1000 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY turned to his father's farm in Canfield township. He remained on the home place engaged in general farming and dairying, until 1900, when he bought his present residence on North Broad street, Canfield, a commodious thirteen-room house, surrounded by four acres of land. It was formerly the property of Mrs. Hannah Calvin. On August 22, 1860, Mr. Jones was married to Ruth Ellen Bond, who was born at Edinburgh, Portage County, Ohio, October 17, 1838, and is a daughter of Jonas and Eliza (Story) Bond.• Mr. and Mrs. Bond had six children, namely : Frederick, deceased; Eliza, deceased, who married Dr. James Carr; Lester L., deceased; Emma, deceased, who married Homer Norton, also deceased ; Mary, the widow of Eli Ruggles, who married first Ephraim Norton ; and Ruth Ellen. The latter came to Canfield when 17 years of age, attended the old academy and later taught school at Canfield and also in Portage County. The father of Mrs. Jones died in 1878, aged 81 years, and the mother in 1884, aged 84 years. Mr. and Mrs. Jones have had four children, namely : Lester L., Harry, James and Amy. Lester L., residing at Chicago, Illinois, where he occupies the responsible office of managing editor. of the Chicago Journal, married Evelyn. Emory and they have one child, Laura. Harry Jones, who died in Chicago January 15, 1891, at the age of 27 years, had been admitted to the bar in that city and was a young man of great ability. James Jones, residing at home, is a teacher of music. Mr. Jones has always been affiliated with the Republican party. In 1891 he was elected infirmary director and served two terms, from 1891 to 1897. He has in his possession a little old yellow ledger which he inherited from his father, who had kept the. firSt infirmary records of Mahoning County in it.. Mr. Jones remembers how he, when a young man, assisted Superintendent James Shields to haul away the logs and heavy timber that was in front of the institution at that time. Mr. Jones and his family belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church. HON. ROBERT WALKER TAYLER, deceased, whose continuous public services covered a period of almost 40 years, was one of Ohio's accredited distinguished men, although he was a native of Pennsylvania, born in Harrisburg, November 9, 1812. His parents were James and Jane (Walker) Tayler. Robert W. Tayler was only six years old when his parents came to Youngstown, Ohio, then a village which boasted of no school considered of much importance to educate the lad. Consequently he entered the schools at Fosterville and was doubtless a bright youth and assuredly one to make friends, as he was not yet 21 years old when he was elected to the office of assessor of Trumbull County, which then included a large part of Mahoning County. While filling the duties of the office, he also engaged in teaching- and studying law and by 1839, when 27 years old, he was serving as prosecuting attorney of Trumbull County. Other local offices that he held with the greatest efficiency were those of city solicitor and mayor, and for a time he was cashier of the Mahoning County Bank. In 1855, he was elected to the State Senate, in 1839 became State Auditor and in 1863 was appointed Comptroller of the United States Treasury by President Lincoln, and later by Presidents Grant and Hayes. During this important and trying period in his country's history, Mr. Tayler represented the highest qualities of American statesmanship. He filled many other responsible offices, both elective and apointive, performing the duties of each with that singleness of purpose and marked fidelity which made him a truly model citizen. He was one of a coterie of brilliant men which included his warm personal friends. Charles Sumner, William P. Fessenden and Salmon P. Chase. His death took place February 25. 1878. In 1839, Mr. Tayler married Louisa Woodbridge, who died in 1852, the mother of seven children, namely : James, deceased ; Mary L., who is a government employee at Washington ; Martha and Susan, who died in childhood ; AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 1001 George, deceased in 1876, who for a number of years was an officer in the United States Army; Jeanie, a resident of Washington; and Robert Walker, now judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, with residence at Cleveland. In February, 1854, Mr. Tayler was married (second) to Rachel Kirtland Wick, daughter of the late Col. Caleb Baldwin Wick, of Youngstown, a sketch of whom will be found in this volume. The children of this marriage were : Wick, a prominent business citizen at Youngstown, a sketch of whom will be found in this work : Maria L. and Jacob, deceased; Rachel; Henry, deceased, and Lila (twins) ; and Louisa, a doctor at Washington, D. C., and a graduate of Wellesley College and also of Johns Hopkins University. BARNABAS REED, whose splendid farm of 290 acres is situated in Poland township, is one of the most substantial citizens and largest farmers and stock raisers of this section. He was born on his present farm, in Mahoning County, Ohio, March 2, 1835, and is a son of Samuel and Margaret (Slaven) Reed. Samuel Reed was born October 27, 1792, in Washington County, Pennsylvania, and came to Poland township in 1796, brought by his father, William Reed. The latter had previously resided at Steubenville, Ohio, and in 1795 had secured a farm in Poland township, to which he brought his family in the following year. Like many other early settlers he brought his household possessions and also, with much difficulty, succeeded in driving some hogs to the new home, but only to then lose them, as all but one perversely returned to the old home as soon as let loose. Samuel Reed grew to manhood in Poland township, where he died in 1852, aged 59. years. He married Margaret Slaven, who was born January I, 1793, and died October 7,- 1863. They reared a family of children, namely : Elizabeth, who died in 1900, aged' 84 years; William, who died December 19, 1895, aged 77 years; John, who was born September 6, 1820, died April 17, 1858; George, who was born January 21, 1823, died June 26, 1859; Samuel, who was born December 14, 1824, died March 12, 1897; Harvey, who was born February 1, 1833, died May 14, 1866, having, during the Civil War, served as teamster in the same company with William McKinley, then a private soldier; Mary, born December 24, 1826, who is the widow of Cyrus Marshall, of Allen County, Ohio; Margaret, born December 21, 1828, who married Ephraim Bowers, and died in the summer of 1901; and Nancy Jane, who was born February 15, 1831, and died February 24, 1833. Barnabas Reed was educated in the district schools and has spent his life on his present farm. He has successfully followed farming and stockraising, and for many years he and his brother Samuel were the largest shippers of stock in Mahoning County. The latter died while Mr. Reed was suffering in the Youngstown hospital, from an injury caused by a horse stepping on his foot, which resulted so seriously that the' foot was finally amputated. This was not the entire extent of Mr. Reed's misfortune, as on February 10, 1898, his residence and an adjoining dwelling were burned down and his barn was partially destroyed. The residence was rebuilt on a larger, better plan. On September 1, 1874, Mr. Reed was married to Elizabeth Miller, who is a daughter of James D. and Lizzie (McGown). Miller. James D. Miller's first wife, Lizzie McGown, was a daughter of Archibold and Lizzie McGown, who came from Scotland, and settled at Portersville, Butler County, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Lizzie McGown, died, leaving several small children. In time the father married again and the older children started out to seek employment in various parts of the world: Three sisters, Mary, Rachel, and Lizzie, came to Poland, Ohio. Mary was a fine weaver of cloth. Rachel, at the age of 16 years, married a man whose name was Burress and lived near Poland until her death. Lizzie at the age of 22 years• was united in marriage to the_ late. James D. Miller and went to house-keeping on the 1002 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY Miller farm above Poland, now known as the Cyrus Detchon farm. Three children were born into their household, Jennie, James, and Lizzie. Mrs. Miller died in 1853, aged 27 years and was. buried in Poland. She was a faithful member of the Poland Presbyterian Church. Jennie Miller, who married Horace Brown and went to Vermont to live, died in 1877 aged 27 years. James died in infancy. Lizzie married Barnabas Reed in 1874 as above noted. Mr. James D. Miller married. second, Susan Kunes, which union was blessed by several. children, Edward Miller of Springfield being one of their sons. Mr. and Mrs. Barnabas Reed have been the parents of three children, Mary, Margaret and George, all residing at home, with their parents. Mary is the widow of Judson Hetrick, who was accidentally killed, May 19, 1906, while rebuilding. a furnace at Joliet, Illinois, and he left one son, Paul. Mr. Reed and family are attendants of the Poland Presbyterian Church. In politics, he is a Republican. WILLIAM M. BLAINE, M. D., physician and surgeon, at Youngstown, is the junior member of the well known and popular medical firm of McGranaghan & Blaine, one which stands deservedly high. Dr. Blaine was born at Maysville, Kentucky, December 2, 1872, and is a son of John E. and Nannie (McGranaghan) Blaine. Dr. Blaine bears the proud name which has, at various times in the nation's history, represented military valor, high aims and unselfish patriotism, and a large measure of professional together with material success. He comes of true Irish ancestry, but of Revolutionary stock. James and Elizabeth Blaine came to America from the vicinity of Londonderry, Ireland, between the years 1741 and 1745, and settled in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Their eldest son, Ephraim, the great-great-grandfather of Dr. Blaine, was born at Londonderry, Ireland, May 26, 1741, and accompanied his parents to the United States. He was educated at the classical school of Dr. Allison, Chester, Pennsylvania. He was later appointed to an ensigncy in the Pennsylvania service. He served as commissary sergeant during the Bouquet expedition, in 1763, being connected with the Second Provincial regiment. At the outset of the Revolutionary War, he enlisted a regiment of which he was lieutenant colonel. On April 5, 1777, the Supreme Executive Committee appointed him county lieutenant of Cumberland. This office he resigned in August following, to accept an appointment in the commissary department of the Continental army. On February 19, 1778, he was commissioned commissary general of purchases, which position he held for three years. During the winter at Valley Forge, it is related, he made an advance of $600,000, from his private fortune, for the use of the Patriot army. He was in the confidence of General Washington long after the close of the Revolution, as was evidenced by Washington making General Blaine's residence his home for a week, at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, during the so-called Whiskey Insurrection of 1794. General Blaine retired to his farm in Middleton township, where he died in 1804. He married Rebecca Galbraith. James Blaine, son of Ephraim and Rebecca Blaine, married Margaret Lyons and they resided at Carlisle. Samuel Lyons Blaine, son of James and Margaret Blaine, resided at Maysville, Kentucky, and married Anna Coons, of Lexington, Kentucky. John Ewing Blaine, son of Samuel Lyons and Anna Blaine, was born at Maysville, Kentucky, and married Nannie McGranaghan, of Maysville. The late Hon. James G. Blaine, long one of America's greatest statesmen, was a great uncle of Dr. Blaine, being a brother of his grandfather. John E. Blaine, father of Dr. Blaine, residing at Cincinnati, is secretary and treasurer of the Globe Wernicke Company. He is State president of the Sons of the American Revolution, of Ohio. Dr. William M. Blaine spent his boyhood AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - l005 and early youth in his native place, obtaining his education in the public schools and from private tutors. Later he began the study of the science of medicine, and in 1895, he completed his course, at the Pulte Homeopathic College at Cincinnati, where he was graduated, and afterwards took a post graduate course in New .York City. He then located at Youngstown, becoming associated with his uncle, Dr. W. H. McGranaghan, who was already a leading medical practitioner of this city. The latter is a grandson of the late Dr. W. H. McGranaghan, who introduced homeopathy in the South, being its first exponent. Dr. Blaine is a member of the leading organizations of his school of medicine, belonging to the Ohio State Homeopathic Medical Society, the Northeastern Ohio Homeopathic College and the American Institute of Homeopathy. He is also a member of the board of trustees of the Pulte Homeopathic College of Cincinnati. Fraternally, Dr. Blaine is connected with the Elks, and socially with the Youngstown Club and the Mahoning Golf Club, and has membership on the Chamber of Commerce. He is a member of the First Presbyterian Church. JOHN ILGENFRITZ, one of. Springfield township's most reliable and substantial citizens, owns a farm of 142 acres, which he devotes. to general agriculture. Mr. Ilgenfritz belongs to one of the old and honorable families of German extraction, who have done much in the work of developing this part of Mahoning County. He was born in Springfield township, Mahoning County, Ohio, December 17, 1842, and is a son of Frederick and Elizabeth (Miller) Ilgenfritz. Frederick Ilgenfritz, the great-grandfather of John, was born at Strasburg, Germany, near the Rhine, and came to America with his two brothers, George and Martin, in 1766, and all three became members of the Continental army and served through the Revolu tionary War. Frederick settled in York County, Pennsylvania, where his son John was born, who came. to Ohio and settled in what was then Columbiana, but is now Mahoning County, some years prior to the War of 1812, in which he was a soldier. He owned 122 acres of land after he had given property to his children as follows.: i00 acres to his son Frederick ; 100 acres to his son George; 112 acres to his son-in-law, John H. Miller; and 80 acres to his son-in-law, John Myers. Grandfather John Ilgenfritz secured all this land and the patent issued to him is still preserved by the family. John Ilgenfritz married Catherine Fink, who was also born near Dover, York County, Pennsylvania, and they had the following children : Frederick; George, deceased; Elizabeth, deceased, who was the wife of John H. Miller; Mary, who married John Myers; John, an invalid all his life, who died early; and two children who died in infancy. Frederick Ilgenfritz, father of the subject of this notice, was born in Springfield township, Mahoning (then Columbiana) County, Ohio, February 2, 1811, and married Elizabeth Miller, who was born September 5, 1813. He devoted his life exclusively to farming. He cleared up the 100 acres given him by his father and built first a comfortable log house and later a frame one, in which latter he died, August 23, 1863. In the early days he was a member of a company of local militia. Politically he was a stanch Democrat. He was always a consistent member of the Lutheran Church and careful in its observance. He is still survived by his widow, a remarkably well preserved lady, who is well known and esteemed at Youngstown, where she is passing the evening of life, in the home of her daughter, Keziah Ilgenfritz, carefully sheltered from every care. Her grandfather was John Miller, who came to Ohio from Littlestown, Adams County, Pennsylvania. He became possessed of several farms and gave liberally to his children. His son, Henry Miller, grandfather of John Ilgenfritz, was probably born in Springfield township. He married Elizabeth Seidner, and they had the following children : Mrs. 1006 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY Katherine Sprinkle, deceased; Elizabeth; John H. and Samuel, both deceased; Mrs. Sally Yarian, deceased; Mrs. Mary Lower; Henry, Jacob, Michael and Sophia (Mrs. Sophia Brown), all of whom are deceased. All lived to a good old age. The children born to Frederick and Elizabeth Ilgenfritz were : Mary A., who married Henry Kale, residing in Springfield township; Jonathan, who died young; Henry, who died young, July 28, 1859; John; Rebecca, who married Jeremiah Brown, residing at New Middletown; Obediah, residing at Alliance; Keziah, twin sister of. Obediah, residing with her aged mother, at Youngstown; Isaac K., residing at Youngstown; and Ephraim M., who is a practicing physician at Youngstown. John Ilgenfritz was reared on the same farm and until 1903 devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits here, with the exception of one year, when he was in a grocery business at Youngstown. He has lived on this farm ever since the death of his father. In 1872 he purchased 212 acres from his mother, brothers and sisters, which he operated for a time, but of which he subsequently sold 70 acres. He has made many improvements since that time, remodeled the house, and added to it, and erected a substantial barn. In this pleasant old home he lived until -1903, when he erected a comfortable home at New Middletown, to which he has transferred some of the interesting old family possessions. One of these is an old clock, which was made by his 'father, who understood cabinet making, and an old pitcher which was brought by the family from Germany. The grandmother of his wife brought a pitcher with her also, from Hanover, Germany, and both these quaint old relics are naturally very highly prized. On January 28. 1872, Mr. Ilgenfritz was married to Mary F. Miller, who was born on the state line, in Poland township, Mahoning County, Ohio, June 22, 1841, and is a daughter of David and Magdalena (Rife) Miller. The parents of Mrs. Ilgenfritz were both born in York County, Pennsylvania. David Miller came to this section prior to his marriage and having selected a place for a home, went back and married, and together Mr. and Mrs. Miller settled on a farm near New Castle, Pennsylvania, and about two years later moved to Poland township, where they both died. John Miller, the grandfather, owned 200 acres of land and carried on distilling for many years near Petersburg. He married Elizabeth Schriver and they had nine children, namely : David, Jacob, Eliza, Hiram, Jesse, Samuel, John, Henry, and a daughter who died at birth. On the mother's side the grandparents of Mrs. Ilgenfritz were Abraham and Nancy (Musselman) Rife. They had children as follows : Christian, Abraham, Isaac, John, Fanny, Mary, Nancy, Magdalena, and David, all natives of Adams County, Pennsylvania. David Miller and wife had five children, who were: Isaac R., and Henry H., who are deceased; Mrs. Elizabeth Hoffmaster, residing in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania; Mary F. (Mrs. Ilgenfritz) ; and Rebecca, who married Mr. Karicher, and lives at Hilltown, Pennsylvania. In political sentiment Mr. Ilgenfritz is a Democrat. For twelve years he was township trustee, has served as school director and has been interested in all public matters, but has never consented to hold other offices. He is a leading member of the Lutheran Church of New Middletown, and formerly held church offices. JOHN R. SQUIRE. a well known business man of Youngstown, Ohio, manufacturer of sheet metal and all kinds of roofing, has his office located at No. 24 East Federal street, continuing in a business which was established by his father in 1869. Mr. Squire was born on January 18, 1862, at West Middlesex, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, and is the only child of James and Mary (Burns) Squire. The Squire family has been known in America since New Jersey was yet a colony. The AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 1007 earliest records of the family established Zopher Squire, a native of England, as the founder of the American branch. Just how early he settled near Elizabethtown, New Jersey, has not been determined, but in all probability it was prior to 1755. As a subject of King George of England, he served with the British forces in America during the war between England and France, 1755-63. In 1756 he received a gunshot wound in his knee, and while convalescing in a hospital, carved many designs on his powder horn, thus demonstrating that lie possessed artistic talent. This coveted relic is cherished in the family of either Jesse or James Allen, who, for many years, have lived near Washington Court House, Ohio, and who are lineal descendants, through his son, James Squire, by his second or third daughter. The time and place of birth and death of the lady he married, are not known. James Squire, son of Zopher Squire, was born in Morris County, New Jersey, June 9, 1756. His early life was probably spent in that vicinity, for at the age of 22, he was enrolled in the militia of Essex County and did service for the State in the War of the American Revolution. The records in the Department of the Interior, at Washington, D. C., show that James Squire served as a private soldier with the State troops, first, one month under Col. Samuel Saurs ; second, two months tinder Capt. Elijah Squire, Colonel Kirkland, regimental commander ; third, one-half month, no company or regiment given ; and fourth, in 1782, six months under Capt. John Craig. Among the engagements in which he took part, was one at which the Springfield Meeting, House was burned. At the age of 76, on December 5, 1832, he applied for and was granted a pension. In 1786 he married Lydia Reynolds, probably a playmate of his childhood, for the home of the latter, where they were married, was located six miles from Elizabethtown, near his old home in Morris County. In 1799 he removed from Morris County, New Jersey, first to Beaver County and later to New Castle, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. There he reared a family consisting of two. sons and six daughters, of whom : Nancy, born in 1788, married David Allen; Peggie, born in 1789; Anthony, born in 1796, married Mollie Hudson ; Sarah, born in 1798, married John Tidball ; Jane, born in i800, married James Wallace; Asenath, born in 1803, married Abram Lackey ; John R., the grandfather of the subject of this article, born in 1806, married Phebe Morrow. After the death of his wife, in 1819, James Squire lived with his children, mostly with his son John R., at Youngstown. A short time before his death he returned to New Castle, Pennsylvania, and spent the remainder of his days with his daughter, Mrs. James Wallace. His remains were laid away by the side of his wife in the cemetery at New Castle. John R. Squire, son of James, grandson of Zopher and grandfather of John R. Squire of Youngstown, resided for many years on the northeast corner of Market and Central Square, Youngstown. In 1854, he moved to the south side of Front street, east of Champion street, and in 1856, to southwest corner of Champion and Boardman streets, where he lived until his death. He was too much engrossed in business for many years to take much interest in public affairs. Prior to the Civil War, his political preferments were for the Democratic party, more because of its sound financial principles than for any other reason. When the crisis came and the party split, in 1860, he severed his allegiance and cast his interests with the Republicans. During the Civil War, at the time when the patriotism of the young men, in 1862, seemed to have waned,_ he enlisted as a private soldier, although he was then 56 years of age. When he reported for duty at Camp Chase, the mustering .officer refused to muster him, and he returned to his home. He then retired froth active business life, having acquired a competency. His church relations were with the Methodist Episcopal Church. Possessed of a fine voice, he was a regular attendant at choir practice and for many. years was identified with the First Methodist Episcopal Church choir at Youngstown. On August 30, 1828, John R. Squire was united in marriage with Phebe Morrow, who was born in Washington County, Pennsyl- 1008 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY vania, October 1, 1806, and was a daughter of William M. and Achsa (Hiyat) Morrow. In tracing the early ancestry of his grandmother, Mr. Squire finds a record of lives of self denial, of noble achievement and of brave devotion to duty. Charles Morrow, the first of the family known in America, is first found at Philadelphia, which may have been the place of his birth. It is known that he came of an ancient and honorable family of Belfast, Ireland. While it has been generally accepted by the younger generations, that he served in the Patriot army during the War of the Revolution, diligent search among the records on file in the archives of the State of Pennsylvania, has failed to find his name upon the roster of any of the militia or regular organizations of troops kept there. After the death of his first wife, in 1780, he married again and then moved to a farm of zo0 acres located in Wash-. ington County, Pennsylvania, and settled down to life as a farmer. It is known that he served for four months in the Indian Wars, in 1788, which was probably but a part of a prolonged series of skirmishes which were constant with the early settlers of that period. It is probable that his life closed on his farm above mentioned, not far from Pittsburg and that his interment was there. Charles Morrow was thrice married, first to Hannah Harrod, probably in 1765, and they had five children : George, John, William, Anna and Hannah. Having been left a widower in 1780 he remained such for three years, when he again married. Of this alliance his son William has to say : "The war expiring, and my father having laid off his mourning, he courted and married his brother's wife's sister, an old maid of 36, by whom he had two daughters." The name of the second wife was Polly Murphy and their children were Jane and Polly. It is not known how long his second wife lived nor when he married his third wife, Phebe Offutt. The two sons of the third marriage were Matthew and Aaron. William M. Morrow, son of Charles and Hannah (Harrod) Morrow, was born October 31, 1770, at Philadelphia. His early life must have been a studious one, as his qualifications to teach school, in after years, when adversity had made it necessary to adopt that profession as a means of livelihood, fully testifies. At the age of ten years his mother died and he was given to his uncle, Gavin Morrow, of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, by whom he was sent to school for three years. This seems to have been the extent of his schooling for all mention of school ceases from that time. On July 17, 1784, when not yet 14 years old, we find him traveling overland from Cumberland County to Fort Pitt, Pennsylvania, leading two horses loaded with merchandise. For four years following he worked with his father at improving the farm. On June 17, 1788, he enlisted under Captain Miller and served three months in a campaign against the Indians. The following winter he left home and entered a mill at Carlisle, where he remained three years and became a proficient miller. Early in the spring of 1792, he enlisted under Capt. John Cook, 4th Light Legion, and commenced an extended service in the United States army. For the next four years his duties and dangers were such as come to the life of a soldier in Indian warfare. On February 14, 1796, he was detailed to carry dispatches through the enemy's country, from Greenville, Ohio, to Fort Fayette, and deliver to the commandant of that fortress, Col. F. Butler, and he successfully carried out his orders, on March 19, 1796. For this service he received a new set of sergeant's clothes, one month's extra pay and one month's furlough, to visit his home in Washington County, Pennsylvania. He returned to duty on May 1, 1796, and completed his term of service as a quartermaster sergeant, under Lieut. Robert Purdy, and on November 20, 1796, he returned to civil life, at Pittsburg, where, for 15 years he followed the milling business and prospered. When war was declared between Great Britain and the United States, in 1812, although 42 years old, he offered himself as a AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 1009 volunteer officer, and on March 17, 1812, was commissioned first lieutenant and assigned to duty as adjutant and quartermaster at Pittsburg. Here he served until May, 1813, when he marched with Colonel Brady, to Canada, where he spent the summer and fall, leaving under orders, on November 13, 1813, for Burlington, Vermont. At that time he was promoted to the rank of Captain and detailed on recruiting service and ordered to Pittsburg. From there he was sent to Washington, Pennsylvania, and six months later returned to the field and commanded a company until the end of the war. His efficiency in military service marked him to be retained when the army was reduced after hostilities ceased. Thus he served one year on a peace basis, and when discharged, was presented with a sword, with solid silver scabbard, as a token of appreciation. What became of the blade of this trophy is not known, but the silver scabbard and the silver buttons of his uniform were melted and moulded into spoons, that they might be more equally distributed among his children. On his second return to civil life, he embarked in business in partnership with a man named C. B. Crane, who involved the firm in debt and brought financial ruin. His friends rallied to his assistance and he was made flour inspector at Pittsburg, also assessor, and then he entered upon school teaching as mentioned above, and thus, to the best of his ability, provided for his family and his declining years. The death of this patriot and upright citizen took place in March, 1834, at Wolf Creek, Pennsylvania, where he was buried. About 1797 or 1798, William M. Morrow was married to Achsa Hiyat and they had a family of nine daughters and four sons, of whom five daughters and three sons grew to maturity and reared families of their own, as follows : Mary, who marriel Philip Fonner ; Hannah, who married first, Jesse Conley, and second, George W. Chilton ; Eliza Jane, who married first, James Fulton, and second, James Robinson ; Phebe, who married John R. Squires ; George W., who married first, Jane Taylor Powell, and second, Mrs. Eleanor (Black) Hursey ; John, whose first wife's given name was Hettie ; Achsa, who married Dr. James McCreary ; and William. The childhood of the grandmother of John R. Squire was probably marked by incidents common to the lives of the children of her age and social position, but when the firm of Morrow & Crane failed, the home life underwent a complete change. The father was then in financial distress and all the children who were old enough were 'required to provide for their own support. Those were days when the factory was about the only place where young girls could secure good wages and, with a decision and bravery which marked her through life, Phebe sought and secured a position in a paper mill in Pittsburg. How or where she met John R. Squire is not known, but she was married at Beavertown, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, October 30, 1828. Her nature was somewhat different from that of her husband and there were times when the stern realities of life pressed heavily upon one whose early environments had known the pleasures of social life and innocent gayeties. In order to secure attraction for her home and pleasure for her children which the stern nature of her husband did not deem essential, she found employment outside of household duties, on many occasions. Her sweet, gentle, kind and charitable disposition made her beloved by all who knew her, and she realized the great affection of children and grand-children before her death, which occurred at Youngstown, on December 26, 1869. She was laid to rest in Oak Hill cemetery. The children born to John R. Squire and his first wife were : Eliza Jane, born July 30, 1829, married Henry Erwin ; John, born in 1832, married first, Mary Bauer, and second, Bettie _____ ; James, father of the subject of this sketch ; Amanda, born July, 1840, married Robert Pollock ; and Adelaide, born in 1846, married Benjamin F. Cook. After their children had been happily married, Mr. Squire and wife permitted themselves to take a larger amount of enjoyment out of life. For some years they spent their winters in warmer climates, at Denver, Colorado, and 1010 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY at Los Angeles, California, until 1869, when Mrs. Squire's health became too poor to admit of their leaving home and her death followed on the day after Christmas. Left alone, the grandfather of our subject awaited an invitation from his children to make his home with them, but it must be admitted that each one hesitated, remembering the stern discipline he had always demanded and fearing that he could not be happy in a household governed more according to the ideas of -the idolized deceased mother. However, before any decision was required, on October 19, 1870, he was married, at Sharon, Pennsylvania, to Mrs. Margaret Campbell, whom he had known in youth. For several winters following, Mr. and Mrs. Squire spent the cold months in California, but as age and infirmity came on, the old home at Youngstown seemed comfortable enough. During the last four years of his life, John R. Squire was a paralytic and when his death occurred on July 28, 1896, he was eased of great pain and a heavy burden was removed from his family. He was interred in Oak Hill cemetery, Youngstown. James Squire, father of our subject, was born at Youngstown, March 13, 1834, where he now lives retired. In 1859, he established himself in the roofing business at West Middlesex, Pennsylvania, where he continued until 1869, when he returned to Youngstown and continued in business in this city until 1902. During his many active years here he was prominent in civic matters, served at various times as councilman, and at present is a member of the city sinking fund board. February 26, 1860, he married Mary Burns and they had two sons, John R., the immediate subject of this biography, and William W., who died at the age of three years. John R. Squire, of this generation, was seven years of age when his parents brought him to Youngstown, where he attended school until he was eight months old. As his father was in the roofing business he naturally turned his attention in the same direction and learned the trade of tinner and roofer and became a practical draughtsman. By the time he was 21 years old he was running a sawmill which was then located in what is now Wick Park, .where he cut white oak timber and manufactured it into lumber. At this time he was received by his father as a partner and acquired a .one-third interest in the business and the firm name became James Squire & Company. In 1889, the concern was incorporated under the firm name of James Squire Company, with James Squire as president, C. 0. Palmer as vice-president and-- -superintendent, and —John R. Squire as secretary and treasurer. The business was continued as a corporation until February, 1902, when John R. Squire purchased all the stock and merged it into an undivided individual ownership. Since then the firm style has been John R. Squire, which is a name standing for the highest form of business integrity. In 1883, John R. Squire was married to Etta M. Bowman, who is the daughter of the late James M. Bowman, who was formerly manager of Andrews Brothers' store, at Hazel-ton. Mr. and Mrs. Squire have two children, Pearl B., and Nellie M. The family belongs to the Memorial Presbyterian Church. Ever since attaining manhood, Mr. Squire has taken an active interest in everything pertaining to the advancement of Youngstown and the well-fare of her citizens. He has been elected to a number of important positions in civic life, and has served on the city council and the board of education, and has just retired from the board of public safety. He is president of the Ohio State organization of Builders' Exchanges. He is a member of the Elks and is a Mason of prominence. NILS P. JOHNSON, vice-president of the Rose & Johnson Company, of Youngstown, is one of the enterprising, progressive business men of the city. Mr. Johnson was born in Sweden, in 1860, coming to America when 19 years of age. He was educated in his native land and after coming to the United States he lived for some three years at Jamestown, New 1011 - AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS York. He went to Dagus Mines, Pennsylvania, where he engaged in work connected with coal mining, the main industry of that section. He remained there for six years and then lived 15 years at Renova, Pennsylvania, where he conducted a general wholesale and retail mercantile business, during a part of this time also having- interests at Youngstown which resulted in his locating here a few years ago. He became associated with the firm of Rose & Johnson, as a partner, having been interested with the house previously, and when it was incorporated as the Rose & Johnson Company, he became vice-president of the concern. Other business interests include the Old Dominion Slate & Cement Company, of Virginia, an incorporated concern, under the laws of that state, of which he is president, and he is also a large owner of real estate, having a fine home on the corner of Woodland avenue and Market streets. In 1883, Mr. Johnson was married to Emma Nelson, and they have a family of nine children. Politically he is identified with the Republican party and while residing in Pennsylvania he served on the city council and as city treasurer of Renova, was also delegate to various conventions and was a member of the State convention that nominated Governor Pennypacker, on June 11, 1892. He is serving at present as chairman and trustee of the Swedish Republican Club of Youngstown. Mr. Johnson is a member of the Youngstown Chamber of Commerce. He belongs to the fraternal order known as the Swedish Brethren of America, and is a 32nd degree Mason and a member of the Mystic Shrine. WILLIAM H. REED, a well-known agriculturist of Coitsville township, residing on a fine farm of 150 acres located in section 27, was born in this township, February 24, 1849, son of John H. and Jane (Kimmel) Reed. John H. Reed also was born in Coitsville township, and was a son of William and Martha (Thornton) Reed, the former of whom came from the eastern States at a very early period and settled here. Both of Mr. Reed's grandparents and his great-grandfather, Mr. Thornton, who entered land from the government, died in this township. John H. Reed was reared and educated in Coitsville township where he taught school for two years. He married, first, Jane Kimmel, who was born in Youngstown township, a daughter of Philip Kimmel, the latter being an early settler in that township, and a soldier of the war of 1812. Philip Kimmel was a blacksmith in early life, but subsequently engaged in farming in Coitsville township on a farm just south of that of William H. Reed, land on which his father, Isaac Kimmel, had settled when he came from Germany. After his marriage John H. Reed first engaged in farming on the Frank Moore farm, continuing here for several years, then moving to the farm on which the subject of this sketch now resides. Here he lived until his death, which occurred on September 14, 1898; his wife Jane died February 24, 1862. They had seven children, namely : Lycurtus, who died March 14, 1864, aged 24 years; Martha, who died August 27, 1859, aged 18 years ; Philip, who died July 19, 1859, aged 14 years; William H., who is the subject of this sketch; Susan, who. married William Creed of Poland township; Edward, who died October 29, 1893, aged 35 years, and Elizabeth, who died November 14, 1871, in her 18th year, were twins. John Reed, after the death of his first wife, Jane (Kimmel) Reed, was married, second, to Samantha McCleland, who died March 12, 1896. Of this union two children were born, namely : Althea, wife of Thomas McVey, and Pluma, who died in. 1889. William H. Reed was reared in Coitsville township, and has always lived on his present farm and has followed agricultural pursuits. He is at present interested more in real estate than in farming, having laid his land out in town lots, which he is engaged in selling. He married Mary P. Morris, a daughter of Rev. Nathaniel Morris, who was a preacher in the M. E. Church, East Ohio Conference. Rev. Morris came from England when a young man and followed the ministerial profession until his death in 1896. He married Ann Tur- 1012 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY ton of Washington, D. C., and was the father of seven children, namely : Agnes, who married George Ewens of Pittsburg; Rebecca, wife of William Broadbent; James L., who resides in the city of Washington ; Anna, who is now Mrs. Thomas Neal; Mary P., now Mrs. W. H. Reed; Henry, of whom there is no special mention; and Emma, who married Prof. George Hamm. Mr. and Mrs. William H. Reed have been the parents of eleven children, whose record we give in part, as follows: John M., an electrician, by trade, who resides in Youngstown, Ohio, where he owns a coal yard and feed store ; Nathaniel G., a mechanical engineer and a graduate of the Ohio State University, who is married and resides in Youngstown; W. Ferdinand, also a resident of Youngstown; Henry and Mary. Mr. and Mrs. William H. Reed reside in a large frame house which was erected in the' summer of 1904. Mr. Reed has served two terms as trustee of Coitsville township. MENNO M. WEAVER, a successful merchant of North Lima, has been a resident of this place since the spring of 1889. He was born in Beaver township, January 12, 1854, and is a son of Henry and Anna (Metzler) Weaver. The ancestral record of this prominent family is published in another part of this work. Menno M. Weaver was reared and educated in Beaver township. After completing the district school course, Mr. Weaver started to teach and for seven years devoted his winters and two summers to the school room, while his other summers were spent in selling nursery stock and books of various authors. One year of these seven (1877) he spent in a printing office at Orrville. In 1881, he learned the carpenter trade and followed it continuously until 1894, also doing contracting and slate roofing. Until his marriage, in 1885, with the exception of the year 1877, Mr. Weaver remained at home, and after this event lived in the west precinct of Beaver township, at the home of his father-in-law, until he came to North Lima. In 1894, he embarked in a general mercantile business at North Lima, but after three and one-half years gave it up to go into a general agricultural implement and fertilizer business and continued this line for three and one-half years. At the end of this period he re-entered the general mercantile business and operates the two lines in conjunction. Mr. Weaver ism progressive, energetic buSiness man and is held in high esteem. He carries a large and well assorted stock of goods and commands a big trade. On January 1, 1885, Mr. Weaver was married to Lydia A. Blosser, who was born in Beaver township and is a daughter of Jacob and Barbara (Printz) Blosser, the former of whom is deceased, and the latter resides at East Lewistown. Mr. Weaver is a good citizen, public-spirited and liberal. He votes independently. ROY I. GUTHMAN, attorney-at-law, at Youngstown, with business quarters at 109 Wick avenue, was born October 17, 1880, at Youngstown, Ohio. He is a son of Emanuel Guthman, for years an honored citizen, who was born in 1840, in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, and died at Youngstown, October 12, 1905. Emanuel Guthman came to America in 1854 and served through the Civil War, with rank of lieutenant in the 62nd Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, Confederate army. In 1866 he came to Youngstown and opened the first abstract office here, later was appointed deputy treasurer of the county and was a prominent and respected official. Still later he engaged in a furniture business. He married Isabella Sutcliffe, who was born in England and who is now living. Roy I. Guthman graduated from the Rayen High School at Youngstown, in the class of 1898, and in 1903 was graduated with his degree as Bachelor of Law, from the Northwestern University at Chicago. In De- 1015 - AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS cember of the same year he was admitted to the Ohio bar, at Columbus, and immediately entered upon the practice of his profession in his native city. On November 1, 1905, he formed a partnership with A. J. Gillespie, under the business style of Gillespie & Guthman. Mr. Guthman is secretary and treasurer and also one of the directors of the Guthman Bros. Company, house furnishers, at Youngstown. Mr. Guthman is an Odd Fellow. He belongs to Rodel Sholem congregation. He has always taken an active part in civic matters but has, as yet, accepted no political office. In 1906, he was elected as chairman of the Democratic county central committee. JAMES THADDEUS ARREL, a prominent farmer and raiser of thoroughbred cattle and stock, resides on the old homestead farm of the Arrels and owns an additional 100 acres, both in Poland township. Mr. Arrel was born June 1, 1882, in Poland township, Mahoning County, Ohio, is a son of 'John Arrel, Jr., and his wife, Amelia (McFarland) Arrel, and a grandson of David and Martha (Moore). Arrel. The great-grandfather of James T. Arrel was John Arrel, who was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and died in Mahoning County, Ohio, in 1848. He was of Irish parentage and, as far as known, was the only member of his family to come to Ohio as early as I800. Shortly afterward he settled in Poland township, where he reared six sons and two daughters. He was a soldier in the War of TS 2. The family was an agricultural one and David Arrel, grandfather of James T., was reared under similar conditions as was his father, and throughout life followed farming and stockraising. At the age of 27 years he married Martha Moore. who died in June, 1872. survived by her husband until 1888. They had the following children : William: Margaret. who married James Pence: John, father of James T.: and George Francis, formerly judge of the court of common pleas, of - 52 - Mahoning County, and now a leading member of the bar at Youngstown. John Arrel, Jr., was educated in the common schools of his neighborhood and then entered into business as a farmer, stockraiser and stock dealer, attaining considerable local prominence in these lines of industry. On January 31, 1877, he was married to Amelia McFarland, who was born June 4, 1842, in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, a daughter of Andrew McFarland. They- had three children : an infant daughter that died at birth, December 25, 1877; Olive Grace, who was born December 22, 1879, married Dr. J. K. Nash, a prominent dentist residing at Youngstown, has two children, George Arrel and Olive Grace and James Thaddeus. James Thaddeus Arrel attended the schools in his home community and later spent two years at the Kenyon Military School at Gambier, Ohio. His pursuits have always been of an agricultural character and he has taken much interest in raising fine stock. He utilizes 265 acres and devotes a large part to pasturage, raising many Hereford and Guernsey cattle and Berkshire hogs. He is one of the most enterprising and progressive men- of his community. On April 18, 1906, Mr. Arrel was married to Mary Talbott Ridgely, who was born in Baltimore County, Maryland, and is a daughter of Benjamin T. and Elizabeth (Talbott) Ridgely, farming people of considerable importance in that section, and representatives of one of the old county families. Mrs. Arrel is a graduate of Claremont College, of Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina.. Mr. and Mrs. Arrel have many pleasant social connections. Politically. Mr. Arrel is a Republican. His portrait is presented with this notice. CHARLES E. SHRIVER, one of the successful and leading funeral directors of Youngstown. Ohio, was born in Seneca County, in 1874. He was reared to manhood in his native county, receiving his education in the district schools, and also attending Heidelberg College 1016 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY at Tiffin for two terms. After completing his education he taught school in Seneca County for 12 terms after which he entered the employ of H. B. Baker, the leading undertaker of Tiffin, Ohio, and with whom he remained about nine months. He then went to Sycamore. Seneca County, New York, and engaged in the undertaking business for himself. After remaining a little over a year -in Sycamore he located, in 1902, in Youngstown, where he has since been successfully engaged in operating an undertaking establishment, and has rapidly forged to the front as a funeral director. Mr. Shriver was married, in 1896, to Clara Norris of Tiffin, Ohio, and they have one child living, Lynn Shriven. Fraternally, Mr. Shriver is connected with the following lodges : Knights of Pythias, Odd Fellows, the Home Circle, the Maccabees, and the Junior Order of American Mechanics. He is a member of the Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church of Youngstown. ANDREW KIRK, a leading farmer of Coitsville township, residing on his farm located in section 6, was born in Hubbard, Trumbull County. Ohio, October 27, 1830, and is a son of Rayen and Mary A. (Gray) Kirk. Andrew Kirk, grandfather of our subject. was born in New Jersey and was a blacksmith by trade. He served in the War of 1812 under Colonel Rayen, entering the service from Coitsville township, then in Trumbull County, where he and his wife, Elizabeth (Baldwin) Kirk, lived on a farm given them by her father. Rayen Kirk was born in Youngstown township, and was reared in Mahoning County, which was then Trumbull County. He was a blacksmith by trade and after his marriage moved to Hubbard, where for many years he conducted a blacksmith shop, Teamsters with six and eight-horse teams came many miles to Hubbard to have their horses shod. About the time of the outbreak of the Civil War Mr. Kirk and all his family, with the exception of our subject and his sister Jane, moved to Delaware County, Iowa, where he "engaged in farming and also conducted a small blacksmith shop. Here he remained the rest of his life dying at the age of 88 years, and his widow lived to the advanced age of 90 years. Nine children were born to Rayen Kirk and wife, namely : Mrs. Caroline Eberhart, deceased ; Andrew ; Mary, Mrs. McClelland ; Mrs. Jane Kimmel, deceased; Mrs. Austria Kramer, deceased; Austin Kirk, a twin of Austria, is a resident of Des Moines, Iowa.; Ward, lives at Humansville, Missouri ; Ralph, died in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Calvin lives at Strawberry Point, Iowa. Andrew Kirk has been engaged principally in farming, but taught district school for two terms in Hubbard, and also at Brookfield, Trumbull County, Ohio, after which he commenced farming in which occupation he has since continued. In 1856, he located on a farm which he owned in Brookfield, residing there until 1861 when he came to his present place, in 1865 building a fine large house, which he remodeled, 20 years later into a modern up-to-date residence. Mr. Kirk was also agent for sewing-machines many years, but since corning here has devoted his time almost entirely to general farming. Mr. Kirk was married in 1855 to Letitia Mackey, a sister of James Mackey, a sketch of whom will be found in this work. They have reared a family of four children : Eugene, a resident of Youngstown, Ohio, a civil engineer and surveyor, who is married and has had two children, of whom but one, Helen, is living; Carrie L., who lives at home, and has taught at the Union school on McGuffy street for 20 years; and Natalie, and Emma, who are twins. VOLTAIRE J. BUEHRLE, who has been identified with the business interests of Youngstown for the past few years, conducts under his own name, at No. 232 Boardman street, a large china and restaurant and club furnishing business. Mr. Buehrle was born at Youngstown, Ohio, September 2, 1865, and is the AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 1017 eldest son of John Buehrle, a well-known retired resident, who was the pioneer flour and feed merchant of Youngstown, In 1893 the firm of Buehrle Bros. was formed, consisting of A. H. Buehrle and Voltaire J. Buehrle, they purchasing the business of A. J. Williams. On September 7, 1900, another brother, John A. M. Buehrle, bought into the firm. A. H. Buehrle sold his interest in the spring of 1901, and John A. M. sold his interest December 30, 1902, since which time, Voltaire Buehrle has been sole proprietor. He has just completed the erection of a fine four-story brick building, modern throughout, 36 by 137½ feet, with basement, and now has a floor space of 30,750 square feet. His business is both wholesale and retail and an important feature is the handling of hotel, club and restaurant furnishings. In September, 1896, Mr. Buehrle vas married to Mrs. Carrie Gairing, who was born and reared at Youngstown. They have one Florence Lucille. Mr. Buehrle enjoys many fraternal, social and business connections, awl he takes a good citizen's interest in politics, but his attention is mainly given to his business. ISAAC RUSH, one of the oldest and best known residents of Coitsville township, was born November 6, 1823, in the city of Youngstown, and is a son of John and Elizabeth (Babbitt) Rush. John Rush, father of our subject, wasborn in 1800, in Youngstown township, Mahoning County, Ohio, and was killed by a runaway team of oxen when only 33 years of age. His father, John Rush, Sr.,. came to this county from Washington County, Pennsylvania, in about 1799. Mr. Rush's grandmother was a sister of General Laycock, who laid out the cross cut canal. Isaac Rush was reared in Youngstown township, and with the exception of four or five years spent in Trumbull County, Ohio, where he owned a farm of 30 acres, has passed his entire life in this county. After leaving his farm in Trumbull County, Mr. Rush located just over the line in Youngstown township, where he resided for about five or six years. After selling his farm in Trumbull County he located in 1862, on his present farm. Coming to Coitsville township, he engaged here principally in gardening-, and owns 130 acres of land which he has recently divided among his children. The house in which he resides was built about 1807 and is still in a fine state of preservation. Mr. Rush was married in 1846, on Easter Sunday, to Lucinda Eckman, a daughter of James and Mary (Wilson) Eckman, the latter being a daughter of James Wilson, who was an officer in the Revolutionary War. James Eckman was born in Liberty township, Trumbull County, Ohio, and died on the old Eckman farm about one mile from Girard, in that county. Mr. Eckman was a soldier in the War of 1812. Mrs. Rush spent her girlhood days on her father's farm, and was housekeeper for her father after the death of her mother; which occurred when she, Mrs. Rush, was quite young. Seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Rush : Mary, deceased, who' married William Tidswell and reared a large family; Ruth, who married John Atkinson of Coitsville township; Lucy, who married H. Atkinson of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania; Jessie, the deceased wife of Hugh Showalter ; Martha, who married George Atkinson . of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania ; John, who lives on part of the home farm; and .Nora, who married John McGuire. Mr. and Mrs. Rush have several great-grandchildren. Mr. gush served 20 years continuously as trustee of Coitsville township. In politics he is independent. H. G. BYE, attorney-at-law, at Youngstown, with offices at No. 43 Central Square, was born in 1868, in Columbiana County, Ohio, and is a son of Samuel and Belle (Gayer) Bye. Both his paternal and maternal families are representative ones of Columbiana County. The Bye family is of English extraction and Samuel Bye, the elder, the grandfather of 1018 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY H. G., came from Maryland to Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1808. Samuel Bye, son of Samuel and father of H. G. Bye, was born in Columbiana County and is now living retired in Lisbon, having been formerly an extensive farmer and stockraiser. He was very prominently identified also with politics for many years, served for seven years very acceptably as .county commissioner of Columbiana County, and held numerous township offices. He married Belle Gayer, who was born also in Columbiana County, and who was a daughter of Hiram Gayer, whose father brought him to Columbiana County when he was six years old. The Gayer family was well represented in the Revolutionary War. H. G. Bye was reared in Columbiana County, attended the local schools, Mt. Hope Academy and the National Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio. After teaching for five terms in the country schools, Mr. Bye entered the Cincinnati Law School, and in 1894 was admitted to the bar. He immediately entered upon the practice of his profession at Columbiana. In 1898, he located at Youngstown where he has been engaged in active practice, meeting with very gratifying success. In 1898, Mr. Bye was married to Mary E. Greenamyer, of .Columbiana County. Besides attending to his growing practice here, Mr. Bye is interested in the concerns of a number of business enterprises, being a member of their directing boards. Fraternally he is a Mason, an Elk, an Odd Fellow and a Knight of Pythias. ISAAC STROUSS, president of the well known firm "Strouss, Hirshberg Company," which is one of the largest dry goods concerns in the city, and with which enterprise he has been prominently identified since 1875, is one of the prominent and influential business citizens of Youngstown. He is a native of Rhine Hessen, Germany, born May 20, 1848, son of Jacob and Helena (Mayer) Strouss, natives of Rhine Hessen, Germany, and Ilbesheim, Rhine Bavaria, Germany, respectively. Mr. Isaac Strouss came to Youngstown in 1865, and he engaged as a salesman in a merchant tailoring establishment, subsequently entering a dry goods store in the same capacity. In 1875 he formed a partnership with Mr. Hirshberg and engaged in the dry goods business under the firm name of Strouss & Hirshberg, which firm continued with good success until 1906, when Mr. Hirshberg withdrew from active business relations and the firm has since continued business underthe firm name of "The Strouss, Hirshberg Company," with a capital stock of $100,000, and officers as follows : Isaac Strouss, president; William R. Becker, vice-president and manager ; Clarence J. Strouss, secretary and treasurer ; and I. G. Goldsmith, assistant and advertising- manager. They have in their employ about l00 people, occupying three floors and basement, and having about 25,000 square feet of floor space. Mr. Strouss is a stock-holder and director in the Dollar Savings and Trust Company of Youngstown, and also has other business interests, including mining stock. Mr. Strouss was married September 23, 1874, to Miss Lena Pfaelzer of Philadelphia, and they have two children : Helen C., who married Harry Meyer, a well known business man of Youngstown; and Clarence J., who is secretary of "The Strouss, Hirshberg Company" of Youngstown. Mr. Strouss is a member of the Youngstown Chamber of Commerce, is a life trustee of the City Hospital, and fraternally is connected with the Knights of Pythias. Religiously he is a member of the Rodef Sholem congregation. JOHN D. REESE, a noted bone-setter, at Youngstown, was born in 1855, in Wales and came to America and to Youngstown, in 1887. In his own land, Dr. Reese attended the schools near his home, but went to work in the rolling mills, when still a boy. After coming to Youngstown he became a roller in what AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 1019 is now the Republic Iron mills, where he worked for five years. His becoming a surgeon was the result of a natural aptitude for bone-setting. Away back in his boyhood he became interested in any kind of a surgical operation, and there were many which had to be performed in the mills, where imperfect machinery caused numerous sad accidents, and he had so closely watched and naturally comprehended the work Of surgeons called in on these occasions, that in the course of time, when no other help was to be obtained, he offered his services. It was remarkable how successful he was from the beginning, seeming to have a natural knowledge of bones, ligaments, muscles and nerves, and before long, so many were the calls made upon his time and strength, that he gave .up mill work and devoted himself entirely to the treatment of strained and misplaced bones. Without any effort on his part, his reputation has extended far and wide, and people come from all over the country to be treated. Since adopting this line of surgery exclusively, Dr. Reese has studied the subject with care, being very familiar with the scientific works of Percival Fox. Dr. Reese was married in Wales to Sarah Richards, and they have five children, namely : Polly, Sarah, Elizabeth, Katheryn and. Gertrude. Sarah married Theodore Johns, of Youngstown. Dr. Reese belongs to the Welsh Congregational Church. He is a 32nd degree Mason.C CHRISTIAN WERREN, who owns an excellent farm of 60 acres, situated in Goshen township, on which he successfully carries on general farming and dairying, is a well-known citizen highly esteemed in this locality. He was born December 3, 1865, in Berne, Switzerland, and is a son of Jacob Werren. The father of Mr. Werren was born also in Switzerland, and came to America, with other members of his family, about 1881, settling in Smith township, Mahoning County, where he still resides, being engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was twice married and eight of his children still survive, as follows : Christian, residing in Goshen township; Maggie, residing in Alliance, Ohio; Jacob, residing in Goshen township ;; Catherine, a resident of Stark County, Ohio; Sophia, a resident of Alliance; Elizabeth, residing at Salem ; and Louis and Emma, both residing in Smith, township. Christian Werren was 16 years of age when. he accompanied the. family to America, and a course in the public schools of his native land, had afforded him a fair education. He remained with his father in Smith township and then moved to Stark County, Ohio, where he continued to follow farming until 1896, when he came to his present place in Goshen township. He has a well cultivated farm and raises the usual grain of this section and devotes a portion to pasturage, as he keeps a number of cows for dairy purposes. He is a good farmer and excellent manager. He learned the English language while attending school for two winters in Stark County. In Stark County he married Mary Harmon, who died in June, 1905. She was a daughter of Michael Harmon. Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Werren, Clara E. and Bertha A. ELIAS BARE, a general farmer of Boardman township, residing on a tract of 165 acres, was born March 1, 1855, on the home farm in Beaver township, Mahoning County, Ohio and was a son of John and Anna (Blosser) Bare. John Bare was born in Pennsylvania where he was reared to manhood after which he came to Mahoning County, and settled on a farm in Beaver township. Here he married Anna Blosser, who was born in Rockingham County, Virginia, a daughter of John Blosser. When 16 years of age she came to Ohio with her father, who settled in Beaver township on a farm which was quite well. improved and on 1020 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY which he and his wife both died some years later. She was the eldest of the family of 12 children, namely Anna, mother of Elias Bare,. Rudolph, Enos, Joel, Noah, Peter, Dan, Susan, Magdalene, Maria, Jonah, and Jacob. John. and Anna Bare continued to reside in Beaver township all their lives, the former passing out of this life just previous to the birth' of his son Elias. Seven children completed their family, namely: Noah,. David (deceased), John, Jacob, Jonas, Peter, and Elias, subject of this sketch. Mrs. Bare died in 1895 at the age of 83 years. Elias Bare lived at home with his widowed mother until 12 years. old, when he went to reside with his uncle Noah Blosser of Beaver township, with whom he remained until attaining his minority. He assisted his uncle with the farm work and attended the district school, and he subsequently worked for two years for his uncle by the month. Shortly after his marriage he moved to his present farm of 165 acres which he purchased from the Barbara Klien heirs, and has since resided here engaged in general farming, being recognized as the most successful agriculturist of the township. He remodeled his nine-room frame house which was on the place when he purchased the land, and has made various other improvement's. Mr. Bare was married November 4, 1880, to Anna B. Musselman, who was born November 26, 1864, in Page County, Virginia. Mrs. Bare is the daughter of Isaac and Catherine (Blosser) Musselman, who came from Virginia in 1870, and settled in Green township, Mahoning County, where they both died. They were the parents of four children : Virginia, who married John Hendricks; Lydia (Mrs. Allen Calvin) ; Flora, . who died young; and Anna, the wife of the subject of this biography. Ten children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Bare, namely : Noah, who died aged four months; Warren, a resident of Green township, who married. Blanche Hendricks, and has one child, Theda ; Effie L. ; Charlotte, who died aged .three. years; Eva. I., Elmer, Alvin, Homer, Mary and Leo. Politically Mr. Bare is a Republican and is at present a member of the board of school directors. Religiously, he and his family are members of the Mennonite Church. WILLIAM BONNELL. whose honored name is indissolubly associated with the great iron industry at Youngstown, was identified for years with all that promoted the development of this section, and no history of the Mahoning Valley, however cursory, could be written without extended mention of his life of struggle and success. William Bonnell was born in Yorkshire, England, June l0, 1810, and was a son of John and Elizabeth (Gomersal) Bonnell. Mr. Bonnell's parents were in but modest circumstances and the youth learned the business or trade of wool dyer, which, in the great manufacturing districts of his nativity, was one which gave him support. But after he married and had three children, his income proved inadequate, and he decided to emigrate to America, where, according to current report. every trade and craft flourished and high wages prevailed. Like many other credulous workmen, Mr. Bonnell found that many of the stories of certain prosperity were exaggerations, and after he reached Cincinnati, in March, 1841, he discovered that there was no call at all for the exercise of his skill as a wool dyer. In a new country without any friends to hold out a helping hand, and with a growing family to care for, Mr. Bonnell experienced many anxious months. Although entirely removed from any .work that he had previously done, he at length decided to become an iron worker, for which class of labor there was a demand at New Castle, Pennsylvania, and in 1845, he removed with his family to that city. Here success crowned his earnest efforts. Mr. Bonnell, perhaps to his own surprise, found how quickly he became interested in all the details of iron-making, and when he was taken into the offices of the company and made book- AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 1021 keeper, he continued his study of the processes of this great industry. He made friends with the capitalists with whom he was now associated and his judgment was often consulted and his views accepted, while his services were employed both at Pittsburg and New Castle. In 1843, a small mill had been built by Youngstown capitalists, on the bank of the old Ohio and Pennsylvania Canal, near Youngstown. but for want of practical operators the enterprise had not proven a success and the mill remained closed for some years. During the winter of 1854-55 this mill came into the united possession of William Bonnell, Joseph H. Richard and Thomas Brown, all practical iron workers. The concern of Brown, Bonnell & Company, was then founded, and from a mill which had a total capacity of but seven tons of product a day to the present plant, which is one of the largest iron manufacturing plants in the world, the progress has been continuous. The business was not incorporated until 1875, at which time the late Henry 0. Bonnell was president, and William. Scott Bonnell was treasurer. William Bonnell had lived to see the accomplishment of his great purpose, the building up, in a large degree through his own efforts, of a great industry which opened avenues of prosperity for his chosen place of residence and brought peace and plenty into the homes of thousands of workingmen. Through all his great successes he never lost sight of the steps by which he had arisen nor-forgot the friends of his early days. His death took place May 25, 1875. On September 18, 1834, William Bonnell was married to Sarah A. Scott, a daughter of George and Sarah (Hutchison) Scott, all of England. Eight children were born of this marriage, as follows : Sarah Jane, widow of G. H. McElvey, of Youngstown ; Eliza A., widow of J. H. Bushnell ; Henry 0., born in England, who died January 16, 1893; William Scott, president of the Mahoning National Bank, and at the head of numberless other important enterprises, of whom a sketch may be found in this work ; Caroline H., wife of John C. Wick, vice-president of the Dollar Savings & Trust Company, at Youngstown, of whom also a sketch appears in this volume; Mary, who died at the age of three years ; Elizabeth, wife of Myron C. Wick (see sketch) ; and Martyn, who is a large manufacturer at Cleveland, Ohio. Mrs. Bonnell died in 1898. She was a lady of beautiful, character, one in whom husband and children found devotion, affection and virtuous example. Both Mr. Bonnell and wife were consistent members of the First Presbyterian Church for many years, Mr. Bonnell serving as an elder. WILLIAM TRAUT, proprietor of the Crab Creek Distillery Company, wholesale and retail dealers of liquors, of Youngstown, Ohio, was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1857. Mr. Trait was reared on a farm in Columbiana County, and attended school until about 15 years of age, whedistillery businessurg, Pennsylvania, and having already learned the tanning trade, he engaged there in that business, for about one year. Later he learned the distillery.business, on the Monongahela River. In 1896, he came to Youngstown and built .the Crab Creek distillery, which he later sold, and is now a wholesale and retail dealer in liquors. Mr. Traut was married in 1894 to Anna Miller of Allegheny, 430,sylvania. They have one son; William Traut Jr., Mr. Traut is a member of the Elks, Eagles, Knights of Pythias, and is past master of the Stuckrath Lodge, No. 430, FSpringfieldtownlegheny, Pennsylvania. DUNCAN LIVINGSTONE,* associate partner with Ezra C. Welsh in the firm of Wire, Welsh & Company, the largest distillers in Springfield township or adjacent to it, with an immense plant at New Middletown, is one of Mahoning County's popular citizens and success- 1022 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY ful men. He was born August 7, 1864, at Powers, at the foot of Loveland Hill, in Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio, and is a son of Andrew and Agnes (Calderhead) Livingstone. Mr. Livingstone is of Scotch ancestry and parentage. His grandfather Duncan Livingstone, a mining contractor in Scotland, never came to America. In his native land he married Jane Claxton, and they had the following children : James, who came to Mahoning County but subsequently moved to Iowa ; Robert, deceased ; John, who resided for a time at Youngstown, and subsequently returned to Scotland ; Duncan, who died in Scotland ; Andrew, the father of the present Duncan Livingstone; Archibald, who is a civil and mining engineer, residing in Scotland; Mrs. Jane. Hamilton, who died in Scotland; Agnes, who married William Hardy, residing in White County, Tennessee ; Mrs. Margaret Currier, residing in Ireland ; and several children who died when young. Andrew Livingstone, father of Duncan, was born January 8, 1840, in Airdrie, Scotland, and when young accompanied his parents to Armadale, Linlithgow, Scotland. In his native land he learned and followed the trade of miner. In Linlithgow, June 19, 1863, he was married to Agnes Calderhead. She was born about one mile from Glasgow, Scotland, February 8, 1845, and is a daughter of John and Agnes (Bishop) Calderhead, farming people, who took up their residence in Linlithgow when she was young. She was one of the following children : James, residing in Colorado ; Thomas,. also residing in Colorado ; John, residing in Arkansas ; Agnes, Mrs. Livingstone ; Barbara, residing still in Armadale, Scotland, who married, first, a Mr. Morton and, second, a Mr. Forsythe. In May, 1864, Andrew Livingstone came to this country, with his family and found em- ployment at the old Power coal mine in Mahoning County, Ohio. In the fall of 1869, he settled in Springfield township, midway between New Middletown and Petersburg, where he continued to work at mining until June 24, 1882, when he was accidentally shot by a nephew, who had been out hunting with his son. He and his wife had nine children, namely : Duncan, subject of this sketch ; Agnes, who married Ezra C. Welsh ; John C., born December 15, 1867; Jane, born August 22, 1869, who died September 9, 1870; Barbara, born April 7, 1871, who married Levi Witzerman, residing in Medina County ; Robert, born December 9, 1872, residing at Alberta, Canada ; James, born November 21, 1874, residing at Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada; Jane, born June 2, 1876, who married Rev. John Wesley Miller, residing at West Alexander, Ohio : and Margaret, born January 16, 1879, who married Curtis Wekker, residing at New Castle, Pennsylvania. Duncan Livingstone was reared in Springfield township and educated in the public schools for a short time attending a private school at Petersburg. He remained on the home place and worked at mining until 1890, when he went to Tennessee, where he secured a position as mine foreman, and it was while performing the duties of that position that he was appointed, in 1891, by President Harrisson, a storekeeper and gauger for the 18th District of Ohio, .which position he continued to fill until March 15, 1894. On May I, 1894, Mr. Livingstone became a partner with Wire, Welsh & Company, distillers, of which concern he is a joint owner, with his brother-in-law, Ezra C. Welsh. Mr. Livingstone married Elsie L. Knesal, who was. born March 10, 1870, at Petersburg, and is a daughter of John G. and Henrietta (Whitmyre) Knesal. They have one son, Duncan W., who was born at the family home in New Middletown. Mr. and Mrs. Livingstone are still members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Petersburg. In political sentiment, Mr. Livingstone is a Republican. Fraternally he is connected with Starlight Lodge, No. 224, Knights of Pythias, at Petersburg; Allen Lodge, No. 276, F. & A. M. at Columbiana, and the Eagles, at Palestine. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 1023 THOMAS PARROCK,* general mana- ger of the Youngstown Foundry & Machine Works, and a representative citizen of Youngstown, was born in England in 1853. Mr. Parrock was reared and educated in his native country, and after reaching manhood was employed as roll turner. When 28 years of age he came to America and located in Pennsylvania, where he followed his trade. In 1880, he came to Youngstown and engaged with the firm of McCurdy & Company, with whom he remained until 1892, when the company was consolidated with the Youngstown Steel & Iron Company, under the firm name of Union Iron & Steel Company. He remained with the firm as general superintendent until 1900, when he became general manager of the P. & R. Iron & Steel Company, which position he held until 1904. He then became general manager of the Youngstown Foundry & Machine Company, in which capacity he is still serving. Mr. Parrock was married in England to Miss Fannie Williams. They have four children : Harry Percy ; James D. ; George ; and May Gladys. E. E. ALLISON, justice of the peace and notary public, at Beloit, has engaged also in an insurance business since 1889, when he left his farm in Smith township and established himself in this town. Mr. Allison was born in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, June 14, 1841, and is a son of John and Charlotte (Stewart) Allison. On the maternal side, Mr. Allison comes of New England ancestry, one of his grandfathers bringing his family from Connecticut, with an ox-team, and settling near Haselton, in Mahoning County, on what is known as the old Fitch farm, on which the mother of E. E. Allison was reared. John Allison, who was a native of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and a farmer by occupation, died when his son, the subject of this sketch, was 12 years old but the latter continued at school until he was 16 years of age and then took charge of the home farm in Lawrence County, for his mother. Here he continued until 1872, when he came to Ma-honing County, settling in Smith township on a farm, a part of which is now the site of the village of Sebring. There he carried on a full line of agricultural operations until, as above stated, he came to Beloit. Mr. Allison was married (first) in 1863, to Mary Cole, of Beaver County, Pennsylvania. He was married (second) in 1897, to Martha Antrim, who was born in Stark County, Ohio, and is a daughter of William Antrim, one of the early Pennsylvania settlers in Stark County. In politics, Mr. Allison is a Republican, with Prohibition leanings. His sterling character as a man and citizen has been generally recognized by his community and he has been elected to a number of responsible positions. He has served one term as mayor of Beloit, is a notary and justice of the peace, and for nearly a quarter of a century he has been secretary of the Smith Township Aid Society. He is a very active member of the United Presbyterian Church, at Sebring, Ohio, of which he is one of the founders and an elder, and has always been interested in the work of the Sunday-school. RICHARD H. FENTON,* a highly respected citizen and general farmer of Poland township, residing on a valuable farm of 99 acres, situated in lot 77, was born November 27, 1870, in Edenburg, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, and is a son of George and Etza Jane (Stanley) Fenton. When about nine or ten years old Richard H. Fenton came to Poland township with his father, and has since spent much of his time here, remaining at home until after his marriage. He first worked in the oil fields of Pennsylvania for some time, after which he went to West Virginia, and then returned to Mahoning County. He later went to Cleve- 1024 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY land and worked in a sheet and plate mill, of which his brother, John, was superintendent, remaining there about two years. After his marriage he took up railroad work, beginning as a brakeman, from which position he went into the Wilson Avenue shops of the ErieRailroad in Cleveland, working in the wrecking department. He subsequently came to Youngstown as a car inspector, after which he became foreman on the wreck car on the Pennsylvania Railroad and then engaged in farming. In 1903, he embarked in the dairy business with his father-in-law, Isaac Justice, and has continued in that business for the past 18 years; they run a milk wagon in Lowellville. Mr. Fenton was married in 1892, to Della B. Justice, a daughter of Isaac and Mary (Emery) Justice, and they have three children : Ray Marshall, Marie, and Chester. Mr. Fenton is a member of the Knights of Pythias at Lowellville. ARTHUR M. LYON,* merchant and postmaster at Struthers, is one of the leading men of this place and is a worthy representative of an old and honorable family of Ohio. Mr. Lyons was born at New Watertown, Columbiana County, Ohio, November 23, 1875, son of Marcena and Hannah J. (Lewis) Lyon. His grandparents both bore names which became particularly distinguished during the Civil War. John Lyon, the grandfather, and the brave and beloved General Lyon, who was killed early in the Civil War, at Wilson's Creek, Missouri, were first cousine, while the grandmother was a Thomas and belonged to the military family of that name, and was a near relative of General Thomas the "Rock of Chickamauga," whose memory is perpetuated in the history of his. country and whose achievements are recalled whenever old veterans congregate. Marcena Lyon acquired a farm in the vicinity of New Waterford and for a number of years was engaged in business as a carpenter and contractor. He died in Columbiana County, in 1894, but his widow still survives and resides on the home farm. They have five sons, all of whom survive, namely : E. L. Lyon, who is mayor of East Palestine, Ohio, and is also engaged there in the practice of law ; Harry O., residing at East Palestine, who is superintendent of the Metropolitan Insurance Company for Eastern Ohio ; Arthur M., subject of this sketch ; J. H. C. Lyon, an attorney residing at Youngstown ; and Walter I., who is a student of law in the Northern Ohio University at Ada. Arthur M. Lyon was reared on the home farm and educated in the district school and at a college of pharmacy, in Harrison County, Ohio, where he was graduated. He had previously served as a drug clerk with P. F. Vollnogle, at East Palestine, and after completing his education, he accepted a position as manager of the Johnston-Cryvette Pharmacy, at Butler, Pennsylvania, where he remained until he came to Struthers, in 1899. Mr. Lyon located in a building which then stood on the site of his present one, but in 1901 he was burned out, suffering great loss. His first store was of frame, but Mr. Lyon replaced it by a substantial brick structure, three stories in height, which he has occupied ever since, carrying a large and well-assorted stock of seasonable goods, such as are carried by all up-to-date pharmacies, together with fresh drugs and patent medicines, while prescriptions are carefully compounded. Since 1901, Mr. Lyon has been postmaster at Struthers, being in full accord with the present administration. Other enterprises which claim his attention are leading ones in this section. He is local manager of the Central Union Telephone Company and has charge of the Youngstown Consolidated Gas and Electric Company at Struthers. On April 12, 1899, Mr. Lyon was married to Grace Moore, who was born at East Fairfield, Columbiana County, Ohio, and they have one son, Arthur Marcena. Fraternally, Mr. Lyon is connected with the Masons, the Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the Elks. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 1025 SAMUEL BRUNSTETER,* whose fine farm of 180 acres is situated one and one-half miles north of West Austintown, on the Austintown and Warren highway, and is watered by the Meander Creek which flows through it, was born on the old homestead farm in Austintown township, Mahoning County, Ohio, November 10, 1844. He is a son of Jacob and Anna (Graver) Brunsteter. The grandfather of Samuel Brunsteter was Jacob Brunsteter, who married Julia Gilbert, in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. From that place they came to Ohio, making the journey in a great covered wagon, which resembled a boat, being low in the center and high at each end, probably the kind best fitted to make a path through the heavy underbrush of the forests mid to cross swollen and unbridged streams. The travelers reached Canfield township, then in Trumbull but now in Mahoning County, and the old boat-wagon had to continue to be a home until a place could be cleared in the forest on which to build the first log house. Jacob Brunsteter was a practical blacksmith and this helped him in providing a home and fitting up comforts and conveniences for and family, and later he found plenty of work to do as a blacksmith in his neighborhood. Before the youthful sons had acquired strength enough, his helpful wife often assisted at the forge and was able to strike the metal with sure and telling blows. Together they fashioned horse-shoes and sheep-bells and even made the old-fashioned lamps in which a wick was burned in lard or oil. He was considered a very expert mechanic. After a residence of two years in Canfield township, Jacob Brunsteter bought a farm of 200 acres in Austintown township, which he cleared and on it subsequently built a good frame house. He was a very liberal man, and donated an acre of land for a burial place which to this day is known as the Brunsteter cemetery. Much local history might be learned of those interested by consulting the epitaphs which are still legible, being engraved, usually with the symbol of a weeping willow, on the old flag-stones in this silent spot. Five sons of Jacob Brunsteter were among the first to be laid to rest here. His family was large, these names having been preserved : Rebecca, who died in 1906, was the wife of John Harding, and had lived to the age of 96 years; Jacob; Mary, who married Samuel Ohl ; and Levi, Henry and .Samuel, all of whom have passed away. Jacob Brunsteter, a son of Jacob and father of Samuel, was born in Canfield township, in 1813. He was young when the family removed to Austintown township, where he grew to manhood on the home farm and later learned the blacksmith trade with his father. For a great many years he ran a shop at Austintown and became a man of property and local importance. He was a stanch Democrat and on that ticket was elected county commissioner, and it was during his period of service that the first county infirmary was built. That structure burned down, but another was erected on the same site. Jacob Brunsteter was married (first) to Anna Graver, who was a daughter of Jacob Graver, an early pioneer, in the county. Mrs. Brunsteter was born near West Austintown.' She left five children at her death,- namely : Henry, Sallie (deceased), Julia (deceased), Mrs. Frazer, Samuel, and Laura, who married John Maddox. After the death of his first wife, Jacob Brunsteter married (second) his sister-in-law, Mary Graver. Three children were born of the second marriage, as follows : Emma, who married Samuel Rush ; Thomas J.; and Commodore Perry. Jacob Brunsteter, accompanied by all his family except Samuel, subsequently removed to Kansas, where he purchased a large farm on which he died in 1874. His widow still resides there, with her eldest daughter. Samuel Brunsteter can easily recall the death of his mother, but he continued to reside at home and attend school in an old log strucure which then stood 'at what was called Weavers' Corner's, but is now known as West Austintown. He was still a small boy When he began to assist his father at the forge. He 1026 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY learned the blacksmith's trade with little trouble, and after leaving his father's shop worked through Kansas, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Missouri. He then worked 12 years at the coal bank for C. H. Andrews, who was then the iron king of the Mahoning Valley. Mr. Brunsteter recalls going into Youngstown, in his young manhood, to celebrate the Fourth of July, when the present bustling and wealthy city was represented by just a few houses built along Federal street, and he can tell of many other interesting changes which have taken place in this part of the county. In the spring of 1864, Mr. Brunsteter enlisted in the 171st, Regiment, Ohio National Guard, and served five months as a member of Company C, taking part in the battle of Keller's Bridge, Kentucky. He was taken prisoner by Capt. John Morgan and after being marched 25 miles across the country was paroled. In the early part of his service he was sent as a guard to Johnson's Island, where only Confederate officers were held. He reached home after the close of his term of enlistment, without further trouble. For a number of years he was connected with the local post of the Grand Army of the Republic. Mr. Brunsteter continued to work at his trade Until within the past 18 years, but before that time he had purchased a small farm in Austintown township, which was a part of the old Robert Russell farm. After selling that he bought a part of the Wilcox farm in Austintown township, which he later traded for a farm in Jackson township, and after selling the latter he purchased his present farm. Mr. Brunsteter has retired from active labor and rents his farm. He owns a nice residence property in the village of West Austintown. On March 12, 1868, Mr. Brunsteter was married to Anna Jones, who is a daughter of Charles 1B. and Fannie (Owens) Jones, and was born in Clarion County, Pennsylvania. The Jones family settled in Youngstown where Mr. Jones did blacksmithing for the firm of Brown & Bonnell for many years. He died in December, 1893, aged 75 years, and his widow in 1900, aged 76 years. They had the following children : Eliza, William, Rebecca, Anna, Jeremiah, Julius and Frank, the last mentioned of whom resides with Mr. and Mrs. Brunsteter. One child was born to the latter, but it died in infancy, and they adopted a nephew. Politically, Mr. Brunsteter is a Democrat, and he has served as a constable in Austintown, Jackson and Milton townships. For one year during the administration of Governor Hoadley, he served as a guard in the Ohio Penitentiary. In the fall of 1906, Mr. Brunsteter was appointed one of four, road commissioners of Mahoning County and it is the expectation of this board to have many dollars expended in the coming year in substantial improvements on the public roads. Mr. and Mrs. Brunsteter are members of the Disciples Church at Four Mile Run. THOMAS E. DAVEY,* who has been identified with various business and public interests of Youngstown, for over 40 years, is one of the city's most highly esteemed retired residents. He was born in 1856, in Canada, but was brought to Youngstown when a boy of seven years. After completing his education Mr. Davey became a clerk in a mercantile establishment and then entered the employ of the Adams Express Company, serving for is years as clerk and later becoming one of the company's agents. He became actively concerned in politics and was elected township treasurer of Youngstown township and served acceptably in that office for four terms. In 1886 he was elected auditor of Mahoning County and was reelected to the same office in 1889. He then practically retired from politics and entered more actively into business, assisting in the organization of the Finished Steel Company, of which he became secretary and treasurer. He continued with this corporation until January I, 1906, when he sold his interests and is now permitting himself a period of rest and recreation. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 1027 In 1881, Mr. Davey was married to Ada R. Holland, a member of one of the oldest families of Mahoning County, her great-grandfather having settled here in 1800. Mr. and Mrs. Davey haMrs. Keanchildren, namely : Mabel, who is the wife of Edwin McEwen, of Youngstown; Thomas E., and George S. Mr. Davey is a member of the Rayen Club, at Youngstown. His beautiful home is at No. 650 Bryson avenue. GEORGE KEAN,* formerly treasurer of Smith township and a prominent and useful citizen, resides on his valuable farm of 91 acres, situated in section 9, which he has occupied since 1864. Mr. Kean was born in Sterlingshire, Scotland, August 26. 1843, and is a son of Duncan and Lillianand aoth of whom were born in Scotland. George Kean was educated in the public schools of his native land and remained in Scotland, until he was 20 years of age. An uncle for whom Mr. Kean had been named, emigrated to America about 1845 and settled first in Portage County, where he lived for a number of years, then in 1864 settling on this present farm in Smith township, on which he died September 26, 1876. When he moved to Mahoning County he communicated with his favorite nephew, who took a steamer at Glasgow, in June, 1864, and in ten days was safely landed at Quebec, Canada. This vessel, the St. George, belonged to the Allan Steamship line and was a fine ship for its day. From Quebec, Mr. Kean went to New York. where he was employed for a short time as a compositor on a newspaper, having previously served an apprenticeship of seven years to his trade in Scotland. Before the close of 1864 he joined his uncle in Smith township and has resided on this farm ever since. Two years later he sent to Scotland the means to bring his aged father and mother, together with his sister Mary to America, and settled them in Smith township. The parents died here, but Miss Kean still survives, having passed her 70th year. On April 25, 1870, Mr. Kean was married to Agnes Laing, who was born March 2, 1846, in Perthshire, Scotland, and is a daughter of William and Janet (Stewart) Laing. Both parents are deceased. Mrs.Kean came to America and directly to Smith township, in 1869, and was married in the following year. Mr. and Mrs. Kean have had six chidren, namely : Janet S., who married Charles B. Hubbard, residing in Smith township.; Duncan-, residing in Pennsylvania; William L., and George M., residents of Alliance; Lillian, who married Edward Hahlen, and resides at Alliance; and Alexander J., also a resident of Alliance. Mrs. Kean is an active member of the Presbyterian Church at North Benton, and,...a hearty worker in the Ladies Foreign Mis6ionair Society. Mr. Kean attends the Presbyterian Church and gives it liberal support, although he has never united with it. Politically Mr. Kean is a Republican and is prominent in the councils of his party in this section. For four years he served as treasurer of Smith township, also as township assessor, and for 11 years was a member of the township board of education, tieing its president for two years. He is well qualified for office, his long term in the printing trade being equal to an academic education. He is president of the Smith Township Aid Society and is the founder of this benevolent organization. SYLVESTER ENGLISH,* vice-president and treasurer of the Mahoning Lumber Company, of Youngstown of the prominent and prosperous business men of this city, where his enterprise and public spirit are universally recognized. He was born reared and educated in Mercer County, Pennsylvania. In his early business life. Mr. English was in a stave business at Shakerville, Mercer County, where he remained three years, spending three more at Farmington and Emlenton. in adjoining counties, and then embarked in a stave business in 1028 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY Crawford County, Pennsylvania. After four years in Crawford County he removed to Bloomfield, Jefferson County, Ohio, where he remained for a like period, and then went to Wellsville, West Virginia, for one year. Burgessville, Washington County, Pennsylvania, was the scene of his activity for the next two years, then Wheeling, West Virginia, for two and a half years. There, with a partner, he bought about 2,000 acres. of timber land in Jackson and Putnam Counties, which they cut and manufactured into staves and lumber. From West Virginia Mr. English removed to Claysville, Washington County, Pennsylvania, still interested in lumber, remaining there until the fall of 1902, when lie came to Youngstown, where; in association with other business men, he organized the Mahoning Lumber Company of Youngstown. This business was incorporated with a capital stock of $40,000, which has since been increased to $63,000. The present officers are : J. E. Nutt, president; S. English, vice-president and treasurer; and J. J. Hamilton, secretary. The plant is an extensive one and the business is an important industry of the vicinity. Mr. English is also interested as a stockholder in other concerns and owns coal and oil lands in Washington County. On August 4, 1873, Mr. English was married to Fannie Morrison, who was also reared in Mercer County. They have two children, viz : Clifton B., a mechanical engineer, who is superintending the building of a cement plant in Canada for the Bellville Portland Cement Company ; and Gertrude, residing at home. Mr. English is a member of the First.. Baptist Church. DAVID J. ROLLER,* formerly a prominent and respected citizen of Green township, was born in this township December 24, 1839, and died May 10, 1903, having spent his whole life in this section. His parents were Joseph and Sarah (Bates) Roller, both natives of Ohio. The father of Mr. Roller settled in Green township when few families had located here permanently and when pioneer conditions prevailed where now every evidence of civilization is seen. David J. Roller attended school in the village of Washingtonville and subsequently devoted himself to agricultural pursuits which he followed until his death. In 1861, he was married to Catherine J. Weikart, who was born in Green township, Mahoning County, Ohio, September 13, 1840, and is a daughter of Jacob and Sarah (Shriver) Weikart. Peter Weikart, the grandfather of Mrs. Roller, came to Ohio from Adams County, Pennsylvania, and purchased a .section of land in Green township, in what was then Columbiana County. He divided this 640 acres among his four sons, Jacob, father of Mrs. Roller, receiving his share. The latter was born in Pennsylvania and was married there, coming to Ohio with his family in 1824. He settled on the 160 acres given him by his father in Green township. These early settlers endured many pioneer hardships but both Jacob Roller and wife lived to advanced age and were among the township's most highly respected people. A large family was born to them, the survivers of which are the following : Lewis C., residing in Miami County, Ohio; Samuel J., residing in Hardin County ; George W., residing at Alliance; Hiram L., residing at Leetonia; Harriet S., who has resided with her sister, Mrs. Roller, for the past 4.3 years; and Catherine J., widow of David J. Roller. Mr. and Mrs. Roller had three children, all daughters, May, Gay and Fay, the latter of whom is deceased. In his political views, the late David J. Roller was a Democrat and at all times took an intelligent interest in the public affairs of the township. Personally he was a man of sterling character and enjoyed the friendship and esteem of the best of his fellow-citizens. For many years he was active in the Masonic fraternity, was a member of Salem Commandery, No. 42, K. T., Salem, and of Al Koran Temple, Mystic Shrine, at Cleveland. The beautiful ritual of the fraternity was used at AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 1029 his burial, which by his request, was placed in the hands of the fraternity. Mrs. Roller, with her two daughters and her sister, resides on the pleasant home farm in Green township, which consists of 117 acres of well-improved land. D. O. McCAULEY,* funeral director, located at No. 26 East Federal street, Youngstown. was born at Watts-burg, Erie County, Pennsylvania, in 1876, but at the age of three months was taken by his parents to Bradford, Pennsylvania.' where he was reared and educated. His first industrial business was with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, and he continued in the railroad service for nine years. He then became an embalmer for Mathew Hanlon, at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and after one year with him was employed in the same capacity by Art Rice, at Sisterville, West Virginia, where he remained two years. In 1903 he, came to Youngstown and in July of the present year he embarked in an undertaking and embalming business. He is a graduate of the Champion School of Embalming. He owns his own funeral carriages and also all the appurtenances pertaining to the quiet, orderly and appropriate conduct of both private and official ceremonies. Mr. McCauley was married on September 19, 1905, to Nora Lynch, who is a daughter of John Lynch, of Youngstown. They are members of St. Coluniba's Catholic Church. Mr. McCauley belongs also to the Knights of Columbus, the Catholic M. B. Association and the Ancient Order of Hibernians. W. H. PARK.* president of the W. H. Park Land Company and identified with other important business enterprises at Youngstown, Ohio, was born in Pennsylvania, in 1853. and was six years of age when he accompanied his father to Youngstown, where the latter engaged in a mercantile business. W. H. Park was reared and educated in Youngstown, and, for all practical purposes, may be regarded as a native, as his interests have been so long centered here. After learning something of business in his father's store, Ile went into the limestone business and still later organized the Crystal Ice Company and built the plant. He operated the latter for some time and then sold out, and since then has been associated with H. G. Hamilton in extensive land deals, both in south and in this vicin- ity, having been identified with the construction of several railway lines. The W. H. Park Land Company was organized by Mr. Park and Mr. Hamilton and was incorporated with a capital of $50,000, and the following officers : W. H. Park, president, Allen Morrison, secretary. and H. G. Hamilton, R. Montgomery, Ella Morrison and. W. H. Park, directors. The company since its organization has platted Oak Hill, Willis and Dellason avenues, Market street and Gertrude and Hillman Places and have built many houses and disposed of them. They built the Park theater, in which Mr. Park has since sold his interest. He is always a man absorbed in some large enterprise and just at this writing is working to get the right of way through Youngstown for the Lake Erie & Eastern Railroad. He has a financial interest also in the Morris Hardware Company. Mr. Park owns an elegant home in this city and passes the greater 'part of the year here, but during the hot months he, with other local capitalists, repair's to the elegant club house they have erected at Chaffey Locks. on the banks of the Rideau, in the province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada. ALBERT H. BUEHRLE,* wholesale and retail dealer in feed, grain, seed and flour, at Youngstown, is one of the city's representative business men and is identified with many of its prosperous enterprises. He was born at Youngstown, in 1879, and is a son of John 1030 - HISTORY OF MAHONING COUNTY Buehrle, a pioneer business man of this city. John Buehrle, now a retired resident of Youngstown, was born not far from the city of Berlin; Germany, and was 19 years of age when he came to America, in 1853. Shortly afterwards he came to Youngstown, possessing no capital except youth, ambition and industry, but soon found employment in a grocery and dry goods store, where he remained until the outbreak of the Civil War. In 1862, he enlisted in the 37th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served faithfully through three years and seven months. He was with Sherman in his march to the sea, and participated in many of the greatest battles of the war. He enlisted as a private but when he was honorably discharged, he wore the uniform of a corporal. Upon his return to Youngstown, Mr. Buehrle looked around for a good business opening, and in 1867 he established the flour, feed, grain and seed business, which he sold to his son in the latter part of April, 1900, and which has been conducted by the latter ever since. Albert H. Buehrle was reared in Youngstown and secured his education here, spending two years in the Rayen High School. In 1893, he entered into partnership with his brother, Voltaire, under the firm name of Buehrle Bros., they purchasing the china business of A. J. Williams. On September 7, 1900, another brother, John A. M. Buehrle, bought into the firm. In the spring of 1901, Albert H. Buehrle closed out his interests in Buehrle Bros. In addition to his flour, feed and grain business, Mr. Buehrle is connected with many of Youngstown's most important business enterprises. He is vice-president of the Concrete Sand and Stone Company ; secretary and treasurer of the .Youngstown Cattle Company, and has filled the office of secretary and treasurer of the Stevenson Mining and Development Company. His offices and business location are at No. 323 Commerce street. In 1904, Mr. Buehrle was married to Alma E. Ewing, who is a daughter of W. J. Ewing, a retired farmer now residing at Youngstown. Mr. Buehrle is an Odd Fellow. He deserves the name of good citizen, for, having large private interests to occupy his attention, he willingly devotes time and financial assistance to encourage public enterprises tending to promote the welfare of the general community. His name is one which hag been held in high esteem by the people of Youngstown and vicinity for many year§ as indicative of business integrity.