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346 - TRUMBULL AND MAHONING COUNTIES, OHIO. CHAPTER VII. BROOKFIELD. This township is known as town number four in range one, and is bounded on the north by Hartford, east by the Pennsylvania State line, with Hubbard on the south and Vienna on the west. Save the coal interest which in recent years has been one of considerable importance and a source of great profit to many land owners, Brookfield is purely an agricultural community. It was first settled by a class of people, mainly New Englanders, who were noted for their intelligence and morality. The settlement first began at or near the center of the township, and as families collected at that point a nucleus was formed for the growth of the little village; the largest in the township, known as Brookfield center. The main water-course is Big Yankee creek, which takes its rise a short distance north of the central part of the north boundary, in Hartford township, and flowing from this point in a southeast direction empties into the Shenango river in the southeast corner of the township. This creek with its tributaries drains the northwest, the west, and central parts of the township. Little Yankee creek enters the township at the northwest, and flows southeasterly across the .southwest corner, where at a point west of the center it enters Hubbard township, but after reaching Hubbard center it turns northeast, and again enters Brookfield at the southeast corner and flows into the Shenango. The Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railroad extends across the southwest corner, following in this township the general course of Little Yankee creek, and has its main station at the crossing of the main east and west center road, about two miles west of Brookfield village, and near Payne's corners. The New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio railroad barely enters the township across the southeast corner. Various coal-road branches are extended to the coal banks in the different localities. The surface of the township is generally rolling; the soil generally clay, but in the northwest part somewhat more gravelly soil is found. The Yankee creek bottom lands, consisting of a black loam, are especially productive. The southern part of the township is somewhat broken, and in this part are situated the coal mines. ORGANIZATION. The township from its organization up to 1810 formed, with Vienna, one election precinct. On May 14th of the above year the qualified electors of the township were notified to. meet at the house of Constant Lake, for the purpose of electing the usual township officers for the new township of Brookfield. The election board consisted of Diament Whitier, chairman; William Cunningham and Anthony Patrick, judges; Henry Gandy and Jacob Hummason, clerks. The following officials were then chosen by ballot and were declared elected "according as the law directs :" William Cunningham, Anthony Patrick, and John D. Smith, trustees ; Isaac Flower, Jr., treasurer and constable ; Jacob Hummason, clerk and lister ; Henry H. Gandy, appraiser; Diament Whitier, Timothy Alderman and Clark Rathbun, supervisors; Robert Hughes and Benjamin Bentley, overseers of the poor ; Johnson Patrick and James Montgomery, fence viewers. On the 8th day of November, 1810, Isaac Flower, Jr., appeared before Robert Hughes, associate judge of the county, and took the required oath as the first justice of the peace of Brookfield. It is stated as a probability, however, that Judge Hughes officiated as justice of the peace here before the township was formally organized, but the first elected justice of Brookfield was Isaac Flower, Jr., as above stated. POPULATION AND INDUSTRIES. The population of the township in 1870 was 2,657 ; in 1880, 2,569, showing a decrease. Coal mining is carried on quite extensively in various localities. Coal was first discovered and used for domestic purposes prior to 1838, in which year General Joel B. Curtis opened the first mine from which coal was shipped. Several mines are now operated in the township. In former years, about 1826, John Myers and Franklin Peck built the only woolen-mill in which wool was carded into rolls, and cloth was fulled. The machinery was propelled by oxen on a tread-wheel. William Montgomery afterwards came in possession of this mill, and continued its operation until some time in 1847. Lawrence Smith erected the only blast furnace in the township about 1836. It was a quarterstack, and was located near the center. The furnace had a foundry attached at which were TRUMBULL AND MAIIONING COUNTIES, OHIO - 347 manufactured plows, stoves, and hollow-ware. The ore was obtained principally from the farm of Timothy Roberts, in Hubbard, and charcoal was used exclusively for smelting and also for melting the pig and scrap-iron for casting. It was obtained from the lands of James and Robert Christy. The works passed into the hands 0f Hart, Miner & Norton in 1839, who operated a few months, after which it was blown out and lay idle for some time until purchased by Galbraith & McCleery, of Pennsylvania, who after a short time sold to William Wheeler. But the enterprise proved disastrous to all these parties and the works were abandoned. The only flour-mill was built by Daniel Arthurholtz on Big Yankee run, on lot number fifty-six in the northeast part of the township. It is now operated by Asa Arthurholtz. The mill is now doing a good general custom work, and has two run of buhrs, propelled by both steam and waterpower. VILLAGES. Brookfield center is the only village in the township. The leading kinds of business, such as dry goods, groceries, etc., are well represented. Its only hotel is conducted by Thomas A. Ballou. The religious element is well represented by the commodious church buildings of the Presbyterian, Disciples, and Methodist Episcopal churches. The town and school buildings are well located and amply sufficient fo1 the demand of the place, which taken altogether is a prosperous, intelligent, and quiet neighborhood. PROPRIETORSHIP. The original owner of the soil of Brookfield was Samuel Hinckley, of Northampton, Hampshire county, Massachusetts. He was represented in the sale of the lands by Dr. Solomon Bond, of Enfield, Hartford county, Connecticut. The proprietor donated the lands at the center, commonly known as "the green," and the survey of the place was made m 1806. He also donated the original burying-grounds at the center, embracing one acre of land in lot number twenty-nine. The deed for this land was made to James Montgomery, John Briggs, and John D. Smith, township trustees, and is dated April 16, 1823. Soon after the grounds were im proved by private subscription and became the public burying-place in the township. Here are gathered in their last sleep many of the pioneer farthers and mothers of Brookfield. The history of their lives and deeds, to a great extent, has forever perished with them. To save what time has not wholly obliterated and to rescue the names of the pioneers from oblivion is the aim of the historian. EARLY SETTLEMENT. The first white man who came 1nto this township f0r the purpose of settlement was James McMullen, Sr. The inducement held out to him to come into this then unbroken wilderness was an offer of one hundred and sixty acres of land in lot number seventy-eight in the east part of the township. He arrived in the year 1796, and erected his log cabin near a spring a few rods southeast of the present school-house. This cabin was a very rude structure, built of unhewn logs notched and fitted together at the ends and " chinked" with mud. The floor was made of split logs familiarly known as punche0ns. McMullen had a family of seven sons, namely: Thomas, Samuel, John, Martin, James, William, and Doctor (the latter receiving this unusual name on account of his being the seventh son). Samuel was married to Elizabeth, daughter of William Chatfield, in whose cabin the marriage ceremony was performed by Rev. Thomas G. Jones. This was the first marriage in the township. The cabin stood immediately south of the present residence of James Bentley, lot sixty-seven. William, a son of James McMullen and his second wife, was born in the log cabin above mentioned and was the first white child born in the township. Rev. Thomas G. Jones built a log cabin in 1802, about one-half mile south of McMullen, and in company with his brother Benjamin brought the first stock of goods into the township and started the first store in the above-mentioned cabin. The cabin had but two rooms, one for the store and the other for the family. And the store room was back of the family room, and had no outside door, the customers being compelled to pass through the family room to get to the store. The shelving of the first store in Brookfield was constructed by driving large wooden pins in the logs upon which puncheon logs were laid. Here the early settlers did their 348 - TRUMBULL AND MAHONING COUNTIES, OHIO. trading, and it is supposed that the facilities of Jones' store were amply sufficient to meet all the demands of the settlement at that time. Mr. Jones was a minister of the Baptist denomination, and he sometimes held religious services at the houses of the settlers; but at this time the general services were held over the line in Pennsylvania. To him, therefore, must he accorded the honor of first introducing the gospel into Brookfield. John Briggs settled on the north road two miles north of the center about 1806. In the latter year, or previous, several of the prominent settlers arrived. Anthony Patrick lived on the farm now owned by Benjamin McMullen. Benjamin Bentley settled on the present farm of his son James, and built his cabin home about one half mile north of the present farm residence. The first frame barn built in the township was erected by Mr. Bentley on this farm in 1808. This seems to have been considered at the time a great step in the way of building improvements, and called together quite a number of men from distant neighborhoods. It took two or three days to raise the building that two or three men could now soon put in position. To accommodate the many persons who came to his assistance on this occasion, Mr. Bentley killed several sheep and a large ox, and generously supplied the many other wants of his friends. Johnson Patrick lived adjoining Mr. Bentley on the west, and William Chatfield south of the latter on the south part of lot sixty-seven. Jacob Ulp lived southeast of Chatfield, and Ethan Newcomb joined Mr. Bentley on the north. Thomas Thompson settled north of the center on the west side of the road, lot number forty, and Thomas Patten lived north of Mr. Thompson. Samuel Patrick lived on the north part of lot number fifty-one. Judge Robert Hughes settled off the center road south on lot number twenty-five; Henry Gandy south of the center near the coal bank on lot number forty-seven. The first death in the township of which there is any record, was that of Mrs. Henry Gandy. The body was interred in the woods, a short distance south of the present Whitacre coal bank. Matthew Thompson settled on lot number forty-four, south of Brookfield, and Samuel Clark south of him on lot number forty-five. Dr. Thomas Hartford lived with Constant Lake, previous to 1806, on lot number forty, one mile north of the center,. and was the first physician in the township. Dr. Upson settled at the center soon after, and became a well- known practitioner. Robert Montgomery settled on lot number twenty-six, south of Judge Hughes. Isaac Flower on the northeast corner at the center, where he opened the first store at the center. Jacob Hummason settled on the southwest corner at the center. In 1811 the road districts were designated and the supervisor elected received the names of the persons whom he had under his charge, and the following assignments are appended to show the extent of the Brookfield settlement in that year. The district assigned to Jacob Ulp included the road leading from his house to Brockway's mills, also the road running east on the center line from Yankee run to the Pennsylvania line, and embraced the following persons with himself : Thomas G. Jones, Benjamin Jones, James McMullen, Nathan Birge, Geo. Middleton, John Tribby, John Patterson, Philip Yarnell, and Daniel Groscost. James Wilson was assigned to the road leading west from the center to Simeon Wheeler's and from thence south on the township line to the Liberty township line, and included the following persons, with himself : William White, Philip Quigley, David Wheeler, Samuel Munson, Jonathan Kerr, James and Robert Montgomery, James Haw, James Kerney, John D. Smith, Robert Hughes, Timothy Alderman, A. Alderman, and Daniel Williams. Henry H. Gandy was assigned to the road leading from the center south through the own- ship; also the road leading east from the center to Yankee run, embracing the following persons, with himself : Walter Clark, Collins Youngs, Henry Reidsilly, Jacob Harris, Amos and Charles Bradford, John Woods, John Patrick, Jacob Hummason, Isaac Flower, Jr., and Ebenezer W. Comes. William Cunningham's district included the road leading from the center north to Brockway's ,mill and from thence on the triangle road leading to Simeon Wheeler's, and included the following persons : David Bacon, Constant Lake, TRUMBULL AND MAHONING COUNTIES, OHIO - 349 Clark Rathbun, Samuel Patrick, Benjamin Bentley, Ethan Nathan, John Briggs, Reuben Campbell, James Thompson, Henry and John Hull, James Russell, Jacob Reeder, Richard Creamer, Thomas Pattens, Joseph R. Porter, Jonathan Alderman. SCHOOLS. The first school was held in a small log schoolhouse near Big Yankee run, on the east and west center road—lot number seventy-seven. The teacher was Miss Lois Sanford, of Connecticut, familiarly known as " Aunt Lois." This school, as may be imagined, was not only very rude in its accommodations, but also in the appliances fo1 imparting instruction. David Shepherd is remembered as one of the early teachers who taught in a house at the southeast part of the center ; also, afterward, Jacob Hummason, on the west side of " the green." The latter teacher had been a merchant in the East, and was considered quite a good teacher. These schools soon gave way to the district school system, of which the township now has eleven, with nine separate districts. District number one, embracing the village, supports two schools in separate buildings, and enumerates ninety scholars. District number eleven, located in the southeastern part, also supports two schools. INDIANS. The early settlers in this township, especially along Big Yankee run, were often annoyed by the Indians as they wandered up and down the stream. The boys of these strolling parties became very familiar with the white boys of the settlement, with whom they often engaged in many friendly trials of physical .strength and skill. The white boys could generally throw their red skin antagonists, but when it came to foot-racing the Indian boys could out-distance them. The Indians were generally friendly but were in the habit of going over into the neighboring towns of Pennsylvania to exchange their furs for whiskey, on which occasions they frequently became engaged in quarrels which often ended in fights, causing no little alarm among the whites. On one of these occasions an old Indian, well known in the neighborhood by the name of Flinn, who was generally disliked on account of his sullen disposition and love of whiskey, butchered his squaw near the east bank of Big Yankee run. The Indians seemed to care little or nothing for the crime committed, and the murdered squaw was buried along the roadside near the present school-house on the east side of the creek. The funeral was celebrated in the usual Indian custom and nothing more was thought of the deed, and old Flinn pursued his usual vagabond life up and down Yankee run. But it is related that a white man by the name of Carr determined to avenge the murder and accordingly watched his chance, and one day as he was going along the banks of the creek he saw the murderer in the act of stooping over to tie his moccasin and he immediately sent a bullet through his brain and then fled to his cabin. Soon after the Indians found the body! They suspected the whites of the murder and made threats of retaliation, but as they had no proof of the person guilty of the deed nothing more came of it. No one knew who had killed the old Indian until years afterward when the mystery was cleared up by a confession from Carr. Several well known chiefs, among them "Cadashaway" and "Kiogg," were frequent visitors in the neighborhood. THE BROOKFIELD AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. This society was organized in the year 1865 by five stockholders, namely: Samuel Shilling, Albert Christy, Allison Chew, James C. Struble, and James Clark. The first officials were Samuel Shilling; president ; Albert Christy, vice-president; A. Adams, secretary; and John Shook, treasurer. The first exhibition was given in September, 1865, and the annual sessions have been held regularly since. The past years have been successful, the exhibits comparing favorably with other like societies, and the attendance has been very large. During the first years the stock paid good dividends, and in 1874 the exhibits numbered nineteen hundred and fifteen; of later years, however, the attendance has not been so large on account of the more complete exhibitions held in neighboring cities, which naturally attract attention from the smaller societies. The present board is composed of the following gentlemen : Thomas A. Ballou, president ; Peter Carlton, vice-president; John Cole, treasurer; A. C. Burnett, secretary; John L. Doud, A. Price, W. H. Bushnell, Jesse Hall, Jr., H. H. Carey, and A. Seaburn, directors. 350 - TRUMBULL AND MAHONING COUNTIES, OHIO. THE PRESBYTERIAN (OLD-SCHOOL) CHURCH. The early organization of the Presbyterian church at Vienna center had among its members many of the early settlers of Brookfield, who as soon as the country became more thickly settled organized a society of their own. Concerning this organization the following original paper is still to be found among the records of the church at Brookfield: BROOKFIEI.D, April 1, 1816. We, the people, inhabitants of Brookfield, or others adjacent, taking into serious consideration the great importance of establishing a gospel ministry in this place, do hereby form ourselves into a church or congregation and to be known as the Presbyterian church or congregation of Brookfield, and do hereby promise and engage to give all pecuniary aid or the assistance that may appear necessary for the support of the same. In witness whereof we have hereunt0 set our hands the day and year above mentioned. (Signed) ROBERT HUGHES, JAMES MONTGOMERY, JACOB ULP, JAMES KERNEY, MATTHEW THOMPSON, ROBERT MONTGOMERY, JOHN LAFFERTY. On the day following the date of the above document the church was organized by Rev. James Satterfield, of Mercer, Pennsylvania, acting under authority of the Hartford presbytery. The original members were James and Martha Montgomery, Robert and Martha Hughes, Matthew and Sarah Thompson, Jane Montgomery, and James Kerney, from Washington county, Pennsylvania; Jacob and Elizabeth Ulp, New Jersey; Abigail Lafferty, Mary Lafferty and her daughter Mary, Ann Lafferty and her daughter Ann, and Nancy Lafferty. The officials of the church were as follows : Matthew Thompson, Robert Montgomery, and Jacob Ulp, trustees; Robert Hughes, clerk, and Matthew Thompson, treasurer. During the year 1817 the first house of worship was built, and was on the northwest corner of what is now the cemetery. This was a frame building, and the nails used in its construction were all made by Isaac Flower by hand. In the winter of 1817 Rev. John Core, a licentiate of the Hartford presbytery, was requested to become the pastor, and the following spring he was ordained at Youngstown and installed pastor of Youngstown, Vienna, and Brookfield. On January 18, 1818, Robert Hughes, Matthew Thompson, and Jacob Ulp were elected elders (perpetual). On April 8, 1820, James Dunlap and Robert Hughes were elected ruling elders, and on August 13th of the same year, John Hughes was ordained and installed, with James Dunlap, as ruling elder. In the autumn of 189 Rev. Core resigned .the pastorate of Vienna, but how long he remained the pastor of Youngstown and Brookfield jointly is not known. A statement, however, appears of a settlement with him as pastor dated September 10, 1825. The congregation on April 8, 1833, decided to secure the services of Rev. James Anderson, a licentiate of Washington presbytery, and during this yea1 the church received nineteen additions. The sessions of this church and of Hubbard met together at Hubbard, and in all probability one minister served both charges. At the session of the church held in May, 1837, Rev. William Woods then being pastor, upon the question of a division of the denomination into the Old- and New-school, which took place the next year, it was decided to remain with the old school. At the meeting of the session, December 30, 1843, Rev. Joseph Smith officiated as moderator and administered the Lord's supper, at which time there was an addition of sixteen members. At the meeting of the congregation on April 4, 1844, the membership of the session was increased by the election of the following elders: Ambrose Hart, John Kerney, and William Jewell, who were ordained and installed as ruling elders the following April, by Rev. Joseph Kerr. September 11, 1845, Rev. Ward was installed as pastor, and during his ministry occurred the only case of discipline in this congregation from its organization to the present, a period of over sixty years. The pastorate of Mr. Ward was one of much prosperity, spiritually, to the congregation. He continued as pastor until 1849, and was succeeded in that year by Rev, Jacob Coon, who was succeeded in 1853 by Rev. H. Webber. In the following year the record shows a membership of sixty-two. In 1855 Rev. A. McCurdy administered the Lord's supper and in 1856 Rev. W. G. March was moderator. In this same year, August 23d, Dr. John E. Stewart, Samuel Shilling, and John Long were elected ruling elders, but only the former two were installed. Rev. N. B. Lyons was installed as pastor in June of this year, and probably served until 1860. TRUMBULL AND MAHONING COUNTIES, OHIO - 351 In 1866 Rev. G. S. Rice was the stated supply for a time. The name of Rev, W. C. Falconer appears on the 1ecords as moderator in 1868, The few years following the congregation did not prosper, the membership declined, and regular preaching was discontinued until the winter of 1871-72, when a revival occurred in the Methodist Episcopal church, and the religious fervor awakened the few remaining members of this church, and an effort was made to secure the regular ministration of the Gospel in their own house, which during the following summer was thoroughly repaired. In the meantime Rev. Willis Weaver, a licentiate of the Mahoning presbytery, now a missionary to Bogata, South America, preached here half his time. In September, 1872, an engagement was made with the present pastor, Rev. J. Rea Stockton, who served as supply until the spring meeting of the presbytery, the congregation then numbering twenty. In 1873 the pastor was installed, and Thomas M. Gordon elected elder. Since his pastorate began the church has received many additions, and the Sabbath-school has been reorganized, and is now in a flourishing condition. John A. Stewart, Frank B. McKay, and Francis M. McKay were elected elders in June, 1881, THE METHODISTS. The Methodist Episcopal church of Brookfield has had an existence for many years, but the writer found it impossible to obtain any definite information concerning its history The early members are all gone and they have left no records concerning its organization and growth from which reliable data could be procured. THE DISCIPLES CHURCH, The organization of this society was effected by Rev. N. N. Bartlett, February 22, 1874. The first official board was composed of Jesse Hoagland, Henry Patterson, and A. Taylor, elders; R. S. Hart, H. Hamilton, and J. W, Groves, deacons. The charter members of the society, including the above officials, are S. C. Hamilton, Susan Groves, Mary and Flora Taylor, Lucy Struble, Caroline Seaburn, Mary Groves, Mary A. Toward, Catharine, Hannah, and Carrie Jones, E. A. Clark, Mary Christy, Emily, Kate,. and O, Hart, Elsie Mason, G. W, and Sarah Bur ton, J. and Mary McMullen, O. J. and Hester Burnett, Mystilla Jones, L. and Mary Randall, A. and Esther McCollum, Emily Patterson, Lorain Hatch, Elnora Day, James Haney, and Lavina Montgomery. The society first held services in the town hall at Brookfield until 1876, when the present church building was erected. From the time of organization to the present the society has been served by the following preachers : Henry Patterson, N. N. Bartlett, H. D. Carlton, P. Vogle, Elder Peckham, O. A. Richards. The Sabbath-school was organized June 30, 1881, with A. Taylor, superintendent ; W. P. Kerr, assistant ; Dora Hart, secretary and treasurer ; J. J. Gettins and •Cora McClain, librarians ; and J. Broadbent, organist. The school now has an enrollment of eighty- six scholars, and is in a flourishing condition. The church has a membership limbering ninety-three ; forty-one having been received by immersion and letter during the past year. The organization is yet new, but the indications of the present bid fair for continued prosperity and the accomplishment of much good work for the moral welfare of the community. NOTES OF SETTLEMENT. Dr. Elijah Flower was one of the most widely known and popular of the early physicians. of Trumbull county. He was born in Burlington, Hartford county, Connecticut, in 1782, and removed to Ohio in the fall 0f 1813 with his family, consisting of his wife and one child, Mrs. E. D. King, then not quite two years old. His father, Horace Flower, had moved out previously and settled in Vienna, and his daughter Lavinia is said to have been the first white child born in that township. Dr. Fowler settled in the center of Brookfield, and resided there until his death, He had practiced his profession in Connecticut, having studied medicine with Dr. Everett, of Burlington. His professional life was one of great activity. He enjoyed an extensive practice in Trumbull and Mercer counties, and was deservedly popular, not only on account of his professional skill, but also for his eminently genial disposition and social qualities. He died February 2, 1839. His wife was Sylvia Hart, daughter of Bliss Hart, of Connecticut, of whom and family a sketch may be found on another page of this work. Sylvia Hart was born in Burlington, Connecticut, April 1, 1790, and was 352 - TRUMBULL AND MAHONING COUNTIES, OHIO. married to Dr. Flower November 8, 1810. They were the parents of eight children, of whom only two survive—Mrs. E. D. King, living in Warren, and Mrs. A. Chew, living in Mercer county, Pennsylvania. The deceased children were Amanda (first wife of Dr. T. Garlick), Lucy (wife of Pierce Wallahan), Sylvia (second wife of Dr. Garlick), Orlando, Emeline M., and Peter Allen. E. D. King was horn in Montgomery county, Maryland, November 20, 1804. His father, Edward King, was a native of the same place, and removed with his family to Youngstown, Ohio, in 1806. He resided in Youngstown until his death which occurred at about the age of forty-oneive years. His occupation was principally that of a butcher. He married in Maryland, Catharine Pool, and reared a family of five boys and five girls ; four are now living. His wife survived him a number of years and died in Youngstown. E. D. King came to Ohio with his parent's in . 1806, being then the youngest of five children. He was brought up Co farming until twenty years old, then engaged in the boot and shoe business in Youngstown as an employe of George Hardman. He remained with him some four years, then commencing the same business for himself in which he continued for over twenty years. In 1847 he engaged in the dry goods business at Brookfield with his brother-in-law, A. Chew, in which he continued for three years. For the subsequent three years he kept the hotel at Brookfield center, and afterwards, until 1872, was engaged in farming in Brookfield and Vienna. In that year he removed to Warren and has since that time led a comparatively retired life. Mr. King was a justice of the peace in Brookfield for six years and was elected to the same office in Vienna, but did not serve. In 1855 he was elected county commissioner, serving three years. He married in 1827, Maria, daughter of Dr, Elijah Flower, of Brookfield, born in Connecticut in 1811. Jacob Ulp came from New Jersey to Brookfield in 1804 and settled on the farm where his sons now live. He married Elizabeth Scheirer and raised three sons and two daughters. All are living except one daughter, viz: William and Amos, Brookfield ; Enoch, Hickory township, Mercer county, Pennsylvania; Eliza (Clark) Girard, Pennsylvania, Susan is dead. Jacob Ulp died in 1860 aged eighty-three ; Mrs. Ulp died in 1836 aged about sixty-two. William Ulp was born in Brookfield on the farm where he now lives in 1810. He married, first, Elizabeth Carkuff, a native of New Jersey. She bore four children, all now living: Timothy Dwight, Enoch, William, and Adelaide. Mrs. Ulp died in 1845 aged thirty-two. Mr. Ulp married for his second wife Nancy Wright, a native of Massachusetts. Five children, Eliza, Jane, Leonidas, Ella, and Ida. Amos Ulp was born in Brookfield in 1813, and is still a resident of the township. He married Rachel Conover and has three children—Robert, Charles, and Alfred. Robert Montgomery, from Washington county, Pennsylvania, settled in Brookfield in 1804. He raised a family of seven children, who arrived at maturity: Robert, James, William, Hugh, Morgan, Eliza Jane, and. Mis. John Kearney. All are now living except William and Mrs. Kearney. Eliza Jane married Wyatt McKay, of Mercer county, Pennsylvania.. Mr. McKay died in 1874, aged about oneifty-four. He was the father of six children, four of whom are living: Myrtilla Jane, S. A., F. B. and F. M. (twins), Nannie, James. The daughters are both dead. The sons are living,. located as follows : S. A. married Maggie McMichael first, and second, Mary Clark. He is now in Sharon in the book and news business. F. B. Married Mary Gillmer and resides in Brookfield ; F. M. married Arie Long and resides in Brookfield ; James is attending school in Valparaiso, Indiana, fitting for the legal profession; Wyatt McKay settled on the old Montgomery farm, where his widow still resides. Mr. McKay was an active business man and a prominent citizen of Brookfield. James Bentley was born in Sharon, Pennsylvania, in 1798. In 1806 he came to Brookfield with his parents, Benjamin and Mary Bentley, who settled north of the center road. They raised eight sons and two daughters. All are dead but James and Aholiab. The latter lives in Portsmouth, Ohio, where he has been engaged in the iron business. Benjamin Bentley, the father, died in October, 1818, aged sixty-two. His widow died about 1867, aged eighty-six. James Bentley lives on the old farm. He married Temperance Buttles, a native of Connecticut, in 1823. She moved from Connecticut to Brookfield in 1817 with her parents, Benoni and TRUMBULL AND MAHONING COUNTIES, OHIO - 353 Mary Buttles. Mr. and Mrs. James Bentley have five children living, two deceased: Amos B., MissOuri; Anson G., Niles; Martin V. died, in Iowa; Benjamin F., Brookfield; Joel B., Missouri; Caroline (Woodbridge), Iowa; Eveline (Devol), dead. Mr. Bentley served as justice of the peace two terms. In 1840 he took the census of the south half of Trumbull county before Mahoning county was formed. Mr. Bentley is in the enjoyment of vigorous health and has a vivid recollection of pioneer times. William Squires was born in Burlington, Connecticut, in 1810, and came to Ohio with his parents, Jason and Elizabeth (Wilmot) Squires, when eight years old. They settled in Vienna, on the farm where William lived. William Squires in 1834 married Sarepta Woodford, who survives him. They had six children : Jason, Willard, Sidney, Docia, Lucia, and Nellie. Mr. Squires died August 22, 1879. Mrs. Squires is the daughter of Isaac and Statira (Cowles) Woodford, who settled in this township among the first arrivals. Only four of their children are living, viz.: Isaac, Emeline (Truesdell), Laura (Smith), and Mrs. Squires. Abiel Bartholomew came to Vienna from Waterbury, Connecticut, arriving in October, 1804. His son Ira came with him. Ira married Boadicea Church. They raised five children : Abiel, Mary, Eli, Rachel, Erastus. Abiel resides in Vienna, Eli in Indiana, Mary (Fuller) in Vienna. Rachel and Erastus are dead. Abiel was born September 14, 1805. He married Lorinda Maria Tyrrell in 1830. They have seven children : Rebecca, Mary Antoinette, Epenetus R., Boadicea, Ira, Celesta and Austin. All are married and have families. Mr. Bartholomew is the oldest native of the township now living in Vienna. James Stewart settled in Coitsville in 1802, coming from Pennsylvania. He was twice married. By his first wife he had four children, all of whom are dead. For his second wife he married Jane Buchanan. Eight children were born to them, five of whom are living : Polly, James, Joseph, Alexander, and David. David Stewart was born in Coitsville in 1828. In 1849 he married Aurilla Gray, of Coitsville. They have three children living--John M., George H., and Luella. Mr. Stewart first settled in Liberty township, moved thence to Hubbard, and in 1867 moved to his present location in Brookfield. Mr. Stewart is a member of the United Presbyterian church. Mrs. Stewart died in August, 1878, aged forty-nine. She was a member of the same church. Both the sons are married. John resides in Brookfield. George is in the hardware business in Hubbard. Phineas Wheeler was born in Erie county, Pennsylvania, in 1826, and came with his parents, William and Margaret Wheeler, to Brookfield when young. Of William Wheeler's children eight are yet living, five sons and three daughters. Phineas, the fourth child, married Emily Jones in 1859. She is a daughter of John E. Jones, of Brookfield. Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler have but one child, Earl. Mrs. Wheeler belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Wheeler is a Republican in politics. James Christy, a native of Sussex county, New Jersey, settled in Brookfield in 1816. His wife was Elizabeth Struble. They had nine children, six of whom are living, Robert, Emeline, David, Seth, William, and John. James Christy died in 1861 in his seventy-third year. Mrs. Christy died about seven years later. Robert Christy was born in New Jersey in 1811, and has lived in Brookfield since 1816. He married Amanda Reno in 1837. They have six children —Albina, Minerva, J. N., Elizabeth E., Charles R., and J. P. Mr. Christy is a member of the Presbyterian church. His wife is a Methodist. Dr. Robert P. Hays was born in Venango county, Pennsylvania, in 1840. He studied medicine with Dr. Robert Crawford, at Cooperstown, Pennsylvania. He attended medical lectures at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, and graduated in March, 1866. In May of the same year Dr. Hays settled in Vienna, where he now enjoys a large practice. He is a member of the Masons and of the Temple of Honor, and in politics a Prohibitionist. Dr. Hays was married in 1876 to Miss Lavinia C. Bacon, of Vienna. They have one child, a daughter—Frank—three years old. Among the Welsh residents of Brookfield David S. Jones, who lives on a farm in the southwest of the township, is one of the most prominent. At the time of our visit he was absent, visiting his native land, therefore we are unable to give a personal history of him. John and Lucy Bentley were among the early 354 - TRUMBULL AND MA HONING COUNTIES, OHIO. settlers of Mercer county, Pennsylvania, adjoining Brookfield. Their son Elam Bentley was born in 181I. He married first Rachel Dilley, and after residing two years in Hubbard moved to Brookfield and there spent the remainder of his days. By his first wife he had six children, three of whom are living, James Lauriston, John Emery, and Cornelius. In 1860 he married Elizabeth Thomas, a native of Hartford, who survives him. One child, Mary Louie, is living; Lucy Anna died in 1881 aged ten years. Mr. Bentley died in 1873. He was a member of the Baptist church. Mrs. Bentley is a member of the Methodist church. Samuel D. Gettis came to Ohio from Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and settled with his parents, James and Margaret Gettis, in Liberty township, at an early date. S. D. Gettis married, first, Eliza Tully, by whom he had three children, two of whom are living—Lorinda, Emeline, and Mary Jane (dead). Mr. Gettis married for his second wife Ellen Branning. Three children by this marriage are living—John, Eliza M., and Lina. Lorinda Gettis first married Austin Alderman. One child by this marriage—Lyman G., dead. Mr. Alderman died in 1857. His widow married Joseph Hart, and by him had one child— Mary Elizabeth. Mr. Hart died in 1860. Mrs. Hart still resides upon the homestead in Vienna. Isaac D. Price, son of Isaac and Christiana (Hibler) Price, was born in Hubbard in 1836. His father was a native of Hubbard and his mother came to that township from New Jersey when young. Mrs. Price is still living. Mr. Price died in 1867. Six of their children are living, three sons and three daughters. I. D. Price in 1867 married Nancy Hall, daughter of Jesse and Jane Hall, old residents of Hubbard. In 1873 Mr. Price settled in Brookfield. He is the father of three children—Isaac, Clara J., and Mary F. Mr. and Mrs. Price are members of the Disciples church. In August, 1862, Mr. Price enlisted in the Ninety-fourth Ohio volunteer infantry, and served two years. He was taken prisoner in September, 1862, near Lexington, Kentucky, but was released on parole after two days. He was in the battles of Richmond, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, etc. R. R. Miner, son of Julius and Lucy (Rowe) Miner, was born in Hartford, Trumbull county, in 1822. His father, from Hartland, Connecticut, came to Ohio in 1820; settled in Vernon; lived there several years, removing to Hartford, and died there at the age of seventy-seven. Mrs. Miner was a daughter of Titus Rowe, who settled in Hartford in 1820, and there lived and died. R. R. Miner is the third son of a family of nine children, of whom two sons and fou1 daughters are living. He was married in 1850 to Paulina L. Lewis, daughter of Levi Lewis, of Vienna. They have three children living: Eugenia (Groves), Sharon; Cornelia (Sanburn), Brookfield, and Clara, at home. Mr. Miner has lived in Brookfield about twenty-seven years. Peter Cook was born in the province of Bavaria, Germany, in 1830. In 1852 he came to America, and remained in New York one year; settled at Sharon, Pennsylvania, in 1853, and on his present farm in Brookfield in 1865. He married Margaret Dininger, also a native of Germany, in 1855. They have nine children living: Leonard J., Sophia R., Martha L., Theodore H., Godlove G., Alfred C., Jonathan S., Martha, Selina. Mr. and Mrs. Cook belong to the Lutheran church. James Lafferty was an early settler of Brookfield. He was a native of Ireland. His sons were James and William; his daughters, Jane, Rebecca, Martha, Margaret, Orpha, and Lettie. Of this family only three are living—Martha, Orpha, and Lettie. William Lafferty lived in Brookfield on the home place. He married Mary Arthurholt for his first wife, and for his second Fannie Eacrett. By the first marriage there were six children, three of whom are living—Orpha, Drusilla, and William Andrew. The children of the second marriage are Ella and Edward, both living. Mr. Lafferty died in 1875 aged fifty- eight. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and a respected citizen. J. G. Treat, son of J. H. Treat, was born in 1855 in Weathersfield township. He is now engaged in keeping a livery stable at Cortland. He followed the same business two years in Vienna, and moved from that place to his present location in the spring of 1882. TRUMBULL AND MAHONING COUNTIES, OHIO - 355 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. BLISS HART AND FAMILY. The Hart family is a very numerous and honorable one, and highly distinguished for piety, industry, and patriotism, of which the principal subject of this sketch is a worthy representative, Bliss Hart, one of the pioneer settlers of Brookfield township, was the third son of the Hon.. Simeon Hart, and his wife Sarah (Sloper), of Burlington, Connecticut. He entered the Continental army in 1777, at the age of fifteen, was in. a number of hard-fought battles, and after much hardship, privation, and suffering, was discharged May, 1780. In May, 1783, he married Sylvia Upson, a lady of good family, and of first-rate intellectual endowments, a brilliant conversationalist. Witty, beautiful, and warm-hearted, she was worthy of her husband, who was a man of strong powers of mind, and was much respected, and had much influence in the church, town, and society of Burlington, which he represented at six sessions of the General Assembly; was a magistrate, and was a member of the convention to form the constitution, but having gone security for a large amount for a friend he was obliged to sell his real estate at a heavy sacrifice, and in the year 1823 removed with his family, which at this time consisted 0f himself and wife, and a son, Oliver Ellsworth, and a daughter, Amanda (their other children having previously married), to the south part of Brookfield township, where he purchased four hundred and fifty acres of land, upon which he set about building up a new home, clearing, erecting buildings, planting fruit trees, etc., so that in a short time the wilderness bloomed and blossomed as the rose. Mrs. Hart was a woman of much native strength of character, kind-hearted, and sympathetic, very energetic, with an indomitable will, thrifty and industrious, possessed of a genial and sunny disposition. She was a fit help-meet for her husband under the changed circumstances in which they were placed, and instead of repining at the adverse dealings of Providence, she went to work with a will, to help redeem their fallen fortunes. Heaven smiled upon their earnest endeavors, and plenty soon crowned their hospitable board, while good cheer and happiness reigned. The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sate by the fire, and talked the night away, Wept o'er his wounds, or, tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch, and showed how fields were won. It is related, as an instance of Mrs. Hart's pluck, that a 1abid dog came into their door-yard one day when there was no one at home except herself and her two little grandchildren. She saw that the animal was on its way to the barnyard, and with wonderful presence of mind, without a moment's hesitation, ran out through the wood-yard and picked up a stout hickory club, which fortunately lay there, and armed with this weapon of defense, drove the savage animal away, and down the road, without its having offered to attack her or showing any resistance. Mr. and Mrs. Hart were among the "pillars of the Presbyterian church, never absenting themselves from its services, except in case of severe sickness in their family. Mrs. Hart was noted for her ministrations by the side of the sick bed and also for her benevolence, verifying the Scripture that it is more blessed to give than to receive." After a long life of active usefulness, beloved by all who knew her, "like a shock of corn, fully ripe," she passed to her rest, August 20, 1854, at the advanced age of eighty-nine years, and was interred in the old burying ground in Brookfield by the side of her husband, who departed this lite March 6, 1831, aged seventy years. Their children were Oliver Bliss, Sylvia, Experience, Levi, Amanda, Oliver Ellsworth, Rosalinda, Melissendia, and Robert Sloper, the first and last of whom died young ; the others lived to grow up and have families of their own. All of them, except Experience, finally removed to Brookfield, and settled there, Upon the death of Bliss Hart the old homestead reverted to his son, Oliver Ellsworth Hart, who afterward marrred Susannah White Danforth, of Palmyra, New York, a cultured, Christian lady, of excellent family, lovely in disposition, and exemplary in character. Five children were the fruit of this union, two sons and three daughters, all of whom were born and brought up, at the old homestead, except one son, who died at the age of three years. In middle life Mr. and Mrs. Hart were called to their long home. Surrounded by their children and friends 356 - TRUMBULL AND MAHONING COUNTIES, OHIO. they died in the triumph of a living faith, and were buried in the village graveyard in Brookfield. A beautiful monument marks their graves. Simeon O. Hart, the surviving son of Oliver Ellsworth Hart and his wife, is a young man of good natural ability, who has had good educational advantages, and has improved his mind by extensive reading, observation, and travel. He studied law at the Cleveland Law school ; but his health failing he has never entered upon its practice. In politics he is a Republican. At the age of fifteen years he united with the church of the Disciples, of which he is still a constant member. He is known and respected in business circles for his integrity of character. He is the owner of considerable 1eal estate in Trumbull and Mahoning counties, and in other parts of the country, Harriet Eliza Hart, granddaughter of Bliss Hart and his wife Sylvia (Upson), and daughter of Oliver Ellsworth Hart and his wife, Susannah White (Danforth), early evinced a love of learning, and an aptitude for the acquisition of knowledge. With a miser's greed she sought knowledge, and eagerly devoured the contents of every book or newspaper which fell into her hands, She especially delighted in books of poetry, history, and biography. She was diligent and painstaking while in school, and always stood at the head of her class. At an early age she contributed to the press both prose and poetry. It is related as an instance of her readiness with the pen, that a leading member of the Mahoning county bar, having read an article in one of the newspapers dated at Brookfield, under the signature of H., inquired of a friend of his, whose home was in Brookfield, what legal gentleman they had in their town capable of writing such a paper as the one published in last week's Review? His friend informed him that the author of the contribution was Miss Hart. The president of a college where she studied, says in speaking of her: "She possesses a mind of the highest order, as to powers of reading and forcible, elegant, persuasive expression. I feel sure that providence calls her to serve her generation and age in some needed work, where her superior culture and deep sympathy with the needy can be brought into active daily recognition." She is an active temperance worker, and occupies advanced ground upon all questions relating to the uplifting of humanity. True to her convictions, she permits no lion, in the way to turn her aside from duty's path. Doing with her might what her hands find to do, she will go on her way, laboring for the advancement of every good cause, until death shall crown her victor. Orenus Hart, the oldest of the ten children of Bliss and Sylvia (Upson) Hart, married Sabra Lewis in Connecticut. They had five children, viz: Charles (deceased), Robert S., Blucher B. (deceased), Adeline (deceased), and Henry, who died in Andersonville prison. Orenus Hart was born in 1785, and died in his eighty-sixth year. His wife died at the age of eighty-nine in November, 1877. Robert S. Hart, only living representative of the family of Orenus Hart, was born in Burlington, Connecticut, June 29, 1814. In 1838 he married Mary Ann Christy, a native of New Jersey. She died in 1871, leaving seven children, six of whom are now living—Orenus, born 1839; Seth, born 1842; Dennis B., born 1843; John, born 1850; Florence (Forward), born 1852; George, born 1853; Emeline, born 1854, died 1880. Emeline married Samuel Seaburn, and left one child, a daughter. The children are all married. All live in Brookfield except Dennis B., who re. sides in Portage county, and Florence in Wayne county, Iowa. Mr. Hart served three years as justice of the peace. His son Seth was in the One Hundred and Fifth Ohio volunteer infantry, and was unde1 Sherman during his march to the sea. In 1873 Mr. Hart married Mrs. Mary E. Scovill, nee Roberts, a native of Vienna. Mr. and Mrs. Hart belong to the Disciple church. Mr. Hart recalls the manner of the journey from Connecticut to Brookfield. His father and his uncle Bliss journeyed with ox-teams, and were six weeks upon the road, They came via Albany, Buffalo, Erie, Meadville, and from Kins. man down the first range of townships to Brook. field. His father taught school at the center in the winter of 1822-23, in a small frame school. house which stood on the present site of the Disciple church. The scholars sat on benches made from slabs. This was the only school in Brookfield at that time, and between fifty and sixty scholars attended it. Chauncey Hart, eldest son of Ard and Millicent (Roberts) Hart, was born in BurlingtOn, Connecticut, June 9, 1802. He married in TRUMBULL AND MAHONING COUNTIES, OHIO - 357 Burlington, December 17, 1823, Millessendra Hart, daughter of Bliss Hart, born in Burlington December 17, 1803. They removed to Trumbull county, Ohio, in 1825, and settled in Vienna township, where they resided about seven years. Subsequently they resided in Hartford for a time, but in the spring of 1835 they located in Brookfield, where he lived until his death, September 18, 1844. Mrs. Hart afterwards be came the wife of Samuel Baldwin and resided at Ravenna, Portage county, Ohio, surviving the death of her second husband. Chauncey and Millessendra Hart were the parents of the following named children : Helen M., born August 17, 1824, now wife of Henry H, Long, residing in Hubbard; William E., born April 9, 186, residing in Cleveland; Alphonso, born July 4, 1830, a lawyer, 1esiding at Hillsborough, Ohio —ex-State Senator and ex-Lieutenant-governor of Ohio; Orlando, born July 29, 1832, residing at Ravenna; Edgar L., born April 13, 1825, a merchant of Cleveland. William E. Hart remained on the farm until eighteen, taught school and was employed as clerk in a store until 1852, when he began a general mercantile business at Newton Falls. Remained there until 1866, doing a prosperous business, and removed to Cleveland. In the spring of 1868 he engaged in the wholesale grocery business under the firm name of Thompson, Hart & Co. He continued in that business until 1875, when his impaired health compelled his retirement from business. He married in 1852 Miss Rachel H. Wheelock, born in Portage county, and has a son and a daughter—Frank W., born September 9, 1853, a member of the firm of Hart & Co.; and Clara A., born December 2, 1857. Edgar L, Hart was educated at a private school in Youngstown, where he resided with his mother until 1850; taught school two years (from fourteen years of age to sixteen). In 1852 he entered the employ of his brother, William E., in the dry goods trade at Newton Falls. He was then a student at Bryant & Stratton's Commercial college, Cleveland, taking a full course and acquiring a practical knowledge of mercantile business. He then entered the employ of H. S. Day, of Ravenna, where he remained until 1860, when he went to Cleveland and engaged as salesman for Morgan, Root & Co. After the establishment of their wholesale house he became a partner in the millinery and notion department, which connection he retained until January, 1881. He then formed a partnership with F. W. Hart and A. Van Tuyl, and purchased the millinery branch of the business, erecting the building on Bank street, 48 to 50, where they are now located. This is probably the most extensive house for the sale of millinery, silks, and fancy goods in the State, a business of half a million dollars per annum being transacted. Mr. Hart is unmarried.