Bloomfield, who died in 1870. Mr. Osborn has one hundred and thirty-four acres of good land. He has been quite a hunter and trapper in his day, and takes much pride in exhibiting his old wolf-trap at the present day. He is a member of the Methodist church. Among the first settlers of Bristol was Aaron Fenton, Sr., who removed from New Jersey. He located where his son Aaron now lives. He died many years ago, leaving a family of five sons and two daughters, viz: Daniel, William, Aaron, Abraham, Enoch, Mary, and Lydia (Baird). William, the second son, was born in Bristol in 1811; married Adaline Moffet in 1835, and settled at the center of Bristol, where he resided a number of years, then purchasing the farm which his widow still occupies. He was a carpenter by trade. He died in 1860. Mrs. Fenton was born in Herkimer county, New York, in 1814. Her father was Hoshea Moffet, a brief notice of whom is elsewhere given. To Mr. and Mrs. Fenton were born seven sons and two daughters, as follows: William W., living in Bristol; A. W., deputy collector of customs, Cleveland, Ohio; Shurben, on the farm with his mother; Marshal, in Warren, and Dr. Hoshea Fenton, of Troy, Geauga county; Mortimer and Charles and the two daughters, Mary and Delia, are deceased. Jacob Norton, an old resident of Bristol, was born in 1820 in Bristol. His father, Zachariah, was a native of Shenandoah county, Virginia, and came to Ohio 1n a very early day, and settled in the northeastern part of the township. Jacob Norton, the grandfather of Jacob, the subject of this sketch, came from Germany. He was one of the early pioneers of old Trumbull. Like the most of the early settlers he began in the woods and cleared up a good farm, and lived upon it until his death. There were nine children in his family. Mr. Zachariah Norton lived in the township till his death. He was a farmer by occupation, and like his father made a farm for himself. There were twelve children in his family, ten of whom are living. Mr. Jacob Norton, one of the number, has always resided in the township. He has been engaged in the mercantile business chiefly, though he has been postmaster since 1861, and is still serving in that position. He was married in 1844 to Miss Hannah A. Whitmore, daughter of Beriah and Nancy Whitmore, of Gustavus township. They have one child, Francis B., who is a practicing physician at Newburg, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Norton are members of the Methodist church. C. W. Huntly was born in Canandaigua, Ontario county, New York, in 1813, June 3d. His father, Rufus Huntly, was a native of Connecticut, and came to Ohio in 1832, and settled in Sharon, Medina county, where he lived till his death, He was an early settler in the section where he located. There were twelve children in his family, only six of whom are now living. Mr. C. W. Huntly came to Trumbull county in 1846, and located in Bristol township, upon the farm formerly owned by Jacob Norton. Here he lived till he came to the center. He was proprietor of the hotel at Bristolville about fifteen years, and won the good wishes of the traveling public. He was married in 1834 to Miss Julia A. Fairchild, daughter of Abel Fairchild, of Ontario county, New York. They have had thirteen children, twelve of whom are living. Mr. and Mrs. Huntly are members of the Methodist church, and are sincere Christians. Mi. Huntly served a short time in the late war, He had four sons, who also acted in defense of their country, one of whom died at Vicksburg. Mr. Huntly may well take pride in the war record of his family. Politically Mr. Huntly is a stanch Republican, and is held in high esteem by his fellow-townsmen. Scott F. Huntly was born April 22, 1847, in Bristol township, Trumbull county, Ohio. His father, Calvin W., came to Ohio in 1846. Mr. S. F. Huntly has lived most of his life in Bristol; was in Michigan nine months. At the present time he is proprietor of a hotel at Bristolville, and is universally liked by the traveling public. He was married in 1869, to Miss Lizzie Mullen, daughter of Samuel Mullen, of Mecca township. Mr. Huntly served nearly two and a half years in the Rebellion, though very young 344 - TRUMBULL AND MAHONING COUNTIES, OHIO. at the time of his enlistment. He enlisted in February, 1862, in the Twenty-third Ohio infantry, and participated in thirteen different engagements, was at Cloyd Mountain, New River Bridge, Cedar Creek, and many others. Mr. Huntley is a carpenter by trade. Samuel White, an old resident of Bristol, was born April I, 1808, in Bristol township, Trumbull county, Ohio. His father, Benjamin, was a native of Washington county, Pennsylvania. He came to Ohio in 1802, and was among the pioneers of the county. He first settled in the west part of the township of Bristol. He purchased his land of Richard Iddings, and soon after bough1 the farm now occupied by Mr. Spitler, through the agency at Warren. He probably owned about one hundred acres. He cleared up a good farm, and built the first grist-mill in the township, which he carried on in connection with his farming for several years. He then went to Middlefield, Geauga county, where he lived till his death, which occurred in November, 1815. Mrs. White died in November, 1875, in her eighty-eighth year. They were married in 1804, in Bristol township, by Squire Tracy of Mesopotamia. They had eight children, six of whom are living, two dying in infancy—Samuel, Elijah G., Polly, Jane, Patterson, and Benjamin. Mr. Samuel White has always lived in the township, never having been out of it for a month at a time since he was born. He learned the carpenter trade when he was about eighteen years of age, and followed it till 1840, though he purchased a farm in 1834. He was married October 12, 1835, to Mary Ann Flower, daughter of Horace Flower, of Bloomfield township. Seven children were the fruit of this union, three of whom are living. Mrs. White died February 7, 1851. Mr. White was married the second time in 1854 to Mrs. Malvina Seaton, of Erie county, New York. One child was born to them. Mrs. White is a member of the Congregational church. Mr. White has filled several of the township offices; was justice many years; also has been town clerk and trustee. In politics he is a firm Republican. Anan Gordon was born February 12, 1823, in Warren, Ohio. His father, Robert Gordon, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, June 8, 1796. His grandfather, Colonel Thomas Gordon, came from Scotland in an early day, and settled in Washington county, Pennsylvania. An attempt was made to bribe him to go into Burgoyne's army in the Revolution, but Mr. Gordon remained steadfast in his loyalty to the land of his adoption, and spurned the insult with indignation. In 1799 he came to Ohio and located in Poland township, and was one of the first in the township. He cleared up a good farm and lived upon it several years, then moved to Ashtabula county, where he resided till he removed to Lordstown, Trumbull county. He died in 1840. Mr. Robert Gordon came to Warren about 1817, from Ashtabula county. He was a brick-maker by trade and lived in Warren till his death. There were twelve children in his family, six boys and six girls, all of whom lived to maturity. Mr, Anan Gordon has always lived in the county. In 1850 he went to Bazetta township, where he lived twenty-one years, and was engaged in farming in the meantime. In 1861 he came to Bristol, where he has since 1esided. He was married February 15, 1849, to Miss Ruanna Bell, daughter of Jabez and Anna Bell, of Bazetta. There were two children by this marriage. Second marriage September 29, 1859, to Miss Harriet Nutt, daughter of Chauncey Nutt, of Southington township. Four children by this marriage, Third marriage March 30, 1876, to Mrs. Frances F. Lightfoot, daughter of Michael Chandler, of Parkman, Portage county. Mr. Gordon has two hundred and thirty-three acres of fine land, He is engaged in general farming. Gideon Bowers was born May 21, 1831, in Bristol township. His father, John Bowers, was born in Shenandoah county, Virginia, and came to Ohio in 1829, and settled in Bristol township, west of the center, but soon after moved to the eastern part of this township upon the farm where he now lives. Mr. John Bowers began in the dense wilderness and made for himself a good farm. There were six children in his family—Leah, Levi, Gideon, Lydia, Sarah, Mary. Levi is deceased—was killed by the falling of a a tree in 1848. Mr. John Bowers and lady are still living. Gideon Bowers has always resided m this township; farming has been his occupation. He was married in 1858 to Miss Sarah Crozier, daughter of James Crozier, of Mecca township. They have four children—Charles J., Hattie A., Jay L., George Washington. Mr. TRUMBULL AND MAHONING COUNTIES, OHIO - 345 and Mrs. Bowers are members of the Methodist church, also Hattie. Mr. Bowers is a sound Republican. Jacob Eckstine, a well known resident of Bristol township, was born in Germany August 3, 1818. His father, Michael Eckstine, was also a native of Germany and came to America in 1820, landing in Baltimore, Maryland, where he resided a short time, then went to Virginia, Shenandoah county, and located and lived until 1834, when he moved to Ohio and settled in Bristol township, upon the farm where his son Jacob now lives. He began in an unbroken forest and built up a good farm and lived to enjoy the fruit of his labor until his death, which occurred July 23, 1861. Mrs. Eckstine died January 17, 1864. There were two children, Jacob and Mary. Mary died in West Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Eckstine were members of the Lutheran church. Jacob Eckstine has always lived upon the old home place ; has made farming a life occupation. He was married in 1848 to Miss Leah Bowers, daughter of John Bowers, of Bristol township. Five children have been born to them: Mary J., Amos, Cyrus, Charles, Sarah Ann. Sarah, who is the oldest of the family, is deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Eckstine are hospitable people and merit and enjoy the good wishes of all who know them. A. J. Brockett, M. D., son of Alanson and grandson of Chauncey Brockett, early settlers in Farmington, was born in Bristol, Trumbull county, Ohio, in 1836. He was the first child born on what is called West street, where his father had settled the year before. Dr. Brockett read medicine with Dr. C. T. Metcalf, of Bristolville, now of Warren, for three years from 1858 to 1861. In the spring of the latter year he graduated at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. In the spring of 1864 he went into the army as surgeon of the First regiment Ohio volunteer infantry, serving until mustered out with the regiment. He afterwards, as assistant surgeon, had charge of the Eighty-eighth Ohio volunteer infantry at Camp Chase, Columbus, until the close of the war. He then returned to Bristolville and bought out Dr. Metcalf and has been engaged m the practice of his profession there since. He is president of the Trumbull County Medical society. In the spring of 1882 he formed a partnership with his younger brother, Dr. 0. H. Brockett, a recent graduate of Cleveland Medical college. He married January s0, 1878, Amelia J. Noyes, who died February 21, 1879, July 14, 1880, he married Mrs. Mary Maria Pond, a daughter of Daniel Gates, an early resident of Farmington. Dr. Frank C. Corey, a rising physician of Bristol, was born October 7, 1853, in Bristol. His father, Frank H., was a native of Vermont and came to Bristol in 1850. Dr. Corey studied medicine at Mt. Vernon with Dr. J. C. Gordon, and graduated at Cleveland Medical college in 1874. He also attended one course of lectures at Philadelphia. Dr. Corey practiced in Mt. Vernon about thirteen months, then came to Bristol, where he has since practiced. He was married in 1877 to Miss Ida M. Bennett, daughter of Edwin Bennett, of Hartford township. They have one child—Loule L. Mr. and Mrs. Corey are members of the Congregational church Politically he is a Republican. Newell Maltby was born in Tompkins, New York, in 1832, and moved with his parents, Nathaniel H. and Betsey (Patchen) Maltby to Bristol township 1n 1841. They settled on the farm now owned by Newell Maltby who is the youngest of eight children, only three of whom are now living. His mother died in 1836, and his father in 1855, at the age of seventy-three. Mr. Maltby was married, in 1856, to Jane Pierce, a native of Vermont, daughter of Thaddeus Pierce, who settled in Bristol in 1854. Their children are Mellie J., and Hattie Dell. E. D. Baldwin was born in Crawford county, Pennsylvania, March 26, 1846. His father, Isaac S. Baldwin, was a native of Vermont, though he moved to New York when he was very young and remained there until he was thirteen years old, then moved to Pennsylvania where he still resides. Mr. E. D. Baldwin came to Ohio in 1877, in October, and settled in Bristol township upon the farm where he now lives. He is engaged in general farming and has one hundred and thirty-seven acres of good land. He was married in 1877 to Miss Elizabeth McMahan, daughter of Thomas McMahan of Howland township. Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin are members of the Congregational church and are good citizens.